. ===================== *** The Daily DX *** ===================== Volume 1 Number 92 July 24, 1997 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR ____________________________________________________________________ Headlines ____________________________________________________________________ The DX News Sheet reports that Hans, PA3GKI, will be active from the Philippines as 4F2DX from 8 August to 8 October. He will start on Luzon Island, IOTA OC-042, and will travel to a few different islands. Look for activity on 10 through 80 meters CW and SSB. QSL via Dutch DX Group. Tony, KQ2I, will be active as ZK1AAT in the South Cooks from 25 July to 11 August. He will be on 30 and 40 meters CW. QSL via KQ2I. 9K6POW will be activated on 2 and 3 August to commemorate the fact that Kuwaitis have been prisoners of war in Iraq for 6 years. QSL via 9K2RA, P.O. Box 5240, Safat, 13053 Kuwait ____________________________________________________________________ QSN ____________________________________________________________________ 3A/JH1NBN - MONACO - Yuki was found again working JA's on 14195 between 14:00 and 15:00Z. QSL via JH1NBN. 3W6LI - VIETNAM - Was working JA's just before 11:00Z on 21285. 9N1UD - NEPAL - Charlie started yesterday on CW on 14003 at about 14:30Z. Then moved to one of his usual SSB frequencies, 14247. He was active there between 15:00 and 16:00Z. QSL via K4VUD. A35MJ - TONGA - Mike showed up from IOTA OC-064 yesterday on 14212 between 04:00 and 05:00Z. QSL via KS7D. CE0ZIS - JUAN FERNANDEZ ISLAND - Look for Eliazar near 21260 or 14260 between 15:00 and 21:00Z. QSL via CBA. CP4BT - BOLIVIA - Was on 1831 from 01:30 to 02:00Z. QSL via DL9OT. DS5RNM - SOUTH KOREA - Lee can be found often near 3795 most days around 11:00Z. FK8GT - NEW CALEDONIA - Phil has been active on 20 meters SSB for the past three days after 05:00Z. QSL via F6GZA. FK8HC - NEW CALEDONIA - Frank was on 3799 yesterday just after 11:00Z. QSL via VK4FW. JT1CO - MONGOLIA - Popped up on 14015 at 12:00Z and then went to SSB on 14205 around 12:30Z. He also operates on 17 meters. JW2PA - SVALBARD - Leif can be found at all times of the day on 14208. QSL via LA2PA. KH0I - MARIANA ISLANDS - Larry can be found most days on 20 meters SSB after 05:00Z. PY0FF - FERNANDO DE NORONHA - Andre was working Europe on 1832 at 22:40Z. QSL via W9VA. T33JH - BANABA - Jack came up on 14222 and worked with Jim, VK9NS, just before 05:00Z. Later he moved up to 14260 and stayed until 06:30Z. QSL via VK2DEJ or VK2GJH. TT8AM - CHAD - Mario showed up on 14175 around 17:40Z. QSL via IK7JTF. VP8CTR - ANTARCTICA - Roman was working very fast CW on 1832 at 04:30Z. His signal into North America was good. QSL via DL5EBE. VR6TC - PITCAIRN ISLAND - Tom was found on 14188 just before 01:30Z. He worked some on CW when they requested it. QSL via WD6GUD. ZA1MH - ALBANIA - Mike was on 3793 at 03:30Z working Europe and South America. ZK2PJ - NIUE - Paul is usually prowling 20 meters SSB after 04:00Z. ____________________________________________________________________ IOTA ____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were on the air yesterday: IOTA Call Freq GMT IOTA Call Freq GMT ------ ----------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AS-066 UE0LMF 14260 2157 EU-088 OZ/DL3HBG/P 14270 1500 AS-076 JA5ADR 10106 2058 EU-094 F/ON4BDS/P 14265 1218 EU-018 OY/DL1MGB 18084 1251 EU-098 DL5CW/P 14262 1633 EU-038 PI4/LX9VIS/M 14256 2103 EU-132 SP2LLW/1 14255 1257 EU-044 LA/F5YJ/P 7008 1935 EU-136 9A/DK3ID 14263 1433 EU-048 F/DJ6SI 14025 2224 EU-147 RK1B/1 14261 1935 EU-064 F5JOT/P 18074 1303 EU-149 ES1OX/1 14257 0536 EU-067 SV1IS/8 21010 1028 OC-064 A35MJ 14212 0422 EU-084 SM0OIG/5 14010 1712 Tom, W6IXP, will be active from IOTA NA-157 as KL7/W6IXP starting today around 21:00 or 22:00Z. Look for him also to be active in the RSGB IOTA Contest this weekend. He will leave the island on 27 July around 21:00Z. Harry, OH6YF, will operate in this weekends RSGB IOTA Contest as OH0MYF/6 from Raippaluoto, IOTA EU-101. QSL via OH6YF. 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 -------- ------ ------- --------------------------------------- 24-Jul 24-Jul 3A 3A/JH1NBN 24-Jul 29-Jul 9N 9N1UD 24-Jul 28-Jul BV B0OM (AS-113) 24-Jul 28-Jul BY BY/IV3FSG 24-Jul 30-Jul CU CU8L (EU-089) 24-Jul 06-Aug CY9 CY9SS (NA-094) 24-Jul 26-Jul F F/ON4BDS/P (EU-094) 24-Jul 28-Jul G GM3IZD/P (EU-008) 24-Jul 28-Jul GJ GB0ON (EU-099) 24-Jul 29-Jul GM GM4SID/P (EU-012) 24-Jul 29-Jul HR HR6SWA (NA-035) 24-Jul 27-Jul I IJ7/IK7XIV (EU-073) 24-Jul 15-Aug I IT9JOF/IH9 (AF-018) 24-Jul 10-Aug J3 J3/G0TYX 24-Jul 30-Jul JA 7K3EOP/1, JA1EY (AS-008) 24-Jul 23-Oct JD/M JG8NQJ/JD1 24-Jul 27-Jul JW JW2PA 24-Jul 20-Aug KH4 NH4/NH6YK (OC-030) 24-Jul 27-Jul KL7 KL7/W6IXP 24-Jul 01-Aug KP2 KP2/N2OO, KP2/KF2BQ, KP2/N2LD (NA-106) 24-Jul 28-Jul LA LA/F5YJ (EU-044) 24-Jul 26-Jul OA LA6VM & LA9DM 24-Jul 29-Jul OY OY6A & OY/DL1MGB/P 24-Jul 03-Aug OZ OZ/DL2HEB/P (EU-088) 24-Jul 30-Jul PA PA3EVJ (EU-146) 24-Jul 06-Aug SV5 SV5/HA0HW 24-Jul 24-Jul SV5 SV5/OM3LA 24-Jul 25-Jul T33 T33JH 24-Jul 27-Jul TA IK3ZAW & IK3RIY (AS-099) 24-Jul 27-Jul TF TF/LA2IJ (EU-021) 24-Jul 25-Jul TF TF/G3XTT 24-Jul 24-Jul TI9 TI9JJP 24-Jul 28-Jul TK TK/IK0XBX/P (EU-014) 24-Jul 29-Jul VK9L VK9LR, VK9LL (OC-004) 24-Jul 27-Jul W KF8TM/4 (NA-085) ____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast ____________________________________________________________________ The effective sunspot number for Tuesday, 7/22/97, was 15.9 The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for Wednesday, 7/23/97, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - ----------------------------------- 23-Jul-1997 15 72 2 1 VY LOW/QUIET;VY LOW/QUIET 23-Jul-1997 12 72 2 0 VY LOW/QUIET;VY LOW/QUIET 23-Jul-1997 09 72 2 2 VY LOW/QUIET;VY LOW/QUIET 23-Jul-1997 06 72 2 1 VY LOW/QUIET;VY LOW/QUIET 23-Jul-1997 03 72 2 1 VY LOW/QUIET;VY LOW/QUIET 23-Jul-1997 00 72 2 1 VY LOW/QUIET;VY LOW/QUIET The forecast for Thursday, 7/24/97: solar flux 72, A index 12, K index 3. Thursday should be Low Normal. The forecast for Friday, 7/25/97: solar flux 72, A index 10, K index 2. Friday should be High Normal. ____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info ____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- A35MJ KS7D TA1ZJ KG0KO CY9SS VY2SS TT8AM IK7JTF EW15WZ DL1OY VR6TC WD6GUD OD5/9K2MU WA4JTK VP8CTR DL5EBE RK1B RV1AC YU4EBL YU4WU VK2GJH and VK2DEJ - P.O. 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