. ===================== *** The Daily DX *** ===================== Volume 1 Number 52 May 29, 1997 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR ----------------------------------------------------------------- Headlines ----------------------------------------------------------------- Ali, EP2AG, who is running 200 watts and a dipole from Tehran, Iran is expected on 14240 today between 21:00 and 22:00Z. Moshen, EP2SMH, who is running 6 watts (QRP) and a dipole from Tehran is also expected on 14240 today at the same time. Thursday evenings and Fridays are always good days to work stations from the middle east Arab countries as they don't work on Fridays because it is their weekend. QSL information listed below. Antoine, F6FNU, reports that FR5KH/J and FR5DT/J operated from Juan de Nova during April and part of May and made 6,000 QSOs. He said "Propagation was very poor from Juan de Nova". They only worked 4 US stations. He also mentioned "Next time FR5KH will be /Europa." Antoine, F6FNU, also reports that Alain Esquirol (ex 5U7NU, TZ6NU, XT2BR) is now Z21KM and may also show up on the air as 9J2AE and 7Q7/9J2AE. ----------------------------------------------------------------- QSN ----------------------------------------------------------------- 5A1A - Libya - Showed up for the first time in a long time on 14244 Tuesday just before 13:00Z. Later around 16:00Z he was on 21295. 5R8FK - Malagasy - Ray was working Europe on 18072 at 12:40Z. JT1FBW - Mongolia - Andy showed up on 10103 working Europe at 1845Z. QSL via G3YBO. OH0/DL7RV - Aland Island - Was working Europe on 10102 just before 19:00Z. XQ0YAF - Easter - Henry came on 14014 at 03:00 working the west coast of the US. XU2A - Kampuchea - Hiroo, JA2EZD, can be found most days between 11:00 and 13:00Z near 14190. ZD7DP - St. Helena Island - Desmond can be found very often near 14186 between 18:00 and 19:00Z. ----------------------------------------------------------------- IOTA ----------------------------------------------------------------- The following IOTA stations were on yesterday (5/28/97): IOTA Call Freq GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- AS-018 UA0FAI 14006 0645 EU-009 GM0KJW/M 14258 1026 EU-014 TK/DJ3XG/P 10116 1944 EU-023 9H4CM 14180 0723 EU-039 F/G0GRC/P 14258 1318 EU-057 DL4PM 14158 2114 EU-060 SV/OE8DKK 14263 0758 EU-133 R1ASP 14258 0831 EU-136 9A/DJ8QP/P 14257 0910 Brent, AL7R, will be on Endicott NA-004 from June 6th to June 8th. QSL via AL7R (ex KL7KJ). 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 29 May 30 4S 4S7BRG May 29 May 31 F F (EU-039) May 29 May 31 XU XU2A May 29 June 1 DU K9AW/DU6 (OC129) May 29 May 30 W W2SF (NA-062) May 29 June 4 J5 J52IM by ND3A May 29 June 6 9M6 9M8CC (OC-088) May 29 June 8 3B8 3B8/NK6F May 29 June 10 6W 6W6/K3IPK & 6W6/N3NS May 29 June 13 SV5 SV5/SM7DAY (EU-001) May 29 June 15 3X 3XY3A May 29 May 30 BV BV/JA3TJA & BV/JH3IMR (AS-020) May 29 June 4 J5 J52IM by ND3A May 30 June 1 W W2SF (NA-079) May 30 June 1 T8 T88JZ May 30 June 2 C6A C6AJR (NA-113) May 30 June 2 W N6VV/P (NA-066) May 30 June 6 I ID9 (EU-017) ----------------------------------------------------------------- Today's Propagation Forecast ----------------------------------------------------------------- The effective sunspot number for Tuesday, 5/27/97, was 21.8 The WWV numbers for Wednesday, 5/28/97, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Forecast next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- - - -------------------------------------- 28-May-1997 21 77 5 1 LOW/QUIET;VERY LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 28-May-1997 18 78 20 1 LOW/QUIET;VERY LOW-LOW/QUIET-UNSET 28-May-1997 15 78 20 2 LOW/QUIET;VERY LOW-LOW/QUIET-UNSET 28-May-1997 12 78 20 1 VERY LOW-LOW/QUIET-UNSET; 28-May-1997 09 78 20 2 LO/QUIET-MNRSTM;VERY LO-LO/QUIET-UNSET 28-May-1997 06 78 20 2 LO/QUIET-MNRSTRM;VERY LO-LO/QUIET-UNSET 28-May-1997 03 78 20 1 VERY LO/QUIET-MAJ STRM; 28-May-1997 00 78 20 2 LO/QUIET-MAJ STM;VERY LO-LO/QUIET-UNSET The forecast for Thursday, 5/29/97: solar flux 73, A index 10, K index 2. Thursday should be High Normal. The forecast for Friday, 5/30/97: solar flux 72, A index 8, K index 2. Friday should be High Normal. ----------------------------------------------------------------- QSL Info ----------------------------------------------------------------- Call Manager ------ ------- 5X1K F6FNU 9H1EL LA2TO EG97CMC EA2URD HB0/DA1WA DJ0LC L70FM LU4FM SN0IHS SP6ZDA SN9JPT SP9HWN SN9JPZ SP9KGG ZD8Z VE3HO A41LZ - Murtadha, P.O. Box 2837, Ruwi CP112, Oman A92GE - David, P.O. Box 1976, Manama, Bahrain EP2SMH - Mohsen, BOX 17665-441, Tehran, Iran EP2AG - Ali via EP2MHB P.O. Box 16765-154, Tehran, Iran QSLs received recently: 9H1BT, A45ZN, C21BH, J77FT, JY9QJ, SU2MT, TO0R, XX9X ----------------------------------------------------------------- Credits ----------------------------------------------------------------- Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 425 DX NEWS, ARRL, DX News Letter, DX News Sheet, F6FNU, K3SKE, 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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