. ===================== *** The Daily DX *** ===================== Volume 1 Number 39 May 12, 1997 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR ----------------------------------------------------------------- Headlines ----------------------------------------------------------------- Ben, K2BF, reports that 15 meters was alive and well during the hours right after darkness this weekend. Friday May 9th around 01:30Z Ron, FO5VO, was on 21265 with an excellent signal into the east coast of the US. There were also many VK's with equally strong signals on the band. Then on Saturday 01:39Z Ed, ZK2EH, was active on 21299 also with an excellent signal. Toshi, JA1ELY reports that Naoki, JE7RJZ, is planning a weekend excursion to Palau from May 30th to June 1st. More than likely he will be signing T88JZ. In the past he has used KC6JZ. He will be active on 10 through 80 meters mostly on CW. Plans also include a short stint as WH2M from Guam. QSL via JA7FWR. Murtadha, A41LZ, reported last week he will be equipped for CW in a couple of weeks. Ruth, TF/IT9ESZ, and Ruth, TF/LA6ZH, will be active on Iceland from June 13th to June 20th. Watch for them on: CW: 7020-7030, 14020-14030, 21020-21030 kHz SSB: 7060-7070, 14240-14250, 21280-21290 kHz QSL to their home addresses: IT9ESZ Ruth B. Geering, Via S. Nicola 9, I-90146 Palermo, Italy. LA6ZH Ruth Tollefsen, P.O. Box 17 Tveita, N-0617 Oslo, Norway. Bill, K3ANS, reports that Paul, 5X4F, a missionary stationed in Uganda with Wycliffe Bible Translators is scheduled to be back in the US in October of this year. Paul has also been active as 5Z4FI and OA8V. He plans to move to Waxhaw, NC where he will be active as W4PFM. Paul has given many a new one on 160, 80 and the WARC bands. QSL via K3SW. Chris, A71CW, still plans to be going to Oman, A4, very soon. He is still waiting for his visa. Watt, JA0DAI, says that the LORAN-A has now gone QRT from 1850 as scheduled on May 9th. Several southern Europeans reported working Ezzat, SU1ER, in Cairo, Egypt Sunday on 6 meters. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Dayton Hamvention ----------------------------------------------------------------- Dayton is only 4 days away. I look forward to meeting and talking to many of you. I plan to attend the DX, IOTA and Contest Forums, the DX and Contest dinners and visiting all the hospitality suites at the Crown Plaza. ----------------------------------------------------------------- QSN ----------------------------------------------------------------- 5R8FJ - Malagasy - Nonie is a YL who was found on 17 meters CW both Saturday and Sunday. 5Z4LL - Kenya - Christine is a YL who stayed on 18135 for many hours on Sunday. BV9AAC - Taiwan - Operating from IOTA AS-103 can be found most days near 14010 between 11:00 and 12:00Z. ET3SID - Ethiopia - Was found again operating RTTY on Sunday on 14084 at 11:04Z. FR5KH/J - Juan de Nova - Showed up for a few minutes on Friday on 14025 around 20:20Z. He should be on the air until May 15th. QSL via F6FNU. J28CI - Djibouti - Friday he was going up and down the 20 meters CW band between 17:00 and 18:00Z. K9AW/KH2 - Guam - Gary can be found most days on 17 meters CW working Europe from 08:00 to 11:00Z. S21L - Bangladesh - Was working Europe on Friday between 17:00 and 18:00Z on 14221. S79MAD - Seychelles - Paddy had a nice band opening into Europe on 24950 from 12:30 to 13:30Z. ST2SA - Sudan - Dr. Sid joined Murtadha, A41LZ, on 18140 for several hours on Friday starting around 11:30Z. QSL via DJ9ZB. TT8DX - Chad - Baldur wrapped up his trip on Friday around 16:00Z. QSL via DJ6SI. XU2A - Kampuchea - Hiro was heard in Europe on 1825 on Friday around 19:00Z. QSL via XW2A. VK0GW - Macquarie Island - Graeme showed up on 7100 on Sunday around 06:20Z making his own list. QSL via VK5GW. ZD9CR - Tristan da Cunha and Gough Islands - Came up on 21313 on Sunday around 17:00Z. ZK2EH - Niue Island - Ed, K8VIR, arrived on Saturday and plans to be active for about a week. Ed has recently been on from ZL9DX, K8VIR/ZL9 and VK9EHH. Try checking around 14260, 14164 and 21300. QSL via K8VIR. ZS8IR - Prince Edward and Marion Islands - Chris showed up on Sunday around 11:20Z on 18070. He will be leaving next week. QSL via ZS6EZ. ----------------------------------------------------------------- IOTA ----------------------------------------------------------------- The following IOTA stations were on this weekend (5/9-11/97): IOTA Call Freq Time ------ ------- ----- ----- AF-027 FH5CB 21272 1645 (11) AS-012 JR6URG/6 21036 0914 (10) AS-103 BV9AAC 14010 1138 (9) AS-125 HS50A 3510 2215 (9) EU-009 GM3ZRT/P 14020 1640 (9) EU-010 GM3TTC/P 14271 1648 (11) EU-028 IA5/IK5AMB 14251 1107 (10) EU-032 F5MRP/P 7003 0340 (10) EU-042 DK8OL 14260 0924 (9) EU-056 LA4GHA 14260 1010 (10) EU-094 F/DL2RBY/P 14261 1109 (9) EU-130 IL3/DJ9HQ 14264 0900 (11) OC-088 9M8QQ 14260 1728 (9) OC-146 YB5NOF/8 14260 1550 (9) OC-210 YC8TXW 7090 1212 (11) 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 12 May 13 BV BV3/DL5AUJ May 12 May 14 8Q 8Q7BP & 8Q7LU (AS-013) May 12 May 14 8Q 8Q7MZ & 8Q7BZ (AS-013) May 12 May 14 YB YC8VYY (OC-2?? New) May 12 May 14 UK UK4YT May 12 May 15 FR FR/DJ4VW (AF-016) May 12 May 15 FR/J FR5DJ/J & FR5KH/J May 12 May 16 GW GB100FI (EU-124) May 12 May 16 KH6 N2NB/KH6 May 12 May 16 W KF4JFG (NA-067) May 12 May 19 ZK2 ZK2EH May 12 May 20 C6 C6AGN (NA-080) May 12 May 21 3B8 3B8/F6DBZ May 12 May 30 4S 4S7BRG May 12 June 6 9M6 9M8CC (OC-088) May 12 June 8 3B8 3B8/NK6F May 12 June 15 3X 3XY3A May 16 May 18 Dayton Hamvention May 16 May 20 OZ OZ1RDP (EU125) May 17 May 17 European CW Sprint May 17 May 19 JA JA2ZTR/1 (AS-043) May 17 May 23 G G3HTA/P (EU-011) May 18 May 18 EA EA7HDQ/P & EA7CRL/P (EU-152) ----------------------------------------------------------------- Today's Propagation Forecast ----------------------------------------------------------------- The effective sunspot number for Saturday, 5/10/97, was 20.0 The WWV numbers for Sunday, 5/11/97, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Forecast ----------- ---- --- - - -------------------------------------- 11-May-1997 21 72 7 1 VERY LOW/QUIET-UNSET;VERY LOW/QUIET-UNSET 11-May-1997 18 72 4 0 VERY LOW/QUIET-UNSET;VERY LOW/QUIET-UNSET 11-May-1997 15 72 4 1 VERY LOW/QUIET-UNSET;VERY LOW/QUIET-UNSET 11-May-1997 12 72 4 3 VERY LOW/QUIET-UNSET;VERY LOW/QUIET-UNSET 11-May-1997 09 72 4 3 VERY LOW/QUIET-UNSET;VERY LOW/QUIET-UNSET 11-May-1997 06 72 4 2 VERY LOW/QUIET; 11-May-1997 03 72 4 2 VERY LOW/QUIET; VERY LOW/QUIET-UNSET 11-May-1997 00 72 4 2 VERY LOW/QUIET-UNSET; The forecast for Monday, 5/12/97: solar flux 74, A index 5, K index 1. Monday should be Above Normal. The forecast for Tuesday, 5/13/97: solar flux 74, A index 10, K index 2. Tuesday should be High Normal. ----------------------------------------------------------------- QSL Info ----------------------------------------------------------------- Call Manager Call Manager ------- ------- ----- ------- 4J52P 4K9C E52OB EU1FC 5Z4RL N2AU GB100LP GW0ANA 7Q7JL G0IAS IQ3AC IK3GES 8Q7BP EA2BP TM5EUR F5EMN 8Q7LT DK0FTG VK0GW VK5GW 8Q7LU EA2CLU XU2A XW2A 8Q7MZ OE1PYA ZK2EH K8VIR 9M8QQ DF5UG ZS8IR ZS6EZ AP2MAM IK7JTF ZS97MM ZS1FJ BV0THU DL5AUJ BV4FH KA6SPQ World traveler Rob Shapiro, ND3A, has just recently returned from Monrovia, Liberia and reports the ND3A/EL2 QSL Cards have arrived from W4MPY. All direct cards have been mailed for any received thus far. 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