. ===================== *** The Daily DX *** ===================== Volume 1 Number 89 July 21, 1997 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR ____________________________________________________________________ Headlines ____________________________________________________________________ The OPDX bulletin reports Ron, N6VO/FO5VO, Doug, N6RT/FO0RT, Mike, W6RW/FO0RW, John, KA7CQQ/FO0CQ, and Charlie, W6KK/FO0KK will operate multi-single from French Polynesia as FO8DX in the CQ WW SSB Contest at the end of October. QSL via home calls except for FO8DX, which is via W6DA. Cedrick, N9YXA, reports he has received his paper work to operate from Zimbabwe as Z2/N9YXA from 3 to 21 August. Plans are to be on 10 through 160 meters on SSB, RTTY and SSTV. QSL via Cedrick Johnson, N9YXA, 502 Manor Place, Aurora, IL 60506-2134, USA. Jose, TI9JJP, currently operating from Cocos Island, says he will be active for 3 more days before heading back to the mainland. QSL via TI2JJP. Laci, HA0HW, reports that he will be active from Rhodes as SV5/HA0HW from 22 July to 5 August. Best times will be 04:00 to 05:00Z and 21:00 to 23:00Z. He will mostly be on CW, check 11 khz up from the bottom of the bands. There is a possibility he may do some RTTY. He also plans to be on in the IOTA Contest. QSL via HA0HW. ____________________________________________________________________ QSN ____________________________________________________________________ 5A1A - LIBYA - Abubaker was way up on 14290 on Saturday from 13:00 to 15:20Z. 5T5QQ - MAURITANIA - Was working Europe on 14120 just before 16:00Z on Saturday. A22EW - BOTSWANA - Saturday he was found working Europe on 14263 at 17:00Z and on Sunday he was working JA's on 14167 at 15:00Z. QSL via ZS6EW. EP2SMH - IRAN - Moshen was on 14200 on Sunday between 15:30 and 16:00Z working Europe and Asia. JT1FBB - MONGOLIA - Paul, K4EQY, was on 14195 on Sunday just before 12:00Z working US and Asia. JW2PA - SVALBARD - Leif had a very big signal on 20 meters SSB on Sunday. He should be there for the rest of this week. QSL via LA2PA. KS6FL - AMERICAN SAMOA - Wyatt was found on 14225 on Saturday around 05:40Z. Larry, KS6DV, can be found on 14222 with Jim, VK9NS, most days at 04:00Z. T33JH - BANABA - Jack made it to the island on Sunday just before 06:00Z. He came up on 14222 around 06:25Z. He was later found on 3799 between 09:30 and 10:15Z. The island power goes off around 10:00Z. Jack should be on the island for 5 to 7 days. QSL via VK2GJH. VK0TS - MACQUARIE ISLAND - Tom showed up on 3799 around 11:00Z. He was very weak and was having problems with his amplifier. He was mostly working west coast US and Japan. He plans to be on 80 SSB on Tuesday around 10:00Z. QSL via VK1AUS. WH0ABC - MARIANA ISLANDS - Yoshi has been very active on 30 meters CW. Try 12:00 to 14:00Z or 21:00Z. QSL via JR6OCL. ____________________________________________________________________ IOTA ____________________________________________________________________ IOTA Call Freq GMT IOTA Call Freq GMT ------ ----------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AS-066 UE0LMF 14260 1540 EU-067 SV1IS 14002 1512 AS-081 HL0Z/5 14024 1459 EU-075 SV1TP/P 14263 1334 EU-011 G/DL1MHM/P 14255 0828 EU-088 OZ/DL2SWW 14260 0937 EU-014 TK/IK0XBX 14259 1222 EU-095 F5TBF/P 14260 0938 EU-039 F/ON4LCW 14263 1457 EU-098 DL5CW/P 14263 1107 EU-039 F6JXR/P 21256 0901 EU-149 ES1OX/1 14261 1253 EU-046 LA1CI 14268 1413 EU-149 ES1RA/1 14260 1551 EU-048 F/DJ6SI 14026 2205 NA-034 K2OLG/M 14260 2141 EU-049 SV8/ON5CT/P 14266 1456 NA-091 N6VV/VE7 14260 0309 EU-052 SV1CID/8 7043 0523 OC-042 4F3CV 18076 1245 EU-055 LA/DK4UN/P 14263 1100 OC-137 VK4CY 14164 0520 EU-065 F/ON4BDS/P 14262 1158 YC5XIP, IOTA OC-106, has been showing up on 7090 and listening up between 09:00 and 11:00Z. He should be there for another four days. Mike, GM4SUC, reports that GS0AYR/P (IOTA EU-123) will be activated by the Ayr Amateur Radio Group starting 2 August. Listen on 3772, 3760, 7060 and 14260. The OPDX reports Lee, DS4CNB will be active from the following Korean Islands as HL0Z/4: Date IOTA 26-28 July AS-093 29 July AS-060 30-31 July AS-085 Activity is planned for CW on 7003 or 14020 and SSB on 7084 or 14260. QSL via bureau or direct to D.R. Lee, DS4CNB, KwangSan P.O. Box 111, KwangJu 506-050, Korea 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 -------- ------ ------- --------------------------------------- 21-Jul 29-Jul 9N 9N1UD 21-Jul 28-Jul BY BY/IV3FSG 21-Jul 23-Jul ES ES1RA/1, ES1QD/1, ES1OX/1 (EU-149) 21-Jul 23-Jul F F/ON4BDS/P (EU-065) 21-Jul 29-Jul HR HR6SWA (NA-035) 21-Jul 15-Aug I IT9JOF/IH9 (AF-018) 21-Jul 21-Jul I T00XX 21-Jul 10-Aug J3 J3/G0TYX 21-Jul 30-Jul JA 7K3EOP/1, JA1EY (AS-008) 21-Jul 27-Jul JW JW2PA 21-Jul 20-Aug KH4 NH4/NH6YK (OC-030) 21-Jul 21-Jul LA LA/F5YJ (EU-141) 21-Jul 26-Jul OA LA6VM & LA9DM 21-Jul 23-Jul OX OX/OZ8AE 21-Jul 29-Jul OY OY6A & OY/DL1MGB/P 21-Jul 03-Aug OZ OZ/DL2HEB/P (EU-088) 21-Jul 30-Jul PA PA3EVJ (EU-146) 21-Jul 24-Jul SV5 SV5/OM3LA 21-Jul 25-Jul T33 T33JH 21-Jul 21-Jul TA YM7PA 21-Jul 25-Jul TF TF/G3XTT 21-Jul 27-Jul TF TF/LA2IJ (EU-021) 21-Jul 28-Jul TK TK/IK0XBX/P (EU-014) 21-Jul 22-Jul VE N6VV/VE7 (NA-091) 21-Jul 27-Jul W KF8TM/4 (NA-085) ____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast ____________________________________________________________________ The effective sunspot number for Saturday, 7/19/97, was 15.9 The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for Sunday, 7/20/97, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - ----------------------------------- 20-Jul-1997 21 71 5 1 VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET;VY LOW/QUIET 20-Jul-1997 18 71 8 1 VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET;VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET 20-Jul-1997 15 71 8 1 VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET;VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET 20-Jul-1997 12 71 8 3 VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET;VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET 20-Jul-1997 09 71 8 1 VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET;VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET 20-Jul-1997 06 71 8 2 VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET;VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET 20-Jul-1997 03 71 8 1 VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET;VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET 20-Jul-1997 00 71 8 2 VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET;VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET The forecast for Monday, 7/21/97: solar flux 72, A index 8, K index 2. Monday should be High Normal. The forecast for Tuesday, 7/22/97: solar flux 72, A index 8, K index 2. Tuesday should be High Normal. ____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info ____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- 5N0BHF OE6LAG KC4AAV K4MZU 5N8NDP/9 IK5JAN KH0/KQ6KY JR6OCL 5X4F K3SW TO0CU W1CU 6W1QV F6FNU TO0XX ON5FP 7Q7JL G0IAS TO0YY ON5FP 9K2/SQ5DAK SP5KQS T33JH VK2GJH BV4/JP1GHU JP1GHU TL8CK F6EWM CS7UW CT4UW UE0LMF UA0MF ED5RPU EA5GNW VI3PES VK3CRP EO2QMD UR5QRB VU3RSB/50 VU2APR HL0Z/5 DS4CNB WH0ABC JR6OCL IY5PIS IK5QPZ ZW100BH PY4AA JW2PA LA2PA VK2GJH - Jack, P.O. Box 299, Ryde, NSW, 2112, AUSTRALIA Stew, KC0ZC, reports he is the QSL Manager for VP2E for the ARRL DX contests for 1995 and 1996 only. He is also the QSL Manager for VP2ES. The OPDX bulletin reports Ray, 5R8FK, is now asking everyone to QSL via his home call NY3N. ____________________________________________________________________ Credits ____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 425 DX News, GM4SUC, KC3AJ, KH6BZF REPORTS, KS6DV, N3OSH, NOAA, OPDX, US Air Force, WD8MGQ ____________________________________________________________________ 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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