. ===================== *** The Daily DX *** ===================== Volume 1 Number 69 June 23, 1997 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR ____________________________________________________________________ Headlines ____________________________________________________________________ Mats, SM7PKK, reports that he is in Uganda and has just gotten his 5X1Z license. He put up a 40 meter antenna and plans to be very active on 40 meters CW. Mats also has plans to put up more antennas on the other bands. Andy, UA3AB, told The Daily DX that his friend Nick, RU3FM, will be operating from the island of Cyprus from June 23rd to July 7th. Nick will be active on 10 through 40 meters CW, SSB and RTTY. He will be running barefoot (100 Watts) and a R5 vertical. QSL via RU3FM. Les Nouvelles DX reports that Alain, F2HE, will be active as FG/F2HE from Guadeloupe from June 20th to September 25th. QSL via F6LQJ. Ruben, ZP5RPO, announced that ZP24I will be on the air commemorating 24 years of the Tratado de Itaipu, one of the largest dams in the world. They will be active from July 10th to July 20th on 10, 15, 20, 40, 80 and 160 meters CW and SSB. QSL via ZP5WYV. Les Nouvelles DX reports Chris, A71CW, is now in Oman. QSLs may still go to P.O. Box 22101, Doha, Qatar until May of 1998. To date Chris has not received his new A4 callsign. The OPDX reported that "Hong Kong will become a Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China after the transfer of sovereignty from the United Kingdom to P.R.C. on July 1st." Two stations will be commemorating this change over. The first is VS97SAR which will be on from June 28th to June 30th. After the transfer VR97SAR will be on from July 1st to July 2nd. QSL both stations via VR2XRW, Mr. Logan Chan, P.O. Box 80312, Cheung Sha Wan Post Office, Kowloon, Hong Kong. ____________________________________________________________________ QSN ____________________________________________________________________ 3W5RS - VIETNAM - Was on Friday on 14018 between 15:30 and 17:00Z. 5A1A - LIBYA - Abubaker showed up on 14260 on Saturday between 16:45 and 17:30Z. Later he was found on 14165. 5W1PC - WESTERN SAMOA - Perry was active on 14243 between 06:00 and 07:30Z on Sunday. 5X1Z - UGANDA - Mats like 7002 and 14002. QSL via SM7PKK. 9N1ARB - NEPAL - Dick is back in Kathmandu as he was on 14225 at 14:30Z on Sunday. QSL via KV5V 9N1RHM - NEPAL - Rich was on RTTY on Friday at 17:30Z on 14085. On Sunday between 02:30 and 03:00Z he was on 14219. QSL via KV5V. 9Q5PA - ZAIRE - Frank was on RTTY on both Friday and Sunday. Check between 14079 and 14087 from 17:00 to 21:00Z. A45XL - OMAN - Chris has been showing up on 20 meters SSB between 17:00 and 22:00Z. He is located on IOTA AS-014. QSL via G4VUO. AP2AP - PAKISTAN - On Sunday he was on 18084 between 15:30 and 16:00Z. Then from 16:00 to 17:00Z he was on 10108. EP2MKO - IRAN - Was on 14001 after 21:00Z on Sunday. ET3AA - ETHIOPIA - Was on 20 meters RTTY at 17:00Z on Friday and 15:00Z on Sunday. KH0I - MARIANA ISLANDS - Larry has been on almost every day between 14.190 to 14195 around 1200-1300Z with a loud signal into most of the US. VK0TS - MACQUARIE ISLAND - Tom came up as expected on 3799 around 09:40Z on Sunday. He should be on 14222 with Jim Smith, VK9NS, on Tuesday and Wednesday about 03:45Z. QSL via VK1AUS. XV7TH - VIETNAM - Thorsten was active on Friday on 14195 around 14:30Z. QSL via SK7AX. ____________________________________________________________________ IOTA ____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were on this weekend 6/21-22/97: IOTA Call Freq GMT IOTA Call Freq GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AF-016 FR5HA 14180 1101 22 EU-072 SV8/DL8MCA/P 28492 1529 21 AF-022 ZD7HI 14255 1803 22 EU-084 SM0OIG/5 10103 1924 22 AS-008 JH4FBV/1 14260 0200 22 EU-096 OH1MDR/P 14260 1346 22 AS-014 A45XL 14259 1756 22 EU-101 OH6MIL 14040 1813 21 AS-036 JG6URG/6 18076 0154 22 EU-120 G4RZQ 7080 2340 21 AS-037 JI6KVR/6 21260 0300 22 EU-121 EJ3HB 14260 1309 22 AS-053 HS0/IK4MRH 14260 1843 21 EU-136 9A/OE8MAQ/P 14263 1436 21 AS-117 JR4GPA 14261 1212 21 EU-136 9A2YD/P 18132 1450 21 EU-001 SV5/I3BQC 14258 1614 22 EU-154 ED5RCC/EA3 14260 1316 21 EU-001 SV5TS 21266 0839 22 NA-018 OX3DU 14197 1830 21 EU-004 EA6BE 14257 1006 22 NA-027 CY1UL 14260 2010 21 EU-008 GS3ZBI/P 14258 1355 21 NA-029 XN0CC 14160 2032 21 EU-010 GM0HBF 14266 1003 22 NA-046 W1UF 14260 1927 21 EU-012 GM4LGR 14261 1726 22 NA-052 K5MI 14259 1315 22 EU-012 GM4WSB/P 14261 1108 22 NA-102 FG5HR 14183 0656 22 EU-014 TK5BF 14227 0651 22 OC-006 VK7CK 14185 0614 22 EU-020 SM1SBI 14259 1107 22 OC-011 V63KU 14173 2009 22 EU-023 9H1DL 14254 1140 22 OC-019 WH6CQH 14246 0556 22 EU-030 OZ8IE 14263 1423 22 OC-031 C21RK 14222 2009 21 EU-037 SM7CBS 7002 0332 22 OC-086 KH0I 14220 0755 22 EU-054 IF9/IT9AUP 21008 1356 22 OC-097 5W1PC 14243 0735 22 EU-055 LA1C/P 14261 0811 22 OC-210 YC8TXW 21210 0754 22 EU-056 LA4GHA 14260 0921 22 OC-NEW YC8YR 21260 1306 22 EU-057 DL3KZA 14263 0958 22 SA-026 PP5SZ 14222 2009 21 EU-057 DL4PM 14183 2025 22 Les Nouvelles DX reports that Alex, VE2AFC, will be active from NA-128 on July 15th. 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 23 June 23 CY0 CY0SAB June 23 June 23 JA JI6KVR (AS-037) June 23 June 23 KH0 KH0N & KH0/JA6HBS June 23 June 26 GU GU3ICO/P (EU-114) June 23 June 27 HP HP3/WT4K June 23 June 29 J6 J6/W6JKV (NA-108) June 23 June 30 XU XU2A June 23 July 1 SV5 SV5/I3QBC June 23 July 4 3A 3A/ON5FP & 3A/ON6NN June 23 July 5 9H 9H0VRZ & Many 9H3's June 23 July 17 V5 V5/GM4DMA June 23 September 25 FG FG/F2HE June 25 June 29 SM SM4DDS/7 (EU-137) ____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast ____________________________________________________________________ The effective sunspot number for Saturday, 6/21/97, was 15.9 The WWV numbers for Sunday, 6/22/97, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - ----------------------------------- 22-Jun-1997 21 70 10 2 VY LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET 22-Jun-1997 18 68 1 2 VY LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET 22-Jun-1997 15 68 1 2 VY LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET 22-Jun-1997 12 68 1 2 VY LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;VY LOW/QUIET 22-Jun-1997 09 68 1 2 VY LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;VY LOW/QUIET 22-Jun-1997 03 68 1 1 VY LOW/QUIET; 22-Jun-1997 00 68 1 1 VY LOW/QUIET;VY LOW/QUIET The forecast for Monday, 6/23/97: solar flux 70, A index 8, K index 2. Monday should be High Normal . The forecast for Tuesday, 6/24/97: solar flux 70, A index 12, K index 3. Tuesday should be Low Normal. ____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info ____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- 4U1UN W6TER ED5RCC/EA3 EA5AOR 5N8ND/9 IK5JAN FG/F2HE F6LQJ 5X1Z SM7PKK FP5FR F6FNU 9A11ELS 9A2AA H27W 5B4WN 9A7C KA9WON J52IM KB9XN 9H0VRZ PA0JR KH0N JA6CNL 9H3KE PA0PAN OY4TN OY6FRA 9M8ZZ PA3FWG RA2FBC DJ1OJ A45XL G4VUO RX1OX/FJL DL6YET A61AO WB2DND XU2FB N4JR AP2AP JA1EZM ZP70CM ZP1LL CY1UL VO1UL SM7PKK - Mats Persson, Zenithgatan 24 #5, SE-212 14 Malmoe, SWEDEN 9Q5PA - Frank Patris, American Embassy Kinshasa, Unit 31550, APO, AE 09828 QSLs recently received: 8R1ZB, EM1HO, FT5WE, J83ZB, KL1SLE (NA-087), P29VXX, XU2A, YN6WFM ____________________________________________________________________ Credits ____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 425 DX NEWS, 5X1Z/SM7PKK, ARRL, DX News Letter, DX News Sheet, K3SKE, KC3AJ, KH6BZF REPORTS, Les Nouvelles, LYNX, N3OSH, N4UK, N7NN, NOAA, NPDXG, OPDX, RSGB, UA3AB, US Air Force, ZP5RPO ____________________________________________________________________ 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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