OPDX Special Bulletin 1386.2 October 22, 2018

The Ohio/Penn Dx PacketCluster
DX Special Bulletin No. 1386.2
BID: $OPDX.1386.2
October 22, 2018
Editor Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW
Provided by BARF80.ORG (Cleveland, Ohio)
Sent/Written in Strongsville, OH



Thanks to the Northern Ohio Amateur Radio Society, Northern Ohio DX
Association, Ohio/Penn PacketCluster Network, AB5K & the AR TelNet
Clusters Network, and the PIDXG for the following DX information.


VP6D ISLAND REPORT/UPDATE (October 22nd) [edited]. 
  - Rain last night, expecting occasional rough WX over the next few days.


  - No EME today,  expect to be up in 48 hours.


  - Antenna work coming along nicely.


  - Pileups have been deep, energetic and generally well behaved THANK YOU


  - Full set of VDAs for high bands, 4-sq for 40 m and a SteppIR installed
    at SSB camp. Low bands antennas installed at the CW camp.


  - A few people are calling with the incorrect version of FT8. Please
    use WSJT-X 1.9.1 in DX mode. You are configured as a Hound. Please
    see VP6D.com for FT8 Guidance.


  - Last night we observed a serious backlog with the BGAN systems, the
    queue was cleared early this morning, but the network is slow. We
    have 2 BGANs running, both showing the same delay. We have 2 spare
    BGANs, but we don't believe it's a hardware issue.


  - We had a report that some FT8 contacts are not in DXA, we will
    investigate.


  - We had a report of an audio problem with 40m SSB, we will investigate.


  - The log was uploaded this morning. DXA is a copy of the log. If your
    contacts are in DXA they are in the log.


    Team Ducie 2018 



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