. ====================== *** The Daily DX *** ====================== Volume 2 Number 1 January 5, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ Headlines _____________________________________________________________________ A multi-national team of amateurs will be in the Spratly Islands from 10 to 20 February. The operators will be active from Pulau, Layang Layang on all bands from 6 to 160 meters on CW, SSB and RTTY. This is the same location that 9M0S and 9M0A operated from. The operators will charter a plane from Kota Kinabalu, West Malaysia to this resort location. The first group will arrive on 10 February to start setting up the antenna farm which includes the following: 160 Meters - Titanex vertical, Battlecreek Special 80 Meters - Gladiator 4 square, Battlecreek Special 40 Meters - Gladiator 4 square, Battlecreek Special 30 Meters - phased verticals, Cushcraft A3WS 20 Meters - Cushcraft 3 element monobander 17 Meters - Cushcraft A3WS 15 Meters - 2 Cushcraft A3S w/ 40 Meter add on kit 12 Meters - Cushcraft A3WS 10 Meters - 2 Cushcraft A3S w/ 40 Meter add on kit All bands - Butternut HF6V vertical 6 Meters - Cushcraft 6 element beam Yeasu will supply six rigs for this operation which include four FT1000MP's and two FT-920's. The plan is to have at least four rigs on the air at the same time. It is possible the group may have a rig on SSB and CW on the same band at the same time. The second group of operators will arrive on 12 February just in time to start operating. The operators at this time include: Neville, G3NUG, Don, G3OZF, Mike, G3SED, John, G3WGV, Don, G3XTT, Steve, G4JVG, Tony, G0OPB, Vince, K5VT, Ray, G3NOM/9M2OM, and Donald, 9M6SU. Plans are still being worked out to possibly include a JA operator. If all goes as planed they will be on the air on 12 February as 9M0C. Suggested frequencies are as follows: Band SSB CW RTTY ---- --------- ----- ----- 160 1842 1824 80 3795/3802 3502 40 7080 7002 7035 30 10102 20 14195 14022 14080 17 18145 18072 * 15 21295 21022 21080 12 24945 24892 * 10 28495 28002 28080 6 50145 51102 * A RTTY frequency for 17 and 12 meters has not been chosen at this time. They will be operating split during the operation listening within 5 KHz on CW and within 20 KHz on SSB. The group will operate in the

General/Novice class bands occasionally, but especially near the end of the operation. The logs will be available on two separate web sites to be announced soon. Don, N1DG, Martin, G3ZAY, and Yoichi, JP1NWZ have been selected as pilot stations. These three will forward any relevant comments about the operation to the operators on Layang Layang. As you can see this will be a major effort and financial support is still needed. Contributions are being handled by John, G3WGV, who may be reached by e-mail @ g3wgv@aol.com After you work 9M0C QSL cards may be sent to G3SWH direct or via the bureau. G3SWH, Phil Whitchurch, 21 Dickensons Grove, Congresbury, Bristol, BS19 5HQ ENGLAND. Anyone wishing to receive a confirmation via the bureau may send an e-mail request to phil@g3swh.demon.co.uk The XW30A and XW30 DXpedition will start today (1/5/98) around 04:00Z. Suggested frequencies are as follows: Band CW SSB RTTY ---- ----------------- ----- ----- 160 1823/1824.5 80 3507 3797 40 7007 7047 30 10103-10108/10115 20 14025 14195 14083 17 18075 18145 15 21025 21295 21083 12 24895 24945 10 28025 28495 Roland, F8EN, will be active from Gabon as TR8CR starting on 5 February for at least 5 weeks. Look for him to be mostly on CW. QSL via F6AJA. Pat, 5N0T, and his XYL Nicole, 5N0YL, will go QRT from Nigeria and QSY to the Democratic Republic of Congo next month. QSL both 5N0T and 5N0YL via F2YT. Larry Erwin, TZ6VV, is a missionary who has been in Mali since 3 January, 1987. To date he has made over 66,000 QSOs. Both he and his XYL Trish, TZ6YL, will be leaving Mali on 19 January to go on furlough back in the US. Larry will be in the states until 1 August, 1998 then he will head back to Mali. While in the US he will be traveling a lot and plans to be at the 1998 Dayton Hamvention. While he and Trish are out of the country there should be plenty of activity from Mali as Larry reports the following stations will be active from Bamako Mali: Mack, TZ6JA, Jack, TZ6JC, Holger, TZ6TT, Alexander, TZ6AK, a Frenchmen, TZ6AK (only speaks French), Jean, TZ6FIC, Yatt, TZ6HY. Larry also says an American may be stationed in Bamako later this year. While in the states Larry hopes to be able to pickup some RTTY equipment and some better low band antennas. Mike, F5RLE, will be active from Burkina Faso as XT2DM from 22 January to 9 March. He plans to be active mostly on CW on all bands.

Michel, TT8KM, will take down his antennas sometime this week. He has been in Chad for 3 months and made over 14,500 QSOs as TT8KM and over 500 QSOs as TT37Y. Les Nouvelles DX reports that Jean-Paul, F5BU, will leave Strasbourg on 14 January and head for Reunion Island. He will then go to Crozet Island and will arrive on 21 January. He will be active mostly on SSB as FT5WG until 18 March. QSL via F6APU. Holger, DL7IO, and Birgit, DL7IQ, are now in Vanuatu as YJ0AIO and YJ0AIQ and will be there until 8 January. While they were in the Solomon Islands as H44IO/H44IQ they made about 250 QSOs on 160 meters and about 500 QSOs on 80 meters. Unfortunately the amplifier was damaged and they are unable to use it on 80 and 160 meters from Vanuatu. On 8 January they will go to Fiji as 3D2IO and 3D2AO and will be active until 12 January. After Fiji they will head back home to Germany. QSL via DL7VRO. _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 9V1ZB - SINGAPORE - Has been showing up on 10102 working Europe, North and South America from 23:20 to 00:15Z recently. QSL via JL3WSL. FT5XN - KERGUELEN ISLAND - Was found on 14170 at 13:40Z on 1 January and on 21270 at 12:25Z on 2 January. T31BA - CENTRAL KIRIBATI - This is Judith, DL2ZAD, the XYL of Norbert, T31BB. She showed up today on 21295 at 00:00Z. XX9ER - MACAO - Shows up on 21232 at 04:00Z. ZC6A - PALESTINE - Ali was active on 2 January on 15 meters SSB from 12:20 to 14:00Z. He was also active on 10, 15 and 20 meters SSB on Saturday. ZK3PM - TOKELAU - Peter came up on 14247 at 07:00Z on 3 January. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq GMT IOTA Call Freq GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- EU-046 LA5QFA 3793 1234 NA-104 V44NK 14194 0020 EU-060 SV1TP/P 21295 1252 SA-026 PP5MCB 7100 0112 EU-070 F6OYU/P 7060 0820 SA-064 CE7AOY 14260 0418 NA-015 CO6RJ 14256 1302 Jean-Marc, F5SGI will be active from Re Island (IOTA EU-032) from 15 to 21 February as F5SGI/P. He will be active mostly on CW on 10 through 40 meters with some SSB on 14260.

IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- ----------- 5-Jan TL TL8PL 172 5-Jan T31 T31BB (OC-043) 180 5-Jan 5-Jan HL HL0Z/4 (AS-085) 178 5-Jan 6-Jan 4J 4J0FR 181 5-Jan 6-Jan 8P 8P9EM (NA-021) 192 5-Jan 7-Jan CU CU1/DL3KUD 194 5-Jan 7-Jan J6 J69JW 194 5-Jan 8-Jan HC HC/EA3GBU 194 5-Jan 9-Jan 4U1I 4U1ITU 189 5-Jan 9-Jan C5 C56/G0SAH 195 5-Jan 9-Jan C5 C56/G0ULN 183 5-Jan 9-Jan J8 J8/DF2SS 176 156 5-Jan 10-Jan 5H 5H1/LA6RHA (AF-032) 192 5-Jan 10-Jan 9N 9N1JZ 195 5-Jan 10-Jan 9N 9N1WU 195 5-Jan 12-Jan 9N KV5V 189 176 5-Jan 12-Jan V3 V31JP 188 5-Jan 13-Jan 9N 9N1's AT CU IZ JZ OW XI 196 195 5-Jan 14-Jan XW XW30 & XW30A 193 5-Jan 15-Jan 9Q 9Q5TE 196 5-Jan 17-Jan V4 V47XK 185 5-Jan 19-Jan HS HS0/DL2FDK 181 5-Jan 27-Jan PJ2 PJ2/PA0VDV 196 5-Jan 20-Feb JD/M JG8NQJ/JD1 154 5-Jan 28-Feb VP8/SH LU1ZC (AN-010) 155 5-Jan 1-Mar J2 J28AG 185 5-Jan 10-Apr JX JX3EX 177 135 5-Jan 1-Jun FT5X FT5XN 179 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The effective sunspot number for Saturday, 1/3/98, was unavailable. The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for Sunday, 1/4/98, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 4-Jan-1998 21 91 3 1 VERY LOW/QUIET;VERY LOW/QUIET 4-Jan-1998 18 101 4 1 VERY LOW/QUIET;VERY LOW/QUIET 4-Jan-1998 15 101 4 3 MODERATE/QUIET;VERY LOW-LOW/QUIET 4-Jan-1998 12 101 4 0 MODERATE/QUIET;VERY LOW-LOW/QUIET 4-Jan-1998 09 101 4 0 MODERATE/QUIET;VERY LOW-LOW/QUIET 4-Jan-1998 06 101 4 0 MOD/QUIET-UNSETTLED;VERY LOW-LOW/QUIET 4-Jan-1998 03 101 4 0 MOD/QUIET-UNSETTLED;VERY LOW-LOW/QUIET 4-Jan-1998 00 101 4 0 MOD/QUIET-UNSETTLED;VERY LOW-LOW/QUIET The forecast for Monday, 1/5/98: solar flux 92, A index 5, K index 2. Monday should be Above Normal. The forecast for Tuesday, 1/6/98: solar flux 90, A index 8,

K index 3. Tuesday should be High Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 4F3CV HB9CXZ CP8XA DG9NB J28BU F5OYM 4G50N DU9RG CT98DNP/P DJ0MW J6/JA2EZD XW2A 4J1S 4K9C CU1/DL3KUD DL3KUD N9N KG9N 4U1VIC *LX1TI DU100KT DU1KT OD5PN LX1NO 5B4ADA 9A2AJ DU100RG DU9RG ON50NMR ON4RU 5H3HG WY3V EK6GC W3HNK P40AV W0RIC 9K2AI IK7JTF EP2MKO UA6HCW PJ7UQ W3HNK 9K2GS W6YJ EP3HR I2MQP R1FJV UA3AGS 9K2MU WA4JTK EX8MLE IK2QPR V31JP K8JP 9N1ARB KV5V EY8XX GW3CDP VK4CYB JE1LET 9V1ZW JA9IFF FG5FC F6DZU XE1L WA3HUP A61AP IK7JTF FS5PL N0JT Z31GB NN6C AP2WAP IK4ZGY HF0POL SP3FYM ZA1M IK2HTW C56/G0SAH G0SAH HS0ZCT KV5V ZB2/DL7UFR DL7UFR C56/G0ULN G0ULN HZ1AB K8PYD * LX1TI for 4 January, 1998 BG6JW - P.O. Box 074, Luoyang 471000, PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA EP2SMH - Moshen, Box 17665-441, Tehran, IRAN ET3KV - Karl, P.O. Box 7633, Addis Ababa, ETHIOPIA JA0OEM - Mako Toyofuku, Box 9, Sawara, Chiba-Pref 287-8691, JAPAN JH1MXT - Keiko Toyofuku, Box 73, Sawara, Chiba-Pref 287-8691, JAPAN TG9IGI - Gerry, P.O. Box 1690, Guatemala City, GUATEMALA TR8JPF - Jean Paul Finet, P.O. Box 177, Libreville, GABON ZC6A - Ali, Box 9392, Amman, Jordan Jim Smith, VK9NS, reports that Tom, VK0TS, is currently on holiday for a couple of months and has started on his QSLs. To date Tom has completed the JA's and will start on the US and Europeans cards this week. Les Nouvelles DX reports that Alain, F6BFH, hopes to have the XV8FP QSL cards in early January. He hopes to have them mailed out by the end of the month. QSL cards recently received: 3B8CF, 6W1QV, 9H1MF, HL5FUA, TZ6SI, TZ6VV, YN6WW, _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 5N0T, AH8LG, DL7IO/YJ0AIO, EA1FFC, F6AJA, F6FNU, G3WGV, G3XTT, JA0DAI, JA1ADN, JA3ONB, KC3AJ, KH6BZF REPORTS, Les Nouvelles DX, N3OSH, NOAA, SM0DJZ, TZ6VV, US Air Force, VE3IRF, VK9NS, W4ZV, WU1F _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________

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. ====================== *** The Daily DX *** ====================== Volume 2 Number 2 January 6, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ Headlines _____________________________________________________________________ The OPDX Bulletin reports that Martin, HB9CYN, and Chris, HB9CYV plan to be active from Comoros as D68YN and D68YV from 25 January to 6 February. They will be active mostly on CW but some SSB and maybe RTTY on 10 through 80 meters and maybe on 160 meters. After this DXpedition the logs will be available at http://ab5eh-lin.tamucc.edu/~hb9cyn and QSL requests will be accepted at that website also. Philippe, FR5DN, reports that Rene, FR5HR, plans to be active from Crozet, Kerguelen and St. Paul/Amsterdam Islands from 7 January to 23 February. He will also be active maritime mobile on his way to and from the islands. _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 3W6JQ - VIETNAM - Was active on 14004 at 08:00Z. QSL via JA1IED. 9N1ARB - NEPAL - Brad, KV5V, is currently operating from Dick's QTH until 12 January. Yesterday he was handing out CW QSOs on 14020 from 01:00 to 02:30Z to stations from the West Coast of the US, Asia and the Caribbean. QSL via KV5V. 9N1AT - NEPAL - Was busy transmitting on 1824 and listing in the JA window from 20:30 to 22:20Z. 9N1WU - NEPAL - Was found on 21280 at 02:40Z working his fellow countrymen from JA. A45XR - OMAN - Chris showed up yesterday on 1828 QSX 1822 from 01:30 to 02:30Z. LU1ZA - SOUTH ORKNEY - Not to be confused with LU1ZC on South Shetlands. He was CQing on 14009 around 04:00Z with no takers. T31BB - CENTRAL KIRIBATI - Norbert was active on 3795 yesterday from just before 10:00Z until 12:00Z. He did QSY for a few minutes to 1839 to try and work US stations but quickly returned. QSL via DF6FK. XW - LAOS - XW30A started yesterday off on 14195 around 11:00Z and stuck around for an hour working Europe, JA and VK. Then XW30 was on 7003 from 13-15Z, 16-18Z and 20-00Z. XW30A showed up today on 14195 just after 00:00Z mostly working stations from the West Coast and South West in the US. QSL via

SM0AGD. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq GMT IOTA Call Freq GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AN-010 LU1ZC 21006 1540 OC-141 VK8KTC 21260 1128 NA-029 VY2FS 14250 1243 OC-148 YC9NBR 21265 1124 NA-062 W2SF 14260 2320 IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- ----------- 6-Jan 6-Jan 4J 4J0FR 181 6-Jan 9-Jan 4U1I 4U1ITU 189 6-Jan 10-Jan 5H 5H1/LA6RHA (AF-032) 192 6-Jan 31-Jan 5N 5N0T 5N0YL 2-1 6-Jan 6-Jan 8P 8P9EM (NA-021) 192 6-Jan 10-Jan 9N 9N1JZ 195 6-Jan 13-Jan 9N 9N1's AT CU IZ JZ OW XI 196 195 6-Jan 10-Jan 9N 9N1WU 195 6-Jan 12-Jan 9N 9N1ARB 189 176 6-Jan 15-Jan 9Q 9Q5TE 196 6-Jan 9-Jan C5 C56/G0SAH 195 6-Jan 9-Jan C5 C56/G0ULN 183 6-Jan 7-Jan CU CU1/DL3KUD 194 6-Jan 1-Jun FT5X FT5XN 179 6-Jan 8-Jan HC HC/EA3GBU 194 6-Jan 19-Jan HS HS0/DL2FDK 181 6-Jan 1-Mar J2 J28AG 185 6-Jan 7-Jan J6 J69JW 194 6-Jan 9-Jan J8 J8/DF2SS 176 156 6-Jan 20-Feb JD/M JG8NQJ/JD1 154 6-Jan 10-Apr JX JX3EX 177 135 6-Jan 27-Jan PJ2 PJ2/PA0VDV 196 6-Jan 16-Jan T31 T31BB (OC-043) 180 6-Jan 10-Jan TT TT8KM 2-1 6-Jan 19-Jan TZ TZ6VV TZ6YL 2-1 6-Jan 12-Jan V3 V31JP 188 6-Jan 17-Jan V4 V47XK 185 6-Jan 15-Jan VP5 VP5/WQ7X 195 6-Jan 28-Feb VP8/SH LU1ZC (AN-010) 155 6-Jan 14-Jan XW XW30 & XW30A 193 6-Jan 8-Jan YJ YJ0AIO YJ0AIQ 2-1 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The effective sunspot number for Sunday, 1/4/98, was 57.8. The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for Monday, 1/5/98, were

as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 5-Jan-1998 21 89 3 1 LOW/QUIET;VERY LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 5-Jan-1998 18 91 3 2 LOW/QUIET-UNSET;VERY LOW/QUIET-UNSET 5-Jan-1998 15 91 3 2 LOW/QUIET-UNSET;VERY LOW/QUIET 5-Jan-1998 12 91 3 1 LOW/QUIET-UNSET;VERY LOW/QUIET 5-Jan-1998 09 91 3 0 LOW/QUIET-UNSET;VERY LOW/QUIET 5-Jan-1998 06 91 3 0 LOW/QUIET-UNSET;VERY LOW/QUIET 5-Jan-1998 03 91 3 0 LOW/QUIET-UNSET;VERY LOW/QUIET 5-Jan-1998 00 91 3 1 VERY LOW/QUIET-UNSET;VERY LOW/QUIET The forecast for Tuesday, 1/6/98: solar flux 86, A index 10, K index 2. Tuesday should be High Normal. The forecast for Wednesday, 1/7/98: solar flux 84, A index 12, K index 3. Wednesday should be High Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ The following QSL information was taken directly from the QSL cards of the stations listed below. 3D2KY via JA3MVI 5B4/G3LNS George Beasley, P. O. Box 1344, CY-8133 Paphos, CYPRUS 5B4AGC George Beasley, P. O. Box 1344, CY-8133 Paphos, CYPRUS 9H1DF Louis Gatt, 77/1, St. Julian's St., B'Kara, BKR 14, MALTA 9H3XY via G4ZVJ 9H3ZV via G4ZVJ 9K2/SP5UAM via SP5ELA 9K2SS Ali M. Belal, P. O. Box 12388, Shamiea 71654, KUWAIT 9Z4CT Nigel Darwent, P. O. Box 20, San Fernando, TRINIDAD A35KY via JA3MVI A45XR Krzysztof Dabrowski, P. O. Box 2038, Muscat 111, OMAN A71CW Krzysztof Dabrowski, P. O. Box 22101, Doha, QATAR BV2YA via JP1RIW C6AJT via W4CJK CT3HG Alves, P. O. Box 556, P-9007 Funchal, Madeira, PORTUGAL DS2RDG Myung Gu Eo, 380-2 Jumun Ri, Jumunjin Eup, Kang Nung City, Kang Won, KOREA DU9HKD Renoir A. Abrea, 9023 Naawan, Misamis Oriental, PHILIPPINES FG5DN M. Oria-Relmy Thomas, Papyrus II, Escalier 34, Apt. 3431, F-97139 Abymes, FRANCE FK8VHN Didier Lavisse, Caserne Normandie, B. P. 12, F-98842 Noumea, FRANCE HL5FUA Jong Sool Choi, P. O. Box 15, Ullung Island 799-800, KOREA HS0GBI Cherdchai Yiwlek, P. O. Box 9, Maptaphut I. E., Rayong 21151, THAILAND JL1KFR/JD1 Ryoichi Tojo, 2-5-37-1-102, Miyazaki, Chuo-ku, Chiba City, Chiba 260-0806, JAPAN JT1FBB via W9JOE KH0A via JF1MIA OL4Z via OK2ZU P43E Emily Thiel, P. O. Box 614, Oranjestad, ARUBA SV1DVX Nikos Devetzoglou, Olympou 62, GR-152 34 Halandri, Athens, GREECE SV1ENG Antonis A. Parashis, El. Venizelou 203, GR-141 22 Athens, GREECE SV1PM George Tselentis, Naxou 5, Dasos Haidariou, Athens, GREECE

SV3CGV Ger Antonopoulos, Maizonos 12, GR-262 23 Patras, GREECE TA1FA Suat Iscan, P. O. Box 63, Fatih TR-34260, Istanbul, TURKEY TT8JWM via N4RXL V29Y via JR0AMD V5/DL7UFS Frank Steinhauser, P. O. Box 441, Swakopmund, NAMIBIA V8EA via JH7FQK VU2JBS via VK9NS VU2KBJ Kaustubh Joshi, 20 Prashant Nagar, Navi Peth, Pune 411 030, INDIA VU2XO M. R. Patel, 501, Giriraj Apt., Race Course Circle, Baroda 390 007, INDIA YB1AQS via DK7YY YC3CVZ Drs. Farid Dimyati, P. O. Box 25 SBS, Surabaya 60401, INDONESIA YC8HGM Hm. Sjafaruddin Mz., Komplek Pertamina A4/4, Jl. Rappocini Raya, Ujung Pandang 90222, INDONESIA YN6WW via JA6VU ZD8T via AC4IV ZD8V Paul L. Hutley, CSR 6310 Ascension, P. O. Box 4235, Patrick AFB, FL 32925 ZK1MVI via JA3MVI ZK2KY via JA3MVI ZP1ES Erwin Siemens, C. C. 1153, Neuland, PARAGUAY ZP9DZA Helmut Paster, Minga Guazu, Alto Parana, PARAGUAY _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: FR5HR, K3ZO, KC3AJ, KH6BZF REPORTS, N3OSH, NOAA, OPDX, US Air Force _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United States. _______________________________________________________________ / \ | THE DAILY DX is published Monday through Friday by Bernie | | McClenny, W3UR, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, MD 21738 USA. | | This e-mail message and its contents are copyrighted and are | | proprietary products of THE DAILY DX. Any unauthorized use, | | reproduction, or transfer of the message or its content, in | | any medium, is strictly prohibited. For permission to quote, | | reprint or repost this e-mail send a request to THE DAILY DX | | include date, volume and issue number. Check out The Daily | | DX homepage http://www.wdn.com/thedailydx or for additional | | information you may phone The Daily DX at 301-854-5650 or fax | | at 301-854-5105. Remember to tell all your DX friends about | | The Daily DX. | \_______________________________________________________________/

. ====================== *** The Daily DX *** ====================== Volume 2 Number 3 January 7, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ Headlines _____________________________________________________________________ Ed Hartz, K8VIR/ZL4, reports several upcoming trips he has planned. First he will be active from the rare and uninhabited Fiord County starting today until 9 January. Look for him on or near 14265 from 04:00 to 06:00Z and then on 14164 on the ANZA net. QSL via Ed Hartz, K8VIR/ZL4, P.O. Box 9, Te Anau, New Zealand. Ed will be active from mid January through April on Chatham Island as K8VIR/ZL7. Look for Ed on 14260 and 21300 +/- QRM. A special QSL card noting "Chatham Island leads the World into Third Millennium." is planned. He will be active based on band conditions and his work load on the island. QSL via Ed Hartz, K8VIR/ZL7, P.O. Box 9, Te Anau, New Zealand. Ed will then operate from Tonga as A35VI from April to May. Once again check 14260 and 21300. Some of you may recall Ed's operations last year from K8VIR/ZL9, VK9EHH, and ZK3EH. His typical M.O. was to be active from 01:00 to 06:00Z usually on 14260. However if the band was open he would be on 21300 from 01:00 to 03:00Z. QSL this operation via Ed Hartz, A35VI Topband (160 meters) operators should listen for LFI a CW beacon in Norway on 1930. This station is significantly louder than LA stations. _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 9N1ARB - NEPAL - Brad, KV5V, was active on CW on 14020 at 01:30Z. Then on RTTY from 12:40 to 14:30Z on 14084. QSL via KV5V. 9N1ZS - NEPAL - Lots of activity planned for this week from this semi-rare one. He was very busy yesterday on 7006 from 13:30 to 18:00Z and from 23:00 to 00:00Z. BD4ED - PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA - Was working Europeans on 10103 at 23:30Z. BV5BG - TAIWAN - Was looking for East Coast US stations on 3799 at 21:30Z. FR5ZQ/T - TROMELIN ISLAND - Henri was working on 21225 from 13:00 to 14:00Z. He was later found on 14180 around 17:20Z. JD1BIY - MINAMI TORISHIMA - The station was found working JA's on 1911 at 12:30Z. JA stations reports he was very weak.

SU3FM - EGYPT - Showed up yesterday on 14188 between 16:00 and 16:30Z. QSL via SU3AM. T31BB - CENTRAL KIRIBATI - Norbert and his XYL Judith, T31BA, will remain on the island until 16 January. This is later than was previously expected. Activity yesterday was a follows: GMT Freq. ---- ----- 01-02 18145 02-06 14195 06-07 7047 07- 3792 09-10 3799 11- 1839 TL8PL - CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - Pascal is still active even though he was expected to leave 1 January. He was found on the low end of 15 meters SSB at 12:00Z and on 18100 from 13:00 to 13:30Z. QSL via F5LNA. TU2XZ - IVORY COAST - Showed up on 7007 just before 23:00Z. UK - UZBEKISTAN - UK8GK was reported on 14205 at 11:35Z. Fedor, UK9AA, was coming in longpath on 14215 into the East Coast of the US at 12:25Z. He was later found on 7005 from 12:45 to 13:15Z. UN7TX - KAZAKHSTAN - Was working East Coast US stations on 80 meters CW from 00:00 to 01:00Z. VK9EKY - LORD HOWE ISLAND - Was reported on 7002 at 08:00Z. No other information on this station. Work it first worry later. XW - LAOS - XW30 is active on CW and XW30A is active on SSB. Yesterdays activities were as follows: GMT Frequencies GMT Frequencies --- ----------- --- ----------- 00 14195 12 3503 01 14195/14023 13 3503 02 21205 14 3502 06 21023 15 3502 07 18075/21023 19 3504 08 21023/21245/24895/18073 20 1824 09 24895/18073 21 1824/7004/7065/10103 10 10105/14130 22 1824/7003/7065 11 14195 23 1824/7003/14195 YJ8AIO - VANUATU - Holger was active yesterday on 7007 from 07:30 to 10:00Z. QSL via DL7VRO. ZD7BG - ST HELENA - Showed up on 10103 from 21:40 to 22:00Z. ZK1DI - SOUTH COOK - Gun shows up most days around 06:00Z on the low end of 40 meters CW. When he finishes he usually goes to 80 meters SSB. QSL via DK1RV. ZL9AE - AUCKLAND & CAMPBELL ISLANDS - This stations was on 7002 from 11:00 to 12:00Z yesterday. No other info

available at this time. Work it first, worry later. ZS5GMQ/7P8 - LESOTHO - Came up on 14194 around 22:30Z. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq GMT IOTA Call Freq GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AF-014 CQ98BD 14259 1341 EU-082 U1ZA/A 7006 1911 AF-014 CT3HF 21237 1246 EU-131 IK3VIA 14030 1328 AN-010 LU1ZC 10110 2300 EU-133 R1ASP 14258 0904 AS-017 JR6EA 18133 0920 NA-001 C6AIC 21267 1211 AS-018 UA0FH 14026 2353 NA-055 AK1L 21021 1210 EU-037 SM7DLZ 21260 0959 NA-058 W1WEF/M 14026 2257 EU-046 LA1CI 14210 1152 NA-110 K9JWV/4 14260 1543 EU-049 SV8CRI 14082 1337 IOTA REFERENCE NUMBERS ISSUED IN DECEMBER 1997 SA-085 CE1 ATACAMA PROVINCE group (Chilean islands, letter "b", operation from Chanaral Island by CE1LDS/P in October 1997) IOTA REFERENCE NUMBERS CONFIRMED AS-131 BY7 GUANGDONG PROVINCE WEST group (China, operation from Gui-Shan Island by BD7IA/7, BD7IX/7, BD7JA/7, BD7YA/7 and BG7NQ/7 in November 1997). AS-132 XV,3W FAI TSI LONG ARCHIPELAGO (Vietnam, operation from Cac Ba Island by XV8FP in November 1997). OC-224 YB8 TANIMBAR IS (Indonesia, operation from Yamdena Island by YC8SHQ/P since September 1997). OPERATIONS WHICH HAVE PROVIDED ACCEPTABLE VALIDATION MATERIAL (*) EU-065 F/ON4BDS/P Ouessant Island (July 1997) EU-068 F/ON4BDS/P Sein Island (July 1997) EU-074 F/ON4BDS/P Brehat Island (July 1997) EU-094 F/ON4BDS/P Glenan Islands (July 1997) EU-157 F/ON4BDS/P Cezembre Island (July 1997) AF-032 5H1/G3SWH Zanzibar (September 1997) AS-056 JI6KVR/6 Danjo Archipelago (November 1997) AS-131 BD7IA/7 Gui-Shan Island (November 1997) AS-131 BD7IX/7 Gui-Shan Island (November 1997) AS-131 BD7JA/7 Gui-Shan Island (November 1997) AS-131 BD7YA/7 Gui-Shan Island (November 1997) AS-131 BG7NQ/7 Gui-Shan Island (November 1997) AS-132 XV8FP Cac Ba Island (November 1997) OC-224 YC8SHQ/P Tanimbar Islands (resident since September 1997) SA-085 CE1LDS/P Chanaral Island (October 1997) (*) Includes operations where validation material was volunteered, ie not specifically required for credit to be given - in all cases cards now submitted will be accepted by Checkpoints. NEW IOTA REFERENCE NUMBERS ISSUED AND/OR CONFIRMED IN 1997

AF-076 5N4 Gulf of Guinea Group (Nigeria) AF-077 ZS1 Cape Province - South Coast Group (South Africa) AF-078 6W Atlantic Coast South Group (Senegal) AS-125 HS Gulf of Thailand North East Group (Thailand) AS-126 HS Butang Group (Thailand) AS-127 S2 Chittagong Region Group (Bangladesh) AS-128 XV,3W Mekong Delta West Group (Vietnam) AS-129 BY7 Guangdong Province East Group (China) AS-130 XW,3W Con Son Group (Vietnam) AS-131 BY7 Guangdong Province West Group (China) AS-132 XV,3W Fai Tsi Long Archipelago (Vietnam) OC-217 YB3 Kangean Islands (Indonesia) OC-218 FK Matthew Island (New Caledonia) OC-219 YB8 Tukangbesi Islands (Indonesia) OC-220 VK5 South Australia State West Group (Australia) OC-221 YB8 Kai Islands (Indonesia) OC-222 YB8 Obi Islands (Indonesia) OC-223 VK2 New South Wales State South Group (Australia) OC-224 YB8 Tanimbar Islands (Indonesia) SA-085 CE1 Chanaral Island (Chile) IOTA HONOR ROLL & ANNUAL LISTING Requests for inclusion in the Honor Roll & Annual Listing 1998 must be mailed to IOTA Checkpoints on or before 1 FEBRUARY 1998. IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- ----------- 7-Jan 9-Jan 4U1I 4U1ITU 189 7-Jan 10-Jan 5H 5H1/LA6RHA (AF-032) 192 7-Jan 31-Jan 5N 5N0T 5N0YL 2-1 7-Jan 10-Jan 8P 8P9AC 194 7-Jan 10-Jan 9N 9N1JZ 195 7-Jan 13-Jan 9N 9N1's AT CU IZ JZ OW XI 196 195 7-Jan 10-Jan 9N 9N1WU 195 7-Jan 12-Jan 9N 9N1ARB 189 176 7-Jan 15-Jan 9Q 9Q5TE 196 7-Jan 9-Jan C5 C56/G0SAH 195 7-Jan 9-Jan C5 C56/G0ULN 183 7-Jan 7-Jan CU CU1/DL3KUD 194 7-Jan 23-Feb FT FR5HR /FT5W, X & Z 2-2 7-Jan 1-Jun FT5X FT5XN 179 7-Jan 8-Jan HC HC/EA3GBU 194 7-Jan 19-Jan HS HS0/DL2FDK 181 7-Jan 1-Mar J2 J28AG 185 7-Jan 7-Jan J6 J6/JA2EZD 194 7-Jan 9-Jan J8 J8/DF2SS 176 156 7-Jan 20-Feb JD/M JG8NQJ/JD1 154 7-Jan 10-Apr JX JX3EX 177 135 7-Jan 27-Jan PJ2 PJ2/PA0VDV 196 7-Jan 16-Jan T31 T31BB (OC-043) 180 7-Jan 10-Jan TT TT8KM 2-1 7-Jan 19-Jan TZ TZ6VV TZ6YL 2-1

7-Jan 12-Jan V3 V31JP 188 7-Jan 17-Jan V4 V47XK 185 7-Jan 15-Jan VP5 VP5/WQ7X 195 7-Jan 28-Feb VP8/SH LU1ZC (AN-010) 155 7-Jan 14-Jan XW XW30 & XW30A 193 7-Jan 8-Jan YJ YJ0AIO YJ0AIQ 2-1 7-Jan 9-Jan ZL K8VIR/ZL4 2-3 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The effective sunspot number for Monday, 1/5/98, was 56.4 The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for Tuesday, 1/6/98, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 6-Jan-1998 21 87 15 3 VY LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;VY LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE 6-Jan-1998 18 89 2 4 VY LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;VY LOW/UNSET-ACTIVE 6-Jan-1998 15 89 2 2 VY LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;VY LOW/UNSET-ACTIVE 6-Jan-1998 12 89 2 1 VY LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET 6-Jan-1998 09 89 2 2 VY LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET 6-Jan-1998 06 89 2 4 VY LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET 6-Jan-1998 03 89 2 4 VY LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET 6-Jan-1998 00 89 2 1 LOW/QUIET;VY LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED The forecast for Wednesday, 1/7/98: solar flux 84, A index 12, K index 3. Wednesday should be High Normal. The forecast for Thursday, 1/8/98: solar flux 84, A index 8, K index 2. Thursday should be High Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ The following QSL information was taken directly from the QSL cards of the stations listed below. 3A/DF8XC via DL1YFF 4B1AC via XE1BEF 4J0GAT via DL1VJ 4N0AV via YU7AV 4N0S via YU7JDE 4N70DX via YU1DX 4O9S via YU7KMN 5J0T via YU1FW 5N0RMS M. P. Simonet, P. O. Box 2873, GPO Marina, Lagos, NIGERIA 8P6CV via KU9C 8P6DA via KU9C 8Q7BV via HB9DIF 8R30K via OH0XX 8S3FRO via SM3CVM BD4TB via 9A2AJ CT3HF Duarte, P. O. Box 40, P-9126 Canico, Madeira, PORTUGAL C21RK Ruben Jim Kun, P. O. Box 139, Buada District, NAURU DS1HAM Kim Jung Hee, Kae Hwa Apt. #107-305, Bang Hwa 3 Dong, Kang So-Ku, Seoul 157-223, KOREA EK7DX via DL1VJ

EM5UNG via UT3UZ EM7V via UR7VA EO7V via UR7VA ER7A via ER1DA FG7AG via F2GA G6T via G3NYY GB800SA via G0REP GM6V via GM4DMZ GM6Z via GM0KWL HL1CG Song Hyung Suk, Kae Hwa Apt. #107-305, Bang Hwa 3 Dong, Kang So-Ku, Seoul 157-223, KOREA HL1DH Rim Dong-Yoon, Ju-Gong Apt. 205-705, Sang-Gye 6 Dong 740, Seoul 139-206, KOREA HL2DNU Joong Hwan Go, 914-7 Toegyedong, Chuncheon, Kangwondo, KOREA HL3ADI Bae Jeong-Ho, P. O. Box 50, Taejon 300-600, KOREA HL5FBT Kim Keum-Cheol, P. O. Box 34, Namdaegu 705-600, KOREA HL5QY Ki Hwan Yang, Sin Jin Park Apt. 513-7B2L, Wol Bong Bang A Dong, Dong Ku, Ulsan 682-020, KOREA HL5YI Chae Sang Su, Electrical Dept., Dong Myung Technical High School, Yong Dang Dong, Nam Gu, Pusan 608-080, KOREA HP1BYS Elio Eloy Salinas Ray, P. O. Box 6-9776, El Dorado, Panama City, PANAMA HP1DGX Victor R. Martinez Ch., P. O. Box 87-3670, Zona 7, Panama City, PANAMA JE3XRX/HR1 Masaya Onishi, P. O. Box 5229, Tegucigalpa, HONDURAS IG8R via I8RIZ II7DX via IK7MCJ II7I via IK7RWD IO2L via I2OKW IO7A via IK7DXP IQ1A via I1JQJ IQ1Z via IK1NLZ IQ2S via I2JSB IQ4KID via IK4BWC IQ7A via IK7XIV IR0I via IK0OZB IR2B via IK2XDT IR2P via IK2DUW IR4C via IK4THF IR7A via I7ALE IR9AF via IT9AF IU7G via IK7RWD J20D via F2GA J28DM via F2GA J28DP via F2GA JW0L via G3WFT L75AA via LU4AA LM2SKI via LA2T LR3Y via LU1YU LU1ZS via LU2CN LU4D via LU4DXU LV1V via LU1VV LX2LX via LX1NO LY5W via LY1DR M6G via G1AHM OK8EAO via DL1CW OT6P via ON6AH PR4Y via PY4OY RU0B via UA9OBA S50HQ via S57NW S52A via S56MM S79MAD via GW4WVO SV1EET Takis Papakiriakopoulos, 7-13 Laodikias Str., Vironas,

GR-162 32 Athens, GREECE SV2CQB Elias Tasos, 6 Koroxenis, GR-502 00 Ptolemais, GREECE T77WI Giancarlo Montico, P. O. Box 3, San Marino City, SAN MARINO TA3ZI via DL8OBC TK1A via DF7RX TR8RG via F2GA TT8GA via F2GA TZ6SI via DJ6SI UA0YAY Pavel F. Ustinov, P. O. Box 40, UD-1, Kyzyl-11 667011, RUSSIA UA0ZDA via RA3AR UD6DFT via UA9AB UE1A via RV1AC UO0Z via I8YGZ UR0D via UT5DK UR5U via UR5UW UT0U via UT5UDX UT8I via UT8IM UX2M via UR4MZL UX2MM via DL3BQA VK9PG via JR5XPG X50B via YU7KMN YQ2R via YO2DFA YR2R via YO2DFA YT0E via YU1BO YT0X via YU7AL YT4I via YU4WU YT9N via YU7FIJ YT9W via YT1WW ZF2CA via I4ALU ZP0V via ZP5WYV ZP1AB Artur Hiebert Braun, P. O. Box 34, Loma Plata, Chaco 883, PARAGUAY ZP5ADG Astolfo Davalos Gonzalez, San Antonio 656, C. Republica Dominicana, Asuncion, PARAGUAY ZP5CSM Claudia Schubeius, P. O. Box 1059, Asuncion, PARAGUAY ZP5ERC Esteban Rabery Caceres, C. C. 2045, Asuncion, PARAGUAY ZP5FAF Felix Acosta Granados, Tte. Alvarenga 1324, Asuncion, PARAGUAY ZP5YAL Ana Lia Zambon, Av. Republica Argentina 2886, Asuncion, PARAGUAY _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: AP2TJ, I1JQJ, K8VIR/ZL4, K3ZO, KC3AJ, KH6BZF REPORTS, N3OSH, NOAA, US Air Force _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United States. _______________________________________________________________ / \ | THE DAILY DX is published Monday through Friday by Bernie | | McClenny, W3UR, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, MD 21738 USA. | | This e-mail message and its contents are copyrighted and are |

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. ====================== *** The Daily DX *** ====================== Volume 2 Number 4 January 8, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ Headlines _____________________________________________________________________ ZX0ECF is a Brazilian Antarctic club station located on King George Island in the South Shetlands (IOTA AN-010). Alberto is the current operator and operates from the Comandante Ferraz Base. Two other Brazilians, Lunkes, PT2HF, and Paulo, PT2NP, will be joining Alberto and operate from 19 January to 9 February. They will be active on 6 through 160 meters. QSL via PY2ASK. LU6AUB/Z is currently active from Marambio Base in Antarctica. He was found on 28300 at 20:00Z on 4 January. QSL via Jorge Gonzales, Marambio Base, via Deposito Antartico, Primeira Brigada Aera el Palomar, CP 1684, Provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina. _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 3DA0CA - SWAZILAND - Jon came up today on 1827 just after 03:00Z and was listening up 5. He was working US stations from Colorado to the East Coast. He stayed on topband until 03:30Z. He plans to be back for the next few days. QSL via W4DR. 3W5FM - VIETNAM - Was working JA's on 3793 at 11:00Z. 5A1A - LIBYA - Europeans report working him on 3800 from 19:30 to 20:40Z. 9K2MU - KUWAIT - Murtada was transmitting on 1824 and working US East Coast stations on 1822 around 02:30Z yesterday. QSL via WA4JTK. 9N1ARB - NEPAL - Brad was handing out RTTY QSOs on 14083 from 01:10 to 02:30Z and from 11:15 to 11:40Z. QSL via KV5V. C31LJ - ANDORRA - Peter has been showing up on 80 meters CW around 06:30Z. EL2CE - LIBERIA - Was reported by US and VK stations on 14235 around 06:00Z. FT5XN - KERGUELEN ISLAND - Helios came up on 14143 working Europeans from 16:20 to 17:00Z. QSL via F6PEN. LU1ZC - SOUTH SHETLANDS - Came up on 1827 around 02:20Z. QSL via LU6EF. SU1SK - EGYPT - This station was found on RTTY just before 14:00Z on 18086.

SV2ASP/A - MOUNT ATHOS - Monk Apollo was on the 14226 net from about 14:45 to 15:10Z. T31BB - CENTRAL KIRIBATI - Norbert and his XYL Judith continue to be active from this semi-rare one. Those needing a YL should ask Norbert for a QSL with T31BA. Yesterdays activities include the following: Time Freq. Time Freq. ----------- ------- ----------- ------- 02:00-03:00 21295 11:25-11:40 1840 04:00-05:00 18145 11:50-12:25 3800 05:00-06:00 14192 12:40-13:40 7052 06:00-07:00 7047 23:00 18145 09:00-11:20 3800 VK9EKY - LORD HOWE ISLAND - This is Zbig, VK2EKY/SP5EKY, who was active on 14005 from 11:15 to 12:00Z. QSL via 7J6AAK. XW - LAOS - Frank, AH0W, is one of the operator at XW30/XW30A. He reports that propagation to the states is difficult. They will be operating on 1823 and 10103 at 10:00Z looking for US stations. Around 23:00Z they will be on 14023 (CW) and 14083 (RTTY). Yesterdays activity was as follows: GMT Freq. GMT Frequency --- ------------- --- ---------------- 00 14195 11 10103/21024/3795 01 14025 12 14082/10103/3795 02 14023/14185 13 3795/14082 03 14185/28495/24935/18140 14 14082 04 14185/28495/24935/18140 15 7006 05 28023/21295 16 7006 06 14195 17 7006 07 24895/14023 20 1824 08 18073/21295 21 1824/3507 09 18073/21295 22 3507/7004 10 10103/21024 23 1824/14195 ZK1DI - SOUTH COOK ISLANDS - Gunther often shows up on 18072 between 00:00 and 02:00Z. QSL via DK1RV. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq GMT IOTA Call Freq GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- NA-120 AA5AT 14341 1853 OC-044 VR6DW 14010 0212 EU-004 EA6AEH 21260 1345 OC-036 ZL1ANJ 28495 2247 EU-037 SM7DLJ 21261 1311 OC-119 YC5XIP 21260 0329 OC-004 VK9EKY 14271 1339 IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________

Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- ----------- 8-Jan 12-Jan 3D2 3D2IO 3D2AO 2-1 8-Jan 9-Jan 4U1I 4U1ITU 189 8-Jan 10-Jan 5H 5H1/LA6RHA (AF-032) 192 8-Jan 31-Jan 5N 5N0T 5N0YL 2-1 8-Jan 10-Jan 8P 8P9AC 194 8-Jan 10-Jan 9N 9N1JZ 195 8-Jan 13-Jan 9N 9N1's AT CU IZ JZ OW XI 196 195 8-Jan 10-Jan 9N 9N1WU 195 8-Jan 12-Jan 9N 9N1ARB by KV5V 189 176 8-Jan 15-Jan 9Q 9Q5TE 196 8-Jan 9-Jan C5 C56/G0SAH 195 8-Jan 9-Jan C5 C56/G0ULN 183 8-Jan 23-Feb FT FR5HR /FT5W, X & Z 2-2 8-Jan 1-Jun FT5X FT5XN 179 8-Jan 8-Jan HC HC/EA3GBU 194 8-Jan 19-Jan HS HS0/DL2FDK 181 8-Jan 1-Mar J2 J28AG 185 8-Jan 9-Jan J8 J8/DF2SS 176 156 8-Jan 20-Feb JD/M JG8NQJ/JD1 154 8-Jan 10-Apr JX JX3EX 177 135 8-Jan 27-Jan PJ2 PJ2/PA0VDV 196 8-Jan 16-Jan T31 T31BB (OC-043) 180 8-Jan 10-Jan TT TT8KM 2-1 8-Jan 19-Jan TZ TZ6VV TZ6YL 2-1 8-Jan 12-Jan V3 V31JP 188 8-Jan 17-Jan V4 V47XK 185 8-Jan 15-Jan VP5 VP5/WQ7X 195 8-Jan 28-Feb VP8/SH LU1ZC (AN-010) 155 8-Jan 14-Jan XW XW30 & XW30A 193 8-Jan 8-Jan YJ YJ0AIO YJ0AIQ 2-1 8-Jan 9-Jan ZL ZK8VIR/ZL4 2-3 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The effective sunspot number for Tuesday, 1/6/98, was unavailable. The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for Wednesday, 1/7/98, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 7-Jan-1998 21 85 25 1 VY LOW/QUIET-MNR STM;VY LOW/UNSET-ACTIVE 7-Jan-1998 18 87 17 2 VY LOW/QUIET-MNR STM;VY LOW/UNSET-ACTIVE 7-Jan-1998 15 87 17 3 VY LOW/QUIET-MNR STM;VY LOW/UNSET-ACTIVE 7-Jan-1998 12 87 17 4 VY LOW/QUIET-MNR STM;VY LOW/UNSET-ACTIVE 7-Jan-1998 09 87 17 4 VY LOW/QUIET-MNR STM;VY LOW/UNSET-ACTIVE 7-Jan-1998 06 87 17 5 VY LOW/QUIET-MNR STM;VY LOW/UNSET-ACTIVE 7-Jan-1998 03 87 17 4 VY LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;VY LOW/UNSET-ACTIVE 7-Jan-1998 00 87 17 4 VY LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;VY LOW/UNSET-ACTIVE The forecast for Thursday, 1/8/98: solar flux 85, A index 10, K index 2. Thursday should be High Normal. The forecast for Friday, 1/9/98: solar flux 85, A index 5, K index 2. Friday should be Above Normal. _____________________________________________________________________

QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 4S7SW ON6TZ A61AP IK7JTF KH0AC K7ZA 4X50FR 4X4FR BA1DU W3HC ON50KTK ON4ON 9N1AT JH8XIX CQ98BM CT3BM SU3AM DL1FCM 9N1CU JH8XIX CS98UW CT4UW T94DO DL1FDV 9N1FP RU6FP CT98CBI CT1CBI VK9EKY 7J6AAK 9N1XI JH8XIX EA6AEH EC6SN VP5/WQ7X SP5INQ 9N1ZS JH8XIX FT5XN F6PEN XW30 SM0AGD A61AJ W3UR JY9QJ DL5MBY XW30A SM0AGD 7J6AAK - Zbigniew Frank Murdzia, 8-4, Nakasugahigashi, Beppu, Oita, 874, JAPAN 9J2DR - Richard Dandine, P.O. Box 30062, Lusaka, ZAMBIA F6PEN - Gerard Ribes, 16 Rue Viollet Leduc, Toulouse, 31100 FRANCE PJ7SA - Samuel Allen, Ground dove 6, Apt 3, Sint Maarten, NETHERLANDS ANTILLES UK9AA - Petrov Fyodor B., Husanbaeva 216a, 700143 Tashkent, UZBEKISTAN W3UR - Bernie McClenny, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, MD 21738 QSL cards recently received: TZ6SI _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 425 DX News, K7ZD, KC3AJ, KH6BZF REPORTS, N3OSH, NOAA, PJ2MI, PY2XDX, US Air Force, _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United States. _______________________________________________________________ / \ | THE DAILY DX is published Monday through Friday by Bernie | | McClenny, W3UR, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, MD 21738 USA. | | This e-mail message and its contents are copyrighted and are | | proprietary products of THE DAILY DX. Any unauthorized use, | | reproduction, or transfer of the message or its content, in | | any medium, is strictly prohibited. For permission to quote, | | reprint or repost this e-mail send a request to THE DAILY DX | | include date, volume and issue number. Check out The Daily | | DX homepage http://www.wdn.com/thedailydx or for additional | | information you may phone The Daily DX at 301-854-5650 or fax | | at 301-854-5105. Remember to tell all your DX friends about | | The Daily DX. | \_______________________________________________________________/

. ====================== *** The Daily DX *** ====================== Volume 2 Number 5 January 9, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ Headlines _____________________________________________________________________ Bob, W9RB, will be active from the "Sea Q Maui" QTH in Hawaii as W9RB/KH6 from 16 to 21 February. He plans to operate in the ARRL CW DX Contest on 10 through 40 meters. The logs for the recent H44IO operation by Holger are now available at http://ve7tcp.ampr.org/cgi-bin/dl7io Jim Smith, VK9NS, reports he spoke to Tom Stokes, VK1TS/VK0TS, today. Tom has started mailing out US cards from his VK0TS, Macquarie Island, operation and hopes to have all cards out withing 2-3 weeks. Smith reported he had received his today. Tom asks everyone to not re-QSL. Stokes wishes to thank all who included extra $ for postage but he is unable to do so because the $ and QSL cards got separated. Next year Tom hopes to have another opportunity to go back to Macquarie with proper equipment. There is currently one ham on Macquarie however he is only able to operate on UHF and it is unknown if he will be able to upgrade while on the island. Bob Furzer, N6BFM, is once again active from Kuwait as 9K2ZZ and will be active for about 1 year. He is currently only active on 40 meters and is using a dipole. Plans are to put up a TH6DXX on top of his apartment. He hopes to get a Battle Creek Special going on 160 meters and will also be active on 12/17 and 30 meters. QSL request must go direct to W8CNL only. No bureau QSLs. _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 9N1ARB - NEPAL - Brad continues to work RTTY on 14083 from 01:00 to 02:00Z and from 11:00 to 12:00Z. QSL via KV5V. 9N1AT - NEPAL - Has been active on Topband (160 meters) the last few days. JA's report working him from 18:40 to 20:00Z. Europeans have been copying him between 23:00 and 00:00Z. QSL via JH8XIX. BD4ED - PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA - Ed can be found on or near 10104 around 23:30 usually working Europe. FT5XN - KERGUELEN ISLAND - Helios was once again active on 14143 yesterday from 15:45 to 16:15Z. QSL via F6PEN. JW5NM - SVALBARD - Europeans were working Matt on 1832 between 21:00 and 22:00Z. QSL via LA5NM.

LU1ZA - SOUTH ORKNEY - This stations can be found on 20 meters CW from 01:00 to 04:00Z. Yesterday he was on 14041. SV2ASP/A - MOUNT ATHOS - This is the second day in a row Monk Apollo was active on 20 meters SSB. He was working Europeans on 14195 from 08:45 to 0915Z. T31 - CENTRAL KIRIBATI - Norbert, T31BB, and his XYL Judith, T31BA, are still active from this semi-rare one. Judith was found on 14185 between 01:30 and 02:00Z. Europeans should check 40 meters at 06:00Z and 20 meters at 07:00Z. Norbert activities were as follows: GMT Freq. GMT Freq. ----- ----- ----- ----- 04-06 14195 21-22 28495 06 7047 22-23 24945 10 3792/3799/3800 23 28495 12 7047 VK9EKY - LORD HOWE ISLAND - Zbig was working Southern Europe, VK, JA and Western North Americans on 14205 from 05:00 to 07:00Z. From 07:00 to 09:00Z he was on 7002 JA's and some Europeans. XU/UA0IA/MM - MARITIME MOBILE - This station can be found most days on 80 meters CW around 11:00 to 13:00Z. Not exactly sure how far this stations is from Cambodia and he maybe in WAZ 26. XW - LAOS - This multi-national team continues to be active from at least two different stations around the clock. Yesterdays reports were as follows. GMT Freq. GMT Freq. --- ------------ --- ------------ 00 14195 12 10103/14195 01 14195 13 1824/14193 02 21250 14 1824/14003/14020/14081/14195 03 21025/21295 15 1824/7005/10103/14020/14081 04 18145/28025 16 7005 05 18073/21023 18 7005 06 14195/18073 20 1825/7005 07 14195/18073 21 1825/7005 09 7003/18073/21082 22 1825/3505/7005 10 7003/7046/21082 23 1825/3505 11 7046/10103 _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq GMT IOTA Call Freq GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AF-048 FT5XN 14143 1613 EU-046 LA1CI 14247 1528 AS-045 HL5FUA 3795 1050 EU-082 U1ZA/A 14003 0912 AS-053 HS0/IK4MRH 21295 0754 NA-099 KP3X 7008 0524 AS-120 5B4AGC 18076 1534 OC-001 VK2ARJ 28469 2140 EU-023 9H4CM 18133 1315 OC-109 YC5XVP 7072 2122

EU-029 OZ1ENH 14083 1300 IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- ----------- 9-Jan 9-Jan 4U1I 4U1ITU 189 9-Jan 9-Jan C5 C56/G0SAH 195 9-Jan 9-Jan C5 C56/G0ULN 183 9-Jan 9-Jan J8 J8/DF2SS 176 156 9-Jan 9-Jan ZL ZK8VIR/ZL4 2-3 9-Jan 10-Jan 5H 5H1/LA6RHA (AF-032) 192 9-Jan 10-Jan 8P 8P9AC 194 9-Jan 10-Jan 9N 9N1JZ 195 9-Jan 10-Jan 9N 9N1WU 195 9-Jan 11-Jan Japan International Low Band CW Contest 9-Jan 12-Jan 3D2 3D2IO 3D2AO 2-1 9-Jan 12-Jan 9N 9N1ARB by KV5V 189 176 9-Jan 12-Jan V3 V31JP 188 9-Jan 13-Jan 9N 9N1's AT CU IZ JZ OW XI 196 195 9-Jan 14-Jan XW XW30 & XW30A 193 9-Jan 15-Jan 9Q 9Q5TE 196 9-Jan 15-Jan VP5 VP5/WQ7X 195 9-Jan 16-Jan T31 T31BB (OC-043) 180 9-Jan 17-Jan V4 V47XK 185 9-Jan 19-Jan HS HS0/DL2FDK 181 9-Jan 19-Jan TZ TZ6VV TZ6YL 2-1 9-Jan 27-Jan PJ2 PJ2/PA0VDV 196 9-Jan 31-Jan 5N 5N0T 5N0YL 2-1 9-Jan 20-Feb JD/M JG8NQJ/JD1 154 9-Jan 23-Feb FT FR5HR /FT5W, X & Z 2-2 9-Jan 28-Feb VP8/SH LU1ZC (AN-010) 155 9-Jan 1-Mar J2 J28AG 185 9-Jan 10-Apr JX JX3EX 177 135 9-Jan 1-Jun FT5X FT5XN 179 10-Jan 31-Mar PJ2 PJ9JT 167 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The effective sunspot number for Wednesday, 1/7/98, was unavailable. The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for Thursday, 1/8/98, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 8-Jan-1998 21 82 4 1 VY LOW/QUIET;VY LOW/QUIET 8-Jan-1998 18 85 19 2 VY LOW/QUIET;VY LOW/QUIET 8-Jan-1998 15 85 19 2 VY LOW/QUIET;VY LOW/QUIET 8-Jan-1998 12 85 19 2 VY LOW/QUIET;VY LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 8-Jan-1998 09 85 19 1 VY LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET 8-Jan-1998 06 85 19 1 VY LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET 8-Jan-1998 03 85 19 0 VY LOW/QUIET-MNR STM;VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET 8-Jan-1998 00 85 19 1 VY LOW/QUIET-MNR STM;VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET

The forecast for Friday, 1/9/98: solar flux 85, A index 5, K index 2. Friday should be Above Normal. The forecast for Saturday, 1/10/98: solar flux 85, A index 5, K index 2. Saturday should be Above Normal. The forecast for Sunday, 1/11/98: solar flux 84, A index 5, K index 2. Sunday should be Above Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 9A11ELS 9A2AA CT98FIJ CT1FIJ LU1ZC LU6EF 9K2RR KU9C HS6CMT/3 JA7FYF OA463QV OA4QV A61AM KA5TQF JU2DX JT1KAA V63BR AA4US BD4ED - Ed, Box 085299, Shanghai, PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA OA4QV - Cesar Aguirre, P. O. Box 957, Lima 18, PERU UA0FS - Victor, P.O. Box 29, Sakhalin 693013, RUSSIA QSL cards recently received: 5A28, SV5/HA6NL, VK9WM _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: AH8LG, KC3AJ, KH6BZF REPORTS, N3OSH, NOAA, OE7SEL, US Air Force, VE7TCP, VK9NS, W8CNL, W9RB _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United States. _______________________________________________________________ / \ | THE DAILY DX is published Monday through Friday by Bernie | | McClenny, W3UR, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, MD 21738 USA. | | This e-mail message and its contents are copyrighted and are | | proprietary products of THE DAILY DX. Any unauthorized use, | | reproduction, or transfer of the message or its content, in | | any medium, is strictly prohibited. For permission to quote, | | reprint or repost this e-mail send a request to THE DAILY DX | | include date, volume and issue number. Check out The Daily | | DX homepage http://www.wdn.com/thedailydx or for additional | | information you may phone The Daily DX at 301-854-5650 or fax | | at 301-854-5105. Remember to tell all your DX friends about | | The Daily DX. | \_______________________________________________________________/

. ====================== *** The Daily DX *** ====================== Volume 2 Number 6 January 12, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ Headlines _____________________________________________________________________ Angel, WA2VUY, reports that Holger, TZ6TT, is constructing a 160 meter antenna and hopes to be on topband in 2-3 weeks. He will be running 100 watts. QSL via P.O. Box 100, Bamako, MALI. Doug, W3CF, tells The Daily DX he will be active from Antigua between 27 February and 8 March. First he will start out in the CQ World Wide SSB 160 Meter Contest as V26DX. After the contest he will be active mostly on the new bands (12, 17 and 30 meters). QSL V26DX via KU9C. During the ARRL SSB DX Contest he will join the V26B Frankford Radio Club multi-multi effort. QSL V26B via WT3Q. Charlie, K4VUD, will once again be active as 9N1UD in Nepal. He will be active in the ARRL CW DX Contest on 21 and 22 February and the ARRL SSB DX Contest on 7 and 8 March. In between the two contests he will be working in Bhutan, however he will not be on the air. QSL via K4VUD. Ted, NH6YK, reports he may again be active from Midway Island as NH4/NH6YK. He now has his Advanced class license and could be on the island from 18 to 29 March. If he does go he will be on the air sporadically. More details to follow. Jerry, K9BG, will be active from St. Croix island until 15 January as WP2/K9BG. He plans to be mostly on CW on all bands. QSL via K9BG. The 1998 elected officers for the Southern California DX Club are as follows: President Will Angenent KN6DV Vice President Harvey Laidman W8DX Secretary Jim Zimmerman N6KZ Treasurer Charlotte Iseda KB6FXS Membership Harvey Shore K6EXO Board members: Neil Kaltman K6SMF Cathy Gardenias KF6LFB Larry Shapiro K6RO Jim, TT8JWM/WA4KKY, is currently in Chad and will rotate with Jim, TT8JFC/WB4MBU on 17 January. Jim says he is on 3800 daily at 22:00Z listening. Those who wish to work him may want to give him a call. QSL TT8JWM via N4RXL. QSL TT8JFC via WA4ZJB.

Don, A92BE, will be leaving Bahrain around 20 January for a two year work assignment in Oman. Between now and then he plans to put in as much time as possible on 80 meters. Look for him and Murtada, 9K2MU, from 00:00 to 04:00Z. Don says the best time for US stations seems to be around 02:30Z. Alex, PA3DZN/D25L, left Burundi (9U) on 6 January and headed back to the Netherlands. World traveler Andy Chadwick, G4ZVJ, will once again be active from Ghana as 9G5VJ from 5 February to 1 March. He will be active on all bands mostly CW. Plans are to operate the ARRL CW DX Contest and possibly the WPX RTTY Contest. QSL via bureau or Direct to Andy Chadwick, 5 Thorpe Chase, Ripon, North Yorkshire, HG4 1UA United Kingdom. Bureau QSL cards may be requested by sending an e-mail request to andy@g4zvj.demon.co.uk _____________________________________________________________________ DXCC NEWS RELEASE - DXCC Processing Status _____________________________________________________________________ The DXCC Desk announced Friday that the number of unprocessed applications at the end of December 1997 was 556 (53,337 QSLs). They received 5,038 applications (368,887 QSLs) for endorsements and new awards during the year. This compares with 5,621 applications (406,373 QSLs) for 1996. Applications being sent out at the end of December were received about three weeks earlier. A few applications received prior to that time were in the process of being audited, and so had not yet been completed. _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 3A2MD - MONACO - Laura can be found most days between 14180 and 14200 between 13:30 and 16:30Z. She sometimes moves to 14030 or 7015 during this time period. She has schedules on 1826 at 22:00Z with US stations. 3DA0CA - SWAZILAND - Look for Jon to be active on 1827 daily from 03:00 to 03:30Z. Most likely he will be QSX up 5. QSL via W4DR. 4X50/SK - ISRAEL - Stations will be using the special 4X50 prefix to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the nation of Israel until 1 May. These stations will also be using /SK at the end of their call. Special certificates are available. FR5ZQ/T - TROMELIN - Henry was found was active on 21220 both Saturday and Sunday running a list starting around 12:00Z. FT5XN - KERGUELEN ISLAND - Helios was once again active on 14043 at 16:00Z on Saturday. On Sunday he was found on 14027 from 03:00 to 06:00Z working mostly East Coast US stations. QSL via F6PEN.

JD1AMA - OGASAWARA - Aki was active this past weekend in the Japan International DX Contest on 40 meters. QSL information listed below. JY9QJ - JORDAN - JA stations reported hearing George on 1823 at 20:40Z on Friday. QSL via DL5MBY. T31 - CENTRAL KIRIBATI - Norbert, T31BB, and Judith, T31BA, finished from here sometime on Saturday. VK9EKY - LORD HOWE ISLAND - Try looking for Zbig on the low end of 40 meters CW just after 07:00Z. XW - LAOS - Over the weekend the following activity was reported: GMT Bands GMT Bands --- ----- --- ----- 00 20 40 12 40 30 20 15 01 20 17 13 40 20 02 20 17 15 14 80 40 30 03 20 17 15 10 15 80 40 10 04 20 15 12 10 16 40 30 05 17 15 10 17 40 30 06 20 17 12 10 18 40 30 07 17 15 10 19 160 40 08 17 15 20 160 80 09 15 21 160 10 15 22 160 80 40 11 80 23 80 40 YJ8UU - VANUATU - Stuart says he will be listening on 18142 at 00:30Z on 13 January. QSL via ZL2HE. ZD7WRG/ZD9 - TRISTAN DA CUNHA & GOUGH ISLANDS - John was active on 21240 at 16:00Z on Saturday. QSL via WA2JUN. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq GMT IOTA Call Freq GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AF-003 ZD8T 21300 1508 EU-146 PA3BDQ 1830 2212 AN-006 EM1HO 7003 0434 NA-033 HK0TCN 21334 1656 AN-006 VP8CTR 18128 1107 NA-062 W2SF/P 21262 1528 EU-031 IC8/IK8VRH 14253 0851 NA-110 AA4V 21245 1549 EU-037 SM7DLZ 3792 0619 OC-046 FO5JR 14010 0211 IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- ----------- 12-Jan 12-Jan 3D2 3D2IO 3D2AO 2-1

12-Jan 12-Jan 9N 9N1ARB by KV5V 189 176 12-Jan 12-Jan V3 V31JP 188 12-Jan 13-Jan 9N 9N1's AT CU IZ JZ OW XI 196 195 12-Jan 14-Jan XW XW30 & XW30A 193 12-Jan 15-Jan 9Q 9Q5TE 196 12-Jan 15-Jan KP2 WP2/K9BG 2-6 12-Jan 15-Jan VP5 VP5/WQ7X 195 12-Jan 16-Jan T31 T31BB (OC-043) 180 12-Jan 17-Jan TT TT8JWM 2-6 12-Jan 17-Jan V4 V47XK 185 12-Jan 19-Jan HS HS0/DL2FDK 181 12-Jan 19-Jan TZ TZ6VV TZ6YL 2-1 12-Jan 27-Jan PJ2 PJ2/PA0VDV 196 12-Jan 31-Jan 5N 5N0T 5N0YL 2-1 12-Jan 20-Feb JD/M JG8NQJ/JD1 154 12-Jan 23-Feb FT FR5HR /FT5W, X & Z 2-2 12-Jan 28-Feb VP8/SH LU1ZC (AN-010) 155 12-Jan 1-Mar J2 J28AG 185 12-Jan 31-Mar PJ2 PJ9JT 167 12-Jan 10-Apr JX JX3EX 177 135 12-Jan 1-Jun FT5X FT5XN 179 14-Jan 20-Jan F TM5CRO (EU-070) 188 14-Jan 27-Jan BY W0RI/BY1QH & K9FD/BY1QH 182 15-Jan 18-Jan 1B/DF8AN 195 15-Jan 15-Apr ZL7 K8VIR/ZL7 2-3 16-Jan 23-Jan VP5 N0TG/VP5 WA4DAN/VP5 AA4VK/VP5 194 16-Jan 6-May TT TT6M or TT8AQ 186 185 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The effective sunspot number for Saturday, 1/10/98, was 32.7. The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for Sunday, 1/11/98, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 11-Jan-1998 21 85 6 2 VERY LOW/QUIET-UNSET;VERY LOW-LOW/QUIET 11-Jan-1998 18 81 5 2 VERY LOW/QUIET-UNSET;VERY LOW/QUIET 11-Jan-1998 15 81 5 3 VERY LOW/QUIET-UNSET;VERY LOW/QUIET 11-Jan-1998 12 81 5 1 VERY LOW/QUIET-UNSET;VERY LOW/QUIET 11-Jan-1998 09 81 5 2 VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET;VY LOW/QUIET 11-Jan-1998 06 81 5 2 VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET;VY LOW/QUIET 11-Jan-1998 03 81 5 2 VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET;VY LOW/QUIET 11-Jan-1998 00 81 5 1 VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET;VY LOW/QUIET The forecast for Monday, 1/12/98: solar flux 82, A index 5, K index 1. Monday should be High Normal. The forecast for Tuesday, 1/13/98: solar flux 82, A index 5, K index 1. Tuesday should be High Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 3D2AO DL7VRO CV1F CX6FP TO7FFL F8IDR 3D2IO DL7VRO DU100SAN DU1SAN TT8AM IK7JTF 3DA0CA W4DR DX3F VE7DP V31JP K8JP

4X50AE/SK 4X4FD JU2DX JT1KAA V47XK LA7XK 7Q7SB AB4IQ JW5NM LA5NM WP2/K9BG K9BG A22EW *KB2MS JY9QJ DL5MBY XE3/I1JHW I1JHW CQ98BM CT3HF SV0LK DJ4TR XU3FLT JN3FLT CS98UW CT4UW T31BA DL2ZAD ZD7WRG/ZD9 WA2JUN CT98AXS CT1AXS T31BB DF6FK ZD8T AC4IV CT98BWW CT1BWW * KB2MS was KB2UCO DF6FK - Norbert Willand, Leipziger Ring 389, D-63110 Rodgau, GERMANY DL2ZAD - Judith Willand, Leipziger Ring 389, D-63110 Rodgau, GERMANY FR5ZQ - Henri Namtameco, Rampe de Saint-Francois, 5052 tour de la Chaumiere, 97400 Saint-Denis, FRANCE JD1AMA - Akihiko Miyazaki, P.O. Box 602, Chichijima, Ogasawara Is, 100-2101 JAPAN VR2GY - Lee, P.O. Box 73328, Kowloon, Hong-Kong, PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA QSL cards recently received: 9M6OO, 9M8TG, KH8/N5OLS _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 3A2MD, 4X4RE, A92BE, ARRL, G4ZVJ, JA1ELY, K9BG, KC3AJ, KH6BZF REPORTS, KN6DV, N3OSH, NH6YK, NOAA, SP5NHI, TT8JWM/WA4KKY US Air Force, WA2VUY, _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United States. _______________________________________________________________ / \ | THE DAILY DX is published Monday through Friday by Bernie | | McClenny, W3UR, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, MD 21738 USA. | | This e-mail message and its contents are copyrighted and are | | proprietary products of THE DAILY DX. Any unauthorized use, | | reproduction, or transfer of the message or its content, in | | any medium, is strictly prohibited. For permission to quote, | | reprint or repost this e-mail send a request to THE DAILY DX | | include date, volume and issue number. Check out The Daily | | DX homepage http://www.wdn.com/thedailydx or for additional | | information you may phone The Daily DX at 301-854-5650 or fax | | at 301-854-5105. Remember to tell all your DX friends about | | The Daily DX. | \_______________________________________________________________/ To receive The Daily DX free for two weeks send an Email: bernie.mcclenny@mail.wdn.com with your name, call and e-mail address.

. ====================== *** The Daily DX *** ====================== Volume 2 Number 7 January 13, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ Headlines _____________________________________________________________________ Mike, K3UOC/7Z5OO, will be active as PJ5AA from St. Eustatius from 15 to 19 January. He will be active on CW on 10 through 160 meters. QSL via N2AU. Saty, JE1JKL/9M6NA, will be active for the next two years or longer as 9M2NK from Kuala Lumpur, West Malaysia. Dutch operators PA3AWW, PA3DEW and PA3FQX will be active as 9G1AA from 4 to 25 February. They will operate CW & SSB on all bands including 6 meters. A 6 meter beacon will be on 50123. QSL via PA2FAS. Gerhard, OE3GEA expects to operate from Agadir, Morocco as CN2GE from 16 to 22 January. QSL via OE3GEA. Ken, 7M1STT will be operating from Belau from 17 to 20 January as T88TT. Plans are to be on CW and SSB. Last week Ken was on 40 meters CW from Taiwan as BV7/7M1STT. QSLs may be sent via JARL Bureau or to Ken Suzuki, 16-6 Nishishizu 5-chome, Sakura 285-0845, Japan. Hans, OH2EA may be on the air as HS0/OH2EA during January and February. QSL via OH2EA. Joe, HB9LEY, plans to be active on 17 and 18 January from Liechtenstein as HB0/HB9LEY on 160 meters. He will be looking for North Americans between 04:30 and 06:30Z and for Japan/Pacific from 20:30 to 22:30Z on 1830. QSL via JH1BSE, Masa Yamamura, 2-10-6 Arai, Nakanoku, Tokyo 165, JAPAN. Toshi, JA1ELY, reports a group of six Japanese amateurs will be active from Saipan from 14 to 16 February. This is there first DXpedition and they will be signing KH0/homecall on 10 through 40 meters CW, SSB and RTTY. Operators include JN1TCC, JS1PNS, JA2HBK, JJ2NYT, JK2TQB and JR4URW. QSL via homecall. Mike, K4PI, plans to be active as P49I on Aruba from 19 to 27 January. He will be in the CQ World Wide 160 CW Contest. Start looking for him on topband on 21 January. _____________________________________________________________________

QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 3DA0CA - SWAZILAND - Look for Jon to be active on 1827.5 from 03:00 to 03:30Z on 14 January. Afterwards check 80 then 40 CW. QSL via W4DR. 9M2TO - WEST MALAYSIA - Ted was working Europeans and West Coast US stations yesterday on 10102 from 15:00 to 16:00Z. 9N1ARB - NEPAL - Brad, KV5V, finished up his trip yesterday by doing some more RTTY on 20 meters from 01:20 to 03:00Z. QSL via KV5V. A61AN - UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - Naser can often be found on 80 meters SSB from 22:00 to 00:00Z. EP3HR - IRAN - This station was on 14191 at 14:45Z yesterday. QSL via I2MQP. FR5ZQ/T - TROMELIN ISLAND - Henri did some CW on 21004 from 09:30 to 10:00Z. US stations should check 15 meters from 13:00 to 15:00Z on CW (21000-21025) and SSB (21200-21225). QSL via homecall. FT5XN - KERGUELEN ISLAND - Look for Helios on or near 14025 between 03:00 and 06:00Z. QSL via F6PEN. J28FA - DJIBOUTI - Fred showed up on 14025 just before 18:00Z. JD1AMA - OGASAWARA - Aki was working Europeans and JA's on 3804 from 20:40 to 21:40Z. VK9EKY - LORD HOWE ISLAND - Zbig was reported on 7002 between 07:00 to 08:00Z and on 14271 from 12:40 to 13:10Z. XW - LAOS - Frank, AH0W, Watt, JA0DAI, and one other JA returned home however Zorro, JH1AJT, John, SM0DJZ, and Erik, SM0AGD will remain until 17:00Z on 15 January. Many East Coast stations were able to work XW30 on 30 meters yesterday from 20:00 to 21:00Z. Also on 14025 from 11:00 to 13:00Z. Remember XW30A is on RTTY and SSB while XW30 is on CW. Frank says "We're going back in October." Mid-West and East Coast US stations may want to try the following: 14025/14083/14195 from 23:00 to 01:00 and 11:00 to 13:00Z. For those looking on 40 meters try 7003 just before and after your local sunrise. On 160 meters they have made over 1,000 QSOs mostly with Europe and Asia. As of 00:00Z on 12 January no US stations have been worked. They are using an inverted vee up about 30 meters on top of the hotel roof. John will most likely be the operator on Topband. QSL XW30 and XW30A via SM0AGD. _____________________________________________________________________

IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq GMT IOTA Call Freq GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AN-010 LU1ZC 14007 0147 NA-106 WP2/K9BG 18072 1653 EU-037 SM7DLZ 3793 2224 NA-110 K9JWV/4 14260 2049 NA-034 AH6JN/4 21303 1456 OC-004 VK9EKY 14271 1309 NA-104 V47XK 14201 1146 Jes£s, PS8ET, will operate from Grande de Santa Isabel Island (IOTA SA-025) until 18 January. QSL via PS8ET. Barry, ZS1FJ, and Lambert, ZS2LL, plan to be active as ZS26BI from Bird Island for 5 days in late January. This would be a new one and is located 50 miles off the coast of Port Elizabeth, South Africa. QSL via ZS1FJ. IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- ----------- 13-Jan 15-Jan 9Q 9Q5TE 196 13-Jan 15-Jan VP5 VP5/WQ7X 195 13-Jan 15-Jan KP2 WP2/K9BG 2-6 13-Jan 15-Jan XW XW30 & XW30A 193 13-Jan 17-Jan TT TT8JWM 2-6 13-Jan 17-Jan V4 V47XK 185 13-Jan 19-Jan HS HS0/DL2FDK 181 13-Jan 19-Jan TZ TZ6VV TZ6YL 2-1 13-Jan 27-Jan PJ2 PJ2/PA0VDV 196 13-Jan 31-Jan 5N 5N0T 5N0YL 2-1 13-Jan 20-Feb JD/M JG8NQJ/JD1 154 13-Jan 23-Feb FT FR5HR /FT5W, X & Z 2-2 13-Jan 28-Feb VP8/SH LU1ZC (AN-010) 155 13-Jan 1-Mar J2 J28AG 185 13-Jan 31-Mar PJ2 PJ9JT 167 13-Jan 10-Apr JX JX3EX 177 135 13-Jan 1-Jun FT5X FT5XN 179 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The effective sunspot number for Sunday, 1/11/98, was 40.0 The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for Monday, 1/12/98, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 12-Jan-1998 21 96 5 1 LOW/QUIET;LOW/QUIET 12-Jan-1998 18 85 7 1 LOW/QUIET;LOW/QUIET 12-Jan-1998 15 85 7 1 LOW/QUIET;LOW/QUIET

12-Jan-1998 12 85 7 2 LOW/QUIET-UNSET;VERY LOW-LOW/QUIET 12-Jan-1998 09 85 7 1 LOW/QUIET-UNSET;VERY LOW-LOW/QUIET 12-Jan-1998 06 85 7 2 LOW/QUIET-UNSET;VERY LOW-LOW/QUIET 12-Jan-1998 03 85 7 1 LOW/QUIET-UNSET;VERY LOW-LOW/QUIET 12-Jan-1998 00 85 7 1 VERY LOW/QUIET-UNSET;VERY LOW-LOW/QUIET The forecast for Tuesday, 1/13/98: solar flux 86, A index 5, K index 1. Tuesday should be High Normal. The forecast for Wednesday, 1/14/98: solar flux 86, A index 5, K index 1. Wednesday should be High Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Ron Lago, AC7DX, has taken over the following QSL chores from the late (silent key) Jerry Branson, AA6BB/7. QSL cards should be sent to: Ron Lago, P.O. Box 25426, Eugene, OR 97402 USA. Call Dates Call Dates ------ ---------------------- --------- --------------- 1Z9A 1984-1986 KH5/AA6LF 1Z9B 1985-1984 KP4AM CQWW 1979-81-84 1Z9D 1984-1981 RI5A 1991 1Z9YL 1988-1991 RW0CWA 1991 3D2LF S79WHW 1982-1985 3D2WM 1990-1991 T30AC 1979-1990 3V8BB April 14-24, 1996 only T30W 1993-1994 3Y0PI UA0CCW 1981-1989 4B9CQ 1995 UB5UAT 1986-1988 5W1LF UD6BD 1981-1987 8P6JQ 1986-1991 UI9ACQ 1991 8P9GI UJ9SWE 1991 9K2QQ July - Aug. 1997 only UK2RDX 1979-1985 9M2HB 1986-1994 UO5OAQ 1984 A35SS UO5OQ 1987-1989 AH2BE UR1RWX 1986-1989 AH2BE/KH6 UR2RRR 1986-1989 AH2BE/KH9 UV0EX 1977-1986 AH8A 1994 to present UY5PC 1983-1989 BV2FB 1989-1992 UZ2FWA 1986-1991 BV5CN June - July 1996 V31DX before 1997 only BV5HJ July - Aug. 1996 V31UN 1991 BZ1FB 1989-1991 VK4ALF Flinders Island C21BD 1984-1988 VK4ALF Hope Island DL/ON4ABT 1986-1987 VK4ALF/VK9 Ashmore Reef DU/WA2PWL 1984 VK4ALF/VK9M Mellish Reef FO0SST VP8BZL FW/AA6LF VP8SSI HL9KL 1990-1991 VQ9CQ 1990-1991 HL9KLT 1990 VS6CX 1986-87-90-91 HL9MM VS6DX 1991 HS4AMS 1984-1986 XE2/AA6LF/XF1 Marieta Is. JT1AN 1977-1983 XF4M JT1AO 1983-1985 XW8FA 1972-1974 KB6DAW/KH2 YB0ARC 1988-1990 KB6DAW/KH9 ZK1ALF 1994 KC6HA 1986-1988 ZK1XP 1990 KC6VE 1974-1975 ZZ2Z OH0MAM/OH2MAM - Jukka Kulha, Tilkankatu 6 F 69, 00300 Helsinki, FINLAND

CN2AT NOT via EA5ADD CQ98BM goes via CT3BM not via CT3HF (tnx EA1FFC) QSL cards recently received: 4S7BRG, 7Q7DX, KH0/JA4DND, KH0/JO1CRA, N4BQW/KH5, TT8BE _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 425 DX News, AC7DX, AH0W, EA1FFC, JA0DAI, JA1ELY, K3ZO, K4PI, KC3AJ, KH6BZF REPORTS, KS0M, N3OSH, NOAA, OE3GEA, OH2BH, OPDX, US Air Force, W1LRZ, ZS6EZ _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United States. _______________________________________________________________ / \ | THE DAILY DX is published Monday through Friday by Bernie | | McClenny, W3UR, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, MD 21738 USA. | | This e-mail message and its contents are copyrighted and are | | proprietary products of THE DAILY DX. Any unauthorized use, | | reproduction, or transfer of the message or its content, in | | any medium, is strictly prohibited. For permission to quote, | | reprint or repost this e-mail send a request to THE DAILY DX | | include date, volume and issue number. Check out The Daily | | DX homepage http://www.wdn.com/thedailydx or for additional | | information you may phone The Daily DX at 301-854-5650 or fax | | at 301-854-5105. Remember to tell all your DX friends about | | The Daily DX. | \_______________________________________________________________/

. ====================== *** The Daily DX *** ====================== Volume 2 Number 8 January 14, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ Headlines _____________________________________________________________________ In the January 8th issue of The Daily DX it was reported that Brazilians Lunkes, PT2HF and Paulo, PT2NP will join up with Alberto, PY2ASK who is in the South Shetlands. The Associa‡ao Brasileira de Radioexpedicionarios (ABRA) is now reporting they will operate ZX0DX on SSB and ZX0CW on CW from 22 January to 8 February. Suggested frequencies are: SSB - 3755, 7055, 14260, 18128, 21260, 24950, 28420 CW - 3530, 7025, 10140, 14040, 18098, 21040, 24920, 28040 There is a possibility they will also be on 6 and 160 meters. QSL ZX0CW and ZX0DX via PT2GTI. QSL ZX0ECF via PY2ASK. Jos‚, PJ2MI, reports the PJ QSL bureau is currently going through some delays due to a sudden change in outgoing surface mail and a airmail price increase in the Netherland Antilles. The VERONA club that runs the bureau is unable to support this increase and is currently seeking a solution. Please be patient until a solution is found. _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 3V8BB - TUNISIA - Europeans and East Coast US stations report working this club station yesterday on 21285 from 11:30 to 13:00Z. 3W5FM - VIETNAM - Shows up almost every day near 14010 at 23:45Z. FR5ZQ/T - TROMELIN - Henri showed up on 21011 yesterday from 13:00 to 14:00Z. He was working East Coast, Mid- West US and Europeans. Later he was found on 7052 running some kind of a list just before 17:00Z. FT5XN - KERGUELEN - Helios came up on 14026 around 03:15Z. Then later in the day he was on 14143 just before 16:00Z. QSL via F6PEN. JD1AMA - OGASAWARA - Aki has been very busy while visiting his family on this semi-rare island. Yesterdays activities include stints on 3507 at 21:00Z, 10106 at 22:00Z and 14083 on RTTY at 22:40Z. Today just just before 02:00Z he showed up on 14180 working many East Coast and Mid-West Stations for the US. Look today near 3804 or 3507 during your sunrise. JY9QJ - JORDAN - Japanese stations report that George was found on 1828 just before 20:00Z. QSL via DL5MBY.

K9AW/KH2 - GUAM - Gary was busy on 14030 from 11:00 to 12:00Z working Europeans. QSL via WF5T. XW - LAOS - Another East Coast and Mid-West opening late yesterday and early today. It all started around 22:00Z on 7004. Stations first started working them via the longpath over the South Pole. Just before 23:00Z the path change to short path over the North Pole. Around 00:30Z today they were found working East Coast and Mid-West stations on 14024 QSL up. Yesterdays activities were as follows: GMT Freq. GMT Freq. --- ----- --- ----- 0 7004 14083 13 14025 1 14083 14 14025 2 14023 14083 15 10104 14025 3 21294 16 7005 10104 4 21294 28025 28495 17 7005 5 14195 18073 18145 24895 18 7005 24945 28495 7 21295 19 7005 9 18145 24942 21 1825 10 18145 22 7004 11 18073 23 7004 YK1AH - SYRIA - Fadel likes to hang out on 10107. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq GMT IOTA Call Freq GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AF-016 FR5HA 14192 1518 AS-020 BV5BG 18130 2324 AF-031 FR5ZQ/T 21011 1302 AS-031 JD1AMA 10106 2203 AF-048 FT5XN 14026 0325 AS-053 HS0/IK4M 14263 1347 AF-049 3B8CF 21279 1224 EU-037 SM7DLZ 14259 1320 Barry, ZS1FJ, reports they plan to operate from Bird Island later this month or next month. Permission has been granted by the authorities who run the lighthouse. This will be a joint venture as they will go at the same time as a light house maintenance crew. When the crew decides on an exact date they will give the operators one weeks notice. Then the operators and the lighthouse maintenance crew will take a helicopter to the island. This will be the first operation from this island group. Once they have worked 50 stations the IOTA committee will give a reference number. Plans are to operate on most of the HF bands using maximum power along with beams and wires. Barry says when the exact dates are determined he will inform The Daily DX. The Kuwait Amateur Radio Society has announced their third 9K2F IOTA DXpedition to AS-118. They will start on 12 February and be active for one week. QSL cards should be sent via 9K2HN. IOTA frequencies -

CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- ----------- 14-Jan 15-Jan 9Q 9Q5TE 196 14-Jan 15-Jan VP5 VP5/WQ7X 195 14-Jan 15-Jan KP2 WP2/K9BG 2-6 14-Jan 15-Jan XW XW30 & XW30A 193 14-Jan 17-Jan TT TT8JWM 2-6 14-Jan 17-Jan V4 V47XK 185 14-Jan 19-Jan HS HS0/DL2FDK 181 14-Jan 19-Jan TZ TZ6VV TZ6YL 2-1 14-Jan 27-Jan PJ2 PJ2/PA0VDV 196 14-Jan 31-Jan 5N 5N0T 5N0YL 2-1 14-Jan 20-Feb JD/M JG8NQJ/JD1 154 14-Jan 23-Feb FT FR5HR /FT5W, X & Z 2-2 14-Jan 28-Feb VP8/SH LU1ZC (AN-010) 155 14-Jan 1-Mar J2 J28AG 185 14-Jan 31-Mar PJ2 PJ9JT 167 14-Jan 10-Apr JX JX3EX 177 135 14-Jan 1-Jun FT5X FT5XN 179 14-Jan 18-Jan PY PS8ET (SA-025) 2-7 14-Jan 20-Jan F TM5CRO (EU-070) 188 14-Jan 27-Jan BY W0RI/BY1QH & K9FD/BY1QH 182 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The effective sunspot number for Monday, 1/12/98, was 39.0 The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for Tuesday, 1/13/98, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 13-Jan-1998 21 90 2 1 LOW/QUIET;LOW/QUIET 13-Jan-1998 18 96 4 1 LOW/QUIET;LOW/QUIET 13-Jan-1998 15 96 4 1 LOW/QUIET;LOW/QUIET 13-Jan-1998 12 96 4 1 LOW/QUIET;LOW/QUIET 13-Jan-1998 09 96 4 1 LOW/QUIET;LOW/QUIET 13-Jan-1998 06 96 4 0 LOW/QUIET;LOW/QUIET 13-Jan-1998 03 96 4 1 LOW/QUIET;LOW/QUIET 13-Jan-1998 00 96 4 1 LOW/QUIET;LOW/QUIET The forecast for Wednesday, 1/14/98: solar flux 98, A index 5, K index 1. Wednesday should be High Normal. The forecast for Thursday, 1/15/98: solar flux 100, A index 5, K index 1. Thursday should be High Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 4U1WB KK4HD CN/DJ8DL DJ8DL V31JP K8JP

5H3HG N5HG EK1700JJ GW3CDP VP5/WQ7X SP5INQ 9J2BO W6ORD LU1ZA LU2CN WP2/K9BG K9BG 9M2TO JA0DMV ON50LUS ON7LU XU2FB N4JR N5HG - Lee Germany, 6970 Neptune Court, New Orleans, LA 70126 QSL cards recently received: 9M6OO, 9V1YC, FH/DF2SS, FO0BRD, TZ6VV _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 9K2HN, K3KY, KC3AJ, KH6BZF REPORTS, LU2BRG, N3OSH, NOAA, PJ2MI, US Air Force, W0AW, ZS1FJ _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United States. _______________________________________________________________ / \ | THE DAILY DX is published Monday through Friday by Bernie | | McClenny, W3UR, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, MD 21738 USA. | | This e-mail message and its contents are copyrighted and are | | proprietary products of THE DAILY DX. Any unauthorized use, | | reproduction, or transfer of the message or its content, in | | any medium, is strictly prohibited. For permission to quote, | | reprint or repost this e-mail send a request to THE DAILY DX | | include date, volume and issue number. Check out The Daily | | DX homepage http://www.wdn.com/thedailydx or for additional | | information you may phone The Daily DX at 301-854-5650 or fax | | at 301-854-5105. Remember to tell all your DX friends about | | The Daily DX. | \_______________________________________________________________/

. ====================== *** The Daily DX *** ====================== Volume 2 Number 9 January 15, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ Headlines _____________________________________________________________________ A multi-national team plans to operate from Annobon (Pagalu) Island the first week of March. The group will consist of 4 to 6 operators who will operate all bands with an emphasis on the low bands (40, 80 & 160 meters). They will be on CW, SSB and RTTY is expected. More details soon. Fernando, EA4BB/D2BB, was in Madrid over the Christmas holidays and should have returned to Angola on 14 January. He will take a TR7A, a tuner and wires for dipoles and long wires as he plans to put up new antennas including one for 160 meters. He hopes to be on topband within two weeks. His plans are to be in Angola for at least one more year. He reminds everyone that Joe, W3HNK, is his new QSL manager. For stations looking for a RTTY QSO from Angola Fernando says Dias, D2AI, is active and his manager is CT1EGH. The DX News Sheet reports that Oliver, OH2NSM, will not be part of the TG0OH DXpedition that will take place from 18 January to 5 February. QSL OH6XY for RTTY and OH3JF for CW/SSB. Norby, LX1NO, says LX1PS, LX2AA and LX2BN are all pirates. _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 4L8T - GEORGIA - Europeans & East Coast US stations reported this station was active on 10107 for about 1 hour starting around 21:20Z. 7Z1IS - SAUDI ARABIA - Ibrahim was found working Europeans on 21260 yesterday from 12:45 to 13:20Z. EM1HO - ANTARCTICA - Paul came down to 1828 around 04:15Z working North Americans. QSL via I2PJA. FH5CB - Mayotte - Elio can often be found around 21300 from 14:00 to 15:00Z. FR5ZQ/T - TROMELIN ISLAND - Henri showed up for the as expected on 21010 around 13:00Z. Stations needing this semi-rare one should check 21010 at 09:00 and 13:00Z. FT5XN - KERGUELEN ISLAND - Look for Helios between 14024 and 14031 start around 03:00Z. Also check 14143 just before 16:00Z. FT5X/FR5HR - KERGUELEN ISLAND - Rene came up on 14195 just before

03:00Z. QSL via FR5HR. JD1AMA - OGASAWARA - Aki has been very busy working Europe and North America. The Europeans should check 14083 from 08:00 to 09:00Z and 3507 around 21:00Z. North Americans should check 14083 and 3507/3804 just before their sunrise. Also Everyone should check 10106 at 22:00Z. JD1BIA - OGASAWARA - Was found yesterday on 3795 just before 15:00Z. JG8NQJ/JD1 - MINAMI TORISHIMA - Showed up yesterday on 7008 from 12:00 to 13:00Z. QSL via JA8CJY. JU2DX - MONGOLIA - Several West Coast US stations reported working this station on 1835 around 16:00Z. TL8PL - CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - Pascal was hiding up on 18096 just before 13:00Z. UN2O - KAZAKHSTAN - Was lurking around on 30 meters from 22:20 to 23:20Z. VK9NS - NORFOLK ISLAND - Western Europeans stations report working Jim on 24945 at 08:30Z and on 21260 at 08:40Z. XW - LAOS - XW30 and XW30A will QRT around 17:00Z today. East Coast and Mid-West US stations should try 7004 at sunrise today and 14024/14195 right after sunrise. Try longpath up until about 14:00Z then try short path. QSL via SM0AGD. ZD7BG - ST. HELENA - Gilbert is your best bet for a CW Contact from this semi-rare one. Check 14015 between 19:00 and 20:00Z and 40 meters after 23:00Z. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq GMT IOTA Call Freq GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AF-016 FR5CC 21223 1026 EU-056 LA4GHA 14260 1325 AN-016 LU1ZC 18075 1813 EU-070 TM5CRO 7002 1915 AS-053 HS0/IK4MRH 7045 1910 NA-061 VE7QCR 14260 0029 EU-001 SV5DDP 21264 1320 NA-062 WB1BVQ/M 14260 2100 EU-004 EA6AEI 14260 1526 NA-065 KK7JP 14253 2339 EU-016 9A2GF 14000 0837 OC-004 VK9EKY 14240 2219 EU-037 SM7DLZ 14257 1302 OC-005 VK9NS 14222 0419 Look for Lima, PY1NEZ to be active from Itacuruca Island as ZW0Z starting today until 18 January. IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________

Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- ----------- 15-Jan 15-Jan 9Q 9Q5TE 196 15-Jan 15-Jan VP5 VP5/WQ7X 195 15-Jan 15-Jan KP2 WP2/K9BG 2-6 15-Jan 15-Jan XW XW30 & XW30A 193 15-Jan 17-Jan TT TT8JWM 2-6 15-Jan 17-Jan V4 V47XK 185 15-Jan 18-Jan 1B/DF8AN 195 15-Jan 18-Jan PY PS8ET (SA-025) 2-7 15-Jan 19-Jan HS HS0/DL2FDK 181 15-Jan 19-Jan PJ5 PJ5AA 2-7 15-Jan 19-Jan TZ TZ6VV TZ6YL 2-1 15-Jan 20-Jan F TM5CRO (EU-070) 188 15-Jan 27-Jan PJ2 PJ2/PA0VDV 196 15-Jan 27-Jan BY W0RI/BY1QH & K9FD/BY1QH 182 15-Jan 31-Jan 5N 5N0T 5N0YL 2-1 15-Jan 20-Feb JD/M JG8NQJ/JD1 154 15-Jan 23-Feb FT FR5HR /FT5W, X & Z 2-2 15-Jan 28-Feb VP8/SH LU1ZC (AN-010) 155 15-Jan 1-Mar J2 J28AG 185 15-Jan 31-Mar PJ2 PJ9JT 167 15-Jan 10-Apr JX JX3EX 177 135 15-Jan 15-Apr ZL7 K8VIR/ZL7 2-3 15-Jan 1-Jun FT5X FT5XN 179 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The effective sunspot number for Tuesday, 1/13/98, was 39 The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for Wednesday, 1/14/98, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 14-Jan-1998 21 94 3 0 LOW/QUIET;LOW/QUIET 14-Jan-1998 18 90 2 1 LOW/QUIET;LOW/QUIET 14-Jan-1998 15 90 2 0 LOW/QUIET;LOW/QUIET 14-Jan-1998 12 90 2 2 LOW/QUIET;LOW/QUIET 14-Jan-1998 09 90 2 0 LOW/QUIET;LOW/QUIET 14-Jan-1998 06 90 2 2 LOW/QUIET;LOW/QUIET 14-Jan-1998 03 90 2 1 LOW/QUIET;LOW/QUIET 14-Jan-1998 00 90 2 1 LOW/QUIET;LOW/QUIET The forecast for Thursday, 1/15/98: solar flux 90, A index 5, K index 1. Thursday should be Above Normal. The forecast for Friday, 1/16/98: solar flux 94, A index 10, K index 2. Friday should be High Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 4X50AT 4X1AT HF0POL *SP3BGD VP8CTR DL5EBE CT98CBI CT1CBI JG8NQJ/JD1 JA8CJY VU2TS I1YRL

EM1HO I2PJA JU2DX JT1KAA XW30 SM0AGD FO0GUI F5UIV LU1ZC LU6EF XW30A SM0AGD * This is a recent change starting sometime in January, 1998. JA8CJY - Susumu Sin, Sanada, 5-17, 5-4, Shin-Ei, Toyohira, Sopporo 004 JAPAN SM0AGD - Erik Sjolund, Vestag.27, S-19556 Marsta, SWEDEN QSL cards recently received: 3D2RW/R, 9V1AG, KH0CE, N4BQW/KH5, VR6MW, YB0AI _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: DX News Seet, EA4BB, KC3AJ, KH6BZF REPORTS, LX1NO, N3OSH, NOAA, US Air Force, W0AW _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United States. _______________________________________________________________ / \ | THE DAILY DX is published Monday through Friday by Bernie | | McClenny, W3UR, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, MD 21738 USA. | | This e-mail message and its contents are copyrighted and are | | proprietary products of THE DAILY DX. Any unauthorized use, | | reproduction, or transfer of the message or its content, in | | any medium, is strictly prohibited. For permission to quote, | | reprint or repost this e-mail send a request to THE DAILY DX | | include date, volume and issue number. Check out The Daily | | DX homepage http://www.wdn.com/thedailydx or for additional | | information you may phone The Daily DX at 301-854-5650 or fax | | at 301-854-5105. Remember to tell all your DX friends about | | The Daily DX. | \_______________________________________________________________/

. ====================== *** The Daily DX *** ====================== Volume 2 Number 10 January 16, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ Headlines _____________________________________________________________________ Dick Wilder, K3DI, reports he will be active in the ARRL CW DX Contest on 21 and 22 February as VP2EEI from Anguilla. He also hopes to operate the CQ World Wide 160 Meter SSB Contest as FS/K3DI from Saint Martin. QSL via K3DI. Those wishing to receive a QSL via the bureau may request so by sending an e-mail to wilder@clark.net Members of the Virginia DX Century Club and the Potomac Valley Radio Club will operate from Guantanamo Bay from 17 to 24 February. The main emphasis will be the ARRL CW DX Contest however they will be on the air on all bands before and after the contest. Operators include Don, W4ZYT/KG4ZK, Chuck, NW3K/KG4CH and OB, W4SD/KG4SD. During the contest they hope to use KG4DZ. QSL via KG4DZ via W4SD all others via home calls. Amateur radio operator operators from Kaliningrad will be active from the island of Cyprus from 23 to 25 January. While on the island they will operate multi-single as C42A in the CQ World Wide 160 Meter CW Contest. Operators include UA2FB, UA2FF and UA2FZ. QSL cards go via DK4VW. This is a mail drop and card will be forwarded to Kaliningrad. Eric, F5JKK, is currently in Chad building antennas and hopes to be on the air next week. He did not get the expected TT6M or TT8AQ calls but rather TT8JE. Eric will operate 6 through 160 meters mostly CW with some SSB and no RTTY. QSL via F6FNU. Paul, ZD8V reports the United States Air Force base hamshack will be moved over the weekend and part of next week. Once the station has been moved look for ZD8T and ZD8V to be active again. Vladimir Zakharov, RU6FP, is currently operating from Nepal as 9N1FP. He is a Russian helicopter pilot working in the semi-rare one for the next 4 months. With his busy schedule at work and the amount of time he plans to be on the air he is unable to handle the QSL cards. QSL cards will be handled by his XYL and should be sent to Vladimir Zakharov, Kulakova 27/2 - 116, Stavropol 355044, Russia. His license will allow him to operate on 40 and 20 meters only. He will be on SSB but enjoys CW and plans to be there mostly. The ARRL DX bulletin reports that JA1IED is currently active as 3W6JQ until 20 January. QSL via JA1IED. _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________

7Q7SB - MALAWI - Steve was working North Americans on 21295 at 1740Z yesterday. QSL via AB4IQ. 9J2BO - ZAMBIA - Brian loves to operate CW. Europeans and US stations found him on 10102 from 18:00 to 19:00Z. QSL via W6ORD. 9K2ZZ - KUWAIT - Bob is back in Kuwait and has been very active on 40 meters CW. Look for him on the lower end of the band between 21:00 and 00:00Z. QSL via W8CNL. BY1QH - PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA - Merv and Price arrived and will be putting this one on the low bands. West Coast and W0's report working them on 1827 from 13:30 to 14:00Z. QSL via K9FD. D2BB - ANGOLA - Fernando made it back and showed up yesterday around 22:00Z on 20 meters CW. QSL via W3HNK. EA9IE - CEUTA & MELILLA - Juan can be found most days on 80 meters SSB from 05:00 to 08:00Z. FR5ZQ/T - TROMELIN - Henri once again showed up on 21010 just before 13:00Z. Later he was found working Europeans on 40 SSB between 17:00 and 18:00Z. Those in Europe, North and South America should check 21010 and 21220 before 09:00 and again before 13:00Z. QSL via FR5ZQ. FT5X/FR5HR - KERGUELEN ISLAND - W5 stations report Rene was heard on 14195 from 02:00 to 03:00Z. QSL via FR5HR. FT5XN - KERGUELEN ISLAND - Helios has only been showing up on 20 meters. Anyone needing this one should show up just before 03:00Z and listen between 14025 and 14031. QSL via F6PEN. JD1AMA - OGASAWARA - Aki was found working Europeans and JA's at 21:20Z on 3504. JU2DX - MONGOLIA - Was active several times yesterday on 160 meters. Europeans and Asians report he was on 1835 from 18:00 to 22:00Z. Length of stay is unknown. QSL via JT1KAA. LU1ZA - SOUTH ORKNEY ISLANDS - Can sometimes be found on 14180 at different times during the day. QSL via LU2CN. LZ0A - SOUTH SHETLANDS - Yes another station from this Antarctic Island. Dany was active on 7005 for about 1 hour starting around 04:40Z. He likes the bottom 5 KHz of the band. QSL via LZ1KDP. S92AT - SAO TOME & PRINCIPE - Gary was working US stations on 14172 from 20:00 to 21:00Z. QSL via NJ2D. SU1AH - EGYPT - Europeans stations were working this one on 20 meters RTTY around 10:30Z.

V31JP - BELIZE - JA's report Joe was found on 1828 QSX 1909. QSL via K8JP. XW - LAOS - They were supposed to leave at 17:00Z yesterday. However they were on the air still at 01:00Z today. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq GMT IOTA Call Freq GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AF-023 S92AT 14172 2049 EU-004 EA6AEI 14258 1510 AN-016 HF0POL 10108 0225 EU-037 SM7DLZ 3789 2322 AN-016 LU1ZC 7008 0227 EU-056 LA4GHA 14260 0954 EU-001 SV5CJN 14203 1524 EU-067 SV8EUA 14260 1011 EU-003 CU2BJ 14017 1757 EU-070 TM5CRO 14260 1612 IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- ----------- 16-Jan 31-Jan 5N 5N0T 5N0YL 2-1 16-Jan 27-Jan BY W0RI/BY1QH & K9FD/BY1QH 182 16-Jan 22-Jan CN CN2GE 2-7 16-Jan 20-Jan F TM5CRO (EU-070) 188 16-Jan 23-Feb FT FR5HR /FT5W, X & Z 2-2 16-Jan 1-Jun FT5X FT5XN 179 16-Jan 19-Jan HS HS0/DL2FDK 181 16-Jan 1-Mar J2 J28AG 185 16-Jan 20-Feb JD/M JG8NQJ/JD1 154 16-Jan 10-Apr JX JX3EX 177 135 16-Jan 27-Jan PJ2 PJ2/PA0VDV 196 16-Jan 31-Mar PJ2 PJ9JT 167 16-Jan 19-Jan PJ5 PJ5AA 2-7 16-Jan 18-Jan PY PS8ET (SA-025) 2-7 16-Jan 6-May TT TT6M or TT8AQ 186 185 16-Jan 17-Jan TT TT8JWM 2-6 16-Jan 19-Jan TZ TZ6VV TZ6YL 2-1 16-Jan 17-Jan V4 V47XK 185 16-Jan 23-Jan VP5 N0TG/VP5 WA4DAN/VP5 AA4VK/VP5 194 16-Jan 28-Feb VP8/SH LU1ZC (AN-010) 155 16-Jan 15-Apr ZL7 K8VIR/ZL7 2-3 16-Jan 18-Jan 1B/DF8AN 195 17-Jan 18-Jan HB0 HB0/HB9LEY 2-7 17-Jan 20-Jan T8 T88TT 2-7 18-Jan 1-Feb 8P 8P9DX 157 18-Jan 5-Feb TG TG0OH 191 18-Jan Hungarian DX Contest _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________

The effective sunspot number for Wednesday, 1/14/98, was 40.0 The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for Thursday, 1/15/98, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 15-Jan-1998 21 98 3 0 MODERATE/QUIET;LOW-MOD/QUIET-UNSETTLED 15-Jan-1998 18 94 2 0 MODERATE/QUIET;LOW-MOD/QUIET-UNSETTLED 15-Jan-1998 15 94 2 0 MODERATE/QUIET;LOW-MOD/QUIET-UNSETTLED 15-Jan-1998 12 94 2 2 LOW/QUIET;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 15-Jan-1998 09 94 2 1 LOW/QUIET;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 15-Jan-1998 06 94 2 2 LOW/QUIET;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 15-Jan-1998 03 94 2 1 LOW/QUIET;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 15-Jan-1998 00 94 2 1 LOW/QUIET;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED The forecast for Friday, 1/16/98: solar flux 100, A index 12, K index 4. Friday should be High Normal. The forecast for Saturday, 1/17/98: solar flux 102, A index 10, K index 3. Saturday should be High Normal. The forecast for Sunday, 1/18/98: solar flux 103, A index 8, K index 2. Sunday should be High Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 4X50FB/SK 4X6UO CT98EEN CT1EEN LZ0A LZ1KDP 4X50FR 4X4FR DL1GKG/HI3 DL1GKG PJ5AA N2AU 7Q7SB AB4IQ FP5BZ F5TJP PZ5JB AA3OE 9K2ZZ W8CNL FT5X/FR5HR FR5HR T94DO DL1FDV CT98AUO CT1AUO FT5XN F6PEN TM5CRO F5RMY *5A1A - P.O. Box 74421, Tripoli, LYBIA TA2FM - Oktay Erturk, P.O. Box 6, Kadikoy, Istanbul, TURKEY * For QSOs with the nationals. Send registered mail with IRCs. QSL cards recently received: ZD7DP _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 9N1AA, F6FNU, K3DI, KC3AJ, KD4IFV, KH6BZF REPORTS, N3OSH, N4MXT, NOAA, UA2FZ, US Air Force, W4ZYT, ZD8V _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United States. _______________________________________________________________ / \ | THE DAILY DX is published Monday through Friday by Bernie |

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. ====================== *** The Daily DX *** ====================== Volume 2 Number 11 January 19, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ Headlines _____________________________________________________________________ Herik, FR5DX, reports that Rene, FR5HR, will be on Kerguelen until the end of February. Rene will not be on CW due to some kind of restriction. Herik recommends stations looking to work Rene check the following places and times: 14240 at 02:00 GMT (Good opening to the States!) 24950 at 13:00 GMT 18130 at 14:00 GMT Mr. N. Khosbayer, JT1CD, returned from Eastern Mongolia where he and a group from the Mongolian Radio Sports Federation operated as JU2DX. Operators included JT1CD, JT1AS, JT1BL, JT1BJ, JT1CJ and JT1CM. He confirmed working some US stations including Gary, NI6T. QSL via JT1KAA. Last week several YJ amateurs from Vanuatu reported civil uprising. Just days before these islands in the Pacific Ocean were hit by a cyclone. The President declared a civil emergency for the next two weeks after looting and destroying of business properties took place. Amateurs from this small island nation will probably be very low key for the next few weeks. Jean-Marc, F5SGI, will be active from Guernsey Island as GU/F5SGI from 11 to 17 April. Look for him to be on 10 through 40 meters mostly CW and some times on 14260 on SSB. QSL via F5SGI direct or via the bureau. Marc, ON5FP, plans to operate the Islands on the air Contest in July as MW0/ON5FP from St. Tudwalls islands (IOTA EU-106). _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 3DA0CA - SWAZILAND - Jon is back up on 160 meters. US stations should try 1827.5 just before 03:00Z and JA stations also 1827.5 at 19:30Z. QSL via W4DR. 8Q7AA - MALDIVES - Started up their operation yesterday. They were active on 17, 20 and 40 meters CW. QSL via N7TX. AP2AP - PAKISTAN - Is active again on 40 and now 160 meters CW. W.F.W.L. QSL via JA1EZM. BD4ED - PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA - Ed likes 30 meters CW starting around 23:00Z most days.

BY1QH - PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA - Merv, K9FD, and Price, W0RI, were active over the weekend on 20, 40 and 160 meters CW along with 20 meters SSB. They hope to have the 80 meter antenna up by Tuesday. QSL via K9FD. C91JM - MOZAMBIQUE - Was reported on 14025 from 21:15 to 23:40Z on Sunday. QSL via W7MAE. EX8MLE - KYRGYSTAN - Came up on 10105 just after 22:30Z on Saturday. FR5ZQ/T - TROMELIN - Henri likes the following times and frequencies: GMT Frequency ---- --------- 00 14148 06 21195 09 21010 and 21220 13 21010 and 21220 16 14180 17 7050 FT5X/FR5HR - KERGUELEN ISLAND - Rene was reported on 14143 at 16:30Z on Saturday and on 21217 at 13:00Z on Sunday. FT5XN - KERGUELEN ISLAND - Helios has been showing up on 14031 at 03:00Z. Over the weekend he showed up just before 02:00Z. When the pileup gets real big and he says QSX up try calling him down 1-2 KHz. HV4NAC - VATICAN - Showed up on 14192 before 16:00Z on Sunday and was looking for West Coast US stations. QSL via IK0FVC. T88TT - BELAU - Look for him on 10105 at 11:30Z. QSL via 7M1STT. ZD7BG - Try 14015 between 19:00 and 20:00Z. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq GMT IOTA Call Freq GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AF-004 EA8CN 10106 0051 EU-070 TM5CRO 14257 1648 AS-013 8Q7AA 7021 2350 NA-057 N7QXQ/HR6 14187 2224 AS-045 HL5FUA 21270 2306 NA-099 WP4LNY 21315 1527 EU-022 JX3EX 21278 1352 SA-011 9Z4CT 21227 1217 EU-037 SM7DLZ 21258 1317 SA-064 CE7AOY 21260 2008 EU-042 DL8OLT 14260 1258 IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________

Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- ----------- 19-Jan 31-Jan 5N 5N0T 5N0YL 2-1 19-Jan 1-Feb 8P 8P9DX 157 19-Jan 28-Jan 8Q 8Q7AA 174 19-Jan 27-Jan BY W0RI/BY1QH & K9FD/BY1QH 182 19-Jan 22-Jan CN CN2GE 2-7 19-Jan 20-Jan F TM5CRO (EU-070) 188 19-Jan 23-Feb FT5X FT5X/FR5HR 2-11 2-2 19-Jan 1-Jun FT5X FT5XN 179 19-Jan 19-Jan HS HS0/DL2FDK 181 19-Jan 1-Mar J2 J28AG 185 19-Jan 20-Feb JD/M JG8NQJ/JD1 154 19-Jan 10-Apr JX JX3EX 177 135 19-Jan 27-Jan P4 P49I 2-7 19-Jan 27-Jan PJ2 PJ2/PA0VDV 196 19-Jan 31-Mar PJ2 PJ9JT 167 19-Jan 19-Jan PJ5 PJ5AA 2-7 19-Jan 20-Jan T8 T88TT 2-7 19-Jan 5-Feb TG TG0OH 191 19-Jan 6-May TT TT8JE 2-10 186 18 19-Jan 19-Jan TZ TZ6VV TZ6YL 2-1 19-Jan 23-Jan VP5 N0TG/VP5 WA4DAN/VP5 AA4VK/VP5 194 19-Jan 28-Feb VP8/SH LU1ZC (AN-010) 155 19-Jan 15-Apr ZL7 K8VIR/ZL7 2-3 20-Jan 25-Feb TG TG0O 187 21-Jan 18-Mar FT5W FT5WG 2-1 22-Jan 25-Jan 7P 4 ZS6's/7P8 183 22-Jan 26-Jan VP2E VP2ESJ 187 22-Jan 8-Feb VP8/SH ZX0CW, ZX0DX, ZX0ECF (AN-016) 2-8 2-4 22-Jan 9-Mar XT XT2DM 2-1 23-Jan 25-Jan CQ World Wide 160 CW Contest 24-Jan 25-Jan REF CW Contest _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The effective sunspot number for Saturday, 1/17/98, was 36.0 The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for Sunday, 1/18/98, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 18-Jan-1998 21 95 8 1 VY LOW/QUIET-ACT;VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET 18-Jan-1998 18 96 4 2 VY LOW/QUIET-ACT;VY LOW-LOW/QUIET-UNSET 18-Jan-1998 15 96 4 4 VY LOW/QUIET-ACT;VY LOW-LOW/QUIET-UNSET 18-Jan-1998 12 96 4 2 VY LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;VY LOW-LOW/QUIET 18-Jan-1998 09 96 4 3 VY LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;VY LOW-LOW/QUIET 18-Jan-1998 06 96 4 1 VY LOW-QUIET-UNSETTLED;VY LOW-LOW/QUIET 18-Jan-1998 03 96 4 1 VY LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;VY LOW-LOW/QUIET 18-Jan-1998 00 96 4 1 VY LOW QUIET-UNSETTLED;VY LOW-LOW/QUIET The forecast for Monday, 1/19/98: solar flux 98, A index 5, K index 1. Monday should be Above Normal. The forecast for Tuesday, 1/20/98: solar flux 100, A index 5, K index 1. Tuesday should be Above Normal.

_____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 3D2QB SM3CER CT98EIL CT1EIL P40AV K4AVQ 4J80ADR 4K9C D2BB W3HNK T88TT 7M1STT 4X50AT 4X1AT DU3NXE W4NXE T95A K2PF 5N3CPR SP5CPR EA8/DJ1OJ DJ1OJ T97M K2PF 5Z4RL N2AU HB0/HB9LEY JH1BSE TG9NX N4FKZ 8Q7AA N7TX HB0LL DJ9ZB TM5CRO F5RMY 9H1EL LA2TO HV4NAC IK0FVC TO7FFL F8IDR 9M2NK JE1JKL KC4AAC K4MZU TT8JE F6FNU AA4VK/VP5 N0TG LU9HS LU9HZS TU5GV F8BEM AP2AP JA1EZM N0TG/VP5 N0TG VK9EKY *7J6AAK/2 BY1QH K9FD ON50LGE ON5VL VR2MM JR3JFZ C91JM W7MAE ON50RAT ON6DP *7J6AAK/2 send to JARL QSL bureau. 7M1STT - Ken Suzuki, 16-6 Nishishizu 5-chome, Sakura 285-0845, JAPAN 9V1AG - Robert M. Limb, The Waterside #20-01, 1 Tanjong Rhu Road Singapore 436879 K4AVQ - Alan Caplan, 14020 140th Court, Apple Valley, MN 55124-9422 QSL cards recently received: 9M6OO, 9Q5TR, FO5DX, FT5ZG, GU0SUP _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 9V1AG, AD5W, AH8LG, FR5DX, K3CT, K4RBZ, KC3AJ, KC3J, KD4IFV, KH6BZF REPORTS, Les Nouvelles DX, N3OSH, N4PQX, NOAA, US Air Force, VK9NS _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United States. _______________________________________________________________ / \ | THE DAILY DX is published Monday through Friday by Bernie | | McClenny, W3UR, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, MD 21738 USA. | | This e-mail message and its contents are copyrighted and are | | proprietary products of THE DAILY DX. Any unauthorized use, | | reproduction, or transfer of the message or its content, in | | any medium, is strictly prohibited. For permission to quote, | | reprint or repost this e-mail send a request to THE DAILY DX | | include date, volume and issue number. Check out The Daily | | DX homepage http://www.wdn.com/thedailydx or for additional | | information you may phone The Daily DX at 301-854-5650 or fax | | at 301-854-5105. Remember to tell all your DX friends about | | The Daily DX. | \_______________________________________________________________/

. ====================== *** The Daily DX *** ====================== Volume 2 Number 12 January 20, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ Headlines _____________________________________________________________________ Astronaut Chuck Brady, N4BQW, once again will activate some rare ones in the Pacific Ocean. He will be joined by members of the South Sandwich Island DX Group and the Midway Kure DX Foundation. They will start off on Palmyra as KH5/N4BQW from 20 to 27 February. Next they will activate Kingman Reef as KH5K/N4BQW from 28 February to 1 March. Finally they'll operate from Howland Island as KH1/N4BQW from 6 to 12 March. Equipment will be provided by Kenwood. More details will follow. John, N4MM, reports that the ARRL Board recently passed the DXCC2000 new rules and criteria which will go into effect on 31 March. Amateurs from Australia have been given special permission to use the AX prefix from 24 to 26 January. They will be celebrating Australia Day which is on 26 January. Once again the Frankford Radio Clubs Team Antigua will operate multi-multi in both the CW and SSB ARRL DX Contests. The Frankford Radio Club is celebrating its 70th anniversary and has extended its qualifying period for a beautiful award. For more information about this award and FRC see their web page at: http://www.frc-contest.org Before and after the contest the members will use their own V2 calls. Call Name/Call QSL via V26A Dale/N3BNA WB3DNA V26B Sam/WT3Q WT3Q V26DX Doug/W3CF KK3S V26E Darrell/AB2E AB2E V26U Bill/W2UDT W2UDT Other operators who expect to get calls are: John/N2NC Andy/N2NT John/WA2C Alex, W2OX, will be active for the CQ World Wide CW and SSB DX Contests from St. Kitts & Nevis as V47KP. He plans to be on the air on 21 or 22 January. QSL via K2SB. Don Boudreau, W5FKX, is the President of the New Orleans International DX Convention and reports the seventh annual event will take place on 14 and 15 August at the Royal Sonesta Hotel in the French Quarter. He says plans are already being finalized on a number of outstanding DX and technical presentations. Now through the end of February nominations are being sought for DXer of the year. Send in your nomination for the DXer you believe has made

significant contributions to the enjoyment of DXing. Nominations may be sent to: Stan Pulitzer, W5JYK, 4236 Vincennes Place, New Orleans, LA 70125 or e-mailto: w5jyk@aol.com _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 3B8CF - MAURITIUS - Jacky showed up on SSB yesterday on 21270 from 14:00 to 15:30Z. 8Q7AA - MALDIVES - Were working US stations on 30 meters between 12:00 and 14:00Z and then from 19:00 to 22:00Z. At 23:00Z they were working US stations on 40 SSB for several hours. QSL via N7TX. BY1QH - PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA - Merv and Price were up on 1828 from 11:00 to 15:00Z. QSL via K9FD. EP2MKO - IRAN - West Coast US stations reported this station coming through on the long path on 14008 at 15:00Z. FR5ZQ/T - TROMELIN - Henri started on 21010 just before 13:00Z. Not long later he showed up on 21217. FT5X/FR5HR - KERGUELEN ISLAND - European and East Coast US stations were working Rene on 21325 around 15:15Z. T88TT - BELAU - Ken was working US East Coast US stations on the longpath on 14017 just before 23:00Z. QSL via 7M1STT. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq GMT IOTA Call Freq GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AS-013 8Q7AA 10105 2032 NA-057 N7QXB/HR6 14195 1958 EU-004 EA6AEI 7042 1954 SA-006 PJ5AA 10104 0354 AF-016 FR5CC 21222 1313 EU-070 TM5CRO 14248 1228 EU-130 IV3KTY 7073 2204 NA-026 WB2KSK 14259 2100 NA-110 K9JWV/4 14260 1911 IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- ----------- 20-Jan 20-Jan 3W 3W6JQ 2-10 20-Jan 31-Jan 5N 5N0T 5N0YL 2-1 20-Jan 1-Feb 8P 8P9DX 157 20-Jan 28-Jan 8Q 8Q7AA 174 20-Jan 27-Jan BY W0RI/BY1QH & K9FD/BY1QH 182 20-Jan 22-Jan CN CN2GE 2-7 20-Jan 20-Jan F TM5CRO (EU-070) 188

20-Jan 28-Feb FT5X FT5X/FR5HR 2-11 2-2 20-Jan 1-Jun FT5X FT5XN 179 20-Jan 1-Mar J2 J28AG 185 20-Jan 20-Feb JD/M JG8NQJ/JD1 154 20-Jan 10-Apr JX JX3EX 177 135 20-Jan 27-Jan P4 P49I 2-7 20-Jan 27-Jan PJ2 PJ2/PA0VDV 196 20-Jan 31-Mar PJ2 PJ9JT 167 20-Jan 20-Jan T8 T88TT 2-7 20-Jan 5-Feb TG TG0OH 191 20-Jan 21-Jan TI TI7/DL6MPG TI7/DL8MUG 20-Jan 6-May TT TT8JE 2-10 186 185 20-Jan 23-Jan VP5 N0TG/VP5 WA4DAN/VP5 AA4VK/VP5 194 20-Jan 28-Feb VP8/SH LU1ZC (AN-010) 155 20-Jan 15-Apr ZL7 K8VIR/ZL7 2-3 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The effective sunspot number for Sunday, 1/18/98, was 34.1 The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for Monday, 1/19/98, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 19-Jan-1998 21 94 3 1 VY LOW/QUIET;VY LOW/QUIET 19-Jan-1998 18 95 8 1 VY LOW/QUIET;VY LOW/QUIET 19-Jan-1998 15 95 8 1 VY LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;VY LOW/QUIET 19-Jan-1998 12 95 8 2 VY LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;VY LOW/QUIET/UNSET 19-Jan-1998 09 95 8 1 VY LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET 19-Jan-1998 06 95 8 0 VY LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET 19-Jan-1998 03 95 8 0 VY LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET 19-Jan-1998 00 95 8 1 VY LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET The forecast for Tuesday, 1/20/98: solar flux 96, A index 5, K index 1. Tuesday should be Above Normal. The forecast for Wednesday, 1/21/98: solar flux 97, A index 5, K index 1. Wednesday should be Above Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- A35RK W7TSQ N5VL W5IJU UN0AA DL4ABJ CN2GE OE3GEA ON50RAT ON6DP US0HZ W3HNK CT98AMK CT1AMK SU0ERA SU1ER WA4DAN/VP5 N0TG CT98DNP DJ0MW TA2IJ DJ9ZB Z31GB *KN6C FT5XN F6PEN TG9AWS W3HNK ZA1AM IK1FLE HR1SAX W3HNK TT8JFC WA4ZJB * KN6C was KM6ON F6PEN - Gerard Ribes, 16 Rue Viollet Leduc, Toulouse, 31100 FRANCE VP8CWI - Sergey Shitov, P.O. Box 559, Port Stanley, Falkland Islands South Atlantic Ocean, Via United Kingdom Bob Winn, W5KNE, reports he can still confirm QSOs with VK9YW (1987), VK9XN (1992) and VI9XN (1993). His new address is 2731 N Colfax

Circle, Plano, TX 75075. QSL cards recently received: C21NJ, A41LZ/SJ, HP1XBI _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: G4AFJ, KA2AEV, KC3AJ, KH6BZF REPORTS, N3OSH, NOAA, OPDX, PDXB, PA3GCV, W2OX, W5FKX, W5KNE, WA4JQS _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United States. _______________________________________________________________ / \ | THE DAILY DX is published Monday through Friday by Bernie | | McClenny, W3UR, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, MD 21738 USA. | | This e-mail message and its contents are copyrighted and are | | proprietary products of THE DAILY DX. Any unauthorized use, | | reproduction, or transfer of the message or its content, in | | any medium, is strictly prohibited. For permission to quote, | | reprint or repost this e-mail send a request to THE DAILY DX | | include date, volume and issue number. Check out The Daily | | DX homepage http://www.wdn.com/thedailydx or for additional | | information you may phone The Daily DX at 301-854-5650 or fax | | at 301-854-5105. Remember to tell all your DX friends about | | The Daily DX. | \_______________________________________________________________/

. ====================== *** The Daily DX *** ====================== Volume 2 Number 13 January 21, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ Headlines _____________________________________________________________________ Gerry, W6TER, reports the following about the upcoming St. Brandon Island DXpedition that was mentioned in the 8 December issue of The Daily DX. The DXpedition will take place from 6 to 17 May on Cargados Island in the St. Brandon archipelago. The Union of Swiss Short wave Amateurs (USKA) club station HB9RF is organizing this DXpedition and is headed by Karl, HB9JAI. The group will leave Zurich on 2 May and hopes to start the operation on 6 May. A license has not been granted as of yet however the Mauritian authorities have given written permission. The group will consist of 3B8CF, 4X1DF/A, HB9ABO, HB9ADP, HB9AFH, HB9AFI, HB9AHL, HB9AJW, HB9BQI, HB9BQW, HB9BXE, HB9JAI and K5KG. Plans are to have 4 stations with amplifiers and antennas for all bands from 10 to 160 meters. Look for them to be active on CW, SSB, RTTY and SSTV. They will also be doing to testing on 2 and/or 6 meters between 3B7 and 3B8. With this many operators they will be on 24 hours a day throughout the DXpedition. The logs will be transmitted daily to a website via Inmarsat so stations working them will easily be able to check for their QSOs. The group is looking for financial assistance from the DX community. Those wishing to help out may do so by contacting Josef Meier, HB9AJW via e-mail at 100450.540@compuserve.com The DXpedition bank account information is: Swiss Bank Corporation, Bundesplatz 1, CH-6300 Zug, Switzerland Account numbers Q 824.996.0 CHF, Q 824.996.1 USD. Remark: "Cargados-Expedition" Cashier: Josef Meier, HB9AJW More information to follow. Erik Sjolund, SM0AGD, reports the XW DXpedition netted some 22,000 QSOs. When he got home yesterday he had plenty of cards waiting. Those who have not sent their QSLs may do so by sending them to Erik Sjolund, SM0AGD, Vestagatan 27, S-19556 Marsta, Sweden. Hiro, JA1EZM, is once again active from Karachi, Pakistan as AP2AP. He hopes to get on in this weekends CQ World Wide CW 160 Meter DX contests. QSL via JA1EZM. Due to some unforeseen reason the OH group going to Guatmala will not use the expected TG0OH callsign and activity will be limited. The group will now use TG7/OH3JF and expects to start late today. They will be concentrating on 30, 80 and 160 meters and RTTY. _____________________________________________________________________ Silent Key _____________________________________________________________________ Rusty Epps, W6OAT, reports the sad news of the passing of Eric

Edberg, W6DU. Eric was a past President and Secretary for both the Northern California DX Foundation and the Northern California DX Club. He was a member of DXCC #1 Honor Roll and of the First Class CW Operators Club (FOC). Our condolences to the Edberg family. _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 1X5AA - CHECHNYA REPUBLIC - Hamza continues to be active most days on the bottom of the 40 meter CW band between 21:00 and 23:00Z. He is located in the city of Grozny. 3V8BB - TUNISIA - Was active on 14252 from 10:00 to 10:30Z and on 14194 from 11:40 to 13:00Z. 8Q7AA - MALDIVES - They have been very busy on the bands. At times they are running 3 radios all at the same time. Yesterdays reports were as follows: GMT Freq. GMT Freq. --- ----- --- ----- 00 3799/7047/10105 14 3789/10103/14005/21008 01 3798/7047/14010 15 3799/10103/18145 02 7047/14003 16 3789/10103 03 7047 17 1825/3789/10104 05 14195 18 3789/7005/10104 08 14195 19 7005/10104 09 18074/21295 20 7042/10104 10 18074/21295 21 1825/7042/10104 11 14195/18074 22 1825/3797/7042/10104 12 18145 23 1824/3797/7047/10104 13 3799/10103/14005 9L1GA - SIERRA LEONE - Antonio was found on 14320 around 15:00Z. CM2RY - CUBA - Japanese stations report this station was active on 21300 just before 23:00Z working them. EL2CE - LIBERIA - Was on 14192 around 00:00Z working all across the lower 48 states. QSL via WB2VFH. ET3AA - ETHIOPIA - Both Europeans and Eastern US stations were working this one on 21008 yesterday from before 13:00 to after 15:00Z. FT5X/FR5HR - KERGUELEN - Rene had a good signal in to South America around 03:00Z yesterday on 14243. Today he was reported at 14240 around 02:00Z. FT5XN - KERGUELEN - Helios continues to show up on 14031 around 03:00Z. Later he was found on 14139 working Europeans on both SSB and CW from 15:40 to 17:30Z. J39JX - GRENADA - Many JA's report working this station on 21280 around 23:10Z. K9AW/KH2 - GUAM - Gary was working Europeans on 18079 around 10:00Z. QSL via WF5T. N0TG/VP5 - TURKS & CAICOS - Will be looking for JA's on 160

meters until 23 January from 11:00 to 11:30Z. Look for him on 1833 QSX up. If no activity on 160 look for him to be on 3505. QSL via N0TG direct. S79KMB - SEYCHELLES - Keith showed up out of the blue on a net on 14226 around 19:00Z. QSL via KN2N. ZD7KT - SAINT HELENA - Ken was found working stations from Europe and the US around 19:20Z on 18127. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq GMT IOTA Call Freq GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AN-016 LU1ZC 14007 0949 EU-124 GW0HGN/P 14260 1342 AS-013 8Q7AA 7047 0243 NA-027 VO1SO 14255 1654 AS-053 HS0/IK4MRH 7045 1908 NA-055 AK1L 18076 1530 EU-003 CU2BJ 14010 1832 NA-138 N5VL 14260 0058 EU-029 OZ1ENH 14085 1334 OC-059 V63AO 14187 0705 EU-037 SM7DLZ 21260 1055 OC-143 YB5QZ 18074 0052 EU-084 SM0DL 14260 1140 SA-008 CE8ABF 21260 1551 EU-096 OH1SR 10115 1500 SA-036 P49I 7009 0919 IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- ----------- 21-Jan 21-Jan TI TI7/DL6MPG TI7/DL8MUG 21-Jan 22-Jan CN CN2GE 2-7 21-Jan 23-Jan VP5 N0TG/VP5 WA4DAN/VP5 AA4VK/VP5 194 21-Jan 27-Jan P4 P49I 2-7 21-Jan 27-Jan PJ2 PJ2/PA0VDV 196 21-Jan 27-Jan BY W0RI/BY1QH & K9FD/BY1QH 182 21-Jan 28-Jan 8Q 8Q7AA 174 21-Jan 31-Jan 5N 5N0T 5N0YL 2-1 21-Jan 1-Feb 8P 8P9DX 157 21-Jan 5-Feb TG TG7/OH3JF 191 21-Jan 20-Feb JD/M JG8NQJ/JD1 154 21-Jan 28-Feb FT5X FT5X/FR5HR 2-11 2-2 21-Jan 28-Feb VP8/SH LU1ZC (AN-010) 155 21-Jan 1-Mar J2 J28AG 185 21-Jan 18-Mar FT5W FT5WG 2-1 21-Jan 31-Mar PJ2 PJ9JT 167 21-Jan 10-Apr JX JX3EX 177 135 21-Jan 15-Apr ZL7 K8VIR/ZL7 2-3 21-Jan 6-May TT TT8JE 2-10 186 21-Jan 1-Jun FT5X FT5XN 179 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The effective sunspot number for Monday, 1/19/98, was 37

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for Tuesday, 1/20/98, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 20-Jan-1998 21 91 12 3 LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;VERY LOW/UNSET-ACTIVE 20-Jan-1998 18 94 3 4 VERY LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;VERY LOW/QUIET-UNSET 20-Jan-1998 15 94 3 2 VERY LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;VERY LOW/QUIET-UNSET 20-Jan-1998 12 94 3 2 VERY LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;VERY LOW/QUIET 20-Jan-1998 09 94 3 1 VERY LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;VERY LOW/QUIET 20-Jan-1998 06 94 3 4 VERY LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;VERY LOW/QUIET 20-Jan-1998 03 94 3 1 VERY LOW/QUIET;VERY LOW/QUIET 20-Jan-1998 00 94 3 2 VERY LOW/QUIET;VERY LOW/QUIET The forecast for Wednesday, 1/21/98: solar flux 90, A index 5, K index 1. Wednesday should be Above Normal. The forecast for Thursday, 1/22/98: solar flux 88, A index 5, K index 1. Thursday should be Above Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 4KA5CW 4K9C 8P9DX VE3ICR R1FJV UA3AGS 4L6YL 4Z5CU CT98EIL CT1EIL RA0FA WK6C 4L8A OZ1HPS E21CJN *K3WUW S79KMB KN2N 4X50BO 4X4BO HS0ZAA KM1R SV0LK DJ4TR 5B4ADA 9A2AJ P49I K4PI TJ1AG F5RUQ 5B4AGC G3LNS PZ5JB AA3OE *K3WUW is now W3PP DJ4TR - Helmut Muschalle, Maragaki str. 14, G-70014 Hersonissou, Crete, GREECE F5RUQ - P.O. Box 104, 22650 Ploubalay, FRANCE QSL cards recently received direct: FO0KEO, FT5ZG, K7CXJ/KH8, KH4/N4BQW, KH5/N4BQW, KH6/N4BQW, SV5TS, VK0TS, VK6BAT QSL cards recently received via the bureau: C21/JA1WPX, FO0DI (OC-046), GD4VGN, J28JA, J87GU, KL1SLE (NA-037), KP2/AG8L, P29VXX, TA4/DJ1TO, TF/DL5LYM, TO8T (EU-107), TY8G, ZK1DI (OC-013) _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: HB9ABO, JE1CKA, K1FK, K4PC, KC3AJ, KH6BZF REPORTS, KM6V, N3OSH, N4MXT, NOAA, OH2BU, W6TER _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to

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. ====================== *** The Daily DX *** ====================== Volume 2 Number 14 January 22, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ Headlines _____________________________________________________________________ Hans, DL8NBE, and Rolf, HB9DIF, will be active from 19 February to 11 March as 8Q7BE and 8Q7BV respectively. Hans will handle the SSB and RTTY while Rolf does the CW. They will be using a FT-757GX and a TS-50 with a ground plane antenna. Look for them to be active on all bands from Dhifffushi Island which is in the South Ari Atoll. QSL via home call bureaus only. National Contest Journal editor Dennis Motshcenbacher, K7BV, will be active from St. Martin for the ARRL DX CW Contest as FS5PL. Before and after the contest he will use FS/K7BV. QSL cards for FS5PL go via N0JT and for FS/K7BV via the K7 bureau. The Finnish group that was scheduled to operate from Guatemala has had a change of plans (see Vol. 1 No. 191 and Vol. 2 No. 13). The group will now operate from the beach QTH of Raymundo, YS1RRD, in El Salvador. Possible calls are YS1X, YS1OH or YS9OH. More details to follow. February 1998 CQ cover boy Bob Hatter, W7MAE, will operate from Guernsey Island again as MU0/W7MAE from 15 February to 1 March. QSL via W7MAE. Tham, E21CJN, says he and Kareem, HS1RU, will be listening for US stations at 13:30Z on 7153 and they will transmit on 7060. Tim, V73AT, report that in the near future he plans to be active on 160 meters at the club station. He will try to put up an inverted L. N. Khosbayar, JT1CD, reports the JU2DX group operated from Choibalsan, Mongolia. While there they worked over 5,700 QSOs. Yeasu Musen from Japan will sponsor the QSL cards. QSL via JT1KAA. Phil, YB0ARA/9, plans to be on in the CQ World Wide 160 Meter CW Contest this weekend. Look for him around 11:00Z on Saturday on 1826.5, 1827.5 or between 1830-1835. QSL via N2AU. Manfred, DJ7RJ, will once again be active from Monaco as 3A/DJ7RJ from 28 February to 12 March. He will mostly be on CW and plans to be on 160 meters at 04:00Z on 1833. QSL via DJ7RJ. _____________________________________________________________________ DXCC 2000 _____________________________________________________________________

The following is from ARRL Bulletin # 008 "Approved by the Board were rules changes for the DXCC program that had been recommended by the DXCC 2000 Committee. Under the new criteria, no countries currently on the DXCC list will be removed. In the future, countries will be referred to as entities. A political entity will be added to the DXCC list if it meets any one of three criteria: it is a UN member state, it has an ITU prefix block assigned, or it has a separate IARU member society. The new criteria also replace all DXCC measurements, including physical separation distances, with metric system figures roughly equivalent to the former distances. While the 57 entities on the deleted list will remain, no new countries will be added to the deleted list in the future. Deleted entities simply will be removed. In addition, the new rules specify a minimum ''island'' size of 100 meters measured in a straight line. The DXCC field checking program will remain in place. The effective date of the changes will be announced later this year. The DXCC 2000 Committee was discharged with the Board's thanks." _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 8Q7AA - MALDIVES - West Coast stations report working them on 20 meters CW the last two days via the longpath from 01:30 to 02:30Z. East Coast stations were hearing them on 1828 and working them on 1829 today from 00:00 to 01:00Z. QSL via N7TX. 9Q5TR - DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO - Can be found often on a net on 21355 around 19:00Z. A61AJ - UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - Ali can often be found on 14200 around 13:00Z. QSL via W3UR. EP2MKO - IRAN - Was in the lower 10 KHz of the 20 meter CW band from 14:30 to 16:30Z. FT5X/FR5HR - KERGUELEN - Rene showed up yesterday on 18109 around 15:20. Then moved to 18114 around 16:10Z to work US stations as far as the West Coast. QSL via FR5HR. S21R - BANGLADESH - Rana was found on 21230 from 10:50 to 11:15Z. S92AT - SAO TOME & PRINCIPE - West Coast US stations report working Gary on 7018 at 04:00Z. QSL via NJ2D. XUF2B - CAMBODIA - That callsign is not a error. Harv, ex XU2FB, was sporting his new call yesterday on 14021 at 17:20Z. QSL via N4JR. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq GMT IOTA Call Freq GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ----

AF-022 ZD7OK 21265 1359 NA-055 AK1L 21018 1314 AS-013 8Q7AA 7000 1906 OC-086 KH0/JE7DMH 14020 1049 AS-018 RA0FU 14028 0109 OC-201 ZL4OK 14015 1429 EU-019 RX1OX/FJL 7003 1351 Gary, KI6T, will once again be active from Santa Catalina Island (IOTA NA-066) from 16 March to 13 April. He hopes to be able to use K6T from 16 to 28 March. QSL via KI6T. IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- ----------- 22-Jan 22-Jan CN CN2GE 2-7 22-Jan 23-Jan VP5 N0TG/VP5 WA4DAN/VP5 AA4VK/VP5 194 22-Jan 25-Jan 7P 4 ZS6's/7P8 183 22-Jan 25-Jan V4 V47KP 2-12 22-Jan 26-Jan VP2E VP2ESJ 187 22-Jan 27-Jan BY W0RI/BY1QH & K9FD/BY1QH 182 22-Jan 27-Jan P4 P49I 2-7 22-Jan 27-Jan PJ2 PJ2/PA0VDV 196 22-Jan 28-Jan 8Q 8Q7AA 174 22-Jan 31-Jan 5N 5N0T 5N0YL 2-1 22-Jan 1-Feb 8P 8P9DX 157 22-Jan 5-Feb YS OH group 2-14 2-13 191 22-Jan 8-Feb VP8/SH ZX0CW, ZX0DX, ZX0ECF (AN-016) 2-8 2-4 22-Jan 20-Feb JD/M JG8NQJ/JD1 154 22-Jan 28-Feb FT5X FT5X/FR5HR 2-11 2-2 22-Jan 28-Feb VP8/SH LU1ZC (AN-010) 155 22-Jan 1-Mar J2 J28AG 185 22-Jan 9-Mar XT XT2DM 2-1 22-Jan 18-Mar FT5W FT5WG 2-1 22-Jan 31-Mar PJ2 PJ9JT 167 22-Jan 10-Apr JX JX3EX 177 135 22-Jan 15-Apr ZL7 K8VIR/ZL7 2-3 22-Jan 6-May TT TT8JE 2-10 186 22-Jan 1-Jun FT5X FT5XN 179 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The effective sunspot number for Tuesday, 1/20/98, was 36 The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for Wednesday, 1/21/98, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 21-Jan-1998 21 91 6 0 VY LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET 21-Jan-1998 18 91 13 0 LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET 21-Jan-1998 15 91 13 1 LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET 21-Jan-1998 12 91 13 1 LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;VY LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE 21-Jan-1998 09 91 13 4 LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;VY LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE 21-Jan-1998 06 91 13 2 LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;VY LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE

21-Jan-1998 03 91 13 2 LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;VY LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE 21-Jan-1998 00 91 13 3 LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;VY LOW/UNSET-ACTIVE The forecast for Thursday, 1/22/98: solar flux 89, A index 10, K index 2. Thursday should be High Normal. The forecast for Friday, 1/23/98: solar flux 88, A index 8, K index 2. Friday should be High Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 4X50UK/SK 4X2SM R1ANZ UW1ZC VP5/WQ7X SP5INQ FK8GM WB2RAJ RX1OX/FJL DL6YET VQ9SF N5SF HS1RU JG3AVS TJ1AG F5RUQ VU2JPS VK9NS *F5RUQ - Thierry Lesnier, 31 Rue des Bleuets, F-22190 Plerin, FRANCE JG3AVS - P.O. Box 86, Amagasaki 660, JAPAN SP5INQ - Zenon Kuciak, 08-460 Sobolew, POLAND ZD7BG - Gilbert Legg, Box 157, Jamestown, ST HELENA ISLAND, South Atlantic Ocean * This is a correction to yesterday's issue. Jim Smith, VK9NS reminds everyone that he still has the logs for VK0GC. Tom, VK1TS/VK0TS, has sent out all VK0TS QSL cards that have been received to date. QSL cards recently received: _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: AH8LG, ARRL, DXNS, JT1KAA, K1HTV, K3ZO, K7BV, K7GQ, KC3AJ, KH6BZF REPORTS, KI6T, N3OSH, N7OJ, NOAA, SP5EWY, VK9NS, W0AW, W4ZV _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United States. _______________________________________________________________ / \ | THE DAILY DX is published Monday through Friday by Bernie | | McClenny, W3UR, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, MD 21738 USA. | | This e-mail message and its contents are copyrighted and are | | proprietary products of THE DAILY DX. Any unauthorized use, | | reproduction, or transfer of the message or its content, in | | any medium, is strictly prohibited. For permission to quote, | | reprint or repost this e-mail send a request to THE DAILY DX | | include date, volume and issue number. Check out The Daily | | DX homepage http://www.wdn.com/thedailydx or for additional | | information you may phone The Daily DX at 301-854-5650 or fax |

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. ====================== *** The Daily DX *** ====================== Volume 2 Number 15 January 23, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ Headlines _____________________________________________________________________ The Finnish group that was going to Guatemala will now go to El Salvador as YS1X and will operate from the QTH of Raymundo, YS1RRD. They will arrive late in the afternoon (YS time) and will stay until Saturday morning. From there they will go to Raymundo's beach QTH to set up their rigs in order to be on the air by late Saturday afternoon (YS time). More information to follow. Ted, K9IMM, and Carol, NS9L, will travel to the island of St. Lucia. The two will be there from 15 to 23 February. Carol says she will probably not get a license. Jim is still waiting for his and will be active on all bands while on the island. He will also participate in the ARRL DX CW contest. QSL via WB9NOV. Steve, N9CK, will be active from 7 to 16 February from the Turks and Caicos as VP5/N9CK. He will operate from Jody's, VP5JM, QTH on all bands on CW and RTTY. During the CQ WPX RTTY Contest he will be using VP5CK. QSL via N9CK. Larry, KE2VB, will operate both modes of the ARRL DX Contests from the U.S. Virgin Islands as WP2Z. QSL via KU9C. George, JY9QJ, has recently built a receiving loop antenna for topband. He plans to be on 160 meters again looking for US stations just prior to his sunrise. Last year he was hanging around 1815. Don't be surprised to see George in the CQ World Wide 160 Meter CW Contest this weekend. QSL via DL5MBY. The 1998 Officers of the South West Ohio DX Association (SWODXA) are: President Bob Eslaire W9UI Vice President Kevin Jones W8KJ Secretary Scott Lehman N9AG Treasurer Tom Inglin NR8Z For more information about SWODXA check out their homepage at: http://members.aol.com/SteveB4622/index.htm _____________________________________________________________________ Upcoming DX Gatherings _____________________________________________________________________ The 1998 International DX Convention will be held from 1 to 3 May at the Holiday Inn in Visalia, California. This is one of the primer DXing event of the year. Pre-registration is $55.00 by 15 April and $60.00 if afterwards. For more information about this event contact

Rick Samoian, W6SR, Co-Chairperson at (Home) 714-993-0713 or (Work) 310-616-3912 or send an e-mailto: scdxc@primenet.com Another main DX event will be the Southwest Ohio DX Association's 13th Annual DX Dinner which will be held on 15 May at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Dayton, Ohio. Tickets must be purchased in advanced and are $30.00 per person. Seats will be assigned in the order of first received, first up-front. Tickets may be ordered from Tom Inglin, NR8Z, 4061 Eaton Road, Hamilton, OH 45013. Make your checks out to SWODXA and include a S.A.S.E. to receive your tickets. _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ FT5X/FR5HR - KERGUELEN - Rene showed up yesterday on 18115 before 15:00Z. He was mostly working Europeans but some US stations were able to work him from the East Coast to the West Coast. This was a list operation run at times by Rene and at times by IK4FRO. He says he will be back today. Rene also said he will be on 21260 at 06:00 and 13:00Z on 25 January. Rene says he will only be on 12, 15, 17 and 20 meters SSB until the end of February. QSL via FR5HR. FT5XN - KERGUELEN - Look for Helios to be on 14031 starting around 03:00Z until about 06:00. He listens both up and down from his transmit frequency for US stations. QSL via F6PEN. VK0YQS - MACQUARIE ISLAND - This station has shown up a few times on 7010 between 12:00 and 13:30Z. WFWL. No other information available at this time. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq GMT IOTA Call Freq GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AF-014 CT3FT 18071 0851 AS-053 HS0/IK4MRH 7045 2036 AF-016 FR5DX 14205 0412 EU-003 CU1AX 18137 1234 AF-048 FT5X/FR5HR 18115 1550 EU-044 LA8NGA 14260 0956 AN-010 LZ0A 14006 0833 EU-096 OH1LU 14260 1344 AS-004 5B4ADA 14015 1022 NA-055 AK1L 21260 1441 AS-013 8Q7AA 18150 1328 OC-129 DX6P 14024 2258 AS-020 BV4QW 14022 2344 Hata, JH3QFL, will operate from the Miyako Island (IOTA AS-079)on 25 and 26 January. He will be on CW and SSB. Check 14260 and 21260 also. On 25 January look for him on 14260 from 08:00 to 10:00Z and on 40 CW or SSB from 20:00 to 22:00Z. QSL via JARL bureau or direct to JH3QFL, Takio Hata, 828-1207 Kawahara, Cyuzu 520-2423, JAPAN. IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________

Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- ----------- 23-Jan 23-Jan VP5 N0TG/VP5 WA4DAN/VP5 AA4VK/VP5 194 23-Jan 25-Jan 5B C42A 2-10 23-Jan 25-Jan 7P 4 ZS6's/7P8 183 23-Jan 25-Jan V4 V47KP 2-12 23-Jan 25-Jan CQ World Wide 160 CW Contest 23-Jan 26-Jan VP2E VP2ESJ 187 23-Jan 27-Jan BY W0RI/BY1QH & K9FD/BY1QH 182 23-Jan 27-Jan P4 P49I 2-7 23-Jan 27-Jan PJ2 PJ2/PA0VDV 196 23-Jan 28-Jan 8Q 8Q7AA 174 23-Jan 31-Jan 5N 5N0T 5N0YL 2-1 23-Jan 1-Feb 8P 8P9DX 157 23-Jan 5-Feb YS YS1X 2-15 2-14 191 23-Jan 8-Feb VP8/SH ZX0CW, ZX0DX, ZX0ECF (AN-016) 2-8 2-4 23-Jan 20-Feb JD/M JG8NQJ/JD1 154 23-Jan 28-Feb FT5X FT5X/FR5HR 2-11 2-2 23-Jan 28-Feb VP8/SH LU1ZC (AN-010) 155 23-Jan 1-Mar J2 J28AG 185 23-Jan 9-Mar XT XT2DM 2-1 23-Jan 18-Mar FT5W FT5WG 2-1 23-Jan 31-Mar PJ2 PJ9JT 167 23-Jan 10-Apr JX JX3EX 177 135 23-Jan 15-Apr ZL7 K8VIR/ZL7 2-3 23-Jan 6-May TT TT8JE 2-10 186 23-Jan 1-Jun FT5X FT5XN 179 24-Jan 25-Jan REF CW Contest 24-Jan 26-Jan VK AX Australian Day 2-12 25-Jan 6-Feb D6 D68YN D68YV 2-2 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The effective sunspot number for Wednesday, 1/21/98, was 35.9 The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for Thursday, 1/22/98, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 22-Jan-1998 21 93 1 1 VERY LOW/QUIET;VERY LOW/QUIET 22-Jan-1998 18 91 6 1 VERY LOW/QUIET;VERY LOW/QUIET 22-Jan-1998 15 91 6 0 VERY LOW/QUIET;VERY LOW/QUIET 22-Jan-1998 12 91 6 0 VERY LOW/QUIET;VERY LOW/QUIET-UNSET 22-Jan-1998 09 91 6 0 VERY LOW/QUIET;VERY LOW/QUIET-UNSET 22-Jan-1998 03 91 6 1 VERY LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;VERY LOW/QUIET-UNSET 22-Jan-1998 00 91 6 1 VERY LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;VERY LOW/QUIET-UNSET The forecast for Friday, 1/23/98: solar flux 89, A index 8, K index 2. Friday should be High Normal. The forecast for Saturday, 1/24/98: solar flux 88, A index 12, K index 3. Saturday should be High Normal. The forecast for Sunday, 1/25/98: solar flux 88, A index 5, K index 2. Sunday should be High Normal. _____________________________________________________________________

QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 1X1AO UA6WAR HF0POL SP3BGD TI7/DL6MPG DL6MPG CS98NQ CT4NQ P49I K4PI VP2ESJ W5SJ CT98AUO CT1AUO TI7/DL8MUG DL8MUG ZA1MH Z32KV DX6P VE7DP A45XR - Krzysztof Dabrowski, P.O. BOX 2038, CPO 111, OMAN 9J2DR - Richard Dandine, Box 30062, 10101 Lusaka, ZAMBIA JH3QFL - Takio Hata, 828-1207 Kawahara, Cyuzu 520-2423, JAPAN SV0LK - Helmut Muschalle, P.O. Box 9, 70014 Hersonissou, Crete, GREECE QSL cards recently received: 7Z5OO, 9V1AG, FT5ZG, VK0TS, YB0ARA/9 _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: DX News Sheet, JA0RYN/7, JA1ELY, JY9QJ, KC3AJ, KH6BZF REPORTS, N3OSH, N4PQX, N8BJQ, NOAA, NS9L, W0AW _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United States. _______________________________________________________________ / \ | THE DAILY DX is published Monday through Friday by Bernie | | McClenny, W3UR, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, MD 21738 USA. | | This e-mail message and its contents are copyrighted and are | | proprietary products of THE DAILY DX. Any unauthorized use, | | reproduction, or transfer of the message or its content, in | | any medium, is strictly prohibited. For permission to quote, | | reprint or repost this e-mail send a request to THE DAILY DX | | include date, volume and issue number. Check out The Daily | | DX homepage http://www.wdn.com/thedailydx or for additional | | information you may phone The Daily DX at 301-854-5650 or fax | | at 301-854-5105. Remember to tell all your DX friends about | | The Daily DX. | \_______________________________________________________________/

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��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� ���� �@4��Ã�b�ïU$�¼�ïU@�~�ïUÞ�d�ïU; @�ïU����������. ====================== *** The Daily DX *** ====================== Volume 2 Number 16 January 26, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ Headlines _____________________________________________________________________ Andy, G4ZVJ, will now be joined by 3 other Englishmen in Ghana. Bob, G3ZEM, and Steve, G3VMW, will be active from 20 February until 1 March as 9G5ZM and 9G5SW. Alan, G3XAQ, will be there from 12 to 23 February as 9G5XA. Andy, G4ZVJ, is still (see issue 2-6) planning to be active from 5 February to 1 March. Will, AA4NC, will be active from Middle Caicos as VP5NC from 3 to 10 March. He will operate the ARRL DX SSB Contest. Before and after the contest he will be on CW, RTTY and SSB on all bands. QSL via AA4NC. Yuki, KQ6QJ, and Yoko, KF6NWQ, will be active until 2 February from Turks and Caicos Island as VP5/KQ6SJ and VP5/KF6NWQ. The two will be on their honeymoon and will be on the air when time permits. QSL via JF6WBP. This past weekend the CQ World Wide CW 160 Meter DX Contest ran. Here are just some of the good ones that were reported active: 3W5FM, 4X4NJ, 5B4ADA, 7X2RO, 8Q7AA, 9K2MU, BD4ED, BV4ME, C31LJ, C42A (5B4), CE8ABF, EA8BH, J45T (SV5), KH6CC, NL7Z, OH0MAM, OY9JD, T77C, UA0FZ, UN5J, V73GT, VR98BG, YB0ARA/9, YS1X, ZL2WB. Amateur Radio stations from Australia with 3 letter suffixes starting with T, U, X, Y or Z have limited operating privileges. They may only operate above 29 MHZ and are not allowed to use CW. It is believed that the station VK0YQS that has been on 40 meters is either a pirate or operating out of band. Harry, W8KKF, and Mike, N9NS, will operate the ARRL SSB DX Contest from Grenada as J37K. The two plan to be in the two transmitter multi-operator category. _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 5H3RB - TANZANIA - Was active on 14175 on Friday from 1940 to 20:40Z. 7P8/ZS6 LESOTHO - 7P8/ZS6CAL and 7P8/ZS6HZ were on 20

meters RTTY yesterday from 19:00 to 22:00Z. QSL via home calls. 9N1FP - NEPAL - Stations all across the US were working Vlad on 7005 from 12:00 to 14:00Z on Saturday. QSL via RU6FP. A92FZ - BAHRAIN - Just before 13:00Z on Friday US East Coast stations worked Bob on 21255. D2AI - ANGOLA - Diaz was working US stations from all call areas on 24945 between 15:00 and 16:30Z on Sunday. QSL via CT1EGH. EP3HR - IRAN - Hamid came up on 18150 on Friday and mostly working Europeans. However some North Americans were able to work him via the longpath between 14:00 and 15:15Z. QSL via I2MQP. EY8CQ - TAJIKISTAN - Alex was found on RTTY on 14080 on Sunday from 11:30 to 12:30Z. FT5X/FR5HR - KERGUELEN - Rene is only able to operate on SSB. Suggested times and frequencies are as follows. GMT Freq ----- ----- 02-03 14240 06-08 21260 12-13 24950 13-16 18115 or 21260 16-17 14143 FT5XN - KERGUELEN - Helios can be found almost everyday on 14030 between 03:00 and 06:00Z working US stations. Europeans should try 14143 between 16:00 and 17:00Z. QSL via F6PEN. J28FA - DJIBOUTI - Is usually on 15 meters CW from 08:00 to 09:00Z. JT1BG - MONGOLIA - Bator was active on 80 meters SSB on Sunday from 12:00 to 15:30Z. He was also on 80 meters on Saturday around 12:00Z. Some East Coast stations were hearing him. JW0M - SVALBARD - Jack was operating RTTY on 14079 from 14:30 to 17:00Z on Saturday. S21R - BANGLADESH - Rana was bouncing around 20 meters SSB on Saturday from 13:30 to 14:30Z. SV2ASP/A - MOUNT ATHOS - Monk Apollo was found on two nets on Sunday. First on 14243 working Europeans around 08:00Z. Then on 14226 at 14:00Z working US stations. XUF2B - CAMBODIA - Harv was working West Coast US stations Sunday between 15:00 and 16:00Z on 7015. QSL via N4JR. YS1X - EL SALVADOR - This is the Finnish group that was going to Guatemala consisting of Carl-Heinz, OH6XY,

Tony, OH1TD, Heikki, OH3JF, and Rayja (XYL),OH7LIX. They will be active until 7 February. QSL for this operation will be via OH2BU. Suggested frequencies are as follows: Frequencies: CW: 1827, 3507, 7007, 10103/10108, 14007, 18077, 21007, 24897, 28007. SSB: 1840, 3789, 7045, 14195, 18145, 21295, 24945, 28495 RTTY: 14088, 21088, 28088 _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq GMT IOTA Call Freq GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AN-012 KC4AAC 21242 1353 NA-013 YN1KDM/YN4 21260 1711 AS-013 8Q7AA 14028 1527 NA-027 VO1UL 14260 1558 AS-067 JH3QFL/6 14260 2254 NA-104 V47KP 28485 1809 EU-037 SM7DLZ 21258 1341 NA-110 K9JWV/4 18078 1416 EU-056 LA4GHA 14260 1438 SA-001 XQ0YAF 14010 1717 EU-124 GW0HGN/P 18152 1605 SA-028 ZW2ST 21282 1947 Wade, AA8LL, will operate from Crooked Island (IOTA NA-113), Bahamas from 2 to 4 February as AA8LL/C6A. Look for him to be on the IOTA Phone frequencies from 10 through 40 meters. QSL via AA8LL. The Bay Area DX Association and the Southern California DX Club will combine forces to activate South Water Cay (IOTA NA-180) from 3 to 10 February. The operators will include N6KZ/V31VI, N6UY/V31UY, N6FH/V31NX and K8BK/V31TR. They will be active on 10 through 160 meters CW, SSB and RS-12. IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- ----------- 26-Jan 26-Jan VK AX Australian Day 2-12 26-Jan 26-Jan VP2E VP2ESJ 187 26-Jan 27-Jan BY W0RI/BY1QH & K9FD/BY1QH 182 26-Jan 27-Jan P4 P49I 2-7 26-Jan 27-Jan PJ2 PJ2/PA0VDV 196 26-Jan 28-Jan 8Q 8Q7AA 174 26-Jan 31-Jan 5N 5N0T 5N0YL 2-1 26-Jan 1-Feb 8P 8P9DX 157 26-Jan 5-Feb YS YS1X 2-15 2-14 26-Jan 6-Feb D6 D68YN D68YV 2-2 26-Jan 8-Feb VP8/SH ZX0CW, ZX0DX, ZX0ECF (AN-016) 2-8 2-4 26-Jan 20-Feb JD/M JG8NQJ/JD1 154 26-Jan 28-Feb FT5X FT5X/FR5HR 2-11 2-2 26-Jan 28-Feb VP8/SH LU1ZC (AN-010) 155

26-Jan 1-Mar J2 J28AG 185 26-Jan 9-Mar XT XT2DM 2-1 26-Jan 18-Mar FT5W FT5WG 2-1 26-Jan 31-Mar PJ2 PJ9JT 167 26-Jan 10-Apr JX JX3EX 177 135 26-Jan 15-Apr ZL7 K8VIR/ZL7 2-3 26-Jan 6-May TT TT8JE 2-10 186 26-Jan 1-Jun FT5X FT5XN 179 31-Jan 1-Feb UBA SSB Contest _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The effective sunspot number for Saturday, 1/24/98, was unavailable. The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for Sunday, 1/25/98, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 25-Jan-1998 21 108 9 2 LOW/QUIET-ACT;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 25-Jan-1998 18 98 3 3 LOW/QUIET-ACT;VY LOW-LOW/QUIET-UNSET 25-Jan-1998 15 98 3 2 VY LOW/QUIET-ACT;VY LOW-LOW/QUIET-UNSET 25-Jan-1998 12 98 3 0 VY LOW/QUIET-ACT;VY LOW-LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE 25-Jan-1998 09 98 3 1 VY LOW/QUIET-ACT;VY LOW-LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE 25-Jan-1998 06 98 3 4 VY LOW/QUIET-ACT;VY LOW-LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE 25-Jan-1998 03 98 3 2 VY LOW/QUIET;VY LOW-LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE 26-Jan-1998 00 98 3 2 VY LOW/QUIET;VY LOW-LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE The forecast for Monday, 1/26/98: solar flux 102, A index 5, K index 1. Monday should be Above Normal. The forecast for Tuesday, 1/27/98: solar flux 102, A index 5, K index 1. Tuesday should be Above Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 3D2QB SM3CER CN/DJ8DL DJ8DL RX9FM W3HNK 4L1UN IK7JTF CQ98HU CT3HU TT8JE F6FNU 4L4MM ON4CFI D2AI CT1EGH UE3DXZ RK3DXZ 5B4/UA2FB UA2FB D2BB W3HNK UN9PQ IK2QPR 5N3CPR SP5CPR DX6P VE7DP V47KP K2SB 7P8/ZS6CAL ZS6CAL EM1HO I2PJA V73GT WF5T 7P8/ZS6RVG ZS6RVG FP5EJ K2RW YN1KDM/YN4 TI5KD 7S5BE SK5BE FR5VZ F8VZ *YS1X OH2BU AP2WAP IK4ZGY HB0/HB9LEY JH1BSE ZW2ST PY2AE AX4NM VK4NM KC4AAC K4MZU * 24 January to 7 February, 1998 4JA9RI - Rashad, Box 116, TR-81031, Ktoprak, TURKEY OH2BU - Jari Jussila, Pilvijarvi, FIN-02400 Kirkkonummi, FINLAND S21R - Rana, P.O. Box 10052, Dhaka 1207, BANGLADESH SM3CER - Jan Eric Rehn, P.O. Box 54, S-863 22 Sundsburk, SWEDEN SV2ASP/A - Monk Apollo, Monestery Dokhiariou, Mount Athos, GR-63087 GREECE ZS6RVG - Dave Plaskett, P.O. Box 8116, Edleen 1625, REPUBLIC OF

SOUTH AFRICA The Alaska QSL bureau has been changed to the following addresses: Alaska QSL Bureau Box 520343 Big Lake, Alaska 99652 QSL cards recently received: 3A/JH1NBN, FH/DF2SS, GU3WHN, TK/F6FGY, VK0TS, YN/WK6O _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: AA4NC, AA8LL, DXNL, G3VMW, K3SX, KC3AJ, KD4IFV, KH6BZF, KL7FH, KM3V REPORTS, N3OSH, N6KZ, NOAA, OH2BU, W1LRZ, W8KKF, WB4KTC, YS1RRD _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United States. _______________________________________________________________ / \ | THE DAILY DX is published Monday through Friday by Bernie | | McClenny, W3UR, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, MD 21738 USA. | | This e-mail message and its contents are copyrighted and are | | proprietary products of THE DAILY DX. Any unauthorized use, | | reproduction, or transfer of the message or its content, in | | any medium, is strictly prohibited. For permission to quote, | | reprint or repost this e-mail send a request to THE DAILY DX | | include date, volume and issue number. Check out The Daily | | DX homepage http://www.wdn.com/thedailydx or for additional | | information you may phone The Daily DX at 301-854-5650 or fax | | at 301-854-5105. Remember to tell all your DX friends about | | The Daily DX. | \_______________________________________________________________/�������������� ����� �������Ô�ïU������������ ����� �������P�ïU���������� ����� ������� �ïU������������ ����� �������¢�ïU���������� ����� �������®�ïUü���ƒH������

. ====================== *** The Daily DX *** ====================== Volume 2 Number 17 January 27, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ Headlines _____________________________________________________________________ The famous German group that gave us P29VXX, S21XX, VK9CR and VK9XY now plans (see issue 1-173) to be active from Chatham Island from 23 February to 8 March. The group will use ZL7DK on all bands on CW, SSB and RTTY. Emphasis will be, as in the past operations, on the low bands. Operators include Joe, DL8WPX/YB1AQS, Mar, DL3DXX, Jan, DL7UFN, Falk, DK7YY, Manfred, DK1BT, and Tom, DL2OAP. Tony, A45ZN, was in the hospital during Christmas. While in the hospital he unfortunately fell and broke his ankle and is now wearing a cast for the next 6 to 8 weeks. He had planned to put up a Gap Voyager vertical for the low bands but this will be delayed due to the fact he won't be able to get around very easily. On 9 and 10 December he showed up on 160 meters with great success. He had borrowed a 500 watt amplifier from the Royal Omani Amateur Radio Society club station. The amplifier has since been returned and Tony is waiting on a new Alpha amplifier. He hopes to be back on topband as soon as he recovers and install the new vertical and amplifier. Steve, PA3GBQ, will be traveling through Ghana during the first three weeks of February. This will not be a DXpedition however he does plan to be on the air as 9G5BQ. QSL via PA3GBQ. Members of the Caribbean Contesting Consortium will operate form the Turks and Caicos from 14 to 28 February. The main emphasis will be to ARRL DX CW Contest. Operators of this multi-multi include K4LT, K8RF, KU8E, W8AV, W8TK, W9EFL, WA9S and W0CG. During the contest they will use VP5FXB in memory of the late Al Slater, G3FXB. Before and after the contest each operator will use VP5/homecall. QSLs for VP5FXB via W8AV. All others go via homecalls. For future information about this trip see their homepage at http://asgard.kent.edu/ccc/vp5fxb/vp5fxb.htm Now is your chance to work Aruba on all bands and modes. First Andy, K2LE, will be active as P4/K2LE from 2 to 15 February. QSL via K2LE. Next Paolo, I2UIY, Rusty, W6OAT, and Carl, AI6V, will be active from this Caribbean island from mid February to mid March. They will participate in both ARRL DX Contests and the CQ WW DX 160 meters SSB Contest. While on the island look for them to use the following callsigns: P40K, P40V, P49V and P4/I2UIY. Mark your calendars now for WRTC-2000 which will be on 15 and 16 July, 2000. This will be the third World Radio Team Championship which will be held in Slovenia (S5). The host for WRTC-2000 have already started planning out for the "Biggest Party In The History Of Ham Radio Contesting." A web page is being planned and more details are expected in the near future.

_____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 3DA0CA - SWAZILAND - Jon continues to show up on 1827 just prior to 03:00Z. QSL via W4DR. 5A1A - LIBYA - Europeans were working this club station on 212225 from 10:30 to 11:20Z yesterday. 5B4OG - CYPRUS - Ted was found on 10106 just before 03:00Z. 5Z4RL - KENYA - Robbie and Murthada, 9K2MU, were working US stations together on 3796 around 03:00Z. QSL via N2AU. 8Q7AA - MALDIVES - Yesterdays activities included the following: GMT Freq. GMT Freq. ---- ----- ---- ----- 00 1827 7042 13 7005 7042 14195 18085 01 7042 10105 14195 15 1840 7007 02 7042 10105 14195 16 3505 06 21295 17 1840 3505 7042 14190 07 21005 18 7005 14025 14195 21295 08 21005 19 7005 14025 21295 09 24895 20 7005 10 18085 21005 28495 21 7012 3506 11 14195 18085 21005 22 7012 3506 12 21022 18085 14195 23 1829 3525 3790 7012 9M2AX - WEST MALAYSIA - European stations were working Ross on 3504 at 2330Z. D68 - COMOROS - Martin, D68YN, and Chris, D68YN started up yesterday. Martin will be doing the CW while Chris does the SSB work. Yesterdays reports were as follows: GMT Freq. GMT Freq. ----- ----- ---- ----- 10-13 24892 18-20 10104 13-14 24940 22 1824 14-15 18123 22-00 3502 J28FA - DJIBOUTI - Was found on 21259 before 14:00Z working Europeans and East Coast US stations. QSL via F5MXH. XUF2B - CAMBODIA - Harv has been active on 30 meters after 15:00Z. QSL via N4JR. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq GMT IOTA Call Freq GMT

------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AN-016 LU1ZC 14007 0054 EU-098 DL2BUE 14242 1511 AS-013 8Q7AA 21022 1229 NA-026 W2YS 14013 1527 AS-079 JH3QFL/6 14260 0838 NA-029 VY2FS 21260 1626 EU-031 IC8SDL 18139 1603 NA-055 AK1L 21017 1358 EU-032 SM7DLZ 21256 1414 OC-022 YC9BU 21258 1024 EU-044 LA8NGA 21260 1231 EA5RKX plans to be active from Penyeta del Moro (IOTA EU-151) on 7 and 8 March. Activity is planned for 13:00 to 20:00Z for the first day and from 08:00 to 12:00Z the second day. Mario, PQ8MM will now be joined by PQ8VA for his trip to Maraca Island (IOTA SA-045) and the trip has been expanded to cover 19 to 24 February. Look for PQ8MM/P and PQ8VA/P to be active on 10 through 80 meters SSB, with some CW. QSL via Mario S. Gomes, P.O. Box 533, Macapa, Amapa 68906-972, Brasil. IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- ----------- 27-Jan 27-Jan BY W0RI/BY1QH & K9FD/BY1QH 182 27-Jan 27-Jan P4 P49I 2-7 27-Jan 27-Jan PJ2 PJ2/PA0VDV 196 27-Jan 28-Jan 8Q 8Q7AA 174 27-Jan 31-Jan 5N 5N0T 5N0YL 2-1 27-Jan 1-Feb 8P 8P9DX 157 27-Jan 2-Feb VP5 VP5/KQ6SJ & VP5/KF6NWQ 2-16 27-Jan 5-Feb YS YS1X 2-15 2-14 27-Jan 6-Feb D6 D68YN D68YV 2-2 27-Jan 8-Feb VP8/SH ZX0CW, ZX0DX, ZX0ECF (AN-016) 2-8 2-4 27-Jan 20-Feb JD/M JG8NQJ/JD1 154 27-Jan 28-Feb FT5X FT5X/FR5HR 2-11 2-2 27-Jan 28-Feb VP8/SH LU1ZC (AN-010) 155 27-Jan 1-Mar J2 J28AG 185 27-Jan 9-Mar XT XT2DM 2-1 27-Jan 18-Mar FT5W FT5WG 2-1 27-Jan 31-Mar PJ2 PJ9JT 167 27-Jan 10-Apr JX JX3EX 177 135 27-Jan 15-Apr ZL7 K8VIR/ZL7 2-3 27-Jan 6-May TT TT8JE 2-10 186 27-Jan 1-Jun FT5X FT5XN 179 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The effective sunspot number for Sunday, 1/25/98, was 36.0 The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for Monday, 1/26/98, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours

----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 26-Jan-1998 21 100 2 1 MODERATE/QUIET;LOW/QUIET 26-Jan-1998 18 108 8 1 MODERATE/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/QUIET 26-Jan-1998 15 108 8 1 MOD/QUIET-UNSET;LOW/QUIET 26-Jan-1998 12 108 8 0 MOD/QUIET-UNSET;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 26-Jan-1998 09 108 8 0 MOD/QUIET-UNSET;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 26-Jan-1998 06 106 8 0 MOD/QUIET-ACTIVE;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 26-Jan-1998 03 108 8 0 MOD/QUIET-ACTIVE;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 26-Jan-1998 00 108 8 1 MOD/QUIET-ACTIVE;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED The forecast for Tuesday, 1/27/98: solar flux 108, A index 5, K index 1. Tuesday should be Above Normal. The forecast for Wednesday, 1/28/98: solar flux 110, A index 5, K index 1. Wednesday should be Above Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 5R8FK NY3N D68YN HB9CYN J28FA F5MXH 9K2ZZ W8CNL D68YV HB8CYV JW2EGA LA2EGA AX1FF WB2FFY EW3LB W3HNK KG4AU W4WX AX4XA VK4XA FP5CJ VE2FB SU0ERA SU1ER CT3FN HB9CRV HI3FVA KG8JK VP2EZ W5SJ The A61AJ photo QSL cards were ordered yesterday and should be ready the third week of February. QSL all A61AJ operations to W3UR, Bernie McClenny, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, MD 21738, USA. QSL cards recently received: 5A28, 5V7A, HK3JJH/0A (NA-133), HK3JJH/0B (NA-132), ZX1A _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 425 DX News, K3LP, KC3AJ, KE3Q, KH6BZF, REPORTS, N3OSH, NOAA, OPDX, PA3GBQ, W8AV _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United States. _______________________________________________________________ / \ | THE DAILY DX is published Monday through Friday by Bernie | | McClenny, W3UR, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, MD 21738 USA. | | This e-mail message and its contents are copyrighted and are | | proprietary products of THE DAILY DX. Any unauthorized use, | | reproduction, or transfer of the message or its content, in | | any medium, is strictly prohibited. For permission to quote, | | reprint or repost this e-mail send a request to THE DAILY DX | | include date, volume and issue number. Check out The Daily | | DX homepage http://www.wdn.com/thedailydx or for additional | | information you may phone The Daily DX at 301-854-5650 or fax |

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. ====================== *** The Daily DX *** ====================== Volume 2 Number 18 January 28, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ Headlines _____________________________________________________________________ A group of Spanish operators will operate the CQ World Wide WPX SSB Contest from I.T.U. Geneva as 4U1ITU. Operators include: EA3FQV, EA3ATM, EA3AFW and EA3DUW. QSL via bureau. The South East Michigan DX Association officers for 1998 are as follows: President Gene Klinger AA8GX Vice President Hank Kohl K8DD Treasurer Buck Switzer N8CQA Secretary Stan Arnett AC8W Program Chair Byron Johnson WA8LCZ Awards Manager Gary Rutledge KR8V Director Bob Thompson VA3RJT Six amateur radio operators from Florida will be active from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba from 13 to 20 February. The teams main goal will be to operate as KG4GC in the World Wide RTTY WPX Contest on 14 and 15 February. Before and after the contest they will be on all bands and modes with their individual calls. Operators include: Bill, W4WX/KG4GC, Rusty, WV3N/KG4AU, Jan, K4QD/KG4QD, JJoyce, WA4OMS/KG4OS, Wayne, KG4WD and Clayton, KG4PK. QSL cards to home calls. Members of the Midway-Kure DX Foundation (MKDXF) and the South Sandwich Island DX Group (SSIDXG) have announced an effort to operate from three rare US island Territories. Palmyra Island will be the first stop. Mark, KA4IST, will arrive around 4 February and will operate during his off duty hours as KA4IST/KH5. Chuck, N4BQW, will get to the island on 20 February. Then on 25 February the remaining operators, Pat, NH6UY, Joe, N4DAZ, Mac, WA4FFW, Dan, W4DKS and Harold, K4AU, will arrive. From 25 to 27 February they will be operating around the clock. After Palmyra the group will go to Kingman Reef to operate as N4BQW/KH5K from 27 February to 1 March. The operators will then sail to Baker Island and are scheduled to operate from 5 to 12 March using N4BQW/KH1. Three complete stations will be used on all three islands. They will operate on all bands from 10 to 160 meters on CW, SSB and RTTY. An emphasis will be on 80 and 160 meters. The RTTY operation from Kingman and Baker may be a first. Supporters for this DXpedition are Kenwood USA, Cushcraft, Force 12, WF1B, AH0W, INDXA, NCDXF and the German DXF Group. This operation was put together very quickly and financial assistance is still needed. Those wishing to help may send checks to SSIDXG, c/o Ron Lago, AC7DX, P.O. Box 25426, Eugene, OR 97402. QSL cards will also be handled by AC7DX.

_____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 4L1DX - GEORGIA - East Coast US stations worked him on 21295 after 13:00Z. 8Q7AA - MALDIVES - The Central Arizona DX Association members did a great job on this one and finished-up yesterday just after 02:00Z. QSL via N7TX. 9M2AX - WEST MALAYSIA - Ross was active on 10104 at 00:00Z today. BV7FC - TAIWAN - Leo was found yesterday working US stations on the longpath on 18072 at 12:40Z. D68 - COMOROS - Martin, D68YN (CW), and Chris, D68YV (SSB) were busy yesterday on the following frequencies at the following times: Hour Freq. Hour Freq. ---- ----- ---- ----- 08 14195 18072 17 14203 09 24894 18 14203 11 24945 19 10103 13 21009 20 3502 7003 10103 14 18145 21187 21 7001 15 18145 22 7001 16 18077 23 7001 FT5X/FR5HR - KERGUELEN - Rene was found on 21260 between 07:00 and 08:00Z working JA's and Europeans. QSL via FR5HR. FT5XN - KERGUELEN - Helios showed up at 02:20Z on 14031 yesterday and at 03:15 today. QSL via F6PEN. S21R - BANGLADESH - Rana showed up on 18125 just after 12:00Z. East Coast US stations were able to work him via the longpath until about 13:00Z. VP5/KQ6SJ - TURKS AND CAICOS - Newly wed Yuki was working his countrymen (JA's) on 21245 at 22:30Z and 14145 at 23:15Z. QSL via JF6WBP. YB0ARA/9 - INDONESIA - Several W4 stations reported working Phil on 1826.5 at 12:20Z. QSL via N2AU. YS1X - EL SALVADOR - JA's report working this stations on 7007 from 08:15 to 08:40Z and on 14007 from 13:00 to 14:00Z. QSL via OH2BU. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq GMT IOTA Call Freq GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AF-004 EA8/DJ1OJ 14009 1737 EU-029 OZ1KQG 18075 1415

AN-016 LU1ZC 18070 1111 EU-037 SM7DLZ 18127 1301 AS-013 8Q7AA 1828 0047 NA-027 VO1XC 21260 1345 AS-053 HS0/IK4MRH 7051 2005 OC-143 YC6HDF 21241 927 A group of Englishmen have announced their plans to operate in this years IOTA Contest from Anglesey Island (EU-124) as MW8Z. The operators will be G3NKC, G3NLY, G4BWP, G5LP, G0KRL and possibly others. QSL via G5LP. IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- ----------- 28-Jan 31-Jan 5N 5N0T 5N0YL 2-1 28-Jan 1-Feb 8P 8P9DX 157 28-Jan 6-Feb D6 D68YN D68YV 2-2 28-Jan 18-Mar FT5W FT5WG 2-1 28-Jan 28-Feb FT5X FT5X/FR5HR 2-11 2-2 28-Jan 1-Jun FT5X FT5XN 179 28-Jan 1-Mar J2 J28AG 185 28-Jan 20-Feb JD/M JG8NQJ/JD1 154 28-Jan 10-Apr JX JX3EX 177 135 28-Jan 31-Mar PJ2 PJ9JT 167 28-Jan 6-May TT TT8JE 2-10 186 28-Jan 2-Feb VP5 VP5/KQ6SJ & VP5/KF6NWQ 2-16 28-Jan 28-Feb VP8/SH LU1ZC (AN-010) 155 28-Jan 8-Feb VP8/SH ZX0CW, ZX0DX, ZX0ECF (AN-016) 2-8 2-4 28-Jan 9-Mar XT XT2DM 2-1 28-Jan 5-Feb YS YS1X 2-15 2-14 28-Jan 15-Apr ZL7 K8VIR/ZL7 2-3 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The effective sunspot number for Monday, 1/26/98, was 36.4 The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for Tuesday, 1/27/98, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 27-Jan-1998 21 101 5 1 LOW/QUIET;LOW/QUIET 27-Jan-1998 18 100 1 1 LOW/QUIET;LOW/QUIET 27-Jan-1998 15 100 1 2 LOW/QUIET;LOW/QUIET 27-Jan-1998 12 100 1 2 LOW/QUIET;LOW/QUIET 27-Jan-1998 09 100 1 2 LOW/QUIET;LOW/QUIET 27-Jan-1998 06 100 1 2 LOW/QUIET;LOW/QUIET 27-Jan-1998 03 100 1 1 LOW/QUIET;LOW/QUIET 27-Jan-1998 00 100 1 1 LOW/QUIET;LOW/QUIET The forecast for Wednesday, 1/28/98: solar flux 100, A index 5, K index 1. Wednesday should be Above Normal. The forecast for Thursday, 1/29/98: solar flux 100, A index 15, K index 3. Thursday should be Low Normal. _____________________________________________________________________

QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 8P9DX VE3ICR EP2MKO UA6HCW VP5/KQ6SJ JF6WBP 8Q7AA N7TX ON50RAM ON4LCT YS1X OH2BU 9V1YC AA5BT TT8JFC WA4ZJB ET3AA - Ethiopian A.R.S., P.O. Box 60258, Addis Ababa, ETHIOPIA JU2DX - P.O. Box 639, Ulan Bator-13, MONGOLIA S21R - Rana, P.O. Box 10052, Dhaka 1207, BANGLADESH Correction: The QSL manager for D68YV is HB9CYV not HB8CYV. (Tnx WB4KTC) Frank Smith, AH0W, reports the QSL cards for the recent K7K and K4M operations have been received from the printers and will be out very soon. QSL cards recently received: A35RK, VQ9ZZ _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: EA DX, K4ESE, KB3AUG, KC3AJ, KH6BZF, REPORTS, N3OSH, NOAA, OPDX, W1LRZ, WA4JQS, WB4M _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United States. _______________________________________________________________ / \ | THE DAILY DX is published Monday through Friday by Bernie | | McClenny, W3UR, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, MD 21738 USA. | | This e-mail message and its contents are copyrighted and are | | proprietary products of THE DAILY DX. Any unauthorized use, | | reproduction, or transfer of the message or its content, in | | any medium, is strictly prohibited. For permission to quote, | | reprint or repost this e-mail send a request to THE DAILY DX | | include date, volume and issue number. Check out The Daily | | DX homepage http://www.wdn.com/thedailydx or for additional | | information you may phone The Daily DX at 301-854-5650 or fax | | at 301-854-5105. Remember to tell all your DX friends about | | The Daily DX. | \_______________________________________________________________/

. ====================== *** The Daily DX *** ====================== Volume 2 Number 19 January 29, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ Headlines _____________________________________________________________________ Top DXer Bob Eshleman, W4DR, has been working with Omar, YK1AO, for about 6 months to get Syria on 160 meters. The antenna had to fit on a 45 X 150 foot flat without any wires running off the roof. A Gladiator TL160M Mark II top loaded vertical with an elevated radial system was chosen. The antenna will be 4 stories up and will easily handle 1500 watts from Omar's amplifier. With a system like this, Bob said "He should be regularly heard in North America." Omar will be able to pick the antenna system up in February provided Bob is able to act quickly. The cost of this antenna system will be around $500.00 and Bob is seeking some financial assistance from both individuals and clubs. Contributions may be sent to Bob Eshleman, W4DR, 1818 Manakintown Ferry Road, Midlothian, VA 23113. Martyn, G3RFX, will be operating as 8P9FX from Christ Church, Barbados from 2 to 16 February. He will be mostly on 40 and 20 meters CW and SSB and will also try some 17 and 15 meters. His QTH will be right on the water. QSL via G3RFX. After Martyn leaves Barbados Steve, K2WE, will be active from 17 to 24 February. He plans to be active in the ARRL CW DX Contest as 8P9AP on all bands. QSL via K2WE. The Arkansas DX Association (ADXA) announces the following officers for 1998. President: David Norris, K5UZ Vice President: Dennis Schaefer, W5RZ Sec/Treas: Glenn Wolf, AB5RQ The Dateline DX Association is going back to the Pacific Ocean. This time the target island will be Wake (KH9). The operators include Tom, K8XP, Mike, N6MZ, Bob, N2OO, and Bill, N2WB. They plan to be active with 4 stations on CW, SSB and RTTY from 28 February to 11 March. The emphasis will be on the low bands and Europe. The callsigns have not been announced. QSL via WA4YBV. Alain, F2HE, will once again be active from Les Saintes (NA-114) from 1 to 15 February. QSL via the bureau to F6LQJ. Merv, K9FD, and Price, W0RI, returned home from Beijing, China and report the following band breakdowns from BY1QH. Band QSOS 160 198 80 102

40 414 30 45 20 572 Color QSL cards will be printed up as soon as possible and QSL via K9FD. Ali, A61AJ, will have his new contest station activated in the CQ WPX SSB Contest. Plans are for a 2 element 80 meter monobander to be installed on a 150 foot tower before the contest. All of the rotators are now working for 10 through 40 meters. Look for activity from this station on CW and SSB on all bands before and after the contest. QSL via W3UR. Joe, W6VNR, will participate in this years ARRL DX SSB Contest from the Cayman Islands as ZF2AH. Before the contest he will be on CW and 12, 17 and 30 meters. QSL via W6VNR (ex WA6VNR). _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 3V8BB - TUNISIA - Was active yesterday on 14195 from 11:50 to 15:00Z working Europe, Japan and East Coast US stations. 9M2TO - WEST MALAYSIA - Can be found on 30 meters CW most days between 14:30 and 16:00Z. 9Y1YC - SINGAPORE - James was working East Coast US and South Americans on 10102 just after 23:40Z. QSL via AA5BT. D2AI - ANGOLA - Diaz was working RTTY on 14086 from 21:25 to 22:30Z. He was mostly working Mid-West and West Coast US stations. QSL via CT1EGH. D68YN & D68YV - COMOROS - Martin and Chris continue to activate this semi-rare Indian Ocean island. Yesterdays reports were as follows: GMT Freq. GMT Freq. ---- ----- ---- ----- 09 24893 18 14196 10 24945 19 14196 11 24945 28495 20 14196 14 18086 21 14196 15 18086 22 3503 10105 17 14196 23 10105 EK1700JJ - ARMENIA - Sergei, EK4JJ, was sporting his special event call yesterday on 21233 at 13:30Z. Armenia is celebrating 1,700 years of Christianity. QSL via GW3CDP. JR6VSP - JAPAN - Fred, K3ZO, reports this stations was coming in via the longpath on 21019 at 14:40Z. N2NL/KH2 - GUAM - Dave is now active from this Northern Pacific island. He started on 10105 just after 09:00Z. Just before 11:00Z he went to 7003 for

about an hour. Around 12:00Z he showed up on 3507. Finally around 12:50Z he was on 1832. QSL via W2YC. OD5NJ - LEBANON - Gaby was working all across the lower 48 states on 18125 from 14:15 to 15:00Z. RX1OX/FJL - FRANZ JOSEF LAND - Slava was found on 14002 just before 21:30Z. QSL via DL6YET. S79MX - SEYCHELLES - Kurt, HB9MX, is back on this Indian Ocean island. He came up on 15 meters CW around 08:30Z. Kurt has been here many times before and will more than likely be active on 160 meters again. East Coast US stations should look at their sunset. QSL via HB9MX. T77C - SAN MARINO - Tony was working West Coast US stations on 3523 from 05:15 to 06:15. UK8IZ - UZBEKISTAN - Yuri showed up on 3504 yesterday around 22:35Z. VP5/KQ6SJ - TURKS AND CAICOS - Japanese stations report working Yuki on 3797 around 11:20Z and on 21245 at 22:50Z. QSL via JF6WBP. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq GMT IOTA Call Freq GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AS-038 UA0KCL 10115 1732 EU-116 GD4PEV 21290 1038 EU-012 GM4AGX 14260 1530 NA-055 AK1L 21258 1328 EU-044 LA8NGA 14260 1253 OC-021 YB2LAB 14203 1649 EU-057 DL5KUD 18070 1342 IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- ----------- 29-Jan 31-Jan 5N 5N0T 5N0YL 2-1 29-Jan 1-Feb 8P 8P9DX 157 29-Jan 6-Feb D6 D68YN D68YV 2-2 29-Jan 18-Mar FT5W FT5WG 2-1 29-Jan 28-Feb FT5X FT5X/FR5HR 2-11 2-2 29-Jan 1-Jun FT5X FT5XN 179 29-Jan 1-Mar J2 J28AG 185 29-Jan 20-Feb JD/M JG8NQJ/JD1 154 29-Jan 10-Apr JX JX3EX 177 135 29-Jan 31-Mar PJ2 PJ9JT 167 29-Jan 6-May TT TT8JE 2-10 186 29-Jan 2-Feb VP5 VP5/KQ6SJ & VP5/KF6NWQ 2-16 29-Jan 28-Feb VP8/SH LU1ZC (AN-010) 155

29-Jan 8-Feb VP8/SH ZX0CW, ZX0DX, ZX0ECF (AN-016) 2-8 2-4 29-Jan 9-Mar XT XT2DM 2-1 29-Jan 5-Feb YS YS1X 2-15 2-14 29-Jan 15-Apr ZL7 K8VIR/ZL7 2-3 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The effective sunspot number for Tuesday, 1/27/98, was 46.4 The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for Wednesday, 1/28/98, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 28-Jan-1998 21 97 2 0 LOW/QUIET;LOW/QUIET 28-Jan-1998 18 101 5 2 LOW/QUIET;LOW/QUIET 28-Jan-1998 15 101 5 0 LOW/QUIET;LOW/QUIET 28-Jan-1998 12 101 5 0 LOW/QUIET;LOW/QUIET 28-Jan-1998 09 101 5 1 LOW/QUIET;LOW/QUIET 28-Jan-1998 06 101 5 0 LOW/QUIET;LOW/QUIET 28-Jan-1998 03 101 5 1 LOW/QUIET;LOW/QUIET 28-Jan-1998 00 101 5 1 VERY LOW/QUIET;LOW/QUIET The forecast for Thursday, 1/29/98: solar flux 98, A index 15, K index 3. Thursday should be Low Normal. The forecast for Friday, 1/30/98: solar flux 98, A index 20, K index 3. Friday should be Low Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 8P6DA KU9C CQ98FF CT3FF JX3EX LA3EX 9G1BJ G4XTA EK1700JJ EK4JJ S79MX HB9MX 9K2MU WA4JTK EM1HO I2PJA VR2MM JR3JFZ CQ98BM CT3BM The A4/KE3Q and A4/K3LP QSL cards have been ordered and should be ready around the 1st week of March. QSL both of these operations via W3UR. _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: AB5RQ, DX News Letter, DX News Sheet, KC3AJ, KH6BZF REPORTS, N3OSH, NOAA, W0RI, W4DR _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United States. _______________________________________________________________

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. ====================== *** The Daily DX *** ====================== Volume 2 Number 20 January 30, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ Headlines _____________________________________________________________________ Ivan, OM3LA, is currently active from Morocco as CN2IB and will be on the air until 10 February. He will be active on all bands on CW and SSB. QSL via OM1APD. Dave, W2YC, reports that Dave, N2NL/KH2, is currently operating out of a hotel and will be for the next two weeks. He is waiting for his permanent housing to be assigned. So for the next two weeks he will be concentrating on 40 and 80 meters. Once he gets to his permanent QTH he will put up something for topband. QSL via W2YC. Per, LA7DFA, will once again be active from Jan Mayen as JX7DFA from 1 February through October. He plans to be on 6 through 160 meters CW, SSB and digital. He will be running a TS-450 and an IC-2KL amplifier. QSL via LA7DFA. F5LMK will be active from Morocco from 9 to 16 May. He will use CN/F5LMK on 10 through 80 meters SSB. The Seychelles government is uses the 80 meter band for inter island communications. However Kurt, S79MX/HB9MX has been given special permission to operate on this band during the following two weekends. From 00:00Z 13 February through 24:00Z 15 February From 00:00Z 20 February through 24:00Z 22 February He plans to be on 3508 +/- QRM running 100 watts as much as possible. QSL via HB9MX. Alain, F2HE, has canceled his trip to Les Saintes (issue 2-19). He now plans to go next March. Frank, VE7DP, will be in the Philippines until early February. He has been using DX6P and DX3F and may possible use DX2B and 4G2X. QSL via VE7DP. F5PFP reports that Elios, FT5XN, can be found on 14209 or 14031 often between 03:00 and 05:00Z and also between 13:00 and 14:00Z. The Clipperton DX Foundation has shipped an amplifier which Elios should have very soon. He will be building dipoles for the new and low bands as he realizes many would like to work him on those bands. QSL via F6PEN. Amateur stations from Azerbaijan will be using the 4KA and 4JA

prefixes instead of 4K and 4J throughout 1998. The Radio Club of Baku is using special call 4K80ADR to celebrate 80 years of independence of the country Azerbaijan Democratic Republic. The Radio DX Group of Thrace, Greece will activate special event station J47XCJ from 1 to 28 February to commemorate the Xanthi Carnival Festival. They will be active on all modes. The 1998 officers of the Texas DX Society are as follows: President Bob Walworth N5ET Vice President Henry Schneider W5HNS Secretary Earl Morse N5TU Treasurer Madison Jones W5MJ DX Chairman Buzz Jehle N5UR Contest Chairman Joe Staples W5ASP Repeater Chairman Jim Lane N5DC Field Day Chairman Dale Martin KG5U Bullsheet Editor Dave Sarkozi WG5N Bruce, N6NT, just got back from the Maldives and had the time of his life. He reports the 8Q7AA operation netted the following QSOs: Band QSOs Mode QSOs ---- ---- ---- ----- 160 789 CW 8355 80 2037 SSB 8450 40 3623 RTTY 200* 30 1128 Total 17005* 20 4022* 17 2527 15 2002 12 755 10 122 * approximately 200 QSOS were made on RTTY. N5TU, N5RP, KZ5MM, W5MJ and XE2KB will operate the ARRL DX CW Contest as XA5T from Mexico. The dates for the Wake Island DXpedition (issue 2-19) will be 26 February to 11 March. Due to a last minute opportunity to go to this rare Pacific island the Dateline DX Association decided to go for it. Financial assistance is needed and may be sent to: The Dateline DX Association, c/o Robert Pond, 9 River Cove, Portsmouth, VA 23703. A website will be set up for this operation by Don, N1DG. Tim, TJ1FT, will be active until July or August. He is currently on a teaching work assignment in Cameroon. Look for him around 14220 after 22:00Z. _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 1A0KM - SOVEREIGN MILITARY ORDER OF MALTA - Work it first, worry later. They were on yesterday on 20 meters

CW from about 15:00 to 16:00Z and saying to QSL via I0MRM. EX - KYRGYZSTAN - Both EX8MZ and EX8QB were active on 20 meters CW between 12:00 and 13:00Z. S21YR - BANGLADESH - This station has been showing up on 15 meters CW between 08:00 and 10:00Z. S79MX - SEYCHELLES - Kurt showed up yesterday on 1827 just after 22:00Z. He was working Europeans and East Coast US stations and stayed until about 00:00Z today. QSL via HB9MX. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq GMT IOTA Call Freq GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- NA-055 AK1L 21260 1436 OC-137 VK4YI 14260 0825 AF-007 D68YV 18122 1506 NA-027 VO1COP 14260 1542 EU-044 LA8NGA 21260 0916 NA-065 W7VR 14024 1703 EU-133 R1ASP 14261 1011 OC 148 YC9NBR 21300 1136 OC-137 VK4YI 14260 0910 Didier, F6ELE, and Bertrand, F6HKA, will be from several islands in Canada during the first half of July. The will use their homecalls /VE2 and will activate Harrington (NA-084) along with others. IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- ----------- 30-Jan 31-Jan 5N 5N0T 5N0YL 2-1 30-Jan 1-Feb 8P 8P9DX 157 30-Jan 10-Feb CN CN2IB 2-20 30-Jan 6-Feb D6 D68YN D68YV 2-2 30-Jan 18-Mar FT5W FT5WG 2-1 30-Jan 28-Feb FT5X FT5X/FR5HR 2-11 2-2 30-Jan 1-Jun FT5X FT5XN 179 30-Jan 1-Mar J2 J28AG 185 30-Jan 20-Feb JD/M JG8NQJ/JD1 154 30-Jan 10-Apr JX JX3EX 177 135 30-Jan 31-Mar PJ2 PJ9JT 167 30-Jan 22-Feb S7 S79MX 2-20 30-Jan 6-May TT TT8JE 2-10 186 30-Jan 2-Feb VP5 VP5/KQ6SJ & VP5/KF6NWQ 2-16 30-Jan 28-Feb VP8/SH LU1ZC (AN-010) 155 30-Jan 8-Feb VP8/SH ZX0CW, ZX0DX, ZX0ECF (AN-016) 2-8 2-4 30-Jan 9-Mar XT XT2DM 2-1 30-Jan 5-Feb YS YS1X 2-15 2-14 30-Jan 15-Apr ZL7 K8VIR/ZL7 2-3 31-Jan 1-Feb UBA SSB Contest 1-Feb 21-Feb 9G 9G5BQ 2-17

1-Feb 22-Feb HR VE3BW/HR6 (NA-057) 1-Feb 31-Oct JX JX7DFA 2-20 1-Feb 28-Feb SV J47XCJ 2-20 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The effective sunspot number for Wednesday, 1/28/98, was 38.8 The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for Thursday, 1/29/98, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 29-Jan-1998 21 94 5 1 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/UNSETTLED 29-Jan-1998 18 97 2 2 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/UNSETTLED 29-Jan-1998 15 97 2 3 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/UNSETTLED 29-Jan-1998 12 97 2 1 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE 29-Jan-1998 09 97 2 1 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE 29-Jan-1998 06 97 2 3 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/QUIET 29-Jan-1998 03 97 2 0 LOW/QUIET;LOW/QUIET 29-Jan-1998 00 97 2 1 LOW/QUIET;LOW/QUIET The forecast for Friday, 1/30/98: solar flux 98, A index 20, K index 3. Friday should be Low Normal. The forecast for Saturday, 1/31/98: solar flux 98, A index 10, K index 2. Saturday should be High Normal. The forecast for Sunday, 2/1/98: solar flux 98, A index 5, K index 2. Sunday should be Above Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 5B4ADA 9A2AJ BU0YL BV2RS S79MX HB9MX 7X2RO OM3CGN CN2IB OM1APD TT8JE F6FNU 9V1YC AA5BT N2NL/KH2 W2YC XV7TH SK7AX F6PEN - Gerard Bibes, 16 rue Viollet Leduc, 31100 Toulouse FRANCE YK1AH - Fadel, Box 9597, Damascus, SYRIA YN1CB - Carlos, Box 3733, Managua, NICARAGUA QSL cards recently received: HL0C/4 (AS-084), YI9CW _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: DX News Sheet, F5PFP, G0RCI, KC3AJ, KH6BZF REPORTS, LA7DFA, LNDX, N3OSH, ON4ALW, PA3DZN, NOAA, SV7DMU, W2YC, W5MJ _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to

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. ====================== *** The Daily DX *** ====================== Volume 2 Number 21 February 2, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ Headlines _____________________________________________________________________ Foundation for Amateur International Radio Services (F.A.I.R.S.) members are currently operating from Dominica. Gay, KD4GMV, and her husband David, KK4WW, are on this Caribbean island along with Kay, KF4EKH, and her husband Don, KE4UGF. The two couples will be active until 5 February. Each will use separate calls; J79GMV, J79WW, J79EKH and J79UGF. Suggested frequencies are: 28350, 21350, 18125, 14250. QSL cards for all go via KD4WW. Joe, W2REH, reports that Dave, N2NL, has now reconfigured his antenna and has had some success on 160, working into the mid-west yesterday. Dave plans to be active again on topband on 3 February starting around 11:45Z around 1826 or 1831. Mehdi, F5PFP, reports that Jean-Paul, F5BU, arrived on Possession Island which is the main island in the Crozet Archipelago. Jean-Paul showed up on the air over the weekend (see QSN). QSL via F6APU. Bob, N4BP, reports he and WV5Z will be active from the Bahamas during the ARRL CW DX Contest on 21 and 22 February. At the moment they are unsure which call they will use. Possibly N4BP/C6A, WV5Z/C6A or C6A??. They will be multi-single operating on 10 through 160 meters running 100 watts. _____________________________________________________________________ Correction _____________________________________________________________________ In the Friday issue (Vol. 2 No. 21) of The Daily DX we reported that Ivan, OM3LA will be active from Morocco until 10 February. The callsign he is using is CN2IB and NOT CN2BI. We apologize for an inconvenience this typo may have caused. Thank you to Bill, W5EC, for quickly pointing this out. _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 4J/4K - Armenia - Lots of activity from this one over the weekend. 4J80ADR was working East Coast US stations on 18081 just before 14:00Z on Sunday. Dan, 4J8DX, was on 20 meters CW both Saturday and Sunday from 11:00 to 14:00Z. 4KA6GF was on 20 meters CW over the weekend between 12:00 and 14:00Z. 4L1DX - GEORGIA - Can often be found on 21295 between 11:00 and 12:00Z. QSL via OZ1HPS.

9J2AM - ZAMBIA - This station was found on 20 meters working JA's from 13:45 to 14:15Z on Sunday. Later US stations reported working him between 20:20 and 00:00Z. QSL via JA0JHA. 9M2TO - WEST MALAYSIA - East Coast US stations report Ted was on 10102 just prior to 12:30Z on Friday. QSL via JA0DMV. 9N1FP - NEPAL - Vlad was on 7003 on Sunday from 12:00 to 12:30Z. Then he moved to 14002 and stayed for another « hour. QSL via RU6FP. BV5BG - TAIWAN - Chung was active on 80 meters SSB on Sunday for about 1 hour starting around 10:40Z. EP2MKO - IRAN - Was found on the lower end of 20 meters CW both weekend days from 13:00 to 15:00Z. FT5WG - CROZET - Jean-Paul is now on this French Antarctic island. He showed up on 20 meters SSB both Saturday (16-17Z) and Sunday (13-15Z). Keep an ear near 14180 and 14148. QSL via F6APU. J37XC - GRENADA - Check near 10116 at 02:00Z. KH3/AD6BQ - JOHNSTON ATOLL - Bob showed up on 14203 at 06:00Z on Sunday. He has been on the island for awhile but does not get on the air very often. ST2SA - SUDAN - Dr. Sid came out of the wood work on Saturday as he was found on 14210 just before 19:00Z. TJ1GD - CAMEROON - Was active on RTTY on 14081 on Thursday starting around 23:00Z. V51HK - NAMIBIA - Europeans and East Coast US stations report working this station on 24960 from 13:00 to 14:00Z on Sunday. QSL via DL6OBS. XUF2B - CAMBODIA - Harv was using his new call (ex XU2FB) on RTTY on 14086 on Sunday from 10:30 to 11:00Z. QSL via N4JR. YI1AK - IRAQ - Was on 14219 on Friday from 13:30 to 14:15Z. QSL via KC5HWR. YK1AH - SYRIA - Likes 30 meters at all times of the day. No specific times or frequencies. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq GMT IOTA Call Freq GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AF-007 D68YN 14007 2009 EU-060 SV1TP/P 18129 1359 AN-006 EM1HO 10108 0703 EU-074 F5RUQ/P 14260 1307 AS-053 HS0/IK4MRH 28495 0857 EU-124 MW1CAN 18146 1410 AS-111 7Z1IS/P 21270 1258 NA-020 4M0I 7095 0524

EU-016 9A2GF 14032 0734 SA-016 8R1AK 28440 1800 EU-049 SV8CRI 14040 0644 VE7ARS and VE7FYO will celebrate the 125th Anniversary of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and will be active from Trutch Island (IOTA NA-181) during the weekend of 23 May. Ibrahim, 7Z1IS is currently active from Tarut Island (IOTA AS-111) and will be there until 4 February. Look for him on the IOTA frequencies from 10 to 40 meters. QSL via SM0OFG or Direct. IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- ----------- 2-Feb 22-Feb JA 8N0WOG 184 2-Feb 2-Feb VP5 VP5/KQ6SJ & VP5/KF6NWQ 2-16 2-Feb 4-Feb HZ 7Z1IS/P (AS-111) 2-21 2-Feb 4-Feb C6 AA8LL/C6A (NA-113) 2-16 2-Feb 5-Feb YS YS1X 2-15 2-14 2-Feb 6-Feb D6 D68YN D68YV 2-2 2-Feb 8-Feb VP8/SH ZX0CW, ZX0DX, ZX0ECF (AN-016) 2-8 2-4 2-Feb 10-Feb CN CN2IB 2-20 2-Feb 15-Feb P4 P4/K2LE 2-17 2-Feb 16-Feb 8P 8P9FX 2-19 2-Feb 20-Feb JD/M JG8NQJ/JD1 154 2-Feb 21-Feb 9G 9G5BQ 2-17 2-Feb 22-Feb S7 S79MX 2-20 2-Feb 22-Feb HR VE3BW/HR6 (NA-057) 2-Feb 28-Feb FT5X FT5X/FR5HR 2-11 2-2 2-Feb 28-Feb SV J47XCJ 2-20 2-Feb 28-Feb VP8/SH LU1ZC (AN-010) 155 2-Feb 1-Mar J2 J28AG 185 2-Feb 9-Mar XT XT2DM 2-1 2-Feb 18-Mar FT5W FT5WG 2-1 2-Feb 31-Mar PJ2 PJ9JT 167 2-Feb 10-Apr JX JX3EX 177 135 2-Feb 15-Apr ZL7 K8VIR/ZL7 2-3 2-Feb 6-May TT TT8JE 2-10 186 2-Feb 1-Jun FT5X FT5XN 179 2-Feb 31-Oct JX JX7DFA 2-20 3-Feb 10-Feb V3 V31VI V31UY V31NK V31TR (NA-180) 2-16 4-Feb 25-Feb 9G 9G1AA 2-7 5-Feb 10-Feb A3 A35FN & A35LZ (OC-049) 192 5-Feb 1-Mar 9G 9G5VJ 2-6 5-Feb 12-Mar TR TF8CR 2-1 6-Feb 8-Feb OH OH8TA (EU-126) 195 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The effective sunspot number for Saturday, 1/31/98, was 41.0 The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for Sunday, 2/1/98, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 1-Feb-1998 21 91 8 2 VY LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET 1-Feb-1998 18 89 10 1 VY LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET 1-Feb-1998 15 89 10 1 VY LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET 1-Feb-1998 12 89 10 3 VY LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;VY LOW/QUIET 1-Feb-1998 09 89 10 3 VY LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;VY LOW/QUIET 1-Feb-1998 06 89 10 3 VY LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;VY LOW/QUIET 1-Feb-1998 03 89 10 2 VY LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;VY LOW/QUIET 1-Feb-1998 00 89 10 4 VY LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;VY LOW/QUIET The forecast for Monday, 2/2/98: solar flux 87, A index 5, K index 1. Monday should be Above Normal. The forecast for Tuesday, 2/3/98: solar flux 87, A index 5, K index 1. Tuesday should be Above Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 4J80ADR 4K9C J6/W2LU W2LU TL8PL F5LNA 4KA9C 4K9C J79EKH KK4WW TZ6JA JA3EMU 7Z1IS/P SM0OFG J79GMV KK4WW V51HK DL6OBS 9J2AM JA0JHA J79UGF KK4WW VP2EKS HB9KS 9K2AI IK7JTF J79WW KK4WW VP8CTR DL5EBE A61AO N1DG OD5PN LX1NO YI1AK KC5HWR CN2IB OM1APD ON50KTK ON4ON YN1GSR/3C1 EA5BYP CP8XA DG9NB ON50NMR ON4RU YS1X OH2BU CT98AHU CT1AHU PJ9JT W1AX ZX0CW PT2GTI CT98EGW N2AU S79MX HB9MX ZX0DX PT2GTI FT5X/FR5HR FR5HR 7Z1IS - Ibrahim Saud, P.O. Box 3361, Al khobar 31952, SAUDI ARABIA F6APU - Andre Jungbluth, 4 rue des Tulipes, 67380 Lingolsheim, FRANCE FR5HR - Rene Allegre, 56 Leconte de Lisle, Bois de Nefles, 97411 Saint-Paul REUNION ISLAND via FRANCE KK4WW - David Larsen, P.O. Box 341, Floyd, VA 24091-0341 QSL cards recently received: 5A28, 9M6OO, A41LZ/SJ, C21NJ, HV4NAC, HF0POL, HV4NAC, KP2/N2OO, VK0TS, XF1G (NA-179) _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: F5PFP, FR5DX, K2BF, KC3AJ, KH6BZF REPORTS, N2NL, N3OSH, N4BP, NOAA, OPDX, VE7ARS, W2REH, W3PP, W5EC _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United States. _______________________________________________________________ / \ | THE DAILY DX is published Monday through Friday by Bernie |

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. ====================== *** The Daily DX *** ====================== Volume 2 Number 22 February 3, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ Headlines _____________________________________________________________________ John Rouse, KA3DBN, will be in Southern Africa between 1 and 19 March. While there he will travel through ZS, A22, 7P8, Z2, 3DA0 and C9. A friend of his has been working on getting the licenses. So far he knows he will be on the air from 7P8 and ZS. John will take his own rig and plans to be on CW, SSB and RTTY when time allows. QSLs for all of John's activities should go via K3BEQ. OPDX reports Dave Heil, OH2/K8MN, will be taking up his next and last assignment starting in the fall from Tanzania. Dave is no new comer to DXing or Africa as this will be his 4th assignment on the continent (J52US, A22MN and 9L1US). He and his wife Leila will leave Finland in July to stay in the states for a few months. Heil hopes to get another call with US or MN in the suffix. Let's all hope he's able to get on the low bands from this rare zone (37). Members of the No-Name DX-Group will be active from Santiago Cuba from 27 February to 8 March. They plan to use a T48 callsign but are still waiting for the official call. The operators include Don, VE3ESE, Greg, VE3NXB, Gord, VE3NQK and some nationals from the Santiago area. The group will participate in both the CQ World Wide 160 Meter SSB Contest and the ARRL SSB DX Contest. The OZ 50MHz DX Bulletin reports that Jack, VK2GJH, will be active as T30JH. He will be operating on 6 meters from the island of Tawara until 24 February. _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ EX8DX - KYRGYZSTAN - East Coast US stations were working this station yesterday via the longpath between 12:00 and 13:00Z. JG8NQJ/JD1 - MINAMI TORISHIMA - Take showed up on 7008 from about 12:00 to 13:00Z. QSL via JA8CJY. S21R - BANGLADESH - Rana was working Europeans just after 10:00Z on 21297 and then JA's on 14187 around 11:30Z. S79MX - SEYCHELLES - Kurt was found working Europeans on 12 meters CW yesterday around 10:45Z. Later he was up on SSB on 21270 around 11:30 working JA's and Europeans. QSL via HB9MX. T00RM - SEBORGA - This does not count as a separate one but fun to work anyway. He was on 14005 from about

14:30 to 17:00Z. QSL via DL2JRM. UK8GBS - UZBEKISTAN - Was coming into the East Coast via the longpath on 14168 around 12:15Z. UK8IZ - UZBEKISTAN - Same time frame as above only on CW on 14032. VK0ERZ - ANTARCTICA - This station has been showing up for the last week or so on 20 meters SSB between 15:00 and 16:00Z. Check from 14160 to 14200. XUF2B - CAMBODIA - Harv is active almost every day. He has been showing up on RTTY and 30 meters and is expected on 80 meters soon. Yesterday on 30 meters he started off on 10107 just before 14:00Z and was later found on 10128 around 14:20Z. QSL via N4JR. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq GMT IOTA Call Freq GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AS-008 7K3EOP/1 14252 0026 EU-060 SV1TP/P 14260 1401 AS-111 7Z1IS/P 21265 1153 NA-020 4M0I 7095 0303 EU-044 LA8NGA 14260 1033 NA-113 AA8LA/C6A 14260 2312 Franco, I4LCK, will again be active from Mozambique starting 7 February. He plans to activate Inhaca Island starting on either 8 or 9 February for one or two days as C91LCK. Next Franco will join up with Silvano, C91A, in Beira for a few days. The two will then try to arrange to operate from a new IOTA possibly between 14 and 16 February. Look for them to use C91LCK/C93 from Chiloane Island which is in the Sofala District group. IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- ----------- 3-Feb 16-Feb 8P 8P9FX 2-19 3-Feb 21-Feb 9G 9G5BQ 2-17 3-Feb 4-Feb C6 AA8LL/C6A (NA-113) 2-16 3-Feb 10-Feb CN CN2IB 2-20 3-Feb 6-Feb D6 D68YN D68YV 2-2 3-Feb 18-Mar FT5W FT5WG 2-1 3-Feb 28-Feb FT5X FT5X/FR5HR 2-11 2-2 3-Feb 1-Jun FT5X FT5XN 179 3-Feb 22-Feb HR VE3BW/HR6 (NA-057) 3-Feb 4-Feb HZ 7Z1IS/P (AS-111) 2-21 3-Feb 1-Mar J2 J28AG 185 3-Feb 5-Feb J7 J79EKH J79GMV J79UGF J79WW 2-21 3-Feb 20-Feb JD/M JG8NQJ/JD1 154 3-Feb 10-Apr JX JX3EX 177 135 3-Feb 31-Oct JX JX7DFA 2-20

3-Feb 15-Feb P4 P4/K2LE 2-17 3-Feb 31-Mar PJ2 PJ9JT 167 3-Feb 22-Feb S7 S79MX 2-20 3-Feb 28-Feb SV J47XCJ 2-20 3-Feb 6-May TT TT8JE 2-10 186 3-Feb 10-Feb V3 V31VI V31UY V31NK V31TR (NA-180) 2-16 3-Feb 28-Feb VP8/SH LU1ZC (AN-010) 155 3-Feb 9-Mar XT XT2DM 2-1 3-Feb 5-Feb YS YS1X 2-15 2-14 3-Feb 15-Apr ZL7 K8VIR/ZL7 2-3 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The effective sunspot number for Sunday, 2/1/98, was not available. The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for Monday, 2/2/98, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 2-Feb-1998 21 89 2 1 VY LOW/QUIET;VY LOW/QUIET 2-Feb-1998 18 91 9 0 VY LOW/QUIET;VY LOW/QUIET 2-Feb-1998 15 91 9 0 VY LOW/QUIET;VY LOW/QUIET 2-Feb-1998 12 91 9 1 VY LOW/QUIET;VY LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 2-Feb-1998 09 91 9 1 VY LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET 2-Feb-1998 06 91 9 1 VY LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET 2-Feb-1998 03 91 9 1 VY LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET 2-Feb-1998 00 91 9 2 VY LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET The forecast for Tuesday, 2/3/98: solar flux 90, A index 5, K index 1. Tuesday should be Above Normal. The forecast for Wednesday, 2/4/98: solar flux 88, A index 5, K index 1. Wednesday should be Above Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 9M2EU JA2EJI FY5YE W5SVZ TT8SA IV3VBM AA8LL/C6A AA8LL OG5F OH1VR V63BR AA4US C31LJ VE3GEJ R1FJV UA3AGS VE3BW/HR6 VE3BW ED5SMA EA5URR T00RM DL2JRM YS1X OH2BU IV3VBM - Mario Simonutti, Via Oltrerugo 127, 33091 Castelnovo - PN, ITALY OH2BU - Jari Jussila, Pilvijarvi, FIN-02400 Kirkkonummi, FINLAND TJ1FT - Tim, P.O. Box 41, Makak, CAMEROON QSL cards recently received: 3DA0CA, 5H3HG, JA1CGM, KL7J, R1FJZ, V51BO, V63KU, VE8B (NA-173) _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 425 DX News, KB3AUG, KC3AJ, KH6BZF REPORTS, N3OSH, NOAA, OPDX, OZ50MHZ, W2GI

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. ====================== *** The Daily DX *** ====================== Volume 2 Number 23 February 4, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ Headlines _____________________________________________________________________ Steve Reed, G0AEV, reports he has taken a work assignment in Guinea, Africa. He will start on 16 February and last for 12 to 15 weeks. He is currently working on the licensing. Steve will take an Icom IC-706 running 100 watts. His primary interest is 6 and 10 meters and will concentrate on these bands at first. Alan, 3C5I, is located on Bioko island (IOTA AF-010). He is currently active on 6, 10, 15 and 20 meters using a Kenwood TS-680S. A tribander and a 4 element quad on 6 meters will be used. Plans are to soon be on 12, 17 and 30 meters. Alan says "My main interest is 6 and 10 meters, so I will always look there first." He is there on a long term work assignment so there should be lots of opportunities to work Equatorial Guinea. QSL to Alan, P.O. Box 139082, Dallas, TX 75313. Ray, G3WZ, is currently active from Bangladesh until 20 February as S21YR. He is visiting his daughter who works with the British High Commission in Bangladesh. The best times to look for him on the air are between 03:00 and 18:00Z as he is in his shack. He will be mostly on CW with virtually no SSB. Suggested frequencies are 30 KHz up from the bottom of the CW bands. He has been reported on 7030, 14030, 21030 running 100 watts and an inverted vee up 30 feet. QSL to G3WZ, Ray Baldwin, 11 Meadow Court, Whiteparish, Salisbury, Wilts. SP5 2SE, United Kingdom. Bob, W0BV, reports he will join with K0TG and KG0JH as they operate from the famous Winwood Contest site on St. Croix in the U.S. Virgin Islands. The three will use KP2/home calls from 5 to 17 February. They will be active on CW, SSB, RTTY and will put an emphasis on 12, 17, 30 and 160 meters. The QSL cards will have a color photo and will be ready upon their return. QSL via home calls. _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 3D2QB - FIJI - South West US stations report working Allan on 21007 around 23:40Z. He located on Viti Levu Island (IOTA OC-016). QSL via SM3CER. 3W5FM - VIETNAM - East Coast US stations report this one on 10109 at 22:20Z. BY9GA - PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA - This is zone 23 and was active on 14024 around 01:30Z yesterday. FT5WG - CROZET - Jean Paul came up on 14278 before 18:00Z.

FT5XN - KERGUELEN - Helios can be found often on or around 14143 around 16:00Z. N2NL/KH2 - GUAM - Dave was active on 1826 at 11:00Z. He is still operating from a hotel. He will be on the island for several years and plans to put up some real antennas on all bands once settled in his new QTH. QSL via W2YC. PY0FF - FERNANDO DE NORONHA - Made a surprise visit yesterday to 30 meters. He was on 10106 from about 22:00 to 23:00Z working Europe, North America and Japan. QSL via W9VA. S79MX - SEYCHELLES - Kurt was on 160 meters yesterday from 22:00 to 23:00Z. QSL via HB9MX. YB0ARA/9 - INDONESIA - Phil will be on 1827.5 daily starting around 11:00Z. He is located in Timika which is on the west side of the Irian Jaya (YB) / Papua New Guinea Island (P29). He will be in the US from 10 to 24 February. QSL via N2AU. YK1AH - SYRIA - Europeans and Japanese stations report working Fadel on 10103 starting around 21:20 until about 21:50Z. ZD7BG - ST. HELENA - Can be found often on 20 and 30 meters between 19:00 and 23:00Z. Yesterday he was on 10110 from about 22:00 to 23:00Z. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq GMT IOTA Call Freq GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AN-010 LU1ZC 21260 1710 EU-012 GM0EFM 14260 1349 NA-113 AA8LL/C6A 14260 1632 OC-016 3D2QB 21007 2340 NA-055 AK1L 21260 1418 The following operations have provided acceptable validation material for IOTA EU-147 RK1B/1 Kimalisti Island (July 1997) EU-148 TM5BCU/IPA Fort Brescou (June 1997) EU-162 RK1B/1 Glov Island (July 1997) NA-045 XF3/EA3BT Mujeres Island (October 1997) NA-045 XF3/EA3AOK Mujeres Island (October 1997) NA-090 XF3/EA3BT Cozumel Island (October 1997) NA-090 XF3/EA3AOK Cozumel Island (October 1997) NA-157 KL7/W6IXP Kayak Island (July 1997) IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________

From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- ----------- 4-Feb 4-Feb HZ 7Z1IS/P (AS-111) 2-21 4-Feb 4-Feb C6 AA8LL/C6A (NA-113) 2-16 4-Feb 5-Feb J7 J79EKH J79GMV J79UGF J79WW 2-21 4-Feb 5-Feb YS YS1X 2-15 2-14 4-Feb 6-Feb D6 D68YN D68YV 2-2 4-Feb 10-Feb CN CN2IB 2-20 4-Feb 10-Feb V3 V31VI V31UY V31NK V31TR (NA-180) 2-16 4-Feb 15-Feb P4 P4/K2LE (SA-036) 2-17 4-Feb 16-Feb 8P 8P9FX (NA-021) 2-19 4-Feb 20-Feb JD/M JG8NQJ/JD1 (AS-030) 154 4-Feb 21-Feb 9G 9G5BQ 2-17 4-Feb 22-Feb S7 S79MX 2-20 4-Feb 22-Feb HR VE3BW/HR6 (NA-057) 4-Feb 24-Feb T3 T30JH (OC-017) 2-22 4-Feb 25-Feb 9G 9G1AA 2-7 4-Feb 28-Feb FT5X FT5X/FR5HR (AF-048) 2-11 2-2 4-Feb 28-Feb SV J47XCJ 2-20 4-Feb 28-Feb VP8/SH LU1ZC (AN-010) 155 4-Feb 1-Mar J2 J28AG 185 4-Feb 9-Mar XT XT2DM 2-1 4-Feb 18-Mar FT5W FT5WG (AF-008) 2-1 4-Feb 31-Mar PJ2 PJ9JT (SA-006) 167 4-Feb 10-Apr JX JX3EX (EU-022) 177 135 4-Feb 15-Apr ZL7 K8VIR/ZL7 (OC-038) 2-3 4-Feb 6-May TT TT8JE 2-10 186 4-Feb 1-Jun FT5X FT5XN (AF-048) 179 4-Feb 31-Oct JX JX7DFA (EU-022) 2-20 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The effective sunspot number for Monday, 2/2/98, was 35.9 The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for Tuesday, 2/3/98, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 3-Feb-1998 21 89 2 0 VERY LOW/QUIET;VERY LOW/QUIET 3-Feb-1998 18 89 2 2 VERY LOW/QUIET;VERY LOW/QUIET 3-Feb-1998 15 89 2 1 VERY LOW/QUIET;VERY LOW/QUIET 3-Feb-1998 12 89 2 0 VERY LOW/QUIET;VERY LOW/QUIET 3-Feb-1998 09 89 2 0 VERY LOW/QUIET;VERY LOW/QUIET 3-Feb-1998 06 89 2 0 VERY LOW/QUIET;VERY LOW/QUIET 3-Feb-1998 03 89 2 0 VERY LOW/QUIET;VERY LOW/QUIET 3-Feb-1998 00 89 2 1 VERY LOW/QUIET;VERY LOW/QUIET The forecast for Wednesday, 2/4/98: solar flux 90, A index 5, K index 1. Wednesday should be Above Normal. The forecast for Thursday, 2/5/98: solar flux 88, A index 5, K index 1. Thursday should be Above Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ -------

5B4ADA 9A2AJ FT5WG F6APU N2NL/KH2 W2YC A61AS YO3FRI HF0POL SP3BGD PY0FF W9VA CS98NQ CT4NQ J41W SV1CIB T95A K2PF EM1HO I2PJA JY9QJ DL5MBY YB0ARA/9 N2AU 9A2AJ - Tomislav Polak, PP7, 34551 Lipik, CROATIA FR5HR - Rene Allegre, 56 rue Leconte de L'Isle, La Plaine, 97411 Bois de Nefles, Saint Paul, Reunion, via FRANCE SV2ASP/A - Apollo Monachos, Dochiariou Monastery, Mt. Athos GR-630 87 GREECE YK1AH - Fadel, Box 9597, Damascus, SYRIA Joe, K3KN, reports he expects to get the EL2JR & EL/K3KN QSL cards from the printer very soon. QSL cards recently received: EY8XX, SV2ASP/A _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 3C5I, 5B4ADA, G0AEV, K3KN, KC3AJ, KH6BZF REPORTS, N3OSH, NOAA, S21YE, SM3CER, W0BV _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United States. _______________________________________________________________ / \ | THE DAILY DX is published Monday through Friday by Bernie | | McClenny, W3UR, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, MD 21738 USA. | | This e-mail message and its contents are copyrighted and are | | proprietary products of THE DAILY DX. Any unauthorized use, | | reproduction, or transfer of the message or its content, in | | any medium, is strictly prohibited. For permission to quote, | | reprint or repost this e-mail send a request to THE DAILY DX | | include date, volume and issue number. Check out The Daily | | DX homepage http://www.wdn.com/thedailydx or for additional | | information you may phone The Daily DX at 301-854-5650 or fax | | at 301-854-5105. Remember to tell all your DX friends about | | The Daily DX. | \_______________________________________________________________/

. ====================== *** The Daily DX *** ====================== Volume 2 Number 24 February 6, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ Headlines _____________________________________________________________________ Members of the Hungarian Pannon DX Club plan to operate from Ulan Bator, Mongolia in May of this year. The team includes Gabi, HA7SK, Sanyi, HA7VK, Laci, HA6NL, Tomi, HA4GDO and Laci, HA0HW. They plan to have 2 or 3 stations on the are simultaneously 24 hours a day. Activity is planned for all bands from 10 to 160 meters, on CW, SSB, RTTY and Satellite. The callsigns and QSL manager have not been announced yet. These fellows are not new to going places. Some of their past operations include: XU, HB0, YI, SV5, SV8, SV9 and 4U1ITU. Sponsors at this time for this DXpedition include the Hungarian Ambassador to Mongolia, the Hungarian radio amateur society and Radiotechnika. Those wishing to help contribute may contact Laci, HA0HW at e-mail ha0hw@c3.hu More information is expected soon. Tony, WA4JQS, reports that Mark, KA4IST, arrived on Palmyra on 4 February as scheduled. He is expected to be on the air possible today or tomorrow as KA4IST/KH5P. Chuck, N4BQW, is now expected on the island on 14 February, a few days earlier than originally announced. Jack, W1WEF, will join John, W1BIH, on Curacao for the ARRL CW DX Contest. During the Contest look for PJ9C as a multi-single entrant. Before and after PJ9/W1WEF and PJ9JT will be active mostly on CW. QSL PJ9C and PJ9/W1WEF via K1CPJ. QSL PJ9JT via W1AX. The ARRL DX Bulletin reports that Rino, EP3GI, is currently active on 20 and 40 meters SSB. Look for him until May. QSL via EA5XV. Ken, LA6WEA, reports that Per, LA7DFA, is now back on Jan Mayen as JX7DFA and will be on the island until October. Per hopes to be active on 160 meters running 600 Watts with a 100 foot vertical within a few days. Providing the weather is good he hopes to have the vertical up for operation this weekend. Terje, LA3EX/JX3EX will also be operating on 80 and 160 meters with Per. QSL JX7DFA via LA7DFA. QSL JX3EX via LA3EX. _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ ET3BT - ETHIOPIA - Tensai came up yesterday on 3800 around 22:40Z and stuck around for about 40 minutes. FT5WG - CROZET - Check 14278 around 16:00Z and 14178 around 14:00Z. FT5XN - KERGUELEN - Helios continues to show up on 14143 usually just before 16:00Z.

JA's - JAPAN - Yesterday was one of the best days on 160 meters to work JA's from the East Coast. Mark your calendar for 4 and 5 March. JA's transmit from 1907.5 to 1912.5 and QSX down. LU1ZA - SOUTH ORKNEY - Look for this station between 14180 and 14183 around 02:00Z usually speaking Spanish. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq GMT IOTA Call Freq GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- EU-049 SV8CYV 21260 1314 NA-180 V31VI 7021 0107 NA-055 NO7F 3802 0435 OC-006 VK7BC 14260 0834 NA-180 V31NX 10106 0206 OC-137 VK4YI 14260 0851 NA-180 V31TR 14260 1325 SA-049 LU7XR 14160 0150 NA-180 V31UY 14260 2221 IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- ----------- 6-Feb 6-Feb D6 D68YN D68YV 2-2 6-Feb 10-Feb A3 A35FN & A35LZ (OC-049) 192 6-Feb 10-Feb CN CN2IB 2-20 6-Feb 10-Feb V3 V31VI V31UY V31NK V31TR (NA-180) 2-16 6-Feb 16-Feb P4 P4/K2LE (SA-036) 2-17 6-Feb 16-Feb 8P 8P9FX (NA-021) 2-19 6-Feb 20-Feb JD/M JG8NQJ/JD1 (AS-030) 154 6-Feb 21-Feb 9G 9G5BQ 2-17 6-Feb 22-Feb S7 S79MX 2-20 6-Feb 22-Feb JA 8N0WOG 184 6-Feb 22-Feb HR VE3BW/HR6 (NA-057) 6-Feb 24-Feb T3 T30JH (OC-017) 2-22 6-Feb 25-Feb 9G 9G1AA 2-7 6-Feb 27-Feb KH5 KH5/KA4IST (OC-085) 2-18 2-12 6-Feb 28-Feb FT5X FT5X/FR5HR (AF-048) 2-11 2-2 6-Feb 28-Feb SV J47XCJ 2-20 6-Feb 28-Feb VP8/SH LU1ZC (AN-010) 155 6-Feb 1-Mar 9G 9G5VJ 2-6 6-Feb 1-Mar J2 J28AG 185 6-Feb 9-Mar XT XT2DM 2-1 6-Feb 12-Mar TR TR8CR 2-1 6-Feb 18-Mar FT5W FT5WG (AF-008) 2-1 6-Feb 31-Mar PJ2 PJ9JT (SA-006) 167 6-Feb 10-Apr JX JX3EX (EU-022) 177 135 6-Feb 15-Apr ZL7 K8VIR/ZL7 (OC-038) 2-3 6-Feb 6-May TT TT8JE 2-10 186 6-Feb 1-Jun FT5X FT5XN (AF-048) 179 6-Feb 31-Oct JX JX7DFA (EU-022) 2-20 6-Feb 8-Feb OH OH8TA (EU-126) 195 6-Feb 17-Feb KP2 KP2/W0BV KP2/K0TG KP2/KG0JH 2-23

6-Feb 20-Feb S2 S21YR 2-23 7-Feb 16-Feb C9 C91LCK 2-22 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The effective sunspot number for Wednesday, 2/4/98, was 33.4 The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for Thursday, 2/5/98, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 5-Feb-1998 21 86 2 1 VERY LOW/QUIET;VERY LOW/QUIET 5-Feb-1998 18 89 6 1 VERY LOW/QUIET;VERY LOW/QUIET 5-Feb-1998 12 89 6 0 VERY LOW/QUIET;VERY LOW/QUIET 5-Feb-1998 09 89 6 0 VERY LOW/QUIET;VERY LOW/QUIET 5-Feb-1998 06 89 6 2 VERY LOW/QUIET;VERY LOW/QUIET 5-Feb-1998 03 89 6 0 VERY LOW/QUIET-UNSET;VERY LOW/QUIET 5-Feb-1998 00 89 6 0 VERY LOW/QUIET-UNSET;VERY LOW/QUIET The forecast for Friday, 2/6/98: solar flux 90, A index 5, K index 1. Friday should be Above Normal. The forecast for Saturday, 2/7/98: solar flux 90, A index 5, K index 1. Saturday should be Above Normal. The forecast for Sunday, 2/8/98: solar flux 92, A index 5, K index 2. Sunday should be Above Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 5N3CPR SP5CPR A35FN HB9HFN TL8PL F5LNA 7X2RO OM3CGN A61AJ W3UR V31NX N6FH 8P9FX G3RFX FS5PL N0JT V31TR K8BK 8Q7VB OH2VB OD5NJ EA5BYP V31UY N6UY 9K2RR KU9C T00CW DL3OCH V31VI N6KZ UN7LG - Pavel Pershin, ul.50 October 31-320, Rudny, 459120 KAZAKHSTAN QSL cards recently received: 4S7UB, 5B4ADA, 5V7FA, 7Z5OO, 9J2DR, 9M6NA, 9V1YC, A45XR/SJ, CE0ZIS, CX1NT, FO0SPE, FR5DX, FR5ZQ/T, FW5XX, KH2D, OD5NJ, TM1MA (EU-095), TT8JFC, V85HY, VK9LX, Z21KD, ZB2/DL7VEE _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: ARRL DX Bulletin, DK3VN, HA0HW, K2BF, K3KY, KC3AJ, KH6BZF REPORTS, LA6WEA, N3OSH, N7OJ, NOAA, VE3EXY, VE8PW, W0AW, W1FYI, WA4JQS _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks),

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. ====================== *** The Daily DX *** ====================== Volume 2 Number 25 February 9, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ Headlines _____________________________________________________________________ The multi-national DXpedition to Annobon (Pagalu) Island scheduled for the first week of March (Vol. 2 No. 9) has once again suffered another delay. On 20 January an attempted armed coup against the government of Equatorial Guinea was put down. However this has unfortunately prevented the scheduled 5 March trip to the island of Annobon. As soon as things calm down the group will reschedule this much needed DXpedition. All of the equipment and operators are ready to go as soon as things cool off. As a reminder this will be an all band effort concentrating on the low bands. Activity is planned for CW, SSB and RTTY. More news to follow on this rare one. Francesco, IK0FVC, reports the recent one day operation from the Sovereign Military Order of Malta was that of a pirate. He went on to say "Next valid operation will be organized around July 1998 by myself and others." Pekka, OH2YY/BY, reports that he will operate the CQ World Wide 160 Meter SSB Contest on 28 February and 1 March from Hong Kong as VR2/OH2YY. During the CQ World Wide WPX SSB Contest on 28 and 29 March he will operate as 9M6PO from Keningau, East Malaysia. He will be at the Hillview Garden Resort owned and operated by Alfons, 9M6MU, and Doris, 9M6DU. Plans are to concentrate on the low bands to satisfy the needy. While here he will use a Yaesu FT-900 and a FinnFet solid state amplifier. QSL both operations to his home address. Pekka Ahlqvist, Vapaalanpolku 8 B, 01650 Vantaa, Finland. The OPDX Bulletin reports Albert, HB9BCK, will operate as ZK2CK from the island of Niue from 2 to 16 April. He will be active on 10 through 80 meters on CW, SSB and probably on RTTY. Suggested frequencies are 5 KHz up on CW and 3785, 7085, 14185 and 21285 on SSB. QSL via HB9BCK. Californians N6RT, AA6DP and N6PE will operate both the ARRL CW and SSB DX Contests as XE2EBE from Mexico. QSL via AA6DP. Tony, WA4JQS, reports that Mark, KA4IST/KH5 has one antenna up

as of Friday and has been active on 14195. Remember that Mark is one of the crew members and can only operate in his free time. Yes he will be operating from the island and not on the ship. Chuck, N4BQW, will leave Hawaii on 14 February to join Mark. A 160 meter antenna is expected to go up soon. _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 3C1GS - EQUATORIAL GUINEA - Was found on 14205 working Europeans on Sunday around 08:10Z. QSL via EA5BYP. 3D2CC - FIJI ISLANDS - Can be found most days on 14131 around 18:30Z. He is located on Malolo Island (IOTA OC-121). AD6BQ/KH3 - JOHNSTON ISLAND - Look for Bob between 14200 and 14205 just before 06:00Z. QSL to Box 1278, APO AP 96558, U.S.A. KA4IST/KH5 - PALMYRA - Mark activities yesterday were as follows: GMT Freq. ---- ----- 01:00 - 03:30 14163 03:30 - 04:30 10114 05:00 - 05:30 7082 SV2ASP - MOUNT ATHOS - Monk Apollo showed up on 14225 on Sunday around 09:00Z working Europeans on a list. T320 - EAST KIRIBATI - Phil also can be found often on 14131 daily around 18:30Z. UA0YAY - ASIATIC RUSSIA - This station is located in Zone 23. He came up on 3504 around 22:00Z on Saturday. VP8CXV - FALKLAND ISLANDS - Chris reports he is usually on 3795 +/- QRM around 05:00Z. QSL via G0TQJ. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq GMT IOTA Call Freq GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AF-066 C91CLK/P 21260 1800 EU-130 IV3KTY 7047 1737 AN-010 LU1ZC 10121 2257 NA-055 AK1L 14008 1652 AS-053 HS0/IK4MHR 7058 1829 NA-110 AA4V/P 21234 1554 EU-009 GM0HTT 18147 1451 NA-180 V31NX 18151 2028 EU-037 SM7DLZ 21257 1423 OC-129 DL6FBL/DU7 14008 0122 EU-046 LA5TFA 14086 2156 OC-169 A35RK 21029 2235 Steve, W6MD, reports that FO0BUS be active from a number of islands starting today through 14 February. Most of the activity will be on 15, 20 and 40 meters CW. Activity is expected from the following

islands: Tahiti (OC-046), Moorea (OC-046), Rangiroa (OC-066), Huahine (OC-067), and Bora-Bora (OC-067). If time permits Tuamutu (OC-066). QSL via W6MD The 425 DX News reports JM1LJS and JE1OYE will operate as 3D2LJ/P and 3D2TS/P from Yasawa Group (IOTA OC-156) from 1 to 3 May. From there they will operate from Viti Levu (IOTA OC-016) until 7 May as 3D2LJ and 3D2TS. QSL via JM1LJS. Barry, ZS1FJ, will be active from Bird Island off the coast of South Africa as ZS26BI from 9 to 13 March. He will be joined by ZS1B, ZS1KC, ZS2LL and one more operator. This will be the first operation from this island. QSL via ZS1FJ. IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- ----------- 9-Feb 9-Feb C9 C91LCK (AF-066) 2-22 9-Feb 10-Feb A3 A35FN & A35LZ (OC-049) 192 9-Feb 10-Feb CN CN2IB 2-20 9-Feb 10-Feb V3 V31VI V31UY V31NK V31TR (NA-180) 2-16 9-Feb 14-Feb FO FO0BUS (OC-066 OC-046 OC067) 2-25 9-Feb 15-Feb P4 P4/K2LE (SA-036) 2-17 9-Feb 16-Feb 8P 8P9FX (NA-021) 2-19 9-Feb 16-Feb C9 C91LCK 2-22 9-Feb 17-Feb KP2 KP2/W0BV KP2/K0TG KP2/KG0JH 2-23 9-Feb 20-Feb JD/M JG8NQJ/JD1 (AS-030) 154 9-Feb 20-Feb S2 S21YR 2-23 9-Feb 21-Feb 9G 9G5BQ 2-17 9-Feb 22-Feb JA 8N0WOG 184 9-Feb 22-Feb S7 S79MX 2-20 9-Feb 22-Feb HR VE3BW/HR6 (NA-057) 9-Feb 24-Feb T3 T30JH (OC-017) 2-22 9-Feb 25-Feb 9G 9G1AA 2-7 9-Feb 27-Feb KH5 KH5/KA4IST (OC-085) 2-24 2-18 2-12 9-Feb 28-Feb FT5X FT5X/FR5HR (AF-048) 2-11 2-2 9-Feb 28-Feb SV J47XCJ 2-20 9-Feb 1-Mar 9G 9G5VJ 2-6 9-Feb 1-Mar J2 J28AG 185 9-Feb 9-Mar XT XT2DM 2-1 9-Feb 12-Mar TR TR8CR 2-1 9-Feb 15-Mar VP8/SH LU1ZC (AN-010) 155 9-Feb 18-Mar FT5W FT5WG (AF-008) 2-1 9-Feb 31-Mar PJ2 PJ9JT (SA-006) 167 9-Feb 10-Apr JX JX3EX (EU-022) 177 135 9-Feb 15-Apr ZL7 K8VIR/ZL7 (OC-038) 2-3 9-Feb 6-May TT TT8JE 2-10 186 9-Feb 1-Jun FT5X FT5XN (AF-048) 179 9-Feb 31-Oct JX JX7DFA (EU-022) 2-20 10-Feb 20-Feb 1S 9M0C (AS-051) 2-1 1-085 10-Feb 23-Feb 5W 5W0FN & 5W0LZ (OC-097) 192 10-Feb 3-Mar J3 K4UPS K4LTA OE1GRU OE3JOS/NK4N 12-Feb 19-Feb 9K 9K2F (AS-118) 2-8

12-Feb 23-Feb 9G 9G5XA 2-16 13-Feb 15-Feb S7 S79MX on 80 meters 2-20 14-Feb 15-Feb PACC Contest 14-Feb 15-Feb World Wide RTTY WPX Contest 14-Feb 16-Feb C9 C91LCK/C93 (AF-NEW) 2-22 14-Feb 16-Feb KH0 KH0/JA's 6 ops (OC-086) 2-7 14-Feb 28-Feb VP5 VP5FXB 2-17 14-Feb Asia/Pacific Sprint _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The effective sunspot number for Saturday, 2/7/98, was 35.1 The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for Sunday, 2/8/98, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 8-Feb-1998 21 84 3 2 VERY LOW/QUIET;VERY LOW/QUIET 8-Feb-1998 18 83 0 1 VERY LOW/QUIET;VERY LOW/QUIET 8-Feb-1998 15 83 0 1 VERY LOW/QUIET;VERY LOW/QUIET 8-Feb-1998 12 83 0 1 VERY LOW/QUIET;VERY LOW/QUIET 8-Feb-1998 09 83 0 0 VERY LOW/QUIET;VERY LOW/QUIET 8-Feb-1998 06 83 0 1 VERY LOW/QUIET;VERY LOW/QUIET 8-Feb-1998 03 83 0 0 VERY LOW/QUIET;VERY LOW/QUIET 8-Feb-1998 00 83 0 0 VERY LOW/QUIET;VERY LOW/QUIET The forecast for Monday, 2/9/98: solar flux 83, A index 5, K index 1. Monday should be Above Normal. The forecast for Tuesday, 2/10/98: solar flux 84, A index 5, K index 1. Tuesday should be Above Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ The following QSL information has taken directly from the QSL cards of the stations recently received: 3W5KVR via EA5KB 3W5MNB via JA2MNB 4S7UB via KJ6UB 5H3ES via DF9SU 5H3PW via K0OB 5N37YZC via WA1ECA 5N7YZC via WA1ECA 5R8EY via DJ1RL 9G5WD via G4RWD 9H1FA Mario, 79, Valley Road, Msida, MALTA 9H3WC via ON4CCC 9J2DR Richard Dandine, P. O. Box 30062, Lusaka, ZAMBIA 9M8TG via JH3GAH 9M8YY via JH3GAH 9Y4TD Tyrone Dookie, 12 Cocoyea Village, San Fernando, TRINIDAD BG2QAR Sun Quan Biao, No. 65 Yichun Bei Road, Heping District, Shenyang 110005, CHINA BV4RC Lucky, P. O. Box 922, Taichung, TAIWAN D2BB via W3HNK F5TJP M. Ronan, P. O. Box 109, F-22700 Perros-Guirec, FRANCE

FO0BRD via N6RT FO0KEO via N7CQQ FO0MIT via W6RW FO0PLA via W8AEF FO0SPE via W6KK FO5VO via N6VO FO8DX via KG6AR FP5BU via F5TJP FR5CC Olivier Dijoux, 40, route Gabriel Mace, C. E. R. F. la Bretagne, F-97490 Sainte-Clotilde, FRANCE H23W via 5B4WN H27W via 5B4WN HL1TXQ Kim, P. O. Box 24, Chung Rang 131-121, KOREA HP2CTM Rick Lee, P. O. Box 152, Colon, PANAMA JY5GC Roger R. Zanbaka, P. O. Box 910330, Amman, JORDAN JY8ZW via K4ZW KH0S via JA1OGX KH0U via JA1QNV N2NL/KH2 via W2YC LX1NJ Norbert Jans, 55, Rue de L'Ermitage, L-8833 Wolwelange, LUXEMBOURG LX8DL via LX1DA P30WN via 5B4WN P40GH via WA2TTI PJ8/KG8XV via JH1ROJ PJ9Q via W9QQ SV0LK Helmut, P. O. Box 9, GR-700 14 Hersonissou, Crete, GREECE TA2LZ A. Deniz Kahvecioglu, P. O. Box 51, Kiziltoprak, TR-81031 Istanbul, TURKEY V26KW via K3TEJ V85TG via JH3GAH VK6BAT via N6ZZ VP8CTR via DL5EBE VR2JK Chow, P. O. Box 88421, Hong Kong, CHINA VR2WO via KA9UQT VR2XRW Logan, P. O. Box 80312, Hong Kong, CHINA VR97SAR via VR2XRW VS97SAR via VR2XRW VU2KJS K. J. Shankar, Block 7, Flat 17, Mig Flats, Kotturpuram, Madras-85, INDIA YB0AI Ir. Taufan Prioutomo, P. O. Box 7004 JKSKL, Jakarta 12070, INDONESIA YB4JIM Akhmad Ferdinand Lubis, 1027, Basuki Rahmat, Palembang 30126, INDONESIA YB52RI via YB0BEH YB0ARA/9 via N2AU YC1UVV Adi Fitrato, Jl. Husada I No. 81, Cibening, Bekasi 17412, INDONESIA ZD7OK via N2AU ZF2CU via W5CU ZF2MU via K4BI ZF2RA via K7AR _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 425 DX News, DX News Sheet, IK0FVC, JA1ADN, K1XN, K3ZO, KC3AJ, KH6BZF REPORTS, N3OSH, N6RT, N7OJ, NOAA, OH2YY/BY, OPDX, UA0FDX, W6MD, WA4JQS _____________________________________________________________________

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. ====================== *** The Daily DX *** ====================== Volume 2 Number 26 February 10, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ Headlines _____________________________________________________________________ If everything goes as expected the first wave of the multi-national DXpedition to Layang Layang, in the Spratly Islands should arrive today. The first group will set-up the equipment and will start operating on or before 12 February, which is when the second group will arrive on the island. Suggested frequencies are as follows: Band SSB CW RTTY ---- --------- ----- ----- 160 1842 1824 80 3795/3802 3502 40 7080 7002 7035 30 10102 20 14195 14022 14080 17 18145 18072 * 15 21295 21022 21080 12 24945 24892 * 10 28495 28002 28080 6 50145 51102 For further details about this major DXpedition see The Daily DX issues Vol. 2 No. 1, Vol. 1 No. 85 and the 9M0C homepage at http://members.aol.com/spratly98/index.htm A log server has been set up for those who wish to check to see if they are in the log. Stations may have to wait 24 to 48 hours after making their QSO in order that the log information has been uploaded. Due to the high expected demand two URLs will both contain the 9M0C logs http://www.logiciel.co.uk/9m0c.html and http://www.goldtel.net/spratly/ The DX News Sheet reports that the Malaysian Amateur Radio Transmitters Society has requested 9M7 (HF & VHF) and 9W7 (VHF) prefixes for future operations from the Spratly islands. Aki, JA5CUX, will be active from I.T.U. Geneva as 4U1ITU on 20 and 21 February. He plans to be mostly on CW. QSL via the bureau or to International Amateur Radio Club, P.O. Box 6, CH-1211 Geneva 20, Switzerland. A group of Italians will be active from zone 23 in Ulan Bator, Mongolia starting on 7 April. Nicola, I0SNY, the group leader will be joined by Oboardo, I0TIC, Mauro, I1JQJ, Massimo, I8NHJ, Piero, IK0AEH, Francesco, IK0FUX, Elvira (YL), IV3FSG and possibly others. The group will have at least two complete stations on the air 24 hours a day for one week. Activity is planned for 10 through 160 meters including CW, SSB and RTTY. The Italian group will use special callsign JT1Y from the Mongolian Radio Sports Federation club station JT1KAA. QSL via I0SNY, Nicola Sanna, Str. Gualtarella 8/M, 06132 S. Sisto - PG, ITALY.

Ray, AA6EW, will be active from Great Abaco (IOTA NA-080), in the Bahamas from 1 to 14 March. Look for him to be active on 10 through 80 meters on CW and SSB. He plans to participate in the ARRL SSB DX Contest on 7 and 8 March. QSL via AA6EW. LA7AT plans to operate from Barbados from 23 February to 2 March. He will take a TS850 and use a dipole and G5RV mostly on 20 and 40 meters. Look for him on both CW and SSB. His call sign will be assigned upon arrival. QSL via LA7AT. Tom, K6CT, will operate the ARRL CW DX Contest as TI5N from Costa Rica. He will be operating from the QTH of Carlos, TI5KD. QSL via TI5KD. Kris, KA2OIG, will operate from Morgan's Cay, Honduras as HR6/KA2OIG from 13 to 26 February. He will be running 4 watts (QRP) on the lower end of 30 meters only. QSL via KA2OIG. _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 4S7EA - SRI LANKA - Ernest had a good signal into the US East Coast yesterday at 23:15Z on 3800. 9G5VJ - GHANA - Andy showed up on 1828 around 23:15Z and was QSX on 1838 until about 01:00Z. Later he showed up on the same frequencies at 05:50Z. QSL via G4ZVJ. AD6BQ/KH3 - JOHNSTON ISLAND - Bob continues to show up on 14205 around 05:30Z. BD4ED - PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA - Ed can often be found on the low end of 30 meters CW around 23:30Z. Usually working Europeans. C91LCK - MOZAMBIQUE - Franco is now back on the mainland and was busy on 15 meters CW from 08:00 to 09:30Z and again around 14:30Z. QSL via I4LCK. KA4IST/KH5 - PALMYRA ISLAND - Mark started on 7154 and moved to 7158 from 09:15 to 13:40Z. QSL via AC7DX. ST2SA - SUDAN - Dr. Sid showed up yesterday on 7050 between 20:00 and 21:00Z. VK9NA - NORFOLK ISLAND - Has been active on 40 meters CW around 13:00Z. QSL via DF3VN. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq GMT IOTA Call Freq GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ----

EU-004 OH0RJ 7008 2213 NA-180 V31NX 14260 1945 EU-016 9A2GF 14261 0734 NA-180 V31UY 21260 1904 EU-146 PA3BDQ 1830 2135 OC-023 AD6BQ/KH3 14205 0617 NA-106 KP2/KTG 14181 0103 OC-042 DU4DX 3798 1430 Yang, BD7JA, reports he will visit Hai-Nan Island (IOTA AS-094) from 12 to 16 February and plans to be on the air on 13 and 14 February. He will operate from Hai-Kuo City and will be assisted by SWL BG7-4-004 who is the only SWL on the island. Yang will use an Icom IC-706MK II and a dipole. Look for BD7JA/7 to be using 7050, 14260 and 21300. QSL via P.O. Box 1713, GuangZhou, Peoples Republic of China. Hamid, 9K2HN, reports the IOTA DXpedition to AS-118 (see Vol. 2 No. 8) has been postponed due to the current situation in the gulf area. When things settle down a new date will be announced. Amateurs from Brazil will activate Frances Island (IOTA SA-067) from 16 to 24 February. The group will include Vieira, ZX0Z/PY1LVF, Pete, ZZ0W/PY1NEW, Lima, ZZ0Z/PY1NEZ and a few other PP1's. They will be active on all bands from 10 to 160 meters on CW and SSB. Suggested frequencies are as follows: SSB 1850, 3755, 7055, 14190, 14222, 14260, 18128, 21260, 24950, 28360, 28460, 28560, 29000 CW 1835, 3530, 7030, 10115, 14040, 18098, 21040, 24920, 28040 QSL via home calls or to PY1 QSL bureau. Steve, N9CK, is currently operating from Providenciales (IOTA NA-002) as VP5/N9CK and will remain active through 16 February. During the WPX RTTY Contest he will use VP5CK. Before and after the contest he will be on CW and RTTY on all bands. QSL via N9CK. IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- ----------- 10-Feb 10-Feb A3 A35FN & A35LZ (OC-049) 192 10-Feb 10-Feb CN CN2IB 2-20 10-Feb 10-Feb V3 V31VI V31UY V31NK V31TR (NA-180) 2-16 10-Feb 14-Feb FO FO0BUS (OC-066 OC-046 OC067) 2-25 10-Feb 15-Feb P4 P4/K2LE (SA-036) 2-17 10-Feb 16-Feb 8P 8P9FX (NA-021) 2-19 10-Feb 16-Feb C9 C91LCK 2-22 10-Feb 17-Feb KP2 KP2/W0BV KP2/K0TG KP2/KG0JH 2-23 10-Feb 20-Feb 1S 9M0C (AS-051) 2-1 1-085 10-Feb 20-Feb JD/M JG8NQJ/JD1 (AS-030) 154 10-Feb 20-Feb S2 S21YR 2-23 10-Feb 21-Feb 9G 9G5BQ 2-17 10-Feb 22-Feb JA 8N0WOG 184 10-Feb 22-Feb S7 S79MX 2-20 10-Feb 22-Feb HR VE3BW/HR6 (NA-057)

10-Feb 23-Feb 5W 5W0FN & 5W0LZ (OC-097) 192 10-Feb 24-Feb T3 T30JH (OC-017) 2-22 10-Feb 25-Feb 9G 9G1AA 2-7 10-Feb 27-Feb KH5 KH5/KA4IST (OC-085) 2-24 2-18 2-12 10-Feb 28-Feb FT5X FT5X/FR5HR (AF-048) 2-11 2-2 10-Feb 28-Feb SV J47XCJ 2-20 10-Feb 1-Mar 9G 9G5VJ 2-6 10-Feb 1-Mar J2 J28AG 185 10-Feb 3-Mar J3 K4UPS K4LTA OE1GRU OE3JOS/NK4N 10-Feb 9-Mar XT XT2DM 2-1 10-Feb 12-Mar TR TR8CR 2-1 10-Feb 15-Mar VP8/SH LU1ZC (AN-010) 155 10-Feb 18-Mar FT5W FT5WG (AF-008) 2-1 10-Feb 31-Mar PJ2 PJ9JT (SA-006) 167 10-Feb 10-Apr JX JX3EX (EU-022) 177 135 10-Feb 15-Apr ZL7 K8VIR/ZL7 (OC-038) 2-3 10-Feb 6-May TT TT8JE 2-10 186 10-Feb 1-Jun FT5X FT5XN (AF-048) 179 10-Feb 31-Oct JX JX7DFA (EU-022) 2-20 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The effective sunspot number for Sunday, 2/8/98, was 36.6 The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for Monday, 2/9/98, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 9-Feb-1998 21 84 8 2 VY LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;VY LOW/QUIET 9-Feb-1998 18 84 5 2 VY LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET 9-Feb-1998 15 84 5 3 VY LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET 9-Feb-1998 12 84 5 2 VY LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET 9-Feb-1998 09 84 5 1 VY LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET 9-Feb-1998 06 84 5 2 VY LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET 9-Feb-1998 03 84 5 3 VY LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET 9-Feb-1998 00 84 5 4 VY LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET The forecast for Tuesday, 2/10/98: solar flux 84, A index 5, K index 1. Tuesday should be Above Normal. The forecast for Wednesday, 2/11/98: solar flux 84, A index 5, K index 1. Wednesday should be Above Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 1X1AO UA6WAR EK6CC N8BGD V31UY N6UY 3C1GS EA5BYP JX7DFA LA7DFA V31VI N6KZ 4X50JU 4X4JU KA4IST/KH5 AC7DX VE3BW/HR6 VE3BW 7Q7JA G0IAS KP2/KG0JH KG0JH VK9NA DF3VN 9G5VJ G4ZVJ S21YR G3WZ VP8CXV G0TQJ A35FN HB9HFN TJ1HP F6FNU YI1ALW WB3CQN A35LZ HB9DLZ TL8PL F5LNA YJ8UU ZL2HE C91LCK/P I4LCK TZ6FIC F6KEQ YN9/TI4SU TI4SU CL8VP HI3JH V31NX N6FH YS1X OH2BU DL6FBL/DU7 DL6FBL V31TR K8BK Z32XA NN6C

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. ====================== *** The Daily DX *** ====================== Volume 2 Number 27 February 11, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ Headlines _____________________________________________________________________ The OK DX Foundation has now firmed up their plans to the Pacific Ocean (see Vol. 1 No. 192). Operators include Slav, OK1TN, Vrata, OK1KT, and Vasel, OK1VD. The following is their itinerary: Start Finish Calls QTH ----------- ----------- -------------- ------- 20 February 24 February FO0/Home calls Papeete 24 February 3 March ZK1TNN & ZK1KTT Aitutaki 5 March 14 March A35KT & A35TN Tongatapu 14 March 23 March 5W0SZ & 5W0VV Apia 24 March 1 April 3D2KT & 3D2TN Nadi The group may split up sending one or two of the operators to American while on Samoa. This will depend on transportation. If they do look for KH8/KF4MIW and KH8/WP2AIH. While they are in the Fiji Islands they will look into the possibilities of going to an IOTA or Rotuma. This will also depend on transportation. Equipment for this trip will include Yaesu FT-1000MP, FT-920, ICOM IC-756, IC-706, and two one kilowatt amplifiers. They will be active on 6 through 160 meters. Antennas include a tribander for 10, 15 and 20 meters, a 2 element HB beam for 12 and 17 meters, R7000 or wire loops for 30 and 40 meters, bobtail curtain or inverted vee for 80 meters and an inverted vee for 160 meters. A group of four Americans will be active from St. Maarten from 18 February to 8 March. Operators include Ron, ND5S, Sue, KF5LG, Bill, W8EB, and Dorothy, W8DVC. They will participate in both modes of the ARRL DX Contests and the CQ World Wide 160 Meters SSB Contest as PJ8A. Before and after the contests they will use their home call /PJ. Look for them daily on 14195 at 20:30Z. QSL PJ8A via W9NIP. All others via home calls. Luc, I1YRL, will once again operate form Monaco as 3A/I1YRL during March. Plans are to be active on all bands. QSL via I1YRL. Carlos, LA9PJA, and Ivar, LC3SAT, will be active from Svalbard from 25 to 28 February. Ivar will operate on RS-12 and 6 meters as he only has a VHF license. Carlos will do some satellite work but will mostly be on RTTY & SSTV. HE will have access to 10 through 160 meters. Al, NH7A, reports he will be active in both modes of the ARRL DX Contests and the CQ WPX SSB Contest. Remember all AH7, KH7, NH7 and WH7 stations are in the Hawaiian Islands unless the first letter of

the suffix is K, which is Kure Island. Three members of the Virginia DX Century Club will operate from Guantanamo Bay from 17 to 24 February (see Vol. 2 No. 10). A homepage has now been set-up at http://www.pilot.infi.net/~charding/gitmo.htm which will have the logs from this operation. The logs will be updated daily. Bill, G4YWY, will operate from Guernsey Island (IOTA EU-114) as GU4YWY/M from 9 to 14 April. QSL via G4YWY. Japanese operators Hal, JO1BMV, and Tad, JH7PKU, will be active from Brunei (IOTA OC-088) as V8JA or V85HG. The two will operate from 25 to 31 March and plan to participate in the CQ World Wide WPX SSB Contest as a multi-single. During non contest times they plan to be on 12, 17, 30, 40, 80 and 160 meters. QSL via JH7FQK direct or via the bureau. _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 3C1GS - EQUATORIAL GUINEA - Showed up on 7046 around 23:00Z and stayed until after 00:20Z today. Just before 00:00Z he listed up for US stations on 7195. QSL via EA5BYP. 9M6CT - WEST MALAYSIA - Phil, VR2CT, is currently active from this one. Length of stay is unknown. FT5WG - CROZET - Check 14280 from 13:00 to 18:00Z. FT5XN - KERGUELEN - Try 14031 between 02:00 and 05:00Z or 14143 around 16:00Z. J28AG - DJIBOUTI - Was active on 28495 yesterday from 13:00 to 15:00Z. He was mostly working Europeans but did work some North Americans. KA4IST/KH5 - PALMYRA - Look for Mark on 14260 from about 00:00 to 04:00Z. 30 meters CW from 04:00 to 06:00Z. 80 meters SSB from 07:00 to 08:00 and 12:00 to 15:00Z. On 40 meters CW try 09:00 to 12:00Z. QSL via AC7DX. S21YR - BANGLADESH - Likes 21028 between 09:00 and 10:00Z. S79MX - SEYCHELLES - Kurt has been operating on 15 meters SSB between 10:00 and 12:00Z. Try on or near 21290. ST2SA - SUDAN - Dr Sid has been on 40 meters SSB the last two days between 20:00 and 21:00Z. Look near 7050. TR8XX - GABON - Jean-Claude made a surprise appearance on 1821 around 04:00Z today. QSL info below. ZA1MH - ALBANIA - Mike has been showing up on 160 meters between 05:00 and 06:00Z. Usually within a KHz or two of 1830. _____________________________________________________________________

IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq GMT IOTA Call Freq GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AF-010 3C1GS 7042 2300 NA-055 AK1L 21260 1323 AS-038 UA0KCL/0 14025 1154 NA-106 KP2/K0TG 14202 2136 EU-002 OH0RJ 14016 1056 NA-110 K9JWV/4 7030 0120 EU-011 G3RPC 14262 1153 NA-110 WB4WTY 18123 1610 EU-037 SM7DLZ 21259 1424 OC-085 KA4IST/KH5 14260 0248 NA-036 VE7IM 14145 1722 Lee, DS4CNB, plans to be active from Kang-Won-Do Province Group (IOTA AS-NEW) from 1 to 6 April as HL0Z/2. QSL via DS4CNB. Dick, K2ZR, will be active from Key West (IOTA NA-062) from 3 to 26 March. Look for him to be on the air from 00:00 to 12:00Z on 20 through 80 meters CW. QSL via K2ZR. IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- ----------- 11-Feb 10-Feb A3 A35FN & A35LZ (OC-049) 192 11-Feb 10-Feb CN CN2IB 2-20 11-Feb 10-Feb V3 V31VI V31UY V31NK V31TR (NA-180) 2-16 11-Feb 14-Feb FO FO0BUS (OC-066 OC-046 OC067) 2-25 11-Feb 15-Feb P4 P4/K2LE (SA-036) 2-17 11-Feb 16-Feb 8P 8P9FX (NA-021) 2-19 11-Feb 16-Feb C9 C91LCK 2-22 11-Feb 17-Feb KP2 KP2/W0BV KP2/K0TG KP2/KG0JH 2-23 11-Feb 20-Feb 1S 9M0C (AS-051) 2-1 1-085 11-Feb 20-Feb JD/M JG8NQJ/JD1 (AS-030) 154 11-Feb 20-Feb S2 S21YR 2-23 11-Feb 21-Feb 9G 9G5BQ 2-17 11-Feb 22-Feb JA 8N0WOG 184 11-Feb 22-Feb S7 S79MX 2-20 11-Feb 22-Feb HR VE3BW/HR6 (NA-057) 11-Feb 23-Feb 5W 5W0FN & 5W0LZ (OC-097) 192 11-Feb 24-Feb T3 T30JH (OC-017) 2-22 11-Feb 25-Feb 9G 9G1AA 2-7 11-Feb 27-Feb KH5 KH5/KA4IST (OC-085) 2-24 2-18 2-12 11-Feb 28-Feb FT5X FT5X/FR5HR (AF-048) 2-11 2-2 11-Feb 28-Feb SV J47XCJ 2-20 11-Feb 1-Mar 9G 9G5VJ 2-6 11-Feb 1-Mar J2 J28AG 185 11-Feb 3-Mar J3 K4UPS K4LTA OE1GRU OE3JOS/NK4N 11-Feb 9-Mar XT XT2DM 2-1 11-Feb 12-Mar TR TR8CR 2-1 11-Feb 15-Mar VP8/SH LU1ZC (AN-010) 155 11-Feb 18-Mar FT5W FT5WG (AF-008) 2-1 11-Feb 31-Mar PJ2 PJ9JT (SA-006) 167 11-Feb 10-Apr JX JX3EX (EU-022) 177 135

11-Feb 15-Apr ZL7 K8VIR/ZL7 (OC-038) 2-3 11-Feb 6-May TT TT8JE 2-10 186 11-Feb 1-Jun FT5X FT5XN (AF-048) 179 11-Feb 31-Oct JX JX7DFA (EU-022) 2-20 11-Feb 16-Feb VP5 VP5/N9CK VP5CK (NA-002) 2-26 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The effective sunspot number for Monday, 2/9/98, was 37.8 The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for Tuesday, 2/10/98, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 10-Feb-1998 21 84 7 1 VERY LOW/QUIET-UNSET;VERY LOW/QUIET-UNSET 10-Feb-1998 18 84 8 2 VERY LOW/QUIET-UNSET;VERY LOW/QUIET 10-Feb-1998 15 84 8 2 VERY LOW/QUIET-UNSET;VERY LOW/QUIET 10-Feb-1998 12 84 8 1 VERY LOW/QUIET-UNSET;VERY LOW/QUIET 10-Feb-1998 09 84 8 3 VERY LOW/QUIET-UNSET;VERY LOW/QUIET 10-Feb-1998 06 84 8 1 VERY LOW/QUIET-UNSET;VERY LOW/QUIET 10-Feb-1998 03 84 8 3 VERY LOW/QUIET-UNSET;VERY LOW/QUIET 10-Feb-1998 00 84 8 2 VERY LOW/QUIET-UNSET;VERY LOW/QUIET The forecast for Wednesday, 2/11/98: solar flux 84, A index 5, K index 1. Wednesday should be Above Normal. The forecast for Thursday, 2/12/98: solar flux 84, A index 5, K index 1. Thursday should be Above Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 4L1DX OZ1HPS CN/DJ8DL DJ8DL KP2/W0BV W0BV 4X50SF/SK/M 4X1VF CO2WF VE2EH TR8CR F6AJA 5W0FN HB9HFN CQ98BM CT3BM TT8JE F6FNU 5W0LZ HB9DLZ DF5WA/6Y5 DF5WA TT8JFC WA4ZJB 8Q7VB OH2VB EL2CE WB2VFH UA2FZ W3HNK A61AS YO3FRI EP2MKO UA6HCW VP5/N9CK N9CK C91LCK I4LCK J28AG F6FNU ZF2LC W2SM JH7FQK - Ichio Ujiie, 162 Shionosawa, Towa, Fukushima 964-0203, JAPAN TR8GV - Peter, P.O. Box 589, Port Gentil, GABON TR8XX - Jean-Claude, P.O. Box 4069, Libreville, GABON Joe, W3HNK, reports he is now the QSL manager for Nick, UA2FJ. QSL cards recently received: 3D2RW/R, CX9AU, DL7DF/HR3, EM1HO, EP2MKP, TZ6VV _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 425 DX News, DX News Sheet, GO List, K1XN, KB3AUG, KC3AJ, KH6BZF REPORTS, LA9PJA, N1QY, N3OSH, NH7A, NOAA, NW3K, ON4CAS, W3HNK _____________________________________________________________________

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. ====================== *** The Daily DX *** ====================== Volume 2 Number 28 February 12, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ Headlines _____________________________________________________________________ Topband (160 meters) enthusiasts KJ9I, NF9V and NZ9Z will be active from Belau as T88II from 8 to 17 December. They will be active on all bands from 10 to 160 meters. QSL via KJ9I, David Schmocker, N7298 County Trunk Highway F, Oconomowoc, WI 53066-9040 Andy, G4ZVJ, is currently operating from Ghana as 9G5VJ until 1 March. He now plans to go to Malta to operate as 9H3ZV. Look for him to be active from 10 to 17 March including the RSGB Commonwealth Contest. QSL via G4ZVJ. Aki, JA0JHA, has been working in Zambia since December of 1996 and received his license in May of 1997. He has recently installed a tower with a 4 element mono bander for 20 meters. He is now building antennas for the low bands. Aki enjoys SSB and will participate in the major contests this year. He will be in this South African country until the end of the year. QSL via JA0JHA via the JARL bureau. The Italian group (see Vol. 2 No. 26) going to Mongolia have designed a website to find out what bands and modes people need JT on. Visit the JT1Y website at http://www-dx.deis.unibo.it/htdx/jt1y/ Staffan, SM7DQW, will be active from the Dominican Republic (IOTA NA-096) as SM7DQW/HI from 15 February to 1 March. QSL via SM7DQW. _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 3C1GS - EQUATORIAL GUINEA - Look for this station on 40 meters SSB after 22:00Z. He also listens up for US stations. QSL via EA5BYP. 5R8FK - MADAGASCAR - Ray has been showing up on 30 meters CW around 00:00Z. QSL via NY3N. 5W0FN - SAMOA - Cederick can be found on 30 meters CW between 04:00 and 06:00Z. 9M0C - SPRATLY ISLANDS - The boys came on the air yesterday around 15:00Z. They are running at least 3 stations at the same time and sometimes 4 stations. Yesterdays activities included the following: GMT Freqs. ----- ------

15 14195 16 3506 3802 7002 10103 14195 17 3506 7002 10103 14195 18 3505 7002 10103 14195 19 3505 7080 20 1825 3505 10102 21 1825 3505 7002 7008 22 1825 3502 7002 10102 23 3502 7002 10102 14195 21295 FT5WG - CROZET - Continue to check 14278 around 14:00Z. JY9QJ - JORDAN - George likes 1815 around 04:00Z. QSL via DL5MBY. KA4IST/KH5 - PALMYRA - Mark is the only one on the island and remains active when he is not on duty. His activities yesterday were as follows: GMT Freq. ----- ----- 00-01 14160 02-03 14260 05 10107 08-09 7158 ZD9BV - TRISTAN DA CUNHA AND GOUGH ISLANDS - Andy showed up yesterday on 24898 from about 16:10 to 16:40Z. QSL via W4FRU. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq GMT IOTA Call Freq GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AF-010 3C1GS 7051 2257 NA-034 AH6JN/4 14190 1847 AS-002 A92GE 21270 1453 NA-034 KR4WS 14260 2108 AS-038 UA0KCL/0 18076 0949 OC-085 KA4IST/K 14160 0146 AS-051 9M0C 10103 1849 SA-002 VP8CXV 14247 0136 AS-076 JA5AUC 14177 0856 PY1WDS/P shows up on some weekends from Grande Islands (IOTA SA-029). QSL via PY1WDS. IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- ----------- 12-Feb 14-Feb FO FO0BUS (OC-066 OC-046 OC067) 2-25 12-Feb 15-Feb P4 P4/K2LE (SA-036) 2-17 12-Feb 16-Feb 8P 8P9FX (NA-021) 2-19 12-Feb 16-Feb C9 C91LCK 2-22 12-Feb 16-Feb VP5 VP5/N9CK VP5CK (NA-002) 2-26 12-Feb 17-Feb KP2 KP2/W0BV KP2/K0TG KP2/KG0JH 2-23

12-Feb 20-Feb 1S 9M0C (AS-051) 2-1 1-085 12-Feb 20-Feb JD/M JG8NQJ/JD1 (AS-030) 154 12-Feb 20-Feb S2 S21YR 2-23 12-Feb 21-Feb 9G 9G5BQ 2-17 12-Feb 22-Feb JA 8N0WOG 184 12-Feb 22-Feb S7 S79MX 2-20 12-Feb 22-Feb HR VE3BW/HR6 (NA-057) 12-Feb 23-Feb 5W 5W0FN & 5W0LZ (OC-097) 192 12-Feb 23-Feb 9G 9G5XA 2-16 12-Feb 24-Feb T3 T30JH (OC-017) 2-22 12-Feb 25-Feb 9G 9G1AA 2-7 12-Feb 27-Feb KH5 KH5/KA4IST (OC-085) 2-24 2-18 2-12 12-Feb 28-Feb FT5X FT5X/FR5HR (AF-048) 2-11 2-2 12-Feb 28-Feb SV J47XCJ 2-20 12-Feb 1-Mar 9G 9G5VJ 2-6 12-Feb 1-Mar J2 J28AG 185 12-Feb 3-Mar J3 K4UPS K4LTA OE1GRU OE3JOS/NK4N 12-Feb 9-Mar XT XT2DM 2-1 12-Feb 12-Mar TR TR8CR 2-1 12-Feb 15-Mar VP8/SH LU1ZC (AN-010) 155 12-Feb 18-Mar FT5W FT5WG (AF-008) 2-1 12-Feb 31-Mar PJ2 PJ9JT (SA-006) 167 12-Feb 10-Apr JX JX3EX (EU-022) 177 135 12-Feb 15-Apr ZL7 K8VIR/ZL7 (OC-038) 2-3 12-Feb 6-May TT TT8JE 2-10 186 12-Feb 1-Jun FT5X FT5XN (AF-048) 179 12-Feb 31-Oct JX JX7DFA (EU-022) 2-20 ____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The effective sunspot number for Tuesday, 2/10/98, was 37.8 The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for Wednesday, 2/11/98, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 11-Feb-1998 21 86 10 2 VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET;VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET 11-Feb-1998 18 84 7 3 VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET;VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET 11-Feb-1998 15 84 7 3 VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET;VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET 11-Feb-1998 12 84 7 2 VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET;VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET 11-Feb-1998 09 84 7 1 VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET;VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET 11-Feb-1998 06 84 7 3 VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET;VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET 11-Feb-1998 03 84 7 3 VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET;VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET 11-Feb-1998 00 84 7 2 VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET;VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET The forecast for Thursday, 2/12/98: solar flux 84, A index 5, K index 1. Thursday should be Above Normal. The forecast for Friday, 2/13/98: solar flux 84, A index 5, K index 1. Friday should be Above Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 9A11ELS 9A2AA JX3EX LA3EX WP3A NP4QH 9G1AA PA2FAS VP9LR K1EFI ZD9BV W4FRU 9M0C G3SWH

EP2SMH - Moshen, P.O. Box 17665-441, Tehran, IRAN G3SWH - Phil Whitchurch, 21 Dickensons Grove, Congresbury, Bristol, BS19 5HQ, UNITED KINGDOM LU6KBX - Federico Sehringer, Casilla de Correo Nro. 16, 4107 Yerba Buena, Tucuman, ARGENTINA Correction to Vol. 2 No. 27: UA2FZ - Igor A Avdeev, P.O. Box 123, 236000 Kaliningrad, RUSSIA QSL cards recently received: _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: DX News Sheet, JA0DAI, KC3AJ, KH6BZF REPORTS, N3OSH, NOAA, W3HNK, W4ZV _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United States. _______________________________________________________________ / \ | THE DAILY DX is published Monday through Friday by Bernie | | McClenny, W3UR, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, MD 21738 USA. | | This e-mail message and its contents are copyrighted and are | | proprietary products of THE DAILY DX. Any unauthorized use, | | reproduction, or transfer of the message or its content, in | | any medium, is strictly prohibited. For permission to quote, | | reprint or repost this e-mail send a request to THE DAILY DX | | include date, volume and issue number. Check out The Daily | | DX homepage http://www.wdn.com/thedailydx or for additional | | information you may phone The Daily DX at 301-854-5650 or fax | | at 301-854-5105. Remember to tell all your DX friends about | | The Daily DX. | \_______________________________________________________________/

. ====================== *** The Daily DX *** ====================== Volume 2 Number 29 February 13, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ Headlines _____________________________________________________________________ Mike, HA/W0YR, will be active from the Hawaiian island of Maui from 10 to 17 March. Look for him to be on 80, 40 20, 15, 10 and possibly 17 meters. QSL via AA9DX. Mats, 5X1Z, and Peter, 5X1T, will be in Burundi very soon, however it looks like they may not be able to operate from this country. They will also be going to the Democratic Republic of Congo and do have a chance of operating from this one for a limited amount of time. Peter reports he will be active on SSTV at 5Z4RL on 15 February. Andre, PY0FF, and Bill, W9VA/PY0ZFO, plan to both be active from Fernando de Noronha Island in the upcoming ARRL CW DX Contest. Most likely Andre will do 15 meters single band and Bill would do 20 meters. QSL both via W9VA. Mehdi, F5PFP, reports he has been granted permission to do a DXpedition on Amsterdam Island (FT5Z) for one month during December. This is great news as he will do nothing but eat, sleep and do radio. Plans are to be active on all bands using beams and an amplifier. More details to follow soon. The ARRL DX Bulletin reports that CE9AAP is currently active from the Chilean Capitan Arturo Prat Base and can be found on 14180 and 14210 daily from 22:30 to 02:00Z. QSL via CE2LOL. _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 3A/N9NC - MONACO - Tom was working US stations today on 3502 just before 06:00Z. QSL via OM2SA. 3W5FM - VIETNAM - Can be found almost everyday near 14009 between 23:00 and 00:00Z. 8Q7VB - MALDIVES - Was working Europeans on 24897 from about 10:30 to 11:45Z. QSL via OH2VB. 9G1AA - GHANA - Europeans and East Coast US stations were working this one on 14220 for over one hour starting around 17:00Z. QSL via PA2FAS. 9M0C - SPRATLY ISLANDS - Reported activity yesterday was as follows: GMT Frequencies ---- -----------

00 14195 01 14195 18145 21295 02 14022 14195 18145 04 14022 14195 21025 05 14195 18072 28002 28495 06 14195 18072 21002 28002 28495 07 14195 18072 08 7002 14021 14195 18072 24892 09 10102 14021 18145 21002 24892 10 1825 3802 7002 10102 14021 18145 24892 11 1825 3795 7002 14021 21002 24890 12 1825 3795 7002 10103 14195 13 1825 3502 3795 7002 10102 14195 18145 14 3502 7002 10102 14195 15 3502 7002 10102 14195 16 3502 7002 10102 14195 17 3502 7002 10103 14195 18 1824 3502 7002 10102 19 1824 3502 7002 10102 20 3502 7002 10102 21 1824 7002 7080 10102 22 1824 3502 7002 7080 10102 14025 23 7002 14025 18072 21022 C91LCK - MOZAMBIQUE - West Coast US stations report working Franco on 14010 from about 20:30 to 21:30Z. He reports he will not be able to go to Chiloane Island, because of cholera being on the island, which would be a new IOTA . QSL via I4LCK. ET3AA - ETHIOPIA - Was on 21008 working Europeans and North Americans for about 2 hours starting just before 14:00Z. HZ1AB - SAUDI ARABIA - Ron was active yesterday on 70017 for about 2 hours starting around 01:35Z. Today he showed up on 3506 just before 03:00Z. QSL via K8PYD. J28AG - DJIBOUTI - Europeans report working Eric on 28495 from 12:45 to 14:45Z. QSL via F6EJI. KA4IST/KH5 - PALMYRA - Mark was found on 7158 just before 09:00Z. Earlier he was on 14160 saying he had to move his QTH to another part of the island. He hopes to be on 160 meters soon. QSL via AC7DX. S79MX - SEYCHELLES - Kurt has been showing up on 160 meters CW just about everyday around 22:00Z. Look for him this weekend on 80 meters. QSL via HB9MX. ST2SA - SUDAN - JA's report working Dr. Sid on 7046 around 20:15Z. TR8XX - GABON - Jean Claude showed up on 3503 around 06:20Z. XUF2B - CAMBODIA - Harv was active on RTTY yesterday on 14085 at 14:15Z. This is not a typo XUF2B. QSL via N4JR. XQ0YAF - EASTER ISLAND - Henry was active on 21002 around 17:00Z. Many stations were calling him at over 20 words per minute. However he was coming back to the stations sending around 15 w.p.m.

ZD7BG - ST. HELENA ISLAND - Those needing this country should look for Gilbert to be on 20 or 30 meters CW most days from 20:00 to 22:00Z. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq GMT IOTA Call Freq GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AS-051 9M0C 7002 1447 NA-106 KP2/KG0JH 21280 1517 AS-053 HS0/IK4MRH 14260 1527 OC-019 KH6AT 1826 1124 EU-031 IC8SDL 18127 1609 OC-154 VK8AN/6 14260 1302 NA-021 8P9FX 7002 2216 Silvano, KB5GL, will be active from Providencia Island (IOTA NA-049) as KB5GL/HK0 from 26 February to 2 March. He will be active on SSB only. Suggested frequencies are as follows: 3792, 18125, 14180/14260, 21260/21280/21310, 24940-24945, 28460 QSL via Ron Lago, AC7DX, P.O. Box 25426, Eugene, Oregon 97402 USA JE6DOI and JG6URG will be active from Omi Island (IOTA AS-117) on 14 February until 03:00Z on 15 February. Look for them on 10 through 80 meters both CW and SSB. Two members of the Florida Contest Club will operate from Roatan Island (IOTA NA-057), Honduras from 3 to 10 March. Bruce, W4OVU, and Julio, WD4JNS, will be active as HR6/W4OVU and HR6/WD4JNS on 6 through 80 meters on CW, SSB, RTTY and RS-12 satellite. The two will also participate in the ARRL DX SSB Contest as HR6/W4OVU. QSL via home calls. IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- ----------- 13-Feb 14-Feb BY BD7JA/7 (AS-094) 2-26 13-Feb 14-Feb FO FO0BUS (OC-066 OC-046 OC067) 2-25 13-Feb 15-Feb P4 P4/K2LE (SA-036) 2-17 13-Feb 15-Feb S7 S79MX on 80 meters 2-20 13-Feb 16-Feb 8P 8P9FX (NA-021) 2-19 13-Feb 16-Feb C9 C91LCK 2-22 13-Feb 16-Feb VP5 VP5/N9CK VP5CK (NA-002) 2-26 13-Feb 17-Feb KP2 KP2/W0BV KP2/K0TG KP2/KG0JH 2-23 13-Feb 20-Feb 1S 9M0C (AS-051) 2-1 1-085 13-Feb 20-Feb JD/M JG8NQJ/JD1 (AS-030) 154 13-Feb 20-Feb S2 S21YR 2-23 13-Feb 21-Feb 9G 9G5BQ 2-17 13-Feb 22-Feb HR VE3BW/HR6 (NA-057)

13-Feb 22-Feb JA 8N0WOG 184 13-Feb 22-Feb S7 S79MX 2-20 13-Feb 23-Feb 5W 5W0FN & 5W0LZ (OC-097) 192 13-Feb 23-Feb 9G 9G5XA 2-16 13-Feb 24-Feb T3 T30JH (OC-017) 2-22 13-Feb 25-Feb 9G 9G1AA 2-7 13-Feb 26-Feb HR HR6/KA2OIG 2-26 13-Feb 27-Feb KH5 KH5/KA4IST (OC-085) 2-24 2-18 2-12 13-Feb 28-Feb FT5X FT5X/FR5HR (AF-048) 2-11 2-2 13-Feb 28-Feb SV J47XCJ 2-20 13-Feb 1-Mar 9G 9G5VJ 2-6 13-Feb 1-Mar J2 J28AG 185 13-Feb 3-Mar J3 K4UPS K4LTA OE1GRU OE3JOS/NK4N 13-Feb 9-Mar XT XT2DM 2-1 13-Feb 12-Mar TR TR8CR 2-1 13-Feb 15-Mar VP8/SH LU1ZC (AN-010) 155 13-Feb 18-Mar FT5W FT5WG (AF-008) 2-1 13-Feb 31-Mar PJ2 PJ9JT (SA-006) 167 13-Feb 10-Apr JX JX3EX (EU-022) 177 135 13-Feb 15-Apr ZL7 K8VIR/ZL7 (OC-038) 2-3 13-Feb 6-May TT TT8JE 2-10 186 185 13-Feb 1-Jun FT5X FT5XN (AF-048) 179 13-Feb 31-Oct JX JX7DFA (EU-022) 2-20 14-Feb 15-Feb PACC Contest 14-Feb 15-Feb RSGB 1.8 MHZ CW Contest 14-Feb 15-Feb World Wide RTTY WPX Contest 14-Feb 16-Feb KH0 KH0/JA's 6 ops (OC-086) 2-7 14-Feb 28-Feb VP5 VP5FXB 2-17 14-Feb Asia/Pacific Sprint CW 15-Feb 21-Feb F F6SGI/P (EU-032) 2-1 15-Feb 23-Feb J6 K9IMM 2-15 15-Feb 1-Mar GU MU0/W7MAE (EU-114) 2-14 15-Feb 1-Mar HI SM7DQW/HI 2-28 15-Feb 1-Mar TJ TJ1GB 188 15-Feb 15-Mar P4 P40V P49V P40K P4/I2UIY (SA-036) 2-17 ____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The effective sunspot number for Wednesday, 2/11/98, was 47.9 The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for Thursday, 2/12/98, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 12-Feb-1998 21 91 9 2 VY LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;VY LOW-LOW/QUIET-UNSET 12-Feb-1998 18 86 11 2 VY LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET 12-Feb-1998 15 86 11 2 VY LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET 12-Feb-1998 12 86 11 3 VY LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;VY LOW/QUIET 12-Feb-1998 09 86 11 1 VY LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET 12-Feb-1998 06 86 11 1 VY LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET 12-Feb-1998 03 86 11 4 VY LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET 12-Feb-1998 00 86 11 3 VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET;VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET The forecast for Friday, 2/13/98: solar flux 86, A index 8, K index 2. Friday should be High Normal. The forecast for Saturday, 2/14/98: solar flux 86, A index 7, K index 2. Saturday should be Above Normal. The forecast for Sunday, 2/15/98: solar flux 84, A index 5,

K index 2. Sunday should be Above Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 3A/N9NC OM2SA HP1XVH N0JT K4ZLE/HR3 K4ZLE A22EW KB2UCO HZ1AB K8PYD V73UB K1ZUT A92GD K1SE J28AG F6EJI VK8AN/6 VK4FW EY8AM DF3OL AC7DX - Ron Lago, P.O. Box 25426, Eugene, Oregon 97402, USA ET3AA - Box 60258, Addis Ababa, ETHIOPIA XQ0YAF - Henry, Box 4, Easter Island, CHILE QSL cards recently received: 6W6JX, S21XX, VR6YL _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 5X1T, 5X1Z, AC7DX, ARRL DX Bulletin, EA3BT, F-10255, F5CCO, F5PFP, JE6DOI, K6UR, KC3AJ, KH6BZF REPORTS, N3OSH, N4QQ, N7OJ, N9NUP, NOAA, PY0FF, W7LY, WD4JNS _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United States. _______________________________________________________________ / \ | THE DAILY DX is published Monday through Friday by Bernie | | McClenny, W3UR, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, MD 21738 USA. | | This e-mail message and its contents are copyrighted and are | | proprietary products of THE DAILY DX. Any unauthorized use, | | reproduction, or transfer of the message or its content, in | | any medium, is strictly prohibited. For permission to quote, | | reprint or repost this e-mail send a request to THE DAILY DX | | include date, volume and issue number. Check out The Daily | | DX homepage http://www.wdn.com/thedailydx or for additional | | information you may phone The Daily DX at 301-854-5650 or fax | | at 301-854-5105. Remember to tell all your DX friends about | | The Daily DX. | \_______________________________________________________________/ To receive The Daily DX free for two weeks send an Email: bernie.mcclenny@mail.wdn.com with your name, call and e-mail address.

. ====================== *** The Daily DX *** ====================== Volume 2 Number 30 February 16, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ Headlines _____________________________________________________________________ Yoshi, JA1UT, and his International Amateur Radio Volunteers will be active from Palestine as ZC6MPT starting on 13 March. Length of stay is unknown but will probably be one week or so. Al, KK5ZX, will arrive on Johnston Island on 3 or 4 March. He figures it will take about 1 week to get settled in and approved for permission to operate the club station. He expects to be on the air by 10 March and remain active when not working until 10 April. He plans to take enough wire to install a 160 meter antenna. If his schedule allows he will participate in the CQ World Wide WPX SSB Contest at the end of March. QSL via K3SX (ex K3SME). Ken, G4RWD, will operate as either ZF1RD or ZF/G4RWD from the Cayman Island Amateur Radio Society club station. Look for him to be on the island from 13 to 20 March. QSL via G4RWD. World traveler Gerard, F2JD, will once again be active from Panama as HP1XBI starting yesterday for 6 weeks. From there he will be in Honduras as HR5/F2JD for one month. QSL both via F6AJA. Look for TXK8DX to be multi op in the upcoming CQ World Wide WPX SSB Contest on 28 and 29 March. The TX prefix is used by French overseas territories and the K is for New Caledonia. Operators will include Eric, FK8GM, Franck, FK8HC, and Alain, FK8FI. They will be using a 4 element delta loop for 10 meters, 3 elements on 15, 3 elements on 20, 2 elements on 40, a dipole and square for 80 and an inverted L for 160 meters. QSL via WB2RAJ. Steve, G0AEV, reports he will not be QRV from Guinea (see Vol. 2 No. 23) as it will take over a month to get his license. He reports "There is a chance I will be returning to 3X later in the year" He will try to prepare for that trip so he can operate the next time he goes. Art, N2NB, will be active from Montserrat one weekend a month for the next 11 months as VP2MDY. QSL via NW8F. VP2MFH and VP2MBP are currently active from this volcanic island. QSL VP2MFH via NW8F. QSL VP2MBP via WB2YQH. Jeff, AJ2U, will once again participate in the ARRL DX Contests from Bermuda. First, he will do the CW Contest as VP9ID as a single op running QRP. QSL via K1EFI. Next, he will be joined by John, N2KJM, for the ARRL SSB DX Contest as VP9IB. Before and after the contests look for AJ2U/VP9 and N2KJM/VP9. QSL AJ2U/VP9 via WB2YQH. QSL

N2KJM/VP9 via N2KJM. Tom, K2TW, and Noah, K2NG, plan to be active in the ARRL SSB DX Contest from the caribbean island of Bonaire as PJ9G. _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 5B4AGC CYPRUS - George was working US stations on Sunday on 1824 around 04:30Z. 9N1NCW - NEPAL - Was found working Europe and Japan on 14021 around 13:00Z yesterday. QSL via DL3NCW. FT5WG - CROZET - Many report working him on 14278 on both Saturday and Sunday between 13:00 and 15:00Z. FT5XN - KERGUELEN - Helios came up on 14202 on Sunday from 13:00 to 15:00Z. HB0/HB9LEY - LIECHTENSTEIN - JA's report working this station on 21152 between 07:00 and 08:30Z. N2NL/KH2 - GUAM - Dave showed up both weekend days on 1831 around 12:00Z. QSL via W2YC. OH0RJ - ALAND ISLAND - Was working Japanese stations on 14203 at 13:30Z on Sunday. T88TT - BELAU - Was found on 10105 mostly working JA's. Later around 11:30Z he was on 7004 working all across the US until about 13:00Z. QSL via 7M1STT. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ Dan, VK8AN, will be active from Troughton Island (OC-154) as VK8AN/6 until 25 February. Look for him on 20 CW and SSB. QSL via VK4FW. Claudio, LU7DW, will be active in the ARRL CW DX Contest from Martin Garcia Island (SA-055). His home QTH is in Buenos Aires. IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ >From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- ----------- 16-Feb 16-Feb 8P 8P9FX (NA-021) 2-19 16-Feb 16-Feb C9 C91LCK 2-22 16-Feb 16-Feb KH0 KH0/JA's 6 ops (OC-086) 2-7 16-Feb 16-Feb VP5 VP5/N9CK VP5CK (NA-002) 2-26 16-Feb 17-Feb KP2 KP2/W0BV KP2/K0TG KP2/KG0JH 2-23 16-Feb 20-Feb 1S 9M0C (AS-051) 2-1 1-085 16-Feb 20-Feb JD/M JG8NQJ/JD1 (AS-030) 154 16-Feb 20-Feb S2 S21YR 2-23

16-Feb 21-Feb 9G 9G5BQ 2-17 16-Feb 21-Feb F F6SGI/P (EU-032) 2-1 16-Feb 22-Feb HR VE3BW/HR6 (NA-057) 16-Feb 22-Feb JA 8N0WOG 184 16-Feb 22-Feb S7 S79MX 2-20 16-Feb 23-Feb 5W 5W0FN & 5W0LZ (OC-097) 192 16-Feb 23-Feb 9G 9G5XA 2-16 16-Feb 23-Feb J6 K9IMM 2-15 16-Feb 24-Feb PY ZX0Z ZZ0W ZZ0Z (SA-067) 2-26 16-Feb 24-Feb T3 T30JH (OC-017) 2-22 16-Feb 25-Feb 9G 9G1AA 2-7 16-Feb 26-Feb HR HR6/KA2OIG 2-26 16-Feb 27-Feb KH5 KH5/KA4IST (OC-085) 2-24 2-18 16-Feb 28-Feb FT5X FT5X/FR5HR (AF-048) 2-11 2-2 16-Feb 28-Feb SV J47XCJ 2-20 16-Feb 28-Feb VP5 VP5FXB 2-17 16-Feb 01-Mar 9G 9G5VJ 2-6 16-Feb 01-Mar GU MU0/W7MAE (EU-114) 2-14 16-Feb 01-Mar HI SM7DQW/HI 2-28 16-Feb 01-Mar J2 J28AG 185 16-Feb 01-Mar TJ TJ1GB 188 16-Feb 03-Mar J3 K4UPS K4LTA OE1GRU OE3JOS/NK4N 16-Feb 09-Mar XT XT2DM 2-1 16-Feb 12-Mar TR TR8CR 2-1 16-Feb 15-Mar P4 P40V P49V P40K P4/I2UIY (SA-036) 2-17 16-Feb 15-Mar VP8/SH LU1ZC (AN-010) 155 16-Feb 18-Mar FT5W FT5WG (AF-008) 2-1 16-Feb 31-Mar PJ2 PJ9JT (SA-006) 167 16-Feb 10-Apr JX JX3EX (EU-022) 177 135 16-Feb 15-Apr ZL7 K8VIR/ZL7 (OC-038) 2-3 16-Feb 06-May TT TT8JE 2-10 186 185 16-Feb 01-Jun FT5X FT5XN (AF-048) 179 16-Feb 05-Jun 3X G0AEV 2-23 16-Feb 31-Oct JX JX7DFA (EU-022) 2-20 ____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The effective sunspot number for Saturday, 2/14/98, was unavailable. The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for Sunday, 2/15/98, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 15-Feb-1998 21 105 3 2 LOW/QUIET;LOW/QUIET 15-Feb-1998 18 105 3 0 LOW/QUIET;LOW/QUIET 15-Feb-1998 15 105 3 0 LOW/QUIET;LOW/QUIET 15-Feb-1998 12 105 3 1 LOW/QUIET;VERY LOW-LOW/QUIET 15-Feb-1998 09 105 3 0 LOW/QUIET;VERY LOW-LOW/QUIET 15-Feb-1998 06 105 3 1 VERY LOW/QUIET;VERY LOW-LOW/QUIET 15-Feb-1998 03 105 3 2 VERY LOW/QUIET;VERY LOW-LOW/QUIET 15-Feb-1998 00 105 3 2 VERY LOW/QUIET;VERY LOW-LOW/QUIET The forecast for Monday, 2/16/98: solar flux 105, A index 5, K index 2. Monday should be Above Normal. The forecast for Tuesday, 2/17/98: solar flux 105, A index 5, K index 2. Tuesday should be Above Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info

_____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 3A/N9NC OM2SA JX3EX LA3EX US4IXQ WB7QXU 9M0C G3SWH JY9QJ DL5MBY VK8AN/6 VK4FW 9N1NCW DL3NCW TT8TT 7M1STT VK9NA DF3VN 9X0A DL5WM TZ6JA JA3EMU VP8CTR DL5EBE AP2WAP IK4ZGY QSL cards recently received: 5A28, 5A2A, 5V7A, EX2M, FK8HC, V63KU, ZA1MH _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 425 DX News, AD1C, DX News Sheet, G0AEV, JA1ADN, KC3AJ, KH6BZF REPORTS, Les Nouvelles DX, N3OSH, NOAA, _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United States. _______________________________________________________________ / \ | THE DAILY DX is published Monday through Friday by Bernie | | McClenny, W3UR, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, MD 21738 USA. | | This e-mail message and its contents are copyrighted and are | | proprietary products of THE DAILY DX. Any unauthorized use, | | reproduction, or transfer of the message or its content, in | | any medium, is strictly prohibited. For permission to quote, | | reprint or repost this e-mail send a request to THE DAILY DX | | include date, volume and issue number. Check out The Daily | | DX homepage http://www.wdn.com/thedailydx or for additional | | information you may phone The Daily DX at 301-854-5650 or fax | | at 301-854-5105. Remember to tell all your DX friends about | | The Daily DX. | \_______________________________________________________________/ To receive The Daily DX free for two weeks send an Email: bernie.mcclenny@mail.wdn.com with your name, call and e-mail address.

. ====================== *** The Daily DX *** ====================== Volume 2 Number 31 February 17, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ Headlines _____________________________________________________________________ The South Sandwich Island DX Group and the Midway-Kure DX Foundation multi-Pacific-Island DXpedition is currently underway. Mark, KA4IST started from Palmyra on 5 February as KA4IST/KH5 and has been active on CW and SSB on most of the bands. He has been operating on the air when he has not been working and will be joined by Chuck, N4BQW, on 20 February. On 25 February a team including Joe, N4DAZ, Harold, K4AU, Pat, NH6UY and Mac, WA4FFW, will join them for a round the clock operation. Once on the island the team will be active from several stations until 26 February. From there they will either travel to Kingman Reef or Baker-Howland. This part of the trip is still not completely firmed up. While on Howland they will be at the mercy of the US Fish and Wildlife Service as they will conduct there work. They will use K4AU/WH1 on SSB and WA4FFW/NH1 on CW. QSL via home calls. These operations will cover CW, SSB and RTTY on all bands from 10 to 160 meters with a possibility of 6 meters. Lorenzo, IK5MDF, will be active from Alimatha Island, Maldives (IOTA AS-013) as 8Q7DF from 2 to 8 May. He will be on 10, 15, 20, 40 and 80 meters SSB only. Suggested frequencies are as follows: 3780, 7080, 14180, 21280, 28480. QSL to IK5MDF, Lorenzo Tabaracci, P.O. Box 142, 54033 Carrara MS, Italy. Anders, SM0ORV, will be in Hanoi, Vietnam as XV7SV until June. He has been assigned to the following frequencies: 3526, 7026, 10135, 14212 and 21235. QSL will be handled by Anders upon his return to Sweden. Special event station VI3GP has been allocated to the Eastern and Mountain District Radio Club for use from 5 to 8 March in conjunction with the running of the Australian Formula 1 Grand Prix in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. QSL VK3ER either via the bureau or direct to: EMDRC, P.O. Box 87, Mitcham 3132, Victoria, Australia. Mario, HB9BRM, will once again be active from Sri Lanka (IOTA AS-003) as 4S7BRG starting 3 March for about 3 months. QSL via HB9BRM. _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 3C1GS - EQUATORIAL GUINEA - Showed up yesterday on 14167 working Europe and East Coast US stations around 18:30Z. Later he was on 3792 at 19:30Z working Europe. QSL via EA5BYP. 7P8RP - LESOTHO - Was found on 14175 just after 19:00Z.

A71BY - QATAR - Jabor was working Europeans on 14272 just before 14:00Z. QSL via F5PYI. C91LCK - MOZAMBIQUE - Many US stations reported working Franco on 28480 from about 13:40 to 17:00Z. QSL via I4LCK. EK4JJ - ARMENIA - Serge was active yesterday on 21233 between 13:50 and 14:30Z. FT5WG - CROZET - US stations should look for this station daily on 14278 between 13:00 and 16:00Z via the longpath. N4MO/TI7 - COSTA RICA - Ron was found on 21215 around 22:00Z working JA's. He will be in the ARRL CW DX Contest this weekend. S92AT - SAO TOME & PRINCIPE - Gary was busy on 14185 from 20:40 to 21:10Z. QSL via NJ2D. T88TT - BELAU - Was working Central US stations on 21026 today at 00:40Z. TJ1GB - CAMEROON - Bob was active on 7011 around 21:15Z. Europeans reported him on 1824 at 04:50Z today. QSL via K6SLO. VQ9AI - CHAGOS - Rick came up on 14195 for about 40 minutes starting around 14:30Z. VR2KF - HONG KONG - Kazu was working US stations on 21001 between 13:00 and 14:30Z on the longpath. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq GMT IOTA Call Freq GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AF-004 EA8AMT 24950 1857 EU-037 SM7DLZ 21260 1423 AF-004 EA8BRW 24937 1815 EU-044 LA8NGA 14260 2241 AN-010 HF0POL 14009 0007 EU-124 GW0MOI 18128 1638 AN-010 LU1ZC 24895 1800 NA-055 AK1L 21009 1456 AS-045 HL5FUA 21265 2246 NA-110 K9JWV/4 14260 1410 AS-051 9M0C 10102 1911 OC-005 VK9NS 24937 2105 IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ >From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- ----------- 17-Feb 17-Feb KP2 KP2/W0BV KP2/K0TG KP2/KG0JH 2-23 17-Feb 20-Feb 1S 9M0C (AS-051) 2-1 1-085 17-Feb 20-Feb JD/M JG8NQJ/JD1 (AS-030) 154 17-Feb 20-Feb S2 S21YR 2-23

17-Feb 21-Feb 9G 9G5BQ 2-17 17-Feb 21-Feb F F6SGI/P (EU-032) 2-1 17-Feb 22-Feb HR VE3BW/HR6 (NA-057) 17-Feb 22-Feb JA 8N0WOG 184 17-Feb 22-Feb S7 S79MX 2-20 17-Feb 23-Feb 5W 5W0FN & 5W0LZ (OC-097) 192 17-Feb 23-Feb 9G 9G5XA 2-16 17-Feb 23-Feb J6 K9IMM 2-15 17-Feb 24-Feb 8P 8P9AP (NA-021) 2-19 17-Feb 24-Feb KG4 KG4ZK KG4CH KG4SD KG4DZ 2-27 2-10 17-Feb 24-Feb PY ZX0Z ZZ0W ZZ0Z (SA-067) 2-26 17-Feb 24-Feb T3 T30JH (OC-017) 2-22 17-Feb 25-Feb 9G 9G1AA 2-7 17-Feb 25-Feb VK VK8AN/6 (OC-154) 2-30 17-Feb 26-Feb HR HR6/KA2OIG 2-26 17-Feb 27-Feb KH5 KH5/KA4IST (OC-085) 2-24 2-18 2-12 17-Feb 28-Feb SV J47XCJ 2-20 17-Feb 28-Feb VP5 VP5FXB 2-17 17-Feb 1-Mar 9G 9G5VJ 2-6 17-Feb 1-Mar GU MU0/W7MAE (EU-114) 2-14 17-Feb 1-Mar HI SM7DQW/HI 2-28 17-Feb 1-Mar J2 J28AG 185 17-Feb 1-Mar TJ TJ1GB 188 17-Feb 3-Mar J3 K4UPS K4LTA OE1GRU OE3JOS/NK4N 17-Feb 9-Mar XT XT2DM 2-1 17-Feb 12-Mar TR TR8CR 2-1 17-Feb 15-Mar P4 P40V P49V P40K P4/I2UIY (SA-036) 2-17 17-Feb 15-Mar VP8/SH LU1ZC (AN-010) 155 17-Feb 18-Mar FT5W FT5WG (AF-008) 2-1 17-Feb 31-Mar HP HP1XBI 2-30 17-Feb 31-Mar PJ2 PJ9JT (SA-006) 167 17-Feb 10-Apr JX JX3EX (EU-022) 177 135 17-Feb 15-Apr ZL7 K8VIR/ZL7 (OC-038) 2-3 17-Feb 6-May TT TT8JE 2-10 186 18 17-Feb 1-Jun FT5X FT5XN (AF-048) 179 17-Feb 31-Oct JX JX7DFA (EU-022) 2-20 ____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The effective sunspot number for Saturday, 2/14/98, was 41. The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for Monday, 2/16/98, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 16-Feb-1998 21 107 1 0 LOW/QUIET;LOW/QUIET 16-Feb-1998 18 107 1 1 LOW/QUIET;LOW/QUIET 16-Feb-1998 15 107 1 0 LOW/QUIET;LOW/QUIET 16-Feb-1998 12 107 1 0 LOW/QUIET;LOW/QUIET 16-Feb-1998 09 107 1 0 LOW/QUIET;LOW/QUIET 16-Feb-1998 06 107 1 0 LOW/QUIET;LOW/QUIET 16-Feb-1998 03 107 1 0 LOW/QUIET;LOW/QUIET 16-Feb-1998 00 107 1 0 LOW/QUIET;LOW/QUIET The forecast for Tuesday, 2/17/98: solar flux 115, A index 8, K index 2. Tuesday should be High Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________

Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 5Z4RL N2AU KG4CQ #W4WX S92AT NJ2D C91LCK I4LCK KG4GC #W4WX TA2IJ DJ9ZB CN/DJ8DL DJ8DL KG4QD K4QD TJ1GB *K6SLO CS98NQ CT4NQ L50DT LU2DT XE1L WA3HUP CT98CBI CT1CBI PJ9JT W1AX XUF2B N4JR HF0POL SP3BGD *K6SLO was WA6SLO #W4WX was WT4K QSL cards recently received: 9N1RHM, FR5ZQ/T, FT5ZG _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: IK5MDF, KC3AJ, KH6BZF REPORTS, N3OSH, NOAA, OPDX, SM5MX, VK3CWX, WA4JQS _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United States. _______________________________________________________________ / \ | THE DAILY DX is published Monday through Friday by Bernie | | McClenny, W3UR, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, MD 21738 USA. | | This e-mail message and its contents are copyrighted and are | | proprietary products of THE DAILY DX. Any unauthorized use, | | reproduction, or transfer of the message or its content, in | | any medium, is strictly prohibited. For permission to quote, | | reprint or repost this e-mail send a request to THE DAILY DX | | include date, volume and issue number. Check out The Daily | | DX homepage http://www.wdn.com/thedailydx or for additional | | information you may phone The Daily DX at 301-854-5650 or fax | | at 301-854-5105. Remember to tell all your DX friends about | | The Daily DX. | \_______________________________________________________________/

. ====================== *** The Daily DX *** ====================== Volume 2 Number 32 February 18, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ Headlines _____________________________________________________________________ Joe, W8GEX/C6AJR and John, WZ8D/C6AIE will once again be active from the Bahamas from 25 February to 4 March. They plan to participate in the CQ World Wide SSB 160 Meter Contest as C6AIE. When not in the contest they will be active on all bands including 6 meters. QSL cards for C6AIE go to WZ8D, John Walker, 1930 Meredith Drive, Loveland, OH 45140-7216. QSL cards for C6AJR go via W8GEX, Joe Pater, 1894 Old Oxford Road, Hamilton, OH 45013. A group of Scottish operators will be active form the Caribbean island of Antigua for the Islands on the air contest in July. The group will consist of GM3NIG, GM3UTQ, GM3COB, GM4FDM, GM0UKZ, GM0NAI and possibly GM0GAV. They will use V26VG During the IOTA contest and use V2/homecalls outside of the contest. QSL cards go to GM4FDM. For those wishing to obtain a bureau QSL you may send an e-mail request to GM4FDM at wylie@scotsboy.sol.co.uk Eddie, EA3NY, will be active from Puerto Rico from 28 February to 3 March. He will be searching for Europeans on 40 and 80 meters SSB during his evenings. He will then work the ARRL DX SSB Contest as FS5PL from the island of Saint Martin. Look for him to be active from 4 to 9 March. He will be looking for Europeans during his nights on 40 and 80 meters outside of the contest. He will be active on all bands running high power in the contest. _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 3C1GS - EQUATORIAL GUINEA - Ramon, YN1GSR, was active yesterday on 18133 between 17:00 and 18:00Z. Just before 23:00Z he was on 3790. Look for him on 80 meters again on Saturday. QSL via EA5BYP. 9M0C - SPRATLY ISLANDS - These guys have made over 36,000 QSOs as of yesterday. Some of yesterdays reported activities were as follows: GMT Frequencies --- ----------- 02 14024 14195 21002 24895 28495 03 21295 24945 04 18072 24892 28002 28495 05 21295 28002 28495 06 14022 07 14022 21295 08 14195 18072 09 7003 10102 14195 21295 10 7003 10101 14195 21295 11 1824 3800 7003 7065 21002

12 3800 7003 10102 14195 13 3800 10102 14195 14 1825 3502 3800 7003/7023 10102 14195 15 7023 10102 14195 18072 16 7023 10102 18145 21022 17 10102 21022 18 1825 7023 10102 19 1825 7023 10102 20 3502 7023 21 1825 7023 10102 22 1825 3502 7023 23 14080 18074 21295 24892 EK4GK - ARMENIA - Was found on 21233 around 13:20Z. EP2MKO - IRAN - Ali was working Europeans on 14007 from 17:00 to 18:00Z. QSL via UA6HCW. FH5CB - MAYOTTE - Elio showed up yesterday on 28490 working Europe and East Coast US stations between 14:30 and 15:00Z. FT5WG - CROZET - Jean-Paul was on his normal 14278 frequency yesterday from 13:00 to 15:00Z and from 16:00 to 18:00Z. QSL via F6APU. HK0ER - SAN ANDRES - US stations report working this station on 21008 from 15:15 to 15:45Z. JF1IST/7J - OGASAWARA - Jin has been active from Okino Tori-shima (IOTA AS-052) the last two days. Yesterday JA's were working him on 21230 starting before 03:00Z. TJ1GB - CAMEROON - Bob was on 7005 yesterday around 04:30Z. Today he showed up on 3788 around 04:15Z and moved to 1825 at 04:30. He was listening up for US and Europe. He had to go QRT at 05:00Z due to the electricity being turned off. QSL via K6SLO. XU2A - CAMBODIA - Was working JA's on 21214 around 09:00Z and Europeans on 14009 just after 18:00Z. ZD7MY - ST. HELENA - Barry was found on 24945 just before 19:00Z. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq GMT IOTA Call Freq GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AN-010 LU1ZC 21009 1240 NA-058 KB4HBH/P 14260 1822 AS-027 FH5CB 28490 1442 NA-110 K9JWV/P4 14260 1226 AS-053 HS0/IK4MRH 7052 2015 OC-021 YC1KEN 21295 1247 EU-037 SM7DLZ 14258 1139 OC-042 4F3FVA 21280 1209 EU-046 LA1CI 28495 2145 OC-043 YB4JIM 14022 1522 EU-124 GW0HGN/P 14270 1640 OC-070 YC8VIP 21223 1338 EU-130 IV3KTY 14004 1529 OC-154 VK8AN/6 21260 1158 NA-055 AK1L 21260 1514 SA-064 CE7AOY 21260 1130

IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- ----------- 18-Feb 20-Feb 1S 9M0C (AS-051) 2-1 1-085 18-Feb 20-Feb JD/M JG8NQJ/JD1 (AS-030) 154 18-Feb 20-Feb S2 S21YR 2-23 18-Feb 21-Feb 9G 9G5BQ 2-17 18-Feb 21-Feb F F6SGI/P (EU-032) 2-1 18-Feb 22-Feb HR VE3BW/HR6 (NA-057) 18-Feb 22-Feb JA 8N0WOG 184 18-Feb 22-Feb S7 S79MX 2-20 18-Feb 23-Feb 5W 5W0FN & 5W0LZ (OC-097) 192 18-Feb 23-Feb 9G 9G5XA 2-16 18-Feb 23-Feb J6 K9IMM 2-15 18-Feb 24-Feb 8P 8P9AP (NA-021) 2-19 18-Feb 24-Feb KG4 KG4ZK KG4CH KG4SD KG4DZ 2-27 2-10 18-Feb 24-Feb PY ZX0Z ZZ0W ZZ0Z (SA-067) 2-26 18-Feb 24-Feb T3 T30JH (OC-017) 2-22 18-Feb 25-Feb 9G 9G1AA 2-7 18-Feb 25-Feb VK VK8AN/6 (OC-154) 2-30 18-Feb 26-Feb HR HR6/KA2OIG 2-26 18-Feb 27-Feb KH5 KH5/KA4IST (OC-085) 2-31 2-24 18-Feb 28-Feb SV J47XCJ 2-20 18-Feb 28-Feb VP5 VP5FXB 2-17 18-Feb 1-Mar 9G 9G5VJ 2-6 18-Feb 1-Mar GU MU0/W7MAE (EU-114) 2-14 18-Feb 1-Mar HI SM7DQW/HI 2-28 18-Feb 1-Mar J2 J28AG 185 18-Feb 1-Mar TJ TJ1GB 188 18-Feb 3-Mar J3 K4UPS K4LTA OE1GRU OE3JOS/NK4N 18-Feb 6-Mar PJ7 ND5S KF5LG W8EB W8DVC 2-27 18-Feb 9-Mar XT XT2DM 2-1 18-Feb 12-Mar TR TR8CR 2-1 18-Feb 15-Mar P4 P40V P49V P40K P4/I2UIY (SA-036) 2-17 18-Feb 15-Mar VP8/SH LU1ZC (AN-010) 155 18-Feb 18-Mar FT5W FT5WG (AF-008) 2-1 18-Feb 31-Mar HP HP1XBI 2-30 18-Feb 31-Mar PJ2 PJ9JT (SA-006) 167 18-Feb 10-Apr JX JX3EX (EU-022) 177 135 18-Feb 15-Apr ZL7 K8VIR/ZL7 (OC-038) 2-3 18-Feb 6-May TT TT8JE 2-10 186 18-Feb 1-Jun FT5X FT5XN (AF-048) 179 18-Feb 1-Jun XV XV7SV 2-31 18-Feb 31-Oct JX JX7DFA (EU-022) 2-20 ____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The effective sunspot number for Monday, 2/16/98, was 38.5 The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for Tuesday, 2/17/98, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - --------------------------------------

17-Feb-1998 21 105 7 2 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 17-Feb-1998 18 107 0 3 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 17-Feb-1998 15 107 0 3 LOW/QUIET;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 17-Feb-1998 12 107 0 2 LOW/QUIET;LOW/QUIET 17-Feb-1998 09 107 0 1 LOW/QUIET;LOW/QUIET 17-Feb-1998 03 107 0 0 LOW/QUIET;LOW/QUIET 17-Feb-1998 00 107 0 1 LOW/QUIET;LOW/QUIET The forecast for Wednesday, 2/18/98: solar flux 105, A index 8, K index 2. Wednesday should be High Normal. The forecast for Thursday, 2/19/98: solar flux 100, A index 10, K index 2. Thursday should be High Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 3C1GS EA5BYP CT98AUO CT1AUO EP2MKO UA6HCW 4G0N DU9RG CT98AXS CT1AXS FT5WG F6APU 4KA9C 4K9C CT98EEM CT1EEM JG8NQJ/JD1 JA8CJY 5N3CPR SP5CPR CT98EEN CT1EEN ON50YLC ON4AMM 5R8EE FR5EL CT98FIJ CT1FIJ V31TH N0SS CT98AAM CT1AAM QSL cards recently received: 3XA8DX, 5Z4FM, 6W6JX, 9V1YC, C56/JA1OEM, EM1HO, JT1FBB, VK9LX _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: K3KY, K3SWZ, KC3AJ, KD4IFV, KH6BZF REPORTS, N3NT, N3OSH, N7OJ, NOAA, OPDX, W1LRZ _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United States. _______________________________________________________________ / \ | THE DAILY DX is published Monday through Friday by Bernie | | McClenny, W3UR, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, MD 21738 USA. | | This e-mail message and its contents are copyrighted and are | | proprietary products of THE DAILY DX. Any unauthorized use, | | reproduction, or transfer of the message or its content, in | | any medium, is strictly prohibited. For permission to quote, | | reprint or repost this e-mail send a request to THE DAILY DX | | include date, volume and issue number. Check out The Daily | | DX homepage http://www.wdn.com/thedailydx or for additional | | information you may phone The Daily DX at 301-854-5650 or fax | | at 301-854-5105. Remember to tell all your DX friends about | | The Daily DX. | \_______________________________________________________________/

. ====================== *** The Daily DX *** ====================== Volume 2 Number 33 February 19, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ Headlines _____________________________________________________________________ The upcoming Wake Island DXpedition (see Vol. 2 No. 21 and 22) by the Dateline DX Association now has a web site that can be found at www.goldtel.net/ddxa Each of the four operators will sign their call /KH9. Pat, 5N0T, reports he and Nicole, 5N0YL, are still in Lagos, Nigeria taking down antennas and packing. They should be in the Democratic Republic of Congo (9Q) on 21 March. If all goes well they should have their licences before the end of April. The December DXpedition to Amsterdam Island (FT5Z) by Mehdi, F5PFP, has a web site which contains a DX needed survey. Those looking for this rare Antarctic Island on certain bands should visit the web site at http://perso.easynet.fr/~f5nod/ft5z.html _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 3C1GS - EQUATORIAL GUINEA - Ramon is a Spanish national who also holds YN1GSR. He started off yesterday on 7045 at 21:00Z. From 22:20 to 22:35Z he was on 3795. Later he was on 14175 around 23:20Z. QSL via EA5BYP. 4S7IJG - SRI LANKA - Sigi, DJ4IJ, was found operating on 14126 from 17:30 to 18:00Z. QSL via DK8ZD. 5W0LZ - SAMOA - Daniel was busy working US stations on 24896 from 20:45 to 22:40Z. QSL via HB9DLZ. 9M0C - SPRATLY ISLANDS - The boys have not worked over 41,000 QSOs as of yesterday. Activity yesterday was as follows: GMT Frequencies --- ----------- 00 14022 18074 21080 249422 01 18145 21080 21295 28002 02 14194 21022 21080 21295 28495 03 21295 28495 04 14195 05 18145 06 21295 07 14195 21295 08 14195 21080 21295 24892 28495 09 14022 14195 21080 10 7065 10102 14022 14195 21295 24892 11 1824 3800 7065 10102 14080 21295

12 1824 3800 7022 7065 14080 13 1824 3504 7022 10102 14080 14 3504 7022 14080 18072 15 3502 7022 10102 14080 16 3502 7022 10102 14082 17 3502 7022 10102 14080 18 1824 19 1824 3502 10102 20 1824 3800 7022 10102 21 3799 7022 7066 10102 22 1824 7022 14080 18145 23 7022 14080 18145 21080 A71BY - QATAR - Jabor was working East Coast US and European stations on 14194 from 13:30 to 14:30Z. BD4ED - PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA - Ed can often be found on 40 meters CW. Yesterday he was active on 7007 from 12:50 to 14:30Z. C31LJ - ANDORRA - Peter showed up on 18070 around 14:00 and stayed until 14:45Z. He was later on 14001 from 15:30 to 16:15Z. C91LCK - MOZAMBIQUE - Franco continues to operate from this African semi-rare one. From 15:00 to 16:16 he was on 21290, 16:30 to 18:15Z on 14220 and from 2050 to 2340 on 14195. QSL via I4LCK. FO5QB - FRENCH POLYNESIA - Mike was very busy working US stations on 28495 from 21:50 to 23:30Z. KA4IST/KH5 - PALMYRA ISLAND - RTTY chasers were very happy to see Mark on 14078 from 02:50 to 0740Z. Later he worked West Coast stations on 28480 from 22:40 to 23:15Z and on 24945 from 23:25 to 00:00Z. Europeans may want to check 14195 and 14260 from 16:00 to 20:00Z. There is a strong possibility the group will not go to Kingman Reef. QSL via AC7DX. S79MX - SEYCHELLES - Europeans report working Kurt on 28515 around 10:25Z. He was later found working JA's and Europeans on 10107 from 15:30 to 16:00Z. Those still looking for him on 160 meters should check around 22:00Z. QSL via HB9MX. ST2SA - SUDAN - Dr. Sid made a surprise visit yesterday on 3795 around 20:50Z. TJ1GB - CAMEROON - Bob was active on 14165 from 17:30 to 18:10Z. Europeans report a loud signal on 1825 from 18:50 to 20:30Z. Today he made his presence known on 3788 again at 04:15Z. Around 05:00Z he was reports at 1824 QSX up 6. QSL via K6SLO. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq GMT IOTA Call Freq GMT

------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AF-006 VQ9AI 21295 1258 NA-110 K9JWV/4 14260 1437 AF-049 3B8CF 21276 1254 OC-024 T32TR 28517 2240 AS-051 9M0C 10102 1911 OC-085 KH5/KA4IST 14078 0333 AS-053 HS0/IK4MRH 7045 1912 SA-001 XQ0YAF 21012 2301 NA-055 AK1L 14260 1335 IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- ----------- 19-Feb 20-Feb 1S 9M0C (AS-051) 2-1 1-085 19-Feb 20-Feb JD/M JG8NQJ/JD1 (AS-030) 154 19-Feb 20-Feb S2 S21YR 2-23 19-Feb 21-Feb 9G 9G5BQ 2-17 19-Feb 21-Feb F F6SGI/P (EU-032) 2-1 19-Feb 22-Feb HR VE3BW/HR6 (NA-057) 19-Feb 22-Feb JA 8N0WOG 184 19-Feb 22-Feb S7 S79MX 2-20 19-Feb 23-Feb 5W 5W0FN & 5W0LZ (OC-097) 192 19-Feb 23-Feb 9G 9G5XA 2-16 19-Feb 23-Feb J6 K9IMM 2-15 19-Feb 24-Feb 8P 8P9AP (NA-021) 2-19 19-Feb 24-Feb KG4 KG4ZK KG4CH KG4SD KG4DZ 2-27 2-10 19-Feb 24-Feb PY ZX0Z ZZ0W ZZ0Z (SA-067) 2-26 19-Feb 24-Feb PY PQ8MM PQ8VA/P (SA-045) 2-17 195 19-Feb 24-Feb T3 T30JH (OC-017) 2-22 19-Feb 25-Feb 9G 9G1AA 2-7 19-Feb 25-Feb VK VK8AN/6 (OC-154) 2-30 19-Feb 26-Feb HR HR6/KA2OIG 2-26 19-Feb 27-Feb KH5 KH5/KA4IST (OC-085) 2-31 2-24 19-Feb 28-Feb SV J47XCJ 2-20 19-Feb 28-Feb VP5 VP5FXB 2-17 19-Feb 1-Mar 9G 9G5VJ 2-6 19-Feb 1-Mar GU MU0/W7MAE (EU-114) 2-14 19-Feb 1-Mar HI SM7DQW/HI 2-28 19-Feb 1-Mar J2 J28AG 185 19-Feb 1-Mar TJ TJ1GB 188 19-Feb 3-Mar J3 K4UPS K4LTA OE1GRU OE3JOS/NK4N 19-Feb 6-Mar PJ7 ND5S KF5LG W8EB W8DVC 2-27 19-Feb 9-Mar XT XT2DM 2-1 19-Feb 11-Mar 8Q 8Q7BE & 8Q7BV (AS-013) 2-14 19-Feb 12-Mar TR TR8CR 2-1 19-Feb 15-Mar P4 P40V P49V P40K P4/I2UIY (SA-036) 2-17 19-Feb 15-Mar VP8/SH LU1ZC (AN-010) 155 19-Feb 18-Mar FT5W FT5WG (AF-008) 2-1 19-Feb 31-Mar HP HP1XBI 2-30 19-Feb 31-Mar PJ2 PJ9JT (SA-006) 167 19-Feb 10-Apr JX JX3EX (EU-022) 177 135 19-Feb 15-Apr ZL7 K8VIR/ZL7 (OC-038) 2-3 19-Feb 6-May TT TT8JE 2-10 186 19-Feb 1-Jun FT5X FT5XN (AF-048) 179 19-Feb 1-Jun XV XV7SV 2-31 19-Feb 31-Oct JX JX7DFA (EU-022) 2-20 ____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast

_____________________________________________________________________ The effective sunspot number for Tuesday, 2/17/98, was 38.5 The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for Wednesday, 2/18/98, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 18-Feb-1998 21 103 26 3 LOW/QUIET-MAJOR STORM;LOW/UNSETTLED 18-Feb-1998 18 105 8 4 LOW/QUIET-MAJOR STORM;LOW/UNSETTLED 18-Feb-1998 15 105 8 2 LOW/QUIET-MAJOR STM;LOW/UNSET-ACTIVE 18-Feb-1998 12 105 8 4 LOW/QUIET-MAJOR STM;LOW/UNSET-ACTIVE 18-Feb-1998 09 105 8 3 LOW/QUIET-MAJOR STM;LOW/UNSET-ACTIVE 18-Feb-1998 06 105 8 4 LOW/QUIET-MAJOR STM;LOW/UNSET-ACTIVE 18-Feb-1998 03 105 8 6 LOW/QUIET-MAJOR STM;LOW/UNSET-ACTIVE 18-Feb-1998 00 105 8 3 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/UNSET-ACTIVE The forecast for Thursday, 2/19/98: solar flux 105, A index 10, K index 2. Thursday should be High Normal. The forecast for Friday, 2/20/98: solar flux 105, A index 5, K index 1. Friday should be Above Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 4S7IJG DK8ZD 5W0LZ HB9DLZ TL8PL F5LNA 4X50FR 4X4FR BV4FH KA6SPQ VQ9ZZ NS1L 5W0FN HB9HFN SU3AM DL1FCM ZS6/G3SGQ G3SGQ QSL processing for the recent Kure Island, K7K, and Midway Island, K4M, operations has now begun. QSL cards recently received: 1A0KM (12/95), EP2MKO (2 months) _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 5N0T, AH0W/W7, F5CCO, K5ESW, K8XP, KC3AJ, KF2XN, KH6BZF REPORTS, KU7Y, N3OSH, NOAA, W1LRZ, YN1NCV _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United States. _______________________________________________________________ / \ | THE DAILY DX is published Monday through Friday by Bernie | | McClenny, W3UR, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, MD 21738 USA. | | This e-mail message and its contents are copyrighted and are | | proprietary products of THE DAILY DX. Any unauthorized use, | | reproduction, or transfer of the message or its content, in | | any medium, is strictly prohibited. For permission to quote, |

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. ====================== *** The Daily DX *** ====================== Volume 2 Number 34 February 20, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ Headlines _____________________________________________________________________ The Spratly Island DXpedition by 9M0C has over 44,000 QSOs as of yesterday. They will remain fully operational until around 06:00Z on 23 February. This is great news as they were originally scheduled to leave on 20 February. They will not operate in the ARRL CW Contest because they feel that the bigger stations will work them again. So look for them to be very active on SSB and on 12, 17 and 30 meters. The 30 meter station is expected to be the last station to be taken off the air around 00:00Z on 24 February. At 02:00Z on 24 February the operators will board the plane that will take them off the island. Bob, G3PJT, will be active from Barbados as 8P9IF from 13 to 16 March. He will participate in the RSGB Commonwealth CW Contest on 14 and 15 March. Bob is the author of "Reflections in a Rosebowl", a historical book about the Commonwealth Contest from 1931 to 1996. The book is available from the author. Bob's e-mail address is <bob_g3pjt@compuserve.com>. QSL via G3PJT. Paul, W2JDK, is now active for the next three months on Diego Garcia as VQ9PH. He will be operating on 15 and 20 meters SSB. Meanwhile his buddy James, WB9IHH, will also be on the island for 3 months as VQ9JC. He will be active on 15 and 20 meters CW. QSL VQ9PH via W2JDK. QSL VQ9JC via WB9IHH. A group of 5 Japanese operators will be active from Ogasawara from 03:00Z on 14 March through 00:00Z on 17 March. This will be a SSTV only operation on 15 and 20 meters. Operators include JA1FUY, JF1GUQ, JA2CVF, JA1XVU and JI1FOL. They will use their callsign /JD1. _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 9M0C - SPRATLY ISLANDS - Great news they won't leave until 23 February. Reported activity yesterday was as follows: GMT Frequency --- --------- 00 14022 18073 21080 21297 24945 28022 28495 01 14022 14195 18145 21080 24892 28022 02 14022 18072 21080 03 14022 18072 24892 04 14022 21022 05 14022 06 14195 24945 07 18072 21295 29260

08 10102 14195 18072 18145 21295 28022 09 14195 18073 21080 24892 28495 10 3800 7022 14195 18073 21080 21295 11 1825 3800 7022 14080 12 3502 3800 7022 14080 13 7022 14 7022 10102 14195 18145 15 3800 7022 10102 14195 16 3800 7022 10102 17 3503 7022 10102 18 3502 7022 10102 19 1825 3502 7022 20 1825 7022 21 7022 22 1825 7022 14195 21022 23 7022 14022 14080 21022 21080 24892 24945 28022 C91LCK - MOZAMBIQUE - Anyone needing this one should try looking for Franco today from 20:00 to 23:59Z on 14195. He will leave sometime on 21 February. QSL via I4LCK. JX7DFA - JAN MAYEN - Per, LA7DFA, will be on 18090 every Saturday between 14:00 and 15:00Z. See QSL info below. KA4IST/KH5 - PALMYRA - Mark was on 12 meters SSB around 00:20Z yesterday working West Coast US stations. QSL via AC7DX. PY0ZFO - FERNANDO DE NORONHA - Bill, W9VA, will be on this South American island through at least 22 February. Yesterday he was found on 28480 at 15:30 and 17:30Z. Around 19:15Z Europeans found him on 10102. North Americans had a lock on him at 21:00Z on 18085. QSL via W9VA. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq GMT IOTA Call Freq GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AS-051 9M0C 7022 1049 NA-002 VP5/N8LGP 14180 0128 EU-002 OH0KMG 14259 1742 NA-110 K9JWV/4 14260 1935 EU-008 MM0BGQ 3772 1423 OC-021 YB0AQV 21260 1308 EU-010 GM4CHX/M 14260 1451 OC-059 V63AO 21291 2154 EU-023 9H1AL 21288 1513 OC-119 DU8ARK 21260 1146 EU-037 SM7DLZ 14257 0751 OC-137 VK4YI 14260 0950 EU-046 LA1CI 14246 1032 The ARRL DX Bulletin reports the Korean Aviation University ARC will operate from Tokchok Island (IOTA AS-090) from 24 to 27 February. Look for them to be active on 20 and 40 meters on CW and SSB. QSL via bureau. IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________

Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- ----------- 20-Feb 20-Feb JD/M JG8NQJ/JD1 (AS-030) 154 20-Feb 20-Feb S2 S21YR 2-23 20-Feb 21-Feb 4U1I 4U1ITU 2-26 20-Feb 21-Feb 9G 9G5BQ 2-17 20-Feb 21-Feb C9 C91LCK 2-34 20-Feb 21-Feb F F6SGI/P (EU-032) 2-1 20-Feb 22-Feb HR VE3BW/HR6 (NA-057) 20-Feb 22-Feb JA 8N0WOG 184 20-Feb 22-Feb S7 S79MX on 80 meters 2-20 20-Feb 23-Feb 1S 9M0C (AS-051) 2-1 1-085 20-Feb 23-Feb 5W 5W0FN & 5W0LZ (OC-097) 192 20-Feb 23-Feb 9G 9G5XA 2-16 20-Feb 23-Feb J6 K9IMM 2-15 20-Feb 24-Feb 8P 8P9AP (NA-021) 2-19 20-Feb 24-Feb FO FO0/OK1TN FO0/OK1KT FO0/OK1VD 2-27 192 20-Feb 24-Feb KG4 KG4ZK KG4CH KG4SD KG4DZ 2-27 2-10 20-Feb 24-Feb PY ZX0Z ZZ0W ZZ0Z (SA-067) 2-26 20-Feb 24-Feb PY PQ8MM PQ8VA/P (SA-045) 2-17 195 20-Feb 24-Feb T3 T30JH (OC-017) 2-22 20-Feb 25-Feb 9G 9G1AA 2-7 20-Feb 25-Feb VK VK8AN/6 (OC-154) 2-30 20-Feb 26-Feb HR HR6/KA2OIG 2-26 20-Feb 27-Feb KH5 KH5/KA4IST (OC-085) 2-31 2-24 20-Feb 28-Feb SV J47XCJ 2-20 20-Feb 28-Feb VP5 VP5FXB 2-17 20-Feb 1-Mar 9G 9G5VJ 2-6 20-Feb 1-Mar 9G 9G5ZM & 9G5SW 2-16 20-Feb 1-Mar GU MU0/W7MAE (EU-114) 2-14 20-Feb 1-Mar HI SM7DQW/HI 2-28 20-Feb 1-Mar J2 J28AG 185 20-Feb 1-Mar TJ TJ1GB 188 20-Feb 3-Mar J3 K4UPS K4LTA OE1GRU NK4N 20-Feb 6-Mar PJ7 ND5S KF5LG W8EB W8DVC 2-27 20-Feb 9-Mar XT XT2DM 2-1 20-Feb 11-Mar 8Q 8Q7BE & 8Q7BV (AS-013) 2-14 20-Feb 12-Mar TR TR8CR 2-1 20-Feb 15-Mar P4 P40V P49V P40K P4/I2UIY (SA-036) 2-17 20-Feb 15-Mar VP8/SH LU1ZC (AN-010) 155 20-Feb 18-Mar FT5W FT5WG (AF-008) 2-1 20-Feb 31-Mar HP HP1XBI 2-30 20-Feb 31-Mar PJ2 PJ9JT (SA-006) 167 20-Feb 10-Apr JX JX3EX (EU-022) 177 135 20-Feb 15-Apr ZL7 K8VIR/ZL7 (OC-038) 2-3 20-Feb 6-May TT TT8JE 2-10 186 185 20-Feb 1-Jun FT5X FT5XN (AF-048) 179 20-Feb 1-Jun XV XV7SV 2-31 20-Feb 31-Oct JX JX7DFA (EU-022) 2-20 21-Feb 22-Feb 8P 8P9Z (NA-021) by W2SC 21-Feb 22-Feb 9N 9N1UD 2-6 21-Feb 22-Feb C6A N4BP/C6A WV5Z/C6A 2-21 21-Feb 22-Feb FS FS5PL (NA-199) 2-14 21-Feb 22-Feb KH6 N6HR 21-Feb 22-Feb KH6 NH7A 2-27 21-Feb 22-Feb KP2 WP2Z 21-Feb 22-Feb PJ9 PJ9C 21-Feb 22-Feb TI TI5N 2-26 21-Feb 22-Feb TI TI7/N4MO 21-Feb 22-Feb V2 V26B (NA-100) 2-12

21-Feb 22-Feb V4 V47KP (NA-104) 21-Feb 22-Feb VP2E VP2EEI (NA-022) 2-10 21-Feb 22-Feb VP9 VP9ID 2-30 21-Feb 22-Feb XE 6D2X 21-Feb 22-Feb XE XA5T 2-20 21-Feb 22-Feb XE XE2EBE 2-25 21-Feb 22-Feb ZF ZF2NE by W5ASP 21-Feb 22-Feb ARRL CW DX Contest 21-Feb 23-Feb JA JI6KVR/6 (AS-049) 191 178 ____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The effective sunspot number for Wednesday, 2/18/98, was 42.4 The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for Thursday, 2/19/98, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 19-Feb-1998 21 99 3 2 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/QUIET 19-Feb-1998 18 103 26 1 LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;LOW/QUIET 19-Feb-1998 15 103 26 1 LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;LOW/QUIET 19-Feb-1998 12 103 26 2 LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;LOW/UNSETTLED 19-Feb-1998 09 103 26 0 LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;LOW/UNSETTLED 19-Feb-1998 06 103 26 1 LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;LOW/UNSETTLED 19-Feb-1998 03 103 26 1 LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;LOW/UNSETTLED 19-Feb-1998 00 103 26 3 LOW/QUIET-MAJOR STORM;LOW/UNSETTLED The forecast for Friday, 2/20/98: solar flux 103, A index 5, K index 1. Friday should be Above Normal. The forecast for Saturday, 2/21/98: solar flux 100, A index 8, K index 2. Saturday should be High Normal. The forecast for Sunday, 2/22/98: solar flux 98, A index 5, K index 2. Sunday should be High Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 3V8BB JF2EZA J3/K4UPS K4UPS T77CD I1MWI 3W5FM UA0FM J3/N1FVR OE3GRU V26HY XW2A 4S7SW ON6TZ J3/NK4N N4LZL V31TH N0SS 4U1WB KK4HD J38A N4LZL VQ9JC WB9IHH 5W0FN HB9HFN KG4ZK W4ZYT VQ9PH W2JDK 5W0LZ HB9DLZ LU/UX1KA DL5EBE YI1ALW WB3CQN 7Z1IS SM0OFG OH0KMG OH2KMG ZD7HI WA2JUN 9G5XA G3XAQ PY0ZFO W9VA ZW4M PY4MBJ J3/K4LTA K4LTA HB9HFN - C‚dric Baechler, Mettetlet 26, 1763 Granges-Paccot, SWITZERLAND HB9DLZ - Daniel Lamon, Rue de la Vignette 22, 1530 Payerne, SWITZERLAND JX3EX - Terje Berg, N-8099 Jan Mayen, NORWAY JX7DFA - Per Einar Dahlen, N-8099 Jan Mayen, NORWAY K4LTA - Bill O'Kain, 101 Baylor Drive, Oak Ridge, TN 37830 K4UPS - Ruby O'Kain, 101 Baylor Drive, Oak Ridge, TN 37830

N4LZL - Betty Oakberg, 105 Ulena Lane, Oak Ridge, TN 37830 OE3GRU - Gerhard Froehlich, Schloss-Siedlung 9, Guenselsdorf, A-2525, AUSTRIA XW2A - Box 2659, Vientiane, LAOS Note for QSL cards to HB9 one US dollar is not enough for return postage, however 1 IRC is! The recent ZK1XXP operation from the North Cooks expects to receive their QSLs from the printer in about 3 to 4 weeks. QSL cards recently received: 1X5AA, 5A2A, 9L1PG, 9M6HIL, 9M6OO, C6AHN, D44BC, FO0MOD, VK9NS, ZF2SM/ZF8 _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: ARRL, G0WAZ, Go List, JF1GUQ, K1XN, K2BF, K2PLF, K8XP, KC3AJ, KH6BZF REPORTS, LA6WEA, LU1AEE, N1DG, N3OSH, N7OJ, NOAA, VQ9PH, W1LRZ _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United States. _______________________________________________________________ / \ | THE DAILY DX is published Monday through Friday by Bernie | | McClenny, W3UR, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, MD 21738 USA. | | This e-mail message and its contents are copyrighted and are | | proprietary products of THE DAILY DX. Any unauthorized use, | | reproduction, or transfer of the message or its content, in | | any medium, is strictly prohibited. For permission to quote, | | reprint or repost this e-mail send a request to THE DAILY DX | | include date, volume and issue number. Check out The Daily | | DX homepage http://www.wdn.com/thedailydx or for additional | | information you may phone The Daily DX at 301-854-5650 or fax | | at 301-854-5105. Remember to tell all your DX friends about | | The Daily DX. | \_______________________________________________________________/

. ====================== *** The Daily DX *** ====================== Volume 2 Number 35 February 23, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ Headlines _____________________________________________________________________ Phil, VR2CT & HS0/G4JMB, is currently operating from West Malaysia as 9M6CT. He reports he will be active until 26 February when Brett, VR98BG/VR2BG will arrive to relieve him. Brett will be active for 10 days as 9M6BG. Look for him to be concentrating on 30, 40, 80 and possibly 160 meters. QSL 9M6CT to Phil Weaver, Box 7, Bangkok 10506, Thailand. QSL 9M6BG via VR2BG/VS6BG. The upcoming DXpedition to Wake Island by the Dateline DX Association will take place from 26 February to 11 March (see Vol. 2 No's. 33, 20 and 19). The following are suggested frequencies: SSB - 1840, 3795, 7065, 14195, 18140, 21295, 24945, 28495 CW - 1832, 3505, 7005, 10105, 14020, 18070, 21020, 24895, 28005 RTTY - 3580, 7085, 14080, 18110, 21080, 28080 Stations wishing to see if they are in the log will be able to do so by visiting the DDXA homepage at http://www.goldtel.net/ddxa/ The logs will be sent via Satellite to Don, N1DG, who will upload them to the homepage. Please do not ask Don asking him if you are in the log as this will just be a waste of time. Check the log, if your not in the log within a reasonable time then work them again. Lorenzo, IK5MDF, will operate as 8Q7DF from Alimatha Island in the Maldives (IOTA AS-013) from 2 to 8 May. He will be active on SSB on 3780, 7080, 14180, 21280 and 28480. QSL via IK5MDF, Lorenzo Tabaracci, P.O. Box 142, 54033 Carrara - MS, Italy. _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 3C5I - EQUATORIAL GUINEA - Italian stations report working Alan on 6 meters both Saturday and Sunday. Check between 12:00 and 13:00Z near 50110. 9M0C - SPRATLY ISLANDS - Had a 6 meter band opening to Japan both Saturday and Sunday between 07:00 and 09:00Z. CN8TW - MOROCCO - Ali was working Japanese stations via the longpath on 21288 between 08:30 and 09:00Z on Sunday. FH/DL1DA - MAYOTTE - Europeans report working this station on 28009 around 11:00Z on Sunday. On Friday he was signing FR/DL1DA on 14021 around 16:30Z. Length of stay and QSL is unknown at this time. FT5WG - CROZET - Continue trying 14278 between 13:00 and

1500 and between 16:00 and 18:00Z. QSL via F6APU. KH5/KA4IST - PALMYRA ISLAND - Europeans were working this one today around 06:00Z. QSL via AC7DX. T30JH - WEST KIRIBATI - Jack was found on 24945 at 22:40Z on Sunday. QSL via VK2GJH. V85HG - BRUNEI - Look for this station on 80 meters SSB between 11:30 and 15:00Z. XU2A - CAMBODIA - Hiro, JA2EZD, is currently active from this semi-rare Asian country. ZD9BV - TRISTAN DA CUNHA & GOUGH ISLANDS - Andy was active on 12 meters (24891 & 24932) yesterday from 15:00 to 16:30Z. QSL via W4FRU. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq GMT IOTA Call Freq GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AF-029 ZD9BV 24932 1606 OC-021 YB0DX 21189 0744 EU-009 GM3POI 21026 1223 OC-059 V63AO 24954 2218 EU-037 SM7DLZ 14262 1027 SA-008 CE8ABF 28461 1608 EU-055 LA7XIA 14260 1617 SA-036 P43HOT 21268 1244 NA-027 VO1SO 14255 1732 SA-045 PQ8MM/P 14260 2120 NA-036 VE7IM 18148 1805 Hiroo, JA2EZD, was active this weekend from mainland Cambodia as XU2A. He is expected to show up today around 10:00Z from Broughton Island which is in the Gulf of Thailand Group. This would be the first operation from this Island (IOTA AS-NEW). Look for him to be using XUX0 (X-ray Uniform X-ray Zero) on 40, 20 and 15 meters CW and SSB. He will be using a IC-736 and a dipole with either a generator or battery. The island is uninhabited and has no electricity, water or food. Hiro left Phnom Penh by car around 02:30Z today. The trip will take about 3 hours by car and an hour by charter boat. QSL via 7L1MFS Yoh Yoshida, Shinko Bldg., 4-1 Arakawa 4-chome, Arakawa 116, Japan. Yuri, UA0KCL, was active from Ayon Island (IOTA AS-038) as UA0KCL/0 on 10 and 11 February. While on the island he made about 300 QSOs. QSL to his new address: Yuri Lobachev, UA0KCL, ul. Obrucheva 2-b, kv.41, Pevek, Magadanskaya obl., 686610 RUSSIA. Yuri is also the QSL manager for RK0QXY (AS-022) and RU1POL/0. IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- ----------- 23-Feb 23-Feb 1S 9M0C (AS-051) 2-1 1-085

23-Feb 23-Feb 5W 5W0FN & 5W0LZ (OC-097) 192 23-Feb 23-Feb 9G 9G5XA 2-16 23-Feb 23-Feb J6 K9IMM 2-15 23-Feb 23-Feb JA JI6KVR/6 (AS-049) 191 178 23-Feb 24-Feb 8P 8P9AP (NA-021) 2-19 23-Feb 24-Feb FO FO0/OK1TN FO0/OK1KT FO0/OK1VD 2-27 192 23-Feb 24-Feb KG4 KG4ZK KG4CH KG4SD KG4DZ 2-27 2-10 23-Feb 24-Feb PY ZX0Z ZZ0W ZZ0Z (SA-067) 2-26 23-Feb 24-Feb PY PQ8MM PQ8VA/P (SA-045) 2-17 195 23-Feb 24-Feb T3 T30JH (OC-017) 2-22 23-Feb 25-Feb 9G 9G1AA 2-7 23-Feb 25-Feb VK VK8AN/6 (OC-154) 2-30 23-Feb 26-Feb HR HR6/KA2OIG 2-26 23-Feb 27-Feb KH5 KH5/KA4IST (OC-085) 2-31 2-24 23-Feb 28-Feb SV J47XCJ 2-20 23-Feb 28-Feb VP5 VP5FXB 2-17 23-Feb 1-Mar 9G 9G5VJ 2-6 23-Feb 1-Mar 9G 9G5ZM & 9G5SW 2-16 23-Feb 1-Mar GU MU0/W7MAE (EU-114) 2-14 23-Feb 1-Mar HI SM7DQW/HI 2-28 23-Feb 1-Mar J2 J28AG 185 23-Feb 1-Mar TJ TJ1GB 188 23-Feb 2-Mar 8P LA7AT 2-26 23-Feb 2-Mar V2 AA1M W1HL KA1MID W1USN (NA-100) 194 23-Feb 3-Mar J3 K4UPS K4LTA OE1GRU OE3JOS/NK4N 23-Feb 6-Mar PJ7 ND5S KF5LG W8EB W8DVC 2-27 23-Feb 8-Mar ZL7 ZL7DK (OC-038) 2-17 173 23-Feb 9-Mar XT XT2DM 2-1 23-Feb 11-Mar 8Q 8Q7BE & 8Q7BV (AS-013) 2-14 23-Feb 12-Mar TR TR8CR 2-1 23-Feb 15-Mar P4 P40V P49V P40K P4/I2UIY (SA-036) 2-17 23-Feb 15-Mar VP8/SH LU1ZC (AN-010) 155 23-Feb 18-Mar FT5W FT5WG (AF-008) 2-1 23-Feb 31-Mar HP HP1XBI 2-30 23-Feb 31-Mar PJ2 PJ9JT (SA-006) 167 23-Feb 10-Apr JX JX3EX (EU-022) 177 135 23-Feb 15-Apr ZL7 K8VIR/ZL7 (OC-038) 2-3 23-Feb 6-May TT TT8JE 2-10 186 185 23-Feb 1-Jun FT5X FT5XN (AF-048) 179 23-Feb 1-Jun XV XV7SV 2-31 23-Feb 31-Oct JX JX7DFA (EU-022) 2-20 ____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The effective sunspot number for Saturday, 2/21/98, was 42.2 The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for Sunday, 2/22/98, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 22-Feb-1998 21 96 4 2 LOW/QUIET;VERY LOW-LOW/QUIET 22-Feb-1998 18 95 2 2 LOW/QUIET;VERY LOW-LOW/QUIET 22-Feb-1998 15 95 2 1 VERY LOW/QUIET;VERY LOW-LOW/QUIET 22-Feb-1998 12 95 2 2 VERY LOW/QUIET;VERY LOW-LOW/QUIET 22-Feb-1998 09 95 2 1 VERY LOW/QUIET;VERY LOW-LOW/QUIET 22-Feb-1998 06 95 2 1 VERY LOW/QUIET;VERY LOW-LOW/QUIET 22-Feb-1998 03 95 2 1 VERY LOW/QUIET;VERY LOW-LOW/QUIET 22-Feb-1998 00 95 2 1 VERY LOW/QUIET;VERY LOW-LOW/QUIET The forecast for Monday, 2/23/98: solar flux 92, A index 5,

K index 1. Monday should be Above Normal. The forecast for Tuesday, 2/24/98: solar flux 90, A index 8, K index 2. Tuesday should be High Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 1X1AO UA6WAR CT98EGW CT1EGW PQ8MM/P PQ8MM 3E9CKK HP1CKK ED1XRG EA1BLX PQ8VA PQ8MM 3V8BB JF2EZA EP2MKO UA6HCW PY0FF W9VA 4G50N DU9RG EP3HR I2MQP PY0ZFO W9VA 4J8DX RW6HS ES80Q ES5RY S79MX HB9MX 4L1UN IK7JTF EY8CQ DJ1SKO T30JH VK2GJH 5X1T ON5NT FO0/OK1KT OKDXF TM2OO F5KQN 7Z5OO N2AU FO0/OK1TN OKDXF V26NT K3UA 8Q7BE DL8NBE FO0/OK5DX OKDXF VP2EEI K3DI 8Q7BV HB9DIF HF0POL SP3BGD VQ9JC WB9IHH 8Q7CR DF5JR KG4ZK W4ZYT VQ9PH W2JDK AJ2U/VP9 WB2YQH KH2D K8NA VQ9RU KH2RU C91A I4LCK LU/UX1KA DL5EBE XA5T N5TU C91LCK I4LCK OH0KMF OH2KMF ZD8T AC4IV CQ98HQ CT3HQ P40K I2EOW ZD9BV W4FRU 7L1MFS - Yoh Yoshida, Shinko Bldg., 4-1 Arakawa 4-chome, Arakawa 116, JAPAN OKDXF - OK DX Foundation, P.O. Box 73, Bradlec 293 06, Mlada Boleslav, CZECH REPUBLIC SU3YM - Box 545, Port Said, EGYPT QSL cards recently received: 9X0A, CE0ZAM, DL7DF/HR3, FK8VHN, TT8JFC _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 425 DX News, 7L1MFS, K2BF, KC3AJ, KH6BZF REPORTS, N3OSH, N4MXT, NOAA, UA0FDX _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United States. _______________________________________________________________ / \ | THE DAILY DX is published Monday through Friday by Bernie | | McClenny, W3UR, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, MD 21738 USA. | | This e-mail message and its contents are copyrighted and are | | proprietary products of THE DAILY DX. Any unauthorized use, | | reproduction, or transfer of the message or its content, in | | any medium, is strictly prohibited. For permission to quote, | | reprint or repost this e-mail send a request to THE DAILY DX | | include date, volume and issue number. Check out The Daily | | DX homepage http://www.wdn.com/thedailydx or for additional | | information you may phone The Daily DX at 301-854-5650 or fax |

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. ====================== *** The Daily DX *** ====================== Volume 2 Number 36 February 24, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ Headlines _____________________________________________________________________ It is with great regret that we report the passing of the second half of the famous Colvin DXpedition team. Iris A. Colvin, W6QL, passed away peacefully in her home on 18 February at the age of 83. She and her late husband Lloyd Colvin, W6KG, had traveled and operated in over 100 DXCC countries starting in the mid 1940's through 1993. I can remember first working Lloyd on CW from J3ABV in Grenada and Iris from FG0FOL/FS on French St. Martin Island. I had no clue who I was working and it would be several years later until I discovered who this famous couple was. Lloyd usually handled the CW while Iris did the SSB operations. You could tell every time you worked Iris she had a smile on her face and was enjoying the pileup. I did have the distinct please of meeting the two famous globe trotters at the Dayton Hamvention several years ago. Iris was a member of the DXCC Honor Roll, president of the Yasme Foundation and past president of the Northern California DX Club. She was also inducted in the CQ DX Hall of Fame in November of 1996. A list of Yasme DXpeditions can be found at http://www.cestro.com/myweb/yasme.html Rene, FR5HR, reports he will take 3 trips each year to the French sub-antarctic zone which would include FT5W, Crozet, FT5X, Kerguelen, FT5Z Amsterdam and St. Paul. On his last trip he only made it to Kerguelen Island and is waiting for the QSL cards. For his next trip he will depart Reunion Island on 23 March. At this time he does not know exactly which island he will visit. Look for lots of activity though as he will be away until 6 May. Those working Rene should QSL to: Rene Allegre, 56, Rue Leconte de L'Isle, 97411 Bois de Nefles, France. It is recommended not to use the word Reunion on the envelope. Igor, UA2FZ, reports that he along with UA2FB and UA2FF will be active in the CQ World Wide 160 Meters SSB Contest this weekend from Cyprus as C42A. They will also be active for a few days after the contest. QSL via DK4VW. This is a maildrop only. Mexican operators XE1ME, XE1VIC, XE1YJY, XE1JG, XE1YAW and XE1KK will multi op the CQ World Wide 160 Meters SSB Contest this weekend as XE1RCS. Plans are to have 2 half wave dipoles, a 1/4 wave vertical and 6 beverages. They will be running full limit legal power. QSL via the XE bureau or Direct to XE1KK, Ramon Santoyo V., P.O. Box 19-564, 03901 Mexico, D.F. Mexico This years Maryland State ARRL Convention will be held at the Greater Baltimore Hamboree and Computerfest on 28 and 29 March. On Saturday 28 March Bill Moore, NC1L, will conduct a forum on DXCC/VUCC.

Philippe Leclerc, F5PFO (exJ28FO), will be active from New Caledonia around the end of March 1998 for the next three years. His callsign is unknown at this time. The solar flux seems to be on the rise again. Don't forget to check 10 and 12 meters today and tomorrow! _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 3DA0CA - SWAZILAND - John was found working US and European stations on 24895 just before and after 15:00Z. QSL via W4DR. BD4ED - PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA - Ed showed up on 7063 just before 14:00Z and was listening up for US stations. EA9LZ - CEUTA - Look for Jorge near 3795 between 05:00 and 06:00Z. FO0/OK - FRENCH POLYNESIA - The OK DX Foundation stations FO0/OK1KT, FO0/OK1TN, FO0/OK1VD and FO0/OK5DX have been very active on 15 through 40 meters. They say they are only running 100 watts on 160 meters and the QRN has been very rough for them. QSL via OKDXF. KA4IST/KH5 - PALMYRA - Europeans report working them yesterday on 14195 from 17:00 to 19:00Z. QSL via AC7DX. T30BH - WEST KIRIBATI - Jack was found between 07:40 and 08:20 working mostly JA's on 14195. QSL via VK2GJH. V85HY - BRUNEI - Those needing this one should look for Hassan on 80 meters SSB between 12:00 and 14:00Z. XUXO - CAMBODIA - Hiro showed up yesterday just after 10:00Z on this new IOTA. JA's report no problems working him. East Coast US stations should try 14153 between 11:00 and 12:00Z. West Coast US stations may want to try 7009 around 15:00Z. The correct call is X-ray Uniform X-ray Oscar. QSL via 7L1MFS. ZA1MH - ALBANIA - Mike is a regular on 1828 between 05:00 and 06:00Z. ZL7DK - CHATHAM ISLAND - The Germany team started just before 09:00Z yesterday. They have been very on 40, 30, 17 and 15 meters CW. They hope to have the 160 meter antenna up soon. QSL via DK7YY. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq GMT IOTA Call Freq GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AS-NEW XUXO 14153 1138 NA-016 ZF2NE 14012 1934 EU-010 GM4CHX 14260 0848 NA-076 K2OLG/M 14260 2123 EU-012 GM4AGX 14260 1422 NA-099 KP4RA 21205 1435 EU-037 SM7DLZ 14258 1146 SA-036 P4/I2UIY 21244 1517 EU-057 DL4PM 21252 1409 SA-045 PQ8MM/P 14200 1507 EU-096 OH1LU/P 14257 1134 SA-067 ZZ1Z 14199 2006 IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- ----------- 24-Feb 24-Feb 8P 8P9AP (NA-021) 2-19 24-Feb 24-Feb FO FO0/OK1TN FO0/OK1KT FO0/OK1VD 2-27 192 24-Feb 24-Feb KG4 KG4ZK KG4CH KG4SD KG4DZ 2-27 2-10 24-Feb 24-Feb PY ZX0Z ZZ0W ZZ0Z (SA-067) 2-26 24-Feb 24-Feb PY PQ8MM PQ8VA/P (SA-045) 2-17 195 24-Feb 24-Feb T3 T30JH (OC-017) 2-22 24-Feb 25-Feb 9G 9G1AA 2-7 24-Feb 25-Feb VK VK8AN/6 (OC-154) 2-30 24-Feb 25-Feb XU XUX0 2-35 24-Feb 26-Feb 9M6 9M6CT 2-35 24-Feb 26-Feb HR HR6/KA2OIG 2-26 24-Feb 27-Feb HL HL0K (AS-090) 2-34 24-Feb 27-Feb KH5 KA4IST/KH5 (OC-085) 2-31 2-24 24-Feb 28-Feb SV J47XCJ 2-20 24-Feb 28-Feb VP5 VP5FXB 2-17 24-Feb 1-Mar 9G 9G5VJ 2-6 24-Feb 1-Mar 9G 9G5ZM & 9G5SW 2-16 24-Feb 1-Mar GU MU0/W7MAE (EU-114) 2-14 24-Feb 1-Mar HI SM7DQW/HI 2-28 24-Feb 1-Mar J2 J28AG 185 24-Feb 1-Mar TJ TJ1GB 188 24-Feb 2-Mar 8P LA7AT 2-26 24-Feb 2-Mar V2 AA1M W1HL KA1MID W1USN (NA-100) 194 24-Feb 3-Mar J3 K4UPS K4LTA OE1GRU OE3JOS/NK4N 24-Feb 6-Mar PJ7 ND5S KF5LG W8EB W8DVC 2-27 24-Feb 8-Mar ZL7 ZL7DK (OC-038) 2-17 173 24-Feb 9-Mar XT XT2DM 2-1 24-Feb 11-Mar 8Q 8Q7BE & 8Q7BV (AS-013) 2-14 24-Feb 12-Mar TR TR8CR 2-1 24-Feb 15-Mar P4 P40V P49V P40K P4/I2UIY (SA-036) 2-17 24-Feb 15-Mar VP8/SH LU1ZC (AN-010) 155 24-Feb 18-Mar FT5W FT5WG (AF-008) 2-1 ____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The effective sunspot number for Sunday, 2/22/98, was 40.9 The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for Monday, 2/23/98, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours

----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 23-Feb-1998 21 99 7 1 LOW/QUIET-UNSET;VERY LOW-LOW/QUIET-UNSET 23-Feb-1998 18 96 4 3 LOW/QUIET;VERY LOW-LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 23-Feb-1998 15 96 4 2 LOW/QUIET;VERY LOW-LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 23-Feb-1998 12 96 4 2 LOW/QUIET;VERY LOW/QUIET 23-Feb-1998 09 96 4 2 LOW/QUIET;VERY LOW/QUIET 23-Feb-1998 06 96 4 2 LOW/QUIET;VERY LOW/QUITE 23-Feb-1998 03 96 4 2 LOW/QUIET;VERY LOW/QUIET 23-Feb-1998 00 96 4 1 LOW/QUIET;VERY LOW/QUIET The forecast for Tuesday, 2/24/98: solar flux 98, A index 8, K index 2. Tuesday should be High Normal. The forecast for Wednesday, 2/25/98: solar flux 96, A index 15, K index 3. Wednesday should be High Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 5W0FN HB9HFN ES80L ES6PZ V26A WB3DNA 8P9CW WB8LFO FO0/OK1VD OKDXF V26B WT3Q 9G5SW G3VMW FP5EJ K2RW V26E AB2E 9G5SX G3SXW K9TM/C6A K9TM VU2JPS VK9NS 9G5ZM G3ZEM KA4IST/KH5 AC7DX VU2MTC VK9NS 9M0C G3SWH KG4SD W4SD XUXO 7L1MFS C6A/N4BP N4BP N3WCN/HH2 N1XVU ZF2NE W5ASP CT98EDX CT1EDX P4/I2UIY I2EOW ZL7DK DK7YY DU100RG DU9RG TL8PL F5LNA ZZ1Z PY1NEZ QSL cards recently received: 3XA8DX, 5T5U, 9G5BQ, 9M2TO, A61AJ, EK6CC, EL2CE, EL2JR, EL/K3KN, FK8GM, JW5NM, JY9QJ, RI0TA _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 425 DX News, ARRL, F6FNU, FR5HR, Island DX News, K3KY, KC3AJ, KD4IFV, KH6BZF REPORTS, N3HR, N3OSH, N4MXT, N9NUP, NOAA, OPDX, UA2FZ, W6OAT _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United States. _______________________________________________________________ / \ | THE DAILY DX is published Monday through Friday by Bernie | | McClenny, W3UR, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, MD 21738 USA. | | This e-mail message and its contents are copyrighted and are | | proprietary products of THE DAILY DX. Any unauthorized use, | | reproduction, or transfer of the message or its content, in | | any medium, is strictly prohibited. For permission to quote, | | reprint or repost this e-mail send a request to THE DAILY DX | | include date, volume and issue number. Check out The Daily | | DX homepage http://www.wdn.com/thedailydx or for additional |

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. ====================== *** The Daily DX *** ====================== Volume 2 Number 37 February 25, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ Headlines _____________________________________________________________________ Brett Graham, VR98BG, received his tickets yesterday to West Malaysia and will be operational from about 12:00 on 26 February through 00:00Z on 10 March. This trip will primarily be a holiday however he will take equipment to operate. He plans to be active mostly on 6, 12, 17, 30, 40, 80 and 160 meters CW. While there Brett will assist the locals to getting a 6 meter beacon on the air. He will put in a semi-serious effort in the ARRL SSB DX Contest. QSL cards for this operation go via VS6BG, Brett Graham, P.O. Box 12727, Hong Kong. Brett and his father W7TIR/VR2WA have been working on the VS96BG cards and hope to have them in the mail before this trip. QSL requests for VS97BG and VR97BG will be answered after this trip. Former ARRL President Bob Denniston, W0DX/VP2VI, plans to commemorate the 50th anniversary of his first-ever DXpedition on 14 and 15 March. It was 1948 when Denniston then W4NNN, Charley Orr, W4NND, and Buddy Buttizoni, W3GRP, put on what is now thought to be the first modern DXpedition. This operation was called "Gon-Waki" because Denniston's friends thought he was crazy. The original operation took place in the Bahamas as VP7NG participated in the second weekend of the ARRL CW DX Contest on 14 and 15 March of 1948. Look for anniversary station VP2VI/50 operating from the British Virgin Islands from 00:00Z on 14 March through 24:00Z on 15 March. Bob and the rest of the operators will use original gear including an SX-28A, wires and a hand key on 10, 15, 20, 40, 80 and 160 meters. The "Gon-Waki II" team will be active 24 KHz up from the bottom of the band. 50th anniversary QSL cards will be available from Bob's QSL manager AB1U. The May 1998 Brandon Island (3B7) DXpedition by the Swiss has set up a very nice looking homepage at http://www.3b7-brandon.ch/ Details about the operation include operator profiles, maps, sponsors and more. Log checking will be available about 24 hours after QSOs have been made. Suggested frequencies for this operation are as follows: Band CW SSB RTTY 160 Meters 1826.5 1842 80 Meters 3507 3799 40 Meters 7007 7065 7035 30 Meters 10104 20 Meters 14024 14195 14080 17 Meters 18074 18145 18105 15 Meters 21024 21295 21080 12 Meters 24894 24945 10 Meters 28024 28475 28080 Please listen carefully to the operators instructions as to where he or she is listening. During the operation they will be listening up except on 80 Meters SSB where they may actually be listening down. _____________________________________________________________________

QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 5R8EW - MADAGASCAR - Europeans and Central US stations report this station was on 24960 around 15:15Z. 8Q7UO - MALDIVES - This is the latest station on from this Indian Ocean Island chain. He was found on 21260 at 10:40Z and later on 14260 at 17:00Z. QSL via DL5UO. FT5WG - CROZET ISLAND - Yesterday he was on 14281 around 14:15Z. FT5XN - KERGUELEN ISLAND - Helios started off his day around 02:30Z on 14021. He stayed for about 3 « hours. Later at 11:00 and 12:30 Europeans report he was on 28024. This is the first report of him being on 10 meters. Lets all hope he gets his other antennas built so he can get on more bands. J28BU - DJIBOUTI - Bruno was active on 10110 at 20:00 and 23:30Z. QSL via F5OYM. JT1BG - MONGOLIA - Bator made a guest appearance yesterday on 3796 working West Coast North Americans around 15:30Z. KA4IST/KH5 - PALMYRA - Yesterdays activities included the following: 05:30 to 07:30Z on 14080 RTTY working JA's 17:40 to 20:00Z on 14198 working Europe 23:30 to 00:00Z on 18140 working JA's 01:30 today on 24950 working JA's V63AO - MICRONESIA - Look for Nishi near 24955 just before 22:00Z. V85HG - BRUNEI - Hassan continues to show up on 3795 between 12:00 and 13:00Z. XUF2B - CAMBODIA - Harv was working JA's on 10109 yesterday at 13:30Z. ZL7DK - CHATHAM ISLAND - The German group were found working US boys on 160 meters yesterday between 11:40 and 14:30Z. Check 1828 and 1830. QSL via DK7YY. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq GMT IOTA Call Freq GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AN-010 LU1ZC 18078 1825 NA-029 VY2FS 14260 1928 AS-013 8Q7UO 14260 1708 NA-055 AK1L 14260 1255 AS-053 HS0/IK4MRH 14260 1315 NA-076 K2OLG/M 14260 2033 EU-001 SV5TS 21277 0942 NA-099 NP3RH 28350 1652 EU-096 OH1LU/P 14260 1345 OC-005 VK9NS 14222 832

EU-124 GW0HGN/P 18145 1230 OC-038 ZL7DK 14017 928 EU-146 PA3EVJ 14264 1125 SA-045 PQ8MM 21200 1253 NA-016 ZF2NE 14012 1934 SA-067 ZZ1Z 14260 136 Hiro, JA2EZD/XU2A, unfortunately had to shut down his XUOX operation from Broughton Island (IOTA AS-NEW) early yesterday. His rig was damaged from over voltage and the generator overheated. The operation came to a close around 06:00Z. Several JA's say Hiro did make enough contacts to qualify for IOTA. Hiro plans to return to this new IOTA counter soon after the CQ WPX SSB Contest. QSL via 7L1MFS. IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- ----------- 25-Feb 25-Feb 9G 9G1AA 2-7 25-Feb 25-Feb FO FO0/OK1TN FO0/OK1KT FO0/OK1VD 2-27 192 25-Feb 25-Feb VK VK8AN/6 (OC-154) 2-30 25-Feb 26-Feb 9M6 9M6CT 2-35 25-Feb 26-Feb HR HR6/KA2OIG 2-26 25-Feb 27-Feb HL HL0K (AS-090) 2-34 25-Feb 27-Feb KH5 KA4IST/KH5 (OC-085) 2-31 2-24 25-Feb 28-Feb JW JW9PJA 2-27 25-Feb 28-Feb SV J47XCJ 2-20 25-Feb 28-Feb VP5 VP5FXB 2-17 25-Feb 1-Mar 9G 9G5VJ 2-6 25-Feb 1-Mar 9G 9G5ZM & 9G5SW 2-16 25-Feb 1-Mar GU MU0/W7MAE (EU-114) 2-14 25-Feb 1-Mar HI SM7DQW/HI 2-28 25-Feb 1-Mar J2 J28BU 185 25-Feb 1-Mar TJ TJ1GB 188 25-Feb 2-Mar 8P LA7AT 2-26 25-Feb 2-Mar V2 AA1M W1HL KA1MID W1USN (NA-100) 194 25-Feb 3-Mar J3 K4UPS K4LTA OE1GRU OE3JOS/NK4N 25-Feb 4-Mar C6A C6AIE C6AJR 2-32 25-Feb 6-Mar PJ7 ND5S KF5LG W8EB W8DVC 2-27 25-Feb 8-Mar ZL7 ZL7DK (OC-038) 2-17 173 25-Feb 9-Mar XT XT2DM 2-1 25-Feb 11-Mar 8Q 8Q7BE & 8Q7BV (AS-013) 2-14 25-Feb 12-Mar TR TR8CR 2-1 25-Feb 15-Mar P4 P40V P49V P40K P4/I2UIY (SA-036) 2-17 25-Feb 15-Mar VP8/SH LU1ZC (AN-010) 155 25-Feb 18-Mar FT5W FT5WG (AF-008) 2-1 25-Feb 31-Mar HP HP1XBI 2-30 25-Feb 31-Mar PJ2 PJ9JT (SA-006) 167 25-Feb 10-Apr JX JX3EX (EU-022) 177 135 25-Feb 15-Apr ZL7 K8VIR/ZL7 (OC-038) 2-3 25-Feb 6-May TT TT8JE 2-10 186 185 25-Feb 1-Jun FT5X FT5XN (AF-048) 179 25-Feb 1-Jun XV XV7SV 2-31 25-Feb 31-Oct JX JX7DFA (EU-022) 2-20 ____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________

The effective sunspot number for Monday, 2/23/98, was 42.2 The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for Tuesday, 2/24/98, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 24-Feb-1998 21 99 3 0 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 24-Feb-1998 18 99 8 1 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 24-Feb-1998 15 99 8 0 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 24-Feb-1998 12 99 8 2 VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET;VY LOW-LOW/QUIET-UNSET 24-Feb-1998 09 99 8 1 VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET;VY LOW-LOW/QUIET-UNSET 24-Feb-1998 06 99 8 1 LOW/QUIET-UNSET;VY LOW-LOW/QUIET-UNSET 24-Feb-1998 03 99 8 1 LOW/QUIET-UNSET;VY LOW-LOW/QUIET-UNSET 24-Feb-1998 00 99 8 3 LOW/QUIET-UNSET;VY LOW-LOW/QUIET-UNSET The forecast for Wednesday, 2/25/98: solar flux 96, A index 15, K index 3. Wednesday should be High Normal. The forecast for Thursday, 2/26/98: solar flux 94, A index 8, K index 2. Thursday should be High Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 3D2QB SM3CER CT98AHU CT1AHU TJ1GB K6SLO 6Y5DA VE4JK CT98AMV CT1AMV V26NR W1USN 7X2CR IS0LYN CT98EDX CT1EDX V47KP K2SB 8Q7UO DL5UO FG5FC F6DZU VP2EEI K3DI C6AIE WZ8D HD2RG HC2RG XE2MX K6VNX C6AJR W8GEX J28BU F5OYM XUXO 7L1MFS CO2WF VE2EH J3/N1FVR OE3GRU YT4CR YU4WU CP4BT DL9OT KH8/N5OLS N5JA YT4I YU4WU CP8XA DG9NB PA3EVJ VE3MR YT4IZ YU4WU CS98MS CT4MS PJ8/ND5S ND5S BD4ED - Ed XY Huang, P.O.Box 085-299, Shanghai 200085, PEOPLE'S REP. OF CHINA C21RK - Ruben Jim Kun, P.O.Box 139, Buada District, NAURU ISLAND JD1AMA - Akihiko Miyazaki, P.O.Box 602, Chichijima, Ogasawara Island, 100-2101, JAPAN YT4D - P.O. Box 99, 74000 Doboj, R.S. via YUGOSLAVIA YU4WU - Robert, P.O.Box 224, 78001 Banja Luka, R.S. via YUGOSLAVA Jes£s Huerta, EA1FFC, reports the cost to mail QSL cards from Spain to the following Asian countries has risen above 1 US $ or 1 IRC: 3W, 9M, 9V, BV, BY, HL, HS, JA, JT, P5, S2, VK, XU, XW, XZ and other Pacific area. The change took place in January and Jes£s has been supplementing the postage since the change. Any requests from the above list should now send 2 US $ or 2 IRC otherwise cards will be sent via the bureau. QSL cards recently received: TT8JFC _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: EA1FFC, JA1ADN, KB3AUG, KC3AJ, KH6BZF REPORTS, N3OSH, N9NUP, NOAA,

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. ====================== *** The Daily DX *** ====================== Volume 2 Number 38 February 26, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ Headlines _____________________________________________________________________ Chuck, N4BQW, was expected to be on Kingman Reef around 02:00Z today provided the seas are calm. This will be a 24 hour operation only. Earlier this week members of the Midway-Kure DX Foundation and the South Sandwich Island DX Group were doubtful of an operation from this rare island due to transportation problems. More than likely Chuck will only be active on 15, 20 and 40 meters on SSB. Do not expect activity on 80 or 160 meters. He will be running 100 watts from a TS-50 and limited antennas. Your best bet may be to listen on 14195 or 14260. QSL N4BQW/KH5K via AC7DX. Meanwhile on Palmyra some of the operators have arrived and joined Mark. Plans are to concentrate today on 40, 80 and 160 meters. Keep an ear out on 7005, 3507 and 1827 on CW. They will only be on the island until about 17:00Z today. From there they will go to Kingman Reef to pick up Chuck and head to Howland. This is all subject to change as they are tagging along with the US Fish and Wildlife Service. The OH-DX Ring and Contest Club Finland will join forces from Aland Islands as OH0W in both the ARRL SSB DX Contest and the CQ WPX SSB Contest. OH1NX, OH2BH and OH2TA and possibly others will multi- single during the ARRL event while OH1EH, OH2TA, OH2XX and OH6EI do the CQ event. QSL via OH2BAD, Miika Heikinheimo, Sammonkatu 7 A 4, Helsinki 00100, Finland. EA3BOX will be active from Ireland as EJ0/EA3BOX from 25 March to 1 April. Look for him to be active in the CQ WPX SSB Contest also. QSL via EA3BOX. The Dateline DX Association KH9-Wake 98 DXpedition team members are currently on Hawaii. They were held up for a day due to transportation problems and now expect to arrive on Wake on 27 February. Alfredo, EA1FH, has left Bujumbura, Burundi for reasons that are not exactly known. He was there for over one year as both 9U/EA1FH and 9U5CW. He is now in Nairobi, Kenya and is working on getting a license. Here are the total QSOs by band and mode for 9U/EA1FH and 9U5CW combined. 160 Meters 125 80 Meters 694 40 Meters 6,483 30 Meters 1,706 20 Meters 10,304 17 Meters 4,631 15 Meters 10,697

12 Meters 1,319 10 Meters 794 CW 25,491 SSB 10,785 RTTY 684 ------------------ Total 36,960 Jose, EA2CLU, reports he along with EA2ADJ and EA2BP will operate from St. Vincent Island from 21 March to 1 April. During the CQ WPX SSB Contest they will use J80R and outside of the contest J8/EA2BP. Look for them to be active on all bands on CW, SSB and RTTY. The three Virginia DX Century Club operators who were active this past weekend from Guantanamo Bay as KG4DZ have returned home. For those wishing to check the on line logs check their homepage at http://www.pilot.infi.net/~charding/gitmo.htm QSL cards for KG4NW via NW3K, KG4DZ via W4SD, KG4SD via W4SD, and KG4ZK via W4ZYT. _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 9K/NLD - KUWAIT - 9K2GS, 9K2HN, 9K2MU and 9K2RR were all active yesterday signing /NLD after their callsigns to commemorate National Liberation Day. 9M2AX - WEST MALAYSIA - Ross was coming in via the longpath into the East Coast late yesterday on 3502 around 23:20Z. FO/OK - FRENCH POLYNESIA - The Czech operators went QRT around 03:00Z. Their next stop will be in the South Cooks where they plan to be active on 160 meters. QSL via OKDXF. JT1BG - MONGOLIA - Bator was found on 3800 from 21:30 to 22:30. JT1CO - MONGOLIA - Was active yesterday on 30 meters CW between 14:00 and 17:30Z. S79MX - SEYCHELLES - Continue looking for Kurt on 160 meters starting just before 22:00Z. QSL via HB9MX. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq GMT IOTA Call Freq GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AF-003 ZD8T 28495 1639 NA-005 VP9LR 14197 1838 AF-004 EC8AYZ 21201 1937 NA-027 VO1COP 14260 1949 AS-024 JS6PMR 7013 1420 NA-029 VY2FS 21263 1321 AS-117 JR0WQV 21260 2327 NA-055 AK1L 21260 1334 EU-001 SV5AZR 24970 1445 NA-085 K2OLG/M 14258 2013 EU-014 TK5AE 14195 1340 NA-102 FG5FC 14214 1608 EU-016 9A4RU 14257 1540 SA-008 CE8ABF 14205 2031 EU-044 LA8NGA 14256 1841 SA-036 P4/I2UIY 21253 1323

IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- ----------- 26-Feb 26-Feb 9M6 9M6CT 2-35 26-Feb 26-Feb HR HR6/KA2OIG 2-26 26-Feb 27-Feb HL HL0K (AS-090) 2-34 26-Feb 27-Feb KH5 KA4IST/KH5 (OC-085) 2-31 2-24 26-Feb 28-Feb JW JW9PJA 2-27 26-Feb 28-Feb SV J47XCJ 2-20 26-Feb 28-Feb VP5 VP5FXB 2-17 26-Feb 1-Mar 9G 9G5VJ 2-6 26-Feb 1-Mar 9G 9G5ZM & 9G5SW 2-16 26-Feb 1-Mar GU MU0/W7MAE (EU-114) 2-14 26-Feb 1-Mar HI SM7DQW/HI 2-28 26-Feb 1-Mar J2 J28BU 185 26-Feb 1-Mar TJ TJ1GB 188 26-Feb 2-Mar 8P LA7AT 2-26 26-Feb 2-Mar V2 AA1M W1HL KA1MID W1USN (NA-100) 194 26-Feb 3-Mar J3 K4UPS K4LTA OE1GRU OE3JOS/NK4N 26-Feb 4-Mar C6A C6AIE C6AJR 2-32 26-Feb 4-Mar ZK1/S ZK1TNN ZK1KTT 2-27 192 26-Feb 6-Mar HK0/S HK0/KB5GL 2-29 26-Feb 6-Mar PJ7 ND5S KF5LG W8EB W8DVC 2-27 26-Feb 8-Mar ZL7 ZL7DK (OC-038) 2-17 173 26-Feb 9-Mar 9M6 9M6BG 2-37 2-35 26-Feb 9-Mar XT XT2DM 2-1 26-Feb 11-Mar 8Q 8Q7BE & 8Q7BV (AS-013) 2-14 26-Feb 11-Mar KH9 K8XP N2OO N6MZ N2WB (OC-053) 2-35 2-33 26-Feb 12-Mar TR TR8CR 2-1 26-Feb 15-Mar P4 P40V P49V P40K P4/I2UIY (SA-036) 2-17 26-Feb 15-Mar VP8/SH LU1ZC (AN-010) 155 26-Feb 18-Mar FT5W FT5WG (AF-008) 2-1 26-Feb 31-Mar HP HP1XBI 2-30 26-Feb 31-Mar PJ2 PJ9JT (SA-006) 167 26-Feb 10-Apr JX JX3EX (EU-022) 177 135 26-Feb 15-Apr ZL7 K8VIR/ZL7 (OC-038) 2-3 26-Feb 6-May TT TT8JE 2-10 186 185 26-Feb 1-Jun FT5X FT5XN (AF-048) 179 26-Feb 1-Jun XV XV7SV 2-31 26-Feb 31-Oct JX JX7DFA (EU-022) 2-20 ____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The effective sunspot number for Tuesday, 2/24/98, was 41.4 The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for Wednesday, 2/25/98, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 25-Feb-1998 21 95 3 1 VERY LOW/QUIET;VERY LOW-LOW/QUIET 25-Feb-1998 18 99 2 1 VERY LOW/QUIET;VERY LOW-LOW/QUIET 25-Feb-1998 15 99 2 0 VERY LOW/QUIET;VERY LOW-LOW/QUIET

25-Feb-1998 12 99 2 1 LOW/QUIET;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 25-Feb-1998 09 99 2 1 LOW/QUIET;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 25-Feb-1998 06 99 2 0 LOW/QUIET;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 25-Feb-1998 03 99 2 0 LOW/QUIET;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 25-Feb-1998 00 99 2 1 LOW/QUIET;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED The forecast for Thursday, 2/26/98: solar flux 96, A index 8, K index 2. Thursday should be High Normal. The forecast for Friday, 2/27/98: solar flux 94, A index 8, K index 2. Friday should be High Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 4L1DX OZ1HPS CO8ZZ HI3JH ES80R ES5RY 4L8A OZ1HPS CT98AMK CT1AMK EX8MLE IK2QPR 4S7SW ON6TZ E21CJN K3WUW P4/I2UIY I2EOW 4X50OX/SK 4Z5DW ES80J ES1AX R1FJV UA3AGS 9K2GS W6YJ ES80L ES6PL V26HL AA1M CM8TW W3HNK ES80M ES1QD VP9LR K1EFI CO8TW W3HNK ES80Q ES5RY ZS2BBG DF1OC QSL cards recently received: 1X5AA, 4U1WB, 9X/RW3AH, C31LD, D2BB, VU2MPS _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: AC7DX, AH0W, EA2CLU, EA1FFC, K0EU, K3ZO, KB3AUG, KC3AJ, KD4IFV, KH6BZF REPORTS, KH7U, LYNX, MKDXF, N3OSH, N4CH, NOAA, OH2BH, SSIDXG, WA4JQS, WB4M _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United States. _______________________________________________________________ / \ | THE DAILY DX is published Monday through Friday by Bernie | | McClenny, W3UR, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, MD 21738 USA. | | This e-mail message and its contents are copyrighted and are | | proprietary products of THE DAILY DX. Any unauthorized use, | | reproduction, or transfer of the message or its content, in | | any medium, is strictly prohibited. For permission to quote, | | reprint or repost this e-mail send a request to THE DAILY DX | | include date, volume and issue number. Check out The Daily | | DX homepage http://www.wdn.com/thedailydx or for additional | | information you may phone The Daily DX at 301-854-5650 or fax | | at 301-854-5105. Remember to tell all your DX friends about | | The Daily DX. | \_______________________________________________________________/

. ====================== *** The Daily DX *** ====================== Volume 2 Number 39 February 27, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ Headlines _____________________________________________________________________ Michael, DF8AN, will be active from several islands in the Pacific Ocean between 27 February through 28 March. He will start out in the Philippines as DU1/DF8AN until 11 March. From 11 to 14 March he will operate from the island of Guam as KH2/DF8AN. Next he will go to Micronesia (V6) until 22 March. No callsign was mentioned for this stop. His final stop will be on the island of Koror (IOTA OC-009) which counts for Palau. QSLs for all of these operations go to DF8AN, Michael Noertemann, Neustadt 18, D-37154 Northeim, GERMANY. The Maldives are quickly becoming a very popular island for DXpeditioners in the Indian Ocean. Jan, OZ1JKK, is currently active as 8Q7DX on 20 meters from Male. Phil Weaver, VR2CT/9M6CT, left Kota Kinabalu, East Malaysia yesterday and is headed for Bangkok, Thailand where he hopes to be on the air as HS0/G4JMB. Starting 29 March he will be active again from 5 « weeks as 9M6CT. This trip he will concentrate on 40 and 80 meters. In yesterdays issue of The Daily DX it was reported that OH2BAD would be the QSL manager for the upcoming OH0W activity in the ARRL SSB DX Contest and the CQ WPX SSB Contest. A recent change has been made and now Pasi, OH2IW, will be handling the chores for those two operations. QSL may be sent to Pasi Luoma-aho, OH2IW, Vallikuja 10 A 8, 02600 Espoo, FINLAND. Members of the Florida Contest Club (FCC) will be active from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba as KG4GC during the ARRL SSB DX Contest on 7 and 8 March. The team will consist of Doug, W4OX/KG4OX, Bill, KX4WW/KG4WW, Bill, W4WX/KG4WX, and Rusty WV4N/KG4AU. They will arrive on 4 March and stay for one week. Look for them to be active on all bands and modes before and after the contest. QSL cards for KG4GC go to Bill Gallier, W4WX, 4094 Sandy Run Drive E., Middleburg, FL 32068. All others go to home calls. Cedric, HB9HFN, and Daniel, HB9DLZ, have returned from their two island pacific trip from Tonga and Samoa. The logs for the recent 5W0FN, 5W0LZ, A35FN and A35LZ are now available at http://www.qsl.net/hb9hfn/log/search.html Remember to send either 1 IRC or 2 US $ with your direct QSL card request. Bureau cards are accepted. The Oklahoma DX Association will have two of its members active from Antigua (V2) from 25 May to 2 June. Jim, K5TT (ex WV5S, and Dave, W5AO (ex N5CG), hope to be assigned V26TT and V26GG. The two will be active on all bands before and after the CQ WPX CW Contest, which they

will also partake in. QSL cards for V26TT will go to K5TT and cards for V26GG go to Box 88, Morris, OK 74445-0088. Pete, OH2PM, is currently active as OH2PM/BY1QH. He has been on 160 meters. QSL cards should go to Pertti Simovaara, Asia Pacific Building Apt 1106, No 8, Ya Bao Lu, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100020 Peoples Republic of China. Sigi, DL7DF, has been active on CW from the Dominican Republic as DL7DF/HI3. He will be there until 5 March. QSL via DL7DF. Henning, OZ2CU, is active from Katmandu, Nepal as 9N1CU for two to three years. He is using a IC-735 and a 4 element beam at 35 feet. Look for him on 15, 20 and 80 meters. Harry, GM0UTD, plans to be active in Nepal from 1 to 19 March running QRP. He will probably be on 12, 15, 17, 20, 30 and 40 meters. QSL via GM0UTD. _____________________________________________________________________ Dayton _____________________________________________________________________ Mark your calendars to stop by The Daily DX booth this year. We will be inside at booth # 520 on 15, 16 and 17 May. I look forward to meeting each of you for an eyeball QSO. Speaking of Dayton both the DX and Contest forums will be held at a local high school and not on the Hara Arena grounds. Transportation will be available between the high school and the Hamvention. de Bernie, W3UR. _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 5R8EW - MADAGASCAR - West Coast US, East Coast US and Europeans report working this on 24978 between 15:00 and 16:00Z. Look for him today as conditions should be similar to yesterday. 9M6BG- EAST MALAYSIA - Look for Brett on 24895 between 23:00 and 01:00Z. Also check 18069 at 13:00 and 23:00Z. QSL via VS6BG. FH/DL1DA - MAYOTTE - Try 5 KHz up from the bottom of the CW bands. He has been on 15 and 30 meters. FT5WG - CROZET - Those still looking for this one should try 14278 daily between 13:00 and 17:30Z. US stations should try longpath between 13:00 and 15:00Z. JT1CO - MONGOLIA - Was on 10103 at 14:00Z. N4BQW/KH5K - KINGMAN REEF - Chuck was here for about 24 hours. His activity was mostly on 20 meters SSB on 14195. He was on that frequency from 00:00 to 10:00Z, 17:00 to 21:00Z and from 22:00 to 01:15Z today when he announced he was leaving the island. He did make some QSOs on 40 meters SSB between 11:00 and 12:00Z. QSL via WA4FFW. TL8CK - CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - Was working Europe on

24960 from 13:00 to 14:00Z. QSL via F6EWM. ZK - SOUTH COOK ISLANDS - The OKDXF boys are now active as ZK1KTT and ZK1TNN. Look for them mostly on CW. ZL7DK - CHATHAM ISLAND - These guys are really showing everyone how to run a DXpedition. They have got both the signal and the operators to do the trick. East Coast stations report working them on 24893 from 20:00 to 00:00Z. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq GMT IOTA Call Freq GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AF-008 FT5WG 14278 1631 NA-049 HK0/KB5G 21280 2158 AS-090 HL0K/2 14014 0247 OC-019 KH6FHX 18120 1953 EU-029 OZ1ENH 14083 1525 OC-083 ZK1KTT 14015 0257 EU-095 F6DHI/P 14261 1318 OC-086 KH0I 21355 1127 EU-146 PA3EVJ 14260 1215 OC-096 KH5/N4BQW 14195 0830 NA-027 VO1COP 14260 1929 SA-036 P43HOT 21290 1645 NA-029 VY2FS 21261 1730 IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- ----------- 28-Feb 12-Mar 3A 3A/DJ7RJ 2-14 28-Feb 1-Mar 5B C42A 2-36 28-Feb 2-Mar 8P LA7AT 2-26 28-Feb 11-Mar 8Q 8Q7BE & 8Q7BV (AS-013) 2-14 28-Feb 1-Mar 9G 9G5VJ 2-6 28-Feb 1-Mar 9G 9G5ZM & 9G5SW 2-16 28-Feb 9-Mar 9M6 9M6BG 2-37 2-35 28-Feb 4-Mar C6A C6AIE C6AJR 2-32 28-Feb 8-Mar CO T48 (NA-015) 2-22 28-Feb 1-Mar FS FS/K3DI (NA-199) 2-10 28-Feb 18-Mar FT5W FT5WG (AF-008) 2-1 28-Feb 1-Jun FT5X FT5XN (AF-048) 179 28-Feb 1-Mar GU MU0/W7MAE (EU-114) 2-14 28-Feb 1-Mar HI SM7DQW/HI 2-28 28-Feb 6-Mar HK0/S HK0/KB5GL 2-29 28-Feb 31-Mar HP HP1XBI 2-30 28-Feb 1-Mar J2 J28BU 185 28-Feb 3-Mar J3 K4UPS K4LTA OE1GRU OE3JOS/NK4N 28-Feb 28-Feb JW JW9PJA 2-27 28-Feb 10-Apr JX JX3EX (EU-022) 177 135 28-Feb 31-Oct JX JX7DFA (EU-022) 2-20 28-Feb 11-Mar KH9 K8XP N2OO N6MZ N2WB (OC-053) 2-38 2-35 28-Feb 3-Mar KP KP3/EA3NY 2-32 28-Feb 15-Mar P4 P40V P49V P40K P4/I2UIY (SA-036) 2-17 28-Feb 31-Mar PJ2 PJ9JT (SA-006) 167 28-Feb 6-Mar PJ7 ND5S KF5LG W8EB W8DVC 2-27

28-Feb 28-Feb SV J47XCJ 2-20 28-Feb 1-Mar TJ TJ1GB 188 28-Feb 12-Mar TR TR8CR 2-1 28-Feb 6-May TT TT8JE 2-10 186 185 28-Feb 2-Mar V2 AA1M W1HL KA1MID W1USN (NA-100) 194 28-Feb 6-Mar V2 V26DX (NA-100) 2-6 28-Feb 1-Mar V4 V47KP (NA-104) 2-12 28-Feb 28-Feb VP5 VP5FXB 2-17 28-Feb 15-Mar VP8/SH LU1ZC (AN-010) 155 28-Feb 1-Mar VR2 VR2/OH2YY 2-25 28-Feb 1-Mar XE XE1RCS 2-36 28-Feb 9-Mar XT XT2DM 2-1 28-Feb 1-Jun XV XV7SV 2-31 28-Feb 4-Mar ZK1/S ZK1TNN ZK1KTT 2-27 192 28-Feb 8-Mar ZL7 ZL7DK (OC-038) 2-17 173 28-Feb 15-Apr ZL7 K8VIR/ZL7 (OC-038) 2-3 28-Feb 1-Mar CQ World Wide 160 SSB Contest 28-Feb 1-Mar REF SSB Contest 28-Feb 1-Mar RSGB 7 MHZ CW Contest 28-Feb 1-Mar UBA CW Contest 1-Mar 14-Mar C6A AA6EW/C6A (NA-080) 2-26 1-Mar 8-Mar J7 J7/W2KKZ (NA-101) 194 1-Mar 19-Mar KA3DBN African Trip 2-22 ____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The effective sunspot number for Wednesday, 2/25/98, was 41.4 The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for Thursday, 2/26/98, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 26-Feb-1998 21 93 1 0 VERY LOW/QUIET;VERY LOW/QUIET 26-Feb-1998 18 95 2 1 VERY LOW/QUIET;VERY LOW/QUIET 26-Feb-1998 15 95 2 0 VERY LOW/QUIET;VERY LOW/QUIET 26-Feb-1998 12 95 2 0 VERY LOW/QUIET;VERY LOW-LOW/QUIET 26-Feb-1998 09 95 2 0 VERY LOW/QUIET;VERY LOW-LOW/QUIET 26-Feb-1998 03 95 2 1 VERY LOW/QUIET;VERY LOW-LOW/QUIET 26-Feb-1998 00 95 2 1 VERY LOW/QUIET;VERY LOW-LOW/QUIET The forecast for Friday, 2/27/98: solar flux 92, A index 8, K index 2. Friday should be High Normal. The forecast for Saturday, 2/28/98: solar flux 90, A index 12, K index 3. Saturday should be High Normal. The forecast for Sunday, 2/29/98: solar flux 92, A index 8, K index 3. Sunday should be High Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 3A/DJ7RJ DJ7RJ HP1XBI F6AJA VR2/OH2YY OH2YY 7X2RO OM3CGN HZ1AB K8PYD WP2Z KU9C 9K2/G4NQO N6LUI LU/UX1KA DL5EBE XE1RCS XE1KK 9M6BG VS6BG KA4IST/KH5 AC7DX XT2OW F5RLE EA8/DL7AU DL7VRO N4BQW/KH5K WA4FFW ZA1MH Z32KV

FS/K3DI K3DI TL8CK F6EWM ZK1KTT OKDXF HK0/KB5GL AC7DX VQ9AI WB0BNR ZK1TNN OKDXF 5A1A - P.O. Box 74421, Tripoli, LIBYA OKDXF - OK DX Foundation, P.O. Box 73, Bradlec 293 06, Mlada Boleslav, CZECH REPUBLIC QSL cards recently received: EL2JR, JY9QJ, K7K, P49I _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: DX News Letter, DX News Sheet, HB9HFN, K3OSX, K9FD, KC3AJ, KH6BZF REPORTS, N3OSH, N5OGP, NOAA, OH2BH, W4WX, W5EC _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United States. _______________________________________________________________ / \ | THE DAILY DX is published Monday through Friday by Bernie | | McClenny, W3UR, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, MD 21738 USA. | | This e-mail message and its contents are copyrighted and are | | proprietary products of THE DAILY DX. Any unauthorized use, | | reproduction, or transfer of the message or its content, in | | any medium, is strictly prohibited. For permission to quote, | | reprint or repost this e-mail send a request to THE DAILY DX | | include date, volume and issue number. Check out The Daily | | DX homepage http://www.wdn.com/thedailydx or for additional | | information you may phone The Daily DX at 301-854-5650 or fax | | at 301-854-5105. Remember to tell all your DX friends about | | The Daily DX. | \_______________________________________________________________/ To receive The Daily DX free for two weeks send an Email: bernie.mcclenny@mail.wdn.com with your name, call and e-mail address.

. ====================== *** The Daily DX *** ====================== Volume 2 Number 40 March 2, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ Headlines _____________________________________________________________________ The worlds busiest QSL manager Joe Arcure Jr., W3HNK, is currently in the hospital recovering from major surgery. He is expected to be out of commission for about 8 weeks so please be patient on the QSLs. Chuck, N4BQW, and the rest of the crew are now headed to Howland Island and expect to land in 2-3 days. While traveling on the 100 foot boat to there next stop listen for them signing N4BQW/MM on 14152 or 14226. Once on the island they plan to operate for 6 to 7 days. The Dateline DX Association DXpedition to Wake Island started on Friday around 10:00Z. They currently have the following antennas up: 80 meter vertical, 40 meter dipole, 2 tribanders, Gladiators on 80 and 160 meters, DX88, A3WS, and a 40 meters dipole. All four stations are now on the air. Tom, K8XP, reports "Conditions were very good to NA/SA and EU all night long last night on 15 and 20." They will use N2OO/KH9 on SSB, N6MZ/KH9 on CW and N2WB/KH9 on RTTY. QSL via WA4YBV. Tamaki, JG1OUT, will be active from the Hawaiian islands from 7 to 10 March. He will be operating on 10 through 40 meters on CW and SSB. QSL via JARL or direct to his callbook address. Nick, VK2ICV, will once again be active as VK9LX on Lord Howe Island from 23 to 31 May. He will once again be concentrating on 160 meters using an inverted L and a beverage for receive. QSL via VK2ICV, Nick Hacko, PO BOX 730, Parramatta 2124, NSW, Australia. Endo, 7N1RTO (ex JG2EBN), will operate from Fiji as 3D2ME from 8 to 11 March. He will be on 15 or 20 meters SSB when not working. QSL to JARL QSL bureau or direct to Mamoru Endo, 102-83-2 Kizuki-Omachi, Kawasaki, 211-0031 Japan Don, KN4UG, will be active from Providenciales (IOTA NA-002) in the Turks and Caicos Islands from 16 to 24 March. QSL to Don Namm, 103 Birkhaven Dr., Cary , NC 27511. _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 3W5FM - VIETNAM - Is active daily on 160 meters at his sunrise. Look for him on 1826 from 23:10 to 23:15Z. Afterwards check 14009 or 21009 depending on conditions.

3XY7A - GUINEA - Was active on 14195 at 09:30Z on Friday and on 14184 around 19:00Z on Saturday. 9Q5TR - DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO - Look for Tuvia on 21355 on a net around 18:00Z. EY8CQ - TADJIKISTAN - Alex was working West Coast US stations on 14209 between 03:00 and 04:00Z on Sunday. QSL via DJ1SKO. J8/W2LU - ST. VINCENT - JA's report working this station yesterday on 14133 just before 22:00Z. S0RASD - WESTERN SAHARA - Several stations reported this one on 14210 on Saturday from 00:30 to 01:00Z. TJ1GB - CAMEROON - Bob resurfaced on Sunday first on 21024 around 16:45Z on Sunday. He moved to 14024 around 17:40Z. Today he showed up on 1824 at 04:00Z and stayed for 1 hour. At 05:00Z he was on 3788 for just a few minutes. QSL via K6SLO. ZL7DK - CHATHAM ISLAND - Look for these guys on 160 meters during the following times: 10:30 to 11:15Z - East Coast and Midwest US 14:00 to 15:30Z - West Coast US and JA 16:00 to 17:15Z - Europe _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq GMT IOTA Call Freq GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AF-004 EA8AMT 28457 1620 NA-033 HK0OEP 28486 1600 AN-010 LU1ZC 10121 2242 NA-049 HK0/KB5GL 14260 0134 AS-018 UA0FCD 14258 0930 NA-080 C6AJR 14260 0031 AS-018 UA0FZ 14085 0211 OC-053 N200/KH9 21295 2041 EU-016 9A4RU 14269 1648 OC-059 V63AO 24965 2206 EU-124 GW0MOI 18130 1630 OC-129 DU7AAQ 21288 0057 NA-024 J3/N1FVR 18165 1451 SA-008 LU8XPA 14004 0000 ZY5YZ will be active from Ratones Island (IOTA SA-026) from 26 to 30 March. Look for activity on CW and SSB on the IOTA frequencies on 10 through 80 meters. QSL via PP5LL, Jaime Lira, Cx. Postal 08, Florian¢polis/SC, 88010-970 Brazil. From 16 to 20 April PR5L will be operating from Sao Francisco Island (IOTA SA-027). Look for this station to be on the normal IOTA CW and SSB frequencies on 10 through 80 meters. QSL via PP5LL, Jaime Lira, Cx. Postal 08, Florian¢polis/SC, 88010-970 Brazil. Takio, JH3QFL, will be active from Minami Daito Island (IOTA AS-047) on 21 to 22 March. Look for him around the clock using a tri-bander on 10, 15 and 20 meters and a dipole for the low bands. QSL via JARL bureau or direct to his new address: Takio Hata, 828-1207 Kawahara, Cyuzu, 520-2423 Japan.

IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- ----------- 2-Mar 12-Mar 3A 3A/DJ7RJ 2-14 2-Mar 8-Mar 5A 5A21PA 187 2-Mar 2-Mar 8P LA7AT 2-26 2-Mar 11-Mar 8Q 8Q7BE & 8Q7BV (AS-013) 2-14 2-Mar 9-Mar 9M6 9M6BG 2-37 2-35 2-Mar 14-Mar C6A AA6EW/C6A (NA-080) 2-26 2-Mar 4-Mar C6A C6AIE C6AJR 2-32 2-Mar 8-Mar CO T48 (NA-015) 2-22 2-Mar 18-Mar FT5W FT5WG (AF-008) 2-1 2-Mar 1-Jun FT5X FT5XN (AF-048) 179 2-Mar 6-Mar HK0/S HK0/KB5GL 2-29 2-Mar 31-Mar HP HP1XBI 2-30 2-Mar 3-Mar J3 K4UPS K4LTA OE1GRU OE3JOS/NK4N 2-Mar 8-Mar J7 J7/W2KKZ (NA-101) 194 2-Mar 10-Apr JX JX3EX (EU-022) 177 135 2-Mar 31-Oct JX JX7DFA (EU-022) 2-20 2-Mar 11-Mar KH9 K8XP N2OO N6MZ N2WB (OC-053) 2-38 2-35 2-Mar 3-Mar KP KP3/EA3NY 2-32 2-Mar 15-Mar P4 P40V P49V P40K P4/I2UIY (SA-036) 2-17 2-Mar 31-Mar PJ2 PJ9JT (SA-006) 167 2-Mar 6-Mar PJ7 ND5S KF5LG W8EB W8DVC 2-27 2-Mar 12-Mar TR TR8CR 2-1 2-Mar 6-May TT TT8JE 2-10 186 185 2-Mar 2-Mar V2 AA1M W1HL KA1MID W1USN (NA-100) 194 2-Mar 6-Mar V2 V26DX (NA-100) 2-6 2-Mar 15-Mar VP8/SH LU1ZC (AN-010) 155 2-Mar 9-Mar XT XT2DM 2-1 2-Mar 1-Jun XV XV7SV 2-31 2-Mar 4-Mar ZK1/S ZK1TNN ZK1KTT 2-27 192 2-Mar 15-Apr ZL7 K8VIR/ZL7 (OC-038) 2-3 2-Mar 8-Mar ZL7 ZL7DK (OC-038) 2-17 173 2-Mar 19-Mar KA3DBN African Trip 2-22 ____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The effective sunspot number for Saturday, 2/28/98, was 50.8 The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for Sunday, 3/1/98, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 1-Mar-1998 21 98 8 1 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 1-Mar-1998 18 94 10 2 LOW/QUIET-ACT;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 1-Mar-1998 15 94 10 3 LOW/QUIET-ACT;VERY LOW-LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 1-Mar-1998 12 94 10 1 LOW/QUIET-ACT;VERY LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE 1-Mar-1998 09 94 10 1 VERY LOW/QUIET-ACT;VERY LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE 1-Mar-1998 06 94 10 3 VERY LOW/QUIET-ACT;VERY LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE 1-Mar-1998 03 94 10 2 VERY LOW/QUIET-ACT;VERY LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE 1-Mar-1998 00 94 10 4 VERY LOW/QUIET-ACT;VERY LO/QUIET-ACTIVE

The forecast for Monday, 3/2/98: solar flux 91, A index 5, K index 1. Monday should be Above Normal. The forecast for Tuesday, 3/3/98: solar flux 90, A index 5, K index 1. Tuesday should be Above Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 5A21PA ON4APS HP1XBI F6AJA V31LL N7TLL 5N7YZC WA1ECA J28BU F5OYM V47KP K2SB 9M2NK JE1JKL J3/NK4N N4LZL VP5FXB W8AV 9N1UD K4VUD N2OO/KH9 WA4YBV VP8CXV G0TQJ 9V1ZW JA9IFF N6MZ/KH9 WA4YBV XE1RCS XE1KK C6AKE WA4JID R1ANZ UW1ZC YI1ALW WB3CQN CO8ZZ HI3JH T48RAC VE3ESE YS9/YT1AD YT1AD DS4BBL EA2AKP TJ1GB K6SLO Z32MW DL1FDD EG7DCA EA7URS UA2AA DK4VW Z32XX NN6C HF0POL SP3BGD 5R8EW - Patrick, P.O. Box 3934, 101 Antananarivo, MADAGASCAR G0TQJ - Chris M. Vernon, 57 Parker Road, Wittering, Cambs. PE8 6AN, ENGLAND HS1GUW - Mr. Ong-art Khaocharee, P.O. Box 8, Tungbenchar, Thamai, Chantaburi 22170, THAILAND SV0LK - Helmut Muschalle, 70014 Hersonissou Box 9, Crete Island, GREECE W8AV - Elmer Steingass, 1690 N. Honeytown Road, Wooster, OH 44691-9511 The Belgium QSL bureau address has recently changed to the following address: UBA QSL bureau P.O.Box 900 B9000 Gent Belgium QSL cards recently received: 3XA8DX, 8Q7AJ, 9Y4/PA3ERC, 9Y4/PA3EWP, A41LZ, BY4SZ, CE0ZAM, J6/PA3ERC, J6/PA3EWP, K7K, VK9LX _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 7L1MFS, AA3KX, DJ7AA, JA1ELY, K3OSX, K4RBZ, KB3AUG, KC3AJ, KD4IFV, KH6BZF REPORTS, KN4UG, N3OSH, N4MXT, NOAA, NY3Y, ON4UN, PS7AB, UA0FDX, VK2ICV, W2GI, W3SB, W8AV, WB4KTC _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728,

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. ====================== *** The Daily DX *** ====================== Volume 2 Number 41 March 3, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ Headlines _____________________________________________________________________ Steve Weinstein, K2WE, and Les Kalmus, W2LK, plan to put on the first American DXpedition to Vietnam. The two will operate as 3W6WE on SSB and 3W6LK on CW from 25 to 31 March. They will be operating from the Kasati Ham Radio Club station 3W6KA and may be on the air with the club call before 25 March. During the CQ WPX SSB Contest the two will multi-single as 3W6WE or possibly a special prefix callsign. Plans are for activity on CW and SSB on 10, 15, 20, 40 and 80 meters, however they will try to obtain permission to operate on 12, 17 and 30 meters. The club station is equipped with a Kenwood TS-850, SB200 amplifier, 90 foot tower, tribander and wires for the low bands. The licenses are good for 24 hour-a-day operation. Steve and Les will be staying at a hotel across the street from the club station. QSL cards for 3W6KA go to Kasati Ham Radio Club, P.O. Box 76, Saigon, VIETNAM. QSLs for 3W6WE via K2WE and 3W6LK via W2LK. Coly, 3W5FM, can be found daily on 1826 at 23:10 to 23:15Z and 14009/21009 at 23:15Z. Other suggested times to find this semi-rare country are as follows: 06:00 to 07:00Z on 24 MHZ 08:00 to 10:00Z on 18 MHZ 10:00 to 11:00Z on 3.5 MHZ 14:00 to 15:00Z on 10.1 MHZ QSL via UA0FM, P.O. Box 66, Vladimir City 630011, Russia Hrane, YT1AD, and Dragon, Z32AU, are currently operating from both the city house and beach house QTH's of Raymundo, YS1RRD. The two have been very active on SSB and CW as YS9/YT1AD and YS9/Z32AU. This weekend in the ARRL SSB DX Contest Hrane will operate from the city QTH as HU1X while Dragon will operate as HU4X from the beach QTH. QSL via home calls. _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ FT5XN - CROZET ISLAND - Helios was working US stations on the longpath between 13:00 and 13:45Z on 14188. QSL via F6APU. HD2RG - ECUADOR - Reynaldo has been showing up most days on 12 meters SSB between 21:00 and 23:00Z. QSL via HC2RG. KH9 - WAKE ISLAND - The Americans are using N2OO/KH9 on SSB, N6MZ/KH9 on CW and N2WB/KH9 on RTTY. Yesterday they were reported on: 1833, 7005, 10105, 14020, 14195, 18140, 21295, 24940, 28490. QSL via WA4YBV.

SV5TS - DODECANESE - Vasilis was working North Americans yesterday on 21268 from 13:45 to 15:30Z. TJ1GB - CAMEROON - Bob was active on 14175 yesterday from about 20:00 to 20:30Z. Today he came up on 3790 around 04:15Z and later was found on 3777 at 04:45Z working guys on CW. From about 04:30 to 04:45 he may have been on 160 meters. QSL via K6SLO (ex WA6SLO). TL8MS - CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - Europeans report working this station on 18115 from 15:00 to 15:30Z. ZK1 - SOUTH COOK ISLANDS - The OK gang were reported on the following frequencies yesterday: 3508, 7004, 10105, 14025, 18070, 21268, 24900, 24007. They are saying no 160 meter antenna. QSL via OKDXF. ZL7DK - CHATHAM ISLAND - The German boys have been running mostly on CW. Sometimes they are using two rigs at the same time on different bands. Look for them on 1829, 3503,7007/7026, 10103, 14025, 14083, 18073, 121027, 24893 and 28025. QSL via DK7YY. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq GMT IOTA Call Freq GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AS-045 HL5FUA 3799 1430 EU-057 DL4PM 14195 1240 AS-053 HS0/IK4MRH 14260 1501 NA-049 HK0/KB5GL 14260 1224 EU-010 GM0KCY 14255 1151 NA-055 AK1L 14259 1413 EU-037 SM7DLZ 7049 1740 OC-005 VK9NS 14222 0924 EU-052 SV8EP 14260 1021 OC-053 N6MZ/KH9 7005 0833 The Otley Amateur Radio Club will be active from Bute Island (IOTA EU-123) during this years "Islands On The Air" contest on 25 and 26 July. They hope to have a special callsign and will operate multi-single. Operators include G0SNV, G0NIG, G0WNT, M0ARK, M0AMA, G8HDN and G7RDJ. IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- ----------- 3-Mar 3-Mar J3 K4UPS K4LTA OE1GRU OE3JOS/NK4N 3-Mar 3-Mar KP KP3/EA3NY 2-32 3-Mar 4-Mar C6A C6AIE C6AJR 2-32 3-Mar 4-Mar ZK1/S ZK1TNN ZK1KTT 2-27 192 3-Mar 6-Mar HK0/S HK0/KB5GL 2-29 3-Mar 6-Mar PJ7 ND5S KF5LG W8EB W8DVC 2-27 3-Mar 6-Mar V2 V26DX (NA-100) 2-6

3-Mar 8-Mar 5A 5A21PA 187 3-Mar 8-Mar J7 J7/W2KKZ (NA-101) 194 3-Mar 8-Mar CO T48 (NA-015) 2-22 3-Mar 8-Mar ZL7 ZL7DK (OC-038) 2-17 173 3-Mar 9-Mar 9M6 9M6BG 2-37 2-35 3-Mar 9-Mar XT XT2DM 2-1 3-Mar 10-Mar HR HR6/W4OVU & HR6/WD4JNS (NA-057) 2-29 3-Mar 10-Mar VP5 VP5NC 2-16 3-Mar 11-Mar 8Q 8Q7BE & 8Q7BV (AS-013) 2-14 3-Mar 11-Mar KH9 K8XP N2OO N6MZ N2WB (OC-053) 2-38 2-35 3-Mar 12-Mar 3A 3A/DJ7RJ 2-14 3-Mar 12-Mar KH1 KH1/N4BQW (OC-089) 2-12 3-Mar 12-Mar TR TR8CR 2-1 3-Mar 14-Mar C6A AA6EW/C6A (NA-080) 2-26 3-Mar 15-Mar VP8/SH LU1ZC (AN-010) 155 3-Mar 15-Mar P4 P40V P49V P40K P4/I2UIY (SA-036) 2-17 3-Mar 18-Mar FT5W FT5WG (AF-008) 2-1 3-Mar 19-Mar KA3DBN African Trip 2-22 3-Mar 26-Mar W K2ZR (NA-062) 2-27 3-Mar 31-Mar HP HP1XBI 2-30 3-Mar 31-Mar PJ2 PJ9JT (SA-006) 167 3-Mar 10-Apr JX JX3EX (EU-022) 177 135 3-Mar 10-Apr KH3 KK5ZX/KH3 2-30 3-Mar 15-Apr ZL7 K8VIR/ZL7 (OC-038) 2-3 3-Mar 6-May TT TT8JE 2-10 186 185 3-Mar 1-Jun FT5X FT5XN (AF-048) 179 3-Mar 1-Jun XV XV7SV 2-31 3-Mar 3-Jun 4S 4S7BRG 2-31 3-Mar 31-Oct JX JX7DFA (EU-022) 2-20 ____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The effective sunspot number for Sunday, 3/1/98, was 44.7 The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for Monday, 3/2/98, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 2-Mar-1998 21 92 12 1 LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 2-Mar-1998 18 98 7 3 LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 2-Mar-1998 15 98 7 2 LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 2-Mar-1998 12 98 7 2 LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 2-Mar-1998 09 98 7 4 LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 2-Mar-1998 06 98 7 3 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 2-Mar-1998 03 98 7 3 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 2-Mar-1998 00 98 7 2 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED ` The forecast for Tuesday, 3/3/98: solar flux 98, A index 5, K index 1. Tuesday should be Above Normal. The forecast for Wednesday, 3/4/98: solar flux 96, A index 10, K index 2. Wednesday should be High Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 3W7TK OK1HWB CN37MC CN8SS EZ8AI RW6HS

4F3CV HB9CXZ CT98ADY CT1ADY J3/K4LTA K4LTA 5H3RB LA4DM D2AI CT1EGH J8/W2LU W2LU A61AN WA2JUN DU3NXE W4NXE YS9/YT1AD YT1AD A61AO N1DG VP8CKN - Tim Cotter, P.O. Box 478, Stanley, Falkland Islands, via UNITED KINGDOM QSL cards recently received: 3DA0CA, CE0ZAM, K7K, VK9LX _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 7L1MFS, G4LVQ, K2WE, KC3AJ, KH6BZF REPORTS, N3OSH, NOAA, UA0FDX, W1JIM, WB4KTC, YS1RRD _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United States. _______________________________________________________________ / \ | THE DAILY DX is published Monday through Friday by Bernie | | McClenny, W3UR, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, MD 21738 USA. | | This e-mail message and its contents are copyrighted and are | | proprietary products of THE DAILY DX. Any unauthorized use, | | reproduction, or transfer of the message or its content, in | | any medium, is strictly prohibited. For permission to quote, | | reprint or repost this e-mail send a request to THE DAILY DX | | include date, volume and issue number. Check out The Daily | | DX homepage http://www.wdn.com/thedailydx or for additional | | information you may phone The Daily DX at 301-854-5650 or fax | | at 301-854-5105. Remember to tell all your DX friends about | | The Daily DX. | \_______________________________________________________________/

. ====================== *** The Daily DX *** ====================== Volume 2 Number 42 March 4, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ Headlines _____________________________________________________________________ Mehdi, F5PFP, will now be joined by Eric, F5SIH, on their one month DXpedition to Amsterdam Island. They have received authorization and the callsign FT5ZH. Just before they leave in December they will be assigned a special callsign. Activity is planned for 10 through 160 meters on CW, SSB and RTTY. Financial assistance is needed in order to put this DXpedition together. Those wishing to contribute should send to Eric Blanchard (Lyon DX Group Treasurer), F5PXT, 2 Rue Bichat Bat 32, 69002 Lyon, France. Dan, XT2DP/N9XAG, will be taking down his antennas and leaving N'Dorola, Burina Faso in April. He will be in the US for one year and plans to return to this semi-rare African country in 1998 with better equipment and antennas. QSL via WB2YQH. Bob, K1YJK, will be active from 14 to 28 March as FJ/K1YJK on the island of Saint Martin (NA-146). Look for him to be mostly on CW with some CW on 10 through 160 meters. QSL via K1YJK. Special event station 8J0WGP/0 is currently on the air to commemorate the Winter Paralympic Games in Nagano, Japan until 31 March. For more information check out their webpage at http://www.clio.or.jp/~obayashi/8j0wpg Earlier this week it was reported that QSL manager Joe Arcure, W3HNK, was hospitalized. Those wishing to send him a get well card may do so by send to: Joe Arcure, Lankenau Hospital, 100 Lancaster Avenue, Room 448, Wynnewood, PA 19096. Mr Yamamoto, JF1LGD/JD1 will be active from Ogasawara Island (AS-030) until the end of the month. He will be active mostly on SSB but some CW on 12, 15 and 17 meters. _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 3A/DJ7RJ - MONACO - Manfred will be active around 1833 daily around 04:00Z until 12 March. QSL via DJ7RJ. 3DA0CA - SWAZILAND - Jon has been showing up daily on 1827.5 between 03:00 to 04:00Z. QSL via W4DR. 3W7TK - VIETNAM - Was found on 14019 working East Coast US and European stations between 12:45 and 14:15Z. QSL via OK1HWB.

5A21PA - LIBYA - This DXpedition is being put on by a group of Belgians. They have been active on CW and SSB on all bands except 160 meters. Try 10 meters SSB just before 18:00Z. QSL via ON4APS. 9M6BG - EAST MALAYSIA - Brett can be found on 18069 between 00:00 and 02:00Z. East Coast US stations may want to try 10104 at 23:30Z. QSL via VS6BG. 9U5/9X0A - BURUNDI - Andy showed up yesterday at 05:00Z on his favorite 20 meters SSB frequency - 14195. EL2CE - LIBERIA - Likes 14195 between 22:00 and 01:00Z FT5XN - KERGUELEN ISLAND - Helios showed up yesterday for the first time on 10124 listening up between 17:45 and 19:45Z. QSL via F6PEN. S21J - BANGLADESH - Was found on 14180 just after 14:00Z. TJ1GB - CAMEROON - Bob showed up today on 3794 around 04:20Z. He said this was his last day. At 04:36 he QSYed to 1825 and stayed for about for about 10 minutes. From 05:00 to 06:00Z many US and Europe were able to snag him on 7002 as he was listening up. QSL via K6SLO (ex WA6SLO). YI1RS - IRAQ - Bassam was working JA's and Europeans on 14252 from 14:00 to 15:00Z. ZD8Z - ASCENSION ISLAND - Look for Jim on or about 21250 from 20:00 to 21:00Z. QSL via VE3HO. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq GMT IOTA Call Freq GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AF-004 EA8AMT 28475 1839 NA-055 AK1L 21260 1423 AS-053 HS0/IK4MRH 14260 1611 NA-058 KB4HBH 14260 2006 EU-037 SM7DLZ 7051 1619 NA-062 WB1BVQ 14260 2036 EU-082 U1ZA/A 14004 1200 NA-080 C6AIE 21305 1325 EU-133 R1ASP 14257 1245 NA-138 N5VL 21260 1451 NA-016 ZF2MR 28480 1820 NA-147 J3/W1AIM 14247 2143 NA-049 HK0/KB5GL 21260 1655 Results of the 1997 Islands On The Air Contest can be found at http://www.iol.ie/~okanep/iota97.html PQ5L will be activated from Mel Island (SA-047) from 28 to 31 May on CW and SSB. QSL via PP5LL. Guarazes Island (SA-026) will be on the air from 1 to 5 May as special event station PT163MP is used to commemorate 163 years of freedom from the Military Police in Sanata Catarina State, Brazil. QSL via PP5LL. IOTA frequencies -

CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- ----------- 4-Mar 4-Mar C6A C6AIE C6AJR 2-32 4-Mar 6-Mar HK0/S HK0/KB5GL 2-29 4-Mar 6-Mar PJ7 ND5S KF5LG W8EB W8DVC 2-27 4-Mar 6-Mar V2 V26DX (NA-100) 2-6 4-Mar 8-Mar 5A 5A21PA 187 4-Mar 8-Mar J7 J7/W2KKZ (NA-101) 194 4-Mar 8-Mar CO T48 (NA-015) 2-22 4-Mar 8-Mar ZL7 ZL7DK (OC-038) 2-17 173 4-Mar 9-Mar 9M6 9M6BG 2-37 2-35 4-Mar 9-Mar FS FS5PL 2-32 4-Mar 9-Mar XT XT2DM 2-1 4-Mar 10-Mar HR HR6/W4OVU & HR6/WD4JNS (NA-057) 2-29 4-Mar 10-Mar VP5 VP5NC 2-16 4-Mar 11-Mar 8Q 8Q7BE & 8Q7BV (AS-013) 2-14 4-Mar 11-Mar KH9 K8XP N2OO N6MZ N2WB (OC-053) 2-38 2-35 4-Mar 12-Mar 3A 3A/DJ7RJ 2-14 4-Mar 12-Mar KH1 KH1/N4BQW (OC-089) 2-12 4-Mar 12-Mar TR TR8CR 2-1 4-Mar 14-Mar A3 A35KT A35TN 2-27 192 4-Mar 14-Mar C6A AA6EW/C6A (NA-080) 2-26 4-Mar 15-Mar VP8/SH LU1ZC (AN-010) 155 4-Mar 15-Mar P4 P40V P49V P40K P4/I2UIY (SA-036) 2-17 4-Mar 18-Mar FT5W FT5WG (AF-008) 2-1 4-Mar 19-Mar KA3DBN African Trip 2-22 4-Mar 26-Mar W K2ZR (NA-062) 2-27 4-Mar 31-Mar HP HP1XBI 2-30 4-Mar 31-Mar PJ2 PJ9JT (SA-006) 167 4-Mar 10-Apr JX JX3EX (EU-022) 177 135 4-Mar 10-Apr KH3 KK5ZX/KH3 2-30 4-Mar 15-Apr ZL7 K8VIR/ZL7 (OC-038) 2-3 4-Mar 6-May TT TT8JE 2-10 186 185 4-Mar 1-Jun FT5X FT5XN (AF-048) 179 4-Mar 1-Jun XV XV7SV 2-31 4-Mar 3-Jun 4S 4S7BRG 2-31 ____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The effective sunspot number for Monday, 3/2/98, was 44.6 The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for Tuesday, 3/3/98, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 3-Mar-1998 21 97 4 1 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 3-Mar-1998 18 92 13 2 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 3-Mar-1998 15 92 13 0 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 3-Mar-1998 12 92 13 0 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 3-Mar-1998 09 92 13 1 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 3-Mar-1998 06 92 13 1 LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 3-Mar-1998 03 92 13 3 LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 3-Mar-1998 00 92 13 3 LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED

The forecast for Wednesday, 3/4/98: solar flux 100, A index 10, K index 2. Wednesday should be High Normal. The forecast for Thursday, 3/5/98: solar flux 98, A index 15, K index 3. Thursday should be High Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 5N3CPR SP5CPR KA4IST/KH5 AC7DX T95A K2PF BA4TB 9A2AJ KP4/W4OC W4OC TJ1GB K6SLO CQ98BD CT3BD LU2CP/CX CX6FP VQ9ZZ NS1L CT3BX DJ6QT N2WB/KH9 WA4YBV WA4FFW/NH1 WA4FFW FR/F5ROL F5ROL N4BQW/KH5K WA4FFW YI1HK KK3S FT5XN F6PEN N5VL W5IJU YS9/YT1AD YT1AD HH2LQ KM6ON PZ5JB AA3OE YS9/Z32AU Z32AU J6/KF8OY KF8OY PZ5YY AE4YY ZD8Z VE3HO JY9RU F6ARU R1ASP RA1AD ZF2MR W6MR K4AU/WH1 K4AU DK7YY - Falk Weinhold, P.O. Box 700343, Berlin 10323, GERMANY ES1QD - Vello Priimann, P.O. Box 2259, EE0035 Tallinn, ESTONIA JH3QFL - Takio Hata, 828-1207 Kawahara, Cyuzu, 520-2423 JAPAN V44KMC - Mckoy, Box 505, NEVIS ISLAND QSL cards recently received: K4M _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 425 DX News, AC7DX, DX News Letter, DX News Sheet, EI5DI, F5CCO, KC3AJ, KH6BZF REPORTS, N3OSH, NOAA, OPDX, WU5X _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United States. _______________________________________________________________ / \ | THE DAILY DX is published Monday through Friday by Bernie | | McClenny, W3UR, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, MD 21738 USA. | | This e-mail message and its contents are copyrighted and are | | proprietary products of THE DAILY DX. Any unauthorized use, | | reproduction, or transfer of the message or its content, in | | any medium, is strictly prohibited. For permission to quote, | | reprint or repost this e-mail send a request to THE DAILY DX | | include date, volume and issue number. Check out The Daily | | DX homepage http://www.wdn.com/thedailydx or for additional | | information you may phone The Daily DX at 301-854-5650 or fax | | at 301-854-5105. Remember to tell all your DX friends about | | The Daily DX. | \_______________________________________________________________/

. ====================== *** The Daily DX *** ====================== Volume 2 Number 43 March 5, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ Headlines _____________________________________________________________________ The Pannon DX Club from Hungary has announced the dates of their planned DXpedition to Ulan-Bator, Mongolia (see Vol. 2 No. 24). The group will be active from the rare zone 23 from 17 May to 2 June. The operators include Gabi, HA7SK, Sanyi, HA7VK, Laci, HA6NL, Tomi, HA4GDO and Laci, HA0HW. Individual callsigns have not been announced as of yet, however they plan to use their suffix from their home calls. The group will use JU0HA during the CQ WPX CW Contest. The following are the suggested frequencies to look for them on: Band CW SSB RTTY 160 1821 1841 80 3511 3789 40 7011 7089 30 10101 20 14011 14189 14079 17 18071 18141 15 21011 21289 21079 12 24891 24941 10 28011 28489 When conditions are open to the US they will work stations above 25 KHZ from the bottom of the CW bands. They hope to be able to operate on RS-10, RS-12, RS-15 and 6 meters. Individuals, clubs and organizations wishing to help with contributions should contact Laci Szabo, HA0HW, P.O. Box 24, Puspokladany H-4151, Hungary or by e-mail at ha0khw@c3.hu A webpage has also been established by the Pannon DX Club at http://www.dunanet.hu/pannondxc Gavin, GM0GAV, will operate from Antigua & Barbuda (NA-100) from 11 to 20 March. While on the island he will be active mostly on CW on the low bands along with 12, 17 and 30 meters. The callsign is not confirmed but maybe V27X. QSL via GM0GAV. Mike, NO6X, and Mike, NN6C (ex KM6ON), will be operating from Macedonia (Z3) from 19 March to 1 April. Their main emphasis will be the CQ WPX SSB Contest when they activate Z38C. Look for them before and after the contest as Z38/NO6X and Z38/NN6C on all bands CW and SSB. QSL cards for Z38/NO6X via NO6X and cards for Z38/NN6C and Z38C go to NN6C. Joe, W6MR, is currently active from the Cayman Islands as ZF2MR. He will be active on all bands and modes until 10 March. Look for him to be 15 meters single band in the ARRL SSB DX Contest. QSL via W6MR. The Italian DXpedition JT1Y to Mongolia (see Vol. 2 No. 26 & 28) have announced the following suggested frequencies:

CW 1835, 3505, 7005, 10105, 14015, 18075, 21015, 24895, 28015, 50115 SSB 1840, 3780, 7080, None , 14185, 18145, 21285, 24945, 28485, 50145 RTTY 14080, 21080 Michele, IK5/EA8AFJ, Angelo, IK0SHF, Giuseppe, IV3ZAC, and Riccardo, IZ0AZQ, have joined the group. The OPDX Bulletin reports that Rasa, YU1RL, is currently in Pyongyang, North Korea and is trying to get licensed. Keep your fingers crossed. Jose, CT1EEB, has taken a survey for the 100 most wanted countries from the top 40 DXers in Portugal. As one would expect North Korea was the number one most wanted. This is probably a very good indication as to the top 10 countries from Europe. Here are the top 10 most wanted from Portugal. Rank DXCC Country Prefix % Need ---- ------------ ------ ------- 1 North Korea P5 100 % 2 Kingman Reef KH5K 80.5 % 3 Auckland & Campbell Isl. ZL9 73.1 % 4 Macquarie Island VK0/M 68.3 % 5 Bhutan A5 66 % 6 Central Kiribati T31 65.8 % 7 Bouvet Island 3Y0/B 63.5 % 8 Scarborough Reef BS7 63.2 % 9 Baker & Howland KH1 63 % 10 Kermadec Islands ZL8 62 % Jim, G0IXC, will be active from Tanzania until 11 March as 5H3/G0IXC on SSB on all bands. Next he will go to the island of Zanzibar (IOTA AF-032) until 29 March. QSL via G0IXC. Yoshi, JA1UT, will leave Tokyo, Japan on 9 March and head to Palestine where he will install an emergency communications network between a local hospital and ambulance cars in the West Bank of the Jordan River. Along with him will be his XYL JA1UPA, JA1CPS and JS1QHO. When time allows they will be active from the club station ZC6MPT which is located in the MPT building in the Gaza strip. They have a Yeasu FT-757, FL-2000Z and a tribander. They will start operating on 13 March for one week. Although this does not count as a separate country as of yet, it may be a good idea to work it just in case. QSL this operation to JA1UT or via JARL. Luc, I1YRL, will operate again from Monaco from 14 to 18 March and again on 21 and 22 March. Look for him to use 3A/I1YRL on CW on all bands. QSL via I1YRL. John Rouse's, W3JLR (ex KA3DBN), South African tour (see Vol. 2 No. 22) has been postponed to 1 to 21 May. He says the delay may actually increase his chances of him operating in Mozambique (C9). Walter, DJ6QT, is currently active from Madeira Island as CT3BX until 12 March. QSL via DJ6QT. _____________________________________________________________________

QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 3A2MD - MONACO - Laura can often be found on 80 meters CW at her sunrise (06:00Z) looking for US stations. 3C1GS - EQUATORIAL GUINEA - Look for Ramon on or near 3800 today and tomorrow around 23:00Z or after. QSL via EA5BYP. 4JA9RI - AZERBAIJAN - Rashad was on 14196 from 11:50 to 14:50Z. Afterwards he went to 14026 for about 30 minutes. 5A21PA - LIBYA - Look for the Belgians 40 meters CW between 01:00 to 05:00Z. Also try 21295 or 28500 between 17:00 to 19:00Z. QSL via ON4APS. 9M6BG - EAST MALAYSIA - Brett was working East Coast US stations on 10104 from 22:30 to 00:00Z. Then moved to 14009. QSL via VS6BG. 9Q5TR - DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO - Tuvia showed up yesterday on 28493 around 19:45Z and was working all across the US. BV5BG - TAIWAN - Likes 3795 between 12:00 and 13:00Z. KH9 - WAKE ISLAND - N2OO/KH9 is the SSB call, N2WB/KH9 for RTTY and N6MZ/KH9 on CW. Yesterdays activity included the following: Frequency GMT --------- ------------------------------------- 1833 10:00-12:30, 14:00-14:30 3505 06:00-07:00, 09:00-10:00, 11:00-12:00 14:30-16:30 7004 07:00-08:30 10103 06:40-08:00 14080 00:00-01:00, 21:20-00:00 14185/14195 02:00-04:30, 06:00-09:00 18070 00:00-00:30, 01:30-04:00 18140 00:30-01:30, 23:00-00:00 21020 00:00-01:00 21300 20:30-23:00 24940 21:00-22:00 28025 00:00-01:00 28490 23:00-00:00 TT8JE - CHAD - Europeans were working this station on 50110 between 14:00 to 15:00Z. QSL via F6FNU. WH0AAV - SAIPAN - Jun likes 80 meters SSB daily around 12:00Z. ZL7DK - CHATHAM ISLAND - These guys are tearing up the CW bands. Here is yesterdays activities: Frequency GMT ----------- ------------------------------------- 1824/1829 06:30-07:15, 11:30-14:30 3503 06:00-07:00, 12:00-13:40, 15:00-17:30 10102 03:30-05:00, 14:50-15:45

14007/14025 02:40-04:00, 08:00-09:00, 13:30-14:30 18070/18073 00:00-01:30, 07:45-08:30, 10:00-11:00 21020 00:00-01:00, 23:00-00:00 24894 22:00-23:00 _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq GMT IOTA Call Freq GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AF-004 EA8AMT 28485 1904 NA-099 KP4YA 50105 0003 NA-049 HK0/KB5GL 14260 1205 OC-006 VK7BC 14260 1129 Barry, ZS1FJ, confirms that he and a group of South Africans will go to Bird Island which is 50 miles off the coast of Port Elizabeth, South Africa. This will be the first amateur radio operation from this island and as soon as they work 50 stations from 5 different countries a new IOTA reference will be used. The group which includes ZS1FJ, ZS1B, ZS2U, and ZS6ALJ will start around 14:00Z on 9 March. They will be active on all bands from 6 to 160 meters around the clock. Look for ZS26BI until 13 March. QSL via ZS1FJ. Ian, M0BCG, hopes to be active from Kangaroo Island (OC-139), Australia (VK5) on 17 April. Lee, DS4CNB, reports the IOTA DXpedition to Kang-Won-Do Province Group, (IOTA AS-NEW) by HL0Z/2 (see Vol. 2 No. 27) has been canceled. He now plans to be active from the Soan Islands (AS-085) as DS4CNB/4 from 1 to 3 April. Then from 4 to 5 April from AS-060. QSL to Box 111, Kwangsan Kwangju 506-050, South Korea. The 425 DX News reports Luis, PY2HA, operates from Santo Amaro Island (SA-071). QSL to Luis Claudio Campos, Rua Joao Rosa 75, Guaruja - SP, 11431-360 Brazil. Mauro, I1JQJ, reports that no new IOTA reference numbers were issued in February, 1998. The issuing of a new reference number following XUXO's unexpected activity from an island in the Gulf of Thailand IOTA group is subject to the receipt of validation material. The following operations have provided acceptable validation material: AF-023 S92FC Sao Tome Island (October 1997) AF-023 S97A Sao Tome Island (October 1997) AF-044 S91FC Principe Island (October/November 1997) AS-088 A71CX/P Al Safliyeh Island (November 1997) AS-074 9M2OM/P Ketam Island (August 1997) AS-124 A61AH/P Sirat al Khwar Island (November 1997) EU-038 PA3BLS/P Texel Island (November/December 1997) OC-108 YC5XIP Jemaja Island (July 1997) OC-109 YC5XIP Midai Island (October 1997) OC-173 VK8SEA/P Bathurst Island (November 1997) IOTA frequencies -

CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- ----------- 5-Mar 12-Mar 3A 3A/DJ7RJ 2-14 5-Mar 8-Mar 5A 5A21PA 187 5-Mar 11-Mar 8Q 8Q7BE & 8Q7BV (AS-013) 2-14 5-Mar 9-Mar 9M6 9M6BG 2-37 2-35 5-Mar 14-Mar A3 A35KT A35TN 2-27 192 5-Mar 14-Mar C6A AA6EW/C6A (NA-080) 2-26 5-Mar 8-Mar CO T48RAC (NA-015) 2-22 5-Mar 9-Mar FS FS5PL 2-32 5-Mar 18-Mar FT5W FT5WG (AF-008) 2-1 5-Mar 1-Jun FT5X FT5XN (AF-048) 179 5-Mar 6-Mar HK0/S HK0/KB5GL 2-29 5-Mar 31-Mar HP HP1XBI 2-30 5-Mar 10-Mar HR HR6/W4OVU & HR6/WD4JNS (NA-057) 2-29 5-Mar 8-Mar J7 J7/W2KKZ (NA-101) 194 5-Mar 31-Mar JA 8J0WGP/0 2-42 5-Mar 31-Mar JD1/O JF1LGD/JD1 2-42 5-Mar 10-Apr JX JX3EX (EU-022) 177 135 5-Mar 12-Mar KH1 KH1/N4BQW (OC-089) 2-12 5-Mar 10-Apr KH3 KK5ZX/KH3 2-30 5-Mar 11-Mar KH9 K8XP N2OO N6MZ N2WB (OC-053) 2-38 2-35 5-Mar 15-Mar P4 P40V P49V P40K P4/I2UIY (SA-036) 2-17 5-Mar 31-Mar PJ2 PJ9JT (SA-006) 167 5-Mar 6-Mar PJ7 ND5S KF5LG W8EB W8DVC 2-27 5-Mar 12-Mar TR TR8CR 2-1 5-Mar 6-Mar V2 V26DX (NA-100) 2-6 5-Mar 8-Mar VK VI3GP 2-31 5-Mar 10-Mar VP5 VP5NC 2-16 5-Mar 15-Mar VP8/SH LU1ZC (AN-010) 155 5-Mar 26-Mar W K2ZR (NA-062) 2-27 5-Mar 9-Mar XT XT2DM 2-1 5-Mar 15-Apr ZL7 K8VIR/ZL7 (OC-038) 2-3 5-Mar 8-Mar ZL7 ZL7DK (OC-038) 2-17 173 ____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The effective sunspot number for Tuesday, 3/3/98, was 44.6 The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for Wednesday, 3/4/98, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 4-Mar-1998 21 102 6 1 LOW/QUIET;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 4-Mar-1998 18 97 4 2 LOW/QUIET;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 4-Mar-1998 15 97 4 2 LOW/QUIET;LOW/QUIET 4-Mar-1998 12 97 4 2 LOW/QUIET;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 4-Mar-1998 09 97 4 1 LOW/QUIET;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 4-Mar-1998 06 97 4 2 LOW/QUIET;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 4-Mar-1998 03 97 4 1 LOW/QUIET;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 4-Mar-1998 00 97 4 1 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED The forecast for Thursday, 3/5/98: solar flux 98, A index 12,

K index 3. Thursday should be High Normal. The forecast for Friday, 3/6/98: solar flux 96, A index 8, K index 2. Friday should be High Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 3C1GS EA5BYP P40W N2MM YJ8UU ZL2HE 7Z1IS SM0OFG PJ8LT W1YJI ZF2JB KK9A 8P6DA KU9C TT8JE F6FNU ZF2MR W6MR J68BW KF8OY VP5/K4MA K4MA QSL cards recently received: 5B4AGC, PJ5AA, S79AF _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 425 DX News, CT1EEB, DX News Letter, DX News Sheet, I1JQJ, JA1ADN, KC3AJ, KD4IFV, KH6BZF REPORTS, N3OSH, NOAA, OPDX, ZS1FJ _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United States. _______________________________________________________________ / \ | THE DAILY DX is published Monday through Friday by Bernie | | McClenny, W3UR, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, MD 21738 USA. | | This e-mail message and its contents are copyrighted and are | | proprietary products of THE DAILY DX. Any unauthorized use, | | reproduction, or transfer of the message or its content, in | | any medium, is strictly prohibited. For permission to quote, | | reprint or repost this e-mail send a request to THE DAILY DX | | include date, volume and issue number. Check out The Daily | | DX homepage http://www.wdn.com/thedailydx or for additional | | information you may phone The Daily DX at 301-854-5650 or fax | | at 301-854-5105. Remember to tell all your DX friends about | | The Daily DX. | \_______________________________________________________________/ To receive The Daily DX free for two weeks send an Email: bernie.mcclenny@mail.wdn.com with your name, call and e-mail address.

. ====================== *** The Daily DX *** ====================== Volume 2 Number 44 March 6, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ Headlines _____________________________________________________________________ The Howland Island team started up yesterday just before 08:00Z on 20 meters SSB. On SSB they will use K4AU/WH1 and on CW look for WA4FFW/NH1. The following frequencies have been chosen but due to the amount of activity in the Pacific Ocean may be changed accordingly. Band CW SSB RTTY 160 1823 80 3503 3795 40 7003/7023 7080 7035/7085 30 10101 20 14023 14195/14245 14085 17 18073 18125 15 21023 21295 21085 12 24893 24945 10 28003 28495 The team will leave the island on either 9 or 10 March in order to make it back to Johnston Island (KH3) to catch their flights home. Europeans should check 20 meters between 07:00 and 09:00Z. They have at least two stations on the air at press time. QSLs for K4AU/WH1 go to K4AU and cards for WA4FFW/NH1 go to WA4FFW. Mean while on another island in the Pacific Ocean members of the Dateline DX Association report they arrived last Saturday (28/2/98) around 04:00Z. To date they have made more than 12,000 QSOs. Conditions to Europe have been good on 20 and 40 meters. On 80 and 160 meters it wasn't until Tuesday before they got all the antennas up. Conditions on 80 has been fair and 160 meters has been poor. They are a little flustered at the fact they have heard ZL7DK working Europeans on the low bands yet are unable to do the same. Tom, K8XP, said "Yesterdays 160 operation in the 16:00 to 18:00Z window netted one (1) decent QSO, that being a KL7!" On 80 meters it has mostly been Eastern Europe. Tom also reports "We will operate the 15 to 18 to 19+ windows with ears for EU with two stations, one on 80 and one on 160." They will start slowing down on 10 March and plan to leave on 11 March. QSL cards for all three calls go via WA4YBV. _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 9M6BG - EAST MALAYSIA - Brett was found on 3506 between 12:10 and 13:30Z. Later he was coming in longpath to the East Coast on 7005 at 22:30Z. Keep an ear out for him on 10104 between 22:30 and 23:30Z. QSL via VS6BG. D2AI - ANGOLA - Diaz was on SSB yesterday at 20:00Z on

14176. QSL via CT1EGH. EK4JJ - ARMENIA - Serge showed up on 21309 just before 13:00Z. EY8AM - TAJIKISTAN - Serge can usually be found on 160 meters CW between 21:00 and 23:00Z. EY8CQ - TAJIKISTAN - West Coast US stations reported working Alex longpath on 20 meters yesterday. First on CW on 14007 at 02:00Z then on SSB on 14200 at 02:30Z. FT5XN - KERGUELEN ISLAND - Helios was found twice yesterday on 10124. First at 02:20Z and then at 19:00Z. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq GMT IOTA Call Freq GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AS-018 RA0FF 3795 1218 NA-052 K2OLG/M 14260 1939 AS-053 HS0/IK4MRH 14260 1613 NA-057 HR6/WD4JNS 14087 2116 EU-001 J45T 21252 1447 OC-038 ZL7DK 7007 1538 EU-001 SV5EFB 7048 1849 OC-053 N2OO/KH9 18145 2340 NA-049 HK0/KB5GL 18125 2109 SA-008 CE8ABF 14258 2033 IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ This weekend the ARRL SSB DX Contest will be on from 00:00Z on 7 March to 23:59Z on 8 March. In this contest US stations try to work as many DX stations in as many DX countries as possible. While DX stations try to work as many US/VE stations in as many states and provinces as possible. This is a great DX contest for stations in the US to call CQ and be able to run DX stations even with modest stations. Your editor will be on 20 meters at W3LPL and looks forward to working each of you. Here are just some of the stations that are expected to be active: Prefix Call QSL Prefix Call QSL ------ ------------- ------------- ------ ---- ------ 3A 3A/DJ7RJ DJ7RJ KP4 WP3X W3FG 3D2 3D2ME 7N1RTO/JG2EBN OH0 OH0W OH2IW 4S 4S7BRG HB9BRM P4 P40W N2MM 5A 5A21PA ON4APS P4 P40V 8Q 8Q7BE & 8Q7BV DL8NBE HB9DIF PJ2 PJ9JT W1AX 9M6 9M6BG VR98BG PJ7 PJ8A W9NIP 9N 9N1UD K4VUD PJ9 PJ9G A3 A35KT A35TN OKDXF OK1TN TI TI7/N4MO N4MO C6A C6A/KC0ZC TR TR8CR F6AJA C6A AA6EW/C6A AA6EW TT TT8JE F6FNU CO T48RAC VE2ESE V2 V26DX KU9C EA8 EA8/GM4XQJ/P GM4XQJ V2 V26B WT3Q FM W3CF V2 W9RM

FS FS5PL by EA3NY V4 V47KP K2SB FT5W FT5WG F6APU VK VI3GP VK3ER FT5X FT5XN F6PEN VP5 VP5NC AA4NC HK0/S HK0/KB5GL AC7DX VP8/SH LU1ZC LU6EF HP HP1XBI F6AJA VP9 VP9IB N2KJM HR HR6/W4OVU W4OVU VP9 VP9ID by K1EFI J3 J37K VR2 VR2/OH2YY OH2YY J7 J7/W2KKZ W2KKZ XE 6D2X JD1/O JF1LGD/JD1 XE XE1MX JX JX3EX LA3EX XE XE2EBE AA6DP JX JX7DFA LA7DFA XT XT2DM KG4 KG4GC W4WX XV XV7SV SM0ORV KH3 KK5ZX/KH3 K3SX YS HU1X YT1AD KH6 NH7A N2AU YS HU4X Z32AU KH6 JG1OUT ZF ZF2AH W6VNR KH9 N2OO/KH9 WA4YBV ZF ZF2JB by KK9A KP2 WP2Z KU9C ZP ZP0Z KP4 KP3P by K7BV _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The effective sunspot number for Wednesday, 3/4/98, was 43.4 The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for Thursday, 3/5/98, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 5-Mar-1998 21 97 6 1 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 5-Mar-1998 18 102 6 1 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 5-Mar-1998 15 102 6 1 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 5-Mar-1998 12 102 6 3 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 5-Mar-1998 09 102 6 3 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 5-Mar-1998 06 102 6 1 LOW/QUIET;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 5-Mar-1998 03 102 6 2 LOW/QUIET;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 5-Mar-1998 00 102 6 2 LOW/QUIET;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED The forecast for Friday, 3/6/98: solar flux 96, A index 8, K index 2. Friday should be High Normal. The forecast for Saturday, 3/7/98: solar flux 94, A index 10, K index 2. Saturday should be High Normal. The forecast for Sunday, 3/8/98: solar flux 92, A index 5, K index 2. Sunday should be Above Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ All of the following QSL information has taken directly from the QSL cards which were recently received from the stations listed below: 3XA8DX via DJ6SI 5B4/EU1AA Valentin Benzar, P. O. Box 41, Minsk 220050, BELARUS 5B4/EW2AA Alex Savushkin, P. O. Box 72, Minsk 220050, BELARUS 5B4/T97M via K2PF 9H1ZX Frank Pleven, St. Joseph Flat/2, Mriehel Str., B'Kara, MALTA BG7BF Ro, 249 Yanfeng Road, Hengyang, Hunan 421001, CHINA CU2X via DL3LAB

DS1GWU Park Jeong-Jea, Mok-Dong APT 1421-1904, Sin Jeong-Dong, Yangchun-Gu, Seoul 158-774, KOREA DS1GWV Park Sang-Young, Mok-Dong APT 1421-1904, Sin Jeong-Dong, Yangchun-Gu, Seoul 158-774, KOREA DS2BSK Jung Hyun Cho, Sujung Apt. 2-104, 651-14, Ganung-1Dong, Uijongbu-City, Kyunggi-do 480-101, KOREA DS5SPN Jeong Byeong Tae, 995, Cheon Po-Ri, Geon Cheon-Eup, Kyeong-ju City, Kyeong Buk 788-900, KOREA DS5UKL Kim Mi Nam, 995, Cheon Po-Ri, Geon Cheon-Eup, Kyeong-ju City, Kyeong Buk 788-900, KOREA DS5VGA Choi Byung-Seok, P. O. Box 36, Kyeongju 780-600, KOREA DS5WHM Jeon Soon-Young, P. O. Box 36, Kyeongju 780-600, KOREA DS5YMF Chois Yei-Hyun, P. O. Box 36, Kyeongju 780-600, KOREA DU1/KH0BZ via WH0AAV DU1WHO via WH0AAV FW5XX via ON4QM HH2LQ via NN6C HR2JGG Jorge Giacoman, Apartado Postal 351, El Progreso, Yoro 23201, HONDURAS HZ1RT via IK7JTF J39CY Frank Noel, P. O. Box 578, St. Georges, GRENADA J6/PA3BBP via PA3ERC J6/PA3EWP via PA3ERC N3WCN/HH2 via N1XVU P29AS via K6VNX P40XM via DL3XM S91FC via CT1EAT S92FC via CT1EAT S97A via CT1EAT SV2TSL Radio Amateur Union of Northern Greece, P. O. Box 10483, GR-541 10 Thessaloniki, GREECE SX2T via SV2TSL SX2THE via SV2TSL TA3ZK via DL4VBP TT37Y via F6FNU TT8KM via F6FNU TU3F via F6AXP TZ6HP via JA1OEM V26OC via N3OC V31NX via N6FH VK9EKY Frank Z. Murdzia, 3-8-41 Shijimizuka, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka 432-8018, JAPAN VP2EXM via DL3XM VQ9AI via WB0BNR VU2LB Lalit S. Diwakar, "Gurugovind" Opp. Merubaug, Gogha Road, Bhavnagar 364 001, INDIA W3PID/DU9 John Griffing, Hubangon-Mahinog, 9101 Camiguin Province, PHILIPPINES XE2MX via K6VNX YN4/WK6O via KB5IPQ Z350GBC via NN6C _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: JA1ADN, K3ZO, K8XP/KH9, KC3AJ, KH6BZF REPORTS, KH7U, N3OSH, NOAA, _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________

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. ====================== *** The Daily DX *** ====================== Volume 2 Number 45 March 9, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ Headlines _____________________________________________________________________ Sigi, DJ4IJ, is now operating from the northern part of Gabon as TR8SS. He is working there and will be on the air during his evenings. He will be QRV on CW and SSB on 10 through 40 meters. He expects to be there for about 10 days and will then go to Benin and expects to be on 10 through 80 meters as TY1IJ. If all goes well he should be there from 16 to 18 March. Last week he was in Sri Lanka and was active as 4S7IJG. He reports there were some troubles in Columbia and he got out just in time. Around Easter he and Conny, DL1DA, will join forces to be QRV from Belize. More information is expected soon. QSL cards for TR8SS and TY1IJ via DK8ZD. Andy, 9X0A/RW3AH, reports he will be in Burundi as 9U5/9X0A every Tuesday starting after 05:00Z. Look for him until the beginning of April. He will only be active on 20 meters SSB as he will be using a mobile QRP unit. Try 14195 and 14292. Members of the local USKA Amateur Radio Club Rheintal Fred, HB9DAX, Silvio, HB9LCW and Fred, HB9AAQ, were active this weekend from the Principality of Liechtenstein as HB0GR. They were active on 15 through 40 meters. QSL via Fred, HB9AAQ, P.O. Box 166, CH-9469 Haag, Switzerland. Jon, 3DA0CA, will be active in South Africa as ZS5UZ until about 11 March. Next look for him to be on the air in Botswana as A2/ZS5UZ. He will be on 40 meters and above. QSL via W4DR. Arthur, VP2VA, reports the operators for this coming weekends VP2VI/50 "Gon Waki II" re-enactment DXpedition will include the following: W0DX/VP2VI, W0NB, KP2A, K5HK, VP2VA and WP2X. QSL via AB1U. The following is a band break down for the recent XW30 and XW30A DXpedition to Laos. Band SSB CW RTTY FM Total 160 1 745 0 0 746 80 181 1319 0 0 1500 40 904 3169 0 0 4073 30 0 1865 0 0 1865 20 1854 2216 641 0 4711 17 611 1509 0 0 2120 15 2357 1287 261 0 3905 12 264 514 0 0 778 10 259 183 0 39 481 Total 6431 12807 902 39 20179

All of the logs for this operation have been entered into the computer. John, SM0DJZ, and Erik, SM0AGD, have started to print the labels while they await the QSL cards from the printer. If you missed the ARRL SSB DX Contest here are just some of the stations who were active this past weekend: 3A/DJ7RJ, 4L1DX, 5N7YZC, 5T5SN, 5W1PC, 5X1T, 7P8HH, 7Q7DX, 9G1BJ, 9M6BG, 9N1UD, 9Q5TR, 9V1YC, 9X0A, A22EW, A35RK, A92GD, BD4IE, BV5GQ, C21RK, C31LJ, E21CJN, E22AA, EK4JJ, FT5WG, HS0/JR3XMG, HS0ZAA, HS1GUW, J45T, JT1BG, JT1CC, JT1CJ, JT1M, JX7DFA, K8XP/KH9, KH0CG, OH0W, T32O, TR8JCV, TT8JWM, TU2BB, TU2TE, V51SG, V73UX, VP8CXV, VP8ON, VQ9RU, VR2WO, VR6TY, XT2OW, XUF2B, ZD8Z, ZL7DK. _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ A92GE - BAHRAIN - David was working East Coast US and European stations on RTTY on 21089 at 13:00Z on Friday. See below for QSL info. 5A21PA - LIBYA - The Belgians finished up their operation on Friday. QSL via ON4APS. 5W - SAMOA - The OK boys did not go to Tonga as was expected but instead started their Samoa island DXpedition almost a week early. Look for them to be active this week as 5W0SZ and 5W0VV on 10 through 80 meters. QSL via OKDXF. FT5XN - KERGUELEN ISLAND - Helios has sometimes been found on 10124 between 02:00 and 03:00Z. Also check 7024 around 02:00Z. JA's found him on 18131 around 09:30Z on Sunday. JT1BG - MONGOLIA - JA's report Bator was active on Friday on 3798 at 22:00Z. WA4FFW/NH1 - HOWLAND ISLAND - Those looking for this one on 160 meters should check 1824 and 1827 after 09:30Z. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq GMT IOTA Call Freq GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- No reports today due to the contest. Jim, G3RTE, and Phil, G3SWH, will be active as F/G3RTE/P and F/G3SWH/P from Ile de Sein (IOTA EU-068) from 27 to 30 March. Look for Jim on SSB and Phil on CW as they will be on 10 through 80 meters. QSL both via G3SWH, 21 Dickensons Grove, Congresbury, Bristol, BS49 5HQ, U.K. or via the RSGB bureau. IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________

Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- ----------- 9-Mar 9-Mar 9M6 9M6BG 2-37 2-35 9-Mar 9-Mar FS FS5PL by EA3NY 2-32 9-Mar 9-Mar XT XT2DM 2-1 9-Mar 10-Mar HR HR6/W4OVU & HR6/WD4JNS (NA-057) 2-29 9-Mar 10-Mar KH6 JG1OUT 3-40 9-Mar 10-Mar VP5 VP5NC 2-16 9-Mar 10-Mar ZF ZF2MR 2-43 9-Mar 11-Mar 3D2 3D2ME 3-40 9-Mar 11-Mar 5H 5H3/G0IXC 2-43 9-Mar 11-Mar 8Q 8Q7BE & 8Q7BV (AS-013) 2-14 9-Mar 11-Mar KH9 K8XP N2OO N6MZ N2WB (OC-053) 2-38 2-35 9-Mar 12-Mar 3A 3A/DJ7RJ 2-14 9-Mar 12-Mar CT3 CT3BX 2-43 9-Mar 12-Mar KH1 KH1/N4BQW (OC-089) 2-12 9-Mar 12-Mar TR TR8CR 2-1 9-Mar 13-Mar ZS ZS26BI (AF-NEW) 2-43 2-25 9-Mar 14-Mar C6A AA6EW/C6A (NA-080) 2-26 9-Mar 15-Mar P4 P40V P49V P40K P4/I2UIY (SA-036) 2-17 9-Mar 15-Mar VP8/SH LU1ZC (AN-010) 155 9-Mar 18-Mar FT5W FT5WG (AF-008) 2-1 9-Mar 26-Mar W K2ZR (NA-062) 2-27 9-Mar 29-Mar EA8 EA8/GM4XQJ/P (AF-004) 9-Mar 31-Mar HP HP1XBI 2-30 9-Mar 31-Mar JA 8J0WGP/0 2-42 9-Mar 31-Mar JD1/O JF1LGD/JD1 2-42 9-Mar 31-Mar PJ2 PJ9JT (SA-006) 167 9-Mar 10-Apr JX JX3EX (EU-022) 177 135 9-Mar 10-Apr KH3 KK5ZX/KH3 2-30 9-Mar 15-Apr ZL7 K8VIR/ZL7 (OC-038) 2-3 9-Mar 6-May TT TT8JE 2-10 186 185 10-Mar 17-Mar 9H 9H3ZV 2-28 10-Mar 17-Mar KH6 W0YR/KH6 2-29 11-Mar 20-Mar V2 V27X/GM0GAV 2-43 11-Mar 29-Mar 5H 5H1/G0IXC (AF-032) 2-43 13-Mar 16-Mar 8P 8P9IF 2-34 13-Mar 20-Mar ZF ZF1RD or ZF/G4RWD 2-30 13-Mar 20-Mar ZC6MPT 2-43 2-30 14-Mar 15-Mar VP2V VP2VI/50 2-37 14-Mar 15-Mar RSGB Commonwealth Contest CW 14-Mar 17-Mar JD1/O 5 JA's/JD1 2-34 14-Mar 18-Mar 3A 3A/I1YRL 2-43 14-Mar 23-Mar 5W 5W0SZ 5W0VV 2-27 192 14-Mar 28-Mar FS FJ/K1YJK 2-42 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The effective sunspot number for Saturday, 3/7/98, was 37.0 The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for Sunday, 3/8/98, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 8-Mar-1998 21 91 0 0 VERY LOW/QUIET;VERY LOW/QUIET 8-Mar-1998 18 92 3 1 VERY LOW/QUIET;VERY LOW/QUIET

8-Mar-1998 15 92 3 1 VERY LOW/QUIET;VERY LOW/QUIET 8-Mar-1998 12 92 3 0 VERY LOW/QUIET;VERY LOW/QUIET 8-Mar-1998 09 92 3 0 VERY LOW/QUIET;VERY LOW/QUIET 8-Mar-1998 06 92 3 0 VERY LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;VERY LOW/QUIET 8-Mar-1998 03 92 3 0 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;VERY LOW/QUIET 8-Mar-1998 00 92 3 0 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;VERY LOW/QUIET The forecast for Monday, 3/9/98: solar flux 94, A index 8, K index 2. Monday should be High Normal. The forecast for Tuesday, 3/10/98: solar flux 96, A index 12, K index 3. Tuesday should be High Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 4KA9C 4K9C HS0/JR3XMG JG3AVS P40W N2MM 5R8EE FR5EL HS1RU JG3AVS R0DAT UA3DAT 5W0SZ OKDXF J3/N9NS N9NS TI7/N4MO N4MO 5W0VV OKDXF J45RDS SV5AZP TR8SS DK8ZD 8Q7BE DL8NBE J45T SV5EFB V26E AB2E 8Q7BV HB9DIF J45T SV5TH V31DL WI9H A35RK W7TSQ J73KKZ W2KKZ VI3GP VK3ER A92GD K1SE JX7DFA LA7DFA VK1FF WB2FFY CT98EDA CT1EDA K4AU/WH1 K4AU VK8DX N3AHA CT98FIJ CT1FIJ K8XP/KH9 K8XP WA4FFW/NH1 WA4FFW DU3NXE W4NXE KG4OX W4OX WP3X W3FG E21CJN W3PP KG4WW KX4WW XT2OW F5RLE HR6/WD4JNS WD4JNS KH8/N5OLS N5JA ZD7HI WA2JUN A92GE - David, P.O. Box 1976; Manama, BAHRAIN FR5EL - Michel Hoarau, P.O. Box 87, F-97832 Tampon, Reunion Island, FRANCE K1SE - Bill, P.O. Box 685, Manassas Park, VA 20113-0685 QSL cards recently received: 3A2MD, 5B4AGC, HF0POL, JT1FBB, JY9QJ, PJ2MI, S92AF, TF3GC, VK9LX, _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 3DA0CA, 9X0A, G3SWH, HB9AAQ, JA0DAI, KC3AJ, KD4IFV, KH6BZF REPORTS, N3OSH, N4PQX, N7OJ, NOAA, TR8SS, VP2VA, WB4KTC, WU5X, ZS6EZ _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United States. _______________________________________________________________ / \ | THE DAILY DX is published Monday through Friday by Bernie | | McClenny, W3UR, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, MD 21738 USA. | | This e-mail message and its contents are copyrighted and are | | proprietary products of THE DAILY DX. Any unauthorized use, |

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. ====================== *** The Daily DX *** ====================== Volume 2 Number 46 March 10, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ Headlines _____________________________________________________________________ Claus, ST1AP (ex XT2AP, 9N1AP), will be QRV from Southern Sudan as ST0AP from April to September. He will be there on a humanitarian mission and should be on the air from time to time. He will only be active on SSB. Keep an ear out on the MAR (German) net that meets daily on 14332 at 07:45Z. QSL via DJ6SI. The Dateline DX Associations DXpedition to Wake island has netted over 20,000 QSOs as of Sunday. The weather has been very hot and humid and is having its toll on the operators. Despite this they have had great success. Each day for 3 to 4 hours they have had good openings into Europe on 20 meters. On the low bands there have been good conditions to the US on both 80 and 160 meters. Unfortunately conditions to Europe have not happened at all on topband and they have only had good success with eastern Europe on 80 meters but no western Europe. The operators have had to shut down during meals as they must all eat at the same time about 4 miles away from the operating QTH. The team will start taking down equipment today and will leave the island around 23:00Z on 12 March. As a reminder the Dateline DX Association has a very nice homepage with lots of photos from the Wake Island DXpedition at http://www.goldtel.net/ddxa/ A group of German amateur radio operators will be active from the Aland Islands from 23 to 31 March. Plans are to have two stations operating on 10 through 160 meters. Operators include DK6QW, DL3QQ, DF8QJ, DG1YHV and DL6YFB. Look for them to use OH0/homecall/P. QSL to home calls via DARC bureau. Mario, TT8AM, was scheduled to leave Chad over the weekend. He will move to Nigeria where he plans to get a 5N license. The December 1998 DXpedition to Amsterdam Island (see Vol. 2 No. 42, 33 & 29) by the Lyon DX Gang has announced the travel schedule below. They also announced that the QSL manager for the FT5ZH operation will be F6KDF. November 10: Departure from REUNION Island on the Marion Dufresne November 15: Arrival on CROZET Island November 16: Departure from CROZET Island November 20: Arrival on KERGUELEN Island November 22: Departure from KERGUELEN Island November 25: Arrival on AMSTERDAM Island November 27: FT5ZH operation to begin December 23: FT5ZH operation to end The Midway-Kure DX Foundation/South Sandwich Island DX Group DXpedition to Howland Island (WA4FFW/NH1 & K4AU/WH1) had to leave the

island early due to high seas. In order to make it back to Johnston Island the Captain of the SS Midway decided to return one day early. _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 5W - SAMOA - The OKDXF boys were unable to obtain visas in Tonga so they headed to their next stop earlier than was originally expected. They have been on all bands except 160 meters, sometimes having two stations on at the same time. 5W0SZ and 5W0VV will be active from this island until 24 March and may take a side trip to American Samoa. From there they will travel to Fiji and operate until 1 April. They will not be able to make it to Rotuma. QSL via OKDXF. 9M6BG - EAST MALAYSIA - Brett is still active from Kota Kinabalu. Try 18069, 10104 and 24900. QSL via VS6BG. FT5WG - CROZET ISLAND - Jean-Paul was once again active on 14278 from about 13:30 to 14:30Z. He is scheduled to leave the island next week. If you still need this one keep an ear on 14278 from 13:00 to 19:00Z. QSL via F6APU. FT5XN - KERGUELEN ISLAND - Helios showed up today on 10124 just after 03:30Z. A few East Coast US and South Americans were there waiting for him. Once he was spotted on the cluster the pileup grew. Keep your rig on 10124 between 02:30 and 05:00 and also around 19:00Z. QSL via F6PEN. J3/N9NS - GRENADA - JA's report working this station on 21290 around 23:00Z. QSL via N9NS. TJ1GD - CAMEROON - This station was found first on RTTY on 14087 just after 21:00Z and stayed until about 23:00Z. Then just before 23:30 he was up on 21100 on RTTY. QSL via SP9CLQ. KH1 - HOWLAND ISLAND - K4AU/WH1 and WA4FFW/NH1 went QRT after 10:30Z yesterday. QSL via home calls. TT8JE - Chad - Eric has got a new R-7000 and 4 element 6 meter beam. Look for him around 24900 at 09:30Z. QSL via F6FNU. XUF2B - CAMBODIA - Harv was found on 14030 around 12:30Z. Later JA's report he was on 10108 just before 14:00Z. QSL via N4JR. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq GMT IOTA Call Freq GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AF-079 ZS26BI 14260 2240 EU-001 SV5DZG 24959 1534

AS-008 7K3EOP 14292 0130 EU-004 EA6AEI 24972 1559 AS-018 RA0FF 14258 1132 OC-053 N2OO/KH9 3798 1229 AS-018 UA0FZ 18081 0033 The Bird Island IOTA DXpedition by ZS26BI has been assigned IOTA reference AF-079. The 1998 IOTA Convention for this year will be held in Las Palmas, Canary Islands from 1 to 3 May. For more information about this event see their home page at http://www.ure.es/iota/iota98.html IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- ----------- 10-Mar 12-Mar 3A 3A/DJ7RJ 2-14 10-Mar 11-Mar 3D2 3D2ME 3-40 10-Mar 3-Jun 4S 4S7BRG 2-31 10-Mar 11-Mar 5H 5H3/G0IXC 2-43 10-Mar 23-Mar 5W 5W0SZ 5W0VV 2-27 192 10-Mar 11-Mar 8Q 8Q7BE & 8Q7BV (AS-013) 2-14 10-Mar 17-Mar 9H 9H3ZV 2-28 10-Mar 10-Mar 9U 9U5/9X0A 2-45 10-Mar 14-Mar C6A AA6EW/C6A (NA-080) 2-26 10-Mar 12-Mar CT3 CT3BX 2-43 10-Mar 29-Mar EA8 EA8/GM4XQJ/P (AF-004) 10-Mar 18-Mar FT5W FT5WG (AF-008) 2-1 10-Mar 1-Jun FT5X FT5XN (AF-048) 179 10-Mar 31-Mar HP HP1XBI 2-30 10-Mar 10-Mar HR HR6/W4OVU & HR6/WD4JNS (NA-057) 2-29 10-Mar 31-Mar JA 8J0WGP/0 2-42 10-Mar 31-Mar JD1/O JF1LGD/JD1 2-42 10-Mar 10-Apr JX JX3EX (EU-022) 177 135 10-Mar 31-Oct JX JX7DFA (EU-022) 2-20 10-Mar 10-Apr KH3 KK5ZX/KH3 2-30 10-Mar 10-Mar KH6 JG1OUT 3-40 10-Mar 17-Mar KH6 W0YR/KH6 2-29 10-Mar 11-Mar KH9 K8XP N2OO N6MZ N2WB (OC-053) 2-38 2-35 2-33 10-Mar 15-Mar P4 P40V P49V P40K P4/I2UIY (SA-036) 2-17 10-Mar 31-Mar PJ2 PJ9JT (SA-006) 167 10-Mar 12-Mar TR TR8CR 2-1 10-Mar 16-Mar TR TR8SS 2-45 10-Mar 6-May TT TT8JE 2-10 186 185 10-Mar 10-Mar VP5 VP5NC 2-16 10-Mar 15-Mar VP8/SH LU1ZC (AN-010) 155 10-Mar 26-Mar W K2ZR (NA-062) 2-27 10-Mar 1-Jun XV XV7SV 2-31 10-Mar 10-Mar ZF ZF2MR 2-43 10-Mar 15-Apr ZL7 K8VIR/ZL7 (OC-038) 2-3 10-Mar 13-Mar ZS ZS26BI (AF-NEW) 2-43 2-25 10-Mar 11-Mar ZS ZS5UZ 2-45 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The effective sunspot number for Sunday, 3/8/98, was

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for Monday, 3/9/98, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 9-Mar-1998 21 90 3 0 LOW/QUIET;VERY LOW-LOW/QUIET 9-Mar-1998 18 91 1 0 LOW/QUIET;VERY LOW-LOW/QUIET 9-Mar-1998 15 91 1 1 LOW/QUIET;VERY LOW-LOW/QUIET 9-Mar-1998 12 91 1 2 LOW/QUIET;VERY LOW-LOW/QUIET 9-Mar-1998 09 91 1 2 LOW/QUIET;VERY LOW-LOW/QUIET 9-Mar-1998 06 91 1 1 LOW/QUIET;VERY LOW-LOW/QUIET 9-Mar-1998 03 91 1 1 LOW/QUIET;VERY LOW-LOW/QUIET 9-Mar-1998 00 91 1 1 LOW/QUIET;VERY LOW-LOW/QUIET The forecast for Tuesday, 3/10/98: solar flux 94, A index 10, K index 2. Tuesday should be High Normal. The forecast for Wednesday, 3/11/98: solar flux 96, A index 10, K index 2. Wednesday should be High Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 9J2BO W6ORD J3/W8KKF W8KKF TJ1GD SP9CLQ CQ98BM CT3BM KC4AAA NC6J V26U W2UDT D2AI CT1EGH KG4OX W4OX VQ9ZZ NS1L D2BB W3HNK RA0FF N6FF ZS26BI ZS1FJ J3/N9NS N9NS RM6A RW6AWT In yesterdays issue it was reported that the QSL manager for K8XP/KH9 was K8XP. The correct manager is WA4YBV. CT1EGH - Antonio Alberto Lopes Pereira, Rua Guerra Junqueiro, 25 A Vale de Milhacos, 2855 Corroios, PORTUGAL QSL cards recently received: 9G5SW, FM5WE, ZF1A, ZK1DI _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 425 DX News, CT1EEB, DL3KDV, DL4YAO, F5NOD, F6FNU, K3KY, K8XP, KC3AJ, KH6BZF REPORTS, KH7U, N1DG, N3OSH, NOAA, OM3JW, W2GI _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United States. _______________________________________________________________ / \ | THE DAILY DX is published Monday through Friday by Bernie | | McClenny, W3UR, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, MD 21738 USA. | | This e-mail message and its contents are copyrighted and are | | proprietary products of THE DAILY DX. Any unauthorized use, |

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. ====================== *** The Daily DX *** ====================== Volume 2 Number 47 March 11, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ Headlines _____________________________________________________________________ Paul Veal, N0AH (ex AB0BX), will be active from Lord Howe Island from 25 to 30 April. He'll be staying at the Ebbtide Flats where previous DXpeditions have taken place. His VK9LZ license arrived in the mail yesterday. Look for him to be active on 40 through 10 meters with an emphasis on 30, 17 and 12 meters. He will split his time on SSB and CW as he uses a barefoot Yeasu FT-900 and an R-7000 antenna. Due to baggage weight limitations from Sydney to Lord Howe Island the equipment will be shipped. Contributions will be welcomed to help offset the extra shipping charges. QSL via N0AH. Mako, JD1BIY, is currently operating from Minami Torishima and is active on 6 through 160 meters on CW and SSB. He goes to this Japanese island several times a year for 3 to 4 weeks. He plans to be on 160 meters this Sunday (15 March) between 10:00 and 11:00Z. In order to do so he has to add wire to his existing 80 meter dipole which take his antenna across a road. Listen for him between 1907.5 and 1912.5 as he will be listening down. HB9LEY will be active from Liechtenstein as HB0/HB9LEY on 14 and 15 March. Look for him to be operating on 10 through 40 meters on CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL via JH1BSE. Japanese operators JG3RPL/N1BJ, JI3ERV/NH2C, JK3GAD/AL7NC and JH7QXJ will operate together in the CQ WPX SSB Contest as AH2R from the island of Guam. They will put in a multi-single effort. QSL via JI3ERV. Robin, DU9RG, will be active in the CQ WPX SSB Contest as 4H9RG. _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 3B8CF - MAURITIUS - Look for Jacky daily on 30 meters around 03:00Z. Usually near 10108. QSL to callbook address. 4KA9C - AZERBAIJAN - Was working JA's and West Coast US stations on 7004 at 13:40Z. CE9EP - ANTARCTICA - Likes 21008 at 13:00Z and 14008 at 02:00Z. EM1HO - ANTARCTICA - Paul showed up yesterday on 10 meters (28490/28496/28499) between 15:00 and 22:30 working all across the US. QSL via I2PJA.

FT5WG - CROZET ISLAND - JA's report working Jean-Paul on 14280 at 14:00Z. He is scheduled to leave next week. QSL via F6PEN. FT5XN - KERGUELEN ISLAND - JA's also reported that Helios was active yesterday on 21310 around 13:30Z. QSL via F6APU. KG6SL - SAIPAN - Zorro, JH1AJT, was active yesterday on 10, 12 and 15 meters SSB. KH9 - WAKE ISLAND - The Dateline DX Association finished up this DXpedition yesterday around 21:30Z. Don't forget they have a log search on their home page at http://www.goldtel.net/ddxa/ QSL cards for K8XP/KH9, N2OO/KH9, N2WB/KH9 and N6MZ/KH9 all go via WA4YBV. VK6 - AUSTRALIA - Robin, VK6LK and Mike, VK6HD, were both coming in longpath to the East Coast of the US around 22:30Z on 80 meters. Mike on CW and Robin on SSB. VP8CTR - ANTARCTICA - Roman also took advantage of the 10 meter conditions yesterday between 20:00 and 20:30Z on 28455. QSL via DL5EBE. VR2KF - HONG KONG - Kazu worked some South American stations on 28350 at 11:30Z. XU2A - CAMBODIA - Hiroo was on today on 20 and 40 meters CW. Length of stay is unknown. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq GMT IOTA Call Freq GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AS-008 7K3EOP/1 21323 0033 NA-015 KG4OX 3505 0246 SA-008 CE8ABF 28460 2331 OC-053 N2OO/KH9 21295 2131 NA-062 K2ZR 7026 0657 AF-079 ZS26BI 14260 2144 John, KS4SO, plans to operate from Coco Cay (IOTA NA-054) in the Bahamas on 24 August. He will use a Kenwood TS-830S and an Outbacker antenna. Look for him mostly on CW. Pedro, HK3JJH, will be active as HK3JJH/1 from Rosario Island (IOTA SA-040) Starting on 16 March for 2 to 3 days. Keep a close lookout for him on the IOTA frequencies. QSL via HK3JJH. IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________

From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- ----------- 11-Mar 11-Mar 3D2 3D2ME 3-40 11-Mar 11-Mar 5H 5H3/G0IXC 2-43 11-Mar 11-Mar 8Q 8Q7BE & 8Q7BV (AS-013) 2-14 11-Mar 11-Mar KH9 K8XP N2OO N6MZ N2WB (OC-053) 2-38 2-35 2-33 11-Mar 11-Mar ZS ZS5UZ 2-45 11-Mar 12-Mar 3A 3A/DJ7RJ 2-14 11-Mar 12-Mar CT3 CT3BX 2-43 11-Mar 12-Mar TR TR8CR 2-1 11-Mar 13-Mar ZS ZS26BI (AF-NEW) 2-43 2-25 11-Mar 14-Mar C6A AA6EW/C6A (NA-080) 2-26 11-Mar 15-Mar VP8/SH LU1ZC (AN-010) 155 11-Mar 15-Mar P4 P40V P49V P40K P4/I2UIY (SA-036) 2-17 11-Mar 16-Mar TR TR8SS 2-45 11-Mar 17-Mar 9H 9H3ZV 2-28 11-Mar 17-Mar KH6 W0YR/KH6 2-29 11-Mar 18-Mar FT5W FT5WG (AF-008) 2-1 11-Mar 20-Mar A2 A2/ZS5UZ 2-45 11-Mar 20-Mar V2 V27X/GM0GAV 2-43 11-Mar 23-Mar 5W 5W0SZ 5W0VV 2-27 192 11-Mar 26-Mar W K2ZR (NA-062) 2-27 11-Mar 29-Mar 5H 5H1/G0IXC (AF-032) 2-43 11-Mar 29-Mar EA8 EA8/GM4XQJ/P (AF-004) 11-Mar 31-Mar JA 8J0WGP/0 2-42 11-Mar 31-Mar HP HP1XBI 2-30 11-Mar 31-Mar JD1/O JF1LGD/JD1 2-42 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The effective sunspot number for Monday, 3/9/98, was 36.0 The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for Tuesday, 3/10/98, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 10-Mar-1998 21 96 33 5 VY LOW/QT-MAJ STRM;VY LOW-LOW/ACT-MNR STM 10-Mar-1998 18 90 2 5 VY LOW/QT-MAJ STRM;VY LOW-LOW/UNSET-ACTIV 10-Mar-1998 15 90 2 5 VY LOW/QT-MAJ STRM;VY LOW-LOW/UNSET-ACTIV 10-Mar-1998 12 90 2 6 LOW/QT-MAJ STRM;VY LOW-LOW/QUIET-UNSET 10-Mar-1998 09 90 2 3 LOW/QT-UNSET;VY LOW-LOW/QUIET-UNSET 10-Mar-1998 06 90 2 2 LOW/QT;VERY LOW-LOW/QUIET 10-Mar-1998 03 90 2 1 LOW/QT;VERY LOW-LOW/QUIET 10-Mar-1998 00 90 2 0 LOW/QT;VERY LOW-LOW/QUIET The forecast for Wednesday, 3/11/98: solar flux 94, A index 10, K index 2. Wednesday should be High Normal. The forecast for Thursday, 3/12/98: solar flux 96, A index 8, K index 2. Thursday should be High Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 3D2ME 7N1RTO 9U5/9X0A DL5WM PJ9/K2NG WA2NHA 4S7BRG HB9BRM AA6EW/C6A AA6EW VP5/K4MA K4MA 5H1/G0IXC G0IXC EM1HO I2PJA VP5NC AA4NC

9H3ZV G4ZVJ KG6SL JH1AJT VR6YL K6RPF Don, N1DG, reports he has not received any logs from Abdullah, A61AQ. Don has spoken to him about once a week and Abdullah keeps saying next week. Hamid Reza Rahimi, EP3HR, reports that QSL cards for him may go to either his QSL manager I2MQP or direct to him at P.O. Box 71555-158, Shiraz, IRAN. Also he has quite active recently on 17 meters. QSL cards recently received: 3B8/F6HMJ, 3W5KVR, 3W5MNB, 8Q7AJ, OX3SA _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 425 DX News, ARRL, EA1FFC, JA0DAI, JR7OMD, KC3AJ, KH6BZF REPORTS, KS4SO, N1DG, N3OSH, N4MXT, NOAA, OPDX _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United States. _______________________________________________________________ / \ | THE DAILY DX is published Monday through Friday by Bernie | | McClenny, W3UR, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, MD 21738 USA. | | This e-mail message and its contents are copyrighted and are | | proprietary products of THE DAILY DX. Any unauthorized use, | | reproduction, or transfer of the message or its content, in | | any medium, is strictly prohibited. For permission to quote, | | reprint or repost this e-mail send a request to THE DAILY DX | | include date, volume and issue number. Check out The Daily | | DX homepage http://www.wdn.com/thedailydx or for additional | | information you may phone The Daily DX at 301-854-5650 or fax | | at 301-854-5105. Remember to tell all your DX friends about | | The Daily DX. | \_______________________________________________________________/

. ====================== *** The Daily DX *** ====================== Volume 2 Number 48 March 12, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ Headlines _____________________________________________________________________ Those looking for Chad on 160 meters may just be in luck as two operators are currently planning to be on topband very soon. John, WB4MBU, plans to be active next week as TT8JFC. QSL via WB4MBU. Also Eric, TT8JE, should be putting up an antenna for 160 meters very soon. QSL direct to F6FNU. Don, KF4KRZ, has been QRV from Saba Island as PJ8DM since 24 February and will stay until late March. He has been active on 20 meters and will also be on 40 and 80 meters. QSL via KF4KRZ. Ali, A61AJ, reports his station will be very active from 21 March through 1 April on all bands on CW and SSB. Japanese and European stations should look for A61AJ to be on 160 meters around 20:00 to 21:00Z. A61AJ will be listening for JA's in the 1907.5 to 1912.5 window. While North Americans should check between 00:00 and 02:30Z. Listen on or near 1832. After 160 meters closes look on 80 meters SSB. Ali is just about to complete his new 3 element 80 meter beam and have it up 150 feet. After 80 meters check 40 meters CW/SSB. A serious effort will also take place on all bands during the CQ WPX SSB Contest. QSL via W3UR. Tony, IK1QBT, and Mauro, IK1CJO, will once again be active from Monaco in April. Exact dates are not known at this time however look for 3A/IK1QBT on CW and 3A/IK1CJO on RTTY. QSL via the bureau or direct to homecalls. The Council of Europe Amateur Radio Club will be active as TP4CW in the CQ WPX SSB Contest at the end of the month. This counts as France for DXCC. QSL via F6FQK. Satish, 9N1AA, is currently building a new home in Kathmandu, Nepal. and should be livable in the July to August time frame. He plans to put up a Force 12 tribander along with antennas on all bands including 160 meters. He can operate CW and has intentions to try 160 meters. _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 3C1GS - EQUATORIAL GUINEA - Europeans and JA's report that Ramon was on 3795 from 21:50 to 22:20Z. QSL via EA5BYP. TJ1GD - CAMEROON - Was once again on RTTY yesterday on 14092 from 21:50 to 2245Z. QSL via SP9CLQ.

V73GT - MARSHALL ISLANDS - Was active on 7015 between 11:00 and 12:00Z. Then he moved to 3511. VR6YL - PITCAIRN ISLAND - Betty showed up for her first time yesterday on 17 meters with a good signal. She was on between 00:00 and 01:00Z on 18115. She also has a new QSL manager - K6RPF. XU2A - CAMBODIA - Hiroo was active on 14014 from about 13:30 to 14:00Z. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq GMT IOTA Call Freq GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AF-079 ZS26BI 21260 1736 NA-033 HK0OEP 28484 1533 AN-006 EM1HO 28490 2057 OC-203 K8VIR/ZL4 14260 0822 AS-008 7K4EOP/1 14257 2355 SA-008 CE8ABF 14195 2104 Note that Ed, K8VIR, was on Stewart Island OC-203 yesterday. He was originally scheduled to be on Chatham Island. IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- ----------- 12-Mar 12-Mar 3A 3A/DJ7RJ 2-14 12-Mar 3-Jun 4S 4S7BRG 2-31 12-Mar 29-Mar 5H 5H1/G0IXC (AF-032) 2-43 12-Mar 23-Mar 5W 5W0SZ 5W0VV 2-27 192 12-Mar 17-Mar 9H 9H3ZV 2-28 12-Mar 20-Mar A2 A2/ZS5UZ 2-45 12-Mar 14-Mar C6A AA6EW/C6A (NA-080) 2-26 12-Mar 12-Mar CT3 CT3BX 2-43 12-Mar 29-Mar EA8 EA8/GM4XQJ/P (AF-004) 12-Mar 18-Mar FT5W FT5WG (AF-008) 2-1 12-Mar 1-Jun FT5X FT5XN (AF-048) 179 12-Mar 31-Mar HP HP1XBI 2-30 12-Mar 31-Mar JA 8J0WGP/0 2-42 12-Mar 31-Mar JD1/O JF1LGD/JD1 2-42 12-Mar 10-Apr JX JX3EX (EU-022) 177 135 12-Mar 31-Oct JX JX7DFA (EU-022) 2-20 12-Mar 10-Apr KH3 KK5ZX/KH3 2-30 12-Mar 17-Mar KH6 W0YR/KH6 2-29 12-Mar 15-Mar P4 P40V P49V P40K P4/I2UIY (SA-036) 2-17 12-Mar 31-Mar PJ2 PJ9JT (SA-006) 167 12-Mar 12-Mar TR TR8CR 2-1 12-Mar 16-Mar TR TR8SS 2-45 12-Mar 6-May TT TT8JE 2-10 186 185 12-Mar 20-Mar V2 V27X/GM0GAV 2-43 12-Mar 15-Mar VP8/SH LU1ZC (AN-010) 155 12-Mar 26-Mar W K2ZR (NA-062) 2-27

12-Mar 1-Jun XV XV7SV 2-31 12-Mar 15-Apr ZL7 K8VIR/ZL7 (OC-038) 2-3 12-Mar 13-Mar ZS ZS26BI (AF-NEW) 2-43 2-25 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The effective sunspot number for Tuesday, 3/10/98, was 35.9 The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for Wednesday, 3/11/98, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 11-Mar-1998 21 101 24 2 VY LOW/QT-MIN STRM;VY LOW/UNSETTLED 11-Mar-1998 18 96 33 3 VY LOW/QT-MIN STRM;VY LOW-LOW/ACT-MNR STM 11-Mar-1998 15 96 33 2 VY LOW/ACT-MIN STRM;VY LOW-LOW/ACT-MNR STM 11-Mar-1998 12 96 33 5 VY LOW/ACT-MIN STRM;VY LOW-LOW/ACT-MNR STM 11-Mar-1998 09 96 33 5 VY LOW/QT-MAJ STM;VY LOW-LOW/ACT-MNR STM 11-Mar-1998 06 96 33 4 VY LOW/QT-MAJ STM;VY LOW-LOW/ACT-MNR STM 11-Mar-1998 03 96 33 4 VY LOW/QT-MAJ STM;VY LOW-LOW/ACT-MNR STM 11-Mar-1998 00 96 33 4 VY LOW/QT-MAJ STM;VY LOW-LOW/ACT-MNR STM The forecast for Thursday, 3/12/98: solar flux 102, A index 10, K index 2. Thursday should be High Normal. The forecast for Friday, 3/13/98: solar flux 105, A index 5, K index 1. Friday should be Above Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 4J8DX 4K8DX CO7KR DL5DCA YI1ALW WB3CQN 7Q7KH WF5A SO2DBO DL5DBO ZF2AH W6VNR CL8VP HI3JH VP2EKS HB9KS TR8CR F6AJA CN/DJ8DL DJ8DL VR98LC VR2LC LU1ZC LU6EF QSL correction: In yesterdays issue we reversed the QSL managers for FT5WG and FT5XN. The QSL manager for FT5WG is F6APU and for FT5XN it is F6PEN. Thank you W5VHN. QSL cards recently received: JU2DX, RX1OX/FJL, XQ0YAF _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: A61AJ, DX News Sheet, IK1WVQ, K4VUD, K6UR, KC3AJ, KH6BZF REPORTS, N3OSH, N9NUP, NOAA, W5VHN, WN3VAW _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United States.

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. ====================== *** The Daily DX *** ====================== Volume 2 Number 49 March 13, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ Headlines _____________________________________________________________________ John Kanode, N4MM, reports that the ARRL DXAC and Awards committee have voted to delete Southern Sudan, ST0. Kanode said "This will be the last of the deleted countries. When the new DXCC-2000 rules go into effect on March 31, 1998, the deleted country concept goes away." So with this deletion there will be 58 deleted countries and 328 current ones. When asked about the deletion date Kanode said "The date mentioned was 1/1/95." The ARRL Membership Services Committee will be meeting on 28 March in Texas and will should be announcing the full details about this deletion. Omar, YK1AO, picked up his Gladiator TL160M Mark II top loaded vertical for 160 meters on 10 March. Jorma, OH2KI, will be active from Indonesia as YB9QV or YB9/OH2KI from 20 to 30 March. He will be mostly on CW. QSL via OH2KI. Al, KK5ZX, made it to Johnston Island as scheduled. He is currently awaiting approval to use the station. Remember this is not a DXpedition but rather a work assignment. Al hopes to be operational by mid month (any day). He has been very busy so far and has not had time to go check the station out. Al will give The Daily DX an update soon. The Kermadec DX Association announce the dates of their upcoming DXpedition to Campbell Island this week. The multi-national group plans to be active from this semi-rare counter from 9 to 25 January. Operators will be from New Zealand, Japan, USA, Canada and Ireland. They will be QRV on all bands on CW, SSB and RTTY. The Team leader Ken Holdum, ZL2HU, is still working on the financial support for this DXpedition. The estimated price of this DXpedition will be around US $65,000. Those wishing to help contribute may send donations to: Ken Holdum, ZL2HU P.O. Box 56099 Tawa, Wellington, New Zealand Elias, SV1DNW, will be active in the CQ WPX SSB Contest from Greece as J41TEN on 10 meters. QSL via SV1DNW. Dan, K8RF, announced yesterday he plans to operate the CQ WPX CW Contest from St Paul Island, CY9. More details to follow.

_____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 5R8FK - MADAGASCAR - Ray was working East Coast US stations yesterday on 10110 from 01:00 to 01:30Z. QSL via NY3N. 5R8FU - MADAGASCAR - Was found on 18072 just before 18:00Z. 8R1Z - GUYANA - JA's reported working Len on 21195 from 23:00 to 23:30Z. FH/DL1DA - MAYOTTE - Conny is still active from this Indian Ocean Island as he was working JA's and some Europeans on 28007 from 09:40 to 10:30Z. FH5CB - MAYOTTE - Elio was found working East Coast US stations on 28511 from 14:45 to 15:20Z. K4ERO/HC1 - ECUADOR - Long time resident John has been showing up the last 2 days on 160 meters between 00:30 and 01:30Z around 1824 on CW. KH7/W0YR - HAWAII - Mike has been creating some nice sized pileups from people who thought he was on Kure Island. VP8CXV - FALKLAND ISLAND - Chris was working Europeans, North and South Americans from 15:20 to 16:00Z on 28450. QSL via G0TQJ. ZC6MPT - PALESTINE - Showed up one day earlier than expected as he was on 18130 at 17:15Z. QSL via JA1UT. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq GMT IOTA Call Freq GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AF-016 FR5HA 14199 1622 EU-049 SV8CYV 21258 1338 AF-079 ZS26BI 14260 2031 OC-005 VK9NS 14222 0409 AS-042 R0DAT 14005 1305 OC-086 KH0I 21355 2358 Yuki, JI6KVR, will operate from Amakusa Archipelago (IOTA AS-012) on 21 and 22 March as JI6KVR/6. JA's should QSL via JJ6LXX all others via EA5KB. IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- -----------

13-Mar 3-Jun 4S 4S7BRG 2-31 13-Mar 29-Mar 5H 5H1/G0IXC (AF-032) 2-43 13-Mar 23-Mar 5W 5W0SZ 5W0VV 2-27 192 13-Mar 16-Mar 8P 8P9IF 2-34 13-Mar 17-Mar 9H 9H3ZV 2-28 13-Mar 20-Mar A2 A2/ZS5UZ 2-45 13-Mar 14-Mar C6A AA6EW/C6A (NA-080) 2-26 13-Mar 29-Mar EA8 EA8/GM4XQJ/P (AF-004) 13-Mar 18-Mar FT5W FT5WG (AF-008) 2-1 13-Mar 1-Jun FT5X FT5XN (AF-048) 179 13-Mar 31-Mar HP HP1XBI 2-30 13-Mar 31-Mar JA 8J0WGP/0 2-42 13-Mar 31-Mar JD1/O JF1LGD/JD1 2-42 13-Mar 10-Apr JX JX3EX (EU-022) 177 135 13-Mar 31-Oct JX JX7DFA (EU-022) 2-20 13-Mar 10-Apr KH3 KK5ZX/KH3 2-30 13-Mar 17-Mar KH6 W0YR/KH7 2-29 13-Mar 15-Mar P4 P40V P49V P40K P4/I2UIY (SA-036) 2-17 13-Mar 31-Mar PJ2 PJ9JT (SA-006) 167 13-Mar 16-Mar TR TR8SS 2-45 13-Mar 6-May TT TT8JE 2-10 186 185 13-Mar 20-Mar V2 V26XX 2-43 13-Mar 26-Mar W K2ZR (NA-062) 2-27 13-Mar 1-Jun XV XV7SV 2-31 13-Mar 20-Mar ZF ZF1RD or ZF/G4RWD 2-30 13-Mar 15-Apr ZL7 K8VIR/ZL7 (OC-038) 2-3 13-Mar 13-Mar ZS ZS26BI (AF-NEW) 2-43 2-25 13-Mar 20-Mar ZC6MPT 2-43 2-30 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The effective sunspot number for Wednesday, 3/11/98, was 38.0 The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for Thursday, 3/12/98, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 12-Mar-1998 18 101 25 2 LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;VY LOW-LOW/QUIET-UNSET 12-Mar-1998 15 101 25 2 LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;VY LOW-LOW/QUIET-UNSET 12-Mar-1998 12 101 25 3 LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;VY LOW-LOW/QUIET-UNSET 12-Mar-1998 09 101 25 3 LOW/QUIET-MNR STRM;VY LOW-LOW/QUIET-UNSET 12-Mar-1998 06 101 25 4 LOW/QUIET-MNR STRM;VY LOW-LOW/QUIET-UNSET 12-Mar-1998 03 101 25 3 LOW/QUIET-MNR STRM;VY LOW-LOW/QUIET-UNSET 12-Mar-1998 00 101 25 4 VY LOW/QUIET-MNR STRM;VY LOW-LOW/QUIET-UNSET The forecast for Friday, 3/13/98: solar flux 105, A index 5, K index 1. Friday should be Above Normal. The forecast for Saturday, 3/14/98: solar flux 110, A index 5, K index 1. Saturday should be Above Normal. The forecast for Sunday, 3/15/98: solar flux 102, A index 8, K index 3. Sunday should be High Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ -------

8J1RL JARL LU1ZC LU6EF V26XX GM0GAV 8J1RM JARL LU2CP/CX CX6FP VE0HSS K4MZU 9M2/OH3UU OH3UU LZ0A LZ1KDP VP8CTR DL5EBE FG5FC F6DZU LZ0L LZ1KCP VP8CXV G0TQJ KC4AAA NC6J R1ANF DL5EBE VU2JBK VU2DVC KC4AAC K4MZU R1ANL UA6AH VU2RAY VU2DVC KC4AAD K4MZU R1ANZ UW1ZC ZC6MPT JA1UT KC4AAF K4MZU FR5CC - Olivier Dijoux, 40 Route Gabriel Mace, F-97490 St.Clotilde, Ile de la Reunion, FRANCE QSL cards recently received: AP2JZB, PJ8/W8EB, TJ1GB, YN1RVR, YN4/WK6O _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: DX News Sheet, EI6FR, KB3AUG, KC3AJ, KD4IFV, KH6BZF REPORTS, K8RF, N3OSH, N4MM, NOAA, W1LRZ, W4ZV _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United States. _______________________________________________________________ / \ | THE DAILY DX is published Monday through Friday by Bernie | | McClenny, W3UR, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, MD 21738 USA. | | This e-mail message and its contents are copyrighted and are | | proprietary products of THE DAILY DX. Any unauthorized use, | | reproduction, or transfer of the message or its content, in | | any medium, is strictly prohibited. For permission to quote, | | reprint or repost this e-mail send a request to THE DAILY DX | | include date, volume and issue number. Check out The Daily | | DX homepage http://www.wdn.com/thedailydx or for additional | | information you may phone The Daily DX at 301-854-5650 or fax | | at 301-854-5105. Remember to tell all your DX friends about | | The Daily DX. | \_______________________________________________________________/

. ====================== *** The Daily DX *** ====================== Volume 2 Number 50 March 17, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ 1 Year Anniversary _____________________________________________________________________ It's hard to believe today is the one year anniversary of The Daily DX. Thank you for your support over the last 12 months. Happy Saint Patrick's day! Now on with the DX. de Bernie, W3UR. _____________________________________________________________________ Headlines _____________________________________________________________________ Norwegians Raymond, LA7EHA, and Trond, LA8NHA, have organized a trip to Longyearbyen, Svalbard Island (IOTA EU-026) from 23 to 25 March. Look for Raymond to use JW7EHA and Trond to use JW8NHA on 10 through 80 meters. QSL via home callsigns. Bert, PA3GIO, will be active from the Madeira Island (IOTA AF-014) as CT3/PA3GIO/M from 26 March to 2 April. Look for him to be on 10 through 20 meters with a possibility of 6, 40 and 80 meters. QSL via PA3GIO. Bruno, F5JYD, plans to operate from Martinique as FM5JY for about 4 months starting on 25 March. He will be on all bands with an emphasis on 12 and 17 meters. QSL via F5JYD. A large contingency from the Russian Contest Team will operate the CQ WPX SSB Contest from Cyprus as P3A on 28 and 29 March. The operators will consist of RA9JX, RA9JR, UA9MA, UA9YAB, RA0AM, RV0AR, UA3TT, RZ3TX, RZ9UA, UN7FZ and possible others who will be mutli-multi in this contest. Look for them to be on the bands before and after the contest. QSL via W3HNK. Pekka, OH2YY, reports he was unable to participate in the CQ 160 SSB DX Contest due to a bout with the flue. He says he will still operate the CQ WPX SSB Contest from East Malaysia, however he will not use 9M6PO but rather 9M6AAC. The recent ZL7DK DXpedition to Chatham has made their logs available at http://ve7tcp.ampr.org/cgi-bin/zl7dk Laurent, F5MUX, plans to be active from Reunion Island, FR, and Mauritius, 3B8, sometime after 1 April. He will be using a 100 watt rig and a R7 vertical. There is also a possibility he may make a brief stop on Rodriguez Island, 3B9. Mauro, IK1CJO, and Tony, IK1QBT will be active from the Principality of Monaco from 25 to 27 April. Look for Tony, 3A/IK1QBT, on CW on

all bands and Mauro, 3A/IK1CJO, on RTTY on 21082, 14082 or 7037. QSL via the bureau or direct. IK1QBT, Tony Gallo, Via Capo S.Spirito 1/16, 17020 Borghetto Santo Spirito (SV), Italy. IK1CJO, Mauro Ferrua, Casella Postale 41, 17031 Albenga (SV), Italy. A group of German amateurs are currently active from the Canary Islands as ED8CTM until 6 April. They will be active on all bands on CW, SSB and RTTY. Operators will consist of Holger, DL7AU, Robert, DL7URB, Roy, DL7UBA, Burkhard, DF8XC and Fritz, DL7VRO. They will participate in the CQ WPX SSB Contest. QSL via DL7VRO. Philippe, F5PFO (ex J28FO), will be active for 2 years from New Caledonia (FK) starting 1 April. Look for him to be on CW and SSB on all bands. QSL via F6AJA. _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 3C1GS - EQUATORIAL GUINEA - Ramon was working Europe, Japan, North and South America yesterday on 14177 from 22:10 to 23:40Z. He was QSX from 14180 to 14185. 4S7/DK3FW - SRI LANKA - Showed up on 7005 between 18:00 and 19:00Z working Europeans. 4U/ON6TT/M - ZAMBIA - Peter, 5X1T, came up on 21300 around 17:00Z. 7X2RO - ALGERIA - Afif was busy on 10102 between 21:00 and 23:00Z working Europe, East Coast US and JA's. QSL via OM3CGN. 9K2ZZ - KUWAIT - West Coast US stations report working Bob on 14197 just before 15:00Z. QSL via W8CNL. 9X0A - RWANDA - Andy was found working East Coast US stations yesterday on 28495 around 20:00Z. QSL via DL5WM. Look for Andy today on 14195 from Burundi signing 9U/9X0A. CP6IB - BOLIVIA - Can be found often in the lower 10 KHz of the 40 meters CW band from about 02:30 to 04:00Z. FT5XN - KERGUELEN ISLAND - Japanese and West Coast US stations report working Helios on 7011 from about 15:30 to 18:00Z. IS0/YO3RA - SARDINIA - Was working JA's on 7001 between 21:30 and 22:15Z. JX7DFA - JAN MAYEN - Per showed up on 18089 just before 14:00Z. QSL via LA7DFA. KH0/JP1IOF - SAIPAN - Japanese stations were working this one on 1909 around 12:15Z. N4DAZ/KH3 - JOHNSTON ISLAND - The boys from the recent Palmyra, Howland and Kingman Reef operations stopped here on their way home. They were active from about 22:00Z Sunday through 08:00Z Monday. Two stations

on two different bands were on at the same times. Activity was reported on 15, 17, 20 and 30 meters. QSL via WA4FFW. If you missed them don't forget Al KK5ZX is still on the island and will be until 10 April. S21J - BANGLADESH - Mamtaz (YL) was active yesterday on 14196 around 11:15Z. T32RT - EAST KIRIBATI - This station is located on Christmas Island (IOTA OC-024) and was active on 28425 from 21:40 to 23:15Z. QSL via W6UC. TJ1GD - CAMEROON - Has been very active on 20 meters RTTY for the last week or so. Yesterday he was again on from 21:15 to 00:00Z. QSL via SP9CLQ. V63AJ - MICRONESIA - Michael, DF8AN, was working JA's on 10102 at 22:00Z. QSL via DF8AN. XT2DP - BURKINA FASO - Dan was active on RTTY on 14081 between 18:00 and 18:45Z yesterday. QSL via WB2YQH. YK1AH - SYRIA - Fadel was found on 10106 at 22:00Z. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq GMT IOTA Call Freq GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AS-008 7K3EOP/P 14256 0812 OC-022 YC9BU 21295 1359 NA-055 AK1L 14009 2005 OC-024 T32RT 28425 2251 NA-059 NO7F/KL7 14187 0240 OC-070 YE8XM 21265 1254 NA-108 J69AZ 28420 1904 SA-026 PP5SZ 28450 2326 NA-111 KA3UNQ/P 14260 1831 SA-040 HK3JJH/1 14260 2134 OC-021 YB0JWA 21260 1518 Tony, G3LAA, will be sailing off the coast of Denmark and Sweden as G3LAA/MM from 27 July to 25 August. He expects to operate from Goteborg Island (IOTA EU-043 during this time frame. QSL via G3LAA. IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- ----------- 17-Mar 17-Mar JD1/O 5 JA's/JD1 2-34 17-Mar 17-Mar 9H 9H3ZV 2-28 17-Mar 17-Mar 9U 9U5/9X0A 2-45 17-Mar 17-Mar KH6 W0YR/KH7 2-29 17-Mar 18-Mar 3A 3A/I1YRL 2-43 17-Mar 18-Mar FT5W FT5WG (AF-008) 2-1 17-Mar 18-Mar HK HK3JJH/1 (SA-040) 2-47 17-Mar 18-Mar TY TY1IJ 2-45

17-Mar 20-Mar A2 A2/ZS5UZ 2-45 17-Mar 20-Mar V2 V26XX 2-43 17-Mar 20-Mar ZC6MPT 2-43 2-30 17-Mar 20-Mar ZF ZF1RD or ZF/G4RWD 2-30 17-Mar 23-Mar 5W 5W0SZ 5W0VV 2-27 192 17-Mar 24-Mar VP5 KN4UG/VP5 (NA-002) 3-40 17-Mar 26-Mar W K2ZR (NA-062) 2-27 17-Mar 28-Mar FS FJ/K1YJK 2-42 17-Mar 29-Mar 5H 5H1/G0IXC (AF-032) 2-43 17-Mar 29-Mar EA8 EA8/GM4XQJ/P (AF-004) 17-Mar 31-Mar JA 8J0WGP/0 2-42 17-Mar 31-Mar HP HP1XBI 2-30 17-Mar 31-Mar JD1/O JF1LGD/JD1 2-42 17-Mar 31-Mar PJ2 PJ9JT (SA-006) 167 17-Mar 10-Apr JX JX3EX (EU-022) 177 135 17-Mar 10-Apr KH3 KK5ZX/KH3 2-30 17-Mar 15-Apr ZL7 K8VIR/ZL7 (OC-038) 2-3 17-Mar 6-May TT TT8JE 2-10 186 185 17-Mar 1-Jun FT5X FT5XN (AF-048) 179 17-Mar 1-Jun XV XV7SV 2-31 17-Mar 3-Jun 4S 4S7BRG 2-31 17-Mar 31-Oct JX JX7DFA (EU-022) 2-20 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The effective sunspot number for Sunday, 3/15/98, was 40.6 The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for Monday, 3/16/98, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 16-Mar-1998 21 124 13 2 MOD/QUIET-UNSET;LOW-MOD/QUIET-UNSET 16-Mar-1998 18 133 18 3 MOD/QUIET-UNSET;LOW-MOD/QUIET-UNSET 16-Mar-1998 15 133 18 3 MOD/QUIET-UNSET;LOW-MOD/QUIET-UNSET 16-Mar-1998 12 133 18 2 MOD/QUIET-UNSET;LOW-MOD/QUIET-UNSET 16-Mar-1998 09 133 18 3 MOD/QUIET-UNSET;LOW-MOD/QUIET-UNSET 16-Mar-1998 06 133 18 3 MOD/QUIET-MNR STM;LOW-MOD/QUIET-UNSET 16-Mar-1998 03 133 18 3 MOD/QUIET-MNR STM;LOW-MOD/QUIET-UNSET 16-Mar-1998 00 133 18 2 MOD/QUIET-MNR STM;LOW-MOD/QUIET-UNSET The forecast for Tuesday, 3/17/98: solar flux 124, A index 8, K index 2. Tuesday should be High Normal. The forecast for Wednesday, 3/18/98: solar flux 122, A index 8, K index 2. Wednesday should be High Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 5W1SZ OKDXF N4DAZ/KH3 WA4FFW YI1FLY KK3S 5W1VD OKDXF P49M VE3MR ZC6MPT JA1UT 5W1VV OKDXF PJ9JT W1AX TJ1GD SP9CLQ 9N1FP RU6FP UA0FZ W3HNK 9K2ZZ W8CNL A2/ZS5UZ W4DR V26XX GM0GAV 9M6AG JA9AG A92FZ W3HC V63KU JA6NL CQ98FF CT3FF AP2WAP IK4ZGY V73NN N3OA EP2MKO UA6HCW ED8CMT DL7VRO VI4WIA VK4XA EW35WB EW3WB

FJ/K1YJK K1YJK VK8DX N3AHA T32RT W6UC FK8HC VK4FW VP2VI/50 AB1U TU2XP F6AXP HB0/HB9LEY JH1BSE XE1L WA3HUP VP2V/W0NB W0NB HK0HEU HK0FBF XT2DP WB2YQH VU2JPS VK9NS HP3XUG KG6UH XU3FLT JN3FLT XV7TH SK7AX J87GU DL7VOG OKDXF - OK DX Foundation, P.O. Box 73, Bradlec 293 06, Mlada Boleslav, CZECH REPUBLIC SP9CLQ - Andrzej Klaja, ul. Aleksandry 9/25, 30-837 Krakow, POLAND Sid, K3SX (ex K3SME), would like to close out his logs and QSLs for G0/K3SME and 7J1AJN/3. Send an e-mail request to k3sx@pipeline.com and he will send your QSL via the bureau. Jim Smith, VK9NS, reports that Tom Stokes, VK1TS/VK0TS, recently broke his wrist and has had a little back log of VK0TS QSL cards. If all goes well the cards should be completed in about two weeks. Tom asks stations not resend QSL requests at this time. QSL cards recently received: 3B8CF, 4L5A, 8Q7AA, 9K2MU, 9K2RR, 9Q5BQ, ES4MM, FK8GM, FP8/KG8CO, FP8/N8CC, JG8NQJ/JD1, KP4TN, OJ0/N4GN, S79MX, T30JH, TJ1GB, TT8AM, V31NX, VP2V/W8JAY, VR2KF, Z21CS _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 425 DX News, AD1C, AH8LG, DL7VRO, DX News Letter, DX News Sheet, IK1WVQ, K1HTV, K2BF, K3KY, K3SX, K3PC, K3TZV, K8UNV, KC3AJ, KD4IFV, KH6BZF REPORTS, Les Nouvelles DX, N3NT, N3OC, N3OSH, N4MXT, NOAA, OH2YY, OPDX, SP5CCC, SP5ELA, VK9NS, W0AW, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United States. _______________________________________________________________ / \ | THE DAILY DX is published Monday through Friday by Bernie | | McClenny, W3UR, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, MD 21738 USA. | | This e-mail message and its contents are copyrighted and are | | proprietary products of THE DAILY DX. Any unauthorized use, | | reproduction, or transfer of the message or its content, in | | any medium, is strictly prohibited. For permission to quote, | | reprint or repost this e-mail send a request to THE DAILY DX | | include date, volume and issue number. Check out The Daily | | DX homepage http://www.wdn.com/thedailydx or for additional | | information you may phone The Daily DX at 301-854-5650 or fax | | at 301-854-5105. Remember to tell all your DX friends about | | The Daily DX. | \_______________________________________________________________/

. ====================== *** The Daily DX *** ====================== Volume 2 Number 51 March 18, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ Headlines _____________________________________________________________________ Ted, NH6YK, will head out to Midway on 22 March. His main reason is not radio but a teaching job on this remote island. He says he will be on with a 6 meter station and hopes to be able to put together some equipment for HF. At this time it is a little questionable as most of the equipment went to Howland and is on it's way back to Midway. If all goes well look for him to be active during his afternoons and evenings from 23 to 31 March. He hopes to be on 15 or 20 meters as NH4/NH6YK during the CQ WPX SSB Contest. He will leave the island on 1 April unless there are plane problems. QSL via NH6YK. The ARRL Letter announced that Chuck Hutchinson, K8CH, will step down as Membership Services Manager at ARRL Headquarters and that ARRL DXCC Manager Bill Kennamer, K5FUV, will replace him. Hutchinson will take up a part-time position effective 20 April for medical reasons. No word has been given as to a replacement to the ARRL DXCC Manager position. Nel, HK0HEU, has recently been active after fixing his HF antennas. He is expecting an IC706 soon and plans to be active on 6 meters. Kurt, HB9MX, recently operated as S79MX from Mahe Island in the Seychelles. This was his 11th trip to the small Indian Ocean group of islands. While there he worked 431 stations on 160 meters, 445 on 80 meters and 2,600 on the other bands. Kurt reminds everyone one when he goes to the Seychelles he is on vacation and he gets on the air for fun. He plans to return in either December or January. Daniel, JY9RU, will leave Jordan on 31 March. QSL via his home call F6ARU. This weekend marks the 40th anniversary of the Bermuda Contest. Special event station VP9ANV will be active along with many other VP9 stations. QSL VP9ANV via WB2YQH. Members of the Yamato Amateur Radio Club will operate from two Pacific island nations. The group will start in Tuvalu on 25 April and will be assigned calls upon arrival. Operators include JA1JQY, JA1KJW, JA3MCA and JA8VE. They will be active on 10 through 160 meters CW and SSB through 1 May. Next they will go to Fiji where they will operate on 2 and 3 May. Calls and QSL info are as follows: JA1KJW/3D2HI, JA8VE/3D2KZ, JA1JQY/3D2SH, JA3MCA/3D2TK. Japanese operators JA3AA, JA3UB, JA3TXZ, JR3MVF and JJ1CAS will be

active from Saipan on 21 and 22 March Plans are to be on 10 through 80 meters on CW and SSB. QSL via JJ1CAS direct or via JARL QSL bureau. _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 3XY7A - GUINEA - It's not a typo. This station was on 14271 at 21:00Z. QSL via VE6DYS. 4U1ITU - I.T.U. GENEVA - A Japanese operator was found on 7073 working his own countrymen at 20:15Z. 9U/9X0A - BURUNDI - Andy was active from this semi-rare one yesterday on 14195 at 05:00Z. Later in the day he was back in Rwanda as 9X0A on 28020 around 18:30Z. He finished the day on 14214 around 19:10Z. EL2DT - LIBERIA - Dickson was working US stations on 21251 from 13:30 to 14:00Z. EM1LV - ANTARCTICA - This is Oleg, UR8LV, the newest amateur radio station to this cold country. He is operating from Vernadsky Base on Galindez Island (IOTA AN-006), the same location as EM1HO, EM1KA, VP8CTR and EM1U. QSL EM1LV via UR8LV. R1FJV - FRANZ JOSEF LAND - Nick was busy with Asia, Europe and North America on 10107 from 21:40 to 22:40Z. S21J - BANGLADESH - Mamtaz (YL) was found on 14190 just before 15:00Z. SV0LN - GREECE - Lesley (YL) showed up yesterday on 21200 for about two hours starting around 13:30Z. UA0YM - ASIATIC RUSSIA - This station is located in zone 23 and was found on 20 meters CW at 01:00 and 11:00Z. VQ9ZZ - DIEGO GARCIA - European stations report working this one on 28495 from 14:00 to 15:00Z. QSL via NS1L. YB/YC/YF - INDONESIA - East Coast US stations report several stations from this island nation on 15 meters from 13:00 to 15:00Z. ZD9BV - TRISTAN DA CUNHA - Andy was working US stations on 28488 from 16:00 to 16:30Z. QSL via W4FRU. ZL9AI - AUCKLAND AND CAMPBELL - Work it first and worry later. This station was on 7005 from about 14:20 to 15:00Z when the power was reportedly turned off. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq GMT IOTA Call Freq GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ----

EU-057 DL4PM 18123 1409 NA-104 V44NEF 21310 2248 EU-124 GW0HWN/P 14189 1125 OC-019 KH6FHX 28502 2253 EU-136 9A4A 3800 2313 OC-021 YB1XUR 14185 1503 NA-002 KN4UG/VP5 21292 1452 OC-070 YC8VHU 21217 1440 NA-029 VY2ROB 3794 2335 OC-070 YE8XM 21265 1250 NA-033 HK0HEU 21290 1722 OC-136 VK3VQ 14205 0707 NA-055 AK1L 21008 1414 SA-040 HK3JJH/1 14260 1231 Look for KL7USI to be active from the Alexander Archipelago (NA-041) from 6 to 13 June. QSL via KL7USI. A group of seven Japanese operators will activate Awashima (AS-117) on 17 and 18 April. Plans are to have three stations on 10 through 40 meters on CW and SSB. They will be using the following calls: JG1SZE/0, JJ1SLI/0, JP1TBG/0, JQ1ALQ/0, JI3DST/0, JR9MAR/0, 7K4FGQ/0. QSL direct to their home calls or via JARL QSL bureau. Nick, RA1QQ, and Dick, RW1ZZ, plan to operate this years IOTA Contest from Kambal'nitskiye Koshki Islands (EU-160). IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- ----------- 18-Mar 18-Mar 3A 3A/I1YRL 2-43 18-Mar 3-Jun 4S 4S7BRG 2-31 18-Mar 29-Mar 5H 5H1/G0IXC (AF-032) 2-43 18-Mar 23-Mar 5W 5W0SZ 5W0VV 2-27 192 18-Mar 20-Mar A2 A2/ZS5UZ 2-45 18-Mar 29-Mar EA8 EA8/GM4XQJ/P (AF-004) 18-Mar 6-Apr EA8 ED8CTM 2-50 18-Mar 28-Mar FS FJ/K1YJK 2-42 18-Mar 18-Mar FT5W FT5WG (AF-008) 2-1 18-Mar 1-Jun FT5X FT5XN (AF-048) 179 18-Mar 18-Mar HK HK3JJH/1 (SA-040) 2-47 18-Mar 31-Mar HP HP1XBI 2-30 18-Mar 31-Mar JA 8J0WGP/0 2-42 18-Mar 31-Mar JD1/O JF1LGD/JD1 2-42 18-Mar 10-Apr JX JX3EX (EU-022) 177 135 18-Mar 31-Oct JX JX7DFA (EU-022) 2-20 18-Mar 10-Apr KH3 KK5ZX/KH3 2-30 18-Mar 31-Mar PJ2 PJ9JT (SA-006) 167 18-Mar 6-May TT TT8JE 2-10 186 185 18-Mar 18-Mar TY TY1IJ 2-45 18-Mar 20-Mar V2 V26XX 2-43 18-Mar 24-Mar VP5 KN4UG/VP5 (NA-002) 3-40 18-Mar 26-Mar W K2ZR (NA-062) 2-27 18-Mar 1-Jun XV XV7SV 2-31 18-Mar 20-Mar ZF ZF1RD or ZF/G4RWD 2-30 18-Mar 15-Apr ZL7 K8VIR/ZL7 (OC-038) 2-3 18-Mar 20-Mar ZC6MPT 2-43 2-30 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________

The effective sunspot number for Monday, 3/16/98, was 40.9 The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for Tuesday, 3/17/98, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 17-Mar-1998 21 126 8 2 LOW/QUIET-UNSET;LOW-MOD/QUIET-UNSET 17-Mar-1998 18 124 12 1 LOW/QUIET-UNSET;LOW-MOD/QUIET-UNSET 17-Mar-1998 15 124 12 1 LOW/QUIET-UNSET;LOW-MOD/QUIET-UNSET 17-Mar-1998 12 124 12 3 LOW/QUIET-UNSET;LOW-MOD/QUIET-UNSET 17-Mar-1998 09 124 12 2 LOW/QUIET-UNSET;LOW-MOD/QUIET-UNSET 17-Mar-1998 06 124 12 2 LOW/QUIET-UNSET;LOW-MOD/QUIET-UNSET 17-Mar-1998 03 124 12 2 LOW/QUIET-UNSET;LOW-MOD/QUIET-UNSET 17-Mar-1998 00 124 12 2 MOD/QUIET-UNSET;LOW-MOD/QUIET-UNSET The forecast for Wednesday, 3/18/98: solar flux 122, A index 10, K index 2. Wednesday should be High Normal. The forecast for Thursday, 3/19/98: solar flux 120, A index 12, K index 3. Thursday should be High Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 3XY7A VE6DYS CE3CDV F6FNU KH8/WP2AIH OKDXF 5N4BAV IK0SHF EM1HO I2PJA ON50HRT ON4HRT 7Q7AE F6FNU EM1LV UR8LV R1FJV UA3AGS 9N1RHM G3OPL FR5HA F6FNU TZ6JA JA3EMU 9V1YC AA5BT HD2RG HC2RG VQ9ZZ NS1L BA1CO W3HC KH8/KF4MIW OKDXF ZD9BV W4FRU In yesterday'S issue We listed 5W1SZ, 5W1VD and 5W1VV as via OKDXF. Those calls are incorrect and should have been listed as 5W0SZ, 5W0VD and 5W0VV via OKDXF. Thanks W9VKC. OKDXF - OK DX Foundation, P.O. Box 73, Bradlec 293 06, Mlada Boleslav, CZECH REPUBLIC QSL cards recently received: 5H3HG, 7P8/ZS6RVG, K7K, S02R, S21YR, TU3F, VI0ANARE, VP8CTR, YK1AH _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 425 DX News, ARRL Letter, DX News Letter, DX News Sheet, JA1ELY, K2BF, KC3AJ, KH6BZF REPORTS, LYNX, N3OSH, NOAA, W9VKC, WA2VUY, WU5X _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United States. _______________________________________________________________

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. ====================== *** The Daily DX *** ====================== Volume 2 Number 52 March 19, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ Headlines _____________________________________________________________________ Helios, FT5XN, tells The Daily DX that he has been on Kerguelen Island since December 1997 and will remain there through July 1998. While on the island he will be working at a satellite control station. His typical work schedule is from 03:30 to 12:00Z. When the commercial station is on he is unable to operate in the amateur bands as it is running 35 Kilowatts into a rhombic less than 300 meters from his station. In his spare time he has been active on the amateur bands using his Kenwood TS-570D and a small 300 watt amplifier. He has installed several antennas including an old tri-band ground-plane for 10, 15 and 20 meters and a multi-dipole for 17, 30 and 40 meters. The wind on the island is very much a problem and on the next day that the winds die down he will install a 3 element tri-bander. Helios reports conditions on 10 and 12 meters have not been very good at all, in fact he has only had one good day on those bands so far. He reports the following times for stations looking to work him. On 20 meters try 02:00 to 05:00Z and 12:00 to 15:00Z. 30 meters between 02:00 and 04:00Z. On 40 meters he has had good success into the US between 02:00 and 03:00Z. Europeans can try between 17:00 and 19:00Z. If he has to work the following day he sleeps from 19:00 to 02:00Z. Helios also reports that Jean-Paul, FT5WG, will leave Crozet Island on 21 March. The DX News Letter reports that Western Sahara stations S08R and S0RASD will be active from 24 March through 20 April. Plans are to be mostly on 40, 80 and 160 meters. It was also reported that the area may become independent and receive a new prefix in 1999. Special event station S08R will be on the air from 9 to 20 April in celebration of independence of Western Sahara. QSL both of these operations via EA2JG, Arseli Echeguren Bardeci, 6 Barrena Kalea, E-01408 Luyando Alava, Spain. Suggested frequencies for S08R are as Follows: Band Frequencies ---------- ----------- 160 meters 1835-1840 80 meters 3780-3790 40 meters 7045-7050 20 meters 14220 15 meters 21220 10 meters 28520 Dave, KB6JOX, will be active from the Hawaiian Islands from 24 March to 2 April. Dave is very excited about his first ever Dxpedition and will be on 10 through 40 meters including the new bands. He’ll take an IC-706MKII along with a Cushcraft R7000. Look for him during the CQ WPX SSB Contest. Dave will be especially looking for Novices and Technicians on 10, 15 and 40 meters. US stations should QSL direct with S.A.S.E. and DX stations may go direct or via the bureau.

Martin, VE3MR, is currently on the island of Aruba as P49M until 22 April. He says he will mostly be on 12 and 17 meters, check 24940 and 18140. QSL via VE3MR. Frank, DL7FT, plans to be active from 4 South Pacific Islands including Niue, ZK2, Tokelau, ZK3, Tonga, A3, and Rotuma, 3D2, starting after 21 March. Look for him on SSB on 3790, 7090, 14190, 18140, 21260, 21290, 24940 and 28490. Call signs have not been confirmed however don’t be surprised to here FT in the suffix. QSL via DL7FT. A group of Italian operators will activate the Tunisian club station 3V8BB from 25 to 31 March. Operators include Giovanni, I5JHW, Danio, I5OYY, Sergio, I5SNR, Gabriele, IK5ZTW, and Roberto, IK5FTQ. They plan to operate the CQ WPX SSB Contest as a multi-single, possibly using 3V5I. QSL via I5JHW. _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 4U1ITU - I.T.U. GENEVA – A Japanese operator was operating from this club station working JA’s yesterday on 21256 at 08:00Z. 5R8FU - MADAGASCAR – Was active on 24900 between 15:00 and 16:00Z. 7Z5OO - SAUDI ARABIA – Mike reports the station on 7012 between 05:00 and 06:00Z using his call was a pirate. 9Q5TR - DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO – North American stations report working Tuvia on 28495 from 14:45 to 15:40Z. 9V1ZV - SINGAPORE – RTTY DX’ers were happy to find this one on 14084 around 14:30Z for about one hour. EY8CQ - TADJIKISTAN – West Coast stations should look for Alex today at 14:40Z on 3509. FH5CB - MAYOTTE – Elio was found working US stations on 28516 just before 14:00Z. FT5XN - KERGUELEN ISLAND – Helios showed up on 7005 at 01:55Z yesterday with a very good signal. He stuck around for about 1-½ hours working split both up and down 5 KHz from his frequency. JT1M - MONGOLIA – North and South Americans were working Saba on 14183 from 01:00 to 02:30Z. QSL via JT1BG. TT8JE - CHAD – JA’s report working Eric on 10105 around 21:30Z. UA0YM - ASIATIC RUSSIA – Vic from zone 23 has been showing up on 20 meters CW the last few days around 01:00Z. V63AJ - MICRONESIA – Mike was working JA’s and W’s on 7008 just before 12:00Z. QSL via DF8AN.

XV7TH - VIETNAM – Was found on 28495 between 14:30 and 15:00Z. He then moved to 21295. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AS-042 R0DAT 7004 1638 NA-033 HK0OEP 18137 1834 EU-013 GH0STH/P 14195 1613 NA-036 VE7IM 18111 1916 EU-037 SM7DLZ 14258 1659 NA-110 K9JNV 7026 0257 EU-049 SV8DTL 14257 1430 OC-020 YC9BU 21280 1312 NA-002 KN4UG/VP5 21267 1643 OC-021 YB1XUR 14187 1425 NA-027 VO1COP 14257 2038 OC-021 YB2LAB 28505 1135 NA-027 VO1TX 18121 1646 SA 040 HK3JJH/1 21260 1806 Dick, G3PFS will be active from Cape Clear Island (IOTA EU-121) from 28 March through 12 April as EJ/G3PFS. Look for him to be on SSB on 10 through 20 meters. QSL via G3PFS. IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- ----------- 19-Mar 3-Jun 4S 4S7BRG 2-31 19-Mar 29-Mar 5H 5H1/G0IXC (AF-032) 2-43 19-Mar 23-Mar 5W 5W0SZ 5W0VV 2-27 192 19-Mar 20-Mar A2 A2/ZS5UZ 2-45 19-Mar 29-Mar EA8 EA8/GM4XQJ/P (AF-004) 19-Mar 6-Apr EA8 ED8CTM 2-50 19-Mar 28-Mar FS FJ/K1YJK 2-42 19-Mar 1-Jun FT5X FT5XN (AF-048) 179 19-Mar 31-Mar HP HP1XBI 2-30 19-Mar 31-Mar JA 8J0WGP/0 2-42 19-Mar 31-Mar JD1/O JF1LGD/JD1 2-42 19-Mar 10-Apr JX JX3EX (EU-022) 177 135 19-Mar 31-Oct JX JX7DFA (EU-022) 2-20 19-Mar 31-Mar JY JY9RU 2-51 19-Mar 10-Apr KH3 KK5ZX/KH3 2-30 19-Mar 31-Mar PJ2 PJ9JT (SA-006) 167 19-Mar 6-May TT TT8JE 2-10 186 185 19-Mar 20-Mar V2 V26XX 2-43 19-Mar 24-Mar VP5 KN4UG/VP5 (NA-002) 3-40 19-Mar 26-Mar W K2ZR (NA-062) 2-27 19-Mar 1-Jun XV XV7SV 2-31 19-Mar 1-Apr Z3 Z38/NO6X Z38/NN6C 2-43 19-Mar 1-Apr Z3 Z38/NO6X Z38/NN6C 2-43 19-Mar 20-Mar ZF ZF1RD or ZF/G4RWD 2-30 19-Mar 15-Apr ZL7 K8VIR/ZL7 (OC-038) 2-3 19-Mar 20-Mar ZC6MPT 2-43 2-30 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast

_____________________________________________________________________ The effective sunspot number for March 17, 1998 was 47.0 The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado, for March 18, 1998, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 18-Mar-1998 21 127 3 1 MOD/QUIET;LOW-MOD/QUIET-UNSET 18-Mar-1998 18 126 8 2 MOD/QUIET;LOW-MOD/QUIET-UNSET 18-Mar-1998 15 126 8 0 MOD/QUIET;LOW-MOD/QUIET-UNSET 18-Mar-1998 12 126 8 0 LOW/QUIET-UNSET;LOW-MOD/QUIET-UNSET 18-Mar-1998 09 126 8 1 LOW/QUIET-UNSET;LOW-MOD/QUIET-UNSET 18-Mar-1998 06 126 8 2 LOW/QUIET-UNSET;LOW-MOD/QUIET-UNSET 18-Mar-1998 03 126 8 2 LOW/QUIET-UNSET;LOW-MOD/QUIET-UNSET 18-Mar-1998 00 126 8 2 LOW/QUIET-UNSET;LOW-MOD/QUIET-UNSET The forecast for Thursday, 19 March: solar flux 120, A index 12, K index 3. Thursday should be High Normal. The forecast for Friday, 20 March: solar flux 118, A index 12, K index 3. Friday should be High Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 5B4ADA 9A2AJ GH0STH/P G4DIY KN4UG/VP5 KN4UG 9K2JH KE4JG HK0HEU HK0FBF TG9NX N4FKZ 9K2MU WA4JTK HK3JJH/1 HK3JJH TT8JE F6FNU 9Q5TR 4Z5DP JT1M JT1BG UN7JX IK2QPR BV4FH KA6SPQ JY9RU F6ARU VK4CSP/P HB9CQK CT98AAM CT1AAM KH6T N2AU VP5/KB4IRS KB4IRS EX8MLE IK2QPR KH6X N2AU ZD7HI WA2JUN FG5FR F6FNU KH6XT N2AU ZD7OK WA2JUN S21J - Mamtaz Shahid, G.P.O. Box 3512, Dhaka-1209, BANGLADESH QSL cards recently received: 7P8/ZS6CAL, 9V1ZB, A22EW, L20XSI (SA-049), Z31JA _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: DX News Letter, DX News Sheet, FT5XN, Go List, K3KY, K3SWZ, K3ZO, KC3AJ, KD4IFV, KH6BZF REPORTS, N3OSH, NOAA, P49M, S21J, W2GG, WU1F _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), or $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728,United States. _____________________________________________________________________ Copyright ©

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. ====================== *** The Daily DX *** ====================== Volume 2 Number 53 March 20, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ Headlines _____________________________________________________________________ Mirek is currently operating from Bangkok, Thailand as HS0/VK3DXI and Will be active until August 1998. He is active on both CW and SSB on 10, 15, 20 and 40 meters. QSL via DL4DBR. Ivan, G3IZD, will be active from Fuerteventura in the Canary Islands as EA8/G3IZD until 23 March. Look for him to be on 10 through 80 meters. QSL via G3IZD. The Southern California DX Club will be sponsoring the 1998 International DX Convention on 1, 2 and 3 May. The program will include the recent 9M0C Spratly Island Dxpedition, XW30 Laos by Zorro, JH1AJT, 8Q7AA by the Central Arizona DX Association plus much more. For additional information see their web site at http://www.primenet.com/~scdxc/dxconv98.html _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 4L1DX - GEORGIA - Can be found most days on 15 meters CW or SSB from 12:00 to 14:00Z. 5Z4FZ - KENYA - Tony was working Europe and East Coast US stations on 28495 around 13:00Z. 9N1HA - NEPAL - Sures showed up today on 14181 at 01:45Z. He also works CW and enjoys it most weekends after 11:00Z on 15 and 20 meters. He is running 100 watts and a dipole. EP2MKO - IRAN - Ali showed up yesterday on 14003 between 18:00 and 19:00Z working East Coast North Americans. He showed up again today on 14002 just Before 04:00Z. QSL via UA6HCW. FO5QB - FRENCH POLYNESIA - Europeans report working this one on 14200 from 06:30 to 07:30Z. FT5XN - KERGUELEN ISLAND Helios was working Europeans on 7010 between 16:00 and 17:00Z yesterday. Today he came up around 03:30Z on 7015 working North and South America. S21J - BANGLADESH - Anyone looking for this semi-rare one Should look for Mamtaz (YL) on 20 meters SSB from 12:00 to 14:00Z. Look between 14180 and 14220 today and Saturday. V63AJ - MICRONESIA - Michael was working Europe on 10105

around 16:00Z. QSL via DF8AN. YI1RS - IRAQ - Bassam can be found often on 20 meters SSB around 11:00Z. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AF-032 5H1/G0IXC 21355 1839 EU-055 LA4CM 14254 1135 AS-036 JH6KFY 21253 0856 NA-027 VO1XC 21295 1256 AS-042 R0DAT 14003 2018 NA-110 K9JWV 14025 2050 AS-042 R3CA/0 14130 0638 OC-142 VK4CSP 14260 0710 EU-013 GH0STH/P 14195 1817 SA-040 HK3JJH/1 21260 1359 EU-037 SM7DLZ 7002 0341 Four amateurs from Brazil will activate Sape Island (IOTA SA-029) from 24 to 26 April. Operators include Fabio, PY1OB/ZW1B, Marco, PY1KB/ZZ1B, Alex, PY1KS/ZW1S, and Mark, PY1MF/ZZ1M. The Royal Omani Amateur Radio Society (ROARS) will take about 8 members including Murtada, A41LZ, and Tony, A45ZN, to Daymaniyat Island (IOTA AS-112) the last week of March. The group will use A43DI on all bands on CW and SSB. QSL via A47RS. The RSGB IOTA manager has issued AS-113 as the new IOTA reference number for the recent XUX0 operation by Hiroo, JA2EZD. The direct QSL cards should go out next week. Bureau QSL cards will be answered and e-mail requests may go to 7L1MFS@dxers.net IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- -------------- 20-Mar 20-Mar A2 A2/ZS5UZ 2-45 20-Mar 20-Mar V2 V26XX 2-43 20-Mar 20-Mar ZC6MPT 2-43 2-30 20-Mar 20-Mar ZF ZF1RD or ZF/G4RWD 2-30 20-Mar 23-Mar 5W 5W0SZ 5W0VV 2-27 192 20-Mar 24-Mar VP5 KN4UG/VP5 (NA-002) 3-40 20-Mar 26-Mar W K2ZR (NA-062) 2-27 20-Mar 28-Mar FS FJ/K1YJK 2-42 20-Mar 29-Mar 5H 5H1/G0IXC (AF-032) 2-43 20-Mar 29-Mar EA8 EA8/GM4XQJ/P (AF-004) 20-Mar 30-Mar YB YB9QV or YB9/OH2KI 2-49 20-Mar 31-Mar JA 8J0WGP/0 2-42 20-Mar 31-Mar HP HP1XBI 2-30 20-Mar 31-Mar JD1/O JF1LGD/JD1 2-42 20-Mar 31-Mar JY JY9RU 2-51 20-Mar 31-Mar PJ2 PJ9JT (SA-006) 167 20-Mar 1-Apr Z3 Z38/NO6X Z38/NN6C 2-43

20-Mar 1-Apr Z3 Z38/NO6X Z38/NN6C 2-43 20-Mar 6-Apr EA8 ED8CTM 2-50 20-Mar 10-Apr JX JX3EX (EU-022) 177 135 20-Mar 10-Apr KH3 KK5ZX/KH3 2-30 20-Mar 15-Apr ZL7 K8VIR/ZL7 (OC-038) 2-3 20-Mar 22-Apr P4 P49M 2-52 20-Mar 6-May TT TT8JE 2-10 186 185 20-Mar 1-Jun FT5X FT5XN (AF-048) 179 20-Mar 1-Jun XV XV7SV 2-31 20-Mar 3-Jun 4S 4S7BRG 2-31 20-Mar 31-Oct JX JX7DFA (EU-022) 2-20 21-Mar 22-Mar 3A 3A/I1YRL 2-43 21-Mar 22-Mar KL7 Alaska QSO Party 21-Mar 22-Mar VP9 Bermuda Contest 2-51 21-Mar 22-Mar KH0 JA3AA JA3UB JA3TXZ JR3MVF JJ1CAS 2-51 21-Mar 22-Mar JA JH3QFL (AS-047) 3-40 21-Mar 22-Mar JA JI6KVR/6 (AS-012) 2-49 21-Mar 22-Mar Russian DX Contest 21-Mar 31-Mar H4 H4 lots Special Edition 21-Mar 1-Apr A6 A61AJ 2-48 21-Mar 1-Apr J8 J8/EA2BP J80R 2-38 21-Mar DL7FT Pacific Trip to ZK2 ZK3 A3 2-52 22-Mar 1-Apr KH4 NH4/NH6YK (OC-030) 2-51 2-6 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The effective sunspot number for March 18, 1998 was 44.0 The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado, for March 19, 1998, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 19-Mar-1998 21 125 2 0 MOD/QUIET;LOW-MOD/QUIET-UNSETTLED 19-Mar-1998 18 127 4 1 MOD/QUIET;LOW-MOD/QUIET-UNSETTLED 19-Mar-1998 15 127 4 1 MOD/QUIET;LOW-MOD/QUIET-UNSETTLED 19-Mar-1998 12 127 4 2 MOD/QUIET;LOW-MOD/QUIET-UNSETTLED 19-Mar-1998 09 127 4 0 MOD/QUIET;LOW-MOD/QUIET-UNSETTLED 19-Mar-1998 06 127 4 1 MOD/QUIET;LOW-MOD/QUIET-UNSETTLED 19-Mar-1998 03 127 4 1 MOD/QUIET;LOW-MOD/QUIET-UNSETTLED 19-Mar-1998 00 127 4 2 MOD/QUIET;LOW-MOD/QUIET-UNSETTLED The forecast for Friday, 20 March: solar flux 124, A index 15, K index 3. Friday should be High Normal. The forecast for Saturday, 21 March: solar flux 122, A index 15, K index 3. Saturday should be High Normal. The forecast for Sunday, 22 March: solar flux 116, A index 12, K index 3. Sunday should be High Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 3W5FM UA0FM FT5XN F6PEN OX3LG OZ2ELA 4S7/DK3FW DK3FW HS0/VK3DXI DL4DBR RN3QO N2UCK 5R8FU SM0DJZ J28DB F4AAQ TJ1HP F6FNU 6W8/PA3AOA PA3AOA J8/W2LU W2LU TL8CD F5THR

6Y5DA VE4JK LZ0A LZ1KDP TM5FRA F5FLO 8Q7BV HB9DIF LZ0B LZ1KCP TU2XZ W3HC 8Q7VB OH2VB LZ0L LZ1KCP VR2MM JR3JFZ 9K2AI IK7JTF LZ5Z LZ1KDP VU2TS I1YRL 9M2EU JA2EJI LZ8A LZ1KDP WP3A W4DN A61AS YO3FRI NP4U NP4JK YI1ALW WB3CQN AH8K OKDXF OD5/SP3DPR SP3NYM ZD8SA G0WSA CS98MS CT4MS OG5F OH1VR 4L4TL - Tom, P.O. Box 97A, Tbilisi, GEORGIA 9N1HA - Sures, P.O. Box 4292, Katmandu, NEPAL JX3EX - N-8099, Jan Mayen, NORWAY JX7DFA - N-8099, Jan Mayen, NORWAY OH2VB - Veikko Nurminen, Ollaksentie 3 C, FIN-02940 Espoo, FINLAND Veikko, OH2VB, reports he was on vacation and active from the Maldives from 4 to 17 February as 8Q7VB. While there he made some 2,600 QSOs mostly on CW. He reports 8Q7BV has been on this month and the QSL manager for that station is HB9DIF. Michael, NF4W, is looking for any DX station who wishes to have a QSL manager. Contact Michael W. Taylor, 115 Crompton Drive, Pelzer, SC 29669 or by e-mail nf4w@mci2000.com Mark, AA1AC will be active this weekend from Aquidneck Island (IOTA NA-031), Rhode Island. Look for him on 20 meters CW/SSB and 40 meters CW. QSL cards recently received: FR5DX, OX3SA, _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 7L1MFS, A41LZ, AA1AC, DX News Sheet, Go List, KB3AUG, KC3AJ, KH6BZF REPORTS, LA6WEA, N3OSH, NOAA, PY1KB _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), or $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728,United States. _____________________________________________________________________ Copyright (c) _____________________________________________________________________ THE DAILY DX is published Monday through Friday by Bernie McClenny, W3UR, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, MD 21738 USA. This e-mail message and its contents are copyrighted and are proprietary products of THE DAILY DX. Any unauthorized use, reproduction, or transfer of the message or its content, in any medium, is strictly prohibited. For permission to quote, reprint or repost this e-mail send a request to THE DAILY DX include date, volume and issue number. Check out THE DAILY DX homepage http://www.wdn.com/thedailydx or for additional information you may phone THE DAILY DX at 301-854-5650 or fax at 301-854-5105. Remember to tell all your DX friends about THE DAILY DX.

. ====================== *** The Daily DX *** ====================== Volume 2 Number 54 March 23, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ Headlines _____________________________________________________________________ Jean-Louis Rault, F6AGR, left for the French southern hemisphere yesterday for work on the islands of Reunion, Kerguelen, Crozet and Amsterdam. Plans are to spend one week on Reunion and then the next four weeks on the Southern French Antarctic Territories. He will not take any equipment with him however if he is able to find someone with a station he plans to be active on CW. This is a work related trip but don't be surprised if he is able to show up on the bands. Rich, K1HTV, reports that Jim, TT8JWM, will be leaving Chad shortly to head back to the States and will return around 4 or 5 May. He plans to be on 6 Meters if he can come up with a 4-5 el 6 Meter yagi that he can take with him as carry on luggage. If anyone could come up with such an antenna and get it to him by the time he leaves, he will be able to take it with him back to Chad. Anyone interested in helping Jim should get in touch with his QSL manager, who is N4RXL. Rag, OZ8RO, plans to be active again from Svalbard as JW5HE from 3 to 9 April. He will be mostly on 30, 17 and 12 meters CW. QSL via OZ8RO. Terry, VR6TY, reports that amateurs from the Pitcairn Island will switch to their new VP6 prefix staring 1 May, 1998. The VR prefix now belongs to China. _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 3D2QB - FIJI - Can be found on 30 meters CW between 12:00 and 13:30Z. 3W6KA - VIETNAM - Steve, K2WE, and Les, W2LK, made it to this semi-rare southeast Asian country earlier than expected. They will use this call until 25 March. Then they will activate 3W6WE and 3W6LK. 3W7TK - VIETNAM - Europeans report working this one on 18071 on Sunday from 10:00 to 11:30Z. 3XY7A - GUINEA - Was working Europe on 14224 at 07:20Z on Sunday. 5A1A - LIBYA - Abubaker came up on 28470 on Sunday at 14:00Z. 5R8 - MADAGASCAR - Lots of activity from this one this weekend on 10 meters as 5R8DA, 5R8EW, 5R8FK and 5R8FL were all on.

9Q5TR - DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO - Look for Tuvia near 28500 from 15:00 to 18:00Z. QSL via 4Z5DP. A61AJ - UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - David, K3LP, has been very busy both on the air and doing more antenna work with Ali. A crane will be used today to help install the 80 meters beam. No 160 meters yet as there is an antenna problem that they hope to have fixed by this evening. QSL via W3UR. BD9SA - PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA - Yin operating from zone 23 was active both Friday and Sunday on 12 meters CW from 10:00 to 12:30Z. BN0A - TAIWAN - For prefix collectors check 20 meters SSB from 13:00 to 14:00Z. Look for this station to be in the WPX contest this weekend. QSL via JH3DPB. EP2MKO - IRAN - Ali likes the bottom 10 KHz of 20 meters CW from 18:00 to 19:00Z. QSL via UA6HCW. FT5XN - KERGUELEN ISLAND - On Friday Helios was found on 28508 from 11:30 to 13:30Z. On Sunday he showed up on 10124 between 02:30 and 03:30Z for North America and again between 15:30 to 17:00Z for Europe. JD1BIA - OGASAWARA - JA's reported this station on 3793 at 13:30Z on Saturday. JX3EX - JAN MAYEN - TJ was found on 18140 from 14:00 to 15:00Z on Saturday. QSL via LA3EX. JX7DFA - JAN MAYEN - On Sunday Per was on 24901 at 13:00Z. QSL via LA7DFA. K6T - UNITED STATES - Gary, KI6T, will be operating this special event call from IOTA NA-066 today through 25 March on 21028 looking for Europe between 17:30 and 19:00Z. QSL via KI6T. TL8CK - CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - Charles was active on 24948 on Sunday at 15:20Z. QSL via F6EWM. VP8ADR - FALKLANDS - North Americans and Europeans report that Bob was on 28420 from 18:30 to 19:30Z on Sunday. VP9 - BERMUDA - The following stations were active this weekend in the Bermuda Contest: VP9ANV, VP9HK, VP9ID, VP9IX, VP9KD, VP9KK, VP9LR, VP9MM, VP9NC and VE3KGB/VP9. VQ9ZZ - DIEGO GARCIA - Was working West Coast US stations on 7005 on Saturday at 15:00Z. QSL via NS1L. YB0ARA/9 - INDONESIA - Phil showed up on 1826 yesterday just before 11:00Z. QSL via N2AU. ZK2FT - NIUE - Frank, DL7FT, will be here for about 3 weeks. Look for him mostly on SSB. Europeans should try around 14195 between 06:00 and 09:00Z. North

Americans should try 28490 between 23:00 and 01:00Z. QSL via DL7FT. ZL7IR - CHATHAM ISLAND - Ed finally made it to the island on Saturday. He will be here until 26 March. Check near 21300 and 14260 between 00:00 and 06:00Z. QSL via K8VIR. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AF-022 ZD7SM 24947 1737 NA-104 V44BS 28485 1903 NA-031 AA1AC 14021 1556 OC-142 VK4CSP/P 14260 0638 The Royal Omani Amateur Radio Society (ROARS) IOTA DXpedition to the Dimaniyat Island (IOTA AS-112) has now been confirmed for 25 to 29 March using the call A43DI. Look for them to start around 16:00Z on 25 March and finish up around 12:00Z on 29 March. Plans are to have two stations on the air operating CW and SSB on all bands except 30 meters, which is not allowed in Oman. Check the IOTA frequencies which are listed below. The group was hoping to have been given special permission to operate for the first time on 6 meters however the authorization did not come through. They will however be operating crossband on 28885 listening on 50110. Some of the operators include A41NG, A41KB, A41KT, A41LZ, A45ZN and A45ZO. QSL via A47RS, ROARS, P. O. Box 981 Muscat, Code 113, Sultanate of Oman Jean-Claude, F5LEJ, will be active from Oleron Island (IOTA EU-032) as TM0DX from 1 to 15 August. IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- -------------- 23-Mar 23-Mar 5W 5W0SZ 5W0VV 2-27 192 23-Mar 24-Mar VP5 KN4UG/VP5 (NA-002) 3-40 23-Mar 25-Mar JW JW7EHA JW8NHA 2-50 23-Mar 26-Mar W K2ZR (NA-062) 2-27 23-Mar 28-Mar FS FJ/K1YJK 2-42 23-Mar 29-Mar 5H 5H1/G0IXC (AF-032) 2-43 23-Mar 29-Mar EA8 EA8/GM4XQJ/P (AF-004) 23-Mar 30-Mar YB YB9QV or YB9/OH2KI 2-49 23-Mar 31-Mar JA 8J0WGP/0 2-42 23-Mar 31-Mar OH0 DK6QW DL3QQ DF8QJ DL6YFB 2-46 23-Mar 31-Mar H4 H4 lots Special Edition 23-Mar 31-Mar HP HP1XBI 2-30 23-Mar 31-Mar JD1/O JF1LGD/JD1 2-42 23-Mar 31-Mar JY JY9RU 2-51 23-Mar 31-Mar PJ2 PJ9JT (SA-006) 167 23-Mar 1-Apr A6 A61AJ 2-48

23-Mar 1-Apr J8 J8/EA2BP J80R 2-38 23-Mar 1-Apr KH4 NH4/NH6YK (OC-030) 2-51 2-6 23-Mar 1-Apr Z3 Z38/NO6X Z38/NN6C 2-43 23-Mar 6-Apr EA8 ED8CTM 2-50 23-Mar 10-Apr JX JX3EX (EU-022) 177 135 23-Mar 10-Apr KH3 KK5ZX/KH3 2-30 23-Mar 15-Apr ZL7 K8VIR/ZL7 (OC-038) 2-3 23-Mar 22-Apr P4 P49M 2-52 23-Mar 6-May FT FR5HR 2-36 23-Mar ?? DL7FT Pacific Trip to ZK2 ZK3 A3 2-52 24-Mar 24-Mar 9U 9U5/9X0A 2-45 24-Mar 1-Apr 3D2 3D2KT 3D2TN 2-27 192 24-Mar 2-Apr KH6 KB6JOX 2-52 24-Mar 20-Apr S0 S0RASD 2-52 25-Mar 31-Mar 3V 3V8BB 2-52 25-Mar 31-Mar 3W 3W6WE & 3W6LK 2-41 25-Mar 31-Mar V8 V8JA or V85HG 2-27 25-Mar 1-Apr EI EJ0/EA3BOX 2-38 26-Mar 29-Mar A4 A43DI (AS-112) 2-54 2-53 26-Mar 30-Mar PY ZY5YZ (SA-026) 3-40 26-Mar 2-Apr CT3 CT3/PA3GIO/M (AF-014) 2-50 27-Mar 30-Mar F F/G3RTE/P F/G3SWH/P (EU-068) 2-45 28-Mar 29-Mar 3A 3A/I1YRL & 3A/IK1SLP 28-Mar 29-Mar 3V 3V5I 2-52 28-Mar 29-Mar DU 4H9RG 2-47 28-Mar 29-Mar 4U1I 4U1ITU 2-18 28-Mar 29-Mar 9M6 9M6AAC 2-50 2-25 28-Mar 29-Mar A6 A61AJ 2-19 28-Mar 29-Mar KH2 AH2R 2-47 28-Mar 29-Mar CQ World Wide WPX SSB Contest 28-Mar 29-Mar SV J41DNW 2-49 28-Mar 29-Mar KH6 NH7A 2-27 28-Mar 29-Mar OH0 OH0W 2-38 28-Mar 29-Mar 5B4 P3A 2-50 28-Mar 29-Mar F TP4CE 2-48 28-Mar 29-Mar FK TXK8DX 2-30 28-Mar 12-Apr EI EJ/G3PFS (EU-121) 2-52 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The effective sunspot number for March 21, 1998 was 44.9 The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado, for March 22, 1998, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 22-Mar-1998 21 128 10 2 MOD/QUIET-ACTIVE;LOW-MOD/QUIET-ACTIVE 22-Mar-1998 18 126 26 2 MOD/QUIET-ACTIVE;LOW-MOD/QUIET-ACTIVE 22-Mar-1998 15 126 26 2 MOD/QUIET-MAJ STM;LOW-MOD/QUIET-ACTIVE 22-Mar-1998 12 126 26 4 MOD/QUIET-MAJ STM;LOW-MOD/QUIET-ACTIVE 22-Mar-1998 09 126 26 3 MOD/QUIET-MAJ STM;LOW-MOD/QUIET/ACTIVE 22-Mar-1998 06 126 26 2 LOW/QUIET-MAJ STM;LOW-MOD/QUIET-ACTIVE 22-Mar-1998 03 126 26 2 LOW/QUIET-MAJ STM;LOW-MOD/QUIET-ACTIVE 22-Mar-1998 00 126 26 2 LOW/QUITE-MAJ STM;LOW-MOD/QUIET-ACTIVE The forecast for Monday, 23 March: solar flux 122, A index 12, K index 3. Monday should be High Normal. The forecast for Tuesday, 24 March: solar flux 120, A index 12, K index 3. Tuesday should be High Normal.

_____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ The following QSL information was taken directly from the QSL cards recently received from the following stations: 3A/N9NC via OM2SA 3A/W0YR via OM2SA 5B4/UA9LAC Boris A. Shabaev, P. O. Box 935, Tyumen 625000, RUSSIA 6W1RE Didier Senmartin, B. P. 3024/DAT, Dakar, SENEGAL 8P6DP Courtney Catwell, P. O. Box 518, Bridgetown, BARBADOS 8Q7AA via N7TX 8Q7VB via OH2VB 9G5SW via G3VMW 9H0VRZ via PA0JR 9N1AT via JH8XIX 9N1CU via JH8XIX 9N1IZ via JH8XIX 9N1JZ via JH8XIX 9N1OW via JH8XIX 9N1XI via JH8XIX 9N1ZS via JH8XIX A61AP via IK7JTF BA4ASL Ora S. L. Lee, P. O. Box 085-227, Shanghai 200085, CHINA BA4TA B. F. Jin, P. O. Box 219, Wuxi 214001, CHINA BD4ED Ed X. Y. Huang, P. O. Box 085-299, Shanghai 200085, CHINA FP/K8AEM via K8AQM FP/KG8CO via K8AQM FP/N8CC via K8AQM FP/W8MC via K8AQM HS5AYO Niwes Suwanboos, P. O. Box 73, Lampang 52000, THAILAND J69EE Rufinus Baptiste, P. O. Box 1298, Castries, ST. LUCIA JH8XIX Sigemi Harada, 6-3-23 Midorigaoka, Kitami, Hokkaido 090-0067, JAPAN JU2DX Mongolian Radio Sports Federation, P. O. Box 639, Ulaanbaatar-13, Mongolia, VIA JAPAN JW6VJA via LA6VJA KG4NW Chuck Harding, 4545 Greenlaw Drive, Virginia Beach, VA 23464 SU3YM Yasser M. Hamdy, P. O. Box 545, Port Said 42111, EGYPT SV3AQT Thanasis Tsigas, Arch. Makariou 10, GR-264 41 Patras, GREECE V26HL via AA1M V31TR via K8BK V31VI via N6KZ VK9LL via JH4RHF VK9LR via JH4RHF VP2EEI via K3DI VU2JRO Manikant Lodaya, 236 KMC Quarters, Manipal 576 119, Karnataka, INDIA ZF2RV via WJ7R Tom, K8XP, reports the ZK1XXP (North Cook) QSL cards are now being sent out. QSL cards recently received: 8Q7BE, EM1HO, K7K, VK9NS, VR2KF, VS6BG, WH0AAV _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________

Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 425 DX News, A45ZN, A45ZO, F6CYV, Go List, K1HTV, K3DI, K3SWZ, K3ZO, K8XP, KC3AJ, KH6BZF REPORTS, N2QT, N3OSH, N3OZD, N4MXT, NOAA, OPDX, WU1F, WU5X _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), or $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United States. _____________________________________________________________________ Copyright _ _____________________________________________________________________ THE DAILY DX is published Monday through Friday by Bernie McClenny, W3UR, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, MD 21738 USA. This e-mail message and its contents are copyrighted and are proprietary products of THE DAILY DX. Any unauthorized use, reproduction, or transfer of the message or its content, in any medium, is strictly prohibited. For permission to quote, reprint or repost this e-mail send a request to THE DAILY DX include date, volume and issue number. Check out THE DAILY DX homepage http://www.wdn.com/thedailydx or for additional information you may phone THE DAILY DX at 301-854-5650 or fax at 301-854-5105. Remember to tell all your DX friends about THE DAILY DX.

. ====================== *** The Daily DX *** ====================== Volume 2 Number 55 March 24, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ Headlines _____________________________________________________________________ A group of amateur radio operators from Indonesia headed by Wisnu, YC0FTD, will participate in this weekends CQ WPX SSB Contest as YE2B from Mount Slamet in Central Java. The will be active on all bands as a multi-single entrant. QSL to P.O. Box 6193, Jath, Jakarta 13061, INDONESIA. Alex, EY8CQ, will be active this weekend in the CQ WPX SSB Contest as EY2Q. He plans to be active on 20 and 40 meters. Look for him on 7075 and 14205. QSL via his new QSL manager DJ1SJO, Sergej Kowalev, Hauptstr. 50, 84513 Toging, Germany. Starting 29 March a group of Egyptian amateurs will be active from Luxor as SU8LXR. The following most wanted list was compiled by Mauro, I1JQJ, for the 425 DX News. The survey includes the most wanted countries by 288 active Italian DXers. Rank Pfx Country % Rank Pfx Country % ---- --- --------------- ----- ---- ----- -------------- ---- 1 P5 North Korea 100.0 23 3D2/R Conway Reef 31.2 2 A5 Bhutan 79.2 24 HK0/M Malpelo 30.2 3 KH5K Kingman Reef 78.1 25 KH5 Palmyra 29.9 4 VK0M Macquarie Island 71.5 26 FT5Z Amsterdam 29.6 5 BS7H Scarborough Reef 70.5 27 ZK3 Tokelau 28.5 6 3B6/7 St. Brandon 59.7 28 CE0X San Felix 27.4 7 VU4 Andaman Islands 57.3 29 ST0 Southern Sudan 27.1 8 ZL9 Auckland 55.2 30 KP5 Desecheo 26.0 9 KH1 Howland 51.4 31 3D2/R Rotuma 25.7 10 7O Yemen 47.2 VK9Z Mellish 25.7 11 3Y Bouvet 45.8 32 VP8/G South Georgia 25.0 12 T33 Banaba 44.8 33 FT5X Kerguelen I. 24.6 13 3C0 Annobon 41.7 34 ST Sudan 24.3 14 ZL8 Kermadec 39.9 35 VP8/Sa South Sandwich 24.0 15 T31 Cent Kiribati 37.8 36 FT5W Crozet 23.6 16 3Y Peter Island 37.5 37 KP1 Navassa 23.2 17 VU7 Laccadives 36.4 38 KH8 Amer. Samoa 22.6 18 PY0S Peter & Paul 35.8 39 TI9 Cocos 21.5 19 E3 Eritrea 35.1 40 T2 Tuvalu 20.5 20 FO Clipperton 34.0 41 XF4 Revilla 19.8 21 BV9 Pratas 33.0 42 VR6 Pitcairn 19.1 22 KH4 Midway 32.3 43 KH3 Johnston I. 18.8 44 T32 East Kiribati 18.1 _____________________________________________________________________

QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 3D2 - FIJI - The OK DX Foundation group is on their last leg of their Pacific Island tour. Look for them to be active on all bands as 3D2CB, 3D2KT, 3D2TN and 3D2WC. QSL via OKDXF. 4S7DA - SRI LANKA - Look for Denver between 14200 and 14220 from 00:00 to 02:00Z. QSL via W3HNK. 5A1A - LIBYA - Abubaker was found on 28465 between 12:40 and 13:00Z. Later he showed up on 24963 around 13:20Z. 5N3CPR - NIGERIA - Bogdan was busy on 10126 from 01:50 to 03:00Z. QSL via SP5CPR. 7Z5OO - SAUDI ARABIA - The real Mike came up on 14027 from 15:00 to 17:00Z. QSL via N2AU. A61AJ - UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - David continues to hand out this one on both CW and SSB. There were some problems yesterday getting the 80 meter beam up however they will finish the job today. After the beam goes up they will install the 160 meter antenna. If all goes well keep an ear out on 1832 or 1824.5 KHz. Yesterday's activities included the following: GMT Freq. ----- ----- 00:00-01:00 14207 01:30-02:15 3800 03:00-0345 14217 03:50 14010 05:00-09:30 21265 D44BS - CAPE VERDE ISLANDS - Angelo was reported on 10107 from 21:25 to 22:00Z. ET3AA - ETHIOPIA - Can be found most days on 15 meters SSB between 13:00 and 16:00Z. EX8QF - KYRGYZSTAN - Was doing his best on 14223 from 01:40 to 03:00Z yesterday. FH5CB - MAYOTTE - Look for Elio on 20 meters SSB between 14200 and 14250 starting at 04:00Z. GD4PTV - ISLAND OF MAN - Japanese stations report that Brian was on 14198 from 08:00 to 09:00Z. H44RY - SOLOMON ISLANDS - Pekka was found testing out the 20 meter antenna yesterday on 14216 at 06:00Z and on 14200 from 17:00 to 18:00Z. He is one of the Temotu Island crew. QSL via OH1RY. J8/EA2BP - SAINT VINCENT - Was working JA's on 14198 at 12:30Z yesterday. P29PL - PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Europeans were working Paul on 14001 just before 08:00Z. QSL via VK9NS.

S21J - BANGLADESH - Continues to be active on 20 meters SSB between 13:00 and 14:00Z. Yesterday she was on 14197 from 13:30 to 14:00Z working all across the US. T88AN - BELAU - Michael is now on this Pacific Island and was active on 10102 from 14:00 to 15:30Z. He will be here for one week. Try 7005 at 13:00Z. QSL via DF8AN. UK8OM - UZBEKISTAN - North Americans found this one on 10109 between 02:00 and 03:00Z. V73AT - MARSHALL ISLANDS - He was working South Americans on 28485 at 01:15Z. VQ9KK - DIEGO GARCIA - This must have been his first day on the air as he was very busy on 10 and 15 meters SSB. He started on 21295 starting before 09:00Z until 11:00Z and was later found on 28495 from 16:00 to 17:00Z. QSL via KB0QKK. YB0ARA/9 - INDONESIA - Look for Phil on 1826 just before 11:00Z. QSL via N2AU. Z38 - MACEDONIA - Mike, Z38/NN6C, and Mike, Z38/NO6X, are now active. They have been active on 30 through 12 meters both CW and SSB. Try to work these guys for a quick and easy QSL via their home calls. ZK2FT - NIUE ISLAND - Frank, DL7FT, will be here for 3 weeks. His schedule yesterday was as follows: GMT Frequency ----------- --------- 00:00-01:40 28495 02:30-03:00 21295 03:00-05:00 18140 06:00-09:30 14190 _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AF-004 ED8CMT 14261 2031 NA-016 ZF2ZC/ZF8 14260 1441 AS-042 R0DATB 14004 1226 NA-027 VO1XC 14260 1152 AS-053 HS0/IK4MRH 14257 2039 NA-033 HK0HEU 7075 1150 EU-023 9H3VK 18145 1613 NA-069 N9YCW/4 14259 2119 NA-002 KN4UG/VP5 14253 2028 NA-109 J8/EA2BP 14185 2051 JJ1LIB and JN1EVG will be active from Daito Island (IOTA AS-047) as JJ1LIB/6 and JN1EVG/6 from 21 to 24 April. JA5UIM/5 will operate from Oki Archipelago (IOTA AS-041) from 28 to 30 April. Look for him on the IOTA CW and SSB frequencies. QSL via JA5UIM.

IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- -------------- 24-Mar 1-Apr 3D2 3D2KT 3D2TN 2-27 192 24-Mar 3-Jun 4S 4S7BRG 2-31 24-Mar 29-Mar 5H 5H1/G0IXC (AF-032) 2-43 24-Mar 24-Mar 9U 9U5/9X0A 2-45 24-Mar 1-Apr A6 A61AJ 2-48 24-Mar 29-Mar EA8 EA8/GM4XQJ/P (AF-004) 24-Mar 6-Apr EA8 ED8CTM 2-50 24-Mar 28-Mar FS FJ/K1YJK 2-42 24-Mar 6-May FT FR5HR 2-36 24-Mar 1-Jun FT5X FT5XN (AF-048) 179 24-Mar 31-Mar H4 H4 lots Special Edition 24-Mar 31-Mar HP HP1XBI 2-30 24-Mar 1-Apr J8 J8/EA2BP J80R 2-38 24-Mar 31-Mar JA 8J0WGP/0 2-42 24-Mar 31-Mar JD1/O JF1LGD/JD1 2-42 24-Mar 25-Mar JW JW7EHA JW8NHA 2-50 24-Mar 10-Apr JX JX3EX (EU-022) 177 135 24-Mar 31-Oct JX JX7DFA (EU-022) 2-20 24-Mar 31-Mar JY JY9RU 2-51 24-Mar 10-Apr KH3 KK5ZX/KH3 2-30 24-Mar 1-Apr KH4 NH4/NH6YK (OC-030) 2-51 2-6 24-Mar 2-Apr KH6 KB6JOX 2-52 24-Mar 31-Mar OH0 DK6QW DL3QQ DF8QJ DL6YFB 2-46 24-Mar 22-Apr P4 P49M 2-52 24-Mar 31-Mar PJ2 PJ9JT (SA-006) 167 24-Mar 20-Apr S0 S0RASD 2-52 24-Mar 6-May TT TT8JE 2-10 186 185 24-Mar 24-Mar VP5 KN4UG/VP5 (NA-002) 3-40 24-Mar 26-Mar W K2ZR (NA-062) 2-27 24-Mar 1-Jun XV XV7SV 2-31 24-Mar 30-Mar YB YB9QV or YB9/OH2KI 2-49 24-Mar 1-Apr Z3 Z38/NO6X Z38/NN6C 2-43 24-Mar 1-Apr Z3 Z38/NO6X Z38/NN6C 2-43 24-Mar 13-Apr ZK2 ZK2FT 2-54 2-52 24-Mar 26-Mar ZL7 K8VIR/ZL7 (OC-038) 2-3 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The effective sunspot number for March 22, 1998 was 48.3 The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado, for March 23, 1998, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 23-Mar-1998 21 122 6 1 MOD/QUIET-UNSET;LOW-MOD/QUIET-UNSET 23-Mar-1998 18 128 10 1 MOD/QUIET-UNSET;LOW-MOD/QUIET-UNSET 23-Mar-1998 15 128 10 2 MOD/QUIET-UNSET;LOW-MOD/QUIET-UNSET 23-Mar-1998 12 128 10 0 MOD/QUIET-UNSET;LOW-MOD/QUIET-ACTIVE 23-Mar-1998 09 128 10 1 MOD/QUIET-ACTIVE;LOW-MOD/QUIET/ACTIVE 23-Mar-1998 06 128 10 3 MOD/QUIET-ACTIVE;LOW-MOD/QUIET-ACTIVE

23-Mar-1998 03 128 10 2 MOD/QUIET-ACTIVE;LOW-MOD/QUIET-ACTIVE 23-Mar-1998 00 128 10 2 MOD/QUIET-ACTIVE;MOD/QUIET-ACTIVE The forecast for Tuesday, 24 March: solar flux 115, A index 12, K index 3. Tuesday should be High Normal. The forecast for Wednesday, 25 March: solar flux 103, A index 15, K index 3. Wednesday should be High Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 3A/I1YRL I1YRL CT98EGW N2AU TT8JWM N4RXL 3D2KT OKDXF DS4BBL EA2AKP TU2XZ W3HC 3D2TN OKDXF ED2TSS EA2ASJ TZ6FIC F6KEQ 4K9W DL6KVA ED7MCA EA7GMC UA0AZ W3HNK 4L1DX OZ1HPS EX8QF IK2QPR US1I N5FG 4S7DA W3HNK FG5FC F6DZU V44KJ WB2TSL 5KA5CW 4K9C FM5DN KU9C V47VTK WB8VTK 5R8FK NY3N FP5BZ F5TJP VP9ANV WB2YQH 7Q7RM G0AIS H44RY OH1RY VP9HK K1EFI 9G1YR G4XTA HS0/VK3DXI DL4DBR VP9ID K1EFI 9J2AM JA0JHA J3/K1DFT W1KMV VP9LR K1EFI 9K2AI IK7JTF J8/EA2BP EA2BP VP9MM WB2YQH 9V1ZW JA9IFF JT1FBB W9JOE VQ9KK KB0QKK A61AJ W3UR JW7EHA LA7EHA VQ9RU KH2RU AH8A AC7DX JW8GV LA8GV YC8DEZ YB1XUR BN0A JH3DPB JW8NHA LA8NHA Z38/NN6C NN6C CE3/F6EXV F2VX K6T KI6T Z38/NO6X NO6X CO7KR DL5DCA P29PL VK9NS ZF2JC/ZF8 NC8V CP4BT DL9OT P43P P43ARC ZK2FT DL7FT CQ98AP CT3AP T88AN DF8AN ZL7IR K8VIR CT98AXS CT1AXS TA3ZK DL4VBP BY0AA - Box 202, Wulumuqui, PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA JY5HX - P.O. Box 182700, Amman, JORDAN Holger, DL7IO, reports the QSL cards for H44IO, H44IQ, SO1HH, SO5OE/1, YJ0AIO and YJ0AIQ are at the printers and will be sent out in the mid-April. QSL requests for EA8/DL7IO and EA8/DL7AU have all been answered. QSL cards recently received: 3XA8DX, 5A28, 5V7A, 9V1YC, CN2IB, FO0VAN, J41W, SU3AM, VP5/W8AV, YK1AH, YN1GSR/3C1, ZK1XXP _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 425 DX News, DL7IO, I1JQJ, K3TZV, KC3AJ, KH6BZF REPORTS, KI6T, N3OSH, N4PQX, N7OJ, N9NUP, NOAA, W1LRZ, WA3IKK, WU1F, _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), or $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United

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. ====================== *** The Daily DX *** ====================== Volume 2 Number 56 March 25, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ Headlines _____________________________________________________________________ Mark, ON4WW/9X4WW, will head to Algeria next week where he will be working for the next 6 months. At this time he has not receive his license but is hopeful in receiving it upon arrival. He will take a 100 watt rig and a G5RV antenna and plans to be active on CW on the low bands. Many will recall Mark was very active on 160 meters as 9X4WW from Rwanda. If 10 meters opens you can be assured that Mark will be there as he loves the SSB pileups on this band. He also hopes to cross the border to Western Sahara and operate as SO4WW. Thanks to the help of EA5XX and S01M he has secured this license. QSL via ON5NT. David, A92GE, is planning to put up a 160 meter antenna as soon as he determines how to get it across his neighbors QTH. Bob, A92GD, is currently active on topband however he will be leaving soon. Don, A92GD, was active however he has moved to Oman. QSL to P.O. Box 1976, Manama, Bahrain. _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 3W5FM - VIETNAM - East Coast US stations were working him on 21009 around 00:00Z. QSL via UA0FM. 5N3CPR - NIGERIA - Bogdan was found on 24894 from about 15:20 to 16:00Z. 6W1RE - SENEGAL - Europeans and North Americans report working this one on 24900 at 18:20Z. 9V1 - SINGAPORE - Bob, 9V1AG, was working Europeans and East Coast US stations on 21320 around 15:00Z. A few hours later James, 9V1YC, was on 21282 at 17:20Z working East Coast US stations. A61AJ - UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - David, K3LP, reports they had loading problems with the 80 meter beam and have not completed this new antenna. He says they should finish the job be mid day today. Once the beam is up they will reinstall the 160 meter antenna. Keep an ear on 1824.5 or 1832 after sunset in U.A.E. today. QSL via W3UR. A92GE - BAHRAIN - David was working all across the US on 14215 yesterday between 02:30 to 03:10Z. Later around 14:30Z he was logging Europeans and East Coast US stations. EY8CQ - TADJIKISTAN - East Coast US and Europeans found Alex on 10106 from 23:20 to 00:00Z. QSL via

DJ1SKO. H44RY - SOLOMON ISLANDS - Was found testing things out on 14210 just before 07:00Z. QSL via OH1RY. J8/EA2BP - SAINT VINCENT - Japanese stations were working this Caribbean island on 14005 around 09:00Z and later on 7002 just before 10:00Z. QSL via EA2BP. JT1CC - MONGOLIA - Yuna (YL) was active yesterday on 14197 from 11:45 to 12:30Z. T88AN - BELAU - Michael likes 30 meters CW between 14:30 and 15:30Z. QSL via DF8AN. YB0ARA/9 - INDONESIA - Phil was on 1826 from 11:20 to 12:30Z working US stations. QSL via N2AU. ZK2FT - NIUE ISLAND - Europeans should try looking for Frank between 14190 and 14200 from 06:00 to 09:00Z. QSL via DL7FT. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AF-004 ED8CMT 24942 1416 NA-055 AK1L 28459 1632 AF-018 IH9/OK1JR 21224 1404 NA-065 KK7JP 14260 1831 AS-017 JN1EVG/6 21235 0316 NA-069 N1YCW/4 14260 2131 EU-036 LA5RIA/M 14260 1922 NA-109 J8/EA2BP 21295 1541 NA-001 C6AIC 21267 2321 OC-021 YB1XUR 14260 1740 NA-002 KN4UG/VP5 14260 1330 OC-040 ZK2FT 14198 0756 NA-036 VE7IM 21239 1907 SA-002 VP8CKN 14082 2345 Lew, N6VV, plans to activate a new IOTA the first week of June with the help of Dan, W7DR, and Mike, NG7S. The three will start in Kolonia, Pohnpei Micronesia (IOTA OC-010) on 24 May. They will stay through 31 May and participate in the CQ WPX CW Contest as V63VV. At this time only V63VV has been assigned to Lew. Dan and Mike are still waiting for their calls. They will be using a Yaesu FT-1000MP, a FinnFet KW amplifier, Force 12 C3S yagi, monoband ground planes for 15, 20 and 40 meters, a R-7000 vertical and wires for 80 and 160 meters. From 1 to 7 June the three will activate Mokil Atoll which is listed under State of Pohnpei letter d on the IOTA listing. QSL via home calls. IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- -------------- 25-Mar 1-Apr 3D2 3D2KT 3D2TN 2-27 192 25-Mar 31-Mar 3V 3V8BB 2-52 25-Mar 31-Mar 3W 3W6WE & 3W6LK 2-41

25-Mar 3-Jun 4S 4S7BRG 2-31 25-Mar 29-Mar 5H 5H1/G0IXC (AF-032) 2-43 25-Mar 29-Mar A4 A43DI (AS-112) 2-54 2-53 25-Mar 1-Apr A6 A61AJ 2-48 25-Mar 29-Mar EA8 EA8/GM4XQJ/P (AF-004) 25-Mar 6-Apr EA8 ED8CTM 2-50 25-Mar 1-Apr EI EJ0/EA3BOX 2-38 25-Mar 28-Mar FS FJ/K1YJK 2-42 25-Mar 6-May FT FR5HR 2-36 25-Mar 1-Jun FT5X FT5XN (AF-048) 179 25-Mar 31-Mar H4 H4 lots Special Edition 25-Mar 31-Mar HP HP1XBI 2-30 25-Mar 1-Apr J8 J8/EA2BP J80R 2-38 25-Mar 31-Mar JA 8J0WGP/0 2-42 25-Mar 31-Mar JD1/O JF1LGD/JD1 2-42 25-Mar 25-Mar JW JW7EHA JW8NHA 2-50 25-Mar 10-Apr JX JX3EX (EU-022) 177 135 25-Mar 31-Oct JX JX7DFA (EU-022) 2-20 25-Mar 31-Mar JY JY9RU 2-51 25-Mar 10-Apr KH3 KK5ZX/KH3 2-30 25-Mar 1-Apr KH4 NH4/NH6YK (OC-030) 2-51 2-6 25-Mar 2-Apr KH6 KB6JOX 2-52 25-Mar 31-Mar OH0 DK6QW DL3QQ DF8QJ DL6YFB 2-46 25-Mar 22-Apr P4 P49M 2-52 25-Mar 31-Mar PJ2 PJ9JT (SA-006) 167 25-Mar 20-Apr S0 S0RASD 2-52 25-Mar 6-May TT TT8JE 2-10 186 185 25-Mar 31-Mar V8 V8JA or V85HG 2-27 25-Mar 26-Mar W K2ZR (NA-062) 2-27 25-Mar 1-Jun XV XV7SV 2-31 25-Mar 30-Mar YB YB9QV or YB9/OH2KI 2-49 25-Mar 1-Apr Z3 Z38/NO6X Z38/NN6C 2-43 25-Mar 13-Apr ZK2 ZK2FT 2-54 2-52 25-Mar 26-Mar ZL7 K8VIR/ZL7 (OC-038) 2-3 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The effective sunspot number for March 23, 1998 was 49.6 The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado, for March 24, 1998, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 24-Mar-1998 21 121 6 2 LOW/QUIET-UNSET;LOW-MOD/QUIET-UNSET 24-Mar-1998 18 122 5 1 LOW/QUIET-UNSET;LOW-MOD/QUIET-UNSET 24-Mar-1998 15 122 5 2 LOW/QUIET-UNSET;LOW-MOD/QUIET-UNSET 24-Mar-1998 12 122 5 2 LOW/QUIET-UNSET;LOW-MOD/QUIET-UNSET 24-Mar-1998 09 122 5 3 LOW/QUIET-UNSET;LOW-MOD/QUIET-UNSET 24-Mar-1998 06 122 5 1 LOW/QUIET;LOW-MOD/QUIET-UNSETTLED 24-Mar-1998 03 122 5 1 MOD/QUIET-UNSET;LOW-MOD/QUIET-UNSET 24-Mar-1998 00 122 5 1 MOD/QUIET-UNSET;LOW-MOD/QUIET-UNSET The forecast for Wednesday, 25 March: solar flux 113, A index 12, K index 3. Wednesday should be High Normal. The forecast for Thursday, 26 March: solar flux 112, A index 10, K index 2. Thursday should be High Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info

_____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 3D2CB OKDXF DU100SAN DU1SAN MJ0AWR K2WR 3D2WC OKDXF EY8CQ DJ1SKO TA3ZJ DL3FDU 9J2TF JA2BOV J28DB F4AAQ UR5IFB KA5TUF DJ1SKO - Sergej Kowaljew, Hauptstr. 50, D-84513 Toeging am Inn, GERMANY HL5BVQ - Kirey Cho, A-308 Ssangryoung Satek, Shinjeoung 2-dong, Nam-ku, Ulsan City, 680-012, KOREA QSL cards recently received: FP/KG8CO, V47KP _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: A92BE, A92GD, HL1LKF, K3ANS, K3SWZ, KC3AJ, KH6BZF REPORTS, N1HSM, N3OSH, N6VV, NOAA, ON4WW, _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), or $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United States. _____________________________________________________________________ Copyright _ _____________________________________________________________________ THE DAILY DX is published Monday through Friday by Bernie McClenny, W3UR, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, MD 21738 USA. This e-mail message and its contents are copyrighted and are proprietary products of THE DAILY DX. Any unauthorized use, reproduction, or transfer of the message or its content, in any medium, is strictly prohibited. For permission to quote, reprint or repost this e-mail send a request to THE DAILY DX include date, volume and issue number. Check out THE DAILY DX homepage http://www.wdn.com/thedailydx or for additional information you may phone THE DAILY DX at 301-854-5650 or fax at 301-854-5105. Remember to tell all your DX friends about THE DAILY DX.

. ====================== *** The Daily DX *** ====================== Volume 2 Number 57 March 26, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ Headlines _____________________________________________________________________ David, VE3VET, will be active from Barbados as 8P9IJ starting today through 3 April. Look for him to be on SSB and RTTY including this weekends CQ WPX SSB Contest. QSL via VE3VET. Per, JX7DFA, and T.J., JX3EX, will be on the air from the west side on Jan Mayen starting on 27 March around 17:00Z. They will be stationed at the old meteorological station which has a much better path to the US. Keep an ear out for them on the following frequencies: CW 14005, 18089, 21005, 24901, 28005 SSB 14205 RTTY 14085 Al, CX8AT, will participate in the CQ WPX SSB Contest as CV8D. QSL via CX8AT. Several stations from Thailand will be active this weekend in the CQ WPX SSB Contest. Winit, HS1CKC, and some of his friends will be active as HS2AR from Yayda mountain in the Rayong province. The station will be located about 600 meters above sea level. They will concentrate on 20 and 40 meters from 19:00Z Saturday to 19:00Z Sunday. Other stations that are expected to be active are E21CJN, HS0AC, E22AAA, HS7AS, HS8AS and HS0/G4UAV. Ron, G4DIY, plans to operate from the Canary Islands (AF-004) from 5 to 11 April as EA8/G4DIY. Look for him to be on 10, 17 and 20 meters CW. QSL via G4DIY. Akis, SV7CLI, reports special event station J47LAF will be active from 4 to 17 May. QSL via SV7CO. George, W3EH, will be active as PJ8/W3EH from the island of St. Maarten (IOTA NA-105) from 27 March to 1 April. Plans are to be on for the CQ WPX SSB Contest. _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 3B8/DL6UAA - MAURITIUS - Mort is once again active from this Indian Ocean island. He will be active on both CW and SSB. QSL via DL6UAA. 3V8BB - TUNISIA - The Italians arrived yesterday and were

active on 40 meters SSB from 17:00 to 22:00Z. Look for them to be on this weekend possibly as 3V5I. QSL this operation via I5JHW. 3W - VIETNAM - Les, W2LK/3W6LK, Steve, K2WE/3W6WE and Hiroo, JA2EZD/3W6EZD, were back on the air yesterday. 9N1FP - NEPAL - Vlad has been showing up on the lower end of the 20 meter CW band around 02:00Z. A35RK - TONGA - Paul reports he has just installed his HF6V and will be active on 30, 40 and 80 meters CW this week. QSL via W7TSQ. A61AJ - UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - All of the antennas are up and working fine except for 160 meters, which will go up today. Look for David today on 1832 or 1824.5 Khz. He was busy on the air yesterday. First on 40 meters with a huge signal on 7015 from about 02:00 to 03:00Z. He then went to 7055 to do a little SSB on 40 for about 30 minutes. Next he moved to 14207 where he was working mostly East Coast US stations until about 04:30Z. At 00:00Z today he showed up on 3795 working just over 100 US stations in about 2 « hours. QSL via W3UR. H44RY - SOLOMON ISLANDS - Pekka continues to show up on 20 meters SSB between 06:00 and 07:00Z. Many of the antennas will go up today for the Temotu Island DXpedition. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AF-004 ED8CMT 21263 1329 NA-109 J8/EA2BP 14209 0158 AF-018 IH9/OK1JR 21247 1845 NA-146 FJ/K1YJ 18075 1216 AN-010 HF0POL 14080 2330 OC-021 YC0FYJ 21256 1447 AS-008 JA1EY 14181 1133 OC-070 YC8VIP 21224 1356 AS-029 UA0QJG/0 14009 1428 OC-146 YE8ZDT 21250 1345 EU-025 IT9TJH 28495 1340 OC-210 YC8TXW 21260 1315 Three amateurs from Scotland Bob, GM0DEQ, Eddie, GM0KVI, and Robbie, GM0SEI, will activate two Scottish islands on the first and second of May. On 1 May they will operate as GB8FF from Staffa Island (EU-108). Then on 2 May they will sign GB5TI from Treshnish Island (EU-108). They will be operating both CW and SSB on all bands. QSL via GM0KVI. IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________

From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- -------------- 26-Mar 1-Apr 3D2 3D2KT 3D2TN 2-27 192 26-Mar 31-Mar 3V 3V8BB 2-52 26-Mar 31-Mar 3W 3W6WE & 3W6LK 2-41 26-Mar 3-Jun 4S 4S7BRG 2-31 26-Mar 29-Mar 5H 5H1/G0IXC (AF-032) 2-43 26-Mar 3-Apr 8P 8P9IJ 2-57 26-Mar 29-Mar A4 A43DI (AS-112) 2-54 2-53 26-Mar 1-Apr A6 A61AJ 2-48 26-Mar 2-Apr CT3 CT3/PA3GIO/M (AF-014) 2-50 26-Mar 29-Mar EA8 EA8/GM4XQJ/P (AF-004) 26-Mar 6-Apr EA8 ED8CTM 2-50 26-Mar 1-Apr EI EJ0/EA3BOX 2-38 26-Mar 28-Mar FS FJ/K1YJK 2-42 26-Mar 6-May FT FR5HR 2-36 26-Mar 1-Jun FT5X FT5XN (AF-048) 179 26-Mar 31-Mar H4 H44RY Special Edition 26-Mar 31-Mar HP HP1XBI 2-30 26-Mar 1-Apr J8 J8/EA2BP J80R 2-38 26-Mar 31-Mar JA 8J0WGP/0 2-42 26-Mar 31-Mar JD1/O JF1LGD/JD1 2-42 26-Mar 10-Apr JX JX3EX (EU-022) 177 135 26-Mar 31-Oct JX JX7DFA (EU-022) 2-20 26-Mar 31-Mar JY JY9RU 2-51 26-Mar 10-Apr KH3 KK5ZX/KH3 2-30 26-Mar 1-Apr KH4 NH4/NH6YK (OC-030) 2-51 2-6 26-Mar 2-Apr KH6 KB6JOX 2-52 26-Mar 31-Mar OH0 DK6QW DL3QQ DF8QJ DL6YFB 2-46 26-Mar 22-Apr P4 P49M 2-52 26-Mar 31-Mar PJ2 PJ9JT (SA-006) 167 26-Mar 30-Mar PY ZY5YZ (SA-026) 3-40 26-Mar 20-Apr S0 S0RASD 2-52 26-Mar 6-May TT TT8JE 2-10 186 185 26-Mar 31-Mar V8 V8JA or V85HG 2-27 26-Mar 26-Mar W K2ZR (NA-062) 2-27 26-Mar 1-Jun XV XV7SV 2-31 26-Mar 30-Mar YB YB9QV or YB9/OH2KI 2-49 26-Mar 1-Apr Z3 Z38/NO6X Z38/NN6C 2-43 26-Mar 13-Apr ZK2 ZK2FT 2-54 2-52 26-Mar 26-Mar ZL7 K8VIR/ZL7 (OC-038) 2-3 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The effective sunspot number for March 24, 1998 was unavailable. The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado, for March 25, 1998, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 25-Mar-1998 21 115 12 2 LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;LOW/UNSET-ACTIVE 25-Mar-1998 18 121 6 3 LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;LOW/UNSET-ACTIVE 25-Mar-1998 12 121 6 3 LOW/QUIET-UNSET;LOW-MOD/QUIET-UNSET 25-Mar-1998 09 121 6 1 LOW/QUIET-UNSET;LOW-MOD/QUIET-UNSET 25-Mar-1998 06 121 6 3 LOW/QUIET-UNSET;LOW-MOD/QUIET-UNSET 25-Mar-1998 03 121 7 2 LOW/QUIET-UNSET;LOW-MOD/QUIET-UNSET 25-Mar-1998 00 121 6 2 LOW/QUIET-UNSET;LOW-MOD/QUIET-UNSETT The forecast for Thursday, 26 March: solar flux 112, A index 10, K index 2. Thursday should be High Normal.

The forecast for Friday, 27 March: solar flux 108, A index 12, K index 3. Friday should be High Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 3B8/DL6UAA DL6UAA 5B4/UA9MA UA9MA OX3LG OZ2ELA 3V8BB I5JHW 5T5TY N5FTR TT8JWM N4RXL 3W6EZD XU2C A43DI A47RS TZ6JA JA3EMU 3W6LK W2LK EA9/AI6V AI6V ZD7WRG WA2JUN 3W6WE K2WE J8/EA2BP EA2BP ZD9BV W4FRU 4U1WB KK4HD MJ0AWR K2WR ZL7IR K8VIR 5B4/UA9LAC UA9LAC Will, K6NDV (ex KN6DV) and Earl, K6SE, now have the D68GA logs and a few QSL cards. Anyone in need of a card for a new one should send a request to Will by e-mail to kn6dv@contesting.com The CY9AA QSL cards from the June/July 1997 operation on St. Paul Island are being printed this week. Mike, VE9AA, will be working on sending the cards out on the weekends. Please do not resend your cards. QSL cards recently received: 4O4D, 9M6HIL, A45XR, A45XR/SJ, A71CW, OH0/N4GN, OJ0/N4GN, T77C, TF/N4GN, WP3X, WX5L, ZK1DI _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: DX News Sheet, JA1ADN, K3SWZ, K3ZO, K6NDV, KC3AJ, KD4IFV, KH6BZF REPORTS, N3OSH, NOAA, VE9AA, W3LEO _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), or $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United States. _____________________________________________________________________ Copyright _ _____________________________________________________________________ THE DAILY DX is published Monday through Friday by Bernie McClenny, W3UR, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, MD 21738 USA. This e-mail message and its contents are copyrighted and are proprietary products of THE DAILY DX. Any unauthorized use, reproduction, or transfer of the message or its content, in any medium, is strictly prohibited. For permission to quote, reprint or repost this e-mail send a request to THE DAILY DX include date, volume and issue number. Check out THE DAILY DX homepage http://www.wdn.com/thedailydx or for additional information you may phone THE DAILY DX at 301-854-5650 or fax at

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. ====================== *** The Daily DX *** ====================== Volume 2 Number 58 March 27, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ Headlines _____________________________________________________________________ Jim, N9IUO, will operate as TI2IDX, in Costa Rica from 28 March to 5 April. Plans are to be active on all bands CW and SSB. QSL via WA9BXB. Marc Bagalino, F5PCU (ex 5T5NU, 5T0RIM, TL8MB), will be active next week from Togo as 5V7BM. He will be there until the end of 1999. Tom, ZP5AZL, will be active in the CQ WPX SSB Contest as ZP0Z. Look for him to operate single band 20 meters. QSL via W3HNK. Ivan, OM3CGN, will be on all bands this weekend in the CQ WPX SSB Contest from Morocco probably as CN/OM3CGN. Ken, K6HNZ, will be active from Providenciales (IOTA NA-002), in the Turks and Caicos Island until 31 March as VP5/K6HNZ. During the CQ WPX SSB Contest he will use VP5E. QSL via K6HNZ. _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 3V8BB - TUNISIA - Was active yesterday on 20 meters RTTY from 10:00 to 13:30Z. Later was on 20 meters CW between 15:00 and 16:00Z. QSL via I5JHW. 3W7TK - VIETNAM - Both Europe and East Coast North Americans were working this one yesterday on 15 meters CW (21025) from about 13:40 to 15:00Z. QSL via OK1HWB. CE0/KF8OY - EASTER ISLAND - Roger will be here until Saturday morning. He will be on 12, 15, 20 meters SSB and maybe 40 and 80 meters CW. He will get on for a few hours in the WPX SSB Contest. QSL direct only to KF8OY. FT5X/FR5HR - KERGUELEN ISLAND - Rene showed up today on 14245 around 04:30Z. He said he would be back again on or near 14245 after 03:00Z on Saturday. FT5XN - KERGUELEN ISLAND - Helios made a surprise appearance yesterday on 28509 from 11:50 to 12:50Z. H44RY - SOLOMON ISLANDS - Have been warming up on 10 and 20 meters SSB.

HK0HEU - SAN ANDRES - Nel will be on 1843 at 04:30Z on 30 March. JT1FCO - MONGOLIA - Terry, VK4MZ, has been on for the last few days on 15, 20 and 40 meters SSB. QSL via VK4MZ. S21J - BANGLADESH - Tamtaz (YL) continues showing up on 20 meters SSB between 13:00 and 15:00Z. V8JA - BRUNEI - was busy on 7005 from 12:00 to 13:00Z and on 21020 at 23:33Z. ZD9IL - TRISTAN DA CUNHA - Ian came up on 28482 around 13:00Z. QSL via ZS5BBO. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AF-018 IH9/OK1JR 28463 1940 EU-136 9A4A 3800 0424 AN-010 HF0POL 14080 2150 NA-072 HP1XVH 14260 0128 AS-112 A43DI 7007 0303 OC-100 H44RY 14195 1316 Hiro, JH4FBV, will operate from HONSHU'S coastal islands (IOTA AS-117) from 07:00Z on 28 March through 02:00Z on 29 March as JH4FBV/4. His equipment will consist of a TS-870S running 50 watts, R7000J Vertical and Zeppe antenna. Expected frequencies are: 7010, 7060, 10110, 14010, 14260, 18077, 21010, 21260, 28010, +/- QRM. QSL via the JARL bureau or direct to Hironori Funahashi, JH4FBV, 1-11-38 Hamanochaya, Kurashiki-city, Okayama, 710-0061 JAPAN. PY3ACC, and PY3CKO will be active from Marinheiros Island (No IOTA) from 17 to 19 April as ZV3A and ZV3C. Look for them on 20 and 40 meters CW and SSB. QSL via the bureau or direct to Alberto V. Christensen, R. Irmao Jos‚ Otao 170/1302, 90035-060, Porto Alegre (RS), BRAZIL IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- -------------- 27-Mar 28-Mar FS FJ/K1YJK 2-42 27-Mar 29-Mar 5H 5H1/G0IXC (AF-032) 2-43 27-Mar 29-Mar A4 A43DI (AS-112) 2-54 2-53 27-Mar 29-Mar EA8 EA8/GM4XQJ/P (AF-004) 27-Mar 30-Mar F F/G3RTE/P F/G3SWH/P (EU-068) 2-45 27-Mar 30-Mar YB YB9QV or YB9/OH2KI 2-49 27-Mar 30-Mar PY ZY5YZ (SA-026) 3-40 27-Mar 31-Mar 3V 3V8BB 2-52

27-Mar 31-Mar 3W 3W6WE & 3W6LK 2-41 27-Mar 31-Mar JA 8J0WGP/0 2-42 27-Mar 31-Mar OH0 DK6QW DL3QQ DF8QJ DL6YFB 2-46 27-Mar 31-Mar H4 H44RY & H44DX Special Edition 27-Mar 31-Mar HP HP1XBI 2-30 27-Mar 31-Mar JD1/O JF1LGD/JD1 2-42 27-Mar 31-Mar JY JY9RU 2-51 27-Mar 31-Mar PJ2 PJ9JT (SA-006) 167 27-Mar 31-Mar V8 V8JA or V85HG 2-27 27-Mar 1-Apr 3D2 3D2KT 3D2TN 2-27 192 27-Mar 1-Apr A6 A61AJ 2-48 27-Mar 1-Apr EI EJ0/EA3BOX 2-38 27-Mar 1-Apr J8 J8/EA2BP J80R 2-38 27-Mar 1-Apr KH4 NH4/NH6YK (OC-030) 2-51 2-6 27-Mar 1-Apr PJ8 PJ8/W3EH 2-57 27-Mar 1-Apr Z3 Z38/NO6X Z38/NN6C 2-43 27-Mar 2-Apr CT3 CT3/PA3GIO/M (AF-014) 2-50 27-Mar 2-Apr KH6 KB6JOX 2-52 27-Mar 3-Apr 8P 8P9IJ 2-57 27-Mar 6-Apr EA8 ED8CTM 2-50 27-Mar 10-Apr JX JX3EX (EU-022) 177 135 27-Mar 10-Apr KH3 KK5ZX/KH3 2-30 27-Mar 13-Apr ZK2 ZK2FT 2-54 2-52 27-Mar 20-Apr S0 S0RASD 2-52 27-Mar 22-Apr P4 P49M 2-52 27-Mar 6-May FT FR5HR 2-36 27-Mar 6-May TT TT8JE 2-10 186 185 27-Mar 1-Jun FT5X FT5XN (AF-048) 179 27-Mar 1-Jun XV XV7SV 2-31 27-Mar 3-Jun 4S 4S7BRG 2-31 27-Mar 31-Oct JX JX7DFA (EU-022) 2-20 28-Mar 29-Mar 3A 3A/I1YRL & 3A/IK1SLP 28-Mar 29-Mar 3V 3V5I 2-52 28-Mar 29-Mar DU 4H9RG 2-47 28-Mar 29-Mar 4U1I 4U1ITU 2-18 28-Mar 29-Mar 9M6 9M6AAC 2-50 2-25 28-Mar 29-Mar A6 A61AJ 2-19 28-Mar 29-Mar KH2 AH2R 2-47 28-Mar 29-Mar CQ World Wide WPX SSB Contest 28-Mar 29-Mar CX CV8D 2-57 28-Mar 29-Mar HS E21CJN 2-57 28-Mar 29-Mar HS E22AAA 2-57 28-Mar 29-Mar EY EY2Q 2-55 28-Mar 29-Mar HS HS0/G4UAV 2-57 28-Mar 29-Mar HS HS0AC 2-57 28-Mar 29-Mar HS HS2AR 2-57 28-Mar 29-Mar HS HS7AS 2-57 28-Mar 29-Mar HS HS8AS 2-57 28-Mar 29-Mar SV J41DNW 2-49 28-Mar 29-Mar KH6 NH7A 2-27 28-Mar 29-Mar OH0 OH0W 2-38 28-Mar 29-Mar 5B4 P3A 2-50 28-Mar 29-Mar F TP4CE 2-48 28-Mar 29-Mar FK TXK8DX 2-30 28-Mar 29-Mar YB YE2B 2-55 28-Mar 12-Apr EI EJ/G3PFS (EU-121) 2-52 29-Mar SU SU8LXR 2-55 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The effective sunspot number for March 25, 1998 was 48.9

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado, for March 26, 1998, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 26-Mar-1998 21 110 9 2 MOD/QUIET-ACTIVE;LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE 26-Mar-1998 18 115 12 4 MOD/QUIET-ACTIVE;LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE 26-Mar-1998 15 115 12 3 MOD/QUIET-UNSET;LOW/QUIET-UNSET 26-Mar-1998 12 115 12 1 LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;LOW/QUIET-UNSET 26-Mar-1998 09 115 12 1 LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;LOW/QUIET-UNSET 26-Mar-1998 06 115 12 1 LOW/QUIET-ACITVE;LOW/QUIET-UNSET 26-Mar-1998 03 115 12 1 LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE 26-Mar-1998 00 115 12 2 LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;LOW/UNSET-ACTIVE The forecast for Friday, 27 March: solar flux 111, A index 12, K index 3. Friday should be High Normal. The forecast for Saturday, 28 March: solar flux 111, A index 10, K index 2. Saturday should be High Normal. The forecast for Sunday, 29 March: solar flux 110, A index 10, K index 2. Sunday should be High Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 3DA0CA W4DR CT98EFL CT1EFL NH4/NH6YK NH6YK 3W7TK OK1HWB HZ1AB K8PYD T00RM DL2JRM CE0/KF8OY KF8OY JT1FCO VK4MZ V47VTK WB8VTK CN/OM3CGN OM3CGN N1KS/KH0 JA1FUI ZD9IL ZS5BBO TF8GX - Gulli, Box 345, Keflavik 230, ICELAND QSL cards recently received: 5A28, 8Q7AA, 9M6HIL, A4/KE3Q, A45XR, A61AJ, A61AN, CN2IB, D2TM, TG5/NH6MG, YO2BV _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: JH4FBV, K2BF, K3KY, KC3AJ, KH6BZF REPORTS, N3OSH, N4PQX, NC4US, NOAA, PS7AB, WB4KTC, _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), or $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United States. _____________________________________________________________________ Copyright _ _____________________________________________________________________ THE DAILY DX is published Monday through Friday by Bernie McClenny, W3UR, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, MD 21738 USA. This e-mail message

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. ====================== *** The Daily DX *** ====================== Volume 2 Number 59 March 30, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ Headlines _____________________________________________________________________ Jim, VK9NS arrived yesterday around 02:00Z on Pigeon Island (IOTA OC-065) which is one of the Reef Islands and currently counts as the Solomon Islands. He was signing H44/VK9NS on 7005 just before 13:00Z on Sunday. Effective 1 April he will be signing H40AB and it is expect to count as a new country. This is the same group of islands that the operators from H40AA will be operating from. Jim plans to be active for 2 to 3 weeks. He will be using a TS-690, Icom IC706, FL2100 amplifier and a butternut vertical for 10 through 80 meters on both CW and SSB. QSL via VK9NS, Box 90, Norfolk Island, Australia 2899. Ken, K6HNZ, will be active from Providenciales (IOTA NA-002), Caicos as VP5/K6HNZ until 31 March. He was active this past weekend as VP5E. QSL via K6HNZ. The DX Magazine's 1997 most wanted survey results can be found at http://www.qsl.net/cwsp/dxcc100.htm Special event station SN0JG will be active from 3 April to 30 June to celebrate the 500th anniversary of printing technology in Gadnask, Poland. QSL via SP2BIK. Jim, N9IUO, will be active as TI2IDX from Costa Rica until 5 April. Look for him to be on all bands both CW and SSB. QSL via WA9BXB. Rolf, SM5MX, is once again active as XV7SW until the middle of May from Hanoi, Vietnam. He took an IC-706, 5 band vertical for 10 through 80 meters. He will be operating from the QTH of Torsten, XV7TH, who has a TH5 tribander. The following frequencies have been assigned to Rolf. CW 3506, 7007, 14016, 14021, 21021, 21019, 28016 and 28019 SSB 7086, 14243, 14249, 21421, 21427, and 28661 QSL via SM5MX via the bureau or direct. Rolf T. Salme, SM5MX, Korpstigen 5 B, SE - 135 53 Tyreso, SWEDEN. _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 4S7/DK3FW - SRI LANKA - Dieter was found on 10105 on Friday around 20:30Z working mostly Europeans and a few East Coast North Americans. QSL via DK3FW. 4U1ITU - I.T.U. GENEVA - A group of Spanish operators were

participating this weekend in the WPX Contest from this club station. QSL via the bureau. 9Q5PA - DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO - Frank last day on the air was Friday. He packed up his equipment over the weekend and will leave any day. QSL now via his home call KC4PAU. We are currently looking for his home address. A61AJ - UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - Dave has been showing up on 160 meters just prior to his sunrise working North Americans. Look for him on 1831 and listening from 1835 to 1836 starting at 01:30Z tomorrow (31 March) until his sunrise. This will be his last attempt at 160 meters before leaving. QSL via W3UR. A92GD - BAHRAIN - Bob showed up on 10140 both Saturday and Sunday between 00:45 and 01:20Z. This is the only authorized frequency that stations from this middle east country are able to operate on. QSL via K1SE. FT5X/FR5HR - KERGUELEN ISLAND - Rene was active on 14245 at 03:30Z on Friday then on 21263 at 12:00Z on Saturday. QSL via FR5HR. H44AL - SOLOMON ISLANDS - Was active on Friday from 07:30 to 10:30Z on 20 meters SSB. QTH was Honiara. QSL via VK4AFL. H44DX - SOLOMON ISLANDS - Is also located in Honiara and was very active over the weekend on CW. QSL via OH2BN. NH4/NH6YK - MIDWAY ISLAND - Ken showed up on 21295 on Friday just after 01:00Z. QSL via NH6YK. TS5I - TUNISIA - The Italians used this call during the CQ WPX SSB Contest instead of 3V5I. QSL via I5JHW. VK0ERZ - ANTARCTICA - This station is operating from Davis Base and was found on 21353 at 10:00Z on Friday. XU2A - CAMBODIA - Between 14:00 and 15:00 on Saturday Hiroo was found on 14300. QSL via 7L1MFS. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AF-014 CT3/PA3GIO/M 18167 1751 EU-068 F/G3RTE/P 18071 1222 AF-018 IH9/OK1MM 3784 2004 EU-068 F/G3SWH/P 14029 1115 AS-053 HS0/IK4MRH 14260 1947 EU-124 GW8J 14146 0947 AS-112 A43DI 21026 0923 NA-016 ZF2EY 28459 1601 EU-002 OH0/DK6QW 14252 0858 NA-067 WQ4RP/QRP 7012 0502 EU-004 EA6LP 21305 1848 OC-065 H44/VK9NS 7005 1259 Hiroo, JA2EZD/XU2A, is currently operating from Cambodia and will go again to operate from Koh Poah Island (IOTA AS-133). He will leave Phnom Penh around 00:00Z on 31 March and expects to land on the

island around 08:00Z. He will have a TS570S, HL-1KGX 1 kilowatt amplifier, R-7000, dipoles and heavy duty generator. He will be there until 00:00Z on 5 April. QSL via 7L1MFS. Yoh, 7L1MFS, will be active from Samui Island (IOTA AS-101) from 11 to 13 June as either HS0/7L1MFS or HS0/7L1MFS/P. He will be on 10, 15, 20 and 40 meters on CW and SSB. IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- -------------- 30-Mar 30-Mar F F/G3RTE/P F/G3SWH/P (EU-068) 2-45 30-Mar 30-Mar YB YB9QV or YB9/OH2KI 2-49 30-Mar 30-Mar PY ZY5YZ (SA-026) 3-40 30-Mar 31-Mar 3V 3V8BB 2-52 30-Mar 31-Mar 3W 3W6WE & 3W6LK 2-41 30-Mar 31-Mar JA 8J0WGP/0 2-42 30-Mar 31-Mar OH0 DK6QW DL3QQ DF8QJ DL6YFB 2-46 30-Mar 31-Mar H4 H44RY & H44DX Special Edition 30-Mar 31-Mar HP HP1XBI 2-30 30-Mar 31-Mar JD1/O JF1LGD/JD1 2-42 30-Mar 31-Mar JY JY9RU 2-51 30-Mar 31-Mar PJ2 PJ9JT (SA-006) 167 30-Mar 31-Mar V8 V8JA or V85HG 2-27 30-Mar 1-Apr 3D2 3D2KT 3D2TN 2-27 192 30-Mar 1-Apr A6 A61AJ 2-48 30-Mar 1-Apr EI EJ0/EA3BOX 2-38 30-Mar 1-Apr J8 J8/EA2BP J80R 2-38 30-Mar 1-Apr KH4 NH4/NH6YK (OC-030) 2-51 2-6 30-Mar 1-Apr PJ8 PJ8/W3EH 2-57 30-Mar 1-Apr Z3 Z38/NO6X Z38/NN6C 2-43 30-Mar 2-Apr CT3 CT3/PA3GIO/M (AF-014) 2-50 30-Mar 2-Apr KH6 KB6JOX 2-52 30-Mar 3-Apr 8P 8P9IJ 2-57 30-Mar 4-Apr SU SU8LXR 2-55 30-Mar 6-Apr EA8 ED8CTM 2-50 30-Mar 10-Apr JX JX3EX (EU-022) 177 135 30-Mar 10-Apr KH3 KK5ZX/KH3 2-30 30-Mar 12-Apr EI EJ/G3PFS (EU-121) 2-52 30-Mar 13-Apr ZK2 ZK2FT 2-54 2-52 30-Mar 20-Apr S0 S0RASD 2-52 30-Mar 22-Apr P4 P49M 2-52 30-Mar 6-May FT FR5HR 2-36 30-Mar 6-May TT TT8JE 2-10 186 185 30-Mar 1-Jun FT5X FT5XN (AF-048) 179 30-Mar 1-Jun XV XV7SV 2-31 30-Mar 3-Jun 4S 4S7BRG 2-31 30-Mar 31-Oct JX JX7DFA (EU-022) 2-20 1-Apr 3-Apr HL DS4CNB/4 (AS-085) 2-43 1-Apr 14-Apr H40 H40AA Special Edition 1-Apr 30-Apr HR HR5/F2JD 2-30 1-Apr F5MUX FR 3B8 3B9 2-50 2-Apr 16-Apr ZK2 ZK2CK 2-25 3-Apr 9-Apr JW JW5HE 2-54 4-Apr 5-Apr HL DS4CNB/4 (AS-060) 2-43

4-Apr 5-Apr EA RTTY Contest 4-Apr 5-Apr SP DX Contest _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The effective sunspot number for March 28, 1998 was 53.9 The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado, for March 29, 1998, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 29-Mar-1998 21 100 15 4 VY LOW/QUIET-ACT;VY LOW-LOW/QUIET-ACT 29-Mar-1998 18 104 9 4 LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;LOW-MOD/QUIET-ACTIVE 29-Mar-1998 15 104 9 2 LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;LOW-MOD/QUIET-ACTIVE 29-Mar-1998 12 104 9 1 LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;LOW-MOD/QUIET-ACTIVE 29-Mar-1998 09 104 9 1 LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;LOW-MOD/QUIET-ACTIVE 29-Mar-1998 06 105 9 3 LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;LOW-MOD/QUIET-ACTIVE 29-Mar-1998 03 104 9 4 LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;LOW-MOD/QUIET-ACTIVE 29-Mar-1998 00 104 9 1 LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;LOW-MOD/QUIET-UNSET The forecast for Monday, 30 March: solar flux 100, A index 12, K index 3. Monday should be High Normal. The forecast for Tuesday, 31 March: solar flux 98, A index 10, K index 2. Tuesday should be High Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 3DA0NX ZS6CAX EX9A DF8WS P3A W3HNK 3DA5A JH7FQK EY2Q DJ1SKO P40N KW8N 3E1DX KU9C F/G3RTE/P G3SWH RK2FWA DK4VW 4G50N DU9RG F/G3SWH/P G3SWH RZ3Q N2UCK 4U1ITU bureau H24LP 5B4LP S0RASD EA2JG 6V1C 6W1QV H27X 5B4XF S92AT NJ2D A92GD K1SE H44/VK9NS VK9NS TM2T F6KDF BA1DU W3HC H44AL VK4AFL TP4CE F6FQK BY1QH OH2PM H44DX OH2BN TS5I I5JHW C46A 9A2AJ HB2CA HB9CA UJ9A UA9AB CS98NH CT4NH HC6CR BNE8Z UP0L UN8LW CT3BX HB9CRV J80R EA2BP V8JA JH7FQK CT98BOP CT1BOP JY5SK W9XY VI6EWT VK6ANC CT98REP CT1REP JY9QJ DL5MBY VK1FF WB2FFY CV1S CX1SI KH8/N5OLS N5JA XQ3PA CE3PA CV4Y CX2TL M8T G3XTT XU2WE K2WE EA7BQC/P EA7OH N1KS/KH0 JA1FUI YM3DL DL4VBP EX8QB IK2QPR OH0W OH2IW YW5A YV5A F6HMJ - Jacques Motte, Le soleil levant - B8, 4 avenue des rives, 06270 Villeneuve - Loubet, FRANCE FR5HR - Rene Allegre, 56 rue Leconte de Lisle, 97411 Bois de Nefle, FRANCE QSL cards recently received: 3C1GS, EL2JR, FP/N1RL, RK1B/1, VK9XY, YK1AO, ZK1XXP _____________________________________________________________________

Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 7L1MFS, AA5AT, CT1EEB, Go List, AH8LG, DJ5AV, F6AJA, JA1ADN, JH1ORA, K1XN, KC3AJ, KD4IFV, KH6BZF REPORTS, Les Nouvelles DX, N2LH, N3OSH, NOAA, OPDX, OZ8RO, PY2YP, SM5MX, W2GG, WA2VUY _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), or $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United States. _____________________________________________________________________ Copyright _ _____________________________________________________________________ THE DAILY DX is published Monday through Friday by Bernie McClenny, W3UR, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, MD 21738 USA. This e-mail message and its contents are copyrighted and are proprietary products of THE DAILY DX. Any unauthorized use, reproduction, or transfer of the message or its content, in any medium, is strictly prohibited. For permission to quote, reprint or repost this e-mail send a request to THE DAILY DX include date, volume and issue number. Check out THE DAILY DX homepage http://www.wdn.com/thedailydx or for additional information you may phone THE DAILY DX at 301-854-5650 or fax at 301-854-5105. Remember to tell all your DX friends about THE DAILY DX.

. ====================== *** The Daily DX *** ====================== Volume 2 Number 60 March 31, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ Headlines _____________________________________________________________________ Members of the Egyptian Radio Amateurs Assembly (ERAA) have activated special event station SU8LXR from the ancient city of Luxor until 4 April. Members of the DXpedition include Ezzat, SU1ER, Ahmed, SU1AH, Said, SU1SK, Sayed, SU1SA, Hisham, SU1HB, and Hossam, SU1HM. Look for these same members to also be signing their home calls /8 and the ERRA club station SU0ERA/8. QSL cards for SU8LXR go via Ezzat S. Ramadan, SU1ER, P.O. Box 78, Heliopolis, Cairo 11341, EGYPT. Barry, ZS1FJ, reports the recent Bird Island DXpedition, ZS26BI, made 3042 QSOs from the newest African IOTA. The group was on the air for 3 days, one of which conditions were not to good. Golden week is one of the most important holidays in Japan and will begin on 25 April and run through 5 May. It includes 4 national holidays: 29 April is Green Day which use to be the old Emperor's birthday, 1 May is May Day, 3 May is Constitution Memorial Day and 5 May is Children's Day. Many Japanese operators will be off from work during this time and will go on DXpeditions and holidays. Some of the planned DXpeditions during this time period include T2, Tuvalu, IOTA AS-041, Oki Archipelago, and 3 different trips to 3D2, the Fiji Islands. As we get closer to this holiday look for more JA's to be on the air from other locations. Charlie, K4VUD, reports he will once again be active from Nepal from July to November as 9N1UD. This trip he plans to be active on both 80 and 160 meters. QSL via K4VUD. _____________________________________________________________________ New Country _____________________________________________________________________ When was the last time you worked a new country? Are you ready to work the potentially newest country to the ARRL DXCC list? In less than 18 hours both H40AA and H40AB will hit the air waves. Starting at 23:59Z on 31 March, 1998 DXers across the globe will have that opportunity. The South China Sea DX Team will be active as H40AA from Nendo Island which is also called Santa Cruz Island. Meanwhile Jim Smith, VK9NS, from the Heard Island DX Association will use H40AB from Pigeon Island which is in the Reef Islands. Both of these operations, although taking place in two different island groups, will count as the potentially new country Temotu Islands. In order to be ready DXers using logging, beam heading and propagation software will want to update their databases in order to correctly log and have their software notify them of this potential new one. Here is the basic information you will need for that. Prefix: H40 Capital: Lata

Country: Temotu Islands Area: 836 Square km CQ WAZ: 32 IOTA: H40AA/OC-100 H40AB/OC-065 ITU Zone: 51 UTC offset: +11 hours Latitude: 10' 43.5" South Start Date: 1 April, 1998 Longitude: 165' 48.1" East Continent: Oceania The expected frequencies that the H40AA DXpedition team will be transmitting on are as follows: Band CW SSB RTTY ---- ------- ------- ----- 160 1824.5 1824.5 80 3504 3775 40 7004 7045 30 10104 20 14024 14195 14083 17 18074 18135 15 21024 21295 21083 12 24894 24945 10 28024 28395 6 50104 50104 Remember H40AA and H40AB are two completely different operations. Listen to the callsign carefully. QSL cards for H40AA go via OH2BN, Jarmo J. Jaakola, Kiilletie 5C30, Helsinki 00710, FINLAND. While QSL cards for H40AB go via Jim Smith, VK9NS, Box 90, Norfolk Island, AUSTRALIA 2899. _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ A61AS - UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - Has been showing up on 12 meters SSB around 11:00Z. SV2ASP/A - MOUNT ATHOS - Monk Apollo showed up yesterday on 21205 just before 18:00Z. ZK2FT - NIUE - Frank was found on 14190 around 03:00Z. East Coast US stations reported working him on 3797 at 11:00Z. QSL via DL7FT direct only. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AS-074 9M2QQ 14260 1723 OC-016 3D2TN 18153 1019 EU-008 GM3VLB/P 14261 1915 OC-022 YB9BV 14195 1258 EU-068 F/G3RTE/P 14255 1101 OC-040 ZK2FT 14190 0304 EU-121 EJ/G3PFS 14250 1828 SA-008 CE8ABF 21298 1806 NA-046 W1UF 14262 2118 IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________

From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- -------------- 31-Mar 1-Apr 3D2 3D2KT 3D2TN (OC-016) 2-27 192 31-Mar 31-Mar 3V 3V8BB 2-52 31-Mar 31-Mar 3W 3W6WE & 3W6LK 2-41 31-Mar 3-Jun 4S 4S7BRG 2-31 31-Mar 3-Apr 8P 8P9IJ 2-57 31-Mar 1-Apr A6 A61AJ 2-48 31-Mar 2-Apr CT3 CT3/PA3GIO/M (AF-014) 2-50 31-Mar 6-Apr EA8 ED8CTM 2-50 31-Mar 12-Apr EI EJ/G3PFS (EU-121) 2-52 31-Mar 1-Apr EI EJ0/EA3BOX 2-38 31-Mar 6-May FT FT5X/FR5HR 2-36 31-Mar 1-Jun FT5X FT5XN (AF-048) 179 31-Mar 31-Mar H4 H44RY & H44DX Special Edition 31-Mar 31-Mar H44 H44/VK9NS (OC-065) 2-59 31-Mar 31-Mar HP HP1XBI 2-30 31-Mar 1-Apr J8 J8/EA2BP J80R 2-38 31-Mar 31-Mar JA 8J0WGP/0 2-42 31-Mar 31-Mar JD1/O JF1LGD/JD1 2-42 31-Mar 10-Apr JX JX3EX (EU-022) 177 135 31-Mar 31-Oct JX JX7DFA (EU-022) 2-20 31-Mar 31-Mar JY JY9RU 2-51 31-Mar 10-Apr KH3 KK5ZX/KH3 2-30 31-Mar 1-Apr KH4 NH4/NH6YK (OC-030) 2-51 2-6 31-Mar 2-Apr KH6 KB6JOX 2-52 31-Mar 31-Mar OH0 DK6QW DL3QQ DF8QJ DL6YFB 2-46 31-Mar 22-Apr P4 P49M 2-52 31-Mar 31-Mar PJ2 PJ9JT (SA-006) 167 31-Mar 1-Apr PJ8 PJ8/W3EH 2-57 31-Mar 20-Apr S0 S0RASD 2-52 31-Mar 4-Apr SU SU8LXR 2-55 31-Mar 5-Apr TI TI2IDX 2-59 31-Mar 6-May TT TT8JE 2-10 186 185 31-Mar 31-Mar V8 V8JA 2-27 31-Mar 31-Mar VP5 VP5/K6HNZ (NA-002) 2-59 31-Mar 5-Apr XU XUX0 (AS-133) 2-59 31-Mar 1-Jun XV XV7SV 2-31 31-Mar 15-May XV XV7TH 2-59 31-Mar 1-Apr Z3 Z38/NO6X Z38/NN6C 2-43 31-Mar 13-Apr ZK2 ZK2FT 2-54 2-52 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The effective sunspot number for March 29, 1998 was unavailable The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado, for March 30, 1998, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 30-Mar-1998 21 108 10 1 LOW/QUIET-UNSET;LOW/UNSETTLED-ACTIVE 30-Mar-1998 18 100 15 3 VY LOW/QUIET-ACT;VY LOW-LOW/QUIET-ACT 30-Mar-1998 15 100 15 3 VY LOW/QUIET-ACT;VY LOW-LOW/QUIET-ACT 30-Mar-1998 12 100 15 2 VY LOW/QUIET-ACT;VY LOW-LOW/QUIET-ACT 30-Mar-1998 09 100 15 3 VY LOW/QUIET-ACT;VY LOW-LOW/QUIET-ACT 30-Mar-1998 06 100 15 2 VY LOW/QUIET-ACT;VY LOW-LOW/QUIET-ACT 30-Mar-1998 03 100 15 1 VY LOW/QUIET-ACT;VY LOW-LOW/QUIET-ACT 30-Mar-1998 00 100 15 3 VY LOW/QUIET-ACT;VY LOW-LOW/QUIET-ACT

The forecast for Tuesday, 31 March: solar flux 104, A index 5, K index 2. Tuesday should be Above Normal. The forecast for Wednesday, 1 April: solar flux 102, A index 10, K index 3. Wednesday should be High Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 4S7BRG HB9BRM JX3EX LA3EX VP5/K6HNZ K6HNZ 9M2QQ DF5UG JX7DFA LA7DFA XUX0 7L1MFS A61AJ W3UR JY9RU F6ARU XV7SV SM0ORV CT3/PA3GIO/M PA3GIO NH4/NH6YK NH6YK XV7TH SM5MX ED8CTM DL7VRO PJ9JT W1AX Z38/NN6C NN6C EJ/G3PFS G3PFS TT8JE F6FNU Z38/NO6X NO6X FT5XN F6PEN V44KJ WB2TSL ZK2FT DL7FT HP1XBI F6AJA QSL cards for contacts with V26DX after 3 March, 1997 go to KU9C. All QSOs prior to that go via KK3S. As of 1 March, 1998 the QSL manager for YI1HK is KK3S. Koos, KK3S has requested the old logs be sent to him. The old QSL manager was SM3DBU. In yesterdays issue we reported the QSL manager for HC6CR was BNE8Z. The actual QSL manager is NE8Z. QSL cards recently received: 3A/DJ7RJ, A22EW, A35RK, T95A, XT2DP _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: Go List, JA1ADN, K1XN, K3CT, K3SX, KB3AUG, KC3AJ, KH6BZF REPORTS, KK3S, N3OSH, NOAA, WB3AVN, ZS1FJ _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), or $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United States. _____________________________________________________________________ Copyright _ _____________________________________________________________________ THE DAILY DX is published Monday through Friday by Bernie McClenny, W3UR, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, MD 21738 USA. This e-mail message and its contents are copyrighted and are proprietary products of THE DAILY DX. Any unauthorized use, reproduction, or transfer of the message or its content, in any medium, is strictly prohibited. For permission to quote, reprint or repost this e-mail send a request to THE DAILY DX include date, volume and issue number. Check out THE DAILY DX homepage http://www.wdn.com/thedailydx or for additional

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. ====================== *** The Daily DX *** ====================== Volume 2 Number 61 April 1, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ Headlines _____________________________________________________________________ Pedro, HK3JJH, will be active from Malpelo Island (IOTA SA-007) starting around 17:00Z this Saturday (4 April). He will be on this rare South American Island as HK3JJH/0M for around 72 to 100 hours. Pedro usually hangs out on 14260. Frank, DL7FT, reports he will be on Niue Island as ZK2FT for about 2 weeks. While there he will operate on SSB only on all bands except 30 and 160 meters. He has a yagi for 10, 12, 15, 17 and 20 meters and dipoles for 40 and 80 meters. His next stop will be Tonga for about two weeks as A35FT. He will then go to Apia, Samoa to get his license for Tokelaus, ZK3FT. Frank has been having some health problems and must check in with a doctor every few days. With this in mind things are not firm. QSL via DL7FT direct only. Jim Smith, VK9NS, is on the Pigeon Island (IOTA OC-065) as H40AB which should count as Temotu Islands. He is having some power supply problems as he has been using solar cells during the day and a battery at other times. He hopes to get a Kenwood power supply on Friday. Keep an ear on 14222, 14260 and 21260. He will be active on 10 through 40 meters. QSL via VK9NS. Ake, SM7CIP (ex YA1AR, T5AR), has been on Madagascar since 5 February as 5R8FU. He is expected to be there for quit some time. To date he has been mostly on CW on the higher bands making about 600 QSOs. At the moment he is running a 100 watt station on all bands and using wires and ground plane antennas. He hopes to have directional antennas and an amplifier in the future. He has an antenna for 160 meters. QSL via Jan "John" Hallenberg, SM0DJZ, Siriusgatan 106, SE-195 55 Mersta, SWEDEN. _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ FW2EH - WALLIS AND FUTUNA ISLANDS - Showed up yesterday on 3506 just before 09:00Z. Today he has been on 10 meters CW and SSB and 12 meters CW. Length of stay is not known at this time. QSL via DJ2EH. H40AA - TEMOTU ISLANDS - Martti, OH2BH, started off as H44DX on 21295 around 23:30Z. At exactly 23:59Z he changed his call to H40AA and worked three stations before 00:00Z. He was working stations all across the US, the Pacific and Japan as he was listening from 21300 to 21400. Martti said they have two stations up and running, although only one has been on to date. A third station is expected to be on the air by night fall. Aki, JA5DQH, is

expected to be on the low bands today per Martti. Wayne, N7NG, is there on the island also and took over from Martti. This DXpedition will have two phases to the operation. The first set of operators will be there until 7 April, which is when the second crew will arrive. RTTY is not expected until the second group arrives. QSL via OH2BN. H40AB - TEMOTU ISLANDS - Jim started off on 21260 just a little after the 00:00Z start up of this potential new country. He moved to CW on 21050 around 03:00Z and stayed until about 05:00Z when he went to 14222. He stuck around on his normal frequency for about 45 minutes then moved to 14260. QSL via VK9NS. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AF-004 EA8ALP 7018 2215 OC-040 ZK2FT 14195 0722 EU-133 RA1ASP 14262 0812 OC-100 H44DX 21295 2348 NA-099 NP3GG 28507 1807 SA-008 CE8ABF 14260 2143 OC-016 3D2CB 14195 0809 David Steeman, ON4BDS, will be active this weekend from Holmon Island (IOTA EU-135) as SM2/ON4BDS/P. Plans are to be on the air from about noon on Saturday through noon on Sunday. He will be running a TS-50 barefoot and a FD4 multi-band antenna. Look on the normal IOTA frequencies especially 14260. David is also planning the following IOTA trips. IOTA Country Island Dates ------ ------- ------------- ------------------ EU-135 SM2 Holmon 4 & 5 April 98 EU-101 OH6 Vaasa April - June 98 EU-105 F Batz July 98 EU-107 F Les Sept Iles July 98 EU-157 F Cezembre July 98 EU-156 F Tombelaine June 98 IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- -------------- 1-Apr 1-Apr 3D2 3D2KT 3D2TN (OC-016) 2-27 192 1-Apr 3-Jun 4S 4S7BRG 2-31 1-Apr 3-Apr 8P 8P9IJ 2-57 1-Apr 2-Apr CT3 CT3/PA3GIO/M (AF-014) 2-50 1-Apr 6-Apr EA8 ED8CTM 2-50 1-Apr 12-Apr EI EJ/G3PFS (EU-121) 2-52 1-Apr 1-Apr EI EJ0/EA3BOX 2-38 1-Apr 6-May FT FT5X/FR5HR 2-36

1-Apr FR F5MUX FR 3B8 3B9 2-50 1-Apr 1-Jun FT5X FT5XN (AF-048) 179 1-Apr 14-Apr H40 H40AA (OC-100) Special Edition 1-Apr 15-Apr H40 H40AB (OC-065) 2-59 1-Apr 3-Apr HL DS4CNB/4 (AS-085) 2-43 1-Apr 30-Apr HR HR5/F2JD 2-30 1-Apr 1-Apr J8 J8/EA2BP J80R 2-38 1-Apr 10-Apr JX JX3EX (EU-022) 177 135 1-Apr 31-Oct JX JX7DFA (EU-022) 2-20 1-Apr 10-Apr KH3 KK5ZX/KH3 2-30 1-Apr 1-Apr KH4 NH4/NH6YK (OC-030) 2-51 2-6 1-Apr 2-Apr KH6 KB6JOX 2-52 1-Apr 22-Apr P4 P49M 2-52 1-Apr 1-Apr PJ8 PJ8/W3EH 2-57 1-Apr 20-Apr S0 S0RASD 2-52 1-Apr 4-Apr SU SU8LXR 2-60 2-55 1-Apr 5-Apr TI TI2IDX 2-59 1-Apr 6-May TT TT8JE 2-10 186 185 1-Apr 5-Apr XU XUX0 (AS-133) 2-59 1-Apr 1-Jun XV XV7SV 2-31 1-Apr 15-May XV XV7TH 2-59 1-Apr 1-Apr Z3 Z38/NO6X Z38/NN6C 2-43 1-Apr 13-Apr ZK2 ZK2FT (OC-040) 2-54 2-52 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The effective sunspot number for March 30, 1998 was 51.9 The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado, for March 31, 1998, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 31-Mar-1998 21 108 6 0 LOW/QUIET-UNSET;LOW/UNSETTLED-ACTIVE 31-Mar-1998 18 108 9 0 LOW/QUIET-UNSET;LOW/UNSETTLED-ACTIVE 31-Mar-1998 15 108 9 2 LOW/QUIET-UNSET;LOW/UNSETTLED-ACTIVE 31-Mar-1998 12 108 9 1 LOW/QUIET-UNSET;LOW/UNSETTLED-ACTIVE 31-Mar-1998 09 108 9 3 LOW/QUIET-UNSET;LOW/UNSETTLED-ACTIVE 31-Mar-1998 06 108 9 3 LOW/QUIET-UNSET;LOW/UNSETTLED-ACTIVE 31-Mar-1998 03 108 9 2 LOW/QUIET-UNSET;LOW/UNSETTLED-ACTIVE 31-Mar-1998 00 108 9 2 LOW/QUIET-UNSET;LOW/UNSETTLED-ACTIVE The forecast for Wednesday, 1 April: solar flux 100, A index 10, K index 2. Wednesday should be High Normal. The forecast for Thursday, 2 April: solar flux 98, A index 5, K index 1. Thursday should be Above Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 3D2CB OKDXF A92GD K1SE H40AB VK9NS 3D2KT OKDXF CN/7X2RO OM3CGN P40J WX4G 3D2TN OKDXF DS4BBL EA2AKP TZ6JA JA3EMU 3D2WC OKDXF DU100RG DU9RG XUX0 7L1MFS 5H3RB LA4DM FW2EH DJ2EH ZK2FT DL7FT 6W/F6ERB F6ERB H40AA OH2BN

DL7FT - Frank Turek, P.O. Box 1421, 14004 Berlin, GERMANY OH2BN - Jarmo J. Jaakola, Kiilletie 5C30, Helsinki 00710, FINLAND OKDXF - OK DX Foundation, P.O. Box 73, Bradlec 293 06, Mlada Boleslav, CZECH REPUBLIC VK9NS - Jim Smith, P.O. Box 90, Norfolk Island, AUSTRALIA 2899 YB0JWA - Johanes Wardhana, P.O.Box 1867, Jakarta 10018, Indonesia Anyone looking for QSL information from this past weekends CQ WPX SSB Contest can try the following webpage by EA5EYJ. http://www.arrakis.es/~ea5eyj/wpxssb98.htm QSL cards recently received: 3A/DJ7RJ, 3V8BB (9/97), 9U5DX, DS4AKP, FH/F6HWU, JY8RP, OX/DL6QK, SV8ZC, TM1MA (EU-095), VP8CKN, VR2KF _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: AH8LG, DL7FT, EA5EYJ, EA8AKN, KC3AJ, KD4IFV, KH6BZF REPORTS, N3OSH, NOAA, ON4BDS, SM0DJZ, VK9NS, WB4KTC, _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), or $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United States. _____________________________________________________________________ Copyright _ _____________________________________________________________________ THE DAILY DX is published Monday through Friday by Bernie McClenny, W3UR, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, MD 21738 USA. This e-mail message and its contents are copyrighted and are proprietary products of THE DAILY DX. Any unauthorized use, reproduction, or transfer of the message or its content, in any medium, is strictly prohibited. For permission to quote, reprint or repost this e-mail send a request to THE DAILY DX include date, volume and issue number. Check out THE DAILY DX homepage http://www.wdn.com/thedailydx or for additional information you may phone THE DAILY DX at 301-854-5650 or fax at 301-854-5105. Remember to tell all your DX friends about THE DAILY DX.

. ====================== *** The Daily DX *** ====================== Volume 2 Number 62 April 2, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ Headlines _____________________________________________________________________ Congratulations to Dick Sander, K5QY, for being the first station to work Temotu Islands. Martti, OH2BH/H40AA, started the operation as scheduled on 31 March at 23:59Z on 21295. He began with "CQ this is Temotu Islands H40AA listening between 21300 and 21330." Dick landed right in the middle on 21315. Martti exchanged reports and afterwards congratulated K5QY for being the first to work this potentially new country. Pedro, HK3JJH, will be on Malpelo Island (see Vol. 2 No. 61) starting 4 April around 17:00Z. He will be active on 20 and 40 meters. QSL direct only. Paul, F8PX, is currently active from Senegal as 6W1RE. Look for him to be on 12, 17 and 20 meters both CW and SSB. Berkin, TA3J, and his wife Nilay (XYL), TA3YJ, will operate from Greece as SV/TA3J and SV/TA3YJ from 4 to 12 April. They will be active on 2, 10, 15, 20, 40, 80 and 160 meters SSB. QSL via home calls. _____________________________________________________________________ Silent Key _____________________________________________________________________ The DX News Sheet reports the sad passing of Peter Watson, ZL3GQ, who became a silent key on 27 March. He had a stroke in early December and was on the road to recovery. Many will remember him as a top gun contester, others as a topbander, and some as a DXer. Peter was usually the first ZL multiplier most would work in the contests. Many worked him on 160 meters for their first ZL on topband. He earned 5 Band Worked All Zones # 17. Watson was a member of NZART and FOC. Our sincere condolences to the Watson family. --... ...-- ... -.- _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 3D2 - FIJI ISLANDS - The OK DX Foundation should wrap up their South Pacific tour today. While island hoping across the South Pacific they put the following calls on the air: FO0/OK1KT, FO0/OK1TN, FO0/OK1VD, FO0/OK5DX, ZK1KTT, ZK1TNN, 5W0SZ, 5W0VD, 5W0VV, AH8K, KH8/KF4MIW, KH8/WP2AIH, 3D2CB, 3D2KT, 3D2TN, 3D2WC. QSL via OK DX Foundation, P. O. Box 73, Bradlec 293 06, Mlada Boleslav, CZECH REPUBLIC. Don't forget to

send a donation. 4L3Y - GEORGIA - Boris was found working East Coast North Americans on 10105 from 02:00 to 02:30Z. FW2EH - WALLIS AND FUTUNA ISLANDS - Has been very active over the lst 24 hours. He was reported on the following frequencies: Frequency GMT --------- ----------- 28006 00:30-01:00 7005 06:00-09:00 10104 09:00-10:00 18070 12:00-13:00 21277 21:00-23:30 24894 00:00 Today H40AA - TEMOTU ISLANDS - The South China Sea DX Team started the beginning of the day with one transmitter on the air and ended it with three. Here is yesterdays reported activities. Frequency GMT --------- ------------------------ 21295 00:00-05:00, 20:00-00:00 14195 06:00-16:15, 23:45-00:00 21024 13:00-15:00, 19:00-00:00 H40AB - TEMOTU ISLANDS - Jim continues to use batteries to power up his rig. He can easily be found on CW with a slight chirp. Here were yesterdays activities: Frequency GMT --------- --- 21260 00:00-03:00 21050 04:00-05:00 14222 05:00-05:45 14260 05:45 21050 23:00-00:00 HK0HEU - SAN ANDRES - Nel has been showing up on 1843 between 04:00 and 04:30Z. IS0/DK7ZB - SARDINIA - JA's report working this one on 7006 between 21:00 and 21:30Z. UK8OM - UZBEKISTAN - East Coast US stations were working him on 10107 yesterday just before 02:00Z. V63AO - MICRONESIA - Nishi likes 12 meters SSB between 21:00 and 23:00Z. WH6ASW/KH2 - GUAM - Ray showed up on 10110 around 12:00Z working all across the US. QSL via VK4FW. ZK2FT - NIUE - Frank continues to be active on SSB daily. Try 28490 or 24940 after 21:00Z or 14190 after 05:00Z. QSL via DL7FT direct only. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA

_____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AF-049 3B8/DL6UAA 14195 1818 OC-016 3D2QB 21005 0100 AS-133 XUXO 14018 1327 OC-054 FW2EH 7005 0623 NA-019 WL7EM 14260 55 OC-065 H40AB 21050 2258 NA-033 HK0OEP 28485 2121 OC-100 H40AA 21295 0035 Yuri, UA0KCL, plans to activate AS-038 sometime this month. IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- -------------- 2-Apr 3-Jun 4S 4S7BRG 2-31 2-Apr 3-Apr 8P 8P9IJ 2-57 2-Apr 2-Apr CT3 CT3/PA3GIO/M (AF-014) 2-50 2-Apr 6-Apr EA8 ED8CTM 2-50 2-Apr 12-Apr EI EJ/G3PFS (EU-121) 2-52 2-Apr 1-Apr EI EJ0/EA3BOX 2-38 2-Apr 6-May FT FT5X/FR5HR 2-36 2-Apr 1-Jun FT5X FT5XN (AF-048) 179 2-Apr 14-Apr H40 H40AA (OC-100) Special Edition 2-Apr 15-Apr H40 H40AB (OC-065) 2-61 2-59 2-Apr 3-Apr HL DS4CNB/4 (AS-085) 2-43 2-Apr 30-Apr HR HR5/F2JD 2-30 2-Apr 1-Apr J8 J8/EA2BP J80R 2-38 2-Apr 10-Apr JX JX3EX (EU-022) 177 135 2-Apr 31-Oct JX JX7DFA (EU-022) 2-20 2-Apr 10-Apr KH3 KK5ZX/KH3 2-30 2-Apr 1-Apr KH4 NH4/NH6YK (OC-030) 2-51 2-6 2-Apr 2-Apr KH6 KB6JOX 2-52 2-Apr 22-Apr P4 P49M 2-52 2-Apr 1-Apr PJ8 PJ8/W3EH 2-57 2-Apr 20-Apr S0 S0RASD 2-52 2-Apr 4-Apr SU SU8LXR 2-60 2-55 2-Apr 5-Apr TI TI2IDX 2-59 2-Apr 6-May TT TT8JE 2-10 186 185 2-Apr 5-Apr XU XUX0 (AS-133) 2-59 2-Apr 1-Jun XV XV7SV 2-31 2-Apr 15-May XV XV7TH 2-59 2-Apr 1-Apr Z3 Z38/NO6X Z38/NN6C 2-43 2-Apr 16-Apr ZK2 ZK2CK 2-25 2-Apr 13-Apr ZK2 ZK2FT (OC-040) 2-61 2-54 2-52 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The effective sunspot number for March 31, 1998 was 51.0 The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado, for April 1, 1998, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 1-Apr-1998 21 106 3 1 LOW/QUIET;LOW/UNSETTLED 1-Apr-1998 18 108 6 0 LOW/QUIET;LOW/UNSETTLED 1-Apr-1998 15 108 6 0 LOW/QUIET;LOW/UNSETTLED-ACTIVE 1-Apr-1998 12 108 6 1 LOW/QUIET;LOW/UNSETTLED-ACTIVE 1-Apr-1998 09 108 6 2 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/UNSETTLED-ACTIVE 1-Apr-1998 06 106 6 2 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/UNSETTLED-ACTIVE 1-Apr-1998 03 108 6 1 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/UNSETTLED-ACTIVE 1-Apr-1998 00 108 6 1 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/UNSETTLED-ACTIVE The forecast for Thursday, 2 April: solar flux 110, A index 20, K index 3. Thursday should be Below Normal. The forecast for Friday, 3 April: solar flux 105, A index 15, K index 3. Friday should be High Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 4K8F UA9AB WH6ASW/KH2 VK4FW TI2IDX WA9BXB FG5FC F6DZU UA0AZ W3HNK ZK2CK HB9BCK QSL cards recently received: 3XA8DX, 5B4ADA, 7X2RO, 8Q7AA, D68SE, HH2AW, TJ1HP, TT8KM, TT37Y, _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: DX News Sheet, HJ3PXA, KC3AJ, KH6BZF REPORTS, N3OSH, N7OJ, NOAA, VE3LDT, VE6DXX, XE1J _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), or $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United States. _____________________________________________________________________ Copyright _ _____________________________________________________________________ THE DAILY DX is published Monday through Friday by Bernie McClenny, W3UR, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, MD 21738 USA. This e-mail message and its contents are copyrighted and are proprietary products of THE DAILY DX. Any unauthorized use, reproduction, or transfer of the message or its content, in any medium, is strictly prohibited. For permission to quote, reprint or repost this e-mail send a request to THE DAILY DX include date, volume and issue number. Check out THE DAILY DX homepage http://www.wdn.com/thedailydx or for additional information you may phone THE DAILY DX at 301-854-5650 or fax at 301-854-5105. Remember to tell all your DX friends about THE DAILY DX.

. ====================== *** The Daily DX *** ====================== Volume 2 Number 63 April 3, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ Headlines _____________________________________________________________________ Dick, DJ2EH, is currently operating from Wallis Island (IOTA OC-054) as FW2EH. He will be active on all bands from 10 to 160 meters on CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL via DJ2EH. Hold off on those QSL cards to the OK DX Foundation. Karel, OK1CF/3D2CB, reports that he and Milan, OK1DWC/3D2WC, will both go to Rotuma Island and be QRV starting around 06:00Z on 4 April. They are both part of the OK DX Foundation South Pacific team. Look for them to be active on 10 through 160 meters both CW and SSB as 3D2CB/R and 3D2WC/R. They will stay on the island for 1 week. QSL via OKDXF. Phil Weaver, HS0/G4JMB, is now active again from Kota Kinabalu, East Malaysia as 9M6CT and will be there until 7 May. Look for him to be on SSB on all bands from 6 through 40 meters. He plans to be on 10 and 15 meters from 00:30 to 03:00Z and on 20 meters from 14:00 to 17:00Z. Those looking for him on 12 and 17 meters should try the 00:30 to 03:00Z time frame. On 6 meters he will be monitoring 50110 when ever he is in his apartment. QSL cards go to Phil Weaver, P.O. Box 7, Bangkok 10506, THAILAND. _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 7Z5OO - SAUDI ARABIA - West Coast US stations report working Mike on 21014 around 17:00Z. QSL via N2AU. FT5X/FR5HR- KERGUELEN ISLAND - Rene was working North Americans via the longpath between 13:00 and 14:00Z yesterday on 14260. QSL via FR5HR. FT5XN - KERGUELEN ISLAND - Helios was found working Europeans on 28020 from 11:00 to 12:00Z. QSL via F6PEN. FW2EH - WALLIS AND FUTUNA ISLANDS - Dick was reported on all bands except 80 meters yesterday. Around 11:30Z he was on 1829. Many US stations worked him today on 24893 at 00:25Z. QSL via DJ2EH. H40AA - TEMOTU ISLANDS - Yesterday was 15 and 20 meters day. Here are the reports by frequency. Frequency GMT --------- ------------------------ 14024 16:00-17:00, 19:00-20:00 14195 00:00-02:00, 05:00-07:00, 08:00-15:00 21024 00:00-04:00, 05:00-07:00, 08:00-16:00 21:00-23:00

21295 00:00-15:00, 21:00-00:00 H40AB - TEMOTU ISLANDS - Jim should get his Kenwood power supply today. Yesterdays activities were as follows. GMT Frequency ----- --------- 00-04 21052 04-08 14260 08-10 18076 21-23 18070 22 28050 XV7SW - VIETNAM - Rolf was very active yesterday on the bands. From 03:30 to 10:00Z he was on 21016 and 21019. Then he went to 14016. QSL via SM5MX. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AS-006 VR2MM 21188 1213 EU-049 SV8CYV 21255 1216 AS-042 R0DAT 14006 0402 EU-133 R1ASP 14260 0827 AS-045 HL5FUA 21260 2305 NA-036 VE7NS 18072 1703 AS-077 JI6KVR 21259 0803 NA-066 KI6T 14260 0135 AS-133 XUXO 21270 0022 NA-099 KP4YD 7004 0725 EU-009 GM0HTG 14260 1819 OC-013 ZK1JD 14260 0745 EU-009 GM0IJV 3772 1311 OC-022 YC9BU 21260 1301 EU-009 GM0KJW/M 14256 1036 OC-042 DU1KGJ/4 21255 1322 EU-037 SM7DLZ 7006 0028 OC-100 H40AA 21024 0140 EU-038 PA/DL1JZ 14179 1310 The Mobile Amateur Club, from Alabama, will be operating from Dauphin Island (NA-142) on 4 April from 14:00 to 21:00Z. Mauro Pregliasco, I1JQJ, from the RSGB IOTA committee reports the following IOTA information: IOTA REFERENCE NUMBERS ISSUED IN MARCH 1998 AF-079/Prov ZS CAPE PROVINCE - INDIAN OCEAN COAST group (South African islands, letter "c"), following the operation by ZS26BI from Bird Island. AS-133 XU GULF OF THAILAND group (Cambodian islands, letter "a"), following the operation (February 1998) by XUXO from Koh Poah. OPERATIONS WHICH HAVE PROVIDED ACCEPTABLE VALIDATION MATERIAL (*) AS-133 XU GULF OF THAILAND group (Cambodian islands, letter "a"), operation by XUXO from Koh Poah in February 1998. (*) Includes operations where validation material was volunteered, ie not specifically required for credit to be given - in all cases cards now submitted will be accepted by Checkpoints.

PROVISIONAL IOTA REFERENCE NUMBERS (YET TO BE CONFIRMED) AF-079/Prov ZS CAPE PROVINCE - INDIAN OCEAN COAST group (South African islands, letter "c"), operation by ZS26BI from Bird Island. Checkpoints are not authorized to accept for IOTA credit QSL cards confirming contacts made with islands/groups whose Reference Numbers have been issued on a provisional basis. IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- -------------- 3-Apr 3-Apr 8P 8P9IJ 2-57 3-Apr 3-Apr HL DS4CNB/4 (AS-085) 2-43 3-Apr 4-Apr SU SU8LXR 2-60 2-55 3-Apr 5-Apr TI TI2IDX 2-59 3-Apr 5-Apr XU XUX0 (AS-133) 2-59 3-Apr 6-Apr EA8 ED8CTM 2-50 3-Apr 9-Apr FW FW2EH (OC-054) 2-63 3-Apr 9-Apr JW JW5HE 2-54 3-Apr 10-Apr JX JX3EX (EU-022) 177 135 3-Apr 10-Apr KH3 KK5ZX/KH3 2-30 3-Apr 12-Apr EI EJ/G3PFS (EU-121) 2-52 3-Apr 13-Apr ZK2 ZK2FT (OC-040) 2-61 2-54 2-52 3-Apr 14-Apr H40 H40AA (OC-100) Special Edition 3-Apr 15-Apr H40 H40AB (OC-065) 2-61 2-59 3-Apr 16-Apr ZK2 ZK2CK 2-25 3-Apr 20-Apr S0 S0RASD 2-52 3-Apr 22-Apr P4 P49M 2-52 3-Apr 30-Apr HR HR5/F2JD 2-30 3-Apr 6-May FT FT5X/FR5HR 2-36 3-Apr 6-May TT TT8JE 2-10 186 185 3-Apr 15-May XV XV7TH 2-59 3-Apr 1-Jun FT5X FT5XN (AF-048) 179 3-Apr 1-Jun XV XV7SV 2-31 3-Apr 3-Jun 4S 4S7BRG 2-31 3-Apr 30-Jun SP SN0JG 2-59 3-Apr 31-Oct JX JX7DFA (EU-022) 2-20 4-Apr 5-Apr HL DS4CNB/4 (AS-060) 2-43 4-Apr 5-Apr EA RTTY Contest 4-Apr 5-Apr SM SM2/ON4BDS/P (EU-135) 2-61 4-Apr 5-Apr SP DX Contest 4-Apr 6-Apr HK0/M HK3JJH/0M (SA-007) 2-62 2-61 4-Apr 12-Apr SV SV/TA3J SV/TA3YJ 2-62 5-Apr 11-Apr EA8 EA8/G4DIY 2-57 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The effective sunspot number for April 1, 1998 was 51.0 The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado, for April 2, 1998, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 2-Apr-1998 21 103 2 1 LOW/QUIET;LOW/QUIET 2-Apr-1998 18 106 3 1 LOW/QUIET;LOW/QUIET 2-Apr-1998 15 106 3 1 LOW/QUIET;LOW/QUIET 2-Apr-1998 12 106 3 0 LOW/QUIET;LOW/UNSETTLED 2-Apr-1998 09 106 3 1 LOW/QUIET;LOW/UNSETTLED 2-Apr-1998 06 106 3 1 LOW/QUIET;LOW/UNSETTLED 2-Apr-1998 03 106 3 0 LOW/QUIET;LOW/UNSETTLED 2-Apr-1998 00 106 3 1 LOW/QUIET;LOW/UNSETTLED The forecast for Friday, 3 April: solar flux 100, A index 10, K index 2. Friday should be High Normal. The forecast for Saturday, 4 April: solar flux 98, A index 8, K index 2. Saturday should be High Normal. The forecast for Sunday, 5 April: solar flux , A index , K index . Sunday should be . _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 4F3CV HB9CXZ HZ1AB K8PYD TA3ZM DL5ABL 8P6EQ KC3AE JY9QJ DL5MBY VK8AN VK4FW AH8LG KS6DV N7ET/DU7 N7ET VP9KK K1EFI FM5BH W3HNK TA2DS WA3HUP XV7SW SM5MX FM5DN KU9C ZK1JD - Jim, Box 491, Rarotonga, SOUTH COOK ISLANDS Pekka, OH2YY, operated in the WPX SSB contest as 9M6AAC. He originally was going to handle the QSL cards himself but changed his mind before the contest. QSL cards for 9M6AAC and 9M6MU should go via Bob, N2OO. QSL cards recently received: 5W1PC, PY0ZFO _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 9M6CT, DJ2EH, I1JQJ, K4VW, KC3AJ, KH6BZF REPORTS, N3HR, N3OSH, N4MXT, NOAA, OH2YY, OK1CF _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), or $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United States. _____________________________________________________________________ Copyright _ _____________________________________________________________________

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. ====================== *** The Daily DX *** ====================== Volume 2 Number 64 April 6, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ Headlines _____________________________________________________________________ Rene, FR5HR, is currently active from Kerguelen Island as FT5X/FR5HR until 12 April. He will then leave for Amsterdam Island (FT5Z) and hopes to get there on 17 April. Plans are to be active for 10 days on 10 through 40 meters SSB only. QSL via Rene Allegre, FR5HR, 56 rue Leconte de L'Isle, La Plaine, 97411 Bois de Nefles, Saint Paul, FRANCE Dick, DJ2EH, has been on the air from Futuna Island (OC-054) as FW2EH on all bands CW, SSB and RTTY. He will be here until about 9 April at which time he will go to Vanuatu Island and may use YJ0ADJ for one week. QSL via DJ2EH. Wolf, OE1WHC, from Radio Austria International (ROI), has done a Real Audio _ interview with Martti Lane, OH2BH, about the Temotu Islands H40AA DXpedition which can be found at http://www.orf.at/roi/intermedia/realaudio.htm There is also a Real Audio _ interview with Chuck Brady, N4BQW, about his recent Kingman Reef DXpedition at http://www.orf.at/roi/intermedia/kingman.htm Kerry, VK4MZ, has left Mongolia, JT1FCO, and is now operating from the Peoples Republic of China as VK4MZ/BY1QH until 24 April. QSL via VK4MZ. Amateur operators in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada will be using the CF9 prefix from 12 to 26 April to celebrate 150th anniversary of this town. _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 3D2/R - ROTUMA - 3D2CB/R and 3D2WB/R arrived on the island around 06:00Z on Saturday. QSL via OKDXF. 4L3Y - GEORGIA - Boris has been showing up on 30 meters CW between 02:00 and 03:00Z. 4S7BRG - SRI LANKA - Mario was found on 24935 on Sunday working East Coast US stations between 16:00 and 18:00Z. QSL via HB9BRM. 5T5AU - MAURITANIA - Made a surprise appearance on 10103 on Saturday as he was working Europeans between 17:00 and 18:00Z. W.F.W.L. 7X2RO - ALGERIA - JA's report working Afif on 10105 on Friday from 21:00 to 22:00Z. QSL via F6FNU/OM3CGN.

9M6QQ - SPRATLY ISLANDS - Was active on Saturday on 14260 from 15:00 to 18:00Z. He was listening down. Pedro, HK3JJH/0M, was also on 14260 at the same time running simplex. Many stations were confused. QSL via DF5UG. AP2JZB - PAKISTAN - Look for Bob on 24970 between 12:00 and 13:00Z. QSL via K2EWB. EX8MZ - KYRGYZSTAN - Was found both Saturday and Sunday on 18070 between 15:00 and 16:00Z. FT5XN - KERGUELEN ISLAND - Helios showed up both Saturday and Sunday on 10 meters SSB from 11:30 to 12:30Z. Try looking today near 28500. QSL via F6PEN. FW2NBH - WALLIS AND FUTUNA ISLANDS - This is Ann, DL8NBH, the XYL of Dick, FW2EH. She was active on 28450 on Friday at 22:00Z. QSL via DJ2EH. H40AA - TEMOTU ISLANDS - Try 1824 between 10:30 and 11:30Z. One of the FT-1000's died and will be replaced on Wednesday when the next crew arrives. HK3JJH/0M - MAPPELO ISLAND - Pedro showed up on Saturday just prior to 17:00Z on 14260. He is running his rig off of a battery and hopes to stay on the air for 3 days. Try 14260, 21260, 28460. See QSL address listed below. Do not put callsign on the envelope. SV2ASP/A - MOUNT ATHOS - Apollo was on 3800 at 22:00Z on Friday. UB5FCW/9U - BURUNDI - Showed up on 15 meters on Saturday. W.F. W.L. V63AO - MICRONESIA - Europeans were working Nishi longpath on 18160 from 11:00 to 13:00Z both Saturday and Sunday. He worked some North Americans near the end of the opening. XU2A- CAMBODIA - East Coast US stations were working Hiroo on 15 meters SSB on Sunday between 14:00 and 16:00Z. QSL via 7L1MFS. XUF2B - CAMBODIA - Harv was working West Coast US stations on 14271 on Saturday from 16:00 to 17:00. QSL via N4JR. ZD7VC - ST. HELENA ISLAND - Bruce can be found on 28453 from 11:30 to 14:30Z. ZK2FT - NIUE - Look for Frank on or near 3799 from 10:00 to 11:00Z. QSL via DL7FT direct only. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT

------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AN-006 EM1LV 14259 0139 OC-021 YC0LOG 21204 1353 AS-042 R0DAT 21007 0737 OC-059 V63AO 18160 1246 AS-085 DS4CNB/4 14027 1250 OC-060 3D2CB/R 24940 0340 AS-117 JP1TBG/0 21223 0202 OC-060 3D2WC/R 21022 0857 AS-133 XUXO 14000 0249 OC-070 YC8VIP 21233 1227 EU-016 9A4RU 14235 1240 OC-088 YF7XND 21283 1443 EU-096 OH1LU/P 14260 1001 OC-100 H40AA 7004 1231 EU-130 IL3/IK8PGM 7048 0703 SA-007 HK3JJH/0M 14260 1229 NA-027 VO1COP 14260 2313 German operators DL2RNS, DL2RTK, DG1RNO and DL2VFR will be active from Ruden and Greifswalder Oie (EU-057) from 21 to 24 May. They will be on 2 through 160 meters CW and SSB. QSL via home calls. The IOTA DXpedition to Dauphin Island (IOTA NA-142) by the Mobile Amateur Club that was scheduled (Vol. 2 No. 63) for 4 April has been rescheduled for 25 April from 14:00 to 20:30Z. Brazilians PY1KB/P, PY1MF/P (SSB) and PY1KS/P (CW) will be active from Sape Island (IOTA SA-029) from 24 to 26 April. Suggested frequencies are as follows: SSB 7050, 14260, 21260, 28460 CW 7020, 14050, 21030, 28050 QSL via PY1AA through the bureau. David's, ON4BAM, IOTA DXpedition to Holmon Island (IOTA EU-135) had to be postponed due to transportation problems. He expects to try again in 2 or 3 weeks. IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- -------------- 6-Apr 6-Apr EA8 ED8CTM 2-50 6-Apr 6-Apr HK0/M HK3JJH/0M (SA-007) 2-62 2-61 6-Apr 9-Apr FW FW2EH (OC-054) 2-64 2-63 6-Apr 9-Apr JW JW5HE 2-54 6-Apr 10-Apr JX JX3EX (EU-022) 177 135 6-Apr 10-Apr KH3 KK5ZX/KH3 2-30 6-Apr 11-Apr 3D2/R 3D2CB/R 3D2WC/R (OC-060) 2-63 6-Apr 11-Apr EA8 EA8/G4DIY 2-57 6-Apr 12-Apr EI EJ/G3PFS (EU-121) 2-52 6-Apr 12-Apr FT5X FT5X/FR5HR 2-64 2-36 6-Apr 12-Apr SV SV/TA3J SV/TA3YJ 2-62 6-Apr 13-Apr ZK2 ZK2FT (OC-040) 2-61 2-54 2-52 6-Apr 14-Apr H40 H40AA (OC-100) Special Edition 6-Apr 15-Apr H40 H40AB (OC-065) 2-61 2-59 6-Apr 16-Apr ZK2 ZK2CK 2-25 6-Apr 20-Apr S0 S0RASD 2-52 6-Apr 22-Apr P4 P49M 2-52

6-Apr 24-Apr BY VK4MZ/BY1QH 2-64 6-Apr 30-Apr HR HR5/F2JD 2-30 6-Apr 6-May TT TT8JE 2-10 186 185 6-Apr 7-May 9M6 9M6CT 2-63 6-Apr 15-May XV XV7TH 2-59 6-Apr 1-Jun FT5X FT5XN (AF-048) 179 6-Apr 1-Jun XV XV7SV 2-31 6-Apr 3-Jun 4S 4S7BRG 2-31 6-Apr 30-Jun SP SN0JG 2-59 6-Apr 31-Oct JX JX7DFA (EU-022) 2-20 7-Apr 14-Apr JT JT1Y 2-43 2-28 2-26 9-Apr 14-Apr GU GU4YWY/M (EU-114) 2-27 9-Apr 16-Apr YJ YJ0ADJ by DJ2EH 2-64 9-Apr 20-Apr S0 S08R 2-52 10-Apr 22-May 9M6 9M8CC (OC-088) 187 11-Apr 12-Apr Japan International DX Contest CW 11-Apr 17-Apr GU GU/F5SGI (EU-114) 2-11 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The effective sunspot number for April 4, 1998 was 52 The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado, for April 5, 1998, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 5-Apr-1998 21 126 4 0 MOD/QUIET-UNSET;LOW-MOD/QUIET-UNSETTLED 5-Apr-1998 18 110 8 2 MOD/QUIET-UNSET;LOW-MOD/QUIET-UNSETTLED 5-Apr-1998 15 110 8 1 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 5-Apr-1998 12 110 8 1 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 5-Apr-1998 09 110 8 1 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 5-Apr-1998 06 110 8 1 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 5-Apr-1998 03 110 8 2 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 5-Apr-1998 00 110 8 3 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED The forecast for Monday, 6 April: solar flux 118, A index 10, K index 2. Monday should be High Normal. The forecast for Tuesday, 7 April: solar flux 122, A index 10, K index 2. Tuesday should be High Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 1X5AA W3HNK CX/LU2CP CX6FP VR98UW VR2UW 3D2CB/R OKDXF NP3U WP4U VU2JPS VK9NS 3D2WC/R OKDXF RK4SWU UA4PK XU2A 7L1MFS 9J2AA IK2RZQ TM0TWA F5UMP YB3OSE W7TSQ 9J2FR IK2RZQ UA0AZ W3HNK YJ8UU ZL2HE 9M2KQ JA1XQC UA9FAR W7YS Z37GBC NO6X 9M6QQ DF5UG V51HK DL6OBS ZK2CK HB9BCK CM8TW W3HNK VK4AU KC6AWX CO8TW W3HNK VK4MZ/BY1QH VK4MZ HK3JJH/HK0M - Pedro Allina, P.O. Box 81119, Bogota D.C., COLOMBIA WP4U - Carlos M. Colon, Jard. de Caparra, B35 2nd Street, Bayamon, Puerto Rico

QSL cards recently received: 7Z5OO, BA1CO, CY0DX, J52IM, VQ9ZZ _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: DL2VFR, DL8AAM, DX News Sheet, HK3SGP, JA0DAI, JA1ADN, K3ANS, KC3AJ, KF4UDI, KH6BZF REPORTS, N2JTX, N3OSH, N7OJ, NOAA, OE1WHC, ON4BDS, PS7AB, WP4U _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), or $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United States. _____________________________________________________________________ Copyright _ _____________________________________________________________________ THE DAILY DX is published Monday through Friday by Bernie McClenny, W3UR, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, MD 21738 USA. This e-mail message and its contents are copyrighted and are proprietary products of THE DAILY DX. Any unauthorized use, reproduction, or transfer of the message or its content, in any medium, is strictly prohibited. For permission to quote, reprint or repost this e-mail send a request to THE DAILY DX include date, volume and issue number. Check out THE DAILY DX homepage http://www.wdn.com/thedailydx or for additional information you may phone THE DAILY DX at 301-854-5650 or fax at 301-854-5105. Remember to tell all your DX friends about THE DAILY DX.

. ====================== *** The Daily DX *** ====================== Volume 2 Number 65 April 7, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ Headlines _____________________________________________________________________ Dick, DJ2EH, and his XYL Ann, DL8NBH, are currently operating from Wallis Island as FW2EH and FW2NBH. They will leave the island on Thursday evening their time and will go to Vanuatu. Dick will be operating as YJ0ADJ on all bands for 1 week. Seiji, JH6RTO, will be active from the Northern Marianas this weekend as AH0R. He will be participating in the Japan International DX Contest. If you hear him give him a call as he will be on 10, 15 and 20 meters CW and maybe some SSB. He will be there between 11 and 13 April. QSL via JH6RTO Seiji Fukushima, 1182-2506 Hase, Atsugi 243-0036 Japan. Chris, A45XR, reports he will not be on 160 meters until next season. In the mean time he plans to put up a beverage towards the US. _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 3D2/R ROTUMA - 3D2WC/R or 3D2CB/R will be on 1828 from 10:00 to 13:00Z every day until Friday. Listen carefully as they will only be running 300 watts. QSL via OKDXF. 4S7BRG - SRI LANKA - Look for Mario on 12 meters SSB from 15:00 to 17:00Z. FT5X/FR5HR - KERGUELEN ISLAND - Rene showed up on 24950 yesterday between 12:30 and 13:30Z. QSL via FR5HR. H40AA - TEMOTU ISLANDS - Were on 1822 between 11:00 and 12:00Z. On 80 meters they were on 3504 from 10:00 to 11:00Z, 12:00 to 13:30Z and 15:00 to 19:00Z. They have made over 40,000 QSOs to date. H40AB - TEMOTU ISLANDS - Jim came up on 3799 just before 11:00Z. HK3JJH/0M - MALPELO ISLAND - Pedro was reported on 14260 between 18:00 and 19:00Z. SV2ASP/A - MOUNT ATHOS - Monk Apollo was on a net on 7045 early today at 00:00Z. He did listen up in the US phone band. ZD7VC - SAINT HELENA ISLAND - Bruce likes 28453 between 15:00 and 17:00Z. _____________________________________________________________________

IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AS-003 4S7BRG 24940 1643 OC-060 3D2CB/R 18145 0608 AS-005 R0/US3IU 14260 1612 OC-065 H40AB 14260 0633 AS-042 R0DAT 14005 1132 OC-070 YC8VIP 21245 1320 EU-096 OH1LU/P 14260 1022 OC-137 VK4GP 28457 0147 OC-022 FW2EH 28466 2349 OC-142 VK4DJC/P 14260 0543 IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- -------------- 7-Apr 11-Apr 3D2/R 3D2CB/R 3D2WC/R (OC-060) 2-63 7-Apr 3-Jun 4S 4S7BRG 2-31 7-Apr 7-May 9M6 9M6CT 2-63 7-Apr 24-Apr BY VK4MZ/BY1QH 2-64 7-Apr 11-Apr EA8 EA8/G4DIY 2-57 7-Apr 12-Apr EI EJ/G3PFS (EU-121) 2-52 7-Apr 12-Apr FT5X FT5X/FR5HR 2-64 2-36 7-Apr 1-Jun FT5X FT5XN (AF-048) 179 7-Apr 9-Apr FW FW2EH (OC-054) 2-64 2-63 7-Apr 14-Apr H40 H40AA (OC-100) Special Edition 7-Apr 15-Apr H40 H40AB (OC-065) 2-61 2-59 7-Apr 30-Apr HR HR5/F2JD 2-30 7-Apr 14-Apr JT JT1Y 2-43 2-28 2-26 7-Apr 9-Apr JW JW5HE 2-54 7-Apr 10-Apr JX JX3EX (EU-022) 177 135 7-Apr 31-Oct JX JX7DFA (EU-022) 2-20 7-Apr 10-Apr KH3 KK5ZX/KH3 2-30 7-Apr 22-Apr P4 P49M 2-52 7-Apr 20-Apr S0 S0RASD 2-52 7-Apr 30-Jun SP SN0JG 2-59 7-Apr 12-Apr SV SV/TA3J SV/TA3YJ 2-62 7-Apr 6-May TT TT8JE 2-10 186 185 7-Apr 1-Jun XV XV7SV 2-31 7-Apr 15-May XV XV7TH 2-59 7-Apr 16-Apr ZK2 ZK2CK 2-25 7-Apr 13-Apr ZK2 ZK2FT (OC-040) 2-61 2-54 2-52 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The effective sunspot number for April 5, 1998 was 50.0 The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado, for April 6, 1998, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 6-Apr-1998 21 133 4 1 MODERATE/QUIET;MODERATE/QUIET-UNSETTLED 6-Apr-1998 18 126 3 1 MODERATE/QUIET;MODERATE/QUIET-UNSETTLED

6-Apr-1998 15 126 3 2 MODERATE/QUIET;MODERATE/QUIET-UNSETTLED 6-Apr-1998 12 126 3 2 MODERATE/QUIET;MODERATE/QUIET-UNSETTLED 6-Apr-1998 09 126 3 1 MODERATE/QUIET;MODERATE/QUIET-UNSETTLED 6-Apr-1998 06 126 3 1 MODERATE/QUIET;MODERATE/QUIET-UNSETTLED 6-Apr-1998 03 126 3 0 MODERATE/QUIET;MODERATE/QUIET-UNSETTLED 6-Apr-1998 00 126 3 1 MODERATE/QUIET;MODERATE/QUIET-UNSETTLED The forecast for Tuesday, 7 April: solar flux 134, A index 10, K index 2. Tuesday should be High Normal. The forecast for Wednesday, 8 April: solar flux 136, A index 10, K index 2. Wednesday should be High Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 5Z4EO DL0MAR N2NL/KH2 W2YC SU8LXR SU1ER FR5VZ F8VZ PZ5JB AA3OE UK8OM IK2QPR HF0POL SP3BGD R0DAT UA3DAT JW5HE OZ8RO JY9QJ DL5MBY SU3AM DL1FCM QSL cards recently received: HS1GUW, T31BB, ZK1XXP _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: JH6RTO, K3SX, KC3AJ, KH6BZF REPORTS, N3OSH, N4MXT, NOAA, VE3IRF, W2GG _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), or $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United States. _____________________________________________________________________ Copyright _ _____________________________________________________________________ THE DAILY DX is published Monday through Friday by Bernie McClenny, W3UR, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, MD 21738 USA. This e-mail message and its contents are copyrighted and are proprietary products of THE DAILY DX. Any unauthorized use, reproduction, or transfer of the message or its content, in any medium, is strictly prohibited. For permission to quote, reprint or repost this e-mail send a request to THE DAILY DX include date, volume and issue number. Check out THE DAILY DX homepage http://www.wdn.com/thedailydx or for additional information you may phone THE DAILY DX at 301-854-5650 or fax at 301-854-5105. Remember to tell all your DX friends about THE DAILY DX.

. ====================== *** The Daily DX *** ====================== Volume 2 Number 66 April 8, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ Headlines _____________________________________________________________________ The ARRL DXCC Yearbook 1997 is out and here are the results of the 100 Most Needed: 97 96 Prefix Country 97 96 Prefix Country --- -- ------ ------- --- -- ------ ------- 1 1 P5 North Korea 51 41 VP8/O South Orkney Is. 2 2 BS7H Scarborough Reef 52 53 XU Cambodia 3 3 BV9P Pratas I. 53 44 XZ Myanmar 4 5 7O Yemen 54 36 3V Tunisia 5 6 E3 Eritrea 55 50 3C Equatorial Guinea 6 7 A5 Bhutan 56 56 JX Jan Mayen 7 8 VU4 Andaman & Nicobar I. 57 58 1S Spratly Is. 8 9 FR/T Tromelin I. 58 57 3D2C Conway Reef 9 12 VK0/M Macquarie I. 59 62 T5 Somalia 10 15 FR/G Glorioso I. 60 71 KH5 Palmyra, Jarvis Is. 11 16 VU7 Lakshadweep Is. 61 67 ZK2 Tokelau Is. 12 14 SV/A Mount Athos 62 61 9N Nepal 13 10 Z3 Macedonia 63 63 YK Syria 14 13 T9 Bosnia-Herzegovina 64 72 ST Sudan 15 18 ZL9 Auckland & Campbell I. 65 60 A6 United Arab Emirates 16 20 3Y Bouvet I. 66 73 3D2R Rotuma 17 21 3B7 Agalega & St Brandon 67 78 JD1/M Minami Torishima Is. 18 22 FR/J Juan De Nova, Europa 68 66 VK9/X Christmas I. 19 11 5A Libya 69 70 8Q Maldive Is. 20 19 ZS8 Prince Edward & 70 79 ZD9 Tristan Da Cunha & Marion Is Gough Is 21 25 FT5Z Amsterdam & St Paul I. 71 69 ET Ethiopia 22 23 FT5W Crozet I. 72 65 TI9 Cocos I. 23 27 3C0 Annobon 73 77 VK9/C Cocos-Keeling I. 24 31 FT5X Kerguelen I. 74 75 TY Benin 25 17 OK Czech Republic 75 68 1A0 Sov. Mil. Order of Malta 26 4 VK0/H Heard I. 76 80 TJ Cameroon 27 30 VP8/G South Georgia 77 82 ZC4 U K Bases on Cyprus 28 33 HK0/M Malpelo I. 78 81 EK Armenia 29 34 XW Laos 79 83 D6 Comoros 30 35 ST0 Southern Sudan 80 76 5X Uganda 31 28 TT8 Chad 81 74 KH4 Midway I. 32 32 PY0S St Peter And Paul 82 59 9A Croatia Rocks 33 29 TN Congo 83 85 ZK1/N North Cook Is. 34 37 KH5K Kingman Reef 84 88 3X Guinea 35 26 OM Slovak Republic 85 64 S5 Slovenia 36 40 T31 Central Kiribati 86 92 FO/C Clipperton I. 37 42 VP8/S South Sandwich Is. 87 84 CE0Z Juan Fernandez I. 38 38 PY0T Trindade & Martin 88 97 KH7K Kure I. Vaz Is. 39 47 VK9/W Willis I. 89 86 XV Vietnam 40 24 ZL8 Kermadec I. 90 87 XT Burkina Faso

41 49 T33 Banaba 91 100 T2 Tuvalu 42 48 YA Afghanistan 92 96 KH9 Wake I. 43 45 EP Iran 93 91 R1M M-V I. 44 43 S2 Bangladesh 94 93 S9 Sao Tome & Principe 45 39 9U Burundi 95 95 T8 Palau 46 52 3B9 Rodriguez I. 96 94 3A Monaco 47 55 CE0X San Felix I. 97 98 JD1/O Ogasawara 48 51 S0 Western Sahara 98 89 5V Togo 49 46 5R8 Madagascar 99 C21 Nauru 50 54 YI Iraq 100 YV0 Aves I. The above list is the top 100 countries needed by DXers who are active in the ARRL's DXCC program. This is perhaps the best "Most Needed" survey because it takes the information from individuals DXCC records. The biggest drop from last year to this year was believe it or not Croatia (9A) more than likely because many have now confirmed this one at the ARRL DXCC Desk. Heard Island (VK0/H) should be no surprise to be next as it dropped 22 positions thanks to the greatest DXpedition to date by VK0IR. Slovenia (S5) take a 21 position drop again due to QSL cards in the pipeline. With all the DXpeditions recently to Tunisia (3V) dropped 18 slots. Kermadec Island (ZL8) dropped 16 thanks to ZL8IR from the year before. Rwanda (9X) and Sable Island (CY0) fell off the list. This years biggest gainers were Minami Torishima (JD1) and Palmyra and Jarvis (KH5) as they both moved up 11 notches. Tristan da Cunha & Gough Islands (ZD9), Kure Island (KH7K) and Tuvalu (T2) all gained 9 positions. Kure Island will drop next year as most DX'ers worked K7K and are just waiting to turn in their cards to the ARRL DXCC Desk. New to the list this year was both Nauru (C2) and Aves Island (YV0). Looking at the top 20 It is no surprise that North Korea (P5) is still the number one most wanted. This one could shake lose at any moment yet could stay at the top for many years like Albania and the People's Republic of China. Scarborough Reef (BS7H) will drop a few positions but should stay in the top 20. Don't be surprised to see another operation as it is not impossible to get permission to get on the air from this one. Taiwan amateurs know the need for Pratas Island (BV9P) as they are working on getting authorization to do so. Things don't look so good for Yemen (7O), however that does not stop those from trying that would like to activate this one. In the early 1990's several big operations took place from Eritrea (E3). Since then only very brief operations. In Bhutan amateur radio is currently prohibited however several groups are trying to work things out in this mountain surrounded country. Both the locals and outsiders just can't seem to get permission to activate Andaman & Nicobar Islands (VU4). It seems one person each year shows up on Tromelin Island (FR/T) for a few days but not much more that. Tom, VK1TS, was active for several months last year as VK0TS from Macquarie Island (VK0/M). He plans to be back in 1999. Glorioso Island (FR/G) same story as Tromelin a few days each year by one operator. Lakshadweep Islands (VU7) is not a new entity to the ARRL DXCC list. Amateurs used to know this as the Laccadives. Both insiders and outsiders are trying hard to get permission operate from here. Monk Apollo, SV2ASP/A, gets on the air about 1 or 2 days a month from Mount Athos (SV/A). Macedonia (Z3) should drop tremendously over the next 12 months as QSL cards are starting to show up in the bureaux and more QSL managers are handling cards for Z3 stations. Lack of QSL cards being sent out and trying to recover from a civil war are the main reasons that Bosnia-Herzegovina (T9)

is still in the top 20. A major operation from Auckland & Campbell Island by the group who brought you ZL8RI is scheduled for Early 1999. The South Sandwich Island DX Group has officially postponed its planned trip to Bouvet Island (3Y). A group of Swiss operators plan to operate from Agalega & St. Brandon Island (3B7) next month. The same story applies to Juan de Nova, Europa (FR/J) as Tromelin and Glorioso. Libya will continue to drop lower and lower as three recent operations took place in the last 6 months. Once everyone turns in their QSL cards to the ARRL DXCC Desk for ZS8IR Prince Edward & Marion Islands will drop way down the most wanted list. Congratulations to the Heard Island (VK0IR) DXpedition of 1997 as they were chosen as the ARRL's DXpedition of the year. Hats off to Bob Allphin, K4UEE, Harry Booklan, RA3AUU, James Brooks, 9V1YC, Hans Burki, HB9BHW, Peter Casier, ON6TT, Bob Fabry, N6EK, Ralph Fedor, K0IR, Al Hernandez, K3VN, Glenn Johnston, W0GJ, Wes Lamboley, W3WL, Arno Metzler, OE9AMJ, Mike McGirr, K9AJ, Mike Mraz, N6MZ, David Muller, VK2JDM, Arie Nugteren, PA3DUU, Ghis Penny, ON5NT, Willy Ruesch, HB9AHL, Michel Sabatino, EA8AFJ, Bob Schmieder, KK6EK, and Kurt Wetter, HB9AFI. If you have not read "VK0IR, Heard Island" by KK6EK you should! _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ ET - ETHIOPIA - ET3BN and ET3BT are on SSB almost every day. They are active on 10, 15 and 20 meters. FT5X/FR5HR - KERGUELEN ISLAND - Both Europenas and Japanese stations were on 24950 from 07:00 to 08:00Z. H40AA - TEMOTU ISLANDS - Yesterdays activities were as follows. Freq. GMT ----- ---- 1827 10-14 3504 9-10, 14-16 7080/7190 7-8 10105 9-17 14024 13-15 14190/14195 4-7, 11-13,16-18 18120 5-6 21024 7-8 21295 0-1, 2-3 28024 0-3,10-11 28395 0-3, 20-00 H40AB TEMOTU ISLANDS - Yesterday Jim was reported in the following places. Freq. GMT ----- ---- 21260 0-1 14222/14260/14164 4-8 28495 8-10 3799 10-12 7070 12-13 24905 20-23 28455 23-00

JY1Y - MONGOLIA - The Italian group started yesterday and were active on CW and SSB on 10, 12, 15, 17 and 20 meters. Check out their website for logs and much more information. http://www-dx.deis.unibo.it/htdx/jt1y/ S08R - WESTERN SAHARA - was active on 21294 from 13:00 to 18:00Z. Look for them today on 80 and 160 meters. QSL via EA2JG. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AF-016 FR5VZ 24894 1346 NA-101 J73RJ 14206 2009 AS-018 UA0FAI 21005 0553 NA-141 AE4YP 14260 0025 AS-042 R0DJG 21295 1128 OC-042 4F4IX 21275 1549 AS-042 R3CA/0 14188 0745 OC-044 VR6DB 14205 0552 AS-063 UA0QJG/0 14010 0604 OC-059 V63AO 18145 1314 EU-062 LA6OP 14260 2203 OC-065 H40AB 14260 0632 EU-133 R1ASP 14263 0714 OC-088 9M8QQ 21260 1646 NA-057 HR1RMG/HR6 21260 2256 IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- -------------- 8-Apr 11-Apr 3D2/R 3D2CB/R 3D2WC/R (OC-060) 2-63 8-Apr 3-Jun 4S 4S7BRG 2-31 8-Apr 7-May 9M6 9M6CT 2-63 8-Apr 24-Apr BY VK4MZ/BY1QH 2-64 8-Apr 11-Apr EA8 EA8/G4DIY 2-57 8-Apr 12-Apr EI EJ/G3PFS (EU-121) 2-52 8-Apr 12-Apr FT5X FT5X/FR5HR 2-64 2-36 8-Apr 1-Jun FT5X FT5XN (AF-048) 179 8-Apr 9-Apr FW FW2EH (OC-054) 2-65 2-64 2-63 8-Apr 14-Apr H40 H40AA (OC-100) Special Edition 8-Apr 15-Apr H40 H40AB (OC-065) 2-61 2-59 8-Apr 30-Apr HR HR5/F2JD 2-30 8-Apr 14-Apr JT JT1Y 2-43 2-28 2-26 8-Apr 9-Apr JW JW5HE 2-54 8-Apr 10-Apr JX JX3EX (EU-022) 177 135 8-Apr 31-Oct JX JX7DFA (EU-022) 2-20 8-Apr 10-Apr KH3 KK5ZX/KH3 2-30 8-Apr 22-Apr P4 P49M 2-52 8-Apr 20-Apr S0 S0RASD 2-52 8-Apr 30-Jun SP SN0JG 2-59 8-Apr 12-Apr SV SV/TA3J SV/TA3YJ 2-62 8-Apr 6-May TT TT8JE 2-10 186 185 8-Apr 1-Jun XV XV7SV 2-31 8-Apr 15-May XV XV7TH 2-59 8-Apr 16-Apr ZK2 ZK2CK 2-25

8-Apr 13-Apr ZK2 ZK2FT (OC-040) 2-61 2-54 2-52 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The effective sunspot number for April 6, 1998 was 66.0 The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado, for April 7, 1998, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 7-Apr-1998 21 135 7 3 LOW/UNSETTLED;LOW-MODERATE/QUIET-UNSETTLED 7-Apr-1998 18 133 4 2 LOW/QUIET;LOW-MODERATE/QUIET-UNSETTLED 7-Apr-1998 15 133 4 1 MOD/QUIET;MODERATE/QUIET-UNSETTLED 7-Apr-1998 12 133 4 0 MOD/QUIET;MODERATE/QUIET-UNSETTLED 7-Apr-1998 09 133 4 2 MOD/QUIET;MODERATE/QUIET-UNSETTLED 7-Apr-1998 06 133 4 2 MOD/QUIET;MODERATE/QUIET-UNSETTLED 7-Apr-1998 03 133 4 2 MOD/QUIET;MODERATE/QUIET-UNSETTLED 7-Apr-1998 00 133 4 2 MOD/QUIET;MODERATE/QUIET-UNSETTLED The forecast for Wednesday, 8 April: solar flux 138, A index 8, K index 2. Wednesday should be High Normal. The forecast for Thursday, 9 April: solar flux 140, A index 8, K index 2. Thursday should be High Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 4L5O TA7A EZ8AI RW6HS TJ1HP F6FNU 7Z1IS SM0OFG FM5JY F5JYD TU2XZ W3HC 9H1EL LA2TO J28FA F5MXH UA0QJG/0 UA1AGC 9J2A JA0JHA JT1Y I0SNY UK8CK RW6HS 9M2EU JA2EJI K9AW/KH2 WF5T UN3F UN7FJ 9M6AAC N2OO R0DJG UA3DJG UN7FK W3HNK C91A I4LCK R3CA/0 UA9OBA VK8AN VK4FW E21CJN W3PP S08R EA2JG XU6BND JA6BND JA0JHA - Akira Minagawa, 820 Sanashi, Koide, Kitauonuma, Niigata 946, JAPAN ZP6CW - Doug Woolley, Box 73, Caacupe, Paraguay QSL cards recently received: 8Q7AA, JY9QJ, V31VT _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: KC3AJ, KD4IFV, KH6BZF REPORTS, N3OSH, N5FG, NOAA, W2GG _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), or $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United

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. ====================== *** The Daily DX *** ====================== Volume 2 Number 67 April 9, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ Headlines _____________________________________________________________________ Carlos, LA9PJA, plans to be active from Svalbard Island as JW9PJA from 12 to 16 June. As more information develops he will post it to his homepage at http://home.sol.no/~la9pja Ted, NH6YK, reports he worked almost 900 contacts from Midway Island during the last part of March. He plans to go again to Midway in June. Sigi, DJ4IJ, and Conny, DL1DA, will be active from Belize as V31SC and V31HE from 10 to 13 March. The Lynx DX Group will have its annual DX Convention from 1 to 4 May in Bilbao, Spain. Presentations will be given by Norbert, DF6FK/T31BB and Franz, DJ9ZB/3XA8DX. For more information contact Jon, EA2KL, by e-mail at <ea2kl@jet.es> _____________________________________________________________________ IRC's _____________________________________________________________________ Joe Arcure, W3HNK, has some IRC's for sale at 75 cents each. Contact him by e-mail at <w3hnk@aol.com> _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ A45XR - OMAN - West Coast US stations report working Chris on 14028 around 00:00Z yesterday. FT5XN - KERGUELEN ISLANDS - Look for Helios on 28505 or 28500 from 11:00 to 12:00Z. H40AA - TEMOTU ISLANDS - They were active on RTTY yesterday starting around 03:30Z on 14083. Also today on 21083 around 01:00Z. Other reported activity is as follows. Freq. GMT ---------- ---- 3504 9-13, 14-18 7005/7044/7063 16-19 10104 8-12 14024 11-15 14083 03:30 to 04:15Z 14195 9-11 21024 3-4, 19-22 21295 3-4 24994 22-00

28024 20-00 28395 1-3, 20-23 H40AB - TEMOTU ISLANDS - Jim was very active yesterday on SSB. GMT Frequency ----- --------- 0-1 28458 2-3 21260 4-7 14222/14260/14055 10-11 3799 13-14 3799 22-23 24940 H44XX - SOLOMON ISLANDS - Aki, JA5DQH, was operating from Honiara as he was heading back home to Japan from the Temotu Islands. QSL via JA5DQH. S08R - WESTERN SAHARA - Those needing this one should check 21295 +/- between 11:00 to 21:00Z. QSL via EA2JG. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AN-010 HF0POL 24895 1816 NA-027 VO1COP 14260 2302 AS-018 UA0FCD 7091 0912 NA-055 AK1L 14017 2103 AS-042 R3CA/0 14001 0837 NA-057 HR1RMG/HR6 21260 2202 AS-077 JI6KVR 21260 0736 OC-027 FO5QG 14120 0738 EU-009 GM0HTG 14260 1845 OC-046 FO5QB 14126 0811 EU-016 9A2GF 14024 0719 OC-060 3D2CB/R 18140 0851 EU-031 IC8JAH 21260 1230 OC-060 3D2WC/R 14205 0926 EU-075 SV1TP/P 14013 0517 OC-065 H40AB 14260 0457 EU-133 R1ASP 14259 0636 OC-100 H40AA 3504 0938 Yuri, UA0KCL, plans to be active from Ayon Island (AS-038) on 15 and 16 April. Look for him on the 15 and 20 meter IOTA CW frequencies. QSL to Yuri Lobachev, UA0KCL, ul. Obrucheva 2-b, kv.41, Pevek, Magadanskaya obl., 686610 RUSSIA. The West Net DX Group and the Saltee Dog DX Group plan a joint island DXpedition to the Saltee Islands (EU-103) from 25 to 29 June. They will operate as EJ7NET on all bands from 2 to 160 meters on CW, RTTY and SSB. QSL cards will be automatically sent to all via the bureau by EI2GX. Bruno, IK2DUW, will be active from 3 islands which all count as EU-131 on 11 April. Look for him to be on from Motta del Cornio Veccjio, Motta del Coronio Nuovo, Ottagono di Caroman. QSL via IK2PZG. The Belgian DXpedition Committee will be active in this years IOTA Contest from Chausey Islands (EU-039). Members include Mike, ON4LAM, Maxime, ON4LCW, Phil, ON5PV, Jack, ON5OO, Fred, ON6QR, Carine, ON7LX,

Pierre, ON7PC, Eric, ON7RN, and Claude, ON7TK. QSL via ON4GO. Members of the Otley Amateur Radio Club have announced that they will operated from Bute Island (EU-123), Scotland in this years IOTA Contest. Operators include G0GNV, G0NIG, G0WNT, M0ARK, M0AMA, G8HDN & G7RDJ. IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- -------------- 9-Apr 11-Apr 3D2/R 3D2CB/R 3D2WC/R (OC-060) 2-63 9-Apr 3-Jun 4S 4S7BRG 2-31 9-Apr 7-May 9M6 9M6CT 2-63 9-Apr 24-Apr BY VK4MZ/BY1QH 2-64 9-Apr 11-Apr EA8 EA8/G4DIY 2-57 9-Apr 12-Apr EI EJ/G3PFS (EU-121) 2-52 9-Apr 12-Apr FT5X FT5X/FR5HR 2-64 2-36 9-Apr 1-Jun FT5X FT5XN (AF-048) 179 9-Apr 9-Apr FW FW2EH (OC-054) 2-65 2-64 2-63 9-Apr 14-Apr GU GU4YWY/M (EU-114) 2-27 9-Apr 14-Apr H40 H40AA (OC-100) Special Edition 9-Apr 15-Apr H40 H40AB (OC-065) 2-61 2-59 9-Apr 30-Apr HR HR5/F2JD 2-30 9-Apr 14-Apr JT JT1Y 2-43 2-28 2-26 9-Apr 9-Apr JW JW5HE 2-54 9-Apr 10-Apr JX JX3EX (EU-022) 177 135 9-Apr 31-Oct JX JX7DFA (EU-022) 2-20 9-Apr 10-Apr KH3 KK5ZX/KH3 2-30 9-Apr 22-Apr P4 P49M 2-52 9-Apr 20-Apr S0 S08R 2-52 9-Apr 30-Jun SP SN0JG 2-59 9-Apr 12-Apr SV SV/TA3J SV/TA3YJ 2-62 9-Apr 6-May TT TT8JE 2-10 186 185 9-Apr 1-Jun XV XV7SV 2-31 9-Apr 15-May XV XV7TH 2-59 9-Apr 16-Apr YJ YJ0ADJ by DJ2EH 2-64 9-Apr 16-Apr ZK2 ZK2CK 2-25 9-Apr 13-Apr ZK2 ZK2FT (OC-040) 2-61 2-54 2-52 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The effective sunspot number for April 7, 1998 was 53 The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado, for April 8, 1998, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 8-Apr-1998 21 141 7 2 LOW/UNSETTLED;LOW-MOD/QUIET-UNSETTLED 8-Apr-1998 18 135 7 1 LOW/UNSETTLED;LOW-MOD/QUIET-UNSETTLED 8-Apr-1998 15 135 7 1 LOW/UNSETTLED;LOW-MOD/QUIET-UNSETTLED 8-Apr-1998 12 135 7 1 LOW/UNSETTLED;LOW-MOD/QUIET-UNSETTLED 8-Apr-1998 09 135 7 3 LOW/UNSETTLED;LOW-MOD/QUIET-UNSETTLED

8-Apr-1998 06 135 7 2 LOW/UNSETTLED;LOW-MOD/QUIET-UNSETTLED 8-Apr-1998 03 135 7 3 LOW/UNSETTLED;LOW/MOD/QUIET-UNSETTLED 8-Apr-1998 00 135 7 3 LOW/UNSETTLED;LOW-MOD/QUIET-UNSETTLED The forecast for Thursday, 9 April: solar flux 140, A index 8, K index 2. Thursday should be High Normal. The forecast for Friday, 10 April: solar flux 142, A index 8, K index 2. Friday should be High Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 5N9KWO N0UN JI6KVR EA5KB OD5PL HB9CRV BV98ARL BV4YB KH0AC K7ZA Z31GB NN6C H44XX JA5DQH QSL cards recently received: 3A7G, 3D2UK, FK8GM, H44FN, V63KU, ZK1DI, ZS26BI _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 425 DX News, DX News Letter, EI6FR, F5OZF, KC3AJ, KH6BZF REPORTS, LA9PJA, N3OSH, N3UN, NH6YK, NOAA, N7OJ, UA0FDX, W3HNK, WA4NUF, WU1F _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), or $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United States. _____________________________________________________________________ Copyright _ _____________________________________________________________________ THE DAILY DX is published Monday through Friday by Bernie McClenny, W3UR, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, MD 21738 USA. This e-mail message and its contents are copyrighted and are proprietary products of THE DAILY DX. Any unauthorized use, reproduction, or transfer of the message or its content, in any medium, is strictly prohibited. For permission to quote, reprint or repost this e-mail send a request to THE DAILY DX include date, volume and issue number. Check out THE DAILY DX homepage http://www.wdn.com/thedailydx or for additional information you may phone THE DAILY DX at 301-854-5650 or fax at 301-854-5105. Remember to tell all your DX friends about THE DAILY DX.

. ====================== *** The Daily DX *** ====================== Volume 2 Number 68 April 10, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ Headlines _____________________________________________________________________ Kan Mizoguchi, JA1BK, fired up today around 01:00Z as FO0MIZ from the Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia. Many will recall that Paul, F6EXV, filed a petition last week on behalf of the Clipperton DX Club for the addition of both the Marquesas Islands and the Austral Islands. Kan will be in the Marquesas Islands for about 2 days. At this time it is unknown what bands he will be one. More than likely he will probably be on 20 meters CW and SSB. After Marquesas he will then go to the Austral Islands using the same callsign. He will stay there for 3 to 4 days. Next he will go to Papeete, Moorea and possible other islands that would more than likely count as French Polynesia. Listen carefully to the name of the island he is on. Kan has some maps of these islands showing the locations on his homepage at http://www.iijnet.or.jp/JA1BK/ Garth Hamilton, VE3HO, worked him and confirmed that it is Kan operating and to QSL via VE3HO. Bob Ferrero, W6RJ, and his son Bob Jr, W6KR, will operate as FO0FI and FO0FR from 13 to 20 April on Rurutu Island (OC-050) which is located in the Austral Islands. Look for them to begin sometime in the evening there time on Monday. Plans are to be on 10 through 160 meters CW and SSB. They will use a Force 12 C3S at 30 feet and the famous Titinex V80 vertical fro 40 through 160 meters. They will also take a 500 watt amplifier. They will shut down on the morning of the 20th. Look for them to do a second operation from Nuku Hiva Island (OC-027) in the Marquesas Islands starting the evening of 21 April. On this island they will use the call FO0FR until the morning of 28 April. Look for them on the normal DX frequencies. QSL via K6SLO (ex WA6SLO). Both the Marquesas Islands and the Austral Islands meet the new requirements that went into effect on 1 April, 1998. They have not been added to the DXCC list as of yet but make sure you work both of these islands. I would be a good idea to work both operations also. Here is some information you may find useful for your logging, beam heading and propagation software: Country Name Marquesas Islands Austral Islands Prefix FO/M FO/A CQ WAZ 31 32 ITU Zone 63 63 Latitude 8' 55.8" South 22' 26" South Longitude 140' 4.9" West 151' 22" West IOTA OC-027 OC-050 Continent Oceania Oceania Japanese DX'er and DXpeditioner Tada, JA1WPX, plans to spend Golden Week (see Vol. 2 No. 60) Island hopping in the South Pacific. Look for him to be active on CW, SSB, RTTY on 10 through 80 meters from

the following DX locations Dates Call Country IOTA 24-28 April 3D2WP Fiji Islands OC-121 Mana Is. 28 April - 5 May YJ0AWP Vanuatu OC-035 5-6 May 3D2WP/P Fiji Islands OC-016 Fiji QSL via JA1WPX. George, K5KG, reports he leaves for Switzerland on 23 April where he will meet up with some of the multi-national team that will operate from St. Brandon Island (AF-015). The group will consist of amateurs from Switzerland, Japan, United States and Mauritius. George and two of the operators will be QRV from Mauritius (3B8) about a week before the scheduled operation from Brandon Island (see Vol.2 No. 13 & 37 also Vol. 1 No. 182). The group is still in need of funding. The expedition's bank account is : Swiss Bank Corporation, branch Zug Bundesplatz CH-6300 Zug / Switzerland Account Number: Q9- 824.996.0 (CHF) Account Number: Q9- 824.996.1 (US$) (Remark "Cargados Expedition") Don't forget to visit their website at http://www.3b7-brandon.ch/ Baerbel, DL7UTO, and Bernd, DJ1TO, will be active again from the island of Barbados from 22 April to 5 May. Look for 8P9IU and 8P9IR to be on 10 through 80 meters mostly on CW. They will use an Icom IC-706, vertical and W3DZZ antenna. _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 9V1AG - SINGAPORE - Rob was working both Europe and North America between 13:40 and 16:40Z on 18146. S08R - WESTERN SAHARA - Was active on 28495 from about 15:00 to 15:30Z. Later they were found on 20 meters SSB from 22:30 to 00:00Z. This will be a SSB only operation. QSL via EA2JG _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AS-017 JR6EA 24948 0956 OC-021 YB1XUR 28460 1217 AS-042 R0DJG 21282 0806 OC-022 YB9BV 28464 1207 EU-123 MM0ARK/P 14260 1402 OC-059 V63AO 18160 1312 EU-133 R1ASP 14019 0804 OC-060 3D2CB/R 24940 0941 EU-133 UA1AIR 18090 0852 OC-070 YC8VIB 21241 1359 NA-057 HR1RMG/HR6 14260 2214 OC-100 H40AA 3504 0957 NA-142 K9EGA/M 14260 1910

Yang, BD7JA, and other Chinese amateurs plan to activate a new island group, Xi-Sha Archipelago, sometime between 27 April and 10 May. Once the transportation is worked out the exact dates will be available. Plans are to be active on 10, 15, 20 and 40 meters CW, SSB, RTTY. QSL via BD7JA. IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- -------------- 10-Apr 10-Apr JX JX3EX (EU-022) 177 135 10-Apr 11-Apr 3D2/R 3D2CB/R 3D2WC/R (OC-060) 2-63 10-Apr 11-Apr EA8 EA8/G4DIY 2-57 10-Apr 12-Apr EI EJ/G3PFS (EU-121) 2-52 10-Apr 12-Apr FT5X FT5X/FR5HR 2-64 2-36 10-Apr 12-Apr SV SV/TA3J SV/TA3YJ 2-62 10-Apr 13-Apr V3 V31SC & V31HE 2-67 10-Apr 13-Apr ZK2 ZK2FT (OC-040) 2-61 2-54 2-52 10-Apr 14-Apr GU GU4YWY/M (EU-114) 2-27 10-Apr 14-Apr H40 H40AA (OC-100) Special Edition 10-Apr 14-Apr JT JT1Y 2-43 2-28 2-26 10-Apr 15-Apr H40 H40AB (OC-065) 2-61 2-59 10-Apr 16-Apr YJ YJ0ADJ by DJ2EH 2-65 2-64 2-63 10-Apr 16-Apr ZK2 ZK2CK 2-25 10-Apr 20-Apr S0 S08R 2-52 10-Apr 22-Apr P4 P49M 2-52 10-Apr 24-Apr BY VK4MZ/BY1QH 2-64 10-Apr 30-Apr HR HR5/F2JD 2-30 10-Apr 6-May TT TT8JE 2-10 186 185 10-Apr 7-May 9M6 9M6CT 2-63 10-Apr 15-May XV XV7TH 2-59 10-Apr 22-May 9M6 9M8CC (OC-088) 187 10-Apr 1-Jun FT5X FT5XN (AF-048) 179 10-Apr 1-Jun XV XV7SV 2-31 10-Apr 3-Jun 4S 4S7BRG 2-31 10-Apr 30-Jun SP SN0JG 2-59 10-Apr 31-Oct JX JX7DFA (EU-022) 2-20 11-Apr 11-Apr I IK2DUW (EU-131) 2-67 11-Apr 12-Apr Japan International DX Contest CW 11-Apr 13-Apr KH0 AH0R 2-65 11-Apr 17-Apr GU GU/F5SGI (EU-114) 2-11 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The effective sunspot number for April 8, 1998 was 80 The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado, for April 9, 1998, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 9-Apr-1998 21 140 8 2 LOW/UNSET;LOW-MODERATE/QUIET-UNSETTLED 9-Apr-1998 18 141 7 2 LOW/QUIET;LOW-MODERATE/QUIET-UNSETTLED 9-Apr-1998 15 141 7 2 LOW/QUIET;LOW-MODERATE/QUIET-UNSETTLED 9-Apr-1998 12 141 7 2 LOW/QUIET;LOW-MODERATE/QUIET-UNSETTLED

9-Apr-1998 09 141 7 2 LOW/QUIET-UNSET;LOW-MOD/QUIET-UNSETTLED 9-Apr-1998 06 141 7 2 LOW/QUIET-UNSET;LOW-MOD/QUIET-UNSETTLED 9-Apr-1998 03 141 7 2 LOW/QUIET-UNSET;LOW-MOD/QUIET-UNSETTLED 9-Apr-1998 00 141 7 2 LOW/QUIET-UNSET;LOW-MOD/QUIET-UNSETTLED The forecast for Friday, 10 April: solar flux 146, A index 10, K index 2. Friday should be High Normal. The forecast for Saturday, 11 April: solar flux 146, A index 10, K index 2. Saturday should be High Normal. The forecast for Sunday, 12 April: solar flux 144, A index 8, K index 3. Sunday should be High Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 4X50DS/SK 4Z5AD HL5KY W3HNK VR98UW VR2UW 5Z4RL N2AU J52IM KB9XN YI1AK KC5HWR 7Q7DC WA6IJZ LX8DL/P LX1DA Z32XX NN6C 9K2ZZ W8CNL OD5RZ YO3FRI ZA1M IK2HTW A92FZ W3HC P29VR W7LFA ZK2CK HB9BCK CT98FMX CT1FMX V47VTK WB8VTK ZK2FT DL7FT The following new incoming QSL bureau addresses were reported by the ARRL: W5 QSL Bureau, Magnolia DX Association, P.O. Box 999, Wiggins, MS, 39577-0999 KL7 QSL Bureau, P.O. Box 520343, Big Lake, AK, 99652 QSL cards recently received: 6W1RE, 8Q7AA, A35RK, J3/K4LTA, T30JH _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 425 DX News, ARRL, DJ1TO, JA0DAI, JA1BK, JH1ORA, K2BF, K2PLF, K6UR, KC3AJ, KH6BZF REPORTS, N3OSH, NOAA, VE3HO, W2BDP, W3DAD, WD8MGQ _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), or $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United States. _____________________________________________________________________ Copyright _ _____________________________________________________________________ THE DAILY DX is published Monday through Friday by Bernie McClenny, W3UR, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, MD 21738 USA. This e-mail message and its contents are copyrighted and are proprietary products of THE DAILY DX. Any unauthorized use, reproduction, or transfer of the message or its content, in any medium, is strictly prohibited. For permission to quote, reprint or repost this e-mail send a request to THE DAILY DX include date, volume and issue number. Check out THE

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. ====================== *** The Daily DX *** ====================== Volume 2 Number 69 April 11, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ Headlines _____________________________________________________________________ Frank, DL7FT, will finish up his ZK2FT operation from Niue Island on 16 April. His next stop will be on Tonga as A35FT where he will be active from 10 to 80 meters SSB only. He hopes to have his some of his antennas up before Sunday as it is against the law to work on Sundays. If he is able to get some antennas up he hopes to start this operation on 18 April. The 40 and 80 meter antenna will go up on Monday 13 April. He plans to be on the air for 10 or 11 days then he will go home via Honolulu. QSL via DL7FT. Per, JX7DFA, plans to be active on 160 meters starting next Monday, 20 April. He will be using an Alpha 91 and 1/4 wave vertical. The Council of Europe station TP4CE will be on the air on 5 May to celebrate Europe Day. Look for this station to be active on 10, 12 and 17 meters on CW and SSB from 06:00 to 20:00Z. French operators Norbert, F6AXX, Maurive, F6IIE, Nernard, F5HEW, and Guy, F5MNW are currently active from Corsica as TK/F8UFT. They will be on CW only until 18 April. QSL via F6AXX. Bob, W6RJ, was overheard on the air this weekend talking about his trip to the Austral and Marquesas Islands. He and his son Bob Jr, W6KR, were scheduled to leave Sunday after brunch. They would arrive in Papeete around 1 AM local time and spend the night there. They should land on Rurutu about 2:30 PM local time. Bob said "There's a sure possibility from Australs on the 13th we'll be up on 40 first. It wouldn't hurt to watch 40 or even 80 meters, depending how long it takes us to put it together." Both Bob and Kan, JA1BK, are doing this trip for fun and are funding it themselves. Bob will have a 1/4 vertical for 10, 15 and 20 meters and hope to be able to get it in the water. They will also be using a C3. On the low bands Bob said he will certainly be on 160 meters as he will be taking the 66 foot Titanex vertical. _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 3D2/R - ROTUMA - The OKDXF boys (3D2CB, 3D2WC) left on Friday around 13:00Z and are now back on Fiji. Next stop home. 5X1P - UGANDA - Joe was active on 10 and 12 meters CW on Friday. QSL cards for his 9U5MRC and 5X1P operations should go to his home call. See QSL info below for correct address.

9M2AX - WEST MALAYSIA - Ross was on the bottom of the 17 meter CW band on Friday and Sunday between 14:00 and 16:30Z. A61AJ - UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - Ali was working JA's on 3795 around 20:30Z on Sunday. QSL via W3UR. ET3BN - ETHIOPIA - Was very active on 20 meters RTTY on Saturday. EY8CQ - TADJIKISTAN - Alex was found on 10107 on Sunday at 22:30Z. EZ8AD - TURKMENISTAN - Showed up on 10106 between 21:00 and 21:30Z on Saturday. FO0MIZ - MARQUESAS ISLANDS - Kan, JA1BK, was active on 12, 17, 20, 40 and 80 meters on SSB and CW over the weekend. He left this possible new one around 10:00Z on Sunday to head to another possible new one. If all goes well he should be on from the Austral Islands sometime late today. Make sure you work him again as this will more than likely be another new country. He will be using FO0MIZ again. Listen carefully to see which Island he is on. If he says Rurutu Island that is one of the Australs. QSL via VE3HO. FO0FI - AUSTRAL ISLANDS - Don't forget that Bob, W6RJ and his son Bob Jr, W6KR will be on late today or early tomorrow. FO0FR will be used next week when they are in the Marquesas Islands. H40AA - TEMOTU ISLANDS - If you have not worked this one you better hurry as both will be leaving soon. JY9QJ - JORDAN - George was active on 1825 on Sunday around 03:00Z. QSL via DL5MBY. S07CRS - WESTERN SAHARA - Yosi, JA1UT was active from here on Saturday. He was mostly on 10 and 20 meters SSB. QSL via JA1UT. S08R - WESTERN SAHARA - On Friday and Saturday these guys were very active on SSB. No reports of them being on topband. QSL via EA2JG. ST1AP/ST0 - SUDAN - Showed up on 28487 just before 16:00Z on Friday. Even though he is signing ST0 it is Sudan, as Southern Sudan was recently deleted from the DXCC list. SV2ASP/A - MOUNT ATHOS - Monk Apollo made another surprise visit to the air waves as he was found on 7055 on Sunday just before 23:00Z. VU4HLE - ANDAMANS - Was heard here on the East Coast as well as Europe and Japan on 21300 just after 12:00Z on Saturday. Work it first worry later. XU6BND - CAMBODIA - Was active mostly working JA's on 15 meters SSB on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. QSL via JA6BND.

YJ0ADJ - VANUATU - Dick, DJ2EH, arrived on Friday. He will be active on 10 through 160 meters on CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL via DJ2EH. ZK2FT - NIUE ISLAND - Look for Frank daily on 3798 just after 10:30Z. QSL via DL7FT. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AF-076 5N4B 21345 1708 NA-072 3E1DX 14260 0411 AS-053 E21AOY/8 21260 1134 NA-128 VE3ZZ/VE2 14260 1915 EU-049 SV1CU/SV8 18076 1520 OC-070 YC8VIP 21283 0214 EU-052 SV8/IK3ZAW 18079 1039 OC-088 9M6AAC 14242 1714 EU-131 IL3/IK2PZG 14212 2236 OC-136 VK3FRB 14270 0737 EU-133 R1ASP 14258 0805 SA-068 8R1AK/P 21260 1817 NA-057 HR1RMG/HR6 21260 1359 Toshiyuki, JM1PXG, plans to operate from Kita-Daito Island (AS-047) from 3 to 5 May. Look for him to be mostly active on 12 through 40 meters CW. QSL via the JARL bureau or direct to Toshiyuki Saito, 12-2-402, Okusawa 2, Setagaya, TOKYO 1580083, JAPAN. IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- -------------- 13-Apr 13-Apr KH0 AH0R 2-65 13-Apr 13-Apr V3 V31SC & V31HE 2-67 13-Apr 13-Apr ZK2 ZK2FT (OC-040) 2-61 2-54 2-52 13-Apr 14-Apr GU GU4YWY/M (EU-114) 2-27 13-Apr 14-Apr H40 H40AA (OC-100) Special Edition 13-Apr 14-Apr JT JT1Y 2-43 2-28 2-26 13-Apr 15-Apr H40 H40AB (OC-065) 2-61 2-59 13-Apr 16-Apr YJ YJ0ADJ by DJ2EH 2-65 2-64 2-63 13-Apr 16-Apr ZK2 ZK2CK 2-25 13-Apr 17-Apr FO/A FO0MIZ (OC-050) 2-68 13-Apr 17-Apr GU GU/F5SGI (EU-114) 2-11 13-Apr 20-Apr FO/A FO0FI (OC-050) 2-68 13-Apr 20-Apr S0 S08R 2-52 13-Apr 22-Apr P4 P49M 2-52 13-Apr 24-Apr BY VK4MZ/BY1QH 2-64 13-Apr 30-Apr HR HR5/F2JD 2-30 13-Apr 6-May TT TT8JE 2-10 186 185 13-Apr 7-May 9M6 9M6CT 2-63 13-Apr 15-May XV XV7TH 2-59 13-Apr 22-May 9M6 9M8CC (OC-088) 187 13-Apr 1-Jun FT5X FT5XN (AF-048) 179 13-Apr 1-Jun XV XV7SV 2-31 13-Apr 3-Jun 4S 4S7BRG 2-31 13-Apr 30-Jun SP SN0JG 2-59

13-Apr 31-Oct JX JX7DFA (EU-022) 2-20 15-Apr 16-Apr UA0 UA0KCL (AS-038) 2-67 15-Apr 31-May A3 A35VI 2-3 16-Apr 20-Apr PY PR5L (SA-027) 3-40 17-Apr 18-Apr JA 7 JA's/0 (AS-117) 2-51 17-Apr 27-Apr FT5Z FT5Z/FR5HR 2-64 17-Apr 28-Apr A3 A35FT 2-69 17-Apr VK M0BCG (OC-139) 2-43 18-Apr 18-Apr European SSB Sprint 18-Apr 19-Apr Holyland DX Contest _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The effective sunspot number for April 10, 1998 was 62.5 The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado, for April 12, 1998, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 12-Apr-1998 21 117 7 1 VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET;VY LOW-LOW/QUIET-UNSET 12-Apr-1998 18 128 11 1 VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 12-Apr-1998 15 128 11 1 LOW/QUIET-UNSET;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 12-Apr-1998 12 128 11 2 LOW/QUIET-UNSET;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 12-Apr-1998 09 128 11 2 LOW/QUIET-UNSET;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 12-Apr-1998 06 128 11 3 LOW/QUIET-UNSET;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 12-Apr-1998 03 128 11 3 LOW/QUIET-UNSET;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 12-Apr-1998 00 128 11 2 LOW/QUIET-UNSET;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED The forecast for Monday, 13 April: solar flux 126, A index 10, K index 2. Monday should be High Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 3E1DX N0JT EK7DX DL1VJ OD5PL HB9CRV 4U1WB KK4HD HI3HN DH2JD RK2FBC DJ1OJ 5N4B I2EOW HR1RMG/HR6 HR1RMG S07CRS JA1UT 5X1P G3MRC J28FA F5MXH ST1AP/ST0 DL0MAR 9H3ZC G4EDG JF1LGD/JD1 JF1LGD TK/F8UFT F6AXX 9M6AAC N2OO JY9QJ DL5MBY V31SC DK8ZD 9U5MRC G3MRC K7P AB7PI VP8CQO CE8ABF AH0R JH6RTO L36E LU7EE XU6BND JA6BND AH8LG KS6DV LX8DL/P LX1DA YJ0ADJ DJ2EH CX9AU KA5TUF OA4SS KB6J ZD8T AC4IV G3MRC - Joe, 18 Grosvenor Avenue, Kidderminster, Worcs., DY10 1SS, ENGLAND JF1LGD - YUKIO YAMAMOYTO, 5-6-16-201 Higashikashiwagaya, Ebina-City, Kanagawa 243-04, JAPAN QSL cards recently received: 5A1A, 5A2A, 5X1P, A35RK, C6A/AA6EW, HK0/KB5GL, OX3FV, T32BE, ZF2DR _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________

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. ====================== *** The Daily DX *** ====================== Volume 2 Number 70 April 14, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ Headlines _____________________________________________________________________ Three American amateurs will be active from Saint Paul Island (NA-094) starting on 28 May until at least 31 May. Dan, K8RF, Geoff, W0CG, and Ken, WA9S will operate the CQ WPX CW Contest as CY9/K8RF as a multi-single entry. Before and after the contest they will concentrating on 12, 17, 30, 40, 80 and 160 meters using CY9/home calls. QSL via home call. Amateur's from Spain will use the special prefix EG on 17 May to celebrate Telecommunications International Day. Stations participating will use UIT, IUT and ITD suffixes. QSL via the bureau. _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 3C5I - EQUATORIAL GUINEA - Alan has been showing up on 50110 on both CW and SSB between 22:00 and 23:00Z mostly working South Americans. 3V8BB - TUNISIA - Antonio, LX2DW, was operating from this club station on 14195 between 09:00 and 14:00Z. QSL via LX2DW. 4S7BRG - SRI LANKA - Mario was working all across the US and Europe on 18133 from 16:00 to 21:00Z. QSL via HB9BRM. 5R8FU - MADAGASCAR - Try 24895 around 13:00Z. AP2JZB - PAKISTAN - Several West Coast US station report Bob was on 18115 at 15:00Z. C21NI - NAURU - Europeans were working him longpath on 21275 from 12:30 to 13:30Z. FO0FI - AUSTRAL ISLANDS - Bob and Bob Jr should be on the air by the time you read this. Bob has been known to be active on the following frequencies: 1824, 3788, 7001, 14024 and 21024. QSL via K6SLO. FO0MIZ - AUSTRAL ISLANDS - Recommended frequencies for Kan are as follows. Band CW SSB 80 3795 3795 40 7004 7090 30 10104 20 14024 14195 17 18074 18135

15 21024 21295 12 24894 24945 10 28024 28495 All of the above frequencies were used on Marquesas except 10, 15 and 30 meters. Those are just suggested frequencies by your editor. Also give a listen on 14090 if you can not find him anywhere else! He was there working JA's while on Marquesas. He is expected to be in the Austral Islands for 3 to 4 days. H40AB - TEMOTU ISLANDS - Jim is still active and has well over 15,000 QSOs. QSL via VK9NS. JX7DFA - JAN MAYEN - Per showed up for a few minutes on 1823 just before 22:00Z to work some Europeans. QSL via LA7DFA. XV7SW - VIETNAM - Rolf likes 19 up from the bottom of the CW bands as he was on 21019 from 01:30 to 06:00 and then on 28019 from 07:00 to 09:00Z. QSL via SM5MX. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AS-022 RK0QXY 14040 0428 OC-035 YJ0ADJ 21005 0415 AS-042 R0DAT 14004 1105 OC-046 FO5QB 14120 0719 AS-053 HS0/IK4MRH 14260 1659 OC-065 H40AB 21048 1043 AS-063 UA0QJG/0 14011 1358 OC-070 YC8VIP 21271 1221 EU-064 F9IE 14262 1034 OC-070 YE8XM 21260 0426 EU-131 IL3/IK2PZG 7060 0719 OC-086 KH0FO 21260 1209 NA-019 KL7CYL 18076 1910 OC-137 VK4CY 28023 0106 NA-104 V44NEF 14247 1055 SA-068 8R1AK/P 14260 0455 OC-016 3D2WC 21017 0407 * S21K 21306 1218 OC-022 YB9BV 21260 1153 * S21K is a new station located on Bohla Island. We are currently trying to figure out what is the IOTA reference #. Recently the Chinese Radio Sport Association (CRSA) authorized the use of the BI prefix to be used for IOTA DXpeditions. Two groups from the Peoples Republic of China have already planed to be the first to use this new prefix. Alan, BA1DU, reports a group of Chinese amateurs will operate for the first time ever as BI3H from Shijiutuo Island (AS-NEW) starting at 12:00Z on 24 April through 02:00Z on 26 April. The island is located at 118.0 East and 39.14 North. Operators include BG1CL, BG1ET, BD1EO, BD1MT, BA1DU, BA1HAM, BA1KA and BA1MK. QSL via W3HC. A second group headed by Yang, BD7JA, will operate from the Xi-Sha Archipelago (AS-NEW) sometime between 27 April and 10 May. They will use BI7Y on 10, 15, 20 and 40 meters CW, SSB and RTTY. A ship goes to this Island group only one a month and the exact dates have not

been determined as of yet. The island is located at 112 East and 16.5 North. Operators for this operation include BD7IA, BD7IX, BD7JA, BD7KW, BG7NQ and BD7YA. QSL cards go to BD7JA, Yang, P. O. Box 1713, Guangzhou 510600, People's Republic of China. Keith, GM4YXI, will operate as 9M2YXI from Besar Island off the coast of West Malaysia from 16 to 19 April. Look him to be active on 15, 20 and 40 meters CW and SSB. If conditions warrant he will be on 10 meters also. QSL via GM4YXI, Dr Keith Kerr, East Loanhead, Auchnagatt, Ellon, Scotland. Ed, K8VIR, will be active until the end of April from Stewart Island (OC-203), New Zealand as ZL7IR/4. He will be working on the island but says to look for him on 14260 and 21300. QSL via his home call K8VIR, Ed Hartz, P.O. Box 480, Green Valley, AZ 85622, USA. David, ON4BDS, now plans to be active from Holmon Island (EU-135) as SM2/ON4BDS/P from 17 to 19 April. Don't forget to check 10 and 15 meters. QSL via ON4BDS. IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- -------------- 14-Apr 3-Jun 4S 4S7BRG 2-31 14-Apr 7-May 9M6 9M6CT 2-63 14-Apr 22-May 9M6 9M8CC (OC-088) 187 14-Apr 24-Apr BY VK4MZ/BY1QH 2-64 14-Apr 20-Apr FO/A FO0FI (OC-050) 2-68 14-Apr 17-Apr FO/A FO0MIZ (OC-050) 2-68 14-Apr 1-Jun FT5X FT5XN (AF-048) 179 14-Apr 17-Apr GU GU/F5SGI (EU-114) 2-11 14-Apr 14-Apr GU GU4YWY/M (EU-114) 2-27 14-Apr 15-Apr H40 H40AB (OC-065) 2-61 2-59 14-Apr 30-Apr HR HR5/F2JD 2-30 14-Apr 14-Apr JT JT1Y 2-43 2-28 2-26 14-Apr 31-Oct JX JX7DFA (EU-022) 2-20 14-Apr 22-Apr P4 P49M 2-52 14-Apr 20-Apr S0 S08R 2-52 14-Apr 30-Jun SP SN0JG 2-59 14-Apr 18-Apr TK TK/F8UFT 2-69 14-Apr 6-May TT TT8JE 2-10 186 185 14-Apr 14-Apr V3 V31SC & V31HE 2-67 14-Apr 1-Jun XV XV7SV 2-31 14-Apr 15-May XV XV7TH 2-59 14-Apr 16-Apr YJ YJ0ADJ by DJ2EH 2-65 2-64 2-63 14-Apr 16-Apr ZK2 ZK2CK (OC-040) 2-25 14-Apr 16-Apr ZK2 ZK2FT (OC-040) 2-61 2-54 2-52 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________

The sunspot number for April 13, 1998 was 82 The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado, for April 13, 1998, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 13-Apr-1998 21 115 3 2 LOW/QUIET;VERY LOW-LOW/QUIET 13-Apr-1998 18 117 7 1 LOW/QUIET;VERY LOW-LOW/QUIET 13-Apr-1998 15 117 7 1 LOW/QUIET;VERY LOW-LOW/QUIET 13-Apr-1998 12 117 7 0 LOW/QUIET;VERY LOW-LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 13-Apr-1998 09 117 7 1 LOW/QUIET;VERY LOW-LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 13-Apr-1998 06 117 7 1 LOW/QUIET;VERY LOW-LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 13-Apr-1998 03 117 7 1 VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET;VY LOW-LOW/QUIET-UNSET 13-Apr-1998 00 117 7 2 VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET;VY LOW-LOW/QUIET-UNSET The forecast for Tuesday, 14 April: solar flux 112, A index 8, K index 2. Tuesday should be High Normal. The forecast for Wednesday, 15 April: solar flux 110, A index 8, K index 2. Wednesday should be High Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 3DA0NX ZS6CAX CF9AV VE9AV RI4C RK4CWA 3V8BB *LX2DW EM1LV UR8LV TA2DS WA3HUP 4L0CR IK7JTF FO0MIZ VE3HO UN7FK W3HNK 4S7SW ON6TZ H40AA OH2BN V73UX V73AX 5N3BHF OE6MBG H40AB VK9NS XE1L WA3HUP 8P6AZ KU9C JW5HE OZ8RO XV7SW SM5MX 8P6EQ KC3AE N2NL/KH2 W2YC Z31GB NN6C 9M8CC PB0ALB P49M VE3MR ZD7HI WA2JUN A22EW KB2MS RA9DX SP7LZD ZD9BV W4FRU 3V8BB via LX2DW for 13 April only. QSL cards recently received: 4J8ADR, 7P8SR, 8Q7AA, 8Q7BE, T48RAC, ZK1SSB, ZK1XXP _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: BA1DU, BD7JA, GM4WOJ, K8RF, KC3AJ, KH6BZF REPORTS, N2LH, N3OSH, N4MXT, NOAA, NQ4E, ON4BDS, OPDX, W1LRZ, W2GI, W4YV _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), or $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United States. _____________________________________________________________________ Copyright _ _____________________________________________________________________

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. ====================== *** The Daily DX *** ====================== Volume 2 Number 71 April 15, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ Headlines _____________________________________________________________________ Members of the Amateur Radio Club of Korea Telecom plan to be active from Cambodia from 22 to 24 April. Plans are to be on 10, 15 and 20 meters CW and SSB. Suggested SSB frequencies are 28420, 21210 and 14210. They will use either XU3MTM or XU7MTM. Operators are HL2AQN, HL3APP, HL2ACI, and HL1OXR. QSL via HL2AQN. Endo, 7N1RTO (ex JG2EBN) will be working in Belau and hopes to be on the air as T88ME starting today through 17 April. Keep an ear out on 15 and 20 meters SSB. QSL via JARL bureau or direct to Mamoru Endo, 102-82-2 Kizuki-Omachi, Kawasaki, 211-0031 Japan Four members of the Yamato Amateur Radio Club will be active from Tuval and Fiji during Golden Week. From 25 April to 1 May they will be active from Tuvalu with the following calls: T22JY/JA1JQY, T22KJ/JA1KJW, T22KT/JA3MCA, T22VE/JA8VE. On 2 and 3 May they will go to Mololo Island (OC-121), Fiji to operate as 3D2HI/JA1KJW, 3D2KZ/JA8VE, 3D2SH/JA1JQY, 3D2TK/JA3MCA. They will have three 100 watt stations and be active on 6 through 160 meters (no 6 on Fiji). Suggested frequencies are as follows: CW: 1807, 3507, 7007,10107, 14007, 18077, 21007, 24897, 28007, 70117 SSB: 3798, 7080, 14197, 18147, 21271, 24937, 28497, 50150 QSL via home calls. _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 3C1GS - EQUATORIAL GUINEA - Ramon showed up on 14180 at the end of yesterday, just before 00:00Z. 5A1A - LIBYA - Abubaker was working mostly Europeans on 14185 from 16:00 to 17:30Z. 9M2MT - WEST MALAYSIA - Azman was busy working West Coast US stations on 14195 between 15:00 and 16:00Z. A92FZ - BAHRAIN - Bob made a surprise appearance on 10103 at 20:20Z yesterday. EP2MKP - IRAN - Europeans report working Ali on 18069 around 15:00Z. FO - AUSTRAL ISLANDS - Kan, FO0MIZ, started the operation on 14195 at 03:15 working K6UT. Bob, W6RJ, and Bob, W6KR, are using FO0FI. They are all located on the same island and were all at the same location. They tried to run more than one rig on the air yesterday

however they were having lots of interference between the stations. So if you were wondering why they would show up then disappear you now know. By the end o f the day they had the problems solved as one of the three stations is now located about a mile from the others. Yesterday's activities were as follows: GMT Frequency ----------- --------- 03:00-11:00 14195 07:00-08:45 7005 11:00-12:15 3799 12:20-12:35 1824 12:40-14:30 14195 17:30-18:20 28490 18:20-19:00 21295 20:25-00:00 24894/24945 22:05-00:00 28477 23:55-00:00 14025 H44YC - SOLOMON ISLANDS - James, 9V1YC, showed up from here yesterday. He was leaving H40AA, Temotu Islands and heading home. He was very active on 14025 between 04:20 and 05:30Z and again from 09:50 to 13:00Z. QSL via AA5BT. N9KX/KH4 - Midway - Was active on 17 and 20 meters CW yesterday. Length of stay maybe one week. No other details at this time. SV2ASP/A - MOUNT ATHOS - Monk Apollo was found on a net around 23:20 on 14247. VR6YL - PITCAIRN ISLAND - Betty was working all across the US on 21348 around 23:40Z. YJ0ADJ - VANUATU - Dick says he will try to be on 160 meters today around 10:30Z. He was there yesterday on 1828. QSL via DJ2EH. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AS-030 JR7CPN/JD1 21270 1033 EU-133 R1ASP 21266 1325 AS-042 R0DAT 14003 0617 OC-016 3D2CB 21290 0953 EU-008 MM0BGQ 3772 1816 OC-050 FO0FI 14195 0540 EU-052 SV8/IK3ZAW 14005 1643 OC-050 FO0MIZ 14195 0706 EU-057 DL1BKK/P 14260 0955 OC-137 VK4CY 14260 0654 EU-114 GU/F5SGI 14260 1500 OC-210 YC8RBC 21258 1558 Eiji, JQ1SUO will operate from Kozushima Island (AS-008) on 3 and 4 May. Europeans should look for him during his evenings on 14260. IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530

SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- -------------- 15-Apr 3-Jun 4S 4S7BRG 2-31 15-Apr 7-May 9M6 9M6CT 2-63 15-Apr 22-May 9M6 9M8CC (OC-088) 187 15-Apr 24-Apr BY VK4MZ/BY1QH 2-64 15-Apr 20-Apr FO/A FO0FI (OC-050) 2-68 15-Apr 17-Apr FO/A FO0MIZ (OC-050) 2-68 15-Apr 1-Jun FT5X FT5XN (AF-048) 179 15-Apr 17-Apr GU GU/F5SGI (EU-114) 2-11 15-Apr 15-Apr H40 H40AB (OC-065) 2-61 2-59 15-Apr 30-Apr HR HR5/F2JD 2-30 15-Apr 31-Oct JX JX7DFA (EU-022) 2-20 15-Apr 22-Apr P4 P49M 2-52 15-Apr 20-Apr S0 S08R 2-52 15-Apr 30-Jun SP SN0JG 2-59 15-Apr 18-Apr TK TK/F8UFT 2-69 15-Apr 6-May TT TT8JE 2-10 186 185 15-Apr 16-Apr UA0 UA0KCL (AS-038) 2-67 15-Apr 1-Jun XV XV7SV 2-31 15-Apr 15-May XV XV7TH 2-59 15-Apr 16-Apr YJ YJ0ADJ by DJ2EH 2-65 2-64 2-63 15-Apr 16-Apr ZK2 ZK2CK (OC-040) 2-25 15-Apr 16-Apr ZK2 ZK2FT (OC-040) 2-61 2-54 2-52 15-Apr 30-Apr ZL ZL7IR/4 (OC-203) 2-70 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The sunspot number for April 13, 1998 was 83 The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado, for April 14, 1998, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 14-Apr-1998 21 112 8 1 VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET;VY LOW-LOW/QUIET-UNSET 14-Apr-1998 18 115 4 2 VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET;VY LOW-LOW/QUIET-UNSET 14-Apr-1998 15 115 4 2 VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET;VY LOW-LOW/QUIET-UNSET 14-Apr-1998 12 115 4 2 VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET;VY LOW-LOW/QUIET-UNSET 14-Apr-1998 09 115 4 3 VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET;VY LOW-LOW/QUIET-UNSET 14-Apr-1998 06 115 4 3 VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET;VY LOW-LOW/QUIET-UNSET 14-Apr-1998 03 115 4 2 LOW/QUIET-UNSET;VRY LOW-LOW/QUIET-UNSET 14-Apr-1998 00 115 4 3 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;VERY LOW-LOW/QUIET The forecast for Wednesday, 15 April: solar flux 110, A index 8, K index 2. Wednesday should be High Normal. The forecast for Thursday, 16 April: solar flux 108, A index 8, K index 2. Thursday should be High Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ The following QSL information was taken directly from the QSL cards

recently received from the following stations: 4N8P via YU8FFG 5A28 via OE2GRP 5B4/UA3TT Oleg Lagurashvili, P. O. Box 18, Nizhny Novgorod 603000, RUSSIA 5T5SN via F5RUQ 9H3YM via PE1OFJ 9M6HIL via N2OO 9N1NE via VK6NE C31MO Michel de Diego, P. O. Box 1164, PRINCIPAT D'ANDORRA C6AFN Edwin Griffin, P. O. Box 73, Governor's Harbour, Eleuthera, BAHAMAS DS2BGV Ju Dong Lee, P. O. Box 57, Uijongbu 480-600, KOREA DS2CFV Mi Ran Lee, P. O. Box 57, Uijongbu 480-600, KOREA DS4AKP Park Soon-Bok, P. O. Box 15, Kwang-Yang 545-010, KOREA DS4BXZ Park Sang-Yoon, P. O. Box 2, Kwang-Yang 545-010, KOREA DS5WKN Kim Dae-Yong, 340-27 Sung Gun Dong, Kyong Ju 780-180, KOREA DS5WXM Kim Hyun-Suk, 340-27 Sung Gun Dong, Kyong Ju 780-180, KOREA DU100SAN Serafin A. Nepomuceno, P. O. Box 3000 QCCPO, 1170 Quezon City, MM, Philippines DU1ABC Zoltan Blatter, P. O. Box 36575, 5203 Puerto Galera, Or. Mindoro, PHILIPPINES DU4DX Jun Agapito, 308-309 J. Hernandez Ave., Naga City 4400, PHILIPPINES E21IZC Wichyein Tretrantipvikul, 716/26 Soi Watjannai Bangkorlhamp, Bangkok 10120, THAILAND FR5VZ Jean-Claude Lopez, 204, chemin Bois Rouge La Bretagne, F-97490 Sainte Clotilde, FRANCE HI4M via AD4Z HL5PVN Kang Kyung Chang, 5/6 596-1 Bugok 1-Dong Kumjung-gu, Pusan, KOREA HO3A Louis N. Anciaux, PSC 61 Box 324, FPO AA 34061 HP3XUG Louis N. Anciaux, PSC 61 Box 324, FPO AA 34061 HS0/JR3XMG via JF3PKJ HS7CMJ Miss Saijai Charoenkitkan, P. O. Box 9, Thamaka, Kanchanaburi 71120, THAILAND J3/N1FVR via OE3GRU J38A via N4LZL J49IL via DJ5IL KG4DZ via W4SD KG4ZK via W4ZYT LX1BA Andre Bichel, 18 rue Jaansmillen, L-7539 Rollingen Mersch, LUXEMBOURG PY0ZFO via W9VA RH2E via DF7RX SV0KG Vlassis Antoniou, Nea Moudania, GR-632 00 Chalkidiki, GREECE SV2DXG Nikos Papatheodorou, 48, Milou Str., GR-546 38 Thessaloniki, GREECE SV7CLI Akis Kaltsaras, 93 I. Kaviri str., GR-681 00 Alexandroupolis, GREECE SV9CVJ Nikos Magafourakis, P. O. Box 1390, GR-711 10 Iraklion, Crete, GREECE TZ6JA via JA3EMU V31TH via N0SS V73NN via N3OA V73UX David Fortin, P. O. Box 66, APO AP 96555 VU2CC Satish, 616, Khadia, Limda Pole near Bala Hanuman, Ahmedabad 1, INDIA YB0JWA Johanes Wardhana, P. O. Box 1867, Jakarta 10018, INDONESIA

YC1KEN Soetedja Wihardja, Jl. Garuda No. 9, Bandung 40183, INDONESIA YI1ALW via WB3CQN ZD7JC John Cranfield, P. O. Box 31, Jamestown, ST. HELENA ZD7MY Barrie C. Williams, P. O. Box 107, Jamestown, ST. HELENA _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: HL1SSG, JA1ELY, K3ZO, KC3AJ, KH6BZF REPORTS, N3OSH, NOAA, W1LRZ, WA2VUY _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), or $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United States. _____________________________________________________________________ Copyright _ _____________________________________________________________________ THE DAILY DX is published Monday through Friday by Bernie McClenny, W3UR, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, MD 21738 USA. This e-mail message and its contents are copyrighted and are proprietary products of THE DAILY DX. Any unauthorized use, reproduction, or transfer of the message or its content, in any medium, is strictly prohibited. For permission to quote, reprint or repost this e-mail send a request to THE DAILY DX include date, volume and issue number. Check out THE DAILY DX homepage http://www.wdn.com/thedailydx or for additional information you may phone THE DAILY DX at 301-854-5650 or fax at 301-854-5105. Remember to tell all your DX friends about THE DAILY DX.

. ====================== *** The Daily DX *** ====================== Volume 2 Number 72 April 16, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ Headlines _____________________________________________________________________ Mike, HB9EBC, will be active from Paros Island (EU-067) as SV8/HB9EBC/P from 17 to 21 April. Look for him on 10, 15, 20 and 40 meters CW, possibly 80 meters. QSL via HB9EBC. The Ratones Island (SA-026) trip by ZY5YZ from 26 to 30 March was canceled and is rescheduled for today through 20 April. QSL via PP5LL, Jaime Lira, Cx. Postal 08, Florianopolis, SC 88010-970, Brazil. _____________________________________________________________________ IRC's for Sale _____________________________________________________________________ I have some IRC's for sale at 75 cents each. First come first served. Send an e-mail to bernie.mcclenny@mail.wdn.com _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 4S7RO - SRI LANKA - Ron showed up on 14196 between 12:00 and 12:30Z to work East Coast US stations. A47RS - OMAN - Jeifar was operating the club station on 21281 as he was working Europe, North and South America from 12:00 to 12:30Z. BY0AA - PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA - Zhang can be found most days on 20 meters CW from 01:00 to 03:00Z. D44BS - CAPE VERDE ISLAND - Angelo was working Europeans and JA's on 21295 from 11:30 to 12:00Z. DU1KT - PHILIPPINES - Roger is looking to work all states on the 17 meter band. US stations should look near 18150 to 18155 between 13:00 and 15:00Z. FO0 - AUSTRAL ISLANDS - Kan, FO0MIZ, and both Bob's, FO0FI, continue to activate this potentially new country. They will be on 40, 80 and 160 meters starting at 09:00Z. When 80 and 160 meters die out they will stay on 40 meters until 17:00Z. From 17:00Z on look for them on 30 meters. As of 23:00Z yesterday they had worked some 6,000 QSOs. Bob, W6RJ, reminds everyone "We have to go eat and go to the bathroom sometime." Yesterday they were reported in the following places. GMT Freq. GMT Freq. --- ----------------------- --- ---------

00 14025 24945 28024 28477 13 1824 7093 01 14025 18074 18140 24945 28477 14 7005 7093 02 14025 18135 21295 15 7005 03 14025 18135 21295 16 7005 21300 04 14025 18074 18135 21295 17 7005 21300 05 14025 21295 18 10105 21300 06 14025 14195 21295 19 21300 24894 07 14195 21295 20 21300 24945 08 7005 21 21300 10 1824 22 21300 11 1824 23 21300 28024 28375 12 3505 3799 3788 7095 FR5ZQ/T - TROMELIN ISLAND - Henri is once again active from this semi-rare Indian Ocean island. He was found working Europeans on 21180 at 16:45Z yesterday. Look for him on the following frequencies. Freq. GMT 28490-28530 12-14 21010 21150 21220 09-14 14180-14185 16-18 7050 17 N9KX/KH4 - MIDWAY - Hans, DK9KX, was found on 24955 just after 02:00Z today. Yesterday Europeans were working him on 18080 from 07:40 to 08:40Z. He does have RTTY. QSL via DK9KX. SV2ASP - MOUNT ATHOS - Monk Apollo was again active yesterday. This time he showed up on another net on 14226 between 21:00 and 22:30Z. YJ0ADJ - VANUATU - Dick showed up exactly at 10:30Z on 1828 and then again just after 13:00Z. QSL via DJ2EH. ST2SA - SUDAN - Japanese stations report working Dr. Sid on 14195 just before 21:00Z. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AF-031 FR5ZQ/T 21180 1648 NA-027 VO1COP 14260 0000 AS-022 RK0QXY 14024 0445 NA-100 V21CW 14058 2249 AS-042 R0DJG 7008 0414 OC-021 YB1KOR 21200 1549 AS-042 R0DAT 14009 0604 OC-021 YB1XUR 28460 1201 EU-008 MM0BGQ 3772 1319 OC-022 YC9BU 21284 1420 EU-020 SM1BIQ 14260 1204 OC-050 FO0FI 21300 1807 EU-037 SM7DLZ 14260 0503 OC-141 VK8KTC 28480 1018 EU-046 LA5FTA 14084 1533 OC-146 YC8DNB 28495 1139 EU-057 DL4PM 21245 1836 IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar

_____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- -------------- 16-Apr 3-Jun 4S 4S7BRG 2-31 16-Apr 19-Apr 9M2 9M2YXI (AS-097) 2-70 16-Apr 7-May 9M6 9M6CT 2-63 16-Apr 22-May 9M6 9M8CC (OC-088) 187 16-Apr 24-Apr BY VK4MZ/BY1QH 2-64 16-Apr 20-Apr FO/A FO0FI (OC-050) 2-68 16-Apr 17-Apr FO/A FO0MIZ (OC-050) 2-68 16-Apr 1-Jun FT5X FT5XN (AF-048) 179 16-Apr 17-Apr GU GU/F5SGI (EU-114) 2-11 16-Apr 30-Apr HR HR5/F2JD 2-30 16-Apr 31-Oct JX JX7DFA (EU-022) 2-20 16-Apr 22-Apr P4 P49M 2-52 16-Apr 20-Apr PY PR5L (SA-027) 3-40 16-Apr 20-Apr S0 S08R 2-52 16-Apr 30-Jun SP SN0JG 2-59 16-Apr 18-Apr TK TK/F8UFT 2-69 16-Apr 6-May TT TT8JE 2-10 186 185 16-Apr 16-Apr UA0 UA0KCL (AS-038) 2-67 16-Apr 1-Jun XV XV7SV 2-31 16-Apr 15-May XV XV7TH 2-59 16-Apr 16-Apr YJ YJ0ADJ by DJ2EH 2-65 2-64 2-63 16-Apr 16-Apr ZK2 ZK2CK (OC-040) 2-25 16-Apr 16-Apr ZK2 ZK2FT (OC-040) 2-61 2-54 2-52 16-Apr 30-Apr ZL ZL7IR/4 (OC-203) 2-70 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The sunspot number for April 14, 1998 was 83. The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado, for April 14, 1998, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 15-Apr-1998 21 113 4 1 LOW/QUIET;LOW-MODERATE/QUIET-UNSETTLED 15-Apr-1998 18 112 8 2 LOW/QUIET;LOW-MODERATE/QUIET-UNSETTLE 15-Apr-1998 15 112 8 1 LOW/QUIET;LOW-MODERATE/QUIET-UNSETTLED 15-Apr-1998 12 112 8 1 LOW/QUIET;VY LOW-LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 15-Apr-1998 09 112 8 2 LOW/QUIET;VY LOW-LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 15-Apr-1998 06 112 8 1 VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET;VY LOW-LOW/QUIET-UNSET 15-Apr-1998 03 112 8 1 VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET;VY LOW-LOW/QUIET-UNSET 15-Apr-1998 00 112 8 1 VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET;VY LOW-LOW/QUIET-UNSET The forecast for Thursday, 16 April: solar flux 107, A index 8, K index 2. Thursday should be High Normal. The forecast for Friday, 17 April: solar flux 105, A index 12, K index 3. Friday should be High Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 3C1GS EA5BYP J42Z SV2CWY T32RT W6UC 4L4KK SV2AEL J48ISL SV2AEL T88ME 7N1RTO

9J2TF JA2BOV PY0FF W9VA TU2XP F6AXP A61AO N1DG R1ASP RA1AD TU5GD N5FTR CF9HF VE9HF S92AT NJ2D UA4RZ K7ZR EK6OCM K6EID SV2AEL/SV3 SV2AEL VR98LC VR2LC EM1LV UR8LV SV2CWY/SV9 SV2CWY WP3A W4DN FO0FI K6SLO SX2T SV2TSL XUF2B N4JR FO0MIZ VE3HO SX2THE SV2TSL YC6HDF IK0ZKK H40AB VK9NS T32BI KH6DFW ZD9CO W4FRU HF0POL SP3BGD 5A1A - P.O. Box 74421, Tripoli, LIBYA ET3AA - P.O. Box 60258, Addis Ababa, ETHIOPIA FR5ZQ - Henri Namtameco, Rampe de Saint-Francois, 5052 tour de la Chaumiere, 97400 Saint-Denis, FRANCE SV2AEL - Savas, P.O. BOX 22013, Thessaloniki, GR-55310, GREECE SV2CWY - Chris, P.O. BOX 40130, Thessaloniki, GR-56000, GREECE SV2TSL - R.A.U.N.G., P.O. Box 10483, Thessaloniki, GR-54110, GREECE V44KMC - Box 505, NEVIS ISLAND YC9MKF - Ferdinand Konay, Box 1021, Kupang 85000, INDONESIA QSL correction - The correct QSL manager for Franz, 5N3BHF is OE6LAG and not OE6MBG. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused. QSL cards recently received: 5H1/GOIXC (AF-032), 5V7A, CE8ABF, ET3BT, FS5PL, FT5XN, KL1SLE (NA-028), V31VI (NA-180), V5/OH2NNE, ZB2BK, ZD7HI _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: CT1EDY, DL2MIH, G4LVQ, Go List, JA1ADN, K1XN, KC3AJ, KE3Q, KH6BZF REPORTS, N3OSH, NOAA, SV2CLJ, W1LRZ, WA2VUY _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), or $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United States. _____________________________________________________________________ Copyright _ _____________________________________________________________________ THE DAILY DX is published Monday through Friday by Bernie McClenny, W3UR, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, MD 21738 USA. This e-mail message and its contents are copyrighted and are proprietary products of THE DAILY DX. Any unauthorized use, reproduction, or transfer of the message or its content, in any medium, is strictly prohibited. For permission to quote, reprint or repost this e-mail send a request to THE DAILY DX include date, volume and issue number. Check out THE DAILY DX homepage http://www.wdn.com/thedailydx or for additional information you may phone THE DAILY DX at 301-854-5650 or fax at 301-854-5105. Remember to tell all your DX friends about THE DAILY DX.

. ====================== *** The Daily DX *** ====================== Volume 2 Number 73 April 17, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ Headlines _____________________________________________________________________ Carl, G4VFU, has been on the air from the Falkland Islands as VP8/G4VFU. He plans to be there for two weeks. Look for him on 80 and 160 meters. Martyn, G3RFX, is once again active from Gibraltar as ZB2FX. Look for him on 10 through 80 meters CW and SSB until 8 May. He will be putting in an extra effort on 12 meters. QSL via G3RFX. Congratulations to Bill Moore, NC1L, on his promotion to the ARRL's Century Club Branch Manager. Moore replaces Bill Kennamer, K5FUV, who will be replacing Chuck Hutchinson, K8CH, as Membership Services Manager. Good luck to both Bills in their new positions. Paul, 5H3PW, has a weekly schedule on Saturdays and Sundays from 19:00 to 20:00Z on 21245. Afterwards he will take others. QSL via N2CD. Miss Bharathi, VU2RBI, and Raman, VU3DJQ, report that VU4HLE is not a valid station. Bharathi checked with the Ministry of Communications. _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ A92GD - BAHRAIN - West Coast US stations report working Bob on 14003 from 02:30 to 03:00Z. QSL vi K1SE. FO - ASTRAL ISLANDS - Kan, JA1BK/FO0MIZ, will go QRT some time today. His next stop should be Papeete and Moorea Islands. QSL via VE3HO. Bob, W6RJ, and Rob, W6KR, continue to hand out QSOs for FO0FI. They will leave on 20 April and head to the Marquesas Islands, where they plan to start on 21 April as FO0FR. QSL via K6SLO. FO - MARQUESAS - If you missed FO0MIZ last week on this possible new country look for resident amateurs FO5DS, FO5LZ and FO5MK. FT5Z/FR5HR - AMSTERDAM - Rene was active yesterday on 14260 from 14:00 to 14:40Z N9KX/KH4 - MIDWAY - Hans started on 18153 around 04:16Z. Later he was found on 18130 from 07:20 to 08:45Z.

VP8/G$VFU - FALKLAND ISLANDS - Look for Carl on 1843 from 01:00 to 05:00Z. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AF-014 CT3/DL6NBR/P 28460 1227 EU-075 SV1TP/P 14260 1636 AN-006 EM1LV 28005 1903 NA-010 VE1BVD 14260 2304 AS-003 4S7SA 14196 1819 NA-062 KC4SUS/P 14260 2036 AS-018 UA0FZ 10106 2045 NA-065 N7UX 14260 0501 AS-038 UA0KCL/0 14260 1807 NA-101 J73JT 14240 2117 AS-095 UA0ZC 18070 0648 NA-110 K9JWV 14026 2014 AS-097 9M2/GM4YXI 21273 1549 OC-024 T32BI 14180 0500 EU-003 CU3DH 21300 0852 OC-042 DU1KGJ/DU4 21230 1618 EU-014 TK/F8UFT 14003 0833 OC-050 FO0FI 28485 2115 EU-031 IC8SDL 21260 1213 OC-070 YC8VIP 21222 1215 EU-034 ES1QD 14259 0421 OC-210 YC8RBC 21280 1557 EU-042 DK8OL 14260 0801 SA-026 ZY5YZ 21025 2327 Robert, YU7BW, and Tibi, 4N7ZZ, will activate from St. Nicola Island (EU-163) from 18 to 25 April. Look for them on all bands CW and SSB. QSL via YU7BW, Homolya Robert, 24352 Tornyos, Toldi Miklos 34, P.O. Box 1, YUGOSLAVIA. Tom reports the following German IOTA DXpeditions. Starting today through 24 April look for DJ3XG/P on Pellwork Island (EU-042). From 29 May to 6 June DJ3XP, DL6CGC and DF5WBA will be active from Baltrum Island (EU-047). During the IOTA Contest DJ3XP and DF5WBA will operate from Ummanz Island (EU-057). Finally DJ3XG/P will operate from Hallig Groede (EU-042) from 8 to 15 September. IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- -------------- 17-Apr 17-Apr FO/A FO0MIZ (OC-050) 2-68 17-Apr 17-Apr GU GU/F5SGI (EU-114) 2-11 17-Apr 18-Apr JA 7 JA's/0 (AS-117) 2-51 17-Apr 18-Apr TK TK/F8UFT 2-69 17-Apr 19-Apr 9M2 9M2/GM4YXI (AS-097) 2-70 17-Apr 19-Apr GM GM5VG/P (EU-008) 17-Apr 19-Apr SM SM2/ON4BDS/P (EU-135) 2-70 17-Apr 20-Apr FO/A FO0FI (OC-050) 2-68 17-Apr 20-Apr PY PR5L (SA-027) 3-40 17-Apr 20-Apr S0 S08R 2-52 17-Apr 20-Apr PY ZY5YZ (SA-026) 2-72 17-Apr 21-Apr SV SV8/HB9EBC/P (EU-067) 2-72 17-Apr 22-Apr P4 P49M 2-52 17-Apr 24-Apr BY VK4MZ/BY1QH 2-64 17-Apr 27-Apr FT5Z FT5Z/FR5HR 2-64 17-Apr 30-Apr HR HR5/F2JD 2-30

17-Apr 30-Apr ZL ZL7IR/4 (OC-203) 2-70 17-Apr 6-May TT TT8JE 2-10 186 185 17-Apr 7-May 9M6 9M6CT 2-63 17-Apr 15-May XV XV7TH 2-59 17-Apr 22-May 9M6 9M8CC (OC-088) 187 17-Apr 1-Jun FT5X FT5XN (AF-048) 179 17-Apr 1-Jun XV XV7SV 2-31 17-Apr 3-Jun 4S 4S7BRG 2-31 17-Apr 30-Jun SP SN0JG 2-59 17-Apr 31-Oct JX JX7DFA (EU-022) 2-20 17-Apr VK M0BCG (OC-139) 2-43 17-Apr VP8/F VP8/G3VFU 2-73 18-Apr 18-Apr European SSB Sprint 18-Apr 19-Apr GM GM0NAI GM3YOR (EU-123) 18-Apr 19-Apr Holyland DX Contest 18-Apr 19-Apr GM Scottish Activity Weekend _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The sunspot number for April 15, 1998 was 79. The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado, for April 16, 1998, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 16-Apr-1998 21 106 9 3 LOW/QUIET-UNSET;LOW-MOD/UNSETTLED 16-Apr-1998 18 113 4 1 LOW/QUIET-UNSET;LOW-MOD/QUIET-UNSETTLED 16-Apr-1998 15 113 4 2 LOW/QUIET-UNSET;LOW-MOD/QUIET-UNSETTLED 16-Apr-1998 12 113 4 3 LOW/QUIET-UNSET;LOW-MOD/QUIET-UNSETTLED 16-Apr-1998 09 113 4 2 LOW/QUIET;LOW-MODERATE/QUIET-UNSETTLED 16-Apr-1998 06 113 4 1 LOW/QUIET;LOW-MODERATE/QUIET-UNSETTLED 16-Apr-1998 03 113 4 2 LOW/QUIET;LOW-MODERATE/QUIET-UNSETTLED 16-Apr-1998 00 113 4 2 LOW/QUIET;LOW-MODERATE/QUIET-UNSETTLED The forecast for Friday, 17 April: solar flux 110, A index 12, K index 3. Friday should be High Normal. The forecast for Saturday, 18 April: solar flux 105, A index 10, K index 2. Saturday should be High Normal. The forecast for Sunday, 19 April: solar flux 102, A index 5, K index 2. Sunday should be High Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 4S7DA W3HNK HS0ZAA KM1R V29TT N2AU 5B4ADA 9A2AJ J52IM KB9XN V31HE DL1DA 9M2/GM4YXI GM4YXI KP2AD OK1AJY VP9LR K1EFI 9V1ZW JA9IFF N9KX/KH4 DK9KX Z31JA NO6X C31LJ VE3GEJ OD5PN LX1NO ZB2FX G3RFX FM5WD W3HNK P29TL KF9TH ZY5YZ PP5LL FP5BZ F5TJP UX0ZZ N3IRZ 9M2MT - Azman, P.O. Box 52, Kota Bharu 15700, WEST MALAYSIA Art, N2NB, is NOT the QSL manager for 5T5AU.

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. ====================== *** The Daily DX *** ====================== Volume 2 Number 74 April 20, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ Headlines _____________________________________________________________________ Jim Smith, VK9NS, reports he arrived back on Norfolk Island yesterday afternoon. He logged some 15,878 QSOs as H40AB on the island of Pigeon Island which is located in the Temotu Islands. Kirsti, VK9NL, was going to go with him however shed injured her leg which would have made it difficult for her to travel. Jim says he had no problems with customs and the people were are very friendly. As with all Heard Island DX Association DXpeditions QSL cards with go out in a couple weeks. QSL cards may be sent to Jim Smith, VK9NS, P.O. Box 90, Norfolk Island, AUSTRALIA 2899. Financial support may also be included. Sigi, DL7DF, and friends Tom, DL7BO, Ben, DL7BY, Frank, DL7UFR and 2 YL's will operate from Iceland between 15 and 21 June. They will be active on all bands using a 3 element beam for 10, 15 and 20 meters, another beam for 12 and 17 meters and a ground plane for 30, 40, 80 and 160 meters. As always look for them on CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL via DL7DF. Dan, K8RF, and a group of other Americans plan to announce their upcoming DXpedition to Navassa Island at the Dayton Hamvention. The last time this rare island was on the air was 1993. Plans are to have 8 or 9 operators on the air 24 hours a day for 10 days using 2 separate station locations. They will be on all bands from 6 to 160 meters on CW, SSB and RTTY. A web page has been set up at http://home.fuse.net/k8rf/ and will be updated in the near future. _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ A35FT - TONGA - Frank is now active from this Pacific Ocean and was on 10 through 20 meters SSB over the weekend. Look for him on 40 and 80 meters starting today. D2EB - ANGOLA - Gabriel is operating from Luanda as was on 28495 around 20:30Z Sunday. QSL via I3LLH. FO0FI - AUSTRAL ISLANDS - Today is the last day for Rob, W6KR, and Bob, W6RJ. Next they will be on for 7 days starting tomorrow as FO0FR from MARQUESAS Island starting 21 April through 28 April. QSL via via K6SLO. FO0MIZ - AUSTRAL ISLANDS - Kan was active from this possible new country from 03:14Z 14 April through 23:50Z 17 April making 3,523 QSOs. QSL via VE3HO. FO0MIZ - MARQUESAS ISLANDS - Kan made 2,801 QSO from this

possible new country between 01:03Z 10 April and 09:25Z 12 April. QSL via VE3HO. FO5QG - MARQUESAS ISLANDS - Jose has been showing up on 14120 from 06:00 to 08:00Z. See QSL information listed below. FR5ZQ/T - TROMELIN ISLAND - Henri showed up yesterday on 21190 between 17:00 and 18:00Z. QSL via FR5ZQ. FT5XN - KERGUELEN ISLAND - Helios was active on 18143 on Friday from 11:00 to 14:00Z. Over the weekend he was active on 28530 from 11:00 to 13:00Z both days. QSL via F6PEN. HV4NAC - VATICAN - Showed up on 14190 around 06:00Z on Sunday. JX7DFA - JAN MAYEN - Look for Per 1822.5 and 3780 daily from 21:10 to 04:03 daily. As the days get longer the time frame will get shorter by about 10 minutes per day. N9KX/KH4 - MIDWAY ISLAND - Hans was active on CW, SSB and RTTY on 10 through 20 meters. QSL via DK9KX. SV2ASP/A - MOUNT ATHOS - On Saturday from 13:00 to 14:00Z Monk Apollo was on 14280. VP8/G4VFU - FALKLAND ISLANDS - Carl will be active on 80 and 160 meters from about 00:00 to 09:00Z for the next 7-10 days. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AF-004 EA8AMT 28475 1850 EU-163 4N9BW 7005 2236 AS-012 JI6KVR/6 21260 0747 NA-036 VE7IM 21195 1848 AS-018 RA0FA 18151 1338 NA-099 NP3P 21293 1532 AS-076 JA5AQC 14269 2152 NA-104 V44KMC 21227 1822 AS-079 JA5CKD/6 18082 1003 OC-027 FO5QG 14120 0749 EU-008 GS5VG/P 14262 1155 OC-019 KH6/K9PPY 14260 0508 EU-010 GM0KCY 3772 1811 OC-024 T32BI 14250 1031 EU-067 SV8/HB9EBC 18138 1703 OC-067 FO5NL 14130 0744 EU-086 RA1PM 10103 1734 OC-146 YC8FMI 21258 1259 EU-123 GB2HI 14260 1158 SA-026 PP5JD 14260 0833 EU-123 GM0AXY/P 14266 1251 SA-026 ZY5YZ 14265 0237 EU-123 GM3VLB/P 14260 1917 SA-068 8R1AK 14195 0626 EU-123 MS0APF/P 14013 0740 IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________

From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- -------------- 20-Apr 20-Apr FO/A FO0FI (OC-050) 2-68 20-Apr 20-Apr PY PR5L (SA-027) 3-40 20-Apr 20-Apr S0 S08R 2-52 20-Apr 20-Apr PY ZY5YZ (SA-026) 2-72 20-Apr 21-Apr SV SV8/HB9EBC/P (EU-067) 2-72 20-Apr 22-Apr P4 P49M 2-52 20-Apr 24-Apr DL DJ3XG/P (EU-042) 2-73 20-Apr 24-Apr BY VK4MZ/BY1QH 2-64 20-Apr 25-Apr YU YU7BW 4N7ZZ (EU-163) 2-73 20-Apr 27-Apr FT5Z FT5Z/FR5HR 2-64 20-Apr 30-Apr HR HR5/F2JD 2-30 20-Apr 30-Apr ZL ZL7IR/4 (OC-203) 2-70 20-Apr 6-May TT TT8JE 2-10 186 185 20-Apr 7-May 9M6 9M6CT 2-63 20-Apr 8-May ZB ZB2FX 2-73 20-Apr 15-May XV XV7TH 2-59 20-Apr 22-May 9M6 9M8CC (OC-088) 187 20-Apr 1-Jun FT5X FT5XN (AF-048) 179 20-Apr 1-Jun XV XV7SV 2-31 20-Apr 3-Jun 4S 4S7BRG 2-31 20-Apr 30-Jun SP SN0JG 2-59 20-Apr 31-Oct JX JX7DFA (EU-022) 2-20 20-Apr VK M0BCG (OC-139) 2-43 20-Apr VP8/F VP8/G3VFU 2-73 21-Apr 24-Apr JA JJ1LIB/6 JN1EVG/6 (AS-047) 2-55 21-Apr 28-Apr FO/M FO0FR (OC-027) 2-68 22-Apr 24-Apr XU XU3MTM or XU7MTM 2-71 22-Apr 5-May 8P 8P9IU 8P9IR 2-68 24-Apr 26-Apr BY BI3H (AS-NEW) 2-70 24-Apr 26-Apr PY PY1KB/P PY1MF/P PY1KS/P (SA-029) 2-64 24-Apr 26-Apr PY ZW1B ZZ1B ZW1S ZZ1M (SA-029) 2-53 24-Apr 28-Apr 3D2 3D2WP (OC-121) 2-68 25-Apr 25-Apr W W4IAX (NA-142) 2-64 25-Apr 27-Apr 3A 3A/IK1CJO 3A/IK1QBT 2-50 25-Apr 30-Apr VK9L VK9LZ 2-47 25-Apr 1-May T2 T22JY T22KJ T22KT T22VE (OC-015) 2-71 2-51 25-Apr 2-May G GB0SM (EU-011) _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The sunspot number for April 18, 1998 was 28. The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado, for April 19, 1998, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 19-Apr-1998 21 96 2 2 VERY LOW/QUIET;VERY LOW-LOW/QUIET 19-Apr-1998 18 99 6 1 VERY LOW/QUIET;VERY LOW-LOW/QUIET 19-Apr-1998 15 99 6 1 VERY LOW/QUIET;VERY LOW/QUIET 19-Apr-1998 12 99 6 1 VERY LOW/QUIET;VERY LOW/QUIET 19-Apr-1998 09 99 6 0 VERY LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;VERY LOW/QUIET 19-Apr-1998 06 99 6 0 VERY LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;VERY LOW/QUIET 19-Apr-1998 03 99 6 0 VERY LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;VERY LOW/QUIET 19-Apr-1998 00 99 6 0 VERY LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;VERY LOW/QUIET The forecast for Monday, 20 April: solar flux 95, A index 8, K index 2. Monday should be High Normal.

The forecast for Tuesday, 21 April: solar flux 95, A index 8, K index 2. Tuesday should be High Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 3DA0CA W4DR FT5XN F6PEN TA3/N3BNA N3BNA 4L8A OZ1HPS GS2MP GM2MP TI5NW W3CV 4N9BW YU7BW GS5VG/P GM3UTQ TXK8K FK8VHN 4X50FR/SK 4Z1PF HH2LD N3BNA UA4RZ K7ZR 4X50MO/SK 4Z5FG HL5KY W3HNK V26A WB3DNA 4X51FN AA2KD HS1RU JG3AVS V31HE DL1DA 5N4BAV IK0SHF HS2CRU DL2FDK VI6EWT VK6ANC 5R8FU SM0DJZ HV4NAC IK0FVC VP8/G4VFU G0HXL 5X1T ON5NT IY5PIS IK5QPZ XE1ISE WB3CQN 5X4DEL WB3DNA LU/N3BNA N3BNA XE1SLE WB3CQN 5X4F K3SW LZ/N3BNA N3BNA XV7TH SK7AX 9Q5/N3BNA N3BNA MS0APF/P MM1AUF YI1AK KC5HWR A35FT DL7FT N9KX/KH4 DK9KX ZD8T AC4IV CT98REP CT1REP N9KX/KH4 DK9KX ZD8V KF4OOX D2EB I3LLH SM2/ON4BDS/P ON4BDS ZP/N3BNA N3BNA EP2MKO UA6HCW T32BI KH6DFW ZP0Z W3HNK ER1LW SP7LZD TA2ZW OK1TN ZY5YZ PP5LL FR5ZQ/T FR5ZQ BD4IE - Chen, 1 Xianqian St., Boshan, ZIBO City, PEOPLE"S REPUBLIC OF CHINA 255200 DK9KX - Hans Walter Hannappel, Eschenbruchstr. 1, D-51069 Koeln, GERMANY FK8VHN - Didier Lavisse, Caserne Normandie, P.O. Box 12, F-98842 Noumea Cedex, NEW CALEDONIA FO5QG - Jose Diaz, Taiohoe, Nuku Hiva, Marquiese Islands, FRENCH POLYNESIA G0HXL - Mr. E. Calthorpe, Rowles Cottageschool Lane Rothwell, Lincolnshire, LN7 6BB England UA6HCW - Igor V Kovalyov, P.O. Box 59, Pyatigorsk 357500, RUSSIA QSL manager correction from Friday's issue: A92GD via K1SE not IK1SE. The Mariana Islands DX Association is now running the KH2-Guam QSL Bureau. The address is Mariana Islands DX Association, Box 445, Agana, Guam 96932. QSL cards recently received: 3A/DJ7RJ, 3W6EZD, 5B4/UA9MA, 5H3RB, 9M6CT, CQ98BM, CY0DX, FK8GM, KG4DZ, KP2/W0BV, OA4SS, S92AF, TT8JWM, WP3X, YB0ARA/9, ZK1DI, ZK1XXP _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: F5NOD, K3SX, K3UL, KC3AJ, KD4IFV, KH6BZF REPORTS, N3DL, N3OSH, N4MXT, N7OJ, NOAA, The ARRL Letter, W1LRZ, WA2VUY _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________

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. ====================== *** The Daily DX *** ====================== Volume 2 Number 75 April 21, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ Headlines _____________________________________________________________________ The American group headed by Dan, K8RF, going to Navassa Island has reserved the callsign N1V. Plans are to announce the dates at the Dayton Hamvention. They group plans to be on for 10 days which could be between either 22 November to 5 December or 27 December to 9 January. Colombian amateurs will activate HK100GM to commemorate the birthday of Guglielmo Marconi on 25 April. Operators include HK3DDD, HJ3PXA HK3SGP and HK3LGO. Look for them on 10 through 160 meters on CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL via Edilberto Rojas "Beto", HK3DDD, P.O. Box 170030, Bogot D.C. 8, COLOMBIA. Mike, VE9AA, has announced his plans to operate from St. Paul Island as CY9AA for 9 to 10 days sometime between 25 June to 15 July. He is looking for a few CW/SSB operators to help him on 6 through 160 meters. Anyone wishing to put his or her name in the hat can contact Mike by e-mail at <ve9aa@hotmail.com> or <ve9aa@nbnet.nb.ca> QSL cards for last years operation have just arrived and will be processed on weekends in the next couple of weeks. Two Egyptian amateurs will activate special event stations 6A1HM and 6A1TA until 30 April. They will be operating from Sharm El Sheikh - Ras Umm El Sid area of the Sinai peninsula. On 25 April they will use 6A1A from the same location. Suggested frequencies are 7090, 14240, 21240 and 28540. This will be the first time 6A has been used on the amateur bands. QSL via IK3ZAW. _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 8Q7QQ - MALDIVES - Europeans and Japanese stations were working him on 24900 from 10:35 to 11:00Z. QSL via HB9QQ. A35FT - TONGA - Look for Frank on the following frequencies: Freq. GMT ----- ---- 28495 00-02 24940 23-03 21290 02-04 18140 02-05 14195 06-09 CE8ABF - CHILE - Alex has been showing up on 1842 between 01:00 and 04:00Z. He has been looking for stations all across the United States, Europe and Africa.

ET3KV - ETHIOPIA - Karl can be found most days on 10 and 15 meters SSB from 11:00 to 13:00Z. FO0FI - AUSTRAL ISLANDS - Rob, W6KR, and his dad Bob, W6RJ, finished up their operation yesterday around 18:00Z. Look for them late today or early tomorrow from Marquesas Islands as FO0FR. They will be on all bands from 10 to 160 meters on CW and SSB. QSL via K6SLO (ex WA6SLO). FO5QG - MARQUESAS ISLANDS - Jose has been a very popular person over the last week or so. You see he has all of a sudden become very popular being a native operator from this possibly new country. Yesterday he came up on 14190 around 05:00Z and was working a list. Look for him on 14120 and 14190 from 05:00 to 08:00Z. Go slow as English is a second language to him. Luis, XE1L, is now his new QSL manager. FT5XN - KERGUELEN ISLAND - Europeans were working Helios on 10107 at 16:00Z. KH2 - GUAM - Gary, K9AW/KH2, was working US stations on 10104 just after 11:00Z. QSL via WF5T. Dave N2NL/KH2 was doing the same on 10107 at 09:00Z. QSL via W2YC. N9NX/KH4 - MIDWAY - US and Japanese stations report working Hans on 10102 from 08:30 to 10:30Z. QSL via DK9KX. SV2ASP/A - MOUNT ATHOS - Monk Apollo was again active on a list from 17:40 to 19:40Z on 14226. VP8/G4VFU - FALKLAND ISLANDS - Carl has been very active on 160 meters from 02:00 to 10:00Z. YB0ARA/9 - INDONESIA - Look for Phil on 3505 just before 11:00Z. QSL via N2AU. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AF-014 CT3/DL6NBR 14260 0814 OC-046 FO5CS 14134 0733 EU-010 MM0BJG 14271 0949 OC-024 T32BI 14238 0629 EU-046 F5GVH/P 7050 0929 OC-027 FO5QG 14190 0545 EU-067 SV8/HB9EBC/P 14006 0759 OC-067 FO5NL 14132 0638 EU-163 4N9BW 14217 1942 OC-070 YC8VHU 21287 1347 NA-110 AA4V/P 14260 2146 SA-026 ZY5YZ 21257 0236 NA-141 AE4YP 21260 0030 IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________

From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- -------------- 21-Apr 3-Jun 4S 4S7BRG 2-31 21-Apr 7-May 9M6 9M6CT 2-63 21-Apr 22-May 9M6 9M8CC (OC-088) 187 21-Apr 24-Apr BY VK4MZ/BY1QH 2-64 21-Apr 24-Apr DL DJ3XG/P (EU-042) 2-73 21-Apr 28-Apr FO/M FO0FR (OC-027) 2-68 21-Apr 1-Jun FT5X FT5XN (AF-048) 179 21-Apr 27-Apr FT5Z FT5Z/FR5HR 2-64 21-Apr 30-Apr HR HR5/F2JD 2-30 21-Apr 24-Apr JA JJ1LIB/6 JN1EVG/6 (AS-047) 2-55 21-Apr 31-Oct JX JX7DFA (EU-022) 2-20 21-Apr 22-Apr P4 P49M 2-52 21-Apr 30-Jun SP SN0JG 2-59 21-Apr 21-Apr SV SV8/HB9EBC/P (EU-067) 2-72 21-Apr 6-May TT TT8JE 2-10 186 185 21-Apr 24-Apr VP8/F VP8/G3VFU 2-73 21-Apr 1-Jun XV XV7SV 2-31 21-Apr 15-May XV XV7TH 2-59 21-Apr 25-Apr YU YU7BW 4N7ZZ (EU-163) 2-73 21-Apr 8-May ZB ZB2FX 2-73 21-Apr 30-Apr ZL ZL7IR/4 (OC-203) 2-70 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The sunspot number for April 19, 1998 was 35. The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado, for April 20, 1998, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 20-Apr-1998 21 98 9 1 LOW-MOD/QUIET-ACT;VY LOW-LOW/QUIET-UNSET 20-Apr-1998 18 96 2 2 LOW-MOD/QUIET-ACT;VY LOW-LOW/QUIET-UNSET 20-Apr-1998 15 96 2 3 LOW-MOD/QUIET-ACT;VY LOW-LOW/QUIET-UNSET 20-Apr-1998 12 96 2 2 LOW-MOD/QUIET-ACTIVE;VERY LOW-LOW/QUIET 20-Apr-1998 09 96 2 4 VERY LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;VERY LOW-LOW/QUIET 20-Apr-1998 06 96 2 2 VERY LOW/QUIET;VERY LOW-LOW/QUIET 20-Apr-1998 03 96 2 0 VERY LOW/QUIET;VERY LOW-LOW/QUIET 20-Apr-1998 00 96 2 2 VERY LOW/QUIET;VERY LOW-LOW/QUIET The forecast for Tuesday, 21 April: solar flux 92, A index 8, K index 2. Tuesday should be High Normal. The forecast for Wednesday, 22 April: solar flux 92, A index 8, K index 2. Wednesday should be High Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 4N9BW YU7BW EK8WB IK2QPR KG4WD W4WX 5Z4FV NY3Y FO0FI K6SLO N2NL/KH2 W2YC 6K0T DS4CNB FO5PV F6BCX R1FJV UA3AGS 8Q7QQ HB9QQ FO5QG XE1L UA9FAR W7YS 9M2IY JA1INP J69EB KB3AMD

QSL cards recently received: A92GE, D44BS, OX3LG, T31BB, UN2O _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: HJ3PXA, KC3AJ, KH6BZF REPORTS, N3OSH, N7OJ, NA2Q, NOAA, SU1HM, VE9AA, W2GR, W3LEO, WA2VUY, XE1L _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), or $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United States. _____________________________________________________________________ Copyright _ _____________________________________________________________________ THE DAILY DX is published Monday through Friday by Bernie McClenny, W3UR, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, MD 21738 USA. This e-mail message and its contents are copyrighted and are proprietary products of THE DAILY DX. Any unauthorized use, reproduction, or transfer of the message or its content, in any medium, is strictly prohibited. For permission to quote, reprint or repost this e-mail send a request to THE DAILY DX include date, volume and issue number. Check out THE DAILY DX homepage http://www.wdn.com/thedailydx or for additional information you may phone THE DAILY DX at 301-854-5650 or fax at 301-854-5105. Remember to tell all your DX friends about THE DAILY DX.

. ====================== *** The Daily DX *** ====================== Volume 2 Number 76 April 22, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ Headlines _____________________________________________________________________ Terry, VR6TY, reports that all amateur radio stations from Pitcairn Island will switch over to their new prefix VP6 on 1 May, 1998. Yang, BD7JA, is the team leader for the upcoming BI7Y IOTA DXpedition to Parcel Island in the Xi-Sha Archipelago. A rumor was started that this would be another new country. He says "I don't think it count a new DXCC country." Don, KF4KRZ, is once again active from Saba Island as PJ8DM. He is somewhat new to amateur radio. QSL via KF4KRZ, Donald B. McGehee, 90 Edgewater Dr. #901, Coral Gables, Florida 33133 Starting Wednesday 1 JULY through Tuesday 14 JULY 1998 a team of 8 amateurs from the Eindhoven Student Radio Amateur Club (ESRAC) will stay at the mountain restaurant in Malbun Liechtenstein, which 2010 meters above sea level. Look for HB0/PI4TUE to be active on the following bands: HF 160 through 10 meters (from the restaurant), running two stations with full legal limit power output, beam for 10, 15, 20 meters, ground planes for 12, 17 and 30 meters and verticals for 40 80 and 160 meters. VHF 6 meters (from the restaurant) running 100 Watt into a 4 element yagi, 2 meters EME + MS (from the restaurant) running 1 KW into 4 - 11 element yagis and 100 Watt into 16 element yagi. 2 meter tropo (from the Augstenberg @ 2350 meters ASL) running 35 watts into a 5 element yagi. UHF 70 cm. tropo (from the Augstenberg) running 25 watts into a 6 element yagi. 70 cm. packet (@HB9GR) running 25 W into ground plane. 23 cm. tropo and ATV (from the Augstenberg) running 10 watts into yagi. Modes of operation: SSB, CW, RTTY, ATV, PACKET. Team members: PA3EZL-Aurelio aurelio@esrac.ele.tue.nl PA3FXW-Robert robert@esrac.ele.tue.nl PA3GFE-Martijn martijno@esrac.ele.tue.nl PA3HCW-Johan johan@esrac.ele.tue.nl PE1NVK-Michel michel@esrac.ele.tue.nl PE1OGF-John pe1ogf@iaehv.nl PE1PRG-Jons jons@esrac.ele.tue.nl Diana (HAM in training) johan@esrac.ele.tue.nl PI4TUE-PI5EHV-Club station esrac@ele.tue.nl Schedules for any bands or modes may be made in advance by contacting the Club station or one of its members. Last minute details will

will be put on the ESRAC home page at http://www.esrac.ele.tue.nl _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 9V1ZB - SINGAPORE - Sam was active on 17 meters CW yesterday between 13:00 and 14:30Z. QSL via JL3WSL. A35FT - TONGA - Frank now reports he will not be on the low bands from this QTH. QSL direct only to DL7FT. CE8ABF - CHILE - Alex likes 1842 daily around 02:00Z. EL2AB - LIBERIA - Japanese stations report working this one on 21283 at 12:20Z. FO5QG - MARQUESAS - Once again was found running a list on 14190 from about 04:30 to 06:30Z. FO0FR - MARQUESAS - Rob, W6KR, and Bob, W6RJ, started up today justa after 02:00Z. QSL via K6SLO (ex WA6SLO). FR5ZQ/T - TROMELIN - Henry was first on 21009 working Europe just before 07:00Z. Later he was running a list on 21190 around 17:00Z. QSL via homecall. N6HOY/KH5 - PALMYRA & JARVIS ISLANDS - West Coast US and Japanese stations were working this one on 21295 between 04:30 and 05:00Z. Work it first worry later. N9KX/KH4 - MIDWAY - Hans continues to be active mostly on CW and on the new bands 12, 17 and 30 meters. QSL via DK9KX. SV2ASP/A - MOUNT ATHOS - Monk Apollo was once again running a list operation on 14227 from 19:45 to 22:00Z. YB0ARA/9 - INDONESIA - Look for Phil on 3505 just before 11:00Z. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AF-027 FH5CB 21303 1501 NA-027 VO1COP 14260 1929 AN-010 HF0POL 7008 0147 NA-033 HK0ER 14014 2314 AS-017 JR6EA 24945 1004 OC-021 YC2JNZ 21254 1445 AS-053 HS0/IK4MRH 28505 1216 OC-021 YC3ZES 21254 1447 AS-079 JA5CKD/6 18077 1126 OC-027 FO5QG 14190 0617 EU-008 GM3OCA/P 3772 2012 OC-067 FO5NL 14130 0532 EU-010 GM3GIG 18147 1550 OC-203 ZL7IR/4 14260 0348 EU-042 DJ3XG/P 21013 1239 OC-210 YC8TX 21288 1439 EU-049 SV8CRI 28026 1840 SA-002 VP8/G4VFU 3799 0810 EU-049 SV8CYR 18156 1908 SA-008 CE8ABF 28507 1609 EU-075 SV1TP/P 14260 0622 SA-018 CE7OXZ 14220 1449 EU-146 PA3FFM 14261 1315 SA-068 8R1AK/P 24965 1943

EU-163 4N9BW 14247 0712 Members of the Fall Rive Massachusetts Amateur Radio Club will operate W1ACT from Martha's Vineyard Island from 1 to 3 May. Look for this station mostly on 14260 however they will be on the other IOTA frequencies. IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- -------------- 22-Apr 3-Jun 4S 4S7BRG 2-31 22-Apr 5-May 8P 8P9IU 8P9IR 2-68 22-Apr 7-May 9M6 9M6CT 2-63 22-Apr 22-May 9M6 9M8CC (OC-088) 187 22-Apr 24-Apr BY VK4MZ/BY1QH 2-64 22-Apr 24-Apr DL DJ3XG/P (EU-042) 2-73 22-Apr 28-Apr FO/M FO0FR (OC-027) 2-68 22-Apr 1-Jun FT5X FT5XN (AF-048) 179 22-Apr 27-Apr FT5Z FT5Z/FR5HR 2-64 22-Apr 30-Apr HR HR5/F2JD 2-30 22-Apr 24-Apr JA JJ1LIB/6 JN1EVG/6 (AS-047) 2-55 22-Apr 31-Oct JX JX7DFA (EU-022) 2-20 22-Apr 22-Apr P4 P49M 2-52 22-Apr 30-Jun SP SN0JG 2-59 22-Apr 23-Apr SU 6A1HM 6A1TA 2-75 22-Apr 6-May TT TT8JE 2-10 186 185 22-Apr 28-Apr VP8/F VP8/G3VFU 2-73 22-Apr 24-Apr XU XU3MTM or XU7MTM 2-71 22-Apr 1-Jun XV XV7SV 2-31 22-Apr 15-May XV XV7TH 2-59 22-Apr 25-Apr YU YU7BW 4N7ZZ (EU-163) 2-73 22-Apr 8-May ZB ZB2FX 2-73 22-Apr 30-Apr ZL ZL7IR/4 (OC-203) 2-70 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The sunspot number for April 20, 1998 was 35. The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado, for April 21, 1998, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 21-Apr-1998 21 92 7 1 VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET;VY LOW-LOW/QUIET-UNSET 21-Apr-1998 18 98 9 2 VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET;VY LOW-LOW/QUIET-UNSET 21-Apr-1998 15 98 9 1 VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET;VY LOW-LOW/QUIET-UNSET 21-Apr-1998 12 98 9 2 VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET;VY LOW-LOW/QUIET-UNSET 21-Apr-1998 09 98 9 2 MOD/QUIET-UNSET;VY LOW-LOW/QUIET-UNSET 21-Apr-1998 06 98 9 3 MOD/QUIET-ACTIVE;VY LOW-LOW/QUIET-UNSET 21-Apr-1998 03 98 9 2 MOD/QUIET-ACTIVE;VY LOW-LOW/QUIET-UNSET 21-Apr-1998 00 98 9 2 MOD/QUIET-ACTIVE;VY LOW-LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE A satellite proton event began at 1400ut on 20 April and is expected to continue into 22 April.

The forecast for Wednesday, 22 April: solar flux 96, A index 12, K index 3. Wednesday should be High Normal. The forecast for Thursday, 23 April: solar flux 94, A index 12, K index 3. Thursday should be High Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 6A1A IK3ZAW FO5QG XE1L TJ1HP F6FNU CT3/DL6NBR DL6NBR J28BU F5OYM Z24S W3HNK FM/F5SSM F5SSM P29TL KF9TH Z37GBC NO6X FO0FR K6SLO SU3AM DL1FCM F5OYM - Bruno Desailly, No 182, Bat L3, Camp Robert, FREJUS 83600, FRANCE NO6X - Mike Nash, 1357 S. Pike, Porterville, CA 93257, USA *XE1L - Luis Chartarifsky, P.O. Box 41-599, Mexico City D.F. 11010, MEXICO *XE1L - Luis Chartarifsky, 947 Bosques de Reforma, Mexico City D.F. 11700, MEXICO * either address is good for XE1L. Phil, G3SWH, received 30,000 9M0C QSL cards from the printer and has already started answering QSL requests. QSL cards recently received: A61AJ, JY9QJ _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: G3SWH, KC3AJ, KH6BZF REPORTS, N1JOY, N3OSH, NOAA, PA3EZL, WN3VAW, XE1L _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), or $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United States. _____________________________________________________________________ Copyright _ _____________________________________________________________________ THE DAILY DX is published Monday through Friday by Bernie McClenny, W3UR, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, MD 21738 USA. This e-mail message and its contents are copyrighted and are proprietary products of THE DAILY DX. Any unauthorized use, reproduction, or transfer of the message or its content, in any medium, is strictly prohibited. For permission to quote, reprint or repost this e-mail send a request to THE DAILY DX include date, volume and issue number. Check out THE DAILY DX homepage http://www.wdn.com/thedailydx or for additional information you may phone THE DAILY DX at 301-854-5650 or fax at

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. ====================== *** The Daily DX *** ====================== Volume 2 Number 77 April 23, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ Headlines _____________________________________________________________________ HV5PUL is the newest station from the Vatican and is located in the Pontificia Universita' Lateranense. Luca, IW0DJB, is the station manager. He along with IK0OER, IW0BET and others will operate on 23 April from 06:00 to 18:00Z. Look for them on 20 meters CW and SSB. They may also be on 2 and 6 meters. Joe, K2VUI, will be active from Hamilton Parish, Bermuda as K2VUI/VP9 from 29 April to 3 May. Look for him on 15, 20 and 40 meters CW. QSL via home call. Yuki, JI6KVR, will be active as EA6FB on 28 and 29 April. QSL via EA5KB. Jean-Pierre, F6ITD, and Gil, F5NOD, report the following information about Rene, FR5HR/FT5X W Z. Rene is a sailor on a French Navy ship called L'albatros, which is responsible for patrolling the fishing zones around Kerguelen, Crozet and Amsterdam Islands. It's the Navy's job to check permits of the fishermen, catch poachers and escort them to Reunion to pay the fines. Helios, FT5XN, reports he has not seen Rene on the island. Claims have been made that Rene is operating on the boat. Licenses from the French Sub-Antarctic islands are not issued as /FT5(X, W or Z). It may be best to work him however be aware that it probably will not count for DXCC. It would not be wise to QSL until further information can be determined. _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 5A1A - LIBYA - German stations report this one was on 50150 at 17:15Z yesterday. 5X4D - UGANDA - Was working East Coast US and Japanese stations on 14192 between 17:30 and 18:00Z. FR0FR - MARQUESAS - Bob and Rob were very active yesterday. At times Bob was on CW while Rob was on SSB, both on the same band at the same time. Yesterdays activity was as follows: GMT Freq. GMT Freq --- ----- --- ----- 02 14195 13 1824 7093 03 14195 15 14195 04 14024 14195 16 14195 05 14024 14195 17 21295 06 14024 14195 18 21025 21295 07 14024 14195 19 21025 21295

08 14024 14195 20 21025 21295 09 1824 3505 21 21025 28490 10 1824 3505 22 21025 28490 11 3505 3799 23 21025 28490 12 1824 3799 7093 FR5ZQ/T - TROMELIN - Henri showed up for a list operation on 21190 around 16:00Z. JR7CPN/JD1 - OGASAWARA - Has been active on SSB from Iwo Island. N9KX/KH4 - MIDWAY ISLAND - Hans was found between 02:45 and 04:15Z on 14025. He may leave today or tomorrow. QSL via DK9KX. TJ1FT - CAMEROON - Tim started around 23:30Z on 14187. Stations from all across the US were working him. He will be back today around 23:30Z. YB0ARA/9 - INDONESIA - Phil has been showing up recently on 3505 just before 11:00Z. QSL via N2AU. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AF-014 CT3/DL6NBR 14265 0730 OC-027 FO5LZ 14120 0620 AS-NEW BI7Y 21260 0822 OC-137 VK4LV 14018 1026 EU-003 CU3AD 14267 1713 OC-143 YC6DEM 21230 1104 EU-032 F5UJK 14257 1221 OC-146 YC8FMI 21283 1409 EU-067 SV8/I2YYO 21235 1428 OC-210 YB8RBC 21230 1645 EU-163 4N9BW 14255 2357 OC-210 YC8RBC 21230 1557 NA-099 KP4IX 14310 0748 SA-008 CE8ABF 28470 1606 OC-027 FO0FR 14195 0058 SA-068 8R1AK/P 14190 0524 Weather permitting F5KDP/P will operate from Banc D'Arguin Island (EU-159) from 8 to 10 May. They will have two stations, one on 40 and 80 meters the other on 10, 15 and 20 meters. Look for them on CW and SSB on the normal IOTA frequencies. QSL to F6AXP via the bureau or direct to Max Pomel, P.O. Box 73, F-63370 Lempdes, FRANCE. Osvaldo, CE1LDS and Percy, CE7ZK, plan to be active from Damas Island as CE1LDS/2 from 10 to 15 June. This would be the first operation from COQUIMBO/ACONCAGUA PROVINCE group (letter d under Chile). Look for them to be on 15 and 20 meters. IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- -------------- 23-Apr 23-Apr SU 6A1HM 6A1TA 2-75 23-Apr 24-Apr DL DJ3XG/P (EU-042) 2-73

23-Apr 24-Apr JA JJ1LIB/6 JN1EVG/6 (AS-047) 2-55 23-Apr 24-Apr BY VK4MZ/BY1QH 2-64 23-Apr 24-Apr XU XU0MTM 2-71 23-Apr 25-Apr YU 4N9BW (EU-163) 2-73 23-Apr 27-Apr FT5Z FT5Z/FR5HR 2-64 23-Apr 28-Apr FO/M FO0FR (OC-027) 2-68 23-Apr 28-Apr VP8/F VP8/G3VFU 2-73 23-Apr 30-Apr HR HR5/F2JD 2-30 23-Apr 30-Apr ZL ZL7IR/4 (OC-203) 2-70 23-Apr 5-May 8P 8P9IU 8P9IR 2-68 23-Apr 6-May TT TT8JE 2-10 186 185 23-Apr 7-May 9M6 9M6CT 2-63 23-Apr 8-May ZB ZB2FX 2-73 23-Apr 15-May XV XV7TH 2-59 23-Apr 22-May 9M6 9M8CC (OC-088) 187 23-Apr 1-Jun FT5X FT5XN (AF-048) 179 23-Apr 1-Jun XV XV7SV 2-31 23-Apr 3-Jun 4S 4S7BRG 2-31 23-Apr 30-Jun SP SN0JG 2-59 23-Apr 31-Oct JX JX7DFA (EU-022) 2-20 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The sunspot number for April 21, 1998 was 47 The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado, for April 22, 1998, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 22-Apr-1998 21 88 6 0 VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET;VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET 22-Apr-1998 18 92 7 3 VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET;LOW/QUIET-UNSET 22-Apr-1998 15 92 7 2 VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET;LOW/QUIET-UNSET 22-Apr-1998 12 92 7 1 VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET;VY LOW-LOW/QUIET-UNSET 22-Apr-1998 09 92 7 2 VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET;VY LOW-LOW/QUIET-UNSET 22-Apr-1998 06 92 7 3 VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET;VY LOW-LOW/QUIET-UNSET 22-Apr-1998 03 92 7 1 VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET;VY LOW-LOW/QUIET-UNSET 22-Apr-1998 00 92 7 2 VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET;VY LOW-LOW/QUIET-UNSET A satellite proton event began at 1400 UT on 20 April and is expected to end on 23 April. The forecast for Thursday, 23 April: solar flux 90, A index 12, K index 3. Thursday should be High Normal. The forecast for Friday, 24 April: solar flux 90, A index 12, K index 3. Friday should be High Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 9K2/SQ5DAK SP5KQS FG5FR F6FNU Z38/NO6X NO6X 9V1ZB JL3WSL FO0FR K6SLO Z38C NO6X A61AQ N1DG IR0N IS0SIR Z38X NO6X CT98AAM CT1AAM Z31JA NO6X ZK1CYR WB4CYR CT98GG CT1GG Z37GBC NO6X VR6TY - Terry, P.O. Box 10, Pitcairn Island, via NEW ZEALAND

QSL cards recently received: 4L1DX, 7Q7EH, 9G1UW, A35RK, A61AJ, A92GE, CY0DX, D44BS, FT5XN, J52IM, J79GMV, J79UGF, VP2V/W8JAY, VU2MPS, ZS26BI (AF-079) _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: DL9ZAL, DX News Sheet, F5NOD, F6ITD, G3MCS, G4CMT, HJ3PXA, KC3AJ, KD4IFV, KH6BZF REPORTS, KK6T, N3OSH, N5KM, NOAA, OZ7C, VE1BVD, W4YV, WB4KTC _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), or $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United States. _____________________________________________________________________ Copyright _ _____________________________________________________________________ THE DAILY DX is published Monday through Friday by Bernie McClenny, W3UR, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, MD 21738 USA. This e-mail message and its contents are copyrighted and are proprietary products of THE DAILY DX. Any unauthorized use, reproduction, or transfer of the message or its content, in any medium, is strictly prohibited. For permission to quote, reprint or repost this e-mail send a request to THE DAILY DX include date, volume and issue number. Check out THE DAILY DX homepage http://www.wdn.com/thedailydx or for additional information you may phone THE DAILY DX at 301-854-5650 or fax at 301-854-5105. Remember to tell all your DX friends about THE DAILY DX.

. ====================== *** The Daily DX *** ====================== Volume 2 Number 78 April 24, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ Headlines _____________________________________________________________________ Manuela, DF7QK, will be active as 3V8BB in Tunisia from 27 to 29 April. QSL this operation only to DF7QK either via the bureau or direct to Manuela Kanitz, Duelmener Str 18a, D-48163 Muenster, GERMANY. Pierre, HB9QQ, is currently active as 8Q7QQ in the Maldive Islands. Look for him on 6, 10, 12 and 17 meters until 2 May. QSL via the bureau to HB9QQ. Bob Parkes, G3REP (ex VS5RP, P29PR, 4S7RPG), will be in Bangladesh in May on a work related duty. Andrew is helping him with his license. If Bob gets on the air you can bet he will be on 160 meters. Eric, F5SSM, will be active from Martinique as FM/F5SSM until 25 April. Gerard, F2JD/HP1XBI, should have left Panama yesterday for Honduras. Look for him to be active as HR5/F2JD until 23 May. QSL via F6AJA. Jean Paul, F5BU, is now back in France after his 6 week stay on Crozet Island as FT5WG. The QSL cards should be ready sometime in June. QSL via F6APU. The 1998 World Football (Soccer) Cup will be held in France from 10 June to 12 July. The following special event stations will be on the air from the different sites. TM1CMF (Coupe du Monde de Football) from Marseille TM2CMF from Toulouse TM3CMF from Bordeaux TM4CMF from Montpellier TM5CMF from St Etienne TM6CMF from Nantes TM7CMF from Lens TM8CMF from Lyon TM9CMF from Paris TM0CMF from St Denis _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 3W6EZD - VIETNAM - East Coast US stations were working him on 14018 around 12:20Z. 5A1A - LIBYA - Abubaker was working Europe and some East

Coast US stations on 21295 from 19:00 to 19:30Z. BV5GQ - TAIWAN - Europeans had a lock on him between 14:20 and 15:00Z on 18138. East Coast US stations were hearing him. EP3HR - IRAN - Hamid showed up on 18127 just before 15:00Z. QSL via I2MQP. FO0FR - MARQUESAS ISLANDS - Bob, W6KR, and Rob, W6KR, are operating from Nuku Hiva Island, which is the largest of 13 islands. The islands were discovered back in 1595 by Alvaro de Mendana and then rediscovered by Captain Cook in 1774. Yesterdays activities were as follows. GMT Freq. GMT Freq. --- ----- --- ----- 00 21295 24945 28025 10 3504 01 18072 21295 24895 28025 15 7005 14195 02 18072 21295 16 7005 10102 14195 03 10102 14195 18072 21295 17 10102 14025 18135 04 10102 14195 18 14025 18135 21025 05 10102 14195 19 21025 28495 06 10102 14195 20 18135 21025 24895 07 10102 14195 21 18135 21295 24895 08 1824 3799 14195 22 21025 21295 28025 09 1824 3795 23 21295 28025 FR5ZQ/T - TROMELIN ISLAND - Henry started on 21010 at 14:00Z and later showed up on his normal 21190 at 16:00Z. HV5PUL - VATICAN - As expected this station came up between 07:00 and 17:00Z. They were active on 15, 20 and 40 meters SSB and 20 meters CW. S92AT - SAO TOME & PRINCIPE - Europeans, Japanese and US stations were working Gary on 14190 from 21:30 to 22:00Z. TJ1FT - CAMEROON - Tim showed up earlier than expected as he was on 14171 between 21:00 and 22:30Z. VP8/G4VFU - FALKLAND ISLANDS - Carl was jumping around on 40 and 80 meters CW and SSB from 05:40 to 10:30Z. He is expecting to leave the island any day. Rumor has it he will go to another island down in the South Atlantic. VU2JBS/VU4 - ANDAMANS - This was a pirate using Jim Smith's, VK9NS, VU callsign. Jim is really at home on Norfolk Island. Do not waste your time and money on the QSL card! YB0ARA/9 - INDONESIA - Phil showed up on 1827 just before 10:00Z. QSL via N2AU. YB5QZ - INDONESIA - Anton was found just before 13:00Z on 10103. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________

The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AF-031 FR5ZQ/T 21190 1617 EU-049 SV8CYV 21260 1842 AS-053 HS0/IK4MRH 21260 1609 EU-052 SV8CKM 21260 1013 EU-008 GS3EEO/P 14258 0917 EU-067 SV8/I2YYO 14200 1415 EU-032 F5UJK/P 14260 2105 EU-096 OH1LU/P 14260 1006 EU-042 DJ3XG/P 7060 1159 EU-124 GW0HGN/P 14260 1329 EU-048 F5GVH/P 7058 2132 EU-163 4N9BW 14257 2030 EU-049 SV8CRI 14260 1738 OC-143 YC6JKV 21245 1606 Peter, DK1RP, will be active as SV8/DK1RP/P from Skiathos Island, in the Northern Sporades, from 4 to 12 May. He will be active on all bands from 10 to 80 meters, mostly on CW. All contacts will be confirmed via the bureau. Jacques, F6BUM, will be active from Yeu Island (EU-064) from 2 to 9 May. Keith, GM4YXI, will operate from Palau Pangkor (AS-072) as 9M2/GM4YXI from 02:00Z to 19:00Z on 25 April. Look for him on 10, 15 and 20 meters CW and SSB. On SSB try 14260 or 21260 and on CW try 14006 or 21006. QSL via the bureau to GM4YXI. Alain, F2HE, has been operating as FG/F2HE from Guadeloupe. He will go to Les Saintes (NA-114) for 2 to 3 weeks staring on 5 May. Starting 25 April for 2 or 3 days 4H8TI will be activated on Turtle Island (OC-NEW) by Dan, DU8ARK, Mike, DU8BDL, and James, DU8JA. QSL via I2YDX, Giuseppe de Gasperin, Via Trento, 21020 Brebbia - VA, ITALY. IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- -------------- 24-Apr 24-Apr DL DJ3XG/P (EU-042) 2-73 24-Apr 24-Apr JA JJ1LIB/6 JN1EVG/6 (AS-047) 2-55 24-Apr 24-Apr BY VK4MZ/BY1QH 2-64 24-Apr 24-Apr XU XU3MTM 2-71 24-Apr 25-Apr YU 4N9BW (EU-163) 2-73 24-Apr 26-Apr BY BI3H (AS-NEW) 2-70 24-Apr 26-Apr PY PY1KB/P PY1MF/P PY1KS/P (SA-029) 2-64 24-Apr 26-Apr PY ZW1B ZZ1B ZW1S ZZ1M (SA-029) 2-53 24-Apr 27-Apr FT5Z FT5Z/FR5HR 2-64 24-Apr 28-Apr 3D2 3D2WP (OC-121) 2-68 24-Apr 28-Apr FO/M FO0FR (OC-027) 2-68 24-Apr 28-Apr VP8/F VP8/G3VFU 2-73 24-Apr 30-Apr HR HR5/F2JD 2-30 24-Apr 30-Apr ZL ZL7IR/4 (OC-203) 2-70 24-Apr 2-May 8Q 8Q7QQ (AS-013) 2-78

24-Apr 5-May 8P 8P9IU 8P9IR 2-68 24-Apr 6-May TT TT8JE 2-10 186 185 24-Apr 7-May 9M6 9M6CT 2-63 24-Apr 8-May ZB ZB2FX 2-73 24-Apr 15-May XV XV7TH 2-59 24-Apr 22-May 9M6 9M8CC (OC-088) 187 24-Apr 1-Jun FT5X FT5XN (AF-048) 179 24-Apr 1-Jun XV XV7SV 2-31 24-Apr 3-Jun 4S 4S7BRG 2-31 24-Apr 30-Jun SP SN0JG 2-59 24-Apr 31-Oct JX JX7DFA (EU-022) 2-20 25-Apr 25-Apr SU 6A1A 2-75 25-Apr 25-Apr HK HK100GM 2-75 25-Apr 25-Apr W W4IAX (NA-142) 2-64 25-Apr 27-Apr 3A 3A/IK1CJO 3A/IK1QBT 2-50 25-Apr 30-Apr VK9L VK9LZ 2-47 25-Apr 1-May T2 T22JY T22KJ T22KT T22VE (OC-015) 2-71 2-51 25-Apr 2-May G GB0SM (EU-011) _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The sunspot number for April 22, 1998 was 41 The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado, for April 23, 1998, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 23-Apr-1998 21 88 7 1 HIGH;QUIET-UNSET;LOW-MOD/QUIET-UNSET 23-Apr-1998 18 88 7 1 HIGH/QUIET-UNSET;LOW-MOD/QUIET-UNSET 23-Apr-1998 15 88 7 0 HIGH/QUIET-UNSET;LOW-MOD/QUIET-UNSET 23-Apr-1998 12 88 7 2 HIGH/QUIET-UNSET;LOW-MOD/QUIET-UNSET 23-Apr-1998 09 88 7 3 HIGH/QUIET-UNSET;LOW-MOD/QUIET-UNSET 23-Apr-1998 06 88 7 3 HIGH/QUIET-UNSET;LOW-MOD/QUIET-UNSET 23-Apr-1998 03 88 7 1 VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET;VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET 23-Apr-1998 00 88 7 2 VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET;VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET A major flare occurred at 05:55Z on 23 April and a satellite proton event is still in progress. The forecast for Friday, 24 April: solar flux 92, A index 20, K index 3. Friday should be High Normal. The forecast for Saturday, 25 April: solar flux 94, A index 15, K index 3. Saturday should be Low Normal. The forecast for Sunday, 26 April: solar flux 94, A index 12, K index 3. Sunday should be High Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 3D2QB SM3CER BV98ARL BV4YB SV8CKM SV8JE 4N9BW YU7BW EK6GC W3HNK TI5NW W3CV 4S7BRG HB9BRM EP3HR I2MQP TJ1FT K4MI 5B4ADA 9A2AJ OD5PL HB9CRV V51CM WA2JUN 8P9IR DJ1TO S92AT NJ2D VQ9DH WR5W 8P9IU DL7UTO SV8/I2YYO IK2MYX XU0MTM HL2AQN

A41KB ON7LX *5A1A - Box 74421, Tripoli, LIBYA YU7BW - Robert Homolja, Toldi Miklos 34, YU-24352 Tornjos, YUGOSLAVIA * send via registered mail. QSL cards recently received: 8Q7AA, A35RK, FT5XN, JX3EX, PJ9G _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: DK1RP, DX News Letter, F-10255, F6AJA, GM3WOJ, K3KY, KC3AJ, KH6BZF REPORTS, Les Nouvelles DX, N3OSH, NOAA, W3LEO, W8FJ, WA2VUY, WS1F _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), or $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United States. _____________________________________________________________________ Copyright _ _____________________________________________________________________ THE DAILY DX is published Monday through Friday by Bernie McClenny, W3UR, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, MD 21738 USA. This e-mail message and its contents are copyrighted and are proprietary products of THE DAILY DX. Any unauthorized use, reproduction, or transfer of the message or its content, in any medium, is strictly prohibited. For permission to quote, reprint or repost this e-mail send a request to THE DAILY DX include date, volume and issue number. Check out THE DAILY DX homepage http://www.wdn.com/thedailydx or for additional information you may phone THE DAILY DX at 301-854-5650 or fax at 301-854-5105. Remember to tell all your DX friends about THE DAILY DX.

. ====================== *** The Daily DX *** ====================== Volume 2 Number 79 April 27, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ Headlines _____________________________________________________________________ Marc, ON4AVO/5N0MVE has moved to India and received VU3MCV from the WPC (Ministry of Communications, Amateur Licensing). This license is good for CW only however he hopes to obtain permission for SSB soon. He has not been on the air as of yet but plans to be in the near future. QSL via ON7LX. Petitions for the three potential new countries of Marquesas, Australs and Temotu Islands have been received by the DXCC Desk. Copies have been sent to members of the DXAC and the MSC. The DXAC is planning to meet in Dayton. John Kanode, N4MM, says "If all the info in the petitions is correct, it appears that all three will be added to the DXCC List." The ARRL Colvin Award Grants Committee has voted to grant the Canton of Zug branch of the Union of Swiss Short-Wave Amateurs $5,000 for their upcoming DXpedition to St. Brandon (3B7). The 3B7RF DXpedition is schedule to be on the air from 7 to 17 May. They plan to be active on 10 through 160 meters on CW, SSB, RTTY and SSTV. Don't forget to check out their homepage at http://www.3b7-brandon.ch Carl, G4VFU, was very active from the Falkland Island as VP8/G4VFU. He left the island on Sunday and will be traveling around the area for sometime now. He hopes to get on the air from South Georgia, VP8/G, sometime between December, 1998 and February, 1998. Carl enjoys 160, 80 and 40 meters. _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 3C1GS - EQUATORIAL GUINEA - Ramon showed up on 21258 around 17:00Z on Saturday. QSL via EA5BYP. 3D2 - FIJI ISLANDS - The Yamato ARC members are stuck on here and may or may not go on to Tuvalu. 3D2HI, 3D2KZ, 3D2SH and 3D2TK are all on Nandi Island. 9N1FP - NEPAL - Europeans and Japanese stations were working Vlad on 10105 around 21:15Z on Saturday. QSL via RU6FP. A35FT - TONGA - Frank left for Germany yesterday. He plans to go back to the Pacific this fall as he will be on from ZK3. FO0FR - MARQUESAS ISLANDS - One of the two amplifiers died over the weekend. Bob, W6RJ, and Rob, W6KR, are going to donate the Force 12 C3S to Jose, FO5QG

before leaving on Wednesday. Both Bob and Rob are planning to attend this weekends Visalia DX Convention. QSL via K6SLO (ex WA6SLO). FR5ZQ/T - TROMELIN ISLAND - Look for Henri on 21010 and 21190. VK9LZ - LORD HOWE ISLAND - Paul started his operation on Saturday just after 08:00Z. He does have 80 and 160 meters, however he will not try those bands until the conditions get better. QSL via N0AH. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AS-079 JA5CKD/6 10108 1315 NA-051 VE7QCR 14260 0712 EU-009 GM0HTG 14263 1050 NA-056 T45VPG 14260 0011 EU-011 GB0SM 14028 0950 NA-142 W4IAX 14260 1835 EU-024 IM0/IS0GYV 14015 1006 OC-016 3D2SH 14007 0312 EU-067 SV8/I2YYO 14260 0604 OC-225 4H8TI 14260 1632 EU-163 4N9BW 7014 0143 SA-023 PY6JJ 14257 1951 John, AL7RB, will be working on St. Paul Island (NA-028) from 11 to 14 May. He hopes to be on the air from 20:00 to 05:00Z daily from 12 to 14 May. Look for him on 20 meters CW and SSB and 40 meters CW. Hiro, JH4FBV, plans to be active as JH4FBV/6 from Tokara Archipelago (AS-049) from 2 to 4 May. He will take a TS-870S running 50 watts, a R-7000J Vertical and a Zepp Antenna. For more information see the following homepage: http://www1.harenet.or.jp/personal/jh4fbv/ Suggested frequencies are: 7010, 7025, 7060, 10110, 14010, 14260, 18077, 21010, 21260, 28010 QSL via the bureau or direct to Hironori Funahashi, JH4FBV, 1-11-38 Hamanochaya, Kurashiki-city, Okayama, 710-0061 JAPAN The following are provisional reference numbers for IOTA operations that started this past weekend. AS-134/Prov BY3 Hebei/Tianjin Province group (China, operation from Shijiutuo Island by BI3H from 24-26 April 1998) OC-225/Prov DU8 Turtle Is (Philippines, operation by 4H8TI from Taganak Island starting 26 April 1998) IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- -------------- 27-Apr 27-Apr 3A 3A/IK1CJO 3A/IK1QBT 2-50

27-Apr 28-Apr 3D2 3D2WP (OC-121) 2-68 27-Apr 28-Apr FO/M FO0FR (OC-027) 2-68 27-Apr 29-Apr 3V 3V8BB by DF7QK 2-78 27-Apr 30-Apr DU 4H8TI (OC-225) 2-78 27-Apr 30-Apr VK9L VK9LZ 2-47 27-Apr 30-Apr ZL ZL7IR/4 (OC-203) 2-70 27-Apr 1-May T2 T22JY T22KJ T22KT T22VE (OC-015) 2-71 2-51 27-Apr 2-May 8Q 8Q7QQ (AS-013) 2-78 27-Apr 2-May G GB0SM (EU-011) 27-Apr 5-May 8P 8P9IU 8P9IR 2-68 27-Apr 6-May TT TT8JE 2-10 186 185 27-Apr 7-May 9M6 9M6CT 2-63 27-Apr 8-May ZB ZB2FX 2-73 27-Apr 10-May BY BI7Y (AS-NEW) 2-76 2-70 2-68 27-Apr 15-May XV XV7TH 2-59 27-Apr 22-May 9M6 9M8CC (OC-088) 187 27-Apr 23-May HR HR5/F2JD 2-78 2-30 27-Apr 1-Jun FT5X FT5XN (AF-048) 179 27-Apr 1-Jun XV XV7SV 2-31 27-Apr 3-Jun 4S 4S7BRG 2-31 27-Apr 30-Jun SP SN0JG 2-59 27-Apr 31-Oct JX JX7DFA (EU-022) 2-20 28-Apr 29-Apr EA6 EA6FB 2-77 28-Apr 30-Apr JA JA5UIM/5 (AS-041) 2-55 28-Apr 5-May YJ YJ0AWP (OC-035) 2-68 29-Apr 3-May VP9 K2VUI/VP9 2-77 1-May 1-May GM GB8FF (EU-108) 2-57 1-May 1-May VP6 New prefix Pitcairn Island 2-76 1-May 3-May 1998 IOTA Convention in EA8 2-46 1-May 3-May 3D2 3D2LJ/P 3D2TS/P (OC-156) 2-25 178 1-May 3-May International DX Convention 2-53 1-May 3-May W W1ACT (NA-046) 2-76 1-May 4-May LYNX DX Convention 2-67 1-May 5-May PY PT163MP (SA-026) 2-42 1-May 21-May KA3DBN African Trip 2-43 2-22 2-May 2-May GM GB5TI (EU-108) 2-57 2-May 3-May 3D2 3D2HI 3D2KZ 3D2SH 3D2TK (OC-121) 2-71 2-51 2-May 9-May F F6BUM (EU-064) 2-78 2-May 10-May 8Q 8Q7DF (AS-013) 2-31 2-35 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The sunspot number for April 25, 1998 was 50. The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado, for April 26, 1998, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 26-Apr-1998 21 91 24 2 VY LOW/UNSET-MNR STM;LOW-MOD/UNSET-ACTIVE 26-Apr-1998 18 92 21 3 LOW/UNSET-MINOR STM;LOW-MOD/UNSET-ACTIVE 26-Apr-1998 15 92 21 4 LOW/UNSET-MINOR STM;LOW-MOD/UNSET-ACTIVE 26-Apr-1998 12 92 21 4 LOW/UNSET-MINOR STM;LOW-MOD/UNSET-ACTIVE 26-Apr-1998 09 92 21 4 LOW/QUIET-MINOR STM;LOW-MOD/UNSET-ACTIVE 26-Apr-1998 09 92 21 5 LOW/QUIET-MINOR STM;LOW-MOD/UNSET-ACTIVE 26-Apr-1998 03 92 21 4 LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;LOW-MOD/UNSETTLED 26-Apr-1998 00 92 21 3 LOW/QUIET-MINOR STM;LOW-MOD/UNSETTLED The forecast for Monday, 27 April: solar flux 96, A index 10, K index 2. Monday should be High Normal.

The forecast for Tuesday, 28 April: solar flux 96, A index 8, K index 2. Tuesday should be High Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 3A/IK1QBT IK1QBT DJ4IJ/HI8 DK8ZD OD5PN LX1NO 3D2HI JA1KJW ED2TSS EA2ASF OH0EA OH2KMG 3D2KZ JA8VE ED4BBH EA4BBH P49M VE3MR 3D2SH JA1JQY EK8WB IK2QPR T32RT W6UC 3D2TK JA3MCA EL2DT IK0PHY T45PPG CO2QQ 3D2WP JA1WPX EN5US UR5UW TR8KPJ F6CDK 4H8TI I2YDX GB6MD G0WMW TT8ZB IK3ERN 4L1UN IK7JTF HC6CR NE8Z UE56MM RW0MM 5N7YZC WA1ECA HK100GM HK3DDD UK8GBS RW6HS 6D2X K5TSQ HR5/F2JD F6AJA UN7LG KU9C 8P9IR DJ1TO IY0ORP IK0USA V31HE DL1DA 8P9IU DL7UTO IY0TC I0KHP V73UX V73AX 9N1FP RU6FP J52IM KB9XN VK2IMD VK2KAA 9V1BG JL1MWI JT1FBB W9JOE VK9LZ N0AH 9V1YC AA5BT JW/DJ3KR DJ3KR VO1IMD VO1AA A35FT DL7FT OD5NJ EA5BYP VP8/G4VFU G0HXL BI3H W3HC A92GE - David, Box 1976, Manama, BAHRAIN CO2QQ - Arnaldo de J Bandrich Orbea, Omoa # 393 Apto Bajos E/ A. Ramirez Y Czda. de. 10 de Oct., Cerro, Ciudad Habana, CUBA HH2/N2APL - Ed, Box 797, Port au Prince, HAITI HV5PUL - Pontificia Universita' Lateranense, c.a. Luca Della Giovampaola 00120 Citta' del Vaticano, VATICAN JT1CO - Chadraawal, P.O. Box 905, Ulaanbaatar 23, MONGOLIA V63AO - Isao Nishimura, P.O. Box 607, Kosrae, F.S.M. 96944 QSL cards recently received: 3C1GS, 9V1ZB, A35RK, A61AJ, CO2WF, HR6/W4OVY, K7K, NH4/NH6YK, OD5NJ, Z32XX, ZK1XXP _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 7N2UTO, AL7RB, ARRL, G3KMA, JA1ELY, JH4FBV, K1ZM, K3KY, KC3AJ, KD4IFV, KH6BZF REPORTS, N3OSH, N4MM, N4VRR, N4YIC, NOAA, ON4VT, W2GG, W7UG, WA3DVO _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), or $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United States. _____________________________________________________________________ Copyright _ _____________________________________________________________________ THE DAILY DX is published Monday through Friday by Bernie McClenny,

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. ====================== *** The Daily DX *** ====================== Volume 2 Number 80 April 28, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ Headlines _____________________________________________________________________ Roberto, EA2CNU, will be working in Western Sahara on a project from 29 April to 3 May. While there he hopes to be able to take advantage of the situation and get on the air. He will take a TS-570D running 100 watts and dipoles for 40, 80 and 160 meters. Hamdy, S01HA, will also be with him. Anyone wishing to make a schedule for any of the bands, especially 160 meters may send an e-mail to Arseli, EA2JG <arseli@jet.es> Rich, W4UM, and his XYL Sherry, W4SLR, will operate A47RS, the Royal Omani Amateur Radio Society Club station sometime between 8 and 11 May. The two plan to put in an emphasis on 12 and 17 meters. Special event station EO5JM will be commemorating the 53rd anniversary of the Victory of the Great Patriotic War from 6 to 10 May. QSL via UU2JQ. Dieter, DL9GDB, plans to be on holiday in Malta from 13 to 27 May as 9H3UT. Look for him on 10 through 40 meters CW only. QSL via DL9GDB direct or via the bureau. Oreste, IK3VIA, will operate from Liechtenstein as HB0/N7OV from 1 to 3 May. QSL via IK3VIA. Sean, KC8CSD, and Phil, KE8RO, will be active again from Iceland from 30 April to 5 May. Look for them on CW, SSB and RTTY. _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 3B8/K5KG - MAURITIUS - George will be warming up from here for the next week before going on to St. Brandon. FO0FR - MARQUESAS ISLANDS - Bob and Rob will go QRT today. They report working over 23,000 QSOs from this island. FO0FI made just over 22,000 QSOs in the AUSTRAL ISLANDS. QSL via K6SLO (ex WA6SLO). FR5ZQ/T - TROMELIN ISLAND - Henri is expected today at 16:00Z on 21290. He will probably be on the island for another week. QSL via FR5ZQ. SV2ASP/A - MOUNT ATHOS - Monk Apollo showed up yesterday on a net on 14240 between 05:00 and 06:00Z. VK9LZ - LORD HOWE ISLAND - Paul was active on 80 meters CW

from 09:30 to 11:00Z. QSL via N0AH. VK9NO - NORFOLK ISLAND - Yoshi, JJ8DEN, will be here until 4 May. Look for him on CW and RTTY on 30, 20, 17, 15, 10 and 6 meters. He may get on 160 meters. He will be using a TS-690 with 100 watts, dipole and HB9CV for 6 meters. QSL via JJ8DEN. ZK1CYR - SOUTH COOK ISLANDS - Archie is operating from the island of Raratonga (OC-013) for the next 7 days. Look for him near 14180 around 04:00Z. QSL via WB4CYR. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AF-049 3B8/DL1MHM 21260 1302 NA-027 VO1COP 14260 2202 AS-018 UA0FO 14257 0508 OC-004 VK9LZ 3505 0932 EU-011 GB0SM 10106 1853 OC-121 3D2WG 21024 0240 EU-042 DF3ZE/P 7030 1229 OC-225 4H8TI 14260 1813 Tony, WF1N, and Lou, W1DIG (ex KA1DIG), will operate on Pot Island in the Thimble Island Group (NA-136) from 15 to 17 May. Look for them to start on 15 May around 16:00Z as they will use a triband, 40 meter dipole and an amplifier. Keith, 9M2/GM4YXI, was unable to make it to Palau Pangkor (AS-072) due to car problems. He will be in East Malaysia a few more weeks and hopes to try again. Kohei, JR0BAQ, his XYL Michiko, JF0KYK, JN1XLV and JO1OYZ will be active from Sado Island (AS-117) on 3 and 4 May. They will use their home call /0. 6W1RE, 6W1QV and 6W1/F5AEP will activate 6W1QV/P from N'gor Island (AF-045) from 30 April to 4 May. QSL via 6W1QV direct or via the bureau. NO7F plans to be active soon from NA-074 for a few days as NO7F/KL7. IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- -------------- 28-Apr 28-Apr 3D2 3D2WP (OC-121) 2-68 28-Apr 29-Apr 3V 3V8BB by DF7QK 2-78 28-Apr 3-Jun 4S 4S7BRG 2-31 28-Apr 5-May 8P 8P9IU 8P9IR 2-68

28-Apr 2-May 8Q 8Q7QQ (AS-013) 2-78 28-Apr 7-May 9M6 9M6CT 2-63 28-Apr 22-May 9M6 9M8CC (OC-088) 187 28-Apr 10-May BY BI7Y (AS-NEW) 2-76 2-70 2-68 28-Apr 30-Apr DU 4H8TI (OC-225) 2-78 28-Apr 29-Apr EA6 EA6FB 2-77 28-Apr 28-Apr FO/M FO0FR (OC-027) 2-68 28-Apr 1-Jun FT5X FT5XN (AF-048) 179 28-Apr 2-May G GB0SM (EU-011) 28-Apr 23-May HR HR5/F2JD 2-78 2-30 28-Apr 30-Apr JA JA5UIM/5 (AS-041) 2-55 28-Apr 31-Oct JX JX7DFA (EU-022) 2-20 28-Apr 30-Jun SP SN0JG 2-59 28-Apr 1-May T2 T22JY T22KJ T22KT T22VE (OC-015) 2-71 2-51 28-Apr 6-May TT TT8JE 2-10 186 185 28-Apr 30-Apr VK9L VK9LZ 2-47 28-Apr 1-Jun XV XV7SV 2-31 28-Apr 15-May XV XV7TH 2-59 28-Apr 5-May YJ YJ0AWP (OC-035) 2-68 28-Apr 8-May ZB ZB2FX 2-73 28-Apr 30-Apr ZL ZL7IR/4 (OC-203) 2-70 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The sunspot number for April 26, 1998 was 30. The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado, for April 27, 1998, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 27-Apr-1998 21 91 17 2 HIGH/QUIET-MNR STM;LOW-MOD/UNSET-ACTIVE 27-Apr-1998 18 91 25 3 HIGH/QUIET-MNR STM;LOW-MOD/UNSET-ACTIVE 27-Apr-1998 15 91 25 2 HIGH/QUIET-MNR STM;LOW-MOD/UNSET-ACTIVE 27-Apr-1998 12 91 25 3 HIGH/QUIET-MNR STM;LOW-MOD/UNSET-ACTIVE 27-Apr-1998 09 91 25 3 VY LOW/QUIET-MNR STM;LOW-MOD/UNSET-ACTIVE 27-Apr-1998 06 91 25 3 VY LOW/QUIET-MNR STM;LOW-MOD/UNSET-ACTIVE 27-Apr-1998 03 91 25 5 VY LOW/QUIET-MNR STM;LOW-MOD/UNSET-ACTIVE 27-Apr-1998 00 91 25 4 VY LOW/UNSET-MNR STM;LOW-MOD/UNSET-ACTIVE A major flare occurred at 0920 UT on 27 April and a fairly fast moving coronal mass ejection was also observed. The effects of this should begin late on 29 April or early on 30 April. Remember conditions could get very good before the effects of this flare take place. The forecast for Tuesday, 28 April: solar flux 94, A index 15, K index 3. Tuesday should be High Normal. The forecast for Wednesday, 29 April: solar flux 94, A index 15, K index 3. Wednesday should be High Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 3V8BB DF7QK GB0SM G3WNI T32RT W6UC 5B4EZ OE3EPW MS0APF/P MM1AUF VK9NO JJ8DEN 6A1A IK3ZAW RX1OX/FJL DL6YET ZK1CYR WB4CYR

EX7MM DF8WS 6W1QL - Box 11106, Dakar, SENEGAL CO6XN - Abel, P.O. Box 1, Venegas, CUBA 64180 JJ8DEN - Yoshitake Izumi, 24-7 Nishi-Ichijyo-Minami, Obihiro 080-0011, JAPAN MM1AUF - C.F. McClintock, 13 St. Andrew Dr. Gourock, PA19 1HY SCOTLAND UNITED KINGDOM QSL cards recently received: 7Q7EH, 9Y4H, CY0DX, FT5ZG, IS0ZCV, TT8JE, VK0TS (6 Months), YI1ALW _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: DL2MIH, DX News Sheet, GM3WOJ, JA0RYN/7, K3KO, K3ZO, K6JG, KC3AJ, KD4IFV, KH6BZF REPORTS, N3OSH, NOAA, OPDX, W5ADH _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), or $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United States. _____________________________________________________________________ Copyright _ _____________________________________________________________________ THE DAILY DX is published Monday through Friday by Bernie McClenny, W3UR, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, MD 21738 USA. This e-mail message and its contents are copyrighted and are proprietary products of THE DAILY DX. Any unauthorized use, reproduction, or transfer of the message or its content, in any medium, is strictly prohibited. For permission to quote, reprint or repost this e-mail send a request to THE DAILY DX include date, volume and issue number. Check out THE DAILY DX homepage http://www.wdn.com/thedailydx or for additional information you may phone THE DAILY DX at 301-854-5650 or fax at 301-854-5105. Remember to tell all your DX friends about THE DAILY DX.

. ======================== *** The Daily DX _ *** ======================== Volume 2 Number 81 April 29, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ Headlines _____________________________________________________________________ Amateur radio operators from Tourcoing, France will operate special event station TM0BB from 13 to 23 July. QSL via FB1AZH or via the bureau. Jim, G0WBO, reports he will be active from the Maldives as 8Q7JJ starting 5 May for 2 to 3 weeks. Look for him to be mostly on 18165 and 24950. Bill, W8HVX, will be active from 4U1ITU until 3 May. Look for him on RTTY. QSL via W8HVX. Dan, XT2DP/N9XAG, went QRT from Burkina Faso on 23 April. He will be stateside until June 1999 when he returns to N'Dorola. QSL via WB2YQH. _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 3C1GS - EQUATORIAL GUINEA - East Coast US stations were working Ramon yesterday on 21287 just before 15:00Z. QSL via EA5BYP. 3D2 - FIJI ISLANDS - Lots of activity currently from this one as 3D2's HI, KZ, QB, SH and TK have all be on the air. AP2JZB - PAKISTAN - Bob was active on 18115 around 14:40Z for about an hour. Stations from Japan, Europe and East Coast US reported working him. Later a pirate was using Bob's call on 20 meters CW. Bob does not operate that mode. QSL cards for Bob should go to Leon K2EWB. Include SASE and 1 $ or IRC. D44BC - CAPE VERDE ISLANDS - Julio reports there are two other amateurs who are also active from this group of volcanic islands. They are Angelo, D44BS and Daniel, D44AB. Julio collects used telephone cards. EX7MM - KYRGYZSTAN - Europeans were working Vit on 21227 around 15:40Z. The good news is DF8WS is his QSL manager. FO0FR - MARQUESAS ISLANDS - Bob and Rob finished up their operation just before 19:00Z with about 24,700 QSOs. They were going to visit Eddy, FO5OK, for dinner and might get on 160 meters.

FR5ZQ/T - TROMELIN ISLAND - Henri was reported on 14166 around 13:30Z. Later he did not show on 21290 but rather 21190 at 16:00Z. FT5XN - KERGUELEN ISLAND - East Coast US stations woke up to find Helios working Europeans on 21031 between 11:00 and 12:30Z. QSL via F6PEN. HV4NAC - VATICAN - Was active several times yesterday on 14195. QSL via IK0FVC. SU1SK - EGYPT - Said was working JA's, Europeans and East Coast US stations on 18125 for about 1 hour starting around 14:40Z. SU3 - EGYPT - Both SU3AM and SU3YM were on 14195 from 18:40 to 21:30Z. TI5NW - COSTA RICA - This is Ulis, K3LU (ex WB3LUI), who likes CW and has been very active on 17 through 80 meters. QSL via W3CV. VK9LZ - LORD HOWE ISLAND - Paul will leave the island today. He will be on 80 meters CW and SSB looking for US stations today at their sunrise. He was unable to get the antenna to work on 160 meters. QSL via N0AH. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AS-030 JI7WFP/JD1 21160 0859 NA-051 VE7TLL 14260 2200 AS-047 JH1HUK/6 21315 0311 NA-057 N7QXQ/HR6 28429 2200 EU-011 GB0SM 14260 0849 NA-198 VO1BAR/P 3795 0411 EU-124 GW0MOI 18139 1906 OC-013 ZK1CYR 14179 0357 NA-021 8P6DP 14200 0534 OC-070 YC8VIP 21277 0256 NA-027 VO1COP 21260 2035 OC-225 4H8TI 14260 1659 JJ1LIB will operate from the Yaeyama Islands (AS-024) as JJ1LIB/6 until 6 May. Look for him on 20 and 15 meters CW and SSB. QSL via JJ1LIB. David, ON4BDS, is planning to activate Baggen Island (EU-139) during the later part of May. Look for him to be using SM2/ON4BDS/P. QSL via ON4BDS. IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref

------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- -------------- 29-Apr 29-Apr 3V 3V8BB by DF7QK 2-78 29-Apr 3-Jun 4S 4S7BRG 2-31 29-Apr 5-May 8P 8P9IU 8P9IR 2-68 29-Apr 2-May 8Q 8Q7QQ (AS-013) 2-78 29-Apr 7-May 9M6 9M6CT 2-63 29-Apr 22-May 9M6 9M8CC (OC-088) 187 29-Apr 10-May BY BI7Y (AS-NEW) 2-76 2-70 2-68 29-Apr 30-Apr DU 4H8TI (OC-225) 2-78 29-Apr 29-Apr EA6 EA6FB 2-77 29-Apr 1-Jun FT5X FT5XN (AF-048) 179 29-Apr 2-May G GB0SM (EU-011) 29-Apr 23-May HR HR5/F2JD 2-78 2-30 29-Apr 30-Apr JA JA5UIM/5 (AS-041) 2-55 29-Apr 31-Oct JX JX7DFA (EU-022) 2-20 29-Apr 3-May S0 by EA2CNU and S01HA 2-80 29-Apr 30-Jun SP SN0JG 2-59 29-Apr 1-May T2 T22JY T22KJ T22KT T22VE (OC-015) 2-71 2-51 29-Apr 6-May TT TT8JE 2-10 186 185 29-Apr 30-Apr VK9L VK9LZ 2-47 29-Apr 3-May VP9 K2VUI/VP9 2-77 29-Apr 1-Jun XV XV7SV 2-31 29-Apr 15-May XV XV7TH 2-59 29-Apr 5-May YJ YJ0AWP (OC-035) 2-68 29-Apr 8-May ZB ZB2FX 2-73 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The sunspot number for April 27, 1998 was 19. The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado, for April 28, 1998, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 28-Apr-1998 21 98 9 1 VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET;LOW-MOD/QUIET-MNR STM 28-Apr-1998 18 91 16 2 VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET;LOW-MOD/QUIET-MNR STM 28-Apr-1998 15 91 16 2 LOW/QUIET-UNSET;LOW-MOD/QUIET-ACTIVE 28-Apr-1998 12 91 16 2 LOW/QUIET-UNSET;LOW-MOD/QUIET-ACTIVE 28-Apr-1998 09 91 16 2 HIGH/QUIET-UNSET;LOW-MOD/QUIET-ACTIVE 28-Apr-1998 06 91 16 3 HIGH/QUIET-UNSET;LOW-MOD/QUIET-ACTIVE 28-Apr-1998 03 91 16 3 HIGH/QUIET-UNSET;LOW-MOD/QUIET-ACTIVE 28-Apr-1998 00 91 16 2 HIGH/QUIET-MNR STM;LOW-MOD/QUIET-ACTIVE The forecast for Wednesday, 29 April: solar flux 99, A index 20, K index 3. Wednesday should be Low Normal. The forecast for Thursday, 30 April: solar flux 100, A index 20, K index 3. Thursday should be Low Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 1X5AA RW6PA FT5XN F6PEN TI5NW W3CV 7Z1IS SM0OFG HV4NAC IK0FVC W0IY/C6A W0IY 8Q7UZ DL8UZ J73CCM SM0CCM YJ0AWP JA1WPX BA1CO W3HC N6TR/KP4 N6TR ZB2FX G3RFX BY1QH K9FD SU3AM DL1FCM ZS6ESU W4SMG

EP2SMH - P.O. Box 17665-441, Tehran, IRAN The Magnolia DX Association has recently taken over the W5 incoming QSL Bureau. The new address is: MAGNOLIA DX ASSOCIATION P.O. Box 999 Wiggins, MS 39577-0999 QSL cards recently received: A61AJ, H44IO, JX3EX, K7K, LU6KBX, T32O, TU2XZ, VK8AN/6 (OC-154), VK9WM, YJ0AIO, YJ8UU _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: F6FNU, FA1ICZ, FB1IJV, G0UIH, G4AFJ, K3RA, K4VW, KC3AJ, KH6BZF REPORTS, N3NT, N3OSH, N7OJ, NOAA, ON4ZD _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), or $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United States. _____________________________________________________________________ Copyright _ _____________________________________________________________________ THE DAILY DX _ is published Monday through Friday by Bernie McClenny, W3UR, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, MD 21738 USA. This e-mail message and its contents are copyrighted and are proprietary products of THE DAILY DX _. Any unauthorized use, reproduction, or transfer of the message or its content, in any medium, is strictly prohibited. For permission to quote, reprint or repost this e-mail send a request to THE DAILY DX _ include date, volume and issue number. Check out THE DAILY DX _ homepage http://www.wdn.com/thedailydx or for additional information you may phone THE DAILY DX _ at 301-854-5650 or fax at 301-854-5105. Remember to tell all your DX friends about THE DAILY DX.

. ======================== *** The Daily DX _ *** ======================== Volume 2 Number 82 April 30, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ Headlines _____________________________________________________________________ Amateur radio operators GI3MUS, GI3MMF and GI0PCU will be operating special event station GI6YM until the end of the year celebrating the 75th anniversary of the city of Belfast YMCA Radio Club. Look for them to be active on 10, 15, 20, 40 and 80 meters CW and SSB. QSL via K1WY (ex K1TRS), P.O. Box 2644, Hartford, CT 06146-2644, USA. With the Dayton Hamvention just two weeks away here are some of the forums that DX'ers and Contesters will not want to miss. Other forums that will be going on at the Hamvention can be found at http://www.hamvention.org/forums.html On Friday 15 May DX'ers and Contesters will want to attend the Antenna Technology Forum which will be held in conference room 1 at the Hara Arena. Tim Duffy, K3LR, has once again arranged for the following topics to be addressed between 2:00 PM and 5:00 PM. "Low Band Receiving Antennas for Limited Space" by Gary Breed, K9AY "Comparing Triband Antennas - The Journey So Far" by Steve Morris, K7LXC "The FVR Spitfire Antenna" by Fred Hopengarten, K1VR "High Performance Transmit arrays for DX and Contest Work on 160 meters" Jeff Briggs, K1ZM This years DX Forum will be held at the Meadowdale High School located about 1 mile from Hara Arena. Steve Bolia, N8BJQ, put together the following programs which will be held on Saturday 16 May. Local Time Program - conducted by ---- ---------------------- 08:30 AM North Cook Islands, ZK1XXP by Mike Mraz, N6MZ 09:15 AM St. Peter & St. Paul Rocks by Karl Leite, PS7KM 10:00 AM Sabaai-dii from Laos P.D.R. XW30 XW30(A) by Frank Smith, AH0W/OH2LVG 10:45 AM 8Q7AA - Low Band DXing from the Indian Ocean by Warren Hill, K7WX 11:30 AM 9M0C by Neville Cheadle, G3NUG The Contest Forum will also be held at the high school and will run from 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM local time. Doug Grant, K1DG, will be the master of ceremonies. The program will include the following: "To Win the World" (The Re-mastered Edition of the K2GL Video) by

Peter Bizlewicz, KU2M "The G3FXB Memorial DXpedition - VP5FXB" by Geoff Howard, W0CG "A New Record-setting QTH - African Italy" by Fabio Schettino, I4UFH, and Alberto Annesi, IV3TAN "All you need is Verticals on the Beach, Mon...6Y4A" by Tom Schiller, N6BT, and Ken Silverman, K2KW "How to build an All-band Contest Station on a Single Tower" by Rus Healy, NJ2L "What do the 'UBN' Reports REALLY Mean?" by Bob Cox, K3EST "Winning Single-op Strategies" by John Dorr, K1AR, and Randy Thompson, K5ZD On Sunday Martin Atherton, G3ZAY, from the RSGB's IOTA program will moderate the Islands on the air forum which will be held from 11:15 to 12:30 in conference room 1 at the Hara Arena. Roger Balister, G3KMA, and Neville Cheadle, G3NUG, will be on hand to introduce the IOTA award, talk about activities and new happenings over the last year and to answer questions. _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 3A2MD - MONACO - Japanese stations report working Laura on 10106 just before 21:00Z. 9N1WU - NEPAL - Kazu has been active on 10 and 15 meters SSB. A45XR - OMAN - Chris was on 14008 starting around 23:45Z. He was working US stations for several hours as he listened up. EA6/JI6KVR - BALEARIC ISLANDS - On his way to the IOTA Convention Yuki made a stop here. He was found on 15 meters SSB from about 11:00 to 16:00Z. N6TR/KP4 - PUERTO RICO - European and US stations report working Tree on 1834 between 01:00 and 04:00Z. RX1OX/FJL - FRANZ JOSEF LAND - JA's and US stations were working this one on 14004 from 21:30 to 22:00Z. QSL via DL6YET. T88HC - BELAU - Showed up on 14016 around 11:20Z yesterday. TG9NX - GUATEMALA - Frank made a surprise visit to 10109 around 06:00Z for about 1 hour. Europeans and US stations reported working him. XX9AU - MACAO - Cheang was working Europeans from this Portuguese territory on 21266 just before 13:00Z. Macao will revert back to the People's Republic of China on 20 December, 1999.

YJ0AWP - VANUATU - Tada, JA1WPX, was on 3799 just after 10:00Z working mostly JA's. QSL via JA1WPX. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AF-049 3B8/K5KG 21012 1350 OC-004 VK9LZ 10104 1049 AS-018 RA0FU 21008 1341 OC-013 ZK1CYR 14212 0735 AS-032 JO6PRM 18160 0634 OC-016 3D2KZ 14244 0508 EU-004 EA6/JI6KVR 14260 1735 OC-027 FO5QG 14123 0649 EU-011 GB0SM 14260 1149 OC-169 A35RK 21295 0133 EU-067 SV8/I2YYO 14260 2003 OC-210 YC8RBC 21275 1307 NA-046 N1UF 14260 2143 Look for Matt, DL3KUD, to be operational from Vestmannaeyjar Island (EU-071) from 20 to 29 July as he signs TF7/DL3KUD. He will be on 10 through 160 meters CW and RTTY also on RS-12. He plans to participate in the IOTA Contest. QSL cards will be sent 100% via the bureau. Doctor Rick, NE8Z, will be active from both Maine State East (NA-055) and West (NA-137) groups between now and 3 May. Try 14260 and 21260 SSB only. QSL via K8LJG. IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- -------------- 30-Apr 3-Jun 4S 4S7BRG 2-31 30-Apr 3-May 4U1I 4U1ITU 2-81 30-Apr 4-May 6W 6W1QV/P (AF-045) 2-80 30-Apr 5-May 8P 8P9IU 8P9IR 2-68 30-Apr 2-May 8Q 8Q7QQ (AS-013) 2-78 30-Apr 7-May 9M6 9M6CT 2-63 30-Apr 22-May 9M6 9M8CC (OC-088) 187 30-Apr 10-May BY BI7Y (AS-NEW) 2-76 2-70 2-68 30-Apr 30-Apr DU 4H8TI (OC-225) 2-78 30-Apr 1-Jun FT5X FT5XN (AF-048) 179 30-Apr 2-May G GB0SM (EU-011) 30-Apr 23-May HR HR5/F2JD 2-78 2-30 30-Apr 30-Apr JA JA5UIM/5 (AS-041) 2-55 30-Apr 6-May JA JJ1LIB/6 (AS-024) 2-81 30-Apr 31-Oct JX JX7DFA (EU-022) 2-20 30-Apr 3-May S0 by EA2CNU and S01HA 2-80 30-Apr 30-Jun SP SN0JG 2-59 30-Apr 5-May TF TF/KC8CSD & TF/KE8RO 2-80 30-Apr 6-May TT TT8JE 2-10 186 185 30-Apr 3-May VP9 K2VUI/VP9 2-77 30-Apr 1-Jun XV XV7SV 2-31 30-Apr 15-May XV XV7TH 2-59 30-Apr 5-May YJ YJ0AWP (OC-035) 2-68

30-Apr 8-May ZB ZB2FX 2-73 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The sunspot number for April 28, 1998 was 54. The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado, for April 29, 1998, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 29-Apr-1998 21 101 6 1 MOD/QUIET;LOW-MOD/QUIET-MNR STM 29-Apr-1998 18 98 8 2 LOW/QUIET;LOW-MODERATE/QUIET-MNR STM 29-Apr-1998 15 98 8 2 LOW/QUIET;LOW/QUIET-MNR STM 29-Apr-1998 12 98 8 1 LOW/QUIET-UNSET;LOW-MOD/QUIET-MNR STM 29-Apr-1998 09 98 8 2 LOW/QUIET-UNSET;LOW-MOD/QUIET-MNR STM 29-Apr-1998 06 98 8 2 LOW/QUIET-UNSET;LOW-MOD/QUIET-MNR STM 29-Apr-1998 03 98 8 2 LOW/QUIET-UNSET;LOW-MOD/QUIET-MNR STM 29-Apr-1998 00 98 8 2 VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET;LOW-MOD/QUIET-MNR STM A major flare was observed at 16:37Z yesterday. A powerful short wave fadeout lasting about one hour effected from about 10 to 15 MHz. The forecast for Thursday, 30 April: solar flux 100, A index 20, K index 3. Thursday should be Low Normal. The forecast for Friday, 1 May: solar flux 103, A index 15, K index 3. Friday should be High Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ The following QSL cards were recently received and information was taken directly from the cards listed below: 3C1GS via EA5BYP 3D2AO via DL7VRO 3D2IO via DL7VRO 3D2XO via DL7VRO 3W6KA Kasati Ham Club, P. O. Box 076, Saigon, VIETNAM 5B4LP Andreas Mavrides, 8A Salamis Ave., Nicosia 135, CYPRUS 6W1RB Marie-Therese Bechelani, B. P. 3749, Dakar, SENEGAL 7Q7DX Elmer R. Ribeyro, P. O. Makwasa, MALAWI 8P9II via DL7DF 9Q5HX via IK2MRZ BV4QW Calvin Lin, P. O. Box 922, Taichung, TAIWAN D2/UR5TY Michail Rudoy, Kosmonavtov 14, Volochisk 281370, UKRAINE DS0HG KARL Uijongbu Office, P. O. Box 57, Uijongbu 480-600, KOREA DS1BHE Seong-Joo Lee, P. O. Box 12, Tobong, Seoul 132-023, KOREA DS3FTM See Yong Taek, 100 Pyongchon-Dong, Taejun 306-712, KOREA DS4BBL via EA2AKP DS5ROJ Jeongsoon Kang, P. O. Box 6, Yongju 750-600, KOREA H24LP via 5B4LP HL5YAW Euljae Lee, P. O. Box 6, Yongju 750-600, KOREA HP3XUG Louis N. Anciaux, Apartado 417, David, Chiriqui, PANAMA II7P via IK7EZP IR6W via IK6WDY IY1MR via IK1QIQ L7F via LU7FEU LX1JAY via LX1TI

LX4B Telecom. Union Radio League, P. O. Box 117, L-4901 Bascharage, LUXEMBOURG LX9VIS via LX1TI LZ0HST via LZ1BJ M6A via G4ZFE M6C via G3KKQ M7C via G3KKQ OD5CN Aref N. Mansour, P. O. Box 8888, Beirut, LEBANON OX3LG via OZ2ELA P49M via VE3MR PX1I via PY1KS PZ1CU Cyril A. Gomes, Zuurzakstraat 12, Paramaribo, SURINAME R1ANL via UA6AH RP3APC via RX3APM SV1CQN Kostas Karakostas, Anapafseos 4, GR-301 00 Agrinion, GREECE SV2CXW George Pipelias, 15 Kavakion Str., GR-546 27 Thessaloniki, GREECE TF8GX Gudlaugur K. Jonsson, P. O. Box 345, IS-230 Keflavik, ICELAND TK5PB Bruno Padey, Le Magenta No. 1, F-20169 Bonifacio, FRANCE UA6AH P. O. Box 73, 353320 Abinsk, RUSSIA V31DL via WI9H V31LL via N7TLL V52UTR via DL7UUO V52UUO via DL7UUO VP2VBN Worrell Bertrand, Box "B", Road Town, Tortola, BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS VP9HK via K1EFI VU2SWS Mrs. Sarla Sharma, 7, Gaurav Appt., Nahur, Mulund West, Mumbai 400 080, INDIA XUF2B via N4JR YB2ZBI Station Induk ORARI Lokal Brebes, P. O. Box 1019, Brebes 52212, INDONESIA YB8BYS H. F. Sjamsuddin, Jln. Gunung Kairo 12, Ujung Pandang 90114, INDONESIA YC2JVQ Muarief, P. O. Box 1019, Brebes 52212, INDONESIA YC8RBC Drs. M. Sunus, P. O. Box 800, Tahuna 95807, INDONESIA ZF2VQ via N7TLL ZP2EHA Elfi Herre-Ostertag, Mall Excelsior C. d. C. 15 135, Asuncion, PARAGUAY ZP5XF Renato Bellucci, P. O. Box 1937, Asuncion, PARAGUAY _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 425 DX News, Cary Oler, DX News Sheet, K1DG, K3LR, K3ZO, KC3AJ, KH6BZF REPORTS, N3OSH, N8BJQ, NOAA, OPDX _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), or $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United States. _____________________________________________________________________ Copyright _ _____________________________________________________________________

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. ======================== *** The Daily DX _ *** ======================== Volume 2 Number 83 May 1, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ Headlines _____________________________________________________________________ This weekend there will be three DX Conventions. The Visalia International DX Convention, the LYNX DX Convention and the IOTA Convention. Special event stations EG8OTA will be on the air in Las Palmas, Canary Islands to recognize the IOTA Convention. Starting today special event stations EV2DP, EV3DP, EV6DP, EV6ZK and EV5W will be active to celebrate the liberation of Byelorussia. Each of these stations will be on the air through 10 May and will count for 10 points towards the "Belarus 1944" award. For more information contact Igor Getmann, EU1EU, P.O. Box 143, Minsk-5, 220005, Republic of Belarus or by e-mail to <getmann@axis.belpak.minsk.by> The Guayaquil Radio Club will celebrate its 75th year on 9 May. Look for special event station HC2GRC to be on the air to celebrate this anniversary. QSL requests go to HC2GRC, Guayaquil Radio Club, Box 09-01-5757, Guayaquil, Ecuador, South America The 26th South East Asia Net (SEAnet) Convention will be held in Singapore from 13 to 15 November, 1998. Amateurs from Singapore have been given special permission to use the 9V8 prefix which has never been used before. They will be able to use the 9V8 prefix between 15 July and 15 November. More information about SEAnet can be found on their home page at http//www.topend.com.au/~seanet _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 1X5AA - CHECHNYA - Khamzat, ex RW6PA, was active yesterday on 14015 from 21:00 to 00:00Z. He is operating in the city of Grozny. This currently counts as European Russia. QSL via W3HNK. 4U1ITU - I.T.U. GENEVA - This club station has been active the last two days on 15 meters SSB around 09:00 to 10:00Z. EP3HR - IRAN - Hamid was working JA's and Europeans on 18145 from 12:30 to 13:30Z. QSL via I2MQP. FR5ZQ/T - TROMELIN ISLAND - Henri was working a list on 14272 between 13:30 and 14:00Z. He was doing the same thing on 21190 at 16:00Z. QSL via FR5ZQ. HV4NAC - VATICAN - Was found at 10:30Z on 14195. QSL via IK0FVC. _____________________________________________________________________

IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AF-049 3B8/DL1MHM 24950 1316 EU-011 GB0SM 14014 0027 AS-008 7K2EOP/1 21261 1222 EU-024 IS0ZCV 21307 1839 AS-053 HS0/IK4MRH 21260 1146 EU-067 SV8/I2YYO 14260 1528 AS-076 JA5AQC 14260 2131 OC-013 ZK1CYR 14212 0724 EU-003 CU7BA 18123 1927 OC-070 YC8VIP 21283 1341 EU-004 EA6/JI6KVR 14262 0622 IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- -------------- 1-May 1-May GM GB8FF (EU-108) 2-57 1-May 1-May VP6 New prefix Pitcairn Island 2-76 1-May 2-May 8Q 8Q7QQ (AS-013) 2-78 1-May 2-May G GB0SM (EU-011) 1-May 3-May 1998 IOTA Convention in EA8 2-46 1-May 3-May 3D2 3D2HI 3D2KZ 3D2SH 3D2TK (OC-121) 2-71 2-51 1-May 3-May 3D2 3D2LJ/P 3D2TS/P (OC-156) 2-25 178 1-May 3-May 4U1I 4U1ITU 2-81 1-May 3-May S0 by EA2CNU and S01HA 2-80 1-May 3-May EA8 EG8OTA 2-83 1-May 3-May HB0 HB0/N7OV 2-80 1-May 3-May VP9 K2VUI/VP9 2-77 1-May 3-May W NE8Z (NA-055 & NA-137) 2-82 1-May 3-May Visalia International DX Convent 2-53 1-May 3-May W W1ACT (NA-046) 2-76 1-May 4-May 6W 6W1QV/P (AF-045) 2-80 1-May 4-May LYNX DX Convention 2-67 1-May 5-May 8P 8P9IU 8P9IR 2-68 1-May 5-May PY PT163MP (SA-026) 2-42 1-May 5-May TF TF/KC8CSD & TF/KE8RO 2-80 1-May 5-May YJ YJ0AWP (OC-035) 2-68 1-May 6-May JA JJ1LIB/6 (AS-024) 2-81 1-May 6-May TT TT8JE 2-10 186 185 1-May 7-May 9M6 9M6CT 2-63 1-May 8-May ZB ZB2FX 2-73 1-May 10-May BY BI7Y (AS-NEW) 2-76 2-70 2-68 1-May 15-May XV XV7TH 2-59 1-May 21-May KA3DBN African Trip 2-43 2-22 1-May 22-May 9M6 9M8CC (OC-088) 187 1-May 23-May HR HR5/F2JD 2-78 2-30 1-May 1-Jun FT5X FT5XN (AF-048) 179 1-May 1-Jun XV XV7SV 2-31 1-May 3-Jun 4S 4S7BRG 2-31 1-May 30-Jun SP SN0JG 2-59 1-May 31-Oct JX JX7DFA (EU-022) 2-20 2-May 2-May GM GB5TI (EU-108) 2-57 2-May 3-May ARI International DX Contest 2-May 4-May JA JH4FBV/6 (AS-049) 2-79 2-May 9-May F F6BUM (EU-064) 2-78

2-May 10-May 8Q 8Q7DF (AS-013) 2-31 2-35 3-May 4-May JA 4 JA/0's (AS-117) 2-80 3-May 4-May JA JQ1SUO (AS-008) 2-71 3-May 5-May JA JM1PXG/6 (AS-047) 2-69 3-May 7-May 3D2 3D2LJ 3D2TS 3D2MT (OC-016) 2-25 178 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The sunspot number for April 29, 1998 was 65. The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado, for April 30, 1998, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 30-Apr-1998 21 103 10 2 VY LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;LOW-MOD/QUIET-MNR STM 30-Apr-1998 18 101 6 3 VY LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;LOW-MOD/QUIET-MNR STM 30-Apr-1998 15 101 6 4 HIGH/QUIET-UNSET;LOW-MOD/QUIET-MNR STM 30-Apr-1998 12 101 6 3 MOD/QUIET-UNSET;LOW-MOD/QUIET-MINOR STORM 30-Apr-1998 09 101 6 1 MOD/QUIET;LOW-MOD/QUIET-MINOR STORM 30-Apr-1998 06 101 6 1 MOD/QUIET;LOW-MOD/QUIET-MINOR STORM 30-Apr-1998 03 101 6 2 MOD/QUIET;LOW-MOD/QUIET-MINOR STORM 30-Apr-1998 00 101 6 2 MOD/QUIET;LOW-MOD/QUIET-MINOR STORM The forecast for Friday, 1 May: solar flux 104, A index 18, K index 3. Friday should be Low Normal. The forecast for Saturday, 2 May: solar flux 106, A index 30, K index 4. Saturday should be Below Normal. The forecast for Sunday, 3 May: solar flux 108, A index 15, K index 3. Sunday should be Low Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 3B8/DL1MHM DL1MHM ED4FMM EA4SS SV8/I2YYO IK2MYX 4J8DX 4K8DX EK1X RW6LAH T88HC JO1IAF 4L0CR IK7JTF EP2MKO UA6HCW T88TF JJ1VTK 4X50SK 4X1VF EP3HR I2MQP UA9CUA W3HNK 5H3RB LA4DM HV4NAC IK0FVC VK4CYB JE1LET 6Y5DA VE4JK KH0/DU4CX DU4CX WP2AIJ W9CGI 9M8CC PB0ALB N8QDB/6Y5 JR4ISF ZA1E I2MQP EA6/JI6KVR EA5KB R1ASP RA1AD Joel, WU1F, reports anyone needing a QSL for the 1996 PY0TI operation may want to send an e-mail to Joao, PY1UP, at <alpha1000@nitnet.com.br QSL cards recently received: 8Q7BE, 5W1KT, BY0AA (29 days), HK3JJH (SA-040), PY0TI, VK9WM, ZK1XXP _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 425 DX News, 9V1RH, HC2RG, KC3AJ, KD4IFV, KH6BZF REPORTS, N3OSH, NOAA, NQ4E, VE3IRF, W1LRZ, W8FJ, WU1F

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. ======================== *** The Daily DX _ *** ======================== Volume 2 Number 84 May 4, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ Headlines _____________________________________________________________________ From 12 to 18 May Gary, K4GZ, and Bill, W4WX, will operate from Volcan, Panama. Look for them to be active as K4GZ/HP3 and W4WX/HP3 on CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL to home calls or via the bureau. Wolf, DL2SCQ, and his XYL Ann, DL1SCQ, have announced their South Pacific summer schedule. The two will hit islands in both the North and South Cooks along with the Fiji Islands. Dates Calls IOTA Island Country ----------- ------------- ------ --------- ----------- 9-14 Aug ZK1SCQ ZK1SCR OC-013 Rarotonga South Cooks 16-21 Aug ZK1SCQ ZK1SCR OC-082 Penrhyn North Cooks 24-26 Aug ZK1SCQ ZK1SCR OC-159 Mangaia South Cooks 29 Aug - 1 Sept To be announced OC-121 Mamanucas Fiji Islands 4- 7 Sept To be announced OC-156 Yasawas Fiji Islands They wanted to try to go to Manihiki (OC-014) however they were unable to arrange a flight. They will be running 100 watts and maybe have limited time on the air due to time limits on electricity. Klaus, DL5ZAH, is currently in Manila as DU1/DL5ZAH for the next four years. He will operate CW only on 10 through 80 meters running 100 watts with a 3 element beam and G5RV. Look for him to be active in the CQ CW WPX contest. Those wishing to make schedules may contact him by e-mail at <dl5zah@hotmail.com> or through his home page at http://www1.webquest.com/~illhardt/dl5zah.htm QSL cards may go via the DARC QSL bureau or direct to Klaus Illhardt, ETSI Technologies Inc, ADB Ave, JMT Bldg., Ortigas Center, Pasig City, Metro Manila, Philippines. Michael, DL1MHM, has been active from Mauritius as 3B8/DL1MHM and will be there until 13 May. From their he will travel to Rodrigues Island (3B9), however he will not be on the air as he was unable to get a license to operate. During the end of May he will be active from Reunion Island. QSL via DL1MHM. _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 3V8BB - TUNISIA - John, I5JHW, was active from this club station on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. QSL this operation via I5JHW. 7L1UVF/JD1 - OGASAWARA - Has been active on SSB since the 27th of April. He is on Chuchi Jima the largest island in the Ogasawara group of islands. QSL via 7L1UVF. 8Q7DF - MALDIVES - Look for Lorenzo on or near 14180

between 16:00 and 18:00Z. QSL via IK5MDF. 9V1ZB - SINGAPORE - Nakamura was working Europeans on 18118 around 18:00Z on Friday. Several US stations from both coasts were hearing him. BV2RS - TAIWAN - Wendy (YL) was working Europeans on 21288 on Saturday from 07:30 to 08:30Z. FH8CB - MAYOTTE - Elio operates several days a week after 04:00Z on or near 14245. QSL direct. FR5ZQ/T - TROMELIN - Henry has been operating from this small uninhabited island for about two weeks now. Try 14272 just after 13:00Z. Japanese stations have been gathering here around 13:40Z to work him on a list. QSL via FR5ZQ. HC8 - GALAPAGOS ISLANDS - Frank, DL4VCG/HC8, and Joe, DK5VP/HC8, were switch hitting on 14217 on Saturday between 00:00 and 02:00Z. HL2BQG - SOUTH KOREA - JA's report this station is active on 160 meters. S21J - BANGLADESH - Mamtaz (YL) has been showing up on 15 meters SSB the last three days. Try on or near 21270 between 10:30 and 15:00Z. SV2ASP/A - MOUNT ATHOS - Monk Apollo was found on a net on 14243 both Friday and Saturday between 05:00 and 06:00Z. VP6DB - PITCAIRN ISLAND - Dave (ex VR6DB) was sporting his new callsign on 14227 on Sunday from 02:00 to 03:30Z. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AF-027 FH5CB 28526 1514 NA-072 3E1DX 14257 0228 AF-045 6W1QV/P 21262 1217 NA-143 AB5EB 14256 1718 AS-047 JM1PGX/6 10107 1000 OC-019 AH6NJ 14207 0443 AS-049 JH4FBV/6 7007 1425 OC-031 C21BJ 14201 1235 AS-053 HS0/IK4MRH 14180 1651 OC-070 YF8XOD 21300 1201 EU-016 9A2GF 28498 0716 SA-002 VP8CZG 28509 1558 EU-064 F6BUM/P 7058 0744 SA-008 LU1XSI 21020 1859 EU-096 OH1LEG 28460 1141 SA-026 PS5S 14260 0301 EU-108 GB5TI 14259 0709 SA-027 PR5L 21020 1901 The 6W1QV/P operation from N'gor Island (AF-045) will wrap up their operation today. Suggested frequencies are as follows. SSB 7060, 14260, 18160, 21260, 24960, 28460 CW 7020, 10140, 14020, 18070, 21020, 24900, 28020 Paul, VK3AJJ, and Norman, VK3PGR plan to operate from Gabo Island

(IOTA OC-196) for from 29 August to 1 September. IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- -------------- 4-May 4-May JA 4 JA/0's (AS-117) 2-80 4-May 4-May 6W 6W1QV/P (AF-045) 2-80 4-May 4-May JA JH4FBV/6 (AS-049) 2-79 4-May 4-May JA JQ1SUO (AS-008) 2-71 4-May 4-May LYNX DX Convention 2-67 4-May 5-May 8P 8P9IU 8P9IR 2-68 4-May 5-May JA JM1PXG/6 (AS-047) 2-69 4-May 5-May PY PT163MP (SA-026) 2-42 4-May 5-May TF TF/KC8CSD & TF/KE8RO 2-80 4-May 5-May YJ YJ0AWP (OC-035) 2-68 4-May 6-May JA JJ1LIB/6 (AS-024) 2-81 4-May 6-May TT TT8JE 2-10 186 185 4-May 7-May 3D2 3D2LJ 3D2TS 3D2MT (OC-016) 2-25 178 4-May 7-May 9M6 9M6CT 2-63 4-May 8-May ZB ZB2FX 2-73 4-May 9-May F F6BUM (EU-064) 2-78 4-May 10-May 8Q 8Q7DF (AS-013) 2-31 2-35 4-May 10-May BY BI7Y (AS-NEW) 2-76 2-70 2-68 4-May 12-May SV SV8/DK1RP/P (EU-072) 2-78 4-May 15-May XV XV7TH 2-59 4-May 17-May SV J47LAF 2-57 4-May 21-May KA3DBN African Trip 2-43 2-22 4-May 22-May 9M6 9M8CC (OC-088) 187 4-May 23-May HR HR5/F2JD 2-78 2-30 4-May 1-Jun FT5X FT5XN (AF-048) 179 4-May 1-Jun XV XV7SV 2-31 4-May 3-Jun 4S 4S7BRG 2-31 4-May 30-Jun SP SN0JG 2-59 4-May 31-Oct JX JX7DFA (EU-022) 2-20 5-May 5-May F TP4CE Europe Day 2-69 5-May 6-May 3D2 3D2WP/P (OC-016) 2-68 5-May 19-May 8Q 8Q7JJ (AS-013) 2-81 5-May 19-May FG FG/F2HE (NA-114) 2-78 6-May 10-May UR EO5JM 2-80 6-May 17-May 3B7 3B7RF (AF-015) UPDATE 2-37 2-13 8-May 10-May F F5KDP/P (EU-159) 2-77 8-May 11-May A4 A47RS by W4SLR & W4UM 2-80 9-May 9-May EA EA5RKX (EU-151) 189 9-May 9-May HC HC2GRC 2-83 9-May 10-May CQ-M (Peace) International DX Contest 9-May 16-May CN CN/F5LMK 2-20 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The sunspot number for May 2, 1998 was 110. The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado, for May 3, 1998, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 3-May-1998 21 117 48 3 LOW/UNSET-SEVERE STORM;MODERATE/ACTIVE 3-May-1998 18 117 43 3 LOW/UNSET-SEVERE STORM;MODERATE/ACTIVE 3-May-1998 15 117 43 4 LOW/UNSET-SEVERE STORM;MODERATE/ACTIVE 3-May-1998 12 117 43 5 HIGH/UNSET-SEVERE STORM;MODERATE/ACTIVE 3-May-1998 09 117 43 5 HIGH/UNSET-SEVERE STORM;MODERATE/ACTIVE 3-May-1998 06 117 43 7 HIGH/UNSET-SEVERE STORM;MODERATE/ACTIVE 3-May-1998 03 117 43 6 HIGH/UNSET-MAJOR STORM;MODERATE/ACTIVE 3-May-1998 00 117 43 5 HIGH/UNSET-MAJOR STORM;MODERATE/ACTIVE A major geomagnetic storm began at on 2 May at 12:00Z. A satellite proton event started on 2 May at 14:05Z. The forecast for Monday, 4 May: solar flux 140, A index 20, K index 3. Monday should be Low Normal. The forecast for Tuesday, 5 May: solar flux 150, A index 45, K index 5. Tuesday should be Disturbed. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 3B8/K5KG K5KG 9G1MR IK3HHX IA1/IK2DUW IK8PGM 3D2HI JA1KJW BA1DA W3HC K2VUI/VP9 K2VUI 3D2KZ JA8VE CE3CDV F6FNU L36E LU7EE 3D2LJ JM1LJS CE3HJB F6FNU N2HNQ/6Y5 JH4IFF 3D2MT JJ1DWB CT98AOZ CT1AOZ N8QDB/6Y5 JR4ISF 3D2SH JA1JQY CT98CJJ CT1CJJ PS5S PP5LL 3D2TK JA3MCA CT98XK CT1XK RL0O IK2QPR 3D2TS JM1LJS DL4VCG/HC8 DL4VCG S0RASD EA2JG 3D2WP JA1WPX E21CJN W3PP T88HC JO1IAF 3V8BB I5JHW EA5AOR/P EA5MB T88TF JJ1VTK 4X50BO 4X4BO EL2VO EA5GIY TA2FE KK3S 4X50OX/SK 4Z5DW ER9V ER1DA TT8ZB IK3ERN 5N9KWO N0UN EY8CQ DJ1SKO UK8OM IK2QPR 6W1QV/P 6W1QV EY8YW DJ1SKO UL0OB IK2QPR 7Q7EH AA9HD FY5YE W5SVZ UL7OB IK2QPR 7Q7SB AB4IQ GB5TI GM0KVI UN2O IK2QPR 8P6AZ KU9C GB8FF GM0KVI UN7JX IK2QPR 8P6DA KU9C HB0/N7OV IK3VIA UT5JDS/MM W3HNK 8Q7DF IK5MDF HR5/F2JD F6AJA VP6DB VR6DB 9A3FT F6FNU HS0/JA6GIJ JA6GIJ ZD8T AC4IV 9V1RH - David H Rankin, P.O. Box 14, Pasir Panjang, SINGAPORE 911121 F6FNU - Antoine Baldeck, P.O. Box 14, 91291 Arpajon Cedex, FRANCE VP6DB - Dave Brown, P.O. Box 13, PITCAIRN ISLAND VP8CWN - Brian, P.O. Box 260, FALKLAND ISLANDS VP8CZG - Patti, P.O. Box 260, FALKLAND ISLANDS VR6DB - Dave Brown, P.O. Box 13, PITCAIRN ISLAND QSL cards recently received: 9H4CM, 9V1RH, HK3JJH/0M, JX7DFA, SO5OE/1 (EU-132), UA0KCL (AS-038), VQ9PH, ZK1XXP _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 7K1WLE, DL2SCQ, DX New Letter, K2BF, KC3AJ, KD4IFV, KH6BZF REPORTS,

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. ======================== *** The Daily DX _ *** ======================== Volume 2 Number 85 May 5, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ Headlines _____________________________________________________________________ During the Visalia International DX Convention this past weekend Yasuo "Zorro" Miyazawa, JH1AJT, announced that he has been invited back to the Kingdom of Bhutan for another DXpedition. In February 1995 Zorro and a group of Japanese operators made about 8,500 QSOs using the call A51/JH1AJT. This DXpedition is expected in early 1999 and will include a multi-national group from six countries. The reason they are waiting until early 1999 is to have better conditions on the higher bands. They will be active on all bands however the emphasis will be on working as many different stations as possible to give them a new country. Bhutan ranked number 6 in the 1997 ARRL Most Needed list. Mike, W0YR, reports that he and Tom, N9NC, plan to operate the CQ WPX CW Contest from the Asian side of Turkey as N9NC/TA3. QSL via OM2SA. Frank Smith, AH0W, announced at the Visalia DX Convention that a multi-national group would activate Rodriguez Island in the fall of this year. Rodriguez ranked 46th on the 1997 ARRL Most Needed list. This island nation is located about 500 miles East of Madagascar and has about 38,000 people. The only resident ham is Robert, 3B9FR, who has not been on the air for several years. More details about this upcoming DXpedition will be released in a few weeks. Thierry Demarquet, F5ILM/FR5DT, will be in Gabon starting 8 May for about 4 months. He has not received his callsign as of yet but plans to be very active on all bands mostly on CW. May 17th marks World Telecommunications Day. Stations from Australia will be on the air with special prefixes and suffixes ITU (IE AX#ITU). Other countries including Spain will have stations on the air with the ITU suffix. Tom, K6CT, Terry, N6CW, and Frederick, K9VV, will operate in the CQ WPX CW Contest as VP2VDX from the British Virgin Islands. They will be active before and after the contest from 27 May to 2 June on the 6, 12, 17 and 30 meter bands. QSL via K6CT. The 4th Russian IOTA DX HF Hamvention will be held in Lipetsk, Russia on 9, 10 and 11 October, 1998. This event will once again be sponsored by the Russian Robinson Club. For more information contact Valery, RW3GW by e-mail <panoramatour@lipetsk.ru> The World Amateur Radio Christian Association (WARCA) will operate special event station GB4OWR starting today through 10 May.

Suggested frequencies are: 3747, 7045-7050, 14333, 21350, 28333 QSL via G4YRH. Many are anxiously waiting for the H40AA, Temotu Islands logs to be posted. Tim, N4GN, has been very busy with work and hopes to have them uploaded very soon. For those wishing to see who the first 100 stations were to be logged check out the following webpage http://www.iglou.com/n4gn/h40aa/first.html Congratulations again to Dick, K5QY, for being first to work this potentially new country. Special event station ZS98IARU will be on the air through 9 May at the ITU Africa Telecom '98 in Johannesburg, South Africa. Look for the station to be on the air from 08:00 to 15:00Z each day. Try looking for them on 10, 15 and 20 meters. _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ Many stations reported yesterday that they had broken radios. Guys don't send your rigs into the repair shops yet. Conditions will get better. 3V8BB - TUNISIA - Europeans found the Tunisian club active yesterday on 14222 at 18:00Z. Remember when you work this station to ask for the QSL information. If you worked them yesterday it was via JF2EZA which seems to be the default. 9G0ARS - GHANA - Here is a nice prefix for the WPX collectors. He was found on 14195 from about 21:30 to 22:30Z. ZK1CYR - SOUTH COOKS - Look for Archie to be active for another day or so near 14188 after 03:00Z. QSL via WB4CYR. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AS-047 JM1PXG/6 10104 1535 EU-092 GM4CHX/P 14260 1435 AS-117 JR0BAQ/0 14260 0920 EU-093 EA5/JI6K 14256 1716 EU-014 TK/DL4VBE 14010 0129 NA-015 CO7KR 14260 2312 EU-064 F6BUM/P 14260 1641 Bert, F6HKA, and Didi, F6ELE, have announced they will activate the following Canadian islands for 24 to 48 hours between 8 and 24 July: IOTA Island ------ ------------------ NA-077 Anticosti Island NA-084 Harrington Harbour NA-125 Seven Islands NA-176 Mingan Island NA-177 Bonaventure Island

Steve, G0UIH, will be active from both Florida State West (NA-085) and Alabama groups (NA-142) between 14 and 29 May. He may also activate NA-034, NA-052, NA-069 and NA-076. Look for W4/G0UIH/M on 14260 and 21260. QSL via bureau or direct. Bob, GM0DEQ, Robbie, GM0SEI, Eddie, GM0KVI, and Dave, GM3EIL will be on the air as GS3USL from Island of Little Cumbrae (EU-123) on 24 July. QSL via GM0KVI. Nick, RA1QQ, and Dick, RW1ZZ, will participate in the IOTA Contest in July from Koshki Islands (EU-160). IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- -------------- 5-May 13-May 3B8 3B8/DL1MHM 2-84 5-May 7-May 3D2 3D2LJ 3D2TS 3D2MT (OC-016) 2-25 178 5-May 6-May 3D2 3D2WP/P (OC-016) 2-68 5-May 3-Jun 4S 4S7BRG 2-31 5-May 5-May 8P 8P9IU 8P9IR 2-68 5-May 10-May 8Q 8Q7DF (AS-013) 2-31 2-35 5-May 19-May 8Q 8Q7JJ (AS-013) 2-81 5-May 7-May 9M6 9M6CT 2-63 5-May 22-May 9M6 9M8CC (OC-088) 187 5-May 10-May BY BI7Y (AS-NEW) 2-76 2-70 2-68 5-May 9-May F F6BUM (EU-064) 2-78 5-May 5-May F TP4CE Europe Day 2-69 5-May 19-May FG FG/F2HE (NA-114) 2-78 5-May 1-Jun FT5X FT5XN (AF-048) 179 5-May 23-May HR HR5/F2JD 2-78 2-30 5-May 6-May JA JJ1LIB/6 (AS-024) 2-81 5-May 5-May JA JM1PXG/6 (AS-047) 2-69 5-May 31-Oct JX JX7DFA (EU-022) 2-20 5-May 5-May PY PT163MP (SA-026) 2-42 5-May 30-Jun SP SN0JG 2-59 5-May 17-May SV J47LAF 2-57 5-May 12-May SV SV8/DK1RP/P (EU-072) 2-78 5-May 5-May TF TF/KC8CSD & TF/KE8RO 2-80 5-May 6-May TT TT8JE 2-10 186 185 5-May 1-Jun XV XV7SV 2-31 5-May 15-May XV XV7TH 2-59 5-May 5-May YJ YJ0AWP (OC-035) 2-68 5-May 8-May ZB ZB2FX 2-73 5-May 21-May W3JLR African Trip 2-43 2-22 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The sunspot number for May 3, 1998 was 123. The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado, for May 4, 1998, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 4-May-1998 21 121 83 1 MOD/QUIET-SEVERE STORM;MOD/MAJOR STORM 4-May-1998 18 117 50 3 MOD/UNSET-SEVERE STORM;MOD/MAJOR STORM 4-May-1998 15 117 50 4 MOD/UNSET-SEVERE STORM;MOD/MAJOR STORM 4-May-1998 12 117 50 6 MOD/UNSET-SEVERE STORM;MOD/UNSET-MAJ STM 4-May-1998 09 117 50 8 MOD/UNSET-SEVERE STORM;MOD/UNSET-MAJ STM 4-May-1998 06 117 50 8 MOD/UNSET-SEVERE STORM;MOD/UNSET-MAJ STM 4-May-1998 03 117 50 5 MOD/UNSET-SEVERE STORM;MOD/ACT-MNR STM 4-May-1998 00 117 48 4 MOD/UNSET-SEVERE STORM;MODERATE/ACTIVE The forecast for Tuesday, 5 May: solar flux 140, A index 55, K index 5. Tuesday should be Disturbed. The forecast for Wednesday, 6 May: solar flux 150, A index 30, K index 4. Wednesday should be Below Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 3V8BB *JF2EZA D2BB W3HNK P40DS WB6SFA A61AS YO3FRI EA5/JI6KVR EA5KB TJ1HP F6HNU CX/LU2CP CX6FP HF0POL SP3BGD * = JF2EZA was given as the QSL manager for 3V8BB on 4 May, 1998. Effective 1 May, 1998 all bureau QSL cards for stations from Turkey should go to Telsiz Radyo Amatorleri Cemiyeti (TRAC), P.O. Box 699, 80005 Karakoy, Istanbul, TURKEY. QSL cards recently received: 4M0I, 8Q7AA, GM8X, TM5CRO (EU-070), VE3BW/HR6, VP8CKN, YS1X _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 425 DX News, DX News Sheet, AH0W, K2BF, KC3AJ, KD4IFV, KH6BZF REPORTS, N2QT, N3NT, N3OSH, NOAA, OPDX, PY1AFS, W2GG, W8FJ, ZS6/W3DQ _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), or $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United States. _____________________________________________________________________ Copyright _ _____________________________________________________________________ THE DAILY DX _ is published Monday through Friday by Bernie McClenny, W3UR, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, MD 21738 USA. This e-mail message and its contents are copyrighted and are proprietary products of THE DAILY DX _. Any unauthorized use, reproduction, or transfer of the message or its content, in any medium, is strictly prohibited. For

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. ======================== *** The Daily DX _ *** ======================== Volume 2 Number 86 May 6, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ Headlines _____________________________________________________________________ The multi-national St. Brandon team landed on the island at 14:30Z yesterday. Their first goal was to establish living quarters which was done before sunset. Today they plan to set up that stations and antennas and expect to be on the air sometime today between 12:00 and 16:00Z. Sunrise on St. Brandon today will be at 02:19Z and sunset is at 14:01Z. Don't forget to visit the St. Brandon DXpedition homepage at http://www.3b7-brandon.ch/ It would be recommended to those looking for this one to start on 10, 15 and 20 meters. QSL cards for 3B7RF go via HB9RF Dave, WA6TJM, will be operating from Hong Kong as VR2/WA6TJM 9 and 10 May. Look for him on 14195 and possibly 15 meters SSB. Dennis, K7BV, will operate the IARU HF Championship contest from the 8P9Z station on Barbados. His callsign is unknown at this time. QSL via K7BV or via the W7 QSL bureau. Jim, K5TT, will be active from Antigua from 27 May to 3 June operating from the V26B station. He hopes to be on the air as V26TT. Look for him on all bands and he will try to put an emphasis on 160 meters. Dave, W5AO, hope to be using V26GG as he will also be with Jim. Look for the two of the to operate the CQ WPX CW Contest. QSL via home calls. _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 3V8BB - TUNISIA - You just never know who will be operating from this club station. Yesterday Lars, DF3XE, was found on 14250 between 09:00 and 11:00Z. QSL this operation via DF3XE. 4J8DX - AZERBAIJAN - Dan was active on 14260 from about 15:45 to 17:00Z. 5R8FU - MADAGASCAR - JA's report working Ake on 21224 around 12:40 and on 21033 at 14:20Z. QSL via SM0DJZ. 9N1FP - NEPAL - Vlad was busy yesterday on 21010 as he was working stations from Japan and Europe from 13:00 to 15:00Z. FT5XN - KERGUELEN ISLAND - Helios started on 21011 around 06:30 then later was found on 28022 at 09:20Z. QSL via F6PEN.

TP4CE - FRANCE - This is the club station for the Council of Europe. A political organization that was started in 1949 and consists of 38 European nations. The station is located in Strasbourg and was found on 14205 around 13:40Z for about 3 hours. QSL via F6FQK. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- EU-014 TK/DL4VBE 14004 1046 EU-072 SV8/DK1RP/P 21009 1519 EU-023 9H4CM 18130 1548 EU-093 EA5/JI6KVR 14257 1435 EU-031 IC8/DL9DYL 14256 1626 NA-104 V44KMC 14199 2104 EU-064 F6BUM/P 7069 0751 OC-024 T32RT 14183 0332 EU-067 SV8/I2YYO 14245 1531 OC-042 DU4DX 21250 1459 EU-067 SV8/SM6CTQ 18077 0656 Keith Kerr, GM4YXI, plans to be active as 9M2/GM4YXI from PULAU PANGKOR (AS-072) starting around 08:00Z on Saturday 9 May through 02:00Z on Monday 11 May. Look for him to be using 10, 15 and 20 meters CW and SSB. He will be using a FT900AT with 100 watts and wire antennas. Suggested frequencies are 14006, 21006, 28006, 14260 and 21260. QSL via GM4YXI. IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- -------------- 6-May 17-May 3B7 3B7RF (AF-015) 2-37 2-13 6-May 13-May 3B8 3B8/DL1MHM 2-84 6-May 7-May 3D2 3D2LJ 3D2TS 3D2MT (OC-016) 2-25 178 6-May 6-May 3D2 3D2WP/P (OC-016) 2-68 6-May 3-Jun 4S 4S7BRG 2-31 6-May 10-May 8Q 8Q7DF (AS-013) 2-31 2-35 6-May 19-May 8Q 8Q7JJ (AS-013) 2-81 6-May 7-May 9M6 9M6CT 2-63 6-May 22-May 9M6 9M8CC (OC-088) 187 6-May 10-May BY BI7Y (AS-NEW) 2-76 2-70 2-68 6-May 9-May F F6BUM (EU-064) 2-78 6-May 19-May FG FG/F2HE (NA-114) 2-78 6-May 1-Jun FT5X FT5XN (AF-048) 179 6-May 10-May G GB4OWR 2-85 6-May 23-May HR HR5/F2JD 2-78 2-30 6-May 6-May JA JJ1LIB/6 (AS-024) 2-81 6-May 31-Oct JX JX7DFA (EU-022) 2-20 6-May 30-Jun SP SN0JG 2-59 6-May 17-May SV J47LAF 2-57 6-May 12-May SV SV8/DK1RP/P (EU-072) 2-78 6-May 6-May TT TT8JE 2-10 186 185 6-May 10-May UR EO5JM 2-80

6-May 1-Jun XV XV7SV 2-31 6-May 15-May XV XV7TH 2-59 6-May 8-May ZB ZB2FX 2-73 6-May 9-May ZS ZS98IARU 2-85 6-May 21-May W3JLR African Trip 2-43 2-22 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The sunspot number for May 4, 1998 was 117. The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado, for May 5, 1998, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 5-May-1998 21 133 28 4 LOW/QUIET-MAJOR STM;MOD/UNSET-ACTIVE 5-May-1998 18 121 83 4 LOW/QUIET-MAJOR STM;MOD/UNSET-ACTIVE 5-May-1998 15 121 83 4 LOW/QUIET-MAJOR STM;MOD/UNSET-ACTIVE 5-May-1998 12 121 83 2 LOW/QUIET-MAJOR STM;MOD/UNSET-MAJSTM 5-May-1998 09 121 83 4 LOW/QUIET-MAJOR STM;MOD/UNSET-MAJSTM 5-May-1998 06 123 83 6 LOW/QUIET-SEVERE STM;MOD/UNSET-MJR STM 5-May-1998 03 121 83 3 LOW/QUIET-SEVERE STM;MOD/UNSET-MJR STM 5-May-1998 00 121 83 3 LOW/QUIET-SEVERE STM;MOD/UNSET-MJR STM A major geomagnetic storm ended ON 5 May at 09:00Z. The forecast for Wednesday, 6 May: solar flux 140, A index 40, K index 5. Wednesday should be Below Normal. The forecast for Thursday, 7 May: solar flux 145, A index 25, K index 4. Thursday should be Low Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 3V8BB DF3XE 5R8FU SM0DJZ J47LAF SV7CO 5N1SYT IK0PHY 9V1BG JL1MWI TP4CE F6FQK 4J8DX - Box 222, Baku 370000, AZERBAIJAN HB9RF - P.O. Box 37, CH - 6319 Allenwinden, SWITZERLAND QSL cards recently received: 4S7DA, 5A2A, KG4GC, N2NL/KH2, TJ1GD, VK0TS, XUF2B _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: GM3WOJ, K2WJ, K5TT, KC3AJ, KD4IFV, KH6BZF REPORTS, N2QT, N3OSH, N7OJ, NOAA, W6TER, W6TUR, W7UG _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), or $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE

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. ======================== *** The Daily DX _ *** ======================== Volume 2 Number 87 May 7, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ Headlines _____________________________________________________________________ John, WB4MTU/TT8JFC, will soon be going to Cameroon and hopes to have a license soon. He will be there during May and June. Aki, JA5DQH, will be active from Hawaii as KH7A from 8 to 15 May. QSL via JA5DQH. Eddie, GM0KVI, had a very serious heart attack Sunday 3 May while operating GB5FI on IOTA EU-108. He was taken to a hospital by chopper to Oban, Scotland. Lets all hope Eddie has a fast recovery. _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 3B7RF - ST. BRANDON - They started operating one day early. Yesterdays activities were as follows: GMT Frequencies --- ----------- 15 21024 16 18074 21024 17 21024 18 18074 21024 20 14024 21 14024 22 14024 23 7007 14024 5A1A - LIBYA - Was found between 13:15 and 15:00Z on 21270. HC8 - GALAPAGOS ISLANDS - Joe, DK5VP/HC8, and Frank, DL4VCG/HC8, were trading on and off 14215 from 00:00 to 06:00Z. FT5XN - KERGUELEN ISLAND - JA's report working Helios on 14028 from between 11:30 and 12:30Z. QSL via F6PEN. XU6BND - CAMBODIA - Ichinose, JA6BND, has been active from this semi-rare South East Asian country for 30 days. He can be found most days on 15 meters SSB usually for about a hour or so between the hours of 00:00 and 12:00Z. QSL via JA6BND. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________

The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AF-015 3B7RF 14024 2138 EU-128 DL9OBL/M 14260 1145 EU-028 IA5TMF 14259 1556 NA-099 KP3X 10103 0429 EU-042 DF3ZE/P 14012 1412 OC-027 FO5QG 14218 0655 EU-064 F6BUM/P 14260 1641 OC-067 FO5NL 14118 0654 EU-067 SV8/I2YYO 21240 1517 OC-151 YC9LQA 7004 1425 EU-072 SV8/DK1RP/P 18071 1528 Yoh, 7L1MFS, will be working on Koh Samet Island (AS-107) from 11 to 13 June. He hopes to be active on RTTY as either HS0GBI or HS7CDI. Look for him on 10, 15, 20 and 40 meters only. Jerry, UT4UZ, will be active as N2WCQ/6W1 from Goree Island (IOTA AF-045), Senegal on 22 and 23 May. Look for him to be on 15 through 40 meters CW and SSB. QSL via PA3BUD. Johnny, G3LIV, plans to be on from Langkawi Island (AS-058), West Malaysia from 5 to 14 June. He will take FT-900, dipoles and ground planes to be used on 17 and 20 meters. He will be mainly on CW with some SSB. QSL via G3LIV. Look for Dieter, DL2QBD to be active from Skye Island (EU-008) from 13 to 29 July. Plans are to be on 20, 30 and 40 meters. QSL via DL2QBD. IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- -------------- 7-May 17-May 3B7 3B7RF (AF-015) 2-37 2-13 7-May 13-May 3B8 3B8/DL1MHM 2-84 7-May 7-May 3D2 3D2LJ 3D2TS 3D2MT (OC-016) 2-25 178 7-May 3-Jun 4S 4S7BRG 2-31 7-May 10-May 8Q 8Q7DF (AS-013) 2-31 2-35 7-May 19-May 8Q 8Q7JJ (AS-013) 2-81 7-May 7-May 9M6 9M6CT 2-63 7-May 22-May 9M6 9M8CC (OC-088) 187 7-May 10-May BY BI7Y (AS-NEW) 2-76 2-70 2-68 7-May 9-May F F6BUM (EU-064) 2-78 7-May 19-May FG FG/F2HE (NA-114) 2-78 7-May 1-Jun FT5X FT5XN (AF-048) 179 7-May 10-May G GB4OWR 2-85 7-May 23-May HR HR5/F2JD 2-78 2-30 7-May 31-Oct JX JX7DFA (EU-022) 2-20 7-May 30-Jun SP SN0JG 2-59 7-May 17-May SV J47LAF 2-57 7-May 12-May SV SV8/DK1RP/P (EU-072) 2-78 7-May 10-May UR EO5JM 2-80 7-May 1-Jun XV XV7SV 2-31 7-May 15-May XV XV7TH 2-59

7-May 8-May ZB ZB2FX 2-73 7-May 9-May ZS ZS98IARU 2-85 7-May 21-May W3JLR African Trip 2-43 2-22 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The sunspot number for May 5, 1998 was 105. The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado, for May 6, 1998, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 6-May-1998 21 130 4 1 HIGH/QUIET-ACTIVE;MOD/UNSETTLED 6-May-1998 18 133 27 1 HIGH/QUIET-ACTIVE;MOD/UNSETTLED 6-May-1998 15 133 27 2 HIGH/QUIET-ACTIVE;MOD/UNSETTLED-ACTIVE 6-May-1998 12 133 27 1 HIGH/QUIET-ACTIVE;MOD/UNSETTLED-ACTIVE 6-May-1998 09 133 27 0 HIGH/ACTIVE;MOD/UNSETTLED-ACTIVE 6-May-1998 06 133 27 2 MOD/QUIET-ACTIVE;MOD/UNSET-ACTIVE 6-May-1998 03 133 27 2 MOD/QUIET-MAJOR STM;MOD/UNSET-ACTIVE 6-May-1998 00 133 27 2 MOD/QUIET-MAJOR STM;MOD/UNSET-ACTIVE A major flare occurred ON 6 May at 08:09Z and a satellite proton event began on 6 May at 08:30Z. The forecast for Thursday, 7 May: solar flux 135, A index 20, K index 3. Thursday should be Low Normal. The forecast for Friday, 8 May: solar flux 130, A index 13, K index 3. Friday should be High Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 3B7RF HB9RF EO5JM UU2JQ KP2AD OK1AJY 9V1ZW JA9IFF EO5QZ UX7QQ RP3QWK N2UCK AP2WAP IK4ZGY EO5WL UT1WA TJ1HP F6FNU BV4MV JH9KBZ ER9V ER1DA U0JE UA0JB CT98EHI CT1EHI HR5/F2JD F6AJA VQ9ZZ NS1L DL4VCG/HC8 DL4VCG JA3MCA - Kaoru Tachibana, 1-7-5-403 Tsukimino Yamato, Kanagawa 242, JAPAN QSL cards recently received: 6V1C, 9M0C, JU750SH _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: GM4XQJ, KC3AJ, KH6BZF REPORTS, KQ0B, N3OSH, NOAA, ON4IZ, W2GR _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), or

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. ======================== *** The Daily DX _ *** ======================== Volume 2 Number 88 May 8, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ Headlines _____________________________________________________________________ Paul, 5H3PW, will be staying in Maguma, Tanzania for the next four years. Look for him on the weekends as he has a schedule on 21425 between 19:00 and 20:00Z. QSL via N2CD. Rudi, DK4KL, plans to be active from Madeira as CT3/DK4KL from 14 to 27 May. Look for him on 10 through 30 meters CW and SSB. Mike, VE9AA, announced yesterday that Brian, ND3F, and Mike, N7MB, will be joining him on St. Paul Island in late June early July. Bad news and good news from the Indian Ocean. The bad news is Henri, FR5ZQ/T left Tromelin Island two days ago. The good news is that Jacques, FR5ZU, will go to Tromelin possibly in July. More information on this later. Amateurs in France have recently been granted permission to use 1810 to 1830 in the 160 meter band on a secondary basis. They now have access from 1810 to 1850. Amateurs from France may use special prefix FBC (Foot Ball Cup) while the World Football Cup is going on from 12 June to 14 July. For example F6XYZ would use FBC6XYZ. Jean - Michael F6AJA will be active as YO/F6AJA from 17 to 24 May. He will be operating from either YO8FZ or YO8KGA. QSL via F6AJA. _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 3B7RF - ST. BRANDON - George, K5KG, is one of the operators of this multi-national group and reports they had rough seas between Mauritius and St. Brandon. When setting up the equipment there were some initial problems however everything is working fine now. In fact they have four complete stations running simultaneously. Conditions have been poor to North America and good to Europe and Japan. The first batch of logs has been uploaded to the Internet. Those with a web browser can check either http://ve7tcp.ampr.org/cgi-bin/logsearch-3b7rf or http://www.3b7-brandon.ch/ Yesterdays reported activities were as follows: GMT Freq. GMT Freq.

--- --------------------- --- ----------------- 00 3507 7007 14024 21024 14 18074 18145 21024 01 18074 28475 03 14024 15 18074 18145 21024 05 14024 16 18074 18145 21024 28475 06 21024 17 18074 18145 21024 21295 07 18074 21024 18 3507 14024 18074 18145 21295 08 18074 19 3507 14024 18145 21295 09 18074 21024 20 3507 14025 18145 21295 10 21024 21 3507 14025 18145 21295 11 18074 22 7007 14024 14195 18145 21295 13 18074 18145 21024 23 7007 14025 14195 9G0ARS - GHANA - This unique prefix was found on 21294 working Europe just before 17:00Z. QSL via DL1IAL. 9N1WU - NEPAL - Europeans report working Kazu on 21280 at 07:00Z. EL2VO - LIBERIA - Was found on 21273 between 18:00 and 18:30Z working East Coast US and Europeans. QSL via EA5GIY. EP3HR - IRAN - Hamid showed up yesterday on 24955 around 07:45Z. QSL via I2MQP. HS0/JA6GIJ - THAILAND - RTTY buffs found him on 14086 between 20:00 and 22:00Z working Europe, North America and Asia. S2 - BANGLADESH - 11:20Z was the time yesterday to find Mamtaz (YL), S21J, and Andrew, S21YE on 15 meters SSB. She was on 21265 while he was on 21272. TA3BN - TURKEY - Nuri was active from Imzir using a dipole antenna yesterday on 14224 around 22:30Z. His address in the call books have been incorrect. See QSL information below. TJ1FT - CAMEROON - Tim showed up on 14206 around 21:50Z. Europeans QSL via IK0PHY, others via K4MI. UK8OM - UZBEKISTAN - Can often be found on 30 meters CW between 23:00 and 01:00Z. QSL via IK2QPR. YA5MKO - AFGHANISTAN - Several Europeans report working this one on 7001 yesterday around 20:30Z. Work it first worry later. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT

------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AF-015 3B7RF 18145 1801 EU-064 F6BUM/P 10102 1731 AS-013 8Q7DF 14200 1701 NA-114 FG/F2HE 18080 2207 NA-015 CO7KR 14252 2241 AS-053 HS0/IK4MRH 14260 1544 EU-145 CT1/DJ0MW/P 14260 2221 EU-067 SV8/I2YYO 14258 1933 SA-004 DL4VCG/HC8 14210 0355 EU-067 SV8/SM6CTQ 14015 2234 EU-064 F6BFH/P 14261 2121 A team of four Americans plan to activate Nicaraguan Caribbean Sea Coast South group, little letter b (IOTA NA-NEW), between 22 and 24 May. Plans are to run two stations using 10 through 80 meters on CW and SSB. The operators include Mike, AD5A, Michael, AB5EB, Buzz, N5FTR, and Buzz, N5UR. They hope to be able to obtain special callsign H75A if not look for the to be signing /YN4. QSL via N5FTR, Buzz Loeschman, 717 Milton, Angleton, TX 77515. World traveler Gerard, F2JD, is currently active from Honduras as HR5/F2JD until 24 May. He hopes to operate from Cayos Cochinos (IOTA NA-160) or Roatan (IOTA NA-057) next week. QSL via F6AJA. F5NBX and F5RBB will be on the air from Chateau d'If (IOTA EU-095) from 22 to 24 May. They plan to be on both CW and SSB. Yang, BD7JA, reports the BI7Y IOTA DXpedition to Xi-Sha archipelago is being held up due to transportation problems. The boat only goes to the island once a month. A homepage has been designed by Yang's group and can be found at http://bi7y.yeah.net Roger, LA4GHA, and Harald, LA6LHA, will operate this weekend from Hareidlandet (IOTA EU-079). Plans are to start this operation around 12:00Z on 9 May and finish in the afternoon on 10 May. Look for them on the normal IOTA CW and SSB frequencies. QSL via the bureau or direct to callbook address. A group of French amateurs will operate from Aix Island (IOTA EU-032) as TM0AIX from 21 to 24 May. The group will include F5HA, F5OCP, F1SDQ, F5IQC, F5LOW, F5SZA, F5SZB, F6ANA and F5RRW. Look for them to be on 10, 20 and 40 meters. Brazilian amateurs Rod, PP5AP, Luc, PP5AVM, John, PP5YZ, Gab, PY5GB, Fox, PY5BF, Wil, PY5ZT and PY2HN will now join up with Jay, PP5LL for an IOTA DXpedition to Mel Island (SA-047). Look for PR5R on SSB and PQ5L on CW. Suggested frequencies are the normal IOTA frequencies, 14247 and the Brazil DX Net 14222 and 14240. QSL via PP5LL. Fort Enet (IOTA EU-032) will be activated by F5MRP and ON4ZD starting around 12:00Z on 12 June through 12:00Z on 14 June. Look for them mostly on CW. IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________

From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- -------------- 7-May 7-May 3D2 3D2LJ 3D2TS 3D2MT (OC-016) 2-25 178 7-May 7-May 9M6 9M6CT 2-63 7-May 8-May ZB ZB2FX 2-73 7-May 9-May F F6BUM (EU-064) 2-78 7-May 9-May ZS ZS98IARU 2-85 7-May 10-May 8Q 8Q7DF (AS-013) 2-31 2-35 7-May 10-May BY BI7Y (AS-NEW) 2-76 2-70 2-68 7-May 10-May UR EO5JM 2-80 7-May 10-May G GB4OWR 2-85 7-May 12-May SV SV8/DK1RP/P (EU-072) 2-78 7-May 13-May 3B8 3B8/DL1MHM 2-84 7-May 15-May XV XV7TH 2-59 7-May 17-May 3B7 3B7RF (AF-015) UPDATE 2-37 2-13 7-May 17-May SV J47LAF 2-57 7-May 19-May 8Q 8Q7JJ (AS-013) 2-81 7-May 19-May FG FG/F2HE (NA-114) 2-78 7-May 21-May W3JLR African Trip 2-43 2-22 7-May 22-May 9M6 9M8CC (OC-088) 187 7-May 23-May HR HR5/F2JD 2-78 2-30 7-May 1-Jun FT5X FT5XN (AF-048) 179 7-May 1-Jun XV XV7SV 2-31 7-May 3-Jun 4S 4S7BRG 2-31 7-May 30-Jun SP SN0JG 2-59 7-May 31-Oct JX JX7DFA (EU-022) 2-20 8-May 10-May F F5KDP/P (EU-159) 2-77 8-May 11-May A4 A47RS by W4SLR & W4UM 2-80 8-May 15-May KH6 KH7A 2-87 9-May 9-May EA EA5RKX (EU-151) 189 9-May 9-May HC HC2GRC 2-83 9-May 10-May CQ-M (Peace) International DX Contest 9-May 10-May VR2 VR2/WA6TJM 2-86 9-May 11-May 9M2 9M2/GM4YXI (AS-072) 2-86 9-May 16-May CN CN/F5LMK 2-20 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The sunspot number for May 6, 1998 was 111. The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado, for May 7, 1998, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 7-May-1998 21 123 10 2 MOD/QUIET-UNSETTLED;MOD/UNSET-MNR STM 7-May-1998 18 130 4 2 MOD/QUIET-UNSETTLED;MOD/UNSET-MNR STM 7-May-1998 15 130 4 2 MOD/QUIET-UNSETTLED;MOD/UNSET-MNR STM 7-May-1998 12 130 4 3 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;MOD/UNSET-ACTIVE 7-May-1998 09 130 4 3 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;MOD/UNSET-ACTIVE 7-May-1998 06 130 4 3 HIGH/QUIET-UNSETTLED;MOD/UNSET-ACTIVE 7-May-1998 03 130 4 2 HIGH/QUIET;MODERATE/UNSETTLED-ACTIVE 7-May-1998 00 130 4 2 HIGH/QUIET-ACTIVE;MODERATE/UNSET-ACTIVE Propagation forecaster Lee Wical, KH6BZF, reports a major flare occurred at 08:09Z on 6 May. A coronal mass ejection may have also been caused. It is very possible that we will have another Major Geomagnetic Storm 36 to 48 hours afterwards that would be similar to the one on 2 to 4 May. This could cause some real headaches for those trying to work the 3B8RF DXpedition.

The forecast for Friday, 8 May: solar flux 120, A index 50, K index 5. Friday should be Disturbed. The forecast for Saturday, 9 May: solar flux 115, A index 25, K index 4. Saturday should be Low Normal. The forecast for Sunday, 10 May: solar flux 110, A index 15, K index 3. Sunday should be High Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 7Z1IS SM0OFG 9G0ARS DL1IAL RP6Y RA6YY 8Q7DF IK5MDF EO5IGD UR4IZA TJ1FT IK0PHY TA3BN - Nuri Boylu, P.O. Box 976, Konak, TR-35252 Izmir, TURKEY The XW30 and XW30A QSL cards have arrived from the printers and will go in the mail in the next two weeks. Jim Smith, VK9NS, reports he has now entered all 15,000 + QSOs from his recent H40AB operation into the computer. The QSL cards should be back from the printer by the weekend and he plans to start mailing them out then. The priority is on the H40AB cards and the H44AB cards will be done a little later. Luis, XE1L, reports he plans to order the FO5QG QSL cards at Dayton next week. He is currently waiting for Jose, FO5QG, to send the logs and pictures for the QSL cards to him. Luis asks that everyone please be patient. QSL cards recently received: 3E1DX, 5A2A, AP2JZB, BY1QH, HS0/JR3XMG, KH8/N5OLS, PY0FF, UA2FF, VK0TS, VK9WM, VK9WY, ZL2JR _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: DX News Letter, F6AJA, FR5DN, Les Nouvelles DX, K2BF, K2LS, K3ZO, KC3AJ, KH6BZF REPORTS, LA6LHA, N3OSH, N4MXT, NOAA, PS7KM, SM0AGD, W2GG, W3UR, W8FJ, WB4KTC, WD8MGQ, WO2N, WS1F, XE1L _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), or $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United States. _____________________________________________________________________ Copyright _ _____________________________________________________________________ THE DAILY DX _ is published Monday through Friday by Bernie McClenny, W3UR, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, MD 21738 USA. This e-mail message and its contents are copyrighted and are proprietary products of THE

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. ======================== *** The Daily DX _ *** ======================== Volume 2 Number 89 May 11, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ Headlines _____________________________________________________________________ Barry, N0KV, reports he will be active on the Isle of Man from 15 to 17 May. He will be operating as MD/N0KV from the QTH of Mike, GD4WBY, in Ramsey on the north end of the island. Look for him to be on the air running 100 watts on 6 through 80 meters both CW and SSB. Barry has suggested the following frequencies: SSB 3795, 14195, 18145, 21295, 24945, 28495 CW 6 or 24 KHz up form the bottom of the band. QSL via N0KV, Barry Mitchell, 12200 Boothill Drive, Parker, CO 80138 Willy Ruesch, HB9AHL, was interviewed by Radio Austria International (ROI). He is one of the St. Brandon Island, 3B7RF, DXpedition operators. The interview can be heard using Real Audio _. Visit the ROI homepage at http://www.orf.at/roi/intermedia The H40AA logs are now available from the H40AA homepage. The final raw QSO total is 67,104. Those who wish to check their QSOs should try http://www.iglou.com/n4gn/h40aa/ Bob Vallio, W6RGG, Vice President of the Northern California DX Foundation (NCDXF), reports that Chuck Ternes, N6OJ, was elected to the position of Director. For more information about NCDXF check out their homepage at http://www.ncdxf.org _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 3B7RF - ST. BRANDON - Erik had a nice band opening on 17 meters SSB into the East Coast of the US today around 04:00Z. 5N0FPK - NIGERIA - JA's report working this one yesterday on 28460 around 12:15Z. 9Q5TR - DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO - Tuvia can often be found on 21355 between 18:00 and 19:00Z. D2BB - ANGOLA - Fernando was on 10 meters CW both Saturday and Sunday between 16:00 and 17:00Z. QSL via W3HNK. FH5CB - MAYOTTE - Elio was busy with South America, Europe and JA's on 21311 from 14:40 to 15:00Z. FT5XN - KERGUELEN ISLAND - JA's report working Helios on 28531 from 09:00 to 09:30Z. QSL via F6PEN.

K5DEA/5N4 - NIGERIA - RTTY DX'ers were working John on RTTY on 21080 from 14:40 to 15:30Z. TT8JWM - CHAD - Jim was found on 21210 at 15:00Z working JA's and Europeans for about 30 minutes. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AF-004 EA8AK 3507 2154 EU-096 OH1SR 10109 1431 AF-015 3B7RF 10104 2106 EU-145 CT1/DJ0MW/P 14260 1904 AF-027 FH5CB 21311 1507 EU-159 F5KDC/P 14262 1045 AS-013 8Q7DF 14185 1859 NA-027 VO1COP 14260 2124 EU-067 SV8/I2YYO 14263 1923 NA-046 KB1CHR 14260 2010 EU-072 SV8/DK1RP/P 18075 0736 OC-067 FO5NL 14130 0729 EU-079 LA4GHA/P 14260 1109 SA-036 P43E 21260 2353 EU-079 LA6LHA 14260 0840 IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- -------------- 11-May 11-May 9M2 9M2/GM4YXI (AS-072) 2-86 11-May 11-May A4 A47RS by W4SLR & W4UM 2-80 11-May 12-May SV SV8/DK1RP/P (EU-072) 2-78 11-May 13-May 3B8 3B8/DL1MHM 2-84 11-May 14-May KL7 AL7RB (NA-028) 2-79 11-May 15-May KH6 KH7A 2-87 11-May 15-May XV XV7TH 2-59 11-May 16-May CN CN/F5LMK 2-20 11-May 17-May 3B7 3B7RF (AF-015) UPDATE 2-37 2-13 11-May 17-May SV J47LAF 2-57 11-May 19-May 8Q 8Q7JJ (AS-013) 2-81 11-May 19-May FG FG/F2HE (NA-114) 2-78 11-May 21-May W3JLR African Trip 2-43 2-22 11-May 22-May 9M6 9M8CC (OC-088) 187 11-May 24-May HR HR5/F2JD 2-88 2-78 2-30 11-May 1-Jun FT5X FT5XN (AF-048) 179 11-May 1-Jun XV XV7SV 2-31 11-May 3-Jun 4S 4S7BRG 2-31 11-May 30-Jun SP SN0JG 2-59 11-May 31-Oct JX JX7DFA (EU-022) 2-20 12-May 18-May HP K4GZ/HP3 W4WX/HP3 2-84 13-May 27-May 9H 9H3UT (EU-023) 2-80 14-May 27-May CT3 CT3/DK4KL 2-88 14-May 29-May W W4/G0UIH/M (NA-034 052 069 076 0 2-85 15-May 17-May W WF1N & W1DIG (NA-136) 2-80 16-May 16-May European CW Sprint 17-May 17-May World Telecommunications Day 2-85 17-May 24-May YO YO/F6AJA 2-88 17-May 2-Jun JT JU0HA 2-43 2-24

_____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The sunspot number for May 9, 1998 was 111. The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado, for May 10, 1998, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 10-May-1998 21 107 9 2 MODERATE/QUIET-UNSET;MODERATE/UNSETTLED 10-May-1998 18 111 9 2 MODERATE/QUIET-UNSET;MODERATE/UNSETTLED 10-May-1998 15 111 9 2 MODERATE/QUIET-UNSET;MODERATE/UNSETTLED 10-May-1998 12 119 9 3 MODERATE/QUIET-UNSET;LOW-MODERATE/UNSET 10-May-1998 09 111 9 3 MODERATE/QUIET-UNSET;LOW-MODERATE/UNSET 10-May-1998 06 111 9 1 LOW/QUIET-UNSET;LOW-MODERATE/UNSETTLED 10-May-1998 03 111 9 2 HIGH/QUIET-UNSET;MODERATE/UNSETTLED 10-May-1998 00 111 9 2 HIGH/QUIET-UNSET;MODERATE/UNSETTLED The forecast for Monday, 11 May: solar flux 104, A index 10, K index 2. Monday should be High Normal. The forecast for Tuesday, 12 May: solar flux 100, A index 10, K index 2. Tuesday should be High Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ The following QSL cards were recently received and information was taken directly from the cards listed below: 4M0I via YV5ENI 4M1I via YV5ENI 4M4I via YV5ENI 4M5I via YV5ENI 4M6I via YV5ENI 4M7I via YV5ENI 4M8I via YV5ENI 8P9IY via KF8OY 8Q7AM Ali Mahir, Chandani Villa 19, Raa, Vaadhoo 0502, REPUBLIC OF MALDIVES 9A90CBD via 9A3UF 9H3UG via DJ4UP 9U5T via F2VX 9V1ZB via JL3WSL BA1CO Pek Ching, P. O. Box 6111, Beijing, CHINA BY1BYX YongXin Amateur Radio Station, P. O. Box 429, Beijing, CHINA BY2HIT Harbin Institute of Technology, P. O. Box 1207, Harbin, CHINA DS1GWU Jeong-Jea Park, Mok-Dong APT 1421-1904, Sin Jeong-dong, Yangchun-Gu, Seoul 158-076, KOREA DS1GWV Sang-Young Park, Mok-Dong APT 1421-1904, Sin Jeong-dong, Yangchun-Gu, Seoul 158-076, KOREA DS1HAM Kim Jung Hee, Kae Hwa APT #107-305, Bang Hwa 3 dong, Kang So-Ku, Seoul 157-223, KOREA DS4BHW Pil-Ki Kim, P. O. Box 27, Suncheon 540-600, KOREA DS5RNM Joonha Lee, Kyeungnam Town 9-1005, 113, Hwangkum-dong, Suseong-Ku, Taegu 706-040, KOREA DS5WKW Jong-Ho Jang, Jugong APT 2-501, Jangsung-dong, Pohang 791-260, KOREA

DU1SAN Serafin A. Nepomuceno, P. O. Box 3000 QCCPO, Quezon City 1170, MM, Philippines DL5ZAH/DU1 Klaus-Dieter Illhardt, 29 Cecilleville, White Plains, Quezon City, MM, PHILIPPINES GB0ON via ON4ON GJ0MEU via ON7PQ HL0Z Gyeongsang National University Marine Science College Amateur Radio Station, 445 Inpung Dong, Tong Yung, KOREA HL1CG Song Hyung Suk, Kae Hwa APT #107-305, Bang Hwa 3 dong, Kang So-Ku, Seoul 157-223, KOREA HL3ADI Bae Jeong-Ho, P. O. Box 50, Taejon 300-600, KOREA HL3EHL Jun Sik Cha, 99-15 Jungcheon-dong, Jung-gu, Taejon 301-080, KOREA HL3EOR Young Duk Lee, 99-15 Jungcheon-dong, Jung-gu, Taejon 301-080, KOREA HL5FBT Kim Keum-Cheol, P. O. Box 34, Namdaegu 705-600, KOREA HR1RGA Rene Garcia A., P. O. Box 15176, Tegucigalpa, HONDURAS IG8R via I8RIZ IL3VIA via IK3VIA IQ2W via IK2DUW IR2Y via IK2QEI IU3V via IK3VIA J68BW via KF8OY KP3EE via WP4U LX1KC Christian Kieffer, 121, rue Klensch, L-3250 Bettembourg, LUXEMBOURG LX4A via LX1KC LX9UN via LX1KC M0ARC via G3LZQ M7D via G3LZQ OT7E via ON4ARC OT7T via ON4UN PA6HQ via PA3CAL PA6PA via PA3BHY PA6W via PA0JR PI4RDM via PA3FRN R1ANZ via RU1ZC RU1ZC Akademgorodok 2 kv. 1, Loparskaya 184340, RUSSIA S07QF via EA4URE SN5W via SP5YFC SO4AII via HB9AII SV1BRL Kiki, P. O. Box 87539, GR-185 07 Piraeus, GREECE SV2COL Sismanidis Dimitris, Velvendo Kozanis, GR-504 00 Kozani, GREECE SV2CWY Chris Dimitrakopoulos, P. O. Box 40130, GR-560 00 Thessaloniki, GREECE TA2IJ via DJ9ZB TA3ZM via DL5ABL TM0UN via F5HWB TT8FC via EA4AHK V51LK via DJ4LK V51Z via ZS6EZ VP8CXV Chris Vernon, 57 Parker Road, Wittering, Cambs PE8 6AN, ENGLAND VR2KF Kazuhiko Fujita, G. P. O. Box 4724, Hong Kong, CHINA XE1RCS via XE1KK YB0BEH Roselina, P. O. Box 1096, Jakarta 10010, INDONESIA YB52RI via YB0BEH YM3DL via DL4VBP ZC4JJ via G0CXX ZF2DE via N4BP ZF2DN via W4DN ZF2JS via WD4JNS

ZF2PU via W4OVU Garth Hamilton, VE3HO, reports he should have the QSLs and logs for the recent FO0MIZ operations within 4 weeks. QSL cards recently received: FO0GUI, FT5XN, HF0POL _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: K2BF, K3ZO, KB2MS, KC3AJ, KD4IFV, KH6BZF REPORTS, N3OSH, N4GN, NOAA, OE1WHC, VE3HO, W6RGG _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), or $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United States. _____________________________________________________________________ Copyright _ _____________________________________________________________________ THE DAILY DX _ is published Monday through Friday by Bernie McClenny, W3UR, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, MD 21738 USA. This e-mail message and its contents are copyrighted and are proprietary products of THE DAILY DX _. Any unauthorized use, reproduction, or transfer of the message or its content, in any medium, is strictly prohibited. For permission to quote, reprint or repost this e-mail send a request to THE DAILY DX _ include date, volume and issue number. Check out THE DAILY DX _ homepage http://www.wdn.com/thedailydx or for additional information you may phone THE DAILY DX _ at 301-854-5650 or fax at 301-854-5105. Remember to tell all your DX friends about THE DAILY DX.

. ======================== *** The Daily DX _ *** ======================== Volume 2 Number 90 May 12, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ Headlines _____________________________________________________________________ Jean-Louis, F6AGR (ex FB8XC), recently returned from a five-week trip to the French Antarctic lands. While in the area, he stopped on Reunion, Crozet, Kerguelen and Amsterdam Islands. On Kerguelen he meet up with Helios, FT5XN, and was able to use his equipment to get on the air. He reports there is currently no activity on Crozet, FT5W. Jean-Louis, his sister and Bernard Sinardet (ex FB8XW 79 and FB8YI 81) arrived on Amsterdam on 13 April. Amsterdam is a small volcanic island measuring 85 square kilometers and located about 90 kilometers North of St. Paul Island. The island has a scientific station first occupied in 1949 and is open year round. Bernard is the head of a French mission on this island and will remain there until December. He was in a real hurry to get to the island and did not take any equipment nor did he apply for a FT5Z license before heading there. However, Jean-Louis convinced Bernard that getting a license and equipment were not impossible especially since he would be there until the end on the year. With this in mind the paperwork for a FT5Z license has been turned in and a license should be issued any day now. The next step was finding equipment. It turns out that another French amateur is also on Amsterdam and has been there for several months. His name is Olivier Santiano, F1EFQ, and he will also be on the island until December. Unfortunately he only has a VHF license. He does have an Icom 706 and hopes to receive special permission to get a VHF FT?Z license. If he is able to do that there would be a chance that he could get on the satellites. Bernard has also found a Yaesu One that runs about 100 watts. There is some packet, SSTV and Amtor equipment also on the island. Jean-Louis realizes the need for this island and has been encouraging both Bernard and Olivier to get on the air. More details to follow soon. Remember F5PFP and F5SIH are planning a DXpedition to Amsterdam in late November and early December for about 30 days. Franck, FK8HC, will operate the CQ WPX CW Contest with special callsign TX8A. He plans to be single operator on all bands from 10 to 160 meters. Colorful QSL cards will be available. QSL via FK8HC, Franck Petitjean, P.O. Box 7636 Ducos, 98801 Noumea Cedex, NEW CALEDONIA Zoli, HA5PP, plans to be active in the CQ WPX CW Contest as SU1ERA from Cairo, Egypt. Then on 1 June he will travel to Sana, Yemen. Bert, PA3GIO, will be active from 16 to 30 May as TK/PA3GIO/M from Corsica (IOTA EU-014). He hopes to be able to go to the rarer

Lavezzi Island (IOTA EU-164) as TK/PA3GIO/P. Look for him on the normal DX/IOTA frequencies. QSL via PA3GIO. _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 3B7RF - ST. BRANDON ISLAND - The Swiss and Americans continue to work down the pileups. West Coast stations may want to try 17 meters between 03:00 and 06:00Z via the longpath. East Coast stations should try direct during that same time frame. Yesterdays activities were as follows: GMT Frequencies ---- ----------- 02 3507 14024 14195 03 10104 14024 18145 04 14024 18074 18145 05 14024 21295 06 18074 21024 21295 07 21024 24945 08 18074 21024 21295 24894 24945 09 24894 10 21024 21295 24894 24945 11 21024 21295 24894 28475 12 14024 21024 21080 21295 24894 28475 13 21295 28475 14 21024 28475 15 10104 21024 28474 16 10104 14195 21024 17 10104 14024 14195 18 1827 3507 10104 19 1827 3507 20 3507 7007 21 1827 7007 23 1827 3507 3C1GS - EQUATORIAL GUINEA - East Coast US stations report working Ramon on 14180 as he was transmitting on 14177. QSL via EA5BYP. EA8/DK7ZH - CANARY ISLANDS - Was active on 14024 for about one hour starting around 22:00Z. QSL via DK7ZH. FO5QG - MARQUESAS ISLANDS - Jose can be found on 14190 and 14120 from 02:00 to 05:00Z. QSL via XE1L. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AS-007 JA7SSB 14009 1341 OC-022 YB9BON 14013 1401 EU-004 EA6AEI 18155 1453 OC-027 FO5QG 14190 0247 EU-020 SM1/LX9EG/P 14260 0931 OC-088 9M8CC 14247 1503 EU-145 CT1/DJ0MW 14260 2104 The 1998/99 IOTA Directory & Yearbook, published by the Radio

Society of Great Britain, is 112 pages long excluding covers and includes 16 color pages in the Yearbook section. You will find all the information you need to participate in this exciting DX program: the latest list of islands that qualify for the 18 awards divided by country and continent, the new charges (effective 1 May 1998), the 1998 Honor Roll, IOTA contest results, details of the new Millennium Award, the most wanted islands list, stories about the activation of rare islands, the new certificates in full color plus many new features including a guide to preparing your first IOTA application, a prefix and country index and a guide to validating your operation. The English version is available from the RSGB IOTA program, P.O. Box 9, Potters Bar, Herts EN6 3RH, England, UK at _10.49 or US $17 or 26 IRCs (these figures include postage in UK and Europe; add US $3 or 4 IRCs for airmail postage outside Europe). Amateurs in the USA and Canada may apply to W4BAA/7, Dewitt Jones, P.O. Box 8695, Lacey, WA 98509, USA. For further information on the translations into other languages please contact the RSGB HQ at the address above. IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- -------------- 12-May 12-May SV SV8/DK1RP/P (EU-072) 2-78 12-May 13-May 3B8 3B8/DL1MHM 2-84 12-May 14-May KL7 AL7RB (NA-028) 2-79 12-May 15-May KH6 KH7A 2-87 12-May 15-May XV XV7TH 2-59 12-May 16-May CN CN/F5LMK 2-20 12-May 17-May 3B7 3B7RF (AF-015) UPDATE 2-37 2-13 12-May 17-May SV J47LAF 2-57 12-May 18-May HP K4GZ/HP3 W4WX/HP3 2-84 12-May 19-May 8Q 8Q7JJ (AS-013) 2-81 12-May 19-May FG FG/F2HE (NA-114) 2-78 12-May 21-May W3JLR African Trip 2-43 2-22 12-May 22-May 9M6 9M8CC (OC-088) 187 12-May 24-May HR HR5/F2JD 2-88 2-78 2-30 12-May 1-Jun FT5X FT5XN (AF-048) 179 12-May 1-Jun XV XV7SV 2-31 12-May 3-Jun 4S 4S7BRG 2-31 12-May 30-Jun SP SN0JG 2-59 12-May 31-Oct JX JX7DFA (EU-022) 2-20 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The sunspot number for May 11, 1998 was 72. The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado, for May 11, 1998, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 11-May-1998 21 108 11 2 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW-MOD/UNSETTLED 11-May-1998 18 107 9 2 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW-MOD/UNSETTLED 11-May-1998 15 107 9 1 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW-MOD/UNSETTLED 11-May-1998 12 107 9 3 MODERATE/QUIET-UNSET;MODERATE/UNSETTLED

11-May-1998 09 107 9 3 MODERATE/QUIET-UNSET;MODERATE/UNSETTLED 11-May-1998 06 107 9 3 MODERATE/QUIET-UNSET;MODERATE/UNSETTLED 11-May-1998 03 107 9 3 MODERATE/QUIET-UNSET;MODERATE/UNSETTLED 11-May-1998 00 107 9 3 MODERATE/QUIET-UNSET;MODERATE/UNSETTLED The forecast for Tuesday, 12 May: solar flux 108, A index 10, K index 2. Tuesday should be High Normal. The forecast for Wednesday, 13 May: solar flux 108, A index 10, K index 2. Wednesday should be High Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 3B7RF HB9RF DU100SAN DU1SAN T32RT W6UC 3V8BB *JF2EZA EO5ISM UR4IZM TL8JL K4UTE 4S7SW ON6TZ EO5QB US4QWX TM7M F5SKJ 5B4/DL1CW DL1CW EO5WL UT1WA TM9SRA/MM F6GPE 7Z5OO N2AU EW3LB W3HNK TR8CA F6CBC 8Q7JJ G0OLT F5KDC/P F6AXP TR8KPJ F6CDK 9G1MR IK3HHX FO5QG XE1L TT8JWM N4RXL 9M2TO JA0DMV HV4NAC IK0FVC TU2XP F6AXP 9M8CC PB0ALB IC8/IZ8AMY IK8GYS TU2XZ W3HC 9Q5TR 4Z5DP IJ9/IT9GAI IT9GAI TZ6JA JA3EMU AP2MIZ AP2SP J47LAF SV7CO VQ9KK KB0QKK CO8HF CT1ESO JY9QJ DL5MBY VU2ABE JA4DOB CQ98BM CT3BM RP3QWK N2UCK W6P K6BZ CS98MS CT4MS RP9JTF RK9JWZ ZD8T AC4IV D3SAA CT1BZJ * 3V8BB via JF2EZA for 8 May. There have been many DXpeditions to this station. It would be best to ask who the QSL manager is when working this station. JF2EZA seems to be the default QSL manager. K4ERO/HC1 - John O Stanley, 8495 Highway 157, Rising Fawn, GA 30738 Anyone still looking for a QSL card from JX7DFA may want to try via LA2KD. QSL cards recently received: 9M0C, E21CJN, JD1AMA, K4ERO/HC1, VK9WM _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: DX Press, F6AGR, FK8HC, HA5PP, I1JQJ, K2UFM, K3DI, KC3AJ, KF2O, KH6BZF REPORTS, LA9PJA, N3OSH, NOAA, W8FJ, WA4QDM, WU1F _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), or $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United States. _____________________________________________________________________ Copyright _

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. ======================== *** The Daily DX _ *** ======================== Volume 2 Number 91 May 13, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ Headlines _____________________________________________________________________ Laurence Howell, GM4DMA, will be active throughout June as 5X1LH from Kampala, Uganda. He plans to be on all bands from 2 to 80 meters. Fred, DF1IC, will be on holiday in the Dominican Republic from 27 May to 3 June. Look for DF1IC/HI8 to be on 10 through 80 meters running 100 watts. QSL via DF1IC. Harry, GM0UTD, will operate from Crete from 19 May to 2 June. He will be running QRP on CW only. QSL via GM0UTD. Special event station GB2PPE will be on the air through 28 May in memory of Peter Pendleton Eckersly, G2OO, founder member of the BBC. Radio amateur operators from Alexandroupoli, Greece will celebrate the 78th anniversary of the towns liberation with special event station J47LAF through 17 May. Look for activity on SSB on most of the bands. QSL via SV7CO, P.O. Box 46, 68100 Alexandroupoli, Greece. _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 3B7RF - ST. BRANDON - Those who are not going to Dayton should have smaller pileups Friday, Saturday and Sunday. So far they have made over 23,000 QSOs. Yesterdays reported activity was as follows: GMT Frequencies --- ----------- 00 1826 3507 01 3507 7007 02 7007 14024 14195 03 7007 14024 14195 18145 04 14024 18145 05 14024 18150 28475 06 18074 18150 28475 07 14024 21024 24894 24950 08 21024 21080 24894 24950 09 21080 24945 28475 10 21024 21080 24894 28475 11 14024 18145 24894 28028 28475 12 14024 24894 28475 13 14024 18145 24894 28028 28475 14 10104 18074 18145 28028 28475 15 18145 21295 24894 28028 28475 16 21024 28028 17 14024 14195 21024

18 7007 7065 14195 21024 19 1827 7062 14024 20 3507 7062 14024 14195 21 3507 7062 14024 14195 22 1827 3507 7062 14024 23 7062 14024 3B8/DL1MHM - MAURITIUS - Michael has been showing up on RTTY the last two days. Try 20 or 15 meters between 11:00 and 13:30Z. 5A1A - LIBYA - This club station can be found on the air daily. Yesterday he was on 21275 picking up his own list between 12:00 and 14:30Z. A45XR - OMAN - Chris was found on 160 meters CW working Europeans the last two days from 20:00 to 22:00Z. FT5XN - KERGUELEN ISLAND - JA's and Europeans report working Helios yesterday on 21252 between 10:00 and 10:45Z. Early today US stations were working him on 14015 just before 03:00Z. QSL via F6PEN. FY5YE - FRENCH GUIANA - Look for Mario most days on 20 meters CW from 21:00 to 23:00Z. JY9QJ - JORDAN - It may be noisy on 160 meters but George is still active on Topband. He was on 1828 around 22:20Z working Europeans. QSL via DL5MBY. S21 - BANGLADESH - Mamtaz, S21J, was found on 21273 at 14:20Z and Anwar, S21L, was on 21288 at 11:30Z. SU1AH - EGYPT - RTTY DXers were happy to find Ahmed on 14087 from 22:30 to 23:00Z. SU1SK - EGYPT - Europeans report working Said yesterday on 10102 from about 21:00 to 21:30Z. ZD7VC - ST. HELENA - Bruce can be found often on 24945 at 17:00Z. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AF-003 ZD8T 21259 2020 EU-020 SM1/LX9EG/P 14260 1630 AF-015 3B7RF 14024 253 EU-022 JX7DFA 21015 1908 AN-006 EM1LV 10103 2145 SA-024 PY2EYE 10105 2345 A group of Portuguese operators will activate Pessegueiro Island (EU-167) from 24 to 27 July. The main emphasis will be the IOTA Contest and they will concentrate on North American, Asian and Oceanian stations. To date the operators will be CT1CJJ, CT1EEB, CT1EEN, CT1END, CT1ENQ and CT1ETZ. Two other operators are expected to be announced soon. They have received special permission from authorities to operate over night. Equipment for this operation includes two stations with kilowatts, beams and special antennas for 40 and 80 meters. During the IOTA Contest they will use the special

call CQ2P. QSL cards for each individual should go to their home call. QSLs for CQ2P go via CT1EEN. Victor, IK4CIE, plans to be active from 23 May to 5 June on Elba Island (EU-028) which is an Italian island located in the Tuscany Region Group. He will be on 10 through 80 meters CW only signing IA5/IK4CIE. He will be using a ground plane and 100 watts. Victor will be in some time in the CQ WPX CW Contest. QSL via the bureau. IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- -------------- 13-May 13-May 3B8 3B8/DL1MHM 2-84 13-May 14-May KL7 AL7RB (NA-028) 2-79 13-May 15-May KH6 KH7A 2-87 13-May 15-May XV XV7TH 2-59 13-May 16-May CN CN/F5LMK 2-20 13-May 17-May 3B7 3B7RF (AF-015) Update 2-37 2-13 13-May 17-May SV J47LAF 2-57 13-May 18-May HP K4GZ/HP3 W4WX/HP3 2-84 13-May 19-May 8Q 8Q7JJ (AS-013) 2-81 13-May 19-May FG FG/F2HE (NA-114) 2-78 13-May 21-May W3JLR African Trip 2-43 2-22 13-May 22-May 9M6 9M8CC (OC-088) 187 13-May 24-May HR HR5/F2JD 2-88 2-78 2-30 13-May 27-May 9H 9H3UT (EU-023) 2-80 13-May 1-Jun FT5X FT5XN (AF-048) 179 13-May 1-Jun XV XV7SV 2-31 13-May 3-Jun 4S 4S7BRG 2-31 13-May 30-Jun SP SN0JG 2-59 13-May 31-Oct JX JX7DFA (EU-022) 2-20 14-May 27-May CT3 CT3/DK4KL 2-88 14-May 29-May W W4/G0UIH/M (NA-034 052 069 076 085) 2-85 15-May 17-May GD MD/N0KV 2-89 15-May 17-May W WF1N & W1DIG (NA-136) 2-80 16-May 16-May European CW Sprint 16-May 30-May TK TK/PA3GIO/M (EU-014 maybe EU-164 2-90 17-May 17-May World Telecommunications Day 2-85 17-May 24-May YO YO/F6AJA 2-88 17-May 2-Jun JT JU0HA Update 2-43 2-24 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The sunspot number for May 12, 1998 was 90. The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado, for May 12, 1998, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 12-May-1998 21 112 15 2 LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;LOW/UNSETTLED 12-May-1998 18 108 13 1 LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;LOW/UNSETTLED 12-May-1998 15 108 13 3 LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;LOW/UNSETTLED

12-May-1998 12 108 13 3 LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;LOW-MODERATE/UNSETTLED 12-May-1998 09 108 13 4 LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;LOW-MODERATE/UNSETTLED 12-May-1998 06 108 13 4 LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;LOW-MODERATE/UNSETTLED 12-May-1998 03 108 13 3 VERY LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;LOW-MOD/UNSETTLED 12-May-1998 00 108 13 4 VERY LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;LOW-MOD/UNSETTLED The forecast for Wednesday, 13 May: solar flux 108, A index 10, K index 2. Wednesday should be High Normal. The forecast for Thursday, 14 May: solar flux 106, A index 12, K index 3. Thursday should be High Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 3C1GS EA5BYP 9V1ZB JL3WSL RA2FBT DJ1OJ 4K8F UA9AB EK6GC W3HNK SM1/LX9EG/P LX9EG 4KA5CW 4K9C FT5XN F6PEN VP9LR K1EFI 5B4ADA 9A2AJ IR0MFP IK0AZP VQ9ZZ NS1L 5H3RB LA4DM KH7A JA5DQH ZD7WRG WA2JUN 9M2TD JR4PDP NP4A W3HNK 5B4OG - Edward D Ross, P.O. Box 6307, Larnaca CY, CYPRUS ER1DA - P.O. Box 9537, Kishinev MD-2071, MOLDOVA QSL cards recently received: FT5XN, TJ1HP _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: CT1EEB, DX News Sheet, KC3AJ, KH6BZF REPORTS, N3OSH, NOAA, OPDX, SV2CLJ, W2GG, WB4KTC _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), or $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United States. _____________________________________________________________________ Copyright _ _____________________________________________________________________ THE DAILY DX _ is published Monday through Friday by Bernie McClenny, W3UR, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, MD 21738 USA. This e-mail message and its contents are copyrighted and are proprietary products of THE DAILY DX _. Any unauthorized use, reproduction, or transfer of the message or its content, in any medium, is strictly prohibited. For permission to quote, reprint or repost this e-mail send a request to THE DAILY DX _ include date, volume and issue number. Check out THE DAILY DX _ homepage http://www.wdn.com/thedailydx or for additional information you may phone THE DAILY DX _ at 301-854-5650 or fax at 301-854-5105. Remember to tell all your DX friends about THE DAILY DX.

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��������������������������®o���$��®o���d������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������®o���$���Ð�ÿÿc��������������� ���� �–/��] ä�×SR�6�×S#�Ü�×SÄ�^�×S����������. ======================== *** The Daily DX © *** ======================== Volume 2 Number 92 May 19, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ Headlines _____________________________________________________________________ Roberto, EA4DX, has announced that he will operate from Rotuma Island as 3D2DX/P from 29 August to 19 September. Rotuma is located about 354 kilometers NNW of the Fiji Islands and counts as a separate country on the ARRL’s DXCC list. Roberto will be using a TS-50, Finfett one kilowatt amplifier, Force 12 C3S beam and Butternut HF2V vertical. He will operate 10 through 160 meters on SSB and RTTY. QSL cards will go via EA4DX. Logs for the recent FO0MIZ operations by Kan, JA1BK, from the potentially new countries of Marquesas Islands and Austral Islands are now available at the following URL http://www.big.or.jp/~ham/fo0miz/ Rony, PS7AB, reports that the Brazil DX net meets at the following times on the following frequencies: Day GMT Frequency ------- ------------ --------- Sat/Sun 13:00-15:00Z 28.433 Sat/Sun 19:00-21:00Z 14.222 Mon/Fri 09:00-10:00Z 14.240 40 Meter SSB DXers may want to check out 7208 at 06:00Z as there is a 40 meter DX net that meets daily. During the Dayton DX Dinner, which is sponsored by the Southwest Ohio DX Association (SWODXA), it was announced that Bob White, W1CW, was inducted into the CQ DX Hall of Fame. His wife Ellen, W1YL, son Jim, K4OJ, and some 300 DXers were all present for this induction. He was nominated by the Western Washington DX Club. White was the DXCC Award Manager from September 1952 through 1976. Then in 1977 he managed the ARRL Outgoing QSL bureau at its infancy until his retirement in late 1978. The SWODXA also gave a their DXpedition of the year award to last years ZK1XXP DXpedition to the North Cooks. Team members of that expedition were Tom, K8XP, Rick, N4RF, Dick, N7RO, Dick, KI6AN, Bob, WA4YBV, Chris, ZS8IR, and Mike, N6MZ, who except the award for the group. On Saturday evening at the Dayton Contest Dinner four veteran Contesters were named to the CQ Contest hall of fame. Dick Frey,

WA2AAU, who is the first VHF/UHF Contester to be inducted. Frey was not present at the dinner however he has been one of the main operators of W2SZ/1. Also inducted this year were Glenn Rattmann, K6NA, Roger Western, G3SXW, and Gene Walsh, N2AA. _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 3B7RF - ST. BRANDON ISLAND - They finished up the operation on Sunday 17 May at 08:00Z. 4S7DA - SRI LANKA - Denver was working West Coast US stations on Sunday from 13:50 to 15:10Z. QSL via W3HNK. 9J2BO - ZAMBIA - Stations on both coasts of the US were working Brian on 10103 from about 05:00 to 05:30Z on Sunday. QSL via W6ORD. C21NJ - NAURU - Sunday US amateurs reported this station was active on 14035 starting just before 13:00Z. CP6EB - BOLIVIA - Lou likes 15 meters SSB between 19:00 and 21:00Z. D2AI - ANGOLA - Yesterday Diaz was active on RTTY on 21082 around 21:00Z and later on 14082 from 21:50 to 23:00Z. QSL via CT1EGH. EX8MZ - KYRGYZSTAN - West Coast US stations report working Serge on 14002 between 13:45 and 15:00Z. TU2XP - IVORY COAST - Look for Claude from 21:00 to 23:00Z on 20 meters RTTY. QSL via F6AXP. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- EU-067 SV8/I2YYO 14202 0508 NA-160 HR3/F2JD 14260 0019 NA-026 WB2KSK 14260 2024 OC-210 YC8TXW 21262 1700 NA-057 N7QXQ/HR6 28422 2020 SA-023 PY6JJ 21260 1813 IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- -------------- 19-May 19-May 8Q 8Q7JJ (AS-013) 2-81 19-May 19-May FG FG/F2HE (NA-114) 2-78 19-May 21-May W3JLR African Trip 2-43 2-22 19-May 22-May 9M6 9M8CC (OC-088) 187 19-May 24-May HR HR5/F2JD 2-88 2-78 2-30

19-May 24-May YO YO/F6AJA 2-88 19-May 27-May 9H 9H3UT (EU-023) 2-80 19-May 27-May CT3 CT3/DK4KL 2-88 19-May 29-May W W4/G0UIH/M (NA-034 052 069 076 085 142 2-85 19-May 30-May TK TK/PA3GIO/M (EU-014 maybe EU-164 2-90 19-May 1-Jun FT5X FT5XN (AF-048) 179 19-May 1-Jun XV XV7SV 2-31 19-May 2-Jun SV9 GM0UTD 2-91 19-May 2-Jun JT JU0HA Update 2-43 2-24 19-May 3-Jun 4S 4S7BRG 2-31 19-May 30-Jun SP SN0JG 2-59 19-May 31-Oct JX JX7DFA (EU-022) 2-20 21-May 24-May DL DL2RNS DL2RTK DL2VFR (EU-057) 2-64 21-May 24-May F TM0AIX (EU-032) 2-88 22-May 23-May 6W N2WCQ 2-87 22-May 24-May YN H75A (NA-NEW) 2-88 22-May 24-May F TM1IF by F5NBX F5RBB (EU-095) 2-88 23-May 24-May VE VE7ARS VE7FYO (NA-181) 2-21 23-May 31-May VK9L VK9LX 3-40 23-May 5-Jun I IA5/IK4CIE (EU-028) 2-91 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The sunspot number for May 17, 1998 was 89. The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado, for May 18, 1998, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 18-May-1998 21 102 9 3 VERY LOW/QUIET-UNSET;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 18-May-1998 18 110 10 3 VERY LOW/QUIET-UNSET;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 18-May-1998 15 110 10 3 VERY LOW/QUIET-UNSET;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 18-May-1998 12 110 10 1 VERY LOW/QUIET-UNSET;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 18-May-1998 09 110 10 1 VERY LOW/QUIET-UNSET;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 18-May-1998 06 110 10 1 VERY LOW/QUIET-UNSET;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 18-May-1998 03 110 10 2 VERY LOW/QUIET-UNSET;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 18-May-1998 00 110 10 2 VERY LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED The forecast for Tuesday, 19 May: solar flux 105, A index 10, K index 2. Tuesday should be High Normal. The forecast for Wednesday, 20 May: solar flux 100, A index 10, K index 2. Wednesday should be High Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ The following QSL cards were recently received and information was taken directly from the cards listed below: 4S7TWG via N6TW 5A21PA via ON4APS 5B4LP Andreas Mavrides, 8A Salamis Ave., Nicosia 135, CYPRUS 7S6KY Kungsbacka Radioamatorer, P. O. Box 10302, S-434 24 Kungsbacka, SWEDEN 8P9JG via W2SC 8S3FRO via SM3CVM 9A800OS via 9A5I 9H1SV Stephen Vella, "Alpinia", Censu Muscat St.,

Naxxar NXR 05, MALTA 9M2EU via JA2EJI 9M6HZ Herbert Koh, Locked Bag No. 1, 88990 Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, MALAYSIA 9U5DX via F2VX AH0T via JA6BSM AH8LG Larry Gandy, P. O. Box 1618, Pago Pago, AS 96799 BV3BV Yo Ki Huang, P. O. Box 3-59, Yangmei 326, TAIWAN DS5SFY Eunjoo Yang, Hwangsil APT 105/107, 682-1, Songdang-dong, Dalso-ku, Taegu 704-082, KOREA DU7LA Peter Sils, P. O. Box 90, Dumaguete PH-6200, PHILIPPINES EG9IA via EA4URE GM6F via GM3ZRC HJ3YHY Jairo Hinestroza, A. A. 151273, Santafe de Bogota, COLOMBIA HK0M/HK3JJH Pedro J. Allina, A. A. 81119, Santafe de Bogota, COLOMBIA HL1XP Jeon, 58-1 Nonhyun-dong, Kangnam-ku, Seoul 135-010, KOREA HR2JGG Jorge Giacoman, Apartado Postal 351, 23201 El Progreso, Yoro, HONDURAS HS1PDY Kanok Chantrasmi, P. O. Box 195, Samsennai, Bangkok 10400, THAILAND IR2P via IK2DUW IQ2W via IK2DUW IU6F via IK6BOB J38G via W8KKF J45RDS via SV5AZP KG4OX via W4OX KG4WW via KX4WW M6T via G3XTT OA6AFS Edgardo M. Corrales Rodriguez, P. O. Box 109, Arequipa, PERU OK5W via OK1AEZ OL1C via OK1AN OL2A via OK2RAB SN7L via SP7HB SO3IF via DJ0IF SV1AYC Kostas Monastiriakos, 10 Mesologiou St., GR-141 23 Likovrisis, Athens, GREECE SV2DFA Giannis Papadopoulos, 40 Eteokleous Str., GR-542 50 Thessaloniki, GREECE T88KH via JM1LJS TA3ZM via DL5ABL VI75RAAF via VK4LV WA4DAN/VP5 via N0TG YB0DX Ayung, P. O. Box 1004 JKB, Jakarta 11010, INDONESIA YB1GLB Liebra T., P. O. Box 1042, Bandung 40010, INDONESIA YC0IEM Hotang Siahaan, P. O. Box 7262, Jakarta 12072, INDONESIA YC1VQD Ir. Jonathan H. Lemuel, P. O. Box 115, Tangerang 15001, INDONESIA YC7KE Husaini, P. O. Box 188, Banjarmasin 70001, INDONESIA YC8VIP N. Rangkuti, P. O. Box 1042, Ambon 97010, INDONESIA YE0T via YB0PR YM2ZM via OK1DTP ZS8IR via ZS6EZ ZW6C via PT2GTI ZX6C via PT2GTI _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: JH1ORA, K3ZO, KC3AJ, KH6BZF REPORTS, N3OSH, NOAA,

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. ======================== *** The Daily DX _ *** ======================== Volume 2 Number 93 May 20, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ Headlines _____________________________________________________________________ Don, N1DG, will be active from Said's, A61AD, from 1 to 5 June. Look for him to be active on all bands CW and SSB. Don will try to get the A61AQ logs. Mel, W8MV, will be operate from France as F/W8MV now through 30 June. While there he will try to take a few days to operate from Andorra, C3, and Monaco, 3A. He will be active on 10 through 40 meters, mostly CW as he uses his ICOM 706 running from the car with 100 watts. Mel will also go back to St. Pierre and Miquelon as FP/W8MV between 8 and 15 July. QSL all of these operations via W8MV. John, CE0ZAM, was scheduled to be on as XQ0X from San Fernandez Island during either April or May for 20 days. Due to transportation problems he was unable to make the trip and now hopes to be there in September. Dave, ZS6RVG, and Dick, ZS6CAL, will operate from Botswana as A25/ZS6PDX from 11 to 17 June. They will be on RTTY and SSTV mostly with some SSB and CW. They will take an IC756 and a TH3JR beam. _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ A92FZ - BAHRAIN - Bob showed up yesterday on 14211 just before 21:00Z. QSL via W3HC. EP3HR - IRAN - Europeans report working Hamid around 16:10Z on 24950. QSL via I2MQP. HV4NAC - VATICAN - Was active today on 80 meters SSB from 00:45 to 01:30Z. S21YE - BANGLADESH - Europeans report working Andrew on 15 meters SSB between 14:00 and 15:00Z. ST2SA - SUDAN - Dr. Sid reports working Europeans on 14195 around 21:30Z. T30RW - WEST KIRIBATI - Ron, ZL1AMO, was active on 7012 from 11:30 to 13:30Z. Afterwards he went to 14024 for about an hour. QSL via ZL1AMO. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AS-028 UA0QMU 14028 2217 NA-114 FG/F2HE 18069 2110 AS-039 UA0ZBK/0 14260 2043 NA-160 HR3/F2JD 14018 0713 EU-016 9A2GF 14260 2255 OC-024 T32RT 14180 0446 EU-067 SV8/I2YYO 14260 0529 OC-042 DU4CX 21298 1327 EU-164 TK/PA3GIO/P 14260 1122 OC-067 FO5NL 14130 1720 NA-026 KC6ETY 14227 2232 OC-070 YC8VIP 21262 1355 NA-061 VE7TLL/M 14260 0411 OC-169 A35RK 18076 0114 Howie, K1VSJ, will be active from Martha's Vineyard (NA-046) starting tomorrow throughout the summer, including the IOTA Contest. Alex, CE8ABF, plans to be on from Tierra del Fuego (SA-008) from 21 to 24 May. Look for him on 1842 at 01:00 and 04:00Z. He will also be on 12 and 17 meters. IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- -------------- 20-May 22-May 9M6 9M8CC (OC-088) 187 20-May 24-May HR HR5/F2JD 2-88 2-78 2-30 20-May 24-May YO YO/F6AJA 2-88 20-May 27-May 9H 9H3UT (EU-023) 2-80 20-May 27-May CT3 CT3/DK4KL 2-88 20-May 29-May W W4/G0UIH/M (NA-034 052 069 076 085 142) 2-85 20-May 30-May TK TK/PA3GIO/M (EU-014 maybe EU-164 2-90 20-May 1-Jun FT5X FT5XN (AF-048) 179 20-May 1-Jun XV XV7SV 2-31 20-May 2-Jun SV9 GM0UTD 2-91 20-May 2-Jun JT JU0HA Update 2-43 2-24 20-May 3-Jun 4S 4S7BRG 2-31 20-May 30-Jun SP SN0JG 2-59 20-May 31-Oct JX JX7DFA (EU-022) 2-20 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The sunspot number for May 19, 1998 was 77. The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado, for May 19, 1998, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 19-May-1998 21 99 7 1 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 19-May-1998 18 102 9 3 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 19-May-1998 15 102 9 1 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 19-May-1998 12 102 9 2 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 19-May-1998 09 102 9 1 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 19-May-1998 06 102 9 3 VERY LOW/QUIET-UNSET;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED

19-May-1998 03 102 9 2 VERY LOW/QUIET-UNSET;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 19-May-1998 00 102 9 3 VERY LOW/QUIET-UNSET;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED The forecast for Wednesday, 20 May: solar flux 95, A index 10, K index 2. Wednesday should be High Normal. The forecast for Thursday, 21 May: solar flux 98, A index 15, K index 3. Thursday should be High Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 4K9W DL6KVA D2BB W3HNK HR6/F2JD F6AJA 4L4MM ON4CFI EG1ITD EA1GA JU1HA HA0HW 5H3ES DF9SU EG2UIT EA2URV KH7A JA5DQH 5W1SA JH7OHF EG5ITU EA5OL KP4IX WP4MIM 9A7C KA9WON EG5TDI EA5GMB MD/N0KV N0KV 9H3UT DL9GDB EG9ITU EA9JS OD5PN LX1NO 9V1ZB JL3WSL EG9UIT EA9IB OH0AAQ OH2NRV A61AN WA2JUN EK6GC W3HNK RA3GS IK3PQG AX2ITU VK2PS FG5FC F6DZU S21YE G4VLV AX3ITU VK3ER FM5JY F5JYD T30RW ZL1AMO AX4ITU VK4XA FS5PL N0JT TA2DS WA3HUP CU3DX CU3AN HP1XVH N0JT XV7SW SM5MX D2AI CT1EGH HR3/F2JD F6AJA YZ4ED YZ7ED SV2ASP/A - Monk Apollo, Dochiariou Monastery, GR-63087 Mount Athos GREECE QSL cards recently received: 4L4MM, 9M0C, EX7MR, FT5X/FR5HR, FT5XN, HK0/KB5GL, JX7DFA, KG4GC, KH8/N5OLS, N2NL/KH2. SV2ASP/A, T95A, TJ1GD, TY1IJ, VK9WM, VK9WY, YC3OSE, ZL4WA _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 425 DX News, K1VSJ, K7CMZ, KC3AJ, KD4IFV, KF2G, KH6BZF REPORTS, N1DG, N2QT, N3OSH, N4EKD, NOAA, OPDX, W1JIM, W1MAG, W1RZF, W2GG, W2GI, W8FJ, W8MV, WA2VUY _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), or $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United States. _____________________________________________________________________ Copyright _ _____________________________________________________________________ THE DAILY DX _ is published Monday through Friday by Bernie McClenny, W3UR, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, MD 21738 USA. This e-mail message and its contents are copyrighted and are proprietary products of THE DAILY DX _. Any unauthorized use, reproduction, or transfer of the message or its content, in any medium, is strictly prohibited. For

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. ======================== *** The Daily DX _ *** ======================== Volume 2 Number 94 May 21, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ Headlines _____________________________________________________________________ George Tranos, N2GA, and Diane Ortiz, K2DO, will be active as VP5/N2GA and VP5/K2DO from 8 to 14 July. They will operate from the Island of Providenciales. During the IARU Contest they will use VP5GA on both CW and SSB. QSL via home calls. Dave, N2NL/KH2, has recently upgraded his antennas on the island of Guam. He now has a 3 element tribander along with his R7000 vertical. Plans also include a HF2V to be installed soon for 40 and 80 meters. Dave still plans to be on 160 meters by years end. Dave has been spending time on the WARC bands along with RTTY on 20 meters. During the CQ WPX CW contest look for Dave to use either N2NL/NH2 or /WH2, depending if the JA's operate from NH2C. Jim, KH2D, and Gary, K9AW/KH2 plan to operate in the CQ WPX CW Contest. _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 4Z4UR - ISRAEL - Ed can be found most days on 20 meters SSB from 02:30 to 03:30Z. Check between 14185 and 14215. 5A1A - LIBYA - Has been showing up recently on CW. Try around 21040 around 12:00Z and also near 14050 between 04:00 and 06:00Z. 5B4AGC - CYPRUS - George was very active yesterday on 18076 working Europe and US stations from 18:30 to 2140Z. 7X2RO - ALGERIA - Japanese and Europeans were logging Afif on 18070 between 20:40 and 21:10Z. QSL via F6FNU. 9N1FP - NEPAL - Vlad can be found often on the lower end of the 20 meter CW band from 00:00 to 02:00Z. QSL via RU6FP. C31SD - ANDORRA - Between 19:30 and 21:20Z yesterday JA's worked Carlos on 14216. QSL via CT1AMK. FT5XN - KERGUELEN ISLAND - Helios has shown up on 20 meters CW the last two days. Yesterday on 14031 at 03:20 and today on 14009 around 04:00Z. QSL via F6PEN. HV4NAC - VATICAN - Francesco was active on 80 meters SSB from 00:45 to 01:25Z. Later he showed up on 14200 listening up 10 to 15 between 22:45 to 23:40Z. QSL via IK0FVC. JU1HA - MONGOLIA - East Coast US stations report this station was found on 21025 at 12:00Z and on 18071

at 15:20Z. QSL via HA0HW. T30RW - WEST KIRIBATI - Ron, ZL1AMO, was reported yesterday as follows: Freq. Times ----- --------------- 21025 10:20 to 12:20Z 14025 13:00 to 14:15Z 21295 22:45 to 23:20Z XUF2B - CAMBODIA - West Coast US stations reported Harv as being active on 7004 from 13:45 to 14:30Z yesterday. He will be there until July. QSL via N4JR. XV7SW - VIETNAM - Check 14016, 21016 and 28016. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AN-006 EM1LV 21008 1716 EU-133 R1ASP 14260 1635 EU-003 CU5AOA 18117 2137 EU-164 TK/PA3GIO/P 14260 1309 EU-004 EA8AZY 28480 1403 NA-062 K2ZR/4 14008 1223 EU-009 GM4CHX/P 14257 1858 NA-110 K9JWV 14260 2347 EU-016 9A2GF 14003 2359 OC-070 YC8VIP 21281 1112 EU-023 9H3UT 14017 2041 OC-154 VK8AN/6 14024 1211 EU-029 OZ6XY 18135 1053 Lew, N6VV, reports his trip with W7DR and NG7S to Mokil Atoll for early June has been canceled. A supply ship was unable to deliver equipment. NG7S will be active as V63DC from Pohnpei as planned. Hamid, 9K2HN, plans to be on from Kubar Island (AS-118) on 6 June starting around 15:00Z through 01:00Z. This will depend on the WX. Look for 9K2HN/P. QSL via bureau or direct. IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- -------------- 21-May 22-May 9M6 9M8CC (OC-088) 187 21-May 24-May CE CE8ABF (AS-008) 2-93 21-May 24-May DL DL2RNS DL2RTK DL2VFR (EU-057) 2-64 21-May 24-May HR HR5/F2JD 2-88 2-78 2-30 21-May 24-May F TM0AIX (EU-032) 2-88 21-May 24-May YO YO/F6AJA 2-88 21-May 27-May 9H 9H3UT (EU-023) 2-80 21-May 27-May CT3 CT3/DK4KL 2-88 21-May 29-May W W4/G0UIH/M (NA-034 052 069 076 085 142 2-85 21-May 30-May TK TK/PA3GIO/M (EU-014 maybe EU-164 2-90

21-May 1-Jun FT5X FT5XN (AF-048) 179 21-May 1-Jun XV XV7SV 2-31 21-May 2-Jun SV9 GM0UTD 2-91 21-May 2-Jun JT JU0HA Update 2-43 2-24 21-May 3-Jun 4S 4S7BRG 2-31 21-May 30-Jun SP SN0JG 2-59 21-May 31-Oct JX JX7DFA (EU-022) 2-20 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The sunspot number for May 19, 1998 was 77. The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado, for May 20, 1998, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 20-May-1998 21 92 8 3 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 20-May-1998 18 99 7 3 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 20-May-1998 15 99 7 2 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 20-May-1998 12 99 7 2 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 20-May-1998 09 99 7 2 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 20-May-1998 06 99 7 1 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTELD;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 20-May-1998 03 99 7 1 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 20-May-1998 00 99 7 1 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED The forecast for Thursday, 21 May: solar flux 98, A index 10, K index 2. Thursday should be High Normal. The forecast for Friday, 22 May: solar flux 100, A index 10, K index 2. Friday should be High Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 4F3CV HB9CXZ HV4NAC IK0FVC TJ1HP F6FNU 7Z1AB KN4F KP2AD OK1AJY TK/PA3GIO/P PA3GIO A61AO N1DG N7QXQ/HR6 W7TSQ XV7SW SM0ORV CT98AIF CT1AIF P43P P43ARC Z32GW NN6C EM1LV UR8LV 3D2BA - Dick, P.O. Box 916, Sigatoka, FIJI HH2PK - Patrick Cardozo, P.O. Box 1095, Port-au-Prince, HAITI QSL cards recently received: 4M5E, 5A1A, 7X2RO, A41LZ, D2BB, H44IO, SV2ASP/A, WH0AAV _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 9K2HN, DL2MIH, K8GG, KB3AUG, KC3AJ, KD4IFV, KH6BZF REPORTS, N2GA, N2NL, N3OSH, N3OZD, N6VV, NOAA, W8FJ _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________

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. ======================== *** The Daily DX _ *** ======================== Volume 2 Number 95 May 22, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ Headlines _____________________________________________________________________ Ron Wright, ZL1AMO, is currently operating from Western Kiribati for one week. He will be active on 10 through 80 meters CW, SSB and RTTY. He may go somewhere else afterwards, but no word yet. QSL via ZL1AMO. Last week (Vol. 2 No. 90) it was reported that Bernard Sinardet (ex FB8XW 79, FB8YI 81) is on Amsterdam Island until December. He has now been assigned FT5ZI. More details to follow soon. Marios, 5B4WN, and Ivo, 5B4ADA, report they will both be active in the CQ WPX CW Contest on all bands as C4W and C46A respectfully. 5B4LP will be single op on 40 meters as H24LP. QSL cards for C46A go via 9A2AJ. C4W and H24LP go to their home calls. Mats, LU9AUY, will be active from Bolivia as CP6/LU9AUY from 27 May to 3 June. He will participate in the CQ WPX CW Contest as CP6AA. QSL via LU9AUY. Fernando, EA3KU, will operate as EA8ZS from Gran Canary Island from 28 May to 2 June. Look for him to be single op all band in the CQ WPX CW Contest. QSL via EA3KU. Finnish operators OH2TA, OH2BCI, OH2KW and OH5BQ will multi-single in the CQ WPX CW Contest as OH0W. QSL via OH2IW. The 1998 Northwest DX Convention will be held on 17, 18 and 19 July at the Double Tree Inn in Tukwila, Washington. This years event will be sponsored by the Western Washington DX Club. For more details contact Joe Gregory, W7QN, by phone at (206)-784-1089, by writing to WWDXC, Box 395, Mercer Island, WA 98040 or visiting their webpage at http://www.eskimo.com/~oolon/wwdxc/ The 46th Annual W9DXCC Convention and Banquet will be held on 12 September at the Holiday Inn in Rolling Meadows, Illinois. Presentations will include the following: H40AA Temotu Islands DXpedition by Tim Totten, N4GN DXCC 2000 by Bill Moore, NC1L ARRL Forum with W9PRN, K9KM and NC1L W9 QSL Bureau by K9BG Banquet Speaker Fred Laun For more information about this convention contact chairman Bill Smith, W9VA, by phone (874)-945-1564 or E-mail to w9va@aol.com. They

also have a webpage at http://www.qth.com/w9dxcc _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 3A2MD - MONACO - JA's reported working Laura just before 21:00Z. 4J - AZERBAIJAN - German operators 4J1/DF5TS and 4J1/DL8HFF have both been active yesterday and today. Length of stay is unknown at this time. 7P8RP - LESOTHO - Was found on 21238 working JA's from 13:15 to 14:30Z. 9K2MU - KUWAIT - Murtada can be found often on 14240 between 20:00 and 23:00Z. QSL via WA4JTK. H75A - NICARAGUA - Started up today around 00:40Z. Buzz, N5UR, reports they have worked the required 50 QSOs and 5 countries. More than likely they will be given provisional reference number NA-209. QSL via N5FTR. OH0 - ALAND ISLANDS - OH0CW was active on 14215 working Asia, Europe and East Coast North America from 18:45 to 21:00Z. JA's report OH0MMF showed up on 14085 on RTTY at 16:30Z. T30RW - WEST KIRIBATI - Ron has been very active on 15 meters. He was found on 21295 several times yesterday (02:30-03:40, 05:00-06:20 and 22:20 to 23:00Z). QSL via ZL1AMO. TJ1HP - CAMEROON - Philippe showed up at 22:30Z on 18125 working both East Coast US and Japanese stations. QSL via F6FNU. VQ9GB - CHAGOS - Was on 14030 yesterday between 14:00 and 15:00Z working Europe, Japan and West Coast US stations. QSL via K7GB. VR6YL - PITCAIRN ISLAND - Betty (YL) was on 14193 from 03:00 to 04:40Z. The new VP6 prefix was not to be used until after 1 June. That is when she and all other VR6's will officially make the change. ZD9IL - TRISTAN DA CUNHA AND GOUGH - Ian is active daily between 09:00 and 16:00Z. Check SSB frequencies 14205, 18135, 21260, 21295, 24955 and 28490. QSL via ZS5BBO. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AS-076 JA5AQC 14257 2050 EU-133 R1ASP 14263 0610 EU-004 EA6AEI 14260 0608 EU-163 4N9BW 7001 0537

EU-017 ID9/DL6RBB 14259 0413 NA-107 FM5JY 28495 2053 EU-021 TF8GX 14260 1425 NA-108 J69EB 28425 1835 EU-032 TM0AIX 14263 2142 NA-114 FG/F2HE 14008 0411 EU-046 LA1CI 14267 1414 OC-016 3D2QB 14004 0330 EU-075 SV1TP/P 14260 2203 OC-154 VK8AN/6 14260 0909 EU-124 GW0HGN/P 14260 1220 A group of French operators will activate Fort Brescou (EU-148) from 12 to 14 June. Look for TM5B to be on all bands CW and SSB. Operators include F5BJW, F5XX, F5RDI, F5UOE and F1CLO. QSL via F5XX. Albert, FO5JR, plans to be on Rimatara (OC-050) on 22 July and hopes to start up on either 24 or 25 July. Rimatara is located in the Austral Islands and will more than likely be a separate country soon. Look for him to be on CW only, usually around 14010 or 21010. He likes to have full QSOs with name, QTH and report. Plans are to be there until 13 August. QSL via callbook address. Chris, 6W1QV, and Didier, 6W1RE, will be active from Goree Island and Sarpent islet (AF-045) from 29 May to 2 June as 6W1QV/P. QSL via the bureau or direct to 6W1QV. IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- -------------- 22-May 22-May 9M6 9M8CC (OC-088) 187 22-May 23-May 6W N2WCQ 2-87 22-May 24-May CE CE8ABF (AS-008) 2-93 22-May 24-May DL DL2RNS DL2RTK DL2VFR (EU-057) 2-64 22-May 24-May YN H75A (NA-NEW) 2-88 22-May 24-May HR HR5/F2JD 2-88 2-78 2-30 22-May 24-May F TM0AIX (EU-032) 2-88 22-May 24-May F TM1IF by F5NBX F5RBB (EU-095) 2-88 22-May 24-May YO YO/F6AJA 2-88 22-May 27-May 9H 9H3UT (EU-023) 2-80 22-May 27-May CT3 CT3/DK4KL 2-88 22-May 29-May W W4/G0UIH/M (NA-034 052 069 076 0 2-85 22-May 29-May T30 T30RW 2-95 22-May 30-May TK TK/PA3GIO/M (EU-014 maybe EU-164 2-90 22-May 1-Jun FT5X FT5XN (AF-048) 179 22-May 1-Jun XV XV7SV 2-31 22-May 2-Jun SV9 GM0UTD 2-91 22-May 2-Jun JT JU0HA Update 2-43 2-24 22-May 3-Jun 4S 4S7BRG 2-31 22-May 30-Jun SP SN0JG 2-59 22-May 31-Oct JX JX7DFA (EU-022) 2-20 23-May 24-May VE VE7ARS VE7FYO (NA-181) 2-21 23-May 31-May VK9L VK9LX 3-40 23-May 5-Jun I IA5/IK4CIE (EU-028) 2-91 24-May 31-May V6 V63DC (OC-010) by NG7S 2-94 2-56 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________

The sunspot number for May 20, 1998 was 58. The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado, for May 21, 1998, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 21-May-1998 21 89 15 3 VERY LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE 21-May-1998 18 92 8 3 VERY LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 21-May-1998 15 92 8 1 VERY LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 21-May-1998 12 92 8 3 VERY LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 21-May-1998 09 92 8 3 VERY LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 21-May-1998 06 92 8 4 VERY LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 21-May-1998 03 92 8 3 VERY LOW/QUIET-UNSET;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 21-May-1998 00 92 8 2 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED The forecast for Friday, 22 May: solar flux 87, A index 15, K index 3. Friday should be High Normal. The forecast for Saturday, 23 May: solar flux 85, A index 10, K index 2. Saturday should be High Normal. The forecast for Sunday, 24 May: solar flux 85, A index 10, K index 2. Sunday should be High Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 1X5AA W3HNK E21CJN W3PP OH0CW OH2KMF 4K53CW 4J9RI EU3FT W3HC OH0EA OH2KMG 5B4ADA 9A2AJ H75A N5FTR TM0AIX F5HA 9K2/SP5UAM SP5PBE HS1RU JG3AVS VQ9GB K7GB A92GE - David, Box 1976, Manama, BAHRAIN QSL cards recently received: 5A21PA, 9K2MU, BY1QH, CY0DX, HH2LQ, N9KX/KH4, TA4A, TU2XZ, V63AO, ZY6WL _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 5B4ADA, 5B4WN, AH0W/OH2LVG, ARRL DX Bulletin, F6AGR, F6CYV, K3KY, KC3AJ, KH6BZF REPORTS, Les Nouvelles DX, N3OSH, NOAA, PY2WT, W7TSQ, W9VA, WA4QDM, ZL1AMO _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), or $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United States. _____________________________________________________________________ Copyright _ _____________________________________________________________________

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. ======================== *** The Daily DX _ *** ======================== Volume 2 Number 96 May 25, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ Headlines _____________________________________________________________________ Pierre, F5GSK, is in the French Army and is currently stationed in Tahiti. Look for him on the air as FO5QE until January 1999. QSL cards go via Pierre Boutheon, SP 91628, OO2OO Armees, Postes Aux Armees, Paris, FRANCE. Vlad, UAOFZ, will operate the CQ WPX CW Contest as RSOF. QSL via W3HNK. The DX News Letter reports that Ryo, JL1KFR, will be active next week from Minami Torishima as JL1KFR/JD1. Russian amateurs UA9CI, UA9CLB, UA9CDV, flew to East Malaysia on 23 May. They will be staying at the Hillview Gardens Resort and operating as 9M6AAT until 4 June. Look for them to be active on all bands/modes before and after the CQ WPX CW Contest. During the WPX Contest they will be multi-single. QSL via UA9CI. A large group of Russian amateurs plan to operate Multi-Multi in the CQ WPX CW Contest this weekend as P3A. Operators include RA9JX, UA9MZ, RZ9UA, RU3AA, RV3AJ, RZ3TX, UA3TT, UA3TR and RW3TJ. Look for them starting 26 May as the will be on the air testing out the stations. More activity from Cyprus! Edin, T97M, and Boris, T93Y, will be active from 26 May to 3 June as 5B4/T97M and 5B4/T93Y. During the CQ WPX CW Contest they hope to get a special call with 7M and 3Y in the suffix. QSL T97M via K2PF and T93Y via W6MD (ex N2MAU). They plan to have a log search available on the WWW upon their return home. The upcoming DXpedition to Amsterdam Island by members of the Lyon DX Gang is still in need of funding. Eric, F5SIH, and Mehdi, F5PFP, will follow the schedule listed below: 1O November 1998: Leave from Reunion Island aboard the Marion Dufresne 15 November 1998: Arrive on Crozet Island 16 November 1998: Leave from Crozet Island 2O November 1998: Arrive on Kerguelen Island 22 November 1998: Leave from Kerguelen Island 25 November 1998: Arrive on Amsterdam Island 27 November 1998: FT5ZH Operation will start 23 December 1998: FT5ZH Operation will end Plans are to be active with two complete stations on 1O through 16O meters CW, SSB and RTTY. The priority of this DXpedition will be

North America, Europe and Japan on the low bands. Donations for this DXpedition may be sent to: Lyon DX Gang Eric Blanchard, F5PXT 2 Rue Bichat Bat 32 69OO2 Lyon FRANCE Gil, F5NOD, is the Official European Pilot and the coordinator for this DXpedition. The two French operators will strictly be operating the radios and will not be working on the island. The group is still in need of some equipment. For more information contact Gil by e-mail <f5nod@easynet.fr> _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 5Z4PL - KENYA - JA's report working this one on 213OO from 14:15 to 15:1OZ on Friday. 7X4AN - ALGERIA - Look for Mohamed in the lower 25 Khz of the 15 or 2O meters CW band between 17:3O and 22:OOZ. 9M2TO - WEST MALAYSIA - Tex was found on 18O78 between 14:OO and 15:3OZ yesterday. He was working Europe and North America. QSL via JAODMV. 9V1ZW - SINGAPORE - Has shown up on 17 meters CW just after 15:OOZ the last three days. A92GE - BAHRAIN - David showed up on 1O14O just before 19:OOZ on Friday. He was working mostly Europeans as he was listening down. 1O14O is the only 3O meter frequency authorized for stations from Bahrain. C91BL - MOZAMBIQUE - Japanese stations were working this semi-rare African on 21282 on Saturday between 14:25 and 14:4OZ. FO5QG - MARQUESAS ISLANDS - Jose was working Europeans on 14123 yesterday just before 1O:OOZ for well over an hour. QSL via XE1L. H44NC - SOLOMON ISLANDS - Was active from IOTA OC-149 on Saturday between O7:3O and 1O:15Z near 1427O. JT1X - MONGOLIA - There was some kind of problems with the JU1HA call. The Hungarians are now using JT1X. They have 4 complete stations. QSL via HAOHW. P29VR - PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Many East Coast US stations reported this one on 2123O between 21:3O and 22:1OZ on Saturday. QSL via W7LFA. S79KMB - SEYCHELLES - Keith showed up yesterday on 21288 at 16:O5Z. XX9TSS - MACAO - Was found on 17 meters SSB yesterday between 13:OO and 13:3OZ. QSL via JK2PNY.

_____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AF-O19 IG2/I2VXJ 28486 1555 EU-112 MM/K5MK/P 1426O 113O AS-O18 RAOFA 142O2 2O11 EU-131 IL3/IV3WMI 7O6O 114O AS-O43 JR1EAX/1 21268 O721 NA-O67 K4EP 1426O 2O27 EU-OO4 EA6AEI 1814O 1849 NA-1O5 FS5PL 14244 1649 EU-O1O GMOKJW/M 14253 O915 NA-114 FG/F2HE 14OO5 O525 EU-O17 ID9/DL6RBB 1426O 13O8 NA-181 XM7P 1426O 2152 EU-O2O SM1TDE 1426O 1418 NA-2O9 H75A 1426O 1223 EU-O32 TMOAIX 14265 O729 OC-O27 FO5QG 14123 O943 EU-O75 SV1TP/P 14258 2OO3 OC-154 VK8AN/6 14O24 1151 EU-O95 TM1IF 14256 1112 SA-OO8 CE8ABF 21258 1642 EU-O98 DL2VFR/P 14266 1O16 SA-O11 9Z4CT 14261 2251 EU-1O4 TK/PA3GIO/P 1425O 121O Louis, VE2BQB, will be operating from Baffin Island (NA-O47) which is located in CQ WAZ 2 on CW and SSB until the end of November. QSL via VE2BQB, Louis Paquet, 1368 Rang 4, Lac au Saumon, P.Q. GOJ 1MO, CANADA. Mark, AA1AC, will be active as AA1AC/P on Aquidneck Island (NA-O31) for the IOTA contest on 25 and 26 July. IOTA frequencies - CW 28O4O 2492O 21O4O 18O98 14O4O 1O114 7O3O 353O SSB 2856O 2846O 2495O 2126O 18128 1426O 7O55 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- -------------- 25-May 27-May 9H 9H3UT (EU-O23) 2-8O 25-May 27-May CT3 CT3/DK4KL 2-88 25-May 29-May T3O T3ORW 2-95 25-May 29-May W W4/GOUIH/M (NA-O34 O52 O69 O76 O85 142) 2-85 25-May 3O-May TK TK/PA3GIO/M (EU-O14 maybe EU-164) 2-9O 25-May 31-May V6 V63DC (OC-O1O) by NG7S 2-94 2-56 25-May 31-May VK9L VK9LX 3-4O 25-May 1-Jun FT5X FT5XN (AF-O48) 179 25-May 1-Jun XV XV7SV 2-31 25-May 2-Jun SV9 GMOUTD 2-91 25-May 2-Jun JT JT1X update 2-43 2-24 25-May 3-Jun 4S 4S7BRG 2-31 25-May 5-Jun I IA5/IK4CIE (EU-O28) 2-91 25-May 3O-Jun SP SNOJG 2-59 25-May 31-Oct JX JX7DFA (EU-O22) 2-2O 27-May 29-May CP CP6/LU9AUY 2-95 27-May 2-Jun VP2V VP2VDX 2-85 27-May 3-Jun HI DF1IC/HI8 2-91 27-May 3-Jun V2 V26TT V26GG 2-86 28-May 31-May CY9 CY9RF (NA-O94) 2-7O 28-May 31-May PY PQ5L PR5R (SA-O47) 2-88 2-42 28-May 2-Jun EA8 EA8ZS 2-95

29-May 2-Jun 6W 6W1QV/P (AF-O45) 2-95 29-May 6-Jun DL DJ3XG DL6CGC DF5WBA (EU-O47) 2-73 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The sunspot number for May 24, 1998 was 41. The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado, for May 24, 1998, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 24-May-1998 21 96 15 3 LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;LOW/UNSETTLED-ACTIVE 24-May-1998 18 9O 12 3 LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;LOW/UNSETTLED-ACTIVE 24-May-1998 15 9O 12 2 LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;LOW/UNSETTLED-ACTIVE 24-May-1998 12 9O 12 1 LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;LOW/UNSETTLED-ACTIVE 24-May-1998 O9 9O 12 4 LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 24-May-1998 O6 9O 12 4 LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 24-May-1998 O3 9O 12 3 VERY LOW/QUIET-UNSET;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 24-May-1998 OO 9O 12 3 VERY LOW/QUIET-UNSET;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED The forecast for Monday, 25 May: solar flux 90, A index 10, K index 2. Monday should be High Normal. The forecast for Tuesday, 26 May: not available. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 3ZOAU SP6CZ CT98ARL CT1EWA OHOEA OH2KMG 4K8OADR 4J9RI CT98EXPO CT1REP RF2FWA DK4UW 4K9W DL6KVA ED1HS EA1HS TL8CK F6EWM 4LOCR IK7JTF EY1ZA W3HNK TMOAIX F5HA 5X1P G3MRC FG/F2HE F2HE TM1IF F5RBB 5X1T ON5NT FG5FC F6DZU TUOD TU2CI 7Q7EH AA9HD H75A N5FTR UN7LG KU9C 7XOAD EA4URE HBO/HB9LEY JH1BSE VK8AN/6 VK4AAR 9A7C KA9WON HL5KY W3HNK XK3NJ VA3NJ 9L1ZW JA9IFF IG9/I2VXJ I2EOW XM7P VE7ARS 9M2TO JAODMV JT1X HAOHW XX9TSS JK2PNY 9V1BG HJL1MWI KS4Q/YS9 KS4Q ZD9IL ZS5BBO BNOA JH3DPB MM/K5MK/P K5MK ZS2BBG DF1OC BXOYL BV4YB OHOCW OH2KMF UT4UZ, Yuri Onipko, P.O. Box 128, Kiev-58, 252O58, UKRAINE ZS5BBO - Edwin Musto, P.O. Box 211O32, Bluff 4O36, SOUTH AFRICA Jim Smith, VK9NS, reports all H4OAB QSL cards that have been received have been answered and mailed out. The H44AB cards will be worked on in a few weeks. When QSLing to Jim always send SAE and postage. QSL requests should be sent separate for each individual callsign. He is not the QSL manager for VK9NL. Remember VK9's do not have a QSL bureau. Elmo, EA5BYP, reports he should have the full color Guinea flag QSL cards for 3C1GS in about 2 to 3 weeks.

Jerry, UT4UZ, reports that he is now handling all of the QSL chores for his previous operations: 6W1/N2WCQ, 9N1UZ, EM4U, EO5U, US9D. Jim, PY7XC, should have the ZY6XC (SA-O8O) QSL cards from WX9X in a few weeks. QSL cards recently received: 3E1DX (NA-O72), 9K2RR, 9MOC, BY1QH, FS5PL, FT5XN, H4OAB, HK3JJH/HKOM, R1FJZ, TR8XX, VP8CXV, XU2A _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: AA1AC, DXNL, F5NOD, K1GE, K1MEM, K2BF, K3CT, K3DI, K3KO, K3KY, K6JG, KB3AUG, KC3AJ, KF2G, KH6BZF REPORTS, N2DL, N3OSH, N7OJ, NOAA, PY7ZZ, UAOFZ, UA3AB, W3KHZ, W8FJ, WA2VUY, YS1RR _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.OO for 6 months (25 weeks), or $49.OO for 12 months (5O weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3O25 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United States. _____________________________________________________________________ Copyright _ _____________________________________________________________________ THE DAILY DX _ is published Monday through Friday by Bernie McClenny, W3UR, 3O25 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, MD 21738 USA. This e-mail message and its contents are copyrighted and are proprietary products of THE DAILY DX _. Any unauthorized use, reproduction, or transfer of the message or its content, in any medium, is strictly prohibited. For permission to quote, reprint or repost this e-mail send a request to THE DAILY DX _ include date, volume and issue number. Check out THE DAILY DX _ homepage http://www.wdn.com/thedailydx or for additional information you may phone THE DAILY DX _ at 3O1-854-565O or fax at 3O1-854-51O5. Remember to tell all your DX friends about THE DAILY DX.

. ======================== *** The Daily DX _ *** ======================== Volume 2 Number 97 May 26, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ Headlines _____________________________________________________________________ Martti, OH2BH, and Pete, OH2PM, will operate the CQ WPX CW Contest from the Chinese Club station BY1QH. The two will use a Yaesu FT-1000MP and an Alpha 91B as they will be on all bands operating multi-single. Chris Henderson, G4FAM, will be in the CQ WPX CW Contest on 30 and 31 May as GS2MP. He will be operating from the North of Scotland Contest Group club station GM2MP as a single op on 20 meters only. QSL via the bureau to GM2MP. Jorge, CX6VM, will be active this weekend in the CQ WPX CW Contest as CX5X. He will mostly be on the high bands. QSL via W3HNK. The North of Scotland Contest Group (GM2MP, GM7V, GM8V) will have the distinct pleasure of operating in the IARU HF Championships on 11 and 12 July as GB5HQ. This will be the first time the RSGB Headquarters station will be operated from Scotland. The group will be operate multi-multi from the QTH of GM3WOJ. Mike, K3UOC, will shut down his operation from Saudi Arabia as 7Z5OO on 13 June. He has made over 110,000 QSOs and will head back to the US. He will participate in the CQ WPX CW Contest. QSL via N2AU. Wil, K6NDV, reports that Peter, 5X1T, will be on the air from Tanzania, 5H, starting Wednesday night. Peter will fly from Uganda to Tanzania today and will try to setup the station upon arrival. _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 3A/W8MV - MONACO - Mel was mostly working Europeans on 10107 yesterday for about 1 hour starting just before 20:00Z. QSL via W8MV. 5A1A - LIBYA - West Coast US and Europeans found Abubaker on 14215 around 16:45Z. 7Q7EH - MALAWI - JA's report working Charles from 13:40 to 15:00Z on 21028. QSL via AA9HD. 9M6AAT - WEST MALAYSIA - The Russian group operating from the Hillview Resort showed up on 14007 working North America and Europe from 16:00 to 20:00Z. QSL via UA9CI.

EP2MKO - IRAN - Ali was high up in the CW band yesterday as he was found on 14033 from about 20:50 to 22:00Z. He was logging stations from Europe, North America and Japan. FS5PL - ST. MARTIN - Lionel was hiding up on 14270 from 01:00 to 02:00Z yesterday. J28DB - DJIBOUTI - Stations from Japan and Europe were working this one on 21180 from 13:30 to 15:00Z. QSL via F4AAQ. JT1X - MONGOLIA - The Hungarian group has been having heavy QRN due to high voltage lines. Receiving on the low bands has been hard. They have tried a dipole and ground plane which have not help. They plan to put up a beverage next. Europeans should try 3507 between 19:00 and 20:00Z. Yesterdays activities were as follows: GMT Frequencies GMT Frequencies --- ----------- --- ----------- 05 18071 15 14080 06 18071 21011 16 14079 14195 08 14026 18141 17 7007 09 18141 18 10103 10 21011 24894 19 3507 10103 11 24894 20 3507 12 24895 21 7003 13 1821 21282 22 10103 14 18071 23 10103 OD5PN - LEBANON - Showed up on RTTY around 21:20Z on 14086 working US and Japan. QSL via LX1NO. SV5TS - DODECANESE - Japanese stations were working Vasilis on 21262 just before 14:00Z. TO5G - Guadeloupe - Has been very active on 20 meters SSB. QSL via FG5BG. T30RW - WEST KIRIBATI - Ron continues to operate CW, SSB and RTTY. Stations report working him at the following times: GMT Frequencies GMT Frequencies --- ----------- --- ----------- 00 18077 24892 13 14086 07 14024 14 14081 08 14083 21025 15 14227 10 21025 22 18077 11 14025 23 18077 24897 12 14025 14086 TR8KPJ - GABON - Showed up yesterday on 18116 around 19:30Z for about 30 minutes. QSL via F6CDK. UK8OM - UZBEKISTAN - Was all over the 12 meter CW band from 08:00 to 13:30Z working JA's and Europe. QSL via IK2QPR. VQ9GB - CHAGOS - Japanese and Europeans report working this one on 21010 between 12:40 and 13:30Z.

XV7SW - VIETNAM - East Coast US stations reported working Rolf just after 11:00Z on 14021. Z21CS - ZIMBABWE - Bill was working West Coast US stations yesterday on 18163 at 17:30Z. ZA1MH - ALBANIA - Mike has been showing up on 20 meters CW between 20:30 and 22:00Z. QSL via Z32KV. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AN-010 HF0POL 10110 2110 NA-034 W4/G0UIH 14258 2253 AS-020 BV4RA 21290 1247 NA-083 AA3DD 7030 0211 EU-005 GM4VHU 14211 1746 NA-102 TO5G 14213 1047 EU-008 GM0PNS 14265 1027 NA-105 FS5HI 14006 2241 EU-011 GM3VLB/P 14262 1146 NA-181 XM7P 14250 0544 EU-014 TK/PA3GIO/M 14257 1048 OC-027 FO5QG 14123 0823 EU-049 SV8DTD 21295 1942 OC-067 FO5NL 14130 0705 EU-057 DL0MVT 3792 2035 OC-070 YF8XOD 21261 1051 EU-084 SM0OIG/5 14264 2021 OC-140 H44NC 14260 0752 EU-098 DL2VRF/P 14022 0819 OC-154 VK8AN/6 14026 1244 NA-029 VY2RO 14081 1806 Fred, SM7DAY, will be active from Angistri Island as SV8/SM7DAY through 14 June. Look for him on booth CW and SSB mostly on the 20 meters IOTA frequency. QSL via the bureau or direct to Fred Rahlenbeck, Arkitektgaten 21, SE-215 63 Malmoe, Sweden. IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- -------------- 26-May 3-Jun 4S 4S7BRG 2-31 26-May 3-Jun 5B 5B4/T97M 5B4/T93Y 2-96 26-May 29-May 5B Lots of Russians 2-96 26-May 27-May 9H 9H3UT (EU-023) 2-80 26-May 4-Jun 9M6 9M6AAT 2-96 26-May 27-May CT3 CT3/DK4KL 2-88 26-May 1-Jun FT5X FT5XN (AF-048) 179 26-May 5-Jun I IA5/IK4CIE (EU-028) 2-91 26-May 2-Jun JT JT1X update 2-43 2-24 26-May 31-Oct JX JX7DFA (EU-022) 2-20 26-May 30-Jun SP SN0JG 2-59 26-May 2-Jun SV9 GM0UTD 2-91 26-May 29-May T30 T30RW 2-95 26-May 30-May TK TK/PA3GIO/M (EU-014 maybe EU-164) 2-90 26-May 31-May V6 V63DC (OC-010) by NG7S 2-94 2-56 26-May 31-May VK9L VK9LX 3-40 26-May 29-May W W4/G0UIH/M (NA-034 052 069 076 085 142) 2-85

26-May 1-Jun XV XV7SV 2-31 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The sunspot number for May 25, 1998 was 57. The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado, for May 25, 1998, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 25-May-1998 21 92 14 3 VERY LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;VY LOW-LOW/QUIET-ACT 25-May-1998 18 96 14 4 VERY LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE 25-May-1998 15 96 14 2 VERY LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 25-May-1998 12 96 14 3 VERY LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;LOW/UNSETTLED 25-May-1998 09 96 14 4 VERY LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;LOW/UNSETTLED 25-May-1998 06 96 14 2 LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;LOW/UNSETTLED 25-May-1998 03 96 14 2 LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;LOW/UNSETTLED 25-May-1998 00 96 14 2 LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;LOW/UNSETTLED-ACTIVE The forecast for Tuesday, 26 May: solar flux 100, A index 10, K index 2. Tuesday should be High Normal. The forecast for Wednesday, 27 May: solar flux 105, A index 8, K index 2. Wednesday should be High Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 3A/W8MV W8MV 9M6AAT UA9CI T32RT W6UC 4S7BRG HB9BRM FK8FU NA5U TR8KPJ F6CDK 9H1EL LA2TO FM5JY F5JYD Z31JA NO6X 9H3XJ DL7JF J28DB F4AAQ QSL cards recently received: SV2ASP/A _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: CX6VM, GM3WOJ, JA0DAI, K6NDV, KC3AJ, KH6BZF REPORTS, N3OSH, NOAA, NX4D, OH2BH, W3LEO _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), or $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United States. _____________________________________________________________________ Copyright _ _____________________________________________________________________ THE DAILY DX _ is published Monday through Friday by Bernie McClenny,

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. ======================== *** The Daily DX _ *** ======================== Volume 2 Number 98 May 26, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ Headlines _____________________________________________________________________ During the 24 hours of Le Mans on 6 and 7 June 1998, local hams in France will be on the air as TM6ACO. Look for this special event station on HF and VHF. QSL via F6KFI. The Bahamas will be celebrating 25 years of independence on 10 July 1998. During the month of July amateurs from this island nation will be allowed to sign 6A25xx. The "xx" will be the last two letters of their present callsign. _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 3B8CF - MAURITIUS - Jacky can be found most days on 30 meters CW between 03:00 and 03:30Z. QSL direct to CBA. 5A1A - LIBYA - Abubaker was practicing his CW on 21055 at 11:45Z. 5Z4RL - KENYA - Rob was found on 21250 working Europe and East Coast US stations at 19:00Z. 6W1RB - SENEGAL - Marie (YL) was active on 21300 working Europe, North and South America between 18:20 and 19:20Z. C91W - MOZAMBIQUE - Japanese stations report working this one yesterday on 21254 around 14:30Z. QSL via W8GIO. JT1X - MONGOLIA - The Hungarians continue to be active mostly on CW. Yesterday they were reported as follows: GMT Frequencies GMT Frequencies --- ----------- --- ----------- 03 14011 15 10107 04 18071 17 10105 05 18071 18 3508 10106 07 14011 19 7007 10 21011 24891 21 7007 18071 12 3507 22 7007 18141 13 14011 T30RW - WEST KIRIBATI - Ron, ZL1AMO, was very active on the new bands (ex WARC). He has not said where he will go next. His activities were as follows: GMT Frequencies GMT Frequencies

--- ----------- --- ----------- 00 18077 10 18073 03 18073 11 18073 05 10107 12 18073 06 10107 13 18073 21008 09 18073 22 18077 TR8KPJ - GABON - Has been active on 17 meters SSB. Yesterday he was found on 18112 between 20:00 and 21:00Z working Europe and Japan. XUF2B - CAMBODIA - West Coast US stations reported Harv on 10111 at 14:00Z. QSL via N4JR. XV7SW - VIETNAM - Rolf was once again active on 20 meters CW as he was found on 14021. Europeans, East Coast North Americans and South Americans found him there between 10:30 and 11:00Z. ZB2 - GIBRALTAR - Japanese stations found ZB2/DL5JAB on 18071 just before 16:00Z and ZB2/DL5JAN on 14020 at 20:45Z. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AS-017 JR6EA 14201 1240 EU-082 U1ZA/A 14003 1105 EU-004 EA6AEI 14260 0646 EU-084 SM0OIG/5 14265 1150 EU-008 GM0PNS 14277 1109 EU-125 OZ/DL1IAN 14265 1101 EU-008 GM3VLB/P 14260 1212 NA-027 VO1GO 14260 2320 EU-014 TK/PA3GIO/P 14260 0909 NA-102 TO5G 14218 0252 EU-049 SV8CYV 14255 1225 OC-154 VK8AN/6 14260 0810 The Florida West Coast DX Ring plans to activate Dry Tortugas Island (NA-079) during the RSGB IOTA Contest in late July. The operators for this operation are: Bruce, AA4XR, Alice, AI4K, Marv, KC2KU, Al, KJ9N, Austin, KR4GN, Bud, WK9Z, Bruce, WT8T, and Luis, XE1L. Italian operators Tony, IK1QBT, Nino, IK1ZOZ, Alex, IK1OXF, and Franco, I1FX will operate from Gallinara Island (EU-083) on 6 and 7 June and 13 and 14 June. They will use IA1/homecall on all band CW and SSB. Look for them on the normal IOTA frequencies. QSL via home calls. The Association of Radioamateurs of Venezuela (ARV) and the Grupo DX Caracas will operate YW5LB from La Blanquilla Island (SA-037) in celebration of Venezuelan Navy Day. The operation will take place from 16 to 19 July as they will be on all bands from 2 to 160 meters on CW, SSB, RTTY, Satellite and packet. QSL via W4SO. IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar

_____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- -------------- 27-May 3-Jun 4S 4S7BRG 2-31 27-May 3-Jun 5B 5B4/T97M 5B4/T93Y 2-96 27-May 29-May 5B Lots of Russians 2-96 27-May 27-May 9H 9H3UT (EU-023) 2-80 27-May 4-Jun 9M6 9M6AAT 2-96 27-May 29-May CP CP6/LU9AUY 2-95 27-May 27-May CT3 CT3/DK4KL 2-88 27-May 1-Jun FT5X FT5XN (AF-048) 1-179 27-May 3-Jun HI DF1IC/HI8 2-91 27-May 5-Jun I IA5/IK4CIE (EU-028) 2-91 27-May 2-Jun JT JT1X update 2-43 2-24 27-May 31-Oct JX JX7DFA (EU-022) 2-20 27-May 30-Jun SP SN0JG 2-59 27-May 14-Jun SV SV8/SM7DAY 2-97 27-May 2-Jun SV9 GM0UTD 2-91 27-May 29-May T30 T30RW 2-95 27-May 30-May TK TK/PA3GIO/M (EU-014 maybe EU-164) 2-90 27-May 3-Jun V2 V26TT V26GG 2-86 27-May 31-May V6 V63DC (OC-010) by NG7S 2-94 2-56 27-May 31-May VK9L VK9LX 3-40 27-May 2-Jun VP2V VP2VDX 2-85 27-May 29-May W W4/G0UIH/M (NA-034 052 069 076 0 2-85 27-May 1-Jun XV XV7SV 2-31 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The sunspot number for May 26, 1998 was 49. The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado, for May 26, 1998, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 26-May-1998 21 93 8 3 LOW/QUIET-UNSET;VY LOW-LOW/QUIET-UNSET 26-May-1998 18 92 14 3 VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET;VY LOW-LOW/QUIET-UNSET 26-May-1998 15 92 14 2 VY LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;VY LOW-LOW/QUIET-UNSET 26-May-1998 12 92 14 1 VY LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 26-May-1998 09 92 14 1 VY LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE 26-May-1998 06 92 14 0 VY LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE 26-May-1998 03 92 14 3 VY LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE 26-May-1998 00 92 14 2 VY LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE The forecast for Wednesday, 27 May: solar flux 94, A index 8, K index 2. Wednesday should be High Normal. The forecast for Thursday, 28 May: solar flux 96, A index 8, K index 2. Thursday should be High Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 4S7DA W3HNK C91W W8GIO TA2IJ DJ9ZB 5B4/RZ3BY YL2KL CT3/DK4KL DK4KL UA9OS W3HNK 7Z5OO N2AU CT98BOH W3HNK V26TT K5TT

9K2AI IK7JTF FO5QG XE1L Z31JA NO6X 9N1FP RU6FP KG4WD W4WX ZD7WRG WA2JUN BV5BG IK7JTF T30RW ZL1AMO US4IXQ - Ed Repienko, P.O. Box 418, Makeevka-41, Donetsk region, 339041 UKRAINE QSL cards recently received: 7Z1IS, 9M0C, CY0DX, H40AB, HH2PK, JX7DFA, TA2BK, TU2XZ, V51CM, XW30 _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: DL2MIH, F15452, K3SX, K6IR, KC3AJ, KD4IFV, KH6BZF REPORTS, N3OSH, N9PQU, NOAA, NX4D, W3LEO, W3PO, W5PS, WO2N _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), or $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United States. _____________________________________________________________________ Copyright _ _____________________________________________________________________ THE DAILY DX _ is published Monday through Friday by Bernie McClenny, W3UR, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, MD 21738 USA. This e-mail message and its contents are copyrighted and are proprietary products of THE DAILY DX _. Any unauthorized use, reproduction, or transfer of the message or its content, in any medium, is strictly prohibited. For permission to quote, reprint or repost this e-mail send a request to THE DAILY DX _ include date, volume and issue number. Check out THE DAILY DX _ homepage http://www.wdn.com/thedailydx or for additional information you may phone THE DAILY DX _ at 301-854-5650 or fax at 301-854-5105. Remember to tell all your DX friends about THE DAILY DX.

. ======================== *** The Daily DX _ *** ======================== Volume 2 Number 99 May 28, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ Headlines _____________________________________________________________________ Igor, UA9CDC, is one of the 9M6AAT operators and reports they will operate multi-single in the CQ WPX CW Contest this weekend. He reports propagation has not been very good and that they have not made any QSOs on 10 meters. He will be on 80 and 160 meters all night. Look for him on 1826, 3508 and 3795. QSL via UA9CI. Carlos, LA9PJA/JW9PJA, Odd, LA1ZDA/JW1ZDA, and Trond, LA8NHA/JW8NHA, will be active from Svalbard Island from 31 May to 3 June. They will have equipment for HF, 6 meters and satellite. _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 3W6KA - VIETNAM - Was found on 14195 yesterday from 09:40 to 10:20Z. 4K53CW - AZERBAIJAN - Serge was working East Coast US stations on 14201 late yesterday (23:50Z) through early (01:45Z) today. 5A1A - LIBYA - Abubaker is on the air just about every day. usually he does not stay around for very long. Yesterday he stuck around on 14210 for over an hour starting around 18:20Z. 5H3LM - KENYA - Was found on RTTY on 14085 between 18:00 and 19:00Z. 7Z1AB - SAUDI ARABIA - Showed up on 21260 yesterday working mostly Europe and some North America from 18:00 to 19:30Z. QSL via KN4F. AP2AGJ - PAKISTAN - Was on 18150 around 17:20Z. Look for him today on 17 meters SSB around 18:00Z. CT3/DL3KWR - MADEIRA - Rosel (YL) was active on 14003 for over an hour starting around 19:20Z. QSL via DL3KWR. ET3AA - ETHIOPIA - Europeans report working this one on 21296 just before 16:00Z. EX8MLE - KYRGYZSTAN - JA's and Europeans were working Serge at 15:00Z on 18153 and later at 16:30Z on 18081. QSL via IK2QPR. EY8YW - TADJIKISTAN - North Americans found Tanya (YL) on 14225 today at 02:30Z. FO5NL - FRENCH POLYNESIA - Europeans should check 14123

daily between 04:00 and 08:00Z. FO5NL - MARQUESAS ISLANDS - Although not yet a new country this one should be soon. Jose can also be found between 04:00 and 08:00Z on 14123 or 14190. QSL via XE1L. FR5DX - REUNION ISLAND - Herik has been showing up the last few days near 14210 just before 04:00Z. He use to not QSL very well but seems to be on top of it these days. QSL via CBA. Do not put Reunion on your envelope. Make sure you include France though. JT1X - MONGOLIA - East Coast US stations reported working the Hungarians on 18071 starting around 23:00Z yesterday through 02:00Z today. QSL via HA0HW. JY8YB - JORDAN - JY8 is the prefix for visiting amateurs. This one was on 18075 at 16:20Z and on 10118 at 19:40Z. QSL via DL5MBY. OD5PN - LEBANON - JA's report working him on 14257 between 20:00 and 21:00Z. P29VR - PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Showed up on 21249 around 11:00Z working both Europe and Japan. T30RW - WEST KIRIBATI - Ron did not show up yesterday. The question is did he go home or will he show up from another Pacific Island? QSL via ZL1AMO. TJ1HP - CAMEROON - Has been showing up on 17 meters SSB between 22:00 and 00:00Z. JA's and North Americans should keep an ear open for him. QSL via F6FNU. TT8JWM - CHAD - Jim was on 14209 at 20:40Z. QSL via N4RXL. V26GG - ANTIGUA - Japanese stations found him on 18127 just before 21:00Z. XUF2B - CAMBODIA - Yesterday Harv was on between 15:20 and 16:20 on 14015. QSL via N4JR. XV7SW - VIETNAM - Those needing this semi-rare South East Asian country should try near 14020 just before 11:00Z. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AS-028 UA0QMU 14002 2009 NA-034 W4/G0UH/M 14260 2134 EU-008 GM3VLB/P 14261 1322 NA-065 KB7SUR 28405 0524 EU-014 TK/PA3GIO/M 14260 1015 NA-110 K9JWV 14026 0142 EU-020 SM1OII 14008 0154 NA-141 WB4KKL 14260 0008 EU-024 IS0/DL2SBY 14260 2001 OC-067 FO5NL 14123 0638 EU-084 SM0OIG/5 14263 2049 OC-070 YE8XM 21310 0343 EU-125 OZ/DL1IAN 14261 1802 OC-154 VK8AN/6 14260 0547

NA-027 VO1GO 14260 0009 Gerard was active from Cayos Cochinos (NA-160) from 16 to 19 May as HR3/F2JD. On the air he was giving NA-057 as his IOTA. This was a mistake on his part. Gerard said "I am very sorry for my mistake but I haven't my IOTA list with me". Dan, VK8AN, will be active from Troughton Island (OC-154) as VK8AN/6 until 3 June. Check 21260 and 14260. He may also be on 12 and 17 meters. QSL via VK4AAR, Alan Roocroft, C/O Post Office, Dalveeen, QLD 4374 AUSTRALIA. Don, W4ZYT, will operate from Ireland as EI2IM from 12 to 25 June. He hopes to operate from Inismore in the Aran Islands (EU-006) sometime during this trip. If he does look for him to use EJ/EI2IM/P. He plans to be mostly on CW on 10 through 40 meters. Best wishes IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- -------------- 28-May 3-Jun 4S 4S7BRG 2-31 28-May 3-Jun 5B 5B4/T97M 5B4/T93Y 2-96 28-May 29-May 5B Lots of Russians 2-96 28-May 4-Jun 9M6 9M6AAT 2-96 28-May 29-May CP CP6/LU9AUY 2-95 28-May 31-May CY9 CY9RF (NA-094) 2-70 28-May 2-Jun EA8 EA8ZS 2-95 28-May 1-Jun FT5X FT5XN (AF-048) 1-179 28-May 3-Jun HI DF1IC/HI8 2-91 28-May 5-Jun I IA5/IK4CIE (EU-028) 2-91 28-May 2-Jun JT JT1X 2-43 2-24 28-May 31-Oct JX JX7DFA (EU-022) 2-20 28-May 31-May PY PQ5L PR5R (SA-047) 2-88 2-42 28-May 30-Jun SP SN0JG 2-59 28-May 14-Jun SV SV8/SM7DAY 2-97 28-May 2-Jun SV9 GM0UTD 2-91 28-May 29-May T30 T30RW 2-95 28-May 30-May TK TK/PA3GIO/M (EU-014 maybe EU-164 2-90 28-May 3-Jun V2 V26TT V26GG 2-86 28-May 31-May V6 V63DC (OC-010) by NG7S 2-94 2-56 28-May 31-May VK9L VK9LX 3-40 28-May 2-Jun VP2V VP2VDX 2-85 28-May 29-May W W4/G0UIH/M (NA-034 052 069 076 0 2-85 28-May 1-Jun XV XV7SV 2-31 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The sunspot number for May 26, 1998 was 49. The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado, for May 27, 1998, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 27-May-1998 21 94 8 2 LOW/QUIET-UNSET;LOW/QUIET-UNSET 27-May-1998 18 93 8 2 LOW/QUIET-UNSET;LOW/QUIET-UNSET 27-May-1998 15 93 8 2 LOW/QUIET-UNSET;LOW/QUIET-UNSET 27-May-1998 12 93 8 2 LOW/QUIET-UNSET;VY LOW-LOW/QUIET-UNSET 27-May-1998 09 93 8 2 LOW/QUIET-UNSET;VY LOW-LOW/QUIET-UNSET 27-May-1998 06 93 8 3 LOW/QUIET-UNSET;VY LOW-LOW/QUIET-UNSET 27-May-1998 03 93 8 2 LOW/QUIET-UNSET;VY LOW-LOW/QUIET-UNSET 27-May-1998 00 93 8 2 LOW/QUIET-UNSET;VY LOW-LOW/QUIET-UNSET The forecast for Thursday, 28 May: solar flux 96, A index 10, K index 2. Thursday should be High Normal. The forecast for Friday, 29 May: solar flux 96, A index 8, K index 2. Friday should be High Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ The following QSL cards were recently received and information was taken directly from the cards listed below: 9V1XX via 7K3CKK BD4DC Ralph Chian, 573 Fu-Xing-Zhong-Lu, Shanghai 200025, CHINA BG5IK X. R. Zeng, P. O. Box 010, Nan Ning, Guang Xi 530001, CHINA CN8KD Mohamed Kharbouche, P. O. Box 6343, 10101 Rabat, MOROCCO CP4CR via IK2UVU D68YN via HB9CYN D68YV via HB9CYV DS3ACV Yang Hae Cheon, Karam APT 3-501, Samchun-dong, Seo-gu, Taejon 302-222, KOREA DS3BIS Wang Jong Ran, Karam APT 3-501, Samchun-dong, Seo-gu, Taejon 302-222, KOREA DS5ASS Young Ran Han, 101-1008 Hankuk CaproLactam Company House, 665-1, Sunam-dong, Nam-gu, Ulsan 680-100 KOREA DS5AST Myoung Sun Oh, 101-1008 Hankuk CaproLactam Company House, 665-1, Sunam-dong, Nam-gu, Ulsan 680-100 KOREA DS5WKW Jong Ho Jang, Jugong APT 2-501, Jangsung-dong, Pohang 791-260, KOREA FG5EY via F6EYB H40AB via VK9NS HC4NAR Raul Armas, P. O. Box 13-01-326, Portoviejo, Manabi, ECUADOR HL0K Hankuk Aviation University Amateur Radio Club, 200-1 Hwajun-dong, Dukyang-gu, Koyang, Kyonggi 411-791, KOREA HL2BM Kim Hong Jong, P. O. Box 1, Hoengge, Kangwon 232-950, KOREA HL2DJW Choi Kyu Bum, Bongyang 1-Ri, Jeongseon-eup, Kangwon 233-800, KOREA HL2DKL Park Dong Suk, Bongyang 1-Ri, Jeongseon-eup, Kangwon 233-800, KOREA HL2LMW Bok Gwi Moon, 1007-104 Jukong APT, 550 Eunhaeng-2 dong, Jungwon-ku, Seongnam 462-152, KOREA HL2WA Dong Kyu Lee, 1007-104 Jukong APT, 550 Eunhaeng-2 dong, Jungwon-ku, Seongnam 462-152, KOREA HL5FBT Keum Cheol Kim, P. O. Box 34, Namdaegu 705-600, KOREA HL5JAC Soo Chun Oh, 101-1008 Hankuk CaproLactam Company House, 665-1, Sunam-dong, Nam-gu, Ulsan 680-100 KOREA HL5PRU Yong Ki Han, APT 3-508, 332-6 Puam 1-dong, Pusanjin-Gu, Pusan 614-091, KOREA

HS6CMT via JA7FYF J43PTR Radio Amateur Association of West Peloponese, P. O. Box 12, GR-260 03 Patra, GREECE LX4B via LX1TI VK9LZ via N0AH VP9ANV via WB2YQH VQ9KK via KB0QKK XX9BB Leong Kam Po, P. O. Box 6018, MACAU XX9EH John Leong, P. O. Box 6018, MACAU YB7UE D. A. Farianto, P. O. Box 6731 JKUKP, Jakarta 14250B, INDONESIA YC0GKY Mulyani Retno, P. O. Box 6731 JKUKP, Jakarta 14250B, INDONESIA YC0LBK Suryadi Umar, Jl. Kalibata No. 12 Rt. 06/01, Jakarta 12750, INDONESIA ZP5BMR Nene Barboza, Av. San Martin 1799, 1767 Asuncion, PARAGUAY ZP5FEL Felix Echeverria Insfran, C. C. 1969, 1209 Asuncion, PARAGUAY ZP7CLA Carlos Alberto Lohse Kiese, C. C. 36, 5000 Villarica, PARAGUAY ZP7CWA Lorgio Roberto Aguilera, P. O. Box 001, Caaguazu, PARAGUAY ZP9CN Antero Gustavo Carlson N., P. O. Box 145, 6000 Encarnacion, PARAGUAY ZP9DZA Helmut Paster, C. C. 412, 7000 Ciudad del Este, PARAGUAY ZP9TVA Euclides Toledo, C. C. 533, 7000 Ciudad del Este, PARAGUAY _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: F6AJA, K3ZO, KC3AJ, KH6BZF REPORTS, LA9PJA, Les Nouvelles DX, N3OSH, NOAA, UA9CDC _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), or $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United States. _____________________________________________________________________ Copyright _ _____________________________________________________________________ THE DAILY DX _ is published Monday through Friday by Bernie McClenny, W3UR, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, MD 21738 USA. This e-mail message and its contents are copyrighted and are proprietary products of THE DAILY DX _. Any unauthorized use, reproduction, or transfer of the message or its content, in any medium, is strictly prohibited. For permission to quote, reprint or repost this e-mail send a request to THE DAILY DX _ include date, volume and issue number. Check out THE DAILY DX _ homepage http://www.wdn.com/thedailydx or for additional information you may phone THE DAILY DX _ at 301-854-5650 or fax at 301-854-5105. Remember to tell all your DX friends about THE DAILY DX.

. ======================== *** The Daily DX _ *** ======================== Volume 2 Number 100 May 29, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ Headlines _____________________________________________________________________ Motoi, JK2PNY, is currently operating from Taipa Island (AS-075), Macau as XX9TSS. His main emphasis is working JA's on 6 meters and he will be there for another three days. He did construct a 17 meter vertical dipole and was there yesterday. Conditions were so good he was working North America at 13:00Z. QSL via JK2PNY. The DX News Sheet reports the following PA6 stations will be on the air for prefix collectors: 29 May - 1 Jun PA6VPK 6 Jun - 7 Jun PA6APD 6 Jun - 7 Jun PA6R 6 Jun - 7 Jun PA6T 6 Jun - 7 Jun PA6NZ 21 Aug - 23 Aug PA6NH 10 Sep - 17 Sep PA6APD Don, N1DG, will be active from the United Arab Emirates when not working from 1 to 7 June. He will be on RTTY, 30 meters and RS-12 from A61AD. While he is there he plans to meet with A61AQ to get the long awaited logs from him. Please be patient just a little longer. QSL via N1DG. DL7VOG will be active in the Bahamas as C6AKA from 30 May to 17 June. Look for him to be on from Bimini, Crooked, and New Providence Islands. He will be on 6 through 80 meters on all modes. His preference is CW and RTTY. He plans to be in the CQ WPX CW Contest this weekend. QSL via DL7VOG. DL2DQW will be active from Iceland (EU-021) starting today through 4 June as TF3/DL2DQW. He hope to possibly go to Westman Island (EU-071) on 5 and 6 June, if he does look for TF7/DL2DQW. He will operate all bands both CW and SSB. QSL via DL2DQW. Amateurs from Cambridge, Ontario have been given permission to use the VF3 prefix in place of the VE3 and VG3 in place of VA3 to celebrate the 25th of the city from 22 June to 5 July. Fred, K1EFI, will once again be on the air from Southampton Parish, Bermuda as K1EFI/VP9 from 1 to 8 June. QSL via K1EFI. Radio Budapest has been heard the last two days on 14010 between 00:00 and 01:00Z. This is a intermodulation product resulting from their transmissions on 9810 and 11910 kHz.

_____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 3V8BB - TUNISIA - Hrane, YT1AD, is here for the weekend. He was on 21022 just before 21:00Z. QSL via YT1AD. 5A1A - LIBYA - Abubaker was coming through on 10 meters to the East Coast of the US yesterday just before 18:00Z on 28495. AP2AGJ - PAKISTAN - Amir is a recently new licensed amateur from the capital city Karachi. He has been active the last two days on 17 meters SSB. Look for him near 18150 at 15:00 and 18:00Z. QSL info below. BD4ED - PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA - Ed was all over the 17 meter CW band and also showed up on SSB. East Coast US stations were hearing him from 12:20 to 16:00Z. E21CJN - THAILAND - Tham was found on 21024 at 14:30Z. QSL via W3PP (ex K3WUW). EL2DT - LIBERIA - Europeans and South Americans found Dickson on 21297 around 19:00Z. GJ3EML - JERSEY - John was working across the US on 18075 yesterday around 14:40Z. HV4NAC - VATICAN - Was on 20 meters RTTY between 17:00 and 18:00Z. QSL via IK0FVC. JL1KFR/JD1 - MINAMI TORISHIMA - Ryo was very active yesterday on the 17 meter band. From 08:40 to 09:15 he was reported on 18072 and from 09:45 to 12:45 on 18079. QSL via JL1KFR. XX9TSS - MACAU - Motoi has been active on 17 meters SSB. Check between 23:00 and 02:00Z also 13:00 to 14:00Z. East Coast US stations reported he was louder during the 13 to 14Z time frame. QSL via JK2PNY. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AS-007 JH4JNG 14002 1610 EU-049 SV8DTD 21297 2024 AS-053 E21AOY 21040 1058 EU-082 U1ZA/A 14003 0707 AS-075 XX9TSS 18112 1316 EU-124 GW4WJO 18072 0724 EU-008 GM3VLB/M 14260 0815 NA-051 VE7QCR 14260 1549 EU-013 GJ3EML 18075 1445 NA-067 K4EP/P 14260 2316 EU-014 TA/PA3GIO/M 14260 1059 OC-027 FO5QG 14123 0502 EU-017 ID9/IT9HLN 14260 2118 OC-070 YC8VIP 21281 1405 EU-022 JX7DFA 14195 2300 SA-006 PJ9/ON4CFD 14259 0126 EU-024 IS0/DL2SBY 14260 1938 SA-036 P43E 14260 2310

Phil, G3SWH, will activate again from Mykonos Island (EU-067), Greece from 10 to 17 June. Look for him to be signing SV8/G3SWH on 10 through 80 meters CW. QSL via G3SWH. IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- -------------- 29-May 29-May CP CP6/LU9AUY 2-95 29-May 29-May 5B Lots of Russians 2-96 29-May 29-May T30 T30RW 2-95 29-May 29-May W W4/G0UIH/M (NA-034 052 069 076 085) 2-85 29-May 30-May TK TK/PA3GIO/M (EU-014) 2-90 29-May 31-May CY9 CY9RF (NA-094) 2-70 29-May 31-May PY PQ5L PR5R (SA-047) 2-88 2-42 29-May 31-May V6 V63DC (OC-010) by NG7S 2-94 2-56 29-May 31-May VK9L VK9LX 3-40 29-May 1-Jun FT5X FT5XN (AF-048) 1-179 29-May 1-Jun XV XV7SV 2-31 29-May 2-Jun 6W 6W1QV/P (AF-045) 2-95 29-May 2-Jun EA8 EA8ZS 2-95 29-May 2-Jun SV9 GM0UTD 2-91 29-May 2-Jun JT JT1X 2-43 2-24 29-May 2-Jun VP2V VP2VDX 2-85 29-May 3-Jun 4S 4S7BRG 2-31 29-May 3-Jun 5B 5B4/T97M 5B4/T93Y 2-96 29-May 3-Jun HI DF1IC/HI8 2-91 29-May 3-Jun V2 V26TT V26GG 2-86 29-May 3-Jun VK VK8AN/6 (OC-154) 2-99 29-May 4-Jun 9M6 9M6AAT 2-96 29-May 5-Jun I IA5/IK4CIE (EU-028) 2-91 29-May 6-Jun DL DJ3XG DL6CGC DF5WBA (EU-047) 2-73 29-May 14-Jun SV SV8/SM7DAY 2-97 29-May 30-Jun SP SN0JG 2-59 29-May 31-Oct JX JX7DFA (EU-022) 2-20 30-May 31-May HZ 7Z5OO 30-May 31-May LU AZ4F 30-May 31-May BY BY1QH 2-97 30-May 31-May 5B C40M 30-May 31-May 5B C46A 2-95 30-May 31-May 5B C4W 2-95 30-May 31-May CP CP6AA 2-95 30-May 31-May CQ World Wide WPX CW Contest 30-May 31-May CX CX5AN 30-May 31-May CX CX5X 2-97 30-May 31-May DU DU1/DL5ZAH 30-May 31-May UR EM4U 30-May 31-May GM GS2MP 2-97 30-May 31-May 5B H24LP 2-95 30-May 31-May I IQ6T 30-May 31-May KH2 K9AW/KH2 30-May 31-May KH2 KH2D 30-May 31-May KH2 N2NL/NH2 30-May 31-May TA N9NC/TA3 2-85 30-May 31-May KP4 NP4Z 30-May 31-May OH0 OH0W 2-95 30-May 31-May 5B P3A 2-96

30-May 31-May UA0 RN0A 30-May 31-May UA0 RS0F 2-96 30-May 31-May SU SU0ERA 2-90 30-May 31-May FK TX8A 2-90 31-May 3-Jun JW JW9PJA JW1ZDA JW8NHA 2-99 2-67 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The sunspot number for May 27, 1998 was 49. The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado, for May 28, 1998, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 28-May-1998 21 98 7 2 MODERATE/QUIET-UNSET;LOW-MOD/QUIET-UNSET 28-May-1998 18 94 8 3 MODERATE/QUIET-UNSET;LOW-MOD/QUIET-UNSET 28-May-1998 15 94 8 1 MODERATE/QUIET-UNSET;LOW-MOD/QUIET-UNSET 28-May-1998 12 94 8 0 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 28-May-1998 09 94 8 1 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 28-May-1998 06 94 8 2 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 28-May-1998 03 94 8 2 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 28-May-1998 00 94 8 2 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED The forecast for Friday, 29 May: solar flux 94, A index 8, K index 2. Friday should be High Normal. The forecast for Saturday, 30 May: solar flux 96, A index 10, K index 2. Saturday should be High Normal. The forecast for Sunday, 31 May: solar flux , A index , K index . Sunday should be . _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 4K80ADR 4J9RI CT98BOH W3HNK JY8YB DL5MBY 5B4/RA3CW YL2KL EY1ZA DJ1SKO P38M YL2KL 5B4/T93Y W6MD EY8YW DJ1SKO TT8JWM N4RXL 5B4/T97M K2PF FG5FC F6DZU V26GG W5AO 7Z1AB KN4F HB0/DA1WA DJ0UC V26TT K5TT 9M2EU JA2EJI HC6CR NE8Z V63RL NG7S C4CQ YL2KL JL1KFR/JD1 JL1KFR XX9TSS JK2PNY CT3/DL3KWR DL3KWR 4J9RI - Serge, Box 116, Ktoprak 81031, Istanbul, TURKEY AP2AGJ - Amir Gulistan Janjua, Governor House, Peshawar, PAKISTAN DL7FT - Frank Turek, P.O. Box 1421, 14004 Berlin, GERMANY F5RQQ - Jean-Marc Vigier, 4 impasse des lys, 63800 Cournon D'Auvergne, FRANCE JL1KFR/JD1 - Ryoichi Tojo, 2-5-37-1-102, Miyazaki, Chuo-ku, Chiba City, Chiba 260-0806, JAPAN QSL cards recently received: A61AJ, CY0DX, EK6GC, EP3HR, EW3LB, FR5ZQ/T, H40AB, HC8MA, JW5HE, K4AU/WH1, T31BB, TJ1HP, TR8SS, TU2XP, UN5PR, XW30 _____________________________________________________________________

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. ======================== *** The Daily DX _ *** ======================== Volume 2 Number 101 June 1, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ Headlines _____________________________________________________________________ Jim Smith, VK9NS, reports that he recently received a phone call from Tom Stokes, VK5TS/VK0TS, who was active from Macquarie Island in mid 1997. Tom is now in Western Australia and informs that he is unable to go back to Macquarie Island due to a recent policy change with Australian National Antarctic Research Expedition. The change will not allow consecutive assignments to any of the ANARE bases. However he has been accepted to an assignment at the Davis Base on Antarctica and will use VK0TS from their. Jim advised Tom to get a reliable QSL manager to continue to handle the Macquarie Island QSL cards. For those still in need of a card they should send immediately as Tom will be leaving for Davis in July. Jim also reported receiving a letter from Graeme Currie, VK0GC, who just barely made it back from Davis Base, Antarctica. Jim has the logs for Graeme's past operations. French amateurs from Normandy have been authorized to us the following prefixes on 6 and 7 June to commemorate the invasion of France: F, HX, HY, TM, TO, TQ, TV, TX. The "Utah Beach Award" is available to anyone working and confirming 3 QSOs. Ask Normandy stations for full details. _____________________________________________________________________ Silent Keys _____________________________________________________________________ Rony, PS7AB, reports the passing of Gilberto Affonso Penna, PY1AFA, who organized the WWSA Contest CW since 1981. Jerry Hagen, W4IX (ex AD4MA, N6AV, WA6GLD), passed away on 18 May after a long battle with cancer. Jerry enjoyed both DXing and Contesting and was the DX editor for CQ for several years. I am sure by now everyone has heard of the passing of former US Senator Barry Goldwater, K7UGA, who died on 29 May. I was fortunate to have a QSO with the Senator in the early 80's on the local DX simplex frequency. I was a teenager and had about a 30 minute QSO. I guess the thing that really amazed me after the QSO was that he was just like any other person. He seemed to enjoy the QSO just as much as I did and was in no hurry to stop the conversation. Our condolences are with the Penna, Hagen and Goldwater families. _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ During the CQ WPX CW Contest this weekend the following unique stations were active: 3DA5A, 3V8BB, 4K80ADR, 4U1WB, 6Y6A, 9M6AAT, A45XR, AZ4F, C46A, CY7A, H20A, HZ1HZ, J45KLN, J49IL, L36E, L50I, LT1F, P3A, T88X, TX8A, UD6M, V63RL, VR98BG, XUF2B, XV7SW, ZM1A, ZX5J

5N1SYT - NIGERIA - Was found on 15 meters SSB around 14:00Z on Friday. 5X1T - UGANDA - Peter, ON6TT, was very active this weekend on 15, 17 and 20 meters SSB. 7P8HH - LESOTHO - Was reported by Asians on 21370 just before 14:30Z on Sunday. D2AI - ANGOLA - Diaz can be found often on 20 meters RTTY between 16:00 and 18:00Z. EP2P - IRAN - This is one of those work it first worry later stations. On Friday he was on 18076 for about 40 minutes starting just before 16:00Z. He said to QSL via EP2HMR. ZD7WRG - ST. HELENA - Johnny was active on both 20 and 15 meters RTTY this weekend. QSL via WA2JUN. ZK1EHH - COOK ISLANDS - Ed, K8VIR, showed up here on Saturday and Sunday. Try 21300 from 22:00 to 02:00Z and 14260 from 03:00 to 09:00Z. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AF-045 6W1QV/P 21260 1931 EU-125 OZ1RDP 14265 1013 EU-003 CU3URA 14250 2238 SA-047 PR5L 21260 1511 EU-042 DK8OL 14265 0909 EU-001 SV5/I2YYO 14261 1952 EU-098 DL4ZN/P 21060 2016 EU-067 SV8/HB9DLO 14267 1714 EU-017 ID9/IT9NGN 14258 0534 NA-036 VE7DXF 14160 0821 EU-130 IL3/IV3WMI 14261 1207 Members of the Egadi DX Group will be active on 6 and 7 June from Isola Lunga (EU-166) as IT9WKH and IT9WLK. QSL via IT9FXY. Italian amateurs IK2GPQ, IK2PZG, IK8DDN, IK8JUZ, IK8MRA, IK8UHA, IK8VRH and IK8VRS will be active from several Neopolitan Islands (EU-031) on 20 June. QSL via IK2PZG, Bruno Boccia, Casella Postale 27, 20051 Limbiate - MI, ITALY. A group of Russians will be active from Bolshoj Berezovyj Island (EU-133) between 5 and 7 June. The operators include RV1AC, RU1AS, RV1CC, RZ1AZ, UA1ANA and RA1ACJ. During the IARU Field Day they will use RK1B/P. Outside of the contest they will use their home calls /P. QSL cards go via home calls except for RK1B/P which go via RV1CC. The Polish Scouts Radio Club SP6ZDA will operate from Wolin (EU-132), Usedom (EU-120) and other Polish islands between 8 and 14 June. Plans are to use 3Z0I, SP6NIC/1, SP6STB/1, SQ6ELP/1 and other callsigns. QSL via the bureau or direct to SP6ZDA, Scouts Radio

Club, Box 41, 51-673 Wroclaw, POLAND. Dan, W4DKS, reports that OX3LG plans to be active from the WEST COAST group (EU-134) on or about 2 June. Keep an ear on 21260 and 14260 as he is known to hang out there. IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ >From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- -------------- 1-Jun 1-Jun FT5X FT5XN (AF-048) 1-179 1-Jun 1-Jun XV XV7SV 2-31 1-Jun 2-Jun 6W 6W1QV/P (AF-045) 2-95 1-Jun 2-Jun EA8 EA8ZS 2-95 1-Jun 2-Jun SV9 GM0UTD 2-91 1-Jun 2-Jun JT JT1X 2-43 2-24 1-Jun 2-Jun VP2V VP2VDX 2-85 1-Jun 3-Jun 4S 4S7BRG 2-31 1-Jun 3-Jun 5B 5B4/T97M 5B4/T93Y 2-96 1-Jun 3-Jun CP CP6/LU9AUY 2-95 1-Jun 3-Jun HI DF1IC/HI8 2-91 1-Jun 3-Jun JW JW9PJA JW1ZDA JW8NHA 2-99 2-67 1-Jun 3-Jun V2 V26TT V26GG 2-86 1-Jun 3-Jun VK VK8AN/6 (OC-154) 2-99 1-Jun 4-Jun 9M6 9M6AAT 2-96 1-Jun 5-Jun I IA5/IK4CIE (EU-028) 2-91 1-Jun 6-Jun DL DJ3XG DL6CGC DF5WBA (EU-047) 2-73 1-Jun 7-Jun A6 A61AD by N1DG 2-100 2-93 1-Jun 7-Jun V6 V63VV/P (OC-NEW) 2-56 1-Jun 8-Jun VP9 K1EFI/VP9 2-100 1-Jun 14-Jun SV SV8/SM7DAY 2-97 1-Jun 17-Jun C6A C6AKA (NA-001, 048, 113) 2-100 1-Jun 30-Jun 5X 5X1LH by GM4DMA 2-91 1-Jun 30-Jun SP SN0JG 2-59 1-Jun 31-Oct JX JX7DFA (EU-022) 2-20 1-Jun F F/ON4BDS (EU-156) 4-Jun 4-Jun TF TF3/DL2DQW (EU-021) 2-100 5-Jun 6-Jun TF TF7/DL2DQW (EU-071) 2-100 5-Jun 14-Jun 9M2 G3LIV (AS-058) 2-87 6-Jun 7-Jun F TM6ACO 2-98 6-Jun 13-Jun KL7 KL7USI (NA-041) 2-51 6-Jun 9K 9K2HN/P (AS-118) 2-94 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The sunspot number for May 30, 1998 was 62. The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado, for May 31, 1998, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 31-May-1998 21 94 6 1 LOW/QUIET;LOW/QUIET 31-May-1998 18 96 20 1 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/QUIET

31-May-1998 15 96 20 1 LOW QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/QUIET 31-May-1998 12 96 20 2 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 31-May-1998 09 96 20 2 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 31-May-1998 06 96 20 2 LOW/QUIET-MINOR STM;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 31-May-1998 03 96 20 2 LOW/QUIET-MINOR STM;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 31-May-1998 00 96 20 2 LOW/QUIET-MINOR STM;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED The forecast for Monday, 1 June: solar flux 96, A index 13, K index 3. Monday should be High Normal. The forecast for Tuesday, 2 June: solar flux 96, A index 10, K index 2. Tuesday should be High Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 1X5AA W3HNK DU1/DL5ZAH DL5ZAH OZ1RDP DL9BCP 3V8BB YT1AD EM4U UT4UZ P29VR W7LFA 4U1WB KK4HD EP2P EP2HMR P3A W3HNK 5B4/RZ4HF YL2KL EX8ML W3HNK P49V AI6V 5X1T ON5NT EY1ZA W3HNK PQ5L PP5LL 7Z5OO N2AU EZ8AI W3HNK PR5L PP5LL 7Z5OO N2AU FM5DN KU9C RN0A UA0AGI 9K2RR KU9C GS2MP GM2RP RS0F W3HNK 9M6AAT UA9CI H20A YL2KA SV5/I2YYO IK2MYX AZ4F LU3FP H24LP 5B4LP SV9/DF9OX DF9OX C40M 5B4AFM IQ6T IK6SNQ T88JA JA6BSM C46A 9A2AJ J49IL DJ5IL T88X JA6BSM C4CQ YL2KL KH2D K8NA TF8GX K1WY C4W 5B4WN N2NL/WH2 W2YC TX8A FK8HC C6AKA DL7VOG NP4Z WC4E UR4LQA UR4LWC CP6AA LU9AUY OH0AAQ OH2NRV UR4LWY UR4LWC CT98DVV CT1DVV OH0BCI OH3BCI UT7L UR4LWC CX5X W3HNK OH0W OH2IW ZK1EHH K8VIR D2BB W3HNK OH0W OH2IW ZM1A ZL3CW A45XR - Chris Dabrowski, P.O. Box 2038, CPO 111, OMAN UA0YAY - Pavel F. Ustinov, Box 40, UD-1 Kyzyl-11, Tuva, 667011, RUSSIA UR4LWC - Alex Nuzhny, Box 10636, Kharkiv 310052, UKRAINE QSL cards recently received direct: 9M6PO, CY9AA, EP2MKO, HZ1HZ, JY9QJ, T32BE, TA2II, TT8JE, TZ6TT QSL cards recently received via the bureau: 3V8BB (4/97), 5V7ML (6/96), 9Q5HX (10/97), 9Y4/PA3BBP (9/97), C56/DL9GFB (9/97), DL1HCM/HI8 (12/97), EA9/DL6RAI (9/97), EM1HO (3/97), FH/DJ2BW (10/97), FS/JA5AUC (3/97), JG8NQJ/JD1 (1/98), JW2PA (7/97), OJ0/DL1IAN (6/97), TT8WL (1/97), V85HY (10/97), XT2DB (1/97), YN6WFM (3/97), YV30T (7/97), ZB2JS (9/97), ZL7AA (10/97), ZY0SG (2/97) _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: AA5XE, IK3QAR, K3SWZ, K6IR, K8IP, KC3AJ, KD4IFV, KH6BZF REPORTS, KI6T N1RT, N3OSH, NOAA, NX4D, OPDX, PS7AB, VK9NS, W3FM, W3LPL, W4DKS, W8FJ _____________________________________________________________________

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. ======================== *** The Daily DX _ *** ======================== Volume 2 Number 102 June 2, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ Headlines _____________________________________________________________________ Ed, K8VIR, is currently operating as ZK1EHH from Rarotonga Island (OC-013) in the South Cooks. He will be there until 3 June and will be on all bands CW and SSB. His next stop will be Atiu Island (OC-083) and he will be there from 4 to 10 June. Keep an ear on 21300 and 14260. QSL via K8VIR. Jim Smith, VK9NS, reports that he and Kirsti, VK9NL have been having problems with wet and damp mail being received during the month of May. Anyone receiving damaged mail from the Heard Island DX Association's H40AB DXpedition to Temotu Islands are asked to write to Jim so they can file official notice to the local Post Office. The OPDX Bulletin reports the recent start up of the Auckland Contest Club which was founded by Jacky Calvo, F2CW/ZL3CW, Ron Wright, ZL1AMO, and Mark Lowry, ZL1BMW. They were able to secure special callsign ZM1A for 30 days starting with the CQ WPX CW Contest. Look for this station especially on 40 meters. QSL via ZL3CW. _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 3V8BB - TUNISIA - Hrane, YT1AD, continues to operate the club station. Yesterday he was active on 18071 from 09:00 to 11:00Z and again from 17:30 to 18:00Z. Around 23:15Z he showed up on 10102 and stayed until about 04:00Z today. At 04:00Z he went to 1825. QSL for this operator only is via YT1AD. 9N1FP - NEPAL - Europeans and JA's both report Vlad was on 18080 at 14:00Z. QSL via RU6FP. 9V1ZW - SINGAPORE - Was found on 18075 at 15:15Z. A41LZ - OMAN - Murtadha showed up yesterday on 18140 and was working all across the US around 18:40Z. A61AD - UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - Don was very active on 17 meters SSB from about 14:00 to 15:30Z working JA's Europe and North America. For those working RTTY he showed up on 18090 on reverse just before 02:00Z today. QSL via N1DG. A92GE - BAHRAIN - From 17:00 to 18:00Z David was on 18076. He then moved to the only authorized frequency on 30 meters for stations in Bahrain, 10140. J49IL - CRETE - This is a special call from the Greek island. Yesterday he was found on 18147 between

14:15 and 14:50Z. QSL via DJ5IL. JD1YBJ - MINAMI TORISHIMA - RTTY operators reported this one on 14081 starting just before 11:00Z and hanging around until about 13:00Z. JW0M - SVALBARD - Japanese stations found him on 17 meters SSB around 15:20Z. JY8YB - JORDAN - West Coast US stations reported working this new visitor to Jordan on 18076 around 18:40Z. QSL via DL5MBY. ST2SA - SUDAN - Dr. Sid can often be found on 14195 between 19:00 and 20:00Z. YK1AH - SYRIA - Fadel made a short appearance on 21015 at 13:40Z. ZK1EHH - SOUTH COOKS - Ed was on 21300 today from about 01:15 to 03:45Z. QSL via K8VIR. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AF-045 6W1QV/P 14260 1529 NA-048 C6AKA 14089 2229 EU-013 GB2FLU 7065 1535 NA-062 K2ZR/4 14003 1248 EU-026 JW9PJA 14260 1802 OC-027 FO5QG 14193 0251 EU-047 DL6CGC/P 18080 2154 OC-137 VK4LV 21024 0314 EU-057 DL0THR/P 7060 2051 OC-154 VK8AN/6 14260 0607 EU-136 9A4A 14260 0448 Mike, NG7S, was able to get on Mokil Island as V63RL/P. More than likely this will end up being OC-226. Check for him on 14040 and 21023. QSL via NG7S. Members of the West Island Amateur Radio Club (WIARC) will operate from Fogo Island (NA-198) as XO1CWI from 22 to 28 July. They plan to work the IOTA Contest. QSL via VE2CWI. Colin, G0IFM, and Martin, G0URI, plan to activate Lundy Island (EU-120) from 13 to 20 June. This will be there 4th operation from the island and they will be on 6 through 80 meters CW and SSB. QSL via the bureau or direct to P.O. Box 49, Leicester, England. IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- -------------- 2-Jun 2-Jun 6W 6W1QV/P (AF-045) 2-95

2-Jun 2-Jun EA8 EA8ZS 2-95 2-Jun 2-Jun SV9 GM0UTD 2-91 2-Jun 2-Jun JT JT1X 2-43 2-24 2-Jun 2-Jun OX OX3LG (EU134) 2-101 2-Jun 2-Jun VP2V VP2VDX 2-85 2-Jun 3-Jun 4S 4S7BRG 2-31 2-Jun 3-Jun 5B 5B4/T97M 5B4/T93Y 2-96 2-Jun 3-Jun CP CP6/LU9AUY 2-95 2-Jun 3-Jun HI DF1IC/HI8 2-91 2-Jun 3-Jun JW JW9PJA JW1ZDA JW8NHA 2-99 2-67 2-Jun 3-Jun V2 V26TT V26GG 2-86 2-Jun 3-Jun VK VK8AN/6 (OC-154) 2-99 2-Jun 4-Jun 9M6 9M6AAT 2-96 2-Jun 5-Jun I IA5/IK4CIE (EU-028) 2-91 2-Jun 6-Jun DL DJ3XG DL6CGC DF5WBA (EU-047) 2-73 2-Jun 7-Jun A6 A61AD by N1DG 2-100 2-93 2-Jun 7-Jun V6 V63RL/P (OC-NEW) 2-56 2-Jun 8-Jun VP9 K1EFI/VP9 2-100 2-Jun 14-Jun SV SV8/SM7DAY 2-97 2-Jun 17-Jun C6A C6AKA (NA-001, 048, 113) 2-100 2-Jun 30-Jun 5X 5X1LH by GM4DMA 2-91 2-Jun 30-Jun SP SN0JG 2-59 2-Jun 31-Oct JX JX7DFA (EU-022) 2-20 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The sunspot number for June 1, 1998 was 59. The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado, for June 1, 1998, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 1-Jun-1998 21 100 4 1 VERY LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;VERY LOW/QUIET 1-Jun-1998 18 94 5 0 VERY LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/QUIET 1-Jun-1998 15 94 5 1 VERY LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/QUIET 1-Jun-1998 12 94 5 1 VERY LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/QUIET 1-Jun-1998 09 94 5 3 VERY LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/QUIET 1-Jun-1998 06 94 5 1 VERY LOW/QUIET;LOW/QUIET 1-Jun-1998 03 94 5 1 LOW/QUIET;LOW/QUIET 1-Jun-1998 00 94 5 1 LOW/QUIET;LOW/QUIET The forecast for Tuesday, 2 June: solar flux 96, A index 10, K index 2. Tuesday should be High Normal. The forecast for Wednesday, 3 June: solar flux 98, A index 10, K index 2. Wednesday should be High Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 3V8BB YT1AD JW1ZDA LA1ZDA TG9NX N4FKZ 5Z4RL N2AU JW9PJA LA9PJA V63RL/P NG7S 9M6AAT UA9CI JX7DFA LA7DFA VP2VDX K6CT A61AD N1DG RA2FBC DF4BV ZD9BV W4FRU FO5QG XE1L FK8HC - Franck, P.O. Box 7636, Ducos 98801 Noumea, NEW-CALEDONIA

JT1CC - Oyuna, PO Box 158, Ulaanbaatar 13, MONGOLIA via JAPAN UA9CI - Yuri N. Loginov, Box 49, 624051 Zarechny, RUSSIA QSL cards recently received direct: 3W5FM, CE8ABF, CY0DX, CY9AA, HK0/KB5GL, JT1CC, OH0W, TF3IRA, XUF2B, XW30, YB3OSE, ZP5MAL _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: DX News Sheet, K0DEQ, K1HTV, K3KY, KC3AJ, KH6BZF REPORTS, N3OSH, N4EKD, N4MXT, NOAA, VE2YAK, VK9NS, W3LEO, WS1F _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), or $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United States. _____________________________________________________________________ Copyright _ _____________________________________________________________________ THE DAILY DX _ is published Monday through Friday by Bernie McClenny, W3UR, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, MD 21738 USA. This e-mail message and its contents are copyrighted and are proprietary products of THE DAILY DX _. Any unauthorized use, reproduction, or transfer of the message or its content, in any medium, is strictly prohibited. For permission to quote, reprint or repost this e-mail send a request to THE DAILY DX _ include date, volume and issue number. Check out THE DAILY DX _ homepage http://www.wdn.com/thedailydx or for additional information you may phone THE DAILY DX _ at 301-854-5650 or fax at 301-854-5105. Remember to tell all your DX friends about THE DAILY DX.

. ======================== *** The Daily DX _ *** ======================== Volume 2 Number 103 June 3, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ Headlines _____________________________________________________________________ Nick, VK2ICV, announced plans to activate Lord Howe Island during the CQ WW CW Contest in November. Plans are to have VK9LX on the air for 10 days from a resort on the island. He is currently looking for 3 or 4 other contest operators to go with him. A website has been set up at http://www.watch4you.com/vk9lx Charlie, K4VUD, will once again be on the air from Nepal as 9N1UD from 7 July to 15 November. He plans to be on 10 through 160 meters CW and SSB. RTTY is a possibility. Suggested frequencies are as follows: 3799, 7023, 7065, 14023, 14195, 14215, 21023, 21295 and 28490. QSL via K4VUD. German operators DF6VI, DL1FDH and DL4OCM will operate from Liechtenstein from 22 to 26 June. Look for HB0/DF6VI, HB0/DL1FDH and HB0/DL4OCM on 6 through 160 meters as they will have three stations. QSL via home calls via the bureau. Urb, W2DEC, has added a log check server to the North Jersey DX Associations website for 3W6KA. Those interested can check http://njdxa.org/3w6log-check.html _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 3V8BB - TUNISIA - Hrane, YT1AD, continues to be active from zone 34. He will be here for another couple of days. It seems that this maybe the first time Tunisia has been on the 12, 17 and 30 meter bands. Yesterdays activities were as follows: GMT Frequencies GMT Frequencies --- ----------- --- ----------- 00 10102 17 14205 01 10102 18 18070 02 10102 19 18070 03 10102 20 18070 04 1825 21 10102 18070 05 10104 22 10102 18070 15 21254 23 10102 16 18078 18145 A61AD - UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - Don, N1DG, was found just before 09:00Z on 24950 working JA's and Europe for an hour. Later between 14:00 and 15:00 he was on 18142 working Japan, Europe and North America. QSL via N1DG.

EP3HR - IRAN - JA's and Europeans report working Hamid on 18142 around 15:40Z. QSL via I2MQP. FR - REUNION ISLAND - For those needing this Indian Ocean island look for the following stations between 03:00 and 05:00Z on 20 meters. Call Approximate frequency ----- --------------------- FR5DD 14020 FR5DX 14210 FR5FR 14200 FR5HR 14240 FR5VZ 14035 JD1YBJ - MINAMI TORISHIMA - Ryo, JL1KFR, was again active yesterday on RTTY from 10:00 to 14:00Z on 14081. QSL via JL1KFR. KH3AE - JOHNSTON ISLAND - Japanese and US stations reported working John on 14037 between 07:00 and 08:30Z. S21J - BANGLADESH - Mamtaz (YL) showed up late yesterday on 21288 around 18:30Z. S79SBP - SEYCHELLES - Was reported on 21290 at 17:30Z. He has been active on 15 meters SSB between 17:00 and 18:00Z. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AS-079 JA5CKD/6 14018 1148 EU-055 LA4C 14260 0910 EU-002 OH0HAC 14260 2120 EU-131 IK3PQH 14089 1608 EU-013 GJ/ON4CEF 7063 1458 NA-027 VO1XC 14086 2311 EU-015 J49IL 28505 0903 NA-110 AA4V/P 21262 2148 EU-026 JW9PJA 14260 1457 NA-134 OX3LG 14260 2253 EU-049 SV8/DJ2GM/P 24902 1057 OC-NEW V63RL/P 21023 0033 EU-049 SV8DTP 28460 0915 A group of amateurs from the Jiangsu province of China will activate Ping Island on 13-14 June or 20-21 June. This would be the first operation from this group and a new reference number is expected. Plans include operation on 6 through 80 meters CW and SSB using IOTA callsign BI4Q. Equipment will include a 1 KW amplifier, A3S beam, R7000 and dipoles. Operators will be Jin, BA4TA, Deal, BA4TB, David, BD4RF, Ken, BD4RD, Chen, BD4SE, and possibly others. Hamid, 9K2HN, had to delay his trip to Kubar Island (EU-118) due to transportation. Tom, UA4SKW, and Bill, AA7AV, report that a Russian group plan to be active in late July from IOTA AS-069 using R0CZ. IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530

SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- -------------- 3-Jun 3-Jun 4S 4S7BRG 2-31 3-Jun 3-Jun 5B 5B4/T97M 5B4/T93Y 2-96 3-Jun 3-Jun CP CP6/LU9AUY 2-95 3-Jun 3-Jun HI DF1IC/HI8 2-91 3-Jun 3-Jun JW JW9PJA JW1ZDA JW8NHA 2-99 2-67 3-Jun 3-Jun V2 V26TT V26GG 2-86 3-Jun 3-Jun VK VK8AN/6 (OC-154) 2-99 3-Jun 3-Jun ZK1/S ZK1EHH (OC-013) 2-102 3-Jun 4-Jun 9M6 9M6AAT 2-96 3-Jun 5-Jun I IA5/IK4CIE (EU-028) 2-91 3-Jun 6-Jun DL DJ3XG DL6CGC DF5WBA (EU-047) 2-73 3-Jun 7-Jun A6 A61AD by N1DG 2-100 2-93 3-Jun 7-Jun V6 V63RL/P (OC-NEW) 2-56 3-Jun 8-Jun VP9 K1EFI/VP9 2-100 3-Jun 14-Jun SV SV8/SM7DAY 2-97 3-Jun 17-Jun C6A C6AKA (NA-001, 048, 113) 2-100 3-Jun 30-Jun 5X 5X1LH by GM4DMA 2-91 3-Jun 30-Jun SP SN0JG 2-59 3-Jun 31-Oct JX JX7DFA (EU-022) 2-20 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The sunspot number for June 1, 1998 was 59. The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado, for June 1, 1998, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 2-Jun-1998 21 105 6 2 VERY LOW/QUIET-UNSET;LOW/QUIET 2-Jun-1998 18 100 4 1 VERY LOW/QUIET-UNSET;LOW/QUIET 2-Jun-1998 15 100 4 3 VERY LOW/QUIET-UNSET;LOW/QUIET 2-Jun-1998 12 100 4 2 VERY LOW/QUIET;LOW/QUIET 2-Jun-1998 09 100 4 1 VERY LOW/QUIET;VERY LOW/QUIET 2-Jun-1998 06 100 4 1 VERY LOW/QUIET-UNSET;VERY LOW/QUIET 2-Jun-1998 03 100 4 2 VERY LOW/QUIET-UNSET;VERY LOW/QUIET 2-Jun-1998 00 100 4 1 VERY LOW/QUIET-UNSET;VERY LOW/QUIET The forecast for Wednesday, 3 June: solar flux 98, A index 8, K index 2. Wednesday should be High Normal. The forecast for Thursday, 4 June: solar flux 100, A index 8, K index 2. Thursday should be High Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 3V8BB YT1AD EA8/DJ9HD DJ9HD TM6ACO F6KFI 7X0AD EA4URE EP3HR I2MQP UN3F UN7FJ 9K2MU WA4JTK OX3LG OZ2ELA VQ9ZZ NS1L

9Q5TR 4Z5DP SO2DBO DL5DBO Z32GW NN6C A71BY F5PYI TA2IJ DJ9ZB ZF1HQ G0VHQ FK8GT - Phil, P.O. Box 8340, Noumea, 98807 NEW CALEDONIA Those looking for QSL information from this past weekends CQ WPX CW Contest may want to try the following website which is currently being updated http://www.arrakis.es/~ea5eyj/wpxcw98.htm QSL cards recently received direct: 9H1DL, CY9AA, D44BC, DS5RYB, EP2MKP, FT5XN, H40AB, J69DS, JX7DFA, KA4IST/KH5, TA2DS, XW30 _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 9K2HN, AA7AV, BA4TB, DX News Sheet, EA5EYJ, KC3AJ, KD4IFV, KH6BZF REPORTS, N3OSH, NOAA, VK2ICV, W3KHZ, W3UR, W7UG _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), or $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United States. _____________________________________________________________________ Copyright _ _____________________________________________________________________ THE DAILY DX _ is published Monday through Friday by Bernie McClenny, W3UR, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, MD 21738 USA. This e-mail message and its contents are copyrighted and are proprietary products of THE DAILY DX _. Any unauthorized use, reproduction, or transfer of the message or its content, in any medium, is strictly prohibited. For permission to quote, reprint or repost this e-mail send a request to THE DAILY DX _ include date, volume and issue number. Check out THE DAILY DX _ homepage http://www.wdn.com/thedailydx or for additional information you may phone THE DAILY DX _ at 301-854-5650 or fax at 301-854-5105. Remember to tell all your DX friends about THE DAILY DX.

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J�¿V����������. ======================== *** The Daily DX © *** ======================== Volume 2 Number 104 June 4, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ DX News _____________________________________________________________________ Hrane, YT1AD, has been operating at 3V8BB in Tunisia for the week and will leave today at 19:00Z. He has been concentrating on 17, 30 and 160 meters. 12 and 6 meters are not permitted at this time in Tunisia. Hiroo, JA2EZD, arrived on Guadeloupe on 2 June and is currently building a station on this Caribbean island. He will be there until 10 June. From there he may show up from St. Lucia on 10, 11 and 12 June possibly using J6/JA2EZD. Hiroo reports he says to QSL via XU2C as it is a short callsign. For those wondering XU2C is 7L1MFS. Hiroo will head back to Japan on 17 June. Ron Wright, ZL1AMO, left West Kiribati, T30RW, and is now on Fiji. Look for him to be active as 3D2RW for one week on 10 through 80 meters CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL via ZL1AMO. Dan Flaig, K8RF, announced yesterday that the planned DXpedition to St. Paul, CY9, that had been scheduled for last week had to be canceled due mainly to one of the operators schedules. Uli, DL5MBY, has been active from Jordan as JY8BY on all bands on CW. His length of stay is unknown. QSL via DL5MBY. Canadian amateurs are able to celebrate the 125th anniversary of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police by using the following prefixes through 15 July: VA2 = XK2 VE3 = VX3 VE7 = VX7 VO2 = XL2 VA3 = XK3 VE4 = VX4 VE8 = VX8 VY1 = XN1 VE1 = VX1 VE5 = VX5 VE9 = VX9 VE2 = VX2 VE6 = VX6 VO1 = XL1 Special event station CK3MP will be active on 10 through 80 meters CW and SSB now through 15 July. QSL via VE3CPC. The DX News Sheet reports that Bruce, N6NT, will be active from the Cayman Islands from 4 June to 13 July. He will have a R5 vertical and an inverted vee to be used on 10 through 80 meters CW. No callsign was mentioned however the QSL manager will be N2AU. _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 9N1FP - NEPAL - Stations from Asia, Europe and even the

East Coast of North America reported Vlad was active yesterday on 18074 from about 14:50 to 16:30Z. QSL via RU6FP. 9V1ZB - SINGAPORE - Can often be found working Europe and North Americans on 17 meters CW at 14:00Z. ET3 - ETHIOPIA - ET3AA was reported on 21249 just before 14:00Z by JA’s while ET3KV was busy working Asians on 21265 from about 13:30 to 15:00Z. EY8CQ - TADJIKISTAN - Alex was showed up on 14007 around 02:15Z. QSL via DJ1SKO. FBC - FRANCE - As a reminder stations from France are using the special prefix FBC in commemoration of the World Foot Ball (Soccer) Cup. In order to determine the QSL information for each station subtract the BC in the prefix. For example FBC6XYZ would be F6XYZ. FR5DX - REUNION ISLAND - Herik was on 18135 starting before 13:00Z until about 14:00Z working Europe, Japan and East Coast US stations. QSL direct. HS1NGR - THAILAND - East Coast US stations reported working Chai on 21227 from 14:40 to 15:15Z. J49IL - CRETE - Karl was active on 18071 between 14:00 and 16:00 also between 19:00 and 21:00Z. QSL via DJ5IL. JD1YBJ - MINAMI TORISHIMA - Those needing this semi-rare one on RTTY should be on or near 14080 just after 10:00Z. Ryo has been showing up there for the past few days sticking around until 14:00Z. SU1SK - EGYPT - Said had a good opening all across the US on 18148 starting around 23:40 yesterday and last for over an hour. QSL direct only. V63RL/P - MICRONESIA - Mike has made over 450 QSOs in more than 20 countries from this potentially new IOTA. Yesterday he was found on 14026 at 04:30Z, on 10110 at 10:30Z and on 18077 at 23:30Z. QSL via NG7S. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- EU-034 ES0NW 24899 1946 NA-026 N2EEZ 14260 0049 EU-013 GJ/ON4CBB/P 7078 0954 EU-067 SV8/DF6MI/P 10105 2110 EU-001 J45KLN 18070 2023 EU-052 SV8/DL1KK 14260 2130 EU-026 JW9JJA 14040 0121 OC-NEW V63RL/P 7005 1056 EU-013 MJ/ON4CEF/P 14257 1007 The following IOTA information is from Mauro Pregliasco, I1JQJ, member of the RSGB IOTA Committee.

IOTA REFERENCE NUMBERS ISSUED IN MAY 1998 AF-079 ZS2 CAPE PROVINCE - INDIAN OCEAN COAST group (South African islands, letter "c"), following the operation by ZS26BI from Bird Island (March 1998). NA-209/Prov YN CARIBBEAN SEA COAST SOUTH group (Nicaraguan islands, letter "b"), following the operation by H75A from Venado Island (May 1998) OC-225 DU8 TURTLE ISLANDS (Philippines, DU8 islands, letter "f"), following the operation by 4H8TI from Taganak Island (April 1998). OPERATIONS WHICH HAVE PROVIDED ACCEPTABLE VALIDATION MATERIAL AF-079 ZS26BI Bird Island (March 1998) OC-065 H44/VK9NS Pigeon Island, Reef Islands (March 1998) OC-065 H40AB Pigeon Island, Reef Islands (April 1998) OC-225 4H8TI Taganak Island, Turtle Islands (April 1998) SA-028 ZW2ST Sao Sebastiao Island (January 1998) SA-045 PQ8MM/P Maraca Island (February 1998) SA-045 PQ8VA/P Maraca Island (February 1998) PROVISIONAL IOTA REFERENCE NUMBERS (YET TO BE CONFIRMED) AS-134/Prov BY3 HEBEI/TIANJIN PROVINCE group (operation by BI3H, April 1998) NA-209/Prov YN CARIBBEAN SEA COAST SOUTH group (operation by H75A, May 1998) Checkpoints are not authorized to accept for IOTA credit QSL cards confirming contacts made with islands/groups whose Reference Numbers have been issued on a provisional basis. IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- -------------- 4-Jun 4-Jun 9M6 9M6AAT 2-96 4-Jun 4-Jun 3V 3V8BB by YT1AD 2-104 4-Jun 4-Jun TF TF3/DL2DQW (EU-021) 2-100 4-Jun 5-Jun I IA5/IK4CIE (EU-028) 2-91 4-Jun 6-Jun DL DJ3XG DL6CGC DF5WBA (EU-047) 2-73 4-Jun 7-Jun A6 A61AD by N1DG 2-100 2-93 4-Jun 7-Jun V6 V63RL/P (OC-NEW) 2-56 4-Jun 8-Jun VP9 K1EFI/VP9 2-100 4-Jun 10-Jun ZK1/S ZK1EHH (OC-083) 2-102 4-Jun 14-Jun SV SV8/SM7DAY 2-97 4-Jun 17-Jun C6A C6AKA (NA-001, 048, 113) 2-100 4-Jun 30-Jun 5X 5X1LH by GM4DMA 2-91 4-Jun 30-Jun SP SN0JG 2-59 4-Jun 31-Oct JX JX7DFA (EU-022) 2-20 _____________________________________________________________________

Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The sunspot number for June 3, 1998 was 65. The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado, for June 2, 1998, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 3-Jun-1998 21 113 12 3 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 3-Jun-1998 18 105 7 2 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 3-Jun-1998 15 105 7 3 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 3-Jun-1998 12 105 7 3 VERY LOW-LOW/QUIET-UNSET;LOW/QUIET-UNSET 3-Jun-1998 09 105 7 3 VERY LOW-LOW/QUIET-UNSET;LOW/QUIET 3-Jun-1998 06 105 7 2 VERY LOW-LOW/QUIET-UNSET;LOW/QUIET 3-Jun-1998 03 105 7 2 VERY LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/QUIET 3-Jun-1998 00 105 7 3 VERY LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/QUIET The forecast for Thursday, 4 June: solar flux 112, A index 8, K index 2. Thursday should be High Normal. The forecast for Friday, 5 June: solar flux 114, A index 10, K index 2. Friday should be High Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 3D2RW ZL1AMO 9N1FP RU6FP EY8CQ DJ1SKO 3V8BB YT1AD 9V1ZB JL3WSL EY8YW DJ1SKO 4L7FO TA7A AP2WAP IK4ZGY FG/JA2EZD XU2C 6W1RE 6W1QV EK6LF IK2QPR FP5EJ K2RW 9A7C KA9WON EU3FT W3HC V63RL/P NG7S 9G1MR IK3HHX EX8MLE IK2QPR XK3NJ VA3NJ 9K2ZZ W8CNL QSL cards recently received direct: 4S7EA, EP2MKP, KA4IST/KH5, XW30 _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 3V8BB, DX News Sheet, I1JQJ, K2BF, K8RF, KA1GJ, KC3AJ, KH6BZF REPORTS, N3OSH, NOAA, VK9NS, W1JR, W2YR _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), or $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United States. _____________________________________________________________________ Copyright © _____________________________________________________________________

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. ======================== *** The Daily DX _ *** ======================== Volume 2 Number 105 June 5, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ DX News _____________________________________________________________________ This weekend the IARU Region I Field Day HF Contest will run. ER3R/P will be active. QSL via ER1DA, P.O. Box 9537, Kishnev MD-2071, MOLDOVA. Now through 10 June Ukraine will celebrate the 2500th Anniversary of Belgorod-Dnestrovsk. Special event station EO25000FBD will be active. QSL via S. Bratinov, P.O. Box 85, B-Dnestrovsk 272300, UKRAINE. Japanese amateurs from the Northern Kyushu DX Club will be active from the Mariana Island from 11:00Z on 19 June through 17:00Z on 22 June. Look for KH0N, KH0/AF4IN and KH0/AF4FL. They will be on for the All Asian Contest. Operators include: Tony, JA6CNL, JQ6NVE and JA6AGA. Suggested frequencies are as follows: CW - 1910, 3502,3525,7002,7026, 10102, 14002, 14025, 18070, 21002, 21025, 24892, 28025 & 50110. SSB - 3799, 7070, 14195, 18135, 21295, 24945, 28495, 50110. QSL via home calls. Yesterday Jose, CT1EEB, reported the 1997 Kure Island DXpedition K7K now has a homepage up and running. Check out the page at http://www.qsl.net/ct1eeb/index.htm To celebrate the 20th Anniversary of EVA the Radio VERNON club Alkmaar will be on the air as PA6EVA. QSL via the bureau. _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 7X5JF - ALGERIA - Moktar was active on 17 meters SSB yesterday around 20:45Z. 9M6AAT - WEST MALAYSIA - Europeans reported them on 1826 at 21:15 listening up 5 KHz. QSL via UA9CI. 9N1FP - NEPAL - Vlad was working Japan on 10110 at 19:00Z. QSL via RU6FP. A61AD - UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - Don was operating on 18145 starting before 13:00Z. He was having problems hearing North Americans. QSL via N1DG. ET3 - ETHIOPIA - CNN reported that Ethiopia and Eritrea

have agreed to a peace plan with the help of the US and Rwanda. Stations ET3AA and ET3KV can be found most days on 15 meters SSB between 12:00 and 15:00Z. FR5DX - REUNION ISLAND - Europeans found Herik on 18136 around 13:45Z. J45KLN - DODECANESE - JA's were working this one yesterday on 18071 between 20:00 and 20:30Z. QSL via SM0CMH. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- EU-004 EA6AEI 14260 1423 NA-021 8P6FH 28450 1956 EU-004 EA6MQ 14193 0455 NA-048 C6AKA 14086 0027 EU-013 MJ/ON4CEF 7067 1015 OC-067 FO5NL 14087 0549 EU-021 TF8GX 14260 1729 OC-226 V63RL/P 14020 1138 EU-082 U1MA/A 14005 1526 Amateurs from England will participate in this years IOTA Contest on 25 and 26 July as MW8Z from EU-124. Operators include G5LP, G4BWP, G3NKC, G3NLY, G4XRV, G0KRL and possibly 1 or 2 others. The group will be active on 10 through 80 meters CW and SSB. QSL cards go via G5LP. Roger Balister, G3KMA, reports the Pingelap and Mwokil Atolls have been issued provisional reference number OC-226. Mike, V73RL/P, will continue on CW until 8 June. QSL via NG7S. IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- -------------- 5-Jun 5-Jun I IA5/IK4CIE (EU-028) 2-91 5-Jun 6-Jun DL DJ3XG DL6CGC DF5WBA (EU-047) 2-73 5-Jun 6-Jun TF TF7/DL2DQW (EU-071) 2-100 5-Jun 7-Jun A6 A61AD by N1DG 2-100 2-93 5-Jun 7-Jun UA RK1B/P (EU-133) 2-101 5-Jun 8-Jun VP9 K1EFI/VP9 2-100 5-Jun 8-Jun V6 V63RL/P (OC-NEW) 2-56 5-Jun 10-Jun FG FG/JA2EZD 2-104 5-Jun 10-Jun ZK1/S ZK1EHH (OC-083) 2-102 5-Jun 11-Jun 3D2 3D2RW 2-104 5-Jun 14-Jun 9M2 G3LIV (AS-058) 2-87 5-Jun 14-Jun SV SV8/SM7DAY 2-97 5-Jun 17-Jun C6A C6AKA (NA-001, 048, 113) 2-100 5-Jun 30-Jun 5X 5X1LH by GM4DMA 2-91 5-Jun 30-Jun SP SN0JG 2-59 5-Jun 31-Oct JX JX7DFA (EU-022) 2-20 6-Jun 7-Jun I IT9WKH IT9WLK (EU-166) 2-101

6-Jun 7-Jun F TM6ACO 2-98 6-Jun 13-Jun KL7 KL7USI (NA-041) 2-51 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The sunspot number for June 4, 1998 was 92. The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado, for June 4, 1998, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 4-Jun-1998 21 112 11 2 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 4-Jun-1998 18 113 11 1 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 4-Jun-1998 15 113 11 3 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 4-Jun-1998 12 113 11 2 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 4-Jun-1998 09 113 11 3 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 4-Jun-1998 06 113 11 3 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 4-Jun-1998 03 113 11 3 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 4-Jun-1998 00 113 11 2 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED The forecast for Friday, 5 June: solar flux 113, A index 14, K index 3. Friday should be High Normal. The forecast for Saturday, 6 June: solar flux 114, A index 14, K index 3. Saturday should be High Normal. The forecast for Sunday, 7 June: solar flux 112, A index , K index 2. Sunday should be . _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 3D2QB SM3CER FS/F2HE F2HE TF8GX K1WY 3V8BB YT1AD FS/JA2EZD XU2C UT5UDX UT3UA 5H3RB LA4DM HA/W0YR AA9DX V51CM WA2JUN 7X4AN DJ2BW J45KLN SM0CMH XUF2B N4JR 9M2RY N4JR J49IL DJ5IL ZF1HQ G0VHQ EX8F - Vladimir F. Sudakov, P.O. Box 2, Kara Balta 5, 722030 Kyrgyzstan C.I.S. QSL cards recently received direct: D44AB, TT8JE, VQ9KK, XW30 _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: ARRL DX Bulletin, CT1EEB, DX News Sheet, G3KMA, G4BWP, K1GE, KC3AJ, KH6BZF REPORTS, N3OSH, NOAA, NP3GY, WO2N _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), or $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE

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. ======================== *** The Daily DX _ *** ======================== Volume 2 Number 106 June 8, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ DX News _____________________________________________________________________ John, K8YSE, and Bill, W8JGU, plan to put on a RTTY DXpedition to Austral and Marquesas Islands. Both of these Islands groups may qualify as new countries on the DXCC. Plans are to be on one of the Austral Islands from 8 to 12 June and then on one of the Marquesas Islands from 14 to 18 June. There is also a chance they may operate from Tahiti. Look for the on 10 through 40 meters RTTY. No callsigns has been given yet, however they will have 2 stations. One station will be on RTTY while the other will be on CW or SSB. They will concentrate on working Europe. QSL via K8OU. Dennis, K7BV, will be active from the 8P9Z contest station from 7 to 14 July with an emphasis on the IARU Contest. He will receive his callsign upon arrival. QSL via K7BV. Scott, N9AG, reports the J6DX team will once again participate in the CQ World Wide CW DX Contest this year. The group will be active from 23 November to 7 December. They will also be on in the ARRL 160 Meter Contest. They are also looking for one more operator, if interested contact Scott by e-mail at <scottal@erinet.com> Bill, K5YG, will operate from Providenciales (IOTA NA-002) in the Turks and Caicos Islands as VP5/K5YG from 14 to 20 June. Look for him to be mostly active on CW after 20:00Z. QSL via K5YG. Julio, EA5XX, reports that Mark, ON4WW, has been issued S07WW and plans to be on the air from Western Sahara from 15 to 20 June. Remember he likes 160 meters. QSL via ON5NT. Bob Sutton, ZL1RS, plans to be working on Raoul Island in the Kermadec Islands from 28 June to 17 July. Look for ZL8RS to be on 6 through 160 meters SSB mostly when Bob is not working. He may do some CW on 160 and 30 meters. If he can borrow a laptop computer he may also do some RTTY. QSL via ZL1RS. _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 3W7TK - VIETNAM - Was found working East Coast US stations on 21025 around 14:30Z on Saturday. 5Z4RL - KENYA - West Coast US stations reported working Rob on Saturday at 20:30Z on 21240. QSL via N2AU. 7X4AN - ALGERIA - Look for Mohamed on 15 meters CW between 16:00 and 22:00Z. QSL via DJ2BW.

9M2/G3LIV - WEST MALAYSIA - Johnny has been active from IOTA AS-058 on 17 meters CW between 12:00 and 14:30Z. 9N1FP - NEPAL - Europeans reported Vlad on 24894 yesterday from about 13:00 to 14:15Z. QSL via RU6FP. A41LZ - OMAN - Murthada has been showing up near 18135 between 02:00 and 03:00Z. BO2YA - TAIWAN - Was active from IOTA AS-102 on Saturday from 17:00 to 18:00Z on 14265. EP2MKO - IRAN - On Friday Ali was found at the bottom end of 20 meters CW starting just before 21:00Z for about one hour. EX2A - KYRGYZSTAN - Ivan showed up on 18073 just before 18:00Z on Sunday. FH5CB - MAYOTTE - Elio was active over the weekend. He was on 28460 at 13:00Z both Friday and Sunday. Asians and East Coast North American found him on 14251 at 22:00 Saturday. On Sunday at 04:00Z he showed up on his favorite 14247 frequency. FT5XN - KERGUELEN ISLAND - Helios was reported by West Coast US stations on 7007 yesterday for over an hour starting around 12:40Z. QSL via F6PEN. J28FA - DJIBOUTI - Fred was on 20 meters CW and SSB on Saturday between 00:00 and 01:00Z. QSL via F5MXH. KH3AE - JOHNSTON ISLAND - Europeans reported John was on 14209 at 05:40Z on Saturday. S01HA - WESTERN SAHARA - Hamdy is a newly licensed amateur in this semi-rare West African nation. Satruday he came up on 14210 between 20:00 and 22:00Z. He was also there on Sunday from 17:00 to 19:00Z. ST2SA - SUDAN - Dr. Sid has been showing up on 14271 at 14:00Z. SV2ASP/A - MOUNT ATHOS - Monk Apollo was on 14175 from 00:00 to 01:00Z on Sunday. Today he was on 14260 from 01:00 to 02:00Z. V51SG - NAMIBIA - Yesterday Siggi came up on 28460 between 14:30 and 16:30Z. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AF-004 EA8AMU 18121 2131 EU-083 IA1/IK1QBT 21260 1516 AS-053 E21AOY/8 21260 1032 EU-083 IA1/IK1ZOZ 14255 1311 AS-058 9M2/G3LIV 18079 1258 EU-121 EJ/DL8AAV/P 14257 1901

AS-079 JA5CKD/6 14014 1137 EU-130 IL3/IV3VMI 14258 1107 EU-130 IL3/IV3WMI 14258 1203 EU-131 IL3/IK2PZG 14260 0001 EU-015 J49IL 14195 1523 NA-016 ZF2NT 14209 0415 EU-016 9A4RU 14188 2148 NA-041 KL7USI 14260 1623 EU-044 LA8NK 14260 1232 NA-051 VE7TLL/M 14260 2205 EU-047 DJ9IN 7070 1352 OC-083 ZK1EHH 14260 0634 EU-061 LA5B 14265 1202 OC-134 ZL3JT 14270 0404 EU-064 TM5YEU 28495 0854 SA-026 PP5OW 14262 0142 EU-067 SV8/DF6MS/P 21036 2051 The Radio Club Split from Croatia, 9A2A (9A1AKL) plans to activate Palagruza Island (IOTA EU-090) during the RSGB's IOTA Contest next month. 9A8A will be the callsign and they will be looking for West Coast North Americans. QSL via 9A1AKL. F5VCR and G3OCA will operate from Lindisfarne Island (EU-120) as G/F5VCR/P during the IOTA Contest. IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ >From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- -------------- 8-Jun 8-Jun VP9 K1EFI/VP9 2-100 8-Jun 8-Jun V6 V63RL/P (OC-226) 2-56 8-Jun 10-Jun FG FG/JA2EZD 2-104 8-Jun 10-Jun ZK1/S ZK1EHH (OC-083) 2-102 8-Jun 11-Jun 3D2 3D2RW 2-104 8-Jun 13-Jun KL7 KL7USI (NA-041) 2-51 8-Jun 14-Jun SP 3Z0I (EU-132 120) 2-101 8-Jun 14-Jun 9M2 G3LIV (AS-058) 2-87 8-Jun 14-Jun SV SV8/SM7DAY 2-97 8-Jun 17-Jun C6A C6AKA (NA-001, 048, 113) 2-100 8-Jun 30-Jun 5X 5X1LH by GM4DMA 2-91 8-Jun 30-Jun SP SN0JG 2-59 8-Jun 31-Oct JX JX7DFA (EU-022) 2-20 10-Jun 12-Jun J6 J6/JA2EZD 2-104 10-Jun 15-Jun CE CE1LDS/2 (SA-NEW) 2-77 10-Jun 17-Jun SV SV8/G3SWH (EU-067) 2-100 11-Jun 13-Jun HS HS0/7L1MFS (AS-101) 2-59 11-Jun 13-Jun HS HS0GBI HS7CDI (AS-107) 2-87 11-Jun 17-Jun A2 A25/ZS6PDX 2-93 12-Jun 14-Jun F F5MRP ON4ZD (EU-032) 2-88 12-Jun 14-Jun F TM5B (EU-148) 2-95 12-Jun 25-Jun EI EI2IM and maybe EJ/EI2IM/P (EU-0 2-99 13-Jun 14-Jun BY BI4Q (AS-NEW) 2-103 13-Jun 14-Jun I IA1 by 4 Italians (EU-083) 2-98 13-Jun 20-Jun G G0IFM G0URI (EU-120) 2-102 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The sunspot number for June 6, 1998 was 110. The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado, for June 7, 1998, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 7-Jun-1998 21 113 15 3 LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;LOW/UNSETTLED-ACTIVE 7-Jun-1998 18 115 13 3 LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;LOW/UNSETTLED-ACTIVE 7-Jun-1998 15 115 13 2 LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;LOW/UNSETTLED-ACTIVE 7-Jun-1998 12 115 13 2 VERY LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;LOW/UNSETTLED-ACTIVE 7-Jun-1998 09 115 13 3 VERY LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;LOW/UNSETTLED-ACTIVE 7-Jun-1998 06 115 13 4 VERY LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;LOW/UNSETTLED-ACTIVE 7-Jun-1998 03 115 12 3 VERY LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 7-Jun-1998 00 115 12 2 VERY LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED The forecast for Monday, 8 June: solar flux 115, A index 10, K index 2. Monday should be High Normal. The forecast for Tuesday, 9 June: solar flux 118, A index 18, K index 3. Tuesday should be Low Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 1X1AO UA6WAR A92FZ W3HC RA3ATX DF1EW 3V8BB JF2EZA BN0A JH3DPB RK1B/P RV1CC 4L0CR IK7JTF E21AOY/8 7L1MFS T91S DL4SEM 4L4MM ON4CFI EK6GC W3HNK T94GB W3HC 4S7BRG HB9BRM EW1NY N8LCU TF7/DL6DQW DL6DQW 5W1SA JH7OHF FS5HI WA4JTK TM0CMF F5KKD 6W1QV F6FNU HS0/VK3DXI DL4DBR TM6ACO F6KFI 8P6AZ KU9C J28FA F5MXH TM6J F5EJC 9K2MU WA4JTK KH2D K8NA TM7CMF F6IGF 9K2RR KU9C KH8/N5OLS N5JA VX9HF VE9HF 9M2/G3LIV G3LIV N2NL/KH2 W2YC YZ4ED YZ7ED 9M2KU JH2OJS NP4A W3HNK ZA1E I2MQP A61AD N1DG OD5PN LX1NO ZF2NT N2AU 4J9RI - Rashad, Box 116, Ktoprak 81031, Istanbul, TURKEY V63KU - Sam, P.O. Box 1679, Truk Lagoon, Micronesia, Pacific Ocean YK1AH - Fadel, Box 9597, Damascus, SYRIA YT1AD - Hranislav-Hrane Milosevic, K BR 183, Vitanovac 36206, YUGOSLAVIA Garth, VE3HO, is the QSL manager for Kan's, JA1BK, recent DXpeditions to the Australs and Marquesas' Islands. He reports that the first 120 envelopes were mailed for FO0MIZ this past weekend. Fred, K3ZO, reports partial call books for El Salvador, YS, and Guatemala, TG, can be found at the following URL's. http://www.milian.com/faf/miembros.shtml http://members.xoom.com/CRAG/MIEMBROS.HTM QSL cards recently received direct: A61AJ, D2AI, H40AB, HK3JJH/HK0M, JT1Y, K7K, N4DAZ/KH3, OH0W, R1FJZ, T31BB, T32BI, TU2XP, VK9WM QSL cards recently received via the bureau: GU3WHN _____________________________________________________________________

Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: K2ZZ, K3CT, K3SX, K3ZO, K4HB, K7ZD, KC3AJ, KD4IFV, KH6BZF REPORTS, N2QT, N3HR, N3OSH, NOAA, VE3HO, W4PY, W4YV, WA2VUY _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), or $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United States. _____________________________________________________________________ Copyright _ _____________________________________________________________________ THE DAILY DX _ is published Monday through Friday by Bernie McClenny, W3UR, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, MD 21738 USA. This e-mail message and its contents are copyrighted and are proprietary products of THE DAILY DX _. Any unauthorized use, reproduction, or transfer of the message or its content, in any medium, is strictly prohibited. For permission to quote, reprint or repost this e-mail send a request to THE DAILY DX _ include date, volume and issue number. Check out THE DAILY DX _ homepage http://www.wdn.com/thedailydx or for additional information you may phone THE DAILY DX _ at 301-854-5650 or fax at 301-854-5105. Remember to tell all your DX friends about THE DAILY DX.

. ======================== *** The Daily DX _ *** ======================== Volume 2 Number 107 June 9, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ DX News _____________________________________________________________________ Monk Apollo, SV2ASP/A, mentioned yesterday that his CW keyboard was not working but hopes to have it fixed soon and back on CW soon. Joseph, A45XO, is a newly licensed amateur from Ibri, Oman. The town is located in the northern mountains near the United Arab Emirates border. QSL to Joseph Paulson, Box 6, Araqi 515 Sultanate of Oman. Tony, A45ZN, reports the how amateurs from Oman are licensed. Prefix ------ A41 to Omani citizens only A43 to Special event stations only A45 to Aliens resident in the sultanate. A47 Radio Society Club Station and Repeaters A4/Own callsign to visitors on special license The Slovenia Contest Club will be sponsoring WRTC-2000 (World Radiosport Team Championship) which will be held from 12 to 18 July, 2000 in Slovenia. A website has been setup and can be found at http://wrtc2000.bit.si/ Ed, N6ED, reports the logs for the recent 9X0A, 9X/RW3AH, and 9U/9X0A can be found at http://www.qsl.net/n6ed/9x0a.html Ed also has links to many recent DXpedition logs on his homepage which is located at http://www.geocities.com/SouthBeach/Palms/8651/ _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 3D2RW - FIJI - Ron, ZL1AMO, continues to be active mostly on CW. Check 7007, 14025, 21025 and 28025. QSL via ZL1AMO. 3W7TK - VIETNAM - Started the day off on 21024 working Asia and Europe at 13:00Z. Then just before 14:00Z he showed up on 18077 working Europe, Asia and East Coast US stations until about 15:30Z. QSL via OK1HWB. 9M2/G3LIV - WEST MALAYSIA - Johnny came up on 18074 around 15:00Z working from IOTA AS-058. Stations from the East Coast of the US and Europe were able to work him until about 16:00Z. QSL via G3LIV. 9V1ZB - SINGAPORE - Sam can often be found on 17 meters CW

between 13:00 and 16:00Z. QSL via JL3WSL. CX7OV - URUGUAY - Washington and other South Americans are usually on or near 1847 between 01:00 and 04:00Z. Others include LU4UAD, PY3CEJ, CE1LDS and CX7JM. They are usually speaking in Spanish but will standby for others. FO0PAP - AUSTRAL ISLANDS - John, K8YSE, and Bill, W8JGU, started off yesterday on 20 SSB between 04:00 and 06:00Z. Today around 01:00 John was found on 21295 listening up 5 to 10 KHz. He stuck around until just after 02:00Z. Around 02:30 they were on RTTY on 14083. They hope to have the second station on the air today. QSL via K8OU. FT5XN - KERGUELEN ISLAND - At press time (04:00Z) Helios showed up on 10106. QSL via F6PEN. HK0ER - SAN ANDRES - Juan can often be found on 30 meters CW after 00:00Z. PY0FA - FERNANDO DE NORONHA - Has been active on 15 meters CW. S21J - BANGLADESH - Between 11:00 and 12:30 Mamtaz was up on 21288. ST2SA - SUDAN - Dr. Sid continues to show up on a JA net daily at 14:00Z on 14271. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AF-004 EC8AUZ 21200 1606 EU-136 9A/DF9NW/P 14084 0914 AF-005 D44AB 14194 1938 NA-041 KL7USI 14269 1520 AS-058 9M2/G3LIV 18074 1549 NA-134 OX3LG 14260 0040 AS-079 JA5CKD/6 14014 2120 NA-142 AI5P/M 14260 1547 EU-001 SV5/I2YYO 21262 1940 OC-024 T32RT 21298 0216 EU-002 OH0JW 14084 1918 OC-050 FO0PAP 14195 0511 EU-016 9A4RU 14227 2306 OC-083 ZK1EHH 21303 0117 EU-017 ID9/DL3AO 18074 2047 OC-137 VK4GP 28457 0254 EU-023 9H4CM 14182 0430 OC-143 YB4JIM 21086 1054 EU-084 SM0OIG/5 7009 2107 OC-148 YC9MKF 28496 0406 EU-132 3Z0I 14260 1350 SA-036 P43E 14260 0006 EU-132 SP1EOM/P 14261 1534 Yuki, JI6KVR, plans to be active from AMAKUSA ARCHIPELAGO (AS-012) on 27 and 28 June as JI6KVR/6. Next month he will operate from UJI ARCHIPELAGO (AS-067) as JI6KVR/6 from 24 to 26 July. IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________

From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- -------------- 9-Jun 10-Jun FG FG/JA2EZD 2-104 9-Jun 10-Jun ZK1/S ZK1EHH (OC-083) 2-102 9-Jun 11-Jun 3D2 3D2RW 2-104 9-Jun 12-Jun FO/A FO0PAP (OC-050) 2-106 9-Jun 13-Jun KL7 KL7USI (NA-041) 2-51 9-Jun 14-Jun SP 3Z0I (EU-132 120) 2-101 9-Jun 14-Jun 9M2 9M2/G3LIV (AS-058) 2-87 9-Jun 14-Jun SV SV8/SM7DAY 2-97 9-Jun 17-Jun C6A C6AKA (NA-001, 048, 113) 2-100 9-Jun 30-Jun 5X 5X1LH by GM4DMA 2-91 9-Jun 30-Jun SP SN0JG 2-59 9-Jun 31-Oct JX JX7DFA (EU-022) 2-20 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The sunspot number for June 7, 1998 was 96. The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado, for June 8, 1998, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 8-Jun-1998 21 117 12 3 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/UNSETTLED-ACTIVE 8-Jun-1998 18 113 13 3 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/UNSETTLED-ACTIVE 8-Jun-1998 15 113 13 2 VERY LOW/QUIET-UNSET;LOW/UNSETTLED-ACTIVE 8-Jun-1998 12 113 13 3 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/UNSETTLED 8-Jun-1998 09 113 13 3 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/UNSETTLED 8-Jun-1998 06 113 13 2 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/UNSETTLED 8-Jun-1998 03 113 13 3 LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;LOW/UNSETTLED 8-Jun-1998 00 113 13 2 LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;LOW/UNSETTLED The forecast for Tuesday, 9 June: solar flux 118, A index 18, K index 3. Tuesday should be Low Normal. The forecast for Wednesday, 10 June: solar flux 119, A index 15, K index 3. Wednesday should be High Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 3W7TK OK1HWB ED7LCN EA7URG TF8GX K1WY 3Z0I SP6ZDA FO0PAP K8OU TM8CMF F5NDA 5B4ADA 9A2AJ OX3LG OZ2ELA ZA1MH Z32KV 9V1ZB JL3WSL TA2IJ DJ9ZB Gene, AA4US, reports after working Kosie, V51E, in 1995 and sending several QSL requests to his manager K8EFS with no responses he went direct and did receive a card. Stations needing a QSL from Kosie may want to try Kosie du Buisson, P.O. Box 350, Outjo 9000, NAMIBIA. QSL cards recently received direct: 5Z4FZ, EK6GC, FO0FI, FT5WG, FW2EH, HK3JJH/HK0M, HL5KY, JT1Y, K4AU/WH1, K7K, KA4IST/KH5, LZ0A, LZ5Z, LZ8A, N4BQW/KH5K, N4DAZ/KH3, PZ1AP, T31BB, VP8/G4FVU _____________________________________________________________________

Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: A45ZN, K2BF, K3KY, K5VVA, K6RK, K7LXC, KA1GJ, KC3AJ, KH6BZF REPORTS, N2QT, N3OSH, N4YIC, N6ED, N9PQU, NOAA, The First Portuguese DX Bulletin, W2GE, W2KD, W4PY, WA4QDM, WA6AXE _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), or $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United States. _____________________________________________________________________ Copyright _ _____________________________________________________________________ THE DAILY DX _ is published Monday through Friday by Bernie McClenny, W3UR, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, MD 21738 USA. This e-mail message and its contents are copyrighted and are proprietary products of THE DAILY DX _. Any unauthorized use, reproduction, or transfer of the message or its content, in any medium, is strictly prohibited. For permission to quote, reprint or repost this e-mail send a request to THE DAILY DX _ include date, volume and issue number. Check out THE DAILY DX _ homepage http://www.wdn.com/thedailydx or for additional information you may phone THE DAILY DX _ at 301-854-5650 or fax at 301-854-5105. Remember to tell all your DX friends about THE DAILY DX.

. ======================== *** The Daily DX _ *** ======================== Volume 2 Number 108 June 10, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ DX News _____________________________________________________________________ Roberto, EA4DX, reports after he goes to Rotuma Island (29 August - 19 September see Vol. 2 No. 92) he will go to Fiji and sign 3D2DX/P from 20 to 24 September. He will be active on 10 through 160 meters from both locations on SSB and RTTY. His equipment includes yagis for 10, 12, 15, 17 and 20 meters and verticals on 40, 80 and 160 meters. He will also have a 1KW amplifier. A webpage has been setup for this operation and can be found at http://www.qsl.net/ea4dx/index.html QSL via EA4DX. Siso, HK3SGP, reports Colombia special event callsigns 5K1WC and 5K3WC will be used starting today to commemorate the 1998 World Soccer Cup currently being held in France. Plans are to be active on all bands and modes. QSL both stations via HK3SGP, Siso Hennessey, P.O. Box 170030, Bogota D.C. COLOMBIA. Thida, HS1ASC, is an editor of the Thailand amateur radio magazine "100 Watts". In the May 1998 issue she reported after 10 years of hard work, Thai hams will get access to the WARC bands, 30, 17 and 12 meters and all modes of transmission for the first time. No exact date has been given for these new bands and modes. It shouldn't be long before we are hearing HS and E2 stations on the new bands and RTTY. Arik, EK6DO, reports that the Armenian (EK) QSL bureau only works one way. Stations from Armenia can receive QSL cards through this bureau. They may not return QSLs through the bureau but rather must send cards direct. EK1X is a pirate. QSL cards for the following Armenian stations maybe obtained via their managers: EK6DO via K6EID EK6OCM via K6EID EK6GC via W3HNK EK7DX via DL1VJ EK6LF via IK2QPR EK8WB via IK2QPR Daniel Tavares, D44AB, will be going QRT from Cape Verde on 16 July as he heads to Boston. Ted, NH6YK, plans to once again go to Midway sometime around 1 to 15 August. He will be visiting his wife who is stationed there. He plans to take a HF and 6 meter radio. More details to follow. _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ EP2MKO - IRAN - Ali was found on 14001 working East Coast US stations around 21:00Z.

EY1ZA - TADJIKISTAN - This is a club station which was found yesterday on 18080 from 11:30 to 12:30Z. The operator was saying to QSL via DJ1SKO. When working this station pay attention to the QSL route as the normal route is via W3HNK. FO0PAP - AUSTRAL ISLANDS - The second station, FO0MAC, is now up and running. Yesterdays activities were as follows: GMT Frequencies GMT Frequencies --- ----------- --- ----------- 00 21082 09 14083 01 21295 15 7006 02 14083, 21295 16 7006 03 14083 20 18140, 21295 04 14083 21 21082, 21295 06 14083 22 21082 07 14083 23 21082 _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AS-017 JR6EA 14201 1333 EU-132 3Z0I 14269 2003 EU-013 GJ4HSW 14260 1233 EU-136 9A/DF9NW/P 14257 1037 EU-016 9A2GF 14001 2130 NA-134 OX3LG 14260 0040 EU-018 OY/DF6VU/P 14252 1038 OC-027 FO5QG 14180 0559 EU-020 SM1CQA 18079 1228 OC-050 FO0PAP 21295 2122 EU-029 OZ1CQX 14086 2009 OC-083 ZK1EHH 14265 0216 EU-131 IK3TTY 21260 1443 OC-143 YB4JIM 14029 1405 The Jiangsu DX Club has now finalized the dates of their Ping Island IOTA DXpedition for 19, 20 and 21 June. Look for BI4Q (AS-NEW) on the following frequencies: CW 3504, 7004, 10104, 14040, 18074, 21040, 24894, 28040, 50110 SSB 7050, 14260, 18135, 21260, 24945, 28460, 50110 QSL via 9A2AJ. IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- -------------- 10-Jun 11-Jun 3D2 3D2RW 2-104 10-Jun 30-Jun 5X 5X1LH by GM4DMA 2-91 10-Jun 14-Jun 9M2 9M2/G3LIV (AS-058) 2-87 10-Jun 17-Jun C6A C6AKA (NA-001, 048, 113) 2-100 10-Jun 15-Jun CE CE1LDS/2 (SA-NEW) 2-77 10-Jun 12-Jun FO/A FO0PAP (OC-050) 2-106 10-Jun 12-Jun J6 J6/JA2EZD 2-104

10-Jun 31-Oct JX JX7DFA (EU-022) 2-20 10-Jun 13-Jun KL7 KL7USI (NA-041) 2-51 10-Jun 14-Jun SP 3Z0I (EU-132 120) 2-101 10-Jun 30-Jun SP SN0JG 2-59 10-Jun 17-Jun SV SV8/G3SWH (EU-067) 2-100 10-Jun 14-Jun SV SV8/SM7DAY 2-97 10-Jun 10-Jun ZK1/S ZK1EHH (OC-083) 2-102 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The sunspot number for June 8, 1998 was 104. The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado, for June 9, 1998, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 9-Jun-1998 21 112 9 2 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/UNSET-ACTIVE 9-Jun-1998 18 117 12 2 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/UNSET-ACTIVE 9-Jun-1998 15 117 12 3 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/UNSET-ACTIVE 9-Jun-1998 12 117 12 2 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/UNSET-ACTIVE 9-Jun-1998 09 117 12 3 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/UNSET-ACTIVE 9-Jun-1998 06 117 12 1 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/UNSET-ACTIVE 9-Jun-1998 03 117 12 2 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/UNSET-ACTIVE 9-Jun-1998 00 117 12 2 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/UNSET-ACTIVE The forecast for Wednesday, 10 June: solar flux 117, A index 15, K index 3. Wednesday should be High Normal. The forecast for Thursday, 11 June: solar flux 116, A index 8, K index 2. Thursday should be High Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ The following QSL cards were recently received and information was taken directly from the cards listed below: 4F3GDX Gudo Castillo, 97 Paseo del Congreso, 3000 Malolos, Bulacan, PHILIPPINES 5W1PC J. Perry Christensen, P. O. Box 2007, Apia, WESTERN SAMOA 5X1M via ON5NT 5X1T via ON5NT 6Y5WJ Josh Walker, Walker James Associates, Frost Building, Dudley Road West, Tividale, Warley, West Midlands B69 2PJ, ENGLAND 8P6PF Paul Foster, 18 South Ridge, Christ Church, BARBADOS 8P6TD Tony Davis, #7 Holborn Terrace, Wilcox, Christ Church, BARBADOS 9M2NK via JE1JKL 9M6CT Philip J. Weaver, P. O. Box 13478, 88839 Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, MALAYSIA A43XXV The Royal Omani Amateur Radio Society, P. O. Box 981, Muscat 113, OMAN BA4ASL Ora S. L. Li, 11 Lane 1434, Hua Shan Road, Shanghai 200052, CHINA BN0A via JH3DPB CY0DX via VA3RU D2AI via CT1EGH DU1LKY Joselito C. Fernandez, Coloong 1, Valenzuela, MM 1445, PHILIPPINES

EP2MKO via UA6HCW FM5DX Paul Traversier, Route du Stade, F-97222 Case Pilote, FRANCE LZ0A via LZ1KDP P40AV Alan B. Caplan, 14020 140th Court, W., Apple Valley, MN 55124 SV2CCR Nikos Psomiadis, Zorba 9, GR-551 32 Kalamaria, Thessaloniki, GREECE T88HC via JO1IAF T88TT via 7M1STT TA4BN Nadir Sunal, P. O. Box 4, TR-64100 Usak, TURKEY TT8JE via F6FNU V31HE via DL1DA V31UY via N6UY VP9FX L. Roy Bean, #41, Happy Valley Road, Pembroke East, Hamilton HM-18, BERMUDA VU2GSM G. S. Murthy, 59, South End Road, Bangalore 560 004, INDIA N2NL/WH2 via W2YC XW30 via SM0AGD XW30A via SM0AGD YB0ECT R. Prihandoyo, Jl. Jusuf Adiwinata 3, Jakarta 10350, INDONESIA YB0HD Budi Rianto Halim, P. O. Box 84 JKWK, Jakarta 10001, INDONESIA YB0WYN Arwien Hartopo T., P. O. Box 6199, Jakarta 14061, INDONESIA YB1KOR Yana Koryana, Jl. Pencak Silat 14, Bandung 40293, INDONESIA YB9ZUK Badung Club Station, P. O. Box 2051, Kuta, Bali 80361, INDONESIA YC0FYJ Thony, P. O. Box 7642 JKPWB, Jakarta 10076, INDONESIA YC0NDB Warnyaty Wihardjo, Jl. Muara Karang, Blok Y 7 Selatan No. 38, Jakarta 14450, INDONESIA YC8BVG Aminuddinsyah, P. O. Box 10, Siwa 90992, INDONESIA YC8FI via IK0ZKK YC8SBY Achmad Hasni, Jl. Letjen Soeprapto 141, Gorontalo 96111, INDONESIA YC9BU Kadek Kariana Sp., P. O. Box 106, Singaraja 81100, INDONESIA YC9ZAD ORARI Stasiun Induk Lokal Buleleng, P. O. Box 250, Singaraja 81100, INDONESIA YJ0AIO via DL7VRO YJ0AIQ via DL7VRO ZF2RL via K8IRC _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: BA4TB, EA4DX, EK6DO, HK3SGP, HS0/VK3DXI, K3ZO, KC3AJ, KH6BZF REPORTS, N3OSH, NOAA, NH6YK _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), or $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United States. _____________________________________________________________________ Copyright _ _____________________________________________________________________ THE DAILY DX _ is published Monday through Friday by Bernie McClenny,

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. ======================== *** The Daily DX _ *** ======================== Volume 2 Number 109 June 11, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ DX News _____________________________________________________________________ Mike, G4IUF, is now operating from Monaco with special call 3A0FC for the next 2 weeks. He will be active on CW and SSB on 10 through 20 meters. QSL via G4IUF. Paul, KD5CRJ/G7SLP, will be active from HZ1AB in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia through the summer. Look him on 17 and 6 meters. QSL via K8PYD. 6 Meter enthusiasts Jim, W6JKV, will be operating as J79KV on Dominica from 26 June to 6 July. He will be mostly on 6 meters and possibly other bands. QSL via W6JKV. Members of the Florida Contest Club (FCC) will operate the IARU HF World Championship on 11 and 12 July as KG4OX from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Operators include Rusty, KG4AU/WV3N; Bill, KG4GC/W4WX; Vic, KG4TO/N4TO; and Doug, KG4OX/W4OX. The team will arrive on the military base on 8 July and remain active for one week. Look for them before and after the contest on all bands and modes including 6 meters. QSL contest QSO's to Doug McDuff KG4OX/W4OX, 10380 S.W. 112th Street, Miami, FL 33176. QSL KG4AU via W4WX, and all others via their home calls. Bureau cards will be answered. Vito, I3BQC, will be on the air as SV5/I3BQC from Astypalea Island in the Dodecanese Island from 16 June to 12 July. There is a possibility he may get on from other Greek islands. QSL via I3BQC. Juha, OH9MM, is currently active as SV9/OH9MM/P on Crete until 15 June. Look for him on 10 through 40 meters CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL via OH3LQK. Here on the East Coast conditions on 17 meters have been very good between the hours of 03:00 and 06:00Z with signals from Eastern Europe, Central Asia, Middle East, Pacific, East Africa and the Indian Ocean. Although the band has been open there has not been a lot of activity. Signals have been very strong. Stations from around the globe should check 17, 15 and even 12 meters after dark to the East and West. _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 3D2QB - FIJI - Allan can be found most days on 18070 from 01:00 to 03:00Z. QSL via SM3CER.

5X1LH - UGANDA - Laurence showed up on 18075 yesterday at 04:45Z working East Coast US stations. QSL via GM4DMA. A41LZ - OMAN - Murthada continues to show up often on 17 meters SSB between 03:00 and 04:00Z. Check between 18130 and 18140. EP2MKO - IRAN - Those of you needing this semi-rare Middle East country should look for Ali daily on the low end of 20 meters CW between 20:00 and 22:00Z. FT5XN - KERGUELEN ISLAND - Europeans found Helios between 09:00 and 10:00Z yesterday on 21024. QSL via F6PEN. KH8/N5OLS - AMERICAN SAMOA - Don was working JA's, Europe and East Coast US stations from 11:00 to 11:40Z on 18073. QSL via N5JA. SV2ASP/A - MOUNT ATHOS - Monk Apollo showed up on RTTY just before 20:00Z on 14082. YJ8PU - VANUATU - Crystal (YL) has been showing up on 15 meters SSB between 03:00 and 05:00Z. QSL via KF4VPU. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AF-027 FH5CB 14247 0406 EU-136 9A/DK3ID 14262 1953 AS-028 UA0QMU 14002 0637 NA-085 AI5P 14260 2229 AS-079 JA5CKD/6 14014 1355 NA-133 C6AKA 14083 0314 EU-049 SV8DCY 21270 1359 OC-050 FO0MAC 18072 0326 EU-052 SV8/DL8YRM 14002 1939 OC-050 FO0PAP 18145 2318 EU-084 SM0OIG 14011 2149 OC-146 YC8NLF 21272 1313 EU-121 EJ/DL8AAV/P 14260 1729 SA-086 CE1LDS/2 21260 2319 EU-132 3Z0I 14260 1755 Michael, OX3LG, has been operating from the WEST COAST group (NA-134) for the last two weeks and will leave tomorrow. He is planning a 14 day stay from the EAST COAST group (NA-151) during August. He says this next group is further south and conditions should be much better. QSL via OZ2ELA. Tom, W0GLG, will be active from Ireland during July as EI4VVF on the 10 through 80 meter IOTA SSB frequencies. He also plans to be active from Inishmaan Island (EU-006) as EI4VVF/P. Italians Elio, IK1VCA, and Roberto, IZ1BWC will be on from Corsica Island from 27 June to 18 July as TK/IK1VCA and TK/IZ1BWC. They may also go to San Cipriano Island (EU-164). QSL via IK1VCA. IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765

_____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ >From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- -------------- 11-Jun 11-Jun 3D2 3D2RW 2-104 11-Jun 30-Jun 5X 5X1LH by GM4DMA 2-91 11-Jun 14-Jun 9M2 9M2/G3LIV (AS-058) 2-87 11-Jun 17-Jun A2 A25/ZS6PDX 2-93 11-Jun 17-Jun C6A C6AKA (NA-001, 048, 113) 2-100 11-Jun 15-Jun CE CE1LDS/2 (SA-NEW) 2-77 11-Jun 16-Jul D4 D44AB 2-108 11-Jun 12-Jun FO/A FO0PAP (OC-050) 2-106 11-Jun 13-Jun HS HS0/7L1MFS (AS-101) 2-59 11-Jun 13-Jun HS HS0GBI HS7CDI (AS-107) 2-87 11-Jun 12-Jun J6 J6/JA2EZD 2-104 11-Jun 31-Oct JX JX7DFA (EU-022) 2-20 11-Jun 13-Jun KL7 KL7USI (NA-041) 2-51 11-Jun 14-Jun SP 3Z0I (EU-132 120) 2-101 11-Jun 30-Jun SP SN0JG 2-59 11-Jun 17-Jun SV SV8/G3SWH (EU-067) 2-100 11-Jun 14-Jun SV SV8/SM7DAY 2-97 11-Jun 10-Jun ZK1/S ZK1EHH (OC-083) 2-102 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The sunspot number for June 9, 1998 was 101. The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado, for June 10, 1998, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 10-Jun-1998 21 112 9 3 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 10-Jun-1998 18 112 8 2 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 10-Jun-1998 15 112 8 3 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 10-Jun-1998 12 112 8 2 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 10-Jun-1998 09 112 8 3 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 10-Jun-1998 06 112 8 2 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 10-Jun-1998 03 112 8 1 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 10-Jun-1998 00 112 8 2 VERY LOW/QUIET-UNSET;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED The forecast for Thursday, 11 June: solar flux 112, A index 8, K index 2. Thursday should be High Normal. The forecast for Friday, 12 June: solar flux 115, A index 10, K index 2. Friday should be High Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 5K3WC HK3SGP FO0MAC K8OU TM0CMF F5KKD 9J2TF JA2BOV FO0PAP K8OU TM7CMF F6IGF DU8ARK I2YDX HS0/VK3DXI DL4DBR TM9CMF F5PIQ EU3FT W3HC JW7VK LA7VK VX9HF VE9HF EW1NY N8LCU SV9/OH9MM/P OH3LQK XE1VIC KV8U

4K9C - Boris Gorobec, P.O. Box 214, 370000 Baku, AZERBAIJAN 7L1MFS - Yoh Yoshida, Shinko Bldg., 4-1 Arakawa 4-chome, Arakawa 116, JAPAN ET3BT - Tensai, P.O. Box 6128, Addis Ababa, ETHIOPIA V63KU - Sam Beppu, P.O. Box 1679, Chuuk, FM 96942 QSL cards recently received direct: 3D2KZ, 6V6U, 6W6/K3IPK, CU/DL3KUD, D2AI, ET3BT, FO0FI, FT5WG, FT5XN, HK3JJH/HK0M, HL5XF, K7K, VP8/G4VFU, YJ0AWP, ZD8Z _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: K2ZZ, K3TZV, K8SM, KC2ZA, KC3AJ, KH6BZF REPORTS, KQ4QM, KQ4YI, N2LH, N2QT, N3OSH, NOAA, PY2XB, W2BDP, W2GE, W3KHZ, W4OX, W7AWA, W8UV, WB2KSQ _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), or $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United States. _____________________________________________________________________ Copyright _ _____________________________________________________________________ THE DAILY DX _ is published Monday through Friday by Bernie McClenny, W3UR, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, MD 21738 USA. This e-mail message and its contents are copyrighted and are proprietary products of THE DAILY DX _. Any unauthorized use, reproduction, or transfer of the message or its content, in any medium, is strictly prohibited. For permission to quote, reprint or repost this e-mail send a request to THE DAILY DX _ include date, volume and issue number. Check out THE DAILY DX _ homepage http://www.wdn.com/thedailydx or for additional information you may phone THE DAILY DX _ at 301-854-5650 or fax at 301-854-5105. Remember to tell all your DX friends about THE DAILY DX.

. ======================== *** The Daily DX _ *** ======================== Volume 2 Number 110 June 12, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ DX News _____________________________________________________________________ Charlie, K4VUD, will once again be working in Nepal starting 7 July. He plans to operate as 9N1UD in the IARU Radiosport HF Championship on 11 and 12 July. He hopes to be on daily at his local sunrise and sunset. Suggested frequencies are: 1830 to 1835, 3799, 7023, 7065, 14023, 14195, 14215, 21023, 21295 and 28490. Charlie will also be taking a trip during this time frame to Tibet, China and Bhutan, although he doubts he will be on the air. He plans to have a daily schedule on 14215 at 01:00Z and will be in Nepal through 5 December. QSL via K4VUD. Six Meter enthusiasts will be happy to know that Greek stations have recently been given permission to use this band on a secondary basis. Only operations from Greek nationals in Greece, Crete or Rhodes will be acceptable as the Greek ministry will not issue licenses for visitors. The ARRL DX Bulletin reports that Tom, DL4SZ, and Arno, DL1CW are currently operating as MU/DL4SZ/P and MU/DL1CW/P from Guernsey until 13 June. Arno will be on CW while Tom will be on both CW and SSB. QSL via home calls. Nenad, VE3EXY, plans to be active from Rhodes Island, which counts as Dodecanese from 17 to 24 June. Look for SV5/VE3EXY/P to be on 10 through 40 meters mostly CW and maybe some SSB. Afterwards he will be on from 4N7ZR in Yugoslavia from 29 June to 6 July. Look for him on 10 through 80 meters mostly CW and maybe RTTY and SSB. QSL via VE3EXY, Nenad Stevanovic, P.O. Box 65046, Nepean, K2G 5Y3, CANADA. _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 3V8BB - TUNISIA - Was found on 18122 working JA's between 15:30 and 16:20Z. QSL via JF2EZA. 4KA5CW - AZERBAIJAN - Serge is active daily on 20 meters both CW and SSB 23:00 and 03:00Z. QSL via 4J9RI. 7X4AN - ALGERIA - Mohamed has been showing up on 15 CW most days from 22:00 to 00:00Z. 9M2/G3LIV - WEST MALAYSIA - Johnny is located on IOTA AS-058 and was working West Coast US stations on 14012 from 16:30 to 18:00Z. QSL via G3LIV. 9M2AX - WEST MALAYSIA - Central US stations were logging Ross on 18082 at 15:30Z yesterday.

A92GE - BAHRAIN - David made an appearance on 18083 at 22:00Z. C31SD - ANDORRA - US and JA stations reported Carlos on 14207 from 20:10 to 20:40Z. EP2MKO - IRAN - Early today Ali showed up on 14005 just after 00:00Z and stay until at least 02:00Z. QSL via UA6HCW. ET3KV - ETHIOPIA - Europeans and Asians were working Karl at 12:30Z on 21277. FT5XN - KERGUELEN ISLAND - Just before 12:00Z yesterday Helios showed up on 14015. QSL via F6PEN. HZ1AB - SAUDI ARABIA - Jeff was busy on 18136 from 19:00 to 23:00Z. QSL via K8PYD. KH0AC - MARIANA ISLANDS - Len was active on 21295 late yesterday and early today. QSL via K7ZA. TA2DS - TURKEY - West Coast US stations found this one on 14245 between 03:00 and 03:30Z. QSL via WA3HUP. UN3F - KAZAKHSTAN - Alan can be found very often on 17 meters CW and SSB. YJ8PU - VANUATU - Look for Crystal on 21305 just before 01:00Z until about 05:00Z. QSL via KF4VPU. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AS-058 9M2/G3LIV 14011 1752 NA-134 OX3LG 14260 0248 AS-079 JA5CKD/6 18079 1419 OC-013 ZK1EHH 14260 0703 EU-132 3Z0I 14260 0403 OC-050 FO0PAP 14170 0705 NA-041 KL7USI/P 14260 1554 SA-086 CE1LDS/2 14260 2339 NA-113 C6AKA 14086 2345 Roberto, IK0MHR, will be active from Porco Islet (EU-041 as IM0/IK0MHR on 21 June. Plans are for him to be on 20 and 40 meters CW and SSB. QSL via IK0MHR. Debbie, N7FL, will operate in the RSGB IOTA Contest as W7I from Lopez Island (NA-065). QSL via N7FL. Look for Claudio, I1SNW, to be on from the Egadi Island (EU-054) as IF9/I1SNW from 5 to 12 July. Then as IG9/I1SNW from the Pelagie Islands (AF-019) between 12 and 19 July. QSL via I1SNW. From 23 to 30 June Roberto, IK2MRZ, will operate as IK2MRZ/IM0 on Maddalena Island (EU-041). He may also operate from some of the other EU-041 islands. QSL via IK2MRZ.

Laurie, VO1XC, will operate with Barry, VO1BAR, from Puffin Island (NA-198) starting around 18:00Z on 15 June. He will be there for at least one day. He may also operate from Greenspond, Ship and Batterton Islands which all count as NA-198. They will concentrate on JA/VK/ZL. Check the 20 and 40 meter IOTA frequencies. Dean, W4WHN, Richard, KE4GWH, and Corey, N1WON are hoping to operate on Howell Key, FL on either 13 or 20 June. This will all depend on the weather (WX). IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- -------------- 12-Jun 12-Jun FO/A FO0PAP (OC-050) 2-106 12-Jun 12-Jun J6 J6/JA2EZD 2-104 12-Jun 13-Jun HS HS0GBI HS7CDI (AS-107) 2-87 12-Jun 13-Jun KL7 KL7USI (NA-041) 2-51 12-Jun 14-Jun SP 3Z0I (EU-132 120) 2-101 12-Jun 14-Jun 9M2 9M2/G3LIV (AS-058) 2-87 12-Jun 14-Jun F F5MRP ON4ZD (EU-032) 2-88 12-Jun 14-Jun SV SV8/SM7DAY 2-97 12-Jun 14-Jun F TM5B (EU-148) 2-95 12-Jun 15-Jun CE CE1LDS/2 (SA-NEW) 2-77 12-Jun 15-Jun SV9 SV9/OH9MM/P 2-109 12-Jun 17-Jun A2 A25/ZS6PDX 2-93 12-Jun 17-Jun C6A C6AKA (NA-001, 048, 113) 2-100 12-Jun 17-Jun SV SV8/G3SWH (EU-067) 2-100 12-Jun 24-Jun 3A 3A0FC 2-109 12-Jun 25-Jun EI EI2IM and maybe EJ/EI2IM/P (EU-0 2-99 12-Jun 30-Jun 5X 5X1LH by GM4DMA 2-91 12-Jun 30-Jun SP SN0JG 2-59 12-Jun 16-Jul D4 D44AB 2-108 12-Jun 31-Oct JX JX7DFA (EU-022) 2-20 13-Jun 13-Jun Asian Pacific SSB Sprint 13-Jun 14-Jun ANARTS WW RTTY Contest 13-Jun 14-Jun I IA1 by 4 Italians (EU-083) 2-98 13-Jun 20-Jun G G0IFM G0URI (EU-120) 2-102 14-Jun 18-Jun FO/M FO0MAC (OC-027) 2-106 14-Jun 20-Jun VP5 VP5/K5YG (NA-002) 2-106 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The sunspot number for June 10, 1998 was 103. The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado, for June 11, 1998, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 11-Jun-1998 21 112 7 2 MODERATE/QUIET-ACTIVE;LOW/QUIET 11-Jun-1998 18 112 9 1 MODERATE/QUIET-ACTIVE;LOW/QUIET 11-Jun-1998 15 112 9 1 MODERATE/QUIET-ACTIVE;LOW/QUIET-UNSET

11-Jun-1998 12 112 9 2 MODERATE/QUIET-ACTIVE;LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE 11-Jun-1998 09 112 9 2 LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE 11-Jun-1998 06 112 9 2 LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE 11-Jun-1998 03 112 9 3 LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE 11-Jun-1998 00 112 9 4 LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE The forecast for Friday, 12 June: solar flux 115, A index 10, K index 2. Friday should be High Normal. The forecast for Saturday, 13 June: solar flux 120, A index 8, K index 2. Saturday should be High Normal. The forecast for Sunday, 14 June: solar flux 122, A index 8, K index 3. Sunday should be High Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 3V8BB JF2EZA CT98CJJ CT1CJJ TA2DS WA3HUP CT98BOH W3HNK HP3XUG KG6UH ZK1EHH K8VIR Rudi, DK7PE, has recently moved to a new QTH. His new address is as follows: DK7PE - Rudolf Klos, Ludwig Schwamb Straáe 32, 55126 Wackernheim, GERMANY Rudi is the QSL manager for the following operations: TN0CW, 3DA0CW, 7P8CW, C9RAA, 7Q7CW, 9F2CW, XT2CW, XX9CW, A35CW, D2CW, ZS6HSC, EI4VPW, S79CW, 3D2CW, ON9CPE, VK2FRG, P29VCW, YJ0AXX, 5Z4SQ, ET4A, S21ZC, 9H3HF, CN2BA, 5W0XX Mats, 5X1Z/SM7PKK, reports that Nils, SM6CAS, will now be handling the QSLing duties for 5X1Z and all of past operations by SM7PKK. For a complete listing of all calls see http://home1.swipnet.se/~w-17565/ The 5X1Z QSL cards are currently being printed. Those who sent requests to SM7PKK do not need to resend as they have been forwarded to Nils. SM6CAS - Nils-Goeran Persson, Box 2050, HOVAS, SE - 436 02, SWEDEN. _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 425 DX News, 5X1Z, ARRL DX Bulletin, DX News Sheet, IOTW, KC3AJ, KH6BZF REPORTS, N3OSH, NOAA, OPDX, VO1XC _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), or $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United States. _____________________________________________________________________ Copyright _ _____________________________________________________________________

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. ======================== *** The Daily DX _ *** ======================== Volume 2 Number 111 June 15, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ DX News _____________________________________________________________________ Three operators from England have announced they will operate from the Ethiopian Amateur Society club station ET3AA in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia from 18 to 27 September. Operators include veterans Andy, G4ZVJ, Alan, G3XAQ, and Steve, G3VMW. Plans are to be active on all bands mostly CW and some SSB. If there is a big enough demand they will operate on RTTY. There will be an emphasis on 12, 17 and 30 meters, along with the low bands. Suggested frequencies are as follows: 1829, 3508, 7008, 10108, 14026, 18076, 21026, 24896 and 28026. While they are in the capital city they hope to obtain personal callsigns for a future two week operation in 1999. More details about this operation can be found on G3VMW's home page at http://www.bramham.demon.co.uk and on line logs will be available after the operation. QSL this operation via G3VMW, Steve Wilson, 3 Crag Gardens, Bramham, Wetherby, West Yorkshire, LS23 6RP, ENGLAND. Mark, ON4WW/S07WW, will be working in Western Sahara starting about 21 June for 4 to 6 days. He plans to be on the air, without an amplifier, during his evenings and nights. Mark likes 160 meters and will concentrate on topband. He has already built an inverted L to be installed on a 9 meter telescopic mast. This operation will depend on available electricity. If non is available he may operate SSB only from his vehicle. Suggested frequencies are as follows: 1827.5, 3510, 7010, 14023, 21023, 28023. No frequencies were given for 12, 17 or 30 meters but he plans to operate them too. Do not be surprised if he shows up earlier or later than originally planned. QSL via ON5NT. Etienne Swart, ZS6Y, will celebrate the 80th birthday of South African President Nelson Mandella using the special call ZS80NRM (Nelson R. Mandella) from now through 30 July. Any surplus green stamps will be donated to a children's fund. QSL via ZS6Y. Dave Bendt, KC9IM (ex J52IM), has left Guinea-Bissau and is stateside for a few weeks. He reports there are no known active amateurs now in this Western African nation and that a coup is currently going on. Dave's next assignment will take him to Beograd, Yugoslavia. The Prairie DX Group has finalized their DXpedition plans to Miquelon Island fro 26 August to 1 September. Look for FP/N9PD to be active on 10 through 80 meters CW, SSB, RTTY. They may also take 6 meters. QSL direct or via the bureau to N9PD. Ron, 7Q7RM, left Malawi in early April and was scheduled to return yesterday. QSL via G0IAS.

Jean-Pierre, F6FLV, is currently active from Lebanon as OD5RAK until 30 June. He has been very active on 6 meters. _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 1A0KM - SOVEREIGN MILITARY ORDER OF MALTA - Was active on 15 and 20 meters CW on Saturday. Work it first worry later. 4K9W - AZERBAIJAN - US stations reported working Vlad around 03:20Z on 15 meters CW on Saturday. QSL via DL6KVA. 5X1DK - UGANDA - Europeans and JA's were working Don on 18117 from 12:30 to 13:45Z on Saturday. QSL via KD4UDU. 7X2RO - ALGERIA - On Saturday Afif showed up on 18073 working Japan, Europe and West Coast US stations between 20:30 and 22:40Z. QSL via F6FNU. A92GE - BAHRAIN - On both Saturday and Sunday David was active on 17 meters CW and SSB between 03:30 and 04:00Z. EX8MZ - KYRGYZSTAN - West Coast US stations were logging Serge on 18086 between 05:00 and 06:00Z on Saturday. Then at 06:20Z they had him on 21027. FO0 - AUSTRAL ISLANDS - FO0MAC and FO0PAP went QRT on Friday. FO0 - MARQUESAS - FO0MAC and FO0PAP are now active from another potentially new one. They will leave this Friday at 22:00Z. QSL via K8OU. FR5DD - REUNION - US stations found Jean-Claude at 04:00Z on Saturday on 18079. FT5XN - KERGUELEN ISLAND - Helios is still active from this semi-rare island. On Saturday West Coast US stations were logging him on 7006 at 13:30Z. QSL via F6PEN. ST2SA - SUDAN - Dr. Sid continues to show up on 14271 at 14:00Z. On Sunday JA's were working him on a net on 18146 at 14:30Z. TR8XX - GABON - West Coast US stations found Jean on 14017 at 05:40Z. UK8 - UZBEKISTAN - Station across the US found both UK8GK and UK8OM on 15 meters CW on Saturday between 02:30 and 03:00Z. V73UX - MARSHALL ISLANDS - Europeans and Asians were working him on 21255 from 10:00 to 11:00Z on Saturday. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA

_____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AF-004 EA8BBR 14260 0043 EU-034 ES1QD/0 14262 0647 AS-028 UA0QMU 14004 1759 EU-037 SM7DLZ 14257 0051 AS-079 JA5CKD/6 14017 1208 EU-067 SV8/G3SWH 21025 0900 EU-001 SV5/DL6NBR 18128 1307 EU-084 SM0MC 14277 2047 EU-003 CU3T 14183 2255 EU-120 GB5LI 7018 2126 EU-004 EA6/DL1KBQ 24942 0914 NA-027 VO1COP 14262 0056 EU-016 9A4RU 14182 0959 NA-110 K9JWV 14260 2055 EU-029 OZ7MW 7097 2140 SA-086 CE1LDS/2 21260 0009 EU-032 F/ON4ZD/P 14017 0804 German amateurs Ron, DK4UN, and Matthias, DK4WD, plan to operate from several Scandinavian islands during June and July. They will use LA/ SM/ and OH/home calls. The schedule below is subject to change so keep an eye on their homepage at http://www.qsl.net/dk4un Dates IOTA Prefix Island name 27 - 29 June EU-139 SM2 Seskaroen 27 June EU-135 SM2 if possible 1 - 3 July EU-126 OH8/9 not sure - maybe Hailuoto 3 - 5 July EU-141 LA Vardoe 7 - 10 July EU-044 LA maybe Soroya 10 - 12 July EU-046 LA maybe Senja 13 - 17 July EU-033 LA 13 - 17 July EU-076 LA 18 - 19 July EU-062 LA 21 - 22 July EU-079 LA Hareidlandet The upcoming IOTA DXpedition of BI4Q to Ping Island (AS-NEW) will take place from 19 to 21 June. The QSL cards will not go to 9A2AJ as reported earlier. The new QSL route will be JSDXC-BY4RSA, P.O. Box 538, Nanjing, China. They will not operate in the All Asian Contest but will be on both CW and SSB. The logs for the recent H75A operation from NA-209 are now on line at http://islandchaser.com The logs were originally handwritten then typed. QSL via N5FTR. Members of the Pusan branch of the KARL plan to activate Tok Do Island (AS-045) from 25 to 31 July. They will have about 10 operators using 6M5DX and D98TOK callsigns on HF and VHF. Plans include two complete stations using TS-530s and FL-2100 amplifiers. IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- -------------- 15-Jun 15-Jun CE CE1LDS/2 (SA-NEW) 2-77 15-Jun 15-Jun SV9 SV9/OH9MM/P 2-109

15-Jun 16-Jun VE VO1XC VO1BAR (NA-198) 2-110 15-Jun 17-Jun A2 A25/ZS6PDX 2-93 15-Jun 17-Jun C6A C6AKA (NA-001, 048, 113) 2-100 15-Jun 17-Jun SV SV8/G3SWH (EU-067) 2-100 15-Jun 18-Jun FO/M FO0MAC (OC-027) 2-106 15-Jun 20-Jun G G0IFM G0URI (EU-120) 2-102 15-Jun 20-Jun VP5 VP5/K5YG (NA-002) 2-106 15-Jun 21-Jun TF DL7DF DL7BO DL7BY DL7UFR 2-74 15-Jun 24-Jun 3A 3A0FC 2-109 15-Jun 25-Jun EI EI2IM and maybe EJ/EI2IM/P (EU-0 2-99 15-Jun 30-Jun 5X 5X1LH by GM4DMA 2-91 15-Jun 30-Jun SP SN0JG 2-59 15-Jun 16-Jul D4 D44AB 2-108 15-Jun 31-Oct JX JX7DFA (EU-022) 2-20 16-Jun 12-Jul SV5 SV5/I3BQC 2-109 17-Jun 24-Jun SV5 SV5/VE3EXY/P 2-110 19-Jun 21-Jun BY BI4Q (AS-NEW) 2-108 2-103 19-Jun 22-Jun KH0 KH0N KH0/AF4IN KH0/AF4FL 2-105 20-Jun 20-Jun I Group of Italians (EU-031) 2-101 20-Jun 20-Jun W N1WON (NA-062) 2-110 20-Jun 21-Jun All Asian DX CW Contest _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The sunspot number for June 13, 1998 was 148. The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado, for June 14, 1998, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 14-Jun-1998 21 102 15 2 LOW/QUIET-MINR STM;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 14-Jun-1998 18 111 4 3 LOW/QUIET-MINR STM;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 14-Jun-1998 15 111 4 2 LOW/QUIET-MINR STM;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 14-Jun-1998 12 111 4 3 LOW/QUIET-MINR STM;LOW/UNSETTLED-ACTIVE 14-Jun-1998 09 111 4 3 LOW/QUIET-MINR STM;LOW/UNSETTLED-ACTIVE 14-Jun-1998 06 111 4 5 LOW/QUIET-MINR STM;LOW/UNSETTLED-ACTIVE 14-Jun-1998 03 111 4 2 MODERATE/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/UNSETTLED 14-Jun-1998 00 111 4 2 MODERATE/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/UNSETTLED The forecast for Monday, 15 June: solar flux 115, A index 8, K index 2. Monday should be High Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ On the World Wide Web _____________________________________________________________________ Tom Roscoe, K8CX, reports he has uploaded 105 photos of DXers and Contesters from this years Dayton Hamvention on his homepage at http://paradox2010.com/ham/ _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 3Z0I SP6ZDA EW3LB W3HNK SV5/DL6NBR DL6NBR 4K9W DL6KVA FO0MAC K8OU TM0CMF F5KKD 4S7YSG JA2BDR FO0PAP K8OU TT8ZB IK3ERN 5K3WC HK3SGP GX0STH/P G4DIY UE0SIO UA4HUR

5N1SYT IK0PHY HB0/HB9LEY JH1BSE UK8OM IK2QPR 5N3BHF OE6LAG JW4WAA LA4WAA UN7LG KU9C 5X1DK KD4UDU KH0AC K7ZA VK8AN VK4AAQ 5X1LH GM4DMA KH6/JR1SDS JR1SDS VU2ABE JA4DOB 7J1AZL OK1FWQ L36E LU7EE XL1GO VO1GO 7S5BE SK5BE OA4DHW N5FTR ZA1E I2MQP 7X0AD EA4URE OH0CW OH2KMF ZF2DR K5RQ 9M2TD JR4PDP OH0EA OH2KMG ZF2NT N2AU CU3T CU3URA OH0JWL DL5FF ZK1EHH K8VIR D2BB W3HNK ON50NOL ON6NL ZS80NRM ZS6Y EI9FN G3YOG QSL cards recently received direct: 8R1Z, FT5WG, T31BB _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 425 DX News, AA5XE, BA4TB, DK4UN, DX News Sheet, K2BF, KC3AJ, KF9YL, KH6BZF REPORTS, KK6T, N1HRW, N3OSH, NOAA, ON5NT, PA0ABM, W1LRZ, W3LPL, ZS6Y _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), or $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United States. _____________________________________________________________________ Copyright _ _____________________________________________________________________ THE DAILY DX _ is published Monday through Friday by Bernie McClenny, W3UR, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, MD 21738 USA. This e-mail message and its contents are copyrighted and are proprietary products of THE DAILY DX _. Any unauthorized use, reproduction, or transfer of the message or its content, in any medium, is strictly prohibited. For permission to quote, reprint or repost this e-mail send a request to THE DAILY DX _ include date, volume and issue number. Check out THE DAILY DX _ homepage http://www.wdn.com/thedailydx or for additional information you may phone THE DAILY DX _ at 301-854-5650 or fax at 301-854-5105. Remember to tell all your DX friends about THE DAILY DX.

. ======================== *** The Daily DX _ *** ======================== Volume 2 Number 112 June 16, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ DX News _____________________________________________________________________ Charlie, W0YG, reports he will leave for Africa on 9 July. His first stop will be Johannesburg on 10 July. On 18 July he hopes to be in Namibia as V5/ZS6YG. From there he will go to Zimbabwe and activate Z21/W0YG from about 25 July to 6 August. The remaining part of his trip will be from Botswana as A22/W0YG until 26 August. Charlie likes to work the low bands. QSL via W0YG. Francesco, IK0FVC, reports the station signing 1A0KM on 15 and 20 meters CW on Saturday 13 June was a pirate. He will notify the DX bulletins prior to any operation from the Sovereign Military Order of Malta. Larry, TZ6VV, is currently stateside on furlough until 30 July. He did purchase a 6 meter rig while in Dayton and plans to be on shortly after returning to Segou, Mali. Uwe, DL2YAK, will be active from Ecuador between 21 October and 27 November. He likes the low bands and plans to be on them. Hossam, SU1HM, reports that Bill Musa's, K5YG, trip to the Turks and Caicos Islands (Vol. 2 No. 106) has been cancelled as his daughter Barbara passed away on 9 June. Peter, 5X1T, reports that Don, KD4UDU, is currently in Kampala operating as 5X1DK. He will be there for 2 months. QSL via KD4UDU. _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 5W1PC - SAMOA - Perry likes 20 and 17 meters SSB. He was found yesterday on 18135 from 04:00 to 04:30Z. 6W1RE - SENEGAL - Didier was working JA's and Europeans between 10:30 and 11:30Z on 18070. QSL via 6W1QV. 9N1FP - NEPAL - Vlad was active on 18070 from 13:15 to 14:00Z. QSL via RU6FP. FO0 - MARQUESAS ISLANDS - Bill, FO0MAC, and John, FO0PAP, continue to be active from this possible new country on CW, SSB and RTTY. Look for them on 10 through 40 meters only. Yesterdays activity was as follows: GMT Frequencies GMT Frequencies

--- ----------------- --- ----------------- 00 14082 18072 09 14025 02 14082 10 7007 03 7005 14082 17 18135 04 7005 14025 14082 18 14195 05 14025 19 14195 06 14025 22 14195 08 14025 23 14082 14192 FT5XN - KERGUELEN ISLAND - West Coast US stations found Helios at 04:30Z on 14027. QSL via F6PEN. P29CC - PAPUA NEW GUINEA - North Americans were working him on 14191 just before 12:00Z. S21 - BANGLADESH - JA's found S21J on 21173 and S21L on 21297 yesterday at 11:30Z. XU2ED - CAMBODIA - Europeans were working this semi-rare South East Asian country on 20 meters CW between 17:30 and 19:00Z. YB5QZ - INDONESIA - Anton was on 10102 from 10:30 to 11:00Z. YJ8PU - VANUATU - Crystal continues to be active on 21305 daily. She is usually there after 01:00Z. ZD9IL - TRISTAN DA CUNHA AND GOUGH ISLANDS - Ian showed up to work Europeans on 21275 between 09:00 and 11:00Z. QSL via ZS5BBO. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AS-076 JR5XPG 14041 1625 EU-084 SM0OIG/5 14004 2107 EU-015 SV9/SM2ITW 14009 0643 EU-113 SV8/DL1BKK/P 14260 1614 EU-029 OZ7MW 7043 2101 NA-110 K9JWV 14260 2045 EU-034 ES1QD/0 10107 2134 NA-113 C6AKA 14012 0607 EU-037 SM7CRW 14258 2050 NA-198 VO1XC/P 14260 2324 EU-067 SV8/G3SWH 18076 1610 IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- -------------- 16-Jun 24-Jun 3A 3A0FC 2-109 16-Jun 30-Jun 5X 5X1LH by GM4DMA 2-91 16-Jun 17-Jun A2 A25/ZS6PDX 2-93 16-Jun 17-Jun C6A C6AKA (NA-001, 048, 113) 2-100 16-Jun 16-Jul D4 D44AB 2-108 16-Jun 25-Jun EI EI2IM and maybe EJ/EI2IM/P (EU-0 2-99

16-Jun 18-Jun FO/M FO0MAC (OC-027) 2-106 16-Jun 20-Jun G G0IFM G0URI (EU-120) 2-102 16-Jun 31-Oct JX JX7DFA (EU-022) 2-20 16-Jun 30-Jun OD OD5RAK 2-111 16-Jun 30-Jun SP SN0JG 2-59 16-Jun 17-Jun SV SV8/G3SWH (EU-067) 2-100 16-Jun 12-Jul SV5 SV5/I3BQC 2-109 16-Jun 21-Jun TF DL7DF DL7BO DL7BY DL7UFR 2-74 16-Jun 16-Jun VE VO1XC VO1BAR (NA-198) 2-110 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The sunspot number for June 15, 1998 was 79. The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado, for June 15, 1998, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 15-Jun-1998 21 100 7 1 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/QUIET 15-Jun-1998 18 102 15 2 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/QUIET 15-Jun-1998 15 102 15 2 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/QUIET 15-Jun-1998 12 102 15 2 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 15-Jun-1998 09 102 15 3 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 15-Jun-1998 06 102 15 2 VERY LOW/QUIET-UNSET;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 15-Jun-1998 03 102 15 1 VERY LOW/QUIET-MNR STM;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 15-Jun-1998 00 102 15 2 LOW/QUIET-MNR STM;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED The forecast for Tuesday, 16 June: solar flux 96, A index 10, K index 2. Tuesday should be High Normal. The forecast for Wednesday, 17 June: solar flux 94, A index 12, K index 3. Wednesday should be High Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 6W1RE 6W1QV FO5BI F6HSI UA9FAR W7YS 9M2PS HB9AAP TF/DL2NWK/P DL7DF XE1VIC KV8U EP3HR I3MQP TF/DL7BO/P DL7DF ZD9IL ZS5BBO QSL cards recently received direct: 5B4ADA, A45XR, CU1/DL3KUD, D68YV, DL4VCG/HI8, E21EJC, FO0FI, FO0MIZ, FT5WG, H40AB, HF0POL, HK3JJH/HK0M, K7K, KA4IST/KH5, TF3IRA, TJ1HP, VK9WM, VP8CTR, _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 5X1T, DJ8WL, IK0FVC, K2BF, K2UFM, K3SX, K3KY, K4RBZ, K4ZOO, K7CMZ, KB3AUG, KC3AJ, KD4IFV, KH6BZF REPORTS, N3OSH, N4YIC, NOAA, SU1HM, TZ6VV, W0YG, W1FYI, W2GE, W2KD, W2YR, W4DR, W8FJ, WO2N _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________

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. ======================== *** The Daily DX _ *** ======================== Volume 2 Number 113 June 17, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ DX News _____________________________________________________________________ Albert, FO5JR, will leave Tahiti (OC-046) on 20 July and head for Rimatara Island (OC-050), which is located in the Austral Islands. As most of you know the Austral Islands will more than likely be a new Entity on the ARRL DXCC list. Albert should be on the air starting on either 24 or 25 July and remain there through 10 or 11 August. He will take a Yaesu FT-751 and a FD4 antenna and will be on either 14010 or 21010 between 06:00 and 10:00Z. A special QSL card is expected. QSL cards may go via the REF QSL bureau in France or direct to Albert, FO5JR, Box 10127, 98711 Paea, Tahiti, FRENCH POLYNESIA. Charlie, W0YG, reports he plans to hit 160 meters very hard when he is in Botswana and Zimbabwe during July and August (see Vol. 2 No. 112). He will take a long a wire antenna and hopes to find some high trees. An amplifier will also be taken along. Ray, G3NOM, is now located in Lamphun, Thailand and will be there for about a week before heading to Bangkok. He was active yesterday as HS0/G3NOM. He plans to be in Thailand for a long time. QSL requests for all G3NOM operations may now go to Ray, P.O. Box 1300/Nana, Bangkok 10112, Thailand. Mike, K3UOC/7Z5OO, went QRT on 31 May after making some 114,129 QSOs from Saudi Arabia. He will be in the states until getting a new assignment. _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ A92GE - BAHRAIN - West Coast US stations were working David on CW between 03:30 and 04:000Z on 14012. AH8LG - AMERICAN SAMOA - Larry has been showing up on 20 meters RTTY around 05:00Z. FO0 - MARQUESAS ISLANDS - John, FO0PAP, and Bill, FO0MAC, are still active on RTTY, CW and SSB. QSL via K8OU. Yesterdays activities were as follows: GMT Frequencies GMT Frequencies --- ----------- --- ----------- 00 14082 18072 10 7005 01 14082 18072 11 7005 02 14082 14195 18072 12 7006 03 14195 18072 18 21295 05 14082 19 14025 21295 06 14082 18072 20 21295

07 14082 21 14025 08 14082 HS0/G3NOM - THAILAND - Ray was working West Coast boys on 14020 at 14:15Z. KH8/N5OLS - AMERICAN SAMOA - East Coast US stations found Don around 12:20Z on 18087. QSL via N5JA. P29CC - PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Chip has been showing up on 20 meters SSB. Yesterday he was busy running his own list on 14180 from 10:30 to 13:00Z. ST2SA - SUDAN - JA's reported Dr. Sid on 14271 at 14:00Z and later on 18150 at 15:00Z. He is the only one currently active from this semi-rare African country. Sudan is the largest country in Africa. TA2DS - TURKEY - Stations on the West Coast of North America found Selim on 14240 from 02:00 to 05:00Z. QSL via WA3HUP. UK8IZ - UZBEKISTAN - Yuri showed up on 14028 late today around 23:20Z. QSL via IK2QPR. V63 - FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA - Nichi, V63AO, worked several East Coast US stations on 18140 around 13:00Z. He is located on Kosrae Island (OC-059). QSL via CBA. Sam, V63KU, was working North and South America on 14194 from 09:00 to 10:30Z. He is located on Truk Island (OC-011). QSL via JA6NL. VP8/G4VFU/MM - Carl is still operating near the Falkland Islands. Yesterday he was found on 3798 around 04:00Z. YK1AH - SYRIA - Fadel showed up on 14013 between 20:40 and 21:20Z. ZD9IL - TRISTAN DA CUNHA AND GOUGH ISLANDS - JA's round Ian on 14205 just before 15:00Z. QSL via ZS5BBO. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AS-028 UA0QMU 14019 2156 EU-121 EJ/DL8AAV/P 14262 0929 EU-004 EA6/DH3KAT 28479 1921 NA-019 KF9GO/KL7 14250 0535 EU-008 GM4CHX/P 14260 0752 NA-110 WB4WTY 28334 1530 EU-010 GB2OYC 14265 1833 NA-198 VO1XC 14260 0136 EU-034 ES1QD/0 18077 1256 OC-027 FO0MAC 14025 1936 EU-052 SV8/DL8YRM 14002 0816 OC-027 FO0PAP 21295 1954 EU-113 SV8/DL1BKK/P 14257 0748 OC-059 V63AO 18140 1304 Deal, BA4TB, announced yesterday that the Ping Island (AS-NEW) may show up a day early if the weather (WX) is good. This would put them on the island tomorrow. A website has been created and can be found at http://www.qsl.net/jsdxc/index.html

IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- -------------- 17-Jun 24-Jun 3A 3A0FC 2-109 17-Jun 30-Jun 5X 5X1LH by GM4DMA 2-91 17-Jun 17-Jun A2 A25/ZS6PDX 2-93 17-Jun 17-Jun C6A C6AKA (NA-001, 048, 113) 2-100 17-Jun 16-Jul D4 D44AB 2-108 17-Jun 25-Jun EI EI2IM and maybe EJ/EI2IM/P (EU-0 2-99 17-Jun 19-Jun FO/M FO0MAC FO0PAP (OC-027) 2-106 17-Jun 20-Jun G G0IFM G0URI (EU-120) 2-102 17-Jun 31-Oct JX JX7DFA (EU-022) 2-20 17-Jun 30-Jun OD OD5RAK 2-111 17-Jun 30-Jun SP SN0JG 2-59 17-Jun 17-Jun SV SV8/G3SWH (EU-067) 2-100 17-Jun 12-Jul SV5 SV5/I3BQC 2-109 17-Jun 24-Jun SV5 SV5/VE3EXY/P 2-110 17-Jun 21-Jun TF DL7DF DL7BO DL7BY DL7UFR 2-74 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The sunspot number for June 15, 1998 was 79. The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado, for June 16, 1998, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 16-Jun-1998 21 104 6 2 MODERATE/QUIET-UNSETTLED;VERY LOW-LOW/QUIET 16-Jun-1998 18 100 6 3 VY LOW/QUIET;VY LOW-LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 16-Jun-1998 15 100 6 1 VY LOW/QUIET;VY LOW-LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 16-Jun-1998 12 100 6 2 VY LOW/QUIET;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 16-Jun-1998 09 100 6 2 VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 16-Jun-1998 06 100 6 2 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 16-Jun-1998 03 100 6 1 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/QUIET 16-Jun-1998 00 100 6 1 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/QUIET The forecast for Wednesday, 17 June: solar flux 100, A index 12, K index 3. Wednesday should be High Normal. The forecast for Thursday, 18 June: solar flux 98, A index 8, K index 2. Thursday should be High Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ On the World Wide Web _____________________________________________________________________ Logs for 3W6KA, 3W6LK and 3W6WE can be found at http://njdxa.org/log-check.shtml _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________

Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 3V8BB JF2EZA CQ98BM CT3BM TF/DL7BY/P DL7DF 3W7TK OK1HWB JX7DFA LA7DFA TF/DL7DF/P DL7DF 9A7C KA9WON SV8/G3SWH G3SWH TF/DL7UFR/PDL7DF C6AKA DL7VOG TF/DL7BO/P DL7DF 7X4AN - Mohamed Boukhiar, P.O. Box 30133, Barcelona 08080, SPAIN JD1YBJ - Radio Club, 2-14-10 Miyazaki, Choku Ku, Chiba City, 277 Chiba, JAPAN JT1CC - Oyuna, P.O. Box 158, Ulaanbaatar 13, MONGOLIA via JAPAN XX9BB - Leong Kam, P.O. Box 6018, MACAU YC9LQA - Sal, PO Box 1129, Kupang 85000, INDONESIA QSL correction: In yesterdays issue EP3HR was reported as via I3MQP. This is incorrect the real QSL manager for EP3HR is via I2MQP. Thanks Fred, K3ZO. QSL cards recently received direct: EX2M, FT5WG, GI6YM, JD1YBJ, TF8GX, V31JU, VK9WM, YB0ARA/9 _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 425 DX News, BA4TB, DX News Sheet, FO5BI, HS0/G3NOM, JR1BAS, K2ZZ, K3ZO, K5KG, KC3AJ, KH6BZF REPORTS, N3OSH, NOAA, W0YG, W1LRZ, W1NG, W2YR _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), or $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United States. _____________________________________________________________________ Copyright _ _____________________________________________________________________ THE DAILY DX _ is published Monday through Friday by Bernie McClenny, W3UR, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, MD 21738 USA. This e-mail message and its contents are copyrighted and are proprietary products of THE DAILY DX _. Any unauthorized use, reproduction, or transfer of the message or its content, in any medium, is strictly prohibited. For permission to quote, reprint or repost this e-mail send a request to THE DAILY DX _ include date, volume and issue number. Check out THE DAILY DX _ homepage http://www.wdn.com/thedailydx or for additional information you may phone THE DAILY DX _ at 301-854-5650 or fax at 301-854-5105. Remember to tell all your DX friends about THE DAILY DX.

. ======================== *** The Daily DX _ *** ======================== Volume 2 Number 114 June 18, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ DX News _____________________________________________________________________ Ed Hartz, K8VIR, shut down his South Cook Islands DXpedition on 12 June. Today he showed up as FO0HAR on Rangiroa Island (OC-066) in the Tuamotu Islands which counts as French Polynesia. Ed says "Watch 14260, 21260, 21300, also 14164 at 05:00 UTC". He will be there until about 23 June. Next he will travel to Easter Island (CE0A) and he hopes to be on by 24 or 25 June. QSL via K8VIR. Jacques, FR5ZU, says that his July trip to Tromelin Island has been canceled. He hopes to be able to go to this very rare island near the end of the year. Jim, ZL2JR, reports that Carl, G4VFU, is now operating on an oil rig located about 100 kilometers north of Port Stanley, Falkland Islands as VP8/G4VFU/MM. Carl will now use VP8CZJ when he is on land. Later this year or early next year Carl hopes to operate from South Georgia. The DX News Sheet reports the following stations are active on 6 meters: FR1GZ, SV9ANK, TG9AJR, Z22JE. Harv, XUF2B, will leave Cambodia at the end of July. QSL via N4JR. Norm, P29NB, reports that he is currently putting up a tower. He hopes to put up a 4 element quad for 10 - 20 meters. He may also put up elements for 6 and 40 meters. _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ A92GD - BAHRAIN - Bob showed up on 10140 at 00:30Z today. Afterwards he was on 14020 from 01:00 to 02:00Z. QSL via K1SE. FR5DX - REUNION - Herik was active yesterday from 12:00 to 14:00Z on 18135. FT5XN - KERGUELEN ISLAND - Just before 11:00Z Helios was found on 21027. QSL via F6PEN. PY0FA - FERNANDO DE NORONHA - Has been showing up on 15 meters CW at 13, 20 and 21:00Z. TL5A - CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - Alex, PA3DZN, was using this nice prefix yesterday. He was on 14025 from about 20:00 to 20:30Z. Then from 20:30 to 21:30Z on 14190. QSL via PA3DMH.

_____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AF-016 FR5DX 18135 1406 EU-113 SV1TP/8 14263 1646 AS-018 UA0FZ 14013 1250 NA-029 VE2MA 14260 2348 AS-079 JA5CKD/6 14029 1748 NA-110 K9JWV 14260 0109 EU-004 EA6AEI/P 24950 1500 OC-019 K4IQJ/KH6 18082 0226 EU-084 SM0OIG/5 14012 1801 OC-027 FO0PAP 14260 1654 IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- -------------- 18-Jun 24-Jun 3A 3A0FC 2-109 18-Jun 30-Jun 5X 5X1LH by GM4DMA 2-91 18-Jun 21-Jun BY BI4Q (AS-NEW) 2-113 2-111 18-Jun 16-Jul D4 D44AB 2-108 18-Jun 25-Jun EI EI2IM and maybe EJ/EI2IM/P (EU-0 2-99 18-Jun 19-Jun FO/M FO0MAC FO0PAP (OC-027) 2-106 18-Jun 20-Jun G G0IFM G0URI (EU-120) 2-102 18-Jun 31-Oct JX JX7DFA (EU-022) 2-20 18-Jun 30-Jun OD OD5RAK 2-111 18-Jun 30-Jun SP SN0JG 2-59 18-Jun 12-Jul SV5 SV5/I3BQC 2-109 18-Jun 24-Jun SV5 SV5/VE3EXY/P 2-110 18-Jun 21-Jun TF DL7DF DL7BO DL7BY DL7UFR 2-74 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The sunspot number for June 17, 1998 was 94. The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado, for June 17, 1998, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 17-Jun-1998 21 101 3 0 LOW/QUIET;VERY LOW-LOW/QUIET-UNSET 17-Jun-1998 18 104 7 1 LOW/QUIET-UNSET;VY LOW-LOW/QUIET-UNSET 17-Jun-1998 15 104 7 0 MOD/QUIET-UNSET;VY LOW-LOW/QUIET-UNSET 17-Jun-1998 12 104 7 1 MOD/QUIET-UNSET;VY LOW-LOW/QUIET-UNSET 17-Jun-1998 09 104 7 2 MOD/QUIET-UNSET;VY LOW-LOW/QUIET-UNSET 17-Jun-1998 06 104 7 2 MOD/QUIET-UNSET;VY LOW-LOW/QUIET-UNSET 17-Jun-1998 03 104 7 1 MOD/QUIET-UNSET;VY LOW-LOW/QUIET-UNSET 17-Jun-1998 00 104 7 2 MOD/QUIET-UNSET;VY LOW-LOW/QUIET-UNSET The forecast for Thursday, 18 June: solar flux 102, A index 8, K index 2. Thursday should be High Normal. The forecast for Friday, 19 June: solar flux 102, A index 10,

K index 2. Friday should be High Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 5B4EZ OE3EPW GI6YM K1WY T32Z N7YL 7Q7RM G0IAS HA/W0YR AA9DX TF8GX K1WY A92GD K1SE J6/JA2EZD XU2C TL5A PA3DMH CT98EXPO CT1REP P4/N4BWS WB4CKO UA0DC K1WY CX/LU2CP CX6FP RU1POL/0 UA0KCL UA0ZBK K1WY K1WY - DX Association, P.O. Box 2644, Hartford, CT 06146-2644 QSL cards recently received direct: 4L5O, J37XC, K4M, P3A, SV2ASP/A _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: DX News Sheet, FR5DN, K7CMZ, K8VIR, KC3AJ, KH6BZF REPORTS, N3OSH, N9PQU, NOAA, P29NB, XUF2B, ZL2JR _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), or $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United States. _____________________________________________________________________ Copyright _ _____________________________________________________________________ THE DAILY DX _ is published Monday through Friday by Bernie McClenny, W3UR, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, MD 21738 USA. This e-mail message and its contents are copyrighted and are proprietary products of THE DAILY DX _. Any unauthorized use, reproduction, or transfer of the message or its content, in any medium, is strictly prohibited. For permission to quote, reprint or repost this e-mail send a request to THE DAILY DX _ include date, volume and issue number. Check out THE DAILY DX _ homepage http://www.wdn.com/thedailydx or for additional information you may phone THE DAILY DX _ at 301-854-5650 or fax at 301-854-5105. Remember to tell all your DX friends about THE DAILY DX.

. ======================== *** The Daily DX _ *** ======================== Volume 2 Number 115 June 19, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ DX News _____________________________________________________________________ Shigeaki, JG3KIV, will leave Jamaica and return to Japan on 23 July. His past operations included 6Y6A, 6Y5XX and WH6X/6Y5. QSL cards go to JG3KIV, Shigeaki Furukawa, 949-1, Handa, Kawanishi-cho, Shiki-gun, Nara 636-0206, JAPAN. Dr. Rich, NE8Z, will be active from Ecuador from 5 to 26 July. While there he will operate from the following locations on 12, 17 and 30 meters CW, SSB plus 20 meters RTTY. Call QTH ------- HC1MD Amaguanna HC1MD/HC4 Atacames (maybe SA-056) HC1MD/HC5 Cuenca HC1MD/HC6 Cottopaxi Volcano HC1MD/HC7 Amazon Jungle QSL all of these calls via K8LJG. Radio Budapest continues to be heard on 14010 between 00:00 and 01:00Z. This has been going on for about 20 days and is the result of an intermodulation product from their transmissions on 9810 and 11910 kHz. Steve, N4JQQ, plans to be active as C6AFP from Treasure Cay, Abaco (NA-080), Bahamas from 10 July to 1 August. He will be active on HF and 6 meters. A beacon will be running on 50062 when ever he is not on the 6 meter band. He will be concentrating on 6, 12, 17 and 30 meters. QSL via N4JQQ. Larry, AH8LG (ex KS6DV), will be off American Samoa from 20 June to 31 July. He has been very active on RTTY and will answer the QSL requests upon his return. _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 3B8CF - MAURITIUS - Jacky made a rare appearance on SSB yesterday at 03:30Z on 14240. He was working West Coast US and Europeans. QSL via CBA. 4K9W - AZERBAIJAN - Vlad has been showing up on 17 meters CW around 03:00Z. A71BY - QATAR - Between 19:00 and 20:00Z yesterday Jabor was on 14194.

EP2SMH - IRAN - Mohsen was working on a net at 22:30 on 14247. FO0 - MARQUESAS ISLANDS - FO0MAC and FO0PAP will go QRT today around 22:00Z. FT5XN - KERGUELEN ISLAND - West Coast US stations found Helios on 17 meters CW (18083) and SSB (18140) between 05:45 and 07:00Z. QSL via F6PEN. ST2SA - SUDAN - Dr. Sid has been showing up often just before 15:00Z on 18150 to work JA's. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AS-018 UA0FZ 18070 0955 EU-072 SV8/DL8MCA 14253 1745 AS-018 UA0FDX 14018 1150 EU-113 SV1TP/8 14260 1104 AS-135 BI4Q 21260 0842 EU-116 GD4PTV 14197 0731 EU-004 EA6AEI/P 18150 0613 NA-029 VE2MA/VY2 21263 1610 EU-029 OZ7MW 14154 1705 NA-102 FG/F5NKA 14260 2118 EU-034 ES0NW 24901 2216 OC-016 3D2SJ 14260 0731 EU-037 SM7DLZ 18146 2046 OC-027 FO0MAC 10103 0352 EU-049 SV8/DL2ARL/P 28021 1122 OC-146 YC8DNB 21295 1302 EU-061 LA/SM3CVM/P 14261 0930 Ennio, IK3LYP, plans to be on Lampedusa Island (AF-0190 as IG9/IK3LYP from 11 to 25 July. QSL via IK3LYP, Ennio Pistillo, P.O. Box 300, 36100 Vicenza, ITALY. Mal, VK6LC, is planning an IOTA DXpedition to Rowley Shoals for sometime between June and September of 1999. This would be an all time new one. For those wondering check your RSGB IOTA Directory under VK9 small letter j. The shoals consist of three atolls Mermaid Reef, Clerke Reef and Imperieuse Reef. Due to the cost of transportation ($2,000 per day) Mal is looking for financial help. Landing permission from the Government and authorization to transmit have been granted. A VK9 DXpedition call sign has also been approved. Bob, N2OO, and John, N2LD plan to operate the RSGB IOTA Contest from Long Beach Island (NA-111) as N2OO. QSL via N2OO, Bob, P.O. Box 345, Tuckerton, NJ 08087-0345. To celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Gulf Ferry Service between Newfoundland and Nova Scotia special event station CZ1SSB will be active from 24 June to 24 July. The station will be located in Port aux Basques, Newfoundland (NA-027). Toshi, JM1PXG, will operate the RSGB IOTA Contest on 25 and 26 July as JM1PXG/1 from Hachijo Island (AS-043). He will put an emphasis on working Europe and North America. QSL to JM1PXG via the bureau or direct to Toshiyuki Saito, 12-2-402, Okusawa 2, Setagaya, Tokyo 158-0083 JAPAN.

Starting 11 July MM0BCR/P (YL) will be active from several of the Orkney Islands Look for this station to be on the air through 18 July. QSL via MM0BCR. IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- -------------- 19-Jun 19-Jun FO/M FO0MAC FO0PAP (OC-027) 2-106 19-Jun 20-Jun G G0IFM G0URI (EU-120) 2-102 19-Jun 21-Jun BY BI4Q (AS-NEW) 2-113 2-111 19-Jun 21-Jun TF DL7DF DL7BO DL7BY DL7UFR 2-74 19-Jun 22-Jun KH0 KH0N KH0/AF4IN KH0/AF4FL 2-105 19-Jun 23-Jun FO FO0HAR (OC-066) 2-114 19-Jun 24-Jun 3A 3A0FC 2-109 19-Jun 24-Jun SV5 SV5/VE3EXY/P 2-110 19-Jun 25-Jun EI EI2IM and maybe EJ/EI2IM/P (EU-0 2-99 19-Jun 30-Jun 5X 5X1LH by GM4DMA 2-91 19-Jun 30-Jun OD OD5RAK 2-111 19-Jun 30-Jun SP SN0JG 2-59 19-Jun 12-Jul SV5 SV5/I3BQC 2-109 19-Jun 16-Jul D4 D44AB 2-108 19-Jun 31-Jul XU XUF2B 2-114 19-Jun 31-Oct JX JX7DFA (EU-022) 2-20 20-Jun 20-Jun I Group of Italians (EU-031) 2-101 20-Jun 20-Jun W N1WON (NA-062) 2-110 20-Jun 21-Jun All Asian DX CW Contest 21-Jun 21-Jun IS IM0/IK0MHR (EU-041) 2-110 21-Jun 26-Jun S0 S07WW 2-111 2-106 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The sunspot number for June 17, 1998 was 94. The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado, for June 17, 1998, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 18-Jun-1998 21 100 5 2 VRY LOW/QUIET;VRY LOW-LOW/QUIET-UNSET 18-Jun-1998 18 101 3 1 VRY LOW/QUIET;VRY LOW-LOW/QUIET-UNSET 18-Jun-1998 15 101 3 2 VRY LOW/QUIET;VRY LOW-LOW/QUIET-UNSET 18-Jun-1998 12 101 3 2 VRY LOW/QUIET;VRY LOW-LOW/QUIET-UNSET 18-Jun-1998 09 101 3 1 VRY LOW/QUIET;VRY LOW-LOW/QUIET-UNSET 18-Jun-1998 06 101 3 1 VRY LOW/QUIET;VRY LOW-LOW/QUIET-UNSET 18-Jun-1998 03 101 3 2 VRY LOW/QUIET;VRY LOW-LOW/QUIET-UNSET 18-Jun-1998 00 101 3 1 VRY LOW/QUIET;VRY LOW-LOW/QUIET-UNSET The forecast for Friday, 19 June: solar flux 100, A index 10, K index 3. Friday should be High Normal. The forecast for Saturday, 20 June: solar flux 100, A index 15, K index 3. Saturday should be High Normal.

The forecast for Sunday, 21 June: solar flux 100, A index 10, K index 3. Sunday should be High Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- A61AN WA2JUN FO0PAP K8OU J6/JA2EZD XU2C/7L1MFS BI4Q BY4RSA FT5XN F6PEN OZ7MW F5OIH EU3FT W3HC GC0STH/P G4DIY PY0FA PY4KL FO0HAR K8VIR HA/W0YR AA9DX TM6CMF F5ITL FO0MAC K8OU HF0POL SP3BGD VP2EY HB9SL EP2SMH - Mohsen, Box 17665-441, Tehran, IRAN F6PEN - Gerard Bibes, 16 rue Viollet Leduc, 31100 Toulouse, FRANCE Don, KC8CY, reports he used the below listed address for JD1YBJ which is no good and was reported in Volume 2 Number 113. JD1YBJ - Radio Club, 2-14-10 Miyazaki, Choku Ku, Chiba City, 277 Chiba, JAPAN The operator of JD1YBJ's most recent operation was JL1KFR and the QSL information for Ryo is as follows: JL1KFR/JD1 - Ryoichi Tojo, 2-5-37-1-102, Miyazaki, Chuo-ku, Chiba City, Chiba 260-0806, JAPAN Mac McDaniel, W3HC (ex W3HCW) is a QSL manager for approximately 100 DX stations around the globe. To see a complete listing of the stations he handles plus how he does it see his homepage at http://www.qsl.net/w3hc/ Antoine, F6FNU, reports he is the QSL manager for Doc Luis Altamar who is active with the following callsigns from Latin America: TI2LAK, TI2LAK/TI6, TI2LAK/HP, HP1DSD, HP1DSD/HP4. QSL cards may go via the bureau or direct to Antoine, P.O. Box 14, 91291 Arpajon Cedex, FRANCE The DX News Letter reports that the H40AA Temotu special QSL cards from Lata, Temotu will be out this month. Donations were received for the people of Temotu from over 430 amateurs in excess of $22,000. The regular QSLs from OH2BN will start going out in July. QSL cards recently received direct: 5A2A, CT3/PA3GIO/M, FO0FR, HK0/HK3JJH, JY9QJ, SV2ASP/A, T31BB, UA0ZBK, VP8CTR _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 425 DX News, AH8LG, DX News Letter, DX News Sheet, F6FNU, K3KY, K4RBZ, KC3AJ, KC8CY, KD4IFV, KH6BZF REPORTS, N2OO, N3OSH, N4MXT, NOAA, W2GG, W4DR, W6RLL, W8FJ _____________________________________________________________________

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. ======================== *** The Daily DX _ *** ======================== Volume 2 Number 116 June 22, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ DX News _____________________________________________________________________ Jacky, 3B8CF, reports he is planning on putting up a 160 meter sloper by September or October. He realizes the need for Mauritius on 160 meters. The HB9 boys who went to St. Brandon earlier this year convinced Jacky to put up an antenna for Topband. Alex, PA3DZN, is currently working in the Central African Republic until the end of the year. He has received the callsign TL5A and has been active on 20 meters SSB. He will eventually be active on all bands from 6 through 160 meters. On Friday Ralph Fedor, K0IR, announced the upcoming DXpedition to Bhutan by Zorro, JH1AJT, and others may take place in February or March of 1999. Frank, AH0W, reported that Zorro will announce more details about this DXpedition sometime in July. Mike, HA/W0YR, relayed the following from Zoli, HA5PP. "I met with the Deputy Minister of Telecommunications in Sana'a, Yemen. They really want to start/establish ham radio in Yemen. That was the first big surprise to me there. I had expected a lot of contention and fighting about ham radio in Yemen." "I gave an application and an offer to the Deputy Minister. In it I offered four complete stations would be built in Sana'a, Taiz and Aden, and I offered to educate them in the rules and procedures of Amateur Radio from September 1st to December 1st. I promised I would ask the Secretary of he IARU to help Yemen to join the IARU. I asked for callsigns, 7O8DX and 7O8CW for two stations to be set up in Sana'a during the training period. 7O1A would be used in Aden during this period." "The second big surprise for me was that the Deputy Minister speaks a little Hungarian! He told me, "Mr. Zoli, I like your application. You will be the first of a million foreign operators in Yemen. The first operator will be a Yemeni op. Foreigners only after Yemeni ops." He told me they have lots of applications from other hams, too. I asked him to hold onto the applications. He asked me to collect information on all the hams of he world who want to help and operate from Yemen. I promised I'll do it, so, if you want to help, please contact me by e-mail at <navus@mail.matav.hu>. I would like to go back to Sana'a as soon as possible." "Thanks to K4TKM and the NCDXF who made this 7O trip possible." Gary, VK8GW, is currently in Brunei and operating as V8GTW. He can be found most days on 14320 on SEANET at 12:00Z. Afterwards he QSYs to 15 meters. Gary reports that as of a year ago all new licenses

from Brunei are either 1 X 2 or 1 X 3 calls with V8 as the prefix. In other words no more V85's. QSL information for V8GTW is as follows Gary Woods, P.O. Box 1956, BSB, Brunei Darussalam, 1919 BRUNEI. _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 4S7YSG - SRI LANKA - Was active on 10107 from 17:10 to 17:40Z on Saturday. QSL via JA2BDR. 5N0/OK1AUT - NIGERIA - Was found over the weekend on 15, 17, 20 and 40 meters CW. He reports that he does not have 160 meters. QSL via OK1AUT. 9N1FP - NEPAL - Vlad showed up on 10109 around 23:15Z on Sunday. QSL via RU6FP. BI4Q - CHINA - Operating from a possible new IOTA (AS-135) went QRT early on Saturday. QSL via BY4RSA. EL2DT - LIBERIA - Saturday between 14:00 and 15:00Z Japanese stations reported working Dickson. FO0 - MARQUESAS ISLANDS - FO0MAC and FO0PAP went QRT on Friday around 15:00Z. QSL both via K8OU. FT5XN - KERGUELEN ISLAND - East Coast US stations found Helios yesterday on 18099 from about 11:30 to 12:15Z. QSL via F6PEN. S07WW - WESTERN SAHARA - Mark, ON4WW, showed up yesterday. He will be there until Thursday or Friday. Today he will move to a new location. Yesterday he was active on 17, 30 and 40 meters CW. He did show up several times on 1827.5. QSL via ON5NT. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AS-008 7K3EOP/1 14257 1137 EU-149 ES2RW/3 18117 1248 EU-001 SV5/I2YYO 14262 0453 EU-158 SV1TP/3 14256 1528 EU-031 IC8/IK8YDU 14245 0444 NA-001 C6A/DL1YMK 21270 2349 EU-034 ES0NW 24903 1855 OC-027 FO5QG 14123 0627 EU-037 SM7DLZ 7043 0040 OC-028 V73ZO 21300 1100 EU-043 SM3TLG/6 18079 1337 OC-151 YC9LQA 21013 0519 EU-072 SV8/DL8MCA 14258 0415 SA-009 ED1ISA 14248 0936 IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref

------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- -------------- 22-Jun 22-Jun KH0 KH0N KH0/AF4IN KH0/AF4FL 2-105 22-Jun 23-Jun FO FO0HAR (OC-066) 2-114 22-Jun 24-Jun 3A 3A0FC 2-109 22-Jun 24-Jun SV5 SV5/VE3EXY/P 2-110 22-Jun 25-Jun EI EI2IM and maybe EJ/EI2IM/P (EU-0 2-99 22-Jun 26-Jun HB0 HB0/DF6VI DL1FDH DL4OCM 2-103 22-Jun 26-Jun S0 S07WW 2-111 2-106 22-Jun 30-Jun 5X 5X1LH by GM4DMA 2-91 22-Jun 30-Jun OD OD5RAK 2-111 22-Jun 30-Jun SP SN0JG 2-59 22-Jun 12-Jul SV5 SV5/I3BQC 2-109 22-Jun 16-Jul D4 D44AB 2-108 22-Jun 31-Jul XU XUF2B 2-114 22-Jun 31-Oct JX JX7DFA (EU-022) 2-20 23-Jun 30-Jun I IK2MRZ/IM0 (EU-041) 2-110 24-Jun 30-Jun CE0A by K8VIR 2-114 24-Jun 24-Jul VE CZ1SSB (NA-027) 2-115 25-Jun 27-Jun Friedrichshafen 25-Jun 29-Jun EI EJ7NET (EU-103) 2-67 25-Jun 15-Jul CY9 CY9AA (NA-094) 2-75 26-Jun 6-Jul J7 J79KV 2-109 27-Jun 28-Jun JA JI6KVR/6 (AS-012) 2-107 27-Jun 29-Jun SM DK4UN DK4WD (EU-135) 2-111 27-Jun 29-Jun SM DK4UN DK4WD (EU-139) 2-111 27-Jun 18-Jul TK TK/IK1VCA TK/IZ1BWC 2-109 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The sunspot number for June 20, 1998 was 80. The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado, for June 21, 1998, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 21-Jun-1998 21 102 18 2 LOW/QUIET-MINOR STORM;LOW/UNSET-ACTIVE 21-Jun-1998 18 101 11 2 LOW/QUIET-MINOR STORM;LOW/UNSET-ACTIVE 21-Jun-1998 15 101 11 2 LOW/QUIET-MINOR STORM;LOW/UNSET-ACTIVE 21-Jun-1998 12 101 11 5 LOW/QUIET-MINOR STORM;LOW/UNSET-ACTIVE 21-Jun-1998 09 101 11 3 LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;LOW/UNSETTLED-ACTIVE 21-Jun-1998 06 101 11 3 LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;LOW/UNSETTLED-ACTIVE 21-Jun-1998 03 101 11 3 LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;LOW/UNSETTLED-ACTIVE 21-Jun-1998 00 101 11 4 LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;LOW/UNSETTLED The forecast for Monday, 22 June: solar flux 98, A index 5, K index 1. Monday should be Above Normal. The forecast for Tuesday, 23 June: solar flux 96, A index 8, K index 3. Tuesday should be High Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 4N4AE YU4WU EL2DT IK0PHY S07WW ON5NT 4S7YSG JA2BDR ES2RW/3 ES2RIQ SV5/I2YYO IK2MYX 4X6UO WB3CQN GB0BTC GI0VAB TT8ZB IK3ERN 4Z1GY NF4W GM3BQA/P GM0AXY V73ZO JA3FGA

5N0/OK1AUT OK1AUT K5P NA5B XUF2B N4JR 5Z4RL N2AU KH0/AF4FL JQ6NVE XV7TH SK7AX 7X0AD EA4URE KH0/AF4IN JA6AGA ZD7HI WA2JUN 9J2BO W6ORD KH0N JA6CNL ZD8T AC4IV 9K2SS KB2MS LY98BA LY3BA ZS80NRM ZS6Y BI4Q BY4RSA FR5DX - J. Herik Mauduit-Larive, 63 Rue des Palmiers, 97430 Le Tampon, FRANCE The H40AA and H44DX QSL cards available during the Friedrichshafen ham convention during the following times: DARC DX DEPARTMENT, QSL CORNER Friday, 26 June, 1 P.M. thru 6 P.M. Saturday, 27 June, 10 A.M. thru 2 P.M. GERMAN DX FOUNDATION - GDXF Saturday, 27 June, 2 P.M. thru 4 P.M. Finally, cards will be issued following the 4 P.M. H40AA presentation by OH2BH & OH2TA at the DX Meeting. QSL cards recently received direct: 7Z1IS, C91LCK, C31LCK/P (AF-066), FO0FI, FO0FR, FO0MIZ/A, FO0MIZ/M, JD1YBJ, JX7DFA, JY8YB, K7K, NOKV/MD, T31BB, TZ6TT, ZL7DK _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 3B8CF, AH0W, HA/W0YR, K0IR, K2ZZ, K3KY, KC3AJ, KD4IFV, KH6BZF REPORTS, N3OC, N3OSH, N4GN, NOAA, PA3DMH, V8GTW, W1MAG, W2GE, W2GG, WB4KTC, WS1F, WU1F _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), or $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United States. _____________________________________________________________________ Copyright _ _____________________________________________________________________ THE DAILY DX _ is published Monday through Friday by Bernie McClenny, W3UR, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, MD 21738 USA. This e-mail message and its contents are copyrighted and are proprietary products of THE DAILY DX _. Any unauthorized use, reproduction, or transfer of the message or its content, in any medium, is strictly prohibited. For permission to quote, reprint or repost this e-mail send a request to THE DAILY DX _ include date, volume and issue number. Check out THE DAILY DX _ homepage http://www.wdn.com/thedailydx or for additional information you may phone THE DAILY DX _ at 301-854-5650 or fax at 301-854-5105. Remember to tell all your DX friends about THE DAILY DX.

. ======================== *** The Daily DX _ *** ======================== Volume 2 Number 117 June 23, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ DX News _____________________________________________________________________ CX3AN and CX4CR will operate from three islands in the Caribbean this summer. From 9 to 13 July they will be active as XF3/CX3AN on Cozumel Island (NA-045). Then from 18 to 27 July look for VP5/CX3AN and VP5/CX4CR in the Providenciales (NA-002). There last stop will be from Anguilla as VP2ECR from 3 to 10 August. While in the Caribbean they will put an emphasis on 12, 17, 30 , 40 and 80 meters. QSL cards will all go via Gustavo Sanchez, CX3CE, Box 244, Montevideo, URUGUAY. Les Nouvelles reports that Bernard FT5ZI (ex FB8XW, FB8YI) will be active from Amsterdam Island mostly on SSB. He will be there through December of this year. QSL via F5PFP. _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 5Z4RL - KENYA - Rob was working West Coast and South West US stations on 14225 starting just before 04:00Z. QSL via N2AU. A92GE - BAHRAIN - David can be found most days on 20 meters on CW, SSB or RTTY from 03:00 to 04:00Z. JY5HX - JORDAN - Munzer showed up yesterday on 18125 around 23:30Z. He is one of the few nationals to be active on CW. KH0/AF4IN - MARIANA ISLANDS - Was active on 10102 between 12:20 and 12:50Z. QSL via JA6AGA. S07WW - WESTERN SAHARA - Mark's last transmissions were on 10103 between 03:10 and 04:20Z. Ghis, ON5NT, reported that Mark would be moving but will be back on the air as time permits. QSL via ON5NT. ST2SA - SUDAN - Dr. Sid showed up as usual on 14271 around 14:00Z and later was on 18150 around 14:30Z. VP8CKN - FALKLANDS - US Stations west of the Mississippi reported working Tim on RTTY on 14082 between 01:30 and 02:00Z. Z21GN - ZIMBABWE - Japanese stations reported this one on 21226 starting just before 15:00Z for about 30 minutes. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________

The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- EU-001 SV5/DL6NBR 18164 1453 NA-016 ZF2NT 18075 2201 EU-072 SV8/DL8MCA 14258 0511 NA-026 W2DCW 18162 1725 EU-076 LA/DF8YO/M 14260 1329 NA-029 VE2MA 14260 0031 EU-084 SM0OIG/5 14259 1800 NA-110 K9JWV 14026 0143 EU-158 SV1TP 14256 2127 NA-112 N4VRR/P 14261 1251 NA-015 CO6DE 14250 1519 OC-021 YB5NOF/1 14260 1618 Rick, NE8Z, will be in Ecuador from 5 to 26 July (see Vol. 2 No. 115) and will visit La Isla (SA-056) on either 22, 23 or 24 July. While there he will sign HC1MD/HC4 and will be on the island from 15:00 to 23:00Z. He will only operate on 21260 and 14260. Sergio, F6AUS, will be active from EU-164 and EU-100 from 1 to 29 July. During the IOTA Contest he will be operating from EU-164. Hans, SM3TLG, will be active from Orust Island (EU-043) as SM3TLG/6 now through 27 June. Didier, F6ELE, and Bertrand, F6HKA, have finalized (see Vol. 2 No. 85) their multi-island trip through Canada. The schedule is as follows: Dates IOTA Island 9-11 July NA-125 Sept Iles 12-14 July NA-176 Mingan (they may also go to Anticosti (NA-077) 17-18 July NA-084 Harrington 21-23 July NA-177 Bonaventure They will have two complete stations and will sign VE2/F6ELE and VE2/F6HKA. QSL via home call. Jack, F6BUM, plans to be active from EU-024 as IS0/F6BUM from 27 July to 13 August. He hopes to also be active from San Pietro (EU-165) on 7 and 8 August. IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- -------------- 23-Jun 23-Jun FO FO0HAR (OC-066) 2-114 23-Jun 24-Jun 3A 3A0FC 2-109 23-Jun 24-Jun SV5 SV5/VE3EXY/P 2-110 23-Jun 25-Jun EI EI2IM and maybe EJ/EI2IM/P (EU-0 2-99 23-Jun 26-Jun HB0 HB0/DF6VI DL1FDH DL4OCM 2-103 23-Jun 26-Jun S0 S07WW 2-111 2-106 23-Jun 30-Jun 5X 5X1LH by GM4DMA 2-91 23-Jun 30-Jun I IK2MRZ/IM0 (EU-041) 2-110 23-Jun 30-Jun OD OD5RAK 2-111

23-Jun 30-Jun SP SN0JG 2-59 23-Jun 12-Jul SV5 SV5/I3BQC 2-109 23-Jun 16-Jul D4 D44AB 2-108 23-Jun 31-Jul XU XUF2B 2-114 23-Jun 31-Oct JX JX7DFA (EU-022) 2-20 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The sunspot number for June 21, 1998 was 87. The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado, for June 22, 1998, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 22-Jun-1998 21 101 6 2 LOW/QUIET-UNSET;VY LOW-LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 22-Jun-1998 18 102 16 2 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 22-Jun-1998 15 102 16 0 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 22-Jun-1998 12 102 16 1 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/UNSETTLED-ACTIVE 22-Jun-1998 09 102 16 1 LOW/QUIET-MINOR STORM;LOW/UNSET-ACTIVE 22-Jun-1998 06 102 16 2 LOW/QUIET-MINOR STORM;LOW/UNSET-ACTIVE 22-Jun-1998 03 102 16 3 LOW/QUIET-MINOR STORM;LOW/UNSET-ACTIVE 22-Jun-1998 00 102 16 3 LOW/QUIET-MINOR STORM;LOW/UNSET-ACTIVE The forecast for Tuesday, 23 June: solar flux 106, A index 8, K index 2. Tuesday should be High Normal. The forecast for Wednesday, 24 June: solar flux 106, A index 8, K index 2. Wednesday should be High Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 7X2RO OM3CGN KH8/N5OLS N5JA RK3AWL W3HNK AP2WAP IK4ZGY KP2/K7JI K7JI S07WW ON5NT CT98EXPO CT1REP LY98DR LY1DR SN0SZ SP1AMU EG0MCP EA7URM LY98TZ LY2TZ T32RT W6UC 3C5I - Alan Isaachsen, c/o Mobil Equatorial Guinea, P.O. Box 139082, Dallas, TX 75313 JH4NMT - Yoshiyuki Matsuda, 1312-1 Managura Ekiya, Fukuyama 720-1131, JAPAN JA1KJW - Hisashi Nakayama, 1-17-8 Shibuya, Yamato 242-0023, JAPAN Joe, W3HNK, will now be handling QSL chores for Contest station RK3AWL. QSL cards recently received direct: 5B4WN, 9X0A, C91LCK/P, D2AI, D68YV, FO0FI, K4M, K7K, T31BB, V63AO, VK6CW, XW3O, XW30A, YS1X, ZK2FT, ZL7DK _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 425 DX News, F6AUS, JA1ADN, K3KY, K7CO, KC3AJ, KH6BZF REPORTS, Les Nouvelles DX, N3OSH, N7OJ, N9PQU, NOAA, OPDX, W2GE, W2YR, W3HNK,

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. ======================== *** The Daily DX _ *** ======================== Volume 2 Number 118 June 24, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ DX News _____________________________________________________________________ Bob, ZL1RS, will be leaving New Zealand later this week for Raoul Island in the Kermadec Islands (ZL8). He will be working on the island from about 29 June to 15 July. When time is available he will get on the air as ZL8RS. He will be on all bands from 6 to 160 meters mostly on SSB with some CW on 30 and 160 meters. Bob wants everyone to know that the power to the island is supposed to be off from 11:00 to 19:00Z. If he does get on between those hours he will be using a battery and "QRP". On 10 through 80 meters look for him mostly on SSB on the usual DX frequencies between 07:00 and 11:00Z. Bob reports he is very slow on CW and will use 10120 on 30 meters. On 160 meters he will transmit on 1828 listening up 2 (higher for JA). He will CQ at 05:05Z and 18:45Z (ZL8 sunset and sunrise). 6 Meter enthusiasts will want to listen on 29495 and 50110. A beacon with break in on SSB or CW is planned. Bob was able to get a laptop computer so RTTY is expected. QSL via ZL1RS. A team of operators from Romania and Moldova will operate YO8KVS/P from Toaca Rock in Romania from 27 June to 7 July. The operators include YO8CT, YO8CGH, ER1AN, ER1BF and ER1AU. They will be active on all amateur bands from 1.8 to 1296 MHZ. Fore more information see their webpage at http://members.xoom.com/kc2cjb/yo&er.html QSL via the Romanian QSL bureau. _____________________________________________________________________ New Orleans International DX Convention _____________________________________________________________________ The 7th annual New Orleans International DX Convention will be held on August 14-15, 1998 at the Royal Sonesta Hotel in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana. The deadline for early registration, July 31, 1998, is fast approaching so make your plans soon! The agenda includes DXpedition presentations, technical presentations, reports on ARRL DX Desk and DX Advisory Committee news by Bill Kennamer, K5FUV, along with QSL checking. The activities culminate with a gala banquet on Saturday evening, at which the award of NOIDXC DXer of the Year will be presented to Frank Smith, AH0W/OH2LVG, followed by the featured DXpedition presentation, XW30 - Laos 1998, and ending with the Grand Prize drawing. A free hospitality suite on Friday and Saturday evenings, sponsored by Carl Smith, N4AA, of DX Publications, will provide a full balcony view of Bourbon Street. Send in your registration and make your hotel reservations today. Information on reservations, registration fees, and a registration form, along with convention program details, are all available on the Delta DX Association web page: http://www.gnofn.org/~w5ru/ or by

telephone from Wondy, K5KR, at (504) 837-1485. _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ ET3KV - ETHIOPIA - Was found on 21297 just before 13:00Z. FO5QG - MARQUESAS ISLANDS - Jose shows up often on 14122 between 04:00 and 08:00Z. QSL via XE1L. S07WW - WESTERN SAHARA - Mark has setup in a new location. He reports that he could leave at anytime. He wants to stay mostly on CW as previous operations have been mostly SSB. Suggested frequencies are 1827.5, 3507, 7006, 10102, 14022, 18070, 21022, and 24900. QSL via ON5NT. ST2SA - SUDAN - Dr. Sid continues to show up on 14271 at 14:00Z and 18150 slightly afterwards. TL5A - CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - This is Alex, PA3DZN, who will be here through December. He showed up yesterday on 14024 around 21:30Z. Then around 22:45Z on 3504. QSL via PA3DMH. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AS-008 7K3EOP/1 14251 1409 EU-072 SV8/DL8MCA 14259 1745 OC-027 FO5QG 14122 0542 AS-028 UA0QMU 14018 1300 EU-061 LA/SM3CVM/P 14257 0909 NA-047 VE8TA 18072 2102 NA-112 N4VRR 14259 0112 SA-001 XQ0YAF 21260 2305 EU-067 SV1CEI/8 14260 0447 Mirek, HS0/VK3DXI, will pick up his license from the Thailand Post and Telecommunication Department on 25 June to operate from Phuket Island (AS-053). He plans to operate from there between 27 June and 1 July. Look for him mostly on CW on 15 through 40 meters on the usual IOTA frequencies. He does not know what callsign he will be using as of yet but it could be HS0/VK3DXI/8. QSL via DL4DBR. Canadians Aldo, VA3AG, and John, VE3VGI, will be active from Charlton Island (NA-173) on 17, 18 and 19 August. The two will be operating from the site of the old Hudson Bay Fur Trading Post. They will run using battery power and a home made charging unit while operating out of their tents. Look for VE8C on the normal CW and SSB IOTA frequencies. They may do some RTTY and Pactor. For those seeking to work zone 2 this is your change. More information about their trip, which includes the operation from the Polar Bear Express train, can be found at http://webhome.idirect.com/~galati QSL via VE3INB. The Belgian DX Pedition Committee is preparing for this years RSGB IOTA Contest on 25 and 26 July. This is the same group that put on OY6A (95) and PA/ON7PC (96, 97). This year they will operate from

the rarely operated French islands of Chausey (EU-039) as TM5T. The team of operators will take enough equipment to put two complete stations on 5 bands using beams, verticals and dipoles. Look for them to be on 12, 17 and 30 meters before and after the contest. Operators for this years event are Mike, ON4LAM; Maxime, ON4LCW; Phil, ON5PV; Jack, ON5OO; Fred, ON6QR; Carine, ON7TX; Pierre, ON7PC; Eric, ON7RN; and Claude ON7TK. The group also has a webpage at http://www.ping.be/on6qr QSL via ON4GO. Javier, EA1MC, is planning to operate in the IOTA Contest from the Salvora Islands (EU-077). Look for both ED1MC and EG1MC. QSL via EA1MC. IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- -------------- 24-Jun 24-Jun 3A 3A0FC 2-109 24-Jun 24-Jun SV5 SV5/VE3EXY/P 2-110 24-Jun 25-Jun EI EI2IM and maybe EJ/EI2IM/P (EU-0 2-99 24-Jun 26-Jun HB0 HB0/DF6VI DL1FDH DL4OCM 2-103 24-Jun 26-Jun S0 S07WW 2-111 2-106 24-Jun 30-Jun 5X 5X1LH by GM4DMA 2-91 24-Jun 30-Jun I IK2MRZ/IM0 (EU-041) 2-110 24-Jun 30-Jun OD OD5RAK 2-111 24-Jun 30-Jun SP SN0JG 2-59 24-Jun 12-Jul SV5 SV5/I3BQC 2-109 24-Jun 16-Jul D4 D44AB 2-108 24-Jun 31-Jul XU XUF2B 2-114 24-Jun 31-Oct JX JX7DFA (EU-022) 2-20 24-Jun 30-Jun CE0A by K8VIR 2-114 24-Jun 24-Jul VE CZ1SSB (NA-027) 2-115 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The sunspot number for June 22, 1998 was 64. The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado, for June 23, 1998, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 23-Jun-1998 21 96 8 2 LOW/QUIET-UNSET;VY LOW-LOW/QUIET-UNSET 23-Jun-1998 18 101 7 1 LOW/QUIET-UNSET;VY LOW-LOW/QUIET-UNSET 23-Jun-1998 15 101 7 1 LOW/QUIET-UNSET;VY LOW-LOW/QUIET-UNSET 23-Jun-1998 12 101 7 2 LOW/QUIET-UNSET;VY LOW-LOW/QUIET-UNSET 23-Jun-1998 09 101 7 3 LOW/QUIET-UNSET;VY LOW-LOW/QUIET-UNSET 23-Jun-1998 06 101 7 2 LOW/QUIET-UNSET;VY LOW-LOW/QUIET-UNSET 23-Jun-1998 03 101 7 2 LOW/QUIET-UNSET;VY LOW-LOW/QUIET-UNSET 23-Jun-1998 00 101 7 3 LOW/QUIET-UNSET;VY LOW-LOW/QUIET-UNSET The forecast for Wednesday, 24 June: solar flux 102, A index 8, K index 2. Wednesday should be High Normal.

The forecast for Thursday, 25 June: solar flux 104, A index 10, K index 2. Thursday should be High Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ On the WWW _____________________________________________________________________ Craig, N6ED, reports that the 7Z5OO and PJ5AA logs are now available for searching at http://www.qsl.net.n6ed/7z5oo.html Low band DX'ers (40, 80 & 160 meters) will enjoy using the U.S. Naval Observatory website for determining sunrises and sunsets for any location in the world on any given day. Try it out at http://riemann.usno.navy.mil/AA/data/docs/RS_OneDay.html#formb _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 5N3BHF OE6LAG LA/SM3CVM/P SM3CVM TL5A PA3DMH 5N7YZC WA1ECA LY98DT LY3BHY TM1CMF F6KRD BA1DU W3HC LY98ZZ LY2ZZ VP2EC N5AU CO2CI KA4KLU QSL cards recently received direct: 3W5FM, FO0FI, FW2EH, KA4IST/KH5, TA2DS, V73GT, YJ0ADJ, ZL7DK _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: EA1MC, HS0/VK3DXI, K1FK, K5KR, KC2CJB, KC3AJ, KD4IFV, KH6BZF REPORTS, N3OSH, N6ED, NOAA, ON7ZV, S07WW, VE3VGI, W2KD, W4DKS, WB4KTC, ZL1RS _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), or $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United States. _____________________________________________________________________ Copyright _ _____________________________________________________________________ THE DAILY DX _ is published Monday through Friday by Bernie McClenny, W3UR, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, MD 21738 USA. This e-mail message and its contents are copyrighted and are proprietary products of THE DAILY DX _. Any unauthorized use, reproduction, or transfer of the message or its content, in any medium, is strictly prohibited. For permission to quote, reprint or repost this e-mail send a request to THE DAILY DX _ include date, volume and issue number. Check out THE DAILY DX _ homepage http://www.wdn.com/thedailydx or for additional information you may phone THE DAILY DX _ at 301-854-5650 or fax at 301-854-5105. Remember to tell all your DX friends about THE DAILY DX.

. ======================== *** The Daily DX _ *** ======================== Volume 2 Number 119 June 25, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ DX News _____________________________________________________________________ Helios, FT5XN, is currently on a work assignment on Kerguelen Island until 15 August. There are about 50 people on the island and he is the only amateur radio operator. To date 6,200 QSOs have been made. Helios enjoys working US stations and points out the Antipode for Kerguelen is somewhere in Montana. Nonetheless it's a long way and he is trying to work all states. He still needs North & South Dakota. A 3 element triband beam is now being used for 10, 15 and 20 meters. On 17, 30 and 40 meters he uses a multi-dipole. A Kenwood TS-570D and 300 watt amplifier are also being used. It is now mid winter on Kerguelen and the sun rises around 03:00Z and set about 11:30Z. Conditions on 15, 17 and 20 meters have been so so to W1-W4 between 11:00 and 13:00Z. They have been much better to W6-W7 on those bands between 03:00 and 06:00Z. On 30 and 40 meters Helios reports working East Coast between 03:00 and 05:00Z, and West Coast from 11:00 to 13:00Z. QSL via F6PEN. Mike, G4IUF, does not know who is the pirate operator of 3A0FC. This pirate has been active on and off for several years and giving Mike as the QSL manager. This summers St. Paul Island operation by Mike, VE9AA/CY9AA, has been canceled. Graeme, VK5GW (ex VK0GW), is going to Willis Island and day now. He will be working on the island and will operate as VK9WG for 6 months. His license was renewed on 21 June. Graeme does operate CW. QSL via VK5GW. Hrane, YT1AD, is the President of SRJ and says that the 3K8A station that has been active giving his QTH as Kosova, Serbia is not an official call. There have been a few other 3K's active also. Hide, JM1LJS, will be visiting Belau again from 26 July to 2 August. Look for T88LJ to be on or near 7008 and 10104 on CW and 3840 (ed 3804?) on SSB. QSL via JM1LJS. Mattew, F5SHQ, reports that he will be active from Jersey Island as MJ0ASP starting 1 July. He will be on CW mostly. The length of his stay was not mentioned. QSL via F5OIU, Jacky Gargot, 21 allee Cabermet, 33140 Cadaujac, FRANCE. Steve, G3VMW, and Bob, G3ZEM, are planning to be on from Cyprus as 5B4/G3VMW and 5B4/G3ZEM from 21 July to 5 August. QSL via their home calls.

Gary, K9AW/KH2, will be retiring in July and moving to the Philippines. He has been the most active amateur from Guam. QSL via WF5T. Jurgen, DJ3KR, will once again operate from Taiwan as BV3/DJ3KR. He will be active from 24 July to 12 August. Omar, 4L5O, plans to be active on 6 meters (50110-50130) CW and SSB from grid LN21dw until 21 July. QSL via TA7A. _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 5N0/OK1AUT - NIGERIA - Was found on 21010 between 11:20 and 12:30Z working Japan, Europe and East Coast US stations. QSL via OK1AUT. S07WW - WESTERN SAHARA - Mark could be leaving at any time. Yesterdays activities include the following: GMT Frequencies GMT Frequencies --- ----------- --- ----------------------- 00 7007 17 24900 01 1827 18 24900 02 3507 14022 19 18070 21022 24900 28022 03 14022 21 14021 04 14022 22 10102 05 1827 23 7007 TL5A - CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - Alex showed up around 17:00Z on 21025. Between 20:20 and 21:00Z he was on RTTY on 14078. At 21:30Z he was on 3504 and Europeans were working him on 1833 at 23:00Z. QSL via PA3DMH. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AF-016 FR5HR 21260 1232 EU-076 LA/DF8YO/MOB 14263 1127 EU-004 EA6MQ 14178 0328 EU-136 9A/OE5BBL 14206 1750 EU-015 SV1EDY 14170 0338 EU-136 9A9JH 7100 0816 EU-024 IS0/DL4YAJ/P 14260 1953 NA-104 V44NEF 14180 0143 EU-033 LA/DH7VK/P 14260 1242 NA-108 J6/JA2EZD 14171 0731 EU-072 SV8/DL8MCA 14260 0741 Alan, BA1DU, reports that the Beijing DX Club will activate two new IOTA island groups. On 13 and 14 July look for BI4C from Changxing Island (AS-NEW). The island is located at 121.7 East 31.4 North. Then the group will operate from another possible new one as BI5Z from Zhoushan Island (AS-NEW) on 16 and 17 July. This island is at 122.2 East 30.1 North. For equipment the group will take a FT-990, IC-706MKII, KW amplifier, A3S antenna and beams for 2 and 6 meters. They will be active on 2, 6, 10, 15 and 20 meters. Operators for

this operation are Tong, BA1AA; Alan, BA1DU; Jerry, BA1FB; Ban, BA1MK; Fah, BD1RB; Qian, BD4DC; Shen BD4DI; Shu, BD4DQ; and Lasse, SM0KAK. QSL via W3HC. IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- -------------- 25-Jun 25-Jun EI EI2IM 2-99 25-Jun 26-Jun HB0 HB0/DF6VI DL1FDH DL4OCM 2-103 25-Jun 26-Jun S0 S07WW 2-111 2-106 25-Jun 27-Jun Friedrichshafen 25-Jun 27-Jun SM SM3TLG/6 (EU-043) 2-117 25-Jun 29-Jun EI EJ7NET (EU-103) 2-67 25-Jun 30-Jun 5X 5X1LH by GM4DMA 2-91 25-Jun 30-Jun CE0A by K8VIR 2-114 25-Jun 30-Jun I IK2MRZ/IM0 (EU-041) 2-110 25-Jun 30-Jun OD OD5RAK 2-111 25-Jun 30-Jun SP SN0JG 2-59 25-Jun 12-Jul SV5 SV5/I3BQC 2-109 25-Jun 16-Jul D4 D44AB 2-108 25-Jun 24-Jul VE CZ1SSB (NA-027) 2-115 25-Jun 31-Jul XU XUF2B 2-114 25-Jun 31-Oct JX JX7DFA (EU-022) 2-20 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The sunspot number for June 24, 1998 was 64. The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado, for June 24, 1998, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 24-Jun-1998 21 105 16 2 LOW/QUIET-MIN STM;LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE 24-Jun-1998 18 96 12 3 LOW/QUIET-MNR STM;VY LOW-LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE 24-Jun-1998 15 96 12 2 LOW/QUIET-MNR STM;VY LOW-LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE 24-Jun-1998 12 96 12 3 LOW/QUIET-MNR STM;VY LOW-LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE 24-Jun-1998 09 96 12 3 LOW/QUIET-MNR STM;VY LOW-LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE 24-Jun-1998 03 96 12 4 LOW/QUIET-MNR STM;VY LOW-LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE 24-Jun-1998 00 96 12 5 LOW/QUIET-MNR STM;VY LOW-LOW/QUIET-UNSET The forecast for Thursday, 25 June: solar flux 99, A index 10, K index 2. Thursday should be High Normal. The forecast for Friday, 26 June: solar flux 100, A index 10, K index 2. Friday should be High Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 4S7EW ON6TZ S07WW ON5NT SN0SZ SP1AMU

E21CJN W3PP TM8CMF F5NBA VE8TA VE2BQB FM5GU WA4JTK TA7A - Sedat Melek, P.O. Box 71, TR-61000 Trabzon, TURKEY QSL cards recently received direct: A92GD, FW2EH, K7K, OH0JWL, OM3CW, TA2DS, ZD8Z, ZL7DK _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: BA1DU, DX News Sheet, F1JRV, F5CCO, F5SHQ, FT5XN, KC3AJ, KH6BZF REPORTS, N3OSH, NOAA, W2GE, W2GG, W8FJ, WA4QDM, WB4KTC _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), or $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United States. _____________________________________________________________________ Copyright _ _____________________________________________________________________ THE DAILY DX _ is published Monday through Friday by Bernie McClenny, W3UR, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, MD 21738 USA. This e-mail message and its contents are copyrighted and are proprietary products of THE DAILY DX _. Any unauthorized use, reproduction, or transfer of the message or its content, in any medium, is strictly prohibited. For permission to quote, reprint or repost this e-mail send a request to THE DAILY DX _ include date, volume and issue number. Check out THE DAILY DX _ homepage http://www.wdn.com/thedailydx or for additional information you may phone THE DAILY DX _ at 301-854-5650 or fax at 301-854-5105. Remember to tell all your DX friends about THE DAILY DX.

. ======================== *** The Daily DX _ *** ======================== Volume 2 Number 120 June 26, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ DX News _____________________________________________________________________ Elmo, EA5BYP/3C1BC, and Vic, EA5YN/3C1PN, will be on Bioko Island (AF-010), Equatorial Guinea as 3C5DX from 30 June to 7 July. Look for them to be active on 10 through 80 meters CW and SSB. QSL via EA5BYP. Jim, ZL2JR, reports that Carl, G4VFU, is still planning an operation from South Georgia but not before January/February 1999. If all goes well it will be for 2 weeks. Carl uses VP8/G4VFU/MM when he is on a boat and has used VP8/G4VFU when on land. He has recently received VP8CZJ, which he will be using for any future land operations. When last heard Carl was 100 kilometers east of Port Stanley, Falkland and said that he would be on Falkland Island on 29 and 30 June. Keep an ear on 1847. QSL via G0HXL. Stan at HF0POL, South Shetlands, is building an antenna for 160 meters and plans to start operating on Topband in September. QSL via SP3BGD. Many people have been wondering about the validity of PY0FA a new station that has recently been showing up on 15 and 40 meters CW. Andre, PY0FF, and Fred, PY7ZZ, reported the following information. Alexandre, PY0FA, is a new amateur radio operator located on Fernando de Noronha. He is just starting out on CW and has been somewhat active on 15 and 40 meters. A rumor has started that this is a pirate, however both Fred and Andre confirm that he is good and his QSL manager is PY4KL. Luis, EA5KY, will be working in Lac, Albania from 3 to 18 July. In his free time he will be active as ZS/EA5KY using a TS-50 and dipoles. His suggested frequencies are: SSB 7050, 14190, 18145, 21195, 24960, 28490 CW 7030, 10104, 14020, 18075, 21055, 24895, 28020 RTTY 14085 He may show up on 80 meters if the conditions warrant. QSL direct or via the bureau to EA4URE. Gus, SM3SGP, will be in Chile as CE3/SM3SGP and CE5/SM3SGP from 1 July through 31 August. QSL via SM3EVR. _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ S07WW - WESTERN SAHARA - Mark continues to operate from

here mostly on CW. He could leave at any moment. QSL via ON5NT. TL5A - CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - Alex started off on CW on 14025 just before 19:00Z. Later at 20:30 was on RTTY on 14080. QSL via PA3DMH. VK0TA - ANTARCTICA - This station is located at Davis Base and was found on 14122 around 23:15Z yesterday. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- EU-103 EJ7NET 10103 2331 EU-067 SV1CEI/8 14260 0553 EU-041 IM0/IK2MRZ 14260 0908 EU-001 SV5/I3YYO 14260 1543 EU-024 IS0/DH2RL/P 7060 1013 EU-072 SV8/DL8MCA 14253 0531 NA-041 KL7KG 14260 2211 AS-028 UA0QMU 14262 1911 EU-030 OZ/DL8HBJ 14258 1145 NA-047 VE8TA 10103 0230 Mirek, HS0/VK3DXI, reports he has received his permit for his Phuket Island (AS-053) operation. He will use HS0/VK3DXI and be running 100 watts which is the maximum power. He tried to get special permission to operate RTTY however this was turned down. He will be on CW mostly from 27 June to 1 July. QSL via DL4DBR. Joel, F5MIW, will operate from Noirmoutier Island (EU-064) between 19 and 31 July. Look for him on 7060, 14260, 21260, 28460. IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- -------------- 26-Jun 26-Jun HB0 HB0/DF6VI DL1FDH DL4OCM 2-103 26-Jun 26-Jun S0 S07WW 2-111 2-106 26-Jun 27-Jun Friedrichshafen 26-Jun 27-Jun SM SM3TLG/6 (EU-043) 2-117 26-Jun 29-Jun EI EJ7NET (EU-103) 2-67 26-Jun 30-Jun 5X 5X1LH by GM4DMA 2-91 26-Jun 30-Jun CE0A by K8VIR 2-114 26-Jun 30-Jun I IK2MRZ/IM0 (EU-041) 2-110 26-Jun 30-Jun OD OD5RAK 2-111 26-Jun 30-Jun SP SN0JG 2-59 26-Jun 6-Jul J7 J79KV 2-109 26-Jun 12-Jul SV5 SV5/I3BQC 2-109 26-Jun 16-Jul D4 D44AB 2-108 26-Jun 24-Jul VE CZ1SSB (NA-027) 2-115 26-Jun 31-Jul XU XUF2B 2-114 26-Jun 15-Aug FT5X FT5XN 2-119 26-Jun 31-Oct JX JX7DFA (EU-022) 2-20 27-Jun 28-Jun JA JI6KVR/6 (AS-012) 2-107 27-Jun 29-Jun SM DK4UN DK4WD (EU-135) 2-111

27-Jun 29-Jun SM DK4UN DK4WD (EU-139) 2-111 27-Jun 1-Jul HS HS0/VK3DXI (AS-053) 2-118 27-Jun 7-Jul YO YO8KVS/P 2-117 27-Jun 18-Jul TK TK/IK1VCA TK/IZ1BWC 2-109 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The sunspot number for June 25, 1998 was 84. The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado, for June 24, 1998, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 25-Jun-1998 21 106 9 2 LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;LOW-MOD/QUIET-ACTIVE 25-Jun-1998 18 105 17 2 LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE 25-Jun-1998 15 105 17 0 LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE 25-Jun-1998 12 105 17 2 LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;LOW-MOD/QUIET-ACTIVE 25-Jun-1998 09 105 17 3 LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;LOW-MOD/QUIET-ACTIVE 25-Jun-1998 06 105 17 3 LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;LOW-MOD/QUIET-ACTIVE 25-Jun-1998 03 105 17 2 LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;LOW-MOD/QUIET-ACTIVE 25-Jun-1998 00 105 17 4 LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;LOW-MOD/QUIET-ACTIVE The forecast for Friday, 26 June: solar flux 100, A index 15, K index 3. Friday should be High Normal. The forecast for Saturday, 27 June: solar flux 100, A index 8, K index 2. Saturday should be High Normal. The Sunday forecast was unavailable at press time. Also the Friday and Satruday forecasts are about 30 hours old. The A index at 03:00Z today was 6. Conditions over the next 24 hours will more than likely be Low Normal at best. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 4KA5CW 4J9RI HB0/DL1FDH DL1FDH TL5A PA3DMH 9Y4SF WA4JTK N5KO/HC8 AA5BT ZF2LC W2SM EJ7NET EI2GX PY0FA PY4KL 4KA9C - Boris G. Gorobec, P.O. Box 214, Baku 370000, AZERBAIJAN PA3DMH - Alex van Hengel, Schoener 85, 2991JK Barendrecht, NETHERLANDS UA0QMU - P.O. Box 252, Almetevsk 423400 RUSSIA Mario, I2MQP, forwards QSL cards (not the QSL manager) for ZA1E and ZA1J. Fred, K3ZO, is no longer the QSL manager for 5H3TW, 5H0T, D68TW, J20TW, 5H1TW, K3TW/4S7 and VU2TJW. Tome Warren, K3TW, is the only one who can confirm these QSO's. Tom is currently in Germany and active as DL8TWA. Fred went on to report "with respect to the call sign AT0T, this call has been assigned in the past to both K3TW and VU2TTC. K3TW/DL8TWA can confirm some of the AT0T QSOs and W8XM, who has some of VU2TTC's

logs, can confirm a few others, but VU2TTC is the only one who can confirm the vast majority of AT0T QSOs." The 3C1GS QSL cards are now ready and will be answered after Elmo, EA5BYP, returns from his 3C5DX operation. QSL cards recently received direct: 5W1VD, ZL9/HB9TL _____________________________________________________________________ Correction _____________________________________________________________________ In the 19 June issue (Vol. 2 No. 115) of The Daily DX we reported that Shigeaki, JG3KIV would be leaving Jamaica and returning to Japan on 23 July. The actual name and call should have been Mas, JE3MAS. (tnx JH4RHF & K3ZO) _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: AA4US, EA5BYP, EA5KY, F5MIW, G4LVQ, HS0/VK3DXI, JH4RHF, K3ZO, KC3AJ, KD4IFV, KH6BZF REPORTS, N3OSH, NOAA, PA3DMH, PY0FF, PY7ZZ, SM3SGP, SP5EWY, W3LEO, WA3MME, ZL2JR _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), or $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United States. _____________________________________________________________________ Copyright _ _____________________________________________________________________ THE DAILY DX _ is published Monday through Friday by Bernie McClenny, W3UR, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, MD 21738 USA. This e-mail message and its contents are copyrighted and are proprietary products of THE DAILY DX _. Any unauthorized use, reproduction, or transfer of the message or its content, in any medium, is strictly prohibited. For permission to quote, reprint or repost this e-mail send a request to THE DAILY DX _ include date, volume and issue number. Check out THE DAILY DX _ homepage http://www.wdn.com/thedailydx or for additional information you may phone THE DAILY DX _ at 301-854-5650 or fax at 301-854-5105. Remember to tell all your DX friends about THE DAILY DX.

. ======================== *** The Daily DX _ *** ======================== Volume 2 Number 121 June 29, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ DX News _____________________________________________________________________ Wayne, VE1NR (ex VE1CBK), will be traveling to Sable Island weather permitting today. Look for him to be there working for 8 to 10 days. He will take an ICOM 706-MKII and a windom. Plans are for him to be active on 10 through 80 meters as CY0NR. If the antenna loads up on 6 meters he will be on 50115. Another Russian invasion of Cyprus is planned for the IARU HF World Championship. The group will be active from 5 to 15 July using 5B4/ home call on all bands before and after the contest. During the contest look for them as they use the all familiar P3A call. Operators include RA9JX, RZ9UA, RZ3TX, UA3DPX, UA9NN and UA9ND. During this years IARU HF World Championship, the Aruba Amateur Radio Club will activate their IARU headquarters station P43R. They will be active on all bands on both CW and SSB. A special QSL card will be printed for the 1998 contest and will be available from P43ARC direct or via the bureau. Dave Heil, K8MN (ex A22MN, J52US, 9L1US, etc.), will be moving to Tanzania in late August. This assignment will be for three years. Plans are to be on all bands on CW, SSB and RTTY. No callsign has been assigned as of yet. QSL cards will be handled by WA8JOC. Amateur operators from Lithuania are currently using the special prefix LY98 to celebrate the National Olympic Games, World Lithuanian Sports Games and National Folk Festival. They will use this prefix through 6 July. _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 4K9W - AZERBAIJAN - Vlad has been showing up on 17 meters CW just before 02:30Z. QSL via DL6KVA. 5N9CEN - NIGERIA - Several stations from W5 reported this one around 22:30Z on 18145. QSL via IV3VBM. 7X2LS - ALGERIA - Japanese stations found Sadek on 15 meters SSB between 12:00 and 15:00Z both Saturday and Sunday. A71BY - QATAR - Jabor likes 20 meters SSB around 20:00 to 21:00Z. HH2/N2APL - HAITI - Can often be found on 30 meters CW around 01:30Z.

N5KO/HC8 - GALAPAGOS ISLANDS - Veteran contester Trey, N5KO, has been active from here for about a week now. Try 30 meters CW after 02:00Z and 17 meters CW between 21:00 and 23:00Z. QSL via AA5BT. ST2SA - SUDAN - On Saturday Dr. Sid was working Japanese stations on 21195 from 14:00 to 14:30Z. TL5A - CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - Look for Alex on 20 meters CW (14024), RTTY (14080) or SSB (14190) from 20:00 to 23:00Z. QSL via PA3DMH. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- NA-096 DL8UD/HI8 14260 2147 AS-043 JR1EAX/1 21260 1402 EU-077 ED1INO 21200 0917 EU-135 SM/DK4UN/P 21260 0930 EU-103 EJ7NET 14250 0858 EU-072 SV8/DL8MCA 14253 0655 NA-199 FS5PL/P 21258 1409 EU-158 SW8LTI 14257 1015 EU-045 IB0/IK8BIZ 14012 1814 AS-028 UA0QMU 14259 2007 EU-131 IK3ABY/IL3 14255 1017 NA-051 VE7QCR 14260 2001 EU-165 IM0/IK0MHR 14260 1120 IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- -------------- 29-Jun 29-Jun SM DK4UN DK4WD (EU-139) 2-111 29-Jun 29-Jun EI EJ7NET (EU-103) 2-67 29-Jun 30-Jun 5X 5X1LH by GM4DMA 2-91 29-Jun 30-Jun CE0A by K8VIR 2-114 29-Jun 30-Jun I IK2MRZ/IM0 (EU-041) 2-110 29-Jun 30-Jun OD OD5RAK 2-111 29-Jun 30-Jun SP SN0JG 2-59 29-Jun 1-Jul HS HS0/VK3DXI (AS-053) 2-118 29-Jun 6-Jul YU 4N7ZR 2-110 29-Jun 6-Jul J7 J79KV 2-109 29-Jun 7-Jul YO YO8KVS/P 2-117 29-Jun 12-Jul SV5 SV5/I3BQC 2-109 29-Jun 15-Jul ZL8 ZL8RS (OC-039) 2-117 2-106 29-Jun 16-Jul D4 D44AB 2-108 29-Jun 18-Jul TK TK/IK1VCA TK/IZ1BWC 2-109 29-Jun 24-Jul VE CZ1SSB (NA-027) 2-115 29-Jun 31-Jul XU XUF2B 2-114 29-Jun 15-Aug FT5X FT5XN 2-119 29-Jun 31-Oct JX JX7DFA (EU-022) 2-20 30-Jun 7-Jul 3C 3C5DX (AF-010) 2-120 1-Jul 1-Jul GJ MJ0ASP 2-119 1-Jul 3-Jul OH DK4UN DK4WD (EU-126) 2-111 1-Jul 14-Jul HB0 HB0/PI4TUE 2-76 1-Jul 29-Jul TK F6AUS (EU-100 & 164) 2-117

3-Jul 5-Jul LA DK4UN DK4WD (EU-141) 2-111 3-Jul 18-Jul ZA ZA/EA5KY 2-120 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The sunspot number for June 27, 1998 was 125. The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado, for June 28, 1998, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 28-Jun-1998 21 122 3 0 LOW/QUIET;LOW/QUIET 28-Jun-1998 18 115 4 0 LOW/QUIET;LOW/QUIET 28-Jun-1998 15 115 4 1 LOW/QUIET;LOW/QUIET 28-Jun-1998 12 115 4 2 LOW/QUIET;LOW/QUIET 28-Jun-1998 09 115 4 2 LOW/QUIET;LOW/QUIET 28-Jun-1998 06 115 4 1 LOW/QUIET;LOW/QUIET 28-Jun-1998 03 115 4 1 LOW/QUIET;LOW/QUIET 28-Jun-1998 00 115 4 1 MODERATE/QUIET;LOW/QUIET The forecast for Monday, 29 June: solar flux 115, A index 8, K index 2. Monday should be High Normal. The forecast for Tuesday, 30 June: solar flux 110, A index 8, K index 3. Tuesday should be High Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ The following QSL cards were recently received and information was taken directly from the cards listed below: 3D2WP via JA1WPX 5N1SYT via IK0PHY 5W1TBR Berkley Ruiz, Vaiola College, P. O. Box 5014, Salelologa, Savai'i, WESTERN SAMOA 5X4DEL via WB3DNA 6W1RD Bilal Youssef, B. P. 4265, Dakar, SENEGAL 8P9P via W5AJ 8Q7WQ via W9QA 9G5VJ via G4ZVJ 9G5ZM via G3ZEM 9H1ZE via IZ3AHY 9H3XF via IZ3AHY 9M6PO via OH2BH AH2U via W9QA BV4YC Taichung Amateur Radio Club, P. O. Box 922, Taichung, TAIWAN C6AHR via N8PR C91LCK via I4LCK DS5IPL Young-Hak Lee, 214-1104 Ssangyong Ajin APT, 381-1 Sang An-Dong, Bukku, Ulsan 683-480, KOREA JA1HBC/DU1 Akihiro Tsubokawa, PSDI, National Computer Center, Carlos P. Garcia Ave, Diliman, Quezon City, PHILIPPINES EL2AB via IK0PHY EL2DT via IK0PHY EL2VO via EA5GIY ET3IV via IZ3AHY FM5UH via F5UHE

FO0FI via K6SLO HR1HCP Herman Cueva, P. O. Box 1523, Tegucigalpa 111 01, HONDURAS J28FA via F5MXH J45KLN via SM0CMH J52AHV via IK0PHY J52APM via IK0PHY JT1JA via VK4MZ JT1Y via I0SNY JW7EHA via LA7EHA KC6KW via W9QA WH6ASW/KH2 via VK4FW KA4IST/KH5 via AC7DX LX1PS via IZ3AHY P29CC Marvin Crockett, New Tribes Mission, P. O. Box 1079, Goroka EHP 441, PAPUA NEW GUINEA P3A via W3HNK S21J Mamtaz Shahid, 10/13 Free School Street (2nd Floor), Kathal Bagan, Dhaka-1205, BANGLADESH SV1EDY Apostolos Bourousis, 1 Anaximandrou Str., GR-116 33 Athens, GREECE SV1ENI Kostas Sarmas, 38 Deligianni Str., GR-144 52 Metamorfosi, Athens, GREECE TA3DD Ferudun Fazil Kalfa, P. O. Box 8, TR-16105 G. Osman, Bursa, TURKEY V26A via WB3DNA VU2EVT E. V. Thomas, Edavamvelil Mala, Eraviperoor, Kerala 689 542, INDIA XE1SLE via WB3DNA YC4SJB Ir. Budi Santosa, P. O. Box 1, Pringsewu, Lampung 35373, INDONESIA YJ0AWP via JA1WPX ZP/N3BNA via WB3DNA _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 425 DX News, AA5XE, K1XX, K2ZZ, K7XM, KC3AJ, KH6BZF REPORTS, N3OSH, N4YIC, N7OJ, NOAA, P43P, VE1NR _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), or $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United States. _____________________________________________________________________ Copyright _ _____________________________________________________________________ THE DAILY DX _ is published Monday through Friday by Bernie McClenny, W3UR, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, MD 21738 USA. This e-mail message and its contents are copyrighted and are proprietary products of THE DAILY DX _. Any unauthorized use, reproduction, or transfer of the message or its content, in any medium, is strictly prohibited. For permission to quote, reprint or repost this e-mail send a request to THE DAILY DX _ include date, volume and issue number. Check out THE DAILY DX _ homepage http://www.wdn.com/thedailydx or for additional information you may phone THE DAILY DX _ at 301-854-5650 or fax at

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. ======================== *** The Daily DX _ *** ======================== Volume 2 Number 122 June 30, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ DX News _____________________________________________________________________ Rob, PA3ERC, and Ronald, PA3EWP, will once again operate from the Caribbean between 27 August and 20 September. The 1998 Caribbean Tour will first stop in Montego Bay, Jamaica as they use 6Y5/PA3ERC and 6Y5/PA3EWP from 27 August to 8 September. Their next stop will be in the Cayman Islands as ZF2RC and ZF2WP from 8 to 20 September. Plans are to have two complete stations so they can be on 10 through 160 meters CW, SSB and RTTY. A 6 meter station will be set-up and activated if conditions permit. A website has been created and can be found at http://www.igr.nl/users/pa3dmh/tour98.html QSL cards may be sent via PA3ERC either direct or through the bureau. PA3ERC, Rob Snieder, Van Leeuwenstraat 137, 2273 VS Voorburg, The NETHERLANDS. Ivan, G3IZD, will be active from the Isle of Man from 24 to 27 July. He will be on during the IOTA Contest. Look for GD3IZD/P on 12, 17 and 30 meters CW before and after the contest. QSL via G3IZD. The upcoming 3C5DX DXpedition to Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea (Vol. 2 No. 120) will take place starting today through 7 July. Elmo, EA5BYP, says they will be on the usual DX SSB frequencies and on CW look for them on 3505, 7005, 10104, 14024, 18074, 21024, 24894 and 28024. QSL via EA5BYP. Barry, ZS1FJ, will be active for a few days from St. Pierre and Miquelon Islands starting 13 July. He will be using FP/G4MFW. _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 17 METERS - MIDDLE EAST - West Coast US stations had a good opening into the Middle East on 17 meters yesterday between 03:00 and 04:30Z. 5A1A - LIBYA - Japanese stations report working him on 18125 around 14:00Z. 5B4OG - CYPRUS - Ted can often be found on 30 meters CW after 02:00Z. CE3WYI - CHILE - Takata was found on 14150 between 12:15 and 13:00Z working JA's. EP2AC - IRAN - This station (WFWL) was found several times yesterday on 17 meters CW. He was giving Jack as his name and home call is RW6AC. He will be in Tehran for 2 more days and will operate 17 meters only. QSL via RV6AB.

EX8F - KYRGYZSTAN - Vlad was very busy on 15 meters CW from 11:30 to 14:00Z working East Coast US and Europe. FG/DJ6SI - GUADELOUPE - Baldur has been on this Caribbean island for a few days now. He showed up on 18087 just before 12:00Z. QSL via DJ6SI. J79KV - DOMINICA - Jim had a huge opening to the East Coast on 50110 from 17:00 to 21:30Z. QSL via W6JKV. RX1OX/FJL - FRANZ JOSEF LAND - Slava was working JA's on 21017 at 14:00Z. QSL via DL6YET. SV5/I2YYO - DODECANESE - George shows up most days between 04:00 and 05:00Z on or near 14260. QSL via IK2MYX. VP5JM - TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS - East Coast 6 Meter DXers found Jodi on 50115 from 21:20 to 21:45Z. XX9ER - MACAO - East Coast US stations were working this semi-rare one on 21280 from about 12:10 to 13:15Z yesterday. ZF1DC - CAYMAN ISLANDS - Showed up on 50125 around 22:00Z working East Coast US stations. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AS-018 UA0FDX 14264 2008 EU-114 MU/DL7ET 21007 1558 AS-028 UA0QMU 18069 1658 EU-131 IK3PQH 14086 1518 AS-076 JR5XPG 18120 1752 EU-139 SM/DK4UN/P 14263 2226 EU-001 SV5/I2YYO 14258 0411 EU-139 SM/DK4WD/P 14262 2104 EU-008 GM0KJW/M 14255 1138 OC-143 YB4JIM 21037 1227 EU-024 IS0/DL4YAJ/P 14261 1936 OC-151 YC9LQA 21003 1302 EU-037 SM7DLZ 14261 0146 SA-008 CE8ABF 14260 1940 EU-061 LA/SM3CVM/P 14260 0850 SA-026 PP5BRV 28032 1904 EU-114 MU/DK2EU 21001 1200 IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- -------------- 30-Jun 7-Jul 3C 3C5DX (AF-010) 2-120 30-Jun 30-Jun 5X 5X1LH by GM4DMA 2-91 30-Jun 30-Jun CE0A by K8VIR 2-114 30-Jun 9-Jul CY0 CY0NR 2-121 30-Jun 16-Jul D4 D44AB 2-108 30-Jun 15-Aug FT5X FT5XN 2-119 30-Jun 1-Jul HS HS0/VK3DXI (AS-053) 2-118 30-Jun 30-Jun I IK2MRZ/IM0 (EU-041) 2-110

30-Jun 6-Jul J7 J79KV 2-109 30-Jun 31-Oct JX JX7DFA (EU-022) 2-20 30-Jun 30-Jun OD OD5RAK 2-111 30-Jun 30-Jun SP SN0JG 2-59 30-Jun 12-Jul SV5 SV5/I3BQC 2-109 30-Jun 18-Jul TK TK/IK1VCA TK/IZ1BWC 2-109 30-Jun 24-Jul VE CZ1SSB (NA-027) 2-115 30-Jun 31-Jul XU XUF2B 2-114 30-Jun 7-Jul YO YO8KVS/P 2-117 30-Jun 6-Jul YU 4N7ZR 2-110 30-Jun 15-Jul ZL8 ZL8RS (OC-039) 2-117 2-106 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The sunspot number for June 28, 1998 was 133. The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado, for June 29, 1998, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 29-Jun-1998 21 119 2 1 LOW/QUIET;LOW/QUIET 29-Jun-1998 18 122 3 1 LOW/QUIET;LOW/QUIET 29-Jun-1998 15 122 3 1 LOW/QUIET;LOW/QUIET 29-Jun-1998 12 122 3 1 LOW/QUIET;LOW/QUIET 29-Jun-1998 09 122 3 1 LOW/QUIET;LOW/QUIET 29-Jun-1998 06 122 3 1 LOW/QUIET;LOW/QUIET 29-Jun-1998 03 122 3 0 LOW/QUIET;LOW/QUIET 29-Jun-1998 00 122 3 1 LOW/QUIET;LOW/QUIET The forecast for Tuesday, 30 June: solar flux 125, A index 10, K index 2. Tuesday should be High Normal. The forecast for Wednesday, 1 July: solar flux 130, A index 12, K index 3. Monday should be High Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 3A0FC Pirate DL0ABT DL7VRO SM/DK4UN/P DK4UN 3Z0EMC SP6ECA DL8UD/HI8 DL6UD SM/DK4WD/P DK4WD 3Z0MM SP4KIE ED1INO EA1GA SN0SZ/P SP1RWK 4K80ADR 4J9RI EJ7NET EI2GX SW8LTI SV1ATV 4L/ON4CFI ON4CFI FG/DJ6SI DJ6SI T95A K2PF 4U1WB KK4HD IS0/DL4YAJ/DL4YAJ TM6CMF F5ITL 5R8FU SM0DJZ J79KV W6JKV TM8CMF F5NBA CQ98FJ CT3FJ KH2D K8NA UA0KCL RA3DEJ CS98UW CT4UW LY98BLQ LY2BLQ UR4WWT WR3L CT98AOZ CT1AOZ MU/DL7ET DL7ET ZS80NRM ZS6Y D2BB W3HNK 9M2KU - Makoto Yonemitsu, A3-3 Stulang View Condominium, JLN Kuning, Taman Pelangi, 81300 Johor Bahru, MALAYSIA JD1YBJ - Marcus Loran Ham Club, 2-14-10, Kasuga, Chuo-ku, Chiba City, 260-0033, JAPAN JL1KFR - Ryoichi Tojo, 1-102-5-37, Taeu Miyazaki 2 Chome, Chuo-ku, Chiba 260-0806, JAPAN

QSL cards recently received direct: 3B8CF, 3D2KT, 5W0VV, 9X0A, FH/DJ1RL, FO0FI, FO0FR, FO0MIZ, JD1YBJ, K4AU/WH1, KA4IST/KH5, N2NL/KH2, RU1A, SU8LXR, VK9LZ, VR6TY, ZL7DK _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 425 DX News, AB6QM, EA5BYP, GoList, K1XN, K2ZZ, K7XM, KC3AJ, KC8CY, KD4IFV, KH6BZF REPORTS, N3OSH, N4YIC, N7OJ, NOAA, PA3ERC, W2GI, W3UR, ZS1FJ _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), or $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United States. _____________________________________________________________________ Copyright _ _____________________________________________________________________ THE DAILY DX _ is published Monday through Friday by Bernie McClenny, W3UR, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, MD 21738 USA. This e-mail message and its contents are copyrighted and are proprietary products of THE DAILY DX _. Any unauthorized use, reproduction, or transfer of the message or its content, in any medium, is strictly prohibited. For permission to quote, reprint or repost this e-mail send a request to THE DAILY DX _ include date, volume and issue number. Check out THE DAILY DX _ homepage http://www.wdn.com/thedailydx or for additional information you may phone THE DAILY DX _ at 301-854-5650 or fax at 301-854-5105. Remember to tell all your DX friends about THE DAILY DX.

. ======================== *** The Daily DX _ *** ======================== Volume 2 Number 123 July 1, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ DX News _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- -------------- _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The sunspot number for June 29, 1998 was . The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado, for June 30, 1998, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- The forecast for Wednesday, 1 July: solar flux 130, A index 12, K index 3. Monday should be High Normal. The forecast for Thursday, 2 Julu: solar flux , A index , K index . Thursday should be High Normal. _____________________________________________________________________

QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- QSL cards recently received direct: _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: KC3AJ, KH6BZF REPORTS, N3OSH, NOAA, _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), or $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United States. _____________________________________________________________________ Copyright _ _____________________________________________________________________ THE DAILY DX _ is published Monday through Friday by Bernie McClenny, W3UR, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, MD 21738 USA. This e-mail message and its contents are copyrighted and are proprietary products of THE DAILY DX _. Any unauthorized use, reproduction, or transfer of the message or its content, in any medium, is strictly prohibited. For permission to quote, reprint or repost this e-mail send a request to THE DAILY DX _ include date, volume and issue number. Check out THE DAILY DX _ homepage http://www.wdn.com/thedailydx or for additional information you may phone THE DAILY DX _ at 301-854-5650 or fax at 301-854-5105. Remember to tell all your DX friends about THE DAILY DX.

. ======================== *** The Daily DX _ *** ======================== Volume 2 Number 124 July 2, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ DX News _____________________________________________________________________ Harv, XUF2B, will be leaving Cambodia near the end of the month. Until then look for him to be active when ever work will allow it. He is using a vertical on 17 and 30 meters and a 4 element yagi on 10, 15 and 20 meters at 40 feet. Harv has been the only permanent amateur since the passing of Mike, XU6WV. Sokun (YL), XU8DX, is no longer active as she is now working in Australia. XU2A and XU6BND are Japanese business men who do show up from time to time. Harv enjoys CW and RTTY, he is also active on SSB. To date 6,000 QSOs have been made. The station will be taken down on 21 July. QSL cards for XU2FB and XUF2B go via N4JR. Frank, KD2IX, will be active from San Pedro Sula, Honduras as HR2/KD2IX from 14 to 27 July. He will be active on 15 and 20 meters CW and SSB. Check 21058, 21265, 14058 and 21265. QSL via KD2IX. Hasegawa, JA6ER, is currently active from Mongolia as JT1KAJ until 6 July. QSL via JA1YAR. Henry, K4LMY, will operate as PJ8/K4LMY until 7 July. Look for him on SSB on 7260, 14260, 21260 and possibly between 7075 and 7100. QSL via K4LMY. _____________________________________________________________________ Silent Key _____________________________________________________________________ Macka, VM4AA, from Australia passed away on 8 May. He held the only VM ever issued. _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 3C5DX - EQUATORIAL GUINEA - Yesterdays activities were as follows: GMT Frequencies GMT Frequencies --- ----------- --- ----------- 00 14025 18 21024 08 21020 19 21024 10 21020 20 21024 12 14195 21 14195 16 21297 22 14195 17 21297 23 14024 14195 3W7TK - VIETNAM - Was active yesterday on 18071 from 12:00 to 12:45Z. He was working Japan, Europe and East Coast US stations. QSL via OK1HWB.

4K - AZERBAIJAN - Lots of activity on 17 meters CW yesterday. Leon, 4K8F, was on around 02:20. Vlad was active from 01:00 to 03:00Z and 4K9C showed up just after 03:00Z. 5A1A - LIBYA - Japanese stations reported working Abubaker on 21295 between 12:15 and 13:50Z. 5V7FA - TOGO - This is Marc, F5PCU (ex 5V7BM), who was found on 14173 at 21:00Z. He will be here until at least July of next year. BG6JW - CHINA - East Coast US stations found this novice station on CW on 21127 around 23:20Z. DL8UD/HI8 - DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Japanese stations reported working this one on 14006 between 10:40 and 12:30Z. Later they found him on 18083 from 13:20 to 13:45Z. EP2MKO - IRAN - Ali was active on 21005 between 10:00 and 11:00Z. East Coast US stations found him on 21003 from 19:00 to 20:00Z. EP3HR - IRAN - Hamid came up on 18145 just before 16:00Z. Europeans and Asians were working him for over an hour. QSL via I2MQP. TL5A - CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - Alex plans to be active on 3504 and 1833 between 21:00 and 23:00Z and also from 04:00 to 04:40Z. UK - UZBEKISTAN - UK8OM and UK8GK show up on 15 meters CW most days between 03:00 and 04:00Z. US stations west of the Mississippi River have been working them. V44NEF - ST. KITTS AND NEVIS - Japanese stations were working Erol between 13:00 and 14:00Z on 21365. VQ9VK - DIEGO GARCIA - Was working Japan, Europe and West Coast US stations on 18080 from 14:15 to 14:40Z. ZD9IL - TRISTAN DA CUNHA AND GOUGH ISLANDS - Several JA's reported that Ian was on 14135 just before 14:30Z. QSL via ZS5BBO. ZL8RS - KERMADEC ISLANDS - Bob came up for a few minutes on 28490 today. QSL via ZL1RS. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AF-010 3C5DX 14195 1253 EU-126 OH/DK4UN/P 14265 1646 AS-028 UA0QMU 14262 1955 EU-126 OH/DK4WD/P 14259 2119 AS-043 JR1EAX/1 21260 1521 EU-130 IV3WMI 14255 2100 AS-079 JA5CKD/6 14010 0639 EU-136 9A/ON5JE 14257 1443 EU-008 GM0KJW/M 14253 2135 EU-139 SM/DK4UN/P 14260 0232

EU-037 SM7CRW 14260 0633 NA-036 VE7ZO 14259 0544 EU-037 SM7DLZ 21260 0954 NA-096 DL8UD/HI8 14255 2129 EU-046 LA1CI 21267 1115 NA-110 AC4WW 14028 0404 EU-049 SV8DCY 21277 2144 OC-027 FO5QG 14122 0556 EU-062 LA/DF8YO/M 14260 1320 OC-034 P29KPH 21165 1249 EU-072 SV8/DL8MCA 14260 2142 SA-036 P43E 14262 2325 EU-074 FBC5RUQ/P 14259 0654 During the RSGB IOTA Contest amateurs from Mexico and Cuba will do a joint operation as CO0XE from the main island (NA-015). The logs will be available shortly after the contest at http://www.infocom.etecsa.cu/www/frc/qsl.htm QSL via XE1CI. The Atsinala DX Team from Cuba will soon be active from the Isla Atsinala. They will use T40IA on SSB, CW and RTTY. Listen on 14226.5 and 21336.5. This operation will end on 9 July. QSL cards go to Isla Atsinala DX Club Cubanos, Box 7388, Elbasania, CUBA. A Greek radio amateur team was active as SW8LTI from Little Turtle Island (EU-158), Greece from 26 to 29 June. The operators were SV1ACK, SV1ATV, SV1TN, SV1AER, SV1AFN, SV1BSX and SV1CT. IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- -------------- 2-Jul 3-Jul OH DK4UN DK4WD (EU-126) 2-111 2-Jul 6-Jul YU 4N7ZR 2-110 2-Jul 6-Jul J7 J79KV 2-109 2-Jul 7-Jul 3C 3C5DX (AF-010) 2-122 2-120 2-Jul 7-Jul YO YO8KVS/P 2-117 2-Jul 9-Jul CY0 CY0NR 2-121 2-Jul 12-Jul SV5 SV5/I3BQC 2-109 2-Jul 14-Jul HB0 HB0/PI4TUE 2-76 2-Jul 15-Jul ZL8 ZL8RS (OC-039) 2-118 2-106 2-Jul 16-Jul D4 D44AB 2-108 2-Jul 18-Jul TK TK/IK1VCA TK/IZ1BWC 2-109 2-Jul 24-Jul VE CZ1SSB (NA-027) 2-115 2-Jul 29-Jul TK F6AUS (EU-100 & 164) 2-117 2-Jul 21-Jul XU XUF2B 2-114 2-Jul 15-Aug FT5X FT5XN 2-119 2-Jul 31-Oct JX JX7DFA (EU-022) 2-20 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The sunspot number for June 30, 1998 was 127. The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado, for July 1, 1998, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 1-Jul-1998 21 127 3 1 LOW/QUIET;LOW/QUIET

1-Jul-1998 18 121 3 1 LOW/QUIET;LOW/QUIET 1-Jul-1998 15 121 3 1 LOW/QUIET;LOW/QUIET 1-Jul-1998 12 121 3 1 LOW/QUIET;LOW/QUIET 1-Jul-1998 09 121 3 1 LOW/QUIET;LOW/QUIET 1-Jul-1998 06 121 3 1 LOW/QUIET;LOW/QUIET 1-Jul-1998 03 121 3 1 LOW/QUIET;LOW/QUIET 1-Jul-1998 00 121 3 1 LOW/QUIET;LOW/QUIET The forecast for Thursday, 2 July: solar flux 126, A index 12, K index 3. Thursday should be High Normal. The forecast for Friday, 3 July: solar flux 126, A index 12, K index 3. Friday should be High Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 1X5AA W3HNK C6A25FV C6AFV JY9QJ DL5MBY 3V8BB JF2EZA CH3EJ VE3EJ LU2CP/CX CX6FP 4K8F UA9AB EA8/DJ9HD DJ9HD N2NL/KH2 W2YC 5V7FA F6FNU EP3HR I2MQP W7A W7WK 5W1PC WH6XY HZ1AB K8PYD Special event station W7A will be active from 1 to 5 July from the Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center in Great Falls, Montana. The QSL information that originally went out said to QSL via KQ7K however the address is not correct in the call books. QSL cards should go to W7WK, Steve Victor, P.O. Box 221, Black Eagle, MT 59414-0221. A website has been setup at http://www.qsl.net/w7a/ QSL cards recently received direct: ZP/N3BNA _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: CO2GC, DX News Sheet, F6FNU, KC3AJ, KH6BZF REPORTS, N3OSH, N7OJ, NOAA, PA3DMH, XUF2B, W7WK _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), or $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United States. _____________________________________________________________________ Copyright _ _____________________________________________________________________ THE DAILY DX _ is published Monday through Friday by Bernie McClenny, W3UR, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, MD 21738 USA. This e-mail message and its contents are copyrighted and are proprietary products of THE DAILY DX _. Any unauthorized use, reproduction, or transfer of the message or its content, in any medium, is strictly prohibited. For permission to quote, reprint or repost this e-mail send a request to THE DAILY DX _ include date, volume and issue number. Check out THE

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. ======================== *** The Daily DX _ *** ======================== Volume 2 Number 125 July 3, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ DX News _____________________________________________________________________ Finish operators Jorma, OH2KI,, and Seppo, OH1VR, will be active from Market Reef from 9 to 12 July. Look for OJ0VR to be on CW, SSB and maybe even RTTY. They will participate in the IARU HF Championship also. QSL via OH1VR, Seppo Sisatto, Lansirinteenk 23, 33400 Tampere, FINLAND. Members of the Far East DX-Ploiters (FEDXP) plan to activate two Pacific Islands during mid July. Operators include JA1BRK, JA1HGY, JR1MLU, JA4DND and 7N3AWE. Their first stop will be Belau where they will operate starting around 11:00Z on 16 July through 23:00Z on 18 July. Calls QSL route ----- --------- T88AD JR1MLU T88AW 7N3AWE T88HG JA1HGY T88ND JA4DND T88RK JA1BRK Next they will go to Saipan to operate from about 07:00Z on 19 July until 02:00Z on 21 July. Each operator will use their home call /KH0. QSL via home calls. During the operations on both islands the group will be active on 6 through 160 meters on CW, SSB and RTTY using two stations. They will concentrate on 12, 17 and 30 meters. A team of Americans and Finns will operate the IARU HF Championship from the Aland Islands. This will be a headquarters station. More details soon. The Ballymena (GI3FFF) and Queen's University Belfast (GI3LLQ) radio clubs will join together to operate special event station GB2MRI (Marconi Rathlin Island) on 4, 5 and 6 July. This will be the 100th anniversary of the Marconi Station being set up on Rathlin Island (EU-122). The Dundalk Amateur Radio Society (EI7DAR) will also celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Marconi Station as EI100M starting today through 5 July. They will however not be on Rathlin Island, but rather Clogherhead, Ireland (EU-115). Marco, IK0PHY, will operate from the Hawaiian Islands as KH6/IK0PHY from 13 to 23 July. QSL via IK0PHY.

Charles, SV0LM (ex S92SS), is currently active from the Isle of Rhodes in the Dodecanese Islands (SV5). His XYL Lesley, SV0LN (ex S92YL), will join him on 17 July. They will leave the island on 31 July. The Bangor and District Amateur Radio Society club station GN3XRQ/P will be active tomorrow from Groomsport Harbor to celebrate the town's Eagle Wing Festival. Keith, GI0SSA, says "This is in memory of one of the first emigrant ships to leave these shores back in 1836." They will especially be looking for US QSOs as they will operate on 10, 15 and 20 meters. _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 3C5DX - EQUATORIAL GUINEA - Elmo and Vic continue to be active from Bioko Island (AF-010). They seem to be QRT from 01:00 to 08:00Z. Yesterdays activity was as follows: GMT Frequencies GMT Frequencies --- ----------- --- ----------- 00 14024 17 21025 01 7016 18 21025 08 21024 19 21025 09 21024 20 14195 11 21295 21 14195 12 21290 22 14195 13 21290 23 14195 4J1FS - MALYJ VYSOTSKIJ ISLAND - Japanese stations reported this unexpected station on 14195 around 23:15Z yesterday. Work it first worry later. A45ZN - OMAN - Tony can often be found on 17 meters CW around 03:30Z. C6A25 - BAHAMAS - Stations from the Bahama Islands are now using this prefix to celebrate the 25th year of Independence. EL2AB - LIBERIA - JA's were working him on 21295 around 12:30Z. QSL via IK0PHY. FR5DD - REUNION ISLAND - Stations from all across the US were working Jean between 05:00 and 05:30Z on 18073. H44NC - SOLOMON ISLANDS - Norried was very busy on 14192 from 10:40 to 13:00Z. XX9AU - MACAO - Chang was found yesterday on 14216 from 13:40 to 14:10. ZL8RS - KERMADEC - Bob may show up today at 05:00Z on 7090. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________

The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- NA-110 AC4WW 14006 0439 EU-062 LA/DF8YO/P 14265 1942 NA-055 AK1L 14260 0441 EU-036 LA8LA 18080 2038 EU-034 ES0NW 18071 2004 EU-132 SP2CYK/1 14268 1839 OC-149 H44NC 14192 1102 AS-028 UA0QMU 14005 1516 EU-024 IS0XRN 14260 1952 OC-021 YB1XUR 14258 1455 Didier, FK8VHN, plans to operate from Lifou Island (OC-033) between 22 and 28 July. He will be active on 10 through 80 meters, except 30 meters. During the IOTA Contest he will operate SSB only. Those in need of a QSL card from New Caledonia need to be aware that US 1.00 is equivalent to 100 XPF and mail to North America costs 135 XPF. One IRC or 2 green stamps will work. Didier has been paying the difference but cannot continue due to volume of QSLs. Barry, ZS1FJ/G4MFW, will be active from Stewart Island (OC-203) around 27 July. During the IOTA Contest Crescencio, CO4BM, will be active from La Juventud Island (NA-056). QSL via CT1ESO. Anthony, EI2HY, and Mike, EI2IB, plans to operate EJ2HY and EJ2IB from Blasket Islands during the IOTA Contest on 25 and 26 July. QSL via home calls. IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- -------------- 3-Jul 3-Jul OH DK4UN DK4WD (EU-126) 2-111 3-Jul 4-Jul W N6JV (NA-187) 2-123 3-Jul 5-Jul LA DK4UN DK4WD (EU-141) 2-111 3-Jul 6-Jul YU 4N7ZR 2-110 3-Jul 6-Jul J7 J79KV 2-109 3-Jul 6-Jul JT JT1KAJ 2-124 3-Jul 7-Jul 3C 3C5DX (AF-010) 2-122 2-120 3-Jul 7-Jul PJ8 PJ8/K4LMY 2-124 3-Jul 7-Jul YO YO8KVS/P 2-117 3-Jul 9-Jul CY0 CY0NR 2-121 3-Jul 9-Jul CO T40IA (Isla Atsinala) 2-124 3-Jul 12-Jul SV5 SV5/I3BQC 2-109 3-Jul 14-Jul HB0 HB0/PI4TUE 2-76 3-Jul 15-Jul ZL8 ZL8RS (OC-039) 2-118 2-106 3-Jul 16-Jul D4 D44AB 2-108 3-Jul 18-Jul TK TK/IK1VCA TK/IZ1BWC 2-109 3-Jul 18-Jul ZA ZA/EA5KY 2-120 3-Jul 21-Jul XU XUF2B 2-114 3-Jul 24-Jul VE CZ1SSB (NA-027) 2-115 3-Jul 29-Jul TK F6AUS (EU-100 & 164) 2-117 3-Jul 15-Aug FT5X FT5XN 2-119 3-Jul 31-Oct JX JX7DFA (EU-022) 2-20

4-Jul 5-Jul CN DX Contest 5-Jul 12-Jul GM GS7UEG/P (EU-009) 2-123 5-Jul 12-Jul I IF9/I1SNW (EU-054) 2-110 5-Jul 15-Jul 5B4 5B4/ lots of Russians 2-121 5-Jul 26-Jul HC HC1MD /HC4 HC5 HC6 HC7 2-117 2-115 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The sunspot number for July 1, 1998 was 120. The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado, for July 2, 1998, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 2-Jul-1998 21 120 10 2 LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 2-Jul-1998 18 127 4 1 LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;LOW/UNSETTLED 2-Jul-1998 15 127 4 2 LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;LOW/UNSETTLED 2-Jul-1998 12 127 4 2 LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;LOW/UNSETTLED 2-Jul-1998 09 127 4 3 LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;LOW/UNSETTLED 2-Jul-1998 06 127 4 2 LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;LOW/UNSETTLED 2-Jul-1998 03 127 4 2 LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;LOW/UNSETTLED 2-Jul-1998 00 127 4 3 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/UNSETTLED The forecast for Friday, 3 July: solar flux 126, A index 12, K index 3. Friday should be High Normal. The forecast for Saturday, 4 July: solar flux 126, A index 14, K index 3. Saturday should be High Normal. The forecast for Sunday, 5 July: solar flux 124, A index 12, K index 3. Sunday should be High Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 3Z0AIR SP7LZD CT98EEN CT1EEN VP2EY HB9SL 6K0T DS4CNB CT98ETT CT1ETT W7A W7WK 9N1FP RU6FP EL2AB IK0PHY YB2BRW W6MD C6A25GR C6AGR TJ1HP F6FNU Atson, V63BR, reports that he will now be handling his own QSLing chores. Gene, AA4US, has been his QSL manager and will be sending blank QSL cards to Atson. H44NC - Norried, Box 168, Munda, Western Provence, SOLOMON ISLANDS V63BR - Atson Nakayama, P.O. Box 305, Chuuk, FM 96942 QSL cards recently received direct: E21EJC, H40AA, YS1X _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 425 DX News, AA4US, GI0SSA, JA1ELY, KC3AJ, KH6BZF REPORTS, N3OSH, N9PQU, NOAA, OH2KI,, OH2LU, OPDX, W3LEO, WA5VGI, WU1F, ZS1FJ _____________________________________________________________________

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. ======================== *** The Daily DX _ *** ======================== Volume 2 Number 126 July 6, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ DX News _____________________________________________________________________ Charlie, W0YG, and George, W8UVZ, will operate from Christmas Island (VK9X) and Cocos Island (VK9Y) from 6 to 20 February, 1999. They will operate from each island for one week. The emphasis will be primarily on the low bands, 12, 17 and 30 meters and RTTY. Charlie says "A Battle Creek Special and beverages will be used for 160/80." Call signs have not been assigned yet. More details will follow. Joel, F5JJW, plans to once again activate FO0SUC. He will be on Tubuai Island (OC-152) in the Austral Islands from 7 to 17 October. Remember the Austral Islands may very well be a new country by the time this operation takes place. Joel will operate on 10, 15 and 20 meters. Juanjo, EA3CB, plans to be on Crete Island as SV9/EA3CB/P from 15 to 22 August. He will be on RTTY mostly however he will do some CW and SSB on 10 through 80 meters. QSL via his home call preferably via the bureau. The Radioaficionados Sin Fronteras (hams without borders) meets on a net daily on 14128 around 15:00Z. Stations from Tanzania (5H), Cameroon (TJ), Chad (TT), Western Sahara (S0), Togo (5V) Congo (9Q) and others can usually be found here. All of the operators are Spanish and most have QSL managers in Spain. After being a ham for 30 some years Durl, ZF1DG, tried out 6 meters for the first time making his first QSOs yesterday around 17:30Z. He started off on the calling frequency 50125 and then moved up to 50160. QSL via his old call, ZF9AC. _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 3C5DX - EQUATORIAL GUINEA - Continue to operate on CW and SSB on 10, 15, 17, 20 and 40 meters. 9N1FP - NEPAL - Vlad was found on Sunday from 15:30 to 16:30Z on 18150 working JA's and West Coast US stations. QSL via RU6FP. E21CJN - THAILAND - Saturday between 19:00 and 20:00Z Tham was working stations all across the US on 21274. QSL via W3PP. EZ8AW - TURKMENISTAN - Was on 18151 on Friday just before 16:00Z working JA's.

FT5XN - KERGUELEN ISLAND - Helios was working US and Japanese stations on 10102 on Sunday from 11:20 to 14:00Z. QSL via F6PEN. HC8N - GALAPAGOS ISLANDS - Trey, N5KO, is now using this callsign. He has been very active on 17, 30 and 160 meters CW and on 15 and 20 meters RTTY. QSL via AA5BT. JW/DJ3KR - SVALBARD ISLAND - JA's report this station on 14025 for about one hour starting just before 13:00Z on Sunday. OH0TA - ALAND ISLANDS - Was active several times this weekend on 20 meters SSB. QSL via OH2TA. ST2SA - SUDAN - Dr. Sid was working JA's on 21195 at 14:30Z yesterday and then on 18150 just before 15:00Z. T32Z - EAST KIRIBATI - Showed up on 21025 around 00:30Z on Sunday. He was working all across the US and some Western Europeans. QSL via N7YL. TL5A - CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - West Coast US stations reported that Alex was worked on 14026 between 05:00 and 06:00Z on Sunday. QSL via PA3DMH. YI1SEA - IRAQ - Showed up both Friday and Saturday on 14243 between 16:00 and 17:00Z. QSL via WA3HUP. YJ8PU - VANUATU - Crystal (YL) is showing up most days on 21305 between 02:00 and 05:00Z. QSL via KF4VPU. ZL8RS - KERMADEC ISLANDS - Bob is now operational on all bands except 160 meters. He hopes to have his 160 antenna up today or tomorrow. Over the weekend he was active at the following times and frequencies. GMT Frequencies GMT Frequencies --- ----------- --- ----------- 01 18135 07 10120 14195 02 18135 08 14195 03 18135 10 14195 04 18135 18 14195 05 7090 18135 19 14195 06 14195 _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AF-004 EA8AMT 24945 2042 EU-067 SV8/F6HPP/M 14258 1500 AS-028 UA0QMU 14011 1307 EU-084 SM0MC 14196 1618 EU-008 GM5EG/P 18126 2311 EU-141 LA/DK4WD/P 14040 1318 EU-032 F/ON5AI 14012 0837 NA-057 N7QXQ/HR6 14253 0042 EU-032 TM3X 14260 2330 OC-039 ZL8RS 18137 0140 F6ICA and F5GLS will be active from Adelie Land (AN-017) in Antarctica for 1 year starting in December of this year. They will

be active on all bands. A group of Italians will be active from Bergeggi Island (EU-083) on 11 and 12 July. They will use either 1A1A or IP1/home calls. QSL via home calls. Jean Francois, F8CIO, will be operate from Houat Island (EU-048) between 1 and 8 August. Look for him to be on 20 and 40 SSB. The World Lighthouse DX Club will be active from Vierge Island (EU-125), Denmark from 25 to 28 July. They will not be in the IOTA Contest. Irish operators EI2CA, EI7CC, EI6EW, EI4FBB, EI8CE, EI7CD, EI5FYB will be active as WP2Z and KP2/home calls from St. Croix in the US Virgin Islands (NA-106) from 20 to 29 July. They will also be in the RSGB IOTA Contest as WP2Z. QSL via home calls. The La Blanquilla Island (SA-037) DXpedition (see Vol. 2 No. 98) by YW5LB will now take place from 10 to 14 July. QSL via W4SO. IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- -------------- 6-Jul 6-Jul YU 4N7ZR 2-110 6-Jul 6-Jul J7 J79KV 2-109 6-Jul 6-Jul JT JT1KAJ 2-124 6-Jul 7-Jul 3C 3C5DX (AF-010) 2-122 2-120 6-Jul 7-Jul PJ8 PJ8/K4LMY 2-124 6-Jul 7-Jul YO YO8KVS/P 2-117 6-Jul 9-Jul CY0 CY0NR 2-121 6-Jul 9-Jul CO T40IA (Isla Atsinala) 2-124 6-Jul 11-Jul W KD8JN/4 (NA-067) 6-Jul 12-Jul GM GS7UEG/P (EU-009) 2-123 6-Jul 12-Jul I IF9/I1SNW (EU-054) 2-110 6-Jul 12-Jul SV5 SV5/I3BQC 2-109 6-Jul 14-Jul HB0 HB0/PI4TUE 2-76 6-Jul 15-Jul 5B4 5B4/ lots of Russians 2-121 6-Jul 15-Jul ZL8 ZL8RS (OC-039) 2-118 2-106 6-Jul 16-Jul D4 D44AB 2-108 6-Jul 18-Jul TK TK/IK1VCA TK/IZ1BWC 2-109 6-Jul 18-Jul ZA ZA/EA5KY 2-120 6-Jul 21-Jul XU XUF2B 2-114 6-Jul 24-Jul VE CZ1SSB (NA-027) 2-115 6-Jul 26-Jul HC HC1MD /HC4 HC5 HC6 HC7 2-117 2-115 6-Jul 29-Jul TK F6AUS (EU-100 & 164) 2-117 6-Jul 31-Jul SV5 SV0LM 2-125 6-Jul 15-Aug FT5X FT5XN 2-119 6-Jul 31-Oct JX JX7DFA (EU-022) 2-20 7-Jul 10-Jul LA DK4UN DK4WD (EU-044) 2-111 7-Jul 14-Jul 8P by K7BV 2-106

7-Jul 5-Dec 9N 9N1UD 2-110 2-103 2-60 8-Jul 9-Jul 8P by K7BV 2-86 8-Jul 14-Jul VP5 VP5/N2GA VP5/K2DO 2-94 8-Jul 15-Jul FP FP/W8MV 2-93 8-Jul 15-Jul KG4 KG4AU KG4GC KG4TO KG4OX 2-109 9-Jul 11-Jul VE VE2/F6HKA VE2/F6ELE (NA-125) 2-117 2-85 9-Jul 12-Jul OJ0 OJ0VR 2-125 9-Jul 13-Jul XE XF3/CX3AN 2-117 10-Jul 12-Jul LA DK4UN DK4WD (EU-046) 2-111 10-Jul 17-Jul ZS ZS6YG 2-113 2-112 10-Jul 1-Aug C6A C6AFP (NA-080) 2-115 11-Jul 12-Jul I 1A1X or IP1/Italians (EU-083) 2-126 11-Jul 12-Jul KG4 KG4OX 2-109 11-Jul 12-Jul 5B4 P3A 2-121 11-Jul 12-Jul P4 P43R 2-121 11-Jul 12-Jul TF TF3IRA 2-123 11-Jul 13-Jul JA JQ1ALQ JJ1LIB (AS-008) 11-Jul 18-Jul GM MM0BCR/P (EU-009) 2-115 11-Jul 25-Jul I IG9/IK3LYP (AF019) 2-115 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The sunspot number for July 4, 1998 was 129. The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado, for July 5, 1998, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 5-Jul-1998 21 124 13 3 LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;LOW/UNSET-ACTIVE 5-Jul-1998 18 129 10 2 LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;LOW-MOD/UNSET-ACTIVE 5-Jul-1998 15 129 10 2 LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;LOW-MOD/UNSET-ACTIVE 5-Jul-1998 12 129 10 2 MOD/QUIET-ACTIVE;LOW-MOD/UNSET-ACTIVE 5-Jul-1998 09 129 10 2 MOD/QUIET-ACTIVE;LOW-MOD/UNSET-ACTIVE 5-Jul-1998 06 129 10 4 MOD/QUIET-ACTIVE;LOW-MOD/UNSET-ACTIVE 5-Jul-1998 03 129 10 4 MOD/QUIET-ACTIVE;LOW-MOD/UNSET-ACTIVE 5-Jul-1998 00 129 10 3 MOD/QUIET-UNSETTLED;MOD/UNSETTLED-ACTIVE The forecast for Monday, 6 July: solar flux 130, A index 12, K index 3. Monday should be High Normal. The forecast for Tuesday, 7 July: solar flux 126, A index 10, K index 2. Tuesday should be High Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 3C5DX EA5BYP FG/DJ6SI DJ6SI US0HZ W3HNK 3D2QB SM3CER FO5QG XE1L VU2JPS VK9NS 4L4CC RV1CC FT5XN F6PEN VX3NX VE3NX 4M5E YV5NWG HB0/HB9LEY JH1BSE W7A W7WK 5X1T ON5NT HC8N AA5BT XJ3SJL VE3SJL 9J2TF JA2BOV JU7ARDF JP1TDD XL1GO VO1GO 9M6AG JA9AG K5A K5PXP YI1SEA WA3HUP A92GD K1SE LG5LG SM0DJZ YJ8PU KF4VPU BV5BG IK7JTF N7QXQ/HR6 W7TSQ ZF2DR K5RQ CT98EHI CT1EHI OD5PN LX1NO ZF2NT N2AU D2BB W3HNK OH0TA OH2TA ZL8RS ZL1RS

EI2IM/P W4ZYT P29VR W7LFA ZS6IR DL4EBA EW3LB W3HNK P49V AI6V ZS80NRM ZS6Y EX8QB IK2QPR 9K2UB - Mohammed Al-Mutairi, P.O. Box 7158 Fahaheel, 64002 KUWAIT UA0FDX - Victor Komzuk, P.O. Box 55, Uglegorsk, Sakhalin Island, 694900 RUSSIA V63AO - Mr Nishi Nishimura, P.O. Box 607, Kosrae, Micronesia 96944 QSL cards recently received direct: 9Q5YT, LY2BN, V26GG _____________________________________________________________________ Correction _____________________________________________________________________ After the Friday issue (Vol. 2 No. 125) of The Daily DX we found out the Japanese group will not go to Saipan but rather Guam. Also the callsign for 7N3AWE on Belau will be T88AJ and not T88AW. Thanks JA1ELY. _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 9K2DB, 9K2SD, DX News Sheet, IOTW, JA1ELY, K3ZO, K4BAI, KC3AJ, KH6BZF REPORTS, Les Nouvelles DX, N3OSH, N7OJ, N9PQU, NOAA, UA0FDX, VK3EW, W0YG _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), or $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United States. _____________________________________________________________________ Copyright _ _____________________________________________________________________ THE DAILY DX _ is published Monday through Friday by Bernie McClenny, W3UR, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, MD 21738 USA. This e-mail message and its contents are copyrighted and are proprietary products of THE DAILY DX _. Any unauthorized use, reproduction, or transfer of the message or its content, in any medium, is strictly prohibited. For permission to quote, reprint or repost this e-mail send a request to THE DAILY DX _ include date, volume and issue number. Check out THE DAILY DX _ homepage http://www.wdn.com/thedailydx or for additional information you may phone THE DAILY DX _ at 301-854-5650 or fax at 301-854-5105. Remember to tell all your DX friends about THE DAILY DX.

. ======================== *** The Daily DX _ *** ======================== Volume 2 Number 127 July 7, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ DX News _____________________________________________________________________ Satish, 9N1AA, reports there will be four new hams on from Nepal very soon: Mr. Krishna Khatri, Mr. Gourish Kharel, Mr. Navin Mainali and Mr. Sunuwar. Their call signs should be assigned within two weeks. Steve, K6AW and Trey, N5KO are preparing for the IARU HF World Championship at HC8N. Tom, ZP5AZL, will be active this weekend in the IARU HF World Championship as ZP0Z. He will be on all bands. QSL via W3HNK. Claus Braun, CP4BT (DJ8UG), has recently gone QRT from Bolivia. He was very active for the past 6 years. His next stop will be from Brazil as PT8ZCB starting around September. QSOs for CP4BT and PT8ZCB may be confirmed by Hans Kriegl DL9OT, Schubertstr. 38, D-76275 Ettlingen, Germany. Edwin, ZS5BBO, reports that he will be active this weekend in the IARU HF World Championship. Look for him to be on 10, 15, 20 40 and 80 meters. _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 3W6LI - VIETNAM - Was found working West Coast and JA's on 14195 between 13:40 and 15:20Z. 5Z4FM - KENYA - Stations from the US found this one on 18075 yesterday just before and after 20:00Z. 9N1CW - NEPAL - Showed up on 21002 around 11:15Z. He seems to be very new and has been showing up on the low end of 15 meters CW for about 10 days. His name is Navin and is running 80 watts and a dipole. He has been operating from the QTH of 9N1HA and is using his P.O. Box. 9V - SINGAPORE - East Coast US stations found 9V1RH on 21312 at 15:40Z and 9V1WW on 21022 at 15:10Z. FT5XN - KERGUELEN ISLAND - Helios showed up on 10105 yesterday just before 06:00Z. QSL via F6PEN. H44NC - SOLOMON ISLANDS - Norried was working JA's on 14263 between 09:00 and 09:45Z. HB0/PI4TUE - LIECHTENSTEIN - West Coast US stations were making

it into the log on between 23:00 and 23:40Z on 18115. TL5A - CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - Alex was somewhat busy yesterday as he was reported below. GMT Frequency ---- --------- 05:00 10103 - US 15:00 14195 - JA 17:30 21025 - EU 22:00 3504 - EU ZD7VC - ST. HELENA - Bruce was working JA's and Europeans just after 17:00Z on 21273. ZL8RS - KERMADEC - Europeans and JA's report that Bob was on 14195 between 18:40 and 19:30Z. QSL via ZL1RS. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AS-018 UA0FF 21300 1105 EU-010 MS0BPG 14250 2025 AS-079 JA5CKD/6 14029 1419 EU-030 OZ7AEI/A 14264 1743 EU-004 EA6AEI 14260 0619 EU-032 TM3X 14005 2323 EU-008 GM3VLB/P 14260 1236 OC-149 H44NC 14263 0935 Brian, N3OC, will once again operate the RSGB IOTA Contest from Assateague Island (NA-139). He will be joined by Jeff, WV3B, and Jim, NV3V. QSL via N3OC. F5VCR and G3OCA will be active from Soay Island (EU-008) on 10 July. They may go to some other Scottish Islands afterwards. IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- -------------- 7-Jul 15-Jul 5B4 5B4/ lots of Russians 2-121 7-Jul 14-Jul 8P by K7BV 2-106 7-Jul 5-Dec 9N 9N1UD 2-110 2-103 2-60 7-Jul 9-Jul CY0 CY0NR 2-121 7-Jul 16-Jul D4 D44AB 2-108 7-Jul 15-Aug FT5X FT5XN 2-119 7-Jul 12-Jul GM GS7UEG/P (EU-009) 2-123 7-Jul 14-Jul HB0 HB0/PI4TUE 2-76 7-Jul 26-Jul HC HC1MD /HC4 HC5 HC6 HC7 2-117 2-115 7-Jul 12-Jul I IF9/I1SNW (EU-054) 2-110 7-Jul 31-Oct JX JX7DFA (EU-022) 2-20 7-Jul 10-Jul LA DK4UN DK4WD (EU-044) 2-111 7-Jul 7-Jul PJ8 PJ8/K4LMY 2-124

7-Jul 31-Jul SV5 SV0LM 2-125 7-Jul 12-Jul SV5 SV5/I3BQC 2-109 7-Jul 29-Jul TK F6AUS (EU-100 & 164) 2-117 7-Jul 18-Jul TK TK/IK1VCA TK/IZ1BWC 2-109 7-Jul 24-Jul VE CZ1SSB (NA-027) 2-115 7-Jul 11-Jul W KD8JN/4 (NA-067) 7-Jul 21-Jul XU XUF2B 2-114 7-Jul 7-Jul YO YO8KVS/P 2-117 7-Jul 18-Jul ZA ZA/EA5KY 2-120 7-Jul 15-Jul ZL8 ZL8RS (OC-039) 2-118 2-106 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The sunspot number for July 5, 1998 was 137. The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado, for July 6, 1998, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 6-Jul-1998 21 121 15 2 LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 6-Jul-1998 18 124 13 3 LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;LOW/UNSETTLED-ACTIVE 6-Jul-1998 15 124 13 4 LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;LOW/UNSETTLED-ACTIVE 6-Jul-1998 12 124 13 3 LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;LOW/UNSETTLED-ACTIVE 6-Jul-1998 09 124 13 4 LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;LOW/UNSETTLED-ACTIVE 6-Jul-1998 06 124 13 4 LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;LOW/UNSETTLED-ACTIVE 6-Jul-1998 03 124 13 3 LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;LOW/UNSETTLED-ACTIVE 6-Jul-1998 00 124 13 2 LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;LOW/UNSETTLED-ACTIVE The forecast for Tuesday, 7 July: solar flux 126, A index 10, K index 2. Tuesday should be High Normal. The forecast for Wednesday, 8 July: solar flux 122, A index 8, K index 2. Wednesday should be High Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ On the WWW _____________________________________________________________________ The logs for the recent South Pacific DXpeditions by the OKDXF can now be found at http://www.sica.cz/ok2paa/okdxf/search.html Here are the callsigns that were used: 3D2CB, 3D2CB/R, 3D2KT, 3D2TN, 3D2WC, 3D2WC/R, 5W0SZ, 5W0VD, 5W0VV, AH8K, FO0/OK1TN, FO0/OK1VD, FO0/OK1KT, FO0/OK5DX, KH8/WP2AIH, KH8/KF4MIW, ZK1KTT, ZK1TNN _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 5B4/RA3CQ YL2KL 9K2SS KB2MS V73UB K1ZUT 5B4/RZ3BY YL2KL A92GD K1SE Z32XX NN6C 9H1EL LA2TO MU0ASP F5SHQ ZL8RS ZL1RS 9K2/SQ5DAK SP5KQS TM3X F5KFL 9N1CW - Navin Mainali, P.O. Box 10091, Kathmandu, NEPAL K1SE - Bill DeLage, P.O. Box 685, Manassas Park, Virginia, 20113-0685

Robin, ZB2JK, reports that the address in the callbooks with Trunbull's Lane is incorrect. His correct address is as follows: ZB2JK - Robin Phillips, Box 646, GIBRALTAR QSL cards recently received direct: 4S7BRG, 9X0A, A92GD, AP2JZB, CW5R, FO0MIZ, FW2EH, H40AA, OX3RO, OY9JD, S21J, V26TT, V8JA, VP8CTR, WA4FFW/NH1, YJ0ADJ _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 9N1AA, AA4US, DK9IP, F-10255, JA1ADN, K1SE, K2BF, K2WE, K7CO, KC3AJ, KD4IFV, KH6BZF REPORTS, N3OC, N3OSH, N9PQU, NOAA, OPDX, W1LRZ, W2GI, W2VGW, W8FJ, WA2CKP, WF1N _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), or $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United States. _____________________________________________________________________ Copyright _ _____________________________________________________________________ THE DAILY DX _ is published Monday through Friday by Bernie McClenny, W3UR, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, MD 21738 USA. This e-mail message and its contents are copyrighted and are proprietary products of THE DAILY DX _. Any unauthorized use, reproduction, or transfer of the message or its content, in any medium, is strictly prohibited. For permission to quote, reprint or repost this e-mail send a request to THE DAILY DX _ include date, volume and issue number. Check out THE DAILY DX _ homepage http://www.wdn.com/thedailydx or for additional information you may phone THE DAILY DX _ at 301-854-5650 or fax at 301-854-5105. Remember to tell all your DX friends about THE DAILY DX.

. ======================== *** The Daily DX _ *** ======================== Volume 2 Number 128 July 8, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ DX News _____________________________________________________________________ CNN reports that the United Nations General Assembly passed a resolution yesterday to upgrade Palestinian status to just short of statehood. This is a new and unique status as a non-voting member of the 185 member assembly. Carlo, I4ALU, will be active as FM/I4ALU/P from Martinique between 6 and 17 August. Look for him to be on CW on all bands. QSL to I4ALU direct or via the bureau. Mike, K3UOC (ex 7Z5OO), will soon be taking up a new work assignment as Principal of the American School in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. Larry, TZ6VV, and Trish, TZ6YL, will be back in Segou, Mali around 30 July. They will be active on all bands from 6 to 160 meters on CW and SSB. _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 3B8DB/3B7 - ST. BRANDON - Several JA's reported this station on 20 meters SSB yesterday around 14:00Z. Work it first, worry later. 3D2QB - FIJI - Allen can be found daily on or near 18070 between 02:00 and 04:00Z. QSL via SM3CER. 4F3CV - PHILIPPINES - Showed up on 18074 around 11:30Z. 5A1A - LIBYA - Abubaker was practicing his CW between 18090 and 18095 just before 13:00Z. 5B4 - CYPRUS - The Russians are all over the place. Look for RA3CQ, RA3CW, RX3APM, RZ3BY, RZ4HF, UA9ND and YL3CW all signing 5B4/home call. 9N1FP - NEPAL - Vlad was active yesterday on 18075 from 14:45Z to 16:00Z working all across the US and some Europeans. QSL via RU6FP. A92GE - BAHRAIN - David can often be found on 17 meters CW or SSB between 03:00 and 04:00Z. C21NJ - NAURU - Norm was found on 14032 from 11:00 to 12:00Z. OH2BH - FINLAND - Martti has been showing up on 20 meters SSB for the last few days between 03:00 and 04:00Z.

S07WW - WESTERN SAHARA - Several stations reported this one on 21300 between 09:30 and 10:00Z. TL5A - CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - Stations from Europe, Japan and the East Coast of the US report that Alex was found on 14025 between 22:30 and 00:00Z. QSL via PA3DMH. V63KU - MICRONESIA - Sam can be found daily near 14180 between 11:30 and 13:00Z. YI1HK - IRAQ - Showed up on 14243 working Europeans and East Coast US stations. QSL via KK3S. ZL8RS - KERMADEC ISLANDS - Bob worked some East and West Coast US stations on 1832 between 09:30 and 10:00Z. Later he was found on 14195 from about 18:00 to 20:30Z. Check near 7090 at 05:00Z and today at 09:30Z on 1832. QSL via ZL1RS. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AS-004 5B4/RA3CW 14260 0404 EU-037 SM7DLZ 14205 0052 AS-028 UA0QMU 14027 0234 EU-044 LA/DK4UN/P 14261 1519 EU-010 MS0BPG/P 14267 1033 EU-049 SV8CYR 14182 1943 EU-016 9A/OK1BJH/P 14261 1337 EU-054 IF9/I1SNW/P 14254 2210 EU-023 9H3AY 28494 1519 EU-064 F9IE 21260 2212 EU-025 IK/DL4SKF/P 14327 1029 EU-114 MU0ASP 14260 0155 EU-032 F/ON5AI 14012 1831 EU-116 GD4KIN 14087 2036 EU-032 TM3X 14005 0038 EU-123 GB2MRI 14259 1331 EU-034 ES0NW 14004 0040 NA-055 AK1L 14254 0232 VE3XZ will operate from Ocracoke Island (NA-067), North Carolina as VE3XZ/W4 for one week starting on 23 August. He will have 10 through 160 meters . QSL via VE3CUI direct or via the bureau. IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- -------------- 7-Jul 15-Jul 5B4 5B4/ lots of Russians 2-121 7-Jul 14-Jul 8P by K7BV 2-106 7-Jul 5-Dec 9N 9N1UD 2-110 2-103 7-Jul 9-Jul CY0 CY0NR 2-121 7-Jul 16-Jul D4 D44AB 2-108 7-Jul 15-Aug FT5X FT5XN 2-119 7-Jul 12-Jul GM GS7UEG/P (EU-009) 2-123 7-Jul 14-Jul HB0 HB0/PI4TUE 2-76 7-Jul 26-Jul HC HC1MD /HC4 HC5 HC6 HC7 2-117 2-115 7-Jul 12-Jul I IF9/I1SNW (EU-054) 2-110

7-Jul 31-Oct JX JX7DFA (EU-022) 2-20 7-Jul 10-Jul LA DK4UN DK4WD (EU-044) 2-111 7-Jul 31-Jul SV5 SV0LM 2-125 7-Jul 12-Jul SV5 SV5/I3BQC 2-109 7-Jul 29-Jul TK F6AUS (EU-100 & 164) 2-117 7-Jul 18-Jul TK TK/IK1VCA TK/IZ1BWC 2-109 7-Jul 24-Jul VE CZ1SSB (NA-027) 2-115 7-Jul 11-Jul W KD8JN/4 (NA-067) 7-Jul 21-Jul XU XUF2B 2-114 7-Jul 18-Jul ZA ZA/EA5KY 2-120 7-Jul 15-Jul ZL8 ZL8RS (OC-039) 2-118 2-106 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The sunspot number for July 6, 1998 was 110. The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado, for July 7, 1998, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 7-Jul-1998 21 115 6 1 LOW/QUIET;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 7-Jul-1998 18 121 17 2 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 7-Jul-1998 15 121 17 2 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 7-Jul-1998 12 121 17 2 LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 7-Jul-1998 09 121 17 1 LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 7-Jul-1998 06 121 17 2 LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 7-Jul-1998 03 121 17 2 LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 7-Jul-1998 00 121 17 1 LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED The forecast for Wednesday, 8 July: solar flux 118, A index 12, K index 3. Wednesday should be High Normal. The forecast for Thursday, 9 July: solar flux 116, A index 10, K index 2. Thursday should be High Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 5B4/RA3CW YL2KL FT5ZI F5PFP MS0BPG/P G7DKX 8P9JJ K7BV HB0/PI4TUE PI4TUE R1/K0RX K0RX 9H3DN LA2TO HC1MD K8LJG S07WW ON5NT 9N1FP RU6FP HI3HN DH2JD T77CD I0MWI AA3LB/DU2 AA3LB JW5NM LA5NM TU2XZ W3HC EX8MZ - Serge B. Petrenko, Leningradskaya 8, Bishkek 720011, KYRGHYZSTAN RU6FP - Vladimir Zakharov, Kulakova 27/2 - 116, Stavropol 355044, RUSSIA QSL cards recently received direct: 3B8CF/3B7 (91), 9X0A, A45XR, EX8MZ, H22A, H40AA, HF0POL, HK3JJH/0, N2NL/KH2, OH0BH, T77C, WA4FFW/NH1, ZK2CK _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________

Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: K6JOX, K6UR, K7CMZ, KC3AJ, KD4IFV, KH6BZF REPORTS, N3OSH, N6RT, N7OJ, NI6T, NOAA, W2DEN, W2GE, W2YR, W8FJ, WA4QDM, _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), or $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United States. _____________________________________________________________________ Copyright _ _____________________________________________________________________ THE DAILY DX _ is published Monday through Friday by Bernie McClenny, W3UR, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, MD 21738 USA. This e-mail message and its contents are copyrighted and are proprietary products of THE DAILY DX _. Any unauthorized use, reproduction, or transfer of the message or its content, in any medium, is strictly prohibited. For permission to quote, reprint or repost this e-mail send a request to THE DAILY DX _ include date, volume and issue number. Check out THE DAILY DX _ homepage http://www.wdn.com/thedailydx or for additional information you may phone THE DAILY DX _ at 301-854-5650 or fax at 301-854-5105. Remember to tell all your DX friends about THE DAILY DX.

. ======================== *** The Daily DX _ *** ======================== Volume 2 Number 129 July 9, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ DX News _____________________________________________________________________ Taher, 3B8DB, is currently doing some weather work on St. Brandon and will be there for about two weeks. He has been active as 3B8DB/3B7 running a barefoot rig with a vertical antenna. QSL cards should go to 3B8DB, Taher Baccus, 412 Modern Square, Vacoas, Mauritius Island, via England. Victor, 9V1BH (RA0AX), will join up with James, 9V1YC, for the IARU HF Championship this weekend as they operate 9V1YC multi-single. Ken, SM7DZZ, will be staying in Namibia for one year starting 15 July. While there he plans to be active as V5/SM7DZZ, mostly CW on the LF bands. QSL via SM7DZZ. The DX net called the Butterfly Net has moved from 14226.5 to 14252 in order to avoid QRM from SSTV. _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 3B8DB/3B7 - ST. BRANDON - JA's reported Taher was on 21254 between 13:00 and 13:30Z. Later he was on 14275 around 13:50Z. 5R8EE - MADAGASCAR - Mike was working Europeans on 21270 at 14:30Z. QSL via FR5EL. 9L1GA - SIERRA LEONE - Between 14:30 and 15:30Z he was working Europeans on 21325. 9V - SINGAPORE - Yesterday between 15:30 and 17:00 the following stations were active on 15 meters: 9V1BG, 9V1RH, 9V1WW and 9V1YC. EP2MKO - IRAN - West Coast US stations found Ali on 14006 starting around 02:20Z. EY8MM - TADJIKISTAN - Nodir was active yesterday on RTTY on 14089 at 13:40Z. QSL via K1BV. R1FJV - FRANZ JOSEF LAND - Stations from all across the US were working Nick on 14262 around 03:30Z and later on 18147 at 04:15Z. QSL via UA3AGS. S21J - BANGLADESH - Mamtaz (YL) was working Europeans on 14195 from 16:30 to 17:45Z. TT8ZB - CHAD - JA's and some Europeans reported this semi-

rare one on 18162 between 19:50 and 20:20Z. QSL via IK3ERN. UK8 - UZBEKISTAN - UK8GK and UK8OM continue to show up on 15 meters CW and SSB between 03:00 and 04:00Z. Stations all across the US have been working them. QSL UK8GK via RW6HS. QSL UK8OM via IK2QPR. VR2KF - HONG KONG - Kazu was active on 18081 between 13:00 and 14:00Z. XUF2B - CAMBODIA - W5TUD reported working Harv on 17 meters at 14:12Z. QSL via N4JR. ZL8RS - KERMADEC - Bob started on 1832 around 09:30Z. Europeans were working him on 14193 between 18:30 and 19:45Z. He may leave on 14 July, depending on the WX. QSL via ZL1RS. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AF-004 EC8AUZ 21200 1433 EU-052 SV8/IZ0BVU 14255 1311 AF-016 FR5HR 14260 0353 EU-052 SV8AQY 21283 1908 AF-049 3B8CF 10104 0300 EU-054 IF9/I1SNW 14263 1726 AS-028 UA0QMU 18069 2206 EU-056 LA/SM3JBE 7011 1751 AS-079 JA5CKD/6 14018 1311 EU-072 SV8/DL8MCA 14266 606 EU-004 EA6MQ 14292 0545 EU-076 LA/DL2EEC/P 14263 1732 EU-008 GM3VLB/P 3772 2020 EU-120 G0WAX 14254 549 EU-010 MS0BPG/P 14269 1208 EU-122 GB2MRI 14265 1022 EU-014 TK/IK1VCA 10103 2209 EU-146 PA3GIO/M 14260 1206 EU-016 9A/OK1BJH/P 14262 1434 NA-033 HK0ER 21010 2220 EU-021 TF8GX 14260 0101 NA-036 VE7IM 21245 2340 EU-030 OZ7AEI/A 14269 1650 NA-055 AK1L 14260 658 EU-032 TM3X 21006 2123 OC-019 KH7T 18134 217 EU-044 LA/DK4UN/P 14260 2358 OC-070 YC8VHU 21228 1442 EU-044 LA/DK4WD/P 14040 1556 SA-071 PY2HA 14040 2209 W8GEX, WA8LOW and others will operate from Bimini Island (NA-048), Bahamas in the IOTA Contest. They hope to get special callsign C6IOTA. QSL via WA8LOW. IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- -------------- 8-Jul 15-Jul 5B4 5B4/ lots of Russians 2-121 8-Jul 14-Jul 8P by K7BV 2-106 8-Jul 5-Dec 9N 9N1UD 2-110 2-103 8-Jul 9-Jul CY0 CY0NR 2-121 8-Jul 16-Jul D4 D44AB 2-108 8-Jul 15-Jul FP FP/W8MV 2-93

8-Jul 15-Aug FT5X FT5XN 2-119 8-Jul 12-Jul GM GS7UEG/P (EU-009) 2-123 8-Jul 14-Jul HB0 HB0/PI4TUE 2-76 8-Jul 26-Jul HC HC1MD /HC4 HC5 HC6 HC7 2-117 2-115 8-Jul 12-Jul HC8 HC8N 2-127 8-Jul 12-Jul I IF9/I1SNW (EU-054) 2-110 8-Jul 31-Oct JX JX7DFA (EU-022) 2-20 8-Jul 15-Jul KG4 KG4AU KG4GC KG4TO KG4OX 2-109 8-Jul 10-Jul LA DK4UN DK4WD (EU-044) 2-111 8-Jul 31-Jul SV5 SV0LM 2-125 8-Jul 12-Jul SV5 SV5/I3BQC 2-109 8-Jul 29-Jul TK F6AUS (EU-100 & 164) 2-117 8-Jul 18-Jul TK TK/IK1VCA TK/IZ1BWC 2-109 8-Jul 24-Jul VE CZ1SSB (NA-027) 2-115 8-Jul 14-Jul VP5 VP5/N2GA VP5/K2DO 2-94 8-Jul 11-Jul W KD8JN/4 (NA-067) 8-Jul 21-Jul XU XUF2B 2-114 8-Jul 18-Jul ZA ZA/EA5KY 2-120 8-Jul 15-Jul ZL8 ZL8RS (OC-039) 2-118 2-106 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The sunspot number for July 7, 1998 was 92. The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado, for July 8, 1998, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 8-Jul-1998 21 112 3 1 LOW/QUIET;LOW/QUIET 8-Jul-1998 18 115 5 0 LOW/QUIET;LOW/QUIET 8-Jul-1998 15 115 5 0 LOW/QUIET;LOW/QUIET 8-Jul-1998 12 115 5 0 LOW/QUIET;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 8-Jul-1998 09 115 5 1 Low,QUIET;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 8-Jul-1998 06 115 5 2 LOW/QUIET;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 8-Jul-1998 03 115 5 1 LOW/QUIET;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 8-Jul-1998 00 115 5 0 LOW/QUIET;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 7-Jul-1998 21 115 6 1 LOW/QUIET;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED The forecast for Thursday, 9 July: solar flux 110, A index 8, K index 2. Thursday should be High Normal. The forecast for Friday, 10 July: solar flux 108, A index 8, K index 2. Friday should be High Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 3C1GS EA5BYP C6A25FV C6AFV LA/DK4UN/P DK4UN 4S7SW ON6TZ CS98KG CT4KG LA/DK4WD/P DK4WD 5B4/RZ4HF YL2KL ED7IFF EA7DBP R1FJV UA3AGS 5B4/YL2UB YL2KL EY8MM K1BV TT8ZB IK3ERN 5B4/YL3CW YL2KL HC1MD/HC6 K8LJG V63KU JA6NL 5R8EE FR5EL HD2RG HC2RG XE2MX K6VNX 7S5BE SK5BE HP3XUG KG6UH YI1HK KK3S 7Z1IS SM0OFG HS1RU JG3AVS 3B8DB - Taher Baccus, 412 Modern Square, Vacoas, MAURITIUS ISLAND,

via ENGLAND EA5BYP - Anselmo Bernabe, P.O. Box 3097, E-03080 Alicante, SPAIN PI4TUE - Eindhoven Students Radio Amateur Club, P.O. Box 513, 5600 MB Eindhoven, THE NETHERLANDS QSL cards recently received direct: 9X0A, FO0FR, KH0CG, OE5EBO/HI8, OH0W, ZK2CK _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: DX News Sheet, EA5GRC, K2CJP, K6JG, KC3AJ, KD4IFV, KH6BZF REPORTS, N3OSH, N5XG, N6RT, NOAA, PA3EZL, W1LRZ, W2GE, W4DKS, W4DR, W5TUD, ZL2JR _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), or $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United States. _____________________________________________________________________ Copyright _ _____________________________________________________________________ THE DAILY DX _ is published Monday through Friday by Bernie McClenny, W3UR, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, MD 21738 USA. This e-mail message and its contents are copyrighted and are proprietary products of THE DAILY DX _. Any unauthorized use, reproduction, or transfer of the message or its content, in any medium, is strictly prohibited. For permission to quote, reprint or repost this e-mail send a request to THE DAILY DX _ include date, volume and issue number. Check out THE DAILY DX _ homepage http://www.wdn.com/thedailydx or for additional information you may phone THE DAILY DX _ at 301-854-5650 or fax at 301-854-5105. Remember to tell all your DX friends about THE DAILY DX.

. ======================== *** The Daily DX _ *** ======================== Volume 2 Number 130 July 10, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ DX News _____________________________________________________________________ A group of Finns will be active as OH0AA this weekend from the Aland Islands. They will be QRV on 10 through 160 meters on CW and SSB. Operators include OH2BVE, OH6LI and OH6XA. Another group of Finns will also be active from the Aland Islands during the IARU HF Championship. Operators OH1RY, OH1MA, OH2TA and OH2BH will operate from OH0AM. Martti, OH2BH, will operate OH0BH when not in the contest until 15 July. The Finish IARU HQ SARL station will not be in the Aland Islands as previously reported. The SARL multiplier will be used at station OH3X on the mainland. Canadians Ken, VY2RU, and Don, VE1AOE, will go to St. Paul Island (NA-094) on 17 July to provide communications for 40 Boy Scouts, several leaders and 2 scientists. The two will operate on all bands from 2 to 160 meters as well as RS-12 and AO-10 Satellites. Look for them to be on the air on 18, 19 and 20 July as time allows. They will be on the northeast side of the island which is not the best place to make QSOs on 2 and 6 meters into North America. CY9AOE is the call sign that has been requested. The two will leave the island on 21 July. QSL via VE1AOE. During the IARU HF Championship the IARU Lithuanian Amateur Radio Society (LRMD) Headquarters station will celebrate their 60th anniversary with special call sign LY60RMD. The station will be active on all bands on CW and SSB. QSL via the LY QSL bureau, P.O. Box 1000, LT-2001 Vilnius, Lithuania. In January 1999 a multi-national group will be going to Campbell Island (see Vol. 2 No. 49) to operate ZL9CI. The group has recently received landing permission, license and a ship has been found for this operation. Look for more details soon. _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 3B8DB/3B7 - ST. BRANDO - Taher was working JA's on 15 SSB around 13:20Z. Just before 14:00Z he moved to a JA net on 14271. 3C1GS - EQUATORIAL GUINEA - Ramon was working across North America from 15:30 to 16:00Z on 24945. QSL via EA5BYP.

5A1A - LIBYA - If you look high enough in the CW bands you might just find Abubaker practicing his CW. Yesterday he was on 21055 from 19:15 to 20:00Z. A92GE - BAHRAIN - West Costa US stations were happy to log David on 21030 around 05:10Z. AP2KSD - PAKISTAN - Saad showed up yesterday on 18110 and was there from just before 17:00 to 18:30Z. QSL via IK7JTF. EP2AC - IRAN - This station was found on 18077 between 13:00 and 14:00Z. EP2MKO - IRAN - Ali showed up several times on the low end of the 15 meter CW band. EX8F - KYRGYZSTAN - From 11:10 to 13:00Z Vlad was on 21013. H44NC - SOLOMON ISLANDS - Norried was very busy on 14199 between 09:20 and 12:00Z. JT1BL - MONGOLIA - Both East Coast US and Europeans were working zone 23 on 15 meters CW from about 11:00 to 13:00Z. OJ0VR - MARKET REEF - Seppo and Jorma started off yesterday and will be here through the weekend. They have two stations and are only running barefoot with dipoles at the moment. Yesterdays activities were as follows: GMT Frequencies GMT Frequencies --- ----------- --- ----------- 16 10104 20 7001 14025 14195 17 10104 18074 21 1831 7001 18 14215 18074 22 14195 19 14215 18074 23 14195 S21YG - BANGLADESH - Ton was found twice on 15 SSB. First on 21295 between 18:45 and 19:15Z. Then on 21307 from 19:50 to 20:40Z. QSL via DL3NEO. XUF2B - CAMBODIA - East Coast North Americans were happy to find Harv on 21309 at 14:00Z and on 21033 at 14:20Z. He leaves in less than two weeks. QSL via N4JR. ZL8RS - KERMADEC ISLANDS - Bob started around 09:20Z on 1832. Europeans were working him just before 18:00 until 20:00Z. QSL via ZL1RS. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AN-010 HF0POL 7010 2122 EU-053 OJ0VR 14215 1900 AS-018 UA0FDX 14040 2023 EU-054 IF9/I1SNW 14260 1713

AS-078 JH8BOE 14261 2042 EU-076 LA/DL2EEC/P 14260 1640 EU-001 SV5/I2YYO 14255 2010 EU-079 LA/SM3JBE 7011 1645 EU-008 GM3VLB/P 14263 0553 EU-089 CU9L 14267 0556 EU-010 MS0BPG/P 14266 1129 EU-131 IK3TTY 21261 1510 EU-012 MM0/DJ6AU 10108 2037 EU-136 9A/ON5JE 14259 0818 EU-030 OZ3AEI/A 14257 0021 EU-149 ES2RW/2 14260 2235 EU-032 TM3X 14265 1046 EU-165 IM0/IK2AEQ 24960 0904 EU-034 ES0K 14269 1934 NA-027 XL1GO 14255 0128 EU-036 LA8LA 18078 2024 NA-062 N3LLT/4 14260 1825 EU-037 ON4AWK 21260 1530 NA-107 FM5JY 28495 1918 EU-039 F/ON4LCW 14260 1036 NA-125 VE2/F6ELE 14260 2139 EU-046 LA/DK4WD/P 14260 1831 OC-027 FO5QG 14123 0731 EU-046 LA/DK4UN/P 14263 2154 OC-146 YE8AY 21330 1444 EU-049 SV8TDP 14216 1744 SA-008 LU8XW 21040 1838 EU-052 SV8/IZ0BVU 14258 2001 SA-036 P43E 14245 2204 IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- -------------- 10-Jul 10-Jul LA DK4UN DK4WD (EU-044) 2-111 10-Jul 11-Jul W KD8JN/4 (NA-067) 10-Jul 11-Jul VE VE2/F6HKA VE2/F6ELE (NA-125) 2-117 2-85 10-Jul 12-Jul LA DK4UN DK4WD (EU-046) 2-111 10-Jul 12-Jul GM GS7UEG/P (EU-009) 2-123 10-Jul 12-Jul HC8 HC8N 2-127 10-Jul 12-Jul I IF9/I1SNW (EU-054) 2-110 10-Jul 12-Jul OJ0 OJ0VR 2-125 10-Jul 12-Jul SV5 SV5/I3BQC 2-109 10-Jul 13-Jul XE XF3/CX3AN 2-117 10-Jul 14-Jul 8P by K7BV 2-106 10-Jul 14-Jul HB0 HB0/PI4TUE 2-76 10-Jul 14-Jul VP5 VP5/N2GA VP5/K2DO 2-94 10-Jul 14-Jul YV YW5LB (SA-037) 2-126 2-98 10-Jul 15-Jul 5B4 5B4/ lots of Russians 2-121 10-Jul 15-Jul FP FP/W8MV 2-93 10-Jul 15-Jul KG4 KG4AU KG4GC KG4TO KG4OX 2-109 10-Jul 15-Jul ZL8 ZL8RS (OC-039) 2-118 2-106 10-Jul 16-Jul D4 D44AB 2-108 10-Jul 17-Jul ZS ZS6YG 2-113 2-112 10-Jul 18-Jul TK TK/IK1VCA TK/IZ1BWC 2-109 10-Jul 18-Jul ZA ZA/EA5KY 2-120 10-Jul 21-Jul XU XUF2B 2-114 10-Jul 23-Jul 3B7 3B8DB/3B7 (AF-015) 2-129 10-Jul 24-Jul VE CZ1SSB (NA-027) 2-115 10-Jul 26-Jul HC HC1MD /HC4 HC5 HC6 HC7 2-117 2-115 10-Jul 29-Jul TK F6AUS (EU-100 & 164) 2-117 10-Jul 31-Jul SV5 SV0LM 2-125 10-Jul 1-Aug C6A C6AFP (NA-080) 2-115 10-Jul 15-Aug FT5X FT5XN 2-119 10-Jul 31-Oct JX JX7DFA (EU-022) 2-20 10-Jul 5-Dec 9N 9N1UD 2-110 2-103 11-Jul 12-Jul I 1A1X or IP1/Italians (EU-083) 2-126 11-Jul 12-Jul 9V 9V1YC 2-129 11-Jul 12-Jul KG4 KG4OX 2-109 11-Jul 12-Jul 5B4 P3A 2-121 11-Jul 12-Jul P4 P43R 2-121

11-Jul 12-Jul TF TF3IRA 2-123 11-Jul 13-Jul JA JQ1ALQ JJ1LIB (AS-008) 11-Jul 18-Jul GM MM0BCR/P (EU-009) 2-115 11-Jul 25-Jul I IG9/IK3LYP (AF019) 2-115 12-Jul 14-Jul VE VE2/F6HKA VE2/F6ELE (NA-176 077) 2-117 2-85 12-Jul 15-Jul 1A0 Ask IK0FVC 12-Jul 19-Jul I IG9/I1SNW (AF-019) 2-110 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The sunspot number for July 8, 1998 was 56. The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado, for July 9, 1998, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 9-Jul-1998 21 114 9 2 LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 9-Jul-1998 18 112 2 4 LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 9-Jul-1998 15 112 2 2 LOW/QUIET;LOW/QUIET 9-Jul-1998 12 112 2 1 LOW/QUIET;LOW/QUIET 9-Jul-1998 09 112 2 2 LOW/QUIET;LOW/QUIET 9-Jul-1998 06 112 2 1 LOW/QUIET;LOW/QUIET 9-Jul-1998 03 112 2 1 LOW/QUIET;LOW/QUIET 9-Jul-1998 00 112 2 1 LOW/QUIET;LOW-QUIET The forecast for Friday, 10 July: solar flux 110, A index 8, K index 2. Friday should be High Normal. The forecast for Saturday, 11 July: solar flux 108, A index 10, K index 2. Saturday should be High Normal. The forecast for Sunday, 12 July: solar flux 106, A index 8, K index 3. Sunday should be High Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 3W7TK OK1HWB HS0/VK3DXI DL4DBR KP2AD OK1AJY 4Z1GY NF4W JY5SK W9XY OJ0VR OH1VR AP2KSD IK7JTF JY9QJ DL5MBY S21YG DL3NEO BV4KR BV4ME KG4OX W4OX UK8GK RW6HS CU9L CU3EJ KG4TO N4TO UK8OM IK2QPR ES0K ES8AF 5A1A - Box 74421, Tripoli, LIBYA 7X4AN - Mohamed Boukhiar, P.O. Box 30133, Barcelona 08080, SPAIN ST2SA - Dr. Sid Ahmed Ibrahim, P.O. Box 1533, Khartoum, SUDAN QSL cards recently received direct: LU1ZC, TG9NX, YB0DX _____________________________________________________________________ On the WWW _____________________________________________________________________ Those of you who will be operating in the IARU HF Championship this weekend and need an ITU map check out http://www.arrl.org/contests/announcements/ituzones.gif

_____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: AA4US, K7CMZ, KC3AJ, KH6BZF REPORTS, KL7ZZ, LY2IJ N3OSH, NOAA, OH2BH, OH2KI, ST2SA, VY2RU, W4AN, WB9NMN _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), or $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United States. _____________________________________________________________________ Copyright _ _____________________________________________________________________ THE DAILY DX _ is published Monday through Friday by Bernie McClenny, W3UR, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, MD 21738 USA. This e-mail message and its contents are copyrighted and are proprietary products of THE DAILY DX _. Any unauthorized use, reproduction, or transfer of the message or its content, in any medium, is strictly prohibited. For permission to quote, reprint or repost this e-mail send a request to THE DAILY DX _ include date, volume and issue number. Check out THE DAILY DX _ homepage http://www.wdn.com/thedailydx or for additional information you may phone THE DAILY DX _ at 301-854-5650 or fax at 301-854-5105. Remember to tell all your DX friends about THE DAILY DX.

. ======================== *** The Daily DX _ *** ======================== Volume 2 Number 131 July 13, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ DX News _____________________________________________________________________ Jorma, OH2KI, and Seppo, OH1VR, were active this past weekend from Market Reef as OJ0VR. During the IARU HF Championship they worked some 2,688 QSOs. QSL via OH1VR. Maurice, ON4BAM, plans to be active from Fairbanks, Valdez, Homer and Seward, Alaska from 23 July to 9 August. He will be signing KL7/ON4BAM as he uses a TS-50S and an Outbacker antenna. Phil, KC0ARG, plans to operate from the QTH of HH2NH from 24 to 30 July. Look for him to use HH2/KC0ARG, unless he gets his own HH2 call, on 10 and 20 meters SSB. QSL via F6DJB, Claude Bonne, Monlezun, 32230 Merciac, FRANCE. Starting tomorrow Kurt, HB9AMZ, expects to be active from Thailand as HS0ZBS on all bands except 12, 17, 30 and 80 meters. He will be on CW, SSB and Amtor until 11 August. QSL via HB9AMZ. _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 3B8DB/3B7 - ST. BRANDON - Look for Taher on 14271 between 13:00 and 14:00Z. IARU - IARU HF RADIO CHAMPIONSHIP - The following headquarters stations were active during this annual event. Station Society Station Society ------- ------- ------- ------- 8J3JHQ JARL OH3X SRAL BV5Y CTARL OL8HQ CRC DA0HQ DARC OM8HQ SARA EA4URE URE OZ7D EDR EM5HQ UARL P40HQ AARC ER7A ARM PA6HQ VERON ES9A ERAU R3HQ/6 SRR GB5HQ RSGB SK0HQ SSA HG5NHQ MRASZ SV1SV RAAG IY2ARI ARI TF3IRA IRA LT7E RCA W1AW/0 ARRL LY60RMD LRMD YP0A FRR LZ98HQ BFRA YU0HQ SRJ NU1AW IARU YW5LB RCV JD1YBJ - MINAMI TORISHIMA - Showed up on 21218 from 09:00 to 11:00Z.

OH0BH - ALAND ISLANDS - Those who still need this one should look for Martti on 20 meters SSB after 03:00Z until Wednesday. QSL via OH2BH. SV2ASP - MOUNT ATHOS - Monk Apollo made a surprise visit to 14243 on Saturday around 06:30Z. TR8JCV - GABON - On Sunday between 15:00 and 17:00 plus 21:00 to 23:00Z Jean was on 17 meters SSB. TY1IJ - BENIN - Sigi is once again active from this semi- rare African country. He was found on 18133 between 16:00 and 18:00Z. QSL via DK8ZD. ZL8RS - KERMADEC ISLANDS - Bob continues to be active when he is not working or sleeping. Over the weekend he was very active. Yesterdays activities were as follows: GMT Frequencies GMT Frequencies --- ----------- --- ----------- 00 24950 05 18146 01 24950 06 10115 18146 02 28495 18 14195 03 18146 19 14195 04 18146 20 14195 _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AS-015 9M2TD 21185 0925 EU-012 MM0/DJ6AU 10105 1700 EU-089 CU9L 14257 2326 SA-026 PP5BRV 21290 1314 EU-129 DL1JEQ/P 7076 1617 EU-087 SM3CWE 14264 2323 EU-006 EI4VVF/P 14260 2319 NA-176 VE2/F6ELE 14263 1633 EU-008 GS3ZBI/P 14257 2321 NA-176 VE2/F6SKA 14263 1918 EU-050 IL7/IK3RIY 14266 2013 NA-128 VE2CY 14260 2135 EU-046 LA/DK4UN/P 14257 1945 SA-037 YW5LB 14260 1257 EU-046 LA/DK4WD/P 14040 1655 OC-039 ZL8RS 18146 0600 Ali, EP2MKO, was heard last week saying he will go to one of the Iranian Islands in August or September. This would more than likely be a new one as none of the Iranian groups have been operated from. Erik, ON5AI, plans to be active from Ile de Re (EU-032) either today or tomorrow. He will be signing F/ON5AI on 10 through 30 meters mainly CW with some SSB and RTTY. Gregg, VE3ZZ (ex-CN8AK, G4RTO, ON9CCQ) plans to operate from Isle-aux- Coudres (NA-128) during the RSGB IOTA Contest. Look for him to be using VE3ZZ/VE2. QSL via the bureau or direct to VE3ZZ, Gregg, P.O. Box 1345, Ottawa, Ontario K1P 5R4, CANADA. IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________

Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- -------------- 13-Jul 13-Jul JA JQ1ALQ JJ1LIB (AS-008) 13-Jul 13-Jul XE XF3/CX3AN 2-117 13-Jul 14-Jul BY BI4C (AS-NEW) 2-119 13-Jul 14-Jul 8P by K7BV 2-106 13-Jul 14-Jul HB0 HB0/PI4TUE 2-76 13-Jul 14-Jul VE VE2/F6HKA VE2/F6ELE (NA-176 077) 2-117 2-85 13-Jul 14-Jul VP5 VP5/N2GA VP5/K2DO 2-94 13-Jul 14-Jul YV YW5LB (SA-037) 2-126 2-98 13-Jul 15-Jul 5B4 5B4/ lots of Russians 2-121 13-Jul 15-Jul 1A0 Ask IK0FVC 13-Jul 15-Jul FP FP/G4MFW 2-122 13-Jul 15-Jul FP FP/W8MV 2-93 13-Jul 15-Jul KG4 KG4AU KG4GC KG4TO KG4OX 2-109 13-Jul 15-Jul ZL8 ZL8RS (OC-039) 2-118 2-106 13-Jul 16-Jul D4 D44AB 2-108 13-Jul 17-Jul LA DK4UN DK4WD (EU-033) 2-111 13-Jul 17-Jul LA DK4UN DK4WD (EU-076) 2-111 13-Jul 17-Jul ZS ZS6YG 2-113 2-112 13-Jul 18-Jul GM MM0BCR/P (EU-009) 2-115 13-Jul 18-Jul TK TK/IK1VCA TK/IZ1BWC 2-109 13-Jul 18-Jul ZA ZA/EA5KY 2-120 13-Jul 19-Jul I IG9/I1SNW (AF-019) 2-110 13-Jul 21-Jul XU XUF2B 2-114 13-Jul 23-Jul 3B7 3B8DB/3B7 (AF-015) 2-129 13-Jul 23-Jul KH6 KH6/IK0PHY 2-125 13-Jul 23-Jul F TM0BB 2-81 13-Jul 24-Jul VE CZ1SSB (NA-027) 2-115 13-Jul 25-Jul I IG9/IK3LYP (AF019) 2-115 13-Jul 26-Jul HC HC1MD /HC4 HC5 HC6 HC7 2-117 2-115 13-Jul 29-Jul GM DL2QBD (EU-008) 2-87 13-Jul 29-Jul TK F6AUS (EU-100 & 164) 2-117 13-Jul 31-Jul SV5 SV0LM 2-125 13-Jul 1-Aug C6A C6AFP (NA-080) 2-115 13-Jul 15-Aug FT5X FT5XN 2-119 13-Jul 31-Oct JX JX7DFA (EU-022) 2-20 13-Jul 5-Dec 9N 9N1UD 2-110 2-103 14-Jul 27-Jul HR HR2/KD2IX 2-124 16-Jul 17-Jul BY BI5Z (AS-NEW) 2-119 16-Jul 18-Jul T8 T8 by 5 JA's 2-125 17-Jul 18-Jul VE VE2/F6HKA VE2/F6ELE (NA-084) 2-117 2-85 17-Jul 19-Jul 1998 Northwest DX Convention 2-95 17-Jul 21-Jul CY9 CY9AOE 17-Jul 31-Jul SV5 SV0LN 2-125 18-Jul 18-Jul GM GS0AYR/P (EU-123) 18-Jul 19-Jul LA DK4UN DK4WD (EU-062) 2-111 18-Jul 24-Jul V5 V5/ZS6YG 2-113 2-112 18-Jul 27-Jul VP5 VP5/CX3AN VP5/CXCR 2-117 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The sunspot number for July 11, 1998 was 96. The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado, for July 12, 1998, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 11-Jul-1998 21 99 8 1 VY LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;VERY LOW-LOW/QUIET 11-Jul-1998 18 108 10 1 LOW/QUIET-UNSET;VY LOW-LOW/QUIET-UNSET 11-Jul-1998 15 108 10 1 LOW/QUIET-UNSET;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 11-Jul-1998 12 108 10 3 LOW/QUIET-UNSET;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 12-Jul-1998 09 108 10 3 LOW/QUIET-UNSET;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 12-Jul-1998 06 108 10 2 LOW/QUIET-UNSET;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 11-Jul-1998 03 108 10 2 LOW/QUIET-UNSET;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 11-Jul-1998 00 108 10 2 LOW/QUIET-UNSET;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED The forecast for Monday, 13 July: solar flux 105, A index 8, K index 2. Monday should be High Normal. The forecast for Tuesday, 14 July: solar flux 104, A index 5, K index 1. Tuesday should be Above Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 3D2ME 7N1RTO EA8BYR WA1ECA LV4V LU4VZ 4U1UN W6TER EL2DT IK0PHY OD5/9K2MU WA4JTK 4X6UO WB3CQN EM1LV UR8LV OH0BH OH2BH 5R8FK NY3N EP2AC RV6AB OJ0VR OH1VR 6V1C 6W1QV ER7A ER1DA RZ3Q N2UCK 7Q7DC WA6IJZ FP/W8MV W8MV TM2CMF F5KSE 8P0V K7BV GS3ZBI G3OCA TM5PF FA1BON 9G1BJ G4XTA HC8A WV7Y TY1IJ DK8ZD 9H0A LA2TO KG4GC W4WX XJ3EJ VE3EJ 9M2RY N4JR KG4OX W4OX XK3NJ VA3NJ A35RK W7TSQ KG4TO N4TO XK4VV VE4VV A61AP IK7JTF KH0/7M1WBP 7M1WBP YW5LB W4SO AH8A AC7DX KL7Y N2AU ZA1B HB9BGN C40M 5B4AFM KP4IX WP4MIM ZF2NT N2AU CU9L CU3EJ UN6P - Yuri P. Loparev, Temirtau, pr. Metallurgov, 7/4-B-71, 472300 KAZAKHSTAN QSL cards recently received direct: 3B7RF, 5A2A, 9X0A, A92GD, C91LCK/P, CW5R, DL7DF/HI3, ES1QD/0, FO0FI, FO0MIZ, H40AA, KA4IST/KH5, TT8KM, V47CA, VP8/G4VFU, WA4FFW/KH1, XV7SW, ZL7DK _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: EU7SA, K2BF, K2PLF, K3SX, KC3AJ, KD4IFV, KH6BZF REPORTS, N3OSH, N4VRR, NOAA, OH2KI, ON5AI, SM5AQD, VE3ZZ, VE8PW, W2YE, W3LEO, W3MF, WA2VUY, WO2N, _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), or $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United States.

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. ======================== *** The Daily DX _ *** ======================== Volume 2 Number 132 July 14, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ DX News _____________________________________________________________________ Hiro, JE5WJM, will leave Japan on 6 August for Cocos Keeling. He will arrive on 8 August and be active as VK9CE for one week. He will take an ICOM IC-706 running 100 watts into a simple wire antenna. QSL via JE5WJM. Sakuma, JI3WLT, is currently active from Samoa as 5W1SA for the next three years. He has been active on 30 through 10 meters, CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL via JH7OHF. Jose, EA4ECF will be active from Ireland as EI/EA4ECF from 26 July to 8 August. QSL via EA4ECF. Ted, W0RA, will be operating from the QTH of Dale, 5H3DD, from 20 to 25 July. Suggested times and frequencies are as follows: GMT Frequency ---- --------- 13:30 14010 17:00 21010 18:30 21295 19:30 28480 He will try Pactor before and after the CW times on 14072 and 21072. A small antenna for 12, 17 and 30 meters will be taken to Tanzania for operation on these bands. QSL this operation only via W0RA either direct or via the bureau. _____________________________________________________________________ How's DX? _____________________________________________________________________ In the August issue of QST's "How's DX?" column, it was announce that Bernie McClenny, W3UR, will be editing this column starting in September. This added responsibility will not affect The Daily DX. In fact it should bring in even more DX news. If you have any questions or suggestions about "How's DX?" please feel free to e-mail Bernie <bernie.mcclenny@mail.wdn.com>. _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 3B8DB/3B7 - ST. BRANDON - JA's reported that Taher showed up yesterday on 15 meters CW. He was active from about 13:00 to 15:00Z. 4U1UN - UNITED NATIONS NEW YORK - This club station was active on Saturday. Jerry, W6TER, was operating on

10, 15 and 20 meters SSB from about 17:00 to 21:00Z. QSL via W6TER. 5A1A - LIBYA - Abubaker was working Europeans and JA's on 14215 between 16:30 and 17:30Z. FK/JH1ROJ - NEW CALEDONIA - Isao showed up here yesterday. At 21:45Z he was on 21020. Earlier in the day he was on 40 meters CW. Length of stay is unknown. H44NC - SOLOMON ISLANDS - Norried was very busy on 14195 from 08:40 to 13:00Z. IARU - IARU HF RADIO CHAMPIONSHIP - Here are more headquarter stations that were active this past weekend, along with a few corrections. S50HQ was active sending ZRS. ER7A was sending ARM not RAM. CO2FRC from Cuba was giving FRC. HC2GRC was handing out GRC. LT7E should have been L77E. HR2RCH gave RCH. The REF station was FBC3IZ. The Turkish station TA1KA was sending TRAC. In Uganda 5X1M gave UARS. Other multipliers that could have been on were W1RU, W4RA, and VE3CDM sending AC, HC2EE would have sent R2 and VK3ADW sending R3. PA0LOU was on giving out R1 while LU2AH sent R2. OA4/DL9GMM - PERU - Horst showed up on 18070 around 20:30Z. He is also active on 30 meters CW. Length of stay is unknown. QSL via DL9GMM. V29PE - ANTIGUA - Pete has been active on 10 and 20 meters CW over the last week. QSL via G3DLH. WH0AAV - NORTHERN MARIANAS - Europeans and Asians found Jun on 21295 from 14:35 to 15:15Z. YN9/TI4SU - NICARAGUA - Over the last several days Ben has been showing up on 15 and 40 meters CW. Yesterday he was on 21011 from 21:00 to 23:15Z. ZL8RS - KERMADEC ISLAND - Bob will leave either today or tomorrow. Yesterday he was on 1829 between 09:30 and 10:00Z. Europeans were once again working him on 14195 from 18:30 to 20:00Z. QSL via ZL1RS. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AF-019 IG9/I1SNW 14256 0710 EU-037 SM/DL2SWW 14013 1020 AS-136 BI4C 14260 1151 EU-055 LA/DL2MX 14260 0934 EU-001 SV5/I2YYO 14266 0406 EU-064 F6IRQ 14267 1006 EU-002 OH0BH 14195 0258 EU-084 SM0OIG/5 14263 2047 EU-006 EI4VVF/P 14260 2303 EU-096 OH1LU/P 14260 1020 EU-008 GS3ZBI/P 14254 0556 EU-136 9A/ON5JE 14261 2112 EU-028 IA5/IZ5BTC 7058 1148 EU-164 TK/F6AUS 14262 0957 EU-032 TM3X 14260 0659 NA-027 XL1GO 14260 0235 EU-033 LA/DK4WD/P 14039 2041 NA-176 VE2/F6HKA 14258 1229 EU-034 ES0K 14261 0340 SA-034 YW5LB 14023 0129

K4EP and KF4NLM will be active as K4EP from Bogue's Bank (NA-112) for the IOTA contest. They plan to have two stations active during the contest and will be active on 10 through 20 meters. They may also be on 40 and 80 meters. QSL via K4EP. The Truro Amateur Radio Club will be operating from Pictou Island (NA-154) during the IOTA contest. They will be using the club call VE1AO. QSL via VE1VOX. Len, VE9MY, will be active from Whitehead Island (NA-014) during the IOTA Contest and for two days afterwards. Look for him to be active on 10 through 80 meters as he uses a vertical and dipole. He may also show up on another island if he can make arrangements. Hans, DJ6AU, is currently active as MM0/DJ6AU from the North Mainland Island in the Shetlands (EU-012), Scotland. He will be there through 2 August. QSL via DJ6AU. IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- -------------- 14-Jul 23-Jul 3B7 3B8DB/3B7 (AF-015) 2-129 14-Jul 15-Jul 5B4 5B4/ lots of Russians 2-121 14-Jul 14-Jul 8P by K7BV 2-106 14-Jul 5-Dec 9N 9N1UD 2-110 2-103 14-Jul 14-Jul BY BI4C (AS-NEW) 2-119 14-Jul 1-Aug C6A C6AFP (NA-080) 2-115 14-Jul 16-Jul D4 D44AB 2-108 14-Jul 23-Jul F TM0BB 2-81 14-Jul 15-Jul FP FP/G4MFW 2-122 14-Jul 15-Jul FP FP/W8MV 2-93 14-Jul 15-Aug FT5X FT5XN 2-119 14-Jul 29-Jul GM DL2QBD (EU-008) 2-87 14-Jul 18-Jul GM MM0BCR/P (EU-009) 2-115 14-Jul 14-Jul HB0 HB0/PI4TUE 2-76 14-Jul 26-Jul HC HC1MD /HC4 HC5 HC6 HC7 2-117 2-115 14-Jul 27-Jul HR HR2/KD2IX 2-124 14-Jul 11-Aug HS HS0ZBS 2-131 14-Jul 19-Jul I IG9/I1SNW (AF-019) 2-110 14-Jul 25-Jul I IG9/IK3LYP (AF019) 2-115 14-Jul 31-Oct JX JX7DFA (EU-022) 2-20 14-Jul 15-Jul KG4 KG4AU KG4GC KG4TO KG4OX 2-109 14-Jul 23-Jul KH6 KH6/IK0PHY 2-125 14-Jul 17-Jul LA DK4UN DK4WD (EU-033) 2-111 14-Jul 17-Jul LA DK4UN DK4WD (EU-076) 2-111 14-Jul 31-Jul SV5 SV0LM 2-125 14-Jul 29-Jul TK F6AUS (EU-100 & 164) 2-117 14-Jul 18-Jul TK TK/IK1VCA TK/IZ1BWC 2-109 14-Jul 24-Jul VE CZ1SSB (NA-027) 2-115 14-Jul 14-Jul VE VE2/F6HKA VE2/F6ELE (NA-176 077) 2-117 2-85 14-Jul 14-Jul VP5 VP5/N2GA VP5/K2DO 2-94 14-Jul 21-Jul XU XUF2B 2-114 14-Jul 14-Jul YV YW5LB (SA-037) 2-126 2-98

14-Jul 18-Jul ZA ZA/EA5KY 2-120 14-Jul 15-Jul ZL8 ZL8RS (OC-039) 2-118 2-106 14-Jul 17-Jul ZS ZS6YG 2-113 2-112 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The sunspot number for July 12, 1998 was 82. The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado, for July 13, 1998, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 13-Jul-1998 21 106 4 1 VERY LOW/QUIET;LOW/QUIET 13-Jul-1998 18 99 7 1 VERY LOW/QUIET;VERY LOW-LOW/QUIET 13-Jul-1998 15 99 7 1 VERY LOW/QUIET;VERY LOW-LOW/QUIET 13-Jul-1998 12 99 7 1 VERY LOW/QUIET;VERY LOW-LOW/QUIET 13-Jul-1998 09 99 7 1 VERY LOW/QUIET-UNSET;VERY LOW-LOW/QUIET 13-Jul-1998 06 99 7 2 VERY LOW/QUIET-UNSET;VERY LOW-LOW/QUIET 13-Jul-1998 03 99 7 1 VERY LOW/QUIET-UNSET;VERY LOW-LOW/QUIET 11-Jul-1998 00 99 7 2 VERY LOW/QUIET-UNSET;VERY LOW-LOW/QUIET The forecast for Tuesday, 14 July: solar flux 96, A index 8, K index 2. Tuesday should be High Normal. The forecast for Wednesday, 15 July: solar flux 95, A index 8, K index 2. Wednesday should be High Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 4K80ADR 4J9RI EI4VVF/P W0GLG OH0BH OH2BH 4KA5CW 4J9RI FG/DJ6SI DJ6SI TZ6JA JA3EMU BI4C W3HC OA4/DL9GMM DL9GMM VR2/K8PYD K8PYD 4J9RI - Rashad, Box 116, Ktoprak 81031, Istanbul, TURKEY OH2BH - Martti J. Laine, Nuottaniementie 3D20, 02230 Espoo, FINLAND QSL cards recently received direct: 3DA0NX, FO0FI, FO0FR, FO0MIZ, FO0SUC (OC-152), FW2EH, JJ3SRU/6Y5, N4DAZ/KH3, SV2ASP/A, VR6YL, WA4FFW/NH1, ZD7MY, ZK2CK _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 425 DX News, JR5XPG, K1KI, K4EP, KC3AJ, KG5FX, KH6BZF REPORTS, KR1G, N3OSH, N7OJ, NOAA, QST, VE1VOX, VE9MY, W1MAG _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), or $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United States.

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. ======================== *** The Daily DX _ *** ======================== Volume 2 Number 133 July 15, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ DX News _____________________________________________________________________ Francesco, IK0FVC, reports that he will lead a team of Romans to operate from the Sovereign Military Order of Malta (SMOM). The group will start on 25 July and finish on 3 August. They will use the call 1A0KM. SMOM was ranked number 75 of the 1997 ARRL Most Wanted list. Darrell, AB2E, will be active as V26E from super station V26B from 6 to 11 August. His main emphasis will be the Worked All Europe CW Contest on 8 and 9 August. He also plans to operate from this Caribbean island from 26 November to 1 December and will operate in the CQ World Wide CW DX Contest. QSL via AB2E. The San Diego DX Club has elected the following officers through 30 June 1999: President Bud Semon N7CW Vice President Ed Andress W6KUT Secretary/Treasurer Harry Hodges WA6YOO Directors Bruce Clark K0YW Cliff Smith K6TWU Sam Johnson W6BS Harvey Hiller KD6QK Ladder Rick Craig N6ND _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 9N1 - NEPAL - Satish, 9N1AA, was working JA's on 14253 from 15:30 and 16:00Z. The JA's also found Sures, 9N1HA, on 21255 and 21264 between 13:00 and 14:00Z. East Coast US stations were working Charlie, 9N1UD, on 14023 starting around 02:00 until 03:00Z. A92GE - BAHRAIN - David was working all across the US from 04:00 to 05:00Z on 18152. EK7DX - ARMENIA - Showed up on 14225 around 02:30Z and stayed for about an hour. FR5DX - REUNION ISLAND - Herik came up yesterday on 18133. He was working from the East Coast to the West Coast of the US between 04:10 and 04:45Z. FT5XN - KERGUELEN ISLAND - Helios was active on 14198 just before 12:00Z and on 7008 just after 13:00Z. QSL via F6PEN. IARU - ITU HF RADIO CHAMPIONSHIP - One last HQ station from this past weekend was HS0AC sending RAST.

JT1BL - MONGOLIA - East Coast US and Japanese stations found Bat on 18080 around 12:30Z. JY9QJ - JORDAN - Starting around 05:00 George was found on 18074 working all across North America. QSL via DL5MBY. KG4OX - GUANTANAMO BAY - Japanese stations found this one at 14:00Z on 18072. QSL via W4OX. VQ9VK - DIEGO GARCIA - Was working West Coast US and JA's yesterday from 13:30 to 14:30Z on 18080. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AS-136 BI4C 14260 1948 EU-037 SM/DJ1OJ/P 14024 1415 EU-004 EA6MQ 14188 431 EU-048 F8BNV/P 14034 1229 EU-004 EA6AEI 14260 607 EU-055 LA4C 14270 2144 EU-008 GS0NHR/P 14258 2200 EU-084 SM0OIG/5 14261 1012 EU-009 MM0BCR/M 14265 1021 EU-136 9A/ON5JE 14256 2140 EU-032 TM3X 14270 1025 AF-048 FT5XN 14198 1211 EU-037 SM7DLZ 14039 303 NA-128 VE2CY/P 14260 220 EU-037 SM/DL2SWW 18074 1035 OC-019 KH6XT 28475 440 Mario, DL5ME, will be active as OZ/DL5ME from Bornholm Island (EU-030) from 25 July through 1 August. During the IOTA Contest he will operate SSB only. After the contest he will be on CW and SSB. QSL via DL5ME direct or via the bureau. Phil, G4OBK, plans to do the RSGB IOTA Contest as SV5/G4OBK (EU-001) from Kalithea, near Rhodes. He will be on the island from 23 July to 4 August. QSL via G4OBK. Keith, G3TTC, will operate the RSGB IOTA Contest on 25 and 26 July as GM3TTC/M. He will be on the isle of Mull (EU-008). QSL via G3TTC. French operators F6FKQ, F1UQM, FA1BCG and FA1CDU plan to activate Chevaus Island (EU-048) on 1 and 2 August. No callsign or QSL information was given. IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- -------------- 15-Jul 15-Jul 5B4 5B4/ lots of Russians 2-121 15-Jul 15-Jul FP FP/G4MFW 2-122

15-Jul 15-Jul FP FP/W8MV 2-93 15-Jul 15-Jul KG4 KG4AU KG4GC KG4TO KG4OX 2-109 15-Jul 15-Jul ZL8 ZL8RS (OC-039) 2-118 2-106 15-Jul 16-Jul D4 D44AB 2-108 15-Jul 17-Jul LA DK4UN DK4WD (EU-033) 2-111 15-Jul 17-Jul LA DK4UN DK4WD (EU-076) 2-111 15-Jul 17-Jul ZS ZS6YG 2-113 2-112 15-Jul 18-Jul GM MM0BCR/P (EU-009) 2-115 15-Jul 18-Jul TK TK/IK1VCA TK/IZ1BWC 2-109 15-Jul 18-Jul ZA ZA/EA5KY 2-120 15-Jul 19-Jul I IG9/I1SNW (AF-019) 2-110 15-Jul 21-Jul XU XUF2B 2-114 15-Jul 23-Jul 3B7 3B8DB/3B7 (AF-015) 2-129 15-Jul 23-Jul KH6 KH6/IK0PHY 2-125 15-Jul 23-Jul F TM0BB 2-81 15-Jul 24-Jul VE CZ1SSB (NA-027) 2-115 15-Jul 25-Jul I IG9/IK3LYP (AF019) 2-115 15-Jul 26-Jul HC HC1MD /HC4 HC5 HC6 HC7 2-117 2-115 15-Jul 27-Jul HR HR2/KD2IX 2-124 15-Jul 29-Jul GM DL2QBD (EU-008) 2-87 15-Jul 29-Jul TK F6AUS (EU-100 & 164) 2-117 15-Jul 31-Jul SV5 SV0LM 2-125 15-Jul 1-Aug C6A C6AFP (NA-080) 2-115 15-Jul 2-Aug GM MM0/DJ6AU (EU-012) 2-132 15-Jul 11-Aug HS HS0ZBS 2-131 15-Jul 15-Aug FT5X FT5XN 2-119 15-Jul 31-Oct JX JX7DFA (EU-022) 2-20 15-Jul 5-Dec 9N 9N1UD 2-110 2-103 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The sunspot number for July 13, 1998 was 50. The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado, for July 14, 1998, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 14-Jul-1998 21 103 3 1 MODERATE/QUIET;MODERATE/QUIET 14-Jul-1998 18 106 4 1 MODERATE/QUIET;LOW/QUIET 14-Jul-1998 15 106 4 1 MODERATE/QUIET;LOW/QUIET 14-Jul-1998 12 106 4 0 LOW/QUIET;LOW/QUIET 14-Jul-1998 09 106 4 1 LOW/QUIET;LOW/QUIET 14-Jul-1998 06 106 4 1 LOW/QUIET;LOW/QUIET 14-Jul-1998 03 106 4 1 LOW/QUIET;LOW/QUIET 14-Jul-1998 00 106 4 2 VERY LOW/QUIET;VERY LOW-LOW/QUIET The forecast for Wednesday, 15 July: solar flux 108, A index 10, K index 2. Wednesday should be High Normal. The forecast for Thursday, 16 July: solar flux 110, A index 10, K index 2. Thursday should be High Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 5N9CEN IV3VBM C6A25FV C6AFV TL8MS DL6NW 7X2RO OM3CGN FK/JH1ROJ JH1ROJ VP5/N2GA N2GA

9N1UD K4VUD KP2/AG8L NN6C ZP6CW ZP6CU BI4C W3HC QSL cards recently received direct: 9M0C, CE0/W9FW, FO0FI, FO0FR, JY9QJ _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: DX News Sheet, K2PLF, K3ZO, KC3AJ, KH6BZF REPORTS, KQ4RX, N3OSH, N6ND, N9PQU, NOAA, W3LEO, W7UG, WB2KSQ _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), or $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United States. _____________________________________________________________________ Copyright _ _____________________________________________________________________ THE DAILY DX _ is published Monday through Friday by Bernie McClenny, W3UR, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, MD 21738 USA. This e-mail message and its contents are copyrighted and are proprietary products of THE DAILY DX _. Any unauthorized use, reproduction, or transfer of the message or its content, in any medium, is strictly prohibited. For permission to quote, reprint or repost this e-mail send a request to THE DAILY DX _ include date, volume and issue number. Check out THE DAILY DX _ homepage http://www.wdn.com/thedailydx or for additional information you may phone THE DAILY DX _ at 301-854-5650 or fax at 301-854-5105. Remember to tell all your DX friends about THE DAILY DX.

. ======================== *** The Daily DX _ *** ======================== Volume 2 Number 134 July 16, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ DX News _____________________________________________________________________ Francesco, IK0FVC, will be joined by I0JBL, I0CUT, IK0PRG, IK0MBB, I0HCJ and IK0HBN for the upcoming DXpedition to the Sovereign Military Order of Malta. Look for 1A0KM to be active on 2 through 160 meters on all modes. The operation will take place from 25 July to 3 August. More details soon. Jay, K0BCN, will once again operate from the Central American country of Belize as V31MX. He plans to operate on 10, 15 and 20 meters CW and SSB from 21 to 26 October. He will participate in the CQ World Wide SSB DX Contest. QSL via K0BCN. Tony, G0EZU, plan to go to the Maldives from 16 to 31 August. He will operate as 8Q7JD from Kuredu Island. Look for him on 10 through 80 meters as he will us a FT-767GX, dipole and vertical antennas. QSL via G0EZU. Bob Preston, W7TSQ, reminds everyone that the Northwest DX Convention is this weekend. It will be held at the Doubletree Inn in Seattle, Washington and sponsored by the Western Washington DX Club. For more information contact Bob at <w7tsq@aol.com>. _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 3W6EA - VIETNAM - Was active yesterday on 14160 just before 12:00Z. 9M2AX - WEST MALAYSIA - Ross showed up on 18071 working US and European stations between 15:00 and 15:40Z. DU1KT - PHILIPPINES - Between 12:40 and 15:30 Roger was very loud and active on 17 meters SSB. He was having heavy QRN on his side. ED9DDC - CEUTA - Not sure why the special prefix but was found on 14039 from 19:00 to 20:00Z. QSL via EA9CE. EX8MLE - KYRGYZSTAN - Several stations from Japan and Europe reported Serge on 18075 from 18:00 to 20:00Z. QSL via IK2QPR. EZ0AB - TURKMENISTAN - Was working Europe and Japan on 14021 starting just before 20:00 until about 21:30Z. QSL via UA4FAO. FT5XN - KERGUELEN ISLAND - With less than a month to go

before leaving the island Helios showed up on 14024 around 11:00Z. QSL via F6PEN. S21B - BANGLADESH - Nizam was found on 14200 at 15:00Z. QSL via W4FRU. VP6TC - PITCAIRN - Tom (ex VR6TC) was sporting his new call on 21348 around 00:30Z yesterday. QSL via K6RPF. VQ9VK - DIEGO GARCIA - Was active on 24906 for over an hour starting around 15:20Z. QSL via N1TO (ex AA1OJ). WH0AAV - SAIPAN - Jun showed up on 18140 working Europe, Asia and East Coast US stations from 15:30 to 16:30Z. XUF2B - CAMBODIA - Harv started off on RTTY on 14082 just before 13:00Z. Around 13:30Z he was found on 18073 working Asia, Europe and a few East Coast US stations. He should be leaving in less than a week. He seems to be active daily from about 12:00 to 14:00Z. QSL via N4JR. ZL8RS - KERMADEC - Bob was scheduled to leave the island around 18:30Z yesterday. He did show up on 21268 and was there from 03:30 to 06:15Z. QSL via ZL1RS. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- NA-055 AK1L 21005 1551 EU-076 LA/OE5YPO 14266 1958 AS-136 BI4C 21269 0325 EU-046 LA1CI 14254 1901 EU-128 DK2GM/P 14260 0437 EU-055 LA4C 14268 2049 EU-129 DL1JEQ/P 14040 2105 EU-036 LA8LA 14260 2230 OC-119 DU8ARK 21300 1257 EU-012 MM0/DJ6AU 18079 2035 EU-006 EI4VVF/P 14260 1756 EU-009 MM0BCR/M 14255 2055 NA-107 FM5JY 28495 2315 EU-010 MM0BJG 14250 1209 EU-008 GM3VLB/P 14264 1350 EU-084 SM0OIG/5 14262 2121 EU-008 GM3WIL/P 14260 1420 EU-052 SV1BRL/8 14209 0434 EU-008 GS0NHR/P 14263 1911 EU-075 SV1TP/P 18120 2043 AS-053 HS0/IK4MRH 14182 1808 EU-049 SV8/ON5CT 14260 2043 AS-024 JS6PMR 14020 1449 EU-014 TK/IK1VCA 14256 1434 EU-076 LA/DK4UN/P 14258 2151 AS-028 UA0QMU 14258 1955 EU-076 LA/DK4WD/P 14040 1733 NA-128 VE2CY/P 14260 2113 Will, WC6DX, plans to operate from Santa Rosa Island (NA-144) staring around 19:00Z tomorrow through 12:00Z on 19 July. He will be operating from the Channel Islands National Park campground which has a quiet time from 05:00 to 13:00Z, which is when he will try to be on CW. A battery operated rig with 100 watts will be used. During the IOTA Contest Wes, W3SE, John, KE6GFF, and Arlene, KE6GFI will activate Santa Cruz Island (NA-144). Wes will operate in the

contest on 10, 15, 20, 40 and 80 meters CW and SSB, while Arlene and John will operate 144 and 432 MHZ. The will be on the island from 24 to 27 July. IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- -------------- 16-Jul 16-Jul D4 D44AB 2-108 16-Jul 17-Jul BY BI5Z (AS-NEW) 2-119 16-Jul 17-Jul LA DK4UN DK4WD (EU-033) 2-111 16-Jul 17-Jul LA DK4UN DK4WD (EU-076) 2-111 16-Jul 17-Jul ZS ZS6YG 2-113 2-112 16-Jul 18-Jul GM MM0BCR/P (EU-009) 2-115 16-Jul 18-Jul T8 T8 by 5 JA's 2-125 16-Jul 18-Jul TK TK/IK1VCA TK/IZ1BWC 2-109 16-Jul 18-Jul ZA ZA/EA5KY 2-120 16-Jul 19-Jul I IG9/I1SNW (AF-019) 2-110 16-Jul 21-Jul XU XUF2B 2-114 16-Jul 23-Jul 3B7 3B8DB/3B7 (AF-015) 2-129 16-Jul 23-Jul KH6 KH6/IK0PHY 2-125 16-Jul 23-Jul F TM0BB 2-81 16-Jul 24-Jul VE CZ1SSB (NA-027) 2-115 16-Jul 25-Jul I IG9/IK3LYP (AF019) 2-115 16-Jul 26-Jul HC HC1MD /HC4 HC5 HC6 HC7 2-117 2-115 16-Jul 27-Jul HR HR2/KD2IX 2-124 16-Jul 29-Jul GM DL2QBD (EU-008) 2-87 16-Jul 29-Jul TK F6AUS (EU-100 & 164) 2-117 16-Jul 30-Jul I IA5/IZ5BTC/P (EU-028) 16-Jul 31-Jul SV5 SV0LM 2-125 16-Jul 1-Aug C6A C6AFP (NA-080) 2-115 16-Jul 2-Aug GM MM0/DJ6AU (EU-012) 2-132 16-Jul 11-Aug HS HS0ZBS 2-131 16-Jul 15-Aug FT5X FT5XN 2-119 16-Jul 31-Oct JX JX7DFA (EU-022) 2-20 16-Jul 5-Dec 9N 9N1UD 2-110 2-103 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The sunspot number for July 14, 1998 was 58. The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado, for July 15, 1998, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 15-Jul-1998 21 105 2 0 LOW/QUIET;LOW-MODERATE/QUIET-UNSETTLED 15-Jul-1998 18 103 2 2 LOW/QUIET;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 15-Jul-1998 15 103 2 0 LOW/QUIET;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 15-Jul-1998 12 103 2 0 MODERATE/QUIET;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 15-Jul-1998 09 103 2 1 MODERATE/QUIET;LOW/QUIET 15-Jul-1998 06 103 2 0 MODERATE/QUIET;LOW/QUIET 15-Jul-1998 03 103 2 0 MODERATE/QUIET;LOW-MODERATE/QUIET 15-Jul-1998 00 103 2 1 MODERATE/QUIET;LOW-MODERATE/QUIET

The following is from propagation expert Cary Oler: "An anticipated coronal mass ejection impacted the Earth early in the UTC day of 16 July. Initial observations indicate a moderately strong interplanetary magnetic field that is predominantly southward but has a moderately large fluctuating component. These conditions should promote periods of active to very active geomagnetic activity, with periods of minor storming over the high latitudes. Should the field become more stable in a strong southward orientation, geomagnetic activity could reach major to brief severe storm levels over the high latitudes and minor to brief major storm levels over the middle latitudes. There is a chance activity may reach the minor storm threshold over middle latitudes over the next 24 hours. It is still too early to accurately determine this." The forecast for Thursday, 16 July: solar flux 103, A index 15, K index 3. Thursday should be High Normal. The forecast for Friday, 17 July: solar flux 104, A index 10, K index 2. Friday should be High Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 3Z0AIR SP7LZD ED9DDC EA9CE S21B W4FRU 4L8A OZ1HPS EI4VVF/P W0GLG SN0WK SP4KIE 8P6QA KU9C EK6GC W3HNK UA0AZ W3HNK A35RK W7TSQ EX8MLE IK2QPR VP6TC K6RPF CZ1SSB VO1GK EZ0AB UA4FAO VQ9VK N1TO DU8ARK I2YDX RK3AWL W3HNK WP3A W4DN QSL cards recently received direct: _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: Cary Oler, DX News Sheet, Go List, IK0FVC, IOTW, K1XN, KC3AJ, KH6BZF REPORTS, N3OSH, W7TSQ, ZL2JR _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), or $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United States. _____________________________________________________________________ Copyright _ _____________________________________________________________________ THE DAILY DX _ is published Monday through Friday by Bernie McClenny, W3UR, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, MD 21738 USA. This e-mail message and its contents are copyrighted and are proprietary products of THE DAILY DX _. Any unauthorized use, reproduction, or transfer of the message or its content, in any medium, is strictly prohibited. For permission to quote, reprint or repost this e-mail send a request to

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. ======================== *** The Daily DX _ *** ======================== Volume 2 Number 135 July 17, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ DX News _____________________________________________________________________ Ted, NH6YK, will once again be on Midway Island (OC-030) from 30 July to 12 August. While on the island he will be working and will be on the air when time is available. He prefers 6, 10, 15, 17, 20 meters SSB. Ted said "Possibly several other hams will be on the island during this time period, and they will likely be quite active." Ken Holdom, ZL2HU, from the Kermadec DX Association is the team leader of the upcoming Campbell Island DXpedition that will take place in January, 1999. The multi-national group will leave Wellington, New Zealand on New Year's Day. The landing permit is now in hand and the operation will take place from 9 to 26 January. A 117 foot diesel powered vessel called the "Braveheart" has been secured. The group consists of 4 from New Zealand, 2 from the US, 1 from Japan, Canada, Ireland, Singapore and Northern Ireland. With an estimated budget of approximately US $65,000 they are still seeking support from the DX community along with commercial sponsors. Yeasu of Japan has agreed to supply the radio equipment for this operation. Anyone wishing to help with financial support or sponsorship should contact Ken by e-mail <zl2hu@clear.net.nz> or write to Kermadec DX Association, P.O. Box 56099, Tawa, Wellington, New Zealand. Sigi, DJ4IJ, is once again active as TY1IJ from Benin. He will be there during July and August. He likes 17 meters SSB and 30 meters CW. Keep an ear out on 18150, this is one of his preferred frequencies. QSL via DK8ZD. The EA DX Bulletin reports that Zoli, HA5PP, is still working with the Ministry of Telecommunications in Sana. Zoli says that it is very possible that 7O8DX, 7O8CW and 7O1A may be active between 1 September and 1 December. Naoki, JE7RJZ, will be active as WH2M from island of Guam between 24 and 28 July. His main emphasis will be on AO-10 and 6 meters, however he will operate on the HF bands. QSL via JA7FWR. Volkmar, DF2SS plans to operate from Guernsey Island (GU) from 19 July to 6 August. He will be active on 10 through 160 meters. Volkmar enjoys CW and 160 meters. QSL via DL2MDZ. Members of German club station DL0HUN will be active from Malbun, Liechtenstein from 24 July to 2 August. This is the same area that HB0/PI4TUE operated from two weeks ago and is 2,000 meters above sea level. Look for HB0/DL0HUN to be on 10 through 160 meters. QSL via DL0HUN.

Yoshi, JA2ECL, will be on Tuvalu from 26 July to 6 August. He will be using an ICOM IC-706, running 100 watts, a 2 element beam for 15 meters, and a dipole on 40 meters. Look for T20YK to be active on RTTY and SSB. QSL via JA2ECL. Antenna selections for the upcoming DXpedition to Amsterdam Island, FT5ZH, have recently been made. The will use a tribander for 10, 15 and 20 meters, a 20 meter mono bander, a Titanex vertical for 40, 80 and 160 meters, and a beam for 12, 17 and 30 meters. _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 5V7FA - TOGO - Marc was active on 21290 for about one hour starting around 15:40Z. QSL via F6FNU. T8 - BELAU - The Japanese group arrived and had two stations on simultaneously. T88AJ was very active on RTTY from about 15:00 to 17:00Z. Then went to 20 meters CW until about 20:00Z. T88ND was on 10103 working Europe and Japan between 20:00 and 21:00Z. ZP6CW - PARAGUAY - Japanese stations reported working Doug on 21025 around 12:30Z. QSL via ZP6CU. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AF-019 IG9/IK3LYP 14250 1413 EU-037 SM7/DJ1OJ/P 14260 1059 AS-053 HS0/IK4MRH 14260 1854 EU-049 SV8/ON5CT/P 28500 1213 AS-137 BI5Z 14042 2336 EU-049 SV8DTL 14260 2115 EU-006 EI4VVF/P 14260 0820 EU-055 LA/DL2MX 7070 1755 EU-009 MM0BCR/M 14265 1056 EU-062 LA/DK4WD/P 14040 1648 EU-012 MM0/DJ6AU 7014 2014 EU-082 RA1QQ/1 10107 2100 EU-020 SM1SBI 14259 0850 EU-129 DL1JEQ/P 10104 2013 EU-023 9H1AL 18140 2244 EU-136 9A/ON5JE 14258 2045 EU-025 IK/DL4SKF/P 14327 1616 EU-136 9A2HQ/P 14017 1144 EU-028 IA5/IZ5BTC 14185 1603 OC-009 T88AJ 14020 1830 EU-036 LA8LA 14260 0650 SA-018 CE7OXZ 14260 2044 EU-037 SM/DL2SWW 14016 1515 A group of Chinese operators will operate in August from Changdao Island (AS-NEW), Miaodao Archipelago, SHANDONG PROVINCE NORTH EAST GROUP. They will use BI4M and QSL cards will once again be handled by Mac, W3HC, who is looking for people willing to help sponsor the cards. Three Polish operators and Adam, DJ0IF, will operate from Wolin Island (EU-132) as SN6F/1 during the upcoming RSGB IOTA Contest. A group of Amateur Radio operators from Croatia will be active from

Korcula Island (EU-016) from 20 July to 15 August. They will operate in the RSGB IOTA Contest as 9A2U/P. Operators include: 9A3PA, 9A3ZA, 9A3SK and 9A4VV. Phil, G3SWH, reports "Members of the Bristol Contest Group will be operating from the Isle of Man during the 1998 IOTA Contest, using either GT6YB/P or GD6YB/P. QSL's will be handled by G3SWH, Phil Whitchurch, 21 Dickensons Grove, Congresbury, Bristol, BS49 5HQ, United Kingdom or via the RSGB bureau." IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- -------------- 17-Jul 17-Jul BY BI5Z (AS-NEW) 2-119 17-Jul 17-Jul LA DK4UN DK4WD (EU-033) 2-111 17-Jul 17-Jul LA DK4UN DK4WD (EU-076) 2-111 17-Jul 17-Jul ZS ZS6YG 2-113 2-112 17-Jul 18-Jul GM MM0BCR/P (EU-009) 2-115 17-Jul 18-Jul T8 T8 by 5 JA's 2-125 17-Jul 18-Jul TK TK/IK1VCA TK/IZ1BWC 2-109 17-Jul 18-Jul VE VE2/F6HKA VE2/F6ELE (NA-084) 2-117 2-85 17-Jul 18-Jul ZA ZA/EA5KY 2-120 17-Jul 19-Jul 1998 Northwest DX Convention 2-95 17-Jul 19-Jul I IG9/I1SNW (AF-019) 2-110 17-Jul 19-Jul W WC6DX (NA-144) 2-134 17-Jul 21-Jul CY9 CY9AOE 17-Jul 21-Jul XU XUF2B 2-114 17-Jul 23-Jul 3B7 3B8DB/3B7 (AF-015) 2-129 17-Jul 23-Jul KH6 KH6/IK0PHY 2-125 17-Jul 23-Jul F TM0BB 2-81 17-Jul 24-Jul VE CZ1SSB (NA-027) 2-115 17-Jul 25-Jul I IG9/IK3LYP (AF-019) 2-115 17-Jul 26-Jul HC HC1MD /HC4 HC5 HC6 HC7 2-117 2-115 17-Jul 27-Jul HR HR2/KD2IX 2-124 17-Jul 29-Jul GM DL2QBD (EU-008) 2-87 17-Jul 29-Jul TK F6AUS (EU-100 & 164) 2-117 17-Jul 30-Jul I IA5/IZ5BTC/P (EU-028) 17-Jul 31-Jul SV5 SV0LM 2-125 17-Jul 31-Jul SV5 SV0LN 2-125 17-Jul 1-Aug C6A C6AFP (NA-080) 2-115 17-Jul 2-Aug GM MM0/DJ6AU (EU-012) 2-132 17-Jul 11-Aug HS HS0ZBS 2-131 17-Jul 15-Aug FT5X FT5XN 2-119 17-Jul 31-Oct JX JX7DFA (EU-022) 2-20 17-Jul 5-Dec 9N 9N1UD 2-110 2-103 18-Jul 18-Jul GM GS0AYR/P (EU-123) 18-Jul 19-Jul Colombian Independence Contest 18-Jul 19-Jul LA DK4UN DK4WD (EU-062) 2-111 18-Jul 19-Jul SEANET 18-Jul 24-Jul V5 V5/ZS6YG 2-113 2-112 18-Jul 27-Jul VP5 VP5/CX3AN VP5/CX4CR 2-117 19-Jul 21-Jul KH2 KH2 by 5 JA's 2-125 19-Jul 31-Jul F F5MIW (EU-064) 2-120 _____________________________________________________________________

Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The sunspot number for July 15, 1998 was 95. The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado, for July 16, 1998, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 16-Jul-1998 21 106 22 3 LOW/UNSET-MNR STM;LOW-MOD/QUIET-ACTIVE 16-Jul-1998 18 105 3 4 LOW/QUIET-MNR STM;LOW-MOD/QUIET-ACTIVE 16-Jul-1998 15 105 3 3 LOW/QUIET-MNR STM;LOW-MOD/QUIET-ACTIVE 16-Jul-1998 12 105 3 5 LOW/QUIET-MNR STM;LOW-MOD/QUIET-ACTIVE 16-Jul-1998 09 105 3 3 LOW/QUIET-MNR STM;LOW-MOD/QUIET-UNSETTLED 16-Jul-1998 06 105 3 5 LOW/QUIET-MNR STM;LOW-MOD/QUIET-UNSETTLED 16-Jul-1998 03 105 3 3 LOW/QUIET-UNSET;LOW-MOD/QUIET-UNSETTLED 16-Jul-1998 00 105 3 3 LOW/QUIET-UNSET;LOW-MOD/QUIET-UNSETTLED The forecast for Friday, 17 July: solar flux 106, A index 18, K index 3. Friday should be Low Normal. The forecast for Saturday, 18 July: solar flux 107, A index 12, K index 3. Saturday should be High Normal. The forecast for Sunday, 19 July: solar flux 108, A index 12, K index 3. Sunday should be High Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 1X5AA RW6PA 9V8RH 9V1RH R1DIG OH5JRT 3C1GS EA5BYP BI5Z W3HC T88AJ 7N3AWE 4X6UO WB3CQN BV5BG IK7JTF T88ND JA4DND 5V7FA F6FNU EA8/CT3FN HB9CRV YZ4ED YZ7ED 6M0HZ HL1IWD EG0URE EA1MC ZA1B HB9BGN 9K2ZZ W8CNL EL2AB IK0PHY QSL cards recently received direct: OH0EA _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: DJ0IF, DL8AAM, DX News Letter, EA DX Bulletin, G3SWH, JA1ELY, K3ZO, KC3AJ, KD4IFV, KH6BZF REPORTS, N3OSH, W3HC, W3LEO, WA6KBL, ZL2HU _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), or $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United States. _____________________________________________________________________ Copyright _ _____________________________________________________________________

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. ======================== *** The Daily DX _ *** ======================== Volume 2 Number 136 July 20, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ DX News _____________________________________________________________________ Jean-Michel, F6AJA, will once again be active from Romania as YO/F6AJA from the YO8FZ QTH. He will operate in his free time from 22 to 26 July. Robert, S53R, plans to be active from Corsica as TK/S53R from 26 July to 17 August. He will be active on all bands on CW and SSB. Plans also include operation on RS-12/13 satellites. QSL cards will automatically be sent via the bureau. Frank, ON4CEL, will be active on holiday from the Balearic Islands through 23 July. Look for him to be on 10 through 40 meters CW. QSL via ON4CEL. _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 4S7YSG - SRI LANKA - On Saturday Yasu was working Europe, Japan and North America on 18085 from 15:30 to 16:45Z. QSL via JA2BDR. 4X/K4YT - ISRAEL - Karl was found on both 10 and 20 meters SSB on Saturday. 5N0/OK1AUT - NIGERIA - JA's found him on Sunday at 18:30Z on 21295. QSL via OK1AUT. 5V7FA - TOGO - Marc was working JA's Saturday on 21292 starting just before 16:00Z. QSL via F6FNU. AY0Z - FALKLAND ISLANDS - This station showed up Sunday several time between 13:30 and 19:30Z on 15 meters CW. He was working JA's, Europe and North America and giving his QTH as Malvinas. QSL via LU1SM. ET3AA - ETHIOPIA - On Friday several Japanese and European DXers reported this one on 21278 between 14:00 and 15:40Z. FH5CB - MAYOTTE - Look for Elio near 14247 around 04:00Z. HF0POL - SOUTH SHETLANDS - Stan has been found often between 19:00 and 20:00Z on 30 meters CW. QSL via SP3BGD. P29BW - PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Brent was found over the weekend on 14261 and 14263 between 11:30 and 13:30Z. QSL QSL via N5FTR. TJ1HP - CAMEROON - West Coast US stations were working

Philippe on Sunday from 22:40 to 23:40Z on 21320. QSL via F6FNU. VK9WW - PIRATE ? - Was reported on 18071 just before 11:00Z on Saturday. That license expired in Early April. The reported QSL manager was HB9WW. VQ9VK DIEGO GARCIA - Was found at 14:40Z on 18074 on Sunday working JA's and West Coast US stations. QSL via N1TO. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AS-028 UA0QMU 14258 1631 EU-079 LA/DK4WD/P 14260 2337 AS-053 HS0/IK4MRH 14249 1024 EU-132 SP2QCW/1 14260 1935 AS-078 JA8ECS 14220 1735 EU-165 IM0/IS0JLJ 14258 1241 AS-131 BD7JA/7 14082 1504 NA-027 VO1XC/M 14259 1412 EU-006 EI4VVF/P 14260 1043 NA-072 3E1DX 14260 0458 EU-012 MM0/DJ6AU 18078 1906 NA-080 C6A25FV 14260 0350 EU-037 SM/DL1SWW 14022 2017 NA-094 CY9AOE 14212 0130 EU-037 SM7DLZ 10106 0019 NA-110 K9JWV 14260 0004 EU-049 SV8/ON5CT/P 21261 1305 OC-059 V63AO 18140 1251 EU-052 SV1BRL/8 21256 2344 OC-143 YB4JIM 14007 1354 EU-072 SV0JD/SV8 14288 1239 SA-001 XQ0YAF 21004 1809 The Isle of Man Radio Club will operate from "The Calf of Man", a small island on the southwest coast of the Isle of Man, on 7 and 8 August. The group will use GT3FLH. Eric, FK8GM, Franck, FK8HC and one other operator will be active from Belep Island (OC-079) from 28 August to 2 September. They hope to use TX8B. A FT-1000D, FT-1000MP, TH5X, 203BA and R7 will all be used. QSL direct only to FK8HC and remember one US dollar is not enough postage. Martin, G3ZAY, is planning to operate from Akimiski Island (NA-207) on 16 and/or 17 August as NU2L/VE8. Members of the RZ0LWA club station plan to operate in the upcoming RSGB IOTA Contest from one of the SEA OF JAPAN COAST group islands (AS-066). QSL via RW0MM, Box 73, Vladivostok 690090, RUSSIA During the IOTA Contest this coming weekend look for station GU8D to be active from Sark Island in the Channel Islands. They group will consist of G3SJJ, G4DRS, G4JQL, G4TSH, G0OPB and F5SHQ/MU0ASP. QSL via G3LZQ. IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar

_____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- -------------- 20-Jul 23-Jul 3B7 3B8DB/3B7 (AF-015) 2-129 20-Jul 25-Jul 5H 5H3DD 2-132 20-Jul 15-Aug 9A 9A2U/P (EU-016) 2-135 20-Jul 5-Dec 9N 9N1UD 2-110 2-103 20-Jul 1-Aug C6A C6AFP (NA-080) 2-115 20-Jul 21-Jul CY9 CY9AOE 20-Jul 23-Jul F F/ON4BDS/P (EU-105) 20-Jul 31-Jul F F5MIW (EU-064) 2-120 20-Jul 23-Jul F TM0BB 2-81 20-Jul 15-Aug FT5X FT5XN 2-119 20-Jul 29-Jul GM DL2QBD (EU-008) 2-87 20-Jul 2-Aug GM MM0/DJ6AU (EU-012) 2-132 20-Jul 6-Aug GU DF2SS 2-135 20-Jul 26-Jul HC HC1MD /HC4 HC5 HC6 HC7 2-117 2-115 20-Jul 27-Jul HR HR2/KD2IX 2-124 20-Jul 11-Aug HS HS0ZBS 2-131 20-Jul 30-Jul I IA5/IZ5BTC/P (EU-028) 20-Jul 25-Jul I IG9/IK3LYP (AF019) 2-115 20-Jul 3-Aug IS IM0/I2CMA (EU-041) 20-Jul 1-Aug IS IS0/IK0XBX (EU-024) 20-Jul 31-Oct JX JX7DFA (EU-022) 2-20 20-Jul 21-Jul KH2 KH2 by 5 JA's 2-125 20-Jul 23-Jul KH6 KH6/IK0PHY 2-125 20-Jul 29-Jul KP2 WP2Z (NA-106) 2-126 20-Jul 3-Aug LA LA/DL2HEB/P (EU-079) 20-Jul 24-Jul SV SV8/ON5CT/P (EU-049) 20-Jul 31-Jul SV5 SV0LM & SVOLN 2-125 20-Jul 29-Jul TF TF7/DL3KUD (EU-071) 2-82 20-Jul 29-Jul TK F6AUS (EU-100 & 164) 2-117 20-Jul 31-Aug TY TY1IJ 2-135 20-Jul 2-Aug UA0 RU0C or R0CZ (AS-NEW & AS-069) 2-123 20-Jul 24-Jul V5 V5/ZS6YG 2-113 2-112 20-Jul 24-Jul VE CZ1SSB (NA-027) 2-115 20-Jul 27-Jul VP5 VP5/CX3AN VP5/CX4CR 2-117 20-Jul 30-Jul W KF8TM/4 (NA-062) 20-Jul 21-Jul XU XUF2B 2-114 21-Jul 5-Aug 5B 5B4/G3VMW 5B4/G3ZEM 2-119 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The sunspot number for July 19, 1998 was 62. The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado, for July 19, 1998, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 19-Jul-1998 21 102 7 1 LOW/QUIET-UNSET;VY LOW-LOW/QUIET-UNSET 19-Jul-1998 18 99 5 2 VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET;VY LOW-LOW/QUIET-UNSET 19-Jul-1998 15 99 5 0 LOW/QUIET-UNSET;VY LOW-LOW/QUIET-UNSET 19-Jul-1998 12 99 5 2 LOW/QUIET-UNSET;VY LOW-LOW/QUIET-UNSET 19-Jul-1998 09 99 5 3 LOW/QUIET-UNSET;VY LOW-LOW/QUIET-UNSET 19-Jul-1998 06 99 5 2 LOW/QUIET-UNSET;VY LOW-LOW/QUIET-UNSET 19-Jul-1998 03 99 5 2 LOW/QUIET-UNSET;VY LOW-LOW/QUIET-UNSET 19-Jul-1998 00 99 5 3 LOW/QUIET-UNSET;VY LOW-LOW/QUIET-UNSET The forecast for Monday, 20 July: solar flux 100, A index 8,

K index 2. Monday should be High Normal. The forecast for Tuesday, 21 July: solar flux 104, A index 10, K index 2. Tuesday should be High Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ The following QSL cards were recently received and information was taken directly from the cards listed below: 3D2KT OK DX Foundation, P. O. Box 73, 293 06 Bradlec, CZECH REPUBLIC 5B4/T97M via K2PF 5W0VV OK DX Foundation, P. O. Box 73, 293 06 Bradlec, CZECH REPUBLIC A92GD via K1SE BP0RIW Ken'ichi Hoshino, P. O. Box 26-64, Taipei, TAIWAN BV4HB Shyh-Ching Lin, P. O. Box 2006, Taichung, TAIWAN DS2MEB Michael Min, Naminchon P. O. Box 353, Inchon, KOREA DS2MTB Jeewon Hwang, Naminchon P. O. Box 353, Inchon, KOREA DS3ACV Yang Hae-Cheon, Karam APT 3-501, Samchun-dong, Seo-gu, Taejon 302-222, KOREA DS3BIS Wang Jong-Ran, Karam APT 3-501, Samchun-dong, Seo-gu, Taejon 302-222, KOREA DS5DBW Kyu-Seon Jeong, 302-601 Dae-Woo-Marina APT 994, Woo-dong, Haeundae-ku, Pusan 612-021, KOREA DS5DNL Kyu-Eun Jeong, 302-601 Dae-Woo-Marina APT 994, Woo-dong, Haeundae-ku, Pusan 612-021, KOREA DU3NHK Noboru Kobayakawa, 650 Pinatubo St., Clarkview, Angeles City 2009, PHILIPPINES DX2B via VE7DP DX3F via VE7DP DX6P via VE7DP EP2MKN Majid Kiani Nejad, P. O. Box 91375-1175, Mashhad, IRAN FO0/OK1KT OK DX Foundation, P. O. Box 73, 293 06 Bradlec, CZECH REPUBLIC FO0FR via K6SLO FR5HR Rene Allegre. 56 Rue Leconte de Lisle B d N, F-97411 La Plaine Saint Paul, FRANCE H22A via YL3AF HL2XIK Hwang Jeahong, Kyuhang-ri 182-2, Jumoonjinup Kangnungsi, Kangwondo, KOREA HL3ERJ Choi Se Hoon, 9-12, Young Sung-Dong, Chunan 330-050, KOREA HL3EWI Park Yun Sug, 9-12, Young Sung-Dong, Chunan 330-050, KOREA HL4INC Park Yong-Young, 312-504 Daeyudaelim-APT. 113-7 Ildo 2 Dong, Cheju 690-012, KOREA HL4SNC Lee Soon-Sun, 312-504 Daeyudaelim-APT. 113-7 Ildo 2 Dong, Cheju 690-012, KOREA HL5UOG Seong-Hwan Jeong, 302-601 Dae-Woo-Marina APT 994, Woo-dong, Haeundae-ku, Pusan 612-021, KOREA JW6RHA Unni Gran, Mellomasvn. 128, N-1414 Trollasen, NORWAY JW9PJA Carlos Ferreira, Philip Pedersens V.5 A, 1324 Lysaker, NORWAY KH8/KF4MIW OK DX Foundation, P. O. Box 73, 293 06 Bradlec, CZECH REPUBLIC LX6T via LX1KC P43HOT Jacobo Oduber, P. O. Box 685, Oranjestad, ARUBA P43P Jacobo Oduber, P. O. Box 685, Oranjestad, ARUBA PY0FA via PY4KL SV1EEN Manourpopulos Alexios, 31 Z. Pigis St., GR-162 33 Athens, GREECE

TU2KC Radio Club 43 BIMa, B. P. 54, Abidjan 12, COTE D'IVOIRE V26GG via W5AO V26TT via K5TT VK9NO via JJ8DEN XX9ER Freeman Cheong, P. O. Box 6018, Macau YB3ZES Club Station ORARI Lokal Surabaya Timur, P. O. Box 4025, Surabaya 60401, INDONESIA YC0AZ Andreas Wisnu Widjaja, Jalan Budi #19 RT 003 RW 05, Cawang III, Jakarta 13630, INDONESIA YC3DX S. Faisal, Argopuro 88, Tulungagung 66261, INDONESIA YC6DEM Dr. Eddy, D. M., P. O. Box 6, Langsa 24400, INDONESIA YC9BAS Nyoman Dodi Irianto, Spd., Jl. Gajah Mada, Peguyangan 6 I/7, Singaraja, Bali 81112, INDONESIA YC9LQA L. C. Salean, Jl. Niaga No. 71, Larantuka, Flores Timur, NTT 86216, INDONESIA YC9XOI Frans Renwarin, P. O. Box 175, Fak Fak, Irian Jaya 98611, INDONESIA YD3BMB Adi, P. O. Box 4025, Surabaya 60401, INDONESIA YE2B via YC0FTD ZK1KTT OK DX Foundation, P. O. Box 73, 293 06 Bradlec, CZECH REPUBLIC ZK2CK via HB9BCK _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: DX News Sheet, F6AJA, G3SJJ, G3ZAY, K3RA, K3ZO, KC3AJ, KD4IFV, KH6BZF REPORTS, LA9HF, LNDX, N3OSH, UA3AB, W7UG, W8UV, WA5VGI _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), or $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United States. _____________________________________________________________________ Copyright _ _____________________________________________________________________ THE DAILY DX _ is published Monday through Friday by Bernie McClenny, W3UR, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, MD 21738 USA. This e-mail message and its contents are copyrighted and are proprietary products of THE DAILY DX _. Any unauthorized use, reproduction, or transfer of the message or its content, in any medium, is strictly prohibited. For permission to quote, reprint or repost this e-mail send a request to THE DAILY DX _ include date, volume and issue number. Check out THE DAILY DX _ homepage http://www.wdn.com/thedailydx or for additional information you may phone THE DAILY DX _ at 301-854-5650 or fax at 301-854-5105. Remember to tell all your DX friends about THE DAILY DX.

. ======================== *** The Daily DX _ *** ======================== Volume 2 Number 137 July 21, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ DX News _____________________________________________________________________ Ken, K4ZW, will be in Abidjan, Ivory Coast from 25 July to 9 August. He will be active as TU/K4ZW from a club station in the capital city. Plans are to be active on the low bands if there are any antennas at the club. QSL via K4ZW. Jim, WA4KKY/TT8JWM, is back in Chad possibly for the last time. He operates SSB and some RTTY and will leave around 7 or 8 August. Look for him to be active mostly on 15, 17 and 20 meters. QSL via N4RXL. Gedas, LY3BA, will be active as LY10XJ for the next week celebrating the 10th anniversary of his radio club. QSL via LY3BA. Bob, ZL1RS/ZL8RS, has returned to the New Zealand mainland after his work in the Kermadec Islands last week. While on the island he tried to work Europeans between 18:00 and 20:00Z. Most of his operations took place on the weekends. He wished that more operating time could have been put in, however when he got to the island he found that many things needed maintenance of some kind or another as it had been 2 years since the last technician was on staff. RTTY equipment was taken but there was an equipment failure. In all just more than 5,000 QSOs were made. Bob says "There is a good prospect of another trip before the end of this year" QSL via ZL1RS. _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 4L1ZG - GEORGIA - Can often be found on 15 meters CW between 13:00 and 14:00Z. 5H3DD - TANZANIA - Was found on 21295 working stations from Asia, Europe and North America from 17:40 to 18:10Z. A22/W0YG - BOTSWANA - Japanese stations reported working Charlie on 24900 between 11:30 and 12:30Z. KH8/N5OLS - AMERICAN SAMOA - Don was very busy on 18069 from 12:00 to 13:40Z. QSL via N5JA. S21J - BANGLADESH - Yesterday Mamtaz (YL) was active on 21273 between 10:00 and 11:30Z. VK9NS - NORFOLK ISLAND - Jim made a surprise visit to 24945 around 01:00Z. _____________________________________________________________________

IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- EU-136 9A2/ON5JE 14260 0832 EU-036 LA8LA 14255 1106 NA-080 C6A25FV 14195 2037 EU-084 SM0OIG/5 14013 1747 NA-094 CY9AOE 28495 0024 EU-132 SP2LLW 14261 0822 EU-004 EA6/ON4CEL 21260 1439 EU-052 SV1BRL/8 21256 1832 EU-006 EI4VVF/P 14195 2044 EU-049 SV8/ON5CT/P 14262 2022 EU-120 G3LWI 14021 0401 EU-049 SV8DCY 21288 1427 EU-031 IC8OZM 14260 0005 EU-133 UE1CIG 14016 1926 EU-079 LA/DK4UN/P 14260 2118 NA-128 VE2CY/P 14260 0340 EU-079 LA/DK4WD/P 14260 1831 OC-044 VP6DB 14226 1627 Rick, HC1MD/HC4 plans to be on IOTA SA-056 today starting around 21:00Z for about 4 or 5 hours. Look for him on 14260. QSL via K8LJG. Yang, BD7JA, reports that the group of Chinese operators going to Changdao Island (AS-NEW), Miaodao Archipelago, SHANDONG PROVINCE NORTH EAST GROUP will go either 21 to 23 or 28 to 30 September. W3HC will handle the BI4M QSL cards. IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- -------------- 21-Jul 23-Jul 3B7 3B8DB/3B7 (AF-015) 2-129 21-Jul 5-Aug 5B 5B4/G3VMW 5B4/G3ZEM 2-119 21-Jul 25-Jul 5H 5H3DD 2-132 21-Jul 15-Aug 9A 9A2U/P (EU-016) 2-135 21-Jul 5-Dec 9N 9N1UD 2-110 2-103 21-Jul 1-Aug C6A C6AFP (NA-080) 2-115 21-Jul 21-Jul CY9 CY9AOE 21-Jul 23-Jul EA6 EA6/ON4CEL (EU-004) 2-136 21-Jul 27-Jul EW EW/K4NAN 2-123 21-Jul 23-Jul F F/ON4BDS/P (EU-105) 21-Jul 31-Jul F F5MIW (EU-064) 2-120 21-Jul 23-Jul F TM0BB 2-81 21-Jul 15-Aug FT5X FT5XN 2-119 21-Jul 29-Jul GM DL2QBD (EU-008) 2-87 21-Jul 2-Aug GM MM0/DJ6AU (EU-012) 2-132 21-Jul 6-Aug GU DF2SS 2-135 21-Jul 26-Jul HC HC1MD /HC4 HC5 HC6 HC7 2-117 2-115 21-Jul 27-Jul HR HR2/KD2IX 2-124 21-Jul 11-Aug HS HS0ZBS 2-131 21-Jul 30-Jul I IA5/IZ5BTC/P (EU-028) 21-Jul 25-Jul I IG9/IK3LYP (AF019) 2-115 21-Jul 3-Aug IS IM0/I2CMA (EU-041) 21-Jul 1-Aug IS IS0/IK0XBX (EU-024) 21-Jul 31-Oct JX JX7DFA (EU-022) 2-20 21-Jul 21-Jul KH2 KH2 by 5 JA's 2-125 21-Jul 23-Jul KH6 KH6/IK0PHY 2-125

21-Jul 29-Jul KP2 WP2Z (NA-106) 2-126 21-Jul 22-Jul LA DK4UN DK4WD (EU-079) 2-111 21-Jul 3-Aug LA LA/DL2HEB/P (EU-079) 21-Jul 28-Jul OZ OZ/DL6DH (EU-030) 21-Jul 24-Jul SV SV8/ON5CT/P (EU-049) 21-Jul 31-Jul SV5 SV0LM & SVOLN 2-125 21-Jul 29-Jul TF TF7/DL3KUD (EU-071) 2-82 21-Jul 29-Jul TK F6AUS (EU-100 & 164) 2-117 21-Jul 31-Aug TY TY1IJ 2-135 21-Jul 2-Aug UA0 RU0C or R0CZ (AS-NEW & AS-069) 2-123 21-Jul 24-Jul V5 V5/ZS6YG 2-113 2-112 21-Jul 24-Jul VE CZ1SSB (NA-027) 2-115 21-Jul 23-Jul VE VE2/F6HKA VE2/F6ELE (NA-177) 2-117 2-85 21-Jul 27-Jul VP5 VP5/CX3AN VP5/CX4CR 2-117 21-Jul 30-Jul W KF8TM/4 (NA-062) 21-Jul 21-Jul XU XUF2B 2-114 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The sunspot number for July 19, 1998 was 62. The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado, for July 20, 1998, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 20-Jul-1998 21 112 3 1 LOW/QUIET;VERY LOW-LOW/QUIET 20-Jul-1998 18 102 6 2 LOW/QUIET;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 20-Jul-1998 15 102 6 0 LOW/QUIET;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 20-Jul-1998 12 102 6 0 LOW/QUIET;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 20-Jul-1998 09 102 6 0 LOW/QUIET;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 20-Jul-1998 06 102 6 1 LOW/QUIET-UNSET;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 20-Jul-1998 03 102 6 2 LOW/QUIET-UNSET;VY LOW-LOW/QUIET-UNSET 20-Jul-1998 00 102 6 2 LOW/QUIET-UNSET;VY LOW-LOW/QUIET-UNSET The forecast for Tuesday, 21 July: solar flux 108, A index 10, K index 2. Tuesday should be High Normal. The forecast for Wednesday, 22 July: solar flux 110, A index 12, K index 3. Wednesday should be High Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 3C1GS EA5BYP EA8/CT3FN HB9CRV T98P 9A4SP 3D2ME 7N1RTO ED5SMM EA5GSA TY1IJ DK8ZD 3E1DX N0JT ED9DVC EA9JS UE1CIG RZ1AWD 4S7YSG JA2BDR HC1MD/HC4 K8LJG UN7FK W3HNK 5V7FA F6FNU HF0POL SP3BGD UP0L UN8LW 9V1ZB JL3WSL LY10XJ LY3BA V73UB K1ZUT AY0Z LU1SM OD5/9K2MU WA4JTK VE2/F6ELE F6ELE BI5Z W3HC PZ5JR K3BYV VE2/F6HKA F6HKA BY1QH K9FD SV1BRL/8 SV8AQY VP5GA N2GA CY9AOE VE1AOE T88AJ 7N3AWE VY1JA KB5IPQ E21CJN W3PP T88ND JA4DND WP4Q KP4CKY JL3WSL - A. Naito, 31-500-5 Hikita, Nara City, 631-0843 JAPAN ZD7BG - Gilbert, Box 157, ST. HELENA ISLAND

QSL cards recently received direct: 3B7RF, FO0FR, FO5QG, FP/W8MV, H40AA, S08R, T30RW, VP2VDX, XV7SW, ZL7DK _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: BD7JA, CT1EEB, IOTW, K3KY, K4ZW, K9AJ, KC3AJ, KH6BZF REPORTS, N2QT, N3NT, N3OSH, N4CH, N4VRR, NOAA, W1NG, WD8MGQ, ZL1RS _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), or $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United States. _____________________________________________________________________ Copyright _ _____________________________________________________________________ THE DAILY DX _ is published Monday through Friday by Bernie McClenny, W3UR, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, MD 21738 USA. This e-mail message and its contents are copyrighted and are proprietary products of THE DAILY DX _. Any unauthorized use, reproduction, or transfer of the message or its content, in any medium, is strictly prohibited. For permission to quote, reprint or repost this e-mail send a request to THE DAILY DX _ include date, volume and issue number. Check out THE DAILY DX _ homepage http://www.wdn.com/thedailydx or for additional information you may phone THE DAILY DX _ at 301-854-5650 or fax at 301-854-5105. Remember to tell all your DX friends about THE DAILY DX.

. ======================== *** The Daily DX _ *** ======================== Volume 2 Number 138 July 22, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ DX News _____________________________________________________________________ Dave Heil, K8MN (ex J52US, 9L1US, A22MN), will leave for Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania on 28 July. He will take his Omni IV, Titan amp, a tower, KT-34 antenna and 6 meter equipment. This will be a three year assignment at the US Embassy. After this assignment he plans to retire in Cameron, West Virginia. Dave enjoys CW and the low bands and hopes to be on the air sometime in August. Mike, ZA1MH, has left Albania and is currently in Kazakistan (UN). He will be traveling quickly through Pakistan (AP), Afghanistan (YA), Uzbekistan (UK), and Tajikistan (EY). Next week he will be back in the US. Starting in late October plans are to operate from both Kazakistan and Tajikistan. American amateurs Mike, W5ZPA, Stan, W5JYK, and Wondy, K5KR, plan to operate from Ambergris Caye, Belize. They will be there from 26 to 30 August and using V31MP, V31YK and V31KR. Look for them to be active on CW, SSB and RTTY on 10 through 80 meters. QSL via home calls. _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 5H3DD - TANZANIA - Ted, W0RA, is guest operating from zone 37. He's been active on 10, 15 and 20 meters on CW, SSB and RTTY. Yesterday from 17:15 to 18:30Z he was found on 21030. Afterwards he went to 21291. QSL this operation by Ted to his home call W0RA. 9M2AX - WEST MALAYSIA - Stations all across the US found Ross on 18071 between 15:30 and 16:15Z. FT5XN - KERGUELEN ISLAND - JA's found Helios on 14188 yesterday at 11:15Z. QSL via F6PEN. HC1MD/HC4 - ECUADOR - Dr. Rick showed up from IOTA SA-056 around 20:30Z on 21260. QSL via K8LJG. HF0POL - SOUTH SHETLANDS - Stan was on 3507 around 01:00Z. QSL via SP3BGD. OJ0AU - MARKET REEF - This one showed up yesterday on both CW and SSB on 20 meters. Rumor has it he will be on 160 meters tomorrow. He'll be on the island for 6 more days. QSL via DJ6LAU. TY1IJ - BENIN - Look for Sigi on 30 meters CW around 06:00Z. Check near 10103. QSL via DK8ZD.

ZD7VC - ST. HELENA ISLAND - Bruce can be found most days on or near 21270 between 15:00 and 18:00Z. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- EU-006 EI4VVF/P 14265 1746 EU-076 LA/DF8KF/M 14253 1501 EU-012 MM0/DJ6AU 7013 0536 EU-084 SM0OIG/5 14013 2106 EU-020 SM1/DF4ZL 14026 2212 EU-105 F/ON4BDS 14250 1828 EU-024 OZ/DL3OT 28497 1018 EU-114 MU/DF2SS 18147 2031 EU-030 OZ/DL5ME 14260 1200 EU-121 EJ3ER 14262 2115 EU-031 IC8OZM 18073 1801 EU-124 GW0HGN/P 14211 2120 EU-033 LA/SM0WKY 14026 1731 EU-128 DK2GM/P 14260 0443 EU-037 SM/DL2SWW 10104 1834 EU-133 UE1CIG 14014 0642 EU-039 F/ON7PC 7068 1836 EU-146 PA3FYG/P 14260 1451 EU-041 IM0/I2CMA 14257 0611 NA-080 C6A25FV 14196 1031 EU-049 SV8/ON5CT/P 21263 1551 NA-099 KP3BE 21310 2029 EU-052 SV8/IK7XIV 14023 1454 NA-128 VE2CY/P 14260 2241 EU-055 LA/DL1RNW 14256 1434 NA-177 VE2/F6ELE 14255 1847 EU-062 LA/OE5YPO 14260 1509 NA-177 VE2/F6HKA 14255 1854 EU-071 TF7/DL3KUD 14022 0626 SA-056 HC1MD/HC4 21260 2129 EU-075 SV1TP/P 14256 0600 Russian operators RA1ACJ, RU1AS, UA1ANA and UA1AQC plan to be active from Beryozowyi Island (EU-133) from 22 to 29 July. They will be on all bands using their home call /1 outside of the contest and RK1B/1 during the contest on 25 and 26 July. QSL via home call and RK1B via RV1AC. Members of the Far East Islands DX Club (FEIDXC) plan to operate from Moneron Island as RK0FWL/P. This could be a new IOTA and the paper work has been sent in. The planned operation will take place between 23 and 28 July. Operators include: RA0FF, RA0FU, RA0FY, RW0FO and UA0FZ. QSL via the bureau or direct to CBA. IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- -------------- 22-Jul 23-Jul 3B7 3B8DB/3B7 (AF-015) 2-129 22-Jul 5-Aug 5B 5B4/G3VMW 5B4/G3ZEM 2-119 22-Jul 25-Jul 5H 5H3DD 2-132 22-Jul 15-Aug 9A 9A2U/P (EU-016) 2-135 22-Jul 5-Dec 9N 9N1UD 2-110 2-103 22-Jul 1-Aug C6A C6AFP (NA-080) 2-115 22-Jul 23-Jul EA6 EA6/ON4CEL (EU-004) 2-136 22-Jul 27-Jul EW EW/K4NAN 2-123 22-Jul 23-Jul F F/ON4BDS/P (EU-105) 22-Jul 31-Jul F F5MIW (EU-064) 2-120 22-Jul 23-Jul F TM0BB 2-81

22-Jul 28-Jul FK FK8VHN (OC-033) 2-125 22-Jul 13-Aug FO FO5JR (OC-050) 2-113 2-95 22-Jul 15-Aug FT5X FT5XN 2-119 22-Jul 29-Jul GM DL2QBD (EU-008) 2-87 22-Jul 2-Aug GM MM0/DJ6AU (EU-012) 2-132 22-Jul 6-Aug GU DF2SS 2-135 22-Jul 26-Jul HC HC1MD /HC4 HC5 HC6 HC7 2-117 2-115 22-Jul 24-Jul HC HC1MD/HC4 (SA-056) 2-117 22-Jul 27-Jul HR HR2/KD2IX 2-124 22-Jul 11-Aug HS HS0ZBS 2-131 22-Jul 30-Jul I IA5/IZ5BTC/P (EU-028) 22-Jul 25-Jul I IG9/IK3LYP (AF019) 2-115 22-Jul 3-Aug IS IM0/I2CMA (EU-041) 22-Jul 1-Aug IS IS0/IK0XBX (EU-024) 22-Jul 31-Oct JX JX7DFA (EU-022) 2-20 22-Jul 23-Jul KH6 KH6/IK0PHY 2-125 22-Jul 29-Jul KL7 KL7/W6IXP (NA-150) 22-Jul 29-Jul KP2 WP2Z (NA-106) 2-126 22-Jul 22-Jul LA DK4UN DK4WD (EU-079) 2-111 22-Jul 3-Aug LA LA/DL2HEB/P (EU-079) 22-Jul 28-Jul OZ OZ/DL6DH (EU-030) 22-Jul 24-Jul SV SV8/ON5CT/P (EU-049) 22-Jul 31-Jul SV5 SV0LM & SVOLN 2-125 22-Jul 29-Jul TF TF7/DL3KUD (EU-071) 2-82 22-Jul 29-Jul TK F6AUS (EU-100 & 164) 2-117 22-Jul 8-Aug TT TT8JWM 2-137 22-Jul 31-Aug TY TY1IJ 2-135 22-Jul 28-Jul UA0 RK0FWL/P (AS-018) 22-Jul 2-Aug UA0 RU0C or R0CZ (AS-NEW & AS-069) 2-123 22-Jul 24-Jul V5 V5/ZS6YG 2-113 2-112 22-Jul 24-Jul VE CZ1SSB (NA-027) 2-115 22-Jul 23-Jul VE VE2/F6HKA VE2/F6ELE (NA-177) 2-117 2-85 22-Jul 28-Jul VE XO1CWI (NA-198) 2-102 22-Jul 27-Jul VP5 VP5/CX3AN VP5/CX4CR 2-117 22-Jul 30-Jul W KF8TM/4 (NA-062) 22-Jul 26-Jul YO YO/F6AJA 2-136 _____________________________________________________________________ On the WWW _____________________________________________________________________ Eugen, RA0FF, has links to over 150 DX station logs on his home page. See http://www.qsl.net/ra0ff/dx.html for more details. _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The sunspot number for July 20, 1998 was 90. The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado, for July 21, 1998, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 21-Jul-1998 21 110 9 2 VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET;LOW/UNSETTLED 21-Jul-1998 18 112 2 2 VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET;VY LOW-LOW/QUIET-UNSET 21-Jul-1998 15 112 2 2 VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET;VY LOW-LOW/QUIET-UNSET 21-Jul-1998 12 112 2 3 VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET;VY LOW-LOW/QUIET-UNSET 21-Jul-1998 09 112 2 3 VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET;VY LOW-LOW/QUIET-UNSET 21-Jul-1998 06 112 2 3 VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET;VY LOW-LOW/QUIET-UNSET 21-Jul-1998 03 112 2 1 VERY LOW/QUIET;VERY LOW-LOW/QUIET 21-Jul-1998 00 112 2 1 VERY LOW/QUIET;VERY LOW-LOW/QUIET

The forecast for Wednesday, 22 July: solar flux 112, A index 9, K index 2. Wednesday should be High Normal. The forecast for Thursday, 23 July: solar flux 112, A index 9, K index 2. Thursday should be High Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 4L0CR IK7JTF EX8MLE IK2QPR RK3AWL W3HNK 5H3DD W0RA OJ0AU DJ6LAU TM0BB FB1AZH 9V8WW 9V1WW ON50YLC ON4AMM UE1CIG RZ1AWD CT98EXPO CT1REP QSL cards recently received direct: A61AJ, T30RW, TJ1HP _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: DX News Sheet, KC3AJ, KH6BZF REPORTS, N3OSH, NOAA, RA0FF, UA3AB, W3DQ, ZA1MH _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), or $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United States. _____________________________________________________________________ Copyright _ _____________________________________________________________________ THE DAILY DX _ is published Monday through Friday by Bernie McClenny, W3UR, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, MD 21738 USA. This e-mail message and its contents are copyrighted and are proprietary products of THE DAILY DX _. Any unauthorized use, reproduction, or transfer of the message or its content, in any medium, is strictly prohibited. For permission to quote, reprint or repost this e-mail send a request to THE DAILY DX _ include date, volume and issue number. Check out THE DAILY DX _ homepage http://www.wdn.com/thedailydx or for additional information you may phone THE DAILY DX _ at 301-854-5650 or fax at 301-854-5105. Remember to tell all your DX friends about THE DAILY DX.

. ======================== *** The Daily DX _ *** ======================== Volume 2 Number 139 July 23, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ DX News _____________________________________________________________________ Jim Smith, VK9NS, from the Heard Island DX Association (HIDXA) reports the following news about Bhutan. "I released a short note the other week on Bhutan and there will now be a number of changes in the country. The good news (as far as we the radio amateurs are concerned) is that Dasho Leki Dorje retains his post in the Ministry of Communications. This is a three year appointment and gives HIDXA (et al) the continuity we need and I am now confident that the Telecomms Act will be law very soon." "HIDXA has extended congratulations to Dasho Leji on behalf of all of us who are interested in the introduction of the Amateur Radio Service in this remote country. Be assured that Dasho Leki Dorje and his staff at MOC have done everything possible to put the necessary framework in place ready for enactment in the law of the country." Topband operators should look for Luis, CE8EIO, from 29 July to 5 August. Keep an ear out for him on 1847. QSL to Luis Fierro Andrade, P.O. Box 1512, Punta Arenas, CHILE. Carlo, I4ALU, plans to be active from Guadeloupe as FG/I4ALU/P from 18 to 27 August. He will be active on CW on all bands. QSL via I4ALU either direct or via the bureau. _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 5H3DD - TANZANIA - Ted, W0RA, was found on 21035 starting just before 18:00 through 18:30Z when he moved to 21295 and stayed until 19:00Z. QSL this operation via W0RA. 5V7FA - TOGO - Europeans and North Americans were working Marc at 18:40Z on 21255. QSL via F6FNU. D2BB - ANGOLA - Fernando was working all across the US and and Northern Europe around 20:00Z on 21020. QSL via W3HNK. D44BS - CAPE VERDE ISLANDS - Angelo is now active on RTTY and was on 14088 yesterday just after 22:00Z. FO5JR - AUSTRAL ISLANDS - Albert showed up today on 15 meters CW around 02:00Z. LU - ARGENTINA - Check 3800 just before 11:00 and 23:00Z as LU2FA, LU8EEM and LU8FDZ can be found here. OJ0AU - MARKET REEF - German operators DL6LAU, DL8OBQ and

DK3DM are active from the lighthouse until 26 July. They will leave on 27 July. Yesterdays activities were as follows: GMT Frequencies GMT Frequencies --- ----------- --- ----------- 00 14014 12 18072 21015 01 14014 13 18072 21015 02 14005 14255 14 18072 21015 03 14005 15 18072 04 14005 16 10108 05 14005 17 10108 14023 18087 06 14005 19 18072 07 14005 20 7005 18072 10108 08 24900 28025 21 10108 10 21014 22 10108 11 21014 23 1824 P29VR - PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Europeans found him on 21270 just before 12:00Z. QSL via W7LFA. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AS-095 RA0ZN 14010 1216 EU-076 LA/DF8KF/M 14263 1026 AS-095 UE0ZZZ 14010 1043 EU-084 SM0OIG/5 14019 1817 EU-003 CU3DJ 14260 0207 EU-116 GD4WBY 18142 1649 EU-012 MM0/DJ6AU 14032 1454 EU-124 GW0HGN/P 14240 2124 EU-016 9A/DL8YTM/P 10107 1459 EU-132 SP2LLW/1 14262 2202 EU-030 OZ8AE/A 14041 0522 NA-034 W4ZW 14262 0453 EU-037 SM/DL2SWW 14017 1010 NA-177 VE2/F6ELE 14260 1337 EU-049 SV8/ON5CT 21260 1442 NA-177 VE2/F6HKA 14260 1240 EU-060 SV/OE8DKK 14263 0550 NA-198 XO1CWI 14202 2221 EU-071 TF7/DL3KUD 10102 2232 SA-056 HC1MD/HC4 14259 0022 The DX News Sheet reports that the RU0C operation from the Malminskiye Islands has been postponed due to transportation problems. Russian operators RA0ZD, UA0ZC, UA0ZX, UA0ZY, UA0ZAM and UA0ZAZ are currently active from Starichkov Island (AS-095) as UE0ZZZ. They will be active on all bands on CW, SSB and RTTY through 2 August. Look for them in the IOTA Contest this weekend. QSL via RZ0ZWA. Four Taiwanese operators will be active from Kin-men Island (AS-102) from 24 to 27 July. In the IOTA Contest they will use BO0K and outside of the contest they will use BO2YA. QSL via BV2KI. The Hanyang University Wave Research Club, HL0C, plans to be active from Tokjok Island (AS-090) from 1 to 5 August. They will operate on 15 through 40 meters and maybe on 10 meters. QSL via HL0C. Bert, PA3GIO, will be island hopping in the United Kingdom from 25 July to 22 August. During the IOTA contest he will be in the Outer

Hebriges Islands (EU-010)as MM/PA3GIO. He will be there through 8 August. Then from 8 to 22 August he plans to operate as M/PA3GIO from Farne Islands (EU-109) and English Islands (EU-120). QSL via PA3GIO. Greek operators SV2AEL, SV2CLJ, SV2CWY and SV2CCA will be joined by YZ7AA and will operate from Amoliani Island (EU-049) during the IOTA Contest. Once again they will use the J48ISL call sign. QSL via SV2AEL. IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- -------------- 23-Jul 23-Jul 3B7 3B8DB/3B7 (AF-015) 2-129 23-Jul 5-Aug 5B 5B4/G3VMW 5B4/G3ZEM (AS-120) 2-119 23-Jul 25-Jul 5H 5H3DD 2-132 23-Jul 26-Jul 9A 9A/S55A/P (EU-136) 23-Jul 15-Aug 9A 9A2U/P (EU-016) 2-135 23-Jul 5-Dec 9N 9N1UD 2-110 2-103 23-Jul 1-Aug C6A C6AFP (NA-080) 2-115 23-Jul 23-Jul EA6 EA6/ON4CEL (EU-004) 2-136 23-Jul 27-Jul EW EW/K4NAN 2-123 23-Jul 23-Jul F F/ON4BDS/P (EU-105) 23-Jul 27-Jul F F/ON4BDS/P (EU-157) 23-Jul 31-Jul F F5MIW (EU-064) 2-120 23-Jul 23-Jul F TM0BB 2-81 23-Jul 28-Jul FK FK8VHN (OC-033) 2-125 23-Jul 13-Aug FO FO5JR (OC-050) 2-113 2-95 23-Jul 15-Aug FT5X FT5XN (AF-048) 2-119 23-Jul 29-Jul GM DL2QBD (EU-008) 2-87 23-Jul 2-Aug GM MM0/DJ6AU (EU-012) 2-132 23-Jul 6-Aug GU DF2SS (EU-114) 2-135 23-Jul 28-Jul GU GB0ON (EU-114) 23-Jul 26-Jul HC HC1MD /HC4 HC5 HC6 HC7 2-117 2-115 23-Jul 27-Jul HR HR2/KD2IX 2-124 23-Jul 11-Aug HS HS0ZBS 2-131 23-Jul 30-Jul I IA5/IZ5BTC/P (EU-028) 23-Jul 25-Jul I IG9/IK3LYP (AF019) 2-115 23-Jul 3-Aug IS IM0/I2CMA (EU-041) 23-Jul 1-Aug IS IS0/IK0XBX (EU-024) 23-Jul 31-Oct JX JX7DFA (EU-022) 2-20 23-Jul 23-Jul KH6 KH6/IK0PHY (OC-019) 2-125 23-Jul 9-Aug KL7 KL7/ON4BAM 2-131 23-Jul 29-Jul KL7 KL7/W6IXP (NA-150) 23-Jul 29-Jul KP2 WP2Z (NA-106) 2-126 23-Jul 3-Aug LA LA/DL2HEB/P (EU-079) 23-Jul 28-Jul OZ OZ/DL6DH (EU-030) 23-Jul 31-Jul OZ OZ8AE (EU-030) 23-Jul 24-Jul SV SV8/ON5CT/P (EU-049) 23-Jul 31-Jul SV5 SV0LM & SVOLN 2-125 23-Jul 4-Aug SV5 SV5/G4OBK (EU-001) 2-133 23-Jul 29-Jul TF TF7/DL3KUD (EU-071) 2-82 23-Jul 29-Jul TK F6AUS (EU-100 & 164) 2-117 23-Jul 8-Aug TT TT8JWM 2-137 23-Jul 31-Aug TY TY1IJ 2-135

23-Jul 29-Jul UA RK1B/1 (EU-133) 2-138 23-Jul 28-Jul UA0 RK0FWL/P (AS-NEW) 2-138 23-Jul 30-Jul V2 V26VG (NA-100) 2-32 23-Jul 24-Jul V5 V5/ZS6YG 2-113 2-112 23-Jul 24-Jul VE CZ1SSB (NA-027) 2-115 23-Jul 23-Jul VE VE2/F6HKA VE2/F6ELE (NA-177) 2-117 2-85 23-Jul 28-Jul VE XO1CWI (NA-198) 2-102 23-Jul 27-Jul VP5 VP5/CX3AN VP5/CX4CR 2-117 23-Jul 30-Jul W KF8TM/4 (NA-062) 23-Jul 26-Jul YO YO/F6AJA 2-136 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The sunspot number for July 21, 1998 was 125. The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado, for July 22, 1998, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 22-Jul-1998 21 114 6 1 LOW/QUIET;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 22-Jul-1998 18 110 9 2 LOW/QUIET;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 22-Jul-1998 15 110 9 2 LOW/QUIET;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 22-Jul-1998 12 110 9 2 LOW/QUIET;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 22-Jul-1998 09 110 9 1 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 22-Jul-1998 06 110 9 1 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 22-Jul-1998 03 110 9 1 VERY LOW/QUIET-UNSET;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 21-Jul-1998 00 110 9 1 VERY LOW/QUIET-UNSET;LOW/UNSETTLED The forecast for Thursday, 23 July: solar flux 112, A index 8, K index 2. Thursday should be High Normal. The forecast for Friday, 24 July: solar flux 115, A index 7, K index 2. Friday should be High Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 5W1SA JH7OHF LY10XJ LY3BA XO1CWI VE2CWI D2BB W3HNK OD5PN LX1NO FG5FC F6DZU EZ0AB UA0FAO FO5JR - Albert, Box 10127, 98711 Paea, Tahiti, FRENCH POLYNESIA Steve, K2WE, reports the 3W6WE and 3W6LK QSL cards have arrived from the printers and will start going out next week. QSL cards recently received direct: 6W6JX, LU1ZC _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 425 DX News, DX News Sheet, AC5AA, DF3CB, K2WE, KC3AJ, KH6BZF REPORTS, KR1G, N3OSH, NOAA, OPDX, VK9NS _____________________________________________________________________

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. ======================== *** The Daily DX _ *** ======================== Volume 2 Number 140 July 24, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ DX News _____________________________________________________________________ Fabio, I4UFH, and IK2QEI plan to operate from Crete Island (EU-015) from 3 to 17 August. They will be at the QTH of SV9ANJ and will sign SV9/I4UFH and SV9/IK2QEI. Activity is planned for 6 through 160 meters on CW and SSB. QSL via home calls. Today is the 75th anniversary of the signing of the Turkish Republic which took place on 24 July, 1923 in Lausanne, Switzerland. To celebrate this event Turkish special event station YM75TA will be active starting today through 29 October. On October 23, 1923 is when the Republic of Turkey was founded by Mustafa Kemal Ataturk. Amateur Radio Operators Nilay (XYL), TA3YJ, and Berkin, TA3J, will operate this station on 10, 15, 20, 40 and 80 meters SSB. YM75TA will give out signal reports and a serial number. Special QSL cards will be available via TA3YJ either direct or via the bureau. At its Board of Directors meeting on July 21, 1998 in San Francisco, CA the Northern California DX Foundation re-elected the following officers and directors: President Len Geraldi K6ANP Secretary Tom McShane NW6P Treasurer Bruce Butler W6OSP Director Lou Beaudet K6TMB Director Rusty Epps W6OAT Director Chuck Ternes N6OJ Director Steve Thomas N6ST Director Bob Vallio W6RGG Director Glenn Vinson W6OTC Al Burnham, K6RIM, formerly a Director, was elected Vice-President. Bob Fabry, N6EK, was newly elected as a Director. Jack Troster, W6ISQ, announced his decision to retire from the Board of Directors. Belarus Amateurs EU4AA, EW4EW and EW4MM will use special event calls EU200A, EV200M and EW200M during the EU HF Championship. QSL via home calls. _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 7Z1IS - SAUDI ARABIA - Ibraham was working Europeans and Japanese stations yesterday on 14210 between 19:45 and 20:45Z. QSL via SM0OFG.

9J2BO - ZAMBIA - JA's found Brian on 10110 at 18:50Z. QSL via W6ORD. FT5XN - KERGUELEN ISLAND - Helios can often be found on 20 meters SSB around 11:00Z. Check around 14195. QSL via F6PEN. OJ0 - MARKET REEF - Yesterdays activity was as follows: GMT Frequency GMT Frequency --- --------- --- --------- 03 7009 10102 18 7007 04 7012 10107 19 7007 08 14020 20 3507 12 14194 21 1824 3507 13 14195 21021 22 1824 3507 14 14195 24897 28020 23 3507 PZ1DV - SURINAM - Ron showed up on 14017 around 22:30Z, but be aware that he is not a very good QSLer! TL5A - CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - Alex usually starts his hay around 04:30Z on 30, 20, or 17 meters CW. He sticks around until about 05:45Z. QSL via PA3DMH. The logs for this station can be found at http://www.igr.nl/users/pa3dmh/ TY1IJ - BENIN - Sigi was working JA's on 14207 around 21:20Z. QSL via DK8ZD. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ Here is a list of planned operations for this weekends RSGB's IOTA Contest. IOTA Call QSL IOTA Call QSL ------ ------------ ------------ ------ ------------------ ----- AF-018 IH9/IT9BLB IT9BLB EU-116 GD3IZD/P G3IZD AF-019 IG9/IK3LYP IK3LYP EU-116 GT6YB/P or GD6YB/P G3SWH AF-048 FT5XN F6PEN EU-120 G/F5VCR/P AS-018 RK0FWL/P EU-120 G4MGR G0VAX AS-020 BV3/DJ3KR EU-120 M8N G3WOI AS-043 JM1PXG/1 JM1PXG EU-121 EJ7M AS-045 6M5DX D98TOK EU-123 GS3USL GM0KVI AS-066 RZ0LWA RW0MM EU-123 MM8Y M0ARK AS-067 JI6KVR/6 EA5KB/JJ6LXX EU-124 MW8Z G5LP AS-095 UE0ZZZ RZ0ZWA EU-125 AS-102 BO0K BV2KI EU-127 DL8OBC/P DL8OBC AS-117 JH1UUT/7 JH1UUT EU-128 DL6MHW/P DL6MHW AS-120 5B4/G3ZEM G3ZEM EU-132 SN0SZ SP1AMU AS-120 5B4/G3VMW G3VMW EU-132 SN6F/1 AS-NEW RK0FWL/P RK0FWL EU-133 RK1B/1 RV1AC EU-001 SV5/G4OBK G4OBK EU-134 ED2IZO EA2URV EU-002 OH0TA OH2TA EU-136 9A/S55A/P S55A EU-005 G8Q G0SAH EU-138 SK7DX SM7DXQ EU-005 M8F G3PMR EU-143 ED7SPI EA7PY EU-007 EJ2IB EI2IB EU-154 EA5AOR/3 EA5KB EU-007 EJ2HY EI2HY EU-157 F/ON4BDS/P ON4BDS EU-008 DL2QBD DL2QBD EU-160 R1OTA RA1QQ EU-008 GM3TTC/M G3TTC EU-167 CQ2P CT1EEN EU-010 GM0GAV/P GM0GAV NA-014 VE9MY VE9MY

EU-010 MM/PA3GIO PA3GIO NA-015 CO0XE XE1CI EU-012 MM0/DJ6AU DJ6AU NA-021 8P6CV KU9C EU-014 TK/S53R Bureau NA-031 AA1AC/P EU-015 SV9/G4ZFE G4ZFE NA-046 WI7N/1 WI7N EU-016 9A2U/P NA-048 C6IOTA WA8LOW EU-022 JX7DFA LA7DFA NA-056 CO4BM CT1ESO EU-024 IM0/IK0XBX IK0XBX NA-062 KF8TM/4 KF8TM EU-024 IS0/IK0XBX IK0XBX NA-065 W7I N7FL EU-028 IA5/IZ5BTC/P IZ5BTC NA-067 WB8YJF WB8YJF EU-030 OZ/DL5ME DL5ME NA-075 VE7SBO VE7SBO EU-030 OZ/DL6DH DL6DH NA-079 EU-030 OZ4FF NA-080 C6AFP N4JQQ EU-030 OZ8AE NA-096 DL5NAM/HI8 EU-032 F3KT/P NA-096 HH2/KC0ARG F6DJB EU-032 F5PHW/P F5PHW NA-100 V26VG GM4FDM EU-038 PA/HA1AG HA1UF NA-106 WP2Z EU-039 TM5T ON4GO NA-111 N2OO N2OO EU-041 IM0/I2CMA NA-112 K4EP K4EP EU-049 J48CT ON5CT NA-127 VE1JS VE1JS EU-049 J48ISL SV2AEL NA-128 VE3ZZ/VE2 VE3ZZ EU-057 DJ3XG DF5WBA NA-138 N5VL N5VL EU-064 F5MIW NA-139 N3OC N3OC EU-071 TF7/DL3KUD DL3KUD NA-144 W3SE W3SE EU-077 ED1MC EG1MC EA1MC NA-150 KL7/W6IXP N6AWD EU-079 LA/DL2HEB/P NA-154 VE1AO VE1VOX EU-080 EC1BXI EC1BXI NA-198 XO1CWI VE2CWI EU-090 9A8A 9A1AKL OC-015 T20YK JA2ECL EU-096 OH0MDR/1 OH1MDR OC-026 KH2D K8NA EU-100 F6AUS OC-026 WH2M JA7FWR EU-106 GW0RLU/P ON5FP OC-033 FK8VHN EU-106 MW0/ON5FP OC-050 FO5JR FO5JR EU-114 DF2SS DL2MDZ OC-086 WH0AAV WH0AAV EU-114 GB0ON ON4ON SA-008 LU8XW EU-114 GU8D G3SJJ SA-029 4 PY1's PY1NEZ EU-115 EI/EA4ECF EA4ECF SA-036 P43E P43E _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- -------------- 24-Jul 24-Jul VE CZ1SSB (NA-027) 2-115 24-Jul 24-Jul HC HC1MD/HC4 (SA-056) 2-117 24-Jul 24-Jul SV SV8/ON5CT/P (EU-049) 24-Jul 24-Jul V5 V5/ZS6YG 2-113 2-112 24-Jul 25-Jul 5H 5H3DD 2-132 24-Jul 26-Jul HB0 HB0/MU0BKA/P 24-Jul 26-Jul HC HC1MD /HC4 HC5 HC6 HC7 2-117 2-115 24-Jul 26-Jul YO YO/F6AJA 2-136 24-Jul 27-Jul EW EW/K4NAN 2-123 24-Jul 27-Jul HR HR2/KD2IX 2-124 24-Jul 27-Jul VP5 VP5/CX3AN VP5/CX4CR 2-117 24-Jul 31-Jul SV5 SV0LM & SVOLN 2-125 24-Jul 2-Aug HB0 HB0/DL0HUN 2-135 24-Jul 8-Aug EI EI/EA4ECF 2-132 24-Jul 8-Aug TT TT8JWM 2-137 24-Jul 9-Aug KL7 KL7/ON4BAM 2-131 24-Jul 11-Aug HS HS0ZBS 2-131 24-Jul 31-Aug TY TY1IJ 2-135 24-Jul 5-Dec 9N 9N1UD 2-110 2-103 25-Jul 3-Aug 1A0 1A0KM 2-134 2-133 25-Jul 6-Aug Z2 ZS21/W0YG 2-113 2-112

25-Jul 9-Aug TU TU/K4ZW 2-137 26-Jul 2-Aug T8 T88LJ 2-119 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The sunspot number for July 22, 1998 was 145. The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado, for July 23, 1998, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 23-Jul-1998 21 115 27 3 LOW/UNSET-MINOR STM;LOW/UNSET-ACTIVE 23-Jul-1998 18 114 8 4 LOW/QUIET-MINOR STM;LOW/UNSET-ACTIVE 23-Jul-1998 15 114 8 3 LOW/QUIET-MINOR STM;LOW/UNSET-ACTIVE 23-Jul-1998 12 114 8 4 LOW/QUIET-MINOR STM;LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE 23-Jul-1998 09 114 8 5 LOW/QUIET-MINOR STM;LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE 23-Jul-1998 06 114 8 5 LOW/QUIET-MINOR STM;LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE 23-Jul-1998 03 114 8 3 LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE 23-Jul-1998 00 114 8 4 LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE The forecast for Friday, 24 July: solar flux 115, A index 7, K index 2. Friday should be High Normal. The forecast for Saturday, 25 July: solar flux 112, A index 7, K index 2. Saturday should be High Normal. The forecast for Sunday, 26 July: solar flux 115, A index 7, K index 2. Sunday should be High Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 9Y4VU W3EVW OZ/DL5ME DL5ME UE0ZZZ RZ0ZWA A61AQ N1DG TL5A PA3DMH XO1CWI VE2CWI JY9QJ DL5MBY TU5GD N5FTR QSL cards recently received direct: 3V8BB _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: EW4EW, I4UFH, K3KY, K3ZO, K6RIM, KC3AJ, KH6BZF REPORTS, N3OSH, NOAA, PS7AB _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), or $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United States. _____________________________________________________________________ Copyright _

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. ======================== *** The Daily DX _ *** ======================== Volume 2 Number 141 July 27, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ DX News _____________________________________________________________________ The DX News Letter reports that Luc, I1YRL, will be active from Monaco, Liechtenstein and the ITU Headquarters in Geneva between July and November. Paul, K9NU, received an e-mail from Bill Moore, NC1L, at the ARRL DXCC Desk stating that the HK3JJH/HK0M cards will be accepted for credit. Cecil, NW8F, reports that Dave Heil, K8MN, will not be leaving for his new assignment in Tanzania until 28 August. Look for him to be on the air sometime in September. The 425 DX News reports that Uwe, DJ9HX, will be active from 6 to 29 August from Sabah, East Malaysia (OC-088). From 11 to 19 August he will be on the air from the Spratly Islands (AS-051). Next he will operate from Sipadan (OC-133 from 20 to 25 August. He will be on 10 through 40 meters but will pay special attention to 12 and 10 meters. No callsign was give but QSL via DJ9HX, preferably through the bureau. Bernard, FT5ZI, has been active when time allows. He is running 100 watts and a dipole. The only reports so far put him on 15 meters SSB. QSL via F5PFP. Due to weather problems Tom, W6IXP, and Barry, K6ST, have not been able to go to Little Dimmede Island (NA-150). They hope to try again today around 18:00Z or maybe before. _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 1A0KM - SOVEREIGN MILITARY ORDER OF MALTA - The Italian operators continued to be active from this semi-rare European entity over the weekend. So far they have been active on 10 through 40 meters CW, SSB and RTTY. They are scheduled to stay until 3 August. The logs for this operation can be found at http://ns1.qsl.net/ik0hbn/ QSL via IK0FVC. 4U1UN - UNITED NATIONS HEADQUARTERS NEW YORK - Gerry, W6TER, and at least one other operator were active late yesterday and early today on 15, 17 and 20 meters CW and SSB. QSL via W6TER. FO5JR - AUSTRAL ISLANDS - Bob, FO5BI, reports that Albert

can be found operating from Rimatara Island (OC-050) at 02:00 on 14010. You may also want to check 21010. JD1BIY - MINAMI TORISHIMA - Was active Saturday on 21315 from 09:00 to 10:45Z working European and Japanese stations. OJ0AU - MARKET REEF - Has been active on all bands on CW and SSB. They should leave today. QSL via DL6LAU. ST2SA - SUDAN - Check for Dr. Sid at 14:00Z on 14271 and then at 14:30Z on 18150. T88LJ - BELAU - was active yesterday on 7014 from 13:20 to 14:20Z. TL5A - CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - Alex was extremely active on Sunday from 16:00Z until around 02:00Z today on 10 through 30 meters CW and SSB. At 02:00Z he said he was going QRT but went to 1827.5 and worked several East Coast US stations. For those who were able to work him you may want to check your QSOs against his on line log which gets updated every few days. Check http://www.igr.nl/users/pa3dmh/ QSL via PA3DMH. TY1IJ - BENIN - Sigi continues to show up on 30 meters CW around 06:00Z. QSL via DK8ZD. V63PD - MICRONESIA - Peters showed up on 10105 at 11:30Z on Saturday. QSL via VK4AAR. VR2KF - HONG KONG - East Coast US stations reported working Kazu on 18081 between 12:30 and 13:00Z on Sunday. ZD9BV - TRISTAN DA CUNHA AND GOUGH ISLANDS - On Friday and Sunday at 18:00Z Andy was found on 20 meters SSB. QSL via W4FRU. ZP5MAL - PARAGUAY - Start looking for Juan to be active daily on 160 meters. Check from 03:00 to 05:00Z and between 10:00 and 11:30Z on Saturdays and Sundays. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The RSGB's Islands On The Air Contest was a great success this past weekend. Each year participation increases in this relatively new contest. Here are just some of the 140 plus islands that were active during the contest. IOTA Callsign IOTA Callsign IOTA Callsign IOTA Callsign ------ ---------- ------ ---------- ------ ---------- ------ --------- AF-004 EA8/CT3FN EU-029 OZ4UN EU-133 UA1ARL NA-100 V26VG AF-014 CT3HF EU-030 OZ/DL6DH EU-134 ED2IZA NA-106 WP2Z AF-016 FR5HR EU-032 F3KT/P EU-136 9A/S55A/P NA-111 N2OO/P AF-018 IT9BLB/IH9 EU-034 ES1QD/0 EU-140 OH5AD NA-127 VE1JS AS-004 5B4AGC EU-037 SM7DLZ EU-145 CQ1C NA-137 KW1DX AS-005 R0/US3IU EU-038 PA/HA1GA EU-146 PA3BDQ/P NA-138 N5VL AS-007 JF1SEK EU-039 TM5T EU-154 EA5AOR/EA3 NA-139 N3OC/P

AS-018 RK0FWL/P EU-042 DJ5DT/P EU-160 RA1QQ/1 NA-140 N2US/P AS-019 9V8RH EU-049 J48ISL EU-164 TK/F6AUS NA-143 AC5K/M AS-020 BV4RH EU-052 SV1AFA/SV8 EU-167 CQ2P NA-144 W3SE AS-024 JS6PMR EU-053 OJ0AU EU-169 ZA0S NA-154 VE1AO AS-028 UA0QMU EU-057 DL3KZA NA-010 VE1ZJ NA-198 XO1CWI AS-041 JG2MWA/4 EU-069 EA5ICE NA-014 VE9MY/P OC-001 VK2AYD AS-053 HS0/IK4MRH EU-071 TF7/DL3KUD NA-015 CO0XE OC-005 VK9NS AS-066 UZ0LWA EU-074 F5SNY/P NA-021 8P9IF OC-021 YB1XUR AS-076 JA5APU EU-077 ED1MC NA-026 WB2KSK OC-026 KH2D AS-077 JA6UBK EU-090 9A8P NA-027 VO1SDX OC-028 V73UX AS-095 RZ0ZWA EU-096 OH0MDR/1 NA-029 VY2SS OC-032 FK8GM AS-102 BO0K EU-098 DJ7RJ/P NA-032 FP5KE OC-033 FK8VHN/P AS-117 JG6URG/4 EU-099 GJ3DVC/P NA-034 W4ZW OC-034 YC9WZJ AS-129 BD7JA/7 EU-101 OH0MYF/6 NA-036 VE7ZO OC-042 DU3NXE EU-001 SV5/G4OBK EU-106 GW0RLU/P NA-042 WL7MA OC-070 YC8VIP EU-002 OH0TA EU-113 SV8/AA1IZ NA-046 K1VSJ OC-088 YC7XV EU-003 CU3AA EU-114 GB0ON NA-048 C6IOTA OC-143 YB4JIM EU-004 EA6ZY EU-115 GI0KOW NA-051 VE7QCR OC-146 YC8NLF EU-008 MM0AMV/P EU-116 GD3IZD/P NA-055 W8HAP/M OC-148 YC9MKF EU-009 GM3POI EU-121 EJ7M NA-056 CO4BM OC-210 YC8RBC EU-010 GM0GAV/P EU-123 GM3USL/P NA-062 N1WON OC-221 YC8YR EU-013 MJ0AWR EU-124 GW0GEI NA-065 KK7JP SA-006 PJ9I EU-015 SV9/DH9MK EU-125 OZ/AA0ZL/P NA-067 WB8YJF SA-008 LU8XW EU-016 9A2U/P EU-127 DF0IT NA-079 W4T SA-011 9Z4CT EU-019 R1FJV EU-128 DJ7AO/P NA-083 AA3DD SA-014 ZY0SK EU-020 SM1/DF4ZL EU-129 SP2LLW/1 NA-091 VE7CSJ SA-026 ZX5J EU-021 TF3IRA EU-130 IL3/IK2XYG NA-092 WA5DTK SA-029 PY1LVF/P EU-023 9H0A EU-131 IK3PQH/IL3 NA-096 KC0ARG/HH2 SA-036 P43E EU-026 JW7QIA EU-132 SN0SZ/P NA-099 KP3BH SA-046 ZX7XX _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- -------------- 27-Jul 27-Jul BV BO0K BO2YA (AS-102) 2-139 27-Jul 27-Jul CT CQ2P (EU-167) 2-91 27-Jul 27-Jul EW EW/K4NAN 2-123 27-Jul 27-Jul F F/ON4BDS/P (EU-157) 27-Jul 27-Jul G G4MGR (EU-120) 27-Jul 27-Jul GD GD3IZD/P (EU-116) 2-122 27-Jul 27-Jul HR HR2/KD2IX 2-124 27-Jul 27-Jul VP5 VP5/CX3AN VP5/CX4CR 2-117 27-Jul 27-Jul W W3SE (NA-144) 2-134 27-Jul 27-Jul ZL ZS1FJ/G4MFW (OC-203) 2-125 27-Jul 28-Jul FK FK8VHN (OC-033) 2-125 27-Jul 28-Jul GU GB0ON (EU-114) 27-Jul 28-Jul OZ OZ/DL6DH (EU-030) 27-Jul 28-Jul UA0 RK0FWL/P (AS-018) 27-Jul 28-Jul UA0 RK0FWL/P (AS-NEW) 2-138 27-Jul 28-Jul KH2 WH2M (OC-026) 2-135 27-Jul 28-Jul OZ World Lighthouse DX Club (EU-125 2-126 27-Jul 28-Jul VE XO1CWI (NA-198) 2-102 27-Jul 29-Jul GM DL2QBD (EU-008) 2-87 27-Jul 29-Jul EA ED2IZO (EU-134) 27-Jul 29-Jul TK F6AUS (EU-100 & 164) 2-117 27-Jul 29-Jul KL7 KL7/W6IXP (NA-150) 27-Jul 29-Jul UA RK1B/1 (EU-133) 2-138 27-Jul 29-Jul TF TF7/DL3KUD (EU-071) 2-82 27-Jul 29-Jul KP2 WP2Z (NA-106) 2-126 27-Jul 30-Jul HH HH2/KC0ARG (NA-096) 2-131 27-Jul 30-Jul I IA5/IZ5BTC/P (EU-028)

27-Jul 30-Jul W KF8TM/4 (NA-062) 27-Jul 30-Jul V2 V26VG (NA-100) 2-32 27-Jul 31-Jul HL 6M5DX D98TOK (AS-045) 2-111 27-Jul 31-Jul F F5MIW (EU-064) 2-120 27-Jul 31-Jul OZ OZ8AE (EU-030) 27-Jul 31-Jul SV5 SV0LM & SVOLN 2-125 27-Jul 1-Aug C6A C6AFP (NA-080) 2-115 27-Jul 1-Aug IS IS0/IK0XBX (EU-024) 27-Jul 1-Aug OZ OZ/DL5ME (EU-030) 2-133 27-Jul 1-Aug W WB8YJF (NA-067) 27-Jul 2-Aug HB0 HB0/DL0HUN 2-135 27-Jul 2-Aug GM MM0/DJ6AU (EU-012) 2-132 27-Jul 2-Aug T8 T88LJ 2-119 27-Jul 2-Aug UA0 UE0ZZZ (AS-095) 2-139 27-Jul 3-Aug 1A0 1A0KM 2-134 2-133 27-Jul 3-Aug DL DL8OBC/P (EU-127) 27-Jul 3-Aug IS IM0/I2CMA (EU-041) 27-Jul 3-Aug LA LA/DL2HEB/P (EU-079) 27-Jul 4-Aug SV5 SV5/G4OBK (EU-001) 2-133 27-Jul 5-Aug 5B 5B4/G3VMW 5B4/G3ZEM (AS-120) 2-119 27-Jul 5-Aug GW GW0RLU/P (EU-106) 27-Jul 6-Aug GU DF2SS (EU-114) 2-135 27-Jul 6-Aug T2 T20YK (OC-015) 2-135 27-Jul 6-Aug Z2 ZS21/W0YG 2-113 2-112 27-Jul 8-Aug EI EI/EA4ECF 2-132 27-Jul 8-Aug GM MM/PA3GIO (EU-010) 2-139 27-Jul 8-Aug TT TT8JWM 2-137 27-Jul 9-Aug KL7 KL7/ON4BAM 2-131 27-Jul 9-Aug TU TU/K4ZW 2-137 27-Jul 11-Aug HS HS0ZBS 2-131 27-Jul 12-Aug BV BV3/DJ3KR (AS-020) 2-119 27-Jul 13-Aug FO FO5JR (OC-050) 2-113 2-95 27-Jul 13-Aug IS IS0/F6BUM (EU-024) 2-117 27-Jul 15-Aug 9A 9A2U/P (EU-016) 2-135 27-Jul 15-Aug FT5X FT5XN (AF-048) 2-119 27-Jul 17-Aug TK TK/S53R (EU-014) 2-136 27-Jul 25-Aug SM G3LAA (EU-043 088) 2-50 27-Jul 31-Aug TY TY1IJ 2-135 27-Jul 31-Oct JX JX7DFA (EU-022) 2-20 27-Jul 5-Dec 9N 9N1UD 2-110 2-103 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The sunspot number for July 25, 1998 was 85. The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado, for July 26, 1998, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 26-Jul-1998 21 119 3 0 VY LOW/QUIET;LOW/QUIET 26-Jul-1998 18 122 12 0 VY LOW/QUIET;LOW/QUIET 26-Jul-1998 15 122 12 0 VY LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/QUIET 25-Jul-1998 12 122 12 1 VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET;VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET 25-Jul-1998 09 122 12 2 LOW/QUIET-UNSET;VERY LOW/QUIET-UNSET 26-Jul-1998 06 122 12 2 LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;VERY LOW/QUIET-UNSET 26-Jul-1998 03 122 12 2 LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 26-Jul-1998 00 122 12 1 LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED The forecast for Monday, 27 July: solar flux 126, A index 7, K index 2. Monday should be Above Normal.

The forecast for Tuesday, 28 July: solar flux 128, A index 10, K index 2. Tuesday should be High Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 1A0KM IK0FVC GB0ON ON4ON OZ/AA0ZL/P DL5XAT 4U1UN W6TER GD3IZD/P G3IZD PJ9I ON4CFD 6M0HZ HL1IWD GT6YB G3SWH SV9/DH9MK DH9MK 6Y5DA VE4JK GU0MEU ON4ON TF7GX K1WY 9A8P 9A1AKL GU8D G3LZQ TL5A PA3DMH 9H0A LA2TO HS0ZBS HB9AMZ TL8CK F6EWM 9K2ZZ W8CNL J48CT ON5CT TM5T ON4GO A92FZ W3HC J48KEF SV8AQY V63PD VK4AAR BO0K BV2KI J48ISL SV2AEL V73UX V73AX C6AJR W8GEX JW7QIA LA7QIA VP5/CX3AN CX3CE C6IOTA WA8LOW KC0ARG/HH2 F6DJB VP5/CX4CR CX3CE CQ2P CT1EEN KP2/EI6EW EI6EW XO1CWI VE2CWI CT98DVV CT1DVV MJ0AWR K2WR YM75TA TA3YJ EA5AOR/EA3 EA5KB MW/ON4CGB ON4CGB ZD7JP N5FTR FK8GM WB2RAJ MW8Z G5LP ZD9BV W4FRU FP5KE F5TJP OJ0AU DL6LAU DL6LAU - Carsten Esch, Kreuzweg 22, D-21376 Salzhausen, GERMANY F6ELE - Didier Bas, 1 rue du Noyer, Yves 17340, FRANCE TU2KC - Radio Club 43 BIMA, Box 54, Abidjan 12, COTE D'IVOIRE (IVORY COAST) V51ER - Robbie, P.O. Box 602, Tsumeb, NAMIBIA Bob, ZL1RS, reports that the ZL8RS sample QSL will go to the printer today and cards should be available in about 3 to 4 weeks. Bob, WB2YQH, reports he is no longer the QSL Manager for AJ2U/VP9 as he was not received the logs and QSL cards. All requests that have been sent to Bob will be returned to sender. Those who wish to confirm AJ2U/VP9 may want to go direct or via the bureau to AJ2U. QSL manager Joe Arcure, W3HNK, is now handling the QSL requests for CT1FMX for North America only. QSL cards recently received direct: 4K9W, 4U1UN, 9V1RH, A45XR, BV4FH, D2BB, FO0FR, LU1ZC, T30RW, VQ9KK _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 425 DX News, DX News Letter, FO5BI, K3SX, K3ZO, K9NU, KC3AJ, KH6BZF REPORTS, N3OSH, NOAA, NW8F, OPDX, W3HNK, W7UG, WB2YQH, WB4KTC, ZL1RS _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________

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. ======================== *** The Daily DX _ *** ======================== Volume 2 Number 142 July 28, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ DX News _____________________________________________________________________ Ron, WA6FGV, and Frans, K6SHJ, will be active from Midway Island from 3 to 6 August. They will use AH4/WA6FGV and WH4/K6SHJ on 10, 15, 20 and 40 meters CW and SSB. QSL via their home calls. Don't forget that Ted, NH6YK, will also be active from Midway Island from 30 July to 12 August. Ron, LU2AH, reports that the supposed AY0Z operation from the Malvinas (Falkland Islands) was the Argentine equivalent of an April Fool's joke. The QSL manager that was given for this pirate operation was Carlos Sa£l Menem, LU1SM, who is the President of Argentina. Thailand's Post and Telegraphs Department has formed a committee to study reciprocal operating. Tawatchai Sriprasert (Kareem), HS1RU, is the only non-Government member of the Committee, and has been charged with getting the relevant licensing information from the various countries. He asks that Radio Amateurs in the various countries communicate with him to advise on licensing in their respective countries. It appears as though until the study is completed Thailand will not license any more Radio Amateurs from countries which have not signed a reciprocal operating agreement with it. That would mean that only citizens of Switzerland and the USA would be able to obtain operating permission in Thailand for the foreseeable future. It does not appear that Thailand will enter multi-national agreements such as IARP or CEPT, but will insist on bilateral agreements with each individual country. Kareem asks that those who can provide such licensing information from the various countries communicate with him at <sigma@asiaaccess.net.th> The Kuwait Amateur Radio Society will have special event station 9K7POW on the air from 12:00Z on 1 August to 12:00Z on 3 August. This station will be on the air to remind everyone of the prisoners of war still being held by Iraq. Special QSL cards will be available and sent via the bureau only. Prefix hunters will be happy to know that stations from the Republic of Korea (South Korea) have been authorized to use "50" instead of their call area number during the month of August. This is to celebrate the 50 anniversary of the Korean government. All amateurs will be able to use the HL50 or DS50 prefix. Min, HL1SSG, will use HL50SSG. Some stations will use the "50" prefix and will sign / their call area (i.e. DS1ABC would sign DS50ABC/1). _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________

1A0KM - SOVEREIGN MILITARY ORDER OF MALTA - The Italians were active for about 10 hours yesterday: GMT Frequency GMT Frequency --- --------- --- --------- 06 14198 13 14195 18136 08 14080 14 18136 21295 10 14080 18145 15 18136 21025 21295 11 14080 18145 16 18136 21025 3W6LI VIETNAM - Can usually be found on 20 meters SSB between 13:00 and 15:00Z. 9N1FP - NEPAL - Stations from Europe, Asia and all across the US reported working Vlad yesterday on 18085 from 16:15 to 18:00Z. QSL via RU6FP. AP - PAKISTAN - Bob, AP2JZB, and Amir, AP2AGJ, were active on 17 meters SSB between 14:00 and 18:00Z. D44BS - CAPE VERDE ISLANDS - Angelo was found on RTTY from 20:20 to 22:30Z on 14088. EK4JJ - ARMENIA - US DX'ers found Serge on 14248 between 03:00 and 04:15Z. EP3HR - IRAN - Hamid was working all across the US on 18155 from 15:00 to 17:00Z. QSL via I2MQP. ET3AA - ETHIOPIA - Was found on 14229 at 15:00Z. OJ0AU - MARKET REEF - The Germans may have left the island yesterday around 16:00Z. QSL via DL6LAU. T88LJ - BELAU - Was active on 17 meters CW and SSB from 12:00 to 13:30Z. Stations from the East Coast of the US and Europe were being worked. QSL via JM1LJS. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AF-018 IT9BLB/IH9 21282 1544 EU-132 SO7TN/1 18074 1825 AS-005 R0/US3IU 14260 1026 EU-134 ED2IZA 3682 2114 AS-018 RK0FWL/P 14032 0758 EU-160 RA1QQ/1 14263 0742 AS-059 UA0IAS/0 14042 1236 EU-167 CT1CJJ/P 14260 0409 AS-066 UA0NL/0 14256 1142 EU-167 CT1ENQ/P 14260 0259 AS-095 UA0ZY/P 14083 1317 NA-041 KL7IFP 14262 0632 AS-095 UE0ZZZ 21010 1135 NA-048 C6AJR 18125 2111 EU-001 SV5/G4OBK 10104 1716 NA-052 K2OLG/M 14260 1156 EU-034 ES1QD/0 18140 1154 NA-096 KC0ARG/HH2 14194 0007 EU-049 SV8/ON5CT/P 18130 1248 NA-198 XO1CWI 14023 2157 EU-074 F5SNY/P 14260 2202 OC-024 T32OH 21278 0243 EU-090 9A8P 14261 2349 OC-033 FK8VHN/P 14265 0559 Tom, W6IXP, and Barry, K6ST, were once again not able to make it to Little Dimmede Island (NA-150) due to weather problems. They hope to try again today.

IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- -------------- 28-Jul 28-Jul FK FK8VHN (OC-033) 2-125 28-Jul 28-Jul GU GB0ON (EU-114) 28-Jul 28-Jul OZ OZ/DL6DH (EU-030) 28-Jul 28-Jul UA0 RK0FWL/P (AS-018) 28-Jul 28-Jul UA0 RK0FWL/P (AS-NEW) 2-138 28-Jul 28-Jul KH2 WH2M (OC-026) 2-135 28-Jul 28-Jul OZ World Lighthouse DX Club (EU-125 2-126 28-Jul 28-Jul VE XO1CWI (NA-198) 2-102 28-Jul 29-Jul GM DL2QBD (EU-008) 2-87 28-Jul 29-Jul EA ED2IZO (EU-134) 28-Jul 29-Jul TK F6AUS (EU-100 & 164) 2-117 28-Jul 29-Jul KL7 KL7/W6IXP (NA-150) 28-Jul 29-Jul UA RK1B/1 (EU-133) 2-138 28-Jul 29-Jul TF TF7/DL3KUD (EU-071) 2-82 28-Jul 29-Jul KP2 WP2Z (NA-106) 2-126 28-Jul 30-Jul HH HH2/KC0ARG (NA-096) 2-131 28-Jul 30-Jul I IA5/IZ5BTC/P (EU-028) 28-Jul 30-Jul W KF8TM/4 (NA-062) 28-Jul 30-Jul V2 V26VG (NA-100) 2-32 28-Jul 31-Jul HL 6M5DX D98TOK (AS-045) 2-111 28-Jul 31-Jul F F5MIW (EU-064) 2-120 28-Jul 31-Jul OZ OZ8AE (EU-030) 28-Jul 31-Jul SV5 SV0LM & SVOLN 2-125 28-Jul 1-Aug C6A C6AFP (NA-080) 2-115 28-Jul 1-Aug IS IS0/IK0XBX (EU-024) 28-Jul 1-Aug OZ OZ/DL5ME (EU-030) 2-133 28-Jul 1-Aug W WB8YJF (NA-067) 28-Jul 2-Aug HB0 HB0/DL0HUN 2-135 28-Jul 2-Aug GM MM0/DJ6AU (EU-012) 2-132 28-Jul 2-Aug T8 T88LJ 2-119 28-Jul 2-Aug UA0 UE0ZZZ (AS-095) 2-139 28-Jul 3-Aug 1A0 1A0KM 2-134 2-133 28-Jul 3-Aug DL DL8OBC/P (EU-127) 28-Jul 3-Aug IS IM0/I2CMA (EU-041) 28-Jul 3-Aug LA LA/DL2HEB/P (EU-079) 28-Jul 4-Aug SV5 SV5/G4OBK (EU-001) 2-133 28-Jul 5-Aug 5B 5B4/G3VMW 5B4/G3ZEM (AS-120) 2-119 28-Jul 5-Aug GW GW0RLU/P (EU-106) 28-Jul 6-Aug GU DF2SS (EU-114) 2-135 28-Jul 6-Aug T2 T20YK (OC-015) 2-135 28-Jul 6-Aug Z2 ZS21/W0YG 2-113 2-112 28-Jul 8-Aug EI EI/EA4ECF 2-132 28-Jul 8-Aug GM MM/PA3GIO (EU-010) 2-139 28-Jul 8-Aug TT TT8JWM 2-137 28-Jul 9-Aug KL7 KL7/ON4BAM 2-131 28-Jul 9-Aug TU TU/K4ZW 2-137 28-Jul 11-Aug HS HS0ZBS 2-131 28-Jul 12-Aug BV BV3/DJ3KR (AS-020) 2-119 28-Jul 13-Aug FO FO5JR (OC-050) 2-113 2-95 28-Jul 13-Aug IS IS0/F6BUM (EU-024) 2-117 28-Jul 15-Aug 9A 9A2U/P (EU-016) 2-135 28-Jul 15-Aug FT5X FT5XN (AF-048) 2-119

28-Jul 17-Aug TK TK/S53R (EU-014) 2-136 28-Jul 25-Aug SM G3LAA (EU-043 088) 2-50 28-Jul 31-Aug TY TY1IJ 2-135 28-Jul 31-Oct JX JX7DFA (EU-022) 2-20 28-Jul 5-Dec 9N 9N1UD 2-110 2-103 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The sunspot number for July 26, 1998 was 80. The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado, for July 27, 1998, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 27-Jul-1998 21 120 3 0 VERY LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;VY LOW-LOW/QUIET 27-Jul-1998 18 119 3 0 VERY LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;VY LOW-LOW/QUIET 26-Jul-1998 15 119 3 0 VERY LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;VY LOW-LOW/QUIET 26-Jul-1998 12 119 3 3 VERY LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/QUIET 27-Jul-1998 09 119 3 1 VERY LOW/QUIET;LOW/QUIET 27-Jul-1998 06 119 3 1 VERY LOW/QUIET;LOW/QUIET 26-Jul-1998 03 119 3 1 VERY LOW/QUIET;LOW/QUIET 27-Jul-1998 00 119 3 1 VERY LOW/QUIET;LOW/QUIET The forecast for Tuesday, 28 July: solar flux 120, A index 10, K index 2. Tuesday should be High Normal. The forecast for Wednesday, 29 July: solar flux 120, A index 15, K index 3. Wednesday should be High Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 4Z1GY NF4W GI6YM K1WY TF8GX K1WY 9N1FP RU6FP JY9QJ DL5MBY UA0DC K1WY EA8BYR WA1ECA KC0ARG/HH2 F6DJB UA0ZBK K1WY EP3HR I2MQP RA1QQ/1 RA1QQ UN7QF W8JY ET3BT K1WY T88LJ JM1LJS VP6YL K6RPF FO5BI F6HSI TF7GX K1WY VQ9GB K7GB EK4JJ - Serge K. Mnatsakanyan, P.O. Box 9A/33, Yerevan 375062, ARMENIA JH1BSE - Masao Yamamura, 10-6 Arai 2-chome, Nakano-ku, Tokyo 165, JAPAN QSL cards recently received direct: J80R, J8/EA2BP, TK5NN, V8JA, _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 9K2HN, HL1SSG, K2PLF, K3ZO, KC3AJ, KH6BZF REPORTS, N3OSH, N4PQX, N7OJ, NOAA, W6KNB _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________

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. ======================== *** The Daily DX _ *** ======================== Volume 2 Number 143 July 29, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ DX News _____________________________________________________________________ Dave, V73UX, is the most active station from the Marshall Islands and is very active on 10 through 80 meters SSB. He reports the following stations are also active from the Marshall Islands. Tim, V73AT, is mostly on 6 meters but does operate on 10 meters when open. QSL V73AT via K2CL. George, V73GT, operates CW and RTTY. QSL V73GT via WF5T. V73ZO is a JA operator located on Bikini and is very active on 15 meters SSB. QSL V73ZO via JA3FGA. The Pacific Inter Islands Net meets daily on 14315 at 08:00Z. Many stations all across the Pacific Ocean check in. Although the primary purpose of this net is to pass traffic afterwards some of the stations do stick around. Ken, K7ZUM, will be active on all bands during the CQ World Wide SSB DX Contest as FS/K7ZUM from St. Martin. Craig, N7KG, will also operate from the island as FS/N7KG on 160 meters only. QSL both via home calls. Garard, PA3AXU, will be active from the Kingdom of Tonga from 21 to 28 October. He will have a Kenwood TS-450SAT and an Alinco DX-70. He will be active on CW and RTTY. Afterwards he will QSY to Samoa and stay until 8 November. He has applied for A35XU and 5W0XU. Anyone wishing to supply their needed list may send an e-mail to dijkers@molyvos.net _____________________________________________________________________ Vacation _____________________________________________________________________ Just to remind everyone that I will be on vacation next week and that there will not be any issues of The Daily DX. _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 1A0KM - SOVEREIGN MILITARY ORDER OF MALTA - Yesterdays reported activities were as follows: GMT Frequency GMT Frequency --- --------- --- --------- 07 24970 12 21295 09 21297 13 21295 10 14190 21297 15 21295 11 21295 20 14021 3W6LI - VIETNAM - Hau can usually be found on 20 meters SSB

from 11:00 to 14:00Z most days. Yesterday he was active on 14195 from 11:00 to 13:30Z working US stations. 5A1A - LIBYA - Abubaker was practicing his CW up on 21055 at 12:30Z. 5B4OG - CYPRUS - Ted shows up about once a week on 30 meters CW around 02:00Z. 8R25Z - GUYANA - Len, 8R1Z, has been on for the last few days with this special prefix. FO5JR - AUSTRAL ISLANDS - Albert has been showing up on 14010 between 04:00 and 06:00Z for several days. JD1BIY - MINAMI TORISHIMA - Europeans found him on 21319 from 09:15 to 11:00Z. JW5NM - SVALBARD - Stations all across the US reported Matt was on 18151 around 21:00Z and on 18142 today around 00:15Z. QSL via LA5NM. P29KPH - PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Was found on 21188 at 11:40Z. TL5A - CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - Several Europeans reported that Alex was on 6 meters yesterday at 17:00Z. Today at 02:30Z he worked a few US stations on 1827.5. He says he will be on 1827.5 or 1833 daily from 04:00 to 04:40Z. QSL via PA3DMH. TU/K4ZW - IVORY COAST - Ken showed up yesterday around 18:20Z on 21285 looking for US stations. He says that he will try to get on 160 before he leaves. QSL via K4ZW. VR2KF - HONG KONG - US stations found and worked Kazu on 18081 yesterday from 13:15 to 13:45Z. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AF-004 EA8AD 21267 2226 EU-084 SM0OIG/5 14005 1915 AS-018 UA0FDX 14265 1156 EU-090 9A8P 21260 0717 AS-028 UA0QMU 14019 0457 EU-132 SO7TN 18142 1215 AS-045 D98TOK/MM 7070 0011 EU-134 ED1IZA 14260 2043 AS-059 UA0IAS/0 14041 1456 NA-031 W1LY 14260 0549 AS-095 UE0ZZZ 14261 1446 NA-048 C6AJR 14260 1259 EU-009 GM0HTG 14260 1057 NA-067 WB8YJF 21017 2111 EU-016 9A/DL8LRZ 14082 2235 NA-198 VE2CWI 14248 1158 EU-030 OZ/DL5ME 14033 1908 NA-198 XO1CWI 14041 1451 EU-071 TF7/DL3KUD 18077 1204 OC-050 FO5JR 14010 0607 EU-074 F5SNY/P 14277 2239 SA-011 9Z4DZ 28450 2210 The Old Barney Amateur Radio Club will once again be active from IOTA NA-111 from 13:00 to 22:00Z on both 8 and 9 August. Look for N2OB on 10 through 40 meters SSB. QSL direct to N2OB.

IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- -------------- 29-Jul 3-Aug 1A0 1A0KM 2-134 2-133 29-Jul 5-Aug 5B 5B4/G3VMW 5B4/G3ZEM (AS-120) 2-119 29-Jul 15-Aug 9A 9A2U/P (EU-016) 2-135 29-Jul 5-Dec 9N 9N1UD 2-110 2-103 29-Jul 12-Aug BV BV3/DJ3KR (AS-020) 2-119 29-Jul 1-Aug C6A C6AFP (NA-080) 2-115 29-Jul 3-Aug DL DL8OBC/P (EU-127) 29-Jul 29-Jul EA ED2IZO (EU-134) 29-Jul 8-Aug EI EI/EA4ECF 2-132 29-Jul 31-Jul F F5MIW (EU-064) 2-120 29-Jul 13-Aug FO FO5JR (OC-050) 2-113 2-95 29-Jul 15-Aug FT5X FT5XN (AF-048) 2-119 29-Jul 29-Jul GM DL2QBD (EU-008) 2-87 29-Jul 8-Aug GM MM/PA3GIO (EU-010) 2-139 29-Jul 2-Aug GM MM0/DJ6AU (EU-012) 2-132 29-Jul 6-Aug GU DF2SS (EU-114) 2-135 29-Jul 5-Aug GW GW0RLU/P (EU-106) 29-Jul 2-Aug HB0 HB0/DL0HUN 2-135 29-Jul 30-Jul HH HH2/KC0ARG (NA-096) 2-131 29-Jul 31-Jul HL 6M5DX D98TOK (AS-045) 2-111 29-Jul 11-Aug HS HS0ZBS 2-131 29-Jul 30-Jul I IA5/IZ5BTC/P (EU-028) 29-Jul 3-Aug IS IM0/I2CMA (EU-041) 29-Jul 13-Aug IS IS0/F6BUM (EU-024) 2-117 29-Jul 1-Aug IS IS0/IK0XBX (EU-024) 29-Jul 31-Oct JX JX7DFA (EU-022) 2-20 29-Jul 9-Aug KL7 KL7/ON4BAM 2-131 29-Jul 29-Jul KL7 KL7/W6IXP (NA-150) 29-Jul 29-Jul KP2 WP2Z (NA-106) 2-126 29-Jul 3-Aug LA LA/DL2HEB/P (EU-079) 29-Jul 1-Aug OZ OZ/DL5ME (EU-030) 2-133 29-Jul 31-Jul OZ OZ8AE (EU-030) 29-Jul 25-Aug SM G3LAA (EU-043 088) 2-50 29-Jul 31-Jul SV5 SV0LM & SVOLN 2-125 29-Jul 4-Aug SV5 SV5/G4OBK (EU-001) 2-133 29-Jul 6-Aug T2 T20YK (OC-015) 2-135 29-Jul 2-Aug T8 T88LJ 2-119 29-Jul 29-Jul TF TF7/DL3KUD (EU-071) 2-82 29-Jul 29-Jul TK F6AUS (EU-100 & 164) 2-117 29-Jul 17-Aug TK TK/S53R (EU-014) 2-136 29-Jul 8-Aug TT TT8JWM 2-137 29-Jul 9-Aug TU TU/K4ZW 2-137 29-Jul 31-Aug TY TY1IJ 2-135 29-Jul 29-Jul UA RK1B/1 (EU-133) 2-138 29-Jul 2-Aug UA0 UE0ZZZ (AS-095) 2-139 29-Jul 30-Jul V2 V26VG (NA-100) 2-32 29-Jul 30-Jul W KF8TM/4 (NA-062) 29-Jul 1-Aug W WB8YJF (NA-067) 29-Jul 6-Aug Z2 Z21/W0YG 2-113 2-112 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast

_____________________________________________________________________ The sunspot number for July 27, 1998 was 109. The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado, for July 28, 1998, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 28-Jul-1998 21 121 3 1 VERY LOW/QUIET;VERY LOW-LOW/QUIET-UNSET 28-Jul-1998 18 120 3 1 VERY LOW/QUIET;VERY LOW-LOW/QUIET-UNSET 28-Jul-1998 15 120 3 2 VERY LOW/QUIET;VERY LOW-LOW/QUIET-UNSET 28-Jul-1998 12 120 3 1 VERY LOW/QUIET;VERY LOW-LOW/QUIET 28-Jul-1998 09 120 3 1 VERY LOW/QUIET-UNSET;VERY LOW-LOW/QUIET 28-Jul-1998 06 120 3 1 VERY LOW/QUIET-UNSET;VERY LOW-LOW/QUIET 28-Jul-1998 03 120 3 1 VERY LOW/QUIET-UNSET;VERY LOW-LOW/QUIET 28-Jul-1998 00 120 3 1 VERY LOW/QUIET-UNSET;VERY LOW-LOW/QUIET The forecast for Wednesday, 29 July: solar flux 120, A index 10, K index 2. Wednesday should be High Normal. The forecast for Thursday, 30 July: solar flux 120, A index 18, K index 3. Thursday should be Low Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 5H3RB LA4DM JW5NM LA5NM YB1XUR W6MD 8R25Z 8R1Z KC0ARG/HH2 F6DJB Z30M NN6C A61AN WA2JUN RV7AA NT2X Z31GB NN6C CK3MP VE3CPC SO7TN OK1TN Z32GW NN6C EP2MKO UA6HCW TF/DL2YSH/P DL2YSH Z32XA NN6C FM5GU WA4JTK TU/K4ZW K4ZW Z32XX NN6C FY5YE W5SVZ UE0ZZZ RZ0ZWA Z350GBC NN6C JU60MTZ JT1CJ VP9/W9AEB W9AEB Z37FCA NN6C 5A1A - Abubaker Alzway, P.O. Box 74421, Tripoli, LIBYA QSL cards recently received direct: K7K _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: K7ZUM, KC3AJ, KH6BZF REPORTS, N3OSH, NOAA, V73UX, W8FJ _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), or $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United States. _____________________________________________________________________ Copyright _ _____________________________________________________________________

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. ======================== *** The Daily DX _ *** ======================== Volume 2 Number 144 July 30, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ DX News _____________________________________________________________________ Mark, ON4WW/S07WW (ex 9X4WW), is currently preparing to head back to Algeria, possibly as 7X0WW, on 3 August. He will be working near the boarder of Mauritania, 5T, and Western Sahara, S0. He hope to be able to operate from both semi-rare locations. Mark likes CW and 160 meters. QSL via ON5NT. Riccardo, IK2OCP, will be active from Sardinia as IS0/IK2OCP from 2 to 28 August. QSL via IK2OCP. Gabriele, IK5ZTW, plans to be active as SV5/IK5ZTW from Cos Island in the Dodecanese Islands from 10 to 18 August. QSL via IK5ZTW. Carl, G4VFU/MM, is still working at sea and says that he will be go to Falkland Island on 25 August. He plans to operate VP8CZJ for about 3 or 4 days from a location on land, located about 40 miles from Port Stanley. Those who have worked Carl before know that he enjoys 40, 80 and 160 meters. Look for him to operate both SSB and CW. A trip to South Shetlands could happen in January, more on this later. QSL via G0HXL. _____________________________________________________________________ Vacation _____________________________________________________________________ Just to remind everyone that I will be on vacation next week and that there will not be any issues of The Daily DX. _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 1A0KM - SOVEREIGN MILITARY ORDER OF MALTA - Sante, IK0HBN, reports that 1A0KM was not on 30 meters on 24/25 July. If you worked them it was a pirate. Yesterdays activities were as follows: GMT Frequency GMT Frequency --- --------- --- --------- 05 14200 11 14195 18076 21295 06 7045 14025 14200 12 18076 21025 21295 07 7045 14025 13 18157 08 7005 7050 14 14025 21295 09 14195 18076 15 14025 21295 10 18076 EX8MZ KYRGYZSTAN - Serge was active from 17:00 to 18:15Z on 18078.

FT5XN - KERGUELEN ISLAND - Helios was found several times on 17 meters CW yesterday. He was on 18105 at 08:30 and then on 18099 at 12:00Z. QSL via F6PEN. HS9CA - THAILAND - Look for this rare prefix on 15 meters CW between 00:00 and 00:30Z. V63PD - MICRONESIA - Peter has been showing up on 30 meters CW around 11:00Z. QSL via VK4AAR. XX9BB - MACAO - Was roaming around on 17 meters SSB yesterday from 19:00 to 20:00Z. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AF-018 IT9BLB/IH9 14029 2235 EU-059 GM4WSB/P 14266 1133 AS-005 R0/US3IU 14260 1651 EU-061 LA/DL2MX/P 14260 1434 AS-018 UA0FDX 14259 2021 EU-074 F5SNY/P 7058 1630 AS-045 6M5DX 21017 1507 EU-076 LA/DF8KF/M 14260 2221 AS-045 D98TOK 7070 1201 EU-084 SM0OIG 14257 2101 AS-059 UA0IAS/0 14257 1802 EU-087 SM/IK1SPE 14255 1211 AS-080 HL0Y/3 14021 1922 EU-090 9A8P 14259 1803 AS-095 UA0ZY/P 14004 0551 EU-098 DL2JRM/P 14262 1804 AS-095 UE0ZZZ 14007 2224 EU-129 DL5AUA/P 10107 1959 EU-009 GM0HTG 14263 1409 EU-132 SQ1EUD/1 14260 1844 EU-010 MM/PA3GIO/P 14265 1903 EU-134 ED2IZA 14265 0617 EU-012 MM0/DJ6AU 21250 1052 EU-136 9A/IK8MRA 14260 0723 EU-020 SM1SBI 14283 2030 EU-148 F9DX 14260 0904 EU-021 TF/DL2YSH/P 14277 1132 NA-046 WI7N/1 18074 2226 EU-024 IS0/F6BUM 10102 2027 NA-067 WB8YJF 14260 1811 EU-039 F/ON5OO 14040 1851 NA-069 K2OLG 14259 1125 EU-042 DL4FCH/P 7009 1947 NA-080 C6A25FV 14195 2204 EU-049 SV8DTL 14200 1930 NA-106 KP2/EI8CE 14238 1939 EU-052 SV1BRL/8 14190 0434 NA-110 K9JWV 14260 2047 EU-057 DL3JTN/P 14262 2047 OC-050 FO5JR 14010 0717 French operators F6FKQ, F1UQM, FA1BCG and FA1CDU plans to operate from Ile aux Chevaux (EU-048) on 1 and 2 August. Starting tomorrow Peter, HB9BMY will be active from Spetsai Island (EU-075) as SV8/HB9BMY/P. Look for him to be on 10 through 20 meters CW and SSB. He will be there until 12 August. QSL via HB9BMY. Mauro, IK1ZNM, will be active from Pantelleria Island (AF-018) as IH9/IK1ZNM from 22 August to 3 September. QSL via IK1ZNM. Korean club station HL0K will operate from Hodo Island from 13 to 17 August on CW and SSB on 10 through 40 meters. QSL to HL0K, Hankuk Aviation University Amateur Radio Club, 200-1 Hwajun-dong, Dukyang-gu, Koyang, Kyonggi 411-791, KOREA IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530

SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- -------------- 30-Jul 3-Aug 1A0 1A0KM 2-134 2-133 30-Jul 5-Aug 5B 5B4/G3VMW 5B4/G3ZEM (AS-120) 2-119 30-Jul 15-Aug 9A 9A2U/P (EU-016) 2-135 30-Jul 5-Dec 9N 9N1UD 2-110 2-103 30-Jul 12-Aug BV BV3/DJ3KR (AS-020) 2-119 30-Jul 1-Aug C6A C6AFP (NA-080) 2-115 30-Jul 3-Aug DL DL8OBC/P (EU-127) 30-Jul 8-Aug EI EI/EA4ECF 2-132 30-Jul 31-Jul F F5MIW (EU-064) 2-120 30-Jul 13-Aug FO FO5JR (OC-050) 2-113 2-95 30-Jul 15-Aug FT5X FT5XN (AF-048) 2-119 30-Jul 8-Aug GM MM/PA3GIO (EU-010) 2-139 30-Jul 2-Aug GM MM0/DJ6AU (EU-012) 2-132 30-Jul 6-Aug GU DF2SS (EU-114) 2-135 30-Jul 5-Aug GW GW0RLU/P (EU-106) 30-Jul 2-Aug HB0 HB0/DL0HUN 2-135 30-Jul 30-Jul HH HH2/KC0ARG (NA-096) 2-131 30-Jul 31-Jul HL 6M5DX D98TOK (AS-045) 2-111 30-Jul 11-Aug HS HS0ZBS 2-131 30-Jul 3-Aug I IA5/IK4WLU (EU-028) 30-Jul 30-Jul I IA5/IZ5BTC/P (EU-028) 30-Jul 3-Aug IS IM0/I2CMA (EU-041) 30-Jul 13-Aug IS IS0/F6BUM (EU-024) 2-117 30-Jul 1-Aug IS IS0/IK0XBX (EU-024) 30-Jul 31-Oct JX JX7DFA (EU-022) 2-20 30-Jul 12-Aug KH4 NH4/NH6YK 2-108 30-Jul 9-Aug KL7 KL7/ON4BAM 2-131 30-Jul 3-Aug LA LA/DL2HEB/P (EU-079) 30-Jul 1-Aug OZ OZ/DL5ME (EU-030) 2-133 30-Jul 31-Jul OZ OZ8AE (EU-030) 30-Jul 25-Aug SM G3LAA (EU-043 088) 2-50 30-Jul 31-Jul SV5 SV0LM & SVOLN 2-125 30-Jul 4-Aug SV5 SV5/G4OBK (EU-001) 2-133 30-Jul 6-Aug T2 T20YK (OC-015) 2-135 30-Jul 2-Aug T8 T88LJ 2-119 30-Jul 17-Aug TK TK/S53R (EU-014) 2-136 30-Jul 8-Aug TT TT8JWM 2-137 30-Jul 9-Aug TU TU/K4ZW 2-137 30-Jul 31-Aug TY TY1IJ 2-135 30-Jul 2-Aug UA0 UE0ZZZ (AS-095) 2-139 30-Jul 30-Jul V2 V26VG (NA-100) 2-32 30-Jul 30-Jul W KF8TM/4 (NA-062) 30-Jul 1-Aug W WB8YJF (NA-067) 30-Jul 6-Aug Z2 ZS21/W0YG 2-113 2-112 31-Jul 2-Aug LX LX/MU0BKA/P _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The sunspot number for July 28, 1998 was 116. The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado, for July 29, 1998, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 29-Jul-1998 21 120 5 0 VERY LOW/QUIET-UNSET;VERY LOW-LOW/QUIET-UNSET 29-Jul-1998 18 121 4 1 VERY LOW/QUIET-UNSET;VERY LOW-LOW/QUIET-UNSET 29-Jul-1998 15 121 4 1 VERY LOW/QUIET-UNSET;VERY LOW-LOW/QUIET-UNSET 29-Jul-1998 12 121 4 1 VERY LOW/QUIET-UNSET;VERY LOW-LOW/QUIET-UNSET 29-Jul-1998 09 121 4 2 VERY LOW/QUIET-UNSET;VERY LOW-LOW/QUIET-UNSET 29-Jul-1998 06 121 4 3 VERY LOW/QUIET-UNSET;VERY LOW-LOW/QUIET-UNSET 29-Jul-1998 03 121 4 2 VERY LOW/QUIET;VERY LOW-LOW/QUIET-UNSET 29-Jul-1998 00 121 4 2 VERY LOW/QUIET;VERY LOW-LOW/QUIET-UNSET The forecast for Thursday, 30 July: solar flux 120, A index 12, K index 3. Thursday should be High Normal. The forecast for Friday, 31 July: solar flux 120, A index 18, K index 3. Friday should be Low Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 6M5DX HL5CL KP2/EI8CE EI8CE VQ9DH WR5W 9V8OK 9V1OK MU/DF2SS DL2MDZ WH6ASW/KH2 VK4FW BY1QH K9FD T93Y W6MD WP2Z KU9C CT1FMX W3HNK T94EU W6MD YB1XUR W6MD D98TOK HL5CL TA1ZL RW9WA YB2BRW W6MD HB0/DL0HUN DL0HUN UA0ZY/P RZ0ZWA YC9WZJ W6MD KP2/EI7CC EI7CC UR4WWT WR3L Recent economic changes Indonesia have increased the prices to mail outside of the country. Stations from North and South America should now send $2 US or 1 IRC when requesting direct cards from Indonesia. Stations from Asia, Oceania and Europe can send $1 US or 1 IRC. Steve Busono, W6MD, reports he is seeking financial assistance to help supply QSL cards for several Indonesian Amateurs. He is the QSL manager for Deddy, YB1XUR, Johnny, YC9WZJ, and YB2BRW and hopes to handle QSL chores for at least one other YB station. Steve is a student and is running out of QSL cards. Donors will be permitted to select the printer and design. Those interested in helping can contact Steve at <sbusono@hotmail.com>. Tom, N4XP (ex K8XP, K4TSJ, AL7EL), reports he has been out of the country for most of the Summer. Tom also says "Virtually all ZK1XXP cards received direct are answered. Only a handful remain and I'm working them now. Will start bureau in the near future. KH9 cards are being printed and are due here in about 2 weeks. No delay expected on those. They will be worked as soon as the cards arrive." QSL cards recently received direct: 4U1UN, OJ0VR _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 425 DX News, DX News Sheet, K4GLU, KC3AJ, KH6BZF REPORTS, N3OSH, N4XP, NOAA, W6MD, YB0DX, YB0ECT, YC0LOW _____________________________________________________________________

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. ======================== *** The Daily DX _ *** ======================== Volume 2 Number 145 July 31, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ DX News _____________________________________________________________________ Midway-Kure DX Foundation reports: "The earlier-announced plans for Bhutan, A51, headed up by Yasuo (Zorro) Miyazawa, JH1AJT, are well underway and include a large multi-national team of operators from Japan, USA, Europe and New Zealand. This DXpedition, which is expected to take place possibly as early as March 1999, comes by virtue of an invitation extended by the government of Bhutan to Zorro to conduct a return DXpedition from A51. The timing of the DXpedition depends entirely on expectations for optimal propagation on all bands." To celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Mongolian Railway Board special event station JU6MTZ will be active until 31 August. QSL via JT1CJ, Sh. Gankhuyag, P.O. Box 100, Ulaanbaatar-44, MONGOLIA. Jim, KD3YK, plans to be active from Grand Cayman Island as ZF2JM from 5 to 14 August. Look for him to be QRP on 20 CW and SSB and 40 meters CW. QSL via KD3YK. Members of the Midway-Kure DX Foundation plan to install additional Amateur Radio equipment on Midway for use by Contesters and other visiting DXpeditioners. While on the island they will once again use the call K4M from 20 to 25 September. For information about a future trip to Midway contact Frank Smith, AH0W/OH2LVG <mkdxf@aztec.asu.edu> _____________________________________________________________________ Vacation _____________________________________________________________________ Just to remind everyone that I will be on vacation next week and that there will not be any issues of The Daily DX. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AF-018 IH9/IT9BLB 28513 1327 EU-042 DL4FCH/P 7081 1415 AS-045 6M5DX 7089 2337 EU-061 LA/DL2MX 14260 1112 AS-059 UA0IAS/0 14246 1402 EU-090 9A8P 14263 0917 AS-080 HL0Y/3 14265 2103 EU-098 DL2JRM/P 14254 1225 AS-095 UE0ZZZ 14011 1910 EU-128 DK2GM/P 14257 2106 EU-009 GM0HTG 14263 1051 EU-161 RA1QQ/1 14260 0443 EU-010 MM/PA3GIO/P 14265 1034 NA-029 VY2OX/P 14262 2343 EU-012 MM0/DJ6AU 21250 1052 NA-041 W4ZW 14260 0256 EU-016 9A/DL8YTM/ 10105 0246 NA-173 W2NTJ/VE8 14245 2308

EU-029 OZ1FDZ 21265 2131 OC-070 YC8VIP 21284 1442 EU-039 F/ON4LCW/P 14260 1503 OC-070 YE8XM 14260 1322 Yang, BD7JA, will once again attempt to give IOTA chasers another new one. This time the target is Wei-Zhou Island which will take place from 20 to 23 August. The operators for this operation include BD7IA, BG7IB, BD7IX, BD7JA, BD7JG, BD7JK, BD7KW, BG7NI, BG7NQ, BG7SU. They will use BI7W on 10, 15, 20 and 40 meters on CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL to P.O. Box 1713, Canton 510600, PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA. Michael Chen, BY5QN/BG5RV, and others are planning a trip to Pingtan (Haitan) Island in the near future. This will be a first time operation from this island and the call BI5P will be used. Jim Smith, VK9NS, reports receiving a phone call from Barry Fletcher, ZS1FJ, who will be on Great Barrier Island (OC-201) as ZL1MFW. He is now on the island and will remain on there for a few days, depending on conditions. QSL via ZS1FJ. IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ >From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- -------------- 31-Jul 31-Jul HL 6M5DX D98TOK (AS-045) 2-111 31-Jul 31-Jul F F5MIW (EU-064) 2-120 31-Jul 31-Jul OZ OZ8AE (EU-030) 31-Jul 31-Jul SV5 SV0LM & SVOLN 2-125 31-Jul 1-Aug C6A C6AFP (NA-080) 2-115 31-Jul 1-Aug IS IS0/IK0XBX (EU-024) 31-Jul 1-Aug OZ OZ/DL5ME (EU-030) 2-133 31-Jul 1-Aug W WB8YJF (NA-067) 31-Jul 2-Aug HB0 HB0/DL0HUN 2-135 31-Jul 2-Aug LX LX/MU0BKA/P 31-Jul 2-Aug GM MM0/DJ6AU (EU-012) 2-132 31-Jul 2-Aug T8 T88LJ 2-119 31-Jul 2-Aug UA0 UE0ZZZ (AS-095) 2-139 31-Jul 3-Aug 1A0 1A0KM 2-134 2-133 31-Jul 3-Aug DL DL8OBC/P (EU-127) 31-Jul 3-Aug I IA5/IK4WLU (EU-028) 31-Jul 3-Aug IS IM0/I2CMA (EU-041) 31-Jul 3-Aug LA LA/DL2HEB/P (EU-079) 31-Jul 4-Aug SV5 SV5/G4OBK (EU-001) 2-133 31-Jul 5-Aug 5B 5B4/G3VMW 5B4/G3ZEM (AS-120) 2-119 31-Jul 5-Aug GW GW0RLU/P (EU-106) 31-Jul 6-Aug GU DF2SS (EU-114) 2-135 31-Jul 6-Aug T2 T20YK (OC-015) 2-135 31-Jul 6-Aug Z2 ZS21/W0YG 2-113 2-112 31-Jul 8-Aug EI EI/EA4ECF 2-132 31-Jul 8-Aug GM MM/PA3GIO (EU-010) 2-139 31-Jul 8-Aug TT TT8JWM 2-137 31-Jul 9-Aug KL7 KL7/ON4BAM 2-131 31-Jul 9-Aug TU TU/K4ZW 2-137 31-Jul 11-Aug HS HS0ZBS 2-131 31-Jul 12-Aug BV BV3/DJ3KR (AS-020) 2-119 31-Jul 12-Aug KH4 NH4/NH6YK 2-108

31-Jul 12-Aug SV SV8/HB9BMY/P (EU-075) 2-144 31-Jul 13-Aug FO FO5JR (OC-050) 2-113 2-95 31-Jul 13-Aug IS IS0/F6BUM (EU-024) 2-117 31-Jul 15-Aug 9A 9A2U/P (EU-016) 2-135 31-Jul 15-Aug FT5X FT5XN (AF-048) 2-119 31-Jul 17-Aug TK TK/S53R (EU-014) 2-136 31-Jul 25-Aug SM G3LAA (EU-043 088) 2-50 31-Jul 31-Aug TY TY1IJ 2-135 31-Jul 31-Oct JX JX7DFA (EU-022) 2-20 31-Jul 5-Dec 9N 9N1UD 2-110 2-103 1-Aug 2-Aug F French Operators (EU-048) 2-133 1-Aug 2-Aug F F's (EU-048) 2-144 1-Aug 3-Aug 9K 9K7POW 2-142 1-Aug 5-Aug HL HL0C (AS-090) 2-139 1-Aug 8-Aug F F8CIO (EU-048) 2-126 1-Aug 15-Aug F TM0DX (EU-032) by F5LEJ 2-54 2-Aug 2-Aug YO DX HF Contest 2-Aug 28-Aug IS IS0/IK2OCP 2-144 3-Aug 6-Aug KH4 AH4/WA6FGV WH4/K6SHJ 2-142 3-Aug 10-Aug VP2E VP2ECR 2-117 3-Aug 17-Aug SV9 SV9/IK2QEI (EU-015) 2-140 3-Aug 7X ON4WW 2-144 6-Aug 10-Aug 9M6 DJ9HX (OC-088) 2-141 6-Aug 11-Aug V2 V26E (NA-100) 2-133 6-Aug 17-Aug FM FM/I4ALU/P 2-128 6-Aug 26-Aug A2 A22/W0YG 2-113 2-112 7-Aug 8-Aug GD GT3FLH (EU-116) 2-136 8-Aug 9-Aug W N2OB (NA-111) 2-143 8-Aug 15-Aug VK9Y VK9CE (OC-003) 2-132 8-Aug 22-Aug G M/PA3GIO (EU-109 EU-120) 2-139 9-Aug 14-Aug ZK1/S ZK1SCQ ZK1SCR (OC-013) 2-84 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The sunspot number for July 29, 1998 was 115. The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado, for July 30, 1998, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 30-Jul-1998 21 115 6 2 VERY LOW/QUIET;VERY LOW-LOW/QUIET-UNSET 30-Jul-1998 18 120 5 2 VERY LOW/QUIET;VERY LOW-LOW/QUIET-UNSET 30-Jul-1998 15 120 5 2 VERY LOW/QUIET;VERY LOW-LOW/QUIET-UNSET 30-Jul-1998 12 120 5 2 VERY LOW/QUIET;VERY LOW-LOW/QUIET-UNSET 30-Jul-1998 09 120 5 1 VERY LOW/QUIET;VERY LOW-LOW/QUIET-UNSET 30-Jul-1998 06 120 5 2 VY LOW/QUIET;VERY LOW-LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 30-Jul-1998 03 120 5 2 VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET;VY LOW-LOW/QUIET-UNSE 30-Jul-1998 00 120 5 1 VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET;VY LOW-LOW/QUIET-UNSE The forecast for Friday, 31 July: solar flux 120, A index 15, K index 3. Friday should be High Normal. The forecast for Saturday, 1 August: solar flux 118, A index 12, K index 3. Saturday should be High Normal. Next weeks forecast Date SF A K Prediction ------------------------------------------ Aug 02 Sunday 115 10 3 High Normal Aug 03 Monday 112 10 3 High Normal

Aug 04 Tuesday 110 8 3 High Normal Aug 05 Wednesday 110 10 3 High Normal Aug 06 Thursday 108 8 3 High Normal Aug 07 Friday 108 10 3 High Normal Aug 08 Saturday 106 10 3 High Normal Aug 09 Sunday 104 8 3 High Normal _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 1A0KM IK0FVC 9V8BG JL1MWI EV200M EW4EW 4U1WB KK4HD EU200A EU4AA EW200M EW4MM EU4AA - Pavel Anatsky, P.O. Box 67, Lida 231300, BELARUS EW4EW - Nikolaj Boltach, P.O. Box 99, Lida 231300, BELARUS EW4MM - Kazimir Kopachel, P.O. Box 88, Lida 231300, BELARUS IK0FVC - Francesco Valsecchi, VIA Bitossi 21, 00136 Roma, ITALY K7BV - Dennis Motschenbacher, 4357 Appollonio Way, Carson City, NV 89704 SU1SK - Box 62, Hobra Alma 13411, Cairo, EGYPT QSL cards recently received direct: 4J9RI _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: AH0W, ARRL, BD7JA, BY5QN, CT1EEB, EW4EW, KC3AJ, KH6BZF REPORTS, KS0M, MKDXF, N3OSH, NOAA, WU1F _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), or $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United States. _____________________________________________________________________ Copyright _ _____________________________________________________________________ THE DAILY DX _ is published Monday through Friday by Bernie McClenny, W3UR, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, MD 21738 USA. This e-mail message and its contents are copyrighted and are proprietary products of THE DAILY DX _. Any unauthorized use, reproduction, or transfer of the message or its content, in any medium, is strictly prohibited. For permission to quote, reprint or repost this e-mail send a request to THE DAILY DX _ include date, volume and issue number. Check out THE DAILY DX _ homepage http://www.dailydx.com or for additional information you may phone THE DAILY DX _ at 301-854-5650 or fax at 301-854-5105. Remember to tell all your DX friends about THE DAILY DX.

. ======================== *** The Daily DX _ *** ======================== Volume 2 Number 146 August 10, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ DX News _____________________________________________________________________ Tony, A45ZN, reports that the Minister of Communications for Yemen will be visiting the Royal Omani Amateur Radio Society (ROARS) today in Muscat, Oman. The Minister will meet with Ahmed Suwaidan Al-Balushi, A41FK, who is the President of ROARS and the Minister for Posts Telephones and Telegraphs for Oman. ROARS has been attempting talks with Yemen for several years. Amateur Radio, training and a DXpedition to this rare Persian Gulf country are all topics to be discussed. More on this soon. Norried Chaisson, H44NC, is currently working on New Georgia Island (OC-149) which is located in the Solomon Islands until the year 2,001. He is running a 50 watt rig with a dipole and is active on 10, 15, 20, 40 and 80 meters. On 10 meters he has access from 28500 to 29000. (See QSL information below) Today's reported Solar Flux exceeded 150 for the first time since March, 1993. Stations from the East Coast of the US were working Europe and the Pacific Ocean on 10 meters yesterday. Chris, SP5EXA/A45XR/A71CW, was home in Poland last week and will be in Qatar sometime this week for 1 Month. He will be active mostly on CW as A71CW. Afterwards he will go back to Oman and be active as A45XR. Yoh, JA2JW, his XYL, JA2DPC, and their second son JL2ONQ left Japan for Tonga on 7 August. Plans are for them to arrive today and they will be active until 07:00Z on 14 August. Look for A35YH, A35PC and A35NQ to be on 6 through 80 meters CW and SSB. Antennas include a G5RV for 10-80 meters, dipole for 30 meters and a 6 element yagi for 6 meters. Check 28350 for 6 meter schedules. QSL A35YH via JA2JW, A35PC via JA2DPC, and A35NQ via JL2ONQ. Eiji, JQ1SUO, plans to operate from 14 to 16 August in the Ogasawara Islands as JQ1SUO/JD1. Look for him mainly on 12, 17 and 20 meters. QSL via JQ1SUO. _____________________________________________________________________ Silent Key _____________________________________________________________________ Steve, KF2TI, reports the sad passing of Ben Friedland, K2BF (ex K2PBP), on 3 August. Ben had been the President of the North Jersey DX Association for the past two years. _____________________________________________________________________ QSN

_____________________________________________________________________ 3B8/JL6MSN - MAURITIUS - JL6MSN was active last week from this Indian Ocean island. D44BS - CAPE VERDE ISLANDS - Angelo was found by East Coast US stations yesterday from 17:20 to 18:30Z on 28492. ET3BT - ETHIOPIA - Tensai was active over the weekend on 14240 just before 01:00Z. QSL via K1WY. FT5XN - KERGUELEN ISLAND - Helios showed up yesterday on 14209 just before 12:00Z. QSL via F6PEN. ST2SA - SUDAN - Dr. Sid shows up on 14271 working JA's after 14:00Z. SV2ASP/A - MOUNT ATHOS - Monk Apollo was reported on 14184 at 15:00 and 17:00Z over the weekend. VK9CE - COCOS KEELING - Has been active mostly on 12, 17 and 30 meters CW. QSL via JE5WJM. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AS-028 UA0QMU 18068 2312 EU-123 GM0EEY/P 14260 1030 EU-009 GM4WSB/P 14270 1024 EU-127 DL8OBC/P 14261 0952 EU-020 SM0DTK/1 14258 0530 EU-131 IL3/IK2PZG 14262 2129 EU-029 OZ5MJ 18110 1247 NA-047 VE8TA 14253 0049 EU-052 SV1BRL/8 14262 0003 NA-096 HI3/KB2MS 14260 2051 EU-057 DL4BQE/P 18081 2144 NA-111 N2OB 14257 2048 EU-065 F8BMI/P 7060 2056 NA-173 W2NTJ/VE8 14255 2344 EU-084 SK0HS/5 14260 0443 IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- -------------- 10-Aug 10-Aug 9M6 DJ9HX (OC-088) 2-141 10-Aug 10-Aug VP2E VP2ECR 2-117 10-Aug 11-Aug HS HS0ZBS 2-131 10-Aug 11-Aug V2 V26E (NA-100) 2-133 10-Aug 12-Aug BV BV3/DJ3KR (AS-020) 2-119 10-Aug 12-Aug KH4 NH4/NH6YK 2-108 10-Aug 12-Aug SV SV8/HB9BMY/P (EU-075) 2-144 10-Aug 13-Aug FO FO5JR (OC-050) 2-113 2-95 10-Aug 13-Aug IS IS0/F6BUM (EU-024) 2-117 10-Aug 14-Aug ZF ZF2JM 2-145 10-Aug 14-Aug ZK1/S ZK1SCQ ZK1SCR (OC-013) 2-84 10-Aug 15-Aug 9A 9A2U/P (EU-016) 2-135

10-Aug 15-Aug FT5X FT5XN (AF-048) 2-119 10-Aug 15-Aug F TM0DX (EU-032) by F5LEJ 2-54 10-Aug 15-Aug VK9Y VK9CE (OC-003) 2-132 10-Aug 17-Aug FM FM/I4ALU/P 2-128 10-Aug 17-Aug SV9 SV9/IK2QEI (EU-015) 2-140 10-Aug 17-Aug TK TK/S53R (EU-014) 2-136 10-Aug 18-Aug SV5 SV5/IK5ZTW (EU-001) 2-144 10-Aug 22-Aug G M/PA3GIO (EU-109 EU-120) 2-139 10-Aug 25-Aug SM G3LAA (EU-043 088) 2-50 10-Aug 26-Aug A2 A22/W0YG 2-113 2-112 10-Aug 28-Aug IS IS0/IK2OCP 2-144 10-Aug 31-Aug JT JU60MTZ 2-145 10-Aug 31-Aug TY TY1IJ 2-135 10-Aug 31-Oct JX JX7DFA (EU-022) 2-20 10-Aug 5-Dec 9N 9N1UD 2-110 2-103 10-Aug 7X ON4WW 2-144 11-Aug 19-Aug 1S DJ9HX (AS-051) 2-141 13-Aug 17-Aug HL HL0K (AS-???) 2-144 13-Aug 23-Aug VE VE2CY (NA-128) 14-Aug 15-Aug 7th Annual New Orleans Int. DX Conv. 2-118 15-Aug 22-Aug SV9 SV9/EA3CB/P 2-126 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The sunspot number for August 9, 1998 was 155. The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado, for August 9, 1998, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 9-Aug-1998 21 154 4 2 MODERATE/QUIET;MODERATE/QUIET-UNSETTLED 9-Aug-1998 18 147 13 2 MODERATE/QUIET;LOW-MOD/QUIET-UNSETTLED 9-Aug-1998 15 147 13 2 MODERATE/QUIET-UNSET;LOW-MOD/QUIET-UNSET 9-Aug-1998 12 147 13 0 MODERATE/QUIET-UNSET;LOW-MOD/QUIET-UNSET 9-Aug-1998 09 147 13 0 MODERATE/QUIET-UNSET;LOW-MOD/QUIET-UNSET 9-Aug-1998 03 147 13 1 MODERATE/QUIET-ACTIVE;LOW-MOD/UNSET 9-Aug-1998 00 147 13 2 MODERATE/QUIET-ACTIVE;LOW-MOD/UNSET The forecast for Monday, 10 August: solar flux 150, A index 10, K index 2. Monday should be High Normal. The forecast for Tuesday, 11 August: solar flux 145, A index 15, K index 3. Tuesday should be High Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 4F3CV HB9CXZ BY1QH K9FD OH0CW OH2KMF 4L4MM ON4CFI CT1FMX W3HNK OH0EA OH2KMG 5V7FA F6FNU CU4F CU4AH OX3LG OZ2ELA 5X1T ON5NT DS50AKP/4 DS4AKP RA2FBC DF4BV 9A11ELS 9A2AA DS50AXU/2 DS2AXU RA2FZ W3HNK 9H1EL LA2TO EW3LB W3HNK SO1DX/P DL2SD 9K2QQ KB2MS FY5YE W5SVZ SV5/IZ2AEQ IK2RPJ 9K7POW 9K2RA GD0TOU/P G0TOU V26E AB2E 9M6HX DJ9HX HB0/DF2VWR DF2VWR V31CX KA1VLP 9N1UD K4VUD HL50C/2 HL0C V73UB K1ZUT

9V8OK 9V1OK HL50IWD HL1IWD VK9CE JE5WJM 9V8WW 9V1WW HP1XVH N0JT WH4/K6SHJ K6SHJ 9V8YC AA5BT HS0ZBS HB9AMZ YC8VIP W6MD 9V8ZB JL3WSL JT1FBB W9JOE ZD9BV W4FRU A61AQ N1DG JU60MTZ JT1CJ ZL1MFW ZS1FJ AH4/WA6FGV WA6FGV LU2CP/CX CX6FP ZP50P ZP1AB BV4FH KA6SPQ LX/MU0BKA K4ZLE ZP6CW ZP6CU FM5DX - Pierre Traversierderriere, L'enclosroute du Stade, 97222 Case Pilote, MARTINIQUE H44NC - Norried, P.O. Box 168, New Georgia Island, Munda, Western Province Solomon Islands SV2ASP/A - Monk Apollo, Dochiariou Monastary, GR-63037 Mount Athos, GREECE TG9GJG - Julio, Box 24, Guatemala City, Guatemala QSL cards recently received direct: 3B7RF, 9G5VJ, 9M0C, DS5RNM, H40AA, HS0/G4UAV, JT1FBB, LU1ZC, VP8CXV, YN1KDM/YN4 _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: A45ZN, F6HIZ, H44NC, JA1ADN, JA1ELY, K3KY, K4RBZ, K6NDV, KC3AJ, KC6ETY, KD4EWG, KF2TI, KH6BZF REPORTS, KU9C, N3OSH, N4PQX, N4YIC, N6RT, NOAA, SP5EWY, W1WEF, W3LPL, WA4QDM _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), or $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United States. _____________________________________________________________________ Copyright _ _____________________________________________________________________ THE DAILY DX _ is published Monday through Friday by Bernie McClenny, W3UR, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, MD 21738 USA. This e-mail message and its contents are copyrighted and are proprietary products of THE DAILY DX _. Any unauthorized use, reproduction, or transfer of the message or its content, in any medium, is strictly prohibited. For permission to quote, reprint or repost this e-mail send a request to THE DAILY DX _ include date, volume and issue number. Check out THE DAILY DX _ homepage http://www.dailydx.com or for additional information you may phone THE DAILY DX _ at 301-854-5650 or fax at 301-854-5105. Remember to tell all your DX friends about THE DAILY DX.

. ======================== *** The Daily DX _ *** ======================== Volume 2 Number 147 August 11, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ DX News _____________________________________________________________________ Jan Heise, K4QD (ex WA4VQD) will be active as VP8CRB from the Falkland Islands for three weeks starting 26 December. Jan says "Emphasis will be on geographical areas, bands, and modes that are most needed by DXers." Jan will be joined by Bob, VP8BFH, and Tim, VP8CKN. They will be active on all bands and modes. During the January ARRL RTTY Roundup they will operate with special call VP8TTY. A Web site and on-line log will be set up in the future. QSL cards and donations to help offset the shipping of equipment may be sent to Jan Heise, K4QD, 614 Dundee Circle, West Melbourne, Florida 32904. The Associated Press reported yesterday that residents of the tiny Caribbean island of Nevis voted this past Sunday wether to secede or not from their federation with St. Kitts. The island has some 9,000 residents of which 6,785 are voters. A two thirds vote in favor of secession could create a new DXCC Entity. No mention of how the vote turned out or when the results would be made available. A group of YL's from 14 nations will operate "Svalbard Polar YL's 98" station JW0YL from 20 to 24 August. Evelyne, F5PRB, is one of the operators. They will operate on all bands. Gil, F5NOD, is the upcoming FT5ZH DXpedition pilot and reports the December schedule trip is progressing. The two French operators will both be able to be on the air using FT-920's, 1 KW amplifiers, a 3 element 20 meter beam, 4 element tribander for 10, 15 and 20 meters and a Titanex for 40, 80 and 160 meters. They are still looking for an antenna for 12, 17 and 30 meters. Contact Gil by e-mail at <f5nod@worldnet.fr> Mirek, HS0/VK3DXI, will be leaving Thailand on 29 August as his "tour of duty" is up. He will operate as 3W6DXI from Ho Chi Min City (Saigon), Vietnam from 29 August through 4 September, plus or minus one day. There is also a strong possibility he will go to Cambodia afterwards to operate as XU2DXI. No bands were mention, but he will be mostly on CW. Next he will return to Australia through the end of September. His next work assignment will take him to Singapore where he hopes to obtain his old 9V1XE. He'll be there for the next few years. QSL cards for all of these operations go via DL4DBR. Japanese operators JA3UB/3W6UB, JA3ART/3W6AR, JA4HCK/3W6HCK and JA2BWH/3W6JJ will operate from Hanoi, Vietnam between 23 and 26 August. The emphasis of this operation is Slow Scan TV and the will participate in the Japanese SSTV Association Contest as 3W6TV. They have requested that stations "never call them on SSTV" and that "they will reply only for SSB call's at starting of QSO".

JA3ART/N3JJ plans to also be active from Vietnam from 22 to 27 August as 3W6JJ. Look for him to be active on all bands CW, SSB, maybe on RTTY. QSL via JA3ART, P.O. Box 62, Sakyo Kyoto 606-8691, JAPAN Mark, ON4WW/SO7WW, has received his 5T5WW license from Mauritania. He is still waiting for his Algerian 7X license and hopes for 7X0WW. Plans for trips to Mauritania and Western Sahara are underway. QSL all of Mark's operation via ON5NT. Duane, WV2B, plans to operate from Saint Paul Island as CY9/WV2B from 9 to 14 September. This operation will depend on the weather (WX). QSL direct to WV2B. _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 5A1A - LIBYA - Europeans and North Americans were working him yesterday on 21235 from about 19:20 to 20:10Z. 5Z4RL - KENYA - It sure was nice to hear Rob is OK as he was on 21280 just before 16:00Z. QSL via N2AU. 9K2KL - KUWAIT - JA's reported working Asthma (YL) on 21249 from 12:50 to 13:20Z. VK9CE - COCOS KEELING - Hiro continues to be very active on CW. Yesterdays activities were as follows: GMT Frequency GMT Frequency --- --------- --- --------- 00 21025 13 14025 09 14025 14 24935 10 14025 15 18162 11 14025 16 18071 12 14025 17 18071 ZD9BV - TRISTAN DA CUNHA - Europeans reported Andy was working a list on 14185 from about 18:30 to 19:20Z. QSL via W4FRU. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- EU-003 CU3EJ 28460 2136 EU-127 DA0ND 3521 2253 EU-003 CU4F 14260 2203 EU-133 R1ASP 14264 1457 EU-009 GM4WSB/P 14264 1921 NA-047 VE8TA 18144 0050 EU-013 GJ3EML 18079 1746 OC-021 YB1XUR 21260 1757 EU-028 IA5/IK4RUX 14260 1807 OC-050 FO5JR 18070 0421 EU-049 SV8/HA0HW/P 14011 2144 OC-137 VK4GP 28495 0121 EU-057 DL4BQE/P 7024 2153 OC-137 VK4LV 21030 0643 EU-075 SV8/HB9BMY 21256 2232 OC-149 H44NC 14259 0616 EU-084 SM0OIG/5 14257 2108 SA-026 PP5OW 28456 1813

Jay, PP5LL, will be active from Sao Francisco Island (SA-027) using PU5U from 10 to 14 September. QSL via PP5LL either via the bureau or direct to Jay Lira, P.O. Box 08, Florian¢polis/SC, 88010-970 BRAZIL. Martin, G3ZAY, will be active today as NU2L/1 from Monhegan Island (NA-137). IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- -------------- 11-Aug 11-Aug HS HS0ZBS 2-131 11-Aug 11-Aug V2 V26E (NA-100) 2-133 11-Aug 12-Aug BV BV3/DJ3KR (AS-020) 2-119 11-Aug 12-Aug KH4 NH4/NH6YK 2-108 11-Aug 12-Aug SV SV8/HB9BMY/P (EU-075) 2-144 11-Aug 13-Aug FO FO5JR (OC-050) 2-113 2-95 11-Aug 13-Aug IS IS0/F6BUM (EU-024) 2-117 11-Aug 14-Aug A3 A35YH A35PC A35NQ 2-146 11-Aug 14-Aug ZF ZF2JM 2-145 11-Aug 15-Aug ZK1/S ZK1SCQ ZK1SCR (OC-013) 2-84 11-Aug 15-Aug 9A 9A2U/P (EU-016) 2-135 11-Aug 15-Aug FT5X FT5XN (AF-048) 2-119 11-Aug 15-Aug F TM0DX (EU-032) by F5LEJ 2-54 11-Aug 15-Aug VK9Y VK9CE (OC-003) 2-132 11-Aug 17-Aug FM FM/I4ALU/P 2-128 11-Aug 17-Aug SV9 SV9/IK2QEI (EU-015) 2-140 11-Aug 17-Aug TK TK/S53R (EU-014) 2-136 11-Aug 18-Aug SV5 SV5/IK5ZTW (EU-001) 2-144 11-Aug 19-Aug 1S 9M6HX (AS-051) 2-141 11-Aug 22-Aug G M/PA3GIO (EU-109 EU-120) 2-139 11-Aug 25-Aug SM G3LAA (EU-043 088) 2-50 11-Aug 26-Aug A2 A22/W0YG 2-113 2-112 11-Aug 28-Aug IS IS0/IK2OCP 2-144 11-Aug 31-Aug JT JU60MTZ 2-145 11-Aug 31-Aug TY TY1IJ 2-135 11-Aug 31-Oct JX JX7DFA (EU-022) 2-20 11-Aug 5-Dec 9N 9N1UD 2-110 2-103 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The sunspot number for August 9, 1998 was 155. The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado, for August 10, 1998, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 10-Aug-1998 21 149 11 3 LOW/QUIET-UNSET;LOW-MOD/QUIET-UNSET 10-Aug-1998 18 154 3 2 MODERATE/QUIET-UNSET;MODERATE/UNSET 10-Aug-1998 15 154 3 3 MODERATE/QUIET-UNSET;MODERATE/UNSET 10-Aug-1998 12 154 3 1 MODERATE/QUIET-UNSET;MODERATE/UNSET 10-Aug-1998 09 154 3 3 MODERATE/QUIET-UNSET;MODERATE/UNSET 10-Aug-1998 06 154 3 3 MODERATE/QUIET-UNSET;MODERATE/UNSET

10-Aug-1998 03 154 3 3 MODERATE/QUIET-UNSET;MODERATE/UNSET 10-Aug-1998 00 154 3 1 MODERATE/QUIET;MODERATE/QUIET-UNSET The forecast for Tuesday, 11 August: solar flux 155, A index 15, K index 3. Tuesday should be High Normal. The forecast for Wednesday, 12 August: solar flux 150, A index 25, K index 4. Wednesday should be Low Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 4X4BL WA2KNC TJ1HP F6FNU W4T WA3HUP 9K2GS W6YJ TJ1PD N5DRV YJ8PU KF4VPU A35NQ JL2ONQ TZ6JA JA3EMU Z30SVP Z32KV A35YH JA2JW V31CX KA1VLP ZK1SCQ DL6DK 5B4OG - Edward D Ross, P.O. Box 6307, Larnaca CY, CYPRUS Jim, KI8DF, reports he is looking for an active DX station that would like a stateside manager. He may be contacted by e-mail at <lozier@bright.net> QSL cards recently received direct: 3B7RF, CY9SS, GU3EJL, H44NC, JT1CO, JT1FBB, JW5NM, TA2BK _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: AA5XE, F5NOD, F6AJA, Go-List, HS0/VK3DXI, JA1ADN, JA3CMD, K1XN, K3KY, K4QD, KC3AJ, KE4RNA, KH6BZF REPORTS, KI8DF, Les Nouvelles DX, N3NT, N3OSH, NC4US, NOAA, ON4VT, PS7AB, QRZ DX, W4ZV _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), or $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United States. _____________________________________________________________________ Copyright _ _____________________________________________________________________ THE DAILY DX _ is published Monday through Friday by Bernie McClenny, W3UR, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, MD 21738 USA. This e-mail message and its contents are copyrighted and are proprietary products of THE DAILY DX _. Any unauthorized use, reproduction, or transfer of the message or its content, in any medium, is strictly prohibited. For permission to quote, reprint or repost this e-mail send a request to THE DAILY DX _ include date, volume and issue number. Check out THE DAILY DX _ homepage http://www.dailydx.com or for additional information you may phone THE DAILY DX _ at 301-854-5650 or fax at 301-854-5105. Remember to tell all your DX friends about THE DAILY DX.

. ======================== *** The Daily DX _ *** ======================== Volume 2 Number 148 August 12, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ DX News _____________________________________________________________________ The Washington Post yesterday reported the referendum for Nevis to secede from their federation with St. Kitts failed. In order to secede a two-third vote in favor was necessary, however only 61.8 percent was obtained. Federation Prime Minister Denzil Douglas vowed to "hammer out a new constitutional framework that would provide the people of Nevis with greater autonomy." In the Monday issue it was reported that the Royal Omani Amateur Radio Society would be hosting the Minister of Communications of Yemen. These negotiations between Oman and Yemen have been going on for several years. The purpose of the meeting was to help establish Amateur Radio in the ARRL's # 4 most wanted country and to have a possible DXpedition to Socotra Island. Tony, A45ZN, gives the following details about this old DXCC Entity. "Socotra Island is unique in that it is somewhere between 368 or 378 Kilometers from its nearest parent country (Yemen) but not only that it is another continent (Africa). This island is just a long red rocky plateau rising out of the sea on the Horn of Africa and originally you could only get there by boat. It now has a small airstrip for light aircraft. The island is avoided by mariners because of the piracy that abounds in that area. I have flown over it many times but not for the past nine or 10 years, so my memory is a little dim on its size, but it is quite substantial probably about 20 miles by about 8 miles at its widest part. It would be a certainty for a new DXCC Entity." Your editor took a crude measurement with a map of Yemen and Socotra Island. It does seem to be just over the 350 kilometer distance. This is exciting news with the possibility of activating a top ten country and the possibility of a new DXCC Entity. Keep your fingers crossed and standby for more news on this one. Vincent, F5JMV, will be on Martinique for the next three years. He will be signing FM5JV. QSL via F5JMV Gus, K4SXT, is once again active on the DX side of the pileup. This time he will be working form Nimitz Hill, Guam as KH2/K4SXT. He enjoys CW and has also operated as 9V1ZE and K4SXT/DU3. Both Gus and Dave, N2NL/KH2 have recently been active on 160 meters and more activity is expected. Laurence, GM4DMA, will once again be active from Uganda as 5X1LH from 14 to 21 August. Look for him to be mostly on 6, 15 and 17 meters. QSL via GM4DMA. _____________________________________________________________________

QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 5A1A - LIBYA - Was found working North America and Europe on 21285 between 17:00 and 18:00Z. 5V7FA - TOGO - Europeans and East Coast US stations reported working Marc around 17:45Z on 18160. QSL via F6FNU. 9M6HX - SPRATLY - Uwe is now at Lang Lang (AS-051). Here are his reported activities from yesterday. GMT Frequency GMT Frequency --- --------- --- --------- 10 14260 14 14260 11 14260 15 14260 13 18136 FO0YAM - FRENCH POLYNESIA - This is a Japanese operator, operating from Bora Bora (OC-067). He has been on 15 and 20 meters CW and SSB. QSL via JK1FNN. FR/JH1BMT - REUNION ISLAND - Has been active for the last two days on 17 meters CW and SSB. KH2/K4SXT - GUAM - Japanese stations reported Gus was on 1830 between 11:10 and 12:20Z. He was mostly listening in the JA window but did listen simplex. NH4/NH6YK - MIDWAY ISLAND - This may have been Ted's last day of operating for this trip. He says he will be back in December and hopes to bring something for 160 meters. Also mentioned another group will be on the island in late September. QSL via NH6YK. Yesterdays activities were as follows: GMT Frequency GMT Frequency --- --------- --- --------- 01 21285 07 14193 02 21285 08 14193 03 14200 09 14193 04 18150 10 14193 06 14193 11 7080 S21J - BANGLADESH - Several East Coast US stations reported Mamtaz was on 21277 between 14:00 and 15:00Z. TY1IJ - BENIN - JA's found Sigi on 14195 just before 21:00Z. QSL via DK8ZD. VK9CE - COCOS KEELING - Need this one for a new one? Try looking for Hiro during the following times. GMT Frequency GMT Frequency --- --------- --- --------- 10 24894 14025 15 18072 11 14025 16 18072 12 14025 ZD7CTO - ST. HELENA ISLAND - Derek was working East Coast US stations on 28477 from 12:45 to 13:45Z. QSL via

KB2MS. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AF-019 IG9/IK3AWP 7062 1748 EU-049 SV8DCV 21262 1618 AF-019 IG9/IK4HLQ 14260 1818 EU-052 SV8/F2VX 14257 1816 AS-028 UA0QMU 18068 1944 EU-057 DL4BQE/P 14028 2009 AS-045 HL5FUA 21260 1428 EU-075 SV1TP/P 14263 1645 AS-051 9M6HX 14260 1536 EU-084 SK0HS/5 14264 0557 AS-053 HS0/IK4MRH 14184 1529 EU-084 SM5OIG/5 24895 0929 AS-059 UA0IAS/O 14261 1642 EU-089 CU9A 14201 2100 EU-001 SV5/IZ2AEQ 14263 2108 EU-111 GM0HBF/P 14264 2157 EU-009 GM4WSB/P 14265 1939 EU-127 DA0ND 14040 0440 EU-011 G3RPC 18163 2019 NA-047 VE8TA 18074 0019 EU-016 9A/DL2VFK 10105 2119 NA-069 K2OLG/M 14260 1214 EU-023 9H4CM 18134 1805 NA-110 WB4WTY 14255 0217 EU-024 IS0/F6BUM 10107 2051 OC-013 ZK1SCQ 14260 0551 EU-028 IA5/IK4RUX 7060 1437 OC-067 FO0YAM 14021 0830 EU-049 SV8/HA0HW 14082 1646 SA-036 P43E 14263 2305 EU-049 SV8CRI 14040 0332 A team of YL's from Brazil will activate Comprida Island (SA-024) from 29 October to 2 November. Look for PR2YL on SSB and PS2S on CW. They will be active on 10, 15, 20, 40 and 80 meters. Operators include Alda, PP5ASN, Arilda, PY5OA, Teresa, PT2TF, Lourdes, PY5LO and Adri, PY5NT. QSL cards will go to Jay Lira, PP5LL, P.O. Box 08, CEP 88,010-970, FPolis-SC, Brazil. Starting yesterday CU4AH, CU5AV and CU7BC were active from Corvo Island (EU-089) as CU9A. They will operate on all HF bands, plus 6 and 2 meters until 19 August. IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- -------------- 12-Aug 19-Aug 1S 9M6HX (AS-051) 2-141 12-Aug 15-Aug 9A 9A2U/P (EU-016) 2-135 12-Aug 5-Dec 9N 9N1UD 2-110 2-103 12-Aug 26-Aug A2 A22/W0YG 2-113 2-112 12-Aug 14-Aug A3 A35YH A35PC A35NQ 2-146 12-Aug 12-Aug BV BV3/DJ3KR (AS-020) 2-119 12-Aug 15-Aug F TM0DX (EU-032) by F5LEJ 2-54 12-Aug 17-Aug FM FM/I4ALU/P 2-128 12-Aug 13-Aug FO FO5JR (OC-050) 2-113 2-95 12-Aug 15-Aug FT5X FT5XN (AF-048) 2-119 12-Aug 22-Aug G M/PA3GIO (EU-109 EU-120) 2-139 12-Aug 13-Aug IS IS0/F6BUM (EU-024) 2-117 12-Aug 28-Aug IS IS0/IK2OCP 2-144 12-Aug 31-Aug JT JU60MTZ 2-145

12-Aug 31-Oct JX JX7DFA (EU-022) 2-20 12-Aug 12-Aug KH4 NH4/NH6YK 2-108 12-Aug 25-Aug SM G3LAA (EU-043 088) 2-50 12-Aug 12-Aug SV SV8/HB9BMY/P (EU-075) 2-144 12-Aug 18-Aug SV5 SV5/IK5ZTW (EU-001) 2-144 12-Aug 17-Aug SV9 SV9/IK2QEI (EU-015) 2-140 12-Aug 17-Aug TK TK/S53R (EU-014) 2-136 12-Aug 31-Aug TY TY1IJ 2-135 12-Aug 15-Aug VK9Y VK9CE (OC-003) 2-132 12-Aug 14-Aug ZF ZF2JM 2-145 12-Aug 15-Aug ZK1/S ZK1SCQ ZK1SCR (OC-013) 2-84 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The sunspot number for August 10, 1998 was 136. The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado, for August 11, 1998, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 11-Aug-1998 21 150 6 1 LOW/QUIET-UNSET;LOW-MOD/QUIET-ACTIVE 11-Aug-1998 18 149 12 2 LOW/QUIET-UNSET;LOW-MOD/QUIET-UNSET 11-Aug-1998 15 149 12 2 LOW/QUIET-UNSET;LOW-MOD/QUIET-UNSET 11-Aug-1998 12 149 12 1 LOW/QUIET-UNSET;LOW-MOD/QUIET-UNSET 11-Aug-1998 09 149 12 2 LOW/QUIET-UNSET;LOW-MOD/QUIET-UNSET 11-Aug-1998 06 149 12 0 LOW/QUIET-UNSET;LOW-MOD/QUIET-UNSET 11-Aug-1998 03 149 12 2 LOW/QUIET-UNSET;LOW-MOD/QUIET-UNSET 11-Aug-1998 00 149 12 3 LOW/QUIET-UNSET;LOW-MOD/QUIET-UNSET The forecast for Wednesday, 12 August: solar flux 150, A index 25, K index 4. Wednesday should be Low Normal. The forecast for Thursday, 13 August: solar flux 145, A index 15, K index 3. Thursday should be High Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 4U1WB KK4HD CU9A CU5AC ZA1MH Z32KV 9G1MR IK3HHX FO0YAM JK1FNN ZD7CTO KB2MS A35PC JA2DPC HL50CG HL1CG ZK1SCQ DL6DK CE3/NE4Z AJ4Y SN5PW DL3KDC ZK1SCR DL6DK ZD7DP - Desmond, P.O. Box 86, St. Helena, South Atlantic Ocean QSL cards recently received direct: _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: A45ZN, DX News Sheet, KC3AJ, KH6BZF REPORTS, N3OSH, N4GN, NOAA, PY5BF, Washington Post _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions

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. ======================== *** The Daily DX _ *** ======================== Volume 2 Number 149 August 13, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ DX News _____________________________________________________________________ Toshi, JA1ELY, reports that JH8BKL and his XYL Miciko, JF8IYR, plan to be active from Kosrae Island (OC-059) in the Federal States of Micronesia from 4 to 7 September. They will be active as V63KA and V63MC on 6 through 40 meters on CW and SSB. QSL direct or via the JARL bureau to JH8BKL. Dave, W4JVN, and Tim, W9QQ, plan to operate in the CQ World Wide SSB DX Contest as PJ9Q. They will arrive on 20 October and will be active on 10 through 160 meters (no 12, 17 or 30 meters). Before and after the contest look PJ9/W4JVN on CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL via W4JVN. Mike, K5KWG/ZA1MH, is currently in Texas until October. He will be moving to Kazakhstan (UN) in December. Plans are to also operate from Tajikistan (EY) and possibly Afghanistan (YA). _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 3D2QB - FIJI - East Coast US stations found Allen just before 01:00Z on 24895. QSL via SM3CER. 5N0/OK1AUT - NIGERIA - Was working JA's yesterday on 24894 between 08:30Z and 09:10Z. 7X4AN - ALGERIA - Med shows up on 15 meters CW most days around 22:00Z. 9K2GS - KUWAIT - Abdul can be found of near 14200 around 04:00Z. BD4ED - PEOPLE's DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CHINA - Yesterday East Coast US stations were working Ed on 18083 at 12:30Z. D44BS - CAPE VERDE ISLANDS - Angelo continues to show up on 20 meters RTTY around 21:00Z. ET3AA - ETHIOPIA - JA's reported working a YL at this club station. She was on 21247 just before 16:00Z. S92AT - SAO TOME & PRINCIPE - Gary made a surprise visit on 14183 at 05:30Z. He was working Midwest US stations. QSL via NJ2D. TL5A - CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - Alex was active on 18113 from 22:20 to 23:00Z. He then went to 10103. QSL via PA3DMH.

V8GTW - BRUNEI - Gary was found on a net yesterday on 14227 between 14:00 and 16:00Z. VK9CE - COCOS KEELING - Yesterday Hiro was active on both CW and SSB. Yesterday's reports were as follows: GMT Frequencies GMT Frequencies --- ----------- --- ----------- 01 24894 10 21028 21250 07 24894 12 10106 08 24894 14 14267 09 21028 16 18072 ZA1MH - ALBANIA - This station has been on 20 meters the last two days, however Mike, ZA1MH/K5KWG is in Texas and does not know who this pirate is. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AS-012 JA6LCJ/6 14040 2110 EU-089 CU9A 14257 2244 EU-031 IC8/IK2PZG 14222 2213 NA-110 K9JWV 14026 0305 EU-057 DL4BQE/P 18080 1524 OC-013 ZK1SCQ 14263 0436 EU-084 SK0HS/5 14260 1954 Alvaro, EA2BUF, plans to be active from three French IOTA Islands during August. Look for F/EA2BUF/P on EU-058, EU-070, EU-095. Bureau QSL cards may go via F8REF or direct to EA2BUF. IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- -------------- 13-Aug 13-Aug FO FO5JR (OC-050) 2-113 2-95 13-Aug 13-Aug IS IS0/F6BUM (EU-024) 2-117 13-Aug 14-Aug A3 A35YH A35PC A35NQ 2-146 13-Aug 14-Aug ZF ZF2JM 2-145 13-Aug 15-Aug 9A 9A2U/P (EU-016) 2-135 13-Aug 15-Aug FT5X FT5XN (AF-048) 2-119 13-Aug 15-Aug F TM0DX (EU-032) by F5LEJ 2-54 13-Aug 15-Aug VK9Y VK9CE (OC-003) 2-132 13-Aug 15-Aug ZK1/S ZK1SCQ ZK1SCR (OC-013) 2-84 13-Aug 17-Aug FM FM/I4ALU/P 2-128 13-Aug 17-Aug HL HL0K (AS-???) 2-144 13-Aug 17-Aug SV9 SV9/IK2QEI (EU-015) 2-140 13-Aug 17-Aug TK TK/S53R (EU-014) 2-136 13-Aug 18-Aug SV5 SV5/IK5ZTW (EU-001) 2-144 13-Aug 19-Aug 1S 9M6HX (AS-051) 2-141 13-Aug 19-Aug CU CU9A (EU-089) 2-148 13-Aug 22-Aug G M/PA3GIO (EU-109 EU-120) 2-139 13-Aug 23-Aug VE VE2CY (NA-128)

13-Aug 25-Aug SM G3LAA (EU-043 088) 2-50 13-Aug 26-Aug A2 A22/W0YG 2-113 2-112 13-Aug 28-Aug IS IS0/IK2OCP 2-144 13-Aug 31-Aug JT JU60MTZ 2-145 13-Aug 31-Aug TY TY1IJ 2-135 13-Aug 31-Oct JX JX7DFA (EU-022) 2-20 13-Aug 5-Dec 9N 9N1UD 2-110 2-103 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The sunspot number for August 11, 1998 was 144. The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado, for August 12, 1998, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 12-Aug-1998 21 147 9 1 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE 12-Aug-1998 18 150 5 2 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 12-Aug-1998 15 150 5 1 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 12-Aug-1998 12 150 5 1 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE 12-Aug-1998 09 150 5 3 VERY LOW/QUIET-UNSET;LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE 12-Aug-1998 06 150 5 3 VERY LOW/QUIET-UNSET;LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE 12-Aug-1998 03 150 5 3 LOW/QUIET;LOW-MODERATE/QUIET-ACTIVE 12-Aug-1998 00 150 5 2 LOW/QUIET;LOW-MODERATE/QUIET-ACTIVE The forecast for Thursday, 13 August: solar flux 145, A index 15, K index 3. Thursday should be High Normal. The forecast for Friday, 14 August: solar flux 145, A index 8, K index 2. Friday should be High Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 9A7C KA9WON JW5NM LA5NM UN7QF W8JY A35RK W7TSQ S92AT NJ2D VQ9GB K7GB D2BB W3HNK SN5PW DL3KDC WP3A W4DN 4S7EA - Ernest Amarasinghe, 275/14, Colombo Road, Divulpitiya, Boralesgamuwa 10290, SRI LANKA CW80Z - P.O. Box 512, Minas, URUGUAY UA0IAS/0 - Box 11, 686110 Palatka, RUSSIA QSL cards recently received direct: _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 425 DX News, JA1ELY, K5KWG, KC3AJ, KH6BZF REPORTS, N3OSH, NOAA, W4JVN, ZA1MH _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________

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. ======================== *** The Daily DX _ *** ======================== Volume 2 Number 150 August 14, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ DX News _____________________________________________________________________ Murthada, A41LZ, reports that the meeting with the Royal Omani Amateur Radio Society (ROARS) and Ahmed Al-Ri, the Minister of Communications for Yemen, went very well earlier this week. They meet for some 45 minutes. Ahmed has a keen interest in radio and apparently was an Amateur some 40 years ago, no callsign was mentioned. It was also reported he likes CW. More news on this subject is expected soon. Jack Haden, VK2GJH, will once again be working in the Pacific Ocean from 18 August through 5 September. First he will be in the West Kiribati's as T30JH and remain there until 25 August. From there he will go to Nauru and be active as C21JH from 26 August to 5 September. While on the islands he will be on 6 through 80 meters with an emphasis on the WARC bands. From past operation he has only been on SSB, so he may not be on 30 meters. He will have a IC-736, dipole, « wave length vertical for 10 and 12 meters, and A50-S. QSL cards must go direct only with either IRC or US $ to VK2GJH, Jack Haden, P.O. Box 99, Ryde, N.S.W., 1680, AUSTRALIA. Martin, PA3DSR, plan to operate from Jersey (GJ) between 11 and 15 September. He will be active in the Worked All Europe SSB Contest. Mathias, DL9BQ, will be active from Saint Lucia, possibly as J6/DL9BQ, from now through 21 August. Look for him to be running 100 watts and wire antennas on 15 and 20 meters SSB. Dave, OK1AUT, is currently active from Lagos, Nigeria as 5N0/OK1AUT. He will be there for the next three years. When asked about 160 meters he replied to much QRN. He did say that he may try in the Fall or Winter. QSL via OK1AUT. Hansjuergen, DL1SDV, and Rainer, DL2BFH, plan to operate from Samoa from 20 August to 11 September. They will use 5W0HP and 5W0BF on CW, SSB, RTTY and Pactor. Look for 5W0HP on Pactor around the clock on 14063 or 18104. QSL via home calls. _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 5A1A - LIBYA - JA's found him on 12 meters CW at 13:30Z and 15:30Z. 5R8FU - MADAGASCAR - Ake showed up yesterday on 14001 working US stations from 12:10 to 12:50Z. QSL via SM0DJZ.

9M6HX - SPRATLY ISLANDS - US stations report that Uwe was on 14027 between 15:00 and 16:00Z. A7AQQ - BAHRAIN - Not! This is Nino, EA7AQQ, in Moron, Spain. He had a real mess on his hands early today on 15 meters as he just could not send the E in his call. Many thought they were working Bahrain on CW. FR/JH1BMT - REUNION ISLAND - Reports that today is his last day and to QSL via JH1BMT. OA4/DL9GMM - PERU - Was busy on 18077 from 00:30 to 01:15Z and on 10108 between 02:00 and 03:30Z. ZS - SOUTH AFRICA - Look for ZS5K and ZS6UT on 160 meters CW around 04:00 to 04:30Z. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AS-012 JA6LCJ/6 14258 1335 EU-049 SV8/HA0HW/P 10104 0504 AS-024 JS6PMR 14021 1534 EU-096 OH1SR 18077 1442 AS-028 UA0QMU 18068 2153 EU-136 9A/DK3ID 21267 1613 EU-001 SV5/PA3AZF 14247 0039 OC-013 ZK1SCQ 21295 0332 EU-023 9H1AL/P 18158 2238 OC-030 NH4/NH6YK 14260 2038 EU-032 F5PHW/P 10104 2030 OC-067 FO0YAM 21022 0344 EU-048 F5IRH/P 14263 2139 SA-026 PU5ANB 3790 0132 IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- -------------- 14-Aug 14-Aug A3 A35YH A35PC A35NQ 2-146 14-Aug 14-Aug ZF ZF2JM 2-145 14-Aug 15-Aug 9A 9A2U/P (EU-016) 2-135 14-Aug 15-Aug FT5X FT5XN (AF-048) 2-119 14-Aug 15-Aug F TM0DX (EU-032) by F5LEJ 2-54 14-Aug 15-Aug VK9Y VK9CE (OC-003) 2-132 14-Aug 15-Aug ZK1/S ZK1SCQ ZK1SCR (OC-013) 2-84 14-Aug 17-Aug FM FM/I4ALU/P 2-128 14-Aug 17-Aug HL HL0K (AS-080) 14-Aug 17-Aug I IG9/IK4HLQ (AF-019) 14-Aug 17-Aug SV9 SV9/IK2QEI (EU-015) 2-140 14-Aug 17-Aug TK TK/S53R (EU-014) 2-136 14-Aug 18-Aug SV5 SV5/IK5ZTW (EU-001) 2-144 14-Aug 19-Aug 1S 9M6HX (AS-051) 2-141 14-Aug 19-Aug CU CU9A (EU-089) 2-148 14-Aug 22-Aug G M/PA3GIO (EU-109 EU-120) 2-139 14-Aug 23-Aug VE VE2CY (NA-128) 14-Aug 25-Aug SM G3LAA (EU-043 088) 2-50

14-Aug 26-Aug A2 A22/W0YG 2-113 2-112 14-Aug 28-Aug IS IS0/IK2OCP 2-144 14-Aug 31-Aug I ID9/I2IAU (EU-017) 14-Aug 31-Aug JT JU60MTZ 2-145 14-Aug 31-Aug TY TY1IJ 2-135 14-Aug 31-Oct JX JX7DFA (EU-022) 2-20 14-Aug 5-Dec 9N 9N1UD 2-110 2-103 14-Aug 15-Aug 7th Annual New Orleans Int DX Co 2-118 2-12 14-Aug 16-Aug JD1/O JQ1SUO/JD1 2-146 14-Aug 21-Aug 5X 5X1LH 2-148 15-Aug 17-Aug BY BI5P (AS-NEW) 2-145 15-Aug 22-Aug SV9 SV9/EA3CB/P 2-126 15-Aug 30-Aug SV SV8/SV2CLJ (EU-052) 16-Aug 17-Aug VE NU2L/VE8 (NA-207) 2-136 16-Aug 21-Aug ZK1/N ZK1SCQ ZK1SCR (OC-082) 2-84 16-Aug 31-Aug 8Q 8Q7JD (AS-013) 2-134 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The sunspot number for August 12, 1998 was 137. The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado, for August 13, 1998, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 13-Aug-1998 21 137 9 2 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 13-Aug-1998 18 147 8 2 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/UNSET-ACTIVE 13-Aug-1998 15 147 8 2 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/UNSET-ACTIVE 13-Aug-1998 12 147 8 3 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/UNSET-ACTIVE 13-Aug-1998 09 147 8 2 LOW/QUIET;LOW/UNSETTLED-ACTIVE 13-Aug-1998 06 147 8 2 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/UNSET-ACTIVE 13-Aug-1998 03 147 8 2 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/UNSET-ACTIVE 13-Aug-1998 00 147 8 2 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/UNSET-ACTIVE The forecast for Friday, 14 August: solar flux 145, A index 8, K index 2. Friday should be High Normal. The forecast for Saturday, 15 August: solar flux 140, A index 8, K index 2. Saturday should be High Normal. The forecast for Sunday, 16 August: solar flux 140, A index 8, K index 3. Sunday should be High Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ The following QSL cards were recently received and information was taken directly from the cards listed below: 3D2IJ via JM1LJS 3D2KY via JA3MVI 3E1DX via KU9C 3W6LK via W2LK 3W6WE via K2WE 4M1X via YV5EED 4S7BRG Mario Primavesi, 327/3 Main Street, Ambalangoda, SRI LANKA 4S7TZ Trevor Abeyesundere, 38/15, Gower Street, Colombo 5, SRI LANKA 4X/K4YT Karl J. Renz, 26 Hate'ena St., 43577 Ra'ananna, ISRAEL

5B4/UN7FK Willy Martemyanov, P. O. Box 2100, Pavlodar 637000, KAZAKHSTAN 6M0HZ via DS2AGH 8P6FH Rodney O'Neale, Upper Carlton #2, St. James, BARBADOS 8P9IF via G3PJT 8R1K via OH0XX 9H3II via DL4VCR 9K2OK Waleed A. Abul, P. O. Box 17292, 72453 Khaldiya, KUWAIT 9K2SQ Abdullah Ali al-Sayegh, P. O. Box 38899, Abdullah al-Salem 72259, KUWAIT 9M6AAC via N2OO 9Q5YT via K4YT A35KY via JA3MVI BD4SE Chen Yu Ming, 8 Taoyuan Road, Jinxi, Kunshan, Jiangsu 215324, CHINA BV2YA/1 via BV2KI BV4KR Tasi Chung-Ming, P. O. Box 11-12, Miaoli 366, TAIWAN BV4YE Miaoli Group Station, P. O. Box 35, Toufen, Miaoli, TAIWAN CN8YR Agayr Mohamed, P. O. Box 1762, Casablanca, MOROCCO DS0EZ Sarang Nanugi Net, P. O. Box 54, Dongjak, Seoul 156-600, KOREA DS1CIT Kim Sang Jin, P. O. Box 99, Yangchun, Seoul 158-600, KOREA DS1GNS Yu Myung Ock, P. O. Box 99, Yangchun, Seoul 158-600, KOREA DS1ILV Kim, P. O. Box 54, Dongjak, Seoul 156-600, KOREA DS2AGH Kang, 938-24, Kesan 1-dong, Inchon 407-051, KOREA DS2CFQ Hyeon Ok Nam, Hyundai APT 102-1110, Yonghyun-dong, Uijongbu, Kyungkido 480-050, KOREA DS2CYI Dae Geun Kwon, P. O. Box 67, Suwon, Kyonggi 440-600, KOREA DS3CQU Young Kuu Park, P. O. Box 17, Chon An 330-6, KOREA DS5RDA Sang Un Lee, P. O. Box 23, Taegu 700-600, KOREA DS5ROJ Jeongsoon Kang, 105-501, Daeyoung APT, Yongju 750-053, KOREA DS5SYF Tai Sik-Choi, 1-15 Dae Do Dong, Pohang 790-140, KOREA K7DTS/DU1 John Gibson, Barrio Salong, Calaca, Batangas, PHILIPPINES E21EJC Krissada Futrakul, P. O. Box 20, Bangkok 10163, THAILAND EA8BH via OH2BH DL1GKG/HI3 via DL3GA HL1OYF Kim Dug Nam, P. O. Box 54, Dongjak, Seoul 156-600, KOREA HL1SRJ Kwon Young Ouk, P. O. Box 54, Dongjak, Seoul 156-600, KOREA HL1SYB Kim Yoo Sung, P. O. Box 54, Dongjak, Seoul 156-600, KOREA HL2DRY Kim Sungjun, P. O. Box 12, Youngwol 230-800, KOREA HL2VNA Dong Duk Seo, Hyundai APT 102-1110, Yonghyun-dong, Uijongbu, Kyungkido 480-050, KOREA HL3ENE Shin Hyun Kyun, Donga APT 3-1303, Kyohyun-Dong, Chongju, Chungbuk 380-060, KOREA HL3QVZ Young Kuu Park, P. O. Box 17, Chon An 330-6, KOREA HL5NLQ Kang Young Tae, Green APT 219-301, Jigok-dong, Pohang 790-390, KOREA HL5NTN Kim Suk Bong, 733-144, Dong Chun-Dong, Chongju 780-190, KOREA HL5YAW Euljae Lee, 105-501, Daeyoung APT, Yongju 750-053, KOREA HL5YDP Jung Weon Sik, 611-20, Chang Po-Dong, Buk-Gu, Pohang, Kyungbuk 791-250, KOREA HR5MAG Miguel Gomez, "Los Gauchos", Barrio El Centro, Copan Ruinas, HONDURAS IG9/AC6WE via IV3TAN IG9/I2VXJ via IV3TAN IG9/IK2QEI via IV3TAN IG9/IT9EQO via IV3TAN IG9/IT9GSF via IV3TAN II3X via I3JTE IO2L via I2OKW IQ3AC via IK3GES

IR7S via IK7RWE IU3V via IK3VIA IZ9R voa I2VXJ J39JX Floyd C. Dowden, Mt. Moritz, St. George's, GRENADA J79KV via W6JKV J79MY via K6MYC J80R via EA2BP JR0BQD/JD1 Satoshi Honda, 1435 Oishi, Horinouchi, Kitauonuma, Niigata 949-7411, JAPAN JW8AV Egil Skudsvik, Brottet 120, 3029 Drammen, NORWAY KH0AA via JA5DQH LM2T via LA2T LX1SP Schartz Louis, 3 Rue du Nord, L-4469 Soleuvre, LUXEMBOURG LX1TI Trezzi Carlo, P. O. Box 117, L-4901 Bascharage, LUXEMBOURG LX8A via DL7MAE OE2S via OE2GEN OF5M via OH5NQ OH0BH via OH2BH OI2E via OH2IW OI5N via OH5AE OI7T via OH7AAC OL5IFK via OK1KCY OT7P via ON7RN P38M via YL2KL P43T Anthony Thiel, P. O. Box 614, Oranjestad, ARUBA P43W Randy Geerman, P. O. Box 5160, Oranjestad, ARUBA PI4GN via PA0GIN PR2P via PT2NP PS2P via PT2NP PV2P via PT2NP PW2N via PY2NY PW2P via PT2NP PX0A via PY2OJD R3/W0YR via AA9DX RN3F via RU3DX S07CRS via JA1UT SN9JP via SP9PKZ T00RM via DL2JRM T30RW via ZL1AMO TL8GR via F5XX TM2S via F5PED US6L via UR4LUG V44KMC K. McKoy, P. O. Box 505, NEVIS VO500JC via VO1AA VQ9RU James E. Thiessen, Urb. Monte Mar, Calle F-95, Fajardo, PR 00738 WH2U John van der Pyl, P. O. Box 2679, Agana, GU 96932 YB0AI Ir. Taufan Prioutomo, P. O. Box 7004 JKSKL, Jakarta 12070, INDONESIA YB9CCB Andi Chandra, P. O. Box 2051, Kuta 80361, INDONESIA YC0HXH N. Erwin Hanafiah, P. O. Box 7022 JATPB, Jakarta 13070, INDONESIA YC2JVQ Muarief, P. O. Box 1019, Brebes 52212, INDONESIA YC7JEK Hatirudin, P. O. Box 3, Banjarmasin 70001, INDONESIA YC9MKF Ferdy Konay, P. O. Box 1021, Kupang 85000, INDONESIA YJ8PU via KF4VPU YK1AH Fadel Shehab, P. O. Box 9597, Damascus, SYRIA YS1RR via W3HNK ZC4DG via A92FV ZC4EPI via A92FV ZF1DG via VE7KB

ZF1PM Peter H. Massie, P. O. Box 314, Savannah, Grand Cayman, CAYMAN ISLANDS ZF2MR via W6MR ZF2NT via N2AU ZK1MVI via JA3MVI ZK2KY via JA3MVI ZP5DAV Gustavo D. Paiva A., 14 de Junio #176 C/Gral. Santos, Asuncion, PARAGUAY ZV2WZV via PY2RKM ZW2L via PU2RUX ZX2P via PT2NP ZZ2Z via PY2YP _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 5N0/OK1AUT, AA3KX, DL2MIH, DX News Letter, DXPress, FR/JH1BMT, K3ZO, KC3AJ, KH6BZF REPORTS, KI4RU, N2QT, N3OSH, NOAA, VK3ALM, W3LEO, W3LPL _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), or $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United States. _____________________________________________________________________ Copyright _ _____________________________________________________________________ THE DAILY DX _ is published Monday through Friday by Bernie McClenny, W3UR, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, MD 21738 USA. This e-mail message and its contents are copyrighted and are proprietary products of THE DAILY DX _. Any unauthorized use, reproduction, or transfer of the message or its content, in any medium, is strictly prohibited. For permission to quote, reprint or repost this e-mail send a request to THE DAILY DX _ include date, volume and issue number. Check out THE DAILY DX _ homepage http://www.dailydx.com or for additional information you may phone THE DAILY DX _ at 301-854-5650 or fax at 301-854-5105. Remember to tell all your DX friends about THE DAILY DX.

. ======================== *** The Daily DX _ *** ======================== Volume 2 Number 151 August 17, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ DX News _____________________________________________________________________ The GMDX Group will hold the GMDX 1998 Convection on 15 November at the King Robert Hotel, Bannockburn, Stirling, Scotland. For more information contact Tom Wylie, GM4FDM, <wylie@colloquium.co.uk>. The Clipperton DX Club (CDXC) will celebrate their 20th anniversary on 19 and 20 September at this year's Clipperton DX Club Convention. It will be held in Brive, France. For more information contact Alain, F5LMJ, <F5LMJ@F5KEQ.fpdl.fra> or visit the CDXC homepage at http://www.mygale.org/04/cdxc/index.html Jim, K9JF/7, is planning a multi-operator operation from the British Virgin Islands during the CQ World Wide SSB DX Contest on 24 and 25 October. He will be joined by five others and they will be concentrating on the low bands before and after the contest. World traveler Rob Shapiro, ND3A, will be taking up a two-year work assignment on Oahu, Hawaii in mid-September. He is thinking of taking some side trips to KH4, KH7K, etc. The OP DX Bulletin reports that Jon, WB8YJF, and Leo, K8PYD, will operate in the CQ World Wide RTTY DX Contest on 26 and 27 September from Macao. They hope to use XX9YD and will be active before the contest on CW and maybe SSB. QSL via K8PYD. The 425 DX News reports special event station EK88L is on the air to commemorate the victims of the earthquake that destroyed Leininakan (Gyumri), Armenia ten years ago. They will be active until the end of August and again for one week in December. QSL via IK2DUW. Larry, TZ6VV, reports he is back in Mali and will be traveling for the next week or so. While in the states, he purchased a Gladiator vertical for 160 meters and plans to put it up upon his return. He hopes to be on Topband in a couple of weeks. Larry also purchased equipment for 6 meters and has been active. QSL requests for 6 and 160 meters may go direct to Larry Erwin, BP 395, Segou, MALI. Mike, K3UOC/7Z5OO, reports he will not be taking the job in Honduras and will be staying in Somerville, MA for the next year. _____________________________________________________________________ Silent Key _____________________________________________________________________

John, W6KFV, reports the sad passing of Jules Wenglare, W6YO, who died of cancer on 16 August. He was a member of both the Central California DX Club, Inc. and the California Central Coast DX Club. _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 4K - AZERBAIJAN - Between 02:00 and 03:00Z yesterday 4K9W, 4KA9C and 4K8F were working US stations on 17 meters CW. 4S7YSG - SRI LANKA - Several East Coast US station reported working this one on 21029 between 14:00 and 15:00Z on Sunday. QSL via JA2BDR. 5Z4FM - KENYA - Was parked on 24900 on Saturday from 07:00 to 13:00Z on Saturday. 7X2LS - ALGERIA - JA's found Sadek on 21285 at 14:20Z on Sunday. 9M6HX - SPRATLY ISLANDS - Remains active from Lang Lang. 9N1FP - NEPAL - Vlad had a huge pileup of US stations on 18075 between 01:30 and 02:30Z on Sunday. He started out listening on his own frequency then eventually listening up. QSL via RU6FP. BY9GA - CHINA - Was found on 21238 at 14:20Z on Friday. All BY9 stations are located in CQ WAZ 23. C91AH - MOZAMBIQUE - Checked into the JA net on 14271 between 14:00 and 15:00Z on Saturday and Sunday. C56/DL6AMI - THE GAMBIA - Was very active over the weekend on 10 and 20 meters CW. QSL via bureau. ET3SID - ETHIOPIA - RTTY DXers reported this station showed up on 21082 Friday just after 13:00Z. EY8MM - TADJIKISTAN - Nodir was found on 18143 at 03:30Z on Sunday. QSL via K1BV. FT5XN - KERGUELEN ISLAND - Helios is still on the island. The 59(9) DX Report says he leaves on 28 August. Check between 11:00 and 12:00Z for him on 20 meters CW (14025) or SSB (14190). QSL via F6PEN. VK9CE - COCOS KEELING - Hiro finished up on Friday. QSL via JE5WJM. YJ8PU - VANUATU - Crystal was active on 40 meters SSB just before 12:30Z on Saturday. QSL via KF4VPU. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT

------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AS-018 UA0FZ 18071 0523 EU-133 R1ASP 14262 1316 AS-138 BI5P 21260 1550 NA-031 AA1AC/1 14260 1220 EU-120 M/PA3GIO/M 14252 1506 NA-047 VE8TA 18150 0112 EU-129 DL3BQA/P 21263 1144 OC-082 ZK1SCQ 14260 0641 Hank, K2HJB, plans to operate from Long Island (NA-026) starting today through 20 August. He will also go to Block Island, RI (NA-031) during this time frame. He will only operate on 20 meters SSB on 14260. Yang, BD7JA, reports the upcoming trip to Wei-Zhou Island (AS-NEW), BI7W, will now take place from 21 to 24 August. He also suggested the following frequencies: CW 3525, 7025 (No other frequencies were given, but they will be SSB 3800, 7055 on the other bands) QSL direct only to: P.O. Box 1713, 510600 Canton, P.D.R. of CHINA IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- -------------- 17-Aug 17-Aug BY BI5P (AS-NEW) 2-145 17-Aug 17-Aug FM FM/I4ALU/P 2-128 17-Aug 17-Aug HL HL0K (AS-080) 17-Aug 17-Aug I IG9/IK4HLQ (AF-019) 17-Aug 17-Aug VE NU2L/VE8 (NA-207) 2-136 17-Aug 17-Aug SV9 SV9/IK2QEI (EU-015) 2-140 17-Aug 17-Aug TK TK/S53R (EU-014) 2-136 17-Aug 18-Aug SV5 SV5/IK5ZTW (EU-001) 2-144 17-Aug 19-Aug 1S 9M6HX (AS-051) 2-141 17-Aug 19-Aug CU CU9A (EU-089) 2-148 17-Aug 19-Aug VE VE8C (NA-173) 2-117 17-Aug 21-Aug 5X 5X1LH 2-148 17-Aug 21-Aug J6 J6/DL9BQ 2-150 17-Aug 21-Aug ZK1/N ZK1SCQ ZK1SCR (OC-082) 2-84 17-Aug 22-Aug G M/PA3GIO (EU-109 EU-120) 2-139 17-Aug 22-Aug SV9 SV9/EA3CB/P 2-126 17-Aug 23-Aug VE VE2CY (NA-128) 17-Aug 25-Aug SM G3LAA (EU-043 088) 2-50 17-Aug 26-Aug A2 A22/W0YG 2-113 2-112 17-Aug 28-Aug IS IS0/IK2OCP 2-144 17-Aug 30-Aug SV SV8/SV2CLJ (EU-052) 17-Aug 31-Aug 8Q 8Q7JD (AS-013) 2-134 17-Aug 31-Aug I ID9/I2IAU (EU-017) 17-Aug 31-Aug JT JU60MTZ 2-145 17-Aug 31-Aug TY TY1IJ 2-135 17-Aug 31-Oct JX JX7DFA (EU-022) 2-20 17-Aug 5-Dec 9N 9N1UD 2-110 2-103 18-Aug 25-Aug T30 T30JH 2-150 18-Aug 27-Aug FG FG/I4ALU/P 2-139 20-Aug 23-Aug BY BI7W (AS-NEW) 2-145 20-Aug 24-Aug JW JW0YL 2-147 20-Aug 25-Aug 9M6 DJ9HX (OC-133) 2-141

20-Aug 11-Sep 5W 5W0HP 5W0BF 2-150 21-Aug 26-Aug ZK1/S ZK1SCQ ZK1SCR (OC-159) 2-84 22-Aug 3-Sep I IH9/IK1ZNM (AF-018) 2-144 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The sunspot number for August 15, 1998 was 106. The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado, for August 16, 1998, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 16-Aug-1998 21 140 4 1 MOD/QUIET;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 16-Aug-1998 18 133 4 2 MOD/QUIET;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 16-Aug-1998 15 133 4 1 LOW/QUIET;LOW/QUIET 16-Aug-1998 12 133 4 1 LOW/QUIET;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 16-Aug-1998 09 133 4 1 LOW/QUIET;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 16-Aug-1998 06 133 4 1 LOW/QUIET;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 16-Aug-1998 03 133 4 1 LOW/QUIET;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 16-Aug-1998 00 133 4 1 LOW/QUIET;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED The forecast for Monday, 17 August: solar flux 125, A index 20, K index 3. Monday should be Low Normal. The forecast for Tuesday, 18 August: solar flux 125, A index 15, K index 3. Tuesday should be High Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 1X1AO RW6PA EK88L IK2DUW TJ1PD N5DRV 4K8F UA9AB ER5GB W3HNK TL5A PA3DMH 4KA9C 4K9C EY8MM K1BV TU2DP K4MQL 4S7YSG JA2DBR HB0/HB9LEY JH1BSE UA0FZ W3HNK 7Q7CE IN3VZE HI3/KB2MS KB2MS UK8GK RW6HS 9N1FP RU6FP HS6MYW/1 HS1CHB UX0ZZ N3IRZ BI5P W3HC JQ1SUO/JD1 JQ1SUO VE8TA VE2BQB CO8TW W3HNK MJ0ASP F5OIU YB1XUR W6MD E21CJN W3PP SK0HS/5 SM0MPV YE1ZI YB0TK IK2DUW - Box 22, 20051 Limbiate - MI, ITALY JK1FNN - Hiroaki Yamazaki, 34-1-102 Matsugaya, Hachioji, Tokyo 192-0354 JAPAN RU6FP - V.V. Zakharov, Pr. Kulakova 27/2 - 116, Stavropol 355044, RUSSIA YB0TK - Maruto, PO Box 6763 JKSRB, Jakarta 12067, INDONESIA YB2ERL - Bambang Suryo Widodo, JL Permata Gading J-161A Semarang 50176 INDONESIA or Bambang Suryo Widodo, P.O Box 1191/SM Semarang 50011, INDONESIA The ZL8RS cards have arrived from the printer and will go out next week. N3AO is not the QSL manager for V73NN. The correct QSL manager is N3OA.

QSL cards recently received direct: 3A/IK1QBT, 3DA5A, 7Q7DC, A61AQ, AH2R, HC8A, HP1XVH, JD1YBJ, JL1KFR/JD1, KA4IST/KH5, KG4TO, LU1ZC, N2WCQ/6W1, T77C, TS5I, V73YB, VP2VDX, VP5Z, VR2KF, XX9AU, YB3OSE _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 425 DX News, AK7O, BD7JA, DX News Magazine, F5LMJ, Go-List, K1XN, K2HJB, K9JF/7, KC3AJ, KH6BZF REPORTS, N2QT, N3OSH, ND3A, NOAA, The 59(9) DX Report, TZ6VV, W6KFV, W7UG, WT3P, WU1F, YC0LOW, ZL1RS _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), or $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United States. _____________________________________________________________________ Copyright _ _____________________________________________________________________ THE DAILY DX _ is published Monday through Friday by Bernie McClenny, W3UR, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, MD 21738 USA. This e-mail message and its contents have a copyright and are proprietary products of THE DAILY DX _. Any unauthorized use, reproduction, or transfer of the message or its content, in any medium, is strictly prohibited. For permission to quote, reprint or repost this e-mail send a request to THE DAILY DX _ include date, volume and issue number. Check out THE DAILY DX _ homepage http://www.dailydx.com or for additional information you may phone THE DAILY DX _ at 301-854-5650 or fax at 301-854-5105. Remember to tell all your DX friends about THE DAILY DX.

. ======================== *** The Daily DX _ *** ======================== Volume 2 Number 152 August 18, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ DX News _____________________________________________________________________ Tham, E21CJN, reports Amateur Radio operators from Thailand will use special event call HS98AG to celebrate the Asian Games during November. 1,500 Amateurs will be helping to provide communications for this event. They will be able to use the special call on any band that they have privileges. Tham reported no new news about the 12, 17, 30, 80 and 160 meter bands, however efforts are still under way. HS and E2 stations may use 80 and 160 meters during some major contests. US and Swiss Amateurs are able to get reciprocal HS0Z licenses. The British agreement is close to being passed. A group of Russian Amateur from Club station RK0WZZ are currently operating from Tuva, CQ WAZ Zone 23 as RK0WZZ/P. They will operate on all bands from 10 to 160 meters on CW and SSB. Look for them to be active until 21 August. QSL via Box 50, Abakan 662600, RUSSIA. Mark, ON4WW, will once again be traveling through Western Sahara and will be active as SO7WW between 25 August and 1 September. He will be working so his operations will more than likely be during his evenings and night times. Mark maybe active from Mauritania as 5T5WW on 26 August as he will travel through this semi-rare country. While there it would more than likely be a daytime operation. QSL via ON5NT. Barry, ZS1FJ, is planning to operate from Lesotho in late September. He will take a kilowatt amplifier and a big beam. The 425 DX News reports IV3TMV and IV3NVN will be active from I.T.U. Geneva until 26 August. 4U1ITU was active yesterday on 20 meters. No QSL information has been received as of yet. _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 3W6EA - VIETNAM - Peter has been assigned 21160, 14160 and 14260. He is running 500 watts. 4S7DA - SRI LANKA - Denver was active on 14220 between 00:00 and 01:00Z. He had a very unique yesterday with his QSL manager, as it was their first. Denver reported that he would fill out the QSL and mail it to Joe! QSL via W3HNK. 4U1ITU - I.T.U. GENEVA - Europeans and East Coast North Americans found this club station on 14215 around 10:45Z.

9N1FP - NEPAL - Stations all across the US and Europe were logging Vlad yesterday on 18075 between 16:00 and 17:30Z. QSL via RU6FP. ET3AA - ETHIOPIA - Was very busy yesterday on 15 meters SSB from 13:00 to 17:00Z. One time it was a YL another time it was Sid. FH5CB - MAYOTTE - Elio was working Japan, North and South America and Europe on 21291 just before 15:00Z. FT5XN - KERGUELEN ISLAND - From 09:00 to 14:00Z stations from All across the US and Japan were working Helios. East Coast US stations were beaming long path. QSL via F6PEN. K1ZZ/VY2 - CANADA - Dave is now active on 10 through 40 meters. QSL via K1ZZ. KH2/K4SXT - GUAM - Several stations from Europe reported Gus was on 1830 at 20:00Z. S21 - BANGLADESH - Mamtaz, S21J, and Anwar, S21L, were active on 21274 and 21230 yesterday from 13:00 to 15:30Z. UK - UZBEKISTAN - Mike, UK8OM, and Nemat, UK8GK, can be found daily on 15 meters CW and/or SSB from 02:00 to 03:00Z. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AS-017 7J6CCU 21258 1626 NA-041 KL7IFP 14263 0924 EU-016 9A6KZK 28008 1529 EU-055 LA2JX 14260 0954 EU-057 DL4BQE 14025 2001 EU-015 SV0LK 14260 0324 AF-048 FT5XN 14260 1047 EU-075 SV1TP/P 14263 1629 EU-124 GW0SLM 14268 2158 EU-049 SV8/IK3GES 14250 1636 AF-019 IG9/IK4HLQ 14262 1514 AS-059 UA0IAS/0 14260 0945 AS-077 JI6KVR 21260 0813 OC-082 ZK1SCQ 21295 0157 AS-024 JS6PMR 14025 1330 Klaus, DK6AO, plans to operate from Seal Island, Penguin Island (AF-070) as V5/DK6AO/P on 22 and 23 August. He plans to be active on 10, 12, 15, 17 and 20 meters mostly SSB. QSL via DK6AO. Bureau cards maybe requested by sending an E-mail to <dk6ao@qsl.net> or <klaro@t-online.de> IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- --------------

18-Aug 19-Aug 1S 9M6HX (AS-051) 2-141 18-Aug 21-Aug 5X 5X1LH 2-148 18-Aug 31-Aug 8Q 8Q7JD (AS-013) 2-134 18-Aug 5-Dec 9N 9N1UD 2-110 2-103 18-Aug 26-Aug A2 A22/W0YG 2-113 2-112 18-Aug 19-Aug CU CU9A (EU-089) 2-148 18-Aug 31-Aug EK EK88L 2-151 18-Aug 27-Aug FG FG/I4ALU/P 2-139 18-Aug 22-Aug G M/PA3GIO (EU-109 EU-120) 2-139 18-Aug 31-Aug I ID9/I2IAU (EU-017) 18-Aug 28-Aug IS IS0/IK2OCP 2-144 18-Aug 21-Aug J6 J6/DL9BQ 2-150 18-Aug 31-Aug JT JU60MTZ 2-145 18-Aug 31-Oct JX JX7DFA (EU-022) 2-20 18-Aug 25-Aug SM G3LAA (EU-043 088) 2-50 18-Aug 30-Aug SV SV8/SV2CLJ (EU-052) 18-Aug 18-Aug SV5 SV5/IK5ZTW (EU-001) 2-144 18-Aug 22-Aug SV9 SV9/EA3CB/P 2-126 18-Aug 25-Aug T30 T30JH 2-150 18-Aug 31-Aug TY TY1IJ 2-135 18-Aug 23-Aug VE VE2CY (NA-128) 18-Aug 19-Aug VE VE8C (NA-173) 2-117 18-Aug 20-Aug W K2HJB (NA-026) 2-151 18-Aug 21-Aug ZK1/N ZK1SCQ ZK1SCR (OC-082) 2-84 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The sunspot number for August 16, 1998 was 90. The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado, for August 17, 1998, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 17-Aug-1998 21 136 3 1 MODERATE/QUIET;LOW-MODERATE/QUIET 17-Aug-1998 18 140 3 1 MODERATE/QUIET;LOW-MODERATE/QUIET 17-Aug-1998 15 140 3 0 MODERATE/QUIET;LOW-MODERATE/QUIET 17-Aug-1998 12 140 3 1 MODERATE/QUIET;LOW/QUIET 17-Aug-1998 09 140 3 1 MODERATE/QUIET;LOW/QUIET 17-Aug-1998 06 140 3 1 MODERATE/QUIET;LOW/QUIET 17-Aug-1998 03 140 3 1 MODERATE/QUIET;LOW/QUIET 17-Aug-1998 00 140 3 1 MODERATE/QUIET;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED The forecast for Tuesday, 18 August: solar flux 130, A index 15, K index 3. Tuesday should be High Normal. The forecast for Wednesday, 19 August: solar flux 130, A index 15, K index 3. Wednesday should be High Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 4S7DA W3HNK EX7MM DF8WS L59L LU4AA 5B4ABP OE2GEN FT5XN F6PEN MD/DL8WAA DL8WAA C21JH VK2GJH HS0ZAA KM1R SN5PW DL3KDC C56/DL6AMI DL6AMI HS1RU JG3AVS UK8OM IK2QPR DS50AXU/2 DS2AXU IS/I0ER I0ER V73GT WF5T E21CJN W3PP J45KLN SM0CMH YC8VIP W6MD

EA8/DJ2HC DJ2HC 3W6EA - P.O. Box 121, Ho Chi Minn City, VIETNAM RK0WZZ/P - Box 50, Abakan 662600, RUSSIA RW6HS - Vasil M. Kadyamento, P.O. Box 28, 357800 Georgeivsk, Stavropolskogo Kil, RUSSIA S21J - Mamtaz Shahid, G.P.O. Box 3512, Dhaka-1209, BANGLADESH S21L - Anwar, P.O. Box 5130, Dhaka, BANGLADESH Abubaker, 5A1A, suggests REGISTERED mail for QSL requests. P.O. Box 74421, Tripoli, LIBYA QSL cards recently received direct: E31FAO, ZK2FT _____________________________________________________________________ On the WWW _____________________________________________________________________ The Romanian Call Book can be found at http://www.qsl.net/yo3kaa/ _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 425 DX News, E21CJN, KC3AJ, KE3Q, KH6BZF REPORTS, KR1G, N3OSH, N4PQX, NOAA, ON5NT, OPDX, W0AW, W3LEO, W8FAX, ZS1FJ _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), or $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United States. _____________________________________________________________________ Copyright _ _____________________________________________________________________ THE DAILY DX _ is published Monday through Friday by Bernie McClenny, W3UR, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, MD 21738 USA. This e-mail message and its contents have a copyright and are proprietary products of THE DAILY DX _. Any unauthorized use, reproduction, or transfer of the message or its content, in any medium, is strictly prohibited. For permission to quote, reprint or repost this e-mail send a request to THE DAILY DX _ include date, volume and issue number. Check out THE DAILY DX _ homepage http://www.dailydx.com or for additional information you may phone THE DAILY DX _ at 301-854-5650 or fax at 301-854-5105. Remember to tell all your DX friends about THE DAILY DX.

. ======================== *** The Daily DX _ *** ======================== Volume 2 Number 153 August 19, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ DX News _____________________________________________________________________ A group of German and Austrian operators plan to operate from The Gambia between 14 and 27 October. The group includes Dieter, DF4RD; Chris, DL5NAM; Uwe, DL9NDS; Wolf, OE2VEL; and Karl, OE9MON. They will be active on all bands, on CW and SSB. They will try to get permission to be on 6 meters. Callsigns and QSL information have not been assigned as of yet. Tom Stokes, VK5TS/VK0TS, will be at the ANARE Davis Base, Antarctica in mid-October. Operation is not expected until January or February, 1999. Uwe, DL2YAK, plans to operate from Cuenca, 400 km south of Quito, Ecuador from 25 October to 22 November. He will use either HC5UK or HC5/DL2YAK. He plans to be active on 160 meters and can also be found on or near 14140 for schedules. Jim, K9JF/7, reports members of the Cinco Nueve Contest Group (CNCG) will be active from the British Virgin Islands from 20 to 27 October. Members include N7MQ, WJ7R, K7AR, W7YAQ, N7NU and K9JF/7. They will also do a multi-single during the CQ World Wide SSB DX Contest as VP2V/K7AR. Before and after the contest operators will use VP2V/ their call. They will be concentrating on the low bands. _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 3A1PA - MONACO - Was on 14244 between 21:30 and 23:00Z. Work it first worry later. He was heard saying to QSL via W4FRU. 6W1QV - SENEGAL - Chris was working them by the numbers on 14222 from 00:30 to 01:30Z. 9M2TO - EAST MALAYSIA - Mid-West and West Coast US stations were working Ted on 18147 at 17:30Z. QSL via JA0DMV. 9N1FP - NEPAL - Europeans reported Vlad was active on 7003 from 23:30Z yesterday until 00:30Z today. QSL via RU6FP. AP2TJ - PAKISTAN - RTTY DX'ers found Tariq on 20 meters between 01:30 and 02:10Z. QSL via W3HNK. D2BB - ANGOLA - Look for Fernando on 14004 or 14247 between 23:30 and 01:00Z. QSL via W3HNK.

EL2AB - LIBERIA - JA's report this one was on 21295 just before 13:00Z. FT5XN - KERGUELEN ISLAND - West Coast US and Japanese stations found Helios on 10103 just before 14:00Z. V85AA - BRUNEI - Was found at 12:00Z on 14213. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AS-015 9M2TO 18147 1722 EU-052 SV1BRL/8 14220 0005 AS-051 9M6HX 14260 1549 AS-059 UA0IAS/0 14262 0714 EU-057 DL4BQE/P 14008 2032 AS-028 UA0QMU 21019 0134 EU-131 IL3/IK3QAR 14260 0013 NA-027 VO1XT 14194 1026 NA-041 KL7IFP 14260 1956 OC-210 YC8TXW 21260 1408 NA-207 NU2L/VE8 14263 2354 OC-082 ZK1SCQ 21295 0312 EU-020 SM1TDE 21260 1652 Tex, 9M2TO, plans to operate from Lulau Perhentian, Perhentian Island (AS-073) from 28 to 31 August. Look for him to be on 10, 15 and 20 meters, mostly CW. QSL via JA0DMV via the JARL bureau. Mario, IS0LYN, will operate from Isola Piana (EU-165 and Isola dei Porri (EU-024) during August. Look for IM0/IS0LYN. QSL via home call. Eddy, VE3CUI, hopes to activate Ocracoke Island (NA-067), North Carolina starting around 23 August. He will operate for about a week as VE3XZ/W4 on 10, 15, 20, 40, 80 meters. QSL via VE3CUI. The OH-KY-IN DX Group plans to operate as K8SCH from Avalon Island (NA-111) from 8 to 11 September. Check 10 though 40 meters. IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- -------------- 19-Aug 19-Aug 1S 9M6HX (AS-051) 2-141 19-Aug 19-Aug CU CU9A (EU-089) 2-148 19-Aug 19-Aug VE VE8C (NA-173) 2-117 19-Aug 20-Aug W K2HJB (NA-026) 2-151 19-Aug 21-Aug 5X 5X1LH 2-148 19-Aug 21-Aug J6 J6/DL9BQ 2-150 19-Aug 21-Aug ZK1/N ZK1SCQ ZK1SCR (OC-082) 2-84 19-Aug 22-Aug G M/PA3GIO (EU-109 EU-120) 2-139 19-Aug 22-Aug SV9 SV9/EA3CB/P 2-126 19-Aug 23-Aug UA0 RK0WZZ/O (Zone 23) 2-152 19-Aug 23-Aug VE VE2CY (NA-128)

19-Aug 24-Aug JW JW0YL 2-147 19-Aug 25-Aug SM G3LAA (EU-043 088) 2-50 19-Aug 25-Aug T30 T30JH 2-150 19-Aug 26-Aug 4U1I 4U1ITU 2-152 19-Aug 26-Aug A2 A22/W0YG 2-113 2-112 19-Aug 27-Aug FG FG/I4ALU/P 2-139 19-Aug 28-Aug IS IS0/IK2OCP 2-144 19-Aug 30-Aug SV SV8/SV2CLJ (EU-052) 19-Aug 31-Aug 8Q 8Q7JD (AS-013) 2-134 19-Aug 31-Aug EK EK88L 2-151 19-Aug 31-Aug I ID9/I2IAU (EU-017) 19-Aug 31-Aug JT JU60MTZ 2-145 19-Aug 31-Aug TY TY1IJ 2-135 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The sunspot number for August 17, 1998 was 90. The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado, for August 18, 1998, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 18-Aug-1998 21 133 3 1 HIGH/QUIET;MODERATE-HIGH/QUIET 18-Aug-1998 18 136 2 1 HIGH/QUIET;MODERATE-HIGH/QUIET 18-Aug-1998 15 136 2 1 HIGH/QUIET;MODERATE-HIGH/QUIET 18-Aug-1998 12 136 2 1 HIGH/QUIET;MODERATE-QUIET 18-Aug-1998 09 136 2 2 HIGH/QUIET;MODERATE-QUIET 18-Aug-1998 06 136 2 1 HIGH/QUIET;MODERATE-QUIET 18-Aug-1998 03 136 2 0 HIGH/QUIET;LOW-MODERATE/QUIET 18-Aug-1998 00 136 2 1 HIGH/QUIET;LOW-MODERATE/QUIET The forecast for Wednesday, 19 August: solar flux 142, A index 15, K index 3. Wednesday should be High Normal. The forecast for Thursday, 20 August: solar flux 137, A index 20, K index 3. Thursday should be High Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 4L0CR IK7JTF J28DB F4AAQ TU2XZ W3HC 9K2ZZ W8CNL NU2L/VE8 G3ZAY UN7LG KU9C 9M2TO JA0DMV OD5/9K2MU WA4JTK VQ9GB K7GB AP2TJ W3HNK R1ASP RA1AD YB1XUR W6MD EX8W DL8FCU Carl McDaniel, W3HC, reports the following QSL cards for Chinese DXpeditions have been sponsored. DXpedition - Sponsors BI3H - K5AB, AD4LX, N1XME, AA8GQ BI4C - N5UR, KD1CT, W8IET, N4GYX BI5Z - AD4LX, KD1CT, AA8GQ, JA9IFF BI5P - WB6EEQ, K6BU, N0ISL, (need one more) Sponsors are still needed for BI4M. Contact Carl <w3hcmac@csrlink.net>

QSL cards recently received direct: _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: DF4RD, DX News Sheet, K9JF, KC3AJ, KH6BZF REPORTS, N3OSH, NOAA, OPDX, The 59(9) DX Report, W3HC, W4ZV _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), or $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United States. _____________________________________________________________________ Copyright _ _____________________________________________________________________ THE DAILY DX _ is published Monday through Friday by Bernie McClenny, W3UR, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, MD 21738 USA. This e-mail message and its contents have a copyright and are proprietary products of THE DAILY DX _. Any unauthorized use, reproduction, or transfer of the message or its content, in any medium, is strictly prohibited. For permission to quote, reprint or repost this e-mail send a request to THE DAILY DX _ include date, volume and issue number. Check out THE DAILY DX _ homepage http://www.dailydx.com or for additional information you may phone THE DAILY DX _ at 301-854-5650 or fax at 301-854-5105. Remember to tell all your DX friends about THE DAILY DX.

. ======================== *** The Daily DX _ *** ======================== Volume 2 Number 154 August 20, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ DX News _____________________________________________________________________ Jacky Calvo, F2CW/ZL3CW, is now working out of Nairobi, Kenya (5Z). He is waiting for a callsign and hopes to have it in a few weeks. While in Eastern Africa, he will be traveling in the area. He is currently in Kampala, Uganda (5X) and hopes to get 5X2CW any day now. Plans are to be here for a few weeks then a return to Nairobi. While working in Africa he may go to Eritrea (E3) and will try to get a license and permission to operate from this rare African country. Plans are to be in East Africa until November. Jim, W4PRO, will be in the far-east from 20 September until 14 October. He will be taking part in a reunion with his Korean War bomb squadron. He will be in South Korea from 21 to 25 September and hopes to be able to operate. He will ask for HL9PRO. Next he will go to Beijing from 26 September through 1 October, where he hopes to be on the air as W4PRO/BY. His last stop will be in Lhasa, in CQ WAZ 23, however it is unlikely that he will operate from there. Herman, DJ2BW, is planning to operate as D68BW from Comoros from 25 October to 7 November. He will be operating on CW on 10 through 160 meters, with an emphasis on the low bands. Last October Herman was active from Mayotte, as FH/DJ2BW. QSL via DJ2BW. Topband DXers will be happy to hear that Dale, W4DM, will once again be active from Diego Garcia as VQ9QM during September. He will be active on all bands including 160 meters. Dale is a very good CW op and sometimes can be found near 14025. QSL via W4DM. _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 5A1A - LIBYA - West Coast US stations found him on 21288 just prior to 18:00Z. 7X5JF - ALGERIA - JA's and East Coast US stations found Moktar around 21:00Z on 18148. 9N1FP - NEPAL - Vlad was working Europeans on 7003 at 00:30Z. QSL via RU6FP. AP2TJ - PAKISTAN - East Coast US stations found Tariq on RTTY yesterday on 14083 from 01:45 to 02:20Z. QSL via W3HNK. CN8NK - MOROCCO - DX'ers from the West Coast of the US were working Mohammed on 21290 before 21:00Z. QSL via Callbook.

EL2AB - LIBERIA - Was on 21295 yesterday at 11:40Z. He was working Asians. At 12:00Z he showed up on 28400. QSL via IK0PHY. EY8MM - TADJIKISTAN - Nodir often shows up on 20 meters between 01:30 and 02:30Z. He works CW, SSB and RTTY. He also has K1BV for a QSL manager. J28FA - DJIBOUTI - Fred made a surprise appearance on 14011 just after 23:00Z. QSL via F5MXH. PZ1DV - SURINAM - Ron showed up on 10104 yesterday around 04:00Z. Good luck getting a card direct, try via the bureau, save your money. YC8TXW - INDONESIA - Look for this station on 21260 between 22:00 and 02:00Z. He is located on IOTA OC-210. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AF-004 EA8/DL6IAN 21275 2132 EU-131 IL3/IK3BPN 7060 0905 AS-028 UA0QMU 18069 0627 NA-041 KL7IFP 14259 1945 AS-059 UA0IAS/0 14041 1210 NA-047 VE8TA 18147 0059 EU-029 OZ5RM 14030 1027 NA-173 VE8C 14260 2325 EU-048 TM7I 14258 1706 NA-207 NU2L/VE8 14261 0124 EU-052 SV8/DL3MD/P 14262 1539 OC-026 KH2JU 14260 1125 EU-075 SV1TP/P 14256 2122 OC-082 ZK1SCQ 14260 0618 EU-096 OH1LU/P 14262 1015 OC-210 YC6TXW 21260 1720 EU-124 GW0SRM 14259 0101 YC8TZR is now working and living on OC-224. Steve, G0UIH, and Roger, G3XFA, hope to operate from Holy Island (EU-120) from 24 to 27 August. They will sign G0UIH/P and G3XFA/P on 18158, 21260 and 14260. QSL via G0UIH either direct or via the bureau. A multi-national group plan to activate Tunisian Island Qerquenah (AF-073). The operation is scheduled from 11 to 18 September. Operators include Mome, Z32ZM, Dragan, Z32AU/HB9DNE, Hrane, YT1AD/Z31AD, and two of the 3V8BB club members. Look for 3V8BB/4 or TS4QI to be active on CW, SSB and RTTY on the following suggested frequencies: 7005, 7035, 7060, 10101, 14025, 14080, 14260, 18073, 18085, 18125, 21025, 21080, 21260, 28025, 28080 and 28460. 12 meters is currently not permitted from Tunisia. QSL via HB9DNE. Brad, W1RQ, plans to be on from IOTA NA-046) from 28 August to 3 September. Look for him to be on 10, 15, 17 and 20 meters CW. IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530

SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- -------------- 20-Aug 26-Aug 4U1I 4U1ITU 2-152 20-Aug 11-Sep 5W 5W0HP 5W0BF 2-150 20-Aug 21-Aug 5X 5X1LH 2-148 20-Aug 31-Aug 8Q 8Q7JD (AS-013) 2-134 20-Aug 25-Aug 9M6 DJ9HX (OC-133) 2-141 20-Aug 26-Aug A2 A22/W0YG 2-113 2-112 20-Aug 31-Aug EK EK88L 2-151 20-Aug 27-Aug FG FG/I4ALU/P 2-139 20-Aug 22-Aug G M/PA3GIO (EU-109 EU-120) 2-139 20-Aug 31-Aug I ID9/I2IAU (EU-017) 20-Aug 28-Aug IS IS0/IK2OCP 2-144 20-Aug 21-Aug J6 J6/DL9BQ 2-150 20-Aug 31-Aug JT JU60MTZ 2-145 20-Aug 24-Aug JW JW0YL 2-147 20-Aug 25-Aug SM G3LAA (EU-043 088) 2-50 20-Aug 30-Aug SV SV8/SV2CLJ (EU-052) 20-Aug 22-Aug SV9 SV9/EA3CB/P 2-126 20-Aug 25-Aug T30 T30JH 2-150 20-Aug 31-Aug TY TY1IJ 2-135 20-Aug 23-Aug UA0 RK0WZZ/O (Zone 23) 2-152 20-Aug 23-Aug VE VE2CY (NA-128) 20-Aug 20-Aug W K2HJB (NA-026) 2-151 20-Aug 21-Aug ZK1/N ZK1SCQ ZK1SCR (OC-082) 2-84 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The sunspot number for August 18, 1998 was 104. The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado, for August 19, 1998, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 19-Aug-1998 21 135 4 2 HIGH/QUIET;MODERATE-HIGH/QUIET-UNSETTLED 19-Aug-1998 18 133 3 1 HIGH/QUIET;MODERATE-HIGH/QUIET-UNSETTLED 19-Aug-1998 15 133 3 2 HIGH/QUIET;MODERATE-HIGH/QUIET-UNSETTLED 19-Aug-1998 12 133 3 1 HIGH/QUIET;MODERATE-HIGH/QUIET-UNSETTLED 19-Aug-1998 09 133 3 1 HIGH/QUIET;MODERATE-HIGH/QUIET-UNSETTLED 19-Aug-1998 06 133 3 1 HIGH/QUIET;MODERATE-HIGH/QUIET-UNSETTLED 19-Aug-1998 03 133 3 2 HIGH/QUIET;MODERATE-HIGH/QUIET-UNSETTLED 19-Aug-1998 00 133 3 1 HIGH/QUIET;MODERATE-HIGH/QUIET-UNSETTLED A Major flare occurred at 21:45Z on 19 August. The forecast for Thursday, 20 August: solar flux 140, A index 20, K index 3. Thursday should be Low Normal. The forecast for Friday, 19 August: solar flux 145, A index 20, K index 3. Friday should be Low Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________

Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 5T5TY N5FTR C9RJJ N5FTR PJ0/KB5DZP N5FTR 7Q7CE IN3VZE EL2AB IK0PHY TK/I5NSR I5NSR 9J2BO W6ORD FS5PL N0JT TU5GD N5FTR 9M8BT N5FTR H75A N5FTR V31BR N5FTR 9M8FH N5FTR J87CQ N5FTR V31ML N5FTR 9M8YL N5FTR KG4CM N5FTR VE8C VE3INB A41KB ON7LX KG4DD N5FTR VE8TA VE2BQB A41KJ N5FTR OA4DHW N5FTR XM3PBX VE3INB A61AQ N1DG P29BT N5FTR Z21BA N5FTR A61AS YO3FRI P29BW N5FTR ZD7JP N5FTR C91J N5FTR P43P P43ARC ZP6CW ZP6CU 7X5JF - Moktar, 39 Avenue, Badi Med., 07000 Biskra RP, ALGERIA QSL cards recently received direct: A35RK, CY9AOE, KH0AC, TS5I _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: DX News Sheet, G0UIH, IOTW, KC3AJ, KH6BZF REPORTS, N3OSH, N6RT, N7OJ, NOAA, NW3K, W1RQ, W7UG, WD8MGQ, WU1F _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), or $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United States. _____________________________________________________________________ Copyright _ _____________________________________________________________________ THE DAILY DX _ is published Monday through Friday by Bernie McClenny, W3UR, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, MD 21738 USA. This e-mail message and its contents have a copyright and are proprietary products of THE DAILY DX _. Any unauthorized use, reproduction, or transfer of the message or its content, in any medium, is strictly prohibited. For permission to quote, reprint or repost this e-mail send a request to THE DAILY DX _ include date, volume and issue number. Check out THE DAILY DX _ homepage http://www.dailydx.com or for additional information you may phone THE DAILY DX _ at 301-854-5650 or fax at 301-854-5105. Remember to tell all your DX friends about THE DAILY DX.

. ======================== *** The Daily DX © *** ======================== Volume 2 Number 155 August 21, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ DX News _____________________________________________________________________ Starting tomorrow Amateur Radio operators from Radio Grupo Sur DX will celebrate “Uruguayan Ham Radio Day” as they will use CX3CCC. Look for this special event station to be active on 10, 15, 20, 40 and 80 meters SSB. They will also be on 10 and 40 meters CW until 25 August. QSL via CX2ABC, Lupo Baño, cc 2, 11000 Montevideo, URUGUAY. 11 Members of the Barry Amateur Radio Society (BARS) will operate GB5FI from Flatholm Island (EU-124) between 28 August and 2 September. They will operate on all bands on CW, SSB, RTTY, Slow Scan, Pactor and Amtor. QSL via GW0ANA, Nircana, Castle Precinct, Llandough, Cowbridge CF71 7LX, WHALES. Brazilian Amateur Radio operators' Marcus, PY4SM, Pedro, PY4TF, Artur, PY4ART, and Ailton, PY4ACL will celebrate the 176th anniversary of the “Independency of Brazil” with special event station ZW4SM. The celebration will take place from 4 to 6 September, as they operate on the following frequencies: CW 3507, 7007, 14007, 21007, 28007, 50110 SSB 3777, 7077, 14177, 21177, 28477, 50110 QSL via PY4SM either to the bureau or direct to P.O. Box 120, Belo Horizonte - MG, 30.123-970, BRAZIL During the New Orleans International DX Convention this past weekend Carl Smith, N4AA, from QRZ DX, found out that the upcoming 3B9 Rodriguez DXpedition may now take place in January of 1999. This is a mulit-national group DXpedition that will use four complete stations from two locations, about 5 miles apart, on the island. It was originally scheduled for the early fall of 1998. The chief organizer for this operation is Frank Smith, AH0W. Jacky, F2CW/ZL3CW, reports that he will be in Nairobi, Kenya before 28 August in order to get a VISA for Eritrea. He will be staying in the ARRL’s number five most wanted country for 10 days. A license has not been secured as of yet. Let’s keep our fingers crossed. He won’t be able to stay to long as he must go on to Khartoum, Sudan or Nairobi, Kenya. _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 4L1BR - GEORGIA - Shalva was handing out much needed Georgian RTTY QSOs on 14085 between 04:00 and 04:30Z yesterday.

5A1A - LIBYA - Abubaker was working Europeans, East Coast and South West US stations on 14245 from 18:20 to 19:30Z. 5R8FU - MADAGASCAR - DX’ers all across the US lower 48 reported working Ake on 14032 between 12:20 to 13:00Z. QSL via SM0DJZ. 9N1UD - NEPAL - Charlie, K4VUD, was found on 14195 at 13:30Z. Afterwards he went to 21295. QSL via K4VUD. FT5XN - KERGUELEN ISLAND - Helios has been very active the last few days between 09:00 and 13:00Z. ST2SA - SUDAN - Dr. Sid reports he and his antennas are safe. T30JH - WEST KIRIBATI - Jack was active on 28500 yesterday between 01:30 and 03:30Z. QSL direct only to VK2GJH. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- EU-048 TM7I 14257 1131 NA-173 VE8C 14260 1352 EU-120 M/PA3GIO/M 14257 1657 OC-082 ZK1SCQ 21295 0250 NA-010 KB4SVP/VE1 14008 2104 OC-133 9M6HX 14017 1442 NA-057 N7QXQ/HR6 14260 1755 OC-133 9M6HX 14027 1420 IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- -------------- 21-Aug 21-Aug 5X 5X1LH 2-148 21-Aug 21-Aug J6 J6/DL9BQ 2-150 21-Aug 21-Aug ZK1/N ZK1SCQ ZK1SCR (OC-082) 2-84 21-Aug 22-Aug G M/PA3GIO (EU-109 EU-120) 2-139 21-Aug 22-Aug SV9 SV9/EA3CB/P 2-126 21-Aug 23-Aug UA0 RK0WZZ/O (Zone 23) 2-152 21-Aug 23-Aug VE VE2CY (NA-128) 21-Aug 24-Aug JW JW0YL 2-147 21-Aug 25-Aug 9M6 DJ9HX (OC-133) 2-141 21-Aug 25-Aug SM G3LAA (EU-043 088) 2-50 21-Aug 25-Aug T30 T30JH 2-150 21-Aug 26-Aug 4U1I 4U1ITU 2-152 21-Aug 26-Aug A2 A22/W0YG 2-113 2-112 21-Aug 27-Aug FG FG/I4ALU/P 2-139 21-Aug 28-Aug IS IS0/IK2OCP 2-144 21-Aug 30-Aug SV SV8/SV2CLJ (EU-052) 21-Aug 31-Aug 8Q 8Q7JD (AS-013) 2-134

21-Aug 31-Aug EK EK88L 2-151 21-Aug 31-Aug I ID9/I2IAU (EU-017) 21-Aug 31-Aug JT JU60MTZ 2-145 21-Aug 31-Aug TY TY1IJ 2-135 21-Aug 11-Sep 5W 5W0HP 5W0BF 2-150 21-Aug 24-Aug BY BI7W (AS-NEW) 2-151 2-145 22-Aug 23-Aug V5 V5/DK6AO/P (AF-070) 2-152 22-Aug 3-Sep I IH9/IK1ZNM (AF-018) 2-144 23-Aug 26-Aug 3W 3W6UB 3W6AR 3W6HCK 3W6JJ 2-147 23-Aug 30-Aug W VE3XZ/W4 (NA-067) 2-153 2-128 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The sunspot number for August 19, 1998 was 132. The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado, for August 20, 1998, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 20-Aug-1998 21 139 14 2 HIGH/QUIET-ACTIVE;MOD-HIGH/QUIET-ACTIVE 20-Aug-1998 18 135 6 3 HIGH/QUIET-ACTIVE;MOD-HIGH/QUIET-ACTIVE 20-Aug-1998 15 135 6 3 HIGH/QUIET-ACTIVE;MOD-HIGH/QUIET-ACTIVE 20-Aug-1998 12 135 6 4 HIGH/QUIET-ACTIVE;MOD-HIGH/QUIET-ACTIVE 20-Aug-1998 09 135 6 2 HIGH/QUIET-UNSET;MOD-HIGH/QUIET-ACTIVE 20-Aug-1998 06 135 6 1 HIGH/QUIET-UNSET;MOD-HIGH/QUIET-ACTIVE 20-Aug-1998 03 135 6 3 HIGH/QUIET-UNSET;MOD-HIGH/QUIET-ACTIVE 20-Aug-1998 00 135 6 3 HIGH/QUIET-UNSET;MOD-HIGH/QUIET-ACTIVE The forecast for Friday, 21 August: solar flux 140, A index 20, K index 3. Friday should be Low Normal. The forecast for Saturday, 22 August: solar flux 144, A index 10, K index 2. Saturday should be High Normal. The forecast for Sunday, 23 August: solar flux 150, A index 15, K index 3. Sunday should be High Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 4L5A IK3HHX 9M6HX DJ9HX R1ANL UA6AH 4L8A OZ1HPS 9N1UD K4VUD T30JH VK2GJH 5R8FU SM0DJZ HF0POL SP3BGD ZK1SCQ DL6DK 4L1BR - Shalva Beridze, Zubalashvili 50, 380008 Tbilisi, GEORGIA A92GE - David, Box 1976, Manama, BAHRAIN Joe, W3HNK, reports that he is now handling the QSLs for YB5QZ and UA0LEC. Also if you work AP2TJ make sure you send a # 10 business size S.A.S.E. as his card is huge. Dick, K6SLO (ex WA6SLO), is the QSL manager for the recent FO0FI and FO0FR DXpeditions. He has recently moved. QSL cards should be sent to: Richard Whisler 734 Hill Avenue, South San Francisco, CA 94080-4242

QSL cards recently received direct: 5B4AGC, A35RK, A61AQ, DL5ZAH/DU1, EA6AC, GD3FXN, H75C, LU1ZC, OH0EA, SU1SK, T32RT, TK/IK1VCA, VK9NS _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: AA4US, CX5DN, F2CW/ZL3CW, GW0ACH, KC3AJ, KH6BZF REPORTS, KI4RU, N3OSH, N6RT, NOAA, PS7AB, QRZ DX, W1CU, W2GG, W3HNK, WB4KTC _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), or $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United States. _____________________________________________________________________ Copyright © _____________________________________________________________________ THE DAILY DX © is published Monday through Friday by Bernie McClenny, W3UR, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, MD 21738 USA. This e-mail message and its contents have a copyright and are proprietary products of THE DAILY DX ©. Any unauthorized use, reproduction, or transfer of the message or its content, in any medium, is strictly prohibited. For permission to quote, reprint or repost this e-mail send a request to THE DAILY DX © include date, volume and issue number. Check out THE DAILY DX © homepage http://www.dailydx.com or for additional information you may phone THE DAILY DX © at 301-854-5650 or fax at 301-854-5105. Remember to tell all your DX friends about THE DAILY DX.

. ======================== *** The Daily DX © *** ======================== Volume 2 Number 156 August 24, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ DX News _____________________________________________________________________ Mark, ON4WW, is still scheduled to be active from North Western Africa between 25 August and 1 September. There is a good chance he will be on 160 meters from Mauritania as 5T5WW. He will have to take a generator with him as there is no electricity in the 5T location. On Topband look for him on 1827.5 listening up 2 and 1912 for JA’s. He will be traveling through the desert and will have to put up and take down his antennas daily. When he is in Western Sahara he will use S07WW. QSL all via ON5NT. Bruno, TK5PB, will be active from Mayotte Island from 12 to 25 November. Look for FH/TK5PB to be on 10, 17, 15, 20 and 40 meters. He will operator from four different islands: Grande Terre, Petite Terre, Bandrele and Bambo. QSL direct to TK5PB, Bruno Le Magenta 1, 20169 Bonifacio, Corsica, FRANCE. Rush Johnson, W4QA, will be vacationing on Bermuda from 1 to 3 September and plans to be active as W4QA/VP9. Look for him to be on 10, 15 and 20 meters CW. Check 28007, 21007 and 14007. He may try 12, 17 and 30 meters. The 425 DX News reports that Mirek, HS0/VK3DXI, will operate the All Asia SSB DX Contest on 5 and 6 September from Cambodia. Possibly using XU2DXI, XU2A or XU2C. He will be there until 9 September. QSL cards will go via DL4DBR. Josep, EA3BT, and Nuria, EA3AOK (YL), will operate from Martinique from 20 to 26 October. They will be active as FM/EA3BT/P and FM/EA3AOK/P on 10 through 80 meters SSB, RTTY and some CW. During the CQ World Wide SSB DX Contest they will use TO8B. They have a Web page set up at http://www.redestb.es/personal/j_gibert The logs from this operation will be included after the upon their return along with past operations from Mexico and the Maldives. QSL via EA3BT. Officers for the Southeastern DX Club for the next 9 months are: President Mike Greenway K4PI Vice President Jim Worthington AD4J Secretary Rick Glisson N4XMX Treasurer Nancy Draheim NK4U Membership Chairman Paul Pescitelli K4UJ _____________________________________________________________________ Silent Key _____________________________________________________________________ The ARRL Letter sadly reported the death of Harry Angel, VK4HA. He

was Australia’s oldest Amateur Radio operator at 106 years! _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 9N1UD - NEPAL - Charley was active on 18115 on Friday at 12:30Z and 13:30Z. On Saturday he showed up just before 03:00Z on 21295. QSL via K4VUD. A22BW - BOTSWANA - JA’s reported working him on 28442 around 12:00Z on Sunday. QSL via DK3KD. BI4M - CHINA - Mac, W3HC, reports this was a pirate station that was on the air Saturday. EK4JJ - ARMENIA - Look for Serge on 20 meters CW between 03:00 and 04:00Z. HF0POL - SOUTH SHETLANDS - Stan can often be found on 30 meters CW from 20:00 to 21:00Z. QSL via SP3BGD. HK3JJH/0P - SAN ANDRES & PROVIDENCIA ISLANDS - Pedro was active this weekend from Providencia Island (NA-049). Be aware on his last DXpedition he lumped 2 or 3 QSL cards from other stations and put them in one envelope. HZ1AB - SAUDI ARABIA - Paul was found on 18162 between 12:30 and 16:30Z on Saturday. QSL via K8PYD. JD1BIA - OGASAWARA - West Coast and South West US stations found this one on 21245 at 04:00Z on Saturday. SU1SK - EGYPT - 30 meter DX’ers were happy to find Said on 10134 from 03:30 to 04:30Z today. He was using a TS-440 with 100 watts and a non resonant antenna with a tuner. TL5A - CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - Alex continues to be very active from this semi-rare African country. Those looking for him may want to try 40 meters CW between 04:00 and 04:30Z. After he leaves 40 meters check 1827.5. Next check 30 meters at 05:00Z. QSL via PA3DMH. TR8MD - GABON - East Coast US stations for him on 28500 between 16:20 and 18:00Z on 28500. QSL via F6FNU. ZD7VC - ST. HELENA - Look for Bruce on or near 21270 between 17:00 and 19:00Z. ZD9BV - TRISTAN DA CUNHA & GOUGH ISLAND - Andy showed up around 07:45Z on Sunday on 14220. QSL via W4FRU. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ----

AF-022 ZD7JC 21250 1953 EU-126 OH8TA 14014 0802 AN-006 EM1LV 21253 1734 EU-128 DK5AN/P 14186 0852 AS-139 BI7W 14260 1842 EU-136 9A/OK2PAA/P 18085 1106 EU-009 GB2LO 14263 1116 EU-138 SK7FK 7020 0722 EU-026 JW/DL2SL 14260 2311 NA-034 W4ZW 14259 1751 EU-029 OZ3FYN 14254 0717 NA-049 HK3JJH/0P 14260 2230 EU-042 DL0SY 14260 1021 NA-057 N7QXQ/HR6 21266 1956 EU-052 SV1BRL/8 24958 0853 NA-059 NO7F/KL7 14256 0557 EU-052 SV2CLJ/8 14258 0735 NA-065 N7FL 14262 1642 EU-057 DF0WLG 14240 0943 NA-067 VE3XZ/W4 14260 2246 EU-057 DF3FJ/P 14039 0734 NA-072 3E1DX 14260 0313 EU-062 LA6OP 14254 1808 OC-148 YC9MKF 28495 1114 EU-072 SV8/IK3GES 14267 0824 OC-210 YE8SUN 21260 0523 EU-075 SV1TP/P 14259 1551 SA-008 LU8XPD 21086 1823 IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- -------------- 24-Aug 24-Aug BY BI7W (AS-NEW) 2-151 2-145 24-Aug 24-Aug JW JW0YL 2-147 24-Aug 25-Aug 9M6 DJ9HX (OC-133) 2-141 24-Aug 25-Aug SM G3LAA (EU-043 088) 2-50 24-Aug 25-Aug T30 T30JH 2-150 24-Aug 26-Aug 3W 3W6UB 3W6AR 3W6HCK 3W6JJ 2-147 24-Aug 26-Aug 4U1I 4U1ITU 2-152 24-Aug 26-Aug A2 A22/W0YG 2-113 2-112 24-Aug 27-Aug FG FG/I4ALU/P 2-139 24-Aug 27-Aug G G0UIH/P & G3XFA/P (EU-120) 2-154 24-Aug 27-Aug ZK1/S ZK1SCQ ZK1SCR (OC-159) 2-84 24-Aug 28-Aug IS IS0/IK2OCP 2-144 24-Aug 30-Aug SV SV8/SV2CLJ (EU-052) 24-Aug 30-Aug W VE3XZ/W4 (NA-067) 2-153 2-128 24-Aug 31-Aug 8Q 8Q7JD (AS-013) 2-134 24-Aug 31-Aug EK EK88L 2-151 24-Aug 31-Aug I ID9/I2IAU (EU-017) 24-Aug 31-Aug JT JU60MTZ 2-145 24-Aug 31-Aug TY TY1IJ 2-135 24-Aug 3-Sep I IH9/IK1ZNM (AF-018) 2-144 24-Aug 11-Sep 5W 5W0HP 5W0BF 2-150 24-Aug C6A KS4SO (NA-054) 2-47 25-Aug 1-Sep S0 S07WW 2-152 25-Aug 1-Sep VP8 VP8CZJ 2-144 26-Aug 26-Aug 5T 5T5WW 2-152 26-Aug 29-Aug 9M6 DJ9HX (OC-088) 2-141 26-Aug 30-Aug V3 V31MP V31YK V31KR 2-138 26-Aug 1-Sep FP FP/N9PD (NA-032) 2-111 1-197 26-Aug 5-Sep C2 C21JH 2-150 27-Aug 8-Sep 6Y 6Y5/PA3ERC 6Y5/PA3EWP 2-122 28-Aug 31-Aug 9M2 9M2TO (AS-073) 2-153 28-Aug 2-Sep GW GB5FI (EU-124) 2-155 28-Aug 3-Sep W W1RQ (NA-046) 2-154 28-Aug 9-Sep SV9 SV9/IK2WZD (EU-015) 28-Aug 5H K8MN 2-141 29-Aug 1-Sep 3D2 3D2 by DL2SCQ & DL1SCQ (OC-121) 2-84 29-Aug 1-Sep VK VK3AJJ VK3PGR (OC-196) 2-84 29-Aug 4-Sep 3W 3W6DXI 2-147

29-Aug 19-Sep 3D2/R 3D2DX/P 2-108 2-92 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The sunspot number for August 22, 1998 was 102. The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado, for August 23, 1998, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 23-Aug-1998 21 126 14 2 MOD/QUIET-UNSET;LOW-MOD/UNSET-MNR STM 23-Aug-1998 18 133 18 3 MOD/UNSETTLED;LOW-MOD/UNSET-MNR STM 23-Aug-1998 15 133 18 3 MOD/UNSETTLED;LOW-MOD/UNSET-MNR STM 23-Aug-1998 12 133 18 3 MOD/UNSETTLED;MODERATE-HIGH/QUIET-ACTIVE 23-Aug-1998 09 133 18 3 LOW/UNSETTLED-MNR STM;MOD-HIGH/QUIET-ACTIVE 23-Aug-1998 06 133 18 3 LOW/QUIET-MNR STM;MOD-HIGH/QUIET-ACTIVE 23-Aug-1998 03 133 18 3 LOW/QUIET-MNR STM;MOD-HIGH/QUIET-ACTIVE 23-Aug-1998 00 133 18 3 HIGH/QUIET-MNR STM;MOD-HIGH/QUIET-ACTIVE The forecast for Monday, 24 August: solar flux 155, A index 10, K index 3. Monday should be High Normal. The forecast for Tuesday, 25 August: solar flux 160, A index 10, K index 3. Tuesday should be High Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 3E1DX N0JT EL2AB IK0PHY OX3LX OZ1DJJ 3V8BB JF2EZA EN8IL UT8IO SV5RDS SV5AZ 3W6JJ JA3ART ER27A ER1DA TA1ZG JA3ULS 4J80ADR 4K9C GB2LAY GM0JHF TM2WLH F5JYO 5N7YZC WA1ECA HI3/KB2MS KB2MS TR8MD F6FNU 5V7FA F6FNU HI3HN DH2JD UE3LAB RV3LZ 5W0BF DL2BFH HK3JJH/0P HK3JJH V31CX KA1VLP 5X1Z SM6CAS HS0/JR3XMG JG3AVS VP9LR K1EFI 9G1BJ G4XTA HZ1AB K8PYD VR98LC VR2LC 9Y4SF WA4JTK J45RDS SV5AZ VU2ABE JA4DOB A22BW DK3KD J47LHA SV7CO YC9MKF VK4FW AP2WAP IK4ZGY JW0YL LA6RHA YE8SUN YC8TXW BA1DU W3HC N7QXQ/HR6 W7TSQ YM75TA TA3YJ BI7W BD7JA NO7F/KL7 K8NA ZD7JP N5FTR CE3/W9FW W3HC OA4/DL9GMM DL9GMM ZL6LH ZL1VK CX3CCC CX2ABC OM1CW OM2DX ZP50P ZP1AB ED1NFA EA1ATT J69AZ - Ernest, P.O. Box 1820, Castries, ST. LUCIA, West Indies SU1SK - Said Kamel Ahmed, P.O. Box 62 Shobra, Alkima 13411, Cairo EGYPT SV5AZ - Padelis Vassiliadis, P.O. Box 329, GR 85100 Rhodes, GREECE SV7CO - P.O. Box 46, GR 68100 Alexandroupolis, GREECE ZB2LGT - Box 292, GIBRALTAR QSL cards recently received direct: CY9AOE, HU4X, T88AN, V63AJ, ZK2FT _____________________________________________________________________ Credits

_____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 425 DX News, ARRL Letter, EA3BT, JA1ADN, K4PI, K8NA, KC3AJ, KH6BZF REPORTS, N3OSH, N7OJ, N9XX, NOAA, ON5NT, W4QA, W7UG _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), or $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United States. _____________________________________________________________________ Copyright © 1998 by Bernie McClenny _____________________________________________________________________ THE DAILY DX © is published Monday through Friday by Bernie McClenny, W3UR, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, MD 21738 USA. This e-mail message and its contents have a copyright and are proprietary products of THE DAILY DX ©. Any unauthorized use, reproduction, or transfer of the message or its content, in any medium, is strictly prohibited. For permission to quote, reprint or repost this e-mail send a request to THE DAILY DX © include date, volume and issue number. Check out THE DAILY DX © homepage http://www.dailydx.com or for additional information you may phone THE DAILY DX © at 301-854-5650 or fax at 301-854-5105. Remember to tell all your DX friends about THE DAILY DX.

. ======================== *** The Daily DX © *** ======================== Volume 2 Number 157 August 25, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ DX News _____________________________________________________________________ Amateur Radio operators from Reunion Island will commemorate the 150th anniversary of the abolition of slavery with special event station TO150 (That’s Tango Oscar One Five Zero) from 18 to 20 December. They will operate from “Piton des Nieges”, a 10,069 foot mountain. Operators include: FR1GZ, FR5AO, FR5CC, FR5CU, FR5DD, FR5DN, FR5GM, FR5GS, FR5FC, FR5FZ and FR5IB. A group of Japanese Amateur Radio operators plans to be active from Lohifushi Island, Maldives from 15 to 23 September. They will have three IC-706 transceivers, two HL-1K (500 watt) amplifiers, Titanex V80E vertical for 40-160 meters, Cushcraft R-7 and R-7000 for 10 through 40 meters, a two element beam for 10 meters and a 5 element beam for 6 meters. Suggested frequencies are as follows: 1822 QSX 1830 and up (1908 JA) 28022, 28480, 50105 (beacon) QSX 50135 and up. They will be on all bands from 6 to 160 meters on CW, SSB and RTTY. An emphasis will be put on 10 meters for West Coast US stations both long and short path. The group will consist of: Name Home call Requested 8Q call Zhen (YL) KB3CCC 8Q7LI Yuu JR2KDN 8Q7US Yasu JI1NJC 8Q7CC Hiro JJ1AEB 8Q7HA Nob JF2MBF 8Q7BB All QSL cards via JR2KDN (direct or via bureau), Yuu Yoshida, 4th floor Kato Bldg.., 529 Rokugaike, Kita-ku, Nagoya, 462-0002 JAPAN. Bob, K4RB (ex YB0ASI, AA4U), is now active from Bamako, Mali as TZ6DX. This is a provisional license and while he waits for his permanent license (ed. I would keep that one!). He was active over the weekend. QSL to Willis C Strickland Jr, K4DX (ex WA4FVT), 355 Segrest Circle, Athens, GA 30605. Mark, ON4WW/5T5WW/S07WW, was unable to locate a generator to be used in the desert this week. While in Mauritania he will use the car battery. When he is in Western Sahara he will have electricity. Special event station ER27A will be active now through the end of the month to commemorate the Independence Day for the Republic of Moldova. QSL via ER1DA, Valery Metaxa, P.O. Box 9537, Kishinev MD-2071, MOLDOVA. During the VK/ZL Oceania DX Contest SSB (October 3/4) and CW (October 10/11) Contests the following stations from Guam plan to be active: KH2D, N2NL/KH2, NH6D/KH2, K4SXT/KH2, WH2U, KH2JU, N4UQM/KH2

and NH2E. The following stations from the Marianas plan to be on also: WH0AAV, KH0CE, AH0D, NH0F, NH0D and NH0E. Look for them to be active on 10, 15, 20, 40 and 80 meters. The 59(9) DX Reports says Masa, JH6VLF, will operate from Rota Island (OC-086), Mariana Islands as KH0/KD7CLP from 9 to 12 October. Look for him on 10 through 40 meters CW and SSB. QSL via JH6VLF. Kazou, JA1RJU, Kan, JA1BK, Bill, K5FUV, and possibly others left Japan yesterday on a boat for Ogasawara. The trip will take about 24 hours so they may be on today. At this time it is not clear what callsign they will use. They could possibly use 7J1YAM, 7J2ADX or 7J2ABH. The group will be active on HF, 6 meters. They have also received special permission for a first ever EME operation. Look for them on 2 meters, they may also do 432 MHZ EME. They should be there for about 4 or 5 days. More information to come. _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 3C1RV - EQUATORIAL GUINEA - Showed up on 21165 just after 16:00Z. AP2TJ - PAKISTAN - Tariq plans to be active daily on RTTY on 14083 starting around 01:30Z. QSL via W3HNK. FT5XN - KERGUELEN ISLAND - A few days ago a wind storm broke his reflector on his tribander. Helios took down all of his equipment yesterday and will leave the island on 28 August. In all he made about 7,900 QSOs while on this semi-rare island. QSL via F6PEN. ZS/PA0QRP - SOUTH AFRICA - Ronald can often be found on 17 and 30 meters CW from 06:00 to 08:00Z and 16:00 to 18:00Z. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- OC-097 5W0BF 28490 0105 EU-026 JW/DJ2SL 14267 0112 EU-136 9A/OK2PAA/P 14006 2343 NA-110 K9JWV 14260 2014 EU-023 9H3TI 21260 1444 NA-041 KL7IFP 14260 0311 OC-133 9M6HX 10108 1335 NA-059 NO7F/KL7 14255 0513 AS-019 9V8WW 14255 1705 EU-029 OZ1CQX 14088 2208 EU-042 DF2OK/P/QRP 7025 1755 EU-147 RK3DZJ/1 14255 2002 EU-057 DF3FJ/P 18082 1301 AS-083 RN9CWV/9 14260 1837 EU-128 DK5AN/P 10106 2113 EU-084 SM0OIG/5 14270 1130 OC-042 DU4DX 21275 1157 EU-060 SV1/IK3GES 14255 2129 AF-004 EA8/DL6IAN 21259 1635 EU-075 SV1TP/P 14256 0624 EU-120 G0UIH/P 14258 1921 OC-070 YC8VIP 28507 1359 AN-010 HF0POL 10106 2322 NA-067 VE3XZ/W4 14260 2014 NA-049 HK3JJH/0 14260 0715 NA-027 VO1TX 14260 2254 AS-053 HS0/IK4MRH 28495 1154 OC-210 YC8RQD 21225 1724 EU-017 ID9/IK8WTM 14258 1651 OC-070 YC8VIP 28507 1306

AS-024 JR6USF 21260 0821 OC-148 YC9MKF 28470 1321 Yuki, JI6KVR, will operate from Ullung-Do Island (AS-045) as HL5/JI6KVR rom 22 to 26 October. QSL via EA5KB. JA’s QSL only to JJ6LXX. Joel, F5JJW, will once again be active as FO0SUC from the Austral Islands and French Polynesia between 7 and 22 October. He will first operate from Tubuai Island (OC-152), located in the possibly new Austral Islands from 7 to 18 October. Next he will be on Tahaa Island (OC-067), which is in the Society Islands and counts as French Polynesia, between 19 and 22 October. QSL to Joel Suc, F5JJW, La Grange 69440 Taluyers, FRANCE. Mal, VK6LC, says he will be active for 5 days and nights on Rowley Shoals (OC-NEW), possibly from 20 to 26 September. The Aretusa DX Team plans be active from Salina Island (EU-017) from 1 to 3 September. They will use ID9/home call on 10 through 160 meters CW. QSL via home calls. Michael, DF2OK, will be active from Foehr Island (EU-042) from 24 August to 1 September. Look for him to be active on 10 through 80 meters (except 12 meters) on QRP CW. QSL to home call. JA5AUC and JA5QJD plan to operate as JA5AUC/6 and JA5QJD/6 from 12 to 16 September as they will be in Amami Archipelago (AS-023). QSL via home calls. IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- -------------- 25-Aug 26-Aug 3W 3W6UB 3W6AR 3W6HCK 3W6JJ 2-147 25-Aug 26-Aug 4U1I 4U1ITU 2-152 25-Aug 11-Sep 5W 5W0HP 5W0BF 2-150 25-Aug 31-Aug 8Q 8Q7JD (AS-013) 2-134 25-Aug 25-Aug 9M6 DJ9HX (OC-133) 2-141 25-Aug 26-Aug A2 A22/W0YG 2-113 2-112 25-Aug 31-Aug EK EK88L 2-151 25-Aug 27-Aug FG FG/I4ALU/P 2-139 25-Aug 27-Aug G G0UIH/P & G3XFA/P (EU-120) 2-154 25-Aug 31-Aug I ID9/I2IAU (EU-017) 25-Aug 3-Sep I IH9/IK1ZNM (AF-018) 2-144 25-Aug 28-Aug IS IS0/IK2OCP 2-144 25-Aug 31-Aug JT JU60MTZ 2-145 25-Aug 1-Sep S0 S07WW 2-152 25-Aug 25-Aug SM G3LAA (EU-043 088) 2-50 25-Aug 30-Aug SV SV8/SV2CLJ (EU-052) 25-Aug 25-Aug T30 T30JH 2-150 25-Aug 31-Aug TY TY1IJ 2-135 25-Aug 1-Sep VP8 VP8CZJ 2-144

25-Aug 30-Aug W VE3XZ/W4 (NA-067) 2-153 2-128 25-Aug 27-Aug ZK1/S ZK1SCQ ZK1SCR (OC-159) 2-84 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The sunspot number for August 23, 1998 was 121. The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado, for August 24, 1998, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 24-Aug-1998 21 121 8 2 LOW/QUIET-UNSET;LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE 24-Aug-1998 18 126 13 2 LOW/QUIET-UNSET;LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE 24-Aug-1998 15 126 13 2 VERY LOW/QUIET-UNSET;LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE 24-Aug-1998 12 126 13 2 VERY LOW/QUIET-UNSET;LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE 24-Aug-1998 09 126 13 3 MOD/QUIET-UNSET;LOW-MOD/QUIET-ACTIVE 24-Aug-1998 06 126 13 2 MOD/QUIET-UNSET;LOW-MOD/QUIET-ACTIVE 24-Aug-1998 03 126 13 2 MOD/QUIET-UNSET;LOW-MOD/QUIET-ACTIVE 24-Aug-1998 00 126 13 2 MOD/QUIET-UNSET;LOW-MOD/UNSET-MNR STM The forecast for Tuesday, 25 August: solar flux 128, A index 20, K index 3. Tuesday should be Low Normal. The forecast for Wednesday, 26 August: solar flux 130, A index 30, K index 4. Wednesday should be Below Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ On the WWW _____________________________________________________________________ Eugene, RA0FF, reports the logs for 8Q7DF can now be found at http://www.qsl.net/ra0ff/dx.html _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 3W6TV JA2BWH EX8F DL8FCU RN9CW/9 RV9CEK 4S7SW ON6TZ JW/DJ2SL DJ2SL YC8VIP W6MD EW3LB W3HNK 7X4AN - Boukhiar Mohamed, P.O. Box 30133, Barcelona 08080, SPAIN Don, N1DG, now has the A61AQ logs and is sending out cards. QSL cards recently received direct: 3B7RF, 3W6WE, D44BS, H75A, TU5GD _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: AP2TJ, DX News Sheet, F6AJF, FT5XN, I8NHJ, JF2MBF, JI6KVR, K2QMF, K3TZV, KC3AJ, KH2D, KH6BZF REPORTS, N3OSH, NOAA, ON5NT, OPDX, RA0FF, The 59(9) DX Report, TZ6VV _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions

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. ======================== *** The Daily DX © *** ======================== Volume 2 Number 158 August 26, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ DX News _____________________________________________________________________ Bill, Kennamer, K5FUV, is now active from Chichi-Jima, Ogasawara as 7J2ADX/JD1. He will be there until 28 August, which is when a typhoon is anticipated to hit the island. QSL via K1NO. The Pitcairn Amateur Radio Club plans to operate from Ducie Atoll (OC-182) from 22 to 27 October. Barry, ZS1FJ, plans to operate from Lesotho from 3 to 5 October. More details as it gets closer. October 11 marks St. Helena Day. Many ZD7 stations plan to be active on the air. Ian, ZD9IL, has been on holiday in Cape Town, South Africa and will head back to Tristan da Cunha today. He will take a ship back to the island and will arrive on 5 September. Due to some expensive shipping costs the antenna that was donated from a station in the US will not be sent. His QSL manager Edwin, ZS5BBO, is working with the local ZS stations to see what they can come up with. Ian forgot to take his logs to Edwin and will not be able to send the logs until October. Please be patient for any past requests. Martyn, G3RFX, will once again be active from Gibraltar from 2 to 4 September. This time he will use ZG2FX. QSL via G3RFX. During September stations from Gibraltar may use the ZG2 prefix to celebrate Gibraltar National Day on 10 September. _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 3C1RV - EQUATORIAL GUINEA - Was running on a list yesterday on 21287 from 16:35 to 17:00Z. He was working all across the US and Europe. 3V8BB - TUNISIA - From 10:20 to 13:00Z he was on 14273. QSL this operation via SP4LVG. 4U1ITU - I.T.U. GENEVA - This club station showed up on 12 and 17 meters SSB between 13:00 and 14:00Z. 5A1A - LIBYA - Abubaker was active from 15:00 to 17:00Z on 21295.

5V7FA - TOGO - Europeans and Asians found Mark on 14255 between 20:30 and 21:15Z. QSL via F6FNU. 9J2BO - ZAMBIA - Brian shows up once or twice a week on 30 meters CW around 04:00Z. QSL via W6ORD. 9N1AA - NEPAL - RTTY DXers were happy to find Satish on 21087 from 12:40 to 14:00Z. He was mostly working Japan and Europe. C91AH - MOZAMBIQUE - Several Italians reported him on 21310 at 15:30Z. JA1RJU/JD1 - OGASAWARA - Kazou was active on 40 meters SSB from 18:00 to 21:00Z. OA4UJ - PERU - Was working US stations on 7006 yesterday just before 04:00Z. S07WW - WESTERN SAHARA - Mark was active as follows: GMT Frequencies --- ----------- 17 21023 18 21023 19 14025 22 10103 23 7004, 10104 TY1IJ - BENIN - If you are looking for Sigi try daily from 21:30 to 23:30Z on 14195 ro 14225. QSL via DK8ZD. VK6LK - AUSTRALIA - Robin has been found on 80 meters SSB at 22:00Z. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- OC-097 5W0BF 28490 0052 AS-077 JI6KVR 21263 0819 OC-133 9M6HX 14016 1546 AS-024 JR6USF 21260 0756 EU-128 DK5AN 14266 1427 NA-010 KB4SVP/VE1 7008 0242 EU-057 DL7UMA/P 14256 1049 EU-147 RK3DZJ/1 14025 2141 EU-120 G0UIH/P 14258 1014 EU-084 SM0OIG/5 14016 0800 EU-120 G3XFA/P 3773 0617 EU-060 SV1/IK3GES 14252 1502 NA-096 HI3/KB2MS 14260 1955 EU-052 SV2CLJ/8 21255 1656 NA-049 HK3JJH/0 14260 0639 EU-052 SV8/DL3MD/P 14253 1325 EU-017 ID9/IK8WTM 14260 2340 EU-052 SV8AQY 14228 0138 EU-155 IL3/IK2XDE 7057 0925 AS-059 UA0IAS/0 14259 1240 EU-155 IL4/I2OGV/P 14024 2013 NA-180 V31CX 14259 0230 EU-024 IS0/IK5FTQ 14260 0914 OC-159 ZK1SCQ 14257 0846 IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________

From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- -------------- 26-Aug 26-Aug 3W 3W6UB 3W6AR 3W6HCK 3W6JJ 2-147 26-Aug 26-Aug 4U1I 4U1ITU 2-152 26-Aug 26-Aug 5T 5T5WW 2-152 26-Aug 11-Sep 5W 5W0HP 5W0BF 2-150 26-Aug 31-Aug 8Q 8Q7JD (AS-013) 2-134 26-Aug 29-Aug 9M6 DJ9HX (OC-088) 2-141 26-Aug 26-Aug A2 A22/W0YG 2-113 2-112 26-Aug 5-Sep C2 C21JH 2-150 26-Aug 1-Sep DL DF2OK (EU-042) 2-157 26-Aug 31-Aug EK EK88L 2-151 26-Aug 27-Aug FG FG/I4ALU/P 2-139 26-Aug 1-Sep FP FP/N9PD (NA-032) 2-111 1-197 26-Aug 27-Aug G G0UIH/P & G3XFA/P (EU-120) 2-154 26-Aug 31-Aug I IA5/IK5YZV (EU-028) 26-Aug 31-Aug I ID9/I2IAU (EU-017) 26-Aug 3-Sep I IH9/IK1ZNM (AF-018) 2-144 26-Aug 28-Aug IS IS0/IK2OCP 2-144 26-Aug 31-Aug JT JU60MTZ 2-145 26-Aug 1-Sep S0 S07WW 2-152 26-Aug 25-Aug SM G3LAA (EU-043 088) 2-50 26-Aug 30-Aug SV SV8/SV2CLJ (EU-052) 26-Aug 25-Aug T30 T30JH 2-150 26-Aug 31-Aug TY TY1IJ 2-135 26-Aug 30-Aug V3 V31MP V31YK V31KR 2-138 26-Aug 1-Sep VP8 VP8CZJ 2-144 26-Aug 30-Aug W VE3XZ/W4 (NA-067) 2-153 2-128 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The sunspot number for August 24, 1998 was 99. The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado, for August 25, 1998, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 25-Aug-1998 21 122 10 3 HIGH/QUIET-ACTIVE;MOD/ACTIVE-MAJ STM 25-Aug-1998 18 121 8 1 HIGH/QUIET-ACTIVE;MOD/ACTIVE-MNR STM 25-Aug-1998 15 121 8 2 HIGH/QUIET-ACTIVE;MOD/ACTIVE-MNR STM 25-Aug-1998 12 121 8 1 HIGH/QUIET-ACTIVE;LOW-MOD/QUIET-ACTIVE 25-Aug-1998 09 121 8 1 HIGH/QUIET-ACTIVE;LOW-MOD/QUIET-ACTIVE 25-Aug-1998 06 121 8 4 HIGH/QUIET-ACTIVE;LOW-MOD/QUIET-ACTIVE 25-Aug-1998 03 121 8 2 HIGH/QUIET-UNSET;LOW-MOD/QUIET-ACTIVE 25-Aug-1998 00 121 8 2 HIGH/QUIET-UNSET;LOW-MOD/QUIET-ACTIVE A major flare occurred at 22:05Z on 24 August. A satellite proton event greater than 100 mev began on 24 August at 23:10Z. The forecast for Wednesday, 26 August: solar flux 120, A index 25, K index 4. Wednesday should be Low Normal. The forecast for Thursday, 27 August: solar flux 120, A index 20, K index 3. Thursday should be Low Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________

Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 1X1AO RS6PA C21JH VK2GJH MD/DL8WAA DL8WAA 3V8BB SP4LVG EK6GC W3HNK RK3DZJ/1 RA3DEJ 9J2BO W6ORD G3XFA/P G0UIH S07WW ON5NT 9M6HX DJ9HX MD/DL5LYM DL5LYM V31MP W5ZPA BD4RE BY4RSA Philippe, HB9ARF, is the traffic manager for HB9AA. He reports that HB9AA is not the QSL manager for ZA0S. ZA0S was on the air during the RSGB IOTA Contest last month. He was giving EU-169. QSL cards recently received direct: 3D2CB/R, 4S7SW, FK/JH1ROJ, FP/W8MV, H40AA, TI4CF _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: DL2MIH, DX News Sheet, HB9ARF, JA1ADN, KC3AJ, KH6BZF REPORTS, N3OSH, NOAA, OZ7C, WB2KSQ _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), or $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United States. _____________________________________________________________________ Copyright © 1998 by Bernie McClenny _____________________________________________________________________ THE DAILY DX © is published Monday through Friday by Bernie McClenny, W3UR, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, MD 21738 USA. This e-mail message and its contents have a copyright and are proprietary products of THE DAILY DX ©. Any unauthorized use, reproduction, or transfer of the message or its content, in any medium, is strictly prohibited. For permission to quote, reprint or repost this e-mail send a request to THE DAILY DX © include date, volume and issue number. Check out THE DAILY DX © homepage http://www.dailydx.com or for additional information you may phone THE DAILY DX © at 301-854-5650 or fax at 301-854-5105. Remember to tell all your DX friends about THE DAILY DX.

. ======================== *** The Daily DX © *** ======================== Volume 2 Number 159 August 27, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ DX News _____________________________________________________________________ A group led by Bill, W4WX, plans to be active from Saint Croix, US Virgin Islands from 19 to 27 October. Operators include William, N2WB, Clarence, W4CJK, Chris, VE3FU and Ernie, W5OXA. They will operate the CQ World Wide SSB DX Contest as WP2Z. Before and after the contest they will use their home calls/WP2, KP2 or NP2. Alaskans KL7ZZ, KL7XX, AL7R and AL7O are all active from the emergency communications module at the ARCO Alaska base camp from the Arctic North coast of Alaska. Over the last three years they have worked some 300 Europeans from this location. In the past they have used a 1/4 wave sloper on 160 meters. This past weekend they completed the installation of a Titanex V-160 vertical. Radials will be installed in a few weeks after the Caribou migration. The four operators plan to concentrate on 80 and 160 meters during the fall and winter. Starting in September through November look for them to be active between 03:00 and 06:00Z and from 14:00 to 17:00Z. During the 60 days between December and January they have complete darkness. They will be looking for Europeans from 19:00 to 21:00Z as their work schedule allows. This seems to be the best time to work Europe. Starting today look for the Prairie DX Group will fire up as FP/N9PD. They will be experimenting with live logs on the Internet. The logs will be updated every few minutes. A very nice looking Web page has been designed for this operation and can be found at http://www.prairiedx.com Check it out today. _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 3C1RV - EQUATORIAL GUINEA - Continues to be active on 15 meters SSB. Yesterday he was found on 21195 around 17:00Z. Name and length of stay is unknown at this time. 3D2QB - FIJI - Allan showed up on 10106 around 13:30Z. 5N0/OK1AUT - NIGERIA - West Coast US stations were working Dave on 7005 just after 03:45Z. 5A1A - LIBYA - Abubaker showed up at 14:20Z on 21045. He says to QSL via registered mail. He was earlier found on 14040 at 12:15Z. 5R8FU - MADAGASCAR - RTTY DX'ers were happy to find Ake on 14085 from 12:20 to 12:50Z. QSL via SM0DJZ. 5T5WW - MAURITANIA - Mark stared in Western Sahara then drove into Mauritania. He will not be here for

long as he will head back into Western Sahara. Yesterdays activities were as follows: GMT Frequencies --- ----------- 18 21298 19 14202 18120 21298 20 18120 14202 21 14202 22 14202 C21JH - NAURU - Jack was working Europeans on 21260 from 11:30 to 12:00Z. Later he was found working West Coast US stations on 3799 at 13:00Z. QSL via VK2GJH. CE0ZIS - JUAN FERNANDEZ - Juan was working Europe, Asia and South America from 21:30 to 22:30Z on 14206. JA1RJU/JD1 - OGASAWARA - Europeans should look for Kazou on 7045 between 20:00 and 21:00Z. PZ1DV - SURINAM - Just after 21:00Z Ron was on 10104. Good luck on getting a QSL card though. Don't waste your money going direct with this station. Try via the bureau. S07WW - WESTERN SAHARA - Mark, ON4WW, started his day off here. He later went to Mauritania as 5T5WW. His activities were as follows: GMT Frequencies --- ----------- 00 1827 7004 01 3503 10102 V51KG - NAMIBIA - Europeans reported this one on 3796 at 22:30Z. VK6HD - AUSTRALIA - Mike can be found most days on 30 meters CW between 22:00 and 23:00Z. XQ0YAF - EASTER ISLAND - Look for Henry on 15 meters CW from 22:00 to 23:00Z. YK1AH - SYRIA - Fadel shows up most days on CW on either 15, 20 or 30 meters. He has no known pattern but is very active. Europeans found him on 14014 just after 06:00Z. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AF-019 IG9/IK3AWP 14247 1332 EU-155 IL4/I2OGV 21026 0811 AS-018 UA0FF 21295 0005 EU-155 IL4/IK2JYT 14259 0823 AS-024 JR6USF 21260 0739 EU-155 IL4/IK2XDE 7060 0811 AS-031 JA1RJU/JD1 7045 2146 EU-155 IL4/IK2XNW 14002 0808 EU-001 SV5/DL7UZO 14023 1909 NA-073 V31KR 14260 1817

EU-004 EA6MQ 14181 0406 NA-073 V31MP 14084 0111 EU-017 ID9/IK8WTM 14254 1054 NA-110 K9JWV 14260 1709 EU-024 IS0/IK5FTQ 7060 1022 NA-110 WB4WTY 18112 1534 EU-049 SV8DCY 21255 1814 NA-180 V31CX 14259 0144 EU-055 LA/DH7RG 14256 1124 OC-097 5W0BF 14257 0542 EU-060 SV1/IK3GES 14251 0920 OC-159 ZK1SCQ 14262 0224 EU-070 F5RBB/P 14257 1201 SA-001 XQ0YAF 21026 2310 EU-075 SV1TP/P 14256 0605 SA-005 CE0ZIS 14206 2205 EU-120 G0UIH/P 14216 0950 SA-012 YV7A 14240 0151 EU-131 IL3/IK3BPN 14258 1102 SA-049 HK3JJH/0 14260 0502 EU-147 RK3DZJ/1 14257 0607 The Project DX Team will be active from Piallazza and Baron Island (EU-155) today through 29 August. Look for I2OGV, I2RFJ, IK2JYT, IK2XDE, IK2XDF and IK2XNW to be active on CW, SSB and maybe RTTY. QSL via IK2XDE, Andrea, P.O. Box 3, I-22072 Cermenate (Co), ITALY. IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ >From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- -------------- 27-Aug 11-Sep 5W 5W0HP 5W0BF 2-150 27-Aug 8-Sep 6Y 6Y5/PA3ERC 6Y5/PA3EWP 2-122 27-Aug 31-Aug 8Q 8Q7JD (AS-013) 2-134 27-Aug 29-Aug 9M6 DJ9HX (OC-088) 2-141 27-Aug 5-Sep C2 C21JH 2-150 27-Aug 1-Sep DL DF2OK (EU-042) 2-157 27-Aug 31-Aug EK EK88L 2-151 27-Aug 27-Aug FG FG/I4ALU/P 2-139 27-Aug 1-Sep FP FP/N9PD (NA-032) 2-111 1-197 27-Aug 27-Aug G G0UIH/P & G3XFA/P (EU-120) 2-154 27-Aug 31-Aug I IA5/IK5YZV (EU-028) 27-Aug 31-Aug I ID9/I2IAU (EU-017) 27-Aug 3-Sep I IH9/IK1ZNM (AF-018) 2-144 27-Aug 28-Aug IS IS0/IK2OCP 2-144 27-Aug 31-Aug JT JU60MTZ 2-145 27-Aug 1-Sep S0 S07WW 2-152 27-Aug 30-Aug SV SV8/SV2CLJ (EU-052) 27-Aug 31-Aug TY TY1IJ 2-135 27-Aug 30-Aug V3 V31MP V31YK V31KR 2-138 27-Aug 1-Sep VP8 VP8CZJ 2-144 27-Aug 30-Aug W VE3XZ/W4 (NA-067) 2-153 2-128 27-Aug 27-Aug ZK1/S ZK1SCQ ZK1SCR (OC-159) 2-84 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The sunspot number for August 25, 1998 was 109. The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado, for August 26, 1998, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 26-Aug-1998 21 127 29 4 VY LOW/QUIET-MIN STM;LOW-MOD/ACT-MAJ STM 26-Aug-1998 18 122 9 4 VY LOW/QUIET-MIN STM;LOW-MOD/ACT-MAJ STM

26-Aug-1998 15 122 9 4 VY LOW/QUIET-MIN STM;MOD/ACT-MAJ STM 26-Aug-1998 12 122 9 5 VY LOW/QUIET-MIN STM;MOD/ACT-MAJ STM 26-Aug-1998 09 122 9 3 LOW/QUIET-UNSET;MOD/ACTIVE-MAJ STM 26-Aug-1998 06 122 9 3 LOW/QUIET-UNSET;MOD/ACTIVE-MAJ STM 26-Aug-1998 03 122 9 3 LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;MOD/ACTIVE-MAJ STM 26-Aug-1998 00 122 9 2 LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;MOD/ACTIVE-MAJ STM The forecast for Thursday, 27 August: solar flux 120, A index 65, K index 7. Thursday should be Disturbed. The forecast for Friday, 28 August: solar flux 120, A index 30, K index 5. Friday should be Below Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 5R8FU SM0DJZ 9V8OK 9V1OK MU0ASP F5OIU 5T5WW ON5NT DU3NXE W4NXE OD5PN LX1NO 5Z4RL N2AU IL4/IK2JYT IK2XDE V31KR K5KR 8Q7JD G0EZU IQ4LYR I4YTY V31MP W5ZPA 5A1A - P.O. Box 74421, Tripoli, LIBYA The much anticipated H40AA QSL cards are now starting to show up in the mailboxes across the US. QSL cards recently received direct: 3D2WC, 3D2WC/R, H40AA _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: KC3AJ, KF6BIR, KH6BZF REPORTS, KL7XX, KR1G, N3OSH, N8MOJ, NOAA, W3MC _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), or $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United States. _____________________________________________________________________ Copyright © 1998 by Bernie McClenny _____________________________________________________________________ THE DAILY DX © is published Monday through Friday by Bernie McClenny, W3UR, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, MD 21738 USA. This e-mail message and its contents have a copyright and are proprietary products of THE DAILY DX ©. Any unauthorized use, reproduction, or transfer of the message or its content, in any medium, is strictly prohibited. For permission to quote, reprint or repost this e-mail send a request to THE DAILY DX © include date, volume and issue number. Check out THE DAILY DX © homepage http://www.dailydx.com or for additional information you may phone THE DAILY DX © at 301-854-5650 or fax at 301-854-5105. Remember to tell all your DX friends about THE DAILY DX.

. ======================== *** The Daily DX © *** ======================== Volume 2 Number 160 August 28, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ DX News _____________________________________________________________________ A huge German team plan to operate from the Maldives from 18 October to 5 November. Operators include: (X)YL’s: DG0OBN, DL7IQ, DL7VYL, DL1SYL OM’s: DJ7TO, DK1BT, DL2RUM, DL3APO, DL6SXI, DL7BY, DL7IO, DL7UBA, DL7UTM, DL7VLA, DL7VRO, ON4CHE The OM’s will use 8Q7IO, while the (X)YL’s will use 8Q7IQ. They will be active on all bands from 10 to 160 meters on CW, SSB and RTTY. The emphasis will be on the CQ World Wide SSB DX Contest. Two to Three transceivers will be used simultaneously. On 80 and 160 meters they will use a Titanex V80E vertical. Colin, G3PSM, will be working for the next few weeks in Rwanda and hopes to receive a license to operate. The DX News Letter reports that “Walter, DK9HN, and Volker, DL9YX, announced to become active from a rare DXCC country during the first two weeks of September. Their split operation will take place in CW and SSB on 10-40m. More information will follow when the operation has started and the QSL route will be announced after the operators returned home safe.” _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 3C1RV - EQUATORIAL GUINEA - Look for this station on 15 meters SSB just before 17:00Z. Check between 21175 and 21300. FP/N9PD - ST. PIERRE & MIQUELON - This is a first time DXpedition for the Prairie DX Club. They were very active today on 20 meters SSB and 30 meters CW. Your editor worked them and with in 20 seconds saw his QSO in the FP’s log at http://www.prairiedx.com QSL via N9PD. S07WW - WESTERN SAHARA - Mark will be here for the next several days. Today he has been active on 30, 40 and 160 meters CW. QSL via ON5NT. VP8CGM - FALKLAND ISLAND - Europeans found him on 14212 between 20:00 and 21:45Z. ZD7MY - ST. HELENA - Barrie was trying to complete his WAS on 14195 from 22:00 to 23:15Z. _____________________________________________________________________

Beacons _____________________________________________________________________ Propagation the last few days has been really in the tank. DX news the last few days has not been much better. With this in mind let’s take a look at the Northern California DX Foundation’s (NCDXF) beacon program. In the late 70’s the NCDXF and Project Oscar jointly sponsored the first beacon WB6ZNL, located at Stanford University, transmitting on 14100. Since then, it has grown into a network of some 16 beacons transmitting on the 10, 12, 15, 17 and 20 meter amateur bands. Using the beacons listed below you can check propagation to each area in just 3 minutes on any particular band. Country Call 14100 18110 21150 24930 28200 -------------- ------ ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- United Nations 4U1UN 00:00 00:10 00:20 00:30 00:40 Canada #VE8AT 00:10 00:20 00:30 00:40 00:50 United States *W6WX 00:20 00:30 00:40 00:50 01:00 Hawaii *KH6WO 00:30 00:40 00:50 01:00 01:10 New Zealand ZL6B 00:40 00:50 01:00 01:10 01:20 Australia VK6RBP 00:50 01:00 01:10 01:20 01:30 Japan JA2IGY 01:00 01:10 01:20 01:30 01:40 Russia **UA... 01:10 01:20 01:30 01:40 01:50 China **BY... 01:20 01:30 01:40 01:50 02:00 Sri Lanka 4S7B 01:30 01:40 01:50 02:00 02:10 South Africa ZS6DN 01:40 01:50 02:00 02:10 02:20 Kenya #5Z4B 01:50 02:00 02:10 02:20 02:30 Israel #4X6TU 02:00 02:10 02:20 02:30 02:40 Finland OH2B 02:10 02:20 02:30 02:40 02:50 Madeira CS3B 02:20 02:30 02:40 02:50 00:00 Argentina LU4AA 02:30 02:40 02:50 00:00 00:10 Peru OA4B 02:40 02:50 00:00 00:10 00:20 Venezuela ##YV5B 02:50 00:00 00:10 00:20 00:30 * No output on 18 or 24 MHZ ** Future beacon being planned # Currently off the air ## Power doesn’t reduce below 60 watts The table above gives the minute and second within each hour of the start of the first transmission of each of beacon on each frequency. Each transmission is repeated every three minutes. A transmission consists of the callsign of the beacon sent at 22 words per minute followed by four one-second dashes. The callsign and the first dash are sent at 100 watts. The remaining dashes are sent at 10 watts, 1 watt and 0.1 watts. The actual starting time of each transmission is approximately twenty milliseconds after the nominal time due to the keying delay of the transmitter. Equipment used at each beacon site includes a Kenwood TS-50S transmitter, a Cushcraft R-5 vertical antenna, a Trimble Navigation Acutime (TM) GPS receiver (recently updated and renamed the Palasade (TM)) and a controller built by the NCDXF. For more information the NCDXF Web page at http://www.ncdxf.org or see The NCDXF/IARU International Beacon Network by John G. Troster and Robert S. Fabry, QST, October 1994 pp. 31-33 and November 1994 pp. 49-51, The NCDXF/IARU International Beacon Project by John G. Troster and Robert S. Fabry, QST, September 1997 pp. 47-48, or contact the Northern California DX Foundation, P.O. Box 2368, Stanford, CA 94309. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________

The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AS-053 HS0/IK4MRH 14257 1741 EU-155 IL4/IK2XNW 3501 1953 EU-017 ID9/IK8WTM 14268 1920 EU-155 IL4/I2OGV 7014 2020 EU-031 IC8/IK8TWX 14256 0943 NA-032 FP/N9PD 14265 1813 EU-045 IB0/IZ0CKJ 14260 1818 NA-034 W4ZW 14260 0331 EU-052 SV2CLJ/P/8 14260 1442 NA-065 FS5HI 14190 0439 EU-075 SV1TP/P 14256 1651 NA-065 KK7JP 14040 2204 EU-075 SV8/IK3GES/P 14265 1328 NA-073 V31KR 14260 1440 EU-098 DL7VOX/P 7017 0939 NA-112 AE4MK 14257 2038 EU-114 MU0ASP 14260 1117 NA-180 V31CX 14258 2224 EU-128 DK5AN/P 14260 1614 OC-021 YC1LGP 21277 1649 EU-133 R1ASP 14262 1009 SA-002 VP8CGM 14213 2003 EU-147 RK3DZJ/1 14258 1138 Members of the Radio Club Partizani plan to activate Sazan Island (EU-169), Albania between 2 and 15 September. The group consisting of 4 or 5 operators will use ZA0SI. Mario, I2MQP, hopes to also join the group. QSL via Arben Goxhaj, ZA1K, Box 1, Westbrook, MN 56183, USA. IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- -------------- 28-Aug 5H K8MN 2-141 28-Aug 11-Sep 5W 5W0HP 5W0BF 2-150 28-Aug 8-Sep 6Y 6Y5/PA3ERC 6Y5/PA3EWP 2-122 28-Aug 31-Aug 8Q 8Q7JD (AS-013) 2-134 28-Aug 31-Aug 9M2 9M2TO (AS-073) 2-153 28-Aug 29-Aug 9M6 DJ9HX (OC-088) 2-141 28-Aug 5-Sep C2 C21JH 2-150 28-Aug 1-Sep DL DF2OK (EU-042) 2-157 28-Aug 31-Aug EK EK88L 2-151 28-Aug 1-Sep FP FP/N9PD (NA-032) 2-111 1-197 28-Aug 2-Sep GW GB5FI (EU-124) 2-155 28-Aug 29-Aug I 6 Italians (EU-155) 2-159 28-Aug 31-Aug I IA5/IK5YZV (EU-028) 28-Aug 31-Aug I ID9/I2IAU (EU-017) 28-Aug 3-Sep I IH9/IK1ZNM (AF-018) 2-144 28-Aug 28-Aug IS IS0/IK2OCP 2-144 28-Aug 31-Aug JT JU60MTZ 2-145 28-Aug 1-Sep S0 S07WW 2-152 28-Aug 30-Aug SV SV8/SV2CLJ (EU-052) 28-Aug 9-Sep SV9 SV9/IK2WZD (EU-015) 28-Aug 31-Aug TY TY1IJ 2-135 28-Aug 30-Aug V3 V31MP V31YK V31KR 2-138 28-Aug 1-Sep VP8 VP8CZJ 2-144 28-Aug 30-Aug W VE3XZ/W4 (NA-067) 2-153 2-128 28-Aug 3-Sep W W1RQ (NA-046) 2-154 29-Aug 1-Sep 3D2 3D2 by DL2SCQ & DL1SCQ (OC-121) 2-84 29-Aug 19-Sep 3D2/R 3D2DX/P 2-108 2-92 29-Aug 4-Sep 3W 3W6DXI 2-147

29-Aug 2-Sep VK VK3AJJ VK3PGR (OC-196) 2-84 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The sunspot number for August 26, 1998 was 146. The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado, for August 27, 1998, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 27-Aug-1998 21 135 82 3 LOW/QUIET-SEV STM;LOW-MOD/ACT-MNR STM 27-Aug-1998 18 127 31 4 LOW/ACTIVE-SEV STM;LOW-MOD/ACTIVE-MAJ STM 27-Aug-1998 15 127 31 5 LOW/ACTIVE-SEV STM;LOW-MOD/ACTIVE-MAJ STM 27-Aug-1998 12 127 31 6 LOW/ACTIVE-SEV STM;LOW-MOD/ACTIVE-MAJ STM 27-Aug-1998 09 127 31 6 LOW/ACTIVE-SEV STM;LOW-MOD/ACTIVE-MAJ STM 27-Aug-1998 06 127 31 8 VY LOW/UNSET-SEV STM;LOW-MOD/ACTIVE-MAJ STM 27-Aug-1998 03 127 31 7 VY LOW/UNSET-SEV STM;LOW-MOD/ACTIVE-MAJ STM 27-Aug-1998 00 127 31 5 VY LOW/UNSET-MIN STM;LOW-MOD/ACTIVE-MAJ STM A major geomagnetic storm began at 05:59Z on 27 August. A satellite proton event greater than 10 MeV began at 23:55Z on 24 August. The forecast for Friday, 28 August: solar flux 125, A index 30, K index 4. Friday should be Below Normal. The forecast for Saturday, 29 August: solar flux 125, A index 15, K index 3. Saturday should be High Normal. The forecast for Sunday, 30 August: solar flux 120, A index 15, K index 3. Sunday should be High Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 4S7YSG JA2BDR FP/N9PD N9PD PJ2/PA0JLS PA0JLS 7Z1IS SM0OFG HS0/JA6GIJ JA6LCJ S07WW ON5NT A61AJ W3UR IC8/IK8GCP IK8GCP V31YK W5JYK A61AN WA2JUN IC8/IK8TWX IK8TWX VQ9VK N1TO A61AS YO3FRI ID9/I2IAU I2IAU ZF2TV N2TV ZD7MY - Barrie, P.O. Box 107, St. Helena Island, South Atlantic Ocean Art, N2AU, report he will now be handling the QSL chores for Jo, YC0LOW. He just ordered the QSL cards from the printer and hopes to have them in two to three weeks. Raul, LU6EF, reports that Argentina recently had a postal increase. It now costs US $1.00 to mail to neighboring countries (S.A.?), US $1.25 to the US and other America countries (Latin and North America?), and US $1.50 to other continents. The 3B7RF QSL cards are going out as fast as the HB9RF Club can. To date 16,000 QSOs have been sent out. 10 to 12 OM’s and XYL’s are working one night a week. Cards bound for the US are being sent to George, K5KG, who is putting US stamps on envelopes and mailing them out to save on postage. Cards are being handled on a first come first

served basis. Several people have reported receiving their 3B7RF cards this week. QSL cards recently received direct: 9K2ZZ, 9M0C, H40AA, V31VT _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: AA3KX, DF3CB, DX News Letter, HB9JAI, IOTW, K5KG, KC3AJ, KH6BZF REPORTS, LU6EF, N2AU, N3OSH, NOAA, WC1M _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), or $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United States. _____________________________________________________________________ Copyright © 1998 by Bernie McClenny _____________________________________________________________________ THE DAILY DX © is published Monday through Friday by Bernie McClenny, W3UR, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, MD 21738 USA. This e-mail message and its contents have a copyright and are proprietary products of THE DAILY DX ©. Any unauthorized use, reproduction, or transfer of the message or its content, in any medium, is strictly prohibited. For permission to quote, reprint or repost this e-mail send a request to THE DAILY DX © include date, volume and issue number. Check out THE DAILY DX © homepage http://www.dailydx.com or for additional information you may phone THE DAILY DX © at 301-854-5650 or fax at 301-854-5105. Remember to tell all your DX friends about THE DAILY DX.

. ======================== *** The Daily DX © *** ======================== Volume 2 Number 161 August 31, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ DX News _____________________________________________________________________ Jimmy, BV4AS, reports plans for the upcoming DXpedition to Pratas Island are still being worked out at this time. They will be active on 10 through 80 meters and will be on the WARC bands when there is no propagation on the main bands. Equipment for this operation includes: FT-1000, FT-990, two TS-850, TS-50, IC-706, two amplifiers, two generators, two two element quads, C-3, dipoles and longwires. The list of operators has not been released at this time. QSL cards will be handled by KU9C. Jacky Calvo, F2CW, is still awaiting his Ugandan callsign but was able to put in some time at 5X1Z. QSL cards should go to SM6CAS. He is now in Nairobi, Kenya and leaves for Eritrea next Friday. He will be working there and will meet with the Ministry of Communications upon his arrival for commercial station and Amateur license. More information soon. Brian, 9J2BO, is currently planning to put up a 60 foot mast with a 40 meter ground plane on top. Along with it inverted L’s for 80 and 160 meters. He hopes to have all up within the next 2 months. The official input level for 160 meters is 10 watts! Ahmed Bin Suwaidan Al Balushi, A41FK, President of the Royal Omani Amateur Radio Society (ROARS) and Minister for Posts Telephones and Telegraphs for Oman, wrote a formal letter to his counter part in Yemen requesting permission to have a DXpedition to Yemen and to Socotra Island. Despite a typhoon hitting near Ogasawara Island Kazu, JA1RJU/JD1 was active on Saturday and Sunday. It was reported that he and Bill, K5FUV, returned to Tokyo late last week to avoid the storm. Hide, 7M3VAL, is currently active from Vanuatu as YJ0AAU. Look for him to be active for the next week or so. QSL via 7M3VAL. _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 3C1RV - EQUATORIAL GUINEA - Roberto was on 28475 from 11:30 to 12:00Z on Sunday. 3D2DX - ROTUMA ISLAND - Roberto, EA4DX, showed up yesterday and will be active on SSB and RTTY. Look for him to be on 160 meters next week after he puts up his antenna. QSL via EA4CP.

7P8AL - LESOTHO - East Coast US stations reported working Mike on 28475 from 14:20 to 15:10Z on Saturday. QSL via WB5FOQ. 9N1FP - NEPAL - Vlad was active on 10112 working Europe between 21:00 and 22:00Z on Saturday. QSL via RU6FP. A61AJ - UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - Ali left Florida yesterday and is on his way home. Look for him to be active soon. QSL via W3UR. A92GE - BAHRAIN - Several Europeans found David on 10140 on Sunday from 20:00 to 21:00Z. CE0ZIS - JUAN FERNANDEZ ISLAND - Eliazar was active on 15 and 20 meters SSB from 21:00 to 23:00Z on Friday. JA1RJU/JD1 - OGASAWARA - Check 7008 from 09:00 to 13:00Z. ST2SA - SUDAN - Dr Sid was working Europeans on a list Friday between 06:30 and 07:00Z. TY1IJ - BENIN - Sigi was active on 12 meters SSB both Saturday and Sunday starting around 15:00Z. QSL via DK8ZD. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AF-005 D44BC 14192 0834 NA-057 N7QXQ/HR6 28415 1724 AN-010 HF0POL 24897 1613 NA-069 K2OLG/M 14258 1225 AS-018 RA0FA 14260 2005 NA-112 AE4MK 14259 1501 AS-053 HS0/IK4MRH 14260 1738 OC-006 VK7BC 14262 0703 AS-127 S21K 14263 1543 OC-021 YC1LUE 21275 1708 EU-042 DL9MAC/P 7059 1626 OC-046 FO5QB 14134 0652 EU-045 IB0/IZ0CKJ 14275 1014 OC-067 FO5NL 14123 0700 EU-060 SV/OE8DKK 14263 1608 OC-070 YC8VIP 21283 1559 EU-080 ED1BMA 21245 0953 OC-121 3D2AD 14260 0511 EU-084 SM0OIG/5 14260 2014 OC-121 3D2WD 14260 0609 EU-098 DL7VOX/P 24900 1155 OC-196 VK3AJJ/P 14253 0657 EU-113 SV8/IK3GES 14252 0933 OC-210 YC8TXW 21287 1619 EU-124 GB5BI 7059 0530 SA-002 VP8CGM 21277 2047 EU-128 DK5AN/P 14254 0848 SA-008 LU1XSI 21030 2034 EU-129 DL2BWO/P 7084 1346 SA-009 9Y4NW 28004 1504 EU-131 IL3/IK3BPN 14258 1101 SA-012 YV7A 14190 0706 EU-148 TM5B 14010 1310 SA-027 PP5OW 28472 1324 IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- --------------

31-Aug 31-Aug 8Q 8Q7JD (AS-013) 2-134 31-Aug 31-Aug 9M2 9M2TO (AS-073) 2-153 31-Aug 31-Aug EK EK88L 2-151 31-Aug 31-Aug I IA5/IK5YZV (EU-028) 31-Aug 31-Aug I ID9/I2IAU (EU-017) 31-Aug 31-Aug JT JU60MTZ 2-145 31-Aug 31-Aug TY TY1IJ 2-135 31-Aug 1-Sep 3D2 3D2 by DL2SCQ & DL1SCQ (OC-121) 2-84 31-Aug 1-Sep DL DF2OK (EU-042) 2-157 31-Aug 1-Sep FP FP/N9PD (NA-032) 2-111 1-197 31-Aug 1-Sep S0 S07WW 2-152 31-Aug 1-Sep VK VK3AJJ VK3PGR (OC-196) 2-84 31-Aug 1-Sep VP8 VP8CZJ 2-144 31-Aug 2-Sep GW GB5FI (EU-124) 2-155 31-Aug 3-Sep I IH9/IK1ZNM (AF-018) 2-144 31-Aug 3-Sep W W1RQ (NA-046) 2-154 31-Aug 4-Sep 3W 3W6DXI 2-147 31-Aug 5-Sep C2 C21JH 2-150 31-Aug 7-Sep I IA5/IK0YUJ (EU-028) 31-Aug 8-Sep 6Y 6Y5/PA3ERC 6Y5/PA3EWP 2-122 31-Aug 9-Sep SV9 SV9/IK2WZD (EU-015) 31-Aug 11-Sep 5W 5W0HP 5W0BF 2-150 31-Aug 19-Sep 3D2/R 3D2DX/P 2-108 2-92 31-Aug 31-Aug I IB0/IK0CKJ (EU-045) 1-Sep 3-Sep I ID9/ (EU-017) 2-157 1-Sep 3-Sep VP9 W4QA/VP9 2-156 2-Sep 4-Sep ZB2 ZG2FX 2-158 2-Sep 15-Sep ZA ZA0SI (EU-169) 2-160 4-Sep 6-Sep PY ZW4SM 2-155 4-Sep 7-Sep 3D2 3D2 by DL2SCQ & DL1SCQ (OC-156) 2-84 4-Sep 7-Sep V6 V63KA V63MC (OC-059) 2-149 4-Sep 11-Sep I ID9/OM3JW ID9/OM2DX (EU-017) 5-Sep 9-Sep XU XU2DXI XU2A XU2C 2-156 2-147 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The sunspot number for August 29, 1998 was 128. The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado, for August 30, 1998, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 30-Aug-1998 21 163 14 2 MOD/UNSET-ACTIVE;MODERATE/UNSETTLED-ACTIVE 30-Aug-1998 18 147 15 3 MOD/UNSET-ACTIVE;LOW-MODERATE/UNSET-ACTIVE 30-Aug-1998 15 147 15 3 MOD/UNSET-ACTIVE;LOW-MODERATE/UNSET-ACTIVE 30-Aug-1998 12 147 15 3 MOD/QUIET-ACTIVE;LOW-MODERATE/UNSET-ACTIVE 30-Aug-1998 09 147 15 3 MOD/QUIET-ACTIVE;LOW-MODERATE/UNSET-ACTIVE 30-Aug-1998 06 147 15 4 MOD/QUIET-ACTIVE;LOW-MODERATE/UNSET-ACTIVE 30-Aug-1998 03 147 15 3 LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;LOW-MODERATE/UNSET-ACTIVE 30-Aug-1998 00 147 15 2 LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;LOW-MODERATE/UNSET-ACTIVE The forecast for Monday, 31 August: solar flux 150, A index 15, K index 3. Monday should be High Normal. The forecast for Tuesday, 1 September: solar flux 140, A index 15, K index 3. Tuesday should be High Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________

Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 3D2DA DL6DK 9G1BJ G4XTA TK/DJ0LJ ON6AH 3D2DX EA4CP 9H3AJ OE3GEA TM5B F5XX 3D2WD DL6DK 9H3TI DL2AAZ V31KR K5KR 3DA0CA W4DR A22EW KB2MS V63PD VK4AAR 3W6DXI DL4DBR CQ98BM CT3BM VK8AN VK4AAR 5N3BHF OE6LAG EL2AB IK0PHY W1A WO1N 5W0BF DL2BFH GB5FI GW0ANA WH6ASW/KH2 VK4FW 5W0HP DL1SDV IQ4LYR I4YTY YC9MKF VK4FW 5X1Z SM6CAS OD5SK KB5RA YJ0AAU 7M3VAL 6Y5/PA3ERC PA3ERC S21J K1WY ZF2DR K5RQ 6Y5/PA3EWP PA3ERC T95A K2PF ZP6CW ZP6CU 7P8AL WB5FOQ 3C1RV - Robert, PB 8087, Gijon 33210, SPAIN Frank, TG9NX, will remain in Guatemala City for another month and his QSLs will go out in October. QSL via his stateside call N4FKZ. QSL cards recently received direct: 3B7RF, D44BS _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: A45ZN, BV4AS, F2CW, JA1ADN, K3SX, K6SSS, KC3AJ, KH6BZF REPORTS, N3OSH, NOAA _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), or $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United States. _____________________________________________________________________ Copyright © 1998 by Bernie McClenny _____________________________________________________________________ THE DAILY DX © is published Monday through Friday by Bernie McClenny, W3UR, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, MD 21738 USA. This e-mail message and its contents have a copyright and are proprietary products of THE DAILY DX ©. Any unauthorized use, reproduction, or transfer of the message or its content, in any medium, is strictly prohibited. For permission to quote, reprint or repost this e-mail send a request to THE DAILY DX © include date, volume and issue number. Check out THE DAILY DX © homepage http://www.dailydx.com or for additional information you may phone THE DAILY DX © at 301-854-5650 or fax at 301-854-5105. Remember to tell all your DX friends about THE DAILY DX.

. ======================== *** The Daily DX © *** ======================== Volume 2 Number 162 September 1, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ DX News _____________________________________________________________________ Bruce Richards, WD4NGB, announces he has been working on a DXpedition for the last five months to Eritrea (E3) sponsored by the Space A DX Group. Eritrea is ranked number five on the ARRL DXCC most wanted list and has been tied up with a border problem since 6 May with Ethiopia. In April he sent a request in writing and was told it would be processed. During this time a border dispute between Ethiopia and Eritrea arose and took priority. Since mid June things have settled down, thanks in part to the UN and other groups. Last week Bruce received a fax from Eritrea stating completion of request for operation will be done on 16 September. E31DX callsign has been requested. They plan to operate from 3 to 18 November, however these dates will be confirmed as time progresses closer to the time of the operation. Plans include the use of three complete stations, 24 hours a day. They will be active on 10 through 160 meters, CW, SSB and RTTY. They may also take 6 meters. Operators at this time are Bruce, WD4NGB; Bill, W4WX; Bob, W6RJ; Bob, W6KR; Zorro, JH1AJT; Nellie (YL), XE1CI; Vince, K5VT; Joe, KO4RR; and Vance, N5VL. There are still three operators needed, preferably with low band experience. On-line logs with daily updates are being planned. Three Web pages have been set-up: http://qsl.net/eritrea http://members.xoom.com/eritrea_ http://members.xoom.com/space_a/eritrea.htm Donations for "Non operator" expenses can be sent to Bruce Richards, WD4NGB, 533 Briarwood Dr, Clarksville TN... In the event that for any reason this trip does not take place, all funds will be returned. Any large donations by a group or individual will be shown on the QSL cards. At the completion of the DXpedition, all funds received with the QSL cards will be used to defray there cost, and not other trip expenses. QSL cards for this operations will be printed by W4MPY and handled by INDEXA. More on this soon. Today’s solar flux of 179 is the highest since February, 1993. Yuki, JH1UUT, will be active from Rota Island (OC-086) as KH0/JH1UUT from 3 to 7 September. He will participate in the All Asia Contest on 5 and 6 September. He will be on 10 through 80 meters, no WARC. Richard, 9J2DR (ex TR8DR, PT2ZDR, YS1DRF), plans to leave Zambia in September. All QSL cards can be now routed to: Richard Dandine, 10 rue de Chuignes, Foucaucourt-en-Santerre, 80340 Bray sur Somme, FRANCE.

Gerard, F6EGX, is in India and received his VU3AGX callsign. He will be active using his IC-756 along with a quad and dipoles. Philippe, F5PFO (ex J28FO), has moved to New Caledonia and will be active on the air soon as FK8VHT. _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 3D2DX - ROTUMA ISLAND - Roberto was active yesterday as follows: GMT Frequency GMT Frequency --- --------- --- --------- 01 28395 08 14194 02 28395 09 14193 21295 03 21298 24945 28395 10 21295 04 21295 11 18135 21295 05 14197 12 3775 7045 06 7045 14194 14197 18 14202 07 14194 3W6DXI - VIETNAM - Mirek was working East Coast US stations just before 13:00Z on 14010. Then again around 19:15Z on 14194. QSL via DL4DBR. 5A29 - LIBYA - Abubaker showed up on 14195 around 22:00Z. This special call is being used for the next 6 to 7 days to commemorate the 29th anniversary of the Revolution of Libya. QSL via 5A1A. 9N1UD - NEPAL - Look for Charlie on 20 meters CW (14023) and 20 meters SSB (14195) between 00:30 to 02:00Z. QSL via K4VUD. CE0ZIS - JUAN FERNANDEZ ISLAND - Japanese stations reported working Eliazar on 14205 after 22:00Z yesterday. S07WW - WESTERN SAHARA - Mark continues to be active from North Africa. Yesterday he was active as follows: GMT Frequency GMT Frequency --- --------- --- --------- 00 1827.5 21 18118 05 7003 22 10102 18 10102 23 1827.5 3503 7003 20 10110 Check 1827.5 at 00:00Z and again from 05:30 to 06:15Z. QSL via ON5NT. ZL9BI - AUCKLAND & CAMPBELL ISLANDS - This guy has been on 15 and 20 meters CW. He gives his name as Don and QTH as Bounty Island, saying to QSL via NZART. Don’t waste your time and money, he is a pirate. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AS-053 HS0/IK4LMH 21295 1646 NA-032 FP/N9PD 3788 0123 EU-014 TK/DJ0LJ 14192 2118 NA-065 KK7JP 14260 1525 EU-042 DF2OK/P 7029 2022 OC-042 DU1KGJ/4 21230 1656 EU-048 F5GVH/P 14260 1026 OC-059 V63AO 21273 1305 EU-052 SV8/DL3MD 14263 0733 OC-130 4F9EAQ 21315 1521 EU-124 GB5FI 14260 2143 OC-196 VK3AJJ/P 14262 1020 IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- -------------- 1-Sep 1-Sep 3D2 3D2 by DL2SCQ & DL1SCQ (OC-121) 2-84 1-Sep 19-Sep 3D2/R 3D2DX/P 2-108 2-92 1-Sep 4-Sep 3W 3W6DXI 2-147 1-Sep 11-Sep 5W 5W0HP 5W0BF 2-150 1-Sep 8-Sep 6Y 6Y5/PA3ERC 6Y5/PA3EWP 2-122 1-Sep 5-Sep C2 C21JH 2-150 1-Sep 1-Sep DL DF2OK (EU-042) 2-157 1-Sep 1-Sep FP FP/N9PD (NA-032) 2-111 1-197 1-Sep 2-Sep GW GB5FI (EU-124) 2-155 1-Sep 7-Sep I IA5/IK0YUJ (EU-028) 1-Sep 31-Aug I IB0/IK0CKJ (EU-045) 1-Sep 3-Sep I ID9/ (EU-017) 2-157 1-Sep 3-Sep I IH9/IK1ZNM (AF-018) 2-144 1-Sep 1-Sep S0 S07WW 2-152 1-Sep 9-Sep SV9 SV9/IK2WZD (EU-015) 1-Sep 1-Sep VK VK3AJJ VK3PGR (OC-196) 2-84 1-Sep 1-Sep VP8 VP8CZJ 2-144 1-Sep 3-Sep VP9 W4QA/VP9 2-156 1-Sep 3-Sep W W1RQ (NA-046) 2-154 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The sunspot number for August 30, 1998 was 136. The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado, for August 31, 1998, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 31-Aug-1998 21 179 18 1 Moderate,Quiet-Active;Moderate/Unset-Active 31-Aug-1998 18 163 14 4 Moderate,Quiet-Active;Moderate/Unset-Active 31-Aug-1998 15 163 14 4 Moderate,Quiet-Active;Moderate/Unset-Active 31-Aug-1998 12 163 14 4 Moderate/Quiet-Active;Moderate/Unset-Active 31-Aug-1998 09 163 14 4 Moderate/Quiet-Active;Moderate/Quiet-Unset 31-Aug-1998 06 163 14 2 Moderate/Quiet-Unset;Moderate/Quiet-Unset 31-Aug-1998 03 163 14 3 Moderate/Quiet-Active;Moderate/Quiet-Unset 31-Aug-1998 00 163 14 2 Moderate/Quiet-Active;Moderate/Quiet-Unset The forecast for Tuesday, 1 September: solar flux 170, A index 15, K index 3. Tuesday should be High Normal.

The forecast for Wednesday, 2 September: solar flux 165, A index 15, K index 3. Wednesday should be High Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 3Z0AIR SP7ZLD P29CC K1WY TJ1HP F6FNU 5R8ET K1WY SN5PW DL3KDC UA0DC K1WY CX9AU KA5TUF TF7GX K1WY UA0ZBK K1WY ET3BT K1WY TF8GX K1WY ZL3KIM K1WY GI6YM K1WY HO3A - Capt Louis N. Anciaux, USN(RET), PSC 61 Box 324, FPO AA 34061, United States HP3/KG6UH - Capt Louis N. Anciaux, USN(RET), PSC 61 Box 324, FPO AA 34061, United States HP3XUG - Capt Louis N. Anciaux, USN(RET), PSC 61 Box 324, FPO AA 34061, United States W4FRU is not the QSL manager for 3A1PA, who is more than likely a pirate. QSL cards recently received direct: 9M0C, H40AA, HL2KV, TL5A _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 9J2DR, HP3XUG, JI6KVR, K3SWZ, KC3AJ, KH6BZF REPORTS, Les Nouvelles DX, N3OSH, NOAA, W3LPL, W6RLL, W8JV, WD4NGB, WO2N _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), or $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United States. _____________________________________________________________________ Copyright © 1998 by Bernie McClenny _____________________________________________________________________ THE DAILY DX © is published Monday through Friday by Bernie McClenny, W3UR, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, MD 21738 USA. This e-mail message and its contents have a copyright and are proprietary products of THE DAILY DX ©. Any unauthorized use, reproduction, or transfer of the message or its content, in any medium, is strictly prohibited. For permission to quote, reprint or repost this e-mail send a request to THE DAILY DX © include date, volume and issue number. Check out THE DAILY DX © homepage http://www.dailydx.com or for additional information you may phone THE DAILY DX © at 301-854-5650 or fax at 301-854-5105. Remember to tell all your DX friends about THE DAILY DX.

. ======================== *** The Daily DX © *** ======================== Volume 2 Number 163 September 2, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ DX News _____________________________________________________________________ Jacky, F2CW, will be active today on CW from Rob’s, 5Z4RL, station starting around 15:00Z. He leaves for Eritrea on Friday where he hopes to get a license. Norwegians Broge, LA4KQ, and Olav, LA9OI, plan to be active from Svalbard Island as JW4KQ and JW9OI from 4 to 6 September. Look also for Leif, LA2PA, to be active from 11 to 13 September as JW2PA. QSL all via home calls. Ricardo, LU1ZI, has been reported on 3630 at 02:00Z on Sundays. He is stationed at the Argentine Tenierente Jubany Base in the South Shetland Islands. QSL direct to Base Cientifica Jubany, Correo Argentino El Palomar, Via Base Marambio, 9411 Antarctica Argentina. Kazu, JA1RJU, and JK7TKE are both active from Ogasawara as JA1RJU/JD1 and JK7TKE/JD1. Kazu has been active on 40 meters CW and SSB, while JK7TKE/JD1 has been on 40 and 80 meters CW. Kazu should be there until 4 September. Bill, K5FUV, and Kan, JA1BK, returned from Ogasawara after Typhoon Rex kept them wet for 2 days. While on the island they operated 2 meter EME and worked some 60 QSOs, including 3 from the US. This is believed to be the first ever EME operation from this Japanese Island. QSL cards for JA1BK/JD1, 7J2ADX/JD1 and 7J1YAM/JD1 go via K1NO. _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 3C1RV - EQUATORIAL GUINEA - Roberto was found on 21192 working Europeans from 17:40 to 18:30Z. 3D2DX - ROTUMA - Roberto says he will not be on 80 and 160 for the next few days. Yesterdays activities were as follows: GMT Frequency GMT Frequency --- --------- --- --------- 00 21295 04 14194 01 21295 21 18130 28395 02 18135 21295 24945 22 28395 03 18135 14194 4S7EA - SRI LANKA - Ernest showed up on 14179 around 22:30Z.

5A29 - LIBYA - Do you need this on CW? Check between 14040 and 14050 from 00:45Z to 03:00Z. QSL via 5A1A. 9K2TT - KUWAIT - Asthma (YL) was on 21256 from 13:00 to 13:30Z yesterday. CE0ZIS - JUAN FERNANDEZ ISLAND - Look for Eliazar on 20 meters SSB near 14205 around 21:30Z. D44BC - CAPE VERDE ISLANDS - Julio was working some US and Europe on 24933 from 18:30 to 19:00Z. ET3BT - ETHIOPIA - Tensai can often be found on 14240 around 22:00Z. QSL via K1WY. S07WW - WESTERN SAHARA - Several East Coast US stations worked Mark between 05:50 and 06:10Z on 160 meters yesterday. He was on 1827.5 listening up 2. QSL via ON5NT. SV0LK - CRETE - Yes Hel, DJ4TR, is on the island of Crete. He hopes to be on 160 meters again this Fall and Winter. TG - GUATEMALA - Both Julio, TG9GJG, and Frank, TG9NX, can often be found on 30 meters CW between 04:00 and 06:00Z. TL5A - CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - Alex often starts his day around 04:00Z on 1827.5 then goes up the bands (ie 80, 40, 30, etc.) until 06:00Z. QSL via PA3DMH. ZL9BI - PIRATE! _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AS-076 JR5XPG 18077 0907 EU-133 R1ASP 14260 0508 AS-127 S21K 14260 1326 NA-032 FP/N9PD 14245 0948 EU-003 CU7BA 14191 1145 NA-046 K1VSC 14260 2258 EU-006 EA6ABN 18134 1826 OC-060 3D2DX 18130 2128 EU-014 TK/DJ0LJ 14192 0950 OC-067 FO5NL 14198 0519 EU-015 SV0LK 14009 0308 OC-070 YC8VIP 21283 1305 EU-042 DL9MAC/P 7060 1845 OC-121 3D2WD 14260 0502 EU-048 F5GVH/P 14260 1239 OC-148 YC9MKF 28470 1131 EU-075 SV1TP/P 14269 1730 OC-196 VK3AJJ/P 14260 1037 EU-084 SM0OIG/5 14034 2210 SA-005 CE0ZIS 14213 2154 EU-124 GB5FI 14003 2153 SA-008 LU3XPS 28013 1534 EU-124 GW0GHG 14260 0921 Australian Novice station VK4NDW is active on 10 meters SSB from Fraser Island (OC-142). Enrico, IT9AXZ, plans to be active from Salina Island (EU-017) from 3 to 5 September as ID9/IT9AXZ.

IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- -------------- 2-Sep 19-Sep 3D2/R 3D2DX/P 2-108 2-92 2-Sep 4-Sep 3W 3W6DXI 2-147 2-Sep 11-Sep 5W 5W0HP 5W0BF 2-150 2-Sep 8-Sep 6Y 6Y5/PA3ERC 6Y5/PA3EWP 2-122 2-Sep 5-Sep C2 C21JH 2-150 2-Sep 2-Sep GW GB5FI (EU-124) 2-155 2-Sep 7-Sep I IA5/IK0YUJ (EU-028) 2-Sep 3-Sep I ID9/ (EU-017) 2-157 2-Sep 3-Sep I IH9/IK1ZNM (AF-018) 2-144 2-Sep 9-Sep SV9 SV9/IK2WZD (EU-015) 2-Sep 3-Sep VP9 W4QA/VP9 2-156 2-Sep 3-Sep W W1RQ (NA-046) 2-154 2-Sep 15-Sep ZA ZA0SI (EU-169) 2-160 2-Sep 4-Sep ZB2 ZG2FX 2-158 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The sunspot number for August 31, 1998 was 133. The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado, for September 1, 1998, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 1-Sep-1998 21 177 14 3 MOD/QUIET-ACTIVE;MOD/UNSETTLED-ACTIVE 1-Sep-1998 18 179 17 4 MOD/QUIET-ACTIVE;MOD/UNSETTLED-ACTIVE 1-Sep-1998 15 179 17 2 MOD/QUIET-ACTIVE;MOD/UNSETTLED-ACTIVE 1-Sep-1998 12 179 17 2 MOD/QUIET-ACTIVE;MOD/UNSETTLED-ACTIVE 1-Sep-1998 09 179 17 2 MOD/QUIET-ACTIVE;MOD/UNSETTLED-ACTIVE 1-Sep-1998 06 179 17 4 MOD/QUIET-ACTIVE;MOD/UNSETTLED-ACTIVE 1-Sep-1998 03 179 17 3 MOD/QUIET-ACTIVE;MOD/UNSETTLED-ACTIVE 1-Sep-1998 00 179 17 2 MOD/QUIET-ACTIVE;MOD/UNSETTLED-ACTIVE The forecast for Wednesday, 2 September: solar flux 175, A index 15, K index 3. Wednesday should be High Normal. The forecast for Thursday, 3 September: solar flux 175, A index 12, K index 3. Thursday should be High Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 3Z0AIR SP7LZD HB5OK HB9FAQ UA0AZ W3HNK 5W1SA JH7OHF JX7DFA LA7DFA VR2MM JR3JFZ 7Q7RM G0IAS PT7BZ KQ0B W4QA/VP9 W4QA C21JH VK2GJH TL5A PA3DMH Z24S W3HNK CT98EXPO CT1REP

VK3AJJ - Paul Richards, Bilyarra 200 Ryans Road., Lysterfield, Victoria 3156, AUSTRALIA CORRECTION from Vol. 2 No. 162 3Z0AIR via SP7LZD not SP7ZLD (tnx N2TN) QSL cards recently received direct: 9M0C, 9Y4NZ, CE3/NE4Z, T48RCT, UA0KCL, ZL8RS _____________________________________________________________________ On the WWW _____________________________________________________________________ Magnolia DX Association has a new Web page at http://www.datasync.com/~w5ue/mdxa On-line callbooks for the following countries can be found at http://www.pc.mdlink.de/70223102/RR_CALL.HTM 4J, 4L, 9A, EK, ES, ER, EU, EX, EY, EZ, HA, JT, LY, LZ, OK, OM, RA, S5, T9, UK, UR, YL, YO, YU, Z3, ZA _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 425 DX News, K5FUV, KC3AJ, KH6BZF REPORTS, N2TN, N3OSH, N5FG, N6RT, N7OJ, NOAA, OPDX, The 59(9) DX Report, VE8PW _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), or $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United States. _____________________________________________________________________ Copyright © 1998 by Bernie McClenny _____________________________________________________________________ THE DAILY DX © is published Monday through Friday by Bernie McClenny, W3UR, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, MD 21738 USA. This e-mail message and its contents have a copyright and are proprietary products of THE DAILY DX ©. Any unauthorized use, reproduction, or transfer of the message or its content, in any medium, is strictly prohibited. For permission to quote, reprint or repost this e-mail send a request to THE DAILY DX © include date, volume and issue number. Check out THE DAILY DX © homepage http://www.dailydx.com or for additional information you may phone THE DAILY DX © at 301-854-5650 or fax at 301-854-5105. Remember to tell all your DX friends about THE DAILY DX.

. ======================== *** The Daily DX © *** ======================== Volume 2 Number 164 September 3, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ DX News _____________________________________________________________________ Here are some 160 meter tidbits: Jacky, 3B8CF, says he should be back on 160 meters in a week or two. Ron, 4S7RO, reports he has an inverted L and hopes to be on Topband in about one month. Roberto, 3D2DX, says he will be on SSB next week from Rotuma Island. Nemlin, TU2XZ, does have an antenna on Topband and was active today several times. Dan, K8RF, reports the upcoming DXpedition to Navassa Island is still waiting on landing permit approval. They expect to hear something soon and are hoping for November or December. Japanese operators JH1BLP, JP1WDM and 7L1PBB plan to operate from Micronesia as V63LP, V63CV and V63DI from 14 to 21 September. Look for them to be active on 6 through 160 meters CW and SSB. QSL via home calls. The Diploma Interests Group (DIG) club station J43DIG will be active from Greece on CW and SSB between 9 and 26 September. QSL via DJ8OT, Eberhard Warnecke, Box 101244, D-42512 Velbert, Germany. _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 5Z4RL - KENYA - Jacky, F2CW/ZL3CW, was visiting Rob’s station yesterday and early today. He was very active on 14005. Jacky will go to Eritrea on Friday. QSL via N2AU. 6W1QV - SENEGAL - Chris was found on 18135 at 20:00 and 23:00Z. EZ8CW - TURKMENISTAN - Showed up on 21270 yesterday between 16:30 and 17:00Z. QSL via EX2M. KH2/K4SXT - GUAM - Look for Gus on 160 meters CW after 09:00Z. SV2ASP/A - MOUNT ATHOS - Monk Apollo was on 14190 at 05:00Z. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AN-006 EM1LV 21258 1912 EU-169 ZA0IS 14260 2009

AS-095 UA0ZC 21018 0804 NA-018 OX3FV 14085 1625 EU-004 EA8TK 24966 2137 OC-034 YC9WZJ 21260 1422 EU-014 TK/DJ0LJ 14208 1304 OC-060 3D2DX 14195 0728 EU-028 IA5/I5RFD 7059 0940 OC-097 5W0BF 28490 2348 EU-075 SV1TP/P 14257 1505 OC-137 VK4LV 14259 1204 EU-113 SV8/DL6RAB 14262 1509 SA-026 PP5SD 14190 0717 EU-133 R1ASP 14019 1614 IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- -------------- 3-Sep 19-Sep 3D2/R 3D2DX/P 2-108 2-92 3-Sep 4-Sep 3W 3W6DXI 2-147 3-Sep 11-Sep 5W 5W0HP 5W0BF 2-150 3-Sep 8-Sep 6Y 6Y5/PA3ERC 6Y5/PA3EWP 2-122 3-Sep 5-Sep C2 C21JH 2-150 3-Sep 7-Sep I IA5/IK0YUJ (EU-028) 3-Sep 5-Sep I ID9/IT9AXZ (EU-017) 2-163 3-Sep 3-Sep I IH9/IK1ZNM (AF-018) 2-144 3-Sep 4-Sep JD/O JA1RJU/JD1 2-163 3-Sep 7-Sep KH0 KH0/JH1UUT 2-162 3-Sep 9-Sep SV9 SV9/IK2WZD (EU-015) 3-Sep 3-Sep VP9 W4QA/VP9 2-156 3-Sep 3-Sep W W1RQ (NA-046) 2-154 3-Sep 15-Sep ZA ZA0SI (EU-169) 2-160 3-Sep 4-Sep ZB2 ZG2FX 2-158 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The sunspot number for September 1, 1998 was 129. The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado, for September 2, 1998, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 2-Sep-1998 21 163 8 2 MODERATE/QUIET-UNSET;MOD/QUIET-ACTIVE 2-Sep-1998 18 177 15 3 MODERATE/QUIET-UNSET;LOW-MOD/QUIET-ACTIVE 2-Sep-1998 15 177 15 3 LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;LOW-MOD/QUIET-ACTIVE 2-Sep-1998 12 177 15 2 LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;MOD/UNSETTLED-ACTIVE 2-Sep-1998 09 177 15 1 LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;MOD/UNSETTLED-ACTIVE 2-Sep-1998 06 177 15 1 LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;MOD/UNSETTLED-ACTIVE 2-Sep-1998 03 177 15 2 MODERATE/QUIET-ACTIVE;MOD/UNSETTLED-ACTIVE 2-Sep-1998 00 177 15 3 MODERATE/QUIET-ACTIVE;MOD/UNSETTLED-ACTIVE The forecast for Thursday, 3 September: solar flux 175, A index 12, K index 3. Thursday should be High Normal. The forecast for Friday, 4 September: solar flux , A index , K index . Friday should be . _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________

Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 3D2AD DL6DK EM1LV UR8LV TU2XZ W3HC 5Z4RL N2AU HS98AG HS1CKC VU2JPT VU2FWW EG9CE EA9CE J45KLN SM0CMH Z32XA NN6C EG9DCE EA9CE NH6D/KH2 N6FF *5A29 - Abubaker Alzway, P.O. Box 74421, Tripoli, LIBYA ZA0IS - Box 1, West Brook, MN 56183, USA * Send registered mail (US $5.85) with IRC or Green stamp. QSL cards recently received direct: EP2AC, OD/9K2MU, TL5A _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: DX News Letter, DX New Sheet, K1HTV, K8RF, KC3AJ, KH6BZF REPORTS, N3OSH, NOAA _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), or $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United States. _____________________________________________________________________ Copyright © 1998 by Bernie McClenny _____________________________________________________________________ THE DAILY DX © is published Monday through Friday by Bernie McClenny, W3UR, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, MD 21738 USA. This e-mail message and its contents have a copyright and are proprietary products of THE DAILY DX ©. Any unauthorized use, reproduction, or transfer of the message or its content, in any medium, is strictly prohibited. For permission to quote, reprint or repost this e-mail send a request to THE DAILY DX © include date, volume and issue number. Check out THE DAILY DX © homepage http://www.dailydx.com or for additional information you may phone THE DAILY DX © at 301-854-5650 or fax at 301-854-5105. Remember to tell all your DX friends about THE DAILY DX.

. ======================== *** The Daily DX © *** ======================== Volume 2 Number 165 September 4, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ DX News _____________________________________________________________________ Tom, ZP5AZL, has been informed by the Conatel (licensing agency in Paraguay) that all ZP0 prefixes have been withdrawn. Tom was active during contests as ZP0R and ZP0Z. During future contests he will use ZP5Z. Asian stations should look for Tom this weekend in the All Asia SSB DX Contest. Den, JI1FLB, plans to operate again from Ogasawara as JI1FLB/JD1 from 30 December to 3 January. The OPDX Bulletin reports that Roger, KF8OY, plans an around the world trip for this fall. He’ll be active mostly on SSB with some CW. All QSL cards must go direct to his home call. Call QTH Dates ------ ----------- ----------------------- ZK1OOY South Cooks 22 - 24 October YJ1OY Vanuatu 25 - 27 October *DU Philippines 28 - 30 October *9V Singapore 30 October - 2 November S79OY Seychelles 6 - 9 November * still waiting for his callsign. Roger also hopes to stop and operate from India. _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 3D2DX - ROTUMA - Robert continues to rack up the QSOs. Yesterdays activities were as follows: GMT Frequencies GMT Frequencies --- ----------- --- ----------- 00 21295 10 21295 01 21295 24945 11 21295 02 18135 21295 24945 12 21295 03 18135 14195 19 14195 04 14195 21295 20 18135 06 14195 21 24945 28395 07 14195 22 24945 28395 08 14195 18135 23 21295 24945 28395 09 14208 3W6DXI - VIETNAM - Mirek was very busy working Europeans and Americans on 21272 listening up 2-3 between 14:00 and 17:00Z. His next planned stop is Cambodia this weekend. If you hear XU2DXI, XU2A or XU2C it could be him. QSL via DL4DBR.

4S7YSG - SRI LANKA - Yasu showed up on 18077 yesterday around 17:20Z. After working a station from the US he quickly stood by for more. QSL via JA2BDR. 5R8EE - MADAGASCAR - Mike was looking for US stations yesterday just before 15:00Z on 28430. See QSL info below. 7X2/I2VGZ - ALGERIA - This station was found on 7008 from 00:45 to 01:30Z. Interesting to see a station signing portable from this North West African country that normally does not allow this. CE0ZIS - JUAN FERNANDEZ - Europeans were working Eliazar on 28502 from 19:10 to 20:15Z. V51E - NAMIBIA - Kosie was heard yesterday on a net on 21350 saying to now QSL direct and not via his non- performing QSL manager! XX9AU - MACAO - Made a surprise visit to 14194 just prior to 13:00Z. YK1AH - SYRIA - Fadel was active on 14009 staring around 14:20Z. Signals into the South West of the US were strong at 15:25Z, this is much later than normal. See QSL info below. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AF-013 CT3/CT1AHU 14191 1012 EU-028 IA5/I5RFD 7005 2005 AF-019 IG9/IK3AWP 14261 1005 EU-042 DL9MAC/P 14260 0816 AS-018 UA0FDX 14267 2019 EU-057 DL/OK2PAE 18075 1405 AS-118 9K2HN/P 14272 1643 EU-169 ZA0IS 14025 2347 AS-118 9K2RF/P 18142 1808 NA-046 W1GAY 14260 1829 AS-118 9K2SD/P 14260 2325 OC-060 3D2DX 21295 1206 AS-118 9K2SS/P 14260 2249 OC-097 5W0BF 28487 2341 EU-014 TK/DJ0LJ 14194 1147 OC-148 YC9MKF 21250 0857 EU-023 9H4CM 14180 0603 OC-156 3D2DA 14260 0539 Japanese operators 7K4STV/1 and JQ1USM/1 will be active from Hachijo Island (AS-043) from 02:00Z on 23 October to 00:00 on 26 October. Look for them to be active on 10, 15, 17, 20 and 40 meters CW and SSB. QSL via home calls. Tony, WF1N, and Lou, W1DIG (ex KA1DIG), will be on Isles of Shoals (NA-148) from 18 to 21 September. Starting around 19:00Z Friday and ending about 15:00Z Monday. They will be using a tribander, 40 meter dipole (17 meters possible) and an amp, on or near the usual IOTA SSB frequencies. QSL direct or via the bureau to their home calls. IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________

Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- -------------- 4-Sep 4-Sep 3W 3W6DXI 2-147 4-Sep 4-Sep JD/O JA1RJU/JD1 2-163 4-Sep 4-Sep ZB2 ZG2FX 2-158 4-Sep 5-Sep C2 C21JH 2-150 4-Sep 5-Sep I ID9/IT9AXZ (EU-017) 2-163 4-Sep 6-Sep JW JW4KQ JW9OI 2-163 4-Sep 6-Sep PY ZW4SM 2-155 4-Sep 7-Sep 3D2 3D2 by DL2SCQ & DL1SCQ (OC-156) 2-84 4-Sep 7-Sep I IA5/IK0YUJ (EU-028) 4-Sep 7-Sep KH0 KH0/JH1UUT 2-162 4-Sep 7-Sep V6 V63KA V63MC (OC-059) 2-149 4-Sep 8-Sep 6Y 6Y5/PA3ERC 6Y5/PA3EWP 2-122 4-Sep 9-Sep SV9 SV9/IK2WZD (EU-015) 4-Sep 11-Sep 5W 5W0HP 5W0BF 2-150 4-Sep 11-Sep I ID9/OM3JW ID9/OM2DX (EU-017) 4-Sep 15-Sep ZA ZA0SI (EU-169) 2-160 4-Sep 19-Sep 3D2/R 3D2DX/P 2-108 2-92 5-Sep 6-Sep All Asian SSB DX Contest 5-Sep 6-Sep LZ DX CW Contest 5-Sep 6-Sep SV SV8/IK3GES (EU-052) 5-Sep 9-Sep XU XU2DXI XU2A XU2C 2-156 2-147 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The sunspot number for September 3, 1998 was 117. The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado, for September 3, 1998, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 3-Sep-1998 21 163 8 1 MOD/QUIET-UNSET;LOW-MOD/QUIET-UNSET 3-Sep-1998 18 163 8 3 MOD/QUIET-UNSET;LOW-MOD/QUIET-UNSET 3-Sep-1998 15 163 8 2 MOD/QUIET-UNSET;LOW-MOD/QUIET-UNSET 3-Sep-1998 12 163 8 1 MOD/QUIET-UNSET;LOW-MOD/QUIET-ACTIVE 3-Sep-1998 09 163 8 2 MOD/QUIET-UNSET;LOW-MOD/QUIET-ACTIVE 3-Sep-1998 06 163 8 3 MOD/QUIET-UNSET;LOW-MOD/QUIET-ACTIVE 3-Sep-1998 03 163 8 2 MOD/QUIET-UNSET;LOW-MOD/QUIET-ACTIVE 3-Sep-1998 00 163 8 2 MOD/QUIET-UNSET;LOW-MOD/QUIET-ACTIVE The forecast for Friday, 4 September: solar flux 150, A index 12, K index 3. Friday should be High Normal. The forecast for Saturday, 5 September: solar flux 145, A index 12, K index 3. Saturday should be High Normal. The forecast for Sunday, 6 September: solar flux 145, A index 10, K index 3. Sunday should be High Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ -------

4S7YSG JA2BDR JW9OI LA9OI YI1HK KK3S 5R8EE FR5EL TK/DJ0LJ ON6AH ZB2FX G3RFX CT3/CT1AHU CT1AHU YB5QZ W3HNK ZP6CW ZP6CU FR5EL - Mike, Box 87, Tampon 97832, FRANCE YK1AH - Fadel, P.O. Box 9597, Damascus, SYRIA QSL cards recently received direct: A45XR, H40AA, H75A, OX3LG (NA-134 & NA-151), YB1XUR, ZL7DK _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 425 DX News, JI6VKR, K2CJP, K3ZO, KC3AJ, KH6BZF REPORTS, N3BNA, N3OSH, N5CQ, NOAA, W1LRZ, W3HNK, WF1N _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), or $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United States. _____________________________________________________________________ Copyright © 1998 by Bernie McClenny _____________________________________________________________________ THE DAILY DX © is published Monday through Friday by Bernie McClenny, W3UR, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, MD 21738 USA. This e-mail message and its contents have a copyright and are proprietary products of THE DAILY DX ©. Any unauthorized use, reproduction, or transfer of the message or its content, in any medium, is strictly prohibited. For permission to quote, reprint or repost this e-mail send a request to THE DAILY DX © include date, volume and issue number. Check out THE DAILY DX © homepage http://www.dailydx.com or for additional information you may phone THE DAILY DX © at 301-854-5650 or fax at 301-854-5105. Remember to tell all your DX friends about THE DAILY DX.

. ======================== *** The Daily DX © *** ======================== Volume 2 Number 166 September 7, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ DX News _____________________________________________________________________ This weekend brought on the best conditions we have had in this sunspot cycle to date. Several stations running low power and simple antennas worked all continents on 10 meters in less than 45 minutes on Saturday. Here on the East Coast conditions to HS and YB were very good directly over the North Pole around 15:00Z on 10 meters. On Sunday conditions on 10 meters were not nearly as exciting however the band to be on was 15 meters with tons of All Asian SSB DX Contest activity from BY, UA0, 9V, 9M, 3W, XV and more. If all goes well in 27.5 days we should have very good conditions again. Mark 2 and 3 October on your calendars now. Amateurs from Iraq will be celebrating the 10th Babylon International Festival from 22 September to 1 October with special callsign YI98BIF. The Radio Club of Baghdad will sponsor this event and invite Amateur Radio Operators to the festival and to visit the ruins of the old Babylon city (2,656 BC). Alex, KH6HE, is now stationed on Johnston Island for the next year or so. He will be operating as KH3/KH6HE from the well-equipped club station and will be on the air daily on 14240 around 05:00Z. He has told his Tech Plus buddies in Hawaii to look for him on 28450, no time was given. QSL via KH6HE. Eddie, G0AZT, and Ray, WF1B, will operate the CQ World Wide RTTY DX Contest as P40RY from Aruba. QSL direct only to P.O. Box 5194 Richmond, CA 94805 USA. Eddie, G0AZT, will guest operate from the 3V8BB club station from 15 to 20 October. He will be active on RTTY before, after and during the JARTS contest. QSL direct only for this operation to P.O. Box 5194, Richmond, CA 94805 USA. _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 3A2MD - MONACO - Laura has returned for the US and was working JA’s on 10106 on Saturday at 20:20Z. 3D2DX - ROTUMA ISLAND - Roberto continues to be active on 10 through 40 meters SSB. He was active on RTTY on 20 meters yesterday around 08:00Z. He says he will be on 1843 today at 12:00Z and tomorrow at 10:00Z. QSL via EA4CP. 3DA0CA - SWAZILAND - Jon is now active again. Look for him to start his days around 03:30Z going for 80 to 40

to 30 to 20 during and after his sunrise. QSL via W4DR. 3W6DXI - VIETNAM - Mirek went QRT on Friday. He did not go on to Cambodia as was expected. He went on to Australia where he will stay for sever weeks. Plans are to then go on to Singapore for his next work assignment where he hopes to get 9V1XE in about 3 months. During CQ World Wide another attempt will be made to activate Cambodia. QSL via DL4DBR. 3W6EZD - VIETNAM - Hiro, JA2EZD, was active this weekend in the All Asian SSB DX Contest. He was giving XU2C as his QSL manager. Use 7L1MFS address from the callbook, it’s the same. 3XY7A - GUINEA - Was active on a net on 14247 at 22:00Z on Saturday. QSL via VE3WFN. 6Y5/PA3ERC - JAMAICA - Japanese stations reported working him on 15 meters CW around 20:00 to 21:30Z. QSL via PA3ERC. A61AJ - UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - Ali showed up on Friday at 13:00Z. working European and Japanese stations on 21245. QSL via W3UR. EA9IB - CEUTA AND MELILLA - Japanese DX’ers found him on 28482 around 11:00Z on Sunday. EP3LAH - IRAN - Andy was operating from Northern Iran on 21295 between 16:00 and 21:00Z yesterday. QSL via RV6LAH. EX8MZ - KYRGYZSTAN - North Americans found Serge on both 12 meters CW and SSB on Saturday between 14:00 and 15:00Z. JX7DFA - JAN MAYEN - Per was working JA’s at 11:00Z and North Americans at 16:00Z on 12 meters on Saturday. QSL via LA7DFA. KC4AAC - ANTARCTICA - This station is active again from Palmer Base, Anvers Island (AN-012). KH2/K4SXT - GUAM - Gus likes 1824 starting around 11:00Z. P29VR - PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Vern was very busy working Europeans on 24966 from 12:00 to 14:00Z on Saturday. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- EU-016 9A/OK2UQ/P 3760 1701 EU-136 9A/S52DG 14252 2144 EU-017 ID9/OM2DX 18073 1112 EU-169 ZA0IS 7080 1010

EU-017 ID9/OM2DX 18116 0916 NA-055 N1LAJ/M 14260 1456 EU-037 SM7CRW 21256 1547 NA-069 K2OLG/M 14259 1156 EU-050 IL7/IK6CAC 14005 0538 NA-083 AA3DD 10115 0153 EU-067 SV8/SM0TXM/P 14260 0819 OC-059 V63KA 28508 2324 EU-098 DL7VOX/P 7009 2202 OC-143 YC6DEM 21243 1420 EU-125 OZ/DK7OM/P 7073 1538 OC-151 YC9LQA 21260 1539 EU-131 IK3PQH 14258 0007 OC-156 3D2WD 14163 0530 EU-132 SO7TN/1 10108 1830 SA-071 PY2JM/P 14260 0017 EU-136 9A/DF2NL 24940 0935 Rene, HR1RMG, and YN1RFV/YN6 plan to activate Cardon Island, PACIFIC OCEAN COAST group, Nicaragua between 6 and 11 October. The two will operate H76C and expect to receive a new IOTA reference number for this operation. QSL via HR1RMG. JR6USF/6, JJ1LIB/6 and JP1LCI/6 will active from Shimiji and Kamiji Islands (AS-024) on 11 and 12 September. JI3DST/3 will operate from Awajishima (AS-117) from 12 to 14 September and from Okunojima (AS-117) from 21 to 23 November. Check 14260 and 21260. IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- -------------- 7-Sep 7-Sep 3D2 3D2 by DL2SCQ & DL1SCQ (OC-156) 2-84 7-Sep 7-Sep I IA5/IK0YUJ (EU-028) 7-Sep 7-Sep KH0 KH0/JH1UUT 2-162 7-Sep 7-Sep V6 V63KA V63MC (OC-059) 2-149 7-Sep 8-Sep 6Y 6Y5/PA3ERC 6Y5/PA3EWP 2-122 7-Sep 9-Sep SV9 SV9/IK2WZD (EU-015) 7-Sep 9-Sep XU XU2DXI XU2A XU2C 2-156 2-147 7-Sep 10-Sep 5W 5W0HP 5W0BF 2-150 7-Sep 11-Sep I ID9/OM3JW ID9/OM2DX (EU-017) 7-Sep 15-Sep ZA ZA0SI (EU-169) 2-160 7-Sep 19-Sep 3D2/R 3D2DX/P 2-108 2-92 8-Sep 11-Sep W K8SCH (NA-111) 2-153 8-Sep 15-Sep DL DJ3XG/P (EU-042) 2-73 8-Sep 20-Sep ZF ZF2RC ZF2WP 2-122 9-Sep 14-Sep CY9 CY9/WV2B 2-147 9-Sep 26-Sep SV J43DIG 2-164 10-Sep 10-Sep ZB2 Gibraltar National Day 2-158 10-Sep 14-Sep PY PU5U PW5L (SA-027) 2-147 11-Sep 13-Sep JW JW2PA 2-163 11-Sep 15-Sep GJ PA3DSR 2-150 11-Sep 18-Sep 3V 3V8BB/4 or TS4QI (AF-073) 2-154 12-Sep 12-Sep W9DXCC Convention 2-95 12-Sep 16-Sep JA JA5AUC/6 JA5QJD/6 (AS-023) 2-157 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The sunspot number for September 5, 1998 was 101.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado, for September 6, 1998, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 6-Sep-1998 21 165 5 1 LOW/QUIET-UNSET;LOW-MOD/QUIET 6-Sep-1998 18 154 3 2 LOW/QUIET-UNSET;LOW-MOD/QUIET-UNSETTLED 6-Sep-1998 15 154 3 2 LOW/QUIET-UNSET;LOW-MOD/QUIET-UNSETTLED 6-Sep-1998 12 154 3 1 LOW/QUIET-UNSET;LOW-MOD/QUIET-UNSETTLED 6-Sep-1998 09 154 3 0 LOW/QUIET;LOW-MODERATE/QUIET-UNSETTLED 6-Sep-1998 06 154 3 3 LOW/QUIET;LOW-MODERATE/QUIET-UNSETTLED 6-Sep-1998 03 154 3 1 LOW/QUIET;LOW-MODERATE/QUIET-UNSETTLED 6-Sep-1998 00 154 3 2 LOW/QUIET;LOW-MODERATE/QUIET-UNSETTLED The forecast for Monday, 7 September: solar flux 150, A index 10, K index 2. Monday should be High Normal. The forecast for Tuesday, 8 September: solar flux 150, A index 10, K index 2. Tuesday should be High Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 3DA5A JH7FQK EP3HR I2MQP NH2C JI3ERV 3W6EZD 7L1MFS EP3LAH RV6LAH ON50NMR ON4RU 3XY7A VE3WFN FP5EJ K2RW P39P 5B4ES 4G50N DU9RG FR5VZ F5VZ R3RRC/6 UA6MF 5W1SA JH7OHF II1VE I1BWI SO7TN/1 OKDXF 7Q7EH AA9HD JW4KQ LA4KQ SU1CS 9K2CS 9J2A JA0JHA JW5NM LA5NM SV8/SM0TXM/P HB9EBC 9N1AA N4AA JW9OI LA9OI UN8LA W3HNK *9N1AA JM2HBO JY9QJ DL5MBY V63KA JH8BKL 9V8ZB JL3WSL KH0S JA1OGX ZP50P ZP1AB D2BB W3HNK KH0U JA1QNV ZP5SNA JA1SNA DL4NCF/HI9 DL4NCF KH2D K8NA ZW2F PY2ORF DU1ODX NH0E N1BJ/KH2 JG3RPL ZW40SD PY5AWB PY5AWB - Aristide Brodeschi, Caixa Postal 6025, Curitiba - Parana, 80011-970 Brazil *9N1AA = JA’s only. QSL cards recently received direct: 5W0LZ, FO5JR, GI/EI7NET (EU-122), H75A, HC8A, JX7DFA, K8XP/KH9, KH2D, N2OO/KH9, N2WB/KH9, N6MZ/KH9, OJ0VR, TA/DJ8QP/P (AS-099) _____________________________________________________________________ For sale _____________________________________________________________________ Joe Arcure, W3HNK, has some IRC’s for sale at 75 cents each. First come first served. E-mail to w3hnk@aol.com _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 3D2DX, 7L1MFS, EA5GRC, JA1ELY, K3ZO, K7TG, KC3AJ, KH6BZF REPORTS,

N3OSH, N9PQU, NOAA, PU5TAZ, W1LRZ, W3HNK, W3LPL, W6/G0AZT, W7UG _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), or $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United States. _____________________________________________________________________ Copyright © 1998 by Bernie McClenny _____________________________________________________________________ THE DAILY DX © is published Monday through Friday by Bernie McClenny, W3UR, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, MD 21738 USA. This e-mail message and its contents have a copyright and are proprietary products of THE DAILY DX ©. Any unauthorized use, reproduction, or transfer of the message or its content, in any medium, is strictly prohibited. For permission to quote, reprint or repost this e-mail send a request to THE DAILY DX © include date, volume and issue number. Check out THE DAILY DX © homepage http://www.dailydx.com or for additional information you may phone THE DAILY DX © at 301-854-5650 or fax at 301-854-5105. Remember to tell all your DX friends about THE DAILY DX.

. ======================== *** The Daily DX © *** ======================== Volume 2 Number 167 September 8, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ DX News _____________________________________________________________________ Team Antigua will once again activate V26B during the CQ World Wide SSB DX Contest on 24 and 25 October. As usually they will be active before and after the contest with their own calls. Team members will be there from 20 to 30 October. A home page for the group can be found at http://www.frc-contest.org This years crew includes: Call Name Home call QSL via ----- ------ --------- ------- V26A Dale N3BNA WB3DNA V26AK Tony N2TK N2TK V26B Sam WT3Q WT3Q V26DX Doug W3CF KU9C V26FV Barry W3FV W3FV V26J Jay WX0B WX0B V26OC Brian N3OC N3OC V26R Mike KA2AEV KA2AEV V26RN Bob N5NJ N5NJ V26T Dick K3MQH K3MQH V26U Bill W2UDT W2UDT Tom, ZP5AZL, and Wayne, K5ZG, also plan to be with the group and will receive their V26 calls upon arrival. Paul, ZD8V, will be leaving Ascension Island very soon due to some minor medical problems. Dave, ZD8T, will be returning to the island on today. Jon, 3DA0CA, plans to be in Botswana from 13 to 25 August. While there he plans to operate on 10 through 20 meters, with an emphasis on 10, 12 and 17 meters. He may take a TNC for RTTY. Upon his return from Botswana he will be back on 160 meters. Jon also reports he will be leaving Swaziland and heading back to the US in July 1999. Pierre, HB9AMO, plans to be in Sudan for three months starting in October. Anyone planning to submit QSL cards for their DXCC totals to the ARRL for the Annual listing need to have them in Newington, CT by 30 September. This is the deadline for The ARRL DXCC Yearbook 1998. Remember do not include any QSL cards from H40AA, H40AB, FO0FI, FO0FR and FO0MIZ as Temotu, Austral’s and Marquesas will not be included at this time. QSL cards for Temotu will not be accepted until after 1 October, 1998. A decision for the Austral and Marquesas Islands has not been made as of yet. Mark, ON4WW/S07WW/5T5WW, maybe traveling to Liberia (EL), Sierra

Leone (9L) and Guinea (3X) very soon. As you know he likes CW and the low bands, especially 160 meters. More to follow. _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 3D2DX - ROTUMA - Roberto’s activity yesterday was as follows: GMT Frequency GMT Frequency --- --------- --- --------- 02 21297 08 14081 21302 28395 03 21296 09 21081 21295 24945 04 14081 14193 18135 24945 10 21081 21298 05 7045 11 21081 06 7045 14195 23 28393 07 14081 14195 3W6LI - VIETNAM - Look for Hau on or near 21270 between 13:00 and 15:00Z. 3XY7A - GUINEA - JA’s found him on 21300 from 13:15 to 14:30Z. 4S7CF - SRI LANKA - Look for Calvin near 14010 daily from 00:00 to 01:00Z. QSL via 9V1JY. 5Z4FM - KENYA - Jim was working North America and Europe between 19:15 and 20:00Z on 24894. 9N1AC - NEPAL - Nob was working East Coast US and Japan yesterday on 21269 between 13:40 and 15:00Z. A45ZN - OMAN - Tony was found on 28026 just before 13:00Z. He moved to 6 meters to try and work Jeff, 9H1EL, on 6 meters then came back to 28026. BG6JW - CHINA - Cui is a Chinese novice station and was on 21126 and 21123 from 00:00 to 03:00Z. EP3LAH - IRAN - Stations from Asia, Europe and the East Coast of the US reports Andy on 21355 from 11:30 to 13:00Z. QSL via RV6LAH. JW5NM - SVALBARD - Math showed up on 21291 working Japan, Pacific and North America around 13:00Z. QSL via LA5NM. KH3/KH6HE - JOHNSTON ISLAND - Alex was found on 28450 just before 01:00Z yesterday. Later he was on 28488 around 23:00Z. P29KPH - PAPUA NEW GUINEA - South West US stations were working Peter on 28495 around 23:20Z. S21J - BANGLADESH - Stations from Asia, North America and Europe report Mamtaz (YL) on 21274 from 13:30 to 14:30Z. QSL via K1WY. V63KA - MICRONESIA - Europeans found him on 21260 from 10:30 to 11:10Z.

V63MC - MICRONESIA - Mimy (YL) showed up on 14222 today at 05:00Z. QSL via JH8BKL. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AF-014 CT3/CT1AHU 14260 1027 NA-110 VE3ZZ/W4 14260 2248 AS-018 UA0FF 21292 2249 NA-111 K8SCH/ 14265 1448 AS-069 UA0IAS/0 14041 1441 NA-173 VE8/W2NTJ 18157 2111 EU-017 ID9/OM2DX 21016 1326 OC-022 YC9BU 21260 1429 EU-024 IS0XRN 14158 2140 OC-059 V63KA 21260 1108 EU-060 SV1/IK3GES/P 14257 1429 OC-059 V63MC 21259 0939 EU-132 SO7TN/1 21300 1658 OC-070 YC8VIP 21283 1352 EU-136 9A/S52LD/P 14228 0215 OC-137 VK4JAE/P 21255 0955 EU-169 ZA0IS 18070 2205 OC-137 VK4LV 24893 0912 NA-062 KD4BJM 28475 2148 Lanny, W5BOS, plans to operate as W5BOS/7 from Tillamook Rock (NA-NEW) starting around 22:00Z on 21 September. He will be active for about 24 hours. Suggested frequencies are as follows: 7030, 14040, 21040, 28040, 14260, 21260 and 28460. QSL via W5BOS, Lanny Phillips, 8381 FM 2101, Quinlan, TX 75474-4836. IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- -------------- 8-Sep 8-Sep 6Y 6Y5/PA3ERC 6Y5/PA3EWP 2-122 8-Sep 9-Sep SV9 SV9/IK2WZD (EU-015) 8-Sep 10-Sep 5W 5W0HP 5W0BF 2-150 8-Sep 11-Sep I ID9/OM3JW ID9/OM2DX (EU-017) 8-Sep 11-Sep W K8SCH (NA-111) 2-153 8-Sep 15-Sep DL DJ3XG/P (EU-042) 2-73 8-Sep 15-Sep ZA ZA0SI (EU-169) 2-160 8-Sep 19-Sep 3D2/R 3D2DX/P 2-108 2-92 8-Sep 20-Sep ZF ZF2RC ZF2WP 2-122 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The sunspot number for September 6, 1998 was 142. The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado, for September 7, 1998, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours

----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 7-Sep-1998 21 151 5 3 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW-MODERATE/QUIET 7-Sep-1998 18 165 5 2 LOW/QUIET;LOW-MODERATE-QUIET 7-Sep-1998 15 165 5 1 LOW/QUIET;LOW-MODERATE/QUIET 7-Sep-1998 12 165 5 0 LOW/QUIET;LOW-MODERATE/QUIET 7-Sep-1998 09 165 5 1 LOW/QUIET;LOW-MODERATE/QUIET 7-Sep-1998 06 165 5 1 LOW/QUIET;LOW-MODERATE/QUIET 7-Sep-1998 03 165 5 1 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW-MODERATE/QUIET 7-Sep-1998 00 165 5 1 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW-MODERATE/QUIET The forecast for Tuesday, 8 September: solar flux 150, A index 8, K index 2. Tuesday should be High Normal. The forecast for Wednesday, 9 September: solar flux 150, A index 8, K index 2. Wednesday should be High Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 4Z1GY NF4W CO8TW W3HNK SN5PW DL3KDC 7Q7DC WA6IJZ HS0/JA6GIJ JA6LCJ TG9NX N4FKZ 7Q7EH AA9HD HS0ZAA KM1R TL5A PA3DMH 9A7C KA9WON JW5NM LA5NM TY1IJ DK8ZD 9J2TF JE2RMH N2NL/KH2 W2YC ZW2F PY2ORF 9K2AI IK7JTF R3RRC/6 UA6MF ZW40SD PY5AWB 9K2GS W6YJ 3W6LI - Hau, P.O. Box 76, Saigon, VIETNAM JA6LCJ - Yukihisa Yamashita, 1-27-12-408 Honcyo, Shibuya, Tokyo, 151-0071 JAPAN JE2RMH - Tatsuya Fujita, 1-22-4-202 Yabuta-Nishi, Gifu, 500-8386 JAPAN QSL cards recently received direct: 3D2TN, DL8UD/HI8, ZK1EHH, ZL8RS _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: DL2MIH, HB9AMO, IOTW, JA1ELY, JI6KVR, KA2AEV, KC3AJ, KH6BZF REPORTS, KR1G, N3OSH, NOAA, ON5NT, W5BOS, ZD8V _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), or $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United States. _____________________________________________________________________ Copyright © 1998 by Bernie McClenny _____________________________________________________________________ THE DAILY DX © is published Monday through Friday by Bernie McClenny, W3UR, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, MD 21738 USA. This e-mail message and its contents have a copyright and are proprietary products of THE DAILY DX ©. Any unauthorized use, reproduction, or transfer of the

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. ======================== *** The Daily DX © *** ======================== Volume 2 Number 168 September 9, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ DX News _____________________________________________________________________ Dominik, DL5EBE, will be in Mount Athos for the next 2 weeks visiting Monk Apollo, SV2ASP/A. While there he will repair some antenna and equipment. Dieter, DL3KDV, loaned Dominik an antenna for 160 meters, which should be up in a few days. During the evenings he will be using battery power so he may not be very loud. Due to the way of life in Mount Athos Dominik will not be able to be on the radio 24 hours a day. Members of the Bavarian Contest Club (BCC) to operate from Tobago Island (SA-009) from 15 to 31 October. During the CQ World Wide SSB DX Contest they will operate multi-single with a special call. Before and after the contest look for DK6WL, DL4MCF, DL4MDO and DL4MEH to sign 9Y/home call. They will be active on all bands from 10 to 160 meters on CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL via home calls. Marcel, ON4QM, will once again be active from Futuna. No exact dates were given but more than likely during September. He will be using FW5XX on SSB only and more than likely on the higher bands. Look for him to be there for a least a couple of weeks. QSL via ON4QM. Carl, G4VFU, plans to be active as VP8CJZ from Falkland Island between 20 and 23 September. Look for him to be mostly on 80 and 160 meters. When he is on land he will sign VP8CJZ and when he is on the boat he will sign VP8/G4VFU/MM. Carl says he has forwarded info to the ARRL about his past VP8 operation. _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 3D2DX - ROTUMA - Roberto continues to be active on SSB and RTTY on 10 through 40 meters. No reports as of yet on 80 and 160 meters. QSL via EA4CP. 3XY7A - GUINEA - Dan was active on a net on 14247 between 21:00 and 22:00Z. QSL via VE3WFN. A61AJ - UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - Europeans and Japanese stations reported working Ali yesterday on 21260 from 11:00 to 11:30Z. QSL via W3UR. J43DIG - GREECE - This special call is being used by the Diploma Interests Group. The station was active on 14195 starting just after 08:00Z until 10:30Z. QSL via DJ8OT. S21J - BANGLADESH - Mamtaz can be found on 15 meters SSB daily. Check between 21260 and 21290 from 13:00 to

15:00Z. QSL via K1WY. SV2ASP/A - MOUNT ATHOS - Dominik, DL5EBE, will be here for two weeks. He started yesterday on 14006 around 18:00Z and stay until 20:00Z when he moved to 7005. XQ0YAF - JUAN FERNANDEZ - Henry showed up just before 22:00Z on 21014. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AF-014 CT3/CT1AHU 14260 1014 EU-136 9A/S52LD/P 14258 0819 AS-018 UA0FF 21295 0039 EU-169 ZA0IS 18160 1738 AS-069 UA0IAS/0 14040 1406 NA-105 FS5PL 28498 1749 AS-136 BD4ED 14037 1238 NA-110 VE3ZZ/W4 14258 2223 EU-060 SV1/IK3GES 14263 0810 NA-111 K8SCH 14256 1955 EU-113 SV8/DL6RAB 14260 1901 OC-137 VK4LV 14020 1207 EU-125 OZ/DK7OM/P 21255 1117 OC-156 3D2DA 14260 0435 EU-133 R1ASP 14264 0856 OC-156 3D2WD 14260 0644 EU-136 9A/S52DG/P 14258 1055 SA-012 YV7A 14255 0608 IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- -------------- 9-Sep 19-Sep 3D2/R 3D2DX/P 2-108 2-92 9-Sep 10-Sep 5W 5W0HP 5W0BF 2-150 9-Sep 14-Sep CY9 CY9/WV2B 2-147 9-Sep 15-Sep DL DJ3XG/P (EU-042) 2-73 9-Sep 11-Sep I ID9/OM3JW ID9/OM2DX (EU-017) 9-Sep 26-Sep SV J43DIG 2-164 9-Sep 9-Sep SV9 SV9/IK2WZD (EU-015) 9-Sep 11-Sep W K8SCH (NA-111) 2-153 9-Sep 15-Sep ZA ZA0SI (EU-169) 2-160 9-Sep 20-Sep ZF ZF2RC ZF2WP 2-122 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The sunspot number for September 7, 1998 was 138. The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado, for September 8, 1998, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 8-Sep-1998 21 154 8 1 LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;LOW-MODERATE/QUIET 8-Sep-1998 18 151 5 1 LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;LOW-MODERATE/QUIET 8-Sep-1998 15 151 5 0 LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;LOW-MODERATE/QUIET 8-Sep-1998 12 151 5 2 LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;LOW-MODERATE/QUIET

8-Sep-1998 09 151 5 1 VERY LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;LOW-MODERATE/UNSET 8-Sep-1998 06 151 5 4 VERY LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;LOW-MODERATE/UNSET 8-Sep-1998 03 151 5 3 VERY LOW/QUIET-UNSET;LOW-MODERATE/QUIET 8-Sep-1998 00 151 5 2 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW-MODERATE/QUIET The forecast for Wednesday, 9 September: solar flux 150, A index 8, K index 2. Wednesday should be High Normal. The forecast for Thursday, 10 September: solar flux 145, A index 5, K index 1. Thursday should be Above Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 4G50N DU9RG DX1HB JA1KJK J43DIG DJ8OT 4L0CR IK7JTF ED1SDC EA1AUM T88ME 7N1RTO 4N4AE K4DTI HS98AG HS1CKC YC0AZ W7TSQ 9K2RR KU9C DL4DBR - Thaddaeus Barczyk, Pappelstr. 34, D-58099 Hagen, GERMANY JL3WSL - A. Naito, 31-500-5 Hikita, Nara City, 631-0843 JAPAN XQ0YAF - Henry, Box 4, Easter Island, CHILE QSL cards recently received direct: 3XA8DX, 9N1AT, A35FT, EZ7TOP, F/DJ6SI, H40AA, JQ1SUO/JD1, T32ZB, TZ6SI, ZK2FT _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: DL3KDV, DL4MCF, KA1JC, KC3AJ, KE1Y, KH6BZF REPORTS, N3OSH, NOAA, ON5NT, W1LRZ _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), or $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United States. _____________________________________________________________________ Copyright © 1998 by Bernie McClenny _____________________________________________________________________ THE DAILY DX © is published Monday through Friday by Bernie McClenny, W3UR, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, MD 21738 USA. This e-mail message and its contents have a copyright and are proprietary products of THE DAILY DX ©. Any unauthorized use, reproduction, or transfer of the message or its content, in any medium, is strictly prohibited. For permission to quote, reprint or repost this e-mail send a request to THE DAILY DX © include date, volume and issue number. Check out THE DAILY DX © homepage http://www.dailydx.com or for additional information you may phone THE DAILY DX © at 301-854-5650 or fax at 301-854-5105. Remember to tell all your DX friends about THE DAILY DX.

. ======================== *** The Daily DX © *** ======================== Volume 2 Number 169 September 10, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ DX News _____________________________________________________________________ Albert, F2KN, will once again be working in Tunisia during the end of September through 15 October. He hopes to operate from the club station 3V8BB when time allows. QSL this operator only via F6FNU. Seiji, JH6RTO/AH0R, plans to operate from Bermuda as AH0R/VP9 between 15 and 17 October. He will put an emphasis on 12, 17 and 30 meters. QSL direct or to the bureau via JH6RTO, Seiji Fukushima, 1182-2506 Hase, Atsugi 243-0036 JAPAN Satish, 9N1AA, reports on the following new hams from Nepal. 9N1AB - Krishna Khatri - Goes by Khatri 9N1AC - Navin Mainali - was using 9N1CW, Ministry refused to let him keep that call. 9N1AD - Mr. Sunuwar 9N1AE - Gourish Kharel Satish also reports that conditions have been getting better to the US on RTTY. Look for him every Friday at 23:00Z on 14086. Bob, N4BP/C6AKQ, Markus, DL5OBZ/C6AKM, Wolfgang, DJ3TZ, and Uwe, DL8OBF will be active this weekend from the Bahamas during the Worked All Europe SSB Contest as C6AKM. They may also be active before and after the contest. QSL via home calls. Jon, 3DA0CA, says he will operate as A2/ZS5UZ from Botswana from 14 to 25 September. Look for him to be active on 30 and 40 meters CW between 03:30 and 06:00Z. Then on 10 and 12 meters from 15:00 to 20:00Z. Due to an alarm system and false alarms he can only run 20 to 50 watts. QSL via W4DR. _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 3D2DX - Rotuma - Roberto says he will try 1843 today at 09:45 and 13:00Z. He was on 80 meters SSB just before 11:00 and at 13:00Z. Just after 12:30Z he was on 1843. QSL via EA4CP. A71EA QATAR - Khalid has been on 21335 the past two days at 16:30Z working the world. He makes a list then calls those on his list. C21NJ - NAURU - Norman can often be found just below 28500 between 00:00 and 02:00Z. EL2AB - LIBERIA - JA’s have been working him on 15 meters

SSB around 11:30Z. EP3LAH - IRAN - Andy was active on 21355 yesterday from 13:00 to 14:00Z. EX8MZ - KYRGYZSTAN - East and West Coast US stations were working Serge on 18084 between 15:50 and 16:50Z. KC4AAA - ANTARCTICA - Look for this station on 14243 most days from 00:00 to 03:00Z. QSL via NC6J. SV2ASP/A - MOUNT ATHOS - Dominik was reported as follows: GMT Frequency --- --------- 08 14005 11 18075 13 14005 18075 19 14005 20 14005 21 14005 T88ME - BELAU - Has been showing up on 20 meters SSB just before 22:00Z. QSL via 7N1RTO. UK8IWW - UZBEKISTAN - Was active on 18088 just after 11:30Z. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AS-018 UA0FDX 14017 1304 EU-169 ZA0IS 14260 1220 AS-077 JI6KVR 21260 0903 NA-034 KM4RX 14250 0742 EU-030 OZ/DL5NUA/P 7013 1739 NA-034 W4ZW 21285 0222 EU-067 SV8/SM0TXM/P 14017 0617 NA-037 VO1ABN 21265 2348 EU-075 SV1TP/P 14263 1409 NA-110 W4YO/P 14263 2140 EU-075 SV8/IK3GES 14255 1418 NA-111 K8SCH/2 21260 1617 EU-084 SM0OIG/5 21304 1713 OC-011 V63KU 14184 0614 EU-096 OH1SR 10116 0443 OC-059 V63AO 18140 1258 EU-105 F6CBL/P 14255 0713 OC-210 YC8TXW 21260 1629 EU-136 9A/S52DG 14260 2125 Soni, PY1SL, will be active from Ilha Grande (SA-029) from 18 to 20 September. Look for PS1S on SSB and PS1A on CW. QSL via PY1SL. IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- -------------- 10-Sep 19-Sep 3D2/R 3D2DX/P 2-108 2-92 10-Sep 10-Sep 5W 5W0HP 5W0BF 2-150 10-Sep 14-Sep CY9 CY9/WV2B 2-147 10-Sep 15-Sep DL DJ3XG/P (EU-042) 2-73

10-Sep 11-Sep I ID9/OM3JW ID9/OM2DX (EU-017) 10-Sep 14-Sep PY PU5U PW5L (SA-027) 2-147 10-Sep 26-Sep SV J43DIG 2-164 10-Sep 22-Sep SV/A SV2ASP/A by DL5EBE 2-168 10-Sep 11-Sep W K8SCH (NA-111) 2-153 10-Sep 15-Sep ZA ZA0SI (EU-169) 2-160 10-Sep 10-Sep ZB2 Gibraltar National Day 2-158 10-Sep 20-Sep ZF ZF2RC/ZF9 ZF2WP/ZF9 2-122 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The sunspot number for September 8, 1998 was 164. The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado, for September 9, 1998, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 9-Sep-1998 21 145 8 1 MOD/QUIET-UNSET;LOW-MOD/QUIET-UNSET 9-Sep-1998 18 154 7 2 MOD/QUIET-UNSET;LOW-MOD/QUIET-UNSET 9-Sep-1998 15 154 7 2 MOD/QUIET-UNSET;LOW-MOD/QUIET-UNSET 9-Sep-1998 12 154 7 3 MOD/QUIET-UNSET;LOW-MOD/QUIET-UNSET 9-Sep-1998 09 154 7 1 MOD/QUIET-UNSET;LOW-MOD/QUIET-UNSET 9-Sep-1998 06 154 7 2 LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;LOW-MODERATE/QUIET 9-Sep-1998 03 154 7 2 LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;LOW-MODERATE/QUIET 9-Sep-1998 00 154 7 1 LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;LOW-MODERATE/QUIET The forecast for Thursday, 10 September: solar flux 145, A index 9, K index 2. Thursday should be High Normal. The forecast for Friday, 11 September: solar flux 140, A index 9, K index 2. Friday should be High Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 5B4ADA 9A2AJ HH2LQ NN6C T88ME 7N1RTO 9A3FT F6FNU KC4AAA NC6J VQ9GB K7GB A61AP IK7JTF OD5NQ RV6AB ZF2RC/ZF9 PA3ERC A61AQ N1DG RK3AWL W3HNK ZF2WP/ZF9 PA3ERC EK8WB IK2QPR SU1CS 9K2CS ZG2FX G3RFX FS5PL N0JT A71EA - Khalid, P.O. Box 20606, Doha, QATAR QSL cards recently received direct: 3V8BB, EK4JJ, EU6AF (3 years), FO0HAR, FO5JR/A, ZK1EHH _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 3DA0CA, 9N1AA, AA3KX, F6FNU, JH6RTO, KC3AJ, KH6BZF REPORTS, N2TN, N3OC, N3OSH, N4BP, N9PQU, NOAA, W1MAG, W7UG _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions

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. ======================== *** The Daily DX © *** ======================== Volume 2 Number 170 September 11, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ DX News _____________________________________________________________________ Joe, VE3BW, will once again be active as VE3BW/HR6 from Roatan Island (NA-057), Honduras from 18 October to 2 November. He will participate in the CQ World Wide SSB DX Contest. QSL via VE3BW. Martin, PA3DSR, will operate from Jersey Island (EU-013) starting today through 15 September. He will be active in the Worked All Europe SSB Contest this weekend. QSL via PA3DSR. Bud, ZS1B, was active on 9 and 10 September as ZD9/ZS1B on Tristan da Cunha (AF-029). Activity so far has been on 28460 21260 and 14260. He was scheduled to leave the island today and head for Gough Island (AF-030) however several people reported he was Maritime Mobile around 16:00Z yesterday. Plans are to be on Gough Island starting today through 14 September. Ghis, ON5NT, reports he will be traveling on a supply ship. QSL via ZS1B. Klaus, DJ4SO, and Manfred, DJ7RJ, will operate from Tonga between 1 and 19 October. Klaus will be A35SO while Manfred is still waiting for his call. They will have two rigs and will be active on 6 through 160 meters on CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL via home calls. Jon, WB8YJF, and Leo, K8PYD, will operate the CQ World Wide RTTY DX Contest from Macau, possibly as XX9YD, on 26 and 27 September. They will also operate from Hong Kong before and after the contest from 21 September to 1 October. Look for VR2/WB8YJF and VR2/K8PYD on CW, RTTY and some SSB. QSL XX9YD via K8PYD. QSL all others via home calls. Special event station XR40TC is currently active and will be throughout September. This is to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Temuco Radio Club. QSL via CE6TC, P.O. Box 1234, Temuco, CHILE. Eddie, EA3NY, plans to activate FS5PL, from Saint Martin, During the CQ World Wide RTTY DX Contest. Look fro him before the contest on SSB and RTTY. Charlie Harpole, K4VUD, left Nepal a few days ago and was active this past weekend in the All Asia SSB Contest as HS98AG. This is a special event callsign to commemorate the Asian Games which will take place later this year in Bangkok, Thailand. Charlie also received his own call and will be active for the next 10 days as HS0ZCW (nice call). Princess Sirindhorn, third in line to the Thai throne after the King,

HS1A, and the Crown Prince, just became a ham, with the call sign HS1D. _____________________________________________________________________ Silent Key _____________________________________________________________________ John, K1XN, reports the sad passing of Rod Fitz Randolph, N5HV (ex WN5HVV, W5HVV VP7ND, VP5RR, HS3VV, G5AVW), who became a Silent Key on Wednesday, 9 September, 1998. Rod had worked all countries except A5 and P5. In this months issue of The DX Magazine Rod wrote a very good article called “The Thrill of Ham Radio”. Our condolences are with his XYL Jerry, K5KRN. _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 3DA0CA - SWAZILAND - Jon showed up on 1827 around 03:40Z. 4S7CF - SRI LANKA - Calvin made a surprise visit to 7005 around 00:45Z today. He hade a nice signal however the pileup scared him away. QSL via 9V1JY. 5V7FA - TOGO - Marc was jumping around on 10, 12, and 17 meters SSB yesterday between 15:00 and 16:00Z. QSL via F6FNU. C21NJ - NAURU - Norman can often be found near 28495 from 23:00 to 01:00Z. D2BB - ANGOLA - Fernando was busy working Europeans and North Americans on 14005 between 18:00 and 19:10Z. QSL via W3HNK. S92AT - SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE - Gary showed up on 14260 just before 05:00Z. QSL via NJ2D. ST2SA - SUDAN - Japanese DXers reported Dr. Sid on 14271 just after 14:00Z. SV2ASP/A - MOUNT ATHOS - Dominik started off on 18075 around 08:30Z. At 17:00Z he was on 14004 and from 20:45 to 22:00Z on 14007. QSL cards go to SV2ASP, not DL5EBE. V63PD - MICRONESIA - Showed up on 10105 just before 12:00Z. Check 30 meters CW for the next day or so. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AS-018 UA0FF 21290 0635 EU-125 OZ/DK7OM/P 14260 0821 AS-024 JS6PMR 14012 1204 EU-133 R1ASP 14263 0530 AS-045 6K0ZS/5 14019 1411 EU-136 9A/S52DG/P 7062 1116 AS-069 UA0IAS/0 14041 0723 EU-169 ZA0IS 18160 1847 EU-004 EA6AEI 14255 0604 NA-034 KM4RX 14223 0754 EU-015 SV0LK 14006 0251 NA-062 KC4SUS/M 14256 2146

EU-017 ID9/OM2DX 14011 1923 NA-075 VE7BLC 18084 1648 EU-031 IC8/IK8TWX 14259 1602 NA-094 CY9/WV2B 14187 2332 EU-042 DJ3XG/P 3530 1558 NA-111 K8SCH/2 14257 2211 EU-057 DL4PM 21293 2040 OC-097 5W0BF 21225 0116 EU-061 9A4RV 14256 1850 OC-210 YC8TXW 21260 1641 EU-100 TK/DJ5MX 14260 2357 SA-008 LU8KW 21040 1906 EU-105 F6CBL/P 7061 1859 SA-016 PR8AA 28355 0059 EU-124 GW0GHG 21278 0917 YE8SUN reports their will be some activity from Obi Island (OC-222), Indonesia from 9 to 11 January. Yuki, JA6LCJ, and Shige, JA6JPS, will be on this weekend from Amakusa Archipelago (AS-012). Look for JA6LCJ/6 and JA6JPS/6 to be active on 15, 20 and 40 meters CW and SSB. A log search will be available at http://www.nttl-net.ne.jp/ja6lcj/ QSL via home calls. The upcoming IOTA DXpedition to Qerqenah Island (AF-073) has been postponed for the second half of October. It should be close to the CQ World Wide SSB DX Contest. Wolf, DJ5MX, is currently on Corsica signing TK/DJ5MX and will be there for the rest of the month. He plans to visit IOTA EU-100 later this month and will also be active on 160 meters. QSL via DJ5MX. IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- -------------- 11-Sep 11-Sep I ID9/OM3JW ID9/OM2DX (EU-017) 11-Sep 11-Sep W K8SCH (NA-111) 2-153 11-Sep 12-Sep JA JR6USF/6 JI1LIB/6 JP1LCI/6 (AS-0 2-166 11-Sep 13-Sep JW JW2PA 2-163 11-Sep 14-Sep C6 C6AKM C6AKQ 2-169 11-Sep 14-Sep CY9 CY9/WV2B 2-147 11-Sep 14-Sep PY PU5U PW5L (SA-027) 2-147 11-Sep 15-Sep DL DJ3XG/P (EU-042) 2-73 11-Sep 15-Sep GJ PA3DSR 2-150 11-Sep 15-Sep ZA ZA0SI (EU-169) 2-160 11-Sep 18-Sep 3V 3V8BB/4 or TS4QI (AF-073) 2-154 11-Sep 19-Sep 3D2/R 3D2DX/P 2-108 2-92 11-Sep 20-Sep ZF ZF2RC/ZF9 ZF2WP/ZF9 2-122 11-Sep 22-Sep SV/A SV2ASP/A by DL5EBE 2-168 11-Sep 26-Sep SV J43DIG 2-164 12-Sep 12-Sep W9DXCC Convention 2-95 12-Sep 14-Sep JA JI3DST/3 (AS-117) 2-166 12-Sep 16-Sep JA JA5AUC/6 JA5QJD/6 (AS-023) 2-157 12-Sep 25-Sep SV5 SV5/IK2WZD (EU-001) _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________

The sunspot number for September 9, 1998 was 156. The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado, for September 10, 1998, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 10-Sep-1998 21 142 5 1 LOW/QUIET;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 10-Sep-1998 18 145 7 1 LOW/QUIET;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 10-Sep-1998 15 145 7 1 LOW/QUIET;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 10-Sep-1998 12 145 7 1 LOW/QUIET-UNSET;LOW-MOD/QUIET-UNSET 10-Sep-1998 09 145 7 1 LOW/QUIET-UNSET;LOW-MOD/QUIET-UNSET 10-Sep-1998 06 145 7 2 LOW/QUIET-UNSET;LOW-MOD/QUIET-UNSET 10-Sep-1998 03 145 7 2 MODERATE/QUIET-UNSET;LOW-MOD/QUIET-UNSET 10-Sep-1998 00 145 7 1 MODERATE/QUIET-UNSET;LOW-MOD/QUIET-UNSET The forecast for Friday, 11 September: solar flux 130, A index 9, K index 2. Friday should be High Normal. The forecast for Saturday, 12 September: solar flux 125, A index 9, K index 2. Saturday should be High Normal. The forecast for Sunday, 13 September: solar flux 125, A index 9, K index 3. Sunday should be High Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 4S7CF 9V1JY HZ1AB K8PYD RA2FBC DF4BV 5N3BHF OE6LAG J45KLN SM0CMH S92AT NJ2D 7Z1IS SM0OFG JT1FBX JG5PJJ 9N1AC - Navin, Box 10091, Kathmandu, NEPAL Eddie, G0HXL, reports he can no longer handle the QSL chores for Carl, G4VFU, VP8/G4VFU. All cards have been forwarded to Carl at this time. QSL cards recently received direct: 3C1GS, 3V8BB (5/98), 7X2RO, 9M0C, 9M2AX, BD4DW, D44BS, FG/DJ6SI, FO5JR, FR5DX, FW2EH, HB0/HB9LEY, HR2JGG, KH0HE, LY5A, S92AT, TL5A, TZ6DX, YC1EHR, YJ0ADJ, ZL8RS _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 425 DX News, AA4US, DX News Sheet, Go List, G0HXL, IOTW, K1XN, K3SWZ, K3ZO, K7DA, K9AJ, KC3AJ, KH6BZF REPORTS, KR1G, N2TN, N3OSH, NOAA, ON5NT, OPDX, W4JTL _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), or $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United States. _____________________________________________________________________

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. ======================== *** The Daily DX © *** ======================== Volume 2 Number 171 September 14, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ DX News _____________________________________________________________________ Mako, JA1OEM, was active this past weekend from Cambodia as XU7AAK on 15, 17 and 20 meters. Look for him to be active on both CW and SSB until 16 September. He is not very fast on CW and speaks little English. QSL via JA1OEM. Yoh, 7L1MFS, was operating at XW8KPL from Vientiane, Laos this past weekend. Check 15 meters from 08:00 to 15:00Z and 20 meters 20:00 to 23:00Z. He has been on CW and SSB and will return to Japan on 15 September. QSL via JH1EVE (see below). Gil, F5NOD, reports that Bernard, FT5ZI, has gone QRT and is now on Reunion and will soon return to France. The Japanese and Chinese operators for this weeks Maldive Islands DXpedition left Japan today and should be on the air late on 15 September. Callsigns are as follows: SSB 8Q7US CW 8Q7CC RTTY 8Q7HA 6 meters 8Q7BB SAT (AO-10) 8Q7LI _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 3D2DX - ROTUMA - Roberto continues to be very active from this semi-rare one. Those looking for him on 80 and 160 meters should check between 10:00 and 12:00Z on 3799 and 1843. QSL via EA4CP. 3W7TK - VIETNAM - Was very active on 12 meters CW on both Saturday and Sunday from 11:00 to 15:00Z. On Sunday he showed up on 18071 between 12:00 and 14:00Z. QSL via OK1HWB. 5R8EE - MADAGASCAR - Sunday Mike was found on 14170 just before 04:00Z. 5R8FU - MADAGASCAR - Look for Ake on 20 meters RTTY at 11:30 and 21:00Z. QSL via SM0DJZ. AP2JZB - PAKISTAN - Someone was pirating this call on 20 meters CW on Saturday. Save your time and money. CE9EPO - ANTARCTICA - Is active on 15 meters CW from one of the Antarctic bases.

EX7MM - KYRGYZSTAN - West Coast US boys found Vit on 15 SSB and CW between 02:00 and 03:00Z on Friday. QSL via DF8WS. KH2/K4SXT - GUAM - East Coast US stations reported working Gus on 1824 from 10:00 to 10:30Z. SV2ASP/A - MOUNT ATHOS - Dominik was very active on CW this past weekend. Try 14005 and 10120 from 19:00 to 23:00Z. WV2B/CY9 - ST. PAUL - JA’s reported working this one on 14003 around 13:00Z on Sunday and on 14198 at 12:00Z on Saturday. QSL via WV2B. XU7AAK - CAMBODIA - Check 20 meters from 12:00 to 15:00Z. QSL via JA1OEM. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AN-006 EM1LV 24905 1656 EU-169 ZA0B 14260 1516 AS-018 UA0FZ 18079 0759 EU-169 ZA0IS 7060 0721 AS-023 JA5AUC/6 14260 0226 NA-047 VE8TA 18140 2309 AS-024 JN1EVG/6 18080 1109 NA-051 VE7TLL 14260 0504 AS-078 JA8XWY 18136 1410 NA-101 J73FC 18123 2311 AS-117 JI3DST/3 18140 1251 NA-105 FS5PL/P 21260 1306 EU-009 GM0IFM 14024 0845 OC-130 DU8DJ 14193 1306 EU-030 OZ/DL1SU/P 14260 1130 OC-137 VK4LV 18087 1110 EU-042 DJ3XG/P 3534 1600 SA-008 LU8XW 14040 2140 EU-051 IE9/IN3XUG 14262 1049 SA-027 PU5U 28465 0129 EU-105 F6CBL/P 14256 1448 SA-027 PW5L 28018 1658 IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- -------------- 14-Sep 14-Sep C6 C6AKM C6AKQ 2-169 14-Sep 14-Sep CY9 CY9/WV2B 2-147 14-Sep 14-Sep JA JI3DST/3 (AS-117) 2-166 14-Sep 14-Sep PY PU5U PW5L (SA-027) 2-147 14-Sep 15-Sep DL DJ3XG/P (EU-042) 2-73 14-Sep 15-Sep GJ PA3DSR 2-150 14-Sep 15-Sep GJ PA3DSR 2-170 14-Sep 15-Sep ZA ZA0SI (EU-169) 2-160 14-Sep 16-Sep JA JA5AUC/6 JA5QJD/6 (AS-023) 2-157 14-Sep 18-Sep 3V 3V8BB/4 or TS4QI (AF-073) 2-154 14-Sep 19-Sep 3D2/R 3D2DX/P 2-108 2-92 14-Sep 20-Sep HS HS0ZCW 2-170 14-Sep 20-Sep ZF ZF2RC/ZF9 ZF2WP/ZF9 2-122 14-Sep 21-Sep V6 V63LP V63CV V63DI 2-164

14-Sep 22-Sep SV/A SV2ASP/A by DL5EBE 2-168 14-Sep 25-Sep A2 A2/ZS5UZ 2-169 2-167 14-Sep 25-Sep SV5 SV5/IK2WZD (EU-001) 14-Sep 26-Sep SV J43DIG 2-164 15-Sep 23-Sep 8Q 5 JA's (AS-013) 2-157 18-Sep 20-Sep PY PS1S PS1A (SA-029) 2-169 18-Sep 21-Sep W WF1N W1DIG (NA-148) 2-165 18-Sep 27-Sep ET ET3AA 2-111 19-Sep 20-Sep Clipperton DX Club Convention 2-151 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The sunspot number for September 13, 1998 was 111. The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado, for September 13, 1998, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 13-Sep-1998 21 131 6 0 LOW/QUIET;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 13-Sep-1998 18 135 10 1 LOW/QUIET-LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 13-Sep-1998 15 135 10 1 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 13-Sep-1998 12 135 10 2 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 13-Sep-1998 09 135 10 2 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 13-Sep-1998 06 135 10 2 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 13-Sep-1998 03 135 10 2 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 13-Sep-1998 00 135 10 2 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED The forecast for Monday, 14 September: solar flux 125, A index 9, K index 2. Monday should be High Normal. The forecast for Tuesday, 15 September: solar flux 125, A index 9, K index 2. Tuesday should be High Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 3E1DX N0JT HL5KY W3HNK WV2B/CY9 WV2B 3W7TK OK1HWB HS0ZCW K4VUD XU7AAK JA1OEM C4A 9A2AJ JW2PA LA2PA XW8KPL JH1EVE C6AKM DL5OBZ LX8DL LX2DA YC0LOW N2AU DS4BBL EA2AKP P29VR W7LFA ZA0B HB9BGN EX8W DL8FCU PU5U PP5LL ZA0Z HB9BGN FK8VHT F6AJA PW5L PP5LL ZC4/G3VHE G3VHE GX0STH/P G4DIY TT8JW AB4ET ZD7CTO KB2MS H2T 5B4XF VU3MCV ON7LX ZW5B PY5EG HB0/KC4KBF DF8AN WP2Z KU9C 4L3Y - Boris, Box 32, Warsaw 19, POLAND JH1EVE - Hiroshi Higashiyama, 12-5 Higashi-Jyujyo 1-chome, Kita 114-0001, Tokyo, Japan QSL cards recently received direct: 3A2HB, 5Z4RL, C56/JA1OEM, EY8MM, FO0HAR, H40AA, H44RY, HC8N, HU1X, PZ5HP, TG9GJG, TY1IF, V63KU, YC1EHR, YI9CW, ZK1EHH, ZP5MAL _____________________________________________________________________ Credits

_____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: AA3KX, F5NOD, JA1ADN, K3SWZ, K3SX, KC3AJ, KH6BZF REPORTS, N3OSH, N6RT, N7OJ, NOAA, NU1U, W8FJ, WB4KTC _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), or $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United States. _____________________________________________________________________ Copyright © 1998 by Bernie McClenny _____________________________________________________________________ THE DAILY DX © is published Monday through Friday by Bernie McClenny, W3UR, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, MD 21738 USA. This e-mail message and its contents have a copyright and are proprietary products of THE DAILY DX ©. Any unauthorized use, reproduction, or transfer of the message or its content, in any medium, is strictly prohibited. For permission to quote, reprint or repost this e-mail send a request to THE DAILY DX © include date, volume and issue number. Check out THE DAILY DX © homepage http://www.dailydx.com or for additional information you may phone THE DAILY DX © at 301-854-5650 or fax at 301-854-5105. Remember to tell all your DX friends about THE DAILY DX.

. ======================== *** The Daily DX © *** ======================== Volume 2 Number 172 September 15, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ DX News _____________________________________________________________________ Karl, PS7KM, announced yesterday that he will join together with Tino, PT7AA, Randy, WX5L, and one other operator (maybe a JA) to operate from St. Peter and St. Paul Rocks in late January. The group will leave Natal, Brazil the second week of January on a four day boat trip to this semi-rare DXCC entity. The operation will last between 12 and 14 days with an emphasis on RTTY, 6 meters and the low bands (80 and 160 meters). They will be on the normal DX frequencies on 10 through 160 meters CW SSB and RTTY. Plans are to use ZY0SZ on CW and ZY0SP on SSB and RTTY. The budget for this DXpedition is US $ 11,000 of which 70% is for boat transportation. They are seeking donations which may be sent to either Randy, WX5L, or Karl, PS7KM. QSL chores for ZY0SP go via PS7KM and cards for ZY0SZ go via PT7AA. This week special event station XV300S is scheduled to hit the airwaves to commemorate the 300th anniversary of the city of Saigon. The special event station will be active through the end of the year. QSL chores for 3W6KA, 3W6LI and XV300S will be handled by Steve, K2WE. A group of Americans plan to be active from East Kiribati from 22 to 27 October including a multi-single effort in the CQ World Wide SSB DX Contest. Operators include K0MP/T32MP, N0KV/T32KV, W0NF/T32PL and AE7C/T32PS. During the contest look for T32MP on all bands from 10 to 160 meters. Before and after the contest they will use their individual calls on CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL via home calls. Walter, DJ0FX, plans to operate from Moorea Island (OC-046), French Polynesia from 10 to 30 October. Look for FO0PT to be active on 10 through 160 meters CW, some SSB, no RTTY. QSL direct or to the bureau via DJ0FX. _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 3D2DX - ROTUMA ISLAND - Roberto continues to be very busy on the bands. QSL via EA4CP. Yesterdays reported activity was as follows: GMT Frequencies GMT Frequencies --- ----------- --- ----------- 00 18132 21081 11 7045 14081 21295 01 14080 21081 12 14081 04 14081 14195 18 14190 06 7045 19 18135 07 21295 21 28390 08 14197 18135 21295 22 28390 09 1843 21295 23 24945

10 1843 3799 7045 5R8EE - MADAGASCAR - West Coast US stations have been finding Mike near 14170 between 03:00 and 04:00Z. EX7MM - KYRGYZSTAN - Vit was working Midwest and Southwest US stations yesterday from 12:30 to 14:00 on 21023. S79SBP - SEYCHELLES - Was found on 21250 between 17:00 and 17:30Z. SV2ASP/A - MOUNT ATHOS - Dominik continues to activate Monk Apollos station on CW. Here is yesterdays reports: GMT Frequencies GMT Frequencies --- ----------- --- ----------- 04 1828 21 10120 09 14005 22 1829 10120 19 14003 23 3505 10120 20 14003 WV2B/CY9 - SAINT PAUL ISLAND - Japanese DXers were working him on 14195 between 10:30 and 11:30Z. QSL via WV2B. XU7AAK - CAMBODIA - Mako sends CW very slow and his English is limited. Yesterday reports are as follows: GMT Frequencies GMT Frequencies --- ----------- --- ----------- 01 21212 18 14012 10 21215 19 14012 11 18115 22 14013 12 14008 23 21215 _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AN-006 EM1LV 10103 2131 EU-132 SP5PB/1 21031 0843 AS-018 UA0FDX 21013 2243 EU-169 ZA0B 14260 1511 AS-023 JA5AUC/6 21265 0825 EU-169 ZA0IS 7011 1936 AS-023 JA5QJD/6 14032 1816 NA-094 WV2B/CY9 14193 2108 AS-024 JN1EVG/6 14039 1219 OC-006 VK7LC 14253 0728 AS-028 UA0QMU 14011 1706 OC-042 4G50N 21278 1152 AS-053 HS0/IK4MRH 14260 1929 OC-042 DU1KGJ/DU4 21220 1448 AS-069 UA0IAS/0 14263 0634 OC-059 V63CV 7057 1144 AS-079 JA5CKD/6 14016 1905 OC-060 3D2DX 28390 2124 AS-117 JI3DST/3 21260 0835 OC-075 YC5XIP 21259 1720 EU-017 ID9/I5FRD 7005 1744 OC-210 YC8RRK 21259 1721 EU-051 IE9/IN3XUG 14257 1823 OC-210 YC8TXW 21259 1720 EU-113 SV8/DL6RAB 14260 1024 IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________

From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- -------------- 15-Sep 15-Sep DL DJ3XG/P (EU-042) 2-73 15-Sep 15-Sep GJ PA3DSR 2-170 2-150 15-Sep 15-Sep XW XW8KPL 2-171 15-Sep 15-Sep ZA ZA0SI (EU-169) 2-160 15-Sep 16-Sep JA JA5AUC/6 JA5QJD/6 (AS-023) 2-157 15-Sep 16-Sep XU XU7AAK 2-171 15-Sep 18-Sep 3V 3V8BB/4 or TS4QI (AF-073) 2-154 15-Sep 19-Sep 3D2/R 3D2DX/P 2-108 2-92 15-Sep 20-Sep HS HS0ZCW 2-170 15-Sep 20-Sep ZF ZF2RC/ZF9 ZF2WP/ZF9 2-122 15-Sep 21-Sep V6 V63LP V63CV V63DI 2-164 15-Sep 22-Sep SV/A SV2ASP/A by DL5EBE 2-168 15-Sep 23-Sep 8Q 5 JA's (AS-013) 2-157 15-Sep 23-Sep 8Q 8Q7's BB CC HA LI US (AS-013) 2-171 2-157 15-Sep 25-Sep A2 A2/ZS5UZ 2-169 2-167 15-Sep 25-Sep SV5 SV5/IK2WZD (EU-001) 15-Sep 26-Sep SV J43DIG 2-164 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The sunspot number for September 13, 1998 was 111. The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado, for September 14, 1998, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 14-Sep-1998 21 122 3 0 LOW/QUIET;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 14-Sep-1998 18 131 4 0 LOW/QUIET;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 14-Sep-1998 15 131 4 0 LOW/QUIET;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 14-Sep-1998 12 131 4 1 LOW/QUIET;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 14-Sep-1998 09 131 4 2 LOW/QUIET;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 14-Sep-1998 06 131 4 1 LOW/QUIET;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 14-Sep-1998 03 131 4 1 LOW/QUIET;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 14-Sep-1998 00 131 4 1 LOW/QUIET;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED The forecast for Tuesday, 15 September: solar flux 125, A index 6, K index 2. Tuesday should be Above Normal. The forecast for Wednesday, 16 September: solar flux 130, A index 3, K index 12. Wednesday should be High Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- A2/ZS5UZ W4DR JU60MTZ JT1CJ S21YG DL3NEO A61AN WA2JUN KH0AC K7ZA V63CP JH1BLP C6AKQ N4BP P29CC K1WY V63CV JP1WDM V63KU - Sam, P.O. Box 1679, Truk Lagoon, Micronesia, Pacific Ocean QSL cards recently received direct: 3B7RF, 4J9RI, 4JA9RI, FO0FI, FO0FR, HB0/HB9QQ, J45KLN, OJ0VR, P29BW, TL5A _____________________________________________________________________

Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: DJ5AV, K0MP, K2WE, K3KY, KC3AJ, KH6BZF REPORTS, N3OSH, N9PQU, NOAA, PS7KM, W8FJ _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), or $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United States. _____________________________________________________________________ Copyright © 1998 by Bernie McClenny _____________________________________________________________________ THE DAILY DX © is published Monday through Friday by Bernie McClenny, W3UR, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, MD 21738 USA. This e-mail message and its contents have a copyright and are proprietary products of THE DAILY DX ©. Any unauthorized use, reproduction, or transfer of the message or its content, in any medium, is strictly prohibited. For permission to quote, reprint or repost this e-mail send a request to THE DAILY DX © include date, volume and issue number. Check out THE DAILY DX © homepage http://www.dailydx.com or for additional information you may phone THE DAILY DX © at 301-854-5650 or fax at 301-854-5105. Remember to tell all your DX friends about THE DAILY DX.

. ======================== *** The Daily DX © *** ======================== Volume 2 Number 173 September 16, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ DX News _____________________________________________________________________ Megahertz Magazine, a French Amateur Radio magazine, reports that Jacques, FR5ZU, should be active from Glorioso Island in the Indian Ocean as FR5ZU/G from 7 to 30 October. He will be active on all bands on SSB and RTTY. Look for him to be active between 02:30 to 04:30Z, 08:30 to 09:00Z, 14:30 to 16:00Z and 17:00 to 18:00Z. QSL via JA8FCG. Bill, W4WX, and Don, N5OLS, plan to multi-op in the CQ World Wide RTTY DX Contest next weekend. Look for W4WX/KH8 to be active from Pago Pago, American Samoa. QSL via W4WX. Kazu, JA3ART, and Hide, JM1LJS, will go to Saipan to operate KH0/N3JJ and KH0/JM1LJS from 16 to 19 October. Look for both of them to be on all HF bands including 6 meters. QSL KH0/N3JJ to JA3ART either to the JARL bureau or direct to: Kazuo Edihara, P.O. Box 62, Sakyo Kyoto 606-8691, JAPAN. QSL cards for KH0/JM1LJS may go via the JARL bureau or direct to JM1LJS, Hideyuki Kai, 915, Takata, Kohoku Yokohama 223-0063, JAPAN. Joe, WB8YTZ, plans to operate the CQ World Wide RTTY DX Contest from Labrador, CQ WAZ 2, as either VO2/WB8YTZ or VO2WL. He will be there from 24 to 28 September and will operate RTTY and SSB before the contest. Look for him to be on 10 through 80 meters, maybe 160 meters, running high power with a beam and dipole. CW may be done upon request. QSL direct or via the bureau to WB8YTZ. Bruno, TK5PB, plans to operate from four different islands of the coast of the main island of Mayotte. Islands include Grande Terre, Petite Terre, Brandele, Bambo. Look for FH/TK5PB to be active from 12 to 25 November on SSB only. QSL via Bruno Padey, Le Magenta 1, F-20169 Bonifacio, France. Pierre, HB9AMO, reports he will not be able to get a license in Sudan due to the recent events that took place. Looks like he will be taking some books to read instead of a TS-50 and CW keyer. Glenn, W6OTC, reports he will join up with Steve, K6AW, and Trey, N5KO, during the CQ World Wide RTTY DX Contest next weekend as HC8N from the Galapagos Islands. They will be active from 25 to 27 September. QSL via AA5BT. _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________

3D2DX - ROTUMA ISLAND - West Coast US stations should check 1843 at 13:15Z and 3799 at 13:45Z. QSL via EA4CP. 3XY7A - GUINEA - Check the net on 14247 from 21:00 to 22:00Z. 8Q7 - MALDIVES - The JA group showed up yesterday. Look for 8Q7US today on 160 meters CW starting around 22:00Z on 1822. A92GE - BAHRAIN - David has been working West Coast US stations on 18072 from 03:30 to 04:00Z for the last few days. D44BS - CAPE VERDE ISLANDS - West Coast US stations found Angelo on 24943 around 19:00Z. IS0/YO3RA - SARDINIA - Calin was working East Coast US stations yesterday from 04:00 to 05:00Z on 1835. QSL via YO bureau. JT1BH - MONGOLIA - Was reported on 10105 at 10:40Z. KH2/K4SXT - GUAM - Look for Gus on 1824 from 09:00 to 11:00Z. S21J - BANGLADESH - Mamtaz (YL) can be found almost daily near 21270 from 13:00 to 15:00Z. QSL via K1WY. SV2ASP/A - MOUNT ATHOS - Not one report of Dominik or Monk Apollo be on the air yesterday. VU2WAP - INDIA - Miku was working East Coast US stations on 21295 between 15:00 and 16:30Z. XU7AAK - CAMBODIA - Mako had a good opening on 20 meters CW yesterday from 22:00 to 00:00Z. Today may be his last day. QSL via JA1OEM. ZD9CY - TRISTAN DA CUNHA AND GOUGH ISLANDS - Work it first worry later! Helen (YL) was found on 14181 from 19:00 to 21:00Z. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AS-005 R0/US3IU 14258 1637 EU-065 F/HB9ASZ/P 10104 1644 AS-018 UA0FDX 21019 0909 EU-084 SM0OIG/5 21283 1302 AS-023 JA5AUC/6 10106 0944 EU-128 DL6HBH/P 14260 0800 AS-023 JA5QJD/6 14263 1818 EU-132 SP5PB/1 14031 1103 AS-076 JR5XPG 21035 0209 EU-169 ZA0Z 7005 0523 EU-013 GJ/PA3DSR 10124 2023 NA-048 C6AFV 7055 2237 EU-016 9A2GF 14260 0550 NA-080 C6A/DJ3TZ 21277 1735 EU-017 ID9/I5RFD 7005 1924 NA-080 C6A/DL8OBF 14205 0205 EU-021 TF1/LX1NO 14260 2017 NA-105 FS5PL 21260 2010 EU-030 OZ/DL1SUH/P 14260 0942 OC-075 YC5XIP 21260 1718 EU-046 LA1CI 14260 1242 OC-143 YC6DEM 21276 1505 EU-051 IE9/IN3XUG 14260 0707 OC-210 YC8RRK 21260 1356

Piero, IZ0AEH, will operate from Lampedusa Island (AF-019) as IG9/IZ0AEH from 21 September to 2 October. QSL via IZ0AEH. IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- -------------- 16-Sep 19-Sep 3D2/R 3D2DX/P 2-108 2-92 16-Sep 23-Sep 8Q 8Q7's BB CC HA LI US (AS-013) 2-171 2-157 16-Sep 25-Sep A2 A2/ZS5UZ 2-169 2-167 16-Sep 20-Sep HS HS0ZCW 2-170 16-Sep 16-Sep JA JA5AUC/6 JA5QJD/6 (AS-023) 2-157 16-Sep 26-Sep SV J43DIG 2-164 16-Sep 22-Sep SV/A SV2ASP/A by DL5EBE 2-168 16-Sep 25-Sep SV5 SV5/IK2WZD (EU-001) 16-Sep 21-Sep V6 V63LP V63CV V63DI (OC-059) 2-164 16-Sep 16-Sep XU XU7AAK 2-171 16-Sep 20-Sep ZF ZF2RC/ZF9 ZF2WP/ZF9 2-122 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The sunspot number for September 14, 1998 was 106. The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado, for September 15, 1998, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 15-Sep-1998 21 117 7 1 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 15-Sep-1998 18 122 2 1 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 15-Sep-1998 15 122 2 1 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 15-Sep-1998 12 122 2 2 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 15-Sep-1998 09 122 2 3 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 15-Sep-1998 06 122 2 3 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 15-Sep-1998 03 122 2 2 LOW/QUIET;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 15-Sep-1998 00 122 2 1 LOW/QUIET;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED The forecast for Wednesday, 16 September: solar flux 120, A index 10, K index 2. Wednesday should be High Normal. The forecast for Thursday, 17 September: solar flux 125, A index 8, K index 2. Thursday should be High Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 4L8A OZ1HPS C6A/DJ3TZ DJ3TZ TG9NX N4FKZ 5X1Z SM6CAS C6A/DL8OBF DL8OBF TK/DJ5MX DJ5MX 8Q7CC JR2KDN KC4AAA NC6J TT8JW AB4ET 8Q7US JR2KDN SN5PW DL3KDC ZD8T AC4IV A92GE - David, Box 1976, Manama, BAHRAIN

J73FC - Francis Charles, 68 River Street, Roseau, DOMINICA SV2ASP/A - Apollo Monachos, I Moni Docheiariou, GR-63087 Dafni Ag Orous, GREECE Wayne, KD4XN, reports he has not received any logs for Ian, T20AA, for about 8 months. Wayne asks that everyone please be patient as he has written Ian and the mail takes about one month each way. QSL cards recently received direct: 3B7RF, 3D2CB, 3D2KT, 3D2TN, 3D2WC, 3D2WC/R, 5W0SZ, 5W0VV, 9M0C, H40AA, S79MAD, TL5A, ZK1TNN _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 425 DX News, AA3KX, F5CCO, HB9AMO, JM1LJS, K2PLF, K3ZO, KC3AJ, KD4XN, KH6BZF REPORTS, Les Nouvelles DX, N3OSH, N6RT, N7OJ, NC1L, NOAA, W4WX, W6OTC, WB8YTZ _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), or $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United States. _____________________________________________________________________ Copyright © 1998 by Bernie McClenny _____________________________________________________________________ THE DAILY DX © is published Monday through Friday by Bernie McClenny, W3UR, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, MD 21738 USA. This e-mail message and its contents have a copyright and are proprietary products of THE DAILY DX ©. Any unauthorized use, reproduction, or transfer of the message or its content, in any medium, is strictly prohibited. For permission to quote, reprint or repost this e-mail send a request to THE DAILY DX © include date, volume and issue number. Check out THE DAILY DX © homepage http://www.dailydx.com or for additional information you may phone THE DAILY DX © at 301-854-5650 or fax at 301-854-5105. Remember to tell all your DX friends about THE DAILY DX.

. ======================== *** The Daily DX © *** ======================== Volume 2 Number 174 September 17, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ DX News _____________________________________________________________________ Mark, ON4WW, is currently working in North Africa and based in Algeria. He should be traveling by automobile today through Mauritania and Western Sahara. Don’t be surprised to hear him on the air while he is traveling as either S07WW or 5T5WW. More than likely it would be on the higher bands on SSB only. QSL via ON5NT. John, AB4ET, is now working in Mondou in southern Chad and will be there until 2 October. He reports that it is very easy to get a license in this semi-rare African country, taking about one week. John works hard and long hours each day and will try to get on the air when time allows. His TT8JW station consists of a 1 kilowatt into a dipole on 15 and 20 meters and 50 watts on all other bands. He is not able to get on 12 and 17 meters due to his rig. Jim, TT8JWM, and John, TT8JFC, have left Chad and will not be returning. QSL TT8JW via AB4ET. Ben, DL6FBL, announces that he will operate both the CQ World Wide SSB and CW DX Contests from Morocco. He will either use CN8MC or get a CN2 callsign and will operate Single-operator all band running high power. For his first trip he will be there from 20 to 25 October and the next trip will be from 25 to 29 November. Before and after each contest he will be on CW and SSB on the 12, 17 and 30 meter bands. QSL cards will automatically be sent to everyone via the bureau. For those who want a direct card he will return any received with correct postage. QSL via DL6FBL. Luc, I1YRL, will once again be visiting Monaco during October and November. Look for him to sign 3A/I1YRL on all bands. QSL via I1YRL. Gerald, OE8GNK, plans to operate from Beni Mellal and maybe Casablanca, Morocco from 9 to 30 October. He will find out his callsign upon arrival. QSL via home call. Carlos, LA9PJA, will once again go to Svalbard this weekend. Look for JW9PJA to be active from 22:00Z on 18 September to 09:00Z on 21 September. He has equipment to operate from 6 to 160 meters on CW, SSB, RTTY, Pactor, and SSTV. If time is available RS-12 will also be used. QSL via LA9PJA. _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 3B8CF - MAURITIUS - Jack has been showing up just before 03:00Z near 14250.

3D2DX - ROTUMA ISLAND - Robert will be active from here for another 3 days. Yesterday's activity was as follows: GMT Frequencies GMT Frequencies --- ----------- --- ----------- 00 21294 09 21080 21300 28395 01 18135 10 14194 21295 24945 28395 03 14081 11 3799 7047 04 18137 12 3799 14195 05 7045 18 3799 14193 06 7045 19 14193 08 21300 21 21295 24941 28395 9N1AC - NEPAL - Nab was working East Coast US stations yesterday on 21028 at 14:30Z. AP2NK - PAKISTAN - Stations all across the US found Nasir on 14017 between 02:30 and 03:30Z. BM0S - TAIWAN - Was active on 14012 from 17:00 and 18:00Z yesterday. Today was found on 21016 working East Coast US stations starting just before 01:00Z. QSL via BV4QW. D44BS - CAPE VERDE ISLANDS - Angelo can be found often on 20 meters RTTY between 18:00 and 20:00Z. EK4JJ - ARMENIA - Check for Serge near 14033 from 03:00 to 05:00Z. QSL via EK4GK. FW5XX - WALLIS & FUTUNA - Marcel was on 21205 yesterday starting around 02:00Z. Today he showed up on 21305 around 02:30Z. QSL via ON4QM. SV2ASP/A - MOUNT ATHOS - More than likely Dominik has left this semi rare country as he has not been on for the last 48 hours. He may go back again soon. XU7AAK - CAMBODIA - Mako is still active as we go to press. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AF-003 ZD8T 28495 2042 EU-060 SV1TP/P 14260 1503 AS-018 UA0FDX 21256 0202 EU-065 F/HB9ASZ/P 7008 0652 AS-018 UAOFDX 21024 0049 EU-120 GB4LI 18130 1601 AS-023 JA5AUC/6 21040 2324 EU-132 SP5PB/1 7012 0514 AS-023 JA5QJD/6 21040 0002 NA-080 C6A/DL8OBF 18135 1513 AS-069 UA0IAS/0 14261 0929 OC-006 VK7BC 14260 0559 EU-009 GM0UKI/P 14240 1118 OC-042 DU4DX 28507 1123 EU-013 GJ/PA3DSR 10124 2051 OC-067 FO5NL 14123 0624 EU-042 DL6ZAT/P 14259 1021 OC-118 FW5XX 21205 0235 EU-051 IE9/IE3XUG 14260 0749 Lars, SM3CVM, will vacation and take along equipment to Poros Island (EU-075) between 25 September and 7 October. Look for SV8/SM3CVM/P

to be active mostly on CW from 10 to 40 meters. QSL via home call. Brazilian PU2WTC, PY2BW, PY2EVW, PY2FAR, PY2HN, PY2PA and PY2YW plan to operate from Santo Amaro Island (SA-071) from 22 to 26 October. Look for PV2E to be on 10 through 80 meters CW and SSB. QSL via PY2YW. IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- -------------- 17-Sep 19-Sep 3D2/R 3D2DX/P 2-108 2-92 17-Sep 23-Sep 8Q 8Q7's BB CC HA LI US (AS-013) 2-171 2-157 17-Sep 25-Sep A2 A2/ZS5UZ 2-169 2-167 17-Sep 20-Sep HS HS0ZCW 2-170 17-Sep 26-Sep SV J43DIG 2-164 17-Sep 22-Sep SV/A SV2ASP/A by DL5EBE 2-168 17-Sep 25-Sep SV5 SV5/IK2WZD (EU-001) 17-Sep 21-Sep V6 V63LP V63CV V63DI (OC-059) 2-164 17-Sep 20-Sep ZF ZF2RC/ZF9 ZF2WP/ZF9 2-122 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The sunspot number for September 15, 1998 was 71. The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado, for September 16, 1998, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 16-Sep-1998 21 119 4 1 VERY LOW/QUIET;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 16-Sep-1998 18 117 7 2 VERY LOW/QUIET;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 16-Sep-1998 15 117 7 1 VERY LOW/QUIET;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 16-Sep-1998 12 117 7 2 VERY LOW/QUIET;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 16-Sep-1998 09 117 7 2 VERY LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/QUIET-UNSET 16-Sep-1998 06 117 7 0 VERY LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/QUIET-UNSET 16-Sep-1998 03 117 7 0 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 16-Sep-1998 00 117 7 1 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED The forecast for Thursday, 17 September: solar flux 125, A index 10, K index 2. Thursday should be High Normal. The forecast for Friday, 18 September: solar flux 130, A index 20, K index 3. Friday should be Low Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ The following QSL cards were recently received and information was taken directly from the cards listed below: 3D2WC/R OK DX Foundation, Bradlec 73, 293 06 Mlada Boleslav,

CZECH REPUBLIC 3W6EA Peter Emmerton, P. O. Box 121, Central Post Office, Ho Chi Minh City, SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM 4S7YSG via JA2BDR 5B4AFM Stavros Tsiakkouris, P. O. Box 5089, Nicosia, CYPRUS 5B4XF Paris Andreou, 19 Napoleontos st., Stovolos, CY-2021 Nicosia, CYPRUS 5W0FN via HB9HFN 5W0LZ via HB9DLZ 9H1RS Stephen Camilleri, "Little Mermaid", Qaliet Street, Marsascala ZBR 10, MALTA 9M0C via G3SWH 9M2LL MD Basri Bin Wagimen, 495-A, Jalan Taman Indah, 73000 Tampin, N. Sembilan, MALAYSIA 9V1BG via JL1MWI 9V8WW James Basil Rodrigo, Blk. 13 Ghim Moh Road #19-37, Singapore 270013, REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE 9Z4DZ Stephenson Ballah, #12 Erin Road, Siparia, TRINIDAD A22EW via KB2MS A35FN via HB9HFN A35LZ via HB9DLZ A61AS via YO3FRI AH8K OK DX Foundation, Bradlec 73, 293 06 Mlada Boleslav, CZECH REPUBLIC BD4DW David Y. J. Zhou, P. O. Box 040-088, Shanghai, CHINA BD7JK Chow, P. O. Box 1711, Guangzhou 510600, CHINA BD7QI Lin Kun, P. O. Box 10, Nanning, Guang Xi 530001, CHINA BG0BA Li Qing Ming, 45-2-2-401 Xihong Road, Wulumuqi 830000, CHINA BV2RS Wendy Chang, P. O. Box 105-29, Taipei, TAIWAN BY4RRR 22nd Middle School Club Station, P. O. Box 538, Nanjing, CHINA C46A via 9A2AJ C6AJZ via WI9WI C91A via I4LCK CN2IB via OM1APD CT3GU L. Miguel Silva Pereira, Piquinho 101, P-9360 Ponta do Sol, Madeira, PORTUGAL CX1UU Wilson Mariano Ferreira Cano, P. O. Box 7, 33000 Treinta y Tres, URUGUAY CX2UP Jorge Newton Duhalde, P. O. Box 7, 33000 Treinta y Tres, URUGUAY CY9AOE via VE1AOE DS1FNQ Kim Eun Soo, Department of Metallurgy and Materials Science, Room K420, Hong-Ik University, 72-1, Sangsu-dong, Mapo-gu, Seoul 121-791, KOREA DS1GNT Kim Young Joo, 86-17, 5/4 Sangsu-dong, Mapo-gu, Seoul 121-160, KOREA DS1GNU Kim Young Sin, 86-17, 5/4 Sangsu-dong, Mapo-gu, Seoul 121-160, KOREA DS2LFY Hai Kyong Yang, P. O. Box 10, West Inchon 404, KOREA DS4NHG Hye Jung Park, Ga-202, Daemyung APT, Sosohak-dong, Wansan-gu, Chonju 560-130, KOREA DS5FWC Oh Chang-Hun, Hyundai Tower 1409, 285 Banku 1-dong, Jung-ku, Ulsan 681-261, KOREA DS5JCJ Park Myung-Ok, Hyundai Tower 1409, 285 Banku 1-dong, Jung-ku, Ulsan 681-261, KOREA DS5JCK Oh Hyun-Soo, Hyundai Tower 1409, 285 Banku 1-dong, Jung-ku, Ulsan 681-261, KOREA DU1KT Roger Flores, P. O. Box 2030, Manila, PHILIPPINES DU1OZ Edward B. Soriano, M. D., 42-E F. Reyes Street, Caridad, Cavite City 4100, PHILIPPINES

DL5VJ/DU1 Claus J. Karthe, P. O. Box 3771 MCPO, 1299 Makati, MM, PHILIPPINES DX1DX via DU1SAN FM5UH Jean-Claude Ruchti, Maison Brice, Morne Poirier, F-97220 La Trinite, FRANCE FO0/OK1TN OK DX Foundation, Bradlec 73, 293 06 Mlada Boleslav, CZECH REPUBLIC FO0/OK5DX OK DX Foundation, Bradlec 73, 293 06 Mlada Boleslav, CZECH REPUBLIC H2T via 5B4XF H27X via 5B4XF H44NC Norried F. Chaisson, Jr., P. O. Box 168, Munda, Western Province, SOLOMON ISLANDS H44RY via OH1RY H75A via N5FTR HJ2PMP Wilfredo Santana A., A. P. 0290, Riohacha (Guajira), COLOMBIA HJ9QYJ Enrique A. Quintero Villegas, P. O. Box 23, Leticia, Amazonas, COLOMBIA HL0CHQ Radio Club, P. O. Box 133, Chonju 560, KOREA HL3EEI Mun Gu Hwang, P. O. Box 63, Cheong Ju 360-600, KOREA HL3EPH Suh Pil Won, P. O. Box 67, Suwon 440-600, KOREA HL3EPI Kim Young Ju, P. O. Box 67, Suwon 440-600, KOREA HL4GKR Ki Bong Park, Ga-202, Daemyung APT, Sosohak-dong, Wansan-gu, Chonju 560-130, KOREA HL4GMJ Young Ok Ha, Ga-202, Daemyung APT, Sosohak-dong, Wansan-gu, Chonju 560-130, KOREA HL5UOK Lee Young Su, P. O. Box 20, Dong Taegu, KOREA HS0/SM3DYU via SM3CVM HS1CKC Winit Kongprasert, 49/203 Jangwattana Road, Prakret, Nonthaburi 11120, THAILAND HS1NRU Noppachart Limpaphayom, 567 Nakornchaisri Road, Dusit, Bangkok 10300, THAILAND HS9CA Somchai Limphanudom, 275 Thamanoonvithi, Haadyai, Songkhla 90110, THAILAND HU1X via YT1AD J41AG via SV1CIB J41W via SV1CIB J43AFA via SV1CIB J47LHA via SV7CO J48AFA via SV1CIB J48ISL via SV2AEL J73JT via W3HC JI1FLB/JD1 Seiichi Tanaka, 2-12-20 Nishimizumoto, Katushika-ku, Tokyo 125-0031, JAPAN JQ1SUO/JD1 Eiji Shinoda, 3-3-17, Tomisato, Kashiwa, Chiba 277, JAPAN OJ0VR via OH1VR P40K via I2EOW SV1/UY0MF George V. Sobolevsky, P. O. Box 135, Lugansk 348042, UKRAINE SV1AFA/8 via SV1CIB TF3AO Arsaell Oskarsson, Gnodarvogi 20, IS-104 Reykjavik, ICELAND TG9AGG Roberto Garcia, P. O. Box 21 F, Guatemala, GUATEMALA TU2DP via K4MQL V31CK via XE1CI V31JY via KV5E V31KR via K5KR V31MP via W5ZPA V31YK via W5JYK VU2TMP V. M. Thampi, Veliyathumalil, P. O. Pulpally, Kerala 673 579, INDIA YB0MOS Musa Suraatmadja, Taman Meruya Ilir, Blok D1B/5,

Jakarta 11620, INDONESIA YB3ZBZ Club Station Lokal ORARI Malang, P. O. Box 234, Malang 65101, INDONESIA YB9ZBI ORARI Daerah Bali, P. O. Box 3114, Denpasar, Bali 80001, INDONESIA YC0SHD Suhendra, P. O. Box 2226 JKP, Jakarta 10022, INDONESIA YC1LY Dedy Sudradjat, P. O. Box 1042, Bandung 40010, INDONESIA YS1EJ Juan Manuel Molina, 3 Calle Poniente #3685, Colonia Escalon, San Salvador, EL SALVADOR ZF2MM via K1TO ZK1EHH via K8VIR ZK2FT via DL7FT ZL7DK via DK7YY ZL8RS via ZL1RS ZP5ERG Gregorio Espinosa Rojas, P. O. Box 1939, Asuncion 1209, PARAGUAY _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: DL6FBL, DX News Sheet, F-10255, I1YRL, K3ZO, K4QD, KC3AJ, KH6BZF REPORTS, LA9PJA, N3OSH, NOAA, ON5NT, SM3CVM, TT8JW, W7UG _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), or $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United States. _____________________________________________________________________ Copyright © 1998 by Bernie McClenny _____________________________________________________________________ THE DAILY DX © is published Monday through Friday by Bernie McClenny, W3UR, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, MD 21738 USA. This e-mail message and its contents have a copyright and are proprietary products of THE DAILY DX ©. Any unauthorized use, reproduction, or transfer of the message or its content, in any medium, is strictly prohibited. For permission to quote, reprint or repost this e-mail send a request to THE DAILY DX © include date, volume and issue number. Check out THE DAILY DX © homepage http://www.dailydx.com or for additional information you may phone THE DAILY DX © at 301-854-5650 or fax at 301-854-5105. Remember to tell all your DX friends about THE DAILY DX.

. ======================== *** The Daily DX © *** ======================== Volume 2 Number 175 September 18, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ DX News _____________________________________________________________________ Barry, ZS1FJ, has firmed up his trip to Lesotho for 30 September until 7 October. He expects to get his call on 28 September and hopes to receive 7P8FJ. Plans are to have a kilowatt rig with a Cushcraft A3S and G5RV. Suggested frequencies are: 7060, 14195, 21295 and 28495. He hopes to also be on 80 meters. His QTH will be from the Malalea Lodge located about 6,600 ft above sea level. QSL via ZS1FJ. Russians UA0AGI, RA0AM, RV0AR, RU0AB and RU0AT will operate in the CQ World Wide RTTY DX Contest as RW0A from CQ zone 18. The group will be multi-multi. Members of the Southern California DX Club will be active from Guadeloupe (NA-102) from 17 to 27 October. During the CQ World Wide SSB DX Contest they will be multi-single signing FG5BG. Operators include N6RV, K6RO, W6SR, N6ED, W6KK and N6RT. Before and after the contest they will use FG/homecall on all bands from 10 to 160 meters on CW and SSB. QSL FG5BG for the CQ WW SSB ONLY to K6RO. All others via their home calls. A Web page and log search will shortly be available at http://www.qsl.net/n6ed/fg.html. Just before press time Frank, AH6/AH0W, was on 20 meters. He was working on another project with Yuu, JA3IG/K1NT, while on Oahu. The K4M maintenance/DXpedition to Midway Island which was scheduled for 20 to 24 September has been postponed. A group from Macedonia will operate Z30M as a multi-single in the CQ World Wide RTTY DX Contest on 26 and 27 September. Operators include Z31GX, Z31GB, Z31JA, Z32PT and Z32XX. QSL via NN6C. _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 3W6RU - VIETNAM - Dick Baldwin, W1RU, was on 20 meters SSB on 23 September. 5H3RD - TANZANIA - RTTY DXers found this one on 14081 yesterday around 17:30Z. 5T/S0 - MAURITANIA/WESTERN SAHARA - Mark was active first as 5T5WW between 08:00 to 10:00Z. Crossed into Western Sahara as S07WW until 15:00Z. Then he was back in Mauritania. QSL both calls via ON5NT. 8Q7CC - MALDIVES - Was active yesterday as follows:

GMT Frequencies GMT Frequencies --- ----------- --- ----------- 00 7007 10108 19 3505 01 7007 14026 20 1822 12 3502 7007 21026 21 1822 3505 14025 13 3502 22 14025 14 7005 14026 23 10105 14025 18 3505 KC4 - ANTARCTICA - Look for Dave or Eric on 14243 daily from 00:00 to 03:00Z. QSL via NC6J. KH2/K4SXT - GUAM - Gus was active on 1824 from 10:30 to 11:30Z. TU5GD - IVORY COAST - John showed up on 21250 just before 22:00Z. QSL via N5FTR. XU7AAK - CAMBODIA - Mako was still active yesterday on 15 meters SSB from 00:00 to 02:00Z. QSL via JA1OEM. ZD7 - ST. HELENA - Bruce, ZD7VC, can usually be found on 21277 around 18:00Z. He is currently under the weather with chicken pox. His XYL has recently been licensed as ZD7A. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AS-018 UA0FDX 14260 2115 EU-065 F/HB9ASZ/P 7010 0553 AS-018 UA0FZ 18069 0946 EU-084 SM0OIG/5 21285 1227 AS-053 HS0/IK4MRH 14260 1616 EU-132 SP5PB/1 7012 0635 AS-076 JR5XPG 18088 1420 NA-034 W4ZW 14263 0211 EU-004 EA6EAI 24940 1908 NA-036 VE7IM 18118 1628 EU-008 GM4ZQP/P 7063 1241 NA-041 KL7IFP 14260 0229 EU-013 GJ/PA3DSR 10124 2029 NA-047 VE8TA 14260 2350 EU-017 ID9/I4WCK 7055 0914 NA-105 FS/ON4AME 14260 2033 EU-030 OZ/DL1SUH 14260 1200 OC-042 DU1KGJ/DU4 28445 1259 EU-031 IC8OZM 10106 2159 OC-046 FO5QB 14128 0736 EU-034 ES0NW 18072 1734 OC-070 YC8VIP 28461 1319 EU-042 DK0EME 7030 1719 OC-118 FW5XX 21305 0241 EU-046 LA1CI 21212 1042 OC-148 YC9MKF 28480 1116 EU-060 SV0LR 28500 0724 SA-071 PY2HA 14016 0151 IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- -------------- 18-Sep 19-Sep 3D2/R 3D2DX/P 2-108 2-92 18-Sep 23-Sep 8Q 8Q7's BB CC HA LI US (AS-013) 2-171 2-157 18-Sep 25-Sep A2 A2/ZS5UZ 2-169 2-167 18-Sep 27-Sep ET ET3AA 2-111 18-Sep 20-Sep HS HS0ZCW 2-170

18-Sep 20-Sep PY PS1S PS1A (SA-029) 2-169 18-Sep 26-Sep SV J43DIG 2-164 18-Sep 25-Sep SV5 SV5/IK2WZD (EU-001) 18-Sep 2-Oct TT TT8JW 2-174 18-Sep 21-Sep V6 V63LP V63CV V63DI (OC-059) 2-164 18-Sep 21-Sep W WF1N W1DIG (NA-148) 2-165 18-Sep 20-Sep ZF ZF2RC/ZF9 ZF2WP/ZF9 2-122 19-Sep 20-Sep Clipperton DX Club Convention 2-151 20-Sep 24-Sep 3D2 3D2DX/P 2-108 20-Sep 23-Sep VP8/F VP8CJZ (SA-002) 2-168 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The sunspot number for September 16, 1998 was 86. The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado, for September 17, 1998, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 17-Sep-1998 21 117 4 1 VERY LOW/QUIET;LOW/QUIET 17-Sep-1998 18 119 4 1 VERY LOW/QUIET;LOW/QUIET 17-Sep-1998 15 119 4 1 VERY LOW/QUIET;LOW/QUIET 17-Sep-1998 12 119 4 0 VERY LOW/QUIET;LOW/QUIET 17-Sep-1998 09 119 4 2 VERY LOW/QUIET;LOW/QUIET 17-Sep-1998 06 119 4 2 VERY LOW/QUIET;LOW/QUIET 17-Sep-1998 03 119 4 1 VERY LOW/QUIET;LOW/QUIET 17-Sep-1998 00 119 4 2 VERY LOW/QUIET;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED The forecast for Friday, 18 September: solar flux 130, A index 10, K index 2. Friday should be High Normal. The forecast for Saturday, 19 September: solar flux 130, A index 12, K index 3. Saturday should be High Normal. The forecast for Sunday, 20 September: solar flux 135, A index 12, K index 3. Sunday should be High Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- AP2TJ W3HNK FW5XX ON4QM OD5SK KB5RA BM0S BV4QW GJ/PA3DSR PA3DSR T95A K2PF CE6JOA CE6TC HH2LQ NN6C UT2IWL N5VL CX5BBI KA5TUF HI3HN DH2JD VU2ABE JA4DOB EK4JJ EK4GK JT7A RA0AA YI1DKS IK2DUW EU3FT W3HC NH0F KH0FO FK8GM WB2YQH OD5NQ RV6AB BD7BF - Luo Shilong, 249# YanFeng Road, HengYang City 421001, HuNan Province, PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF China QSL cards recently received direct: 3D2CB/R, 5A1A, 7X2RO, CN/OM3CGN, DU1KT, EY8MM, FO0FI, FO0FR, HC8N, N6MZ/KH9, OY/LA7SI, TL5A _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________

Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: AA3KX, AA4US, AA5XE, K2HJB, KC3AJ, KE3Q, KH6BZF REPORTS, N3OSH, NOAA, VK2SG RTTY DX NOTES, W2YR, W7UG _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), or $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United States. _____________________________________________________________________ Copyright © 1998 by Bernie McClenny _____________________________________________________________________ THE DAILY DX © is published Monday through Friday by Bernie McClenny, W3UR, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, MD 21738 USA. This e-mail message and its contents have a copyright and are proprietary products of THE DAILY DX ©. Any unauthorized use, reproduction, or transfer of the message or its content, in any medium, is strictly prohibited. For permission to quote, reprint or repost this e-mail send a request to THE DAILY DX © include date, volume and issue number. Check out THE DAILY DX © homepage http://www.dailydx.com or for additional information you may phone THE DAILY DX © at 301-854-5650 or fax at 301-854-5105. Remember to tell all your DX friends about THE DAILY DX.

. ======================== *** The Daily DX © *** ======================== Volume 2 Number 176 September 21, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ DX News _____________________________________________________________________ Joergen, OZ8AE, reports he will once again operate from Greenland from 11 November to 2 December. Last year he was using OX/OZ8AE and was very active on CW. Last week QRZ DX reported that Dan, AE4RP, is a missionary pilot, stationed in Niger, flying missionaries around Africa. He has been assigned 5UDAN (that’s right Five Uniform Delta Alpha November). Dan has does have a rig in his airplane, however if he does get on the air as /AM it would not count for DXCC. Jacky, F2CW, reports he has been in Asmara, Eritrea since 9 September an has been trying very hard to get a license. While trying to get an Amateur Radio license he has obtained his commercial radio license which has been his main job while in the number 5 most wanted country. If a license is granted by the Eritrean Communication Ministry (ECD) this may end up being a SSB only operation as Jacky’s radio is not capable of CW. Jacky will head to Djibouti on 23 September where he hopes to operate for a week or so as J28CE. Next he will go back to Eritrea for another couple of weeks. Aki, 9J2AM/JA0JHA, plans to operate in the CQ World Wide SSB DX Contest as 9J2A. He hopes to break the all-time African 15 meter record. QSL via the JARL bureau. _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 3XY7A - GUINEA - Continues to show up on a net from 21:00 to 22:00Z on 14247. 5N7YZC - NIGERIA - RTTY DX’ers found him on Saturday and Sunday on 15 meters at 15:00Z. 5X1Z - UGANDA - Mats was active yesterday on 10 meters CW (28017) and SSB (28505) between 18:30 and 20:30Z. QSL via SM6CAS. 8Q7US - MALDIVES - East Coast US stations were working him on 12 meters SSB from 16:40 to 17:30 on Sunday. QSL via JR2KDN. 9X/G3PSM RWANDA - Saturday Colin was active on 10107 around 20:30 to 21:30Z. JY9QJ - JORDAN - Look for George near 1823 just before his sunrise at 03:23Z. QSL via DL5MBY.

KH2/K4SXT - GUAM - Gus reported having one of his best days on 160 meters on Saturday. He started just prior to 10:00Z on 1824. Although many here in the states were calling him he reported only hearing no more than two at a time. KH3/KH6AE - JOHNSTON ISLAND - Alex showed up Saturday on 14263 around 04:30Z. S79SBP - SEYCHELLES - Dr. Singh was active on a net on Saturday starting just before 18:00Z until after 18:30Z. S92AT - SAO TOME & PRINCIPE - Saturday from 23:00 to 23:30Z Gary was on 18140. QSL via NJ2D. VK9NL - NORFOLK ISLAND - Kirsty started just before 00:00Z on Sunday on 21027. VQ9VK - DIEGO GARCIA - Stations from the South West and East Coast of the US were working him Saturday just prior to 15:00Z on 24194. He was listening up. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- EU-169 ZA0B 14260 1733 OC-021 YB1KOR 14193 1332 IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- -------------- 21-Sep 21-Sep V6 V63LP V63CV V63DI (OC-059) 2-164 21-Sep 21-Sep W WF1N W1DIG (NA-148) 2-165 21-Sep 22-Sep W W5BOS/7 (NA-NEW) 2-167 21-Sep 23-Sep 8Q 8Q7's BB CC HA LI US (AS-013) 2-171 2-157 21-Sep 23-Sep VP8/F VP8CJZ (SA-002) 2-168 21-Sep 24-Sep 3D2 3D2DX/P 2-108 21-Sep 25-Sep A2 A2/ZS5UZ 2-169 2-167 21-Sep 25-Sep SV5 SV5/IK2WZD (EU-001) 21-Sep 25-Sep VR2 VR2/WB8YJF VR2/K8PYD 2-170 21-Sep 26-Sep SV J43DIG 2-164 21-Sep 27-Sep ET ET3AA 2-111 21-Sep 2-Oct I IG9/IZ0AEH (AF-019) 2-173 21-Sep 2-Oct TT TT8JW 2-174 22-Sep 1-Oct YI YI98BIF 2-166 24-Sep 28-Sep VE VO2 by WB8YTZ (Zone 2) 2-173 25-Sep 27-Sep HC8 HC8N 2-173 25-Sep 7-Oct SV SV8/SM3CVM/P 2-174 26-Sep 27-Sep CQ World Wide RTTY DX Contest 26-Sep 27-Sep FS FS5PL (NA-105) 2-170

26-Sep 27-Sep P4 P40RY 2-166 26-Sep 27-Sep UA0 RW0A 2-175 26-Sep 27-Sep KH8 W4WX/KH8 26-Sep 27-Sep XX9 XX9YD 2-170 2-151 26-Sep 27-Sep Z3 Z30M 2-175 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The sunspot number for September 19, 1998 was 133. The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado, for September 20, 1998, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 20-Sep-1998 21 132 4 0 MODERATE/QUIET;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 20-Sep-1998 18 127 8 1 MODERATE/QUIET;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 20-Sep-1998 15 127 8 1 MODERATE/QUIET;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 20-Sep-1998 12 127 8 2 MOD/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 20-Sep-1998 09 127 8 2 MOD/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 20-Sep-1998 06 127 8 2 MOD/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 20-Sep-1998 03 127 8 2 MOD/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 20-Sep-1998 00 127 8 2 VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET;VY LOW-LOW/QUIET-UNSET The forecast for Monday, 21 September: solar flux 130, A index 25, K index 4. Monday should be Low Normal. The forecast for Tuesday, 22 September: solar flux 135, A index 20, K index 3. Tuesday should be Low Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 5X1Z SM6CAS DL5EBE/LA DL5EBE PS1A PY1SL 8Q7CC JR2KDN DL5EBE/LX DL5EBE R1ANF *DL5EBE 9V8ZB JL3WSL DL5EBE/OE3 DL5EBE S92AT NJ2D A35RK W7TSQ DL5EBE/OY DL5EBE UE0LEZ UA0MF BT2HC KU9C DL5EBE/R1 DL5EBE UR4WWT WR3L CE3/NE4Z AJ4Y DL5EBE/SV2 DL5EBE VP8CTR DL5EBE CO3ET WD4OIN DL5EBE/TF DL5EBE YC0IEM VK4FW CQ98BM CT3BM DP1ICE DL5EBE YC1LGP VK4FW CR3W DL5EBE DP1KGI DL5EBE YC8VIP VK4FW CT3M DL5EBE JW0K DL5EBE YC9MKF VK4FW DL5EBE/CT3 DL5EBE KH7A JH5DQH YC9NBR VK4FW DL5EBE/EA8 DL5EBE LU/UX1KA DL5EBE ZF2RC/ZF9 PA3ERC DL5EBE/HB0 DL5EBE OD5PN LX1NO ZF2WP/ZF9 PA3ERC DL5EBE/HB9 DL5EBE OK8EBE DL5EBE * 1997-1998 ONLY. 7X4AN - Mohamed Boukhiar, P.O. Box 30133, Barcelona 08080 SPAIN BM0S - P.O. Box 2006, Taichung City, TAIWAN R.O.C. DL5EBE - Dominik Weiel, Eschenbruchstr. 6, D - 51069 Koeln, GERMANY ER3KS - Serge Convisarov, Salcimilor str. 73, Beltsy MD-3110, MOLDOVA KH2/K4SXT - Capt. J. Gostel, 5 Sherman Circle, Asan GU 96922 S79SBP - Dr. P Singh, P.O. Box 52, Mahe, SEYCHELLES T32NCC - Chuck Corbett, Fanning Island, REPUBLIC OF KIRIBATI

VK4FW - Bill Horner, P.O. Box 929, Gympie 4570, AUSTRALIA YC9LQA - Sal, PO Box 1129, Kupang 85000, INDONESIA The following cards were received via WF5E service: 3DA5A, 9M6PO, A61AJ, A35RK, EK6CC, FO0MIZ, HF0POL, HZ1AB, K4AU/WH1, KG4DZ, N4DAZ/KH3, OX/OZ8AE, SV2AVP, SV8JE, T32BI, T32RT, TA2DS, TK5NN, TR8XX, UN5PR, VK9WM, VK9WY, VP8CTR, WA4FFW/NH1, YJ8PU Mohamed, 7X4AN, reports that IRC’s are not acceptable in Algeria. SASE and $ are the only way. QSL cards recently received direct: 5W0FN, EP2MKO, ET3BT, FG/DJ6SI, H40AA, S21J, SV5DDR, TL5A _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: DL5EBE, F2CW, JA0DAI, K2UFM, K3TZV, K3ZO, K6JOX, KC3AJ, KH6BZF REPORTS, N2NL/KH2, N3OSH, N5CQ, N5UR, N6RT, NA1DX, NOAA, QRZ DX, UT5RP, VK4FW, W2GG, W3MC, W4SD, WA2VUY _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), or $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United States. _____________________________________________________________________ Copyright © 1998 by Bernie McClenny _____________________________________________________________________ THE DAILY DX © is published Monday through Friday by Bernie McClenny, W3UR, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, MD 21738 USA. This e-mail message and its contents have a copyright and are proprietary products of THE DAILY DX ©. Any unauthorized use, reproduction, or transfer of the message or its content, in any medium, is strictly prohibited. For permission to quote, reprint or repost this e-mail send a request to THE DAILY DX © include date, volume and issue number. Check out THE DAILY DX © homepage http://www.dailydx.com or for additional information you may phone THE DAILY DX © at 301-854-5650 or fax at 301-854-5105. Remember to tell all your DX friends about THE DAILY DX.

. ======================== *** The Daily DX © *** ======================== Volume 2 Number 177 September 22, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ DX News _____________________________________________________________________ Ron Wright, ZL1AMO, plans to leave New Zealand on 17 October for the Tokelau Islands in the South Pacific Ocean. His last trip there was in 1995 as he used ZK3RW. He will be on the island this trip for 3 to 4 weeks. The ARRL’s Most Wanted DXCC list for 1997 lists Tokelau as the # 61 country. In Europe it is ranked # 45 in The DX Magazines Most Wanted list. Ron likes to work CW but does operate SSB and RTTY. It was not reported if he will or will not take RTTY equipment. On CW he is known to hang out on 3508, 7008, 14027, 18077, 21027, 24897 and 28027 and on SSB try 3795, 14195, 21295, 28495. QSL as always to his home call. Gil, F5NOD, reports Christian, F6IFC, will be active from three French Polynesian Islands as FO0RIC from 29 September to 15 October. 29 September to 7 October Moorea Island (OC-046) 7 October to 12 October Bora Bora Island (OC-067) 12 October 10 15 October Huahine Island (OC-067) Zoli, HA5PP, headed for Sana, Yemen (7O) late last week. No other details were given. Chuck, T32NCC, is currently the only active Amateur Radio operator on the island of Fanning (OC-084). The island, located in the Eastern Kiribati’s, has about 300 families living on it. Chuck’s equipment consists of a TS-50 running 100 watts into a wire dipole hung between two palm trees. Old car batteries are used and are charged by solar cell. Cruise ships which have recently been stopping at Christmas Island will soon be halted as there are draft dredging problems in the lagoon. These cruise ships will now go to Fanning. This could be good news for future DXpeditions to OC-084. Chuck does not enjoy working the pileups and shows up on 12 and 10 meters. Check for him on Sundays between 02:00 and 03:00Z. Mail to the island takes about seven (7) months. He hopes to get a QSL manager or a P.O. Box in Hawaii so he would get weekly deliveries. His current address is as follows: Chuck Corbett, Fanning Island, Republic of Kiribati. _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 3D2DX/P - FIJI - Roberto left Rotuma late last week and is now operating near Suva. QSL via EA4CP. 5R8FK - MADAGASCAR - Ray showed up on 10110 just after 03:00Z. QSL via NY3N. 5Z4RL - KENYA - Rob was working stations from the Southwest of the US on 24945 just before 19:00Z. Then went

to 28485 to work Midwest and Southwest US stations until 21:00Z. QSL via N2AU. ET3AA - ETHIOPIA - This is the station were the three Brits are operating from. Yesterdays activities were as follows: GMT Frequencies GMT Frequencies --- ----------- --- ----------- 08 21027 13 21027 28027 10 21026 28027 14 21027 11 28027 24901 15 10108 12 24901 28027 16 14027 T32NCC - EAST KIRIBATI - Chuck showed up on 28460 just prior to 02:00Z Sunday and stayed for over an hour. VK9NS - NORFOLK ISLAND - Jim returned to the island two days ago after visiting the US and the UK. YK1AH - SYRIA - Fadel was found on 14009 from 16:30 to 17:00Z. ZL9BI - PIRATE - Don’t waste your time, money and efforts. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AF-019 IG9/IZ0AEH 21261 1620 EU-082 UA1AP/1 14040 1814 AS-013 8Q7US 28480 1645 EU-084 SM0OIG/5 14259 2039 AS-028 UA0QMX 10111 1920 EU-124 GW0GHG 21220 1238 AS-053 HS0/IK4MRH 21260 1424 EU-133 R1ASP 14258 1328 EU-004 EA6VS 21291 1857 NA-027 VO1XC 14260 1108 EU-012 GM4CHX/P 14262 1521 NA-107 FM5DN 28485 1723 EU-015 SV9/DF3IS 14260 1449 OC-016 3D2DX/P 18135 0807 EU-026 JW9PJA 14265 0937 OC-034 YC9WZJ 21268 1435 EU-032 F5BJW/P 14260 1310 OC-070 YC8VIP 28460 1316 EU-049 SV8/HA6NL/P 14011 0742 OC-210 YC8RRK 21210 1540 EU-049 SV8/HA6PX/P 18070 1212 SA-026 PU5EPT 28497 1712 EU-065 F/HB9ASZ/P 18073 1700 Roger, G3KMA, reports the provisional number for W5BOS/7, OREGON GROUP, is NA-211. IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- -------------- 22-Sep 22-Sep W W5BOS/7 (NA-NEW) 2-167 22-Sep 23-Sep 8Q 8Q7's BB CC HA LI US (AS-013) 2-171 2-157 22-Sep 23-Sep VP8/F VP8CJZ (SA-002) 2-168 22-Sep 24-Sep 3D2 3D2DX/P 2-108

22-Sep 25-Sep A2 A2/ZS5UZ 2-169 2-167 22-Sep 25-Sep F F5BJW/P (EU-032) 22-Sep 25-Sep SV5 SV5/IK2WZD (EU-001) 22-Sep 25-Sep VR2 VR2/WB8YJF VR2/K8PYD 2-170 22-Sep 26-Sep SV J43DIG 2-164 22-Sep 27-Sep ET ET3AA 2-111 22-Sep 1-Oct YI YI98BIF 2-166 22-Sep 2-Oct I IG9/IZ0AEH (AF-019) 2-173 22-Sep 2-Oct TT TT8JW 2-174 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The sunspot number for September 20, 1998 was 130. The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado, for September 21, 1998, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 21-Sep-1998 21 138 10 1 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 21-Sep-1998 18 132 4 2 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 21-Sep-1998 15 132 4 3 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 21-Sep-1998 12 132 4 3 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 21-Sep-1998 09 132 4 3 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 21-Sep-1998 06 132 4 3 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 21-Sep-1998 03 132 4 2 LOW/QUIET;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 21-Sep-1998 00 132 4 0 MODERATE/QUIET;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED The forecast for Tuesday, 22 September: solar flux 135, A index 15, K index 3. Tuesday should be High Normal. The forecast for Wednesday, 23 September: solar flux 140, A index 15, K index 3. Wednesday should be High Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 4L4CC RV1CC BT2HC KU9C RA2FBC DF4BV 5N1SYT IK0PHY CT3/DK1RP DK1RP RR3YPP RA3YA 5R8FK NY3N CT6ARL CT1EWA SV0LR HB9LDR 5R8FL F5TBA ED1IDC EA4ATI TT8JW AB4ET 5V7GL EA5WX ED7NFC EA7AJM UE0LEZ UA0MF 6K0ZW HL5FPL *ET3AA G3VMW VP9LR K1EFI 6W4RK F5NPS FM5FJ KU9C YC0AZ W7TSQ 7Q7EH AA9HD HS0ZCM KV5V Z24S W3HNK 8Q7HA JR2KDN II6FII IK6LLE ZP5Z W3HNK 8Q7LI JR2KDN JT1FBB W9JOE George Johnson, W1ZT, reports he will now be handling the QSL chores for Desmond Peters, ZD7DP, effective immediately. This will include past, present and future QSOs. Cards will be accepted direct or via the bureau. George Johnson, W1ZT, 30 Washington St, Beverly, MA 01915. QSL cards recently received direct: 9G1BJ, 9G5WD, 9V8ZB, HS0/JA6GIJ, HS0ZAA, Z31RQ

QSL cards recently received via WF5E QSL Service: 3D2KT, 3D2TN, 3D2WC, 3D2WC/R, II2K, II2Y, IK6GPZ, IO2L, LU9HS, UA1OMX, UR4LWC, UY5ON, ZK1IDI, ZL2REX _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: F5NOD, HA5PP, K6JOX, KC3AJ, KE2TT, KH6BZF REPORTS, N2JTX, N3OSH, NOAA, The DX Magazine, W1ZT, W3KB, W4WMQ, W7UG, ZL1AMO _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), or $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United States. _____________________________________________________________________ Copyright © 1998 by Bernie McClenny _____________________________________________________________________ THE DAILY DX © is published Monday through Friday by Bernie McClenny, W3UR, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, MD 21738 USA. This e-mail message and its contents have a copyright and are proprietary products of THE DAILY DX ©. Any unauthorized use, reproduction, or transfer of the message or its content, in any medium, is strictly prohibited. For permission to quote, reprint or repost this e-mail send a request to THE DAILY DX © include date, volume and issue number. Check out THE DAILY DX © homepage http://www.dailydx.com or for additional information you may phone THE DAILY DX © at 301-854-5650 or fax at 301-854-5105. Remember to tell all your DX friends about THE DAILY DX.

. ======================== *** The Daily DX © *** ======================== Volume 2 Number 178 September 23, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ DX News _____________________________________________________________________ Jacky, F2CW/ZL3CW, received a letter from the Eritrean Ministry of Transport and Communications stating that Amateur Radio is officially open from 21 September, 1998. It seems as if anyone could now go and operate from the # 5 ARRL Most Wanted Country. After receiving his license, E31AA, he immediately went on the air. A SSB only rig was used until about 01:30Z today. Today he will go on to Djibouti where he will be for about 7 days or so. Afterwards he will return to Asmara, Eritrea with a TS-50 and he will do CW. QSL via ZL3CW. We hope to have the address in a day or two. Gary, W8VI, relayed that Taya, BV5BG, is saying the Pratas Island DXpedition will take place in October. Alex, TL5A, reports he is on 160 meters most days from 03:00 to 04:00Z and 21:00 to 23:00Z, usually on 1833. He is currently running 400 watts and an inverted L for Topband. An Alpha amplifier has been ordered and he expects to receive it in mid October. QSL via PA3DMH. Roger, W1OJ, reports that Bud, ZS1B, plans to be active from Tristan da Cunha, ZD9, on 28 and 29 September. Look for him to be active on 14160, 14260, 21260 and 28460. Starting the first week of October special event station XV300S will be active from the Kim Do Hotel in Saigon, Vietnam until the end of the year. Hiro, JA2EZD/XW2A plans to be there to help celebrate the 300th anniversary of Saigon. The QSL route has not been firmed up as of yet. The AP reports that Yasser Arafat will address the United Nations General Assembly on 28 September announcing the statehood of Palestine. Frank, AH0W, reports the DXpedition to Rodriguez Island will not take place during the beginning of January, 1999 due to the ZL9 and PY0S DXpeditions. He feels there would be to much confusion with these other operations and plans to still go with a group in early 1999. Also one of the ZL9 ops needs this (HI). More to follow. _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 5A1A - LIBYA - Abubaker was roaming around 10 meters SSB on Tuesday from 11:35 to 17:00Z. He was found several times between 28465 and 28515.

BT2HC - CHINA - These guys started off on 21025 around 00:45Z. Then around 02:00Z showed up on 14194. C91RF - MOZAMBIQUE - Was hanging out on 12 meters CW on and off from 14:40 to 19:15Z. QSL via DL6DQW. E31AA - ERITREA - Jacky, F2CW/ZL3CW, started off on Tuesday just before 17:00Z. He went QRT around 01:30Z. Yesterday's and today's activities were as follows: GMT Frequency GMT Frequency --- --------- --- --------- 16 21295 21 14195 17 21295 22 14195 18 14195 23 14195 19 14195 00 14195 20 14195 01 14195 Someone was pirating his call on 30 meters on Wednesday just after 04:00Z. As you know he did not take a CW rig. On top of that when your editor asked him what my name was, twice, he dodged the question. Don't waste your time, money or efforts on those CW QSOs. He will be back in a week for CW. QSL E31AA via ZL3CW. Hold off on the address. ET3AA - ETHIOPIA - The G's have been active on 10 through 40 meters CW only. Many are wondering about the low bands. Tuesday's activities were as follows: GMT Frequencies GMT Frequency --- ----------- --- --------- 08 24898 13 18072 28026 09 18073 24898 14 21026 28026 10 18073 24901 15 18073 11 18070 28026 16 7003 14027 12 24901 28026 HC8N - GALAPAGOS ISLANDS - The W's are on the island and were active on 12, 15 and 30 meters CW. They will be on this weekend in the CQ WW RTTY Contest. QSL via AA5BT. JD1BIA - OGASAWARA - Showed up on 28495 around 00:00Z on Tuesday and stayed for 30 minutes or so. P29KDH - PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Europeans reported Peter on 28470 from 11:30 to 12:00Z. QSL via the bureau. UA0YM - ASIATIC RUSSIA - (WAZ 23) - Made an appearance on 14003 just after 02:00Z. VQ9QM - DIEGO GARCIA - Europeans, Asians, and East Coast North Americans found Dale between 12:30 and 13:00Z on 24905. Dale likes 160 meters. QSL via W4QM. XX9AU - MACAO - East Coast stations reported working him between 13:15 and 13:45Z on 21255. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________

The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AF-014 CT3/DK1RP 10107 2016 EU-084 SM0OIG 14252 0738 AF-019 IG9/IZ0AEH 21040 1304 EU-089 CU9L 14260 2213 AS-024 JS6PMR 7007 1225 EU-132 SP5PB/1 14030 0834 AS-028 UA0QMU 18138 0106 EU-169 ZA0B 14250 1740 AS-053 HS0/IK4MRH 28505 0933 NA-029 VY2OX 21260 1919 AS-079 JA5CKD/6 14017 1927 NA-148 W1DIG 28460 1258 EU-009 GM3POI 21026 1747 NA-211 W5BOS/7 14260 2028 EU-012 GM4CHX/P 14263 1342 OC-022 YC9BU 21260 1424 EU-023 9H4CM 18130 1414 OC-118 FW5XX 21295 0347 EU-024 MW0AUX 14260 0915 OC-146 YC8BHC 21300 1507 EU-032 F5BJW/P 14260 1236 OC-147 YC9YKI 21260 1424 EU-042 DF3ZE/P 14012 0723 OC-151 YC9LQA 21260 1426 EU-049 SV8/HA6NL/P 14026 1717 OC-210 YC8RRK 21260 1425 EU-049 SV8/ON5JE 14256 1416 OC-210 YC8TXW 21260 1423 EU-060 SV0LR 28505 1326 SA-008 LU3XQ 14012 0109 EU-065 F/HB9ASZ/P 7003 2113 IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ >From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- -------------- 23-Sep 24-Sep 3D2 3D2DX/P 2-108 23-Sep 23-Sep 8Q 8Q7's BB CC HA LI US (AS-013) 2-171 2-157 23-Sep 25-Sep A2 A2/ZS5UZ 2-169 2-167 23-Sep 27-Sep ET ET3AA 2-111 23-Sep 25-Sep F F5BJW/P (EU-032) 23-Sep 2-Oct I IG9/IZ0AEH (AF-019) 2-173 23-Sep 30-Sep J2 J28CE 2-176 23-Sep 26-Sep SV J43DIG 2-164 23-Sep 25-Sep SV5 SV5/IK2WZD (EU-001) 23-Sep 2-Oct TT TT8JW 2-174 23-Sep 23-Sep VP8/F VP8CJZ (SA-002) 2-168 23-Sep 25-Sep VR2 VR2/WB8YJF VR2/K8PYD 2-170 23-Sep 1-Oct YI YI98BIF 2-166 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The sunspot number for September 21, 1998 was 151. The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado, for September 22, 1998, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 22-Sep-1998 21 141 7 2 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 22-Sep-1998 18 138 9 2 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 22-Sep-1998 15 138 9 2 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 22-Sep-1998 12 138 9 2 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 22-Sep-1998 09 138 9 3 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 22-Sep-1998 06 138 9 2 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED

22-Sep-1998 03 138 9 0 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 22-Sep-1998 00 138 9 0 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED The forecast for Wednesday, 23 September: solar flux 145, A index 15, K index 3. Wednesday should be High Normal. The forecast for Thursday, 24 September: solar flux 150, A index 20, K index 3. Thursday should be Low Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 5R8FU SM0DJZ HC4/VE3LAJ VE3LAJ T95MZZ T97M 9H1EL LA2TO HC8N AA5BT VQ9QM W4QM BV5BG IK7JTF HF0POL SP3BGD XE2MX K6VNX C91RF DL6DQW R1ANL UA6AH YB5QZ W3HNK E31AA ZL3CW SV8/HA6NL/PHA6NL Z31JA NO6X ET3AA G3VMW T95A K2PF ZD7WRG WA2JUN FW5XX ON4QM HS0/IK4MRH - Box 49, 83000 Phuket Island, THAILAND YI98BIF - Box 55072, Baghdad, IRAQ QSL cards recently received direct: 7X2RO, EP2AC, K1ZZ/VY2, SV2CCR _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: AP, F2CW, K2WE, KC3AJ, KH6BZF REPORTS, N3OSH, N7OJ, NOAA, TL5A, W1OJ, W7UG, W8FJ, W8VI, WA2VUY _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), or $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United States. _____________________________________________________________________ Copyright © 1998 by Bernie McClenny _____________________________________________________________________ THE DAILY DX © is published Monday through Friday by Bernie McClenny, W3UR, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, MD 21738 USA. This e-mail message and its contents have a copyright and are proprietary products of THE DAILY DX ©. Any unauthorized use, reproduction, or transfer of the message or its content, in any medium, is strictly prohibited. For permission to quote, reprint or repost this e-mail send a request to THE DAILY DX © include date, volume and issue number. Check out THE DAILY DX © homepage http://www.dailydx.com or for additional information you may phone THE DAILY DX © at 301-854-5650 or fax at 301-854-5105. Remember to tell all your DX friends about THE DAILY DX.

. ======================== *** The Daily DX _ *** ======================== Volume 2 Number 179 September 24, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ DX News _____________________________________________________________________ David Lucrock, G4ERW, from the United Kingdom arrived in Nepal on 8 September and received 9N7RW. He will be operating from the town of Patan in the Kathmandu valley until 7 November. QSL via G4ERW. The IARU Region II meeting will be held next week on Margarita Island (SA-012), Venezuela. Look for YV7AJ to be active this weekend. Members of the North Florida DX Association plans to operate a multi-single effort from Turks and Caicos Islands from 17 to 29 October. The main emphasis will be to activate VP5DX during the CQ World Wide SSB DX Contest. Operators include Ron, N4KE, Jim, NU4Y, Jim, KC4FWS, Steve, AB4UF, Larry, W1LR, Al, WA4DRU, Frank, W3KT, Bob, W4WSZ, and Gene, AA4US. Before and after the contest they will be on all bands using VP5/home call. QSL via home call. _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 3A2MD - MONACO - West Coast US stations should look for Laura on 20 meters SSB, near 14185, daily from 14:00 to 15:00Z. 5A1A - LIBYA - Abubaker started just before 17:00Z on 21275 and was working all across the US and Europe until just after 18:40Z. 5R8 - MADAGASCAR - 5R8FL and 5R8EE are active most days on 20 meters SSB, usually from 14160 to 14190, from 03:00 to 04:00Z. A2/ZS5UZ - BOTSWANA - Jon leaves on Friday. Check 30 meters CW around 04:00Z. When he gets back to 3DA0CA he will be active on 160 meters CW at his sunrise. QSL via W4DR. AP2NK - PAKISTAN - Shows up near 14015 daily between 02:00 and 03:00Z. C91AH - MOZAMBIQUE - Europeans found him on 21310 at 16:00Z. C91RF - MOZAMBIQUE - Was once again active on 12 CW on Wednesday. he started around 12:00Z on 24893 and stayed until 17:00Z. Europeans had a lock on him, however some East Coast US stations made it through. QSL via DL6DQW. EL2AB - LIBERIA - Europeans and Japanese stations reported

him on 21295 starting just before 11:00Z for about 30 minutes. ET3AA - ETHIOPIA - Steve, G3VMW, Alan, G3XAQ, and Andy, G4ZVJ continue to be active on 10 through 40 meters CW. Wednesday's activities were as follows: GMT Frequencies GMT Frequencies --- ----------- --- ----------- 10 24901 15 14026 21027 28026 11 24901 17 10109 12 28026 18 10109 13 18075 24902 28026 19 7005 10109 14 18080 28026 FH5CB - MAYOTTE - Elio was operating from 13:30 to 15:30Z on 28520. He was mostly working Europe, however he did manage to catch a few Southwest US stations. VK9LNQ - LORD HOWE ISLAND - Hitoshi was working JA's on 21253 just after 08:00Z. QSL via JM1KNQ. VK9WG - WILLIS ISLAND - Several people reported Graham on 80 meters SSB around 14:30Z and 7095 at 15:00Z. ZK3MR - TOKELAUS - Moses sometimes shows up on 14247 with Ron, ZL1AMO, around 06:00Z. He lives on one of the island and is a new operator. QSL information below. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AF-027 FH5CB 28520 1456 EU-131 IK3PQH 14088 1545 AS-018 UA0FDX 21021 0139 OC-004 VK9LNQ 21253 0816 AS-028 UA0QMU 10102 1900 OC-007 VK9WG 7095 1505 AS-053 HS0/IK4MRH 14257 1951 OC-034 YC9WZJ 21268 1514 EU-049 SV8/HA6NL/P 14187 1434 OC-118 FW5XX 21295 2345 EU-049 SV8/HA9AX/P 14083 1850 OC-137 VK4CY 14040 0613 EU-060 SV0LR 21271 1338 OC-143 YC6HDF 21213 1648 EU-065 F/HB9ASZ/P 7007 2031 OC-210 YC8TXW 21260 1553 The ShangHai DX Club and JiangSu DX Club plan to operate as BI5X from Xiaoyangshan Island (ZHOUSHAN ARCHIPELAGO) IOTA AS-137 from 1 to 3 October. They will be active on 6 through 80 meters CW and SSB. Two or three stations will be active 24 hours a day. QSL via BY4BHP, P.O. Box 085-299, ShangHai 200085, Peoples Republic of China. IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ >From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- --------------

24-Sep 24-Sep 3D2 3D2DX/P 2-108 24-Sep 25-Sep A2 A2/ZS5UZ 2-169 2-167 24-Sep 27-Sep ET ET3AA 2-111 24-Sep 25-Sep F F5BJW/P (EU-032) 24-Sep 2-Oct I IG9/IZ0AEH (AF-019) 2-173 24-Sep 30-Sep J2 J28CE 2-176 24-Sep 26-Sep SV J43DIG 2-164 24-Sep 25-Sep SV5 SV5/IK2WZD (EU-001) 24-Sep 2-Oct TT TT8JW 2-174 24-Sep 28-Sep VE VO2 by WB8YTZ (Zone 2) 2-173 24-Sep 25-Sep VR2 VR2/WB8YJF VR2/K8PYD 2-170 24-Sep 1-Oct YI YI98BIF 2-166 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The sunspot number for September 22, 1998 was 154. The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado, for September 23, 1998, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 23-Sep-1998 21 143 12 2 HIGH/QUIET-UNSET;LOW-MOD/QUIET-UNSETTLED 23-Sep-1998 18 141 6 2 HIGH/QUIET-UNSET;LOW-MOD/QUIET-UNSETTLED 23-Sep-1998 15 141 6 3 HIGH/QUIET-UNSET;LOW-MOD/QUIET-UNSETTLED 23-Sep-1998 12 141 6 3 HIGH/QUIET-UNSET;LOW-MOD/QUIET-UNSETTLED 23-Sep-1998 09 141 6 3 ----------- No Data Available ---------- 23-Sep-1998 06 141 6 3 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 23-Sep-1998 03 141 6 3 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 23-Sep-1998 00 141 6 1 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED The forecast for Thursday, 24 September: solar flux 150, A index 20, K index 3. Thursday should be Low Normal. The forecast for Friday, 25 September: solar flux 150, A index 25, K index 4. Friday should be Low Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 4K9W DL6KVA FK8VHT F6AJA SV8/HA9AX/P HA9PP 5R8FL F5TBA HC6CR NE8Z TL8CG IK1APO 7Z1AB KN4F S21J K1WY TZ6JA JA3EMU 9N7RW G4ERW SV0LR HB9LDR VK9LNQ JM1KNQ A35RK W7TSQ Yoh, 7L1MFS, has recently moved and his new address is listed below. 7L1MFS - Yoh Yoshida, AKT BLDG 1001, 5-4 Arakawa 1 chome, Kita, 116-0002 Tokyo, JAPAN ZK3MR - Mose R, Agafu, Tokelau Island, South Pacific Ocean QSL cards recently received direct: HB0/PI4TUE, HS1NGR, LY2CX, SV2ASP/A (3 weeks!) _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________

Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 9N1AA, AA4US, BA4TB, JA1ADN, KC3AJ, KE2TT, KH6BZF REPORTS, N3OSH, NOAA, WA3DVO, W2BZR, WB4KTC _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), or $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United States. _____________________________________________________________________ Copyright _ 1998 by Bernie McClenny _____________________________________________________________________ THE DAILY DX _ is published Monday through Friday by Bernie McClenny, W3UR, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, MD 21738 USA. This e-mail message and its contents have a copyright and are proprietary products of THE DAILY DX _. Any unauthorized use, reproduction, or transfer of the message or its content, in any medium, is strictly prohibited. For permission to quote, reprint or repost this e-mail send a request to THE DAILY DX _ include date, volume and issue number. Check out THE DAILY DX _ homepage http://www.dailydx.com or for additional information you may phone THE DAILY DX _ at 301-854-5650 or fax at 301-854-5105. Remember to tell all your DX friends about THE DAILY DX.

. ======================== *** The Daily DX _ *** ======================== Volume 2 Number 180 September 25, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ DX News _____________________________________________________________________ Hitoshi Abe, JM1KNQ, is currently operating as VK9LNQ on Lord Howe Island and will remain here until 28 September. He took along a TS-570 and an IC-706. For antennas he is using a long wire for HF and a 6-element yagi for 6 meters. Suggested frequencies are as follows: CW 1828, 21005, 24905, 50153 SSB 21253, 24953, 50153 RTTY 21085, 24925, 50053 QSL via JM1KNQ Herman, DJ2BW, once again will head to the Indian Ocean. This time he will be in the Comoros Islands (AF-007) from 26 October to 7 November. Look for D68BW to be on all bands on CW, SSB and RTTY, with an emphasis on 12, 17 and 30 meters and the lowbands. QSL via DJ2BW. Gus, VO1MP, reports he and VO1MX will operate multi-single as VO2CQ from CQ WAZ zone 2 during the CQ World Wide SSB DX Contest. The two will be on the air from 21 to 25 October. The QTH will be the Point Amour lighthouse which is 109 feet tall and will be used to support the 80 and 160 meter antennas. Before the contest they plan to be fairly active on 160 meters CW as VO2ZZ, also some 12 and 17 meter SSB. QSL via VE3FU. Graham, G0VNW (ex VP2MGG), will be working as an Emergency Services Officer in Nairobi, Kenya starting 3 October. For the next 12 months he will be living in an apartment with a 120-foot roof. He has an IC-775, R-7000 and Inverted Vee for 80 and 160 meters. QSL via WB2YQH. Didier, F5NZO, says the upcoming FT5ZH DXpedition to Amsterdam and St. Paul, which will take place from 27 November to 23 December, will have RTTY. Look for them on 14080 and 21080. Gil, F5NOD, will be working in Pakistan from 18 to 25 October. He hopes to get a license. Mario, HB9BRM, will once again activate 4S7BRG in Sri Lanka beginning 5 October and will be on for several months. QSL via HB9BRM. The Dutch Amateur Radio Society VRZA will once again go to Malta to operate from 3 to 18 October. The 24 members will operate five

complete stations on CW and SSB. 9H 9H Call Name Home call Call Name Home call ----- ------------ --------- ----- ------ --------- 9H3IB Henk PA0PRT 9H3ZE Edwin PE1RAG 9H3IE Frits PA0BEA 9H3ZF Gerard PB0AOD 9H3KF Ada PA3DNW 9H3ZG Gerard PA3AWX 9H3ON Wim (Bill) PA3BIZ 9H3ZH Arie PE1PZR 9H3QH Frank PE1KNL 9H3ZI Martin PE1OZU 9H3UJ Anton (Tony) PA3CRA 9H3ZJ Jules PA3GMZ 9H3WA Phillip PA3EPV 9H3ZK Dirk PE1PWM 9H3WH Andr‚ (Andy) PA0JR 9H3ZL Riek PD0HAV 9H3YM Sjirk PE1OFJ 9H3ZM Willem PE1NSU 9H3YN Madeleine PA3CUZ 9H3ZN Theo PE1OPH 9H3YO Wim (Bill) PA3AGZ 9H3ZO Yvon PD1AIY 9H3YP Dick PD1ABY 9H3ZP Dick PA3GRI The group will also use the club call 9HOVRZ. Belgian operator's ON4AMT, ON4GG, ON4AOI, ON4CBA, ON4AMM, ON4AWK, ON5LW and ON4AME will be operating HI3/ON4AMT from the Dominican Republic from 20 to 27 October. QSL via ON4ANT. Doc, W9NY, will work the CQ World Wide SSB DX Contest from Nevis Island as V47NS. He will be there from 22 to 27 October and will be on 10 through 20 meters. QSL via W9NY. W6VNR and N6KI plan to multi-single in the CQ World Wide SSB DX Contest from the Cayman Islands as ZF1A. Ed, K8EP, will operate 9M6AAC from East Malaysia from 8 to 11 October. He will be on 10, 15, 17, 20 and 40 meters CW with some SSB. QSL via N2OO. Reinhard, DL6DQW, will be active from Mozambique as C91RF until 6 October. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. Bill, W4WX, reported he will not be on this weekend in the CQ World Wide RTTY DX Contest from American Samoa due to transportation problems. _____________________________________________________________________ Silent Key _____________________________________________________________________ Fred, K3ZO, relays the sad passing of Dale V. Dennis, HS0ZBJ/K8IXP (ex WA4FGY). Dale was an active DX'er and also a net control station for the Southeast Asia Net (SEANET). Our sincere condolences to his wife Nite and son Bob. _____________________________________________________________________ Correction _____________________________________________________________________ In Volume 2 Number 179 of The Daily DX it was reported that David Lucrock was operating 9N7RW and to QSL via G4ERN. The correct QSL

route is via G4ERW, his home call! <tnx K6UR> _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 4U1ITU - I.T.U. GENEVA - Peter, OK1CZ, was guest operating on Thursday from 18:50 to 19:40Z on 18077. QSL via the bureau. ET3AA - ETHIOPIA - Well they made it to 80 meters on Thursday. Activity seems to be from 08:00 to 20:00Z. Yesterday they were reported as follows: GMT Frequencies GMT Frequencies --- ----------- --- ----------- 08 21015 13 18071 21016 09 21015 14 18071 21016 10 28027 15 14027 18071 21017 11 21029 28027 19 10108 12 21016 20 3505 7007 J28AG - DJIBOUTI - Jacky, F2CW, showed up today on 14005 at 18:00Z and then again from 20:30 to 00:00Z. Next week he will go back to Eritrea as E31AA. Remember 14005! QSL via ZL3CW. Still waiting for the address. VK9LNQ - LORD HOWE ISLAND - Hitoshi was found on 10105 from 13:45 to 15:30. Later he was on 24905 from 23:40 to 01:00Z. QSL via JM1KNQ. XX9TJF - MACAO - Look for John today on 20 meters CW from 13:00 to 14:00Z. QSL via WB8YJF. ZS1B/MM - Bud is traveling to ZD9. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AF-004 EA8TB 24892 1922 NA-173 W2NTJ/VE8 18157 2126 AF-019 IG9/IK3AWP 14024 1350 OC-022 YC9BU 21260 1452 AN-010 HF0POL 18084 1954 OC-042 DU1KGJ/DU4 21245 1618 EU-009 GM0MHS 7006 1917 OC-070 YC5TML 21260 1447 EU-032 F5BJW/P 7068 1926 OC-070 YC8VIP 28490 1116 EU-049 SV8/HA6NL/P 3511 2225 OC-118 FW5XX 21295 2250 EU-049 SV8/ON4BB 14260 1452 OC-137 VK4LV 28020 2357 EU-049 SV8/ON5JE 14260 1521 OC-147 YC9YKI 21260 1434 EU-060 SV1ENI/P 3505 1903 OC-210 YC8TXW 21260 1433 EU-065 F/HB9ASZ/P 3509 2211 PT2VE plans to be active from Santo Amaro Island (SA-071) from 22 to 26 October. He will be on 10 through 80 meters CW and SSB. QSL via PY2YW, A. Demarinis, P.O. Box 65002, 01390-970, Sao Paulo SP, Brazil. IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765

_____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- -------------- 25-Sep 25-Sep A2 A2/ZS5UZ 2-169 2-167 25-Sep 25-Sep F F5BJW/P (EU-032) 25-Sep 25-Sep SV5 SV5/IK2WZD (EU-001) 25-Sep 25-Sep VR2 VR2/WB8YJF VR2/K8PYD 2-170 25-Sep 26-Sep SV J43DIG 2-164 25-Sep 27-Sep ET ET3AA 2-111 25-Sep 27-Sep HC8 HC8N 2-173 25-Sep 28-Sep VK9L VK9LNQ 2-180 25-Sep 28-Sep VE VO2 by WB8YTZ (Zone 2) 2-173 25-Sep 29-Sep SV SV8/ON4BB SV8/ON5JE (EU-049) 25-Sep 30-Sep J2 J28CE 2-176 25-Sep 1-Oct YI YI98BIF 2-166 25-Sep 2-Oct I IG9/IZ0AEH (AF-019) 2-173 25-Sep 2-Oct TT TT8JW 2-174 25-Sep 6-Oct C9 C91RF 2-180 25-Sep 7-Oct SV SV8/SM3CVM/P 2-174 25-Sep 7-Nov 9N 9N7RW 2-179 26-Sep 27-Sep CQ World Wide RTTY DX Contest 26-Sep 27-Sep FS FS5PL (NA-105) 2-170 26-Sep 27-Sep P4 P40RY 2-166 26-Sep 27-Sep UA0 RW0A 2-175 26-Sep 27-Sep XX9 XX9YD 2-170 2-151 26-Sep 27-Sep Z3 Z30M 2-175 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The sunspot number for September 23, 1998 was 162. The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado, for September 24, 1998, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 24-Sep-1998 21 135 15 2 LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;LOW-MOD/UNSET-ACTIVE 24-Sep-1998 18 143 12 2 LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;LOW-MOD/UNSET-ACTIVE 24-Sep-1998 15 143 12 2 LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;LOW-MOD/UNSET-ACTIVE 24-Sep-1998 12 143 12 4 LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;LOW-MOD/UNSET-ACTIVE 24-Sep-1998 09 143 12 4 LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;LOW-MOD/UNSET-ACTIVE 24-Sep-1998 06 143 12 4 HIGH/QUIET-ACTIVE;LOW-MOD/UNSET-ACTIVE 24-Sep-1998 03 143 12 3 HIGH/QUIET-UNSET;LOW-MOD/QUIET-UNSET 24-Sep-1998 00 143 12 2 HIGH/QUIET-UNSET;LOW-MOD/QUIET-UNSET The forecast for Friday, 25 September: solar flux 150, A index 40, K index 5. Friday should be Below Normal. The forecast for Saturday, 26 September: solar flux 155, A index 20, K index 3. Saturday should be Low Normal. The forecast for Sunday, 27 September: solar flux 160, A index 10, K index 3. Sunday should be High Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________

Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 6K98WCX DS5USH J28AG ZL3CW XX9TYD K8PYD 9G1YR G4XTA JY9QJ DL5MBY YC8VIP W6MD ED9DLM EA9BO XX9TJF WB8YJF QSL cards recently received direct: 3D2CB/R, 3D2KT, 3D2TN, 4J1FS, 5W0VD, 5W0VV, 9U5DX, BV2RS, CY9AA, FO0/OK1VD, FO0/OK5DX, V63KU, ZK1KTT _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 425 DX News, ARRL DX Bulletin, DJ2BW, F5NOD, F5NZO, F6AJA, Les Nouvelles DX, K6UR, KC1SF, KC3AJ, KE2TT, KH6BZF REPORTS, N3OSH, NOAA, PS7AB, The 59(9) DX Report, VK9LNQ, VO1MP, W3IZ, W3LEO, W4WX, W8FJ _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), or $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United States. _____________________________________________________________________ Copyright _ 1998 by Bernie McClenny _____________________________________________________________________ THE DAILY DX _ is published Monday through Friday by Bernie McClenny, W3UR, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, MD 21738 USA. This e-mail message and its contents have a copyright and are proprietary products of THE DAILY DX _. Any unauthorized use, reproduction, or transfer of the message or its content, in any medium, is strictly prohibited. For permission to quote, reprint or repost this e-mail send a request to THE DAILY DX _ include date, volume and issue number. Check out THE DAILY DX _ homepage http://www.dailydx.com or for additional information you may phone THE DAILY DX _ at 301-854-5650 or fax at 301-854-5105. Remember to tell all your DX friends about THE DAILY DX.

. ======================== *** The Daily DX _ *** ======================== Volume 2 Number 181 September 28, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ DX News _____________________________________________________________________ Eric, F5CCO, and Gil, F5NOD, report that Gilles, F5AGL, will be a member of 1998/1999 mission to Crozet Island. He will more than likely be assigned FT5WH and should be on the air in December, 1998 or January 1999. QSL cards will be handled by F6KDF. Many thought January was going to be a great DXpedition month as 3B9, PY0/S and ZL9 were all expected. As you know last week Frank, AH0W, announced the 3B9 Rodriguez DXpedition was being postponed until later in the season. Karl, PS7KM, now reports the St. Peter and St. Paul Rocks DXpedition has been postponed for the first week of March, 1999. Karl said this was due to the ZL9 and 3B9 DXpeditions as well as the convenience of the operators. Martti Lane, OH2BH, was on the air this past weekend from the Chinese Headquarters Station BY1PK checking out the antennas. Many DX'ers will remember it was just 15 years ago the China Radiosport Association station was on the air for the first time. A multi-multi effort is being planed for the CQ World Wide SSB DX Contest from this station. Ken, WA8JOC, reports that Dave Heil, K8MN, has started his last work assignment in Tanzania and should be there for the next 3 years. Dave has started his the license process. While there he will be active on 6 through 160 meters. QSL via WA8JOC. The OPDX Bulletin reports that Chris, HB9CYV, and Martin, HB9CYN are back on the DXpedition trail. This time they will go to Sao Tome to activate S92YV and S92YN from 26 October to 7 November. You may remember these guys as D68YV & D68YN, FR/HB9CYN/P & FR/HB9CYV/P or 8Q7YN & 8Q7YV. A Web site is being created and will be located at http://ab5eh-lin.tamucc.edu/~hb9cyn/ _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 3DA0CA - SWAZILAND - Jon returned from Botswana, after making some 1020 QSOs, to operate in the CQ WW RTTY test. 5P1ER - DENMARK - Was on this weekend and is a special prefix for Denmark. 5W1SA - SAMOA - Atsu showed up on 10103 on Friday between 06:30 and 07:15Z. QSL via JH7OHF. 5Z4LL - KENYA - Europeans found Christine (YL) on 14267

around 06:30Z on Sunday. C91RF - MOZAMBIQUE - Look for Reinhard on either 10 or 12 meters CW or SSB from 13:00 to 16:00Z. CE9EP - ANTARCTICA - Claudio can be found on either 21013 or 14013 from 18:00 to 20:00Z. E31AA - ERITREA - Jacky may very well be on today. Check 7005, 10105, 14005, 18075 and 21005. QSL via ZL3CW. ET3AA - ETHIOPIA - The UK chaps were busy on Friday and Sunday from 10 to 80 meters CW. No activity was reported on Saturday. They are scheduled to leave today. QSL this operation via G3VMW. HZ1AB - SAUDI ARABIA - JA's and West Coast US stations were working Ken on 18128 on Sunday from 15:50 to 16:40Z. QSL via K8PYD. J28AG - DJIBOUTI - Jacky, F2CW, was active from here on 15 through 40 meters CW over the weekend. Mike, VK6HD, says Jacky will be in Eritrea today! QSL via ZL3CW. JA - JAPAN - Several East Coast US stations reported JA's on 10 meters on Sunday just before 22:00Z. JX7DFA - JAN MAYEN - Europeans reported Per on 1823 at 21:40Z on Sunday. QSL via LA7DFA. S21YG - BANGLADESH - Was active on 28488 on Saturday from 08:45 to 10:40Z. QSL via DL3NEO. S92LB - SAO TOME & PRINCIPE - Louis made a surprise visit to 14201 on Sunday between 18:30 and 19:15Z. ST2SA - SUDAN - Dr. Sid was reported on 14252 on Friday just before 06:30Z. SV2ASP/A - MOUNT ATHOS - Monk Apollo was on a net on 14243 around 06:00Z on Sunday. T32NCC - EAST KIRIBATI - Chuck shows up on 10 or 12 meters on Sundays from 01:00 to 02:00Z. UK8CK - UZBEKISTAN - Is active on 160 meters. VK9LNQ - LORD HOWE ISLAND - Today should be Hitoshi's last day. He was very active on 12, 17, 30 and 40 meters CW this past weekend. He has been on 160 meters also. QSL via JM1KNQ. ZD7 - ST. HELENA - JA's found ZD7BG on 14018 on Sunday from 08:00 to 08:45Z and ZD7CTO on 14218 from 08:30 to 09:45Z. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AF-019 IG9/IZ0AEH 21040 1417 NA-033 HK0TCN 21245 1549 AN-006 EM1LV 28450 1652 NA-065 KK7JP 14260 2103 EU-004 EA6ADF 24945 1235 NA-072 3E1DX 14252 0209 EU-031 IC8OZM 10104 1759 OC-075 YC5YCT 21260 1410 EU-049 SV8/ON4BB 21259 0641 OC-143 YC5RQT 21245 1306 EU-049 SV8/ON5JE 14258 0526 OC-147 YC9YKI 21260 1315 EU-071 TF7/LX1NO 24986 1136 SA-002 VP8CEH 28061 1601 EU-075 SV8/SM3CVM/P 14015 0704 SA-008 LU3XQ 14012 0125 EU-169 ZA0B 14260 1305 IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ >From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- -------------- 28-Sep 28-Sep VK9L VK9LNQ 2-180 28-Sep 28-Sep VE VO2 by WB8YTZ (Zone 2) 2-173 28-Sep 29-Sep SV SV8/ON4BB SV8/ON5JE (EU-049) 28-Sep 29-Sep ZD9 ZD9/ZS1B 2-178 28-Sep 30-Sep J2 J28AG 2-176 28-Sep 1-Oct VR2 VR2/WB8YJF VR2/K8PYD 2-170 28-Sep 1-Oct YI YI98BIF 2-166 28-Sep 2-Oct I IG9/IZ0AEH (AF-019) 2-173 28-Sep 2-Oct TT TT8JW 2-174 28-Sep 6-Oct C9 C91RF 2-180 28-Sep 7-Oct SV SV8/SM3CVM/P 2-174 28-Sep 15-Oct 3V 3V8BB by F2KN 2-169 28-Sep 7-Nov 9N 9N7RW 2-179 29-Sep 7-Oct FO FO0RIC (OC-046) 2-177 1-Oct 3-Oct BY BI5X AS-137 2-179 1-Oct 8-Oct 7P 7P8FJ 2-175 2-157 1-Oct 19-Oct A3 A35SO + DJ7RJ 2-170 1-Oct E3 E31AA 2-178 2-Oct 4-Oct W5 DX Bash 9/9/98 2-Oct 5-Oct G GB4SM (EU-011) 3-Oct 3-Oct European SSB Sprint 3-Oct 3-Oct W W1NLK (NA-136) 3-Oct 4-Oct VK/ZL Oceania SSB DX Contest 2-157 3-Oct 18-Oct 9H 9H0VRZ + many 9H3's 2-180 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The sunspot number for September 26, 1998 was 115. The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado, for September 27, 1998, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 27-Sep-1998 21 127 8 1 LOW/QUIET-UNSET;LOW/QUIET-UNSET 27-Sep-1998 18 136 12 2 LOW/QUIET-UNSET;LOW/QUIET-UNSET 27-Sep-1998 15 136 12 3 LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE

27-Sep-1998 12 136 12 3 LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE 27-Sep-1998 09 136 12 2 LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE 27-Sep-1998 06 136 12 2 LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE 27-Sep-1998 03 136 12 2 LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE 27-Sep-1998 00 136 12 3 LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE The forecast for Monday, 28 September: solar flux 138, A index 15, K index 3. Monday should be High Normal. The forecast for Tuesday, 29 September: solar flux 140, A index 10, K index 2. Tuesday should be High Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 3V8BB JF2EZA ED5PCA EA5WX OH0JJS OH6LI 5H3BHF OE6LAG ED7NFC EA7AJM S21YG DL3NEO 5K3W HK3SGP ER0F UX0FF TJ1HP F6FNU 5R8FK NY3N ET3AA G3VMW TM5FKW F5KBB 8P6DA KU9C EX8MLE IK2QPR TP4CE F6FQK 9K2/SP5UAM SP5PBE HC8N AA5BT XE1NVX EA5XX CT6ARL CT1EWA HF0POL SP5BGD XU7AAE 7N3RQU DX1S OH2PM HS98AG HS1CKC XX9TJF WB8YJF E31AA ZL3CW J28AG ZL3CW XX9TYD K8PYD EA8/DL7AU DL7VRO LX8DL LX1DA ZA0B HB9BGN HK3SGP - Siso, P.O. Box 170030, Santafe de Bogota D.C., COLUMBIA HS0/G3NOM - Ray Gerrard, P.O. Box 1300, Nana Post Office, Bangkok 10112, THAILAND ZL3CW - Jacky Calvo, P.O. Box 593, Pukekohe 1800, NEW ZEALAND Tom Harrell, N4XP (ex K8XP), reports QSL cards for the March 1998 Wake Island DXpedition by K8XP/KH9, N2OO/KH9, N6MZ/KH9, N2WB/KH9 are being sent out. One of the delays has been the for those who sent requests for more than one callsign in one SASE. They will get processed however it will be delayed as it will go into another pile. Richard TR8DR, PT2ZDR, YS1DRF & 9J2DR is now in France and QSL cards may be sent to: Richard Dandine, 10 rue de Chuignes, Foucaucourt-en- Santerre, 80340 Bray sur Somme, FRANCE QSL cards recently received direct: 3B7RF, 9G1BJ, 9M2AX, A92GE, CY0DX, D2BB, H40AA, N2WB/KH9, N9KX/KH4, RS0F, TU2XZ, ZD7CTO _____________________________________________________________________ On the WWW _____________________________________________________________________ Roberto, EA4DX, reports the logs for his recent 3D2DX, Rotuma and 3D2DX/P, Fiji DXpeditions are now available at http://www.qsl.net/ea4dx/3D2DXlog1.htm _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: AA9DX, EA4DX, F5CCO, F5NOD, KC3AJ, KH6BZF REPORTS, KR1G, N3OSH, N4XP, N7OJ, NF2K, NOAA, OH2BH, OPDX, PS7KM, VE3IRF, W2BZR, W7UG, WA2VUY,

WA8JOC, ZL2HU _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), or $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United States. _____________________________________________________________________ Copyright _ 1998 by Bernie McClenny _____________________________________________________________________ THE DAILY DX _ is published Monday through Friday by Bernie McClenny, W3UR, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, MD 21738 USA. This e-mail message and its contents have a copyright and are proprietary products of THE DAILY DX _. Any unauthorized use, reproduction, or transfer of the message or its content, in any medium, is strictly prohibited. For permission to quote, reprint or repost this e-mail send a request to THE DAILY DX _ include date, volume and issue number. Check out THE DAILY DX _ homepage http://www.dailydx.com or for additional information you may phone THE DAILY DX _ at 301-854-5650 or fax at 301-854-5105. Remember to tell all your DX friends about THE DAILY DX.

. ======================== *** The Daily DX _ *** ======================== Volume 2 Number 182 September 29, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ DX News _____________________________________________________________________ On Monday Bud, ZS1B, was still on his way to Gough Island and expects to land early today. He should be active today through 30 September however he does have to setup some antennas. Next he will then head for Tristan da Cunha, where he hopes to be active on 3 and 4 October. While on this island he hopes to operate from Andy's, ZD9BV, QTH. He will use ZD9/ZS1B from both islands. Check 28460, 21260 14160 and 14260. Mark, ON4WW (S07WW, 5T5WW, etc.), is back in Belgium for one week. He will return to Northern Africa next week. Dave, KJ9I, reminds everyone that NF9V, NZ9Z and he will operate from Palau from 18 to 17 December. Look for T88II to be on 10 through 160 meters. Contributions may be sent to David Schmocker, KJ9I, N7298 County Trunk Highway F, Oconomowoc, WI 53066-9040 USA. Martti, OH2BH, and Pertti, OH2PM, will be active this weekend from Macao as XX9TZ and XX9TR. While there the two will be setting up their contest QTH for this season. DXPress editor Rudy, PA3GQW, will be active from Iceland as TF/PA3GQW from 30 September to 8 October. Look for him after 21:00Z on 14260. Barry, ZS1FJ, was advised by the Lesotho people that he should not enter the country for his DXpedition as his rigs might be impounded. At this time the military is very sensitive to equipment coming into the country as there seems to be unrest going on in this country. He has been assigned 7P8FJ and hopes to be able to go in soon. Stay tuned for further developments. Martti, OH2BH reports the recent BT2HC and UE0LEZ special events were a great success with several important breakthroughs. The stations both appeared on local TV and in the press. Some 4,200 QSOs were made at BT2HC, QSL via KU9C. Those needing to work St. Helena, ZD7, should mark your calendars as 11 October is St. Helena Day and all ZD7 stations plan to be on the air. _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 3DA0CA - SWAZILAND - Several West Coast US stations reported

Jon on 10104 just prior to 04:00Z. QSL via W4DR. E31AA - ERITREA - Jacky started off the day around 13:00Z on 15 meters CW. At this time it is not known how long he will be here, so work him ASAP. Monday's reported activity was as follows: GMT Frequencies GMT Frequencies --- ----------- --- ----------- 13 21007 19 14006 18073 14 21007 20 10107 15 21007 21 10107 16 21007 22 10107 14005 17 21007 23 14005 18 18073 21007 ET3AA - ETHIOPIA - This station is still active on CW. When asked about 160 the operator said 1827 at 21:00Z. Monday's activities were as follows: GMT Frequencies GMT Frequencies --- ----------- --- ----------- 14 18073 18 7003 10108 15 18073 19 7003 14027 16 14027 20 14027 17 10108 14027 21 14027 JX7DFA - JAN MAYEN - Europeans reported working Per on 1822 between 18:00 and 19:00Z. QSL via LA7DFA. P29CC - PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Chip was active on 14245 working Europe from 12:00 to 13:00Z. QSL via K1WY. VU2MPS - INDIA - East Coast US stations worked MP on 28465 between 13:20 and 15:00Z. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AF-014 CQ98BM 14260 0008 NA-065 KK7JP 21040 2028 AF-019 IG9/IZ0AEH 14260 1853 NA-067 K2RMM/4 14260 1213 AS-032 JO6PRM 21180 0902 NA-067 W4/DL9VF 28495 1653 AS-076 JR5XPG 24907 0859 OC-019 KH6/W7GMH 21251 1937 EU-003 CU3DJ 14255 2154 OC-034 P29CC 14245 1207 EU-009 GM4FDM/P 14260 1608 OC-070 YC8VIP 21283 1413 EU-049 SV8/ON4BB 21257 1339 OC-148 YC9MKF 28510 1229 EU-049 SV8/ON5JE 14260 0521 SA-002 VP8CGM 14252 0004 EU-072 SV8/G0IXC 21273 1916 SA-008 LU6XQI 28020 1805 EU-123 GM0UTQ/P 21250 1142 C6A/KI6T, C6A/WR6O and C6A/KA6WHA will operate from Treasure Cay (NA-080) from 19 to 25 October. Look for them to be active in the CQ World Wide SSB DX Contest. QSL's via KI6T. IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________

Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- -------------- 29-Sep 29-Sep SV SV8/ON4BB SV8/ON5JE (EU-049) 29-Sep 29-Sep ZD9 ZD9/ZS1B 2-178 29-Sep 30-Sep J2 J28AG 2-176 29-Sep 1-Oct VR2 VR2/WB8YJF VR2/K8PYD 2-170 29-Sep 1-Oct YI YI98BIF 2-166 29-Sep 2-Oct I IG9/IZ0AEH (AF-019) 2-173 29-Sep 2-Oct TT TT8JW 2-174 29-Sep 6-Oct C9 C91RF 2-180 29-Sep 7-Oct FO FO0RIC (OC-046) 2-177 29-Sep 7-Oct SV SV8/SM3CVM/P 2-174 29-Sep 15-Oct 3V 3V8BB by F2KN 2-169 29-Sep 7-Nov 9N 9N7RW 2-179 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The sunspot number for September 27, 1998 was 87. The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado, for September 28, 1998, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 28-Sep-1998 21 123 4 2 MODERATE/QUIET;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 28-Sep-1998 18 127 8 1 MODERATE/QUIET;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 28-Sep-1998 15 127 8 1 MOD/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 28-Sep-1998 12 127 8 2 MOD/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 28-Sep-1998 09 127 8 1 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 28-Sep-1998 06 127 8 2 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 28-Sep-1998 03 127 8 1 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 28-Sep-1998 00 127 8 1 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED The forecast for Tuesday, 29 September: solar flux 125, A index 10, K index 2. Tuesday should be High Normal. The forecast for Wednesday, 30 September: solar flux 130, A index 10, K index 2. Wednesday should be High Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 7Q7DC WA6IJZ FM5GU WA4JTK P29CC K1WY 9Y4SF WA4JTK JX7DFA LA7DFA P40RY G0AZT E31AA ZL3CW UA0SJ - Yuri A. Maltsev, P.O. Box 2304, Bratsk City 665700, RUSSIA Rick, NE8Z, reports he is now the QSL manager for HC1HC and HD1HC. He can confirm all QSOs past, present and future. QSL cards recently received direct: CY9AA, HF0POL, VP2VI/50, VP5KE, YB0JIV

_____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: K3SX, KC3AJ, KH6BZF REPORTS, N3OSH, NE8Z, NOAA, OH2BH, ON5NT, PA3GQW, QRZ DX, W5BOS, WA2VUY, WU1F, ZS1FJ _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), or $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United States. _____________________________________________________________________ Copyright _ 1998 by Bernie McClenny _____________________________________________________________________ THE DAILY DX _ is published Monday through Friday by Bernie McClenny, W3UR, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, MD 21738 USA. This e-mail message and its contents have a copyright and are proprietary products of THE DAILY DX _. Any unauthorized use, reproduction, or transfer of the message or its content, in any medium, is strictly prohibited. For permission to quote, reprint or repost this e-mail send a request to THE DAILY DX _ include date, volume and issue number. Check out THE DAILY DX _ homepage http://www.dailydx.com or for additional information you may phone THE DAILY DX _ at 301-854-5650 or fax at 301-854-5105. Remember to tell all your DX friends about THE DAILY DX.

. ======================== *** The Daily DX _ *** ======================== Volume 2 Number 183 September 30, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ DX News _____________________________________________________________________ Gene, W2FXA, will be operating as W2FXA/VP9 in Devonshire Parish, Bermuda from 25 October to 2 November 2. He will be on all bands from 10 to 80 meters on CW and SSB. QSL via home call Bruce, N6NT, will once again be active from the Cayman Islands as ZF2NT starting around 11 October through April, 1999. QSL via N2AU. Charlie, W0YG, and George, W8UVZ, want to remind everyone they will operate from Christmas and Cocos Islands from 6 February, 1999 until 20 February, 1999 as they will spend a week at each location. Emphasis will be primarily on the low bands, WARC bands and RTTY. Some 6 meter activity will be attempted. However the purpose of the DXpedition will be to give as many of the deserving low band contacts as possible. A Battle Creek Special and beverages will be used for 80 and 160 meters. Callsigns have been applied for and will be announced as soon as they are issued. Every effort will be made to be on top band each day for both sunset and sunrise openings into the States. Chris, G0WFH, will be active from Jersey (EU-013) from 4 to 11 November as GJ0WFH. Look for him on all bands on SSB. QSL via G0WFH. Don Street (ex A92BE) moved to Muscat, Oman in January and recently received his A45XU callsign. He will be there until January 2000. His new address is S. K. Street, P.O. Box 2571 Seeb, Postal Code 111, Sultanate of Oman. _____________________________________________________________________ Correction _____________________________________________________________________ The correct dates for the T88II (Vol. 2 No. 182 ) operation will be 8 to 17 December. _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 4S7CF - SRI LANKA - Calvin was active on Tuesday from 01:00 to 02:00Z on 14005. He was working South America and Eastern North America. 9N1AA - NEPAL - Satish started off on 10 SSB from 09:20 to 11:00Z. Around 11:45Z he was on RTTY on 21086. JA's QSL via JM2HBO, all others via N4AA. C31RC - ANDORRA - JA's reported working him on 7001 just

after 20:00Z. C91RF - MOZAMBIQUE - Reinhard continues to be very active on 10 and 12 meters. Tuesday he also showed also on 17 meters. Activity for Tuesday was as follows: GMT Frequencies GMT Frequencies --- ----------- --- ----------- 08 24900 16 24902 09 24900 24955 17 18070 24902 10 24895 18 18070 12 24950 19 18070 E31AA - ERITREA - Jacky continues to be active for the # 5 Most Wanted country. Length of stay is unknown at this time. Tuesday's activities were as follows: GMT Frequencies GMT Frequencies --- ----------- --- ----------- 13 28005 19 14005 21005 14 28005 20 14005 15 28005 21 14005 16 28005 22 14005 17 21005 28005 23 14005 18 21005 EK4JJ - ARMENIA - Serge is active daily on 20 meters CW from 03:00 to 04:00Z. Europeans and East Coast US stations found him on 28480 from 11:45 to 14:00Z on 28480. QSL via EK4GK. ET3AA - ETHIOPIA - Tuesday may have been their last day. Activity for Tuesday was as follows: GMT Frequencies GMT Frequencies --- ----------- --- ----------- 09 24899 11 18070 24898 28027 10 24898 28027 13 24898 FR5DX - REUNION - Stations from Europe and the South West of the US found Herik on 10 meters SSB at 15:00 and 17:00Z. J73AB - DOMINICA - Was active on 28460 at 19:00Z. T32NCC - EAST KIRIBATI - Chuck has been showing up near 28465 between 00:00 and 02:00Z. TU2XZ - IVORY COAST - Can be found often on 20 meters CW from 00:00 to 02:00Z. ZD9/ZS1B - GOUGH ISLAND - Bud made it to the island and started off around 17:00Z. Check 14160, 14260, 21260 and 28460. Tuesday's activities were as follows: GMT Frequencies GMT Frequencies --- ----------- --- ----------- 17 28460 21 14260 18 28460 22 14260 19 21260 23 14260 20 21260 _____________________________________________________________________

IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AF-019 IG9/IZ0AEH 14260 1739 EU-031 IC8OZM 21010 1320 AF-030 ZD9/ZS1B 14261 2138 EU-049 SV8/ON5JE 14263 0603 AN-006 EM1LV 28448 1818 EU-055 LA4CM 21291 1238 AS-018 UA0FF 21285 0112 EU-123 GM3UTQ/P 3772 1957 AS-020 BV5BG 24960 0049 NA-075 VE7BLC 18072 1653 AS-028 UA0QMU 18076 1853 OC-005 VK9NS 14260 0705 AS-053 HS0/IK4MRH 14260 1434 OC-070 YC8VIP 21283 1423 EU-003 CU3AD 28498 1706 SA-012 YV7AJ 14250 2340 EU-023 9H4K 21250 1903 SA-026 PP5JD 14260 0727 Lew, N6VV, plans to operate from St. George Reef Lighthouse (NA-184) on 3 October as N6VV/P. He tried to operate from here before but was unable due to bad weather. A helicopter will be used to transport Lew and his equipment. The long range forecast is not looking very promising. IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- -------------- 29-Sep 15-Oct 3V 3V8BB by F2KN 2-169 29-Sep 7-Nov 9N 9N7RW 2-179 29-Sep 6-Oct C9 C91RF 2-180 29-Sep E3 E31AA 2-178 29-Sep 7-Oct FO FO0RIC (OC-046) 2-177 29-Sep 2-Oct I IG9/IZ0AEH (AF-019) 2-173 29-Sep 30-Sep J2 J28AG 2-176 29-Sep 29-Sep SV SV8/ON4BB SV8/ON5JE (EU-049) 29-Sep 7-Oct SV SV8/SM3CVM/P 2-174 29-Sep 2-Oct TT TT8JW 2-174 29-Sep 1-Oct VR2 VR2/WB8YJF VR2/K8PYD 2-170 29-Sep 1-Oct YI YI98BIF 2-166 29-Sep 30-Sep ZD9 ZD9/ZS1B 2-182 2-178 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The sunspot number for September 28, 1998 was 127. The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado, for September 29, 1998, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 29-Sep-1998 21 116 7 2 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 29-Sep-1998 18 123 4 1 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 29-Sep-1998 15 123 4 1 MODERATE/QUIET-UNSET;LOW/QUIET-UNSET 29-Sep-1998 12 123 4 2 MODERATE/QUIET-UNSET;LOW/QUIET-UNSET

29-Sep-1998 09 123 4 3 MODERATE/QUIET-UNSET;LOW/QUIET-UNSET 29-Sep-1998 06 123 4 3 MODERATE/QUIET-UNSET;LOW/QUIET-UNSET 29-Sep-1998 03 123 4 1 MODERATE/QUIET;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 29-Sep-1998 00 123 4 2 MODERATE/QUIET;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED The forecast for Wednesday, 30 September: solar flux 128, A index 10, K index 2. Wednesday should be High Normal. The forecast for Thursday, 1 October: solar flux 133, A index 13, K index 3. Thursday should be High Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ The following QSL cards were recently received and information was taken directly from the cards listed below: 3W7TK via OK1HWB 9M2KT Phoa Kia Teck, P. O. Box 178, 10720 Penang, MALAYSIA AT0PAI via VU2PAI C6IOTA via WA8LOW DS1DAL Sae Hwa Bang, 26/6, Shinsai-dong 266-31, Eunpyung-gu, Seoul 122-081, KOREA DS1DVJ Ok Kyung Kim, 26/6, Shinsai-dong 266-31, Eunpyung-gu, Seoul 122-081, KOREA DS1DVK Jin Ah Bang, 26/6, Shinsai-dong 266-31, Eunpyung-gu, Seoul 122-081, KOREA DS1DVL Myung Ah Bang, 26/6, Shinsai-dong 266-31, Eunpyung-gu, Seoul 122-081, KOREA DS2IWS Jangam Jukong, 204-1501, Jangam-dong, Uijongbu 480-030, KOREA DS2KUI Jangam Jukong, 204-1501, Jangam-dong, Uijongbu 480-030, KOREA DS2RRX Lee Kyung Hee, La-209, Sam-Hwa APT Ponamdong, Kangnung, Kangwon 210-110, KOREA DS2RRY Kim Ill Dong, La-209, Sam-Hwa APT Ponamdong, Kangnung, Kangwon 210-110, KOREA DS5UCP Wang Jae Lee, 102-1201, SSangyong-APT, Yongheung-dong, Buk-gu, Pohang 791-170, KOREA DS5VUP Eun Hee Kim, 102-1201, SSangyong-APT, Yongheung-dong, Buk-gu, Pohang 791-170, KOREA DU1ODX via NH0E DU1KGJ/4 Roland F. Pajarillo, 442 Burgos St., Labo, Camarines Norte, 4604, PHILIPPINES FO0YAA Mie Yamazaki, 34-1-102 Matsugaya, Hachioji 192-0354, JAPAN FO0YAM Hiroaki Yamazaki, 34-1-102 Matsugaya, Hachioji 192-0354, JAPAN HH2/N2APL Ed Lesko, P. O. Box 797, Port-au-Prince, HAITI HS1GUW Ong-Art Khaocharee, P. O. Box 8, Tungbenchar, Thamai, Chantaburi 22170, THAILAND HS2OUJ Vanlop Homrean, P. O. Box 1, Thungbencha, Chantaburi 22170, THAILAND HS2TTY Lamai Homrean, P. O. Box 1, Thungbencha, Chantaburi 22170, THAILAND J48LSV via SV8DTL JW4KQ via LA4KQ JW9OI via LA9OI S08R via EA2JG SV8DTL Panos Kelesidis, P. O. Box 46, GR-811 00 Lesvos Island, GREECE TK5MP Thomas Caccavelli, P. O. Box 45, F-20169 Bonifacio, Corse du Sud, FRANCE

TL5A via PA3DMH V51SG Siegi Graf, P. O. Box 116, Tsumeb, NAMIBIA VR2RS Raymond Kong, P. O. Box 339, Texaco Road Post Office, Hong Kong, CHINA VU2PAI Ananth Pai, P. O. Box 730, Bharath Bagh, Mangalore 575 003, INDIA XU6BND Ichinose Izumi, 1-3-4-1403, Shinkitano, Yodogawa-ku, Osaka, Osaka 532-0025, JAPAN YC0LOW via N2AU YC8TXW Ronny Monoarfa, P. O. Box 166, Tahuna 95800, INDONESIA ZP6HW Raul Domingo Bogado Bernal, P. O. Box 1055, Luque, PARAGUAY _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: DX News Sheet, K3ZO, KC3AJ, KH6BZF REPORTS, N3OSH, N5CQ, N6VV, NOAA, W0AW, W0YG, W2FXA _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), or $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United States. _____________________________________________________________________ Copyright _ 1998 by Bernie McClenny _____________________________________________________________________ THE DAILY DX _ is published Monday through Friday by Bernie McClenny, W3UR, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, MD 21738 USA. This e-mail message and its contents have a copyright and are proprietary products of THE DAILY DX _. Any unauthorized use, reproduction, or transfer of the message or its content, in any medium, is strictly prohibited. For permission to quote, reprint or repost this e-mail send a request to THE DAILY DX _ include date, volume and issue number. Check out THE DAILY DX _ homepage http://www.dailydx.com or for additional information you may phone THE DAILY DX _ at 301-854-5650 or fax at 301-854-5105. Remember to tell all your DX friends about THE DAILY DX.

. ======================== *** The Daily DX _ *** ======================== Volume 2 Number 184 October 1, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ DX News _____________________________________________________________________ The DX News Sheet reports that Dan, 5U7DG, is now active and that his 5UDAN license was revoked. He is using a long wire antenna and hopes to get a TH6 up very soon. Dan does not like pileups. QSL via K4SE. Alberto, LU1DZ, reports there are two operators at LU1ZI. This station is located at the Argentine Jubany Base on King George Island, South Shetlands. The latitude and longitude are 62 14 South 58 38 West. QSL to Direccion Nacional del Antartico, Cerrito 1248, Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA. Cedric, HB9HFN, plans to go to the Pacific Ocean for another DXpedition. The target is Wallis and Futuna, from 23 February to 8 March, 1999. Look for him to be active on 10 through 160 meters, mostly CW with some SSB and RTTY. He will especially be looking for Europe. A homepage including maps, flight plans and more can be found at http://www.qsl.net/hb9hfn/pacific99.html QSL via HB9HFN, C‚dric Baechler, Mettetlet 26, 1763 Granges-Paccot, Switzerland. Mary, G0BQV, will once again be active from Oman. Look for A4/G0BQV from 21 October to 1 November. She will be on CW on all bands. QSL via G0BQV. _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 3B8CF - MAURITIUS - Jacky has been showing up daily around 14250 from 02:00 to 03:00Z. QSL direct. 9N1AA - NEPAL - Satish was very busy working Europeans and JA's on 28492 from 06:00 to 10:00Z. 9V1AG - SINGAPORE - West Coast DX'ers reported working Robert between 13:00 and 14:00Z on 3797. A92GE - BAHRAIN - David can usually be found most days on 20 meters CW from 03:00 to 04:00Z. QSL direct. AP2N - PAKISTAN - East Coast DX'ers got a surprise Wednesday on 10 meters as Naeem came through on 28546 around 14:15Z. C91RF - MOZAMBIQUE - Reinhard was reported as follows: GMT Frequencies GMT Frequencies --- ----------- --- ----------- 16 24900 19 14004

17 18070 20 10110 18 14004 18070 21 10110 CE0ZIS - JUAN FERNANDEZ - Eliazar stared on 18140 around 20:10Z working Europeans. Later around 21:10 he was on 14258 working Europe and Japan. E31AA - ERITREA - Still not sure how much longer Jacky will be here. He usually goes QRT for the day around 01:00 to 01:30Z. Wednesday he was active as follows: GMT Frequencies GMT Frequencies --- ----------- --- ----------- 18 14197 21 14005 19 14197 22 14005 20 10105 14005 23 14005 FR5DX - REUNION ISLAND - Herik was running the eastern half of the US on 28513 from 16:30 to 18:30Z. FW5XX - WALLIS & FUTUNA - Marcel started off on 28495 around 21:40Z. QSL via ON4QM. JT - MONGOLIA - JT1BH and JT1BL were active on 10 meters CW starting around 08:30Z. P29NB - PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Norman was working Europeans from 10:30 to 11:30Z on 28464. He was listening up. QSL via K3BYV. TL5A - CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - Alex had a good morning today on 160 meters as he worked quiet a few stations from the US. He started just before 03:30 and was in until his sunrise at 04:30Z. Logs for TL5A can be found at http://www.igr.nl/users/pa3dmh/ QSL via PA3DMH. VU2 - INDIA - Kab was doing CW into the East Coast of North America on 28023 from 12:40 to 13:30Z. Meanwhile Miku was on SSB on 28495 at 13:30Z. XX9 - MACAO - Pertti, XX9TR/OH2PM, was on 14008 from 12:00 to 18:00Z. At 23:00Z Martti, XX9TZ/OH2BH, showed up on 14195 with a very big signal. The two will be here throughout the weekend. QSL cards go to home calls. ZD9/ZS1B - GOUGH ISLAND - Bud is the doctor on the supply ship that goes to Tristan da Cunha and Gough Islands. Gough Island is a protected wildlife preserve and his group is doing some work there. He will be there for two or three days, using 100 watts & a vertical antenna. The rules protecting the wildlife are so strict, he's not supposed to show artificial light at night so as to not disturb the birds. This made it difficult to do some necessary antenna work after dark! Wednesday's activities were as follows: GMT Frequencies GMT Frequencies --- ----------- --- ----------- 17 28480 21 14260

18 21260 22 14260 19 21260 23 14260 20 14240 21260 _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AF-030 ZS1B/ZD9 21260 1848 NA-062 KC4SUS/M 21260 1805 AN-006 EM1LV 14255 2059 OC-137 VK4CY 14041 2000 AS-024 JS6LIH 21267 0105 OC-148 YC9MKF 21260 1526 EU-004 EA6MQ 14201 0944 OC-210 YC8TXW 21260 1525 EU-016 9A4RU 14216 1825 SA-001 XQ0YAF 21006 2125 EU-096 OH1SR 10109 0507 SA-005 CE0ZIS 18140 2037 EU-133 R1ASP 14263 0959 SA-012 YV7AJ 14188 2116 EU-164 TK/DJ5MX 14255 2225 IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- -------------- 1-Oct 15-Oct 3V 3V8BB by F2KN 2-169 1-Oct 8-Oct 7P 7P8FJ 2-175 2-157 1-Oct 7-Nov 9N 9N7RW 2-179 1-Oct 19-Oct A3 A35SO + DJ7RJ 2-170 1-Oct 3-Oct BY BI5X AS-137 2-179 1-Oct 6-Oct C9 C91RF 2-180 1-Oct E3 E31AA 2-178 1-Oct 7-Oct FO FO0RIC (OC-046) 2-177 1-Oct 3-Oct GM GM3UTQ/P (EU-123) 1-Oct 2-Oct I IG9/IZ0AEH (AF-019) 2-173 1-Oct 7-Oct SV SV8/SM3CVM/P 2-174 1-Oct 8-Oct TF TF/PA3GQW 2-182 1-Oct 2-Oct TT TT8JW 2-174 1-Oct 1-Oct VR2 VR2/WB8YJF VR2/K8PYD 2-170 1-Oct 4-Oct XX9 XX9TZ XX9TR 2-182 1-Oct 1-Oct YI YI98BIF 2-166 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The sunspot number for September 29, 1998 was 86. The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado, for September 30, 1998, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 30-Sep-1998 21 122 5 2 MODERATE/QUIET;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 30-Sep-1998 18 116 7 2 MODERATE/QUIET;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 30-Sep-1998 15 116 7 2 MODERATE/QUIET;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 30-Sep-1998 12 116 7 1 VERY LOW/QUIET;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED

30-Sep-1998 09 116 7 0 VERY LOW/QUIET;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 30-Sep-1998 06 116 7 2 VERY LOW/QUIET-UNSET;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 30-Sep-1998 03 116 7 2 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 30-Sep-1998 00 116 7 1 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED The forecast for Thursday, 1 October: solar flux 118, A index 13, K index 3. Thursday should be High Normal. The forecast for Friday, 2 October: solar flux 122, A index 8, K index 2. Friday should be High Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 3D2QB SM3CER FW5XX ON4QM UA3AP K3AO BA1CO W3HC JT1JA JT1CO UR4WWT WR3L BA1DU W3HC JT1M JT1BG XX9TR OH2PM BV5BG IK7JTF KH2K/KH0 JA1RJU XX9TZ OH2BH EM1LV UR8LV P29NB K3BYV YU21SRJ YU1ASB EW3LB W3HNK RX1OX/FJL DL6YET ZD9/ZS1B ZS1B JT1CC - B. Oyuna, P.O. Box 158, Ulaanbaatar 13, MONGOLIA JT1CT - B. Jargal, P.O. Box 158, Ulaanbaatar 13, MONGOLIA Baatar, JT1BG, reports that JT7A is a pirate. QSL cards recently received direct: 3B8CF, 5W0VV, EX2M, H40AA, KC4AAA, N6MZ/KH9, PZ1EL, S08R, VP5KE, VR2KF, YO3APJ, ZK1SCQ _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: JT1BG, HB9HFN, K3SX, K9AJ, KC2ZA, KC3AJ, KH6BZF REPORTS, KU4SU, LU1DZ, N2JTX, N2WB, N3OSH, N5CQ, N8MOJ, NOAA, W1LRZ, W4ADJ, WA2VUY _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), or $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United States. _____________________________________________________________________ Copyright _ 1998 by Bernie McClenny _____________________________________________________________________ THE DAILY DX _ is published Monday through Friday by Bernie McClenny, W3UR, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, MD 21738 USA. This e-mail message and its contents have a copyright and are proprietary products of THE DAILY DX _. Any unauthorized use, reproduction, or transfer of the message or its content, in any medium, is strictly prohibited. For permission to quote, reprint or repost this e-mail send a request to THE DAILY DX _ include date, volume and issue number. Check out THE DAILY DX _ homepage http://www.dailydx.com or for additional information you may phone THE DAILY DX _ at 301-854-5650 or fax at 301-854-5105. Remember to tell all your DX friends about THE DAILY

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. ======================== *** The Daily DX _ *** ======================== Volume 2 Number 185 October 2, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ DX News _____________________________________________________________________ Larry, K6SGD, plans to operate from Vietnam as XV1Z from 20 October to 14 November. He will be putting an emphasis on RTTY. Baator, JT1BG, reports he is now active on 80 meters hoping to complete his 5 band W.A.S. He will be active on 3799.5 from 23:00 to 00:00Z looking for East Coast US states. His antenna is a dipole with 500 watts. The "Cinco Neuve DX Group" from Oregon and Washington will visit the British Virgin Island from 20 to 27 October. Operators include Lee, N7NU, Al, K7AR, Mark, N7MQ, Ron, WJ7R, Bob, W7YAQ, and Jim, K9JF. Before and after the CQ World Wide SSB DX Contest they will use their home calls/VP2V. During the contest they will be multi-single as K7AR/VP2V. The group will be active on all band with an emphasis on 40, 80 and 160 meters. Their antennas include a Gladiator 160TL for 160 meters, verticals for 40 and 80 meters and a yagi for 10, 15 and 20 meters. QSL via home calls. Fabrizio, IN3ZNR, plans to be active from St. Lucia from 3 to 10 October. He will be putting an emphasis on the low bands and 12 and 17 meters SSB. No callsign was given. QSL via IN3ZNR. The DX News Sheet reports that EI5GIY may be active from Liberia as EL2VO from 15 to 29 October. He will be working there. QSL via home call. For county hunters seeking QSOs with rare California counties, be advised that every California County will be activated this weekend during the California QSO Party. For the latest status, see http://www.cqp.org/rsv_cnty.htm _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 3DA0CA - SWAZILAND - Jon has been active the last few days on 1827.5 from 03:00 to 03:45Z. Afterwards he usually goes up the bands (80, 40, 30, 20). QSL via W4DR. 5N0/OK1AUT - NIGERIA - David Was working JA's, Europe and East Coast US stations from 10:20 to 12:30Z on 24935. QSL via OK1AUT. A35ZL - TONGA - Willi, DJ7RJ, started on 15 meters CW just before 02:00Z on Thursday. He has been on 12 and

40 meters CW. QSL via DJ7RJ. D2BB - ANGOLA - US stations from the Southwest and Northeast found Fernando on 28480 from 17:00 to 17:30Z. QSL via W3HNK. E31AA - ERITREA - Jacky continues to work CW from the # 5 Most wanted DXCC Entity. Thursdays activities were as follows: GMT Frequencies GMT Frequencies --- ----------- --- ----------- 00 14005 19 14005 01 14005 20 14005 15 24893 21 14005 16 24893 22 14005 17 18073 21005 23 14005 18 14005 21005 TU2MA - IVORY COAST - Was report on 1833 around 02:45Z. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AS-053 HS0/IK4MRH 28500 1110 EU-164 TK/DJ5MX 14260 0613 AS-079 JA5CKD/6 14017 1308 NA-059 NO7F/KL7 14257 0404 AS-137 BI5X 10104 1441 OC-118 FW5XX 21260 2324 EU-001 SV5/IK2WZD 14257 1638 OC-148 YC9MKF 28448 1106 EU-072 SV8/DL8MCA 14263 0730 SA-008 LU3XQ 7002 1009 EU-132 SO1VOX 21012 1234 SA-012 YV7AJ 14195 2222 Lew, N6VV, reports the trip to St. George Reef NA-184 for this weekend has been canceled due to the weather. He hopes to try again later. VE6PL will be active from Ambergris Cay as V31WF from 23 to 30 November. He will mostly be on 20 meters SSB on 14260. Equipment will include a IC-706MK2 and vertical. The 59(9) DX Report says an operation from RIO DE JANIERO STATE WEST group is scheduled for 15 to 19 October. Look for PQ1Q to be active. IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- -------------- 2-Oct 2-Oct I IG9/IZ0AEH (AF-019) 2-173 2-Oct 2-Oct TT TT8JW 2-174 2-Oct 3-Oct BY BI5X AS-137 2-179 2-Oct 3-Oct GM GM3UTQ/P (EU-123)

2-Oct 4-Oct W5 DX Bash 9/9/98 2-Oct 4-Oct XX9 XX9TZ XX9TR 2-182 2-Oct 5-Oct G GB4SM (EU-011) 2-Oct 6-Oct C9 C91RF 2-180 2-Oct 7-Oct FO FO0RIC (OC-046) 2-177 2-Oct 7-Oct SV SV8/SM3CVM/P 2-174 2-Oct 8-Oct 7P 7P8FJ 2-175 2-157 2-Oct 8-Oct TF TF/PA3GQW 2-182 2-Oct 15-Oct 3V 3V8BB by F2KN 2-169 2-Oct 19-Oct A3 A35SO + A35ZL 2-170 2-Oct 7-Nov 9N 9N7RW 2-179 2-Oct E3 E31AA 2-178 3-Oct 3-Oct European SSB Sprint 3-Oct 3-Oct W W1NLK (NA-136) 3-Oct 4-Oct VK/ZL Oceania SSB DX Contest 2-157 3-Oct 4-Oct ZD9 ZD9/ZS1B 2-182 3-Oct 18-Oct 9H 9H0VRZ + many 9H3's 2-180 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The sunspot number for September 30, 1998 was 59. The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado, for October 1, 1998, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 1-Oct-1998 21 119 18 2 LOW/QUIET-MNR STM;LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE 1-Oct-1998 18 122 6 3 LOW/QUIET-MNR STM;LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE 1-Oct-1998 15 122 6 2 LOW/QUIET-MNR STM;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 1-Oct-1998 12 122 6 3 MODERATE/QUIET-MNR STM;LOW/UNSET-ACTIVE 1-Oct-1998 09 122 6 4 MODERATE/QUIET-MNR STM;LOW/QUIET-UNSET 1-Oct-1998 06 122 6 3 MODERATE/QUIET-MNR STM;LOW/QUIET-UNSET 1-Oct-1998 03 122 6 5 MODERATE/QUIET-MNR STM;LOW/QUIET-UNSET 1-Oct-1998 00 122 6 3 MODERATE/QUIET-UNSET;LOW/QUIET-UNSET The forecast for Friday, 2 October: solar flux 130, A index 8, K index 2. Friday should be High Normal. The forecast for Saturday, 3 October: solar flux 135, A index 15, K index 3. Saturday should be High Normal. The forecast for Sunday, 4 October: solar flux 135, A index 15, K index 3. Sunday should be High Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 9A98JP 9A7W CW2CP CX6FP YL80RP YL2RP A35ZL DJ7RJ PJ7/WA6WXD WA6WXD YL80UZ YK2UZ BI5X BY4BHP YL80MR YL2MR BY4BHP - P.O. Box 085-299, Shanghai 200085, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC of CHINA OH2PM - Pertti Simovaara, Asia-Pacific Building Apt. 1106, No. 8 Ya Bao Lu, Chaoyang District Beijing 100020, PEOPLES REPUBLIC of CHINA

QSL cards recently received direct: A2/ZS5UZ, D44BS, FO0FI, FO0FR, HC8N, KC4AAA, OX3LG, YB0AI _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: ARRL, IOTW, JT1BG, K9JF, KC3AJ, KH6BZF REPORTS, N3OSH, N6TV, N6VV, N8MOJ, NOAA, The 59(9) DX Report, VE6VK, VK2SG RTTY DX Notes _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), or $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United States. _____________________________________________________________________ Copyright _ 1998 by Bernie McClenny _____________________________________________________________________ THE DAILY DX _ is published Monday through Friday by Bernie McClenny, W3UR, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, MD 21738 USA. This e-mail message and its contents have a copyright and are proprietary products of THE DAILY DX _. Any unauthorized use, reproduction, or transfer of the message or its content, in any medium, is strictly prohibited. For permission to quote, reprint or repost this e-mail send a request to THE DAILY DX _ include date, volume and issue number. Check out THE DAILY DX _ homepage http://www.dailydx.com or for additional information you may phone THE DAILY DX _ at 301-854-5650 or fax at 301-854-5105. Remember to tell all your DX friends about THE DAILY DX.

. ======================== *** The Daily DX _ *** ======================== Volume 2 Number 186 October 5, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ DX News _____________________________________________________________________ Said, A22EW, says he plans to Botswana and go to Canada in March 1999. He hopes to be on 40 meters before leaving and also mentioned something about his sister becoming active when he leaves. Phil, G3SWH, will be vacationing on Reunion Island (AF-016) from 17 to 24 November and plans to be active on 10 through 80 meters CW only as FR/G3SWH. He will be using a IC-706 and wire antennas. Look for him to be active for about one hour during his mornings and one hour during his evenings. QSL via G3SWH, Phil Whitchurch 21 Dickensons Grove, Congresbury, Bristol, BS49 5HQ, United Kingdom or via the RSGB bureau. Jacobo, P43P, plans to operate as P40B from the island of Aruba during the CQ World Wide SSB DX Contest on 24 and 25 October. QSL via Jacobo Oduber, P.O. Box 685, Oranjestad, ARUBA. Igor, US1IDX, will operate from Bermuda as US1IDX/VP9 from 17 to 24 October. On 17 October he will be traveling through St. Georges and Hamilton Parishes starting around 19:30Z. Check for him on 14195 as he will sign US1IDX/VP9/M. During the CQ World Wide SSB DX Contest he will use US5I/VP9. QSL all via N5FG. Don Daso, K4ZA, will operate this years CQ World Wide SSB DX Contest from the Dutch side of St. Maarten, hopefully as PJ8Z. He will arrive on 16 October and plans to assemble antennas as soon as possible. Plans are to stay on the island until 26 October. QSL via K4ZA. _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 4U1UN - UNITED NATIONS - An unannounced operation went on Saturday between 16:00 and 20:00Z and on Sunday from 15:00 to 17:00Z. QSL via W6TER. 7P8 - LESOTHO - On Friday Barry was signing 7P8/ZS1FJ on 12 meters between 16:00 and 17:00Z. Then on Saturday he was using 7P8FJ and 7P8/ZS1FJ. He hopes to be on later this week with better antennas. Don't be surprised if he all of a sudden disappears as civil strife is going on there. QSL via ZS1FJ. 9Q5TR - DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO - Was found on 21355 on Saturday between 18:30 and 19:00Z.

A35ZL - TONGA - Willi was reported on 1826 on Friday at 10:15Z. QSL via DJ7RJ. E31AA - ERITREA - Jacky continues to operate from the # 5 most wanted country. He did do some SSB this past weekend. His signal has not been very loud, however he does seem to hear very good. He may be running QRP, due to rig problems. QSL via ZL3CW. EK6GC - ARMENIA - Bob was working US stations on 10107 today at 01:15Z. QSL via W3HNK. S21J - BANGLADESH - Look for Mamtaz on or near 28470 from 10:00 to 12:00Z. QSL via K1WY. T20YK - TUVALU - Was active on 15 meters SSB on Saturday from 03:30 to 05:00Z. UK8OM - UZBEKISTAN - Mike showed up on 30 meters CW on Saturday between 22:00 and 23:00Z. QSL via IK2QPR. UN7PCZ - KAZAKHSTAN - Alex was also found on 30 meters CW from 22:00 to 23:00Z on Saturday. XQ0YAF - EASTER ISLAND - JA's were working Henri on 28011 just before 00:00Z. ZC4DG - U.K. SOVEREIGN BASE ON CYPRUS - David was active on Saturday and Sunday on SSB on 10, 12 and 20 meters. QSL via G0OAB. ZD9/ZS1B - TRISTAN DA CUNHA - On Sunday Bud showed up from this island and was active on 10 and 20 meters SSB. QSL via ZS1B. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AS-117 JI3DST/3 21295 2301 EU-133 R1ASP 14259 1322 EU-011 GB4SM 7080 2108 EU-133 RA1AD 14261 1214 EU-013 GJ0WFH/M 18150 1141 EU-146 PA3BTH 24907 1403 EU-020 SM1BIQ 21260 1335 NA-057 HR6/N7QXQ 28510 2018 EU-030 OZ/DK5LQ/M 14159 0946 NA-072 HP1XVH 14260 0303 EU-042 DF3ZE/P 7012 1503 NA-199 FS5PL/P 21260 2014 EU-061 LA/DL4MN/M 14268 1510 OC-059 V63AO 28455 0109 EU-072 SV8/DL8MCA 14260 0740 OC-210 YC8TXW 21286 0449 EU-124 GW0GEI 28466 1449 SA-008 LU1XSI 28018 1305 EU-132 SO1VOX 18078 1117 SA-026 PP5BRV 28032 0123 IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref

------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- -------------- 5-Oct 5-Oct G GB4SM (EU-011) 5-Oct 5-Oct XX9 XX9TZ XX9TR 2-182 5-Oct 6-Oct C9 C91RF 2-180 5-Oct 7-Oct FO FO0RIC (OC-046) 2-177 5-Oct 7-Oct SV SV8/SM3CVM/P 2-174 5-Oct 8-Oct 7P 7P8FJ 2-175 2-157 5-Oct 8-Oct TF TF/PA3GQW 2-182 5-Oct 10-Oct J6 by IN3ZNR 2-185 5-Oct 15-Oct 3V 3V8BB by F2KN 2-169 5-Oct 18-Oct 9H 9H0VRZ + many 9H3's 2-180 5-Oct 19-Oct A3 A35SO + A35ZL 2-170 5-Oct 7-Nov 9N 9N7RW 2-179 5-Oct E3 E31AA 2-178 6-Oct 11-Oct YN H76C (NA-NEW) 2-166 7-Oct 15-Oct FO FO0RIC (OC-067) 2-177 7-Oct 18-Oct FO/A FO0SUC (OC-152) 2-157 2-126 7-Oct 30-Oct FR/G FR5ZU/G 2-173 8-Oct 8-Oct W W1NLK (NA-136) 8-Oct 11-Oct 9M 9M6AAC 2-180 9-Oct 11-Oct RSGB HF & IOTA Convention 9/19/98 9-Oct 11-Oct Russian IOTA DX HF Hamvention 2-85 9-Oct 12-Oct KH0 KH0/KD7CLP 2-157 9-Oct 30-Oct CN by OE8GNK 2-174 10-Oct 10-Oct European CW Sprint 10-Oct 11-Oct VK/ZL Oceania CW DX Contest 2-157 10-Oct 16-Oct DL DL4FCH/P (EU-042) 10-Oct 30-Oct FO FO0PT (OC-046) 2-172 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The sunspot number for October 3, 1998 was 38. The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado, for October 4, 1998, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 4-Oct-1998 21 115 2 0 VERY LOW/QUIET;VERY LOW/QUIET 4-Oct-1998 18 112 16 0 VERY LOW/QUIET;VERY LOW/QUIET 4-Oct-1998 15 112 16 1 VERY LOW/QUIET;VERY LOW/QUIET 4-Oct-1998 12 112 16 1 VERY LOW/QUIET-UNSET;VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET 4-Oct-1998 09 112 16 1 VERY LOW/QUIET-UNSET;VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET 4-Oct-1998 06 112 16 1 VERY LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET 4-Oct-1998 03 112 16 1 VERY LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;VY LOW/QUIET-UNSET 4-Oct-1998 00 112 16 0 VERY LOW/QUIET-MIN STM;VY LOW,QUIET-UNSET The forecast for Monday, 5 October: solar flux 110, A index 10, K index 2. Monday should be High Normal. The forecast for Tuesday, 6 October: solar flux 111, A index 8, K index 2. Tuesday should be High Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 3D2VA WA2NHA DS4BBL EA2AKP LY63BA LY3BA 3V8BB *F6FNU E22AAA HS1CHB MU0ASP F5OIU

4L8A OZ1HPS ED4RAX EA4AHW S21B W4FRU 4U1UN W6TER ED7AVT EA7AVT TM2OO F5KQN 6W1QV F6FNU EK6GC W3HNK TM5FKW F5KBB 7P8/ZS1FJ ZS1FJ GB4SM G0TSM TM5SIA F2WS 7P8FJ ZS1FJ GJ0WFH/M G0WFH TM5SP F5PVX 9A98PAX 9A2TW HP1XVH N0JT TT8ZB IK3ERN 9J2AM JA0JHA HP3XUG KG6UH TU2XZ W3HC 9K2/SQ5DAK SP5KQS JF1AGB/BY1BJ JF1AGB WH0V WH0AAV 9M6AAC N2OO KH0/JA4KFA JA4KFA XU7AAE 7N3RQU 9N7RW G4ERW KH2F JA2TBS YC0LOW N2AU A61AJ W3UR KH2K/AH0 JA1RJU YL80KL YL2KL A92GD K1SE LY61DS LY1DS YM75DS WA3HUP AH0AY JA1MXY LY62TZ LY2TZ YM75TA TA3YJ CN2NG OE8GNK LY62ZZ LY2ZZ ZC4DG G0OAB CO2JD HI3JH *3V8BB - Box 2055, Bir-el-bey, TUNISIA * = 3V8BB was heard on 2 October giving out the above address. On 3 and 4 October Albert, F2KN, was operating and giving out F6FNU. QSL cards recently received direct: 3B7RF, 5N0/OK1AUT, 5W0FN, 7X2RO, AP2TJ, CM6LP, CY9AA, EW6WF, FO0MIZ, H40AB, HC8N, HS1NGR, JW0YL, KH2/K4SXT, N2OO/KH9, OM3LA, SU1SK, SV2ASP/A (9/9/98), T32Z, T77C, TF3HP, TZ6DX, VP5KE _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: AA3KX, AA4US, G0WAZ, G3SWH, K3KY, K3SX, K4ZA, KC2ZA, KC3AJ, KH6BZF REPORTS, N3OSH, N5FG, NOAA, P43P, W2GG, W3MF, WA2VUY, ZP6CW _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), or $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United States. _____________________________________________________________________ Copyright _ 1998 by Bernie McClenny _____________________________________________________________________ THE DAILY DX _ is published Monday through Friday by Bernie McClenny, W3UR, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, MD 21738 USA. This e-mail message and its contents have a copyright and are proprietary products of THE DAILY DX _. Any unauthorized use, reproduction, or transfer of the message or its content, in any medium, is strictly prohibited. For permission to quote, reprint or repost this e-mail send a request to THE DAILY DX _ include date, volume and issue number. Check out THE DAILY DX _ homepage http://www.dailydx.com or for additional information you may phone THE DAILY DX _ at 301-854-5650 or fax at 301-854-5105. Remember to tell all your DX friends about THE DAILY DX.

. ======================== *** The Daily DX _ *** ======================== Volume 2 Number 187 October 6, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ DX News _____________________________________________________________________ Starting today world traveler Baldur Drobnica, DJ6SI, will be active from Madagascar on all bands until 16 October. No callsign was mentioned. He operates almost exclusively CW. Suggested frequencies are as follows: 1828, 3508, 7002, 10102, 14025, 18085, 21025, 28025. QSL via DJ6SI. Bruce, KD6WW, will be operating 9M6AAC from 19 to 28 October. He will put in an all band entry in CQ World Wide SSB DX Contest. Before and after the contest look for him to be active on 160 meters during his sunrises and sunsets. Other activity will be primarily WARC and RTTY. He will not be on every day as he will be gone to see the orangutans and go to the coast for snorkeling several days. QSL via N2OO. During the CQ World Wide SSB DX Contest Roger, DL5RBW, Rainer, DL1RBR, and Markus, DL9RCF, will operate from Panama as 3E1DX. Before and after the contest they will use HP1/home calls. QSL cards for 3E1DX go via N0JT. All others via home calls. The 425 DX News reports That Jacques, FR5ZU, will start his Glorioso Island operation today as FR5ZU/G and will be active through 30 October. He will have daily schedules with his QSL manager VE2NW on 14256 around 02:00Z. Earlier it was reported his QSL manager would be JA8FGC. Another thing that conflicts with earlier reports is that this is to be a SSB operation only, no RTTY. Let's wait and see. Mitsunori, JA4AHV, will operate from Sri Lanka as 4S7AHG or 4S7/JA4AHV from 20 to 30 October. He will be active mostly on CW on 40, 80 and 160 meters. QSL to M. N. Sako, P.O. Box 59, Matsue 690-8691, JAPAN or via the JARL bureau. _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 7X4AN - ALGERIA - Mohamed was working West Coast US stations on Monday around 17:40Z on 28446. AP2 - PAKISTAN - Starting around 01:30Z daily Nasir, AP2NK, can be found on 20 meters CW, while Tariq, AP2TJ, can be found on 20 meters RTTY. QSL AP2TJ via W3HNK. QSL AP2NK via CBA (Callbook address). E31AA - ERITREA - Jacky remains very active from this rare one. The last few days he has been on both CW and SSB. QSL via ZL3CW.

JX7DFA - JAN MAYEN - Look for Per to be on 80 meters SSB around 04:00Z. TL5A - CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - Check 1833 and 3504 just before Alex's sunrise. QSL via PA3DMH. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AS-024 JS6LIH 21265 2313 EU-037 SM7DLZ 21251 1754 AS-078 JA8LNA 28404 0819 EU-133 R1ASP 14264 0938 AS-117 JI3DST 21260 0015 NA-059 NO7F/KL7 14257 0358 EU-001 IK2WZD/SV5 14258 1622 NA-111 N2SS 14260 1740 EU-011 GB4SM 14260 1013 OC-070 YC8VIP 28460 1242 EU-029 OZ8WW 14260 1156 OC-147 YC9YKI 21260 1349 IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- -------------- 6-Oct 15-Oct 3V 3V8BB by F2KN 2-169 6-Oct 16-Oct 5R by DJ6SI 2-187 6-Oct 8-Oct 7P 7P8FJ 2-175 2-157 6-Oct 18-Oct 9H 9H0VRZ + many 9H3's 2-180 6-Oct 7-Nov 9N 9N7RW 2-179 6-Oct 19-Oct A3 A35SO + A35ZL 2-170 6-Oct 6-Oct C9 C91RF 2-180 6-Oct E3 E31AA 2-178 6-Oct 7-Oct FO FO0RIC (OC-046) 2-177 6-Oct 10-Oct J6 by IN3ZNR 2-185 6-Oct 7-Oct SV SV8/SM3CVM/P 2-174 6-Oct 8-Oct TF TF/PA3GQW 2-182 6-Oct 6-Oct XX9 XX9TZ XX9TR 2-182 6-Oct 11-Oct YN H76C (NA-NEW) 2-166 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The sunspot number for October 4, 1998 was 21. The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado, for October 5, 1998, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 5-Oct-1998 21 117 2 1 VERY LOW/QUIET;VERY LOW/QUIET 5-Oct-1998 18 115 2 2 VERY LOW/QUIET;VERY LOW/QUIET 5-Oct-1998 15 115 2 1 VERY LOW/QUIET;VERY LOW/QUIET 5-Oct-1998 12 115 2 1 VERY LOW/QUIET;VERY LOW/QUIET 5-Oct-1998 09 115 2 0 VERY LOW/QUIET;VERY LOW/QUIET 5-Oct-1998 06 115 2 1 VERY LOW/QUIET;VERY LOW/QUIET

5-Oct-1998 03 115 2 1 VERY LOW/QUIET;VERY LOW/QUIET 5-Oct-1998 00 115 2 1 VERY LOW/QUIET;VERY LOW/QUIET The forecast for Tuesday, 6 October: solar flux 115, A index 8, K index 2. Tuesday should be High Normal. The forecast for Wednesday, 7 October: solar flux 115, A index 8, K index 2. Wednesday should be High Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 4L6YL 4Z5CU E31AA ZL3CW UA0KCL RA3DEJ 9A3FT F6FNU ER8C ER1DA YC8VIP W6MD 9H3ZJ PA3GMZ FW5XX ON4QM YC9WZJ W6MD 9H3ZN PE1OPH KH2D K8NA ZA1/IK7VJP IK7VJP C56/DL5MM DL5MM Joe, W3HNK, reports he is now the QSL manager for Tony, YB2PBX. QSL cards recently received direct: 3B8CF, 3D2TN, BD7JA, EA6/F2YT, ET3AA (9/27/98 QSO), H40AA, JX3EX, N6MZ/KH9, OJ0AU, V63KU _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 425 DX News, DJ6SI, DL2MIH, DX News Sheet, K2UFM, K3SWZ, KC3AJ, KD6WW, KE2TT, KH6BZF REPORTS, N3OSH, NOAA, W2KD, W2YR, W3HNK, WU1F _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), or $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United States. _____________________________________________________________________ Copyright _ 1998 by Bernie McClenny _____________________________________________________________________ THE DAILY DX _ is published Monday through Friday by Bernie McClenny, W3UR, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, MD 21738 USA. This e-mail message and its contents have a copyright and are proprietary products of THE DAILY DX _. Any unauthorized use, reproduction, or transfer of the message or its content, in any medium, is strictly prohibited. For permission to quote, reprint or repost this e-mail send a request to THE DAILY DX _ include date, volume and issue number. Check out THE DAILY DX _ homepage http://www.dailydx.com or for additional information you may phone THE DAILY DX _ at 301-854-5650 or fax at 301-854-5105. Remember to tell all your DX friends about THE DAILY DX.

. ======================== *** The Daily DX _ *** ======================== Volume 2 Number 188 October 7, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ DX News _____________________________________________________________________ World traveler Mako, JA1OEM, will arrive today in Banjul, The Gambia and will be on the air as C56HP through 19 October. His most recent DXpedition was XU7AAE in September. Look for him to be concentrating on the high bands. From there he will next go to Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso where he will activate XT2HP probably on 21 or 22 October. Between 26 November and 5 December he hopes to operate from Ivory Coast. Next he will go back to The Gambia. During the Christmas holiday he will be back in Japan. Mako hopes to visit Mali again however he is not sure when and for how long. When on CW he sends somewhat slow and on SSB is not fluent in English, so please be patient. Suggested frequencies are 3 or 13 KHZ from the low end of the band. On SSB try 3795, 7043, 14145, 18115, 21245, 24945 and 28475. Mako will try 160 meters while in Burkina Faso. QSL direct only to JA1OEM, Shinichi Mako Toyofuku, Box 9, Sawara 287-8691, JAPAN. Dave Heil, K8MN, received his Tanzanian license late last week and hopes to be active soon as 5H3US. His tower is not up yet, however he plans to put up an R5 vertical and a HF2V vertical in a few days. Plans are to be on 6 through 160 meters on CW, SSB and RTTY during the next three years. QSL via WA8JOC, Ken "Shep" Scheper, 5875 Cedaridge Drive, Cincinnati, OH 45247, U.S.A. Frank, DL2CC, plans to operate in the CQ World Wide SSB DX Contest from the United Arab Emirates as A61AC. QSL cards will be handled by ON7LX. During the CQ World Wide CW DX Contest he will be in Puerto Rico signing WP3R. QSL this operation via W3HNK. Steve, PA3GBQ, says he will operate from Ghana as 9G5BQ from 15 to 30 October. While there he will be working and will be on the air when time allows. He will be on CW and SSB running 100 watts and wire dipoles. QSL via the bureau or direct to Steve van Lieburg, PA3GBQ, Stresemannplaats 27, 3068 JL Rotterdam, The Netherlands. A group of Americans will be active from Jamaica from 20 November to 1 December, including a multi-multi effort in the CQ World Wide CW DX Contest. Operators include K2KW, N6BT, N6TV, W4SO, KE7X, AG9A, W9QA, N6BV, K7CO and AF7Y. During the contest look for 6Y2A. Before and after the contest they will use their home calls /6Y5. QSL 6Y2A via WA4WTG. _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 3C1GS - EQUATORIAL GUINEA - Ramon was found on 28474 at 14:40Z on Tuesday. QSL via EA5BYP.

9M2AX - EAST MALAYSIA - Ross just returned from the US and Germany. He showed up on 10103 around 11:30Z. A35ZL - TONGA - Topband DXers found Willi from 10:10 to 10:30Z on 160 meters CW. He says he will be on 1832 at 10:00Z on Wednesday. QSL via DJ7RJ. A92GE - BAHRAIN - David was working stations from Europe and the Midwest of the US on 24962 from 14:00 to 15:00Z. QSL via CBA. CE0ZIS - JUAN FERNANDEZ - JA's report working Eliazar on a net on 14271 around 21:20Z. E31AA - ERITREA - Jacky is still running pileups, although not as big as last week. Activity for Tuesday was as follows: GMT Frequencies GMT Frequencies --- ----------- --- ----------- 00 14005 14195 19 14195 01 14005 20 14005 16 18073 21 14005 17 18073 23 10105 EX8MZ - KYRGYZSTAN - East Coast US stations were working Serge around 13:30Z on 24893. FP5 - ST. PIERRE & MIQUELON - FP5BU and FP5BZ showed up on a JA net around 22:00Z on 21195. FW5XX - WALLIS & FUTUNA - Europeans and JA's were working Marcel on 21290 at 08:45Z and later on 24960 at 09:30Z. QSL via ON4QM. JD1BIA - OGASAWARA - Hiro was working Europe on 21290 at 09:30Z. T32NCC - EAST KIRIBATI - Several Southern Europeans worked Chuck long-path on 28470 around 09:00Z. He was also found on 28450 just before 00:00Z on Wednesday. He reported his rig was on a boat and that some of the boat was on land and some in the water. UK/ES1RA - UZBEKISTAN - Europeans found Oleg on 24949 at 10:30Z. Later East Coast US stations found him on 24896 from 11:30 to 12:30Z. He has also been on 40 meters CW. QSL via ES1RA. ZC4DG - U.K. SOVEREIGN BASE ON CYPRUS - David was reported on 28455 just before 12:00Z. Then from 14:00 to 14:30Z he was on 18150. His length of stay is unknown at this time. QSL via G0OAB. ZD9SS - PIRATE - Has been active for several days. Save your time and money. JA's found this station on 40 meters at high noon Tristan da Cunha time! Don't even WFWL! _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA

_____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AF-005 D44BS 14083 2023 EU-072 SV8/DL8MCA 24965 1106 AN-006 EM1LV 28497 1710 NA-105 FS5PL 14260 0057 AS-018 UA0FF 24938 2203 *NA-212 H76C 21257 2112 AS-024 JS6PMR 28009 0947 OC-042 DU4DX 28488 0124 AS-028 UA0QMU 10102 1920 OC-151 YC9LQA 21260 1319 AS-076 JA5EO 28475 0634 * = Possible new IOTA. Motoi, JK2PNY, plans to operate from Lamma Island (AS-006), Hong Kong as VR98SS/P from 12 to 20 October. Look for him to be active on 15 and 40 meters SSB. QSL via JK2PNY, Motoi Kawatsu, 205 Mezon Hiramatsu, 3-17-15 Nishisugamo, Toshima-ku 170-0001, JAPAN. IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- -------------- 7-Oct 15-Oct 3V 3V8BB by F2KN 2-169 7-Oct 16-Oct 5R by DJ6SI 2-187 7-Oct 8-Oct 7P 7P8FJ 2-175 2-157 7-Oct 18-Oct 9H 9H0VRZ + many 9H3's 2-180 7-Oct 7-Nov 9N 9N7RW 2-179 7-Oct 19-Oct A3 A35SO + A35ZL 2-170 7-Oct E3 E31AA 2-178 7-Oct 7-Oct FO FO0RIC (OC-046) 2-177 7-Oct 15-Oct FO FO0RIC (OC-067) 2-177 7-Oct 18-Oct FO/A FO0SUC (OC-152) 2-157 2-126 7-Oct 30-Oct FR/G FR5ZU/G 2-187 2-173 7-Oct 10-Oct J6 by IN3ZNR 2-185 7-Oct 7-Oct SV SV8/SM3CVM/P 2-174 7-Oct 8-Oct TF TF/PA3GQW 2-182 7-Oct 11-Oct YN H76C (NA-NEW) 2-166 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The sunspot number for October 5, 1998 was 49. The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado, for October 6, 1998, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 6-Oct-1998 21 117 2 1 VERY LOW/QUIET;VERY LOW/QUIET 6-Oct-1998 18 117 3 2 VERY LOW/QUIET;VERY LOW/QUIET 6-Oct-1998 15 117 3 0 VERY LOW/QUIET;VERY LOW/QUIET 6-Oct-1998 12 117 3 0 VERY LOW/QUIET;VERY LOW/QUIET 6-Oct-1998 09 117 3 0 VERY LOW/QUIET;VERY LOW/QUIET 6-Oct-1998 06 117 3 0 VERY LOW/QUIET;VERY LOW/QUIET

6-Oct-1998 03 117 3 1 VERY LOW/QUIET;VERY LOW/QUIET 6-Oct-1998 00 117 3 1 VERY LOW/QUIET;VERY LOW/QUIET The forecast for Wednesday, 7 October: solar flux 119, A index 8, K index 2. Wednesday should be High Normal. The forecast for Thursday, 8 October: solar flux 120, A index 8, K index 2. Thursday should be High Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 3C1GS EA5BYP HV4NAC IK0FVC UA9FGR N2AU 9H3YM PE1OFJ J6/IN3ZNR IN3ZNR UN7LG KU9C BA4TB 9A2AJ RA2FBC DF4BV XT2AW DF2WO FR5ZU/G VE2NW SN20JP SP9PKZ YB2PBX W3HNK H76C HR1RMG JI3DST - Takeshi Funaki, 2-18-26 Hannan-Cho, Abeno-ku, Osaka City, Osaka 545-0021, JAPAN JL2WNA - Tadashi Yoshida, 4-4-10 Nishinodai, Chita 478-0055, JAPAN Joe, W3HNK, reminds everyone who sends a QSL request for AP2TJ to send at least 6 « x 4 3/4 envelope as the QSL cards are very large. QSL cards recently received direct: 3C5DX, 9N1FP, A45XR, EK6AD, ET3AA, EU6AF, FO0FI, FO0FR, FR5HR, FT5XN _____________________________________________________________________ On the WWW _____________________________________________________________________ The logs for the recent ET3AA DXpedition by the British can be found at http://www.bramham.demon.co.uk/ Here is a nice site for past solar terrestrial activity http://dxlc.com/solar/ _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 5H3US, 7L1MFS, A35ZL, DX News Sheet, EA5GRC, JA1ADN, JA1ELY, JI6KVR, KC3AJ, KH6BZF REPORTS, KM3V, N3DL, N3OSH, NOAA, OPDX, PA2VST, PA3BFM, The 59(9) DX Report, W3HNK, W8FJ, WA2VRF _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), or $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United States. _____________________________________________________________________ Copyright _ 1998 by Bernie McClenny _____________________________________________________________________

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. ======================== *** The Daily DX _ *** ======================== Volume 2 Number 189 October 8, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ DX News _____________________________________________________________________ Karl, DL1VU, and Gerhard, DJ5IW, plan to operate as T32VU and T32IW from East Kiribati starting on 3 November. Karl will operate mostly CW while Gerhard will do SSB. Afterwards Karl will go on to Central Kiribati, T31AF, West Kiribati, T30CT and Banaba, T33VU. Exact dates and QSL routes for these operations are not known at this time. Stay tuned for more details. Luca, IW0DJB, reports that the Pontificia University Lateranense station HV5PUL will be on the air from 6 to 13 November. Look for activity to be on 2, 6, 10, 15, 20, 40 and 80 meters. a Web page can be found at http://www.pul.it/pul/hv5pul.htm QSL via HV5PUL c/o Luca Della Giovampaola, Pontificia Universit… Lateranense 00120 Citt… del Vaticano. Jay, W8JAY, will be in China until 12 October and may operate as W8JAY/BY1??. Then between 13 and 15 October he may get on the air as JT1FCP from Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. Afterwards he will go to Shanghai where he hopes to be on as W8JAY/BY4AA. QSL Jay Dyer, W8JAY, 42 Willow Lane, Wheeling, WV 26003-4860 USA. Pier, IK1EDC, will be active from the Caribbean between 9 and 29 October. He will be doing a lot of island hoping between Puerto Rico, the US Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands. Dates Island IOTA Callsign 9-10 October Vieques Island NA-099 KP3/IK1EDC 11 October Culebra NA-099 KP3/IK1EDC 14 October Great St. James NA-106 KP2/IK1EDC 15 October Inner Brass NA-106 KP2/IK1EDC 17 October Capella NA-106 KP2/IK1EDC 18 October Savana NA-106 KP2/IK1EDC 22 October Virgin Gorda NA-023 VP2V/IK1EDC 23 October Pricly Pear NA-023 VP2V/IK1EDC 24 October Anegada NA-023 VP2V/IK1EDC 25 October Pricly Pear NA-023 VP2V/IK1EDC 27 October Palominos NA-099 KP3/IK1EDC 29 October Cabras NA-099 KP3/IK1EDC 30 October Maguey NA-099 KP3/IK1EDC Mario, TT8AM, is now active from Nigeria as 5N9EAM. QSL via IK7JTF. Warren, W4WR, plans to operate in the CQ World Wide SSB DX Contest from Sint Maarten, (NA-105) as PJ7/W4WR. QSL via the bureau or direct to W4WR. _____________________________________________________________________

QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 5R8EE - MADAGASCAR - Mike was found on 28350 between 16:10 and 16:30Z. He was working mostly stations from the eastern half of North America, however he did work a few W7's. 5R8GC - MADAGASCAR - This is Baldur, DJ6SI, who will be here until 16 October. Wednesday he was active on 10, 12, 30 and 80 meters CW. QSL via DJ6SI. A35SO - TONGA - RTTY DX'ers were logging him on 14081 starting just before 05:00 until about 06:45Z. AP2JZB - PAKISTAN - Bob does not work CW! E31AA - ERITREA - Jacky continues to work down the pileups. Wednesday he was reported as follows: GMT Frequencies GMT Frequencies --- ----------- --- ----------- 00 14191 20 14195 15 18073 21 14195 16 18073 22 14195 17 14005 23 14005 14195 18 14005 FH5CB - MAYOTTE - Elio was working US stations on 28525 from 13:45 to 14:30Z. FR5ZU/G - GLORIOSO - No reports as of Wednesday on Jacques. Check 14256 at 02:00Z. This ranks # 10 on the ARRL Most wanted list. HK0ER - SAN ANDRES & PROVIDENCIA - JA's reported Juan was worked on 21012 from 22:30 to 23:00Z. JX7DFA - JAN MAYEN - Per showed up on 28005 around 17:40Z with lots of auroral flutter on his signal. QSL via LA7DFA. KH2D - GUAM - Europeans reported working Jim on 21003 between 11:30 and 12:15Z. QSL via K8NA. SV0LK - CRETE ISLAND - Japanese DX'ers found Hel on 10106 from 20:40 to 21:00Z. T32BI - EAST KIRIBATI - Tuck was on 14260 from 01:30 to 03:00Z and then on 14200 from 06:30 to 08:30Z. QSL via KH6DFW. VK9NS - NORFOLK ISLAND - Europeans found Jim on 24901 at 09:15Z. Those needing this DXCC Entity should check 14222 from 03:00 to 04:00Z. QSL direct only. ZD7BG - ST. HELENA ISLAND - Gilbert went from 20 meters CW to 10105 around 22:15Z. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________

The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AF-027 FH5CB 28516 1515 NA-065 AD7U 14260 0125 AS-053 HS0/IK0MRH 14260 1831 NA-212 H76C 14257 2340 AS-099 TA0S 21257 1314 OC-022 YC9BU 21260 1451 EU-020 SM1BIQ 21260 1237 OC-027 FO5QG 14123 0726 EU-023 9H3YM 24932 1318 OC-051 FO5QF 14128 0839 EU-049 SV8/G3IZD 14025 0532 OC-076 JA5EO 28460 0755 EU-072 SV8/DL8MCA 14261 1011 OC-147 YC9YKI 21260 1451 EU-133 R1ASP 14257 0554 SA-008 LU8XW 14040 2201 NA-059 NO7F/KL7 14250 0323 IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ >From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- -------------- 8-Oct 8-Oct 7P 7P8FJ 2-175 2-157 8-Oct 8-Oct TF TF/PA3GQW 2-182 8-Oct 8-Oct W W1NLK (NA-136) 8-Oct 10-Oct J6 by IN3ZNR 2-185 8-Oct 11-Oct 9M 9M6AAC 2-180 8-Oct 11-Oct YN H76C (NA-NEW) 2-166 8-Oct 15-Oct 3V 3V8BB by F2KN 2-169 8-Oct 15-Oct FO FO0RIC (OC-067) 2-177 8-Oct 16-Oct 5R 5R8GC 2-187 8-Oct 18-Oct 9H 9H0VRZ + many 9H3's 2-180 8-Oct 18-Oct FO/A FO0SUC (OC-152) 2-157 2-126 8-Oct 19-Oct A3 A35SO + A35ZL 2-170 8-Oct 19-Oct C5 C56HP 2-188 8-Oct 30-Oct FR/G FR5ZU/G 2-187 2-173 8-Oct 7-Nov 9N 9N7RW 2-179 8-Oct E3 E31AA 2-178 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The sunspot number for October 6, 1998 was 68. The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado, for October 7, 1998, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 7-Oct-1998 21 124 20 4 MOD/QUIET-MNR STM;MOD-HIGH/QUIET-ACTIVE 7-Oct-1998 18 117 2 5 MODERATE/QUIET-MNR STM;LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE 7-Oct-1998 15 117 2 4 MODERATE/QUIET-ACTIVE;LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE 7-Oct-1998 12 117 2 3 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 7-Oct-1998 09 117 2 3 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 7-Oct-1998 06 117 2 3 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED 7-Oct-1998 03 117 2 2 VERY LOW/QUIET;VERY LOW/QUIET 7-Oct-1998 00 117 2 1 VERY LOW/QUIET;VERY LOW/QUIET The forecast for Thursday, 8 October: solar flux 120, A index 8,

K index 2. Thursday should be High Normal. The forecast for Friday, 9 October: solar flux 120, A index 8, K index 2. Friday should be High Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 5R8GC DJ6SI KH2D K8NA TE45AMX TI0RC AP2TJ W3HNK NH0E KH0EJ UA0KCL RA3DEJ EK6LF IK2QPR NO7F/KL7 K8NA UK8CK RW6HS EY8WW K1BV T32BI KH6DFW YC9LQA - L.C.Salean, Jln.Niaga 71, Larantuka, 86216 Flores Timur, INDONESIA YC9YKI - Bahrun, P.O. Box 37, 98211 Serui, INDONESIA ZD7BG - Gilbert, P.O. Box 157, Jamestown, ST. HELENA, South Atlantic Ocean QSL cards recently received direct: A2/ZS5UZ, EY8MM _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 425 DX News, G0WAZ, IW0DJB, KC3AJ, KH6BZF REPORTS, N3OSH, NOAA, ON4IZ _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), or $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United States. _____________________________________________________________________ Copyright _ 1998 by Bernie McClenny _____________________________________________________________________ THE DAILY DX _ is published Monday through Friday by Bernie McClenny, W3UR, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, MD 21738 USA. This e-mail message and its contents have a copyright and are proprietary products of THE DAILY DX _. Any unauthorized use, reproduction, or transfer of the message or its content, in any medium, is strictly prohibited. For permission to quote, reprint or repost this e-mail send a request to THE DAILY DX _ include date, volume and issue number. Check out THE DAILY DX _ homepage http://www.dailydx.com or for additional information you may phone THE DAILY DX _ at 301-854-5650 or fax at 301-854-5105. Remember to tell all your DX friends about THE DAILY DX.

. ======================== *** The Daily DX _ *** ======================== Volume 2 Number 190 October 9, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ DX News _____________________________________________________________________ John, K4BAI, will once again operate from Barbados from 24 November to 1 December. During the CQ World Wide CW DX contest he will use 8P9Z. Before and after the contest look for him as 8P9HT. He will concentrate on 12, 17, 30 and 160 meters. While there he plans to look for openings to Asia. Those wishing to set up a schedule may do so prior to 24 November by sending an e-mail to k4bai@worldnet.att.net Gerry, W1VE/VE1RM reports that Robby, VY2SS, in western Prince Edward Island will be hosting a multi-multi during the CQ World Wide SSB DX Contest. Operators include VY2SS, VY2LI, VE9DX, VE9GJ, VE9MY, W1VE/VE1RM, K2NJ/VE9NJ, K2XT, NR2H Members of the Frankford Radio Club will operate the CQ World Wide SSB DX Contest as VP5T from the Turks & Caicos. The group will be operating from the QTH of Jody, VP5JM, between 20 and 27 October. Operators include Frank, WA2VYA, Bruce, WA3RHW, and Jack, N2VW. QSL cards may be sent to N2VW. E-mail requests for bureau cards may be sent to n2vw@skyhigh.com Ivan, VE3DO, reports there will be more activity from zone 2 during the upcoming CQ World Wide SSB DX Contest. He will operate as VA2DO on 160 meters. VA2BY will be single op on 80 meters. VE3RHJ/2 will either operate single band 15 or 20 meters or possibly all band low power. Remember VA2BY, VA2DO and VE3RHJ/2 will be zone 2. _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 3XY7A - GUINEA - Dan can often be found from 21:00 to 23:00Z on a net on 14247. QSL via VE3WFN. 5U7DG - NIGER - JA's reported Dan on 18155 around 08:30Z. QSL via K4SE. 7P8FJ LESOTHO - Barry will be on today through Sunday. Look for him starting around 13:00Z more than likely on 10 or 12 meters. QSL via ZS1FJ. C56HP - THE GAMBIA - Mako was active on 28487 from 16:00 to 17:00Z. Later around 17:45Z he showed up on 28014. QSL via JA1OEM. CP - BOLIVIA - The following stations plan to be on 1843 and 3793 starting around 00:00Z on Sunday: CP6UA, CP6LS, CP6PL, CP6ND and CP6TG.

E31AA - ERITREA - Jacky was reported on Thursday as follows: GMT Frequencies GMT Frequencies --- ----------- --- ----------- 00 10107 14005 18 10107 15 28023 19 14005 16 28023 20 14005 17 14005 21005 21 10105 14005 EA0JC - SPAIN - King Juan Carlos was reported on 7061 from 16:00 to 17:00Z. He may be active today. ET3KV - ETHIOPIA - East Coast US stations found Karl on 28481 between 14:15 to 14:45Z. FO0SUC - AUSTRAL ISLANDS - Check 14260 and 14040. GM4DKO/DU3 - PHILIPPINES - John was on 10106 around 11:15Z. KH4/W4ZYV - MIDWAY ISLAND - Dick showed up today on 14246 around 02:45Z and stay until about 05:30Z. It was reported he will be here until 14 October. S79SBP - SEYCHELLES - Dr Singh was active on the Family Hour net on 21350 around 17:40Z. V85AA - BRUNEI - West Cost US stations reported Bill on 3790 at 13:15Z and Europeans reported he was on 3505 at 22:30Z. VK0XX - PIRATE - Don't waste your time, efforts or money. This license has not been issued! XQ0YAF - EASTER ISLAND - JA's should look on 28011 from 21:00 to 23:00Z. XT2AW - BURKINA FASO - Listen for Harold on 40 meters CW just before 06:00Z. QSL via DF2WO. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AS-099 TA0S 21266 1507 NA-212 H76C 14264 2335 EU-013 GJ0VJP 14260 1835 OC-011 V63KU 14185 0750 EU-057 DL2VFR/P 10109 1555 OC-070 YC8VIP 28460 1235 EU-072 SV8/DL8MCA 14253 1550 OC-084 T32NCC 28486 0136 NA-055 AK1L 21260 1400 OC-119 DU8ARK 21305 1326 NA-062 KC4SUS/M 14260 2309 OC-147 YC9YKI 21260 2235 NA-138 N5VL 21251 1354 OC-152 FO0SUC 14260 1447 IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________

From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- -------------- 9-Oct 10-Oct J6 J6/IN3ZNR 2-185 9-Oct 11-Oct 9M 9M6AAC 2-180 9-Oct 11-Oct YN H76C (NA-NEW) 2-166 9-Oct 11-Oct KP4 KP3/IK1EDC (NA-099) 2-190 9-Oct 11-Oct RSGB HF & IOTA Convention 9/19/98 9-Oct 11-Oct Russian IOTA DX HF Hamvention 2-85 9-Oct 12-Oct KH0 KH0/KD7CLP 2-157 9-Oct 15-Oct 3V 3V8BB by F2KN 2-169 9-Oct 15-Oct FO FO0RIC (OC-067) 2-177 9-Oct 16-Oct 5R 5R8GC 2-187 9-Oct 18-Oct 9H 9H0VRZ + many 9H3's 2-180 9-Oct 18-Oct FO/A FO0SUC (OC-152) 2-157 2-126 9-Oct 19-Oct A3 A35SO + A35ZL 2-170 9-Oct 19-Oct C5 C56HP 2-188 9-Oct 30-Oct CN CN2NG 2-174 9-Oct 30-Oct FR/G FR5ZU/G 2-187 2-173 9-Oct 7-Nov 9N 9N7RW 2-179 9-Oct 11-Oct 7P 7P8FJ 2-175 2-157 9-Oct E3 E31AA 2-178 10-Oct 10-Oct European CW Sprint 10-Oct 11-Oct VK/ZL Oceania CW DX Contest 2-157 10-Oct 16-Oct DL DL4FCH/P (EU-042) 10-Oct 30-Oct FO FO0PT (OC-046) 2-172 11-Oct 11-Oct ZD7 St. Helena Day 2-158 11-Oct 11-Oct ZD7 ZD7 St. Helena Day 2-182 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The sunspot number for October 7, 1998 was 98. The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado, for October , 1998, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 8-Oct-1998 21 124 16 2 LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;LOW-MOD/QUIET-ACTIVE 8-Oct-1998 18 124 20 3 LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;LOW-MOD/QUIET-ACTIVE 8-Oct-1998 15 124 20 3 MOD/QUIET-MNR STM;LOW-MOD/QUIET-ACTIVE 8-Oct-1998 12 124 20 4 MOD/QUIET-MNR STM;MOD-HIGH/QUIET-ACTIVE 8-Oct-1998 09 124 20 3 MOD/QUIET-MNR STM;MOD-HIGH/QUIET-ACTIVE 8-Oct-1998 06 124 20 1 MOD/UNSET-MNR STM;MOD-HIGH/QUIET-ACTIVE 8-Oct-1998 03 124 20 4 MOD/UNSET-MNR STM;MOD-HIGH/QUIET-ACTIVE 8-Oct-1998 00 124 20 2 MOD/QUIET-MNR STM;MOD-HIGH/QUIET-ACTIVE The forecast for Friday, 9 October: solar flux 135, A index 8, K index 2. Friday should be High Normal. The forecast for Saturday, 10 October: solar flux 138, A index 8, K index 2. Saturday should be High Normal. The forecast for Sunday, 11 October: solar flux 138, A index 8, K index 2. Sunday should be High Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager

------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 5R8FU SM0DJZ 9H3ZO PD1AIY HC6CR NE8Z 5U7DG K4SE 9M6CT HS0/G4JMB TA0S DL6DB 9A0CW 9A2WJ C56HP JA1OEM VR2CT HS0/G4JMB 9H0VRZ PA0JR G4JMB HS0/G4JMB HS0/G4JMB - Philip Weaver, P.O. Box 7, Patpong Post Office, Bangkok 10506, THAILAND S79SBP - Dr. R. J. Singh, Box 52, Mahe Island, Republic of Seychelles Indian Ocean Antoine, F6FNU, reports he is now handling the QSL chores for CT3GU who may also use the following calls during contests: CT9GU, CQ9GU, CS8GU, CQ3GU, CR3GU, CS3GU. Goose, W8AV, reports he just received the VP5FXB QSL cards from the printer and will start mailing them out this week. QSL cards recently received direct: 3C5DX, H44RY _____________________________________________________________________ On the WWW _____________________________________________________________________ Here is another callbook on line that includes the following French speaking countries: F, FG, FH, FK, FM, FO, FP, FR, FS, TK http://www.ref.tm.fr/nomenclature/nomenclature.shtml _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: F5NOD, F6FNU, K4BAI, KC3AJ, KE2TT, KH6BZF REPORTS, N2VW, N3OSH, NOAA, W1VE, W2GG, W8AV, WB4KTC, ZS1FJ _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), or $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United States. _____________________________________________________________________ Copyright _ 1998 by Bernie McClenny _____________________________________________________________________ THE DAILY DX _ is published Monday through Friday by Bernie McClenny, W3UR, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, MD 21738 USA. This e-mail message and its contents have a copyright and are proprietary products of THE DAILY DX _. Any unauthorized use, reproduction, or transfer of the message or its content, in any medium, is strictly prohibited. For permission to quote, reprint or repost this e-mail send a request to THE DAILY DX _ include date, volume and issue number. Check out THE DAILY DX _ homepage http://www.dailydx.com or for additional information you may phone THE DAILY DX _ at 301-854-5650 or fax at 301-854-5105. Remember to tell all your DX friends about THE DAILY DX.

. ======================== *** The Daily DX _ *** ======================== Volume 2 Number 191 October 12, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ DX News _____________________________________________________________________ Fumio, JA3JA, will operate from three South Pacific Islands between 14 and 30 October. His first stop will be on Fiji as 3D2JG on 14 and 15 October. Next he will go to Tuvalu where he plans to operate from 16 to 22 October. Finally he will go Vanuatu between 23 and 30 October. No call signs have been assigned as of yet for T2 and YJ. While on the islands he will use a TS-690 with 100 watts, R7 vertical and dipoles for 10 through 80 meters. Look for him on CW (QRS), SSB and RTTY. On 17 and 18 October he may operate in the JARTS RTTY Contest, however he does not plan to be in the CQ WW SSB DX Contest. QSL through the JARL bureau or direct to JA3JA, Fumio Hayasaki, 178-1 Kitanoda, Sakai, 599-8123 JAPAN. Denise (YL), F6HWU, plans to once again operate from the Indian Ocean between 15 November and 5 December. This time she will active from Comoros as D68WU operating mostly CW and RTTY. Plans are to also be in the CQ World Wide CW DX Contest. QSL via F6HWU. During this years CQ World Wide SSB DX Contest a large group of Japanese operators plan to activate AH2R from the island of Guam. The group includes Aki, JI3ERV/NH2C; Kaz, JG3RPL/N1BJ; Seo, JR3RVO/WX8M; Toshi, JR7OMD/WI3O; Kazu, JK3GAD/AL7NC; Kou, JH7QXJ; Sam, JR8VSE; Yuki, JH1NBN/K3ZB and Koln, JP1JFG/N2IU. Having been number one in Oceania over the last two years in the muli-single category, they decided to go multi-multi this year. QSL via JI3ERV. Al Burnham, K6RIM, reports the new address for the Northern California DX Foundation is as follows: Northern California DX Foundation P.O. Box 1328 Los Altos, CA 94023-1328 Phil, HS0/G4JMB, reports he will once again be active from East Malaysia as 9M6CT from 7 December to 16 January. While there he plans to operate SSB on 10 through 40 meters and maybe even on 6 and 80 meters as well. QSL to Phil Weaver, P.O. Box 7, Patpong Post Office, Bangkok 10506, THAILAND Joe, W1EK, plans to work the CQ World Wide SSB DX Contest from the Caribbean island of Anguilla. He will be on the island from 22 to 26 October. He will use an Icom 735, vertical and or dipole and maybe an amplifier. QSL via W1EK. Deal, BA4TB, reports that the JiangSu DX Club will participate in the CQ WW SSB DX Contest as B4R. The group will be multi-single and

operate all bands. QSL via BY4RSA. Randy Thompson, K5ZD, says he will work the CQ World Wide CW DX Contest from Israel. He is looking for a station to operate from and may be single op all bands as 4X/K5ZD. _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 3C1GS - EQUATORIAL GUINEA - Ramon was working off a list with his QSL manager on Saturday just before 16:00Z. He was working all across the US Europe and South America. QSL via EA5BYP. 3V8BB - TUNISIA - Albert, F2KN, was active on Saturday and Sunday on 10 meters SSB. West Coast stations managed to work him between 15:30 and 16:30Z on Saturday. QSL this operation via F6FNU. 4U1ITU - ITU GENEVA - Kaz, JA1IST, was active from this club station on Saturday and Sunday. He was found on 10 through 20 meters SSB. QSL via the bureau. 5N9EAM - NIGERIA - Mario was working JA's on 28470 from 07:30Z on Sunday. 5R8 - MADAGASCAR - West Coast US DXers found Mike, 5R8EE, on 28375 between 16:00 and 16:40Z on Saturday. However if you want to be sure you get a QSL card work Baldur, DJ6SI, who is operating 5R8GC and was found on CW on 10 through 40 meters between the hours of 06:00 and 21:00Z. QSL 5R8GC via DJ6SI. A35ZL - TONGA - Look for Willi daily on 160 meters staring at 10:00Z. QSL via DJ7RJ. AY0Z - PIRATE - Someone continues to stir the pot with this bogus call sign. He has been giving LU1SM for the QSL route. For those of you wondering LU1SM is the President of Argentina! C31 - ANDORRA - Lots of reports from Japan about this one. C31OF was active on 18144 and C31US was on 18125, both around 09:00Z on Sunday. C56HP - THE GAMBIA - OM Mako, JA1OEM, was very busy on CW and SSB on 10, 15, 20 and 40 meters on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. QSL via JA1OEM. E31AA - ERITREA - Jacky continues to rack up the QSO's. FR5ZU/G - GLORIOSO ISLAND - Gil, F5NOD, reports he was on 20 meters SSB at 14:30Z on 10 October. No frequency was given. JD1BIA - OGASAWARA - North Americans found him on 24945 between 22:20 and 23:30Z on Saturday. JY9QJ - JORDAN - Look for George daily on 160 meters from 03:00 to 04:00Z. Afterwards he sometimes goes to 40 meters CW. QSL via DL5MBY.

KH0/KD7CLP - MARIANA ISLANDS - Look for him around 10:30Z on 30 meters CW. QSL via JH6VLF. KH4/W4ZYV - MIDWAY ISLAND - Dick reports he will be on the island until 00:00Z on Thursday. He was on 10 and 20 meters SSB and may show up on 80 meters around 12:00Z. QSL via W4ZYV. T71SM - SAN MARINO - Was active on 10 through 40 meters SSB over the weekend. QSL via T70A. TJ2RSF - CAMEROON - Starting around 21:00Z on Sunday this station showed up on 20 meters CW. He was active for many hours and was giving EA4URE as the QSL manger. EA4URE is the EA QSL bureau. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AF-014 CT3BM 28550 1843 EU-095 F6OYU/P 7060 1011 AS-006 VR2MM 28038 0149 NA-031 AA1AC 7008 0017 AS-017 JR6VDU 28500 0126 NA-055 AK1L 28480 1538 EU-010 GM3VLB/M 14260 1408 OC-013 ZK1JD 28466 0251 EU-034 ES0NW 10105 0652 OC-021 YB0DX 28477 0044 EU-037 SM7DLZ 7007 0509 OC-021 YB2PBX 28503 0009 EU-039 TM2F 21026 1807 OC-022 YC9BU 21260 0145 EU-041 IS0JMA/IM0 7065 0958 OC-034 YC9WZJ 21260 0131 EU-042 DL4FCH/P 14004 1853 OC-050 FO5QF 14129 0758 EU-049 SV8DTL 14254 1356 OC-148 YC9MKF 28530 0127 EU-060 SV1ENI/P 7015 0042 OC-148 YC0LOW 28007 0107 EU-061 LA/DL4MN/M 14264 1435 OC-151 YC9LQA 21007 0311 EU-072 SV8/DL8MCA 14255 1736 OC-152 FO0SUC 14260 0928 EU-095 F8CIO/P 14261 0821 SA-008 LU3XQ 18080 1056 IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ >From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- -------------- 12-Oct 12-Oct KH0 KH0/KD7CLP 2-157 12-Oct 12-Oct BY W8JAY/BY1?? 2-190 12-Oct 14-Oct KH4 KH4/W4ZYV 2-190 12-Oct 15-Oct 3V 3V8BB by F2KN 2-169 12-Oct 15-Oct C5 C56/DL5MM 12-Oct 15-Oct FO FO0RIC (OC-067) 2-177 12-Oct 16-Oct 5R 5R8GC 2-187 12-Oct 16-Oct DL DL4FCH/P (EU-042) 12-Oct 18-Oct 9H 9H0VRZ + many 9H3's 2-180 12-Oct 18-Oct FO/A FO0SUC (OC-152) 2-157 2-126 12-Oct 19-Oct A3 A35SO + A35ZL 2-170 12-Oct 19-Oct C5 C56HP 2-188 12-Oct 20-Oct VR2 VR98SS/P (AS-006) 2-188

12-Oct 30-Oct CN CN2NG 2-174 12-Oct 30-Oct FO FO0PT (OC-046) 2-172 12-Oct 30-Oct FR/G FR5ZU/G 2-187 2-173 12-Oct 7-Nov 9N 9N7RW 2-179 12-Oct E3 E31AA 2-178 13-Oct 15-Oct JT JT1FCP 2-190 14-Oct 18-Oct KP2 KP2/IK1EDC (NA-106 2-190 14-Oct 27-Oct C5 DF4RD DL5NAM DL9NDS OE2VEL OE9MO 2-153 15-Oct 17-Oct VP9 AH0R/VP9 2-169 15-Oct 19-Oct PY PQ1Q (SA-029) 2-185 15-Oct 20-Oct 3V 3V8BB 2-166 15-Oct 29-Oct EL EL2VO 2-185 15-Oct 30-Oct 9G 9G5BQ 2-188 15-Oct 31-Oct 9Y DK6WL DL4MCF DL4MDO DL4MEH 2-168 16-Oct 19-Oct KH0 KH0/N3JJ KH0/JM1LJS 2-173 16-Oct 26-Oct PJ8 PJ8Z 2-186 17-Oct 17-Oct OK DX Association DX Banquet 9/9/98 17-Oct 24-Oct VP9 US1IDX/VP9 2-186 17-Oct 27-Oct FG FG by 6 W6's 2-175 17-Oct 14-Nov ZK3 ZK3RW 2-177 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The sunspot number for October 10, 1998 was 94. The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado, for October 11, 1998, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 11-Oct-1998 21 119 8 1 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/QUIET 11-Oct-1998 18 121 9 2 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/QUIET 11-Oct-1998 15 121 9 3 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/QUIET 11-Oct-1998 12 121 9 1 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/QUIET 11-Oct-1998 09 121 9 0 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/QUIET 11-Oct-1998 06 121 9 1 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/QUIET 11-Oct-1998 03 121 9 3 LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;LOW/QUIET 11-Oct-1998 00 121 9 1 LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;LOW/QUIET The forecast for Monday, 12 October: solar flux 125, A index 10, K index 2. Monday should be High Normal. The forecast for Tuesday, 13 October: solar flux 130, A index 10, K index 2. Tuesday should be High Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 3V8BB *F6FNU EA8/DL1YFF DL7VRO T71SM T70A 5B4ADA 9A2AJ ER39MMZ ER3DX TU2XZ W3HC 7J7ACH N0VJ FK8FU NA5U UA0LEC W3HNK 9G1BJ G4XTA FO0PT DJ0FX V63PD VK4AAR 9H3ZO PD1AIY FO0SUC F5JJW VU3MCV ON7LX 9K2QQ KB2MS KH0/KD7CLP JH6VLF XT2AW DF2WO 9M2/JI1ETU JI1ETU KH4/W4ZYV W4ZYV XU7AAE 7N3RQU 9X/G3PSM G3PSM OH0TA OH2TA YB0DX W3HNK AY0Z PIRATE P29VR W7LFA YM75TA TA3YJ BW0R JA1JKG RI3OTA RW3GW ZA1/IK7VJP IK7VJP

CO8JY KU9C S21B W4FRU ZD7CTO KB2MS CP8XA DG9NB S21R N4VA ZD7DP W1ZT DU7/N7ET N7ET SN20JP SP9PKZ ZF2DR K5RQ DU8ARK I2YDX SN4JP SP4GFG JD1BIA - Hiroshi Takubo, 3 Mikazukisou, Nishimachi, Chichijima, Ogasawara, Tokyo 100-21, JAPAN SV0LK - Helmut Muschalle, P.O. Box 9, 70014 Hersonissou, Crete, GREECE UA0SJ - Yuri A. Maltsev, P.O. Box 2304, Bratsk-city 665700, RUSSIA * = F6FNU for 10 and 11 October operation. Joe, W3HNK, reports he is now handling the QSL chores for UA0LEC and YB0DX. QSL cards recently received direct: 3D2DA, 3D2WD, 4N5LM, 5X1T, ET3AA, EW3LB, FO0FI, FP/W8MV, GI3MUS, KC4AAA, N2OO/KH9, N6MZ/KH9, TG9NT, VP5A, YN1RVR, YW5LB, Z32LM, ZK1SCQ _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: BA4TB, HS0/G4JMB, JA1ELY, JH1NBN, K3TZV, K5ZD, K6RIM, KC3AJ, KH6BZF REPORTS, Les Nouvelles DX, N2JTX, N3OSH, NOAA, UA0SJ, W1EK, W3HNK, W3LEO, WA2VUY _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), or $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United States. _____________________________________________________________________ Copyright _ 1998 by Bernie McClenny _____________________________________________________________________ THE DAILY DX _ is published Monday through Friday by Bernie McClenny, W3UR, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, MD 21738 USA. This e-mail message and its contents have a copyright and are proprietary products of THE DAILY DX _. Any unauthorized use, reproduction, or transfer of the message or its content, in any medium, is strictly prohibited. For permission to quote, reprint or repost this e-mail send a request to THE DAILY DX _ include date, volume and issue number. Check out THE DAILY DX _ homepage http://www.dailydx.com or for additional information you may phone THE DAILY DX _ at 301-854-5650 or fax at 301-854-5105. Remember to tell all your DX friends about THE DAILY DX.

. ======================== *** The Daily DX _ *** ======================== Volume 2 Number 192 October 13, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ DX News _____________________________________________________________________ Yankee Clipper Contest Club members Ann (YL), WA1S, Charlotte (YL), KQ1F, and Paul, K1XM, plan to operate the CQ World Wide CW Contest, 28 and 29 November, from Kosrae (OC-059), Micronesia. They will be multi-single and hope to have a special call sign for the contest. Look for them to be active before the contest. After the contest they will go on to Pohnpei (OC-010) and Chuuk (OC-011). Ann is V63HO, Charlotte is V63HC and Paul is V63YP. Brian, N3OC, reports he will be one of the operators at V26B during the CQ WW SSB DX Contest. He will be active before and after the event as V26OC on 6 and 160 meters and RTTY. He will then go on to St. Martin where he will operate as FS/N3OC from 27 October to 3 November. Look for him to be on 6, 30 and 160 meters and some RTTY on 20 meters. QSL all via N3OC. Several people pointed out that one of the DX Bulletins reported that ZS2H was on Prince Edward & Marion Island. Chris, ZS6EZ, called and spoke to someone on the phone from Marion Island. He says "There are only a dozen people on the islands, so they should know!" He asked "If there was a Barry Jackson (ZS2H) and whether there was a radio ham." The response to both questions was no. German operators Tom, DJ6TJ, Tom, DL7BO, Sigi, DL7DF, and Frank, DL7UFR, plan to be active from Benin between 3 and 18 November. While there they will operate two stations around the clock on all bands on CW, SSB and RTTY. An emphasis will be on 30, 40, 80 and 160 meters. Another group of Germans plan to operate from the Dominican Republic from 21 October to 1 November. Operators include DL1JDK, DL3ALI, DL4JAN, DL4JS & DK8YY. During the CQ World Wide SSB DX Contest they will use DK8YY/HI8. Before and after the contest look for them to use their home calls/HI8. QSL via DL4JAN. _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ A92GD - BAHRAIN - Bob was active on Monday from 07:40 to 08:20Z on 24962 and the from 13:15 to 14:10Z on 24960. QSL via K1SE. AP2JZB - PAKISTAN - Europeans and East Coast US stations found Bob on 24938 between 13:30 and 15:20Z. QSL cards go to K2EWB, make sure you include either one US $ or @ IRCs.

C56HP - THE GAMBIA - Japanese DX'ers were working Mako on 21245 from 09:00 to 10:00Z. QSL via JA1OEM. CE0ZIS - JUAN FERNANDEZ - JA RTTY DX'ers reported working Eliazar on 20 meters from 22:00 to 23:00Z. DM - GERMANY - Several DM prefixes have been recently active. These prefixes have not been on the air since the early 1980's when it belonged to East Germany (GDR). E31AA - ERITREA - Jacky continues to be active on CW and SSB. His length of stay is unknown, however if you haven't worked him yet you better hurry. QSL via ZL3CW. FO0SUC- AUSTRAL ISLANDS - Check 14195, 14260 and 28500. QSL via F5JJW. FR5ZU/G - GLORIOSO - Graham, VK6WR, reported working Jacques on 14271 around 15:00Z. Check 14271 today from 13:00 to 15:00Z. Also try 14265 at 02:00Z. JD1BIA - OGASAWARA - Was working the West Coast of the US on 3799 just before 12:00Z. JT1BG - MONGOLIA - Europeans found Baatar on 3798 at 23:00Z. KH4/W4ZYV - MIDWAY - Dick was on 14260 just before 20:00Z and on 28460 from 21:30 to 22:15Z on Monday. QSL via W4ZYV. S01HA - WESTERN SAHARA - Europeans found Hamdy on 14196 at 08:30Z. QSL via EA2JG. TJ2RSF - CAMEROON - This is a group of EA's who will be here for at least one week. No other details at this time. QSL via EA4URE. Monday's reported activities were as follows: GMT Frequencies GMT Frequencies --- ----------- --- ----------- 00 14025 17 21195 01 14025 18 14023 08 14023 19 14023 10 21295 20 14016 11 21295 28009 21 7064 14016 12 28009 28492 22 7064 14016 14 24945 28023 23 14016 15 28023 _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- EU-010 GM3VLB/M 14260 1053 EU-133 R1ASP 14264 0955 EU-013 GJ0VJP 14260 1308 NA-034 KM4RX 21265 1227 EU-020 SM1BIQ 14260 1157 NA-055 AK1L 28471 1314

EU-028 IA5TMF 14257 1003 OC-022 YC9BU 21260 2153 EU-039 TM2F 21262 1424 OC-046 FO0PT 18071 1830 EU-041 DL4FCH/P 21006 0957 OC-147 YC9YKI 21260 2202 EU-042 DJ3XG/P 21015 1455 OC-151 YC9LQA 28510 2255 EU-072 SV8/DL8MCA 24950 1536 OC-152 FO0SUC 14260 0750 IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- -------------- 13-Oct 15-Oct 3V 3V8BB by F2KN 2-169 13-Oct 16-Oct 5R 5R8GC 2-187 13-Oct 18-Oct 9H 9H0VRZ + many 9H3's 2-180 13-Oct 7-Nov 9N 9N7RW 2-179 13-Oct 19-Oct A3 A35SO + A35ZL 2-170 13-Oct 15-Oct C5 C56/DL5MM 13-Oct 19-Oct C5 C56HP 2-188 13-Oct 30-Oct CN CN2NG 2-174 13-Oct 16-Oct DL DL4FCH/P (EU-042) 13-Oct E3 E31AA 2-178 13-Oct 30-Oct FO FO0PT (OC-046) 2-172 13-Oct 15-Oct FO FO0RIC (OC-067) 2-177 13-Oct 18-Oct FO/A FO0SUC (OC-152) 2-157 2-126 13-Oct 30-Oct FR/G FR5ZU/G 2-187 2-173 13-Oct 15-Oct JT JT1FCP 2-190 13-Oct 14-Oct KH4 KH4/W4ZYV 2-190 13-Oct 20-Oct VR2 VR98SS/P (AS-006) 2-188 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The sunspot number for October 11, 1998 was 68. The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado, for October 12, 1998, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 12-Oct-1998 21 114 5 1 LOW/QUIET;LOW/QUIET 12-Oct-1998 18 119 6 2 LOW/QUIET;LOW/QUIET 12-Oct-1998 15 119 6 2 LOW/QUIET;LOW/QUIET 12-Oct-1998 12 119 6 1 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/QUIET 12-Oct-1998 09 119 6 0 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/QUIET 12-Oct-1998 06 119 6 1 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/QUIET 12-Oct-1998 03 119 6 2 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/QUIET 12-Oct-1998 00 119 6 1 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/QUIET The forecast for Tuesday, 13 October: solar flux 125, A index 10, K index 2. Tuesday should be High Normal. The forecast for Wednesday, 14 October: solar flux 130, A index 10, K index 2. Wednesday should be High Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________

Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- A92GD K1SE EK6CC N8BGD YM75ROT TA3BN AP2JZB K2EWB S21YG DL2NEO ZD8T AC4IV D98WCX DS5USH TM2F F5LJA ZF2NT N2AU EK4JJ EK4GK YM75DS WA3HUP QSL cards recently received direct: 5R8EE, HS0/G3NOM, ZK2FT QSL cards recently received via the bureau: 9V1ZB, 9H3UD, C56CW, FO0GUI, FW5XX, GI/EI7NET, HC2/F6AUS, T30WP, T77WI, TT8KM _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: EA5BY, K1XM, KC3AJ, KH6BZF REPORTS, LY1DS, N3OC, N3OSH, NOAA, OPDX, The 59(9) DX Report, VE3IRF, ZS6EZ _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), or $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United States. _____________________________________________________________________ Copyright _ 1998 by Bernie McClenny _____________________________________________________________________ THE DAILY DX _ is published Monday through Friday by Bernie McClenny, W3UR, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, MD 21738 USA. This e-mail message and its contents have a copyright and are proprietary products of THE DAILY DX _. Any unauthorized use, reproduction, or transfer of the message or its content, in any medium, is strictly prohibited. For permission to quote, reprint or repost this e-mail send a request to THE DAILY DX _ include date, volume and issue number. Check out THE DAILY DX _ homepage http://www.dailydx.com or for additional information you may phone THE DAILY DX _ at 301-854-5650 or fax at 301-854-5105. Remember to tell all your DX friends about THE DAILY DX.

. ======================== *** The Daily DX _ *** ======================== Volume 2 Number 191 October 10, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ DX News _____________________________________________________________________ Fumio, JA3JA, will operate from three South Pacific Islands between 14 and 30 October. His first stop will be on Fiji as 3D2JG on 14 and 15 October. Next he will go to Tuvalu where he plans to operate from 16 to 22 October. Finally he will go Vanuatu between 23 and 30 October. No call signs have been assigned as of yet for T2 and YJ. While on the islands he will use a TS-690 with 100 watts, R7 vertical and dipoles for 10 through 80 meters. Look for him on CW (QRS), SSB and RTTY. On 17 and 18 October he may operate in the JARTS RTTY Contest, however he does not plan to be in the CQ WW SSB DX Contest. QSL through the JARL bureau or direct to JA3JA, Fumio Hayasaki, 178-1 Kitanoda, Sakai, 599-8123 JAPAN. Denise (YL), F6HWU, plans to once again operate from the Indian Ocean between 15 November and 5 December. This time she will active from Comoros as D68WU operating mostly CW and RTTY. Plans are to also be in the CQ World Wide CW DX Contest. QSL via F6HWU. During this years CQ World Wide SSB DX Contest a large group of Japanese operators plan to activate AH2R from the island of Guam. The group includes Aki, JI3ERV/NH2C; Kaz, JG3RPL/N1BJ; Seo, JR3RVO/WX8M; Toshi, JR7OMD/WI3O; Kazu, JK3GAD/AL7NC; Kou, JH7QXJ; Sam, JR8VSE; Yuki, JH1NBN/K3ZB and Koln, JP1JFG/N2IU. Having been number one in Oceania over the last two years in the muli-single category, they decided to go multi-multi this year. QSL via JI3ERV. Al Burnham, K6RIM, reports the new address for the Northern California DX Foundation is as follows: Northern California DX Foundation P.O. Box 1328 Los Altos, CA 94023-1328 Phil, HS0/G4JMB, reports he will once again be active from East Malaysia as 9M6CT from 7 December to 16 January. While there he plans to operate SSB on 10 through 40 meters and maybe even on 6 and 80 meters as well. QSL to Phil Weaver, P.O. Box 7, Patpong Post Office, Bangkok 10506, THAILAND Joe, W1EK, plans to work the CQ World Wide SSB DX Contest from the Caribbean island of Anguilla. He will be on the island from 22 to 26 October. He will use an Icom 735, vertical and or dipole and maybe an amplifier. QSL via W1EK. Deal, BA4TB, reports that the JiangSu DX Club will participate in the CQ WW SSB DX Contest as B4R. The group will be multi-single and

operate all bands. QSL via BY4RSA. Randy Thompson, K5ZD, says he will work the CQ World Wide CW DX Contest from Israel. He is looking for a station to operate from and may be single op all bands as 4X/K5ZD. _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 3C1GS - EQUATORIAL GUINEA - Ramon was working off a list with his QSL manager on Saturday just before 16:00Z. He was working all across the US Europe and South America. QSL via EA5BYP. 3V8BB - TUNISIA - Albert, F2KN, was active on Saturday and Sunday on 10 meters SSB. West Coast stations managed to work him between 15:30 and 16:30Z on Saturday. QSL this operation via F6FNU. 4U1ITU - ITU GENEVA - Kaz, JA1IST, was active from this club station on Saturday and Sunday. He was found on 10 through 20 meters SSB. QSL via the bureau. 5N9EAM - NIGERIA - Mario was working JA's on 28470 from 07:30Z on Sunday. 5R8 - MADAGASCAR - West Coast US DXers found Mike, 5R8EE, on 28375 between 16:00 and 16:40Z on Saturday. However if you want to be sure you get a QSL card work Baldur, DJ6SI, who is operating 5R8GC and was found on CW on 10 through 40 meters between the hours of 06:00 and 21:00Z. QSL 5R8GC via DJ6SI. A35ZL - TONGA - Look for Willi daily on 160 meters staring at 10:00Z. QSL via DJ7RJ. AY0Z - PIRATE - Someone continues to stir the pot with this bogus call sign. He has been giving LU1SM for the QSL route. For those of you wondering LU1SM is the President of Argentina! C31 - ANDORRA - Lots of reports from Japan about this one. C31OF was active on 18144 and C31US was on 18125, both around 09:00Z on Sunday. C56HP - THE GAMBIA - OM Mako, JA1OEM, was very busy on CW and SSB on 10, 15, 20 and 40 meters on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. QSL via JA1OEM. E31AA - ERITREA - Jacky continues to rack up the QSO's. FR5ZU/G - GLORIOSO ISLAND - Gil, F5NOD, reports he was on 20 meters SSB at 14:30Z on 10 October. No frequency was given. JD1BIA - OGASAWARA - North Americans found him on 24945 between 22:20 and 23:30Z on Saturday. JY9QJ - JORDAN - Look for George daily on 160 meters from 03:00 to 04:00Z. Afterwards he sometimes goes to 40 meters CW. QSL via DL5MBY.

KH0/KD7CLP - MARIANA ISLANDS - Look for him around 10:30Z on 30 meters CW. QSL via JH6VLF. KH4/W4ZYV - MIDWAY ISLAND - Dick reports he will be on the island until 00:00Z on Thursday. He was on 10 and 20 meters SSB and may show up on 80 meters around 12:00Z. QSL via W4ZYV. T71SM - SAN MARINO - Was active on 10 through 40 meters SSB over the weekend. QSL via T70A. TJ2RSF - CAMEROON - Starting around 21:00Z on Sunday this station showed up on 20 meters CW. He was active for many hours and was giving EA4URE as the QSL manger. EA4URE is the EA QSL bureau. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AF-014 CT3BM 28550 1843 EU-095 F6OYU/P 7060 1011 AS-006 VR2MM 28038 0149 NA-031 AA1AC 7008 0017 AS-017 JR6VDU 28500 0126 NA-055 AK1L 28480 1538 EU-010 GM3VLB/M 14260 1408 OC-013 ZK1JD 28466 0251 EU-034 ES0NW 10105 0652 OC-021 YB0DX 28477 0044 EU-037 SM7DLZ 7007 0509 OC-021 YB2PBX 28503 0009 EU-039 TM2F 21026 1807 OC-022 YC9BU 21260 0145 EU-041 IS0JMA/IM0 7065 0958 OC-034 YC9WZJ 21260 0131 EU-042 DL4FCH/P 14004 1853 OC-050 FO5QF 14129 0758 EU-049 SV8DTL 14254 1356 OC-148 YC9MKF 28530 0127 EU-060 SV1ENI/P 7015 0042 OC-148 YC0LOW 28007 0107 EU-061 LA/DL4MN/M 14264 1435 OC-151 YC9LQA 21007 0311 EU-072 SV8/DL8MCA 14255 1736 OC-152 FO0SUC 14260 0928 EU-095 F8CIO/P 14261 0821 SA-008 LU3XQ 18080 1056 IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ >From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- -------------- 12-Oct 12-Oct KH0 KH0/KD7CLP 2-157 12-Oct 12-Oct BY W8JAY/BY1?? 2-190 12-Oct 14-Oct KH4 KH4/W4ZYV 2-190 12-Oct 15-Oct 3V 3V8BB by F2KN 2-169 12-Oct 15-Oct C5 C56/DL5MM 12-Oct 15-Oct FO FO0RIC (OC-067) 2-177 12-Oct 16-Oct 5R 5R8GC 2-187 12-Oct 16-Oct DL DL4FCH/P (EU-042) 12-Oct 18-Oct 9H 9H0VRZ + many 9H3's 2-180 12-Oct 18-Oct FO/A FO0SUC (OC-152) 2-157 2-126 12-Oct 19-Oct A3 A35SO + A35ZL 2-170 12-Oct 19-Oct C5 C56HP 2-188 12-Oct 20-Oct VR2 VR98SS/P (AS-006) 2-188

12-Oct 30-Oct CN CN2NG 2-174 12-Oct 30-Oct FO FO0PT (OC-046) 2-172 12-Oct 30-Oct FR/G FR5ZU/G 2-187 2-173 12-Oct 7-Nov 9N 9N7RW 2-179 12-Oct E3 E31AA 2-178 13-Oct 15-Oct JT JT1FCP 2-190 14-Oct 18-Oct KP2 KP2/IK1EDC (NA-106 2-190 14-Oct 27-Oct C5 DF4RD DL5NAM DL9NDS OE2VEL OE9MO 2-153 15-Oct 17-Oct VP9 AH0R/VP9 2-169 15-Oct 19-Oct PY PQ1Q (SA-029) 2-185 15-Oct 20-Oct 3V 3V8BB 2-166 15-Oct 29-Oct EL EL2VO 2-185 15-Oct 30-Oct 9G 9G5BQ 2-188 15-Oct 31-Oct 9Y DK6WL DL4MCF DL4MDO DL4MEH 2-168 16-Oct 19-Oct KH0 KH0/N3JJ KH0/JM1LJS 2-173 16-Oct 26-Oct PJ8 PJ8Z 2-186 17-Oct 17-Oct OK DX Association DX Banquet 9/9/98 17-Oct 24-Oct VP9 US1IDX/VP9 2-186 17-Oct 27-Oct FG FG by 6 W6's 2-175 17-Oct 14-Nov ZK3 ZK3RW 2-177 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The sunspot number for October 10, 1998 was 94. The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado, for October 11, 1998, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 11-Oct-1998 21 119 8 1 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/QUIET 11-Oct-1998 18 121 9 2 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/QUIET 11-Oct-1998 15 121 9 3 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/QUIET 11-Oct-1998 12 121 9 1 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/QUIET 11-Oct-1998 09 121 9 0 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/QUIET 11-Oct-1998 06 121 9 1 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/QUIET 11-Oct-1998 03 121 9 3 LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;LOW/QUIET 11-Oct-1998 00 121 9 1 LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;LOW/QUIET The forecast for Monday, 12 October: solar flux 125, A index 10, K index 2. Monday should be High Normal. The forecast for Tuesday, 13 October: solar flux 130, A index 10, K index 2. Tuesday should be High Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 3V8BB *F6FNU EA8/DL1YFF DL7VRO T71SM T70A 5B4ADA 9A2AJ ER39MMZ ER3DX TU2XZ W3HC 7J7ACH N0VJ FK8FU NA5U UA0LEC W3HNK 9G1BJ G4XTA FO0PT DJ0FX V63PD VK4AAR 9H3ZO PD1AIY FO0SUC F5JJW VU3MCV ON7LX 9K2QQ KB2MS KH0/KD7CLP JH6VLF XT2AW DF2WO 9M2/JI1ETU JI1ETU KH4/W4ZYV W4ZYV XU7AAE 7N3RQU 9X/G3PSM G3PSM OH0TA OH2TA YB0DX W3HNK AY0Z PIRATE P29VR W7LFA YM75TA TA3YJ BW0R JA1JKG RI3OTA RW3GW ZA1/IK7VJP IK7VJP

CO8JY KU9C S21B W4FRU ZD7CTO KB2MS CP8XA DG9NB S21R N4VA ZD7DP W1ZT DU7/N7ET N7ET SN20JP SP9PKZ ZF2DR K5RQ DU8ARK I2YDX SN4JP SP4GFG JD1BIA - Hiroshi Takubo, 3 Mikazukisou, Nishimachi, Chichijima, Ogasawara, Tokyo 100-21, JAPAN SV0LK - Helmut Muschalle, P.O. Box 9, 70014 Hersonissou, Crete, GREECE UA0SJ - Yuri A. Maltsev, P.O. Box 2304, Bratsk-city 665700, RUSSIA * = F6FNU for 10 and 11 October operation. Joe, W3HNK, reports he is now handling the QSL chores for UA0LEC and YB0DX. QSL cards recently received direct: 3D2DA, 3D2WD, 4N5LM, 5X1T, ET3AA, EW3LB, FO0FI, FP/W8MV, GI3MUS, KC4AAA, N2OO/KH9, N6MZ/KH9, TG9NT, VP5A, YN1RVR, YW5LB, Z32LM, ZK1SCQ _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: BA4TB, HS0/G4JMB, JA1ELY, JH1NBN, K3TZV, K5ZD, K6RIM, KC3AJ, KH6BZF REPORTS, Les Nouvelles DX, N2JTX, N3OSH, NOAA, UA0SJ, W1EK, W3HNK, W3LEO, WA2VUY _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), or $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United States. _____________________________________________________________________ Copyright _ 1998 by Bernie McClenny _____________________________________________________________________ THE DAILY DX _ is published Monday through Friday by Bernie McClenny, W3UR, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, MD 21738 USA. This e-mail message and its contents have a copyright and are proprietary products of THE DAILY DX _. Any unauthorized use, reproduction, or transfer of the message or its content, in any medium, is strictly prohibited. For permission to quote, reprint or repost this e-mail send a request to THE DAILY DX _ include date, volume and issue number. Check out THE DAILY DX _ homepage http://www.dailydx.com or for additional information you may phone THE DAILY DX _ at 301-854-5650 or fax at 301-854-5105. Remember to tell all your DX friends about THE DAILY DX.

. ======================== *** The Daily DX _ *** ======================== Volume 2 Number 194 October 15, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ DX News _____________________________________________________________________ Ken, K4ZW, plans to be active from Jordan as JY8ZW from 5 to 16 November. He will have to get his license renewed so that may delay him a day or two. Emphasis will be placed on the low bands, 80 and 160 meters. Ken will be mostly on CW and will give 10 meters a try also. George, JY9QJ, told Ken about the local broadcast stations having hash across the whole band starting around 1833. If anyone can loan something along the line of a MFJ-1026 noise canceling unit please contact Ken by e-mail at <K4ZW@Staffnet.com> Many DX'ers have been asking where is Jacques, FR5ZU/G. The last two days he has shown up on 14271 just prior to 15:00Z to work some JA's. Mike, JA2XCR, reports that Jacques has been very busy and has not had to for radio. Jacques is working with the weatherstation on the island of Glorioso and will be there through the end of the month. He hopes to put in more time on the air possibly next week. In the mean time keep an ear on 14271 from 13:00 to 15:00Z and on 14256 at 02:00Z. During the CQ World Wide SSB DX Contest K6MDX, DX1DX and DX1L will operate DX100DX as a multi-single. Del, W8KJP, will be active once again from Korea as either HL9DC or HL9DX from 20 to 23 October. Look for him from 10:00 to 13:00Z and from 20:00 to 00:00Z on 7005, 14026, 21026 or 28026. QSL via N7RO. Franck, FK8HC, plans to operate the CQ World Wide SSB DX Contest on 10 meters only. He has recently put up a 6 element monobander and will be putting more effort on working Europeans this year. Jorge, CX6VM, reports he will operate in the CQ World Wide SSB DX Contest on 24 and 25 October with special callsign CX5X. More than likely he will be single op 10 meters. QSL via W3HNK. Rick, AI5P, says he will be traveling through Europe from 20 October to 26 November. He will not be taking equipment however he hopes to find some kind Amateurs along the way who will allow him to operate. His schedule and expected calls are as follows: 20-21 October HB9/ON8DX 22-29 October OK8PDX 29-31 October OM9AIP 1- 4 November HA/AI5P 9-13 November IK0/ON8DX 15-16 November ON8DX 16-26 November M/AI5P

David, G6QQ, plans to once again operate from Antigua as V2/G6QQ between 17 November and 2 December. Look for him to be mostly active on 10 through 20 meters CW. QSL via G6QQ. _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 4K - AZERBAIJAN - West Coast DX'ers found Leon, 4K8F, and Vlad, 4K9W, on 30 meters CW around 03:00Z on Wednesday. 5A1A - LIBYA - Abubaker was working the West Coast of the US on 15 meters SSB from about 17:00 to 18:30Z. 5Z4RL - KENYA - Rob was up late yesterday on 28497 working North and South America between 19:40 and 20:30Z. QSL via N2AU. A35ZL - TONGA - Europeans should look for Willi on 30 meters CW at 18:00Z. QSL via DJ7RJ. C31LJ - ANDORRA - Peter was active on CW and SSB on 12 meters with a big signal from 11:45 to 13:30Z. QSL via VE3GEJ. CE0ZIS - JUAN FERNANDEZ - Europeans found Eliazar on 28498 just before 17:00Z. P29VR - PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Was working Europe on 28437 just before 12:00Z. QSL via W7LFA. S21J - BANGLADESH - South Americans reported working Mamtaz (YL) on 28488 around 04:00Z. That's one o'clock in the morning guys! QSL via K1WY. TJ2RSF - CAMEROON - Was working Asia, Europe and Eastern North America on 3795 from 20:00 to 23:00Z. They were also on 10105 from about 18:45 to 20:00Z. QSL via EA4URE. W98ITU - UNITED STATES - Several people have asked what country this is. It's a special callsign to for a meeting that is going on in Minnesota about the ITU. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AS-006 VR98SS 21258 314 OC-070 YC8VIP 284801213 AS-045 HL5FUA 28495 2235 OC-137 VK4CY 14245 800 EU-010 MM0BBP/M 14263 952 OC-137 VK4CY 14270 611 EU-023 9H0VRZ 18143 1613 OC-152 FO0SUC 284952017 EU-039 TM2F 28025 1604 SA-005 CE0ZIS 284981705 NA-059 NO7F/KL7 14257 522 SA-011 9Y4GR 283871727 NA-108 J69DS 14088 2043 SA-029 PY1BNE/P 21017 211

OC-059 V63AO 24955 2207 Hiro, JA4DND, hopes to operate again from OKI ARCHIPELAGO as JA4DND/4 from 31 October to 3 November. QSL via JA4DND. Indonesian Amateur Radio Operators YB5QZ and YB5PD will operate from Galang Island (OC-075) from 23 to 25 October. To celebrate the 27th anniversary of the Batam Industrial Developement Authority they will use special callsign YE5B. Look for them to be active on 15 and 20 meters CW, SSB and RTTY. They will also be active during the CQ WW SSB DX Contest. QSL via Erizal M. Isa, YC5TML, P.O. Box 154, Batam Island 29400, Indonesia. IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- -------------- 15-Oct 15-Oct 3D2 3D2JG 2-191 15-Oct 20-Oct 3V 3V8BB 2-166 15-Oct 15-Oct 3V 3V8BB by F2KN 2-169 15-Oct 16-Oct 5R 5R8GC 2-187 15-Oct 30-Oct 9G 9G5BQ 2-188 15-Oct 18-Oct 9H 9H0VRZ + many 9H3's 2-180 15-Oct 7-Nov 9N 9N7RW 2-179 15-Oct 31-Oct 9Y DK6WL DL4MCF DL4MDO DL4MEH 2-168 15-Oct 19-Oct A3 A35SO + A35ZL 2-170 15-Oct 15-Oct C5 C56/DL5MM 15-Oct 19-Oct C5 C56HP 2-188 15-Oct 27-Oct C5 DF4RD DL5NAM DL9NDS OE2VEL OE9MO 2-153 15-Oct 30-Oct CN CN2NG 2-174 15-Oct 16-Oct DL DL4FCH/P (EU-042) 15-Oct E3 E31AA 2-178 15-Oct 29-Oct EL EL2VO 2-185 15-Oct 30-Oct FO FO0PT (OC-046) 2-172 15-Oct 15-Oct FO FO0RIC (OC-067) 2-177 15-Oct 18-Oct FO/A FO0SUC (OC-152) 2-157 2-126 15-Oct 30-Oct FR/G FR5ZU/G 2-187 2-173 15-Oct 15-Oct JT JT1FCP 2-190 15-Oct 18-Oct KP2 KP2/IK1EDC (NA-106) 2-190 15-Oct 19-Oct PY PQ1Q (SA-029) 2-185 15-Oct 18-Oct PY PY1BNE/P (SA-029) 15-Oct 17-Oct VP9 AH0R/VP9 2-169 15-Oct 20-Oct VR2 VR98SS/P (AS-006) 2-188 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The sunspot number for October 13, 1998 was 70. The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado, for October 14, 1998, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 14-Oct-1998 21 119 3 0 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/QUIET

14-Oct-1998 18 118 6 0 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/QUIET 14-Oct-1998 15 118 6 0 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/QUIET 14-Oct-1998 12 118 6 0 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/QUIET 14-Oct-1998 09 118 6 1 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/QUIET 14-Oct-1998 06 118 6 3 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/QUIET 14-Oct-1998 03 118 6 1 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/QUIET 14-Oct-1998 00 118 6 1 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/QUIET The forecast for Thursday, 15 October: solar flux 130, A index 8, K index 2. Thursday should be High Normal. The forecast for Friday, 14 October: solar flux 135, A index 8, K index 2. Friday should be High Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 4F3CV HB9CXZ D2BB W3HNK TJ2RSF EA4URE 4K8F UA9AB P29VR W7LFA TM2F F5LJA 5R8FL F5TBA RK3AWL W3HNK VR98SS/P JK2PNY 5R8GC DJ6SI S01HA EA2JG YM75IJ TA2IJ A35SO DJ4SO S21J K1WY YS1RR W3HNK C31LJ VE3GEJ 5A1A - Abubaker, Box 74421, Tripoli, LIBYA QSL cards recently received direct: 4L1DX, XX9TYD _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: AI5P, CX6VM, DX News Sheet, FK8HC, JA2XCR, K3SWZ, K4ZW, KH6BZF REPORTS, NOAA, W3HNK, W4ABW _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), or $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United States. _____________________________________________________________________ Copyright _ 1998 by Bernie McClenny _____________________________________________________________________ THE DAILY DX _ is published Monday through Friday by Bernie McClenny, W3UR, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, MD 21738 USA. This e-mail message and its contents have a copyright and are proprietary products of THE DAILY DX _. Any unauthorized use, reproduction, or transfer of the message or its content, in any medium, is strictly prohibited. For permission to quote, reprint or repost this e-mail send a request to THE DAILY DX _ include date, volume and issue number. Check out THE DAILY DX _ homepage http://www.dailydx.com or for additional information you may phone THE DAILY DX _ at 301-854-5650 or fax at 301-854-5105. Remember to tell all your DX friends about THE DAILY DX.

. ======================== *** The Daily DX _ *** ======================== Volume 2 Number 195 October 16, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ DX News _____________________________________________________________________ Jacques, FR5ZU/G, showed up today on 14256 around 02:45Z. He did not stay for long. It was reported that he may show up on 17 October at 02:30Z on 14256. More than likely this would be a list operation. Hungarian's HA9RE and HA8IC have announced they are planning a DXpedition to several islands in the Pacific Ocean. Plans are still being worked out but they hope to activate T30 - West Kiribati, T32 - East Kiribati and T33 - Banaba sometime between January and the middle of March 1999. They will use CW, SSB and RTTY on all bands from 10 to 160 meters. More information is expected soon. Jani, YB0US/NM6US, will be operating from Vietnam as 3W6US between 22 and 26 October. He will also participate in the CQ World Wide SSB DX Contest. QSL via N2OO, P.O. Box 345, Tuckerton, NJ 08087 _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 4X4NJ - ISRAEL - Riki can be found daily on 160 meters CW around 20:00Z. 9K2 - KUWAIT - Murtada, 9K2MU, was found on 28007 at 13:00Z and on 28487 at 15:00Z. Ali, 9K2SS, was on 28415 at 14:00Z and Bob showed up on 28523 at 15:00Z. C30LDM - ANDORRA - This fellow is on holiday and was on 28415 from 14:40 to 15:10Z. He will be there for one week. QSL via his home call LA8DM. C56HP - THE GAMBIA - JA's report working Mako on 7006 from 20:10 to 21:20Z. QSL via JA1OEM. D98WCX - SOUTH KOREA - This special event station was working Europe on 21010 from 04:30 to 07:00Z. QSL via DS5USH. E31AA - ERITREA - Jacky usually starts during the weekdays around 15 or 16Z. Thursdays reported activity was as follows: GMT Frequencies GMT Frequencies --- ----------- --- ----------- 15 28023 20 10107 18073 16 28023 24893 21 10107 14005 17 24893 22 10107 18 21005 23 10107 19 18073 21005

FJ/G3TXF - ST. MARTIN - JA's reported working Nigel on 18074 around 21:00Z and on 14027 at 22:00Z. QSL via G3TXF. FO0SUC - AUSTRALS - If you have not worked the newest DXCC entity look for Joel daily on 28495 from 20:00 to 01:00Z and on 14260 from 01:00 to 08:00Z. He will leave this Sunday. QSL via F5JJW. JD1BIA - OGASAWARA - Has been showing up on 80 meters SSB just prior to 09:00Z. S21J - BANGLADESH - Mamtaz reports she can be found on 28488 daily at 02:35 and 10:35Z. QSL via K1WY. UK9AA - UZBEKISTAN - East Coast US stations worked Fedor on 28008 just before 12:30Z and again on 24893 after 12:30Z. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AF-014 CT3DL 28500 2023 EU-131 IK3VIA 21264 1225 AS-006 VR2SS 14007 1750 NA-099 NP3TG 28459 1113 AS-044 UA0IAS/0 14044 0756 OC-042 4F3CV 21013 0012 EU-004 EA6/DL1KBQ 28033 1648 OC-046 FO0PT 14026 0749 EU-009 GM0HTG 14257 1911 OC-147 YC9YKI 21260 1257 EU-012 GM4AGX 14260 1416 OC-152 FO0SUC 14260 0634 EU-023 9H0VRZ 14260 1700 OC-188 FW5XX 14195 0506 EU-037 SM7CRW 21260 1142 SA-026 PP5JD 14206 0621 EU-039 TM2F 21264 0956 IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- -------------- 16-Oct 16-Oct 5R 5R8GC 2-187 16-Oct 16-Oct DL DL4FCH/P (EU-042) 16-Oct 17-Oct HK 5J9A 2-193 16-Oct 17-Oct VP9 AH0R/VP9 2-169 16-Oct 18-Oct 9H 9H0VRZ + many 9H3's 2-180 16-Oct 18-Oct FO/A FO0SUC (OC-152) 2-157 2-126 16-Oct 18-Oct KP2 KP2/IK1EDC (NA-106) 2-190 16-Oct 18-Oct PY PY1BNE/P (SA-029) 16-Oct 19-Oct A3 A35SO + A35ZL 2-170 16-Oct 19-Oct C5 C56HP 2-188 16-Oct 19-Oct KH0 KH0/N3JJ KH0/JM1LJS 2-173 16-Oct 19-Oct PY PQ1Q (SA-029) 2-185 16-Oct 20-Oct 3V 3V8BB 2-166 16-Oct 20-Oct VR2 VR98SS/P (AS-006) 2-188 16-Oct 22-Oct T2 by JA3JA 2-191

16-Oct 26-Oct PJ8 PJ8Z 2-186 16-Oct 27-Oct C5 DF4RD DL5NAM DL9NDS OE2VEL OE9MON 2-153 16-Oct 29-Oct EL EL2VO 2-185 16-Oct 30-Oct 9G 9G5BQ 2-188 16-Oct 30-Oct CN CN2NG 2-174 16-Oct 30-Oct FO FO0PT (OC-046) 2-172 16-Oct 30-Oct FR/G FR5ZU/G 2-187 2-173 16-Oct 31-Oct 9Y DK6WL DL4MCF DL4MDO DL4MEH 2-168 16-Oct 7-Nov 9N 9N7RW 2-179 16-Oct E3 E31AA 2-178 17-Oct 17-Oct W N6VV (NA-184) 17-Oct 17-Oct OK DX Association DX Banquet 9/9/98 17-Oct 24-Oct VP9 US1IDX/VP9 2-186 17-Oct 27-Oct FG FG by 6 W6's 2-175 17-Oct 14-Nov ZK3 ZK3RW 2-177 18-Oct 21-Oct JW JW9PJA 2-174 18-Oct 2-Nov HR VE3BW/HR6 (NA-057) 2-170 18-Oct 5-Nov 8Q 8Q7IO 8Q7IQ (AS-013) 2-160 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The sunspot number for October 14, 1998 was 86. The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado, for October 15, 1998, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 15-Oct-1998 21 131 5 1 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW-QUIET 15-Oct-1998 18 119 2 3 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW-QUIET 15-Oct-1998 15 119 2 2 LOW/QUIET;LOW/QUIET 15-Oct-1998 12 119 2 1 LOW/QUIET;LOW/QUIET 15-Oct-1998 09 119 2 1 LOW/QUIET;LOW/QUIET 15-Oct-1998 06 119 2 1 LOW/QUIET;LOW/QUIET 15-Oct-1998 03 119 2 0 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/QUIET 15-Oct-1998 00 119 2 0 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/QUIET The forecast for Friday, 14 October: solar flux 125, A index 8, K index 2. Friday should be High Normal. The forecast for Saturday, 15 October: solar flux 130, A index 8, K index 2. Saturday should be High Normal. The forecast for Sunday, 16 October: solar flux 140, A index 8, K index 2. Sunday should be High Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 5V7FA F6FNU C30LDM LA8DM TL5A PA3DMH 7J7ACY W6KP FJ/G3TXF G3TXF UA0LEC W3HNK 9V8RH 9V1RH OH0MFP OH3MFP UA9FGR N2AU AY0Z PIRATE SM7CRW W3HNK VE2AE VE2TVU DJ4SO - Klaus Behrndt, Bosseer Str. 8, D-24259 Westensee, GERMANY DJ7RJ - Manfred Przygode, Hoisdorfer Landstr. 50, D-22927 Grosshansdorf, GERMANY VE2NW - Zareh Amadouny, 18 Nisko, Dollard Des Ormeaux, Quebec

H9G 2R5, CANADA W4ZYV - Richard S. Darling, 6807 Can Cun Ln., El Paso, TX 79912, USA QSL cards recently received direct: 3A2HB, 4L1BR, AH8LG, JT1BG, ST2SA, SV2ASP/A, T32Z, TL5A, ZD7DP _____________________________________________________________________ For sale _____________________________________________________________________ Joe, W3HNK, has some IRC's for sale at 75 cents each. For more details contact him by e-mail at <w3hnk@aol.com> _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: AA3KX, AB7WY, KH6BZF REPORTS, LYNX, N2OO, NOAA, SM5DQC, W2FG, W2WI, W3HNK, W3IZ, WB4KTC _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), or $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United States. _____________________________________________________________________ Copyright _ 1998 by Bernie McClenny _____________________________________________________________________ THE DAILY DX _ is published Monday through Friday by Bernie McClenny, W3UR, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, MD 21738 USA. This e-mail message and its contents have a copyright and are proprietary products of THE DAILY DX _. Any unauthorized use, reproduction, or transfer of the message or its content, in any medium, is strictly prohibited. For permission to quote, reprint or repost this e-mail send a request to THE DAILY DX _ include date, volume and issue number. Check out THE DAILY DX _ homepage http://www.dailydx.com or for additional information you may phone THE DAILY DX _ at 301-854-5650 or fax at 301-854-5105. Remember to tell all your DX friends about THE DAILY DX.

. ======================== *** The Daily DX _ *** ======================== Volume 2 Number 196 October 19, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ DX News _____________________________________________________________________ Fernando, D2BB, reports he will be leaving Luanda, Angola in mid- December as his work assignment will be up. He hopes that conditions on 40, 80 and 160 meters get better soon to work the Deserving. When Fernando leaves this semi-rare African country there will not be much going on as D2AI left the country two weeks ago for Portugal. D2EV moved to Sri Lanka (4S7EVG?). Chris, D2CM, is a new license but located on an oil platform. D2GG and D3SAA are others but no news about them. QSL D2BB via W3HNK. Pat, F6BLQ (ex 5N0T), reports the first stages of the Association of the Radio Amateur operators of Congo (9Q5) paper work was sent to the government of Kinshasa last month. The next stage is for the Minister of the PTT to approve and then licenses should result. Charlie, W0YG, reports the licenses for the upcoming Christmas Island and Cocos-Keeling operations for early next year were issued on 15 October. The operation from Christmas Island will take place from 6 to 13 February as he and George, W8UVZ, will use VK9XX. Then from 13 to 20 February they will operate VK9YY from Cocos-Keeling. They will concentrate on 80 and 160 meters. QSL cards will be handled by W0YG. The 59(9) DX Report says that the Central Arizona DX Association (CADXA) will once again send it members to Myanmar. The operation will take place between 21 November and 6 December. Operators for this operation include Dan, NA7DB, Robin, WA6CDR, Don, K6RKE, Darryl, AF7O, Sally (YL), KM5EP, Millie (YL) WY7K, Tom, Jessica (YL), N7ZRD, and Mike, N7MB. The group will once again operate from the Inya Lake Hotel in Yangon. The CADXA's last operation was in late November of 1996, near the bottom of the sunspot cycle. During that operation the group made some 23,000 QSOs. Equipment includes FT-1000MP's, Alpha amplifiers, Force 12 beams and Gladiator antennas. The group will participate in the CQ World Wide CW DX Contest. Topband DXers will be glad to hear that Robin, WA6CDR, will once again be going. QSL cards will once again be handled by W1XT. More details to follow. Andy, NP3D, and EW1AR will operate from Cyprus between 21 and 28 October. During the CQ World Wide SSB DX Contest Andy will operate as NP3D/5B4 on 80 meters single band while 5B4/EW1AR will be 10 meters single band. Before and after the contest they will be active on 6, 10, 15, 20, 40 and 80 meters. QSL NP3D/5B4 via W3HNK and 5B4/EW1AR via NP3D. Frank, DL2CC, will be active from A61AC in the United Arab Emirates from 21 to 27 October. He plans to put up antennas for 80 and 160

meters. He will operate in the CQ World Wide SSB DX Contest. QSL via ON7LX. _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 4K8F - AZERBAIJAN - Leon shows up on 30 meters CW around 02:30Z. QSL via UA9AB. 4S7YSG - SRI LANKA - East Coast US stations found Yasu on 10109 at 00:30Z on Sunday. QSL via JA2BDR. 4U1UN - UNITED NATIONS - Was active on 10, 12, 15 and 17 meters over the weekend. QSL via W6TER (see new address listed below). 5U7DG - NIGER - Was working US stations on 18125 around 02:00Z on Sunday. QSL via K4SE. 7X4AN - ALGERIA - Mohamed can be found daily near 28445 from 13:00 to 18:00Z. 9H4CM - MALTA - Charlie was active on Friday around 15:00Z on 14082 RTTY. 9L2WC - PIRATE - He calls himself John and is not fluent in English. BG6JW - PDR of CHINA - Is a novice station and can often be found operating between 21120 and 21130 from 00:00 to 01:30Z. EP2SMH - IRAN - West Coast US stations reported working Mohsen on Friday from 14:40 to 15:20Z on 14245. FR5HR - REUNION - Rene hangs out on 10 meters SSB from 11:00 to 14:00Z. FR5ZU/G - GLORIOSO - Starts around 02:30Z on 14256 daily. This has been a list operation and has been a very messy operation. He has also been on 14271 just before 15:00Z. On Sunday East Coast US stations found him on 28480 at 12:30Z. HF0POL - SOUTH SHETLANDS - Look for him daily on 14005 from 00:00 to 02:00Z. QSL via SP3BGD. JT1BG - MONGOLIA - Bator can often be found near 14197 from 00:00 to 02:00Z. KH4/KT0F - MIDWAY ISLAND - John is now active from this semi- rare South Pacific Ocean island. His XYL Cheryl, N0WBV, is also reported to be with him. Length of their stay is unknown. T24JA - TUVALU - Fumio was very active this past weekend in the JARTS RTTY Contest. Afterwards he was on 10 and 15 meters SSB. QSL via JA3JA. YA1R - AFGHANISTAN - Showed up on 15 meters CW on Friday around 05:40Z and stayed until about 15:00Z. Work if first, worry later. He said to QSL via RW3LO.

(ed. I have not been able to find an address) YK1AH - SYRIA - Fadel was reported on 3507 at 22:45Z on Friday. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AF-014 CT3HF 28495 1909 EU-057 DL4PM 21267 0941 AF-045 6W1QV/P 28460 1657 EU-141 LA5SJA 28506 1123 AS-031 JD1BIA 21260 0911 NA-051 VE7QCR 14259 1905 AS-045 HL5FUA 28551 2216 NA-184 N6VV 21260 1706 EU-016 9A4RV 14263 1805 OC-022 YC9BU 21260 1457 EU-020 SM1BIQ 14260 1124 OC-046 FO0PT 14254 0442 EU-023 9H4GRS 28420 1129 SA-009 9Y4/DL4MEH 3780 0354 EU-046 LA2HGA 28500 0957 IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- -------------- 19-Oct 19-Oct A3 A35SO + A35ZL 2-170 19-Oct 19-Oct C5 C56HP 2-188 19-Oct 19-Oct KH0 KH0/N3JJ KH0/JM1LJS 2-173 19-Oct 19-Oct PY PQ1Q (SA-029) 2-185 19-Oct 20-Oct 3V 3V8BB 2-166 19-Oct 20-Oct VR2 VR98SS/P (AS-006) 2-188 19-Oct 21-Oct JW JW9PJA 2-174 19-Oct 22-Oct T2 by JA3JA 2-191 19-Oct 22-Oct FO FO0SUC (OC-067) 2-157 2-126 19-Oct 24-Oct VP9 US1IDX/VP9 2-186 19-Oct 25-Oct C6A C6A/KI6T C6A/WR6O C6A/KA6WHA 2-182 19-Oct 26-Oct PJ8 PJ8Z 2-186 19-Oct 27-Oct C5 DF4RD DL5NAM DL9NDS OE2VEL OE9MO 2-153 19-Oct 27-Oct FG FG by 6 W6's 2-175 19-Oct 27-Oct KP2 WP2Z 2-159 19-Oct 28-Oct 9M6 9M6AAC 2-187 19-Oct 29-Oct EL EL2VO 2-185 19-Oct 29-Oct VP5 VP5 by 9 W's 2-179 19-Oct 30-Oct 9G 9G5BQ 2-188 19-Oct 30-Oct CN CN2NG 2-174 19-Oct 30-Oct FO FO0PT (OC-046) 2-172 19-Oct 30-Oct FR/G FR5ZU/G 2-187 2-173 19-Oct 31-Oct 9Y DK6WL DL4MCF DL4MDO DL4MEH 2-168 19-Oct 2-Nov HR VE3BW/HR6 (NA-057) 2-170 19-Oct 5-Nov 8Q 8Q7IO 8Q7IQ (AS-013) 2-160 19-Oct 7-Nov 9N 9N7RW 2-179 19-Oct 14-Nov ZK3 ZK3RW 2-177 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________

The sunspot number for October 17, 1998 was 107. The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado, for October 18, 1998, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 18-Oct-1998 21 126 9 3 MOD/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW-MOD/MINOR STORM 18-Oct-1998 18 135 10 2 MOD/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW-MOD/MINOR STORM 18-Oct-1998 15 135 10 1 MOD/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW-MOD/QUIET-MNR STM 18-Oct-1998 12 135 10 3 MOD/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW-MOD/QUIET-ACTIVE 18-Oct-1998 09 135 10 3 MOD/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW-MOD/QUIET-ACTIVE 18-Oct-1998 06 135 10 2 MODERATE/QUIET-UNSETTLED;MOD/QUIET-ACTIVE 18-Oct-1998 03 135 10 2 MODERATE/QUIET-UNSETTLED;MOD/QUIET-ACTIVE 18-Oct-1998 00 135 10 2 LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED The forecast for Monday, 19 October: solar flux 140, A index 25, K index 4. Monday should be Low Normal. The forecast for Tuesday, 20 October: solar flux 140, A index 15, K index 3. Tuesday should be High Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 4U1UN *W6TER EM1LV UR8LV KH0/JM1LJS JM1LJS 5K3W HK3SGP FK8VHT F6AJA KH0/N3JJ JA3ART 9A7P W3HC FR5ZU/G VE2NW LX/MU0BKA K4ZLE AH0R/VP9 JH6RTO H5ABP KB2MS T24JA JA3JA C56A DL5NAM II0S IK0YQJ TA4/KU0J KU0J CP8XA DG9NB J42MEN SV2CLJ TJ2RSF EA4URE CW4CC CX2ABC K9AW/DU6 WF5T VK8AN VK4AAR ED5GMB EA5GMB KC4AAA NC6J YC8VIP W6MD EA4URE - P.O. Box 220, 28080 Madrid, SPAIN JA3JA - Fumio Hayasaki, 178-1 Kitanoda, Sakai, 599-8123 JAPAN *W6TER - Gerald Smith, 43 Dusty Trail, Placitas, NM 87043 YK1AH - Fadel, P.O. Box 9597, Damascus, SYRIA * = This is a new address for W6TER. QSL cards recently received direct: 4X1FQ, CY9AA, H40AB, HK0ER, OH0BH, SV2ASP/A, V63KU, V73UX, ZD7DP QSL cards recently received via the bureau: 6V1C _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 425 DX News, D2BB, DL2CC, F6BLQ/9Q, K0PCG, K3KY, KH6BZF REPORTS, N2JTX, N7OJ, NOAA, ON4IZ, The 59(9) DX Report, W0YG, W6TER, WB4KTC, WU1F _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________

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. ======================== *** The Daily DX _ *** ======================== Volume 2 Number 197 October 20, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ DX News _____________________________________________________________________ A group of Italians will operate multi-multi in the CQ World Wide SSB DX Contest from Lampedusa Island (AF-019) as IG9T. This is a separate multiplier in this contest. Before and after the contest they will be active as IG9/home call. Operators include IV3OWC (160), IT9EQO (80), IV3TAN (40), IT9NJE (20), I2VXJ (15) and IK2MRZ (10). IG9/IV3JDV will operate on 2 and 6 meters. QSL via home calls. A multi-national group will operate multi-multi from Pantelleria Island (AF-018) as IH9P during the CQ WW SSB DX Contest. This group includes I8QLS, IN3QBR, IT9BLB, IT9TQH, IT9VDQ, IT9WPO, IT9ZGY, IW9EIN, IW9FMO, K7FL, KR7X, OK1FUA, WA7EQW, ZS6NW and maybe I8CZW and 9H1EL. QSL via WA7EQW. Toshi, JA1ELY, reports that Shin, JA7SQV, will be working in Laos between 23 and 30 October. This is not a DXpedition. However, he will try to operate XW8KPL when he gets time after work. Mats, LU9AY, plans to be active from Bolivia as CP6/LU9AY from 25 November to 5 December. Look for him to be on 10 through 160 meters CW and SSB. During the CQ World Wide CW DX Contest he will be using CP6AA. QSL via LU9AY, 670 Honorio Pueyrredon, 1405 Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA. During this weekend's CQ WW SSB DX Contest look for CQ9K to be active as a multi-single from Madeira Island. Operators include CT3HK, CT3IA, CT3BD, CT3HF, CT3BM, CT3DL and CT3KN. QSL via CS3MAD. _____________________________________________________________________ Silent Key _____________________________________________________________________ Mary Lou Rosecrants, KD2AL, reports the passing of Steve Rosecrants, NA2Q on 7 October. Steve enjoyed working DX and had confirmed some 280 countries on low power. Condolences to Mary Lou and the Rosecrants family. _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 8Q7IO - MALDIVES - The German group started Monday. They were found on 14017 from 17:30 to 18:30Z. QSL via DL7VRO. FR5ZU/G - GLORIOSO - Jacques was working JA's on 21195 just before 14:00Z. Europeans were working him on 14275

between 17:40 and 18:30Z. Earlier North Americans were working him on a list around 02:00Z. SU2MT - EGYPT - Don't be surprised to see this station on CW through out this week. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- NA-072 HP1/DL9RCF 28490 1716 SA-026 PP5OW 28510 1753 NA-102 FG/N6RT 14212 0313 SA-064 CE7AOY 14260 0737 OC-019 KH6FHX 24962 0047 IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ >From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- -------------- 20-Oct 20-Oct 3V 3V8BB 2-166 20-Oct 14-Nov 3W XV1Z 2-185 20-Oct 30-Oct 4S 4S7AHG or 4S7/JA4AHV 2-187 20-Oct 5-Nov 8Q 8Q7IO 8Q7IQ (AS-013) 2-160 20-Oct 30-Oct 9G 9G5BQ 2-188 20-Oct 28-Oct 9M6 9M6AAC 2-187 20-Oct 7-Nov 9N 9N7RW 2-179 20-Oct 31-Oct 9Y DK6WL DL4MCF DL4MDO DL4MEH 2-168 20-Oct 27-Oct C5 DF4RD DL5NAM DL9NDS OE2VEL OE9MO 2-153 20-Oct 25-Oct C6A C6A/KI6T C6A/WR6O C6A/KA6WHA 2-182 20-Oct 30-Oct CN CN2NG 2-174 20-Oct 25-Oct CN CN8WW 2-174 20-Oct 29-Oct EL EL2VO 2-185 20-Oct 27-Oct FG FG by 6 W6's 2-175 20-Oct 26-Oct FM FM/EA3BT/P FM/EA3AOK/P 2-156 20-Oct 30-Oct FO FO0PT (OC-046) 2-172 20-Oct 22-Oct FO FO0SUC (OC-067) 2-157 2-126 20-Oct 30-Oct FR/G FR5ZU/G 2-187 2-173 20-Oct 23-Oct HL HL9DC or HL9DX 2-194 20-Oct 2-Nov HR VE3BW/HR6 (NA-057) 2-170 20-Oct 21-Oct JW JW9PJA 2-174 20-Oct 27-Oct KP2 WP2Z 2-159 20-Oct 25-Oct PJ2 PJ9Q 2-149 20-Oct 26-Oct PJ8 PJ8Z 2-186 20-Oct 22-Oct T2 by JA3JA 2-191 20-Oct 30-Oct V2 V2 - Lots 2-167 20-Oct 27-Oct VP2V 6 US boys 2-185 2-153 20-Oct 29-Oct VP5 VP5 by 9 W's 2-179 20-Oct 27-Oct VP5 VP5T 2-190 20-Oct 24-Oct VP9 US1IDX/VP9 2-186 20-Oct 20-Oct VR2 VR98SS/P (AS-006) 2-188 20-Oct 14-Nov ZK3 ZK3RW 2-177 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast

_____________________________________________________________________ The sunspot number for October 18, 1998 was 136. The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado, for October 19, 1998, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 19-Oct-1998 21 118 37 3 LOW/UNSET-MIN STORM;LOW/UNSET-MIN STORM 19-Oct-1998 18 126 10 5 LOW/UNSET-MIN STORM;LOW/UNSET-MIN STORM 19-Oct-1998 15 126 10 4 LOW/QUIET-MINOR STORM;LOW/MINOR STORM 19-Oct-1998 12 126 10 4 LOW/QUIET-MINOR STORM;LOW/MINOR STORM 19-Oct-1998 09 126 10 5 VY LOW/QUIET-MINOR STORM;LOW/MINOR STORM 19-Oct-1998 06 126 10 5 LOW/QUIET-MINOR STORM;LOW/MINOR STORM 19-Oct-1998 03 126 10 5 LOW/QUIET-MINOR STORM;LOW/MINOR STORM 19-Oct-1998 00 126 10 3 MOD/QUIET-UNSET;LOW-MOD/UNSET-ACTIVE A minor geomagnetic storm began at 15:00Z on 19 October. The forecast for Tuesday, 20 October: solar flux 130, A index 20, K index 3. Tuesday should be Low Normal. The forecast for Wednesday, 21 October: solar flux 135, A index 15, K index 3. Wednesday should be High Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 5V7FA F6FNU FG/N6RT N6RT VU2JPS VK9NS 8Q7IO DL7VRO V26AK N2TK XX9TXD KU9C C56A DL5NAM VP2V/WJ7R WJ7R JA2BDR - Kazuo Yoshikawa, 4249-4 Shimo-Ebicho, Yokkaichi 510-1203, JAPAN QSL cards recently received direct: 5X1T, A61AJ, H40AA, H44DX, KA9KAI/HR2, N2OO/KH9, N6MZ/KH9, NH4/NH6YK, VP8/G4VFU _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 425 DX News, I1JQJ, JA1ADN, JA1ELY, K2RW, K2UFM, KD2AL, KH6BZF REPORTS, NOAA, OPDX, W8FJ _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), or $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United States. _____________________________________________________________________ Copyright _ 1998 by Bernie McClenny _____________________________________________________________________

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. ======================== *** The Daily DX _ *** ======================== Volume 2 Number 198 October 21, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ DX News _____________________________________________________________________ Kazu, VR2KF, reports he will be active as a single op on all bands in this weekends CQ WW SSB DX Contest. He will be looking for North American and the Caribbean on 10 meters from 11:00 to 13:00Z on the long path. Gary, K9AW/DU6, also plans to be active this weekend as a single op all band entrant. QSL via WF5T. Javi, LU9HS, plans to operate LR0H, Argentina, on 10 meters only during the CQ WW SSB DX Contest this weekend. QSL direct to LU9HS, Javier Omar Santillan, Av. 52, Casa 40, B Aeronautico 5022 Cordoba, ARGENTINA. Ayung, YB0DX, will be putting in a 80 meter only appearance this weekend. Look for him around 3792. QSL via AYUNG, P.O. Box-1004 JKB, Jakarta 11010, INDONESIA. Vlad, UA0FZ, plans to work both the CW and SSB CQ WW DX Contests with special call sign RS0F from zone 19. QSL via W3HNK. Jim, N5FA, will operate from Fernando de Noronha during the contest this weekend. He may use the call PT0F and will be active on all bands. QSL via PY5EG or N5FA. Eric, K3NA, hopes to be able to operate from HZ1AB during CQ WW SSB during the last 20 hours of the contest. He is currently in Saudi Arabia working and has a meeting during the first day. Ron, ZL1AMO, left New Zealand on 17 October. It is believed that he will take a stop in Fiji before going on to Tokelau. _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 5B4/UA9MA - CYPRUS - Gena was found by North Americans on 7045 and he was listening on 7164 around 02:00Z. 8Q7IO - MALDIVES - The German boys are starting to get into full swing. Tuesday they were reported as follows. GMT Frequencies GMT Frequencies --- ----------- --- ----------- 10 24946 19 10121

11 24946 20 1827 3505 12 24946 21 3505 13 18073 28495 22 3505 16 10102 23 3505 17 3508 7009 9J2AM - ZAMBIA - Was active on 21307 at 05:00, 08:00 and 14:00Z. FO5BI - FRENCH POLYNESIA - Bob has recently put up a folded « wave dipole for 160 meters. He says he is usually active on the air around 06:00Z on CW. FR5ZU/G - GLORIOSO - Jacques was working JA's on 14293 from 13:20 to 14:00Z. Then more JA's on 21190 from 14:30 to 15:00Z. Europeans had a shot at him on 14275 just before 18:00Z. KH4/N0WBV - MIDWAY - Cheryl (YL) was active on 28426 between 22:15 to 23:00Z. He was listening up 2. She reports she and her husband John, KT0F, will be leaving the island tomorrow. QSL via home call. T24JA - TUVALU - Fumio has been very busy from this semi- rare island. Tuesday's activity was as follows: GMT Frequencies GMT Frequencies --- ----------- --- ----------- 02 24945 28482 11 18085 04 24945 12 18085 05 24900 20 14017 06 18140 21 14017 09 18075 22 21210 10 10107 23 24935 TL5A - CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - JA's found Alex on 3504 at 21:00Z. QSL via PA3DMH. XX9 - MACAO - The Americans from this weekends multi- multi XX9X operation are starting to hit the airwaves with their new XX9T call signs. XX9TAR was on 14197 at 14:20. XX9TJL was active on 10 meters SSB. XX9TXD was on 7004 from 10:45 to 11:20Z. QSL all via KU9C. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AF-016 FR5HR 21263 1607 NA-065 AD7U 14260 0100 AS-017 8Q7IO 24946 1056 NA-072 HP1/DL9RCF 24960 2155 EU-042 DK8OL 14260 1021 OC-046 FO0PT 7011 0506 EU-129 DL6DQI/P 14007 0935 SA-064 CE7AOY 28458 1419 Japanese operators Michio, JA6GIJ, Haru, JF1PJK and Yuki, JA6LCJ will activate Koh Samui Island (AS-101) between 22 and 24 October. They will use E22A??/P or HS0/JA6GIJ/P on 10 through 40 meters on CW, SSB and RTTY. 80 and 160 meters may be possible. A log search will be available at http://www.nttl-net.ne.jp/ja6lcj/ QSL via JA6LCJ via

the bureau or direct to Yukihisa Yamashita, 2-25-1 Nagamine-higashi, Kumamoto 862-0938, JAPAN. IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- -------------- 21-Oct 14-Nov 3W XV1Z 2-185 21-Oct 30-Oct 4S 4S7AHG or 4S7/JA4AHV 2-187 21-Oct 28-Oct 5B 5B4/EW1AR 2-196 21-Oct 28-Oct 5B NP3D/5B4 2-196 21-Oct 5-Nov 8Q 8Q7IO 8Q7IQ (AS-013) 2-160 21-Oct 30-Oct 9G 9G5BQ 2-188 21-Oct 28-Oct 9M6 9M6AAC 2-187 21-Oct 7-Nov 9N 9N7RW 2-179 21-Oct 31-Oct 9Y DK6WL DL4MCF DL4MDO DL4MEH 2-168 21-Oct 28-Oct A3 A35XU (by PA3AXU) 2-143 21-Oct 1-Nov A4 A4/G0BQV 2-184 21-Oct 27-Oct A6 A61AC by DL2CC 2-196 2-188 21-Oct 27-Oct C5 C56A C56T 2-153 21-Oct 25-Oct C6A C6A/KI6T C6A/WR6O C6A/KA6WHA 2-182 21-Oct 30-Oct CN CN2NG 2-174 21-Oct 25-Oct CN CN8WW 2-174 21-Oct 25-Oct E3 E31AA update 21-Oct 29-Oct EL EL2VO 2-185 21-Oct 27-Oct FG FG by 6 W6's 2-175 21-Oct 26-Oct FM FM/EA3BT/P FM/EA3AOK/P 2-156 21-Oct 30-Oct FO FO0PT (OC-046) 2-172 21-Oct 22-Oct FO FO0SUC (OC-067) 2-157 2-126 21-Oct 30-Oct FR/G FR5ZU/G 2-187 2-173 21-Oct 27-Nov HC DL2YAK 2-112 21-Oct 1-Nov HI HI8/DK8YY 2-192 21-Oct 23-Oct HL HL9DC or HL9DX 2-194 21-Oct 2-Nov HR VE3BW/HR6 (NA-057) 2-170 21-Oct 28-Oct J6 J6/K3LP 2-193 21-Oct 21-Oct JW JW9PJA 2-174 21-Oct 21-Oct KH4 KH4/N0WBV 21-Oct 27-Oct KP2 WP2Z 2-159 21-Oct 25-Oct PJ2 PJ9Q 2-149 21-Oct 26-Oct PJ8 PJ8Z 2-186 21-Oct 22-Oct T2 T24JA 2-191 21-Oct 30-Oct V2 V2 - Lots 2-167 21-Oct 26-Oct V3 V31MX 2-134 21-Oct 23-Oct VE VO2ZZ 2-180 21-Oct 27-Oct VP2V 6 US boys 2-185 2-153 21-Oct 26-Oct VP2V VP2V/IK1EDC (NA-023) 2-190 21-Oct 29-Oct VP5 VP5 by 9 W's 2-179 21-Oct 27-Oct VP5 VP5T 2-190 21-Oct 24-Oct VP9 US1IDX/VP9 2-186 21-Oct 22-Oct XT XT2HP 2-188 21-Oct 14-Nov ZK3 ZK3RW 2-177 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The sunspot number for October 19, 1998 was 116.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado, for October 20, 1998, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 20-Oct-1998 21 121 12 4 LOW/UNSET-MIN STM;LOW/QUIET-UNSET 20-Oct-1998 18 118 37 2 LOW/UNSET-MIN STM;LOW/QUIET-UNSET 20-Oct-1998 15 118 37 2 LOW/UNSET-MIN STM;LOW/QUIET-UNSET 20-Oct-1998 12 118 37 3 LOW/UNSET-MIN STM;LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE 20-Oct-1998 09 118 37 2 LOW/UNSET-MIN STM;LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE 20-Oct-1998 06 118 37 3 LOW/UNSET-MIN STM;LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE 20-Oct-1998 03 118 37 2 LOW/UNSET-MIN STM;LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE 20-Oct-1998 00 118 37 3 LOW/UNSET-MIN STM;LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE The forecast for Wednesday, 21 October: solar flux 130, A index 20, K index 3. Wednesday should be Low Normal. The forecast for Thursday, 22 October: solar flux 135, A index 12, K index 3. Thursday should be High Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 9J2BO W6ORD KH4/N0WBV N0WBV XX9AS KU9C HC8A WV7Y NH0E KH0EJ XX9TAR KU9C KH0AC K7ZA PJ8/K4ZA K4ZA XX9TJL KU9C QSL cards recently received direct: 3C5DX, 4S7CF, JW9THA (9/96), SV2ASP/A, VP8/G4VFU, XX9TSS _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 425 DX News, FO5BI, JA6LCJ, K3NA, K9AW/DU6, KH6BZF REPORTS, N2TN, NOAA, PY0FF, UA0FZ, VE3BHZ, VR2KF, ZL1AAI, _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), or $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United States. _____________________________________________________________________ Copyright _ 1998 by Bernie McClenny _____________________________________________________________________ THE DAILY DX _ is published Monday through Friday by Bernie McClenny, W3UR, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, MD 21738 USA. This e-mail message and its contents have a copyright and are proprietary products of THE DAILY DX _. Any unauthorized use, reproduction, or transfer of the message or its content, in any medium, is strictly prohibited. For permission to quote, reprint or repost this e-mail send a request to THE DAILY DX _ include date, volume and issue number. Check out THE DAILY DX _ homepage http://www.dailydx.com or for additional

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. ======================== *** The Daily DX _ *** ======================== Volume 2 Number 199 October 22, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ DX News _____________________________________________________________________ Joe, W8GEX, will be active from three Caribbean Islands between 24 November, 1998 and 9 January, 1999. His first stop will be from Grand Cayman Island as he will sign ZF2/W8GEX from 24 to 29 November. Next he will go on to Abaco Island (NA-080) in the Bahamas and use C6AJR from 10 to 16 December. His final stop will be from the Turks and Caicos from 1 to 9 January as VP5/W8GEX. A multi-single effort will be put on by club station VU2JNA this weekend in the CQ WW SSB DX Contest. They have a beam for 10, 15 and 20 meters and dipoles for 40 and 80 meters. A Heathkit amplifier will be used. Gary, S92AT, reports he will be putting in an all band effort with his contest call S92A. QSL via NJ2D. Paul, BV4FH, has received the license and landing permission for the upcoming DXpedition to Pratas Island. They are still working on the transportation. This information is a few days old and more information is expected very soon. If you are looking for Zone 26 during the CQ World Wide SSB DX Contest HS0AC will be doing a multi-single effort. QSL via HS0/G3NOM, Ray Gerrard, P.O. Box 1300, Nana Post Office, Bangkok 10112, THAILAND. Ron, ZL1AMO, is stuck on Fiji Island. His wife reports "The boat that was to take him was full and refused to take him." Obviously he was rather upset however he has not given up and will continue trying to get to Tokelau, ZK3. If he does not succeed this week, he will return to Auckland by the end of the week. More news to follow. George, 5B4AGC, plans to be active in the contest this weekend on 15 meters only. His call book address is incorrect. QSL to George Beasley, P.O. Box 1344, Paphos, CY8133, Cyprus. Baatar, JT1BG reports there will be plenty of activity from CQ Zone 23 this weekend as the following stations will be on the air: JT1T - (JT1KAA op's), P.O.Box 639, Ulaanbaatar 13, MONGOLIA JT1BG - Baatar S, P.O.Box 158, Ulaanbaatar 13, MONGOLIA JT1BV - Naranbaatar T, P.O.Box 820, Ulaanbaatar 13, MONGOLIA JT1CC - Oyuna B, P.O.Box 158, Ulaanbaatar 13, MONGOLIA JT1JA - (members), P.O.Box 905, Ulaanbaatar 23, MONGOLIA JT7AA - ???

Olli, OH0XX, plans to operate in this weekend's event from Bolivia at the club station CP6AA. Look for him on all bands. QSL via Suite 599, 1313 So. Military Trail, Deerfield Beach, FL 33442, U.S.A. Mike, HA/W0YR, reported that Zoli, HA5PP, is now in Eritrea and received his E30HA call sign. He plans to be mostly on 10, 15 and 20 meters SSB. Ake, 5R8FU, will be active from Malagasy for at least another year. Plans are to soon put up antennas for 40, 80 and 160 meters. He is active on RTTY also. QSL via SM0DJZ. JA6VZB and a group of JA's will be active this weekend from Belau as T88X. The Ceuta Contest Club will be active this weekend as EA9EA. Look for them to be multi-multi. QSL for this contest and any future contests go via W3HNK. Congratulations to Jean-Michel Duthilleul, F6AJA, editor of Les Nouvelles DX, who was awarded the Merite National du REF for all his hard work. Jean-Michel often supplies readers of The Daily DX pertinent DX information from the French DX community. Tor, LA9XGA, will operate JW9XGA on Svalbard (EU-026) from 30 October to 4 November. Look for him to be active on 10 through 160 meters CW and SSB. QSL via LA9XGA. A Hungarian team will be active from Liechtenstein from 1 to 7 November. Members of the group include Laci, HA0HW; Geza, HA4XG; Laci, HA6NL; Tibor, HA6PQ; Csaba, HA6PX; and Tibor, HA6ZV. They will be using HB0/home call/p on all bands CW and RTTY. Suggested frequencies are as follows: CQ: 1831, 3511, 7011, 10104, 14011, 14026, 18071, 21011, 21026, 24891, 28011, 28026 RTTY: 7040, 14086, 21086, 28086 QSL via home calls direct or via the bureau. _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ E31AA - ERITREA - Jacky is back and will operate until 25 October. Next stop J28AG for three days. QSL via ZL3CW. FR5ZU/G - GLORIOSO - Jacques was working on 14271 from 13:25 to 14:40Z. ST2SA - SUDAN - Dr. Sid came up on 14271 just before 21:30Z.

T24JA - TUVALU - Check 30 meters CW just after 10:00Z. QSL via JA3JA. T2DX - TUVALU - This is Tusti, W4WET, who has been on 10 and 20 meters SSB. Length of stay is unknown. QSL via W4WET. V8A - BRUNEI - Yoshi was active on 15 meters SSB from 10:00 to 11:00 and from 22:00 to 00:00Z. QSL via JH7FQK. ZD8Z - ASCENSION ISLAND - Look for Jim, N6TJ, on 21250 between 18:00 and 19:00Z today and tomorrow. QSL via VE3HO. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AF-003 ZD8Z 21251 1912 NA-072 HP1/DL9RCF 21303 1439 AF-019 IG9/IK2MRZ 21021 1714 NA-072 HP1XCH 14213 0300 AS-018 UA0FH 14022 0731 NA-096 HI3/ON4ANT 24939 1928 AS-044 UA0IAS/0 14263 0710 OC-024 T32KV 28489 1921 EU-004 EA6/DH3KAT 28480 1342 OC-024 T32O 14212 1203 EU-133 R1ASP 21260 1137 OC-084 T32NCC 28490 0230 NA-029 VY2ROB 3799 1009 OC-118 FW5XX 14195 0622 NA-057 VE3BW/HR6 28436 1717 OC-149 H44NC 14259 0613 IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- -------------- 22-Oct 26-Oct 3W 3W6US 2-195 22-Oct 14-Nov 3W XV1Z 2-185 22-Oct 30-Oct 4S 4S7AHG or 4S7/JA4AHV 2-187 22-Oct 28-Oct 5B 5B4/EW1AR 2-196 22-Oct 28-Oct 5B NP3D/5B4 2-196 22-Oct 5-Nov 8Q 8Q7IO 8Q7IQ (AS-013) 2-160 22-Oct 30-Oct 9G 9G5BQ 2-188 22-Oct 28-Oct 9M6 9M6AAC 2-187 22-Oct 7-Nov 9N 9N7RW 2-179 22-Oct 31-Oct 9Y DK6WL DL4MCF DL4MDO DL4MEH 2-168 22-Oct 28-Oct A3 A35XU (by PA3AXU) 2-143 22-Oct 1-Nov A4 A4/G0BQV 2-184 22-Oct 27-Oct A6 A61AC by DL2CC 2-196 2-188 22-Oct 27-Oct C5 C56A C56T 2-153 22-Oct 25-Oct C6A C6A/KI6T C6A/WR6O C6A/KA6WHA 2-182 22-Oct 30-Oct CN CN2NG 2-174 22-Oct 25-Oct CN CN8WW 2-174 22-Oct 25-Oct E3 E31AA update 22-Oct 25-Oct EA9 EA9EA 2-199 22-Oct 29-Oct EL EL2VO 2-185

22-Oct 27-Oct FG FG by 6 W6's 2-175 22-Oct 26-Oct FM FM/EA3BT/P FM/EA3AOK/P 2-156 22-Oct 30-Oct FO FO0PT (OC-046) 2-172 22-Oct 22-Oct FO FO0SUC (OC-067) 2-157 2-126 22-Oct 30-Oct FR/G FR5ZU/G 2-187 2-173 22-Oct 27-Nov HC DL2YAK 2-112 22-Oct 25-Oct HC8 HC8A 22-Oct 1-Nov HI DK8YY/HI8 2-192 22-Oct 26-Oct HL HL5/JI6KVR (AS-045) 2-157 22-Oct 23-Oct HL HL9DC or HL9DX 2-194 22-Oct 2-Nov HR VE3BW/HR6 (NA-057) 2-170 22-Oct 24-Oct HS E22A?? or HS0/JA6GIJ/P (AS-101) 2-198 22-Oct 28-Oct J6 J6/K3LP 2-193 22-Oct 27-Oct KP2 WP2Z 2-159 22-Oct 25-Oct PJ2 PJ9Q 2-149 22-Oct 26-Oct PJ7 PJ8Z 2-186 22-Oct 26-Oct PY PT2VE (SA-071) 2-180 22-Oct 26-Oct PY PV2E (SA-071) 2-174 22-Oct 22-Oct T2 T24JA 2-191 22-Oct 27-Oct T32 T32MP T32KV T32PL T32PS 2-172 22-Oct 30-Oct V2 V2 - Lots 2-167 22-Oct 26-Oct V3 V31MX 2-134 22-Oct 27-Oct V4 V47NS 2-180 22-Oct 23-Oct VE VO2ZZ 2-180 22-Oct 26-Oct VP2E VP2EJR 2-191 22-Oct 27-Oct VP2V 6 US boys 2-185 2-153 22-Oct 26-Oct VP2V VP2V/IK1EDC (NA-023) 2-190 22-Oct 29-Oct VP5 VP5 by 9 W's 2-179 22-Oct 27-Oct VP5 VP5T 2-190 22-Oct 27-Oct VP6 VP6 ARC (OC-182) 2-158 22-Oct 24-Oct VP9 US1IDX/VP9 2-186 22-Oct 22-Oct XT XT2HP 2-188 22-Oct 25-Oct ZD8 ZD8Z 22-Oct 24-Oct ZK/S ZK1OOY 2-165 22-Oct 14-Nov ZK3 ZK3RW 2-199 2-177 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The sunspot number for October 20, 1998 was 104. The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado, for October 21, 1998, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 21-Oct-1998 21 118 22 4 Low/Unsettled-Active;Low/Unsettled-Act 21-Oct-1998 18 121 12 3 Low/Unsettled-Active;Low/Unsettled-Act 21-Oct-1998 15 121 12 3 Low/Quiet-Active;Low/Unsettled-Active 21-Oct-1998 12 121 12 4 Low/Quiet-Active;Low/Unsettled-Active 21-Oct-1998 09 121 12 4 Low/Quiet-Active;Low/Unsettled-Active 21-Oct-1998 06 121 12 4 Low/Quiet-Active;Low/Unsettled-Active 21-Oct-1998 03 121 12 4 Low/Quiet-Active;Low/Unsettled-Active 21-Oct-1998 00 121 12 3 Low/Quiet-Active;Low/Unsettled-Active The forecast for Thursday, 22 October: solar flux 115, A index 15, K index 3. Thursday should be High Normal. The forecast for Friday, 23 October: solar flux 115, A index 12, K index 3. Friday should be . _____________________________________________________________________

QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 4S7AHG JA4AHV FG/N6ED N6ED V8A JH7FQK 8P6DA KU9C FM/EA3BT EA3BT VE3BW/HR6 VE3BW 9Y4/DL4MCF DL4MCL FM/EA3WL EA3BT VQ9JC WB9IHH 9Y4/DL4MDO DL4MDO HB0/HB9AON DJ2YE XX9TJL K6JL 9Y4/DL4MEO DL4MEO P40W N2MM YN9HAU HR1RMG A35XU PA3AXU T2DX W4WET ZD8Z VE3HO DL1JDK/HI8 DL4JAN T32KV N0KV ZS/OE3GSA OE3GSA ZD7VC - Bruce, P.O. Box 58, Jamestown, ST. HELENA I., South Atlantic Ocean Jim, NY3Y, is the QSL manager for the following stations: 5X1DX, 5Z4FV, 9Y4VU In Volume 2 Number 179 of The Daily DX it was mentioned that Yoh Yoshida, 7L1MFS, had recently moved. The address in that issue was incorrect. The correct address is: Hiroshi Yoh Yoshida, Shinko, 4-4-1 Arakawa, 116-0002 Tokyo, Japan Yoh handles QSL chores for: HS7CDI, E21AOY, RA3RCL, RA3RQF, XU2A, XU2C, XUX0, 3W5FS, 3W4EZD, 3W6EZD, FG/JA2EZD, FS/JA2EZD and J6/JA2EZD. QSL cards recently received direct: 3D2QB, CP8XA, GU3MBS, ZB2JO _____________________________________________________________________ On the WWW _____________________________________________________________________ Logs for the 8Q7IO and 8Q7IQ DXpedition will be available soon at http://www.qsl.net/8q7io/index.html _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 425 DX News, DX News Sheet, G0WAZ, HA/W0YR, HA6NL, JA1ADN, JT1BG, K3ZO, KH6BZF REPORTS, N2JTX, N4GN, NOAA, The 59(9) DX Report, The first Portuguese DX Bulletin, VU3PVN, W3HNK, W9OP, WU1F, YS1RRD, ZL1AAI _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), or $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United States. _____________________________________________________________________ Copyright _ 1998 by Bernie McClenny _____________________________________________________________________ THE DAILY DX _ is published Monday through Friday by Bernie McClenny,

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. ======================== *** The Daily DX _ *** ======================== Volume 2 Number 200 October 23, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ DX News _____________________________________________________________________ Paul, BV4FH, says the Pratas Island DXpedition (BV9P) should take place starting around 12 November. A group of about 10 operators, including JA1BK, OH2BH and KU9C, will set up 4 complete stations. Look for CW, SSB and RTTY activity. QSL via KU9C. More information is expected soon. Both the DX News Letter and OPDX bulletins report that Jack, HB9TL, and Erwin, HB9QR, will operate from Cocos Keeling and Christmas Island. Starting 24 October look for VK9CTL and VK9CQR from Cocos Keeling until then end of the month. Then from 31 October to 14 November VK9XTL and VK9XQR will be on from Christmas Island. Activity will be on 10 through 20 meters. QSL direct to HB9QR, Erwin Fink, Toedistr. 7, CH-8572 Berg, Switzerland with SASE and 2 IRC's or 2 green stamps. Like any good DXpedition operators they request when calling to use complete call signs only, no partial call signs. John, HS1CHB, and Tony, HS0/G4UAV, report the Thai Post and Telegraph Department has approved Amateur Radio stations from Thailand to operate on 80 and 160 meters during the full duration of the CQ World Wide DX Contest this weekend. This is great news for those searching for Zone 26 and HS on these bands. On 160 meters they have been authorized for 1840 to 1850 and on the 80 meter band on 3534 to 3536. That's right 2 KHZ only on 80 meters and yes it is 3534 to 3536 (NOT 3634 to 3636 and NOT 3734 to 3736). Club stations HS0AC and E22AAA both plan to be on these bands as well as other private individual stations. Igor, VR2ZQZ/UA3QJC, reports the Hong Kong Amateur Radio Transmitting Society station VR2HK will be on in the CQ World Wide DX SSB Contest as a multi-multi. Operators include RA3QFB, VR2ZQZ, VR2RO and VR2YRC. Wayne, VE1NR (ex VE1CBK), will be on Sable Island starting 26 October for about 5 days. He will be working on the island however he will be on as CY0NR on 10 through 80 meters SSB during his off times. QSL via VE1NR. Mike, ZA1MH, is now back in Albania until 1 December. He will be operational from Almaty, KAZAKHSTAN and Dushanbe, TADJIKISTAN after the 1st of December. Plans are to also operate from Afghanistan as he will be going there occasionally. It may be tuff getting permission at this point and time. Mike was there in July just before everyone was kicked out. There maybe activity from other Central Asian countries as he will be traveling to many in the region including KYRGYZSTAN. Mike's QSL manager Vlado, Z32KV, had been having some problems with mail theft, however the postal worker was caught. QSL

cards should go direct only with either an IRC or Green stamp. Bureau cards will not be answered. QSL via Z32KV, Vlado, P.O. Box 10, 96330 Struga, MACEDONIA Charlie, W0YG, will once again return to Botswana on 15 November for a two week stint. He will be operating as A22/W0YG from his vehicle. Hey may try 80 meters and doubts that he will do much on 160 meters. QSL via W0YG. _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ A61AC - UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - Frank was active on 7011 around 20:00Z and on 3794 from 21:15 to 21:30Z. QSL via ON7LX. C56A - THE GAMBIA - East Coast US stations found him on 1845 with a nice signal around 04:15Z. QSL via DL5NAM. E22AAD/P - THAILAND - Were reported on 3525 at 14:30Z. They will also be on 1822 around their morning time. E30HA - ERITREA - Zoli was very active on 10 and 15 meters SSB from 06:00 to 15:30Z. He will be there at least two weeks. QSL via HA5YPP. FR5ZU/G - GLORIOSO - Bruce, N7OJ, reported working Jacques long path at 03:01Z on 22 October on 14256. He said "While everyone was yakking, I just called him and he gave me 5X5." Congrats Bruce! T23JA - TUVALU - Fumio went QRT shortly after 06:00Z. Next stop YJ0. T32 - EAST KIRIBATI - T32KV, T32MP, T32PL and T32PS have been very active working mostly Japan and North America. No reports from Europe. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AF-019 IG9/IK2MRZ 10106 1937 NA-072 HP1/DL1RBR 28478 1738 AS-013 8Q7IO 7010 1441 OC-024 T32KV 28495 2010 AS-101 E22AAD/P 14260 1602 OC-046 FO0PT 14260 0503 NA-072 DL1RBR/HP1 28478 1808 IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________

From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- -------------- 23-Oct 26-Oct 3W 3W6US 2-195 23-Oct 14-Nov 3W XV1Z 2-185 23-Oct 30-Oct 4S 4S7AHG or 4S7/JA4AHV 2-187 23-Oct 28-Oct 5B 5B4/EW1AR 2-196 23-Oct 28-Oct 5B NP3D/5B4 2-196 23-Oct 5-Nov 8Q 8Q7IO 8Q7IQ (AS-013) 2-160 23-Oct 30-Oct 9G 9G5BQ 2-188 23-Oct 28-Oct 9M6 9M6AAC 2-187 23-Oct 7-Nov 9N 9N7RW 2-179 23-Oct 31-Oct 9Y DK6WL DL4MCF DL4MDO DL4MEH 2-168 23-Oct 28-Oct A3 A35XU (by PA3AXU) 2-143 23-Oct 1-Nov A4 A4/G0BQV 2-184 23-Oct 27-Oct A6 A61AC by DL2CC 2-196 2-188 23-Oct 27-Oct C5 C56A C56T 2-153 23-Oct 25-Oct C6A C6A/KI6T C6A/WR6O C6A/KA6WHA 2-182 23-Oct 30-Oct CN CN2NG 2-174 23-Oct 25-Oct CN CN8WW 2-174 23-Oct 25-Oct E3 E31AA update 23-Oct 25-Oct EA9 EA9EA 2-199 23-Oct 29-Oct EL EL2VO 2-185 23-Oct 27-Oct FG FG by 6 W6's 2-175 23-Oct 26-Oct FM FM/EA3BT/P FM/EA3AOK/P 2-156 23-Oct 30-Oct FO FO0PT (OC-046) 2-172 23-Oct 30-Oct FR/G FR5ZU/G 2-187 2-173 23-Oct 27-Nov HC DL2YAK 2-112 23-Oct 25-Oct HC8 HC8A 23-Oct 1-Nov HI DK8YY/HI8 2-192 23-Oct 26-Oct HL HL5/JI6KVR (AS-045) 2-157 23-Oct 23-Oct HL HL9DC or HL9DX 2-194 23-Oct 2-Nov HR VE3BW/HR6 (NA-057) 2-170 23-Oct 24-Oct HS E22AAD (AS-101) 2-198 23-Oct 28-Oct J6 J6/K3LP 2-193 23-Oct 26-Oct JA 7K4STV/1 JQ1USM/1 (AS-043) 2-165 23-Oct 27-Oct KP2 WP2Z 2-159 23-Oct 25-Oct PJ2 PJ9Q 2-149 23-Oct 26-Oct PJ7 PJ8Z 2-186 23-Oct 26-Oct PY PT2VE (SA-071) 2-180 23-Oct 26-Oct PY PV2E (SA-071) 2-174 23-Oct 27-Oct T32 T32MP T32KV T32PL T32PS 2-172 23-Oct 30-Oct V2 V2 - Lots 2-167 23-Oct 26-Oct V3 V31MX 2-134 23-Oct 27-Oct V4 V47NS 2-180 23-Oct 23-Oct VE VO2ZZ 2-180 23-Oct 26-Oct VP2E VP2EJR 2-191 23-Oct 27-Oct VP2V 6 US boys 2-185 2-153 23-Oct 26-Oct VP2V VP2V/IK1EDC (NA-023) 2-190 23-Oct 29-Oct VP5 VP5 by 9 W's 2-179 23-Oct 27-Oct VP5 VP5T 2-190 23-Oct 27-Oct VP6 VP6 ARC (OC-182) 2-158 23-Oct 24-Oct VP9 US1IDX/VP9 2-186 23-Oct 30-Oct XW XW8KPL by JA7SGV 2-197 23-Oct 25-Oct YB YE5B (OC-075) 2-194 23-Oct 30-Oct YJ YJ0 by JA3JA 2-191 23-Oct 25-Oct ZD8 ZD8Z 23-Oct 24-Oct ZK/S ZK1OOY 2-165 23-Oct 14-Nov ZK3 ZK3RW 2-199 2-177 24-Oct 25-Oct 4L 4L5O - 80 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________

The sunspot number for October 21, 1998 was 99. The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado, for October 22, 1998, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 22-Oct-1998 21 115 16 2 Low/Quiet-Active;Low/Unsettled-Active 22-Oct-1998 18 118 20 3 Low/Quiet-Active;Low/Unsettled-Active 22-Oct-1998 15 118 20 4 Low/Quiet-Active;Low/Unsettled-Active 22-Oct-1998 12 118 21 4 Low/Quiet-Active;Low/Unsettled-Active 22-Oct-1998 09 118 21 4 Low/Quiet-Active;Low/Unsettled-Active 22-Oct-1998 06 118 21 2 Low/Unsettled-Active;Low/Unsettled-Active 22-Oct-1998 03 118 21 1 Low/Unsettled-Active;Low/Unsettled-Active 22-Oct-1998 00 118 21 0 Low/Unsettled-Active;Low/Unsettled-Active The forecast for Friday, 23 October: solar flux 115, A index 12, K index 3. Friday should be High Normal. The forecast for Saturday, 24 October: solar flux 115, A index 10, K index 2. Saturday should be High Normal. The forecast for Sunday, 25 October: solar flux 115, A index 8, K index 3. Sunday should be High Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 3V8BB JF2EZA DK8YY/HI8 DL4JAN T32PS AE7C 5B4/RZ3TX RZ3TX E22AAD/P JA6LCJ T98VWR DL2VWR 8P9JL OH6MFN E30HA HA5YPP TI4CF W3HNK 8R1K OH6DO K9AW/DU6 WF5T V26OC N3OC 9Y4/DL4MEH DL4MEH NP3D/5B4 W3HNK VE3FU/NP2 VE3FU A61AC ON7LX P43P P43ARC VP2V/K9JF K9JF C6A/KI6T KI6T T32KV N0KV VP2V/WJ7R WJ7R CE3/SM3SGP SM3EVR T32MP K0MP VP5/WA2VYA WA2VYA CU2/DL3KDV DL3KDV T32PL W0NF VP9/US1IDX N5FG Z32KV - Vlado, P.O. Box 10, 96330 Struga, MACEDONIA QSL cards recently received direct: 3C5DX, TR8XX, ZF2ND _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: BV4FH, EA3DU, HA0DU, HS0/G4UAV, HS1CHB, JA0DAI, K2HJB, K3ZO, KH6BZF REPORTS, KR1G, N7OJ, NOAA, VE1DXC, VR2ZQZ, W3JLR, WX5L, ZA1MH _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), or $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United States. _____________________________________________________________________

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. ======================== *** The Daily DX _ *** ======================== Volume 2 Number 201 October 26, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ DX News _____________________________________________________________________ The OPDX reports that Kevin, N8ZJN (C6AKL), James, KB8YKR, Byron, WA8NJR, Joe W8GEX (C6AJR), and John, WZ8D (C6AIE) plan to operate from Abaco Island (NA-080) as C6DX from 8 to 16 December. They will be operating on 6 through 160 meters and possibly 2 meters. They will operate in the ARRL 10 Meter Contest and will be on 6 meter F2, TEP and E-Skip. QSL via WZ8D, John Walker, 1930 Meredith Lane, Loveland, OH 45140-7216. Hazel, AL7OT, is back in the Congo for another year of missionary work. Look for TN7OT to be on usually at her sunset or sunrise running 100 watts and a dipole. QSL via her home call AL7OT. The following is from Nat, VU2NTA. "Trust everyone of you are okay. Have not heard from you all for a very longtime. For your information, I am now making another attempt to try and obtain permission for VU4. The going is pretty tough, with the government very unsupportive on the matter. But we are hopeful (like always!) that something will come out of the whole affair. I have request for you all. I would like you all to talk to other DXers and have them send me e-mail showing their call signs requesting for activation of ANDAMAN & NICOBAR ISLANDS by Indian amateurs. Please NOTE THAT ANY REQUESTS TO JOIN THE EXPEDITION BY NON INDIAN HAS WILL DEFINITELY MAKE THE EXPEDITION A NON STARTER! Please ask all the hams/DXERS to mail their requests to me at: <vu2nta@amsat.org>. Look forward to all your support in this venture." _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ During the CQ World Wide SSB DX Contest the following stations were reported: 3DA0CA, 3V8BB, 3W6US, 4U1ITU, 4U1UN, 4U1VIC, 5A1A, 8Q7IO, 9J2A, 9M6AAC, 9M8R, A35RK, A45ZN, A61AC, AP2N, C56T, CN8WW, D44BC, E30HA, E31AA, EA9EA, EX8W, EY8MM, FK8VHN, HC8A, HS0AC, HZ1AB, J28CV, JT1BV, JW5NM, JX7DFA, JY9QJ, OD5NJ, OH0Z, PT0F, SU2MT, T32MP, T70A, T88X, TL5A, UK0A, V73AX, V8A, VK9NS, VP8CEH, XV7TH, XW8KPL, XX9X, ZD8Z 3D2RW - FIJI - Ron, ZL1AMO, is still stuck here trying to hitch a ride to Tokelau (ZK3). QSL via ZL1AMO. 4S7AHG - SRI LANKA - Is currently active on 40 and 80 meters CW. Hopes to be on 160 meters soon. QSL via JA4AHV. 5Z4FM - KENYA - During the CQ WW SSB Jim came up on 20

meters RTTY around 20:00Z for about 1 hour. QSL direct only, preferably with IRC. E3 - ERITREA - Steve, HA0DU, reports Jacky, E31AA, and Zoli, E30HA, installed some low band wire antennas so there may be some hope for 80 and 160 meters. Zoli can be found on 28395, 24945, 21195 (21295 USA), 18135, 14195, 7075. VK9C - COCOS KEELING - Erwin, VK9CQR, was reported on 15 CW from 13:00 to 14:30Z on Sunday. Jack, VK9CTL, was active on 24952 at 13:00 and on 18133 15:00Z. QSL both via HB9TL. YJ0ARY - VANUATU - Fumio, JA3JA (3D2JG, T24JA), is now active from this Pacific Ocean island. QSL via JA3JA. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AF-018 IH9P 28360 0844 EU-055 LA2PI 10103 2043 AS-043 7K4STV 18129 0750 EU-082 U1ZA/A 14006 0736 AS-081 HL5/JJ3HEF 7072 1134 OC-075 YE5B 21236 0344 AS-117 JI3DST/3 21351 0644 OC-137 VK4LV 24899 0054 IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- -------------- 26-Oct 26-Oct 3W 3W6US 2-195 26-Oct 14-Nov 3W XV1Z 2-185 26-Oct 30-Oct 4S 4S7AHG or 4S7/JA4AHV 2-187 26-Oct 28-Oct 5B 5B4/EW1AR 2-196 26-Oct 28-Oct 5B NP3D/5B4 2-196 26-Oct 5-Nov 8Q 8Q7IO 8Q7IQ (AS-013) 2-160 26-Oct 30-Oct 9G 9G5BQ 2-188 26-Oct 28-Oct 9M6 9M6AAC 2-187 26-Oct 7-Nov 9N 9N7RW 2-179 26-Oct 31-Oct 9Y DK6WL DL4MCF DL4MDO DL4MEH 2-168 26-Oct 28-Oct A3 A35XU (by PA3AXU) 2-143 26-Oct 1-Nov A4 A4/G0BQV 2-184 26-Oct 27-Oct A6 A61AC by DL2CC 2-196 2-188 26-Oct 27-Oct C5 C56A C56T 2-153 26-Oct 30-Oct CN CN2NG 2-174 26-Oct 30-Oct CY0 CY0NR 2-200 26-Oct 7-Nov D68 D68BW 2-180 2-154 26-Oct 29-Oct EL EL2VO 2-185 26-Oct 27-Oct FG FG by 6 W6's 2-175 26-Oct 26-Oct FM FM/EA3BT/P FM/EA3AOK/P 2-156 26-Oct 30-Oct FO FO0PT (OC-046) 2-172 26-Oct 30-Oct FR/G FR5ZU/G 2-187 2-173

26-Oct 27-Nov HC DL2YAK 2-112 26-Oct 22-Nov HC HC5/DL2YAK 2-153 26-Oct 1-Nov HI DK8YY/HI8 2-192 26-Oct 26-Oct HL HL5/JI6KVR (AS-045) 2-157 26-Oct 2-Nov HR VE3BW/HR6 (NA-057) 2-170 26-Oct 28-Oct J2 J28AG update 26-Oct 28-Oct J6 J6/K3LP 2-193 26-Oct 26-Oct JA 7K4STV/1 JQ1USM/1 (AS-043) 2-165 26-Oct 27-Oct KP2 WP2Z 2-159 26-Oct 26-Oct PJ7 PJ8Z 2-186 26-Oct 26-Oct PY PT2VE (SA-071) 2-180 26-Oct 26-Oct PY PV2E (SA-071) 2-174 26-Oct 7-Nov S9 S92YV S92YN 2-181 26-Oct 27-Oct T32 T32MP T32KV T32PL T32PS 2-172 26-Oct 30-Oct V2 V2 - Lots 2-167 26-Oct 26-Oct V3 V31MX 2-134 26-Oct 27-Oct V4 V47NS 2-180 26-Oct 31-Oct VK9Y VK9CTL & VK9CQR 2-200 26-Oct 26-Oct VP2E VP2EJR 2-191 26-Oct 27-Oct VP2V 6 US boys 2-185 2-153 26-Oct 26-Oct VP2V VP2V/IK1EDC (NA-023) 2-190 26-Oct 29-Oct VP5 VP5 by 9 W's 2-179 26-Oct 27-Oct VP5 VP5T 2-190 26-Oct 27-Oct VP6 VP6 ARC (OC-182) 2-158 26-Oct 2-Nov VP9 W2FXA/VP9 2-183 26-Oct 30-Oct XW XW8KPL by JA7SGV 2-197 26-Oct 30-Oct YJ YJ0ARY 2-191 26-Oct 27-Oct YJ YJ1OY 2-165 26-Oct 14-Nov ZK3 ZK3RW 2-199 2-177 27-Oct 3-Nov FS FS/N3OC 2-192 27-Oct 27-Oct HI HI3/ON4ANT 2-180 27-Oct 30-Oct KP4 KP3/IK1EDC (NA-099) 2-190 28-Oct 8-Nov 5W 5W0GD (by PA3AXU) 2-143 28-Oct 30-Oct DU KF8OY 2-165 29-Oct 2-Nov PY PR2YL PS2S (SA-024) 2-148 30-Oct 2-Nov 9V KF8OY 2-165 30-Oct 4-Nov JW JW9XGA 2-199 31-Oct 1-Nov HK0/M 5J8IB (SA-081 or SA-080) 31-Oct 3-Nov JA JA4DND (AS-041) 2-194 31-Oct 14-Nov VK9X VK9XTL & VK9XQR 2-200 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The sunspot number for October 24, 1998 was 43. The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado, for October 25, 1998, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 25-Oct-1998 21 108 14 1 LOW/QUIET-MINOR STM;LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE 25-Oct-1998 18 111 13 1 LOW/QUIET-MINOR STM;LOW/UNSET-ACTIVE 25-Oct-1998 15 111 13 3 LOW/QUIET-MINOR STM;LOW/UNSETTLED-ACT 25-Oct-1998 12 111 13 3 LOW/QUIET-MINOR STM;LOW/UNSETTLED-ACT 25-Oct-1998 09 111 13 3 LOW/QUIET-MINOR STM;LOW/UNSET-ACTIVE 25-Oct-1998 06 111 13 5 VERY LOW/QUIET-MINOR STM;LOW/UNSET-ACTIVE 25-Oct-1998 03 111 13 3 LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;LOW/UNSETTLED-ACTIVE 25-Oct-1998 00 111 13 2 LOW/QUIET-ACTIVE;LOW/QUIET-UNSETTLED The forecast for Monday, 26 October: solar flux 110, A index 10, K index 2. Monday should be High Normal.

The forecast for Tuesday, 27 October: solar flux 112, A index 8, K index 2. Tuesday should be High Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 3E1DX N0JT EL2VO EI5GIY RS0F W3HNK 3W6US N2OO FG5BG K6RO S92A NJ2D 4S7AHG JA4AHV FK8GM WB2RAJ SV8CS SV8CS 4U1UN W6TER FK8HC VK4FW T32MP K0MP 4U1VIC DL5IO FO0PT DJ0FX T88X JE2PCY 5A1A 5A1A FR5ZU/G VE2NW TI5WFM JA6WFM 5B4/EW1AR NP3D FS/K7ZUM K7ZUM TO8B EA3BT 5B4AGC 5B4AGC FS/N7KG N7KG V26B WT3Q 8P9JL OH6MFN HC8A WV7Y V31MX K0BCN 8P9V OH6MFN HO3A HP3XUG V47KP K2SB 8Q7IO DL7VRO HS0AC G3NOM V47NS W9NY 8R1K OH6DO HZ1AB K8PYD V8A JH7FQK 9G5BQ PA3GBQ IG9T IV3TAN VA2BY VE3BY 9J2A JARL IH9/OL5Y OK1VK VA2DO VE3DO 9M6AAC N2OO IH9P WA7EQW VE3BW/HR6 VE3BW 9M8R W7EJ IQ9A IT9AJP VE3RHJ/2 VE3RHJ 9N7RW G4ERW J3A WA8LOW VK9CQR HB9QR 9V8ZB JL3WSL J6/K3LP K3SX VK9CTL HB9QR 9Y4NW DL4MDO J69AZ J69AZ VO2CQ VE3FU A35XU PA3AXU JT1T JT1KAA VP2EJR W1EK A45ZN A45ZN JY9QJ DL5MBY VP2V/K7AR K7AR A61AC ON7LX K9AW/DU6 WF5T VP5DX K4UTE AH2R JI3ERV KP3Z KP3Z VP5T N2VW B1A KU9C LR0H LU9HS WP2Z KU9C B4R BY4RSA LX2LX LX1NO WP3A WP3A C4A 9A2AJ N7FL/KH6 N7FL XR3M OH6MFN C56T DL5NAM NH7A N2AU XR8Y CE8ABF C6A/KI6T KI6T NP3D/5B4 W3HNK XW8KPL JA7SGV CN2NG OE8GNK OH0AW OH1EH XX9X KU9C CN8WW DL6FBL P40B P43P YB0DX YB0DX CP6AA OH0XX P40N WJ5DX YE5B YB5QZ CQ9K CS3MAD P40W N2MM YJ0ARY JA3JA CV1A F1NGP P40Z WA5VZE ZB2X OH2KI CX5X W3HNK PJ7/W4WR W4WR ZD8Z VE3HO DK8YY/HI8 DL4JAN PJ8Z K4ZA ZF2JI KG6AR E22AAD JA6LCJ PJ9B K2SB ZF2NT N2AU E31AA ZL3CW PT0F N5FA or PY5EGZK1OOY KF8OY EA8ZS EA8ZS PT2VE PY2YW ZK3RW ZL1AMO EA9AM EA9IE PV2E PY2YW ZP5XF N2AU EA9EA W3HNK 5Z4FM - James Stewart, P.O. Box 63363, Muthaiga, Nairobi, KENYA TF3IRA - Islenskir Radioamatorar, P.O. Box 1058, IS-121 Reykjavik, ICELAND QSL cards recently received direct: EP2SMH, SV2ASP/A, TG9NX, YB5QZ _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: KH6BZF REPORTS, NOAA, OPDX, TF3RB, VK6HD, W2FG, WB4KTC, WW1V

_____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), or $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United States. _____________________________________________________________________ Copyright _ 1998 by Bernie McClenny _____________________________________________________________________ THE DAILY DX _ is published Monday through Friday by Bernie McClenny, W3UR, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, MD 21738 USA. This e-mail message and its contents have a copyright and are proprietary products of THE DAILY DX _. Any unauthorized use, reproduction, or transfer of the message or its content, in any medium, is strictly prohibited. For permission to quote, reprint or repost this e-mail send a request to THE DAILY DX _ include date, volume and issue number. Check out THE DAILY DX _ homepage http://www.dailydx.com or for additional information you may phone THE DAILY DX _ at 301-854-5650 or fax at 301-854-5105. Remember to tell all your DX friends about THE DAILY DX.

. ======================== *** The Daily DX _ *** ======================== Volume 2 Number 202 October 27, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ DX News _____________________________________________________________________ Frank, DL2CC, reports he has extended his United Arab Emirates trip until Thursday. West Coast DXers should try looking for A61AC on 20 meters CW around 16:00Z today and tomorrow. QSL via ON7LX. Look for Robert, KE5BR, to be active from Grand Cayman from 6 to 14 November. ZF2UH will be active on CW and SSB also the US Novice CW bands. QSL via KE5BR. Dave, WD5N, plans to operate the CQ World Wide CW DX Contest from the US Virgin Islands as WP2Z. He will be single op all band. QSL via KU9C. During this years ARRL Sweepstakes SSB Contest look for OB, W4SD, and Don, W4ZYT to be active from St. John's, Newfoundland (VO1). Andre, F6AOI, Alain F6BFH, and Bernard, F9IE, will be active from Madagascar from 15 November to 7 December. They will operate from Sainte Marie Island and Nosy Be (both IOTA AF-057). Plans are to be on all bands CW and SSB. Dominique, F5SJB, will once again be active from France as TM5CW from 27 November to 7 December 7. Look for him to be participating in the CQ World Wide CW DX Contest. _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 5H3US - TANZANIA - US and European stations reported working Dave on 18076 from 17:25 to 18:10Z. QSL via WA8JOC. 8J1RL - ANTARCTICA - This is a Japanese Club station located on Ongul Island (IOTA AN-015). JA's were working him on 21228 from 09:20 to 10:10Z. QSL via JARL. A4/G0BQV - OMAN - Mary (YL) was active on 21024 between 08:10 and 09:40Z. QSL via G0BQV. E30HA - ERITREA - Zoli was reported active on Monday as follows: GMT Frequencies GMT Frequencies --- ----------- --- ----------- 09 28494 14 24955 28494

10 28494 15 24955 11 28494 16 21195 12 28494 17 18139 13 28494 FR5ZU/G - GLORIOSO - If you have not worked Jacques this is his last week. Check 14256 after 02:00Z. You might want to even call him there in the blind. Also try 14272 from 13:00 to 15:00Z. QSL via VE2NW. J28AG - DJIBOUTI - Jacky was working US and European stations on 18073 around 15:40Z. JA's and Europeans were working him later on 10107 from 17:15 to 19:25Z. QSL via ZL3CW. V63AO - MICRONESIA - Nishi can often be found around 24950 at 00:00Z. VK9C - COCOS KEELING - Jack, VK9CTL, and Erwin, VK9CQR are more active now that they are settled on the island. Monday's activities were as follows: GMT Frequencies GMT Frequencies --- ----------- --- ----------- 06 24953 12 18078 07 21010 28493 13 18078 21283 08 21010 28493 14 18078 21283 09 21010 24953 28493 15 14195 18078 21283 10 21010 24957 28491 16 14195 _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AF-022 ZD7VC 28473 1727 NA-034 W4ZW 14260 0118 AS-028 UA0QMU 10108 1832 NA-034 W8GEX 18144 1818 AS-078 JJ8UTK 21245 0250 NA-069 WZ8D 21260 1634 AS-117 JI3DST/3 21248 0445 NA-106 KP2/AA9TK 18140 1207 EU-001 SV5/G4DHF 28482 1236 NA-106 VE3FU/NP2 18140 1202 EU-049 SV8CYV 14260 1330 OC-137 VK4LV 24899 0054 EU-129 DL8LRZ/P 14252 1534 OC-210 YC8RBC 21280 2215 IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- -------------- 27-Oct 14-Nov 3W XV1Z 2-185 27-Oct 30-Oct 4S 4S7AHG 2-187 27-Oct 28-Oct 5B 5B4/EW1AR 2-196 27-Oct 28-Oct 5B NP3D/5B4 2-196 27-Oct 5-Nov 8Q 8Q7IO 8Q7IQ (AS-013) 2-160 27-Oct 30-Oct 9G 9G5BQ 2-188

27-Oct 28-Oct 9M6 9M6AAC 2-187 27-Oct 7-Nov 9N 9N7RW 2-179 27-Oct 31-Oct 9Y DK6WL DL4MCF DL4MDO DL4MEH 2-168 27-Oct 28-Oct A3 A35XU 2-143 27-Oct 1-Nov A4 A4/G0BQV 2-184 27-Oct 27-Oct A6 A61AC by DL2CC 2-196 2-188 27-Oct 27-Oct C5 C56A 2-153 27-Oct 30-Oct CN CN2NG 2-174 27-Oct 30-Oct CY0 CY0NR 2-200 27-Oct 7-Nov D68 D68BW 2-180 2-154 27-Oct 29-Oct EL EL2VO 2-185 27-Oct 27-Oct FG FG by 6 W6's 2-175 27-Oct 30-Oct FO FO0PT (OC-046) 2-172 27-Oct 30-Oct FR/G FR5ZU/G 2-187 2-173 27-Oct 3-Nov FS FS/N3OC 2-192 27-Oct 27-Nov HC DL2YAK 2-112 27-Oct 22-Nov HC HC5/DL2YAK 2-153 27-Oct 1-Nov HI DK8YY/HI8 2-192 27-Oct 27-Oct HI HI3/ON4ANT 2-180 27-Oct 2-Nov HR VE3BW/HR6 (NA-057) 2-170 27-Oct 28-Oct J2 J28AG update 27-Oct 28-Oct J6 J6/K3LP 2-193 27-Oct 27-Oct KP2 WP2Z 2-159 27-Oct 30-Oct KP4 KP3/IK1EDC (NA-099) 2-190 27-Oct 7-Nov S9 S92YV S92YN 2-181 27-Oct 27-Oct T32 T32MP T32KV T32PL T32PS 2-172 27-Oct 30-Oct V2 V2 - Lots 2-167 27-Oct 27-Oct V4 V47NS 2-180 27-Oct 31-Oct VK9Y VK9CTL & VK9CQR 2-200 27-Oct 27-Oct VP2V 6 US boys 2-185 2-153 27-Oct 29-Oct VP5 VP5 by 9 W's 2-179 27-Oct 27-Oct VP5 VP5T 2-190 27-Oct 27-Oct VP6 VP6 ARC (OC-182) 2-158 27-Oct 2-Nov VP9 W2FXA/VP9 2-183 27-Oct 30-Oct XW XW8KPL by JA7SGV 2-197 27-Oct 30-Oct YJ YJ0 by JA3JA 2-191 27-Oct 27-Oct YJ YJ0AOY 2-165 27-Oct 14-Nov ZK3 ZK3RW 2-199 2-177 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The sunspot number for October 25, 1998 was 49. The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado, for October 26, 1998, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 26-Oct-1998 21 104 6 0 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 26-Oct-1998 18 108 14 1 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 26-Oct-1998 15 108 14 1 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 26-Oct-1998 12 108 14 3 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 26-Oct-1998 09 108 14 3 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 26-Oct-1998 06 108 14 2 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 26-Oct-1998 03 108 14 1 Low/Quiet-Min Strm;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 26-Oct-1998 00 108 14 0 Low/Quiet-Min Strm;Low/Quiet-Unsettled The forecast for Tuesday, 27 October: solar flux 115, A index 8, K index 2. Tuesday should be High Normal. The forecast for Wednesday, 28 October: solar flux 115, A index 12,

K index 3. Wednesday should be High Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- CN2UN ZP6CU E30HA HA5YPP V26B WT3Q 3D2QB SM3CER FO0PT DJ0FX V26E AB2E 4S7BRG HB9BRM FR5ZU/G VE2NW V26OC N3OC 4U1WB KK4HD NP3D/5B4 W3HNK VK9CQR HB9QR 5H3US WA8JOC S92YN HB9CYN VK9CTL HB9QR 5Z4EO DL0MAR S92YV HB9CYV VP2V/N7MQ N7MQ 9N7RW G4ERW V26A WB3DNA VQ9JC WB9IHH A4/G0BQV G0BQV V26AK N2TK YJ0AOY KF8OY DU3NXE W4NXE For more QSL information about stations that were on during the CQ World Wide SSB DX Contest check out this web page at http://www.arrakis.es/~ea5eyj/cqssb98.htm QSL cards recently received direct: HS0/JA6GIJ _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 425 DX News, DL2CC, F6AJA, KH6BZF REPORTS, NOAA, OPDX, W4ZYT, WD5N _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), or $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United States. _____________________________________________________________________ Copyright _ 1998 by Bernie McClenny _____________________________________________________________________ THE DAILY DX _ is published Monday through Friday by Bernie McClenny, W3UR, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, MD 21738 USA. This e-mail message and its contents have a copyright and are proprietary products of THE DAILY DX _. Any unauthorized use, reproduction, or transfer of the message or its content, in any medium, is strictly prohibited. For permission to quote, reprint or repost this e-mail send a request to THE DAILY DX _ include date, volume and issue number. Check out THE DAILY DX _ homepage http://www.dailydx.com or for additional information you may phone THE DAILY DX _ at 301-854-5650 or fax at 301-854-5105. Remember to tell all your DX friends about THE DAILY DX.

. ======================== *** The Daily DX _ *** ======================== Volume 2 Number 203 October 28, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ DX News _____________________________________________________________________ Bob Sutton, ZL1RS, says he will once again be working in the Kermadec Islands from 9 to 17 November. Look for ZL8RS to be mostly on 10, 12, 15 and 17 meters SSB with some slow CW on 30 meters. Remember he is working on the island and will be on the air when time allows. QSL via Robert Sutton, 109 Wright Rd, RD2 Katikati, NEW ZEALAND. Jimmy, BV4AS, reports that Pratas Island will be on the air starting around 06:00Z on 12 November. Pratas Island ranks # 3 on the ARRL's DXCC Most Wanted List. A multi-national team including the first YL will use BQ9P. Operators include Bruce, BV2KI; Evan, BV2KS; William, BV2VA; Jimmy, BV4AS; Paul, BV4FH; Chung, BV4ME; Ou, BV4QA; Lieon, BV7FC; Kan, JA1BK; Steve, KU9C; Martti, OH2BH; and Nellie (YL), XE1CI. This operation is scheduled to end on 19 November at 00:00Z. Suggested frequencies are: Band CW SSB RTTY 160 1885-1905 ---- ---- 80 3505-3515 3795 3550 40 7005 7055 7030 30 10135 ----- ----- 20 14055 14195 14080 17 18085 18125 ----- 15 21055 21295 21080 12 24895 24495 ----- 10 28055 28495 28080 QSL cards for BQ9P go via KU9C. Chad, WE9V, will be returning to Hawaii to join the KH7R multi-multi effort in during the CQ World Wide CW DX Contest. He will be staying at Ken's QTH for two weeks, 18 November through 3 December. Look for him to be active daily as KH6/WE9V as he will be concentrating on the low bands. During the ARRL SSB Sweepstakes he hopes to be active, possibly in the QRP category. QSL via home call. Nida, HS1NIV/5, reports the Chiangmai HF Club station, HS5AC, will be active as a multi-single during the CQ World Wide CW DX Contest on 28 and 29 November. Operators are still needed, those interested may contact Nida at <aixxo004@cmu.chiangmai.ac.th> _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 3D2RW - FIJI - Ron is still active here and trying to get transportation to ZK3. QSL via ZL1AMO.

4S7AHG - SRI LANKA - Look for him daily on 30 meters CW at 16:00Z. He can also be found there sometimes around 22:00Z. QSL via JA4AHV. 9M6AAC - EAST MALAYSIA - Bruce was looking for US stations on 18149 just after 00:00Z on Tuesday. QSL via N2OO. BV4ME - TAIWAN - Can often been found on 160 meters between 19:00 and 21:00Z. D68BW - COMOROS - Hermann was reported on the air Tuesday as follows: GMT Frequencies GMT Frequencies --- ----------- --- ----------- 09 28028 28400 17 10102 10 28020 18 10102 11 28020 19 7011 12 24905 20 3512 13 24905 21 1829 7009 14 24905 FR5ZU/G - GLORIOSO - Jacques was reported on 14256 between 02:00 and 03:30Z. He may have gone QRT from this operation on Tuesday as he must leave the island earlier than was anticipated. QSL via VE2NW. S92 - SAO TOME & PRINCIPE - Martin, S92YN, and Chris, S92YV, have been active on 10 through 80 meters CW and SSB. There home page can be found at http://ab5eh-lin.tamucc.edu/~hb9cyn/Saotome.html UN3F - KAZAKHSTAN - Look for Alan on 30 meters CW around 02:00Z. VK9C - COCOS KEELING - Erwin, VK9CQR, and Jack, VK9CTL, remain very active on 10 though 20 meters CW and SSB. Tuesday's activities were as follows: GMT Frequencies GMT Frequencies --- ----------- --- ----------- 00 28009 12 21292 01 21010 13 21292 28010 08 28010 14 14010 21293 09 21292 15 14010 21292 10 28010 16 14010 11 28010 18 21292 XW8KPL - LAOS - Was active on 28033 at 11:00Z and on 14215 at 16:00Z. YS1RR - EL SALVADOR - JA's reported working Raymundo on 24940 from 23:00 to 00:00Z. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AF-023 S92YN 28501 1512 NA-036 VE7IM 18116 1843

EU-001 SV5/G4DHF 28496 1352 NA-062 K4SUS 21260 1838 EU-010 GM3JIJ 28496 1019 NA-100 V26AK 24892 1721 EU-020 SM1BIQ 21260 1309 NA-104 V47NS 28437 1615 EU-129 DL8LRZ/P 14262 1349 NA-106 KP2/W4CJ 14195 1127 NA-015 KG4CM 21310 1817 SA-001 XQ0YAF 28011 0020 NA-024 J3/N7OV 28477 1602 SA-009 9Y4/DL4MEH 14025 0015 NA-029 VY2SS 21008 1723 IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- -------------- 28-Oct 14-Nov 3W XV1Z 2-185 28-Oct 30-Oct 4S 4S7AHG 2-187 28-Oct 28-Oct 5B 5B4/EW1AR 2-196 28-Oct 28-Oct 5B NP3D/5B4 2-196 28-Oct 8-Nov 5W 5W0GD (by PA3AXU) 2-143 28-Oct 5-Nov 8Q 8Q7IO 8Q7IQ (AS-013) 2-160 28-Oct 30-Oct 9G 9G5BQ 2-188 28-Oct 28-Oct 9M6 9M6AAC 2-187 28-Oct 7-Nov 9N 9N7RW 2-179 28-Oct 31-Oct 9Y DK6WL DL4MCF DL4MDO DL4MEH 2-168 28-Oct 28-Oct A3 A35XU 2-143 28-Oct 1-Nov A4 A4/G0BQV 2-184 28-Oct 29-Oct A6 A61AC 2-196 2-188 28-Oct 30-Oct CN CN2NG 2-174 28-Oct 30-Oct CY0 CY0NR 2-200 28-Oct 7-Nov D68 D68BW 2-180 2-154 28-Oct 30-Oct DU KF8OY 2-165 28-Oct 29-Oct EL EL2VO 2-185 28-Oct 30-Oct FO FO0PT (OC-046) 2-172 28-Oct 30-Oct FR/G FR5ZU/G 2-187 2-173 28-Oct 3-Nov FS FS/N3OC 2-192 28-Oct 27-Nov HC HC5/DL2YAK 2-153 2-112 28-Oct 1-Nov HI DK8YY/HI8 2-192 28-Oct 2-Nov HR VE3BW/HR6 (NA-057) 2-170 28-Oct 28-Oct J2 J28AG update 28-Oct 28-Oct J6 K3LP/J6 2-193 28-Oct 30-Oct KP4 KP3/IK1EDC (NA-099) 2-190 28-Oct 7-Nov S9 S92YV S92YN 2-181 28-Oct 30-Oct V2 V2 - Lots 2-167 28-Oct 31-Oct VK9Y VK9CTL & VK9CQR 2-200 28-Oct 29-Oct VP5 VP5 by 9 W's 2-179 28-Oct 2-Nov VP9 W2FXA/VP9 2-183 28-Oct 30-Oct XW XW8KPL by JA7SGV 2-197 28-Oct 30-Oct YJ YJ0ARY 2-191 28-Oct 14-Nov ZK3 ZK3RW 2-199 2-177 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The sunspot number for October 26, 1998 was 50. The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado, for October 27, 1998, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 27-Oct-1998 21 103 4 2 Very Low/Quiet;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 27-Oct-1998 18 104 6 2 Low/Quiet;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 27-Oct-1998 15 104 6 2 Low/Quiet;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 27-Oct-1998 12 104 6 1 Low/Quiet;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 27-Oct-1998 09 104 6 2 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 27-Oct-1998 06 104 6 1 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 27-Oct-1998 03 104 6 1 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 27-Oct-1998 00 104 6 1 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Unsettled The forecast for Wednesday, 28 October: solar flux 100, A index 10, K index 2. Wednesday should be High Normal. The forecast for Thursday, 29 October: solar flux 100, A index 10, K index 2. Thursday should be High Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 6W4RK F5NPS EK8WB IK2QBR T2DX W4WET 8Q7IO DL7VRO EP2HV UA3GFV TC75TB TA1KA 8Q7IQ DL7VRO J3/IK6CAC IK6CAC V26R KA2AEV 9H3WD OK1AD J3/N7OV IK3VIA V47NS W9NY CY0NR VE1NR K3LP/J6 K3SX VQ9PH W2JDK D68BW DJ2BW KG4CM N5FTR ZF2LC W2SM Clyde, W5TQE, reports "I'm sorry I cannot QSL to you. I have not operated as EP2MM for over 25 years. It may be reissued. I get many requests for EP2MM cards - I wish someone in Europe could notify the ones responsible for QSL information that I cannot reply to EP2MM cards." Earlier this month YA1R was active and giving out RW3LO as the QSL route. In 1970 that call was issued to Roger Western, G3SXW who was active from Afghanistan until 1973. His manager at the time was G3TXF. Roger knows nothing about this recent operation. QSL cards recently received direct: 3B7RF, 3W6EZD, BA4TB, HS1CKC, HS1GUW, JW0YL _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: BV4AS, G3NUG, HS1NIV, KH6BZF REPORTS, N2TN, NOAA, VR2KF, WE9V, ZL1RS _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), or $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United States. _____________________________________________________________________ Copyright _ 1998 by Bernie McClenny

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. ======================== *** The Daily DX _ *** ======================== Volume 2 Number 204 October 29, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ DX News _____________________________________________________________________ Bogdan, SP5CPR, is once again in Nigeria and will be active as 5N3CPR through mid December. In the past he has been active on 10 through 80 meters. QSL via SP5CPR. Jorma, OH2KI hopes to be able to operate the CQ World Wide CW DX Contest from INDONESIA. Vic, N4TO, will operate from the Turks and Caicos as VP5/N4TO from 20 November to 1 December. He may operate the CQ World Wide CW DX Contest with others as a multi-single at VP5DX. QSL VP5DX via K4UTE and VP5/N4TO via N4TO. _____________________________________________________________________ Silent Key _____________________________________________________________________ Yuri, UA0SJ, reports the passing of Egene Korotkov, RW0AY, on 7 October. He enjoyed working DX and designing equipment. Condolences to his wife and the family. _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 3A2MD - MONACO - Laura was found on 10105 at 21:40Z on Wednesday. 3D2RW - FIJI - Ron is still on Fiji. 9Y4/DL4MCF - TRINIDAD & TOBAGO - JA's reported working him on 24896 between 22:00 and 22:50Z. D68BW - COMOROS - Hermann was active on Wednesday as follows: GMT Frequencies GMT Frequencies --- ----------- --- ----------- 06 24897 14 18072 08 21015 21080 15 18072 09 24895 24952 20 3512 7009 10 24895 21 3512 11 28020 22 3512 12 28492 23 1829 13 28496 E30HA - ERITREA - Zoli showed up on 10 SSB from about 11:45 to 17:30Z. Then was later found on 7045 from 18:40 to 21:20Z. QSL via HA5YPP.

JD1BIA - OGASAWARA - US stations reported him on 24945 from 23:30 to 00:00Z. VQ9C - COCOS KEELING - Erwin, VK9CQR, Jack, VK9CTL, remain very active on CW and SSB. Wednesday's reports are as follows: GMT Frequencies GMT Frequencies --- ----------- --- ----------- 09 24900 28490 14 18078 24957 10 21283 24900 28490 15 18078 18135 11 21283 24900 16 14193 12 21010 21283 17 14193 13 18078 24957 23 14191 21292 XW8KPL - LAOS - Shin, JA7SGV, will be leaving tomorrow. Each day he becomes more active. From 11:00 to 11:30Z on Wednesday he was on 7004. He was reported on 3799 at 12:15 and on 10105 at 12:45Z. Europeans found him on 10110 just after 18:00Z. QSL via JA7SGV. ZB2JO - GIBRALTAR - West Coast DXers found Alex on 24970 from 13:50 to 15:15 and then on 28507 from 16:50 to 17:30Z. ZK3MR - TOKELAU - Mose was found on a net from 06:45 to 07:15Z on 14244. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AS-018 UA0FF 24944 9 EU-004 EA6MQ 284701535 AS-053 HS0/IK4MRH 28495 738 EU-029 OZ1ENH 14083 822 Members of the Swedish DX Club SSRA plan to operate from Ven Island (EU-137) between 15:00Z on 6 November and 13:00Z on 8 November. Listen for SK7DX on the normal IOTA frequencies. They will have two complete stations. Operators include SM7AVZ, WM7BCX, SM7CQY, SM7DAY, SM7DDR, SM7DXQ, SM7EQL, SM7MPM and SM7NGH. QSL via Mats Freden, SM7DXQ, Klagerupsvagen 258, S-21232 Malmoe, SWEDEN. IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- -------------- 29-Oct 14-Nov 3W XV1Z 2-185 29-Oct 30-Oct 4S 4S7AHG 2-187 29-Oct 8-Nov 5W 5W0GD (by PA3AXU) 2-143 29-Oct 5-Nov 8Q 8Q7IO 8Q7IQ (AS-013) 2-160 29-Oct 30-Oct 9G 9G5BQ 2-188 29-Oct 7-Nov 9N 9N7RW 2-179

29-Oct 31-Oct 9Y DK6WL DL4MCF DL4MDO DL4MEH 2-168 29-Oct 1-Nov A4 A4/G0BQV 2-184 29-Oct 1-Nov A6 A61AC 2-196 2-188 29-Oct 30-Oct CN CN2NG 2-174 29-Oct 30-Oct CY0 CY0NR 2-200 29-Oct 7-Nov D68 D68BW 2-180 2-154 29-Oct 30-Oct DU KF8OY 2-165 29-Oct 29-Oct EL EL2VO 2-185 29-Oct 30-Oct FO FO0PT (OC-046) 2-172 29-Oct 30-Oct FR/G FR5ZU/G 2-187 2-173 29-Oct 3-Nov FS FS/N3OC 2-192 29-Oct 27-Nov HC HC5/DL2YAK 2-153 2-112 29-Oct 1-Nov HI DK8YY/HI8 2-192 29-Oct 2-Nov HR VE3BW/HR6 (NA-057) 2-170 29-Oct 30-Oct KP4 KP3/IK1EDC (NA-099) 2-190 29-Oct 2-Nov PY PR2YL PS2S (SA-024) 2-148 29-Oct 7-Nov S9 S92YV S92YN 2-181 29-Oct 30-Oct V2 V2 - Lots 2-167 29-Oct 31-Oct VK9Y VK9CTL & VK9CQR 2-200 29-Oct 29-Oct VP5 VP5 by 9 W's 2-179 29-Oct 2-Nov VP9 W2FXA/VP9 2-183 29-Oct 30-Oct XW XW8KPL by JA7SGV 2-197 29-Oct 30-Oct YJ YJ0ARY 2-191 29-Oct 14-Nov ZK3 ZK3RW 2-199 2-177 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The sunspot number for October 27, 1998 was 17. The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado, for October 28, 1998, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 28-Oct-1998 21 108 10 2 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 28-Oct-1998 18 103 6 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 28-Oct-1998 15 103 6 2 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 28-Oct-1998 12 103 6 2 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 28-Oct-1998 09 103 6 3 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 28-Oct-1998 06 103 6 2 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 28-Oct-1998 03 103 6 3 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 28-Oct-1998 00 103 6 3 Very Low/Quiet;Low/Quiet-Unsettled The forecast for Thursday, 29 October: solar flux 100, A index 8, K index 2. Thursday should be High Normal. The forecast for Friday, 30 October: solar flux 102, A index 8, K index 2. Friday should be High Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 3D2RW ZL1AMO EY8CQ DJ1SKO S92YV HB9CYV 5R8FU SM0DJZ HB0/HB9AON DJ2YE TC75TB TA1KA 5W0GD PA3AXU S92YN HB9CYN XX9AS KU9C EK6GC W3HNK EU5R - Igor, Box 57, Minsk 220036, BELARUS

HB9CYN - Martin Ghermi, Wyden 5, CH 5242 Birr AG, SWITZERLAND HB9CYV - Christian Zeller, Jaegerstr. 19, CH 8200 Schaffhausen, SWITZERLAND V63AO - Isao Nishimura, P.O. Box 607, Kosrae Is, 96944 MICRONESIA ZA1KP - Petric, Box 7464, Tirana, ALBANIA Joe, W3HNK, reports there was a mis-communication and he will not be handling the QSL chores for the Ceuta Contest Club, EA9EA. The correct QSL manager is EA9AZ. Joe, W3HNK, will now be handling the QSL duties for XE1FES. Mario, I2MQP, reports he has the logs for Hamid, EP3HR, from 1 January to 6 February and from 8 May to 7 June, 1998. Hamid has sent other logs three times however they have been lost each time. Keep your fingers crossed that the other logs get to Mario. All cards received to date during the above time frames have been answered. QSL cards recently received direct: HS0/G3NOM, SV2ASP/A, TG9NX, TL8CK, V63RL _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: DX News Sheet, I2MQP, K3SX, KH6BZF REPORTS, NOAA, SM7CQY, SP5UAF, UA0SJ, VE3IRF, W3HNK, WB4KTC _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), or $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United States. _____________________________________________________________________ Copyright _ 1998 by Bernie McClenny _____________________________________________________________________ THE DAILY DX _ is published Monday through Friday by Bernie McClenny, W3UR, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, MD 21738 USA. This e-mail message and its contents have a copyright and are proprietary products of THE DAILY DX _. Any unauthorized use, reproduction, or transfer of the message or its content, in any medium, is strictly prohibited. For permission to quote, reprint or repost this e-mail send a request to THE DAILY DX _ include date, volume and issue number. Check out THE DAILY DX _ homepage http://www.dailydx.com or for additional information you may phone THE DAILY DX _ at 301-854-5650 or fax at 301-854-5105. Remember to tell all your DX friends about THE DAILY DX.

. ======================== *** The Daily DX _ *** ======================== Volume 2 Number 205 October 30, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ DX News _____________________________________________________________________ Japanese DXpeditioner Hide, JM1LJS, is on the DX trail again and will be operating from Cocos Keeling from 26 December, 1998 to 2 January, 1999. Look for VK9CL to be active on 10 through 80 meters CW, SSB and FM. Due to weight limits he can not take a lot of equipment but will manage a 400 watt amplifier and a dipole or ground plane. Next he will go to the Australian mainland to operate VK6SJS from 2 to 4 January. On 3 January he will operate as VK6SJS/HRP from Hutt River Province. The Hutt River Province is an Independent Sovereign State, consisting of a total area of 295 square miles located on the west coast of Australia 320 miles north of Perth. This is not a separate DXCC Entity however they do have an interesting home page at http://www.wps.com.au/hutriver/history.htm QSL cards go via JM1LJS, Hideyuki Kai, 4-22-15, Takata-Higashi, Kohoku-ku Yokohama-City 223-0063, JAPAN. Stan, SP3BGD, has been operating as HF0POL from the South Shetlands since the beginning of the year at the Henryk Arctowski Station of Polish Academy of Sciences. The station is located on King George Island. He will be leaving the island at the beginning of December. There will not be any Amateur Radio Operators during next years rotation of crew members at the base. Anyone wishing to work this station needs to do so now. Stan is willing to set up schedules on 160 meters for those needing him there. QSL via either SP3BGD or SP3SUN, Stan's son Piotr. Den, JI1FLB, confirms that he will operate from the Ogasawara Islands between 30 December, 1998 and 2 January, 1999. He will operate on Satellite, 6 meters, and HF. QSL via Seiichi Tanaka, JI1FLB, 2-12-20 Nishimizumoto Katsushika-ku, Tokyo 125-0031, JAPAN. During this years upcoming CQ World Wide CW DX Contest look for a big multi-multi effort from St. Lucia as J6DX will have a boat load of operators. Operators include Dean, AC0S/J68AH; Don, K8NOZ; Jack, K9JE/J68AR; Lou, K9LU; Gary, K9MMS; Gary, KI6T; George, N2GA; Don, N6JRL; Steve, N8BJQ/J68AI; Bob, N8NR/J68NR; Steve, N8SM/J68AS; Leo, S50R; Ron, W8ILC/J68AM; Frank, W8OK/J68OK; Kirk, W8QID/J68ID; and Geoff, W0CG. Many of the operators will also operate in the ARRL 160 Meter Contest as either J6DX, J6A or one of the op's calls. Look for lots of J6 activity between 24 November and 7 December. The group will be active on CW, SSB, RTTY and 6 meters before and after the contests. QSL via home calls except for J6DX via N9AG. Bruce, WD4NGB, is heading up the Space A DXpedition to Eritrea. He reported "We have a 56 foot vertical, that will be used on 40, base loaded on 75, and inverted L for 160 meters." QSLs for this operation will be handled by K4JDJ. Three home pages have been set up for this operation.

http://www.qsl.net/eritrea/e3.htm http://members.xoom.com/eritrea http://pagus.it/E31DX _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 4S7AHG - SRI LANKA - JA's reported him on 1828 at 21:10Z, on 7010 at 22:15Z and on 3505 at 22:35Z. D68BW - COMOROS - Herman was found on Thursday as follows: GMT Frequencies GMT Frequencies --- ----------- --- ----------- 08 28020 14 24895 10 28020 19 7009 11 28020 20 3512 7009 12 24895 28020 21 3512 13 24895 22 1829 E30HA - ERITREA - Check 10 meters (28395 28495 and 28580) between 07:00 and 16:00Z. Zoli wants to stay here until 8 November and hopes to be on CW soon. He is also hoping to go back to Eritrea before CQ WW CW with better equipment. On 80 and 160 meters check 3790 and 1840 on SSB. QSL via HA5YPP. EP3PTT - IRAN - Has been showing up on 20 meters SSB between 14:00 and 15:00Z. JT1BG - MONGOLIA - Bator can often be found on or near 14195 from 00:00 to 02:00Z. TN7OT - CONGO - Hazel was found on 14271 just before 21:00Z. VK9X - CHRISTMAS ISLAND - Look for Jack, VK9XTL, and Erwin, VK9CQR, to be on the air today. They will be active on CW and SSB on 10 through 20 meters. QSL via HB9QR. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AS-008 7K3EOP 21327 0035 NA-036 VE7IM 14164 1721 AS-018 UA0EX 3795 1119 NA-055 AK1L 21262 1307 EU-015 SV9/SV1CID 28454 1256 NA-099 KP3/IK1EDC 14259 1932 EU-037 SM7CRW 14260 1204 SA-024 PR2YL 28457 2300 NA-005 W2FXA/VP9 28019 1220 IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar

_____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- -------------- 30-Oct 14-Nov 3W XV1Z 2-185 30-Oct 30-Oct 4S 4S7AHG 2-187 30-Oct 8-Nov 5W 5W0GD (by PA3AXU) 2-143 30-Oct 5-Nov 8Q 8Q7IO 8Q7IQ (AS-013) 2-160 30-Oct 30-Oct 9G 9G5BQ 2-188 30-Oct 7-Nov 9N 9N7RW 2-179 30-Oct 2-Nov 9V KF8OY 2-165 30-Oct 31-Oct 9Y DK6WL DL4MCF DL4MDO DL4MEH 2-168 30-Oct 1-Nov A4 A4/G0BQV 2-184 30-Oct 1-Nov A6 A61AC 2-196 2-188 30-Oct 30-Oct CN CN2NG 2-174 30-Oct 30-Oct CY0 CY0NR 2-200 30-Oct 7-Nov D68 D68BW 2-180 2-154 30-Oct 30-Oct DU KF8OY 2-165 30-Oct 30-Oct FO FO0PT (OC-046) 2-172 30-Oct 3-Nov FS FS/N3OC 2-192 30-Oct 27-Nov HC HC5/DL2YAK 2-153 2-112 30-Oct 1-Nov HI DK8YY/HI8 2-192 30-Oct 2-Nov HR VE3BW/HR6 (NA-057) 2-170 30-Oct 4-Nov JW JW9XGA 2-199 30-Oct 30-Oct KP4 KP3/IK1EDC (NA-099) 2-190 30-Oct 2-Nov PY PR2YL PS2S (SA-024) 2-148 30-Oct 7-Nov S9 S92YV S92YN 2-181 30-Oct 30-Oct V2 V2 - Lots 2-167 30-Oct 31-Oct VK9Y VK9CTL & VK9CQR 2-200 30-Oct 2-Nov VP9 W2FXA/VP9 2-183 30-Oct 30-Oct XW XW8KPL by JA7SGV 2-197 30-Oct 30-Oct YJ YJ0ARY 2-191 30-Oct 14-Nov ZK3 ZK3RW 2-199 2-177 31-Oct 1-Nov HK0/M 5J8IB (SA-081 or SA-080) 31-Oct 3-Nov JA JA4DND (AS-041) 2-194 31-Oct 14-Nov VK9X VK9XTL & VK9XQR 2-200 1-Nov 7-Nov HB0 by a group of HA's 2-199 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The sunspot number for October 28, 1998 was 33. The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado, for October 29, 1998, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 29-Oct-1998 21 110 7 2 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 29-Oct-1998 18 108 10 3 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 29-Oct-1998 15 108 10 2 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 29-Oct-1998 12 108 10 2 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 29-Oct-1998 09 108 10 2 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 29-Oct-1998 06 108 10 0 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 29-Oct-1998 03 108 10 2 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 29-Oct-1998 00 108 10 3 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Unsettled The forecast for Friday, 30 October: solar flux 115, A index 8, K index 2. Friday should be High Normal. The forecast for Saturday, 31 October: solar flux 115, A index 8, K index 2. Saturday should be High Normal.

The forecast for Sunday, 1 November: solar flux 115, A index 8, K index 2. Sunday should be High Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- CW2CP CX6FP PR2YL PP5LL YB5QZ W3HNK D2BB W3HNK TA75/KU0J KU0J YM75ROT TA3BN FM5DN KU9C TJ1HP F6FNU YM75TA TA3YJ HS0ZAA KM1R VK8AN VK4AAR YS1RR W3HNK HS1RU JG3AVS W2FXA/VP9 W2FXA ZD7HI WA2JUN NP4A W3HNK XE1FES W3HNK ZS75SIG ZS5BBO Ari, OH1EH, says he is the QSL manager for OH0Z, on during the CQ WW SSB DX Contest. QSL cards are at the printers. Ari has a new mailing address (see below). DL5NAM - Chris Sauvageot, Herrnbergstr. 22, D-91077 Ermreuth, GERMANY HA5YPP - P.O. Box 1157, Budapest H-1245, HUNGARY HB9QR - HB9QR, Erwin Fink, Toedistr. 7, CH-8572 Berg, SWITZERLAND OH1EH - Ari Korhonen, Kreetalank. 9 As 1, FIN 29200 Harjavalta, FINLAND QSL cards recently received direct: 9M6AAC, A71EI, FO/OK1TN, FR5HR, N9MZ/KH9, OH0W, TL5A, V31CX, XX9TR _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: DL5NAM, HA0DU, JI1FLB, JM1LJS, K2HJB, K4JDJ, KH6BZF REPORTS, N2JTX, N9AG, NOAA, OH1EH, SP5CCC, W7UG, WA6YOO, WD4NGB _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), or $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United States. _____________________________________________________________________ Copyright _ 1998 by Bernie McClenny _____________________________________________________________________ THE DAILY DX _ is published Monday through Friday by Bernie McClenny, W3UR, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, MD 21738 USA. This e-mail message and its contents have a copyright and are proprietary products of THE DAILY DX _. Any unauthorized use, reproduction, or transfer of the message or its content, in any medium, is strictly prohibited. For permission to quote, reprint or repost this e-mail send a request to THE DAILY DX _ include date, volume and issue number. Check out THE DAILY DX _ homepage http://www.dailydx.com or for additional information you may phone THE DAILY DX _ at 301-854-5650 or fax at 301-854-5105. Remember to tell all your DX friends about THE DAILY DX.

. ======================== *** The Daily DX _ *** ======================== Volume 2 Number 206 November 2, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ DX News _____________________________________________________________________ Frank Smith, AH0W, from the Midway Kure DX Foundation (MKDXF), say the multi-national 3B9 Rodriguez Island DXpedition will start up on 25 March. Four complete stations are planned from either 2 or 3 sites on the island. The team of operators has not been announced but should be soon. One of the stations will be a dedicated RTTY station. They will be active on all bands from 10 to 160 meters. QSL cards will be handled by N7LVD. Don, K2KQ, reports a group of six operators will operate J3A as a multi-multi in the CQ World Wide CW DX Contest from Grenada. Operators include KM1P, NJ1V, W1WFZ, K2KQ, W5UDA and N9KAU. QSL via WA8LOW. Coly, UA0FM, will once again be active from Vietnam as 3W5FM during the middle of November. He will operate on 10, 15 and 20 meters with a 2 element quad on 40, 80 and 160 meters with a ground plane. He may use a tuner to get on the 12, 17 and 30 meter bands. Look for him to be on 1826 listening up 3 from 14:00 to 15:00Z, 19:30 to 20:30Z and 23:00Z until his sunrise. QSL via P.O. Box 66, Vladimir 600011, RUSSIA. Joeke, PA0VDV, will be once again be active from Curacao Island in the Netherland Antilles from 29 November to 28 December possibly as PJ9/PA0VDV. NC6A reported Receiving a letter from Jim Smith, VK9NS, stating that his trip to A5 Bhutan is postponed mainly because of the bad weather and storm damage on Norfolk Island. _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 3D2RW - FIJI - Ron, ZL1AMO, will leave today or tomorrow for home as he was unable to get transportation to Tokelau, ZK3. QSL via ZL1AMO. 4U1UN - UNITED NATIONS - Was active on 12 meters CW and 17 meters SSB on Saturday. QSL via W6TER. 5H3US - TANZANIA - Stations all across the US reported working Dave on 28475 on Sunday from 17:45 to 19:00Z. QSL via WA8JOC. 8J1RL - ANTARCTICA - Look for this Japanese Antarctic station near 21245 around 09:30Z on the weekends.

8Q7IO - MALDIVES - Was working East Coast US stations on 1833 between 22:00 and 23:30Z on Friday. QSL via DL7VRO. 9N7RW - NEPAL - David was found on 18113 on Saturday at 12:00Z working East Coast US stations. He is active on 10, 17 and 20 meters only. QSL via G4ERW. D68BW - COMOROS - Look for Hermann near 24900 between 14:00 and 15:00Z. QSL via DJ2BW. E30HA - ERITREA - Zoli was supposed to have received a CW key over the weekend. Do not be surprised to see him on CW. QSL via HA5YPP. JW9XGA - SVALBARD - Tor had a big pileup of JA's on him around 10:20Z on Saturday on 10108 and later on 10112. QSL via LA9XGA. P29CC - PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Europeans should check 15 meters SSB (near 21290) for Chip around 12:30Z. ST2SA - SUDAN - Europeans found Dr. Sid on the Arabian net, 14252, around 06:20Z on Friday. T88HN - BELAU - Check 20 meters CW from 12:00 to 14:00Z. TN7OT - CONGO - Look for Hazel on 20 meters SSB around 06:00Z. QSL via AL7OT. V63PD - MICRONESIA - Check 30 meters CW around 11:30Z. QSL via VK4AAR. VK9C - COCOS KEELING - Erwin, VK9CQR, and Jack, VK9CTL, went QRT just after 01:00Z on 31 October. QSL via HB9QR. VK9X - CHRISTMAS ISLAND - Erwin, VK9XQR, and Jack, VK9XTL, started up around 09:00Z on Sunday. They will be active on 10 through 20 meters CW and SSB. QSL via HB9QR. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AS-018 RA0FU 28485 2204 OC-141 VK8KTC 28480 0813 AS-018 UA0FDX 21019 2302 OC-143 YB5QZ 18071 0224 AS-140 S21K 21210 1421 OC-147 YB0ARA/9 24907 0027 EU-055 LA/DL4MN/P 14259 1634 OC-148 YC9MKF 28460 1148 EU-064 F6IRQ 14260 1955 OC-151 YC9LQA 21003 0044 NA-034 W4ZW 28022 1432 SA-024 PR2YL 14243 2304 NA-055 AK1L 28458 1323 SA-029 PY1MF 14190 0201 OC-002 VK9XQR 28008 1411 SA-036 P43E 21260 1202 OC-070 YC8VIP 28479 2234 SA-081 5J8IB 14190 0501 OC-119 DU8ARK 21260 1500 IOTA frequencies -

CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ >From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- -------------- 2-Nov 14-Nov 3W XV1Z 2-185 2-Nov 8-Nov 5W 5W0GD (by PA3AXU) 2-143 2-Nov 5-Nov 8Q 8Q7IO 8Q7IQ (AS-013) 2-160 2-Nov 7-Nov 9N 9N7RW 2-179 2-Nov 2-Nov 9V KF8OY 2-165 2-Nov 7-Nov D68 D68BW 2-180 2-154 2-Nov 3-Nov FS FS/N3OC 2-192 2-Nov 7-Nov HB0 by a group of HA's 2-199 2-Nov 27-Nov HC HC5/DL2YAK 2-153 2-112 2-Nov 2-Nov HR VE3BW/HR6 (NA-057) 2-170 2-Nov 3-Nov JA JA4DND (AS-041) 2-194 2-Nov 4-Nov JW JW9XGA 2-199 2-Nov 2-Nov PY PR2YL PS2S (SA-024) 2-148 2-Nov 7-Nov S9 S92YV S92YN 2-181 2-Nov 14-Nov VK9X VK9XTL & VK9XQR 2-200 2-Nov 2-Nov VP9 W2FXA/VP9 2-183 2-Nov 14-Nov ZK3 ZK3RW 2-199 2-177 3-Nov 17-Nov E3 E31DX by Space A Group 10/7 2-162 3-Nov T3 T32VU T32IW T31AF T30CT T33VU 2-190 3-Nov 18-Nov TY group of Germans 2-192 4-Nov 11-Nov GJ GJ0WFH 2-183 5-Nov 16-Nov JY JY8ZW 2-194 6-Nov 13-Nov HV HV5PUL 2-190 6-Nov 9-Nov S7 S79OY 2-165 6-Nov 8-Nov SM SK7DK (EU-137) 2-204 6-Nov 14-Nov ZF ZF2UH 2-202 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The sunspot number for October 31, 1998 was 71. The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado, for November 1, 1998, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 1-Nov-1998 21 121 2 1 Low/Quiet;Very Low-Low/Quiet 1-Nov-1998 18 119 2 1 Low/Quiet;Very Low-Low/Quiet 1-Nov-1998 15 119 2 1 Low/Quiet;Very Low-Low/Quiet 1-Nov-1998 12 119 2 0 Low/Quiet;Very Low-Low/Quiet 1-Nov-1998 09 119 2 0 Low/Quiet;Very Low-Low/Quiet 1-Nov-1998 06 119 2 ************ Unavailable ************ 1-Nov-1998 03 119 2 1 Low/Quiet;Very Low-Low/Quiet 1-Nov-1998 00 119 2 1 Very Low/Quiet;Very Low-Low/Quiet The forecast for Monday, 2 November: solar flux 125, A index 8, K index 2. Monday should be High Normal. The forecast for Tuesday, 3 November: solar flux 130, A index 8, K index 2. Tuesday should be High Normal. _____________________________________________________________________

QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 3D2VA WA2NHA EA9/EA7RU EA7RU TN7OT AL7OT 3W7TK OK1HWB ED2URV EA2URV TZ6JA JA3EMU 4K9W DL6KVA ED3TCP EA3AIM UA0MF W3HNK 4N1EA YU1EFG EK2780JJ EK4GK UN5J W3HNK 5B4ADA 9A2AJ EW200M EW4MM V44KJ WB2TSL 5J8IB HK3DDD HL5KY W3HNK V63PD VK4AAR 5W1SA JH7OHF JW9XGA LA9XGA VK9CQR HB9QR 5Z4IC MW0AIE OX3LX OZ1DJJ VK9CTL HB9QR 9G1BJ G4XTA P43P P43ARC VK9XQR HB9QR 9G1YR G4XTA PR2W PT2AW VK9XTL HB9QR 9N7SON W4SON PR2YL PP5LL VP8CEH G0NWY A22EW KB2MS PS2S PP5LL XE1NVX EA5XX AY0Z PIRATE RA2FBC DF4BV XV6Z K6SGD BA4TB 9A2AJ T88HN JF1VXB YC9MKF VK4FW DL4JS/HI8 DL4JAN T94B N9JR YE2HBX YB2BAB E21CJN W3PP T94DO DL1FDV 8R1Z - Len, P.O. Box 12111, Georgetown, GUYANA J73CB - Clayton, P.O. Box 2134, Roseau, DOMINICA PT2AW - Paulo Cesar G. Milito, SHIS QI15 - Chacara 62, 71600-800 Brasilia (DF), BRAZIL TG9AOC - Box 24, Guatemala City, GUATEMALA V5/DL7UFS - Frank, Box 441 Swakopmund, NAMIBIA QSL cards recently received direct: 3C5DX, 5A1A, 5R8FU, AH8LG, BV5BG, H44RY, JU60MTZ, P3A, T77M, TL5A, YB0ECT _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 3D2VA, AH0W, HA0DU, K2KQ, K3TZV, K7ZD, KH6BZF REPORTS, N2JTX, N2LH, N2QT, N4PQX, N6RT, N7OJ, NOAA, RA0FF, VE3IRF, WA4QDM _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), or $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United States. _____________________________________________________________________ Copyright _ 1998 by Bernie McClenny _____________________________________________________________________ THE DAILY DX _ is published Monday through Friday by Bernie McClenny, W3UR, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, MD 21738 USA. This e-mail message and its contents have a copyright and are proprietary products of THE DAILY DX _. Any unauthorized use, reproduction, or transfer of the message or its content, in any medium, is strictly prohibited. For permission to quote, reprint or repost this e-mail send a request to THE DAILY DX _ include date, volume and issue number. Check out THE DAILY DX _ homepage http://www.dailydx.com or for additional information you may phone THE DAILY DX _ at 301-854-5650 or fax at 301-854-5105. Remember to tell all your DX friends about THE DAILY

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. ======================== *** The Daily DX _ *** ======================== Volume 2 Number 207 November 3, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ DX News _____________________________________________________________________ Bob's, ZL1RS, trip to the Kermadec Islands has been delayed by two days. He will now be on the island as ZL8RS from 11 to 17 November. Bob, G3ZEM, plans to be active from Ghana as 9G5ZM from 19 to 21 November. He will then head to Togo to operate 5V7A with the Voodoo Contest Group during the CQ World Wide CW DX Contest. He will be active as 5V7ZM before and after the contest until 1 December. Next he will head back to Ghana and operate again as 9G5ZM until 6 December. Bob will be concentrating on the low bands along with 12, 17 and 30 meters when not in the contest. RTTY is possible. Jacky, F2CW/ZL3CW, is now back in Nairobi, Kenya after his recent E31AA and J28AG activities. While in Eritrea he made some 14,000 QSOs with just 10 watts, as he was having rig problems. He did get his radio back up to 100 watts and finished with some 20,000 QSOs. His Djibouti trip netted over 2,000 QSOs. His next stop will be in the bush of Tanzania where he hopes to obtain a license. QSL requests for J28AG and E31AA go via his ZL3CW call. Special event station SN0SUL will be active on the air until 15 November to celebrate the 80th Anniversary of the Regaining of Independence of Poland. The station will be located in Sulejowek, Poland, 20 kilometers east of Warsaw, the home of Joseph Pilsudski a Polish national hero. The station will be active on all bands on CW, SSB, RTTY and SSTV. QSL via SP5ZCC. Bob, FO5BI, reports he is now active on 160 meters around his sunset (04:00Z) and sunrise (15:30Z) most days. Check around 1834 and if the band is not open he will be on 80 meters on 3505. _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 4S7EA - SRI LANKA - Ernest was reported on 1828 at 20:45Z. 4U1ITU - I.T.U. GENEVA - JA's reported working him at 08:30Z on 28485, at 09:00Z on 28013 and at 21:00Z on 7012. 9Q5TR - DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO - Can be found on 21355 around 18:00Z. D68BW - COMOROS - Hermann was reported on Monday as follows: GMT Frequencies GMT Frequencies --- ----------- --- -----------

08 28023 15 10107 11 21027 17 10106 12 21027 18 10110 13 21083 21 1828 EY8CQ - TADJIKISTAN - European and East Coast US stations reported working Alex on 24900 from 11:40 to 12:30Z. Later West Coast US stations found him on 7008 between 14:25 and 15:00Z. JD1BIA - OGASAWARA - Was working Mid-West US stations on 28466 from 23:00 to 23:35Z. S21J - BANGLADESH - Mamtaz was very busy on 28486 from 09:30 to 13:00Z. QSL via K1WY. T77C - SAN MARINO - Tony was working the West Coast of the US on 28472 between 14:00 and 14:45Z and again on 28492 from 16:45 to 18:00Z. TL5A - CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - Alex showed up on 1833 working JA's on 1912 at 21:30Z. QSL via PA3DMH. UK8CK - UZBEKISTAN - Can be found on 20 meters CW between 01:30 and 02:40Z. VK9X - CHRISTMAS ISLAND - Jack, VK9XTL, and Erwin, VK9XQR, were reported on Tuesday as follows: GMT Frequencies GMT Frequencies --- ----------- --- ----------- 10 24900 28491 14 14010 11 24900 15 14010 13 14010 18133 16 14010 _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AS-018 UA0FF 24940 2318 NA-026 WB2KSK 14260 2010 AS-076 JA5EO 28550 0750 NA-036 VE7IM 18113 1806 EU-026 JW9XGA 14015 1339 OC-119 DU8ARK 21308 1242 EU-036 LA4XGA 14260 1222 OC-137 VK4LV 14195 0902 EU-082 U1ZA/1 7005 0717 SA-024 PR2YL 14243 0058 EU-133 R1ASP 21265 1243 SA-029 PY1MF/P 14190 0134 NA-005 W2FXA/VP9 28012 1148 Achmad, YB3OSE, will try to have YC5XIP (OC-106) and others on 21260 today at 23:00Z. IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ >From End Prefix Call Ref

------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- -------------- 3-Nov 14-Nov 3W XV1Z 2-185 3-Nov 8-Nov 5W 5W0GD (by PA3AXU) 2-143 3-Nov 5-Nov 8Q 8Q7IO 8Q7IQ (AS-013) 2-160 3-Nov 7-Nov 9N 9N7RW 2-179 3-Nov 7-Nov D68 D68BW 2-180 2-154 3-Nov 17-Nov E3 E31DX by Space A Group 10/7 2-162 3-Nov 3-Nov FS FS/N3OC 2-192 3-Nov 7-Nov HB0 by a group of HA's 2-199 3-Nov 27-Nov HC HC5/DL2YAK 2-153 2-112 3-Nov 3-Nov JA JA4DND (AS-041) 2-194 3-Nov 4-Nov JW JW9XGA 2-199 3-Nov 7-Nov S9 S92YV S92YN 2-181 3-Nov T3 T32VU T32IW T31AF T30CT T33VU 2-190 3-Nov 18-Nov TY group of Germans 2-192 3-Nov 14-Nov VK9X VK9XTL & VK9XQR 2-200 3-Nov 14-Nov ZK3 ZK3RW 2-199 2-177 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The sunspot number for November 1, 1998 was 79. The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado, for November 2, 1998, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 2-Nov-1998 21 126 3 2 Low/Quiet;Very Low-Low/Quiet 2-Nov-1998 18 121 2 1 Low/Quiet;Very Low-Low/Quiet 2-Nov-1998 15 121 2 2 Low/Quiet;Very Low-Low/Quiet 2-Nov-1998 12 121 2 1 Very Low/Quiet;Very Low-Low/Quiet 2-Nov-1998 09 121 2 0 Very Low/Quiet;Very Low-Low/Quiet 2-Nov-1998 06 121 2 1 Very Low/Quiet;Very Low-Low/Quiet 2-Nov-1998 03 121 2 1 Very Low/Quiet;Very Low-Low/Quiet 2-Nov-1998 00 121 2 1 Low/Quiet;Very Low-Low/Quiet The forecast for Tuesday, 3 November: solar flux 130, A index 8, K index 2. Tuesday should be High Normal. The forecast for Wednesday, 4 November: solar flux 130, A index 8, K index 2. Wednesday should be High Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ The following QSL cards were recently received and information was taken directly from the cards listed below: 3B8DB Mohd. Taher Baccus, 412, Modern Square, Vacoas, MAURITIUS 3C5DX via EA5BYP 3D2DA via DL6DK 3D2WD via DL6DK 3W6EZD via 7L1MFS 3W6LI Trinh Hau, P. O. Box 076, Sai Gon Central Post Office, Ho Chih Minh City, VIETNAM 5B4/RA3CW via YL2KL 5B4/RU3AA Konstantin K. Khatchaturov, P. O. Box 1, Moscow 117588, RUSSIA 5B4/UA2FB Dmitri Gorshkov, P. O. Box 72, Kaliningrad 236000, RUSSIA 5H3DD via W0RA

5N3CPR via SP5CPR 5R8FL via F5TBA 5R8FU via SM0DJZ 5W0HP via DL1SDV 6K5RFO Young Ha Kim, #589-5, Shinmae-dong, Susung-gu, Taegu 706-170, KOREA 7P8AL Mike Shutts, P. O. Box 1459, Maseru 100, LESOTHO 9H3AY Jeff Bottom, 48 Chesterton Avenue, Harpenden, Herts. AL5 5SU, ENGLAND 9M2IY I. Yoshioka, Kamaya Electric (M) S/B, Plot 9, Kinta FTZ, Jln. Kuala Kangsar, 31200 Chemor, Perak, MALAYSIA 9N1FP Vladimir Zakharov, Kulakova 27/2 - 116, Stavropol 355044, RUSSIA 9V8ZB via JL3WSL A45XL via G4VUO BD4EG Zheng Feng, P. O. Box 122-001, Shanghai 200122, CHINA BD4ER Kent, P. O. Box 122-001, Shanghai 200122, CHINA BD7BF Ro, 249 Yanfeng Road, Hengyang, Hunan 421001, CHINA BG5WJC Cao Jian-Jun, P. O. Box 321, Qingliu, Fujian 365300, CHINA BI4Q Jiang Su DX Club, P. O. Box 538, Nanjing 210005, CHINA BM0S P. O. Box 2006, Taichung, TAIWAN BV2/N2IT Louis Dvorsky, 169 Min-Sheng E. Road, Sec. 5, 10-2 F, Taipei, TAIWAN C6AFV P. O. Box F-42642, Freeport, Grand Bahama, BAHAMAS CY9AA via K7BV DS1GQS Pilman Kim, #501-1209 Chamsil APT 27, Chamsil-dong, Songpa-Ku, Seoul 138-225, KOREA DS2AXU Sang Yong Yun, P. O. Box 80, Pyong Taek 450-600, KOREA DS2KKM Kim Chul-Jin, P. O. Box 340, Nam-Inchon P. O., Nam-Dong-Gu, Inchon, KOREA DS4NKA Lee Hi Mun, Samik APT 605, Samchun Dong 1 Ga, Wansan Gu, Chonju, Chonbuk 560-291, KOREA DS4NKB Lee Mi Ho, Samik APT 605, Samchun Dong 1 Ga, Wansan Gu, Chonju, Chonbuk 560-291, KOREA DS4NKC Lee Sung No, Samik APT 605, Samchun Dong 1 Ga, Wansan Gu, Chonju, Chonbuk 560-291, KOREA DS4NMZ Lee Young No, Samik APT 605, Samchun Dong 1 Ga, Wansan Gu, Chonju, Chonbuk 560-291, KOREA DS5SME Shin Sang Jae, P. O. Box 21, Dalseogu 704-600, KOREA DS5TXN Kim Dae Sik, 301, Jogyo-Dong, Youngchun, Kyungbuk 770-120, KOREA DS5WSA Jong Jik Jeong, P. O. Box 4, Ponghwa 755-800, KOREA DU1ELT Tasmi G. Datumanong, CPO Box 2167, Quezon City 1161, PHILIPPINES DU1LER Jose S. Torres, Jr., P. O. Box 460 QP, Cainta, Rizal 1900, PHILIPPINES DU8ARK via I2YDX ET3AA Ethiopian Amateur Radio Society, P. O. Box 60258, Addis Ababa, ETHIOPIA H44YC via AA5BT HL1MSE In Kol Yu, Shibum APT 16-23, 50, Yoido-Dong, Youngdeungpo-ku, Seoul 150-010, KOREA HL1MSF Woo Jeong Nam, Shibum APT 16-23, 50, Yoido-Dong, Youngdeungpo-ku, Seoul 150-010, KOREA HL2DBP Jeong Eui Gang, P. O. Box 48, Kangnung 210-600, KOREA HL2IGU Ahn Kwang Phil, 526-2 Gan Seok Dong, Nam Dong Gu, Inchon 405-230, KOREA HL5AEX Bak, P. O. Box 97, Kyongju 780-600, KOREA HL5FOP Ray, P. O. Box 97, Kyongju 780-600, KOREA HS0/JA6GIJ via JA6LCJ HS1AQX Samattachai Chirapiriyakul, P. O. Box 97, Lampang 52000, THAILAND

HS1OVH Malinee Chantrasmi, P. O. Box 195, Samsennai, Bangkok 10400, THAILAND HS6NDK Sonthaya Phanthanyakit, 201/1 M. 3 Nakhon Derd, Srinakorn District, Sukhothai 64180, THAILAND JW0YL via LA6RHA N2OO/KH9 via WA4YBV N6MZ/KH9 via WA4YBV OJ0AU via DL6LAU PZ1DR R. Dawson, M. D., P. O. Box 396, Paramaribo, SURINAME SV1EEN Alex Manouropoulos, 31 Zodohou Pigis Str., GR-162 33 Vironas, GREECE SW8LTI via SV1ATV TA2D Ahmet Kaynak, P. O. Box 27, Kdz. Eregli, TURKEY V51AE Andre Esterhuyse, P. O. Box 85, Koes 9000, NAMIBIA V63RL via NG7S VP2VI via AB1U VP5KE via N4KE VP6TC Tom Christian, P. O. Box 1, PITCAIRN ISLAND VR2PM Koo Sze-Kwong, P. O. Box 84445, Hung Hom Bay Post Office, Hong Kong, CHINA VU3PMU P. M. Joshi, 49, Durga Nagar, Old Padra Road, Baroda 390 020, INDIA XX9TSS via JK2PNY YB2EMK Arnold A. Pandelaki, Singosari III/14, Semarang 50241, INDONESIA YB4FIK Chairul M. Saad, Jl. Mat Yasin No. 16, Tanjung Pandan, Belitung 33416, INDONESIA YC0GJS Gjellani Joostman Sutama, P. O. Box 6122 JKPMT, Jakarta 10310, INDONESIA YC4DAK Hasan Iskandar, Jl. Sri Soedewi No. 40, Telanaipura, Jambi 36122, INDONESIA YC5TML Erizal M. Isa, P. O. Box 154, Batam Island 29400, INDONESIA YC5YCT Usman Ma, P. O. Box 154, Batam Island, INDONESIA YC8NLF Yohana E. George, P. O. Box 1068, Palu 94001, INDONESIA YC9BAS Nyoman Dodi Irianto, SPd, P. O. Box 250, Singaraja 81100, INDONESIA YI1WL via N3PBX YI1WMS via N3PBX YJ0AAU via 7M3VAL ZK1SCQ via DL6DK ZK1SCR via DL6DK _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: FO5BI, G3ZEM, IOTW, K3ZO, KH6BZF REPORTS, N1HRW, N6RT, NOAA, SP5UAC, VE7IU, VK6HD _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), or $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United States. _____________________________________________________________________ Copyright _ 1998 by Bernie McClenny _____________________________________________________________________

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. ======================== *** The Daily DX _ *** ======================== Volume 2 Number 208 November 4, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ DX News _____________________________________________________________________ Hirotada, JA0SC, will operate as KH0/JA0SC from Saipan from 19 to 22 November. He will mainly be on SSTV but will do some CW on 10 through 160 meters. On 10, 15 and 20 meters he will use a HB9CV antenna and on 40 through 160 meters a dipole will be used. A 500 watt amplifier will be used. QSL via the JARL bureau or direct to Hirotada Yoshiike, JA0SC, 722-1 shiba matsushiro-cyo NAGANO-city, 381-1214 JAPAN Harry, RA3AUU, reports "RAST of Thailand announced having obtained special permission from PTD to work CW on 80 and 160 meters on 28 and 29 November during the CQ World Wide CW DX Contest. Due to antenna limitations only the following stations are expected to be active during the event HS7AS, HS0AC, E22AAA. This is one of the rare opportunities for hams to work Thailand on these bands." Julio, AD4Z, plans to operate from the Dominican Republic as either HI3K or HI3JH starting 25 November for about 11 days. Look for him to be active on all bands with an emphasis on 80 and 160 meters. He will operate in the CQ World Wide CW DX Contest. QSL via HI3JH. The 425 DX News reports Caroline Island in the Kiribati Islands has officially been renamed to Millennium Island. For the IOTA chasers this would be a new IOTA if anyone wanted to operate from here. Lee, 3D2VA (ex VP2VE), reports he is now concentrating on CW on the 12, 17, 20 and 30 meter bands and will be looking for the US, Europe and Japan. He can operate on all bands on CW and SSB and can be found often on 14165 and 14226.5 around 11:00Z. QSL via WA2NHA. _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 3A2HB - MONACO - JA's found Lou on 28465 at 08:00Z on Tuesday. 4S7EA - SRI LANKA - Ernest was once again looking for JA's on 1909 as he was on 1828 between 20:30Z and 21:30Z. 4U1ITU - I.T.U. GENEVA - Showed up on 21012 between 06:30 and 07:30Z. Then on 28014 from 07:30 to 08:30Z. 8J1RL - ANTARCTICA - This is a Japanese club station at Showa Base on Ongul Island (AN-015). QSL via JARL. 8Q7I - MALDIVES - The log server for both 8Q7IO and 8Q7IQ

can be found at http://wwwiti.cs.uni-magdeburg.de/ ~hoeding/hamradio/8q7_search.html 9N7SON - NEPAL - Was found today on 7021 from 00:10 to 01:00Z. He does not have 30 meters. QSL via W4SON. C31US - ANDORRA - JA's reported working him on 21295 between 08:00 and 09:00Z on Tuesday. E30HA - ERITREA - Zoli was working the West Coast of the US on 10 meters SSB from 15:00 to 16:00Z. The keyer that was sent broke. Look for him on 40 meters SSB between 20:00 and 21:00Z on either 7057 or 7075. QSL via HA5YPP. EX2M - KYRGYZSTAN - Can be found daily on 20 meters RTTY between 02:00 and 03:00Z. QSL cards from HH2HM will not count for DXCC credit. EX8QB - KYRGYZSTAN - Victor has been showing up on 20 meters CW from 01:30 to 02:30Z. QSL via IK2QPR. FO5QG - MARQUESAS - Look for Jose on 20 meters RTTY between 00:00 and 02:00Z. QSL via XE1L. SU3NQ - EGYPT - Has shown up on 30 meters CW the last two days between 01:30 and 03:00Z. He says to QSL via OD5NQ. WFWL. UK8OM - UZBEKISTAN - Mike made a surprise visit to 10105 today at 02:15Z. QSL via IK2QPR. VK9NS - NORFOLK ISLAND - Jim has been showing up on 10 meter RTTY around 21:00Z. QSL via CBA. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AF-004 EA8/DJ5KZ 14018 2251 AS-140 S21K 21210 1218 AF-004 EA8AMT 28493 1710 EU-036 LA4XGA 14261 1021 AS-018 UA0FDX 21019 0014 NA-055 AK1L 28014 1309 AS-020 BV4FF 21012 1205 OC-005 VK9NS 14199 0944 AS-028 UA0QBA 14190 1640 OC-059 V63AO 28453 1926 AS-028 UA0QMU 10110 0501 OC-148 YC9MKF 28470 0028 AS-053 HS0/IK4MRH 28495 0717 S21K is operating from Khulna Region Group, AS-140, one of the newest IOTA's. IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________

From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- -------------- 4-Nov 14-Nov 3W XV6Z 2-185 4-Nov 8-Nov 5W 5W0GD 2-143 4-Nov 5-Nov 8Q 8Q7IO 8Q7IQ (AS-013) 2-160 4-Nov 7-Nov 9N 9N7RW 2-179 4-Nov 7-Nov D68 D68BW 2-180 2-154 4-Nov 17-Nov E3 E31DX by Space A Group 10/7 2-162 4-Nov 11-Nov GJ GJ0WFH 2-183 4-Nov 7-Nov HB0 by a group of HA's 2-199 4-Nov 27-Nov HC HC5/DL2YAK 2-153 2-112 4-Nov 4-Nov JW JW9XGA 2-199 4-Nov 7-Nov S9 S92YV S92YN 2-181 4-Nov 18-Nov TY group of Germans 2-192 4-Nov 14-Nov VK9X VK9XTL & VK9XQR 2-200 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The sunspot number for November 2, 1998 was 76. The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado, for November 3, 1998, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 3-Nov-1998 21 152 4 2 Mod/Quiet;Very Low-Low/Quiet 3-Nov-1998 18 126 3 2 Very Low/Quiet;Very Low-Low/Quiet 3-Nov-1998 15 126 3 2 Very Low/Quiet;Very Low-Low/Quiet 3-Nov-1998 12 126 3 2 Low/Quiet;Very Low-Low/Quiet 3-Nov-1998 09 126 3 0 Low/Quiet;Very Low-Low/Quiet 3-Nov-1998 06 126 3 1 Low/Quiet;Very Low-Low/Quiet 3-Nov-1998 03 126 3 1 Low/Quiet;Very Low-Low/Quiet 3-Nov-1998 00 126 3 1 Low/Quiet;Very Low-Low/Quiet The forecast for Wednesday, 4 November: solar flux 130, A index 8, K index 2. Wednesday should be High Normal. The forecast for Thursday, 5 November: solar flux 130, A index 8, K index 2. Thursday should be High Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 8Q7IO DL7VRO EY8CQ DJ1SKO T32O WC5P 8Q7IQ DL7VRO FK8VHT F6AJA TA2IJ DJ9ZB 9K2ZZ W8CNL FO5QG XE1L TM8OA F6KVD EM1LV UR8LV HB0/HA5RT/PHA6NL UA0MF W3HNK EX8ML W3HNK HB0/HA6NL/PHA6NL ZF2GS DL1DA EX8QB IK2QBR SU3NQ OD5NQ JD1BIA - Hiroshi Takubo, 3 Mikazukisou, Nishimachi, Chichijima, Ogasawara, Tokyo 100-21, JAPAN UA0IAS - Vladimir Kolodkin, P.O. Box 11, Palatka, 686110 Magadanskya, RUSSIA Dave, W4JVN, and Tyler, K3MM, both report neither one of them are the QSL manager for PJ9B. The correct manager is K2SB.

Tom, N4TJ, reports that QSL cards for TZ6DX should go via K4DX and not via K4UA. QSL cards for the FG5BG operation during the 1998 CQ World Wide SSB DX Contest are being handled by K6RO. Any other time frame must be sent direct to FG5BG. QSL cards recently received direct: 5R8FU, 9M0C, 9V1AG, EP2MKO, EP2SMH, FO0SUC, H76C, N2OO/KH9, OK8DX, SU1SK, VR2SS/P (AS-006) _____________________________________________________________________ On the WWW _____________________________________________________________________ A Log search for FG5BG (1998 CQ WW SSB), FG/N6ED, FG/N6RT, FG/K6RO, and FG/W6KK can be found at http://www.qsl.net/n6ed/fgsearch.html Here is a callbook for those looking for addresses from the Netherlands http://www.veron.nl/veron/clbk.htm A callbook for Croatia can be found at http://www.hrs.agram.com/callbook/ A callbook for Taiwan is located at http://www.cq.com.tw/bvcall/ For Poland check out http://155.158.11.5/ For Finland one can be found at http://hes.iki.fi/oh/eng.shtml Here is a callbook for the 7th district of the People's Democratic Republic of China http://www.qsl.net/bg7rk/callbook.htm This one is written in Chinese, however you could print the address and add China to the bottom of the address and it should work. If you are looking for Hungary check out http://rgw-ha5ob.ampr.org/cbook.htm For the 6th call area of Belarus check out http://www.qsl.net/eu6tv/callbook.html _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 3D2VA, 425 DX News, HA0DU, JA0SC, K2HJB, K3MM, KH6BZF REPORTS, KI4RU, N2JTX, N4TJ, N6RT, NOAA, RA3AUU, W3IZ, W3MF, W4JVN, WB4KTC, WW1V _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), or $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United States. _____________________________________________________________________ Copyright _ 1998 by Bernie McClenny _____________________________________________________________________

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. ======================== *** The Daily DX _ *** ======================== Volume 2 Number 209 November 5, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ DX News _____________________________________________________________________ Michel, F5RLE, and Joel, F5AOW, plan to go back to Burkina Faso between 7 February and 1 March, 1999. Joel will operate XT2OW on SSB while Michel will be on CW as XT2DM. They will use an IC-706 running 100 watts. For antennas they will use a 2 element Mosley JR on 10, 15 and 20 meters and a G5RV on the other bands. An emphasis will be put on 12, 17 and 30 meters. QSL via F5RLE. Andy, G4ZVJ, says he will be traveling with Bob, G3ZEM, and Mike, G3VMW as they will go to Ghana to operate as 9G5VJ, 9G5ZM and 9G5SW from 19 to 21 November. The three will then join up with the 5V7A Contest team in Togo and operate 5V7VJ, 5V7ZM and 5V7SW before and after the CQ World Wide CW DX Contest. Then from 1 to 6 December they will go back to Ghana. QSL via home calls. Satish, 9N1AA, reports that the Nepalese government has recently started assigning the 9N7 prefix to visitors and native Nepalese stations will be assigned 9N1-5, depending upon their location. Jack, W4SON, is currently staying in Nepal and was issued 9N7SON. He is running a Ten-Tec Scout TRX and solid state amplifier with 500 watts output. Look for him to be active for the next 3 weeks. QSL via W4SON. _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ A61AP - UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - Khalid was working European and East Coast US stations on 28495 from 13:30 to 14:10Z. QSL via IK7JTF. C31MO - ANDORRA - DXers all across the US reported working Miguel on 21286 from 14:15 to 16:00Z. D68BW - COMOROS - Hermann continues to be very active on CW. Wednesday's activities were as follows: GMT Frequencies GMT Frequencies --- ----------- --- ----------- 00 1828 3512 14 18069 07 28018 17 14008 08 24895 18 10109 14015 11 18071 24895 19 10109 12 28020 21 3512 13 28020 22 1828 3510 E30GA - ERITREA - Members of the Space A Group started off on Wednesday on 10 15 and 20 meters SSB. Vance, N5VL, Bruce, WD4NGB, and Franz, DJ9ZB, have been heard at the mike. Check 14195, 21295 and 28495.

QSL via K4JDJ. EL2VO - LIBERIA - Eric answered a CQ call on 14188 around 20:30Z. He is working in Monrovia and plans to leave in 2 weeks. QSL via EA5GIY. EX8F - KYRGYZSTAN - East Coast DXers found Vlad on 28011 from 11:00 to 12:30Z. EX8W - KYRGYZSTAN - Sergei was found working Europe on 1830 between 20:00 and 21:00Z. EZ8AZ - TURKMENISTAN - Was calling CQ US on 28042 between 12:40 and 13:40Z. EZ8BD - TURKMENISTAN - West Coast US stations worked Alex between 03:00 and 03:30Z on 14245. SU3NQ - EGYPT - Ali was found CQing on 18080 just before 15:00Z. He reports he will be active for 10 more days before going to Lebanon. He will return to Egypt for 15 days in February, 1999. QSL via OD5NQ. T32IW - EAST KIRIBATI - Europeans were working him on 14260 between 06:30 and 07:30Z. QSL via DJ5IW. TY8A - BENIN - This is a group of German Amateurs. Wednesday they were active on 10, 17, 20, 30, 40 and 80 meters CW and SSB. They have 2 rigs and plan to be active on 160 meters tonight. QSL via DL7DF. UK8OM - UZBEKISTAN - Mike has been showing up on 30 meters CW around 02:00Z. QSL via IK2QPR. V73UB - MARSHALL ISLANDS - Look for Ben near 21303 between 00:00 and 02:00Z. VK9XQR - CHRISTMAS ISLAND - Erwin showed up on 18080 around 13:45Z. His signal was peaking on the East Coast of the US around 14:20Z when he decided to QSY to 14010! QSL via HB9QR. XQ0YAF - EASTER ISLAND - Look for Henry on 28010 daily. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AF-004 EA8AEI 28460 1604 NA-041 KL7IFP 14257 1708 AF-014 CT3BM 28517 1605 NA-047 VE8TA 21260 1541 AS-028 UA0QBA 14198 1712 NA-055 AK1L 28460 1200 AS-045 HL5FUA 3800 2134 OC-210 YC8RRK 21210 1441 EU-057 DL4PM 21283 1412 OC-210 YC8TXW 21260 2326 IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765

_____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- -------------- 5-Nov 14-Nov 3W XV6Z 2-185 5-Nov 8-Nov 5W 5W0GD 2-143 5-Nov 5-Nov 8Q 8Q7IO 8Q7IQ (AS-013) 2-160 5-Nov 7-Nov 9N 9N7RW 2-179 5-Nov 7-Nov D68 D68BW 2-180 2-154 5-Nov 17-Nov E3 E30GA 10/7 2-162 5-Nov 11-Nov GJ GJ0WFH 2-183 5-Nov 7-Nov HB0 by a group of HA's 2-199 5-Nov 27-Nov HC HC5/DL2YAK 2-153 2-112 5-Nov 16-Nov JY JY8ZW 2-194 5-Nov 7-Nov S9 S92YV S92YN 2-181 5-Nov 18-Nov TY TY8A 2-192 5-Nov 14-Nov VK9X VK9XTL & VK9XQR 2-200 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The sunspot number for November 3, 1998 was 81. The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado, for November , 1998, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 4-Nov-1998 21 141 6 2 Low/Quiet;Low/Quiet-Active 4-Nov-1998 18 152 5 1 Moderate/Quiet;Low/Quiet 4-Nov-1998 15 152 5 2 Moderate/Quiet;Low/Quiet 4-Nov-1998 12 152 5 2 Moderate/Quiet;Low/Quiet 4-Nov-1998 09 152 5 1 Moderate/Quiet;Low/Quiet 4-Nov-1998 06 152 5 1 Moderate/Quiet;Low/Quiet 4-Nov-1998 03 152 5 1 Moderate/Quiet;Low/Quiet 4-Nov-1998 00 152 5 2 Moderate/Quiet;Low/Quiet The forecast for Thursday, 5 November: solar flux 140, A index 8, K index 2. Thursday should be High Normal. The forecast for Friday, 6 November: solar flux 140, A index 8, K index 2. Friday should be High Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 3V8BB JF2EZA D98WCX HL5FOP OA4DJN W3HNK 5H3RW DL0MAR DJ4IJ/HI8 DK8ZD S92AT NJ2D 6K0ZW HL5FPL E30GA K4JDJ T32IW DJ5IW 7Q7LA G0AIS EK2780JJ EK4JJ TY8A DL7DF 9K2QQ KB2MS EK2780ZZ EK7DX V73UB K1ZUT 9M2TO JA0DMV EL2VO EA5GIY VE8TA VE2BQB A61AP IK7JTF ER4OT W3HNK VU2JPS VK9NS V63KU - Sam, P.O. Box 1679, Truk, MICRONESIA

QSL cards recently received direct: _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 9N1AA, F5RLE, G4ZVJ, KH6BZF REPORTS, NOAA, _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), or $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United States. _____________________________________________________________________ Copyright _ 1998 by Bernie McClenny _____________________________________________________________________ THE DAILY DX _ is published Monday through Friday by Bernie McClenny, W3UR, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, MD 21738 USA. This e-mail message and its contents have a copyright and are proprietary products of THE DAILY DX _. Any unauthorized use, reproduction, or transfer of the message or its content, in any medium, is strictly prohibited. For permission to quote, reprint or repost this e-mail send a request to THE DAILY DX _ include date, volume and issue number. Check out THE DAILY DX _ homepage http://www.dailydx.com or for additional information you may phone THE DAILY DX _ at 301-854-5650 or fax at 301-854-5105. Remember to tell all your DX friends about THE DAILY DX.

. ======================== *** The Daily DX _ *** ======================== Volume 2 Number 210 November 6, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ DX News _____________________________________________________________________ Karl, DL1VU, is currently operating as T32VU from East Kiribati and will stay with T32IW until next week. He will then head for T30, West Kiribati. He does not know how long he will be as he needs to firm up his transportation. Afterwards he will go on to T33, Banaba and then T31 Central Kiribati. QSL via DJ5IW. Eric, F5SIH, and Mehdi, F5PFP, left France the other day and are on their way to Amsterdam. The two are currently on Reunion Island and will depart on 10 November on the Marion Dufresne to FT5W, Crozet, FT5X, Kerguelen and then FT5Z, Amsterdam Island. They should arrive on 24 November and hope to be completely set-up by 27 November. Serge, F6BHK, is in Hong Kong as recently received VR2LL. Look for him to be active on CW on 10 and 20 meters. He hopes to be on RTTY however he is having problems with his PK232. Luc, I1YRL, is planning to be active from 3A, Monaco and 4U1ITU, I.T.U. Geneva during November and December. He hopes to be on all bands. QSL via I1YRL. Amateurs Radio stations from Nigeria may now use the 5N38 prefix to celebrate the 38th anniversary of the independence of this nation. Dick, 9M2RY/N4ISV, will end of tour of duty in West Malaysia in December and return to the United States. QSL via N4JR. The ARRL DX Bulletin reports that Roger, KF8OY, is active as S79OY using CW and SSB, especially on the low bands, until November 9. QSL via KF8OY. Ken, K4ZW, was delayed on his trip to Amman, Jordan but will leave by the weekend. It may take a day or two to get his license, hopefully JY8ZW. Lionel, FS5PL, may now be more active on 160 meters as K7ZUM and N7KG donated a Gladiator vertical, two Ewes and a magnetic loop receiving antennas. During the CQ World Wide CW DX Contest on 27 and 28 November 6Y2A will be multi-multi from the island of Jamaica. Operators include K2KW, N6BT, N6TV, W4SO, KE7X, AG9A, W9QA, N6BV, K7CO, and AF7Y. Between 21 November and 1 December the operators will use their home

call/6Y5 to test their rigs, antennas and conditions on all bands from 6 to 160 meters on CW and SSB. For more information, contact Kenny, K2KW at <k2kw@prodigy.net> QSL cards for 6Y2A go via WA4WTG Look for Steve, G4UOL, to once again be active from the Isle of Man as GD4UOL from 20 November to 4 December. He will be active in the CQ World Wide CW DX Contest on all bands. Plans are to be mostly active on 12 and 17 meters before and after the contest. QSL via G4UOL. JT, K7CO, reports a new telnet cluster is at <k7co.jt.net> which is connected to the US East Coast, US West Coast and Europe. For more information see http://www.j7.net/ Phil, G4OBK, plans to join forces with SV5TH, SV5VR and others in the CQ World Wide CW DX Contest as they will operate J45T in the multi- multi category. Phil will be on 10 meters. _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 4U1UN - UNITED NATIONS - Made a surprise visit to 14194 at 23:00Z on Thursday. QSL via W6TER. 5H3US - TANZANIA - Dave was working all across the US on 28471 from 17:00 to 18:00Z. QSL via WA8JOC. 9K2ZZ - KUWAIT - Bob will go QRT on 14 November. QSL via W8CNL. E3 - ERITREA - The Space A Group was active on 10, 12, 20 and 80 meters on SSB and RTTY on Thursday. Reports are they are using several calls. So far E30GA and E30BA have been reported. Vance, N5VL is trying to get permission to go to Dahlak Archipelago AF-038. Zoli, E30HA, will remain active until 8 November. Check 28395 anytime 10 meters is open to that part of the world. QSL E30GA via K4JDJ. QSL E30BA via DJ9ZB. QSL E30HA via HA5YPP. EP3PTT - IRAN - Mohammed was active on 21265 between 11:00 and 14:00Z. He was mostly working Europe and some East Coast US stations. KH2/K4SXT - GUAM - Look for Gus just about every day on 1824 starting as early as 09:00, but usually between 10:00 and 11:00Z. KH6HE/KH3 - Johnston Island - Europeans reported working this one between 18:30 and 19:00 on 14203. S79KMB - SEYCHELLES - Keith was active on a net on 21355 at 18:00Z. SU3NQ - EGYPT - Both Said, SU1SK, and Ezzat, SU1ER, report that SU3NQ is a pirate.

TY8A - BENIN - They were active on Thursday on all bands. mostly CW with some SSB. From 20:00 to 23:30Z they were working on 1824. QSL via DL7DF. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AF-004 EA8/EA5CPU 24965 1520 EU-010 MM0BJG 28557 1253 AS-018 UA0FF 28460 0715 NA-051 VE7QCR 21280 2007 AS-053 HS0/IK4MRH 28465 0824 NA-055 AK1L 28462 1413 AS-076 JA5EO 28510 0727 NA-065 N7ZL 28590 1625 AS-077 JI6KVR 28462 0732 OC-059 V63AO 24935 2339 EU-004 EA6AEI 14260 0719 Steve, G0UIH, reports on the following planned IOTA activities from Indonesia: YC8TXW/P and YC8YZ/P will be active from 9 to 11 January, 1999 from Obi Islands (OC-222). During March of 1999 YC8TXW/P and YC8YZ/P plan to operate from Sula Island (OC076). In February or March of 1999 YC9BU/9 will operate from Lombok Island (OC150). IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- -------------- 6-Nov 7-Nov 9N 9N7RW 2-179 6-Nov 7-Nov HB0 by a group of HA's 2-199 6-Nov 7-Nov D68 D68BW 2-180 2-154 6-Nov 7-Nov S9 S92YV S92YN 2-181 6-Nov 8-Nov 5W 5W0GD 2-143 6-Nov 8-Nov E3 E30HA 2-205 6-Nov 8-Nov SM SK7DK (EU-137) 2-204 6-Nov 9-Nov S7 S79OY 2-165 6-Nov 11-Nov GJ GJ0WFH 2-183 6-Nov 13-Nov HV HV5PUL 2-190 6-Nov 14-Nov VK9X VK9XTL & VK9XQR 2-200 6-Nov 14-Nov 3W XV6Z 2-185 6-Nov 14-Nov ZF ZF2UH 2-202 6-Nov 17-Nov E3 E30 by Space A Group 10/7 2-162 6-Nov 18-Nov TY TY8A 2-192 6-Nov 26-Nov 9N 9N7SON 2-209 6-Nov 27-Nov HC HC5/DL2YAK 2-153 2-112 8-Nov 16-Nov JY JY8ZW 2-194 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________

The sunspot number for November 4, 1998 was 124. The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado, for November 5, 1998, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 5-Nov-1998 21 153 7 1 High/Quiet-Unset;Mod-High/Quiet-Active 5-Nov-1998 18 141 4 3 Moderate/Quiet-Unset;Moderate/Quiet-Active 5-Nov-1998 15 141 4 2 Moderate/Quiet;Moderate/Quiet-Active 5-Nov-1998 12 141 4 2 Low/Quiet;Low-Moderate/Quiet-Active 5-Nov-1998 09 141 4 2 Low/Quiet;Low-Moderate/Quiet-Active 5-Nov-1998 06 141 4 1 Low/Quiet;Low-Moderate/Quiet-Active 5-Nov-1998 03 141 4 1 Low/Quiet;Low-Moderate/Quiet-Active 5-Nov-1998 00 141 4 1 Low/Quiet;Low/Quiet-Active The forecast for Friday, 6 November: solar flux 155, A index 12, K index 3. Friday should be High Normal. The forecast for Saturday, 7 November: solar flux 150, A index 24, K index 4. Saturday should be Low Normal. The forecast for Sunday, 8 November: solar flux 150, A index 32, K index 4. Sunday should be Below Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 9J2BO W6ORD EU6MM IK2QPR TE45ZM TI0RC A35RK W7TSQ EX8F DL8FCU TU2DP K4MQL CN23AMV CN8MC JY9QJ DL5MBY UK8CK RW6HS DL1XAQ/HI8 DL1XAQ LY62ZZ LY2ZZ UR4WWT WR3L E30BA DJ9ZB NH0E KH0EJ VQ9PH W2JDK E30GA K4JDJ EP3PTT - Mohammed, P.O. Box 4415, Tehran 15875, ISLAMIC REBUBLIC OF IRAN Mary Ann Crider, WA3HUP, will now be handling the QSL duties for Ezzat, SU1ER, SU1JOTA, SU0ERA, SU8LXR and his families calls (not mentioned). Bill, K1WY, handles QSL chores for the following stations: 5R8ET, ET3BT, GI3MUS, GI6YM, KW1JY, ON4CAT, ON9CAT, P29CC, S21J, TF7GX, TF8GX, UA0AOZ, UA0DC, UA0ZBK, KL3KIM. QSL cards may be sent to either address. The K1WY DX Association The K1WY DX Association P.O. Box 2644 P.O. Box 90 Hartford, CT 06146-2644 Eeklo 9900 UNITED STATES BELGIUM QSL cards recently received direct: 9Q5MRC, C6AIE, FG5FC, N6VV/P (NA-184), VK3AJJ/P (OC-196), Z21CS _____________________________________________________________________ On the WWW

_____________________________________________________________________ Logs for Jacky's, F2CW/ZL3CW, E31AA and J28AG can be found at http://www.qsl.net/n6ed/f2cw_search.html _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: CT1EEB, DX News Sheet, F5NOD, G0UIH, K7CO, K1WY, KH6BZF REPORTS, N6RT, NOAA, SU1ER, SU1SK, T32VU, VR2LL, W1JR, W1LRZ, W2GI, W9DYQ _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), or $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United States. _____________________________________________________________________ Copyright _ 1998 by Bernie McClenny _____________________________________________________________________ THE DAILY DX _ is published Monday through Friday by Bernie McClenny, W3UR, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, MD 21738 USA. This e-mail message and its contents have a copyright and are proprietary products of THE DAILY DX _. Any unauthorized use, reproduction, or transfer of the message or its content, in any medium, is strictly prohibited. For permission to quote, reprint or repost this e-mail send a request to THE DAILY DX _ include date, volume and issue number. Check out THE DAILY DX _ homepage http://www.dailydx.com or for additional information you may phone THE DAILY DX _ at 301-854-5650 or fax at 301-854-5105. Remember to tell all your DX friends about THE DAILY DX.

. ======================== *** The Daily DX _ *** ======================== Volume 2 Number 211 November 9, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ DX News _____________________________________________________________________ Gilles, F5AGL, will be a member of the 1998/1999 Crozet mission and should be on the air as FT5WH starting in December, 1998 or January, 1999. QSL via F6KDF. Effective 10 January, 1999 postage rates from the US to the US will go from 32 cents to 33 cents. US stations my find it may be a good idea to start putting the extra postage on SASE's to US stations now. DX (outside of the US) stations do not have to worry about this change as air mail will remain at 60 cents. W4WN reported on the local packet cluster that XU1A will be on the air with 3 stations starting on 26 November. With 6 through 160 meters. We will check this out for more details. Eric, F5SIH, and Mehdi, F5PFP, made it to Reunion island and will be active as FR/F5SIH and FR/F5PFP today and tomorrow. They are on their way to Amsterdam. A home page can be found at http://perso.easynet.fr/~f5nod/ft5z.html QSL via home calls. Takubo, JD1BIA, from Ogasawara Island plans to operate in the Japan International DX SSB Contest this coming weekend and will be on all bands. Ryoichi, JL1KFR, is currently operating from Minami Torishima as JL1KFR/JD1 until 25 November. He plans to operate in the JIDX SSB Contest on 15 November on 10, 15, and 20 meters. Outside of the contest he will concentrate on CW and RTTY. See QSN for more information. JT, K7CO, reports a new telnet cluster is at <k7co.j7.net> which is connected to the US East Coast, US West Coast and Europe. For more information see http://www.j7.net/ The OPDX Bulletin reports the following from Jim Smith, VK9NS, who was planning to go to Bhutan during the last week of October or the first week of November, but the following was reported by Jim: ".... I have reluctantly decided to postpone my planned travel for the time being for several reasons. We have had major problems on Norfolk in the last two weeks involving air travel to and from the island. The mail situation has been terrible to put it mildly. This has been partly due to an extended period of very poor weather conditions. In one 36 hour period alone the island had between 12 and 14 inches of rain (depending on location) with high winds and great deal of disruptions to power and island facilities. All the antennas

survived but one tower was almost lost but saved by its safety guying system. We are used to these storms from time to time and there is still much to be done here. There will be some disappointment at this decision however as you are aware this planned visit to MOC was not intended to be a DXpedition (see HIDXA Release) but rather a means of getting things organized for the near future. Many of the donations received were linked to a DXpedition type activity. There is a great deal to be done in Thimphu so that a viable station system is in place and ready to go. It is some years now since HIDXA donated a considerable amount of amateur radio equipment (some 10000 USD) to the Wireless Division (now M.O.C.) as a means of assisting Bhutan make a start. It has been a long and difficult road for MOC (and HIDXA) trying to get the necessary telecommunications Legislation in place to permit the hobby of Amateur Radio and other Telecomm, related matters. Bhutan has been a long time project of HIDXA as you know.....We will return to Bhutan as soon as it is practical to do so and when I can travel to Bangkok more easily. Will be back in touch with you. Warm regards and Tashi Dalek! (may your journey be a safe one)....." _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 7P8HH - LESOTHO - East Coast US stations found Horst working on 14240 from 20:00 to 21:15Z on Friday. 9M2AX - WEST MALAYSIA - Look for Ross on 160 meters CW starting at 21:00Z. 9X/G4HCL - RWANDA - Has been active on 10 and 20 meters SSB. D68BW - COMOROS - Hermann left the island on Saturday. QSL via DJ2BW. E30 ERITREA - See the update sent out on Sunday from the Space A Group. There web site does have some of the logs now at http://no4j.com/nfdxa/logs/e30ga.htm If you do talk to them tell them to stay off 1830 when trying to work North America, as there is a harmonic on that frequency. EA9PY - CEUTA - JA's were working Joe on 28448 from 08:00 to 09:20Z on Saturday. HV4NAC - VATICAN - Francisco was active on Friday and Saturday on 10, 15 and 20 meters CW and SSB. QSL via IK0FVC. JD1BIA - OGASAWARA - Look for Takubo from 22:00 to 02:00Z on 15, 12, or 10 meters SSB. JL1KFR/JD1 - MINAMI TORISHIMA - Ryoichi can be found from 10:00 to 11:30Z on 20 meters RTTY daily. Then he goes to 30 meters CW until about 12:30Z. Check 10 meters CW at 22:00Z. QSL via JL1KFR (see below). NH6D/KH4 - MIDWAY - Bill is currently active on the island. OD5LE - LEBANON - Emile Lahoud has recently been elected as the new President of Lebanon and will take office on 24 November. Other famous heads of state

include: Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi, JI1KIT, of Japan. King Juan Carlos, EA0JC, of Spain. President Carlos Menem, LU1SM, of Argentina. King Hussein Ibn Talal, JY1, of Jordan. Sultan Qaboos Bin Said, A41AA Sultan of Oman. King Bhumipol Adulyadej, HS1A, of Thailand. SV2ASP/A - MOUNT ATHOS - Monk Apollo showed up on a net on 7045 at 19:00Z on Sunday. TN7OT - CONGO - Hazel (YL) is active on 15 and 20 meters SSB. QSL via AL7OT. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AS-014 A45XJ 14184 1423 NA-026 WB2KSK 14260 2040 AS-140 S21K 21220 1420 OC-059 V63AO 28490 0030 EU-137 SK7DX 14260 1004 OC-148 YC9MKF 21260 0935 EU-163 4N9BW 7079 2109 SA-008 LU8XW/X 14192 0206 EU-163 YU7ADY/P 14261 1506 SA-036 P43E 28456 1604 IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- -------------- 9-Nov 9-Nov S7 S79OY 2-210 2-165 9-Nov 10-Nov FR FR/F5PFP FR/F5SIH 2-210 9-Nov 11-Nov GJ GJ0WFH 2-183 9-Nov 13-Nov HV HV5PUL 2-190 9-Nov 14-Nov VK9X VK9XTL & VK9XQR 2-200 9-Nov 14-Nov 3W XV6Z 2-185 9-Nov 14-Nov ZF ZF2UH 2-202 9-Nov 16-Nov JY JY8ZW 2-194 9-Nov 17-Nov E3 E30 by Space A Group 10/7 2-162 9-Nov 18-Nov TY TY8A 2-192 9-Nov 26-Nov 9N 9N7SON 2-209 9-Nov 27-Nov HC HC5/DL2YAK 2-153 2-112 9-Nov T32 T32VU T32IW 2-210 11-Nov 17-Nov ZL8 ZL8RS 2-207 2-203 11-Nov 2-Dec OX OX/OZ8AE 2-176 12-Nov 19-Nov BV9P BQ9P 2-203 2-200 12-Nov 25-Nov FH FH/TK5PB 2-173 2-156 13-Nov 15-Nov DL DL2RNS DL2RVL DL2VFR (EU-098) _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The sunspot number for November 7, 1998 was 144. The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado, for November 8, 1998, were as

follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 8-Nov-1998 21 153 48 2 Low-Mod/Quiet-Sev Strm;Mod/Unset-Min Strm 8-Nov-1998 18 149 18 3 Low-Mod/Quiet-Sev Strm;Mod/Unset-Min Strm 8-Nov-1998 15 149 18 4 Low/Quiet-Sev Strm;Moderate/Unset-Min Strm 8-Nov-1998 12 149 18 5 Low/Quiet-Sev Strm;Mod-High/Act-Min Strm 8-Nov-1998 09 149 18 7 Mod/Quiet-Sev Strm;Mod-High/Act-Min Strm 8-Nov-1998 06 149 18 6 Mod/Quiet-Maj Strm;Mod-High/Act-Min Strm 8-Nov-1998 03 149 18 5 Mod/Quiet-Min Strm;Mod-High/Act-Min Strm 8-Nov-1998 00 149 18 3 Mod/Quiet-Min Strm;Mod-High/Act-Min Strm A major geomagnetic storm began at 12:00Z on 08 November. The forecast for Monday, 9 November: solar flux 145, A index 25, K index 4. Monday should be Low Normal. The forecast for Tuesday, 10 November: solar flux 145, A index 20, K index 3. Tuesday should be Low Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 4N9BW YU7BW E30FA N5VL SK7DX SM7DXQ 5N3BHF OE6LAG E30GA K4JDJ SU1MR WA3HUP 5R8FK NY3N E30IA IV3FSG SU1RR WA3HUP 5U7DG K4SE E30JA WD4NGB SU1SR WA3HUP 5V7GL EA5WX EA8/OH2BYS OH2BYS T32IW DJ5IW 9H1PF K5YG ED2SDX EA2ABM T32VU DJ5IW 9M2TD JA4DPL EO6F UX0FF TM0RUM F5NBNJ BA1DU W3HC EY2Q DJ1SKO TN7OT AL7OT BN0A JH3DPB FR/F5PFP F5PFP TT8FC EA4AHK BW0R JA1JKG FR/F5SIH F5SIH TT8ZB IK3ERN E30BA DJ9ZB HV4NAC IK0FVC VE3FU/KP2 VE3FU E30CA NF6S IY4W I4JED VO2CQ VE3FU E30DA I8NHJ JY8ZW K4ZW ZS75SIG ZS5BBO E30EA EA8AFJ NH6D/KH4 N6FF 7P8HH - Horst Huhnlein, P.O. Box 1172, Maseru 100, LESOTHO JL1KFR - Ryoichi Tojo, #1-102, 5-37 Miyazaki 2 chome, Cyuo-ku, Chiba, 260-0806 JAPAN VE3FU - Chris Allingham, 19 Westcliffe Road, Nepean, Ontario, CANADA K2H 7X3 QSL cards recently received direct: 3B7RF, 9N1UD, H40AA, HC1MD/HC4, N2OO/KH9, N7ET/DU3, S92AT, UK8GK, VP8CQS, VQ9GB _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: F5NOD, JA1ELY, JR2BNF, K7CO, KC5LK, KH6BZF REPORTS, N4PQX, NOAA, OPDX, QRZ DX, VE3FU, W4WN, W7AJ, W7UG, WA2VUY, WB4KTC _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________

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. ======================== *** The Daily DX _ *** ======================== Volume 2 Number 212 November 10, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ DX News _____________________________________________________________________ You asked for it you got it! The Daily DX home page is located at http://www.dailydx.com and now has a searchable database. This feature is available to all and includes past issue between November, 1997 and September, 1998. The March, 1997 through October, 1997 issues and special bulletins will be uploaded within the week. Feel free to tell your friends about this new service. The October and November issues for this year have not been included as they are to current to just give away. It is a great way to research past operations, QSL info and more. The search page will always be 6 to 8 weeks behind. Plans are to eventually have a searchable database for all past issues, with a password, for subscribers. Lee, G0ULN, plans to be active from the Maldives as 8Q7LE from 22 December to 13 January. He will operate SSB only and can be found on the IOTA frequencies. QSL via G0ULN. Ed, CO2MA, will operate special call CO0CW on 15 and 40 meters during the CQ World Wide CW DX Contest on 28 and 29 November. QSL to P.O. Box 21056, Alamar, Havana, 12500 CUBA. Don Field, G3XTT, will operate single op all band in the upcoming CQ World Wide CW DX Contest as GU6UW from Guernsey Island. QSL via G3XTT either via the RSGB QSL bureau or direct to Don Field, 105 Shiplake Bottom, Peppard Common, Henley on Thames, RG9 5HJ, ENGLAND. Bruce, AA4XR, is currently traveling through South East Asia. So far he has been through Hong Kong and is now in Indonesia. He hopes to find a YB0 station in Bali to get on the air. His next stop will be Taiwan and plans to operate as BV2/AA4XR. Other stops include Thailand (HS0ZCY) and West Malaysia. During the CQ World Wide CW DX Contest Dick, N4RP, will operate low power all band from Bimini (NA-048) as C6A/N4RP. He will be on the island from 20 November to 2 December. Before and after the contest he will be on all bands, including 12, 17 and 30 meters, mostly on CW. QSL to Dick, 2805 Casita Way, Apartment 115, Delray Beach, FL, 33415 or via the W4 QSL bureau. _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ FO5BI - FRENCH POLYNESIA - Bob can be found most days on or near 1834 between 04:00 and 05:00Z. You may actually want to call him in the blind as he does listen too.

HC5/DL2YAK - ECUADOR - Uwe says he is on 1822 daily at 03:00Z. JT1BH - MONGOLIA - Can be found most days on 10 meters CW from 08:00 to 10:00Z. JY8ZW - JORDAN - Look for Ken, K4ZW, on or near 1823 around 02:30Z. QSL via K4ZW. SU1SK - EGYPT - Said plans to be active on 40 meters on 13 November at 23:00Z on 7040. (I do not know if it will be CW or SSB, I think CW. ed.) _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- EU-163 4N9BW 3800 2220 OC-016 3D2VA 14195 0901 EU-163 YU7ADY/P 14260 1121 OC-160 VK4ERM/P 14260 1036 Laci, YU7BW, is currently on St. Nikola Island (EU-163) as 4N9BW until 13 November. He will be active on 2 through 160 meters. QSL via YU7BW. 7K4STV/1, will be active from Jyogashima Is (AS-117) on either 13 or 14 November. QSL via home call. IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ >From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- -------------- 10-Nov 14-Nov 3W XV6Z 2-185 10-Nov 26-Nov 9N 9N7SON 2-209 10-Nov 17-Nov E3 E30 by Space A Group 10/7 2-162 10-Nov 10-Nov FR FR/F5PFP FR/F5SIH 2-210 10-Nov 11-Nov GJ GJ0WFH 2-183 10-Nov 27-Nov HC HC5/DL2YAK 2-153 2-112 10-Nov 13-Nov HV HV5PUL 2-190 10-Nov 25-Nov JD/M JL1KFR/JD1 2-211 10-Nov 16-Nov JY JY8ZW 2-194 10-Nov T32 T32VU T32IW 2-210 10-Nov 18-Nov TY TY8A 2-192 10-Nov 14-Nov VK9X VK9XTL & VK9XQR 2-200 10-Nov 14-Nov ZF ZF2UH 2-202 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The sunspot number for November 8, 1998 was 137. The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado, for November 9, 1998, were as

follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 9-Nov-1998 21 162 38 3 Mod/Quiet-Maj Strm;Mod/Unset-Min Strm 9-Nov-1998 18 153 47 4 Mod/Quiet-Maj Strm;Mod/Unset-Min Strm 9-Nov-1998 15 153 47 5 Mod/Quiet-Maj Strm;Mod/Unset-Min Strm 9-Nov-1998 12 153 47 6 Mod/Quiet-Maj Strm;Mod/Unset-Min Strm 9-Nov-1998 09 153 47 6 Mod/Quiet-Maj Strm;Mod/Unset-Min Strm 9-Nov-1998 06 153 47 4 Mod/Quiet-Sev Strm;Mod/Unset-Min Strm 9-Nov-1998 03 153 47 3 Mod/Quiet-Sev Strm;Mod/Unset-Min Strm 9-Nov-1998 00 153 47 3 Mod/Quiet-Sev Strm;Mod/Unset-Min Strm The forecast for Tuesday, 10 November: solar flux 155, A index 20, K index 3. Tuesday should be Low Normal. The forecast for Wednesday, 11 November: solar flux 150, A index 15, K index 3. Wednesday should be High Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 4L1UN IK7JTF EK6CC N8BGD KG4AU W4WX 6Y5DA VE4JK FM5BH W3HNK KH0AS WB4UBD C91DI IN3BXL JX7DFA LA2KD YL80MR YL2MR LA2KD - Annar E. B. Kjernsvik, Holmlia Sentervei 33, N-1255 Oslo, NORWAY Bob, KI4RU, reports he is not a QSL manager for any stations. QSL cards recently received direct: 3B7RF, 7X2LS, 9K2GS, A35FT, TL5A, ZK2FT _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: G0ULN, JI6KVR, K2HJB, K3SX, K4UVT, KH6BZF REPORTS, KJ4UY, KN4T, NOAA, SU1HM, W2GG, W4FOA, W4ZV, YZ1EW _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), or $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United States. _____________________________________________________________________ Copyright _ 1998 by Bernie McClenny _____________________________________________________________________ THE DAILY DX _ is published Monday through Friday by Bernie McClenny, W3UR, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, MD 21738 USA. This e-mail message and its contents have a copyright and are proprietary products of THE DAILY DX _. Any unauthorized use, reproduction, or transfer of the message or its content, in any medium, is strictly prohibited. For

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. ======================== *** The Daily DX _ *** ======================== Volume 2 Number 213 November 11, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ DX News _____________________________________________________________________ Starting tomorrow look for BQ9P to be on the air from Pratas Island. This was the 3rd most wanted entity on the 1997 ARRL DXCC list. Operators for this operation include Bruce, BV2KI; Evan, BV2KS; William, BV2VA; Jimmy, BV4AS; Paul, BV4FH; Chung, BV4ME (likes 160 meters); Ou, BV4QA; Lieon, BV7FC; Kan, JA1BK; Steve, KU9C; Tim, N4GN; and Nellie (first YL), XE1CI. A web site has been created by Don, N1DG, and can be found at http://www.qsl.net/bq9p/ They hope to have the logs available at this site however more details need to be worked out. QSL cards go via KU9C. The following frequencies were given as possible transmit frequencies for BQ9P. Band SSB CW RTTY 10 28495 28055 28080 12 24945 24895 - 15 21295 21055 21080 17 18125 18085 - 20 14195 14055 14080 30 - 10135 - 40 7055 7005 7030 80 3795 3505 3550 160 1905 1885 - Jon, KE9NA, plans to be in Paraguay from 14 to 25 November. Look for ZP5/KE9NA on 10 and 15 meters. QSL via KE9NA. Look for a multi-multi operation from the station of Carlos, TI2CF, during the CQ World Wide CW DX Contest. Some of the operators include Jorma, OH2KI, Glenn, K6NA and Tony, N7BG. They will use TI1C and QSL cards go via W3HNK. _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 5R8EE - MADAGASCAR - Mike was active on 28317 starting just prior to 19:00Z until about 20:00Z working all across the US. C91DI - MOZAMBIQUE - Check 21315 between 16:00 and 17:00Z. E30GA - ERITREA - Were reported on Tuesday as follows: GMT Frequencies GMT Frequencies --- ----------- --- ----------- 00 1840 14024 14 14020 28475 01 3799 14024 15 14020 18145 28473 02 1838 3799 14195 16 7002 14195 21295 05 14195 18070 17 14195 21310 06 14195 18070 18 7005 14195

07 14195 18070 19 7005 14084 08 24905 28493 20 7005 14084 10 28491 21 7005 11 28489 22 7005 14084 13 14020 18145 28495 FR5ZQ/T - TROMELIN ISLAND - JA's reported working Henri on 21195 around 11:45Z. He was later reported on 28477 just before 15:00Z. His length of stay is unknown. This was the 8th most wanted on the ARRL list in 1997. NH6D/KH4 - MIDWAY - Bill was active on Tuesday between 00:00 and 08:00Z working JA's on 10, 12, 15, 17 and 20 meters CW and some SSB. QSL via N6FF. TA2BK - TURKEY - JA's and West Coast US stations found Bahri on 40 meters CW just prior to 15:00Z. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- EU-057 DL4PM 21260 1651 NA-031 KB2MS 14260 2055 EU-124 GW0MOI 18132 1714 OC-019 KH6/W7GMH 14008 1903 EU-163 4N9BW 14260 1819 IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ >From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- -------------- 11-Nov 14-Nov 3W XV6Z 2-185 11-Nov 26-Nov 9N 9N7SON 2-209 11-Nov 17-Nov E3 E30 by Space A Group 10/7 2-162 11-Nov 11-Nov GJ GJ0WFH 2-183 11-Nov 27-Nov HC HC5/DL2YAK 2-153 2-112 11-Nov 13-Nov HV HV5PUL 2-190 11-Nov 25-Nov JD/M JL1KFR/JD1 2-211 11-Nov 16-Nov JY JY8ZW 2-194 11-Nov 2-Dec OX OX/OZ8AE 2-176 11-Nov T32 T32VU T32IW 2-210 11-Nov 18-Nov TY TY8A 2-192 11-Nov 14-Nov VK9X VK9XTL & VK9XQR 2-200 11-Nov 13-Nov YU 4N9BW (EU-163) 2-212 11-Nov 14-Nov ZF ZF2UH 2-202 11-Nov 17-Nov ZL8 ZL8RS 2-207 2-203 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The sunspot number for November 9, 1998 was 107.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado, for November 10, 1998, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 10-Nov-1998 21 154 5 0 Low-Mod/Quiet-Unset;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unset 10-Nov-1998 18 162 38 1 Low-Mod/Quiet-Unset;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unset 10-Nov-1998 15 162 38 1 Low/Quiet-Active;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unset 10-Nov-1998 12 162 38 3 Low/Quiet-Maj Stm;Low-Mod/Unset-Active 10-Nov-1998 09 162 38 1 Low/Quiet-Maj Stm;Low-Mod/Unset-Active 10-Nov-1998 06 162 38 1 Low/Quiet-Maj Stm;Mod/Unset-Min Stm 10-Nov-1998 03 162 38 2 Low/Unset-Maj Stm;Mod/Unset-Min Stm 10-Nov-1998 00 162 38 3 Low/Unset-Maj Stm;Mod/Unset-Min Stm The forecast for Wednesday, 11 November: solar flux 156, A index 12, K index 3. Wednesday should be High Normal. The forecast for Thursday, 12 November: solar flux 145, A index 12, K index 3. Thursday should be High Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- E30GA K4JDJ VK9XQR HB9QR XV300S JH1EVE NH0E KH0EJ VK9XTL HB9QR ZF2NT N2AU OD5PL HB9CRV QSL cards recently received direct: 9M6AAC _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: DX News Sheet, KH6BZF REPORTS, N1DG, NOAA, VE3IRF _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), or $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United States. _____________________________________________________________________ Copyright _ 1998 by Bernie McClenny _____________________________________________________________________ THE DAILY DX _ is published Monday through Friday by Bernie McClenny, W3UR, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, MD 21738 USA. This e-mail message and its contents have a copyright and are proprietary products of THE DAILY DX _. Any unauthorized use, reproduction, or transfer of the message or its content, in any medium, is strictly prohibited. For permission to quote, reprint or repost this e-mail send a request to THE DAILY DX _ include date, volume and issue number. Check out THE DAILY DX _ homepage http://www.dailydx.com or for additional information you may phone THE DAILY DX _ at 301-854-5650 or fax at 301-854-5105. Remember to tell all your DX friends about THE DAILY DX.

. ======================== *** The Daily DX _ *** ======================== Volume 2 Number 215 November 13, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ DX News _____________________________________________________________________ Karl, DL1VU, is currently operating from East Kiribati as T32VU and plans to go next to West Kiribati to operate T30CT. He is not sure exactly of the dates but he will be there for 11 days. Afterwards he will go on to Central Kiribati (T31AF) and Banaba (T33VU). Gerhard, DJ5IW, is also on East Kiribati as T32IW and will head back to Germany next. QSL all via DJ5IW. QRZ DX reports that Dan, 5U7DG, should have a TH6 up soon for 10, 15 and 20 meters. He has listened on 40, 80 and 160 meters however not much was heard. QSL via K4SE. Carl, K9LA, will operate single band 160 meters in the CQ World Wide CW DX Contest from the Cayman Islands as ZF2LA. QSL via K9LA. Bruce, AA4XR, plans to be active from Taiwan as BV2/AA4XR on 16 November. Look for him starting around 10:00Z on 20 and 40 meters CW. QSL via AA4XR. Zoli, HA5PP, reports working some 13,000 QSOs from Eritrea as E30HA. About 3,000 of them were from the US. He is looking for support to help with the QSL cards. Those interested may contact him by e-mail at navus@mail.matav.hu Once again the Guam Contest Club will be active as AH2R from the island of Guam during the CQ World Wide CW DX Contest. They will operate multi-single. Operators include Toshi, JR7OMD, Hiro, JH0USD and Sassy, JR0BQD. QSL via JI3ERV. _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ BQ9P - PRATAS ISLAND - This was the big news for Thursday and will surely be this weekend. The group started just prior to their scheduled 06:00Z start up time. Thursday's reported activities were as follows: GMT Frequencies GMT Frequencies --- ----------- --- ----------- 05 21295 15 7010 14195 06 21295 16 7010 14195 07 21295 28015 17 7012 14195 08 21295 28015 18 7013 09 14197 21295 28015 28491 19 7013 10110 14197 10 14196 18085 28015 20 7013 11 14195 18085 18125 21 7013 10102

12 10105 14025 18125 28015 22 7016 10102 21295 13 14025 21295 23 14182 21295 14 7010 14025 E30GA - ERITREA - West Coast US stations have reported having a difficult time working this one. Yesterday between 16:00 and 17:00Z they had an opening on 28030 and from 22:00 to 00:00Z on 14195. QSL via K4JDJ. FR5ZQ/T - TROMELIN ISLAND - Henri was reported on 28500 at 18:00Z. He did not stick around for very long. NH6D/KH4 - MIDWAY ISLAND - Bill left the island early on Thursday. QSL via N6FF. YI1RS - IRAQ - Can often be found on 20 meters SSB between 16:00 and 18:00Z. ZL8RS - KERMADEC ISLANDS - Bob has been active on 12 and 15 meters SSB. QSL via ZL1RS. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AF-014 CT3FT 18074 1728 NA-047 VE8TA 21003 1551 AS-018 UA0FZ 28015 0745 OC-002 VK9XTL 28490 1006 AS-110 BQ9P 14196 1102 OC-021 YB5NOF 14260 1302 EU-163 4N9BW 14265 0742 OC-149 H44NC 14260 0732 EU-163 YU7ADY/P 3794 2130 SA-001 XQ0YAF 28011 2317 IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- -------------- 13-Nov 14-Nov 3W XV6Z 2-185 13-Nov 26-Nov 9N 9N7SON 2-209 13-Nov 19-Nov BV9P BQ9P 2-213 2-203 13-Nov 15-Nov DL DL2RNS DL2RVL DL2VFR (EU-098) 13-Nov 17-Nov E3 E30 by Space A Group 10/7 2-162 13-Nov 25-Nov FH FH/TK5PB 2-173 2-156 13-Nov 27-Nov HC HC5/DL2YAK 2-153 2-112 13-Nov 13-Nov HV HV5PUL 2-190 13-Nov 14-Nov JA 7K4STV/1 (AS-117) 2-212 13-Nov 25-Nov JD/M JL1KFR/JD1 2-211 13-Nov 16-Nov JY JY8ZW 2-194 13-Nov 2-Dec OX OX/OZ8AE 2-176 13-Nov T32 T32VU T32IW 2-210 13-Nov 18-Nov TY TY8A 2-192 13-Nov 14-Nov VK9X VK9XTL & VK9XQR 2-200 13-Nov 13-Nov YU 4N9BW (EU-163) 2-212 13-Nov 14-Nov ZF ZF2UH 2-202

13-Nov 17-Nov ZL8 ZL8RS 2-207 2-203 14-Nov 15-Nov JD/O JD1BIA 2-211 14-Nov 25-Nov ZP ZP5/KE9NA 2-213 15-Nov 7-Dec 5R by F6AOI F6BFH F9IE (AF-057) 2-202 15-Nov 28-Nov A2 A22/W0YG 2-200 15-Nov 5-Dec D68 D68WU 2-191 15-Nov GM DX Group Convention 2-151 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The sunspot number for November 11, 1998 was 82. The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado, for November 12, 1998, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 12-Nov-1998 21 147 1 1 Moderate/Quiet;Low-Moderate/Quiet-Active 12-Nov-1998 18 147 0 0 Moderate/Quiet;Low-Moderate/Quiet-Active 12-Nov-1998 15 147 0 0 Moderate/Quiet;Low-Moderate/Quiet-Active 12-Nov-1998 12 147 0 1 Moderate/Quiet;Low-Moderate/Quiet 12-Nov-1998 09 147 0 1 Moderate/Quiet;Low-Moderate/Quiet 12-Nov-1998 06 147 0 0 Moderate/Quiet;Low-Moderate/Quiet 12-Nov-1998 03 147 0 0 Moderate/Quiet;Low-Moderate/Quiet 12-Nov-1998 00 147 0 0 Moderate/Quiet;Low-Moderate/Quiet The forecast for Friday, 13 November: solar flux 140, A index 15, K index 3. Friday should be High Normal. The forecast for Saturday, 14 November: solar flux 140, A index 20, K index 3. Saturday should be Low Normal. The forecast for Sunday, 15 November: solar flux 138, A index 10, K index 2. Sunday should be High Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 5V7FA F6FNU EG0URD EA5GMB TY8A DL7DF A92FZ W3HC EZ8CW F5RUQ V29TU HB9TU BQ9P KU9C T32IW DJ5IW ZL8RS ZL1RS BV5BG IK7JTF T32VU DJ5IW SU1CS - Mohamed Al-Sabah, Box 8944, Salmiya 22060, KUWAIT QSL cards recently received direct: LU1ZC, N2OO/KH9, SU1CS, SV0LK, T77C, TT8JW QSL cards recently received via the bureau: 3D2TK, 9V8VS, HS1GUW, _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: KH6BZF REPORTS, KJ4UY, N2QT, N4PQX, N7OJ, NOAA, QRZ DX, W7UG _____________________________________________________________________

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. ======================== *** The Daily DX _ *** ======================== Volume 2 Number 216 November 16, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ DX News _____________________________________________________________________ John Kanode, N4MM, reports that Palestine will be granted an international dialing code and a call sign prefix block per the recent ITU Plenipotentiary Conference that was held in Minnesota. Kanode went on to say "When Palestine gets its permanent ITU call sign block it will be eligible for addition to the ARRL DXCC List." No mention of when Palestine would be added to the official ITU list. Spanish operators EA3AIR, EA3AJW, EA3ALV, EA3DU, EA3GJO, EA3KU, EA5BM and EA6ACC plan to operate multi-multi in the CQ World Wide CW DX Contest as EA6IB from Balearic Island. QSL via EA3KU, Fernando Martinez, P.O. Box 69, L'Ametlla de Mar, 43860 Tarragona, SPAIN. Joergen, OZ8AE, had to cancel his trip to Greenland which was supposed to happen between 11 November and 2 December. DX'ers from the US must stay clear of 14265 3 Khz per the recent ARRL Bulletin # 097. DX'ers from other countries should try to respect this request. Gabriele, I2VGW, plans to operate in Australia from 11 November to 9 December. While there he will be active from Kangaroo Island (OC-139) and Norfolk Island (OC-005). No call sign was given, however QSL via I2VGW. Nick, VK2ICV, will once again activate Lord Howe Island as VK9LX from 22 November to 1 December. This year he will be joined by Bill, K6KM, Charlie, N0TT, Ray, N4RU and Mary Lou, NM7N. During the CQ World Wide CW DX Contest they will operate multi-single. Before and after the contest they will operate 2 stations on all bands from 6 to 160 meters on CW, SSB and RTTY. A very nice web site has been set up at http://qsl.net/vk9lx and includes a propagation forecast. QSL via VK2ICV, Nick Hacko, P.O. Box 730, Parramatta, NSW 2124, AUSTRALIA. _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 3A2MD - MONACO - Look for Laura on 20 meters CW or SSB from 14:00 to 15:00Z. West Coast US stations look via the long path. BQ9P - PRATAS - Have been active 24 hours a day with several stations being on the air at the same time. They will take down on 19 November and leave the island on 20 November. QSL via KU9C.

FH/TK5PB - MAYOTTE - Check around 14260. QSL via TK5PB. FO5BI - FRENCH POLYNESIA - Continues to show up near 1834 after 04:00Z. FR5ZQ/T - TROMELIN ISLAND - Check near 28500 around 17:00 and 18:00Z. Also look on 14125 at these times. SV2ASP/A - MOUNT ATHOS - Monk Apollo made a surprise appearance on a net on 14243 around 06:30Z on Saturday. TN7OT - CONGO - Hazel shows up on the same net on 14243 just after 06:00Z. UA0YM - ASIATIC RUSSIA (ZONE 23) - Was reported on 3505 at 19:30Z on Saturday. VK9X - CHRISTMAS ISLAND - VK9XQR and VK9XTL have now gone QRT. QSL both via HB9QR. XX9TRR - MACAO- It appears that Pertti, OH2PM, arrived early and will now use XX9TRR instead of XX9TR. QSL via OH2PM. YK1AO - SYRIA - Omar is now active on 160 meters. ZL8RS - KERMADEC ISLAND - Bob has been active on 10 through 30 meters. QSL via ZL1RS. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AN-006 EM1LV 7006 2345 EU-038 PA2JJB 24895 1234 AS-076 JA5EO 28494 0811 EU-098 DL2RNS/P 10103 0643 AS-117 JI3DST/3 21260 2335 EU-163 4N6IOTA 7003 2316 EU-016 9A4RU 21313 1355 NA-055 AK1L 21260 1338 EU-020 SM1BIQ 14260 1251 A group of Brazilians will operate from Itamarac Island (SA-046) from 12:00Z on 21 November until 12:00Z on 22 November. Operators include PR7FB, PR7PO, PY7HL, PY7XC and PY7ZZ. IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ >From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- -------------- 16-Nov 7-Dec 5R by F6AOI F6BFH F9IE (AF-057) 2-202 16-Nov 26-Nov 9N 9N7SON 2-209 16-Nov 28-Nov A2 A22/W0YG 2-200 16-Nov 16-Nov BV BV2/AA4XR 2-215 16-Nov 19-Nov BV9P BQ9P 2-213 2-203

16-Nov 5-Dec D68 D68WU 2-191 16-Nov 17-Nov E3 E30 by Space A Group 10/7 2-162 16-Nov 25-Nov FH FH/TK5PB 2-173 2-156 16-Nov 27-Nov HC HC5/DL2YAK 2-153 2-112 16-Nov 25-Nov JD/M JL1KFR/JD1 2-211 16-Nov 16-Nov JY JY8ZW 2-194 16-Nov T32 T32VU T32IW 2-210 16-Nov 18-Nov TY TY8A 2-192 16-Nov 17-Nov ZL8 ZL8RS 2-207 2-203 16-Nov 25-Nov ZP ZP5/KE9NA 2-213 17-Nov 24-Nov FR FR/G3SWH 2-186 17-Nov 2-Dec V2 V2/G6QQ 2-194 18-Nov 3-Dec KH6 KH6/WE9V 2-203 19-Nov 21-Nov 9G 9G5ZM 9G5VJ 9G5SW 2-209 2-207 19-Nov 22-Nov KH0 KH0/JA0SC 2-208 20-Nov 1-Dec 6Y lots of W's 2-188 20-Nov 2-Dec C6 C6A/N4RP 2-212 20-Nov 4-Dec GD GD4UOL 2-210 20-Nov 27-Nov VP5 VP5/N4TO 2-204 21-Nov 23-Nov JA JI3DST/3 (AS-117) 2-166 21-Nov 27-Nov XX9 XX9TR November 9 21-Nov 25-Nov XX9 XX9TZ November 9 21-Nov 6-Dec XZ XZ1N 2-196 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The sunspot number for November 14, 1998 was . The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado, for November 15, 1998, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 15-Nov-1998 21 126 8 2 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 15-Nov-1998 18 127 26 2 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 15-Nov-1998 15 127 26 3 Low/Quiet-Active;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 15-Nov-1998 12 127 26 3 Low/Quiet-Active;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 15-Nov-1998 09 127 26 1 Low/Quiet-Min Stm;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 15-Nov-1998 06 127 26 2 Low/Quiet-Min Stm;Low-Mod/Quiet-Active 15-Nov-1998 03 127 26 1 Low/Quiet-Min Stm;Low-Mod/Quiet-Active 15-Nov-1998 00 127 27 1 Low/Quiet-Min Stm;Low-Mod/Unset-Active The forecast for Monday, 16 November: solar flux 115, A index 10, K index 2. Monday should be High Normal. The forecast for Tuesday, 17 November: solar flux 115, A index 12, K index 3. Tuesday should be High Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 1X5AA W3HNK EP3HR I2MQP T94DO DL1FDV 4KA6GF 4J9RI FH/TK5PB TK5PB T98P 9A4SP 4N6IOTA YU7BW FK8HC VK4FW TG9IGI I2MQP 4S7YSG JA2BDR FM5FJ KU9C TL8MS DL6NW 5Z4RL G0IAS JY8ZW K4ZW TR8CA F6CBC 6W4RK F5NPS OD5PL HB9CRV TT8FC EA4AHK

CE3/NE4Z AJ4Y RA2FBC DF4BV VU3EGX F6EGX CO8LY EA7ADH RM6A W3HNK XX9TRR OH2PM ED5MVV EA4SS SU3AM DL1FCM ZB2CN DJ9WH 5H3RK - Ralph, P.O. Box 9274, Dar es Salaam, TANZANIA EX2M - George G. Lazarev, P.O. Box 2177, Bishkek 720021, KYRGYZSTAN Effective 10 November N2AU will no longer handle the QSL cards for Rob, 5Z4RL. The new QSL manager will be G0IAS. QSL cards recently received direct: H40AA, LU1ZC, N2OO/KH9 _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 425 DX News, 5Z4RL, KH6BZF REPORTS, N2QT, N4MM, N4PQX, NM7N, NOAA, W3HNK _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), or $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United States. _____________________________________________________________________ Copyright _ 1998 by Bernie McClenny _____________________________________________________________________ THE DAILY DX _ is published Monday through Friday by Bernie McClenny, W3UR, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, MD 21738 USA. This e-mail message and its contents have a copyright and are proprietary products of THE DAILY DX _. Any unauthorized use, reproduction, or transfer of the message or its content, in any medium, is strictly prohibited. For permission to quote, reprint or repost this e-mail send a request to THE DAILY DX _ include date, volume and issue number. Check out THE DAILY DX _ homepage http://www.dailydx.com or for additional information you may phone THE DAILY DX _ at 301-854-5650 or fax at 301-854-5105. Remember to tell all your DX friends about THE DAILY DX.

. ======================== *** The Daily DX _ *** ======================== Volume 2 Number 217 November 17, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ DX News _____________________________________________________________________ John, W8IYI, and Barb, N8TKZ, plan operate QRP from Jamaica between 23 and 28 November. Check 14260 daily. QSL via W8IYI. Mats, LU9AY, will operate from Bolivia from 25 November to 5 December. During the CQ World Wide CW DX contest he will operate CP6AA. Before and after look for CP6/LU9AY mostly on 6, 12, 17 and 30 meters. Slavek, OK1TN, plans to operate from the US Virgin Islands as KP2AD from 19 November to 20 December. He will be active in the CQ World Wide CW DX Contest. Yuri, UA0SJ, plans to operate the CQ World Wide CW DX Contest on all bands next weekend. QSL to Yuri A. Maltsev, P.O. Box 2304, Bratsk 665700, Russia. Ann, WA1S, reports she will join up with Paul, K1XM, and Charlotte, KQ1F, on Kosrae Island (OC-059), Micronesia on 22 November. They will be there for 10 nights. This will include a multi-single effort in the CQ World Wide CW DX Contest as V63X. Next they will go to Pohnpei (OC-010) for 4 nights followed by Truk Island (OC-011) for 7 nights. Outside of the Contest they will operate CW, SSB and RTTY with their own calls: Ann, V63HO; Paul, V63YP; and Charlotte, V63HC. _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ BQ9P - PRATAS ISLAND - Were reported on Monday as follows: GMT Frequencies --- ----------- 00 14195 21015 21296 28010 28495 01 14080 14195 21015 21295 02 14081 14195 18075 21295 24895 03 21015 24945 28010 28495 04 21015 21295 24895 24945 05 7005 14010 18085 18123 21015 21295 28495 06 18085 18125 21015 21295 24895 28010 28495 07 21015 21295 28010 08 24895 09 14080 21015 24895 24945 28010 10 14080 14195 21015 21290 24945 28495 11 3505 3795 14026 14080 14195 21015 12 3505 3795 10105 14026 14195 21015 13 3795 10105 14026 14195 21015 21295 14 3503 7049 14195 21295

15 3512 7003 7049 14195 16 7055 14195 17 3505 7055 18 3505 7008 19 3505 7002 20 3505 7005 21 3501 7005 7056 22 7005 7056 14080 14195 21295 23 14080 14195 21026 21295 28497 D68WU - COMOROS - Denise (YL), F6HWU, will be active on CW and RTTY. Monday she was found on 7003 from 02:00 to 03:00Z. From 13:40 to 15:10 she was on 28003 and between 17:00 and 18:00 on 10103. QSL via F6HWU. FR5ZQ/T - TROMELIN ISLAND - Henri did show up on 10 meters as expected. He started around 16:30Z on 28471. The pileup of US stations grew very quick. Unfortunately he does not speak much English. If you know French it might help. The pileup got out of hand and he QRTed around 17:00Z. Keep an ear on 10 meters (28470 to 28500) SSB between 16:00 and 18:00Z. Also keep a look out on 21010 today at 13:00Z. XV300S - VIETNAM - This is a special event station celebrating the 300 anniversary of the city of Saigon. Check 40 meters CW between 22:00 and 23:00Z, East Coast US stations this will be long path. QSL via JH1EVE. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AF-004 EA8AG 7085 1945 AS-117 JI3DST/3 21261 0025 AS-024 JR6USF 21260 0925 EU-015 SV9/SV1CID 28522 1424 AS-053 HS0/IK4MRH 28495 0925 EU-163 4N6IOTA 3800 0031 AS-077 JI6KVR 21260 0739 NA-026 WB2KSK 14260 1954 AS-110 BQ9P 14195 1340 IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- -------------- 17-Nov 7-Dec 5R by F6AOI F6BFH F9IE (AF-057) 2-202 17-Nov 26-Nov 9N 9N7SON 2-209 17-Nov 28-Nov A2 A22/W0YG 2-200 17-Nov 19-Nov BV9P BQ9P 2-213 2-203 17-Nov 5-Dec D68 D68WU 2-191 17-Nov 17-Nov E3 E30 by Space A Group 10/7 2-162 17-Nov 25-Nov FH FH/TK5PB 2-173 2-156

17-Nov 24-Nov FR FR/G3SWH 2-186 17-Nov 27-Nov HC HC5/DL2YAK 2-153 2-112 17-Nov 25-Nov JD/M JL1KFR/JD1 2-211 17-Nov T32 T32VU T32IW 2-210 17-Nov 18-Nov TY TY8A 2-192 17-Nov 2-Dec V2 V2/G6QQ 2-194 17-Nov 17-Nov ZL8 ZL8RS 2-207 2-203 17-Nov 25-Nov ZP ZP5/KE9NA 2-213 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The sunspot number for November 15, 1998 was 110. The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado, for November 16, 1998, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 17-Nov-1998 00 125 9 3 Low/Quiet-Unset;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unsettled 16-Nov-1998 21 125 8 1 Low/Quiet-Unset;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 16-Nov-1998 18 126 8 2 Low/Quiet-Unset;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 16-Nov-1998 15 126 8 2 Low/Quiet-Unset;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 16-Nov-1998 12 126 8 2 Low/Quiet-Unset;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 16-Nov-1998 09 126 8 1 Low/Quiet-Unset;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 16-Nov-1998 03 126 8 3 Low/Quiet-Unset;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 16-Nov-1998 00 126 8 2 Low/Quiet-Unset;Low/Quiet-Unsettled The forecast for Tuesday, 17 November: solar flux 115, A index 12, K index 3. Tuesday should be High Normal. The forecast for Wednesday, 18 November: solar flux 110, A index 15, K index 3. Wednesday should be High Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 3D2VA WA2NHA E30GA K4JDJ TY8A DL7DF 5N3CPR SP5CPR EY8MM K1BV UK8GK RW6HS 5Z4EO DL0MAR FM5DN KU9C V44KAI K2SB 9N7SON W4SON N2NL/KH2 W2YC V44KJ WB2TSL D68WU F6HWU NP4A W3HNK ZA1MH Z32KV DU100RG DU9RG RX1OX/FJL DL6YET 4S7AB - Kamal Edirisinghe, Walaliyadda, Ellakkala, SRI LANKA Russ, AD5W, reports he is still waiting for the logs from YI1AK. He does have logs prior to 19 April, 1998. QSL cards recently received direct: 3V8BB, 8Q7US, BV5BG, EY8MM, FO0SUC, FS5PL, H40AA, KC0ARG/HH2, SV9ANH, TL5A, TZ6DX, VP5/WA2VYA, YB1XUR, YC8VIP, ZK2FT _____________________________________________________________________ On the WWW _____________________________________________________________________ The A35XU logs can be found at http://www.qsl.net/pa3ebt/pa3axu.htm The 5W0GD logs should be on this page very soon.

_____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: K2HJB, K3SWZ, K4PC, KE2TT, KH6BZF REPORTS, LU9AY, N2JTX, N2TN, N4MXT, NOAA, NS6C, UA0SJ, W4ABW, WA1S, WB2SXY _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), or $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United States. _____________________________________________________________________ Copyright _ 1998 by Bernie McClenny _____________________________________________________________________ THE DAILY DX _ is published Monday through Friday by Bernie McClenny, W3UR, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, MD 21738 USA. This e-mail message and its contents have a copyright and are proprietary products of THE DAILY DX _. Any unauthorized use, reproduction, or transfer of the message or its content, in any medium, is strictly prohibited. For permission to quote, reprint or repost this e-mail send a request to THE DAILY DX _ include date, volume and issue number. Check out THE DAILY DX _ homepage http://www.dailydx.com or for additional information you may phone THE DAILY DX _ at 301-854-5650 or fax at 301-854-5105. Remember to tell all your DX friends about THE DAILY DX.

. ======================== *** The Daily DX _ *** ======================== Volume 2 Number 218 November 18, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ DX News _____________________________________________________________________ Hans, DF5UG, is now operating from West Malaysia as 9M2QQ. He plans to operate from Pulau Muara Besar (OC-184), Brunei as V85QQ. Gary, V8GTW, will join him on 20 and 21 November. Look for them between 10:00 and 13:00Z on 21260 and after 13:00Z on 14260. Afterwards Hans hopes to be able to get permission to operate from Pulau Satang (OC-165), West Malaysia on 24 and 25 November as 9M8QQ. QSL all via DF5UG. Dick, C6A/N4RP, has just received his new C6AKP call sign. He will be active from Bimini (NA-048) from 20 November to 2 December, including an effort in the CQ World Wide CW DX Contest. QSL to Dick, 2805 Casita Way, Apartment 115, Delray Beach, FL 33415. Tom, HA/N9NC, will operate as a single op all band in this years CQ World Wide CW DX Contest from Monaco. He will be there from 25 November to 1 December. Look for him before and after the contest on 10 through 160 meters CW and SSB. QSL via OM2SA, Juraj Sipos, 930 13 Trhova Hradska 550, okr. Dunajska Streda, Slovakia. _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 5R8OP - MADAGASCAR - A bunch of West Coast US DX'ers reported working this one on 10104 between 14:30 and 14:45Z. Europeans and East Coast DX'ers found him on 10105 from 22:20 to 00:00Z. QSL via F6AOI. 9M2AX - WEST MALAYSIA - Ross was working Europeans on 1828 between 22:10 and 23:30Z. FR5ZQ/T - TROMELIN ISLAND - Was reported on 28500 around 17:20Z. Check 21010 at 13:00Z. Also check near 21200 from 11:00 to 12:00Z and near 28500 from 16:00 to 18:00Z. S21B - BANGLADESH - Europeans and East Coast US stations worked him on 21208 from 11:50 to 13:20Z. QSL via W4FRU. S21J - BANGLADESH - Mamtaz can often be found on 28488 usually between 09:00 and 13:00Z. QSL via K1WY. ZC4GA - UNITED KINGDOM SOVEREIGN BASE - Europeans reported working this one on 3502 from 22:40 to 23:20Z. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________

The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AF-057 5R8OP 10105 2253 EU-134 ES0NW 24899 1418 AS-077 JI6KVR 21260 0838 OC-080 YC8VIP 28487 2221 AS-110 BQ9P 21025 2300 OC-137 VK4CY 14012 0704 EU-082 R1ZA/A 14006 1125 OC-151 YC9LQA 21260 2244 EU-123 R1ASP 14259 0922 SA-008 LU6XQI 14029 2249 IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- -------------- 18-Nov 7-Dec 5R 5R8OP 2-202 18-Nov 26-Nov 9N 9N7SON 2-209 18-Nov 28-Nov A2 A22/W0YG 2-200 18-Nov 19-Nov BV9P BQ9P 2-213 2-203 18-Nov 5-Dec D68 D68WU 2-191 18-Nov 25-Nov FH FH/TK5PB 2-173 2-156 18-Nov 24-Nov FR FR/G3SWH 2-186 18-Nov 27-Nov HC HC5/DL2YAK 2-153 2-112 18-Nov 25-Nov JD/M JL1KFR/JD1 2-211 18-Nov 3-Dec KH6 KH6/WE9V 2-203 18-Nov T32 T32VU T32IW 2-210 18-Nov 18-Nov TY TY8A 2-192 18-Nov 2-Dec V2 V2/G6QQ 2-194 18-Nov 25-Nov ZP ZP5/KE9NA 2-213 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The sunspot number for November 16, 1998 was 76. The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado, for November 17, 1998, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 17-Nov-1998 21 121 5 1 Low/Quiet-Unset;Low/Unset-Active 17-Nov-1998 18 125 9 2 Low/Quiet-Unset;Low/Unset-Active 17-Nov-1998 15 125 9 1 Low/Quiet-Unset;Low/Quiet-Unset 17-Nov-1998 12 125 9 1 Low/Quiet-Unset;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unset 17-Nov-1998 09 125 9 2 Low/Quiet-Unset;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unset 17-Nov-1998 06 125 9 1 Low/Quiet-Unset;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unset 17-Nov-1998 03 125 9 2 Low/Quiet-Unset;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unset 17-Nov-1998 00 125 9 3 Low/Quiet-Unset;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unset The forecast for Wednesday, 18 November: solar flux 130, A index 15, K index 3. Wednesday should be High Normal. The forecast for Thursday, 19 November: solar flux 125, A index 10, K index 3. Thursday should be High Normal. _____________________________________________________________________

QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 3V8BB JF2EZA A61AO N1DG P29CC K1WY 5H3US WA8JOC E30KA N9NS S21B W4FRU 5R8OP F6AOI EY8CQ DJ1SKO VK9NR I2VGW 9M6JU JA1RJU P29BW N5FTR S21K - Rezaul Karim Chowdhury, Executive Director COAST, Charfassion, Bhola 8340, BANGLADESH QSL manager Joe, W3HNK, reports he is now handling the QSL chores for EX2M. Russ, AD5W, received the YI1AK logs and can now confirm QSOs up through 23 October, 1998. All direct requests will go out by the end of the week. QSL cards recently received direct: 3DA0CA, 9G5VJ, D2BB, D3X, EX8CW, FO0SUC, H40AA, HS1NGR, LU6KK, N2OO/KH9, OY3QN, RX1OX/FJL, SV2ASP/A, TZ6DX, TZ6JA, UK8OM, UN3F, VP5/WA2VYA, ZK1XXP _____________________________________________________________________ On the WWW _____________________________________________________________________ Logs for E30GA can be found at http://no4j.com/nfdxa/logs/e30ga.htm Logs for E31AA and J28AG can be found at http://www.qsl.net/n6ed/f2cw_search.html _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: AD5W, G4LVQ, HA/N9NC, HS0/G3NOM, JA1ADN, JI6KVR, K3KY, KH6BZF REPORTS, KN4T, N5CQ, NF2K, NOAA, VE3BHZ, W3HNK, WA2MOE, WA2VUY _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), or $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United States. _____________________________________________________________________ Copyright _ 1998 by Bernie McClenny _____________________________________________________________________ THE DAILY DX _ is published Monday through Friday by Bernie McClenny, W3UR, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, MD 21738 USA. This e-mail message and its contents have a copyright and are proprietary products of THE DAILY DX _. Any unauthorized use, reproduction, or transfer of the message or its content, in any medium, is strictly prohibited. For permission to quote, reprint or repost this e-mail send a request to THE DAILY DX _ include date, volume and issue number. Check out THE DAILY DX _ homepage http://www.dailydx.com or for additional

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. ======================== *** The Daily DX _ *** ======================== Volume 2 Number 219 November 20, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ DX News _____________________________________________________________________ Frank, DL3MFN, will be active for the next two years as VR2FD or VR98FD from Hong Kong. He will start out on 17 meters and hopes to soon be on 15 meters. QSL via DL3MFN at the DARC bureau. To celebrate the Diamond Jubilee of Ham Radio in India Amateur Radio operators may use the special prefix AT2 and AT3 until 31 December, 1998. Dave, DJ0PJ, will once again be active from French Guiana as FY/DJ0PJ during December. He will be off the air during the Christmas Holiday but will return in January. Check the QRP frequencies (14060, 21060 and 28060). QSL via DJ0PJ. German operators Dieter, DL3KDV, and Maike, DL4XS, will again be active from the Azores from 25 November to 1 December. During the CQ World Wide CW DX Contest they will use CU2V. Before and after the contest they will use CU2/DL3KDV and CU2/DL4XS. QSL via home calls. QSL CU2V via DL3KDV. Gene, AA4US, plans to once again operate as VP5/AA4US from the Turks and Caicos Islands between 15 and 21 December. He will be active on all bands on CW and SSB. Logs for his last operation, 21 to 26 October, can be found at http://www.supernet.net/~gene/VP5LOG.txt Effective 1 January, 1999 Nunuvut will be a Canadian Territory. It was created from part of the existing North West Territories. The new prefix of VY0 has been allocated for this new Territory. Oh no another rare section for Sweepstakes! Dave, K5GN, plans to operate from the Turks and Caicos Islands from 24 November to 1 December. During the CQ World Wide CW DX Contest he will use VP5GN. Before and after the contest look for VP5/K5GN on all bands. QSL via K5GN. During the CQ World Wide CW DX Contest DL2BAY and DL5XX plan to once again activate 3E1DX. QSL via N0JT. Amateur Radio operators from Costa Rica have been using the special prefix TE45 to commemorate the 45th anniversary of the Radio Club de Costa Rica. Look for these stations until 6 December. QSL via TI0RC.

RTTY and SSTV DXers will be happy to know that Dick, ZS6CAL, and Dave, ZS6RVG, are planning to operate from Zimbabwe from 17 to 20 December. Look for Z21/ZS6PDX on 10, 15 and 20 meters. They may be on other modes also. QSL via ZS6RVG. _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 3C1GS - EQUATORIAL GUINEA - Ramon was found on a net on 7044 between 21:40 and 22:30Z. 5R8PR - MADAGASCAR - Was very busy on 30 meters CW between 18:00 to 02:00Z. QSL via F6BFH. D68WU - COMOROS - Denise (YL) can be found on 40 meters CW between 02:00 and 03:30Z. QSL via F6HWU. FO5BI - FRENCH POLYNESIA - Bob is still showing up most days on or near 1834 between 04:00 and 05:00Z. FR5DX - REUNION ISLAND - Herik has been on 80 meters SSB from 01:40 to 02:10Z the last 4 or 5 days. FR5ZQ/T - TROMELIN ISLAND - Look for Henri between 16:00 and 18:00Z on or near 28500 and 21010. SV2ASP/A - MOUNT ATHOS - Monk Apollo made a surprise visit to 1843 around 05:15Z on Thursday. UA0YAY - ASIATIC RUSSIA - Those looking for Zone 23 on 80 meters CW will want to keep an ear out for Pavel. He was on 3508 on Wednesday around 23:00Z. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AF-057 5R8PR 10108 2120 EU-136 9A6DCR 7063 1939 AS-018 UA0FF 21300 2249 NA-062 W2SF/P 14260 1248 AS-028 UA0QMU 10102 1744 OC-005 VK9NR 14260 0805 AS-053 HS0/IK4MRH 28460 0935 OC-024 T32IW 14255 0239 EU-020 SM1BIQ 21260 1328 OC-046 FO0SAI 21255 0657 EU-124 GW0HGN/P 14260 1415 OC-070 YC8VIP 21283 2159 EU-133 R1ASP 14264 0843 IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- -------------- 20-Nov 21-Nov 9G 9G5ZM 9G5VJ 9G5SW 2-209 2-207 20-Nov 21-Nov V8 V85QQ (OC-184) 2-218 20-Nov 22-Nov KH0 KH0/JA0SC 2-208

20-Nov 24-Nov FR FR/G3SWH 2-186 20-Nov 25-Nov FH FH/TK5PB 2-173 2-156 20-Nov 25-Nov JD/M JL1KFR/JD1 2-211 20-Nov 25-Nov ZP ZP5/KE9NA 2-213 20-Nov 26-Nov 9N 9N7SON 2-209 20-Nov 27-Nov HC HC5/DL2YAK 2-153 2-112 20-Nov 27-Nov VP5 VP5/N4TO 2-204 20-Nov 28-Nov A2 A22/W0YG 2-200 20-Nov 1-Dec 6Y lots of W's 2-188 20-Nov 2-Dec C6 C6AKP (NA-048) 2-218 2-212 20-Nov 2-Dec V2 V2/G6QQ 2-194 20-Nov 3-Dec KH6 KH6/WE9V 2-203 20-Nov 4-Dec GD GD4UOL 2-210 20-Nov 5-Dec D68 D68WU 2-191 20-Nov 7-Dec 5R 5R8OP 2-202 20-Nov 20-Dec KP2 KP2AD 2-217 20-Nov T32 T32VU T32IW 2-210 21-Nov 14-Nov XZ XZ1N 2-196 21-Nov 22-Nov PY PR7FB PO PY7HL XC ZZ (SA-046) 2-217 21-Nov 23-Nov JA JI3DST/3 (AS-117) 2-166 21-Nov 25-Nov XX9 XX9TZ November 9 21-Nov 27-Nov XX9 XX9TR November 9 22-Nov 27-Nov 5V 5V7ZM 5V7VJ 5V7SW 2-209 2-207 22-Nov 27-Nov V6 V63HO V63HC V63YP (OC-059) 2-217 2-192 22-Nov 30-Nov V3 V31WF (NA-073) 2-185 22-Nov 1-Dec VK9L VK9LX 2-216 2-103 22-Nov 5-Dec KP1 N1V (NA-098) 2-75 2-74 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The sunspot number for November 18, 1998 was 72. The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado, for November 19, 1998, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 19-Nov-1998 21 117 7 1 Vy Low/Quiet-Unset;Vy Low-Low/Quiet-Unset 19-Nov-1998 18 115 7 2 Vy Low/Quiet-Unset;Vy Low-Low/Quiet-Unset 19-Nov-1998 15 115 7 2 Very Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Active 19-Nov-1998 12 115 7 3 Very Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Active 19-Nov-1998 09 115 7 1 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Active 19-Nov-1998 06 115 7 1 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Active 19-Nov-1998 03 115 7 3 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Active 19-Nov-1998 00 115 7 1 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Active The forecast for Friday, 20 November: solar flux 115, A index 15, K index 3. Friday should be High Normal. The forecast for Saturday, 21 November: solar flux 110, A index 8, K index 3. Saturday should be High Normal. The forecast for Sunday, 22 November: solar flux 105, A index 8, K index 3. Sunday should be High Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ -------

A71/9K2AI IK7JTF EK2780GK EK4GK FR/G3SWH G3SWH AT2HLX VU2HLX EK2780JJ EK4JJ JY5SK W9XY AT3HKQ VU3HKQ FM5FJ KU9C XV7TH SK7AX BA1DU W3HC FO0SAI JI1JKW JH1EVE - Hiroshi Nigashiyama, Higashi-JuuJo 1-12-5, Kita-ku, Tokyo 114-0001, Japan Ed Hartz, K8VIR, reports QSL chores for all of his future operations will now be handled by Bill Coale, W8WC, 605 S. Broad Street, Holly, MI 48442. QSL cards recently received direct: 4S7CF, 5R8FL, 5W1TBR, 6W1QV, 6Y5/K2KW, 8Q7US, 9H1AL, 9H0VRZ, 9M2MT, 9M6AAC, A35FT, C56/DL6AMI, CO2OR, GJ0WFH/M, GU3MBS, H40AA, IS0YWA, JX7DFA, LA0CX, LX1NO, LY62ZZ, OH1MAU, OH3YI, ON7NQ, PA3GOJ, TA2BK (2 YRS), TF7/DL3KUD, TL5A, TZ6DX, U5WF, UA0MF, UK8OM, V63KA, YB0JIV, YL2GP _____________________________________________________________________ On the WWW _____________________________________________________________________ Many have asked about the BQ9P logs. Don, N1DG, reports they will be available within the week at http://www.qsl.net/bq9p Logs for the recent A35XU DXpedition by PA3AXU can now be found at http://www.qsl.net/pa3ebt/pa3axu.htm The 5W0GD logs will be added to this site very soon. _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: AA4US, DX News Letter, DX News Sheet, KH6BZF REPORTS, N4PQX, N4VRR, N5CQ, N7OJ, NOAA, PA3AXU, W3IZ _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), or $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United States. _____________________________________________________________________ Copyright _ 1998 by Bernie McClenny _____________________________________________________________________ THE DAILY DX _ is published Monday through Friday by Bernie McClenny, W3UR, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, MD 21738 USA. This e-mail message and its contents have a copyright and are proprietary products of THE DAILY DX _. Any unauthorized use, reproduction, or transfer of the message or its content, in any medium, is strictly prohibited. For permission to quote, reprint or repost this e-mail send a request to THE DAILY DX _ include date, volume and issue number. Check out THE DAILY DX _ homepage http://www.dailydx.com or for additional information you may phone THE DAILY DX _ at 301-854-5650 or fax at 301-854-5105. Remember to tell all your DX friends about THE DAILY DX.

. ======================== *** The Daily DX _ *** ======================== Volume 2 Number 220 December 7, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ DX News _____________________________________________________________________ Karl, K4YT/4X, reports that the American Embassy Radio Club station 7Z1AB has not been shut down as was earlier reported. The problem is there aren't any operators. Johnny O'Dell, KA5BQM, is a communications officer there and has lost interest in operating. He can assist anyone wishing to operate from the station which consists of 3 radios, amplifiers and a 6 element tribander. Anyone wishing to contact Johnny may do so by mail at Unit 61307, APO AE 09803-1307. Pete, N3FNE, is currently operating as JY9NE from Jordan and is active on 2 through 40 meters. He will be there until the Summer of 2,000. QSL via N3FNE. Dan, W0CN, will be active from Israel as 4X/W0CN until 14 December. Look for him to be active on 10 through 80 meters SSB as he will be using a TS-450, with 100 watts and a wire antenna. QSL via Dan Hausauer, W0CN, 2505 Toron Ct., Alexandria, VA 22306-2538 Mark, ON4WW, is currently active from Monrovia, Liberia as EL2WW. His length of stay is not known at this time. QSL via ON5NT. Tom, ZP5AZL, plans to operate in this weekends ARRL 10 Meter Contest as ZP5Z. QSL via W3HNK. Bob, A92GD (N3NGC), plans to leave Bahrain in June, 1999. His next stop may be in Africa. QSL via K1SE. The 1998/1999 Officers for the International DX Association (INDEXA) are as follows: President W4WMQ Vice President AA7UC Secretary/Treasurer W4UNP Directors LA8CJ W4MPY W4FRU K8CH VK6RU ZL1AMO DJ9ZB Vice Directors WA9AVN W8BLA LU4XS is a new 10 meter beacon that can be found on 28190 and is located at Moat Ranch, Moat River and Beagle Channel, which is 150 kilometers west of Ushuaia City. The beacon transmits, for 45

seconds, "LU4XS GACW Lat Long and Grid Locator" every 90 seconds. The station consists of a 3/4 watt transmitter and an inverted vee 9 meters high. Reports may be sent to GACW, Box 9, 1875 - Wilde, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Lee, 3D2VA, reports that Ron Wright, ZL1AMO, will once again try to go to Tokelau during December. Lee is now active as A35VR from Tonga and plans to put up a 160 meter antenna. He will be on Lifuka Island (OC-169) until at least 1 February, 1999. QSL A35VR via WA2NHA. _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 3C1GS - EQUATORIAL GUINEA - Was found working a list on 14224 Sunday between 07:20 and 08:10Z. 4U1UN - UNITED NATIONS - Showed up on 28495 around 15:30Z then moved to 24965 around 16:20Z. At 18:00Z he was on 18130 and finally around 19:45Z he was on RTTY on 14095. QSL via W6TER. 5V7FA - TOGO - Mark was working East Coast and West Coast US stations on 28537 from 15:00 to 16:30Z. QSL via F6FNU. 7P8RP - LESOTHO - West Coast DXers reported working this one on 28480 between 17:30 and 18:50Z. A627ND - UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - This station was active from 3 to 6 December celebrating the 27th National Day. QSL via KA5TQF. D3SAF - ANGOLA - Gabriel was found on 21240 around 19:30Z for about one hour. EP2PM - IRAN - Europeans and Japanese stations reported this station was on 3502 from about 17:45 to 19:40Z. FT5ZH - AMSTERDAM ISLAND - Eric and Mehdi were reported on during the following times on Sunday. GMT Frequencies GMT Frequencies --- ----------- --- ----------- 00 7057 14192 14 3795 7052 01 14180 15 18145 02 14180 16 18145 06 21030 17 18145 13 7006 T88II - BELAU - These guys were very busy on 40 meters CW from 09:30 to 16:00 and from 19:00 to 22:00Z. VQ9QM - DIEGO GARCIA - Dale showed up on 10106 between 20:00 and 23:00Z. Dale also likes 160 meters. QSL via W4QM. XZ1N - MYANMAR - Were reported on Sunday as follows: GMT Frequencies GMT Frequencies --- ----------- --- -----------

00 14005 18150 11 21301 28480 01 14005 12 3501 21301 28480 05 28485 13 3501 06 28485 15 3501 07 28485 16 14250 08 28480 17 14250 09 28480 21301 18 14250 10 28480 21301 20 3505 _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AS-006 VR2MM 28444 0726 NA-055 AK1L 14260 0044 EU-003 CU6AAF 18128 1638 NA-059 NO7F/KL7 28455 2357 EU-003 CU7AA 28485 1714 NA-083 KR2G 14260 1317 EU-015 SV9DRI 28004 1042 NA-083 W2ET 28525 1633 EU-157 DK8OL 21260 0920 NA-110 WB4WTY 18143 1814 NA-026 WB2KSK 14260 2036 OC-070 YC8VIP 28487 2241 IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- -------------- 7-Dec 16-Jan 9M6 9M6CT 2-191 7-Dec 7-Dec 5R 5R8OP 5R8PR 2-202 7-Dec 7-Dec F TM5CW by F5SJB 2-202 7-Dec 7-Dec J6 J6DX 2-106 7-Dec 7-Dec J6 Lots of J6 activity 2-205 7-Dec 12-Dec V6 V63HO V63HC V63YP (OC-011) 2-217 2-192 7-Dec 14-Dec XZ XZ1N 2-196 7-Dec 17-Dec T8 T88II 2-182 2-28 7-Dec 20-Dec KP2 KP2AD 2-217 7-Dec 23-Dec FT5Z FT5ZH by F5PFP F5SIH 2-147 2-96 7-Dec 28-Dec PJ9 PJ9/PA0VDV 2-206 7-Dec 31-Jan FT5W FT5WH by F5AGL 2-181 8-Dec 16-Dec C6 C6AJR C6AKL C6DX (NA-080) 2-201 2-199 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The sunspot number for December 5, 1998 was 91. The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado, for December 6, 1998, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 6-Dec-1998 21 142 8 2 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 6-Dec-1998 18 142 13 2 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 6-Dec-1998 15 142 13 3 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 6-Dec-1998 12 142 13 3 Low/Quiet-Active;Low/Quiet-Unsettled

6-Dec-1998 09 142 13 2 Low/Quiet-Active;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 6-Dec-1998 03 142 13 1 Low/Quiet-Active;Low-MOD/Quiet-Unsettled 6-Dec-1998 00 142 13 2 Low/Quiet-Active;Low-MOD/Quiet-Unsettled The forecast for Monday, 7 December: solar flux 136, A index 10, K index 2. Monday should be High Normal. The forecast for Tuesday, 8 December: solar flux 134, A index 10, K index 2. Tuesday should be High Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 3E1AA N0JT AT2TMP VU2TMP J68AM W8ILC 3E1DX N0JT AT3DJQ VU3DJQ J68AR K9JE 3V8BB JF2EZA BA4TB 9A2AJ J68AS N9AG 3W6EV JA6EV BM0QRP BV3FG J68GS KI6T 5N3CPR SP5CPR CF3NJ VA3NJ J68ID W8QID 5R8FL F5TBA CG1HA VE1HA J68LU K9LU 5R8OP F6AOI CG2ICM VE2ICM J68MM K9MMS 5V7FA F6FNU CG9HF VE9HF J68RR S50R 6V6U K3IPK CJ1TX VO1TX JY5SK W9XY 6W6/K3IPK K3IPK CN8WW DL6FBL JY8YB DL5MBY 6Y5/DK3FW DK3FW CO8DC VE3NXB KP2AD OKDXF 7Q7AH G0IAS CO8LY EA7ADH NP4A W3HNK 8Q7DV UA9CI D2CM DJ0MCS PJ9/PA0VDV PA0VDV 9G5MF KC7V D2GG CT1GG V63HO KQ1F 9G5SX G3SXW EK88L IK2DUW VP2MDY NW8F 9G5ZM G3ZEM EL2WW ON5NT VQ9QM W4QM 9H3YQ DJ7PR FT5ZH F6KDF XU1A JH1AJT 9J2AM JA0JHA GD4UOL G4UOL XZ1N W1XT 9M6AAC N2OO HI3K HI3JH ZB2FX G3RFX A61AJ W3UR HI8/DL1HCM DL1HCM ZD7VC K1WY A627ND KA5TQF J45KLN SM0CMH ZP5SNA JA1SNA AT2HJA VU2HJZ J68AH AC0S Antoine, F6FNU, reports he is now the QSL manager for Mario, EY6TM/8 (ex J55UAB). Zoli, HA5PP, is now the QSL Manager for Chuck, T32NCC, who is located on Fanning Island (OC-084). Zoli Pitman, Somogyi Bela ut 18, Gyor 9024, HUNGARY. QSL cards recently received direct: 8Q7CC, AP2NK, EP3HR, ET3AA, HS98AG, JT1BG, JT1X, JU1HA, S07WW, S21YG, V51GP, TF8GX, TT8JW, XQ0YAF, ZD9BV _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: A35RK, DX News Sheet, F6FNU, KE2TT, KH6BZF REPORTS, N4MXT, N5CQ, N6RT, N7OJ, NOAA, OPDX, VE3IRF, W7TSQ, W0CN, WA4NUF _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), or

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. ======================== *** The Daily DX _ *** ======================== Volume 2 Number 221 December 8, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ DX News _____________________________________________________________________ Oleg, UA1PBA, is now active from South Shetlands for one year. He will be operating from R1ANF, a club station, located at Bellingshausen Base on King George Island. Ike, K8IP, reports that Dave, 5H3US, now has his beam up and is working on inverted vees for 40 and 80 meters. He should be on 160 meters soon. QSL via WA8JOC. Look for Mark, AA1AC, between 17 and 21 December as he will be active from Paget Parish, Bermuda. VP9/AA1AC will be on 10 through 40 meters CW and SSB. QSL via AA1AC. The Baltimore Sun reports that Yasser Arafat plans to announce state hood for Palestine in May of 1999. _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 5N0/OK1AUT - NIGERIA - David showed up on 1827 around 22:15Z until about 23:45Z. QSL via OK1AUT. EP2PM - IRAN - Was active on 14009 around 13:00Z. Says to QSL via JF2MXU. EX8F - KYRGYZSTAN - East Coast US DXers got a surprise on Monday around 12:00Z as they found Vlad on 80 meters CW coming in long path. FT5ZH - AMSTERDAM ISLAND - Eric and Mehdi continue to operate from this remote French island. Yesterdays reports include the following: GMT Frequencies GMT Frequencies --- ----------- --- ----------- 08 24940 15 3793 18140 09 24940 16 3793 18140 10 24940 28010 17 7072 11 24940 28026 19 7075 13 7057 18140 20 14195 3798 14 7057 18140 21 3798 JX7DFA - JAN MAYEN - Europeans reported Per on 1823 at 20:00 and 22:00Z. T31AF/MM - MARITIME MOBILE - Karl has been found working Europe on 20 meters CW from 16:00 to 18:00Z.

T88II - BELAU - Look for them on 15 SSB between 22:00 and 11:00Z and on 40 meters CW from 13:00 to 22:00Z. QSL via KJ9I. ____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AS-018 UA0FDX 21024 0826 OC-009 T88II 7002 1726 NA-046 WIUF 14260 1849 OC-137 VK4EMS/P 14260 1011 NA-055 AK1L 28040 1435 SA-008 LU6XQI 28040 1502 NA-059 NO7F/KL7 28456 0023 Takio, JH3QFL, will be active from Hateruma Island (AS-024) as JH3QFL/6 from 15 to 18 January. QSL via JH3QFL. Ronny, YC8TXW, and Benny, YC8YZ, now plan to be on from Tapat Island (OC-222) as YC8TXW/P and YC8YZ between 12 and 19 January. Look for them to be active on 10, 12, 15, 40 and 80 meters CW and SSB. QSL via home calls. Members of the Western Buenos Aires DX Group plan to operate from Bermejo Island (SA-021) from 18 to 20 December. IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- -------------- 8-Dec 12-Dec V6 V63HO V63HC V63YP (OC-011) 2-217 2-192 8-Dec 14-Dec 4X 4X/W0CN 2-220 8-Dec 14-Dec XZ XZ1N 2-196 8-Dec 16-Dec C6 C6AJR C6AKL C6DX (NA-080) 2-201 2-199 8-Dec 17-Dec T8 T88II 2-182 2-28 8-Dec 20-Dec KP2 KP2AD 2-217 8-Dec 23-Dec FT5Z FT5ZH by F5PFP F5SIH 2-147 2-96 8-Dec 28-Dec PJ9 PJ9/PA0VDV 2-206 8-Dec 16-Jan 9M6 9M6CT 2-191 8-Dec 31-Jan FT5W FT5WH by F5AGL 2-181 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The sunspot number for December 6, 1998 was 143. The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado, for December 7, 1998, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 7-Dec-1998 21 153 6 1 Low,Quiet;Low/Quiet-Unsettled

7-Dec-1998 18 142 8 2 Low/Quiet;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 7-Dec-1998 15 142 8 2 Low/Quiet;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 7-Dec-1998 12 142 8 2 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 7-Dec-1998 09 142 8 2 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 7-Dec-1998 06 142 8 1 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 7-Dec-1998 03 142 8 2 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 7-Dec-1998 00 142 8 1 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Unsettled The forecast for Tuesday, 8 December: solar flux 144, A index 10, K index 2. Tuesday should be High Normal. The forecast for Wednesday, 9 December: solar flux 144, A index 10, K index 2. Wednesday should be High Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 4F3CV HB9CXZ ED2SDX EA2ABM JX7DFA LA7DFA 4N800H YU0SRJ ED9PIE EA9JS P40I KR3I 5B4/EU1AA W3HNK EL2WW ON5NT P49M VE3MR 5B4ADA 9A2AJ EX7MM DF8WS R1FJV UA3AGS 5V7A GM4FDM EX8ML W3HNK T88II KJ9I 7P8AL WB5FOQ EX8MLE IK2QPR WH7/K9NW WW9DX 9H3JR DJ0QJ EZ8CQ W0FS YC8VIP W6MD C6AHN KC4SZE FP5BZ F5TJP LA7DFA - Per Einar Dahlen, Royskattveien 4, 7713 Sandvollan, NORWAY WW9DX - WWDXA, P.O. Box 411, La Crosse, Wisconsin 54602 Correction: The new QSL manager for Chuck, T32NCC, is Zoli, HA1AG, not HA5PP. His address is: Zoli Pitman, Somogyi Bela ut 18, Gyor 9024, HUNGARY. QSL cards recently received direct: 1A0KM, 3B8CF, E21EJC, JT1KAA, JY5HX, TJ1PD, UK8FF, Z38/NO6X, ZD7DP, ZF2LA _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: DL2MIH, DX News Sheet, K3KY, K3SWZ, K6JOX, KH6BZF REPORTS, N2JTX, N5CQ, NOAA, W2GG, WW9DX _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), or $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United States. _____________________________________________________________________ Copyright _ 1998 by Bernie McClenny _____________________________________________________________________ THE DAILY DX _ is published Monday through Friday by Bernie McClenny, W3UR, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, MD 21738 USA. This e-mail message and its contents have a copyright and are proprietary products of THE

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. ======================== *** The Daily DX _ *** ======================== Volume 2 Number 222 December 9, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ DX News _____________________________________________________________________ Mark, ON4WW, has wrapped up his S07WW work in Western Sahara and is now in Monrovia, Liberia for the next several months. He has borrowed and rig, with some technical problems, from one of the locals. Mark says he will be on 1827.5 daily at 22:00 and 06:30Z. Ghis, ON5NT, is his QSL manager and says QSLs for S07WW and 5T5WW will be out around Christmas. Pacific traveler Bernhard, DL2GAC, plans to operate from the Temotu Islands as H44MS during February. He is looking for an experienced CW operator to tag along with him between 5 and 10 February. French Amateurs F6ICA and F5GLS plan to operate from Adelie Land, Antarctica starting this month for one year. More than likely they will use an FT5Y call sign. Les Nouvelles DX reports the FO French Polynesian QSL bureau has been closed for the last two years and will reopen in January, 1999. Ryo, JL1KFR, will once again be active as JL1KFR/JD1 from Minami Torishima (OC-073) starting 8 December. QSL via JL1KFR. Officers for the Connecticut DX Association for 1998/1999 year are: President Paul, KB1BE Vice President Roger, K1QPM Secretary/Treasure Bill, K1BNO Directors Bill, K1DII May, WA1EHK Paul, N1LJA Fred, N1KWJ Starting in mid-December Amateurs from Netherlands will be able to choose their own call signs. HF licenses - PA1 through PA0 and PB1 through PB0 VHF licenses - PE1 through PE0 Novice licenses - PD1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 0 During this weekends ARRL 10 Meter Contest look for both K3VOA and 4U1WB to be on from the rare section of Washington DC. Special event station HS98AG will remain active until 20 December. This station is on to commemorate the 13th Asian Games. QSL via

HS1CKC. OPDX reports that Monk Apollo, SV2ASP/A, has been showing up on 10 meters around 28485 between 13:30 and 14:30Z. _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 3C1GS - EQUATORIAL GUINEA - Has been showing up on a net on 14221 between 07:00 and 08:00Z. JA's found him via the long path on 21287 from 08:00 to 09:00Z. 3DA0CA - SWAZILAND - Jon shows up most days on 1827.5 starting around 02:30Z. Then goes up the CW bands (80, 40, 30...). QSL via W4DR. 5H3RK - TANZANIA - Look for Ralph on 40 meters CW between 03:00 and 04:00Z. BV4ME - TAIWAN - Europeans found him on 1829 around 21:00Z. D2CM - ANGOLA - Chris was on 24935 from 17:40 to 19:15Z on Tuesday. He is operating from an oil platform so it will not count for DXCC. QSL via DJ0MCS. EX8F - KYRGYZSTAN - Vlad continues to show up on 30 meters CW around 03:00Z. FT5ZH - AMSTERDAM ISLAND - Eric and Mehdi are keeping to a somewhat very strict schedule. One of the ops was heard saying 30 and 160 meters Tuesday or Wednesday. Monday they were reported as follows: GMT Frequencies GMT Frequencies --- ----------- --- ----------- 08 28495 19 7015 13 7015 18135 20 7015 7075 14 18135 21 3798 7075 15 18135 22 7075 16 18135 23 3797 7075 18 7015 HH2/N2APL - HAITI - has been showing up on 30 meters CW around 03:00Z. P29VR - PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Europeans found Vern around 11:45Z on 18145. QSL via W7LFA. T88II - BELAU - They are now on 160 meters. Activity on Monday was on 1827 just before 11:00Z. Also from 14:00 to 16:00Z and 20:00Z. QSL via KJ9I. VQ9SS - DIEGO GARCIA - Pres was on 10102 around 12:30Z. Don't be surprised to hear him on 160 meters as he has operated topband on past trips. QSL via N6SS. VU2WAP - INDIA - Miku has been showing up on 80 meters SSB for the last few days between 23:30 and 01:00Z. His signals seem to peak around 00:30Z. QSL direct only.

XZ1N - MYANMAR - With just two operators left they are concentrating on 160 meters. Here were yesterdays reports. GMT Frequencies GMT Frequencies --- ----------- --- ----------- 01 14270 18073 12 1826.5 02 14270 18073 13 1826.5 05 28485 14 1826.5 07 21250 15 1826.5 08 24925 16 1826.5 09 21249 21 1826.5 10 21249 23 1826.5 11 21249 YK1AO - SYRIA - Omar starts daily to look for US stations on 1828 at 03:30Z until his sunrise (04:27Z). ____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AF-004 EA8AD 28400 1547 NA-055 AK1L 28457 1406 AF-014 CT3GU 7055 1917 NA-065 AD7U 14040 0214 AS-028 UA0QMU 21017 2231 OC-011 V63HO 14195 0752 AS-053 HS0/IK4MRH 7055 1954 OC-034 YC9WZJ 28477 2338 EU-004 EA6AEI 3795 1859 OC-084 T32NCC 28495 0135 EU-124 GW0SLM 14262 1414 OC-137 VK4EMS/P 14262 1251 EU-136 9A6DCR 7077 1402 IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- -------------- 9-Dec 12-Dec V6 V63HO V63HC V63YP (OC-011) 2-217 2-192 9-Dec 14-Dec 4X 4X/W0CN 2-220 9-Dec 14-Dec XZ XZ1N 2-196 9-Dec 16-Dec C6 C6AJR C6AKL C6DX (NA-080) 2-201 2-199 9-Dec 17-Dec T8 T88II 2-182 2-28 9-Dec 20-Dec KP2 KP2AD 2-217 9-Dec 23-Dec FT5Z FT5ZH by F5PFP F5SIH 2-147 2-96 9-Dec 28-Dec PJ9 PJ9/PA0VDV 2-206 9-Dec 16-Jan 9M6 9M6CT 2-191 9-Dec 31-Jan FT5W FT5WH by F5AGL 2-181 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The sunspot number for December 7, 1998 was 143. The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado, for December 8, 1998, were

as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 8-Dec-1998 21 162 5 0 Low/Quiet;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 8-Dec-1998 18 153 6 1 Low/Quiet;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 8-Dec-1998 15 153 6 1 Low/Quiet;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 8-Dec-1998 12 153 6 2 Low/Quiet;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 8-Dec-1998 09 153 6 2 Low/Quiet;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 8-Dec-1998 06 153 6 1 Low/Quiet;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 8-Dec-1998 03 153 6 2 Low/Quiet;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 8-Dec-1998 00 153 6 2 Low/Quiet;Low/Quiet-Unsettled The forecast for Wednesday, 9 December: solar flux 148, A index 8, K index 2. Wednesday should be High Normal. The forecast for Thursday, 10 December: solar flux 146, A index 8, K index 2. Thursday should be High Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 4N7DW YU7BJ P29VR W7LFA XZ1N W1XT BV4FH KA6SPQ TM2OO F5KQN YT800S YU0SRJ D2CM DJ0MCS TL5A PA3DMH YZ800R YU0SRJ DU3NXE W4NXE QSL cards recently received direct: 3B8CF, VP8/G4VFU _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 425 DX News, KH6BZF REPORTS, N7OJ, NOAA, ON5NT, OPDX, QRZ DX, The 59(9) DX Report _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), or $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United States. _____________________________________________________________________ Copyright _ 1998 by Bernie McClenny _____________________________________________________________________ THE DAILY DX _ is published Monday through Friday by Bernie McClenny, W3UR, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, MD 21738 USA. This e-mail message and its contents have a copyright and are proprietary products of THE DAILY DX _. Any unauthorized use, reproduction, or transfer of the message or its content, in any medium, is strictly prohibited. For permission to quote, reprint or repost this e-mail send a request to THE DAILY DX _ include date, volume and issue number. Check out THE DAILY DX _ homepage http://www.dailydx.com or for additional information you may phone THE DAILY DX _ at 301-854-5650 or fax at 301-854-5105. Remember to tell all your DX friends about THE DAILY

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. ======================== *** The Daily DX _ *** ======================== Volume 2 Number 223 December 10, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ DX News _____________________________________________________________________ Pacific DXpeditioner Ron Wright has once again made plans to go to Tokelau. His last trip there was in 1995 as he used ZK3RW. The ARRL's Most Wanted DXCC list for 1997 lists Tokelau as the # 61 country. In Europe it is ranked # 45 in The DX Magazines Most Wanted list. As usual he will head to Fiji (3D2RW), his DXpedtion base, on 12 December. This is where his gear is located. On 15 December a trip is scheduled to Samoa (5W1CW) by plan. Arrival is expect on 14 December (dateline crossing). A ship will leave Tokelau on the 14th. If Ron makes it good, if not he will have to wait for the next one which leaves on the 21st. Either way it will take him 3 days to get there. So look for him starting either 17 or 24 December. Ron will be active on all bands CW and SSB. No mention was made about RTTY (I did ask and hope to get an answer before he leaves). Look for 5W1CW and 3D2RW before and after. On CW he is known to hang out on 3508, 7008, 14027, 18077, 21027, 24897 and 28027 and on SSB try 3795, 14195, 21295, 28495. Ron asks that you please QSL direct. Didier, F5NZO, plans to be active from Guadeloupe with F5SSM from 24 December to 1 January. Look for them to be on 10 through 80 meters SSB and RTTY. They may also be on RS12 mode K. Lee, G0ULN, will operate from the Maldives from 22 December to 12 January. He will be operating on SSB only on 10, 15, 17, 20 40 and 80 meters. Check 14260 and 21260. QSL via G0ULN direct or via the RSGB bureau. The Council of Europe, an intergovernmental organization consisting of 21 European parliamentary democracies, will celebrate their 50th anniversary with special call TP50CE. Look for this station to be active from 17:00Z on 15 January to 12:00Z on 17 January, 1998. They will be on 10 through 80 meters CW and SSB. QSL via F6FQK. Kazu, FR2KF, reports he will be active in this weekends ARRL 10 Meter Contest and will look for North America and Caribbean stations on the long path between 13:00 and 15:00Z on CW. Low band DXer Jerry, WB9Z, plans to take the family again to the US Virgin Islands starting around 23 December. Look for him on all bands on CW and SSB. He plans to concentrate on Europe and Asia on 10, 12, and 17 meters. Europeans should also check 80 and 160 meters. This is a vacation and he will be on when time is available. _____________________________________________________________________ Silent Keys _____________________________________________________________________

We are saddened to hear of the passing of Mary Lou Brown, NM7M, and Egon Ron, 4X4RE. Mary Lou was on here way home from the recent Lord Howe Island (VK9LX) Contest DXpedition. Our condolences to both families. _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 5H3US - TANZANIA - Dave was looking for West Coast US stations on 7009 just after 15:00Z on Wednesday. QSL via WA8JOC. 6W6/K3IPK - SENEGAL - Richard remains very active on all bands on CW. QSL via K3IPK. 9K2MU - KUWAIT - West Coast DXers found Murtada on the long path on 3798 at 14:30Z. QSL via WA4JTK. A43XA - OMAN - Prefix collectors look for this one on 10, 15 or 20 meters CW and SSB. Not sure who this is or how long they will be on. EA6ZY - BALEARIC ISLANDS - Japanese and East Coast US stations were working Stan on 10102 between 21:40 and 22:30Z. FT5ZH- AMSTERDAM ISLAND - Wednesday they tried 160 meters around 15:00Z. They did not have any luck working anyone. XZ1N was heard as strong as 599 + 20 and several West Coast stations were heard. They will try again. Yesterdays reported activities were as follows: GMT Frequencies GMT Frequencies --- ----------------------- --- --------------- 00 7073 14200 14 Dinner 01 14200 15 160 14028 18120 06 28475 16 7017 18120 08 24940 17 7017 09 18140 21275 24940 28470 19 7014 10 14195 18140 28470 20 7014 7075 11 14016 14195 21 7075 12 14016 24945 22 3504 13 7015 7075 24945 23 3504 3795 7014 JD1BIY - MINAMI TORISHIMA - Check 15 meters SSB between 02:00 and 04:00Z. East and West Coast US stations also found him on 80 meters CW around 11:30Z. SV0LK - CRETE - Hel is now active on 160 meters. XZ1N - MYANMAR - Started off on Wednesday on 14200 just after 12:00Z. Around 16:00Z the second station showed up on 18072 until around 17:30Z. Several East Coast stations were hearing them on 1825.5 just before their sunrise. QSL via W1XT. ____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- EU-023 9H4CM 18135 1408 EU-009 GM0HTT 24950 1424 NA-055 AK1L 28463 1423 EU-124 GW0MOI 18137 0926 SA-008 CE8ABF 28469 2306 OC-084 T32NCC 28490 0155 AF-002 FT5ZH 7073 0010 OC-011 V63HO 14025 0503 Island hunters will be happy to know that know that PP5V (SSB) and PW5W (CW) will be active from Paz Island (SA-027) starting today. Look for these stations on 10 through 80 meters until 14 December. Check the normal IOTA Frequencies and the Brazil DX Net. QSL via PP5LL either direct or via the bureau. IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- -------------- 10-Dec 14-Dec 4X 4X/W0CN 2-220 10-Dec 16-Jan 9M6 9M6CT 2-191 10-Dec 16-Dec C6 C6AJR C6AKL C6DX (NA-080) 2-201 2-199 10-Dec 31-Jan FT5W FT5WH by F5AGL 2-181 10-Dec 23-Dec FT5Z FT5ZH by F5PFP F5SIH 2-147 2-96 10-Dec 20-Dec KP2 KP2AD 2-217 10-Dec 28-Dec PJ9 PJ9/PA0VDV 2-206 10-Dec 17-Dec T8 T88II 2-182 2-28 10-Dec 12-Dec V6 V63HO V63HC V63YP (OC-011) 2-217 2-192 10-Dec 14-Dec XZ XZ1N 2-196 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The sunspot number for December 8, 1998 was 158. The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado, for December 9, 1998, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 9-Dec-1998 21 154 4 1 Low/Quiet;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 9-Dec-1998 18 162 3 2 Low/Quiet;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 9-Dec-1998 15 162 3 1 Low/Quiet;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 9-Dec-1998 12 162 3 1 Low/Quiet;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 9-Dec-1998 09 162 3 2 Low/Quiet;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 9-Dec-1998 03 162 3 1 Low/Quiet;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 9-Dec-1998 00 162 3 0 Low/Quiet;Low/Quiet-Unsettled The forecast for Thursday, 10 December: solar flux 162, A index 8, K index 2. Thursday should be High Normal. The forecast for Friday, 11 December: solar flux 162, A index 10, K index 2. Friday should be High Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________

The following QSL cards were recently received and information was taken directly from the cards listed below: 3B7RF via HB9RF 3D2VA via WA2NHA 4G50N via DU9RG 6K98WCX via HL5FOP 6M5DX via HL5CL 7Q7HB via G0IAS 8J0WPG via JA0DWY 8J6ITU via JK6UPC 8Q7CC via JR2KDN 8Q7US via JR2KDN 9G1PD Patrick John Dzadze, P. O. Box 771, Takoradi, GHANA 9H3YN via PA3CUZ 9M6HX via DJ9HX BD4RE Yee, P. O. Box 10, #38 Guangdong Road, Nanjing 210003, CHINA BG6JW Cui, P. O. Box 074, Luoyang 471000, CHINA BO0K via BV2KI BV2KI Bruce, P. O. Box 84-609, Taipei, TAIWAN BV4RA Pang Shon-Ywu, P. O. Box 922, Taichung, TAIWAN CO8TW via W3HNK D98TOK via HL5CL D98WCX via HL5FOP DS0UP Seo-Pusan Technical High School, 45-6, Dukpo-2 dong Sasang-Gu, Pusan 617-042, KOREA DS1IBD Nam, #501-1209, Chamsil APT., 27 Chamsil-dong, Songpa-ku, Seoul 138-225, KOREA DS1IEX Yongmann Lee, 331-48 Sinwel-7dong, Yangchen-go, Seoul 158-097, KOREA DS4AKP Park Soon-Bok, P. O. Box 15, Kwang-Yang 545-010, KOREA DS4BXZ Park Sang-Yoon, P. O. Box 2, Kwang-Yang 545-010, KOREA DS5RYB Kim Yun-Yeol, Green APT 206-303, Chikokdong, Namku, Pohang 790-390, KOREA DS5WKN Kim Dae-Yong, 340-27 Sung Gun Dong, Kyong Ju 780-180, KOREA DS5WXM Kim Hyun-Suk, 340-27 Sung Gun Dong, Kyong Ju 780-180, KOREA E22AAA via HS1CHB EY8MM via K1BV EZ6L via RU6LWZ FM5JY via F5JYD G6D via G3LZQ GB5WW via G3LZQ KC0ARG/HH2 via F6DJB HL5PVN Kyung Chang Kang, P. O. Box 12 Tong-Nae, Pusan 607-600, KOREA II2Y via IK2OWX IJ4R via IK4IEE IP4T via IK4IEE IQ2W via IK2DUW IR2P via IK2DUW IR4D via IK4MED IR4T via IK4IEE IR6W via IK6WDY IU4F via IK4ZHH IZ4C via IK4IEE J39BW Graeme Stratton, P. O. Box 703, St. George's, GRENADA JA1RJU/JD1 Kazuo Ogasawara, 13-12, 4 chome Kamirenjaku, Mitaka, Tokyo 181-0012, JAPAN JT1CJ P. O. Box 100, Ulaanbaatar-44, Mongolia, VIA JAPAN

JU60MTZ via JT1CJ L5V via LU5VC L50V via LU5VC LQ0N via LU2NI LT4A via LU1BCE LX1JH Jean-Marie Juchemes, 2, Haaptstrooss, L-6869 Wecker, LUXEMBOURG M0ARC via G3LZQ M6D via G3LZQ M7D via G3LZQ M7O via G4JZO OC463DX via OA4FW OD5PI via IK7JTF OT8T via ON4UN P43T Anthony Thiel, P. O. Box 4234, Noord, ARUBA R6L via RU6LWZ R6SRR via RU6LWZ RU6L via RU6LWZ RY6AC via RU6LWZ SU1JOTA via WA3HUP SV1EDY Apostolos Bourousis, 1 Anaximandrou Str., GR-116 33 Athens, GREECE SV1ENG Antonis A. Parashis, El. Venizelou 203, GR-141 22 Athens, GREECE SV5/OM3LA via OM1APD T00RM via DL2JRM T88LJ via JM1LJS TI8/AA8HV via N8TI UX1L via UX1LA V26VG via GM3UTQ VK9LNQ via JM1KNQ VP5FXB via W8AV VU2JBK Jagdish Kumar, Amateur Radio Club, D. E. A. L., Raipur Road, Dehradun 248 001, INDIA WH0V Jun C. Mercado, P. O. Box 1941, Saipan, MP 96950 XT2AW via DF2WO YC9YKI Bachrun Betta, P. O. Box 37, Serui 98211, INDONESIA ZP6VLA Victor Hugo Sosa, C. C. 22065, 2160 San Lorenzo, PARAGUAY _____________________________________________________________________ On the WWW _____________________________________________________________________ Logs for the recent TY8A DXpedition to Benin can now be found at http://www.qsl.net/gdxf/ _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: DL1XX, F5CCO, F5NZO, K3ZO, KH6BZF REPORTS, Les Nouvelles DX, NOAA, PS7AB, VR2KF, WB9Z, ZL1AMO _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), or $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United States. _____________________________________________________________________

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. ======================== *** The Daily DX _ *** ======================== Volume 2 Number 224 December 11, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ DX News _____________________________________________________________________ Nancy (YL), N3NS, and Richard, K3IPK, are currently operating from Senegal as 6W6/N3NS and 6W6/K3IPK. They plan to return to the states just before Christmas. Before they come home they hope to take a side trip to Mauritania (5T). Let's keep our fingers crossed for this one. QSL via K3IPK. Hide, JM1LJS, reports that two of his Japanese friends, Hiro, JF1OCQ, and Tatsu, JA0QBY, plan to be active from Palau from 19 to 22 December. Look for T88HM (Hiro) and T88TN (Tatsu) to be on all bands from 6 to 160 meters on CW and SSB. QSL via the JARL bureau or direct as follows: T88HM via JF1OCQ, Hiro C Miyake, 1-3-6, Asakura-Cho, Maebashi-City, Gunma 371-0811, JAPAN. T88TN via JA0QBY, Tatsuo Nishihara, 1458, Kihimiya, Mishima-Cho, Mishima-Gun, Niigata 940-2322, JAPAN. The long awaited BQ9P, Pratas Island, logs are now available on the Internet at http://www.qsl.net/bq9p It has been reported that the RTTY QSOs are not in the log. It was also reported that the RTTY QSOs show up as CW. More than likely this will be fixed in the next day or so. IK1ZPA will be active from Giravaru Island, Maldives (AS-013) as 8Q7IK from 14 to 20 December. QSL via IK1ZPA. Look for Franck, FK8HC to be active this weekend in the 10 meter contest. He says he will be parked near 28495. Dave Heil, 5H3US, reports he just got up his beams and inverted vees on 40 and 80 meters. For 160 meters he hopes to shunt feed the tower with an omega match this weekend. This QTH is some what susceptible to noise on the low bands. He mentioned experimenting with a loop for receiving on Topband. QSL via WA8JOC. Alex, TL5A, will be going on holiday from the Central African Republic in January, 1999. This weekend he will operate the 10 meter contest as TL0R. He can be found most days on or near 1833 and 3504 from 21:00 to 22:00Z and from 03:30 to 04:30Z. A log search is available at http://www.igr.nl/users/pa3dmh/logs/log_search.html QSL via PA3DMH. _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 4L2M - GEORGIA - Stations from the Mid-West and East

Coast of the US reported working him on 3504 from 00:30 to 01:45Z. He then went to 80 meters SSB. FT5ZH - AMSTERDAM - The guys must be getting tired as they were not as active as the last few days. Here is Thursdays reported activities: GMT Frequencies GMT Frequencies --- ----------- --- ----------- 00 7014 09 18145 28020 01 14200 10 24945 28495 02 14014 11 24945 28010 06 24945 28495 17 14014 14278 08 24945 28020 20 7003 Today they did show up on 14022 from 03:00 to 04:30Z working mostly the Eastern half of North America. QSL via F6KDF. NH0E - MARIANA ISLANDS - Had a nice signal into the East Coast of the US on 7017 until after 14:00Z. T88II - BELAU - Remains very active on CW and SSB on all bands. QSL via KJ9I. XZ1N - MYANMAR - The last two days they have been heard on 160 meters on the East Coast of the US starting around 22:00Z. Only a few more days left for this one. QSL via W1XT. ____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- NA-080 C6AFV 3796 2320 OC-011 V63KU 14178 0749 EU-004 EA6AEI 14260 0726 OC-137 VK4YI 14260 0823 EU-124 GW0HGN/P 14260 1243 NA-057 W7TSQ/HR6 24897 1711 AS-053 HS0/IK4MRH 7045 2144 OC-210 YC8RRK 21288 2316 Starting around 12:00Z on Saturday look for PY7ZZ/7, PY7XC or PY7ZY/7 to be active from SA-046. They will be on with two stations on 6, 10, 15, 20, 30, 40, 80 and 160 meters CW and SSB until 12:00Z on 13 December. QSL via home calls. IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- -------------- 11-Dec 14-Dec 4X 4X/W0CN 2-220 11-Dec 16-Jan 9M6 9M6CT 2-191 11-Dec 16-Dec C6 C6AJR C6AKL C6DX (NA-080) 2-201 2-199 11-Dec 31-Jan FT5W FT5WH by F5AGL 2-181 11-Dec 23-Dec FT5Z FT5ZH by F5PFP F5SIH 2-147 2-96

11-Dec 20-Dec KP2 KP2AD 2-217 11-Dec 28-Dec PJ9 PJ9/PA0VDV 2-206 11-Dec 14-Dec PY PW5W (CW) PP5V (SSB) (SA-027) 2-223 11-Dec 17-Dec T8 T88II 2-182 2-28 11-Dec 12-Dec V6 V63HO V63HC V63YP (OC-011) 2-217 2-192 11-Dec 14-Dec XZ XZ1N 2-196 12-Dec 14-Dec 3D2 3D2RW by ZL1AMO 2-223 12-Dec 13-Dec ARRL 10 Meter Contest _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The sunspot number for December 10, 1998 was 145. The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado, for December 10, 1998, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 10-Dec-1998 21 134 4 1 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 10-Dec-1998 18 154 3 2 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 10-Dec-1998 15 154 3 1 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 10-Dec-1998 12 154 3 3 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 10-Dec-1998 09 154 3 1 Low/Quiet;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 10-Dec-1998 06 154 3 1 Low/Quiet;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 10-Dec-1998 03 154 3 0 Low/Quiet;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 10-Dec-1998 00 154 3 0 Low/Quiet;Low/Quiet-Unsettled The forecast for Friday, 11 December: solar flux 148, A index 10, K index 2. Friday should be High Normal. The forecast for Saturday, 12 December: solar flux 146, A index 12, K index 3. Saturday should be High Normal. The forecast for Sunday, 13 December: solar flux 142, A index 8, K index 3. Sunday should be High Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 6W6/N3NS K3IPK ER5GB W3HNK PW5W PP5LL A43XA A47RS EY6TM F6FNU TG9IGI I2MQP C6AIE WZ8D FT5ZH F6KDF YN2EJG K5LBU C6AJR W8GEX J37K W8KKF ZF2AH W6VNR JA6EV - Takeshi Katsuki, 3-10-9 Nabeshima, Saga, 849-0937 JAPAN Tom, N4XP, reports that all direct requests (except last 7 to 10 days) for the QSL cards for ZK1XXP and KH9 (98) have been sent out. Individuals who have not received their card(s) within a week should contact Tom at n4xp@juno.com Bureau cards will be processed after a short pause. QSL cards recently received direct: KH0AS, S92AT, ZA0IS (EU-169) _____________________________________________________________________ Correction _____________________________________________________________________

In yesterdays issue we mention FR2KF would be active this weekend in the ARRL 10 Meter Contest. It should have been VR2KF from Hong Kong. Sorry Kazu! _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: ARRL DX Bulletin, DX News Letter, JM1LJS, KH6BZF REPORTS, N3NS, N4XP, NOAA, PA3DMH, W3MC, W4DKS _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), or $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United States. _____________________________________________________________________ Copyright _ 1998 by Bernie McClenny _____________________________________________________________________ THE DAILY DX _ is published Monday through Friday by Bernie McClenny, W3UR, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, MD 21738 USA. This e-mail message and its contents have a copyright and are proprietary products of THE DAILY DX _. Any unauthorized use, reproduction, or transfer of the message or its content, in any medium, is strictly prohibited. For permission to quote, reprint or repost this e-mail send a request to THE DAILY DX _ include date, volume and issue number. Check out THE DAILY DX _ homepage http://www.dailydx.com or for additional information you may phone THE DAILY DX _ at 301-854-5650 or fax at 301-854-5105. Remember to tell all your DX friends about THE DAILY DX.

. ======================== *** The Daily DX _ *** ======================== Volume 2 Number 225 December 14, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ DX News _____________________________________________________________________ Dieter, DL3KDV, reports that a group of German Amateur Radio operators plan to activate Fiji (3D2) and Tuvalu. The cast of operators includes DK1BT, DK7YY, DL2OAP, DL3DXX and DL8OBQ. Plans are to start on Fiji from 24 December to 1 January. Next they will be active from Tuvalu from 2 to 14 January. They will be on all bands SSB and CW with an emphasis on the low bands. This is the same group of Germans who have been to VK9X, VK9C, ZL7, S21 and P29. Abuabker, 5A1A, reports that he is planning to be active on the low bands by the end of the year. Also the QSL cards for 5A29 are at the printers and should be available soon. Check 14200 between 04:00 and 06:00Z daily for several Arab countries including: Kuwait (9K2), Oman (A4), United Arab Emirates (A6), QATAR (A7), Bahrain (A9) and others. The Kermadec DX Association reported that Ron Wills, ZL2TT, and Mike Mraz, N6MZ, are unable to make the upcoming DXpedition to Campbell Island next month. They have been replaced by Trey Garlough, N5KO, and Wilbert, ZL2BSJ. F5NRY is now active from Cambodia as XU5NRY and has been on RTTY. His length of stay is unknown. QSL via F5NRY. Iwao, PY8IT, plans to be active from Fernando de Noronha Island (SA-003) as PY0FT from 22 to 28 December. Look for him to be active on 6, 10, 12, 15, 17, 20 and 40 meters. He will take equipment for SSTV. QSL via JA1ELY. _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 10 Meters ARRL 10 Meter Contest - During this years event the following stations were reported active: 3V8BB, 4U1UN, 5A1A, 5H3US, 5N3CPR, 6V6U, 9J2VR, 9M2TO, 9V1ZB, A45XR, AP2TJ, C31LJ, EA9IB, EL2WW, ET3VSC, EX0Y, FK8HC, FR5HR, HS1UR, J37K, J80K, LZ0A, OA4SS, OD5PN, PZ5JR, T70A, TL0R, TZ6DX, V73UX, VR2KF, XZ1N, YN2EJG. 3D2AG/R - ROTUMA - Antone is now active from this island. 4U1UN - UNITED NATIONS - When not in the 10 meter Contest they were busy on 12, 17 and 30 meters CW along with 20 RTTY. QSL via W6TER

T30CT - WEST KIRABATI - Karl is now active from this Pacific Island. Length of stay is unknown. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AF-010 3C1GS 21255 0954 NA-065 K7JY/7 14264 1710 AS-018 UA0FDX 21255 2347 SA-027 PV5V 14260 2303 AS-028 UA0QMU 14018 0144 SA-027 PW5W 14025 0843 AS-101 HS0ZCX/8 28450 0802 SA-046 PY7XC 21260 1010 EU-016 9A1CAG 28014 1754 SA-046 PY7ZZ/7 21262 1436 EU-031 IC8WIC 3780 0152 IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- -------------- 14-Dec 14-Dec 3D2 3D2RW by ZL1AMO 2-223 14-Dec 14-Dec 4X 4X/W0CN 2-220 14-Dec 5W 5W1CW by ZL1AMO 2-223 14-Dec 20-Dec 8Q 8Q7IK 2-224 14-Dec 16-Jan 9M6 9M6CT 2-191 14-Dec 16-Dec C6 C6AJR C6AKL C6DX (NA-080) 2-201 2-199 14-Dec 31-Jan FT5W FT5WH by F5AGL 2-181 14-Dec 23-Dec FT5Z FT5ZH by F5PFP F5SIH 2-147 2-96 14-Dec 20-Dec KP2 KP2AD 2-217 14-Dec 28-Dec PJ9 PJ9/PA0VDV 2-206 14-Dec 14-Dec PY PW5W (CW) PP5V (SSB) (SA-027) 2-223 14-Dec 17-Dec T8 T88II 2-182 2-28 14-Dec 12-Dec V6 V63HO V63HC V63YP (OC-011) 2-217 2-192 14-Dec 14-Dec XZ XZ1N 2-196 15-Dec 21-Dec VP5 VP5/AA4US 2-219 17-Dec 21-Dec VP9 VP9/AA1AC 2-221 17-Dec 20-Dec Z2 Z21/ZS6PDX 2-219 17-Dec 7-Jan ZK3 ZK3 by ZL1AMO 2-223 18-Dec 20-Dec FR TO150 2-157 18-Dec 20-Dec LU LU1DK/D LU5DV/D (SA-021) 2-221 19-Dec 22-Dec T8 T88HM T88TN 2-224 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The sunspot number for December 13, 1998 was 152. The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado, for December 13, 1998, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 13-Dec-1998 21 144 1 1 Low/Quiet;Low/Quiet

13-Dec-1998 18 143 6 1 Low/Quiet;Low/Quiet 13-Dec-1998 15 143 6 0 Low/Quiet;Low/Quiet 13-Dec-1998 12 143 6 0 Low/Quiet;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 13-Dec-1998 09 143 6 0 Low/Quiet;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 13-Dec-1998 06 143 6 0 Low/Quiet;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 13-Dec-1998 03 143 6 1 Low/Quiet;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 13-Dec-1998 00 143 6 1 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Unsettled The forecast for Monday, 14 December: solar flux 140, A index 8, K index 2. Monday should be High Normal. The forecast for Tuesday, 15 December: solar flux 140, A index 8, K index 2. Tuesday should be High Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 3V8BB* I5JHW EU6MM IK2QPR PW5W PP5LL 4L8A OZ1HPS HS0ZCX/8 G4SQA RM6A W3HNK 4U1UN W6TER J68DD N6JRL T30CT DL2MDZ 5N9EAM IK2IQD J80B OK1TN TA1ZL RW9WA 9J2FR IK2RZQ J80K OK1TN TI1C W3HNK A35VR WA2NHA KC4CD/HR2 HR1JPT TL0R PA3DMH AT2AJ VU2AJ KP2/N8NX KU9C UK8IZ IK2QPR C6DX W8Z8D KP2A W3HNK V63HO KQ1F CJ1WET VO1WET P40GA WA2TTI V63YP KQ1F CP4BT DL9OT P49M VE3MR YN2EJG K5LBU CQ9T CS3MAD PV5V PP5LL ZP5Z W3HNK ER0F UX0FF UA0IAS/0 - Vladimir Kolodkin, Box 11, 686110 Palatka, RUSSIA UA0SJ - Yuri A. Maltsev, P.O. Box 2304, Bratsk-city, 665700 RUSSIA W1XT - Bob Myers, 37875 North 10th Street, Phoenix, AZ 85027 * 3V8BB via I5JHW 11-13 December, 1998. Paolo IK2QPR is now the QSL manager for UA0YAY, who is operating from zone 23. QSL routes for the recent CQ WW CW DX Contest can be found at http://www.arrakis.es/~ea5eyj QSL cards recently received direct: 4U1UN, 5R8FU, 8R1K, GI6YM, JL1KFR/JD1, S07WW, SU1CS, VO2WL _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 425 DX News, DL2MIH, DX News Sheet, JA1ELY, KH6BZF REPORTS, KR1G, N5CQ, N7OJ, NOAA, _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), or

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. ======================== *** The Daily DX _ *** ======================== Volume 2 Number 226 December 15, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ DX News _____________________________________________________________________ Carl, DL1VU, is currently on Tarawa operating from T30CT. He will stay there until Christmas. His next stop will be Banaba which ranked number 41 on the ARRL's Most Wanted list in 1997. Look for T33VU to be on all bands, mostly CW. Dave, G0OIL plans to operate on RTTY in The Gambia for one week beginning 28 January, 1999. He hopes to obtain C56DW or C56TTY. QSL via G0OIL, Dave A. White, Rainbow Cottage, Laneham St, Rampton, Notts DN22 OJX, ENGLAND. Bob, G3REP, plans to operate on 160 meters for 6 weeks as S21YP from 21 December to 31 January. QSL via R. E. Parkes, Project Manager Granger Systems, GIDP Project Office, House No. 8, Road 19, Sector 7, P.O. Box 11061, Uttara Model Town, Dhaka 1230, Bangladesh. Ryo, JL1KFR, will be on Minami Torishima as JL1KFR/JD1 starting today through 7 January. He will be concentrating on CW and RTTY for USA and Europe. QSL via JL1KFR. Tony, A45ZN, reports that A43XA was on last week from 12:00Z on 9 December until 16:00Z on 11 December. The station was located at Azaiba Beach. QSL via A47RS. Dan, LZ2UU, is now working at the Bulgarian Antarctic base on Livingston Island in the South Shetlands. Look for LZ0A to be active on 10 through 40 meters. QSL via LZ1KDP. _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 3D2AG - ROTUMA - Europeans and Japanese stations reported Antone was on 14195 between 06:00 and 07:00Z. 5N0/OK1AUT - NIGERIA - David showed up on 1820 around 21:45Z. FT5ZH - AMSTERDAM ISLAND - Medhi and Eric were reported on Monday as follows: GMT Frequencies GMT Frequencies --- ----------- --- ----------- 00 10120 14195 12 14081 21295 01 14015 13 14081 21295 02 14015 14 14081 21295 06 21082 15 14081 21295 07 21082 17 14081

10 21084 23 1830 11 21083 JX7DFA - JAN MAYEN - Per can occasional be found near 7005 between 19:00 and 23:00Z. KC4AAA - ANTARCTICA - Shows up on 14243 from 01:00 to 04:00Z. KC4AAD - ANTARCTICA - Can be found on 14270 at 17:00, 18:00 and 19:00Z. This station is located at the US Siple Dome Base. QSL via K4MZU. KL7XX - ALASKA - Europeans found Bill on 160 meters CW from 06:00 to 07:00Z and again between 19:30 to 21:00Z. Brent, AL7R plans to be active next week during these same times on Topband. T30CT - WEST KIRIBATI - Europeans should check for Karl on 20 meters CW from 06:00 to 10:00Z. QSL via DL2MDZ. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AS-079 JA5CKD/6 14008 1141 NA-065 K7JY/7 14260 1710 EU-004 EA6AEI 14260 0657 OC-137 VK4LV 24894 1241 EU-009 GM0HTT 28460 1501 OC-169 A35VR 21260 2346 EU-146 PA3BDQ 1830 0637 SA-027 PV5V 14260 2353 NA-046 W1UF 14260 2041 EF1IAT is now active from Toxa Island, which may qualify as EU-080, until 31 December. QSL via EC1BXI. IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- -------------- 15-Dec 5W 5W1CW by ZL1AMO 2-223 15-Dec 20-Dec 8Q 8Q7IK 2-224 15-Dec 16-Jan 9M6 9M6CT 2-191 15-Dec 16-Dec C6 C6AJR C6AKL C6DX (NA-080) 2-201 2-199 15-Dec 31-Jan FT5W FT5WH by F5AGL 2-181 15-Dec 23-Dec FT5Z FT5ZH by F5PFP F5SIH 2-147 2-96 15-Dec 20-Dec KP2 KP2AD 2-217 15-Dec 28-Dec PJ9 PJ9/PA0VDV 2-206 15-Dec 17-Dec T8 T88II 2-182 2-28 15-Dec 21-Dec VP5 VP5/AA4US 2-219 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________

The sunspot number for December 13, 1998 was 152. The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado, for December 14, 1998, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 14-Dec-1998 21 144 5 1 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet 14-Dec-1998 18 144 1 3 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 14-Dec-1998 15 144 1 1 Low/Quiet;Low/Quiet 14-Dec-1998 12 144 1 2 Low/Quiet;Low/Quiet 14-Dec-1998 09 144 1 1 Low/Quiet/Low/Quiet 14-Dec-1998 06 144 1 1 Low/Quiet;Low/Quiet 14-Dec-1998 03 144 1 1 Low/Quiet;Low/Quiet 14-Dec-1998 00 144 1 1 Low/Quiet;Low/Quiet The forecast for Tuesday, 15 December: solar flux 140, A index 8, K index 2. Tuesday should be High Normal. The forecast for Wednesday, 16 December: solar flux 140, A index 8, K index 2. Wednesday should be High Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 1X5AA W3HNK C6AJR W8GEX P40GH WA2TTI 9M6CT G4JMB C6AIE WZ8D PV5V PP5LL A35VR WA2NHA FK/K6KM K6KM T30CT DL2MDZ *C6DX WZ8D LY62ZZ LY2ZZ QSL cards recently received direct: 3B7RF, 7X4LX * This is a correction to yesterday's issue. _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 425 DX News, A45ZN, G3REP, KH6BZF REPORTS, N2QT, NOAA, OPDX, T30CT, The 59(9) DX Report _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), or $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United States. _____________________________________________________________________ Copyright _ 1998 by Bernie McClenny _____________________________________________________________________ THE DAILY DX _ is published Monday through Friday by Bernie McClenny, W3UR, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, MD 21738 USA. This e-mail message and its contents have a copyright and are proprietary products of THE DAILY DX _. Any unauthorized use, reproduction, or transfer of the message or its content, in any medium, is strictly prohibited. For

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. ======================== *** The Daily DX _ *** ======================== Volume 2 Number 227 December 16, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ DX News _____________________________________________________________________ Atsuo Sakuma, 5W1SA, says that Ron Wright, ZL1AMO, did stay at his house last night and that he would catch a boat to Tokelau this evening. If all goes well he should be on the air tomorrow. Halvard, LA7XK, reports that Einar, LA1EE, plans to star up from Tubai Island (OC-152), Austral Islands today. No call sign or bands were given however he will be mainly on CW. This is both a vacation and DX trip so his schedule will vary. Look for him to be active through 30 December. QSL direct only as he does not belong to the NRRL. Claus, DJ8UG, is once again active from Uyuni, Bolivia as CP4BT. He is using an IC-728 with solar/battery power, a 3 element yagi and long wire. Plans are to be there until at least the year 2,000. QSL via DL9OT. Joe, YB1AQS, gives more information about the German group going to Fiji and Tuvalu (Vol. 2 No. 225). The group will consist of Manfred, DK1BT, Falk, DK7YY, Mar, DL3DXX, Tom, DL2OAP, and Uli, DL8OBQ. For equipment they will take two Titanex V80E antennas for the low bands, a 5 element beam, two complete stations, RTTY equipment and a mic for some SSB! Call signs have not been assign to date. They hope to have a website with a log search. Wil, DJ7AA, Joe, YB1AQS, and Micha, DL6MHW, will be keeping everyone up-to-date as the DXpedition goes on. Luis, AC0X, reports the following officers will serve for the Twin City DX Association for 1999: President: Tom Lutz W0ZR Secretary: Greg Fields K0OB Treasurer: Doug Arntson K0PX They also have a homepage at http://www.qsl.net/tcdxa/index.html _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 3W5FM - VIETNAM - Check 21009 and 14009 daily for Coly between 23:00 and 01:00Z. QSL via UA0FM. 4S7EA - SRI LANKA - Ernest can often be found on 160 meters from 21:00 to 22:00Z. 9M2TO - WEST MALAYSIA - Europeans reported working Tex on 3502 just before 22:00Z. QSL via JA0DMV.

BA9GA - CHINA - Jiang (YL) is located in zone 23 and was found on 14023 between 01:00 and 02:00Z. FK/K6KM - NEW CALEDONIA - Check near 14010 from 06:00 to 09:00Z. QSL via K6KM. FT5ZH - AMSTERDAM ISLAND - Eric and Mehdi were reported as follows: GMT Frequencies GMT Frequencies --- ----------- --- ----------- 00 3513 10103 14195 08 21005 01 10103 14017 14195 13 21079 02 14017 14079 14 21079 03 14015 14079 15 21295 04 14015 14195 16 21295 06 21018 They did show up on 160 meters (1830) on Monday around 23:15Z. Several Europeans and East Coast stations worked them. They are having problems with the 160 meter vertical as it will not take high power. They are using a dipole on 160, which couldn't be very high! Keep an ear on Topband from 23:00 to 23:30Z. JT1BH - MONGOLIA - Europeans reported working this zone 23 station on 3505 from 21:30 to 22:10Z. Later he was found on 7006 just before 23:00Z. R1ANF - SOUTH SHETLANDS - Was found on 14017 at 02:00Z. QSL via RK1PWA. T88II - BELAU - Were reported yesterday as follows: GMT Frequencies GMT Frequencies --- ----------- --- ----------- 01 14005 14018 13 1827 07 28015 28020 19 1827 08 28015 20 1827 09 28015 14195 21 1827 10 28015 22 14195 18076 11 1827 14195 14211 23 14255 18076 12 1827 14211 TU2MA - IVORY COAST - Showed up on 160 meters CW around 23:20Z. XR0Z - JUAN FERNANDEZ ISLAND - Europeans were working him from 05:45 to 08:30Z on 14203. QSL via CE0ZIS. YK1AO - SYRIA - Omar is one busy man. Europeans and Japanese Topbanders can find him on 160 CW from 20:00 to 21:30Z. East Coast Topbanders should try 03:00 to 04:30Z. After his sunrise (04:30Z) check 40 meters CW. He has also been active on 20 meters RTTY (13:00Z) and 40 meters RTTY (13:00Z). West Coast DXers should try 40 meters longpath from 14:00 to 15:00Z. QSL direct only. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA

_____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AS-013 8Q7IK 21251 1253 EU-029 OZ1ENH 14079 1533 AS-045 HL5FUA 21254 2310 NA-027 CJ1TX 14260 1728 AS-079 JA5CKD/6 14010 1111 NA-057 W7TSQ/HR6 28425 1355 EU-001 SV5BYR 24949 1531 NA-059 AK1L 28460 1303 IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- -------------- 16-Dec 20-Dec 8Q 8Q7IK 2-224 16-Dec 16-Jan 9M6 9M6CT 2-191 16-Dec 16-Dec C6 C6AJR C6AKL C6DX (NA-080) 2-201 2-199 16-Dec 31-Jan FT5W FT5WH by F5AGL 2-181 16-Dec 23-Dec FT5Z FT5ZH by F5PFP F5SIH 2-147 2-96 16-Dec 7-Jan JD1/M JL1KFR/JD1 2-226 16-Dec 20-Dec KP2 KP2AD 2-217 16-Dec 28-Dec PJ9 PJ9/PA0VDV 2-206 16-Dec 25-Dec T30 T30CT 2-226 16-Dec 17-Dec T8 T88II 2-182 2-28 16-Dec 21-Dec VP5 VP5/AA4US 2-219 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The sunspot number for December 14, 1998 was 113. The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado, for December 15, 1998, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 15-Dec-1998 21 142 5 1 Low/Quiet;Low/Quiet 15-Dec-1998 18 144 5 2 Low/Quiet;Low/Quiet 15-Dec-1998 15 144 5 1 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet 15-Dec-1998 12 144 5 1 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet 15-Dec-1998 09 144 5 2 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet 15-Dec-1998 06 144 5 1 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet 15-Dec-1998 03 144 5 2 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet 15-Dec-1998 00 144 5 1 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet The forecast for Wednesday, 16 December: solar flux 140, A index 8, K index 2. Wednesday should be High Normal. The forecast for Thursday, 17 December: solar flux 135, A index 10, K index 2. Thursday should be High Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________

Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 3W5FM UA0FM HK3/G0SHN F6AJA W7TSQ/HR6 W7TSQ 8Q7IK IK1ZPA T30CT DL2MDZ XR0Z CE0ZIS 9M2TO JA0DMV T88II KJ9I ZF2LA K9LA AP2WAP IK4ZGY TG9IGI I2MQP PY7XC - Jemesson Faria, Rua Dalia 228 Ap 401, Boa Viagem Recife PE 51020-290 BRASIL PY7ZY/7 - Jemesson Faria, Rua Dalia 228 Ap 401, Boa Viagem Recife PE 51020-290 BRASIL PY7ZZ/7 - Fred Souto Maior, Rua Almeida Belo 241 Apt 302, Bairro Novo - Olinda PE 53030-030, BRASIL UA0FM - Coly, P.O. Box 37, Vladimir, Zip 600000, RUSSIA QSL cards recently received direct: 5R8GC, C94AI, EP2MKO, FO5QG, JT1FBB, JT1X, JU60MTZ, KH2D, KH4/W4ZYV, NO7F/KL7 (NA-059), PJ8/W8EB, PZ5JR QSL cards recently received via the bureau: DF5WA/6Y5, KG4TO, OX3FV _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: AC0X, DK9IP, KH6BZF REPORTS, LA7XK, N2TN, N1SP, NOAA, RA0FF, W1JR, WA2VUY, WB4KTC, YB1AQS _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), or $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United States. _____________________________________________________________________ Copyright _ 1998 by Bernie McClenny _____________________________________________________________________ THE DAILY DX _ is published Monday through Friday by Bernie McClenny, W3UR, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, MD 21738 USA. This e-mail message and its contents have a copyright and are proprietary products of THE DAILY DX _. Any unauthorized use, reproduction, or transfer of the message or its content, in any medium, is strictly prohibited. For permission to quote, reprint or repost this e-mail send a request to THE DAILY DX _ include date, volume and issue number. Check out THE DAILY DX _ homepage http://www.dailydx.com or for additional information you may phone THE DAILY DX _ at 301-854-5650 or fax at 301-854-5105. Remember to tell all your DX friends about THE DAILY DX.

. ======================== *** The Daily DX _ *** ======================== Volume 2 Number 228 December 17, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ DX News _____________________________________________________________________ Atsuo, 5W1SA, reports that Ron Wright, ZL1AMO, did leave by boat for Tokelau on the evening of 15 December. Ron should be on the air today with his IC-706 and multi-band ground plane. Because of weight be was unable to take his amplifier. RTTY equipment has been taken on this trip. Look for Ron to be active until 3 or 4 January. No call was mentioned, however he might use ZK3RW. QSL via ZL1AMO. Martin, VE3MR, is now active from Aruba as P49M and will be their until 20 April, 1999. Look for him to be mostly on 12 and 17 meters SSB. QSL via VE3MR. The HC DX Group plans to operate from Snow White Volcano Cotopaxi, worlds highest inactive volcano, from 11:00Z on 19 December to 15:00Z on 20 December. Ten operators will be active on 10, 15, 20 and 40 meters using special call sign HD6DX. QSL via HC6DC. Mark, EL2WW/ON4WW, has returned to Belgium for the holidays and will go back to Monrovia in January. He will stay in Liberia for several months. QSL via ON5NT. Currently there are now three sets of call signs coming out of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The only ones that count for DXCC and CQ Contests are T9. Stations with prefixes 4N4, 4O4, YT4, YU4 and YZ4 are located in the Serb controlled areas and do not count for DXCC and CQ Contests. Likewise the 9A11 prefix is being used for stations in Croat controlled parts of Bosnia and Herzegovina. _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 4S7EA - SRI LANKA - Ernest was active on 1827 between 20:40 and 21:50Z. 5N3CPR - NIGERIA - JA's found Bogdan on 14027 from 20:30 to 21:00Z. A35VR - TONGA - Was working East Coast US stations on 7002 at 09:00Z. QSL via WA2NHA. A45XR - OMAN - Chris made a surprise appearance on 160 meters around 23:00Z until 00:00Z. AL7R - ALASKA - Europeans reported working Brent on 1825 from 19:50 to 22:00Z. FO0EEN - AUSTRAL ISLANDS - Einar, LA1EE, started off on 7002

around 10:20Z. He was later found on 3503 just prior to 12:00Z. QSL direct to LA1EE. FT5ZH - AMSTERDAM ISLAND - With just one week to go Eric and Mehdi continue to knock down the pileups for this much needed entity. Wednesdays activities were as follows: GMT Frequencies GMT Frequencies --- ----------- --- ----------- 00 10103 14195 15 10120 14081 21295 01 14080 14195 14240 16 10120 14195 18145 02 14005 14240 17 14195 18145 03 14005 14080 18 10105 04 14080 19 10105 11 18145 20 7075 10105 12 18070 21290 21 7017 13 14195 21295 23 10103 14 21295 JL1KFR/JD1 - MINAMI TORISHIMA - Ryo was very busy yesterday. He was reported as follows: GMT Frequencies GMT Frequencies --- ----------- --- ----------- 09 10103 21 7002 10 7003 22 7002 11 3503 23 24893 12 1910 KL7XX - ALASKA - Bill was working Europeans on 160 meters CW between 05:00 and 06:00 and from 18:00 to 20:00Z. LZ0A - SOUTH SHETLANDS - JA's found Dany on 14195 from 10:30 to 11:30Z. QSL via LZ1KDP. T30CT - WEST KIRIBATI - Europeans should check for Karl on the bottom of the 20 meter CW band between 06:00 to 09:00Z. QSL via DL2MDZ. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AS-013 8Q7IK 21251 1253 EU-029 OZ1ENH 14079 1533 AS-045 HL5FUA 21254 2310 NA-027 CJ1TX 14260 1728 AS-079 JA5CKD/6 14010 1111 NA-057 W7TSQ/HR6 28425 1355 EU-001 SV5BYR 24949 1531 NA-059 AK1L 28460 1303 The scheduled Rowley Shoals (VK9) IOTA DXpedition has secured one more day. The operation will take place from 12 to 26 September, 1999. This should be a new IOTA. Donations may be sent to I1HYW. For more information check out the following web site. http://www.425dxn.org/dxped/vk6lc/vk6lc_i.html Dick, K2ZR, plans to activate Key West (NA-062) from 13 January to 15 April. Look for K2ZR/4 mostly on CW. QSL via K2ZR.

IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- -------------- 17-Dec 20-Dec 8Q 8Q7IK 2-224 17-Dec 16-Jan 9M6 9M6CT 2-191 17-Dec 30-Dec FO/A FO0EEN 2-227 17-Dec 31-Jan FT5W FT5WH by F5AGL 2-181 17-Dec 23-Dec FT5Z FT5ZH by F5PFP F5SIH 2-147 2-96 17-Dec 7-Jan JD1/M JL1KFR/JD1 2-226 17-Dec 20-Dec KP2 KP2AD 2-217 17-Dec 28-Dec PJ9 PJ9/PA0VDV 2-206 17-Dec 25-Dec T30 T30CT 2-226 17-Dec 17-Dec T8 T88II 2-182 2-28 17-Dec 21-Dec VP5 VP5/AA4US 2-219 17-Dec 21-Dec VP9 VP9/AA1AC 2-221 17-Dec 20-Dec Z2 Z21/ZS6PDX 2-219 17-Dec 7-Jan ZK3 ZK3 by ZL1AMO 2-223 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The sunspot number for December 15, 1998 was 108. The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado, for December 16, 1998, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 16-Dec-1998 21 141 10 2 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 16-Dec-1998 18 142 5 3 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 16-Dec-1998 15 142 5 1 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 16-Dec-1998 12 142 5 3 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 16-Dec-1998 09 142 5 3 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 16-Dec-1998 06 142 5 2 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 16-Dec-1998 03 142 5 3 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 16-Dec-1998 00 142 5 2 Low/Quiet;Low/Quiet-Unsettled The forecast for Thursday, 17 December: solar flux 135, A index 10, K index 2. Thursday should be High Normal. The forecast for Friday, 18 December: solar flux 132, A index 10, K index 2. Friday should be High Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 4L1DX OZ1HPS BY4BNS BD4EE FO0EEN LA1EE 5H3ES DF9SU C6AKL N8ZJN T97M K2PF 5N9CEN IV3VBM CO8LY EA7ADH TZ6JA JA3EMU 6W4RK F5NPS EK88L IK2DUW YT800FG YU0SRJ

JL1KFR - Ryoichi Tojo, 1-102-5-37, Taeu Miyazaki 2 Chome, Chuo-ku, Chiba 260-0806, JAPAN QSL cards recently received direct: 5W0BF, CE0ZIS, JL1KFR/JD1, R1ANF (1 yr), V51AE _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 425 DX News, DL2MIH, DX News Sheet, KH6BZF REPORTS, N3NT, N5CQ, NOAA, OPDX, W4ABW _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), or $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United States. _____________________________________________________________________ Copyright _ 1998 by Bernie McClenny _____________________________________________________________________ THE DAILY DX _ is published Monday through Friday by Bernie McClenny, W3UR, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, MD 21738 USA. This e-mail message and its contents have a copyright and are proprietary products of THE DAILY DX _. Any unauthorized use, reproduction, or transfer of the message or its content, in any medium, is strictly prohibited. For permission to quote, reprint or repost this e-mail send a request to THE DAILY DX _ include date, volume and issue number. Check out THE DAILY DX _ homepage http://www.dailydx.com or for additional information you may phone THE DAILY DX _ at 301-854-5650 or fax at 301-854-5105. Remember to tell all your DX friends about THE DAILY DX.

. ======================== *** The Daily DX _ *** ======================== Volume 2 Number 229 December 18, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ DX News _____________________________________________________________________ Gilles, F5AGL, left Saint-Denis, Reunion Island on 4 December aboard the famous Marion Dufresne headed for Crozet Island. His arrival date was not mentioned however he is now there and hopes to be on the air by Christmas (25 December) as FT5WH. It seems as if this will be a SSB operation only as the following are suggested frequencies: 3790, 7090, 14190, 21190. The exact departure date is not known at this time but will be sometime in January. QSL FT5WH via F6KDF, Gendarmerie de Bron, Radio Club F6KDF, QSL FT5WH, 292 route de Genas, 69677 Bron, FRANCE. The ARRL DX Bulletin reports Mel, W8MV plans to operate from Martinique as FM/W8MV from 21 to 30 December. Look for him to be active on 6 through 160 meters, mostly CW. QSL via W8MV. Pekka, OH1RY, and Jaakko, OH1MA, will be active from Fiji as 3D2RY and 3D2MA from 30 December to 6 January. Next the two will go to the Marquesas Islands to operate FO0KOL (Pekka) and FO0SIL (Jaakko) from 7 to 13 January. The Lyon DX Gang reports FT5ZJ, Amsterdam Island, FT5YG, Terre Adlie, Antarctica will begin from January onwards. No mention of length for FT5ZJ was mentioned. FT5YG will be on for one year. From March onwards look for Helios, FT5XN. Frank Smith, AH0W, from the Midway-Kure DX Foundation, says that the upcoming DXpedition to Rodriguez Island is now planned for the first of April, 1999. This will be a multi-national DXpedition with operators from 5 countries. They will be active on all bands and modes. Full details will be released in the near future. _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 5N0/OK1AUT - NIGERIA - David started off on 1820 around 23:30Z. Around 02:00Z he moved up to 1821 and was working all across the US, mostly W6 and W7. QSL via OK1AUT. A22EW - BOTSWANA - Said showed up on 21315 just before 18:00Z. CN8NK - MORROCO - Was found on RTTY on 14085 just before 08:00Z. Then moved to 21085 just prior to 09:00Z. FO5BI - FRENCH POLYNESIA - Bob was working the West Coast of the US on 1835 at 05:00Z.

JD1BIA - OGASAWARA - Showed up on 3795 around 08:20Z. T88II - BELAU - Went QRT just after 00:00Z today. QSL via KJ9I. VQ9QM - DIEGO GARCIA - Dale was reported on 3508 around 22:30Z. QSL via W4QM. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AS-053 HS0/IK4MRH 7045 2059 EU-131 IK3PQH 14086 1602 EU-013 GJ0VJP 14260 1541 EU-136 9A6DCR 7066 1033 EU-023 9H4CM 14180 0948 NA-055 AK1L 28457 1413 EU-033 LA8RU 14260 2220 OC-149 H44NC 14259 0658 EU-033 LA8RU 14260 2220 OC-006 VK7JR 14190 0416 Rony, PS7AB, reports that ZY7FO will be active from Itamaraca Island (SA-046) from 16 to 18 January, 1999. Plans are to be active on 10 through 80 meters CW and SSB. Check the IOTA frequencies and the Brazil DX Net. QSL via PR7RT, Guelfo Jorge Poltronieri, P.O. Box 008, 58001-970 - Joao Pessoa - PB, BRAZIL. IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- -------------- 18-Dec 20-Dec 8Q 8Q7IK 2-224 18-Dec 16-Jan 9M6 9M6CT 2-191 18-Dec 30-Dec FO/A FO0EEN 2-227 18-Dec 20-Dec FR TO150 2-157 18-Dec 31-Jan FT5W FT5WH by F5AGL 2-181 18-Dec 23-Dec FT5Z FT5ZH by F5PFP F5SIH 2-147 2-96 18-Dec 7-Jan JD1/M JL1KFR/JD1 2-226 18-Dec 20-Dec KP2 KP2AD 2-217 18-Dec 20-Dec LU LU1DK/D LU5DV/D (SA-021) 2-221 18-Dec 28-Dec PJ9 PJ9/PA0VDV 2-206 18-Dec 25-Dec T30 T30CT 2-226 18-Dec 21-Dec VP5 VP5/AA4US 2-219 18-Dec 21-Dec VP9 VP9/AA1AC 2-221 18-Dec 20-Dec Z2 Z21/ZS6PDX 2-219 18-Dec 4-Jan ZK3 ZK3 by ZL1AMO 2-228 2-223 19-Dec 22-Dec T8 T88HM T88TN 2-224 20-Dec 2-Jan KH4 NH4/NH6YK 2-193 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The sunspot number for December 16, 1998 was 118.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado, for December 17, 1998, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 17-Dec-1998 21 146 1 0 Mod/Quiet;Low/Quiet 17-Dec-1998 18 141 9 1 Mod/Quiet;Low/Quiet 17-Dec-1998 15 141 9 0 Mod/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 17-Dec-1998 12 141 9 0 Mod/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 17-Dec-1998 09 141 9 1 Mod/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 17-Dec-1998 06 141 9 0 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 17-Dec-1998 03 141 9 0 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 17-Dec-1998 00 141 9 0 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Unsettled The forecast for Friday, 18 December: solar flux 135, A index 8, K index 2. Friday should be High Normal. The forecast for Saturday, December: solar flux 135, A index 8, K index 2. Saturday should be High Normal. The forecast for Sunday, December: solar flux 130, A index 8, K index 3. Sunday should be High Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 9A11ELS 9A2AA HS0ZAA KM1R UN9PQ IK2QPR 9J2BO W6ORD JY9QJ DL5MBY VP2EY HB9SL 9K2GS W6YJ R1ANL UA6AH VU2JPS VK9NS AA1AC/VP9 AA1AC T88II KJ9I Z2/ZS6PDX ZS6RVG EX8F DL8FCU Doug, N6RT reports he received the color picture QSLs from the printer for the October 1998 operation from Guadeloupe. QSL requests for FG/N6RT, FG/W6KK, FG/K6RO, FG/N6ED, FG/N6RV, FG/W6SR, and FG5BG (for the 1998 CQWW SSB contest ONLY - via K6RO) will be answered shortly. A log search and twelve pictures from the DXpedition (including a picture of the QSL card) can be found at http://members.home.com/dab/n6rt.html. QSL cards recently received direct: A25/W0YG, BI5P _____________________________________________________________________ On the WWW _____________________________________________________________________ The upcoming DXpedition (Vol. 2 No. 225 & 227) to 3D2 and T2 by the German group now has a web site at http://wwwiti.cs.uni-magdeburg.de/~hoeding/hamradio/3d2_main.html They hope to have logs and future announcements there. Logs for 6D2X, BQ9P & HC8N can be found at the following URL's. http://www.kkn.net/~bq9p/ http://www.kkn.net/~6d2x/ http://www.kkn.net/~hc8n/ _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________

Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: ARRL DX Bulletin, K3KY, K5TR, KH6BZF REPORTS, N2TN, N6RT, NOAA, ON5NT, PS7AB, YB1AQS, _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), or $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United States. _____________________________________________________________________ Copyright _ 1998 by Bernie McClenny _____________________________________________________________________ THE DAILY DX _ is published Monday through Friday by Bernie McClenny, W3UR, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, MD 21738 USA. This e-mail message and its contents have a copyright and are proprietary products of THE DAILY DX _. Any unauthorized use, reproduction, or transfer of the message or its content, in any medium, is strictly prohibited. For permission to quote, reprint or repost this e-mail send a request to THE DAILY DX _ include date, volume and issue number. Check out THE DAILY DX _ homepage http://www.dailydx.com or for additional information you may phone THE DAILY DX _ at 301-854-5650 or fax at 301-854-5105. Remember to tell all your DX friends about THE DAILY DX.

. ======================== *** The Daily DX _ *** ======================== Volume 2 Number 230 December 21, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ DX News _____________________________________________________________________ Jon, 3DA0CA, reports that he will be on holiday/retreat with his family in Mozambique from 27 December, 1998 to 8 January, 1999. He will take his FT-990 and a 40/17 meter dipole, so look for him to be active as C91CO/P on 10 through 40 meters only for this trip. Look for him to start up about 02:30Z on 40 meters then moving up to 30 and 20 meters until about 04:30Z. Also he plans to be active as early as 18:00Z on 10 meters and will move down the bands (12, 15, 17, 20, 30, 40). This will be a mostly CW operation with some SSB. Suggested frequencies are 7005, 10101, 14025, 18085, 21025, 24905 and 28025. Due to the fact his family is with him for this trip he will not be able to put in the time for the low bands. His license is good through 2,002 and he plans to go back to operate the low bands. QSL via W4DR. F5JDG and F6BDS will be active from Uganda until 25 December as 5X1MA and 5X1LG. Although they are there to work they will be active on 10, 15, 20 and 40 meters with 100 watts and dipoles. The German DXpedition (Vol. 2 No. 225 & 227) to Fiji Island has been assigned 3D2DK. They will be know their call sign for Tuvalu upon arrival. QSL via DK7YY. World traveler Gerard, F2JD, is currently active for the next year or two from Colombia as HK3/G0SHN. QSL via F6AJA. Alain, F2HE, will be active from French Polynesia and the Marquesas Islands between May and July of next year. Look for him to be on from several different islands. _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 3A2MD - MONACO - West Coast DXers found Laura on 21032 on Sunday between 15:00 and 16:00Z. 4S7EA - SRI LANKA - Ernest plans to be active daily on 1828 listening up 2-3 starting at 22:00Z. On Saturdays and Sundays he will get on at 21:00Z to work JA's. 4U1UN - UNITED NATIONS - At least two stations were on the air at the same time on Saturday. The operators were active on 10, 17, 20, 30, 80 and 160 meters on CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL via W6TER. A35VR - TONGA - Check for Lee on 30 meters CW between 08:00 and 10:00Z. QSL via WA2NHA.

ET3BN - ETHIOPIA - Peter was on 20 meter RTTY on Sunday at 15:00 and 17:00Z. FO0EEN - AUSTRAL ISLANDS - Einar has been active on 15, 30, 40 and 80 meters. Mostly on CW with some SSB. QSL via LA1EE. FT5ZH - AMSTERDAM ISLAND - If you have not worked them yet you better hurry as they plan to leave the island on Wednesday. Today they will take down the 6 and 10 meter antennas. Tuesday the 12, 17 and 20 meter antennas will be removed. By Wednesday all antennas will be ready to load on the ship. QSL via F6KDF. JD1BIA - OGASAWARA - Europeans reported working him on Sunday at 08:00Z on 21275. JW5NM - SVALBARD - Good conditions to Europe and North America on 160 meters on Friday from 04:30 to 07:00Z. T30CT - WEST KIRIBATI - Europeans should look for Karl on the low end of the 20 meter CW band or 14260 from 04:00 to 08:00Z. After Christmas he plans to QSY to Banaba to operate T33VU. QSL via DL2MDZ. T88 - BELAU - T88HM and T88TN were working Europe on 12 meters CW at 08:00Z and on 30 meters CW from 16:00 to 18:00Z. TJ2US - CAMEROON - Mark made a surprise visit to 28084 on RTTY at 10:30Z on Sunday. QSL via NW8F. UA0YM - ASIATIC RUSSIA - Vic is located in CQ Zone 23 and has been showing up between 01:00 and 03:00Z in the bottom 10 Khz of the 20 meter CW band. YK1AO - SYRIA - Omar was active on 15 meter RTTY on Friday and Saturday at 12:00Z. YN1 - NICARAGUA - Carlos, YN1/TI2CF, and Willy, YN1/TI2WGO have been active on 10 through 80 meters CW and SSB. Length of stay is unknown. They do not have 160 meters. ZC6B - PALESTINE - Not a new Entity yet. Sami was on 28405 around 09:00Z on Saturday. ZK3RW - TOKELAU - Ron started up on Saturday. So far he has been reported on 10, 12, 15 and 20 meters CW and SSB. No RTTY reports as of yet. QSL via ZL1AMO. ZS7B - ANTARCTICA - Bud, ZS1B, was reported on 14190 at 02:00Z on Saturday. QSL via ZS1B. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AS-018 RA0FA 24944 2323 NA-072 3E1DX 14260 1946 EU-009 GM0HTT 28465 1241 NA-141 KF9YL 14260 2325 EU-029 OZ1SDB 14222 1517 OC-042 DU4DX 21288 2329 EU-037 SM7DLZ 7006 0555 OC-152 FO0EEN 7003 0636 NA-002 VP5/AA4US 28475 1704 SA-021 LU1DK/D 14262 0548 NA-005 AA1AC/VP9 14260 0033 SA-021 LU4DA/D 14260 1047 NA-051 VE7QCR 14262 0954 SA-021 LU5DV/D 28460 1451 NA-055 AK1L 28462 1435 SA-021 LU7DP/D 14260 0357 NA-069 K2OLG/M 28458 1555 SA-026 PP5OW 18127 0004 IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- -------------- 21-Dec 21-Dec VP5 VP5/AA4US 2-219 21-Dec 21-Dec VP9 VP9/AA1AC 2-221 21-Dec 22-Dec T8 T88HM T88TN 2-224 21-Dec 23-Dec FT5Z FT5ZH by F5PFP F5SIH 2-147 2-96 21-Dec 25-Dec T30 T30CT 2-226 21-Dec 28-Dec PJ9 PJ9/PA0VDV 2-206 21-Dec 30-Dec FM FM/W8MV 2-229 21-Dec 30-Dec FO/A FO0EEN 2-227 21-Dec 2-Jan KH4 NH4/NH6YK 2-193 21-Dec 4-Jan ZK3 ZK3RW 2-228 2-223 21-Dec 7-Jan JD1/M JL1KFR/JD1 2-226 21-Dec 16-Jan 9M6 9M6CT 2-191 21-Dec 31-Jan FT5W FT5WH by F5AGL 2-229 2-181 21-Dec 31-Jan S2 S21YP 2-226 22-Dec 13-Jan 8Q 8Q7LE 2-223 2-212 22-Dec 28-Dec PY0F PY0FT 2-225 23-Dec KP2 by WB9Z 2-223 24-Dec 1-Jan FG by F5NZO F5SSM 2-223 24-Dec 1-Jan 3D2 by German Group 2-227 2-225 26-Dec 2-Jan VK9Y VK9CL 2-205 26-Dec 12-Jan VP8 VP8CRB on line logs NO4J 2-147 26-Dec T33 T33VU 2-226 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The sunspot number for December 19, 1998 was 88. The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado, for December 20, 1998, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 20-Dec-1998 21 135 11 1 Mod/Quiet-Unsettled/Low-Mod/Quiet-Active 20-Dec-1998 18 138 3 3 Mod/Quiet-Unsettled/Low-Mod/Quiet-Active 20-Dec-1998 15 138 3 3 Mod/Quiet-Unsettled/Low-Mod/Quiet-Active 20-Dec-1998 12 138 3 3 Mod/Quiet-Unsettled/Low-Mod/Quiet-Unsettled 20-Dec-1998 09 138 3 3 Mod/Quiet-Unsettled/Low-Mod/Quiet-Unsettled 20-Dec-1998 06 138 3 3 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unsettled

20-Dec-1998 03 138 3 2 Low/Quiet;Low-Moderate/Quiet-Unsettled 20-Dec-1998 00 138 3 2 Low/Quiet;Low-Moderate/Quiet-Unsettled The forecast for Monday, 21 December: solar flux 130, A index 18, K index 3. Monday should be Low Normal. The forecast for Tuesday, 22 December: solar flux 128, A index 25, K index 4. Tuesday should be Low Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 3C1GS EA5BYP EF1IAT EC1BXI NH6U JJ2FIJ 3W6LI K2WE EG3TVC EA3EM OD5PN LX1NO 4K80ADR 4J9RI GB100EGL GW0ANA ON50ZLZ ON7ZT 5N3BHF OE6LAG GB100SFL GW0ANA P49M VE3MR 5Z4RL G0IAS HD6DX HC6DC T88HM JF1OCQ C30AA IK1MAR HK3/G0SHN F6AJA T88TN JA0QBY CE3/NE4Z AJ4Y HS1RU JG3AVS TF8GX K1WY CE3WYI JA6BDB JW5NM LA5NM TJ2US NW8F CF3MM VE3CKF KC4AAA NC6J TM0T F5MOO CG8XN/P VE3XN KH8/N5OLS N5JA UA0YAY IK2QPR CM8VP HI3K LU1DK/D LU5EWO YN1/TI2CF W3HNK D3SAF I3LLH LU4DA/D LU5EWO YN1/TI2WGO TI0RC E21CJN W3PP LU5DV/D LU5EWO Z32XX NN6C ED1NNO EA1FFE LU7DP/D LU5EWO ZK3RW ZL1AMO ED5XAD EA5OL LX9UN LX1NJ ZS7B ZS1B ED8XAD EA8AKN LY62CX LY2CX QSL cards recently received direct: 3V8BB, A25/W0YG, JY5SK, P29BW, TJ2RSF, VO2WL, VP2VF _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 3DA0CA, K3SWZ, K6SSS, KH6BZF REPORTS, LNDX, N4PQX, N4VRR, N5CQ, NOAA, VE3IRF, YB1AQS _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), or $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United States. _____________________________________________________________________ Copyright _ 1998 by Bernie McClenny _____________________________________________________________________ THE DAILY DX _ is published Monday through Friday by Bernie McClenny, W3UR, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, MD 21738 USA. This e-mail message and its contents have a copyright and are proprietary products of THE DAILY DX _. Any unauthorized use, reproduction, or transfer of the message or its content, in any medium, is strictly prohibited. For permission to quote, reprint or repost this e-mail send a request to THE DAILY DX _ include date, volume and issue number. Check out THE

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. ======================== *** The Daily DX _ *** ======================== Volume 2 Number 231 December 22, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ DX News _____________________________________________________________________ Volkmar, DF2SS, will be active from the rare island of Montserrat as VP2MHJ until 8 January. He will use a 100 watt rig with a 50 foot vertical for 10 through 160 meters. Look for him on CW, SSB, RTTY and Pactor. Asian stations should look for Volkmar on 20 meters CW from 21:00 to 23:00Z. QSL via DL2MDZ. Eric, F5SIH, and Mehdi, F5PFP, went QRT from Amsterdam Island as FT5ZH around 18:10Z on Monday. They made over 32,000 QSOs. QSL via F6KDF. Mamtaz, S21J, is currently of the air as she is with her husband Saif, S21A, and newly licensed 14 year old daughter, S21JA, in California. _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 4S7EA - SRI LANKA - Look for Ernest near 14190 around 01:00Z. 5B4ADA - CYPRUS - Ivo has been showing up around 1824 just after 04:00Z. QSL via 9A2AJ. BA9GA - CHINA - Jiang (YL) can be found on 14022 around 01:00Z. She is located in CQ Zone 23. C33BO - ANDORRA - East Coast DXers were working Archie on 28493 at 13:00Z. FO0EEN - AUSTRAL ISLANDS - Einar remains active on 30, 40 and 80 meters. One of his antennas came down in a storm the night before. Let's hope he gets it back up. JL1KFR/JD1 - MINAMI TORISHIMA - Ryo was working US and JA stations on 10105 from 12:00 to 13:00Z. KC4AAA - ANTARCTICA - This station can be found most days on 14243 from 01:00 to 06:00Z. QSL via NC6J. NH4/NH6YK - MIDWAY - Ted arrived on the island and was found on 28485 at 21:00Z. QSL via NH6YK. ZK3RW - TOKELAU - Ron has not been reported very much. Monday he was found as follows: GMT Frequency GMT Frequency --- --------- --- ---------

05 14025 10 14028 07 7005 22 28029 08 14028 23 28029 09 14028 _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AS-028 UA0QMU 14018 0120 NA-055 AK1L 28015 1322 EU-016 9A2GF 14257 0729 NA-058 KF9YL 14260 1554 EU-136 9A6DCR 7066 1555 OC-059 V63AO 21257 0124 NA-027 CJ1TX 24970 1632 SA-008 LU1XT 14084 0217 NA-051 VE7QCR 14260 1758 SA-021 LU1DK/D 14255 0323 IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- -------------- 22-Dec 25-Dec 5X 5X1MA 5X1LG 2-230 22-Dec 13-Jan 8Q 8Q7LE 2-223 2-212 22-Dec 16-Jan 9M6 9M6CT 2-191 22-Dec 30-Dec FM FM/W8MV 2-229 22-Dec 30-Dec FO/A FO0EEN 2-227 22-Dec 31-Jan FT5W FT5WH by F5AGL 2-229 2-181 22-Dec 7-Jan JD1/M JL1KFR/JD1 2-226 22-Dec 2-Jan KH4 NH4/NH6YK 2-193 22-Dec 28-Dec PJ9 PJ9/PA0VDV 2-206 22-Dec 28-Dec PY0F PY0FT 2-225 22-Dec 31-Jan S2 S21YP 2-226 22-Dec 25-Dec T30 T30CT 2-226 22-Dec 22-Dec T8 T88HM T88TN 2-224 22-Dec 4-Jan ZK3 ZK3RW 2-228 2-223 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The sunspot number for December 20, 1998 was 98. The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado, for December 21, 1998, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 21-Dec-1998 21 135 3 1 Low/Quiet;Low-Mod/Quiet-Active 21-Dec-1998 18 135 11 1 Low/Quiet;Low-Mod/Quiet-Active 21-Dec-1998 15 135 11 1 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low-Mod/Quiet-Active 21-Dec-1998 12 135 11 1 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low-Mod/Quiet-Active 21-Dec-1998 09 135 11 0 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low-Mod/Quiet-Active 21-Dec-1998 06 135 11 1 Mod/Quiet-Unsettled;Low-Mod/Quiet-Active 21-Dec-1998 03 135 11 1 Mod/Quiet-Unsettled;Low-Mod/Quiet-Active 21-Dec-1998 00 135 11 1 Mod/Quiet-Unsettled;Low-Mod/Quiet-Active

The forecast for Tuesday, 22 December: solar flux 128, A index 25, K index 4. Tuesday should be Low Normal. The forecast for Wednesday, 23 December: solar flux 129, A index 9, K index 2. Wednesday should be High Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 5H3ES DF9SU A61AJ W3UR CP4BT DL9OT 5V7FA F6FNU A61AN WA2JUN NH4/NH6YK NH6YK 8Q7LE G0ULN A61AO N1DG T30CT DL2MDZ 9G5MG WK6O A61AP IK7JTF T95A K2PF 9M2/JF4WPQ JF4WPQ A61AQ N1DG UN7LG KU9C 9M6CT HS0/G4JMB A61AS YO3FRI VP2MHJ DF2SS A61AC ON7LX QSL cards recently received direct: 9G5VJ, A61AJ, C6A/KI6T, E30HA, HK6KKK, PJ5JR, TF8GX, VE3EJ _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: AA3KX, F5CCO, F5NOD, K2YOF, KH6BZF Reports, N2JTX, N7OJ, NOAA, W3IZ, W4ZV _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), or $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United States. _____________________________________________________________________ Copyright _ 1998 by Bernie McClenny _____________________________________________________________________ THE DAILY DX _ is published Monday through Friday by Bernie McClenny, W3UR, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, MD 21738 USA. This e-mail message and its contents have a copyright and are proprietary products of THE DAILY DX _. Any unauthorized use, reproduction, or transfer of the message or its content, in any medium, is strictly prohibited. For permission to quote, reprint or repost this e-mail send a request to THE DAILY DX _ include date, volume and issue number. Check out THE DAILY DX _ homepage http://www.dailydx.com or for additional information you may phone THE DAILY DX _ at 301-854-5650 or fax at 301-854-5105. Remember to tell all your DX friends about THE DAILY DX.

. ======================== *** The Daily DX _ *** ======================== Volume 2 Number 232 December 23, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ DX News _____________________________________________________________________ Laurence, GM4DMA, plans to be active from Patagonia, Chile from 5 to 24 January. He will have all HF bands and 6 meters using CW and SSB. QSL via GM4DMA. The DX News Letter reports that Bernhard, DL2GAC, now intends to operate as H44MS from Pigeon Island (OC-065), Temotu Islands between 23 January and April. DK9FN will be accompanying him on CW until the beginning of February. QSL via bureau to DL2GAC. (ed. Let's hope they use the newly assigned H40 prefix which was set up by the first group that went in March.) Bernard is currently in India as signing VU2BMS until 13 January. The DX News Letter also reported that Karl, DL1VU, will end his T30CT operation on 27 December and will head to Banaba where he will operate as T33VU. He will remain there throughout January. A team of five Amateurs plan to operate from Swaziland from 26 December to 3 January. Operators include Chris, ZS6EZ, Vidi, ZS6AL, Hester (YL), ZS6ESU, Rudi, V51VE, and Katrin (YL), V51KV. Suggested frequencies to look for 3DA6Z are as follows: CW - 1827.5, 3504, 7024, 10104, 18074, 24894, 50110 RTTY - 14084, 21084, 28084 SSB - 7044, 18144, 24944, 50110. Dave, KJ9I, reports the recent T88II operation from Belau netted some 13,500 QSOs. On 160 meters they worked 455 QSOs. Photo QSL cards have been ordered and should be available in late January, 1999. QSL via KJ9I. Sven, OX3SA, has recently been active on 160 meters. QSL via OY3SL. Gerd, DL7VOG, will be operate from Jamaica between 27 December and 8 January. Look for him on 10 through 80 meters CW and RTTY. Effective 21 January, 1999 the Brazil DX Net will meet from 12:00 to 14:00Z on Saturdays and Sundays on 28430. This is the 10th anniversary of the net. Look for N1KS/VP9 to be on the air from Bermuda between 27 December and 1 January. QSL via JA1FUI. _____________________________________________________________________

QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 3D2AG - ROTUMA ISLAND - Antone remains active mostly working JA's near the end of the day. 5A1A - LIBYA - Abubaker is now active on 40 meters as he was working European, JA and East Coast US stations between 19:30 and 22:00Z. 5W1SA - SAMOA - Japanese DXers reported Atsuo was on 7006 at 07:30 and on 3505 at 09:30Z. QSL via JH7OHF. 9H1AL - MALTA - Albert was working Europe and Japan from 22:40 to 23:30Z on 10108. AH8LG - AMERICAN SAMOA - Larry showed up on 20 meter RTTY at 17:00 and 18:00Z working Europeans. D44BC - CAPE VERDE ISLANDS - Julio came up on 28503 just before 19:00Z. EA9IE - CEUTA - Stations all across the US were working Juan on 3797 around 06:00Z. Keep an ear out for him here. FO0EEN - AUSTRAL ISLANDS - From 10:40 to 12:00Z Einar was on 10103. QSL via LA1EE. HR1LW - HONDURAS - Made a surprise visit to 160 meters CW on Tuesday just prior to 11:30Z. K9AW/DU6 - PHILIPPINES - Europeans reported working Gary on 24902 at 10:00Z and on 18078 at 12:00Z. QSL via WF5T. PY0FT - FERNANDO DE NORONHA - Iwao showed up on 14145 around 07:00Z working JA's. QSL via JA1ELY. PZ1AP - SURINAM - Arnold was working Europe and Japan on 10103 just before 21:00Z. VP2MHJ - MONTSERRAT - Fred has been active on all bands on CW, SSB and RTTY. If you have not worked this DXCC Entity now would be the time as not many people get on the air from this one any more. QSL via DL2MDZ. ZK3RW - TOKELAU - Ron is becoming more active now. Tuesday's activities were as follows: GMT Frequencies GMT Frequencies --- ----------- --- ----------- 00 28029 24895 09 14084 03 14025 10 14026 06 14026 21 21025 08 14083 Ron also was on RTTY on 21079 at 02:00Z today. QSL via ZL1AMO. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA

_____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AS-018 UA0FDX 7010 1138 NA-029 VY2OX 28463 1540 AS-028 UA0QMU 10110 1617 NA-055 AK1L 28018 1355 EU-020 SM1TDE 21263 1139 OC-137 VK4EMS/P 14260 0712 Masa, JE1DXC, plans to be on from Tsushima Island (AS-036) as JE1DXC/6 from 24 to 30 December. Look for him mostly on CW with some SSB. QSL via JE1DXC. IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- -------------- 23-Dec 25-Dec 5X 5X1MA 5X1LG 2-230 23-Dec 13-Jan 8Q 8Q7LE 2-223 2-212 23-Dec 16-Jan 9M6 9M6CT 2-191 23-Dec 30-Dec FM FM/W8MV 2-229 23-Dec 30-Dec FO/A FO0EEN 2-227 23-Dec 31-Jan FT5W FT5WH by F5AGL 2-229 2-181 23-Dec 7-Jan JD1/M JL1KFR/JD1 2-226 23-Dec 2-Jan KH4 NH4/NH6YK 2-193 23-Dec 28-Dec PJ9 PJ9/PA0VDV 2-206 23-Dec 28-Dec PY0F PY0FT 2-225 23-Dec 31-Jan S2 S21YP 2-226 23-Dec 25-Dec T30 T30CT 2-226 23-Dec 8-Jan VP2M VP2MHJ 2-231 23-Dec 4-Jan ZK3 ZK3RW 2-228 2-223 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The sunspot number for December 21, 1998 was 72. The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado, for December 22, 1998, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 22-Dec-1998 21 129 4 2 Low/Quiet;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 22-Dec-1998 18 135 2 1 Low/Quiet;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 22-Dec-1998 15 135 2 1 Low/Quiet;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 22-Dec-1998 09 135 2 2 Low/Quiet;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unsettled 22-Dec-1998 06 135 2 1 Low/Quiet;Low-Mod/Unsettled-Active 22-Dec-1998 03 135 2 1 Low/Quiet;Low-Mod/Unsettled-Active 22-Dec-1998 00 135 2 1 Low/Quiet;Low-Mod/Quiet-Active The forecast for Wednesday, 23 December: solar flux 135, A index 9, K index 2. Wednesday should be High Normal. The forecast for Thursday, 24 December: solar flux 138, A index 9, K index 2. Thursday should be High Normal.

_____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ The following QSL cards were recently received and information was taken directly from the cards listed below: 3B8GF Patrick Randamy, Allee Brillant, Vacoas, MAURITIUS 4F3FVA Fidel V. Aragones, 405 Narra Street, El Rosario Village, Mabiga, Mabalacat, Pampanga 2010, PHILIPPINES 4F9EAQ Eric Jose S. Rudinas, Blk. 31 Lot 30 Xavier Heights, Upper Balulang, 9000 Cagayan de Oro, PHILIPPINES 5H3CC via IN3ATM 5H3GU Gunnar Mathisen, P. O. Box 6643, Dar es Salaam, TANZANIA 5J9A via HJ3PXA 5N9CEN via IV3VBM 5R8GC via DJ6SI 5V7FA via F6FNU 5V7MF via KC7V 5V7ZM via G3ZEM 5W0BF via DL2BFH 5W1SA via JH7OHF 5X1M via ON5NT 5X1T via ON5NT 6W1AE Radio Club du 23e Bataillon d'Infanterie de Marine, B. P. 3013, Dakar, SENEGAL 6Y5WW William Reynolds, 4 Swallowfield Way, Gordon Pen P. A., Spanish Town, St. Catherine, JAMAICA 9A0C via 9A2KL 9A0CW via 9A2WJ 9A0HQ via 9A2WJ 9H3II via DL4VCR 9K2/SP5UAM via SP5PBE 9K2/SQ5DAK Zbyszek Nawrocki, P. O. Box 7058, 32 091 Hawally, KUWAIT AH2CR via JL6GFP BI5P via W3HC BV9AYA via BV2KI CO0RCT via CO8ZZ CT3KN Ricardo Martins, Estr. Monumental, Edificio Varanda Lido 6-C, P-9000 Funchal, Madeira, PORTUGAL CU3DI Pedro Pereira, P. O. Box 140, P-9702 Angra do Heroismo, Terceira, Acores, PORTUGAL CX3HU Jose, P. O. Box 1, 65100 Young, Rio Negro, URUGUAY D68BD via DJ6SI DS1DHP Seung Kuk Lee, P. O. Box 12, Sihung, Kyunggi-Do 429-010, KOREA DS5XUA Lee Eun Hee, 206-1 Dodong, Ullungeub, Ullunggun, Kyungbuk 799-800, KOREA DU100RG via DU9RG DU1ODD Lloyd Peter Taa, P. O. Box SM 121, Manila 1016, PHILIPPINES GM4DKO/DU3 via GM4LRU DU9RG Robin U. Go, 818 Acacia Avenue, Ayala Alabang Village, Muntinlupa City 1780, PHILIPPINES EM1HO via I2PJA EM1KA via JA2JPA EM1U via JA2JPA EX8ML via W3HNK FP5BZ via F5TJP HL1DH Rim Dong-Yoon, Ju-Gong Apt. 205-705, Sang-Gye 6 Dong 740, Seoul 139-206, KOREA HL2IGU Ahn Kwang-Phil, M. D., 526-2 Gan Seok Dong, Nam Dong Gu,

Inchon 405-230, KOREA HL3ADI Bae Jeong-Ho, P. O. Box 50, Taejon 300-600, KOREA HL4CUY Jung Sam Jo, P. O. Box 272, Kwangju 501-600, KOREA HL5BDD Sang Sun Park, P. O. Box 3, Hapcheon Gun, Kyeongnam 678-800, KOREA HL5FUA Choi Jong Sool, 206-1 Dodong, Ullungeub, Ullunggun, Kyungbuk 799-800, KOREA HL5NXK Hoeng Ryong Lee, P. O. Box 16, Dalseo, Taegu, KOREA HS3CSQ Peerayut Parusuk, 23/37 Moo 7, Sukhumvit 105 Rd., Bangna, Prakranong, Bangkok 10260, THAILAND HS7CMJ Miss Saijai Charoenkitkan, P. O. Box 9, Thamaka, Kanchanaburi 71120, THAILAND HS98AG via HS1CKC HV5PUL Pontificia Universita Lateranense, I-00120 Citta del Vaticano, ITALY IH9/OK5DX via OK1MD IH9/OL5Y via OK1VK II2R via IK2QPK II9ZZ via IT9PKO IO2L via I2OKW IO7G via IK7NXU IQ0A via IK0XBX IQ2L via IK2JYT IR2A via IK2HTW IR3DX via IK3STG IR3R via IK3STG IR7V via IK7VJX IU2D via I2TZK J28BU via F5OYM J43DIG via DJ8OT JD1BIA Yo Takubo, Mikazukiso, Aza-Nishimachi, Chichijima, Ogasawara, Tokyo 100-2101, JAPAN 7K4QFS/JD1 Toshiko Ueno, 2-14-16, Nishisugamo, Toshima-ku, Tokyo 170, JAPAN JG8NQJ/JD1 via JA8CJY JT1X via HA0HW JU1HA via HA0HW JY4CH Haitham B. Al-Sahen, P. O. Box 925253, Amman 11 110, JORDAN LX1KC Kieffer Christian, 121, rue Klensch, L-3250 Bettembourg, LUXEMBOURG LX1NO Norbert Oberweis, 5 Cite Oricher-Hoehl, L-8036 Strassen, LUXEMBOURG LX8A via DL7MAE M7D via G3LZQ NH0E Jose M. Salcedo, Jr., PR 565 Caller Box 10004, Saipan, MP 96950 NH2C via JI3ERV NH2L via JA1BRM OD5SX Nabil Khayat, P. O. Box 180, Tripoli, LEBANON OE2S via OE2XEL OK5H via OK1KHL OL7C via OK1KVK OL7HQ via OK1MD P40HQ via P43ARC R3HQ via RA3AUM S02R via EA2JG S07WW via ON5NT S0A via EA2JG SV1AMH Dimitris Verrios, K. Theotoki 2, GR-111 41 Athens, GREECE SV1DKL Maliakis Efstathios, 346A, Irakliou Ave, GR-142 31 Nea Ionia, Athens, GREECE SV1EMY Korovezis Ioannis, 3 Kerkiras Street, GR-132 31

Petroupoli, GREECE SV2BBJ Letsos Nick, Kallipoleos 4, GR-572 00 Lagadas, GREECE SX2T via SX2THE SX2THE Radio Amateur Union of Northern Greece, P. O. Box 10483, GR-541 10 Thessaloniki, GREECE TA1ZL via RW9WA TG8AST Carlos Sanchez, Apartado Postal 23, Coatepeque, GUATEMALA TG8NAIM Izabel Mena de Sanchez, Apartado Postal 23, Coatepeque, GUATEMALA TG8NASQ Juan Carlos Sanchez Mena, Apartado Postal 23, Coatepeque, GUATEMALA TG8NASK Geovany Sanchez Mena, Apartado Postal 23, Coatepeque, GUATEMALA TM2OO via F5KQN TM4CQ via F6JSZ TM6Z via F6JSZ TU4FF via OH8SR TZ6DX via K4DX US9D via UT4UZ V51CM via WA2JUN V73PU via N6PU V73UB Ben Leon, P. O. Box 525, Rindge, NH 03461 VU2FOT M. Shanmugasundaram, 4/355-S. Edayarpalayam, Mettupalayam (H.O), 641 301 Tamil Nadu, INDIA VU2IIH Indian Institute of Hams, P. O. Box 1927, Bangalore 560 019, INDIA XZ1N via W1XT YB1YMN Mohd. Natsir, P. O. Box 214, Bekasi 17001, INDONESIA YC2LRM Bima Sekti, Jl. Kaliwiru V/5, Semarang 50235, INDONESIA YC6HDF via IK0ZKK YC8BJK/9 Jerry Katuuk, P. O. Box 623, Biak 98115-A, INDONESIA YC9WZJ Joni Salim, P. O. Box 127, Sorong, Irian Jaya 98401, INDONESIA YM75IJ Soyhan Erim, P. O. Box 82, TR-81031 Kiziltoprak, Istanbul, TURKEY ZA1Z Dr. Dajlan Omeri, P. O. Box 1501, Tirana, ALBANIA ZP5MAL Dr. Juan F. Duarte Burro, P. O. Box 34, Asuncion 1209, PARAGUAY _____________________________________________________________________ On the WWW _____________________________________________________________________ Logs for the recent 8Q7DV operation are now available at http://www.ampr.spb.ru/logs/8Q7DV/ The CQ WW CW logs will be uploaded soon. _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: K3ZO, KH6BZF Reports, NOAA, RA3AUU _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), or $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United States. _____________________________________________________________________

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. ======================== *** The Daily DX _ *** ======================== Volume 2 Number 233 December 24, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ DX News _____________________________________________________________________ The recent Lyon DX Gang DXpedition to Amsterdam Island, FT5ZH, netted some 36,000 QSOs. If you look back in the FT5ZH Bulletin # 3, dated 27 November, 1998, you will see mention of a future trip being planned for Crozet and Tromelin. That information was prematurely let out of the bag. Let's keep our fingers crossed that the Lyon DX Gang will be able to do both islands in the near future. Tony, A45ZN, will be going QRT on 8 January after being active for the last 3 years. If you need Oman on CW Tony says you will still be able to work Chris, A45XR. QSL cards for A45ZN may go via the RSGB QSL bureau to G4KLF or direct to Tony Selmes, C/O 16, St James Rd, Bexhill on Sea, East Sussex, TN40 2DF England. _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ A45XR - OMAN - Chris was on 7004 between 13:30 to 14:30Z working Europe, Japan and West Coast US stations. CE9MFK - ANTARCTICA - Was on 14270 at 03:20Z. FM/W8MV - MARTINIQUE - Mel was found on 10109 around 21:30Z by Europeans, Japanese and American DXers. QSL via W8MV. FO0EEN - AUSTRAL ISLANDS - Einar must have fixed his antenna as he was on 30 through 160 meters. GMT Frequencies GMT Frequencies --- ----------- --- ----------- 05 3503 7002 11 7048 06 7002 12 7048 07 7002 13 3501 7048 08 1832 7002 14 3501 7048 09 7003 15 7002 10 7003 7048 J28DB - DJIBOUTI - Showed up on 21225 just before 12:00Z. JD1/JR6IQI - OGASAWARA - Is active now and was on 20 and 40 meters CW between 06:00 and 08:00Z. JL1KFR/JD1 - MINAMI TORISHIMA - Ryo was reported on Wednesday as follows: GMT Frequencies GMT Frequencies --- ----------- --- ----------- 10 10108 22 24896 11 10108 23 24896

12 3503 10111 KH2K/KH0 - MARIANA ISLANDS - Kazu, JA1RJU, started off on 1828 listening up in the JA window around 12:30Z. He was later, just before 14:00Z, found on 10108. QSL via JA1RJU. P51AA - PIRATE - Someone was having fun on 7016 between 11:30 and 14:00Z and saying to QSL via UA4AA. There is no such call in the Russian call book! Work it first, worry later and save your postage. S79SBP - SEYCHELLES - Dr Singh showed up on 21305 just prior to 17:30Z. ZK3RW - TOKELAU - Ron's Wednesdays activities were as follows: GMT Frequencies GMT Frequencies --- ----------- --- ----------- 00 21025 06 14025 01 21025 07 14025 02 21079 09 14027 05 14025 _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AS-018 UA0FDX 7012 1155 EU-136 9A6DCR 7071 2244 EU-020 SM1TDE 18070 1234 NA-110 W2AKW/4 24939 1732 EU-064 F6IRQ 14260 1428 OC-137 VK4YI 21260 1135 EU-129 DL7VOX/P 24898 1343 IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- -------------- 24-Dec 1-Jan 3D2 3D2DK 2-230 2-227 24-Dec 25-Dec 5X 5X1MA 5X1LG 2-230 24-Dec 13-Jan 8Q 8Q7LE 2-223 2-212 24-Dec 16-Jan 9M6 9M6CT 2-191 24-Dec 1-Jan FG by F5NZO F5SSM 2-223 24-Dec 30-Dec FM FM/W8MV 2-229 24-Dec 30-Dec FO/A FO0EEN 2-227 24-Dec 31-Jan FT5W FT5WH by F5AGL 2-229 2-181 24-Dec 30-Dec JA JE1DXC/6 (AS-036) 2-232 24-Dec 7-Jan JD1/M JL1KFR/JD1 2-226 24-Dec 2-Jan KH4 NH4/NH6YK 2-193 24-Dec 28-Dec PJ9 PJ9/PA0VDV 2-206 24-Dec 28-Dec PY0F PY0FT 2-225 24-Dec 31-Jan S2 S21YP 2-226 24-Dec 25-Dec T30 T30CT 2-226

24-Dec 8-Jan VP2M VP2MHJ 2-231 24-Dec 4-Jan ZK3 ZK3RW 2-228 2-223 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The sunspot number for December 22, 1998 was 56. The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado, for December 23, 1998, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 23-Dec-1998 21 140 6 0 Mod/Quiet-Unsettled;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unset 23-Dec-1998 18 129 3 2 Mod/Quiet-Unsettled;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unset 23-Dec-1998 15 129 3 3 Mod/Quiet-Unsettled;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unset 23-Dec-1998 12 129 3 3 Mod/Quiet-Unsettled;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unset 23-Dec-1998 09 129 3 2 Mod/Quiet;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unsettled 23-Dec-1998 06 129 3 0 Low/Quiet;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 23-Dec-1998 03 129 3 1 Low/Quiet;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 23-Dec-1998 00 129 3 0 Low/Quiet;Low/Quiet-Unsettled The forecast for Thursday, 24 December: solar flux 137, A index 9, K index 2. Thursday should be High Normal. The forecast for Friday, 25 December: solar flux 135, A index 9, K index 2. Friday should be High Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 4X/OK1DTP OK1DTP EA8/DL3DRN DL3DRN TK/DL7HZ DL7HZ 5R8FL F5TBA FM/W8MV W8MV UN7EG DL8KAC 8P9BX VE3WFS KH2K/AH0 JA1RJU WP2/WB9Z WB9Z 8P9EM G3VBL PY0FT JA1ELY S79SBP - Dr. P Singh, P.O. Box 52, Mahe, SEYCHELLES QSL cards recently received direct: 1A0KM, 3V8BB, 9Q5MRC (95), BY5QFB, EP2MKO (18 months), ET3AA, FR5ZQ/T, HL50AP, JX7DFA, P29CC, RX1OX/FJL, V8GTW, W5BOS/7 (NA-211), YC8VIP, Z31FK, Z38/NO6X, _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: DL2MIH, K3KY, KD4IFV, KH6BZF Reports, N2JTX, N2SU, N2TN, N4VRR, NJ2S, NOAA, W7UG, WB4KTC _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), or $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United States. _____________________________________________________________________

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. ======================== *** The Daily DX _ *** ======================== Volume 2 Number 234 December 26, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ DX News _____________________________________________________________________ Fred (Volkmar), DF2SS, is now active from the rare island of Montserrat as VP2MHJ until 8 January. He is using a 100 watt rig with a 50 foot vertical for 10 through 160 meters. Look for him on CW, SSB, RTTY and Pactor. Asian stations should look for him on 20 meters CW from 21:00 to 23:00Z. QSL via DL2MDZ. Jan Heise, K4QD (ex WA4VQD) will be active as VP8CRB from the Falkland Islands for three weeks starting today. He says "Emphasis will be on geographical areas, bands, and modes that are most needed by DXers." Jan will be joined by Bob, VP8BFH, and Tim, VP8CKN. They will be active on all bands and modes. During the January ARRL RTTY Roundup they will operate with special call VP8TTY. Logs will be available soon at http://no4j.com/nfdxa/logs/VP8CRB.htm and http://no4j.com/nfdxa/logs/VP8TTY.htm QSL cards and donations to help offset the shipping of equipment may be sent to Jan Heise, K4QD, 614 Dundee Circle, West Melbourne, Florida 32904. Phil, HS0/G4JMB, is again active from East Malaysia as 9M6CT until 16 January. He plans to operate SSB on 10 through 40 meters and maybe even on 6 and 80 meters as well. QSL to Phil Weaver, P.O. Box 7, Patpong Post Office, Bangkok 10506, THAILAND. _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 3D2DK - FIJI - The Germans have arrived however with equipment problems. One of their amplifiers broke, the second one is not putting out full power and a second Titanex vertical has not arrived yet. They have been on all bands except 160 meters. QSL via DK7YY. 3W6EZD - VIETNAM - Hiro, JA2EZD, was active on Christmas on 15, 20 and 40 meters. QSL via 7L1MFS. 4U1UN - UNITED NATIONS - Has been on for the last two days on 10 through 160 meters on CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL via W6TER. 5H3US - TANZANIA - Dave is now active on 160 meters. QSL via WA8JOC. A22EW - BOTSWANA - Check 15 meters SSB around 18:00Z for Said. QSL via KB2MS. C91AH - MOZAMBIQUE - Was active high in the 20 meter SSB band between 16:00 and 17:00Z.

HS1RU - THAILAND - Kareem can be found on 20 meters CW starting around 00:30Z. QSL via JG3AVS. JQ6GDP/JD1 - OGASAWARA - Is a YL active on 15, 17, 20 and 80 meters SSB. KH2K/AH0 - MARIANA ISLANDS - Kazu has been on 160 meters CW between 11:00 and 12:30Z. QSL via JA1RJU. S21YP - BANGLADESH - Bob showed up on 21023 just before 12:00Z. T30CT - WEST KIRIBATI - Karl is still active and should be QSYing to T33 any day now. XU7 - CAMBODIA - A station signing XU7AAM was active early on Christmas then started using XU7AAN. QSL via JH8YZB for both. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AS-036 JE1DXC/6 21019 0006 NA-055 AK1L 14019 1649 AS-053 HS0/IK4MRH 28460 0824 NA-057 N7QXQ/HR6 28526 1412 EU-009 GM0HTT 18119 1323 NA-106 WP2/WB9Z 28517 1306 EU-037 SM7CRW 21263 1443 NA-110 AA4V/P 28461 1515 EU-129 DL7VOX/P 3521 1917 SA-008 CE8ABF 21222 1513 IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- -------------- 26-Dec 1-Jan 3D2 3D2DK 2-230 2-227 26-Dec 3-Jan 3DA 3DA6Z 2-232 26-Dec 13-Jan 8Q 8Q7LE 2-223 2-212 26-Dec 16-Jan 9M6 9M6CT 2-191 26-Dec 1-Jan FG by F5NZO F5SSM 2-223 26-Dec 30-Dec FM FM/W8MV 2-229 26-Dec 30-Dec FO/A FO0EEN 2-227 26-Dec 31-Jan FT5W FT5WH by F5AGL 2-229 2-181 26-Dec 30-Dec JA JE1DXC/6 (AS-036) 2-232 26-Dec 7-Jan JD1/M JL1KFR/JD1 2-226 26-Dec 2-Jan KH4 NH4/NH6YK 2-193 26-Dec 28-Dec PJ9 PJ9/PA0VDV 2-206 26-Dec 28-Dec PY0F PY0FT 2-225 26-Dec 31-Jan S2 S21YP 2-226 26-Dec 27-Dec T30 T30CT 2-226 26-Dec 2-Jan VK9Y VK9CL 2-205 26-Dec 8-Jan VP2M VP2MHJ 2-231 26-Dec 12-Jan VP8 VP8CRB 2-147 26-Dec 4-Jan ZK3 ZK3RW 2-228 2-223 27-Dec 8-Jan 6Y by DL7VOG 2-232

27-Dec 8-Jan C9 C91CO/P 2-230 27-Dec 31-Jan T33 T33VU 2-232 2-226 27-Dec 1-Jan VP9 N1KS/VP9 2-232 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The sunspot number for December 24, 1998 was 93. The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado, for December 25, 1998, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 25-Dec-1998 21 144 9 2 Mod/Quiet-Unset;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unsettled 25-Dec-1998 18 139 4 2 Mod/Quiet-Unset;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unsettled 25-Dec-1998 15 139 4 2 Mod/Quiet-Unset;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unsettled 25-Dec-1998 12 139 4 3 Mod/Quiet-Unset;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unsettled 25-Dec-1998 09 139 4 3 Mod/Quiet-Unset;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unsettled 25-Dec-1998 06 139 4 2 Mod/Quiet;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unsettled 25-Dec-1998 03 139 4 2 Mod/Quiet;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unsettled 25-Dec-1998 00 139 4 2 Mod/Quiet;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unsettled The forecast for Saturday, 26 December: solar flux 150, A index 9, K index 2. Saturday should be High Normal. The forecast for Sunday, 27 December: solar flux 154, A index 9, K index 2. Sunday should be High Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 3D2DK DK7YY CO8JY KU9C V51HK DL6OBS 3W6EZD 7L1MFS DS4BBL EA2AKP VE2DX VE2STN 4F3CV HB9CXZ ED7LCN EA7URG VP2V/K9IAM WB9NOV 4N800H YU1EXY FO5QG XE1L VR98LC VR2LC 5H3US WA8JOC HK0HEU HK0FBF WP2/WB9Z WB9Z 5R8FK NY3N OH0/LA0CX LA0CX XR0Z CE0ZIS 8Q7UK G0SAH ON50RAM ON4LCT XU7AAM JA8YZB 9M6AAC N2OO T91S DL4SEM XU7AAN JA8YZB 9M8RC 9M8MA TU2OJ F5IPW YT800FG YU0SRJ AT2AJ VU2AJ UN7LG KU9C ZA1MH Z32KV AT2PAI VU2PAI US0HZ W3HNK QSL cards recently received direct: 4F3CV, BD4ED _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: DJ7AA, K3KY, KH6BZF Reports, NOAA, _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), or $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE

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. ======================== *** The Daily DX _ *** ======================== Volume 2 Number 235 December 28, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ DX News _____________________________________________________________________ Martino, IK3RIY, and Veronica, IK3ZAW, plan to be active from Libya from 29 December to 8 January. They will be operating from the QTH of 5A1A and hope to get individual call signs with 2 letter suffixes. Look for them to be mostly active on CW as well as RS-13 and mode K. Steve, KF2TI, is collecting information about DX Clubs that have home pages on the Internet. If you are a member of a DX Club that has a web site or know of any please contact Steve by e-mail at <kf2ti@planet.net> Jeremy has been operating as CE9MFK from a Chilean base on Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands. He is not a ham and has been running phone patches for the locals on 14270 between 01:00 and 03:00Z. After he completes the phone patches he has been working those waiting around. The Redwood Empire DX Association, from Petaluma, California, announces the following officers for the 1999 term. President Al Burnham, K6RIM Vice President Wally Pugh, N6AD Secretary/Treasurer Bill Hillendahl, KH6GJV Director Joe Berkman, W6AIR Director Rick Reiner, K6ZWB Director Chuck Ternes, N6OJ Steve Bertsch, WA6YFD, will continue as the newsletter editor of "Sunspots". John, K3MD, reports that he and his son Mike, N3PUR, will be active from the British Virgin Islands from 3 to 9 March, 1999. They plan to operate from the island of Tortolla during the ARRL SSB DX Contest as VP2V/K3MD. This will be a field day type of operation as they will run 400 watts into a 3 element tri-bander and verticals. QSL cards will be automatically send to all via the bureau by K3MD. Aldo, I2AOX, and Marco, IK2CHZ, plan to be active from the QTH of TU5IJ from 12 to 25 January, 1999. They will operate on 10, 15, 20, 40 and 80 meters SSB and CW with a possibility of 12, 17, 30 and 160 meters. QSL via I2AOX. _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 3D2DK - FIJI - Check 30 meters CW at 10:30Z. QSL via

DK7YY. 5H3RK - TANZANIA - Try between 18:00 and 20:00Z on 40 meters CW. 5H3US - TANZANIA - Dave says he will be on 1831 or 1834 on Tuesday starting around 02:30Z. He worked several W8's on 1838 around 02:45Z on Sunday. QSL via WA8JOC. BV7FF - TAIWAN - Sunday between 12:30 and 13:45Z George was on 10108 working East Coast US and Europeans. D44BC - CAPE VERDE ISLANDS - Look for Julio near 14200 around 08:00Z most days. FO0EEN - AUSTRAL ISLANDS - Einar was found on 1826, not in the Stew Perry Contest, between 06:45 and 07:40Z on Sunday. QSL via LA1EE. JD1BIA - OGASAWARA - Can be found most days on 12 meters SSB from 00:00 to 01:00Z. Also check 80 meters CW and SSB at 12:40 and 22:20Z. JL1KFR/JD1 - MINAMI TORISHIMA - Ryo has been active on 160 meters between 12:50 and 14:40Z. JX7DFA - JAN MAYEN - Per was working East Coast and Mid West US stations on 3799 just before 01:00Z today. QSL via LA7DFA. S21YP - BANGLADESH - On Saturday Bob was working Europe on 21007 just before 12:00Z for about one hour. SV2ASP/A - MOUNT ATHOS - Monk Apollo showed up on a net on 14243 on Sunday between 07:30 and 09:30Z. T30CT - WEST KIRIBATI - Karl has not been report on since Friday. Remember he is expected on Banaba next. QSL via DL2MDZ. T30ED - WEST KIRIBATI - East Coast DXers reported working him on 21283 just before 00:00 today. QSL via 3D2SJ. TN7OT - CONGO - Hazel (YL) can often be found on a net between 06:00 and 08:00Z on 14243. Remember she will be here for about one year so QSL cards will not be answered until she goes home. QSL via AL7OT. VK9CL - COCOS KEELING - Hide has been active on 12, 15, 17, 20 and 40 meters SSB, with some CW. QSL via JM1LJS. VP2MHJ - MONTSERRAT - Look for Fred on Tuesday at the following times and frequencies: GMT Frequency --- --------- 10:30 3502 - He will be looking for VK. 11:00 10107 - He will be looking for VR2. 11:15 14008 - He will be looking for VR2.

XU7AAN - CAMBODIA - Not sure how long this one will be on but he has been on 10 through 40 meters CW and SSB. QSL via JH8YZB. ZK3RW - TOKELAU - Check for Ron on 40 meters CW between 06:00 and 07:00Z. QSL via ZL1AMO. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AF-004 EA8/DL7VRO 28471 1348 EU-146 PA3FDO/P 3510 2310 AS-013 8Q7UK 28460 1033 EU-146 PA3HEP/P 7053 1743 AS-015 9M2TO 24895 1046 NA-055 AK1L 28456 1313 AS-036 JE1DXC/6 21260 0101 NA-110 W4YO/P 14260 2025 AS-053 HS0/IK4MRH 7044 2045 NA-110 WB4WTY 18143 1610 AS-117 JH6RTO/1 10129 0159 OC-137 VK4LV 24891 0053 EU-133 R1ASP 28456 1051 OC-210 YC8RRK 21256 2257 EU-136 9A6DCR 7060 1803 SA-008 LU1XT 21086 0043 Gulli, TF8GX, Manu, LX2LX and Norby, LX1NO, plan to operate from TF7 (EU-071) during the 1999 IOTA Contest. No call sign was mentioned however they will be emphasizing the 12, 17 and 30 meter bands before and after the contest. They also plan to be on RTTY. IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- -------------- 28-Dec 28-Dec PJ9 PJ9/PA0VDV 2-206 28-Dec 28-Dec PY0F PY0FT 2-225 28-Dec 30-Dec FM FM/W8MV 2-229 28-Dec 30-Dec FO/A FO0EEN 2-227 28-Dec 30-Dec JA JE1DXC/6 (AS-036) 2-232 28-Dec 1-Jan 3D2 3D2DK 2-230 2-227 28-Dec 1-Jan FG FG/F5NZO FG/F5SSM 2-223 28-Dec 1-Jan VP9 N1KS/VP9 2-232 28-Dec 2-Jan KH4 NH4/NH6YK 2-193 28-Dec 2-Jan VK9Y VK9CL 2-205 28-Dec 3-Jan 3DA 3DA6Z 2-232 28-Dec 4-Jan ZK3 ZK3RW 2-228 2-223 28-Dec 7-Jan JD1/M JL1KFR/JD1 2-226 28-Dec 8-Jan 6Y by DL7VOG 2-232 28-Dec 8-Jan C9 C91CO/P 2-230 28-Dec 8-Jan VP2M VP2MHJ 2-231 28-Dec 12-Jan VP8 VP8CRB 2-147 28-Dec 13-Jan 8Q 8Q7LE 2-223 2-212 28-Dec 16-Jan 9M6 9M6CT 2-191 28-Dec 31-Jan FT5W FT5WH by F5AGL 2-229 2-181 28-Dec 31-Jan S2 S21YP 2-226 28-Dec 31-Jan T33 T33VU 2-232 2-226 30-Dec 2-Jan JD/O JI1FLB/JD1 2-205 2-165

30-Dec 6-Jan 3D2 3D2RY 3D2MA 2-229 1-Jan 9-Jan VP5 VP5/W8GEX 2-199 1-Jan KC4 FT5YG 2-229 1-Jan FT5Z FT5ZJ 2-229 2-Jan 2-Jan VK VK6SJS 2-205 2-Jan 14-Jan T2 by German Group 2-227 2-225 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The sunspot number for December 26, 1998 was 100. The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado, for December 27, 1998, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 27-Dec-1998 21 167 3 0 Low/Quiet;Low-Moderate/Quiet-Unsettled 27-Dec-1998 18 145 16 0 Low/Quiet;Low-Moderate/Quiet-Unsettled 27-Dec-1998 15 145 16 1 Low/Quiet;Low-Moderate/Quiet-Unsettled 27-Dec-1998 12 145 16 0 Low/Quiet-Min Strm;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unset 27-Dec-1998 09 145 16 0 Low/Quiet-Min Strm;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unset 27-Dec-1998 06 145 16 0 Low/Quiet-Min Strm;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unset 27-Dec-1998 03 145 16 2 Low/Quiet-Min Strm;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unset 27-Dec-1998 00 145 16 2 Low/Quiet-Min Strm;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unset The forecast for Monday, 28 December: solar flux 154, A index 9, K index 2. Monday should be High Normal. The forecast for Tuesday, 29 December: solar flux 154, A index 12, K index 3. Tuesday should be High Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 3D2DK DK7YY FG/W0ADX F6DJB T30ED 3D2SJ 3DA6Z ZS6EZ JX7DFA LA7DFA TA2IJ DJ9ZB 3W5FM UA0FM K9AW/DU6 WF5T TK/DL7HZ DL7HZ 3W7TK OK1HWB KH2D K8NA UN7EG DL8KAC 9J2FR IK2RZQ N1KS/VP9 JA1FUI VK9CL JM1LJS EA8/DL3DRN DL7VRO OD5PN LX1NO XR3J HB9AOF EA8/DL7UBA DL7VRO P29CC K1WY XU7AAN JH8YZB FG/F5NZO F5NZO R1ASP RA1AD ZD8T AC4IV FG/F5SSM F5SSM 5H3RK - Box 9274, Dar es Salam, TANZANIA The following information about EP2MKO is from Octavia, a company that produces the CIS call book. "We have just obtained this information from Alan, UA6HPR by telephone. Since we get a lot of requests about EP2MKO we publish this: Igor, RU6FZ (ex UA6HCW) handles QSLs for Ali, EP2MKO. He reported mail theft in his area. About 800 envelopes were rifled by postal workers. In some oblasts the dollar bills never get to the QSL manager. He asks to send QSLs with 2 IRC (by non-registered letter) or one dollar bill (by registered letter only). Anyway, IRCs are OK." Rick, N1RL (ex KX4V), reports "that operations with the call signs

W8EXK/KP1, K2RHJ/KP1, and K1YHK/KP1 are slims and that cards sent via KX4V for this pirate operation no longer will be returned." QSL cards recently received direct: 3DA0CA _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 425 DX News, AA4US, K3MD, KF2TI, KH6BZF Reports, LX1NO, N1RL, N7OJ, NOAA, OPDX _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), or $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United States. _____________________________________________________________________ Copyright _ 1998 by Bernie McClenny _____________________________________________________________________ THE DAILY DX _ is published Monday through Friday by Bernie McClenny, W3UR, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, MD 21738 USA. This e-mail message and its contents have a copyright and are proprietary products of THE DAILY DX _. Any unauthorized use, reproduction, or transfer of the message or its content, in any medium, is strictly prohibited. For permission to quote, reprint or repost this e-mail send a request to THE DAILY DX _ include date, volume and issue number. Check out THE DAILY DX _ homepage http://www.dailydx.com or for additional information you may phone THE DAILY DX _ at 301-854-5650 or fax at 301-854-5105. Remember to tell all your DX friends about THE DAILY DX.

. ======================== *** The Daily DX _ *** ======================== Volume 2 Number 236 December 29, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ DX News _____________________________________________________________________ The Foundation for Amateur International Radio Service (FAIRS) has once again scheduled a DXpedition to the Caribbean island of Dominica. David, KK4WW/J79WW, Gaynell (YL), KD4GMV/J79GMV, Don, KE4UGF/J79UGF, Kay, KF4EKH/J79EKH, Bill, W4WX, and Larry, N4VA, have been invited to the island by the Dominica Amateur Radio Club and will be active from 12 to 22 February, 1999. While there they will be active on 6, 10, 15, 17, 20, and 40 meters on CW, SSB and RTTY. Check the following frequencies: 50125, 28380, 21350, 18130, 14190, 14240, 7180 and 7240. Rony, PS7AB, reports that the Brazil DX Net will once again start meeting on 10 meters starting on 2 January, 1999. Check 28430 on Saturdays and Sundays between 12:00 and 14:00Z. Dave, 5H3US, is now active on 6 meters with 160 watts and a M2 yagi. QSL via WA8JOC. _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 2U0ARE - GUERNSEY - Colin is a novice and can be often found between 10130 and 10135 from 14:30 and 16:00Z. 3D2DK - FIJI - The German group was reported active yesterday as follows: GMT Frequencies GMT Frequencies --- ----------- --- ----------- 00 18072 21081 14 1828 7003 05 21025 15 1828 3506 7003 07 3506 14022 16 3506 7003 10103 08 14086 24895 17 10103 09 14081 24895 18 7003 10103 10 3502 10108 19 24898 11 1827 3502 7003 21 24898 28028 12 1828 7003 22 24898 28028 28081 13 7002 23 28081 4L2M - GEORGIA - Can be found most days on 80 CW and SSB from 21:00 to 02:00Z. CN2JA - MOROCCO - Andy was active on 160, 40 and 30 meters CW on Monday. He also was found on 12 meters SSB. QSL via DL2EAD. KH0/JE4WKR - MARIANA ISLANDS - Europeans found him on 10109 starting just before 16:00Z until 17:00Z.

VK9CL - COCOS KEELING - Hide has been very busy mostly working Japanese stations. Mondays activities were as follows: GMT Frequencies GMT Frequencies --- ----------- --- ----------- 02 21295 28495 13 10104 03 21295 28495 14 10118 06 21295 15 10117 07 28495 16 3505 10117 08 28495 17 14198 09 28495 18 14198 10 18118 19 14198 10109 11 3502 20 10109 VP8CRB - FALKLAND ISLANDS - Jan was very active on 18155 between 19:00 and 00:00Z. QSL via K4QD. XU7AAN - CAMBODIA - Many East Coast US stations worked him on 14018 between 23:00 and 01:00Z. QSL via JH8YZB. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AF-004 EA8/DL3DRN 24943 1746 EU-128 DL6HBH/P 14260 1003 AS-028 UA0QMU 14017 2304 EU-129 DM5JBN 3544 2307 AS-036 JE1DXC/6 21040 2347 EU-136 9A/DK3ID 21257 1424 EU-010 GM0KCY 14260 1209 EU-146 PA3FDO/P 3504 2221 EU-029 OZ/DL3ARM 21260 0642 EU-146 PA3HEP/P 7056 2155 EU-032 F5LOW/P 28550 1544 NA-055 AK1L 28465 1357 EU-032 F5RRW/P 7010 2157 NA-065 W7VR 21025 2301 EU-036 F5NBS 14260 1945 OC-137 VK4YI 14260 1003 EU-055 LA2PI 21263 1159 Look for PT5T to be active from Maria Francisca Island (SA-026) between 22 and 31 January. Plans are to be on 10 through 80 meters CW and SSB. QSL via PP5LL. IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- -------------- 29-Dec 1-Jan 3D2 3D2DK 2-230 2-227 29-Dec 3-Jan 3DA 3DA6Z 2-232 29-Dec 8-Jan 5A by IK3RIY IK3ZAW 2-235 29-Dec 8-Jan 6Y 6Y5/DL7VOG 2-232 29-Dec 13-Jan 8Q 8Q7LE 2-223 2-212 29-Dec 16-Jan 9M6 9M6CT 2-191 29-Dec 8-Jan C9 C91CO/P 2-230 29-Dec 1-Jan FG FG/F5NZO FG/F5SSM 2-223 29-Dec 30-Dec FM FM/W8MV 2-229 29-Dec 30-Dec FO/A FO0EEN 2-227

29-Dec 31-Jan FT5W FT5WH by F5AGL 2-229 2-181 29-Dec 30-Dec JA JE1DXC/6 (AS-036) 2-232 29-Dec 7-Jan JD1/M JL1KFR/JD1 2-226 29-Dec 2-Jan KH4 NH4/NH6YK 2-193 29-Dec 31-Jan S2 S21YP 2-226 29-Dec 31-Jan T33 T33VU 2-232 2-226 29-Dec 2-Jan VK9Y VK9CL 2-205 29-Dec 8-Jan VP2M VP2MHJ 2-231 29-Dec 12-Jan VP8 VP8CRB 2-234 2-147 29-Dec 1-Jan VP9 N1KS/VP9 2-232 29-Dec 4-Jan ZK3 ZK3RW 2-228 2-223 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The sunspot number for December 27, 1998 was 156. The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado, for December 28, 1998, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 28-Dec-1998 21 184 4 2 Moderate/Quiet;Moderate/Unsettled 28-Dec-1998 18 167 1 2 Moderate/Quiet;Moderate/Unsettled 28-Dec-1998 15 167 1 2 Mod/Quiet;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unsettled 28-Dec-1998 12 167 1 1 Mod/Quiet;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unsettled 28-Dec-1998 09 167 1 0 Mod/Quiet;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unsettled 28-Dec-1998 06 167 1 0 Mod/Quiet;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unsettled 28-Dec-1998 03 167 1 0 Low/Quiet;Low-Moderate/Quiet-Unsettled 28-Dec-1998 00 167 1 0 Low/Quiet;Low-Moderate/Quiet-Unsettled The forecast for Tuesday, 29 December: solar flux 165, A index 11, K index 2. Tuesday should be High Normal. The forecast for Wednesday, 30 December: solar flux 160, A index 9, K index 2. Wednesday should be High Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 6Y5/DL7VOG DL7VOG PJ9/KF8OY KF8OY VO2AC VE3FU 9M2TO JA0DMV PY0FA PY4KL VP8CRB K4QD CN2JA DL2EAD PY0FT JA1ELY VU3MCV ON7LX EM1LV UR8LV T97M K2PF XU7AAN JH8YZB KH8/N5OLS N5JA JH8YZB - HCC, Box 48, Tomakomai, Hokkaido 053, JAPAN S21YP - R Parkes, Granger Systems, P.O. Box 11061, Uttara, Dhaka 1230, BANGLADESH QSL cards recently received direct: 3D2TK, 7X4AN, 9G1BJ, FH5CB, JD1BIA, N2NL/KH2, PJ8Z, TI1C, TJ2RSF, TZ6DX, VU2WAP, Z21KF, ZF2NT _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: KH6BZF Reports, N4PQX, N4VRR, N5CQ, N7OJ, NOAA, W3IZ, W8UV

_____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), or $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United States. _____________________________________________________________________ Copyright _ 1998 by Bernie McClenny _____________________________________________________________________ THE DAILY DX _ is published Monday through Friday by Bernie McClenny, W3UR, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, MD 21738 USA. This e-mail message and its contents have a copyright and are proprietary products of THE DAILY DX _. Any unauthorized use, reproduction, or transfer of the message or its content, in any medium, is strictly prohibited. For permission to quote, reprint or repost this e-mail send a request to THE DAILY DX _ include date, volume and issue number. Check out THE DAILY DX _ homepage http://www.dailydx.com or for additional information you may phone THE DAILY DX _ at 301-854-5650 or fax at 301-854-5105. Remember to tell all your DX friends about THE DAILY DX.

. ======================== *** The Daily DX _ *** ======================== Volume 2 Number 237 December 30, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ DX News _____________________________________________________________________ Angel, WA2VUY, reports that Gabriel, D3SAF, will be in northern Angola permanently and is currently active on 10 through 20 meters. He soon hopes to have something up for 40 meters. As for 80 and 160 meters it will be difficult to do but he will try. QSL via I3LLH. The ZL9CI crew will set sail on 1 January and head to Campbell Island. The hope to be on the air by 8 or 9 January, 1999 with four complete stations. Then with an additional two more stations a day or two later. As a reminder their web site, which will have an on- line log search, is at http://www.qsl.net/zl9ci The logs will be send via pacsat and pactor. Bob, S21YP, is active on 10, 15, 20 and 40 meters. His license is good through Friday of this week. He hopes to have it extended. Equipment includes a 100 watt TS430 and a trap dipole at 65 feet. Pekka, OH1RY, and Jaakko, OH1MA, should start up today from Fiji Island as 3D2RY and 3D2MA. They will operate from here until 6 January. There next stop will be the Marquesas Islands from 7 to 13 January. _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 3D2DK - FIJI - Europeans should look for them on 20 meters between 05:30Z and 08:00Z. On 15 meters check from 07:00 to 09:00Z and on 40 meters from 15:00 to 19:00Z. North Americans found them on 1827.5 starting around 11:30Z until about 14:30Z. To check their logs see http://wwwiti.cs.uni-magdeburg. de/~hoeding/hamradio/3d2_main.html QSL via DK7YY. 4S7EA - SRI LANKA - East Coast DXers were working Ernest on 3799 starting about 00:30Z. His signal was peaking around 00:50Z. 5A1IC - LIBYA - Yes another call besides 5A1A! They were on 10103 beginning around 20:00Z until 22:30Z. QSL via IK3ZAW. 6Y5/DL7VOG - JAMAICA - JA's reported working this one on 10108 from 22:00 to 22:30Z. QSL via DL7VOG. C91CO/P - MOZAMBIQUE - Check 40 meters CW first at 03:00Z then try 30 meters CW at 04:00Z. QSL via W4DR. EA9IE - CEUTA - Look for Juan daily on 80 meters SSB around

07:00Z. JY9QJ - JORDAN - George had a big signal today on 1821 starting about 02:30Z. West Coast DXers should check today around 14:30Z near 1823. QSL via DL5MBY. VQ9QM - DIEGO GARCIA - Dale is back and was on 28028 at 16:00Z. QSL via W4QM. VR2KF - HONG KONG - Kazu was found on 10111 working all across the US at 13:00Z. XU7AAN - CAMBODIA - Need this one for a new country? Check 20 meters CW around 23:00Z. QSL via JH8YZB. YK1AO - SYRIA - Omar came up on 1833 at 03:35Z with a nice signal but was unable to copy any US stations. He did not stay around very long. At 05:00Z he was found on 7005 and moved to 10134 to work both East and West Coast US stations. Yesterday from 13:15 to 14:15Z he was on RTTY on 14084. ZK3RW - TOKELAU - Ron made it to 80 meters CW on Tuesday at 10:00Z. It has been rumored that the generator goes QRT around 09:00 to 11:00Z. QSL via ZL1AMO. _____________________________________________________________________ IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AS-036 JE1DXC/6 7002 1032 EU-096 OH1LU/P 14258 1315 EU-009 GM3IBU 24956 1410 EU-129 DL7VOX/P 3520 1959 EU-025 IT9KDA 24950 1132 EU-146 PA3FDO/P 7063 2008 EU-029 OZ/DL3ARM 14260 1132 EU-146 PA3HEP/P 7060 2353 EU-029 OZ1ENH 14085 1456 NA-055 AK1L 28458 1410 EU-029 OZ1ENH 28450 1337 NA-110 AA4V/P 21263 1259 EU-032 F5LOW/P 28490 0959 NA-110 WB4WTY 18118 1923 EU-032 F5NBQ/P 21260 1346 OC-070 YC8VFO 21018 0120 EU-032 F5OCP/P 7056 0700 OC-139 K9AW/DU6 21017 1221 EU-032 F5RRW/P 7003 1657 OC-169 A35VR 7004 1035 EU-082 U1ZA/A 14006 0911 OC-170 VK6APK/P 14260 1303 IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- -------------- 30-Dec 1-Jan 3D2 3D2DK 2-230 2-227 30-Dec 6-Jan 3D2 3D2RY 3D2MA 2-229 30-Dec 3-Jan 3DA 3DA6Z 2-232 30-Dec 8-Jan 5A 5A1IC 2-235 30-Dec 8-Jan 6Y 6Y5/DL7VOG 2-232 30-Dec 13-Jan 8Q 8Q7LE 2-223 2-212

30-Dec 16-Jan 9M6 9M6CT 2-191 30-Dec 8-Jan C9 C91CO/P 2-230 30-Dec 1-Jan FG FG/F5NZO FG/F5SSM 2-223 30-Dec 30-Dec FM FM/W8MV 2-229 30-Dec 30-Dec FO/A FO0EEN 2-227 30-Dec 31-Jan FT5W FT5WH by F5AGL 2-229 2-181 30-Dec 30-Dec JA JE1DXC/6 (AS-036) 2-232 30-Dec 2-Jan JD/O JI1FLB/JD1 2-205 2-165 30-Dec 7-Jan JD1/M JL1KFR/JD1 2-226 30-Dec 2-Jan KH4 NH4/NH6YK 2-193 30-Dec 31-Jan S2 S21YP 2-226 30-Dec 31-Jan T33 T33VU 2-232 2-226 30-Dec 2-Jan VK9Y VK9CL 2-205 30-Dec 8-Jan VP2M VP2MHJ 2-231 30-Dec 12-Jan VP8 VP8CRB 2-234 2-147 30-Dec 1-Jan VP9 N1KS/VP9 2-232 30-Dec 4-Jan ZK3 ZK3RW 2-228 2-223 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The sunspot number for December 28, 1998 was 177. The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado, for December 29, 1998, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 29-Dec-1998 21 183 11 3 Moderate/Quiet-Unset;Moderate/Unsettled 29-Dec-1998 18 184 3 2 Moderate/Quiet-Unset;Moderate/Unsettled 29-Dec-1998 15 184 3 3 Moderate/Quiet-Unset;Moderate/Unsettled 29-Dec-1998 12 184 3 3 Mod/Quiet-Unset;Moderate/Quiet-Unsettled 29-Dec-1998 09 184 3 3 Mod/Quiet-Unset;Moderate/Quiet-Unsettled 29-Dec-1998 06 184 3 1 Mod/Quiet;Moderate/Quiet-Unsettled 29-Dec-1998 03 184 3 1 Mod/Quiet;Moderate/Quiet-Unsettled 29-Dec-1998 00 184 3 2 Mod/Quiet;Moderate/Unsettled The forecast for Wednesday, 30 December: solar flux 180, A index 9, K index 2. Wednesday should be High Normal. The forecast for Thursday, 31 December: solar flux 175, A index 9, K index 2. Thursday should be High Normal. ._____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 5A1IC IK3ZAW EW3LB W3HNK TL5A PA1AW* C91CO/P W4DR FM/W8MV W8MV VQ9QM W4QM D3SAF I3LLH LX9UN LX1NJ Z32FD DJ0LZ DU3NXE W4NXE NH4/NH6YK NH6YK *PA1AW ex PA3DMH Steve, KU9C, is now handling the following stations QSL chores: BS7H 1995 operation XZ1A 1995 operation XZ1X 1995 operation BS7H 1997 operation - Japan QSL requests only (all other requests via

W4FRU) VK9XM KU9C - Steve Wheatley, P.O. Box 5953, Parsippany, NJ 07054, USA Jacky, F2CW/ZL3CW, reports that the QSL cards for E31AA have been ordered from Japan and should be available soon. He will printing up the cards for J28AG and 5Z4RL. QSL cards recently received direct: 3D2CB, 3D2WC/R, 5R8EE (13 Months), 9Q5/DL6RDR (13 Months), JL1KFR/JD1 _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: K3RR, KH6BZF Reports, KU9C, N4TX, NOAA, W2GG, W2YR, ZL3CW _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), or $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United States. _____________________________________________________________________ Copyright _ 1998 by Bernie McClenny _____________________________________________________________________ THE DAILY DX _ is published Monday through Friday by Bernie McClenny, W3UR, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, MD 21738 USA. This e-mail message and its contents have a copyright and are proprietary products of THE DAILY DX _. Any unauthorized use, reproduction, or transfer of the message or its content, in any medium, is strictly prohibited. For permission to quote, reprint or repost this e-mail send a request to THE DAILY DX _ include date, volume and issue number. Check out THE DAILY DX _ homepage http://www.dailydx.com or for additional information you may phone THE DAILY DX _ at 301-854-5650 or fax at 301-854-5105. Remember to tell all your DX friends about THE DAILY DX.

. ======================== *** The Daily DX _ *** ======================== Volume 2 Number 238 December 31, 1998 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR _____________________________________________________________________ DX News _____________________________________________________________________ The Woodbridge Wireless (WWI) of Woodbridge, Virginia has announced they will operate their 4th DXpedition to San Andres Island (NA-033) from 2 to 9 March, 1999. No call sign has been assigned to date. Plans are to operate the ARRL DX SSB Contest using two complete stations. Look for them before and after the contest on RTTY, CW, 12, 17 and 30 meters. All contest QSOs will be confirmed automatically with a photo QSL via the bureau. If you want a card faster or for QSOs before or after the contest they may be sent to W4DC. Operators for this operation include Dennis, W4DC; Ed, K5OF; Jack, AA3KX; Carl, WB4ZNH; Martha (YL), WN4FVU; Vic, N2PP; and Everett, WZ8P. A homepage with the latest news, log checking and more is available at http://www.pwcweb.com/wwi/DXpedition For more information before or after the trip contact Denis, W4DC, <catalanode@navsea.navy.mil> or Mike, KA4RRU <ka4rru@erols.com> during the operation. Mart, DL6UAA, has announced that he plans to be on Mauritius (3B8) again from 22 March to 15 April, 1999. He is also hoping to go to Rodriguez (3B9) for 10 days during this time period. While on Mauritius look for 3B8/DL6UAA and when on Rodriguez 3B9/3B8CF. Special call signs have been applied for. Bob, A92GD, is currently on holiday in Australia and will return on 8 January. QSL via K1SE. _____________________________________________________________________ QSN _____________________________________________________________________ 5A1IC - LIBYA - Veronica (YL), IK3ZAW, and her boyfriend Martino, IK3RIY,, have been active on 10 through 40 meters CW and SSB. QSL via IK3ZAW (see below). AY0Z - PIRATE - Don't waste your time or money! FT5ZJ - AMSTERDAM - Michael was found on 14122 starting around 17:10Z and staying until 18:10Z. QSL via F2YT. NH0/JH4ADK - MARIANA ISLANDS - Check for him in the JA 160 meter window (1907.5 to 1912.5) around 11:30Z. P51AA - PIRATE - He is giving UA4AA as the QSL manager the only thing is that call is not in the CIS callbook! T77CD - SAN MARINO - US East Coasters and Mid-Westerners reported working John on 28491 from 13:20 to 15:10Z. QSL via I0MWI. _____________________________________________________________________

IOTA _____________________________________________________________________ The following IOTA stations were active yesterday. IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ---- AF-004 EA8/DL3DRN 21016 0927 EU-096 OH1LU/P 14256 1245 AN-006 EM1LV 14260 0729 EU-124 GW4CZK 3503 0214 AS-017 JR6VSP 28515 1016 EU-129 DM5JBN/P 14260 1032 AS-018 UA0FDX 21208 2355 EU-133 R1ASP 21266 1202 AS-018 UA0FF 24954 2355 EU-136 9A6DCR 7058 1727 EU-004 EA6AEI 24960 1042 EU-146 PA3FDO/P 7005 0148 EU-016 9A2GF 14005 0653 EU-146 PA3HEP/P 14260 1303 EU-029 OZ/DL3ARM/P 18142 0828 NA-034 AH6JN/4 21208 1756 EU-032 F5LOW/P 7054 0849 NA-111 W2W 28464 1503 EU-032 F5NBQ/P 14261 0935 OC-146 YB8BHC 14255 1358 EU-032 F5OCP/P 14242 0817 OC-151 YC9LQA 21260 2318 EU-082 U1ZA/A 7004 0754 Ronny, YC8TXW, plans to take a boat from Tahuna on 5 January, 1999 to the Obi Islands (OC-222). He should start up on 12 January and continue for 7 days along with YC8YZ. The two also plan to make a trip to Sula Island (OC-076) in March. IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 _____________________________________________________________________ Calendar _____________________________________________________________________ From End Prefix Call Ref ------ ------ ------ ----------------------------- -------------- 31-Dec 1-Jan 3D2 3D2DK 2-230 2-227 31-Dec 6-Jan 3D2 3D2RY 3D2MA 2-229 31-Dec 3-Jan 3DA 3DA6Z 2-232 31-Dec 8-Jan 5A 5A1IC 2-235 31-Dec 8-Jan 6Y 6Y5/DL7VOG 2-232 31-Dec 13-Jan 8Q 8Q7LE 2-223 2-212 31-Dec 16-Jan 9M6 9M6CT 2-191 31-Dec 8-Jan C9 C91CO/P 2-230 31-Dec 1-Jan FG FG/F5NZO FG/F5SSM 2-223 31-Dec 31-Jan FT5W FT5WH by F5AGL 2-229 2-181 31-Dec 2-Jan JD/O JI1FLB/JD1 2-205 2-165 31-Dec 7-Jan JD1/M JL1KFR/JD1 2-226 31-Dec 2-Jan KH4 NH4/NH6YK 2-193 31-Dec 1-Jan S2 S21YP 2-237 31-Dec 31-Jan S2 S21YP 2-226 31-Dec 31-Jan T33 T33VU 2-232 2-226 31-Dec 2-Jan VK9Y VK9CL 2-205 31-Dec 8-Jan VP2M VP2MHJ 2-231 31-Dec 12-Jan VP8 VP8CRB 2-234 2-147 31-Dec 1-Jan VP9 N1KS/VP9 2-232 31-Dec 4-Jan ZK3 ZK3RW 2-228 2-223 _____________________________________________________________________ Today's Propagation Forecast _____________________________________________________________________ The sunspot number for December 29, 1998 was 136.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado, for December 30, 1998, were as follows: Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ----------- ---- --- -- - -------------------------------------- 30-Dec-1998 21 179 3 1 Mod/Quiet-Unsettled;Mod/Unsettled 30-Dec-1998 18 183 11 0 Mod/Quiet-Unsettled;Mod/Quiet-Unsettled 30-Dec-1998 15 183 11 0 Mod/Quiet-Unsettled;Mod/Quiet-Unsettled 30-Dec-1998 12 183 11 0 Mod/Quiet-Unsettled;Moderate/Unsettled 30-Dec-1998 09 183 11 2 Mod/Quiet-Unsettled;Moderate/Unsettled 30-Dec-1998 06 183 11 2 Mod/Quiet-Unsettled;Moderate/Unsettled 30-Dec-1998 03 183 11 2 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Moderate/Unsettled 30-Dec-1998 00 183 11 3 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Moderate/Unsettled The forecast for Thursday, 31 December: solar flux 175, A index 10, K index 2. Thursday should be High Normal. The forecast for Friday, 1 January: solar flux 165, A index 10, K index 2. Friday should be High Normal. _____________________________________________________________________ QSL Info _____________________________________________________________________ Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- 4J1S 4J9RI FT5ZJ F2YT T94DO DL1FDV 5A1IC IK3ZAW HD2RG HC2RG UK8CK RW6HS 5B4ADA 9A2AJ LY63BA LY3BA VP2MFH NW8F 5N3BHF OE6LAG ON50ZLZ ON7ZT XE1NVX EA5XX BV4FH KA6SPQ R1ANF RK1PWA XU7AAE JA1SWL EK2780JJ EK4JJ R1ASP RA1AD XU7AAN JH8YZB EW3LB W3HNK T77CD I0MWI ZD7VC K1WY IK3ZAW - Veronica, Via 4 Fontane 3 B, I-30126 Lido Venezia, ITALY JH8YZB - Hokkaido Contest Club, P.O. Box 48, Tomakomai, Hokkaido 053-0000, JAPAN QSL cards recently received direct: 9J2BO _____________________________________________________________________ Credits _____________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: IK3QAR, K7SO, KE2TT, KH6BZF Reports, NOAA, W4DC _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions _____________________________________________________________________ Subscriptions to THE DAILY DX are $28.00 for 6 months (25 weeks), or $49.00 for 12 months (50 weeks). Send Check or Money order to THE DAILY DX, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, Maryland 21738-9728, United States. _____________________________________________________________________ Copyright _ 1998 by Bernie McClenny _____________________________________________________________________ THE DAILY DX _ is published Monday through Friday by Bernie McClenny, W3UR, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, MD 21738 USA. This e-mail message

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