. ===================== *** The Daily DX *** ===================== Volume 1 Number 72 June 26, 1997 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR ____________________________________________________________________ Headlines ____________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________ / \ | THE DAILY DX is published Monday through Friday by Bernie | | McClenny, W3UR, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, MD 21738 USA. | | This e-mail message and its contents are copyrighted and are | | proprietary products of THE DAILY DX. Any unauthorized use, | | reproduction, or transfer of the message or its content, in | | any medium, is strictly prohibited. For permission to quote, | | reprint or repost this e-mail send a request to THE DAILY DX | | include date, volume and issue number. Check out The Daily | | DX homepage http://www.wdn.com/thedailydx Tell all your DX | | friends about it! | \_______________________________________________________________/ The above is a reminder to everyone who receives The Daily DX. If you have a friend who would be interested in a copy of The Daily DX have them send me an e-mail or visit our homepage. Enough said now on with the DX news. The DX NS reports that Dave, G4BUO, Steve, G4JVG, Andy, G4ZVJ and Jeff, 9H1EL will be active from the island of Malta from July 27th to July 31st. During the IOTA contest they will be using 9H0A. QSL via LA2TO. DXNS also reports that Jorgen, OZ8AE, will be operating from Groennedal, Greenland as OX/OZ8AE from July 7th to July 21st. He will be using an INDEX transceiver and wire antennae running QRP on 7019, 10115, 14041, 18086 and 21041. QSL via OZ8AE. Tom, K5RC, reports the CY9AA boys spent Wednesday loading the boat and getting last minute things ready for ST Paul Island. They will start the 20 mile trip first thing today and if all goes well they should be on 20, 40 and 80 meters some time Tonight. ____________________________________________________________________ QSN ____________________________________________________________________ 3W6LI - VIETNAM - Started on 21288 between 10:30 and 11:40Z and QSY'ed to 7004 working JA and west coast between 11:50 and 13:00Z. 4J8YL - AZERBAIJAN - Oksana (YL) can be found most days on 20 meters SSB. Wednesday she was on 14198 starting around 14:00Z for over 3 hours. 9H1RHM - NEPAL - Rich showed up on RTTY on 14084 at 14:40Z working JA's. QSL via KV5V. A92GD - BAHRAIN - Bob was on 10140 listening for US stations at 22:00Z. QSL via K1SE. A92GE - BAHRAIN - David was doing some RTTY on 14084 between 13:00 and 14:00Z. EM1HO - ANTARCTICA - Paul has showed up with KD0JL on 7189 for two days in arrow around 06:00Z. EP2MKP - IRAN - Work it first worry later. Ali was on just before 19:00 for about one hour on 7005. QSL via UV6HPV. JW8GV - SVALBARD ISLAND - Ola was working Europe and North America on 14187 at 23:00Z. QSL via LA8GV. P29PL - PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Paul was on 7008 at 10:00Z working North America. QSL via VK9NS. VR2/VS6 - HONG KONG - With less than a week to go before the United Kingdom turns this jewel over to the P.R.C. the following stations were on Wednesday: Call Freq GMT VR2GY 14024 16:10 VR2MC 14173 15:45 VS97IL 14195 15:17 VS97KM 14195 14:38 VS97LC 14003 15:53 VS97SS 21154 09:02 VS97UW 14023 18:35 TL8UB - CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - Urs can be found often on 21312 or 14332 at 13:00Z beaming Europe. ____________________________________________________________________ IOTA ____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were on yesterday 6/25/97: IOTA Call Freq GMT IOTA Call Freq GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AS-004 5B4/RU3FM 14025 2022 EU-072 SV8/DL8MCA/P 14260 1801 AS-018 UA0FAI 14010 0646 EU-137 SM4DDS7 14008 2048 AS-041 JI4SEU 14026 1725 EU-149 ES1QX/1 14259 1951 EU-001 SV5/I3BQC 14260 1611 EU-161 UE1QQQ/1 14260 2208 EU-010 GM0KCY 3772 2019 NA-097 KA8IFC/6Y5 14021 2203 EU-011 G3RPC 14262 2152 NA-102 FG5FR 14002 2038 EU-028 IA5/IV3UHL 14262 1618 NA-138 W5IJU 14263 0101 EU-042 DJ4QO/P 14252 1016 OC-146 YB8NA 14192 1724 EU-045 IB0JN 14260 2319 SA-026 PP5BRV 28450 1729 Brian, N3OC, (ex WA3WJD) will be going to Assateague Island (NA-139) again this year for the IOTA Contest on July 26th and 27th. He will be joined by Rick, KA3T, Mark, N3HF, and Barry, N3NPG. They plan to put up an A4 with the 40 meter element at 45 feet on the beach dunes. They will have a one kilowatt amplifier run by a generator. QSL via N3OC or WA3WJD preferably via the bureau. Ken, GM0AXY, Jim, GM3BQA, and Christine, GM4YMM, will be active from Bass Rock (EU-123) for 3 to 4 hours on June 28th and June 29th after 11:00Z. Keep an ear on 3760-3772, 7062-7072 and 14260-14272. 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 26 June 26 GU GU3ICO/P (EU-114) June 26 June 27 HP HP3/WT4K June 26 June 29 J6 J6/W6JKV (NA-108) June 26 June 29 SM SM4DDS/7 (EU-137) June 26 June 30 GM GS3EEO/P (EU-092) June 26 July 1 SV5 SV5/I3QBC June 26 July 3 CY9 CY9AA June 26 July 4 3A 3A/ON5FP & 3A/ON6NN June 26 July 5 9H 9H0VRZ & Many 9H3's June 26 July 7 5B 5B4/RU3FM June 26 July 16 TF TF/PA3DWD June 26 July 17 V5 V5/GM4DMA 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 June 28 June 29 GM GM0AXY, GM3BQA, GM4YMM (EU-123) June 28 June 29 Marconi Memorial Contest June 28 June 30 F F/G3RTE/P & F/G3SWH/P (EU-094) June 28 June 30 JA JA4DND, JI4POR, JM4BPV, JM4MAQ (AS-041) June 28 June 30 VS6 VS97SAR June 28 August 31 F F5IPW (EU-032) ____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast ____________________________________________________________________ The effective sunspot number for Tuesday, 6/24/97, was 15.9 The WWV numbers for Wednesday, 6/25/97, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - ----------------------------------- 25-Jun-1997 21 72 6 2 VY LOW/QUIET;VY LOW-LOW/QUIET 25-Jun-1997 18 70 4 2 VY LOW/QUIET;VY LOW-LOW/QUIET 25-Jun-1997 15 70 4 1 VY LOW-LOW/QUIET; 25-Jun-1997 12 70 4 2 VY LOW/QUIET;VY LOW/QUIET 25-Jun-1997 09 70 4 2 VY LOW/QUIET;VY LOW/QUIET 25-Jun-1997 03 70 4 1 VY LOW/QUIET; 25-Jun-1997 00 70 4 2 VY LOW/QUIET;VY LOW/QUIET The forecast for Thursday, 6/26/97: solar flux , A index 12, K index 3. Thursday should be Low Normal. The forecast for Friday, 6/27/97: solar flux 70, A index 8, K index 2. Friday should be High Normal. ____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info ____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager ------ ------- 4S7SW ON6TZ 9J2BO W6ORD 9K2AI IK7JTF 9M8ZZ PA3FWG EP2MKP UV6HPV FG5FR F6FNU EW1MM W3HC UE1QQQ/1 RA1QQ 4J8YL - Oksana, P.O. 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