. ===================== *** The Daily DX *** ===================== Volume 1 Number 61 June 11, 1997 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR ____________________________________________________________________ Headlines ____________________________________________________________________ The following press release came from Newington, CT. on June 10th from the American Radio Relay League. "The DXCC Desk announced today that the number of unprocessed applications at the end of May 1997 was 350 (28,738 QSLs). They received 443 applications (32,928 QSLs) for endorsements and new awards during the month. This compares with 313 applications (25,423 QSLs) for April and 322 applications (23,897 QSLs) for March. Applications being sent out at the end of May were received about two weeks earlier. A few applications received prior to that time were in the process of being audited, and so had not yet been completed." Tom, VK0TS, who is on Macquarie Island was on 14222 with Jim Smith, VK9NS, on Tuesday at 04:40Z and Wednesday at 03:50Z. He plans to be on every Tuesday and Wednesday at 03:45Z on 14222. QSL via VK1AUS (see below). ____________________________________________________________________ QSN ____________________________________________________________________ 4T80UC - Peru - Geo, OA4FW was operating this special prefix on 14010 at 21:00Z on Tuesday. MVI - Malyj Vysotskij Island - OH5NE/MVI and R1MVI have been very active however not many US stations seem to be working them due to propagation. One of the best times for North America seems to be 02:00 to 05:00Z. Some of the activity on Tuesday was as follows: GMT Band/Mode ------------- -------------- 09:00 - 20 RTTY 09:00 - 14:00 17 CW RTTY 10:00 - 20 CW SSB 11:00 - 14:00 12 CW SSB 12:00 - 10 CW SSB 15:00 - 15 CW 15:00 - 20 CW SSB 16:00 - 18:00 10 SSB 18:00 - 12 SSB & 20 CW 20:00 - 01:00 40 CW SSB 21:00 - 22:00 30 CW QSL via OH5AB OY - Faeroe Islands - A group of 5 Germans are currently operating from here. Activity has been mostly on 20 meters however they have been on 40, 15 and 12 meters. See QSL info listed below. SV5 - Dodecanese - The 5 Hungarians who are operating from here are on just about 24 hours a day. They have been mostly on CW. TJ1HP - Rep of Cameroon - Philippe showed up on 14185 around 21:30Z and stuck around until about 23:00Z. VU4NG97 - India - Yes that is the callsign. He was on 14014 for about 4 hours starting around 12:30Z. QSL via VU2BGS. ____________________________________________________________________ IOTA ____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were on yesterday 6/10/97: IOTA Call Freq GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- AN-006 EM1HO 18072 1413 AS-020 BV5GQ 14256 1641 AS-053 E21AOY/8 14194 1636 EU-009 GM4DZX 24940 1112 EU-012 GM4AGX 3772 2010 EU-018 OY/DL6YFB/P 14253 1457 EU-117 R1MVI 18069 2001 EU-117 OH5AB/MVI 14195 1543 NA-027 VO1XC 14260 1033 NA-138 W5IJU 14243 2127 OC-NEW YC8YZ 21260 1327 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 11 June 13 KL KL1SLE (NA-019) June 11 June 13 SV5 SV5/SM7DAY (EU-001) June 11 June 14 8Q 8Q7QQ June 11 June 14 T8 T88ME (OC-009) June 11 June 15 3X 3XY03A June 11 June 16 A3 A35SQ (OC169) June 11 June 16 R1M R1MVI / OH5AB/MVI June 11 June 17 SV5 SV5/HA's/P (EU-001) June 11 June 19 C6 C6AIE or WZ8D/C6A (NA-001) June 11 June 19 YB YC8YZ (OC-new) June 11 June 20 OY OY DL's June 11 June 20 SV9 SV9/DL8SET (EU-015) June 11 June 23 CY0 CY0SAB June 11 June 30 XU XU2A June 12 June 8 KP2 NA4I/KP2 (NA-106) June 13 June 15 SM 7S6NL (EU-043) June 13 June 20 SV SV8/G3SWH (EU-067) June 13 June 20 TF TF/IT9ESZ & TF/LA6ZH ____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast ____________________________________________________________________ The effective sunspot number for Monday, 6/9/97, was 23.9 The WWV numbers for Tuesday, 6/10/97, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - ----------------------------------- 10-Jun-1997 21 72 6 1 VY LO/QUIET-UNSET;VY LO/QUIET 10-Jun-1997 18 73 26 2 VY LO/QUIET-UNSET;VY LO/QUIET-UNSET 10-Jun-1997 15 73 26 0 VY LO/QUIET-UNSET; 10-Jun-1997 12 73 26 1 VY LO/QUIET-UNSET;VY LO/QUIET-UNSET 10-Jun-1997 09 73 26 3 VY LO/QUIET-ACTIVE;VY LO/QUIET-UNSET 10-Jun-1997 06 73 26 2 VY LO/QUIET-MNRSTM;vLO/QUIET-UNSET 10-Jun-1997 03 73 26 2 VY LO/QUIET-UNSET; 10-Jun-1997 00 73 26 3 VY LO/QUIET-MNRSTM;VY LO/QUIET-UNSET The forecast for Wednesday, 6/11/97: solar flux 74, A index 10, K index 2. Wednesday should be High Normal. The forecast for Thursday, 6/12/97: solar flux 72, A index 10, K index 2. Thursday should be High Normal. ____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info ____________________________________________________________________ CALL MANAGER ------ ------- CQ8CBI CT4CBI E21AOY/8 7L1MFS OY/DF8QJ/P DK4QO OY/DK6QW/P DK4QO OY/DL3QQ/P DK4QO OY/DL4YBZ/P DK4QO OY/DL6YFB/P DK4QO TM0RSE F6AWN TT8AM IK7JTF VK0TS VK1AUS TJ1HP - Philippe, P.O. Box 2311, Douala, REP. OF CAMEROON VK1AUS - Simon Trotter, P.O. 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