. ===================== *** The Daily DX *** ===================== Volume 1 Number 70 June 24, 1997 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR ____________________________________________________________________ Headlines ____________________________________________________________________ Len Shaw, VK3ALS, reports Jack, VK2GJH, will be on from the following islands: Start End Call QTH IOTA -------- -------- ----- --------------------- ------ June 27 July 1 3D2JH Suva, Fiji OC-016 July 2 July 7 3D2JH Rabi, Fiji OC-016 July 7 July 9 T20JH Funafuti, Tuvalu OC-015 July 13 July 15 T30JH Tarawa, West Kiribati OC-017 July 16 July 22 T33JH Banaba OC-018 July 23 July 24 T30JH Tarawa, West Kiribati OC-017 July 28 July 29 T20JH Funafuti, Tuvalu OC-015 August 2 August 6 3D2JH Suva, Fiji OC-016 The rarest of these is Banaba (Ocean Island), which was # 49 in the 1996 ARRL DXCC Yearbook. Tuvalu placed # 100 on the same list. He plans to be active on 10 through 80 meters and 6 meters on all islands except Rabi. On 6 meters look for Jack on 50.100 SSB. He will not have a beacon. Jack is an seasoned operator and will be on SSB and CW. QSL via VK2GJH, Jack D. Haden, P.O. Box 299, Ryde 2112, NSW, AUSTRALIA. QSLs must be sent direct only as Jack is not a member of WIA so no bureau cards will be answered. Antoine, F6FNU, tells The Daily DX FR5DT, FR5KH and FR5TU will be active from Piton de la Fournaise, a mountain on the eastern coast of Reunion that is 2631 meters high. They will start on Friday, June 27th and will be active on all bands for one week. They may also be operating on 6 meters. QSL via F6FNU. Antoine also went on to inform The Daily DX that Marc Bagalino, F5PCU, (ex TL8MB, 5T5NU) will active from 5V, XT and TY starting at the end of July. He will be headquartered in Togo. Cesar Aguirre, OA4QV, reports he will be active with the special prefix OA176 for the 176th anniversary of the independence of Peru from July 1st to July 31st. He will be operating on 10, 15, 20 and 40 meters SSB. Look for him to be especially active on July 28th. QSL to Cesar Aguirre, OA4QV, P. O. Box 957, Lima 18, PERU. Jim Smith, VK9NS, reports that Tom, VK0TS, will not show up this week on 14222 at 03:45Z on Tuesday or Wednesday as he had to travel down to Green Gorge. Tom did report that he has uploaded his logs to his QSL manager. To date he has made about 500 QSOs. When Tom is on CW he is running a IC751 barefoot with 100 watts. ____________________________________________________________________ QSN ____________________________________________________________________ 3W6LI - VIETNAM - Hiroo, JA2EZD, is operating from a new club station. He was working JA's on 21296 around 08:40Z. QSL via XW2A. 5X1K - UGANDA - Henri came up Monday on 14130 around 16:00Z. He reports that conditions have not been very good. It's the middle of Winter and the rain season. QSL via F6FNU. HC8KU - GALAPAGOS ISLANDS - Henri showed up on 14282 around 22:00Z. S21D - BANGLADESH - Was working on 14238 at 16:20Z. TT8AM - CHAD - Had a huge pileup of Europeans and JA's on 14200 just before 19:00Z. He stayed on frequency for over an hour. QSL via IK7JTF. ____________________________________________________________________ IOTA ____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were on yesterday 6/23/97: IOTA Call Freq GMT IOTA Call Freq GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AF-003 ZD8LJD 14255 2001 EU-124 GW0WMY/M 14260 0934 AF-022 ZD7SM 14175 1957 EU-133 R1ASP 14256 1855 AS-002 A92GE 14172 2007 NA-047 VE8TA 14262 0219 EU-001 SV5TS 14265 1419 OC-005 VK9NS 14260 0605 EU-008 GM0TBH/M 3772 2013 OC-019 WH6CQH 14240 0529 EU-023 9H1EL 14237 1954 OC-021 YB1XUR 14260 1822 EU-084 SM0OIG/5 10108 1846 OC-166 YC7JKS 21250 0954 Creed, HL1TUE, reports that he and some of his friends will be active as HL0N/3 from Anmyu-Do Island (AS-080) from July 4th to July 7th. Operators include: Creed, HL1TUE, Wan, HL1TMU, (Mr. Ha,Sung-gyu), HL1MKT. They will be active on 40, 20 and 15 meters using an IC735 and an IC706. QSL via HL1TUE, Eom, Sin-Jo, 21st. Century Const. Research Lab., Dept. of Architectural Eng., Yonsei University, 134 Shinchon-Dong, Seodaemun, Seoul, KOREA 120-110. 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 ____________________________________________________________________ in End Country Call (IOTA) ------- ------- ------- ----------------------------------- June 24 June 26 GU GU3ICO/P (EU-114) June 24 June 27 HP HP3/WT4K June 24 June 29 J6 J6/W6JKV (NA-108) June 24 June 30 XU XU2A June 24 July 1 SV5 SV5/I3QBC June 24 July 4 3A 3A/ON5FP & 3A/ON6NN June 24 July 5 9H 9H0VRZ & Many 9H3's June 24 July 7 5B RU3FM June 24 July 17 V5 V5/GM4DMA June 24 September 25 FG FG/F2HE June 25 June 29 SM SM4DDS/7 (EU-137) June 26 June 30 GM GS3EEO/P (EU-092) June 26 July 3 CY9 CY9AA June 26 July 16 TF TF/PA3DWD ____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast ____________________________________________________________________ The effective sunspot number for Sunday, 6/22/97, was 15.9 The WWV numbers for Monday, 6/23/97, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - ----------------------------------- 23-Jun-1997 21 69 4 4 VY LOW/QUIET; 23-Jun-1997 18 70 8 2 VY LOW/QUIET;VY LO/QUIET 23-Jun-1997 15 70 8 2 VY LOW/QUIET;VY LO/QUIET 23-Jun-1997 12 70 8 0 VY LOW/QUIET;VY LO/QUIET-UNSET 23-Jun-1997 09 70 8 0 VY LOW/QUIET;VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET 23-Jun-1997 06 70 8 1 VY LOW/QUIET;VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET 23-Jun-1997 03 70 8 1 VY LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED; 23-Jun-1997 00 70 8 1 VY LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET The forecast for Tuesday, 6/24/97: solar flux 70, A index 10, K index 2. Tuesday should be Low Normal. The forecast for Wednesday, 6/25/97: solar flux 70, A index 12, K index 3. Wednesday should be Low Normal. ____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info ____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager ------ ------- 3W6LI XW2A 5X1K F6FNU 9H3YP PD3ABY OA4DHW N5FTR TT8AM IK7JTF Z38/OH3MIG OH3GZ ____________________________________________________________________ Credits ____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 425 DX NEWS, ARRL, DX News Letter, DX News Sheet, F6FNU, K3SKE, KC3AJ, KH6BZF REPORTS, LYNX, N3OSH, NOAA, NPDXG, OA4QV, OPDX, RSGB, US Air Force, VK3ALS ____________________________________________________________________ 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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