. ===================== *** The Daily DX *** ===================== Volume 1 Number 43 May 16, 1997 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR ----------------------------------------------------------------- Headlines ----------------------------------------------------------------- The Old Barney Amateur Radio Club annouces they will operate N2OB, from "Old Barney" Barnegat Lighthouse in Barnegat Light, NJ. This special event station will be on the air August 9th and 10th from 13:00 to 23:00Z both days. The "Old Barney" Lighthouse is located on Long Beach Island and counts as IOTA NA-111. Look for this operation in the lower 25khz of the General phone bands on 40, 20, 15 and on 28400. To receive a special QSL send a regular SASE or for a special certificate and QSL send 9 X 12 SASE and 2 units of postage to: Old Barney Amateur Radio Club, N2OB P.O. Box 345 Tuckerston, New Jersey 08087-0345 ----------------------------------------------------------------- Dayton ----------------------------------------------------------------- Your editor for The Daily DX left for the Dayton Hamvention Thursday, May 15th at 10:00Z. This edition is a little small as it was written earlier this week in anticipation of going to the Hamvention. I look forward to meeting each of our subscribers who will be attending and hope to bring back lots of good DX news. ----------------------------------------------------------------- QSN ----------------------------------------------------------------- N4BQW/KH7K - Kure Island - Chuck showed up Wednesday around 20:50Z on 14199 working the west coast of the US. On Thursday around 01:30Z on 14260, he was very weak on the east coast at that time. QSL via WA4FFW. ZK2EH - Nuie Island - Ed started on 14260 then moved to 14252 around 02:00Z. Thursday was his last day on the air. QSL via K8VIR. ----------------------------------------------------------------- IOTA ----------------------------------------------------------------- May 23rd to May 26 JA3YTE, BV4IA, BV8AE, BV8CF and BV8BC will be active as BV9O from Orchid Island (North 22.03 East 121.33). QSL via BV8BC. Gary, K9AW, will operate K9AW/DU6 from the island of Negros (IOTA OC-129) May 19th to June 1st. He will also operate during the WPX CW contest. QSL via WF5T. 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 15 May 16 GW GB100FI (EU-124) May 15 May 16 W KF4JFG (NA-067) May 15 May 16 KH6 N2NB/KH6 May 15 May 20 C6 C6AGN (NA-080) May 15 May 21 3B8 3B8/F6DBZ May 15 May 30 4S 4S7BRG May 15 June 6 9M6 9M8CC (OC-088) May 15 June 8 3B8 3B8/NK6F May 15 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) May 20 May 25 I IT9FXY/IH9 & OK1CW/IH9 (AF-018) May 20 May 27 3C0 3C0DX May 23 May 26 KL7 KL7AK (NA-161) May 23 May 27 GM GM5VG/P (EU-059) May 24 May 25 CQ WPX CW Contest May 24 May 25 Ibero American SSB Contest May 25 May 31 F F (EU-039) ----------------------------------------------------------------- Today's Propagation Forecast ----------------------------------------------------------------- The WWV numbers for Thursday, 5/15/97, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Forecast ----------- ---- --- - - ----------------------------------- 15-May-1997 06 74 3 3 VERY LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE 15-May-1997 03 74 3 3 VERY LOW/LOW; QUIET/ACTIVE 15-May-1997 00 74 3 2 VRY LO/QUIET;VRY LOW-LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE The forecast for Friday, 5/16/97: solar flux 72, A index 18, K index 3. Friday should be Low Normal. The forecast for Saturday, 5/17/97: solar flux 70, A index 10, K index 3. Saturday should be Low Normal. ----------------------------------------------------------------- QSL Info ----------------------------------------------------------------- The following QSLs have recently been reported as being received. All information is taken directly from the QSL cards of the stations in question. 5H3JA via K0OB 6Y4A via WA4WTG 7X5AB Ali Boutabba, B. P. 137, Biskra, ALGERIA 8P6EX Beresford Blackman, Allen View, St. Thomas, BARBADOS 8P9IJ via VE3VET 9V1AN via JJ1TBB HL5FBT Kim Keum-Cheol, P. O. Box 34, Namdaegu 705-600, KOREA HP1XBI via F6AJA J52IM via KB9XN JG2MWA/JD1 Masatoshi Yoshino, P. O. Box 59, Hamamatsu-Kita 433, JAPAN TA2ZY via V85HY V26NA via KX9X V31RG Marty Henderson, Punta Gorda, BELIZE V63DA via JE5WJM V85HY Hiroshi Yamada, Embassy of Japan, P. O. Box 3001, Bandar Seri Begawan, BRUNEI VK0IR via W4FRU VK9XB via JJ1TBB VP2EV via K7BV VS6UW Raymond Lee, P. O. Box 62316, Kwun Tong Post Office, HONG KONG VS97UW via VS6UW ZD7HI via N2AU ZD7WRG via WA2JUN ----------------------------------------------------------------- Credits ----------------------------------------------------------------- Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 425 DX NEWS, BV8BC, K3SKE, K3ZO, K9AW, KC3AJ, NOAA, N3OSH, OPDX, US Air Force ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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