. ===================== *** The Daily DX *** ===================== Volume 1 Number 71 June 25, 1997 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR ____________________________________________________________________ Headlines ____________________________________________________________________ Vitaly, VE6JO, reports the World Police and Fire Games will be held this year in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Amateur Radio operators in Calgary may use the special prefix CG6 from June 27th to July 4th to commemorate this event . ____________________________________________________________________ QSN ____________________________________________________________________ 3A2MD - MONACO - Laura (YL) was found on CW on 14019 around 20:00Z working Europe. 3W6LI - VIETNAM - Was working the west coast US on 7005 around 14:20Z. 9N1RHM - NEPAL - Rich came up on 14190 just before 18:00Z and was working Europe. QSL via KV5V. EM1HO - ANTARCTICA - Paul showed up on 7189 just after 06:00Z and then later on 3506 slightly after 12:00Z. FK8FA - NEW CALEDONIA - Was on 14196 between 05:00 and 05:30Z working Europe. FO5IW - FRENCH POLYNESIA - Stan can be found most days on 20 meters SSB. Tuesday he was found on 14195 between 06:15 and 07:30Z working Europe. HP3/WT4K - PANAMA - Bill worked many stations on Tuesday on 20 meters RTTY between 11:00 and 13:00Z and again between 20:00 and 23:00Z. QSL via WT4K. RX1OX/FJL FRANZ JOSEF LAND - Slava was working Europeans on 14030 around 21:40Z. QSL via DL6YET. S21B - BANGLADESH - Was working Japan and west coast US on 14224 between 14:20 and 15:00Z. SV9/I2YYO - CRETE ISLAND - Was on 14260 about 04:40Z working all across the US. QSL via IK2MYX. T88IY - BELAU - Came up on 14180 around 11:10Z on Tuesday. VK0GW - MACQUARIE ISLAND - Not sure if this was Graham on 7009 around 11:30Z. Several JA's were working him. Work it first worry later! When Warren, VK0WH, was on he use to show up on 7009. YI1RS - IRAQ - This station can be found daily on 20 meters SSB around 09:00Z. Yesterday he was on 14222. ____________________________________________________________________ IOTA ____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were on yesterday 6/24/97: IOTA Call Freq GMT IOTA Call Freq GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ -------- ----- ---- AS-014 CT3FT 14193 0823 EU-124 GW4DIY 14260 1241 EU-001 SV5/I3BQC 14255 1323 EU-124 GW4WXZ/P 14260 1259 EU-009 GM3IBU 18149 1812 EU-130 IK3TTY/P 14254 1131 EU-015 SV9/I2YYO 14260 0456 NA-027 CY1COP 14260 0008 EU-029 OZ1ENH 28486 1259 OC-019 WH6CQH 14243 0539 EU-054 IF9/IT9AUP 21015 1321 SA-026 PP5BRV 28490 1803 EU-057 DJ4UQ/M 14267 0825 SA-068 8R1AK/P 14257 2312 EU-084 SM0OIG/5 18077 1812 Felix, DL8OBC, reports that Matthias, DL4OCL, will be operating from Poel Island (EU-098) during the upcoming IOTA contest on July 26th and 27th. He will be signing DL4OCL/P on CW and SSB. QSL via Matthias Deutscher, P.O. Box 100412, D-30942 Ronnenberg, Germany. Felix also reports that he would be signing DL8OBC/P from Helgoland Island (EU-127) during the IOTA contest. He will be active for one week after the contest. QSL via DL8OBC, Felix J. Riess, P.O. Box 1253, D-30984 Gehrden, Germany. 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 25 June 26 GU GU3ICO/P (EU-114) June 25 June 27 HP HP3/WT4K June 25 June 29 J6 J6/W6JKV (NA-108) June 25 June 29 SM SM4DDS/7 (EU-137) June 25 June 30 GM GS3EEO/P (EU-092) June 25 July 1 SV5 SV5/I3QBC June 25 July 4 3A 3A/ON5FP & 3A/ON6NN June 25 July 5 9H 9H0VRZ & Many 9H3's June 25 July 7 5B 5B4/RU3FM June 25 July 17 V5 V5/GM4DMA June 26 July 3 CY9 CY9AA June 26 July 16 TF TF/PA3DWD June 27 June 29 Friedrichshafen Hamvention (DL) June 27 June 29 LA/SM LG5LG/SJ9WL June 27 July 1 3D2 3D2JH (OC-016) June 27 7O 7O/HA5PP ____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast ____________________________________________________________________ The effective sunspot number for Monday, 6/23/97, was 14 The WWV numbers for Tuesday, 6/24/97, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - ----------------------------------- 24-Jun-1997 21 70 5 2 VY LOW/QUIET;VY LOW/QUIET 24-Jun-1997 18 69 5 1 VY LOW/QUIET;VY LOW/QUIET 24-Jun-1997 15 69 5 1 VY LOW/QUIET;VY LOW/QUIET 24-Jun-1997 12 69 5 2 VY LOW/QUIET;VY LOW/QUIET 24-Jun-1997 09 69 5 1 VY LOW/QUIET;VY LOW/QUIET 24-Jun-1997 06 69 5 1 VY LOW/QUIET;VY LOW/QUIET 24-Jun-1997 03 69 5 1 VY LOW/QUIET;VY LOW/QUIET 24-Jun-1997 00 69 5 2 VY LOW/QUIET;VY LOW/QUIET The forecast for Wednesday, 6/25/97: solar flux 70, A index 15, K index 3. Wednesday should be Low Normal. The forecast for Thursday, 6/26/97: solar flux 70, A index ,12 K index 3. Thursday should be Low Normal. ____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info ____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager ------ ------- 8P9AZ KU9C 9H3JR DJ0QJ 9H3YN PA3CUZ HP3/WT4K WT4K OL5OPZ OK2BIQ S21B W4FRU ____________________________________________________________________ Credits ____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 425 DX NEWS, ARRL, DX News Letter, DX News Sheet, KC3AJ, KH6BZF, REPORTS, LYNX, N3OSH, N7NN, NOAA, NPDXG, OPDX, US Air Force, VE6JO ____________________________________________________________________ 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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