. ===================== *** The Daily DX *** ===================== Volume 1 Number 86 July 16, 1997 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR ____________________________________________________________________ Headlines ____________________________________________________________________ John, K7CXJ, is currently in Tafuna, American Samoa. He is on a ham vacation and will be active on 20, 40 and 80 meters SSB. He is using a TS520S with a 600 watt amplifier and an inverted vee at 35 feet. He will be there until 19 July. Look for him on 7235 at 08:00Z and on 3795 at 10:00Z. QSL via KH6JEB. T30JH - Jack, VK2GJH, is now on Tarawa and should be on Banaba, T33 on Friday. As a reminder Ron, ZL1AMO will not be joining him. Jack will be signing T33JH and QSL via VK2GJH. ____________________________________________________________________ QSN ____________________________________________________________________ 5H3ES - TANZANIA - Was active on 18080 working Europe around 18:40Z. 7X2LS - ALGERIA - Sadek was found on 28475 around 18:10Z working east coast US stations on E-skip. 9J2DR - ZAMBIA - Was working Europe and Japan on 18074 after 15:30Z. EM1HO - ANTARCTICA - Paul was working all across the US on 80 SSB between 09:30 and 10:45Z. QSL via I2PJA. F/DJ6SI - FRANCE - World Traveler Baldur is currently active from IOTA EU-028 and can be found 25 up from the bottom of the CW bands on 15 and 20 meters. QSL via DJ6SI. KC4AAC - ANTARCTICA - James can be found at 18:00Z daily on 14175. He is located at Palmer Station which is on Anvers Island (IOTA AN-012). OD5NJ - LEBANON - Gaby was working Europe and North America on 18132 from 19:40 to 20:10Z. XU6WV - KAMPUCHEA - Mike is back in the country and was found on 14189 just before 14:00Z. He says he will be on today around 11:30Z. QSL via K0TLM. VK0TS - MACQUARIE ISLAND - Yesterday Tom did show up on 14222 with Jim Smith, VK9NS around 04:10Z. He does plan to be there again today. Those interested in working Tom on 80 meters may want to keep an ear on 3680 around 09:00Z as he will be on CW maybe once or twice a week. QSL via VK1AUS. YI1US - IRAQ - Was found on CW yesterday around 14042 between 11:30 and 12:30Z. YI9VK - IRAQ - Sanyi was on 14086 around 13:20Z yesterday operating on RTTY. QSL via HA0HW. ZD9BV - TRISTAN DA CUNHA AND GOUGH ISLAND - Andy came up on 18086 working Europe around 17:15Z. ____________________________________________________________________ IOTA ____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were on yesterday, 7/15/97: IOTA Call Freq GMT ------ ----------- ----- ---- AF-019 IG9/IT9YRE 14256 1613 AS-103 BV9AYA 14245 1654 EU-004 EA6AEI 18145 1908 EU-011 G/F6BFH/P 14260 1853 EU-017 ID9/I2WAU 14261 1615 EU-018 OY/DL1MGB 14258 1340 EU-032 F/ON4ATW 14259 1910 EU-034 ES0I 14257 1851 EU-048 F/DJ6SI 14025 1138 EU-049 SV8/ON5CT/P 21260 1607 EU-054 IF9/IT9AUP 14003 1804 EU-075 SV8/DK2OC 14261 1928 EU-079 LA/SM3TLG 7012 0623 EU-088 OZ/DL2SWW 14013 0829 EU-124 GW/PA3GIO/M 14265 1208 EU-157 F/ON4BDS/P 18128 1452 NA-029 XN0RU 18155 1959 NA-138 W5IJU 14260 1818 The AS-095 operation that was mentioned in The Daily DX issue 85 was listed as RA0TA. The correct call should have been RI0TA. IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 ____________________________________________________________________ Calendar ____________________________________________________________________ Beginning End Country Call -------- ------ ------- --------------------------------------- 16-Jul 16-Jul 8P 8P9DS 16-Jul 16-Jul YB YC8YC (OC-222) 16-Jul 16-Jul PY ZY6WL (SA-019) 16-Jul 17-Jul BV BV0DX/1 16-Jul 17-Jul F F/ON4BDS/P (EU-157) 16-Jul 17-Jul 9U ON6TT/5X1T @ 9U5CW 16-Jul 17-Jul TF TF/PA3DWD 16-Jul 18-Jul V5 V5/GM4DMA 16-Jul 19-Jul EI EI4VUJ 16-Jul 19-Jul ES ES0I (EU-034) 16-Jul 19-Jul LA LA/SM3TLG (EU-079) 16-Jul 20-Jul I IT9YRE (AF-019) 16-Jul 20-Jul ZP ZP24I 16-Jul 21-Jul TA YM7PA 16-Jul 17-Jul T30 T30JH 16-Jul 23-Jul ES ES1RA/1, ES1QD/1, ES1OX/1 (EU-149) 16-Jul 23-Jul OX OX/OZ8AE 16-Jul 24-Jul SV5 SV5/OM3LA 16-Jul 26-Jul OA LA6VM & LA9DM 16-Jul 28-Jul BY BY/IV3FSG 16-Jul 28-Jul TK TK/IK0XBX/P (EU-014) 16-Jul 29-Jul 9N 9N1UD 16-Jul 29-Jul HR HR6SWA (NA-035) 16-Jul 29-Jul OY OY6A & OY/DL1MGB/P 16-Jul 30-Jul JA 7K3EOP/1, JA1EY (AS-008) 16-Jul 30-Jul PA PA3EVJ (EU-146) 16-Jul 03-Aug OZ OZ/DL2HEB/P (EU-088) 16-Jul 10-Aug J3 J3/G0TYX 16-Jul 20-Aug KH4 NH4/NH6YK (OC-030) ____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast ____________________________________________________________________ The effective sunspot number for Monday, 7/14/97, was 15.9 The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for Tuesday, 7/15/97, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - ----------------------------------- 15-Jul-1997 21 69 9 1 VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET;VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET 15-Jul-1997 18 68 1 3 VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET;VY LOW/QUIET 15-Jul-1997 15 68 1 2 VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET;VY LOW/QUIET 15-Jul-1997 12 68 1 3 VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET;VY LOW/QUIET 15-Jul-1997 09 68 1 2 VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET;VY LOW/QUIET 15-Jul-1997 03 68 1 1 VY LOW/QUIET;VY LOW/QUIET 15-Jul-1997 00 68 1 1 VY LOW/QUIET;VY LOW/QUIET The forecast for Wednesday, 7/16/97: solar flux 68, A index 5, K index 1. Wednesday should be Above Normal. The forecast for Thursday, 7/17/97: solar flux 68, A index 8, K index 2. Thursday should be High Normal. ____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info ____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager ----------- ------- 5H3ES DF9SU CN8SN IK7JTF EA8/OH4NL/P OH2BYS ES0I ES7RE K7CXJ/KH8 KH6JEB XU6WV K0TLM ZD7WRG WA2JUN ZY6WL PY6WL ____________________________________________________________________ Credits ____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: DX News Sheet, K7CXJ, KC3AJ, KH6BZF REPORTS, N3OSH, NOAA, US Air Force, VK2GJH ____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions ____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United States. ____________________________________________________________________ Wanted ____________________________________________________________________ If you have any DX information please e-mail it to bernie.mcclenny@mail.wdn.com or FAX us @ 301-854-5105. _______________________________________________________________ / \ | 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! | \_______________________________________________________________/