It is Sunday the 7th June 2009 and here is ANARTS with our weekly RTTY news bringing you - cast 1546. Views expressed in this news bulletin are not necessarily those of the Broadcast Officer, the Relay Officers, or of the Society. Items in this broadcast include 1. IPS Report 2. ARRL DX News 3. OPDX Bulletin 4. Anarts Information A.N.A.R.T.S. News Bulletin 1546 for 7th June 2009 IPS Weekly Solar and Geophysical Report for 29th May to 4th June 2009 issued on 5th June by IPS Radio and Space Services. SUMMARY Date 29 30 31 01 02 03 04 10cm flux 68 69 69 73 72 73 71 AFr index 4 2 3 2 2 4 ( 5 estimated) Aaus index 5 2 2 1 1 3 ( 4 estimated) T index -8 -4 4 2 -5 5 10 Solar flare activity was very low all week. Geomagnetic activity observed for the Australian Region was quiet 29th to 3rd; then mostly quiet with isolated unsettled periods on 4th. Southern Australian Ionospheric F2 critical frequencies were near predicted on 29th and 30th; near predicted to 25 per cent enhanced on 31st; near predicted to 25 per cent enhanced on 31st; near predicted to 40 per cent enhanced on 1st; near predicted to 30 per cent enhanced on 2nd; near predicted to 15 per cent enhanced on 3rd; and near predicted to 35 per cent enhanced on 4th. Forecast for 5th to 11th June. Solar activity should be very low. Geomagnetic activity should be mostly quiet, with some unsettled periods possible. Frequencies should be mostly near predicted monthly values. Courtesy of IPS Radio and Space Services Summary by Pat Leeper VK2JPA ----------- It appears that the VK2SG RTTY DXNotes have ceased publication. DX reports will be obtained from other sources if they do not return. ----------- ARLD022 DX news for 4th June 2009 LESOTHO, 7P. Alexander, UX4UL and Ivan, UR9IDX are QRV as 7P8A and 7P8R, respectively, until June 10. Activity is on all bands. QSL 7P8A via UY5ZZ and 7P8R via UR9IDX. MALDIVES, 8Q. Tom, PF4T will be QRV as 8Q7TB Embudu Island, IOTA AS-013, from June 8 to 24. Activity will be on 40 and 20 meters using SSB. QSL direct to home call. BAHAMAS, C6. A group of operators are QRV as C6AMS from Nassau on New Providence, IOTA NA-001, until June 14. This includes possible activity from Lighthouse WLOTA LH-1115. QSL direct to NA6M. ANGOLA, D2. Vasiliy is QRV as D2QMN and has been active using RTTY on 20 meters around 2000z. QSL via RZ3EC. SOUTH COOK ISLANDS, E5. Nigel, G4KIU now lives in Rarotonga, IOTA OC-013, and is QRV as E51SC. He is active on 80 to 10 meters using SSB, RTTY, PSK31 and some CW. QSL to home call. IRELAND, EI. Members of the Galway Radio Experimenters Club are QRV as EI09VOR until June 6 in celebration of the Volvo Ocean Yacht Race which takes place in Galway. Activity is on 30, 20 and 17 meters using CW and SSB. Activity is from the Mutton Island Lighthouse, ARLHS IRE-107. QSL via EI8DD. FRANCE, F. In commemoration of the 65th anniversary of the ''D-Day landings'' in Normandy special event station F/ON6JUN/p is QRV from Ranville until June 8. In addition, special event station TM6SME is QRV from Emondeville until June 14. QSL via operators' instructions. SAINT MARTIN, FS. John, K9EL is QRV as FS/home call until June 12 while on vacation. Activity is on 80 to 10 meters using CW, SSB and RTTY in his spare time, QSL to home call. ITALY, I. To commemorate 100 years of the Nobel Prize for Physics of Guglielmo Marconi, Alfredo, IK7JWX is QRV as IY7NGM and IY7NGM/p until the end of 2009. Activity is on all HF bands and 6 meters using all modes. QSL via IK7JWX. SVALBARD, JW. Jan, OK1JK, Jiri, OK1JST, Pavel, OK1IPS and Jiri, OK1IEC are QRV as JW/homecalls from Longyearbyen, IOTA EU-026, until June 15. Activity is on all bands using CW, SSB, RTTY and PSK. QSL to home calls. NETHERLANDS, PA. Special event station PA6JEROEN is QRV until June 14 in celebration of the 800-year-old bell tower of St. Jeroenskerk in Noordwijk. QSL via PA7DA. FERNANDO de NORONHA, PY0F. A group of operators will be QRV as ZY0F from June 10 to 15. Activity will be on 160 to 10 meters, including 60 meters, using CW, SSB and digital modes. QSL via PY2WAS. DODECANESE ISLANDS, SV5. A group of operators will be QRV as SX5LA from Levitha Island, IOTA EU-001, from June 8 to 14. QSL via SV1GRM. BERMUDA ISLANDS, VP9. Alex, W5YDX will be QRV as VP9/home call from Hamilton Parish from June 10 to 24. Activity is holiday style generally on 20 and 17 meters. QSL to home call. ASCENSION ISLAND, ZD8. Dean, KJ4GNB is QRV as ZD8DC and has been active on 20 meter using SSB. His length of stay is unknown. QSL to home call. THIS WEEKEND ON THE RADIO. The SEANET Contest, NCCC CW Sprint Ladder, Digital Pentathlon, Wake-Up. QRP Sprint, DigiFest, VK Shires Contest, UKSMG Summer 6-Meter Contest, RSGB National CW Field Day, IARU Region 1 CW Field Day, Alabama QSO Party will certainly keep contesters busy this upcoming weekend. The NAQCC Straight Key/Bug Sprint and RSGB 80-Meter Club CW Championship are scheduled for June 10. ----------- The Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin No. 910 - excerpts 7P8, LESOTHO Ivan, UR9IDX, is expected to be (or is) in Lesotho and has received the callsign 7P8R. His length of stay is unknown, as well as his plans for operations (bands/modes) as this was being written. QSL direct only to: Ivan Borzenko, P.O. Box 85, Mari, Mariupol-31, 87531, UKRAINE. 8Q, MALDIVES Just a reminder that Nobby, G0VJG, will be active as 8Q7CQ between June 1-15th. This will be a limited operation because Nobby will be on his honeymoon (and he thanks his wife for putting up with him and the QRM). Activity will be from Kuredu Island (AS-013) mainly HF SSB but some 6 meters. QSL via Owen, G4DFI. Visit his Web page at: http://g0vjg.piczo.com/?cr=5 8Q, MALDIVES Tom, PF4T, will be active as 8Q7TB from the Island of Embudu between June 8-24th. Activity will be on 40 and 20 meters using SSB with a FT-897 and G5RV antenna. QSL direct to PF4T or by the Bureau via PA0LEY. For more details on QSL info, see (QRZ.com). Also, visit his Web page at: http://8q7tb.pf4t.nl CY0, SABLE ISLAND (Attention Topbanders) Randy, N0TG, informs OPDX that the CY0 Sable Island Dxpedition team will incorporate the famous "Battle Creek Special" antenna for 160 meters as well as 80/40m. This was made possible by the generous loan program coordinated through George, W8UVZ. The team thanks this special group for their support for not only for their CY0 operation, but for the many DXpeditions down through the years. The dates of the DXpedition are October 19-26th. operators are Randy/N0TG, Ron/AA4VK and Murray/WA4DAN. Visit their Web page at: http://www.cy0dxpedition.com DX BULLETIN READER PROGRAM An interesting program written by Alex, VE3NEA, called "DX Bulletin Reader 1.0" (for Windows 95/98/ME/NT4/2000/XP) is a tool for viewing, archiving and searching the DX news bulletins. The following publishers/bulletins are currently supported: Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin DX Newsletter 425 DX News The Daily DX 425 DX Calendar WAP Antarctic Bulletin ARRL DX Bulletin I.C.P.O. Bulletin Bulletins not listed above and non-periodical publications can be added as "Other". The software is FREEWARE and is available at: http://www.dxatlas.com/BullRead/ DXCC NEWS Bill Moore, NC1L, Awards Branch Manager, reports that the following operation is approved for DXCC credit: 7Z1CQ - Saudi Arabia; Current Operation If anyone had this operation rejected in a DXCC application, send an E-mail to dxcc@arrl.org to be placed on the list to have your account updated. E51, SOUTH COOK ISLANDS Nigel, G4KIU, is now active as E51SC from the Island of Rarotonga (OC-013). He has moved to the South Cook Islands and is expected to be on 80-10 meters mainly on SSB, RTTY, PSK31 and with some CW. He was heard this past week on 20 meters PSK31 between 0330- 0630z. Direct QSLs are to be sent to: Nigel Peacock, P.O. Box 880, Rarotonga, Cook Islands (via New Zealand). Please send a SAE, plus 2 USDs or 2 new style IRCs. Any direct cards received without the above items will be returned via the Bureau. Bureau QSLs go to: E51SC via G4KIU/RSGB. **IMPORTANT** There is no QSL Bureau in the Cook Islands. Cards without G4KIU on them will NOT be received. Please "DO NOT" send direct cards to any G4KIU address in England - they will NOT arrive. All E51SC contacts will be loaded to LoTW about once a week. He does not use e.QSL at all. EN50, UKRAINE (Special Event) Members of the Rivne DX Club (UT1KWA) will be active as EN50KSR between June 1st and July 5th. Activity is to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Rivne speedway. QSL via UT1KY: P.O. Box 85, Rivne, 33027, UKRAINE. Visit their Web page at: http://radio-rivne.rv.ua/?lng=en FS, ST. MARTIN John, K9EL, will be here on a family vacation between June 4-12th, and will be operating whenever possible. He will be using an IC7000 and verticals for 80-10 meters and will be operating CW, SSB and RTTY. Please QSL to his home callsign; Bureau cards are "OK". ADDED NOTE: John informs OPDX, "I have already received a few E-mails asking me to try 6m, so I will build a vertical or dipole when I get there and try 6m as well. Next time I'll bring a yagi...." IOTA NEWS EU-048. Francois, F5JNE, will be active on Belle-Ile-en-Mer (DIFM AT-15, WLOTA L-078) between June 16-24th. Activity will be CW only on 40 and 20 meters, mainly in the evenings. QSL via F5JNE, direct or by the French REF Bureau. EU-048. Jean-Pierre, F6ITD, will be active as homecall/p from Belle-Ile between June 20-28th. Activity will be on the HF bands (no 17/12m) on SSB only. QSL via F6ITD. EU-064. The F6KOP team will defend its World IOTA Champion 1st place title for the 3rd time in this year's RSGB IOTA Contest (July 25-26th) from Noirmoutier Island as Multi-Single/Mixed/24H/ Low-Power entry. Callsign will be TM7C. Operators mentioned are: Bernard/F9IE, Serge/F6AML, Jean-Paul/F8BJI, Flo/F6CWU, Pascal/F5JSD and Maurice/F5NQL. Bruno/F5AGB and John's/F5VHQ participation is pending. QSL Manager is Flo, F5CWU. QSL either direct or through the French REF-Union Bureau (Please only this bureau). EU-095. Operators Robert/F5HTR and Roger/F5LKW will be active as homecall/p from Riou Island on June 8th. They will travelling in a kayak and will be active as QRP on 40 meters. Listen to 7032 kHz. QSL via their home callsigns. NA-029. Operators Gregg/VE3ZZ and Noel/VE2BR will once again operate from Prince Edward Island (CISA PE-001) on July 15-27th, using the VY2TT superstation. During the IOTA Contest (July 25-26th), they will operate as VY2Z (QSL to VE3ZZ) and outside the contest as VE3ZZ/VY2 and VE2BR/VY2. QSL via their home callsigns, direct or via the Bureau. NA-129. John, VE8EV, will use the special callsign VC8B for the Banks Island DXpedition, July 24-27th. Operations will be from Sachs Harbour, NT. Activity will be only SSB, mostly on 20 meters which, aurora permitting, should be open round the clock. He will watch for openings on 15 and 10 meters as well. He does not anticipating any problems unless there is a delay for weather, likely fog, which is common that time of year. QSL via VE8EV, direct (SAE and IRC or 2 green stamps) or by the Bureau. Online QSL requests and a log search will be available after the operation. Look for updates at: http://ve8ev.blogspot.com/search/label/IOTA NA-223. (Update/Date Change) Members of the Russian Robinson Club will be active as KL7RRC from Ogliuga Island, Alaska, between June 14-19th. Regular suggested IOTA frequencies (14.040/14260 etc). Operators mentioned are: Yuri/N3QQ and Johnny/KE7V. QSL via: RU/EUROPE - Yuri/UA9OBA and US/JA/SA Dick/N7RO. Watch for updates on: http://www.na-234.com/contact_chuginadak_expedition.html SA-071. (Update/Change In Callsign) Members of the Sao Paulo Association of Radioamadores (APRE) will be active as PR2R (not PT2T as previously mentioned) from Ilha da Moela (DIB SP-06, DFB SP-07, ARLHS BRA 043, TWLHD WLH PY-031, WLOTA 1335, WW Loc. GG65UW) between June 11-14th. Activity will include operations from blockhouses, islands and lighthouses of the State of Sao Paulo. Operators include Irineu/PY2IAB, Marcelo/PY2OMT, Thiago/PY2TLB, Joao/PY2TI, Claudio/PY3NZ, Felipe/PU2OVA, Filipe/PU2TEA and Thiago/PU2TJQ. Operations will be on 80-2 meters, SSB only. QSL via PY2OP, direct or by the Bureau. For more info, go to: http://www.apre.com.br/moela NEW AWARD AVAILABLE Francis, F6FQK, informs OPDX that a new TP2CE Radio Club diploma is now available called: "Council of Europe Radio Amateur Club Award". Complete rules and photos are available on: http://ewwa.free.fr PA6, NETHERLANDS (Special Event) To celebrate the reopening of a 800 year old church tower (after its renovation) in Noordwijk, look for PA6JEROEN to be active between June 4-14th on HF and VHF. The old church is called "Oude of St Jeroenskerk" (in English: Church of St. George). Actual operations from the church tower will take place on two Fridays, June 5th and 12th. Pictures of this tower can be viewed on: http://picasaweb.google.nl/jaap.pa7da/OudeOfStJeroenskerkTorenbezoekNoordwijk# Please QSL only via the Bureau to PA7DA. PZ, SURINAME Mike, AJ9C, will be active from between October 22-29th. His callsign will be announced when it is assigned. He is expected to be active on 160-6 meters using CW, SSB and RTTY, as well as an entry in the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 24-25th). QSL to his home callsign with SASE/USD(s) for return postage. U.K. TRIP Bruce, ZL1AAO, informs OPDX that he is going on a "DXing and nostalgia trip to the UK for ex-GM1KNP". He wants to advise DXers and friends that he will be touring in the UK during July and August. Bruce will be using the UK country prefixes followed by his New Zealand callsign (e.g. MM/ZL1AAO when in Scotland). He expects to be in Scotland, England and Wales (as he holidays around) and hope to include some activity from the Orkney Islands. Activity will be limited to mobile/portable operations using a FT857D, multi-band vertical or a tuner with long-wire. Mode will be SSB only. He will produce a special QSL celebrating his activity. Check (QRZ.com) for some more details and updates when he has more specific plans. QSL via his home callsign. VP9, BERMUDA Alex, W5YDX, will be active as VP9/W5YDX between June 10-24th. Activity will be holiday style (during his spare time) mainly on 20 and 17 meters (suggested freqs. between 14140-14265 kHz) using 100 watts into a dipole. QSL via W5YDX. ZD8, ASCENSION ISLAND Dean, KJ4GNB, is now active as ZD8DC. His length of stay was not known as this was being typed. Activity so far has been on 20 meters SSB. QSL ZD8DC via KJ4GNB. ZK2V NIUE OPERATION UPDATE Chris, ZL1CT/GM3WOJ, provided OPDX with the following operation update: "A quick update from ZK2V - made 6100 QSOs in 9 days, which is a bit disappointing - conditions poor, especially last weekend. Made only 1 QSO on 160m and 2 QSOs on 80m, so concentrating on the higher bands. Openings to Europe are often short with weak signals, which is lowering the QSO rate, but signals from JA and the USA have been strong. Will be on RTTY tomorrow (28th May) for about 30 mins sometime between 0600 and 0800 UTC (14082 approx QSX up 8) - will do more RTTY if things work well. ----------- The Society can be contacted in the following ways: To Pat VK2JPA via patleeper at optusnet.com.au, or you can drop a line to PO Box 93 Toongabbie NSW 2146. 73’s from Pat VK2JPA broadcast Officer.