. ===================== *** The Daily DX *** ===================== Volume 1 Number 22 April 17, 1997 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR ----------------------------------------------------------------- Late Breaking News about BS7H ----------------------------------------------------------------- Tim Totten, N4GN, reports that last week while he was attending the International DX Convention in Fresno, California he meet with the US members of the upcoming BS7H, Scarborough Reef, DXpedition. He was one of the operators during the past two operations from Scarborough. The US crew consists of Wayne, N7NG, Jim, W6UE, and Bob, W6RGG. The two team leaders Kan, JA1BK and Wang, BA1OK, meet this week for final preperations in Tokyo. The following details were given by Tim to The Daily DX and the DX reflector. - All necessary licenses, operating permits, landing permission, visas, and other documents are now in hand. - BS7H will be on the air for approximately 7 days, starting 30 April. As with most DXpeditions of this type, the exact schedule is dependent on weather, transportation and other variables. - The following transmit frequencies will be used by BS7H: CW--1826.5, 3505, 7005, 10105, 14024, 18073, 21024, 24895, 28024 and 50110 kHz SSB--1826.5, 3790 (3750 secondary), 7065, 14195, 18115, 21295, 24935, 28485 and 50110 kHz RTTY--14083 and 21083 kHz - BS7H will also be QRV on the Russian RS satellites. - As stated previously, the primary goal of this operation is to give as many DXers as possible the opportunity to work an all-time new one. Providing QSOs on multiple bands and modes is a secondary goal. The operating team requests that DXers who worked the BS7H 1995 operation refrain from making additional QSOs on the same band-mode. Similarly, RTTY QSOs on multiple bands are discouraged. - The BS7H operators will frequently make an effort to listen in the U.S. General class sub-bands and the Japanese sub-bands as appropriate. Periods of simplex operation will also be conducted, particularly during the last few days of operation. - DXers are reminded that QRM from driftnet beacons, shortwave broadcast stations and various illegal 'encroachers' can be a problem on the amateur bands in the South China Sea, particularly on 40, 80 and 160 meters. Follow the directions of the BS7H operators, and be alert for changes in listening frequencies which may be necessary to work around such QRM. - The operators will be looking for sporadic-E openings on twelve, ten and six meters. When six meters is not in use, a beacon will be placed on 50110 kHz. - DXers in Japan should QSL via JA1BK. All others should QSL via W4FRU. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Headlines ----------------------------------------------------------------- Ezzat, SU1ER, reports he will be on 6 meters during June and July. He will be the first station on 6 meters from Egypt. He plans to have a 3 element beam and an amplifier. Chris, G3WOS, and Nick, G3KOX, plan to visit Ezzat to help him get on the air. He will be active in the contests on June 7th and 8th and also September 13th and 14th. Yuki, K3ZB/JH1NBN, plans to be active April 25th to April 29th as 8R1ZB, in Guyana, and then April 29th to May 4th as J83ZB, on St. Vincent Island. He will be active on SSB, CW and RTTY. Yuki requests that you QSL via his Japanese call, JH1NBN, as he is renting a QTH in the Washington D.C. area and may move to a new QTH. Yuki has recently operated as TN7A and TI9X. Mark, 9X4WW/ON4WW, is back in Kigali and plans to be active again on 1827.5 around 02:00 to 03:00Z. QSL via ON5NT. Laci, HA0HW, reports that he along with Tomi, HA4GDO, Laci, HA6NL, Zsolt, HA6PS, and Tibi, HA6ZV, will be on the Island of Rhodes from June 3rd to June 17th. They plan to sign SV5/ their homecall /P. They plan to be active on SSB, CW, RTTY, RS-10, RS-12 and RS-15. Frequencies to watch: CW SSB ----- ----- 1831 1841 3511 3789 (3611 for HA's) 7011 7089 10101 14011 14189 14260 18071 18141 21011 21289 24891 24941 28011 28489 Kazu, VR2KF, reports that he plans to increase his activities in the next two months for those still needing Hong Kong. As a reminder Hong Kong will probably be delete from DXCC July 1st as it will be turned back over to mainland China. Kazu is active on SSB and CW and is still learning RTTY. He can operate on all bands except 75 and 160 meters. QSL via Kazuhiko Fujita, GPO Box 4724, Hong Kong. ----------------------------------------------------------------- QSN ----------------------------------------------------------------- 3A7G - Monaco - The Grimaldi Dynasty special event station was on 14168 around 15:00Z. 4L5A - Georgia - Alex was on RTTY on 14083 from 16:00 to 17:00Z. QSL via IK3HHX. 5N0T - Nigeria - Worked a bunch of JA's short path on 14170 around 21:20Z. 5N3/SP5XAR - Nigeria - Showed up on 10104 at 03:25Z. He was weak but workable on the east coast of the US. QSL via SP5CPR. 6Y5BA - Jamaica - JA's were working this station on 3798 at 10:20Z. 9G1MR - Ghana - Was working JA's on 14153 just after 21:00Z. 9X/RW3AH - Rwanda - Today should have been Andy's last day on the air before heading back to Moscow. He was on 7045 from 19:00 to 21:00Z working Europe and Asia. C21NJ - Nauru - Tried some CW yesterday on 14029 just before 08:00Z. ER2GR - Moldovia - He had a good signal into the east coast of the US on 1835 around 03:00Z. HZ1AB - Saudi Arabia - Ken was coming through to the east coast of the US on 18080 at 17:15Z. QSL via K8PYD. NL7Z - Alaska - Kevin had a very good signal on 1850 SSB around 05:30Z. He was working east coast US stations. QSL via his old call AL7MX. ST2SA - Sudan - Dr. Sid came up on 14198 around 21:00Z. TJ1HP - Cameroon - Was busy working JA's and Europe on 14135 between 21:00 and 22:00Z. TK/F6FGY - Corsica - Was on RTTY yesterday on 14082 around 14:00Z. QSL via F6FGY. ----------------------------------------------------------------- IOTA ----------------------------------------------------------------- The following IOTA stations were on yesterday (4/16/97) IOTA Call Freq GMT ----- ---- ----- ---- AS003 4S7EA 14190 1109 AF013 5R8FK 7019 0050 AN003 EM1HO 7003 0815 EU124 GW0HGN/P 14260 1244 NA102 FG/F6CMH 14260 2241 SA023 PY6JJ 14260 2146 Hal, W5GZI, who is currently on IOTA NA092 will be active for another 12 days. 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 Month Day Month Day Country Call ----- --- ----- --- ------- --------------------------- 4 17 4 20 DU DU1/JG0HZE (OC126) 4 17 4 21 PZ PZ5DX 4 17 4 22 PY PQ5L (SA047) 4 17 4 23 JD/M JG8NQJ/JD1 M.T. 4 17 4 23 KH4 KH4/K1NT 4 17 4 27 TA YM3ATA 4 17 4 30 3A 3A7G 4 17 4 30 I IT9AXZ/P & IT9HLR/P (EU025) 4 17 4 30 V4 V47XC (NA104) 4 17 5 6 FY FY/DJ0PJ 4 17 5 6 ZB ZB2FX 4 17 5 10 3V TS40A 4 17 5 30 4S 4S7BRG 4 18 4 19 YU DX Contest 4 18 4 21 PY ZY2IB (SA028) 4 18 5 2 TU TU2WL 4 19 4 19 European SSB Sprint 4 19 4 19 International Marconi Day 4 19 4 20 GM Scottish Activity 4 19 4 20 LA-DX-Group Convention 4 19 6 6 9M6 9M8CC (OC088) 4 20 6 8 3B8 3B8/NK6F 4 21 4 25 FK FK8GM (OC218) 4 22 4 30 PY PR5L (SA027) 4 24 4 27 W N4GZ (NA085) ----------------------------------------------------------------- Today's Propagation Forecast ----------------------------------------------------------------- The effective sunspot number for Tuesday, 4/15/97 was 13.9 The WWV numbers for Wednesday, 4/16/97, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Forecast ----------- ---- --- - - ----------------------------------- 16-Apr-1997 21 75 9 3 VY LO/QUIET-UNSET;VY LO-LO/QUIET-UNSE 16-Apr-1997 18 79 2 3 VERY LOW/QUIET-UNSET;LOW/QUIET-UNSET 16-Apr-1997 15 79 2 3 VY LO/QUIET-UNSET;VY LO-LO/QUIET-UNSE 16-Apr-1997 12 79 2 2 LOW/QUIET;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 16-Apr-1997 09 79 2 1 LOW/QUIET;LOW/QUIET-UNSET 16-Apr-1997 03 79 2 0 LOW/QUIET;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 16-Apr-1997 00 79 2 0 L/Q > L/Q-U The forecast for Thursday, 4/17/97: solar flux 80, A index 8, K index 2. Thursday should be Above Normal. The forecast for Friday, 4/18/97: solar flux 78, A index 15, K index 3. Friday should be High Normal. ----------------------------------------------------------------- QSL Info ----------------------------------------------------------------- Call Manager ---- ------- EY1ZA W3HNK GB0MPA GW0PUP RN3QO N2UCK TA2IJ DJ9ZB TK/F6FGY F6FGY VP9KK K1EFI VQ9LV KY3V ZB2FX G3RFX ZD7HI N2AU ----------------------------------------------------------------- Credits ----------------------------------------------------------------- Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 425 DX NEWS, HA0HW, K3SKE, KC3AJ, KI4RU, NOAA, N3OSH, OPDX, US Air Force, VR2KF, 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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