DX NEWS: 

GLORIOUS ISLAND (AF011) - Didier F5OGL is informing that the prospective DXpedición to the Glorious island, it has been postponed until year end, but they are not still sure of the date, because the situation in the island is very critical and they are participating the military ones.

PIRATE. - Maurice F5NQL writes us to inform us that somebody was operating in 21 mhz using the callsign VP8MM and he said that it was located in the islands Orkney of the South and he affirms that its QSL mánager is Jean Marc, F8IXZ. I know Jean Marc because we attend the same club of CW and him he answered me that he doesn't know anything on that activity, for what is considered it is some joke of a pseudo fan. It is recommended not to lose the time and their money sending the QSL to F8IXZ. (73, Maurice, F5NQL).

RTTY SURVEY - The results of the survey on The Looked for DXCC in RTTY, are already clever in the web of AA5AU ( http://www.aa5au.com/rttysurvey2005.html ). Where you will find the list of the 240 countries as well as a needier list of the 50 in Asia, Europe and America of the North. The requested list of the 10 is:  

1. BS7 Scarborough Reef 100.0% 

2. VU Lakshadweep 88.9% 

3. 7O Yemen 87.6%  

4. 3Y Bouvet 79.3% 

5. VU Andaman & Nicobar 78.9% 

6. FT5W Crozet 78.3% 

7. HK0 Malpelo 76.8% 

8. KP5 Desecheo 75.2%   

9. VK0 Macquarie 74.9%   

10.  3Y Peter I 73.7%   

SCIALF PROGRAMS - The software SCIALF is a good agent of competitions in real time and it can also work in portable activities. It is compatible with several competitions, but mainly with the Competition 40-80 that he approaches, the ARI DX as well as others in VHF. He has capacity to export the file to format ASCII, Cabrillo, ADIF, Fastlog., to make labels for QSL and to take the log. It was designed by Alfio IT9VCE and it is available in www.it9vce.it/scialf.htm

WEB OF  RADIO CLUB DE CHILI - The Radius Club Cavancha, of Iquique Chile (CE1RKV) recently it put their page web http://www.ce1rkv.tk  specially dedicated to the radioaficionados, in the one which besides mentioning the activities of the Radius Club, the necessary tools are offered to make good DX and to participate in competitions. He has connections to diverse bulletins of DX and other pages of great interest. (73, of XE1BEF).

M.I.A. TROPHY 2005 - The list of the logs received for the M.I.A. TROPHY 2005 are already now available in http://www.mdxc.org/miatrophylog.asp  (Regards Corrado IT9DAA).

AGREEMENT AND DEVELOPMENTS DE AMSAT. - Roberto Dhios, leader of development of the LUSAC, presented the software development RTMOS (operating system to modulate of real time) that took our satellite on board. It is interesting to highlight the interest of the assistants manifested in abundant questions, since this software this inside the platform GNU of free software, that will make available all their code for who requests it. This material was presented this year in the event bianual of the Association Argentina of Space Technology in Córdoba. The interest was of such a magnitude that there is already but arisen collaborators of this meeting to be part of the project. LU2AMW, Nestor made delivery of the certificate from AMSAT to Tito, LU7EE, President of the RC City Bell recognizing the developed work. It followed a presentation then for LU7ABF, Pedro on details of the international space station, and all the current developments in AMSAT Argentina, from the LUSAC, going by the VOXSAT, the LUSAC, transponders, buoys of CW, Modems integrated in PICs, geographical localizadores for VOR, activities and developments of the high-speed group (HSG), projects Globe together with associations like the Turma of the Silver, the multiple agreements with Universities, Associations, the CONAE, Retina, etc. Result of this already has but integral that sink to these developments arisen in the meeting. Each one of the assistants to the meeting you takes their certificate of attendance, signed and sealed by authorities of the RC City Bell and of AMSAT Argentina. We want to thank the presence of LU4DXT especially, Hugo who I develop the controller of the buoy of CW of the LUSAT and of LU3DJD, Jorge Topich partner founder of Amsat. (Tnx AMSAT Argentina).

QSL DE FO0/F8UFT - FO5RN is informing that before November 10 he will be answering all the applications that he has for via direct for that activity and other activities carried out in islands of the Ocean Pacific, because it is to receive the printed cards. (tnx Maurice, F5NQL).

9AA7YY don't HAVE QSL MANAGER Branko he informs. The applications of QSL should be sent via desk or direct at 9A7YY.

QSL FOR ER4DX should be requested ER4DX now directly Vasily Romanyuk, P.O. Box 1662, MD 2044 Chishinau, Moldova. He is informing that UT4ND is no longer its Qsl mánager.

COMMENTS AND ADVICE for the competition CQ WW DX of SSB, by EA5DFV (José Miguel). - Many radioaficionados outside of our frontiers says that a good parameter to determine the health of the radioafición in a country is to examine its participation in the big international competitions. I agree with that, although, I don't consider that it is the only one, by no means. They approach the biggest, the CQ WW DX of SSB and of CW and at least in that section, in that of the participation, we should make an important effort all.  This year we will surely face a very important participation on the part of our colleagues of the neighboring countries that have acquired new privileges in the bands of HF, and that already, some of those that participate in competitions of international HF, have verified that they were desirous of to compete in this facet and to make it very well. For sure the lists of competitors will increase and with good results some of the entities of the next DXCC to us and those which up to now, we beat or we equaled in participation. 

The sport radio, like a facet more than the radioafición, is not very different from other sports and it can be practiced, as any other sport activity, in many different ways: one can try to be in the elite, competing with the best available means and with an almost professional dedication, and one can, also, to simply make sport to stay in form, or to have a good time the weekend with the friends. You can compete in the best teams or to play "partidillos" the weekends. In anyone of the cases, the interesting thing is to participate in an activity that he has a good time us and it attracts us. In the last years he has left seeing a bigger participation of stations EA in teams multi-operador/un single transmitter (MS). it is a very attractive and amusing category that allows to banish the myth that our liking is a solitary liking. In these cases, the competition is a very good occasion for, besides preparing a station a little more competitive than those of each one in an individual way, of having occasion to talk much of radio in the moments in that it is not operated, and to enjoy a good while with the good friends… and to encourage the contact with a good one "multiplier" as if a has put a goal or a basket of 3 points. In a competition in team, the problems are less "problems" since there are more people to solve them and it goes a long way less the depression before the bad propagation conditions. The MS (it multi-sails) it allows in turn to form new people that is interested in being formed in the world of the sport radio, giving him minutes of operation and explaining to him the different facets of the game. It is also a category that allows to expand to others as the M2 (multi-two, multioperadores and two transmitters) and to MM (multi-multi, multioperador multitransmisor) as practice is acquired and he has more trained operators. 

If even so, we don't have the capacity or we don't meet with spirits to organize a participation multi-operator or we simply like more to operate alone, but we would like to add our grain of sand to a collective effort, in these competitions, the CQ WW DX of SSB and of CW, as well as in many other, they exist in the bases, the possibility to participate individually but like part of a team, in two different modalities: 

 1. - competition for club: He understands each other as club, a club "local" and don't unite national organization. This limited one to the members that are located in an area with a radius of 275 km. from the center of the area of the club, although it also allows to add the points of the operators of the club that you/they carry out a certain expedition of DX. Usually in this category they participate big clubs, with hundreds of operators, as the FRC (Frankfurt Radiates Club), the YCCC (Yankee Clipper Contest Club) or in Europe the BCC (Bavarian Contest Club). they are very organized clubs that compete adding hundreds of millions of points. To participate in this category it is very important to make consist the club to which is belonged when sending the lists. In EA we don't prepare that I know, of a club of these characteristics. 

2. - competition for team: In fact, according to the bases, it is a category more, the D. AND I believe that it is a category that we don't give him the importance that deserves and I believe that it can end up at the same time being very competitive that very amusing. A team consists of five operators, any that you/they will participate as SO (sail-operator, monooperador). AND they participate in the category SO all them and each one can only be in a team. When receiving their lists, their points sink. To create an alone team it is necessary to send the list of the indicative ones before the beginning from the competition to the organizers, by mail or for fax. Nothing else simple.  This competition adds the incentive of the participation in team to the individual operation, at the same time that he puts under an obligation, as all participation in team, to carry out an operation a little more "serious." 

Another aspect that goes to make important this year, and maybe the next ones, the participation and the participation in team, it is the drop propagation with which we will be in the high bands (15 and 10 meters) due to being in the low part of the solar cycle. In these cases, we usually fall in the apathy of not participating since it will be difficult to find those easy DX that we can like or in the laziness of using our station for the most part in the low bands, where we will be less competitive. But on the other hand, let us don't forget that if we increase our participation, we won't care so much the one that the propagation this wrong, because we will be able to continue finding people calling and calling us. The competition multi-operator will allow us to obtain a more competitive station in the low bands and to support with more comfort the moments of low propagation. 

He made a reference at the beginning about the importance of the quantity of operators, but I believe that another very important factor when judging the "health" of the radioafición of a country it is, clearing is, the quality of its operators. And if many of them participate in an international competition, that it is a very good moment to judge it. Let us put the best in our operative methods in the competition, so that we attract our correspondents for the form in that we operate and for the quality of the sign that we radiate, and for our ability of he listens. As always, let us read the bases attentively and let us try to complete them in all their terms: 

to) If we use more than 150 watts, let us send our list as "high power." 

b) If we use the cluster, let us send the list like "attended" 

c) If we use more than 5 watts, we cannot send the list like QRP 

d) we Send the lists it more correctly possible. 

And let us banish the practices that can classify us as "bad operators": 

to) to Call with part of the indicative one. 

b) to Use the cluster for autoanunciarse. 

c) to Overexcite the amplifier. 

d) to Use too much compression in the voice in the case of SSB. 

And let us adopt those practices that provide us prestige and personal satisfaction: 

to) to Be respectful with the band plans and the segments assigned for competitions. 

b) to Respect the frequencies occupied by that people that is not participating in the competition. 

c) to Be cordial in all moment, even in case our correspondent is interested in some non pertinent information to the competition. We will lose some seconds, or some contact, but we will possibly win an assiduous contact more the next competitions. 

d) we Listen in those pound-ups. Not to be a competition rules different to the contacts of DX they are applied. 

We listen to ourselves there outside. 

73 of José Miguel, EA5DFV 

He notices: Some connections of interest. 

Base of the CQ WW DX:  http://www.cq-amateur-radio.com/WWDXConRules8905.pdf  

Frankfurt Radiates Club: http://www.gofrc.org/  

Yankee Clipper Contest Club: http://www.yccc.org  

Potomac Valley Radiates Club: http://www.pvrc.org/  

Bavarian Contest Club: http://www.bavarian-contest-club.de/  

PROPAGATION:

The current time is: 01:32 UTC on Friday, October 21, 2005

Current Solar Indicies from WWV

21-Oct-2005 at 0004 UTC

SFI = 77   A = 4   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: 0126Z on October 21, 2005

 Velocity (km/s):              304.0

 Density (protons/cm3):              3.6

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 20-Oct-2005 at 2300Z was:  77

Three Day SFI and A-index Forecast

(updated daily after 2200Z)

This report issued on Oct 20, 2005 at 2204Z

  Date                SFI        A-index 

  20 Oct               078             5

  21 Oct               078             12

  22 Oct               078             12

Solar Activity Forecast

Solar activity is expected to be very low.

Geophysical Activity Forecast

The geomagnetic field is expected to be quiet on 21 Oct. Unsettled conditions, with a chance for active periods, are expected for 22-23 Oct, due to a favorably positioned coronal hole.

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 19-Oct-2005 was:              30

 Most recent five days (oldest first):             11  11  11  11  11  

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 19-Oct-2005 was:         A2

 Most recent five days (oldest first):             A3  A3  A2  A2  A3

CONTESTS:

ARRL International EME Contest, 0000Z Oct 22-2400Z Oct 23, 50-1296 MHz http://www.arrl.org/contests/rules/2005/eme.html

USI W/VE Islands QSO Party--CW/Digital/SSB-sponsored by the US Islands Awards Program from 1600Z Oct 22 to 2359Z Oct 23. Frequencies: 160-6 meters. Categories: W/VE-phone, W/VE-CW/Digital, as Non-Island, Island, or Island Rover, plus DX and SWL. Exchange: RS(T), island name and USI or CISA number (S/P/C for non-island stations). Non-island stations work island stations only. Work stations once per island per mode. QSO points: island-- 5 pts, non-island--1 pt. Score: QSO points × states + provinces. For more information: www.eng.mu.edu/usislands/usvetest.html. Logs due Nov 30 to wa4ja@arrl.net or to WA4JA, John Almon, 105 Flintlock Dr, Franklin, TN 37064-2351.

QRP ARCI Fall QSO Party--CW, sponsored by QRP ARC International, 1200Z Oct 22-2400Z Oct 23, operate 24 hrs max. Frequencies (MHz): 1.810, 3.560, 3.710, 7.040, 14.060, 21.060, 28.060. Categories: SOAB, SO-High Band (20-6), SO-Low Band (160-40). QSO points: member QSOs--5 pts, non-member on same cont--2 pts, non-members on diff cont--4 pts. Score: QSO points × S/P/C × Power Multiplier (< 55 mW× 20, <250 mW ×15, <1 W ×10, <5 W output ×7, >5 W ×1). For more information: www.qrparci.org. Submit entry form via contest Web site. Logs due Nov 23 to contest@qrparci.org or ARCI Fall QSO Party, c/o Jeff Hetherington, VA3JFF, 139 Elizabeth St W, Welland, ON L3C 4M3, Canada.

NEXT WEEK: 

CQ Worldwide DX Contest--SSB, sponsored by CQ Magazine, 0000Z Oct 29-2400Z Oct 30. (CW is 0000Z Nov 26-2400Z Nov 27). Frequencies: 160-10 meters. Categories: SOAB and SOSB (HP >100 W, LP, QRP <5 W), MS, M2 (new), MM. MS have 10 minute rule. Exchange RS(T) and CQ zone. QSO points: same cont--1 pts (NA stations count 2 pts), diff cont--3 pts. Stations in the same country may be worked for zone credit only. Score: QSO points × CQ Zones + DXCC entities and WAE countries counted once per band. For more information: www.cqww.com. Logs due Dec 1 (Jan 15 for CW) to ssb@cqww.com (CW logs to cw@cqww.com) or to CQ Magazine, 25 Newbridge Rd, Hicksville, NY 11801.

4th Annual Fists Coast to Coast Contest--CW--sponsored by FISTS Northwest Club, K7FFF, 0000Z-2400Z Oct 30. Frequencies: 80-10 m. Categories: SOAB, MS, (QRP/QRO). Exchange: RST, name, state or DX prefix, and FISTS number or power. QSO points and scoring depends on number of times club is worked. For more information: www.tomochka.com/k7fff. No logs required; just send total score and list of clubs contacted to FistsC2C@yahoo.com within 30 days of the contest.

10-10 International CW/Digital Contest, 0001Z Oct 29-2400Z Oct 30. Logs due Nov 15 (see Aug QST, p 85 or www.ten-ten.org).

 
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