Dear fellow PVARC members,
Last Thursday's monthly meeting at Hesse Park featured our new video of the February 2019 K6PV/6 DXpedition to Two Harbors on Catalina Island where (in a first for us) over 80% of HF contacts made were in digital modes. I hope those attending the meeting enjoyed this presentation. We are now examining ways to make this 31-minute video available online in High Definition.
Don't forget this Saturday, April 13, from 10:00 am-Noon is the PVARC monthly HF Enthusiasts Group meeting at the Palos Verdes Library main branch near Peninsula Center. The HF Group meets in the Purcell Room (behind the Reference Desk) and all members are welcome. This Saturday also coincides with the annual International DX Convention in Visalia, CA. We know three regular HF Group attendees will be at that convention....so if you aren't going to Visalia do come to our HF Enthusiasts Group meeting.
The PVARC's weekly club net is tonight at 7:30 pm in analog mode on the K6PV repeater. Please check in on the usual frequency, 447.120 MHz, - , Tone Squelch, PL 100.0, or the 2-meter cross-link 144.910 MHz, Tone Squech, PL 156.7. Starting at 8:00 pm we'll also have a DMR net for anyone interested (for DMR set your radio to: 447.120 MHz RX; 442.120 MHz TX; Color Code 1; Time Slot 2, Talk Group 31060). We ask that tonight K6PV only be used in analog mode from 7:15-8:00 pm and only in DMR mode from 8:00-8:45 pm. As reported in the April QRO newsletter: at our monthly meetings beginning May 2 we'll have a notebook computer capable of programming any member's TERA TR-7400, AnyTone 868 or 878, or TYT UV-380/MD-380 DMR handheld radio.
Our weekly Bulletin is taking a break next week, so the next Bulletin will come your way on April 23. We're still holding our regular club analog and DMR nets next Tuesday, however.
Have a great week and 73 to all,
Diana, AI6DF
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This week's bulletin was made possible with information provided by
the URE, The Daily DX, The OPDX Bulletin, 425 DX News, DXNL, Contest
Corral from QST and the ARRL Contest Calendar and WA7BNM web sites.
Thanks to all.
MAURITANIA, 5T. Evert, PA2KW will be QRV as 5T2KW from Nouadhibou
from April 9 to 15. Activity will be on the HF bands using mostly
CW and some SSB. QSL via LoTW.
SENEGAL, 6W. Elvira, IV3FSG is QRV as 6W/IV3FSG from Thies, near
Dakar, until April 16 while working for the Informatici Senza
Frontiere organization. Activity is in her spare time on 80 to 10
meters using SSB and possible digital modes. QSL via IK3GES.
JAMAICA, 6Y. Kasimir, DL2SBY is QRV as 6Y5KB until April 10.
Activity is usually on 40 to 6 meters, including 17, 12, and
possibly 30 meters, using CW, SSB, RTTY and FT8. QSL to home call.
MALDIVES, 8Q. Ben, DL1RNT is QRV as 8Q7NT from Embudu Island, IOTA
AS-013, until April 13. Activity is on the HF bands. QSL to home
call.
THE GAMBIA, C5. A group of operators are QRV as C5DL until April
15. Activity is on 160 to 10 meters using CW, SSB and various
digital modes, with three stations active. QSL via DL7DF.
SOUTH COOK ISLANDS, E5. Operators Dagmar, DM7PQ and Rainer, DL1AUZ
are QRV as E51NPQ and E51AUZ, respectively, from Rarotonga Island,
IOTA OC-013, until April 11. Activity is holiday style on the HF
bands using only CW. QSL to home calls.
NIUE, E6. Janusz, SP9FIH is QRV as E6AF until April 25. Activity
is on 160 to 15 meters using SSB, RTTY and FT8. QSL to home call.
SPAIN, EA. To celebrate the 70th anniversary of the IARU Society
Union de Radioaficionados Espanoles, or the URE, special event
stations AM70URE, AM70A, AM70C, AM70D, AM70E, AM70F, AM70I, AM70L,
AM70N, AM70O, AM70P, AM70R, AM70S and AM70U are QRV until June 9.
Activity is on 160 to 6 meters. QSL via bureau.
ITALY, I. Special event station II0KT is QRV until August 31 to
commemorate the 1947 voyage of the raft Kon Tiki. QSL via I0KQB.
GUINEA-BISSAU, J5. Livio, IZ3BUR is QRV as J52EC from Cumura until
April 15. QSL direct to home call.
LIECHTENSTEIN, LX. Operators PA2HGJ, PA2RDK, PA3CNO, PE0MGB and
PE1FLO will be QRV as HB0/home calls from April 6 to 13. Activity
will be on 160 to 10 meters using mainly CW and FT8, with some SSB.
QSL via PE1FLO.
ALAND ISLANDS, OH0. Mart, DL6UAA will be QRV as OH0UA from April 8
to 19. Activity will be on the HF bands using CW and various
digital modes. QSL to home call.
NORFOLK ISLAND, VK9N. Operators VK3QB, VK3HJ, VK2PN and VK3BDX are
QRV as VI9NI until April 14. Activity is on 160 to 17 meters using
CW, SSB and FT8. The operation commemorates the signing of the
Norfolk Island Act 40 years ago. Activity includes some SOTA
activations from Mt. Bates and Jacky Jacky. QSL direct via VK2CA.
ANTARCTICA. Roman, UT7UA is QRV as VP8CTR form Wordie House on
Winter Island, IOTA AN-006. Activity of late has been with FT8.
His length of stay is unknown. QSL via DL5EBE.
BURKINA FASO, XT. Harald, DF2WO will be QRV as XT2AW from April 7
to 26. Activity will be on 160 to 10 meters using CW, SSB and
various digital modes. QSL via M0OXO.