. ===================== *** The Daily DX *** ===================== Volume 1 Number 91 July 23, 1997 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR ____________________________________________________________________ Headlines ____________________________________________________________________ Ken, VY2RU, reports the CY9SS boys left Prince Edward Island yesterday morning and expect to be on St. Paul Island around 15:00Z on Today. He explained "If unloading and setup go as planned they expect to be on the air Wednesday evening." Operators include Robbie, VY2SS, Bob, VY2RO, Bill, VY2LI, Art, VY2KHZ/W3KHZ, and Paul, VY2CD. QSL via VY2SS. Bob, N2OO, reports he will be leaving for St. Croix tomorrow. Joining him will be his XYL Beth, KF2BQ and John, N2LD. They will be active in the IOTA as KP2/N2OO from IOTA NA-106. They will be operating on 10 through 160 meters CW and SSB. All three will be active before and after the contest with their home calls KP2/ until 31 July when they return stateside. Then on 5 August he arrives at the Hillview Gardens resort in East Malaysia, which is owned and run by Alfons, 9M6MU, and Doris, 9M6DU. See http://www.idis.com/alfons/hill.html for complete details. He will be joined by Bob, N0RN, on 8 August. On 10 August the grand opening of this resort will take place and to commemorate this special event 9M6HIL will be activated on 10 through 40 meters CW, SSB and RTTY, including WARC bands. They will use a CD204 on 20 meters at 85 feet, a TH3, an A3W/A103 (WARC tribander) and a 40 meter wire for antennae. From 14 to 18 August both Bobs, N2OO and N0RN, will go to Layang- Layang Island in the Spratly Islands. They will have 2 rigs 2 beams and a 40 meter antenna. Look for either 9M0OO (that's 9M Zero Oh Oh) or 9M6OO on CW SSB and RTTY. They will then return to East Malaysia on 18 August and will take a 2 day radio break at Mt. Kinabalu. Bob, N0RN, will leave on 20 August as Alan VR2KY/ZL1TX arrives. The 9M6HIL operation will end on 24 August as Alan and Bob, N2OO, return home. After the grand opening of the Hillview Gardens resort the callsign of the radio station will be 9M6AAC and not 9M6A as previously reported. Digital photos of all of Bob's operations will be uploaded to http://www.cybercomm.net/~freddie/n2oo/ regularly as well as any updates. Sponsors include Cushcraft, Heilsound, Log-EQF and IDXF. Anyone wishing to make tax deductible contributions may do so to the "INTERNATIONAL DX FOUNDATION". QSL 9M6AAC, 9M6HIL, 9M6OO or 9M0OO via N2OO. Sean, KX9X, has started a QTH Rental Information site which is located at http://hobbes.ncsa.uiuc.edu/sean/qthlist.html It was just put together in the last day so it is a little ruff on the edges at the moment. This is a great source for anyone planning a future DXpedition or Contest expedition. ____________________________________________________________________ QSN ____________________________________________________________________ 3A/JH1NBN - MONACO - World traveler Yuki, JH1NBN, showed up from the QTH of 3A2MD on 14195 today around 15:00Z and was working JA's. QSL via JH1NBN. 5Z4FM - KENYA - Was found on 18071 at 14:20Z running JA, Europe and east coast US stations. 9N1UD - NEPAL - Charlie started off on 14007 around 11:35Z, and later was found on 14247 just before 16:00Z. QSL via K4VUD. CE0ZIS - JUAN FERNANDEZ ISLAND - Eliazar came up on 14260 between 21:00 and 22:00Z. S21D - BANGLADESH - Was working Europe on 14165 around 18:15Z. T33JH - BANABA - Jack came up on 14195 at 06:20Z and stayed until about 09:00Z. Then he was on 3800 from 09:30 to 10:00Z. QSL via VK2GJH. TF/G3XTT - ICELAND - Don was found several times yesterday on 30 meters CW. QSL via G3XTT. ____________________________________________________________________ IOTA ____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were on the air yesterday: IOTA Call Freq GMT IOTA Call Freq GMT ------ ----------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AF-018 IT9JOF/IH9 14182 2015 EU-095 F5TBF/P 14258 0819 AS-066 UE0LMF 14260 1534 EU-132 SP2LLW/1 14259 1340 EU-014 TK/IK0XBX 14252 2018 EU-136 9A/DL3DRN 18072 1355 EU-017 ID9/I2IAU 14257 1153 EU-146 PA3EVJ 14263 0951 EU-021 TF/DL6QK 14263 1846 EU-147 RK1B/1 14257 2054 EU-039 F/ON4LCW 14256 0817 EU-149 ES1OX/1 14256 1723 EU-048 F/DJ6SI 14025 2300 NA-065 WI7N 14040 0052 EU-064 F5JOT/P 14256 2057 NA-085 KF8TM/4 14041 2151 EU-088 OZ/DL2SWW/P 7065 1821 Steve, GU3MBS, announced that the Island of Sark (IOTA EU-114) will be activated by G3KHZ, G3SJJ, G4DRS and G4JQL in the RSGB IOTA Contest this weekend. This year they will use GU7D and will be active on 10 through 80 meters CW and SSB. QSL via G3SJJ. 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 -------- ------ ------- --------------------------------------- 23-Jul 24-Jul 3A 3A/JH1NBN 23-Jul 29-Jul 9N 9N1UD 23-Jul 28-Jul BY BY/IV3FSG 23-Jul 30-Jul CU CU8L (EU-089) 23-Jul 06-Aug CY9 CY9SS (NA-094) 23-Jul 23-Jul ES ES1RA/1, ES1QD/1, ES1OX/1 (EU-149) 23-Jul 26-Jul F F/ON4BDS/P (EU-094) 23-Jul 29-Jul HR HR6SWA (NA-035) 23-Jul 15-Aug I IT9JOF/IH9 (AF-018) 23-Jul 10-Aug J3 J3/G0TYX 23-Jul 30-Jul JA 7K3EOP/1, JA1EY (AS-008) 23-Jul 23-Oct JD/M JG8NQJ/JD1 23-Jul 27-Jul JW JW2PA 23-Jul 20-Aug KH4 NH4/NH6YK (OC-030) 23-Jul 28-Jul LA LA/F5YJ (EU-044) 23-Jul 26-Jul OA LA6VM & LA9DM 23-Jul 23-Jul OX OX/OZ8AE 23-Jul 29-Jul OY OY6A & OY/DL1MGB/P 23-Jul 03-Aug OZ OZ/DL2HEB/P (EU-088) 23-Jul 30-Jul PA PA3EVJ (EU-146) 23-Jul 06-Aug SV5 SV5/HA0HW 23-Jul 24-Jul SV5 SV5/OM3LA 23-Jul 25-Jul T33 T33JH 23-Jul 25-Jul TF TF/G3XTT 23-Jul 27-Jul TF TF/LA2IJ (EU-021) 23-Jul 24-Jul TI9 TI9JJP 23-Jul 28-Jul TK TK/IK0XBX/P (EU-014) 23-Jul 22-Jul VE N6VV/VE7 (NA-091) 23-Jul 27-Jul W KF8TM/4 (NA-085) ____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast ____________________________________________________________________ The effective sunspot number for Monday, 7/21/97, was 15.9 The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for Tuesday, 7/22/97, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - ----------------------------------- 22-Jul-1997 21 71 5 1 VY LOW/QUIET;VY LOW/QUIET 22-Jul-1997 18 71 5 1 VY LOW/QUIET;VY LOW/QUIET 22-Jul-1997 15 71 5 1 VY LOW/QUIET;VY LOW/QUIET 22-Jul-1997 12 71 5 1 VY LOW/QUIET;VY LOW/QUIET 22-Jul-1997 09 71 5 0 VY LOW/QUIET;VY LOW/QUIET 22-Jul-1997 06 71 5 1 VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET;VY LOW/QUIET 22-Jul-1997 03 71 5 1 VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET;VY LOW/QUIET 22-Jul-1997 00 71 5 1 VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET;VY LOW/QUIET The forecast for Wednesday, 7/23/97: solar flux 72, A index 8, K index 2. Wednesday should be High Normal. The forecast for Thursday, 7/24/97: solar flux 72, A index 12, K index 3. Thursday, should be Low Normal. ____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info ____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- 3A/JH1NBN JH1NBN IU3SMM IK3ZBJ 3A/ON6NN ON5FP PJ2HB WA2NHA AT0ITU VU2NR UA0AZ W3HNK ____________________________________________________________________ Credits ____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: KC3AJ, KH6BZF REPORTS, N2OO, N3OSH, NOAA, US Air Force, VY2RU ____________________________________________________________________ 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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