===================== *** The Daily DX *** ===================== Volume 1 Number 31 April 30, 1997 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR ----------------------------------------------------------------- Headlines ----------------------------------------------------------------- Ed, K8VIR, is now on Lord Howe Island signing as VK9EHH and was found first on 14164 around 05:00Z and then later on 14260 around 06:00Z. Ed likes to hang out on 14260 which is one of the IOTA calling frequencies. Ed was recently on Auckland Island signing ZL9DX and ZL9/K8VIR. He should be on the air until May 6th. QSL via K8VIR. ----------------------------------------------------------------- BS7H ----------------------------------------------------------------- The Chinese Radio Sports Association (CRSA) should be on the air as BS7H from Huang Yan Dao which means "Yellow Rock Island" by the time you read this. Scarborough Reef is an undisputed territory of the People's Republic of China located at 15.1 degrees North and 117.5 degrees East in the South China Sea. It is located more than 500 statue miles from the P.R.C. mainland. During the 1995 operation about 12,500 contacts were made. They landed at the first location around 15:00Z. They plan to start sometime around 04:00Z today. The operators: -------------- Wang, BA1OK Gong, BA1DU Chen, BA4RC Wang, BD4RX Jian, BD7JG Zhang, BG7KW Kan, JA1BK Kazuo, JA1RJU Wayne, N7NG Jim, W6UE Bob, W6RGG Time frame of operation: ------------------------ April 30th to May 6th ARRL DXCC most wanted ranking: ------------------------------ 1996 # 2 Suggested frequencies & modes that BS7H will be transmitting on: -------------------------------- Band SSB CW RTTY ---- ------------ ------- ----- 160 1826.5 1826.5 80 3790 & 3750 3505 40 7065 7005 20 14195 14024 14083 17 18115 18073 15 21295 21024 21083 12 24935 24895 10 28485 28024 6 50110 50110 IOTA: Sunrise Sunset ----- ------- ------ AS-116 21:46Z 10:25Z Sponsors: ---------- Yaesu, Cushcraft, the Northern California DX Foundation (NCDXF) and International DX Association (INDEXA). QSL information for BS7H: ------------------------- For Japan: For all other areas: Kan Mizoguchi, JA1BK John Parrott, W4FRU 5-3 Sakuragaoka 4 P.O. Box 5127 Chome, Tama-City Suffolk VA 23435 Tokyo 206 U.S.A. JAPAN QSL information for BS7H/MM: Bob Vallio, W6RGG 18655 Sheffield Road Castro Valley CA 94546 U.S.A. ----------------------------------------------------------------- QSN ----------------------------------------------------------------- 3D2RW - Fiji - Ron continues to be active here while he waits to fly to Tarawa, T30, which should be Monday, May 5th. He was active yesterday on 14022 from 06:30 to just after 08:00Z, on 3507 from 09:45 to 10:40Z and on 7004 between 12:00 and 13:00Z. QSL via ZL1AMO. 3V8BB - Tunisia - Showed up on 14189 around 16:00Z. 3W6RS - Vietnam - Hiro, JA2EZD, was active yesterday mostly working Japan on 15 and 10 meters. However he did work stateside stations on 14014 starting around 11:30Z. QSL via XW2A. 3XY3A - Guinea - Philippe was found on 21023 by some Europeans around 18:00Z. QSL via F5IEV. C21 - Nauru - C21RK and C21NJ were both on 75 meters SSB around 10:30Z. JD1BJP - Ogasawara - Was found on 18115 calling CQ Europe at 12:00Z. JL1LAP/JD1 - Ogasawara - Showed up on 21270 working JA's at 08:00Z SV2ASP/A - Mount Athos - Monk Apollo came up on 14185 calling CQ with few takers at 07:00Z. T30WP - Western Kiribati - Tada, JA1WPX, was extremely active yesterday. Best thing to do is monitor 3 to 10 Kcs from the bottom of the CW bands. On SSB he has been on or near 24940, 21250, 18127, 14170 and 3799. He says he will try 160 meters after today. QSL via JA1WPX. UA0YAY - Asiatic Russia - Zone 23 - For those still needing this rare zone check between 14010 and 14020 from 01:00 to 02:30Z and 11:30 to 13:00Z. He does have 80 meters and was working Europe around 22:00Z on 3785. XX9KC - Macao - Kenny was on 14189 from 13:40 to 14:30Z. ----------------------------------------------------------------- IOTA ----------------------------------------------------------------- The following IOTA stations were on yesterday (4/29/97) IOTA Call Freq GMT ----- --------- ----- ---- AS018 RA0FA 14009 1016 AS053 HS0/IK4MRH 14260 1456 EU015 SV9/PA3GIO/M 14260 1109 EU026 JW7QIA 14150 1636 EU031 IC8/IN3XUG 14260 1353 EU031 IC8OZM 14260 1323 EU048 SV8/SM0TXM 14014 1813 EU060 SV1TP/P 14258 1555 EU082 U1ZA/A 14002 1219 EU096 OH1LU/P 14262 0949 EU133 RA1AD 14263 1325 NA029 VY2OX 14264 2237 NA065 K4DL/7 14020 1612 OC042 4F4IX 14265 1609 OC137 VK4BS 21275 0030 OC137 VK4LV 14012 1234 SA023 PY6JJ 14260 2133 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 ? 5 6 VK9L VK9EHH 4 30 4 30 3A 3A7G 4 30 4 30 I IT9AXZ/P & IT9HLR/P (EU025) 4 30 4 30 PY PR5L (SA027) 4 30 4 30 V4 V47XC (NA104) 4 30 5 1 9X 9X/RW3AH 4 30 5 2 TU TU2WL 4 30 5 3 I IN3XUG/IC8 (EU031) 4 30 5 4 3D2 3D2RW (Fiji) 4 30 5 4 DL DL6CGC/DF5WBA/DJ3XG (EU127) 4 30 5 4 J8 J83ZB 4 30 5 5 3V 3V8BB or 3V5I 4 30 5 5 SV9 SV9/PA3GIO (EU015) 4 30 5 5 T30 T30WP 4 30 5 6 9N 9N1WU 4 30 5 6 BS7 BS7H 4 30 5 6 FY FY/DJ0PJ 4 30 5 6 HS HS0/DF8AN (AS101) 4 30 5 6 ZB ZB2FX 4 30 5 10 3V TS40A 4 30 5 11 EY EY8/K4YT 4 30 5 14 8Q 8Q7MZ & 8Q7BZ (AS013) 4 30 5 15 FR/J FR5DJ/J & FR5KH/J 4 30 5 20 C6 C6AGN (NA080) 4 30 5 21 3B8 3B8/F6DBZ 4 30 5 30 4S 4S7BRG 4 30 6 6 9M6 9M8CC (OC088) 4 30 6 8 3B8 3B8/NK6F 4 30 6 15 3X 3XY3A 5 ?? 5 ?? KH7K N4BQW/KH7K 5 1 5 4 Annual LYNX DX Group Convention 5 1 5 4 I IK6JOT, IK6MWK, IK0ZAR (EU045) 5 1 5 4 F TM5B (EU105) 5 1 5 6 OZ OZ/LX9EG/P (EU125) 5 1 5 11 F DL2RBY & DL9NCW (EU065,068,096,064) 5 1 5 15 FR FR/DJ4VW (AF016) 5 2 5 3 JA JR0BAQ/0 & JF0KYK/0 (AS117) 5 3 5 4 ARI Inernational DX Contest 5 4 5 14 8Q 8Q7BP & 8Q7LU ----------------------------------------------------------------- Today's Propagation Forecast ----------------------------------------------------------------- The effective sunspot number for Monday, 4/28/97, was 10.0 The WWV numbers for Tuesday, 4/29/97, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Forecast ----------- ---- --- - - ----------------------------------- 29-Apr-1997 21 72 2 0 VRY LOW/QUIET;VRY LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 29-Apr-1997 18 72 2 1 VERY LOW/QUIET TO UNSETTLED 29-Apr-1997 15 72 2 1 VRY LOW/QUIET;VRY LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 29-Apr-1997 12 72 2 1 VL/Q-U HOLD IN THERE!!!!!! 29-Apr-1997 09 72 2 0 VRY LOW/QUIET;VRY LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 29-Apr-1997 06 72 2 0 SA=vl GMF=quiet N24=vl-quiet/unset 29-Apr-1997 03 72 2 0 VERY LOW/QUIET TO UNSETTLED 29-Apr-1997 00 72 2 0 VRY LOW/QUIET;VRY LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED The forecast for Wednesday, 4/30/97: solar flux 72, A index 8, K index 2. Wednesday should be High Normal. The forecast for Thursday, 5/1/97: solar flux 74, A index 12, K index 3. Thursday should be Low Normal. ----------------------------------------------------------------- QSL Info ----------------------------------------------------------------- Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 3D2RW ZL1AMO CO2VG HI3JH TA2IJ DJ9ZB 3W6AR XW2A ED4FMM EA4SS TJ1GS EA4AHK 3X3YA F5IEV EY8AM DF3OL U5WF SP5IUL 4F4IX DU4IX FM5CD F5VU UA0AZ W3HNK 4L5A IK3HHX K4YT/EY8 W2TK UA0YAY RW6HS 7Z5OO W1AF KH0AC K7ZA UK8OO W3HNK 8R1ZB JH1NBN KH2D K8NA UN7JID UA9XFY BS7H/MM W6RGG RA2FBC DJ1OJ V63KU JA6NL 9V1YC AA5BT RK2FWA DK4VW VQ9LV KY3V C6AGN KA1DIG SV9/I2YYO IK2MYX YO3AC W3HNK ----------------------------------------------------------------- Reminder ----------------------------------------------------------------- Today is the last day to get a charter membership. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Credits ----------------------------------------------------------------- Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 425 DX NEWS, K3SKE, KC3AJ, NOAA, N3OSH, N4GN, N9NUP, OPDX, US Air Force, W3ASK, W3LPL