. ===================== *** The Daily DX *** ===================== Volume 1 Number 4 March 20, 1997 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR ----------------------------------------------------------------- Headlines ----------------------------------------------------------------- The Chinese Radio Sports Association (CRSA) is gearing up for a major operation from Huang Yan Dao (Scarborough Reef). This operation will be headed by Wang, BA1OK and is scheduled for April 30 th through May 11 th. This will be the third operation for BS7H. The operators will leave from the port city of Guangzhou on April 28 th. Tim Totten, N4GN, stated "The primary goal of this operation is to provide at least one QSO with as many individual DXers as possible." The operators will give the eastern half of the US top priority. Totten also mentioned "A secondary goal will be to provide QSO's on additional bands and modes, including 160 through 6 meters, CW, SSB, satellite and RTTY." In order to do this they will be running as many as four stations simultaneously on the air. This operation will be sponsored by Yaesu, Cushcraft, the Northern California DX Foundation (NCDXF) and the International DX Association (INDEXA). The operators include: Wang, BA1OK Gong, BA1DU Chen, BA4RC Wang, BD4RX Jian, BD7JG Zhang, BG7KW Kan, JA1BK Kazuo, JA1RJU Wayne, N7NG Jim, W6EU (ex WA6AUE) Bob, W6RGG Bob, 4S7RPG plans to be on 160 meters from 4S7VK's QTH from Friday March 21 st 12:30 Z to Sunday March 23 rd 01:30 Z. He may also show up from Sunday March 23 rd from 12:30 - 14:30 Z. Bob plans to transmit on 1825.5 and QSX 1804, 1814 or 1837 +/-. Sunrise and sunset in Sri Lanka are at approximately 00:57 and 12:51 Z. QSL's should now be sent to Bob Parkes, 2 Saxton Road, Steyning, West Sussex, BN44 3FP. Bob will be returning to England soon. ----------------------------------------------------------------- From The ARRL DXCC Desk ----------------------------------------------------------------- The ARRL DXCC Desk announced on March 18, 1997 the following documentation has been received and approved: 3A/JH1NBN 9L1MG HS0/7L1MFS VK2BEX/CY0 3B8/DK1RP 9L1PG HS0/IK4MRH VK2IFB 3C0DX 9M0Z J28TC VK4LF/VK9M 3C1DX 9M2RY J56CK VK9CT 3C5A 9M6P J56DY VP2MEY 3D2/DL7RAG 9M6TE J6/DK1RP VP2V/KC2QF 3D2HW 9M6TF KC6GB VR2/I1RBJ 3D2MN 9M6TG KH8/IK2GNW W6RJ/Z2 3DA0MA 9M6TI KH8AL/HK0 WB6RZK/Z2 3W5RS 9M6TJ KP2/KX8N XR0Y/Z 4L6PA 9Q5BB LA1TV XT2DM 4X/DL3JSW 9U/EA1FH OD5RY/OD5/N4ISV XU2FB 5H1HW 9U5CW PJ8/WB2GAI Z2/9J2AE 5R8EO 9U5DX 9U/F5FHI S01RSF Z21KM 5T5U A35HB S21XX ZA1AJ 5V7HR A35MN S21XY ZB2/DL1BX 5V7LB AA4NC/CY0 S21XZ ZB2/DL5JAB 5V7ML BY1QH/G3SWH S79UAA ZB2/DL5JAN 5W0AN BY1QH/W5ZPA T7/IK6RUM ZF2GS 5W0HW C6A/AF1U T98JWV ZF2WY 5X1D C91CO TG9IDK ZK1FAN 5X1K CY0/WA4DAN TI5/JH1NBN ZK1HW 5X1T CY0AA TI9X, TE9RLI ZK1LIA 6W1/N2WCQ CY0XX TJ1GB ZK1NJX 6W1QV D68SE TJ1GD ZK1PYD 6Y5/I5JHW DK8FS/C91 TJ1RA ZK1RAG 6Y5/W4JKC E3A30 TL8MR ZK1WTS 7P8FS EM1KA TT8AM ZK2RA 7P8MA F/G3SWH/P TT8DJ ZK2ZE 8Q7BC FJ/I4ALU TT8HG ZL3FAN 8Q7YV FO0DI TT8PG ZL7BTB 8Q7ZR FO0SUC TT8SS ZV0MB 9G5BQ FR/DL1DA V31VI ZV0MV 9J2AE HI8/DL1DA V63CO ZY0ZGD 9J2PI HI9/I4LCK V73C/CY0 ----------------------------------------------------------------- QSN - Today (3/19) on the bands ----------------------------------------------------------------- 3W5FM - Vietnam - This is about the 3 rd or 4 th day in a row that Nick has shown up on or near 14195. He seems to like the 14 to 15 Z time frame. QSL via UA0FM. 3W5RS - Vietnam - Was on 20 CW during the 14 to 16 Z time frame on 14016. QSL to : PO Box 303, Vung Tau, Vietnam 4K8F - Azerbaijan - Leon was on at 02:00 Z on 3505 working East coast US stations. QSL via UA9AB. 4S7BRG - Sri Lanka - Mario really has been busy working the Europeans on both 40 and 17 meters. He was on 18135 from 15 to 16 Z and as usual he showed up on 7043 between 20:30 and 21:30 Z. 4U1WB - USA - This is the World Bank station located in Washington, D.C. They have been on 20 meter SSB for the last 3 days. They were on during the 18 Z hour and the 23 Z hour. Sounds like it might be lunch time and dinner time for them. QSL via KK4HD. 5H3ES - Tanzania - Was active on 18140 today working Europe and Stateside from 13:45 Z on. QSL via DF9SU. 6O5DX - Somalia - Was on from 17:20 to 18:15 Z on 14158. QSL via F5PYI. 7Z5OO - Saudi Arabia - Mike can be found almost daily between 12:30 Z and 15:00 Z on 20 meter CW. QSL via W1AF. 8Q7BE - Maldives - Bill, W4ZV, reports working Hans at 00:07 Z on 1827. Hans was in there until at least 00:43 Z. 8Q7 sunrise is around 0112 today. Earlier Hans was on 3796 working Europeans around 20 Z. QSL via DL8NBE. 9K2MU - Kuwait - Murtada can be found just about every day on 80 meter SSB. Usually around 3795 to 3800 from 21:30 to 01:00 Z. He was active today on 10104 from 20:30 to 21:10 Z. QSL via WA4JTK. 9M2AX - West Malaysia - Ross made it through today on 160 to the East coast. He started on 1821 then went to 1831. He was worked from 23:05 to 23:20 Z. QSL via JA5DQH 9M2MO - West Malaysia - Was extremely active on 14024 from 13:40 to 15:20 Z, he was working Europe, West coast and mid-west US stations. QSL via G0CMM. 9M6TPR - East Malaysia - Paul showed up around 10:00 Z and bounced between 14016 and 14024 until 16:00 Z. Paul said they would be on Spratly in two days. They are currently on Borneo, IOTA OC088. In the past Paul and Charlotte have used color underwater picture QSLs. QSL via KQ1F. 9X4WW - Rwanda - Looks like Mark is still using his old set of frequencies. He was on 1827.5 the last two days. CE9OH - Antarctica - Juan Carlos is active most days on 14260 between 22 and 24 Z. EX8F - Kyrgyzstan - Vlad is on 20 meter CW daily between 12 and 13 Z. EY8XX - Tajikistan - Just like Vlad he is on 20 meter CW daily between 12 and 13 Z. FR5KH/J - Juan de Nova - FR5KH is a military club station that is currently on Juan de Nova. The station can be found daily on 14122 from 17 to 18 Z. FR5DT has also been active at the same time and frequency. QSL both via F6FNU. KC4AAC - Antarctica - This station has more than one operator and frequents 14270 between 23:00 and 01:00 Z. R1FJR - Franz Josef Island - This station was only on for a few minutes on 7004 around 2030 Z. XU2FB - Kampuchea - Harv is just getting settled in. He was on 14182 from 15:45 to 1615 Z. QSL via N4JR. ZS8IR - Prince Edward and Marion Islands - Chris was somewhat busy on the air today. He was on 14015 from 14:30 until close to 18:00 Z. Then he showed up on 1822 at 03:20 and stayed until about 03:55 Z. Chris will be leaving in June or July. QSL via ZS6EZ. ----------------------------------------------------------------- IOTA ----------------------------------------------------------------- The following IOTA stations were on today (3/19) IOTA Call Time Frequency ----- --------- ----- --------- AS126 HS9AL 14:26 14004 EU010 GM0KJW/M 16:22 14260 EU037 SM7DLZ 22:04 3795 EU082 U1ZA 11:56 14005 EU124 GW0MOI 11:41 14260 EU133 RA1AD 11:03 14259 OC141 VK8KTC 12:47 21270 SA055 LU8ERR 23:55 14085 (RTTY) IOTA frequencies - CW 28.040 24.920 21.040 18.098 14.040 10.114 7.030 3.530 SSB 28.560 28.460 24.950 21.260 18.128 14.260 7.055 3.765 ----------------------------------------------------------------- Calendar ----------------------------------------------------------------- Begin End M D M D Call 3 20 3 21 9M6TCR & 9M6TPR (OC088 3 20 3 21 KG4AU/KG4WD/KG4GC 3 20 3 21 VP2END & VP2EUC 3 20 3 22 FM/F5TGR 3 20 3 22 HS9AL (ASNEW) 3 20 3 24 K4ZLE/6Y5 3 20 3 27 ZF2JC/ZF8 (NA016) 3 20 3 31 FJ/K1YJK (NA146) 3 20 3 31 PJ9JT 3 20 3 31 VQ9SS 3 20 4 3 3B8/DL6UAA 3 20 4 21 PZ5DX 3 20 4 23 JG8NQJ/JD1 M.T. 3 20 5 30 4S7BRG 3 21 3 26 FS/JA4DND & FS/JA5AUC 3 22 3 22 JH6VLF/1 & 7L3TDU/1 (AS008) 3 22 3 23 KL7 QSO PARTY 3 22 3 28 9M6TCR & 9M6TPR Spratly (AS051 WAZ 26) 3 22 4 6 TO6UFT or FR/F5MNW (AF016) 3 23 3 30 N9SW/XE3 3 24 3 28 J52DW 3 24 3 31 JW5HE 3 24 4 4 C6A/DL6MHW & C6A/DL3ABL (NA001) 3 25 4 3 8P9IJ 3 26 3 31 TS8A (3V8BB) 3 26 4 2 KP2/KF8UM (NA106) 3 27 3 30 S0RASD ----------------------------------------------------------------- Today's Propagation Forecast ----------------------------------------------------------------- The effective sunspot number for Tuesday 3/18/97 was 15.2 The WWV numbers for Wednesday 3/19/97 were as follows: Solar A K Hour Flux Index Index Last 24 hours / Next 24 hours 03 3/20 74 3 0 VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET;VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET 00 3/19 74 3 0 VL/Q-U 21 74 4 0 VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET;VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET 18 74 6 0 VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET;VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET 15 74 6 3 VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET;VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET 12 74 6 1 VERY LOW/QUIET;VERY LOW/QUIET-UNSET 09 74 6 2 VERY LOW/QUIET;VERY LOW/QUIET-UNSET 00 74 6 1 VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET;VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET The Forecast for Thursday 3/20/97: solar flux 74, A index 10, K index 2. Thursday should be Low Normal. The Forecast for Friday 3/21/97: solar flux 74, A index 8, K index 2. Friday should be Low Normal. ----------------------------------------------------------------- QSL Info ----------------------------------------------------------------- Call Manager Call Manager --------- ------- -------- ------- 7Z1AB KN4F R1FJR F5PYI 8P9FC GM3AVA RA2FBC DJ1OJ 9G1BJ G4XTA RA2FZ W3HNK 9M6TPR KQ1F UN5J W3HNK EA9AU EA9IB V73GT WF5T HF0POL SP3FYM VQ9VK AA1OJ JG8NQJ/JD1 JA8CJY XU2FB N4JR Bob, K4MZU handles QSL chores for the following Antarctic stations (year & operator): KC4/KA7DHE (94/95) KC4USL/AM (97) KC4/VE7MKZ (94/95) KC4USV (95/96 Greg) KC4/VE0HSS (96/97) KC4USX (94/95) KC4AAB (72) R1A/VE0HSS (96/97) KC4AAC (97 Craig & Greg) R1ANW (96 Henri) KC4AAD (96) VE0HSS/AM (96/97) KC4AAF (96) VP8CRE (95/96) KC4AAG (94/95) VP8MS (73/93) KC4USB (94/95/96) VP8MX (72) ----------------------------------------------------------------- Credits ----------------------------------------------------------------- Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 425 DX News, ARRL, 4S7RPG, EA2KL,FR5DX, K3SKE, K3SME, K4MZU, KC3AJ, KE3Q, NOAA, N3OSH, N4GN, OPDX, US Air Force, W3ASK, YU1OL ----------------------------------------------------------------- Wanted ----------------------------------------------------------------- If you have any DX information please e-mail it to bernie.mcclenny@mail.wdn.com. 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