. ===================== *** The Daily DX *** ===================== Volume 1 Number 96 July 30, 1997 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR ____________________________________________________________________ Headlines ____________________________________________________________________ YC0SBV reported yesterday on the Southeast Asia Net that YC stations from Indonesia have now been given permission to operate on 20 meters. In the past only the YB and YF stations were able to operate on 20 meters. This is great news as there are over 7,700 YC licenses as reported in the 1997 Radio Amateur Callbook. Joe, K8JP, will be active from Belize from 12 to 21 August. He has not received his call yet but hopes to get V31JP. He will be active on 6 through 80 meters and maybe 160 meters. Look for him mostly to be on CW with some SSB. He may also operate mobile. QSL on to: Joe Pontek, K8JP P. O. Box 59573 Schaumburg, IL 60159-0573 U.S.A. Martin, G3USF, is the IARU Region I HF Beacon Coordinator and reports that OA4B from Lima, Peru is the latest NCDXF/IBP beacon to be activated. All IBP beacons transmit on 14100, 18110, 21150, 24930 and 28200. OA4B transmits CW for 10 seconds on each of these frequencies after LU4AA and before YV5B. As all other NCDXF/IBP beacons power levels start at 100 watts and step down to 0.1 watts. Martin also mentioned "That 5Z4B the Kenya beacon in the same network is currently off the air due to power supply problems." Just to remind everyone The Daily DX will not be distributed the week of 3 August as the editor will be on vacation with his family. Service will continue on 11 August. Several Germans will activate P40XM on Aruba from 1 to 26 August. They will also be active in the Worked All Europe CW Contest. Operators include DL3XM, DL4LQM, DL5LYM, DL8WAA. They may also go to PJ2 and PJ7. QSL via DL3XM (ex DL8WXM). The DX News Letter reports that Sergio, ex VU3CUR, is currently active as AP50WAP and should be in Pakistan for several years. QSL via IK4ZGY. ____________________________________________________________________ QSN ____________________________________________________________________ 3DA0CA - SWAZILAND - Jon was on 3505 working North America and Europe at 03:40Z. QSL via W4DR. 3X0HME - GUINEA - Was found on 14120 between 19:00 and 19:30Z. JT - MONGOLIA - Lots of activity yesterday from Zone 23 on 20 meters. Bator, JT1BG, was active on 14197 around 13:30Z. Chulun, JT1BL, was down on 14008 at 05:00Z. JT1CO was on just before 09:00Z on 14023. Club station JT1KAA was active all over 20 meters SSB between 11:00 and 16:00Z. NH4/NH6YK - MIDWAY ISLAND - Ray, 9M2OM, says he worked Ted at 01:25Z on 21144 CW. Ted will be active until 20 August and will be QRV on 6 and 10 meters. QSL via NH6YK. R1ANF - SOUTH SHETLANDS - Was working Europe on 7004 just after 20:00Z. TJ1HP - CAMEROON - Was working Asia, Europe and east coast US stations on 14220 for more than an hour starting around 21:20Z. VK0TS - MACQUARIE ISLAND - Yesterday Tom started on 14222 as usual and later went to 3799 at 09:30Z. Today he was workable in JA, Europe, South & North America at 04:00Z on 14222. He will be back Thursday on 14222 at 04:00Z. Look for him today at 09:30Z on 80 SSB. QSL via VK1AUS. YJ8UU - VANUATU - Came down on 3799 at 10:30Z. ____________________________________________________________________ IOTA ____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were on the air yesterday: IOTA Call Freq GMT IOTA Call Freq GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ ---------- ----- ---- AF-032 5H1FS 14198 1553 EU-049 SV8/IK3ZAW 14028 2031 AS-047 JR1RJQ/6 21170 0725 EU-052 SV1CIF/8 14025 2113 AS-056 HS0/IK4MRH 14266 1847 EU-075 SV1TP/P 14010 2130 AS-060 HL0Y/4 21270 1114 EU-084 SM0OIG/5 14029 2039 AS-081 HL0BLA 14270 1800 EU-098 DL5CW/P 7016 2127 AS-090 HL0Z/4 14023 1906 EU-127 DL8OBC/P 3527 2250 AS-094 BD7IX 14260 1400 EU-128 DH9YAX 28495 1035 AS-094 BD7YA 14260 1519 EU-133 R1ASP 14262 0941 AS-095 RI0TA 14260 0314 EU-136 9A/DL1AUJ 14005 1320 EU-003 CU7BA 14243 0814 NA-014 XJ9GM 14260 1108 EU-008 GM3VLP/P 14263 0631 NA-029 XN0OS 14260 1219 EU-014 TK/DL6DQI 14009 2110 NA-036 VE7GDJ 14257 0510 EU-016 9A/DL5AWI 14260 0828 NA-094 CY9SS 14193 0505 EU-036 LA/DK4UN/P 14265 1959 NA-106 KP2/N2OO 14197 2050 EU-042 DL4FCH/P 14022 1704 NA-173 VE8B 14258 1305 EU-048 F5SNY/P 14264 0628 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 -------- ------ ------- --------------------------------------- 30-Jul 30-Jul EI EJ2HY EJ2IB (EU-007) 30-Jul 30-Jul JA 7K3EOP/1, JA1EY (AS-008) 30-Jul 30-Jul VE XJ9GM (NA-014) 30-Jul 30-Jul CU CU8L (EU-089) 30-Jul 31-Jul SV IK3ZAW & IK3RIY (EU-049) 30-Jul 31-Jul 9H 9H0A (EU-023) 30-Jul 31-Jul HL HL0Z/4 (AS-085) 30-Jul 31-Jul VE VE8B (NA-173) 30-Jul 31-Jul CE LA6VM & LA9DM 30-Jul 31-Jul ZK1/S ZK1AAT (OC-013) 30-Jul 01-Aug JX JX6RHA 30-Jul 01-Aug KP2 KP2/N2OO, KP2/KF2BQ, KP2/N2LD (NA-106) 30-Jul 01-Aug DL DL4OCL/P (EU-098) 30-Jul 01-Aug DL DL8OBC/P (EU-127) 30-Jul 01-Aug SM SM7/DK5RK (EU-037) 30-Jul 03-Aug LA LA/F5YJ (EU-046) 30-Jul 03-Aug OZ OZ/DL2HEB/P (EU-088) 30-Jul 03-Aug W4 WB8YJF (NA-067) 30-Jul 06-Aug CY9 CY9SS (NA-094) 30-Jul 06-Aug SV5 SV5/HA0HW 30-Jul 09-Aug 5H 5H1FS (AF-032) 30-Jul 09-Aug VK9N VK9NX (OC-005) 30-Jul 10-Aug UA0 RI0TA (AS-095) 30-Jul 10-Aug J3 J3/G0TYX 30-Jul 15-Aug DL DL4FCH/P (EU-042) 30-Jul 15-Aug I IT9JOF/IH9 (AF-018) 30-Jul 16-Aug 9A 9A/DL1AUJ (EU-136) 30-Jul 17-Aug FR/FH DF2SS 30-Jul 20-Aug KH4 NH4/NH6YK (OC-030) 30-Jul 30-Aug V5 ZS6YG/V5 ____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast ____________________________________________________________________ The effective sunspot number for Monday, 7/28/97, was 26.7 The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for Tuesday, 7/29/97, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - ----------------------------------- 29-Jul-1997 21 73 3 1 VY LOW/QUIET;VY LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 29-Jul-1997 18 74 3 1 VY LOW/QUIET;VY LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 29-Jul-1997 15 74 3 1 VY LOW/QUIET;VY LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 29-Jul-1997 12 74 3 0 VY LOW/QUIET;VY LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 29-Jul-1997 09 74 3 1 VY LOW/QUIET;VY LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 29-Jul-1997 06 74 3 2 VY LOW/QUIET;VY LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 29-Jul-1997 00 74 3 1 VY LOW/QUIET;VY LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED The forecast for Wednesday, 7/30/97: solar flux 70, A index 30, K index 4. Wednesday should be Below Normal. The forecast for Thursday, 7/31/97: solar flux 70, A index 15, K index 3. Thursday should be Low Normal. ____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info ____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager --------- ------- ------- ------- ------ ------- 3X0HME F5MGX BO0M BV2KI RI0TA RA3DEJ 3Z0AN SP7LZD CX9AU KA5TUF VE8B VE3TIG 4L5O TA7A CY9SS VY2SS VK0TS VK1AUS 5B4/G3LNS G3LNS EG97CMC EA2URD VK9NX VK2CE 5H1FS I4UFH EY8AM DF3OL VP8CTR DL5EBE 7Q7RM G0IAS FG5EY F6EYB X5SO YU1KN 9H3ZV G4ZVJ FG5FR F6FNU XJ9GM VE2CWI 9M2OM G0CMM HL0Y/4 HL0Y YI1FLY KK3S A35MJ KS7D JX6RHA LA6RHA YI1US WA3HUP AP50WAP IK4ZGY R1ASP RA1AD G0CMM - John Bell, 28 Stiles Avenue, Marple, Stockport, SK66LR, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM QSLs recently received via the bureau: 4K5OV, 5V7A, C33AL, CP4AT, GX3XZE, P39P, SV9/DJ4TR, XT2AW, ZB2/DL7CM ____________________________________________________________________ Credits ____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 9M2OM, DX Newsletter, G3USF, K3ZO, K8JP, KC3AJ, KH6BZF REPORTS, LY2IJ, N3OSH, NOAA, US Air Force, VK9NS, VK0TS, YC0SBV ____________________________________________________________________ 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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