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The next meet-ing of NFDXA will be 5 pm Saturday, April 18 at Cedar River Seafood

on Blanding Boulevard in Middleburg

N4NN ROTOR REPLACEMENT AT 120 FEET

Sometimes it pays to have friends who will work in high places! Pictured are NFDXA veteran Greg, N4CC along with fellow tower monkey Dwayne, KC4DM replacing a broken 50 pound prop pitch motor on N4NN’s 120 foot tower in Hilliard. Dale says he hasn’t been able to turn the stacked CX49XR , XM 240 and 5 element M2 6M arrays for some time. K1N wasn’t a problem since the array was already pointed that way. Now that he’s able to ‘rotate’ again he plans to resume his practice of open-ing the bands during the day.

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Not one but two major announcements are expected at this weekend’s International DX Conference in Visalia, California. The first hint came last week in an issue of The Daily DX when an article was posted that stated the FT4TA DXpedition team was going to make a “major announcement” during their appearance at the conference. In a conversation with the PileUp afterward Daily DX editor Bernie, W3UR confirmed not one announcement was forthcoming, but there are two and that “both will be very exciting”. W3UR said although he knew the destinations of both Dxpeditions he had been “sworn to secrecy.” So, as the old broadcast saying goes: Stay Tuned.

“BIG ANNOUNCEMENTS“

EXPECTED AT VISALIA

DX0P QRV WEDNESDAY?

The DX0P team is expected to be QRV shortly from Pagasa Island in the Spratly group after a short voyage on the South China Sea aboard the Philip-pine Navy vessel BRP Apo-linario Mabini. They will be on Pagasa April 15 –20. The team had hoped to get in some maritime mobile activity as DX1MM/MM during the cross-ing but after being spotted on 20 SSB and 15 meter RTTY the ship’s commanding officer re-quested they shut down “due to security rea-sons.” The SpratlyS are a separate DXCC entity with hundreds of reefs, islets, atolls, cays and islands, which are claimed by Vietnam, Malaysia, China, Taiwan, Brunei and the Philippines.

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Greg, N4CC and Dwayne high up on the N4NN main tower

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President Larry Junstrom, K4EB

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Total Members Attending 13

Jay Garlitz AA4FL N Steve Brown AB4UF Y John Hale AC4ET N Larry Bostic K3LB Y Larry Junstrom K4EB Y Bob Norman K4GRD Y Dick Hicks K4UTE Y John Silberman KB4CRT N Jim Hughes KC4FWS Y David Smith KI4DLS N William Walker KX4WW N Cory McDonald N1WON Y Greg Wilson N4CC Y Mike Parnin N4EPD Y Ron Tivey N4GFO N

Joe Barnes N4JBK Y Ron Blake N4KE Y Dale Conner N4NN N Victor Moore N4QK N Billy Williams N4UF N Mike Reublin NF4L Y Dave Mains NO4J N Jim Iori NU4Y Y Warren Croke NW4C N Mike Garcia W1FO N Bob Lightner W4GJ N Steve Barber WA4B N Robert Frey WA6EZV N Dick Knox WR4K N

Hello again my fellow heroes of

the radio waves, I am proud of the few soldiers that have participated in the rebirth of the DXCC legacy of our club call W4ZR. The totals thus far are pret-ty good. As of the time I write this we are approaching the base DXCC requirement of 100 countries con-firmed in the mixed mode category. I don't have the exact totals as they

are constantly changing, and once again I would like to thank

K4UTE for his voluntary work in this project, keeping LOTW current, etc. I, along with several other members, wish more people would get involved in this ef-fort. It really is fun and it really doesn't matter if we work dupes, because not all contacts are going to be confirmed. So just get in there and enjoy! You might even work a few new ones for yourself every now and then. I know it is a tall order, but one day W4ZR could

be on the honor roll. That would be really cool. Next meeting, I will start to put together a list of participants for ARRL field day. It is June 27-28,which is the last weekend in June, and it will be on us very soon. I guess we will have our regular meeting as usual on the 20th and of course we will finalize all the plans

then. So everybody start thinking about if you are going to participate in the festivities. As of now, unless otherwise determined, we will operate at my station in Interlachen, FL. (Continued on page

The meeting was called to order by Larry K4EB at 6:30 P.M.

Treasurer’s Report - Treasurer Jim KC4FWS reported a balance of:$1075.78 after an expenditure of $250.00 for our annual contribution to NCDXF

Old business - The effort to obtain DXCC for the club call is on. See the members only area of the website. Larry K4EB once again proposed a Field Day operation from his lakeside QTH.

New business - Mike N4EPD reported he has information on a company that can supply 1 to 3 yards of concrete. Contact Mike for info.

- Ron N4KE has a 60' EX-Way crank-up, tilt-over tower for $500.00. Also, a pair of 100' Rohn 25 plus antennas from the estate of W4FDA, are available, free for takedown. Contact Ron for further details.

The Next meeting planner (Apr) is John, KB4CRT.

Guests: Ted K4YLX

The meeting was adjourned at 6:40 P.M.

Respectfully submitted, Mike, NF4L, Secretary.

President’s Message - From the cluttered shack . . .


Secretary’s Report

Larry, K4EB

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The World According to NU4Y

What do you do with your change? I take mine and put it in a jar everyday when I get home. Apparently everyone else seems to just throw it away. The TSA says that last year, they had collected $675,000.00 in change left at check points. Kind of sounds like the old thing of a penny saved is

a penny earned. My daughter and the grandbabies were at Bay Hill re-cently just to pick up a golf ball for a relative. Just as they were leaving, Arnold Palmer was walking up. He had just re-turned from the Masters. They had a nice chat, (a class act)

boy were they excited. I worked a few stations during the WPX contest last month. Ten meters was wide open. I have a regular sched-ule week days on the radio and the big solar event in March really took its toll on the bands. Stations that are normally 20 over S-9 sometimes could not be heard. This lasted

for over a week. Looks like at least for now that the bands are returning. I moved into the 21st century finally. We got a new cable modem with Wi-Fi. Never needed it before as have hard wired the computers with Cat-5 cable and don’t have smart phones or other devices. Purchased a cheap (and I do mean cheap) tablet ($50.00) to carry with me on our trips. It has the latest version of Android on it with a SD card slot. The idea was to have some extra storage for videos and to get our e-mail without carrying the laptop around with us. Turns out Android’s latest version Kit Kat does not allow you to write to the SD card. How did I know? Well there is a work around, if you Root the Android device. Reading up on it, seemed like it was risky to do that. Many of the notes on the internet talk about making their tablet or phone into a Brick that could not be recovered. Figuring that for the cheap price I paid for the tablet, it was worth a shot. Worked out perfectly, I can now write to the SD card and move apps to it or download from the USB directly to the card. Also my internet and phone provider has an app that allows me to get my e-mails and phone messages plus answer and make calls

from any Wi-Fi hot spot anywhere in the world. Man technology is great. It looks like Spratly will be on the air for the deserving, and I shall bet when the P5 shows up, someone like me with limited antennas will not even have a shot at it. Summer is here, at least the temperatures are. Had to break down and finally turn the air condi-tioner on. The time in the shack will be down as cutting grass and pool maintenance now

goes into full swing. Go and work some dx as W4ZR. — 73, Jim

Jim NU4Y

“Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose." (The more things change, the more they stay the same) -- ANON.

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NFDXA March 2015 meeting pictures by NF4L and K3LB

Top row, l-r: Dick, K4UTE; Greg, N4CC and Ted, K4YLX (guest);

Jim, KC4FWS.

Left side, top, l-r: Dick, K4UTE, Jim, NU4Y and Mike, N4EPD.

Left side, bottom, l-r: Mike, NF4L taking picture; Steve, AB4UF; Bob, K4GRD; Gregg, N4CC, waitress and Ted K4YLX. On the other side of the table, front to back: Larry, K4EB; Mike N4EPD; Jim; NU4Y and the

top of a head belonging to Dick, K4UTE.

Right side: Larry, K4EB calls meeting to order. Ron, K4EB in fore-

ground with arms folded. Center insert: Joe, N4JBK.

Thanks to photographers Mike, NF4L and Larry, K3LB

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SPECIAL CALL ISSUED FOR SEPTEMBER WAKE ISLAND OPERATION

K6W is the special call that AG6IP, Mike, has reserved for a Wake

Island operation for two weeks in September. Mike expects to

arrive early in the month to mark the 70th anniversary of the end

of the Battle of Wake, along with a group of World War II veter-

ans. He is Looking for monetary donations and sponsors. His plan

is to operate on 80-6M digital modes, PSK, RTTY and JT65, plus

SSB. He says his out of pocket expenses for gear shipping, his own transportation, lodging and QSL expenses will be sub-

stantial. Wake is #45 on Club Log's worldwide most wanted list and public access to the island is restricted. There are no

commercial fights. Mike has previously operated from the Cyprus UK bases, ZC4MIS, in 2007 and 2014. — DDX

VK9C COCOS KEELING PLANNED FOR MARCH 2016

LB2TB, Lars, reports he is planning a VK9/C Cocos Keeling (CQZ 29) operation for March 2016. He hopes by announcing it this far in advance it will help others set their plans so they don't all go the same place at the same time. Lars plans to be on 160-10 CW, SSB and RTTY with at least two stations and two to three operators. The focus will be "to give out a new one to as many hams as possible, and activating 80/160 meters." He notes that many previous operations from this one have been holiday style. He and his group will try to do it "100% DXpedition style." Air flight tickets cannot be booked until within 12 months of the trip.

TX3X CHESTERFIELD ISLANDS QRV OCT 1 TX3X is the assigned callsign for an upcoming October Chesterfield

Islands operation. N6HC, Arnie, has been added to the operators,

completing the on-island team. Arnie was previously part of

operations from Christmas Island, Eastern Kiribati, NH8S on Swains

Island, T33A on Banaba and FT5ZM, Amsterdam Island. He will also be

the team doctor. DX Engineering Products has signed on as a sponsor

and fundraising efforts for the operation have begun. ODXG, INDEXA,

GDXF, CDXC, the Island DX Association, Nippon DX and the Lynx DX

Group are early sponsors. Chesterfield is now the #23 most wanted on the Club Log survey. Chesterfield2015.pdxg.net.

VK9L – LORD HOWE ISLAND PLUS IOTAS G0UIH, Steve, is heading back to "Australia and the Pacific" in December 2015 and January 2016. He's planning to be "operating holiday-style", because it's his wife's birth-day trip, on Lord Howe Island as VK2IAY/9 starting December 16 until Decem-ber 23. Listen for him on SSB only, with an emphasis on 20, 17, 15 and 10 meters, and possibly other bands. He'll be using some of his Vortex Antenna Systems antennas. Afterwards (December 23 to January 16) there is a possibility he may activate some other IOTA references in VK, but nothing confirmed yet. Listen for his activities around 14.260, 21.260 28.460 and 18.145 MHz. And he plans to have a four color special double sided QSL, sponsored by none other than VAS. QSL direct or via the bureau to G0UIH. -- DDX

that you get, is the DX you deserve' Hugh Cassidy WA6AUD

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AT15ØITU is a special event station (SES) commemorating 150 years of the Interna-tional Telecommunications Union (ITU). This callsign has been granted to the Amateur Radio Society of India (ARSI) by the Wireless Planning & Coordination (WPC) wing of the Ministry of Telecommunications & I.T. Govt. of India for use by all members of ARSI. Various VU radio amateurs will be signing AT15ØITU on air from April through De-cember 2015 on all the HF bands on various modes. A special QSL card will be printed later in the year and QSLs will be processed via buro based on OQRS requests; direct QSLs via VU2CDP. All QSOs will be automatically confirmed via ARRL’s Logbook of The World (LoTW). More details will be published in due course on the ARSI website -- DX Coffee

100-YEAR COMMEMORATION of THE BATTLE OF GALLIPOLI ANZAC, the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps, is

getting worldwide attention with their 100-year commemorative

activities. VK100ANZAC will be a special Australian call sign for

the 100-year anniversary of the Australian and New Zealand

Army operations of World War I. These will be April 25-

December 20 during "significant event dates." Details on

the "numerous commemorative call signs, awards and events"

are detailed on their website: www.wia.org.au/newsevents/anzaccentenary/about/.

Main activities start April 25, the date in 1915, when ANZAC troops landed at Gallipoli, Turkey. Organizers say the land-

ing "helped define us as people and as a nation."

Stations in Turkey will be on the air with special calls, including: TC100GS, TC100GP, TC100KT, TC100VKZL, TC100A,

TC100TC, TC100A, TC100B, TC100E, TC100K, TC100GLB. Another site: http://www.teampapa.org/archives/316.

Australian states will also have calls like these available,

DEDICATED 6 METER MICRONESIA OPERATION V6M from grid PK90VA in Micronesia will be a dedicated six-meter EME expedi-

tion, August 26-September 3, by W7GJ, Lance, who likes to do one of these each

year. This celebrates his 50 years as a VHF DXer. He hopes to break his personal

record from last July, when he operated from KH8 and worked 68 stations on 6M

EME. Lance says, "You know that you can count on me to be making a dedicated

effort to work as many serious 6M operators as possible!" He will not have inter-

net or email from V6 but will publish a planned operating schedule on his web page

beforehand. http://www.bigskyspaces.com/w7gj/Micronesia2015.htm. It is a solo expedi-

tion and expensive. Lance says, "I am beginning to run out of cheap rare places to

go." He tries to find ones that are a new DXCC for virtually every contact. He

hopes some of his followers will consider making donations. He will call CQ on

JT65A, probably aiming at the moon. He does not expect to have any terrestrial

ionospheric propagation but if you hear him on CW or SSB, "Please answer me on

whatever mode I am using at that time." He will only answer callers who use the proper JT65A version when he is calling

CQ on EME with JT65A mode. — DDX

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SPECIAL ANDORRA CALL SIGNS QRV THROUGH MAY Amateur Radio stations from Andorra started using the special prefix C35 in March, and

will continue using it during April and May to commemorate the 35th anniversary of their IARU

society Unio de Radioaficionats Andorrans (URA). The following Andorran Amateur Radio

operators plan to participate: C35AR, C35AT, C35CT, C35MF, C35EP, C35JK, C35JO, C35JS,

C35KC, C35MF, C35MO, C35RP, C35US, C35VM and C35VQ. C37NL and C37URA

will also be QRV as wild cards or jokers for the diploma, which will be available with complete details at

https://sites.google.com/site/ura35anniversary/diploma — DDX

ZAMBIA QRV

9J2 – ZAMBIA (CQZ 36) JK1UWY, Hisa "Peter" Noda, has been working for Ja-

pan International Cooperation Agency for the past 15 years and moved from Senegal

(6W1SE) to Zambia in October 2014. He began operating as 9J2HN in

early December of last year. He is expected to be in Zambia until December 2017.

Peter is now QRV on 1.8 through 50 MHz on CW, SSB, RTTY, PSK and SSTV. In

March he was spotted on 6 meters.

Peter is using an IC-7100 and IC-PW1 amplifier and an IC-7200 and AL-80BX.

Currently he is using a Butternut HF-9V vertical on 160-10 meters and an HF-5B 2

element on 20-10 meters. Lasat February Peter began using a TH3MK4 three ele-

ment Yagi for 20, 15 and 10 meters, a 6M7JHV seven element Yagi for 6 meters and

an 18 meter high Aki Special for Topband. QSL via JR2KDN.

MT0 ACTIVATION SCHEDULED FOR MAY

Members from the "DX-Interceptors Amateur Radio Club" (MS0IXD) will be on a DXpedition to the Isle of Man (EU-116) May 8-11th. Operating from Scar-lett Point, the team plans to be using the modes of CW, SSB and RTTY on 80/40/30/20/17/15/12/10 meters. Their aim is to provide as much as possible an ANTO (all time new one) or new band and mode to as many individuals as they can. They state, "Please DON'T be offended if we do not engage in a rag chew over recent events as our aim is to log as many as we can over the period. We have only three operators going." Operators mentioned are Billy/GM0OBX,

Frank/MM0HST and Ross/GM1KNP. QSL via LoTW or M0OXO ONLY. The team will use two HF stations: HF Station 1 will be mainly - Mainly SSB HF Station 2 will concentrate on CW and Data The equipment used includes a Yaesu FT 1000mp driving and Acom Amplifer,

and an Icom IC 7200 with an RM Italy Amplifer. For antennas the team will use a Hexbeam for 20/17/15 and10 meters and a Moxon for 15 and 12 and a Vertical (GM0OBX Home brew interface for data

multi band 80-10m) -- OPDX

The DX that you get, is the DX you deserve' Hugh Cassidy WA6AUD

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3A – MONACO (CQZ 14) To celebrate the 90th anniversary of the International Ama-teur Radio Union (IARU) members of the Association des Radio-Amateurs de Monaco (ARM) will be signing 3A90IARU during all of April, May and June with activity expected on all bands and modes. QSL via 3A2ARM either direct, via the bureau or LoTW. -- DDX

CS – PORTUGAL (CQZ 14) CT1END notes that World Amateur Radio Day is April 18. On that day in 1925 the IARU was formed, in Paris. This year's theme is "ITU & IARU

Celebrating 150 Years of Advancing the Telecommunication Art." In Portugal, CS2015WARD will be active April 13-19 from Portugal's national association, all-band SSB and digital. QSL direct or bureau to CT1REP. -- DDX

EI – IRELAND (CQZ 14) EI90IARU is the special Irish call sign for the Irish Radio Transmitting Society marking the 90 years of the IARU. Apparently the call sign is available for any operator in Ireland to borrow, through the end of the year. QSL direct or bureau to EI6AL, plus OQRS. -- DDX

F- FRANCE (CQZ 14) France's Union Francaise des Telefraphistes, UFT, is planning its annual anniversary event.

TM30UFT will be the call sign this year, April 12-26. QRV on HF and VHF CW only, since it is, after all, a telegraph club. On the op list are YL F5RPB, F6CEL, F5QF, F6ENO, F5JVP, F5AGB, F5AKL, F5PBM, F8ATS, F9IQ, F5RAB, F6AJM, F5JSQ and F5NQL. Each QSO will generate a bureau card. You can request direct to F6IGC with an SAE and one IRC or 2 USD. The QRZ.com info is up to date. – DDX, DARC DXNL PS – BRAZIL (CQZ 11) During April PS70FEB will be the fourth of 12 special event stations celebrating the 70th anni-versary of the end of World War II and a tribute to the Brazilian Expeditionary Force (FEB), in the Italian Campaign. Each month during 2015 different call signs will be active along with 12 different QSLs. Activity will be on SSB, CW and Digital modes. QSL via PS7AB either direct ($2), via the bureau, eQSL or LoTW. More details can be found at http://

www.qrz.com/db/ps70eb. -- DDX SM – SWEDEN (CQZ 14) Swedish amateurs celebrate IARU's anniversary with the following special calls until August 31: 7S90IARU (district 6), SB90IARU (district 0), SC90IARU (district 2), SD90IARU (district 4), SE90IARU (district 5), SF90IARU (district 7), SI90IARU (district 1) und SJ90IARU (district 3). – DARC DXNL SV – GREECE (CQZ 20) SX150ITU, run by the Radio Amateur Association of Greece (RAAG), celebrates ITU's 150th anniversary on the air until the end of April. QRV on HF on CW, SSB, and RTTY. QSL via ClubLog OQRS and LoTW. – DARC DXNL YO – ROMANIA (CQZ 20) YP10EURAO marks the 10th anniversary of EURAO until Sept 30. QSL via YO9KYO. – DARC DXNL

UW – UKRAINE (CQZ 16) There will be special Ukrainian call signs on the air June 6 for the first six hours of the IARU Region One Field Day, 1500-2100Z. UW31 to UW39 prefixes with OA to OZ suffixes will be used for this, which will not just be Field Day but also the third Ukrainian Radio Sport Championship. QSL these calls via UY5XE. -- DDX W-K ARMED FORCES DAY (CQZ 01, 03, 04, 05, 25 & 27) US Armed Forces Day will have its annual cross-band military/Amateur Radio communications May 9-10. Various US military bases will be transmitting on their own frequencies and listening for answers in the ham bands: http://www.usarmymars.org/home/announcements

ZW – BRAZIL (CQZ 12) Prefix hunters will note that ZW7NDG are QRV until April 28 to commemorate Brazil's Day of

Naval Communications. QSL via PS7AW. -- DDX


Special Event Operations

"Fear you have for P5, for the future is clouded. Believe you not that you will be Logged. Clear your mind of QRM and believe in your training, for only then will the path be clear." – Yoda (via KD8MJR and Eham DX Forum)


3A – MONACO (CQZ 14) Radio Amateurs members of the Association des Radio Amateurs de Mona-co, will be active from Monaco using special call 3A90IARU, for 90th anniversary of International Amateur Radio Union, during April, May and June. They will operate on HF Bands. QSL via 3A2ARM buro, direct, LOTW. – DXNews.com, DX Coffee

3A – MONACO (CQZ 14) 3A/IU2CIQ, Emanuele Misurina, has been waiting for authorization to oper-ate in Monaco. He expects the operation will be in mid-May. On his team will also be IZ1UJE and

IZ1ZHG. They plan to have an FT-857 and FT-950, 100 watts to a Hustler mobile for 80-6, a fishing pole antenna, and a single delta loop for 15. They will be on all bands, SSB, CW and RTTY. QSL to IU2CIQ through the Italian bureau or direct to

IZ1UJE, plus eQSL and LoTW. -- DDX

EK - ARMENIA (CQZ 21) Bernd, DL7UCX and Frank, DK7AO will be active from Armenia 23 April - 4 May as EK/DL7UCX and EK/DK7AO. They will operate on 160 - 10m CW, SSB, RTTY. QSL via home calls. – DXMews.com

LX – LUXEMBOURG (CQZ 14) ON7SS, aka OO9O, Mark, plans to be QRV from Dillingen, Luxembourg as LX/OO9O May 28 - June 2, including participation in the CQ World Wide WPX CW Contest. Outside the contest he'll be on RTTY and PSK HF and 6 Me-ters. QSL OO9O, LoTW and eQSL. http://www.on7ss.be/lx_oo9o.html -- OPDX

MJ - JERSEY (Also GU) (CQZ 14) Operators Eddy/ON6EF, Jan/ON6VJ and Bruno/ON1CH, members of the OSA, will be active as MJ/homecall from Jersey Island (EU-013) May 14-18. Activity will be on 160-6 meters using SSB with a TS-2000 into FD-4 and dipole anten-nas. QSL via their home call signs. Eddy, ON6EF, will also activate Sark Island (EU-114), in the Guernsey Island group for 1 day signing MU/

ON6EF with a TS-50S and FD3 dipole, external car battery and 100w. -- OPDX

OE15M Friday April 24 to Sunday April 26. OE15M is an official "International Marconi Day" station. Contacts made on Saturday April 25, 2015 are valid for the IMD Award. IMD-Info: http://g4usb.net/IMD/imd-2015/ QSL info: www.qrz.com/db/oe15m - Bureau QSL via OE1WHC. -- DDX

SX9 – CRETE (CQZ 20) SP9KAT and SP9KOZ together with colleagues from Greece will be QRV (CW & SSB – HF) on Crete Island (EU-015) as SX9PL 18 - 24 April. Qsl via SP9KAT, direct or by the bureau.– DX Coffee, OPDX

Z6 – KOSOVO (CQZ 15) DF8AN, Mike, informs The Daily DX that he will be visiting Kosovo May 1 – 4 and plans to be QRV on all bands, mostly on CW and PSK31, as Z6/DF8AN. He'll be operating with an FT-817ND running 5 watts into

3B8 & 3B9, MAURITIUS AND RODRIGUEZ ISLANDS. (CQZ 39) José, EA5IDQ, will be active as 3B8/EA5IDQ from Mauritius (AF-049) May 10-18, and 3B9/EA5IDQ from Rodriguez Island (AF-017) May 19-23. Activity from both Islands will be on 40-10 meters using SSB and RTTY. QSLs via EA5IDQ, direct or by the Bureau. Also, QSL via ClubLog's OQRS. For more details and updates, see: http://www.dxpedition.eu --

OPDX

3B8 – MAURITIUS (CQZ 39) Mart, DL6UAA is currently active from Mauritius Island as 3B8MM. He is working on HF Bands mostly CW. QSL via home call direct, buro. – DXNews.com

8Q – MALDIVES (CQZ 22) Sascha, DG4ABE will be active from Maldives 10 - 17 May as 8Q7BI. He will operate on HF Bands.QSL via home call. – DXNews.com

INDIAN OCEAN TOUR (CQZ 39) - EA5IDQ, Jose, is heading to the Indian Ocean in May. First stop will be Mauritius Island where he will be QRV as 3B8/EA5IDQ May 10-18 and then on to Rodrigues Island as 3B9/EA5IDQ May 19-23. He'll be operating on 7-28 MHz on SSB and RTTY. For antennas Jose will have a Hy End Fez Long Wire on 40 meters and single band Delta Loops Big Signal on 20-10 meters. Check out his Website at http://www.dxpedition.eu/. QSL using OQRS on Club Log https://secure.clublog.org/logsearch/3B8/EA5IDQ, direct to EA5IDQ or via the bureau -- DDX

S7 – SEYCHELLES ISLANDS (CQZ 39) Stan, EI6DX will be active from Mahe Island, Seychelles 7 - 18 July as S79OWZ. He will operate holiday style with a K3 and vertical on the HF Bands and has a clear view of RU, EU and Asia. QSL via RX3RС. – DXNews.com, DX Coffee

S7 – SEYCHELLES ISLANDS (CQZ 39) IZ2DPX will be active from Seychelles 9 - 23 Aug as S79DPX (call pending). He will oper-ate on 80 - 6m. QSL via home call. – DXNews.com

VQ9 – DIEGO GARCIA (CQZ 39) Bob, (WT3A/DU7ET/XQ6ET) is now based at Diego Garcia (AF-006) for the next three months. Using the call sign VQ9ET, so far he has been active on 17m CW and plans to QRV again at the start of April. He uses a FT-857D and into “simple” antenna. QSL via DU7ET. – DX-World.net, DDX

DX INDIAN OCEAN

DX EUROPE

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DX AFRICA 3X – GUINEA (CQZ 35) Michael, PA5M returned to Conarky, Guin-ea last February where he currently is running an Emergency Telecom-munication Cluster for the UN and NGO community in relation to the Ebola outbreak in that country. Michael is active after work hours and mainly every Sunday using the call sign 3XY5M. He prefers 6m but also QRV on HF using 100w and a vertical antenna about 3m high. QSL via PA7FM, logs also uploaded to Club Log. – DX-World.net 5T – MAURITANIA (CQZ 35) CWJF Group member (http://www.cwjf.com.br/) 5T0JL, Jean, has been authorized use of special call 5T2MM to be used April 17-20. He plans to participate in the upcom-ing CQMM DX Contest on April 18 and 19 with this call. PY4KL is the QSL manager for this special call, as he was for the 2014 operations of

5T1MM. -- DDX 7P – LESOTHO (CQZ 38) Gert, ZS6AYU will be active from Roma, Lesotho as 7P8GF April 14-17. QRV on 40-10m CW only, holiday-style. He'll be taking a Hy-Gain AV640, 8 band vertical (40-6M). Activity will be on CW. If there is TEP on 6 meters he will use the AV640. Lis-ten for him on 50.097 MHz in the 1500-1700Z time frame. QSL via

ZS6AYU. – DX-World.net, DDX C5 – GAMBIA (CQZ 35) F5NVF and F5RAV are planning to be in Kololi, The Gambia in October of this year signing C5C. – DDX D4 – CAPE VERDE (CQZ 35) Alexander, HB9FDT will be active from Sal Island (IOTA AF-086), Cabo Verde 16 - 24 Apr as D44TDK. He will operate on 20, 15, 10m. He will operate from Santa Maria village. QSL via home call. – DXNews.com J5 – GUINEA-BISSAU (CQZ 35) Livio, IZ3BUR will be active from Guinea Bissau 11 - 30 April as J52HF. He will be operate on 20,15,10, 6 m SSB, PSK31. QSL via I3LDP, OQRS. – DXNews.com ZD8 – ASCENSION ISLAND (CQZ ) Steve G3ZVW is active in the evenings and early mornings from Georgetown, Ascension Island (AF-003) as ZD8N until April 21, QRV on HF bands, mostly CW. QSL via H/c. DX-World.net, DX Cof-fee

RI1 – ANTARCTICA (CQZ 38) Alexander Solodov, RX3ABI will be active from Novolazarevskaya Station, Antarctica until March 2016 as RI1ANM. He will operate on HF Bands. QSL via home call. – DXNews.com

DX ARCTIC—ANTARCTIC

SOUTH AFRICA HAMS GET OK TO RUN FULL KILOWATT Hams in South Africa have been granted a transmit power increase to a full kilowatt.

For decades the maximum South Africa output power was limited to 400 watts peak envelope. A workgroup was established to campaign for higher power. After negotiating for several years, South Afri-can telecommunications authorities were satisfied that the call was well motivated.

The updated regulation was then published in the South African Government Gazette and the new 1 kilowatt output power privilege became effective on April 1st.

— ZS6FDX via AR Newsline


DX PACIFIC

3D2 – FIJI (CQZ 32) Mark, ZL3AB will be active Malolo Lailai Island (Plantation Island) IOTA OC-121, Mamanuca Islands until April 17 as 3D2XT. He will operate on 40 - 10m CW, SSB, RTTY running 100 watt to a vertical antenna. QSL via home call, LOTW. Log will be uploaded to Club Log. – DXNews.net E5 – NORTH COOK ISLANDS (CQZ 32) Operators Rob/N7QT and YL Melanie/N7BX will be be active from North Cook Islands during October/November. Specific dates and call signs were not announced yet. They will operate from Manihiki for 2 or 4 weeks. Duration will depend on scheduling issues. Activity will be on 80-10 meters (possibly 160m) using Cw, SSB and RTTY, with a K3/KPA500 and a CrankIR vertical on the beach. QSL avail-able using LoTW, direct with SASE (IRC or 2 USDs for interna-

tional), or by the Bureau. -- OPDX E5 – SOUTH COOK ISLANDS (CQZ 32) Operating from Rarotonga, look for Doug W6HB and Brad W0VFT to be active as E51DLD and E51VFT between May 17-23, 2015. QRV on 160-10m using the shacks of E51AND and E51JD. QSL via home calls. – DDX

-World.net FW – WALLIS & FUTUNA ISLANDS (CQZ 32) Jean-Gabriel, F4CIX, is active as FW1JG from Mata’utu (the capital of Wallis and Futuna) on Wallis Island since November 2014. Activity is on 40/20/15/12/10 meters using SSB and the Digital modes (RTTY, BPSK31-63,

JT65). He is equipped with a FT-857 transceiver w/100 watts into a multi-dipole antenna. QSL only direct (see QRZ.com). -- OPDX

T32-33 WEST & EAST KIRIBATI, BANABA (CQZ 31) JA1XGI, Haru, has announced (http://www.qrz.com/db/T33XG) his plans to go to Tarawa, West Kiribati (T30XG), East Kiribati (T32XG) and Banaba (T33XG) starting at the end of November and into

December of this year. More details to follow. -- DDX

V6 – MICRONESIA (CQZ 26) Operators Sho, JA7HMZ, will once again be active as V63DX from Pohnpei Island (OC-010) Apr 17-

25. Activity will be on 80-6 meters and all modes. QSL via his home call sign. No Bureau QSLs. -- OPDX

V6 – MICRONESIA (CQZ 26) PonSho, JA7HMZ, will be active from Pohnpei Island (IOTA OC-010), 17 to 25 April, as V63DX. He will be active on 80 – 6 m. QSL via JA7HMZ only direct. – DX Coffee

V6 – MICRONESIA (CQZ 26) Lance, W7GJ, will be active as V6M from Falalop Island, Ulithi Atoll (OC-078), Aug 26 -Sept 3. Activ-ity is to celebrate his 50th anniversary of VHF DXing and will be focused on 6 meters EME. QSL DIRECT ONLY to W7GJ. Complete

details about his operation, can be found on: http://www.bigskyspaces.com/w7gj/Micronesia2015.htm -- OPDX

VK9N – NORFOLK ISLAND (CQZ 32) VK9NT on Norfolk Island is the call sign to be shared by VK3QB, VK3HJ, VK3GB and VK3XDX/5, April 24-May 4. They will be on 160-10M SSB and CW with two stations. QSL direct or bureau to VK2CA, preferably through Club Log OQRS. There will also be a LoTW upload later. http://vk9nt.odxg.org/vk9nt2015/index.html -- DDX

VK9X – CHRISTMAS ISLAND (CQZ 29) Nobuaki, JA0JHQ will be active from the Capotain Cook Resort on Christmas Island (IOTA OC-002), Australia 7 - 10 May as JA0JHQ/VK9X. He will operate on 40 - 6m CW, SSB. His general operating schedule will be (local time): Morning - 30/12/10 meters; Noon - 6 meters; Afternoon 17/15 meters; Evening - 40/30 meters and Midnight - 20 meters. QSL via home call. For details and updates, see: http://pandasan.jimdo.com/– DXNews.com, OPDX

YJ – VANUATU (CQZ 32) YJ0XG in Vanuatu is still on schedule for April 13-19 by JA1XGI, Haru. The resort he is booked into only had minimal damage from the cyclone that hit the islands. AC power is still being worked out. – DDX

ZL7 – CHATHAM ISLANDS (CQZ 32) Operators John/ZL1BYZ, David/ZL1DK and John/ZL1ALZ will be active as ZL3E from Kaingaroa, Chatham Island (OC-038), UNTIL April 15th. You still have time-but not much! Activity is on two stations, 40-10 meters and using CW, SSB and RTTY. Internet access permitting logs is being uploaded to ClubLog daily, and LoTW after initial log checking on their return to Auckland. The preferred QSL route is via ClubLog's OQRS for both direct and Bureau requests. Direct QSLs are via ZL1ALZ: John Balsillie, 48 Fraser Road, Pokeno 2471, New Zealand. Log enquiries go to John, ZL1ALZ at: [email protected] Log search:

https://secure.clublog.org/charts/?c=ZL7E -- OPDX ZL7 – CHATHAM ISLANDS (CQZ 32) Alain "Al", F8FUA (5U7NU, 9J2AE, TZ6NU, XT2BR, Z21KM), will once again be active as ZL7/F8FUA from Chatham Islands (OC-038) May 7-13. Activity will be on the HF bands using CW, SSB and RTTY. This will be a light operation using a K3 and a Buddipole. There will be NO Internet access in the "shack". He will upload log to LoTW and ClubLog whenev-er possible. Paper QSL cards are not printed yet so be patient. QSL via F8FUA, direct (w/SAE + 2 USDs or 1 IRC [new one!]), by the Bureau or LoTW. NO eQSL! -- OPDX


6Y – JAMAICA (CQZ 08) Jim W8ERI will be active from Jamaica (IOTA NA-097) 2-8 May as 6Y5/W8ERI. QSL via home call. – DX Coffee FP – ST PIERRE & MIQUELON (CQZ 05) FP/N7QT, Bob, will be on St. Pierre and Miquelon July 20-29. He plans to be QRV on 80 through 10 CW, SSB and digital. QSL on LoTW or direct with SASE, an IRC, or $2 US for international. If there is no IRC or SASE you will get a bureau card, "no exceptions." Contact N7QT directly if you have any correc-tions to the log, QSOs missing from the log, etc. -- DDX

HC8 – GALAPAGOS (CQZ 10) Geoffrey, G8OFQ will be in HC8 1 July - 30 Sept as HC8/G8OFQ. QRV 160m – 6m. He will work as a volunteer for the Galapagos National Park at the Giant Tortoise Breeding Center on Isabela Island (SA-004) -- AmateurRadi-oDX.com HI – DOMINICAN REPUBLIC (CQZ 08) Boris, N3SY is active again from Dominican Republic until 22 April as HI3/N3SY. He will operate on HF Bands. QSL via home call. – DXNews.com J8 - GW4DVB will be active on a “mini DXpedition” 40 through 10M SSB from Palm Island (IOTA NA-025) 13-21 April as J88PI. QSL via home call. DXNews.com P4 – ARUBA (CQZ 09) Dino, VE7NX will be active from Aruba 12 - 24 April as P4/VE7NX. He will operate on HF Bands. QSL via home call. – DXNews.com PJ2 – CURACAO (CQZ 09) DL1HTM and DH2AK will be active from Curacao Island (IOTA SA-099) until 23 April as PJ2/DL1HTM and PJ2/DH2AK. They will operate on HF Bands SSB, RTTY. QSL via home calls. -- DXNews.com YN – NICARAGUA (CQZ 07) David, WJ2O, will be active from Nicaragua, 22 - 30 April as YN/WJ2O. QSL via N2ZN. – DX Cof-fee

April 18, radio amateurs worldwide will take to the airwaves to celebrate World Amateur Radio Day (WARD) 2015. It was on April 18, 1925, that the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) was founded in Paris, with ARRL Co-Founder Hiram Percy Maxim, 1AW, as its first president.

The primary purpose of World Amateur Radio Day is to highlight Amateur Radio and its benefits to countries and communities. The IARU said World Amateur Radio Day is an opportunity for IARU member-societies to demonstrate Amateur Radio to the public and make friends with other amateurs around the world.

Special event stations will be on the air over the April 18-19 weekend to highlight World Amateur Radio Day and the IARU’s 90th anniversary.

“Since its founding, the IARU has worked tirelessly to defend and expand the frequency allocations for Amateur Radio,” the IARU said in marking World Amateur Radio Day. “Thanks to the support of enlightened administrations in every part of the globe, radio amateurs are now able to experiment and communicate in frequency bands strategically located throughout the radio spectrum.” — ARRL

DX NORTH, CENTRAL and SOUTH AMERICA

WARD April 18

FP, ST. PIERRE/MIQUELON (CANCELLED). Rob, N7QT, has announced that he has cancelled his FP/N7QT July 20-29th, to Saint Pierre/Miquelon. He states, "We were unable to find reasonable 'ham radio' accommodations on the island

and therefore had to cancel this trip."

“Patience (in a DX pile-up) is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.” ― Aristotle (with our apologies)

April 2015 DX Calendar (Edited from http://www.ng3k.com/Misc/adxo.html)


Dates Entity Call Sign QSL via Source Details

Moral of the story.. Stay out of the middle of the pile. Someone needs to be there.. just don’t be one of them : -) N6WM

2015 Apr09

2015 Apr21

Ascension I ZD8N G3ZVW G3ZVW

20150326 By G3ZVW; HF; CW SSB RTTY; 100w; wires; spare time operation; QRV mornings, evenings, and weekends

2015 Apr11

2015 Apr16

Turks & Caicos VP5 LotW VA3RJ

20150320 By VE3OC as VP5/VE3OC; holiday style; QSL VE3OC direct: (w/ US$3 + SAE)

2015 Apr12

2015 Apr17

Fiji 3D2XT LotW VA3RJ

20150410 By ZL3AB fm Malolo Lailai (OC-121, RH82of); CW SSB RTTY; holiday style operation; QSL also OK via ZL3AB

2015 Apr12

2015 Apr17

Sint Maarten PJ7 LotW K4BDR

20150309 By K4BDR as PJ7/K4BDR; 40-10m; SSB + digital; porta-ble solar backpack operation

2015 Apr12

2015 Apr24

Aruba P4 VE7NX DXW.Net 20150331

By VE7NX as P4/VE7NX; mainly CW, some SSB; holiday style operation

2015 Apr13

2015 Apr19

Vanuatu YJ0XG JA1XGI DXW.Net 20141218

By JA1XGI fm Port Vila; 40-10m; mainly CW, some SSB RTTY; QSL JARL Buro or direct, or Club Log (preferred)

2015 Apr13

2015 Apr21

St Vincent J88PI GW4DVB GW4DVB

20150221 By GW4DVB fm Palm I (NA-025, FK92ho); 40-6m; SSB; 100w; 10m vert + OCF dipole; QSL RSGB Buro or direct:

2015 Apr14

2015 Apr17

Lesotho 7P8GF ZS6AYU ZS6AYU

20150406 By ZS6AYU fm Katse Dam (KG40fp); 40-6m; CW; verti-cal; holiday style operation

2015 Apr14

2015 Apr20

Spratly Is DX0P WA6LOS DXW.Net 20150319

By WA6LOS et al; 160-6m; SSB CW RTTY JT65; 2 sta-tions

2015 Apr16

2015 Apr24

Cape Verde Is D44TDK HB9FDT ATDX

20150324 By HB9FDT fm Sal I (AF-086); 20 15 10m

2015 Apr16

2015 May01

Reunion FR F5PLC 425DXN

20150214 By F5PLC as FR/F5PLC fm AF-016; mainly 20m, perhaps 30m; CW; QRP; operation to continue until Jun 16

2015 Apr17

2015 Apr20

Mauritania 5T2MM PY4KL PY4WAS

20150310 By 5T0JL; QRV for CQMM DX Contest (Apr 18-19)

2015 Apr17

2015 Apr25

Micronesia V63DX JA7HMZ Direct

JA7HMZ

20150316 By JA7HMZ fm Pohnpei (OC-010, QJ96cx); 80-6m; all modes; QSL JA7HMZ direct

2015 Apr18

2015 Apr24

Crete SX9PL SP9KAT SQ9AC

20150329 By SP9ONC SP9JKB SQ9AC SP9ETE SP9NLT SV9IOQ SV9AHZ; HF; CW SSB

2015 Apr22

2015 Apr28

Bahamas C6AGM G3USR Direct

DXW.Net 20150309

By G3USR fm Grand Bahama I (NA-080); HF; 100w; verti-cal; holiday style operation

2015 Apr22

2015 Apr30

Nicaragua YN N2ZN ATDX

20150309 By WJ2O as YN/WJ2O fm QRH of YN2N; focus on 160m 6m + WARC; CW

2015 Apr24

2015 May04

Norfolk I VK9NT LotW DXW.Net 20150219

By VK3QB et al; 160-10m; SSB CW; QSL also OK via Club Log or VK2CA direct (see Web page)

2015 Apr25

2015 May02

Cayman Is ZF2CI M0URX DXW.Net 20141229

By MM0NDX; 160-10m; SSB; call sign pending; also us-ing ZF9/ZF2CI from Cayman Brac ; hoiday style operation

2015 Apr29

2015 May05

Ogasawara JD1BLY JI5RPT JI5RPT

20150314 By JI5RPT fm Chichijima I (AS-031); 40-6m; CW SSB + digital

2015 Apr30

2015 May06

Bhutan A52LSS LotW JH3LSS

20150330 By JH3LSS; 80-6m; SSB CW + digital; 200w; yagi, wires; QSL also OK via JH3LSS, Buro or direct

2015 Apr30

2015 May06

Bhutan A52 Home Call

JH3LSS

20150330

By JH3AEF as A52AEF, JA3ARJ as A52ARJ, JA3IVU as A52IVU; 80-6m; SSB CW + digital; QSL A52AEF and A52IVU via JARL Buro or direct (w/ SASE), A52ARJ direct only w/ SASE

May, June, July 2015 DX Calendar (Edited from http://www.ng3k.com/Misc/adxo.html)


Dates Entity Call Sign QSL via Source Details

2015

May02

2015

May08 Jamaica 6Y5

W8ERI

Direct

VA3RJ

20150227

By W8ERI as 6Y5/W8ERI fm Negril (NA-097, WLOTA 0214); 20-

15m; SSB; QRP

2015

May02

2015

May11 Ogasawara JD1YBT LotW

JP1IOF

20150125

By et al fm AS-031; all bands; modes; maybe 3 stations; QSL JP1IOF,

JARL Buro or direct; OQRS OK

2015

May07

2015

May10 Christmas Is VK9X JA0JHQ

DXW.Net

20150402 By JA0JHQ as JA0JHQ/VK9X; 40-6m; CW SSB

2015

May07

2015

May13 Chatham Is ZL7 LotW

DXW.Net

20150324

By F8FUA as ZL7/F8FUA; HF; CW SSB RTTY; QSL also OK via

F8FUA or Club Log

2015

May08

2015

May11 Isle of Man MT0IXD LotW

GM0OBX

20150316 By ops; 80-10m; SSB + digital; QSL also OK via M0OXO

2015

May09

2015

May15 Cayman Is ZF2ZL W8ERI

DXW.Net

20150126 By W8ERI fm Grand Cayman; HF

2015

May10

2015

May17 Maldives 8Q7BI DG4ABE

DXW.Net

20150405 By DG4ABE; 20-10m; mainly digital, some SSB

2015

May10

2015

May19 Mauritius 3B8 EA5IDQ

EA5IDQ

20141120 By EA5IDQ as 3B8/EA5IDQ; 40-10m; SSB RTTY

2015

May14

2015

May18 Jersey

MJ

Home Call

ON6EF

20150409

By ON6EF as MJ/ON6EF, ON6VJ and ON1CH likewise fm EU-014

and fm Sark (EU-114) for 1 day; 160-6m; SSB; dipoles

2015

May15

2015

May25 Niue E6ZS TBA

DXW.Net

20150204

By JA2ZS as E6ZS, JA2AUU as E6NZ, JA2ATE as E6TE, JA2LSS as

E6SS; 160-6m; CW SSB RTTY PSK31 JT65

2015

May17

2015

May23 South Cook Is E51 Home Call

DXW.Net

20150327

By W6HB as E51DLD and W0VFT as E51VFT fm Rarotonga; 160-

10m fm shacks of E51AND and E51JD

2015

May19

2015

May24 Rodrigues I 3B9 EA5IDQ

EA5IDQ

20141120 By EA5IDQ as 3B9/EA5IDQ; 40-10m; SSB RTTY

2015

May20

2015

May25 Cayman Is ZF2EM N8PR

DXW.Net

20150510 By N8PR and NZ5N; mainly 2m EME, but some HF SSB

2015

May20

2015

Jun25 Burkina Faso XT2AW M0OXO

DXW.Net

20150213 By DF2WO fm Ouagadougou; CW SSB

CQ WW WPX Contest, CW (May 30-31, 2015) Check for pre-contest activity too.

June

2015

Jun01

2015

Jun08 Malta 9H3A PB5X

PB5X

20150330

By PB5X fm Gozo I (EU-023); focus on WARC; holiday style opera-

tion

2015

Jun05

2015

Jun18 Maldives 8Q7CQ G4DFI

G0VJG

20150222

By G0VJG fm Meedhupparu I; some digital; 500w; vertical + 4 ele

yagi on 6m

2015

Jun21

2015

Jun26 Liechtenstein HB0 ON6ZV

ON6OM

20150208

By ON6ZV ON6OM ON7EG ON4MW as HB0/OO6P; SSB RTTY

PSK63 PSK31

2015

Jun28

2015

Jul04 Market Reef OJ0V ON5TC

ATDX

20141230 By ON8VP ON6QO ON5TQ fm EU-053; 40-6m

July

2015

Jul01

2015

Jul14 Galapagos Is HC8 HA3JB

DXW.Net

20141027

By G8OFQ as HC8/G8OFQ; 160-6m; spare time operation; ex-

pected to continue until Sep 30

2015

Jul07

2015

Jul18 Seychelles S79OWZ RX3RC

DXW.Net

20150325

By EI6DX fm Mahe I; HF; vertical w/ elevated radials on beach; holi-

day style operation; QSL OK via Buro or direct

2015

Jul15

2015

Jul21

St Pierre &

Miquelon FP LotW

NY4G

20150304

By NY4G as FP/NY4G fm NA-032; 80-10m; CW RTTY; QSL also

OK via NY4G direct or Club Log

RSGB IOTA Contest (Jul 25-26, 2015) Check for pre-contest activity, too.


DXCC for W4ZR

President’s Message—continued from page3 Interlachen is 50 miles south of Jacksonville on beautiful Lake Grandin (a map will be provided later) and we will have 2 motorhomes available for sleeping quarters, etc. Excel-

lent BBQ will be catered by Smoke Dogs Barbecue. Anyway, that is the scoop for now. See y'all next week. — 73 de K4EB

This weekend check out the Worked All Provinces of China (WAPC) DX Contest on the HF bands 10– through 80m. The WACP starts every year on the third Saturday of April, from 0600Z Saturday and runs 0559Z Sunday for a total of 24 hours. This will be the fourth year for the WAPC contest and it has grown in popularity every year.

Objective Amateurs around the world can work any other amateurs during the 24 hour contest period, while contacts with amateurs in Chinese prov-inces, municipal cities, autonomous regions, and special administration regions as many as possible are encouraged.

Bands: Contest activity can take place on 5 amateur bands, 80-40-20-15 and 10 meter bands; Note: WARC bands are excluded.

Modes: 3 modes, are allowed: CW, SSB, and MIXED of CW and SSB modes.

Check http://www.amateurradiodx.com/the-2015-worked-all-provinces-of-china-wapc-dx-contest/ for A list of Chinese provinces, municipal cities, autonomous regions, and special administration regions

We'd like to get DXCC for W4ZR. When you work a sta-tion, work them as W4ZR too. Bands don't matter for now, just mode. Send your ADIF records to Richard, K4UTE. He will post them to LoTW. There is a summary of what has been worked. Please update the summary when you work a country. Click below for the Summary page:

http://nfdxa.com/w4zr/summary.asp

The DXCC summary for W4ZR as this is being written at noon EDT 14 April is:

CW: 89 Digi: 26 Fone: 101 Wkd: 164 Cfm: 85

WACP Contest April 18-19

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/), AT DX News (AT DX News) (http://dxing.at-

communication.com/en/) 425 DX News (425 DXN)

(http://www.425dxn.org/) 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

Frivolous Factoid

Intelligent people

have more zinc and

copper in their hair.


ZD9XF Wins 2014 Single Operator Cass Award

The Cass Award encourages DXpedition operating excellence. While QRV from the island of Tristan da Cunha as ZD9XF in September 2014, Nigel G3TXF worked 9314 unique stations during the first 14 days of his one-man DXpedition, demonstrating an outstanding effort to log as many DXers as possible and setting a new Single-Operator Cass Award record. Club Log founder Michael G7VJR presented Nigel with his plaque and prize at the CDXC Annual Dinner on March 21st. Presented annually, the Cass Award encourages DXpeditions to maxim-ize the number of DXers worked with a $1000 prize for the Single-Operator DXpedition that works the most unique callsigns over a two-week interval. This award honours the wisdom and spirit of Cass WA6AUD (SK), whose stories in the West Coast DX Bulletin taught a generation of DXers that “DX IS”! — http://www.dx-world.net/

WWV’s 25 MHz Signal Still Strong after 1 Year Back on the Air

Time and frequency standard station WWV silenced its 25 MHz signal in 1977, but it returned to the air on an “experimental basis” a year ago, and it’s still up and running. Resurrecting the long-dormant standard time outlet operated by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) was Matt Deutch, N0RGT, WWV’s Lead Electrical Engineer “We have been at 1 kW for the past year,” Deutch told ARRL. “We have had a few hiccups, but nothing serious.” Deutch said he was pleased to see the 25 MHz signal included in a recent QST article, “just like the good ol’ days” (see “Measuring Fequencies at VE3GSO,” in the April 2015 QST, p 37). “Here at the site we have even been discussing giving the 25 MHz signal its own antenna again,” Deutch said. “The ham in me wants to give it something more exotic than a plain ol’ boring dipole. But what antenna could it be?” The return of WWV’s 25 MHz outlet came about after Dean Lewis, W9WGV, lamented its loss last year in an e-mail to Deutch, who surprised him by putting the signal back on the air, initially temporarily. According to NIST, the 25 MHz broadcast includes the normal WWV information transmitted on all oth-er WWV frequencies and at the same level of accuracy. The transmitter in Fort Collins, Colorado, can put out 2500 W into what Deutch has called a “broadband monopole,” although he keeps the transmitter running

at about 1200 W. WWV has invited listeners’ comments and signal reports. — ARRL News

The purpose of this experimental Web site < http://www.bandconditions.com/ > is to provide 24-7-365 actual (REALTIME) band condition information to CW QRPp, QRPe and CW/SSB for Contesters interested in increasing their scores. It can also be of benefit to other Radio Amateurs to determine band conditions for Nets and casual QSO's. This information is NOT based on any software pre- dictions or any kind of satellite based readings. It is based on a new Ionospheric sounding method called "HF Ionospheric Interferometry"

which operates very similarly to the PolSAR system used by NASA.

REAL-TIME BAND CONDITIONS WEB SITE <

INDEXA Now classified as a 501(c)(3) organization

The International DX Association (INDEXA) has been granted tax exempt status under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. According to INDEXA president K4MQG, Gary Dixon, “For U.S. tax payers this means that your donations to INDEXA are now tax deductible to the extent permitted by law.” The new classification designation began last September 19, 2014. For more information about INDEXA check their website at http://www.indexa.org/ — INDEXA

FIRST CLASS MAIL

This weekend two major DXpedition announcements are expected to be made at the annual Visalia DX Conference. Although ‘those in the know’ have (in their words) “been sworn to secrecy”, the rest of us are left to…anticipate.

Now that I think of it, one of the many joys of DXing is anticipation. It’s that feeling of excitement about something that is about to happen. In the case of the two soon-to-be announced Dxpeditions, will they be to entities that I need? Who’s going and how long will they be there?

Propagation has been weakening along with the downward sliding solar cycle. Between poor conditions and increasing DQRM will I even be able to hear them well enough to call?

On and on the questions come and the closer we are to getting the answers the more the anticipation grows. Are you having fun yet?

May the good DX be yours — NW4C

The Last Word

The Monthly Newsletter of The North Florida DX Association

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PileUp Editor

Warren Croke, NW4C 4092 NW 23 Circle

Gainesville, FL 32605 USA

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And so it goes . . .

Warren NW4C

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