ISLANDS NOW:
OMAN: A43DLH DXpedition . As guests of the Royal Omani ARS ( ROARS) , the Lufthansa Amateur RC (LARC), along with he Norden District of the DARC (DOK I09 ) will be active under the two following callsigns : A43DLH operating from the ROARS HQ and A43 DLH/P operating from the Omani Scout camp. Dates : from October 30th until November 11th. Traffic scheduled 24h a day . Bands from 160m and up on as number of as possible. Modes : CW, SSB and digitals included SSTV/ QSL Manager OM. Rudi ( DK7PE ). New update : The first OPs arrive Oct. 30th. The first signals should appear on the bands Oct 31st. Antennas will be errected for more bands. The 160m vertical will arrive Nov. 2nd. Frank (DL8YHR) will arrive and start with his UHF/VHF EME operation Nov. 05th. About the locations, there are in the city of Muscate Locator ( LL93FO ) More information via Mustapha DL1BDF - dl1bdf@t-online.de -. Tks Mustapha, DL1BDF.
SALINA ISLAND (EU-017) - The 095 DX TEAM Davide ID9/IW9GUR * Angelo ID9/IW9HLM * Andrea IW9HQP * Andrea IT9RKR * Enzo IT9GCG will be active from Salina Island IOTA: EU-017 ** IIA: ME-015 ** MIA: MI-083 -- Team will be activate also SOTA reference "Fossa delle felci Mountain" SOTA REF: SL-022. QSL Via direct or bureau to home call More info www.095dxteam.org
POHNPEI - Operator Shoji/JA7HMZ will once again be active from Pohnpei (OC-010), but this time he will sign as V6B between October 26th and November 1st. It is possible he may particiate in the CQWW DX SSB Contest. QSL via home call. [OPDX Bulletin].
MAURITIUS ISLAND - Jacques, F1BCS will be active as 3B8/F1BCS from Mauritius Island (AF-049, also count for WLOTA LH-0595) from October 28th to November 9th. He plans to operate SSB, RTTY and PSK31 on 40-15 meters. QSL via operator's instructions. [425 DX News].
ARUBA - Operators Garry/K9WZB and Sharon/K7WZB will be active from the island of Aruba (SA-036, WLOTA LH-0033) as P40ZB between October 28th and November 6th. Activity will be on 40/20/15/10/6 meters using SSB, RTTY, CW and PSK31. QSL via K9WZB, direct only. [OPDX Bulletin].
JAPANESE IOTA's - Nag, JA7GAX will be visiting and operating from several Japanese IOTA groups in the JA6 call area between October 29th and late November. His current plan (subject to changes depending on local conditions) is: October 29-30th Koshiki Islands (AS-037); November 1-8th Tokara Islands (AS-049); November 9-10th Amami Islands (AS-023); November 11-13th Okinawa Islands (AS-017); November 15-20th Daito Islands (AS-047).QSL via JA7GAX, direct or bureau. [425 DX News].
OMAN - As guests of the Royal Omani ARS (ROARS), the Lufthansa Amateur RC (LARC), along with he Norden District of the DARC (DOK I09) will be active October 30th until November 11th using the following call signs: A43DLH operating from the ROARS HQ; and A43DLH/p operating from the Omani Scout camp, city of Muscate (WW Loc. LL93FO). QRV 160m and up on as many bands as possible, 24 hours per day, using CW, SSB and digital modes including SSTV. QSL via DK7PE. [F5NQL].
CHAGOS - Rick, KI1G will be active as VQ9RD from the U.S. Navy Support Facility, Diego Garcia Island (AF-006), Chagos Archipelago, between October 30 and November 11. QSL via home call, direct only or via LoTW - please NO BUREAU CARDS. [NG3K].
GUERNSEY - Martin, G3ZAY and Michael, G7VJR will be active as GU3ZAY and GU7VJR from Guernsey (EU-114, WLOTA LH-0013) between October 31st and November 2nd. They will use verticals and a small linear amplifier, with activity on SSB and CW. They hope to be QRV on LF bands if space permits. QSL via G7VJR. Logs will be uploaded to LoTW. [425 DX News].
GUAM (OC-026) - The JA1KJW group plans to be active from Guam Island (OC-026, also count for WLOTA LH-0064) from October 31st to November 3rd on all HF bands, using SSB, CW, RTTY and SSTV. The following operators will be QRV: KH2/NI2J (QSL via JH1VVW), KH2/AK0J (QSL via JA1KJW), KH2/WH7QL (QSL via JA1XVY), KH2/NV1J (QSL via JA1FUY), KH2/JJ1JGI (QSL via home call), KH2/JJ1HKS (QSL via home call) and KH2/JF1GUQ (QSL via home call). You can QSL direct or via the bureau. [JI6KVR].
VANUATU - Mat/JA1JQY (YJ0AQY) and Kuni/JA8VE (YJ0AVE) will QRV from Vanuatu, New Hebrides (OC-035), between October 31st and November 6th. They will operate 80m-10m using SSB, CW and possibly RTTY. They will try 160m if the local situation permits. QSL YJ0AQY via JA1JQY (Shigeo Matsu, 2-31-10 Shimoseya, Seya, Yokohama, 246-0035 JAPAN). QSL YJ0AVE via JF1OCQ (Hiroyuki Miyake, 1-3-6 Asakura, Maebashi, 371-0811 JAPAN). [JI6KVR].
COSTA RICA - Operators TI2JCY, TI2KAC, TI4ZM, TI2CCC, K4UN, W4BW, W4KTR and W4XO will be QRV as TI1R from outside San Jose, Costa Rica, during the CQWW DX SSB Contest as a Multi-2 entry. QSL via TI2JCY, bureau preferred. The team will also be active from October 21-28th as TI2/homecall on 160-10m. [NG3K].
ST. MARTIN - Paul, K1XM will be active as TO4X from the island of French Saint Martin (NA-105, DIFO FS-001, WLOTA LH-0383) during the CQWW DX SSB Contest. He will also be joined by Ann/WA1S and Charlotte/KQ1F for a Multi-2 or Multi-Single entry. Look for activity before and after the contest. QSL via KQ1F. [NG3K].
MALDIVES - "Oku" Seiji, JK1KSB, will be active as 8Q7SO from Mirihi Island (AS-013), a south Ari Atoll (WW Loc. MJ63JO), between October 26th and November 1st. Activity will be holiday style on 80-10 meters using CW, SSB, RTTY and PSK31. QSL via JK1KSB, direct or bureau. [OPDX Bulletin].
ISLANDS, NEXT:
MALTA - Anne, OH2YL plans to be active November 1-8th from Malta (EU-023, MIA MM-001, WLOTA LH-1113) as 9H3YL. QRV HF-bands using CW and SSB. QSL via home call. [NG3K].
DUMONT D'URVILLE BASE - Nicolas, F4EGX, is expected to be active as FT5YI from the French antarctic scientific station "Dumont d'Urville Base [TAAF]" (AA F-01, WAP FRA-01), located on Petrel Island (AN-017), during his free time between November to mid-December. He states that he is on a "professional mission". Nicolas will use a FT857D w/ATU LDG Z-100 into a fishing rod antenna for the 14 MHz. QSL via F4EGX. Visit his Web page at: f4egx.homelinux.net/ [OPDX Bulletin].
U.S. COUNTIES - USA-CA - Gene, K5GE/m plans to be in the following Texas counties on November 1st: Comal, Kendall, Bandera, Medina, Uvalde, Kinney, Val Verde, Edwards, Real, Kerr, Gillespie (Short time), Kerr and back home. QRV 40 and 20 meters, on the county hunting frequencies. QSL via home call. [County Hunter Web].
TARAWA - Toshi, JA8BMK will be active as T30XX from Tarawa, West Kiribati (OC-017), from November 1st while waiting to start the voyage to Central Kiribati (T31). QRV all bands using CW, SSB, RTTY, BPSK31 and SSTV. Equipment: FT-897D and HL-1.2Kfx. Antenna/Vert, yagi and Inv V. QSL direct to JA8BMK. [425DX News].
DAVIS ANTARCTIC STATION - Bob, VK2ABP/VK2MRP will be working at Davis Base (AA VK-03, WAP AUS-03, IOTA AN-016), Antarctica, starting around November 1, 2008 until at least March 7, 2009, but could be until December. This is a work assignment, Bob does not know when he will be able to operate on the amateur radio bands. At all events, his call sign will be VK0BP (QSL via VK2CA). Updates will be available at www.vk0bp.org/ [425 DX News].
ZA1/XE1MO ALBANIA - Fernando, XE1MO plans to be active from Albania as ZA1/XE1MO, November 1-9th. QRV 40, 20, 15 and 10 meter SSB only. QSL via home call or via KE5FAH. [NG3K].
MANUS ISLAND - Hugh, K6HFA will be on Manus Island (P29, OC-025) from November 4-9th. [425 DX News].
QUOC ISLAND (AS-128) - RL3BM, Mike and UA4CC, Arkady "Ark" are heading to Phu Quoc Island (AS-128), Vietnam, for a family vacation November 05-13th. Their call signs will be XV4BM and XV4CC. They plan to be on CW and SSB on 3.5-28 MHz. Plans are to use an IC-7000 and K-2 transceivers running 100 watts only into vertical antennas. For 20 meters they will have a 2 element wire vertical Yagi. This will be not a "full scale" DXpedition, however the two will do their best to be on the air as much as possible. QSL XV4BM via RL3BM and XV4CC via UA4CC (QRZ.com). [UA4CC].
KUWAIT - A team of 4 DL operators (arkus/DL9RCF, Hartmut/DM5TI, Uwe/DL9NDS and Chris/DL5NAM) will work in WAE RTTY Contest (November 8-9th) from Hamad's station 9K2HN. Before and after contest (November 6-17th) they will focus on the WARC bands using RTTY, SSB and CW. QSLing via 9K2HN (see www.9k2hn.com/). Log at www.logsearch.de/ [NG3K].
GRENADA - Look for J3/DL7CM (Hans) and J3/DM2AYO (Sid) to be active from the island of Grenada (NA-024, WLOTA LH-0718), November 6-25th. They are renting a nice QTH near Sauteurs on the north end of the island, where they will operate 160-6m CW, SSB, RTTY and PSK with a pair of IC706 rigs to 700W amps. They will have a Yagi for high bands and a ground plane for low bands. QSL via home calls. [NG3K].
GOA, INDIA - Look for Helmut/DL5DSM and Norbert/DJ7JC to be active as VU3NLG and VU3NLF respectively from the Resort Prainha, Panjim, Goa, India from November 6-14th. Activity is expected on all bands 160-10m using CW, SSB, BPSK and RTTY. QSL via their home call signs. [QRZ.com].
CAMBODIA - Operators JA3AVO, JH3PBL, JA3ARJ and JA3UJR will be active as XU7AVO, XU7PBL, XU7ARJ XU7UJR, respectively, from Sihanoukville [Kampong Som], Cambodia, between November 6-11th. QSL via home calls. [OPDX Bulletin].
NEXT DXPEDITIONS:
NAMIBIA - VHF and more - VHF DXpedition to Namibia is presently in the final planning stages. Although not yet 100% confirmed, it is most likely that the operation will be from Luderitz and will concentrate on VHF with all authorized bands and modes active. Moonbounce, meteor scatter and satellite operation are planned on the amateur bands from 50 to 1296 MHz... More infos will come in official from Hal, soon... Dates : From: 2009-01-05 to: 2009-01-18 - Activity in MS-EME - Bands : 50-144-432-1296 - Callsign TBA - SOURCE: Hal, ZS6WB via MoonNet and MMM VHF. (Forwarded with 73 by Maurice, F5NQL).
5J0T DX NEWS - 5J0T will be active from Bajo Nuevo (IOTA NA-132) and Roncador Bank (IOTA NA-133) between Nov 19 and Dec 02, 2008. The four person DXpedition will focus on low band operation, especially 160 meters, and will be operated by AA7JV, HA7RY, HK0JJH and HA8MT. The group will operate two stations from 160 to 6 m. 5J0T will also participate in the CQ WW CW Contest from Zone 8. There will also be operation with the call-sign HK0/HK3JJH. Bajo Nuevo is a small reef that belongs to Colombia (HK0) and is located 170 miles south of Jamaica in the central Caribbean. The reef contains a number of small barren sand cays, one which carries a navigation light. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bajo_Nuevo_ Bank Roncador Bank is located 150 miles south-west of Bajo Nuevo http://www.oceandots.com/atlantic/san-andres/roncador.htm Plans are to operate from November 18 to 21 from Roncador Bank, and between November 23 and December 02 from Bajo Nuevo. Both reefs are part of San Andres region, HK0. QSL for 5J0T via HA7RY. For HK0/HK3JJH QSO-s QSL via HK3JJH. For further information see: http://www.5J0T.com/ Tks John K1XN & GOLIST.
BUTHAN KINGDOM - 100th anniversary of the Buthan Kingdom. - The Clipperton DX Club members, Gérard/F2VX, Alain/F5LMJ, Jean-Louis/F9DK and Vincent/G0LMX will sign A5100A (A5 for Buthan , 100 - one hundred - for the 100th anniversary of the Buthan Kingdom and the A suffix) . They will be in Buthan between November 7th to 17th. With Pradan A51PN, they plan to be active too in /p from three other locations in Buthan. QSL via F9DK - Tks Jean Michel/F6AJA and LNDX.
SPECIAL EVENT SPAIN - De C31MO : On November 1st and 2nd, 2008 some spanish special stations, will be ative all modes and bands from the city of Mataro 40 Km NE of Barcelona. The callsign used will be EH3MB . This is to commemorate the 160th anniversary of the Railway line between Mataro and Barcelona opening. At the same time, other stations will be active from Barcelona using the EH3BM , from the " Estación de Francia ". QSL via EA3APS, ALBERT PATAU COMAS, SANT ANTONI, 73-79, 5-2, E-08301 -MATARO- (BCN) SPAIN or bureau. I'll be operating from Mataro under EH3MB - Tks Michel/C31MO.
UNITED KINGDOM: The ISWL Club Callsigns in use during November 2008 will be: GX4BJC /A - Operated from Healing, in North East Lincolnshire, England, by Cliff - G4YHP. ( /A WAB Square = TA21-LNE & IOTA = EU-005). MS1SWL /A & MS1SWL /P - Operated /A from Annan, in Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland, by John - GM6LYJ. ( /A WAB Square = NY16-DUM & IOTA = EU-005). The ISWL's WAB Book numbers are: 16316 and 16724. All QSL Info is on www.iswl.org.uk or www.qrz.com or via www.eQSLcc NO LOTW. Vy 73 to you all - have a great November. Pete Rayer ISWL Life Vice President iswl-vp@iswl.org.uk - Tks Pete and ISWL.
QSL NEWS:
TY6A QSL cards status. Serge, F6AML informs us that all the cards received directly up to Oct 28th 2008, have been answered and mailed. Tks Serge, F6AML/TY6A
GU4YOX (Guernsey) will be operating 40M SOLP this year. QSL via GU4YOX Cheers and all the best, 73 Bob GU4YOX KX6N.
ALBANIA FINAL: + Our activity from ZA0/ : 15.228 qso. Tnx to all on frequency ! Info ZA0/ dx-pedition 2008 at www.sazan2008.altervista.org 73 de Alfredo & ZA0/team - Tks Alfredo, IK7JWX
HAM FAIR LISBOA - November 9 The A.R.V.M. is organizing his XI Exposition Ham Fair in Lisboa. D'ont miss one of the biggest events of Hamradio in Portugal + INFO: http://www.arvm.org/index.fr2008.html arvm@arvm.org
SPAIN: Hello Om's: 4 meter band autorized in EA 70.150-70.200 MHz. 73, Xavier Pérez EB3TC / EA3DGI JN01XL / JN01SU http://www.comunicacio.net/eb3tchttp://www.digigrup.org http://www.amired.es
ALBANIA News - Oct 27th : Hello om friends, yesterday we have some problem at the radio sheck and computers (digital modes) ! Until 24,00 local time of 10/26/2008 this is the total score : 10.255 qso. All the ZA0/ team is very very happy for many good contacts, in particulary during the cq ww ssb contest - Many thanks to ALL to contact all us ! Info ZA0/ dx-pedition 2008 at www.sazan2008.altervista.org 73 de Alfredo IK7JWX (IU7A/p)
IRELAND - First 5 MHz licences issued to EI stations ; Good news at last. After a long process of contacts between the military authorities and Ireland's regulator ComReg, the first of the 5 MHz licences were issued to EI stations on Friday, October 17th. Three 3 kHz channels with centre frequencies of 5280, 5400 and 5405 kHz. Tks Southgate ARC. (Forwarded with 73 by Maurice, F5NQL).
CQ WW DX SSB CONTEST ---> The following stations have announced their participation in this year's event (25-26 October):
ZONE CALL CATEGORY DXCC QSL ----
02 VA2ZM M/S Canada VA2ZM
02 VE2DXY M/2 Canada KD3RF
05 VC2Z Canada VE2BR
05 VP9/K3IRV Bermuda K3IRV
07 HP1BYS SOAB 15m Panama EA5KB
07 HQ2W M/2 Honduras HR2DMR
07 HQ3Z M/M Honduras K6VNX
07 HQ9R SOAB Honduras K5WW
07 HT2N M/S Nicaragua AJ9C
07 TI1R M/2 Costa Rica TI2JCY
07 V31MX M/S Belize K0BCN
08 6Y1V M/2 HP Jamaica OH3RB
08 8P5A SOAB HP Barbados NN1N
08 C6APR M/2 Bahamas K3IXD
08 CO7PH SO Cuba W3HNK
08 CO8ZZ SOSB 20m Cuba DK1WI
08 FG5KC M/S Guadeloupe FG5KC
08 HI3CCP SO LP Dominican Republic ON4IQ
08 HI3K SOSB Dominican Republic KB2MS
08 HI3T SOAB LP Dominican Republic ON4IQ
08 KP2B SOAB Virgin Islands EA7FTR
08 KP2M M/S Virgin Islands AI4U
08 NP2N M/S Virgin Islands qrz.com
08 NP4Z SOAB Puerto Rico WC4E
08 TO4X SOAB St. Martin KQ1F
08 TO5DX M/S St. Barthelemy AA4NN
08 TO8Z SOAB HP Martinique
08 V26B M/? Antigua KA2AEV
08 V4/W5JON SO St.Kitts & Nevis W5JON
08 V48M St Kitts & Nevis K2SB
08 VP2E SOSB 20m Anguilla N5AU
08 VP2EC M/2 Anguilla N5AU
08 VP2V/K9NW SO British Virgin Isls K9NW
08 VP2V/SP3IPB SOAB British Virgin Isls SP3IPB
08 VP2V/SP7VC SOAB British Virgin Isls SP7VC
08 VP5T M/M Turks & Caicos Isls N2VW
09 4M5DX M/S Venezuela IT9DAA
09 9Y4D SOSB 20m Trinidad & Tobago 9Y4D
09 FY5KE M/S French Guiana FY5KE
09 P40A SOAB Aruba WD9DZV
09 PJ2/OH2YY SO Netherlands Antilles OH2YY
09 PJ2T M/? Netherlands Antilles N9AG
09 PJ4E M/? Netherlands Antilles WA4PGM
09 PZ5Z M/? Suriname OM2FY
09 YW5CQ SO HP Venezuela IT9DAA
10 HD5J M/S Ecuador JA6GCE
10 OA4WW SOAB HP Peru HP1WW
11 PW2D M/S Brazil PY2VM
11 ZP0R SOAB Paraguay ZP5AZL
11 ZW5B M/? Brazil K3IRV
11 ZX2X M/? Brazil PY2ZX
12 CE1W M/M Chile HA1AG
12 XR3A Chile CE3DNP
12 XR6T M/2 Chile CE3FED
13 AY4D SOAB HP Argentina EA5KB
13 CW5W SOSB Uruguay CX6VM
13 CX1CCC M/? Uruguay EA5KB
13 LP1H M/S Argentina EA5KB
13 LR2F M/S Argentina LU2FA
13 LR4E SO HP Argentina LW4EU
13 LS1D M/S Argentina LW9EOC
13 LT1F M/S Argentina AC7DX
13 LU8YE M/S Argentina
14 3A/I1UWF SO Monaco I1UWF
14 AM1T M/? Spain EA1FCR
14 AM7M SOSB 40M Spain EC7ANC
14 AO3A M/S Spain EA3BOX
14 AO5B M/? Spain EA4RCH
14 CQ4U M/S Portugal CT1HFS
14 CS2P M/? Portugal CT1BWU
14 CU2X SOAB Azores OH2BH
14 DL/N0HJZ Germany N0HJZ
14 DR2W M/S Germany DH3WO
14 EA6/AA5UK Balearic Islands AA5UK
14 EB1WW M/M Spain EA1KY
14 ED2R Spain EA2RCA
14 ED5R SO Spain EA5RD
14 EE2W M/? Spain EB2BXL
14 EG5T M/? Spain EA5EH
14 EI/ON4EI SOAB Ireland ON4EI
14 GM7V SOAB Scotland M0CMK
14 GZ0F SOAB Shetlands (Scotland)) M0CMK
14 HB0/HB9AON M/M Liechtenstein DJ2YE
14 LN3Z M/S Norway LA9VDA
14 LX7I SOAB HP Luxemboug LX2A
14 MW9W M/M Wales M0URX
14 OT5A M/M Belgium ON7LR
14 PA6Z M/M The Netherlands PA9M
14 SI9AM M/S Sweden SM3CVM
14 TM1O M/2 France F1IKA
14 TM2S M/S France F5PED
14 TM4Q SOAB France F6FYA
15 E77XZ SOSB Bosnia Herzegovina DK6XZ
15 E7DX M/S Bosnia-Herzegovina E77E
15 IF9A Sicily (Italy) IT9ATF
15 II20CJ SOSB 80m Italy IW2HAJ
15 IO4T M/S Italy IZ4JMA
15 IO5O M/S Italy IK5RLP
15 IO9K M/S Sicily (Italy) IW9HLM
15 IQ9BF M/S Sicily (Italy) bureau
15 IR4X M/2 Italy I4EAT
15 IR9P M/? Sicily (Italy) IW9HMQ
15 IR9Y M/S Sicily (Italy) IT9ABY
15 IS0A M/2 Sardinia IS0MYN
15 LY4A M/? Lithuania LY2FY
15 LY7A M/M Lithuania LoTW
15 OE2S M/S Austria OE2GEN
15 OH0E Aland Islands OH2MM
15 OH5Z M/M Finland OH5LIZ
15 OH8X SOAB Finland OH2UA
15 OL7R M/S Czech Republic OK1WMV
15 OM7M M/S Slovakia OM3PA
15 RK2FWA M/S Kaliningrad DK4VW
15 SO6V SOSB 40m Poland SP6DVP
15 TK9R SOAB HP Corsica IK8UND
15 YQ6A SOAB Romania YO6BHN
16 ER0FEO SOAB Moldova UU0JM
16 RS3A SOAB European Russia RA3CW
16 UA3R M/S European Russia RN3RQ
16 UR4Z M/S Ukraine UY0ZG
17 EY8/F4EGS SO Tajikistan F4EGS
17 EY8MM SOSB 80m Tajikistan K1BV
17 RA9A M/S Asiatic Russia RK9AWN
17 UO6P SOSB 40m Kazakhstan UN7PBY
20 4X0C M/S Israel W8HC
20 4X0V M/2 Israel AA4V
20 5B4AII SOAB Cyprus RW3RN
20 C49C M/S Cyprus 5B4KH
20 C4I M/? Cyprus LZ2HM
20 J42T M/S Greece SV2BFN
20 J48RT M/S Greece HA6NL
20 LZ9W M/M Bulgaria LZ1PM
20 P33W M/S Cyprus RA3AUU
20 SV9CVY SOAB HP Crete SV9CVY
20 SX5P M/M Dodecanese SV5FRD
20 TA2/DL7BC SOAB LP Turkey DL7BC
20 TC3EC M/? Turkey TA3GO
20 TC4X SOSB 20m Turkey OH2BH
21 4L0A SOAB HP Georgia EA7FTR
21 9K2HN M/S Kuwait qrz.com
22 AU2RSB SO India W3HNK
22 VU2PAI SOAB India VU2PAI
22 VU2PTT SOAB or SOSB 20m India VU2PTT
23 JU1DX M/S Mongolia qrz.com
24 B1Z M/S China EA7FTR
24 B4TB M/S China BA4TB
24 B7P M/S China BD7IXG
24 BX5AA SOAB HP Taiwan BX5AA
24 VR2C M/2 Hong Kong WA4WTG
26 VU4RG Andaman Isls DJ7JC
26 XW1A SOAB Laos E21EIC
27 4F1AL SOSB Philippines 4F1AL
27 AH0BT M/S No. Marianas 7L1FPU
27 AH2R M/S Guam JH7QXJ
27 KG6DX SOAB Guam KG6DX
27 NH0DX SOAB HP Mariana Islands JL3RDC
27 T88AC SOAB Palau JA2BNN
27 T88FY SOAB Palau JK2VOC
27 T88YB Palau HL1IWD
27 V6B SO Micronesia JA7HMZ
28 9M4SMO M/S East Malaysia JH1WXT
28 9M8YY SOSB 20m East Malaysia JR3WXA
28 9M8Z SOAB East Malaysia M0URX
28 YB0ZZ M/? Indonesia qrz.com
29 VK8NSB SOAB Australia VK6NE
30 VK1CC M/? Australia DL8YR
31 T32CXX M/S East Kiribati W0CXX
32 ZK2DF SO Niue N1EMC
32 ZL2G SOSB 20m New Zealand ZL2HAM
32 ZM1K SOAB New Zealand
32 ZM2M M/2 New Zealand ZL2AL
33 3V8BB M/? Tunisia YT1AD
33 AO8A M/2 Canary Islands OH1RY
33 CN2B Morocco OH2BH
33 CN2R SOSB 160m Morocco W7EJ
33 CN3A M/S Morocco I2WIJ
33 CN4P SOSB Morocco EA5XX
33 CQ3T M/S Madeira CT3KN
33 CQ9K M/? Madeira qrz.com
33 CT3/HA5PP Madeira HA5PP
33 IG9R SOSB (African) Italy IK8HCG
33 IH9N SOSB 40m LP (African) Italy OK1MG
35 6V7M M/S Senegal DH7WW
35 6W1RY SOAB Senegal F5VHJ
35 D4C M/? Cape Verde CT1ESV
38 3DA0DJ Swaziland GI4FUM
38 ZS9X M/2 South Africa K3IRV
40 JW5NM SOSB 40m Svalbard LA5NM
40 JW7QIA SOAB Svalbard LA7QIA
Do not forget to give a look at the Announced Operations listing maintained by Bill, NG3K at http://www.ng3k.com/Misc/cqsz2008.html - good contest to you all!
PROPAGATION:
Current Solar Indicies from WWV 31-Oct-2008 at 0306 UTC SFI = 67 A = 13 K = 1 Conditions during the last 24 hours No space weather storms were observed for the past 24 hours. Forecast for the next 24 hours No space weather storms are expected for the next 24 hours.
Solar Wind Data Provides solar wind velocity and energetic particle intensity Updated at: 0309Z on October 31, 2008 Velocity (km/s): 670.1 Density (protons/cm3): 1.0
Penticton Observatory SFI Measurement WWV only updates its SFI reading once a day at 2100Z The Penticton solar observatory takes measurements at 1700Z, 2000Z, and 2300Z (WWV uses the 2000Z Penticton measurement)
The Penticton Observatory SFI value on 30-Oct-2008 at 2300Z was: 66
Three Day SFI and A-index Forecast (updated daily after 2200Z) This report issued on Oct 30, 2008 at 2201Z
Date SFI A-index 30 Oct 068 8 31 Oct 069 5 01 Nov 069 5
Solar Activity Forecast Solar activity is expected to be very low. Geophysical Activity Forecast Geomagnetic field activity is expected to be at quiet to unsettled levels on day 1 (31 October) with a chance for active levels at high latitudes. Mostly quiet levels are expected during days 2 - 3 (01 - 02 November).
Recent Major Solar Flare Activity (usually reported within 30 minutes of event peak)
No major flare activity to report
NOAA (American) Sunspot Number This number is reported daily around 0225Z and reports the number of sunspots observed in the previous 24 hour period
The NOAA Sunspot number for 30-Oct-2008 was: 13
Most recent five days (oldest first): 0 0 0 0 0
GOES-8 Background X-ray Flux This value is reported daily around 0225Z and reports the average background x-ray flux level as measured by the GOES-8 satellite
The GOES-8 Background X-ray Flux level on 30-Oct-2008 was: A0
Most recent five days (oldest first): A0 A0 A0 A0 A0
