. ===================== *** The Daily DX *** ===================== Volume 1 Number 68 June 20, 1997 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR ____________________________________________________________________ Headlines ____________________________________________________________________ The DX News Sheet reports Ken, AA3GM, will be active from July 11th to July 14th from Saint Pierre and Miquelon (NA-032). He will be operating as FP/AA3GM on HF, 6 meters, 144, 222, 432 and 1296 MHZ. Radio Ukraine International broadcasts an English-language program called "DX Club" on Thursdays at 12:00Z on 7150, 7180, 12045 and 12050 kHz. It's also transmitted on Thursdays at 21:00Z on 12 different frequencies from 5905 to 13720 kHz. Try listening initially on 9550 kHz. On Fridays the program is repeated at 00:00Z over a similar wide range of frequencies. Ron Wright, ZL1AMO, informed The Daily DX that he will not be joining the Dateline DX Association on the North Cooks, ZK1, in September. ____________________________________________________________________ QSN ____________________________________________________________________ 3W5RS - VIETNAM - Has recently been showing up again at the bottom of 20 meters on CW around 14:00 to 15:00Z. C21NI - NAURU - Showed up on 7189 around 06:00Z. CY0SAB - SABLE ISLANDS - Wayne showed up on 80 meters on Thursday around 00:00Z on 3799. QSL via VE1CBK. VK0TS - MACQUARIE ISLAND - Tom was on 3799 between 09:30 and 10:20Z on Thursday. He may be back on Sunday. QSL via VK1AUS. VR6YL - PITCAIRN ISLAND - Betty (YL) was working on 14176 starting around 03:00Z. ____________________________________________________________________ IOTA ____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were on yesterday 6/19/97: IOTA Call Freq GMT IOTA Call Freq GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AF-004 EA8FO 14010 1023 EU-045 IB0JN 14261 0157 AS-002 A92GE 21277 1412 EU-054 IF9/IT9AUP 24900 1645 AS-014 A45XL 14238 2146 EU-067 SV8/G3SWH 14015 1622 AS-037 JH6HXH 21260 1326 EU-072 SV8/DL8MCA/P 14258 1650 EU-008 GS3ZBI/P 14260 2043 EU-114 MU0ASP 14260 1544 EU-012 GM4LGR 14262 1731 EU-120 G3GJX/P 14002 1714 EU-029 OZ1SDB 7048 2137 OC-019 WH6CQH 14227 0527 EU-041 IM0/DL1BKK/P 14260 1634 OC-210 YC8TXW 7090 0920 EU-045 IB0/IK4PKU 14256 1723 Roger, LA4GHA, has recently moved to Gossen Island IOTA EU-056. QSL listed below. Keith, N6HRG/KL7 is located in the Pribilof Islands IOTA NA-028. QSL listed below. 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 20 June 20 OY OY DL's June 20 June 20 SV SV8/G3SWH (EU-067) June 20 June 20 SV9 SV9/DL8SET (EU-015) June 20 June 20 TF TF/IT9ESZ & TF/LA6ZH June 20 June 21 EA ED5RCC/ED3 (EU-154) June 20 June 22 GM GS3ZBI/P (EU-008) June 20 June 22 OH OH1MDR/P (EU-096) June 20 June 23 CY0 CY0SAB June 20 June 23 KH0 KH0N & KH0/JA6HBS June 20 June 26 GU GU3ICO/P (EU-114) June 20 June 29 J6 J6/W6JKV (NA-108) June 20 June 30 XU XU2A June 20 July 1 SV5 SV5/I3QBC June 20 July 17 V5 V5/GM4DMA June 21 June 22 All Asian CW DX Contest June 21 June 22 JA JR4GPA/1 (AS-117) June 21 June 23 JA JI6KVR (AS-037) June 21 July 4 3A 3A/ON5FP & 3A/ON6NN June 21 July 5 9H 9H0VRZ & Many 9H3's June 23 June 27 HP HP3/WT4K ____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast ____________________________________________________________________ The effective sunspot number for Wednesday, 6/18/97, was 21.9 The WWV numbers for Wednesday, 6/18/97, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - ----------------------------------- 19-Jun-1997 21 70 8 1 VERY LOW/QUIET-UNSET;VERY LOW/QUIET 19-Jun-1997 18 71 2 2 VERY LOW/QUIET-UNSET;VERY LOW/UNSET 19-Jun-1997 15 71 2 2 VERY LOW/QUIET-UNSET;VERY LOW/QUIET 19-Jun-1997 12 71 2 3 VERY LOW/QUIET-UNSET;VERY LOW/QUIET 19-Jun-1997 09 71 2 3 VERY LOW/QUIET-UNSET;VERY LOW/QUIET 19-Jun-1997 06 71 2 2 VERY LOW/QUIET;VERY LOW/QUIET 19-Jun-1997 03 71 2 2 VERY LOW/QUIET;VERY LOW/QUIET 19-Jun-1997 00 71 2 1 VERY LOW/QUIET;VERY LOW/QUIET The forecast for Friday, 6/20/97: solar flux 71, A index 5, K index 1. Friday should be High Normal. The forecast for Saturday, 6/21/97: solar flux 71, A index 5, K index 1. Saturday should be High Normal. ____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info ____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- 4L5O TA7A MU0ASP F5SHQ 6W1QV F6FNU OM9SIAD OM3TA 9G1BJ G4XTA OY/DL6YFB/P DK4QO A45XL G4VUO W5ODD/KP2 W5ODD C6AIE WZ8D ZF2MD/ZF8 K7JI GS3ZBI/P G3OCA LA4GHA - Roger Bjorgvik, Straudavn 3, 6420-N Aukuan, NORWAY N6HRG/KL7 - Keith Gerlach P.O. 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