. ===================== *** The Daily DX *** ===================== Volume 1 Number 38 May 9, 1997 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR ----------------------------------------------------------------- Headlines ----------------------------------------------------------------- Marc, ON5FP, and Kristof, ON6NN, plan to be active July 21st to July 23rd as 3A/ON5FP and 3A/ON6NN from Monaco. They will only be on SSB. QSL via ON5FP. Didier, F5PXQ, is currently on a 3 to 4 year assignment in New Caledonia signing FK/F5PXQ. He is active on RTTY. A group of four Germans will be headed for Market Reef starting May 31st. The operators include DL1IAN, DL3YEL, DL5IO and DL6GV. This will be a SSB operation only. They plan to be active on 6 through 160 meters. They may be active on RS12/13 satellites. QSL via DL5IO. Tim, N2PC, is now signing V73AT from the Marshall Islands and should be active for 4 to 5 years on all bands. QSL via K2CL. ----------------------------------------------------------------- QSN ----------------------------------------------------------------- 6W1/F5PHW - Senegal - Philippe is currently active for 1 month and is will be active on 80, 40, 30, 20, 17, 12 and 10 meters. QSL via F6KPQ. 8Q7LT - Maldives - Made a surprise visit on 3505 just before 00:00Z today. BV3/DL5AUJ - Taiwan - Johannes was found today on 14016 around 12:20Z. He is operating from the station of Hans, BV3/DL4AMJ. Both Johannes and Hans plan to be active in the CQ Mir (peace) contest this weekend signing BV0THU. QSL via DL5AUJ. BV9AAC - Taiwan - Can be found very often around 14010 sometime between 11:00 and 13:00Z. JY5HF - Jordan - Sam was worked by the east coast of the US on 18155 between 21:00 and 22:00Z. R1FJR - Franz Josef Land - Came up yesterday on 14005 around 12:30Z. QSL via F5PYI. TT8DX - Chad - Today is Baldur's last day. Those still needing him may want to try: GMT Frequency -------------------------- 15:00 - 16:00 21025 16:00 - 17:00 18071-18085 19:00 - 20:00 14025 21:00 - 23:00 10102 22:00 - 23:00 7002 23:30 - 00:00 3508 ----------------------------------------------------------------- IOTA ----------------------------------------------------------------- The following IOTA stations were on yesterday (5/8/97): IOTA Call Freq Time ------ ------- ----- ----- AS-125 HS50A 14021 1251 EU-004 EA6ABN 18135 2109 EU-029 OZ/DL1DTD/P 14011 2216 EU-045 IB0JN 14260 2341 YC8VYY, Kai Island (IOTA OC-2??), plans to be on 40 meters SSB on May 10th and 11th from 10:00 to 13:00Z and also from 18:00 to 20:00Z. Look around 7090. 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 Country Call (IOTA) ----- ------ ------- ----------------------------------- May 9 May 9 TT TT8DX May 9 May 10 3V TS40A May 9 May 11 8Q 8Q97FTG (AS-013) May 9 May 11 F DL2RBY & DL9NCW (EU-065,068,096,064) May 9 May 11 EY EY8/K4YT May 9 May 11 HB0 HB0 - DJ9SI, DJ8KI, DL8SET May 9 May 11 HS HS50A (AS-125) May 9 May 13 BV BV3/DL5AUJ May 9 May 14 8Q 8Q7BP & 8Q7LU (AS-013) May 9 May 14 8Q 8Q7MZ & 8Q7BZ (AS-013) May 9 May 14 YB YC8VYY (OC-2?? New) May 9 May 15 FR FR/DJ4VW (AF-016) May 9 May 15 FR/J FR5DJ/J & FR5KH/J May 9 May 16 KH6 N2NB/KH6 May 9 May 20 C6 C6AGN (NA-080) May 9 May 21 3B8 3B8/F6DBZ May 9 May 30 4S 4S7BRG May 9 June 6 9M6 9M8CC (OC-088) May 9 June 8 3B8 3B8/NK6F May 9 June 15 3X 3XY3A May 10 May 11 BV BV0THU May 10 May 11 CQ-M International DX Contest May 10 May 11 Volta DX RTTY Contest May 11 May 13 UK UK4YT May 12 May 16 GW GB100FI (EU-124) May 12 May 19 ZK2 ZK2 - K8VIR ----------------------------------------------------------------- Today's Propagation Forecast ----------------------------------------------------------------- The effective sunspot number for Wednesday, 5/7/97, was 17.1 The WWV numbers for Thursday, 5/8/97, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Forecast ----------- ---- --- - - ----------------------------------- 8-May-1997 21 72 4 1 VERY LOW/QUIET;VERY LOW/QUIET-UNSET 8-May-1997 18 72 3 2 VERY LOW/QUIET;VERY LOW/QUIET-UNSET 8-May-1997 15 72 3 0 VERY LOW/QUIET;VERY LOW/QUIET-UNSET 8-May-1997 12 72 3 2 vl/q vl/q-u 8-May-1997 09 72 3 1 VERY LOW/QUIET;VERY LOW/QUIET-UNSET 8-May-1997 03 72 3 2 VERY LOW/QUIET TO UNSETTLED 8-May-1997 00 72 3 1 VERY LOW/QUIET;VERY LOW/QUIET-UNSET The forecast for Friday, 5/9/97: solar flux 72, A index 8, K index 2. Friday should be High Normal. The forecast for Saturday, 5/10/97: solar flux 73, A index 8, K index 2. Saturday should be High Normal. ----------------------------------------------------------------- QSL Info ----------------------------------------------------------------- Call Manager ------- ------- 4X6BL WA2KNC 6W1/F5PWH F6KPQ 7Z5OO W1AF 8Q7LU EA2CLU EO5QZ UX7QQ HS1RU JG3AVS J87GU DL7VOG R60UPOL UR8LV RP9JTF RK9JWZ TT8DX DJ6SI UE50XN UA9XN V73AT K2CL HS50A - JA's via JA9IFF, others via I1JQJ ----------------------------------------------------------------- Credits ----------------------------------------------------------------- Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 425 DX NEWS, AD5W, DXNS, K3SKE, KC3AJ, NOAA, N3OSH, OPDX, US Air Force, W8ZA ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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