. ===================== *** The Daily DX *** ===================== Volume 1 Number 17 April 8, 1997 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR ----------------------------------------------------------------- ARRL TOP 100 ----------------------------------------------------------------- The following list is the top 100 countries needed by DXers who are active in the ARRL's DXCC program. Some of these countries such as Z3, T9, OK, OM and S5 have been worked by many, however DXer's are still waiting for the QSLs to make it through the QSL bureau pipeline. VK0H will fall right off the list after the January Dxpedition. Out of the top 20 BS7H is expected by the beginning of May. 5A1A is active most days on 15 meters SSB. SV2ASP/A comes up about once every 10 days or so. ZL9/K8VIR probably knocked out a couple thousand QSOs. ZS8IR can be found almost daily on 20 meters and usually one other band. Many DX'ers are eagerly waiting for VU2JPS and or VK9NS to show up from Andamans & Nicobar. There are 3 hams currently on Macquarie, however they have not been on the air yet. # Pre Country # Pre Country -- ---- ------- -- ---- ------- 1 P5 North Korea 51 S0 Western Sahara 2 BS7H Scarborough Reef 52 3B9 Rodriguez I. 3 BV9P Pratas I. 53 XU Cambodia 4 VK0H Heard I. 54 YI Iraq 5 7O Yemen 55 CE0X San Felix I. 6 E3 Eritrea 56 JX Jan Mayen 7 A5 Bhutan 57 3D2C Conway Reef 8 VU4 Andaman & Nicobar I. 58 1S Spratly Is. 9 FR/T Tromelin I. 59 9A Croatia 10 Z3 Macedonia 60 A6 United Arab Emirates 11 5A Libya 61 9N Nepal 12 VK0M Macquarie I. 62 T5 Somalia 13 T9 Bosnia-Herzegovina 63 YK Syria 14 SV/A Mount Athos 64 S5 Slovenia 15 FR/G Glorioso Island 65 TI9 Cocos Island 16 VU7 Laccadive Is. 66 VK9X Christmas I. 17 OK Czech Republic 67 ZK2 Tokelau Is. 18 ZL9 Auckland & Campbell I. 68 1A0 Sov. Mil. Order of Malta 19 ZS8 Pr. Edward & Marion Is. 69 ET Ethiopia 20 3Y Bouvet Island 70 8Q Maldivie Is. 21 3B7 Agalega & St Brandon Is. 71 KH5 Palmyra, Jarvis Is. 22 FR/J Juan de Nova, Europa 72 ST Sudan 23 FT5W Crozet I. 73 3D2R Rotuma 24 ZL8 Kermadec I. 74 KH4 Midway I. 25 FT5Z Amsterdam & St Paul I. 75 TY Benin 26 OM Slovak Republic 76 5X Uganda 27 3C0 Annobon 77 VK9C Cocos-Keeling I. 28 TT8 Chad 78 JD1M Minami Torishima 29 TN Congo 79 ZD9 Tristan da Cunha & Gough I. 30 VP8G South Georgia I. 80 TJ Cameroon 31 FT5X Kerguelen I. 81 EK Armenia 32 PY0S St Peter & Paul Rocks 82 ZC4 UK bases on Cyprus 33 HK0M Malpelo I. 83 D6 Comoros 34 XW Laos 84 CE0Z Juan Fernandez I. 35 ST0 Southern Sudan 85 ZK1N North Cook Is. 36 3V Tunisia 86 XV Vietnam 37 KH5K Kingman Reef 87 XT Burkina Faso 38 PY0T Trindade & Martin Vaz Is. 88 3X Guinea 39 9U Burundi 89 5V Togo 40 T31 Central Kiribati 90 CY0 Sable I. 41 VP8O South Orkney Is. 91 R1M M-V I. 42 VP8S South Sandwich Is. 92 FO/C Clipperton I. 43 S2 Bangladesh 93 S9 Sao Tome and Principe 44 XZ Myanmar 94 3A Monaco 45 EP Iran 95 T8 Palau 46 5R8 Madagascar 96 KH9 Wake I. 47 VK9W Willis I. 97 KH7 Kure I. 48 YA Afghanistan 98 JD1O Ogasawara 49 T33 Banaba 99 9X Rwanda 50 3C Equatorial Guinea 100 T2 Tuvalu ----------------------------------------------------------------- QSN ----------------------------------------------------------------- 3DA0CA - Swaziland - Jon shows up about 4 days a week around 3505 between 03:20 and 04:00Z. QSL via W4DR. 3V8BB - Tunisia - Was very active yesterday on 14019 at 12:00Z and then again at 16:00Z. From 22:40 to 23:30 he was on 7009 working Europe and US stations. He says he will be on for another 3 days. QSL via DJ0IF. 5V7MD - Togo - Dave was on 14183 at 21:20Z working east coast and mid-west US stations. QSL via AB7BB. A71CW - Qatar - Chris is has not moved to Oman, A4, yet. He was on 21027 working Europe from 10:00 to 11:00Z. Then at 15:20 he showed up on 14038 working Europe and east coast North America. Finally at 18:30Z he showed up on 10114 working Europe. A92GD - Bahrain - Bob shows up just about 5 days a week on 10140 at 02:20Z and also from 22:00 to 00:00Z. QSL via K1SE. CX4SS - Uruguay - Al has been on 160 meters about 3 or 4 nights in the last week. Try 1826 to 1834 between 03:00 to 04:00Z. CX8DV - Uruguay - Was on yesterday at 03:40Z on 1835. ET3BN - Ethiopia - Was found on 14030 from 17:50 to 19:00Z. ET3SID - Ethiopia - Likes to work RTTY on 14083. Yesterday he was on between 20:00 and 21:00Z. FR5DX - Reunion - Herik showed up yesterday on 21290 at 13:20Z. FR5KH/J - Juan de Nova - Europeans found him on 14005 at 17:40Z. He was later on 7005 just before 21:00Z. QSL via F6FNU LU8DNY - Argentina - 160 meters was open to South America. He was on 1834 at 02:45Z. ND3A/EL2 - Liberia - Rob came up on 14027 at 22:00Z and stayed on until about 22:30Z. He will be there for another two weeks. QSL via ND3A. PY1BVY - Brazil - Ron shows up almost everyday on 160 meters CW between 03:00 and 05:00Z. S21YS - Bangladesh - Jumped between 14260 and 14130 between the hours of 12:00 and 16:00Z. This is IOTA AS127. QSL via IK1FLF SV2ASP - Mount Athos - Monk Apollo showed up yesterday from 10:30 to 13:00Z on 14185. He was working Europe and North American. Not many were calling him. QSL via CBA. SV8JE - Greece - Chris is on 160 meters just about every day. He is located on Kefalonia island, which is IOTA EU052. Try 04:00 to 05:00Z. ZS8IR - Prince Edward and Marion Islands - Chris who has not been on the air for a few days showed up on 7009 yesterday at 04:30Z. QSL via ZS6EZ. ----------------------------------------------------------------- IOTA ----------------------------------------------------------------- The following IOTA stations were on yesterday (4/7/97) IOTA Call Freq GMT IOTA Call Freq GMT ----- ---------- ----- ---- ----- ---------- ----- ---- AF004 EA8/DL3DRN 14023 0657 EU114 GU/F5FGI/P 14260 1236 AS003 4S7BRG 14260 1823 EU133 UA3TJW/1 14016 1317 AS018 RA0FA 14260 0752 NA027 CY1COP 14260 1826 AS127 S21YS 14260 1252 NA101 J77FT 28495 1715 EU045 IB0JN 14258 1350 OC021 YB1XUR 14195 1834 EU096 OH1LU/P 14262 1105 OC166 YC7JBA 21225 1408 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 -- -- -- -- --------------------------- 4 ?? 4 ?? T33/ZL1AMO (OC018) 4 8 4 11 GU/F5SGI (EU114) 4 8 4 12 GJ/DK1RP (EU013) 4 8 4 13 K6JAH/6Y5 4 8 4 14 XT2AW 4 8 4 17 F6BUM/6W 4 8 4 21 PZ5DX 4 8 4 23 JG8NQJ/JD1 M.T. 4 8 4 30 IT9AXZ/P & IT9HLR/P (EU025) 4 8 5 6 FY/DJ0PJ 4 8 5 30 4S7BRG 4 8 4 10 6O0X & 6O0YL 4 8 4 15 V2 AI5P & WB5JHK (NA100) 4 9 4 30 V47XC (NA104) 4 15 4 22 PQ5L (SA047) 4 15 4 30 3A7A 4 16 4 23 KH4/K1NT ----------------------------------------------------------------- Today's Propagation Forecast ----------------------------------------------------------------- The effective sunspot number for Sunday, 4/6/97 was 12.9 The WWV numbers for Monday, 4/7/97, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Forecast ---------- ---- --- - - ------------------------------------- 7-Apr-1997 21 77 7 1 LOW/QUIET-UNSET;VRY LO-LO/QUIET-UNSET 7-Apr-1997 18 78 10 2 VY LO/QUIET-UNSET;VY LO-LO/QUIET-UNSE 7-Apr-1997 15 78 10 2 L24:VL/Q-U N24:VL-L/Q-U 7-Apr-1997 12 78 10 2 vLOW/QUIET-UNSET;vLOW-LOW/QUIET-ACTIV 7-Apr-1997 09 78 10 2 VY LO/QUIET-UNSET;VY LO-LO/QUIET-ACTI 7-Apr-1997 06 78 10 3 7-Apr-1997 03 78 10 2 VY LO-LO/QUIET-ACTIVE 7-Apr-1997 00 78 10 3 VY LOW/QUIET-ACT;VY LOW-LOW/QUIET-ACT The forecast for Tuesday, 4/8/97: solar flux 77, A index 10, K index 2. Tuesday should be Above Normal. The forecast for Wednesday, 4/9/97: solar flux 76, A index 8, K index 2. Wednesday should be High Normal. ----------------------------------------------------------------- QSL Info ----------------------------------------------------------------- CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER ---- ------- ---- ------- 3V8BB DJ0IF S21YS IK1FLF 4K8F UA9AB UA0FZ W3HNK EW35WB EW1WB V73UB K1ZUT IB0JN I8JN ZA1M IK2HTW J77FT DL7FT ZD8DEZ G0DEZ LX/DF1AL/P DF1AL ----------------------------------------------------------------- Credits ----------------------------------------------------------------- Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 425 DX NEWS, K3SKE, KC3AJ, NOAA, N3OSH, OPDX, US Air Force, W3ASK ----------------------------------------------------------------- Subscriptions ----------------------------------------------------------------- Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). 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