. ===================== *** The Daily DX *** ===================== Volume 1 Number 81 July 9, 1997 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR ____________________________________________________________________ Headlines ____________________________________________________________________ Bill Moore of the ARRL DXCC Desk says documents for both ZL9DX (K8VIR/ZL9) and the 1997 BS7H have been received and all are good for DXCC. Fred Laun, K3ZO, found an interesting article in The Wall Street Journal of 8 July which had an interesting front-page article about the country of Transnistria, which is sandwiched between Ukraine, UR, and Moldovia, ER. The OPDX bulletin reports that Jarek, VA3NCD/SP8NCD will be on Sable Island from 15 to 17 August signing CY0NCD. The primary reason for going is to explore the island, however some operating will be done on 15, 20, 40 and 80 meters, mostly CW. Juanjo, EA3CB, will be operating as FG/EA3CB from 8 to 14 August from IOTA NA-102. Then from 15 to 17 August he plans to be on from IOTA NA-114. Look for him on 10 through 40 meters on CW and SSB. The OPDX bulletin reports the following officers of The Delta DX Association: President - Don Boudreau, W5FKX Vice President - Bruce Stevenson, K5HAA Secretary - Shelby Smith, W5SNU Treasurer - Stan Pulitzer, W5JYK ___________________________________________________________________ QSN ____________________________________________________________________ 9N1UD - NEPAL - Charlie, K4VUD, is now in Kathmandu and had a huge pileup on 14195 starting around 16:00Z. He has plans to visit Bhutan and to ask about Amateur Radio but does not expect to be able to get on the air. QSL via K4VUD. CN68 - MOROCCO - Yesterday and today stations from Morocco are celebrating the 68th anniversary of this monarchy. An award is available for stations working CN68MC + two other CN68 stations. If you work them ask for the complete details. The following stations were on Tuesday: CN68CL, CM, CV, DN, GB, MA, MC, NK, NL, SN. EP2MKO - IRAN - Ali was on 14001 with a big pileup around 21:40Z. This is one of those work it first and worry later. QSL via UA6HCW. OH0/N4GN - ALAND ISLANDS - Tim has been very active on RTTY on 20 meters. Also check 14024 and 21024. QSL via N4GN. S21AR - BANGLADESH - Rashid came up on 14205 working Europeans around 16:15Z. TL8BC - CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - Claude can be found most days between 16:00 and 17:00Z between 14118 and 14132. QSL via F5IPW. VK0TS - MACQUARIE ISLAND - Tom came up on 14222 with Jim, VK9NS, around 04:20Z. Conditions were not very good. He was mostly working west coast US with a few mid west US stations. He will be back Today after 04:00Z. He has an on going schedule with Jim on Tuesdays and Wednesdays on 14222 around 04:00Z QSL via VK1AUS. VP8CTR - ANTARCTICA - Roman was working the west coast of the US on 3795 around 13:15Z. QSL via UX1KA. ____________________________________________________________________ IOTA ____________________________________________________________________ IOTA Call Freq GMT ------ ----------- ----- ---- EU-009 GM0KJW 14260 1212 EU-011 G3RPC 14260 1112 EU-049 SV8/ON5CT/P 14250 1534 EU-054 IF9/IT9AUP 14010 1302 EU-064 F9IE 14266 1327 EU-084 SM0ELV/M 14262 1113 EU-109 G0KJW/P 14260 1419 OC-021 YB2PBX 14200 1301 SA-023 PY6JJ 14260 2315 Jim Smith, VK9NS, reports that HR6SWA is located on Swan Island (IOTA NA-035) and will be there for 20 days. He hopes to be on 14260 today around 21:00Z. He is running on battery power. Jim Minke, N6JM the DX editor of Worldradio has announced his upcoming IOTA trip to Amaknak Island (IOTA NA-059) from 14:30Z on 13 September to 16 September. He will then fly to Anchorage and then drive to Homer for 5 days. Jim says "If possible, we will try to activate an island in Kachemak Bay, which will count for NA-158." He may also activate Four Mountain Islands Group, which would be a new IOTA. He will have an IC-735 with an all band vertical and will be on CW and SSB. IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 ____________________________________________________________________ Calendar ____________________________________________________________________ in End Country Call (IOTA) ------- ------- ------- ----------------------------------- July 9 July 9 CN 68TH Anniversary of the Monarchy July 9 July 9 ZB ON4TH/ZB2 July 9 July 9 T2 T20JH (OC-015) July 9 July 10 OH0 OH0/N4GN July 9 July 12 W KD8JN/4 (NA-067) July 9 July 14 I IA5/IN3XUG (EU-028) July 9 July 14 T30 T30BH July 9 July 15 KP2 KP2/W4YOK (NA-106) July 9 July 16 8P 8P9DS July 9 July 16 TF TF/PA3DWD July 9 July 16 YB YC8YC (OC-222) July 9 July 17 V5 V5/GM4DMA July 9 July 19 EI EI4VUJ July 9 July 21 TA YM7PA July 9 July 28 9N 9N1UD July 9 July 30 JA 7K3EOP/1, JA1EY (AS-008) July 9 August 20 KH4 NH4/NH6YK July 9 August 31 F F5IPW (EU-032) July 9 July 13 P4 P40W July 9 July 13 ZP ZP5/LU6BEG July 9 July 23 SV5 SV5/OM3LA July 9 July 28 BY BY/IV3FSG July 9 July 29 OY OY6A & OY/DL1MGB/P ____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast ____________________________________________________________________ The effective sunspot number for Monday, 7/7/97, was 15.9 The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for Tuesday, 7/8/97, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - ----------------------------------- 8-Jul-1997 21 70 2 1 VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET;VY LOW/QUIET 8-Jul-1997 18 70 11 1 VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET;VY LOW/QUIET 8-Jul-1997 15 70 11 1 VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET;VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET 8-Jul-1997 09 70 11 1 VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET;VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET 8-Jul-1997 06 70 11 2 VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET;VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET 8-Jul-1997 03 70 11 1 VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET;VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET 8-Jul-1997 00 70 11 3 VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET;VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET The forecast for Wednesday, 7/9/97: solar flux 70, A index 12, K index 3. Wednesday should be Low Normal. The forecast for Thursday, 7/10/97: solar flux 70, A index 8, K index 2. Thursday should be High Normal. ____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info ____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- 3Z2GD SP2FOV KG4AU WT4K 5X1Z SM7PKK OH0/N4GN N4GN 9N1UD K4VUD T97M K2PF CN68GB CN8GB TL8BC F5IPW EP2MKO UA6HCW VK0TS VK1AUS VK1AUS - Simon Trotter, P.O. 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