. ===================== *** The Daily DX *** ===================== Volume 1 Number 48 May 23, 1997 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR ----------------------------------------------------------------- Headlines ----------------------------------------------------------------- Endo, JG2EBN, informed The Daily DX that he will be going to three Islands next month from June 4th to June 10th. Each stop he plans to be on for about three days. His first stop will be on Ponape as V63ME, followed by the island of Yap as V63ME and finally on Palau as T88ME. He plans to be active on 20 and 15 meters only. QSL via JG2EBN. The ARRL DX bulletin reports that Toshinobu, JI3ERV, and two other operators will be operating NH2C from Guam as a multi- single in the CQ WW WPX CW contest this weekend. QSL via JI3ERV. The DX News Letter reports that 9H1ZE, 9H1AT, 9H1GT and 9H3XF will be active from August 2nd to August 20th as 9H8CI from Comnio, Malta. QSL via 9H1ZE. Koji, ZS6CAX will be on this weekend operating 3DA5A as a Single-op all bands in the CQ WW WPX CW contest. Before and after the contest he will be signing 3DA0NX. QSL 3DA0NX via ZS6CAX (buro or direct) or JM1CAX (buro only). QSL 3DA5A via JH7FQK. The DX News Letter reports that SV5/OM3LA will be active from July 9th to July 23 from Kos Island which is located in the Dodecanese Islands. He will be active on CW, SSB and RTTY on all bands. QSL via OM1APD. Gus, SM3EVR/BV2, is currently in Taipei, Taiwan and will be there working until October. He has been on the air once so far and hopes to be active more very soon. QSL via SM3EVR. Jim, VK9NS, reports that Ron, ZL1AMO, is back in Auckland, New Zealand and he was not able to make it to Banaba, T33. ----------------------------------------------------------------- QSN ----------------------------------------------------------------- EP2MKO - Iran - Ali started up on 14004 just before 22:00Z and stayed on until well after 00:00Z today. He has a distictive CW tone. He seemed to be quite efficient and able to work all who called him. When asked what his phone number is he responded "No phone and no PO Box". Work it first, worry later (WFWL). QSL via UA6HCW. JW5NM - Svalbard - Matts came up on 18128 for about two hours starting around 21:30Z. He was working all across the US and Europe. QSL via LA5NM. JY8YB - Jordan - Was very busy on 18074 from 12:30 to 14:30Z and then on 21015 from 14:30 to 15:30Z. He and George, JY9QJ, will be multi-single this weekend in the WPX CW contest. JY9QJ - Jordan - George took advantage of 6 meters today working many Europeans on 50102 for about an hour or so just before 18:00Z. QSL via DL5MBY. S79MAD - Seychelles - Paddy found a nice opening into Japan and Europe on 24895 for about 2 hours starting around 13:00Z. T88JA - Belau - Came up on RTTY on 14190 for about an hour starting around 12:30Z. QSL via JA6BSM. ZD8Z - Ascencion Island - Jim, N6TJ, can be found often on or near 21250 or 21035 after 20:00Z. QSL via VE3HO. ----------------------------------------------------------------- IOTA ----------------------------------------------------------------- The following IOTA stations were on yesterday (5/22/97): IOTA Call Freq GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- AF-003 ZD8Z 21248 2047 AF-018 IT9FXY/IH9 14244 2130 AS-019 UA0FDX 14016 1326 EU-004 EA6/DL1KBQ 21023 1322 EU-034 ES1RA/0 14260 1801 EU-037 SM7DLZ 10103 2214 EU-049 SV8CRI 14260 2218 EU-136 9A/DJ8QP 14261 1650 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 23 May 23 G G3HTA/P (EU-011) May 23 May 23 ZS8 ZS8IR May 23 May 25 W AE4WK (NA-069) May 23 May 25 5B H22A May 23 May 25 I IT9FXY/IH9 & OK1CW/IH9 (AF-018) May 23 May 26 BV BV9O (AS-020) May 23 May 26 KL7 KL7AK (NA-161) May 23 May 26 P4 P40W May 23 May 27 GM GM5VG/P (EU-059) May 23 May 28 KP2 WP2Z May 23 May 30 4S 4S7BRG May 23 May 31 XU XU2A May 23 June 1 DU K9AW/DU6 (OC129) May 23 June 2 W W2SF (NA-062) May 23 June 6 9M6 9M8CC (OC-088) May 23 June 8 3B8 3B8/NK6F May 23 June 15 3X 3XY3A May 24 May 25 3DA0 3DA5A May 24 May 25 4L 4L7C May 24 May 25 CQ WPX CW Contest May 24 May 25 EA EA7CRL & EA7HDQ (EU-152) May 24 May 25 Ibero American SSB Contest May 24 May 25 I IZ9R (AF-019) May 24 May 25 KH2 NH2C May 24 May 25 T8 T88X May 24 May 25 ZP ZP5/LU6BEG May 24 May 26 GM GB6MI & GB2MI (EU-111) May 24 May 26 KH2 NH2C May 24 June 13 SV5 SV5/SM7DAY (EU-001) May 25 May 31 F F (EU-039) May 28 May 30 BV BV/JA3TJA & BV/JH3IMR (AS-020) ----------------------------------------------------------------- Today's Propagation Forecast ----------------------------------------------------------------- The effective sunspot number for Wednesday, 5/21/97, was 10.5 The WWV numbers for Thursday, 5/22/97, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Forecast next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- - - -------------------------------------- 22-May-1997 21 81 3 2 LOW/QUIET;LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE 22-May-1997 18 85 3 2 MOD/QT => LOW/QT 22-May-1997 15 85 3 0 MODERATE/QUIET;LOW-MODERATE/QUIET 22-May-1997 12 85 3 0 MODERATE/QUIET;LOW/MODERATE 22-May-1997 09 85 3 0 MOD/QUIET;LOW-MOD/QUIET 22-May-1997 06 85 3 1 LOW MODERATE/QUIET 22-May-1997 03 85 3 2 MODERATE/QUIET;LOW-MODERATE/QUIET 22-May-1997 00 85 3 1 MODERATE/QUIET;LOW-MODERATE/QUIET The forecast for Friday, 5/23/97: solar flux 80, A index 8, K index 2. Friday should be High Normal. The forecast for Saturday, 5/24/97: solar flux 78, A index 5, K index 1. Saturday should be Above Normal. ----------------------------------------------------------------- QSL Info ----------------------------------------------------------------- Call Manager ------ ------- CP8XA DG9NB E21CJN W3PP (ex K3WUW) EP2MKO UA6HCW H22A YL3AF JW5NM LA5NM JY8YB DL5MBY KH0AA JA5DQH WP2Z DF3IAL ZW100BH PY4AA ----------------------------------------------------------------- Credits ----------------------------------------------------------------- Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 425 DX NEWS, ARRL, DX-NL, K3SKE, KC3AJ, NOAA, N3OSH, OPDX, SM3SGP, US Air Force, ZS6CAX ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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