. ===================== *** The Daily DX *** ===================== Volume 1 Number 56 June 4, 1997 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR ----------------------------------------------------------------- Headlines ----------------------------------------------------------------- The DX News Sheet reported that 5Z4SS will go QRT in the next two months as he will return to Japan. QSL via JA1SQI. Mark La Point (ex J5UAI) is now QRV in Yaounde, Cameroon as TJ1US. He is using an ICOM 735, Mosley tribander, dipoles for 40 and 80 meters, and a Butternut vertical. He plans to be active on all bands using CW, SSB and RTTY. He works at the U.S. Embassy and should be there for 2 years. QSL via NW8F. The DX News Sheet reports the newly licensed Jamal Al-Maktoum, A61OU will be on the air next week. He is the cousin of Saeed Al-Maktoum, A61AD. QSL via N1DG. Antoine, F6FNU, told The Daily DX that Philippe, F5IEV, has the callsign 3XY03A (Three X Y Zero Three A) and not 3XY3A. Antoine has forwarded the license to Bill, K5FUV, at the ARRL DXCC desk. Philippe is not the only station on the from Conakry, Guinea as 3XY02A, is licensed and is from Belgium. ----------------------------------------------------------------- QSN ----------------------------------------------------------------- 5B4OG - Cyprus - Ted can usually be found most days on 10103 just after 01:15Z. 6W6 - Senegal - Richard, 6W6/K3IPK, and his girl friend Nancy, 6W6/N3KS, both showed up on SSB on Tuesday. First Richard was on 21278 just before 17:00Z. Then Nancy was on 14220 around 18:20Z. 7X2RO - Algeria - Afif was on 10108 around 22:00Z. 8Q7QQ - Maldives - Pierre was on 10102 for more than two hours starting just before 19:00Z. QSL via HB9QQ. 9X4WW - Rwanda - Mark was found on 14024 starting around 21:00Z. QSL via ON5NT. EP - Iran - Three stations were on Tuesday from this semi-rare one. Moshen, EP2SMH, was on 14240 at 19:40Z. Then Ali, EP2AG, came up on 14240 around 21:20Z. Another Ali, EP2MKP, was on 7006 just before 21:00Z. This station has been heard saying to QSL via UV6HPV on 40 meters and UA6HCW on 20 meters. WFWL! OJ0 - Market Reef - DL1IAN, DL3YEL, DL5IO, DL6GV are currently on the reef and are only active on SSB. Tuesdays activities included the following: GMT Freq GMT Freq ------------- ----- ------------- ----- 02:00 - 3795 16:00 - 21:00 28495 04:30 - 06:15 14195 18:30 - 19:30 21295 07:00 - 10:00 28495 20:00 - 20:30 18165 10:30 - 13:00 14195 21:30 - 7054 10:30 - 18143 21:30 - 14195 15:30 - 18:15 24945 22:00 - 3795 S21/PA3BTQ - Bangladesh - The best place to find John is on 14130 between 13:00 and 15:00Z. SV5 - Dodecanese Islands - The HA boys started their 15 day Island expedition today. They will be on all bands, CW, SSB, RS10, RS12 and RS15. TZ6TT - Mali - Holger likes 21300 between 13:00 and 20:00Z. Z21CS - Zimbabwe - Bill can be found often on 17 meters SSB between 17:00 and 18:00Z. ----------------------------------------------------------------- IOTA ----------------------------------------------------------------- The following IOTA stations were on yesterday (6/3/97): IOTA Call Freq GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- AF-033 CT3HF 24942 1750 EU-001 SV5/HA6NL/P 3511 1824 EU-001 SV5/HA4GDO/P 14011 2240 EU-009 GM4DZX 28512 1818 EU-049 SV8CYV 14260 1810 NA-065 KF6AVD/AA 14260 1844 SA-068 8R1AK/P 14260 2242 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) ------ ------ ------- ----------------------------------- June 4 June 4 J5 J52IM by ND3A June 4 June 4 OH0 OH0LIZ (6 Meters also) June 4 June 6 9M6 9M8CC (OC-088) June 4 June 6 I ID9 (EU-017) June 4 June 4 KL KL1SLE (NA-087) June 4 June 7 OJ0 DL1IAN, DL3YEL, DL5IO, DL6GV June 4 June 7 V6 V63ME (OC-010) June 4 June 8 3B8 3B8/NK6F June 4 June 9 5W 5W1MH 5W1JS June 4 June 10 6W 6W6/K3IPK & 6W6/N3NS June 4 June 13 SV5 SV5/SM7DAY (EU-001) June 4 June 14 8Q 8Q7QQ June 4 June 15 3X 3XY3A June 4 June 17 SV5 SV5/HA's/P (EU-001) June 4 June 30 XU XU2A June 5 June 7 KL KL1SLE (NA-059) June 5 June 16 R1M R1MVI / OH5AB/MVI June 5 June 19 C6 C6AIE or WZ8D/C6A (NA-001) June 6 June 7 I Salento DX Team (EU-091) June 6 June 8 KL AL7R (NA-004) June 6 June 8 OH0 OH0KMH OH0KMF June 6 June 8 F TM5BCU (EU-148) June 6 June 9 KL KL1SLE (NA-059) June 6 June 20 SV9 SV9/DL8SET (EU-015) ----------------------------------------------------------------- Today's Propagation Forecast ----------------------------------------------------------------- The effective sunspot number for Monday, 6/2/97, was 23.5 The WWV numbers for Tuesday, 6/3/97, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- - - --------------------------------- 3-Jun-1997 21 75 8 1 VRY LO/QUIET-ACTIVE;VRY LO/ACTIVE 3-Jun-1997 18 77 4 2 VRY LO/QUIET-ACTIVE;VRY LO/QUIET 3-Jun-1997 15 77 4 1 VRY LO/QUIET-ACTIVE;VRY LO/QUIET 3-Jun-1997 12 77 4 2 VRY LO/QUIET-ACTIVE;VRY LO/QUIET 3-Jun-1997 09 77 4 4 VRY LO/QUIET-ACTIVE;VRY LO/QUIET 3-Jun-1997 06 77 4 2 VRY LO/QUIET;VRY LO/QUIET 3-Jun-1997 03 77 4 2 VRY LO/QUIET; 3-Jun-1997 00 77 4 2 VRY LO/QUIET;VRY LO/QUIET The forecast for Wednesday, 6/4/97: solar flux 78, A index 20, K index 3. Wednesday should be Low Normal. The forecast for Thursday, 6/5/97: solar flux 78, A index 5, K index 1. Thursday should be High Normal. ----------------------------------------------------------------- QSL Info ----------------------------------------------------------------- Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- 4L4CC RV1CC HF0POL SP3FYM 6W6/N3KS K3IPK S79MAD GW4WVO 6W6/K3IPK K3IPK SN0AA SP3KPN 9A90CBD 9A3UF SN0JP SP3YTK 9K2RR KU9C SN3JP SP3WBQ 9X4WW ON5NT SN9JP SP9PKZ EN5US UR4UZA SP0YMM SP8ARY HB0/DA1WA DJ0LC TM6JUN F5VM ----------------------------------------------------------------- Credits ----------------------------------------------------------------- Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 425 DX NEWS, ARRL, DX News Letter, DX News Sheet, F6FNU, K3SKE, K8SM, KC3AJ, KH6BZF REPORTS, Les Nouvelles, LYNX, N3OSH, NOAA, NPDXG, NW8F, 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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