. ===================== *** The Daily DX *** ===================== Volume 1 Number 97 July 31, 1997 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR ____________________________________________________________________ Headlines ____________________________________________________________________ Vince, KB3OM/VO2, has been on the air for the last 2 days from zone 2 Labrador. He will be there until 2 August. He will be mostly on 20 and 40 meters but can make schedules for other bands. QSL via KB3OM. Carlos, TI5KD, will be working in Nicaragua for 1 week as YN1KDM/9. He will be active most evenings his time on 40 through 12 meters. QSL via TI5KD. 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. Murtada, 9K2MU, is currently in Lebanon for about another 30 days. He is active on CW and SSB on all bands. QSL via WA4JTK. ____________________________________________________________________ QSN ____________________________________________________________________ FH/DF2SS - MAYOTTE - Volkmar was up on 14285 between 09:45 and 10:30Z. FR5VZ - REUNION ISLAND - Was working Europe and Japan on 18081 at 12:30Z. JT1BG - MONGOLIA - Bator showed up on 14190 around 12:30Z and was working Europe and Japan. JY9QJ - JORDAN - George stayed on 14033 for about 1 « hours as he worked US, JA and Europe. QSL via DL5MBY. LZ0L - SOUTH SHETLANDS - This is not Bulgaria! He was on 10108 at 21:30Z working Europe and North America. PZ1AP - SURINAM - Was calling CQ Asia at 11:35Z on 14006. T88IY - BELAU - Is still active and was found working JA's on 21260 at 04:20Z. TT8AM - CHAD - Mario came up on 14222 at 15:15Z for a few minutes. VK0TS - MACQUARIE ISLAND - After working quit a few stations on 14222 Tom moved to 7075 and stayed from 09:00 to 11:00Z. He showed up today at about 04:00Z on 14222. Signals today were very disturbed. He did say he would be back on 14222 on Friday at about 04:00Z. QSL via VK1AUS. VK6HD - AUSTRALIA - Mike worked South America on 3502 at 23:20Z. XV7TH - VIETNAM - Torsten was found on his favorite frequency of 14195 at 1430 working most of the US. ZD9IL - TRISTAN DA CUNHA & GOUGH ISLANDS - This station was found working JA's on 14202 between 15:00 and 15:30Z and saying to QSL via ZS5BBO. Work it first worry latter. ZK2PJ - NIUE ISLAND - Paul was on 14155 at 04:20Z. ____________________________________________________________________ IOTA ____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were on the air yesterday: IOTA Call Freq GMT IOTA Call Freq GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ ---------- ----- ---- AF-032 5H1FS 14251 2110 EU-049 SV8/IK3GES/P 14260 1304 AS-053 HS0/IK4MRH 14195 1122 EU-049 SV8/IK3ZAW 14014 1435 AS-060 HL0Y/4 14026 1247 EU-055 LA4C/DL2AMC 14263 2217 AS-085 HL0Z/4 7003 1321 EU-057 DL5CX/P 14013 1107 AS-095 RI0TA 14260 0427 EU-067 SV1CIF/8 7006 2101 AS-113 BO0M 14012 1317 EU-095 F5TBF/P 14250 1918 EU-001 SV5/HA0HW/P 14011 2218 EU-116 MD/PA3GIO/M 14257 1254 EU-014 TK/DL6DQI 7003 2058 EU-133 R1ASP 14262 1132 EU-016 9A/DL5AWI 14260 1052 EU-136 9A/DL1AUJ 14014 0654 EU-023 9H3XY 14265 1404 NA-010 KB4SVP/VE1 14006 2030 EU-036 LA/DK4UN/P 14237 1123 NA-014 XJ9GM 14253 0133 EU-037 SM7/DK5RK 7002 2219 NA-094 CY9SS 14199 0103 EU-046 LA/F5YJ/P 14263 0835 NA-173 VE8B 14260 0213 EU-047 DF5WA/P 18070 0835 SA-026 PP5AM 14245 1929 EU-048 F5IRH/P 14280 1217 Lew, N6VV, reports he and Dan, W7DR, are preparing for their trip to Green Island (Dundas Island Group NA-118) and will leave Thursday morning. They hope to be up and running by 22:00Z Thursday. Do not be surprised to see them on 20 meter SSB and CW at the same time. Look for them on 7060, 7165 and 3815. IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 ____________________________________________________________________ Calendar ____________________________________________________________________ We have added a reference # to the calendar which gives the reader the last issue of The Daily DX that something was mentioned. This is a trial and if it takes to much time to manage we will remove it. Beginning End Country Call Ref -------- ------ ------- ------------------------------------- --- 31-Jul 31-Jul VE VE8B (NA-173) 31-Jul 31-Jul HL HL0Z/4 (AS-085) 89 31-Jul 31-Jul ZK1/S ZK1AAT (OC-013) 31-Jul 31-Jul CE LA6VM & LA9DM 31-Jul 31-Jul SV IK3ZAW & IK3RIY (EU-049) 31-Jul 31-Jul 9H 9H0A (EU-023) 31-Jul 01-Aug DL DL4OCL/P (EU-098) 31-Jul 01-Aug SM SM7/DK5RK (EU-037) 31-Jul 01-Aug DL DL8OBC/P (EU-127) 31-Jul 01-Aug KP2 KP2/N2OO, KP2/KF2BQ, KP2/N2LD (NA-106) 91 31-Jul 01-Aug JX JX6RHA 31-Jul 03-Aug OZ OZ/DL2HEB/P (EU-088) 31-Jul 03-Aug W4 WB8YJF (NA-067) 31-Jul 03-Aug LA LA/F5YJ (EU-046) 31-Jul 03-Aug 3D2 3D2JH 95 31-Jul 04-Aug CE0A LA6VM & LA9DM 31-Jul 06-Aug SV5 SV5/HA0HW 89 31-Jul 06-Aug CY9 CY9SS (NA-094) 91 31-Jul 09-Aug VK9N VK9NX (OC-005) 31-Jul 09-Aug 5H 5H1FS (AF-032) 90 31-Jul 10-Aug J3 J3/G0TYX 31-Jul 10-Aug UA0 RI0TA (AS-095) 85 31-Jul 11-Aug ZK1/S ZK1AAT 92 31-Jul 13-Aug FH FH/DF2SS 93 31-Jul 15-Aug I IT9JOF/IH9 (AF-018) 31-Jul 15-Aug DL DL4FCH/P (EU-042) 31-Jul 16-Aug 9A 9A/DL1AUJ (EU-136) 31-Jul 20-Aug KH4 NH4/NH6YK (OC-030) 31-Jul 30-Aug V5 ZS6YG/V5 31-Jul 14-Sep TY TY1IJ 95 31-Jul 23-Oct JD/M JG8NQJ/JD1 ____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast ____________________________________________________________________ The effective sunspot number for Tuesday, 7/29/97, was 25.5 The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for Wednesday, 7/30/97, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - ----------------------------------- 30-Jul-1997 21 73 2 1 VY LOW/QUIET;VY LOW/QUIET 30-Jul-1997 18 73 2 1 VY LOW/QUIET;VY LOW/QUIET 30-Jul-1997 15 73 2 1 VY LOW/QUIET;VY LOW/QUIET 30-Jul-1997 12 73 2 1 VY LOW/QUIET;VY LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 30-Jul-1997 12 73 2 1 VY LOW/QUIET;VY LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 30-Jul-1997 09 73 2 0 VY LOW/QUIET;VY LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 30-Jul-1997 06 73 2 2 VY LOW/QUIET;VY LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 30-Jul-1997 03 73 2 2 VY LOW/QUIET;VY LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 30-Jul-1997 00 73 2 0 VY LOW/QUIET;VY LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED The forecast for Thursday, 7/31/97: solar flux 70, A index 10, K index 2. Thursday should be High Normal. The forecast for Friday, 8/1/97: solar flux 70, A index 8, K index 2. Friday should be High Normal. ____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info ____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager --------- ------- ------- ------- 3Z2GD SP2FOV L70FM LU4FM 4U1WB KK4HD P29TL KF9TH 6W1QV F6FNU T97M K2PF 9A7C KA9WON T98P 9A4SP 9K2QQ AA6BB UA0AZ W3HNK JY9QJ DL5MBY YN1KDM/9 TI5KD KZ1L/TF KZ1L YN6WFM JA6VU ____________________________________________________________________ Credits ____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 9K2MU, KB3OM, KC3AJ, KH6BZF REPORTS, N3OSH, NOAA, TI5KD, US Air Force ____________________________________________________________________ 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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