DX SURVEY RESULTS–MOST WANTED COUNTRIES
(DX Magazine’s 2013 Most Wanted Countries Survey) extracted from the
Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #1144, 5 Jan 2014)
DX Magazine’s has published their Most Wanted Countries from a survey
that was conducted in September/October 2013 time frame. Here are the
“Top 20” in the overall World-Wide Results as per DX Magazine (Jan./Feb.
2014 issue):
2013 ——————- 2012———–2013 ———————-2012
Rank Prefix Country Rank Rank Prefix Country Rank
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1 P5 North Korea 1 11 KH5 Palmyra 14
2 KP1 Navassa Island 2 12 KH5K Kingman Reef 12
3 3Y/B Bouvet 3 13 FR/JE Juan de Nova/Europa 18
4 FT5W Crozet 6 14 BV9P Pratas Island 17
5 FT5Z Amsterdam 4 15 E3 Eritrea 16
6 VK0/H Heard Island 5 16 KH9 Wake Island 21
7 BS7H Scarborough 7 17 VP8/G South Georgia 19
8 ZS8M Marion Island 9 18 KH3 Johnston Island 20
9 VP8/S South Sandwich 8 19 CE0X San Felix 22
10 FT5T Tromelin Island 10 20 KH7K Kure Island 23
Carl, N4AA, Editor of QRZ DX/DX Magazine, states, “It is interesting
to note that the same ten places are there for both 2012 and 2013…
there are a few slight changes in ranking, but it is the same ten. That
should change somewhat for 2014 with Tromelin and Amsterdam both scheduled
for major DXpeditions.” The full list of the top 100 Most Wanted, World-
Wide, are posted to the DX Publishing Web site at:
http://www.dxpub.net/MOST-WANTED-SURVEY.html
The continental rankings are in the January/February issue of the DX
Magazine which is in the mail now. The band/mode breakdowns will be
published in the March/April 2014 issue.
ARRL MEMBERSHIP NEWSLETTERS, BULLETINS AND NOTIFICATIONS
This reminder is repeated from an earlier PARSgram:
Did you know the ARRL offers more newsletters than just The ARRL
Letter? ARRL membership benefits include many other newsletters,
such as the ARRL Contest Update (a bi-weekly contest newsletter), the
ARES E-Letter (sent monthly, containing public service and emergency
communications news), the ARRL Club News, the ARRL Instructor/Teacher
E-Letter and the VE Newsletter, just to name a few.
You can also elect to receive news and information from our Division
Director and Section Manager as well as W1AW bulletins that relate
to DX, propagation, satellites and Keplarian reports. The ARRL also
offers a free notification service to members, letting them know when
their membership and license are due to expire.
You can sign up for these newsletters, bulletins and notifications on
your Member Data page of the ARRL Web site www.arrl.org.
SOLAR NUMBERS TODAY
NOAA reported that solar activity was moderate during the 24 hours ending
Sunday night at 5 pm local. The largest solar event of the period was a M1
event observed at 04/2252Z from Region 1936 . There are currently 7 numbered
sunspot regions on the disk. The Sunspot count this morning is 225, a big
jump from the 119 we saw last Monday. The Solar Flux is 218, again, over a
100 points on the scale higher than in our last PARSgram. The Solar Flux is
expected to stay about the same through Wednesday. NOAA predicts Solar
activity is likely to be moderate with a 30 percent chance for X-class
flares each day through Wednesday the 8th. Radio blackouts reaching the R1
level are expected today for areas of the Earth facing the Sun. (R1 on the
NOAA scale means weak or minor degradation of HF radio communication on
sunlit side, occasional and brief loss (seconds) of radio contact.)
By the way, NOAA calculates the 90 day trailing average for today is 148 .
The average was below 120 six months ago as I remember. This jump reflects
the significant increase in activity we have seen over the past several
months. Nonetheless, comparison of these numbers indicate a historical
trend not the conditions we might see today or tomorrow.
The Earth’s geomagnetic field was quiet over the weekend. The estimated
planetary K-index at 7 am local today was zero. Geomagnetic conditions are
expected to be quiet today, possibly raise to minor storm levels on Tuesday
and then fall back to unsettled on Wednesday. The likely cause is a coronal
mass ejection (CME) that is heading for Earth. It should arrive late on
Tuesday. The CME was caused by a long-duration M4-class solar flare from big
sunspot AR1944 on Jan 4th.
DX CHALLENGE FOR THE WEEK
ALAND ISLANDS, OH0. A group of operators are QRV as OG0A until
January 13. Activity is on the HF bands using mainly CW, with some
SSB and RTTY used occasionally. QSL via operators’ instructions.
QSO CORNER
This is the place to post contacts with DXpeditions, Special Event
Stations, or special QSO’s you would like to share.
All quiet in The County…. nothing heard.
OTHER ACTIVITY ON THE RADIO:
This info is extracted from the ARRL Letter, from the WA7BNM Contest
Calendar or the ARRL Contest Corral. You can receive the Letter weekly via
email as a member of ARRL :
* Jan 11 Old New Year Contest
* Jan 11 MI QRP January CW Contest
* Jan 11 SKCC Weekend Sprintathon
* Jan 11 UK DX BPSK63 Contest
* Jan 11 North American QSO Party, CW
* Jan 12 DARC 10 Meter Contest
All dates & times, unless otherwise stated, are UTC.
See the ARRL Contest Branch page <http://www.arrl.org/contests/>, the ARRL
Contest Update http://www.arrl.org/The-ARRL-Contest-Update/ and the WA7BNM
Contest Calendar <http://www.hornucopia.com/contestcal/index.html> for more
info. Looking for a Special Event station? Be sure to check out the ARRL
Special Event Station Web page<http://www.arrl.org/special-events>. For a
LIST OF STATE QSO PARTIES, see
http://www.hornucopia.com/contestcal/stateparties.html. (State QSO parties
are a great way to get those last states on your Worked All States (WAS)
Award list.)
HAM EQUIPMENT FOR SALE, TRADE, OR WANTED
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* FOR SALE: Equipment from estate of W4EHF–
IC-725 HF All Band transceiver orig box manual 295.00
IC-756 Pro HF/50MHz All band Transceiver orig box manual 1100.00
IC-756 Pro II HF/50MHz All Mode Transceiver no box manual 1300.00
FT-270 R/E VHF FM Transceiver box manual 95.00
MFJ-949E Deluxe versa Turner box manual 100.00
Contact Bill Finch, AI4TN, 252-341-3189, finchwc@gmail.com (20131223)
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* WANTED Microphone that will work with an Icom Transceiver, IC-745. Please
contact Charlie Overcash, WA4GSI, at 249-1257 or
charlie@dockline.net. (20131202)
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* FOR SALE Cushcraft R 7 antenna, $125 Please
contact Charlie Overcash, WA4GSI, at 249-1257 or
charlie@dockline.net. (20131230)
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(Send me your amateur radio related items for sale, trade, or wanted for
listing in the PARSgram. PLEASE let me know if your listing is no longer
needed. ITEMS listed will EXPIRE AFTER 90 DAYS unless I hear
otherwise.–Jim).
PARS CALENDAR:
* Jan 25, PARS Monthly Meeting, Saturday, 9 am, Brantley’s Village
Restaurant, Oriental. Bill Olah, KR4LO, 249-0287 or w_olah@yahoo.com
PARS NETS:
* Mondays, Pete’s “Swamp Talk” roundtable, around 8:15 pm local, 28.463
MHz plus or minus, USB. An informal forum originally established to assist
our new Hams, this freq. is in the 10M voice segment open to technician
licensees and above. Radio topics/questions/issues welcomed.
* Wednesdays, Pamlico Emergency Net Practice and Rag Chew, 7:30 pm,
Oriental Repeater, 147.210 + (PL151.4).
PARS WEB SITE:
https://www.n4prs.org/
Web Master is Larry Wall, KK4SEO, wallmailbox@yahoo.com.
PARSgram ITEMS
We are always looking for items of interest to PARS members to put in the
PARSgram. If you run across a timely item or think of something you think
would interest our folks, please send it to me. Thanks
73, Jim AI4WL