. ===================== *** The Daily DX *** ===================== Volume 1 Number 6 March 24, 1997 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR ----------------------------------------------------------------- Headlines ----------------------------------------------------------------- Paul and Charlotte did show up on Friday morning from the Spratlys. Best times for those who still need this rare one are 10:30 to 12:30Z on 40 CW, 12:00 to 16:00Z and 23:00 to 01:00Z on 14024. They will be in the Spratlys until March 28th. QSL via KQ1F. Rob, ND3A, should be in Monrovia, Liberia on Tuesday March 25th. He plans to see about getting licensed as soon as possible as he will be there for about one month. Rob plans to be active on 10 through 160 meters, SSB and CW. He is taking his TS850 and will try to get on for WPX SSB. QSL to P.O. Box 3675, Merrifield, VA 22116-3675. Mike, XU6WV, has been active the last few days, including some 30 meter operation on March 23rd (11:50Z). Mike will be listening for U.S. stations on 40 meters (7004 or 7007) starting at 11:00Z on March 24th. He will QSY to 3512 if 80 meters is open. Mike is typically on 14190 at 13:00Z. He had a good signal Saturday and Sunday. Mike may occasionally listen for West coast U.S. stations on 160 meters after 14:00Z. His sunrise is at 23:04Z and sunset at 11:00Z. QSL via K0TLM. Mark, 9X4WW, reports it is taking longer than he anticipated to change to his new 80 and 40 meter frequencies. He said "For those still needing me on 160, I will try to be there as much as possible until I leave on March 29th." Which is when he will start a 2 week holiday back in Belgium. Look for Mark on 1827.5 on the hour between 01 and 03Z. QSL via ON5NT. ----------------------------------------------------------------- QSN - Weekend on the bands ----------------------------------------------------------------- 3B8/DL6UAA - Mauritius - Mart was very busy on 30 and 40 meters CW this weekend. He was hanging out on 7003 and 10102. He has a very distinctive CW note. QSL via DL6UAA. 3W - Vietnam - Over the weekend you could have worked any of three CW stations - 3W5FM, 3W5RS or 3W6AA all between 14009 and 14019 between 12:00 and 14:00Z. QSL 3W6AA via JA3AA. 4S7BRG - Sri Lanka - Mario was on 17 meter SSB a lot this weekend. He was there from 09:00 to 18:00Z. QSL via HB9BRM. 5V7MD - Togo - Was active on 14173 from 22:30 to 23:30Z QSL via AA7BB. 7X2RO - Algeria - Was on 30 meters for about 2.5 hours on Friday, from 16:30 to 19:00Z on 10102. QSL via OM3CGN. 8Q7BV - Maldives - Shows up daily after 18:00 Z and sticks around till 20:00Z. Usually between 14010 and 14020. QSL via HB9DIF. EA0JC - Spain - King Juan Carlos showed up on 14200 @ 10:50Z on Sunday. HV4NAC - The Vatican - Popped up on Sunday at 21:30Z on 3789 working Europe and Asia. SV9CVN - Crete - Nick showed up on 1831 on Friday at 22:40 until 23:05Z. TP9CE - France - This is a club call for the Council of Europe. QSL via F6FQK. TT8AM - Chad - Was active between 21220 and 21230 from 15:00 to 16:00Z. VP8ADE/B - Antarctica - PY2KC reports hearing this beacon on 28284, from Adelaide Island. XV7TH - Vietnam - Torsten showed up yesterday (3/23) on 18150 at 06:50 and then on 21295 09:45 to 10:00Z working Europeans. QSL via SK7AX. YB0ARA/9 - Indonesia - Phil says he will be on the air for about another 5 days from Timika. He has been showing up just after 09:00Z on 160 meter CW. He has also been active on 40 and 80 meters CW. ----------------------------------------------------------------- IOTA ----------------------------------------------------------------- The following IOTA stations were on yesterday (3/23) IOTA Call Freq Time IOTA Call Freq Time ----- ----------- ----- ---- ----- ----------- ----- ---- AS018 RA0FA 14260 0755 EU133 RA1AD 14258 1404 AS051 9M6TPR 14026 1435 NA029 VY2SS 18082 1609 EU020 SM1TDE 14262 0938 OC028 V73X 14267 1043 EU031 IC8/IZ8BFY 14260 0855 OC070 YC8VHU 21240 1355 EU032 SM7VLZ 14220 1236 OC070 YE8XM 21240 1307 EU036 LA8LA 14261 1257 OC141 VK8NGE 21260 0932 EU042 DK8OL 14257 1350 OC166 YC7JKS 21280 1336 EU130 IV3KTY 14009 1125 SA046 CE7AOY 14260 1244 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 24 3 26 FS/JA4DND & FS/JA5AUC 3 24 3 27 ZF2JC/ZF8 (NA016) 3 24 3 28 9M6TCR & 9M6TPR Spratly (AS051 WAZ 26) 3 24 3 29 J52DW 3 24 3 30 N9SW/XE3 3 24 3 31 A71CW 3 24 3 31 FJ/K1YJK (NA146) 3 24 3 31 JW5HE 3 24 3 31 PJ9JT 3 24 3 31 VQ9SS 3 24 4 3 3B8/DL6UAA 3 24 4 3 8P9IJ 3 24 4 4 C6A/DL6MHW & C6A/DL3ABL (NA001) 3 24 4 5 MU/W7MAE 3 24 4 6 TO6UFT or FR/F5MNW (AF016) 3 24 4 21 PZ5DX 3 24 4 23 JG8NQJ/JD1 M.T. 3 24 5 30 4S7BRG 3 25 4 2 K6HNZ/VP5 & VP5E 3 25 4 7 DL7FT/J7 (NA101) 3 26 ?? ?? VK5ISL (OCNEW) 3 26 3 31 TS8A (3V8BB) 3 26 4 2 K3CN & AA2OX/KP3 (NA099) 3 26 4 2 KP2/KF8UM (NA106) 3 27 3 30 S0RASD 3 28 3 28 9M6TCR & 9M6TPR (OC088 maybe) 3 28 3 29 IZ9Z (AF019) 3 28 3 29 OK8AUY 3 28 3 29 T0NY 3 28 3 29 T88X 3 28 3 29 V31DX 3 28 3 29 WP3X (NA099) 3 28 3 29 ZS9F 3 28 3 31 M0AMM (EU120) 3 28 3 31 VK5ISL (OCNEW) 3 28 4 14 XT2AW 3 29 3 30 CQ WPX CONTEST SSB 3 29 3 30 3DA5A 3 29 3 30 9H3ZZ (EU023) 3 29 3 30 EA8AH 3 29 3 30 EA9AM 3 29 3 30 T2 DL2GAG (OC015) 3 29 3 30 TM5DX 3 29 4 4 9M6TCR & 9M6TPR (OC133) 3 29 4 13 K6JAH/6Y5 ----------------------------------------------------------------- Today's Propagation Forecast ----------------------------------------------------------------- The effective sunspot number for Thursday 3/20/97 was 13.9 The effective sunspot number for Friday 3/21/97 was 14.1 The effective sunspot number for Saturday 3/22/97 was 11.5 The WWV numbers for Friday - Sunday 3/21/97 - 3/23/97 were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Forecast ----------------------------------------------------------------- 23 21 71 5 1 VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET;VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET 23 18 71 8 2 VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET;VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET 23 15 71 8 3 VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET;VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET 23 12 71 8 2 VY LOW/QUIET=>VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET 23 09 71 8 1 VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET;VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET 23 06 71 8 1 VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET=>VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET 23 00 71 8 1 vl/q-u vl/q-u 22 21 71 8 0 VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET;VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET 22 18 71 4 2 VY LOW/Q-UNS 22 15 71 4 2 VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET;VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET 22 12 71 4 3 VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET=>VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET 22 09 71 4 3 VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET;VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET 22 06 71 4 3 VY LOW/Q-UNSET 22 03 71 4 2 VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET;VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET 22 00 71 4 2 VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET;VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET 21 21 71 4 0 vLOW/QUIET-UNSET;vLOW/QUIET-UNSET 21 18 72 3 2 VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET;VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET 21 15 72 3 2 VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET;VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET 21 12 72 3 3 VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET;VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET 21 09 72 3 2 VERY LOW/QUIET;VERY LOW/QUIET-UNSET 21 03 72 3 0 VERY LOW/QUIET;VERY LOW/QUIET-UNSET 21 00 72 3 1 VERY LOW/QUIET;VERY LOW/QUIET-UNSET The Forecast for Monday 3/24/97: solar flux 71, A index 10, K index 2 Monday should be Low Normal. The Forecast for Tuesday 3/25/97: solar flux 71, A index 13 K index 3. Tuesday should be Disturbed. ----------------------------------------------------------------- QSL Info ----------------------------------------------------------------- Call Manager Call Manager --------- ------- -------- ------- 3W6AA JA3AA J28NP F6BZF 4U1WB KF4OMW * P4/KB5DZP N5FTR 4X1VF K1FJ PJ2MI K2PEQ (now W2CQ) 7X2RO OM3CGN PJ9JT W1AX 8P6DA KU9C PZ5DX K3BYV 9M6TPR KQ1F PZ5JB AA3AE 9V1YC AA5BT SU0ERA SU1ER A92GD K1SE T97M K2PF ER2DX KD1CT TP9CE F6FQK EY8XX GW3CDP UA9XJV ES4RO FS5PL KF0UI VK8NGE VK4FW 4K8DYL - Oksana, PO Box 214, 370000 Baku, Azerbaijan * The operator at 4U1WB has just recently stated to QSL via KF4OMW. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Credits ----------------------------------------------------------------- Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 425 DX News, 9X4WW, EA2KL, K3SKE, K9EL, KC3AJ, NOAA, N3OSH, ND3A, NI6T, OPDX, US Air Force, W3ASK, W3LPL ----------------------------------------------------------------- Wanted ----------------------------------------------------------------- If you have any DX information please e-mail it to bernie.mcclenny@mail.wdn.com or FAX us @ 301-854-5105. 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