2022年10月30日

三草山登山

土曜朝のTGCネットが終わったあとは、本当はそのまま無線がしたかったんだけど、
家族サービスで山登りに出発。

10月最終の土日は、アマチュア無線の世界的なコンテストがあるんだけど・・・
朝の時間帯に、北米、カリブ海方面の信号を聞きたいんだけど・・・

朝から絶好の登山日和のため、後ろ髪をひかれながらも山登りに出発。
市内の標高432ｍの山に、月1回家内と一緒に登ることにしている。
今月は、いろいろと忙しく結局最後の週末に登ることになってしまった。
こんな時は、無線はきっぱりとあきらめて家族サービスに徹することに・・・

山頂には、マイクロウェーブのアンテナとソーラーパネルが設置されている。
気象のデータか何かを送っているのだろうか？

2022年10月29日

TGCネット　10月29日

今朝のTGCネットのキー局はJG3VWIさん。
7MHzのコンディションが良く、国内各地の信号が強力だった。
パイルアップを的確・迅速に捌いて、たくさんの局がチェックインできていた。

おかげで私もピックアップしてもらい、チェックインすることができた。

相変わらず、TGCネットで呼んでいる局は、みなさん信号が強い！

2022年10月29日

10月のDX News ④ CQ WW SSBコンテスト

10月29日、30日はCQ WW DXコンテストSSB。
CQ WW Contest SSB 運用局の情報ー10月29日付 425DX News #1643から抜粋

CQ WW DX SSB CONTEST
---> The following stations have announced their par-
ticipation in this year's event (29-30 October):

ZONE CALL CATEGORY COUNTRY QSL VIA
------------------------------------------------------------------
02 VE2IDX SO Canada VE3ZF
08 FG4KH SOAB Guadeloupe LoTW/F1DUZ
08 FJ/SP9FIH SOSB 15m Saint Barthelemy SP9FIH
08 J68HZ M/? St Lucia LoTW/K9HZ
08 KP2B SOSB 10m US Virgin Islands LoTW/EB7DX
08 PJ5/W5JON SOAB Sint Eustatius LoTW/W5JON
08 PJ7PL SO LP Sint Maarten N2HX
08 TO5A M/2 Martinique LoTW/F5VHJ
08 TO5M M/? St. Martin LoTW
08 V26B M/M Antigua LoTW/KA2AEV
08 V47T SOAB HP St Kitts LoTW
08 V48DM St Kitts and Nevis LoTW/N4GNR
08 VP5DX M/S LP Turks & Caicos LoTW/NU4Y
08 ZF1A M/2 Cayman Isls LoTW
08 ZF2AA SOAB Cayman Isls VE3IKV
09 9Z4A SO Trinididad & Tobago 9Z4A
09 FY5KE M/S French Guiana LoTW
09 P40L M/? Aruba LoTW/WA3FRP
09 PJ4G M/S Bonaire LoTW/K4BAI
09 PJ4K SOAB Bonaire KU9C
09 PJ4TB SO Bonaire LoTW
10 HD1A M/M Ecuador HD1A
11 PT4A M/S HP Brazil LoTW
12 CE3CT M/? Chile LoTW/EA5KB
13 LQ5D SOSB 10m LP Argentina LoTW/EA7HBC
14 CR2B SOAB HP Azores LoTW/EA1BP
14 CR5T M/? Portugal LoTW/CS5ARC
14 CR6K M/? Portugal LoTW
14 DA0RR M/? Germany LoTW
14 ED1B M/S LP Spain EC1A
14 ED1R M/? Spain LoTW
14 ED7O MO Spain ED7O
14 GC5DX SOSB 10m Wales LoTW/EB7DX
14 GM5G M/S HP Scotland LoTW
14 HB0A M/? Liechtenstein LotW
14 LX8M M/S LP Luxembourg LoTW
14 TM1Q MO France LoTW/F1ULQ
15 ES9UKR M/2 Estonia ES5RY
15 IB3M Italy LoTW
15 IM0B SO Sardinia LoTW
15 IR7R M/S HP Italy IZ7GXB
15 IS0/OM2TW SOSB 80m Sardinia OM2FY
15 OH0Z SOAB HP Aland Isls LoTW/W0MM
15 OH5Z M/? Finland LoTW
15 Z68XX SOAB LP Kosovo DL2JRM
20 4X7R M/? Israel 4X6OM
20 5B4AQT SO Cyprus 5B4AQT
20 TC7G M/S Turkey LoTW/YM7KK
21 4L2M SOSB 40m HP Georgia EA7FTR
21 A44A M/M Oman LoTW
22 9N7AA SOSB Nepal LoTW/S57DX
23 JT5DX M/? Mongolia JT5DX
24 B7P M/M China LoTW/BA4EG
26 E2A M/? Thailand LoTW/E21EIC
27 AH2R M/S Guam LoTW
27 JD1BQP SO Ogasawara JD1BQP
28 7A2A M/? Indonesia LoTW/YB2DX
28 V85RH SOAB HP Brunei LoTW
28 YB0ECT SOAB HP Indonesia W2FB
30 VJ4K M/2 Australia LoTW/N3SL
32 YJ0CA SO Vanuatu VK2YUS
33 CQ3W SOSB Madeira LoTW
33 CR3W SOSB Madeira LoTW
33 CR3Y SOSB 10m HP Madeira OM2FY
33 IH9/IK5AEQ SOSB AF Italy LoTW
33 IH9YMC SOSB AF Italy LoTW
35 D4Z M/? Cape Verde LoTW/IK2NCJ
37 5H8HZ SO Tanzania LoTW
37 7Q6M Malawi LoTW/K6ZO
39 5R8AS SO Madagascar LoTW
40 TF3T SOAB HP Iceland LoTW/TF3MH

Do not forget to give a look at the Announced Operations listing maintained
by Bill, NG3K at https://www.ng3k.com/Misc/cqs2022.html - good contest to
you all!

2022年10月24日

ピカソの言葉

朝日新聞の英語学習誌 Asahi Weeklyを購読している。
週１回の発行で、日曜の朝に神戸新聞と一緒にポストに入る。

10月23日付　Asahi Weeklyから抜粋

"Inspiration exists, but it has to find you working"
Publo Picasso

「ひらめきは確かに存在するが、それが訪れるには、まず努力することが必要だ」

2022年10月24日

10月のDX New ③

アフリカ　ベニンのDXペディションTY0RUも残りあと数日。
週末に出かける用事が結構入っており、なかなか取れない。
アクティビティーもSSB, CWよりもFT8での運用が多いようだ。
ハイバンド、特に28MHzはヨーロッパからの信号でバンドが賑やかになっている。
しかし、アフリカ、北米方面からの信号はまだあまり強くない。

10月22日付　425DX News #1642から抜粋
PERIOD(day/month) CALL 425DX #
till 26/10 TY0RU: Benin 1633
till 26/10 V47FWX: St. Kitts (NA-104) 1642
till 29/11 7Q6M: Malawi 1639
till 31/10 PJ4TB: Bonaire (SA-006) 1641
till 31/10 VP8TAA: Falkland Islands (SA-002) 1630
till 01/11 VP5/NN2T: Caicos Islands (NA-002) 1642
till 02/11 FG4KH: Guadeloupe (NA-102) 1640
till 02/11 VP5DX: North Caicos (NA-002) 1641
till 05/11 J68HZ: St. Lucia (NA-108) 1642
till 16/11 VQ9SC: Diego Garcia (AF-006), Chagos Islands 1641
till 15/12 JG8NQJ/JD1: Minami Torishima (OC-073) 1635
till 18/12 A722FWC, A71FIFA, A72FIFA: special callsigns 1641
till 18/12 A73FIFA, A74FIFA, A75FIFA: special callsigns 1641
till 18/12 A76FIFA, A77FIFA, A78FIFA: special callsigns 1641
till December FT4XW: Kerguelen Islands (AF-048) 1619
till December VK0WN: Casey Research Station, Antarctica 1618
till June 2023 J28HJ: Djibouti 1628
till 01/04 2024 FH4VVK: Petite-Terre, Mayotte (AF-027) 1632
23/10-01/11 V47T: St. Kitts (NA-104) 1639
23/10-10/12 PJ7PL: Sint Maarten (NA-105) 1641
24/10-31/10 TO5M: St. Martin (NA-105) 1642
24/10-31/10 VP5Z: Providenciales (NA-002) 1641
25/10-27/10 VK9QO: Cocos (Keeling) Islands (OC-003) 1642
25/10-01/11 PJ5/W5JON: Sint Eustatius (NA-145) 1641
25/10-01/11 V48DM: St. Kitts (NA-104) 1639
25/10-02/11 CT9/DF7EE and CT9/DD8ZX: Madeira Island (AF-014) 1641
25/10-02/11 VP2MDM: Montserrat (NA-103) 1641
25/10-10/11 P29RO: Loloata Island (OC-240) 1635
26/10-03/11 JD1BQP: Chichijima (AS-031), Ogasawara 1641
26/10-03/11 VK9CM and VK9C: Cocos (Keeling) Islands (OC-003) 1637
27/10-31/10 K6VHF/HR9: Roatan Island (NA-057) 1641
27/10-31/10 Z68XX: Kosovo 1642
28/10-31/10 VK9QO: Christmas Island (OC-002) 1642
28/10-11/11 5V7RU: Togo 1640
29/10-07/11 J28MD: Djibouti 1616
29/10-14/11 FJ/SP9FIH and FJ/SP9FUY: St. Barthelemy (NA-146) 1642
October 3C3CA : Bioko Island (AF-010), Equatorial Guinea 1639
October 9J2SEU: Zambia 1638
October VP8DLB: Falkland Islands (SA-002) 1639
Oct-Dec FT4YM: Antarctica 1641

FH - Marek, FH4VVK has established the Radio Club of the Foreign Legion
Detachment in Mayotte (DLEM), callsign FH4KS. The newly born club
station is expected to be active on the HF bands on the first and
third Friday of the month, as well as during SSB contests.
FJ - Janusz, SP9FIH and Lech, SP9FUY will be active as FJ/SP9FIH and
FJ/SP9FUY, respectively, from St. Barthelemy (NA-146) from 29 Octo-
ber to 14 November (http://fj.dxpeditions.org). They will be QRV on
30, 20, 15 and 12 metres. FJ/SP9FIH will be active during the CQ WW
DX SSB Contest on 15 metres. QSL via Club Log's OQRS.
FS - I8QLS, I8ULL, IC8WIC, IK8ENH, KC9FFV, N7QLS, W1NA and FS4WBS will
be active as TO5M from St. Martin (NA-105) on 24-31 October, in-
cluding an entry in the CQ WW DX SSB Contest. QSL via LoTW only.
[TNX NG3K]
J6 - Bill, K9HZ has been back on St. Lucia (NA-108) since 15 October,
and will be active again as J68HZ until 5 November. This will
include a multi-operator entry in the CQ WW DX SSB Contest. QSL via
LoTW (preferred), eQSL or direct only to K9HZ; the QSOs will be
also uploaded to Club Log. [TNX The Daily DX]
T33 - Team T33T will be active from Banaba Island (OC-018) for 10-12 days
supposedly during the first half of November. Plans are to operate
CW, SSB and FT8 (F/H) on 160-6 metres with up to 7 stations "on air
permanently". QSL via Club Log's OQRS. Updates are expected to be
posted to https://www.facebook.com/rebeldxgroup.
V4 - Gary, G0FWX will be active again as V47FWX from St. Kitts (NA-104)
on 19-26 October. He will operate SSB only as time allows. QSL via
M0URX's OQRS.
VK9 - Mikio, JA3GEP will be active as VK9QO from both Cocos (Keeling) on
25-27 October, and Christmas Island on 28-31 October. This will be
a QO-100 satellite operation. QSLs via LoTW and eQSL, or direct to
JA3GEP. See https://www.jamsat.or.jp/?p=2001 for more information.
[TNX The Daily DX]
VP5 - Rich, NN2T will operate FT8 as VP5/NN2T from the Caicos Islands
(NA-002) from 20 October to 1 November. QSL via LoTW (preferred),
or direct to home call; logsearch on Club Log.
Z6 - Rene, DL2JRM will be active again as Z68XX from Gjilan, Kosovo on
27-31 October, including an entry in the CQ WW DX SSB Contest. QSL
via DL2JRM, direct or bureau; logsearch on Club Log.

CY0S --- > The 2023 Sable Island CY0S DXpedition team has announced that "a
well known DXer and DXpeditioner", who wishes to remain anonymous, has
offered "to match any donations to the CY0S DXpedition from this point
forward until arrival on the island on 20 March 2023. For example, if a con-
tributor donates 100 USD to the DXpedition, this 100 USD will then be
matched for a total of 200 USD".
Meanwhile, the team is working on the antennas and is "continuing to manage
and fine tune gear based on the very strict weight limitations for the DXpe-
dition. The team is limited to a total of 2965 lbs [1345 kg], which includes
the weight of the operators, radio gear, antennas, antenna mast, long mast
stakes for the loose sand, coaxial cables, food and personal gear. Every
pound of weight counts and this is a huge challenge".

INDEXA NEWSLETTER ---> The Fall 2022 issue (#137) of the International DX
Association's Newsletter is now available for download on the INDEXA website
(https://indexa.org/newsletters.html). Highlights include: "A Message from
INDEXA President Bob Schenck, N2OO"; "Contest Participation from 5T in DXpe-
dition Style" by Johannes Hafkenscheid, (PA5X/5T5PA); "ZL7/K5WE DXpedition
to Chatham Island" (September 2022) by Jeff Martin, K5WE; "VU4W - Andaman
Islands" (April-May 2002) by Yuris Petersons, YL2GM; a wrap-up of the 69th
W9DXCC Convention (September 2022), and news of the 3Y0J Bouvet and CY0S
Sable DXpeditions.