Dear fellow PVARC members,
International Lighthouse and Lightship Weekend is this weekend, August 16-18. We'll be at Pt. Vicente Lighthouse with HF station setup starting at 3:00 pm Friday and we'll on the air around 5:30 pm with at least 383 other lighthouses worldwide (as of 11:00 am today.) By Friday well over 400 lighthouses should be participating.
The PVARC's annual family picnic at Pt. Vicente Lighthouse is this Sunday, August 18, and we need your RSVP by 4:00 pm this Thursday, August 15, to place our food order with Joey's Smokin' Hot BBQ in Torrance. Please RSVP to me at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or hit Reply to this email if you haven't already sent your RSVP.
Picnic set-up begins at 11:00 am Sunday (and we truly need some help then); food serving starts at 12:30 pm; and we'll be clear from the lighthouse grounds by around 3:45 pm. Our club provides all the meats and key side dishes at no charge to members and their families but we ask each family to kindly bring some type of side dish or dessert. Good news this year: many more vehicles will be allowed to park inside the lighthouse grounds along the western fence as there are no Coast Guard families living at Pt. Vicente. Once that parking is filled the Coast Guard dirt lot outside the front gate may be used and we'll have someone manning the front gate. We will keep six parking spaces reserved near the lighthouse for vehicles with handicapped placards or plates.
If you wish to operate HF during Lighthouse Weekend please advise Bob Closson, W6HIP, at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. so he can coordinate operator schedules. Please bring an HT radio to transmit on K6PV analog from the lighthouse front gate...from inside the lighthouse Museum we'll be operating K6PV in Reverse mode to enable everyone not having to put their radios into simplex on the repeater output. In other words, just use K6PV as you normally would.
Meanwhile our weekly nets are tonight on the K6PV repeater at 7:30 pm for the analog net and 8:00 pm for the DMR digital net. Please check in and say hello on either or both nets.
Looking forward to seeing you at Lighthouse Weekend...and 73 to all,
Diana, AI6DF
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Here's the latest DX bulletin, courtesy of the ARRL (a few completed operations are omitted):
This week's bulletin was made possible with information provided by
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.
MALDIVES, 8Q. Gil, IZ2DLV is active as 8Q7GB from Nika Island until
August 18. Activity is holiday style on 40, 30, 20, 17 and 15
meters using CW, SSB and FT8. QSL via LoTW or ClubLog.
GHANA, 9G. Chip, KB1QU will be active as 9G5QU from September 8 to
21. Activity will be on 40, 30 and 20 meters using CW, FT8 and FT4.
QSL via N4GNR direct.
WESTERN KIRIBATI, T30. Operators Yuris, YL2GM, Jack, YL2KA,
Kaspars, YL1ZF and Kristers, YL3JA will be active as T30L from
September 6 to 15. Activity will be on 160 to 6 meters, and
possibly 60 meters, using CW, SSB, RTTY and FT8. QSL via YL2GN
direct or via ClubLog.
NAURU, C21. Operators Yuris, YL2GM, Jack, YL2KA, Kaspars, YL1ZF and
Kristers, YL3JA will be active as C21W from September 16 to 25,
after their Western Kiribati operation. Activity will be on 160 to
6 meters, and possibly 60 meters, using CW, SSB, RTTY and FT8. QSL
via YL2GN direct or via ClubLog.
MADEIRA ISLANDS, CT9. Operators Gerd, DF9TS, Detlef, DK3QZ,
Michael, DK6QW, Marcus, DL1EKC, Kai, DL3HAH and Andreas, DL3YM will
be active as CR3W from Santana during the Worked All Europe DX CW
Contest, August 10 and 11 as a Multi-Single entry. QSL CR3W via
DL5AXX, OQRS or LoTW. Look for operators to be active outside of
the contest as CT9/home call usually on 160 to 10 meters using CW,
SSB and RTTY. QSL via their home call signs.
SOLOMON ISLANDS, H4. Operators Michael, DL2GMI and Bernhard, DL2GAC
will be QRV as H44MI and H44MS, respectively, from August 23 to
September 2. Activity will be on 80, 40, 20, 15, 10 and 6 meters
using SSB, RTTY and FT8. QSL via their home call sign, by the
Bureau, direct or LoTW.
THE NETHERLANDS, PA75. Look for special event station PA75OMG to be
active September 12 to 22 to celebrate the anniversary of freedom
and Operation Market Garden during World War II. QSL via the info
on QRZ.com.
CUBA, T45. Members of the DX Punta Maya Group will be active as
T45FM from the Punta Maya Lighthouse (NA-105, ILLW CU-032, ARLHS
CU-005) from August 15 to 19. Activity will be on 160 to 10 meters
using CW, SSB and the Digital modes. An emphasis will be on the
International Light-house/Lightship Weekend (ILLW). QSL via RW6HS.
LIBERIA, A8. The Italian DXpedition Team of 11 operators will be
active from September 28 to October 11. They plan to use two call
signs: A82X for CW, SSB and RTTY and A82Z for FT8 only. Activity
will be on 160 to 10 meters using CW, SSB, RTTY and FT8. They are
planning to use 5 stations with maximum flexibility. QSL via OQRS,
I2YSB direct only or LoTW after the operation.
ANTIGUA, V2. Bud, AA3B will be active as V26K from September 8 to
20. Activity will be sporadic because he is doing maintenance on
the station but will be primarily CW on various HF bands. QSL via
LoTW or via AA3B, direct or by the Bureau. An OQRS will be
available via ClubLog.
MICRONESIA, V6. Al, K7AR will be active as V63AR from November 18
to 26. Activity will be on various HF bands with a focus on 160 and
80 meters, including an effort in the CQWW DX CW Contest (November
23 and 24). QSL via home call.