. ===================== *** The Daily DX *** ===================== Volume 1 Number 25 April 22, 1997 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR ----------------------------------------------------------------- Headlines ----------------------------------------------------------------- Yuu-san, K1NT/KH4, is operating from Midway Island and started out yesterday on 7003 around 05:10Z. Around 05:45Z he moved to SSB on 7170, but didn't stay long as he went back to 7003. He was mostly working west coast US and JA stations until about 10:30Z, when guys from the east coast of the US finally woke up to find him. Yuu should be active until April 23rd. QSL via JA3IG. ----------------------------------------------------------------- QSN ----------------------------------------------------------------- 3D2RW - Fiji - Ron Wright, ZL1AMO, was not heard yesterday. When last heard he stated he was heading to Tarawa (T30) and then trying to hitch a ride to Banaba (T33). 5W1PC - Western Samoa - Made a quick appearance on 10108 around 08:10Z. 7Z5OO - Saudi Arabia - Showed up on 21010 from 16:15 to 17:10Z and worked Europe and east coast US stations. QSL via W1AF. 9X4WW - Rwanda - Marc was back on 1827.5 yesterday at 03:00Z working Europe. QSL via ON5NT. AH8A - American Samoa - Was found on 14002 working Europe around 06:45Z. FR5DT/J - Juan de Nova - Worked Europeans on 21245 yesterday around 15:20Z. QSL via F6FNU. ND3A/EL2 - Liberia - Rob showed up on 14008 yesterday around 21:35Z, but didn't stay around for long. Rob likes 21027, 14027 and 7007. QSL via ND3A. S79MAD - Seychelles - Paddy was on 18070 between 14:00 and 15:00Z working Europe. He seems to like CW and RTTY. QSL via GW4WVO. S92AT - Sao Tome & Principe - Gary was found QRS on 18077 working North America. ST2SA - Sudan - Dr. Sid says the best time to find him is Saturdays and Sundays from 20:00 to 24:00Z on 20 meters. He runs 100 watts and has a beam that covers 10 through 20 meters. SV2ASP/A - Mount Athos - Monk Apollo was on a net on 14227 just before 17:00Z working Europe and all across the US. UA0YAY - Asiatic Russia - Zone 23 - Pavel was giving out the rare zone 23 on 14025 around 01:25Z and then later on 14022 around 11:50Z. UA0YM - Asiatic Russia - Zone 23 - Was on 14012 at 00:45Z. YC8TZR - Indonesia - Jus is active daily on 40 meters CW and SSB with a huge signal. He is running 100 watts and a 3 element delta loop pointed toward Europe. He is located on IOTA OC209, about 50 meters from the ocean. ZD8DEZ - Ascencion Island - Was on 24940 from 20:00 to after 23:00Z working Europe, east coast and mid west US. QSL via G0DEZ. ZS8IR - Prince Edward and Marion Islands - Chris showed up yesterday on 7005 working Europe around 17:30Z QSL via ZS6EZ. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Dayton DX Forum ----------------------------------------------------------------- For those folks going to the Dayton Hamvention, Steve Bolia, N8BJQ, will once again be the moderator for the DX forum. It will be held in room # 1 and will run from 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM. on Saturday, May 17th. This years agenda as of April 21st is as follows: Subject & Speaker "A Tour of European DX and Contest Stations", Roger Burt, N4ZC "TN2U/TN4M -The Congo" DL7IO and DL7IQ "Heard Island 1997", KK6EK and the VK0IR Crew "XZ1N", Dr. Warren Hill, K7WX "ZL8RI - The Kermadec Islands DX Adventure", Al Hernandez, K3VN ----------------------------------------------------------------- IOTA ----------------------------------------------------------------- The following IOTA stations were on yesterday (4/21/97) IOTA Call Freq GMT IOTA Call Freq GMT ----- ------- ----- ---- ----- ------ ----- ---- EU042 DF3ZE/P 7013 1528 NA145 PJ8AD 14188 1933 EU048 F5GVH 7054 1443 OC022 YC9BU 21258 1239 NA026 WB2KSQ 14277 1439 OC034 YC9WGA 21255 1255 NA031 KA3UNQ/P 14260 1607 OC097 5W1PC 14207 0753 NA069 W4ZW 14011 1804 SA023 PY6JJ 14260 2001 NA099 NP4HY 3790 0458 SA047 ZV5M 14259 0054 NA104 V47XC 14257 1917 Yoh, 7L1MFS, will be active from Chang Island, (IOTA AS125) Thailand as HS50A from May 8th to May 11th. Operators include: HS1AAM, HS7CDI, HS7XK, HS7ECI, HS7CJN, HS1CDX, HS0/7L1MFS, and 3 or 4 other HS operators. Amateur radio in Thailand does not permit activity on the WARC bands and digital modes (packet or RTTY), however HS50A has special permission to do so. Doc, K7SO, reports that YB5NOF/8 will be active from OC208 and OC213 during the IOTA contest July 26th and 27th. Rony, YC8TXW, is active from OC210 on 40 meters with a big signal. 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 22 4 22 F F5GVH (EU048) 4 22 4 22 PY PQ5L (SA047) 4 22 4 23 FK FK5M (OC218) 4 22 4 23 JD/M JG8NQJ/JD1 M.T. 4 22 4 23 KH4 KH4/K1NT 4 22 4 24 YB YB9AWR (OC151) 4 22 4 26 KL KL1SLE (NA087) 4 22 4 27 TA YM3ATA 4 22 4 30 3A 3A7A 4 22 4 30 I IT9AXZ/P & IT9HLR/P (EU025) 4 22 4 30 PY PR5L (SA027) 4 22 4 30 V4 V47XC (NA104) 4 22 5 1 9X 9X/RW3AH 4 22 5 2 TU TU2WL 4 22 5 6 FY FY/DJ0PJ 4 22 5 6 ZB ZB2FX 4 22 5 10 3V TS40A 4 22 5 15 FR/J FR5DJ/J & FR5KH/J 4 22 5 20 C6 C6AGN (NA080) 4 22 5 30 4S 4S7BRG 4 22 6 6 9M6 9M8CC (OC088) 4 22 6 8 3B8 3B8/NK6F 4 24 4 27 W N4GZ (NA085) 4 25 4 26 V7 V73WP 4 25 4 27 CT CT1BWW & DJ0MW (EU150) 4 25 4 27 W KA1DIG & WF1N (NA136) 4 25 4 28 I IG9 (AF019) 4 25 5 3 I IN3XUG/IC8 (EU031) 4 26 4 27 Helvetia (HB) Contest 4 26 4 27 SP DX RTTY Contest 4 26 5 21 3B8 3B8/F6DBZ 4 27 5 5 T30 T30WP 4 28 5 5 3V 3V8BB or 3V5I 4 28 5 5 SV9 SV9/PA3GIO (EU015) ----------------------------------------------------------------- Today's Propagation Forecast ----------------------------------------------------------------- The effective sunspot number for Sunday, 4/20/97, was 10.1 The WWV numbers for Monday, 4/21/97, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Forecast ----------- ---- --- - - ----------------------------------- 22-Apr-1997 00 70 13 4 VERY LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;VERY LOW/UNSETT 21-Apr-1997 21 70 11 3 VY LO/QUIET-ACTIVE;VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET 21-Apr-1997 18 70 3 4 VY LO/QUIET-ACTIVE;VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET 21-Apr-1997 15 70 3 3 VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET;VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET 21-Apr-1997 12 70 3 3 VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET;VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET 21-Apr-1997 09 70 3 1 VRY LOW/QUIET;VRY LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 21-Apr-1997 03 70 3 1 SA=VL, GMF=QUIET/UNSETTLED 21-Apr-1997 00 70 3 1 SA:VERY LOW / GMF:QUIET The forecast for Tuesday, 4/22/97: solar flux 71, A index 15, K index 3. Tuesday should be Low Normal. The forecast for Wednesday, 4/23/97: solar flux 71, A index 15, K index 3. Wednesday should be Low Normal. ----------------------------------------------------------------- QSL Info ----------------------------------------------------------------- The following QSL's have recently been received. 4F3CV via HB9CXZ 9K2RR Faisal al-Ajmi, P. O. Box 1124, 80000 Al-Farwania, KUWAIT CT3FF Jose de Freitas, P. O. Box 1, P-9861 Ponta Do Sol, Madeira, PORTUGAL CU3AV Jose Manuel Medeiros, P. O. Box 153, P-9702 Angra Do Heroismo, Terceira, Azores, PORTUGAL DU/HB9CVN via HB9CXZ J38AH via IV3NVN J38AI via IV3TMV SV5/K7AR via AA6BB XZ1N via W1XT YB0JIV J. Tanara, Jln. Aster 31, Jakarta 11430, INDONESIA YB0PHM Harsono, P. O. Box 380 KBY, Jakarta 12001, INDONESIA YB0ZZ DDJ Club Station, P. O. Box 84 JKWA, Jakarta 10001, INDONESIA YB2FEA Kundjana Sutawibawa, P. O. Box 220, Semarang 50241, INDONESIA YB5NOF John E. Daluas, P. O. Box 1205, Palu 94001, INDONESIA YB6JN Joni Setiawan, P. O. Box 111, Rantau Prapat 21401, INDONESIA YB8DOA H. M. Ishak Iskandar, P. O. Box 262, Makassar 90001, INDONESIA YC0JIV Johannes Tanara, P. O. Box 294 JKB, Jakarta 11001, INDONESIA YC0YQR P. Rambe, Jl. Cik Ditiro No. 19, Jakarta 10350, INDONESIA YC1DYB H. Syamsulbahri, P. O. Box 115, Tangerang 15001, INDONESIA YC1FDN Drs. Dadang Danumihardja, Jl. Cipunagara No. 38, Bandung 40114A,INDONESIA YC2HAX Sugihartono Yuwono, Jl. Kartini I/A3, Semarang 50125, INDONESIA YC8ROC Iwan B. M. Liwu, P. O. Box 34, Manado 95001, INDONESIA YE0T via YB0PR YE1T via YB0PR YE2T via YB0PR YF0NA Nardi Atmaja, P. O. Box 1289 JKB, 11012 Jakarta, INDONESIA ZB2X Jorma Saloranta, Karhutie 39, 00800 Helsinki, FINLAND ZP7BIA Tito Codas, C. C. 20, Coronel Oviedo, PARAGUAY ZP9T Carlos Navarro, P. O. Box 1341, Asuncion, PARAGUAY ZY0SG via PT7AA ZY0SK via PS7KM ----------------------------------------------------------------- Credits ----------------------------------------------------------------- Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 425 DX NEWS, 9K2HN, K3SKE, K3ZO, K7SO, KC3AJ, NOAA, N1RT, 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). Charter memberships are available until April 30th, 1997 for $36.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). 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