[QRZ.CO.IN]Volume:1 No:1 - 5th November 2009

Dear Fellow Hams Greetings from QRZ.co.in, Amateur call sign database/web site hosted at www.qrz.co.in This Site to get accurate Indian Amateur Radio Operators information, If any Dx Hams join in this Database, Welcome.. Its humble request to add yours' and request your local hams to update their information. Please add the License Details and Blood Group which would help you as well as others. You are requested to login to your Control panel & update your profile with latest data. Please note that last two years data need to be updated which is in process. Please advise known Hams to register in QRZ.CO.IN If your callsign is already registered but don’t have login details, please contact QRZ administrator at admin@qrz.co.in This News Letter is Weekly with Dx-Information / Contests / Indian Amateur Radio Activities / Technical Articles etc., Sarath, VU3RSB QRZ.CO.IN Administrator / Founder --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hamfest India 2009 Details The 18th Hamfest in India, HamfestIndia 2009 is being conducted in Bengaluru city, Karnataka, on 7 & 8 November 2009. The venue is Sri Nijagunara Kshetra, opposite to  Bull Temple, Basavanagudi, Bengaluru. The brief outlay of the two day programme is as below Day One: Saturday, 7 November 2009   8.00 am - 9.30 am Breakfast at the venue 8.45 am - 11.00 am      Inauguration of HamfestIndia 2009 Lighting of the Lamp Welcome address by the General Convener Talk by the Special Guest Talk by the Chief Guest Inauguration of Exhibition & Stalls   11.00 am -11.15 am   Tea Break   11.15 am - 1.30 pm                     Presentation by representatives of various Amateur Radio Clubs in India   1.30 pm - 2.30 pm   Lunch at the venue   2.30 pm - 4.00 pm   Technical presentation by Hams & SWLs   4.00 pm - 4.15 pm   Tea Break   4.15 pm - 5.30 pm   Technical presentation by Hams & SWLs   6.30 pm - 8.30 pm   Cultural Programme   8.30 pm - 10.00 pm   Gala Dinner at the venue       Day Two: Sunday, 8 November 2009 8.00 am - 9.00 am   Breakfast at venue   9.00 am - 11.00 am   Inauguration of the Golden jubilee Celebration of The Bangalore Amateur Radio Club - VU2ARC Lighting of the Lamp Welcome address by the President of BARC Talk by Special Guest Talk by Chief Guest Distribution of prizes to the winners in the events conducted through the year 2009   11.00 am -11.15 am   Tea Break   11.15 am - 12.00 Noon   Technical presentations by Hams & SWLs   12.00 Noon - 12.45 pm   Bidding and Handing-over of Hamfest Flag   12.45 pm - 1.30 pm   Valedictory Function   1.30 pm - 2.30 pm   Lunch at the venue   2.30 pm - 3.30 pm   Auction sale of New & Used Equipment   3.30 pm - 4.00 pm   High Tea and Farewell    -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HFI 2009 - Accommodation - Information   Those who have asked for assistance in seeking accommodation are booked in the following hotels where we have been able to bargain and get a big discount on the tariff published by them - Advance amount has been given to few hotels amongst listed below and individual email/sms/calls are being made so that there is no confusion    * Southern Residency,  # 79, DVG Road, Basavanagudi (close to Nettakallappa Circle – Upahara Darshani), BANGALORE -560004 http://www.southernresidency.net   Phone 080-26621236 , 26621229 * New Atithya, # 93, Gandhi Bazzar Main Road, Bangalore 560004 Phone 080-26508150, 26508151 * Pai Vaibhav, # 19/A, H Siddiah Road, Opposite Urvashi Theatre, Behind MTR, Close to Lalbagh Main Gate and Lions Eye Hospital, Bangalore-2 http://www.hotelpaivaibhav.com Phone 080-41529053 * Akshaya Lakshmi Comfort, # 120, RV Road, VV Puram, Near Lalbagh West Gate, BANGALORE-560004. Phone 080-42834444, Cell 9902273287 * Shabari Residency, No. 19, H Siddiah Road, Opposite Urvashi Theatre, Behind MTR Near Lalbagh Main Gate, Bangalore-560002 Phone 080-22228455 8456 8457 http://www.krishnagroup.in * Chirag Comforts, # 141/1, 5-Main, 3-Cross, Bazar Street, Chamarajpet, (Uma Theatre Signal Lights Circle) BANGALORE-560018  For Hotel Accommodation Information of Registered Delegates can contact the following persons. V. Ajoy - VU2JHM Member, Organising Committee 9845355773 Kiran Kumar - VU3PKE Member, Organising Committee 9845056177 VHF Repeater Information Frequency: Rx:145.650 Khz ( -600 Khz) Tx:145.050  Frequency: Rx:145.200 Khz ( +600 Khz) Tx:145.800 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HFI 2009 - Organising Committee M. R. Sampath Kumar - VU2YZ General Convener Founder & Current President of BARC 9448268208 Goving Girimaji - VU2GGM Joint Convener 9448490465 S. Sathyapal - VU2FI Treasurer 9448302677 K. V. Dasharathi - VU2DKV Member, Organising Committee & Official Correspondent 9845336737 K. G. Ramesh Kumar - VU2LU Member, Organising Committee & Official Correspondent 9845057731 V. Ajoy - VU2JHM Member, Organising Committee 9845355773 V. Ramesh - VU3VRL Member, Organising Committee 9845526529 Kiran Kumar - VU3PKE Member, Organising Committee 9845056177 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Special Cover with this Special Postal Cancellation Department of Posts - India Post - Karnataka Circle has approved Special Postal Cancellation at Bangalore GPO on 7th November 2009 vide Letter No. Tech/3-7/1/2009 dated at Bangalore 1 the 4th Nov 2009 accordingly letters/post cards can be mailed at Phillatily Counter of GPO Bangalore whole of 7th November to get a Special postal cancellation which has Bangalore Amateur Radio Club - VU2ARC - Golden Jubliee Celebrations in Hindi and English language.   The first Special Cover with this Special Postal Cancellation will be handed over by Chief Guest on 7th to BARC's President on 7th at the Inaugural of the HAMFEST INDIA 2009 at Sri Nigigunara Kshetra.   This Special Cover would be added in every HFI delegates kit as complements from Lion Ajoy VU2JHM, International Director, Lions International Stamp Club http://www.lisc.nl   Note:-  Pre Cancelled Special Covers is available at BARC counter and the same can be mailed at Phillatilic Counter only on 7th November 2009 and it is collector's item !!!   Best of 73's   de Lion Ajoy - VU2JHM Secretary, Bangalore Amateur Radio Club - VU2ARC

Greek IOTA Tour

Gab, IK3GES, began a Greek island tour on June 28th.
He plans to visit the following islands, but details of the dates were not provided.

The IOTA Islands are:
EU-060 - Skyros Island (GIOTA NAS-098, MIA MG-115, also count for WLOTA LH-2002)
EU-075 - Salamina Island (GIOTA SAS-040, MIA MG-098, also count for WLOTA LH-4159)
EU-113 - Elafonisos Island (GIOTA INS-007, MIA MG-033, also count for WLOTA LH-0011)
EU-174 - Amoliani Island (GIOTA NAS-046, MIA MG-009)

After activating the above, Gab will then travel to Turkey but is not sure if he will activate any islands there.

After Turkey, Gab will team up with Boyan, LZ1BJ, and activate Sveta Anastasiya Island (EU-181, will also count for WLOTA LH-0035).

He is expected to start a second island tour from Croatia in September. Details will be forthcoming.

QSL via IK3GES, direct or by the Bureau or E-mail Bureau requests.

OPDX

OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE
 
The Gloriosos 2009 is a new time postponed because of flight problems.  We
think, however, the DXpedition could be begin at the end of August.  The
runway on Grande Glorieuse suffers heavy problems of stability which have to
be solved very quickly, in next July, to allow again the jumbo planes
landing with full security.
 
This postponing will allow us to include new operators, David, F8CRS, and
Bernard, F5LPY.  Seven operators will go to FT5G.
 
Three stations will be active 24h a day and the 3rd dedicated to monitor the
6 meter.  This last station will be used back on HF if propagation opens the
lower bands.  
 
The length of the stay is always scheduled for three weeks if no other
change will happen.
 
We must once again remain all of you, that the landing on these islands is
very difficult and the Go signal is given only when all the security
measures are in place, known and applied.
 
We have to thank a lot for their help, the French Australes and Antarctic
Territories Administration, The South Indian Ocean Zone Forces Headquarter,
and the Commandment of the French Foreign Legion detachment in Mayotte.
 
More News to be published in due time
 
Gloriosos 2009 crew

A part these two texts, we can say, even if the first event which made the
July 2009 Gloriosos, postponed haven’t happen, the today’s aircrash of the
Yemenia A310 at sea, after 2 hours of flight, is a new event which might
have made  the DXpedition postponed in any case.  The plane which will have
been used to come from La Reunion to Glorieuses, is now on the zone and
participates to the researches of survivings for an unknown lenght of
time...

These events and to reinforce the runway have been considered by the French
Authorities.
For the most security, please wait again with us some more weeks.
 

Didier will inform you with more details if necessary in due time.

73

Maurice, F5NQL

VK9NI (OC-005) Norfolk Island DXpedition 2009

Updated information for Norfolk Island DXpedition just letting everybody know that we have changed our callsign from VK9AAA to VK9NI.

We may also have a live video stream from our location, it can be viewed from our website www.vk9ni.com.

Members of the Hellenic Amateur Radio Associaion of Australia (HARAOA Group) will be active as VK9NI between 22th - 29th July, 2009.

The HARAOA Group plan to have 4-5 stations on the air, and plan to be active on 160-6 meters using CW, SSB and RTTY. They plan to take part in the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 25-26th) during their stay.

Equipment to be used are IC-7000, amplifiers, Spiderbeams, Verticals, Beams and dipoles.

Current operators are VK2IR, VK3FY, VK3FGRC, VK3FT, VK2FPGR, VK3TZ, VK2RF, VK5MAV, VK2GR.

QSL Manager via W3HNK

New Solar Cycle 24 Sunspot Group

On Monday a new solar cycle 24 sunspot group emerged in the SW quadrant of the Sun near S22E41.

NOAA/SWPC should assign it #11023, with a beta magnetic signature.

We have seen four solar cycle 24 sunspot groups this month and six in the past 30 days. It appears that solar cycle 24 has finally come alive.

73 & GUD DX,

Thomas F. Giella, NZ4O
Lakeland, FL, USA
nz4o@arrl.net

NZ4O Daily Solar Space Weather & Geomagnetic Data Archive:
http://www.kn4lf.com/kn4lf5.htm and
http://www.kn4lf.com/kn4lf72.htm

IOTA News
23 June, 2009

Island activities:

AS-047, JA6, Daito Islands:
7N4AGB/6, JK1EBA/6, JJ1JGI/6, JA1XEQ/6 and
JA1KJW/6 are planning an activity from Daito Isl. (Okinawa Prefecture) from Jun 25 until Jul 5. QSLs via homecalls (direct/bureau).

AS-117, JA1, Honshu's Coastal Islands:
JJ2JQF/0 and JH9UYZ/0 will be QRV from Awa Island (Niigata Prefecture) from Jun 25-30. QSLs via homecalls (direct/bureau).

EU-024, IS0 Sardinia (main):
A group of A.R.S. QRP Club members will show up as IQ0QP from Capo Bellavista lighthouse on Jun 27/28.
QSLs via homecalls (direct/bureau).

EU-048, F, Bretagne (Morbihan) Region Group:
Jean-Pierre,F6ITD/p, is working from Belle Island (DIFM AT-015) from Jun 20-28. QSL via homecall.

EU-124, GW/MW, Welsh Coastal Islands:
A group of English OMs will show up as GB0YG from Holy Island (Ynys Gybi) from Jun 24-29.
QSL via G0RCI (QRZ.com).

EU-170, 9A, Dalmatia North Group:
Jernej,9A/S59KM, will be on the air from Ugljan Island (IOCA CI-134) between Jun 25 and Jul 2. QSL via homecall.

NA-079, W4, FL State Group (Dry Tortugas Islands): Bill,WD2E, Dave,KI4KQU, and Paul,AA2C, will be active as WD2E/4 from the Dry Tortugas between Jun 24 and Jul 1. QSL via WD2E (bureau/direct).

NA-099, KP3/4, Puerto Rico:
Several members of the Fajardo Amateur DX Club will be QRV as KP4DXC from Culabra Island (USI PR002) from Jun 26-28. QSL via KP4VP. More information available at: http://kp4dxc.tripod.com

Lighthouse activities (WLOTA/ARLHS/ILLW)
---------------------------------------
F6ITD/p     LH 0872             Jun 20-28
IQ0QP/LH              SAR-008   Jun 27/28
JJ2JQF/0    LH 0477   JPN-032   Jun 26-30
JH9UYZ/0    LH 0477   JPN-032   Jun 26-30
KP4DXC      LH 0549             Jun 26-28
SV8/DJ5KZ   LH 0165   GRE-102   Jun 18-30
V29JKV      LH 1118   ANT-002   Jun 24-Jul 3
WD2E/4      LH 0274             Jun 24-Jul 1
9H3EP       LH 1113             Jun 23-29

Compiled by Fredy, DE0MST
Deutscher Amateur Radio Club
e-mail: iota@dxhf.darc.de

Propagation de K7RA

20 June, 2009
ARLP023

This week's bulletin was written by Carl Luetzelschwab, K9LA. Carl is filling in for your regular reporter Tad Cook, K7RA.

Silent Key -
I was saddened to read that Jim Tabor KU5S passed away on May 27. Jim was the driving force behind Kangaroo Tabor Software, which offered propagation prediction programs such as CapMAN and WinCAP Wizard, programs to help monitor the NCDXF/IARU beacons, and several other propagation-related packages.
Jim also contributed propagation software to the CD-ROM bundled with the ARRL Antenna Book. I personally enjoyed many e-mail exchanges and several QSOs with Jim, talking about various propagation and ionospheric issues.

Summary for the Week - I bet you have this memorized: ''Solar activity was very low throughout the reporting period, and geomagnetic field activity was at quiet levels during most of the reporting period.'' Enough said?

This Solar Minimum -
The first sunspot region of Cycle 24 occurred on January 4, 2008. Since then, though, Cycle 24 spots have been few and far between. A good summary of this solar minimum can be made in two statements. The first statement is that the duration of this solar minimum is unusual compared to the other solar minimums in our lifetime. That's because from the minimum between Cycle 17 and 18 onward, solar minimums have been roughly two years. Thus we've only been exposed to ''short'' solar minimum periods. A look at all history, though, shows a different story, and brings us to the second statement. This solar minimum, which is going on three years, is pretty much average in duration compared to all history.

What this all says is the Sun has been highly variable throughout recorded history.

Noctilucent Clouds Return -
As reported at spaceweather.com on June 1, the first noctilucent clouds (NLC) of the 2009 season were sighted over Russia on May 27. NLCs typically appear about 20 days prior to the summer solstice, increase quickly to a high summer level, and then disappear about 50 days after the summer solstice.

These clouds are mostly a high latitude phenomenon, and are believed to be composed of ice crystals. VHF radars see very strong echoes from these clouds, and since they are at mesospheric heights (80 to 90 km), they are also known as polar mesosphere summer echoes (PMSE). These clouds are hypothesized by JE1BMJ and others to be responsible for 6m propagation across high latitudes (for example, from the East Coast of North America to Japan) during the northern hemisphere summer. This mode of propagation has been dubbed Summer Solstice Short-path Propagation (SSSP). Check out page 34 of the February 2009 issue of WorldRadio Online (available free at www.cq-amateur-radio.com/
wr_back_issues.html) for a general discussion of PMSE and SSSP and for references in the technical literature.
To reiterate, SSSP is still just a theory, but the occurrences of QSOs appear to match the occurrence pattern of PMSE.

Getting Ready for Glorioso -
Beginning on July 9 and continuing through July 28, a French team expects to activate this extremely rare DXCC entity (it's in the Top 5 in the Most Wanted Survey as listed in the January/February 2009 issue of The DX Magazine).

Glorioso is located in the Indian Ocean near the northern tip of Madagascar, and enjoys higher-than-usual MUFs (maximum usable frequencies) even at solar minimum due to the robust equatorial ionosphere. Unfortunately the North American end of the path will suffer from low MUFs due to a combination of solar minimum and a summer month. The result of this is that 15, 12, and 10 meters will likely not produce many QSOs between Glorioso and North America. My recommendation is to concentrate your efforts on 40, 30, 20, and 17 meters. And if you need Glorioso for an all-time new one for DXCC, be sure to work this DXpedition - it will probably be quite a while until it is again activated.

Cycle 24 Predictions -
If you dig through the technical literature, you'll discover that there are more than 50 predictions for Cycle 24. They range from a low smoothed sunspot number of 40 to a high of 185. Why are there so many predictions? That's a simple question to answer - solar scientists do not fully understand the process that generates sunspots, and thus many different methods have been used to make a prediction.
Does this mean they're guessing and should be admonished for not being correct? I personally don't think so. What we're seeing is the scientific process being used. A prediction is made using a certain method, and Cycle 24's progress (or lack of progress) allows scientists a means to test their theory. That's how science works when we don't understand something.
Will we ever figure this out? I can't answer that question, but I recently read an interesting NASA Headline News story science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2009/17jun_jetstream.htm?
list45339 saying scientists announced that ''a jet stream deep inside the Sun is migrating slower than usual through the star's interior, giving rise to the lack of sunspots.'' Perhaps this will be an important clue to help our understanding of the sunspot process.

If you would like to make a comment or have a tip for our readers, email the author at, k7ra@arrl.net.

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Sunspot numbers for June 11 through 17 were 0, 12, 0, 0, 0, 0, and 11 with a mean of 3.3. 10.7 cm flux was 69.3, 69, 68.2, 68.1, 67.4, 68.3, and 67.8 with a mean of 68.3. Estimated planetary A indices were 3, 2, 4, 6, 4, 3 and 3 with a mean of 3.6. Estimated mid-latitude A indices were 2, 1, 3, 4, 4, 4 and 1 with a mean of 2.7.

Source: The American Radio Relay League

DX News from the ARRL

19 June, 2009

This week's bulletin was made possible with information provided by K1SFA, NC1L, RX9WN, VE1RSM, the OPDX Bulletin, DXNL, 425 DX News, The Daily DX, Contest Corral from QST and the ARRL Contest Calendar and WA7BNM web sites. Thanks to all.

MALTA, 9H. Giorgio, IV3EPO will be QRV as 9H3EP from June 23 to 29. Activity will be on 40, 30, 20, 15 and 10 meters using mostly CW. QSL to home call.

PHILIPPINES, DU. Gerard, F2JD is QRV as DU1/G0SHN and is here for about five months. He plans to be active from various islands while here. QSL via F6AJA.

ST. BARTHELEMY, FJ. Conny is QRV as FJ/DL1DA ands has been active on 20 and 17 meters using CW around 1900 to 2000z. QSL via DL1DA.

LIECHTENSTEIN, HB0. Tina, DL5YL and Fred, DL5YM will be QRV as HB0/home calls from Masescha from June 20 to July 2. Activity will be at various times on all HF bands using CW and possibly RTTY. QSL to home calls.

MONGOLIA, JT. Giampiero, I5NOC is QRV as JT1NOC until June 29. Activity is on 80 to 6 meters using CW and SSB. QSL to home call.

MARIANA ISLANDS, KH0. Tony, JA6CNL is QRV as KH0N from Saipan, IOTA OC-086, until June 23. This includes an entry in the All-Asian DX contest. Outside the contest, he is active mostly on 80, 30, 17 and 12 meters using CW. QSL to home call.

NORWAY, LA. Special event callsign LJ2T is QRV until June 28 in conjunction with the International Museums weekend. Activity is on 160 to 2 meters using CW, SSB, AM, FM and various digital modes. QSL via LA5EAA.

NETHERLANDS, PA. Members of VERON section 54 are QRV as PH100EL until July 12 to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the first flight of the aviation pioneer Charles count de Lambert. QSL via PD0PVQ.

AUSTRIA. OE. Operators from the Technical Museum Vienna are QRV as OE100TMW during its 100th anniversary until June 21. Activity is on all HF bands, including VHF. QSL via operators' instructions.

SWEDEN, SM. Jorgen, SM3CXS is QRV as SG3U from Grimskar Island, IOTA EU-176, until June 21. Activity is on 40 to 6 meters using CW and SSB in his spare time. QSL to home call.

POLAND, SP. Operators from the Long Distance Radio Communications Club of Poland are QRV as SP50DXC until June 30 to mark 50 years of the SP DX Club. QSL via bureau.

GREECE, SV. Dago, DJ5KZ is QRV as SV8/home call from Lesvos Island, IOTA EU-049, until June 30. QSL to home call.

SAN MARINO, T7. Operators Filippo, IK4ZHH, Giorgio, IZ4AKS, Max, IZ4DPV, Michele, IZ4GWE, Stefano, IW2MJQ and Vittorio, I4YSS will be QRV as T70A on June 20 and 21. Activity will be mostly on 6 meters from three different locations. QSL via bureau.

REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO, TN. Nicolas is QRV as TN5SN and has been active on 6 meters and on RTTY on 20 meters around 2100z. QSL via IZ1BZV and LoTW.

ASIATIC RUSSIA, UA9. Alik, RX9WN is QRV as RX9WN/0/m until June 21 from Kharancy Island. This is a new IOTA. QSL via operator's instructions.

SERBIA, YT. Various Serbian stations are using special prefixes YU2009, YT2009, YU09, YT09, YT25 and YU25 until July 12 to promote the University Games 2009 taking place in Serbia. QSL via operators' instructions.

CALLSIGN CORRECTION. As reported in DX news ARLD023, Bob, VE1RSM is QRV as home call/VY1 from Whitehorse, Yukon Territory until August 17. Activity is on all HF bands, particularly 40, 30 and 20 meters, using CW and SSB during his evenings and weekends. QSL to home call.

THIS WEEKEND ON THE RADIO
The All Asian DX CW Contest, NCCC Sprint CW Ladder, 1st ARR BPSK63 Contest, Digital Pentathlon, SMIRK CW Contest, Feld Hell Sprint, AGCW VHF/UHF CW Contest, West Virginia QSO Party, Kid's Day Contest and the DIE Contest will certainly keep contesters busy this weekend. The Run for the Bacon QRP CW Contest is scheduled for June 22. The SKCC CW Sprint is scheduled for June 24.

Please see June QST, page 80 and the ARRL and WA7BNM contest web sites for details.