. ===================== *** The Daily DX *** ===================== Volume 1 Number 94 July 28, 1997 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR ____________________________________________________________________ Headlines ____________________________________________________________________ Pekka, OH2YY/BY, reports he will be going to the Spratlys from 19 to 22 August. As of Sunday his callsign had not been assigned, however he expects it any day. He plans to be operating on 40, 20 15 and 10 meters SSB. He may also be active on the WARC bands. He will be using a FT840, a solid state linear, R5 and a 40 meter dipole. He also mentioned he could possibly get on from 9M6 for a day or two before going to the Spratlys. QSL information to be announced very soon. Mike, ZA1MH, says he plans to be on 1839 CW at 02:30Z Wednesday. Doug, W3CF, and Dick, K3MQH, will be operating the CQ WW SSB Contest as WP2Z and will be active from 22 to 30 October. They will be doing a multi-single from Windwood. QSL this WP2Z operation to KK3S. Look for W3CF/KP2 and K3MQH/KP2 before and after the contest on the WARC bands and RS12. QSL W3CF/KP2 via KK3S. QSL K3MQH/KP2 via K3MQH. Mac, W9EVI, reports the 3C0DXpedition for 11 to 21 October is still a go and that more details will follow soon. Tom, VK0TS, who is operating from Macquarie Island expects to be on 14222 after 03:30Z today. The OPDX Bulletin reports Joe, VE3BW, will be operating as V47CA from 16 November to 1 December. He plans to be active in the CQ WW CW Contest. Before and after the contest he will be active on the WARC bands and 6 meters. QSL via VE3BW. The 425 DX News reports that HV3SJ has left the Jesuit Curia Generalizia and is no longer on the air. Also HV1CN and HV2VO have closed down some time ago. That only leaves HV4NAC which is located in the Pontifical North American College. Just to remind everyone I will be on vacation from 3 to 9 August, so The Daily DX will not be sent out. ____________________________________________________________________ QSN ____________________________________________________________________ 6W1QV - SENEGAL - Had a great band opening on 10 meters into all of the mainland US between 18:30 and 19:40Z on 28495. QSL via F6FNU. 7Q7RQ - MALAWI - Was working Europe and North America on 21025 at 15:00Z. 9J2BO - ZAMBIA - Brian was working JA's on 18071 at 11:20Z. QSL via W6ORD. 9M8FC - WEST MALAYSIA - Chang was working Europe and west coast US stations on 14002 for several hours after 15:15Z. C21RK - NAURU - Jim was found on 14170 between 12:00 and 13:00Z. CY9SS - SAINT PAUL ISLAND - These boys have been very active on RTTY on 14083. They have also been doing some SSB. Try 3795, 14195, 18122, 21295 and 28495. QSL via VY2SS. FY5ET - FRENCH GUIANA - Was down on 14131 working Europe at 20:00Z. KH2/JA1HGY - GUAM ISLAND - Nao was on 10103 at 11:30Z. OE3GEA/ZC6 - GAZA, ISRAEL - Was on 18127 at 16:30Z working Europe. This currently counts as Israel. P29TL - PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Tom showed up on 14175 around 12:20Z for about 1 hour. TJ1US - CAMEROON - Mark came up on RTTY around 18:00Z on 14083. QSL via NW8F. TT8/WA4KKY - CHAD - Jim was very high in the band on 20 meters on Sunday at 18:00 and 20:00Z on 14309. Friday he was on 17 meters SSB around 20:00Z. VK9LF - LORD HOWE ISLAND - Started on 7003 between 19:00 and 20:00Z. Then was found on 30 meters CW at 21:40Z. QSL via JR4PMX. XU2FB - KAMPUCHEA - Harv still likes to do CW around 14030. Sunday he was found there for more than an hour after 15:20Z. QSL via N4JR. XV7TH - VIETNAM - Torsten came up on 14195, his favorite frequency, at 12:20Z. QSL SK7AX. ____________________________________________________________________ IOTA ____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were on the air yesterday after the IOTA Contest: IOTA Call Freq GMT IOTA Call Freq GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ -------- ----- ---- AF-032 5H1FS 14205 1619 EU-073 IJ7/IK7YUA 7070 2001 AS-060 HL0Y/4 14250 1347 EU-079 LA/DK4UN/P 14271 1417 AS-066 RU0LAX/P 14016 1300 EU-084 SM0OIG/5 14012 2158 AS-066 UA0NL/0 14007 1201 EU-099 GB0ON 10108 2235 AS-094 BD7YA 14260 1219 EU-103 EJ9HQ/P 14266 1812 AS-095 RI0TA 14261 1220 EU-136 9A/DL1AUJ 10102 2155 AS-099 TA0/IK3GES 14257 1609 EU-150 CT1EEN 14260 2332 AS-113 BO0M 10102 1927 EU-162 RK1B/1 14258 2207 EU-037 SM7/DK5RK 7060 1331 EU-169 ZA0SI 7004 1419 EU-038 PA3EVW 14211 1201 NA-036 CY7TUB 14277 1745 EU-040 JX6RHA 14282 1530 NA-088 HP1XBI/4 18078 2135 EU-046 LA2HGA 14259 1456 NA-157 KL7/W6IXP 14260 1827 EU-058 TM0M 14258 1517 OC-011 V63KU 14170 2053 EU-068 F/ON4BDS/P 14266 1841 OC-033 FK8VHN 14176 2210 EU-073 IJ7/IK7IMO 14263 1408 OC-086 KH0I 14197 1212 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 -------- ------ ------- --------------------------------------- 28-Jul 28-Jul TA TA/IK3GES (AS-098, 099) 28-Jul 28-Jul HL HL0Z/4 (AS-093) 28-Jul 28-Jul S7 S79MAD special permission on 80 meters 28-Jul 28-Jul BV B0OM (AS-113) 28-Jul 29-Jul F F/ON4BDS/P (EU-068) 28-Jul 29-Jul VK9L VK9LR, VK9LL, VK9LF (OC-004) 28-Jul 29-Jul CP LA6VM & LA9DM 28-Jul 29-Jul 9N 9N1UD 28-Jul 29-Jul VE N6VV/VE7 (NA-051) 28-Jul 29-Jul G G3RTE (EU-120) 28-Jul 29-Jul GM GM4SID/P (EU-012) 28-Jul 29-Jul HR HR6SWA (NA-035) 28-Jul 29-Jul OY OY6A & OY/DL1MGB/P 28-Jul 29-Jul CT CQ2I (EU-150) 28-Jul 30-Jul VE XJ9GM (NA-014) 28-Jul 30-Jul EI EJ2HY EJ2IB (EU-007) 28-Jul 30-Jul JA 7K3EOP/1, JA1EY (AS-008) 28-Jul 30-Jul CU CU8L (EU-089) 28-Jul 30-Jul PA PA3EVJ (EU-146) 28-Jul 31-Jul ZK1/S ZK1AAT (OC-013) 28-Jul 31-Jul SV IK3ZAW & IK3RIY (EU-049) 28-Jul 31-Jul 9H 9H0A (EU-023) 28-Jul 31-Jul VE VE8B (NA-173) 28-Jul 01-Aug JX JX6RHA 28-Jul 01-Aug SM SM7/DK5RK (EU-037) 28-Jul 01-Aug KP2 KP2/N2OO, KP2/KF2BQ, KP2/N2LD (NA-106) 28-Jul 01-Aug DL DL8OBC/P (EU-127) 28-Jul 01-Aug DL DL4OCL/P (EU-098) 28-Jul 03-Aug W4 WB8YJF (NA-067) 28-Jul 03-Aug OZ OZ/DL2HEB/P (EU-088) 28-Jul 06-Aug SV5 SV5/HA0HW 28-Jul 06-Aug CY9 CY9SS (NA-094) 28-Jul 09-Aug VK9N VK9NX (OC-005) 28-Jul 10-Aug UA0 RI0TA (AS-095) 28-Jul 10-Aug J3 J3/G0TYX 28-Jul 15-Aug I IT9JOF/IH9 (AF-018) 28-Jul 15-Aug DL DL4FCH/P (EU-042) 28-Jul 16-Aug 9A 9A/DL1AUJ (EU-136) 28-Jul 17-Aug FR/FH DF2SS 28-Jul 20-Aug KH4 NH4/NH6YK (OC-030) ____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast ____________________________________________________________________ The effective sunspot number for Saturday, 7/26/97, was 21.8 The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for Sunday, 7/27/97, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - ----------------------------------- 27-Jul-1997 21 75 5 1 VY LOW/QUIET;VY LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 27-Jul-1997 18 77 3 2 VY LOW/QUIET;VY LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 27-Jul-1997 15 77 3 2 VY LOW/QUIET;VY LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 27-Jul-1997 12 77 3 2 VY LOW/QUIET;VY LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 27-Jul-1997 09 77 3 2 VY LOW/QUIET;VY LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 27-Jul-1997 06 77 3 1 VY LOW/QUIET;VY LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 27-Jul-1997 03 77 3 1 VY LOW/QUIET;VY LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 27-Jul-1997 00 77 3 2 VY LOW/QUIET;VY LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED The forecast for Monday, 7/28/97: solar flux 75, A index 12, K index 3. Monday should be Low Normal. The forecast for Tuesday, 7/29/97: solar flux 72, A index 20, K index 3. Tuesday should be Low Normal. ____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info ____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- 4L5O TA7A HP1XBI/4 F6AJA 5H1FS I4UFH JH1NBN/TI5 JH1NBN 7Q7EH AA9HD JX6RHA LA6RHA CH6RCH VE6BEX VK9LF JR4PMX CY9SS VY2SS XJ9GM VE2CWI GB0ON ON4ON ZA0SI HB9NG Michel, F/HH2HM, reports he is the QSL manager only for BA4TB, EX2M, T95LGN and UA0FDX. For a complete listing of QSL information for stations active in the 1997 RSGB IOTA contest from 26 and 27 July check the following URL: http://www.arrakis.es/~ea5eyj The following QSL have recently been received: 4U1UN (88), DU1KK, EP2MKO, PZ5DX/7, ZS8IR ____________________________________________________________________ Credits ____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 425 DX News, EA5EYJ, KB3X, KC3AJ, KH6BZF REPORTS, N3OSH, NOAA, OH2YY/BY, OPDX, US Air Force, VK9NS, W9EVI, ZA1MH ____________________________________________________________________ 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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