DX BULLETIN

December 27, 2012

To all radio amateurs

This week's bulletin was made possible with information provided by

DX Bulletin From ARRL Headquarters

Thanks to all.

 RODRIGUES ISLAND, 3B9.  Juha, OH1LEG is QRV as 3B9/OH1LEG from Baie du nord, IOTA AF-017, until January 7.  Activity is holiday style on 160 to 10 meters using SSB, RTTY and PSK31.  QSL direct to home call.

  LESOTHO, 7P.  Kiyo, JR1IZM is QRV as 7P8ZM from Maseru City until January 15.  Activity is holiday style on 40 to 6 meters using CW,

SSB and digital modes.  QSL via JO1CRA.

WEST MALAYSIA, 9M2.  Piju, 9M2PJU and others will be QRV as 9M2PJU/p near Kepong Metropolitan Lake Park, Kuala Lumpur from December 31 to January 1.  Activity will be on 40, 20 and 15 meters using CW.  QSL via 9M2PJU.

  

ANGOLA, D2.  Mike, UA1QV is QRV as D3AA from Vila de Catoca until February 15.  QSL to home call.

TEMOTU PROVINCE, H40.  Sigi, DK9FN is QRV as H40FN until January 7.

QSL via HA8DD.

PERU, OA.  Special event station 4T4RDP will be QRV from January 4 to 13 in recognition of the Rally Dakar Peru 2013.  QSL via OA4O.

  

DENMARK, OZ.  A group of operators will be QRV as OU1RAEM from January 1 to December 31, 2013 to commemorate the 110th birthday and life of arctic explorer Ernst T. Krenkel.  Activity will be on all bands and modes, as well as various contests and operating events.

QSL via operators' instructions.

  

ANTARCTICA.  Alex, RD1AV is QRV as RI1ANC until February 17 while on work assignment at Vostok Base.  QSL via RN1ON.

  

EGYPT, SU.  Vladimir is QRV as SU9VB and has been active on 160

meters around 0240z.  QSL via operator's instructions.

MOUNT ATHOS, SV/A.  Monk Apollo, SV2ASP/A has been QRV on 17 meters using RTTY around 1430z.  QSL direct to home call.

  

PALAU, T8.  Ryosei, JH0IXE is QRV as T8CW from Koror Island, IOTA OC-009, until January 6.  Activity is on the HF bands using mostly RTTY, PSK31 and JT65A.  QSL via JA0FOX.

 ASIATIC RUSSIA, UA0.  Special event station RU20WC is QRV until January 5 during the 2013 IIHF Ice Hockey U20 World Championship taking place in Ufa.  QSL via RV9WB.

BELIZE, V3.  After his Tlaxcala Mexico DXpedition, Markus, DJ4EL

will be QRV as V31ME from Ambergris Caye, IOTA NA-073, and Long Caye, IOTA NA-123, from January 3 to 17.  Activity will be on 40 to 10 meters using SSB.  QSL to home call.

  

MONTSERRAT, VP2M.  Nao, JN1RVS is QRV as VP2MRV until January 3.

Activity is on 80 to 10 meters using CW and RTTY.  QSL via JA1HGY.

BERMUDA, VP9.  Masa, K1GI will be QRV as K1GI/VP9 from December 29 to January 2.  Activity will be on 160 to 10 meters using CW, SSB and digital modes.  QSL direct to JG2BRI.

  

MEXICO, XE.  Markus, DJ4EL is QRV as XE1/DJ4EL from Tlaxcala, the smallest state of Mexico, until January 2.  

Activity is on 20 to 10 meters using SSB.  QSL to home call.

  

VANUATU, YJ.  Michael, VK2BXE is QRV as YJ0MB from Port Vila until January 1.  

Activity is on all HF bands.  QSL to home call.

OPERATION APPROVED FOR DXCC CREDIT.  The following operation is

approved for DXCC credit:  Mauritania, 5T0SP, 2012 operation.

THIS WEEKEND ON THE RADIO.  The NCCC Sprint, RAC Winter Contest,

World Wide Iron Ham Contest, Stew Perry Topband CW Challenge,

Original QRP CW Contest, The AGCW Happy New Year CW Contest, AGCW

VHF/UHF Contest, AGB New Year Snowball Contest and SARTG New Year

RTTY Contest are all scheduled for January 1.  The ARRL Straight Key

Night is scheduled for New Year's Evening.  The QRP CW Fox Hunt is

scheduled for January 2.  The Lighthouse Christmas Lights QSO Party

runs until January 2.  Please see December QST, page 69, January

2013 QST, page 87, and the ARRL and WA7BNM Contest websites for

details.

Three Hams Return to Earth from ISS

11/20/2012

Shortly before 9 PM EST on Sunday, November 18 (0200 UTC Monday, November 19), a Soyuz spacecraft carrying Expedition 33 Commander Suni Williams, KD5PLB, and Flight Engineers Yuri Malenchenko, RK3DUP, and Aki Hoshide, KE5DNI, landed in the steppes of Kazakhstan, returning them safely to Earth from the International Space Station (ISS) after 127 days in space. 

Just before leaving the ISS, the trio bid farewell to their fellow crewmates -- NASA astronaut Kevin Ford, KF5GPP, and Russian cosmonauts Evgeny Tarelkin and Oleg Novitskiy -- and closed the hatches on Sunday at 2:15 PM EST. When the Soyuz undocked from the station’s Rassvet module at 5:26 PM, it marked the end of Expedition 33 and the beginning of Expedition 34 under the command of Ford.

Williams has spent a total of 322 days in space during her two long-duration missions. She previously served aboard the station as an Expedition 14/15 flight engineer from December 9, 2006-June 22, 2007. She has completed almost 51 hours of spacewalking time over seven spacewalks, including the three she conducted during Expeditions 32 and 33.

While aboard the ISS, Williams, Malenchenko and Hashide completed 39 contacts with schools via the Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) project. According to NASA ISS Ham Radio Project Engineer Kenneth Ransom, N5VHO, this ties with Expedition 15 for the fourth highest number of contacts. In 2011, Expedition 26 -- led by Scott Kelly -- set the record for having the most ARISS contacts at 73.

Of the 39 school contacts made by Expedition 33, 14 were via telebridge, while 25 took place directly between the school and the ISS via Amateur Radio. A telebridge contact uses an ARISS Amateur Radio ground station and establishes the radio link with the ISS; voice communications between the students and the astronauts are then patched over regular telephone lines. Williams completed 22 contacts with the US, Australia, Germany, Canada, Turkey, Malaysia, Luxembourg, Italy, Spain, Switzerland and India. “In India, we can’t have a direct ISS-to-school contact,” Ransom explained. “We have to use telebridge because you cannot become a licensed radio amateur in that country before the age of 18. That means the school children can’t legally talk on the radio, so we use a telebridge station so they can participate in the contact.”

Malenchenko made two contacts, one with the Ukraine and another with Russia, while Hashide completed 15, including four with his native Japan, as well as with the US, Germany, Australia, Poland and Italy.

“Though the Expedition 32/33 crew’s time was short on the ISS, they made the most of it for ARISS,” Ransom told the ARRL. “Sunita added 22 to her previous total of 33 events, which puts her on top for the most career schools talked to from orbit. Aki also made a great run supporting 15 events, which is an ideal number for a single crew member. We always see good numbers and great events when Sunita Williams is on orbit. She is very education-oriented and has a great way with the kids.”

sumber : http://www.arrl.org/news/three-hams-return-to-earth-from-iss 

SIngkatan pada Komunikasi CW

AC : Alternating Current KM : Kilo Meter

AF : Audio Frequency KV : Kilo Volt

AS : Wait a Second LF : Low Frequency

B4 : Before LO : Low Power

BK : Break MC : Mega Cycle

CALL : Call Sign NW : Now

CLR : Clear OB : Old Boy

CQ : General Call OG : Old Girl

CU : See you OK : Okay

CW : Continuous Wave OM : Old Man

DB : Decibel OPR : Operator

DC : Direct Current OT : Old Timer

DE : This is PA : Power Amplifier

DX : Distance PF : Congratulation

ELE : Element PO : Power Output

ES : And PX : Prefix

EU : Europe RD : Road ; Read

FB : Fine Bussiness RX : Rceive

FD : Field Day SSB : Single Side Band

FRM : From SK : Silent Key ; Stop

Keying

FREQ : Frequency SIGS : Signals

GA : Good Afternoon SS : Sweep Stake

GB : Good Bye SU : See You

GD : Good Day ; Good TR : Transmit

GUD : Good TU : Thank You

GE : Good Evening TV : Television

GL : Good Luck TX : Transmitter

GM : Good Morning UR : Your

GN : Good Night UT : Universal Time

GND : Ground VA : Volt Ampere

GP : Ground Plane VY : Very

HF : High Frequency WA : Word After

HI : Laughter ; Hi Power WB : Word Before

HQ : Head Quarters WID : With

HR : Here WX : Weather

HW : How YF : Wive

ID : Indentification YL : Young Lady

IF : Intermediate Frequency ZB : Zero Beat

KA : Attention AB : All Before

KC : Kilo Cycle C : Yes ; Yeah

K : Over HPN : Happen

N : No HRS : Hours

R : Roger HVE : Have

Z : Time Zone ; UTC ; GMT HVI : Heavy

ADV : Advice ; Advance INFO : Information

AGC : Automatic Gain Control ITU : Int’l Telec. Union

AGN : Again KHZ : Kilo Hearz

ALC : Automatic Level Control KNW : Know

ALT : Alternative KTS : Knots

ANI : Any KVA : Kilo Volt Amperre

ANL : Automatic Noise Limiter LID : Poor Operator

ANT : Antenna LIL : Little

APP : Approximately LT : Local Time

ARS : Amateur Radio Station LSN : Listen

AUX : Auxiliary LTR : Later ; Letter

AVC : Automatic Volume MAX : Maximum

Control

BCI : Broadcast Interference MGR : Manager

BCL : Broadcast Listener MHZ : Mega Heartz

BFO : Beat Freq. Oscilator MIN : Minimum

BKR : Breaker MNI : Many

BURO : Biro MPH : Miles Per Hours

BTW : Between ; By The Way NW : Now

CFM : Confirm NCS : Net Control Station

CLD : Could ; Called NFM : Narrow Freq. Mod.

CLR : Clear NIL : Nothing ; No Traffic

CPY : Copy NVR : Never

CPS : Cycle Per Second OPN : Open ; Operating

CUD : Could OSC : Oscilator

CUL : See You Later PSE : Please

CUZ : ‘Cause PSN : Position

DBL : Double PTT : Push To Talk

DRCT : Direct PWR : Power

DIF : Different RDY : Ready

DLD : Delivered REF : Refer ; Reflector

ERE : Here REG : Region ; Regulation

FER : For RPT : Repeat

FIL : Filament ; File RST : Readibility Strength

Tone

FLD : Field SAP : Soon As Possible

FSK : Freq. Shift Keying SHD : Should

FYI : For Your Information SHF : Super High Freq.

GMT : Greenwich Mean Time SMM : See My Message

GND : Ground SRI : Sorry

HAM : Amateur Radio Operator STN : Station

HFO : High Freq. Oscilator SUM : Some ; Sum

SVC : Service WPX : World Prefix