. ===================== *** The Daily DX *** ===================== Volume 1 Number 87 July 17, 1997 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR ____________________________________________________________________ Headlines ____________________________________________________________________ Ken, VY2RU, in talking about the upcoming operation to St. Paul Island says "As of today the DXpedition is still a go with 5 ops, VY2SS, VY2RO, VY2LI, VY2KHZ/W3KHZ, VY2CD and hopefully a 6th op being confirmed in the near future." He also said they will not use the CY9SPI callsign, instead they will use CY9SS for this trip. As a reminder they will be active from 23 to 30 July. Ken later said the 6th operator who may or may not go with the group would be only operating on 6 meters. More details to follow in the next few days. Alex, RA1PC, is currently located on Heyss Island which is located in the Franz Josef Land group of islands. He operates the club station, R1FJL, and also has his own F.J.L. callsign, R1FJR. The club station has the ability to operate on all bands. However, due to the sun never setting on F.J.L. and with rotten conditions he is only active on 20 meters. He will be on F.J.L. until the spring of 1998. QSL for R1FJL is via RK1PWA and for R1FJR via F5PYI. Martti Lane, OH2BH, reports the weather on Market Reef was not very good and they had to take a helicopter in for the landing. In three days the boys worked over 11,000 QSOs using two stations. A special effort was put forth on RTTY which netted more than 600 QSOs. Martti said "Tim Totten, N4GN, also passed the Finnish license exam while in Finland and he carried back home his newly issued OH4GN callsign." Martti and his wife Leena, OH2BE, will spend the rest of their remaining vacation at their cottage in the Aland Islands resting at OH0BH. They should be active from Friday through Monday, mostly 14195. QSL via OH2BH. The DX News Sheet reports that EA5FKI will be active from 5A1A in early September on RTTY. ____________________________________________________________________ QSN ____________________________________________________________________ CE0ZIS - JUAN FERNANDEZ ISLAND - Eliazar showed up on Wednesday on 21250 working North America and Europe from about 19:00 to 20:00Z. PY2BW - BRAZIL - Was working North Americans on 1832 around 01:30Z. TJ1GI - CAMEROON - This station was found very high in the band on 14347 working a few Europeans around 20:00Z. QSL via I2EOW. TJ1US - CAMEROON - Mark was working Europeans on 14260 Wednesday at 18:30Z. QSL via NW8F. VK0TS - MACQUARIE ISLAND - Tom came up on 14222 around 04:40Z on Wednesday. He was much weaker than the day before and did not work as many stations. QSL via VK1AUS. ZS2LL - SOUTH AFRICA - Was on 1835 and worked a few South Americans around 00:00Z. ____________________________________________________________________ IOTA ____________________________________________________________________ The following operations are planned for the 1997 IOTA (Islands on the Air) Contest for 26 and 27 July. Some of these stations will be on before and after the contest. This IOTA Contest information may be used, distributed to any publications, BBS or packet systems as long as The Daily DX is given as the source. IOTA Call QSL IOTA Call QSL ------ ----------------- -------- ------ ----------------- ------- AS-008 7K3EOP/1 & JA1EY Homecall EU-096 OH0MDR/1 OH1MDR AF-018 IT9JOF/IH9 EU-098 DL4OCL/P DL4OCL AS-095 RI0TA RA3DEJ EU-099 GB0ON ON4ON AS-098 TA/IK3GES IK3GES EU-120 M7N G3WOI AS-099 TA/IK3GES IK3GES EU-123 GM3USL/P AS-113 B0OM BV2KI EU-124 GW7V GM0GEI AS-115 TA/IK3GES IK3GES EU-127 DL8OBC/P DL8OBC EU-002 OH0TA OH2TA EU-128 DL6MHW DL6MHW EU-007 EJ2HY EI2HY EU-129 DL0HRO/P DL0HRO EU-007 EJ2IB EI2IB EU-138 SK7DX SM7PKK EU-008 GM3IZD/P G3IZD EU-143 ED7SPI EA5KB EU-008 GM5VG/P GM3UTQ EU-145 CQ1C EU-012 GM4SID/P GM4SID EU-146 PA/ON7PC/P ON7PC EU-014 TK/IK0XBX/P IK0XBX EU-146 PA3BDQ/P EU-018 OY6A or OY/DL1MGB DL1MGB EU-146 PA3EVJ VE3MR EU-021 TF/LA2IJ LA2IJ EU-150 CQ2I CT1EEB EU-022 JX6RHA LA6RHA NA-014 XJ9GM * EU-023 9H0A LA2TO NA-024 J3/G0TYX G0TYX EU-026 JW2PA LA2PA NA-034 W4/XE1L EU-032 F5IPW NA-046 K1VSJ EU-034 ES1QD/0 NA-051 N6VV/VE7 N6VV EU-042 DL4FCH/P NA-065 N7FL EU-044 LS/F5YJ NA-065 WI7N WI7N EU-045 IB0ONU I0YKN NA-067 WB8YJF WB8YJF EU-048 F5SNY NA-085 KF8TM/4 KF8TM EU-049 J48LSV ** NA-094 CY0SPI EU-058 F/ON6NN F/ON5FP NA-106 KP2/N2OO N2OO EU-064 F5PAC NA-127 VE1JS EU-068 F/ON4BDS/P ON4BDS NA-139 N3OC N3OC EU-073 IJ7/IK7XIV IK7XIV OC-004 VK9LR, LL, MX ### EU-077 ED1OCV EA1AAA # OC-026 WH2Q & KH2/JA1HGY ## EU-077 EG1ISG EA1EPB OC-030 NH4/NH6YK EU-088 OZ/DL2HEB/P DL2HEB OC-208 YB5NOF/8 EU-089 CU8L CU3EJ OC-213 YB5NOF/8 EU-091 SALENTO DX TEAM * = West Island Amateur Radio Club Inc, P. O. Box 884, Point Claire/Dorval, Quebec, H9R 4Z6 CANADA ** = Buro or PO Box 46, Mytilene, GR-81100, GREECE # = EA1AAA - Javier Claro Andrade, P. O. Box 8, 27772 Valadouro (Lugo), SPAIN ## = JI1DLZ & JA1HGY ### = JH4RHF 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 -------- ------ ------- --------------------------------------- 17-Jul 17-Jul 9U ON6TT/5X1T @ 9U5CW 17-Jul 17-Jul BV BV0DX/1 17-Jul 17-Jul F F/ON4BDS/P (EU-157) 17-Jul 17-Jul T30 T30JH 17-Jul 17-Jul TF TF/PA3DWD 17-Jul 18-Jul JX JX2IJ (EU-022) 17-Jul 18-Jul V5 V5/GM4DMA 17-Jul 19-Jul EI EI4VUJ 17-Jul 19-Jul ES ES0I (EU-034) 17-Jul 19-Jul KH8 K7CXJ/KH8 17-Jul 19-Jul LA LA/SM3TLG (EU-079) 17-Jul 20-Jul F F/ON4BDS/P (EU-074) 17-Jul 20-Jul I IT9YRE (AF-019) 17-Jul 20-Jul ZP ZP24I 17-Jul 21-Jul I T00XX 17-Jul 21-Jul TA YM7PA 17-Jul 23-Jul ES ES1RA/1, ES1QD/1, ES1OX/1 (EU-149) 17-Jul 23-Jul OX OX/OZ8AE 17-Jul 24-Jul SV5 SV5/OM3LA 17-Jul 26-Jul OA LA6VM & LA9DM 17-Jul 28-Jul BY BY/IV3FSG 17-Jul 28-Jul TK TK/IK0XBX/P (EU-014) 17-Jul 29-Jul 9N 9N1UD 17-Jul 29-Jul HR HR6SWA (NA-035) 17-Jul 29-Jul OY OY6A & OY/DL1MGB/P 17-Jul 30-Jul JA 7K3EOP/1, JA1EY (AS-008) 17-Jul 30-Jul PA PA3EVJ (EU-146) 17-Jul 03-Aug OZ OZ/DL2HEB/P (EU-088) 17-Jul 10-Aug J3 J3/G0TYX 17-Jul 20-Aug KH4 NH4/NH6YK (OC-030) ____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast ____________________________________________________________________ The effective sunspot number for Tuesday, 7/15/97, was unavailable. The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for Wednesday, 7/16/97, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - ----------------------------------- 16-Jul-1997 21 70 5 1 VY LOW/QUIET;VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET 16-Jul-1997 18 69 9 1 VY LOW/QUIET;VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET 16-Jul-1997 15 69 9 1 VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET;VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET 16-Jul-1997 12 69 9 1 VY LOW QUIET-UNSET;VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET 16-Jul-1997 09 69 9 2 VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET;VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET 16-Jul-1997 06 69 9 2 VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET;VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET 16-Jul-1997 03 69 9 2 VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET;VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET 16-Jul-1997 00 69 9 2 VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET;VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET The forecast for Thursday, 7/17/97: solar flux 70, A index 12, K index 3. Thursday should be Low Normal. The forecast for Friday, 7/18/97: solar flux 70, A index 8, K index 3. Friday should be High Normal. ____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info ____________________________________________________________________ The following QSLs were recently received and information was taken directly from the QSLs of the stations: 3W6AR Hiroo Yonezuka, B. P. 2659, Vientiane, LAOS 5H3CA Jonathan Anderson, P. O. Box 39, Bariadi, TANZANIA 8R1ZB via JH1NBN AH0Y Rodante Cruz, AAA 479, CB 10001, Saipan, MP 96950 BD4IE Gao, No. 1 Xianqian St., Boshan, Zibo City, Shandong 255200, CHINA BD4RA Miss Gu, P. O. Box 542, Nanjing, CHINA BO2AB Jini Lin, P. O. Box 504, Taipei, TAIWAN BO2YA via BO2AB BV2RF Kao, P. O. Box 3-129, Yungho Taipei, TAIWAN CN8VB Benchimol Maurice, 10, Rue Ibnou Khalouya, 20500 Casablanca, MOROCCO K9AW/DU6 via WF5T EM1HO via I2PJA FG5GG Roland B. Bogota, Saint-Protais, F-97180 Sainte-Anne, Guadeloupe, FRANCE HR1RC Rolando Chavarria R., Calle I. Milagrosa No. 3611, Tegucigalpa, HONDURAS J41AG via SV1CIB J48W via SV1CIB J83ZB via JH1NBN KH0CE Ignacio G. Capuchino, P. O. Box 2249, Saipan, MP 96950 KH0I Hilario Feliciano, P. O. Box 7670, Saipan, MP 96950 LX2AW via CT1AWE R1ANF via RK1PWA RK1PWA Nick Shapkin, P. O. Box 73, 164744 Amderma, Arkhangelskaja obl., RUSSIA RU1POL/0 Alex Spasskin, P. O. Box 44, 686610 Pevek, Magadanskaja obl., RUSSIA S07QF via EA4URE SV1ACK Aristomenis Karelas, 1 Bouboulinas Str., GR-17455 Alimos, GREECE T30WP via JA1WPX TM4US via F6FGZ TM8R via F6FGZ TN7A via JH1NBN TU2WL via IN3DYG V47NA via K5SNA VP5GN via K5GN AH0R/VP9 via JH6RTO VQ9VK via N1TO VR2LC Ken Kwok, P. O. Box 89381, Hong Kong, CHINA VR6TY Terry Young, P. O. Box 10, Adamstown, PITCAIRN ISLAND XU2A Hiroo Yonezuka, B. P. 2659, Vientiane, LAOS YB0WYN Arwien Hartopo, P. O. Box 100/JKUPL, Jakarta 14001, INDONESIA YB0ZBC Club Station, Lokal Penjaringan, Gedung Sasana Aneka Krida, Jl. 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