Volume 3 Number 1 January 1, 1999 Edited by Bernie Mcclenny, W3UR ______

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. ======*** The Daily DX _ *** ======Volume 3 Number 1 January 1, 1999 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR ______

DX News ______

HAPPY NEW YEAR to all subscribers of The Daily DX. May this year bring you lots of new DX and good health to you and your family.

Cedric, HB9HFN, received his FW5FN license yesterday for his upcoming trip to Uvea Island, Wallis (OC-054) which will take place from 23 February to 8 March. He will take a n IC-706 and Finn Fet FF-1001 amplifier to operate on 10 through 160 meters. Look for him mostly on CW with some SSB and RTTY. Antennas include a Cushcraft AP8A for 10 through 80 meters and an inverted vee for 160 meters. Logs and QSL requests will be available on the Internet at http://www.qsl.net/hb9hfn/log/fw_search.html For more information about this DXpedition check out the website http://www.qsl.net/hb9hfn/pacific99.html

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.

Veteran contesters Jim, N6TJ, and Glenn, K6NA, plan to operate from Ascension Island as ZD8Z and ZD8A from 2 to 10 February. QSL ZD8Z via VE3HO.

The 1999 officers for the North Shenandoah DX Association are :

President Gregory Lanham, KU4AN Vice President John Kanode, N4MM Secretary/Treasurer Tracy Mawhinney, KF4ZFY ______

QSN ______

3D2AG/P - ROTUMA ISLAND - Check the bottom of the 15 meter CW band for Antoine starting around 23:00 until about 05:00Z. QSL via CBA.

9M2AX - WEST MALAYSIA - Ross had a great signal on 7003 into the Southwest of the US via the long path around 23:30Z.

CN8NK - MOROCCO - RTTY DXers found him on 21086 at 15:40 and on 14084 at 18:40Z.

HZ1AB - SAUDI ARABIA - Europeans reported him on 160 meters CW at 15:00, 17:00 and 00:00Z. QSL via K8PYD.

N1KS/VP9 - BERMUDA - Was working JA's on 14008 from 22:00 to 00:00Z.

VK9CL - COCOS KEELING - Check for Hide on 40 meters CW from 16:00 to 23:30Z. US look via long path and short path starting around 22:00Z. QSL via JM1LJS.

VQ9QM - DIEGO GARCIA - Dale showed up on 10106 around 21:15Z working Europe and East Coast US stations until about 22:30Z. He can not get on 160 meters yet as the antenna needs to be put up and hoped to do so soon. QSL via W4QM. ______

IOTA ______

The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT ------AF-004 EA8/DL3DRN 10109 1850 NA-069 K2OLG/M 28460 1347 AF-014 CT3GU 21352 1509 NA-111 W2W 14260 1906 AS-031 JD1BIA 24940 0844 NA-180 V31MD 21275 1932 EU-020 SM1BIQ 21260 1304 OC-011 V63PD 14260 0758 EU-029 OZ/DL3ARM 21263 1152 OC-064 VK6LC 14247 0057 EU-042 DJ5DT/P 7007 1716 OC-137 VK4LV 21018 1031 EU-055 LA2PI 14262 1338 SA-002 VP8CRB 28022 2113 NA-055 AK1L 21017 1642 SA-008 LU1XT 14087 0123

Derek, F5VCR, and Ken, G3OCA, plan to operate from Banie Island (AF-043), Gabon during March of this year.

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-Jan 1-Jan 3D2 3D2DK 2-230 2-227 1-Jan 1-Jan FG FG/F5NZO FG/F5SSM 2-223 1-Jan 1-Jan VP9 N1KS/VP9 2-232 1-Jan 1-Jan S2 S21YP 2-237 2-226 1-Jan 2-Jan JD/O JI1FLB/JD1 2-205 2-165 1-Jan 2-Jan KH4 NH4/NH6YK 2-193 1-Jan 2-Jan VK9Y VK9CL 2-205 1-Jan 3-Jan 3DA 3DA6Z 2-232 1-Jan 4-Jan ZK3 ZK3RW 2-228 2-223 1-Jan 6-Jan 3D2 3D2RY 3D2MA 2-229 1-Jan 7-Jan JD1/M JL1KFR/JD1 2-226 1-Jan 8-Jan 5A 5A1IC 2-235 1-Jan 8-Jan 6Y 6Y5/DL7VOG 2-232 1-Jan 8-Jan C9 C91CO/P 2-230 1-Jan 8-Jan VP2M VP2MHJ 2-231 1-Jan 9-Jan VP5 VP5/W8GEX 2-199 1-Jan 12-Jan VP8 VP8CRB 2-234 2-147 1-Jan 13-Jan 8Q 8Q7LE 2-223 2-212 1-Jan 16-Jan 9M6 9M6CT 2-191 1-Jan 31-Jan FT5W FT5WH by F5AGL 2-229 2-181 1-Jan KC4 FT5YG 2-229 1-Jan FT5Z FT5ZJ 2-229 1-Jan T33 T33VU 2-232 2-226 2-Jan 2-Jan VK VK6SJS 2-205 2-Jan 14-Jan T2 by German Group 2-227 2-225 3-Jan 3-Jan VK VK6SJS/HRP 2-205 ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for December 30, 1998 was 186.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado, for December 31, 1998, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------31-Dec-1998 21 175 3 2 Low/Quiet;Moderate/Unsettled 31-Dec-1998 18 179 3 1 Low/Quiet;Moderate/Unsettled 31-Dec-1998 15 179 3 1 Low/Quiet;Moderate/Unsettled 31-Dec-1998 12 179 3 0 Low/Quiet;Moderate/Unsettled 31-Dec-1998 09 179 3 0 Low/Quiet;Moderate/Unsettled 31-Dec-1998 06 179 3 2 Low/Quiet;Moderate/Unsettled 31-Dec-1998 03 179 3 2 Moderate/Quiet;Moderate/Unsettled 31-Dec-1998 00 179 3 2 Moderate/Quiet;Moderate/Unsettled

The forecast for Friday, 1 January: solar flux 165, A index 10, K index 2. Friday should be High Normal.

The forecast for Saturday, 2 January: solar flux 160, A index 7, K index 2. Saturday should be Above Normal.

The forecast for Sunday, 3 January: solar flux 170, A index 5, K index 2. Sunday should be Above Normal. ______

QSL Info ______

Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------4S7YSG JA2BDR HZ1AB K8PYD V63PD VK4AAR 7Z1IS SM0OFG ON50GDV ON5PL VQ9QM W4QM AH6JN/4 K4AMI UK8OM IK2QPR

C33BO - Archie, via U.R.A., P.O. Box 1150, Andorra la Vella, ANDORRA IK3ZAW - Veronica Della Dora, Piazza Fiume 14, 30126 Lido di Venezia VE, ITALY

QSL cards recently received direct: 8R1J, KH0AS ______

On the WWW ______

A call book listing stations from Andorra can be found on the World Wide Web at http://www.sta.ad/ura/qsl.htm ______

Credits ______

Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: K3SWZ, KH6BZF Reports, N5CQ, NOAA, QRZ DX ______

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DX News ______

Chris, G3SVL, reports that he will operate in the CQ World Wide 160 SSB DX Contest from the island of Jersey. He hope to get a special GJ8 single suffix call and will let us know before the contest.

Good news from Ron Wright, ZL1AMO/ZK3RW, he will be on Tokelau for another week. So far he has been on all bands except 30 and 160 meters. He did report he would be on 30 meter today. QSL via ZL1AMO.

Gilles, FT5WH, is now active on 10, 15, 20 and 40 meters. A ground plane antenna is being used. Beam antennas can not be used as they would never survive for very long. Wind speeds can be as high as 180 kilometer per hour. He has not found the 600 to 700 watt amplifier as of yet. It is on the island he just needs to find it. He'll be there for one year. QSL via F6KDF.

The German DXers at 3D2DK report they will not leave for Tuvalu (T2) prior to today as their plane is under repair. The group will continue to concentrate on 80 and 160 meters. QSL via DK7YY.

Edin, T97M, now has a modem for digital communications and will be active on RTTY, AMTOR and PACTOR. QSL via K2PF.

Dale, VQ9QM, will be active from Diego Garcia until March. Next week he hopes to be on 160 meters. QSL via W4QM.

Pekka, OH1RY/3D2RY, and Jaakko, OH1MA/3D2MA, are currently active from Fiji will next go to the Marquesas Islands to operate as FO0KOL (Pekka) on CW and FO0SIL (Jaakko) on SSB from 7 to 13 January. Suggested frequencies are 1824.5, 3507, 3799, 7007, 7077, 10107, 18077, 18145, 24897, 24945 and the usual DX frequencies on the other bands.

Mark, ON4WW, reports he will go back to Monrovia, Liberia on 11 January. He will concentrate on the low bands as soon as he gets there as EL2WW. QSL via ON5NT.

Cesar, OA4QV, will be operating special event station OA464QV during January to celebrate the 464th anniversary of Lima. QSL via OA4QV, Cesar, P. O. Box 957, Lima 18, PERU.

Here breakdown for the recent FT5ZH DXpedition to Amsterdam Island.

SSB CW RTTY TOTAL ------160m 0 27 0 27 80m 1298 89 0 1387 40m 2037 786 0 2823 30m 0 1048 0 1048 20m 9376 1119 445 10940 17m 2360 99 0 2459 15m 4550 207 113 4870 12m 2251 290 0 2541 10m 5191 779 0 5970 TOTAL 27063 4444 558 32065

The logs can be found at http://perso.easynet.fr/~f5nod/ft5zhlog.html ______

QSN ______

3D2DK - FIJI - The German boys have not been heard from since late Saturday. There next stop is Tuvalu, T2. QSL via DK7YY.

3D2AG/P - ROTUMA - Antoine was active this past weekend on 20 through 10 meters CW. QSL via 3D2AG.

3W7TK - VIETNAM - Try 80 meters SSB at 22:00Z. QSL via OK1HWB.

5A1IC - LIBYA - Was reported on 80 meters at 20:45Z and on 160 meters from 22:00 to 23:00Z.

9N7AR - NEPAL - Showed up on 10104 just before 13:00Z on Friday. He has also been on 10, 12, 15 and 40 meters CW and SSB. QSL via JR8FEK.

CE0Y/JA7KXD - EASTER ISLAND - During the weekend was very active on 10 meters along with 15, 20 and 40 meters CW. QSL via JA7KXD.

EX8F - KYRGYZSTAN - Check for Vlad daily on 30 meters CW at 15:00Z.

FO0EEN - AUSTRAL ISLANDS - Einar has not been reported since midday Saturday. QSL via LA1EE

FT5WH - CROZET ISLAND - Gilles started off on 14138 just before 17:00Z on Sunday. Around 17:30Z he moved up to 14180. QSL via F6KDF.

JD1 - MINAMI TORISHIMA - JF8HIQ/JD1 and JL1KFR/JD1 are now active.

JD1 - OGASAWARA - JD1BIA and JI1FLB/JD1 are active now.

NH4/NH6YK - MIDWAY ISLAND - Ted came up on 21295 around 23:00Z on Sunday. QSL via NH6YK.

S21YD - BANGLADESH - Was working Europe and Japan all weekend long on 17, 15, 12 and 10 meters CW. QSL via SM6CPY.

SV2ASP/A - MOUNT ATHOS - Stations from the Eastern part of North America reported a real mess with Monk Apollo on 28475 from 14:00 to 15:00Z.

T33VU - BANABA - Karl finally made it to this very rare island. He has been on 10 through 30 meters CW. Europeans should try the bottom of the 20 meter CW band from 05:00 to 09:00Z. QSL via DL2MDZ.

ZB2FK - GIBRALTAR - Look for Ernie on 160 meters from 23:30Z to 02:00Z.

ZK3RW - TOKELAU - Ron says he will be here for another week. QSL via ZL1AMO. ______

IOTA ______

The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT ------AS-006 VR2MM 28530 1024 NA-034 W4ZW 7009 0611 AS-017 JS6PXB 21181 0502 NA-055 AK1L 28460 1442 AS-045 HL5FUA 21297 0805 NA-057 AH6PN/HR6 28379 1537 AS-083 RA9LI/9 14260 1134 NA-065 K7MYV 14208 1650 EU-141 LA5SJA 24962 1331 NA-069 K2OLG/M 28456 1452 NA-026 WB2KSK 14260 2036 OC-070 YC8VIP 21283 2220 NA-034 AH6JN/4 28475 1550 SA-026 PP5OW 21248 1049

Nick, RA1QQ, is planning an operation from PECHORSKOYE SEA COAST CENTER group (EU-102) during this summer.

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-Jan 4-Jan 3D2 3D2DK 2-230 2-227 4-Jan 4-Jan VK VK6SJS 2-205 4-Jan 4-Jan ZK3 ZK3RW 2-228 2-223 4-Jan 6-Jan 3D2 3D2RY 3D2MA 2-229 4-Jan 7-Jan JD1/M JL1KFR/JD1 2-226 4-Jan 8-Jan 5A 5A1IC 2-235 4-Jan 8-Jan 6Y 6Y5/DL7VOG 2-232 4-Jan 8-Jan C9 C91CO/P 2-230 4-Jan 8-Jan VP2M VP2MHJ 2-231 4-Jan 9-Jan VP5 VP5/W8GEX 2-199 4-Jan 12-Jan VP8 VP8CRB 2-234 2-147 4-Jan 13-Jan 8Q 8Q7LE 2-223 2-212 4-Jan 14-Jan T2 by German Group 2-227 2-225 4-Jan 16-Jan 9M6 9M6CT 2-191 4-Jan 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH 2-229 2-181 4-Jan KC4 FT5YG 2-229 4-Jan FT5Z FT5ZJ 2-229 4-Jan T33 T33VU 2-232 2-226 5-Jan 24-Jan CE by GM4DMA 2-232 7-Jan 13-Jan FO/M FO0KOL FO0SIL 2-229 8-Jan 26-Jan ZL9 ZL9CI (OC-037) 2-237 2-135 ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for January 2, 1999 was 107.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado, for January 3, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------3-Jan-1999 21 155 3 0 Low/Quiet;Low-Moderate/Quiet 3-Jan-1999 18 160 8 2 Low/Quiet;Low-Moderate/Quiet 3-Jan-1999 15 160 8 1 Low/Quiet;Low-Moderate/Quiet 3-Jan-1999 12 160 8 0 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low-Moderate/Quiet 3-Jan-1999 09 160 8 3 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low-Moderate 3-Jan-1999 06 160 8 2 Low/Quiet-unsettled;Low-Moderate 3-Jan-1999 03 160 8 2 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low-Moderate/Quiet 3-Jan-1999 00 160 8 1 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low-Moderate/Quiet

The forecast for Monday, 4 January: solar flux 155, A index 8, K index 2. Monday should be High Normal.

The forecast for Tuesday, 5 January: solar flux 155, A index 5, K index 1. Tuesday should be Above Normal. ______

QSL Info ______

Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------3D2MA OH1MA CT3EE DL3KUD T33VU DL2MDZ 3D2RY OH1RY EP3HR I2MQP TT8FC EA4AHK 5Z4IC MW0AIE EX8MLE IK2QPR UE9TRN RA9ST 7X2RO OM3CGN FM5GU WA4JTK VK6SJS JM1LJS 9N7AR JR8FEK FT5WH F6KDF VR2MM JR3JFZ 9Z4BM 9Y4NZ RA9LI/9 DL6ZFG VU2BMS DL2GAC A22AA SV0LM S21YD SM6CPY W8GEX/VP5 W8GEX A41KJ N5FTR S92SS SV0LM WP3R W3HNK AH6PN/HR6 W7TSQ S92YL SV0LN XE1/NP2AQ W3HNK CE0Y/JA7KXD JA7KXD

5Z4MR - Max Raicha, P.O. Box 1641, Kismumu, KENYA F6KDF - Radio Club de la Gendarmerie, 292 route de Genas, 69677 Bron Cedex, FRANCE K2OLG - Joe Gumino, 1684 PGA Blvd., Melbourne, FL 32935, USA KG6AR - Chris Williams, 1117 S. Del Mar Avenue, San Gabriel, CA 91776-3034, USA RA1QQ - Nick A. Smerdov, P.O. Box 24, Cherepovets 162627, RUSSIA SV0LM - Charles Lewis, American Embassy (KAV), PSC 108 Box 39, APO AE 09842 SV0LM - Charles Lewis, Box 1001, GR-67100 Xanthi, GREECE SV0LN - Lesley Lewis, American Embassy (KAV), PSC 108 Box 39, APO AE 09842 SV0LN - Lesley Lewis, Box 1001, GR-67100 Xanthi, GREECE TJ1TN - Tom, P.O. Box 2151, Bamenda, CAMEROON

Just to remind everyone that effective 10 January, 1999 the rate to mail a QSL in the US to the US will go from 32 cents to 33 cents. Any SASE you send from this point on should be with either the new H stamp or 33 cents of postage.

QSL cards recently received direct: 6Y6A, AH2R, C91RF, ET3BT, XX9TZ ______

Credits ______

Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 425 DX News, F5DSV, F5NOD, KD4IFV, KE2TT, KH6BZF Reports, N5CQ, NOAA, ON4WW, T93Y, VQ9QM, ZL1AMO ______

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DX News ______

Karl, PS7KM, regretfully informs that the planned March 1999 DXpedition to St. Peter & St. Paul Rocks (PY0S) has been canceled due to lack of funds. He went on to say that all donations will be returned to the sponsors as soon as possible.

Chet, W6XK, plans to operate the CQ WPX SSB Contest from the US Virgin Islands. Look for the famous WP2Z station to be single op all band. He may get on before and after the contest as KP2/W6XK. QSL cards for WP2Z go via KU9C and KP2/W6XK via W6XK.

The first Portuguese DX Bulletin is reporting that Ted, NH4/NH6YK, will be on Midway until 10 January. A web site has been set up at http://165.248.121.95/KH4/KH4.html ______

QSN ______

3V8BC - TUNISIA - This station was on 28507 just before 17:00Z on Monday. He said he would be back at 12:00Z on Tuesday on or near 28507. QSL via F5LAJ.

C91CO/P - MOZAMBIQUE - Jon was working stations all across the US lower 48 on 21028 around 18:30Z. Later he moved to 24908 just before 19:00Z. QSL via W4DR.

D2 - ANGOLA - D2GG (OM) and D2YY (YL) were reported on 14209 between 17:00 and 19:00Z.

EX - KYRGYZSTAN - EX2A and EX8F are both active on 160 meters starting around 21:00Z until 23:00Z.

FT5WH - CROZET ISLAND - Gilles started on 14178 just before 17:00Z.

HR1LW - HONDURAS - Continues to show up on 160 meters around 11:30Z.

NH4/NH6YK - MIDWAY - Look for Ted on 20 meters SSB between 04:00 and 07:00Z. Try near 14180 and 14220. QSL via NH6YK.

OD5NJ - LEBANON - Gaby has been showing up on 30 meters CW around 22:00Z.

T20FW - TUVALU - The Germans finally made it and now have two complete stations up. They are active on all bands on CW. QSL via DK7YY.

T33VU - BANABA - Karl says he does not know how long he will be on the island. It all depends when the next boat comes. Let's hope it takes a while! He was reported on Monday as follows:

GMT Frequencies GMT Frequencies ------00 14005 09 14003 06 14260 20 24891 07 14260 21 24891 08 14003 22 24891

VP8CRB - FALKLANDS - Just before 20:00Z Jan came up on 28487. He was working stations all across the US and South America. Check 160 meters (1828) on the hour starting at 01:00Z. QSL via K4QD.

YK1AO - SYRIA - Omar looks for US stations on 160 meters starting around 03:30Z daily. Afterwards he shows up on 40 meters CW around 05:00Z.

ZK3RW - TOKELAU - Ron will be here for about one more week. Monday he was found as follows:

GMT Frequencies GMT Frequencies ------00 18072 10 10104 01 18072 20 28026 03 21026 21083 21 28024 06 10105 22 28024 07 10105 23 24898 28026 09 3508 10103 ______

IOTA ______

The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT ------AF-008 EA8/DL2OE 18070 1613 NA-002 VP5/KT0F 28013 1213 AS-018 UA0FF 21299 0014 NA-041 KL7IFP 28501 2252 AS-018 UA0FZ 18070 0840 NA-055 AK1L 21260 1329 EU-001 SV5TS 21262 0742 NA-057 AH6PN/HR6 28445 1502 EU-037 SM7DLZ 18145 1032 OC-084 T32NCC 28471 1653 EU-067 SV8EUA 14205 1614

Art, NN7A, and Mike, NG7S, will operate from TURNEFFE ISLAND (NA-123) as V31JZ and V31RL from 31 January to 6 February. Look for them on all bands mostly CW and some SSB. QSL via home calls.

Jim, G3RTE; Phil, G3SWH; John, G3WGV; and Rob, 5Z4RL plan to operate from Lamu Island (AF-040), Kenya from 17 to 24 February. They will have two stations on all bands from 10 to 160 meters (no 30 meters). A special call sign is expected and will be announce prior to them leaving. QSL cards and donations may be sent via 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 ------5-Jan 6-Jan 3D2 3D2RY 3D2MA 2-229 5-Jan 8-Jan 5A 5A1IC 2-235 5-Jan 8-Jan 6Y 6Y5/DL7VOG 2-232 5-Jan 13-Jan 8Q 8Q7LE 2-223 2-212 5-Jan 16-Jan 9M6 9M6CT 2-191 5-Jan 8-Jan C9 C91CO/P 2-230 5-Jan 24-Jan CE by GM4DMA 2-232 5-Jan 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH 3-2 2-229 2-181 5-Jan FT5Z FT5ZJ 2-229 5-Jan 7-Jan JD1/M JL1KFR/JD1 2-226 5-Jan KC4 FT5YG 2-229 5-Jan 14-Jan T2 T20FW 2-227 2-225 5-Jan T33 T33VU 2-232 2-226 5-Jan 8-Jan VP2M VP2MHJ 2-231 5-Jan 9-Jan VP5 VP5/W8GEX 2-199 5-Jan 12-Jan VP8 VP8CRB 2-234 2-147 5-Jan 1-Mar VQ9 VQ9QM 3-2 5-Jan 11-Jan ZK3 ZK3RW 3-2 2-228 2-223 ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for January 3, 1999 was 113.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado, for January 4, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------4-Jan-1999 21 147 8 1 Low/Quiet-Unset;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unset 4-Jan-1999 18 155 4 2 Low/Quiet-Unset;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unset 4-Jan-1999 15 155 3 3 Low/Quiet-Unset;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unset 4-Jan-1999 12 155 3 2 Low/Quiet-Unset;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unset 4-Jan-1999 09 155 3 3 Low/Quiet-Unset;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unset 4-Jan-1999 06 155 3 2 Low/Quiet;Low-Mod,Quiet-Unsettled 4-Jan-1999 03 155 3 0 Low/Quiet;Low-Mod,Quiet 4-Jan-1999 00 155 3 1 Low/Quiet;Low-Mod,Quiet

The forecast for Tuesday, 5 January: solar flux 160, A index 5, K index 2. Tuesday should be Above Normal.

The forecast for Wednesday, 6 January: solar flux 155, A index 5, K index 2. Wednesday should be Above Normal. ______

QSL Info ______

Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------3V8BC F5LAJ T20FW DK7YY TG9IGI I2MQP CO8LY EA7ADH TF8GX K1WY UK8OM IK2QPR CP4BT DL9OT

3W5FM - Coly, P.O. Box 37, Vladimir 600000, RUSSIA

Many have been asking about the QSL cards for FO0MAC and FO0PAP. The OPDX Bulletin reports that the cards have not been printed yet and that John, K8YSE, says "Do not resend cards".

Bob, NC6J, has been the QSL manager for KC4AAA for the last 10 years. He reports that he will be retiring from his duties and that Larry, K1IED, will take over the job. Larry will be able to confirm past and future operations from KC4AAA.

QSL cards recently received direct: C56/DL5MM, C91RF, CN8KD, FG5BG, KL7/K6ST (NA-210), KL7/W6IXP (NA-150), TF/DL6DQW, TF7/DL6DQW, TU4FF ______

Credits ______

Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: G3SWH, KH6BZF Reports, N2JTX, N2TN, N5CQ, NC6J, NOAA, OPDX, The 59(9) DX Report, The first Portuguese DX Bulletin, W2GG, W6XK, WU1F ______

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DX News ______

Jean, F5DSV, reports that his son Gilles, FT5WH, is now active on 10, 15, 20 and 40 meters. Look for him on 21280 and 14180 operating split up 5 Khz. QSL via F6KDF.

Chris, F6BEN, is now active from French Guyana as FY5DG on 20 and 40 meters.

Fabio, I4UFH, will be active from 3V8BB today and plans to concentrate on the WARC (12,17 & 30 meter) bands and USA. QSL via I4UFH.

Daniel, YO2LDE, plans to be active from Albania as ZA/YO2DLE and Bosnia maybe as T99LDE between 15 February and 5 March. He will operate RTTY only. QSL via YO2LDE, Daniel M. Vuescu, Zadei F3-1-7, RO-1700, Resita, ROMANIA. For more information see his web page at http://www.qsl.net/yo2lde/dxpedition.html

Philippe, ex TU2FH, is now in New Caledonia as FK8VHU until August of this year. QSL via the bureau.

There is plenty of activity currently from the Pacific area at this time: 3D2AG/P, T20FW, ZK3RW, T33VU, ZL9CI and soon FO0KOL and FO0SIL. Remember don't rely on the packet cluster to give you the call signs for these pileups. Copy it yourself. ______

QSN ______

7P8HH - LESOTHO - Shows up often on 20 meters SSB around 19:00Z.

5H3US - TANZANIA - Look for Dave from about 02:45 to 03:10Z on or near 1831. Next try 3505 until 03:30Z and then finally 7005 each daily. QSL via WA8JOC.

YK1AO - SYRIA - Omar starts looking for the US on 160 meters CW daily at 03:30Z. He seems to only stick around until about 04:00Z.

ZL9CI - CAMPBELL ISLAND - The boys are on the air and the logs will be posted daily at http://www.qsl.net/zl9ci ______

IOTA ______

The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT ------AS-018 UA0FDX 7002 0750 EU-096 OH1LEG 21260 1057 EU-019 RX1OX/FJL 7071 2211 NA-021 8P9EM 28010 1500 EU-020 SM1FIQ 21260 1212 NA-057 AH6PN/HR6 14260 2004 EU-049 SV8FCA 28350 0935 OC-018 T33VU 21002 0228

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 8-Jan 5A 5A1IC 2-235 7-Jan 8-Jan 6Y 6Y5/DL7VOG 2-232 7-Jan 13-Jan 8Q 8Q7LE 2-223 2-212 7-Jan 16-Jan 9M6 9M6CT 2-191 7-Jan 8-Jan C9 C91CO/P 2-230 7-Jan 24-Jan CE by GM4DMA 2-232 7-Jan 13-Jan FO/M FO0KOL FO0SIL 3-2 2-229 7-Jan 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH 3-2 2-229 7-Jan FT5Z FT5ZJ 2-229 7-Jan 7-Jan JD1/M JL1KFR/JD1 2-226 7-Jan KC4 FT5YG 2-229 7-Jan 10-Jan KH4 NH4/NH6YK 3-3 7-Jan 14-Jan T2 T20FW 2-227 2-225 7-Jan T33 T33VU 2-232 2-226 7-Jan 8-Jan VP2M VP2MHJ 2-231 7-Jan 9-Jan VP5 VP5/W8GEX 2-199 7-Jan 12-Jan VP8 VP8CRB 2-234 2-147 7-Jan 1-Mar VQ9 VQ9QM 3-2 7-Jan 11-Jan ZK3 ZK3RW 3-2 2-228 7-Jan 26-Jan ZL9 ZL9CI (OC-037) 2-237 2-135 ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for January 5, 1999 was 87.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado, for January 6, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------6-Jan-1999 21 126 8 2 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Active 6-Jan-1999 18 137 9 3 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Active 6-Jan-1999 15 137 9 3 6-Jan-1999 12 137 9 1 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 6-Jan-1999 09 137 9 0 6-Jan-1999 06 137 9 1 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 6-Jan-1999 03 137 9 1 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 6-Jan-1999 00 137 9 2 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Unsettled

The forecast for Thursday, 7 January: solar flux 130, A index 25, K index 4. Thursday should be Low Normal.

The forecast for Friday, 8 January: solar flux 130, A index 12, K index 3. Friday should be High Normal. ______

QSL Info ______

Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------3C1GS EA5BYP D3SAF I3LLH VP8TTY K4QD 4J4K 4K5CW HS2CRU DL2FDK YJ8UU ZL2HE 4U1WB KK4HD T20FW DK7YY Z24S W3HNK 5H3US WA8JOC T95A K2PF ZL9CI ZL2HU

UA0FDX - Victor Komzuk, P.O. Box 55, Uglegorsk, Sakhalin Island 694900, RUSSIA. ZL2HU - Ken Holdom, P.O. Box 56099, Tawa, New Zealand

QSL cards recently received direct: 5X1Z, A61AJ, FG5BG, S79SBP ______

Credits ______

Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: DX News Letter, F5DSV, I1JQJ, K3SWZ, KD4IFV, KH6BZF Reports, N5CQ, NOAA, PY1VOY, UA0FDX ______

Subscriptions ______

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DX News ______

The big news yesterday was the early arrival of the much anticipated ZL9CI DXpedition to Campbell Island. In the first 24 hours they made over 11,000 QSOs. Don't be surprise to see these guys break the VK0IR QSO record of 80,673. Many asked why they were on the island during the expected off times of 10:00 to 16:00Z. The reason was there was bad weather which meant they were unable to safely leave the island. That was great news for low band DXers. At press time no logs had been posted to their home page but will soon be at http://www.qsl.net/zl9ci

Laura, 3A2MD, reports that she can be found most days on 15 meters after 14:00Z. Check between 21225 and 21230 on SSB and 21030 on CW.

Mack, TZ6JA, will be leaving Bamako, Mali on 10 January and going back to Japan. QSL to JA3EMU. ______

QSN ______

3D2AG/P - ROTUMA ISLAND - Europeans should check 20 meters CW around 06:00Z.

5A1A - LIBYA - Abubaker has been showing up daily on 80 and 160 meters between 20:00 and 22:30Z.

FO0 - MARQUESAS ISLANDS - FO0KOL and FO0SIL are now active. QSL via OH1RY and OH1MA.

HZ1AB - SAUDI ARABIA - Was reported on 1820 from 18:15 to 21:30Z. QSL via K8PYD.

NH4/NH6YK - MIDWAY ISLAND - Ted was working RTTY on 14082 just after 08:00Z. QSL via NH6YK.

T20FW - TUVALU - Were working Europe on 20 meters CW at 06:00Z. Logs can be found on the WWW at http://wwwiti.cs.uni-magdeburg.de/~hoeding/hamradio /3d2_main.html QSL via DK7YY.

ZL9CI - CAMPBELL ISLAND - They have been on all bands CW and SSB. Look for RTTY to start up in 3 to 4 days. QSL via ZL2HU. ______

IOTA ______

The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT ------EU-023 9H4CM 18130 1435 NA-055 AK1L 21260 1241 EU-027 JW4CJA 14200 1905 OC-037 ZL9CI 14024 1051 EU-076 LA7DHA 14016 1546 OC-149 H44NC 14269 0704 EU-124 GW0HGN/P 14260 1359 SA-064 CE7AOY 28460 1509 NA-034 W4ZW 7010 0433

Starting today look for JH6RTO/1 to be active from Kanagawa (AS-117). He will be operating on 10, 15, 20 and 40 meters CW and SSB until 09:00Z on 9 January. QSL via JH6RTO.

ZW7SC plans to operate from Santa Catarina Fortress (SA-026) from 22 to 24 January. Check the IOTA and Brazil DX Net frequencies. QSL via PR7RT.

Look for ZY8CW and ZV8A to be on the air from Sao Luis Island (SA-016)from 16 to 18 January. They will be on all bands on CW and SSB. QSL via PR8AA.

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 8-Jan 6Y 6Y5/DL7VOG 2-232 8-Jan 13-Jan 8Q 8Q7LE 2-223 2-212 8-Jan 16-Jan 9M6 9M6CT 2-191 8-Jan 8-Jan C9 C91CO/P 2-230 8-Jan 24-Jan CE by GM4DMA 2-232 8-Jan 13-Jan FO/M FO0KOL FO0SIL 3-2 2-229 8-Jan 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH 3-4 3-2 2-229 8-Jan 10-Jan KH4 NH4/NH6YK 3-3 8-Jan 14-Jan T2 T20FW 2-227 2-225 8-Jan T33 T33VU 2-232 2-226 8-Jan 8-Jan VP2M VP2MHJ 2-231 8-Jan 9-Jan VP5 VP5/W8GEX 2-199 8-Jan 12-Jan VP8 VP8CRB 2-234 2-147 8-Jan 1-Mar VQ9 VQ9QM 3-2 8-Jan 11-Jan ZK3 ZK3RW 3-2 2-228 2-223 8-Jan 26-Jan ZL9 ZL9CI (OC-037) 2-237 2-135 ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for January 6, 1999 was 70.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado, for January 7, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------7-Jan-1999 21 115 7 3 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 7-Jan-1999 18 126 9 3 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 7-Jan-1999 15 126 9 3 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 7-Jan-1999 12 126 9 2 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Active 7-Jan-1999 09 126 9 1 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Active 7-Jan-1999 06 126 9 1 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Active 7-Jan-1999 03 126 9 1 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Active 7-Jan-1999 00 126 9 3 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Active

The forecast for Friday, 8 January: solar flux 125, A index 12, K index 3. Friday should be High Normal.

The forecast for Saturday, 9 January: solar flux 120, A index 10, K index 2. Saturday should be High Normal.

The forecast for Sunday, 10 January: solar flux 130, A index 8, K index 3. Sunday should be High Normal. ______

QSL Info ______

Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------3V8BB I4UFH FO0SIL OH1MA VU2BMS DL2GAC A61AH KA5TQF KH2/KM5AG KM5AG YZ800R YU0SRJ FO0KOL OH1RY TG9IGI I2MQP

Garth, VE3HO, reports the US is not the only one who is having a postal increase. The rates went up in Canada on 4 January. It now costs 55 cents from Canada to the US and 95 cents to all other countries. Those requesting cards for ZD8Z and FO0MIZ who do not have enough return postage will be sent back via the bureau.

QSL cards recently received direct: A61AJ, BI4C, FG5BG, FR5ZQ/T, HC1XL ______

Credits ______

Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: JA1ADN, JA9IFF/1, K2WJ, KD4IFV, KH6BZF Reports, N2TN, N4MXT, NOAA, W3IZ, WO2N ______

Subscriptions ______

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DX News ______

Sigi, DK9FN, plans to be active from the Solomon Islands as H44FN from 24 to 27 January. Next he will met up with Bernhard, DL2GAC, in the Temotu Islands where the two of them will be active through 10 February. Look for Sigi on CW and Bernhard on SSB. Hopefully they will use H40FN and H40MS. QSL cards are expected to be handled by Mihaly Bela Szeged, HA8FW, Csongradi sgt. 122/A. 4/9. H-6724 HUNGARY.

Tom, N4XP (ex K8XP, K8TSJ, AL7EL), plans to operate from the Marshall Islands during the later part of February and early March. More than likely he will use N4XP/V7 and will be putting an emphasis on 160, 80, 40 and especially 30 meters for Europeans. He says he will be high in the band on 30 meters to avoid the QRM. More information on this trip soon. QSL via N4XP.

Charlie, K4VUD, is once again planning to be in the Far East from March to June. His first stop will be from Thailand where he will operate HS0ZCW from 13 March to 5 April. Next he will then go on to Nepal between 7 April and 17 May. During this time period he will be in Tibet, China and Bhutan however he does not expect to be on the air. His last stop will be back in Thailand from 18 May to 2 June. QSL cards for all of these operations may go to K4VUD.

Simon, IV3NVN, will be active from Hawaii as KH6/IV3NVN from 16 to 20 February. Next he will go on to Midway Island where he will operate as KH4/IV3NVN from 21 February to 3 March. Plans are to be active on all bands from 10 to 160 meters and maybe even 6 meters. Equipment includes a FT-890, possibly a linear, 5 element log periodic for 10, 12, 15, 17 and 20 meters, home made vertical for 30, 40 and 80 meters, and maybe an inverted L for 160 meters. QSL via IV3TMV. ______

Silent Key ______

We are sad to report the recent passing of two Amateur Radio operators from Morocco. Abdelhag Chaabi, CN8RO, from Rabat and Sjoerd Quast, CN2AQ (ex PA0AQ, PA0FA, PK7AQ) from Tangier. ______

QSN ______

4L3Y - GEORGIA - Look for Boris on 30 meters most days around 05:00Z.

BV4ME - TAIWAN - Likes 1831 from 19:00 to 22:00Z.

FO0 - MARQUESAS ISLANDS - FO0KOL and FO0SIL have been active on 10 through 40 meters CW and SSB. Today they were on 80 meters.

FT5WH - CROZET ISLAND - Gilles showed up on 14200 just before 19:00Z on Sunday and stuck around until about 20:00Z. QSL via F6KDF.

FT5ZJ - AMSTERDAM ISLAND - Michael was found on 14250 around 16:20Z on Saturday.

JT1CO - MONGOLIA - JA's reported Chadraawal was on 1824 just before 14:00Z on Saturday.

P29BW - PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Look for Brent on 10 meters SSB just before 22:00Z.

PZ1AP - SURINAM - Has been showing up on 30 meters CW around 02:00Z.

XQ0/HK5AJF - EASTER ISLAND - Juan was active on 10 and 15 meters CW on Friday.

YK1AO - SYRIA - RTTY DXers should try 20 meters just prior to 13:00Z.

ZK3RW - TOKELAU - May have gone QRT and back to 5W. ______

IOTA ______

The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT ------AF-016 FR5DX 21302 1409 NA-027 VO1MP 3800 2308 AS-026 HL4SF 21269 0729 NA-055 AK1L 28463 1501 AS-028 UA0QMU 18069 2157 NA-062 W4/DL3MIB 14260 1755 AS-040 JH6TYD 14022 0843 NA-104 V44NK 28439 1742 AS-053 HS0/IK4MRH 28460 1002 OC-008 P29BW 28569 2146 EU-013 GJ3DVC/P 14261 1143 OC-148 YC9MKF 28450 1204 EU-022 9H4CM 14180 1555 OC-222 YC8TXW/P 21265 2320 EU-037 SM7CBS 7001 0010

Italian operators Carlo, IK6CAC; Roberto, IK7XIV; Piero, IK7VJX; and Enzo, IK7IMO; will operate from San Pietro Island (EU-073) from 16 to 17 January. Look for them to use IJ7/home calls on all bands on CW and SSB. 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-Jan 12-Jan VP8 VP8CRB 2-234 2-147 11-Jan 13-Jan 8Q 8Q7LE 2-223 2-212 11-Jan 13-Jan FO/M FO0KOL FO0SIL 3-2 2-229 11-Jan 14-Jan T2 T20FW 2-227 2-225 11-Jan 16-Jan 9M6 9M6CT 2-191 11-Jan 24-Jan CE by GM4DMA 2-232 11-Jan 26-Jan ZL9 ZL9CI (OC-037) 2-237 2-135 11-Jan 1-Mar VQ9 VQ9QM 3-2 11-Jan 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH 3-4 3-2 2-229 11-Jan EL EL2WW 3-2 11-Jan T33 T33VU 2-232 2-226 11-Jan 19-Jan YB YC8TXW YC8YZ (OC-222) 2-238 2-221 12-Jan 25-Jan TU TU5IJ 2-235 15-Jan 17-Jan F TP50CE 2-223 15-Jan 18-Jan JA JH3QFL/6 (AS-024) 2-221 16-Jan 18-Jan PY ZY7FO (SA-046) 2-229 16-Jan 18-Jan PY ZY8CW ZV8A (SA-016) 3-5 ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for January 9, 1999 was 70.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado, for January 10, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------10-Jan-1999 21 110 5 1 Low/Quiet-Unset;Vy Low-Low/Quiet-Unset 10-Jan-1999 18 115 8 1 Low/Quiet-Unset;Vy Low-Low/Quiet-Unset 10-Jan-1999 15 115 8 1 Low/Quiet-Unset;Vy Low-Low/Quiet-Unset 10-Jan-1999 12 115 8 3 Low/Quiet-Unset;Vy Low-Low/Quiet-Unset 10-Jan-1999 09 115 8 2 Low/Quiet;Vy Low-Low/Quiet-Unset 10-Jan-1999 06 115 8 1 Low/Quiet-Unset;Vy Low-Low/Quiet-Unset 10-Jan-1999 03 115 9 2 Low/Quiet-Unset;Vy Low-Low/Quiet-Unset 10-Jan-1999 00 115 9 2 Low/Quiet-Unset;Vy Low-Low/Quiet-Unset

The forecast for Monday, 11 January: solar flux 130, A index 8, K index 3. Monday should be High Normal.

The forecast for Tuesday, 12 January: solar flux 130, A index 10, K index 3. Tuesday should be High Normal. ______

QSL Info ______

Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------3C1GS EA5BYP CM6YI CO6LG LZ0A LZ1KDP 5N3BHF OE6LAG EA9BW EA9AZ OD5PI IK7JTF 5N9CEN IV3VBM EP3HR I2MQP OD5RZ YO3FRI 5N9EAM IK7JTF FO0KOL OH1RY T32NCC HA1AG 9G1YR G4XTA FO0SIL OH1MA TZ6JA JA3EMU 9G5DX JH8PHT FT5WH F6KDF UE9TRN RA9ST A41KJ N5FTR HK3RSA IK4RSR XX9TRR OH2PM BA1DU W3HC JT1FBX JG5PJJ YT800S YU1OJ C30AA IK1MAR

JT1CO - Chadraawal, P.O. Box 905, Ulaanbaatar 23, MONGOLIA YC8TXW - Ronny, P.O. Box 166, Tahuna 95800, INDONESIA

QSL cards recently received direct: 5V7A, 9H3TI, C21NJ, C56CW, C56HP, CT3FN, FR5CC, HU1X, J8/DF2SS, JX7DFA, JY8YB, OX/OZ8AE, S07WW, S50O, S57AC, SV2ASP/A, SV2BXY, T88UP, TR8BAR, TY8A, YB0AI ______

Credits ______

Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 425 DX News, AA3KX, CN8GI, I1JQJ, K4VUD, KD4IFV, KH6BZF Reports, N4XMX, N4XP, N5CQ, N7OJ, NC1L, NC4US, NOAA, OPDX, W3IZ, WA2VUY ______

Subscriptions ______

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DX News ______

The 59(9) DX Report says Uwe, DL2YAK, will be active from Niue as ZK2EGV. Equipment includes a TS-50, IC706, amplifiers 5 element beam and beverage. Several others will be with Uwe.

The scheduled trip to Ivory Coast by Aldo, I2AOX, and Marco, IK2CHZ, has been changed delayed due to plane flights. The new dates will be 13 to 24 January. They will be operating from the QTH of TU5IJ. QSL cards will go to I2AOX.

Rob will be operating from Treasure Cay, Abaco, Bahamas from 15 to 21 February. He will operate in the ARRL CW DX Contest also. Look for him to be active on 10 through 80 meters mostly CW.

John Devoldere, ON4UN, President of UBA (Belgium IARU society) reports that a message generated by Peter, ON6KZ, has hit a number of DX reflectors and DX Bulletins stating a new address for the Belgium QSL bureau. John says the Belgium QSL bureau address has not changed and is still at:

ON-QSL Bureau (UBA / IARU) P.O. Box 900 B9000 Ghent Belgium

The address that Peter was giving is only good for a few hundred of the 4,000 active amateurs in Belgium. All IARU QSL bureaus are aware of this. ______

QSN ______

3C1GS - EQUATORIAL GUINEA - Look for Ramon on 15 meters SSB around 15:00Z. Try 3795 just after 22:00Z. QSL via EA5BYP.

7X4AN - ALGERIA - Mohamed can often be found near 28480 from 14:00 to 17:00Z.

A61AH - UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - Has been showing up on 10 meters SSB between 10:00 and 12:00Z.

EP2AA - IRAN - Someone was using this call sign on 40 meters CW and SSB on Monday from 20:30 to 22:00Z. This is the first time we have received any reports about this station. Work it first worry later. QSL info given was via UA6HPR.

EZ8CQ - TURKMENISTAN - Alex was found on 80 meters SSB from 19:00 to 00:00Z. QSL via W0FS.

FO0KOL - MARQUESAS ISLANDS - Pekka showed up on 80 meters SSB between 07:00 and 08:00Z and then again between 12:30 and 13:30Z. QSL via OH1RY.

T33VU - BANABA ISLAND - Karl says he will be on the island until the next boat arrives which should be about the end of January. Western Europeans should try today at 07:00Z on 40 meters CW. QSL via DL2MDZ.

VQ9SS - DIEGO GARCIA - Several Europeans report Pres on 1832 around 15:30Z. ______

IOTA ______

The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT ------EU-042 DK8OL 14260 1457 AS-089 UA1PBP/9 *7004 0200 NA-080 KN4UG/C6A 21257 1500 NA-027 VO1COP 14260 1857 AN-010 LZ0A 18145 0121 NA-062 W4/DL3MIB 21260 1732 EU-096 OH1LU/P 14257 1231 OC-222 YC8TXW/P 21260 2251 * = 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 ------12-Jan 13-Jan 8Q 8Q7LE 2-223 2-212 12-Jan 16-Jan 9M6 9M6CT 2-191 12-Jan 24-Jan CE by GM4DMA 2-232 12-Jan EL EL2WW 3-2 12-Jan 13-Jan FO/M FO0KOL FO0SIL 3-2 2-229 12-Jan 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH 3-4 3-2 2-229 12-Jan 14-Jan T2 T20FW 2-227 2-225 12-Jan T33 T33VU 2-232 2-226 12-Jan 12-Jan VP8 VP8CRB 2-234 2-147 12-Jan 1-Mar VQ9 VQ9QM 3-2 12-Jan 15-Jan YB YC8TXW YC8YZ (OC-222) 2-238 2-221 12-Jan 26-Jan ZL9 ZL9CI (OC-037) 2-237 2-135 ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for January 10, 1999 was 62.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado, for January 11, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------11-Jan-1999 21 112 5 2 Low/Quiet;Vy Low-Low/Quiet 11-Jan-1999 18 110 5 1 Low/Quiet;Vy Low-Low/Quiet 11-Jan-1999 15 110 5 2 Vy Low/Quiet;Vy Low-Low/Quiet 11-Jan-1999 12 110 5 2 Vy Low/Quiet;Vy Low-Low/Quiet-Unset 11-Jan-1999 09 110 5 2 Vy Low/Quiet-Unset;Vy Low-Low/Quiet-Unset 11-Jan-1999 06 110 5 1 Vy Low/Quiet-Unset;Vy Low-Low/Quiet-Unset 11-Jan-1999 03 110 5 1 Low/Quiet-Unset;Vy Low-Low,Quiet-Unset 11-Jan-1999 00 110 5 1 Low/Quiet-Unset;Vy Low-Low,Quiet-Unset

The forecast for Tuesday, 12 January: solar flux 110, A index 8, K index 2. Tuesday should be High Normal.

The forecast for Wednesday, 13 January: solar flux 115, A index 8, K index 2. Wednesday should be High Normal. ______

QSL Info ______

Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------3B8FQ RW6HS RA0BY RW6HS UK8BWO RW6HS 3DA0BL RW6HS RA0FAC RW6HS UK8CK RW6HS 4J8DX RW6HS RA0FAN RW6HS UK8FC RW6HS 4K2BDU RW6HS RA2FBC DF4BV UK8GBS RW6HS 4K2BY RW6HS RA6WA RW6HS UK8GK RW6HS 4K2OX RW6HS RA6WF RW6HS UK8IAO RW6HS 4K4BCU RW6HS RF6QAI RW6HS UK8IG RW6HS 4K4BDU RW6HS RI0OAA RW6HS UK8IT RW6HS 4K4CDE RW6HS RI1OA RW6HS UK8IWK RW6HS 4K4CDE/UL7B RW6HS RI3B RW6HS UK8IWW RW6HS 4K6CM RW6HS RI6O RW6HS UK8OAN RW6HS 4L1QX RW6HS RI8AJ RW6HS UK8OB RW6HS 4L1RK RW6HS RI8BAM RW6HS UK8OM RW6HS 4L1UN RW6HS RI8BDN RW6HS UK8ZAB RW6HS 4L6FU RW6HS RI8OAA RW6HS UK8ZAH RW6HS 4L6QQ RW6HS RL0O RW6HS UK8ZAV RW6HS 4Z5BZ RW6HS RL2O RW6HS UK8ZAX RW6HS 4Z5FB RW6HS RP6HWF RW6HS UK8ZC RW6HS 4Z5FL RW6HS RU0LX/MM RW6HS UK8ZK RW6HS 4Z5FW RW6HS RV0AM RW6HS UK8ZR RW6HS 4Z5GP RW6HS RZ9DX/0 RW6HS UK8ZU RW6HS 5Z5GV RW6HS TA1AZ RW6HS UK9ADL RW6HS 9H0PJP RW6HS UA0BCU RW6HS UL7OB RW6HS 9H1ED RW6HS UA0I/UV3DDCRW6HS UL7TX RW6HS 9H1GY RW6HS UA0QBQ RW6HS UM0MO RW6HS CE2EZE RW6HS UA0Y/UA9YC RW6HS UM4BWO RW6HS CT3FF RW6HS UA2FBR RW6HS UM51BWO RW6HS DU1EIB RW6HS UA2FFM RW6HS UM5BWO RW6HS EO6AHG RW6HS UA2FGU RW6HS UM8AWP RW6HS ER1OO RW6HS UA9CDE RW6HS UM8OM RW6HS ER2OG RW6HS UA9CDE/UA0BRW6HS UM8QA RW6HS ER3DX RW6HS UD8DWC RW6HS UM9AA RW6HS ER5AL RW6HS UE6ADI RW6HS UN2O RW6HS EX8A RW6HS UF6QAT RW6HS UN7AD RW6HS EX8QA RW6HS UF6QBA RW6HS UN7AM RW6HS EY8VV RW6HS UF6VAI RW6HS UN7AO RW6HS EZ8AI RW6HS UI8IAW RW6HS UN7QX RW6HS EZ8CQ W0FS UI8OAA RW6HS UN7SK RW6HS FP5EK RW6HS UI9ABL RW6HS UN7TX RW6HS KN4UG/C6A KN4UG UI9B/RB3MO RW6HS UU8I RW6HS KP2J RW6HS UI9BWO RW6HS V44KAI K2SB KP3EM RW6HS UJ3I RW6HS VK4SJP RW6HS LY2ER RW6HS UJ8JKK RW6HS VP5/WQ7X WQ7X LZ0A LZ1KDP UK8ABT RW6HS YL2BI RW6HS OD5EH RW6HS UK8AJ RW6HS YO2LDE N1NJ OD5NO RW6HS UK8BAM RW6HS YV3DEH RW6HS OD5SE RW6HS UK8BN RW6HS ZB2EO RW6HS R1FJC RW6HS

JD1AMA - Akihiko Miyazaki, P.O. Box 602, Chichijima, Ogasawara Island, 100-2101, JAPAN N1NJ - Tony Naglieri, 22 Sherwin Street, Ware, MA 01082-1020, USA RW6HS - Vasilij M Kasyanenko, P.O. Box 0, Stavropolskij Kraj, G. Novopavlovsk, 357830 RUSSIA

QSL cards recently received direct: 5V7A, AP2JZB, C31LJ, C56HP, FW5XX, S79OY, VK9CTL, VP2EC ______

Credits ______

Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: KH6BZF Reports, N2JTX, N4VRR, N5CQ, NOAA, ON4UN, RW6HS, The 59(9) DX Report, W9RB, YO2LDE ______

Subscriptions ______

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DX News ______

World travelers Bob, G3ZEM, and Roger, G3SXW, plan to operate from the Republic of Nauru starting on 27 February. The two will use C21ZM and C21SX until 7 March. They will be putting an emphasis on working Europe and the WARC bands. This will be a CW operation and they will have beams and linear amplifiers. They are not sure if they will be on 160 meters at this time. Look for them on CW frequencies that end in 3. QSL via G3ZEM and G3SXW.

Kazu Miyamori, JA1CMD/N4XJ, says that he will operate from Cocos Keeling from 16 to 20 January as VK9CA. He will be on CW on all bands using 100 watts and a wire antenna. QSL cards may go to JA1CMD via the JARL QSL bureau or direct to Kazu Miyamori, Apt. 2-52604 Jakarta Hilton International, Gatot Subroto, Box 3315, Jakarta, 10002 INDONESIA.

Ron Wright, ZL1AMO, landed in Apia, Samoa two days ago and will stay for a few days more. Don't be surprised to hear him on the air as 5W1CW operating from the QTH of Atsuo, 5W1SA. QSL cards for 5W1CW via ZL1AMO. ______

QSN ______

3B8CF - MAURITIUS - Jacky shows up almost every day on 30 meters CW around 02:15Z. QSL via CBA.

3V8BB - TUNISIA - This is a club station and many different people operate it. Make sure you ask for the QSL information when you work them. Some of the YL operators can be found on 20 meters SSB between 11:30 and 13:00Z.

8R1Z - GUYANA - Look for Len near 14243 just after 10:00Z.

FO - MARQUESAS ISLANDS - Today is the scheduled last day for Pekka, FO0KOL, and Jaakko, FO0SIL. They have been on 10 through 80 meters CW and SSB. QSL via OH1RY and OH1MA.

FT5WH - CROZET ISLAND - Gilles started on 14190 around 17:30Z and stayed for more than an hour. QSL via F6KDF.

JD1AMA - OGASAWARA - Aki has been active on 10 through 80 meters CW, SSB and RTTY.

LZ0A - SOUTH SHETLANDS - Check 17 meters CW and SSB for Dany just after 00:00Z. Also look on 40 meters CW starting at 07:00Z. QSL via LZ1KDP.

T33VU - BANABA - Karl is usually active around 00:00Z. He can be found on 10, 12, 15 or 17 meters CW. A better time and place is 40 meters CW just after 07:00Z. QSL via DL2MDZ.

T88 - BELAU - T88FB and T88SM were active on Tuesday on 30 and 40 meters CW. QSL via JH6TNH and JA6EGL.

ZL9CI - CAMPBELL ISLAND - These guys are doing a great job. They were reported on Tuesday as follows:

GMT Frequencies ------00 18074 21024 21295 24894 28024 28475 01 14024 18074 21024 21295 02 14024 14195 21024 21295 03 14024 14080 21024 04 14024 14080 14195 18145 05 14024 14195 21024 28024 06 7008 14024 14195 18145 28024 07 7007 14024 14195 18145 21024 21295 08 3503 7007 14024 14195 18145 21024 28475 09 3503 7007 14024 14195 18145 28475 10 3503 7007 14197 18140 15 3503 7005 14024 14195 16 3503 7005 14024 14195 17 3503 7005 10105 14024 14195 18145 18 7005 10105 14195 21295 24945 19 7005 10106 14024 14195 18074 21295 24945 20 10106 14024 14195 18074 21024 21295 24945 21 10106 14024 14195 21024 21295 24894 24945 22 14024 14195 21024 21295 24894 24945 28475 23 14024 21024 21295 28475 ______

IOTA ______

The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT ------AF-004 EA8/DL2OE 18133 1130 EU-120 M0BTP 7093 1736 AF-014 CT3/LX1KQ 14260 1402 EU-124 GW4NXG/M 14260 1153 AS-089 UA1PBP/0 7004 0159 NA-080 KN4UG/C6A 21260 1410 EU-037 SM7DLZ 3790 1805 OC-037 ZL9CI 14197 1033 EU-049 SV8CYR 14213 1441 OC-222 YC8TXW/P 21260 0734 EU-060 SV1CIV 24950 1338

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 13-Jan 8Q 8Q7LE 2-223 2-212 13-Jan 16-Jan 9M6 9M6CT 2-191 13-Jan 24-Jan CE by GM4DMA 2-232 13-Jan EL EL2WW 3-2 13-Jan 13-Jan FO/M FO0KOL FO0SIL 3-2 2-229 13-Jan 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH 3-4 3-2 2-229 13-Jan 14-Jan T2 T20FW 2-227 2-225 13-Jan T33 T33VU 2-232 2-226 13-Jan 25-Jan TU TU5IJ 3-7 2-235 13-Jan VP8 VP8CRB 2-234 2-147 13-Jan 1-Mar VQ9 VQ9QM 3-2 13-Jan 15-Jan YB YC8TXW YC8YZ (OC-222) 2-238 2-221 13-Jan 26-Jan ZL9 ZL9CI (OC-037) 2-237 2-135 ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for January 11, 1999 was 46.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for January 12, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------12-Jan-1999 21 113 3 1 Low/Quiet;Low-Moderate/Quiet 12-Jan-1999 18 112 5 2 Low/Quiet;Low/Quiet 12-Jan-1999 15 112 5 2 Low/Quiet;Low/Quiet 12-Jan-1999 12 112 5 1 Low/Quiet;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 12-Jan-1999 09 112 5 1 Low/Quiet;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 12-Jan-1999 06 112 5 0 Low/Quiet;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 12-Jan-1999 03 112 5 1 Low/Quiet;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 12-Jan-1999 00 112 5 1 Low/Quiet;Low/Quiet-Unsettled

The forecast for Wednesday, 13 January: solar flux 115, A index 8, K index 2. Wednesday should be High Normal.

The forecast for Thursday, 14 January: solar flux 120, A index 8, K index 2. Thursday should be High Normal. ______

QSL Info ______

The following QSL cards have recently been received. QSL information has been taken directly from the QSL cards of the stations listed below:

3Z0AU via SP6CZ 4K9W via DL6KVA 4Z1GY via NF4W 5B4/UA9YAB Alex Vedernikov, P. O. Box 83, Biysk-3, Altai 659303, RUSSIA 5W0VD via OK1VD 7Q7AH via G0IAS 8P6EU via KU9C 9H3TI via DL2AAZ 9K2SQ Abdullah al-Salem, P. O. Box 38899, Kuwait, KUWAIT AH2R via JI3ERV AZ9W via LU5WW BI4C via W3HC BI5Z via W3HC BV3FQ Jay Chuang, P. O. Box 19-58, Chungli 320, TAIWAN C56HP via JA1OEM C91RF via DL6DQW CE3WDD Alfredo Moya, C. C. 240-3, Santiago, CHILE CE4RPM Cristian Vicencio Cousino, Casilla 516, Linares, CHILE CM7HF Hector Fernandez, P. O. Box 20, Moron 67210, CUBA CM7NV Norma Valdes, P. O. Box 20, Moron 67210, CUBA CS6S via CT1ERK CT3KN Ricardo Martins, Estrada Monument, Edificio Varanda Lido 6, P-9000 Funchal, Madeira, PORTUGAL CU2V via DL3KDV CX1CCC via CX4AX DS2HIQ Kwak Namsoon, P. O. Box 66, Dong-Suwon 442-600, KOREA DU1LKY Joselito C. Fernandez, Coloong 1, Valenzuela, MM 1445, PHILIPPINES DU1SXW Fr. Dan F. Manuel, Mt. Carmel Seminary, Sariaya, Quezon 4322, PHILIPPINES FG5AK Pierre Le Gonvoisier, Ecole mixte 2 Grandcamp, F-97139 Abymes, FRANCE GC4LZP via GW3SB HI3ROX Alfredo Acosta, Duarte 88, Moca, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC HL2LLV Park Jaewoo, P. O. Box 66, Dong-Suwon 442-600, KOREA HL2SS Park Namsoon, P. O. Box 66, Dong-Suwon 442-600, KOREA HS0ACT Sithi Chinsukeporn, 2121 M 7 Teparuk Road, Muang Samutprakarn 10270, THAILAND HS1GUW Ong-Art Khaocharee, P. O. Box 8, Tungbenchar, Thamai, Chantaburi 22170, THAILAND HS2OUJ Vanlop Homrean, P. O. Box 1, Thungbencha, Chantaburi 22170, THAILAND II3R via IV3TMV IO4I via IK4QIB J41AG via SV1CIB J42Z via SV2CWY LX1EK Germaine Knabe, 25, rue Basse, L-4415 Soleuvre, LUXEMBOURG LX2AK Alfred Knabe, 25, rue Basse, L-4415 Soleuvre, LUXEMBOURG OE9S via OE2GEN OH0W via OH2IW OL4S via OK2ZU P29HG James Mollenhauer, P. O. Box 1307, Goroka, EHP, PAPUA NEW GUINEA RP4H via RW4HB RV9C via UA9CAW SN6U via SP6YFU SP4Z via SP4EEZ SV/WN7S Dick Kwiatkowski, American Embassy, Box 47 - PSC 108, APO AE 09842 SV1CQN Kostas Karakostas, Anapafseos 4, GR-301 00 Agrinion, GREECE SV1CRZ Dimitris Benakis, Ikonioy 63, GR-171 23 Nea Smyrni, GREECE SV1DKL Maliakis Efstathios, 346A, Irakliou Ave., Nea Ionia, GR-142 31 Athens, GREECE SV1EMY Korovezis Ioannis, 3 Kerkiras Street, GR-132 31 Petroupou, GREECE SV2AEL Pavlidis Savvas, P. O. Box 22013, GR-553 10 Thessaloniki, GREECE SV2BBJ Letsos Nick, Kallipoleos 4, GR-572 00 Lagadas, GREECE SV2DFA Papadopoulos Giannis, Eteokleous 40, GR-542 50 Thessaloniki, GREECE SV7CLI Akis Kaltsaras, 93 I. Kaviri St., GR-681 00 Alexandroupolis, GREECE SX2THE via SV2TSL T91ENS via DJ0JV T9DX via T93Y TJ1LD Dr. Douglas W. Lewis, P. O. Box 9, Kumbo, NW Province, CAMEROON TJ2RSF via EA4URE TK5NJ Alexandre Pellegrinetti, B. P. 223, F-20179 Ajaccio (Corse), FRANCE TM7TLT via F6KWP UR7R via UX1RX V29TU via HB9TU V31WV via KD6WW VR2KF Kazu Fujita, GPO Box 4724, Hong Kong, CHINA VU2GSB G. Shankar, 12-2-398/2, Tallagadda, Markandaya Nagar, Hyderabad 500 067, INDIA VU2NDJ N. Abi Ram, 25-8-239, Main Road, Visakhapatnam 530 001, INDIA VU3GFF Santosh C. G., #230/1, Omkarnagar, Arekere Gate, Bannerghatta Road, Bangalore 560 076, INDIA XN8DXA via VY2RU XU6BND Ichinose Izumi, 1-3-4-1403, Shinkitano, Yodogawa-ku, Osaka 532-0025, JAPAN XU7AAK via JA1OEM XV300S via JH1EVE YC6HDF Wellem A. Kroma, P. O. Box 25, Pangkalan Brandan 20857, INDONESIA ZB2FX via G3RFX ZK1TNN via OK1TN ZL6A via ZL2AGY ZS6FOC via G3MXJ ZW2Z via PY2ZI ______

Credits ______

Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: G3SXW, JA1CMD, K3ZO, KH6BZF Reports, NOAA ______

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DX News ______

Jon, 3DA0CA, returned from his trip to Mozambique (C91CO/P) and is now active on 6 meters. He is running a IC505 with 10 watts and a 4 element beam. QSL via W4DR.

A group of Amateur Radio operators from Kaliningrad plan to operate the CQ World Wide 160 Meter CW Contest from Egypt. Operators include Igor, UA2FZ, Vlad, UA2FF, Andy, UA2FB. Call sign and exact QTH have not be decided at the moment.

Potomac Valley Radio Club members CLiff, W4CE; Dave, W4DAV; Jack, W4NF, and Bill, W4RM, plan to do a muti-two operation from the British Virgin Islands during the ARRL DX SSB Contest.

Look for Andy, G4ZVJ, to once again be active from the Philippines some time between 24 January to 24 February. He will use DU3/AH8F on CW on all bands. QSL via G4ZVJ.

Alex, PA3DZN, is back in the Netherlands until February 1. Then he will go back to the Central African Republic to operate TL5A. ______

QSN ______

5A1A - LIBYA - Look for Abubaker on 80 and 160 meters between 21:00 and 00:00Z.

5H3US - TANZANIA - Dave continues to show up on 1831 around 02:30Z. He listens up 1 Khz. About 03:15Z he goes directly to 3505 and stays until about 04:00Z. Next he moves to 7005. QSL via WA8JOC.

EL2WW - LIBERIA - Mark was found working Europe and East Coast US stations on 10104 between 21:00 and 22:00Z. QSL via ON5NT.

JD1AMA - OGASAWARA - Aki was working all across the US on 3503 from 10:15 to 10:45Z.

T33VU - BANABA - West Coast and JA's reported Karl on 3501 Tuesday starting around 15:00Z. QSL via DL2MDZ.

VQ9SS - DIEGO GARCIA - Press was on 1824 at 15:10Z. ______

IOTA ______

The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AF-005 D44BC 28514 1706 EU-131 IK3PQH 14087 1807 AS-017 JS6PXB 21258 0756 NA-055 AK1L 21263 1457 AS-031 JD1AMA 28487 0713 NA-080 C6AGN 21265 2345 AS-078 JJ8UTK 21250 0753 OC-019 KH6FHX 18147 2129 AS-079 JA5CKD/6 18078 1219 OC-060 3D2AG/P 14005 0629 AS-083 RA9LI/9 14260 1211 OC-084 T32NCC 28490 0054 EU-004 EA8/DL2OE 18076 1444 OC-129 K9AW/DU 14007 1709 EU-023 9H4CM 18125 1014 OC-222 YC8TXW/P 21265 0129

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 16-Jan 9M6 9M6CT 2-191 14-Jan 24-Jan CE by GM4DMA 2-232 14-Jan EL EL2WW 3-2 14-Jan 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH 3-4 3-2 2-229 14-Jan 14-Jan T2 T20FW 2-227 2-225 14-Jan T33 T33VU 2-232 2-226 14-Jan 25-Jan TU TU5IJ 3-7 2-235 14-Jan VP8 VP8CRB 2-234 2-147 14-Jan 1-Mar VQ9 VQ9QM 3-2 14-Jan 15-Jan YB YC8TXW YC8YZ (OC-222) 2-238 2-221 14-Jan 26-Jan ZL9 ZL9CI (OC-037) 2-237 2-135 ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for January 12, 1999 was 66.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for January 13, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------13-Jan-1999 21 119 17 3 Low/Quiet- Mnr Stm;Low/Active-Mnr Stm 13-Jan-1999 18 113 3 5 Low/Quiet- Mnr Stm;Low/Active-Mnr Stm 13-Jan-1999 15 113 3 4 Low/Quiet-Active;Low/Unsettled-Active 13-Jan-1999 12 113 3 3 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Unsettled 13-Jan-1999 09 113 3 2 Low/Quiet;Low/Quiet 13-Jan-1999 06 113 3 2 Low/Quiet;Low/Quiet 13-Jan-1999 03 113 3 2 Low/Quiet;Low/Quiet 13-Jan-1999 00 113 3 1 Low/Quiet;Low-Moderate/Quiet

The forecast for Thursday, 14 January: solar flux 130, A index 15, K index 3. Thursday should be High Normal.

The forecast for Thursday, 15 January: solar flux 140, A index 10, K index 2. Thursday should be High Normal. ______

QSL Info ______

Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------3D2AG/P 3D2AG P49M VE3MR T94KU YO3JW 4L1DX OZ1HPS RA9LI/9 DL6ZFG VP2EY HB9SL 8Q7LE G0ULN T20FW DK7YY VP8CRB K4QD A41KJ N5FTR T30ED 3D2SJ VU2RBQ DJ9RB C6AGN W1DIG T88VO JM6VOV ZF2JL WB2DGL EL2WW ON5NT

3D2SJ - Fr. Steve Dives MSC, P. O. Box 1354, Suva, FIJI YO3JW - Fenyo Stefan, P.O. Box 19-43, RO-74400 Bucuresti, ROMANIA

Norm, K6ZDL/5, reports he is no longer the QSL Manager for 5T5CW, P29FV or P29MC.

QSL cards for the recent VO2RAC operation during the RAC Winter Contest should go via Dan Murray, VO2YR, P.O. Box 478, Station A, Goose Bay, New Foundland, A0P 1S0 CANADA

The World busiest QSL manager just got busier as he is now handling the QSL chores for Chuck, DU3NXE.

QSL requests for UR4WWT DO NOT go via WR3G. They do go via WR3L.

QSL cards recently received direct: 5J9A, 5V7A, 9H1NB, A35ZL, A61AJ, BD4ED, BV/JH3GCN, BV4HB, C56/DL5MM, D44BC, DU3NXE, E30HA, EP2MKO, HP3XUG, HS1RU, J79MV (2 YRS), JW5NM, KH8/N5OLS, LZ9A, OD5NJ, RK6AXS, RK9AWN, TE45CF, TF3IRA, TJ2RSF, TY8A, TZ6VV, VK6HD, VP2V/W7YAQ, VP9LR, XE2KGR, YO2BP, ZA0IS, ZD7BG ______

Credits ______

Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: AA4US, Go List, K1XN, KD4IFV, KH6BZF Reports, N2JTX, N2QT, N2TN, N3RA, N4TX, N4UK, N5CQ, N7OJ, NC4US, NOAA, W4NF, WA2VUY, WA9BXB, YO2LDE ______

Subscriptions ______

. ======*** The Daily DX _ *** ======Volume 3 Number 10 January 15, 1999 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR ______

DX News ______

Look for Henri, FR5ZQ, to once again be active from Tromelin Island as FR5ZQ/T sometime in between 3 February and 3 March. Tromelin Island ranked # 8 on the ARRL DXCC Most Wanted List in 1997. Plans are to be active on 10, 15, 20 and 40 meters CW and SSB. He is not fluent in English so go slow or use your french to enhance your chances with him. If the pileup gets to unruly he will QRT! Henri does meteorological work on the island and gets on the air when he can. Here are some known suggested places and times to look for him.

GMT Frequencies ------09 to 13Z 21010 11 to 12Z 21190 to 21300 12 to 14Z 28450 to 28505 13 to 14Z 14272 (JA net) 16 to 18Z 28450 to 28505 16 to 18Z 14133 to 14200

QSL via Henri Namtameco, Rampe de Saint-Francois, 5052 tour de la Chaumiere, 97400 Saint-Denis, FRANCE

Mark, ON4WW, has now returned to Monrovia, Liberia and started back up on the air earlier this week. He has been busy with work and antenna work at his station. Bruce, KD6WW, has loaned Mark an amplifier and which will be used with a Yaesu FT-900. A K9AY loop will soon be up for listening on the low bands. Look for him to be active on all bands on CW, SSB and now SSTV. Special attention will be made on 160 meters. If anyone has any suggestions as to how Mark can get some 6 meter equipment please contact Ghis, ON5NT, his QSL manager by e-mail Mark should remain in Monrovia for several more months and will be on holiday back in Belgium sometime in March. QSL via ON5NT.

Dick, N1RCT, will be active on RTTY from Bermuda as VP9/N1RCT from 30 January to 4 February. He will be running 100 watts into a dipole and will look for JA's on 20 meters between 22:00 and 23:00Z daily. QSL via Eddie Schneider, W6/G0AZT, P.O. Box 5194, Richmond, CA 94805 or via the bureau to N1RCT.

Wulf, DL1AWI, and Mat, DL5XU, plan to operate from the newest two DXCC Entities between 16 January and 5 February. They will be on from Rurutu (OC-050), Austral Islands and Nuku Hiva (OC-027), Marquesas Islands as FO0AWI and FO0XUU. No mention of which island they would be on first or for how long. Look for them on all bands including the low bands. QSL direct or via the bureau to DL5AWI.

Vic, N4TO, plans to operate the ARRL CW DX Contest as VP5M from the Turks and Caicos Islands. Look for him before and after the contest as VP5/N4TO between 16 and 23 February.

Gene, K7DBV, will be doing some medical mission work in La Cieba, Honduras from 10 to 26 February. Look for him to be active as HR3/K7DBV in his spare time.

Don, W4ZYT, will operate between 16 and 23 February as KG4ZK from Guantanamo Bay. During the ARRL CW DX Contest he will use KG4DZ. QSL cards for KG4ZK go via W4ZYT and cards for KG4DZ go via W4SD.

Graham, G0VNW, is now in Kenya and soon hopes to be on the air as 5Z4GC. Once he gets his license look for him on all bands on SSB. QSL via WB2YQH.

Ed, K8EP, is planning to operate from the Hillview Gardens Resort station 9M6AAC from 29 January to 1 February. He will be on CW and SSB and will put in some time in the CQ World Wide 160 Meter CW Contest. QSL via N2OO.

Several of the DX sources are now reporting that the planned DXpeditions to both Navassa and Bouvet are having problems due to environmental studies that the US and Norway are doing on both islands. ______

QSN ______

3W5FM - VIETNAM - Coly has been trying CW on 3790 between 12:00 and 12:15Z daily. QSL via UA0FM.

EP4GM - IRAN - Several Europeans reported this station on 14016 from 07:20 to 08:15Z. WFWL.

FR5HR - REUNION ISLAND - Had a very nice signal into the East Coast of the US on 24956 just before 15:00Z.

HZ1AB - SAUDI ARABIA - Was very busy on 160 meters on Thursday. From 16:45 to 20:00Z he was on 1820. At 21:40 he was on 1822 and early today US stations were hearing him at 02:30Z. QSL via K8PYD.

JT1BH - MONGOLIA - East Coast DXers worked him on 40 meters between 22:00 and 00:00Z.

S21YP - BANGLADESH - Showed up on 40 meters CW just before 00:00Z today.

T20FW - TUVALU - The German boys finished yesterday around 17:00Z. Next stop.....home. QSL 3D2DK and T20FW both via DK7YY.

TU5IJ - IVORY COAST - Is now active on SSB and RTTY. ______

IOTA ______

The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AS-028 UA0QMU 7001 1708 EU-131 IK3PQH 14087 1601 AS-079 JA5CKD/6 14012 1313 OC-222 YC8TXW/P 7017 1228 AS-083 RA9LI/9 14260 1224

Joel, F5PAC, plans to be active from NA-071, NA-088, NA-202 and maybe from NA-203 between 5 and 25 February. All of these islands are located off the shore of Panama (HP). QSL only via the bureau.

Jean-Pierre, ON4BBA, has announced that he and a group will operate the IOTA Contest in July from Yeu Island (EU-064). They will be active between 18 and 25 July on all bands on CW, SSB and RTTY.

Frank, KL7FH, plans to operate as KL1SLE from St. Lawrence Island (NA-040) in the next 2 to 3 weeks. He may only be there for one day and one night so work him quickly. For more information see http://www.customcpu.com/personal/kl7fh

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 16-Jan 9M6 9M6CT 2-191 15-Jan 19-Jan C6 KN4UG/C6A (EU-080) 15-Jan 24-Jan CE by GM4DMA 2-232 15-Jan EL EL2WW 3-2 15-Jan 17-Jan F TP50CE 2-223 15-Jan 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH 3-4 3-2 2-229 15-Jan 18-Jan JA JH3QFL/6 (AS-024) 2-221 15-Jan T33 T33VU 2-232 2-226 15-Jan 25-Jan TU TU5IJ 3-7 2-235 15-Jan VP8 VP8CRB 2-234 2-147 15-Jan 1-Mar VQ9 VQ9QM 3-2 15-Jan 15-Jan YB YC8TXW YC8YZ (OC-222) 2-238 2-221 15-Jan 26-Jan ZL9 ZL9CI (OC-037) 2-237 2-135 16-Jan 17-Jan I IJ7 (EU-073) 3-6 16-Jan 18-Jan PY ZY7FO (SA-046) 2-229 16-Jan 18-Jan PY ZY8CW ZV8A (SA-016) 3-5 16-Jan 20-Jan VK9Y VK9CA 3-8 ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for January 13, 1999 was 77.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for January 14, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------14-Jan-1999 21 137 24 2 Mod/Quiet-Mnr Stm;Mod/Unsettled-Active 14-Jan-1999 18 119 21 4 Mod/Quiet-Mnr Stm;Low-Mod/Unset-Active 14-Jan-1999 15 119 21 5 Mod/Quiet-Mnr Stm;Low-Mod/Active 14-Jan-1999 12 119 21 4 Mod/Quiet-Mnr Stm;Low-Mod/Active 14-Jan-1999 09 119 21 4 Low/Quiet-Mnr Stm;Low-Mod/Active 14-Jan-1999 06 119 21 3 Low/Quiet-Mnr Stm;Low-Mod/Active-Mnr Stm 14-Jan-1999 03 119 21 2 Low/Quiet-Mnr Stm;Low-Mod/Active-Mnr Stm 14-Jan-1999 00 119 21 5 Low/Quiet-Mnr Stm;Low/Active-Mnr Stm

The forecast for Friday, 15 January: solar flux 140, A index 10, K index 2. Friday should be High Normal.

The forecast for Saturday, 16 January: solar flux 150, A index 10, K index 2. Saturday should be High Normal.

The forecast for Sunday, 17 January: solar flux 155, A index 9, K index 3. Sunday should be Normal. ______

QSL Info ______

The following QSL cards have recently been received. QSL information has been taken directly from the QSL cards of the stations listed below:

8J6SIV via JA6CPC 9N1FP Vladimir Zakharov, Kulakova 27/2-116, Stavropol 355044, RUSSIA A35SO via DJ4SO A35ZL via DJ7RJ C56/DK3FW Dieter Romberg, Mittelstr. 1A, D-30982 Pattensen, GERMANY CS1SL via CT4SL DS0EZ Sarang Nanugi Net, P. O. Box 54, Dongjak, Seoul 156-600, KOREA DS1BHE Seong-Joo Lee, P. O. Box 12, Tobong, Seoul 132-023, KOREA 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 DS1FNQ Kim Eun Soo, Department of Metallurgy and Materials Science, Room K420, Hong-Ik University, 72-1, Dangsu-dong, Mapo-ku, Seoul 121-791, KOREA DS3EXX Tae-Soo Song, P. O. Box 114, Cheong Ju, 360-600, KOREA DS3FGN Yeong-Ja Lee, P. O. Box 114, Cheong Ju, 360-600, KOREA DS5ALT Kim Mansoo, 1135, Gaya-Ri, Gaya-Eup, Haman-Kun, Kyungnam 637-800, 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 DS5RDA Sang Un Lee, P. O. Box 23, Taegu 700-600, KOREA DS5SME Shin Sang-Jae, P. O. Box 21, Dalseogu 704-600, KOREA FO5QB Michel Huin, P. O. Box 527, Papeete, Tahiti, FRENCH POLYNESIA GM6V via GM4DMZ GM7R via GM0WDF GU6D via G3LZQ HB0/HB9LF Radio-Amateur-Club Roche, Grenzacherstr. 124, CH-4070 Basel, SWITZERLAND HB2CA via HB9DLE HL0B Kwangwoon University Amateur Radio Club, 447-1 Weolgye-Dong, Nowon-Gu, Seoul 139-701, KOREA HL1IEG Lee Hee-Mun, HwaRang APT 2-701, 40-4 Yoido Dong, Seoul 150-010, KOREA HL1KIS Yanghyon Yi, 2-801, Hyundai Apt, #4-2, Tangsan dong 5 ka, Youngdungpo ku, Seoul 150-045, KOREA 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 HL2WA Dong Kyu Lee, 1007-104, Jukong APT, Eunhang-2 Dong, Jungwon-ku, Seongnam-si, Kyeonggi-Do, KOREA HL3EEI Mun-Gu Hwang, P. O. Box 63, Cheong Ju 360-600, KOREA HL3ENE Hyun Kyun Shin, Donga APT 3-1303, Kyohyun-Dong, Chungju, Chungbuk 380-060, KOREA HL5BBW Jong Oil Eom, 34-81, Haedodong, Pohang 680-000, KOREA HL5BUV Inyoung Kim, P. O. Box 12, Pusan 600-600, KOREA HL5UOK Lee Young Su, CPO Box 20, Dong Taegu, KOREA HL5XF Seo Ho Jin, P. O. Box 73, Nam Ulsan 680-600, KOREA J45T via SV5DZT JY4NE Ali Yashrati, Ph. D., P. O. Box 9392, Amman 11191, JORDAN LX1EA Edmond Mertz, 85, rte. de Reisdorf, L-6311 Beauford, LUXEMBOURG OH0JJS Jukka Klemola, Aarontie 5, FIN-31400 Somero, FINLAND OH0TA via OH2TA SV1CQR Giannis Rizos, P. O. Box 121, GR-301 00 Agrinio, GREECE SV1MF Markos, 28 Evagelistrias str., GR-185 32 Piraeus, GREECE SV1QN George Pilalis, Aiglis 8, GR-154 51 Psihiko, Athens, GREECE SV2BXY Antonis Kambakis, 3, Omirou Str., GR-566 26 Thessaloniki, GREECE SV5DZG George Periferakis, P. O. Box 282, GR-851 00 Rodos, GREECE TM8FL ALR 69, 23 bis rue Roger Radisson, F-69005 Lyon, FRANCE TO8B via EA3BT TY8A via DL7UFR V26K via AA3B VI6EWT via VK6NE VK9CQR via HB9QR VK9CTL via HB9QR VK9XQR via HB9QR VK9XTL via HB9QR VR2KF Kazu Fujita, GPO Box 4724, Hong Kong, CHINA VU2TMP V. M. Thampi, Veliyathumalil, P. O. Pulpally, Kerala 673 579, INDIA VU2VSD V. Sundaralingam, Venes Electronics, 46-D, Thalayari St., Pattukkottai 614 601, INDIA YC7JEK Hatirudin, P. O. Box 3, Banjarmasin 70001, INDONESIA YN6HM via K5YU ZP7BIA Tito Codas, P. O. Box 20, 3300 Coronel Oviedo, PARAGUAY ______

On the WWW ______

October 1998 logs for VP5/AA4US can be found at http://www.supernet.net/~gene/VP5OCT.txt and for December 1998 at http://www.supernet.net/~gene/VP5DEC.txt ______

Credits ______

Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 425 DX News, AA4US, DE0MST, DL5AWI, DX News Sheet, FR5DN, IOTW, K3ZO, KH6BZF Reports, NOAA, ON5NT, OPDX, The 59(9) DX Report, WL7KY ______

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DX News ______

Members of The Venezuela DX Club (YVDXC) and the Association de Radio aficionados de Venezuela (ARV) met on December 18, 1998 to discuss a joint venture to Aves Island (YV0). Attendees at that meeting included YV5AMH, YV5ANT, YV5BNR, YV5BPJ, YV5EED, YV5IVB and others. The group agreed to plan this operation for the year 2000. Hopefully we will be higher in the sunspot cycle, the latest DX needed lists could be examined and details about transportation could be worked out. By mid-year they hope to have proper paper work from the PTT and transportation issues worked out with the Army. More details are expected later this year.

Ron, AA5DX, reports he will be back on Diego Garcia on 24 January hopefully as VQ9DX. His length of stay will be 4 months. He will not be back home until late May so QSL cards will not go out until sometime in June. QSL via AA5DX.

Bob, N5NJ, Tyler, K3MM, and possibly Rol, K3RA, plan to operate multi-two in the ARRL CW DX Contest next month from Antigua as V26O. They will also be active as V26MM and V26RA, if Rol goes, before and after the contest. Look for them on CW, SSB, and RTTY from 18 to 22 February.

The newly elected officers of the Lone Star DX Association for 1999 are:

Chief Director Jerry Smith, W5TFV Information Director Tom Anderson, WW5L Activities Director Joel Rubenstein, N5JR Membership Director Martin "Sandy" Sandberg, N5NBW

For more information on the LSDXA visit their home page at http://www.dxer.org/lsdxa/

Bill, W5SJ, will operate from Anguilla as VP2EJ from 20 January to 1 February. He will be active on all bands on CW and SSB. Look for him to be active during the CQ World Wide CW 160 Meter Contest.

Edward, WA3WSJ, and John, K3TEJ, will be active from Abaco Island (NA-080) in the Bahama Islands from 16 to 23 February as K3TEJ/C6A and WA3WSJ/C6A. During the ARRL CW DX Contest they will use C6AKW. Before and after the contest they will operate all bands on CW and SSB. QSL C6AKW and K3TEJ/C6A via K3TEJ. QSL WA3WSJ/C6A via WA3WSJ. ______

QSN ______3W5FM - VIETNAM - Look for Coly on 30 meters CW from 11:00 to 12:00Z. QSL via UA0FM.

4U1ITU - I.T.U. GENEVA - Was active over the weekend on 12 17 and 30 meters CW. No QSL information was given.

CN2UN - WESTERN SAHARA - Ross is claiming that he is operating at a United Nations Mission in Western Sahara. He has been active on 10, 15 and 20 meters SSB. Work it first worry later. QSL via ZP6CW or ZP6CU.

EA9LZ - CEUTA - Can be found on 80 meters SSB between 07:00 to 08:00Z.

EL2WW - LIBERIA - Marks amplifier broke after 3 days use. He will go back to Belgium in March and will hopefully get it fixed there. QSL via ON5NT.

FO0 - MARQUESAS ISLANDS - Looks like Wulf, FO0AWI, and Mat, FO0XUU, will be here first. They showed up on Saturday and were active this weekend mostly on 40 80 and 160 meters. At this time it is not known how long they will be here before going on to the Austral Islands. QSL via DL5AWI.

FT5WH - CROZET ISLAND - Look for Gilles on 14190 from 18:00 to 20:00Z. Also check 14278 at 17:00Z and 21170 just before 14:00Z.

FT5ZJ - AMSTERDAM ISLAND - Michael showed up on RTTY on Sunday from 10:30 to 13:00Z on 21091.

FY5KE - FRENCH GUIANA - Was active this weekend on 12, 17, 40 and 80 meters CW.

HV4NAC - VATICAN - Francisco, IK0FVC, made a surprise visit on Sunday. He was on 12 and 17 meters SSB. QSL via IK0FVC.

JD1AMA - OGASAWARA - Look for Aki on 80 meters SSB from 21:00 to 23:00Z. QSL to CBA. He does not have a QSL Manager.

T33VU - BANABA ISLAND - Karl is still active and waiting for a boat to pick him up. QSL via DL2MDZ.

TP50CE - FRANCE - This was the Council of Europe special event station celebrating 50 years. QSL via F6FQK.

TU5IJ - IVORY COAST - Has been active on 10 through 20 meters SSB and RTTY. QSL via I2AOX.

VK9CA - COCOS KEELING - Was on this weekend on 10 through 30 meters CW and SSB.

VQ9SS - DIEGO GARCIA - Look for Pres on 160 meters from 13:00 to 15:00Z.

ZL9CI - CAMPBELL ISLAND - About one more week to go. Logs can be found at http://www.qsl.net/zl9ci ______

IOTA ______

The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AF-014 CT3GU 21286 1424 NA-102 FG5GI 14086 1900 AS-024 JH3QFL/6 7005 1209 NA-107 FM/F8AAN 21244 1219 AS-083 RA9LI/P 14261 0857 NA-151 OX3LG 21260 1620 EU-009 GM0HTG 14260 1129 OC-003 VK9CA 18115 1557 EU-016 9A6DX/P 14261 1049 OC-019 AH6NJ 3508 0812 EU-020 SM1ALH 21287 1114 OC-027 FO0XUU 14195 1559 EU-037 SM7DLZ 3791 1917 OC-148 YC9MKF 28460 1108 EU-073 IJ7/IK7VJX 14250 1134 OC-222 YC8TXW 21278 0407 EU-073 IJ7/IK7XIV 24892 1320 SA-016 ZV8A 21260 1952 EU-073 IJ7/IK6CAC 14264 1002 SA-026 PP5OW 21223 1152 NA-026 W2SF 24942 1423 SA-036 P43E 24946 1501 NA-034 AH6JN/4 21202 1614 SA-046 ZY7FO 21040 1851

Yuji, JA3CMY; Fumio, JE4CIL; and Takeshi, JI3DST, plan to be active from Oki Island (AS-041) on 20 and 21 March.

Members of the Western Washington DX Club and the Island County ARC will operate together during the IOTA Contest in July from Tatoosh Island (NA-169).

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-Jan 19-Jan C6 KN4UG/C6A (EU-080) 18-Jan 24-Jan CE by GM4DMA 2-232 18-Jan EL EL2WW 3-10 3-2 18-Jan 5-Feb FO/M FO0AWI FO0XUU (OC-027) 3-10 18-Jan 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH 3-4 3-2 2-229 18-Jan 18-Jan JA JH3QFL/6 (AS-024) 2-221 18-Jan 18-Jan PY ZY7FO (SA-046) 2-229 18-Jan 18-Jan PY ZY8CW ZV8A (SA-016) 3-5 18-Jan T33 T33VU 2-232 2-226 18-Jan 25-Jan TU TU5IJ 3-7 2-235 18-Jan 20-Jan VK9Y VK9CA 3-8 18-Jan 1-Mar VQ9 VQ9QM 3-2 18-Jan 26-Jan ZL9 ZL9CI (OC-037) 2-237 2-135 22-Jan 31-Jan PY PT5T (SA-026) 2-236 22-Jan 24-Jan PY ZW7SC (SA-026) 3-5 ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for January 16, 1999 was 106.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for January 17, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------17-Jan-1999 21 161 4 1 Low/Quiet;Mod/Quiet-Unsettled 17-Jan-1999 18 159 7 1 Mod/Quiet;Mod/Quiet-Unsettled 17-Jan-1999 15 159 7 1 Mod/Quiet;Mod/Quiet-Unsettled 17-Jan-1999 12 159 7 1 Mod/Quiet-Unsettled;Mod/Quiet-Unsettled 17-Jan-1999 09 159 7 2 Mod/Quiet-Unsettled;Mod/Quiet-Unsettled 17-Jan-1999 06 159 7 2 Mod/Quiet-Unsettled;Mod/Quiet-Unsettled 17-Jan-1999 03 159 7 2 Mod/Quiet-Unsettled;Mod/Quiet-Unsettled 17-Jan-1999 00 159 7 0 Mod/Quiet-Unsettled;Mod/Quiet-Unsettled

The forecast for Monday, 18 January: solar flux 165, A index 8, K index 2. Monday should be High Normal.

The forecast for Tuesday, 19 January: solar flux 170, A index 8, K index 2. Tuesday should be High Normal. ______

QSL Info ______

Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------4X/K4YT K4YT FG5EY F6EYB T88VO JM6VOV 5V7FA F6FNU FO0AWI DL5AWI TK5XN F2YT 6W4RK F5NPS FO0XUU DL5AWI TP50CE F6FQK 9G1BJ G4XTA HH2HN KU9C TU2XZ W3HC 9G5DX JH8PHT HK0OEP N0JT TU5IJ I2AOX 9K2/SQ5DAK SP5KQS HV4NAC IK0FVC VK8KAY YC1VX A61AH KA5TQF HZ1AB K8PYD VK9CA JA1CMD AH6PN/HR6 W7TSQ JY5SK W9XY VP5/WQ7X WQ7X CN2UN ZP6CU KH0A JF1MIA VP6YL K6RPF CP4BT DL9OT OX3LG OZ2ELA VP8CRB K4QD CX9AU KA5TUF P29VR W7LFA VU2RBQ DJ9RB DU3NXE W3HNK RA9LI/9 DL6ZFG YN6HM K5YU EK6GC W3HNK T32RT W6UC ZD8T AC4IV EK8YC IK2DUW T88AQ JH6WDG ZV8A PR8AA EU6MM IK2QPR T88FB JH6TNH ZY7FO PR7RT EY6TM F6FNU T88SM JA6EGL

Joe, W3HNK, the world's busiest QSL manager, is now the QSL manager for DU3NXE and RK9AC.

QSL cards recently received direct: A61AJ, BI4C, D68BW, GD4PTV, GU4XGG, TY8A, VK7RX, VK9CTL, VP2MDE, VP5GN, ______

Credits ______

Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: AA5DX, K3MM, K4RBZ, KH6BZF Reports, KO3Q, N4GN, N5CQ, N9AZZ, NOAA, The first Portuguese DX Bulletin, VE3IRF, W7UG, WA3WSJ, WW5L, YV5IVB ______

Subscriptions ______

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DX News ______

The OK DX Foundation is ready to hit the Pacific Ocean again. This is the same group that operated 3D2CB, 3D2CB/R, 3D2KT, 3D2TN, 3D2WC, 3D2WC/R, 5W0SZ, 5W0VD, 5W0VV, AH8K, ZK1KTT, ZK1TNN, FO0/OK1TN, FO0/OK1VD, FO0/OK1KT, FO0/OK5DX, KH8/WP2AIH, KH8/KF4MIW early last spring. This year they plan to do another multi island junket to the islands of Fiji, West Kiribati and either Central Kiribati or Banaba. The operators for this years trip are Jarda, OK1RD, Jiri, OK1RI, and Slavek, OK1TN. Their first stop will be to Nadi, Fiji on 25 February where they will operate as 3D2TN until 28 February. Then from 1 March look for them as they operate as T30RD from Tarawa, West Kiribati for about one week. While there the group will work on transportation to Canton Island, Central Kiribati or Banaba. Hopefully they will be on from one of those two islands from about 10 to 28 March. Then from the beginning of April until 8 April they will be back on Tarawa. Next they will go on to Fiji and then home. While traveling through the Pacific they will have (2) Icom IC-756, IC-751, Alpha 91B, Amtron DX2, and notebook computers for longing. Antennas include a 26 meter Titanex vertical for 40, 80 and 160 meters, Zach 3 element tribander for 10, 15 and 20 meters, 30 meter ground plane and a 2 element HB9CV for 12 and 17 meters. They will have two beverages for 80 and 160 meters. More than likely a log search will be available after the operations.

The ARRL has announced that Wayne Mills, N7NG, will be the DXAC Chairman and that John Kanode, N4MM, will be the ARRL Board DXCC Liaison for 1999.

Kazu, JA1RJU, will once again be active from Saipan as KH2K/AH0 during the first week of February. He likes 160 meters so keep an ear on 1828. QSL via JA1RJU.

Wulf, DL1AWI, and Mat, DL5XU, are currently active from the Marquesas Islands as FO0AWI and FO0XUU. They will remain on Niku Hiva (OC-027) until 30 January. Next they will go on to Rurutu Island (OC-050), in the Austral Islands and we be on the air from 2 to 10 February. QSL via DL5AWI (Yes DL5AWI). ______

QSN ______

3W5FM - VIETNAM - Check 30 meters CW between 11:00 and 12:30Z. Also look for Coly on CW between 3788 and 3792 from 11:45 to 12:15Z. Yes CW in the SSB band.

3XY7A - GUINEA - Dan showed up on Monday around 16:00Z on 24970. QSL via VE3WFN.

4U1ITU - I.T.U. GENEVA - Has been showing up on the CW WARC bands. The operator Monday said to QSL via the bureau.

A22EW - BOTSWANA - West Coast DXers report working Said on 24975 between 16:45 and 17:30Z. QSL via KB2MS.

UK9AA - UZBEKISTAN - Fedor has been appearing on 30 meters CW the last few days between 03:00 and 04:00Z.

XQ0Y - JUAN FERNANDEZ - This station showed up yesterday around 17:00Z. He was on CW and operated on 10, 12, 15 and 20 meters. Rumors say it may be Mats, LU9AY. He is giving the QSL route as CE3FIP and LU1DFB. ______

IOTA ______

The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AS-018 RA0FA 24901 0726 NA-065 K7MZV 21242 1802 AS-028 UA0QMU 10109 1635 NA-080 KN4UG/C6A 21260 1800 AS-077 JA6BLV 21290 0938 NA-085 KF9YL 14336 2121 AS-079 JA5CKD/6 14010 1301 NA-142 KF9YL 14263 1551 EU-037 SM7DLZ 7049 1822 OC-222 YC8TXW/P 21260 1015 EU-049 SV8CYV 7080 1904

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 19-Jan C6 KN4UG/C6A (EU-080) 19-Jan 24-Jan CE by GM4DMA 2-232 19-Jan EL EL2WW 3-10 3-2 19-Jan 5-Feb FO/M FO0AWI FO0XUU (OC-027) 3-10 19-Jan 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH 3-4 3-2 2-229 19-Jan T33 T33VU 2-232 2-226 19-Jan 25-Jan TU TU5IJ 3-7 2-235 19-Jan 20-Jan VK9Y VK9CA 3-8 19-Jan 1-Mar VQ9 VQ9QM 3-2 19-Jan 26-Jan ZL9 ZL9CI (OC-037) 2-237 2-135 ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for January 17, 1999 was 130.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for January 18, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------18-Jan-1999 21 171 4 2 Moderate/Quiet-Unsettled;Moderate/Quiet 18-Jan-1999 18 161 4 3 Moderate/Quiet-Unsettled;Moderate/Quiet 18-Jan-1999 15 161 4 1 Moderate/Quiet;Moderate/Quiet 18-Jan-1999 12 161 4 0 Moderate/Quiet;Moderate/Quiet 18-Jan-1999 09 161 4 1 Moderate/Quiet;Moderate/Quiet-Unsettled 18-Jan-1999 06 161 4 0 Low/Quiet;Low-Moderate/Quiet-Unsettled 18-Jan-1999 03 161 4 0 Low/Quiet;Low-Moderate/Quiet-Unsettled 18-Jan-1999 00 161 4 1 Low/Quiet;Low-Moderate/Quiet-Unsettled

The forecast for Tuesday, 19 January: solar flux 165, A index 8, K index 2. Tuesday should be High Normal.

The forecast for Wednesday, 20 January: solar flux 170, A index 8, K index 2. Wednesday should be High Normal. ______

QSL Info ______

Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------3W6LI K2WE A22EW KB2MS NP4A W3HNK 3XY7A VE3WFN C56NY DJ3NY YB0AZ W7TSQ 5R8FK NY3N FO5QG XE1L YN9HAU HR1RMG 5R8FU SM0DJZ KH0A JF1MIA ______

Credits ______

Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: KH6BZF Reports, N4MM, NOAA, OK1RD, VK6VZ, W4ZV, WA6YOO ______

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DX News ______

Bob Parkes, G3REP/S21YP, reports he now has his full license from Bangladesh. Unfortunately his operating QTH is extremely to noisy for 80 and 160 meters as he is in downtown Dhaka. US stations should try 20 meters CW from 00:30 to 02:00Z. Look for him to be very active from now until 23 January.

Paul, DL6FBK, plans to be on the air as HC8/DL6FBK/P from the Galapagos Islands between 4 and 9 February. He will be operating from the QTH of Henri, HC8KU, and will be on 10, 15, 20 and 40 meters CW and SSB. There is a chance he will be on from the Ecuador mainland before the HC8 operation.

Jacky, F2CW/ZL3CW, reported making some 25,000 QSO from Eritrea as E31AA and most of them were with 10 watts. Many QSL cards have been mailed to his New Zealand address. He is waiting for the QSL cards and will start answering upon arrival from printer. Please do not send e-mail requesting when will cards be out. Also do not resend QSL cards at this time. ______

QSN ______

3W6LI - VIETNAM - Mr. Hau has been showing up near 21270 just before 00:00Z. QSL via K2WE.

4L3Y - GEORGIA - Boris likes to show up on 30 meters CW daily between 04:00 and 05:00Z.

A92GD - BAHRAIN - RTTY DXers reported working Bob on 14086 around 17:00Z. QSL via K1SE.

EP4GM - IRAN - Is active on 15, 20 and 40 meters CW.

FO5BI - FRENCH POLYNESIA - Bob continues to be active near 1834 most days just after his sunrise.

HZ1AB - SAUDI ARABIA - Paul started on 28457 around 11:00Z and was later found on 24950 just after 13:00Z. QSL via K8PYD.

JT1BH - MONGOLIA - Started his day off on 3505 working Europe around 21:30Z. Just after 23:00Z he showed up on 7007 and stayed until about 01:00Z.

KL7XX - ALASKA - Western Europeans found Bill on 3506 at 07:30Z.

PZ1AP - SURINAM - Arnold shows up on 30 meters often between 22:00 and 01:00Z. He also QSLs!

S21YP - BANGLADESH - Bob was on 14007 at 01:30Z.

VU2RBQ - INDIA - Check 3503 from 00:00 to 01:45Z for Norbert. He is located in the southern part of the country. Also check out 1824.5 at his sunrise and sunset. He will be there until 23 January. QSL to DJ9RB via DARC bureau.

XQ0Y - JUAN FERNANDEZ - Hold off on send the cards for this one. Something is very fishy about this station.

ZL9CI - CAMPBELL ISLAND - If you have not worked them yet you better hurry as they will be leaving in about 5 days. This may be the last operation from this island for many years. Don't miss it and help them break the QSO record. QSL via ZL2HU. ______

IOTA ______

The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AS-076 JR5XPG 24970 0909 NA-034 AH6JN/4 21208 1420 EU-016 9A4RU 7063 2010 NA-036 VE7IM 18144 1728 EU-029 OZ1CQX 21083 1548 NA-055 AK1L 28460 1400 EU-037 SM7DLZ 14215 1104 NA-072 3E1DX 14260 0214 EU-049 SV8CYV 7080 1843 NA-080 C6A/KN4UG 21262 1312 EU-133 R1ASP 21259 1112 NA-091 VE7TND 14174 1626 EU-133 UA1AOQ 28027 1140 OC-222 YC8TXW/P 21025 0624 EU-186 9A6DCR 21230 1252

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 24-Jan CE by GM4DMA 2-232 20-Jan EL EL2WW 3-10 3-2 20-Jan 30-Jan FO/M FO0AWI FO0XUU (OC-027) 3-12 3-10 20-Jan 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH 3-4 3-2 2-229 20-Jan T33 T33VU 2-232 2-226 20-Jan 25-Jan TU TU5IJ 3-7 2-235 20-Jan 20-Jan VK9Y VK9CA 3-8 20-Jan 1-Feb VP2E VP2EJ 3-11 20-Jan 1-Mar VQ9 VQ9QM 3-2 20-Jan 26-Jan ZL9 ZL9CI (OC-037) 2-237 2-135 ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for January 19, 1999 was 182.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for January 19, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------19-Jan-1999 21 176 4 0 Low/Quiet-Unset;Moderate,Quiet-Unset 19-Jan-1999 18 171 3 1 Low/Quiet-Unset;Moderate,Quiet-Unset 19-Jan-1999 15 171 3 1 Low/Quiet-Unset;Moderate/Quiet-Unset 19-Jan-1999 12 171 3 3 Low/Quiet-Unset;Moderate/Quiet-Unset 19-Jan-1999 09 171 3 2 Low/Quiet-Unset;Moderate,Quiet-Unset 19-Jan-1999 06 171 3 1 Moderate/Quiet-Unset;Moderate/Quiet-Unset 19-Jan-1999 03 171 3 1 Moderate/Quiet-Unset;Moderate/Quiet-Unset 19-Jan-1999 00 171 3 1 Moderate/Quiet-Unset;Moderate/Quiet-Unset

The forecast for Wednesday, 20 January: solar flux 180, A index 8, K index 2. Wednesday should be High Normal.

The forecast for Thursday, 21 January: solar flux 185, A index 15, K index 3. Thursday should be High Normal. ______

QSL Info ______

Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------4L4MM ON4CFI 9Y4SF WA4JTK TU2XZ W3HC 5N0/OK1AUT OK1AUT EX8ML W3HNK VK9CA JA1CMD 9K2QQ KB2MS TR8CA F6CBC ZL9CI ZL2HU

3D2TC - Craig Thompson, 50 Beach Road, Suva Point, Suva, Fiji Islands

Ray, WH6ASW/KH2 says that VK4FW is no longer his QSL manager. All requests should now go to Ray Fabre', 37 Turner Road, Nimitz Hill, Asan, Guam, 96922 USA.

The new address for the Bahamian (C6A) QSL bureau is Bahamas Amateur Radio Society, P.O. Box F, 43563 Freeport, BAHAMAS.

QSL cards recently received direct: 1A0KM, 3C5DX, 3D2DX, 3D2KT, 3DA5A, 3W6DXI, 5A1A, 5B4/RV0AR, 5V7FA, 9J2FR, 9N1UD, BO0K, CT3/DL2HYH, FM5BH, FR5ZQ/T, JL1KFR/JD1, JX7DFA, JY8YB, PV5V, RV0AR, S92AT, SV9/SV1CID, TY8A, V8A, VK9LX ______

Credits ______

Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 425 DX News, KE2TT, KH6BZF Reports, N2JTX, N4MXT, N4PQX, N5CQ, N7OJ, N9NUP, NOAA, OPDX, W7TSQ, WA2VRF ______

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DX News ______

Many DXers were questioning the operation of EY8CQ on 17 January on 10 meters SSB. Several stations reported the operator had a French accent. Alex reports he was not on the air and that it was a pirate. The real QSL manager for EY8CQ is DJ1SKO and NOT OK8ZM. The pirate station said that he would be back this weekend on or near 28500 around 15:00Z. If you hear EY8CQ with a French accent you can bet it's the pirate.

Bogdan, SP5CPR, plans to once again be active from Nigeria as 5N3/SP5CPR starting in early February.

Bob Sutton, ZL1RS, is now working in Sri Lanka for the next 9 months and hopes to be on the air soon. QSL via ZL1RS.

January 26 is Australia Day and special event stations AX1TX and AX4EJ both plan to be on the air. QSL AX1TX via K1WY. QSL AX4EJ via VK4EJ. ______

QSN ______

5N0/OK1AUT - NIGERIA - David showed up on 14005 around 01:30Z working stations all across the US. QSL via OK1AUT.

A92GD - BAHRAIN - Bob made some RTTY DEERS happy on 21086 just before 14:00Z. QSL via K1SE.

FT5WH - CROZET ISLAND - Gilles was found on 14155 around 17:15Z. QSL via F6KDF.

JT1BG - MONGOLIA - Europeans reported working Bator on 3799 starting just before 22:50Z.

JT1BH - MONGOLIA - Has been showing up on 40 meters CW between 23:00 and 00:00Z.

S21YP - BANGLADESH - Mid-West DEERS were working Bob on 14007 starting around 01:30Z.

T20HC - TUVALU - Has been active on 20 and 15 meters CW. QSL via DL9HCU.

ZL9CI - CAMPBELL ISLAND - On Wednesday they were reported as follows:

GMT Frequencies ------00 18145 21029 21295 24894 24945 28024 28475 01 18074 18145 21029 21080 28024 28475 02 14195 18145 21080 28475 03 14026 14195 21024 21080 04 14080 21024 21080 05 14080 14196 18145 21024 21295 28024 06 14080 14195 18145 21024 21295 24895 07 3503 7056 10108 14080 14195 18074 21024 21295 24945 08 3503 7056 10107 14080 14195 18074 21024 24945 09 1827 3503 7056 14081 14195 18074 21024 24945 28475 10 1827 7056 14195 18074 21024 28475 17 3799 7007 14195 21295 18 7012 14195 18074 21295 28475 19 7012 18145 21 28024 22 28026 23 28475 ______

IOTA ______

The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AF-022 ZD7VC 28390 1619 NA-076 KF9YL 14257 2341 AS-038 UA0KCL 7009 0555 OC-027 FO0AWI 7007 0646 EU-016 9A4DU/P 14260 1200 OC-027 FO0XUU 10104 0420 EU-027 JW4CJA 14200 2026 OC-067 FO5NL 14123 0805 EU-037 SM7DLZ 14195 0930 OC-129 DU7MHA 21017 0031 NA-027 VO1CAL 28365 1717

Alan, VK8AV, hopes to be on the air as VK8AV/3 from Phillip Island (OC-136) for one or two weeks in February. QSL via VK8AV.

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 24-Jan CE by GM4DMA 2-232 21-Jan EL EL2WW 3-10 3-2 21-Jan 30-Jan FO/M FO0AWI FO0XUU (OC-027) 3-12 3-10 21-Jan 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH 3-4 3-2 2-229 21-Jan T33 T33VU 2-232 2-226 21-Jan 25-Jan TU TU5IJ 3-7 2-235 21-Jan 1-Feb VP2E VP2EJ 3-11 21-Jan 1-Mar VQ9 VQ9QM 3-2 21-Jan 26-Jan ZL9 ZL9CI (OC-037) 2-237 2-135 ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for January 19, 1999 was 182.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for January 20, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------20-Jan-1999 21 175 6 3 High/Quiet-Unset;Low-Mod/Unsettled 20-Jan-1999 18 176 4 3 Low/Quiet-Unset;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unset 20-Jan-1999 15 176 4 2 Low/Quiet;Low-Moderate/Quiet-Unsettled 20-Jan-1999 12 176 4 1 Low/Quiet;Moderate/Quiet 20-Jan-1999 09 176 4 1 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Moderate/Quiet 20-Jan-1999 06 176 4 1 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Mod/Quiet-Unsettled 20-Jan-1999 03 176 4 0 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Mod/Quiet-Unsettled 20-Jan-1999 00 176 4 1 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Mod/Quiet-Unsettled

The forecast for Thursday, 21 January: solar flux 185, A index 15, K index 3. Thursday should be High Normal.

The forecast for Friday, 22 January: solar flux 185, A index 15, K index 3. Friday should be High Normal. ______

QSL Info ______

Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------9H1EL LA2TO D3SAF I3LLH JW4CJA LA4CJA A92GD K1SE EY8CQ DJ1SKO SU1ER WA3HUP BY1PK *DJ6QT HS1RU JG3AVS

* = For January 20, 1999.

S21YP - Robert E. Parkes, Granger Systems, P.O. Box 11061, Uttara, Dhaka 1230, BANGLADESH

QSL cards recently received direct: 1A0KM, 3C1GS, 3D2DX, 3V8BB, 6W1QV, 6W6JX, C91CO, C91RF, D68BW, FR/G3SWH, NH0E, TJ1HP, V31JU ______

Correction ______

The new address for the Bahamian (C6A) QSL bureau is Bahamas Amateur Radio Society, P.O. Box F-43563, Freeport, BAHAMAS. ______

Credits ______

Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: EY8CQ, K3TZV, KH6BZF Reports, KO4MR, N4PQX, N4TX, N5CQ, N6RT, NOAA, WB2YQH ______

Subscriptions ______

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DX News ______

John, K7DTS, has retired in Luzon, Philippines and plans to operate as K7DTS/DU1. QSL to John Gibson, Barrio Salong, Calaca, Batangas, PHILIPPINES.

Alex, VK6APK/AX6APK, reports that all stations from Australia may use the special prefix AX on Australia Day on 26 January.

Carl Smith, N4AA, editor of QRZ DX reports he called Bill Moore, NC1L, at the ARRL DXCC Desk and asked about the recent CN2UN operation. CN2UN reports his QTH is Western Sahara (S0) however Bill quoted the DXCC rules, Section II rule 3d as follows "Control of Western Sahara (S0) is currently at issue between Morocco and the indigenous population. The UN has stationed a peacekeeping force there. Until the sovereignty issue is settled, only operations licensed by the RASD shall count for DXCC purposes." That means it has to be a S0 call sign.

Several DXers from the US have asked about making contributions to the ZL9CI DXpedition. US DXers may send checks made out to The Kermadec DX Association and send them to Don Greenbaum, N1DG, 27 Pill Hill Lane, Duxbury, MA 02332.

This year's South Florida DX Association's (SFDXA) DX Forum at the Miami Tropical Hamboree will be held on Saturday, 6 February from 10 am until noon. It will take place in the North Building, 2nd Floor. The confirmed speakers and their respective topics with slide presentations are:

Frank, AH0W - XU2A, XW30/XW30A - DXing from SE Asia Tom, N4XP - ZK1XXP

As of this time, Tim, N4GN, - H40AA Temotu - is tentative.

As well, everyone is invited to stop by the SFDXA booth for an eyeball QSO and to join in for an informal dinner at a nearby CO restaurant Saturday evening.

Bill, K4LTA, plans to operate from Grenada (J3) for four weeks beginning 10 March. QSL via K4LTA. ______

QSN ______

4U1ITU - I.T.U. GENEVA - This club station has been active over the past week on 10 through 20 meters CW. QSL via the bureau.

5A1A - LIBYA - Europeans reported Abubaker was on 10102 from 18:00 to 19:00Z.

A45XR - OMAN - Chris was found on 1822 today starting around 00:20Z. He was working both Europe and East Coast US stations.

J3/VE3EBN - GRENADA - Look on 10 and 12 meters CW daily from 12:00 to 15:00Z.

JT1BH - MONGOLIA - Was on 3505 starting around 22:20Z until about 23:30Z.

TU5IJ - IVORY COAST - Check 1835 at 23:00 and after 05:30Z. They are only able to run 100 watts at this time.

UK8GH - UZBEKISTAN - Look for this one on 20 meters SSB from 01:30 to 03:00Z.

ZL9CI - CAMPBELL ISLAND - This is their last weekend. If you haven't worked them yet now is the time to do so. QSL via ZL2HU. ______

IOTA ______

The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AS-076 JJ8UTK 21260 0918 NA-034 AH6JN/4 28493 1427 AS-076 JR5XPG 24974 0919 OC-011 V63KU 14195 1343 EU-004 EA6MQ 14192 0427 OC-027 FO0XUU 21295 0023 EU-037 SM7DLZ 14212 1508 OC-034 YC9WZJ 21268 0819 EU-131 IK3PQH 14087 1737 OC-129 K9AW/DU6 28028 0659 EU-133 R1ASP 14262 1109 OC-134 ZL4NR 14171 1019 EU-133 UA1AOQ 21024 0707 OC-148 YC9MKF 28490 1214

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 24-Jan CE by GM4DMA 2-232 22-Jan 24-Jan PY ZW7SC (SA-026) 3-5 22-Jan 25-Jan TU TU5IJ 3-7 2-235 22-Jan 26-Jan ZL9 ZL9CI (OC-037) 2-237 2-135 22-Jan 30-Jan FO/M FO0AWI FO0XUU (OC-027) 3-12 3-10 22-Jan 31-Jan PY PT5T (SA-026) 2-236 22-Jan 1-Feb VP2E VP2EJ 3-11 22-Jan 1-Mar VQ9 VQ9QM 3-2 22-Jan 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH 3-4 3-2 2-229 22-Jan EL EL2WW 3-10 3-2 22-Jan T33 T33VU 2-232 2-226 24-Jan 27-Jan H4 H44FN 3-6 24-Jan 24-Feb DU DU3/AH8F 3-9 24-Jan 24-May VQ9 VQ9DX 3-11 ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for January 20, 1999 was 156.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for January 21, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------21-Jan-1999 21 175 5 0 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unset 21-Jan-1999 18 172 7 1 High/Quiet-Unset;Low-Moderate/Quiet-Unset 21-Jan-1999 15 172 6 2 High/Quiet-Unset;Moderate/Quiet-Unsettled 21-Jan-1999 12 172 6 3 High/Quiet-Unset;Moderate/Quiet-Unsettled 21-Jan-1999 09 172 6 1 High/Quiet-Unset;Moderate/Quiet-Unsettled 21-Jan-1999 06 172 6 2 High/Quiet-Unset;Moderate/Unsettled 21-Jan-1999 03 172 6 1 High/Quiet-Unset;Moderate/Unsettled 21-Jan-1999 00 172 6 2 High/Quiet-Unset;Moderate/Unsettled

The forecast for Friday, 22 January: solar flux 185, A index 14, K index 3. Friday should be High Normal.

The forecast for Saturday, 23 January: solar flux 185, A index 14, K index 3. Saturday should be High Normal.

The forecast for Sunday, 24 January: solar flux 180, A index 10, K index 3. Sunday should be High Normal. ______

QSL Info ______

Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------3V8BB JF2EZA CO6XN HK6DOS VP2EJ W5SJ 4K9W DL6KVA EY8CQ DJ1SKO ZL9CI ZL2HU CM6YI CO6LG EZ8CQ W0FS

QSL cards recently received direct: 4F3CV, 4S7BRG, 5B4/RA9JX, 5B4ADA, 5N3BHF, BV5BG, C46A, C56T, D2BB, E30HA, EP2MKO, FP5BZ, HS1NGR, P29CC, SV9/SV1CID, T77C, T97M, TI1C, VP5M, VU2DNL, WP3R, ZS2JL ______

On the WWW ______

The Magnolia DX Association runs the W5 Incoming QSL bureau and has a very unique website that helps W5 stations know all about the bureau. Check it out at http://www.mdxa.org/buro.html Maybe this could be an example for other QSL bureaus. For more information contact Floyd, N5FG . ______

Correction ______

In yesterday's issue the word DEERS should have been DXers. For some reason my spell checker stopped on the word DXers and I was not paying attention and hit the replace key. So it replaced every DXers word with DEERS. I got a lot deer jokes today! Some asked if it was a new club. ______

Credits ______

Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: KH6BZF Reports, KO3Q, N2VPI, N4VRR, N7MQ, NOAA, QRZ DX, VK6APK, W1JR, W4OX, WA4QDM ______

Subscriptions ______

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DX News ______

Ari, OH1EH, plans to operate in the CQ WPX SSB Contest on 27 and 28 March as OH0Z from the Alan Islands. He will be active on all bands. QSL via OH1EH, Ari Korhonen, Kreetalank. 9A1, 29200 Harjavalta, Finland.

Mirek, VK3DXI, says he will operate from both South Africa and Zimbabwe from 27 January to 15 February.

ZS6/VK3DXI - 27 & 28 January and 14 and 15 February. Z@/VK3DXI - 29 January to 13 February

Carl Henson, WB4ZNH, says the Woodbridge Wireless has received their HK0/W4DC license for their Contest DXpedition (see Vol. 2 No. 238) to San Andres Island. The group is attempting to obtain a special distinctive Colombian call sign for the contest. For the latest information check out their web site at http://www.pwcweb.com/wwi/DXpedition/

The OPDX bulletin announced that Ned, AA7A, will be on of the nine operators for the upcoming DXpedition to Rodriguez Island which will be sponsored by the MKDXF. This operation is expected to start on 1 April. More details about this operation should be released later this week.

Richard, K5NA, plans to operate the ARRL CW DX Contest, on 20 and 21 February, from Hawaii as KH6X. Look for him before and after the contest from 16 to 27 February. ______

Silent Key ______

Joe Arcure, W3HNK, reports the sad passing of DXer and QSL manager Jim Wingender, NY3Y (ex KD3OT), who passed away on 18 January. Condolences to the Wingender family. ______

QSN ______

4S7YSG - SRI LANKA - Was active on 30 meters CW over the weekend between 16:00 and 17:30Z. QSL via JA2BDR.

5H3US - TANZANIA - Dave has been showing up on 1831 at 21:30 and 02:30Z. Unfortunately he does not hear very well at the moment. QSL via WA8JOC.

7P8HH - LESOTHO - Horst can be found often on 20 meters SSB starting around 21:00Z. Check 14240 +/-.

EP4GM - IRAN - Has been active on 10, 15, 20, 40 and 80 meters CW. Work it first worry later.

OY5NO - FAEROE ISLANDS - This station has been on 10 meters SSB giving W3HNK as his manager. Joe, W3HNK, says save your money and your time as he is not the QSL Manager for this pirate station.

ST2SA - SUDAN - Dr Sid shows up on the Arabian Knights Net on 14252 on Fridays between 06:00 and 08:00Z.

XQ0Y - PIRATE - Don't waste you time or money on this bootlegger.

ZL9CI - CAMPBELL ISLAND - These boys did a fantastic job as they broke the VK0IR DXpedition QSO record of 80,673. The new record will be around 96,000 QSOs. QSL cards go via ZL2HU. ______

IOTA ______

The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AS-008 JH1OTE 7041 0421 EU-061 LA7XK 24960 1031 AS-018 UA0FDX 21256 0844 EU-098 DL2BUE/P 3790 2146 AS-076 JR5XPG 24951 0814 EU-133 R1ASP 14263 1117 EU-009 GM0HTT 28330 1444 EU-136 9A6DCR 7060 1701 EU-010 GM0HBF 14259 1711 NA-055 AK1L 28460 1418 EU-016 9A4RU 7064 1756 NA-141 K2OLG 28330 1605 EU-037 SM7DLZ 7066 1744 OC-129 K9AW/DU6 28037 0814 EU-038 PA/IV3UHL 14263 0932 SA-023 ZW7SC 14222 1836

Joe, I2YDX, and Bob, IK2WXZ, plan to be active from some of the Eritrean (E3) Islands from 30 January to 7 February. They will be on CW and SSB using 100 watts and a vertical. Call signs should be assigned this week. 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-Jan 27-Jan H4 H44FN 3-6 25-Jan 30-Jan FO/M FO0AWI FO0XUU (OC-027) 3-12 3-10 25-Jan 31-Jan PY PT5T (SA-026) 2-236 25-Jan 1-Feb VP2E VP2EJ 3-11 25-Jan 24-Feb DU DU3/AH8F 3-9 25-Jan 1-Mar VQ9 VQ9QM 3-2 25-Jan 24-May VQ9 VQ9DX 3-11 25-Jan 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH 3-4 3-2 2-229 25-Jan EL EL2WW 3-10 3-2 25-Jan T33 T33VU 2-232 2-226 26-Jan 26-Jan VK Australia Day VK's use AX prefix 3-15 3-14 28-Jan 3-Feb C5 C56DW or C56TTY 2-226 28-Jan 10-Feb H40 H40MS H40FN 3-6 2-232 2-222 29-Jan 31-Jan CQ World Wide 160 Meter CW Contest 29-Jan 1-Feb 9M6 9M6AAC 3-10 30-Jan 31-Jan GJ by G3SVL 3-2 30-Jan 31-Jan CQ WW 160 Meter CW Contest 30-Jan 31-Jan REF French CW Contest 30-Jan 31-Jan UBA (ON) SSB Contest 30-Jan 4-Feb VP9 VP9/N1RCT 3-10 ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for January 23, 1999 was 117.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for January 24, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------24-Jan-1999 21 162 14 2 Low/Quiet-Active;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unset 24-Jan-1999 18 166 15 3 Low/Quiet-Active;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unset 24-Jan-1999 15 166 15 2 Low/Quiet-Active;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unset 24-Jan-1999 12 166 15 2 Low/Quiet-Active;Low-Mod/Quiet-Active 24-Jan-1999 09 166 15 3 Low/Quiet-Active;Low-Mod/Quiet-Active 24-Jan-1999 06 166 15 4 Low/Quiet-Active;Low-Mod/Quiet-Active 24-Jan-1999 03 166 15 3 Low/Quiet-Active;Low-Mod/Quiet-Active 24-Jan-1999 00 166 15 3 Low/Quiet-Active;Low-Mod/Quiet-Active

The forecast for Monday, 25 January: solar flux 160, A index 8, K index 2. Monday should be High Normal.

The forecast for Tuesday, 26 January: solar flux 158, A index 8, K index 2. Tuesday should be High Normal. ______

QSL Info ______

Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------4K8F UA9AB D2GG CT1GG T33VU DL2MDZ 4S7YSG JA2BDR DU3NXE W3HNK TT8FC EA4AHK 5B4/G4LJF G4LJF ED4MRF EA4ENK UK8GK RW6HS 5N7YZC WA1ECA ED7TCS EA7URS VP5/JA1MZL JA1MZL 7J1ATX OH1TX FK8GJ F6CXJ VU2RBQ DJ9RB 8P9DX VE3ICR FM/F8AAN F8AAN VU3VLH OK1MM 9G1MR IK3HHX HH2NH KU9C XE2NJ F6FNU 9H1EL LA2TO K9AW/DU6 WF5T YI1AK AD5W 9J2PI KB0KVA KH0AS WB4UBD YI1ALW WB3CQN 9N1HA N5VL OD5/SP7LSE SP7EJS YI1FLY KK3S 9Q5TE SM0BFJ OX3LX OZ1DJJ YN6HM N5TGZ BA1DU W3HC PT7BZ KQ0B ZL9CI ZL2HU CE3AA CE3WDH T32NCC HA1AG ZW7SC PR7RT

5H3RK - Ralph Karhammar, P.O. Box 9274, Dar es Salaam, TANZANIA BD4ED - Ed, Box 85299, Shanghai, CHINA H44NC - Norried F. Chaisson, Jr., P. O. Box 168, Munda, Western Province, SOLOMON ISLANDS KC4CD/HR2 - Lane Tarleton, P.O. Box 2754, San Pedro Sula, HONDURAS YC8TXW - Ronny Monoarfa, P.O. BOX 166, Tahunda, 95800, INDONESIA

Joe, W3HNK, reports he is now handling the QSL chores for UN2O (North America only) and UA0CW

QSL cards recently received direct: 3W6DXI, 5A1A, 5W0RF, 7X4AN, A45XR, BV4ME, EX8QB, GI0KOW, HF0POL, HV5PUL, TI9CF, UK8IZ, UN7JX, V51SG, V8A, VP6YL, XU2A ______

On the WWW ______

Logs for FT5WH are now available on the World Wide Web at http://perso.easynet.fr/~f5nod/ft5whlog.html

Logs for ZA/YO2DLE can be found at http://www.qsl.net/yo2lde/search.html ______

Credits ______

Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: F5NOD, IOTA, K8PC, KE3Q, KH6BZF Reports, N2QT, N4TX, N4UK, N5CQ, N7OJ, NOAA, OH1EH, OPDX, The 59(9) DX Report, VE6VK, VK3DXI, W3AMY, W3HNK, W4ADJ, W8FJ, W8UVZ, WA2VRF, WB4KTC, WB4ZNH, YO2DLE ______

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DX News ______

The Saturday issue of The New York Times reported that the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) has recently and quietly announced that telephone country code 970 has been reserved for the Palestine National Authority territory located on the West Bank and Gaza strip. The ITU is a United Nations (UN) affiliate based in Geneva, Switzerland and is responsible for globally governing broadcast frequencies, Internet bandwidth, satellite signals, country telephone codes, call sign prefix allocations and more. The ITU had agreed to give Palestine its own country code and radio call sign allocation block back in November of last year. No mention was made as to what the radio call sign allocation block would be.

Early yesterday John Kanode, N4MM, who is the ARRL DXCC Liaison reported the following: "The ITU in October voted to give Palestine an International Dialing code and an ITU block of call signs. As of last week nothing has appeared as to what they will be. Once they appear on the official ITU list, which has a web site, the ARRL awards committee will consider the matter. At the recent ARRRL Board meeting, I asked Larry Price, W4RA, our International Affairs Vice President, to check on it when he goes to ITU HQ this week. The assignment may have been made but not posted. Until it appears on the official ITU list, there is nothing to be done but wait."

Later in the day John announced that he had "Just got off the phone with Bill Kennamer, K5FUV. He has been checking with the various offices at ITU and it appears that the International Dialing Code has been assigned. It appears that the office that assigns the telephone codes is different from the one that does Radio call block assignments. Bill is waiting for a reply from this office. Once there is an official ITU press release and the assignment is known, Palestine can then be added the ARRL DXCC List. It appears that Amateur Radio licenses have been issued by Palestine officials in the past, but with the old ZC6 prefix, which are not valid for DXCC, since that prefix is in use now by the UK."

"If and when new licenses are issued from Palestine with the new prefix it will be interesting to see which group gets on first. This event should boast the tourist income for Palestine."

This story was originally broken by the New York Times and discussed openly on one of the DX reflectors. Those who wish to keep an eye out for the latest ITU allocations may check out their web site at http://www.itu.int/radioclub/rr/aps42.htm For those of you who wish to read more about Amateur Radio in Palestine check out the following web site at http://www.qsl.at/pal_uk.htm In the mean time keep your antennas pointed on this possible new DXCC Entity. More information to follow soon. ______

QSN ______

3W5FM - VIETNAM - Coly shows up daily on either 15 or 20 meters CW just before 00:00Z. Check 14009 then 21009. He can sometimes be found on 30 meters CW between 11:30 and 13:00Z. QSL via UA0FM.

EP3PTT - IRAN - Was found on 14192 between 13:30 and 14:00Z. See QSL info below.

EP4GM - IRAN - This is a somewhat new station that only seems to operate CW. He was on 18074 from 13:20 to 14:45Z. Later on 7009 at 20:00Z. See QSL info below.

FO0AWI & FO0XUU - MARQUESAS ISLANDS - They are on both CW and SSB on 10 through 160 meters. QSL both via DL5AWI.

H44FN - SOLOMON ISLANDS - Siegfried has been on 10, 15, 30 and 40 meters CW. When he was in the Solomon Islands two years ago he did operate 160 meters. His next stop will be to the Temotu Islands. QSL via HA8FW.

KH2/K4SXT - GUAM - Gus was looking for US stations on 3501 starting just before 12:00Z. Later he was looking for Europeans on 3523 just before 21:00Z.

S21YP - BANGLADESH - Bob came up on 7008 just before 23:00Z.

UK9AA - UZBEKISTAN - Look for Fedor on 40 meters CW between 02:00 and 03:00Z then try 30 meter CW from 03:00Z on.

V51HK - NAMIBIA - West Coast DXers reported working Karl from 19:30 to 20:30Z on 24955. QSL via DL6OBS.

VQ9QM - DIEGO GARCIA - Dale was working Europeans on 1824 just around 23:50Z on Sunday. QSL via W4QM.

XQ0Y - PIRATE - Many reported working this station. The QSL manager given for this operation was LU1DFB. Ricardo, LU4FDV, contacted the CNC (FCC equivalent) and was informed there is no LU1DFB. ______

IOTA ______

The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AF-004 EA8ACM 14088 2220 EU-136 9A6DCR 7055 1739 AS-079 JA5CKD/6 14012 1228 NA-027 VO1TK 21019 1557 EU-023 9H1EL 21024 1607 OC-210 YC8TXW 21260 2326 EU-133 R1ASP 21268 1025 SA-008 LU1XQR 14027 0250 EU-133 UA1AOQ 21050 1252

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 24-Feb DU DU3/AH8F 3-9 26-Jan EL EL2WW 3-10 3-2 26-Jan 30-Jan FO/M FO0AWI FO0XUU (OC-027) 3-12 3-10 26-Jan 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH 3-4 3-2 2-229 26-Jan 27-Jan H4 H44FN 3-6 26-Jan 31-Jan PY PT5T (SA-026) 2-236 26-Jan T33 T33VU 2-232 2-226 26-Jan 26-Jan VK Australia Day VK's use AX prefix 3-15 3-14 26-Jan 1-Feb VP2E VP2EJ 3-11 26-Jan 24-May VQ9 VQ9DX 3-11 26-Jan 1-Mar VQ9 VQ9QM 3-2 ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for January 24, 1999 was 107.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for January 25, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------25-Jan-1999 21 138 8 1 Mod/Quiet-Unset;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unset 25-Jan-1999 18 162 12 1 Mod/Quiet-Unset;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unset 25-Jan-1999 15 162 12 1 Mod/Quiet-Unset;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unset 25-Jan-1999 12 162 12 3 Mod/Quiet-Unset;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unset 25-Jan-1999 09 162 12 1 Mod/Quiet-Unset;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unset 25-Jan-1999 06 162 12 3 Mod/Quiet-Unset;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unset 25-Jan-1999 03 162 12 3 Low/Quiet-Active;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unset 25-Jan-1999 00 162 12 2 Low/Quiet-Active;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unset

The forecast for Tuesday, 26 January: solar flux 142, A index 10, K index 2. Tuesday should be High Normal.

The forecast for Wednesday, 27 January: solar flux 137, A index 8, K index 2. Wednesday should be High Normal. ______

QSL Info ______

Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------4N800H YU0SRJ AX6LC VK6LC V63KU JA6NL 5Z4RL G0IAS H44FN HA8FW ZF2CM K0BJ AX4EJ VK4EJ V51HK DL6OBS ZF2DR K5RQ AX4EMS VK4EMS

EP3PTT - Mohammed, P.O. Box 4415, Tehran 15875, ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN EP4GM - Box 21, Kugesi 429500, RUSSIA

QSL cards recently received direct: 3D2DX, 9G5VJ, 9J2FR, 9K2MU, E21CJN, FR5ZQ/T, FS5HI, OD5/9K2MU, S07WW, TI5RLI, VU2WAP, YN1RLI

QSL cards recently received via WF5E service: 5B4ADA, 5R8EY, A2/ZS5UZ, BI5P, BO0K, BV7FC, CT3FT, FH/DJ1RL, FP/N9PD, HB0/HB9LEY, HH2PK, J49IL, OJ0VR, TF3IRA, TR8JPF, UK8GK, YW5LB, ______

Credits ______

Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: K1WER, K3ANS, KE2TT, KH6BZF Reports, KN4T, LU4FDV, N2QT, N4MM, N6RT, NOAA, The New York Times, WA4NUF, WP4Q ______

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DX News ______

Maurizio, IK2GZU, plans to operate from a mission in Tanzania during is off times from work from 8 to 28 February. He has not received his call sign as of yet but will have a dipole and tribander. QSL via the bureau or direct to IK2GZU Maurizio Buffoli, Via degli Angeli 9, 25033 Cologne - BS, ITALY.

Glenn, VA3DX (ex VE3ICR), is now active from Barbados as 8P9DX and will be there until 6 February. Look for him to be very active on all bands on CW, SSB and RTTY. He will also be very serious this weekend in the CQ World Wide 160 Meter CW Contest. QSL via VA3DX or VE3ICR.

Members of the Oita DX Club plan to operate from Saipan Island in the Northern Marianas from 11 to 14 February. Plans are to be on 6 through 160 meters CW, SSB and SSTV. Operators include Kazu, JA6BTO; Kim, AF4LX; Take, JA6PBO; and Aki, AF4KH. No calls were mentioned but QSL cards may be sent to JA6VQA either via the JARL QSL bureau or direct to Akio Tagami, 6-kumi tomioka Oita 870-0947, JAPAN. ______

QSN ______

3V8BB - TUNISIA - Mashiko (JA op) was found on 28480 on Tuesday between 13:00 and 14:00Z. QSL cards for this operator go to JF2EZA.

4U1ITU - I.T.U. GENEVA - This station continues to be active on CW from 10 to 80 meters. QSL via bureau.

EA7AQQ - SPAIN - Nino likes to operate CW and often sends A7AQQ as he gives out his QTH as Moron.

FO0AWI & FO0XUU - MARQUESAS ISLANDS - Mat, FO0XUU, reports that he and Wulf, FO0AWI, will go QRT on 29 January. They will then pack up fly to the Austral Islands and setup again to be on the air on 31 January. They will use the same call signs so be aware. Remember the Australs and Marquesas Islands are the two newest DXCC "Entities". QSL via DL5AWI.

J28DB - DJIBOUTI - Dominique was working Europeans just before 15:00Z on 21225.

JT1 - MONGOLIA - Between 22:00 and 23:00Z Europeans reported JT1BG on 80 meters SSB and JT1BH on 80 meters CW.

JT1CO - MONGOLIA - Likes to be near 1833 around 13:00Z.

LZ0A - SOUTH SHETLANDS - Dany had a big following of JA's from 07:40 to 09:00Z first on 28005 and then on 24899. QSL via LZ1KDP.

R1FJL - FRANZ JOSEF LAND - Europeans were working this one on 14007 at 15:00Z and later on 7002. He does have 160 meters. QSL via UA3AGS.

V47KP - ST. KITTS & NEVIS - Alex is now active and should be on 160 meters this weekend for the CQ WW 160 CW contest. QSL via K2SB.

VP8CSA - FALKLAND ISLANDS - Mark started the day on 14217 at 00:30Z. Later in the day he was on 28484 from 21:30 to 00:00Z. QSL via DL1SDN. ______

IOTA ______

The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AF-010 3C1GS 28480 1440 EU-133 R1ASP 21260 0902 AS-004 5B4AGC 10138 1717 NA-027 VO1COP 14258 1855 AS-018 UA0FDX 21011 0845 OC-027 FO0XUU 18135 0214 AS-028 UA0QMU 14017 2258 OC-146 YC8UFF 21235 0743 EU-029 OZ1CQX 28081 1509 SA-002 VP8CSA 28484 2211 EU-037 SM7DLZ 7064 1800

Simone, IV3NVN/DL8GCS, will operate from Ilha Grande (SA-029) as PY1/DL8GCS from 30 to 31 January. Afterwards he will be on from Nova Friburgo, Brazil from 1 to 5 February. QSL via IV3TMV.

Look for PY7ZY/7 to be active from Itamaraca Island (SA-046) starting on 6 February. He will be on CW and SSB on 10, 15, and 17 meters until 17 February. QSL via PY7ZY, Cicero Xavier da Silva, P.O. Box 501, 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 ------27-Jan 24-Feb DU DU3/AH8F 3-9 27-Jan EL EL2WW 3-10 3-2 27-Jan 30-Jan FO/M FO0AWI FO0XUU (OC-027) 3-12 3-10 27-Jan 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH 3-4 3-2 2-229 27-Jan 27-Jan H4 H44FN 3-6 27-Jan 31-Jan PY PT5T (SA-026) 2-236 27-Jan T33 T33VU 2-232 2-226 27-Jan 1-Feb VP2E VP2EJ 3-11 27-Jan 24-May VQ9 VQ9DX 3-11 27-Jan 1-Mar VQ9 VQ9QM 3-2 27-Jan 28-Jan ZS ZS6/VK3DXI 3-16 ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for January 25, 1999 was 81.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for January 26, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------26-Jan-1999 21 133 4 1 Low/Quiet;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 26-Jan-1999 18 138 7 1 Low/Quiet;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 26-Jan-1999 15 138 7 1 Low/Quiet;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 26-Jan-1999 12 138 7 2 Low/Quiet;Low-Moderate/Quiet-Unsettled 26-Jan-1999 09 138 7 2 Low/Quiet-Unset;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unset 26-Jan-1999 06 138 7 1 Low/Quiet-Unset;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unset 26-Jan-1999 03 138 7 2 Low/Quiet-Unset;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unset 26-Jan-1999 00 138 7 1 Mod/Quiet-Unset;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unset

The forecast for Wednesday, 27 January: solar flux 123, A index 10, K index 2. Wednesday should be High Normal.

The forecast for Thursday, 28 January: solar flux 118, A index 8, K index 2. Thursday should be High Normal. ______

QSL Info ______

Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------4K5CW 4J9RI KH0AC K7ZA SN0SWT SP2SWT 8P9DX VA3DX R1FJL UA3AGS SN0UKB SP2UKB AX4AO VK4AO SN0BBD SP2BBD T33VU DL2MDZ AX4SJ VK4SJ SN0BMX SP2BMX TR8CA F6CBC AX5CRS VK5CRS SN0BNM SQ2BNM V47KP K2SB CO8LY EA7ADH SN0EFU SP2EFU VP8CSA DL1SDN CO8TW W3HNK SN0PI SP2PI VU2JPS VK9NS HH2LQ VE2EH SN0PMK SP2PI YJ8UU ZL2HE J28DB F4AAQ

3D2AG/P NOT via W9TU

JA7KXD - Junji Ogawa, 2-3-51 Kimachidori, Sendai, Miyagi 980, JAPAN

QSL cards recently received direct: 3D2DX, 5A1A, 8Q7IO, A45XR, FR5ZQ/T, V8A, XU2A ______

Credits ______

Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 425 DX News, K3FMQ, KH6BZF Reports, N2TN, N9STL, NOAA, OPDX ______

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DX News ______

Masa, AJ3M, is one of the main operators from the World Bank station 4U1WB located in Washington DC. He is now traveling to Georgia (4L) and will stop in to operate from the Vienna International Centre station 4U1VIC today. This station counts as Austria for DXCC. He will then go on to Georgia but he does not expect to operate from this location on this trip. On his way home he will stop in Geneva, Switzerland to operate at the International Telecommunications Union station 4U1ITU from 5 to 7 February. This one is a separate country. The International Amateur Radio Club has a nice home page at http://www.itu.int/radioclub/ Look for Masa on SSB.

The Radio Club of Rhodes plans to activate J45T on Rhodes Island this weekend in the CQ World Wide CW 160 Meter Contest. QSL via SV5TH.

Martti Lane, OH2BH, reports "The Chinese Radio Sports Association (CRSA) will air a special event experiment station for 48-hours to participate the CQ World Wide 160 Meter CW Contest from the Beijing. What is unique is that the antenna is some 300 feet above the ground thus it sees the Statue of Liberty. But the sad news is that the location is rather noisy and mounting a receiving antenna is impossible. So you may hear BT1WW but you have to boost your signal to get through to downtown Beijing. The operators of this event are; BA1AB, BA1OK, OH2BH and others."

Jack, WA0RJY, will be traveling Chile and Argentina during the month of February and hopes to operate as CE/WA0RJY or CE/K7ED for about 5 days. QSL via WA0RJY.

Several news services (BBC, CNN) report that the central government of Indonesia may grant independence to East Timor sometime after the Indonesian elections in June. If this were to happen it would be a new DXCC "Entity". To see a map of East Timor click on the following http://www.telematix.ie/easttimor/map2.html

Low band DXer Jerry, WB9Z, will be joining the 1999 VK9XX, Christmas Island and VK9YY, Cocos Keeling (see Vol. 2 No. 196) operations scheduled for next month. He along with Charlie, W0YG, and George, W8UVZ, will leave on 1 February and activate Christmas Island first from 6 to 13 February. Next they will travel over to Cocos Keeling to operate from 13 to 20 February. George says "We plan to keep a low band station on the air during all darkness periods on the Islands." Aside from the emphasis on 80 and 160 meters look for them to be on 12, 17 and 30 meters CW and SSB. RTTY is also planned for 15 and 20 meters. QSL cards for VK9XX and VK9YY should go in separate envelopes to W0YG. ______

QSN ______A92GD - BAHRAIN - Bob came up on 20 meters RTTY just after 15:00Z. QSL via K1SE.

FT5ZJ - AMSTERDAM ISLAND - Michael was on RTTY on 14086 between 17:00 and 18:00Z. QSL via F2YT.

H40 - TEMOTU PROVINCE - Siegfried, DK9FN, is now active as H40FN and Bernhard, DL2GAC, is now on as H40MS.

OD5NJ - LEBANON - Gaby has been showing up on 30 meters CW between 21:00 and 22:30Z.

ZC4RAF - UK SOVEREIGN BASE AREAS ON CYPRUS - Showed up on 7045 working Europeans and JA's at 19:30Z. ______

IOTA ______

The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AF-003 ZD7KT 14195 1853 EU-037 SM7DLZ 21263 1241 AF-004 EA8TK 28490 1923 EU-060 SV1CIV 1847 1955 AF-014 CT3GU 28515 1350 EU-136 9A6CDR 21282 1045 AS-079 JA5CKD/6 14012 1303 NA-027 VO1TK 14147 1921 EU-012 GM0DJI 14058 1652 NA-055 AK1L 28460 1348 EU-016 9A4RU 14255 1209 OC-011 V63KU 14184 1900 EU-023 9H1SV 7057 1810 OC-027 FO0XUU 18140 0231

German operators DL6DB/TA0S, DA2KT/ON2KT, DJ2JH, DL4DN, DL6BK and DG1NPM will activate Bozcaada Island (AS-099) from 8 to 14 May. The group will use two complete station signing YM0S on the usual IOTA frequencies.

John, AE5B, reports he will be active from NA-092 between 29 and 31 January. Look for him to be on 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 ------28-Jan 6-Feb 8P 8P9DX 3-18 28-Jan 31-Jan V4 V47KP 28-Jan 3-Feb C5 C56DW or C56TTY 2-226 28-Jan 24-Feb DU DU3/AH8F 3-9 28-Jan EL EL2WW 3-10 3-2 28-Jan 29-Jan FO/M FO0AWI FO0XUU (OC-027) 3-12 3-10 28-Jan 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH 3-4 3-2 2-229 28-Jan 10-Feb H40 H40MS H40FN 3-6 2-232 2-222 28-Jan 31-Jan PY PT5T (SA-026) 2-236 28-Jan T33 T33VU 2-232 2-226 28-Jan 1-Feb VP2E VP2EJ 3-11 28-Jan 24-May VQ9 VQ9DX 3-11 28-Jan 1-Mar VQ9 VQ9QM 3-2 28-Jan 28-Jan ZS ZS6/VK3DXI 3-16 ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for January 26, 1999 was 47.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for January 27, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------27-Jan-1999 21 125 8 2 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 27-Jan-1999 18 133 4 2 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 27-Jan-1999 15 133 4 2 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 27-Jan-1999 09 133 4 2 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 27-Jan-1999 12 133 4 2 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 27-Jan-1999 06 133 4 3 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 27-Jan-1999 03 133 4 1 Low/Quiet;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 27-Jan-1999 00 133 4 2 Low/Quiet;Low/Quiet-Unsettled

The forecast for Thursday, 28 January: solar flux 118, A index 8, K index 2. Thursday should be High Normal.

The forecast for Friday, 29 January: solar flux 112, A index 7, K index 2. Friday should be Above Normal. ______

QSL Info ______

Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------4L0CR IK7JTF EK6GC W3HNK H40FN HA8FW 9G1MR IK3HHX EW3LB W3HNK P43P P43ARC 9G1YR G4XTA FG5FC F6DZU SU1ER WA3HUP 9G5DX JH8PHT FG5FR F6FNU TA1ZL RW9WA 9J2PI KB0KVA FK8GM WB2RAJ TG9NX N4FKZ C56NY DJ3NY FM5BH F6HEQ VK8KAY YC1VX

DS2KAG - Jung Bae Lee, 202-1006 Sungwon apt., #551-34, Poong dong, Ilsan koo, Koyang city, Kyongkido 411-330, KOREA DS0PK - Jungin College ARS, #San 9-28, Shigi dong, Jungup city, Chollabookto 580-060, KOREA DS1FJI - Jean Shick John, #244-126, Mook 2 dong, Joongrang koo, Seoul 131-142, KOREA 6K5RJB - Kyong Joo Park, P.O. Box 97, Kyongjoo city, Kyongsanbookto 780-600, KOREA

QSL cards recently received direct: 1A0KM, 5B4/UA9YAB, 6D2X, 8Q7IO, A35RK, PJ8N, VK9XTL ______

Credits ______

Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: AE5B, AJ3M, DE0MST, HL1KIS, IOTW, K3ZO, KD4IFV, KH6BZF Reports, N2QT, N4GN, N5CQ, N7YA, NOAA, OH2BH, OPDX, W8UVZ, WA0RJY, WB9Z, ______

Subscriptions ______

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DX News ______

Hardy, DL1IAL, plans to operate from Ghana as 9G5HK starting in February. He will be there for 3 months. QSL via DL1IAL.

Leo, K8PYD, reports that he will operate as 3A/K8PYD from the 370 acre enclave of Monaco. Look for him to be active mostly on RTTY with some CW.

Maurizio, IK2GZU, will be in Mtwango, Tanzania between 8 and 28 February. He will be mostly on 10 15 and 20 meters and hopes to get on 12, 17, 30, 40 and 80 meters. 160 meters may also be a possibility. He will be using a TS-430S with 100 watts, mostly CW with some SSB. No call was mentioned.

Don, W4ZYT/KG4ZK, O.B., W4SD/KG4SD, and Chuck, NW3K/KG4NW, will operate again from Guantanamo Bay from 16 to 22 February. During the ARRL CW DX Contest they will use KG4DZ. Outside of the contest they will use their individual calls mostly on CW and daily on 160 meters starting around 03:00Z. They will take schedules via e-mail prior to leaving and a log search will be on their web page at http://www.pilot.infi.net/~charding/gitmo.htm

Nob, JF2MBF, says that Kazu, JA1RJU, will once again be active from Saipan in the Mariana Islands from 5 to 8 February. North Americans and Europeans should look for KH2K/AH0 on 1828.5. QSL via JA1RJU. ______

QSN ______

3DA0CA - SWAZILAND - Jon shows up most days on 1827.5 just after 03:00Z. He then runs up the bands 80, 40 and 30 meters. QSL via W4DR.

4S7EA - SRI LANKA - Ernest was found on 1830 working JA's just before 22:00Z. Check for him daily near 7011 just after 01:00Z, even West Coast US via the long path. Next look for him near 14190 around 01:20Z.

4U1VIC - AUSTRIA - Masa, AJ3M, did show up as expected on Tuesday. He was on 14210 between 13:00 and 14:00Z.

A22EW - BOTSWANA - Said can sometimes be found on or near 21355 around 18:00Z.

A61AH - UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - Europeans reported working him on 18145 just before 10:00Z.

E30 - ERITREA - Joe, I2YDX, is using E30LA and Bob, IK2WXZ, is E30MA. They are showed up early from the mainland and expect to be on from an island on Saturday. QSL via home calls.

T33VU - BANABA ISLAND - Karl remain active from this rare Pacific Ocean Island but for how long no one knows. Europeans reported working him on 10103 between 15:00 and 16:30Z with his signal peaking around 16:00Z in Western Europe. If you haven't worked him you don't have much more time. QSL via DL2MDZ.

TR8XX - GABON - Jean-Claude made a surprise visit on 7025 just after 05:00Z. QSL direct.

XX9AS - MACAO - A JA was guest operating from Albert's and working Europe on 28478 from 09:30 to 10:30Z. QSL via KU9C. ______

IOTA ______

The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AF-004 EA8AEI 28460 1509 SA-046 PY7XC 14260 2224 AN-006 EM1LV/P 21016 2043 EU-037 SM7DLZ 21259 1450 EU-124 GW0MOI 18142 0822 AS-028 UA0QMU 10110 1632 OC-065 H40FN 14019 0715 EU-133 UA1AOQ 21039 1048 EU-061 LA/DL4MN/P 14261 1700 NA-140 W3YN 14258 2032 SA-026 PT5T 21020 2137

John, KL7JR, Rick, KL7AK, WL7QC and maybe Frank, KL7FH will operate from Nunivak Island (NA-074) from 4 to 7 June. Look for KL7AK to be on SSB with some CW and RTTY. They will use a TS-50, FT840, A3S tribander and G5RV. QSL via KL7AK.

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 29-Jan FO/M FO0AWI FO0XUU (OC-027) 3-12 3-10 29-Jan 31-Jan W AE5B (NA-092) 3-19 29-Jan 31-Jan BY BT1WW 3-19 29-Jan 31-Jan CQ World Wide 160 Meter CW Contest 29-Jan 31-Jan SV5 J45T 3-19 29-Jan 31-Jan PY PT5T (SA-026) 2-236 29-Jan 31-Jan V4 V47KP 29-Jan 1-Feb 9M6 9M6AAC 3-10 29-Jan 1-Feb VP2E VP2EJ 3-11 29-Jan 3-Feb C5 C56DW or C56TTY 2-226 29-Jan 6-Feb 8P 8P9DX 3-18 30-Jan 7-Feb E3 E30LA E30MA 3-16 29-Jan 10-Feb H40 H40MS H40FN 3-6 2-232 2-222 29-Jan 13-Feb Z2 Z2/VK3DXI 3-16 29-Jan 24-Feb DU DU3/AH8F 3-9 29-Jan 1-Mar VQ9 VQ9QM 3-2 29-Jan 24-May VQ9 VQ9DX 3-11 29-Jan 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH 3-4 3-2 2-229 29-Jan EL EL2WW 3-10 3-2 29-Jan T33 T33VU 2-232 2-226 30-Jan 31-Jan GJ by G3SVL 3-2 30-Jan 31-Jan CQ WW 160 Meter CW Contest 30-Jan 31-Jan PY PY1/DL8GCS (SA-029) 3-18 30-Jan 31-Jan REF French CW Contest 30-Jan 31-Jan UBA (ON) SSB Contest 30-Jan 4-Feb VP9 VP9/N1RCT 3-10 31-Jan 6-Feb V3 V31JZ V31RL (NA-123) 3-3 31-Jan 10-Feb FO/A FO0AWI FO0XUU (OC-050) 3-12 3-10 ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for January 27, 1999 was 64.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for January 28, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------28-Jan-1999 21 119 7 1 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 28-Jan-1999 18 125 8 2 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 28-Jan-1999 15 125 8 3 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 28-Jan-1999 12 125 8 2 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 28-Jan-1999 09 125 8 3 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 28-Jan-1999 06 125 8 1 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 28-Jan-1999 03 125 8 1 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 28-Jan-1999 00 125 8 1 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Unsettled

The forecast for Friday, 29 January: solar flux 112, A index 7, K index 2. Friday should be Above Normal.

The forecast for Saturday, 30 January: solar flux 110, A index 6, K index 2. Saturday should be Above Normal.

The forecast for Sunday, 31 January: solar flux 115, A index 7, K index 2. Sunday should be Above Normal. ______

QSL Info ______

Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------8Q7AC DJ4KW H40MS DL2GAC T33VU DL2MDZ E30LA I2YDX HZ1AB K8PYD XE1NVX EA5XX E30MA IK2WXZ PT5T PP5LL XX9AS KU9C FP5EJ K2RW

CO9NAA - Po Box 5, Santiago de Cuba, CP 90 100, CUBA UA0SJ - Yuri A. Maltsev, P.O. Box 2304, Bratsk-city 665700, RUSSIA

QSL cards recently received direct: 3D2DX, BO0K, C56T, JY8YB, VK9CTL, ZA1MH, ZK2FT ______

Credits ______

Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: ARRL DX Bulletin, DX News Sheet, IK2GZU, JF2MBF, K8PYD, KE2TT, KH6BZF Reports, N9NUP, NOAA, UA0SJ, W4ZYT ______

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DX News ______

Kurt, HB9MX, will once again head for the Seychelles to operate as S79MX from 1 to 27 February. He will operate from Mahe Island (AF-024) on all bands except 80 meters. QSL via HB9MX Kurt Bindschedler, Strahleggweg 28, 8400 Winterthur, Switzerland.

After returning from Campbell Island Trey, N5KO, reports he plans to operate multi-single in the ARRL CW DX Contest from the Galapagos Islands as HC8N. Steve, K6AW, and Bill, W4ZV, plan to join him. QSL via AA5BT.

Hans, DJ7MI, reported to the DX News Letter that he will operate from Mauritius from 2 to 20 February. Look for 3B8/DJ7MI mostly on CW on the low bands. He likes 160 meters. QSL via DJ7MI.

Seth, 9G1OO, Arie, PA3ERA, and Bert, PA3FUE, plan to operate from 9G1AA, a club station, in Dormaa-Ahenkro, Ghana in this month. No exact dates were given however they will be mostly on 15, 20 and 40 meters CW. QSL via PA3ERA, Arie Barendrecht, Taankade 10, NL-3311 TN Dordrecht, The Netherlands.

Look for Alain, F5LMJ, to be on the air from the Madeira Islands between 13 and 20 February. He will use CT3/F5LMJ on 10110, 14030 and 18080.

Helmut, DJ4VW, will go to Raiatea Island (OC-067), French Polynesia to operate from 1 to 20 February. He plans to be mainly on 20 meters SSB. QSL via DJ4VW. ______

QSN ______

160 Meters - CQ WW 160 CW - During this weekends major event the following stations were reported active: 3W5FM, 4K8F, 4K9W, 4L0G, 6D2X, 8P9DX, 9M2AX, 9M6NA, 9V1ZB, A45XR, BD4ED, BT4WW, C4A, CO8JY, EA8ZS, EK6GC, EX8W, EY8MM, EZ8CQ, HL0ZX, J45T, KH2/K4SXT, KH6CC, KL7Y, KV4FZ, LX9DIG, LZ5Z, OD5NJ, OH0R, RA0FF, RW2F, TA2BK, UN7CE, V31RL, V47KP, VP2EJ, VQ9SS, VR2BG, XX9TRR, YV5JDP, ZF2MO

3C1GS - EQUATORIAL GUINEA - Ramon only works SSB so if you hear 3C1GS on CW it's a pirate.

3W5FM - VIETNAM - Coly is now active on 160 meters check around 1825 just before his sunrise (23:15Z).

C56TTY - GAMBIA - Dave, G0OIL, is now active mostly on RTTY. QSL info below.

E30LA & E30MA - ERITREA - Check 14260 for both of these stations.

EP3HR - IRAN - Hamid was active on 24945 on Friday from 08:20 to 09:45Z. QSL via I2MQP.

FO0AWI & FO0XUU - MARQUESAS ISLANDS - They went QRT over the weekend and showed up early today from the Australs using the same calls and QSL manager DL5AWI.

FO0AWI & FO0XUU - AUSTRAL ISLANDS - Will be here until 10 February.

FT5WH - CROZET ISLAND - Europeans reported working Gilles on 14175 around 18:00Z on Saturday.

H40FN - TEMOTU PROVINCE, SOLOMON ISLANDS - Seigfried, H40FN, says no more 160 meters (not sure he was ever there) and will only be on 80 meters and above. QSL via HA8FW.

HV4NAC - VATICAN - Francesco made a surprise visit to 10 meters SSB on Sunday around 14:00Z. QSL via IK0FVC.

JL1KFR/JD1 - MINAMI TORISHIMA - Check 20 meters CW and RTTY from 09:30 to 12:00Z daily.

ST2SA- SUDAN - Friday several East Coast US stations found Dr. Sid on 28525 from 14:00 to 14:40Z. QSL direct.

Z21CA - ZIMBABWE - Look for this station daily on 40 meters CW from 04:00 to 04:30Z. ______

IOTA ______

The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AF-004 EA8BTA 28497 1654 EU-124 GW0MOI 18148 0936 AF-004 EA8ZS 1833 0016 EU-131 IK3PQH 21087 1515 AF-038 E30LA 14261 1611 NA-027 VO1COP 14160 2054 AF-038 E30MA 14260 1853 NA-057 AH6PN/HR6 14258 1417 AN-006 EM1LV/P 14260 0257 NA-092 AE5B/5 21260 1842 AS-028 UA0QMU 14019 0134 OC-021 YB2LAB 7045 2036 EU-037 SM7DLZ 18132 1402 OC-073 JL1KFR/JD1 14007 1030 EU-061 LA/DL4MN/P 14260 1556 SA-026 PT5T 14222 1954

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-Feb 6-Feb 8P 8P9DX 3-18 1-Feb 1-Feb 9M6 9M6AAC 3-10 1-Feb 3-Feb C5 C56TTY 2-226 1-Feb 24-Feb DU DU3/AH8F 3-9 1-Feb 1-Feb E3 E30LA E30MA (AF-038) 3-16 1-Feb EL EL2WW 3-10 3-2 1-Feb 10-Feb FO/A FO0AWI FO0XUU (OC-050) 3-12 3-10 1-Feb 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH 3-4 3-2 2-229 1-Feb 10-Feb H40 H40MS H40FN 3-6 2-232 2-222 1-Feb 5-Feb PY PY1/DL8GCS 3-18 1-Feb T33 T33VU 2-232 2-226 1-Feb 6-Feb V3 V31JZ V31RL (NA-123) 3-3 1-Feb 1-Feb VP2E VP2EJ 3-11 1-Feb 4-Feb VP9 VP9/N1RCT 3-10 1-Feb 24-May VQ9 VQ9DX 3-11 1-Feb 1-Mar VQ9 VQ9QM 3-2 1-Feb 13-Feb Z2 Z2/VK3DXI 3-16 2-Feb 3-Feb E3 E30LA E30MA (AF-NEW) 3-16 2-Feb 10-Feb ZD8 ZD8A ZD8Z 3-1 3-Feb 3-Mar FR/T FR5ZQ/T 3-10 4-Feb 9-Feb HC8 HC8/DL6FBK/P 3-13 5-Feb 7-Feb 4U1I 4U1ITU 3-19 5-Feb 25-Feb HP NA-071 NA-088 NA-202 NA-203 F5PA 3-10 5-Feb 8-Feb KH0 KH2K/AH0 3-20 6-Feb 7-Feb E3 E30LA E30MA (AF-NEW) 3-16 6-Feb 17-Feb PY PY7ZY/7 (SA-046) 3-18 6-Feb 13-Feb VK9X VK9XX 3-19 2-196 ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for January 30, 1999 was 29.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for January 31, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------31-Jan-1999 21 115 3 0 Vy Low/Quiet;Vy Low-Low/Quiet-Unset 31-Jan-1999 18 118 5 1 Vy Low/Quiet-Unset;Vy Low-Low/Quiet-Unset 31-Jan-1999 15 118 5 2 Vy Low/Quiet-Unset;Vy Low-Low/Quiet-Unset 31-Jan-1999 12 118 5 2 Vy Low/Quiet-Unset;Vy Low-Low/Quiet-Unset 31-Jan-1999 09 118 5 1 Vy Low/Quiet-Unset;Vy Low-Low/Quiet-Unset 31-Jan-1999 06 118 5 2 Vy Low/Quiet-Unset;Vy Low-Low/Quiet-Unset 31-Jan-1999 03 118 5 0 Vy Low/Quiet-Unset;Vy Low-Low/Quiet-Unset 31-Jan-1999 00 118 5 1 Vy Low/Quiet-Unset;Vy Low-Low/Quiet-Unset

The forecast for Monday, 1 February: solar flux 115, A index 9, K index 2. Monday should be High Normal.

The forecast for Tuesday, 2 February: solar flux 115, A index 10, K index 2. Tuesday should be High Normal. ______

QSL Info ______

Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------3W6LI K2WE EY8CQ DJ1SKO S92AT NJ2D 4L8A OZ1HPS FM5BH W3HNK TU5IJ I2AOX 6D2X K5TSQ HV4NAC IK0FVC TZ6DX K4DX 9M6AAC N2OO JW5NM LA5NM V51KG SM7DZZ C56TTY G0OIL KC4CD/HR2 HR1JPT VQ9DX AA5DX CM6YI CO6LG P29CC K1WY VQ9VK N1TO ED5SMA EA5URR P29VR W7LFA VU2ZAP W3HNK EM1LV/P UR8LV PJ9I ON4CFD XX9TRR OH2PM EP3HR I2MQP PT5T PP5LL ZD9BV W4FRU

G0OIL - Dave A. White, Rainbow Cottage, Laneham St, Rampton, Notts DN22 OJX, ENGLAND

QSL cards recently received direct: 8Q7IO, 9X0A, C56A, C56T, CO6XN, JW1BJA, PY5CC, T32MP, T77M, YC0LBK ______

Credits ______

Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 425 DX News, DX News Letter, K3SX, K6ACZ, KD4IFV, KH6BZF Reports, Les Nouvelles DX, N5CQ, N5KO, N7OJ, NOAA, NQ4E, OPDX, W2GE, W3IZ, WA2VUY ______

Subscriptions ______

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DX News ______

Joe, G3MRC, plans to once again working in Kampala, Uganda and will be active as 5X1P. He should be there any day now and plans to operate mostly on CW and some of the digital modes on as many bands as possible.

Mike, W1USN, Bob, AA1M, and Jim, W1HL, will be active from Anguilla between 1 and 8 March. They plan to operate both CW and SSB. Call signs have not been assigned as of yet. QSL via home calls.

Martti, OH2BH/BY1, reports the following information about BT1WW: "The People's Republic of China indeed appeared on 160 meters in this past weekend's contest. The U.S. pileups were huge but unfortunately so was the noise level in Beijing. While congratulating those 24 U.S. stations who made it through, the gang in China also wants to apologize for those who were kept calling.

Here's the Stateside 160 roster in the order of their QSOs:

N7RT, N6RO, W6UB, W7TVF, N6FF, W6YA, K6VX, W2VJN, K6SE, W6UE, N6ED, W6AJJ, N2KK, WU6T, KF6T, N7UA, K6UR, KG6I, W6PBI, W7IUV, KC7V, W7XR, N7DD and AB6LF.

The greatest signals were N6RO, N6FF and W6AJJ.

You can QSL to: Martti J. Laine Unit No. 21H North Lodge China World Trade Center No. 1 Jianguomen Wai Avenue Beijing 100004 People's Republic of China

Your observations are also welcome to the following two e-mail addresses: [email protected] and [email protected]"

The 1999 officers and directors for the Southern California DX Club (SCDXC) are as follows:

President Harvey Laidman, W8DX Vice President Jim Zimmerman, N6KZ Secretary Chuck Constantine, KR6C Treasurer Skip Bolnick, KJ6Y Membership Chairman Harvey Shore, K6EXO Director Cathy Gardenas, KF6LFB Director Rich Bongeorno, WU6T Ex Officio Will Angenent, K6NDV

For more information about the SCDXC check out their home page at http://www.scdxc.org ______

QSN ______

3B8/DJ7MI - MAURITIUS - Hans was active on 10 through 30 meters CW on Monday. Rumors have it that he will be on 160 meters today. QSL via DJ7MI.

6W1RN - SENEGAL - Was found on 14204 from 17:40 to 18:30Z.

9M2AX - WEST MALAYSIA - Ross was working W6's and W7's on 1833 between 14:00 and 14:45Z.

E30LA & E30MA - ERITREA - Went QRT on Monday around 05:30Z. They should be on from a new IOTA today. Check 14260.

HZ1AB - SAUDI ARABIA - The following operators are stationed at this club station. Name, call and preferences Paul Hardcastle, G7SLP - SSB, WARC David Baere, GM3UPT - CW Ken Dyer, GW0RHC - Satellite, data modes Leroy Lucero, KD7IBA - SSB Thomas Carlsson, SM0CXU, CW, contest

JX7DFA - JAN MAYEN - Per made several East Coast stations very happy on 160 meters on Monday from about 05:10 to 06:00Z. Afterwards he went to 3800. He showed up today on 1822.5 (his preferred frequency) around 04:20Z. QSL via LA7DFA.

T33VU - BANABA ISLAND - Karl is still on the island. He was reported as follows:

GMT Frequencies GMT Frequencies ------00 21001 10 3511 10103 02 21001 14 7008 06 7002 15 7008 07 7002 23 24901 28013 09 7002

VP2VW - BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS - Worrell was on 14247 around 03:40Z. ______

IOTA ______

The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AF-023 S92AT 14155 2023 EU-124 MW0AUX 21275 1731 AF-038 E30LA 14260 0535 NA-055 AK1L 21018 1319 AS-024 JR6USF 21260 0907 NA-123 V31JZ 18076 1716 AS-028 UA0QMU 14261 1736 OC-031 C21RK 21306 2317 AS-089 UA1BPB/9 21032 1109 OC-149 H44NC 14262 1020 EU-061 LA/DL4MN/P 14260 1451 SA-001 XQ0YAF 21011 0126

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 20-Feb 3B8 3B8/DJ7MI 3-21 2-Feb 6-Feb 8P 8P9DX 3-18 2-Feb 3-Feb C5 C56DW or C56TTY 2-226 2-Feb 24-Feb DU DU3/AH8F 3-9 2-Feb 3-Feb E3 E30LA E30MA (AF-NEW) 3-16 2-Feb EL EL2WW 3-10 3-2 2-Feb 20-Feb FO by DJ4VW (OC-067) 3-21 2-Feb 10-Feb FO/A FO0AWI FO0XUU (OC-050) 3-12 3-10 2-Feb 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH 3-4 3-2 2-229 2-Feb 10-Feb H40 H40MS H40FN 3-6 2-232 2-222 2-Feb 5-Feb PY PY1/DL8GCS 3-18 2-Feb 27-Feb S7 S79MX 3-21 2-Feb T33 T33VU 2-232 2-226 2-Feb 6-Feb V3 V31JZ V31RL (NA-123) 3-3 2-Feb 4-Feb VP9 VP9/N1RCT 3-10 2-Feb 24-May VQ9 VQ9DX 3-11 2-Feb 1-Mar VQ9 VQ9QM 3-2 2-Feb 13-Feb Z2 Z2/VK3DXI 3-16 2-Feb 10-Feb ZD8 ZD8A ZD8Z 3-1 ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for January 31, 1999 was 59.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for February 1, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------1-Feb-1999 21 118 1 0 Low/Quiet;Vy Low-Low/Quiet-Unset 1-Feb-1999 18 115 3 0 Low/Quiet;Vy Low-Low/Quiet-Unset 1-Feb-1999 15 115 3 0 Low/Quiet;Vy Low-Low/Quiet-Unset 1-Feb-1999 12 115 3 1 Low/Quiet;Vy Low-Low/Quiet-Unset 1-Feb-1999 09 115 3 0 Low/Quiet;Vy Low-Low/Quiet-Unset 1-Feb-1999 06 115 3 0 Vy Low/Quiet;Vy Low-Low/Quiet-Unset 1-Feb-1999 03 115 3 0 Vy Low/Quiet;Vy Low-Low/Quiet-Unset 1-Feb-1999 00 115 3 1 Vy Low/Quiet;Vy Low-Low/Quiet-Unset

The forecast for Tuesday, 2 February: solar flux 112, A index 10, K index 2. Tuesday should be High Normal.

The forecast for Wednesday, 3 February: solar flux 110, A index 10, K index 2. Wednesday should be High Normal. ______

QSL Info ______

Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------3B8/DJ7MI DJ7MI EW8AM EA3FQA UX0ZZ N3IRZ 8Q7AC DJ4KW KC4AAA K1IED V31JZ NN7A DA0EUR DL4AKW SM7CRW W3HNK V31RL NG7S

QSL cards recently received direct: 1A0KM, 3D2DX, 3W6DXI, 5A2A, 5W0GD, 9J2FR, 9M6CT, BV2KI, EA8AK, EK6GC, FO0FI, J28AG, MU/DF2SS, N5KO/HC8, S07WW, T32MP, UA0SJ, VK9XTL, VU2PAI, YJ0AAU ______

On the WWW ______

The results of The DX Magazine's 1998 Most Wanted Survey can be found at http://www.dxpub.com/dx_news.html

A log search has been set up for FG/F5NZO and FG/F5SSM at http://members.xoom.com/Didier27/fglog1.htm ______

Credits ______

Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: AA1M, AA4US, F5NZO, G3MRC, KD4IFV, KH6BZF Reports, N2KA, N2TN, N4GN, N4MXT, N4PQX, N5OKR, NOAA, OH2BH/BY1, SM6CNS, W2GE, W3LEO, W9HAO, WA2VRF, WB4KTC ______

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DX News ______

Members of the Radio Club de Chile plan to operate from Easter Island from about 27 February to 20 March. They will use special call CE0AA.

Start looking for Henri, FR5ZQ, to once again, be active from Tromelin Island as FR5ZQ/T. He will be working on the island for the meteorological department until about 3 March. In his spare time he plans to be active on 10, 15, 20 and 40 meters CW and SSB. He is not very fluent in English so go slow on him. In the past Henry has been found on at the following times and frequencies:

GMT Frequencies ------09 to 13Z 21010 11 to 12Z 21190 to 21300 12 to 14Z 28450 to 28505 13 to 14Z 14272 (JA net) 16 to 18Z 28450 to 28505 16 to 18Z 14133 to 14200

QSL via Henri Namtameco, Rampe de Saint-Francois, 5052 tour de la Chaumiere, 97400 Saint-Denis, FRANCE

Edwin, ZS5BBO, reports that Ian, ZD9IL, is having rig problems which explains why he has not been on the air recently. Edwin will let everyone know when Ian is back on the air. QSL via ZS5BBO. ______

QSN ______

4S7EA - SRI LANKA - Ernest continues to show up on 7011 just about 01:00Z. Be there when he CQ's because it gets a little messy. Afterwards he goes to 20 meters SSB usually near 14190.

8Q7AC - MALDIVES - East Coast DXers should check 20 meters CW on the long path around 13:00Z. QSL via DJ4KW.

EL2WW - LIBERIA - Check 80 meters CW for Mark around 06:30Z. Afterwards check 40 meters CW. QSL via ON5NT.

H40FN - TEMOTU PROVINCE - Sigi was working stateside on 3508 between 09:00 and 12:00Z. QSL via HA8FW.

H40MS - TEMOTU PROVINCE - Europeans found Bernard on 18123 around 10:30Z. QSL via DL2GAC.

JX7DFA - JAN MAYEN - Per was active on 1822.5 at 04:00Z. QSL via LA7DFA.

JY9QJ - JORDAN - George reports he plans to be active for the next few days on 1823 around his sunrise (04:29Z) looking for KH6/KL7 and at his sunset (15:09Z) looking for W6. QSL via DL5MBY.

S79MX - SEYCHELLES - Several Europeans reported Kurt on 1827 just after 23:00Z. QSL via HB9MX.

ZD8A & ZD8Z - ASCENSION - Glen K6NA/ZD8A, and Jim, N6TJ/ZD8Z, were found on 21255 around 21:30Z. Glen later was working on 3793 at 22:30Z.

ZK1RRR - SOUTH COOK ISLANDS - Doug, W6RV, has been active for a few days from the Pacific. Tuesday he was on 18120 starting just before 22:00Z. QSL via W6RV. ______

IOTA ______

The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AF-004 EA8BET 14256 1947 EU-133 R1ASP 14257 1052 AF-080 E30LA 21260 0931 EU-137 SM/DL2MX 14261 1104 AN-006 EM1LV/P 14012 0134 NA-123 V31JZ 7010 0256 AS-079 JA5CKD/6 14012 1232 OC-050 FO0XUU 21025 1956 AS-083 RA9LI/9 14040 1005 OC-073 JL1KFR/JD1 18088 0847 EU-037 SM7DLZ 14208 1231 OC-149 H44NC 14262 1014 EU-061 LA/DL4MN/P 3789 2305

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 20-Feb 3B8 3B8/DJ7MI 3-21 3-Feb 6-Feb 8P 8P9DX 3-18 3-Feb 3-Feb C5 C56DW or C56TTY 2-226 3-Feb 24-Feb DU DU3/AH8F 3-9 3-Feb 3-Feb E3 E30LA E30MA (AF-NEW) 3-16 3-Feb EL EL2WW 3-10 3-2 3-Feb 20-Feb FO by DJ4VW (OC-067) 3-21 3-Feb 10-Feb FO/A FO0AWI FO0XUU (OC-050) 3-12 3-10 3-Feb 3-Mar FR/T FR5ZQ/T 3-10 3-Feb 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH 3-4 3-2 2-229 3-Feb 10-Feb H40 H40MS H40FN 3-6 2-232 2-222 3-Feb 5-Feb PY PY1/DL8GCS 3-18 3-Feb 27-Feb S7 S79MX 3-21 3-Feb T33 T33VU 2-232 2-226 3-Feb 6-Feb V3 V31JZ V31RL (NA-123) 3-3 3-Feb 4-Feb VP9 VP9/N1RCT 3-10 3-Feb 24-May VQ9 VQ9DX 3-11 3-Feb 1-Mar VQ9 VQ9QM 3-2 3-Feb 13-Feb Z2 Z2/VK3DXI 3-16 3-Feb 10-Feb ZD8 ZD8A ZD8Z 3-1 ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for February 1, 1999 was 36.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for February 2, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------2-Feb-1999 21 111 0 0 Vy Low/Quiet;Vy Low-Low/Quiet-Unset 2-Feb-1999 18 118 0 0 Vy Low/Quiet;Vy Low-Low/Quiet-Unset 2-Feb-1999 15 118 0 0 Vy Low/Quiet;Vy Low-Low/Quiet-Unset 2-Feb-1999 12 118 0 0 Vy Low/Quiet;Vy Low-Low/Quiet 2-Feb-1999 09 118 3 0 Vy Low/Quiet;Vy Low-Low/Quiet 2-Feb-1999 06 118 0 0 Low/Quiet;Vy Low-Low/Quiet-Unset 2-Feb-1999 03 118 0 0 Low/Quiet;Vy Low-Low/Quiet-Unset 2-Feb-1999 00 118 0 0 Low/Quiet;Vy Low-Low/Quiet-Unset

The forecast for Wednesday, 3 February: solar flux 115, A index 8, K index 2. Wednesday should be High Normal.

The forecast for Thursday, 4 February: solar flux 115, A index 10, K index 2. Thursday should be High Normal. ______

QSL Info ______

The following QSL cards have recently been received. QSL information has been taken directly from the QSL cards of the stations listed below:

3W6DXI via DL4DBR 5B4CW Michel E. Kreitem, P. O. Box 1267, Limassol, CYPRUS 5H3US via WA8JOC 5W0GD via PA3AXU 8Q7IO via DL7VRO 8Q7IQ via DL7VRO 8Q7UK via G0SAH 9K2HS Hamed al-Shuwaie, P. O. Box 27, 72461 Khaldiya, KUWAIT 9M6AAT via UA9CI 9X0A via DL5WM A35XU via PA3AXU BA9GA Jiang, P. O. Box 12, Lanzhou, CHINA BV/JH3GCN Kiyohiro Yuge, P. O. Box 73, Taipei, TAIWAN C4A via 9A2AJ C56A via DL5NAM C56T via DL5NAM CO0XE via XE1CI CU3T Uniao de Radioamadores Dos Acores, P. O. Box 140, P-9702 Angra do Heroismo, Terceira, Acores, PORTUGAL D68BW via DJ2BW DS2KPB Chul Soo Park, P. O. Box 63, Inchon 400-600, KOREA DU3BS Bong C. So, 248 Casmor Ph. 1, Mabiga, Mabalacat, Pampanga 2010, PHILIPPINES EY6TM via F6FNU F8AB via F2VX FK8VHT via F6CYV HC6CR via NE8Z HP1XBG Michael McLaughlin, PSC 4 Box 278, APO AA 34004 HR2/KC4CD via HR1JPT HS0ZCY via WB4FNH HS1NIV via W1ZS HS98AG via HS1CKC J28AG via ZL3CW J68DD via N6JRL J69EB John C. Joseph, P. O. Box CH24C, Choiseul, ST. LUCIA JW9XGA via LA9XGA PJ9/KF8OY Roger W. Macdonald, 12977 Sue Dee Lane, South Lyon, MI 48178 S79OY via KF8OY SV1APF Kostas Fatoypos, Andreadou 2, GR-111 45 Athens, GREECE SV5CJN Drosos Skotis, 5, Kosma Etolou str., GR-851 00 Rhodos, GREECE SV9/MU0BKA via K4ZLE SV9/SV1CID Konstantinos Bakolitsas, Papastratou 42, GR-301 00 Agrinio, GREECE T32KV via N0KV T32MP via K0MP T32PL via W0NF T32PS via K0MP TG9AMD Dani Eduardo Ardon, P. O. Box 2846, Correo Central, Guatemala, GUATEMALA TL0R via PA1AW (ex-PA3DMH) V29QQ via G6QQ N1KS/VP9 via JA1FUI VU2JHM Lion Ajoy, "Kshitija", opp. Geetanjali Theatre, 5-Cross, Malleswaram, Bangalore 560 003, INDIA VU2NFS Nafisa Shikari, 52A Asraf Apartments, Gangabaudi Road, Mazgaon, Mumbai (Bombay) 400 010, INDIA VU2SE S. R. Subramanyam, 137, III Main Road, Ganganagar Layout, Bangalore 560 032, INDIA YC1YCF Yoyon Suryana, Perum Margahayu C 88, Bekasi 17113, INDONESIA YC3JPS Sumarno, P. O. Box 4025, Surabaya 60401, INDONESIA YJ0AOY via KF8OY ZA/IK7VJP Mastroviti Loreto, Via Magrone 9, I-70054 Giovinazzo (BA), ITALY ZA1FD Fatos Demeti, P. O. Box 1439, Tirana, ALBANIA ZK1OOY via KF8OY ______

Credits ______

Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: FR5DN, JA1ADN, JA3AAW, JY9QJ, K3ZO, KH6BZF Reports, N1PM, N4TX, NOAA ______

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DX News ______

Lysiane Trarieux from the Fixed and Mobile Services Division of the International Telecommunications Union told The Daily DX early yesterday the official prefix for Palestine has been assigned. Trarieux went on to quote the ITU Operational Bulletin 685 dated 1 February, 1999. "Following a request from the Palestinian Authority and in implementation of RESOLUTION PLEN/3 of the ITU Plenipotentiary Conference (Minneapolis, 1998), the International Call Sign Series E4A-E4Z, in accordance with the provisions of No. S19.33 (2086) of the Radio Regulations, has been provisionally allocated to the Palestinian Authority. That provisional allocation is subject to confirmation by the following radiocommunication conference."

By mid-day the ARRL released a DXCC News Release which stated that "Under the current DXCC List Criteria, Section 1, this call sign allocation meets the requirement of paragraph b. Palestine will be added to the DXCC List effective October 1, 1999. Contacts made with E4 stations after February 1, 1999, will count for this new entity.

Under the DXCC rules, contacts with the deleted entity of Palestine made prior to June 30, 1968 do not count for this entity. There is no commonality of territory or administration."

Local Amateur Radio operators from Palestine have not received their new E4 calls from the Ministry of Telecommunications but were told it should be within a few days. It is very possible there could be some activity this weekend.

Palestine is two separate pieces of land that are divided by Israel. The Gaza Strip is located on the Mediterranean Sea while the West Bank is bordered by Israel, Jordan and the Dead Sea. To see a map of this new DXCC Entity see http://www.ramallah-city.org/wbmap.htm

To be ready for this new DXCC Entity here is some information you may find helpful that can be used in your computer logging and beam heading programs.

Country: Palestine Prefix Block: E4A-E4Z Capital: Jerusalem (West Bank) Latitude: 31 47 North Longitude: 35 13 East Government: Gaza (Gaza Strip) Latitude: 31 30 North Longitude: 34 28 East Time: GMT + 2 CQ WAZ: 20 ITU Zone: 39 Continent: Asia DXCC Start Date: 1 February, 1999

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QSN ______

E30LA & E30MA - ERITREA - Joe and Bob were active from a potentially new IOTA (AF-080) on 2 and 3 February. Next they will go to Red Sea Coast South Group (AF-NEW) another potentially new IOTA. This is planned for 6 and 7 February.

JD1/JL1KFR - MINAMI TORISHIMA - Ryo is now active on CW and RTTY until 15 February.

TL5A - CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - Alex, PA3ZDN, has returned to this semi-rare African country. QSL via PA1AW (ex PA3DMH).

ZD9BV - TRISTAN DA CUNHA & GOUGH ISLANDS - Andy came up on 14202 just after 17:00Z. QSL via W4FRU. ______

IOTA ______

The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AF-080 E30LA 21260 1136 EU-061 LA/DL4MN 7063 2100 AF-080 E30MA 21260 1256 EU-137 DM/DL2MX 7071 1755 AS-018 UA0FF 21304 2322 EU-137 SM/DL2MX 7071 1756 AS-028 UA0QMU 10104 1953 EU-137 SM/DL5RFF 7055 1818 AS-083 RA9LI/9 14040 1347 NA-027 VO1COP 14260 1806 EU-003 CU1AX 14191 1556 NA-123 V31JZ 21029 1721 EU-029 OZ5BQ 7051 1910 OC-018 T33VU 21001 2325 EU-037 SM7DLZ 10105 1606 OC-050 FO0XUU 14192 0856

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 20-Feb 3B8 3B8/DJ7MI 3-21 4-Feb 6-Feb 8P 8P9DX 3-18 4-Feb 24-Feb DU DU3/AH8F 3-9 4-Feb EL EL2WW 3-10 3-2 4-Feb 20-Feb FO by DJ4VW (OC-067) 3-21 4-Feb 10-Feb FO/A FO0AWI FO0XUU (OC-050) 3-12 3-10 4-Feb 3-Mar FR/T FR5ZQ/T 3-10 4-Feb 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH 3-4 3-2 2-229 4-Feb 10-Feb H40 H40MS H40FN 3-6 2-232 2-222 4-Feb 9-Feb HC8 HC8/DL6FBK/P 3-13 4-Feb 5-Feb PY PY1/DL8GCS 3-18 4-Feb 27-Feb S7 S79MX 3-21 4-Feb T33 T33VU 2-232 2-226 4-Feb 6-Feb V3 V31JZ V31RL (NA-123) 3-3 4-Feb 4-Feb VP9 VP9/N1RCT 3-10 4-Feb 24-May VQ9 VQ9DX 3-11 4-Feb 1-Mar VQ9 VQ9QM 3-2 4-Feb 13-Feb Z2 Z2/VK3DXI 3-16 4-Feb 10-Feb ZD8 ZD8A ZD8Z 3-1 ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for February 2, 1999 was 47.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for February 3, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------3-Feb-1999 21 109 2 1 Low/Quiet;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 3-Feb-1999 18 111 0 2 Low/Quiet;Very Low/Quiet-Unsettled 3-Feb-1999 15 111 0 1 Low/Quiet;Very Low/Quiet-Unsettled 3-Feb-1999 12 111 0 1 Low/Quiet;Very Low/Quiet-Unsettled 3-Feb-1999 09 111 0 1 Low/Quiet;Very Low/Quiet-Unsettled 3-Feb-1999 06 111 0 0 Low/Quiet;Very Low/Quiet-Unsettled 3-Feb-1999 03 111 0 0 Low/Quiet;Very Low/Quiet-Unsettled 3-Feb-1999 00 111 0 1 Vy Low/Quiet;Vy Low/Quiet-Unset

The forecast for Thursday, 4 February: solar flux 110, A index 12, K index 3. Thursday should be High Normal.

The forecast for Friday, 5 February: solar flux 110, A index 12, K index 3. Friday should be High Normal. ______

QSL Info ______

Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------8Q7AC DJ4KW S79MX HB9MX ZD8A K6NA DL2GG/YV5 DJ7AO TR8CA F6CBC ZD9BV W4FRU EG0MDC EA5KW V31JZ NN7A ZF2CM K0BJ OH0R OH2TA V31RL NG7S ZK1RRR W6RV RA9LI/9 DL6ZFG

JH8PHT - Kazuo Takasaki, Higashi 3-20-40-202 Shinohara, Yokohama 222-0022, JAPAN OH2TA - Pekka Holstila, Linnaistentie 7, 01640 Vantaa, FINLAND

QSL cards recently received direct: 5A1A, 5V7FA, 9M6JU, J45T, T32KV ______

Credits ______

Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: ARRL DX Bulletin, JY4NE, KH6BZF Reports, L. Trarieux, N1PM, N4TX, N5CQ, NOAA, OH2BR, OH2IW, OH2TA, OH3EX, W9HAO ______

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DX News ______

After yesterdays news about the newest DXCC entity most DXers are probably wondering when will Palestine be on the air. Many of you know that recent past operations have used the ZC6 prefix. Over the last few years three people have been active. Ali, JY4NE/AA2NE, lives in Jordan and has used ZC6A in the past. He says that he operates CW and SSB. Sami, ZC6B/KF2GJ, is the only Amateur Radio operator in Gaza and enjoys SSB. His station consists of a barefoot TS-50, a home-made 20 meter beam, R5 vertical and 40 meter dipole. The third and final operator is Eugene, ZC6B, who has not been very active. He is the Ambassador of Palestine to Switzerland and spends most of his time out of the country. There are no Amateur Radio operators or stations in the West Bank. The ITU announced on 1 February, 1999 that the Call Sign E4A-E4Z had been assigned to Palestine. Ali reports it may be several days still until the licensing authorities start issuing Amateur Radio licenses. More than likely the government has higher priorities. Ali is planning a three day operation starting on 13, 20 or 27 February. He would go to Sami's station to operate. Look for Sami and Ali to be active on 10 through 40 meters CW and SSB. Also check RS12/13 and 10 FM on 29.690/590 MHz (Hambourg) and 29660/560 MHZ (Swiss repeaters). More information is sure to come out on the newest DXCC entity.

JA5AUC and JA5IU plan to operate and spend a vacation from Palau from 11 to 14 February. Look for T88TM and T88SY to be active on 6 through 160 meters CW and SSB. QSL respectfully via home calls direct or via JARL bureau.

Joe, K8JP, expects to be in Belize around 11 February and stay through 9 March. He hopes to get up a tower and operate as V31JP in both the ARRL CW and SSB DX and the CQ World Wide 160 Meter SSB Contests. When not contesting he plans to be mostly on 40, 80 and 160 meters CW with some SSB. He will also be showing up on 14165 around 12:00Z. QSL via KA9WON, Lonnie W. Miller, 12031 Blue Spruce Dr, Roscoe, IL 61073, USA.

Leo, K8PYD, plans to operate from Monaco from 18 February to 2 March (see Vol. 3 No. 20). He will be joined by Tom, N9NC, for one week starting 19 February. Tom will be working during the days but on the air during his evenings. Look for him to be active on 40, 80 and 160 meters CW. One of these stations or both will be on for the ARRL CW DX Contest on 20 and 21 February.

Mart, DL6UAA, has received permission to operate from Mauritius only from 8 March to 24 April.

Look for Yoshi, JA1UT, to once again be active as 5T5U from Mauritania between 12 and 17 March. He may be taking some other operators with him. QSL via JA1UT. ______

QSN ______

FK8HC - NEW CALEDONIA - Europeans reported working Franc on 21270 just after 07:30Z and on 28495 around 09:30Z. QSL via VK4FW.

FY5DG - FRENCH GUIANA - Western Europeans found this one on 3502 just before 07:00Z.

MJ0AGC - JERSEY ISLAND - Reports are that this station has been creating some nice pileups until another GJ or MJ station calls. Then MJ0AGC QSYs or QRTs. Work if first worry later, but don't be surprised either!

TL5A - CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - Alex started on 1833 around 20:45Z and stayed until about 23:30Z working European and Japan. ______

IOTA ______

The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AS-005 RZ9DX/0 14005 1608 EU-137 SM/DL5RFF 14260 0757 AS-079 JA5CKD/6 14012 1230 NA-027 VO1COP 14260 1951 AS-083 RA9LI/9 14040 1532 NA-055 AK1L 21254 1501 EU-037 SM7DLZ 21260 1421 NA-062 K4SUS 14260 2057 EU-133 R1ASP 14256 0815 NA-123 V31JZ 18074 1616 EU-137 SM/DL2MX 3513 2120 OC-050 FO0XUU 14025 1712

Joe, E30LA, and Roberto, E30MA, say that can not say the exact dates or times of their next IOTA operation. Start looking today through Sunday.

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-Feb 20-Feb 3B8 3B8/DJ7MI 3-21 5-Feb 6-Feb 8P 8P9DX 3-18 5-Feb 24-Feb DU DU3/AH8F 3-9 5-Feb EL EL2WW 3-10 3-2 5-Feb 20-Feb FO by DJ4VW (OC-067) 3-21 5-Feb 10-Feb FO/A FO0AWI FO0XUU (OC-050) 3-12 3-10 5-Feb 3-Mar FR/T FR5ZQ/T 3-10 5-Feb 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH 3-4 3-2 2-229 5-Feb 10-Feb H40 H40MS H40FN 3-6 2-232 2-222 5-Feb 9-Feb HC8 HC8/DL6FBK/P 3-13 5-Feb 5-Feb PY PY1/DL8GCS 3-18 5-Feb 27-Feb S7 S79MX 3-21 5-Feb T33 T33VU 2-232 2-226 5-Feb 6-Feb V3 V31JZ V31RL (NA-123) 3-3 5-Feb 4-Feb VP9 VP9/N1RCT 3-10 5-Feb 24-May VQ9 VQ9DX 3-11 5-Feb 1-Mar VQ9 VQ9QM 3-2 5-Feb 13-Feb Z2 Z2/VK3DXI 3-16 5-Feb 10-Feb ZD8 ZD8A ZD8Z 3-1 5-Feb 7-Feb 4U1I 4U1ITU 3-19 5-Feb 25-Feb HP NA-071 NA-088 NA-202 NA-203 F5PA 3-10 5-Feb 8-Feb KH0 KH2K/AH0 3-20 6-Feb 7-Feb E3 E30LA E30MA (AF-NEW) 3-16 6-Feb 17-Feb PY PY7ZY/7 (SA-046) 3-18 6-Feb 13-Feb VK9X VK9XX 3-19 2-196 7-Feb 1-Mar XT XT2DM XT2OW 2-209 ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for February 3, 1999 was 42.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for February 4, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------4-Feb-1999 21 107 10 3 Low/Quiet-Active;Very Low-Low/Quiet-Unset 4-Feb-1999 18 109 3 4 Low/Quiet-Active;Very Low-Low/Quiet-Unset 4-Feb-1999 15 109 3 1 Low/Quiet;Very Low-Low/Quiet-Unsettled 4-Feb-1999 12 109 3 2 Low/Quiet;Very Low-Low/Quiet-Unsettled 4-Feb-1999 09 109 3 1 Low/Quiet;Very Low-Low/Quiet-Unsettled 4-Feb-1999 06 109 3 2 Very Low/Quiet;Very Low/Quiet-Unsettled 4-Feb-1999 03 109 3 1 Very Low/Quiet;Very Low/Quiet-Unsettled 4-Feb-1999 00 109 3 2 Low/Quiet;Very Low/Quiet-Unsettled

The forecast for Friday, 5 February: solar flux 110, A index 15, K index 3. Friday should be High Normal.

The forecast for Saturday, 6 February: solar flux 115, A index 10, K index 2. Saturday should be High Normal.

The forecast for Sunday, February: solar flux 110, A index 8, K index 3. Sunday should be High Normal. ______

QSL Info ______

Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------4S7YSG JA2BDR E30LA I2YDX HH2LQ VE2EH 6W1RN DL4VS E30MA IK2WXZ VU3VLH OK1MM A61AH KA5TQF FK8HC VK4FW XJ1HA VE1HA

PY7ZY - Cicero Xavier da Silva, P.O. Box 501, 58001-970 Joao Pessoa - PB, Brazil YI1OM - Omar Ali Lateif Al Saaiedi, P.O. Box 27104, Baghdad 12603, IRAQ

The OH0Z and OH0AW QSLs came from the print yesterday. Ari, OH1EH, will start answering the direct cards later this week.

QSL cards recently received direct: 7O1A, 9X0A, AP2JZB, E30HA ______

For Sale ______

Joe, W3HNK, has IRC's for sale at 75 cents each. First come first served. [email protected] ______

Credits ______

Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: DX News Sheet, G3XTT, JM1LJS, JR2BNF, K3KY, K4PC, K8JP, K8PYD, KH6BZF Reports, N3NT, N4MXT, NOAA, OH1EH, WA2VRF, WD8MGQ ______

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The Amateur Radio community and the world lost a true friend on Sunday 7 February, 1999 with the passing of Alhussein Ibn Talal, King Hussein of Jordan, JY1. On a personal note it was a real thrill to have a QSO with his Majesty this past summer while he was here in the US. Our condolences to the royal family. ______

DX News ______

Members of the ABRA-DX Brazilian Association plan to operate from St. Peter and St. Paul's Archipelago (was St. Peter and St. Paul's Rocks). Operators include Lunkes, PT2HF, Stuckert, PT2GTI, and Paul, PT2NP. They will leave from Natal, Brazil on 10 March and expect to land on either 15 or 16 March. Plans include CW and SSB until 21 or 22 March. No call signs were mentioned but QSL chores will be handled by PT2GTI.

George, 5B4AGC/G3LNS, operated on 27 January from the ZC4RAF club station in Akrotiri, United Kingdom Bases on Cyprus. He hopes to operate from there again during February.

Bill, K4LTA and Ruby, K4UPS, will operate from Grenada as J3/K4LTA (CW) and J3/K4UPS (SSB) from 10 March to 5 April. QSL via home calls.

The International Amateur Radio Volunteers President Yoshi, JA1UT, says a group of Japanese operators lead by JA1CPS will be active from Mauritania from 11 to 17 March. This will be an all band effort. QSL cards go via JA1UT either direct or via the bureau.

Moni, DL1SEN/AH6YL, and Mike, DL2SEK/AH6OM, are now active from the Dominican Republic as AH6YL/HI8 and AH6OM/HI8. They will be on the air through 25 February on SSB and RTTY. QSL via DL2SEK.

Tom, N4XP, will be active from the Marshall Islands for about 10 days starting on 27 February. No call sign was mentioned but he will be on the low bands and 30 meters for Europe. QSL via N4XP. ______

QSN ______

3C1GS - EQUATORIAL GUINEA - Ramon was found on 18120 on Sunday at 08:00Z working Europe and Japan. QSL via EA5BYP.

4U1ITU - ITU GENEVA - Over the weekend Masa was active on SSB while Kaz was active on CW from the club station. QSL via the bureau.

5A1A - LIBYA - Abubaker was using the 12, 17 and 30 meter bands on Saturday and Sunday.

5R8FU - MADAGASCAR - West Coast US DXers reported working Aki on 7007 just after 16:00Z on Friday. QSL via SM0DJZ.

5V7FA - TOGO - Look for Marc on 20 meters SSB just before 07:00Z near 14260. QSL via F6FNU.

A35RK - TONGA - Paul is back and has been showing up on 21260 around 22:00Z. QSL via W7TSQ.

BV4ME - TAIWAN - Check 1831 or 3503 around 12:00Z.

E30LA & E30MA - ERITREA - Were active from a possibly new IOTA (AF-081) between 04:00Z on Saturday and 05:00Z on Sunday.

GJ3YHU - JERSEY - Dennis has recently put up an antenna for 80 meters and will be active on both SSB and CW.

H44FN - SOLOMON ISLANDS - Sigi left the Temotu Province (H40FN) on Friday and is now back here. QSL via HA8FW.

KH2K/AH0 - MARIANA ISLANDS - Kazu has been on or near 1828 after 11:00Z.

VK9XX - CHRISTMAS ISLAND - East Coast US stations reported working this one on 3505 between 22:45 and 23:10Z. Many from the eastern half of the US were working them on 7005 starting around 23:00Z. QSL via W0YG. ______

IOTA ______

The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AN-006 EM1LV 7010 0415 EU-124 GW0MOI 18145 0853 AS-018 UA0FDX 14209 0130 EU-137 SM/DL2MX 14260 1041 AS-028 UA0QMU 10109 1546 EU-137 SM/DL5RFF 14260 0959 AS-043 7N1FMZ/1 10131 0155 NA-027 VO1COP 21198 1810 AS-079 JA5CKD/6 14011 1208 NA-029 VY2DU 21258 1750 AS-081 E30LA 14260 0432 NA-055 AK1L 14015 1711 EU-009 GM0HTG 14257 1249 NA-072 HP1XVH 14260 0321 EU-016 9A2GF 21007 1545 OC-021 YB2LAB 21187 0914 EU-016 9A4RU 7056 0913 SA-036 P43E 14260 1341 EU-037 SM7DLZ 10103 1358 SA-046 PY7ZY/7 21260 1716

Dick, N4RP, plans to be active as C6AKP on South Bimini (NA-048) from 12 to 24 February. He will be on all bands mostly CW on 12, 17 and 30 meters. QSL via N4RP, R. Phelps, 2805 Casita Way Apt 115, Delray Beach, FL 33445-4574.

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-Feb 8-Feb KH0 KH2K/AH0 3-20 8-Feb 9-Feb HC8 HC8/DL6FBK/P 3-13 8-Feb 10-Feb FO/A FO0AWI FO0XUU (OC-050) 3-12 3-10 8-Feb 10-Feb H40 H40MS H40FN 3-6 2-232 2-222 8-Feb 10-Feb ZD8 ZD8A ZD8Z 3-1 8-Feb 13-Feb VK9X VK9XX 3-19 2-196 8-Feb 13-Feb Z2 Z2/VK3DXI 3-16 8-Feb 17-Feb PY PY7ZY/7 (SA-046) 3-18 8-Feb 20-Feb 3B8 3B8/DJ7MI 3-21 8-Feb 20-Feb FO by DJ4VW (OC-067) 3-21 8-Feb 24-Feb DU DU3/AH8F 3-9 8-Feb 25-Feb HP NA-071 NA-088 NA-202 NA-203 F5PA 3-10 8-Feb 27-Feb S7 S79MX 3-21 8-Feb 28-Feb 5H by IK2GZU 3-20 3-18 8-Feb 1-Mar VQ9 VQ9QM 3-2 8-Feb 1-Mar XT XT2DM XT2OW 2-209 8-Feb 3-Mar FR/T FR5ZQ/T 3-10 8-Feb 24-May VQ9 VQ9DX 3-11 8-Feb 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH 3-4 3-2 2-229 8-Feb EL EL2WW 3-10 3-2 8-Feb T33 T33VU 2-232 2-226 10-Feb 26-Feb HR HR3/K7DBV 3-10 11-Feb 14-Feb KH0 by a group of JA's 3-18 11-Feb 14-Feb T8 T88TM T88SY 3-25 11-Feb 9-Mar V3 V31JP 3-25 12-Feb 22-Feb J7 J79WW J79GMV J79UGF J79EKH 2-236 13-Feb 20-Feb CT3 CT3/F5LMJ 3-21 13-Feb 20-Feb VK9Y VK9YY 3-19 2-196 ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for February 6, 1999 was 27.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for February 7, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------7-Feb-1999 21 110 13 2 Vy Low/Quiet-Act;Vy Low-Low/Quiet-Unset 7-Feb-1999 18 99 13 3 Vy Low/Quiet-Act;Vy Low-Low/Quiet-Unset 7-Feb-1999 15 99 13 3 Vy Low/Quiet-Act;Vy Low/Quiet-Unset 7-Feb-1999 12 99 13 4 Vy Low/Quiet-Act;Vy Low/Quiet-Unset 7-Feb-1999 09 99 13 2 Vy Low/Quiet-Unset;Vy Low/Quiet-Unset 7-Feb-1999 06 99 13 3 Vy Low/Quiet-Active;Vy Low/Quiet-Unset 7-Feb-1999 03 99 13 2 Vy Low/Quiet-Active;Vy Low/Quiet-Unset 7-Feb-1999 00 99 12 2 Vy Low/Quiet-Active;Vy Low/Quiet-Unset

The forecast for Monday, 8 February: solar flux 115, A index 11, K index 2. Monday should be High Normal.

The forecast for Tuesday, 9 February: solar flux 125, A index 15, K index 3. Tuesday should be High Normal. ______

QSL Info ______

Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------3B8/DJ7MI DJ7MI E21CJN W3PP HK3/G0SHN F6AJA 3DA0/SM7DZZ SM7DZZ E30LA I2YDX HP2XVH N0JT 4U1ITU Bureau E30MA IK2WXZ KH0/JJ1QXG JJ1QXG 5R8FL F5TBA EA9AU EA9IB KH2K/AH0 JA1RJU AH6OM/HI8 DL2SEK FG5MDC EA5KW TN7OT AL7OT AH6YL/HI8 DL2SEK FK8VHT F6AJA TR8CA F6CBC AP2WAP IK4ZGY FM5GU WA4JTK VK9XX W0YG CM6YI CO6LG FO0GRA K6ZA XE1IDJ XE1J DL2GG/YV5 DJ7AO H40FN HA8FW Z32AF NN6C DL6FBK/HC8 DL6FBK H44FN HA8FW ZD8Z VE3HO

HA8FW - Mihaly Bela, SZEGED, Csongrad sgt. 122/a, 4/9, HUNGARY

Gene, UA9AB, is now the QSL Manager for the following stations: 4K6DFT, 4K6FT, 4K8F, EN6Q, EY4AA, RK9AWT, RK9AYY, RW9USA, RW9UZZ, RZ9A, RZ9ATZ, RZ9AZA, UA9AJ, UA9AN/UI, UA9BA, UA9BA/50, UA9UST, UA0UBG/UA8V, UE9AZA, UE9AWA, UD6DFF, UD6DFT, UD8F, UG/UV3ZZ, UJ8RA, UJ9A, UK7R, UK8AX, UK9AAN, UK9ADT, UL7VV, UN2L, UN4L, UN7LT, UN7VV, UP50V, UT7QF, UW8V/UA0UBG, UW9AR, UZ9AXB, UZ9AYA.

QSL cards go to Gene Shcumat, UA9AB, P. O. Box 17, Troitsk, 457100, Chelyabinskaya Obl, RUSSIA.

Bob, K4JDJ, is the QSL manager for the recent E30GA DXpedition to Eritrea. He expects to have the QSL cards from the printers by the end of February and will start to process immediately.

QSL cards recently received direct: 3V8BB, 3W6DXI, 8Q7IO, D68WU, FK8GM, K4ERO/HC1, J69AZ, TY8A, ______

Credits ______

Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 425 DX News, G3CWI, HA0HW, K3XZ, K4JDJ, KC1SF, KH6BZF Reports, KI6T, N3NT, N4RP, NOAA, OPDX, W2GI, W5OZI, WA2VRF ______

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DX News ______

Conny, DL1DA, reports he will operate from Zanzibar Island (AF-032), Tanzania as 5H3SK from 10 to 26 February. He will take a TS-50 and 40 meter longwire. Look for him mostly on CW with some RTTY. QSL via DL1DA.

DL7DF says a group of 5 operators are planning a DXpedition to Tarawa, West Kiribati (T30) for 18 days in October. Afterwards they hope to spend 5 days on Banaba (T33). They will take 4 complete stations with amplifiers, three beams for the upper bands and two 1/4 L 80 meter antennas. More to follow.

Jack, W4NF, says he will join his brother Bill, W4RM, Cliff, W4CE, and Dave, W4DAV, in the British Virgin Islands between 2 and 8 March. The main emphasis will be the ARRL SSB DX Contest in which they plan to operate Multi-two as VP2V/W4RM. They will take two IC-746, Cushcraft A3, Force 12 C3, 160 meter Inverted L, 40 and 80 meter dipoles, Cushcraft R-7000 and a beverage. Look for them before and after the contest on CW and SSB on all bands. Certificates will be awarded to all who work them on all 6 bands during the ARRL SSB DX Contest. QSL via W4RM.

Rich, KE3Q, will operate the ARRL CW DX Contest from the Arecibo, Puerto Rico station WP3R. He will be testing out the antennas on 18 and 19 February on CW and SSB. QSL cards for WP3R go via W3HNK. Cards for KE3Q/KP4 go via KE3Q.

Dallas, K1DW, will be on Tortola Island in the British Virgin Islands starting on 16 February for three weeks. He will operate in the ARRL CW DX, CQ 160 CW and ARRL SSB DX Contests. Look for him between contests on CW, SSB and RTTY. No call signs were mentioned.

Jim, K4MA, and Will, AA4NC, plan to operate multi-single in the ARRL CW DX Contest as 8P9JA from Barbados. The two will be on the island from 17 to 22 February and will be active before and after the contest as 8P9JA and 8P9JB. QSL via home calls.

Andy, K2LE, will be active from Aruba as P4/K2LE from now until 14 February. QSL via K2LE.

The 1999 officers of the Madison DX Club of Madison, Wisconsin are: President Roger Deicher, K9EMG Vice President Bob Sauvan, WT9Q Secretary-Treasurer Kevin Graniero, KF9AQ ______

QSN ______

5W1SA - SAMOA - Atsuo was found on 3505 at 09:00Z.

FR5ZQ/T - TROMELIN ISLAND - Several Europeans found Henri on 21010 just after 06:00Z. Keep an ear on 21010 also around 13:00Z.

KC4AAA - ANTARCTICA - Can be usually found on 14243 after 01:00Z. QSL via K1IED.

R1FJL - FRANZ JOSEF LAND - Check 40 meters CW at 04:00Z. QSL via UA3AGS.

T33VU - BANABA - Occasionally Karl shows up on 80 meters CW at 09:00Z. QSL via DL2MDZ.

TL5A - CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - US stations from the East Coast and Midwest were working Alex on 1833 during the date change (Monday/Tuesday). QSL via PA1AW (ex PA3DMH).

VK9XX - CHRISTMAS ISLAND - Charlie, George and Jerry were very busy Monday on the bands. Reported activity was as follows:

GMT Frequencies ------09 24891 10 14025 28495 11 1826 28495 12 1826 7022 24950 28495 13 1826 3505 7022 14195 14 3503 14195 15 3505 14195 16 18150 20 1826 7004 21 1826 22 1826 3508 23 21295

XT2OW - BURKINA FASO - Joel was on 21270 between 15:40 and 17:30Z. QSL via F5RLE. ______

IOTA ______

The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AN-016 LZ0A 7007 0656 NA-027 VO1COP 14260 1853 AS-018 UA0FF 21277 0800 NA-096 AH6OM/HI8 18143 1151 AS-028 UA0QMU 10104 1708 OC-002 VK9XX 28495 1211 AS-079 JA5CKD/6 14011 1155 OC-011 V63KU 21265 2205 EU-009 GM0HTG 14260 1425 OC-016 3D2BA 14190 0826 EU-037 SM7DLZ 14215 1329 SA-004 DL6FBK/HC8 21236 1448 EU-133 R1ASP 14258 1230

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 20-Feb 3B8 3B8/DJ7MI 3-21 9-Feb 28-Feb 5H by IK2GZU 3-20 3-18 9-Feb 24-Feb DU DU3/AH8F 3-9 9-Feb EL EL2WW 3-10 3-2 9-Feb 20-Feb FO by DJ4VW (OC-067) 3-21 9-Feb 10-Feb FO/A FO0AWI FO0XUU (OC-050) 3-12 3-10 9-Feb 3-Mar FR/T FR5ZQ/T 3-10 9-Feb 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH 3-4 3-2 2-229 9-Feb 10-Feb H40 H40MS H40FN 3-6 2-232 2-222 9-Feb 9-Feb HC8 HC8/DL6FBK/P 3-13 9-Feb 25-Feb HI AH6YL/HI8 AH6OM/HI8 (NA-096) 3-26 9-Feb 25-Feb HP NA-071 NA-088 NA-202 NA-203 F5PA 3-10 9-Feb 17-Feb PY PY7ZY/7 (SA-046) 3-18 9-Feb 27-Feb S7 S79MX 3-21 9-Feb T33 T33VU 2-232 2-226 9-Feb 13-Feb VK9X VK9XX 3-19 2-196 9-Feb 24-May VQ9 VQ9DX 3-11 9-Feb 1-Mar VQ9 VQ9QM 3-2 9-Feb 1-Mar XT XT2DM XT2OW 2-209 9-Feb 13-Feb Z2 Z2/VK3DXI 3-16 9-Feb 10-Feb ZD8 ZD8A ZD8Z 3-1 ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for February 7, 1999 was 36.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for February 8, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------8-Feb-1999 21 125 5 1 Low/Quiet;Low/Quiet-Active 8-Feb-1999 18 110 12 2 Low/Quiet;Low/Quiet-Active 8-Feb-1999 15 110 12 2 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Active 8-Feb-1999 12 110 12 1 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 8-Feb-1999 09 110 12 2 Low/Quiet-Active;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 8-Feb-1999 06 110 12 1 Low/Quiet-Active;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 8-Feb-1999 03 110 12 1 Vy Low/Quiet-Active;Vy Low-Low/Quiet-Unset 8-Feb-1999 00 110 12 2 Vy Low/Quiet-Active;Vy Low-Low/Quiet-Unset

The forecast for Tuesday, 9 February: solar flux 120, A index 15, K index 3. Tuesday should be High Normal.

The forecast for Wednesday, 10 February: solar flux 125, A index 15, K index 3. Wednesday should be High Normal. ______

QSL Info ______

Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------EM5U/P UT2UB NP4A W3HNK T95A K2PF KC4AAA K1IED PZ5JR K3BYV VQ9DX AA5DX LZ0A LZ1KDP T33VU DL2MDZ XT2OW F5RLE

Steve, KU9C, has received the QSL cards for the recent Macao Contest operation of XX9X. Cards for XX9TAR, XX9TNX, XX9TXD, XX9TOT, XX9TMC and XX9X should be out shortly. QSL cards for XX9TJL go via K6JL and cards for XX9TBH via AB6BH.

QSL cards recently received direct: 3B8FQ, 4U1ITU, 9J2AM, A61AJ, D68WU, EX9A (97), S92YN, SV2ASP/A, TX8A, TY8A, VK9LX, XX9X, YB0ECT, YK1AO ______

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Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: DL1DA, KE3Q, KH6BZF Reports, N2TN, N6ZZ, NOAA, NQ4E, OPDX, The 59(9) DX Report, W2GE, W2KD, W4ADJ, W4RM, W6RLL, WA2VRF, WA2VUY, WP4Q ______

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DX News ______

Pacific traveler Ed Hartz, K8VIR, will once again be on Lord Howe Island as VK9EHH from 6 to 18 March. He likes to hang out on 21300, 14164 and 14260. Ed will also be active several times as ZL4IR/SI from Stewart Island (OC-203) between 15 February to May. QSL both via W8WC.

Al, KZ3AB, says he will operate from the Cayman Islands as ZF2AB from 10 to 17 February. Look for him to be operating on the following frequencies

28.425 - 28.435 MHZ 21.250 - 21.300 MHZ 14.250 - 14.300 MHZ

QSL via Page Pyne, WA3EOP, 230 N. Potomac St. #3, Hagerstown, MD 21740

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The 425 DX New recently survey more than 500 DXers for a most wanted countries list. Here are the results for the top 10.

Prefix Country % needed P5 North Korea 100.00 A5 Bhutan 56.70 VU4 Andaman & Nicobar 55.65 BS7 Scarborough Reef 49.91 3Y Bouvet 47.13 VU7 Laccadive 42.78 7O Yemen 42.26 3C0 Pagalu 38.96 VK0 Macquarie 38.61 KH5K Kingman Reef 36.17 ______

QSN ______

4U1WB - UNITED STATES - Masa, AJ3M, is now back in the US and showed up on 21279 between 00:00 and 01:00Z on Tuesday. QSL via KK4HD.

4X4WN - ISRAEL - West Coast US DXers were working David on on the longpath on 7004 just before 16:00Z.

5A1A - LIBYA - Abubaker was practicing his CW on 14005 working mostly Europeans from 13:15 to 14:15Z.

A61 - UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - Both Almur, A61AH, and Salem, A61AS, were found on 15 meters SSB from 13:00 to 14:00Z. Almur was on 21250 while Salem was on 21295.

EM5U/P - UKRAINE - This station has been very active on CW the last few days. QSL via UT2UB.

EZ8AZ - TURKMENISTAN - Was working East Coast US and European stations on 21007 from 12:00 to 13:20Z.

R1FJL - FRANZ JOSEF LAND - Continues to be on 40 meters CW around 04:00Z. QSL via UA3AGS.

S79MX - SEYCHELLES - Kurt showed up on 10104 around 1720 and stayed until after 18:15Z. QSL via HB9MX.

VK9XX - CHRISTMAS - The guys were reported on Tuesday as follows:

GMT Frequencies ------00 21295 01 14195 21295 07 18070 08 28498 10 24893 11 21297 12 1826 3508 3517 21297 14195 13 1826 3517 14195 14 1826 3501 14195 15 3550 (LSB) 14194 16 10102 21 1826 22 1826 3505 23 3505 7006 21295 ______

IOTA ______

The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AF-006 VQ9VK 21024 1259 EU-124 GW0SLM 14282 1454 AS-024 JS6PMR 24902 0835 NA-027 V01COP 14260 1814 AS-028 UA0QBA 14259 1605 NA-029 VY2FS 21260 1412 AS-077 JI6KVR 21260 0941 NA-036 VE7IM 21274 1736 EU-009 GM0HTG 18128 0852 NA-055 AK1L 21017 1350 EU-016 9A2GF 14259 0716

Silvano, KB5GL, will operate as KB5GL/5 from Grand Isle (NA-168) from 19 to 21 February. Look for him to be active on 14260, 21260, 18128, 24950, 28460. QSL direct only to Ron Lago, AC7DX, P.O. Box 25426, Eugene, Oregon 97402.

Dick, K2ZR/4, plans to activate Key West (NA-062) through 11 April. He will be on the IOTA frequencies on 10, 15, 17, 20, 30 and 40 meters 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 ------10-Feb 20-Feb 3B8 3B8/DJ7MI 3-21 10-Feb 26-Feb 5H 5H3SK 3-27 10-Feb 28-Feb 5H by IK2GZU 3-20 3-18 10-Feb 24-Feb DU DU3/AH8F 3-9 10-Feb EL EL2WW 3-10 3-2 10-Feb 20-Feb FO by DJ4VW (OC-067) 3-21 10-Feb 10-Feb FO/A FO0AWI FO0XUU (OC-050) 3-12 3-10 10-Feb 3-Mar FR/T FR5ZQ/T 3-10 10-Feb 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH 3-4 3-2 2-229 10-Feb 10-Feb H40 H40MS 3-6 2-232 10-Feb 25-Feb HI AH6YL/HI8 AH6OM/HI8 (NA-096) 3-26 10-Feb 25-Feb HP NA-071 NA-088 NA-202 NA-203 F5PA 3-10 10-Feb 26-Feb HR HR3/K7DBV 3-10 10-Feb 14-Feb P4 P4/K2LE 3-27 10-Feb 17-Feb PY PY7ZY/7 (SA-046) 3-18 10-Feb 27-Feb S7 S79MX 3-21 10-Feb T33 T33VU 2-232 2-226 10-Feb 13-Feb VK9X VK9XX 3-19 2-196 10-Feb 24-May VQ9 VQ9DX 3-11 10-Feb 1-Mar VQ9 VQ9QM 3-2 10-Feb 1-Mar XT XT2DM XT2OW 2-209 10-Feb 13-Feb Z2 Z2/VK3DXI 3-16 ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for February 8, 1999 was 75.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for February 9, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------9-Feb-1999 21 129 2 1 Low/Quiet;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 9-Feb-1999 18 125 4 1 Low/Quiet;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 9-Feb-1999 15 125 4 0 Low/Quiet;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 9-Feb-1999 12 125 4 0 Low/Quiet;Low/Quiet-Active 9-Feb-1999 09 125 4 2 Low/Quiet;Low/Quiet-Active 9-Feb-1999 06 125 4 1 Low/Quiet;Low/Quiet-Active 9-Feb-1999 03 125 4 1 Low/Quiet;Low/Quiet-Active 9-Feb-1999 00 125 4 1 Low/Quiet;Low/Quiet-Active

The forecast for Wednesday, 10 February: solar flux 125, A index 11, K index 2. Wednesday should be High Normal.

The forecast for Thursday, 11 February: solar flux 135, A index 11, K index 2. Thursday should be High Normal. ______

QSL Info ______

Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------4L1UN IK7JTF FO0XUU DL5AWI SU3AM DL1FCM DU3NXE W3HNK S79MX HB9MX VQ9VK N1TO FO0AWI DL5AWI

QSL cards recently received direct: 8Q7IO, 8Q7IQ, A61AJ, BV7FC, LY63BA, S92YN, YE1ZI, YK1AO, ZP5MAL ______

Credits ______

Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: K2ZR, KH6BZF Reports, N2TN, N3OC, N5CQ, NOAA, W3LEO, W9HAO ______

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DX News ______

A group of Mexican Amateur Radio operators are planning a DXpedition to Revilla Gigedo. Operators include Marcos, XE1MX, Daniel, XE1FSK, and Fabian, XE1FRF. No call sign was mentioned. Fabian has been reported as a very good CW operator. They will start on 3 March and will remain on the bands for 15 days.

The ITU updated their table of Allocation of International Call Sign Series on the World Wide Web. The new Palestinian block E4A-E4Z has been added. Check out http://www.itu.int/radioclub/rr/aps42.htm

Karl, K0KL, says he will operate as 3D2KE from the Fiji Islands between 20 and 27 March. Look for him mostly on 15 and 40 meters CW. QSL via K0KL.

Richard, K5NA, will operate in the ARRL CW DX Contest from Maui Island, Hawaii as KH6X.

Bill, G4YWY, plans to operate from Guernsey as GU4YWY/M from 24 to 28 March. Look for him mostly on 15 and 17 IOTA SSB Frequencies. QSL via G4YWY.

Alex, TL5A, may be going to Angola next week to operate as D25L.

Carl, G4VFU/VP8CZJ/MM, says he is hoping to operate on land from South Sandwich later this year. ______

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4X4WN - ISRAEL - David was working West Coast US stations on 7006 short path from 03:30 to 04:00 and on the long path at 15:00Z.

5N0/OK1AUT - NIGERIA - Dave showed up on 1824 just before 23:00Z. QSL via OK1AUT.

BV5BG - TAIWAN - Europeans and East Coast US stations reported Taya on 3794 from 21:40 to 22:40Z.

FR5ZQ/T - TROMELIN ISLAND - Henri has shown up on 7008 the last two days at 02:30Z. On Wednesday he came up on 21024 just before 15:30Z.

FT5ZJ - AMSTERDAM ISLAND - RTTY DXers found him on 14080 around 18:40Z.

TZ6VV - MALI - Larry was on 21255 working Europe at 16:30Z and later at 22:30Z on 21317 working the US. QSL via AA0GL.

VK9XX - CHRISTMAS ISLAND - Jerry, George and Charlie were reported on Wednesday as follows:

GMT Frequencies GMT Frequencies ------00 21295 12 1826 01 21295 13 10104 02 18070 21295 14 1826 14195 08 18070 15 14195 09 18070 20 1829 10 21018 22 1829 3508 10105 11 10104 21018 23 3508 7001 ______

IOTA ______

The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AF-002 FT5ZJ 14080 1840 NA-036 VE7IM 21215 1735 AF-031 FR5ZQ/T 21024 1527 NA-051 VE7CQR 14253 1707 AS-079 JA5CKD/6 18135 1209 NA-055 AK1L 21260 1314 EU-037 SM7DLZ 14208 0951 NA-072 HP1/F5PAC 14260 2218 EU-049 SV8CYV 18140 1309 OC-002 VK9XX 21295 0139 EU-114 GU0IFM/P 7073 1732 OC-011 V63KU 28468 2315 EU-133 R1ASP 21260 1148 OC-077 KH8/K7ZZ 14195 0512

ON9BGP plans to be on Texel Island (EU-038) during the IOTA Contest in July. He may end up with a PA6 call sign and will be on all bands.

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 20-Feb 3B8 3B8/DJ7MI 3-21 11-Feb 26-Feb 5H 5H3SK 3-27 11-Feb 28-Feb 5H by IK2GZU 3-20 3-18 11-Feb 24-Feb DU DU3/AH8F 3-9 11-Feb EL EL2WW 3-10 3-2 11-Feb 20-Feb FO by DJ4VW (OC-067) 3-21 11-Feb 3-Mar FR/T FR5ZQ/T 3-10 11-Feb 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH 3-4 3-2 2-229 11-Feb 25-Feb HI AH6YL/HI8 AH6OM/HI8 (NA-096) 3-26 11-Feb 25-Feb HP NA-071 NA-088 NA-202 NA-203 F5PAC 3-10 11-Feb 26-Feb HR HR3/K7DBV 3-10 11-Feb 14-Feb KH0 by a group of JA's 3-18 11-Feb 14-Feb P4 P4/K2LE 3-27 11-Feb 17-Feb PY PY7ZY/7 (SA-046) 3-18 11-Feb 27-Feb S7 S79MX 3-21 11-Feb T33 T33VU 2-232 2-226 11-Feb 14-Feb T8 T88TM T88SY 3-25 11-Feb 9-Mar V3 V31JP 3-25 11-Feb 13-Feb VK9X VK9XX 3-19 2-196 11-Feb 24-May VQ9 VQ9DX 3-11 11-Feb 1-Mar VQ9 VQ9QM 3-2 11-Feb 1-Mar XT XT2DM XT2OW 2-209 11-Feb 13-Feb Z2 Z2/VK3DXI 3-16 11-Feb 17-Feb ZF2 ZF2AB 3-28 ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for February 9, 1999 was .

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for February 10, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------10-Feb-1999 21 152 5 2 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 10-Feb-1999 18 129 2 3 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 10-Feb-1999 15 129 2 1 Low/Quiet;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 10-Feb-1999 12 129 2 0 Low/Quiet;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 10-Feb-1999 09 129 2 2 Low/Quiet;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 10-Feb-1999 06 129 2 1 Low/Quiet;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 10-Feb-1999 03 129 2 0 Low/Quiet;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 10-Feb-1999 00 129 2 0 Low/Quiet;Low/Quiet-Unsettled

The forecast for Thursday, 11 February: solar flux 135, A index 11, K index 2. Thursday should be High Normal.

The forecast for Friday, 12 February: solar flux , A index , K index 2. Wednesday should be High Normal. ______

QSL Info ______

Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------4S7SW ON6TZ T88TM JA5AUC UN7EG DL8KAC 5H3/IK2GZU IK2GZU TZ6VV AA0GL XT2DM F5RLE JW0LGS LA5NM UA0MF W3HNK XT2OW F5RLE R1ASP RA1AD

QSL cards recently received direct: 5X1Z, 9K2ZZ, 9M2AX, 9V1ZB, BD4ED, BD6BF, EI8EM, FG5BG, HF0POL, JD1BIA, OY1CT, PZ5JR, RA0FA, T77C, VP5/WA2YVN, VP8CRB, WH0V, YB5QZ ______

Credits ______

Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: DX News Sheet, K0KL, K2PLF, K4BAI, KH6BZF Reports, N2QT, N5CQ, NOAA, OM1AM, PA1AW, XE1EK ______

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DX News ______

Tim Totten, N4GN, gives us the news we have all been looking for:

"Palestine, E4 - A New DX Performance

The stage is set. The props have all been checked and re-checked. The performers make their final preparations and mentally focus on the performance ahead of them. Adrenaline flows.

The audience has waited patiently for this opening night. But the wait will soon be over as the curtain rises on Act I, Scene I. The setting: The Palestine Hotel, Gaza City.

This will be the scene on Monday, 15 February, as a team of highly experienced DX performers from Europe and the U.S. join forces in the true spirit of amateur radio with their local Palestinian counterparts to unveil the new E4 prefix for the first time on the air. This historic operation is being conducted with the full support of the Palestinian National Authority's Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications (MPT). Additional details will be announced within approximately 48 hours."

Yoh, 7L1MFS, reports that he will operate from Laos from 22:00Z on 19 February to 11:00Z on 21 February. He will be looking for Europe and US stations on SSB and RTTY on the high bands. Look for him to be mostly on 10, 12 and 15 meters. QSL cards go via JH1EVE.

Bob Vallio, W6RGG, sends out the W6TI DX Bulletin each Sunday at 18:00Z and again at 02:00Z on Monday on 7016 and 14002 in CW. This is a great code practice and way to get DX information. Give it a try!

Tony, G0REP, plans to operate from Mustique Island (NA-025), in the Grenadines for two weeks beginning 1 March. He will use J8/G0REP if he does not get a J8 call sign on SSB with some CW. QSL via G0REP.

Dr. Rick, NE8Z, will be active from Maui, Hawaii from 27 February to 6 March. Look for NE8Z/NH7 to be on 12, 17, and 30 meters CW. QSL via K8LJG or NE8Z. ______

QSN ______

3V8BB - TUNISIA - An operator named Willy was active from the club station on 14265 early on Thursday. He was giving DF3BO as the QSL route.

5R8FU - MADAGASCAR - Aki was working Europeans and US stations on 3501 Tuesday just before 03:00Z.

EL2WW - LIBERIA - Mark can be found daily at 22:00Z on either 40 or 80 meters CW. QSL via ON5NT.

ET3AA - ETHIOPIA - This club station was found on 21256 between 15:30 and 16:30Z.

JL1KFR/JD1 - MINAMI TORISHIMA - Ryo will occasionally show up on 17 meters CW around 22:00Z. He does not stay for very long.

S79MX - SEYCHELLES - Try 30 meters CW between 17:00 and 18:00Z. QSL via HB9MX.

T88TM - BELAU - Europeans reported working this one on 7007 14:30 and 20:00Z. QSL via JA5AUC.

VK9XX - CHRISTMAS ISLAND - If you haven't worked them yet you have two more days, including today. Next stop for them is Cocos Keeling, VK9YY. QSL via W0YG.

XT2OW - BURKINA FASO - Look for this one on 15 meters SSB between 10:00 and 17:00Z. QSL via F5RLE. ______

IOTA ______

The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AS-028 UA0QMU 7007 2137 EU-114 GU0IFM/P 14252 1501 AS-079 JA5CKD/6 14016 1323 NA-055 AK1L 21019 1521 EU-062 LA6WEA 18137 1245 OC-019 KH6/W7GMH 14180 1818

Carlos, WP4U, is planning to be active from the island of Caja de Muertos (Coffin Island) from 12 to 15 February. The island is valid for the certificate WPRI (Worked Puerto Rico's Island award) and counts as NA-099. Look for him to be active on all bands. Special QSL cards will be issued. He is also planning to operate from Mona Island (Female Monkey Island) from 26 to 31 March. This island is very close to Desecheo Island (KP5) and permission from the Department of Wildlife and Natural Resources is needed. Equipment will include a FT-900, R-7 and dipoles.

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 13-Feb VK9X VK9XX 3-19 2-196 12-Feb 13-Feb Z2 Z2/VK3DXI 3-16 12-Feb 14-Feb KH0 by a group of JA's 3-18 12-Feb 14-Feb P4 P4/K2LE 3-27 12-Feb 14-Feb T8 T88TM T88SY 3-25 12-Feb 17-Feb PY PY7ZY/7 (SA-046) 3-18 12-Feb 17-Feb ZF2 ZF2AB 3-28 12-Feb 20-Feb 3B8 3B8/DJ7MI 3-21 12-Feb 20-Feb FO by DJ4VW (OC-067) 3-21 12-Feb 22-Feb J7 J79WW J79GMV J79UGF J79EKH 2-236 12-Feb 24-Feb C6 C6AKP (NA-048) 3-26 12-Feb 24-Feb DU DU3/AH8F 3-9 12-Feb 25-Feb HI AH6YL/HI8 AH6OM/HI8 (NA-096) 3-26 12-Feb 25-Feb HP NA-071 NA-088 NA-202 NA-203 F5PA 3-10 12-Feb 26-Feb 5H 5H3SK 3-27 12-Feb 26-Feb HR HR3/K7DBV 3-10 12-Feb 27-Feb S7 S79MX 3-21 12-Feb 28-Feb 5H by IK2GZU 3-20 3-18 12-Feb 1-Mar VQ9 VQ9QM 3-2 12-Feb 1-Mar XT XT2DM XT2OW 2-209 12-Feb 3-Mar FR/T FR5ZQ/T 3-10 12-Feb 9-Mar V3 V31JP 3-25 12-Feb 24-May VQ9 VQ9DX 3-11 12-Feb 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH 3-4 3-2 2-229 12-Feb EL EL2WW 3-10 3-2 12-Feb T33 T33VU 2-232 2-226 13-Feb 20-Feb CT3 CT3/F5LMJ 3-21 13-Feb 20-Feb VK9Y VK9YY 3-19 2-196 14-Feb 15-Feb ZS ZS6/VK3DXI 3-16 ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for February 10, 1999 was 69.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for February 11, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------11-Feb-1999 21 164 17 3 Low/Quiet-Active;Low/Quiet-Active 11-Feb-1999 18 152 5 4 Low/Quiet-Active;Low/Quiet-Active 11-Feb-1999 15 152 5 3 Low/Quiet-Active;Low/Quiet-Active 11-Feb-1999 12 152 5 3 Low/Quiet-Active;Low/Quiet-Active 11-Feb-1999 09 152 5 4 Low/Quiet-Active;Low/Quiet-Active 11-Feb-1999 06 152 5 2 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 11-Feb-1999 03 152 5 3 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 11-Feb-1999 00 152 5 2 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Unsettled

The forecast for Friday, 12 February: solar flux 150, A index 11, K index 2. Wednesday should be High Normal.

The forecast for Saturday, 13 February: solar flux 155, A index 11, K index 2. Saturday should be High Normal.

The forecast for Sunday, 14 February: solar flux 160, A index 10, K index 3. Sunday should be High Normal. ______

QSL Info ______

Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------5V7FA F6FNU HC8N AA5BT T88SY JA5IU A41KJ N5FTR JY9NE N3FNE VP2EY HB9SL AF4LX/KH0 JA6VQA T32RT W6UC ZD7WRG WA2JUN EL2WW ON5NT

AB6BH - John Fenoglio, 1045 Cornish Drive, San Diego, CA 92107

QSL cards recently received direct: 3D2DX, 9J2A, AP2JZB, D68WU, HH2LQ, HK0ER, KH2D, T32KV, VK9CR, VK9LX, VP2V/K9JF, XX9TR ______

Credits ______

Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 7L1MFS, AA5XE, AF4CD, G0WAZ, KB3AUG, KH6BZF Reports, N6ZZ, N7OJ, NOAA, W6RGG, WA2VRF, WP4U ______

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DX News ______

Beginning on 1 March Abubaker, 5A1A, will be using special call sign 5A22PA on all bands CW and SSB. QSL via IK3ZAW.

During the ARRL and CQ WPX SSB DX Contests look for EN5J to be multi- single from the Ukraine. QSL via KG6AR.

George, W3EH, will operate 10 meters only in the upcoming ARRL SSB DX Contest as PJ8/W3EH. Look for him between 4 and 11 March on 10 through 80 meters CW and SSB. QSL via W3EH (ex K2KTT).

This weekend members of the UA2 Contest Club will operate from 3V8BB in the CQ World Wide 160 Meter SSB Contest. They will have an inverted L, 75 foot vertical and beverages. Operators include UA2FB, UA2FF and UA2FZ.

Ten Members of the CE3AA Radio Club will depart for Easter Island tomorrow. The group will be doing volunteer work for the community and will operate on the air as CE0AA in their spare time. They will be on 6 through 160 meters CW and SSB until 20 March. QSL via CE3WDH, Sergio Del Gaudio, P.O. Box 240-3, Santiago, CHILE. Cards sent via the bureau will also be answered.

A group of operators from the United Kingdom will operate the CQ World Wide 160 Meter SSB DX Contest from British Channel Island of Jersey. Look for GJ2D to be on the air using an Inverted L with 70 foot vertical and inverted vee. They will have a 1,100 foot beverage for North America and 550 foot beverages fro the Caribbean, Africa and Asia. Operators include G3SVL, G3SJJ, G3UEG, G7TAJ, GJ4CBQ and GJ0NYG. For more information see their home page at http://listen.to/gj2d QSL via G3LZQ. ______

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9N1FP - NEPAL - Vlad is once again active on CW. QSL via RU6FP.

ET3AA - ETHIOPIA - Was found on 28582 on Thursday between 14:00 and 14:40Z.

FR5ZQ/T - TROMELIN ISLAND - Henri showed up on 28499 around 13:30Z and later on 14180 for a list operation at 17:00Z.

H40MS - TEMOTU PROVINCE - Bernard is still active from this relatively new DXCC entity. QSL via DL2GAC.

KH4/IV3NVN - MIDWAY ISLAND - Europeans reported working this one on 20 meters SSB from 06:00 to 08:00Z. QSL via IV3TMV. ______

IOTA ______

The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AS-020 BV4RA 21235 0907 NA-021 8P6GO 28040 1502 AS-028 UA0QMU 7002 2215 NA-027 VO1COP 14260 1957 EU-010 GM4CHX/P 14260 1234 NA-027 VO1XC 18165 2036 EU-025 IT9STG 21260 1757 NA-037 J37VG 14260 1036 EU-049 SV8DTP 28495 1506 NA-055 AK1L 21010 1526 EU-052 SV8CS 1844 2058 NA-062 K4SUS/M 14260 2123 EU-060 SV1CIV 1844 2041 NA-062 N3OC/M 14263 2326 EU-062 LA6OP 21261 1547 NA-065 N6FD/7 7040 0407 EU-067 SV1CIB/SV8 14078 2037 OC-149 H44NC 14260 1136

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 5H 5H3SK 3-27 26-Feb 26-Feb F F5SGI/P (EU-064) 26-Feb 26-Feb HR HR3/K7DBV 3-10 26-Feb 27-Feb KH6 KH6X by K5NA 3-30 3-16 26-Feb 27-Feb S7 S79MX 3-21 26-Feb 28-Feb 5H by IK2GZU 3-20 3-18 26-Feb 1-Mar VQ9 VQ9QM 3-2 26-Feb 1-Mar XT XT2DM XT2OW 2-209 26-Feb 2-Mar 3A 3A/K8PYD 3-25 3-20 26-Feb 3-Mar FR/T FR5ZQ/T 3-10 26-Feb 3-Mar KH4 KH4/IV3NVN 3-6 26-Feb 8-Mar FW FW5FN 3-1 2-184 26-Feb 8-Mar VP2V VP2V/K1DW 3-27 26-Feb 9-Mar V3 V31JP 3-25 26-Feb 24-May VQ9 VQ9DX 3-11 26-Feb 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH 3-4 3-2 2-229 27-Feb 28-Feb CQ WW 160 Meter SSB Contest 27-Feb 6-Mar KH6 NE8Z/NH7 3-30 27-Feb 7-Mar C2 C21ZM C21SX 3-8 27-Feb 8-Mar V7 by N4XP 3-26 27-Feb 20-Mar CE0Y CE0AA 3-23 ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for February 24, 1999 was 56.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for February 25, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------25-Feb-1999 21 120 9 1 Low/Quiet-Active;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 25-Feb-1999 18 120 10 2 Low/Quiet-Active;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 25-Feb-1999 15 120 10 2 Low/Quiet-Active;Vy Low-Low/Quiet-Unset 25-Feb-1999 12 120 10 3 Low/Quiet-Active;Vy Low-Low/Quiet-Unset 25-Feb-1999 09 120 10 1 Vy Low/Quiet-Active;Vy Low/Quiet-Unset 25-Feb-1999 06 120 10 4 Vy Low/Quiet-Active;Vy Low/Quiet-Unset 25-Feb-1999 03 120 10 1 Vy Low/Quiet-Active;Vy Low/Quiet-Unset 25-Feb-1999 00 120 10 2 Vy Low/Quiet-Active;Vy Low/Quiet-Unset

The forecast for Friday, 26 February: solar flux 120, A index 5, K index 1. Friday should be Above Normal.

The forecast for Saturday, 27 February: solar flux 115, A index 7, K index 2. Saturday should be Above Normal.

The forecast for Sunday, 28 February: solar flux 115, A index 8, K index 3. Sunday should be High Normal. ______

QSL Info ______

Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------3A/K8PYD K8PYD DL7DF/HI3 DL7DF KG4ZK W4ZYT 3B8GD 3B8DB E44/HA1AG HA1AG KH4/IV3NVN IV3TMV 3E1CW KD6WW E44/JA8RUZ JA8RUZ KP2AD OK1AJY 3V8BB DL1RNO E44DX OH2BN LX1DIG DL2JRM 5H3SK DL1DA EM5DXC UT5IY PJ8/W8EB W8EB 5Z4LI G3SWH FO0MET K7IR RK3AWL W3HNK 6D2X K5TSQ FW5FN HB9HFN T32RT W6UC 8P9JA K4MA HC8N AA5BT T94DO DJ2MX 8P9JB AA4NC HP2/F5PAC F5PAC TU5IJ I2AOX 8P9NX W0SA J37VG AA1IZ V26O N5NJ 9N1FP RU6FP J79WW KK4WW V31JP KA9WON AP2N KU9C JA1UT/E4 JA1UT VP2V/K1DW K1CPJ C98CX ZS1AAZ KG4SD W4SD YN9HAU HR1RMG

JA1UT - Yoshio Hayashi, 4-20-2-401 Nishigotanda, Shinagawa, Tokyo, 141-0031 JAPAN

QSL card for Chen, BA1HAM, can now be confirmed by Bill, NE9Z.

Gary, KI6T, reports the following QSL cards have all been processed and mailed out: C6A/KI6T, C6A/WR6O, C6A/KA6WHA, J6/KI6T and J68GS.

QSL cards recently received direct: 3V8BB (4/98), 4U1UN, 5A1A, A22RV, B1A, BQ9P, BT2HC, DU3NXE, E30GA, IK3ZAW, OH0RJ, T88II, TZ6TT, V73UX, XX9X, ZA1Z, ZK3RW ______

On the WWW ______

The E44/HA1AG logs can be found at http://www.okdxc.cz/e44/log.htm.

Logs for FW5FN are also on the WWW at http://www.qsl.net/hb9hfn/log/fw_search.html ______

Credits ______

Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: BA1HAM, K0XQ, K5FUV, K7BV, KD4IFV, KG6AR, KH6BZF Reports, KI6T, N2JTX, N2QT, N4PQX, N4TX, NJ2S, NOAA, UA2FJ, W1YIF, W2GG, W2UP, W3EH, W3IZ, W4ABW, W4DR ______

Subscriptions ______

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DX News ______

Look for Pedro, HK3JJH, to be on the air from Cacagual Island (SA-084) on 2 and 3 March. Next he will operate from Malpelo starting around 7 March and will remain for several days. Gerard, F2JD, may also be going with him and they will have dipoles for the low bands and a vertical for 10, 15 and 20 meters.

Song, HL2AQN, will operate from Cambodia as XU7AAC from 11 to 15 March. He plans to be on 10, 15 and 40 meters CW and SSB. QSL via HL2AQN, Song Hyung Sub, Buwon Apt. 9-101, 340, Wonjeong-dong, Bucheon, Kyunggi-do 421-200, Korea.

Hrane, YT1AD, will operate in the ARRL SSB DX Contest this weekend from El Salvador as HU4A. QSL via YT1AD.

Patrick, F6CMH, will be on the air from Mauritius as 3B8/F6CMH from 17 to 26 March. He plans to be active on SSB on all bands.

Last week the BBC ran a piece about the possibility of Sudan granting independence to the Southern provinces in order to prevent civil war between the Muslim north and mostly Christian/Animist south.

Alex, TL5A, will go QRT sometime this week. QSL via PA1AW (ex PA3DMH).

Erik, SM0AGD, his wife Eva, SM0OTG, and Thor, LA7XB, will be visiting the Seychelles starting today through 14 March. They will be active occasionally as S79AG and S79XB. Unless they are able to get special permission they will not be on 80 meters. On 40 meters they can only transmit between 7050 and 7100. When they are on 40 meters CW they will listen down. QSL via home calls. ______

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9K2/NLD - KUWAIT - Many stations from Kuwait were active on Friday signing /NLD for Kuwait's National Liberation Day.

C21SX & C21ZM - NAURU - Roger and Mike are now active on 10 through 80 meters CW. QSL via G3SXW and G3ZEM.

C91CV - MOZAMBIQUE - Sunday this station was on the air from Quibaco Island (AF-066) on 10 meters SSB on Sunday from 07:45 to 09:45Z.

CE0AA - EASTER ISLAND - Started up their operation today. QSL via CE3WDH.

E41/OK1DTP - PALESTINE - This station was found on 28015 Saturday at 13:30Z and later on 14020 at 17:30Z. He reports his QTH as Jenin in the West Bank. QSL via OK1TD.

FR5ZQ/T - TROMELIN ISLAND - No real pattern as to Henri's activities except 14180 around 17:00Z.

FT5ZJ - AMSTERDAM ISLAND - Saturday Europeans and Japanese DXers found him on 24930 just before 11:00Z.

KH4/IV3NVN - MIDWAY ISLAND - Europeans report working Simone on 20 meters at 06:00 and 17:00Z and on 15 meters at 09:00Z.

P29CC - PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Look for Chip on 10 meters SSB between 22:00 and 00:00Z. ______

IOTA ______

The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AF-NEW C91CV 28417 0907 EU-016 9A2FK/P 28462 1304 AN-006 EM1LV 28010 1910 EU-016 9A5KV/P 7004 0646 AS-024 JS6PMR 24902 1026 EU-026 JW9PJA 14260 1851 AS-028 UA0QBA 14018 1903 NA-055 AK1L 14006 1911 AS-083 RA9LI/9 14258 1020 NA-062 W4/K2ZR 14042 1504 EU-001 SV5AZP 28443 0825 NA-065 N6FD/7 14260 0023 EU-008 GM3PGY 14259 1733 OC-059 V63AO 28483 2332

Guy, FO5QA, is a newly licensed resident in the Tikehau Atoll in the Tuamotu archipelago (IOTA OC-066) of the French Polynesian Islands.

Stuart, VK8NSB, will be active from Groote Eylandt (OC-141) from 3 to 18 April. Look for VK8NSB/P to be active on 10, 15 and 80 meters CW and SSB. QSL via VK9NS.

Burt, PA3GIO, will active from Tintamarre Island (NA-199), St. Martin's as FS/PA3GIO/P on 6 and 7 March. Look for him on 17 and 20 meters. QSL via PA3GIO.

Alek, VK6APK, plans to operate with a group of VK's from Woody Island (OC-170) starting around 04:00Z on 14 March. They hope to use VI6EWI on 10 through 80 meters plus 6, 2 and 423 on SSB and CW. They will remain active until 00:00Z on 21 March. QSL via VK6NE.

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-Mar 1-Mar VQ9 VQ9QM 3-2 1-Mar 1-Mar XT XT2DM XT2OW 2-209 1-Mar 2-Mar 3A 3A/K8PYD 3-25 3-20 1-Mar 3-Mar E4 E44/HA1AG 1-Mar 3-Mar FR/T FR5ZQ/T 3-10 1-Mar 3-Mar KH4 KH4/IV3NVN 3-6 1-Mar 6-Mar KH6 NE8Z/NH7 3-30 1-Mar 7-Mar C2 C21ZM C21SX 3-8 1-Mar 8-Mar V7 N4XP/V7 3-26 1-Mar 8-Mar VP2E by W1USN, AA1M, W1HL 3-22 1-Mar 8-Mar FW FW5FN 3-1 2-184 1-Mar 8-Mar VP2V VP2V/K1DW 3-27 1-Mar 9-Mar V3 V31JP 3-25 1-Mar 14-Mar J8 J80C 3-30 1-Mar 15-Mar XF4 XF4MX 3-30 1-Mar 20-Mar CE0Y CE0AA 3-31 3-23 1-Mar 24-May VQ9 VQ9DX 3-11 1-Mar 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH 3-4 3-2 2-229 1-Mar 5A 5A22PA 3-31 1-Mar FT5X FT5XN 2-229 2-Mar 9-Mar HK0/S HK0/W4DC by WWI 2-238 3-Mar 9-Mar VP2V VP2V/K3MD 2-235 4-Mar 11-Mar PJ8 PJ8/W3EH 3-31 4-Mar 18-Mar C5 C56SW 6-Mar 7-Mar ARRL SSB DX Contest 6-Mar 7-Mar UR EN5J 3-31 6-Mar 7-Mar VP2V VP2V/W4RM 3-27 3-9 6-Mar 18-Mar VK9L VK9EHH 3-28 ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for February 27, 1999 was 93.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for February 28, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------28-Feb-1999 21 123 8 3 High/Quiet-Unsettled;Low-Mod/Quiet-Active 28-Feb-1999 18 115 4 3 High/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 28-Feb-1999 15 115 4 3 Low/Quiet;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 28-Feb-1999 12 115 4 1 Low/Quiet;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 28-Feb-1999 09 115 4 2 Low/Quiet;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 28-Feb-1999 06 115 4 0 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 28-Feb-1999 03 115 4 0 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 28-Feb-1999 00 115 4 0 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Unsettled

The forecast for Monday, 1 March: solar flux 110, A index 10, K index 2. Monday should be High Normal.

The forecast for Tuesday, 2 March: solar flux 110, A index 12, K index 3. Tuesday should be High Normal. ______

QSL Info ______

Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------3D2TN OK1TN ED1XRG EA1BLX OY3QN OZ1ACB 3DA0/K3AWY K3AWY ED4MAR EA4SS PQ5Q PP5LL 3V8BB *DK4VW EM3DXC UT7IY PY0FA PY4KL 4S7AL JA7TAL FT5ZJ F2YT RK2FWA DK4VW 5W1SA JH7OHF FW5FN HB9HFN TG9/IK2NCJ I2MQP 5Z4GS WB2YQH GJ2D G3LZQ V47KP K2SB C21SX G3SXW J37VG AA1IZ YB0ECT K5ZE C21ZM G3ZEM JW9PJA LA9PJA YN6HM N5TGZ E41/OK1DTP OK1TD N4XP/V7 N4XP ZF2MO OM2SA

* 3V8BB via DK4VW for 26 to 28 February, 1999.

Richard, 9J2DR (ex TR8DR, PT2ZDR, YS1DRF), is now F8LPX. QSL via Richard Dandine, 10 rue de Chuignes, 80340 Foucaucourt-en-Santerre, FRANCE.

George, W1ZT, is now handling the QSL chores for ZD7SM and ZD7DP.

QSL cards recently received direct: 3D2DX, 9M2TO, BQ9P, BT2HC, E30GA, FK8GJ, FR5ZU/G, HF0POL, JW5NM, JY8ZW, OH0TA, ST2SA, T88II, TY8A, UA0LH, UK9AA, VK9CQR, VK9XTL, XX9AS, XZ1N, YK1AO, ZA1A, ZK1SCQ

QSL cards recently received via the bureau: 5A21PA, CP8XA ______

Credits ______

Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: F6AJA, F8LPX, HL2KAT, K0RX, KD4IFV, KH6BZF Reports, N2TN, N5CQ, N6RT, NOAA, PA1AW, PA3GIO, VK6APK, VK8NSB, W1ZT, W3MC, W4DR, W8AEF, YS1RR ______

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This weekend look for 4U1ITU to be active as a multi-two in the ARRL SSB DX Contest. Operators will be Don, K2KQ, Tom, K1TW, and Piero, IK2BHX.

George, N2GA, and Diane, K2DO, will head to the Providenciales between 24 May and 1 June. During the CQ WPX CW Contest they will use VP5GA as a multi-single. Before and after the contest look for VP5/N2GA and VP5/K2DO. QSL via home calls.

Juergen, DJ3KR, will once again be active from Taiwan as BV3/DJ3KR from 19 to 23 March and from 26 March to 17 April. Look for him mostly on CW on the LF and WARC bands. On 30 meters check 10130 to 10150. QSL via DH3MG.

Sergio, IZ6BRN, operates as AP2WAP in Pakistan and plans to operate in Mirmi, Nepal as 9N7RN in late March or early April. He will be there for several weeks. QSL via IK4ZGY.

During the ARRL SSB DX Contest look for V31DX to be active. Operators include Vic, KI6IM, Tom, KM6K, Peter, AB6WM, and John, W2NA.

Doug, W4OX, will operate as KG4OX from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba from 3 to 10 March. He will be on in the ARRL DX SSB Contest as a single op on all bands. Before and after the contest he will be on all bands on all modes including RTTY and RS12. QSL via W4OX, Doug McDuff, 10380 S.W. 112th Street, Miami, FL 33176.

The No Name DX group will once again activate T48RAC, from Cuba, during this coming weekends ARRL SSB DX Contest. The multi-op crew consists of VE3ESE, VE3SDN, CO8HF, CO8KL, CO8OT, CO8TW, CO8LY, CO8UZ, CO8VN, CO8DC, CO8AJ, CO8DD and CM8YK. QSL via VE3ESE, Don Fisher, 48 Lucerne Drive, Kitchener, Ontario N2E 1B3, CANADA. ______

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5A22PA - LIBYA - Was active on Monday around 15:30Z on 21295. QSL via IK3ZAW.

C21SX & C21ZM - NAURU - Roger and Bob were operating as follows on Monday.

GMT Frequencies GMT Frequencies ------00 21023 24893 28023 12 3503 10103 01 24893 13 14023 02 21023 28023 14 14024 03 21023 15 7023 14023 04 14029 16 7023 06 14023 19 18073 07 18073 14023 20 14023 18073 08 18073 24893 21 10103 18073 09 21023 22 18073 24894 28023 10 7003 21023 23 18073 21023 11 3503 10105

E44/OZ6ACD - PALESTINE - Ayar is now active from Hebron in the West Bank. He came up on 28444 around 16:30Z and was later on 15, 20 and 40 meters SSB. QSL via OZ1ACB.

EZ8BO - TURKMENISTAN - Was found on 10108 just before 19:00Z for about one hour.

FR5ZQ/T - TROMELIN ISLAND - Southern Europeans were working Henri on 24970 around 11:00Z. Then between 17:00 and 19:00Z he was running a list on 14180.

VK9NS - NORFOLK ISLAND - Jim can often be found on 14222 around 04:00Z. ______

IOTA ______

The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AS-002 A92GE 14217 1950 NA-034 AH6JN/W4 212101356 AS-042 UA3SDK/0 14260 1118 NA-065 N6FD/7 7040 535 AS-053 HS0/IK4MRH 14260 1821 OC-011 V63KU 28462 240 EU-026 JW9PJA 14262 1055 SA-001 CE0AA 14190 751

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 2-Mar 3A 3A/K8PYD 3-25 3-20 2-Mar 5A 5A22PA 3-31 2-Mar 7-Mar C2 C21ZM C21SX 3-8 2-Mar 20-Mar CE0Y CE0AA 3-31 3-23 2-Mar 3-Mar E4 E44/HA1AG 2-Mar 3-Mar FR/T FR5ZQ/T 3-10 2-Mar 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH 3-4 3-2 2-229 2-Mar 8-Mar FW FW5FN 3-1 2-184 2-Mar 3-Mar HK HK3JJH (SA-084) 3-32 2-Mar 9-Mar HK0/S HK0/W4DC by WWI 2-238 2-Mar 14-Mar J8 J80C (NA-025) 3-30 2-Mar 3-Mar KH4 KH4/IV3NVN 3-6 2-Mar 6-Mar KH6 NE8Z/NH7 3-30 2-Mar 14-Mar PJ8 ND5S KF5LK W8EB W8DVC 2-Mar 14-Mar S7 S79AG S79XB 3-32 2-Mar 7-Mar T30 T30RD 3-12 2-Mar 9-Mar V3 V31JP 3-25 2-Mar 8-Mar V7 N4XP/V7 3-26 2-Mar 8-Mar VP2E by W1USN, AA1M, W1HL 3-22 2-Mar 8-Mar VP2V VP2V/K1DW 3-27 2-Mar 5-Mar VP5 VP5/KK9A 2-Mar 24-May VQ9 VQ9DX 3-11 2-Mar 15-Mar XF4 XF4MX (NA-030) 3-30 ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for February 28, 1999 was 145.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for March 1, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------1-Mar-1999 21 120 27 3 Low/Quiet-Min Stm;Low-Mod/Unset-Active 1-Mar-1999 18 123 10 4 Low/Quiet-Min Stm;Low-Mod/Unset-Active 1-Mar-1999 15 123 10 4 High/Quiet-Min Stm;Low-Mod/Unset-Active 1-Mar-1999 12 123 10 3 High/Quiet-Min Stm;Low-Mod/Unset-Active 1-Mar-1999 09 123 10 3 High/Quiet-Min Stm;Low-Mod/Unset-Active 1-Mar-1999 06 123 10 5 High/Quiet-Min Stm;Low-Mod/Unset-Active 1-Mar-1999 03 123 10 5 High/Quiet-Active;Low-Mod/Quiet-Active 1-Mar-1999 00 123 10 4 High/Quiet-Active;Low-Mod/Quiet-Active

The forecast for Tuesday, 2 March: solar flux 128, A index 12, K index 3. Tuesday should be High Normal.

The forecast for Wednesday, 3 March: solar flux 130, A index 12, K index 3. Wednesday should be High Normal. ______

QSL Info ______

Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------5A22PA IK3ZAW E44DX OH2BN H40MS DL2GAC DL2GG/YV5 DJ7AO E44/JA8RUZ JA8RUZ S79AG SM0AGD E44/HA1AG HA1AG E44A JY4NE S79XB LA7XB E44/OZ6ACD OZ1ACB EZ8CQ I2JSB TG9/IK2NCJ I2MQP

E44B - Sami Tarazi, P.O. Box 1008, Gaza, PALESTINE HA1AG - Zoli Pitman, Somogyi Bela ut 18, Gyor 9024, HUNGARY JA8RUZ - Toshikazu Kawanishi, 15-9-16 Sakae-dori, Shiroishi, Sapporo, Hokkaido 003-0021, JAPAN JY4NE - Dr. Ali Yashruti, P.O. Box 9392, Amman 11191, JORDAN OH2BN - Jarmo J. Jaakola, Kiilletie 5C30, Helsinki 00710, FINLAND

QSL cards recently received direct: 3A2MD, 3DA0CA, 5N4ALE, 6W6JX, 9K2ZZ, A45XR, A92GE, BQ9P, E30GA, KC4AAA, PY0TI, T31BB, TL0R, XZ1N, Z32KV, ZA1MH, ZK3RW ______

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Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 425 DX News, DX News Sheet, K9ZM, KH6BZF Reports, N3DI, NOAA, OPDX, W4ABW, W4WM ______

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Palestine's newest Amateur Radio operator is Ayar, E44/OZ6ACD, who is working at the headquarters of the Temporary International Presence in Hebron (TIPH). He is the first station to be licensed to operate from the West Bank thanks to the help of the recent E44DX and JA1UT/E4 DXpeditions. His station consists of an ICOM IC-706, 1/4L vertical for 10, 15, 17, 20 and 40 meters, dipole for 80 meters. Ayar reports that he will be on the air (QRV) most days after 14:00Z and on Sundays until 08:00Z. Look for him on all bands from 10 to 80 meters (160 meters after 10 March) SSB and some CW. On SSB try 3794, 7044, 14244, 18144, 21244, 24944 and 28444. On CW check 3504, 7004, 10104, 14004, 18074, 21004, 24894 and 28004. He will also be active on 6 meters which will be a first for this new country. Logs for E44/OZ6ACD can be found at http://www.tiph.org/e44/search.htm Ayar will be QRT between 17 and 26 March. QSL cards may be confirmed by Allis Andersen, OZ1ACB, Kagsaavej 34, DK-2730 Herlev, Denmark.

Ben, OZ5AAH/OZ5IPA, will operate from the QTH of Ayar, E44/OZ6ACD, in Hebron, West Bank, Palestine from 9 to 16 March. He will be mostly on CW on 80 and 160 meters.

A group of five Germans headed up by Sigi, DL7DF, are planning an operation from Tarawa, West Kiribati (T30) for 18 days in the October/November time frame. They will take four complete stations including amplifiers, two 1/4L verticals for 80 meters and 3 beams for the higher bands. The group is also hoping to operate from Banaba (T33) for 5 days. It takes 2 « days to get to the island so that means they would have to hire a ship for 10 days as there are no flights possible. Due to the costs of this operation they are seeking donations. For more information about this operation contact Sigi Presch, Wilhelmsmuhlenweg 123, 12621 Berlin, Germany or by e-mail at [email protected]

Don, HS0ZBG/KB8MVS, will be returning to Thailand for four years. He will be doing missionary work there and it may take 4 to 6 months to get set up. Look for him to be active on both CW and SSB. QSL via K8GT.

The newly elected officers of the Great Lakes DX/Contest Club for 1999 are as follows:

President Bob Williams, W9NIP Vice President Ron St. Laurent, ND5S Secretary Dorothy VanConant, W8DVC Treasurer Mark Mowery, AA8TC

Bob, G3PJT, will be on the air as 3B8/G3PJT from Mauritius from 8 to 20 March. He will be on 10 through 80 meters from the QTH of Jacky, 3B8CF. Look for him to be mostly on CW with some SSB. He will operate in the RSGB's Commonwealth Contest on 13 and 14 March. QSL via G3PJT.

The DX News Sheet reports that Vangelis, SV2BFN, and two other operators are expecting to operate from Mount Athos at the end of May.

Gary, ZA1NG, will be active as ZA5G until September. QSL via WA1ECA. ______

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C21SX - NAURU - Roger was active on 1825 between 12:30 and 13:00Z and on 1828 between 14:00 and 14:30Z. QSL via G3SXW.

EZ8AZ - TURKMENISTAN - Look for him on the low end of 15 meters CW between 11:00 and 14:00Z.

FR5ZQ/T - TROMELIN ISLAND - Today maybe Henri's last day. Yesterday he was found on 28019 at 12:00Z and later in a real mess on 14180 at 16:30Z.

S79AG - SEYCHELLES - RTTY DXers reported working Erik on 21084 at 12:00 and on 14082 at 17:30Z. QSL via SM0AGD.

YK1AO - SYRIA - Omar continues to show up near 1828 just before his sunrise. He usually goes to 40 meters CW just afterwards. ______

IOTA ______

The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AF-024 S79AG 21088 1223 NA-034 W4ZW 21262 1659 AF-031 FR5ZQ/T 14180 1809 NA-055 AK1L 14260 1909 AS-018 UA0FE 7008 1052 OC-169 A35RK 28486 0016 EU-124 GW0SLM 14262 1551 SA-001 CE0AA 21025 2212 NA-025 J8OC 14260 1435 SA-084 HK3JJH/4 14260 2231

Ken, G3OCA, and Derek, F5VCR, plan to be active from Banie Island (AF-043) between 13 and 16 March. No call sign was given but they will have two 100 watt stations mostly on 10, 15 and 20 meters.

Mike, UA3SDK/0, will be on Sredniy Island until 20 May. QSL via RU3SD, Vasiliy Bardin, P.O. Box 1, Ryazan 390000, RUSSIA.

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 E4 E44/HA1AG 3-Mar 3-Mar FR/T FR5ZQ/T 3-10 3-Mar 3-Mar HK HK3JJH (SA-084) 3-32 3-Mar 3-Mar KH4 KH4/IV3NVN 3-6 3-Mar 5-Mar VP5 VP5/KK9A 3-Mar 6-Mar KH6 NE8Z/NH7 3-30 3-Mar 7-Mar C2 C21ZM C21SX 3-8 3-Mar 7-Mar T30 T30R 3-12 3-Mar 8-Mar V7 N4XP/V7 3-26 3-Mar 8-Mar VP2E by W1USN, AA1M, W1HL 3-22 3-Mar 8-Mar FW FW5FN 3-1 2-184 3-Mar 8-Mar VP2V VP2V/K1DW 3-27 3-Mar 9-Mar HK0/S HK0/W4DC by WWI 2-238 3-Mar 9-Mar V3 V31JP 3-25 3-Mar 9-Mar VP2V VP2V/K3MD 2-235 3-Mar 10-Mar KG4 KG4OX 3-33 3-Mar 14-Mar J8 J80C (NA-025) 3-30 3-Mar 14-Mar PJ8 ND5S KF5LK W8EB W8DVC 3-Mar 14-Mar S7 S79AG S79XB 3-32 3-Mar 15-Mar XF4 XF4MX (NA-030) 3-30 3-Mar 20-Mar CE0Y CE0AA 3-31 3-23 3-Mar 24-May VQ9 VQ9DX 3-11 3-Mar 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH 3-4 3-2 2-229 ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for March 1, 1999 was 127.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for March 2, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------2-Mar-1999 21 130 17 2 Low/Quiet-Mnr Stm;Low-Mod/Quiet-Active 2-Mar-1999 18 120 27 3 Low/Quiet-Mnr Stm;Low-Mod/Quiet-Active 2-Mar-1999 15 120 27 3 Low/Quiet-Mnr Stm;Low-Mod/Quiet-Active 2-Mar-1999 12 120 27 2 Low/Quiet-Mnr Stm;Low-Mod/Unset-Active 2-Mar-1999 09 120 27 2 Low/Quiet-Mnr Stm;Low-Mod/Unset-Active 2-Mar-1999 06 120 27 4 Low/Unset-Mnr Stm;Low-Mod/Unset-Active 2-Mar-1999 03 120 27 5 Low/Unset-Mnr Stm;Low-Mod/Unset-Active 2-Mar-1999 00 120 27 4 Low/Unset-Mnr Stm;Low-Mod/Unset-Active

The forecast for Wednesday, 3 March: solar flux 120, A index 12, K index 3. Wednesday should be High Normal.

The forecast for Thursday, 4 March: solar flux 118, A index 10, K index 2. Thursday should be High Normal. ______

QSL Info ______

Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------4S7IJG DJ4IJ KG4OX W4OX V31JP KA9WON CO6XN HK6DOS NE8Z/NH7 NE8Z XE1L WA3HUP FR5ZG/T FR5ZG PJ9/K2NG WA2NHA

QSL cards for last years EJ7M operation from Bere Island may be confirmed by EI6HB either direct or via the bureau.

QSL cards for last years FO0PAP and FO0MAC operations are now at the printers and should be going on soon.

QSL cards recently received direct: 9M2TO, AP2JZB, E30GA, EA6URP, XX9X, XZ1N, ZA1AJ ______

Credits ______

Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 425 DX News, DL7DF, DX News Sheet, K3RR, KB3AUG, KH6BZF Reports, N4MXT, NOAA, The 59(9) DX Report, W2GG, WA2VUY ______

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Tony, G4UZN, will be active from Sabah as 9M6TUZ from 16 to 23 March. He will operate from the Hillview Gardens Resort mostly on CW. QSL via G4UZN.

Will, WC6DX, is now active from Bahrain as A92GF. He will operate on all bands until 16 March and will participate in the ARRL SSB DX Contest this weekend. QSL via WC6DX (North America) or EA7FR (all others).

Starting 17 March Frank, ON4CEL, will operate from The Gambia on 10 through 80 meters CW with some SSB. He will be there through 25 March and will look for North Americans on the low bands during the greyline openings. QSL via ON4CEL.

World traveler Andy, G4ZVJ, is going to Malta to operate as 9H3ZV. Look for him to be on the air from 9 to 16 March. He will operate in the RSGB Commonwealth Contest. QSL via G4ZVJ.

The upcoming DXpedition to St. Peter and St. Paul Archipelago (Vol. 3 No. 26) will use the following calls - ZV0SB (SSB), ZV0CW (CW) and possibly ZV0SY (RTTY). Suggested frequencies are as follows:

CW - 1825, 3505, 7005, 10140, 14005, 18075, 21005, 24895 and 28005 SSB - 1835, 3785, 7055, 14195, 18145, 21295, 24935 and 28495 RTTY - 14080, 21080

The pilot station will be Ari, PT2BW, and a Web site is located at http://www.pt2dx.org.br QSL via PT2GTI. ______

QSN ______

5U7DG - NIGER - Dan was found on 14215 on Wednesday between 22:00 and 00:00Z. QSL via K4SE.

C21SX & C21ZM - NAURU - Look for Roger or Bob to be on or near 1825 just before 12:00Z. QSL via G3SXW and G3ZEM.

E44/HA1AG - PALESTINE - The Hungarians went QRT around 10:00Z.

FT5WH - CROZET - Came up on 14165 just prior to 17:00Z.

H40MS - TEMOTU PROVINCE - Bernhard continues to be active on SSB. QSL via DL2GAC.

HK0 - SAN ANDRES - Members of the Woodbridge Wireless are now on the air on CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL via W4DC.

TL5A - CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - Alex has now gone QRT and will go back to the Netherlands to receive his next assignment. QSL via PA1AW.

XF4MX - REVILLA GIGEDO - Showed up on 15 meters SSB at the end of Wednesday. QSL via XE1MX.

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The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AF-004 EA8/OK1DIG 14260 0923 NA-024 J37VG 21263 1507 AS-015 9M2TO 14032 1527 NA-051 VE7TLL 14260 0548 AS-018 UA0FDX 14259 0320 NA-065 N6FD/7 14260 0351 AS-028 UA0QMU 14257 1630 OC-136 VK8AV/3 10102 1634 AS-076 JR5XPG 14042 1618 OC-137 VK4LV 14029 0717 EU-016 9A4DU/P 7007 1949 SA-084 HK3JJH/4 21260 2228 EU-133 R1ASP 14256 0750

Chris, W5CTV, plans to be on the air from Grand Isle (NA-168) from 5 to 7 March. Keep an ear on 28460. QSL via W5CTV, Chris Vincent, 2620 Long Branch Drive, Marrero, LA 70072.

Look for Bert, PA3GIO, to be active as V31GI from several islands of Belize between 14 March and 3 April. From 14 to 19 March he will be on Southwest Caye (NA-180). Between 21 to 26 March he will go to Turneffe Islands (NA-123) and finally from 28 March to 3 April on Little Water Caye (NA-180).

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 7-Mar C2 C21ZM C21SX 3-8 4-Mar 18-Mar C5 C56SW 4-Mar 20-Mar CE0Y CE0AA 3-31 3-23 4-Mar 16-Mar E44 E44/OZ6ACD 3-34 4-Mar 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH 3-4 3-2 2-229 4-Mar 8-Mar FW FW5FN 3-1 2-184 4-Mar 9-Mar HK0/S HK0/W4DC by WWI 2-238 4-Mar 14-Mar J8 J80C (NA-025) 3-30 4-Mar 10-Mar KG4 KG4OX 3-33 4-Mar 6-Mar KH6 NE8Z/NH7 3-30 4-Mar 14-Mar PJ8 ND5S KF5LK W8EB W8DVC 4-Mar 11-Mar PJ8 PJ8/W3EH 3-31 4-Mar 14-Mar S7 S79AG S79XB 3-32 4-Mar 7-Mar T30 T30R 3-12 4-Mar 9-Mar V3 V31JP 3-25 4-Mar 8-Mar V7 N4XP/V7 3-26 4-Mar 8-Mar VP2E by W1USN, AA1M, W1HL 3-22 4-Mar 8-Mar VP2V VP2V/K1DW 3-27 4-Mar 9-Mar VP2V VP2V/K3MD 2-235 4-Mar 5-Mar VP5 VP5/KK9A 4-Mar 24-May VQ9 VQ9DX 3-11 4-Mar 15-Mar XF4 XF4MX (NA-030) 3-30 ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for March 2, 1999 was 143.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for March 3, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------3-Mar-1999 21 137 10 3 Low/Quiet-Unset;Low-Moderate/Quiet-Unset 3-Mar-1999 18 130 16 2 Low/Quiet-Unset;Low-Moderate/Quiet-Unset 3-Mar-1999 15 130 16 2 Low/Quiet-Unset;Low-Moderate/Quiet-Unset 3-Mar-1999 12 130 16 3 Low/Quiet-Unset;Low-Moderate/Quiet-Unset 3-Mar-1999 09 130 16 2 Low/Quiet-Unset;Low-Moderate/Quiet-Unset 3-Mar-1999 06 130 16 3 Low/Quiet-Unset;Low-Moderate/Quiet-Unset 3-Mar-1999 03 130 16 1 Low/Quiet-Active;Low-Moderate/Quiet-Unset 3-Mar-1999 00 130 16 2 Low/Quiet-Mnr Stm;Low-Moderate/Quiet-Active

The forecast for Thursday, 4 March: solar flux 131, A index 13, K index 3. Thursday should be High Normal.

The forecast for Friday, 5 March: solar flux 132, A index 9, K index 2. Friday should be High Normal. ______

QSL Info ______

Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------5N7YZC WA1ECA J8OC G0REP V31MX K0BCN 5U7DG K4SE JY9QJ DL5MBY VP2EHL AA1M C98CX ZS1AAZ P40KD N6KD VP2ERN W1USN HK0/AA3KX W4DC PT7BZ KQ0B VP2V/W4RM W4RM HK0/K5OF W4DC T30R OK1RD XF4MX XE1MX HK0/WN4FVU W4DC

QSL cards recently received direct: 9K2HN, 9M2TO, RA0FU, T88X ______

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This weekend is the ARRL DX SSB Contest which is an excellent time for DXers from the United States and Canada to work DX from all over the globe. Tom, ZP5AZL, will be on possibly as ZP40Z and Juan, ZP5MAL, plans to be on as ZP6T. QSL via home calls.

Paolo, IK1NLZ, and Livio, IK1RLI, from the Monferrato Contest Team plan to operate in the ARRL DX SSB Contest as IQ1Z. QSL via IK1NLZ.

From Ulan Bator, Mongolia club station JT1T will be active in the contest this weekend.

DXers from Canada and the United States should look for Kazu, VR2KF, this weekend in the ARRL DX SSB Contest on 10 meters long path between 11:00 and 14:00Z. QSL via Kazu Fujta, GPO Box 4724, HONG KONG.

Japanese DXers Toshi, JM1KNQ/VK9NQ, and Masa, JQ3DUE/VK9NM, will go to Norfolk Island to operate from 11 to 16 March. They plan to be on 6 through 160 meters CW, SSB, RTTY and AM using 2 IC-706's, a FT-847, dipoles for 80 and 160, a R7 and dipole for 10 through 40 and a 5 element F9FT for 6 meters. On 6 meters they will have a beacon on 50115 which will be sending either CQ "CQ CQ DE VK9NQ VK9NQ VK9NQ AR K" If they are at in the hotel or "VVV DE VK9NQ/B VK9NQ/B NORFOLK " If the are not in the hotel. On 160 meters they plan to be on 1825. QSL via home calls as follows: VK9NQ via JM1KNQ, H. Abe, 4-53-3-203 Taidera 4-chome, Akashi-city Hyogo, 673-0845 JAPAN. VK9NM via JQ3DUE, Masa Ikeda, 6-19-9 Tsukigaoka Nishi-ku, Kobe-city Hyogo, 651-2217 JAPAN. Any questions or requests may be sent to [email protected].

Daniel, LU1DK, has been given permission to use LO0D (Lima Oscar Zero Delta) in contests during the next 5 years. QSL via F6FNU.

Ayar, E44/OZ6ACD, reports that he has received permission to operate 6 meters. Peter, G3WQU, has submitted his paper work for license to operate from Bethlehem, West Bank, Palestine and should be on the air as E44/G3WQU very soon. A station giving David, E41/OK1DTP, has been on the air recently giving his QTH as Jenin in the West Bank. The Deputy Minister of the MPT in Gaza has no record of this station.

Ken Holdom, ZL2HU, reports that the recent ZL9CI DXpedition to Campbell Island was approve by the ARRL and QSL cards are at the printers in Japan. ______

QSN ______

9M2AX - WEST MALAYSIA - Midwest DXers reported working Ross on 3799 just before 13:00Z.

A92GF - BAHRAIN - Look for Will on 10 meters SSB between 11:00 and 14:00Z.

C98CX - MOZAMBIQUE - Matt was found on 28480 between 15:30 and 16:30Z and then on 18158 from 18:00 to 19:00Z. QSL via ZS1AAZ.

EP2MKO - IRAN - Ali was active on 10 meters CW Thursday between 08:00 and 11:00Z.

OD5NJ - LEBANON - Look for Gaby on 12 meters CW around 14:00Z.

ZD9BV - TRISTAN DA CUNHA & GOUGH ISLANDS - Just before 20:00Z Andy came up on 14221. QSL via W4FRU. ______

IOTA ______

The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AF-014 CT3BM 14257 1935 NA-065 N6FD/7 7040 0623 AS-018 UA0FF 21260 0722 NA-092 K5HUT/5 28492 1846 EU-120 GB150SJF 14262 1602 NA-106 KP2/VE5RA 28422 1532 NA-002 VP5/KQ3V 14260 2220 NA-199 KU4DC/FS 14200 0356 NA-025 J8OC 14263 0338 OC-028 V73UX 14086 1029 NA-027 CF1TX 21260 1914 OC-136 VK8AV/3 14012 1729 NA-030 XF4MX 28495 1936 SA-084 HK3JJH/4 21260 1317 NA-033 HK0OEP 28485 1513

Jim, PY7XC, will once again operate from Tinhare Island (SA-080) as ZY6XC from 18:00Z 12 March until 10:00Z 15 March. On SSB look for him on 7060, 14260 and 21260 and on CW 7020, 14040 and 21040. PY7ZY may also go with him. QSL via Jemesson Faria, Rua Dhalia 228 Apt 401 Boa Viagem - 51020-290, Recife - PE, 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 ------5-Mar 16-Mar A9 A92GF 3-35 5-Mar 7-Mar C2 C21ZM C21SX 3-8 5-Mar 18-Mar C5 C56SW 5-Mar 20-Mar CE0Y CE0AA 3-31 3-23 5-Mar 16-Mar E44 E44/OZ6ACD 3-34 5-Mar 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH 3-4 3-2 2-229 5-Mar 8-Mar FW FW5FN 3-1 2-184 5-Mar 9-Mar HK0/S HK0/W4DC by WWI 2-238 5-Mar 14-Mar J8 J80C (NA-025) 3-30 5-Mar 10-Mar KG4 KG4OX 3-33 5-Mar 6-Mar KH6 NE8Z/NH7 3-30 5-Mar 14-Mar PJ8 ND5S KF5LK W8EB W8DVC 5-Mar 11-Mar PJ8 PJ8/W3EH 3-31 5-Mar 14-Mar S7 S79AG S79XB 3-32 5-Mar 7-Mar T30 T30R 3-12 5-Mar 9-Mar V3 V31JP 3-25 5-Mar 8-Mar V7 N4XP/V7 3-26 5-Mar 8-Mar VP2E by W1USN, AA1M, W1HL 3-22 5-Mar 8-Mar VP2V VP2V/K1DW 3-27 5-Mar 9-Mar VP2V VP2V/K3MD 2-235 5-Mar 5-Mar VP5 VP5/KK9A 5-Mar 24-May VQ9 VQ9DX 3-11 5-Mar 7-Mar W W5CTV (NA-168) 3-35 5-Mar 15-Mar XF4 XF4MX (NA-030) 3-30 6-Mar 7-Mar 4U1I 4U1ITU 3-33 6-Mar 7-Mar CO CO9BCC 6-Mar 7-Mar CO T48RAC 3-33 6-Mar 7-Mar PJ8 PJ8A 6-Mar 7-Mar UR EN5J 3-31 6-Mar 7-Mar V3 V31DX 3-33 6-Mar 18-Mar VK9L VK9EHH 3-28 6-Mar 7-Mar VP2V VP2V/W4RM 3-27 3-9 6-Mar 7-Mar VP5 VP5J 6-Mar 7-Mar YS HU4A 3-32 6-Mar 7-Mar ARRL SSB DX Contest 7-Mar 9-Mar HK0/M HK3JJH (SA-007) 3-32 ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for March 3, 1999 was 148.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for March 3, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------4-Mar-1999 21 144 20 4 Low/Quiet-Active;Low/Quiet-Active 4-Mar-1999 18 137 10 3 Low/Quiet-Active;Low/Quiet-Active 4-Mar-1999 15 137 10 3 Low/Quiet-Active;Low-Unsettled-Active 4-Mar-1999 12 137 10 3 Low/Quiet-Active;Low-Moderate/Unset-Act 4-Mar-1999 09 137 10 4 Low/Quiet-Active;Low-Moderate,Unset-Act 4-Mar-1999 06 137 10 4 Low/Quiet-Active;Low-Moderate/Unsettled 4-Mar-1999 03 137 10 2 Low/Quiet-Unset;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unsettled 4-Mar-1999 00 137 10 3 Low/Quiet-Unset;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unsettled

The forecast for Friday, 5 March: solar flux 143, A index 9, K index 2. Friday should be High Normal.

The forecast for Saturday, 6 March: solar flux 150, A index 9, K index 2. Saturday should be High Normal.

The forecast for Sunday, 7 March: solar flux 125, A index 9, K index 3. Sunday should be High Normal. ______

QSL Info ______

Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------4L0CR IK7JTF CO8JY KU9C V31MX K0BCN 5Z4GS WB2YQH EP2MKO UA6HAC VI3GP VK3ER 9J2AM JA0JHA HK0OEP N0JT VP2EKT AA1M A92GF EA7FR HU4A YT1AD VP2V/W4CE W4CE CE3/SM3SGP SM3EVR KG4OK W4OX ZF2YB KI6Y CF1TX VO1TX

QSL cards recently received direct: ______

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Logs and pictures of the recent E44DXpedition can be found at http://www.n4gn.com/e44dx/ ______

Credits ______

Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: ARRL DX Bulletin, E44/OZ6ACD, F6FNU, JQ3DUE, JR2BNF, JT1CD, KH6BZF Reports, NOAA, PY7ZZ, VR2KF, WA6YOO, ZL2HU ______

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Arseli, EA2JG, will be active from Western Sahara as S09A starting 31 March for about 2 weeks. Look for him to be on all bands. QSL via EA2JG, Arseli Etxeguren, Barrena 6, 01480 Luyando Alava, SPAIN.

Starting Friday 12 March Vic, N4TO, and Ink, N4OO, plan to operate as KG4TO and KG4BV from Guantanamo Bay. They will be using an IC-706MKII on CW on all bands including 6 meters until 22 March. QSL via home calls.

Kjell, SM7NAS, plans to operate from Svalbard as JW/SM7NAS from 2 to 8 April. Look for him on all bans on CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL via SM7NAS, Kjell Adolfsson, Svensbackevagen 6D, SE-59096 Overum, SWEDEN.

Peter, PY5CC, will be on Fernando de Noronha as PY0FF from 21 to 29 March. He will be on all bands and paying special attention to 6 meters. QSL via JA1VOK.

Members of the Far East DX-Ploiters (FEDXP) will operate from Palau Island in the Belau Republic from 19 to 21 March. Members include JA1BRK/T88RK, JA1HGY/T88HG, JA1HYF/T88HY, 7N3AWE/T88AJ and JK1OPL/T88??. Look for them to be active on CW, SSB and RTTY on 6 through 160 meters. They will concentrate on 12, 17 and 30 meters. RTTY will be mostly done by T88AJ. ______

QSN ______

ARRL DX SSB CONTEST - During the contest this past weekend the following stations were reported active: 3V8BB, 4U1ITU, 5H3US, 5N0/OK1AUT, 5W1SA, 5Z4RL, 9J2A, AH8A, CE0AA, CN8NK, D44BC, FK8VHN, HC8L, HK0F, HS1CKC, OA4SS, OD5NJ, PZ5JR, T30R, V73UX, VP2MHN, XF4MX.

3W7TK - VIETNAM - Was reported on 24943 by Europeans on Sunday from 08:00 to 10:00Z. QSL via OK1HWB.

5R8FU - MADAGASCAR - RTTY DXers found this semi-rare one on 14088 just before 16:00Z on Saturday. QSL via SM0DJZ.

EZ8BO - TURKMENISTAN - Showed up on 10104 on Sunday just after 18:00Z.

T5EC - SOMALIA - Was reported on 24957 at 12:00Z on Sunday. QSL via DL0MAR.

XV6JP - VIETNAM - Japanese DXers have been working this station. He has been active occasionally since mid February.

ZD9BV - TRISTAN DA CUHNA & GOUGH ISLANDS - Andy was active on 24960 between 17:00 and 18:00Z on Sunday. QSL via W4FRU. ______

IOTA ______

The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AS-018 UA0FE 10114 1308 NA-033 HK0F 28493 1423 AS-024 JR6USF 24940 0836 NA-034 AH6JN/W4 14349 2032 EU-001 J45RDS 18149 1453 NA-092 VE2GLI/W5 18122 1407 EU-001 SV5ASP 21280 0717 NA-199 FS/PA3GIO/P 18128 1644 EU-002 OH0RJ 28433 1028 OC-002 VK9EHH 14260 0639 EU-004 EA8/OK1DIG 28495 1159 SA-001 CE0AA 28525 2201 EU-057 DL7UMA/P 3795 1740 SA-011 9Z4CT 18148 2006 EU-131 IK3PQH 14082 1537 SA-036 P40B 28386 1856

Look for John, AL7RB to be active from NA-064 from 25 to 30 March.

Glyn, GW0ANA, will operate as G0ANA/P from Tresco Island (EU-011) from 3 to 7 May. Look for him on 10 through 80 meters. QSL via GW0ANA.

Tom, OZ5HAM, will be on holiday from 18 to 25 April and will operate from Laeso Island (EU-088). Look for him on 10, 20 , 40 and 80 meters SSB between 19:00 and 03:00Z. QSL via OZ5TOM.

Belgian amateurs plans to activate Yeu Island (EU-064) as they use TM0Y from 18 to 25 July. Operators include ON1ABW, ON1AEO, ON4ARY, ON4BBA, ON4CAQ, ON6VP, ON7FH and ON7KS. They will be on for the RSGB IOTA Contest. QSL direct to ON4AMM, Mary-Lou Moons, Oudestraat 9, B-3560 Lummen, BELGIUM or via the bureau to ON4DST.

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-Mar 20-Mar 3B8 3B8/G3PJT 3-34 8-Mar 16-Mar A9 A92GF 3-35 8-Mar 18-Mar C5 C56SW 8-Mar 20-Mar CE0Y CE0AA 3-31 3-23 8-Mar 16-Mar E44 E44/OZ6ACD 3-34 8-Mar 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH 3-4 3-2 2-229 8-Mar 8-Mar FW FW5FN 3-1 2-184 8-Mar 9-Mar HK0/M HK3JJH (SA-007) 3-32 8-Mar 9-Mar HK0/S HK0/W4DC by WWI 2-238 8-Mar 14-Mar J8 J80C (NA-025) 3-30 8-Mar 10-Mar KG4 KG4OX 3-33 8-Mar 14-Mar PJ8 ND5S KF5LK W8EB W8DVC 8-Mar 11-Mar PJ8 PJ8/W3EH 3-31 8-Mar 14-Mar S7 S79AG S79XB 3-32 8-Mar 9-Mar V3 V31JP 3-25 8-Mar 8-Mar V7 N4XP/V7 3-26 8-Mar 18-Mar VK9L VK9EHH 3-28 8-Mar 8-Mar VP2E by W1USN, AA1M, W1HL 3-22 8-Mar 8-Mar VP2V VP2V/K1DW 3-27 8-Mar 9-Mar VP2V VP2V/K3MD 2-235 8-Mar 24-May VQ9 VQ9DX 3-11 8-Mar 15-Mar XF4 XF4MX (NA-030) 3-30 9-Mar 16-Mar 9H 9H3ZV 3-35 9-Mar 16-Mar E44 E44/OZ5AAH 3-34 10-Mar 5-Apr J3 J3/K4UPS J3/K4LTA 3-26 3-15 11-Mar 17-Mar 5T 5T5U 3-26 3-25 11-Mar 16-Mar VK9N VK9NM VK9NQ 3-36 11-Mar 15-Mar XU XU7AAC 3-32 12-Mar 15-Mar PY ZY6XC (SA-080) 3-36 13-Mar 5-Apr HS HS0ZCW 3-6 13-Mar 16-Mar TR (AF-043) 3-34 ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for March 6, 1999 was 136.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for March 7, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------7-Mar-1999 18 114 10 2 Low/Quiet-Mnr Stm;Low/Unsettled-Active 7-Mar-1999 18 114 10 3 Low/Quiet-Mnr Stm;Low/Unsettled-Active 7-Mar-1999 15 114 10 3 Low/Quiet-Mnr Stm;Low/Unsettled-Active 7-Mar-1999 12 114 10 4 Low/Quiet-Mnr Stm;Low/Unsettled-Active 7-Mar-1999 09 114 10 5 Low/Quiet-Mnr Stm;Low/Unsettled-Active 7-Mar-1999 06 114 10 5 Low/Quiet-Mnr Stm;Low/Unsettled-Active 7-Mar-1999 03 114 10 3 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 7-Mar-1999 00 114 10 3 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Unsettled

The forecast for Monday, 8 March: solar flux 118, A index 9, K index 2. Monday should be High Normal.

The forecast for Tuesday, 9 March: solar flux 125, A index 9, K index 2. Tuesday should be High Normal. ______

QSL Info ______

Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------3V8BB *I5JHW BA4TB 9A2AJ LR7H LU7HVH 3W7TK OK1HWB C56SW G3VMW OA4SS KB6J 3XY7A VE3WFN ED6MDP EA6ZX T48RAC VE3ESE 5H3US WA8JOC EY8CQ DJ1SKO T5EC DL0MAR 5R8FU SM0DJZ FS/PA3GIO/PPA3GIO T97M K2PF 5V7FA F6FNU HK0F W4DC VI3GP VK3ER 5Z4IC MW0AIE HU4A YT1AD VK9EHH W8WC 6W1RN DL4VS J45RDS SV5AZP VP2EKT AA1M 8P2K KU9C KH0/JJ2NYT JA2HBK ZP40Z W3HNK 9M6AG JA9AG

3V8BB - This past weekend I5JHW was given as the QSL route. Whenever working 3V8BB you should ask for the QSL route as it changes daily depending on the operator.

N4XP/V7 - Samuel T. Harrell, 2011 New High Schoals Rd, Watkinsville, GA 30677-2396

QSL cards recently received direct: ______

On the WWW ______

Logs for the recent KG4DZ, KG4SD and KG4ZK can now be found at http://www.pilot.infi.net/~charding/gitmo99.htm ______

Credits ______

Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 425 DX News, DX News Sheet, JA1HGY, KH6BZF Reports, NOAA, NW3K, OPDX ______

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Uwe, DL2YAK, and Hape, DL1EMH, plan to operate from Niue Island (OC-040) from 22 March to 11 April. They will use ZK2GEO on all bands on CW, SSB and RTTY. Look for them to participate in the CQ WPX SSB Contest. QSL via DL1EMH.

George, 5B4AGC, plans to visit one of the United Kingdom Sovereign Bases on Cyprus on 26 March. He hopes to be able to stay overnight and operate CW on the low bands. Permission has not be granted yet. Keep your fingers crossed for activity from ZC4RAF.

The Council of Europe will celebrate it's 50th year anniversary between 30 April and 2 May. Look for special event station TP50CE to be active by ON6DP and ON7RN. QSL via F6FQK. ______

QSN ______

5R8FU - MADAGASCAR - Europeans found Ake on 24893 at 15:00, on 18068 at 16:30 and on 10108 at 18:00Z. QSL via SM0DJZ.

CE0AA - EASTER ISLAND - Monday's activities were as follows:

GMT Frequencies GMT Frequencies ------05 14198 19 28028 06 7010 20 21030 28028 07 7010 21 21030 28514 08 7050 23 21024 09 10108 18150

EP3PTT - IRAN - Showed up on 14199 between 12:30 and 13:30Z.

ET3VSC - ETHIOPIA - Japanese and Europeans were working Claudio on 10106 from 20:00 to 21:30Z.

EY8CQ - TAJIKISTAN - Mid West US DXers reported Alex on 14010 just prior to 03:00Z.

KG4OX - GUANTANAMO BAY - Doug was working JA's on RTTY on 28092 around 22:30Z. QSL via W4OX.

N4XP/V7 - MARSHALL ISLANDS - Europeans should check 30 meters CW for Tom at 19:00Z. Look for him between 10118 and 10125. He will be listening around 10105. QSL via N4XP.

OD5/JY4NE - LEBANON - Ali is currently operating from this semi-rare one. QSL via JY4NE.

S79XB - SEYCHELLES - West Coast DXers found Thor on 18070 just after 17:00Z. QSL via LA7XB.

V63 - MICRONESIA - V63CP and V63SC were on 10 meters SSB working East Coast US stations between 22:40 and 23:30Z.

VK9EHH - LORD HOWE ISLAND - Look for Ed on 14260 05:00 and 08:00Z. QSL via W8WC. ______

IOTA ______

The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AS-042 UA0SDK/0 21260 1143 NA-055 AK1L 14006 1901 EU-008 GM3OFT/M 14260 1519 NA-062 W9FGH/4 14260 2209 EU-049 SV8DTL 14260 1719 NA-065 N6FD/7 7026 0534 EU-057 DL7UMA/P 14260 1307 OC-004 VK9EHH 14245 1504 NA-027 CF1TX 14220 1939 OC-028 W6WRX/V7 14011 0239 NA-027 VO1XT 14190 1051 SA-001 CE0AA 28514 2131 NA-030 XF4MX 28495 1837 SA-018 CE7OXZ 14260 2018 NA-033 HK0/AA3KX 28030 2107

Martin, G3ZAY, plans to be active from Wellesley Islands (OC-NEW) starting around 07:00Z on 30 March through 23:00Z on 31 March. Next he will head for Thursday Island (OC-138) from 07:00Z on 2 April until 23:00Z on 23 April. He will obtain a VK4 call sign upon arrival. QSL via G3ZAY.

Rudi, ZS6VER, is planning to operate from AF-077 during April.

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 20-Mar 3B8 3B8/G3PJT 3-34 9-Mar 16-Mar 9H 9H3ZV 3-35 9-Mar 16-Mar A9 A92GF 3-35 9-Mar 18-Mar C5 C56SW 9-Mar 20-Mar CE0Y CE0AA 3-31 3-23 9-Mar 16-Mar E44 E44/OZ5AAH 3-34 9-Mar 16-Mar E44 E44/OZ6ACD 3-34 9-Mar 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH 3-4 3-2 2-229 9-Mar 9-Mar HK0/M HK3JJH (SA-007) 3-32 9-Mar 9-Mar HK0/S HK0/W4DC by WWI 2-238 9-Mar 14-Mar J8 J80C (NA-025) 3-30 9-Mar 10-Mar KG4 KG4OX 3-33 9-Mar 14-Mar PJ8 ND5S KF5LK W8EB W8DVC 9-Mar 11-Mar PJ8 PJ8/W3EH 3-31 9-Mar 14-Mar S7 S79AG S79XB 3-32 9-Mar 9-Mar T30 T30R 9-Mar 9-Mar V3 V31JP 3-25 9-Mar 12-Mar V7 N4XP/V7 3-26 9-Mar 18-Mar VK9L VK9EHH 3-28 9-Mar 9-Mar VP2V VP2V/K3MD 2-235 9-Mar 24-May VQ9 VQ9DX 3-11 9-Mar 15-Mar XF4 XF4MX (NA-030) 3-30 ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for March 7, 1999 was 93.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for March 8, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------8-Mar-1999 21 127 12 2 Mod/Quiet-Active;Low-Mod/Quiet-Active 8-Mar-1999 18 110 22 2 Mod/Quiet-Active;Low-Mod/Quiet-Active 8-Mar-1999 15 110 22 2 Mod/Quiet-Active;Low-Mod/Quiet-Active 8-Mar-1999 12 110 22 2 Mod/Quiet-Active;Low-Mod/Quiet-Active 8-Mar-1999 09 110 22 2 Mod/Quiet-Active;Low-Mod/Quiet-Active 8-Mar-1999 06 110 22 4 Low/Quiet-Minor Storm;Low/Quiet-Active 8-Mar-1999 03 110 22 4 Low/Quiet-Minor Storm;Low/Quiet-Active 8-Mar-1999 00 110 22 2 Low/Quiet-Minor Storm;Low/Quiet-Active

The forecast for Tuesday, 9 March: solar flux 114, A index 12, K index 3. Tuesday should be High Normal.

The forecast for Wednesday, 10 March: solar flux 116, A index 10, K index 2. Wednesday should be High Normal. ______

QSL Info ______

Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------4K5CW 4J9RI EL2WW ON5NT PJ9/K2NG WA2NHA 5N3CPR SP5CPR FW5FN HB9HFN V31MX K0BCN 9V1YC AA5BT HU1A YU7DR V63CP JH1BLP A41KJ N5FTR KG4OX W4OX V63SC JM1LBO CE0AA CE3WDH KP2/VE5RA VE5RA VP2ERN W1USN CF1TX VO1GDX N2TK/NP2 N2TK XE1L WA3HUP CT3/DJ7RJ DJ7RJ P40KD N6KD

JL1KFR - Ryoichi Tojo, 1-102-5-37, Taeu Miyazaki 2 Chome, Chuo-ku, Chiba 260-0806, JAPAN

QSL cards recently received direct: 9M2TD, 9V8ZB, CO8LY, FW5XX, JL1KFR/JD1, TR8CA, V63X ______

Credits ______

Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: DL1EMH, G3ZAY, K3KY, K4LQ, KH6BZF Reports, N2JTX, NOAA, W2GG, WO2N ______

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David, E41/OK1DTP, was licensed on 24 February and operates from Jenin on the West Bank in Palestine. He is using an IC-706MKII with 100 watts, an inverted vee for 80 meters and a R7 vertical for 10 through 40 meters. His father Jirka, OK1TD, will arrive on 11 March and the two will install a tribander for 10, 15 and 20 meters and put up a dipole for 160 meters. The two plan to operate in the CQ WPX SSB Contest on 27 and 28 March. David has been very active and says the best time to catch him is on the weekends. Look for him to be active for the rest of the year. QSL via OK1TD, Jiri Lunak, U Sporky 185, 470 01 Ceska Lipa, Czech Republic.

Pedro, HK3JJH, landed on Malpelo Island mid day yesterday and was very active through out the day on 14260. He will be active on 10, 15 and 20 meters SSB only. Keep an ear close to 28460, 21260 and 14260. He will more than likely be listening up 5. Activity will only be for a few days. Signals to the West Coast of the US may not be very good due to a large rock in that direction. You should QSL direct with $ or IRC. During the Pedro's last trip to Malpelo he sent some QSL cards piggy backed. That means he would send a card to the addressee along with an additional card for someone else. If you do get a piggy back QSL please forward it to that station after all you would want someone to do the same for you.

Mario, K2ZD, will be operating from Barbados as 8P9JM from 6 to 13 April. Look for him to be active with 100 watts on 6 meters and the HF bands. QSL via K2ZD.

Here is the breakdown of QSOs by E44/HA1AG:

160m 80m 40m 30m 20m 17m 15m 12m 10m Total ------SSB 174 481 1122 0 2240 706 2275 1085 1888 9971 CW 1405 2336 3834 3557 5308 3378 3236 3395 3266 29715 RTTY 0 0 0 0 328 0 415 0 1 744 ------Total 1579 2817 4956 3557 7876 4084 5926 4480 5155 40430

8117 1-Band-QSO(s) 2740 2-Band-QSO(s) 1471 3-Band-QSO(s) 901 4-Band-QSO(s) 654 5-Band-QSO(s) 458 6-Band-QSO(s) 363 7-Band-QSO(s) 274 8-Band-QSO(s) 262 9-Band-QSO(s)

Leo, K8PYD, recently returned from a trip to Monaco as 3A/K8PYD. Some 900 QSOs were made on RTTY and just over 2,000 on CW. QSL via K8PYD.

Karl, K4YT, reports that Koji, JM1CAX/ZS6CAX/3DA0NX, is now JY9NX in Jordan.

Dimitri, F5SWB, is now active as TT8DF in Chad and will be until June. QSL via home call (direct only).

More Guantanamo Bay, Cuba activity is scheduled from 18 to 25 March. Bill, W4WX/KG4GC and William, N2WB/KG4WB plan to be active including the BARTG RTTY Contest on 20 and 21 March. During the contest look for KG4WB. Before and after the contest look for them on all bands including special attention to 6 meters. QSL via home calls. ______

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3DA0CA - SWAZILAND - Jon will be going QRT effective 14 July. His last day on the air should be in the beginning of July. QSL via W4DR.

C30SD - ANDORRA - RTTY DXers found Carlos on 20 meters from 20:00 to 23:00Z. QSL via CT1AMK.

E4/OZ5IPA - PALESTINE - Ben, OZ5AAH, is now active from the QTH of Ayar, E44/OZ6ACD.

EL2WW - LIBERIA - Mark is still trying 160 meters daily at 06:30Z. Check 1828.5 or 1827.5. He will be going back to Belgium this weekend and will return to Monrovia 10 days later. QSL via ON5NT.

OD5/JY4NE - LEBANON - Ali will be here for about another 10 days.

V63CP - MICRONESIA - Look for this station on 80 meters SSB between 08:00 and 15:00Z.

YB0AZ - INDONESIA - Look for Wisnu daily between 12:00 and 17:00 near 14195. He is trying to complete his 20 20 meter WAS and needs HI and MS. QSL via W7TSQ. ______

IOTA ______

The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------SA-002 CE0AA 18137 2153 NA-065 N6FD/7 7027 0612 NA-105 FS/PA0GIO/M 24950 1510 EU-049 SV8DTP 28459 1543 NA-033 HK0/K5OF 28395 1926 EU-052 SV8EP 21233 1424 SA-007 HK3JJH/0 14260 1653 AS-018 UA0FF 3794 1151 NA-057 HR6/W5WW 21225 1417 OC-136 VK8AV/3 14006 1748 AS-077 JI6KVR 21263 0823

Martin, G3ZAY will join forces with Robert, VK5AFZ, in the VK5 group South Australia State East (OC-NEW) for a one day operation starting around 08:00 until 21:00 local on 5 April. They will have two stations. QSL information to be announced soon.

Look for JA4PXE/6 to be active from Danjo Archipelago (AS-056) starting about 15:00Z on 26 March through 00:00Z 28 March. He plans to be active on SSB on 6 through 40 meters. If the weather is bad the trip will be canceled. QSL to Shoji Kuwahara, Midori Cho 1-75, Fukuyama City, 745-0075 JAPAN.

Yuki, JI6KVR, plans to operate from Ulling Island (AS-045) from 17 to 21 June. Look for activity on 10 through 20 meters CW and SSB from HL5/JI6KVR and HL5FUA. QSL via EA5KB. JA's QSL only to JJ6LXX.

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 20-Mar 3B8 3B8/G3PJT 3-34 10-Mar 16-Mar 9H 9H3ZV 3-35 10-Mar 16-Mar A9 A92GF 3-35 10-Mar 18-Mar C5 C56SW 10-Mar 20-Mar CE0Y CE0AA 3-31 3-23 10-Mar 16-Mar E44 E44/OZ5AAH 3-34 10-Mar 16-Mar E44 E44/OZ6ACD 3-34 10-Mar 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH 3-4 3-2 2-229 10-Mar 10-Mar HK0/M HK3JJH (SA-007) 3-32 10-Mar 10-Mar HK0/S HK0/W4DC by WWI 2-238 10-Mar 5-Apr J3 J3/K4UPS J3/K4LTA 3-26 3-15 10-Mar 14-Mar J8 J80C (NA-025) 3-30 10-Mar 10-Mar KG4 KG4OX 3-33 10-Mar 14-Mar PJ8 ND5S KF5LK W8EB W8DVC 10-Mar 11-Mar PJ8 PJ8/W3EH 3-31 10-Mar 14-Mar S7 S79AG S79XB 3-32 10-Mar 10-Mar T30 T30R 10-Mar 12-Mar V7 N4XP/V7 3-26 10-Mar 18-Mar VK9L VK9EHH 3-28 10-Mar 24-May VQ9 VQ9DX 3-11 10-Mar 15-Mar XF4 XF4MX (NA-030) 3-30 ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for March 8, 1999 was 107.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for March 9, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------9-Mar-1999 21 127 27 3 Low/Unsettled-Min Strm;Low/Unsettled 9-Mar-1999 18 127 21 5 Low/Quiet-Min Strm;Low/Unsettled-Active 9-Mar-1999 15 127 13 4 Low/Quiet-Min Strm;Low/Unsettled-Active 9-Mar-1999 12 127 13 5 Low/Quiet-Min Strm;Low/Unsettled-Min Strm 9-Mar-1999 09 127 13 5 Low/Quiet-Min Strm;Low/Quiet-Active 9-Mar-1999 06 127 13 4 Moderate/Quiet-Active;Low-Mod/Quiet-Active 9-Mar-1999 03 127 13 3 Moderate/Quiet-Active;Low-Mod/Quiet-Active 9-Mar-1999 00 127 13 3 Moderate/Quiet-Active;Low-Mod/Quiet-Active

The forecast for Wednesday, 10 March: solar flux 138, A index 10, K index 2. Wednesday should be High Normal.

The forecast for Thursday, 11 March: solar flux 145, A index 10, K index 2. Thursday should be High Normal. ______

QSL Info ______

Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------7X2RO OM3CGN EA9AU EA9IB N2KJM/VP9 N2KJM 8P6DA KU9C HK3JJH/0 HK3JJH OR5EU IV3TIQ AP2AHQ G4JFN HR6/W5WW W5WW PJ8/PA3GIO/PA3GIO CF1MG VO1MG HS0/JA6GIJ JA6LCJ T32RT W6UC CM6YI CO6LG J8OC G0REP VQ9VK N1TO CP4BT DL9OT JY9QJ DL5MBY

9M6CT - Phil Weaver, P.O. Box 7, Patpong Post Office, Bangkok 10506, THAILAND ZA1K - Ben, Box 7464, Tirana, ALBANIA

QSL cards for LY4AA are now available via N6FF.

Rick, NE8Z, reports that he will no longer handle the QSL chores for HC6CR/HD6CR and HC6FG/HD6FG. QSL request must now go direct to Roberto and Maricela Camacho, Casilla 614, Ambato, Ecuador. Be aware that there may be some mail theft going on at this address.

QSL cards recently received direct: 4J3M, 6W6JX, C56NY, E30GA ______

Credits ______

Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: DX News Sheet, G3ZAY, JA9IFF/1, JI6KVR, K2ZD, K3ZO, K4YT, K6VX, K8PYD, KE3Q, KH6BZF Reports, N2WB, N6FF, NOAA, PA1AW, W2GG, W7TSQ, WA4QDM ______

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DX News ______

Paul, A35RK, plans to once again operate from Viti Levu and Vanua Levu in the Fiji Islands as 3D2RK. He will operate mostly CW in May for about 3 or 4 weeks. QSL via W7TSQ.

Members of the ABRA team will leave the port of Natal, Brazil today on board the Brazilian Navy ship the Graca Aranha headed for the St. Peter and St. Paul Archipelago (PY0S). Expected time of start up for this operation should be on 15 or 16 March. Due to some complications no RTTY will take place for this operation. Also Ari, PT2BW, will not be the pilot station because of health problems. Morgado, PT2CSM, Ronny, PS7AB, Dias, PT2/PY1HE and Tereza, PT2TF, will be helping out when necessary and e-mails will come from PT2CSM.

Johnny, G3LIV, will again be active from Palau Penang (AS-015), West Malaysia from 4 to 24 May. Look for 9M2/G3LIV to be mostly on 15, 17 and 20 meters CW. QSL via G3LIV.

DL7AU is now active from the Canary Islands as EA8/DL7AU and will be mostly on RTTY until 3 April. He plans to operate in the CQ WPX SSB Contest, single band 10 meters. QSL via DL7VRO.

Italians Antonio, I1ZB; Andrea, IZ0CRN; Gaetano, IT9GAI; and Nicola, I0SNY; will activate zone 23 from the JT1KAA club station as they will use JT1Y from 6 to 15 April. Suggested frequencies are as follows: CW - 1825, 3505, 7005, 10105, 14015, 18075, 21015, 24895, 28015 and 50110 SSB - 1840, 3780, 7045, 14185, 18145, 21285, 24985, 28485 and 50110. QSL via I0SNY.

NBC News reported Tuesday that scientists have discovered a new way to predict Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs) on the sun's outer atmosphere. These explosions can affect radio communications, electrical power systems and satellites. Using images from the Japanese/US Yohkoh satellite scientists are able to detect an S-shaped pattern of solar activity. Although it will not prevent these events from happening it would allow 3 or 4 days advanced notice.

Members of the West Island ARC of Montreal plan to operate from St. Paul Island (NA-094) as CY9CWI from 21 to 28 July. The team plans to participate in the IOTA Contest on 24 and 25 July and will be looking for Asian stations on 10 through 15 meters, Europeans on 80 and 160 meters and Canadians everywhere. Suggested frequencies are:

CW - 1830, 3505, 7005, 10105, 14010, 21010, 28010 and 50010. SSB - 3745, 7065, 7230, 14265, 18125, 21305, 24935, 28395 and 50130.

Operators will be Helen, VE2YAK (YL Op); Fred, VE2SEI; Al, VO1NO/VE1; Reg, VE2AYU; Bill, VE1MR; Dragan, VE2ZIV; Lowell, VY2OX; and Jeff, VE2TBH. Inquires may be sent to Fred Archibald, VE2SEI, 130 Embleton Crescent, Pointe Claire, QC, H9R 3N2 Canada or by e-mail to QSL via VE2CWI West Island ARC, Box 884, Dorval, Quebec, H9R 4Z6 CANADA. ______

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E44/OZ5IPA - PALESTINE - Ben, OZ5AAH, is now active from the newest DXCC country. Wednesday from 08:00 to 11:30Z he was jumping back and forth between 14006 and 14195. From 12:00 to 13:00Z he was on 21007. East Coast US stations found him on 18071 at 13:20Z. Just before 15:00Z he showed up on 21410. QSL via OZ5AAH.

E44/OZ6ACD - PALESTINE - JA's reported working Ayar on 14187 from 21:30 to 22:30Z. QSL via OZ1ACB.

EP2SMH - IRAN - Starting just before 19:00Z Moshen came up on 14245.

GP0STH - GUERNSEY ISLAND - Was active on 14195 15:30 and 22:30Z on Wednesday. QSL via G4DIY.

HK3JJH/0 - MALPELO - Pedro was found on 14260 from 00:00 to 03:00 and from 20:00 to 00:00Z. He also came up on 24965 between 16:00 and 19:00Z.

T30R - WEST KIRIBATI - These guys seems to be having some kind of trouble that is keeping them on the island. That had hoped to be on Banaba or Canton by now. Here was Wednesdays activities:

GMT Frequencies GMT Frequencies ------01 14196 11 7007 14007 02 14198 18135 21297 17 3803 14006 05 14195 18 3797 7005 06 14195 18072 19 7005 07 7005 14195 20 10106 08 7005 21294 22 24900 28490 09 3803 21295 23 24900 28490 10 7009 14006

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IOTA ______

The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AS-028 UA0QBA 14260 1913 NA-025 J8OC 28481 1335 AS-042 UA3SDK/0 14257 0743 NA-106 N2TK/NP2 28469 2033 AS-077 JI6KVR 21261 0843 NA-106 VE5RA/KP2 28490 1743 AS-078 JJ8UTK 21250 1111 OC-136 VK8AV/3 10104 1239 AS-083 RA9LI/9 14259 1421 SA-002 CE0AA 14018 0837 EU-114 GP0STH 14195 1839 SA-007 HK3JJH/0 14260 2125 NA-024 J3/K4LTA 7026 2351 SA-036 P43E 21260 0023

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 20-Mar 3B8 3B8/G3PJT 3-34 11-Mar 17-Mar 5T 5T5U 3-26 3-25 11-Mar 16-Mar 9H 9H3ZV 3-35 11-Mar 16-Mar A9 A92GF 3-35 11-Mar 18-Mar C5 C56SW 11-Mar 20-Mar CE0Y CE0AA 3-31 3-23 11-Mar 16-Mar E44 E44/OZ5IPA 3-34 11-Mar 16-Mar E44 E44/OZ6ACD 3-34 11-Mar 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH 3-4 3-2 2-229 11-Mar 11-Mar HK0/M HK3JJH/0 (SA-007) 3-32 11-Mar 11-Mar HK0/S HK0/W4DC by WWI 2-238 11-Mar 5-Apr J3 J3/K4UPS J3/K4LTA 3-26 3-15 11-Mar 14-Mar J8 J80C (NA-025) 3-30 11-Mar 14-Mar PJ8 ND5S KF5LK W8EB W8DVC 11-Mar 11-Mar PJ8 PJ8/W3EH 3-31 11-Mar 14-Mar S7 S79AG S79XB 3-32 11-Mar 11-Mar T30 T30R 11-Mar 12-Mar V7 N4XP/V7 3-26 11-Mar 18-Mar VK9L VK9EHH 3-28 11-Mar 16-Mar VK9N VK9NM VK9NQ 3-36 11-Mar 24-May VQ9 VQ9DX 3-11 11-Mar 15-Mar XF4 XF4MX (NA-030) 3-30 11-Mar 15-Mar XU XU7AAC 3-32 ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for March 9, 1999 was .

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for March 10, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------10-Mar-1999 21 135 29 2 Low/Quiet/Maj Strm;Low/Unsettled 10-Mar-1999 18 127 26 3 Low/Quiet-Maj Strm;Low/Unsettled 10-Mar-1999 15 127 26 2 Low/Quiet-Maj Strm;Low/Unsettled 10-Mar-1999 12 127 26 4 Low/Quiet-Maj Strm;Low/Unsettled-Min Strm 10-Mar-1999 09 127 26 5 Low/Quiet-Maj Strm;Low/Unsettled-Min Strm 10-Mar-1999 06 127 26 6 Low/Quiet-Maj Strm;Low/Unsettled-Min Strm 10-Mar-1999 03 127 26 5 Low/Quiet-Min Strm;Low/Unsettled-Min Strm 10-Mar-1999 00 127 26 2 Low/Quiet-Min Strm;Low/Quiet-Unsettled

The forecast for Thursday, 11 March: solar flux 145, A index 10, K index 2. Thursday should be High Normal.

The forecast for Friday, 12 March: solar flux , A index , K index . Friday should be High Normal. ______

QSL Info ______

Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------4S7BRG HB9BRM EA8/DL7AU DL7VRO UA0QBA EV6A 9H3ZV G4ZVJ EK6GC W3HNK VK8AV/3 VK4AAR BA1HAM NE9Z FK8HC VK4FW VP9LR K1EFI CO6DW EA8DO GP0STH G4DIY YC5XIP I1WFF E44/OZ5IPA OZ5AAH P49M VE3MR ZF1WD G4RWD

EV6A - Anatoly I. Prokhov, P.O. Box 15, Vitebsk 210026, BELARUS

QSL cards recently received direct: 5R8GC, E30GA, HH2LQ, T32KV, T88X, VK8AN, VK9LX ______

Credits ______

Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: DX News Sheet, KH6BZF Reports, N4PQX, N7OJ, NBC News, NOAA, PS7AB, PT2GTI, VE2YAK, W2GG ______

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DX News ______

Four Amateur Radio operators from New Caledonia plan to get together to Multi-Multi for the CQ World Wide WPX SSB Contest as TX8DX next weekend. The operators include FK8FI, FK8GM, FK8HC and FK8VHN. QSL via VK4FW, Bill Horner, P.O. Box 929, Gympie, Queensland 4570, AUSTRALIA.

Jani, YB0US/NM6US, will operate from Vietnam as 3W6US between 25 and 29 March. While there he plans to participate in the CQ WW WPX SSB Contest. Cards for last October's operation are at the printer and should be ready in the next week or so. QSL via N2OO, Bob Schenck, P.O. Box 345, Tuckerton, NJ 08087-0345 USA.

The new officers for the Western Washington DX Club (WWDXC) for 1999 are:

President Dick Swanson, K7BTW Vice President Ralph Javins, N7KGA Secretary Mike Schone, WA7BAY Treasurer Marina Zuettel, N7LSL Trustees: John Gohndrone, N7TT Roger Huntley, W7VV Joe Gregory, W7QN Dave Wallace, KK7KJ David Jones, KK7GW Adam Kerner, K7ST

The WWDXC also has a home page at http://www.eskimo.com/~oolon/wwdxc/ ______

QSN ______

A45XU - OMAN - This is Don (ex A92BE) and he was found on 14195 just before 20:00Z.

CE0AA - EASTER ISLAND - These guys are active daily on CW and SSB from 10 to 40 meters. There is a rumor they may be on 160 meters next week. QSL via CE3WDH.

HK3JJH/0 - MALPELO - Thursday Pedro was reported as follows:

GMT Frequencies GMT Frequencies ------00 14260 17 21260 01 14260 18 21260 11 14260 19 21260 12 14260 20 21260 13 14260 21 21260 14 14260 18160 22 14260 15 18160 21260 23 14260 16 21260

HZ1RT - SAUDI ARABIA - Showed up on 28450 around 12:30Z. Then just before 14:00 was on 21230.

P29CC - PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Chip was on 28480 at 21:30Z.

PZ1DV - SURINAM - Ron has been showing up on 30 meters CW after 00:00Z. Beware it's almost impossible to get a QSL from him. Send it via the bureau!

T30R - WEST KIRIBATI - Look for this station on 160 meters at 09:00Z. QSL via OK1RD. ______

IOTA ______

The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AS-042 UA3DSK/0 14260 1849 NA-065 N6FD/7 14260 0105 EU-114 GP0STH 14255 1720 NA-067 W2ET 14256 2350 NA-027 CF1WIZ 14242 1919 NA-106 NP2/N2TK 10105 0034 NA-032 FP5BZ 21265 1454 NA-199 FS/PA3GIO/P 14260 1455 NA-034 AH6JN/W4 21208 1325 OC-143 YC5XIP 21263 1637 NA-041 KL7ISP 14260 1753 SA-002 CE0AA 28010 2232 NA-057 AH6PN/HR6 28515 1718 SA-007 HK3JJH/0M 14260 2339

Jim, ZY6XC, is now be joined by PT7BZ, PY7ZY, PT7WA on the way to Tinhare Island (SA-080). They stopped today on Itaparica Island (SA-023) and will use PY6XC/6 (PY7XC & PY7ZY) and PT7FX/6 (PT7BZ & PT7WA) until about 12:00Z. Next they will head to Tinhare where they will stay until about 18:00Z on 22 March. Look for PT7BZ/PY6 on SSB only while ZY6XC and PT7WA/PY6 will be on SSB and CW. Two signals should be on the air at the same time as they have two Icom rigs. Listen for them on 14250 and 21250. QSL via home calls.

IOTA DXpeditioner Yang, BD7JA, has announced that a group of Chinese Amateur Radio operators will activate Dongtou Island in the Zhejiang Province Group, little letter p, from 29 April to 3 May. They will use BI5D on all bands from 6 to 160 meters. They will have 6 transceivers, 3 yagis and 3 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 ------12-Mar 12-Mar HK0/M HK3JJH/0 (SA-007) 3-32 12-Mar 12-Mar V7 N4XP/V7 3-26 12-Mar 12-Mar T30 T30R 12-Mar 14-Mar J8 J80C (NA-025) 3-30 12-Mar 14-Mar PJ8 ND5S KF5LK W8EB W8DVC 12-Mar 14-Mar S7 S79AG S79XB 3-32 12-Mar 15-Mar XF4 XF4MX (NA-030) 3-30 12-Mar 15-Mar XU XU7AAC 3-32 12-Mar 15-Mar PY ZY6XC (SA-080) 3-36 12-Mar 16-Mar 9H 9H3ZV 3-35 12-Mar 16-Mar A9 A92GF 3-35 12-Mar 16-Mar E44 E44/OZ5IPA 3-34 12-Mar 16-Mar E44 E44/OZ6ACD 3-34 12-Mar 16-Mar VK9N VK9NM VK9NQ 3-36 12-Mar 17-Mar 5T 5T5U 3-26 3-25 12-Mar 18-Mar C5 C56SW 12-Mar 18-Mar VK9L VK9EHH 3-28 12-Mar 20-Mar 3B8 3B8/G3PJT 3-34 12-Mar 20-Mar CE0Y CE0AA (SA-002) 3-31 3-23 12-Mar 22-Mar KG4 KG4TO KG4BV 3-37 12-Mar 3-Apr EA8 EA8/DL7AU (AF-004) 3-40 12-Mar 5-Apr J3 J3/K4UPS J3/K4LTA 3-26 3-15 12-Mar 24-May VQ9 VQ9DX 3-11 12-Mar 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH 3-4 3-2 2-229 13-Mar 16-Mar TR (AF-043) 3-34 13-Mar 5-Apr HS HS0ZCW 3-6 13-Mar 13-Apr S0 S09A 3-37 14-Mar 19-Mar V3 V31GI (NA-180) 3-35 ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for March 10, 1999 was 88.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for March 11, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------11-Mar-1999 21 137 12 2 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Unsettled 11-Mar-1999 18 135 29 3 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low-Unsettled 11-Mar-1999 15 135 29 3 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Unsettled 11-Mar-1999 12 135 29 2 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 11-Mar-1999 09 135 29 3 Low/Quiet-Active;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 11-Mar-1999 06 135 29 3 Low/Quiet-Major Storm;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 11-Mar-1999 03 135 29 3 Low/Quiet-Major Storm;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 11-Mar-1999 00 135 29 2 Low/Quiet-Major Storm;Low/Unsettled

The forecast for Friday, 12 March: solar flux 150, A index 8, K index 2. Friday should be High Normal.

The forecast for Saturday, 13 March: solar flux 155, A index 10, K index 2. Saturday should be High Normal.

The forecast for Sunday, 14 March: solar flux 175, A index 12, K index 3. Sunday should be High Normal. ______

QSL Info ______

Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------5T5U JA1UT EK8YC IK2DUW S79AG SM0AGD 8P9HR K4BAI EX8ML W3HNK T30R OK1RD A61AH KA5TQF HK0/W4DC W4DC VK9NM JQ3DUE BA4TB 9A2AJ HK3JJH/0 HK3JJH VK9NQ JM1KNQ CE0AA CE3WDH KH2/JF2VNV JF2VNV XF4MX XE2MX CF1WIZ VO1WIZ N2TK/NP2 N2TK

Z31FK - Dimitar Jordanov, P.O. Box 45, 92300 Kocani, Rep. Macedonia

QSL cards recently received direct: B1A, BQ9P, V31TP ______

On the WWW ______

Logs for the recent FW5FN DXpedition to Wallis Island can be found at http://www.qsl.net/hb9hfn/log/fw_search.html ______

Credits ______

Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: DF6EX, FK8GM, HB9HFN, IOTW, K3SWZ, K6DT, KH6BZF Reports, N2OO, N4PQX, NOAA, PY7ZZ, W7TSQ ______

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DX News ______

Jani, YB0US, will be in Vietnam (see Vol. 3 No. 41) from 25 to 29 March. During the CQ WPX SSB Contest he will use XV300S (Xray Victor Three Zero Zero Sugar). QSL cards for XV300S go via JH1EVE, Hiro H. Higashiyama, 1-12-5 Higashijujo, Kita, TOKYO, JAPAN.

Ed, K8EP, plans to be in Macao from 8 to 12 April and expects to get his license upon arrival. Look for him on 10 through 40 meters CW and SSB QSL via K8EP.

Matt, IK2SGC, and Conrad, IK2SFZ, will operate from Whitby North Caicos as VP5/IK2SGC and VP5/IK2SFZ between 24 March and 5 April. During the CQ WPX SSB Contest they will multi-single as either VP5N or VP5R. Before and after the contest they will concentrate on the low bands and 12, 17 and 30 meters. QSL via IK2SAI. For bureau QSL requests send an e-mail to [email protected]

Henry, HB9APJ, will operate from Monaco as 3A/HB9APJ from 7 to 19 April. He will have a FT-990 and a magnetic loop for 10 through 30 meters and will be on CW. QSL via HB9APJ.

DH5HV will be honeymooning in the Maldives from 17 to 31 May and plans to get on the air with 100 watts and a dipole. ______

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1X - CHECHNYA - 1X5AA and 1X1AU are both active from Grozny, Chechnya, Russia. They claim to be a separate country however, they do not meet the criteria.

4U1ITU - I.T.U. GENEVA - This club station was active on 10 and 12 meters CW Friday between 11:00 and 12:30Z. QSL via bureau.

5H3US - TANZANIA - Dave showed up on 21335 on Sunday from 18:30 to 20:00Z. QSL via WA8JOC.

5T5U - MAURITANIA - The JA operators from this semi-rare one were all over 10 through 40 meters CW and SSB this past weekend. Sometimes on two bands at the same time. QSL via JA1UT.

5X1T - UGANDA - Check just after 20:30Z on 10 or 12 meters SSB for Peter. QSL via ON5NT.

9M6CT - WEST MALAYSIA - Look for Phil on 17 meters SSB from 13:00 to 16:00Z.

BY1DX - CHINA - Martti, OH2BH, was running stations on 15 SSB over the weekend. QSL via OH2BH/BY.

CE0AA - EASTER ISLAND - One of the operators was heard saying they would be on 160 meters on Tuesday.

D44BS - CAPE VERDE ISLAND - Angelo likes 24940 between 09:00 and 11:00Z.

E41/OK1DTP - PALESTINE - Several West Coast stations worked David on 18120 on Saturday around 16:30Z. The E41 prefix is not based on the territory but rather the type of license. The E44/ licenses are temporary and E41/ licenses are somewhat permanent, good for one year and renewable. QSL via OK1TD.

E44/OZ5IPA - PALESTINE - Look for Ben on 30 meters CW from 05:00 to 06:00Z and from 18:00 to 20:00Z. QSL via OZ5IPA.

EL2WW - LIBERIA - Mark went QRT on Friday and is now back in Belgium. He will be back in Monrovia on 21 March. QSL via ON5NT.

FH5CB - MAYOTTE - Elio was on 10 meters SSB the last three days between 15:00 and 18:00Z. Check between 28500 and 28570.

FT5WH - CROZET - On Saturday US stations were working Gilles on 14183 from 13:00 to 14:00Z.

HK3JJH/0M - MALPELO ISLAND - Pedro says he is not sure how much longer he will be on the island. It will be at least two more days. QSL via HK3JJH.

T30R - WEST KIRIBATI - The OK boys are unable to get to Banaba or Canton so they will remain on Tarawa. They are going to try and make arrangements for next year. In the mean time they are showing up on 160 meters CW, usually near 1828, daily at 09:00Z.

VK0AE - ANTARCTICA - This station showed up on 12, 30 and 40 meters CW on Saturday and Sunday. He says he is located at Casey Base. More than likely this is a pirate. Work it first and worry later. This call sign has not been assigned by the Australian Communications Authority for use at this time. ______

IOTA ______

The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AF-004 EA8AMT 18160 0901 NA-065 N6FD/7 14260 0427 AF-043 TR0A/P 14260 2237 NA-067 W2ET 14272 0221 AS-015 9M2TO 14153 1835 NA-180 V31GI 24955 1901 AS-028 UA0QBA 14254 1822 OC-127 H44MS 14263 0915 EU-001 SV5AZP 24955 0735 OC-143 YB5QG 28009 1516 EU-023 9H4CM 24962 1023 OC-170 VK6EWI 14007 2257 EU-029 GM0HTT 24940 2013 SA-002 CE0AA 24900 1828 EU-042 DK8OL 21255 0920 SA-007 HK3JJH/0 18160 1810 NA-002 VP5/K4ISV 21290 1216 SA-080 PT7BZ/PY6 14259 0534 NA-015 CO6XN 28480 1520 SA-080 PT7WA/PY6 28460 1233 NA-016 ZF2DR 28463 1258 SA-080 PY7ZY/6 28460 1216 NA-055 AK1L 28457 1454 SA-080 ZX6XC 14023 0201

French Amateur Radio operators F5TYY, F6IUI, F6BFH and F9IE plan to operate from Sein Island (EU-068) from 13 to 15 May. They will use their home calls /P. Another group of French operators including F5PVF, F5TVG, F6JMT, F8ATS, F4AJQ, F4TTR and F1UHM plan to operate from the same island between 22 to 27 May. Look for them to use F6KOP/P on 6 through 80 meters CW SSB and SSTV.

JH6QCQ , JM6NWR and JL6UBM plan to operate from Tokara Archipelago (AS-049) from 2 to 4 May. They will be active on 6 through 80 meters CW and SSB. If the weather is bad it will be canceled. QSL via home calls.

Jean Marc, F5SGI, will operate as F5SGI/P on Brehat Island (EU-074) from April 25 to 30. He will be mostly on CW with some SSB on 14260.

During the RSGB IOTA Contest at the end of July members of French club station F6KFV will operate from St Marcouf (EU-081) as TM2F.

Didier, F5BJW, plans to operate as TM2A from Aix Island (EU-032) from 10 to 17 April on SSB all bands.

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-Mar 15-Mar HK0/M HK3JJH/0 (SA-007) 3-32 15-Mar 15-Mar PY PT7FX PY7XC PT7BZ PT7WA (SA-023) 3-41 15-Mar 15-Mar T30 T30R 15-Mar 15-Mar XF4 XF4MX (NA-030) 3-30 15-Mar 15-Mar XU XU7AAC 3-32 15-Mar 15-Mar PY ZY6XC (SA-080) 3-36 15-Mar 16-Mar TR TR0A/P (AF-043) 3-34 15-Mar 16-Mar 9H 9H3ZV 3-35 15-Mar 16-Mar A9 A92GF 3-35 15-Mar 16-Mar E44 E44/OZ5IPA 3-34 15-Mar 16-Mar E44 E44/OZ6ACD 3-34 15-Mar 16-Mar VK9N VK9NM VK9NQ 3-36 15-Mar 17-Mar 5T 5T5U 3-26 3-25 15-Mar 18-Mar C5 C56SW 15-Mar 18-Mar VK9L VK9EHH 3-28 15-Mar 19-Mar V3 V31GI (NA-180) 3-35 15-Mar 20-Mar 3B8 3B8/G3PJT 3-34 15-Mar 20-Mar CE0Y CE0AA (SA-002) 3-31 3-23 15-Mar 22-Mar H4 H44MS (OC-127) 15-Mar 22-Mar KG4 KG4TO KG4BV 3-37 15-Mar 22-Mar PY0S ZV0SB ZV0CW ZV0SY 3-40 3-35 3-26 15-Mar 3-Apr EA8 EA8/DL7AU (AF-004) 3-40 15-Mar 5-Apr HS HS0ZCW 3-6 15-Mar 5-Apr J3 J3/K4UPS J3/K4LTA 3-26 3-15 15-Mar 24-May VQ9 VQ9DX 3-11 15-Mar 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH 3-4 3-2 2-229 16-Mar 23-Mar 9M6 9M6TUZ 3-35 17-Mar 25-Mar C5 by ON4CEL 3-35 17-Mar 26-Mar 3B8 3B8/F6CMH 3-32 18-Mar 25-Mar KG4 KG4GC KG4WB 3-39 19-Mar 21-Mar T8 T88RK T88HG T88HY T88AJ T88?? 3-37 19-Mar 23-Mar BV BV3/DJ3KR 3-33 20-Mar 21-Mar JA JA3CMY JE4CIL JI3DST (AS-041) 3-11 20-Mar 27-Mar 3D2 3D2KE 3-30 ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for March 13, 1999 was 107.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for March 14, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------14-Mar-1999 21 150 12 2 Mod/Quiet-Active;Low-Mod/Unsettled-Active 14-Mar-1999 18 144 4 3 Mod/Quiet-Active;Low-Mod/Unsettled-Active 14-Mar-1999 15 144 4 4 Mod/Quiet-Active;Low-Mod/Unsettled-Active 14-Mar-1999 12 144 4 3 Mod/Quiet-Unsettled;Low-Mod/Unset-Active 14-Mar-1999 09 144 4 1 Mod/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Unsettled-Active 14-Mar-1999 06 144 4 3 Mod/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Unsettled-Active 14-Mar-1999 03 144 4 2 Mod/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Unsettled-Active 14-Mar-1999 00 144 4 0 Mod/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Unsettled-Active

The forecast for Monday, 15 March: solar flux 145, A index 12, K index 3. Monday should be High Normal.

The forecast for Tuesday, 16 March: solar flux 140, A index 10, K index 2. Tuesday should be High Normal. ______

QSL Info ______

Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------3B8/G3PJT G3PJT FM5NA F8AAN PT7WA/PY6 PT7WA 3Z0PAF SP9EIJ HK3/G0SHN F6AJA PY7ZY/6 PY7ZY 4N800H YU1EXY IU8NA IK8PXZ R1ANL UA6AH 5N9EAM IK7JTF J3/K4LTA K4LTA RA9LI/9 DL6ZFG 5X1T ON5NT JW5NM LA5NM TR0A/P G3OCA 5Z4RL G0IAS JW7QIA LA7QIA V31GI PA3GIO 8P6AZ KU9C KG4BV N4OO VK6EWI VK6NE A92FZ W3HC KG4TO N4TO VP5/RA9CO UA9DD AP2JZB K2EWB OD5/JY4NE JY4NE XE3WAO KD8IW AP2WAP IK4ZGY OD5PN LX1NO XU7AAC HL2AQN BY1DX OH2BH/BY OY3QN OZ1ACB XX9TRR OH2PM C6AMP DL2NCY P29VR W7LFA ZF2LC W2SM CO6XN HK6DOS PJ2MI W2CQ ZK1HCU DL9HCU EP3HR I2MQP PT7BZ/PY6 PT7BZ ZY6XC PY7XC FG5FR F6FNU PT7FX/PY6 PT7WA ZZ4W PY4KL FM5/F2PI F6BFH

OH2BH/BY - Martti J. Laine, Unit 21H, North Lodge, China World Trade Center, No. 1 Jiaguomen Wai Avenue, Beijing 100004, People's Republic of China VP6PAC - Pitcairn Amateur Radio Club, Box 73, Pitcairn Island, via NEW ZEALAND

Frank, WA1ECA, reports he will no longer accept QSL cards as QSL Manager for Sam, 5X1F, who passed away, and Mario, 5X1C. Any future cards received will be returned to sender or trashed.

QSL cards recently received direct: A61AQ, BQ9P, BT2HC, E30GA, E31AA, V31TP, ZC4DG ______

Credits ______

Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: E41/OK1DTP, HB9APJ, IK2SGC, JI6KVR, K3SWZ, KB3AUG, KH6BZF Reports, LNDX, N2OO, N7OJ, NJ2S, NOAA, OPDX, VE3IRF, VP2ML, WA1ECA, ______

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DX News ______

Tom Atkins, VE3CDM, President of IARU Region II, reported yesterday on the IARU Region II Net that the ballots from member societies of the IARU have been received. Member societies have overwhelmingly ratified the selection of Larry Price, W4RA, as the new President of the International Amateur Radio Union, and David Wardlaw, VK3ADW, as Vice-President of the IARU. The outgoing officers are President Dick Baldwin, W1RU, and Vice-President Michael Owen, VK3KI, who are retiring. The new officers will take up their positions in May.

A group of operators from the Marlboro Youth Repeater Association plan to be active from Tonga starting 20 March. Operators include K1LU, N1YHL, N1ZNY, W1CCE and W1HIV. They will use A35LU and will have 4 rigs and an amplifier. Look for them on CW and SSB. QSL via K1LU.

Look for Vatican station HV5PUL to be active on 22 April on HF, RTTY, 2 and 6 meters. QSL via IW0DJB.

Jaro, OM3TZZ, reports that he has been living in Giza, Cairo, Egypt for the last two years and trying to get a license. Yesterday he finally received his SU9ZZ call sign and has already put up wire antennas for 80 and 160 meters. He hopes to receive his FT-847 in the next few weeks. If anyone can donate an antenna for the higher bands feel free to contact him by e-mail at . QSL via the bureau or direct to his home address. Jaroslav Jamrich, OM3TZZ, Gejzu Dusika 43, Trnava 917 08, SLOVAK REPUBLIC.

The Pacific Northwest DX Convention will be held on 30, 31 July and 1 August this year at the Monarch Hotel in Portland, Oregon and will be sponsored by the Willamette Valley DX Club. For more information about this DX convention check out the Willamette Valley DX Club home page at http://www.qsl.net/wvdxc

The Council of Europe station TP50CE was pirated during the REF SSB Contest on 27 and 28 February and also on 2 February. The next scheduled time that this club station will be on the air will be 20 April to 2 May. The station was active on 15 to 17 January.

The Northern California DX Club will host the 50th Annual International DX Convention on 9, 10 and 11 April at the Radisson Hotel and Conference Center in Fresno, California. Some of the scheduled programs include 3B7RF, 6Y2A, BQ9P, E44DX, H40AA and XZ1N. To date over 300 people have already registered to attend. For more information check out this web page http://www.amateur-radio.org/ncdxc.htm ______

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5A1A - LIBYA - Abubaker started on 21280 around 15:00Z and later was found on 21010 at 15:30Z.

5T5U - MAURITANIA - Should be on 80 meters tonight his time. QSL via JA1UT.

EP3PTT - IRAN - Was found on 14201 from 14:00 to 15:30Z.

FT5WH - CROZET ISLAND - Gilles was taking his own list on 14180 starting around 13:30Z.

HK3JJH/0M - MALPELO ISLAND - JA's looking for Pedro should try 14260 just after 21:00Z.

KC4AAA - ANTARCTICA - Can often be found on 14243 after 01:00Z.

XX9 - MACAO - Albert, XX9AS, came up on 14198 just before 13:30Z. Cheang, XX9AU, was on 21253 just after 13:00Z and Pertti, XX9TRR, showed up on 21027 between 02:30 and 04:00Z. QSL XX9TRR via OH2PM. ______

IOTA ______

The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AF-004 EA8BBR 14256 2032 OC-129 DU6BG 14193 0833 AF-043 TR0A/P 14266 2054 OC-170 VK6EWI 28495 2326 AS-018 UA0FDX 14023 1343 OC-210 YC8RBC 21310 1419 AS-028 UA0QBA 14264 1726 SA-002 CE0AA 18145 0232 AS-028 UA0QMU 21018 0726 SA-007 HK3JJH/0M 14260 2147 NA-180 T31GI 28460 0008 SA-080 PT7BZ/PY6 14260 0705 NA-180 V31GI 14257 2340 SA-080 PT7WA/PY6 14260 0838 OC-021 YB0AZ 14190 1412 SA-080 PY7ZY/6 21040 0923 OC-127 H44MS 14265 0947 SA-080 ZY6XC 14022 0254

Dr Reinhard, DL6DQW will operate from Benguera Island (AF-072) as C91RF/P from 26 to 29 March. He will be on all bands on CW and SSB. Last fall when he was active from Mozambique he was very active from 13:00 to 16:00Z mostly on 10, 12 and 17 meters CW. QSL via DL6DQW.

Chung, BV4ME, plans to be active as BP9A or BV9AYA from Peng hu Island (AS-103) from 26 to 29 March. QSL via BV4ME, Chung Chao-Chung, P.O. BOX:11-12, Miaoli 366, Taiwan, R.O.C.

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-Mar 20-Mar 3B8 3B8/G3PJT 3-34 16-Mar 17-Mar 5T 5T5U 3-26 3-25 16-Mar 16-Mar 9H 9H3ZV 3-35 16-Mar 23-Mar 9M6 9M6TUZ 3-35 16-Mar 16-Mar A9 A92GF 3-35 16-Mar 18-Mar C5 C56SW 16-Mar 20-Mar CE0Y CE0AA (SA-002) 3-31 3-23 16-Mar 16-Mar E44 E44/OZ5IPA 3-34 16-Mar 16-Mar E44 E44/OZ6ACD 3-34 16-Mar 3-Apr EA8 EA8/DL7AU (AF-004) 3-40 16-Mar 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH 3-4 3-2 2-229 16-Mar 22-Mar H4 H44MS (OC-127) 16-Mar 16-Mar HK0/M HK3JJH/0 (SA-007) 3-32 16-Mar 5-Apr HS HS0ZCW 3-6 16-Mar 5-Apr J3 J3/K4UPS J3/K4LTA 3-26 3-15 16-Mar 22-Mar KG4 KG4TO KG4BV 3-37 16-Mar 22-Mar PY0S ZV0SB ZV0CW ZV0SY 3-40 3-35 3-26 16-Mar 16-Mar T30 T30R 16-Mar 16-Mar TR TR0A/P (AF-043) 3-34 16-Mar 19-Mar V3 V31GI (NA-180) 3-35 16-Mar 18-Mar VK9L VK9EHH 3-28 16-Mar 16-Mar VK9N VK9NM VK9NQ 3-36 16-Mar 24-May VQ9 VQ9DX 3-11 16-Mar 20-Mar XF4 XF4MX (NA-030) 3-30 ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for March 14, 1999 was 131.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for March 15, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------15-Mar-1999 21 150 14 1 Mod/Quiet-Active;Low-Mod/Quiet-Active 15-Mar-1999 18 150 13 2 Mod/Quiet-Active;Low-Mod,Quiet-Active 15-Mar-1999 15 150 13 2 Mod/Quiet-Active;Low-Mod,Quiet-Active 15-Mar-1999 12 150 13 3 Mod/Quiet-Active;Low-Mod/Unset-Active 15-Mar-1999 09 150 17 4 Mod/Quiet-Active;Low-Mod/Unset-Active 15-Mar-1999 06 150 13 4 Mod/Quiet-Active;Low-Mod/Unset-Active 15-Mar-1999 03 150 13 3 Mod/Quiet-Active;Low-Mod/Unset-Active 15-Mar-1999 00 150 13 3 Mod/Quiet-Active;Low-Mod/Unset-Active

The forecast for Tuesday, 16 March: solar flux 150, A index 12, K index 3. Tuesday should be High Normal.

The forecast for Wednesday, 17 March: solar flux 145, A index 10, K index 2. Wednesday should be High Normal. ______

QSL Info ______

Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------CT3/DJ7RJ DJ7RJ TU5IJ I2AOX V73UB K1ZUT EX2M W3HNK V51GP WD8RXR VK6EWI VK6NE

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: BQ9P, C91RF, E30GA, E31AA, HC8N, TZ6JA, UA0AIS/0, The 59(9) DX Report, V63AO, V63X, V63YP, XT2OW, ZK3RW ______

Credits ______

Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: F6CWA, F6FQK, K3ZO, K7AR, KC1SF, KH6BZF Reports, N2LH, N3OZD, NOAA, OM3TZZ, OPDX, W2GE, W1LRZ, W3IZ, W3MF, WA4QDM ______

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DX News ______

The Brazilian Amateur Radio operators who are currently on St. Peter and St. Paul Archipelago arrived on time but had to spend 2 days waiting to land on the island due to ruff seas which made it extremely dangerous to land. During the landing the damaged a laptop computer. The operators have been on a few DXpeditions in the past and are not the most experienced operators so please be patient as they try to give out a new one to the many deserving. They should be there until next Sunday.

Look for Peter, MI0BME, to be active next weekend as a single-op on all bands in the BARTG RTTY Contest.

Michael, DF8AN, is supposedly in Laos, XW and QRV with 100 watts and wires until 20 March. Next he will go on to Vietnam until 1 April when he will finish up in Singapore on 4 April. No call signs were mentioned. QSL via DF8AN.

During this years CQ WPX SSB Contest Russian Amateur Radio operators plan to operate RM6A from European Russia. QSL cards go via Joe, W3HNK. ______

Silent Key ______

Ray Gerrard, G3NOM, reports the sad passing of Ajarn Chamlong Chuathai, HS1AAM, Vice President of the Radio Society of Thailand. He became a silent key on the evening of 16 March after suffering early in the day from a brain hemorrhage in which he never recovered.

Ray remembered Chamlong as "an energetic leader who organized many Amateur Radio events in Thailand, such as conventions (SEANET), special events, nets, and IOTA DXpeditions to Thai Islands."

Fred, K3ZO, said "Cham (as he was called on CW) was a retired officer from the Thai Navy who was the foremost proponent of CW among the hams in Thailand and the fact that CW is widely used by the Thai hams on HF is very much a result of his classes and his example. He got the government to set aside a VHF FM channel for CW instruction on 2 meters, and thus the VHF-no code licensees are able to practice making CW QSOs with each other before they upgrade to HF." ______

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3C1GS - EQUATORIAL GUINEA - Ramon is on Bioko Island and was active on 7048 from 21:30 to 22:10Z. QSL via EA5BYP.

5T5U - MAURITANIA - West Coast US stations reported working this one on 24945 at 01:00Z today. Later around 02:35Z this station was found on 18074 working stations all across the US. QSL via JA1UT.

9M6UZT - WEST MALAYSIA - Tony, G4UZN, came up on 18078 just before 15:00Z. He was working stations all across the US and Europe.

FT5WH - CROZET - Need this one? Well check 20 meters SSB between 14180 and 14190 daily just before 17:00Z.

HK3JJH/0M - MALPELO - He won't be here much longer. Best chance is 14260 between 22:00 and 02:00Z. Be there a few minutes early.

S21L - BANGLADESH - Showed up on 21276 around 13:20Z.

VK9EHH - LORD HOWE ISLAND - Ed usually shows up near 14260 just prior to 05:00Z. QSL via W8WC.

XF4MX - REVILLA GIGEDO - Mark was heard on the air saying they will QRT on 19 March. QSL via XE1MX.

ZV0 - ST. PETER & ST. PAUL ARCHIPELAGO - ZV0SB and ZV0SW started up on Tuesday just after 18:00Z. They have been on 17, 40 and 80 meters CW and 20 meters SSB. QSL via PT2GTI. ______

IOTA ______

The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AF-010 3C1GS 7048 2156 NA-030 XF4MX 21260 1646 AF-043 TR0A/P 28409 1411 NA-036 VE7GDJ 24950 1858 AS-008 7K3EOP 28511 0949 NA-051 VE7TLL 14251 0736 AS-018 RA0FN 28016 0920 NA-062 K2ZR/4 7029 0658 AS-024 JR6USF 24940 0807 NA-140 W3YN 28468 1523 AS-028 UA0QBA 18081 1415 NA-180 V31GI 24945 2055 AS-078 JF8IYR 21220 1159 OC-004 VK9EHH 14200 1318 EU-023 9H3ZV 21023 1500 OC-143 YC5XIP 21265 1708 EU-057 DL4PM 21237 2105 OC-170 VK6EWI 7010 2224 EU-133 R1ASP 14262 0724 SA-002 CE0AA 24899 1901 EU-136 9A6DCR 7061 2008 SA-007 HK3JJH/0M 14260 0321 NA-027 CF1COP 14260 2053

During this years IOTA Contest in July look for MW7Z to be active from the Island of Anglesey (EU-124). This was the same group that was active last year as MW8Z. QSL MW7Z via G5LP.

Want to know more about the Islands on the air award offered by the RSGB? Check out the following web page for listings, rules and more: http://www.logiciel.co.uk/iota/

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 26-Mar 3B8 3B8/F6CMH 3-32 17-Mar 20-Mar 3B8 3B8/G3PJT 3-34 17-Mar 17-Mar 5T 5T5U 3-26 3-25 17-Mar 23-Mar 9M6 9M6TUZ 3-35 17-Mar 25-Mar C5 C56EL 3-35 17-Mar 18-Mar C5 C56SW 17-Mar 20-Mar CE0Y CE0AA (SA-002) 3-31 3-23 17-Mar 3-Apr EA8 EA8/DL7AU (AF-004) 3-40 17-Mar 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH 3-4 3-2 2-229 17-Mar 22-Mar H4 H44MS (OC-127) 17-Mar 17-Mar HK0/M HK3JJH/0 (SA-007) 3-32 17-Mar 5-Apr HS HS0ZCW 3-6 17-Mar 5-Apr J3 J3/K4UPS J3/K4LTA 3-26 3-15 17-Mar 22-Mar KG4 KG4TO KG4BV 3-37 17-Mar 22-Mar PY0S ZV0SB ZV0CW ZV0SY 3-40 3-35 3-26 17-Mar 17-Mar T30 T30R 17-Mar 19-Mar V3 V31GI (NA-180) 3-35 17-Mar 18-Mar VK9L VK9EHH 3-28 17-Mar 24-May VQ9 VQ9DX 3-11 17-Mar 20-Mar XF4 XF4MX (NA-030) 3-30 ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for March 15, 1999 was 126.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for March 16, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------16-Mar-1999 21 156 3 0 Mod/Quiet;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unsettled 16-Mar-1999 18 150 13 1 Mod/Quiet;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unsettled 16-Mar-1999 15 150 13 1 Mod/Quiet;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unsettled 16-Mar-1999 12 150 13 2 Mod/Quiet;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unsettled 16-Mar-1999 09 150 13 1 Mod/Quiet-Unsettled;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unset 16-Mar-1999 06 150 13 0 Low/Quiet-Active;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unsettled 16-Mar-1999 03 150 13 1 Mod/Quiet-Active;Low-Mod/Quiet-Active 16-Mar-1999 00 150 13 2 Mod/Quiet-Active;Low-Mod/Quiet-Active

The forecast for Wednesday, 17 March: solar flux 145, A index 10, K index 2. Wednesday should be High Normal.

The forecast for Thursday, 18 March: solar flux 140, A index 5, K index 1. Thursday should be High Normal. ______

QSL Info ______

Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------6K0ZW HL5FPL CF1COP VO1COP TU5IJ I2AOX 9M6UZT G4UZN CF1IMB VO1IMB UA0QMU UA4RC C56EL ON4CEL FT5WH F6KDF ZV0SB PT2GTI CE0AA CE3WDH GB99SET GW0ANA ZV0SW PT2GTI

5X4C - Box 43, Lira, Uganda CE3WDH - Sergio Del Gaudio Casais, P.O. BOX 240-3, Santiago, CHILE

Pertti, OH2PM, has been active as XX9TRR over the last few days. He is now giving his QSL route as N6XJ.

Per Cheang Vai Ip, XX9AU, there is no QSL bureau for Macau however cards sent to the Amateur Radio Association of Macau will be forwarded to the appropriate person. ASSOCIACAO DOS RADIOAMATDORES DE MACAU, P.O. Box 6018, MACAU.

All requests for QSL cards for the recent VK9XX and VK9YY operations have been sent out. For those who have not sent your cards as of yet please send them in separate envelopes. Those received with no postage will be sent via the bureau. QSL via W0YG.

QSL cards recently received direct: 3B8CF, B1Z, EP2AC, EZ8CQ, TL0R, V63HO, V63YP, V63X, VK9XX, VK9YY, Z2/VK3DXI

QSL cards recently received via the bureau: 3D2HI, 3D2DA, 4T80UC, 5B4/RU3FM, 5N0T, BV/JH3GCN, BV2TA, CN2IB, CQ2I (EU-150), CP8XA, FK/JM1LJS, FM/DJ1FN, H44IO, HF1GD, HL0C/4, HR5AAP, JY9QJ, S97A, T48RCT, VR2KF, XR3J, ZK1SCQ ______

Credits ______

Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: DX News Letter, G3NOM, G4BWP, K3RR, K3ZO, KF2TI, KH6BZF Reports, N2TN, N6RT, NOAA, W2YE, W3HNK, W3IZ, W8JV, WU1F, XX9AU ______

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DX News ______

Yoichi, JP1NWZ, will be on Saipan in the Mariana Islands from 15 to 19 April. He plans to be active as KH0XX, Saipan Contest Team, on 6 through 160 meters CW and some SSB. QSL via JP1NWZ.

The DX News Letter says that Hector, XE1BEF, will be on Revilla Gigedo (NA-030) as XF4BEF from 17 March to 2 April. He will be on 6 through 160 meters CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL via XE1BEF.

Yuki, JI6KVR, will go to Ceuta before going to the IOTA Convention 99 in Alicante, Spain. Look for him to be active as EA9/JI6KVR from 17 to 22 April. QSL via EA5KB. JA's QSL via JJ6LXX.

Look for Luc, I1YRL, and John, IK1SLP, to operate from Monaco as 3A/I1YRL and 3A/IK1SLP from 27 to 29 March. They will operate on all bands, Luc will be on CW and John on SSB. QSL both via I1YRL. ______

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3A2MD - MONACO - JA's reported working Laura on 18077 around 13:30Z.

3C1GS - EQUATORIAL GUINEA - Europeans and North Americans found Ramon on 14244 between 21:00 and 22:00Z. QSL via EA5BYP.

EK4JJ - ARMENIA - Serge was working stations in the South West of the US on 28482 around 13:00Z. QSL via EK4GK.

EZ8AZ - TURKMENISTAN - Try looking for Alex daily on 15 meters CW between 12:00 and 16:00Z.

FT5WH - CROZET ISLAND - Gilles came up on 14180 just after 03:00Z today. QSL via F6KDF.

HK3JJH/0M - MALPELO ISLAND - Pedro may leave the island today. Keep an ear out on 28460, 24960, 21260, 18160 and 14260. QSL via HK3JJH.

JT1BH - MONGOLIA - Europeans found Sur on 10105 just after 23:00Z.

JY4NE - JORDAN - Ali is now back from Lebanon.

PZ1/PB7RK - SURINAM - Ramon has been active here for several days. Length of stay is unknown. QSL via PB7RK.

S21YP - BANGLADESH - Several East Coast US stations reported working this one on 24908 between 13:00 and 14:00Z.

SU9ZZ - EGYPT - Jaro was active Wednesday on 15 meters CW between 15:00 and 17:00Z. QSL via OM3TZZ.

TT8DF - CHAD - Dimitri was working stations from the US, Japan and Western Europe on 18070 from 22:00 to 23:00Z. QSL via F5SWB.

UK8GK - UZBEKISTAN - West Coast US stations can find Nemat on 15 meters CW daily between 02:30 and 04:00Z.

ZV0 - ST. PETER & ST. PAUL ROCKS - They were reported active on Wednesday as follows:

GMT Frequencies GMT Frequencies ------00 7005 14195 13 28485 01 3504 7005 14195 14 28485 02 3504 14195 15 28485 03 3504 14195 16 18075 21295 28485 04 3504 14195 17 18075 21295 05 3504 14195 18 21295 06 14195 19 21295 28440 09 21285 20 28440 10 21285 21 7005 11 21285 28006 22 7005 12 28006 23 14006 ______

IOTA ______

The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AF-014 CT3/DJ7RJ 14258 0837 EU-057 DL4PM 21217 2045 AF-018 UA0FF 24957 2334 EU-129 DL3BUM/P 10103 1713 AS-018 UA0FZ 10103 2036 NA-047 VE8XYL 14170 2131 AS-028 UA0QBA 14257 1559 NA-065 N6FD/7 14260 0429 AS-028 UA0QMU 21019 0209 NA-180 V31GI 14195 1355 AS-042 UA3SDK/0 21260 1557 OC-019 KH6FKG 14187 0817 AS-053 HS0/IK4MRH 28460 0939 OC-059 V63AO 21255 1059 AS-076 JR5XPG 14261 1838 OC-170 VK6EWI 7008 2254 AS-083 RA9LI/9 14260 1429 SA-002 CE0AA 14190 0116 EU-003 CU3BL 21257 1703 SA-014 ZV0SB 21295 1611

Stuie, VK8NSB, plans to operate from Grotte Eylandt (OC-141) from 3 to 18 April as VK8NSB/P. He will be on 10, 15 and 80 meters CW and SSB. QSL via VK9NS.

Starting around 10:00Z on 2 April JA6CM/6 will be active from Tsushima Island (AS-036). He will operate on SSB and CW on the IOTA frequencies until 5 April. If the weather conditions are bad this operation will be canceled. QSL via JA6CM

Look for Yuki, JI6KVR, to be active from Amakusa Arc (AS-012) starting around 07:00Z on 20 March through 10:00Z on 21 March. If the weather is bad the trip will be canceled. QSL via EA5KB. JA's QSL via JJ6LXX.

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 26-Mar 3B8 3B8/F6CMH 3-32 18-Mar 20-Mar 3B8 3B8/G3PJT 3-34 18-Mar 18-Mar 5T 5T5U 3-26 3-25 18-Mar 23-Mar 9M6 9M6TUZ 3-35 18-Mar 25-Mar C5 C56EL 3-35 18-Mar 18-Mar C5 C56SW 18-Mar 20-Mar CE0Y CE0AA (SA-002) 3-31 3-23 18-Mar 3-Apr EA8 EA8/DL7AU (AF-004) 3-40 18-Mar 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH 3-4 3-2 2-229 18-Mar 22-Mar H4 H44MS (OC-127) 18-Mar 18-Mar HK0/M HK3JJH/0 (SA-007) 3-32 18-Mar 5-Apr HS HS0ZCW 3-6 18-Mar 5-Apr J3 J3/K4UPS J3/K4LTA 3-26 3-15 18-Mar 25-Mar KG4 KG4GC KG4WB 3-39 18-Mar 22-Mar KG4 KG4TO KG4BV 3-37 18-Mar 22-Mar PY0S ZV0SB ZV0SW ZV0SY 3-40 3-35 3-26 18-Mar 18-Mar T30 T30R 18-Mar 19-Mar V3 V31GI (NA-180) 3-35 18-Mar 18-Mar VK9L VK9EHH 3-28 18-Mar 24-May VQ9 VQ9DX 3-11 18-Mar 20-Mar XF4 XF4MX (NA-030) 3-30 18-Mar 20-Mar XW by DF8AN 3-44 ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for March 16, 1999 was 134.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for March 17, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------17-Mar-1999 21 155 5 2 High/Quiet;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unsettled 17-Mar-1999 18 156 3 3 High/Quiet;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unsettled 17-Mar-1999 15 156 3 1 High/Quiet;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unsettled 17-Mar-1999 12 156 3 1 High/Quiet;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unsettled 17-Mar-1999 09 156 3 2 High/Quiet;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unsettled 17-Mar-1999 06 156 3 0 High/Quiet;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unsettled 17-Mar-1999 03 156 3 1 High/Quiet;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unsettled 17-Mar-1999 00 156 3 2 Mod/Quiet;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unsettled

The forecast for Thursday, 18 March: solar flux 150, A index 12, K index 3. Thursday should be High Normal.

The forecast for Friday, 19 March: solar flux 145, 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:

3D2DX via EA4CP 4F1PVS Vhodick K. Santos, 84 Evangelista St., Batangas City 4200, PHILIPPINES 5B4/EW1AR via NP3D NP3D/5B4 via W3HNK 6W4RK via F5NPS 6Y5MM Mike Matalon, 7-9 Harbour Street, Kingston, JAMAICA 8P0V via K7BV 8P6CJ Chesterfield Phillips, Johnson Road, Fitts Village, St. James, BARBADOS 8P9JJ via K7BV 9H3VP via PD1ABY 9H3ZO via PD1AIY 9J2A via JA0JHA 9J2AM via JA0JHA 9K2QQ via KB2MS 9M2VZ Moay Siew Loon, 17, Lorong Tenang, 11600 Penang, MALAYSIA A35VR via WA2NHA A92GH T. P. John, P. O. Box 11577, Manama, BAHRAIN AT2AJ B. S. Dutt, A 3 New Devrup CHS, Doulat Nagar, Santacruz (W), Bombay 400 054, INDIA B1A via KU9C BV4RF Wang, P. O. Box 922, Taichung, TAIWAN C33BO Archie Layno, P. O. Box 1150, Andorra la Vella, ANDORRA C6AKP via N4RP C6DX via WZ8D D68WU via F6HWU DS2KAG Jung Bae Lee, Sungwon APT 202-1006, 551-34 Pung-dong Ilsan-ku, Koyang, Kyounggi-do 411-330, KOREA DS2LOV Yong Bae Lee, Heindol Life Town 612-102, 1193 Baksuk-dong, Ilsan-ku, Koyang, Kyounggi-dp 411-360, KOREA DU5AOK Cyril Nathan Sm. Eamiguel, P. O. Box 14, TCPO, Tacloban City 6500, PHILIPPINES DU7MHA Jubert S. De Asis, Sr., P. O. Box 87, 6014 Mandaue City, PHILIPPINES E30GA via K4JDJ FM5JV via F5LNV HL4CRV Hak Gon Lee, P. O. Box 188, Mokpo 530-360, KOREA HL5TP Kim Youngsun, 303-901 Green Mansion 276 Bon-Dong, Dalseo-ku, Taegu, KOREA J73CCM via SM0CCM KG4JO via WI2T LX2DW Antonio Callixto, 10, Hueschterterbosch, L-1670 Senningerberg, LUXEMBOURG PJ4/K2NG via WA2NHA PJ4/K2TW via WA2NHA PJ9G via WA2NHA PJ9I Ernest Lichtert, Cestorweg 22-24, Curacao, NETHERLANDS ANTILLES S21YP R. E. Parkes, c/o Granger Systems, GIDP Project Office, P. O. Box 11061, Uttara, Dhaka-1230, BANGLADESH S92YN via HB9CYN S92YV via HB9CYV T88II via KJ9I TK5KT via F6FNU V31LG via AB2DM V63HC via KQ1F V63HO via KQ1F V63X via KQ1F V63YP via KQ1F VP2VW Worrell A. Bertrand, P. O. Box B, Road Town, Tortola, BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS VP5GA via N2GA VP8CRB via K4QD VU2AKN Asoke K. Nandy, 14, Narasingha Avenue, Dum-Dum, Calcutta-74, INDIA VU2ELJ Sabu Mathew, Kadavil Manakal, Kaippanchery, Sulthan Bathery, Wayanad, Kerala 673 592, INDIA VU2EPR Prem, P. O. Box 26, Kerala 673 101, INDIA VU2JF Jivanlal N. Adiecha, 304 Arti Apartment, Kashivishwanath Plot, Rajkot 360 001, INDIA VU2OGO S. R. Santhosh, P. O. Box 55, Payyanur P. O., Kerala 670 307, INDIA VU2RNC R. N. Sharma, 37A/76, Madhu Nagar, Agra 282 001, INDIA VU2RTF R. R. Balasundharam, 10-A, Parameswaran Lay Out, Pappanaickenpalayam, Coimbatore 641 037, INDIA VU2ZUS Md. Sofiullah, HMT/Computer, 138 (IND) Field Workshop, A.P.O. 56, INDIA VU3RNC Sandhya Sharma, 37A/76, Madhu Nagar, Agra 282 001, INDIA VU3WIA D. S. Rajan, 282, Kongu Main Road, Tirupur 641 607, INDIA XT2HB via F5RLE XT2JT via N5DRV XT2LT via N5DRV XT2PT via N5DRV XT2RT via N5DRV YB0TK M. Maruto, P. O. Box 6763/JKSRB, Jakarta 12067, INDONESIA YC8RRK Firdaus Bachmid, P. O. Box 145, Tahuna 95800, INDONESIA YE1ZI via YB0TK YS8ZKK Wolf-D. Horn, Merler Ring 52, D-53340 Meckenheim, GERMANY ZB2BU via ZB2AZ ZF2CM via K0BJ ______

Credits ______

Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: DX News Letter, DX News Sheet, F-10255, JA9IFF, JI6KVR, JP1NWZ, K3ZO, KH6BZF Reports, NOAA, ______

Subscriptions ______

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DX News ______

Michael, DF8AN, came up today as XW8KPL/DF8AN from Laos on 21295 around 14:00Z. Around 14:45Z he went to 21005. He will be operating from this club station for two more days. Today he will be on 12 and 17 meters CW from 13:00 to 15:00Z. Next stop will be Vietnam. QSL via DF8AN.

Harry, UN7FZ, and others will operate the CQ WPX SSB Contest as a multi-multi from P3A in Cyprus. Before and after the contest they will use their home calls/5B4. QSL P3A via W3HNK. QSL all others via home calls.

The following officers of the Northern Ohio DX Association will continue during 1999.

President - Ted Mirgliotta, KB8NW Vice-President - Dwaine Modock, K8ME Secretary - Ron Borkey, K8VJG Treasureer - Mary Michaelis, N8DMM ______

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5T5U - MAURITANIA - The Japanese group went QRT early Thursday. QSL via JA1UT.

C31SD - ANDORRA - Carlos was working JA RTTY DXers on 21083 between 09:30 and 10:00Z.

ET3AA - ETHIOPIA - This club station was working RTTY on 21092 around 12:00Z.

EX8MDA - KYRGYZSTAN - Was working US stations from the West Coast and South West on 21235 at 02:30Z.

HK3JJH/0M - MALPELO ISLAND - Pedro is still active and plans to stay a few more days. Japanese stations reported working him on 14260 around 23:00Z.

SU9ZZ - EGYPT - Jaro is now active on 10, 15 and 20 meters CW. QSL via OM3TZZ.

T30R - WEST KIRIBATI - Went QRT mid-day Thursday.

T88AJ - PALAU - Will be on 160 meters on 20 March at 11:15Z looking for US stations. Check around 1828.

UK - UZBEKISTAN - West Coast stations should look for UK8OM and UK8GK who have been active on 15 meters CW and SSB between 02:00 and 04:00Z. ______

IOTA ______

The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AF-008 FT5WH 14180 0402 NA-110 W2AKW/4 24935 2228 AS-018 UA0FF 21277 1028 NA-180 V31GI 28585 1904 AS-018 UA0FZ 24901 0856 OC-059 V63AO 21261 1039 AS-028 UA0QBA 14039 0456 OC-075 YC5YCF 21265 1613 AS-042 UA3SDK/0 14260 1920 OC-127 H44MS 14164 0618 EU-003 CU3BL 21258 1252 OC-137 VK4CY 14041 0621 EU-010 MM0BJG 24982 1032 OC-143 YC5XIP 21262 1328 EU-016 9A4RV 14257 1800 OC-170 VK6EWI 28467 2302 EU-020 SM1BIQ 21260 1259 OC-210 YC8RBC 21260 0328 EU-116 GD4PTV 28498 2027 OC-210 YC8RRK 21222 1443 EU-129 DL3BUM/P 14260 1428 SA-002 CE0AA 28505 2133 NA-030 XF4MX 21025 2207 SA-007 HK3JJH/0M 28460 1902 NA-065 N6FD/7 14260 0448

Vello, ES1QD, plans to operate from Muhu Island (EU-034) from 9 to 11 April. Look for him on CW and SSB IOTA frequencies. QSL via ES1QD, Vello Priimann, Box 2259, 13502 Tallinn, ESTONIA or via the bureau.

Japanese operators JA3CMY/4, JA4DND/4, JE4CIL/4, JH0IEV/4 and JI3DST/4 will be on from Oki Islands (AS-041) from 20 to 22 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 ------19-Mar 19-Mar HK0/M HK3JJH/0 (SA-007) 3-32 19-Mar 19-Mar V3 V31GI (NA-180) 3-35 19-Mar 20-Mar 3B8 3B8/G3PJT 3-34 19-Mar 20-Mar XW XW8KPL/DF8AN 3-44 19-Mar 20-Mar CE0Y CE0AA (SA-002) 3-31 3-23 19-Mar 20-Mar XF4 XF4MX (NA-030) 3-30 19-Mar 21-Mar T8 T88RK T88HG T88HY T88AJ T88?? 3-37 19-Mar 22-Mar H4 H44MS (OC-127) 19-Mar 22-Mar KG4 KG4TO KG4BV 3-37 19-Mar 22-Mar PY0S ZV0SB ZV0SW ZV0SY 3-40 3-35 3-2 19-Mar 23-Mar 9M6 9M6TUZ 3-35 19-Mar 23-Mar BV BV3/DJ3KR 3-33 19-Mar 25-Mar C5 C56EL 3-35 19-Mar 25-Mar KG4 KG4GC KG4WB 3-39 19-Mar 26-Mar 3B8 3B8/F6CMH 3-32 19-Mar 2-Apr XF4 XF4BEF 3-45 19-Mar 3-Apr EA8 EA8/DL7AU (AF-004) 3-40 19-Mar 5-Apr HS HS0ZCW 3-6 19-Mar 5-Apr J3 J3/K4UPS J3/K4LTA 3-26 3-15 19-Mar 24-May VQ9 VQ9DX 3-11 19-Mar 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH 3-4 3-2 2-229 20-Mar 21-Mar JA JA3CMY JE4CIL JI3DST (AS-041) 3-11 20-Mar 21-Mar JA JI6KVR (AS-012) 3-45 20-Mar 27-Mar 3D2 3D2KE 3-30 20-Mar 1-Apr 3W by DF8AN 3-44 20-Mar A3 A35LU 3-43 21-Mar 26-Mar V3 V31GI (NA-123) 3-35 21-Mar 29-Mar PY0F PY0FF 3-37 ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for March 17, 1999 was 131.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for March 18, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------18-Mar-1999 21 148 8 2 Mod/Quiet-Unsettled;Mod/Quiet-Unsettled 18-Mar-1999 18 155 5 3 Mod/Quiet-Unsettled;Mod/Quiet-Unsettled 18-Mar-1999 15 155 5 2 Mod/Quiet-Unsettled;Mod/Quiet-Unsettled 18-Mar-1999 12 155 5 3 Mod/Quiet-Unsettled;Mod/Quiet-Unsettled 18-Mar-1999 09 155 5 2 Mod/Quiet-Unsettled;Mod/Quiet-Unsettled 18-Mar-1999 06 155 5 2 Mod/Quiet-Unsettled;Mod/Quiet-Unsettled 18-Mar-1999 03 155 5 1 Mod/Quiet-Unsettled;Mod/Quiet-Unsettled 18-Mar-1999 00 155 5 1 Mod/Quiet-Unsettled;Mod/Quiet-Unsettled

The forecast for Friday, 19 March: solar flux 145, A index 10, K index 3. Friday should be High Normal.

The forecast for Saturday, 20 March: solar flux 135, A index 8, K index 2. Saturday should be High Normal.

The forecast for Sunday, 21 March: solar flux 125, A index 7, K index 2. Sunday should be High Normal. ______

QSL Info ______

Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------4K8F UA9AB KG4TO N4TO TR/F5VCR F5VCR FO5QG XE1L KG4VL N5VL XU7AAC HL2AQN KG4BV N4OO P49M VE3MR * XW8KPL/DF8AN DF8AN KG4GC W4WX R1FJL UA3AGS ZF2ZZ SM7DZZ

* Yes that is the call XW8KPL/DF8AN via DF8AN.

F5SWB - Dimitri Frison, El Biar, F-67530 Ottrot, FRANCE JH1EVE - Hiroshi Higashiyama, 1-12-5, Higashijujo, Kitaku, Tokyo 114-0001 JAPAN PT2GTI - Roberto Stuckert, P.O. Box 09647, 70001-970, Bras¡lia/DF, BRAZIL

QSL cards recently received direct: 5R8PR, EX8ML, S21R, TI1C, VP2MDY ______

Credits ______

Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: JI6KVR, K2TQC, K8SM, KH6BZF Reports, KR1G, N2OO, NOAA, ON5NT, OPDX, PY7ZZ, The 59(9) DX Report, W1LRZ, W9HAO ______

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DX News ______

Conditions over the last 4 or 5 days have been very good. Many stations have been working some really good DX on 10, 12, 15 and 17 meters during darkness hours both very late in their evenings and very early in their mornings. Listen for the CW beacons to see if the band is open. Check 18110, 21150, 24930 and 28200. Conditions over this week should remain about the same provided no unexpected disturbances happen.

Good news from the Pacific Ocean. The Czech group that has been on as T30R on Tarawa, West Kiribati has just landed on Banaba and is now active as T33RD. Operators include Jarda, OK1RD, Jiri, OK1RI, Slavek, OK1TN. They will be on the island for one week. Logs will be posted on http://www.okdxc.cz/pacific99/logy.htm after they get home. They plan to be on 160 meters at 09:00Z tomorrow using a 26.5 meter vertical. The following suggested frequencies are from their home page. On 160 meters they were hanging on 1828 while at T30R.

CW: 1822, 3505, 7005, 10106, 14022, 18072, 21022, 24892, 28022, 50105 SSB: 3795, 3805, 7075, 14195, 18145, 21295, 24945, 28495, 50110

QSL cards go via OK1RD.

Rich, N6KT, is now in the Galapagos Islands as HC8A. He will be on this weekend in the CQ WPX SSB Contest.

Jack, KH7FN, expects to land on Fanning Island (OC-084) today and will be active on most bands. He may also go to Washington (OC-084) and Christmas (OC-024) islands which are all in the West Kiribati's.

During the CQ WPX SSB Contest this weekend look for a multi-single effort from ZX0F on Fernando de Noronha. Operators include N5FA, PY5CC, PY5EG and PY0FF.

Another multi-single to look for this weekend will be 8A0J from Indonesia. They will be on all bands. QSL via YB0AI.

CQ Contest Hall of Fame operators Glenn Rattmann, K6NA, and Jim Neiger, N6TJ, are now on Ascension Island as ZD8A and ZD8Z. They will probably operate the CQ WPX SSB Contest this weekend as single band entries on 10 and 15 meters. They will leave at the end of the month.

Helen, VE2TAK, advises the following frequencies will be used for the CY9CWI DXpedition to St. Paul Island (see Vol. 3 No. 40) which will take place from 21 to 28 July.

CW - 1830, 3505, 7005, 10105, 14010, 18080, 21010, 28010 and 50010. SSB - 3780, 3860, 7065, 7230, 14265, 18125, 21305, 24935, 28395 and 50130. ______

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5U7DG - Niger - Dan was active on 12, 15 and 17 meters SSB on Saturday and Sunday. QSL via K4SE.

9N1FP - NEPAL - Europeans were working Vlad on 12 meters SSB both weekend days between 08:00 and 09:00Z and from 12:00 to 14:00Z. QSL via RU6FP.

C91W - MOZAMBIQUE - Dave came up on 28477 around 16:00Z on Saturday. QSL via N1FHJ.

CE0ZAM - JUAN FERNANDEZ - John showed up on 12 meters SSB on Saturday from 00:00 to 02:00 and on Sunday from 13:00 to 15:00Z. QSL via CE3ESS.

HK3JJH/0M - MALPELO ISLAND - Pedro is still active from this semi-rare one.

T00RM - SEBORGA - It doesn't count as a new one but fun to work any how. He was on 18075 on Sunday around 13:00Z. QSL via DL2JRM.

V63YT - MICRONESIA - Has been on 10 through 40 meters CW and RTTY over the last three days. Length of stay is unknown. QSL via JE1SCJ.

VP9 - BERMUDA - The following were reported active in the Bermuda contest this past weekend: VP9FX, VP9HK, VP9IX, VP9KD, VP9KK, VP9LR, VP9NNG.

ZD8 - ASCENSION - Look for Glen, ZD8A, or Jim, ZD8Z, on 1827 around 05:30Z on 25, 26 and 30 March. ______

IOTA ______

The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AS-018 RA0FF 24932 0814 EU-125 OZ7YY/A 14261 0855 AS-024 JS6LIH 21210 1421 EU-136 9A6DCR 7071 1044 AS-041 JA4DND/4 10102 2208 NA-031 AA1AC 28462 1708 AS-041 JE4CIL/4 14260 2004 NA-065 N6FD/7 14260 0414 AS-041 JH0IEW/4 24972 1012 NA-123 V31GI 18132 2158 AS-041 JI3DST/4 21326 0219 OC-034 YC9WZJ 28450 1303 AS-077 JH7IPR/6 24900 1037 OC-128 DU1/DC4PT 21260 0454 AS-079 JA5CKD/6 14016 2200 OC-128 DU1IMA 21256 1524 AS-083 RA9LI/9 14260 1626 SA-007 HK3JJH/0M 28460 1920 EU-016 9A4RV 14258 1658 SA-014 ZV0SB 21285 1136

Gary, KI6T, and Glenn, WR6O, are planning to operate from Catalina Island (NA-066) from 22 to 26. They will be in the RSGB IOTA Contest.

Harvey, ON5SY, and a group of other Belgians will participate in this years IOTA Contest from OUESSANT (EU-065). They hope to get a special TM call.

Otley Amateur Radio Club members G3UNA, G0SNV, G0NIG, G0WNT, M0AMA, G8HDN and G7RDJ will again be on Bute Island (EU-123) as MM8Y for this years IOTA Contest. QSL via M0ARK.

Rudi, ZS6VER, is planning to operate from CAPE PROVINCE SOUTH COAST group (AF-077) some time in April.

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-Mar 22-Mar H4 H44MS (OC-127) 22-Mar 22-Mar HK0/M HK3JJH/0 (SA-007) 3-32 22-Mar 22-Mar KG4 KG4TO KG4BV 3-37 22-Mar 22-Mar PY0S ZV0SB ZV0SW ZV0SY 3-40 3-35 3-26 22-Mar 23-Mar 9M6 9M6TUZ 3-35 22-Mar 23-Mar BV BV3/DJ3KR 3-33 22-Mar 25-Mar C5 C56EL 3-35 22-Mar 25-Mar KG4 KG4GC KG4WB 3-39 22-Mar 26-Mar 3B8 3B8/F6CMH 3-32 22-Mar 26-Mar V3 V31GI (NA-123) 3-35 22-Mar 27-Mar 3D2 3D2KE 3-30 22-Mar 28-Mar T33 T33RD 3-47 22-Mar 29-Mar PY0F PY0FM 3-37 22-Mar 1-Apr 3W by DF8AN 3-44 22-Mar 2-Apr XF4 XF4BEF 3-45 22-Mar 3-Apr EA8 EA8/DL7AU (AF-004) 3-40 22-Mar 5-Apr HS HS0ZCW 3-6 22-Mar 5-Apr J3 J3/K4UPS J3/K4LTA 3-26 3-15 22-Mar 11-Apr ZK2 ZK2GEO 3-38 22-Mar 15-Apr 3B8 3B8/DL6UAA 2-238 22-Mar 24-May VQ9 VQ9DX 3-11 22-Mar 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH 3-4 3-2 2-229 22-Mar A3 A35LU 3-43 24-Mar 28-Mar GU GU4YWY/M 3-30 24-Mar 5-Apr VP5 VP5/IK2SGC VP5/IK2SFZ 3-42 25-Mar 29-Mar 3W 3W6US 3-42 3-41 25-Mar 30-Mar KL7 AL7RB (NA-064) 3-37 26-Mar 26-Mar ZC4 ZC4RAF 3-38 26-Mar 28-Mar JA JA4PXE/6 (AS-056) 3-39 26-Mar 29-Mar BV BP9A or BV9AYA (AS-103) 3-43 26-Mar 29-Mar C9 C91RF/P (AF-072) 3-43 26-Mar 17-Apr BV BV3/DJ3KR 3-33 27-Mar 28-Mar CQ WPX SSB Contest 27-Mar 28-Mar E4 E41/OK1DTP 3-39 27-Mar 28-Mar UR EN5J 3-31 27-Mar 28-Mar OH0 OH0Z 3-16 27-Mar 28-Mar 5B P3A 3-46 27-Mar 28-Mar FK TX8DX 3-41 27-Mar 28-Mar VP5 VP5N or VP5R 3-42 27-Mar 28-Mar KP2 WP2Z 3-3 27-Mar 28-Mar 3W XV300S 3-42 3-41 27-Mar 29-Mar 3A 3A/I1YRL 3A/IK1SLP 3-45 ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for March 20, 1999 was 119.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for March 21, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------21-Mar-1999 21 124 6 1 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 21-Mar-1999 18 133 6 2 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 21-Mar-1999 15 133 6 2 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 21-Mar-1999 12 133 6 3 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 21-Mar-1999 09 133 6 1 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 21-Mar-1999 06 133 6 1 Vy Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 21-Mar-1999 03 133 6 0 Vy Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 21-Mar-1999 00 133 6 0 Vy Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Unsettled

The forecast for Monday, 22 March: solar flux 125, A index 5, K index 1. Monday should be Above Normal.

The forecast for Tuesday, 23 March: solar flux 125, A index 7, K index 2. Tuesday should be Above Normal. ______

QSL Info ______

Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------5B4/UA9MA UA9MA ED2KRK EA2CBY T88AJ 7N3AWE 5K3W HK3SGP ED3REC EA3ESZ T88HG JA1HGY 5U7DG K4SE ED7MCG EA7URM T88HY JA1HYF 5X1P G3MRC EK8YC IK2DUW T88PL JK1OPL 6W4RK F5NPS EY6TM F6FNU TR8CA F6CBC 9G1MR IK3HHX FK8VHT F6AJA UN5J W3HNK 9N1FP RU6FP HS0ZCW K4VUD V63YT JE1SCJ A61AO N1DG J38A K4LTA VP9HK K1EFI BA1HAM NE9Z KC4CD/HR2 HR1JPT VP9LR K1EFI BA7QT W3HNK LT0H LU3HY XE1/NP2AQ W3HNK BD4ED BY4BHP LX8DL LX1DA ZD8PC K2CL BD7NQ W2AY PY0FM JA1VOK ZD8Z VE3HO CE0ZAM CE3ESS SM7CRW W3HNK ZF2LC W2SM CT1DSC CT1CJJ T00RM DL2JRM

Gil, F5NOD, reports the first 1,500 QSL cards for the FT5ZH DXpedition that took place in November/December, 1998 have been received and that cards will start to go out. To see a picture of the QSL click here http://www.dailydx.com/graphics/ft5zh.htm

Joe, W3HNK, says he is now handling the QSL chores for BA7QT.

QSL cards recently received direct: BQ9P, PT0F, SV2ASP/A, XZ1N ______

Credits ______

Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: DX News Sheet, F5NOD, K2YOF, KB6NAN, KH6BZF Reports, KI6T, KR1G, NOAA, OK2AP, PY0FF, VE2YAK, W2GE, YC0LOW ______

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DX News ______

Fred Laun, K3ZO, will once again head to Thailand to operate as HS0ZAR from 3 to 30 April. He plans to operate on 10, 15, 20 and 40 meters only as special permission is needed on 12, 17, 30, 80 and 160 meters. Look for an emphasis on 10 meters from 13:00 to 15:00Z especially for those in the mid-west and East Coast of the US who need zone 26. During grey line opening he will can be found on 40 meters. Most of Fred's operation will be on CW but he will do some SSB. Look for him to QSX on his own frequency or very close to it especially on 40 meters because of the pervasive commercial SSB QRM from Indonesia. Don't try to be helpful by sending up on his frequency as you will only cause confusion and QRM. Send your call once and listen carefully. QSL direct or via the bureau to K3ZO.

Don, W4HQF, is planning to be active from Sabah, East Malaysia from 2 to 9 April. He will be on SSB on as many bands as conditions permit. No call sign was give but QSL via W4HQF.

George, 5B4AGC, will not be operating from the United Kingdom Sovereign Base Areas on Cyprus (ZC4) as originally scheduled to do so on 26 March due to the death of his mother. He had to return to the UK.

Ron, 7Q7RM, is now back in Malawi and will soon be joined by John, 7Q7JL, Les, 7Q7LA, and Harry, 7Q7HB. QSL direct only for all four to G0AIS.

Steve, K4IM, has recently arrived at the American Embassy in Managua, Nicaragua and will be there for a two-year tour of duty. He expects to have his YN1 call shortly.

The DXpedition to Revilla Gigedo Island by XE1BEF/XF4BEF has be canceled and no reason was given.

Gus, SM3SGP, is now on Cebu Island (OC-129) in the Philippines and is active as 4F7/SM3SGP until 6 May. Look for him to be active in the CQ WPX SSB Contest this weekend on 10 meters single band running low power. QSL via SM3EVR, Tord E Julander, Box 547, S-860 20 Njurunda, SWEDEN.

During the annual general meeting of the Bangladesh Amateur Radio League (BARL) on 21 March, 1999 the following committee members were elected to serve for the next two years.

President - Iqbal, S21C Secretary - Rana, S21R Treasurer - Samudra, S21X ______

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9N7SZ - NEPAL - Was active on 14017 from 17:00 to 18:00Z. Length of stay is unknown. QSL via JA9LSZ.

A61AO - UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - Jamal has been showing up on 20 meters SSB around 03:00Z. He also was on 28445 at 16:00Z. QSL via N1DG.

HK3JJH/0M - MALPELO - Rumor has it that Pedro only has about 5 gallons a gas left for the generator and still does not know when the ship will pick him up and take him back to the mainland. Pedro has stated there will be no problems with the documentation for DXCC.

SU1SK - EGYPT - Said was found on CW on 14042 from 00:00 to 01:30Z. QSL direct.

Z4UCK - KOSOVO - Ali has been active from this conflict area.

ZV0 - ST. PETER & ST. PAUL ROCKS - Went QRT around 15:00Z yesterday. QSL via PT2GTI. ______

IOTA ______

The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AS-008 JL1KFR/1 21088 1023 NA-016 ZF2JC/ZF8 14260 1257 AS-018 UA0FZ 10104 2157 NA-065 N6FD/7 14040 0516 AS-028 UA0QBA 14255 1709 NA-123 V31GI 18128 2328 AS-041 JA3CMY/4 14260 0751 OC-128 DU1IMA 21260 2347 AS-041 JA4DND/4 10105 1849 OC-129 DU7MHA 21295 1515 AS-041 JE4CIL/4 24897 0806 OC-139 VK5IO/M 18117 0807 AS-041 JH0IEW/4 14255 1907 OC-146 YB8NA 21215 1641 AS-041 JI3DST/4 21280 1256 OC-210 YC8RBC 21323 1719 AS-042 UA3SDK/0 21260 1703 OC-210 YC8RRK 21220 1433 AS-053 HS0/IK4MRH 14195 1914 SA-003 PY0FM 24960 1657 AS-083 RA9LI/9 14260 1842 SA-064 CE7AOY 28484 1517 NA-015 KG4VL 14260 2102

Look for KL1SLE to be active from St. Lawrence Island (NA-040) on 5 and 6 April. For more information check out their home page at http://www.customcpu.com/personal/kl7fh

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 22-Mar HK0/M HK3JJH/0 (SA-007) 3-32 23-Mar 23-Mar 9M6 9M6TUZ 3-35 23-Mar 23-Mar BV BV3/DJ3KR 3-33 23-Mar 25-Mar C5 C56EL 3-35 23-Mar 25-Mar KG4 KG4GC KG4WB 3-39 23-Mar 26-Mar 3B8 3B8/F6CMH 3-32 23-Mar 26-Mar V3 V31GI (NA-123) 3-35 23-Mar 27-Mar 3D2 3D2KE 3-30 23-Mar 28-Mar HC8 HC8A 3-47 23-Mar 28-Mar T33 T33RD 3-47 23-Mar 29-Mar PY0F PY0FF 3-37 23-Mar 31-Mar ZD8 ZD8A ZD8Z 3-47 23-Mar 1-Apr 3W by DF8AN 3-44 23-Mar 2-Apr XF4 XF4BEF 3-45 23-Mar 3-Apr EA8 EA8/DL7AU (AF-004) 3-40 23-Mar 5-Apr HS HS0ZCW 3-6 23-Mar 5-Apr J3 J3/K4UPS J3/K4LTA 3-26 3-15 23-Mar 11-Apr ZK2 ZK2GEO 3-38 23-Mar 15-Apr 3B8 3B8/DL6UAA 2-238 23-Mar 24-May VQ9 VQ9DX 3-11 23-Mar 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH 3-4 3-2 2-229 23-Mar A3 A35LU 3-43 ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for March 21, 1999 was 97.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for March 22, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------22-Mar-1999 21 116 2 2 Low/Quiet;Very Low-Low/Quiet-Unsettled 22-Mar-1999 18 124 4 2 Low/Quiet;Very Low-Low/Quiet-Unsettled 22-Mar-1999 15 124 4 2 Low/Quiet;Very Low-Low/Quiet-Unsettled 22-Mar-1999 12 124 4 0 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 22-Mar-1999 09 124 4 0 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 22-Mar-1999 06 124 4 0 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 22-Mar-1999 03 124 4 0 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 22-Mar-1999 00 124 4 0 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Unsettled

The forecast for Tuesday, 23 March: solar flux 115, A index 7, K index 2. Tuesday should be Above Normal.

The forecast for Wednesday, 24 March: solar flux 115, A index 9, K index 2. Wednesday should be High Normal. ______

QSL Info ______

Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------3D2QB SM3CER A35LU K1LU T00CW DL3OCH 4F7/SM3SGP SM3EVR HC8A WV7Y ZD8A K6NA 5B4/UA9YAB UA9YAB KP3BH NP3GW ZF2JC/ZF8 NC8V 9N7SZ JA9LSZ PY0FM JA1VOK ZK2GEO DL1EMH

QSL request for CE0AA should go only via CE3WDH and not N6AHV who became a silent key over a year ago.

Jose, CT1EEB, reports he is not the QSL manager for YT1BB.

QSL cards recently received direct: 3B8/DL9GFB, 9Q5TR, BQ9P, C6AKW, D44BS, E31AA, JT1BH, S07WW, V47KP, V8A, VK9XX, VK9YY, VQ9QM, XW30, XZ1N ______

On the WWW ______

Doug Brandon, N6RT, announces the following new and powerful log search engine at http://dx.qsl.net/logs

"Setting up a log search is now easy! Simply send in your log and we will do the rest! In addition to providing a fast search engine, the search results page displays log statistics and can also display QSL information, an e-mail address, a Web page address, and a picture of the QSL card. A small HTML form can be placed on any web page to invoke a search of your log, or it can be accessed from the main Log Search page on DX.QSL.NET. If you do not have a web page, www.qsl.net offers a free web page and email address to all hams. Please visit www.qsl.net for details. A frequently updated list of links to other logs on the Internet is also provided."

Maurizio, IK2GZU, recently operated from Tanzania as 5H3/IK2GZU and now has his logs on line at http://no4j.com/nfdxa/logs/logs.asp

Here is a Web page that list old and new PA call signs http://ser1.molyvos.net/~cfn3001/pa0khs.html

Looking for an address from Taiwan then check out this Web page at http://bv4oq.101.com.tw/bv.htm ______

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Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 4F7/SM3SGP, 5B4AFB, CT1EEB, G0IAS, IK2GZU, K3CT, K3SW, K3TZV, K3ZO, KE2TT, KH6BZF Reports, N2JTX, N5CQ, N6RT, NOAA, S21A, W2GG, W2UP, W2YR, W3JJ, W3LEO, W4HQF, WA5PAE, WL7KY, WO2N ______

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DX News ______

Steve, G4JVG, should be on the air starting today from Malta as 9H3XY. He plans to operate the CQ WPX SSB Contest this weekend on 10 meters single band. Look for him to be active through 29 March. QSL via G4ZVJ.

The OPDX Bulletin reports a group of Norwegians will join up with Lars, OH0RJ, on Market Reef during the last weekend in June. Transportation and lodging on the reef have been arranged for a CW operation on 6 through 160 meters. They will put an emphasis on 12 meters. Two stations will be on the air, one will be up 24 hours a day while the other will be up as much as possible. Operators include LA1SJA, LA3KIA, LA0CX and OH0RJ. They will use OJ0/home calls during the 96 hour operation. QSL via home calls.

During the CQ WPX SSB Contest this weekend look for activity from the following Argentineans:

Contest call Home call QSL via ------LO7H LU7HN LU7HN LR0H LU9HS LU9HS LU0H LU3HU LU4HH LV2V LU3VAL LU3VAL

Two Thailand stations are expected to be active this weekend in the CQ WPX SSB Contest. HS7UCQ/P will be manned by E21IZC, HS7UCQ and HS7VMI. QSL via E21IZC. Also RAST club station HS0AC will be active on 10, 15, 20, 40, 80 and yes 160 meters. Operators include HS1CKC, HS1BZY, HS0GBI, HS6NDK, E21ENF and E21EIC. QSL via HS0/G3NOM.

Chet, W6XK, will be active from the US Virgin Islands from during the CQ WPX SSB Contest as WP2Z. Before and after the contest he may be on the air as KP2/W6XK. QSL WP2Z via KU9C. QSL KP2/W6XK via W6XK.

Mark, ON4WW, has returned to Monrovia, Liberia as EL2WW and will be active on 160 meters Monday through Friday on 1825.5.

The Isle of Man (EU-116) will be activated by Vasek, GD4VGN, and Harry, GD0VKS from 28 March to 9 April. They will be on all bands CW but will operate in the CQ WPX SSB Contest. QSL GD4VGN via DL4FF and GD0VKS via DL3FCP, either direct or via DARC QSL bureau. ______

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3W6AN - VIETNAM - Michael, DF8AN, was found on 14005 at 14:00Z. QSL via DF8AN.

4U1ITU - I.T.U. GENEVA - Showed up on 21295 just before 19:00Z.

5B4 - CYPRUS - The Russians have once again invaded this Mediterranean island. Look for 5B4/RZ3TX, 5B4/RZ9UA, 5B4/UA9MA and 5B4/UA9YAB to be active before the CQ WPX SSB Contest.

9N7SZ - NEPAL - He started on 28021 just prior to 12:00Z until just before 13:00Z when he moved to 28492. QSL via JA9LSZ.

A35LU - TONGA - They now have two complete stations up and will be active for about one week. QSL via K1LU.

C91RF - MOZAMBIQUE - Reinhard was found on 24900 around 17:30Z. QSL via DL6DQW.

DU1IMA - PHILIPPINES - Look for Dandy on 21260 at 23:00Z. He is located in IOTA OC-128.

T33RD - BANABA - The Czech boys were reported active on Tuesday as follows:

GMT Frequencies GMT Frequencies ------00 24938 14 18070 18142 01 21025 24938 15 18070 02 21013 24938 16 14195 18070 07 14025 24900 17 14195 08 7003 18080 18 14195 09 1827 18080 19 14195 10 1827 3505 20 21294 11 3505 21 21294 12 18070 24949 22 21294 13 18142 24949 23 21294 24944

They plan to be around 1827 today around 09:00Z. Yesterday the pileup was not behaving very well and really ticked the operator off. Later one of the ops said if that happens again they won't be going back to 160 meters!

VQ9VK - DIEGO GARCIA - Was working all across the US and Europe between 14:00 and 16:00Z.

YB0ARA/9 - INDONESIA - Look for Phil on 12 meters CW around 22:00Z. QSL via N2AU.

ZK2GEO - NIUE ISLAND - Europeans were working this one on 21288 around 10:00Z until about 12:00Z. QSL via DL1EMH. ______

IOTA ______

The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AS-018 UA0FZ 10104 2043 NA-015 KG4WB 14260 2057 AS-026 HL4HLD 21015 2356 NA-065 N6FD/7 14260 0402 AS-028 UA0QMU 14260 1131 NA-085 N4PN 21256 2157 AS-042 UA3SDK/0 14259 1539 NA-123 V31GI 18145 2153 AS-078 JA8LN 24897 0845 NA-146 FJ/K1YJK 28495 1756 AS-083 RA9LI/9 14260 1557 OC-019 AH6HY 21260 1957 EU-003 CU3BL 21277 1938 OC-128 DU1IMA 21260 2230 EU-004 EA6AEI 14260 0658 OC-129 DU7MHA 21294 1450 EU-020 SM1BIQ 21040 1219 OC-143 YC5XIP 21255 1741 EU-049 SV8CYV 21240 1230 SA-007 HK3JJH/0 14197 2307

Bernard, H44MS, left Rennel Island (OC-127) and is expected next in Honiara (OC-047). QSL via DL2GAC, preferably via the bureau.

Look for Mr. Saitoh, JM1PXG/6, to be active from the Koshiki Islands (AS-037) from 8 to 10 May. He plans to be on 10 through 40 meters CW and SSB. QSL via JM1PXG.

The first Portuguese DX Bulletin says that Pekka, OH6RX, is planning to operate the RSGB IOTA Contest from Raippaluoto Island (EU-101).

The Grantham Amateur Radio club will operate F/G0GRC from the Sept Isles (EU-107) from 26 to 30 June. This island is a bird sanctuary and hours will be limited to daylight only with battery power. QSL via G0RCI, Alan Gibson, 1 Oakleigh Road, Grantham, NG31 7NN, ENGLAND.

To celebrate the birth of Hans Christian Andersen special event station OZ5HCA plans to operate from Fyn Island (EU-029) on 2 April. QSL via OH3FYN.

On Thursday, 25 March, of this week Barry, ZS1FJ, will be visiting Seal Island (AF-077) with the SBM Buoy maintenance team. He will only be here for the day starting around 10:00Z. Permission to operate from this island is not easy during the day and impossible for overnight stays do to nature conservation restrictions. Look for Barry mostly on 12 and 17 meters SSB.

The Radio Club HERTZ plan to operate YU7ADY/P and possible 4N9W from St. Nicolas (EU-163) from 15 to 25 April. Check for them on 10, 15, 20, 40 and 80 meters. QSL via Radio Club Hertz, P.O. Box 47, 24430 Ada, YUGOSLAVIA.

Maurice, ON4BAM, has scheduled a trip to Ameland Island (EU-038) with his family from 12 to 15 May. He plans to operate when time is available most likely on 12, 17 and 20 meters (14250-14270). QSL via ON4BAM.

Look for Jan, 4X1VF, to be active from Akhziv Island (AS-100) from 06:00 to 14:00Z on 10 April. He should be near 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 ------24-Mar 15-Apr 3B8 3B8/DL6UAA 2-238 24-Mar 26-Mar 3B8 3B8/F6CMH 3-32 24-Mar 27-Mar 3D2 3D2KE 3-30 24-Mar 1-Apr 3W 3W6AN 3-44 24-Mar 30-Mar A3 A35LU 3-43 24-Mar 25-Mar C5 C56EL 3-35 24-Mar 6-May DU 4F7/SM3SGP (OC-129) 3-48 24-Mar 3-Apr EA8 EA8/DL7AU (AF-004) 3-40 24-Mar 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH 3-4 3-2 2-229 24-Mar 28-Mar GU GU4YWY/M 3-30 24-Mar 28-Mar HC8 HC8A 3-47 24-Mar 5-Apr HS HS0ZCW 3-6 24-Mar 5-Apr J3 J3/K4UPS J3/K4LTA 3-26 3-15 24-Mar 25-Mar KG4 KG4GC KG4WB 3-39 24-Mar 29-Mar PY0F PY0FF 3-37 24-Mar 28-Mar T33 T33RD 3-47 24-Mar 26-Mar V3 V31GI (NA-123) 3-35 24-Mar 5-Apr VP5 VP5/IK2SGC VP5/IK2SFZ 3-42 24-Mar 24-May VQ9 VQ9DX 3-11 24-Mar 31-Mar ZD8 ZD8A ZD8Z 3-47 24-Mar 11-Apr ZK2 ZK2GEO 3-38 ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for March 22, 1999 was 101.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for March 23, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------23-Mar-1999 21 113 5 1 Very Low/Quiet;Very Low/Quiet-Unsettled 23-Mar-1999 18 116 3 2 Very Low/Quiet;Very Low/Quiet-Unsettled 23-Mar-1999 15 116 3 2 Very Low/Quiet;Very Low/Quiet-Unsettled 23-Mar-1999 12 116 3 1 Very Low/Quiet;Very Low-Low/Quiet-Unsettled 23-Mar-1999 09 116 3 1 Very Low/Quiet;Very Low-Low/Quiet-Unsettled 23-Mar-1999 06 116 3 1 Very Low/Quiet;Very Low/Quiet-Unsettled 22-Mar-1999 03 116 3 2 Very Low/Quiet;Very Low/Quiet-Unsettled 23-Mar-1999 00 116 3 2 Low/Quiet;Very Low-Low/Quiet-Unsettled

The forecast for Wednesday, 24 March: solar flux 110, A index 12, K index 3. Wednesday should be High Normal.

The forecast for Thursday, 25 March: solar flux 110, A index 10, K index 2. Thursday should be High Normal.

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QSL Info ______

Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------3B8/DL6UAA DL6UAA CN8WW DL6FBL UA0AZ W3HNK 3W6AN DF8AN FJ/K1YJK K1YJK XX9AS KU9C 5B4/RZ9UA RZ9UA PZ5RA PB7RK

CE3ESS - Miguel Gelerstein Rosler, Mirasol 2410, Las Condes, CHILE LU7HN - Rene Ernesto Giorda, P.O. Box 73, 2400 San Francisco, Cordoba, ARGENTINA

QSL cards recently received direct: E31AA, FO0SIL, J28DB, TU5IJ, UA0ZC, VQ9QM, VP2EY ______

On the WWW ______

Felipe, CE3SAD, reported that a CE Chile call book program is available at http://werken.ufro.cl/~ce2hi/ The program is in Spanish and is about 1.3 megabytes.

Bob, K4MZU, John, WD8MGQ, and the Diamond DX Club have put together a nice Web site called The Antarctic Page which includes information about the Worked Antarctic Bases Award (WABA) and Worked Antarctic Stations Award (WASA) awards, pictures of operator and bases in the region plus much more. Check out http://www.avana.net/~polar/

Bob Furzer K4CY/9K2ZZ has written and is now distributing a Windows 95/98 logging program that is available by E-mail request to [email protected] ______

Credits ______

Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 425 DX News, CE3SAD, EL2WW, JI6KVR, K1XN, K2TQC, KH6BZF Reports, KR1G, N5CQ, N7OJ, NOAA, ON4BAM, OPDX, W3LEO, WD8MGQ, YU7ADY, ZS1FJ ______

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DX News ______

John, K1XN, from the Go List, reports that Peter, G3WQU, has been operating as 4X/G3WQU from Bethlehem since 1975. The Deputy Minister of Posts and Telecommunications in Gaza, Palestine has now issue Peter his new license E4/G3WQU. Yes it's E4 and not E44 or E41 which have previously been issued. Look for him to be active, during weekends beginning this weekend, on CW only on 10 through 80 meters. He will not be on 160 meters. Peter will be working in Bethlehem for at least the next two years. QSL cards may be sent via the RSGB QSL bureau or direct to Peter McKay, UNIFIL, P.O. Box 75, Nahariyya 22100, ISRAEL.

Per, JX7DFA, will go QRT effective 16 April and will go back to his home land in Norway. This may be the last operation from Jan Mayen for the next few months. QSL via LA7DFA.

A multi-single effort in the CQ WPX SSB Contes from San Marino is being planned by a group of Italians. They will be on all bands. Operators include Mauro, I1JQJ, Max, I8NHJ, Umberto, IV3ARJ, Simonetta, IV3FSG, Simone, IV3NVN, Flavio, IV3TMV, and Paolo, IV3UHL. QSL via IS0QDV.

Members of the Bacarian Contest Club (BCC) will operate the CQ WPX SSB Contest this weekend from CN8WW in Morocco. Look for the to be active before and after the contest on all bands until 3 April. QSL cards will be sent out automatically via the bureau. If you want a direct card send it via DL6FBL.

Starting in April Hide, JR5XPG, will be operating from Thailand. He plans to activate nearby IOTA islands. Look for him to be active through March 2002.

During the CQ WPX SSB Contest this weekend Greek Amateur Radio Operators Chris, SV2CWY, and Savas, SV2AEL, will be active as J4Z and SW2A. QSL J4Z via P.O. Box 40130, Thessaloniki 56000, GREECE. QSL SW2A via P.O. Box 22013, Thessaloniki 55310, GREECE. ______

QSN ______

EK4JJ - ARMENIA - Serge shows up on 28480 often between 13:00 and 14:00Z.

EK8YC - ARMENIA - Aram can be found on 20 meters CW around 05:00Z. QSL via IK2DUW.

ET3AA - ETHIOPIA - If you need this one check between 28495 and 28510 from 13:00 to 15:00Z.

EX8F - KYRGYZSTAN - Vlad likes 30 meters CW start around 20:00 and ending by 23:00Z.

EZ8AZ - TURKMENISTAN - Alex continues to show up daily on 15 meters CW between 12:00 and 15:00Z.

FT5YG - ANTARCTICA - Has been showing up near 14125 around 09:00Z. He is located on IOTA AN-017.

HK3JJH/0M - MALPELO ISLAND - Pedro says he will remain on the island through this week. He says there will be no 80 and 160 meters during this operation.

S07UN - WESTERN SAHARA - It appears that Ross, CN2UN, has now gotten his S0 call sign. He has been working at a United Nations Mission in this West African DXCC Entity. Ross was operating as CN2UN from Western Sahara, however those QSOs will never count for DXCC. He showed up on a net on 14247 around 21:30Z.

SV5TS - DODECANESE - Vasilis was working stations all across the US on 14244 at 06:00Z. QSL direct only.

VU3TOM - INDIA - Tom, KR4ZY, has just recently received his license after many months of waiting. Wednesday he worked his first North American station. QSL via KR4ZY.

XX9AS - MACAO - Albert can sometimes be found near 14195 between 11:30 and 13:00Z.

ZA5AM - ALBANIA - Europeans found him on 7001 just before 05:00Z. ______

IOTA ______

The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AF-004 EA8AHT 28474 1909 EU-023 9H4CM 24960 1708 AN-017 FT5YG 14128 0732 EU-133 R1ASP 14260 1458 AS-018 UA0FF 21273 0821 NA-015 CO8LY 14260 2313 AS-018 UA0FZ 10104 2105 NA-016 ZF2JC/P/ZF8 14265 2140 AS-024 JR6USF 21260 2327 NA-065 N6FD/7 14260 0510 AS-026 HL0HAK 21260 0401 NA-123 V31GI 21295 2231 AS-026 HL4HLD 21015 0019 NA-141 K2OLG/M 14260 1808 AS-028 UA0QBA 18077 1154 OC-034 YC9WZJ 21255 1446 AS-028 UA0QMU 18069 0805 OC-064 A35LU 14155 0340 AS-042 UA3SDK/0 14260 2351 OC-075 YC5XIP 21262 1348 AS-077 JH1KVR 21295 0740 OC-128 DU1/DC4PT/P 21230 1334 AS-079 JA5CKD/6 7009 2158 OC-128 DU1IMA 21285 2323 AS-083 RA9LI/9 14260 1645 OC-146 YC8TF 21278 1437 EU-001 SV5TS 14244 0601 OC-210 YC8RRK 21245 1458 EU-003 CU3BL 14255 1948 SA-007 HK3JJH/0M 14195 2145

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 15-Apr 3B8 3B8/DL6UAA 2-238 25-Mar 26-Mar 3B8 3B8/F6CMH 3-32 25-Mar 27-Mar 3D2 3D2KE 3-30 25-Mar 29-Mar 3W 3W6US 3-42 3-41 25-Mar 1-Apr 3W 3W6AN 3-44 25-Mar 29-Mar 9H 9H3XY 4-49 25-Mar 30-Mar A3 A35LU 3-43 25-Mar 25-Mar C5 C56EL 3-35 25-Mar 6-May DU 4F7/SM3SGP (OC-129) 3-48 25-Mar 3-Apr EA8 EA8/DL7AU (AF-004) 3-40 25-Mar 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH 3-4 3-2 2-229 25-Mar 28-Mar GU GU4YWY/M 3-30 25-Mar 28-Mar HC8 HC8A 3-47 25-Mar 27-Mar HK0/M HK3JJH/0M (SA-007) 3-50 3-32 25-Mar 5-Apr HS HS0ZCW 3-6 25-Mar 5-Apr J3 J3/K4UPS J3/K4LTA 3-26 3-15 25-Mar 25-Mar KG4 KG4GC KG4WB 3-39 25-Mar 30-Mar KL7 AL7RB (NA-064) 3-37 25-Mar 29-Mar PY0F PY0FF 3-37 25-Mar 28-Mar T33 T33RD 3-47 25-Mar 26-Mar V3 V31GI (NA-123) 3-35 25-Mar 5-Apr VP5 VP5/IK2SGC VP5/IK2SFZ 3-42 25-Mar 24-May VQ9 VQ9DX 3-11 25-Mar 31-Mar ZD8 ZD8A ZD8Z 3-47 25-Mar 11-Apr ZK2 ZK2GEO 3-38 25-Mar 25-Mar ZS ZS1FJ (AF-077) 4-49 ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for March 23, 1999 was 33.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for March 24, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------24-Mar-1999 21 108 11 2 Very Low/Quiet-Unset;Very Low,Quiet-Unset 24-Mar-1999 18 113 6 1 Very Low/Quiet-Unset;Very Low,Quiet-Unset 24-Mar-1999 15 113 6 1 Very Low/Quiet-Unset;Very Low,Quiet-Unset 24-Mar-1999 12 113 6 2 Very Low/Quiet-Unset;Very Low,Quiet-Unset 24-Mar-1999 09 113 6 1 Very Low/Quiet-Unset;Very Low,Quiet-Unset 24-Mar-1999 06 113 6 1 Very Low/Quiet-Unset;Very Low,Quiet-Unset 24-Mar-1999 03 113 6 1 Very Low/Quiet-Unset;Very Low,Quiet-Unset 24-Mar-1999 00 113 6 3 Very Low/Quiet-Unset;Very Low,Quiet-Unset

The forecast for Thursday, 25 March: solar flux 110, A index 10, K index 3. Thursday should be High Normal.

The forecast for Friday, 26 March: solar flux 115, A index 15, K index 3. Friday should be High Normal. ______

QSL Info ______

Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------8P9IV VE2WYK A61AQ N1DG VU3TOM KR4ZY 9H3XY G4ZVJ A61AS YO3FRI XX9AS KU9C 9V1BG JL1MWI CN8WW DL6FBL Z32AF NN6C 9Y4SF WA4JTK EY8MM K1BV ZB2CN DJ9WH A61AJ W3UR JW0L G8APB ZD8PC K2CL A61AO N1DG

ZA5AM - Box 1701, Tirana, ALBANIA

QSL cards recently received direct: E31AA ______

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Here is a call book for on the Internet for stations from Belarus (White Russia) http://www.qsl.net/ew2eo/cal_eng.txt ______

Credits ______

Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: DX News Letter, Go List, HK3JJH, K1XN, K4BTY, KH6BZF Reports, NOAA, OPDX, The 59(9) DX Report, W5MGG, WD0FLJ ______

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DX News ______

The ARRL DX Bulletin reports that Ric, CE3HDI, will be active from Antarctica as CE9R until 20 April. Look for him to be on 10 through 80 meters CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL via CE3HDI.

Doug, ZP6CW, reports that Ross, CN2UN, is now active from Western Sahara with his new call sign S07UN. He may also activate some other nearby countries. In yesterday's issue we reported that CN2UN operations from Western Sahara would not count for anything for DXCC. This is incorrect it will count for Morocco. More details about this soon. In the mean time the QSL cards for S07UN are being printed and may be confirmed by Dani, ZP6CU, who is the XYL of Doug, ZP6CW. Dani can also confirm QSOs with CN2UN and ZP6CW.

Bill, K5YG, is vacationing in the Grand Cayman Islands and will be active as ZF2YG until 5 April. QSL via K5YG.

Both A35LU and ZK2GEO have said they will be on 160 meters. ______

QSN ______

3W6AN - VIETNAM - Michael was working Japan, Europe and North America on 14024 between 14:45 and 17:00Z. QSL via DF8AN.

4K5CW - AZERBAIJAN - Stations all across the US reported working Serge from 00:00 to 03:00Z on 14205. QSL 4J9RI.

5V7FA - TOGO - West Coast US DXers worked Mark on 28511 starting just before 15:00Z. QSL via F6FNU.

7O1CW - YEMEN ? - Someone was using this call on 10103 around 18:30Z. WFWL.

C91RF - MOZAMBIQUE - Look for Reinhard on 12 meters CW starting around 11:00Z and then on 17 meters CW after 16:00Z. QSL via DL6DQW.

E4/G3WQU - PALESTINE - Peter is now QRV and was found on 30 meters CW at 22:45Z on Thursday and later on 40 meters CW at 23:30Z.

FH5CB - MAYOTTE - Elio was up on 28551 around 17:00Z. West Coast US stations were working him. QSL direct.

HK3JJH/0M - MALPELO ISLAND - Pedro continues to be active on 10 through 20 meters SSB. QSL via HK3JJH.

J28DB - DJIBOUTI - Showed up on 14255 around 19:00Z. He was working Europe, East Coast US and Japan until about 22:00Z. QSL via F4AAQ.

J45KLN - DODECANESE - Was on 17, 20 and 40 meters CW on Wednesday. QSL via SM0CMH.

JT1DA - MONGOLIA - East Coast US DXers got a surprise yesterday between 00:30 and 03:00Z on 15 meters CW.

S07UN - WESTERN SAHARA - Just before 14:00Z Ross was on 28500. QSL via CP6CU.

SU9ZZ - EGYPT - Europeans happily reported Jaro was on 1835 just before 22:00Z. QSL via OM3TZZ.

T33RD - BANABA - Europeans should check 20 meters around 06:00Z, 12 meters from 08:00 to 13:00Z, and 30 meters about 17:00Z.

ZD8Z - ASCENSION ISLAND - Check near 21250 between 19:00 and 21:00Z for Jim. ______

IOTA ______

The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AF-014 CT3BM 28369 1845 NA-065 N6FD/7 14265 0624 AF-077 ZS23I 24962 1319 NA-123 V31GI 14260 2312 AS-018 UA0FZ 10102 2034 NA-141 WB4KKL 14260 1838 AS-026 HL4HLD 21015 2320 NA-146 FJ/K1YJK 14269 0305 AS-028 UA0QMU 14262 1149 OC-018 T33RD 24893 2225 AS-042 UA3SDK/0 14260 0057 OC-027 FO5QG 14122 0649 AS-079 JA5CKD/6 7009 2155 OC-064 A35LU 18071 0353 AS-083 RA9LI/9 14260 1035 OC-067 FO5NL 14252 0720 EU-057 DL5RFF/P 14260 1224 OC-128 DU1IMA 21285 0001 NA-002 VP5/IK2SGC 21295 1751 OC-143 YC5XIP 21260 1320 NA-016 ZF2JC/ZF8 21257 1528 SA-008 LU3XQ 24897 1756 NA-019 WL7EM 14242 0622 SA-036 P40W 28498 1744

Hans, DF5UG, will re-attempt to go to Pulau Satang (OC-165) as 9M8QQ. He received permission and will stay for two days starting after 06:30Z on 27 March. Listen for him on the IOTA SSB frequencies on 10, 15 and 20 meters through 04:00Z on 29 March. QSL via DF5UG.

Yasu, JA9XBW will be on the air from the Ogasawara Islands (AS-031) as JA9XBW/JD1 from 9 to 18 April. He will be on 6 through 160 meters CW, SSB and FM. QSL via JA9XBW.

Just to remind everyone the Rowley Shoals, Imperieuse Reef (OC-NEW) DXpedition will take place from 20 to 27 September, 1999. Members of this operation include Jim, K9PPY, Sam, CT1EEN, Steve, VK2PS, Dave, VK6DLB and Mal, VK6LC. For more information check out their home page at http://www.425dxn.org/dxped/vk6lc/

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 15-Apr 3B8 3B8/DL6UAA 2-238 26-Mar 26-Mar 3B8 3B8/F6CMH 3-32 26-Mar 27-Mar 3D2 3D2KE 3-30 26-Mar 29-Mar 3W 3W6US 3-42 3-41 26-Mar 1-Apr 3W 3W6AN 3-44 26-Mar 29-Mar 9H 9H3XY 4-49 26-Mar 30-Mar A3 A35LU 3-43 26-Mar 29-Mar BV BP9A or BV9AYA (AS-103) 3-43 26-Mar 17-Apr BV BV3/DJ3KR 3-33 26-Mar 29-Mar C9 C91RF/P (AF-072) 3-43 26-Mar 28-Mar CN CN8WW 4-50 26-Mar 6-May DU 4F7/SM3SGP (OC-129) 3-48 26-Mar 3-Apr EA8 EA8/DL7AU (AF-004) 3-40 26-Mar 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH 3-4 3-2 2-229 26-Mar 28-Mar GU GU4YWY/M 3-30 26-Mar 28-Mar HC8 HC8A 3-47 26-Mar 27-Mar HK0/M HK3JJH/0M (SA-007) 3-50 3-32 26-Mar 5-Apr HS HS0ZCW 3-6 26-Mar 5-Apr J3 J3/K4UPS J3/K4LTA 3-26 3-15 26-Mar 28-Mar JA JA4PXE/6 (AS-056) 3-39 26-Mar 16-Apr JX JX7DFA 4-50 26-Mar 30-Mar KL7 AL7RB (NA-064) 3-37 26-Mar 29-Mar PY0F PY0FF 3-37 26-Mar 28-Mar T33 T33RD 3-47 26-Mar 28-Mar T7 T77V 4-50 26-Mar 26-Mar V3 V31GI (NA-123) 3-35 26-Mar 5-Apr VP5 VP5/IK2SGC VP5/IK2SFZ 3-42 26-Mar 24-May VQ9 VQ9DX 3-11 26-Mar 31-Mar ZD8 ZD8A ZD8Z 3-47 26-Mar 11-Apr ZK2 ZK2GEO 3-38 27-Mar 28-Mar CQ WPX SSB Contest 27-Mar 29-Mar 3A 3A/I1YRL 3A/IK1SLP 3-45 27-Mar 28-Mar 3W XV300S 3-42 3-41 27-Mar 28-Mar 5B P3A 3-46 27-Mar 28-Mar CT CQ7ERK 27-Mar 28-Mar E4 E41/OK1DTP 3-39 27-Mar 28-Mar FK TX8DX 3-41 27-Mar 28-Mar HS HS0AC 4-49 27-Mar 28-Mar HS HS7UCQ/P 4-49 27-Mar 28-Mar KP2 WP2Z 3-49 3-3 27-Mar 28-Mar LU LO7H 4-49 27-Mar 28-Mar LU LR0H 4-49 27-Mar 28-Mar LU LU0H 4-49 27-Mar 28-Mar LU LV2V 4-49 27-Mar 28-Mar OH0 OH0Z 3-16 27-Mar 28-Mar PY0F ZX0F 3-47 27-Mar 28-Mar SV J4Z 4-50 27-Mar 28-Mar SV SW2A 4-50 27-Mar 28-Mar UR EN5J 3-31 27-Mar 28-Mar VP5 VP5N or VP5R 3-42 27-Mar 28-Mar YB 8A0J 3-47 28-Mar 9-Apr GD GD4VGN GD0VKS (EU-116) 4-49 28-Mar 3-Apr V3 V31GI (NA-180) 3-35 ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for March 24, 1999 was 52.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for March 25, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------25-Mar-1999 21 107 7 3 Very Low/Quiet;Very Low/Quiet-Unsettled 25-Mar-1999 18 108 3 3 Very Low/Quiet;Very Low/Quiet-Unsettled 25-Mar-1999 15 108 3 1 Very Low/Quiet;Very Low/Quiet-Unsettled 25-Mar-1999 12 108 3 2 Very Low/Quiet;Very Low/Quiet-Unsettled 25-Mar-1999 09 108 3 1 Very Low/Quiet;Very Low/Quiet-Unsettled 25-Mar-1999 06 108 3 0 Very Low/Quiet;Very Low/Quiet-Unsettled 25-Mar-1999 03 108 3 0 Very Low/Quiet;Very Low/Quiet-Unsettled 25-Mar-1999 00 108 3 1 Very Low/Quiet;Very Low/Quiet-Unsettled

The forecast for Friday, 26 March: solar flux 115, A index 10, K index 2. Friday should be High Normal.

The forecast for Saturday, 27 March: solar flux 120, A index 10, K index 2. Saturday should be High Normal.

The forecast for Sunday, 28 March: solar flux 125, A index 15, K index 3. Sunday should be High Normal. ______

QSL Info ______

Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------4S7DA W3HNK T77V IS0QDV VP5/IK2SGC IK2SAI CP4BT DL9OT TK/OK2SW OK2SW VQ9CV ND1V J28DB F4AAQ TM9FFP F6KUC W6XK/KP2 W6XK JX7DFA LA7DFA UA0QMU UA4RC XE2MX K6VNX P40W N2MM UE9WAA RW9WA XV6JP JA1IED T77V W3HNK VP5/IK2SFZ IK2SAI ZS23I ZS1FJ

LA7DFA - Per-Einar Dahlen, Roeyskattveien 4, 7713 Sandvollen, NORWAY

Joe, W3HNK, reports he is the QSL manager for T77V for North American stations only. All others go via IS0QDV.

QSL cards recently received direct: B1A, BQ9P, EX8MZ, HH2JR, JY9QZ, N2NL/KH2, OD5SB, S79MX, UA0AZ, UA0QMU, VP8CRB ______

Credits ______

Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: ARRL DX Bulletin, HS0/G3NOM, JI6KVR, K2FF, K2TQC, K4GLU, KH6BZF Reports, NOAA, W2GE, W3HNK, WA6YOO, ZP6CW ______

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DX News ______

Rob, ND1V, is currently on Diego Garcia operating as VQ9CV for the next year. He will be active on all bands including 6 meters. QSL via ND1V.

Steve, K2WE, will once again be active from Vietnam and will also go to Hong Kong. Starting 16 April he plans to operate for 1 week. Then on 23 April he will depart for Saigon where he will stay until 27 April. Plans are to stay at the Kimdo Hotel where he will be on the air as XV300S and will have access to the station 24 hours a day. He does not know if a 40 and 80 meter antenna have been installed however the stations does have a 4 element tribander and kilowatt amplifier. When he returns he will have the logs for XV300S, 3W6LI and 3W6KA. So look for QSLs to start after 28 April. Steve may also use his 3W6WE call while there. QSL all via K2WE.

Look for F5SQM to be active from Cyprus as 5B4/F5SQM from 1 to 6 April.

Effective from 6 May to 31 July stations from Scotland will be able to use the following special prefixes to commemorate the coming of the New Scottish Parliament.

Current prefix Special prefix GM 2S MM 2A 2M (Novice) 2T ______

QSN ______

JX7DFA - JAN MAYEN - Look for Per on 20 meters SSB and RTTY from 18:00 to 22:30Z. Also check 30 meters CW during these times. QSL via LA7DFA.

TZ6AK - MALI - Alexandre is active on 20 meters and answers CQs around 06:30Z. QSL to Alexandre, P.O. Box 933, Bamako, MALI.

TZ6VV - MALI - Larry plans to be active on 160 meters after 22:00Z until 3 April. ______

IOTA ______

The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------EU-023 9H4CH 18131 1007 EU-130 IV3KTY 3743 2218 OC-165 9M8QQ 14260 1513 SA-008 LU8XW/X 28011 1633 OC-064 A35LU 21013 0704 NA-180 V31GI 24947 2315 AS-103 BV9A 14226 1924 NA-047 VE8QL 14135 2036 AF-072 C91RF/P 18070 1753 AS-075 XX9TRR 28446 1219 EU-057 DL5KUD 10102 1548 AF-003 ZD88A 28390 1234 SA-004 HC8A 28483 1626

Martin, G3ZAY, plans to start up as VK4CAY from Wellesley Island Group (OC-NEW), little letter (b) in VK4 group, starting today around 09:00Z until about 22:00Z on 30 March. On 1 April he hopes to be on Green Island (OC-172) for just under 24 hours. Then from 07:00Z on 2 April from Thursday Island (OC-138) until 23:00Z on 3 April. Finally he will wrap it up on another new IOTA from 08:00 to 21:00Z on 5 April from South Australia State East Group (OC-NEW), little letter (a) in the VK5 group.

Veronica, IK3ZAW, is planning to operate with Kiki, SV1BRL, and possibly other SV's from Evvia Island (EU-060) as J41YLS on 3 and 4 April. Look for them on CW and SSB.

Mike, AL7KC, plans to operate from Semichi Island (NA-037) as KL7FBI starting 30 March until 2 April.

Look for Takeshi, JI3DST, to be active from Tokara Archipelago (AS-049) as JI3DST/6 starting around 00:00Z on 28 April. He will be on 10, 12, 15 and 17 meters SSB until 02:00Z on 4 May. QSL via JI3DST, Takeshi Funaki, 2-18-26 Hannan-Cho, Abeno-Ku, Osaka-City, Osaka 545-0021, 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 ------29-Mar 29-Mar 3A 3A/I1YRL 3A/IK1SLP 3-45 29-Mar 29-Mar 3W 3W6US 3-42 3-41 29-Mar 29-Mar 9H 9H3XY 4-49 29-Mar 29-Mar 9M6 9M8QQ (OC-165) 3-51 29-Mar 29-Mar BV BP9A or BV9AYA (AS-103) 3-43 29-Mar 29-Mar C9 C91RF/P (AF-072) 3-43 29-Mar 29-Mar PY0F PY0FF 3-37 29-Mar 30-Mar A3 A35LU 3-43 29-Mar 30-Mar KL7 AL7RB (NA-064) 3-37 29-Mar 31-Mar ZD8 ZD8A ZD8Z 3-47 29-Mar 1-Apr 3W 3W6AN 3-44 29-Mar 3-Apr EA8 EA8/DL7AU (AF-004) 3-40 29-Mar 3-Apr V3 V31GI (NA-180) 3-35 29-Mar 5-Apr HS HS0ZCW 3-6 29-Mar 5-Apr J3 J3/K4UPS J3/K4LTA 3-26 3-15 29-Mar 5-Apr VP5 VP5/IK2SGC VP5/IK2SFZ 3-42 29-Mar 5-Apr ZF ZF2YG 3-51 29-Mar 9-Apr GD GD4VGN GD0VKS (EU-116) 4-49 29-Mar 11-Apr ZK2 ZK2GEO 3-38 29-Mar 15-Apr 3B8 3B8/DL6UAA 2-238 29-Mar 16-Apr JX JX7DFA 4-50 29-Mar 17-Apr BV BV3/DJ3KR 3-33 29-Mar 20-Apr KC4 CE9R 3-51 29-Mar 6-May DU 4F7/SM3SGP (OC-129) 3-48 29-Mar 24-May VQ9 VQ9DX 3-11 29-Mar 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH 3-4 3-2 2-229 30-Mar 31-Mar VK4 VK4??? (OC-NEW) by G3ZAY 3-38 31-Mar 13-Apr S0 S09A 3-37 1-Apr 4-Apr 9V by DF8AN 3-44 1-Apr 11-Apr 3B9 3B9 by AH0W and company 3-16 2-229 2-Apr 2-Apr OZ OZ5HCA (EU-029) 4-49 2-Apr 3-Apr VK4 VK4??? (OC-138) by G3ZAY 3-38 2-Apr 5-Apr JA JA6CM/6 (AS-036) 3-45 2-Apr 8-Apr JW JW/SM7NAS 3-37 2-Apr 9-Apr 9M6 by W4HQF 3-48 3-Apr 18-Apr VK VK8NSB/P (OC-141) 3-45 3-Apr 30-Apr HS HS0ZAR 3-48 ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for March 27, 1999 was 45.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for March 28, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------28-Mar-1999 21 103 9 1 Very Low/Quiet-Unset;Very Low/Quiet-Unset 28-Mar-1999 18 105 3 2 Very Low/Quiet-Unset;Very Low/Quiet-Unset 28-Mar-1999 15 105 3 2 Very Low/Quiet-Unset;Very Low/Quiet-Unset 28-Mar-1999 12 105 3 3 Very Low/Quiet-Unset;Very Low/Quiet-Unset 28-Mar-1999 09 105 3 3 Very Low/Quiet-Unset;Very Low/Quiet-Unset 28-Mar-1999 06 105 3 2 Very Low/Quiet;Very Low/Quiet-Unsettled 28-Mar-1999 03 105 3 2 Very Low/Quiet;Very Low/Quiet-Unsettled 28-Mar-1999 00 105 3 2 Very Low/Quiet;Very Low/Quiet-Unsettled

The forecast for Monday, 29 March: solar flux 110, A index 8, K index 2. Monday should be High Normal.

The forecast for Tuesday, 30 March: solar flux 110, A index 15, K index 3. Tuesday should be High Normal. ______

QSL Info ______

Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------4K9W DL6KVA EO1I UT1IA P40W N2MM 4M4X W4SO FM5BH F6HEQ P49M VE3MR 5X1Z SM6CAS H22H 5B4MF PW1S PY1KS 8P2K KU9C HD2RG HC2RG RM6A W3HNK 9G5HK DL1IAL IB2S I2JSB SW2A SV2AEL 9J2A JA0JHA IQ1Z IK1NLZ T42R CO2KG 9M8QQ DF5UG J4Z SV2CWY TM1MCI F8UFT AM1JJ EA1JJ KH0/JF2QNM JF2QNM TX8DX VK4FW AN1DMQ EC1DMQ L2F LU9FDG TZ6DX K4DX AY0N LU2NI LO1F LU4FM VF3AT VE3AT BV9A BV2KI LO7H LU7HN VF3EJ VE3EJ C91RF/P DL6DQW LT1F LU1FKR VF6JY VE6JY CG3MM VA3MM LT3C LU3CT VP5N IK2SAI CI7A VE7SV LT7H LU1HLH VU3VLH OK1MM CW8C CX8CP M4U G0RGH WP2Z KU9C DU1/JA1HBC JA1NAQ OH0R OH2TA XO7X VE7AHA EA8/DL7AU DL7VRO OT9A ON7LR Z30M NN6C EA8AH OH1RY P20X P29NB ZD88A K6NA EA9/EA7RU EA7RU P39P 5B4ES ZX0F PY5EG EN5J KG6AR P3A W3HNK

A71MA - Mohamed, Box 24545, Doha, QATAR CQ9K - via CS3MAD, P.O. Box 4694, P-9058 Funchal, MADEIRA ISLANDS JH8PHT - Kazuo Takasaki, 410-110-807 Hazawa-Cho, Kanagawa-Ku, Yokhama, 221-0863, JAPAN

Art, N2AU, is the QSL manager for Dave, HC8L (W6NL) who was active during the ARRL SSB DX Contest.

Nellie, XE1CI, reports she is now the QSL manager for the following Cuban stations: CM2JZ, CO2JX, CO2OR, CO2QQ

QSL cards for EU200A, EV200AM, EV200M and EW200M have now been printed and all direct cards have been mailed out. Bureau cards will be sent later.

QSL cards recently received direct: 5H3US, E31AA, EX2M, EZ8CQ, JD1AMA, Z2/VK3DXI ______

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The upcoming 3B9R Rodrigues Island DXpedition that will start on 1 April now has a Web page at http://www.dateline.ru/3b9/

Jo's, YC0LOW, log is now available http://dx.qsl.net/logs ______

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Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: AA6YQ, EW4EW, GM4FDM, IOTW, JI6KVR, K2WE, KH6BZF Reports, LNDX, N2JTX, N4MXT, N6RT, N7OJ, NOAA, OPDX, The 59(9) DX Report, WA2VUY, WD8MGQ, WU1T, XE1CI ______

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DX News ______

Darrell, AB2E, and Brian, N3OC, will be on Antigua at the V26B station for CQ WPX CW Contest at the end of May. The two will multi- single on all bands as V26E. Before the contest Brian will be on as V26OC, concentrating on 160 meters for Europe if the QRN allows and the on 12, 17 and 30 meters. QSL V26OC via N3OC. QSL V26E via AB2E.

Gianni, IZ1CQD, plans to operate from Central African Republic as TL8CG from 1 to 20 April. He will be operating with solar power running 100 watts and dipoles on 10, 15, 20 and 40 meters SSB. QSL via IK1CQD either direct to Gianni Caretto, via Angioira 42, 10070 Coassolo - TO ITALY or via the Italian QSL bureau.

Chris, 9A4KKI, plans to operate the CQ WPX CW Contest from the Canary Islands as EA8/9A4KKI. He will be on 10 through 80 meters running 100 watts.

Bruce, KL7H, will be active from the Bahamas as KL7H/C6A until 15 April. Look for him to be active QRP on 21060.

Ross, S07UN/CN2UN, will be leaving Western Sahara today for about three weeks. He will be staying in Hong Kong and will return to Africa afterwards. In the meantime look for Arseli, EA2JG, to be active as S09A starting tomorrow for about 2 weeks. He will be active on all bands. QSL via EA2JG, Arseli Etxeguren, Barrena 6, 01480 Luyando Alava, SPAIN.

Starting 1 April Michel, F5RLE, will once again operate from Burkina Faso as XT2DM. From 9 to 11 April he will use XT2CI. Check out his Web page, which includes past logs, at http://perso.wanadoo.fr/f5rle

George, G3LNS/5B4AGC, left England on Sunday headed back to Cyprus. Hopefully we will hear more information about him going to the British Sovereign Base on Cyprus (ZC4) soon. ______

QSN ______

9N1FP - NEPAL - Vlad was found on 28010 just before 12:00Z.

AP2JZB - PAKISTAN - Bob does not operate CW.

FO5JR - FRENCH POLYNESIA - Look for Albert today on 14010 at 08:30Z.

JX7DFA - JAN MAYEN - Per will be leaving the island on 16 April after being active for some 10 years. Before going he will use JX0LMJ on 10 and 11 April. QSL via LA7DFA.

S21K - BANGLADESH - Look for Reza near 21230 at 13:00Z and near 14220 at 15:00Z today. He is operating from Kutubdia Island (AS-127). QSL direct to Rezaul Karim Chowdhur, c/o House of Late JA Chowdhury, Village Muralia, PO-Cutubdia, Dist Coxsbazar, BANGLADESH.

TU2XZ - IVORY COAST - Check 14015 at 07:45Z. ______

IOTA ______

The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AF-072 C91RF/P 21260 1633 EU-133 R1ASP 14262 0842 AS-018 UA0FF 21277 0902 EU-136 9A6DCR 7054 1009 AS-028 UA0QMU 18069 1122 NA-027 CF1TX 14256 1956 AS-042 UA3SDK/0 14260 0318 NA-065 N6FD/7 14260 0428 AS-076 JR5XPG 14260 1745 NA-180 V31GI 14195 2038 AS-103 BV9A 28490 2343 OC-059 V63AO 21253 1215 AS-103 BV9A/JR7TEQ 21268 0210 OC-128 DU1IMA 21260 0103 AS-127 S21K 21235 1339 OC-146 YB8BHC 21225 1229 AS-165 9M8QQ 21262 0127 OC-146 YB8SA 14046 0047 EU-009 GM4CHX/P 14259 1435 OC-210 YC8RRK 21308 1451 EU-038 PA/DF2QY/P 14263 1949 OC-210 YC8TXW 21260 1442 EU-038 PA/DJ1YFK/P 14024 1812 OC-227 VK4CAY 14260 1417 EU-057 DL5RFF/P 14246 1756 SA-026 PY6JJ 21260 1514

Werner, DL1BKK, will be active today as EA5/DL1BKK from Tabarca Island (EU-093) from 08:30 to 15:00Z. Look for him on 10, 15 and 20 meters on the normal IOTA frequencies. QSL via DL1BKK.

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 A3 A35LU 3-43 30-Mar 30-Mar KL7 AL7RB (NA-064) 3-37 30-Mar 31-Mar ZD8 ZD8A ZD8Z 3-47 30-Mar 1-Apr 3W 3W6AN 3-44 30-Mar 2-Apr KL7 KL7FBI (NA-037) 3-52 30-Mar 3-Apr EA8 EA8/DL7AU (AF-004) 3-40 30-Mar 3-Apr V3 V31GI (NA-180) 3-35 30-Mar 5-Apr HS HS0ZCW 3-6 30-Mar 5-Apr J3 J3/K4UPS J3/K4LTA 3-26 3-15 30-Mar 5-Apr VP5 VP5/IK2SGC VP5/IK2SFZ 3-42 30-Mar 5-Apr ZF ZF2YG 3-51 30-Mar 9-Apr GD GD4VGN GD0VKS (EU-116) 4-49 30-Mar 11-Apr ZK2 ZK2GEO 3-38 30-Mar 15-Apr 3B8 3B8/DL6UAA 2-238 30-Mar 16-Apr JX JX7DFA 4-50 30-Mar 17-Apr BV BV3/DJ3KR 3-33 30-Mar 20-Apr KC4 CE9R 3-51 30-Mar 6-May DU 4F7/SM3SGP (OC-129) 3-48 30-Mar 24-May VQ9 VQ9DX 3-11 30-Mar 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH 3-4 3-2 2-229 ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for March 28, 1999 was 65.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for March 29, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------29-Mar-1999 21 104 22 3 Vy Low/Quiet-Min Stm;Vy Low/Unset-Active 29-Mar-1999 18 103 8 4 Vy Low/Quiet-Min Stm;Vy Low/Unset-Min Stm 29-Mar-1999 15 103 8 5 Vy Low/Quiet-Min Stm;Vy Low/Unset-Min Stm 29-Mar-1999 12 103 8 3 Vy Low/Quiet-Active;Vy Low/Quiet-Active 29-Mar-1999 09 103 8 4 Vy Low/Quiet-Active;Vy Low/Quiet-Active 29-Mar-1999 06 103 8 4 Vy Low/Quiet-Active;Vy Low/Quiet-Active 29-Mar-1999 03 103 8 3 Vy Low/Quiet-Unset;Vy Low/Quiet-Unset 29-Mar-1999 00 103 8 1 Vy Low/Quiet-Unset;Vy Low/Quiet-Unset

The forecast for Tuesday, 30 March: solar flux 110, A index 15, K index 3. Tuesday should be High Normal.

The forecast for Wednesday, 31 March: solar flux 110, A index 15, K index 3. Wednesday should be High Normal. ______

QSL Info ______

Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------5N3CPR SP5CPR EY9/RA3OO DJ1SKO PA/DJ1YFK DJ1YFK BA7QT W3HNK GD4VGN DL4FF TU5IJ I2AOX BY1QH K9FD J3/K4LTA K4LTA VK4CAY G3ZAY

EZ8AZ - Alexander O. Redzhepkuliev, P.O. Box 6, Ashkhabad 744005, TURKMENISTAN YC9WZJ - Joni Salim, P.O. Box 127, Sorong-98401, Irian Jaya, INDONESIA

QSL cards recently received direct: 3DA0CA, 5A1IC, 5H3US, 5U7DG, 5X1Z, FR5ZQ/T, FS5PL, J69AZ, JX7DFA, KG4TO, TT8FC, TU5IJ, VK9CQR, VK9CTL, VK9XTL, VQ9QM ______

Credits ______

Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 425 DX News, DK2PR, DX News Sheet, FO5JR, G0WAZ, Go List, IOTW, K1XN, K3KY, K3SWZ, K6VX, KB3AUG, KH6BZF Reports, N3OC, N4TX, N5CQ, NOAA, OPDX, VE3IRF, W2GE, W4ABW, ZP6CW ______

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DX News ______

Japanese DXers Hide, JM1LJS, Misao, JJ1DWB, and Hiro, 7N1KAE, are planning to operate from Palau from 27 April to 7 May. Look for them to be active on 6 through 80 meters CW, SSB and 29 MHZ FM. T88LJ hopes to be on SSTV.

Calls Operator QSL via T88MT Misao, JJ1DWB JJ1DWB T88LJ Hide, JM1LJS JM1LJS T88?? Hiro, 7N1KAE 7N1KAE

JJ1DWB - Misao Tanzawa, 3-15 Yakata, Kofu, Yamanashi 400-0017, JAPAN JM1LJS - Hideyuki Kai, 4-22-15, Takata-higashi, Kohoku-Ku Yokohama- City 223-0065, JAPAN 7N1KAE - Hiroyuki Yamada, 2-9-209, Chigusadai, Inage-Ku, Chiba-City 263-0013, JAPAN ______

Silent Keys ______

Tony, EA8AKN, reports the sad passing of Alfonso, EA8ZK.

Bill, K2TNO, says that Chuck, K5LZO, also passed away. ______

The DXCC Yearbook 1998 produced by the ARRL ______

Results of the 1998 ARRLs 100 Most-Needed DXCC Countries were released earlier this week in The DXCC Year Book 1998. The survey was taken from the ARRL DXCC computer prior to last years three new additions to the DXCC list: H40 - Temotu, FO - Austral Islands and FO - Marquesas Islands. Two European countries that were added in 1991 (T9 - Bosnia & Herzegovina and Z3 - Macendonia) and two that were added in 1993 (OK - Czech Republic and OM - Slovakia Republic) still remain on the top 100 list not because they are difficult to work but rather people still have not had them credited to their DXCC totals. Despite this minor fact this most wanted list is perhaps one of the most accurate needed lists as it shows which countries have not been confirmed with QSL cards at the ARRL DXCC Desk. The biggest gainers on the list were: 3Y - Peter I Island gaining 74+ spots, VK9M - Mellish Reef gaining 60+ spots, YV0 - Aves Island gaining 56 spots, KH1 - Baker & Howland Islands gaining 50+ and XZ - Myanmar gaining 38 spots. Last years biggest losers were: JX - Jan Mayen losing 35 spots, 9N - Nepal losing 32 spots, YI - Iraq losing 29 spots, TT - Chad losing 29 spots and TJ -Cameroon losing 24+ spots. Next year look for big drops from the following countries as major DXpeditions and QSL cards from previous operations which place since the results were tabulated: BV9P, E3, ZL9, XZ, 3B7, HK0/M, 5A, FT5Z, Z3, T33, T9 OK, 1A, VK9X, VK9Y, OM, 3B9, ZK3, ET, TY, T2.

Rank Prefix Country Rank Prefix Country ------1 P5 North Korea 51 9U Burundi 2 BS7H Scarborough Reef 52 3V Tunisia 3 BV9P Pratas I 53 KH5 Palmyra, Jarvis Is 4 A5 Bhutan 54 VK9/X Christmas I 5 VU4 Andaman & Nicobar I 55 VK9/Y Cocos-Keeling I 6 E3 Eritrea 56 OM Slovak Republic 7 7O Yemen 57 FO/C Clipperton I 8 FR/T Tromelin I 58 ZD9 Tristan Da Cunha & Gough Is 9 FR/G Glorioso I 59 5R8 Madagascar 10 3Y Bouvet I 60 TT8 Chad 11 ZL9 Auckland & Campbell I 61 3B9 Rodriguez I 12 VK0/M Macquarie I 62 TI9 Cocos I 13 VU7 Lakshadweep Is 63 ZK3 Tokelau Is 14 VP8/S South Sandwich Is 64 S0 Western Sahara 15 XZ Myanmar 65 VP8/O South Orkney Is 16 3B7 Agalega & St Brandon Is 66 XU Cambodia 17 SV/A Mount Athos 67 3C Equatorial Guinea 18 VK0/H Heard I 68 R1M M-V I 19 HK0/M Malpelo I 69 3D2R Rotuma 20 3C0 Annobon 70 T5 Somalia 21 KH5K Kingman Reef 71 ZK1/N North Cook Is 22 FR/J Juan De Nova, Europa 71 ET Ethiopia 23 5A Libya 73 YK Syria 24 VP8/G South Georgia 74 3W Vietnam 25 ZL8 Kermadec I 75 KP1 Navassa 26 3Y Peter I 76 CE0Z Juan Fernandez I 27 FT5Z Amsterdam & St Paul I 77 TY Benin 28 ZS8 Prince Edward & Marion Is 78 KH4 Midway I 29 PY0S St Peter And Paul Rocks 79 YI Iraq 30 YA Afghanistan 80 KH9 Wake I 31 FT5W Crozet I 81 ST Sudan 32 Z3 Macedonia 82 JD1/M Minami Torishima 33 3D2C Conway Reef 83 CY0 Sable I 34 T33 Banaba 84 A6 United Arab Emirates 35 TN Congo 85 D6 Comoros 36 T9 Bosnia-Herzegovina 86 KH7K Kure I 37 CE0X San Felix I 87 5X Uganda 38 XW Laos 88 8Q Maldive Is 39 1S Spratly Is 89 T2 Tuvalu 40 VK9M Mellish Reef 90 T8 Palau 41 T31 Central Kiribati 91 JX Jan Mayen 42 VK9/W Willis I 92 VP8 South Shetlands 43 PY0T Trindade & Martin Vaz Is 93 CY9 St Paul Island 44 YV0 Aves I 94 9N Nepal 45 FT5X Kerguelen I 95 ZC4 U K Bases on Cyprus 46 EP Iran 96 KP5 Desecheo Island 47 OK Czech Republic 97 FW Wallis & Futuna Is 48 1A0 Sov Mil Order of Malta 98 3X Guinea 49 S2 Bangladesh 99 VK9L Lord Howe Island 50 KH1 Baker Howland Island 100 JD1/O Ogasawara

(+ = indicates it moved at least that much as it was either on the last year list and moved off or it was not on the list and moved on.)

Also in The DXCC Year Book 1998 are the following:

"Year in Review - 1998" "How to Get Into the Log!" "The 100 Most-Needed DXCC Countries" "1998 DXpedition of the Year: H40AA" "Talking DX with N7NG" "DXCC Annual List"

If your wondering who gets a year book there are two categories:

1. Those who have endorsed their DXCC totals between 1 October, 1997 and 30 September, 1998 and who are full or international members of the ARRL.

2. Those who are listed on an Honor Roll as of 30 September, 1998 and are full international members of the ARRL.

If you don't meet either of these categories you can always request one from the ARRL for a small few of $5.00. ______

QSN ______

8J1RL - ANTARCTICA - This is a Japanese Club station located on Ongul Island (IOTA AN-015). They have been active on 15 meters recently. Tuesday the station was found on 21015 just after 16:00Z. QSL via JARL.

C91RF - MOZAMBIQUE - Reinhard is now back on the mainland. Look for him to be active mostly on 12 and 17 meters CW. QSL via DL6DQW.

CN8WW - MOROCCO - Was found on 1834 today from 00:00 to at least 04:00Z. Stations all across the East and South of the US were working this one. QSL via DL6FBL.

EP2FM - IRAN - JA's have been reporting this one on RTTY between 14083 and 14089 at 15:30 and 16:45Z. WFWL.

FT5ZJ - AMSTERDAM & ST. PAUL - Was active on RTTY on 21084 Just after 13:00Z. QSL via F2YT.

T99KK - BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA - This is Alex, TL5A/PA3DZN. He showed up on 14025 just after 17:30Z. QSL via PA1AW (ex PA3DMH). ______

IOTA ______

The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AF-049 3B8/DL6UAA 14020 2256 EU-057 DL5RFF 14246 1711 AS-042 UA3SDK/0 14263 1401 EU-093 EA5/DL1BKK/P 14257 1411 EU-001 J45KLN 18075 1151 NA-015 CO8LY 14260 1939 EU-003 CU3BL 14257 0854 NA-021 8P6AZ 10106 2208 EU-009 GM4CHX/P 14262 1945 NA-062 K2ZR/4 7029 2215 EU-036 LA8LA 14259 1625 NA-180 V31GI 21295 2121 EU-038 PA/DF2QY 14244 1727 OC-084 KH7FN/T32 28495 2111 EU-057 DK2RA 7082 1502 OC-227 VK4ACY 14262 1353

John, AE5B, plans to return this weekend to Mustang Island (NA-092) and will start 18:00Z on 2 April. While he is there he will go to other USIA islands which all count as NA-092. Look for him on 15, 20 and 40 meters until 18:00Z on 5 April.

Jose, CT1CJJ, reports that Members of the Northern Portugal DX Group/ Averio University plan to operate from Insua Island (EU-150) on 3 and 4 April.

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 15-Apr 3B8 3B8/DL6UAA 2-238 31-Mar 1-Apr 3W 3W6AN 3-44 31-Mar 17-Apr BV BV3/DJ3KR 3-33 31-Mar 15-Apr C6A KL7H/C6A 3-53 31-Mar 6-May DU 4F7/SM3SGP (OC-129) 3-48 31-Mar 3-Apr EA8 EA8/DL7AU (AF-004) 3-40 31-Mar 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH 3-4 3-2 2-229 31-Mar 9-Apr GD GD4VGN GD0VKS (EU-116) 4-49 31-Mar 5-Apr HS HS0ZCW 3-6 31-Mar 5-Apr J3 J3/K4UPS J3/K4LTA 3-26 3-15 31-Mar 16-Apr JX JX7DFA 4-53 4-50 31-Mar 20-Apr KC4 CE9R 3-51 31-Mar 2-Apr KL7 KL7FBI (NA-037) 3-52 31-Mar 13-Apr S0 S09A 3-37 31-Mar 3-Apr V3 V31GI (NA-180) 3-35 31-Mar 5-Apr VP5 VP5/IK2SGC VP5/IK2SFZ 3-42 31-Mar 24-May VQ9 VQ9DX 3-11 31-Mar 31-Mar ZD8 ZD8A ZD8Z 3-47 31-Mar 5-Apr ZF ZF2YG 3-51 31-Mar 11-Apr ZK2 ZK2GEO 3-38 ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for March 29, 1999 was 63.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for March 30, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------30-Mar-1999 21 105 17 3 Low/Quiet-Active;Vy Low-Low/Quiet-Active 30-Mar-1999 18 104 22 3 Low/Quiet-Active;Vy Low-Low/Quiet-Active 30-Mar-1999 15 104 22 3 Low/Quiet-Active;Vy Low-Low/Unset-Active 30-Mar-1999 12 104 22 4 Low/Quiet-Mnr Stm;Vy Low-Low/Unset-Active 30-Mar-1999 09 104 22 4 Low/Quiet-Mnr Stm;Vy Low-Low/Unset-Active 30-Mar-1999 06 104 22 3 Low/Quiet-Mnr Stm;Vy Low-Low/Unset-Active 30-Mar-1999 03 104 22 3 Low/Quiet-Mnr Stm;Vy Low-Low/Unset-Active 30-Mar-1999 00 104 22 2 Low/Quiet-Mnr Stm;Vy Low-Low/Unset-Active

The forecast for Wednesday, 31 March: solar flux 110, A index 10, K index 2. Wednesday should be High Normal.

The forecast for Thursday, 1 April: solar flux 115, A index 10, K index 2. Thursday should be High Normal. ______

QSL Info ______

Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------3B8/DL6UAA DL6UAA BA1DU W3HC T99KK PA1AW 4S7BRG HB9BRM CM6YI CO6LG TK/OK2SW OK2SW 9H1EL LA2TO EX8ML W3HNK VK4CAY G3ZAY 9K2MU WA4JTK HI9/N9SW N9SW YI1HK KK3S 9M2TO JA0DMV P29WK N3ART

L75CB - LU4AA, Radio Club Argentino, P.O. Box 97, 1000 Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA

Jacky, F2CW/ZL3CW, says he is not the QSL manager for 7O1CW, who was recently on CW.

QSL cards recently received direct: 3C1GS, 4S7EA, EP3HR ______

Credits ______

Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: AE5B, ARRL, CT1CJJ, EA8AKN, JI6KVR, JM1LJS, KH6BZF Reports, KL7FH, N2JTX, N2QT, NOAA, ______

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DX News ______

Eric, W3DQ, says that he will be in Geneva, Switzerland from 16 to 25 April and expects to operate from the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) station 4U1ITU when he is not working. Look for him to be on after 19:00Z. He hopes to be active on RTTY and 12, 17 and 30 meters. QSL via the bureau.

Phil, F5PHW, will be operating from the French Radio Club in Djibouti until 30 April. No call sign was mentioned. He will be on all bands and 6 meters. RTTY is also planned. QSL via F5KPQ.

Sugi, JA2BWH, plans to operate from Vietnam as 3W6BWH from 8 to 12 April. He will be on SSTV on 14240, 21346 and 28680. QSL via JA2BWH.

Kazu, JH8PHT, was in Sana, Yemen from 18 to 27 March. He was unable to secure permission to operate but will be going back in the near future.

Starting on 10 April look for Jim, G0IXC, to once again be active from Nevis Island as V47XC. He plans to be on 10, 15, 20 and 40 meters SSB using a dipole and tri-bander. QSL via G0IXC. ______

QSN ______

3B9R - RODRIGUES - Jari, OH2BU, was found on 10104 around 22:00Z.

EL2WW - LIBERIA - Check for Mark on 1828.5 starting around 06:15Z until his local sunrise. He also shows up there around 22:15Z. QSL via ON5NT.

FT5WH - CROZET - Just after 17:00Z Gilles showed up on 14194.

HK3JJH/0M - MALPELO ISLAND - Pedro has been showing up on 40 meters SSB just after 00:00Z.

HZ1AB - SAUDI ARABIA - Look for Tom, SM0CXU, to be active on 40, 80 and 160 meters on Thursday and Friday. Check 1820-1822 on 160 meters. QSL via K8PYD.

KP5D - DESECHEO - This station was found on 14031 around 23:50Z on Wednesday and giving QSL via WA3HUP. Mary Anne, WA3HUP, knows nothing about it.

SU9ZZ - EGYPT - Europeans reported working him on 1830 between 22:00 and 23:00Z. QSL via OM3TZZ.

T33RD - BANABA - The Czech boys continue to be active on all bands on CW and SSB. Yesterdays reports were as follows:

GMT Frequencies GMT Frequencies ------00 21275 24892 11 1828 18075 01 21275 28480 12 3799 18075 02 18140 21275 13 7090 10104 14195 03 10105 14198 14 14195 21270 04 10105 14198 15 14195 05 10104 14198 16 7005 14195 06 7021 10104 14190 17 7005 14195 07 10108 14190 24901 18 14195 08 7020 18145 21270 21 18072 21264 09 18145 21271 22 21264 10 1828 18075 18146 23 21264 ______

IOTA ______

The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AF-004 EA8/EA5CPU 24943 1713 EU-136 9A/DK3ID 14260 1528 AF-017 3B9R 10104 2245 NA-057 HR1RMG/HR6 14260 1307 AS-008 7K3EOP 14189 0720 NA-180 V31GI 14195 2328 AS-079 JA5CKD/6 14017 1236 OC-042 DU4DX 21260 1355 EU-004 EA6ZY 18073 1808 OC-070 YE8XM 14260 1618 EU-023 9H4CM 14245 0800 OC-129 DU7MHA 21295 1358 EU-031 IC8/IN3XUG 14256 1335 OC-172 VK4CAY 14258 1155 EU-036 LA8LA 14260 1328 OC-210 YC8RBC 21255 2318 EU-067 SV8EUA 14260 1450 SA-007 HK3JJH/0M 7226 0137 EU-133 R1ASP 14257 0812 SA-026 PP5OW 21250 2312

Mike, HB9EBC, plans to operate from Paros Island (EU-067), Greece as SV/SM0TXM/P from 9 to 17 April. Look for him mostly on CW. QSL via SM0TXM.

Bill, ON5JE, and Luc, ON4BB, will go to Schouwen-Duiveland (EU-146) between 3 and 6 April. They will use PA/ON5JE. QSL via ON5JE.

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 15-Apr 3B8 3B8/DL6UAA 2-238 1-Apr 11-Apr 3B9 3B9R 3-16 2-229 1-Apr 1-Apr 3W 3W6AN 3-44 1-Apr 6-Apr 5B 5B4/F5SQM 3-52 1-Apr 4-Apr 9V by DF8AN 3-44 1-Apr 17-Apr BV BV3/DJ3KR 3-33 1-Apr 15-Apr C6A KL7H/C6A 3-53 1-Apr 6-May DU 4F7/SM3SGP (OC-129) 3-48 1-Apr 3-Apr EA8 EA8/DL7AU (AF-004) 3-40 1-Apr 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH 3-4 3-2 2-229 1-Apr 9-Apr GD GD4VGN GD0VKS (EU-116) 4-49 1-Apr 5-Apr HS HS0ZCW 3-6 1-Apr 5-Apr J3 J3/K4UPS J3/K4LTA 3-26 3-15 1-Apr 16-Apr JX JX7DFA 4-53 4-50 1-Apr 20-Apr KC4 CE9R 3-51 1-Apr 2-Apr KL7 KL7FBI (NA-037) 3-52 1-Apr 13-Apr S0 S09A 3-37 1-Apr 20-Apr TL TL8CG 3-53 1-Apr 3-Apr V3 V31GI (NA-180) 3-35 1-Apr 1-Apr VK by G3ZAY (OC-172) 3-52 1-Apr 5-Apr VP5 VP5/IK2SGC VP5/IK2SFZ 3-42 1-Apr 24-May VQ9 VQ9DX 3-11 1-Apr 9-Apr XT XT2DM 3-53 1-Apr 5-Apr ZF ZF2YG 3-51 1-Apr 11-Apr ZK2 ZK2GEO 3-38 ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for March 30, 1999 was 72.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for March 31, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------31-Mar-1999 21 102 13 1 Vy Low/Quiet-Unset;Vy Low-Low/Quiet-Unset 31-Mar-1999 18 105 18 2 Vy Low/Unset;Vy Low-Low/Quiet-Unsettled 31-Mar-1999 15 105 18 3 Vy Low/Unset;Vy Low-Low/Quiet-Unsettled 31-Mar-1999 12 105 18 3 Vy Low/Unset;Vy Low-Low/Quiet-Unsettled 31-Mar-1999 09 105 18 3 Vy Low/Unset-Active;Vy Low-Low/Quiet-Unset 31-Mar-1999 06 105 18 3 Vy Low/Unset-Active;Vy Low-Low/Quiet-Act 31-Mar-1999 03 105 18 3 Vy Low/Unset-Active;Vy Low-Low/Quiet-Act 31-Mar-1999 00 105 18 3 Vy Low/Unset-Active;Vy Low-Low/Quiet-Unset

The forecast for Thursday, 1 April: solar flux 110, A index 14, K index 3. Thursday should be High Normal.

The forecast for Friday, 2 April: solar flux 115, A index 14, K index 3. Friday should be High Normal. ______

QSL Info ______

The following QSL information was taken directly from the QSL cards of the stations listed below.

4F1EJD Emmanuel J. Diesta, #20 Sumulong St., Parang, Marikina City 1809, PHILIPPINES 4F1KBW Benjamin C. Delfin, Lot 15 Block 2, Masagana Homes Subdivision, Santa Rita, Guiguinto, Bulacan, PHILIPPINES 5R8PR via F6BFH 5Z4IC via MW0AIE 6Y5TM DeLeon A. Miller, 148 Mansfield Heights, Ocho Rios, JAMAICA 9K2TO Mosad A. Mohsen, P. O. Box 915, Farwaniya 81020, KUWAIT 9M8RC via 9M8MA BG4VBW Yang Zhong Bo, No. 288 Qingnian Road, Xuzhou, Jiangsu 221003, CHINA BQ9P via KU9C C21SX via G3SXW C6AKQ via N4BP C6AKW via K3TEJ CN2UN via ZP6CU CO8DC via VE3NXB DU1KBW Benjamin C. Delfin, 364 2nd St, 10th Ave., Grace Park, Caloocan City 1400, PHILIPPINES DX1E Eastern Amateur Radio Telecommunication Hobbyist, Inc., Olympia Bldg., #618 J. P. Rizal St., Concepcion, Marikina City 1800, PHILIPPINES E30BA via DJ9ZB E31AA Jacky Calvo, P. O. Box 593, Pukekohe 1800, NEW ZEALAND ET3KV Karl-Heinz Vollkopf, P. O. Box 7633, Addis Ababa, ETHIOPIA FO0PT via DJ0FX FO0SIL via OH1MA HI3K Julio Henriquez, P. O. Box 122, Santiago, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC HS5AC via W1ZS II2E via I2CZQ II2P via I2CMA II3B via IK3OII II7P via IK7EZP IQ7A via IK7XIV J69AZ Ernest, P. O. Box 3056, Le Clery, ST. LUCIA JT1BG Bator Sambu, P. O. Box 158, Ulaanbaatar 13, Mongolia, VIA JAPAN JT1CC Oyuna Sambu, P. O. Box 158, Ulaanbaatar 13, Mongolia, VIA JAPAN JT1CT Jargal Sambu, P. O. Box 158, Ulaanbaatar 13, Mongolia, VIA JAPAN JT1DA B. Enkhbayar, P. O. Box 736, Ulan Bator 13, Mongolia, VIA JAPAN JT1M Sambu Family Club, P. O. Box 158, Ulaanbaatar 13, Mongolia, VIA JAPAN KG4TO via N4TO N2NL/KH2 via W2YC LX/MU0BKA via K4ZLE M6A via G3SDC M7A via G3SDC M8M via K1DG MJ0AWR via K2WR OK8AUY via LX1NO OM3Z via OM3VSZ OM9A via OM2DX OT7L via ON7YP PT0F via N5FA RU1A via KC1WY RZ1AWT via KC1WY SP9W via SP9HWN SV8CKM Fotis Plessas, G. Doriza 3, GR-281 00 Argostoli, GREECE SV8JE Chris Plessas, G. Doriza 3, GR-281 00 Argostoli, GREECE TM5DX via F5EJC V8A via JH7FQK VK9XX via W0YG VK9YY via W0YG VP2EKT via AA1M VP9KK via K1EFI VU3DFM Deshmukh Mohd. Arif, 27 Tenaments Municipal Building, 4th Floor, R. No. 25, P. T. Udyan, Sewree (W), Bombay 400 015, INDIA XT2DM via F5RLE XT2GA via F5SBP XT2OW via F5RLE XX9TAR via KU9C XX9TBH via KU9C XX9TJL via KU9C XX9TMC via KU9C XX9TNX via KU9C XX9TOT via KU9C XX9TXD via KU9C

Joe, W3HNK, says he can now confirm QSOs with T77V for stations both in and out of North America. ______

QSL Info ______

The following logs have recently been added to Doug's, N6RT, log search page at http://www.dx.qsl.net/logs

CO9BCC FO0CI PW1S (1999 CQ WPX SSB Contest) PT1A (1999 ARRL DX SSB Contest) PX1I (1998 ARRL 10m Contest)

Logs for the recent San Andres Island operation from 2 to 11 March, 1999 (HK0F, HK0/AA3KX, HK0/K5OF and HK0/W4DC) are now available at http://www.pwcweb.com/wwi/DXpedition/ ______

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Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: AA3KX, K3ZO, KH6BZF Reports, N6RT, NOAA, W3HNK ______

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The 3B9R DXpedition to Rodrigues Island started up on 31 March, 1999. Operators include:

Bruce - W6OSP Victor - XE1VIC Yuuji - JA3IG Kimo - KH7U Jacky - 3B8CF Ned - AA7A Jari - OH2BU Garry - NI6T Frank - AH0W

Bruce, W6OSP, is still on Mauritius, 3B8 but will arrive on 2 April. Garry, NI6T, arrived Thursday and the rest arrived on 30 March. Most of the antennas, radios and equipment are still on Mauritius but should arrive today. The group has been very active on 12, 17 and 30 meters. They expect to be in full swing by their evening on Friday. A 6 meter beacon is up and running on 50105. One of the operators was heard saying that they will not be on 80 and 160 meters until at least the evening of 2 April. Ned, AA7A, did mention that a dipole for 80 meters has been installed. The operators are spread out in amongst three different locations on the island so communications between them may not be the best. Suggested frequencies for this operation are as follows:

Band CW SSB RTTY 160 1826.5 - - 80 3503 3795 40 7003/7023 7065 7043 30 10103 20 14003 14195/14245 14083 17 18073 18145 15 21003 21295 21083 12 24893 24945 10 28003 28495 6 50105

Rodrigues Sunrise = 01:53Z Sunset = 13:47Z

For more information about this operation check out their home page at http://www.dateline.ru/3b9/

Golden Week is a Japanese holiday week that starts on 29 April. This is an important holiday week for the Japanese which runs through 5 May. It includes 4 national holidays: On 29 April it's Green Day (Midori-no-hi) which is the former Emperor's birthday, 3 May is Constitution Memorial Day, 4 May is also a holiday because it falls between Constitution Memorial Day and Children's Day which is on 5 May. Many Japanese take the entire week off and this usually produces some good DXpeditions by JA DXers. ______

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3B9R - RODRIGUES - Here was yesterdays reported activities:

GMT Frequencies GMT Frequencies ------01 10104 12 21295 24893 02 10104 18073 13 18073 21295 24893 03 10104 18073 14 18073 21295 04 18073 15 18073 21295 05 18073 24893 16 18073 21295 06 24893 17 18073 21295 14195 07 24893 18 10105 14195 08 21295 24893 19 10105 14195 09 21295 24893 20 10105 14195 10 21295 24893 28495 21 10105 14195 11 21295 24893 28495 22 14193

FY5KE - FRENCH GUIANA - Was working Europeans on 18135 around 14:30Z.

GD4VGN - ISLE OF MAN - Look for him on 30 meters CW around 20:00Z. QSL via DL4FF.

HK3JJH/0M - MALPELO ISLAND - Pedro was schedule to leave the island yesterday.

V85QQ - BRUNEI - Hans, DF5UG, is now active from this semi rare one. He came up on 14260 just after 17:00Z. QSL via DF5UG.

YK1AO - SYRIA - Omar was handing out a new one for the RTTY DXers on 14086 between 15:00 and 16:00Z. QSL direct.

Z32TJ - MACEDONIA - Showed up on 10103 just after 03:00Z today. ______

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The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AF-017 3B9R 18073 1626 NA-027 CF1TX 21256 1535 AS-017 JS6PXB 21260 0821 NA-047 VY0XYL 14143 2242 AS-042 UA3SDK/0 14268 1846 NA-057 HR1RMG/HR6 14260 0144 AS-079 JA5CKD/6 14017 1310 NA-180 V31GI 14195 2301 EU-004 EA6ZY 18071 1808 OC-084 T32/KH7FN 28490 2324 EU-009 GM4CHX/P 14263 1224 OC-088 V85QQ 14260 1832 EU-031 IC8/IN3XUG 14260 1929 EU-046 LA1CI 14285 0759 OC-143 YC5XIP 7049 2045 EU-116 GD4PTV 21295 1914

Starting on 9 April Lima, PY1NEZ, Pete, PY1NEW, and Jose, PY1LVF, will operate from Itacuruca, Martins, and Jaguanum Islands (all SA-029). They will there until 12 April and will use either PT1Z or their home calls /P on all bands on CW and SSB. Suggested frequencies are as follows:

SSB: 1850, 3755, 7055, 14260, 18128,21260, 24950, 28360, 28460 CW: 1835, 3530, 7030, 10115, 14040, 18098, 21040, 24920, 28040

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 15-Apr 3B8 3B8/DL6UAA 2-238 2-Apr 11-Apr 3B9 3B9R 3-16 2-229 2-Apr 6-Apr 5B 5B4/F5SQM 3-52 2-Apr 9-Apr 9M6 9M6QFT 3-48 2-Apr 4-Apr 9V by DF8AN 3-44 2-Apr 17-Apr BV BV3/DJ3KR 3-33 2-Apr 15-Apr C6A KL7H/C6A 3-53 2-Apr 3-Apr CN CN8WW 2-Apr 6-May DU 4F7/SM3SGP (OC-129) 3-48 2-Apr 3-Apr EA8 EA8/DL7AU (AF-004) 3-40 2-Apr 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH 3-4 3-2 2-229 2-Apr 9-Apr GD GD4VGN GD0VKS (EU-116) 4-49 2-Apr 5-Apr HS HS0ZCW 3-6 2-Apr 30-Apr J2 by F5PHW 3-55 2-Apr 5-Apr J3 J3/K4UPS J3/K4LTA 3-26 3-15 2-Apr 5-Apr JA JA6CM/6 (AS-036) 3-45 2-Apr 8-Apr JW JW/SM7NAS 3-37 2-Apr 16-Apr JX JX7DFA 4-53 4-50 2-Apr 20-Apr KC4 CE9R 3-51 2-Apr 2-Apr KL7 KL7FBI (NA-037) 3-52 2-Apr 2-Apr OZ OZ5HCA (EU-029) 4-49 2-Apr 13-Apr S0 S09A 3-37 2-Apr 20-Apr TL TL8CG 3-53 2-Apr 3-Apr V3 V31GI (NA-180) 3-35 2-Apr 3-Apr VK4 VK4??? (OC-138) by G3ZAY 3-52 3-38 2-Apr 5-Apr VP5 VP5/IK2SGC VP5/IK2SFZ 3-42 2-Apr 24-May VQ9 VQ9DX 3-11 2-Apr 5-Apr W AE5B (NA-092) 3-54 2-Apr 9-Apr XT XT2DM 3-53 2-Apr 5-Apr ZF ZF2YG 3-51 2-Apr 11-Apr ZK2 ZK2GEO 3-38 3-Apr 4-Apr CT EU-150 3-54 3-Apr 30-Apr HS HS0ZAR 3-48 3-Apr 6-Apr PA PA/ON5JE (EU-146) 3-55 3-Apr 4-Apr SV J41YLS (EU-060) 3-52 3-Apr 18-Apr VK VK8NSB/P (OC-141) 3-45 3-Apr 4-Apr EA RTTY Contest 3-Apr 4-Apr SP DX Contest 5-Apr 5-Apr VK5 VK5AFZ G3ZAY (OC-NEW) 3-52 3-39 ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for March 31, 1999 was 70.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for April 1, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------1-Apr-1999 21 103 17 0 Vy Low/Quiet-Min Stm;Vy Low-Low/Quiet-Unset 1-Apr-1999 18 102 12 1 Vy Low/Quiet-Min Stm;Vy Low-Low/Quiet-Unset 1-Apr-1999 15 102 12 1 Vy Low/Quiet-Mnr Stm;Vy Low-Low/Quiet-Unset 1-Apr-1999 12 102 12 2 Vy Low/Quiet-Mnr Stm;Vy Low-Low/Quiet-Unset 1-Apr-1999 09 102 12 2 Vy Low/Quiet-Mnr Stm;Vy Low-Low/Quiet-Unset 1-Apr-1999 06 102 12 5 Vy Low/Quiet-Mnr Stm;Vy Low-Low/Quiet-Unset 1-Apr-1999 03 102 12 5 Vy Low/Quiet-Mnr Stm;Vy Low-Low/Quiet-Unset 1-Apr-1999 00 102 12 3 Vy Low/Quiet-Unset;Vy Low-Low/Quiet-Unset

The forecast for Friday, 2 April: solar flux 110, A index 15, K index 3. Friday should be High Normal.

The forecast for Saturday, 3 April: solar flux 110, A index 15, K index 3. Saturday should be High Normal.

The forecast for Sunday, 4 April: solar flux 125, A index 8, K index 3. Sunday should be High Normal. ______

QSL Info ______

Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------3B9R N7LVD CN8WW DL6FBL J28AG F6EJI 5N99CEN IV3VBM ED7TZC EA7AIC T33RD OK1RD 7Q7HB G0IAS EG4M EA4URE T77V W3HNK 9J2PI KB0KVA FR/5R8GF TK5PB ZD9BV W4FRU

JA9LSZ - Yasuhiro Yahara, CPO Box 111, Fukui 910-8691, JAPAN N7LVD - Joyce Johnson, 5627 West Hearn Road, Glendale, Arizona 85306

Don, G3XTT, will no longer be handling the QSL chores for contest stations M6T, M7T, and M8T. They will now be taken care of by Andy Cook G4PIQ, Fishers Farm, Colchester Road, Tendring, Essex, CO16 9AA, England . Don will forward any cards he gets to Andy.

Bob, K3BYV, is no longer the QSL manager for TG5ITS and KB0QMY/TI5. He still is the QSL manager for P29ND, PZ5DX and PZ5JR.

QSL cards recently received direct: 3W6EZD, 5H3US, 7Q7DX, C21JH, EM1HO, HB0/HB9LEY, T32MP, ZK3RW ______

On the WWW ______

Here is a quick QSL lookup from past issues of The Daily DX from 17 August, 1998 to 1 April, 1999. http://www.dailydx.com/qslmanager.txt ______

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Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: AA7A, G3XTT, Go List, JA1ADN, K1XN, KH6BZF Reports, N7OJ, NOAA, PY1LVF, PY1NEZ, W2GR, W7IAN, WA2VRF ______

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German Amateur Radio operators Babs (YL), DL7AFS, Lot, DJ7ZG, and Karl, DL2FAG, will be active from the Seychelles from 11 April to 2 May. They will be active as S79YL, S79ZG and S79FAG on all bands except 80 meters on CW, SSB and RTTY. They will be in Mahe (AF-024) and hope to possibly operate from 1 or 2 other IOTA's. QSL all via DL7AFS.

On 10 and 11 April look for the Azores Club station CU2ARA to be active on 15, 20, 40 and 80 meters CW, SSB, SSTV and Packet.

Steve, CE3/NE4Z and XR3Z, will be in Chile for about another month before heading back to Florida. QSL cards for both CE3/NE4Z and XR3Z go via AJ4Y, Paul Womble, P.O. Box 1207, Highland City, FL 33846-1207

The DX News Letter reports that Greek coastal radio station "Athinai Radio SVA" will make their last effort to operate CW during weekends in April from 04:00 to 21:00Z. US stations must have approval from the FCC in order to work these stations. These stations will be operating full duplex on the following set of frequencies.

SVA xmit Ham xmit Station Frequency Frequency SVA2 4239.4 kHz 3525 kHz SVA3 6344 kHz 7025 kHz SVA4 8704 kHz 7025 and 10125 kHz SVA5 13029 kHz 14035 kHz SVA6 16966 kHz 14035, 18085 kHz SVA7 22595.7 kHz 21035, 24905, 28035 kHz

A special event QSL will be mailed via the SV QSL bureau.

Starting tomorrow Mario, K2ZD, will be active as 8P9JM from Barbados. He will be on all bands including 6 meters until 13 April. QSL via K2ZD. ______

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3B9R - RODRIGUES ISLAND - The boys are now active on all bands on CW and SSB. QSL via N7LVD.

3W6WZ - VIETNAM - Walter, OE2CAL, is now active and has been on 10 meters SSB. QSL via OE2CAL.

4S7AB - SRI LANKA - Look for this one on 15 meters SSB after 11:00Z.

8J1RL - ANTARCTICA - Shows up on 15 meters SSB between 09:00 and 11:00Z. QSL via JARL.

AP2NK - PAKISTAN - Nasir will occasionally be on 20 meters CW around 02:00Z. Listen near 14020.

CN8WW - MOROCCO - The German group went QRT on Saturday. They should be back for the CQ World Wide's this coming fall. QSL via DL6FBL.

EG - SPAIN - Stations using this special prefix are celebrating 50 years of Uni¢n Radioaficionados Espa¤oles (URE), Spain's IARU national society. QSL via EA4URE or the EA bureau.

J69EB - ST. LUCIA - Look for him daily around 15:00Z near 28400.

OD5NJ - LEBANON - Gaby occasionally shows up on 30 meters CW after 00:00Z. ______

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The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AF-010 3C1RV 21180 1228 EU-047 DL0KBM 7065 1316 AF-013 5R8FL 28460 1603 EU-048 TM2HT 7058 1645 AN-017 FT5YG 14122 0911 EU-057 DA0DHS 7006 1754 AS-028 UA0QMU 18068 1616 EU-060 J41YLS 18071 1245 AS-036 JA6CM/6 21260 0930 EU-062 LA6WEA 18139 1333 AS-079 JA5CKD/6 14033 1233 EU-096 OH1LU/P 14256 1403 EU-002 OH0M 10110 2055 EU-120 G3LWI 14024 2041 EU-010 GM3VLB/P 14260 1601 EU-146 PA/ON5JE 14258 1719 EU-010 MM0BPP/P 14260 2046 EU-150 CQ2I 14260 0654 EU-012 GM0EKM 14258 2013 NA-002 VP5/IK2SFZ 14210 2107 EU-013 MJ0BTU 14260 1823 NA-062 K2ZR/4 14260 1440 EU-016 9A5ST/P 7048 2001 NA-065 N6FD/7 14260 0425 EU-031 IC8/IN3XUG 14256 1837 OC-128 DU1IMA 21260 2255 EU-034 ES0NW 10105 2036 OC-130 4F9EAQ 21284 1656 EU-047 DJ9IN 14260 1119 OC-141 VK8NSB/P 28440 0822

Martin, G3ZAY, and company will be on Granite Island (OC-NEW) today until 14:00Z. Look for VK4CAY/5, VK5AFZ or VK5BIT.

Mike, UA3SDK, will be active from Sredniy Island (AS-042) as UA3SDK/0 until the end of April. QSL via RU3SD, P.O. Box 1, Ryazan 390000, RUSSIA.

Rene, HR1RMG, hopes to be active from NA-035 as HR1RMG/HR6 in June or July.

From 6 to 9 May look for French station TM2WLH to be active from Penfret Island (EU-094).

Members of the Inchon branch of the KARL plan to operate from Paengnyong Island (AS-122), which is located in the most northern part of South Korea. In fact it may be closer to North Korea than South Korea. The operation has been planned for 21 to 25 May. No call sign was mentioned but they will be active on 2, 10, 15, 20, 40 and 80 meters CW, SSB and FM. Two complete stations will be used on HF and VHF. Anyone wishing to participate in this operation is encouraged to contact the Inchon branch of the KARL by phone at 81-032-431-1450 or 81-032-889-1450 or by FAX 81-032-889-4380.

IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 ______

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From End Prefix Call Ref ------5-Apr 5-Apr HS HS0ZCW 3-6 5-Apr 5-Apr J3 J3/K4UPS J3/K4LTA 3-26 3-15 5-Apr 5-Apr JA JA6CM/6 (AS-036) 3-45 5-Apr 5-Apr VK5 VK5AFZ G3ZAY (OC-NEW) 3-52 3-39 5-Apr 5-Apr VP5 VP5/IK2SGC VP5/IK2SFZ 3-42 5-Apr 5-Apr ZF ZF2YG 3-51 5-Apr 6-Apr 5B 5B4/F5SQM 3-52 5-Apr 6-Apr PA PA/ON5JE (EU-146) 3-55 5-Apr 8-Apr JW JW/SM7NAS 3-37 5-Apr 9-Apr 9M6 9M6QFT 3-48 5-Apr 9-Apr GD GD4VGN GD0VKS (EU-116) 4-49 5-Apr 9-Apr XT XT2DM 3-53 5-Apr 11-Apr 3B9 3B9R 3-16 2-229 5-Apr 11-Apr ZK2 ZK2GEO 3-38 5-Apr 13-Apr S0 S09A 3-37 5-Apr 15-Apr 3B8 3B8/DL6UAA 2-238 5-Apr 15-Apr C6A KL7H/C6A 3-53 5-Apr 16-Apr JX JX7DFA 4-53 4-50 5-Apr 17-Apr BV BV3/DJ3KR 3-33 5-Apr 18-Apr VK VK8NSB/P (OC-141) 3-45 5-Apr 20-Apr KC4 CE9R 3-51 5-Apr 20-Apr TL TL8CG 3-53 5-Apr 30-Apr J2 by F5PHW 3-55 5-Apr 30-Apr HS HS0ZAR 3-48 5-Apr 6-May DU 4F7/SM3SGP (OC-129) 3-48 5-Apr 24-May VQ9 VQ9DX 3-11 5-Apr 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH 3-4 3-2 2-229 6-Apr 8-Apr KL7 KL1SLE (NA-040) 3-48 6-Apr 13-Apr 8P 8P9JM 3-39 6-Apr 15-Apr JT JT1Y 3-40 7-Apr 19-Apr 3A 3A/HB9APJ 3-42 7-Apr 17-May 9N 9N1UD 3-6 8-Apr 12-Apr 3W 3W6BWH 3-55 8-Apr 12-Apr XX9 by K8EP 3-42 9-Apr 11-Apr ES ES1QD (EU-034) 3-46 9-Apr 11-Apr Fresno International DX Convention 3-43 9-Apr 11-Apr XT XT2CI 3-53 9-Apr 12-Apr PY PT1Z (SA-029) 3-56 9-Apr 17-Apr SV SV/SM0TXM/P (EU-067) 3-55 9-Apr 18-Apr JD1/O JA9XBW/JD1 (AS-031) 3-51 10-Apr 10-Apr 4X 4X1VF (AS-100) 4-49 10-Apr 17-Apr F TM2A (EU-032) 3-42 10-Apr 30-Apr V4 V47XC 3-55 ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for April 3, 1999 was 77.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for April 4, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------4-Apr-1999 21 116 13 3 High/Quiet-Active;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unsettled 4-Apr-1999 18 103 11 3 High/Quiet-Active;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unsettled 4-Apr-1999 15 103 11 3 High/Quiet-Active;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unsettled 4-Apr-1999 12 103 11 2 High/Quiet-Active;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unsettled 4-Apr-1999 09 103 11 4 High/Quiet-Active;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unsettled 4-Apr-1999 06 103 11 1 High/Quiet-Unset;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unset 4-Apr-1999 03 103 11 2 Mod/Quiet-Unset;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unset 4-Apr-1999 00 103 11 3 Mod/Quiet-Unset;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unset

A major flare occurred at 05:28Z on 4 April.

The forecast for Monday, 5 April: solar flux 125, A index 15, K index 3. Monday should be High Normal.

The forecast for Tuesday, 6 April: solar flux 135, A index 10, K index 2. Tuesday should be High Normal. ______

QSL Info ______

Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------3B9R N7LVD EK8YC IK2DUW T88WX JA1WSX 3DA0CA W4DR EY8CQ DJ1SKO TI2WGO TI0RC 3W6WZ OE2CAL FM5NA F8AAN TL8CG IK1CQD 5K3W HK3SGP J28AG F6EJI TM2HT F5THW 5N6ZHM W5TUD J41YLS IK3ZAW TR8CA F6CBC 5N99EAM IK7JTF JW/SM7NAS SM7NAS TZ6VV AA0GL 9A5ST/P 9A6KZK KH0/JR1LZK JR1LZK UE9WAB RV9WB 9G1MR IK3HHX KH2/JA3QGI JA3QGI V21CW K2ACW 9M6QFT W4HQF LX8DL/P LX1DA VK4CAY G3ZAY CQ2I CT1CJJ OH0M OH3LQK VK8NSB/P VK9NS EG1LO EA4URE PJ2MI W2CQ VY0XYL VE7YL EG2Z EA4URE R1FJL UA3AGS XV6JP JA1IED EG5CS EA4URE S01A EA2JG ZL4IR W8WC EG7CA EA4URE S09A EA2JG ZY8A PP8KB EG7MA EA4URE SO0AA DL9USA

7P8HH - Horst, Box 1172, Maseru, LESOTHO

QSL cards recently received direct: 3W6US, 9M6AAC, A45XR, E44A, KC4AAA, ZY6XC

QSL cards recently received via WF5E QSL Service: 5Z4RL, 9H0A, 9H3DN, AH4/WA6FGV, FH5CB, FK8HC, FO0GUI, KH6CC, V26K, VP8CRB, VP8CXV, VP8TTY ______

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New/updated logs at dx.qsl.net/logs

YC0LOW (through 31-Mar-99) JY4NE (through 3-Apr-99) JY4NE/OD5 (through 15-Mar-99) GD4UOL (all QSOs 1988 through 1998) NH4/NH6YK (August 1998 through January 1999) ______

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Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: F-10255, G0APV, Go List, HL1KIS, IOTW, K1XN, K3SX, KH6BZF Reports, N2JTX, N6RT, NOAA, OPDX, W3JJ, W4DXX, W7IAN ______

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DX News ______

Monk Apollo, SV2ASP/A, plans to be active between 14:00 and 16:00Z on 10 April on 28475 and will be looking for US stations. Over the next two weeks look for more activity from SV2ASP/A on Mount Athos mainly on SSB with the possibility of some RTTY and Pactor. More information is expected soon.

Stan, 5N0/OK1JR, recently relieved David, 5N0/OK1AUT, in the Czech Embassy in Lagos, Nigeria. He will be here for two months until David comes back. Look for him to be active on all bands including 160 meters, although he will not have an amplifier for Topband. QSL via OK1JR.

Alex, PA3DZN/T99KK (ex TL5A), has just finished his 10 day assignment in Bosnia and Herzegovina. He will be at his next assignment within 2 weeks and expects to be on the air. QSL via PA1AW. ______

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3B9R - RODRIGUES ISLAND - The boys have just found out that tropical cyclone Frederick is very close. See http://www.typhoon.org.hk/ and click on one of the maps. Here was yesterdays reports:

GMT Frequencies ------00 3795 7003 7065 10103 01 1827 3503 7003 02 7003 10102 14003 03 14003 28495 04 14003 14240 18073 05 14240 18073 06 14003 28495 07 14195 24893 28003 28495 08 24893 28003 28495 09 21003 24893 24945 28003 28495 10 21003 24945 28003 28495 11 21003 24945 28495 12 18145 21003 28003 28495 13 3503 14195 21003 21350 28003 28495 14 3503 7004 14083 18145 28495 15 7003 14083 18145 21003 28495 16 18145 28495 17 3503 7005 10103 14083 18 3503 3794 7003 14083 20 3503 21 14083 22 3503 14083 23 3503 14085

EP3HR - IRAN - Hamid was found on 28445 between 06:40 and 08:30Z. QSL via I2MQP.

FT5WH - CROZET - Gilles came up on 14175 just after 12:00Z and stayed for over an hour.

FT5ZJ - AMSTERDAM & ST. PAUL ISLANDS - Was doing RTTY from 12:00 to 13:00Z on 21084.

J28BS - DJIBOUTI - Says he will be active for the next 3 weeks mostly on CW. QSL via F6KPQ. ______

IOTA ______

The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AS-028 UA0QMU 14018 0651 EU-146 PA/ON5JE 7059 0854 AS-042 UA3SDK/0 14260 0223 NA-027 CF1TX 21260 1732 AS-079 JA5CKD/6 14257 1722 NA-062 K2XR/4 7006 0634 EU-010 GM3VLB/M 14260 1219 NA-065 N6FD/7 14260 0309 EU-010 MM0BBP/P 14260 1524 OC-034 YC9WZJ 28450 1240 EU-016 9A5ST/P 24892 1223 OC-042 DU4DX 21210 1359 EU-020 SM1TDE 14260 1100 OC-129 DU7MHA 21020 1551 EU-031 IC8/IK8UHA 14259 1048 OC-130 4F9EAQ 21217 1618 EU-031 IC8/IN3XUG 14263 1705 OC-137 VK4LV 18160 1157 EU-047 DL0KBM 7055 1243 OC-141 VK8NSB/P 28440 0950 EU-057 DA0DHS 14032 0626 OC-210 YC8RRK 21243 1603 EU-129 DL5RFF/P 14257 0740 OC-228 VK4CAY/5 14260 0403 EU-133 R1ASP 14262 1356 OC-228 VK5AFZ 14259 0921

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 15-Apr 3B8 3B8/DL6UAA 2-238 6-Apr 11-Apr 3B9 3B9R 3-16 2-229 6-Apr 6-Apr 5B 5B4/F5SQM 3-52 6-Apr 13-Apr 8P 8P9JM 3-57 3-39 6-Apr 9-Apr 9M6 9M6QFT 3-48 6-Apr 17-Apr BV BV3/DJ3KR 3-33 6-Apr 15-Apr C6A KL7H/C6A 3-53 6-Apr 6-May DU 4F7/SM3SGP (OC-129) 3-48 6-Apr 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH 3-4 3-2 2-229 6-Apr 9-Apr GD GD4VGN GD0VKS (EU-116) 4-49 6-Apr 30-Apr HS HS0ZAR 3-48 6-Apr 30-Apr J2 J28BS 3-55 6-Apr 15-Apr JT JT1Y 3-40 6-Apr 8-Apr JW JW/SM7NAS 3-37 6-Apr 16-Apr JX JX7DFA 4-53 4-50 6-Apr 20-Apr KC4 CE9R 3-51 6-Apr 8-Apr KL7 KL1SLE (NA-040) 3-48 6-Apr 6-Apr PA PA/ON5JE (EU-146) 3-55 6-Apr 13-Apr S0 S09A 3-37 6-Apr 20-Apr TL TL8CG 3-53 6-Apr 30-Apr UA0 UA3SDK/0 (AS-042) 3-57 6-Apr 18-Apr VK VK8NSB/P (OC-141) 3-45 6-Apr 24-May VQ9 VQ9DX 3-11 6-Apr 9-Apr XT XT2DM 3-53 6-Apr 11-Apr ZK2 ZK2GEO 3-38 ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for April 4, 1999 was 90.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for April 5, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------5-Apr-1999 21 133 14 2 Low/Quiet-Active;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unset 5-Apr-1999 18 116 13 3 Low/Quiet-Active;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unset 5-Apr-1999 15 116 13 3 Low/Quiet-Active;Mod/Quiet-Active 5-Apr-1999 12 116 13 4 Low/Quiet-Active;Mod-High/Quiet-Unset 5-Apr-1999 09 116 13 2 Low/Quiet-Active;Mod-High/Quiet-Unset 5-Apr-1999 06 116 13 2 Low/Quiet-Active;Mod-High/Quiet-Unset 5-Apr-1999 03 116 13 2 High/Quiet-Active;Mod-High/Quiet-Unset 5-Apr-1999 00 116 13 3 High/Quiet-Active;Mod-High/Quiet-Unset

The forecast for Tuesday, 6 April: solar flux 135, A index 10, K index 2. Tuesday should be High Normal.

The forecast for Wednesday, 7 April: solar flux 140, A index 10, K index 2. Wednesday should be High Normal. ______

QSL Info ______

Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------5N0/OK1JR OK1JR GD0VKS DL3FCP VK4CAY/5 G3ZAY 5R8FU SM0DJZ J28BS F6KPQ YB0AZ W7TSQ 5Z4RL G0IAS MM0BBP/P GM3VLB

HZ1RT - Sam, P.O. Box 27021, CP 11417, Riyadh, SAUDI ARABIA OD5NH - P.O. Box 80903, Beirut, LEBANON V85AA - Bill Maddox, P.O. Box 1711, BS8673, BRUNEI

QSL cards recently received direct: A71CD, OH1XX ______

Credits ______

Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 5N0/OK1JR, KH6BZF Reports, N7OJ, NOAA, PA1AW, W3JJ, ______

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DX News ______

John, G3HCT, plans to visit family in Botswana and will be active as A25/G3HCT from 1 to 10 May. Look for him on CW. QSL via G3HCT.

World traveler Gerard, F2JD, is currently active from Colombia as HK3/G0SHN. He will be there for the next 18 months and hopes to soon have a HK3 call sign. QSL (as always) via F6AJA.

The DX News Sheet reports that Andy, G4ZVJ, plans to be on from the Dominican Republic as HI/G4ZVJ until 20 April. Look for him on CW. QSL via G4ZVJ.

Six meter buffs will be happy to know that Craig, 3D2TC, is usually on after 05:30Z on the weekdays and when available on weekends. Also Paul, A35RK, is on whenever he is available weekdays and weekends. Both monitor 28885 and 50110 and run 100 watts. When there is an opening 3D2TC hangs out on 50115 on SSB and A35RK on 50120 on CW. A35RK's grid locator is AH20te. QSL A35RK via W7TSQ. QSL 3D2TC Direct.

Deryck, ZS6DE, should be landing on Marion Island in the next two days. Once on the island he will be busy getting situated with his work and setting up his station. He will be there for 13 months and will use ZS8D.

Jeff, N5TJ, plans to operate in the CQ WPX CW Contest from WP2Z in the US Virgin Islands. Look for him to be active between 25 and 30 May. QSL via KU9C. ______

QSN ______

3B9R - RODRIGUES ISLAND - Despite the cyclone the operators continue to hand out the QSOs. Late Tuesday they were closing in on 30,000 QSOs. Although they said they would not be on 80 or 160 meters, they did show up and Victor confirmed that he was on 80 meters while Garry, NI6T, was on Topband. They plan to be on both 80 and 160 meters the next few days. West Coast DXers should try 20 meters longpath starting around 01:00Z until they go QRT or QSY around 04:30 or so. http://www.dateline.ru/3b9/

5N99MSV - NIGERIA - Stan, OK1JR, was using this call yesterday on 14179 just before 22:00Z. QSL via OK1JR.

A45XU - OMAN - This is Don (ex A92BE) was active on 15 meters SSB after 14:00Z. He is now giving Joe, W3HNK, as his QSL manager.

JT1Y - MONGOLIA - The Italians are now active on all bands on CW and SSB.

T88WX - BELAU - Europeans found him on 18133 around 13:30Z. QSL via JA1WSX.

XX9TRR - MACAO - Is once again active. Look for him on 40 meters around his sunset (10:40Z). QSL via N6XJ. ______

IOTA ______

The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AS-028 UA0QBA 14254 1844 EU-049 SV8DCY 14085 1714 AS-028 UA0QMU 18069 1616 EU-133 R1ASP 14264 1512 AS-042 UA3SDK/0 14260 1758 NA-015 CO8LY 14260 2122 AS-079 JA5CKD/6 14014 1825 NA-027 CF1FX 21256 1659 EU-001 SV5AZP 21305 1704 OC-130 4F9EAQ 21266 1606 EU-008 MM0BPP/M 14260 1434 OC-141 VK8NSB/P 28460 1019 EU-016 9A6A 14256 2016 OC-143 YC5XIP 21260 1656 EU-031 IC8/IN3XUG 14256 1929

During the RSGB IOTA Contest in late July look Fabrizio, IN3ZNR, and a group from Cuba and Canada to be active from Cayo Coco Island (NA-086), Cuba. They may use a special T47 call sign.

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 19-Apr 3A 3A/HB9APJ 3-42 7-Apr 15-Apr 3B8 3B8/DL6UAA 2-238 7-Apr 11-Apr 3B9 3B9R 3-16 2-229 7-Apr 31-May 5N 5N0/OK1JR 3-58 7-Apr 13-Apr 8P 8P9JM 3-57 3-39 7-Apr 9-Apr 9M6 9M6QFT 3-48 7-Apr 17-May 9N 9N7UD 3-6 7-Apr 17-Apr BV BV3/DJ3KR 3-33 7-Apr 15-Apr C6A KL7H/C6A 3-53 7-Apr 6-May DU 4F7/SM3SGP (OC-129) 3-48 7-Apr 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH 3-4 3-2 2-229 7-Apr 9-Apr GD GD4VGN GD0VKS (EU-116) 4-49 7-Apr 30-Apr HS HS0ZAR 3-48 7-Apr 30-Apr J2 J28BS 3-55 7-Apr 15-Apr JT JT1Y 3-40 7-Apr 8-Apr JW JW/SM7NAS 3-37 7-Apr 16-Apr JX JX7DFA 4-53 4-50 7-Apr 20-Apr KC4 CE9R 3-51 7-Apr 8-Apr KL7 KL1SLE (NA-040) 3-48 7-Apr 13-Apr S0 S09A 3-37 7-Apr 20-Apr TL TL8CG 3-53 7-Apr 30-Apr UA0 UA3SDK/0 (AS-042) 3-57 7-Apr 18-Apr VK VK8NSB/P (OC-141) 3-45 7-Apr 24-May VQ9 VQ9DX 3-11 7-Apr 9-Apr XT XT2DM 3-53 7-Apr 11-Apr ZK2 ZK2GEO 3-38 ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for April 5, 1999 was 111.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for April 6, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------6-Apr-1999 21 137 8 1 Low/Quiet-Active;Low-Mod/Quiet-Active 6-Apr-1999 18 133 13 1 Low/Quiet-Active;Low-Mod/Quiet-Active 6-Apr-1999 15 133 13 1 Low/Quiet-Active;Low-Mod/Quiet-Active 6-Apr-1999 12 133 13 1 Low/Quiet-Active;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unsettled 6-Apr-1999 09 133 13 2 Low/Quiet-Active;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unsettled 6-Apr-1999 06 133 13 3 Low/Quiet-Active;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unsettled 6-Apr-1999 03 133 13 4 Low/Quiet-Active;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unsettled 6-Apr-1999 00 133 13 1 Low/Quiet-Active;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unsettled

The forecast for Wednesday, 7 April: solar flux 140, A index 10, K index 2. Wednesday should be High Normal.

The forecast for Thursday, 8 April: solar flux 140, A index 8, K index 3. Thursday should be High Normal. ______

QSL Info ______

Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------3A/HB9APJ HB9APJ 9N7UD K4VUD JT1Y I0SNY 5N99MSV OK1JR A45XU W3HNK T88WX JA1WSX 9G5HK DL1IAL CF1TX VO1TX XX9TRR N6XJ

BA7JK - Box 1711, Guan Zhou, CHINA ZY8A - PP8KB, P.O. Box 691, Manaus Am 69011-970, BRAZIL

QSL cards recently received direct: 5H3RK, 9A7A, AP2AGJ, EA6MQ, FW5XX, JT1BG, VR2LC, VS96BG (9/96), XT2OW, Z28D ______

On the WWW ______

Logs for the recent 3D2TN, T30R and T33RD DXpeditions are now located at http://www.okdxc.cz/pacific99/logy.htm A Callbook for Estonia (ES) can be found at http://www.qsl.net/es5aaw/es_callbook.htm ______

Credits ______

Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 425 DX News, DX News Sheet, ES2NA, HK3/G0SHN, KE2TT, KH6BZF Reports, N2QT, N4MXT, N5CQ, NOAA, OK2AP, PP8EB, W7IAN, W7TSQ, WA2VRF, ZS6EZ ______

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DX News ______

Mark your calendars for 10 April as Monk Apollo, SV2ASP/A, on Mount Athos plans to be on or near 28475 between 14:00 and 16:00Z. If conditions are not good to the states he will then go to 18140. If he does show up on 17 meters at this time it should be very good to all parts of the low 48 states. This is exclusive information to The Daily DX but once it hits the packet clusters you can bet it will get crowded. It seems that Monk Apollo is going to be active for the next week or two on SSB and possibly on RTTY and Pactor. If you are lucky enough to work him QSL to Monk Apollo, Monastery Dochiariou, GR - 63087 Mt. Athos, GREECE. It has been recommended to send SAE with 2$ US as IRCs are difficult to exchange at his local post office.

Stan, 5N0/OK1JR, is now in Lagos, Nigeria and just received his 5N99MSV license. Amateur Radio operators from Nigeria are now using the 5N99 special prefix to celebrate Nigeria 99 World Championship in soccer for players till 21 years of age till end of April. Afterwards Stan will use his new 5N0MSV call sign. QSL all via OK1JR. Don't expect QSLs until after 1 June.

Alex, PA3DZN (TL5A/T99KK), is currently on his way to his next assignment. It will be a good one on any band or mode and more news is expected very soon. ______

QSN ______

3W6LI - VIETNAM - Check near 21270 at 23:00Z.

7X4AN - ALGERIA - Mohamed has been showing up near 14015 after 22:00Z.

8J1RL - ANTARCTICA - Continues to show up on 15 meters SSB daily 13:00 and 17:00Z. Look around 21250. QSL via JARL.

EP3HR - IRAN - Hamid was found on 18115 working mostly Europeans and some from the US between 15:00 and 17:00Z. QSL via I2MQP.

ET3AA - ETHIOPIA - Enbese likes to hang out on 10 meters SSB starting around 13:00Z daily. Try listening between 28480 and 28510.

ET3VSC - ETHIOPIA - Look for Claudio on 12 meters SSB around 12:00Z.

SV2ASP - MOUNT ATHOS - Has been showing up on a net on 14252 after 21:30Z.

SV5TS - DODECANESE - Vasilis is located on Rhodes and likes to show up near 14265 just prior to 22:00Z.

T88 - BELAU - T88CW and T88WX have been found on 17 meters after 10:00 and as late as 14:00Z. T88CW can be found on CW while T88WX is on SSB.

VK9NS - NORFOLK ISLAND - Jim shows up most days around 03:30Z on 14222. He is usually talking to Larry, AH8LG. QSL both direct.

XX9TRR - MACAO - Pertti was found on 10105 at 13:00Z. QSL via N6XJ. ______

IOTA ______

The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AF-017 3B9R 14196 2045 EU-125 DL1MAU 14260 1800 AF-049 3B8/DL6UAA 21295 1653 EU-125 OZ/DL2MX 14260 1820 AS-028 UA0QBA 14256 1955 NA-015 CO8LY 14260 1158 AS-042 UA3SDK/0 14258 0658 NA-040 KL1SLE 14260 430 AS-079 JA5CKD/6 14013 1911 NA-058 K4HBH 14260 2048 AS-083 RA9LI/9 14260 1607 NA-065 N6FD/7 14260 252 EU-001 SV5TS 14258 2210 NA-107 FM5GU 21269 1143 EU-004 EA6AEI 14245 1430 OC-021 YC2JVQ 21254 1639 EU-031 IC8/IN3XUG 14227 1945 OC-141 VK8NSB/P 21136 1421 EU-047 DL0KBM 7089 2040 OC-143 YC5XIP 21260 1821 EU-105 F5MIW/P 14260 1458 OC-146 YC8FMI 21280 1318

A group of German Amateur Radio operators plan to operate from Bozcaada Island (AS-099), Turkey from 8 to 14 May. Operators include DL6DB/TA0S, DA2KT/ON2KT, DJ2JH, DL4DN, DL6BK and DG1NPM.

Joe, K2OLG, will be on the air from North Hutchinson Island (NA-141) today Starting around 11:00Z on 14260. Keep an ear on 28460 also. On 15 April he plans to be on from NA-138 and on 16 April he hopes to be on NA-058. Check both 10 and 20 meters. QSL 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 ------8-Apr 19-Apr 3A 3A/HB9APJ 3-42 8-Apr 15-Apr 3B8 3B8/DL6UAA 2-238 8-Apr 11-Apr 3B9 3B9R 3-16 2-229 8-Apr 12-Apr 3W 3W6BWH 3-55 8-Apr 31-May 5N 5N0/OK1JR 3-58 8-Apr 13-Apr 8P 8P9JM 3-57 3-39 8-Apr 9-Apr 9M6 9M6QFT 3-48 8-Apr 17-May 9N 9N7UD 3-6 8-Apr 17-Apr BV BV3/DJ3KR 3-33 8-Apr 15-Apr C6A KL7H/C6A 3-53 8-Apr 6-May DU 4F7/SM3SGP (OC-129) 3-48 8-Apr 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH 3-4 3-2 2-229 8-Apr 9-Apr GD GD4VGN GD0VKS (EU-116) 4-49 8-Apr 20-Apr HI HI/G4ZVJ 3-59 8-Apr 30-Apr HS HS0ZAR 3-48 8-Apr 30-Apr J2 J28BS 3-55 8-Apr 15-Apr JT JT1Y 3-40 8-Apr 8-Apr JW JW/SM7NAS 3-37 8-Apr 16-Apr JX JX7DFA 4-53 4-50 8-Apr 20-Apr KC4 CE9R 3-51 8-Apr 8-Apr KL7 KL1SLE (NA-040) 3-48 8-Apr 13-Apr S0 S09A 3-37 8-Apr 20-Apr TL TL8CG 3-53 8-Apr 30-Apr UA0 UA3SDK/0 (AS-042) 3-57 8-Apr 18-Apr VK VK8NSB/P (OC-141) 3-45 8-Apr 24-May VQ9 VQ9DX 3-11 8-Apr 9-Apr XT XT2DM 3-53 8-Apr 12-Apr XX9 by K8EP 3-42 8-Apr 11-Apr ZK2 ZK2GEO 3-38 ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for April 6, 1999 was 119.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for April 7, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------7-Apr-1999 21 141 11 2 Low/Quiet-Active;Low/Quiet-Active 7-Apr-1999 18 137 8 2 Low/Quiet-Active;Low/Quiet-Active 7-Apr-1999 15 137 8 2 Low/Quiet-Active;Low/Quiet-Active 7-Apr-1999 12 137 8 3 Low/Quiet-Active;Low-Mod/Quiet-Active 7-Apr-1999 09 137 8 2 Low/Quiet-Active;Low-Mod/Quiet-Active 7-Apr-1999 06 137 8 3 Low/Quiet-Active;Low-Mod/Quiet-Active 7-Apr-1999 03 137 8 4 Low/Quiet-Active;Low-Mod/Quiet-Active 7-Apr-1999 00 137 8 2 Low/Quiet-Active;Low-Mod/Quiet-Active

The forecast for Thursday, 8 April: solar flux 142, A index 15, K index 3. Thursday should be High Normal.

The forecast for Friday, 9 April: solar flux 144, A index 10, K index 2. Friday should be High Normal. ______

QSL Info ______

Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------4L4MM ON4CFI EP3HR I2MQP T32RT W6UC CO8ZZ AD4Z FG5FR F6FNU V51HK DL6OBS CP6XE CP6VP KL1SLE WL7KY Z32AF NN6C EL2WW ON5NT

BD4DW - David Y. J. Zhou, P.O. Box 040-088, Shanghai, CHINA

QSL cards recently received direct: 5U7DG, 7X2RO, 8Q7DV, BD4DW, P29CC, T30ED, VS96BG (10/96), XZ1N ______

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Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 5N99MSV, IOTW, K2OLG, KH6BZF Reports, N4GN, N7OJ, NOAA, PA3DZN, VE3IRF, W3JJ, W9OL ______

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DX News ______

The official Chinese Radio Sports Association station BY1PK plans to be active this weekend in the Japan International CW DX Contest. Operators include BA1AA, BA1AB, BA1DU, BA1OK, BA1RB and others. QSL via P.O. Box 6106, Beijing 100061, CHINA.

N6ZW and K6IPA plan to be active from St. Maarten as PJ8/N6ZW and PJ8/K6IPA from 10 to 24 April. Look for the on the Novice CW bands and on some school nets.

Paul, K9NU, will be operating at 4U1ITU from 10 to 12 April. Look for him to be active on 10 through 80 meters SSB and RTTY.

Japanese special event station 8J3IKD will be on the air from 10 to 30 April to celebrate the 60th anniversary of Ikeda City, Osaka, Japan. Look for activity on all bands all modes. QSL via JARL. ______

Silent Key ______

Rob, HJ3PXA, regretfully reports the sad passing of well known DXer William Elasmar, HK3RQ. Bill was the President of the Liga Colombiana de Radioaficionados (LCRA), the Colombian IARU society from 1964-1971. Many old timers will remember getting their first CW or SSB QSO from Bill. ______

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3B9R - RODRIGUES ISLAND - The boys continue to hand out the QSOs. Here were Thursdays reports.

GMT Frequencies ------00 1827 3795 7003 10103 01 1827 7003 02 1827 7003 14083 14198 03 10103 14003 14083 14198 21003 24893 28003 04 14003 18145 21003 05 14083 18145 21003 24945 06 21003 21082 21295 24945 28003 07 21083 21295 24945 28003 08 21083 24945 28003 09 18145 21003 21295 24945 28003 10 21003 21295 24945 28003 11 14003 14195 21003 21083 24893 24945 12 14195 21003 21083 24893 28003 13 7003 14195 18073 21003 21083 28003 14 1827 3503 7003 14003 14195 18145 21004 24905 15 3503 10103 14003 14195 18145 24905 24945 16 3503 7003 7064 14003 14195 18145 24940 17 7003 14195 18145 18 1827 7003 14195 18074 21003 19 1827 7003 14003 18074 20 1827 3795 7003 7050 18074 21 1827 7003 7060 18074 22 1827 3797 7003 7060 10103 18073 23 1827 3797

5H3RK - TANZANIA - Stations all across the US reported working Ralph on 28495 between 18:45 and 21:15Z.

9N7UD - NEPAL - Charlie was found on CW on 14023 from 02:00 to 02:45Z. QSL via K4VUD.

AP2NK - PAKISTAN - While Charlie, 9N1UD, was on 14023 Nasir was on 14022 making things a little busy.

HS0ZAR - THAILAND - Fred, K3ZO, is now in Bangkok and was on 15 meters CW at 16:00Z, on 20 meters CW at 20:00Z and 40 meters CW at 23:00Z. QSL via K3ZO.

S09A - WESTERN SAHARA - He started on 28499 around 13:00Z. At 15:00Z he was on 24945 and at 16:00Z he showed up on 21297. QSL via EA2JG.

T88CW - BELAU - Showed up on 1824 just prior to 12:00Z.

XT2CI - BURKINA FASO - Was active on 10 SSB and 20 CW and SSB on Thursday from 17:00 to 21:00Z. QSL via TU2CI. ______

IOTA ______

The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AF-017 3B9R 18074 1911 EU-075 SV1TP/P 14263 1628 AS-028 UA0QBA 14260 2025 EU-125 OZ/DL2MX 14262 1959 AS-028 UA0QMU 14001 1631 NA-040 KL1SLE 14260 836 AS-053 HS0/IK4MRH 14260 1814 NA-062 K2ZR/4 14030 2210 EU-009 GM0HTT 18128 1740 NA-138 N5VL 21260 2111 EU-021 TF3AO 14257 1754 NA-141 K2OLG/M 14260 1118 EU-028 IK5/DH5SAM/P 14255 1420 OC-006 VK7RX 14239 714 EU-031 IC8/IN3XUG 14260 1504 OC-034 YC9WZJ 21250 1538 EU-042 DK8OL 14080 1856 OC-141 VK8NSB/P 21290 1044 EU-047 DL0KBM 7056 1514 OC-210 YC8RRK 21315 1610 EU-062 LA6WEA 18143 1255

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 9-Apr 9M6 9M6QFT 3-48 9-Apr 9-Apr GD GD4VGN GD0VKS (EU-116) 4-49 9-Apr 9-Apr XT XT2DM 3-53 9-Apr 11-Apr 3B9 3B9R 3-16 2-229 9-Apr 11-Apr ES ES1QD (EU-034) 3-46 9-Apr 11-Apr XT XT2CI 3-53 9-Apr 11-Apr ZK2 ZK2GEO 3-38 9-Apr 11-Apr Fresno International DX Convention 3-43 9-Apr 12-Apr 3W 3W6BWH 3-55 9-Apr 12-Apr PY PT1Z (SA-029) 3-56 9-Apr 12-Apr XX9 by K8EP 3-42 9-Apr 13-Apr 8P 8P9JM 3-57 3-39 9-Apr 13-Apr S0 S09A 3-37 9-Apr 15-Apr 3B8 3B8/DL6UAA 2-238 9-Apr 15-Apr C6A KL7H/C6A 3-53 9-Apr 15-Apr JT JT1Y 3-40 9-Apr 16-Apr JX JX7DFA 4-53 4-50 9-Apr 17-Apr BV BV3/DJ3KR 3-33 9-Apr 17-Apr SV SV/SM0TXM/P (EU-067) 3-55 9-Apr 18-Apr JD1/O JA9XBW/JD1 (AS-031) 3-51 9-Apr 18-Apr VK VK8NSB/P (OC-141) 3-45 9-Apr 19-Apr 3A 3A/HB9APJ 3-42 9-Apr 20-Apr HI HI/G4ZVJ 3-59 9-Apr 20-Apr KC4 CE9R 3-51 9-Apr 20-Apr TL TL8CG 3-53 9-Apr 30-Apr HS HS0ZAR 3-48 9-Apr 30-Apr J2 J28BS 3-55 9-Apr 30-Apr UA0 UA3SDK/0 (AS-042) 3-57 9-Apr 6-May DU 4F7/SM3SGP (OC-129) 3-48 9-Apr 17-May 9N 9N7UD 3-6 9-Apr 24-May VQ9 VQ9DX 3-11 9-Apr 31-May 5N 5N0/OK1JR 3-58 9-Apr 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH 3-4 3-2 2-229 10-Apr 10-Apr 4X 4Z0A (AS-100) 4-49 10-Apr 10-Apr SV/A SV2ASP/A 3-60 3-58 10-Apr 11-Apr CU CU2ARA 3-57 10-Apr 11-Apr Japan International CW DX Contest 10-Apr 11-Apr His Majesty the King of Spain Contest 10-Apr 17-Apr F TM2A (EU-032) 3-42 10-Apr 30-Apr V4 V47XC 3-55 11-Apr 2-May S7 S79YL S79ZG S79FAG (AF-024) 3-57 ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for April 7, 1999 was 121.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for April 8, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------8-Apr-1999 21 139 11 3 Mod/Quiet-Active;Low-Mod/Quiet-Active 8-Apr-1999 18 141 11 4 Mod/Quiet-Active;Low-Mod/Quiet-Active 8-Apr-1999 15 141 11 2 Low/Quiet;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 8-Apr-1999 12 141 11 2 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 8-Apr-1999 09 141 11 2 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Active 8-Apr-1999 06 141 11 2 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Active 8-Apr-1999 03 141 11 1 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Active 8-Apr-1999 00 141 11 2 Low/Quiet-Active;Low/Quiet-Active

The forecast for Friday, 9 April: solar flux 143, A index 12, K index 3. Friday should be High Normal.

The forecast for Saturday, 10 April: solar flux 139, A index 10, K index 2. Saturday should be High Normal.

The forecast for Sunday, 11 April: solar flux 150, A index 12, K index 3. Sunday should be High Normal.

The forecast for Monday, 12 April: solar flux 150, A index 8, K index 3. Monday should be High Normal. ______

QSL Info ______

Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------FK8GM WB2RAJ HZ1AB K8PYD XT2CI TU2CI HS0ZAR K3ZO T88CW JA2NQG YI1DKS IK2DUW

QSL cards recently received direct: OA4SS, XZ1N ______

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Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: ARRL DX Bulletin, BA1DU, KH6BZF Reports, NOAA, QRZ DX, W2GE, W3JJ ______

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Motoi, JK2PNY/VR2SS, will once again be active from Taipa Island (AS-075), Macao until 9 May. He will be concentrating on 6 meters so keep an ear out for him on CW on 50090 and on FM on 50100 and 50140. He has a IC-706 and a 5 element yagi. He will also show up on HF. QSL via JK2PNY, Motoi Kawattsu, 205 Mezon 3-17-15, Nishisugamo, Toshima-ku, 170-0001 JAPAN.

Alex, PA3DZN (ex TL5A/T99KK etc.), is now in Baghdad, Iraq and is trying to get settled in to this semi-rare middle east country. He was unable to take any radio equipment into the country however he will establish contact with the locals in order to obtain permission to operate. Alex says it may take some time to get a license and his main concerns at the moment are his new work responsibilities. Stay tuned for more news later.

Joe, G3MRC, is currently in Ethiopia until the end of the month. He will then go back to Uganda where he holds the call 5X1P. QSL via G3MRC. ______

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3B9R - RODRIGUES ISLAND - This operation closed up late Saturday with close to 45,000 QSOs. Logs will not be on their home page. The Midway-Kure DX Foundation was able to help Robert, 3B9FR, in order to get him back on the air. So look for activity from him in the future.

A92GJ - BAHRAIN - This Ed (WH6CXQ) who was found on 21280 after 17:00Z on Sunday. QSL info below.

CE0ZAM - JUAN FERNANDEZ - John was active over the weekend on 10 and 12 meters SSB.

EA0JC - SPAIN - King Juan Carlos was found on 7070 after 18:30Z on Sunday.

JA9XBW/JD1 - OGASAWARA - Was active this past weekend in the Japan International CW DX Contest.

JT1Y - MONGOLIA - The Italians continue to be active on 10 through 30 meters CW and SSB. QSL via I0SNY.

SV2ASP/A - MOUNT ATHOS - Monk Apollo was active this past weekend as expected. Although no reports on 10 or 17 meters on Saturday as expected. He did come up on 18158 just prior to 13:30Z on Sunday. More activity should be expected out of him this week.

VU2TS - INDIA - Ganesh has been showing up around 01:30 to 02:00Z on 14.003+/- with good signals and not a great deal of activity. QSL via I1YRL. ______

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The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AF-024 S79YL 18140 0710 EU-075 SV1TP/P 7050 2212 AF-024 S79ZG 21295 1950 EU-133 R1ASP 21267 0835 AS-018 UA0FDX 21002 1029 NA-016 ZF2DR 7069 0253 AS-042 RV3MA/0 14010 0015 NA-065 N6FD/7 14260 0414 AS-079 JA5CKD/6 14031 2010 NA-140 W3YN 14270 2037 AS-083 RA9LI/9 14018 2049 OC-021 YB0AZ 14193 1607 EU-001 SV5TS 14261 2217 OC-090 DU1/DL2GAC 14261 1327 EU-013 GH4WKS/P 14263 0848 OC-141 VK8NSB/P 28110 0047 EU-027 JW4CJA 14260 1941 OC-143 YC5XIP 21260 1524 EU-032 TM2A 7060 1623 OC-148 YC9MKF 28460 1414 EU-034 ES1RA/0 24947 0851 OC-210 YC8RBC 21290 1430 EU-034 ES1QD/0 21263 1006 OC-210 YC8TXW 21045 1405

Jayme, PP5LL, plans to be on from Mel Island (SA-047), Brazil from 21 to 28 April. Look for him to use PR5B on SSB and PT5L on CW. Check the IOTA frequencies. Next he will go to Arvoredo Island (SA 027), Brazil between 13 and 17 May as he will use PY5B on SSB and PV5L on CW. QSL cards for both operations go via PP5LL Jayme Lira, P.O. Box 08, Florian¢polis/SC, 88010-970 BRAZIL.

Joe, JA4PXE, plans to operate from Kusagaki Island (AS-067) starting around 17:00Z on 29 April. He will be active on 6, 10, 15, 17, 20 and 40 meters SSB until about 23:00Z on 30 April. Next he will operate from Danjo Island (AS-056) from 16:00Z on 2 May through 00:00Z on 3 May. QSL via JA4PXE, Souji Kuwahara, 1-75, midori-ku, Tokuyama, 745-0075 JAPAN.

Didier, F5NZO, reports that Yuri, UA0KCL, hopes to operate from Rautan Island (AS-038) as UA0KCL/0 after 15 April for about 2 days. QSL via RA3DEJ.

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 8P 8P9JM 3-57 3-39 13-Apr 13-Apr S0 S09A 3-37 13-Apr 15-Apr 3B8 3B8/DL6UAA 2-238 13-Apr 15-Apr C6A KL7H/C6A 3-53 13-Apr 15-Apr JT JT1Y 3-40 13-Apr 16-Apr JX JX7DFA 4-53 4-50 13-Apr 17-Apr BV BV3/DJ3KR 3-33 13-Apr 17-Apr F TM2A (EU-032) 3-42 13-Apr 17-Apr SV SV/SM0TXM/P (EU-067) 3-55 13-Apr 18-Apr JD1/O JA9XBW/JD1 (AS-031) 3-51 13-Apr 18-Apr VK VK8NSB/P (OC-141) 3-45 13-Apr 19-Apr 3A 3A/HB9APJ 3-42 13-Apr 20-Apr HI HI/G4ZVJ 3-59 13-Apr 20-Apr KC4 CE9R 3-51 13-Apr 20-Apr TL TL8CG 3-53 13-Apr 24-Apr PJ8 PJ8/N6ZW PJ8/K6IPA 3-61 13-Apr 30-Apr HS HS0ZAR 3-48 13-Apr 30-Apr J2 J28BS 3-55 13-Apr 30-Apr UA0 UA3SDK/0 (AS-042) 3-57 13-Apr 30-Apr V4 V47XC 3-55 13-Apr 2-May S7 S79YL S79ZG S79FAG (AF-024) 3-57 13-Apr 6-May DU 4F7/SM3SGP (OC-129) 3-48 13-Apr 17-May 9N 9N7UD 3-6 13-Apr 24-May VQ9 VQ9DX 3-11 13-Apr 31-May 5N 5N0/OK1JR 3-58 13-Apr 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH 3-4 3-2 2-229 15-Apr 15-Apr W K2OLG (NA-138) 3-60 15-Apr 19-Apr KH0 KH0XX 3-45 15-Apr 25-Apr YU YU7ADY/P (EU-163) 4-49 16-Apr 16-Apr W K2OLG (NA-058) 3-60 16-Apr 18-Apr DXYL NAYL CW Contest 16-Apr 22-Apr VR2 by K2WE 3-52 16-Apr 25-Apr 4U 4U1ITU 3-55 17-Apr 18-Apr Holyland DX Contest 17-Apr 22-Apr EA9 EA9/JI6KVR 3-45

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Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for April 11, 1999 was 103.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for April 12, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------12-Apr-1999 21 130 8 1 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Unsettled 12-Apr-1999 18 131 9 2 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Unsettled 12-Apr-1999 15 131 9 2 Very Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Unsettled 12-Apr-1999 12 131 9 3 Very Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Unsettled 12-Apr-1999 09 131 9 2 Very Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Unsettled 12-Apr-1999 06 131 9 2 Very Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Unsettled 12-Apr-1999 03 131 9 3 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Unsettled 12-Apr-1999 00 131 9 2 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Unsettled

The forecast for Tuesday, 13 April: solar flux 130, A index 8, K index 2. Tuesday should be High Normal.

The forecast for Wednesday, 14 April: solar flux 128, A index 7, K index 2. Wednesday should be High Normal. ______

QSL Info ______

Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------3W5FM UA0FM HS0/JR3XMG JG3AVS SU1ER WA3HUP 3W6BWH JA2BWH HV4NAC IK0FVC TA1TAH TA1A 4X4JP WA1GZY JW4CJA LA4CJA TL8MS DL6NW 4Z0A 4Z5DW JX0LMJ LA7DFA TM1CW F5KBM 6W2/ON4QM ON4QM JY9NX JH7FQK TM2A F5BJW 8P9JM K2ZD LD4KF LA4KF TN2FB F3FB 8S3SAG SM3PZ LD9SN LA9SN UN7FW IK2QPR 9J2AM JA0JHA OR0OST ON6HC V21CW K2ACW 9K2GS W6YJ OX3UB OZ1PIF VU2TS I1YRL 9V1BG JL1MWI RA9LI/P DL6ZFG XT2CI TU2CI BV/DJ3KR DH3MG RV3MA/0 RV3ACA XX9TEP K8EP CO2JD AD4Z S79FAG DL7AFS ZD7SM W1ZT E21CJN W3PP S79YL DL7AFS ZF2DR K5RQ ED7MAA EA7URM S79ZG DL7AFS ZS1ZSL ZS1WA GH4WKS/P G0GNF

A92GJ - Ed Tenhulzen, Admin. Support Unit, PSC-451, Box 215, FPO AE 09834-2800 OD5NH - P.O. Box 80903, Beirut, LEBANON UA0FM - P.O. Box 37, Vladimir 600000, RUSSIA

Rick, K8WT, says he was VP5J in 1995 and was the QSL manager for that operation. However he has been receiving cards recently for the March 1999 operation which he is unable to confirm as he is not the manager for that operation.

QSL cards recently received direct: 3D2DX, 3V8BB, 3W5FM, C21ZM, E31AA, EY8MM, FO0KOL, RU9VA, S79KMB, TT8FC, UA0FF, UA9FQF/9, XZ1N ______

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Doug, N6RT, reports the following logs are now at dx.qsl.net/logs

OH0M PY4BK (1999 CQ WPX SSB Contest) HJ3PXA (1999 CQ WPX SSB Contest) EV200M

The logs for the German's currently on the Seychelles (S79FAG, S79YL, S79ZG) are expected to be there after the DXpedition. If all goes well with the pactor equipment they maybe there during the operation. ______

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Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: F5NZO, JI6KVR, K4KSY, K8WT, KB3AUG, KH6BZF Reports, N4PQX, N6RT, N7OJ, NOAA, PS7AB, VE3IRF, W2RMM, W3JJ, W7IAN, W7UG, YI/PA3DZN ______

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World traveler Tada Shimoichi, JA1WPX, is planning to operate from the Caribbean between 25 April and 2 May. Tada will be spending his Golden Week holiday on this island of Guadeloupe as FG/JA1WPX/P. Look for him to be on 10 through 40 meters CW and SSB. QSL via JA1WPX.

Look for Doug, N6TQS, to be active from the Isle of Man as MD0BPI from 20 to 26 May. He will be on RTTY. QSL via N6TQS.

Ron, NP2AQ, in now in Mexico City, Mexico and active until September, 2000 as XE1/NP2AQ. QSL via W3HNK or direct to Ron Maples, US Embassy Mexico City, Box 3087, Laredo, TX 78044, USA.

Members of the Yamato Amateur Radio Club, JA1ZEK, plan to operate from the Pacific Ocean during their Golden Week holiday. First they will go to Fiji on 30 April and stay until 1 May. Next they will make another attempt to operate from Tuvalu where they will stay from 2 to 9 May. This is the same group of Japanese operators who tried to go last year but were unable to do so. Let's hope they have better luck this year. Suggested frequencies are as follows:

CW - 1827, 3507, 7007, 1007, 14007, 18077, 21007, 24897, 28007, 50107 SSB - 3798, 7080, 14197, 21270, 24937, 28470, 50107

Operators include: Homecall Fiji Tuvalu ------JA1JQY 3D2SH T22JY JA1KJW 3D2HI T22KJ JA3MCA/1 3D2TK T22TK JA8VE/1 3D2KZ T22VE

QSL via home calls.

Victor, RA3DQ, and Oleg, UA3HK, will be in Cape Town, South Africa from 16 to 29 April. They plan to be active as ZS1/RA3DQ and ZS1/UA3HK on 10 through 80 meters CW and SSB.

Graham, G0VNW/5Z4GS, is expected to return to Nairobi, Kenya tomorrow. Look for him to be active on SSB on all bands especially on 12 and 17 meters. QSL via WB2YQH.

Ed, WH6CXQ, will be in Bahrain as A92GJ for the next two years. ______

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3B9FR - RODRIGUES ISLAND - Robert is now active again thanks to the help of the recent 3B9R DXpedition. He was found on 30 meters CW at 14:00Z. QSL direct only.

4S7BRG - SRI LANKA - East Coast DXers report working Mario on 24961 around 16:00Z. QSL via HB9BRM.

5R8FU - MADAGASCAR - Came up on 28475 between 17:00 and 18:00Z Wednesday. QSL via SM0DJZ.

AP2NK - PAKISTAN - Nasir continues to show up on 20 meters CW just after 02:00Z.

EP2FM - IRAN - RTTY DXers found this semi rare one on 14085 from 17:00 to 18:40Z.

JA9XBW/JD1 - OGASAWARA - Made a surprise visit to 30 meter CW around 12:00Z.

SV2ASP/A - MOUNT ATHOS - Was on a net on 14252 at 21:00Z.

TN2FB - CONGO - JA's report this one on 14135 between 21:00 and 22:00Z. QSL via F3FB.

VK0TS - ANTARCTICA - Tom Stokes was reported at Davis Base on 14260 at 13:30Z. Tom was on Macquarie several years ago.

VU2TS - INDIA - Those needing zone 22 on 40 meters should look for Ganesh who has been showing up around 00:00 on 7002. ______

IOTA ______

The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AF-004 EA8/DL7AU 28466 1447 EU-033 LA4MQ 14261 0750 AF-024 S79FAG 24928 1744 EU-133 R1ASP 14260 0721 AN-015 8J1RL 21253 1127 NA-015 CO8LY 21260 1725 AS-018 UA0FDX 21363 1333 NA-027 VO1AA 21260 1912 AS-018 UA0FF 21283 0916 NA-055 WB1BQJ 21026 1159 AS-018 UA0FZ 24900 1049 NA-065 N6FD/7 14257 0346 AS-028 UA0QBA 14260 0554 NA-134 OX3UB 24960 1527 AS-045 HL5FUA 21260 2152 NA-138 K2OLG/M 14260 2238 AS-053 HS0/IK4MRH 28460 1030 NA-140 W3YN 14260 2013 AS-078 JA8LN 14012 2004 OC-059 V63AO 21253 1222 AS-079 JA5CKD/6 14018 1328 OC-141 VK8NSB/P 28465 0934 AS-083 RA9LI/9 14260 1641 OC-143 YC5XIP 21263 1716 EU-003 CU3BL 21260 1633 OC-148 YC9MKF 28450 1352 EU-018 OY3QN 10119 2123 SA-006 PJ9/ON4CFD 21257 2140 EU-023 9H4CM 18135 1439 SA-015 4M5I 21260 1505 EU-032 TM2A 7060 2007

Hillar, N6HR, and Elsie, N7WDX, plan to operate from Tatoosh Island (NA-169) during the RSGB IOTA Contest in late July. They will have two complete stations with KW amplifiers.

Bernhard, DL2GAC, is in the Philippines and expects to operate as DU2/DL2GAC from Batan Island (OC-093) for about 7 days. He will be in the Philippines until 21 April. QSL via DL2GAC, preferably via DARC 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 ------15-Apr 19-Apr 3A 3A/HB9APJ 3-42 15-Apr 15-Apr 3B8 3B8/DL6UAA 2-238 15-Apr 31-May 5N 5N99MSV 3-58 15-Apr 17-May 9N 9N7UD 3-6 15-Apr 17-Apr BV BV3/DJ3KR 3-33 15-Apr 15-Apr C6A KL7H/C6A 3-53 15-Apr 6-May DU 4F7/SM3SGP (OC-129) 3-48 15-Apr 17-Apr F TM2A (EU-032) 3-42 15-Apr 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH 3-4 3-2 2-229 15-Apr 20-Apr HI HI/G4ZVJ 3-59 15-Apr 30-Apr HS HS0ZAR 3-48 15-Apr 30-Apr J2 J28BS 3-55 15-Apr 18-Apr JD1/O JA9XBW/JD1 (AS-031) 3-51 15-Apr 15-Apr JT JT1Y 3-40 15-Apr 16-Apr JX JX7DFA 3-53 3-50 15-Apr 20-Apr KC4 CE9R 3-51 15-Apr 19-Apr KH0 KH0XX 3-45 15-Apr 24-Apr PJ8 PJ8/N6ZW PJ8/K6IPA 3-61 15-Apr 2-May S7 S79YL S79ZG S79FAG (AF-024) 3-57 15-Apr 17-Apr SV SV/SM0TXM/P (EU-067) 3-55 15-Apr 20-Apr TL TL8CG 3-53 15-Apr 30-Apr UA0 UA3SDK/0 (AS-042) 3-57 15-Apr 30-Apr V4 V47XC 3-55 15-Apr 18-Apr VK VK8NSB/P (OC-141) 3-45 15-Apr 24-May VQ9 VQ9DX 3-11 15-Apr 15-Apr W K2OLG (NA-138) 3-60 15-Apr 9-May XX9 XX9TSS 3-62 15-Apr 25-Apr YU YU7ADY/P (EU-163) 3-49 ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for April 13, 1999 was 122.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for April 14, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------14-Apr-1999 21 120 7 1 Very Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 14-Apr-1999 18 130 3 2 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 14-Apr-1999 15 130 3 2 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 14-Apr-1999 12 130 3 3 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 14-Apr-1999 09 130 3 3 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 14-Apr-1999 06 130 3 1 Low/Quiet;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 14-Apr-1999 03 130 3 1 Low/Quiet;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 14-Apr-1999 00 130 3 1 Low/Quiet;Low/Quiet-Unsettled

The forecast for Thursday, 15 April: solar flux 130, A index 7, K index 2. Thursday should be Above Normal.

The forecast for Friday, 16 April: solar flux 128, A index 5, K index 1. Friday should be Above Normal. ______

QSL Info ______

Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------3B8/DL6UAA DL6UAA J28DB F4AAQ TR8CA F6CBC 9K2QQ KB2MS JA9XBW/JD1 JA9XBW UU2JZ KG6AR CO8LY EA7ADH SU9ZZ OM3TZZ VK8NSB/P VK9NS

4L3Y - Boris, Box 1, Tbilisi - 380002, GEORGIAN REPUBLIC ET3VSC - Claudio Vascotto, P.O. Box 20011, Addis Abeba, ETHIOPIA

QSL cards recently received direct: C21ZM, ET3VSC, EU7SA ______

On the WWW ______

Logs for the current German DXpedition to Seychelles (S79FAG, S79YL S79ZG) are now at http://dx.qsl.net/logs

Logs for Erik's, SM0AGD, DXpedition to the Seychelles (S79AG) from this past March are also now at http://dx.qsl.net/logs soon.

Looking for QSL information for stations from the CQ WPX SSB Contest? Check out http://www.cpcug.org/user/wfeidt/Misc/wpxssb99.html and http://www.arrakis.es/~ea5eyj/wpxssb99.htm ______

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Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 425 DX News, AE4NA, DX News Sheet, JA1ELY, K8WK, KH6BZF Reports, KR1G, N6RT, NOAA, OPDX, The 59(9) DX Report, VE3IRF ______

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Conditions today and this weekend should be very good. If you have time make sure you get on the air.

Sigi, DJ4IJ, is once again on the air from Sri Lanka for two weeks. Look for him to be on as 4S7IJG. QSL via DK8ZD.

Kazu, JA8MWU, will be active from Nepal as 9N7WU from 3 to 12 May. He's been there several times before and plans to operate near 14180, 21280 and 28480. His old call was 9N1WU. QSL via JA8MWU.

Gavin, GM0GAV, will be honeymooning in the Seychelles from 22 April to 5 May and plans to be active as S79GT. He will be active on 6 through 20 meters CW in his spare time. QSL via GM0GAV.

A group of Norwegians will join up with Lars, OH0RJ, on Market Reef from 25 to 28 June. Look for them to be active on 6 through 160 meters mostly CW. They will have two complete stations and try to be on 24 hours a day. Emphasis will be on 12 meters. The Norwegians include LA1SJA, LA3KIA and LA0CX. The will sign OJ0/home calls. QSL via home calls.

Martyn, G3RFX, is again active from Gibraltar as ZB2FX. He will be there until 5 May and will be on 10 through 80 meters CW and SSB. QSL via G3RFX.

The official opening ceremony of the Beijing Chayong Activity Center Nokia Radio Club and the Amateur Radio station of the center will be held on this Sunday, April. 18 at 10.00 A.M. Beijing time ( 02 UTC ). This includes press-conference as well as live TV broadcast from the opening - featuring the educational values of this venture. The station BY1DX will be active with two signals, using Yaesu FT1000MP transceivers. Also RTTY activity is promised. The activity will commence Saturday 00UTC for some 48-hours. The foreign guests at the ceremony will include JA1BK, G4LJF and OH1NX as an addition to the local folks, including OH2PM and OH2BH. Frequencies are those usual DXpedition frequencies. QSL via OH2BH, Finland CBA

Yasu, JA9XBW, is currently as JA9XBW/JD1 on Ogasawara and will stay until 00:00Z on 18 April. He says to look for him on 30 meters CW at 10:00Z although he has been showing up there at 12:00Z. QSL via JA9BXW.

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3A/HB9APJ - MONACO - Henry has been showing up on 30 meters after 20:00Z. QSL via HB9APJ.

C21NJ - NAURU - Stations all across the US reported working Norman on 14173 after 10:20Z.

EK6CC - ARMENIA - Look for Mamikon on 20 meters SSB daily between 02:00 and 04:00Z. Check between 14160 and 14190. QSL via N8BGD.

EK7DX - ARMENIA - Has been showing up on 10 meters SSB around 12:00Z. QSL via F5LGQ.

H44OO - SOLOMON ISLANDS - Was found on 14009 just before 10:00Z. Europeans found him later on 17 meters CW between 14:00 and 15:00Z. QSL via JK7TKE.

J28DB - DJIBOUTI - Dominique has been showing up daily on 15 meters SSB between 19:00 and 20:00Z. Check on 21265 +/-. QSL via F4AAQ.

JA9XBW/JD1 - OGASAWARA - Continues to show up on 30 meters CW at 12:00Z.

TN2FB - CONGO - Francois has been active for the last few days on 20 meters SSB. Wednesday he was on 14225 at 21:30Z. QSL via F3FB. ______

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The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

Toshi, JA1ELY, reports that Eiji, JQ1SUO, plans to operate from Mikurajima Island (AS-008) between 3 and 5 May. He will be on 10 through 160 meters, mostly CW with some SSB. QSL via JQ1SUO, Eiji Shinoda, 3-3-17 Tomisato, Kashiwa, 277-0081 JAPAN

The Radio Club de Honduras plans to operate from Little Key Island as HQ6RCH from 19:00Z on 17 April until 15:00Z on 18 April. Keep an ear on 3790, 7160, 14260 and 21260. This may or may not be a new IOTA so it might be a good idea to work it and worry later. QSL via callbook.

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 19-Apr 3A 3A/HB9APJ 3-42 16-Apr 31-May 5N 5N99MSV 3-58 16-Apr 17-May 9N 9N7UD 3-6 16-Apr 17-Apr BV BV3/DJ3KR 3-33 16-Apr 6-May DU 4F7/SM3SGP (OC-129) 3-48 16-Apr 21-Apr DU DU2/DL2GAC (OC-093) 3-63 16-Apr 17-Apr F TM2A (EU-032) 3-42 16-Apr 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH 3-4 3-2 2-229 16-Apr 20-Apr HI HI/G4ZVJ 3-59 16-Apr 30-Apr HS HS0ZAR 3-48 16-Apr 30-Apr J2 J28BS 3-55 16-Apr 18-Apr JD1/O JA9XBW/JD1 (AS-031) 3-51 16-Apr 16-Apr JX JX7DFA 3-53 3-50 16-Apr 20-Apr KC4 CE9R 3-51 16-Apr 19-Apr KH0 KH0XX 3-45 16-Apr 24-Apr PJ8 PJ8/N6ZW PJ8/K6IPA 3-61 16-Apr 2-May S7 S79YL S79ZG S79FAG (AF-024) 3-57 16-Apr 17-Apr SV SV/SM0TXM/P (EU-067) 3-55 16-Apr 20-Apr TL TL8CG 3-53 16-Apr 30-Apr UA0 UA3SDK/0 (AS-042) 3-57 16-Apr 30-Apr V4 V47XC 3-55 16-Apr 18-Apr VK VK8NSB/P (OC-141) 3-45 16-Apr 24-May VQ9 VQ9DX 3-11 16-Apr 22-Apr VR2 by K2WE 3-52 16-Apr 16-Apr W K2OLG (NA-058) 3-60 16-Apr 9-May XX9 XX9TSS 3-62 16-Apr 25-Apr YU YU7ADY/P (EU-163) 3-49 16-Apr 29-Apr ZS ZS1/RA3DQ ZS1/UA3HK 3-63 16-Apr 18-Apr DXYL NAYL CW Contest 17-Apr 25-Apr 4U 4U1ITU 3-55 17-Apr 22-Apr EA9 EA9/JI6KVR 3-45 17-Apr 18-Apr Holyland DX Contest 18-Apr 25-Apr OZ OZ5HAM (EU-088) 3-37 ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for April 14, 1999 was 107.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for April 15, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------15-Apr-1999 21 122 4 2 Low/Quiet;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 15-Apr-1999 18 120 7 1 Low/Quiet;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 15-Apr-1999 15 120 7 1 Low/Quiet;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 15-Apr-1999 12 120 7 1 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 15-Apr-1999 09 120 7 1 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 15-Apr-1999 06 120 7 1 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 15-Apr-1999 03 120 7 1 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 15-Apr-1999 00 120 7 1 Vy Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Unsettled

The forecast for Friday, 16 April: solar flux 128, A index 5, K index 1. Friday should be Above Normal.

The forecast for Saturday, 17 April: solar flux 120, A index 7, K index 2. Saturday should be Above Normal.

The forecast for Sunday, 18 April: solar flux 115, A index 7, K index 2. Sunday should be Above Normal. ______

QSL Info ______

Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------3D2QB SM3CER H44OO JK7TKE VA0XN/P VE3XN 4K5CW TA2ZV HB0RF HB9RF VE7/T95A K2PF 4M5I IK6SNR HS0/JA6GIJ JA6LCJ VO1AA VO1HE 9A1CZZ/P 9A2DM J28BS F6KPQ YC5XIP I1WFF 9H3ZC G4EDG J28DB F4AAQ YN6HM N5TGZ BV2UB JH2FBI RV3MA/0 RV3ACA YO2BEH F6FNU BV5BG IK7JTF TM1CW F5KBM YS1JR DJ9ZB CE9R CE3HDI TN2FB F3FB YT0C YU7CB CO2JX XE1CI UN7EG DL8KAC Z32AF NN6C DJ2000 DL8DZ UN7FW IK2QPR Z32XX NN6C EK6CC N8BGD UU2JZ KG6AR ZB2FX G3RFX EK7DX F5LGQ

BA0AA - Zhang, Box 202, Wulumuqi, CHINA

QSL cards recently received direct: 3D2MA, 5H3US, 9X0A, A41LZ, C56SW, FO0KOL, T22JJ ______

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Logs for the recent C56EL operation can now be found at http://user.online.be/~frankyb/log.htm ______

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Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: DX News Letter, JA1ADN, JA1ELY, K6JG, KH6BZF Reports, N2JTX, N4YIC, N5CQ, NOAA, OH2BH, W3LEO ______

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Jacques, FR5ZU, is now active as FR5ZU/T from Tromelin Island. His QSL manager Zareh, VE2NW, says he will operate on 10 through 40 meters SSB only until 4 May. Although he has been on 80 meters SSB (see below). JA's should check around 14:00Z on 14274 and QSL via JA8FCG. All others should QSL via VE2NW.

Jani, YB0US, plans to operate as XUAAP (no number) in Cambodia between 22 and 26 April. Look for him to be active on 6 through 80 meters, in the high end of the bands. QSL via N2OO, Bob Schenck, P.O. Box 345, Tuckerton, N.J. 08087 USA.

The Lynx DX Group will have its annual DX Convention at the Rocas Blancas Hotel in Santa Pola, Alicante, Spain on 7 and 8 May. For more information contact Juan, EA5FID, by e-mail or visit their Web page at http://web.jet.es/lynx/

Japanese Amateur Radio Operators JH3FJG and JI3DLI will be active from Palau (OC-009), Belau as T88JR and T88DX from 20 to 25 July. Look for them on 6 through 80 meters CW, SSB and FM. QSL T88JR via JH3FJG, Hiroshi Hayakoski, 118-4 Angoduka, Yawata-city 614-8057, JAPAN and T88DX via JI3DLI, Kenji Fujihara, 17-2 Higashiichikawa, Arashiyama, Nishikyo, Kyoto-city 616-0002, JAPAN. ______

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3B9FR - RODRIGUES ISLAND - Robert has been very active on 12, 15, 20 and 30 meters CW. Hold off on sending the QSL cards as we are trying to find the address to send to.

6W2/ON4QM - SENEGAL - Check 10 meters SSB just prior to 10:00Z. QSL via ON4QM.

9V1RH - SINGAPORE - Was looking for US stations on 24953 for about 1 hour starting around 16:30Z on Saturday.

C91AH - MOZAMBIQUE - Check near 21310 at 15:30Z.

EP2FM - IRAN - RTTY DXers should look for this one on 20 meters after 13:30Z until 16:00Z.

FR5ZU/T - TROMELIN ISLAND - Look for Jacques on the following frequencies at the following times.

Freq. 14256 - Just prior to 03:00Z for North America. 7048/3772 - between 02:00 and 02:45Z.

H40OO - TEMOTU PROVINCE - JK7TKE was active last week from the Solomon Islands as H44OO is now active from here. He is only able to get on the air during his evenings as there is no AC until then. QSL via JK7TKE.

HK3JBR - COLOMBIA - This is Gerard, F2JD. His old call was HK3/G0SHN. QSL via F6AJA.

JT1Y - MONGOLIA - Has been showing up on 40 meters CW and SSB looking for North America between 22:00 and 23:00Z. QSL via I0SNY.

ST2SA - SUDAN - Dr. Sid showed up on 14200 just after 05:00Z on Friday.

VK9LA - LORD HOWE ISLAND - Came up on 21295 today just before 02:00Z.

ZD7BG - ST. HELENA - Gilbert had a good signal on 14015 at 20:30Z on Friday. QSL direct (see below). ______

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The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AF-014 CT3KN 28457 1653 NA-008 VY0/W4UM 14260 2038 AF-024 S79YL 24980 1809 NA-051 VE7QCR 14243 0747 AS-018 UA0FDX 21255 1313 NA-051 VE7TLL 14257 2038 AS-018 UA0FF 21227 1225 NA-057 HQ6RCH 14260 0708 AS-018 UA0FZ 10102 2052 NA-065 N6FD/7 14260 0338 AS-079 JA5CKD/6 14040 1811 NA-075 VE7BLC 18078 1636 AS-083 UA0QJG/9 14022 1227 NA-099 NP3P 14297 0456 EU-001 SV5AZP 21296 1609 NA-128 VE2DDK 14144 1803 EU-001 SV5BYP 7069 2053 OC-088 YC8VIP/7 21282 1438 EU-010 GM0HBF 14260 1420 OC-128 DU1IMA 21288 1403 EU-028 IA5CNE 7044 2304 OC-129 DU7MHA 21296 1518 EU-049 SV8DTD 28495 0927 OC-130 DU8DJ 21300 1404 EU-110 9A1CZZ/P 7009 0724 OC-141 VK8NSB/P 28460 0821 EU-136 9A6DCR 7060 1805 OC-146 YB8BHC 21225 1341 EU-154 ED3IDB 7087 0738 SA-008 LU1XSI 28022 1645

Cliff, GW4GJT, and Clive, GW4YKL, plan to operate from Lundy Island (EU-120) from 24 to 31 July. They will be active on all bands on CW, SSB, RTTY and Amtor. They will use either GB2LI or GX0MXG. QSL via GW0MXG.

Jean Claude, TR8XX, expects to operate from Corisco Island (AF-NEW), Equatorial Guinea starting around 22 May. More information is expected.

Look for Ed, K8VIR, to be active from Stewart Island (OC-203), New Zealand from 24 April to 1 May. Check 21260 and 14260 for ZL4IR. QSL via W8WC.

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-Apr 19-Apr 3A 3A/HB9APJ 3-42 19-Apr 19-Apr KH0 KH0XX 3-45 19-Apr 20-Apr KC4 CE9R 3-51 19-Apr 20-Apr HI HI/G4ZVJ 3-59 19-Apr 20-Apr TL TL8CG 3-53 19-Apr 21-Apr DU DU2/DL2GAC (OC-093) 3-63 19-Apr 22-Apr VR2 by K2WE 3-52 19-Apr 22-Apr EA9 EA9/JI6KVR 3-45 19-Apr 24-Apr PJ8 PJ8/N6ZW PJ8/K6IPA 3-61 19-Apr 25-Apr 4U 4U1ITU 3-55 19-Apr 25-Apr OZ OZ5HAM (EU-088) 3-37 19-Apr 25-Apr YU YU7ADY/P (EU-163) 3-49 19-Apr 29-Apr 4S 4S7IJG 3-64 19-Apr 29-Apr ZS ZS1/RA3DQ ZS1/UA3HK 3-63 19-Apr 30-Apr HS HS0ZAR 3-48 19-Apr 30-Apr J2 J28BS 3-55 19-Apr 30-Apr UA0 UA3SDK/0 (AS-042) 3-57 19-Apr 30-Apr V4 V47XC 3-55 19-Apr 2-May S7 S79YL S79ZG S79FAG (AF-024) 3-57 19-Apr 5-May ZB ZB2FX 3-64 19-Apr 6-May DU 4F7/SM3SGP (OC-129) 3-48 19-Apr 9-May XX9 XX9TSS 3-62 19-Apr 17-May 9N 9N7UD 3-6 19-Apr 24-May VQ9 VQ9DX 3-11 19-Apr 31-May 5N 5N99MSV 3-58 19-Apr 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH 3-4 3-2 2-229 20-Apr 2-May F TP50CE 3-43 21-Apr 28-Apr PY PR5B PT5L (SA-047) 3-62 22-Apr 22-Apr HV HV5PUL 3-43 22-Apr 5-May S79 S79GT 3-64 23-Apr 25-Apr DXYL NAYL SSB Contest 22-Apr 27-Apr XV XV300S 3-52 24-Apr 25-Apr Helvetia Contest 24-Apr 25-Apr URE IOTA Convention ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for April 17, 1999 was 99.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for April 18, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------18-Apr-1999 21 113 8 2 Vy Low/Quiet-Unset;Vy Low/Quiet-Unset 18-Apr-1999 18 116 35 2 Vy Low/Quiet-Unset;Vy Low/Quiet-Unset 18-Apr-1999 15 116 35 2 Vy Low/Quiet-Unset;Vy Low/Quiet-Unset 18-Apr-1999 12 116 35 2 Vy Low/Quiet-Unset;Vy Low/Quiet-Unset 18-Apr-1999 09 116 35 2 Vy Low/Quiet-Active;Vy Low/Quiet-Unset 18-Apr-1999 06 116 35 3 Vy Low/Quiet-Maj Stm;Vy Low/Quiet-Unset 18-Apr-1999 03 116 35 2 Vy Low/Quiet-Maj Stm;Vy Low/Quiet-Unset 18-Apr-1999 00 116 35 1 Vy Low/Unset-Maj stm;Vy Low/Unset

The forecast for Monday, 19 April: solar flux 116, A index 15, K index 3. Monday should be High Normal.

The forecast for Tuesday, 20 April: solar flux 110, A index 7, K index 2. Tuesday should be Above Normal. ______

QSL Info ______

Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------3B8/DL2HWA DL2HWA CQ5D CT1EDG KH0XX JP1NWZ 3B8/DL2HZM DL2HZM ED3IDB EA3ESZ MS0APF MM1AUF 4J4K TA2ZV ED4MSR EA4SS OD5PI IK7JTF 4S7DA W3HNK EM0RSE DJ0MAQ OH0EA OH2KMG 4S7YSG JA2BDR FR5ZU/T VE2NW OX3UB OZ1PIF 6W1RN DL4VS FR5ZU/T JA8FCG P49M VE3MR 6W2/ON4QM ON4QM GS2MP ZS5BBO PY0FA PY4KL 7Q7LA G0IAS H40OO JK7TKE SU0ERA WA3HUP 7X2RO OM3CGN HA/W0YR AA9DX VQ9CV ND1V 9A1CZZ/P 9A2DM HK3JBR F6AJA VU2ABE JA4DOB 9H3ZC G4EDG HQ6RCH HR2JAW VU3EGX F6EGX BA4DX BA4CH HZ1AB K8PYD YI1SEA W3HNK BV9AYA BV2KI K4ZLE/HI3 K4ZLE YN1SW W3HNK BY1DX OH2BH KH0/JN1WTK JN1WTK ZS99ARA ZS6TDK

UA0FAA - Slava, P.O. Box 43, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk 693000, RUSSIA UK9AA - Fedor Petrov, Box 58, Tashkent 700000, UZBEKISTAN ZD7BG - Gilbert, P.O. Box 157, St Helena, South Atlantic Ocean

QSL cards recently received direct: 3W5FM, 9X0A, C21SX, C56A, C56T, E21EJC, E30GA, HZ1HZ, NH4/NH6YK ______

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Logs for the April IOTA DXpedition to Koshiki Islands (AS-037) by JA6LCJ/6 & JA6JPS/6 can be found at http://www.nttl-net.ne.jp/ja6lcj/

Doug, N6RT, now has the 5R8FU, VK9XX & VK9YY logs at dx.qsl.net/logs ______

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Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: DX News Sheet, EA5FID, F5VCR, JA1ADN, KH6BZF Reports, N2OO, N2TK, N5CQ, N6RT, NOAA, OE1-002419, The 59(9) DX Report, UK9AA, W3JJ, W3MC, W5OZI, W7IAN ______

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The members of the planned German DXpedition to West Kiribati and Banaba (see Vol. 3 No. 34) have released more details. The group, Berlin DX Group, will leave Germany on 15 October and arrive in West Kiribati on 19 October. Licenses have not been assigned as of yet and they plan to have one on SSB and the other on CW/RTTY. Look for them to be active on all bands. Operators include Tom, DJ6TF; Wolf, DL2NWK; Tom, DL2RUM; Tom, DL7BO; Sigi, DL7DF; Frank, DL7UFR; Rudi, DL7VFR; Marianne (YL) DD6UYL. They will have six (6) rigs and four (4) amplifiers and plan to have three (3) stations on the air around the clock. For antennas they will use beams on 10 through 20 meters and verticals on 30 through 160 meters. Plans are to have logs and news during the operation on the Internet. About one week into the operation four of the operators will go on to Banaba (T33) with half of the equipment. The boat ride will take 2 « days to get there and they should be active from 28 October to 2 November. Two complete stations will be set up with one low power station. All of the operators will leave West Kiribati on 11 November. More news will follow.

Husband and Wife team Wolf, DL2SCQ, and Ann Dattenberg, DL1SCQ, have announced they will once again operate from the North and South Cook Islands this summer. Wolf will use ZK1SCQ and Ann will use ZK1SCR on each island. Pay attention as they will be visiting five (5) different islands in both the North and South Cook Islands. Here is their schedule:

Dates Island Name IOTA Reference Country 4 - 8 August Rarotonga OC-013 South Cook Islands 10 - 12 August Aitutaki OC-083 South Cook Islands 14 - 17 August Mangai OC-159 South Cook Islands 20 - 25 August Manihiki OC-014 North Cook Islands 28 - 31 August Palmerston OC-124 South Cook Islands

All of the stops have been confirmed except to Palmerston. QSL via DL6DK, Peter X. Voits, Uhlandstr. 28, D-59192 Bergkamen, GERMANY.

During the Dayton DX Dinner, sponsored by the South West Ohio DX Association, Ken Holdom, ZL2HU, will be the guest speaker. He will be talking about his recent DXpedition to Campbell Island, ZL9CI. Tickets are still available for the dinner and talk on "ZL9CI, 96,000 QSOS, and Environmentally Correct." Contact Steve, N8BJQ, ______

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8Q7QQ - MALDIVES - Pierre, HB9QQ, is active on 6 and 10 meters. His length of stay is unknown. QSL via HB9QQ.

9N7UD - NEPAL - Charlie was active on 14200 from 20:45 to 21:15Z. QSL via K4VUD.

A41KJ - OMAN - Siddiq was working Mid West and West Coast stations on 14194 at 01:50Z. QSL via N5FTR.

C91AH - MOZAMBIQUE - Once again he was on 21310 at 16:00Z.

CE9R - ANTARCTICA - Europeans found him on 28520 between 14:30 and 16:30Z.

D2GG - ANGOLA - Showed up Monday on 28495 at 17:00Z. QSL via CT1GG.

FR5ZU/T - TROMELIN ISLAND - Jacques came up on 28470 twice Monday. First between 10:50 and 12:20 for Europe and Japan. Then just before 18:00 for North America and Europe. He was also found working JA's on 14272 around 13:40Z. Check also for him on 3772 at 02:25Z and then on 14256 at 03:00Z. Rumor has it that the power for the island does not come on until around 02:30Z. Jacques runs both freestyle and lists however when he is on his own he runs them much faster. QSL via VE2NW and JA8FCG, for the JA's.

SV9/OH1VR/P - CRETE ISLAND - Seppo is currently active from this Greek Island. Length of stay is unknown.

VQ9DX - DIEGO GARCIA - Ron says he will be on 160 meters starting around 00:30Z several days each week. QSL via AA5DX. ______

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The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AF-004 EA8/DL7AU 28470 2330 EU-067 SV8EUA 14260 1709 AF-024 S79ZG 7045 1954 EU-120 G4RZQ 14197 2058 AF-031 FR5ZU/T 28470 1821 EU-133 R1ASP 14259 0518 AS-026 HL4HLD 21260 0004 NA-002 VP5/G0TMY 18164 1927 AS-079 JA5CKD/6 14018 1816 NA-036 VE7GDJ 14260 1644 AS-083 RA9LI/9 14255 0954 NA-058 K4HBH 14260 2111 AS-083 UA0QGJ/UA9 14023 1516 NA-065 N6FD/7 14258 0351 EU-001 SV5TS 14267 2229 NA-099 KP3W 7003 2218 EU-003 CU3BL 14257 1734 NA-141 K2OLG 14260 1131 EU-023 9H1DE 28450 1518 SA-026 PP5OW 28484 1914 EU-028 IA5CNE 7044 0003 SA-037 4M5I 14260 2210 EU-062 LA6WEA 14200 2156

A group of Amateur Radio Operators from Senegal plan to operate from Goree Island (AF-045) as 6V1A starting at 00:00Z on 1 May through 17:00Z on 2 May. Operators include 6W1PZ, 6W1EX, 6W1RD and 6W1QP. QSL via ARAS, P.O. Box 971, Dakar, SENEGAL.

Henry, KE1AC, is planning to operate from Nantucket Island (NA-046), Massachusetts from 20 to 22 April. He will use his ICOM 706 with 100 watts on 10, 15, 17 and 20 meters.

IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 ______

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From End Prefix Call Ref ------20-Apr 29-Apr 4S 4S7IJG 3-64 20-Apr 25-Apr 4U 4U1ITU 3-55 20-Apr 31-May 5N 5N99MSV 3-58 20-Apr 17-May 9N 9N7UD 3-6 20-Apr 6-May DU 4F7/SM3SGP (OC-129) 3-48 20-Apr 21-Apr DU DU2/DL2GAC (OC-093) 3-63 20-Apr 22-Apr EA9 EA9/JI6KVR 3-45 20-Apr 2-May F TP50CE 3-43 20-Apr 4-May FR/T FR5ZU/T (AF-031) 3-65 20-Apr 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH 3-4 3-2 2-229 20-Apr 20-Apr HI HI/G4ZVJ 3-59 20-Apr 30-Apr HS HS0ZAR 3-48 20-Apr 30-Apr J2 J28BS 3-55 20-Apr 20-Apr KC4 CE9R 3-51 20-Apr 25-Apr OZ OZ5HAM (EU-088) 3-37 20-Apr 24-Apr PJ8 PJ8/N6ZW PJ8/K6IPA 3-61 20-Apr 2-May S7 S79YL S79ZG S79FAG (AF-024) 3-57 20-Apr 20-Apr TL TL8CG 3-53 20-Apr 30-Apr UA0 UA3SDK/0 (AS-042) 3-57 20-Apr 30-Apr V4 V47XC 3-55 20-Apr 24-May VQ9 VQ9DX 3-11 20-Apr 22-Apr VR2 by K2WE 3-52 20-Apr 9-May XX9 XX9TSS 3-62 20-Apr 25-Apr YU YU7ADY/P (EU-163) 3-49 20-Apr 5-May ZB ZB2FX 3-64 20-Apr 29-Apr ZS ZS1/RA3DQ ZS1/UA3HK 3-63 ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for April 18, 1999 was 98.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for April 19, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------19-Apr-1999 21 110 8 2 Vy Low/Quiet-Active;Vy Low-Low/Quiet-Active 19-Apr-1999 18 113 7 2 Vy Low/Quiet-Active;Vy Low-Low/Quiet-Active 19-Apr-1999 15 113 7 2 Vy Low/Quiet-Active;Vy Low-Low/Quiet-Active 19-Apr-1999 12 113 7 4 Vy Low/Quiet-Active;Vy Low/Quiet-Unsettled 19-Apr-1999 09 113 7 2 Vy Low/Quiet;Vy Low/Quiet-Unset 19-Apr-1999 06 113 7 1 Vy Low/Quiet;Vy Low/Quiet-Unset 19-Apr-1999 03 113 7 1 Vy Low/Quiet-Unset;Vy Low/Quiet-Unset 19-Apr-1999 00 113 7 1 Vy Low/Quiet-Unset;Vy Low/Quiet-Unset

The forecast for Tuesday, 20 April: solar flux 110, A index 12, K index 3. Tuesday should be High Normal.

The forecast for Wednesday, 21 April: solar flux 110, A index 15, K index 3. Wednesday should be High Normal. ______

QSL Info ______

Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------5B4AGM W3HNK JY9QJ DL5MBY VQ9DX AA5DX 8Q7QQ HB9QQ KH6/KJ7LY DJ4OA YB0AZ W7TSQ 9N7UD K4VUD R1ASP RA1AD YB2PBX W3HNK D2GG CT1GG T97M K2PF YI1SEA WA3HUP EX8QB IK2QPR TA2DS WA3HUP YV5BY W3HNK HS0ZAA NY2E TM1CW F5KBM ZL4IR W8WC JY9NE N3FNE

3B9FR - Robert Felicite, Box 31, Rodriguez Island, Indian Ocean HR2JAW - Jorge Alvarez Welchez, Apartado Postal 2592, San Pedro Sula, HONDURAS

Correction: Yesterdays issue we listed YI1SEA via W3HNK. The correct information is via WA3HUP.

QSL cards recently received direct: 4U1ITU, 9M2VZ, E30LA, E30MA, S79ELY, T32LN ______

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Anyone wishing to see the sample QSL card for the first DXpedition to the New Palestine, E44DX, should check http://www.dailydx.com/graphics/e44dx.htm QSL cards should be arriving in Finland (OH2BN) from the printer by the end of the month. Stay tuned for more news very soon!

Those of you traveling to the Dayton HamventionR will want to check out the forums at http://www.hamvention.org/forums.html ______

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Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 6W1QP, DL2RUM, DL2SCQ, K2FR, K3DPT, KE1AC, KH6BZF Reports, N7OJ, N8BJQ, NOAA, OE1-002419, W7UG ______

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Christian Saint-Arroman, TR8SA, gives more details about the upcoming IOTA DXpedition to Corisco Island, Equatorial Guinea (see Vol. 3 No. 65). Gabon Amateur Radio Operators Jean Claude, TR8XX, Alain, TR8CA, and Christian, TR8SA, will operate from this new IOTA counter between 22 to 30 May. They hope to have two stations on all bands including 6 meters on CW and SSB. For this special event they will use 3C8XX. QSL cards may go direct or via the TR (Gabon) QSL bureau. More details to follow on this new IOTA counter.

Tom, SP5AUC (ex YI9CW), is now working in Vietnam and active as 3W7CW. He is active on 10 through 40 meters CW. QSL to 3W7CW P.O. Box 11, 00800 Warsaw, Poland.

Ian, G0KRL, plans to be active from the Isle of Man, while he is on vacation, as GD0KRL from 1 to 8 May. He will take an Alinco DX-70 and multi-band vertical and be mostly on SSB with some RTTY. QSL via the bureau or direct to G0KRL.

Jeff Proctor, G0WSA, is currently stationed at the Western Sovereign Base Area (WSBA) in Episkopi, Cyprus and active 3 or 4 afternoons/ evenings each week as ZC4JP. He is active on RTTY, Pactor, CW and SSB. In November he arrived and he should be there for another 2 to 3 years. His station consists of a Kenwood TS-850S with 100 watts and a dipole. QSL cards should go via the RSGB QSL bureau to G0WSA. ______

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3B9FR - RODRIGUEZ ISLAND - West Coast DXers worked Robert on the long path on 10109 Tuesday at 13:30Z.

D2RV - ANGOLA - Richard showed up on 10 and 15 meters SSB. His length of stay is unknown. QSL via AA4HU.

EP2FM - IRAN - Continues to show up on 20 meters RTTY around 15:00Z.

EY9/RA3OO - TAJIKISTAN - RTTY DXers found him on 20 meters RTTY Tuesday between 14:30 and 17:30Z. QSL via DJ1SKO.

FR5ZU/T - TROMELIN ISLAND - Despite working on the island Jacques continues to be very active on SSB.

LU6KK - ARGENTINA - Fred (ex LU6KBX) reports he is active again on 160 meters CW. Check near 1832. QSL direct.

R1FJL - FRANZ JOSEF LAND - Look for Slava on 20 meters SSB between 00:00 and 02:00Z. QSL via UA3AGS. ______

IOTA ______

The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AF-024 S79ZG 7093 0210 EU-033 LA4MQ 14202 0843 AS-018 UA0FCD 21019 1002 EU-057 DL5RFF/P 14260 1357 AS-028 UA0QMU 14015 0522 NA-065 N6FD/7 14260 0416 AS-083 UA0QJG/9 14023 1353 OC-019 KH6/KJ7LY 14207 0602 EU-001 SV5BYP 7056 1929 OC-021 YB2LAB 14169 1754 EU-001 SV5TS 14267 0054 OC-203 ZL4IR 14250 0550 EU-004 EA6MQ 14210 0319 SA-037 4M5I 14260 2158 EU-004 EG6IB 7062 2015

Ed, K8VIR, is now working on a bird study on Stewart Island (OC-203). He got there a few days earlier than scheduled and will be there as ZL4IR until 1 May. He asks if you have worked this IOTA to please allow others the opportunity to work him as he is limited in time on the air. Check 21260 and 14260. QSL via W8WC.

Members of the Kuwait Amateur Radio Society have planned their third IOTA DXpedition to Faylaka Island (AS-118) from 22 to 30 April. Look for 9K2F to be on all bands. QSL via 9K2RA, Kuwait Amateur Radio Society, P.O. Box 5240, 13053 Safat, KUWAIT

IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 ______

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From End Prefix Call Ref ------21-Apr 22-Apr W KE1AC (NA-046) 3-66 21-Apr 29-Apr 4S 4S7IJG 3-64 21-Apr 25-Apr 4U 4U1ITU 3-55 21-Apr 31-May 5N 5N99MSV 3-58 21-Apr 17-May 9N 9N7UD 3-6 21-Apr 6-May DU 4F7/SM3SGP (OC-129) 3-48 21-Apr 21-Apr DU DU2/DL2GAC (OC-093) 3-63 21-Apr 22-Apr EA9 EA9/JI6KVR 3-45 21-Apr 2-May F TP50CE 3-43 21-Apr 4-May FR/T FR5ZU/T (AF-031) 3-65 21-Apr 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH 3-4 3-2 2-229 21-Apr 30-Apr HS HS0ZAR 3-48 21-Apr 30-Apr J2 J28BS 3-55 21-Apr 25-Apr OZ OZ5HAM (EU-088) 3-37 21-Apr 24-Apr PJ8 PJ8/N6ZW PJ8/K6IPA 3-61 21-Apr 28-Apr PY PR5B PT5L (SA-047) 3-62 21-Apr 2-May S7 S79YL S79ZG S79FAG (AF-024) 3-57 21-Apr 30-Apr UA0 UA3SDK/0 (AS-042) 3-57 21-Apr 30-Apr V4 V47XC 3-55 21-Apr 24-May VQ9 VQ9DX 3-11 21-Apr 22-Apr VR2 by K2WE 3-52 21-Apr 9-May XX9 XX9TSS 3-62 21-Apr 25-Apr YU YU7ADY/P (EU-163) 3-49 21-Apr 5-May ZB ZB2FX 3-64 21-Apr 29-Apr ZS ZS1/RA3DQ ZS1/UA3HK 3-63 ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for April 19, 1999 was 90.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for April 20, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------20-Apr-1999 21 105 24 3 Vy Low/Unset-Min Stm;Vy Low-Low/Unsettled 20-Apr-1999 18 110 9 5 Vy Low/Quiet-Min Stm;Vy Low-Low/Quiet-Active 20-Apr-1999 15 110 9 4 Vy Low/Quiet-Active;Vy Low-Low/Quiet-Active 20-Apr-1999 12 110 9 4 Vy Low/Quiet-Active;Vy Low-Low/Quiet-Active 20-Apr-1999 09 110 9 4 Vy Low/Quiet-Active;Vy Low-Low/Quiet-Active 20-Apr-1999 06 110 9 3 Vy Low/Quiet-Active;Vy Low-Low/Quiet-Active 20-Apr-1999 03 110 9 4 Vy Low/Quiet-Active;Vy Low-Low/Quiet-Active 20-Apr-1999 00 110 9 3 Vy Low/Quiet-Active;Vy Low-Low/Quiet-Active

The forecast for Wednesday, 21 April: solar flux 110, A index 30, K index 4. Wednesday should be Below Normal.

The forecast for Thursday, 22 April: solar flux 105, A index 15, K index 3. Thursday should be High Normal. ______

QSL Info ______

Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------5Z4GS WB2YQH EA9/JI6KVR JJ6LXX* S79ZG DL7AFS 9J2AM JA0JHA ED5URL EA5URL UA0QJG/9 RA3YA CO8LY EA7ADH EY9/RA3OO DJ1SKO V47XC G0IXC D2RV AA4HU S79FAG DL7AFS VQ9ZZ NS1L EA9/JI6KVR EA5KB* S79YL DL7AFS

5A1A - Abubaker, Box 74421, Tripoli, LIBYA

* EA9/JI6KVR QSL via JJ6LXX for JA's all others via EA5KB.

Hape, DL1EMH, is the QSL manager for the recent ZK2GEO DXpedition and reports that the cards will be ready in about 3 months. Please be patient as everyone will get a QSL card.

The W5 QSL Bureau reports if you need to confirm QSOs with the following stations KB5IPQ does not answer QSLs sent via the bureau: CU3AV, HH2/KB0QNS, HL9JF, HR2A, HR2KOS, HR2RDJ, J37LK, KL7IYD, N3SIY/HH2, N4GFO/KH2, VY1JA, XE2UVB, YN4/WK6O, YN4ZUJ, YO2CDE (before 1999 only), YS1ZV. All cards sent will be returned. The direct address for KB5IPQ is William P Vaughn, 374 Paul Rd, Boyce LA 71409

QSL cards recently received direct: 3A2MD, 3V8BB, 9M6QQ, H44RY, ZS6ME ______

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No doubt yesterdays news about Martti Laine, OH2BH, operating from North Korea was the talk of the bands. From several sources it seems that he started on 20 meter CW around 06:00Z. Around 06:40Z he came up on 14195 and was listening up. He was mostly working JA's however quite a few West Coast US stations did manage to work him along with VK's, ZL's and KH6's. By 07:30Z he moved to 21295 to work Europeans as he listened from 300 to 315. In several of his QSOs he did ask some of the stations he was working to Give their name and QTH. Presumably this must have been for the benefit of the other people in the room. He took a small transceiver and was more than likely using a dipole. Can you imagine the pileup? More than likely he proably worked 200 - 300 QSOs in the time he was on the air. Jamro, OH2BH, did report that Martti would be flying back to Beijing today. Let's all hope that he was able to convince the authorities of the many benefits of Amateur Radio. Once he gets back to BY we will no doubtn have more news. QSL via OH2BH (Finland address below).

Pierre, HB9QQ, is currently operating from Velidhoo Island, Maldives as 8Q7QQ and has been very active on 10 meters SSB. His location is about 100 kilometers west of Male, the capital. Plans are to be active until 1 May. QSL via HB9QQ.

Ari, OH1EH, reports that he will operate from the Aland Islands as OH0Z for one week starting on 24 March. Look for him to be active on all bands on CW and SSB. Dennis, K7BV, will operate in the CQ WPX CW Contest as OH0Z. QSL both via OH1EH, Ari Korhonen, Kreetalank. 9A1, FIN 29200 Harjavalta, FINLAND.

Jim, N6TJ, is now on Ascension Island as ZD8Z. He will be there until 28 April and plans to be mostly active on the low bands (30-160 meters) near his sunrise. QSL via VE3HO. ______

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5R8FU - MADAGASCAR - A European report Ake on 1829 just before 23:00Z. QSL via SM0DJZ.

FR5ZU/T - TROMELIN ISLAND - Check the following times and frequencies:

GMT Frequency 02:30 3772 03:00 7048 and 14256 10:00 28470 14:00 14274 15:00 14274 17:00 28470

One European report him on 24952 at 12:30Z.

FT5WH - CROZET ISLAND - Gil, F5NOD, reports that Gilles, FT5WH, rig broke on 17 April. It doesn't look good. Let's hope that Gil can figure it out.

FT5ZJ - AMSTERDAM & ST. PAUL ISLAND - Came up on 21297 for about an hour just prior to 11:00Z.

TN2FB - CONGO - Several West Coast stations found him on 28499 right before 19:00Z. QSL via F3FB.

ZC4AA - PIRATE - This station has been showing up on 20 meters CW and giving Mac, W3HC, as his QSL manager. Mac reports that he knows nothing of this operation. ______

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The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AF-024 S79FAG 14266 2058 EU-049 SV8DTL 14260 2052 AF-027 FH5CB 28549 1519 EU-057 DL5RFF/P 14256 1252 AF-031 FR5ZU/T 28470 1205 NA-002 VP5/G0TMY 21235 1904 AS-028 UA0QMU 14019 0234 OC-034 YC9WZJ 21238 1537 AS-083 RA9LI 14260 0750 OC-129 DU7MHA 21255 1518 EU-009 GM0HTT 18132 2017 OC-130 DU8DJ 21290 1418

Werner, DL1BKK, reports that he will operate from Fehmarn Island (EU-128) from 10:00Z on 24 April until 20:00Z on 25 April. Look for DL1BKK/P to be active on 14260, 21260 and 28460 QRM.

IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 ______

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From End Prefix Call Ref ------22-Apr 29-Apr 4S 4S7IJG 3-64 22-Apr 25-Apr 4U 4U1ITU 3-55 22-Apr 31-May 5N 5N99MSV 3-58 22-Apr 30-Apr 9K 9K2F (AS-118) 3-67 22-Apr 17-May 9N 9N7UD 3-6 22-Apr 6-May DU 4F7/SM3SGP (OC-129) 3-48 22-Apr 22-Apr EA9 EA9/JI6KVR 3-45 22-Apr 2-May F TP50CE 3-43 22-Apr 4-May FR/T FR5ZU/T (AF-031) 3-65 22-Apr 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH 3-4 3-2 2-229 22-Apr 30-Apr HS HS0ZAR 3-48 22-Apr 22-Apr HV HV5PUL 3-43 22-Apr 30-Apr J2 J28BS 3-55 22-Apr 25-Apr OZ OZ5HAM (EU-088) 3-37 22-Apr 24-Apr PJ8 PJ8/N6ZW PJ8/K6IPA 3-61 22-Apr 28-Apr PY PR5B PT5L (SA-047) 3-62 22-Apr 2-May S7 S79YL S79ZG S79FAG (AF-024) 3-57 22-Apr 5-May S79 S79GT 3-64 22-Apr 30-Apr UA0 UA3SDK/0 (AS-042) 3-57 22-Apr 30-Apr V4 V47XC 3-55 22-Apr 24-May VQ9 VQ9DX 3-11 22-Apr 22-Apr VR2 by K2WE 3-52 22-Apr 22-Apr W KE1AC (NA-046) 3-66 22-Apr 26-Apr XU XUAAP 3-65 22-Apr 27-Apr XV XV300S 3-52 22-Apr 9-May XX9 XX9TSS 3-62 22-Apr 25-Apr YU YU7ADY/P (EU-163) 3-49 22-Apr 5-May ZB ZB2FX 3-64 22-Apr 1-May ZL ZL4IR (OC-203) 3-67 3-65 22-Apr 29-Apr ZS ZS1/RA3DQ ZS1/UA3HK 3-63 ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for April 20, 1999 was 79.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for April 21, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------21-Apr-1999 21 103 13 3 Low/Quiet-Active;Vy Low-Low/Quiet-Unsettled 21-Apr-1999 18 105 24 3 Low/Quiet-Active;Vy Low-Low/Quiet-Unsettled 21-Apr-1999 15 105 24 3 Low/Quiet-Min Stm;Vy Low-Low/Unset-Active 21-Apr-1999 12 105 24 4 Low/Quiet-Min Stm;Vy Low-Low/Unset-Active 21-Apr-1999 09 105 24 3 Low/Quiet-Min Stm;Vy Low-Low/Unset-Active 21-Apr-1999 06 105 24 2 Low/Quiet-Min Stm;Vy Low-Low/Unset-Active 21-Apr-1999 03 105 24 2 Vy Low/Quiet-Min Stm;Vy Low-Low/Unset-Active 21-Apr-1999 00 105 24 2 Vy Low/Unset-Min Stm;Vy Low-Low/Unset-Active

The forecast for Thursday, 22 April: solar flux 105, A index 10, K index 2. Thursday should be High Normal.

The forecast for Friday, 23 April: solar flux 105, A index 5, K index 1. Friday should be Above Normal. ______

QSL Info ______

Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------3DA0CA W4DR F5IJD/VF3 F5IJD TK5XN F2YT 5R8FU SM0DJZ FT5ZJ F2YT YC0ROY YB0JIV EK7DX F5LGQ P51BH OH2BH Z32GW NN6C EK8YC IK2DUW R3RRC/0 RW3GW ZD8Z VE3HO

OH2BH - Martti J. Laine, Nuottaniementie 3D20, 02230 Espoo, FINLAND

QSL cards recently received direct: 9M6AAC, C21SX, E30GA, JY8ZW, SV8JE, XZ1N ______

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Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: DL1BKK, EA3GHZ, F5NOD, JF2MBF, K3SWZ, KH6BZF Reports, N2TN, NOAA, OH1EH ______

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Fred, WF6Z, is currently in Nepal and QRV as 9N7ZA. He will be active for the next two weeks from an altitude of 24,000 ft. Look for him to be on 7234 (ed. out of the band?), 14158 and 14175.

Celebrating the festival of art and technologies special event station TM0AR will be active from 9 to 16 May. QSL via F5TJC.

Starting 1 May Pertti, OH2RF, will operate as FM/OH2RF from the QTH of FM5BH on Martinique. He will be concentrating on working Europeans on CW and SSB. QSL via OH2RF, Pertti Turunen, Sulkapolku 1 A 2, SF-00370 Helsinki, 37, FINLAND.

Look for Alain, F2HE, to be traveling through the French Polynesian islands this summer. Starting June 4th he will be active as FO/F2HE from the Marquesas Islands (OC-027). In July plans are to be on from Tuamotu Archipelago (OC-066) and Raiatea Island (OC-067). Finally in August he will be on Tubuai Island (OC-152) in the Austral Islands before heading home in early September.

Special event station TM0AC will be active from 15 to 19 May celebrating 50 years of the National School of Civil Aviation (ENAC). QSL via F6ITD through the bureau.

This summer Bob, W2SF is planning to operate from Iceland from 27 August to 7 September. No call was mentioned but he will be on 10 through 80 meters CW, SSB and RTTY. ______

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3C1GS - EQUATORIAL GUINEA - JA's reported working Ramon on 14170 at 21:30Z. QSL via EA5BYP.

3W6WE - VIETNAM - Look for Steve to be on 14165 today between 11:00 and 12:00Z. QSL via K2WE.

7P8HH - LESOTHO - Horst came up on 21278 just prior to 17:00Z.

E41/OK1DTP - PALESTINE - Europeans reported working David on 160 meters CW between 20:00 and 21:00Z.

FR5ZR/T - TROMELIN - Jacques was on 18135 just after 15:00Z.

HV5PUL - VATICAN - Was on both SSB and CW yesterday. Seems as if they have a least two rigs as both were on at the same time. QSL via IW0DJB.

S79YL - SEYCHELLES - A European reported here on 3505. If it was here she must have secured special permission to get on 80 meters. Their second rig's finals went. So they are now down to one rig.

TN2FB - CONGO - JA's were working him on 14151 just before 22:00Z. QSL via F3FB. ______

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The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AF-004 EG8TF 28170 1735 EU-036 LA8LA 10109 2058 AF-024 S79FAG 14266 0104 EU-047 DL0KBM 7044 2241 AF-024 S79ZG 21295 1654 NA-065 N6FD/7 14260 0352 AS-018 UA0FZ 14086 1357 OC-006 VK7RX 14221 0735 AS-028 UA0QMU 14019 0727 OC-067 FO5NL 14123 0726 AS-118 9K2F 14260 2217 OC-088 YC8VIP/7 21287 1530 EU-004 EA6AAD 14275 1114 OC-210 YC8RRK 21247 1634 EU-024 IS0ESG 14004 1453 SA-008 LU8XW 14040 1945

French operators F5JOT, F5TBF and F5LGQ will operate from Brehat Island (EU-074) from 8 to 16 May. They will use their home calls /P on CW and SSB on 10 through 80 meters.

Tex, 9M2TO, will go to Redang Island (AS-073) on 1 May and will be active as 9M2TO/P on 6 through 40 meters. He will operate on the normal DX frequencies until 4 May. QSL via JA0DMV. Via the JARL QSL bureau is OK.

Starting today look for Bob, W2SF, who will be on Lower Matecumbe Key (NA-062) in the Florida Keys. Check all bands on CW, SSB and RTTY until 7 May.

F5SNY and F5PFT plan to go to Batz Island (EU-105) between 3 and 5 May. Next they will head to Brehat Island (EU-074) where they will operate from 7 to 9 May. Finally they will go to Cezembre Island (EU-157) between 10 and 13 May.

Italians I4IOR, IK4GLV, IK4JPR, IK4RUX, IK4THF and IZ4CCO plan to operate from Capraia Island (EU-028) from 19 to 23 May. They will use IA5/home calls on CW and SSB. QSL via home calls.

IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 ______

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From End Prefix Call Ref ------23-Apr 29-Apr 4S 4S7IJG 3-64 23-Apr 25-Apr 4U 4U1ITU 3-55 23-Apr 31-May 5N 5N99MSV 3-58 23-Apr 1-May 8Q 8Q7QQ (AS-013) 3-68 23-Apr 30-Apr 9K 9K2F (AS-118) 3-67 23-Apr 17-May 9N 9N7UD 3-6 23-Apr 6-May DU 4F7/SM3SGP (OC-129) 3-48 23-Apr 2-May F TP50CE 3-43 23-Apr 4-May FR/T FR5ZU/T (AF-031) 3-65 23-Apr 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH (broken rig) 3-4 3-2 2-229 23-Apr 30-Apr HS HS0ZAR 3-48 23-Apr 30-Apr J2 J28BS 3-55 23-Apr 25-Apr OZ OZ5HAM (EU-088) 3-37 23-Apr 24-Apr PJ8 PJ8/N6ZW PJ8/K6IPA 3-61 23-Apr 28-Apr PY PR5B PT5L (SA-047) 3-62 23-Apr 2-May S7 S79YL S79ZG S79FAG (AF-024) 3-57 23-Apr 5-May S79 S79GT 3-64 23-Apr 30-Apr UA0 UA3SDK/0 (AS-042) 3-57 23-Apr 30-Apr V4 V47XC 3-55 23-Apr 24-May VQ9 VQ9DX 3-11 23-Apr 26-Apr XU XUAAP 3-65 23-Apr 27-Apr XV XV300S 3-52 23-Apr 9-May XX9 XX9TSS 3-62 23-Apr 25-Apr YU YU7ADY/P (EU-163) 3-49 23-Apr 5-May ZB ZB2FX 3-64 23-Apr 28-Apr ZD8 ZD8Z 3-68 23-Apr 1-May ZL ZL4IR (OC-203) 3-67 3-65 23-Apr 29-Apr ZS ZS1/RA3DQ ZS1/UA3HK 3-63 23-Apr 25-Apr DXYL NAYL SSB Contest 24-Apr 25-Apr DL DL1BKK/P (EU-128) 3-68 24-Apr 25-Apr Helvetia Contest 24-Apr 25-Apr URE IOTA Convention 25-Apr 30-Apr F F5SGI/P (EU-074) 3-42 25-Apr 2-May FG FG/JA1WPX/P 3-63 ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for April 21, 1999 was 79.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for April 22, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------22-Apr-1999 21 100 6 1 Low/Quiet;Vy Low-Low/Quiet 22-Apr-1999 18 103 13 2 Low/Quiet-Unset;Vy Low-Low/Quiet-Unset 22-Apr-1999 15 103 13 1 Low/Quiet-Unset;Vy Low-Low/Quiet-Unset 22-Apr-1999 12 103 13 1 Low/Quiet-Unset;Vy Low-Low/Quiet-Unset 22-Apr-1999 09 103 13 1 Low/Quiet-Active;Vy Low-Low/Quiet-Unset 22-Apr-1999 06 103 13 2 Low/Quiet-Active;Vy Low-Low/Quiet-Unset 22-Apr-1999 03 103 13 2 Low/Quiet-Active;Vy Low-Low/Quiet-Unset 22-Apr-1999 00 103 13 2 Low/Quiet-Active;Vy Low-Low/Quiet-Unset

The forecast for Friday, 23 April: solar flux 105, A index 10, K index 3. Friday should be High Normal.

The forecast for Saturday, 24 April: solar flux 105, A index 7, K index 3. Saturday should be High Normal.

The forecast for Sunday, 25 April: solar flux 105, A index 25, K index 5. Sunday should be Below Normal. ______

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Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------9K2F 9K2RA HS0ZAR K3ZO TM1CW F5KBM A45XU W3HNK HV5PUL IW0DJB UE4HCI RK4HYG

ND1V - Rob Wright, 1409 Eaglestone Arch, Chesapeake, VA 23322.

QSL cards for the past E44DXpedition were printed this week and should start to go out in about 10 days or so.

QSL cards recently received direct: 5R8DA, C91LCK (AF-066), CO6XN, DU1IMA (OC-128), J8OK ______

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Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 425 DX News, DL2MIH, DX News Sheet, G3PMR, KB2MS, KF2TI, KH6BZF Reports, LNDX, N6RT, NOAA, OH2BH, OPDX, VU3DQJ, VU3TOM ______

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The 59(9) DX Report says that a multi-national group will operate from Thahtay Kyun Island (AS-NEW), Myanmar during mid-January. The operation will include two or three weekends with special call sign XZ0A. Operators include N7MB, G3VMW, G3NOM, AF7O, K7WX, OH1RX, N5IA, WA6CDR, NA7DB, KM5EP, K6KRE, EA5XX, W8AEF, OH2BH and K7ZV. Several of these operators are from the XZ1N DXpeditions. Look for an all band effort on CW, SSB, RTTY and SSTV. The island is located in the Andaman Sea, is located at 9 57' North, 98 32' East and is 1,800 acres in size. Being on an island should be a great advantage for receiving on the low bands so this will give Milt, N5IA and Robin, WA6CDR a much quieter location.

Michael, DL6MHW, will be attending a work conference in Damascus, Syria from 27 April to 3 May. Omar, YK1AO, has informed him that he may use YK/DL6MHW while in this semi-rare country. Plans are to be on the air from a club station. On 27 and 28 April he will be on the air when time is available. Then from 29 April to 3 May he will be on the air full time. Michael will be concentrating on Japanese and North American DXers. He asks that Europeans please respect his requests when calling for specific areas. Look for him to be active on CW and SSB on all bands, depending on available antennas. While in Syria he plans to demonstrate PSK31 and Pactor to Syrian Amateur Radio Operators. If all goes well on-line-logs should be available during or after the operation at http://wwwiti.cs.uni-magdeburg.de/~hoeding/hamradio/yk_search.html. QSL cards need to go via Andrea Diekmann, DL3ABL, Ginsterweg 51, D-39326 Wolmirstedt, GERMANY or via DARC QSL bureau. Please note that this address is new.

A group of Americans will operate from St. Paul Island from 23 to 31 May including the CQ WPX CW Contest. Operators include K4LT, K8RF, W6BSY, AC8W, W6RGG and K8DD. During the WPX Contest they will operate multi-multi as CY9RF. Look for them to operate outside the contest with CY9/ their home calls on all bands CW and SSB. QSL CY9RF via K8RF and all others via their home calls. ______

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3W6WE - VIETNAM - Look for Steve on 20 meters SSB starting around 11:00Z and 23:00Z near 14195. QSL via K2WE.

BY1DX - CHINA - Martti was active Saturday on 21295 from 01:30 to 02:30Z. QSL via OH2BH.

EZ7ST - TURKMENISTAN - Nick showed up on 14246 today just before 01:30Z. He was working all across the US as he was listening from 250 to 255. QSL via UA9LM.

H44OO - SOLOMON ISLANDS - He is now back here after an operation from the Temotu Islands last week as H40OO. QSL via JK7TKE.

K5KWG/UN7 - KAZAKHSTAN - Mike (ZA1MH) is now stationed here and was found on RTTY on Saturday just before 02:30Z.

ST2SA - SUDAN - Dr. Sid can often be found on 20 meters SSB on Fridays between 05:00 and 06:00Z.

XU7AAP - CAMBODIA - Yani did not get XUAAP but instead got XU7AAP. He was found on 10, 12, 15 and 20 meters SSB. QSL via N2OO.

ZD8Z - ASCENSION ISLAND - Jim was working West Coast US stations on 40, 80 and 160 meters on Sunday. Just before 05:00Z on 7002, then a few minutes later on 1831. At 05:30Z on 3787. QSL via VE3HO. ______

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The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AF-024 S79ZG 21279 1040 NA-062 W2SF/P 14262 1102 AS-017 7J6CCU 21215 1647 NA-062 KB8OEJ/4 14274 2012 AS-018 UA0FCD 21262 0743 NA-065 N6FD/7 14256 0358 AS-036 JG1SZE/6 14260 1201 NA-085 N4PN 14258 1222 AS-103 BV9AYA 18084 1742 OC-021 YC3JCR 21240 1551 AS-118 9K2F 14262 1845 OC-042 DU3NHK 21260 1103 EU-004 EA6/OZ8BR 14290 1550 OC-130 DU8DJ 21288 1548 EU-021 TF8GX 14270 1924 OC-143 YC4DAK 21255 1616 EU-042 DK8OL 21260 0746 OC-146 YC8FMI 21250 1438 EU-049 SV8DCY 14086 2021 OC-146 YC8TF 21238 1555 EU-074 F5SGI/P 14041 1203 OC-203 ZL4IR/P 14260 0441 EU-128 DL1BKK/P 14257 1755 OC-210 YC8RRK 21225 1626 NA-033 HK0TCN 28370 2144 SA-026 PP5OW 18127 0114

IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 ______

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From End Prefix Call Ref ------26-Apr 26-Apr XU XU7AAP 3-65 26-Apr 27-Apr XV 3W6WE XV300S 3-52 26-Apr 28-Apr PY PR5B PT5L (SA-047) 3-62 26-Apr 28-Apr ZD8 ZD8Z 3-68 26-Apr 29-Apr 4S 4S7IJG 3-64 26-Apr 29-Apr ZS ZS1/RA3DQ ZS1/UA3HK 3-63 26-Apr 30-Apr 9K 9K2F (AS-118) 3-67 26-Apr 30-Apr F F5SGI/P (EU-074) 3-42 26-Apr 30-Apr HS HS0ZAR 3-48 26-Apr 30-Apr J2 J28BS 3-55 26-Apr 30-Apr UA0 UA3SDK/0 (AS-042) 3-57 26-Apr 30-Apr V4 V47XC 3-55 26-Apr 1-May 8Q 8Q7QQ (AS-013) 3-68 26-Apr 1-May ZL ZL4IR (OC-203) 3-67 3-65 26-Apr 2-May FG FG/JA1WPX/P 3-63 26-Apr 2-May S7 S79YL S79ZG S79FAG (AF-024) 3-57 26-Apr 2-May F TP50CE 3-43 3-38 26-Apr 4-May FR/T FR5ZU/T (AF-031) 3-65 26-Apr 5-May S79 S79GT 3-64 26-Apr 5-May ZB ZB2FX 3-64 26-Apr 6-May DU 4F7/SM3SGP (OC-129) 3-48 26-Apr 6-May 9N 9N7ZA 3-69 26-Apr 7-May W W2SF (NA-062) 3-69 26-Apr 9-May XX9 XX9TSS 3-62 26-Apr 17-May 9N 9N7UD 3-6 26-Apr 24-May VQ9 VQ9DX 3-11 26-Apr 31-May 5N 5N99MSV 3-58 26-Apr 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH (broken rig) 3-4 3-2 2-229 27-Apr 6-May T8 T88LJ 3-54 28-Apr 4-May JA JI3DST/6 (AS-049) 3-52 29-Apr 30-Apr JA JA4PXE/6 (AS-067) 3-62 29-Apr 4-May BY BI5D (AS-NEW) 3-41 30-Apr 1-May 3D2 3D2SH 3D2HI 3D2TK 3D2KZ 3-63 30-Apr 6-May T8 T88MT T88YH 3-54 1-May 2-May 6W 6V1A (AF-045) 3-66 1-May 4-May 9M2 9M2TO/P (AS-073) 3-69 1-May 7-May FM FM/OH2RF 3-69 1-May 8-May GD GD0KRL 3-67 1-May 10-May A2 A25/G3HCT 3-59 ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for April 24, 1999 was 89.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for April 25, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------25-Apr-1999 21 103 3 1 Very Low/Quiet;Very Low-Low/Quiet 25-Apr-1999 18 101 5 2 Very Low/Quiet;Very Low-Low/Quiet 25-Apr-1999 15 101 5 1 Very Low/Quiet;Very Low-Low/Quiet 25-Apr-1999 12 101 5 1 Very Low/Quiet;Very Low-Low/Quiet 25-Apr-1999 09 101 5 2 Very Low/Quiet;Very Low-Low/Quiet 25-Apr-1999 06 101 5 0 Very Low/Quiet;Very Low-Low/Quiet 25-Apr-1999 03 101 5 0 Very Low/Quiet;Very Low-Low/Quiet 25-Apr-1999 00 101 5 0 Very Low/Quiet;Very Low-Low/Quiet

The forecast for Monday, 26 April: solar flux 110, A index 10, K index 2. Monday should be High Normal.

The forecast for Tuesday, 27 April: solar flux 115, A index 10, K index 2. Tuesday should be High Normal. ______

QSL Info ______

Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------3W6WE K2WE HH2LQ VE2EH TI5/K3LU W3CV 3W7TK OK1HWB II2V I2ARN TJ1HP F6FNU 4F1RWW DL4OCM IQ0XXV IK0ZAR TJ1PD N5DRV 5Z4IC MW0AIE IU0AIR I0CUT TL8CK F6EWM 6A1A F5KAM JT1FCQ DL7JK TM0IMD F6KLS 9V1YC AA5BT OX3LG OZ1PIF UN0N IK2QPR CQ2S CT1AXS OX3LX OZ1PIF VK0TS VK1PJ DA0BUG DK5IM OX3UB OZ1PIF XU7AAP N2OO EI3IMD EI2WW P29KPH K5YG XX9TSS JK2PNY EI9FN G3YOG S07UN ZP6CU YT0C YU7CB EZ7ST UA9LM S79GT GM0GAV ZL6A ZL2GJ

UA0SJ - Yuri A. Maltsev, P.O. Box 2304, Bratsk-city 665700, RUSSIA

QSL cards recently received direct: 4M5I (SA-015), 7X4AN, 9N1FP, A92GE, AP2JZB, E30LA, E30MA, SV5TS, TJ1HP, VK9NS

QSL cards recently received via WF5E: 4U1UN, 5H3US, KH0AC, P29CC, TY8A ______

Credits ______

Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: DX News Letter, G3PMR, KE2TT, KH6BZF Reports, N2JTX, NOAA, UA0SJ, W3JJ, W8FJ, WA2VRF ______

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DX News ______

Conny, DL1DA, plans to operate from the Dominican Republic between 28 April and 8 May. He plans to take a TS-50 and be active on 10 through 160 meters, mostly CW, as DL1DA/HI8.

Members of the Union of Radio Amateurs of Palma, Balearic Islands will operate special event stations AM6JMU, AN6JMU and AO6JMU from 3 to 13 July.

John, W8FJ, received a QSL card this week from Henri, FR5ZQ/T and inside was a note which stated that he would be operating from Glorioso as FR5ZQ/G during the May/June time frame. No other details were given. Henri, like Jacques, FR5ZU, works for the meteorological department.

Bob, I2WIJ, will be taking his summer vacation on the Greek island of Crete from 12 to 26 July. He plans to operate as SV9/I2WIJ including an operation in the RSGB IOTA Contest. After the operation logs will be available at http://www.qsl.net/i2wij ______

Silent Key ______

Dieter, DL3KDV, reported the sad passing of Topband DXer Peter Bobek, DJ8WL, who passed away suddenly after being hospitalized a week ago. Peter started DX on Topband in the early 70's and obtained WAS, WAZ, DXCC and WAC on 160 meters. Over 260 countries are in the DJ8WL 160 meter log. Our condolences to the Bobek family. ______

QSN ______

4N1KT - YUGOSLAVIA - Tomislav can be found most days on or near 14245 around 18:00Z.

EZ7ST - TURKMENISTAN - CW DXers were happy to find Nick on 14021 around 23:40Z. QSL via UA9LM.

FG/JA1WPX - GUADELOUPE - JA's were working Tada on 14182 between 11:00 and 12:00Z. QSL via JA1WPX.

FR5ZU/T - TROMELIN ISLAND - Jacques was reported as follows on Monday

GMT Frequencies ------02 14256 03 14256 11 18145 12 18145 14 14274 17 24948

JM1TUY - OGASAWARA - West Coast DXers were working this one on 40 meters CW just after 15:00Z.

S79 - SEYCHELLES - The Germans (S79FAG, S79YL & S79ZG) continue to be very active on SSB. Yesterdays reports were as follows:

GMT Frequencies GMT Frequencies ------00 14259 15 24940 01 14259 16 21295 24940 07 18145 17 18147 21295 10 28490 18 18147 12 18130 24945 19 18147 13 18130

VQ9DX - DIEGO GARCIA - Ron continues to show up most days on 1828 around 23:00Z. QSL via AA5DX.

ZK1JD - SOUTH COOKS - Jim was working all across the US on 28446 from 00:30 to 01:30Z. ______

IOTA ______

The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AF-024 S79FAG 18147 1902 NA-062 KB8OEJ/4 18163 2131 AF-024 S79GT 14019 1909 NA-065 N6FD/7 14263 0259 AS-018 UA0FDX 21023 1325 NA-104 V44NEF 14198 0036 AS-079 JA5CKD/6 14018 1227 OC-019 N6KZ/KH6 21009 0043 AS-103 BV9AYA 21018 1403 OC-088 YC8VIP/7 21283 1312 AS-118 9K2F 21260 1150 OC-145 YC8YZ 21323 1556 EU-001 SV5TS 14216 2159 OC-146 YC8TF 21307 1537 EU-015 SV9/SV1CID 21290 1524 OC-201 ZL1BXA 14207 0535 EU-074 F5SGI/P 10104 2150 OC-203 ZL4IR/P 14260 0610 NA-062 W2SF 14260 1303 OC-210 YC8RRK 21320 1605

French Amateur Radio Operators F6ELE, F6HKA and F8BPN will be active from Tombelaine Island (EU-156) on 30 May from 05:00 to 15:00Z.

Tony, WF1N, and Lou, W1DIG, will activate Thimble Island Group (NA-136). They will start around 15:00Z on 21 May and be on the normal IOTA frequencies. Operation will end around 18:00Z on 22 May. QSL via home calls direct or via the bureau.

A group of German operators will be on from Oehe Island (EU-057) from 8 to 9 May. The group will include Knut, DG2BWG, Wolfgang, DK5ET, Juergen, DL5CE, Wolfgang, DL2BWO and two German SWLs Marco and Mathias. Look for them to be on 20, 40 and 80 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 ------27-Apr 29-Apr 4S 4S7IJG 3-64 27-Apr 31-May 5N 5N99MSV 3-58 27-Apr 1-May 8Q 8Q7QQ (AS-013) 3-68 27-Apr 30-Apr 9K 9K2F (AS-118) 3-67 27-Apr 17-May 9N 9N7UD 3-6 27-Apr 6-May 9N 9N7ZA 3-69 27-Apr 6-May DU 4F7/SM3SGP (OC-129) 3-48 27-Apr 30-Apr F F5SGI/P (EU-074) 3-42 27-Apr 2-May F TP50CE 3-43 3-38 27-Apr 2-May FG FG/JA1WPX/P 3-63 27-Apr 4-May FR/T FR5ZU/T (AF-031) 3-65 27-Apr 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH (broken rig) 3-4 3-2 2-229 27-Apr 30-Apr HS HS0ZAR 3-48 27-Apr 30-Apr J2 J28BS 3-55 27-Apr 28-Apr PY PR5B PT5L (SA-047) 3-62 27-Apr 2-May S7 S79YL S79ZG S79FAG (AF-024) 3-57 27-Apr 5-May S79 S79GT 3-64 27-Apr 6-May T8 T88LJ 3-54 27-Apr 30-Apr UA0 UA3SDK/0 (AS-042) 3-57 27-Apr 30-Apr V4 V47XC 3-55 27-Apr 24-May VQ9 VQ9DX 3-11 27-Apr 7-May W W2SF (NA-062) 3-69 27-Apr 27-Apr XV 3W6WE XV300S 3-52 27-Apr 9-May XX9 XX9TSS 3-62 27-Apr 3-May YK YK/DL6MHW 3-70 27-Apr 5-May ZB ZB2FX 3-64 27-Apr 28-Apr ZD8 ZD8Z 3-68 27-Apr 1-May ZL ZL4IR (OC-203) 3-67 3-65 27-Apr 29-Apr ZS ZS1/RA3DQ ZS1/UA3HK 3-63

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Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for April 25, 1999 was 69.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for April , 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------26-Apr-1999 21 105 7 2 Vy Low/Quiet-Unset;Vy Low-Low/Quiet-Unset 26-Apr-1999 18 103 3 2 Vy Low/Quiet-Unset;Vy Low-Low/Quiet-Unset 26-Apr-1999 15 103 3 3 Vy Low/Quiet-Unset;Vy Low-Low/Quiet-Unset 26-Apr-1999 12 103 3 3 Vy Low/Quiet-Unset;Vy Low-Low/Quiet-Unset 26-Apr-1999 09 103 3 1 Vy Low/Quiet;Very Low-Low/Quiet-Unset 26-Apr-1999 06 103 3 0 Vy Low/Quiet;Very Low-Low/Quiet-Unset 26-Apr-1999 03 103 3 1 Vy Low/Quiet;Very Low-Low/Quiet-Unset 26-Apr-1999 00 103 3 2 Vy Low/Quiet;Very Low-Low/Quiet-Unset

The forecast for Tuesday, 27 April: solar flux 115, A index 10, K index 2. Tuesday should be High Normal.

The forecast for Wednesday, 28 April: solar flux 115, A index 10, K index 2. Wednesday should be High Normal. ______

QSL Info ______

Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------4K5CW 4J9RI FG/JA1WPX JA1WPX S79GT GM0GAV 9M2TO JA0DMV FT5YG F5LBL S79FAG DL7AFS AL7QT OZ4LP JY9NE N3FNE S79YL DL7AFS EA5/JI6KVR EA5KB R3RRC/0 RW3GW S79ZG DL7AFS

S21K - Rezaul Karim Chowdhury, Executive Director COAST, Charfassion, Bhola 8340, BANGLADESH

QSL cards recently received direct: 3E1CW, 3V8BB, 3W6LI, 4L3Y, 5H1FS, 5R8FU, 5U7DG, 7X4AN, 9A7A, A92GE, BQ9P, C21ZM, FH5CB, FR5ZQ/T, HK3JJH/0M, J79WW, PI4COM, S21B, SV2ASP/A, SV9/I4UFH, T32RT, UA0MF, VK9XX, VK9YY, XZ1N, YO2BB ______

On The WWW ______

Logs for Tony's, IK1QBT, following DXpeditions can be found at http//www.freeweb.org/freeweb/ik1qbt

3A/IK1QBT - 1993/1996/1997/1998 TK/IK1QBT - 1994 4U0ITU - May 13/14th and 20/21st (1995, only CW) IP1/IK1QBT IA1/IK1QBT from IOTA EU-083 - 1996/1997/1998 ID9/IK1QBT from IOTA EU-017 - 1997 ______

Credits ______

Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 425 DX News, 9A6AA, DL1DA, DL3KDV, DL8AAM, EADX, F5VCR, IOTW, K2TE, KB6NAN, KH6BZF Reports, N2TN, N5CQ, N7OJ, N9NUP, NOAA, NY6DX, W4WNT, W8FJ, WA2VRF, WF1N, WU1F ______

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DX News ______

A group of Americans will operate from San Cristobal Island in the Galapagos Islands (HC8) between 26 May and 2 June. The emphasis of this operation will be the CQ WPX CW Contest. Operators include N5KO, N0JK, K9ZO, K1EA, KM3T, K6AW and N6TV. Jon, N0JK, plans to operate 6 meters with 100 watts and a yagi outside of the contest and will have a beacon on 50110. He will also be on one of the Satellites.

George, 5B4AGC/G3LNS, was active as ZC4ATC, from the United Kingdom Sovereign Bases on Cyprus yesterday. He showed up on 20 and 15 meters SSB between 11:00 and 14:00Z. Unfortunately he forgot to take his key for CW. Some antenna work was expected while on the base. QSL cards for ZC4ATC go via 5B4YX. QSL cards for 5B4AGC go to George Beasley, P.O. Box 1344, Paphos, CY8133, Cyprus.

Nunavut is the newest Territory in the Canadian Arctic, others include Yukon and North West Territory. VE3DO and a group of Amateur Radio Operators from Canadian plan to operate from Black Island, Nunavut in James Bay with a special call between 15 June and 15 July. They will operate 3 stations with an emphasis on the low bands and possibly 6 meters. Look for them to be on for Field Day and the Canada Day Contest. The QTH is located at 53.80 North 79.29 West and is in CQ Zone 2. The call sign will be announced at later time. ______

QSN ______

5V7FA - TOGO - Mark showed up on 21270 just before 12:00Z on Tuesday. QSL via F6FNU.

FR5ZU/T - TROMELIN ISLAND - Jacques continues to show up daily on 3772 at 02:25Z, on 14256 at 03:00Z and on 18145 after 11:00Z.

S79 - SEYCHELLES - Look for the Germany's (S79FAG, S79YL and S79ZG) on 80 meters SSB starting around 01:45Z. Listen between 3795 and 3800. They have received special permission to operate 80 meters. They are also on 6 meters after 17:00Z. QSL via DL7AFS.

T88LJ - BELAU - Europeans found Hide on 14190 between 19:00 and 20:00Z. QSL via JM1LJS.

TI5/K3LU - COSTA RICA - Look for Uli on 20 meters CW after 05:00Z.

V8GTW - BRUNEI - Between 16:30 and 19:00 Gary was working Europeans on 14243.

ZD8Z - ASCENSION - Japanese DXers were working Jim on 18069 between 22:30 and 23:15Z. ______

IOTA ______

The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AS-015 9M2TO 18133 1559 NA-062 KB4OEJ/4 14265 0549 AS-078 JA8BGR 18080 1042 NA-065 N6FD/7 14260 0332 AS-079 JA5CKD/6 14015 1911 NA-102 FG/JA1WPX/P 18124 2102 AS-118 9K2F 14261 2022 OC-021 YB0AZ 14192 1545 EU-003 CU7BA 21275 1312 OC-034 YC9WGA 21340 1309 EU-049 SV8DTL 14085 1757 OC-088 YC8VIP/7 21282 1412 EU-074 F5SGI/P 14009 2248 OC-203 ZL4IR/P 14257 0716 EU-127 DL0DWD 7050 1711

Plans are firming up for the upcoming BI5D IOTA DXpedition (see Vol. 3 No. 41) to Dongtou Island, ZHEJIANG PROVINCE GROUP (AS-NEW) which will take place from 29 April to 3 May. The team include BA1AA, BA1AJ, BA1DU, BA1FB, BA1HAM, BA1KA, BA4AA, BA4RD, BA4RF, BA4RX, BA4TA, BA4TB, BG4AGM, BG4RUC, BD5HAG, BD5RV, BG5BAC, BD6AA, BD6QC, BA7IA, BA7JG, BA7JK, BD7IX, BD7JA, BD7NI and BD7NQ. They will be active with six transceivers on 70cm through 160 meters. Suggested frequencies are as follows:

CW - 1826, 3530, 7025, 10115, 14038, 18098, 21038, 24918, 28038 SSB - 3755, 7055, 14260, 18128, 21260 24945, 28465 RTTY - 7040, 10140, 14080, 21080 FM - 29280

They will concentrate on North America on following bands and modes during these time frames:

00:00Z-04:00Z 15m, 17m and 20m on CW; 11:00Z-15:00Z 40m on SSB/CW; 11:00Z-13:00Z 75m on CW; 22:00Z-00:00Z 15m, 20m and 40m on SSB/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 ------28-Apr 29-Apr 4S 4S7IJG 3-64 28-Apr 31-May 5N 5N99MSV 3-58 28-Apr 1-May 8Q 8Q7QQ (AS-013) 3-68 28-Apr 30-Apr 9K 9K2F (AS-118) 3-67 28-Apr 17-May 9N 9N7UD 3-6 28-Apr 6-May 9N 9N7ZA 3-69 28-Apr 6-May DU 4F7/SM3SGP (OC-129) 3-48 28-Apr 30-Apr F F5SGI/P (EU-074) 3-42 28-Apr 2-May F TP50CE 3-43 3-38 28-Apr 2-May FG FG/JA1WPX/P 3-63 28-Apr 4-May FR/T FR5ZU/T (AF-031) 3-65 28-Apr 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH (broken rig) 3-4 3-2 2-229 28-Apr 8-May HI DL1DA/HI8 3-71 28-Apr 30-Apr HS HS0ZAR 3-48 28-Apr 30-Apr J2 J28BS 3-55 28-Apr 4-May JA JI3DST/6 (AS-049) 3-52 28-Apr 28-Apr PY PR5B PT5L (SA-047) 3-62 28-Apr 2-May S7 S79YL S79ZG S79FAG (AF-024) 3-57 28-Apr 5-May S79 S79GT 3-64 28-Apr 6-May T8 T88LJ 3-54 28-Apr 30-Apr UA0 UA3SDK/0 (AS-042) 3-57 28-Apr 30-Apr V4 V47XC 3-55 28-Apr 24-May VQ9 VQ9DX 3-11 28-Apr 7-May W W2SF (NA-062) 3-69 28-Apr 9-May XX9 XX9TSS 3-62 28-Apr 3-May YK YK/DL6MHW 3-70 28-Apr 5-May ZB ZB2FX 3-64 28-Apr 28-Apr ZD8 ZD8Z 3-68 28-Apr 1-May ZL ZL4IR (OC-203) 3-67 3-65 28-Apr 29-Apr ZS ZS1/RA3DQ ZS1/UA3HK 3-63 ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for April 26, 1999 was 69.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for April 27, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------27-Apr-1999 21 109 11 3 Low/Quiet-Unset;Vy Low-Low/Quiet-Unset 27-Apr-1999 18 105 6 3 Vy Low/Quiet-Unset;Vy Low-Low/Quiet-Unset

27-Apr-1999 15 105 6 3 Vy Low/Quiet-Unset;Vy Low-Low/Quiet-Unset

27-Apr-1999 12 105 6 3 Vy Low/Quiet-Unset;Vy Low-Low/Quiet-Unset

27-Apr-1999 09 105 6 3 Vy Low/Quiet-Unset;Vy Low-Low/Quiet-Unset

27-Apr-1999 06 105 6 1 Vy Low/Quiet-Unset;Vy Low-Low/Quiet-Unset

27-Apr-1999 03 105 6 1 Vy Low/Quiet-Unset;Vy Low-Low/Quiet-Unset

27-Apr-1999 00 105 6 1 Vy Low/Quiet-Unset;Vy Low-Low/Quiet-Unset

The forecast for Wednesday, 28 April: solar flux 115, A index 10, K index 2. Wednesday should be High Normal.

The forecast for Thursday, 29 April: solar flux 115, A index 10, K index 3. Thursday should be High Normal. ______

QSL Info ______

Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------3C1GS EA5BYP T32RT W6UC XX9TSS JK2PNY 6W4RK F5NPS T88LJ JM1LJS YB0AZ W7TSQ EK6CF DJ0MCZ TR8CA F6CBC YC8VIP/7 W6MD EP3HR I2MQP UK8OM IK2QPR ZC4ATC 5B4YX SV9/LA4XFA LA4XFA VU2TS I1YRL

QSL cards recently received direct: 8Q7AC, BI7W, HP4/F5PAC (NA-088), J80K, W2SF (NA-062), XX9TRR ______

On The WWW ______

Pictures of the recent Anavilhanas, ZY8A, DXpedition are now at http://www.qsl.net/zy8a

The following logs are now at dx.qsl.net/logs JW/SM7NAS (April 1999) 5B4/EW1AR & 5B4/NP3D (October 1998)

Need Yemen and bored with conditions on HF? Check out www.yenet.com ______

Credits ______

Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: BD5RV, G3PMR, K7SO, KH6BZF Reports, N0JK, N2TN, N5KO, N6RT, NOAA, PS7AB, VE3BHZ, W0TM, W5OZI ______

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DX News ______

Gil, F5NOD, reports the good news that Gilles, FT5WH, has fixed his broken radio and should be active again in the next few days.

The QSL cards for the first DXpedition to Palestine (E44DX) have been printed and are now in the hands of Jarmo, OH2BN, the QSL manager. A group of Finns are helping him to get the QSL cards out ASAP. QSL cards will be available during and after the Dayton DX Dinner on Friday 15 May. A table will be setup and manned by the Northern California DX Foundation http://www.ncdxf.org one of the sponsors of the E44DXpedition. ______

Editorial ______

Well conditions have not been so great and DX news seem to be very scarce this week for some reason. I have been thinking a lot about the current situation in Kosovo, Albania, Macendonia and Yugoslavia (Serbia & Montenegro) as far as Amateur Radio is concerned. Now hold on before you get all uptight about politics and Amateur Radio. Actually that's exactly what I what I am thinking about. We as Amateur Radio Operators need to take a stance on the current situation. My feeling is that Amateur Radio is not the place to talk about politics but rather a unique hobby in which each person involved in it can be a real diplomat and make friends all over the world. It's OK to have an opinion as to who is right or who is wrong but keep that to yourself, as this is not the place for it. If you hear or see someone saying something that is out of line talk or write to them privately telling them this is inappropriate. Remind them that Amateur Radio is a hobby where we can make friendships all over the globe without ever leaving our warm radio rooms. It doesn't matter which side of the fence you are on. We all enjoy DXing, making friends and enjoying our great hobby. DX IS! ______

QSN ______

3B9FR - RODRIGUEZ ISLAND - Robert occasionally shows up near 14227 around 03:30Z. QSL direct (see below).

EP2SMH - IRAN - Look for Moshen on 20 meters SSB after 19:00Z. Check near 14245.

FR5ZU - TROMELIN - Check the following places and times for Jacques.

GMT Frequency ------02:25 3772 02:45 7050 03:00 14256 11:00 18145/24950 14:00 7090/14274 17:00 18145/24950/28470

LZ/N3JT - BULGARIA - Jim is currently active from LZ1AF's station.

S79FAG - SEYCHELLES - Carl showed up as expect on 3799 just before his sunrise. East Coast stations reported working him. This is somewhat rare on 80 meters as they must get special permission to operate on this band. Check again on 30 April just prior to their sunrise. This maybe their last time on 80 meters.

ST2SA - SUDAN - JA's found Dr. Sid on 14274 around 15:00Z.

UN9LM - KAZAKHSTAN - Likes 80 meters CW from 22:00 to 00:30Z.

VK9NS - NORFOLK ISLAND - Jim reported working several Western European DXers on 160 meters at 19:00Z.

VQ9DX - DIEGO GARCIA - Ron continues to show up on 1828 daily an hour or so before his sunrise. QSL via AA5DX.

ZC4ATC - UNITED KINGDOM SOVEREIGN BASE CYPRUS - Was active on 21290 just after 16:00Z. QSL via 5B4YX. ______

IOTA ______

The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AS-004 5B4ES 14255 1035 AS-049 JI3DST/6 21260 1236 EU-136 9A6DCR 7064 2003 EU-049 SV8DCY 14084 1947 AS-118 9K2F 14260 1728 AS-025 UA0FAA 18079 1153 AS-103 BV9AAC 21015 1056 OC-143 YC5SST 21255 1538 EU-004 EG6IB 3663 2213 OC-075 YC5TML 21317 1545 AF-004 EG8TF 14182 1648 OC-210 YC8RRK 21322 1630 EU-074 F5SGI/P 14009 1957 OC-088 YC8VIP/7 21283 1407 AF-031 FR5ZU/T 14256 0339 OC-034 YC9WZJ 21270 1401 AS-053 HS0/IK4MRH 14190 2016 OC-203 ZL4IR/P 14258 0706

Yuki, JA6LCJ, says that he and JA6BZI will be active from Goto Island (AS-040) on 1 and 2 May. Look for them to use JA6BZI/6 and JA6LCJ/6 on all bands.

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 4S 4S7IJG 3-64 29-Apr 31-May 5N 5N99MSV 3-58 29-Apr 1-May 8Q 8Q7QQ (AS-013) 3-68 29-Apr 30-Apr 9K 9K2F (AS-118) 3-67 29-Apr 17-May 9N 9N7UD 3-6 29-Apr 6-May 9N 9N7ZA 3-69 29-Apr 4-May BY BI5D (AS-NEW) 3-41 29-Apr 6-May DU 4F7/SM3SGP (OC-129) 3-48 29-Apr 30-Apr F F5SGI/P (EU-074) 3-42 29-Apr 2-May F TP50CE 3-43 3-38 29-Apr 2-May FG FG/JA1WPX/P 3-63 29-Apr 4-May FR/T FR5ZU/T (AF-031) 3-65 29-Apr 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH 3-4 3-2 2-229 29-Apr 8-May HI DL1DA/HI8 3-71 29-Apr 30-Apr HS HS0ZAR 3-48 29-Apr 30-Apr J2 J28BS 3-55 29-Apr 30-Apr JA JA4PXE/6 (AS-067) 3-62 29-Apr 4-May JA JI3DST/6 (AS-049) 3-52 29-Apr 2-May S7 S79YL S79ZG S79FAG (AF-024) 3-57 29-Apr 5-May S79 S79GT 3-64 29-Apr 6-May T8 T88LJ 3-54 29-Apr 30-Apr UA0 UA3SDK/0 (AS-042) 3-57 29-Apr 30-Apr V4 V47XC 3-55 29-Apr 24-May VQ9 VQ9DX 3-11 29-Apr 7-May W W2SF (NA-062) 3-69 29-Apr 9-May XX9 XX9TSS 3-62 29-Apr 3-May YK YK/DL6MHW 3-70 29-Apr 5-May ZB ZB2FX 3-64 29-Apr 1-May ZL ZL4IR (OC-203) 3-67 3-65 29-Apr 29-Apr ZS ZS1/RA3DQ ZS1/UA3HK 3-63 ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for April 27, 1999 was 82.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for April 28, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------28-Apr-1999 21 110 15 2 Low/Unset-Act;Low/Quiet-Unset 28-Apr-1999 18 109 12 2 Low/Unset-Act;Vy Low-Low/Quiet-Unset 28-Apr-1999 15 109 12 2 Low/Unset-Act;Vy Low-Low/Quiet-Unset 28-Apr-1999 12 109 12 4 Low/Unset-Act;Vy Low-Low/Quiet-Unset 28-Apr-1999 09 109 12 4 Low/Unset-Active;Vy Low-Low/Quiet-Unse 28-Apr-1999 06 109 12 3 Low/Unset;Vy Low-Low/Quiet-Unset 28-Apr-1999 03 109 12 3 Low/Quiet-Unset;Vy Low-Low/Quiet-Unset 28-Apr-1999 00 109 12 3 Low/Quiet-Unset;Vy Low-Low/Quiet-Activ

The forecast for Thursday, 29 April: solar flux 110, A index 20, K index 3. Thursday should be Low Normal.

The forecast for Friday, 30 April: solar flux 110, A index 20, K index 3. Friday should be Low Normal. ______

QSL Info ______

Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------5H3US WA8JOC TA3DD KB2MS YK/DL6MHW DL3ABL SU9ZZ OM3TZZ TF8GX K1WY YS1JR DJ9ZB SV9/F6AUS F6AUS

Effective 5 April there is no U.S. mail service to the following countries:

YA - Afghanistan 9U - Burundi 9Q - Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaire) J5 - Guinea-Bissau EL - Liberia P2 - Papua New Guinea (Bougainville Only) 9L - Sierra Leone T5 - Somalia YU - Yugoslavia (Serbia & Montenegro)

For other US mail restrictions check out http://www.usps.gov/news/global.htm

3B9FR - Robert Felicite, Box 31, Rodriguez Island, via Mauritius, Indian Ocean

QSL cards recently received direct: 9J2SZ, VK9XX ______

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The FO0XUU Australs (1/99) & Marquesas (2/99) logs now online at dx.qsl.net/logs ______

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Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: F5NOD, KH6BZF Reports, NOAA, N6RT, N9NUP, OH2BH, OH2BN, ______

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DX News ______

Sergio, IZ6BRN, who has been operating from AP2WAP in Pakistan will now be active from Mirmi, Nepal as 9N7RN from 30 April to 30 June. QSL via IK4ZGY.

Yoshi, JH8CLU, is currently on Mayotte Island using FH/JH8CLU/P. He has been on 15 through 30 meters. Look for him to be on CW, SSB and RTTY until about 08:00Z on 1 May. QSL via JH8YZB, Hokkaido Contest Club, P.O. Box 48, Tomakomai 0530-0000, Japan.

Look for Steve, G4JVG, to be QRV from St. Kitts & Nevis from 4 to 18 June while on holiday. No callsign was mentioned. He will be active on 10 through 40 meters SSB with a possibility of 80 meters. QSL via G4JVG.

Starting 6 May stations from both Scotland and Wales will use the following special prefixes to celebrating the opening of the new parliaments until 31 July.

GM - Scotland - 2A, 2S, and 2T GW - Wales - 2C, 2W, and 2X ______

QSN ______

9M2TO - WEST MALAYSIA - Is often on 17 meters CW between 16:00 and 17:00Z.

A92GH - BAHRAIN - John was found working JA's, North America and Europe on 14255 from 22:00 to 23:00Z.

FT5WH - CROZET ISLAND - Gilles is now back on the air as he was reported on 14288 at 12:00Z.

S21B - BANGLADESH - Nizam showed up on 21250 just before 15:00Z. QSL via W4FRU.

S79 - SEYCHELLES - Karl, S79FAG, Babs, S79YL, and Lot, S79ZG, remain very active on 10 through 80 meters SSB. Thursday's activities were as follows:

GMT Frequencies GMT Frequencies ------00 3796 13 21295 01 3799 15 28495 02 3799 16 28495 03 14260 17 18127 28495 09 21290 18 3799 10 24940 19 3796 11 28500 21 3796 12 18114 21295

T88LJ - BELAU - Europeans reported Hide on 15 meters SSB at 09:00Z and between 12:00 and 15:30Z. QSL via JM1LJS.

TT8FC - CHAD - RTTY DXers found this semi-rare one on 14086 just prior to 22:00Z. QSL via EA4AHK.

YK/DL6MHW - SYRIA - Was active on 20 meters CW from about 09:30 to 14:00Z. Look for more activity from him over the next few days. QSL via DL3ABL. ______

IOTA ______

The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AF-014 CT3GU 14227 1919 EU-131 IK3PQH 14084 1638 AF-024 S79FAG 14260 0225 NA-062 W2SF/P 14259 1205 AS-015 9M2TO 21286 1730 OC-005 VK9NS 14222 0402 AS-028 UA0QMU 14019 1238 OC-059 V63AO 21257 1233 AS-049 JI3DST/6 21260 0645 OC-088 YC8VIP/7 21273 1415 AS-053 HS0/IK4MRH 14200 1923 OC-128 DU1IMA 21262 1607 AS-067 JA4PXE/6 7060 2058 OC-130 4F9EAQ 21268 1524 AS-118 9K2F 21262 0856 OC-203 ZL4IR/P 14260 0751 AS-141 BI5D 14260 2149

Takeshi, JI3DST, and Fumio, JE4CIL, will be on the air from Oki Archipelago starting around 08:00Z on 4 June. They will be active as JI3DST/4 and JE4CIL/4 on CW and SSB on 10, 12, 15, 17, 20, 40 and 80 meters until 22:00Z on 6 June. QSL via home calls.

JR8GZU/6 will be on from Daito Island (AS-047) starting today through 2 May. Check 21210 and 40 meters SSB. QSL via JR8GZU.

German operators Wolf, DL4BQE, Helmut, DL5BUT, Thomas, DM4VDE, and Arno, DL1CW, will be on Muckle Roe Island (EU-012) between 11 and 16 June. Look for them to be on all bands on CW, SSB and maybe RTTY. They will have two stations. QSL via DL4BQE.

Will, WC6DX, plans to operate from Anacapa Island (NA-141) on 22 and 23 May. He will be using 100 watts and a vertical antenna and be on the following frequencies: 7260, 10105, 14030, 14260. QSL direct or via the bureau.

Starting 21 May Ivan, G3IZD, will be on from Captiva Island (NA-069) as AE4WK. He will use an IC706 and a palm tree supported doublet on 10 through 40 meters CW until 24 May. QSL via G3IZD.

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 30-Apr 9K 9K2F (AS-118) 3-67 30-Apr 30-Apr F F5SGI/P (EU-074) 3-42 30-Apr 30-Apr HS HS0ZAR 3-48 30-Apr 30-Apr J2 J28BS 3-55 30-Apr 30-Apr JA JA4PXE/6 (AS-067) 3-62 30-Apr 30-Apr UA0 UA3SDK/0 (AS-042) 3-57 30-Apr 30-Apr V4 V47XC 3-55 30-Apr 1-May 3D2 3D2SH 3D2HI 3D2TK 3D2KZ 3-63 30-Apr 1-May 8Q 8Q7QQ (AS-013) 3-68 30-Apr 1-May ZL ZL4IR (OC-203) 3-67 3-65 30-Apr 2-May FG FG/JA1WPX/P 3-63 30-Apr 2-May S7 S79YL S79ZG S79FAG (AF-024) 3-57 30-Apr 2-May F TP50CE 3-43 3-38 30-Apr 3-May BY BI5D (AS-141) 3-72 3-41 30-Apr 3-May YK YK/DL6MHW 3-70 30-Apr 4-May FR/T FR5ZU/T (AF-031) 3-65 30-Apr 4-May JA JI3DST/6 (AS-049) 3-52 30-Apr 5-May S79 S79GT 3-64 30-Apr 5-May ZB ZB2FX 3-64 30-Apr 6-May DU 4F7/SM3SGP (OC-129) 3-48 30-Apr 6-May 9N 9N7ZA 3-69 30-Apr 6-May T8 T88LJ 3-54 30-Apr 6-May T8 T88MT T88YH 3-54 30-Apr 7-May W W2SF (NA-062) 3-69 30-Apr 8-May HI DL1DA/HI8 3-71 30-Apr 9-May XX9 XX9TSS 3-62 30-Apr 17-May 9N 9N7UD 3-6 30-Apr 24-May VQ9 VQ9DX 3-11 30-Apr 31-May 5N 5N99MSV 3-58 30-Apr 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH 3-4 3-2 2-229 1-May 2-May 6W 6V1A (AF-045) 3-66 1-May 2-May JA JA6BZI/6 JA6LCJ/6 (AS-040) 3-72 1-May 4-May 9M2 9M2TO/P (AS-073) 3-69 1-May 7-May FM FM/OH2RF 3-69 1-May 8-May GD GD0KRL 3-67 1-May 10-May A2 A25/G3HCT 3-59 2-May 3-May JA JA4PXE/6 (AS-056) 3-62 2-May 4-May JA JH6QCQ JM6NWR JL6UBM (AS-049) 3-42 2-May 9-May T2 T22JY T22KJ T22TK T22VE 3-63 ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for April 28, 1999 was 76.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for April 29, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------29-Apr-1999 21 122 17 2 Mod/Quiet-Active;Low-Mod/Unset-Active 29-Apr-1999 18 110 16 4 Low/Quiet-Active;Low/Unsettled-Active 29-Apr-1999 15 110 16 4 Low/Quiet-Active;Low/Unsettled-Active 29-Apr-1999 12 110 16 3 Low/Quiet-Active;Low/Unsettled-Active 29-Apr-1999 09 110 16 2 Low/Quiet-Active;Low/Unsettled-Active 29-Apr-1999 06 110 16 3 Low/Quiet-Active;Low/Unsettled-Active 29-Apr-1999 03 110 16 3 Low/Quiet-Active;Low/Unsettled-Active 29-Apr-1999 00 110 16 4 Low/Quiet-Active;Low/Quiet-Active

The forecast for Friday, 30 April: solar flux 110, A index 25, K index 4. Friday should be Low Normal.

The forecast for Saturday, 1 May: solar flux 115, A index 25, K index 4. Saturday should be Low Normal.

The forecast for Sunday, 2 May : solar flux 130, A index 20, K index 4. Sunday should be Low Normal. ______

QSL Info ______

Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------CM8VP AD4Z TP50CE F6FQK YC0IEM VK4FW EY6TM F6FNU TT8FC EA4AHK YC1LGP VK4FW HS0/JA6GIJ JA6LCJ TU5IJ I2AOX YC9MKF VK4FW S21B W4FRU YB1KOR VK4FW YC9NBR VK4FW

BI5D - P.O. Box 1713, Guangzhou city 510600, CHINA VR2KF - Kazu Fujita, GPO Box 4724, HONG KONG

QSL cards recently received direct: HP8/F5PAC, J80C, VR2KF, YC9NBR ______

Credits ______

Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: DX News Sheet, G3PMR, IOTW, JI6KVR, JR2BNF, KH6BZF Reports, N2JTX, NOAA, VE3IRF, WC6DX ______

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DX News ______

Paul, A35RK, is expecting to be in the Fiji Islands (OC-016) for about 3 or 4 weeks this month as 3D2RK. QSL via W7TSQ.

Czech operators David, OK1FJD, Roman, OK1UFM, Dan, OK1XDF, and Milos, OK1URY, are now active from the Alan Islands as OH0/home calls. Two stations will be used and they will concentrate on the 12, 17 and 30 meter bands until 8 May. QSL via bureau.

Tom, K7ZZ, will be on Kwajalein for the CQ CW WPX Contest at the end of this month. He has been assigned V73ZZ and will be active between 23 May and 2 June on all bands except 160 meters. Look for him on SSB before and after the contest.

Klaus, DU1/DL5ZAH, is now active from Manila, Philippines as 4F1RWW. QSL via DL4OCM either via the bureau or direct to Thomas Steinmann, Box 1117, D-37162 Uslar, Germany.

Over the past few days club stations ZC4ATC from U.K. Sovereign Base Area on Cyprus has been active on the air. Nick, G3KOX/5B4FL, reports there are now more operators who are interested in the club and more activity is being planned. Two of the operators will be active on CW. ______

QSN ______

3D2 - FIJI ISLANDS - The JA group was active here on Friday and Saturday as 3D2HI, 3D2KZ, 3D2SH and 3D2TK. They were active on 10 through 30 meters CW and SSB. Look for them now from T2, Tuvalu. See QSL info below.

3V8BB - TUNISIA - John, I5JHW, was operating from this club station over the weekend. He was reported on all bands on RTTY and SSB. QSL this operation only via I5JHW.

5B4AGC - CYPRUS - George, G3LNS, showed up on 17 meters CW both Friday and Saturday between 13:00 and 15:00Z.

FR5ZU/T - TROMELIN ISLAND - You've got about 24 hours to work Jacques before he leaves the island. Check out the following frequencies at the following times.

GMT Frequencies GMT Frequencies ------02 3772 06 28470 03 14256 10 24945 04 14256 18145 11 18145 05 24950 14 14274 17 28470

GU2ENK - PIRATE - Phil, GU0SUP, says this call sign has never been issued.

OD5NQ - LEBANON - Check 17 meters CW between 10:30 and 13:00Z for Ali.

P29CC - PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Chip likes to hang out on 28483 from 22:00 to 00:00Z. QSL via K1WY.

S07UN - WESTERN SAHARA - Over the weekend Ross was active on 28420 from 16:00 to 19:00Z. QSL via ZP6CU.

T2 - TUVALU - The JA group made it and are using the following calls on 10, 15, 20 and 40 meters CW and SSB: T22JY, T22KJ, T22TK and T22VE. See QSL info below.

TR8CA - GABON - Alain can often be found on 18162 or 14262 just after 20:00Z.

ZC4ATC - U.K. SOV. BASE AREA ON CYPRUS - East Coast US stations found Nick, G3KOX, at the key on 10109 on Saturday just after 00:00Z.

ZD8A - ASCENSION ISLAND - Glenn, K6NA, has been reported active again from this location. Length of stay is unknown. QSL via K6NA. ______

IOTA ______

The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AF-004 EA8AMT 24955 1632 AS-079 JA5CKD/6 14042 1233 AF-045 6V1A 21300 1249 AS-103 BV9AAC 18079 1621 AS-008 JL1UXH/1 14028 1815 AS-141 BI5D 14039 1241 AS-042 DU1KGJ/4 21260 1701 EU-002 OH0/OK1FJD 10116 0647 AS-047 JR8GZU/6 21210 0007 EU-079 LA/DL4MN/M 18136 1203 AS-049 JF6WTY/6 14260 2243 EU-088 OZ/DL2SWW 10104 1954 AS-049 JI3DST/6 18133 1019 NA-046 W1ACT/P 14260 1237 AS-049 JL6UBM/6 21263 1038 NA-065 N6FD/7 14260 0243 AS-056 JA4PXE/6 14253 2259 OC-146 YC8UFF 21295 1717 AS-073 9M2TO/P 14034 1047 OC-147 YC9YKI 21260 0021

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-May 3-May BY BI5D (AS-141) 3-72 3-41 3-May 3-May JA JA4PXE/6 (AS-056) 3-62 3-May 3-May YK YK/DL6MHW 3-70 3-May 4-May 9M2 9M2TO/P (AS-073) 3-69 3-May 4-May FR/T FR5ZU/T (AF-031) 3-65 3-May 4-May JA JH6QCQ JM6NWR JL6UBM (AS-049) 3-42 3-May 4-May JA JI3DST/6 (AS-049) 3-52 3-May 5-May F F5SNY F5PFT (EU-105) 3-69 3-May 5-May JA JQ1SUO (AS-008) 3-64 3-May 5-May S79 S79GT 3-64 3-May 5-May ZB ZB2FX 3-64 3-May 6-May DU 4F7/SM3SGP (OC-129) 3-48 3-May 6-May 9N 9N7ZA 3-69 3-May 6-May T8 T88LJ 3-54 3-May 6-May T8 T88MT T88YH 3-54 3-May 7-May FM FM/OH2RF 3-69 3-May 7-May IT9 IT9/G0ANA/P (EU-011) 3-37 3-May 7-May W W2SF (NA-062) 3-69 3-May 8-May HI DL1DA/HI8 3-71 3-May 8-May GD GD0KRL 3-67 3-May 9-May T2 T22JY T22KJ T22TK T22VE 3-63 3-May 9-May XX9 XX9TSS 3-62 3-May 10-May A2 A25/G3HCT 3-59 3-May 12-May 9N 9N7WU 3-64 3-May 17-May 9N 9N7UD 3-6 3-May 24-May VQ9 VQ9DX 3-11 3-May 31-May 5N 5N99MSV 3-58 3-May 30-Jun 9N 9N7RN 3-74 3-May 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH 3-4 3-2 2-229 4-May 24-May 9M2 9M2/G3LIV 3-40 6-May 9-May F TM2WLH (EU-094) 3-57 7-May 8-May Lynx DX Group DX Convention 3-65 7-May 9-May F F5SNY F5PFT (EU-074) 3-69 8-May 9-May DL DK5ET DL5CE DL2BWO (EU-057) 3-71 8-May 10-May JA JM1PXG/6 (AS-037) 3-49 8-May 14-May TA YM0S (AS-099) 3-60 3-19 8-May 16-May F F5JOT/P F5TBF/P F5LGQ/P (EU-074) 3-69 ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for May 1, 1999 was 92.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for May 2, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------2-May-1999 21 136 10 2 Low/Quiet-Active;Low/Unsettled-Active 2-May-1999 18 126 15 2 Low/Quiet-Active;Low/Unsettled-Active 2-May-1999 15 126 15 2 Low/Quiet-Active;Low/Unsettled-Active 2-May-1999 12 126 15 2 Low/Quiet-Active;Low/Unsettled-Active 2-May-1999 09 126 15 4 Low/Quiet-Active;Low/Unsettled-Active 2-May-1999 06 126 15 3 Low/Quiet-Active;Low/Unsettled-Active 2-May-1999 03 126 15 2 Low/Quiet-Active;Low/Unsettled-Active 2-May-1999 00 126 15 2 Low/Quiet-Active;Low/Unsettled-Active

The forecast for Monday, 3 May: solar flux 140, A index 20, K index 3. Monday should be Low Normal.

The forecast for Tuesday, 4 May : solar flux 145, A index 15, K index 3. Tuesday should be High Normal. ______

QSL Info ______

Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------3B8/DL2HWA DL2HWA DA0TOR DJ6TF T22VE JA8VE 3B8/DL2HZM DL2HZM ED2JDE EA2CBY T88LJ JM1LJS 3D2KZ JA8VE FK8GM WB2RAJ T88MT JJ1DWB 3D2SH JA1JQY FM/OH2RF OH2RF T88YH 7N1KAE 3D2TK JA3MCA FM5BH W3HNK TJ1PD N5DRV 3V8BB I5JHW HB0/N7OV IK3VIA VK4CEB JE1LET 4K54CW 4J9RI HC8KU DK5VP VP2EST KT8Y 4S7TZG ON6TZ HH2/DL1DA DL1DA VU3MCV ON7LX 5N0MSV OK1JR IQ3AC IK3GES VU3VLH OK1MM 9G1MR IK3HHX JT1FBX JG5PJJ YN6HM N5TGZ 9M2/JA4DPL JA4DPL T22JY JA1JQY ZC4ATC 5B4YX 9M2TO/P JA0DMV T22KJ JA1KJW ZD8A K6NA BI5D BD7JA T22TK JA3MCA

E4/G3WQU - Peter McKay, UNFIL, P.O. Box 75, Nahariya 22100, ISRAEL.

Vlad, EX8F, says the following stations operate from his QTH: EX7MD, EX8M, EX8W, EX8MCO, EX8MKF, EX8MMS, and EX8MX. Vlad's address is Vlad Sudakov, P.O. Box 2, Kara Balta 5, Kyrgyzstan 722030

N2WK is not the QSL manager for 5B4AGC.

Jim, W4PRO, reports he is not the QSL manager for Vasilis, SV5TS, and that QSL cards should be sent direct to Vasilis. Cards that are sent to Jim will eventually be forwarded to Vasilis.

QSL cards recently received direct: 6Y2A, E44/JA1UT, HK3JJH/0M, KB5GL/5 (NA-168), P40W, SV5TS, T32IW, T32VU, VP8CRB, XZ1N ______

On the WWW ______

Some pictures of the recent 3B9R DXpedition are on the Web at http://www.jplus.com/ham/ja3ig/

Complete information about WRTC (World Radiosport Team Championship) 2000 can be found at http://wrtc2000.bit.si/ ______

Credits ______

Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 425 DX News, AA6YQ, DX News Letter, G3PMR, GU0SUP, K2YOF, K5KG, K7ZZ, KH6BZF Reports, N5CQ, N7OJ, NOAA, W4PRO, W5OZI ______

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DX News ______

The OPDX Bulletin reports that Bruce, AC4G, will be active from Kwajalein Island for about 2 years starting in mid June. Look for him to be active on all bands on CW and SSB with his Kenwood TS-850 and R-7000 vertical. Hopefully he will obtain V73G. While stationed out in the area he hopes to have a chance to go to Baker-Howland, Wake and maybe others.

Mike, K5KWG/ZA1MH, is now in Almaty, Kazakhstan and is active on 10, 15, 20 and 40 meters with a windom antenna. He will be traveling occasionally to Tajikistan, Afghanistan and possibly other places in the region. Look for him to be active through mid 2000.

Hiroo, JA1WSX, says he will visit St. Kitts & Nevis and St. Martin after attending the Dayton Hamvention. First he will start on St. Martin where he will sign FS/KH0Y from 16 to 19 May. Next he will go on to St. Kitts where he will obtain a V4 call and operate from 19 to 21 May. QSL via JA1WSX.

Kazu, JH8PHT, is currently in Japan and hopes to be going back to Ghana as 9G5DX at the end of the month or mid June.

Special event station AX3ITU will be active from Melbourne, Australia on 17 May for 24 hours to celebrate World Telecommunications Day. QSL via VK3DYL either via the bureau or direct to Gwen Tilson, 3 Gould Crt., Mt. Waverley, Victoria 3149, AUSTRALIA. ______

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3B8/DL2HWA - MAURITIUS - Europeans found him on 160 meters from 20:30 to 21:30Z. QSL via DL2HWA.

4U1ITU - I.T.U. GENEVA - Was working Europe, Japan and the East Coast of the US on 17 meters CW and SSB between 10:45 and 12:00Z.

5V7FA - TOGO - Check 10 meters SSB (28495 ) after 15:00Z for Mark. He can also be found on 15 meters SSB (21295 ) around 18:00Z. QSL via F6FNU.

ET3VSC - ETHIOPIA - Claudio showed up on 10107 around 20:30 working Europe and Japan.

FT5ZJ - AMSTERDAM & ST. PAUL ISLANDS - Michael was working JA's on 14166 at 12:30Z. QSL via F2YT.

T22JY - TUVALU - Europeans reported working him on 14007 around 15:30Z. QSL via JA1JQY.

V8GTW - BRUNEI - Gary often shows up on 15 meters SSB between 16:00 and 17:00Z. QSL via VK8GW.

VQ9DX - DIEGO GARCIA - Ron continues to show up on 1828 starting around 22:00Z through his sunrise (01:12Z) 3 or 4 days each week. QSL via AA5DX. ______

IOTA ______

The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AF-004 EA8UF 21034 0812 EU-052 SV8/I2YYO 14260 1305 AS-008 JQ1SUO/1 14260 0811 EU-084 SM5GA 14260 1057 AS-049 JF6WTY/6 14260 2204 EU-088 OZ/DL2SWW 7013 2105 AS-049 JI3DST/6 21293 1004 EU-105 F5SNY/P 14260 2139 AS-049 JL6UBM/6 21260 0834 EU-116 GD0KRL/P 18143 1803 AS-053 HS0/IK4MRH 21275 1828 EU-121 EJ9HQ/P 14260 1349 AS-056 JA4PXE/6 14260 0025 EU-136 9A6DCR 7060 2018 AS-073 9M2TO/P 14025 1922 NA-065 N6FD/7 14258 0426 AS-079 JA5CKD/6 14033 1222 OC-015 T22JY 10107 0941 EU-001 SV5AZP 21280 1713 OC-015 T22KJ 21007 1449 EU-002 OH0/OK1XDF/P 18140 0942 OC-015 T22VE 14197 1132 EU-002 OH0/OK1UFM/P 18134 1436 OC-027 FO5QG 14123 0226 EU-011 G0ANA/P 14260 1708 OC-075 YC5TML 21260 1734 EU-042 DF3ZE/P 14020 1134 OC-210 YC8TXW 21260 1732

Henry, KE1AC, plans to be active from Nantucket Island (NA-046), Massachusetts on 12 and 13 May. He will be using a Kachina 505DSP with 100 watts and a Force 12 C3SS on the normal IOTA SSB frequencies. QSL via home call.

Look for Takeshi, JI3DST, to be active from Honshu's Coastal Island (Awajishima Hyogo) (AS-117) as JI3DST/3 from July to December. He plans to be there as follows: 24-26 July, 4-6 September, 30 October - 1 November and 11-13 December. Check 10, 12, 15 and 17 meters SSB. QSL via JI3DST. He also will operate from Osumi Archipelago (AS-032) from 21 to 22 November as JI3DST/6.

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 31-May 5N 5N99MSV 3-58 4-May 4-May 9M2 9M2TO/P (AS-073) 3-69 4-May 24-May 9M2 9M2/G3LIV 3-40 4-May 6-May 9N 9N7ZA 3-69 4-May 12-May 9N 9N7WU 3-64 4-May 17-May 9N 9N7UD 3-6 4-May 30-Jun 9N 9N7RN 3-74 4-May 10-May A2 A25/G3HCT 3-59 4-May 6-May DU 4F7/SM3SGP (OC-129) 3-48 4-May 5-May F F5SNY F5PFT (EU-105) 3-69 4-May 7-May FM FM/OH2RF 3-69 4-May 4-May FR/T FR5ZU/T (AF-031) 3-65 4-May 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH 3-4 3-2 2-229 4-May 8-May GD GD0KRL 3-67 4-May 8-May HI DL1DA/HI8 3-71 4-May 7-May IT9 IT9/G0ANA/P (EU-011) 3-37 4-May 4-May JA JH6QCQ JM6NWR JL6UBM (AS-049) 3-42 4-May 4-May JA JI3DST/6 (AS-049) 3-52 4-May 5-May JA JQ1SUO (AS-008) 3-64 4-May 8-May OH0 OH0/OK's 3-75 4-May 5-May S79 S79GT 3-64 4-May 9-May T2 T22JY T22KJ T22TK T22VE 3-63 4-May 6-May T8 T88LJ 3-54 4-May 6-May T8 T88MT T88YH 3-54 4-May 24-May VQ9 VQ9DX 3-11 4-May 7-May W W2SF (NA-062) 3-69 4-May 9-May XX9 XX9TSS 3-62 4-May 5-May ZB ZB2FX 3-64 ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for May 2, 1999 was 136.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for May 3, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------3-May-1999 21 127 10 2 Mod/Quiet-Unsettled;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unset 3-May-1999 18 136 10 2 Mod/Quiet-Unsettled;Low-Mod/Unsettled 3-May-1999 15 136 10 2 Mod/Quiet-Unsettled;Low-Mod/Unsettled 3-May-1999 12 136 10 3 Mod/Quiet-Unsettled;Low-Mod/Unsettled 3-May-1999 09 136 10 2 Mod/Quiet-Unsettled;Low-Mod/Unsettled 3-May-1999 06 136 10 3 Mod/Quiet-Active;Low-Mod/Unsettled 3-May-1999 03 136 10 3 Low/Quiet-Active;Low/Unsettled 3-May-1999 00 136 10 2 Low/Quiet-Active;Low/Unsettled

The forecast for Tuesday, 4 May : solar flux 145, A index 10, K index 2. Tuesday should be High Normal.

The forecast for Wednesday, 5 May: solar flux 150, A index 10, K index 2. Wednesday should be High Normal. ______

QSL Info ______

Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------4U1WB KK4HD OH0/OK1FJD/P OK1FJD SV9/I2YYO IK2MYX 5V7FA F6FNU OH0/OK1UFM/P OK1UFM T32RT W6UC BY1DX OH2BH OH0/OK1URY/P OK1URY VQ9DX AA5DX ER50CE ER1DA OH0/OK1XDF/P OK1XDF VQ9VK N1TO FT5ZJ F2YT SO3DUU PA3DUU YO30AIR YO6KBM G0ANA/P GW0ANA

A71CQ - Ibrahim, P.O. Box 1862, Doha, QATAR

QSL cards recently received direct: 5A1A, C21ZM, E30AA, E44/JA1UT, FG5GI, HK0/AA3KX, HK0F, J3/KF8OY, OD5NJ, S79OY, SV5AZP, ZV0MB (96) ZV0MV (96) ______

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Credits ______

Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: HL2WA, JH8PHT, K3TZV, KH6BZF Reports, N2TN, N7QOZ, NOAA, OPDX, WA2VRF ______

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DX News ______

Conditions over the last 24 hours have been very good especially on 10, 12, 15, 17 and 20 meters. This would be a good day to put in a little time on the bands.

The latest news on Alain, F2HE, is that he will be in the French Polynesian Islands (see vol. 3 No. 69) from 19 May to 13 August, 1999. From 27 May to 27 June he will be operating from the QTH of Jose, FO5QG, on Nuku Hiva, in the Marquesas Islands (OC-027). He expects to operate from Tuamotu (OC-131) and Raiatea (OC-067) during this tour. There is a chance that he will also operate from the Austral Islands. While in the Pacific he will use FO/F2HE with a Icom IC-706 with 100 watts and a R6000 vertical. Look for him mostly on CW with some SSB also. QSL via F6LQJ, Descat Bruno, 106 la Prairie, 33230 St M‚dard de GuiziŠres, FRANCE.

Michal, OK1HWB, has been in Vietnam and active as 3W7TK for about one year. He will be there for at least one more year and logs can be found at www.okdxc.cz/3w7tk QSL via OK1HWB, Michal Pl sil, P.O. Box 29, 395 01 Pacov, CZECH REPUBLIC. ______

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3B9FR - RODRIGUEZ ISLAND - West Coast and Japanese DXers found Robert on 7009 at 13:30Z.

4S7TZG - SRI LANKA - Look for this one on or near 21254 at 17:00Z. QSL via ON6TZ.

8J1RL - ANTARCTICA - Likes 21003 at 16:00Z. QSL via JARL.

A25/G3HCT - BOTSWANA - John has been showing up on 7005 between 20:00 and 21:00Z. QSL via G3HCT.

A71CQ - BAHRAIN - Just before 02:00Z check around 14225 for Ibraham.

C31 - ANDORRA - Japanese RTTY DXers found C31SD on 14087 just before 14:00Z and C31MO on 14083 between 18:00 and 19:00Z.

EZ7ST - TURKMENISTAN - Nick made a surprise visit to 18074 just before 03:00Z. QSL via UA9LM.

FT5YG - ANTARCTICA - Check 14130 after 07:00Z.

JD1BIA/JD1 - OGASAWARA - JA's report working Hiroshi on 10, 12 and 15 meters SSB. No mention of why the portable JD1.

JL1LAP/JD1 - OGASAWARA - No mention of length of stay.

KH6LEM - HAWAII - Lem can often be found near 14228 after 02:30Z.

OD5/JY4NE - LEBANON - Ali is here for about 3 weeks. QSL via JY4NE.

S21YH - BANGLADESH - Rumor is this is a JA op who will be there for two more days.

XU7AAO - CAMBODIA - Europeans and Japanese DXers were reporting him on 21190 at 16:00Z. QSL via JE1BQE.

XX9JUV - MACAO - Has been active for the last few days. This is a youth club station which is trying to attract youngsters into Amateur Radio. QSL via XX9AU. ______

IOTA ______

The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AS-018 UA0FAI 18073 0657 EU-105 F5PFT/P 14084 0152 AS-018 UA0FDX 14006 2052 EU-105 F5SNY/P 14260 2118 AS-028 UA0QMU 14009 0703 EU-124 MW0AQZ 14260 0004 AS-049 JL6UBM/6 21260 0039 NA-051 VE7TLL 14262 0532 AS-053 HS0/IK4MRH 14260 1957 OC-034 YC9WZJ 21263 1529 AS-075 XX9TSS 14257 1555 OC-042 DU1KGJ/4 21245 1719 AS-076 JH5QWF 21260 0839 OC-073 JD1BIA/JD1 21260 1242 AS-079 JA5CKD/6 14018 1811 OC-075 YC5TML 21220 1821 EU-002 OH0/OK1UFM 18136 1346 OC-128 DU1IMA 21260 2047 EU-013 GJ0VJP 14260 0907 OC-130 DU8DJ 21285 1706 EU-030 OZ/DL5SD 7055 1513 OC-143 YC5VYH 21285 1420 EU-049 SV8DCY 14082 1938 OC-146 YC8FMI 21252 1645 EU-052 SV8/I2YYO 14265 0454 OC-146 YC8UFF 21275 1642 EU-057 DL4PM 21257 2116 OC-154 VK8AN/6 14260 1156 EU-088 OZ/DL2SWW 7015 0444 OC-210 YC8RRK 21318 1608

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 31-May 5N 5N99MSV 3-58 5-May 24-May 9M2 9M2/G3LIV 3-40 5-May 30-Jun 9N 9N7RN 3-74 5-May 17-May 9N 9N7UD 3-6 5-May 12-May 9N 9N7WU 3-64 5-May 6-May 9N 9N7ZA 3-69 5-May 10-May A2 A25/G3HCT 3-59 5-May 6-May DU 4F7/SM3SGP (OC-129) 3-48 5-May 5-May F F5SNY F5PFT (EU-105) 3-69 5-May 7-May FM FM/OH2RF 3-69 5-May 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH 3-4 3-2 2-229 5-May 8-May GD GD0KRL 3-67 5-May 8-May HI DL1DA/HI8 3-71 5-May 7-May IT9 IT9/G0ANA/P (EU-011) 3-37 5-May 5-May JA JQ1SUO (AS-008) 3-64 5-May 8-May OH0 OH0/OK's 3-75 5-May 5-May S79 S79GT 3-64 5-May 9-May T2 T22JY T22KJ T22TK T22VE 3-63 5-May 6-May T8 T88LJ 3-54 5-May 6-May T8 T88MT T88YH 3-54 5-May 24-May VQ9 VQ9DX 3-11 5-May 7-May W W2SF (NA-062) 3-69 5-May 9-May XX9 XX9TSS 3-62 5-May 5-May ZB ZB2FX 3-64 ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for May 3, 1999 was 95.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for May , 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------4-May-1999 21 139 6 2 Mod/Quiet;Low-Mod/Quiet-Active 4-May-1999 18 127 9 1 Mod/Quiet;Low-Mod/Quiet-Active 4-May-1999 15 127 9 2 Mod/Quiet;Low-Mod/Quiet-Active 4-May-1999 12 127 9 2 Mod/Quiet;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unsettled 4-May-1999 09 127 9 2 Mod/Quiet-Unset;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unset 4-May-1999 06 127 9 2 Mod/Quiet-Unset;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unset 4-May-1999 03 127 9 1 Mod/Quiet-Unset;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unset 4-May-1999 00 127 9 1 Mod/Quiet-Unset;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unset

The forecast for Wednesday, 5 May: solar flux 125, A index 20, K index 3. Wednesday should be High Normal.

The forecast for Thursday, 6 May : solar flux 125, A index 15, K index 3. Thursday should be High Normal.

Solar images of the sun received for 5 May, 1999. http://www.sel.noaa.gov/solar_images/1999_05/1999_05_05.html

Auroral ovals at the North and South poles http://www.sel.noaa.gov/pmap/

Grey line map http://www.spiritweb.org/cgi/sunclock.cgi

Near-Real-Time MUF Map http://solar.uleth.ca/solar/www/realtime.html ______

QSL Info ______

Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------4S7RR NF1R ED1PAR EA1MC XU7AAO JE1BQE 6K0ZS IK2DUW EX8MLE IK2QPR XX9JUV XX9AS 9N7WU JA8MWU JY8YB DL5MBY XX9TSS JK2PNY A25/G3HCT G3HCT VK8AN/6 VK4AAR

JD1BIA - Hiroshi Takubo, 3 Mikazukisou, Nishimachi, Chichijima, Ogasawara, Tokyo 100-21, JAPAN

Correction to yesterdays issue: A71CQ - Ibrahim, P.O. Box 11862, Doha, QATAR

QSL cards recently received direct: 4M5I (SA-037), 5A1A, HK0F, T32IW, WP2Z, XZ1N ______

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Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: EA4CEN, G0WAZ, G3PMR, K3ZO, KE2TT, KH6BZF Reports, N2WKS, N7OJ, NF9Y, NOAA, OK2AP, WB4KTC ______

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Due to a change in the licensing authority Johnny, G3LIV, will not be active (see Vol. 3 No. 40) from Pulau Penang, West Malaysia.

Bill, W2WC, plans to be in Punta Gorda, Belize from 11 to 14 May at the QTH of V31GM. No call was mentioned. QSL via W2WC.

Laurence, GM4DMA, may be active from Mongolia sometime during July. QSL via GM4DMA.

Look for Drew, GM3YOR, to operate from Crete Island (EU-015) as SV9/GM3YOR from 15 to 28 May. He will be there on holiday and will be on CW mostly on 12, 17 and 30 meters but will also be on 80 and 160 meters. Check 13 Khz up from the bottom of the band. He will have a TS-430S and long wire with tuner. QSL via GM3YOR.

Don't forget to put these prefixes in you computer logging programs as stations from Scotland and Wales will use the following until 31 July.

GM - Scotland - 2A, 2S, and 2T GW - Wales - 2C, 2W, and 2X

George, JY9QJ , reports that his QSL manager Ulli, DL5MBY, is currently in Jordan for the next 2-3 months and active as JY8YB. The two will probably multi-single in the CQ WPX CW Contest at the end of the month. Look for George to be active on 17, 15, 12, and possibly 10 meters just after his sunrise. QSL via DL5MBY. ______

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5X1P - UGANDA - Joe, G3MRC, showed up on 18074 around 15:30Z. QSL via G3MRC.

7Q7LA - MALAWI - West Coast DXers found Les on CW on 14016 around 04:30Z. QSL via G0IAS.

CE0ZIS - JUAN FERNANDEZ - Eliazar came up around 20:30Z on 24957.

JT1CO - MONGOLIA - Chak was working all over the US and Southern Europe between 14:20 and 16:00Z on 21310.

S21YH - BANGLADESH - Starting around 14:30Z he was found working JA's on 18140. He has been on 20 and 15 SSB and will leave today or tomorrow. QSL via 7M4PTE.

T2 - TUVALU - Check 80 meters SSB and CW for T22KJ, T22JY, T22TK, or T22VE between 10:00 and 11:30Z.

VK8AN/6 - AUSTRALIA - Look for OC-154 on 14260 around 10:00Z. QSL via VK4AAR.

VP6JC - PITCAIRN - Jay was found on 18160 around 03:00Z talking to his daughter in New Zealand. Afterwards he worked those waiting around.

XU7AAO - CAMBODIA - Several US stations found this one on 21205 just prior to 18:00Z. QSL via JE1BQE.

ZD9BV - TRISTAN DA CUNHA & GOUGH ISLANDS - Andy made a surprise visit to 28506 just before 17:00Z. Later he was found on 21265 at 19:00Z. QSL via W4FRU. ______

IOTA ______

The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AS-018 UA0FZ 18071 0813 EU-125 OZ/DK7OM 14260 1824 AS-024 JS6PMR 10112 1314 EU-129 DL2RU/P 14005 0748 AS-045 HL5FUA 21264 0012 EU-145 CT1BWW/P 14257 2212 AS-079 JA5CKD/6 18078 1145 NA-022 VP2EST 14008 0744 AS-083 RA9LI/9 14260 1437 NA-065 N6FD/7 14259 0401 EU-001 SV5/IK2WZD 14257 1944 NA-101 J73AB 21290 2135 EU-002 OH0/OK1FJD/P 18138 1353 OC-021 YB2PBX 24902 1655 EU-004 EA6MQ 14203 0309 OC-059 V63AO 21252 1250 EU-011 G0ANA/P 14260 1323 OC-075 YC5TML 21240 1750 EU-042 DF3ZE/P 7013 1523 OC-148 YC9MKF 21277 1622 EU-042 DF3ZE/P 18084 1234 OC-148 YC9NCZ 21277 1623 EU-047 DJ9IN 21261 1454 OC-154 VK8AN/6 14260 1035 EU-088 OZ/DL2SWW 14012 1841 OC-210 YC8RRK 21277 1622 EU-105 F5PFT/P 14087 1113 OC-210 YC8TXW 21277 1621 EU-105 F5SNY/P 14257 1431 SA-005 CE0ZIS 24957 2033 EU-116 GD0KRL/P 18156 1459 SA-026 PP5AM 21280 1954 EU-116 GD4PTV 21285 1817

JA6GXK is working on a lighthouse for the next 15 days on Danjo Island (AS-056). Look for him to be active on 40 meters and maybe on other bands.

Weather permitting GM3WIL, GMOSEI and GM0DEQ will activate Lunga Island in the Treshnish group (EU-108) on 29 and 30 May. Let's hope they have a better go of it this year as conditions last year were terrible and one of the ops had a heart attack during the operation. Will, GM3WIL, is constructing a V beam for the expedition since it is not possible to take a full tribander.

Joe, K2OLG, will be doing some IOTA hopping between 17 and 19 May. Look for him between 11:00 and 14:00Z on 17 May from Cedar Keys (NA-074). Then on 18 May between 11:00 and 14:00Z he will be on St. George Island (NA-085). Finally on 19 May from 11:00 to 14:00Z look for him to be on Santa Rosa Island (NA-142). Check 14260 and QSL via K2OLG.

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 31-May 5N 5N0MSV 3-58 6-May 24-May 9M2 9M2/G3LIV (AS-015) 3-40 6-May 30-Jun 9N 9N7RN 3-74 6-May 17-May 9N 9N7UD 3-6 6-May 12-May 9N 9N7WU 3-64 6-May 6-May 9N 9N7ZA 3-69 6-May 10-May A2 A25/G3HCT 3-59 6-May 6-May DU 4F7/SM3SGP (OC-129) 3-48 6-May 9-May F TM2WLH (EU-094) 3-57 6-May 7-May FM FM/OH2RF 3-69 6-May 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH 3-4 3-2 2-229 6-May 8-May GD GD0KRL (EU-116) 3-67 6-May 8-May HI DL1DA/HI8 3-71 6-May 7-May IT9 IT9/G0ANA/P (EU-011) 3-37 6-May 8-May OH0 OH0/OK's 3-75 6-May 9-May T2 T22JY T22KJ T22TK T22VE 3-63 6-May 6-May T8 T88LJ 3-54 6-May 6-May T8 T88MT T88YH 3-54 6-May 24-May VQ9 VQ9DX 3-11 6-May 7-May W W2SF (NA-062) 3-69 6-May 9-May XX9 XX9TSS 3-62 ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for May 4, 1999 was 100.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for May 5, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------5-May-1999 21 141 5 2 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Active 5-May-1999 18 139 5 3 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Active 5-May-1999 15 139 5 1 Low/Quiet;Low-Moderate/Quiet-Active 5-May-1999 12 139 5 2 Low/Quiet;Low-Moderate/Quiet-Active 5-May-1999 09 139 5 1 Low/Quiet;Low-Moderate/Quiet-Active 5-May-1999 06 139 5 0 Low/Quiet;Low-Moderate/Quiet-Active 5-May-1999 03 139 5 1 Low/Quiet;Low-Moderate/Quiet-Active 5-May-1999 00 139 5 1 Moderate/Quiet;Low-Mod/Quiet-Active

The forecast for Thursday, 6 May : solar flux 125, A index 20, K index 3. Thursday should be High Normal.

The forecast for Friday, 7 May: solar flux 125, A index 15, K index 3. Friday should be High Normal.

Solar images of the sun received for 5 May, 1999. http://www.sel.noaa.gov/solar_images/1999_05/1999_05_06.html

Auroral ovals at the North and South poles http://www.sel.noaa.gov/pmap/

Grey line map http://www.spiritweb.org/cgi/sunclock.cgi

Near-Real-Time MUF Map http://solar.uleth.ca/solar/www/realtime.html ______

QSL Info ______

The following QSL cards were recently received and information was taken directly from the cards listed below:

3D2MA via OH1MA 3D2RY via OH1RY 3DA0NX via JM1CAX 3DA5A via JM1CAX 3DA6Z via ZS6EZ 3E1CW via KD6WW 5A1IC via IK3ZAW 5H3RK Ralph Karhammar, P. O. Box 9274, Dar es Salaam, TANZANIA 5N8LRG George Fahel, P. O. Box 335, Kano, NIGERIA 5N9EAM via IK7JTF 5Z4GS via WB2YQH 6Y2A via WA4WTG 8P9BX via VE3WFS 8Q7AC via DJ4KW 9G5DX Kazuo Takasaki, 410-110-807, Hazawa, Kanagawa-ku, Yokohama 221-0863, JAPAN 9H1XT John Scicluna, Dar tal-Hena, Orlando Zabbar st. Xghajra ZBR08, MALTA 9H3ZP via PA3GRI 9K2/KM5FY Joda C. Taylor, Unit 69000, Box 23, APO AE 09880 AR5N via SP5DIR BA8SA C. C. Chao, 202-1-20-2 Xin-Yin Group, Kunming 650233, CHINA BD7JG Jian, P. O. Box 1711, Guangzhou 510600, CHINA BP0RIW Teruji Hosokai, 3095 Yanokuchi, Inagi City, Tokyo 206-0812, JAPAN BV3/JA0ID Teruji Hosokai, 3095 Yanokuchi, Inagi City, Tokyo 206-0812, JAPAN BV5CM Randy, P. O. Box 378, Chang Hua, TAIWAN BV7FD Huang Ping-Fu, P. O. Box 4, Fongshan City, Kaohsiung, TAIWAN C21ZM via G3ZEM C31UA Carles Munoz Hilpke, Hotel Festa Brava, Carrer Llacuna, 7, Andorra la Vella, ANDORRA CE8T via CE8EIO CS0RCL via CT1GFK CU3BL Simoes CM de Alem, 16 Terra Cha, P-9700-703 Angra Do Heroismo, Terceira, Acores, PORTUGAL CU7AA Altino da Costa Goulart, Rua Principe Alberto do Monaco, 18, P-9900 Horta, Faial, Acores, PORTUGAL CU7V via CU7AA DS1DHP Seung Kuk Lee, Da-301 Oh-sung Villa 544-6, Shin-Chun Dong, Shi-Hung City, Kyunggi-Do 429-020, KOREA DS2AXU Sang Yong Yun, P. O. Box 80, Pyong Taek 450-600, KOREA DS2HUM Hwa Soo Kim, Nam-Inchon P. O. Box 340, Inchon City 405-600, KOREA DS2KKM Chul Jin Kim, Nam-Inchon P. O. Box 340, Inchon City 405-600, KOREA DS4NKC Sung-No Lee, Smaik APT 605, Samchun Dong1Ga, Wansan Gu, Chonju, Chonbuk 560-291, KOREA DS4NSE Chung Ki Yon, 107-305 Seoho Apt., 153-12 Nawun-dong, Kunsan, Chonbuk-do 573-350, KOREA DS5RNM Joonha Lee, Kyeungnam Town 9-1005, 113, Hwangkum-Dong, Suseong-Ku, Taegu 706-040, KOREA DS5SIJ Young-Kwan Bak, P. O. Box 4, Waegwan, Waegwan-Up, Chilgok Gun, Kyoung Buk, KOREA DS5SYF Tai Sik-Choi, 1-15 Dae Do Dong, Pohang 790-140, KOREA DS5TXN Dae Sik Kim, 301, Jogyo-Dong, Youngchun-City, Kyungbuk 770-120, KOREA DS5UCP Wang Jae Lee, 102-1201, Ssangyong-APT, Yongheung-Dong, Buk-ku, Pohang 791-170, KOREA DS5VUP Eun Hee Kim, 102-1201, Ssangyong-APT, Yongheung-Dong, Buk-ku, Pohang 791-170, KOREA DS5VXK Yoon Chun Hae, 103-807, DongSeo Youngnam APT., GuAm-Dong, Puk-Ku, Taegu 702-280, KOREA DS5WQT Jun Won Ahn, P. O. Box 8, YongJu 750-600, KOREA DS5WSA Jong-Jik Jeong, P. O. Box 4, Ponghwa 755-800, KOREA DS5WUW Lee Jeum Suk, 103-807, DongSeo Youngnam APT., GuAm-Dong, Puk-Ku, Taegu 702-280, KOREA DS5WUX Yoon Young Ouk, 103-807, DongSeo Youngnam APT., GuAm-Dong, Puk-Ku, Taegu 702-280, KOREA DU1IMA Rey Lachica, P. O. Box 394, Puerto Princesa City, Palawan 5300, PHILIPPINES DU3BBY Robert V. Del Rosario, P. O. Box 52890, Angeles City Main Postal Office, 2009 Pampanga, PHILIPPINES E21EIC Chalermpol Muangamphun, P. O. Box 1090, Kasetsart, Bangkok 10903, THAILAND E21IZC Wichyein Tretrantipvikul, 716/26 Soi Watjannai Bangkorlhamp, Bangkok 10120, THAILAND E21NPZ Tinkon Khongkaew, 59/166 Phetkasem 94, Bangkok 10160, THAILAND E30HA via HA5YPP E30LA via I2YDX E30MA via IK2WXZ FG5FU Rony Serin, Saint Robert Road, F-97123 Baillif, FRANCE FM/F2PI via F6BFH FO5PR via LX1SP GD6YB via G3SWH GJ0AAA via G3TXF H40FN via HA8FW HD1J Keith Clukey, P. O. Box 17-17-691, Quito, ECUADOR HI3HN Nikolaus Henning, P. O. Box 119, Santiago, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC HK0F via W4DC HL0B Amateur Radio Club, Kwangwoon University, 447-1 Weolgye-Dong, Nowon-Gu, Seoul 139-701, KOREA HL1ISR Myung-Jae Park, 293-17, Pyungchang-Dong, Chongro-Ku, Seoul 100, KOREA HL1LTZ Hong Sung Song, 1034-5, Sadang-Dong, Dongjack-Ku, Seoul 156-091, KOREA 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 HL1ORP Hyun Sun Oh, 226-6, Seongnae-2Dong, Kangdong-Ku, Seoul 134-032, KOREA HL2DJW Choi Kyu-Bum, Bongyang 1-Ri, Jeongseon-Eup, Kangwon-Do 233-800, KOREA HL2DKL Park Dong-Suk, Bongyang 1-Ri, Jeongseon-Eup, Kangwon-Do 233-800, KOREA HL2IGU Ahn Kwang Phil, M. D., 526-2 Ganseok-Dong, Namdong-gu, Inchon 405-230, KOREA HL2LMW Moon Bok Gwi, #1007-104, Jukong APT, 550, Eunhaeng-2dong, Jungwon-ku, Seongnam 462-152, KOREA HL2WA Lee Dong Kyu, #1007-104, Jukong APT, 550, Eunhaeng-2dong, Jungwon-ku, Seongnam 462-152, KOREA HL3ADI Bae Jeong-Ho, P. O. Box 50, Taejon 300-600, KOREA HL3ENE H. K. Shin, P. O. Box 73, Chung-Buk 380-600, KOREA HL3QPZ Cho Sung-Hun, C. P. O. Box 35, Chonan, Chungnam, KOREA HL4GGS Byung Kwon Kim, 102-70, Kumam2Dong, Jeonju 560-182, KOREA HL4XM Jae-Ha Kim, P. O. Box 211, Kwangju 501-600, KOREA HL5AEX Bak, P. O. Box 97, Kyongju-City 780-600, KOREA HL5AP Byong-Joo Cho, P. O. Box 4, Haeundae, Pusan 612-600, KOREA HL5BTF Yun-Hee Kim, 304-1406 Jugong APT, Danggam 3-dong, Jin-Goo, Pusan 614-103, KOREA HL5FOP Ray, P. O. Box 97, Kyongju-City 780-600, KOREA HL5FXP Gag-Hyeon Won, P. O. Box 1049, Kumi, Kyeong-Buk 730-600, KOREA HL5KY Yun-Jae Joe, 304-1406 Jugong APT, Danggam 3-dong, Jin-Goo, Pusan 614-103, KOREA HL5NAE Lee Byung Bok, P. O. Box 71, Taegu 701-600, KOREA HL5NUX Joon-Sig Kang, P. O. Box 1049, Kumi, Kyeong-Buk 730-600, KOREA HL5YI Chae Sang Su, Dong Myung Technical High School (Electrical Dept.), Yong Dang Dong, Nam Gu, Pusan 608-080, KOREA K7DBV/HR3 Gene A. Williamson, 2160 Fairway Loop, Eugene, OR 97401 HR5AAP Angel Alfonzo Paz, Santa Barbara, S. B., HONDURAS HS0XNO Isared Jindanon, 287/59 Moo 2, Vangthonglang, Bangkapi, Bangkok 10310, THAILAND HS1CKC Winit Kongprasert, 49/203 Jangwattana Road, Prakket, Nontaburi 11120, THAILAND HS1NGR Chartchai Varavisudthsarakul, P. O. Box 20, Langsuan, Chumphon 86110, THAILAND HS4BPQ Prayong Dungnoei, P. O. Box 26, Narathiwat 96000, THAILAND HS6NDK Sonthaya Phanthanyakij, 201/1 M. 3 Nakhonderd, Srinakhon, Sukhothai 64180, THAILAND HS8AS Radio Amateur Society of Suratthani, P. O. Box 66, Suratthani 84000, THAILAND HS98AG via HS1CKC HS9EQY Nongyao Wongmongkoldej, P. O. Box 33, Muang Trang 92000, THAILAND II4T via IK4MHB IR4D via IK4MED IU3V via IK3VIA J43PTR Radio Amateur Association of West Peloponese, P. O. Box 12, GR-260 03 Patra, GREECE J6/K3LP David Collingham, 13422 Autumn Crest Court, Mt. Airy, MD 21771 J8OC via G0REP JT1BE R. Timur-Ochir, P. O. Box 639, Ulanbator 13, Mongolia, VIA JAPAN KG4BV via N4OO KG4VL via N5VL LR0H via LU9HS LX1SP Schartz Louis, 3, rue du Nord, L-4469 Soleuvre, LUXEMBOURG M7G via G1AHM OM7F via OM3KKF ON4DPP via ON4AYM OT8T via ON4UN P29KPH Peter Holliday, S. I. L., P. O. Box 384, Ukarumpa, EHP 444, PAPUA NEW GUINEA P40KD via N6KD SV1CID Konstantinos Bakolitsas, Papastratou 42, GR-301 00 Agrinion, GREECE SV1CQN Kostas Karakostas, Anapafseos 4, GR-301 00 Agrinion, GREECE SV1MF Markos, 28 Evagelistrias str., GR-185 32 Piraeus, GREECE SV1PS George Roiniotis, P. O. Box 3564, GR-102 10 Athens, GREECE SV3BSF Nikos Karkavelias, P. O. Box 1161, GR-261 10 Patra, GREECE SV5DZX George Karaiskos, P. O. Box 73, GR-852 00 Kalymnos, GREECE SV8JE Chris Plessas, G. Doriza 3, GR-281 00 Argostoli, GREECE T30ED Fr. Steve Dives MSC, P. O. Box 1354, Suva, FIJI T32LN Tekinaiti Kaiteie, Ronton Village, Kiritimati Island, KIRIBATI T9/OI6XY via OH3GZ TG9RF Rodolfo Chenal Luna, 2a Av. 3-47, Colonia Ribera del Rio, San Miguel Petsas, GUATEMALA TI2SSI Luis Gustavo Saborio Sanchez, P. O. Box 456, 2300 Curridabat, COSTA RICA TK5KT via F6FNU TR8BAR via F5BAR TU5IJ via I2AOX V26P via WJ5DX V51HK Karl-Heinz Kohler, P. O. Box 11184, 9000 Windhoek, NAMIBIA VP2V/K3MD John Thompson, 1047 Treasure Lake, DuBois, PA 15801 VR2BG Brett Graham, P. O. Box 12727, Hong Kong, CHINA VR2JC The Hong Kong Japanese Club, 38th Floor, Hennessy Centre, 500 Hennessy Road, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong, CHINA VR2KF Kazuhiko Fujita, G. P. O. Box 4724, Hong Kong, CHINA VU2/W9NGA Don Bergmark, 56 Grandin Drive, Flemington, NJ 08822 VU2ABE Abie Kenneth Alexander, G. P. O. Box 73, Shillong 793 001, INDIA VU2DPI Dilip Kumar Padhi, Hotel Sujata, Sambalpur 768 001, INDIA VU2NIL B. K. Chattopadhyay, Plot No. 301, Hijli Cooperative Development Society, Kharagpur 721 306, INDIA VU2RBQ via DJ9RB VU2SHO S. N. Shukla, H. No. 1559, Phase 3B2, S. A. S. Nagar 160 059, INDIA VU3DJQ C. K. Raman, G-167/S-2, Dilshad Colony, New Delhi 110 095, INDIA XQ3N via XQ3IDY XR3J via HB9AOF YB2LAB H. Budhiono, P. O. Box 123, Purwodadi 58111, INDONESIA YB8FI Rudy Yanto Siriat, P. O. Box 1636, Bandung 40016, INDONESIA YC6LYS Lily Suryani, P. O. Box 1603, Medan 20001, INDONESIA ZP7EK Erwin Kaatz, P. O. Box 51, Villarica, PARAGUAY ZS6CAX via JM1CAX ______

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Members of the Asociacion de Radioaficionados de Venezuela (ARV) and the El Venezuela DX Club (YV DX Club) are planning a DXpedition to Aves Island (YV0) for some time around the end of February and beginning of March, 2000. One of the difficulties they are having is arranging transportation with the Army to the island. More details to follow.

A group of 7-8 operators from Canada and the US plan to operate from St. Paul Island, the one off the coast of Canada in the Atlantic Ocean, between 5 and 14 June. Activity is scheduled for all bands from 70cm to 160 meters on CW, SSB, RTTY, Satelite and possibly EME. They will use CY9SS and the QSL information is via VY2SS.

Jean-Michal, F6AJA, will be active from Romania as YO/F6AJA from 17 to 22 May. This will be his 6th trip and he will operate from the QTH of YO8FZ during his free time.

Jack, KE4LWT, is currently in El Salvador using his temporty call YS1/KE4LWT. He is expeting a permanent call and will be active until 15 August. QSL via KE4LWT.

On 10 and 11 July the Royal Navy will celebrate the centenary of wireless telegraphy on their ships as GB100RN. They will be located at "The world's first permanent wireless station" - the Marconi Wireless Telegraph station at Alum Bay, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom.

Tim, VE6SH, reports that station VY0RAC will be active from Canada's newest territory Nunavut during the CQ WPX CW Contest. Currently the two letter code for Nunavut is "NU" which is french for naked. Tim said "The Canadian Post is considering changing the designation to something else!"

Look for F5JBR to be operating special call TM0AI from 23 May to 6 June, included the CQ WPX CW Contest.

Look for Haru, JA1XGI to be on the air from the Mariana Islands as KH0/JA1XGI from 9 to 12 May. QSL via JA1XGI.

Just to remind everyone once again we will be at booth # 520 at Dayton next weekend. Please stop by for an eye ball QSO. There will not be an issue of The Daily DX next Friday. Also for those of you in the US attending we plan to have E44DX QSL cards available after the DX Dinner Friday night at the Crown Plaza. Pekka, OH1RY, will also be there from the E44DX team. Stop by the NCDXF table to pick up your card and say hello. All other QSL cards will start to go out around 1 June. ______

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5N0MSV - NIGERIA - RTTY DXers reported working Stan on 21088 around 21:15Z. QSL via OK1JR.

5U7DG - NIGER - Dan came up on 14184 just before 22:00Z. He was later found on 28495 between 22:40 and 23:15Z. QSL via K4SE.

ET3VSC - ETHIOPIA - Claudio was doing some CW on Thursday on 21026 just before 19:00Z.

JY5HX - JORDAN - Look for Munzer on 17 meters SSB from 22:00 to 00:00Z.

ST2SA - SUDAN - Dr Sid often shows up on 20 meters SSB around 05:00 to 06:00Z on Fridays. Check near 14200 and 14250. ______

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The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------EU-028 IA5/IZ5AQX 21280 1500 OC-021 YC0ROY 21320 1728 EU-094 TM2WLH 21300 1856 OC-088 YF7PT 21281 1555 NA-107 OH2RF/FM 21035 1825 OC-154 VK8AN/6 14260 0935 OC-021 YC0IEM 21281 1555

Allan, G0TWI, Barbara (YL), G0SKC, and Tom, G0UTH plan to be active from Mousa Island (EU-012), in the Sheltand Island as GM0TWI, GM0SKC and GM0UTH today from 13:45 to 15:45Z. Then they will go on to Fair Island, which is still in the Shetland Islands to operate as GB2FIO until 10 May. QSL via hoe calls or via GM0AXY.

IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 ______

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From End Prefix Call Ref ------7-May 7-May FM FM/OH2RF 3-69 7-May 7-May IT9 IT9/G0ANA/P (EU-011) 3-37 7-May 7-May W W2SF (NA-062) 3-69 7-May 8-May HI DL1DA/HI8 3-71 7-May 8-May GD GD0KRL (EU-116) 3-67 7-May 8-May Lynx DX Group DX Convention 3-65 7-May 8-May OH0 OH0/OK's 3-75 7-May 9-May F F5SNY F5PFT (EU-074) 3-69 7-May 9-May T2 T22JY T22KJ T22TK T22VE 3-63 7-May 9-May F TM2WLH (EU-094) 3-57 7-May 9-May XX9 XX9TSS 3-62 7-May 10-May A2 A25/G3HCT 3-59 7-May 12-May 9N 9N7WU 3-64 7-May 17-May 9N 9N7UD 3-6 7-May 20-May JA JA6GXK (AS-056) 3-78 7-May 24-May VQ9 VQ9DX 3-11 7-May 31-May 5N 5N0MSV 3-58 7-May 30-Jun 9N 9N7RN 3-74 7-May 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH 3-4 3-2 2-229 8-May 9-May CQ M Contest 8-May 9-May DL DK5ET DL5CE DL2BWO (EU-057) 3-71 8-May 10-May JA JM1PXG/6 (AS-037) 3-49 8-May 14-May TA YM0S (AS-099) 3-60 3-19 8-May 16-May F F5JOT/P F5TBF/P F5LGQ/P (EU-074) 3-69 9-May 16-May F TM0AR 3-69 ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for May 5, 1999 was .

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for May 6, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------6-May-1999 21 147 10 1 Low/Quiet-Active;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 6-May-1999 18 141 5 2 Low/Quiet-Active;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 6-May-1999 15 141 5 2 Low/Quiett-Active;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 6-May-1999 12 141 5 4 Low/Quiet-Active;Low/Quiet-Active 6-May-1999 09 141 5 3 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Active 6-May-1999 06 141 5 2 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Active 6-May-1999 03 141 5 3 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 6-May-1999 00 141 5 2 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Unsettled

The forecast for Friday, 7 May: solar flux 125, A index 15, K index 3. Friday should be High Normal.

The forecast for Saturday, 8 May: solar flux 135, A index 10, K index 3. Saturday should be High Normal.

The forecast for Sunday, 9 May: solar flux 130, A index 7, K index 2. Sunday should be Above Normal.

Solar images of the sun received for 5 May, 1999. http://www.sel.noaa.gov/solar_images/1999_05/1999_05_07.html

Auroral ovals at the North and South poles http://www.sel.noaa.gov/pmap/

Grey line map http://www.spiritweb.org/cgi/sunclock.cgi

Near-Real-Time MUF Map http://solar.uleth.ca/solar/www/realtime.html ______

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Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------5U7DG K4SE RP3WKM RA3WA YB0ECT K5ZE 5X1P G3MRC RP4U RK4UWA YB2PBX W3HNK CP6XE IK6SNR RP6Y RA6AX UN9PQ IK2QPR EO5EY UR4EYT RP9JTF K0XQ JY8YB DL5MBY EO5IG UR7IA S21YH 7M4PTE IA5/IZ5AQX IZ5AQX EO5ML UX2MM SV5/IK2WZD IK2WZD A61AS YO3FRI EO5U UT2UB TG9IGI I2MQP YC0IEM VK4FW GD0KRL G0KRL VK8AN/6 VK4AAR OH2RF/FM OH2RF HZ1AB K8PYD XU7AAO JE1BQE TM2WLH F6HKS JT1FBX JG5PJJ

JE4CIL - P.O. Box 3 Hamamura, Ketaka-cho, Ketaka totori 689-0331 JAPAN

QSL cards recently received direct: 3B8/DJ7MI, HK3JJH/0M, TI4CF ______

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Willie, UA9CBO, reports the 12, 17 and 160 meter bands in both European and Asiatic Russia (no CIS countries) were recently extended. On 12 meters the band is from 24890 to 25140, on 17 meters it's from 18068 to 18318 and on 160 meters from 1810 to 1930 (old band was 1830-1930). The only problem is on 12 and 17 meters only other Russian stations are there and no other DX.

Last week CNN reported foreign ministers of both Indonesia and Portugal signed a agreement, approved by the United Nations, which is expected to led to the full independence of East Timor. Residents from East Timor are scheduled to vote on 8 August wether to accept or reject their continued autonomy under the control of Indonesia. CNN says "If the voters reject autonomy, Indonesia has pledged to grant East Timor full independence." This would then end up on the DXCC list as a new country. To see a map of this potential country click here http://www.telematix.ie/easttimor/map2.html Stay tuned for more details.

Dave, KH2/N2NL, says he will operate the CQ WPX CW Contest as WH2/N2NL from the island of Guam. He will be single-op all band.

Propagation over the weekend was Great and are expected to remain this way for the next day or so. Speaking of propagation Doug Brandon, N6RT, has come up with a new propagation web page that really deserves a look. After many days of hard work the page auto reads WWV every 3 hours, includes a three day SFI and A-index forecast, checks for major flares every 15 mins, updates the Penticton Observatory SFI Measurement at 17:00, 20:00 and 23:00Z. This page also includes a real time MUF map, auroral ovals of the North and South poles and more. Check out the page at http://dx.qsl.net/propagation

Graham, G0VNW/5Z4GS, hopes to be active from Kampala, Uganda as 5X1GS this week as his work often involves travel to this semi-rare country. Look for him to be on SSB only. QSL via WB2YQH.

German Amateur Radio Operators DF6VI, DL1FDH and DL4OCM will be active from Liechtenstein from 19 to 25 June. They will be operating from a QTH at 2000 meters above sea level. Look for them to use HB0/home calls on all bands from 6 to 160 meters on CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL via home calls.

Henri, FR5ZQ, arrived on the island of Glorioso Saturday and will be active on 10 through 80 meters CW and SSB for 4 weeks. He will be working on the island and will be on the air in his spare time. The following frequencies were given:

SSB CW 28480 28023 21230 21023 14180 14023 7050 7003 3770

No frequencies were given, but he will be on ,the WARC bands. Look for Henri to show up on 14180 at 15:00Z today. Let's all hope that Henri is able to put in as much time as Jacky, FR5ZU, did from Tromelin late last month and earlier this month. QSL direct to FR5ZQ CBA. ______

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5H3RK - TANZANIA - Ralph likes to show up on 20 meters CW around 03:30Z.

8J1RL - ANTARCTICA - Kimio continues to be active on 15 meters CW and SSB daily from about 10:00 to 14:00Z. QSL via JARL.

9V1RH - SINGAPORE - David was working Europeans and North Americans on 24955 from 17:00 to 18:00Z on Sunday.

9V1YC - SINGAPORE - Just after 16:00Z on Sunday James was working North Americans on 21320. He will also be at Dayton this weekend. QSL via AA5BT.

EP2FM - IRAN - RTTY DXers can usually find Abdollah on 20 meters between 14:00 and 16:00Z. He has also been showing up 02:00 and 05:00Z.

FT5WH - CROZET - Gilles was back on the air Sunday just prior to 13:00Z on 14260.

FT5ZJ - AMSTERDAM & ST. PAUL ISLANDS - Michal showed up Saturday on 28400 around 09:30Z and stayed until about 13:00Z. He was working Japan, Europe, and East Coast US stations. QSL via F2YT.

ST2SA - SUDAN - Dr. Sid showed up as was expect on Friday at 05:00Z on 14200.

SV2ASP/A - MOUNT ATHOS - Monk Apollo was working a list operation on 14243 on Saturday at 06:30Z.

VQ9DX - DIEGO GARCIA - Ron continues to show up on 1828 3 or 4 days a week from about 22:00 until his sunrise (01:12Z). QSL via AA5DX.

XW8KPL - LAOS - JH1EDB was operating from this club station on Saturday on 10 and 15 meters SSB between 09:00 and 10:00Z. ______

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The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AF-004 EC8AUZ 21201 0054 EU-083 IA1/I1WNB 7059 1038 AF-008 FT5WH 14260 1259 EU-083 IA1/IZ2BKW 18073 1317 AN-015 8J1RL 21003 1409 EU-094 TM2WLH 7063 0728 AS-018 UA0FF 21300 0217 EU-129 DL1RU/P 14030 0455 AS-037 JM1PXG/6 21040 1434 EU-129 DL2RU/P 18069 0716 AS-042 JR6USF 28480 0727 EU-136 9A6DCR 7061 1646 AS-053 HS0/IK4MRH 21295 1958 EU-145 CQ6C 7057 0648 AS-083 RA9LI/9 14260 1732 NA-026 N2NB 21265 0226 AS-099 YM0S 14260 1949 NA-031 KA3UNQ 14258 2238 EU-002 OH0RJ 18165 0634 NA-055 AA1KS 18098 2303 EU-004 EA6AEU 24942 1417 NA-057 AR6PN/HR6 28470 2119 EU-009 2S0HTG 18128 0921 NA-065 AD7U 21260 1934 EU-009 GM0HTT 18128 1101 NA-065 W7HLO 14260 0107 EU-012 GB2FIO 14263 2116 NA-065 N6FD/7 14259 0330 EU-020 SM0DTK/1 18076 0306 OC-022 YC9BU 21260 1441 EU-027 JW4CJA 14257 0817 OC-075 YC5TML 21262 1623 EU-036 LA8LA 18159 0618 OC-088 YB7VR 21245 1511 EU-042 DF3ZE/P 7019 0731 OC-144 YB4FIK 21286 1431 EU-052 SV8/I2YYO 21260 1957 OC-146 YC8WGA/8 21261 1415 EU-057 DL4PM 21246 1634 OC-146 YC9WGA/8 21261 1400 EU-074 F5JOT/P 18076 1216 OC-151 YC9LQA 21298 1630 EU-074 F5LGQ/P 10105 2049 OC-154 VK8AN/6 14040 1154 EU-074 F5PFT/P 7046 1702 SA-026 PP5OW 18158 2009 EU-074 F5SNY/P 14257 2111

French operators F5RRW, F5NBQ, F5LOW, F2EJ and F1SDQ will be active from the island of Houat (EU-048) from 12:00Z on 13 May to 10:00Z on 17 May. They will use special call TM0H. QSL via F2EJ 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 ______

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From End Prefix Call Ref ------10-May 10-May A2 A25/G3HCT 3-59 10-May 10-May GM GM0TWI GM0SKC GM0UTH (EU-012) 3-79 10-May 10-May JA JM1PXG/6 (AS-037) 3-49 10-May 12-May 9N 9N7WU 3-64 10-May 12-May KH0 KH0/JA1XGI 3-79 10-May 13-May F F5SNY F5PFT (EU-157) 3-69 10-May 14-May TA YM0S (AS-099) 3-60 3-19 10-May 16-May F F5JOT/P F5TBF/P F5LGQ/P (EU-074) 3-69 10-May 16-May F TM0AR 3-69 10-May 17-May 9N 9N7UD 3-6 10-May 20-May JA JA6GXK (AS-056) 3-78 10-May 24-May VQ9 VQ9DX 3-11 10-May 31-May 5N 5N0MSV 3-58 10-May 30-Jun 9N 9N7RN 3-74 10-May 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH 3-4 3-2 2-229 11-May 14-May V3 by W2WC 3-78 12-May 13-May W KE1AC (NA-046) 3-76 12-May 15-May ON ON4BAM (EU-038) 3-49 13-May 15-May F F5TYY F6IUI F6BFH F9IE (EU-068) 3-42 13-May 17-May PY PY5B PV5L (SA-027) 3-62 14-May 16-May Dayton Hamvention 15-May 19-May F TM0AC 3-69 15-May 28-May SV9 SV9/GM3YOR 3-78 ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for May 8, 1999 was 192.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for May 9, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------9-May-1999 21 178 5 0 High/Quiet;Mod-High/Quiet-Unsettled 9-May-1999 18 172 5 0 High/Quiet;Mod-High/Quiet-Unsettled 9-May-1999 15 172 5 2 Moderate/Quiet;Moderate/Quiet-Unsettled 9-May-1999 12 172 5 2 Moderate/Quiet;Moderate/Quiet-Unsettled 9-May-1999 09 172 5 1 Moderate/Quiet;Moderate/Quiet-Unsettled 9-May-1999 06 172 5 1 Moderate/Quiet;Moderate/Quiet-Unsettled 9-May-1999 03 172 5 1 Moderate/Quiet;Moderate/Quiet-Unsettled 9-May-1999 00 172 5 2 Moderate/Quiet;Moderate/Quiet-Unsettled

The forecast for Monday, 10 May: solar flux 185, A index 5, K index 1. Monday should be Above Normal.

The forecast for Tuesday, 11 May: solar flux 185, A index 8, K index 2. Tuesday should be High Normal.

Perhaps the most useful propagation page for Amateur Radio Operators. http://dx.qsl.net/propagation/

Solar images of the sun received for 10 May, 1999. http://www.sel.noaa.gov/solar_images/1999_05/1999_05_10.html

Grey line map http://www.spiritweb.org/cgi/sunclock.cgi ______

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Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------2C0WGK GW4LFO 9H3WC ON4CCC JW4CJA LA4CJA 2C3KJN GW3KJN 9H3ZQ DF7JP JW5NM LA5NM 2C4PXQ GW4PXQ 9M8RC 9M8MA R1AND RW1AI 2S0KWL GM0KWL 9V1BG JL1MWI RP6Y RA6AX 2S0NTL GM0NTL A22EW KB2MS T93Y W6MD 2S2MP GM2NP A61AP IK7JTF TA3DD KB2MS 2S3JDR GM3JDR A92FZ W3HC TA4A W3HC 2S4JPZ GM4JPZ C91A I4LCK TM5EUR F5EMN 3B8/DL9NCW DL9NCW CN8NK EA5XX UA7A UA9AB 4K54V 4J9RI CQ6C DJ0MW UN54P UN5PR 4L4MM ON4CFI EO5FI UX3FW VP5JM W3HNK 5R8DL JH8YZB EU1TT WF5E YM0S DJ2JH 7Q7HB G0IAS FK8VHT F6AJA YM0S DL6DB 7Q7RM G0IAS HL1/JI1EFP JQ1NGJ YO99JP YO3AMM 8J1RL JARL II2V I2ARN YT0C YU7AB

HK3DDD - Edilberto Rojas Mosquera, P.O. Box 170151, Bogot , COLOMBIA UN5PR - Romeo Y. Loparev, P.O. Box 73, Temirtau 472300, REPUBLIC OF KAZAKHSTAN

QSL cards recently received direct: 9K2GS, A41KJ, A61AS, FK8GM, KL1SLE (NA-040), TC8YZ (OC-145), VK9CL ______

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Logs for the March 1999 XU7AAC DXpedition can not be found at dx.qsl.net/logs

The logs for the April IOTA DXpedition by KL1SLE to NA-040 are at http://www.customcpu.com/personal/kl7fh/search.htm ______

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Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 425 DX News, CNN, F6AJA, G3PMR, HJ3PXA, K3KY, KH6BZF Reports, KO4PY, LNDX, N2NL, N6RT, NOAA, OPDX, The 59(9) DX Report, UA9CBO, W3JJ, W7UG, WA2VRF ______

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Jorma, OH2KI, informs that Seppo, OH1VR, will be taking a helicopter to Market Reef for a short operation/work trip. Look for Seppo to use OJ0VR starting 14:00Z on 12 May until about 09:00Z on 13 May. While on the reef he will be working to restore the building. When he is on the air he will use an IC-736 and FD4 on all bands. QSL via OH1VR.

Baldur, DJ6SI, and Franz, DJ9ZB, are currently operating from Hargeiza, Somaliland for 7 days as 6O0X (Six Oscar Zero X-ray) and 6O1Z. Buck, DL5KAT, reported Somaliland declared independence from Somalia on 18 May, 1991 but has not been recognized by other countries. Bill Kennamer, K5FUV, the ARRL's Membership Services Manager says "Somaliland is not on the DXCC List and in order to get there, it must be one of these three: Member of the UN, have an ITU assigned call sign call sign block or have an IARU member society. Somaliland has none of the three." He also said "Should Somaliland qualify under one of the three, the start date would be the date that 1, 2 or 3 occurs."

More than likely this operation will not count for anything for the DXCC award. Meanwhile Baldur has been active as 6O0X on CW and Franz on SSB as 6O1Z. Suggested frequencies on SSB 7045, 14195, 18145, 21295, 24945, 28495 and on CW on 1828, 3508, 7002, 10102, 14025, 18085, 21025, 24902, 28025. QSL 6O0X via DJ6SI and 6O1Z via DJ9ZB. For more information about Somaliland check out http://www.anaserve.com/~mbali/home.htm

After Dayton Mats, SM7PKK/5X1Z, and Peter, ON6TT/5X1T, will be active from 4U1UN from 16 to 18 May 16-18.

To celebrate the 50th Jubilee of Prince Rainer III of Monaco special event station 3A5OR will be active from now until 16 May. This is a nice prefix for those who are hunting for WPX awards. QSL via bureau only.

Special event Argentine stations L21DK L26EQV L27DP L28EEM will be active from 16 to 23 May. QSL via F6FNU. ______

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4S7EA - SRI LANKA - Ernest was working all across the US on 21295 from 22:00 to 00:00Z.

60 - SOMALILAND - Franz, 6O1Z, and Baldur, 6O0X, were active on 10 through 30 meters on CW and SSB.

9N7UD - NEPAL - Look for Charlie on 21023 starting around 01:00Z. QSL via K4VUD.

9N7WU - NEPAL - Europeans have been working this one on 10 meters SSB around 08:00 to 09:00Z. QSL via JA8MWU.

A25/G3HCT - BOTSWANA - Remains active mostly on 30 and 40 meters CW between 18:00 and 22:00Z most days. QSL via G3HCT.

EZ8AZ - TURKMENISTAN - Alex has been showing up on 15 meters CW after 02:00Z. He can also be found there later in the day around 13:00 to 17:00Z.

FO5JR - FRENCH POLYNESIA - Albert likes 21010 and 14010 about 04:00Z several days a week.

FR5ZQ/G - GLORIOSO ISLAND - Henri showed up on 21006 just before 05:00Z on Monday. QSL via FR5ZQ.

SV2ASP/A - MOUNT ATHOS - Europeans reported Monk Apollo on 14224 at 05:00Z.

XX9TRR - MACAO - Pertti, OH2PM, is once again active. Check 15 meters CW between 15:00 and 16:00Z and around 02:00Z. QSL via N6XJ. ______

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The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AF-004 EA8ZZ 14143 1123 EU-074 F5SMY/P 14256 0558 AS-018 UA0FDX 21256 2054 EU-088 OZ/DL2SWW 14012 1831 AS-018 UA0FF 21260 2222 NA-031 KA3UNQ/P 14258 2205 AS-028 UA0QMU 18068 1430 NA-076 N9TQA 14263 2353 AS-040 JH6TYD 14014 2112 NA-101 J73AB 21180 1933 AS-083 RA9LI/9 14260 2057 OC-005 VK9NS 14195 1006 AS-099 YM0C 18142 1547 OC-019 KH6/W7GMH 21250 1900 EU-001 SV5/IK2WZP 14256 2023 OC-021 YB0AZ 21300 1709 EU-004 EA6MQ 14195 0359 OC-021 YC0FYJ 21226 1632 EU-010 2S3JIJ 14247 1055 OC-022 YC9BU 21260 1518 EU-012 GB2FIO 14260 1333 OC-059 V63AO 21245 1516 EU-042 DF3ZE/P 14019 0443 OC-146 YC8GWB 21306 1322 EU-052 SV8/I2YY0 14261 0414 OC-154 VK8AN/6 14039 1144 EU-057 DL4PM 21287 1643 OC-210 YC8RRK 21277 1408 EU-074 F5JOT/P 14260 1448 SA-026 PP5ZYZ 7044 2220 EU-074 F5LQG/P 10106 1925

Carl, GW0VSW, plans to be active as SV8/GW0VSW from Zante Island (EU-052), Greece from 1 to 12 June. He will be running 100 watts with an IC-706 and may take a QRP rig also. Look for him from 05:00 to 17:00Z.

Look for DJ2MX to operate from Fehmarn Island (EU-128) from 16 to 19 May. He will be concentrating on VK, ZL and the Pacific area. QSL via the bureau.

Rainer, DL2RVL, and Ric, DL2VFR, will be active from Loesoe Island (EU-088) from 15 to 22 May. Look for them to be on as OZ/DL2RVL and OZ/DL2VFR until 20:00Z each day.

IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 ______

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From End Prefix Call Ref ------11-May 31-May 5N 5N0MSV 3-58 11-May 30-Jun 9N 9N7RN 3-74 11-May 17-May 9N 9N7UD 3-6 11-May 12-May 9N 9N7WU 3-64 11-May 16-May F F5JOT/P F5TBF/P F5LGQ/P (EU-074) 3-69 11-May 13-May F F5SNY F5PFT (EU-157) 3-69 11-May 16-May F TM0AR 3-69 11-May 4-Jun FR/G FR5ZQ/G 3-80 11-May 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH 3-4 3-2 2-229 11-May 20-May JA JA6GXK (AS-056) 3-78 11-May 12-May KH0 KH0/JA1XGI 3-79 11-May 14-May TA YM0S (AS-099) 3-60 3-19 11-May 14-May V3 by W2WC 3-78 11-May 24-May VQ9 VQ9DX 3-11 ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for May 9, 1999 was 192.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for May 10, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------10-May-1999 21 170 3 0 High/Quiet;Moderate/Quiet-Unsettled 10-May-1999 18 178 3 1 High/Quiet;Moderate/Quiet-Unsettled 10-May-1999 15 178 3 1 High/Quiet;Moderate/Quiet-Unsettled 10-May-1999 12 178 3 2 High/Quiet;Moderate/Quiet-Unsettled 10-May-1999 09 178 3 1 High/Quiet;Moderate/Quiet-Unsettled 10-May-1999 06 178 3 2 High/Quiet;Moderate/Quiet-Unsettled 10-May-1999 03 178 3 2 High/Quiet;Moderate/Quiet-Unsettled 10-May-1999 00 178 3 2 High/Quiet;Moderate/Quiet-Unsettled

The forecast for Tuesday, 11 May: solar flux 175, A index 12, K index 2. Tuesday should be High Normal.

The forecast for Wednesday, 12 May: solar flux 175, A index 15, K index 2. Wednesday should be High Normal.

Perhaps the most useful propagation page for Amateur Radio Operators. http://dx.qsl.net/propagation/

Solar images of the sun received for 11 May, 1999. http://www.sel.noaa.gov/solar_images/1999_05/1999_05_11.html

Grey line map http://www.spiritweb.org/cgi/sunclock.cgi ______

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Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------2S0AZC GM0AZC A92GJ N1SHM SN0FPC SP3KHJ 6O0X DJ6SI EK6TA DJ0MCZ UA0AOZ K1WY 6O1Z DJ9ZB ER9V ER1DA UE6AAF UA6AF 7S5F SK4AD GB2FIO GM0AXY XA5T N5TU 9N7UD K4VUD JY9QJ DL5MBY XX9TRR N6XJ

Sid, K3SX, reports direct QSL cards for K3LP/J6 have all been sent out and bureau cards will be out by 1 June.

Leo, K8PYD, says all direct and bureau QSL request have gone out for his February 3A/K8PYD trip.

QSL cards for VK6EWI (OC-170) have been printed and are now being sent out by VK6NE.

Larry, N1SHM, is now the QSL manager for Ed, A92GJ.

EZ8AZ - Alexander O. Redzhepkuliev, P.O. Box 6, Ashkhabad 744005, TURKMENISTAN N1SHM - Larry L. Laflamme, 474 Second Avenue, Berlin, NH 03570, USA N5TU - Earl Morse, 33626 Comanche Trail, Magnolia, TX 77355

QSL cards recently received direct: 3B8/DJ7MI, 4U1UN, JA6LCJ/6 (AS-037), SU1SK, T32IW, T32VU, XA5T, XX9TRR ______

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The BI5D log is now online at http://dx.qsl.net/logs and the BI5D Web page is at http://www.qsl.net/bi5d. ______

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Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 5X1T, AA5XE, DL2VFR, DL5KUT, F6FNU, G3PMR, K3SX, K5FUV, KH6BZF Reports, N1SHM, N5OKR, N6RT, N7OJ, NOAA, OH2KI, The 59(9) DX Report, VK4NM, VK6APK, W3KHZ, W3LEO, W5OZI, WB2KSQ ______

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The Florida DXpedition Group (FDXPG) will be headed to St Lucia for this years CQ World Wide SSB DX Contest. The group will be active from 26 October to 2 November. Operators include: Bill, W4WX/J68WX, Clarance, W9AAZ/J68ZZ, Ernie, W5OXA/J68XA, and William, N2WB/J68WB. During the contest they will use J68J. Before and after the contest each will use his own J6 call on CW, SSB, RTTY and 6 meters. A Web page has been set up at http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Hall/1204/photo.html QSL J68J via N5VL.

During this years CQ WPX CW Contest look for a full blown effort from CY9RF on St. Paul Island. The group will put in a very serious multi-multi with 6 operators including K4LT, K8RF, W6BSY, AC8W, W6RGG and K8DD. They will be there from 23 to 31 May and active on all bands CW and SSB. QSL CY9RF via K8RF. All others via their home calls.

Contest veteran Jeff Steinman, N5TJ, says to look for him to be active from St. Croix, US Virgin Islands as KP2/N5TJ from 25 to 31 May. He will be at the famous Winwood QTH and may use WP2Z during the CQ WPX CW Contest. If he does use WP2Z QSL via KU9C. QSL cards for KP2/N5TJ go via N5TJ.

To celebrate World Environment Day the Nanjing Agricultural University will operate special event station BT99WED from 1 to 30 June.

Look for GD6IA to be active during the years ANRTS Contest on 12 and 13 June. A Yaesu FT-920 will be used, with Alpha amp, Pro-57 beam, wire antenna for 40/80 and vertical for 160 meters. The object of this trip is to give all a chance to work GD and hopefully get some of the local on RTTY.

Ross, CN2UN/SO7UN has left North Africa and headed home in the UK. His next trip may take him back to Morocco and Western Sahara but their is a better chance he may go to East Timor, where getting a ticket maybe a little more difficult. QSL cards for both CN2UN and S07UN go via ZP6CU.

It appears that rumors are true the Chinese Novice stations are able to operate on SSB on 15 meters above 21400. Fred Laun, K3ZO, worked Li, BG2OC, on 21402 just before 14:30Z on Tuesday. Afterward he worked BD3SA, so looks like BD stations also hang out up there also. Li was later reported on 21425 after 21:00Z. On 15 meters CW these beginners can be found between 21100 and 21150. ______

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3W - VIETNAM - Tom, 3W7CW, was active on 17 meters CW on 18071 between 14:30 and 16:15Z. Meanwhile Michal, 3W7TK, showed up on 17 meters SSB on 18150 around 16:00Z until about 19:00Z. QSL 3W7TK via OK1HWB.

5R8FU - MADACASCAR - West Coast DXers reported Aki on 21004 at 06:30Z with a big signal on the longpath. QSL via SM0DJZ.

A25/G3HCT - BOTSWANA - John has been working West Cost US stations on 20 meters CW around 14:00Z via the longpath. He is running 100 watts and an elevated ground plane.

6O - Baldur and Franz remained active on 10 through 20 meters yesterday.

AP2NK - PAKISTAN - CW buffs found this one on 14022 just prior to 02:00Z.

CE0Z - JUAN FERNANDEZ ISLAND - First Eliazar, CE0ZIS, showed up on 18149 around 22:45Z. Then John, CE0ZAM, came up on 18143 about an hour later. John says no news about going to San Felix.

FR5ZQ/G - GLORIOSO ISLAND - Henri was reported active on 28020 from about 15:00 to 16:30Z.

V85HG - BRUNEI - West Coast and Mid West 80 meter DXers found this one on 3795 at 11:00Z.

VQ9DX - DIEGO GARCIA - Ron still shows on 1828 just before his sunrise. He leaves on 26 May. QSL via AA5DX.

XU7AAO - CAMBODIA - Check the low end of the 15 meter SSB band for this one around 16:00Z.

XX9TRR - MACAO - Pertti went QRT around 15:30Z on Tuesday. He says he will be back on 14 May. QSL via N6XJ. ______

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The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AS-015 9M2TO 21265 2014 EU-128 DL/PA4KW 14195 0856 AS-018 UA0FDX 21263 2013 NA-027 VO1WET 21259 2327 AS-018 UA0FF 21260 2145 NA-031 KA3UNQ/P 14258 2225 AS-028 UA0QBA 14257 0811 NA-051 VE7TLL 14256 0712 AS-040 JH6TYD 14016 2034 NA-076 N9TQA 14260 0209 AS-077 JJ1JTG/6 21277 1342 NA-083 K2RMM/4 14260 0415 AS-083 RA9LI/9 14260 2137 NA-134 OX3LG 21256 2140 AS-099 YM0S 18138 2317 OC-006 VK4JAE/7 21195 0132 EU-001 SV5/IK2CYC 14257 1614 OC-021 YC0LND 21210 1711 EU-036 LA8LA 14260 1842 OC-026 WH6ASW/KH2 21028 1818 EU-049 SV8DCY 21088 1254 OC-053 HS0/IK4MRH 21320 1856 EU-074 F5JOT/P 10103 2140 OC-059 V63AO 21260 1403 EU-074 F5LGQ/P 14256 1929 OC-130 DU9ELH 21233 1648 EU-088 OZ/DL2SWW 10107 2055 OC-137 VK4CY 14250 0654 EU-124 GW0MOI 18130 2046 OC-151 YC9LQA 21282 1338

German Amateur Radio Operators Frank, DL8KWS, Jo, DL5KUD, and Matt, DL3KUD will operate this years IOTA Contest as DL0HRO from Usedom Island (EU-129). They will be active before the contest. QSL via DL3KUD, Matthias Labude, Margaretenstr.10, 18057 Rostock, Germany.

Look for French Radio Club station F5KAC to be on from Stagadon Island (EU-105) from 22 to 24 May. QSL cards will automatically be sent via bureau or QSL direct to F5KAC, Stagadon Island, BP 5, 45270 Ladon, FRANCE

Michael, OX3LG is currently operating on Asiaat Island (NA-134), Greenland and will be active on 6, 10, 15 and 20 meters when his work schedule and propagation permit. He will be there until 20 May. He is also planning to operate from Angmasalik Island (NA-151), Greenland from 15 to 29 June. QSL via OZ1PIF, Peter Frenning, Ternevej 23, DK-4130 Viby Sj., DENMARK.

IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 ______

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From End Prefix Call Ref ------12-May 16-May 3A 3A50R 3-81 12-May 31-May 5N 5N0MSV 3-58 12-May 30-Jun 9N 9N7RN 3-74 12-May 17-May 9N 9N7UD 3-6 12-May 12-May 9N 9N7WU 3-64 12-May 16-May F F5JOT/P F5TBF/P F5LGQ/P (EU-074) 3-69 12-May 13-May F F5SNY F5PFT (EU-157) 3-69 12-May 16-May F TM0AR 3-69 12-May 4-Jun FR/G FR5ZQ/G 3-80 12-May 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH 3-4 3-2 2-229 12-May 20-May JA JA6GXK (AS-056) 3-78 12-May 12-May KH0 KH0/JA1XGI 3-79 12-May 13-May OJ0 OJ0VR 3-81 12-May 15-May ON ON4BAM (EU-038) 3-49 12-May 14-May TA YM0S (AS-099) 3-60 3-19 12-May 14-May V3 by W2WC 3-78 12-May 24-May VQ9 VQ9DX 3-11 12-May 13-May W KE1AC (NA-046) 3-76 12-May 16-May 6O1Z 6O0X 3-81 ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for May 10, 1999 was 174.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for May 11, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------11-May-1999 21 159 2 0 Low/Quiet;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unsettled 11-May-1999 18 170 4 1 Low/Quiet;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unsettled 11-May-1999 15 170 4 1 Low/Quiet;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unsettled 11-May-1999 12 170 4 0 Low/Quiet;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unsettled 11-May-1999 09 170 4 1 Low/Quiet;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unsettled 11-May-1999 06 170 4 1 Low/Quiet;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unsettled 11-May-1999 03 170 4 1 Mod/Quiet;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unsettled 11-May-1999 00 170 4 1 Mod/Quiet;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unsettled

The forecast for Wednesday, 12 May: solar flux 175, A index 15, K index 3. Wednesday should be High Normal.

The forecast for Thursday, 13 May: solar flux 170, A index 20, K index 3. Thursday should be Low Normal.

Perhaps the most useful propagation page for Amateur Radio Operators. http://dx.qsl.net/propagation/

Solar images of the sun received for 12 May, 1999. http://www.sel.noaa.gov/solar_images/1999_05/1999_05_12.html

Grey line map http://www.spiritweb.org/cgi/sunclock.cgi ______

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Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------3W7TK OK1HWB EK6LP IK2DUW TK/DL8NBH DL8NBH 5R8FU SM0DJZ EL2WW ON5NT TM0AR F5TJC 6W2/ON4QM ON4QM OX3LG OZ1PIF UA0QBA EV6A CE0ZAM CE3ESS R3EXPO UA3AA XX9TRR N6XJ E21EJC HS1CKC RX1CQ/1 RA1ZM Z32XX NN6C

CE0ZIS - Eliazar Pizarro Rojas, Box 1, Juan Fernandez Island, CHILE EX8MAN - Nick, Box 947, Bishkek, KYRGYZSTAN

The newest release of DXBase 2000 has an incorrect address for VE3HO. The correct address is Garth Hamilton, P.O. Box 1156, Fonthill, Ontario, L0S-1E0 CANADA

QSL cards recently received direct: SU1SK, VK9CL, ZL4IR/P (OC-203), ZX0DX, ZX0CW (AN-010), ZY8M

QSL cards recently received via bureau:3D2KT, 3D2TN, 3V8BB, 5R8FX, 5W0VV, 8R1K, 9G5CW, 9Y4/DL4MEH, A41LZ, C56/DK3FW, CO0RCT, DL1GKG/HI3, ED1INO (EU-077), F/G3SWH/P (EU-039), GB5FI (EU-124), GJ/DK7SU (EU-013), GM5VG/P (EU-059), GW0HGN/p (EU-124), HB0/HB9LF,HF0POL, HI9/I4LCK (NA-122), J8/DF2SS, JW1CCA, JW5HE, OH0W, OX3SA, OZ7AEI/A (EU-030), P40MR, P49M, SP2LLW/1 (EU-132), SV5/OM3LA/p (EU-001), SV9/OH9MM/p (EU-015), T31BB, V47XK, VE7CQR (NA-051), VY2CB (NA-029), XT2AW, YC6LYS, YS1X, ZK1DI, ZK2CK ______

Correction ______

In Volume 3 Number 80 it was reported Russians now may operate from 1810 to 1930 on 160 meters when actually they may operate from 1810 all the way up to 2000. ______

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Going to Dayton and need to know the weather? Check out http://weather.yahoo.com/forecast/Dayton_OH_US_f.html ______

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Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: BD5RV, DL3KUD, F-11556, G4BWP, K3ZO, K6SRZ, KH6BZF, Reports, MI0BME, N2TN, N2WB, N6RT, N9SF, NOAA, OZ1PIF, UA3AB, VE3HO, W3LEO, XX9TRR, ZP6CW ______

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Andy, DJ7IK, says to look for Abubaker, 5A1A, to put in a single-op 10 meter only effort in the upcoming CQ WPX CW Contest at the end of the month.

Karl, W9XK, will be active from Vietnam between 1 June and 20 July. Look for him to be on 15 and 20 meters CW and SSB as 3W6XK. QSL via W9XK.

A multi-national group will operate the CQ WPX CW Contest from the island of Cyprus (AS-004) as P3A. Operators include Alex, UA9YAB; Yuri, RA9JR; Gena, UA9MA; Harry, UN7FZ (UP6F); Andy, UA3AB; UN7FW, RZ3TX, UA3DPX, I2VXJ, RW3QC, UT7QF, RX4HW, RU3DX, UA9CDV and RA9JX. Look for them to be on before and after the contest as 5B4/home calls. QSL P3A via W3HNK and all others via home calls.

Stan, 5N0MSV (ex 5N99MSV), continues to be active most days from 15:00 to 01:00Z. Look for him to be active through 31 May on CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL via OK1JR.

Look for world traveler Martti Laine, OH2BH, to be active during the CQ WPX CW Contest with the ultimate call sign, DX1S, from the Philippines. Yes DX IS Martti.

Members of the Northern Kyushu DX Club will be active from the Mariana Islands (OC-086) from 12:00Z on 18 June to 17:00Z on 21 June. Look for Asa, JA6AGA, to be active as KH0/AF4IN and Tony, JA6CNL, to be active as KH0N. They will operate in the All Asian DX Contest. Check 5 or 25 Khz from the bottom of the CW bands including 12, 17 and 30 meters. On 160 meters check 1910 and on 6 meters listen on 50110/50115. They will also be on SSB including 3799. QSL via home calls.

Just to remind everyone there will not be a issue of The Daily DX on Friday 14 May as your editor will be at the Dayton Hamvention. ______

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7Q7 - MALAWI - Several 7Q7's (7Q7LA, 7Q7JL) along with a few 5Z4's, including 5Z4FM and 5Z4RL, show up on 21325 between 18:00 and 20:00Z.

EP/RA6LGM - IRAN - Vic was found on 21315 between 07:00 to 10:00Z. Between 14:00 to 15:00 he was on 21355. From 18:00 to 21:30Z he was bouncing around 15 meters SSB. When worked he said he was close to the Russian boarder and would be there for several weeks. He also said he would be active on all bands including 160 meters. A QSL route of RV6LAH was given. One interesting thing is the CIS callbook says RV6LAH is now RZ6LS. Another interesting thing about this operation is the fact that EP3LAH was active in September, 1998 and gave RV6LAH as the QSL manager, however to date no one has received a QSL card for that operation. It might be best to hold off on sending for the QSL card at this time.

FR/5R8GF - REUNION ISLAND - Mike, K5NU, reports calling CQ on 10 meters at 04:30Z and being answered by Raphael on the longpath. Raphael has been active on the island since late March and has been on 10, 15, 20 and 40 meters SSB. He is running 100 watts and a vertical. QSL via TK5BP.

OJ0VR - MARKET REEF - Seppo was delayed on his arrival but did make it to 10107 just prior to 23:00Z. QSL via OH1VR.

ST2SA - SUDAN - Look for Dr. Sid just before 05:00Z on Friday on 14200 and near 14250. ______

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The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AN-006 EM1U 28490 1717 EU-088 OZ/DL2SWW 3507 2201 AS-024 JS6PMR 10111 2112 EU-128 DL9OBL/M 14260 1418 AS-028 UA0QMU 18069 1706 EU-157 F5NSY/P 14257 1147 AS-099 YM0S 14255 2321 NA-057 AH6PN/HR6 14247 2144 EU-001 SV5/IK2CYC 14258 1651 NA-061 VE7EDZ 14260 0539 EU-016 9A2GF 14260 0032 NA-065 AD7U 21261 0001 EU-036 LA8LA 14256 0749 NA-065 N6FD/7 14260 0403 EU-037 DL2NOH/P 14265 0724 NA-072 3E1AA 14247 2113 EU-052 SV8/I2YYO 14270 1936 NA-134 OX3LG 21260 1939 EU-062 LA6WEA 18140 1350 OC-022 YB9ZBI 21258 1749 EU-072 SV8/DL8MCA 18128 2001 OC-059 V63AO 21235 1402 EU-074 F5JOT/P 10104 2108 OC-128 DU1IMA 21253 1538 EU-074 F5LGQ/P 14260 0744 OC-129 K9AW/DU6 21019 0651 EU-074 F5TBF/P 14258 1929 OC-210 YC8TXW 21260 1445

Rene, HR1RMG, plans to operate from the following Honduran island groups this year: Bahia Islands (NA-057), Valle/Choluteca Department (NA-060), Cortes/Atlantida Department (NA-160) and an unnumbered group (NA-NEW), in addition to Santanilla Islands (NA-035) as HR1RMG/HR6 June/July.

Marti (YL), LA4CJA, is currently active as JW4CJA from Bear Island (EU-027) until 31 May. Look for her mostly on 20 meters SSB. QSL via LA4CJA.

Will, WC6DX plans to operate from Anacapa Island (NA-144) starting around 18:00Z on 22 May through 15:00Z on 23 May. Due to Channel Islands National Park restrictions, he will use a battery operated rig with 100 watts and a vertical antenna. Primary frequencies will be 14260, 14030, 10105 and 7260. QSL via the bureau or callbook address.

IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 ______

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From End Prefix Call Ref ------13-May 16-May 3A 3A50R 3-81 13-May 31-May 5N 5N0MSV 3-58 13-May 30-Jun 9N 9N7RN 3-74 13-May 17-May 9N 9N7UD 3-6 13-May 16-May F F5JOT/P F5TBF/P F5LGQ/P (EU-074) 3-69 13-May 13-May F F5SNY F5PFT (EU-157) 3-69 13-May 15-May F F5TYY F6IUI F6BFH F9IE (EU-068) 3-42 13-May 16-May F TM0AR 3-69 13-May 17-May F TM0H (EU-048) 3-80 13-May 4-Jun FR/G FR5ZQ/G 3-80 13-May 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH 3-4 3-2 2-229 13-May 20-May JA JA6GXK (AS-056) 3-78 13-May 13-May OJ0 OJ0VR 3-81 13-May 15-May ON ON4BAM (EU-038) 3-49 13-May 20-May OX OX3LG (NA-134) 3-82 13-May 17-May PY PY5B PV5L (SA-027) 3-62 13-May 14-May TA YM0S (AS-099) 3-60 3-19 13-May 14-May V3 by W2WC 3-78 13-May 24-May VQ9 VQ9DX 3-11 13-May 13-May W KE1AC (NA-046) 3-76 13-May 16-May 6O1Z 6O0X 3-81 14-May 16-May Dayton Hamvention 15-May 19-May F TM0AC 3-69 15-May 22-May OZ OZ/DL2RVL OZ/DL2VFR (EU-088) 3-81 15-May 28-May SV9 SV9/GM3YOR 3-78 16-May 18-May 4U1UN 4U1UN 3-81 16-May 19-May DJ DJ2MX (EU-128) 3-81 16-May 19-May FS FS/KH0Y 3-76 16-May 23-May LU L21DK L26EQV L27DP L28EEM 3-81 ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for May 11, 1999 was 191.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for May 12, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------12-May-1999 21 153 6 2 Low/Quiet-Unset;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unsettled 12-May-1999 18 159 2 3 Low/Quiet-Unset;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unsettled 12-May-1999 15 159 2 2 Low/Quiet;Low-Moderate/Quiet-Unsettled 12-May-1999 12 159 2 2 Low/Quiet;Low-Moderate/Quiet-Unsettled 12-May-1999 09 159 2 2 Low/Quiet;Low-Moderate/Quiet-Unsettled 12-May-1999 06 159 2 2 Low/Quiet;Low-Moderate/Quiet-Unsettled 12-May-1999 03 159 2 1 Low/Quiet;Low-Moderate/Quiet-Unsettled 12-May-1999 00 159 2 1 Low/Quiet;Low-Moderate/Quiet-Unsettled

The forecast for Thursday, 13 May: solar flux 157, A index 25, K index 4. Thursday should be Low Normal.

The forecast for Friday, 14 May: solar flux 157, A index 15, K index 3. Friday should be High Normal.

The forecast for Saturday, 15 May: solar flux 160, A index 10, K index 3. Saturday should be High Normal.

The forecast for Sunday, 16 May: solar flux 160, A index 15, K index 3. Sunday should be High Normal.

Perhaps the most useful propagation page for Amateur Radio Operators. http://dx.qsl.net/propagation/

Solar images of the sun received for 12 May, 1999. http://www.sel.noaa.gov/solar_images/1999_05/1999_05_12.html

Grey line map http://www.spiritweb.org/cgi/sunclock.cgi ______

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Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------2C4OFQ GW4OFQ BA4TB 9A2AJ R1FJL UA3AGS 4K9W DL6KVA FG5FR F6FNU VP5/K7JI K7JI A45XM A47RS KP4BZ KZ0C ZF2CU W5CU

QSL cards recently received direct: VU3TOM, ZC4RAF ______

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Going to Dayton and need to know the weather? Check out http://weather.yahoo.com/forecast/Dayton_OH_US_f.html ______

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Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: DJ7IK, DX News Sheet, G3PMR, K5NU, KH6BZF Reports, N6RT, NOAA, OH2BH, W9XK, WC6DX ______

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Austrian Amateur Radio Operators Gerhard, OE3GEA, Hubert, OE5MKM, Roman, OE5MRP, and Oliver, OE5OHO, will be active from Marina di Capitello (EU-014), Corsica as TK/OE5XVL from 20 to 25 May. Look for them to be active on 70 cm through 160 meters (no 6 meters) on CW and SSB. Equipment includes a FT-900AT and FT-736R, amplifier, A3S and wire antennas. QSL via OE5XVL through the bureau or direct to OE5OHO.

Japanese operators Michy, JH2CYU, Akio, JH2QFY, Kou, JR2BUM, Goto, JR2XKV, Yasu, JJ2CYO, Yasu, JS2ITP, and Ban, KF4VSV, will be active on from Saipan in the Northern Mariana Islands (OC-086) from 12 to 15 June. They plan to be on 6 through 160 meters CW, SSB and possibly RTTY. They will concentrate on 6 (50090/501145), 12, 17 and 30 meters. QSL via home calls except KF4VSV via JF2WXS.

Mike, W4MS, reports Steve, K9WO/VS6WO/VR2WO has been in Singapore on a work assignment for the last 20 months and has finally received his 9V call. Look for 9V1DX (nice call) to be on the air with an FT-1000 and R7 vertical. QSL via KA9UQT (xyl of W4MS).

Jun, JH4RHF, will be moving to Vienna, Austria and the end of the month and will be working there for the next 3 to 5 years. He plans to operate the CQ WPX CW Contest on 29 and 30 May at the Vienna International Amateur Radio Club station, 4U1VIC. This counts for Austria for DXCC.

On Friday night During SWODXA (South West Ohio DX Association) DX Dinner at the Dayton Hamvention it was announced that Wayne Mills, N7NG, was inducted into the CQ DX Hall of Fame. Tony De Prato, WA4JQS, also received his plaque as he was inducted last year. The next evening at the Contest Dinner Bob Cox, K3EST, announced the inductions of Frank Donovan, W3LPL, and John Crovelli, W2GD, into the CQ Contest Hall of Fame. Congratulations to Wayne, Tony, Frank and John all well deserved! ______

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5U7DG - NIGER - Dan was found on 15 meters SSB on Saturday. He started off on 21278 around 10:40Z and was later found on 21360 at 11:40Z. QSL via K4SE.

6O - Baldur, 6O0X, and Franz, 6O1Z, remained active over the weekend. Work it first worry later about the QSLs.

BY1DX - CHINA - Martti, OH2BH, was found on 21295 both Saturday and Sunday around 05:30Z. QSL via OH2BH.

CE0ZIS - JUAN FERNANDEZ - Europeans were working Eliazar on 28508 just before 19:00Z on Friday.

E4 - PALESTINE - David, E41/OK1DTP, and Peter, E4/G3WQU, were back on the air this past weekend.

EP/RA6LGM - IRAN - Vic claims to be in Daran and was very busy on 17, 15 and 10 meters SSB over the weekend. He has been on the air between 06:00 and 18:00Z.

FR5ZQ/G - GLORIOSO ISLAND - Check 21009 around 05:00Z as this seems to be the only really reliable spot to find Henri.

XU1YY - CAMBODIA - Japanese DXers reported this semi-rare one on 15 meters SSB between 05:00 and 06:00 and then again from 09:30 and 10:30Z. QSL via JA6HOR.

XX9TR - MACAO - As was expected Pertti did show up on Friday. He was active on 30, 17, 15 and 12 meters CW. QSL via N6XJ. ______

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The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AN-015 8J1RL 21003 1338 EU-068 F9IE/P 10106 0442 AS-005 R0/US3IU 21268 1009 EU-072 SV8/DL8MCA 14260 0924 AS-015 9M2TO 21274 1634 EU-074 F5EGQ 7066 0601 AS-018 UA0FDX 21262 0800 EU-074 F5TBF/P 14260 0745 AS-040 JH6TYD 21041 1345 EU-075 SV1TP/P 14253 0508 AS-041 JA4CIW 21279 0818 EU-082 U1ZA/A 18078 2340 AS-076 JA5EO 21223 1024 EU-088 OZ/DL2RVL 18070 1542 AS-083 RA9LI/9 14260 2025 EU-088 OZ/DL2VFR 14262 1105 AS-097 9M2/GM4YXI 21031 0254 EU-098 DF0RR/P 7083 0904 AS-117 JA4PXE 21260 0043 EU-099 F5VCR/P 7066 0607 EU-015 SV9/DH3NB 21230 1631 EU-107 TM2WLH 14251 1108 EU-017 ID9/DL6RBB 14260 1055 EU-124 2C0SLM 14275 1943 EU-020 SM0DTK/1 18125 0446 EU-128 DJ2MX/P 14263 2108 EU-027 JW4CJA 14260 2133 EU-128 GJ2MX/P 14019 0621 EU-038 PA/ON4IPA 14263 1833 EU-136 9A6DCR 7045 1900 EU-048 TM0H 14252 1758 NA-065 N6FD/7 14262 0144 EU-055 LA7XIA 14255 1333 NA-076 K2OLG/M 14260 2244 EU-057 DF2BR/P 7054 0502 NA-105 FS5PL 21245 0417 EU-068 F5TYY/P 21262 1014 OC-075 YC5TML 21310 1335 EU-068 F6BFH/P 14261 0650 OC-137 VK4GP 28467 0246 EU-068 F6IUI/P 14261 0513 OC-146 YB8BHC 14266 1448

Members of the Inchon branch of the KARL will operate as HL0IHQ/2 from Paek-Nyong Island (AS-122) between 21 and 25 May. The group will be active with 4 HF and 2 VHF rigs on 2, 10, 15, 20, 40 and 80 meters SSB, CW and FM.

Three members of the Yamato Amateur Radio Club, JA1ZEK, are going to Ishigakijima, YAEYAMA IS (AS-024) between 4 and 6 June. Operators include Jun, JJ1EQW, Kaoru, JA3MCA and Aru, JA0KNM. Each operator will use his home call /JR6 on 10 through 40 meters CW and SSB. QSL via home calls. JJ1EQW, Junichi Sato, 6-1-9-2 Turumaki, Tama, 206-0034 JAPAN. JA3MCA, Kaoru Tachibana, 1-7-5-403 Tukimino, Yamato, 242-0002 JAPAN. JA0KNM, Seiich Aruga, 546-7 Shimoturuma, Yamato, 242-0001 JAPAN.

IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 ______

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From End Prefix Call Ref ------17-May 17-May 6O1Z 6O0X 3-81 17-May 17-May 9N 9N7UD 3-6 17-May 17-May VK AX3ITU 3-76 17-May 17-May W K2OLG (NA-074) 3-78 17-May 17-May PY PY5B PV5L (SA-027) 3-62 17-May 17-May F TM0H (EU-048) 3-80 17-May 18-May 4U1UN 4U1UN 3-81 17-May 19-May DJ DJ2MX (EU-128) 3-81 17-May 19-May FS FS/KH0Y 3-76 17-May 19-May F TM0AC 3-69 17-May 20-May JA JA6GXK (AS-056) 3-78 17-May 20-May OX OX3LG (NA-134) 3-82 17-May 22-May OZ OZ/DL2RVL OZ/DL2VFR (EU-088) 3-81 17-May 22-May YO YO/F6AJA 3-79 17-May 23-May LU L21DK L26EQV L27DP L28EEM 3-81 17-May 24-May VQ9 VQ9DX 3-11 17-May 28-May SV9 SV9/GM3YOR 3-78 17-May 31-May 5N 5N0MSV 3-58 17-May 31-May 8Q by DH5HV 3-42 17-May 31-May JW JW4CJA (EU-027) 3-83 17-May 4-Jun FR/G FR5ZQ/G 3-80 17-May 30-Jun 9N 9N7RN 3-74 17-May 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH 3-4 3-2 2-229 18-May 18-May W K2OLG (NA-085) 3-78 18-May 2-Jun HS HS0ZCW 3-6 19-May 19-May W K2OLG (NA-142) 3-78 19-May 21-May V4 V4 by JA1WSX 3-76 19-May 23-May I 6 Italians (EU-028) 3-69 20-May 26-May GD MD0BPI 3-63 21-May 22-May W WF1N W1DIG (NA-136) 3-71 21-May 24-May W AE4WK (NA-069) 3-74 21-May 25-May HL AS-122 3-57 22-May 23-May W WC6DX (NA-141) 3-74 22-May 23-May W WC6DX (NA-144) 3-83 22-May 24-May F F5KAC (EU-105) 3-82 22-May 27-May F F6KOP/P (EU-068) 3-42 22-May 30-May 3C 3C8XX (AF-NEW) 3-67 3-65 ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for May 15, 1999 was 167.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for May 16, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------16-May-1999 21 152 5 0 Moderate/Quiet;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 16-May-1999 18 144 5 2 Moderate/Quiet;Very Low-Low/Quiet 16-May-1999 15 144 5 1 Moderate/Quiet;Very Low-Low/Quiet 16-May-1999 12 144 5 2 Very Low/Quiet;Very Low-Low/Quiet 16-May-1999 09 144 5 2 Very Low/Quiet;Very Low-Low/Quiet 16-May-1999 06 144 5 2 Very Low/Quiet;Very Low-Low/Quiet 16-May-1999 03 144 5 1 Very Low/Quiet;Very Low-Low/Quiet 16-May-1999 00 144 5 1 Very Low/Quiet;Very Low-Low/Quiet

The forecast for Monday, 17 May: solar flux 135, A index 15, K index 3. Monday should be High Normal.

The forecast for Tuesday, 18 May: solar flux 135, A index 12, K index 3. Tuesday should be High Normal.

Perhaps the most useful propagation page for Amateur Radio Operators. http://dx.qsl.net/propagation/

Solar images of the sun received for 17 May, 1999. http://www.sel.noaa.gov/solar_images/1999_05/1999_05_17.html

Grey line map http://www.spiritweb.org/cgi/sunclock.cgi ______

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Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------2C0DXG GW4RIB ER0ITU ER1DA L28KDI LU8KDI 2S0HTG GM0HTG EW2CR NF2K L29AY NU4N 2S4DMA GM4DMA F6KTL/P F6IUI L31EGD LW1EGD 2S4FDM GM4FDM F9IE/P F6BFH L32DFH LW2DFH 2S4JPZ GM4JPZ FK8HC VK4FW L34DX LU9EQ 4X1KS NF4W FY5YE W5SVZ OH0XY OH6XY 5N3CPR SP5CPR K9AW/DU6 WF5T TM0H F5RRW 5N6ZHM W5TUD L21NDC LU1NDC TR0B F8AGN 5U7DG K4SE L22BA F6FNU WL7KY NU4N 9A77ON 9A1DAB L22FA LU2FA WM1D/KH0 JH0KHR 9K2/SQ5DAK SP5KQS L23FZW LU3FZW XU1YY JA6HOR 9N1HR HL2XIQ L23HC LU3HC YB8BHC KG2FH CS5DNP/P DJ0MW L23HR LU3HR YT0C YU7CB* DL1GKG/HI3 DK2GP L24AR LU4AR YU0C YU7CB* DX1HB JA1JKJ L25FC LU7FOJ YZ9W YU7CB* ED6DIG DL1KBQ L25FPG LU5FPG Z32AF NN6C EI9FN G3YOG L28ADX LU8ADX ZD7SM W1ZT

* All US and United Kingdom stations should send via Juh sz Mikl¢s, B‚ke £t 63/b I/5, 1135 BUDAPEST, HUNGARY

YU7CB - Bakos L szl¢, P.O. Box 12, 24220 Cantavir, YUGOSLAVIA

Chris, KL7FH, reports that NU4N is now the QSL manager for WL7KY.

Larry, N4VA, now has the S21R logs for 28 June, 1996 thru 9 October, 1998 and can answer requests for QSLs at Larry Vogt, N4VA, P.O. Box 12, Springfield, VA 22150 USA.

QSL cards recently received direct: 4KA5CW, E41/OK1DTP, E44DX, E44/HA1AG, EA9EA, HK3JJH/0M, HK3JJH/4 (SA-084), HS0ZAR, KH8/N5OLS, XU7AAN, YB0DX,

QSL cards recently received via the bureau: EA8/DL7VRO, HI8/DL4NCF, ______

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Pictures from last months International DX Convention in Fresno, California can be found at http://www.allanet.com/w6yd/idxc99a.htm

Friedrichshafen, no that is not a typo, it the European version of Dayton. This years event will be held from 24 to 26 June. For more information check out the following Webpage at http://www.messe- fn.de/fair/fair.php3?fair_id=8&fair=HAMRADIO%20HAMtronic&year=1999 ______

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Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: AJ3M, G3PMR, JA1ELY, JI6KVR, K2HJB, K6DB, KH6BZF Reports, KL7FH, N2JTX, N3NT, N4VA, N7OJ, NOAA, OE6CLD, W5OZI, W7IAN, W8FJ, WA2VRF ______

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Fernando, EA3KU, will operate the CQ WPX CW Contest next weekend as ED8PP from the Canary Islands (AF-004). Before and after the contest he will be active as EA8/EA3KU. QSL via EA3KU, Fernando Martinez Lizama, P.O. Box 69, L'Ametlla de Mar 43860, Tarragona, SPAIN.

Gary, K9AW/DU6, will single op on all bands during the CQ WPX CW Contest. He is located on the Island of Negros (OC-129). QSL via WF5T.

Starting 9 August German operators DF6VI and DL4OCM will be active from Spitzbergen, Svalbard. They will operate as JW/DF6VI and JW/DL4OCM on 10 through 160 meters CW, SSB and RTTY. Look for them to be on the air until 15 August. QSL via home calls.

Finns OH0M, Pertti, OH3LQK, and Juha, OH9MM, plan to operate from Crete Island (SV9) from 24 to 31 May. Check for them on 10 through 160 meters CW and SSB.

Jack, KE4LWT, is active from El Salvador as YS1/KE4LWT and will operate on 10, 12, 15, 17 and 20 meters through at least 15 August. If you work him between now and 1 July QSL to Jack R. Smith, Unit 3105, JTF New Hope, APO AA 34023, USA. Afterwards go direct to home call. QSL cards via the W4 bureau will be answered.

RTTY DXers should look for Doug, N6TQS, to operate from the British Isle of Man between 20 and 26 May. He plans to use MD0BPI. QSL via N6TQS/M0BPI.

Mats, SM7PKK/5X1Z, and Peter, ON6TT/5X1T, were in Dayton this past weekend. Monday they were active on CW and SSB from the United Nations club station 4U1UN. They will be active throughout today. Ted, KB8NW, from OPDX reports that the two UN workers will be traveling to Kosovo in about a week. What ever happens let's hope they stay safe.

Stations in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada will use the XJ9 prefix from 22 May through 6 June. This is to recognize 150 years of service by the police force. Andy, VE9DX, will operate in the CQ WPX CW Contest as a single op on all bands. Expected call would be XJ9DX. QSL via VE9DX. ______

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3W7CW - VIETNAM - Tom was busy working Europe and North America on 24893 from 14:00 to 16:00Z. QSL to 3W7CW P.O. Box 11, 00800 Warsaw, Poland.

4U1UN - UNITED NATIONS HEAD QUARTERS - Peter, 5X1T, and Mats, 5X1Z, started off yesterday afternoon. The two will be active today on CW and SSB on 10 through 20 meters.

A61AD - UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - Saeed returned to the bands after 6 years of being QRT. He showed up on 21236 just prior to 15:00Z. Look for him to be more active in the future. QSL via N1DG.

AP2JZB - PAKISTAN - West Coast DXers found Bob on 24965 just before 16:00Z. QSL via K2EWB.

AX - AUSTRALIA - AX2ITU, AX3ITU and AX4ITU were active yesterday to celebrate World Telecommunications Day.

BG - CHINA - The following novices were on 15 meters SSB yesterday between 12:00 and 14:00Z: BG2AB, BG2MF, BG2OC, BG5QAD, BG6SDJ, BG7KU, BG7OH, BG8GK, BG8KW and BG9SD (zone 23). Look for these and other Chinese novice stations between 21400 and at least as high as 21420.

E44/OZ6ACD - PALESTINE - Ayar appeared yesterday on 21290 between 16:00 and 18:00Z.

EP/RA6LGM - IRAN - Vic continues to show up on 12 and 10 meters SSB. WFWL.

EZ7ST - TURKMENISTAN - Nick was moving around on 20 meters SSB between 23:30Z yesterday and 01:30Z today. He was working all across the US.

FR5ZQ/G - GLORIOSO ISLAND - Look for Henri on 15 meters CW just before 05:00Z and on 14180 around 18:00Z.

TN2FB - CONGO - JA's found him on 24955 between 21:00 and 22:00Z. QSL via F3FB.

XQ0YAF - EASTER ISLAND - Another Henry who likes to show up on 28010 and 21010 around 23:00Z.

XU7AAO - CAMBODIA - Was found on 21241 just before 15:30Z. ______

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The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AN-006 EM1U 21007 1549 EU-057 DL4PM 21262 1029 AS-018 UA0FF 21255 0953 EU-072 SV8/DL8MCA 28460 0901 AS-018 UA0FDX 21000 2031 EU-082 U1ZA/A 18080 0004 AS-028 UA0QMU 18069 2223 EU-088 OZ/DL2RVL 18070 0700 AS-040 JH6TYD 14258 2036 EU-088 OZ/DL2VFR 14012 1519 AS-076 JA5EO 21230 0851 EU-128 DJ2MX/P 21011 2127 AS-083 RA9LI/9 14260 1516 NA-036 VE7FTM 21243 1721 EU-010 2S3JIJ 18146 0841 NA-036 VE7GDJ 21304 2045 EU-012 2S4CHX/M 14262 1416 NA-076 K2OLG/M 14258 1105 EU-016 9A2GF 14002 0601 NA-085 K2OLG/M 14260 2223 EU-023 9H1EU 7044 2148 NA-134 OX3LG 21260 2218 EU-048 TM0H 21260 0607 OC-148 YC9MKF 28470 1101

Marc, ON5FP, and Kristof, ON6NN, will operate from Re, Aix, Madam, Fort Enet, Fort Louvois and Oleron Islands from 21 July to 4 August. All of these islands are IOTA EU-032. QSL via ON4ADN via the bureau or direct to Geert Decru, St. Laurentiusstraat 18 8710 Wielsbeke, BELGIUM.

Toshi, JM1PXG, is planning to be active as JM1PXG/6 from the Daito Islands (AS-047) from 23 to 26 July. He will operate CW and some SSB on 10 through 40 meters. He will operate in the IOTA Contest. QSL via JM1PXG via the bureau or direct to Toshiyuki Saito, 3-10-3-204, Yoga, Setagaya, Tokyo 1580097, JAPAN.

Members of the Russian Radio Club Vologda headed by Mike, UA1QV, plan to operate in the IOTA Contest at the end of July from Solovetskie Islands (EU-066). They may use RF1O. QSL via Radio Club Vologda, P.O. Box 23, Vologda, 160035 RUSSIA.

Operators from the Irish EJ1D contest team will be active from the US Virgin Island St. Croix between 21 and 31 July. Look for them to be active on all bands with a concentration on the 12, 17 and 30 meter bands before and after the IOTA Contest. They will operate in the RSGB's IOTA Contest. For more details check out http://Jump.to/ej1d

IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 ______

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From End Prefix Call Ref ------18-May 18-May 4U1UN 4U1UN 3-81 18-May 31-May 5N 5N0MSV 3-58 18-May 31-May 8Q by DH5HV 3-42 18-May 30-Jun 9N 9N7RN 3-74 18-May 19-May DJ DJ2MX (EU-128) 3-81 18-May 19-May F TM0AC 3-69 18-May 4-Jun FR/G FR5ZQ/G 3-80 18-May 19-May FS FS/KH0Y 3-76 18-May 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH 3-4 3-2 2-229 18-May 2-Jun HS HS0ZCW 3-6 18-May 20-May JA JA6GXK (AS-056) 3-78 18-May 31-May JW JW4CJA (EU-027) 3-83 18-May 23-May LU L21DK L26EQV L27DP L28EEM 3-81 18-May 20-May OX OX3LG (NA-134) 3-82 18-May 22-May OZ OZ/DL2RVL OZ/DL2VFR (EU-088) 3-81 18-May 28-May SV9 SV9/GM3YOR 3-78 18-May 24-May VQ9 VQ9DX 3-11 18-May 18-May W K2OLG (NA-085) 3-78 18-May 22-May YO YO/F6AJA 3-79 18-May 18-May 6O1Z 6O0X 3-81 ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for May 16, 1999 was 151.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for May 17, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------17-May-1999 21 145 2 2 Moderate/Quiet;Low-Mod/Quiet 17-May-1999 18 152 4 1 Moderate/Quiet;Low-Mod/Quiet 17-May-1999 15 152 4 1 Moderate/Quiet;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unsettled 17-May-1999 12 152 4 2 Moderate/Quiet;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unsettled 17-May-1999 09 152 4 0 Moderate/Quiet;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unsettled 17-May-1999 06 152 4 0 Moderate/Quiet;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unsettled 17-May-1999 03 152 4 0 Moderate/Quiet;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unsettled 17-May-1999 00 152 4 0 Moderate/Quiet;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unsettled

The forecast for Tuesday, 18 May: solar flux 145, A index 12, K index 3. Tuesday should be High Normal.

The forecast for Wednesday, 19 May: solar flux 140, A index 10, K index 2. Wednesday should be High Normal.

Perhaps the most useful propagation page for Amateur Radio Operators. http://dx.qsl.net/propagation/

Solar images of the sun received for 18 May, 1999. http://www.sel.noaa.gov/solar_images/1999_05/1999_05_18.html

Grey line map http://www.spiritweb.org/cgi/sunclock.cgi ______

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Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------2S0AZC GM0AZC EK6LP IK2DUW L34DX LU9EQ A41KJ N5FTR EV8DP IK5BHN L36EQG LW6EQG A61AD N1DG HI3HN DH2JD SV9/GM3YOR GM3YOR AX2ITU VK2PS L25FC LU7FOJ T93Y W6MD AX3ITU VK3DYL L27DIR LU7DIR UK8GK RW6HS CO8LY EA7ADH L28EEM F6FNU UR4WWT WR3L E44/OZ6ACD OZ1ACB

4U1UN - United Nations, Box 3873, New York, New York 10017, USA

QSL cards recently received direct: 3B8CF, 5T5WW, 9M6CT, 9V1RH, E30MA, EA9EA, HB0/IN3IKF/P, HK3JJH/0M, HS0/G4JMB, JD1AMA, OJ0VR, XU7AAN ______

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Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: EI4FBB, IOTW, JI6KVR, KA1CSL, K9AW/DU6, KH6BZF Reports, N2JTX, N4PQX, N5CQ, NOAA, OPDX, The 59(9) DX Report, VE9DX, W2GE, W2YR, W4DR, W5OZI, W7IAN, WN3VAW, YS1/KE4LWT ______

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Sam, V63KU, will be leaving Truk Lagoon by the end of June, 1999. His P.O. Box will be closed at that time. QSL requests after that time should go via JA6NL via the JARL bureau.

RTTY DXers should look for Abdollah, EP2FM, to be active this Friday (21 May) on 14085 at 02:00Z on RTTY. QSL direct (see below).

Ron, VQ9DX/AA5DX, is expected to go QRT from Diego Garcia on 26 May. Until then he will be active on CW, the WARC bands and 160 meters. On 27 May he will then head on to Singapore. QSL via AA5DX.

Alaskan Multi-Multi station WL7E will once again be on the air during the CQ WPX CW Contest on 29 and 30 May. They will be defending their North American record.

Denmark club call 5P1ER will be active during the CQ WPX CW Contest by Jorgen, OZ8AE. All QSOs will be confirmed via the bureau.

Dieter, DL9GDB, plans to operate as 9H3UT from Comino Island, Malta from 22 May to 3 June. QSL via DL9GDB or send e-mail to for bureau QSL.

Look for John, K2ZJ, to be active from Chinese club station BY1QH from 26 June to 4 July. He plans to be on 10 through 40 meters with an emphasis on 12, 17 and 30 meters.

Pertti, OH2PM, will operate the CQ WPX CW Contest from the Beijing Chayong Activity Center Radio Club station BY1DX. QSL via OH2BH.

During the CQ WPX CW Contest next weekend the Italian Western Riviera DX Club will activate II1R as a multi op. QSL via I1NVU.

A group of mostly G's, including G4VGO, plan to operate from Micronesia (V6) from mid-February to first few days of March. They will be active on the low bands. More later on this one. ______

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4U1UN - UNITED NATIONS HQ NEW YORK - Mats, SM7PKK, and Peter, ON6TT, appear to have wrapped up their operation.

8Q7EM - MALDIVES - Johan is here on his honeymoon. Yesterday he came up on 14190 just after 17:00Z. QSL via DH5HV.

A61AJ - UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - Ali was testing out his station on 14200 around 17:15Z. QSL via W3UR.

E41/OK1DTP - PALESTINE - Europeans found David on 18072 between 16:00 and 17:00Z.

EP/RA6LGM - IRAN - Guys this one is looking more and more like a pirate operation. Hold on to your $ and QSL requests.

FR5ZQ/G - GLORIOSO - Henry was reported on 28500 just before 16:00Z and later on 14180 on a list around 18:00Z. Rumor has it that he may show up again on 14180 at 18:00Z for another list.

TN2FB - CONGO - Francois says he will be here until 24 May then he will head back home. Plans are to come back later in the year. QSL via F3NB.

V85GA - BRUNEI - Gerald came up on 14195 around 22:30Z. ______

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The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AS-013 8Q7EM 14190 1715 EU-088 OZ/DL2RVL 10106 1851 AS-028 UA0QMU 14257 0457 EU-088 OZ/DL2VFR 21009 1331 AS-076 JA5EO 21217 0845 NA-057 AH6PN/HR6 14195 2202 AS-077 JI6KVR 21263 0822 NA-085 K2OLG/M 14260 1051 EU-010 2S3JIJ 14247 0909 NA-142 K2OLG/M 14259 2114 EU-012 GM0CHX/M 14258 1111 OC-067 FO5NL 14123 0711 EU-017 ID9/DL6RBB 14257 2043 OC-075 YC5YAS 21260 1737 EU-021 TF8GX 14260 2259 OC-143 YC5VYH 21277 1704 EU-052 SV8CKM 50134 1155 OC-143 YC6HDF 21207 1742 EU-057 DL2NOH/P 14257 0612 OC-210 YC8RRK 21317 1522 EU-072 SV8/DL8MCA 14258 1531

Bert, PA3GIO, plans to operate from three of the four IOTA Corsica islands between 3 and 12 June. First from Lavezzi Island (EU-164) from 3 to 7 June. Then from 9 to 12 June he will operate from Grande Sanguinaire Island (EU-104) and Corsica (EU-014). QSL via PA3GIO.

Canadian Amateur Radio Operators VE7TLL, VE7QCR, VE7EDZ, VE7KDU and VE7GKH have received permission to use VD7D during the 1999 IOTA contest DXPEDITION to Dundas Island (NA-118). They will be on the island from 22 to 26 July and will use their home calls/portable before and after the contest. Initially VE7ISL/P will be used to activate Dundas Island as a new Canadian Island for the Canadian Islands Award Program. VD7D is a special call to celebrate the 225th anniversary of the first European contact with Queen Charlotte Islands by Juan Perez and his ship the Santiago in 1774. QSL VD7D and VE7ISL/P via VE7TLL, all others via their home calls.

A team from the Framingham Amateur Radio Association led by Steve Rosenthal, AA1IZ, plans to work this year's Islands On The Air (IOTA) contest from George's Island (NA-148), Suffolk County, Mass. QSL via AA1IZ.

IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 ______

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From End Prefix Call Ref ------19-May 31-May 5N 5N0MSV 3-58 19-May 31-May 8Q 8Q7EM 3-42 19-May 30-Jun 9N 9N7RN 3-74 19-May 19-May DJ DJ2MX (EU-128) 3-81 19-May 19-May F TM0AC 3-69 19-May 4-Jun FR/G FR5ZQ/G 3-80 19-May 19-May FS FS/KH0Y 3-76 19-May 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH 3-4 3-2 2-229 19-May 2-Jun HS HS0ZCW 3-6 19-May 23-May I 6 Italians (EU-028) 3-69 19-May 20-May JA JA6GXK (AS-056) 3-78 19-May 31-May JW JW4CJA (EU-027) 3-83 19-May 23-May LU L21DK L26EQV L27DP L28EEM 3-81 19-May 20-May OX OX3LG (NA-134) 3-82 19-May 22-May OZ OZ/DL2RVL OZ/DL2VFR (EU-088) 3-81 19-May 28-May SV9 SV9/GM3YOR 3-78 19-May 21-May V4 V4 by JA1WSX 3-76 19-May 24-May VQ9 VQ9DX 3-11 19-May 19-May W K2OLG (NA-142) 3-78 19-May 22-May YO YO/F6AJA 3-79 ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for May 17, 1999 was 148.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for May 18, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------18-May-1999 21 141 22 4 Moderate/Quiet-Active;Low-Mod/Unset-Act 18-May-1999 18 145 2 3 Moderate/Quiet-Active;Low-Mod/Unset-Act 18-May-1999 15 145 2 3 Moderate/Quiet-Active;Low-Mod/Unset-Act 18-May-1999 12 145 2 4 Moderate/Quiet-Active;Low-Mod/Unset-Act 18-May-1999 09 145 2 4 Moderate/Quiet-Active;Low-Mod/Unset-Act 18-May-1999 06 145 2 4 Moderate/Quiet-Active;Low-Mod/Unset-Act 18-May-1999 03 145 2 4 Moderate/Quiet-Active;Low-Mod/Unset-Act 18-May-1999 00 145 2 1 Moderate/Quiet;Low-Moderate/Quiet

The forecast for Wednesday, 19 May: solar flux 140, A index 20, K index 2. Wednesday should be Low Normal.

The forecast for Thursday, 20 May: solar flux 135, A index 12, K index 2. Thursday should be High Normal.

Perhaps the most useful propagation page for Amateur Radio Operators. http://dx.qsl.net/propagation/

Solar images of the sun received for 19 May, 1999. http://www.sel.noaa.gov/solar_images/1999_05/1999_05_19.html

Grey line map http://www.spiritweb.org/cgi/sunclock.cgi ______

QSL Info ______

Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------2S3JDR GM3JDR L25CB LU4AA L29AY NU4N 8Q7EM DH5HV L25DV F6FNU T94DO DJ2MX A61AJ W3UR L25FF LU5FF

CN8OR - P.O. Box 2035, Rad 10103, Rabat, MOROCCO EP2FM - Abdollah Sadjadian, 36 Hayamanesh Dabestan St., Resalat Hiway 16316, Tehran, IRAN OH0JTU - Enroth Johan, Neptunigatan 35 A, 22100 Mariehamn, Aland Island, FINLAND RZ9MYL - Box 1742, Omsk 644043, RUSSIA SU3FM - Fahmy, P.O. Box 777, Port Said 42111, EGYPT SV2AEL - Savas Pavlidis, P.O. Box 22013, Thessaloniki - 55310, GREECE VE7TLL - Terry Mitchell, P.O. Box 9, Tlell, BC V0T 1Y0, CANADA YB0ZDD - Club Station ORARI Lokal Pasar Minggu, P.O. Box 7257/JKSPM, Jakarta 12072, INDONESIA YC0MZI - Muhamad Zaini, P.O. Box 7257 / JKSPM, Jakarta 12072, INDONESIA

Savas, SV2AEL, is QSL manager for the following stations: SW2A (CQWPX99), J48ISL (IOTA Contest), 4L4KK (After 94), SV2BBD, SV2AEL/SV3 and SX2T.

Some 4,000 FT5ZH QSL cards have been mailed and another 4,000 are expected to be in the mail within one or two weeks.

Fred's, K3ZO, reports "the Malaysian QSL Bureau (MARTS) does not routinely forward QSLs for 9M6 and 9M8 hams to them. Therefore, the 9M8's have set up their own QSL Bureau at: P.O. Box 1660, Kuching 93734, MALAYSIA."

QSL cards recently received direct: 5A1A, 6D2X, FT5ZH ______

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The new home page of the IRC #CQDX Chat channel (with realtime spots from DX Summit) is now at http://dx.qsl.net/cqdx. The new page includes a java based IRC applet which you can try out if you have been curious about #CQDX, but did not want to download and install any software.

Logs for J48ISL contacts are now available at http://www.qsl.net/sv2ael/ ______

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Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: DL2MIH, EP2FM, F5NOD, G4VGO, Go List, K1XN, K3ZO, KC1YR, KH6BZF Reports, KO4RR, N5PE, N6RT, NE8Z, NOAA, OH1BOI, SV2AEL, VE7TLL, W7IAN, WA1S, YC0MZI ______

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In a letter from Monk Apollo, SV2ASP/A, from Mount Athos he informs he is an Orthodox monk who was originally licensed in 1988. His first QSO was in February of 1990. Free time is very scarce but when on the air he knows many need this semi-rare country for DXCC. To date more than 26,500 QSOs have been made on all bands and modes. Throughout the years DXCC, WAS, WAZ and CQ-USA awards were obtained merely by receiving QSL cards which were not requested. The monk's station is very moderate, consisting of an Icom IC-750A (50 watts), Cushcraft A3WS beam, Cushcraft AP8A vertical, and dipoles for 40, 80 and 160 meters. There's no electrical power on Mount Athos so his station is powered by batteries which are charged with solar panels.

Many people have been questioning the recent EP/RA6LGM operation. Abdollah, EP2FM, called the Iranian authorities and says "No station RA6 or any other foreign has been licensed to operate from Iran. They may not even be located in Iran." Work it first and worry later but do not send for the QSL card yet. More news is expected soon.

Dieter, DL9GDB, is currently on the island of Comino and operating as 9H3UT until 3 June. QSL via DL9GDB either through the DARC bureau or direct to Dieter Brachmann, Kolumbusring 56, 18106 Rostock, GERMANY. ______

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3B9FR - RODRIGUEZ ISLAND - Robert was working all across the US on 7007 around 02:30Z. QSL direct.

4N1KT - YUGOSLAVIA - Tomislav can often be found on 20 meters SSB after 19:00Z. Remember US and UK stations are unable to send mail direct as the mail service has been temporary discontinued.

5A1A - LIBYA - West Coast DXers reported Abubaker on 21005 at 16:30Z.

C91AH - MOZAMBIQUE - Look for this semi-rare one on or near 21310 around 15:30Z.

FR5ZQ/G - GLORIOSO ISLAND - Henri was reported active Wednesday as follows:

GMT Frequency GMT Frequency ------03 14007 17 14180 11 21020 18 14180 15 28495 19 14180

FT5YG - ANTARCTICA - Philippe can often be found near 14130 between 06:30 and 07:30Z. QSL via F5LBL.

FT5ZJ - AMSTERDAM & ST. PAUL ISLANDS - European were working Michael on 7047 for several hours starting just before 18:00Z. QSL via F2YT.

TK/DL8NBH - CORSICA - Ann (YL) came up on 14013 around 04:00Z and was working West Coast US stations. ______

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The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AS-040 JH6TYD 14040 2051 EU-088 OZ/DL2RVL 14012 1610 AS-083 RA9LI/9 14258 1911 EU-088 OZ/DL2VFR 7011 2127 EU-004 ED6DIG 28492 2053 EU-132 SO1VOX 28023 1648 EU-015 SV9/DH3NB 28495 0843 EU-133 R1ASP 14258 0530 EU-016 9A4W 14260 1938 NA-138 K2OLG/M 14260 2142 EU-028 IA5/IK4GLV 14256 2130 NA-142 K2OLG/M 14260 1027 EU-028 IA5/IK4RUX 7075 1648 OC-021 YB2LAB 21267 1605 EU-057 DL5KUD 10102 1944 OC-088 YF7PT 21260 1523 EU-072 SV8/DL8MCA 14265 0533 OC-145 YC8YZ 21318 1446 EU-087 SM3TLG/3 14260 1901

Starting 1 June Carl, GW0VSW, will be on Zante Island (EU-052), Greece. Look for him to use SV8/GW0VSW with a IC-706 and 100 watts until 12 June. QSL via home call.

Don, MM/W9DC, will team up with GM3VLB as they operate from Fidra Island (EU-123) on 31 May. from 5 to 7 June Don will be active from EU-008.

Look for Harry, AA2WN, to be active occasionally throughout the summer from Kent Island (NA-140). He will be in his car running 100 watts. QSL via AA2WN.

Dan, VK8AN, will once again be on Troughton Island (OC-154) as VK8AN/6 between 2 and 16 June. He will be on the island for two weeks then off for two weeks each month until the end of the year. QSL via VK4AAR.

A group of operators from the Cockenzie & Port Seton ARC will operate 2A0CCC/P or MM0CCC/P from the Isle of Tiree (EU-008) during the IOTA Contest in late July. Operators include F5VBU, GM7OLQ, GM0CLN, GM0HLK, GM0NTL, MM1AVA, MM1CPP, MM0CCC and possibly others.

IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 ______

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From End Prefix Call Ref ------20-May 31-May 5N 5N0MSV 3-58 20-May 31-May 8Q 8Q7EM 3-42 20-May 30-Jun 9N 9N7RN 3-74 20-May 4-Jun FR/G FR5ZQ/G 3-80 20-May 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH 3-4 3-2 2-229 20-May 26-May GD MD0BPI 3-85 3-63 20-May 2-Jun HS HS0ZCW 3-6 20-May 23-May I 6 Italians (EU-028) 3-69 20-May 20-May JA JA6GXK (AS-056) 3-78 20-May 31-May JW JW4CJA (EU-027) 3-83 20-May 23-May LU L21DK L26EQV L27DP L28EEM 3-81 20-May 20-May OX OX3LG (NA-134) 3-82 20-May 22-May OZ OZ/DL2RVL OZ/DL2VFR (EU-088) 3-81 20-May 28-May SV9 SV9/GM3YOR 3-78 20-May 25-May TK TK/OE5XVL (EU-014) 3-84 20-May 21-May V4 V4 by JA1WSX 3-76 20-May 26-May VQ9 VQ9DX 3-86 3-11 20-May 22-May YO YO/F6AJA 3-79 ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for May 18, 1999 was 129.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for May 19, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------19-May-1999 21 141 22 3 Low/Quiet-Active;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 19-May-1999 18 141 22 2 Low/Quiet-Active;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 19-May-1999 15 141 22 2 Low/Quiet-Active;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 19-May-1999 12 141 22 2 Low/Quiet-Active;Low-Mod/Unset-Active 19-May-1999 09 141 22 2 Low/Quiet-Active;Low-Mod/Unset-Active 19-May-1999 06 141 22 3 Low/Unset-Active;Low-Mod/Unset-Active 19-May-1999 03 141 22 3 Low/Unset-Active;Low-Mod/Unset-Active 19-May-1999 00 141 22 3 Mod/Unset-Active;Low-Mod/Unset-Active

The forecast for Thursday, 20 May: solar flux 135, A index 12, K index 3. Thursday should be High Normal.

The forecast for Friday, 21 May: solar flux 135, A index 10, K index 2. Friday should be High Normal.

Perhaps the most useful propagation page for Amateur Radio Operators. http://dx.qsl.net/propagation/

Solar images of the sun received for 20 May, 1999. http://www.sel.noaa.gov/solar_images/1999_05/1999_05_20.html

Grey line map http://www.spiritweb.org/cgi/sunclock.cgi ______

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Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------3DA0CA W4DR HZ1AB K8PYD TA3DD KB2MS 5Z4GS WB2YQH R1AND RW1AI YB0YUF YB0RX ED6DIG DL1KBQ SO1VOX DL7VOX

John, K8YSE, reported to OPDX that the QSL cards for FO0PAP and FO0MAC have finally been printed and should start to go out this week.

CORRECTION - Volume 3 Number 86 issue of The Daily DX had the incorrect QSL manager for TN2FB. The correct QSL manager for TN2FB is F3FB, not F3NB.

QSL cards recently received direct: 4U1UN, E44DX, EA9EA, FT5ZH, SV2ASP/A, TR8IG, VK6EWI (OC-170), YK1AO, ZC4ATC ______

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Logs for FO0AWI (Marquesas, January 1999 and Australs, February 1999) are now online at http://dx.qsl.net/logs. ______

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Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 425 DX News, EP2FM, G3PMR, JA1ADN, KH6BZF Reports, KW4MM, N2QT, N5CQ, N6RT, NOAA, OPDX, SV2ASP, W2GE, W2GG, W7JEN, WA2VUY ______

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Disappointed about missing Martti Laine last month from North Korea? Members of the Inchon branch of the KARL will be active today through 25 May as HL0IHQ/2. The group will be operating from Paek-Nyong Island (AS-122), a military area, located in the most northern part of South Korea. The group will be active with 4 HF and 2 VHF rigs on 2, 10, 15, 20, 40 and 80 meters SSB, CW and FM. Keep an ear on the IOTA frequencies.

Jean-Claude, TR8XX, will lead Alain, TR8CA, and Christian, TR8SA, to Corisco Island, Equatorial Guinea starting Saturday. This will be the first operation from this island and a new IOTA reference will be assigned. They will use 3C8XX on all bands from 6 to 160 meters on CW and SSB. QSL via TR8XX.

Rob, ND3A, plans to operate the CQ WPX Contest from the island of Maui in the Hawaiian Islands. Look for WH7Q to be single-op on all bands.

A six man team is expected to hit St. Paul Island on Sunday. Once on the island they will setup to operate the CQ WPX CW Contest next weekend as CY9RT. Look for them to be testing their antennas and equipment on all bands CW and SSB before the contest. Operators include K4LT, K8RF, W6BSY, AC8W, W6RGG and K8DD. They will remain on the island until 31 May.

Look for Tom, K7ZZ to start up on Sunday from Kwajalein as V73ZZ. He plans to be active on all bands except 160 meters until 2 June. SSB is expected before and after the CQ WPX Contest. ______

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5V7FA - TOGO - Check 10 meters SSB (28495 ) after 15:00Z for Mark. He can also be found on 15 meters SSB (21295 ) around 18:00Z. QSL via F6FNU.

CE0ZAM - JUAN FERNANDEZ - John was working all across the US and Europe just before 23:00Z on 18145.

EP2FM - IRAN - As expected Abdollah showed up on 14085 just prior to 02:00Z.

FO5JR - FRENCH POLYNESIA - Check 21010 and 14010 around 04:00Z daily for Albert.

FR5ZQ/G - GLORIOSO - Henri came up today on 21210 at 05:00Z. He was working stations from all across the US and Europe.

P29CC - PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Chip likes to hang out on 28483 from 22:00 to 00:00Z. QSL via K1WY.

ST2SA - SUDAN - Dr. Sid can usually be found on Fridays at 05:00Z on 14200 or near 14250. He was there today. QSL direct. ______

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The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AF-004 EA8/DK4KL 21005 1917 EU-029 OZ/DH4BAZ 14088 1944 AF-011 FR5ZQ/G 14180 1819 EU-033 LA4MQ 14255 0649 AS-018 UA0FF 21260 2216 EU-072 SV8/DL8MCA 21310 1450 AS-024 JS6PMR 7008 1327 EU-088 OZ/DL2RVL 7013 2052 AS-028 UA0QMU 14018 1441 EU-088 OZ/DL2VFR 10109 1952 AS-040 JH6TYD 14257 2110 EU-089 CU9AC 14260 2143 EU-010 2S3JIJ 14247 1053 EU-132 SO1VOX 7013 2227 EU-015 SV9/DH3NB 21325 1931 NA-091 VE7/GM3VLB 14260 0457 EU-017 ID9/DL6RBB 14260 0852 NA-138 K2OLG 14260 1032 EU-023 9H4CM 14245 0737 OC-075 YC5TA 21260 1634 EU-027 JW4CJA 14260 2009 OC-210 YC8RRK 21317 1603 EU-028 IA5/IK4JPR 10104 1956 OC-210 YC8TXW 21001 1438 EU-028 IA5/IK4RUX 7062 1335 SA-005 CE0ZAM 18155 2317

Joe, JA4PXE, will operate from Yashiro Island (AS-117) from 24 to 26 June. Look for him on 40 and 6 meters SSB and CW. He will also operate from this island during the IOTA Contest on 24 and 25 July. QSL via JA4PXE.

IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 ______

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From End Prefix Call Ref ------21-May 21-May V4 V47/KH0Y 3-76 21-May 22-May OZ OZ/DL2RVL OZ/DL2VFR (EU-088) 3-81 21-May 22-May W WF1N W1DIG (NA-136) 3-71 21-May 22-May YO YO/F6AJA 3-79 21-May 23-May I 6 Italians (EU-028) 3-69 21-May 23-May LU L21DK L26EQV L27DP L28EEM 3-81 21-May 24-May W AE4WK (NA-069) 3-74 21-May 25-May HL HL0IHQ/2 (AS-122) 3-84 3-57 21-May 25-May TK TK/OE5XVL (EU-014) 3-84 21-May 26-May GD MD0BPI 3-85 3-63 21-May 26-May VQ9 VQ9DX 3-86 3-11 21-May 28-May SV9 SV9/GM3YOR 3-78 21-May 31-May 5N 5N0MSV 3-58 21-May 31-May 8Q 8Q7EM 3-42 21-May 31-May JW JW4CJA (EU-027) 3-83 21-May 2-Jun HS HS0ZCW 3-6 21-May 3-Jun 9H 9H3UT 3-87 21-May 4-Jun FR/G FR5ZQ/G 3-80 21-May 30-Jun 9N 9N7RN 3-74 21-May 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH 3-4 3-2 2-229 22-May 23-May W WC6DX (NA-144) 3-83 22-May 24-May F F5KAC (EU-105) 3-82 22-May 27-May F F6KOP/P (EU-068) 3-42 22-May 30-May 3C 3C8XX (AF-NEW) 3-67 3-65 22-May 3-Jun 9H 9H3UT 3-86 23-May 31-May CY9 CY9RF (NA-094) 3-82 3-70 23-May 2-Jun V7 V73ZZ 3-75 23-May 6-Jun F TM0AI 3-79 ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for May 19, 1999 was 120.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for May 20, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------20-May-1999 21 143 10 2 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 20-May-1999 18 142 21 2 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 20-May-1999 15 142 11 3 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 20-May-1999 12 142 11 3 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 20-May-1999 09 142 11 2 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 20-May-1999 06 142 11 2 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 20-May-1999 03 142 11 2 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 20-May-1999 00 141 11 3 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Unsettled

The forecast for Friday, 21 May: solar flux 140, A index 8, K index 3. Friday should be High Normal.

The forecast for Saturday, 22 May: solar flux 140, A index 8, K index 3. Saturday should be High Normal.

The forecast for Sunday, 23 May: solar flux 140, A index 10, K index 3. Sunday should be High Normal.

Perhaps the most useful propagation page for Amateur Radio Operators. http://dx.qsl.net/propagation/

Solar images of the sun received for 21 May, 1999. http://www.sel.noaa.gov/solar_images/1999_05/1999_05_21.html

Grey line map http://www.spiritweb.org/cgi/sunclock.cgi ______

QSL Info ______

Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------2C3SFC GW3SFC D2GG CT1GG VP9LR K1EFI 5B4ADA 9A2AJ TJ1PD N5DRV YC6HDF IK0ZKK CP6XE IK6SNR UE1QFF RA1QQ ZA1A HB9BGN CV8AM CX2ABC V47/KH0Y JA1WSX

Z21KQ - Vladimir, P.O. Box 2377, Harare, ZIMBABWE

QSL cards recently received direct: 5A1A, BV9AYA (AS-103), E44/HA1AG, EL2WW, FO0EEN, FT5ZH ______

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Credits ______

Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: G3PMR, JI6KVR, K2YOF, K3SX, KH6BZF Reports, N6RT, NOAA, W2UP, W5OZI, W7IAN, WA8AA ______

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Seiji, JH6RTO, will be QRV from Guam as AH2/AH0R from 3 to 6 June. He will be active on 6 through 40 meters. QSL via JH6RTO, Seiji Fukushima, Hase 1182-2506, Atsugi 243-0036 JAPAN.

Ben, DL6FBL, will once again be active from Morocco during the CQ WPX CW Contest as CN8WW. He will leave Germany today and will be active before the contest testing out his antennas on all bands. After the contest there will be little or no activity as he must take down the antennas Monday and return Tuesday to Germany. During the contest feel free to call him on all bands. Outside of the contest only call him on bands that you have not worked him on. After this trip all logs will be merged and QSLs will go out for October-December, 1998 and March-May, 1999. QSL via DL6FBL.

Jim, KF8VX, and Cathie, KG8QL, announced their summer vacation/ DXpedition to St. Lucia from 19 to 26 June. Call signs are expected to be J6/KF8VX and J6/KG8QL. They will be active on SSB and RTTY on all bands based on propagation. QSL to home call or the W8 bureau.

Alain, F2HE, arrived in Tahiti, French Polynesia on 20 May and received FO0CLA. He is expected to be in Nuku Hiva, Marquesas Islands effective 23 May for about one month. Other islands that he hopes to visit include Tuamotu (OC-131) and Raiatea (OC-067). He will be in the French Polynesian islands through 13 August. Logs are expected to be at http://f2he.ifrance.com

Many have been asking where is ZS8D as he was expected to be on the air from Marion Island back in April. Chris, ZS6EZ, reports that Deryck, ZS6DE, is on the island and has set up most of his station, It seems that Deryck has not had the time or urgency to get on the air. He should be on the island until about May, 2000.

Look for Darrel, AB2E, and Brian, N3OC to be on Antigua from 26 to 31 May. During the CQ CW WPX Contest they will use V26E. Before and after the contest look for them to be active on 160 and 6 meters. Brian will use V26OC and Darrel will use V26E. QSL via home calls. ______

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3C2JJ - EQUATORIAL GUINEA - They were originally supposed to be 3C8XX. Over the weekend they were found on 10, 15, 20, and 30 meters CW and SSB. QSL via TR8XX.

5R8FU - MADAGASCAR - JA's should try around 3799 at 20:00Z for Ake. QSL via SM0DJZ.

5X1T - UGANDA - Peter is back from Dayton and 4U1UN. He was working West Coast US stations on 21287 on Sunday from 20:00 to 21:00Z. QSL via ON5NT.

BG - CHINA - The following Chinese novice stations were found just above 21400 on Friday and Saturday: BG2OC, BG4LT, BG4XAA, BG5QAD, BG6BC, BG7LR, BG7OH, BG8GK (Zone 23).

CY9 - ST. PAUL ISLAND - Rumor has it that members of the group were unable to enter Canada. We will try to find more info on this one.

E4/G3WQU - PALESTINE - Look for Peter during the weekends on CW on 10 through 17 meters between 08:00 and 12:00Z.

FR5ZQ/G - GLORIOSO - Henri continues to be most reliable on 21210 just before 05:00Z. Also 14180 just before 18:00Z, although this is a little bit messy. If you really need him keep an ear on 21210 and 21011 from 11:00 to 12:30Z as he sometimes shows up here.

K9AW/DU6 - PHILIPPINES - Gary was active on 14031 between 11:00 and 12:00Z on Saturday. QSL via WF5T.

OJ - MARKET REEF - Dennis, K7BV, expects to be here late Tuesday.

SV2ASP/A - MOUNT ATHOS - Monk Apollo showed up on a net on 14243 between 06:10 and 07:00Z on Saturday.

ZD9IL - TRISTAN DA CUHNA & GOUGH ISLANDS - Sunday around 13:20Z Ian came up on 28490. QSL via ZS5BBO.

ZS - SOUTH AFRICA - West Coast US stations reported working ZS6AK and ZS6ME on 10 meters longpath between 07:00 and 07:30Z on Sunday. ______

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The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AF-004 ED6DIG 21277 2102 EU-083 IK8PGM/1 14260 1247 AF-082 3C2JJ 28460 1723 EU-105 F5KAC/P 14260 1601 AS-014 A45XJ 14184 1417 EU-121 EJ3HB 14262 0941 AS-018 UA0FAI 21014 0752 EU-125 OZ/DL1AZZ 21258 1009 AS-018 UA0FDX 14027 2030 EU-125 OZ1RDP 7060 2141 AS-028 UA0QBA 21224 1017 EU-128 DL8ABO/M 14264 1924 AS-122 HL0IHQ/2 21236 1246 EU-132 SO1VOX 14022 1908 EU-003 CU3BL 14256 1034 EU-136 9A6DCR 7063 0931 EU-009 2S0HTG 14258 1509 NA-031 AA1AC 14258 1403 EU-015 SV9/GM3YOR 24902 1041 NA-065 N6FD/7 7040 0506 EU-028 IA5/IK8IOP 14221 0547 NA-105 FS5PL 21260 2218 EU-037 SM7CRW 21258 2146 NA-128 VE2DDK 14127 2038 EU-042 DK8OL 14256 0941 NA-136 W1DIG 14260 0343 EU-049 SV8CRI 18140 0813 NA-136 WF1N 21256 1803 EU-049 SV8DTD 28490 1018 NA-143 K5IU 14041 0351 EU-057 DL0EKO/P 14252 1107 NA-144 WC6DX 14260 1402 EU-057 DL1CC/P 14260 2024 OC-006 VK7CW 18069 0521 EU-060 SV1/I2YYO 14262 1529 OC-129 DU7/KB2FB 21260 0702 EU-064 F9IE 24891 1537 OC-129 KB2FB/DU7 14260 0906 EU-068 TM5S 14263 1037 OC-169 A35RK 21033 0233 EU-083 IK2DUW/1 7062 1207 OC-210 YC8TXW 21002 0210 EU-083 IK2GPQ/1 18145 1306 SA-008 L21XSI 28040 1509

Yuki, JI6KVR, and Choi, HL5FUA, plan to be on the air from the Ullung-Do meteteorological observatory on Ullung Island (AS-045) from 17 to 21 June. They will be staying in a tent at a military base located 290 meters above sea level. Look for them to use HL5/JI6KVR and HL5FUA.

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-May 24-May W AE4WK (NA-069) 3-74 24-May 24-May F F5KAC (EU-105) 3-82 24-May 25-May HL HL0IHQ/2 (AS-122) 3-84 3-57 24-May 25-May TK TK/OE5XVL (EU-014) 3-84 24-May 26-May GD MD0BPI 3-85 3-63 24-May 26-May VQ9 VQ9DX 3-86 3-11 24-May 27-May F F6KOP/P (EU-068) 3-42 24-May 28-May SV9 SV9/GM3YOR 3-78 24-May 30-May 3C 3C2JJ (AF-082) 3-67 3-65 24-May 30-May OH0 OH0Z 3-68 24-May 31-May 5N 5N0MSV 3-58 24-May 31-May 8Q 8Q7EM 3-42 24-May 31-May CY9 CY9RF (NA-094) 3-82 3-70 24-May 31-May JW JW4CJA (EU-027) 3-83 24-May 31-May SV9 OH0M OH3LQK OH9MM 3-85 24-May 1-Jun VP5 VP5/N2GA VP5/K2DO 3-33 24-May 2-Jun HS HS0ZCW 3-6 24-May 2-Jun V7 V73ZZ 3-75 24-May 3-Jun 9H 9H3UT 3-87 3-86 24-May 4-Jun FR/G FR5ZQ/G 3-80 24-May 6-Jun F TM0AI 3-79 24-May 30-Jun 9N 9N7RN 3-74 24-May 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH 3-4 3-2 2-229 25-May 28-May OJ0 OJ0/K7BV OJ0U OJ0/OH1VR 25-May 30-May KP2 KP2/N5TJ WP2Z 3-59 26-May 31-May V2 V26E V26OC 3-53 26-May 2-Jun HC8 HC8N 3-72 27-May 27-Jun FO/M FO/F2HE (OC-027) 3-77 3-69 28-May 30-May DU DX1S 3-83 28-May 4-Jun OH0 OH0/K7BV 29-May 30-May OE 4U1VIC 3-84 29-May 30-May 5A 5A1A 3-83 29-May 30-May OZ 5P1ER 3-86 29-May 30-May BY BY1DX 3-86 29-May 30-May CQ WPX CW Contest 29-May 30-May EA8 EA8/9A4KKI 3-53 29-May 30-May EA8 ED8PP (AF-004) 3-85 29-May 30-May GM GM3WIL GM0SEI GM0DEQ (EU-108) 3-78 29-May 30-May DU K9AW/DU6 (OC-129) 3-85 29-May 30-May OH0 OH0Z 29-May 30-May 5B P3A 3-83 29-May 30-May VP5 VP5GA 3-33 29-May 30-May VE VY0RAC 3-79 29-May 30-May KH2 WH2/N2NL 3-80 29-May 30-May KH6 WH7Q 3-88 29-May 30-May KL7 WL7E 3-86 ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for May 22, 1999 was 121.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for May 23, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------23-May-1999 21 141 12 2 Low/Quiet-Active;Low/Unsettled 23-May-1999 18 140 4 3 Low/Quiet-Active;Low/Unsettled 23-May-1999 15 140 4 4 Low/Quiet-Active;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 23-May-1999 12 140 4 4 Low/Quiet-Active;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 23-May-1999 09 140 4 2 Low/Quiet;Low/Quiet 23-May-1999 06 140 4 1 Low/Quiet;Low/Quiet 23-May-1999 03 140 4 2 Low/Quiet;Low/Quiet 23-May-1999 00 140 4 2 Low/Quiet;Low/Quiet

The forecast for Monday, 24 May: solar flux 145, A index 10, K index 2. Monday should be High Normal.

The forecast for Tuesday, 25 May: solar flux 145, A index 12, K index 3. Tuesday should be High Normal.

Perhaps the most useful propagation page for Amateur Radio Operators. http://dx.qsl.net/propagation/

Solar images of the sun received for 24 May, 1999. http://www.sel.noaa.gov/solar_images/1999_05/1999_05_24.html

Grey line map http://www.spiritweb.org/cgi/sunclock.cgi ______

QSL Info ______

Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------2C4BVJ GW4BVJ FG5FR F6FNU TA1FA TA1AL 2S0HTG GM0HTG FM5DN KU9C TK/OE5XVL OE5XVL 3C2JJ TR8XX FM5FJ KU9C TM1RCL F5TCM 6Y5WJ G0NAN HL0IHQ/2 HL0IHQ TM5S F6KOP 7X2RO OM3CGN HS0/JR3XMG JG3AVS TN7OT AL7OT 9G1MR IK3HHX LO8DA LU4DQ UN7VX IK2XYU A92GJ N1SHM MD0BPI N6TQS VP5KE N4KE BV5BG IK7JTF NH0E KH0EJ XE1L WA3HUP CQ8LE CT1EWA OH0NRV OH2NRV XE2Q KB5IPQ DU1/JA1HBC JA1NAQ OZ1RDP DL9BCP YR30AIR YO6KMB E41/OK1DTP OK1TD P29KPH K5YG YS1EJ W4GJ EJ3HB EI5GM SO1VOX DL7VOX ZD7VC ON4CAT EK7DX F5LGQ SV9/GM3YOR GM3YOR

BG4XAA - Box 37, Lianyungang, CHINA JW4CJA - Marit Gridseth, Magnus Blikstads vei 9, 1362 Hosle, Norway JW9FJA - Hjordis Dahle, Lonborglien 85, 5035 Bergen Sandviken, NORWAY SU3FM - Fahmy Misalam, P.O. Box 545, Port Said 42111, EGYPT

QSL cards recently received direct: 6V6U, 6W6JX, 7P8RP, FT5ZH, HK0/AA3KX, HK0/WB4ZNH, HK0F, HK3JJH/0M, P29WK, V63KU, V73UB, V85AA, XU7AAN, XZ1N ______

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Credits ______

Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: DL6FBL, F6LQJ, G3PMR, JH6RTO, JI6KVR, K3JGJ, K4IE, K4WW, K5KG, KB3AUG, KG8QL, KH6BZF Reports, N6RT, N7OJ, NOAA, ON4IZ, W3JJ, ZS6EZ ______

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Pierre, HB9QQ, plans to operate from Namibia as V5/HB9QQ from 28 May to 6 June. Look for him to be on CW and SSB on the following frequencies: 14010, 14345, 18080, 18140, 24910, 24940, 28010 and 28420. He should be active during his mornings and evenings. QSL via HB9QQ.

During this coming weekends CQ WPX CW Contest Alex, PY1KS, will operate as PW1S. Look for him to be all bands running low power. QSL via PY1KS either via the bureau or direct to P.O. Box 18123, Rio de Janeiro-RJ 20722-970, BRAZIL.

Rolf, SM5MX, is expected to be in Vietnam until 5 June. He plans to reactivate his XV7SW call sign from Hanoi and will be on for the CQ CW WPX Contest. QSL via SM3CXS.

Juan, CO8TW, says he will operate single op single band 10 meters in this weekend's CQ WPX CW Contest. He will be running low power (100 watts). QSL to Juan Carlos Veranes, P.O. Box 8, Santiago de Cuba CP 90100, CUBA.

Special event station 7S5F is currently active through the end of the year celebrating the 75th anniversary of the Falu Radio Club. QSL via SK4AO.

Several people have reported that the DXpedition to St. Paul Island (CY9) has been canceled. It was originally scheduled to take place from 23 to 31 May. Some of the operators were unable to enter Canada and the operators are on their way home. More details are expected upon their return. ______

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3C2JJ - EQUATORIAL GUINEA - Christian, Alain and Jean-Claude were reported active from Corisco Island (AF-082) as follows:

GMT Frequencies GMT Frequencies ------05 14260 13 21260 24950 28460 06 14164 14 21003 21260 07 18135 15 21260 24950 08 18135 16 24891 24950 09 21260 17 24891 10 21011 21260 18 18078 18135 11 21260 24950 19 18078 12 24950 20 18078

5X1T - UGANDA - Peter was heard on Friday saying he would be here for the next week. QSL via ON5NT.

3W7CW - VIETNAM - Continues to be active most days on 17 meters CW between 15:00 and 17:00Z.

AP2NK - PAKISTAN - Nasir shows up several times each week on 14022 around 02:30Z.

HZ1AB - SAUDI ARABIA - Paul was working all across the US on 18142 from 01:00 to 02:00Z. QSL via K8PYD.

XX9AS - MACAO - Look for Albert today on 24960 at 11:45Z. He has been showing up the last two days on 17 meters SSB around 11:00Z. Look for him to be leaving the country within the next few days but will return on 15 June. QSL via KU9C.

ZD9IL - TRISTAN DA CUNHA & GOUGH ISLANDS - Japanese DXers reported Ian on 24955 at 15:40Z. QSL via ZS5BBO. ______

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The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AF-082 3C2JJ 18078 1843 EU-028 IA5/IK8IOP 18140 1746 AS-028 UA0QMU 14263 1858 EU-072 SV8/DL8MCA 14266 1650 AS-079 JA5CKD/6 14033 1303 EU-082 U1ZA/A 14006 0156 AS-083 RA9LI/9 14260 0901 EU-084 SM5OIG 14021 0729 AS-083 UA0QJG/9 14022 1646 EU-105 F5KAC/P 7065 0733 EU-003 CU7DT 14244 2055 EU-107 F6FUM/P 14259 1603 EU-003 CU3BL 14260 1636 EU-124 2C0SLM 21261 1247 EU-004 ED6DIG 21260 2116 EU-125 OZ/DL1AZZ 14260 2245 EU-009 GM0HTT 18123 2036 EU-125 OZ/DL5ASE 18074 2123 EU-014 TK/OE5XVL 28492 1313 NA-027 VO1HE 21260 1823 EU-015 SV9/OH9MM 21003 1635 NA-036 VE7ZO 14010 0610 EU-021 TF8GX 14254 1312 OC-075 YC5TA 21245 1726 EU-023 9H4HM 18130 1743 OC-128 DU1IMA 21263 1639 EU-027 JW9FJA 14241 1807 OC-210 YC8RRK 21245 1655

The Island Radio Expedition Foundation (IREF) is now being formed to help activate rare island groups which would count for the Radio Society of Great Britain's IOTA award. This newly created foundation will have board members of IOTA enthusiasts from all over the world. The organization is seeking tax-exempt status is the US. For more information contact IREF, 118 Oak Ridge Drive, New Braunfels, Texas 78132, USA or e-mail to .

Martin, VE3MR/P49M, will operate PA9MR in the North Sea Coast South group (EU-146) starting 6 July. He will be there during the RSGB IOTA Contest. Look for him on SSB only.

Starting 1 June Jeff, G3LWN, will operate as 2S0PNS from Pabay Island (EU-008). He will be active on 10 through 160 meters until 4 June.

Look for Jenci, HA5FA, to be active as SV8/HA5FA/P from Corfu Island (EU-052), Greece from 27 May to 2 June. QSL via HA5FA.

IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 ______

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From End Prefix Call Ref ------25-May 30-May 3C 3C2JJ (AF-082) 3-67 3-65 25-May 31-May 5N 5N0MSV 3-58 25-May 31-May 8Q 8Q7EM 3-42 25-May 3-Jun 9H 9H3UT 3-87 3-86 25-May 30-Jun 9N 9N7RN 3-74 25-May 31-May CY9 CY9RF (NA-094) 3-82 3-70 25-May 27-May F F6KOP/P (EU-068) 3-42 25-May 6-Jun F TM0AI 3-79 25-May 27-Jun FO/M FO0CLA (OC-027) 3-89 3-77 25-May 4-Jun FR/G FR5ZQ/G 3-80 25-May 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH 3-4 3-2 2-229 25-May 26-May GD MD0BPI 3-85 3-63 25-May 25-May HL HL0IHQ/2 (AS-122) 3-84 3-57 25-May 2-Jun HS HS0ZCW 3-6 25-May 31-May JW JW4CJA (EU-027) 3-83 25-May 30-May KP2 KP2/N5TJ WP2Z 3-59 25-May 30-May OH0 OH0Z 3-68 25-May 28-May OJ0 OJ0/K7BV OJ0U OJ0/OH1VR 25-May 31-May SV9 OH0M OH3LQK OH9MM 3-85 25-May 28-May SV9 SV9/GM3YOR 3-78 25-May 25-May TK TK/OE5XVL (EU-014) 3-84 25-May 2-Jun V7 V73ZZ 3-75 25-May 1-Jun VP5 VP5/N2GA VP5/K2DO 3-33 25-May 26-May VQ9 VQ9DX 3-86 3-11

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Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for May 23, 1999 was 104.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for May 24, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------24-May-1999 21 137 13 2 Low/Quiet-Active;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 24-May-1999 18 141 12 3 Low/Quiet-Active;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 24-May-1999 15 141 12 3 Low/Quiet-Active;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 24-May-1999 12 141 12 3 Low/Quiet-Active;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 24-May-1999 09 141 12 2 Low/Quiet-Active;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 24-May-1999 06 141 12 4 Low/Quiet-Active;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 24-May-1999 03 141 12 3 Low/Quiet-Active;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 24-May-1999 00 141 12 1 Low/Quiet-Active;Low/Quiet-Unsettled

The forecast for Tuesday, 25 May: solar flux 140, A index 12, K index 3. Tuesday should be High Normal.

The forecast for Wednesday, 26 May: solar flux 145, A index 12, K index 4. Wednesday should be Low Normal.

Perhaps the most useful propagation page for Amateur Radio Operators. http://dx.qsl.net/propagation/

Solar images of the sun received for 25 May, 1999. http://www.sel.noaa.gov/solar_images/1999_05/1999_05_25.html

Grey line map http://www.spiritweb.org/cgi/sunclock.cgi ______

QSL Info ______

Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------2C0ANA GW0ANA ER200P ER1DA SV9/OH9MM/POH3LQK 2S0MUN GM0MUN EZ7ST UA9LM TA2FE KK3S 2S4AGL GM4AGL HC8N AA5BT TM0AIN F5JBR 3D2QB SM3CER RA0BY RW6HS TM1RCL F5TCM 4X3DIG 4Z5AX SV8/DL8MCA DL8MCA XX9AS KU9C CU7DT CU7AA

5H3RK - Ralph Karhammar, Box 9274, Dar es Salam, TANZANIA AP2NK - Nasir H. Khan, 30 Street 28, Shalimar F-6/1, Islamabad 44000, PAKISTAN HL0IHQ - P.O. Box 375, Naminchon 405-600, KOREA UA9LM - Eugene V. Pimenov P.O. Box 3554, Tyumen 625000, RUSSIA

Effective June 1, 1999, the mailing address of the KH6 QSL Bureau changes to: KH6QSL Bureau, P.O. Box 860788, Wahiawa, HI 96786-0788 The only difference is the box number. The old number will be accepted for one year, then forwarding will be closed.

Bill, W8WC, reports all of the VK9EHH QSL cards went into the mail today and that he will next work on the ZL4IR/P (OC-203) cards.

John, K1XN (ex WB4RRK), from the Go List says the he is not the QSL manager for 8P6AW. The correct address is Amateur Radio Society of Barbados, Box 814-E, Saint Michael, BARBADOS. For more information about the Go List visit http://www.itis.net/golist/

Gerhard, DL5AWI, says the proofs for the FO0AWI and FO0XUU DXpedition have been reviewed and the photo QSL cards should start to go out by the end of the month.

QSL cards recently received direct: AP2NK, E44/HA1AG, JH6TYD (AS-040) ______

On the WWW ______

VQ9CV logs through May 13, 1999 are now available at http://dx.qsl.net/logs ______

Credits ______

Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 425 DX News, AB5EB, CO8TW, DL5AWI, Go List, K1XN, KH6BZF Reports, KH7U, KU6J, N6RT, NH6GJ, NOAA, The 59(9) DX Report, VE3IRF, W5OZI ______

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Tony, EA5BY, reports the following good news:

"An international team of operators composed of Ramon, 3C1GS, Roberto, 3C1RV, Elmo, EA5BYP, and Vicente, EA5YN, are pleased to inform you that plans are now at an advanced stage for the early SEPTEMBER '99 DXpedition to Annobon Island. ALL the necessary permissions have been obtained, transport arranged and the logistics needed to put together an operation from this rare new one. The team will be joined by a PTT representative and will leave a complete station on the island. The call sign will be for sure 3C0R. The operation will last 10 days. 160 to 2 meters, CW-SSB-RTTY. More information will follow, and is available from any of the operators or via LYNX DX GROUP http://web.jet.es/lynx CLIPPERTON DX CLUB http://www.multimania.com/cdxc/

Annobon (Pagalu Island) ranks # 20 on the ARRL DXCC Most Wanted list. The last operation from this rare island was back in August, 1991, by a group of EA3's. Several groups have been trying to go to this one over the last few years but were unable to get through the many hassles.

Chris, ZS6EZ, relays the following from Deryck, ZS8D/ZS6DE: "I wish to apologize to all of those who have been waiting in anticipation for ZS8D to come onto the air. I am hopefully going to be on the air in the very near future. The key has been quiet as I have been very busy (excuses - excuses). Unfortunately I have to satisfy my employers, that sent me here in the first place and who are very particular about doing "my part". I have arranged to contact some HAM operators in order to test the best frequencies and to get myself "keyed in" (excuse the pun). For a while I will be on and off as I tackle my big projects."

The latest news on the St. Paul Island (CY9RF) DXpedition is that Dan, K8RF, and Doug, K4LT, left yesterday morning and were finally able to cross the Canadian border in VE3 land. The van carrying all the equipment was not allowed to cross the Maine/Canadian border late last week due to some unforseen reason. It now appears that only two operators will make the trip. Originally the goal was to operate multi-multi in the CQ WPX CW Contest this weekend. More than likely these guys will do a small multi-multi or multi-single effort if they get on the island in time for the contest. It is estimated they will be in Halifax sometime today. Then they will head on to St. Paul Island on Thursday. More details are expected.

Chip, W1AIM, will be operating from Grenada as J3/W1AIM from 27 May to 2 June. Look for him to be active on 6 through 20 meters. He will put an emphasis on 12 and 17 meters. QSL via W1AIM.

Cable News Networks (CNN) reported a Chinese fishing boat was sunk by a Philippine Navy ship, which was chasing it, this past Sunday. The boat was "accidentally sunk" near Scarborough Reef (BS7), which is located about 120 nautical miles west of the Philippines. The Navy ship BRP Rizal spotted three Chinese wooden hulled boats and was able to seize one of the boats. In the process of boarding the Chinese fishing boat ruff seas tossed it into the Navy ship causing it to sink immediately. This is not the first time this area has been in the news. In 1997 21 Chinese fishermen were arrested by Philippine authorities for illegally fishing. The Philippine Daily Inquirer has a slightly different story which can be found on the WWW at http://www.inquirer.net/issues/may99/may26/news/news_2.htm

The April/May 1997 BS7H DXpedition to Scarborough Reef was cut short after two Philippine Navy ships arrived a few days into the operation. Tim Totten, N4GN informed "It was ok for the P.R.C. ships to safely pass through the Philippine-claimed Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), but that they should not stop in any one place for a prolonged period of time." These events will definitely hamper future operations from this rare DX spot. Two operations have taken place which counted for DXCC. The first in the spring of 1995 which netted 13,154 QSOs and the spring of 1997 which accumulated some 12,000 QSOs. Scarborough Reef ranks # 2 on the ARRL's Most Wanted List. ______

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5Z4GS - KENYA - Graham is still waiting to hear from the Ugandan authorities about his license. He hopes to get 5X1GS and will operate from his mobile in a few weeks. QSL via WB2YQH.

FR5ZQ/G - GLORIOSO ISLAND - JA's reported Henri on 21261 at 15:30Z. He later showed up on 14180 just before 17:00Z for the normal list mess. Keep an ear on 21010 and 21210 just before 05:00 and between 11:00 and 14:00Z. QSL via FR5ZQ.

FT5ZJ - AMSTERDAM & ST. PAUL ISLANDS - Michael showed up yesterday on 28410 from 10:00 to 10:50Z working Europe and Japan. QSL via F2YT.

HC8N - GALAPAGOS ISLANDS - Look for them on 160 meters from about 09:00 to 12:00Z. QSL via AA5BT.

OJ0 - MARKET REEF - Seppo, OH0VR/OH1VR, and Dennis, OJ0/K7BV, are now on the air and will be installing more antennas today including 160 meters.

V73ZZ - MARSHALL ISLANDS - Look for Tom on 20 meters SSB starting about 04:00Z. QSL via K7ZZ.

ZS8D - MARION ISLAND & PRINCE EDWARD - Deryck was reported on 7058 Tuesday about 18:30Z. ______

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The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AF-002 FT5ZJ 28410 1029 EU-124 GW0HGN/P 18143 1425 AF-082 3C2JJ 21260 0803 EU-125 OZ/DH8WW 7068 1054 AS-079 JA5CKD/6 14033 1133 EU-125 OZ/DL1AZZ 14260 1824 EU-009 GM0HTT 18128 2041 EU-125 OZ/DL4AMK 14260 1954 EU-010 2S3JIJ 14255 1442 EU-125 OZ/DL5ASE 14006 2346 EU-023 9H4CM 14245 0518 EU-132 SO1VOX 14024 1637 EU-028 IA5/IK8IOP 18135 1912 EU-165 IM0MBP 14260 1445 EU-052 SV8EP 21230 1706 OC-028 V73ZZ 14249 0423 EU-068 TM5S 21265 0809 OC-137 VK4LV 24895 2329 EU-072 SV8/DL8MCA 14253 1647 OC-146 YB8BHC 14224 1246

IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 ______

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From End Prefix Call Ref ------26-May 30-May 3C 3C2JJ (AF-082) 3-67 3-65 26-May 5-Jun 3W XV7SW 3-90 26-May 31-May 5N 5N0MSV 3-58 26-May 31-May 8Q 8Q7EM 3-42 26-May 3-Jun 9H 9H3UT 3-87 3-86 26-May 30-Jun 9N 9N7RN 3-74 26-May 31-May CY9 CY9RF (NA-094) 3-91 3-90 3-82 26-May 27-May F F6KOP/P (EU-068) 3-42 26-May 6-Jun F TM0AI 3-79 26-May 27-Jun FO/M FO0CLA (OC-027) 3-89 3-77 26-May 4-Jun FR/G FR5ZQ/G 3-80 26-May 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH 3-4 3-2 2-229 26-May 26-May GD MD0BPI 3-85 3-63 26-May 2-Jun HC8 HC8N 3-72 26-May 2-Jun HS HS0ZCW 3-6 26-May 31-May JW JW4CJA (EU-027) 3-83 26-May 30-May KP2 KP2/N5TJ WP2Z 3-59 26-May 30-May OH0 OH0Z 3-68 26-May 28-May OJ0 OJ0/K7BV OJ0JR OJ0U OJ0VR 26-May 31-May SV9 OH0M OH3LQK OH9MM 3-85 26-May 28-May SV9 SV9/GM3YOR 3-78 26-May 31-May V2 V26E V26OC 3-89 3-53 26-May 2-Jun V7 V73ZZ 3-75 26-May 1-Jun VP5 VP5/N2GA VP5/K2DO 3-33 26-May 26-May VQ9 VQ9DX 3-86 3-11 ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for May 24, 1999 was 104.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for May 25, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------25-May-1999 21 143 16 2 Low/Quiet-Min Stm;Low/Unsettled 25-May-1999 18 137 14 2 Low/Quiet-Min Stm;Low/Unset-Active 25-May-1999 15 137 14 2 Low/Quiet-Min Stm;Low/Unset-Active 25-May-1999 12 137 14 4 Low/Quiet-Min Stm;Low/Unset-Active 25-May-1999 09 137 14 3 Low/Quiet-Min Stm;Low/Unset-Active 25-May-1999 06 137 14 3 Low/Quiet-Min Stm;Low/Unset-Active 25-May-1999 03 137 14 5 Low/Quiet-Min Stm;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 25-May-1999 00 137 14 3 Low/Quiet-Active;Low/Quiet-Unsettled

The forecast for Wednesday, 26 May: solar flux 145, A index 12, K index 3. Wednesday should be Above Normal.

The forecast for Thursday, 27 May: solar flux 145, A index 10, K index 2. Thursday should be Above Normal.

Perhaps the most useful propagation page for Amateur Radio Operators. http://dx.qsl.net/propagation/

Solar images of the sun received for 26 May, 1999. http://www.sel.noaa.gov/solar_images/1999_05/1999_05_26.html

Grey line map http://www.spiritweb.org/cgi/sunclock.cgi ______

QSL Info ______

Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------5B4/RZ3TX RZ3TX OJ0/K7BV KU9C V73ZZ K7ZZ 9H3XJ DL7JF OJ0VR OH1VR ZA1Z *HB9BGN EA9AU EA9IB SV9/OH7WW/P OH3LQK ZS8D ZS6EZ HC8N AA5BT

OH3LQK - Pertti Heikkil„, Kylm„korventie 11, FIN-37560 Kulju, FINLAND OH7WW - Pertti Heikkil„, Kylm„korventie 11, FIN-37560 Kulju, FINLAND

*HB9BGN is not the QSL manager for this station however he does collect the mail and forward it on to ZA1Z.

QSL cards recently received direct: E41/OK1DTP, E44/HA1AG, ER1OA, EL2WW, FO0EEN, FO0SIL, G3JYF, LZ0A, TF3DX, V63HO, VP2MHJ, XZ1N ______

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Tom Roscoe, K8CX, once again has posted his candid photos from the Dayton Hamvention on his Web site at http://paradox2010.com/dayton99/ ______

Credits ______

Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: AC8W, CNN, EA5BY, HP1AC, K8CX, KH6BZF Reports, NOAA, OH2BU, ON5NT, W1AIM, W2DEN, W3JJ, W7UG, W8LR, W9VNE, WB4KTC, ZS6EZ ______

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DX News ______

Starting 29 May Fred, SM7DAY will be on the island of Kalymnos in the Greek DODECANESE Islands (EU-001). Look for him on 20 and 17 meters CW QRP until 18 June. QSL via SM7DAY.

A special event station R200AP will be active on all bands and all modes from Pushkinskiye Gory (Pushkin Hills) from 5 to 7 June. They will be celebrating the 200th anniversary of the great Russian poet Alexander Pushkin. QSL via RA1WZ.

Al, K3VN, will be operating from Honduras (HR) during the next week. Look for him to be there for about one week on business and active in his spare time on the low bands as well as 12, 17 and 30 meters. QSL via K3VN.

Amateur Radio operators from Panama have been authorized to use special prefix 3F from 1 December, 1999 to 5 January, 2000 to celebrate the Panama Canal Reversion on 31 December. Cam, HP1AC, will use 3F1AC.

During this weekends CQ WPX CW Contest the following stations from Guam and Saipan plan to be active: WH2/N2NL, KH2D (10), WH0V, KH0CE, NH0E.

Jim, WP3A will operate this weekend in the CQ WPX CW Contest on 10 meters single band. Look for him between 28005-28050. QSL via W4DN.

Hardy, DC8TS/KC2DMA, will be on holiday, with his wife, on Sao Tome (S9) on 31 May. While on the island he hopes to obtain special permission to operate on the satellites. Look for him to be active from 16:00 to 20:00Z. QSL via DARC or direct to DC8TS. Those outside of Europe QSLing direct should include $2 US.

A group of Amateur Radio operators from the United Kingdom will be active from Palestine from 14 to 28 June. An emphasis will be on 6 meters. ______

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5R8FU - MADAGASCAR - Europeans, Japanese and stations from the Pacific Ocean reported working Ake on 3799 from 20:00 to 21:00Z. QSL via SM0DJZ.

5Z4GS - KENYA - Graham hopes to soon put up a sloper for North America and Europe on 80 meters. QSL via WB2YQH.

8P6CV - BARBADOS - Starting in June Stephen will be active with a 3 element yagi on 6 meters. QSL via KU9C.

BV4ME - TAIWAN - Chung came up on 18080 just before 16:00Z and stayed for well over an hour.

EP2FM - IRAN - Abdollah continues to show up like clock work on 20 meters RTTY just prior to 02:00Z.

ET3AA - ETHIOPIA - Yewib (YL) is 17 years old and was found on 21237 around 13:00Z.

ET3VSC - ETHIOPIA - Look for Claudio daily on 24893 or 24960 between 11:00 and 15:00Z.

FR5ZQ/G - GLORIOSO - Stateside and European stations continue to report Henri on 21210 just before 05:00Z. Check also near 21010 on CW between 11:00 and 13:00Z. IK2IQD says Henri will leave on 30 May.

OJ0 - MARKET REEF - Dennis, OJ0/K7BV, reports the 160 meter antenna is up, but very low. One of the Ops will try to look for stateside between 01:00 and sunrise (01:40Z). Check 1825. Passi and Seppo are the other two ops. OJ0VR is another call they are using. West Coast DXers reported nice signals on 20 meters CW around 03:30Z.

T22QO - PIRATE - Was on around 18:00Z on Sunday and giving QSL to K7ZO. Scott, K7ZO, knows nothing about this operation.

XQ0YAF - EASTER ISLAND - Henry can often be found on either 28010 or 21010 around 23:00Z.

YK1AO - SYRIA - Look for Omar on 20 meters RTTY between 17:00 and 18:00Z. ______

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The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AF-004 EA8AG 18150 1934 EU-053 OJ0/K7BV 14210 0755 AF-082 3C2JJ 14260 1558 EU-053 OJ0VR 18075 1346 AN-001 FT5YG 14128 0622 EU-055 LA2JX 14260 1031 AN-006 EM1U 14276 1503 EU-084 SM5OIG 18078 1445 AS-028 UA0QMH 18069 1448 EU-087 SM3TLG/3 14040 1859 AS-038 UA0KCL/0 14261 0100 EU-125 OZ/DL1AZZ 18145 1536 AS-079 JA5CKD/6 14012 1230 EU-125 OZ/DL5ASE 14014 1320 EU-003 CU3BL 14258 1640 NA-005 VP9LR 21297 1945 EU-008 2S3EEO/P 14260 1812 NA-065 N6FD/7 14260 0319 EU-016 9A2GF 14258 0456 NA-128 VE2DDK 14121 0028 EU-018 OY1CT 14023 0056 OC-146 YC8FMI 21256 1815 EU-028 IA5/DK5MY 14327 0822 OC-210 YC8RBC 21330 1747 EU-049 SV8CRI 14260 0416

Howie, K1VSJ, will operate from Martha's Vineyard (NA-046) from 28 May through August. Look for him to be active during the IOTA Contest.

Louis, VE2BQB, will once again operate as VY0TA from Baffin Island (NA-047), Iqaluit, Canada from June until December. He will be on CW and SSB on all bands. QSL via VE2BQB.

IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 ______

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From End Prefix Call Ref ------27-May 30-May 3C 3C2JJ (AF-082) 3-67 3-65 27-May 5-Jun 3W XV7SW 3-90 27-May 31-May 5N 5N0MSV 3-58 27-May 31-May 8Q 8Q7EM 3-42 27-May 3-Jun 9H 9H3UT 3-87 3-86 27-May 30-Jun 9N 9N7RN 3-74 27-May 31-May CY9 CY9RF (NA-094) 3-91 3-90 3-82 27-May 27-May F F6KOP/P (EU-068) 3-42 27-May 6-Jun F TM0AI 3-79 27-May 27-Jun FO/M FO0CLA (OC-027) 3-89 3-77 27-May 4-Jun FR/G FR5ZQ/G 3-80 27-May 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH 3-4 3-2 27-May 2-Jun HC8 HC8N 3-72 27-May 2-Jun HS HS0ZCW 3-6 27-May 2-Jun J3 J3/W1AIM 3-91 27-May 31-May JW JW4CJA (EU-027) 3-83 27-May 30-May KP2 KP2/N5TJ WP2Z 3-59 27-May 30-May OH0 OH0Z 3-68 27-May 28-May OJ0 OJ0/K7BV OJ0JR OJ0U OJ0VR 27-May 2-Jun SV SV8/HA5FA/P (EU-052) 3-90 27-May 31-May SV9 OH0M OH3LQK OH9MM 3-85 27-May 28-May SV9 SV9/GM3YOR 3-78 27-May 31-May V2 V26E V26OC 3-89 3-53 27-May 2-Jun V7 V73ZZ 3-75 27-May 1-Jun VP5 VP5/N2GA VP5/K2DO 3-33 ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for May 25, 1999 was 130.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for May 26, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------26-May-1999 21 153 8 1 Mod/Quiet-Unset;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 26-May-1999 18 143 16 2 Low/Quiet-Unset;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 26-May-1999 15 143 16 2 Low/Quiet-Unset;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 26-May-1999 12 143 16 0 Low/Quiet-Unset;Low/Unsettled 26-May-1999 09 143 16 2 Low/Quiet-Active;Low/Unsettled 26-May-1999 06 143 16 3 Low/Quiet-Active;Low/Unsettled 26-May-1999 03 143 16 3 Low/Quiet-Min Stm;Low/Unsettled 26-May-1999 00 143 16 2 Low/Quiet-Min Stm;Low/Unsettled

The forecast for Thursday, 27 May: solar flux 145, A index 10, K index 2. Thursday should be Above Normal.

The forecast for Friday, 28 May: solar flux 150, A index 10, K index 2. Wednesday should be Above Normal.

Perhaps the most useful propagation page for Amateur Radio Operators. http://dx.qsl.net/propagation/

Solar images of the sun received for 27 May, 1999. http://www.sel.noaa.gov/solar_images/1999_05/1999_05_27.html

Grey line map http://www.spiritweb.org/cgi/sunclock.cgi ______

QSL Info ______

Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------5B4/RW3QC RW3QC EX8MLE IK2QPR TN7OT AL7OT EK6LP IK2DUW N5TJ/KP2 N5TJ V26OC N3OC EK6TA DJ0MCZ RA0BY RW6HS XJ9DX VE9DX EX0M DF0WS SN0FPC SP3KHJ XJ9DXR VE9DXR

ET3AA - Ethiopian A.R.S., P.O. Box 60258, Addis Ababa, ETHIOPIA

QSL cards recently received direct: 5Z4LI (AF-040), A92GE, EK6DX, EL2WW, ER1OA, FO0MAC, FO0PAP, FO0SIL, SV2ASP/A, TF3DX, V63HO, VK9EHH, XV300S ______

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JW9PJA logs for all operations through March 1, 1999 are now online at http://dx.qsl.net/logs. ______

Credits ______

Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 425 DX News, DL6KVA, DX News Sheet, HL2WA, HP1AC, K4QD, K9GC, KH2D, KH6BZF Reports, KU4BP, KU7Y, N6RT, N7OJ, N7QOZ, NOAA, The 59(9) DX Report, UA1WAL, W2UP, WP3A ______

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DX News ______

Winit, HS1CKC, reports the PTD from Thailand has authorized stations from Thailand to operate on 80 and 160 meters during any contests from 27 March to 31 December, 1999. Check this weekend on 80 meters between 3524 and 3526 and on 160 meters from 1834-1836.

Starting 28 June Jim, WB2REM, will operate from the island of Anguilla as VP2EREM. That is not a mistake, he asked for this special 4 letter suffix and got it. He will be on 10, 15 and 20 meters CW and SSB mainly. QSL via WB2REM.

Steve, 9V1DX, says due to family commitments he will be active in this weekends CQ WPX CW Contest only during the first few hours. He will be running about 200 watts from his FT-1000D into a R7 antenna. QSL via KA9UQT.

The DX News Sheet reports that Tom, 3W7CW will be in Vietnam until the year 2003 and hopes to soon be on RTTY. Look for him on all bands including 6 meters.

Norm, P29NB, is active on 28885 and 6 meters with a TS-690S and quad loop. He is located at 1500 meters above sea level in Ukarumpa, Eastern Highland Province, Papua New Guinea. QSL via K3BYV.

6 Meter buffs will be happy to know that the following stations are now on the band:

Yasu, 4S7YSG Peter, ET3BN Igor, UN7GM Andy, UN7QX Valery, UN3G

This weekend look for Nuradi, YB0UNC, to operate the CQ WPX CW Contest as a single op on all bands. ______

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E41/OK1DTP - PALESTINE - Slavek, OK1TN, was active from David's station Thursday and early Friday. West Coast stations found him on 14195 listening up today from 01:00 to 03:00Z. QSL via OK1TD.

FR5ZQ/G - GLORIOSO ISLAND - Henri started today on 21012 at 03:30Z. The pileup quickly grew as many from all across the US and Europe were copying him.

JY4NE/OD5 - LEBANON - Ali says he will be here for another two days before heading back home. He will be back in about 2 weeks. QSL via JY4NE. ______

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The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AF-011 FR5ZQ/G 14180 1707 EU-055 LA2JX 14260 0757 AS-018 RA0FF 18069 1354 EU-084 SM5OIG 14258 1355 AS-018 UA0FDX 21300 1924 EU-125 OZ/DH8WW 21263 2149 AS-018 UA0FF 21265 1959 EU-125 OZ/DL1AZZ 21260 1012 AS-028 UA0QMU 18069 1235 EU-125 OZ/DL4AMK 21263 2045 AS-083 UA0QJG/9 14021 1317 EU-125 OZ/DL5ASE 10110 2103 EU-008 2S3ZBI/P 14260 2029 OC-028 V73ZZ 21303 0922 EU-015 SV9/OH7WW/P 21200 0651 OC-075 YC5TA 21205 1828 EU-016 9A2GF 14261 0509 OC-075 YC5YAS 14260 1807 EU-042 DF8XU/POR 14262 2015 OC-146 YC8FMI 21260 1212 EU-049 SV8DCY 14253 2327 OC-210 YC8RRK 21316 1532 EU-052 SV8/HA5FA/P 14016 1011 SA-012 YV7BLT 14261 1103

The scheduled Treshnish group (EU-108) trip by GM3WIL, GM0SEI and GM0DEQ has been delayed by one day. They will now be on the island from 30 to 31 May.

Brazilian operators Luke, PT7WA; Ely, PT7BZ; Jim, PY7XC; Ciro, PY7ZY; and Fred, PY7ZZ; will go to Itamaraca Island (SA-046) from 3 to 6 June. Look for the PT7's to sign /PY7 and the PY7's to sign /7 on 10 through 40 meters CW and SSB. QSL via home calls. PT7BZ's correct P.O. Box is 88 and PY7XC's correct address is Rua Dhalia 228 apto. 401 Recife PE 51020-290, BRAZIL.

Phil, G3SWH, will once again be on the air from Mykonos Island (EU-067), Greece from 16 to 23 June. Look for SV8/G3SWH to be active while on holiday on 10 through 40 meters CW. QSL via G3SWH.

More news about Greece has Vassilis, SV8CYV, on the air on Wednesdays from 11:00 to 13:00Z on 1828, 21260, 24950 and 28460. He is a resident on Samos Island (EU-049) and can also be found on Thursdays on 14260 between 18:00 and 19:00Z. QSL via the bureau or direct.

IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 ______

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From End Prefix Call Ref ------28-May 28-May OJ0 OJ0/K7BV OJ0JR OJ0U OJ0VR 28-May 28-May SV9 SV9/GM3YOR 3-78 28-May 29-May OD JY4NE/OD5 3-93 28-May 30-May 3C 3C2JJ (AF-082) 3-67 3-65 28-May 30-May DU DX1S 3-83 28-May 30-May KP2 KP2/N5TJ WP2Z 3-59 28-May 30-May OH0 OH0Z 3-68 28-May 31-May 5N 5N0MSV 3-58 28-May 31-May 8Q 8Q7EM 3-42 28-May 31-May CY9 CY9RF (NA-094) 3-91 3-90 3-82 28-May 31-May JW JW4CJA (EU-027) 3-83 28-May 31-May SV9 OH0M OH3LQK OH9MM 3-85 28-May 31-May V2 V26E V26OC 3-89 3-53 28-May 1-Jun VP5 VP5/N2GA VP5/K2DO 3-33 28-May 2-Jun HC8 HC8N 3-72 28-May 2-Jun HS HS0ZCW 3-6 28-May 2-Jun J3 J3/W1AIM 3-91 28-May 2-Jun SV SV8/HA5FA/P (EU-052) 3-90 28-May 2-Jun V7 V73ZZ 3-75 28-May 3-Jun 9H 9H3UT 3-87 3-86 28-May 4-Jun FR/G FR5ZQ/G 3-80 28-May 4-Jun OH0 OH0/K7BV 28-May 5-Jun 3W XV7SW 3-90 28-May 6-Jun F TM0AI 3-79 28-May 6-Jun V5 V5/HB9QQ 3-90 28-May 27-Jun FO/M FO0CLA (OC-027) 3-89 3-77 28-May 30-Jun 9N 9N7RN 3-74 28-May 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH 3-4 3-2 29-May 30-May OE 4U1VIC 3-84 29-May 30-May 5A 5A1A 3-83 29-May 30-May OZ 5P1ER 3-86 29-May 30-May BY BY1DX 3-86 29-May 30-May CN CN8WW 3-89 29-May 30-May CO CO8TW 3-90 29-May 30-May CQ WPX CW Contest 29-May 30-May EA8 EA8/9A4KKI 3-53 29-May 30-May EA8 ED8PP (AF-004) 3-85 29-May 30-May GM GM3WIL GM0SEI GM0DEQ (EU-108) 3-78 29-May 30-May DU K9AW/DU6 (OC-129) 3-85 29-May 30-May KH0 KH0CE 3-92 29-May 30-May KH2 KH2D 3-92 29-May 30-May KH0 NH0E 3-92 29-May 30-May OH0 OH0Z 29-May 30-May 5B P3A 3-83 29-May 30-May PY PW1S 3-90 29-May 30-May VP5 VP5GA 3-33 29-May 30-May VE VY0RAC 3-79 29-May 30-May KH0 WH0V 3-92 29-May 30-May KH2 WH2/N2NL 3-80 29-May 30-May KH6 WH7Q 3-88 29-May 30-May KL7 WL7E 3-86 29-May 30-May KP4 WP3A 3-92 29-May 18-Jun SV5 SV5/SM7DAY 3-92 30-May 30-May F F6ELE F6HKA F8BPN (EU-156) 3-71 ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for May 27, 1999 was 155.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for May 27, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------27-May-1999 21 155 9 1 Low/Quiet-Unset;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unset 27-May-1999 18 153 7 3 Moderate/Quiet-Unset;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unset 27-May-1999 15 153 7 2 Moderate/Quiet-Unset;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unset 27-May-1999 12 153 7 2 Moderate/Quiet-Unset;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 27-May-1999 09 153 7 2 Moderate/Quiet-Unset;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 27-May-1999 06 153 7 3 Moderate/Quiet-Unset;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 27-May-1999 03 153 7 3 Moderate/Quiet-Unset;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 27-May-1999 00 153 7 2 Moderate/Quiet-Unset;Low/Quiet-Unsettled

The forecast for Friday, 28 May: solar flux 155, A index 12, K index 2. Wednesday should be High Normal.

The forecast for Saturday, 29 May: solar flux 165, A index 25, K index 3. Saturday should be Low Normal.

The forecast for Sunday, 30 May: solar flux 165, A index 20, K index 3. Sunday should be Low Normal.

Perhaps the most useful propagation page for Amateur Radio Operators. http://dx.qsl.net/propagation/

Solar images of the sun received for 28 May, 1999. http://www.sel.noaa.gov/solar_images/1999_05/1999_05_28.html

Grey line map http://www.spiritweb.org/cgi/sunclock.cgi ______

QSL Info ______

Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------2S0SHD GM0SHD CY9RF K8RF SU9ZZ OM3TZZ 2S3EEO/P G3OCA ED0DFA EA5GMB SV8/HA5FA/P HA5FA 2S3ZBI/P G3OCA FO0CLA F6LQJ V26E AB2E 5B4/RA9CMO RK9CWW FY5YE W5SVZ VQ9GB K7GB 5B4/UT7QF UA9AB HB0/DL2SBY DL2SBY ZA1M IK2HTW A71/9K2AI IK7JTF OJ0/K7BV KU9C ZF2DR K5RQ

V51AS - Frank, Box 2516, Swakopmund, NAMIBIA

Rick, NE8Z, reports he is now the QSL manager for HC1OT, HD1OT, HC1OT/HC8 and HD9OT. The old QSL manager K8ZZ (ex KG8CY) will forward any request on to Rick.

QSL cards recently received direct: VK9EHH ______

Credits ______

Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: DX News Sheet, JY4NE/OD5, K3ZO, KA1CSL, KH6BZF Reports, NE8Z, NOAA, W4MS, WB2REM ______

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Roberto, EA4DX, will once again be heading for the Pacific Ocean this year. Last year many will remember his trip to both Fiji and Rotuma as 3D2DX. This year he plans to operate from Tuvalu and Fiji. His first stop will be to the island of Tuvalu where he will use a T2 call that will be assigned upon his arrival. Dates for this operation will be from 26 August to 11 September. Then from 13 to 16 September he will be in Viti Levu, Fiji and once again use 3D2DX/P. While in the Pacific he will have a yagi for 10 through 20 meters and a vertical for 40 and 80 meters. He will bring a 1 KW amplifier. QSL via EA4CP. More information about this trip is expected.

Frank, DL2CC, was active this past weekend in the CQ WPX CW Contest from Puerto Rico as WP3R. This week he will remain on the island and use KP4/DL2CC.

Starting today German operators DF6VU and DL9YBY will operate from the Faeroe Islands (EU-018) on 10, 15, 17, 20 and 40 meters SSB and RTTY. They will use OY/DF6VU/P and OY/DL9YBY/P until 11 June. QSL via home calls.

To Celebrate the 40th Anniversary of the Centro Radio Aficionados Montevideo special event station CW40CC will be active from 13 to 20 June. Look for this station to be on 6 through 160 meters CW and SSB. QSL via P.O. Box 6000, Montevideo 11000, URUGUAY.

Sam, V63KU, will be leaving Micronesia at the end of June. QSL cards should now go via JA6NL via the JARL QSL bureau.

Special event station TM6ACO will be active from 7 to 13 June to commemorate the 24 hour Le Mans car race. QSL via F6KFI, ARAS 72, P.O. Box 88, 72002 Le Mans, FRANCE. ______

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WPX - WPX CW Contest - Here are just some of the DX stations who were active this past weekend:

3W7CW, 3W7TK, 5A1A, 5N0MSV, 5X1Z, A45XR, BV/JA0ID, C40A, CN/DJ9RR, CW9A, DX1S, E4/OK5DX, ED8PP, HC8N, HS0AC, HZ1AB, J45KLN, JU1T, L50UG, P3A, P49V, SU9ZZ, TX8CW, TZ6DX, V73ZZ, VQ9DX, XV7SW, YV4A, ZF1A, ZL6QH, ZM1A, ZT6Z,

BA7JG - CHINA - Saturday just before 15:00Z East Coast US stations reported working Jan on 18130.

CP6DA - BOLIVIA - Maria (YL) was working Europe on 18145 between 05:00 and 06:00Z on Sunday.

FO0CLA - MARQUESAS - Alain showed up on 14123 just before 07:30Z on Sunday and was working Europeans off a list.

XU7AAO - CAMBODIA - Check the low end of 15 meters SSB for this one between 16:00 and 18:00Z.

XX9SAR - MACAO - DXers all across North America this semi-rare one on 18133 from 13:30 to 15:00Z.

ZC4ATC - UK SOVEREIGN BASES ON CYPRUS - Was active this weekend on 15, 20 and 40 meters SSB. QSL via 5B4YX. ______

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The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AS-015 9M2KT 14250 1514 EU-156 F6ELE/P 7064 0755 AS-018 RA0FF 21033 0825 EU-156 F6HKA/P 7072 0921 AS-083 RA9LI/9 14260 1024 EU-156 F8BPN/P 14264 0631 EU-008 2S5VG/P 7072 1439 NA-065 N6FD/7 14260 0605 EU-008 2S0NHR/P 14265 0901 OC-021 YB1AQS 28048 0848 EU-016 9A6A 28035 1218 OC-027 FO0CLA 14123 0833 EU-027 JW4CJA 14255 0044 OC-027 FO5QG 14123 0712 EU-057 DL3KZA 7009 0021 OC-146 YB8BHC 21282 1512 EU-072 SV8/I2YYO 14260 0429 SA-012 YV7BLT 14260 1112 EU-108 GB2TI 14260 1137

Amateur Radio operators from both Argentina and Uruguay will combine forces to operate from Flores Island (SA-030) from 4 to 7 June. The group will use CV5A on all bands and modes. QSL via P.O. Box 950, 11000 Montevideo, URUGUAY. More information can be found at http://isladeflores.8m.com

Dan, VK8AN, will once again be active from Troughton Island (OC-154) from 2 to 16 June and from 30 June to 14 July. He will be concentrating on Europe on 20 meters longpath around 06:00Z and shortpath on 15 meters at 08:00Z. QSL via VK4AAR.

Gianpi, IK1TTD, will be active from Porquerolles Island (EU-070) on 10 and 11 July. 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 ______

Due to some minor difficulties the calendar is not completely available. Here is what I have been able to piece together. I will have a complete calendar for the full week in the Tuesday issue. My sincere apologies.

From End Prefix Call Ref ------31-May 31-May 5N 5N0MSV 3-58 31-May 31-May 8Q 8Q7EM 3-42 31-May 31-May CY9 CY9RF (NA-094) 3-91 3-90 3-82 31-May 31-May JW JW4CJA (EU-027) 3-83 31-May 31-May SV9 OH0M OH3LQK OH9MM 3-85 31-May 31-May V2 V26E V26OC 3-89 3-53 31-May 1-Jun VP5 VP5/N2GA VP5/K2DO 3-33 31-May 2-Jun HC8 HC8N 3-72 31-May 2-Jun HS HS0ZCW 3-6 31-May 2-Jun J3 J3/W1AIM 3-91 31-May 2-Jun SV SV8/HA5FA/P (EU-052) 3-90 31-May 2-Jun V7 V73ZZ 3-75 31-May 3-Jun 9H 9H3UT 3-87 3-86 31-May 4-Jun FR/G FR5ZQ/G 3-80 31-May 4-Jun OH0 OH0/K7BV 31-May 5-Jun 3W XV7SW 3-90 31-May 6-Jun F TM0AI 3-79 31-May 6-Jun V5 V5/HB9QQ 3-90 31-May 18-Jun SV5 SV5/SM7DAY 3-92 31-May 27-Jun FO/M FO0CLA (OC-027) 3-89 3-77 31-May 30-Jun 9N 9N7RN 3-74 31-May 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH 3-4 3-2 ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for May 29, 1999 was 151.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for May 30, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------May-30-1999 21 157 4 2 Low/Quiet;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unsettled May-30-1999 18 149 5 2 Low/Quiet;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unsettled May-30-1999 15 149 5 2 Low/Quiet-Unset;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unset May-30-1999 12 149 5 2 Low/Quiet-Unset;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unset May-30-1999 09 149 5 0 Low/Quiet-Unset;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unset May-30-1999 06 149 5 0 Low/Quiet-Unset;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unset May-30-1999 03 149 5 0 Mod/Quiet-Unset;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unset May-30-1999 00 149 5 1 Mod/Quiet-Unset;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unset

The forecast for Monday, 31 May: solar flux 155, A index 12, K index 3. Monday should be High Normal.

The forecast for Tuesday, 1 June: solar flux 160, A index 10, K index 2. Tuesday should be High Normal.

Perhaps the most useful propagation page for Amateur Radio Operators. http://dx.qsl.net/propagation/

Solar images of the sun received for 31 May, 1999. http://www.sel.noaa.gov/solar_images/1999_05/1999_05_31.html

Grey line map http://www.spiritweb.org/cgi/sunclock.cgi ______

QSL Info ______

Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------2S0NHR/P G3OCA E4/OK5DX OK1YN SU9ZZ OM3TZZ 3W7TK OK1HWB GB5TI GM0KVI SV8/I2YYO IK2MYX 5N0MSV OK1JR HC8N AA5BT TM2SIX F6KRD 5X1T ON5NT HR1/K3VN K3VN TM5DX F5EJC 5X1Z SM6CAS HS0/JR3XMG JG3AVS UT0U UT5UDX 9A7P W3HC HZ1AB K8PYD V26E AB2E 9G1MR IK3HHX II1R I1NVU V73ZZ K7ZZ 9J2AM JA0JHA JW9FJA LA9FJA VU2JPS VK9NS 9J2BO W6ORD JY9NX JH7FQK VU3VLH OK1MM 9K2/SQ5DAK SP5KQS K9AW/DU6 WF5T WP2Z KU9C AM8ZS VE3HO MU2K ON4ON WP3A W4DN BT99WED F6FNU OH0Z OH1EH WP3R W3HNK BY1DX OH2BH P3A W3HNK YB1AQS DK7YY CN8WW DL6FBL P49V AI6V ZC4ATC 5B4YX CY9RF K8RF PW1S PY1KS ZT6Z ZS6EZ DX1S KU9C RM6A W3HNK

VK4AAR - Alan Roocroft, P.O. Box 421, Gatton 4343, AUSTRALIA

QSL cards recently received direct: 3D2KT, 5H3/IK2GZU, 5W0VD, 7X4AN, 8Q7DV, 9K2QQ, E30LA, FO0MAC, HK3JJH/0M, S79XB, TA2DS, UA3DEA, YK1AO ______

Credits ______

Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 425 DX News, DL2CC, EA4DX, EU7SA, G3PMR, KH6BZF Reports, NOAA, VE3IRF, W7IAN, W7UG ______

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Andy, UA3AB, will be active on CW and SSB from Cyprus through 3 June. Look for him to be mostly on 12, 17 and 30 meters using a PRO96 and Alpha amplifier. QSL via UA3AB.

Bob, WB2YQH, editor of The 59(9) DX Report, spoke to Dan, XT2DP, at the Dayton Hamvention. If all goes well Dan hopes to be back in N'Dorola, Burkina Faso in June. He will take RTTY and 6 meter equipment with him.

Ron, VQ9DX/AA5DX, will be now be leaving the island of Diego Garcia on 2 June. Look for him to be active on 1828 around 00:30Z on 2 June until just after his sunrise. Ed, VQ9VK/N1TO will also leave within the week. This will leave Jim, VQ9ZZ, who has about one more month. He operates CW and SSB. George, VQ9GB, has about 4 more months to go and can be found on 15 and 20 meters CW and SSB. Rob, VQ9CV, is the President of the radio club and operates CW and SSB. He will be there for about 11 months. Diego Garcia is one of about 800 islands in the Chagos Islands and is the only one with people. The club station has a 90 foot tower with log periodic, loops and beverages for receiving on the low bands. Pres, N6SS/VQ9SS and Dale, W4QM/VQ9QM are both expected back on the island in September.

Bob, K3BYV, will once again operate from Surinam as PZ5DX starting around 28 June. He will be there until at least December. QSL via K3BYV.

To celebrate World Environment Day the Nanjing Agricultural University will operate special event station BT99WED from 1 to 30 June. QSL via F6FNU.

The Florida West Coast DX Ring recently elected the following club officers for the 1999-2000 term.

President Robert Boone, WB4FNH Vice President Cruce Ault, AA4XR Secretary John Orr, KB4FB Treasurer Ed Grogan, WW1N Director Austin Pickering, KR4GN Director Bud Henley, WK9Z Director Marv Westerdahl, KC2KU ______

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4U1ITU - I.T.U. GENEVA - Pedro, HK3JJH, was reported active from this club station yesterday. He was found on 15 and 20 meter SSB. QSL via the bureau.

D2GG - ANGOLA - Came up on 18130 just before 23:00Z. QSL via CT1GG.

EY8XX - TAJIKISTAN - Vlad was busy on 14205 from 18:00 to well after 21:30Z. QSL via GW3CDP.

FO0CLA - MARQUESAS - CW DXers reported working Alain on 20 meters between 02:30Z and 07:00Z. QSL via F6LQJ.

FR5ZQ/G - GLORIOSO ISLAND - Henri was supposed to have left the island this past Sunday however he is still there.

P29 - PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Chip showed up on 14161 just prior to 10:30Z. Later P29TL was on 14202 just before 12:00Z. ______

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The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AF-004 EA8AEI 28460 1500 EU-124 2C0SLM 21293 1429 AS-018 UA0FDX 21009 2010 NA-046 K1VSJ 14260 1404 AS-079 JA5CKD/6 14017 1916 NA-065 N6FD/7 14263 0604 AS-083 RA9LI/9 12600 2224 NA-083 AA3D 14040 0005 EU-004 EA6/DJ5GI 21302 2127 NA-094 CY9RF 14178 0136 EU-009 GM0HTT 18126 2039 NA-106 N5TJ/KP2 28450 1300 EU-018 OY/DF6VU/P 14257 1830 NA-141 K2OLG/M 14260 1027 EU-082 U1ZA/A 14005 0613 OC-006 VK7GK 14212 0657 EU-084 SM5OIG 14256 0834 OC-022 YC9BU 21242 1415 EU-089 CU9AC 14250 2228 OC-027 FO0CLA 14005 0400 EU-108 GB5TI 14260 0805 OC-075 YC5YAS 21298 1529 EU-114 MU2K 14261 0646 SA-004 HC8/K9ZO 14182 0937 EU-123 MM/W9DC 14260 1557

7M1ONW will be operating from Toshima Island in the IZU ARCHIPELAGO (AS-008) on 5 and 6 June as 7M1ONW/1. Look for him on 15 meters SSB. QSL via home call.

Richard, KL7AK (ex N6IV), and others will be active from Nunivak Island (NA-074) from 4 to 7 June. They will have two stations and will be mostly on 14260. CW, SSB and RTTY are expected. QSL via KL7AK.

Members of the Kamchatka DX Group and UA0ZY plan to operate from several islands in the Sakhalin Oblast Islands group (AS-025) and possibly from a new IOTA in the Sea of Okhost Coast group in 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 ------1-Jun 1-Jun VP5 VP5/N2GA VP5/K2DO 3-33 1-Jun 2-Jun HC8 HC8N 3-72 1-Jun 2-Jun HS HS0ZCW 3-6 1-Jun 2-Jun J3 J3/W1AIM 3-91 1-Jun 2-Jun SV SV8/HA5FA/P (EU-052) 3-90 1-Jun 2-Jun V7 V73ZZ 3-75 1-Jun 3-Jun 9H 9H3UT 3-87 3-86 1-Jun 4-Jun GM 2S0PNS (EU-008) 3-90 1-Jun 4-Jun FR/G FR5ZQ/G 3-80 1-Jun 4-Jun OH0 OH0/K7BV 1-Jun 5-Jun KP4 KP4/DL2CC 3-94 1-Jun 5-Jun 3W XV7SW 3-90 1-Jun 6-Jun F TM0AI 3-79 1-Jun 6-Jun V5 V5/HB9QQ 3-90 1-Jun 11-Jun OY OY/DF6VU/P OY/DL9YBY/P (EU-018) 3-94 1-Jun 12-Jun SV SV8/GW0VSW (EU-052) 3-87 3-81 1-Jun 18-Jun SV5 SV5/SM7DAY 3-92 1-Jun 27-Jun FO/M FO0CLA (OC-027) 3-89 3-77 1-Jun 30-Jun 9N 9N7RN 3-74 1-Jun 20-Jul 3W 3W6XK 3-83 1-Jun 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH 3-4 3-2 1-Jun 31-Dec VE VY0TA (NA-047) 3-92 2-Jun 16-Jun VK VK8AN/6 (OC-154) 3-94 3-87 3-Jun 6-Jun KH2 AH2/AH0R 3-89 3-Jun 6-Jun PY PT7WA/PY7 PT7BZ/PY7 (SA-046) 3-93 3-Jun 6-Jun PY PY7XC/7 PY7ZY/7 PY7ZZ/7 (SA-046) 3-93 3-Jun 12-Jun TK TK/PA3GIO (EU-164 EU-104 EU-014) 3-86 4-Jun 6-Jun JA JI3DST/4 JE4CIL/4 (AS-041) 3-74 4-Jun 6-Jun JA JJ1EQW JA3MCA JA0KNM (AS-024) 3-84 4-Jun 7-Jun CX CV5A (SA-030) 3-94 4-Jun 7-Jun KL7 KL7AK (NA-074) 3-20 4-Jun 18-Jun V4 G4JVG 3-74 5-Jun 7-Jun GM MM/W9DC (EU-008) 3-87 5-Jun 7-Jun UA R200AP 3-92 5-Jun 14-Jun CY9 CY9SS 3-79 ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for May 30, 1999 was 169.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for May 31, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------31-May-1999 21 165 4 2 Low/Quiet;Low-Moderate/Quiet-Unsettled 31-May-1999 18 157 3 2 Low/Quiet;Low-Moderate/Quiet-Unsettled 31-May-1999 15 157 3 1 Low/Quiet;Low-Moderate/Quiet-Unsettled 31-May-1999 12 157 3 1 Low/Quiet;Low-Moderate/Quiet-Unsettled 31-May-1999 09 157 3 0 Low/Quiet;Low-Moderate/Quiet-Unsettled 31-May-1999 06 157 3 1 Low/Quiet;Low-Moderate/Quiet-Unsettled 31-May-1999 03 157 3 1 Low/Quiet;Low-Moderate/Quiet-Unsettled 31-May-1999 00 157 3 1 Low/Quiet;Low-Moderate/Quiet-Unsettled

The forecast for Tuesday, 1 June: solar flux 160, A index 10, K index 2. Tuesday should be High Normal.

The forecast for Wednesday, 2 June: solar flux 160, A index 10, K index 2. Wednesday should be High Normal.

Perhaps the most useful propagation page for Amateur Radio Operators. http://dx.qsl.net/propagation/

Solar images of the sun received for 1 June, 1999. http://www.sel.noaa.gov/solar_images/1999_06/1999_06_1.html

Grey line map http://www.spiritweb.org/cgi/sunclock.cgi ______

QSL Info ______

Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------2C0FEU GW0FEU CN8NK EA5XX MM/W9DC W9DC 2C0LGN GW0LGN D99ARDF HL0HQ OH0/K7BV KU9C 2C0SLM GW0SLM EY8XX GW3CDP R1FJL UA3AGS 2S4LGR GM4LGR FM5WE W4FRU RA9LI/P DL6ZFG 5B4/RX4HW RX4HW FO0CLA F6LQJ VU2LE K6JG 9V1AP HL1KIB HB0/DA1WA DJ0LC ZF2NE W5ASP 9Y4SF WA4JTK HS0ZCW K4VUD

HK0VGJ - Box 852, San Andres Island, COLOMBIA YB2UU - P.O. Box 6223, Semarang 50063, Central Java, INDONESIA

Stefano, PA3FWP, is the QSL manager for OD5SB and he asks that all cards now be sent to I0WTD as he will be moving back to Italy soon.

QSL cards recently received direct: 9N1FP, A45XR, E44/HA1AG, FO0MAC, FO0PAP, XX9TEP ______

On the WWW ______

QSL cards for ZV0SB are now starting to show up in the mail boxes and can be found at http://www.net-k.com.br/~rubpy2kq ______

Credits ______

Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: DX News Letter, JI6KVR, K2EF, K3KY, K6JG, KF2HC, KH6BZF Reports, N2QT, NOAA, PY2KQ, The 59(9) DX Report, UA3AB, VE3IRF, W3LEO, WU1F, YB2UU ______

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DX News ______

Radek, OK1FHI, will be active from Palestine this month from the QTH of David, E41/OK1DTP, in Beit Jala, West Bank. He will use E41/OK1FHI and QSL cards go via OK1FHI.

Steve, N4JQQ, will once again be on the air from Treasure Cay, Abaco, Bahamas as C6AFP from 2 to 17 July. He will be active on RTTY and 6 meters. QSL via N4JQQ.

Look for Eric, EA5GIY, to once again be in Monrovia, Liberia in June or July. He will use EL2VO and will be on 6 meters. QSL via EA5GIY.

Al Mur, A61AH, is now active on 6 meters with an IC-706 and dipole. He hopes to have a yagi soon. QSL via KA5TQF.

Sergio, IZ6BRN, is back in Pakistan and active from AP2WAP. He has recently been on 6 meters. QSL via IK4ZGY.

Bangladesh Amateurs Mamtaz, S21J/KF6WJY, Maria Ashna, S21JA/KF6WJX, and Saif Shahid, S21A/KF6WJZ have been in California for the last few months and recently received their US calls.

Ian, ZD9IL, has been QRT recently due to rig problems but is now back on the air with his fixed TS-430S and an inverted vee for all bands. Look for him to be active on the air more often now. QSL via ZS5BBO. More news from Tristan Da Cunha has Andy, ZD9BV, on 6 meters this week. QSL via W4FRU.

Japanese DXers Yoh, 7L1MFS; Yoshihiko, JA2MNB; and Yuu, JR2KDN; have announced their DXpedition to Laos from 11 to 14 June. The group will not operate from the traditional KPL site but rather a Casino in Laos with the call XW8KPL/CSN. They will be active from 6 to 80 meters on CW, SSB and RTTY. Yoh, will be mainly on RTTY, Yoshihiko on CW and Yuu on SSB. In 1998 Laos ranked # 38 on the ARRL's Most Wanted List. QSL cards will go via JR2KDN. ______

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Dick McKercher, W0MLY, passed away on 31 May. Dick had worked some 380 DXCC countries and had consistently been one of the top DXers on the DXCC Annual List. Originally licensed in the 1930's as W4DVL. In the 1950's and 60's he operated from many African countries including: 5V4MY, 6L6MY, FL8MY, VQ9MY, TY2MY, 4W1MY plus many others. McKercher was a board of director of YASME and a life member of the ARRL. Condolences to the McKercher family. ______

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3XY1B0 - GUINEA - That's Three Xray Yankee One Bravo Zero. This station has been active on 15 meters CW between 18:00 and 19:00Z and giving F5XX as the QSL route. Work it first worry later (WFWL).

9M8OM - EAST MALAYSIA - Was found on 21335 Tuesday from 15:30 to 17:00Z.

BG - CHINA - Here are some more Chinese Novice stations that have been found above 21400: BG4AGN, BG4XAA, BG5QAD, BG5WKY and BG6RBA.

CE0ZIS - JUAN FERNANDEZ - Eliazar showed up on 24955 just before 20:00Z.

FR5ZQ/G - GLORIOSO - Henri was reported on 21012 from 03:30 to 04:00Z on Tuesday.

JT1CO - MONGOLIA - Was working East Coast US stations on 18088 between 13:30 to 14:30Z.

V85AA - BRUNEI - Just after 03:00Z Bill came up on 21278 but did not stay for long.

ZS8D - MARION ISLAND - Several people found Deryck on 14245 on a net just prior to 14:00Z. QSL via ZS6EZ. ______

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The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AF-004 EA8AEI 28480 1605 EU-052 SV8/HA5FA/P 14020 1225 AS-079 JA5CKD/6 18077 1854 EU-072 SV8/DK1RP 14013 0524 EU-008 2S0PNS 14267 2121 EU-084 SM5OIG 14257 2225 EU-012 GM0IFM/P 14262 1022 NA-036 VE7TRE 14017 0522 EU-047 DJ9IN 18126 2043 SA-005 CE0ZIS 14263 2215

Rumor has it that a group of Italians will go to Jerba Island, Tunisia on 16 June. This would be a first time operation from this group.

Look for HL0ZX to be active from Bikum-Do Island (AS-060) from 22 to 25 June. Activity is planned for 2, 15, 20, 40 and maybe 10 meters. QSL via HL0ZX.

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 20-Jul 3W 3W6XK 3-83 2-Jun 5-Jun 3W XV7SW 3-90 2-Jun 3-Jun 5B 5B4/UA3AB 3-95 2-Jun 3-Jun 9H 9H3UT 3-87 3-86 2-Jun 30-Jun 9N 9N7RN 3-74 2-Jun 6-Jun F TM0AI 3-79 2-Jun 27-Jun FO/M FO0CLA (OC-027) 3-89 3-77 2-Jun 4-Jun FR/G FR5ZQ/G 3-80 2-Jun 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH 3-4 3-2 2-Jun 4-Jun GM 2S0PNS (EU-008) 3-90 2-Jun 2-Jun HC8 HC8N 3-72 2-Jun 2-Jun HS HS0ZCW 3-6 2-Jun 2-Jun J3 J3/W1AIM 3-91 2-Jun 5-Jun KP4 KP4/DL2CC 3-94 2-Jun 4-Jun OH0 OH0/K7BV 2-Jun 11-Jun OY OY/DF6VU/P OY/DL9YBY/P (EU-018) 3-94 2-Jun 2-Jun SV SV8/HA5FA/P (EU-052) 3-90 2-Jun 12-Jun SV SV8/GW0VSW (EU-052) 3-87 3-81 2-Jun 18-Jun SV5 SV5/SM7DAY 3-92 2-Jun 6-Jun V5 V5/HB9QQ 3-90 2-Jun 2-Jun V7 V73ZZ 3-75 2-Jun 31-Dec VE VY0TA (NA-047) 3-92 2-Jun 16-Jun VK VK8AN/6 (OC-154) 3-94 3-87 ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for May 31, 1999 was 157.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for June 1, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------1-Jun-1999 21 176 6 3 Low/Quiet-Unset;Low-Moderate/Quiet-Unset 1-Jun-1999 18 165 3 2 Low/Quiet;Low-Moderate/Quiet-Unsettled 1-Jun-1999 15 165 3 2 Low/Quiet;Low-Moderate/Quiet-Unsettled 1-Jun-1999 12 165 3 0 Low/Quiet;Low-Moderate/Quiet-Unsettled 1-Jun-1999 09 165 3 2 Low/Quiet;Low-Moderate/Quiet-Unsettled 1-Jun-1999 06 165 3 1 Low/Quiet;Low-Moderate/Quiet-Unsettled 1-Jun-1999 03 165 3 1 Low/Quiet;Low-Moderate/Quiet-Unsettled 1-Jun-1999 00 165 3 1 Low/Quiet;Low-Moderate/Quiet-Unsettled

The forecast for Wednesday, 2 June: solar flux 165, A index 10, K index 2. Wednesday should be High Normal.

The forecast for Thursday, 3 June: solar flux 165, A index 8, K index 2. Thursday should be Above Normal.

Perhaps the most useful propagation page for Amateur Radio Operators. http://dx.qsl.net/propagation/

Solar images of the sun received for 2 June, 1999. http://www.sel.noaa.gov/solar_images/1999_06/1999_06_02.html

Grey line map http://www.spiritweb.org/cgi/sunclock.cgi ______

QSL Info ______

Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------2C4OFQ GW4OFQ 4X/OK1TN OK1TN UE4NKI RW4NW 3XY1B0 F5XX 4X/OK2GG OK2GG ZD9IL ZS5BBO 3Z9JPG SP9KAG E4/OK5DX OK1TN ZS8D ZS6EZ 4X/OK1CW OK1CW J45KLN SM0CMH

QSL cards recently received direct: 3D2RW, 3DA6Z, 5A1A, BI4Q, E44/HA1AG, EK6GC, FO0KOL, R1FJV, ST2SA, SV9ABG, T30RW, VK9EHH, VQ9CV, WP4Q, YK1AO, ZK3RW ______

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Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 7L1MFS, DX News Sheet, E41/OK1DTP, G3PMR, HL2WA, JI6KVR, K1HTV, K3ZO, K8PYD, KH6BZF Reports, N7OJ, NOAA, W2GG, W3MC, W7IAN, W9YQ, WA2MUA, WA2VUY, WA4NUF ______

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Charlie, K4VUD, visited Satish, 9N1AA, last month in Kathmandu, Nepal. While there Satish mentioned he is now active on RTTY on 10 meters and hopes to soon be on the satellites.

6 meter enthusiasts will be happy to know the following stations are now active on 50 MHZ:

BV2DP, ES1AJ, ES1CW, ES1II, ES1MW, ES1RF/3, ES2QH, ES2QN, ES2RJ, ES2WX, ES3BR, ES4NG, ES6PZ, ES0HD, FY1YL, FY5KE, HR1RMG OX3CS, YC0UVO and ZD7VC.

Flavio, IK2IQD, who seems to have some kind of a connection to Henri, FR5ZQ, say Henri went QRT on 1 June and is now back on Reunion.

Peter, ON6TT/5X1T, is currently in the Ivory Coast (TU)and will be there for a few days. Next he will head to Liberia where he knows he can get on the air from Mark's, EL2WW, QTH. He may also go to Sierra Leone (9L), Guinea (3X), Burkina Faso (XT), and Mali (TZ).

Well if you missed the recent St. Paul Island DXpedition you will get another chance this weekend as CY9SS will hit the air on 6 June. Operators for this group include VY2SS, VY2CD, VE1PZ, K2NJ, VE9MY and VE9JW. These guys are loaded for bear as they have 150 feet of tower some of which will be left behind. Two yagis (10/15/20 and 12/17) will be used along with an R7000 and two 6 meters yagis. They will be running at least 1,200 watts on 6 through 160 meters. Planned modes are CW, SSB, RTTY, Satellite and EME. Europeans should keep an ear out for them on 6 meters. They plan to be on the island by 13:00Z on Sunday and on the air later in the day. QSL CY9SS via VY2SS, Robby Robertson, RR#2, Bloomfield Stn., Prince Edward Island, C0B 1E0 Canada.

British Amateur Radio operators Mike, G0VJK, and Bob, G4VGO/KY0C, have announced they will leave for Micronesia (V6) in mid-February. They will stay on the island of Truk until the middle of the first week in March. Preliminary dates are 14 February to 6 March. Equipment for this operation include either an IC-706 or FT-100, a TS-850SAT and an AL-811X amplifier. They will concentrate on 40 through 160 meters CW. More info is expected on this one. ______

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3B8FG - MAURITIUS - Abid was working West Coast US stations on 15 meters CW longpath around 06:30Z and later working East Coast US stations on the longpath at 11:30Z.

7X4AN - ALGERIA - West Coast DXers found Med on 14005 at 06:00Z.

A61AO - UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - Look for Jamal near 14200 just after 03:00Z. QSL via N1DG.

CE0ZIS - JUAN FERNANDEZ - Europeans reported working Eliazar on 14264 just before 22:00Z. Before that he was working them on 18147 around 21:30Z.

E41/OK1ATD - PALESTINE - David was working West Coast DXers on 21293 between 20:00 and 21:00Z. QSL via OK1TD.

EP2FM - IRAN - Abdollah is now showing up on 20 meters RTTY around 01:30Z.

FT5ZJ - AMSTERDAM ISLAND - Michael was working US stations on the longpath from 12:45 to 13:15Z on 14190. QSL via F2YT.

JT1DA - MONGOLIA - Can be found on 15 meters CW daily. Check between 21010 and 21020 starting around 22:00Z until 12:00Z.

OH0/K7BV - ALAND ISLANDS - Check 80 meters CW at 01:00Z for Dennis. QSL via KU9C.

ST2SA- SUDAN - Don't forget to look for Dr. Sid Friday on or near 14200 or 14250 just before 05:00Z.

VQ9DX - DIEGO GARCIA - Ron came up on 1828 as expect around 00:30Z. QSL via AA5DX. ______

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The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AN-017 FT5YG 14130 0530 EU-072 SV8/DK1RP 14007 0440 AS-015 9M2TD 21215 1626 EU-089 CU3DJ/CU9 14260 2144 AS-018 UA0FDX 21021 2100 EU-124 GC0STH 14022 1215 EU-008 2S0PNS 7061 1028 EU-129 SP6NIC/1 14260 1029 EU-014 TK/PA3GIO/M 14260 1415 EU-129 SP6SDA/P 14257 1438 EU-018 OY/DF6VU/P 14255 0909 NA-080 C6AFV 14220 0554 EU-024 IS0IGV 21031 2128 OC-027 FO0CLA 14125 0621 EU-028 IA5/DL8ZAJ 10112 2020 OC-046 FO5PS 14123 0449 EU-031 IC8WIC 21263 2101 OC-059 V63AO 21240 0649 EU-060 SV1CIV 18150 1409 OC-119 DU8ARK 21272 1309

Bill Horner will operate from Fraser Island (OC-142) as VK4YN from 11 to 14 June. He will have a R5 vertical and will mostly be on CW. QSL via Bill Horner, VK4FW, P.O. Box 929, Gympie, 4570, Australia.

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 5B 5B4/UA3AB 3-95 3-Jun 3-Jun 9H 9H3UT 3-87 3-86 3-Jun 4-Jun GM 2S0PNS (EU-008) 3-90 3-Jun 4-Jun OH0 OH0/K7BV 3-Jun 5-Jun KP4 KP4/DL2CC 3-94 3-Jun 5-Jun 3W XV7SW 3-90 3-Jun 6-Jun KH2 AH2/AH0R 3-89 3-Jun 6-Jun PY PT7WA/PY7 PT7BZ/PY7 (SA-046) 3-93 3-Jun 6-Jun PY PY7XC/7 PY7ZY/7 PY7ZZ/7 (SA-046) 3-93 3-Jun 6-Jun F TM0AI 3-79 3-Jun 6-Jun V5 V5/HB9QQ 3-90 3-Jun 11-Jun OY OY/DF6VU/P OY/DL9YBY/P (EU-018) 3-94 3-Jun 12-Jun SV SV8/GW0VSW (EU-052) 3-87 3-81 3-Jun 12-Jun TK TK/PA3GIO (EU-164 EU-104 EU-014) 3-86 3-Jun 16-Jun VK VK8AN/6 (OC-154) 3-94 3-87 3-Jun 18-Jun SV5 SV5/SM7DAY 3-92 3-Jun 27-Jun FO/M FO0CLA (OC-027) 3-89 3-77 3-Jun 30-Jun 9N 9N7RN 3-74 3-Jun 20-Jul 3W 3W6XK 3-83 3-Jun 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH 3-4 3-2 3-Jun 31-Dec VE VY0TA (NA-047) 3-92 ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for June 1, 1999 was 190.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for June 2, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------2-Jun-1999 21 173 8 2 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unset 2-Jun-1999 18 176 7 2 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unset 2-Jun-1999 15 176 7 2 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unset 2-Jun-1999 12 176 7 3 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unset 2-Jun-1999 09 176 7 1 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unset 2-Jun-1999 06 176 7 1 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unset 2-Jun-1999 03 176 7 3 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unset 2-Jun-1999 00 176 7 3 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unset

A satellite proton event began at 02:45Z on 2 June.

The forecast for Thursday, 3 June: solar flux 180, A index 8, K index 2. Thursday should be Above Normal.

The forecast for Friday, 4 June: solar flux 180, A index 8, K index 2. Friday should be Above Normal.

Perhaps the most useful propagation page for Amateur Radio Operators. http://dx.qsl.net/propagation/

Solar images of the sun received for 3 June, 1999. http://www.sel.noaa.gov/solar_images/1999_06/1999_06_03.html

Grey line map http://www.spiritweb.org/cgi/sunclock.cgi ______

QSL Info ______

The following QSL cards have recently been received. QSL information has been taken directly from the QSL cards of the stations listed below:

5A22PA via IK3ZAW 5H3/IK2GZU Maurizio Buffoli, Via Degli Angeli, 9, I-25033 Cologne (BR), ITALY 5T5WW via ON5NT BA1HAM via NE9Z BD3SE Sun-Wei Dong, P. O. Box 17, Jiangxian, Shanxi 043607, CHINA BG4AGN Meng, Room 403, No. 35, 14 Village of Tianlin, Xuhui, Shanghai 200233, CHINA BV2DP Richard W. S. Lu, P. O. Box 32-144, Taipei, TAIWAN BV2TL Chen, P. O. Box 542, Sanchung 241, TAIWAN BV4NF Hiro, P. O. Box 9, Sanyi, Miaoli, TAIWAN C31US Joan Sauri, P. O. Box 1092, Andorra la Vella, ANDORRA CQ9K via CS3MAD CS3MAD P.O. Box 4694, P-9001-001 Funchal, Madeira, PORTUGAL DS2OAJ Chung Hye-Sun, 726-902, Daerim Apartment, Sanbon-Dong, Kunpo-City, Kyounggi-Do 435-040, KOREA DS4BGR Kim Kyoung Jin, 197-6, Naebang-dong, Seogu, Kwangju 502-250, KOREA DS4BOH Lim Jae Suk, 197-6, Naebang-dong, Seogu, Kwangju 502-250, KOREA DS4BOI Kim Soo Youn, 197-6, Naebang-dong, Seogu, Kwangju 502-250, KOREA DS4CCL Kim Ho Young, 197-6, Naebang-dong, Seogu, Kwangju 502-250, KOREA DS4NPL Park Yong Wu, 744-146, 3-GA, Wooa-Dong, Duckjin-Gu, Jeon Ju 561-220, KOREA DS4OJX Song Suk Young, 744-146, 3-GA, Wooa-Dong, Duckjin-Gu, Jeon Ju 561-220, KOREA DU1SAN S. A. Nepomuceno, P. O. Box 3000 QCCPO, 1170 Quezon City, MM, PHILIPPINES DX1DX via DU1SAN E41/OK1DTP via OK1TD EL2WW via ON5NT FO0MAC via K8OU FO0PAP via K8OU FS/K8HTP Jon Lusk, 1111 W. Clark Road, Ypsilanti, MI 48198 FT5ZJ via F2YT G7T via G3NYY HH2JOE Jose Forero, B. P. 1602, Port au Prince, HAITI HH2NH via KU9C HL4CFN Choi Hyeong-Moon, P. O. Box 59, Hwasun 519-800, KOREA HL5FBT Kim Keum-Cheol, P. O. Box 34, Namdaegu 705-600, KOREA KH0/JK3HLP Takafumi Ueda, 2-35-3 Mitsuishidai, Hashimoto City, Wakayama 648-0094, JAPAN KH0/JJ2NYT Tsuyoshi Nakanishi, 1013 Oyama-cho, Yokkaichi City, Mie 512-1101, JAPAN LX1CA Eugene Thiwa, 22 Cite Bourschterbach, L-9029 Warken, LUXEMBOURG OD5KB Sami G. Maalouf, P. O. Box 70364, Antelias, LEBANON OD5MM Irma Mishellany, P. O. Box 184, Jounieh, LEBANON SV1EPI John Vrellos, 64 S. Karageorga St., GR-166 75 Glyfada, Athens, GREECE SV7DLF Ilias Stathopoulos, P. O. Box 58, GR-681 00 Alexandrupoli, GREECE T32IW via DJ5IW T32RT via W6UC T32VU via DL1VU UN7JX via IK2QPR VK6EWI via VK6NE VK9WM via VK4FW VK9WY via VK4FW VP2MHJ via DF2SS VQ9CV via ND1V VQ9PH via W2JDK VU3TOM Tom Davis, U. S. Embassy - New Delhi, Department of State, Washington, D. C. 20521-9000 XU7AAE via 7N3RQU XU7AAN via JH8YZB XX9TRR via N6XJ ZF2MO via OM2SA ZY8M via PT2GTI ZY8R via PT2GTI ______

Credits ______

Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 5X1T, DX News Sheet, K3ZO, KH6BZF Reports, NOAA, VK4FW, VY2SS, ______

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DX News ______

David, E41/OK1DTP, says his friend Radek, OK1FHI, will be in Palestine from 11 to 23 June 1999. He will participate in the All Asian DX Contest.

Starting 19 June Laurence, GM4DMA, will be operating from the Central Styeppe region of Mongolia. In his spare time he will be using a solar powered rig with 100 watts and a wire dipole on 6 through 160 meters. No callsign was mentioned. QSL via GM4DMA.

The ARRL DX bulletin says to look for AA1NY/KH0, KH0/JA4RED and KH0/JH4RLY to be on the air from the Mariana Islands until 6 June. QSL all via AA1NY.

Bill, AA7X, plans to be active from Jalousie Bay, St. Lucia from 24 to 30 June. Look for him to use J6/AA7X on 10 through 40 meters. QSL via AA7X.

Just to remind every one this years Annual Pacific Northwest DX Convention, sponsored by the Willamette Valley DX Club, will be held on 30, 31 July and 1 August at the Monarch Moter Hotel in Clackmas, Oregon. For a registration form or further information see their Web site at: http://www.qsl.net/wvdxc/dxconv.htm or e-mail Jim, K9JF/7 .

DX IS! Is this retro DXing? Not quit, these are the classic stories of the Old Timer, Red-Eyed Louie, the Palos Verdes Sundancers, the Local QRPer, Albert, the Legion of Hand-Wringers and others. Chas Allen, W5DV, has found a few copies of DX IS! The Best of the West Coast DX Bulletin which was edited and published by Chas Allen, W5DV, and James Allen, W6OGC. They're $10.00 each post paid while supplies last. Contact Chas by e-mail at . For a sample story check out K2CD's Web site which has over 30 of Cass' stories at http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/1641/lead35.html ______

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7X2DG - ALGERIA - Djamal was busy working all across the US, Europe and Japan on 21246 from 20:00 to 21:40Z.

9M2 - EAST MALAYSIA - Both 9M2JO and 9M2ZA were found on 21275 at 17:30Z. Check for them today on the same frequency at the same time.

BV8AS - TAIWAN - US stations were working Max on 21295 at 17:20Z as he was running his own list. He stayed until about 18:00Z.

BY4BNS - CHINA - Bony started off of 21260 between 15:00 and 16:00Z. Then later showed up on 21285 from 18:00 to 19:00Z. QSL via BD4EE.

P29WK - PAPUA NEW GUINEA - George is on most days about 11:30Z on 14226. QSL via his new QSL manager K9JJR. ______

IOTA ______

The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AF-004 EA8IN 21234 1842 EU-129 SP6DZA/1 14260 1115 AS-005 R0/US3IU 21260 1221 EU-129 SP6MLX/1 21263 2110 AS-018 RA0FF 18071 1645 EU-129 SP6NIC/1 14256 2315 AS-103 BV9AAC 21020 1110 EU-129 SP6RLK/1 14260 1722 EU-016 9A2GF 21260 2107 EU-129 SP6ZDA/1 14260 1837 EU-023 9H4CM 18130 1634 EU-136 9A6DCR 7059 1034 EU-026 JW/DL3NRV 14013 0536 EU-164 TK/PA3GIO/P 14265 1117 EU-028 IK5/DL8ZAJ 10111 2019 NA-072 3E1DX 14168 0336 EU-051 IE9/I2ADN 14236 1132 NA-110 K2JHS 14260 0850 EU-057 DL5KUD 14003 1759 OC-027 FO0CLA 14001 0810 EU-084 SM5OIG 14259 2201 OC-028 V73ZZ 24940 2028 EU-089 CU3DJ/CU9 21260 1406 SA-046 PT7BZ/PY7 14262 2311 EU-120 M0BMJ/M 14250 1406 SA-046 PT7WA/PY7 21254 1801 EU-124 GW0NWR/P 14253 2242 SA-046 PY7XC/7 14027 1800

Members of the Temuco Radio Club, CE6TC, have announced they will go to Quinchao Island (SA-018) between 20 and 25 July. This will include participation in the RSGB IOTA Contest.

Starting tomorrow Tony, IK1QBT, and Nino, IK1ZOZ, will be operating from Gallinara Island (EU-083). The will be on all bands on CW and SSB as IA1/IK1QBT and IA1/IK1ZOZ until 6 June. They also plan to be on 6 meters and VHF/UHF. QSL via IK1QBT and IK1ZOZ.

During this years IOTA Contest the ON4NOK club will be active from Texel Island (EU-038) as PA6TEX. They will be on the island from 23 to 25 July and on all bands on CW and SSB. QSL via ON4ALW.

Look for a group of Croatians to be on the air from Palagruza Island (EU-090) between 19 to 26 June. They will use 9A99P on all bands including 6 meters. Operators include: 9A3FT, 9A4VV, 9A6W, 9A6BND and 9A5AZZ. QSL via 9A3FT.

Members of the EJ1D group will once again operate the IOTA Contest from St. Croix in the US Virgin Islands. The group will be on the island from 21 to 31 July. Operators include EI2CA, EI7CC, EI6EW, EI4FBB, EI8CE, EI7CD and EI5FYB. They will be active as KP2/home calls before and after the contest on 10 through 160 meters on CW and SSB.

F5VCR and VK6LC will be on from Rottnest Island (OC-164) as VK6ISL from 17 to 19 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 ------4-Jun 20-Jul 3W 3W6XK 3-83 4-Jun 5-Jun 3W XV7SW 3-90 4-Jun 30-Jun 9N 9N7RN 3-74 4-Jun 7-Jun CX CV5A (SA-030) 3-94 4-Jun 6-Jun F TM0AI 3-79 4-Jun 27-Jun FO/M FO0CLA (OC-027) 3-89 3-77 4-Jun 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH 3-4 3-2 4-Jun 4-Jun GM 2S0PNS (EU-008) 3-90 4-Jun 6-Jun JA JI3DST/4 JE4CIL/4 (AS-041) 3-74 4-Jun 6-Jun JA JJ1EQW JA3MCA JA0KNM (AS-024) 3-84 4-Jun 6-Jun KH2 AH2/AH0R 3-89 4-Jun 7-Jun KL7 KL7AK (NA-074) 3-95 3-20 4-Jun 5-Jun KP4 KP4/DL2CC 3-94 4-Jun 4-Jun OH0 OH0/K7BV 4-Jun 11-Jun OY OY/DF6VU/P OY/DL9YBY/P (EU-018) 3-94 4-Jun 6-Jun PY PT7WA/PY7 PT7BZ/PY7 (SA-046) 3-93 4-Jun 6-Jun PY PY7XC/7 PY7ZY/7 PY7ZZ/7 (SA-046) 3-93 4-Jun 12-Jun SV SV8/GW0VSW (EU-052) 3-87 3-81 4-Jun 18-Jun SV5 SV5/SM7DAY 3-92 4-Jun 12-Jun TK TK/PA3GIO (EU-164 EU-104 EU-014) 3-86 4-Jun 18-Jun V4 G4JVG 3-74 4-Jun 6-Jun V5 V5/HB9QQ 3-90 4-Jun 31-Dec VE VY0TA (NA-047) 3-92 4-Jun 16-Jun VK VK8AN/6 (OC-154) 3-94 3-87 5-Jun 7-Jun GM MM/W9DC (EU-008) 3-87 5-Jun 6-Jun JA 7M1ONW/1 (AS-008) 3-95 5-Jun 7-Jun UA R200AP 3-92 6-Jun 14-Jun CY9 CY9SS 3-97 3-79 ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for June 2, 1999 was .

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for June 3, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------3-Jun-1999 21 174 8 1 Mod/Quiet-Active;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unset 3-Jun-1999 18 173 10 1 Mod/Quiet-Active;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unset 3-Jun-1999 15 173 10 2 Mod/Quiet-Active;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unset 3-Jun-1999 12 173 10 2 Mod/Quiet-Active;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unset 3-Jun-1999 09 173 10 2 Low/Quiet-Active;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unset 3-Jun-1999 06 173 10 2 Low/Quiet-Active;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unset 3-Jun-1999 03 173 10 4 Low/Quiet-Active;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unset 3-Jun-1999 00 173 10 4 Low/Quiet-Active;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unset

A satellite proton event ended at 14:10Z on 03 June.

The forecast for Friday, 4 June: solar flux 175, A index 8, K index 2. Friday should be Above Normal.

The forecast for day, June: solar flux 170, A index 8, K index 2. day should be Above Normal.

The forecast for day, June: solar flux 170, A index 7, K index 2. day should be Above Normal.

Perhaps the most useful propagation page for Amateur Radio Operators. http://dx.qsl.net/propagation/

Solar images of the sun received for 3 June, 1999. http://www.sel.noaa.gov/solar_images/1999_06/1999_06_04.html

Grey line map http://www.spiritweb.org/cgi/sunclock.cgi ______

QSL Info ______

Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------2S4JPZ GM4JPZ AH2/AH0R JH6RTO TE45C W3HNK 3E1DX N0JT BY4BNS BD4EE TE45CF W3HNK 5N0ZKD OK1AUT CF3BLU VE3BLU TM6JUN F2RO A45XU W3HNK P29WK K9JJR XV7SW SM3CXS A92BE W3HNK R0/US3IU UA3AGS

QSL cards recently received direct: BV5GQ, E44/HA1AG, EL2WW, EP2FM, FO0MAC, FO0PAP, FS/PA3GIO/P, S79XB, V31GI, YC9KKI (OC-147), ZV0SW ______

On the WWW ______

The following new logs are at http://dx.qsl.net/logs

HL0IHQ/2 - IOTA AS-122 Paengnyong Island, May 1999 D99ARDF - South Korean Special Event Station, thru June 2, 1999 PW1S - 1999 WPX CW Contest, by PY1KS DU1ODX - through May 27, 1999

Oliver, FR5CC has a home page at http://www.qsl.net/fr5cc that is in French but does have many Reunion Island Amateur Radio operators mailing addresses. ______

Credits ______

Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: ARRL DX Bulletin, DX News Sheet, E41/OK1DTP, FR5CC, G3PMR, K4UVT, K9JF/7, KF2HC, KH6BZF Reports, N2JTX, N6RT, NOAA, W4DKS, W4PJ, W5DV, W7IAN, W7UG, WA2VRF ______

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Rob, PA5ET, announced the Caribbean Tour for 1999 will take place on the islands of St. Maarten (PJ5), St. Martin (FS), Nevis (V4) and Anguilla (VP2E). Dutch operators include Ronald, PA3EWP; Henk, PA3GCV; Peter, PA4EA; Martin, PA4WM; Dennis, PA7FM; and Rob, PA5ET. The group will operate first from the Dutch side of St. Maarten and French side of St. Martin (mobile) from 5 to 11 August. Next from 11 to 18 August they will be on Nevis and finally on Anguilla from 18 to 25 August. They will sign their home calls followed by the prefix of the island except for Nevis, where they will be assigned a V47 call. An emphasis will be put on 12, 17, 30, 40, 80 and 160 meters for Europe. Three (3) complete stations will be taken to each island. QSL all via PA5ET (ex PA3ERC) Rob Snieder, Van Leeuwenstraat 137, 2273 VS Voorburg, THE NETHERLANDS. For more information about Tour Caribbean 1999 check out their web site at http://www.muurkrant.com/pi4com/tour99/index.html

Alan, N5PA, reports he will be in Malawi and operating as 7Q7PA starting 3 July. Look for him to be mostly active from 04:00 to 06:00Z and from 16:00 to 20:30Z. Plans are to operate in the IARU HF World Championship on 10 and 11 July for about 12 hours. Alan's last day will be 13 July. QSL via N5PA.

News from Les Nouvelles DX reports that Robert, F5MKA (ex TL8GR) has received his Guinea licence as 3XY1B0 (last character is a Zero!). He is active on 10, 15 and 20 meters, mainly CW. QSL via F5XX.

Jack, WB8FSV, will be vacationing through China for the next 7 weeks and plans to operate from several club stations while traveling. Don't be surprise to see him on from BY1DX during the All Asia Contest. Between 21 June and 15 July he will be in Qingdao and hopes to get on from BY4LB. He prefers CW but is not sure about operating conditions at the club stations.

Peter, ON6TT/5X1T, left Kenya yesterday headed for Ivory Coast. He will probably only be there for one or two days then on to his next stop.

Dan, AE4RP, has been operating from Niger as 5U7DG since July last year. He is currently using a ICOM 706MKII with 100 watts, TH6 and long wire. Look for him currently on 10 through 20 meters. He soon hopes to be on 40, 80 and 160 meters. Plans are for him to be stationed here until at least the summer of 2000 and possibly as long as the summer of 2001. QSL via K4SE. ______

Silent Key ______

South Africa's first YL ham Iris Hayes, ZS2AA, passed away on the evening of 31 May, 1999. She was first licensed in 1937. Mrs Hayes was a founder member and first President of the South African Womens Radio Club which was very active during the 1950's and 1960's. It is believed that Iris was the oldest XYL Amateur Radio operator in South Africa at age of 96. Condolences to the family. --...... -- ... -.- ______

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3XY7A - GUINEA - Dan was found on 14280 at 20:30Z on Friday. He didn't stay long as he moved to 21365. He will only be here until 16 July as his tour will be up. His QSL manager VE3WFN reports that he is only a collect point and that Dan, VE3DYS, will answer the cards after he returns home.

5R8FU - MADAGASCAR - Look for Aki on 20 meters SSB from 11:30 to 13:00Z. West Coast stations should be looking via the long path. QSL via SM0DJZ.

9G1MR - GHANA - West Coast US stations reported working Mike on 28492 via the long path at 06:45Z on Sunday.

9J2BO - ZAMBIA - Sunday Brian was working long path West Coast DXers on 21213, 24893 and 28005 between 05:50 and 06:10Z. QSL via W6ORD.

CE0ZIS - JUAN FERNANDEZ - JA's should look for Eliazar on 12 meters SSB, near 24950, at 16:00Z.

CY9SS - ST. PAUL ISLAND - Another group has landed on this North Atlantic island. So far they have only been reported on 20 meters SSB and 15 meters CW. QSL via VY2SS.

EP2SMH - IRAN - Europeans found Moshen on 14245 just after 15:30Z on Saturday.

FO0CLA - MARQUESAS - Alain can be found on 20 meters CW and SSB starting just after 03:00Z and as late as 10:00Z. Check near 14002 and 14195. QSL via F6LQJ.

J87AB - ST. VINCENT - Check around 18147 after 11:00Z for Mike. He likes to collect post cards for his daughter.

TN7OT - CONGO - Hazel was working Europe and Japan on 21322 from 14:30 to 15:15Z on Sunday. QSL cards go via her home call AL7OT and will not be answered until she goes home.

XU1SS - CAMBODIA - This station was active on 14025 just before 17:00Z on Saturday. He was giving JA1ELY as the QSL manager. Another time during the weekend he was giving W3HNK as the manager. Joe, W3HNK, says he is not the QSL manager!

YK1AO - SYRIA - Omar came up on 18080 at 03:30Z on Saturday. ______

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The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AS-018 RA0FA 24902 2044 EU-165 IM0/IK2DUW 14257 1507 AS-028 UA0QMU 18068 1326 NA-034 KM4RX 14243 0639 AS-041 JE4CIL/4 14263 1639 NA-057 AH6PN/HR6 21330 1556 AS-041 JI3DST/4 21242 2003 NA-065 N6FD/7 14258 0556 AS-083 RA9LI/9 14262 1011 NA-072 HP1XVH 21277 2309 AS-103 BV9AAC 21018 1811 NA-072 HP1XVH 14180 2200 EU-008 2A0BPP/P 28455 0931 NA-074 KL7AK 14260 1558 EU-016 9A4W 14252 0901 NA-080 C6AFV 14251 0349 EU-029 OZ/DL8OD 7085 1852 OC-027 FO0CLA 14002 0836 EU-033 LA4MQ 14250 2205 OC-042 DU1KGJ/4 21247 1443 EU-049 SV8DTL 21260 0403 OC-046 FO5CK 14137 0724 EU-082 U1ZA/A 18075 1328 OC-075 YC5YAS 21262 1907 EU-083 IK1OXF/1 7066 1254 OC-154 VK8AN/6 14260 1428 EU-083 IK1QBT/1 21260 1444 OC-183 VK6ISL 21255 0511 EU-089 CU9/CU3DJ 7050 2213 SA-046 PT7BZ/P 28460 1024 EU-115 EI7GK 21263 1507 SA-046 PT7WA/PY7 28460 1645 EU-121 EJ0X 14265 1658 SA-046 PY7ZZ/7 28460 1246 EU-138 SM7QW 14260 1634 SA-046 PY7XC 28460 1537 EU-149 ES1QX/1 14250 1007 SA-047 PR59B 28465 1154

French operators F5LMJ, F5MBO/G0LMX and F6GIN plan to be active from Glenan Islands (EU-094) during the IOTA contest. They will arrive on 23 July and leave the day after the contest.

A group of French operators will operate TM5B from Fort Brescou (EU-148) from 25 to 27 June. They will be on the normal IOTA frequencies. QSL via F5XX.

Mal, VK6LC, was active with F5VCR as VK6ISL on Green Island (OC-183) yesterday. Mal says he will be back on the island on 6 October.

Phil, G3SWH, will once again be in Mykonos, Greece as SV8/G3SWH from 16 to 23 June. Look for him on CW on 10 through 40 meters. He plans to be active for a few hours each day during his mid mornings and evenings. QSL direct or via the RSGB bureau to 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 ------7-Jun 7-Jun CX CV5A (SA-030) 3-94 7-Jun 7-Jun KL7 KL7AK (NA-074) 3-95 3-20 7-Jun 7-Jun GM MM/W9DC (EU-008) 3-87 7-Jun 7-Jun UA R200AP 3-92 7-Jun 11-Jun OY OY/DF6VU/P OY/DL9YBY/P (EU-018) 3-94 7-Jun 12-Jun SV SV8/GW0VSW (EU-052) 3-87 3-81 7-Jun 12-Jun TK TK/PA3GIO (EU-164 EU-104 EU-014) 3-86 7-Jun 13-Jun F TM6ACO 3-94 7-Jun 14-Jun CY9 CY9SS 3-97 3-79 7-Jun 16-Jun VK VK8AN/6 (OC-154) 3-94 3-87 7-Jun 18-Jun V4 G4JVG 3-74 7-Jun 18-Jun SV5 SV5/SM7DAY 3-92 7-Jun 27-Jun FO/M FO0CLA (OC-027) 3-89 3-77 7-Jun 30-Jun 9N 9N7RN 3-74 7-Jun 20-Jul 3W 3W6XK 3-83 7-Jun 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH 3-4 3-2 7-Jun 31-Dec VE VY0TA (NA-047) 3-92 10-Jun 13-Jun I IT9AXZ IT9HLR IT9WDY (EU-166) 11-Jun 14-Jun VK VK4YN (OC-142) 3-97 11-Jun 14-Jun XW XW8KPL/CSN 3-96 11-Jun 16-Jun GM MM/DL4BQE/P MM/DM4VDE/P (EU-012) 3-74 11-Jun 23-Jun E4 E41/OK1DTP 3-98 12-Jun 13-Jun ANARTS WW RTTY Digital Contest 12-Jun 13-Jun GD GD6IA 3-82 12-Jun 13-Jun Portugal Day DX Contest SSB 12-Jun 13-Jun TOEC WW Grid Contest 12-Jun 15-Jun KH0 7 JA's 3-84 ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for June 5, 1999 was 233.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for June 6, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------6-Jun-1999 21 168 5 0 Low/Quiet;Low/Quiet 6-Jun-1999 18 164 5 2 Low/Quiet;Low-Moderate/Quiet-Unsettled 6-Jun-1999 15 164 5 2 unavailable 6-Jun-1999 12 165 5 2 unavailable 6-Jun-1999 09 164 5 1 Low/Quiet;Low-Moderate/Quiet-Active 6-Jun-1999 06 164 5 1 Low/Quiet;Low-Moderate/Quiet-Active 6-Jun-1999 03 164 5 1 Low/Quiet;Low-Moderate/Quiet-Active 6-Jun-1999 00 164 5 1 Low/Quiet;Low-Moderate/Quiet-Active

The forecast for Monday, 7 June: solar flux 160, A index 10, K index 2. Monday should be High Normal.

The forecast for Tuesday, 8 June: solar flux 155, A index 10, K index 2. Tuesday should be High Normal.

Perhaps the most useful propagation page for Amateur Radio Operators. http://dx.qsl.net/propagation/

Solar images of the sun received for 7 June, 1999. http://www.sel.noaa.gov/solar_images/1999_06/1999_06_07.html

Grey line map http://www.spiritweb.org/cgi/sunclock.cgi ______

QSL Info ______

Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------2A0BPP/P MM0BPP EK7DX F5LGQ OY3QN OZ1ACB 3Z2JPL SP2QCR EL2DT IK0PHY P29KPH K5YG 3Z3JPL SP3PDV ER200P ER1DA PR59B PP5LL 6M0HZ DS2AGH *ET3BN DL1JRC R200AP RA1WZ 9A4W 9A4RU FK8VHT F6AJA TM6ACO F6KFI 9V1UU JA1NLI HL1/JI1EFP JQ1NGT TM6CRE F5RPB AA1NY/KH0 JA4CZM IR6CGC IK6CNM TM6JUN F2RO AH6PN/HR6 W7TSQ J41RKE SV1EYQ UE4NMM RA4NF BA4DX BA4CH JW/DL3NRV DL3NRV UN4P DL8KAC CU9/CU3DJ CU3DJ KC4CD/HR2 HR1JPT VK6ISL VK6LC CY9SS VY2SS KH0/JH4RLY JH4RLY VK8AN/6 VK4AAR DL3NEO/BY7KF DL3NEO OH0LIZ OH5LIZ YZ75AEW YU7CB EJ0X EI4DW OY2H I2MQP ZF2AH W6VNR

*ET3BN - Box 150194, Addis Ababa, ETHIOPIA * both routes have been given by ET3BN.

A note from the W2 incoming QSL bureau notes that VE2QRZ via WB2K, ZD7HI and ZD7OK via WA2JUN have many cards on hand. Neither QSL manager is accepting them.

QSL cards recently received direct: 4U1ITU, FO0MAC, FO0PAP, FT5ZH, TJ1PD, YL8M ______

On the WWW ______

The following logs can be found at http://www.qsl.net/ok1rr 5N0MSV, 5N99MSV, 5N0/OK1JR plus some 250 more!

Logs for the recent HL0IHQ/2 IOTA DXpedition to AS-122 can be found at http://www.qsl.net/hl2kat

North Pole station R3RR/0 logs are now at http://www.stinol.lipetsk.ru/~rrc

Karl, DL1VU, logs for Banaba T33VU are on the WWW at http://www.qsl.net/dl5mx Logs for T32VU, T31AF/MM and T30CT will soon also be at this site. ______

Credits ______

Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 425 DX News, DH3MIT, G3PMR, G3SWH, IOTW, KH6BZF Reports, LNDX, N3OZD, N5PA, N6RT, NOAA, SARL News, VK3AJJ, W2AY, W2GG, W3LEO, W9OL, WA2VRF, WB8FSV, ZL1ARY ______

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DX News ______

On May 25, 1999 Tony, EA5BY, announced a team of four operators including Vic, EA5YN; Elmo, EA5BYP; Ramon, 3C1GS; and Robert, 3C1RV will be going to the rare island of Annobon in mid September of this year. All the paperwork including license, Visas, landing permission and tickets have been secured.

Tony called your editor on the phone on June 6th to give more details about the planned 3C0R operation. The license is good through December 31st. This operation is a warm-up as only four operators are able to go on this trip. In addition a military commander and the Minister of Telecommunications will also be on hand to observe. The goal for this group is to make between 25,000 and 30,000 QSOs.

If all goes well with this operation they will then be able to schedule another trip with more equipment and more operators from other countries later this year. So it will be very important for those in the pileups to be on their best behavior. Pay attention to the DX operator's requests. One of the stations from this trip will be left behind. Let's hope one of the island's inhabitants gets interested in Amateur Radio!

The two Spanish operators, EA5BYP and EA5YN will leave Alicante, Spain on September 12th. They will fly out of Madrid and head for the island of Sao Tome (S9), where they will meet up with the other two operators. Meanwhile 3C1GS and 3C1RV will also leave on September from Malabo, Equatorial Guinea. They will fly to Libreville, Gabon (TR), then on to Sao Tome.

Once on Sao Tome the group will purchase food, petrol, tents and other supplies. Next they will board a 14-meter sailboat for a 20-hour excursion to Annobon Island. Their expected arrival date on the island is September 14th.

When they do arrive on the island they will quickly setup four transceivers, two 500 watt amplifiers, laptop computers, tents and antennas. For antennas they will take two 3 element yagis, two verticals and dipoles. Activity is planned for 2 through 160 meters on CW, SSB and RTTY. They will be on the island until September 24th. The CW pileups will be handled by EA5YN while 3C1RV does the RTTY. EA5BYP and 3C1GS will do the SSB honors. More information will follow and is available from any of the operators or via Lynx DX Group at http://web.jet.es/lynx or the Clipperton DX Club at http://www.multimania.com/cdxc/

RTTY DXers have noticed that Abdollah, EP2FM, has been on most days on 20 meters before 02:00Z. His rig is an old tube type and he experience some minor frequency changing. He hopes to soon fix this problem. He has found that mail to his P.O. Box may not be the best route. His home address is Abdollah Sadjadian, 36, Hayamanesh, Dabestan St., Resalat Highway 16316, Tehran, Iran.

Peter, 5X1T, is traveling through West Africa between now and 16 June. He will leave the Ivory Coast (TU) today and head for Guinea (3X). On 9 June he will be in Sierra Leone then back to Guinea for 10 and 11 June. While in Guinea he hopes to operate from the QTH of Dan, 3XY7A. From 12 to 16 June he will be in Liberia and active as EL2TT QSL via ON5NT. On 17 June it's back in Kampala, Uganda. Then he will head to Europe on 18 June.

Ed, ZL4IR/K8VIR, informs that he will be operating from the remote Fiordland, Wallace County, South Island, New Zealand starting in mid June through the end of July. He has had many requests to be on 17 meters so look for him between 05:00 and 06:00Z on or near 18130. QSL via W8WC. ______

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3W7TK - VIETNAM - Michal was found on 21012 working stations all across the US and Europe from 14:00 to 16:00Z. QSL via OK1HWB.

3XY7A - GUINEA - Dan has been showing these days on a net on 21365 after 20:00Z. QSL via VE3WFN.

5A1A - LIBYA - West Coast DXers reported finding Abubaker on 21005 from 16:30 to 18:00Z.

BA0AA - CHINA - Zhang (YL) has been showing up on 15 meters CW between 00:00 and 02:00Z. She has a habit of sending her call a little to fast and it usually sounds like 6A0AA. Check for her between 21025 and 21030. By the way she and all BY0s are in CQ WAZ 23.

CY9SS - ST. PAUL ISLAND - The group will be on 80 meters today and 160 meters starting tomorrow. QSL via VY2SS.

S21YP - BANGLADESH - Look for Bob on 17 meters CW once or twice a week between 20:00 and 22:00Z.

XU1SS - CAMBODIA - Over the weekend someone was playing games with this call. Do not QSL via W3HNK or JA1ELY. ______

IOTA ______

The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AS-018 RA0FA 24957 2136 EU-089 CU9/CU3DJ 14188 2324 AS-040 JH6TYD 14257 2027 EU-115 GI0SAP 21291 2150 AS-053 HS0/IK4MRH 28460 1142 EU-164 TK/PA3GIO 14270 1157 AS-079 JA5CKD/6 18077 1911 NA-031 KA3UNQ/P 14255 2245 AS-094 BG7YB 21405 1638 NA-072 HP1XVH 21217 2320 EU-004 EA6ACF 21326 2115 NA-074 KL7AK 14260 2003 EU-018 OY/DF6VU 14265 1535 NA-094 CY9SS 24950 1950 EU-024 IS0/IK2DUW 18082 1626 OC-027 FO0CLA 14134 0641 EU-028 IA5/IK3MAW 21263 2141 OC-027 FO5QG 14120 0544 EU-029 OZ/DL8UD 21260 2142 OC-046 FO5CK 14129 0539 EU-031 IC8/IK8TWX 14259 0932 OC-154 VK8AN/6 14261 0638

The Asociaci¢n de Radioaficionados de Venezuela and the Grupo DX Caracas are organizing the annual Amateur Radio DXpedition to celebrate the Venezuelan Navy Day. This year they will operate from Coche Island (SA-012) as YW7C from 29 July to 1 August. Look for them on SSB and CW. QSL via W4SO.

The Flores Island (SA-030) DXpedition by CV5A was postponed from the original 4 to 7 June dates to 18 to 21 June.

Two members of the French Loos DX Gang, Eric, F5SSM and Didier, F5NZO, will be active from Madeleine Island (NA-038), Canada from 11 to 14 August. Activity is also expected from Prince Edward Island (NA-029).

Nate, N8WNB, plans to operate from Assateague Island (NA-139), MD during the 4th of July weekend. Look for him to be on 14260 and 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 ------8-Jun 20-Jul 3W 3W6XK 3-83 8-Jun 30-Jun 9N 9N7RN 3-74 8-Jun 14-Jun CY9 CY9SS 3-97 3-79 8-Jun 13-Jun F TM6ACO 3-94 8-Jun 27-Jun FO/M FO0CLA (OC-027) 3-89 3-77 8-Jun 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH 3-4 3-2 8-Jun 11-Jun OY OY/DF6VU/P OY/DL9YBY/P (EU-018) 3-94 8-Jun 12-Jun SV SV8/GW0VSW (EU-052) 3-87 3-81 8-Jun 18-Jun SV5 SV5/SM7DAY 3-92 8-Jun 12-Jun TK TK/PA3GIO (EU-164 EU-104 EU-014) 3-86 8-Jun 18-Jun V4 G4JVG 3-74 8-Jun 31-Dec VE VY0TA (NA-047) 3-92 8-Jun 16-Jun VK VK8AN/6 (OC-154) 3-94 3-87 ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for June 6, 1999 was 238.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for June 7, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------7-Jun-1999 21 158 3 1 Low/Quiet;Low/Quiet 7-Jun-1999 18 168 3 2 Low/Quiet;Low/Quiet 7-Jun-1999 15 168 3 1 Low/Quiet;Low/Quiet 7-Jun-1999 12 168 3 1 Low/Quiet;Low/Quiet 7-Jun-1999 09 168 3 1 Low/Quiet;Low/Quiet 7-Jun-1999 06 168 3 1 Low/Quiet;Low/Quiet 7-Jun-1999 03 168 3 1 Low/Quiet;Low/Quiet 7-Jun-1999 00 168 3 0 Low/Quiet;Low/Quiet

The forecast for Tuesday, 8 June: solar flux 170, A index 7, K index 2. Tuesday should be Above Normal.

The forecast for Wednesday, 9 June: solar flux 165, A index 7, K index 2. Wednesday should be Above Normal.

Perhaps the most useful propagation page for Amateur Radio Operators. http://dx.qsl.net/propagation/

Solar images of the sun received for 8 June, 1999. http://www.sel.noaa.gov/solar_images/1999_06/1999_06_08.html

Grey line map http://www.spiritweb.org/cgi/sunclock.cgi ______

QSL Info ______

Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------2C0TKX GW0TKX 4L4MM ON4CFI MM0/W9DC W9DC 2C3SFC GW3SFC BA4EG BD4EG TF8GX ON4CAT 2S3JIJ GM3JIJ FR5VZ F5VZ ZA1M IK2HTW 3Z9JPG SP9KAG

7X4AN - Mohamed, P.O. Box 30133, Barcelona 08080, SPAIN BD8SN - Sheen, 22 Min Hang Lu, Kunming, Yunnan 650041, CHINA BG5WKY - Box 18, Sanming, Fujian, CHINA

QSL cards recently received direct: E44/HA1AG, FT5ZH, S79SBP, T22VE ______

On the WWW ______

The 9th annual W5 DX Bash, sponsored by the West Texas DX Association, will be held on 8 and 9 October. For complete details check out http://www.dxer.org/w5bash/ ______

Credits ______

Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 5X1T, EA5BY, F5NZO, G3PMR, Go List, IOTW, JA1ELY, K1XN, K6BU, K6JG, K6SSS, KD4IFV, KH6BZF Reports, KO4PY, N8WNB, NOAA, W2GE, W4JTL, W5KFT, W7IAN, WU1F, ZL4IR ______

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Bernie McClenny, W3UR, publishes THE DAILY DX _ Monday through Friday. 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 re-post this e-mail send a request including date, volume and issue number to THE DAILY DX _, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, MD 21738, United States. 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 c *** ======Volume 3 Number 101 June 9, 1999 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR ______

DX News ______

Nick, VK2ICV, will make his third trip to the Australian Island of Lord Howe. This year he will be there from October 24 to November 2nd. Plans are to operate single op all band in the CQ World Wide SSB DX Contest. Look for VK9LX to be active before and after the contest. QSL via P.O. Box 730, Parramatta 2124, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA. Check out his Web page at http://www.qsl.net/vk9lx/

Leif, LA2PA, will be on the air from Svalbard Island between June 18 and 25. Look for JW2PA to be operating in Longyearbyen on Spitzbergen (EU-026). QSL via LA2PA.

Steve, G4JVG, is currently spending his holiday in Nevis and St. Kitts (NA-104). Look for him to be active on 10 though 40 meters SSB and maybe on 80 Meters. He will be here until 18 June. QSL via G4JVG.

Amateur Radio operators from South Korea were unable to work the recent North Korean operation this past April because it was illegal for them. Kyu, HL2WA, one of the directors of the Korean Amateur Radio League (KARL), sent a letter recommendation on April 21, 1999 to the Information Communication department, which is run by Government. This historic news was recently in Korean news papers, on TV and Radio.

A large group of Japanese operators will be active from Saipan Island in the Mariana Islands from July 19th to August 2nd. Operators include JA3ART/N3JJ, JA3KWZ/AE4SU, JF3PLF/K7IL, JA3AJ/N7EIU, JI3NST/NH7V, JH3TXR/KF8TW, JA3YAQ/W8YAQ, JA3RR, JH3QNH, JH5IXG (YL) and JA3YAQ. No mention was made as to what callsign each will use. More than likely they will use KH0/ their US calls. Activity is planned for all bands except 160 meters, including 6 meters. QSL via home call either direct or via the JARL QSL bureau.

Peter, 5X1T/ON6TT, will be visiting Cassandra, 9L1YL, today. More than likely he will not be on the air, but you never know. Tomorrow and Friday he will be visiting Dan, 3XY7A, and plans to operate.

Special event station PS400NAT is not on the air celebrating the 400th anniversary of Natal City, Brazil. Look for this station to be active on 20 meters SSB only. QSL via PY bureau or to PS7AB, Rony Reis, PO Box 2021, Natal/RN, 59094-970, Brazil. For more information check out http://www.qsl.net/ps7ab/pydx.htm

To celebrate the 770th anniversary of the Croatian City of Nasice special event station 9A77ON will be act on SSB until the end of the year. QSL via 9A1DAB. QSOs between May 13 and 29 go via 9A2TN.

Starting at 18:00Z on June 12th look for Selva, 9V1UV, to be on 6 meters as he was given special permission to do so until 03:00Z on June 14th. Keep an ear out for him on 50115. He is running 10 watts and a 4 element beam.

Kees, PA5CW, is expected to be active from Costa Rica as PA5CW/TI8 until June 22nd. Look for him to be active on 10, 15, 20 and 40 meter CW. It may be possible he will be on other bands. QSL via PA5CW, Kees Wiegers, De Schans 96, 9351 AZ Leek, THE NETHERLANDS. ______

QSN ______

4L4MM - GEORGIA - Merab was found on 21290 working Japan and Europe from 12:30 to 13:00Z. QSL via ON4CFI.

5A1A - LIBYA - US stations once again reported Abubaker on 21005 from 17:45 to 19:30Z.

7Q7WY - MALAWI - West Coast DXers were working this one on 21230 at 04:30Z.

9J2AM - ZAMBIA - Aki showed up on 3793 around 19:30Z running Japan and Europe. QSL via JA0JHA.

AP2NK - PAKISTAN - Nasir made a surprise appearance on 18077 around 05:40Z. He was later found on 14002 at 19:00Z.

CY9SS - ST. PAUL ISLAND - The boys are now active on 10 through 80 meters CW and SSB. QSL via VY2SS.

D2GG - ANGOLA - Look for Vic on a net on 14247 between 21:00 and 23:00Z. QSL via CT1GG.

FH5CB - MAYOTTE - Japanese stations found Elio on 21257 from 14:15 to 15:30Z.

FR/DL8AAV - REUNION ISLAND - Bernd is now active. Length of stay is unknown. QSL via DL8AAV.

TN7OT - CONGO - Look for Hazel on 15 meters SSB between 14:00 and 15:00Z. Check from 21320 to 21335. QSL via AL7OT. ______

IOTA ______

The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AF-016 FR5DX 24945 0810 EU-089 CU9/CU3DJ 21260 1827 AS-012 JN3FPV/6 21005 0854 EU-165 IM0/DL6NBR 14260 1605 AS-018 UA0FAI 21041 0923 EU-165 IM0/IK2DUW 14257 1255 AS-078 JA8BGR 21007 1007 NA-047 VY0TA 18144 0100 AS-079 JA5CKD/6 21018 1727 NA-072 3E1DX 14259 0306 AS-083 RA9LI/9 14260 2315 NA-072 HP1XVH 21242 0455 EU-010 2S3JIJ 14247 1021 NA-094 CY9SS 18130 1628 EU-020 SM1SBI 14265 0944 OC-027 FO0CLA 14027 0934 EU-028 IA5/IK3MAW 14261 1250 OC-075 YC5YAS 21240 1849 EU-029 OZ/DL8UD 14262 2043 OC-137 VK4CY 14227 1255 EU-051 IE9/I1ADN 14240 1618 OC-154 VK8AN/6 21259 1056 EU-067 SV8/SM0TXM 21041 1904

Japanese Amateur Radio operators JG1RVN and JA5DES will be active from Shitaji Island located in the Miyako Islands (AS-079) from 16 to 19 June. Two (2) stations will be used on 6 through 80 meters CW (JG1RVN/6) and SSB (JA5DES/6). QSL via home calls.

German operators Wolf, DL4BQE; Helmut, DL5BUT; Thomas, DM4VDE; and Arno, DL1CW; will be on Muckle Roe in the Shetland Islands from June 11 to 16. They will use MM/home calls/p on all bands. Two stations will be used, one on CW the other on SSB. QSL via DARC bureau or direct to DL4BQE.

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 20-Jul 3W 3W6XK 3-83 9-Jun 9-Jun 9L ON6TT at 9L1YL 3-101 3-100 9-Jun 30-Jun 9N 9N7RN 3-74 9-Jun 14-Jun CY9 CY9SS 3-97 3-79 9-Jun 13-Jun F TM6ACO 3-94 9-Jun 27-Jun FO/M FO0CLA (OC-027) 3-89 3-77 9-Jun 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH 3-4 3-2 9-Jun 11-Jun OY OY/DF6VU/P OY/DL9YBY/P (EU-018) 3-94 9-Jun 12-Jun SV SV8/GW0VSW (EU-052) 3-87 3-81 9-Jun 18-Jun SV5 SV5/SM7DAY 3-92 9-Jun 12-Jun TK TK/PA3GIO (EU-164 EU-104 EU-014) 3-86 9-Jun 18-Jun V4 G4JVG 3-74 9-Jun 31-Dec VE VY0TA (NA-047) 3-92 9-Jun 16-Jun VK VK8AN/6 (OC-154) 3-94 3-87 ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for June 7, 1999 was 198.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for June 8, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------8-Jun-1999 21 157 15 1 Low/Quiet-Active;Low/Quiet- Unsettled 8-Jun-1999 18 158 4 2 Low/Quiet-Active;Low/Quiet- Unsettled 8-Jun-1999 15 158 4 2 Low/Quiet-Active;Low/Quiet- Unsettled 8-Jun-1999 12 158 4 4 Low/Quiet-Active;Low/Quiet- Unsettled 8-Jun-1999 09 158 4 4 Low/Quiet-Active;Low/Quiet- Unsettled 8-Jun-1999 06 158 4 4 Low/Quiet-Active;Low/Quiet 8-Jun-1999 03 158 4 3 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet 8-Jun-1999 00 158 4 2 Low/Quiet;Low/Quiet

The forecast for Wednesday, 9 June: solar flux 155, A index 10, K index 2. Wednesday should be High Normal.

The forecast for Thursday, 10 June: solar flux 150, A index 5, K index 3. Thursday should be High Normal.

Perhaps the most useful propagation page for Amateur Radio Operators. http://dx.qsl.net/propagation/

Solar images of the sun received for 8 June, 1999. http://www.sel.noaa.gov/solar_images/1999_06/1999_06_08.html

Grey line map http://www.spiritweb.org/cgi/sunclock.cgi ______

QSL Info ______

Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------2S0FNE GM0FNE FR/DL8AAV DL8AAV UN4P DL8KAC A9/ON4CFI ON4CFI TI2WGO N5BUS ZK2PJ VK4AAR DL2GG/YV5 DJ7AO UE4NMM RA4NF

QSL cards recently received direct: 3D2DK, 5H3US, 5V7ZM, 6Y2A, 6Y4A, 8Q7DV, E44DX, *EP2MKO, FO0KOL, FR5ZU/G, FR5ZU/T, H40AA, HR2KOS, J45T, J83ZB, JX7DFA, R1FJL, S79MX, T20FW, TN7A, XZ1N, YJ0ADJ, YK1AH, ZL7DK

* Rod, VE3IRF, reported receiving this one after 99 days via UA6HCW. He sent a SASE with 6,000 rubles of Russian postage plus an additional 2 IRCs. The envelope came back with 7,5000 rubles of postage on it. ______

On the WWW ______

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Credits ______

Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 425 DX News, DX News Letter, IK4FNF, JI6KVR, K1JE, KH6BZF Reports, NOAA, OPDX, VE3IRF, W8FJ ______

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. ======*** The Daily DX c *** ======Volume 3 Number 102 June 10, 1999 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR ______

DX News ______

After close to a year of preparations a joint operation by 25 operators from Finland and Russia will embark on Malyj Vysotskij Island next month. The group will consist of 8 operators from Finland: OH2BR, OH5BM, OH5LZY, OH5NE, OH5PT, OH5SC, OH5UX and OH5YB. The Russian team will have 17 operators from well-known Russian contest team RU1A: RU1AA, RW1AC, RV1AW, RX1AA, RN1AM, UA1BX, RA1ACJ, UA1ANA, RV1AC, RU1AS, UA1AAF, RA1ARZ, UA1ACC, RA1ARJ, RA1AIP, Alex and Vadim.

The operation will take place from July 4th to 15th and will be on all bands including VHF and UHF. Planed modes of operations are CW, SSB, RTTY, MS, EME and Tropo (Aurora not wanted, hi!). During most of the operation they will use R1MVA however during the IARU HF Radiosport they will use R1MV. One of the goals of the team is to simultaneously operate on CW, SSB and RTTY on the same band at time.

They will have between 9 and 12 operating positions. Stations will include seven FT-1000MPs, one FT-1000D, one TS-940, some spares and six amplifiers. Antennas will include inverted Ls for 80 and 160 meters, 3 element beams on 40, 30 and 12 meters, 4 element beams on 20 and 17 meters, a 5 element beam on 15 meters and a 7 element beam on 10 meters. Also included in the array of antennas will be an A3S, A3WS, R-7000 and wires. The antennas will be installed on seven towers ranging from 10 to 20 meters high with rotators. Six generators ranging from 2 to 7 kilowatts will supply power.

Suggested frequencies are as follows:

Band CW SSB RTTY 160 1831 1845 80 3510 3795 40 7010 7045 30 10111 20 14025 14195 (14295) 14084 17 18071 18145 15 21025 21295 12 24891 24945 10 28025 28495

A Web site with log search is currently being constructed, more on this soon. QSL cards will be handled by Jukka Heikinheimo, OH2BR, Rikunkuja 4, FI-01420 VANTAA, FINLAND (CBA not valid).

Ivan, G3IZD, will again operate the IOTA Contest on July 24th and 25th from the Isle of Man as GD3IZD/P. QSL via G3IZD.

Bangladesh amateurs Mamtaz, S21J/KF6WJY, Maria Ashna, S21JA/KF6WJX, and Saif Shahid, S21A/KF6WJZ expect to be in the United States for the next 2 years.

Look for Walt, G3NYY, Dave, G4FRE, Meg (YL), G7FRE, and Tim, G4VXE to once again be active from Crete from June 29th to July 6th. They will use SV9/home calls on CW and RTTY on 10 through 160 meters and possibly on 6 meters. QSL SV9/G4VXE via G3SWH either via the RSGB bureau or direct. QSL all others via home calls.

Hiroo, JA2EZD, says he is planning to be in South East Asia from June 11th to 28th. He will be in Vietnam and Cambodia. While in Vietnam he will be QRV from 3W6EZD, XV300S (that's 3 hundred) and 3W6EZD/P, from a new IOTA. While in Cambodia he will use XU2A and XUX0 (yep XUX Zero) from IOTA AS-133. He does have a Web page at http://www.qth.com/dxshack/ ______

QSN ______

4L1BR - GEORGIA - RTTY DXers should look for Shalva near 14084 around 02:00Z.

4X4UR - ISRAEL - Ed can often be found on 15 meters SSB, usually below 21300, starting around 02:30Z.

5A1A - LIBYA - When Abubaker is on CW check 7005, 10105, 14005, 21005 etc.

9J2AM - ZAMBIA - Look for Aki daily near 3793 staring around 19:30Z and staying until about 20:30Z. QSL via JA0JHA.

CE0ZIS - JUAN FERNANDEZ - Try to catch Eliazar near 24950 at 20:00Z.

D2RV - ANGOLA - Richard was working Europeans and East Coast US stations yesterday on 28485 between 18:30 and 20:00Z. QSL via AA4HU.

EL2WW - LIBERIA - If you hear Mark on the air and he does not have a big pileup he will QSY to other bands! QSL via ON5NT.

EX8F - KYRGYZSTAN - West Coast and South West US DXers were working Vlad on 21010 from 03:30 to 04:30Z.

FO0CLA - MARQUESAS ISLANDS - Alain has been showing up near 14027 around 08:30Z. QSL via F6LQJ.

ST2SA - SUDAN - Check 14200 and around 14254 after 05:00Z for Dr. Sid. ______

IOTA ______

The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AS-053 HS0/IK4MRH 14260 1948 EU-089 CU9/CU3DJ 7042 2243 EU-014 TK/PA3GIO/M 14264 0928 EU-165 IM0/DL6NBR 14260 1329 EU-020 SM1SBI 14260 0738 NA-027 VO1HE 21258 1700 EU-028 IK5/DH2RL/P 14288 0950 OC-042 DU3NHK 21250 1614 EU-051 IE9/I2ADN 14240 1204 OC-154 VK8AN/6 14260 1031 EU-084 SM5OIG 28008 1322

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 20-Jul 3W 3W6XK 3-83 10-Jun 11-Jun 3X 3XY7A by ON6TT 3-101 3-100 10-Jun 30-Jun 9N 9N7RN 3-74 10-Jun 14-Jun CY9 CY9SS 3-97 3-79 10-Jun 13-Jun F TM6ACO 3-94 10-Jun 27-Jun FO/M FO0CLA (OC-027) 3-89 3-77 10-Jun 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH 3-4 3-2 10-Jun 13-Jun I IT9AXZ IT9HLR IT9WDY (EU-166) 10-Jun 11-Jun OY OY/DF6VU/P OY/DL9YBY/P (EU-018) 3-94 10-Jun 12-Jun SV SV8/GW0VSW (EU-052) 3-87 3-81 10-Jun 18-Jun SV5 SV5/SM7DAY 3-92 10-Jun 22-Jun TI PA5CW/TI8 3-101 10-Jun 12-Jun TK TK/PA3GIO (EU-164 EU-104 EU-014) 3-86 10-Jun 18-Jun V4 V47JVG 3-101 3-74 10-Jun 31-Dec VE VY0TA (NA-047) 3-92 10-Jun 16-Jun VK VK8AN/6 (OC-154) 3-94 3-87 ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for June 8, 1999 was 192.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for June 9, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------9-Jun-1999 21 165 11 3 Low/Quiet-Active;Low/Quiet- Unsettled 9-Jun-1999 18 157 15 4 Low/Quiet-Active;Low/Quiet- Unsettled 9-Jun-1999 15 157 15 2 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet- Unsettled 9-Jun-1999 12 157 15 1 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet- Unsettled 9-Jun-1999 09 157 15 2 Low/Quiet-Active;Low/Quiet- Unsettled 9-Jun-1999 06 157 15 3 Low/Quiet-Active;Low/Quiet- Unsettled 9-Jun-1999 03 157 15 2 Low/Quiet-Active;Low/Quiet- Unsettled 9-Jun-1999 00 157 15 2 Low/Quiet-Active;Low/Quiet- Unsettled

The forecast for Thursday, 10 June: solar flux 145, A index 5, K index 2. Thursday should be Above Normal.

The forecast for Friday, 11 June: solar flux 145, A index 5, K index 2. Friday should be Above Normal.

Perhaps the most useful propagation page for Amateur Radio Operators. http://dx.qsl.net/propagation/

Solar images of the sun received for 9 June, 1999. http://www.sel.noaa.gov/solar_images/1999_06/1999_06_09.html

Grey line map http://www.spiritweb.org/cgi/sunclock.cgi ______

QSL Info ______

Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------2C4DIY G4DIY D2RV AA4HU PY5ZHP DL4DBR 4L1UN IK7JTF IM0/DL6NBR DL6NBR V47EWS K5EWS 8P6DA KU9C OA8ADM KC7HRT V47JVG G4JVG CE3/ON4CDM ON4CDM

QSL cards recently received direct: T20FW, VK9EHH

QSL cards recently received via the bureau: CN2IB (1/98), KW2P/CY9 (7/95)

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Correction ______

In Volume 3 Number 100 the special event station for the 770th anniversary of the Croatian City of Nasice is 9A770N (zero) not 9A77ON. ______

Credits ______

Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: AD1C, DX News Sheet, G3PMR, JI6KVR, KH6BZF Reports, NOAA, OH2BR, S21J, W2GI, W3LEO ______

Subscriptions ______

. ======*** The Daily DX c *** ======Volume 3 Number 103 June 11, 1999 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR ______

DX News ______

Starting today Japanese DXpeditioners Yoh, 7L1MFS, Yoshihiko, JA2MNB; and Yuu, JR2KDN; will be active as XW8KPL/CSN. They will be operating CW, SSB and RTTY on 6 through 80 meters from a Casino in Laos. Look for them to be active until Monday. QSL cards go via JR2KDN.

Tom, DL2RUM, reports the German group going to West Kiribati and Banaba (see Vol. 3 No's 34 and 66) have gotten their licenses for the trip. They have been assigned the following callsigns: T30Y, T30CW, T33Y and T33CW. ______

QSN ______

3XY7A - GUINEA - Peter, ON6TT, was visiting Dan and was able to get on 21289 just after 19:00Z. Dan later showed up on a net on 21365 around 21:30Z. QSL via VE3WFN.

4L4MM - GEORGIA - Merab has been showing up on 20 meters SSB around 01:30Z. QSL via ON4CFI.

A61AN - UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - Stations across the US and Europe reported working Naser on 21211 around 15:00Z.

CP6PL - BOLIVIA - Manuel plans to be active on 160 meters this Saturday.

CY9SS - ST. PAUL ISLAND - The Canadian boys were active on Wednesday as follows:

GMT Frequencies GMT Frequencies ------01 14202 16 18133 24899 24906 02 1836 17 18135 24909 03 1836 18 14083 18088 10 18080 21295 19 14025 14088 24947 11 18080 21295 20 10105 14025 14195 12 18080 21295 21 10105 14195 13 14020 18133 24950 22 10104 14195 14 18133 24950 23 10105 15 18133 24938 28025

FT5WH - CROZET - Showed up on 14160 just after 11:00Z.

V47EWS - ST. KITTS & NEVIS - Jim was working JA's on 18150 at 21:00Z. QSL via K5EWS.

V5/HB9QQ - NAMIBIA - Pierre will be here until June 14. QSL via bureau to HB9QQ.

ZD7BG - ST. HELENA ISLAND - Europeans found Gilbert on SSB on 21257 at 18:30Z. QSL direct. ______

IOTA ______

The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AF-019 IG9/I4WCK 14264 0619 EU-147 UA1ANA/1 14258 1407 AS-020 BV4KR 21230 1916 EU-165 IM0/DL6NBR 14260 1429 AS-059 UA0IAS/0 14041 1256 NA-072 3E1DX 14260 0427 AS-083 RA9LI/9 14260 2337 NA-104 V47JVG 18145 0006 EU-026 JW/F5BU 14210 1608 OC-075 YC5YAS 21265 1322 EU-089 CU9/CU3DJ 21260 1749 OC-141 VK8KTC 21265 1215 EU-129 DJ3AS/P 7084 0728 OC-154 VK8AN/6 14260 1031 EU-147 RK1B/1 14196 2341

Italian operators IK1AMB, IK5PWS, IK5VLS, IZ5AXA, IW5CFN and IW5AKR are all members of the ARI club from Lucca and will operate from Montecristo Island (EU-028) on June 26th and 27th or on July 3rd and 4th. The will use IA5/home calls on all bands, including 2 and 6 meters, on CW and SSB. QSL via home calls.

Hans, SM3TLG, plans to be active today from Alnon Island (EU-087) as SM3TLG/3.

Moreira, CT1AHU, and Lionel, CU3EJ, will be active from July 21st to 31st on Flores Island (EU-089) in the Azores. Look for them to be using CU8/CT1AHU and CU8/CU3EJ. They will be entering the IOTA Contest together as CU8I. QSL via CU3EJ. Moreira will also be active as CU3/CT1AHU from Terceira Island (EU-003) during this time frame.

Terry, VE7TLL, is planning to be active from several islands in the BRITISH COLUMBIA PROVINCE NORTH group (NA-061) this weekend. He thinks he will start up around 15:00Z this Saturday. He will use VE7ISL/M on 15, 20 and 40 meters. QSL via VE7TLL.

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 20-Jul 3W 3W6XK 3-83 11-Jun 11-Jun 3X 3XY7A by ON6TT 3-101 3-100 11-Jun 30-Jun 9N 9N7RN 3-74 11-Jun 14-Jun CY9 CY9SS 3-97 3-79 11-Jun 23-Jun E4 E41/OK1FHI 3-98 11-Jun 13-Jun F TM6ACO 3-94 11-Jun 27-Jun FO/M FO0CLA (OC-027) 3-89 3-77 11-Jun 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH 3-4 3-2 11-Jun 16-Jun GM MM/ by 4 DLs (EU-012) 3-101 3-74 11-Jun 13-Jun I IT9AXZ IT9HLR IT9WDY (EU-166) 11-Jun 11-Jun OY OY/DF6VU/P OY/DL9YBY/P (EU-018) 3-94 11-Jun 12-Jun SV SV8/GW0VSW (EU-052) 3-87 3-81 11-Jun 18-Jun SV5 SV5/SM7DAY 3-92 11-Jun 22-Jun TI PA5CW/TI8 3-101 11-Jun 12-Jun TK TK/PA3GIO (EU-164 EU-104 EU-014) 3-86 11-Jun 18-Jun V4 V47JVG 3-101 3-74 11-Jun 31-Dec VE VY0TA (NA-047) 3-92 11-Jun 14-Jun VK VK4YN (OC-142) 3-97 11-Jun 16-Jun VK VK8AN/6 (OC-154) 3-94 3-87 11-Jun 14-Jun XW XW8KPL/CSN 3-96 12-Jun 16-Jun EL EL2TT 3-100 12-Jun 13-Jun GD GD6IA 3-82 12-Jun 15-Jun KH0 7 JA's 3-84 12-Jun 13-Jun ANARTS WW RTTY Digital Contest 12-Jun 13-Jun Portugal Day DX Contest SSB 12-Jun 13-Jun TOEC WW Grid Contest 13-Jun 20-Jun CX CW40CC 3-94 ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for June 9, 1999 was 224.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for June 10, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------10-Jun-1999 21 161 6 1 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet- Unsettled 10-Jun-1999 18 165 12 1 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet- Unsettled 10-Jun-1999 15 165 12 1 Low/Quiet-Active;Low/Quiet- Unsettled 10-Jun-1999 12 165 12 1 Low/Quiet-Active;Low/Quiet- Unsettled 10-Jun-1999 09 165 12 2 Low/Quiet-Active;Low/Quiet- Unsettled 10-Jun-1999 06 165 12 2 Low/Quiet-Active;Low/Quiet- Unsettled 10-Jun-1999 03 165 12 3 Low/Quiet-Active;Low/Quiet- Unsettled 10-Jun-1999 00 165 12 3 Low/Quiet-Active;Low/Quiet- Unsettled

The forecast for Friday, 11 June: solar flux 165, A index 10, K index 2. Friday should be High Normal.

The forecast for Saturday, 12 June: solar flux 160, A index 10, K index 2. Saturday should be High Normal.

The forecast for Sunday, 13 June: solar flux 140, A index 5, K index 2. Sunday should be Above Normal.

Perhaps the most useful propagation page for Amateur Radio Operators can be found at http://dx.qsl.net/propagation/

Solar images of the sun received for 11 June, 1999 can be found at http://www.sel.noaa.gov/solar_images/1999_06/1999_06_11.html

Grey line map http://www.spiritweb.org/cgi/sunclock.cgi ______

QSL Info ______

Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------2S0LYM GM0LYM FG5FC F6DZU PY0FA PY4KL 3W6XK W9XK JW/F5BU F5BU RK1B/1 RV1AC 3Z4JPD SP4GFG JW5NM LA5NM RK6LWA/P UA4HUR

BD7YB - Fu Shi Liang, NO.100 Bin Hai, New District Haikou 570105, P.R. China BG7YD - Xian Bo, NO.100 Bin Hai, New District Haikou 570105, P.R. China HL0HQ - Korean Amateur Radio League, C.P.O Box 162, Seoul 100- 601, KOREA JT1DA - Enk, Box 736, Ulan Bator 13 MONGOLIA YK1AH - Fadel, Box 9597, Damascus, SYRIA ZD7BG - Gilbert, P.O. Box 157, Saint Helena Island, South Pacific Ocean

Several French stations have reported that the Council of Europe Club is not responsible for the delay in sending out the QSL cards for FT5ZH. They receive the cards from the Radio club de la Gendarmerie and then send them out.

QSL cards recently received direct: BY4SZ, E44/HA1AG, EP2FM, SV8/DL8MCA, T20FW ______

On the WWW ______

A log search for D99ARDF is available at http://dx.qsl.net/logs

The OZ7C QSL Data base now contains 214,457 Unique records and can be found at ftp://ftp.muurkrant.com/pi4com/packetcluster/ The file is called oz7c0699.exe ______

Credits ______

Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: BD7JA, CT1EEB, DL2RUM, DX News Letter, DX News Sheet, EA3GHZ, F6FNU, F6FQK, KH6BZF Reports, N6RT, NOAA, OZ7C, SM3TLG, VE7TLL, W1SU, W8NW, WA3GNW, WB4KTC ______

Subscriptions ______

. ======*** The Daily DX c *** ======Volume 3 Number 104 June 14, 1999 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR ______

DX News ______

World traveler Peter, ON6TT/5X1T, was active from Guinea at the station of Dan, 3XY7A, last week. He now informs the rest of his African tour has been cancelled due to some recent changes in Europe. On Monday he will travel to Rome, presumably to receive his new work assignment, and then go on to Kosovo. There he will meet up with Mats, 5X1Z. While in the war torn area they will be concentrating on their UN work and may be active on the air sporadically. No callsigns were mentioned. The way it stands at the present moment Kosovo may not be a new one on the DXCC list, but it will be fun to work.

Maurice, ON4BAM, plans to operate from Abaco (NA-080), Bahamas from July 24th to 30th using M0CIL/C6A. Next he will go to Florida where he will be active as W4/ON4BAM until August 13th. QSL via ON4BAM.

Yugoslavian club stations are using special prefix YZ75 throughout June to celebrate 75 years of Amateur Radio in their country. YZ75AEW and YZ75GTU have both been active recently.

Sergio, IZ6BRN/AP2WAP, has changed the dates (Vol. 3 No. 74) of his trip to Nepal. He will now be active as 9N7RN from June 21st to July 5th. QSL via IK4ZGY.

Hiroo, JA2EZD, is currently operating in Vietnam, using special event station XV300S (three hundred). He informs his next stop will be on Setjn Island (AS-NEW) which has been reported near the town of Nha Trang. He will use 3W6EZD/P from June 16th to 20th. Operations are planned for CW and SSB on 10 through 80 meters. A trip to Cambodia will be next as he plans to operate XU2A between June 21st and 23rd. An island trip to the GULF OF THAILAND group is also expected but exact dates are not known. He will use XUX0 from that location. Hiroo did mention he will go to Laos after the RSGB IOTA Contest, which is July 24th, and 25th.

Tomo, JE9IKG, has been staying in Nairobi, Kenya on official business. He plans to visit Somaliland from June 19th to 29th. (Ed. At the present time Somaliland does not count for anything for DXCC). During his free time he will operate as 6O/JE9IKG. There is no AC power so Tomo will operate with a solar panel running only 50 watts SSB into a longwire antenna. Tomo will also be taking some short weekend side trips to Uganda (5X) and Tanzania (5H) in July. QSL via his home call.

A DX team from JA0 will visit and operate from Mongolia between July 2nd and 6th. Look for JT1FAJ (JA0HC), JT1FAK (JR0CGJ), JT1FAL (JA0IXW) JT1F?? (JR0BQT) and JT1F?? (JA0EJ) to be active on 6 through 160 meters on CW and SSB. QSL via home calls.

Starting June 24th Japanese operators JI2IXA, JN3AHZ and JM3FUY will operate from Saipan. They will use KH0/ their home calls on 6 through 40 meters until June 28th. QSL via home calls. ______

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3XY7A - GUINEA - Dan continues to show up on a net on 21365 most days after 20:00Z. He leaves the country on July 16th. QSL via VE3WFN.

5A1A - LIBYA - Japanese DXers found Abubaker on 18090 from 15:30 to 16:00Z on Sunday.

A9/ON4CFI - BAHRAIN - Regi was found on 21287 Sunday around 00:40Z. He will be in Manama operating 10 through 40 meters SSB until July 7th. QSL via ON4CFI.

CY9SS - ST. PAUL ISLAND - JA's reported working them on 15 meters from 12:00 to 17:00Z. QSL via VY2SS.

D2RV - ANGOLA - Rich will be here until July 1st. QSL via AA4HU.

E41/OK1FHI - PALESTINE - Radek was working West Coast US stations on 14005 on Sunday around 03:30Z. QSL via OK1FHI.

HL0EXN - SOUTH KOREA - Look for Kim on 15 meters SSB daily from 14:00 to 19:00Z.

JD1/JG1WEH - OGASAWARA - Aki is currently active from Iwo Jima (AS-030).

P29CC - PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Look for chip on or near 14226 around 12:00Z. QSL via K1WY.

XW8KPL/CSN - LAOS - The JA group started on Saturday just after 14:00Z. They were active this weekend on 10 through 20 meters CW, SSB and RTTY. They are signing /CSN, which stands for Casino, where they are operating from. QSL via JR2KDN.

YZ75AEW - YUGOSLAVIA - Look for this club station on 15 meters CW and SSB between 16:00 and 18:00Z. QSL via YU7CB.

ZS8D - MARION ISLAND - Derek showed up on 14180 around 11:15Z and stayed for over an hour. QSL via ZS6EZ. ______

IOTA ______

The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AS-017 7J6CCU 21260 1655 EU-098 DL0OCL/P 14259 0935 AS-030 JD1/JG1WEH 14015 1259 EU-146 PA/DJ0MCZ 14261 0840 AS-083 RA9LI/9 14260 2213 EU-147 RA1ACJ/1 14027 0744 EU-004 EA6LP 14235 0437 EU-147 RA1AKE/1 14258 1927 EU-012 MM/DL1CW/P 1829 0255 EU-147 RK1B/1 14030 0856 EU-012 MM/DL4BQE/P 10104 0140 EU-147 UA1ANA/1 14256 1601 EU-012 MM/DL5BUT/P 3505 0247 NA-061 VE7TLL 14269 0540 EU-012 MM/DM4VDE/P 14238 0857 NA-065 N6FD/7 14260 0512 EU-014 TK/PA3GIO/P 14264 1025 OC-019 NH6C 18137 0310 EU-020 SM1SBI 14253 1127 OC-019 WH6LU 28495 2104 EU-028 IA5/IK0ZCW 7060 0848 OC-027 FO0CLA 14122 0712 EU-055 LA4C/P 14253 1329 OC-086 KH0/JH2QFY 18121 1613 EU-084 SM5OIG 21263 2138 OC-210 YC8RRK 21317 1551

G3ZAY and G0HSD plan to be on from Basket Islands (EU-007), weather permitting, for a couple of hours on June 18th or 19th. They will use EI/G3ZAY and EI/G0HSD. QSL via G3ZAY.

It seems the rumors of an Italian (Vol. 3 No. 96) trip to Jerba Island (AF-NEW), TUNISIA are true as they will start on June 18th. The group will include Giovanni, I5JHW, Sergio, I5NSR, Danio, I5OYY, Roberto, IK5FTQ, Marcello, IK5JAN, Sauro, IK5EKB, Gabriele, IK5OSA, Gabriel, IK5ZTW and the following operators from the Tunisian club station 3V8BB: Lofti, Ramzi, Faouzi, Zaida, Sarra and Ines. Look for 3V8J to be active on 2, 10, 15, 17, 20, 40, 80, and 160 meters CW SSB and RTTY until June 21st. They will have three rigs with 2 amplifiers. Antennas will include verticals and dipoles. QSL direct or via the bureau to I5JHW.

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-Jun 20-Jul 3W 3W6XK 3-83 14-Jun 30-Jun 9N 9N7RN 3-74 14-Jun 20-Jun CX CW40CC 3-94 14-Jun 14-Jun CY9 CY9SS 3-97 3-79 14-Jun 28-Jun E4 a group of G's 3-92 14-Jun 23-Jun E4 E41/OK1FHI 3-98 14-Jun 27-Jun FO/M FO0CLA (OC-027) 3-89 3-77 14-Jun 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH 3-4 3-2 14-Jun 16-Jun GM MM/ by 4 DLs (EU-012) 3-101 3-74 14-Jun 15-Jun KH0 7 JA's 3-84 14-Jun 18-Jun SV5 SV5/SM7DAY 3-92 14-Jun 22-Jun TI PA5CW/TI8 3-101 14-Jun 18-Jun V4 V47JVG 3-101 3-74 14-Jun 31-Dec VE VY0TA (NA-047) 3-92 14-Jun 14-Jun VK VK4YN (OC-142) 3-97 14-Jun 16-Jun VK VK8AN/6 (OC-154) 3-94 3-87 14-Jun 14-Jun XW XW8KPL/CSN 3-103 3-96 15-Jun 29-Jun OX OX3LG (NA-151) 3-82 15-Jun 15-Jul VE VY0/VE3DO 3-72 16-Jun 19-Jun JA JG1RVN/6 JA5DES/6 (AS-079) 3-101 16-Jun 23-Jun SV SV8/G3SWH (EU-067) 3-99 3-93 17-Jun 21-Jun HL HL5/JI6KVR HL5FUA (AS-045) 3-89 3-39 18-Jun 21-Jun 3V 3V8J (AF-NEW) 3-104 3-96 18-Jun 21-Jun CX CV5A (SA-030) 3-100 3-94 18-Jun 25-Jun JW JW2PA 3-101 18-Jun 21-Jun KH0 KH0/AF4IN KH0N 3-83 19-Jun 26-Jun 9A 9A99P (EU-090) 3-98 19-Jun 25-Jun HB0 HB0/DF6VI HB0/DL1FDH HB0/DL4OCM 3-80 19-Jun 26-Jun J6 J6/KF8VX J6/KG8QL 3-89 19-Jun 29-Jun JT by GM4DMA 3-98 19-Jun 20-Jun All Asian DX Contest CW ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for June 12, 1999 was 233.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for June 13, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------13-Jun-1999 21 168 5 1 Low/Quiet;Low-Moderate/Quiet- Unsettled 13-Jun-1999 18 168 5 2 Low/Quiet;Moderate/Quiet-Unsettled 13-Jun-1999 15 168 5 1 Low/Quiet;Moderate/Quiet-Unsettled 13-Jun-1999 12 168 5 1 Moderate/Quiet;Moderate/Quiet- Unsettled 13-Jun-1999 09 168 5 1 Moderate/Quiet;Moderate/Quiet- Unsettled 13-Jun-1999 06 168 5 2 Moderate/Quiet;Moderate/Quiet- Unsettled 13-Jun-1999 03 168 5 2 Moderate/Quiet;Moderate/Quiet- Unsettled 13-Jun-1999 00 168 5 2 Moderate/Quiet;Moderate/Quiet- Unsettled

The forecast for Monday, 14 June: solar flux 175, A index 12, K index 3. Monday should be High Normal.

The forecast for Tuesday, 15 June: solar flux 175, A index 12, K index 3. Tuesday should be High Normal.

Perhaps the most useful propagation page for Amateur Radio Operators can be found at http://dx.qsl.net/propagation/

Solar images of the sun received for 14 June, 1999 can be found at http://www.sel.noaa.gov/solar_images/1999_06/1999_06_14.html

Grey line map http://www.spiritweb.org/cgi/sunclock.cgi ______

QSL Info ______

Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------3W6EZD *XU2C FY5YE W5SVZ V47LIQ W8LIQ 3Z0JP/8 SP5SSB IM0/DL6NBR DL6NBR V47YZD WA5YZD 3Z5JPS SP5ZGO IZ8CCW/8 IK8WEJ VK4YN/P VK4FW 3Z7JPS SP7LZD KF4VSV/KH0 JF2WXS VQ9CV ND1V 3Z8JPK SP8PDX KH0/JH2CYU JH2CYU VQ9GB K7GB 3Z9JPS SP9KTL KH0/JR2BUM JR2BUM VQ9VK N1TO 6W1RN DL4VS MD/N4ZC N4ZC XV300S JH1EVE 9A770N 9A2TN OH0EA OH2KMG XW8KPL/CSN JR2KDN 9G5JA JF1OSL SV8/SM0TXM/P HB9EBC YZ75AEW YU7CB EK6DO K6EID TU5GD N5FTR

JR2KDN - Yuu Yoshida, Kato Bldg. 4F, 529 Rokugaike, Kita, Nagoya 462, JAPAN

*Hiroo gives XU2C because it is shorter than 7L1MFS, who is the actual QSL manager for 3W6EZD.

In Volume 3 Numbers 67 and 85 of The Daily DX we ran an incorrect address for 3W7CW. The correct address is: P.O. Box 11, 02-800 Warsaw 93, POLAND

QSL cards recently received direct: 8Q7DV, CO8ZZ, E44/HA1AG, FK8HC, FR5ZQ/G, FT5ZH, T20FW, TJ1PD, V51BP, VY0/W4UM, Z21JE ______

On the WWW ______

Logs for the current FO0CLA, Marquesas Islands, operation can be found at www.ifrance.com/f2he/logonlin.htm ______

Credits ______

Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 425 DX News, G4OBK, IZ5BSB, JA1ELY, KH6BZF Reports, KK6T, N2JTX, N4PQX, NOAA, ON6TT, ONL-4823, OPDX, SP5UAF, W3MF, W4UW, W7IAN, W7UG, WA2VUY, XV300S ______

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. ======*** The Daily DX c *** ======Volume 3 Number 105 June 15, 1999 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR ______

DX News ______

Joe Pater, W8GEX, is will be going to Fiji (OC-016) on July 5th and will stay through July 9th. Next he will then move on to Tonga (OC-049) from July 10th to 17th. Licenses have all been applied for but not yet issued. While in the Pacific Ocean he will have an Icom 706 and R-7 vertical. Look for him to be on 6 through 40 meters. QSL via W8GEX, Joe Pater, 1894 Old Oxford Rd., Hamilton, OH 45013.

A group of German and Hungarian operators will join forces to operate from a guest house on Mt. Malbun, 2200 meters above sea level, in Liechtenstein from June 19th to 26th. Group members include Tom, DL4OCM, Jo, DF6VI, Thomas, DL1FDH, Tamas, HA4DX (ex HA4GDO), Feri, HA0ET, and Laci, HA0HW. They will have three stations with amplifiers to be used on 6 through 160 meters CW, SSB and RTTY. Each operator will sign HB0/ home call. QSL via home calls either direct or via the bureau, except HB0/HA0ET/P via HA0HW.

Kazu, VR2KF, reports that he may be leaving Hong Kong in the near future and plans to step up activity on 10, 15, 17 and 20 meters. He will also take requests for CW, SSB and RTTY on 10 through 80 meters. As far as QSLs go he recommends people not sending to his P.O. Box after June 30th.

Jay, K4ZLE, will be on Malta between June 18th and 21st and plans to get a 9H3 call.

Hungarian diplomat Sanji, HA7VK, has recently received his Indonesian license, YB0AVK, after nine months of waiting. ______

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3Y5NT - PIRATE - Someone was playing games with this call yesterday on 20 meters CW. He was giving W3HNK as the QSL manager. Joe, W3HNK, says he is not the QSL manager!

DU9RG - PHILIPPINES - Robin has been showing up on 15 meters SSB around 15:00Z.

E41/OK1FHI - PALESTINE - Radek was working Asia, Europe, North and South America on 21011 from 18:00 to 20:00Z.

EP2MKO - IRAN - Ali made a surprise visit to 21008 today around 02:20Z.

P29TL - PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Tom had been in the US for the past year but returned to Ukarumpa about 2 weeks. He will be here for the next 4 years. Look for him on 10, 15, 20 meters SSB for the time being. However he soon hopes to be on all bands and active on Packet and SSTV. Wednesday around 12:30 he was on 21280. QSL direct (see below).

S79SBP - SEYCHELLES - Dr. Singh was working European and Japanese stations on 21260 from 15:00 to 15:45Z. QSL direct (see below).

UK8OM - UZBEKISTAN - This one is semi-rare on 17 meters and Mike was there on 18073 at 01:30Z and later on 18140 at 02:20Z today. QSL via IK2QPR. ______

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The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AS-017 JS6PSV 21265 1455 EU-031 IC8/IK8TWX 14258 1236 AS-040 JH6TYD 21011 2143 EU-052 SV8/DJ0CU/P 21257 1947 EU-007 EJ2HY 14260 1855 EU-146 PA/DJ0MCZ/P 14259 2131 EU-007 EJ6IA 14260 2257 EU-147 RA1ACJ/P 14038 0540 EU-012 MM/DL1CW/P 21016 1601 EU-147 RK1B/1 14029 0803 EU-012 MM/DL4BQE/P 7079 0000 EU-147 UA1ANA/1 14031 0119 EU-012 MM/DL5BUT/P 18070 1316 EU-165 IM0/DL6NBR 14260 1236 EU-012 MM/DM4VDE/P 14245 1442 NA-072 HP1XVH 14262 0459 EU-019 IG9/I4WCK 14261 1808 OC-021 YB0AZ 21260 1937 EU-020 SM1SBI 21260 0945 OC-086 KH0/JH2CYU 21242 1841 EU-030 OZ/DL5CX/P 14019 0426

Hiroo, JA2EZD/3W6EZD, gives an update on his trip to Consetre Island (AS-NEW), which is part of IOTA Vietnam MIEN TRUNG SOUTH group (letter g). The operation will take place between June 16th and 21st and traveling with him will be Bac Ai, 3W6AR, Quang, 3W6LI, and Hoang, 3W6KA. They will take a Yaesu FT-900 and FT575GX along with a SB200 amplifier. Antennas will include a Cushcraft R-7000 and dipole for 20 and 40 meters. Activity is planned for 10 through 80 meters on CW, SSB, FM and SSTV. QSL cards go via XU2C/7L1MFS. Hiroo reminds everyone after this operation he will go to IOTA AS-133 as XUX0 sometime around June 24th.

Yuki, JI6KVR, will meet up with Choi, HL5FUA, on Ullung-do Island (AS-045). The two will be active from June 17th to 21st. They will have a 4 element beam for 10, 15 and 20 meters and a dipole for 40 meters.

Fred, ON6QR, will head to the north to operate the IOTA Contest on July 24th and 25th from Greenland (NA-018). He will use OX3NUK on 5 bands on CW and SSB. On July 23rd look for him on the IOTA frequencies. QSL via ON4GO. For more information check out the Web Page of the Belgian DX Pedition Committee at http://www.ping.be/on6qr

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 20-Jul 3W 3W6XK 3-83 15-Jun 16-Jul 3X 3XY7A 3-104 15-Jun 7-Jul A9 A9/ON4CFI 3-104 15-Jun 20-Jun CX CW40CC 3-94 15-Jun 1-Jul D2 D2RV 3-104 15-Jun 28-Jun E4 a group of G's 3-92 15-Jun 23-Jun E4 E41/OK1FHI 3-98 15-Jun 27-Jun FO/M FO0CLA (OC-027) 3-89 3-77 15-Jun 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH 3-4 3-2 15-Jun 16-Jun GM MM/ by 4 DLs (EU-012) 3-101 3-74 15-Jun 15-Jun KH0 7 JA's 3-84 15-Jun 29-Jun OX OX3LG (NA-151) 3-82 15-Jun 18-Jun SV5 SV5/SM7DAY 3-92 15-Jun 22-Jun TI PA5CW/TI8 3-101 15-Jun 18-Jun V4 V47JVG 3-101 3-74 15-Jun 15-Jul VE VY0/VE3DO 3-72 15-Jun 31-Dec VE VY0TA (NA-047) 3-92 15-Jun 16-Jun VK VK8AN/6 (OC-154) 3-94 3-87 ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for June 13, 1999 was 211.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for June 14, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------14-Jun-1999 21 168 2 0 Low/Quiet;Low-Moderate/Quiet- Unsettled 14-Jun-1999 18 168 5 0 Low/Quiet;Low-Moderate/Quiet- Unsettled 14-Jun-1999 15 168 5 0 Low/Quiet;Low-Moderate/Quiet- Unsettled 14-Jun-1999 12 168 5 0 Low/Quiet;Low-Moderate/Quiet- Unsettled 14-Jun-1999 09 168 5 1 Low/Quiet;Low-Moderate/Quiet- Unsettled 14-Jun-1999 06 168 5 1 Low/Quiet;Low-Moderate/Quiet- Unsettled 14-Jun-1999 03 168 5 1 Low/Quiet;Low-Moderate/Quiet- Unsettled 14-Jun-1999 00 168 5 2 Low/Quiet;Low-Moderate/Quiet- Unsettled

The forecast for Tuesday, 15 June: solar flux 165, A index 10, K index 2. Tuesday should be High Normal.

The forecast for Wednesday, 16 June: solar flux 160, A index 8, K index 2. Wednesday should be High Normal.

Solar images of the sun received for 15 June, 1999 can be found at http://www.sel.noaa.gov/solar_images/1999_06/1999_06_15.html

Perhaps the most useful propagation page for Amateur Radio Operators can be found at http://dx.qsl.net/propagation/

Grey line map http://www.spiritweb.org/cgi/sunclock.cgi ______

QSL Info ______

Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------2C3CFS GM3CFS 9V1AP HL1KIB EX0M DF0WS 3XY1B0 F5XX BA7QT W3HNK UA2FB DJ9ZB 6M0HZ DS2AGH EJ2HY EI2HY YZ75BBA YU5BBA 9G1MR IK3HHX

A45XR - Krzysztof Dabrowski, P.O. BOX 2038, CPO 111, OMAN P29TL - Tom, SIL, Box 115, Ukarumpa EHP 444, PAPUA NEW GUINEA S79SBP - Dr. P Singh, P.O. Box 52, Mahe, SEYCHELLES

Alan, K4AVQ (ex W0RIC) says he is closing the books on his 1997- 1998 operation as P40AV from Aruba. Anyone needing a QSL should send for it quickly or send an e-mail to .

Mike, K3UOC, is changing his QSL route for all of his past operations from N2AU back to W1AF. Since he expects to be in the USA for several years, he will take over his own QSL responsibilities once again. Mike is the trustee of the club station at Harvard University (W1AF) and is now catching up on a very large backlog of 7Z5OO bureau cards. Those who have not received 7Z5OO or PJ5AA cards in reply to direct requests should QSL again via W1AF. W1AF is now the QSL route for Mike's recent operations from 7Z5OO (1994-1998) and PJ5AA (1996-1998) as well as for these older DX operations: PJ8H (1994), PJ5/K3UOC (1994), 4M5V (1992-1993), YV5/K3UOC (1991-1993), PJ1A (1991), US1A (1990), 4M4A (1985-1987), P46S (1985), PJ2/PJ3/PJ4/PJ5/PJ6/PJ7/K3UOC (1982-1985) and YV4/YV6/YV9/K3UOC (1979-1987). He has cards for all past operations. The W1AF address is: Harvard Wireless Club, 6 Linden Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA. A log search page for 7Z5OO and PJ5AA are located at .

QSL cards recently received direct: E44DX, ft5zh, T20FW, T22KJ ______

On the WWW ______

Not sure how much it costs to send mail from the US? Check out the following URL http://www.usps.gov/consumer/rates.htm ______

Credits ______

Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: JI6KVR, K4AVQ, KB3AUG, KH6BZF Reports, N4CC, N4VRR, NOAA, W2GE, VR2KF, W3LEO, W4NL, W8GEX, WA2PNI, WA5PAE, ______

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. ======*** The Daily DX c *** ======Volume 3 Number 106 June 16, 1999 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR ______

DX News ______

South Korean special event station D99ARDF will be active from June 21st to 26th during the IARU Region III ARDF Championships at the Konyang University in Nonsan. Logs can be found at http://www.qsl.net/hl2kat/log-d99ardf.htm QSL via HL0HQ.

Ted, HC5K, is now active on 6 meters with an IC-706 and two six element beams. QSL direct.

Pero, 9A4SP, is active from Albania as ZA/9A4SP through June 28th. He has been found on 40 meters SSB near 7085. QSL via 9A4SP.

Things change quick as Jay, K4ZLE, will now not be going to Malta as reported yesterday. ______

QSN ______

3B9FR - RODRIGUEZ ISLAND - JA's reported Robert on 24900 at 12:15Z and later on 14010 at 14:00Z.

CP6XE - BOLIVIA - Look for Mike near 18147 around 21:00Z. QSL via IK6SNR.

DS2BGV - SOUTH KOREA - Lee is like a beacon on 15 meters. He likes 21033 on CW and on SSB can be found between 21260 and 21300 from 11:00 to 14:00 most days.

EP2MKO - IRAN - Several station reported working Ali on 15 meters CW on Tuesday from 02:00 to 04:00Z. He mentioned to a few people that he would send a QSL for the 15 meter QSO along with other requests that he already had received!

EX0Y - KYRGYZSTAN - Alex has been showing up on 15 meters SSB after 00:00Z.

KH2/K4SXT - GUAM - Check 1824 around 09:30 to 10:00Z for Gus.

TN7OT - CONGO - Hazel has been showing up on a net on 21330 just after 15:00Z. QSL via AL7OT.

VU2TMP - INDIA - Starting around 01:30Z Tha often shows up on the lower end of the 15 meters CW band.

ZS8D - MARION ISLAND - Derek has been showing up around 14:00Z on 14185. QSL via ZS6EZ. ______

IOTA ______

The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AF-019 IG9/I4WCK 14250 0552 EU-030 OZ/DL5CX/P 21012 0643 AS-005 RA0BK 21253 0939 EU-095 TM6BMP 14265 2034 AS-018 UA0FDX 21015 2006 EU-124 GC0STH 18072 1306 AS-059 UA0IAS/0 14040 1341 EU-146 PA/DJ0MCZ/P 14260 0520 AS-083 RA9LI/9 14260 1601 EU-165 IM0/DL6NBR 14260 1200 EU-008 2S3OFT 14260 2030 NA-027 VO1GO 14260 0150 EU-010 2S3JIJ 14247 1102 NA-027 VO1TX 21255 1925 EU-012 MM/DL1CW/P 7015 2033 NA-029 VY2RO 21323 1357 EU-012 MM/DL4BQE/P 14031 0240 NA-075 VE7NH 21023 1353 EU-012 MM/DL5BUT/P 18070 0654 NA-110 AA4V/P 21262 0141 EU-012 MM/DM4VDE/P 14255 1535 OC-027 FO0CLA 14023 0943 EU-028 IK5/DL8KAC 14257 1514 SA-008 LU8XW 7008 0023

Look for an operation from Ustica Island (EU-051) by Carlo, I4ALU, between August 8th and 20th. He will be on all bands on CW only. QSL via I4ALU.

Vito, I3BQC, plans to be on Lesvos Island (EU-049) from June 16th to July 2nd. Look for him to use SV8/I3BQC. QSL via home call.

A group of Belgians will be active from Ouessant Island (EU-065) from July 21st to 26th. The team will include Lieven, ON4CJQ; Danny, ON4ON; Roland, ON6HH; Harvey, ON5SY; Wilfried, ON4AVA; Bill, ON9CGB; Pat, ON7PQ; Walter, ON4BCB; Gilbert, ON4CBV; Jurgen, ON4BCJ; Tim, ON1DND. During the IOTA contest next month they will use TM5K. Before and after the contest they will be TM5ON. QSL cards will be handled by ON4ON, Danny Commeyne, Rozenlaan 38, 8890 Dadizele, BELGIUM.

Members of the Yonsei University Amateur Radio Research Association will operate from Huksan Island (AS-093) from July 23rd to 30th. Look for them to be active as HL0Y/4 on 10 through 40 meters CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL via HL0Y, Yonsei University Amateur Radio Research Association, 134 Shinchon-dong, Seodaemoon- gu, Seoul, South Korea.

The Egadi DX Team will operate from the Egadi Islands (EU-054) from June 24th to 28th. During this time look for them to use the following calls: IF9WKH, IF9/IT9GNG and IF9ZRQ/P. The group also plans to use IT9FXY/P from Isola Lunga (EU-166) between July 16th and 18th.

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 20-Jun 3W 3W6EZD/P (AS-NEW) 3-105 3-104 16-Jun 20-Jul 3W 3W6XK 3-83 16-Jun 16-Jul 3X 3XY7A 3-104 16-Jun 7-Jul A9 A9/ON4CFI 3-104 16-Jun 20-Jun CX CW40CC 3-94 16-Jun 1-Jul D2 D2RV 3-104 16-Jun 28-Jun E4 a group of G's 3-92 16-Jun 23-Jun E4 E41/OK1FHI 3-98 16-Jun 27-Jun FO/M FO0CLA (OC-027) 3-89 3-77 16-Jun 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH 3-4 3-2 16-Jun 16-Jun GM MM/ by 4 DLs (EU-012) 3-101 3-74 16-Jun 19-Jun JA JG1RVN/6 JA5DES/6 (AS-079) 3-101 16-Jun 29-Jun OX OX3LG (NA-151) 3-82 16-Jun 23-Jun SV SV8/G3SWH (EU-067) 3-99 3-93 16-Jun 18-Jun SV5 SV5/SM7DAY 3-92 16-Jun 22-Jun TI PA5CW/TI8 3-101 16-Jun 18-Jun V4 V47JVG 3-101 3-74 16-Jun 15-Jul VE VY0/VE3DO 3-72 16-Jun 31-Dec VE VY0TA (NA-047) 3-92 16-Jun 16-Jun VK VK8AN/6 (OC-154) 3-94 3-87 ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for June 14, 1999 was 210.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for June 15, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------15-Jun-1999 21 159 6 2 Low/Quiet-Active;Low- Moderate/Quiet-Unsettled 15-Jun-1999 18 168 1 4 Low/Quiet- Active;Low-Moderate/Quiet-Unsettled 15-Jun-1999 15 168 1 2 Low/Quiet;Low-Moderate/Quiet 15-Jun-1999 12 168 1 1 Low/Quiet;Low-Moderate/Quiet 15-Jun-1999 09 168 1 0 Low/Quiet;Low-Moderate/Quiet 15-Jun-1999 06 168 1 0 Low/Quiet;Low-Moderate/Quiet 15-Jun-1999 03 168 1 0 Low/Quiet;Low-Moderate/Quiet- Unsettled 15-Jun-1999 00 168 1 0 Low/Quiet;Low-Moderate/Quiet- Unsettled The forecast for Wednesday, 16 June: solar flux 160, A index 10, K index 2. Wednesday should be High Normal.

The forecast for Thursday, 17 June: solar flux 160, A index 12, K index 3. Thursday should be High Normal.

Solar images of the sun received for 16 June, 1999 can be found at http://www.sel.noaa.gov/solar_images/1999_06/1999_06_16.html

Perhaps the most useful propagation page for Amateur Radio Operators can be found at http://dx.qsl.net/propagation/

Grey line map http://www.spiritweb.org/cgi/sunclock.cgi ______

QSL Info ______

Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------2A0BYE GM0BYE CP6XE IK6SNR GC0STH G4DIY 4K9W DL6KVA EK6LP IK2DUW UK8OM IK2QPR 5X1P G3MRC EK6TA DJ0MCZ V31SV KD5M 9M6TYT K9TY

QSL cards recently received direct: 3D2DK, E44/JA8RUZ, E44DX, EL2WW, FT5ZH, JW9PJA, T20FW, VP2MHJ ______

On the WWW ______

Looking for QSL routes for the recent CQ WPX CW Contest? Then try this URL http://www.arrakis.es/~ea5eyj/wpxcw99.htm ______

Credits ______

Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 425 DX News, DX News Sheet, G4OWT, JA1EOD, K2HJB, KH6BZF Reports, KQ3F, NOAA, WA5PAE, WB4KTC, ______

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. ======*** The Daily DX c *** ======Volume 3 Number 107 June 17, 1999 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR ______

DX News ______

Starting tomorrow a group of Italians and Tunisians are expected to operate from Jerba Island, Tunisia. This would be the first operation from this island and will more than likely be a new IOTA. They will use 3V8J on 2, 10, 15, 17, 20, 40, 80 and 160 meters on CW, SSB and RTTY through June 21st. Tunisian Amateur Radio operators are not permitted to operate on 6, 12 and 30 meters. The group will have 3 stations, so look for lots of activity. Operators include Italians Giovanni, I5JHW, Sergio, I5NSR, Danio, I5OYY, Roberto, IK5FTQ, Marcello, IK5JAN, Sauro, IK5EKB, Gabriele, IK5OSA, and Gabriel, IK5ZTW. Also the following operators from the Tunisian club station 3V8BB will tag along Lofti, Ramzi, Faouzi, Zaida, Sarra and Ines.

Peter, ON6TT/5X1T, is now in Albania (ZA) on his way to Kosovo. He will be there for several days while preparing the equipment.

During this years IARU HF World Championship the ARRL's headquarters station W1AW will be active as W1AW/9 from the QTH of W0AIH/9. The station will be active on all bands CW and SSB simultaneously.

The upcoming DXpedition to Malyj Vysotskij Island by the Finnish and Russian team now has a Web page which can be found at http://www.etela-karjala.fi/yhdistykset/viitoset/MVI_1999.htm Log checking is expected on this page.

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A61AJ - UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - A Japanese guest operator was at the mike Wednesday at Ali's station. He was found on 21265 between 14:00 and 15:00Z. QSL via W3UR.

BV4ME - TAIWAN - Chung has been showing up recently on SSB. Yesterday he was on 21275 working Europeans from 18:00 to 19:00Z.

DS5USH - SOUTH KOREA - Nam can often be found on 17 meters CW and SSB. Check around 18135 and 18073 around 18:00 to 20:00Z.

E41/OK1FHI - PALESTINE - West Coast DXers might try 15 meters at 23:00Z. QSL via OK1FHI.

EX0Y - KYRGYZSTAN - Alex continues to show up on 15 meters SSB around 00:00Z.

FO0CLA - MARQUESAS ISLANDS - Europeans should try looking for Alain on 20 meters CW between 03:00 and 08:00Z. QSL via F6LQJ.

GJ3YHU - JERSEY - Dennis came up on 18131 just before 00:00Z today and was working all across the US.

TT8DF - CHAD - Can often be found on the lower end of the 15 meter CW band between 15:00 and 17:00Z. QSL via F5SWB.

UA0IAS/0 - ASIATIC RUSSIA - Vlad is currently operating from IOTA AS-059 and is usually just above 14040 between 12:30 and 14:30Z. ______

IOTA ______

The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AF-004 EA8/F5AOL 18165 1800 EU-012 MM/DM4VDE/P 21250 2006 AS-005 RA0BK 21020 0832 EU-020 SM1BSI 21259 1410 AS-018 RA0FF 21265 0728 EU-030 OZ/DL5CX/P 18075 0639 AS-018 UA0FDX 21263 2022 EU-037 SM7CRW 14260 0616 AS-040 JH6TYD 21263 2222 EU-124 GW0FQN/M 14252 0659 AS-059 UA0IAS/0 14041 1250 EU-146 PA/DJ0MCZ/P 14260 2215 AS-079 JA5DES/6 14176 1413 EU-165 IM0/DL6NBR 18160 1056 AS-NEW 3W6EZD/P 21260 0345 NA-032 FP/VE2MAM/P 14260 2101 EU-008 2S3OFT/P 14260 1238 OC-088 YC7URA 21303 1504 EU-012 MM/DL1CW/P 14031 1148 OC-210 YC8TXW 7003 1348 EU-012 MM/DL4BQE/P 21026 0948

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 20-Jun 3W 3W6EZD/P (AS-NEW) 3-105 3-104 17-Jun 20-Jul 3W 3W6XK 3-83 17-Jun 16-Jul 3X 3XY7A 3-104 17-Jun 7-Jul A9 A9/ON4CFI 3-104 17-Jun 20-Jun CX CW40CC 3-94 17-Jun 1-Jul D2 D2RV 3-104 17-Jun 28-Jun E4 a group of G's 3-92 17-Jun 23-Jun E4 E41/OK1FHI 3-98 17-Jun 27-Jun FO/M FO0CLA (OC-027) 3-89 3-77 17-Jun 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH 3-4 3-2 17-Jun 21-Jun HL HL5/JI6KVR HL5FUA (AS-045) 3-105 3-89 17-Jun 19-Jun JA JG1RVN/6 JA5DES/6 (AS-079) 3-101 17-Jun 29-Jun OX OX3LG (NA-151) 3-82 17-Jun 23-Jun SV SV8/G3SWH (EU-067) 3-99 3-93 17-Jun 2-Jul SV SV8/I3BQC (EU-049) 3-106 17-Jun 18-Jun SV5 SV5/SM7DAY 3-92 17-Jun 22-Jun TI PA5CW/TI8 3-101 17-Jun 18-Jun V4 V47JVG 3-101 3-74 17-Jun 15-Jul VE VY0/VE3DO 3-72 17-Jun 31-Dec VE VY0TA (NA-047) 3-92 17-Jun 28-Jun ZA ZA/9A4SP 3-106 ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for June 15, 1999 was 240.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for June 16, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------16-Jun-1999 21 153 10 2 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet- Unsettled 16-Jun-1999 18 159 6 3 Low/Quiet-Active;Low- Moderate/Quiet-Unsettled 16-Jun-1999 15 159 6 2 Low/Quiet-Active;Low- Moderate/Quiet-Unsettled 16-Jun-1999 12 159 6 3 Low/Quiet-Active;Low- Moderate/Quiet-Unsettled 16-Jun-1999 09 159 6 3 Low/Quiet-Active;Low- Moderate/Quiet-Unsettled 16-Jun-1999 06 159 6 1 Low/Quiet-Active;Low- Moderate/Quiet-Unsettled 16-Jun-1999 03 159 6 2 Low/Quiet-Active;Low- Moderate/Quiet-Unsettled 16-Jun-1999 00 159 6 2 Low/Quiet-Active;Low- Moderate/Quiet-Unsettled

The forecast for Thursday, 17 June: solar flux 150, A index 12, K index 3. Thursday should be High Normal.

The forecast for Friday, 18 June: solar flux 150, A index 7, K index 2. Friday should be Above Normal.

Solar images of the sun received for 17 June, 1999 can be found at http://www.sel.noaa.gov/solar_images/1999_06/1999_06_17.html

Perhaps the most useful propagation page for Amateur Radio Operators can be found at http://dx.qsl.net/propagation/

Grey line map http://www.spiritweb.org/cgi/sunclock.cgi ______

QSL Info ______

Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------2S3OFT/P GM3OFT D2RV AA4HU SV8/I3BQC I3BQC 3W6EZD/P 7L1MFS OX3LG OZ1PIF V47JVG G4JVG 5R8DG F6FNU PA5CW/TI8 PA5CW YZ75ACR YU1ACR A61AJ W3UR SV5/SM7DAY SM7DAY YZ75EBC YU1EBC BT99WED F6FNU SV8/G3SWH G3SWH ZA/9A4SP 9A4SP

QSL cards recently received direct: 9A1CZZ/P (EU-110), E44/HA1AG, E44DX, J6DX, KC4AAC, L22EG, VP8ON, WP2/WB9Z

QSL cards recently received via the bureau: 7X4AN, 8Q7IO, 9A800OS, 9M0C, IH9/OL5Y, YJ0AIO ______

On the WWW ______

The following new logs are now online at http://dx.qsl.net/logs

3B8/K5KG (April - May, 1998) DS5DNO (thru June 14, 1999) DX1DX (thru June 3, 1999) DX100DX (October 1998) J41TEN (March 1998) SV1DNW (thru June 12, 1999) SV9/G3AKF (May thru October 1998) VQ9CV (thru June 7, 1999) ______

Credits ______

Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: AD1C, G4BWP, HL2WA, IK4FNF, JI6KVR, KH6BZF Reports, N6RT, NOAA, OH2BR, W9OL ______

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. ======*** The Daily DX c *** ======Volume 3 Number 108 June 18, 1999 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR ______

DX News ______

The June 16th issue of the Asahi Shimbun Newspaper reported the arrest of Japanese Amateur Radio operator Yasuo "Zorro" Miyazawa, JH1AJT. In October 1995 Hirohiko Daikoku, JG3QCW, holder of a first class license in Japan, allegedly had taken the second class amateur license test for Miyazawa using false identification. At the time JH1AJT was a fourth class ticket holder.

The Japanese PTT received a tip from someone close to Zorro and started an investigation in March of this year. The two men were both arrested on June 16th.

The JARL web page says that Fourth Class Amateur Radio Operators may operate all modes (except CW) running up to 10 watts on frequencies from 21 to 30 MHz and 8 MHz and lower.

Last month Zorro was announced as the 1999 New Orleans International DX Convention's DXer of the year (see http://www.gnofn.org/~w5ru/DX_Cnex.htm). Over the years Zorro has been to many DX spots throughout Asia, Africa and the Pacific Ocean including 7O1A, XW30/XW30A, A51/JH1AJT, XU1A, XW8KPL, E31A and many others. During the 1998 Visalia International DX Convention he announced that he had been invited back to the Kingdom of Bhutan for another DXpedition. This operation was originally scheduled for early 1999 and has yet to happen.

Frenchman Jacques, F6BUM, will be active from New Caledonia during August and the first week of September. While there he will operate from the following islands on CW and SSB:

New Caledonia Island (OC-032) from August 9 to 21 Ouvea Island (OC-033) from August 22 to 24 Lifou Island (OC-033) from August 25 to 30 Mare Island (OC-033) from August 31 to September 2 Pins Island (OC-032) from September 3 to 5.

The ARRL DX Bulletin say Josef, OK2WO, Jiri, OK2WY, and Peter, OK2ZR, are now QRV from Liechtenstein as homecalls/HB0 until June 22nd. Preferred modes are PSK31, Feld-Hell and RTTY, with CW and SSB on 6 meters. QSL to home calls.

Paul, ZD8V, is active again from Ascension Island, running his Icom 756 with a GAP Titan DX vertical. He has been active on 10 and 20 meters. Plans are to be active this weekend in the Kid's Day event as he hopes to have some of the local kids in the shack. He will also be active during ARRL Field Day.

This years Ham Fair 1999, Japan's largest hamvention, will be held from August 20th to 22nd in Yokohama, Japan. For more information check out the JARL home page at http://www.jarl.or.jp/English/4_Library/A-4-6_ham-fair/ham- fair.htm or contact the by e-mail [email protected] ______

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3W6EZD/P - VIETNAM - Hiroo started up as scheduled on Wednesday from Consetre Island (AS-NEW) but quickly vanished. No other news has been received as to why the group disappeared.

9M2RJ - WEST MALAYSIA - Europeans found Raja on 21290 from 17:40 to 19:00Z.

9M6TYT - EAST MALAYSIA - John, K9TY, has been active from a hotel using 100 watts and a vertical. He will be there through Saturday. QSL via K9TY.

EP2MKO - IRAN - Check around 21010 around 01:30Z for Ali. QSL via RU6FZ (ex UA6HCW).

FH5CB - MAYOTTE - Elio started off on 21292 around 14:30Z working JA's and Europeans. QSL direct.

FP/VE2MAM - ST. PIERRE & MIQUELON - Check for this one near 14260, 18160 or 21260 from 12:00 to 14:00Z and from 18:00 to 21:00Z.

S21YE - BANGLADESH - Andrew was found operating on a net at 15:00Z on 14245. QSL via G4VLV.

ST2SA - SUDAN - Look for Dr. Sid Friday to possibly show up at 05:00Z on 14200 or near 14252. ______

IOTA ______

The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------EU-008 2S3OFT/M 14263 1250 AS-005 RA0BK 21020 1102 EU-057 DJ0MW/P 14260 2045 AS-083 RA9LI/9 14259 1953 NA-032 FP/VE2MAM 18158 1245 EU-158 SV3/I2YYO/P 14255 1623 EU-031 IC8/IK8TWX 14259 1407 EU-067 SV8/G3SWH 21028 1539 AS-079 JA5DES/6 21269 1656 EU-049 SV8/I3BQC 14263 1559 AS-079 JG1RVN/6 21039 1608 EU-067 SV8/SM0TXM/P 18070 1705 NA-028 KL7/DL1YMK 14260 2104 OC-059 V63AO 21260 1323 EU-030 OZ/DL5CX/P 18077 1623 OC-148 YC9MKF 28470 1106 EU-146 PA/DJ0MCZ 14261 1451

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 18-Jun SV5 SV5/SM7DAY 3-92 18-Jun 18-Jun V4 V47JVG 3-101 3-74 18-Jun 19-Jun EI EI/G3ZAY EI/G0HSD (EU-007) 3-104 18-Jun 19-Jun JA JG1RVN/6 JA5DES/6 (AS-079) 3-101 18-Jun 20-Jun 3W 3W6EZD/P (AS-NEW) 3-105 3-104 18-Jun 20-Jun CX CW40CC 3-94 18-Jun 21-Jun 3V 3V8J (AF-NEW) 3-107 3-104 18-Jun 21-Jun CX CV5A (SA-030) 3-100 3-94 18-Jun 21-Jun HL HL5/JI6KVR HL5FUA (AS-045) 3-105 3-89 18-Jun 21-Jun KH0 KH0/AF4IN KH0N 3-83 18-Jun 22-Jun TI PA5CW/TI8 3-101 18-Jun 23-Jun E4 E41/OK1FHI 3-98 18-Jun 23-Jun SV SV8/G3SWH (EU-067) 3-99 3-93 18-Jun 25-Jun JW JW2PA 3-101 18-Jun 27-Jun FO/M FO0CLA (OC-027) 3-89 3-77 18-Jun 28-Jun E4 a group of G's 3-92 18-Jun 28-Jun ZA ZA/9A4SP 3-106 18-Jun 29-Jun OX OX3LG (NA-151) 3-82 18-Jun 1-Jul D2 D2RV 3-104 18-Jun 2-Jul SV SV8/I3BQC (EU-049) 3-106 18-Jun 7-Jul A9 A9/ON4CFI 3-104 18-Jun 15-Jul VE VY0/VE3DO 3-72 18-Jun 16-Jul 3X 3XY7A 3-104 18-Jun 20-Jul 3W 3W6XK 3-83 18-Jun 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH 3-4 3-2 18-Jun 31-Dec VE VY0TA (NA-047) 3-92 19-Jun 19-Jun The Kid's Day Operating Event 19-Jun 20-Jun All Asian DX Contest CW 19-Jun 26-Jun 9A 9A99P (EU-090) 3-98 19-Jun 26-Jun HB0 a group of Germans & Hungarians 3-105 3-80 19-Jun 26-Jun J6 J6/KF8VX J6/KG8QL 3-89 19-Jun 29-Jun 6O/JE9IKG 3-104 19-Jun 29-Jun JT by GM4DMA 3-98 ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for June 16, 1999 was 201.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for June 17, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------17-Jun-1999 21 147 6 1 Moderate/Quiet;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 17-Jun-1999 18 153 9 2 Moderate/Quiet;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 17-Jun-1999 15 153 9 2 Low/Quiet;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 17-Jun-1999 12 153 9 1 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet- Unsettled 17-Jun-1999 09 153 9 2 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet- Unsettled 17-Jun-1999 06 153 9 2 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet- Unsettled 17-Jun-1999 03 153 9 2 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet- Unsettled 17-Jun-1999 00 153 9 2 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet- Unsettled

The forecast for Friday, 18 June: solar flux 150, A index 7, K index 2. Friday should be Above Normal.

The forecast for Saturday, 19 June: solar flux 150, A index 7, K index 2. Saturday should be Above Normal.

The forecast for Sunday, 20 June: solar flux 145, A index 10, K index 3. Sunday should be High Normal.

Solar images of the sun received for 18 June, 1999 can be found at http://www.sel.noaa.gov/solar_images/1999_06/1999_06_18.html

Perhaps the most useful propagation page for Amateur Radio Operators can be found at http://dx.qsl.net/propagation/

Grey line map http://www.spiritweb.org/cgi/sunclock.cgi ______

QSL Info ______

Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------2S0AZC GM0AZC JY8YB DL5MBY T32BI KH6DFW 3DA0CA W4DR S21YE G4VLV VQ9CV ND1V

ND1V - Rob Wright, 1409 Eaglestone Arch, Chesapeake, VA 23322

QSL cards recently received direct: J28BS, JX7DFA, VR2KF ______

On the WWW ______

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Credits ______

Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: ARRL DX Bulletin, Asahi Shimbun Newspaper, F6AJA, KH6BZF Reports, LNDX, N4PQX, N6RT, NOAA, QRZ DX, W7IAN, W8FJ ______

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. ======*** The Daily DX c *** ======Volume 3 Number 109 June 21, 1999 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR ______

DX News ______

Hiroo, JA2EZD, reports that he and the Vietnamese had to leave to Consetre Island (AS-NEW), VIETNAM early as local military showed up telling them to stop transmitting from the island. They then went back to the mainland and tried for two days to get permission however they were unable to do so. Hiroo also says he received a phone call from Jani, YB0US, who will be going to Phnom Penh, Cambodia today and will then go to Shv City on June 22nd. Starting June 22nd look for Hiroo to use XU2A and Jani to use XU7AAP for the next few days. Next Hiroo will use XUX0 from an island.

West Coast contesters Kenny, K2KW, Bob, N6TV, and Bill, K6KM, will operate multi-single in this years IARU HF World Championship from Venezuela. The three will start on July 6th using YV1/homecall. During the contest they will use 4M1X on 10 through 80 meters CW and SSB. QSL 4M1X via W4SO. QSL YV1/K2KW via WA4WTG. QSL YV1/N6TV and YV1/K6KM via home calls.

David, A92GE, reports that Regi, A9/ON4CFI, is operating illegally and may be jeopardizing Amateur Radio operations for everyone in Bahrain. He went on to say that there are no quest or reciprocal licenses in this gulf nation, so any A9/****** are illegal.

John, GW3CNM, will operate the United Kingdoms International Short Wave League (ISWL) club station (GX4BJC) from Wales. He will use GC4BJC/P throughout this month on 40 meters CW only. ______

QSN ______

3V8DJ - TUNISIA - This was the group that was originally supposed to use 3V8J from Jerba Island (AF-083). QSL via I5JHW.

D2GG - ANGOLA - Vic showed up both Saturday and Sunday at 14:00Z on 12 meters SSB. QSL via CT1GG.

EP2MKO - IRAN - Several West Coast US stations were working Ali on 21010 on Saturday after 01:30Z. QSL via RU6FZ (ex UA6HCW).

FK8HW - NEW CALEDONIA - Tibo showed up on 14177 just after 10:00Z on Saturday. QSL via CBA.

JD1BIC - OGASAWARA - Was active this past weekend in the All Asia CW Contest.

JE9IKG/6O - SOMALILAND - Tomo came up on 21250 on Sunday just before 16:30Z. He will be on SSB only through June 29th. More than likely this will not count for anything. You know the saying "Work it first, worry later." Check 14195 around 22:00Z.

T32BI - EAST KIRIBATI - Europeans were working Tuck on 14242 between 09:00 and 11:00Z on Saturday and again on Sunday on 14243 from 06:00 to 07:00Z. QSL via KH6DFW.

V73UX - MARSHALL ISLANDS - Stations all across the US found Dave on 18140 on Saturday from 11:00 to 12:00Z. He now has a 3-element beam on 40 meters. QSL via V73AX.

ZC4JP - U.K. SOVEREIGN BASES ON CYPRUS - RTTY DXers reported working Jeff on 15 meters at 14:00 on Saturday and 19:00Z on Sunday. ______

IOTA ______

The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AF-083 3V8DJ 21258 2258 EU-049 SV8/I3BQC 14266 1530 AS-040 JH6TYD 21048 1502 EU-057 DL5MM/P 14260 1956 AS-045 HL5/JI6KVR 21254 1402 EU-082 U1ZA/A 18076 1630 AS-045 HL5FUA 21270 1544 EU-090 9A99P 18077 1846 AS-053 HS0/IK4MRH 14270 1820 EU-124 GW0MOI 18133 2020 AS-064 UE0XZZ 18079 1819 EU-158 SV3/I2YYO 14260 1548 AS-083 RA9LI/9 14260 2242 NA-110 AA4V 21264 1424 AS-083 RA9LI/9 14260 2329 NA-112 K4IUD 14259 1451 EU-003 CU3BL 14262 1448 OC-146 YB8BHC 21223 1301 EU-016 9A2GF/P 14261 2150 SA-030 CV5A 14005 2227

Look for Han, SM3TLG, to be on from Seskaro Island (EU-139) as SM3TLG/2 for 3 days starting late on June 21st.

Beginning June 26th Alex, UA0FCD, will operate from Iturup Island (AS-025) until June 30th. Serge, UA0ZAZ, may also join him.

Ivan, VE3DO/VA2DO, plans to be active as VY0O from Grass Island (NA-173) in the James Bay, Nunavut, Canada. He will be active on all bands from 6 to 160 meters on CW and SSB starting today through July 1st. QSL via VE3DO, Ivan Payne, P.O. Box 146, Toronto, Ontario, CANADA M6H 4E1.

Look for a group of Spanish operators to be active from Sancti Petri Island (EU-143) from June 25th to 27th. No calls were mentioned and QSLs will be handled by EA7PY.

Starting June 26th look for special event station 8S1IG to be active from Gotland Island (EU-020). They will be celebrating the Islands Games until July 2nd. QSL via SM1TDE.

Russian Amateurs Alex, RA0ZN, and Vlad, RA0ZA, will soon be working on a lighthouse on Karaginskiy Island (AS-064) for about one week. The two will operate UE0XZZ in their spare time. Exact dates were not mentioned. QSL via RA0ZN.

Brian, N3OC receive his permit from the National Park Service to operate as N3OC/P from Assateague Island (NA-139) for this year's IOTA contest on July 24th. QSL via N3OC.

Alex, UA0ZY and Serge, UA0ZAZ, are now planning to be on from Kambalny Island (AS-NEW) starting on July 3rd. The two will operate RY0Z for 3 days on CW and SSB. This would be a new IOTA, KAMCHATKA OBLAST islands SEA OF OKHOTSK COAST group (letter c). QSL via 4Z5AV.

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-Jun 21-Jun 3V 3V8DJ (AF-NEW) 3-107 3-104 21-Jun 21-Jun CX CV5A (SA-030) 3-100 3-94 21-Jun 21-Jun HL HL5/JI6KVR HL5FUA (AS-045) 3-105 3-89 21-Jun 21-Jun KH0 KH0/AF4IN KH0N 3-83 21-Jun 22-Jun HB0 OK2WO/HB0 OK2WY/HB0 OK2ZR/HB0 3-108 21-Jun 22-Jun TI PA5CW/TI8 3-101 21-Jun 23-Jun E4 E41/OK1FHI 3-98 21-Jun 23-Jun SV SV8/G3SWH (EU-067) 3-99 3-93 21-Jun 23-Jun XU XU2A XUX0 3-105 3-104 21-Jun 25-Jun JW JW2PA 3-101 21-Jun 26-Jun 9A 9A99P (EU-090) 3-98 21-Jun 26-Jun HB0 by a group of DL's and HA's 3-105 3-80 21-Jun 26-Jun HL D99ARDF 3-106 21-Jun 26-Jun J6 J6/KF8VX J6/KG8QL 3-89 21-Jun 27-Jun FO/M FO0CLA (OC-027) 3-89 3-77 21-Jun 28-Jun E4 a group of G's 3-92 21-Jun 28-Jun ZA ZA/9A4SP 3-106 21-Jun 29-Jun 6O/JE9IKG 3-104 21-Jun 29-Jun JT by GM4DMA 3-98 21-Jun 29-Jun OX OX3LG (NA-151) 3-82 21-Jun 1-Jul D2 D2RV 3-104 21-Jun 2-Jul SV SV8/I3BQC (EU-049) 3-106 21-Jun 5-Jul 9N 9N7RN 3-104 3-74 21-Jun 15-Jul VE VY0O (NA-173) 3-108 3-72 21-Jun 16-Jul 3X 3XY7A 3-104 21-Jun 20-Jul 3W 3W6XK 3-83 21-Jun 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH 3-4 3-2 21-Jun 31-Dec VE VY0TA (NA-047) 3-92 22-Jun 26-Jun HL HL0ZX/4 (AS-060) 3-96 24-Jun 26-Jun JA JA4PXE (AS-117) 3-88 24-Jun 28-Jun I IF9WKH IF9/IT9GNG IF9ZRQ/P (EU-0 3-106 24-Jun 28-Jun KH0 KH0/JI2IXA KH0/JN3AHZ KH0/JM3FUY 3-104 24-Jun 30-Jun J6 J6/AA7X 3-98 25-Jun 27-Jun F TM5B (EU-148) 3-99 26-Jun 27-Jun I IA5 by many Italians (EU-028) 3-103 26-Jun 30-Jun F F/G0GRC (EU-107) 3-49 26-Jun 4-Jul BY BY1QH by K2ZJ 3-86 ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for June 19, 1999 was 117.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for June 20, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------20-Jun-1999 21 152 3 1 Moderate/Quiet;Low-Moderate/Quiet 20-Jun-1999 18 139 5 1 Moderate/Quiet;Low-Moderate/Quiet 20-Jun-1999 15 139 5 1 Low/Quiet;Low/Quiet 20-Jun-1999 12 139 5 2 Low/Quiet;Low/Quiet 20-Jun-1999 09 139 5 1 Low/Quiet;Low-Moderate/Quiet 20-Jun-1999 06 139 5 0 Low/Quiet;Low-Moderate/Quiet 20-Jun-1999 03 139 5 1 Low/Quiet;Low-Moderate/Quiet 20-Jun-1999 00 139 5 0 Low/Quiet;Low-Moderate/Quiet

The forecast for Monday, 21 June: solar flux 149, A index 7, K index 2. Monday should be Above Normal.

The forecast for Tuesday, 22 June: solar flux 152, A index 7, K index 2. Tuesday should be Above Normal.

Solar images of the sun received for 21 June, 1999 can be found at http://www.sel.noaa.gov/solar_images/1999_06/1999_06_21.html

Perhaps the most useful propagation page for Amateur Radio Operators can be found at http://dx.qsl.net/propagation/

Grey line map http://www.spiritweb.org/cgi/sunclock.cgi ______

QSL Info ______

Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------2S0EEY/P GM0EEY 9M2XA JF4WPQ S21B W4FRU 3V8DJ I5JHW CV5A VCX2ABC SV8/PA1XA PA3BLS 3W7TK OK1HWB EI/G0HSD G3ZAY T32BI KH6DFW 3Z1DXC SP1NQF HB0/DF6VI DF6VI TM2SIX F6KRD 3Z7DXC SP7CVW HL5/JI6KVR JJ6LXX TM5FM F6KOP 4F1RWW DL4OCM JW2PA LA2PA V73UX V73AX 4S7YSG JA2BDR KH0N JA6CNL YB5QZ W3HNK 9A99P 9A3FT KL7/DL1YMK DL1YMK YN6HM N5TGZ 9H8/9H3GI DL2GWL MU0ASP F5SHQ ZD8V KF4OOX 9M2TD JR4PDP OH0JWL DL5FF

QSL cards for D99ARDF will start to go out late this month.

Ron, AA5DX, is now back in Texas after his VQ9DX trip. QSL cards will start to go out in about 3 weeks. Cards will go out in the order they were received.

QSL cards recently received direct: 3D2DK, 6Y5/PA3EWP, 9A1CZZ/P, CE8ABF, E44/HA1AG, HS0/IK4MRH, J69AZ, T20FW, YK1AO, ZC4ATC, ZF9/ZF2RC, ZF9/ZF2WP, ZL7DK ______

On the WWW ______

The Amateur Radio Association of Bahrain (ARAB) can now be found on the WWW At http://members.tripod.com/~A92C/

Logs for the June CY9SS St. Paul Island DXpedition are now available at http://dx.qsl.net/logs ______

Credits ______

Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 425 DX News, A92GE, AA5DX, AD6GY, JA1ADN, JA2EZD, K2KW, K3SX, KH6BZF Reports, KO3Q, N3OC, N6RT, NOAA, SM3TLG, VE3DO, W2GG, W2GI, W3KO, W9OL, WB4KTC ______

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DX News ______

It seems that many Europeans are going to Liechtenstein this summer. German operators Andrea (YL), DL3ABL, and Michael, DL6MHW, will be there for one week starting on June 26th. The two will be concentraiting on 12, 17 and 30 meters running high power. QSL via DL3ABL, Andrea Diekmann, Ginsterweg 51, 39326 Wolmirstedt, GERMANY.

Tim, W9QQ, plans to be active from Bonaire from September 16th to 21st as either PJ9Q or PJ9/W9QQ. He will be mostly on PSK31 on 10 through 40 meters. QSL via W9QQ.

During this years IARU HF World Championship look for a multi-single effort from WP2Z in the US Virgin Islands as Dave, AG8L, Larry, K6RO, and Charlie, W6KK join forces. The guys will be there from July 8th to July 12th using KP2/ their home calls on CW and SSB before and after the contest. QSL WP2Z via KU9C. QSL KP2/AG8L via NN6C. QSL KP2/K6RO and KP2/W6KK via their home calls.

Jimmy, W6JKV, and Dick, K5AND, will be in Anguilla operating VP2E/homecalls From June 24th until July 5th. They will operate 6 meters only (using 28.885 for liaison) using a KW and big beam. QSL to home calls.

Ed, N0ED, plans to operate from Bermuda as VP9/N0ED between July 15th and July 25th. This will also include an operation in this years RSGB IOTA Contest on July 24th and July 25th. Look for him to be running 100 watts on CW only. Logs may show up on http://www.qsl.net/n0ed QSL via N0ED.

Bob Nadolny, WB2YQH, has been selected as Secretary of the newly founded Island Radio Expedition Foundation, Inc (IREF). He is the editor of The 59(9) DX Report and is an avid DXer and Island Chaser. IREF will surely benefit from Bob's experiences. IREF was founded to raise funds in support of amateur radio expeditions to rare and new islands qualifying for the IOTA award. The Foundation has begun accepting donations and more information can be found at http://www.sat.net/~iref ______

QSN ______

3D2RW - FIJI - Ron Wright, ZL1AMO, started up from here yesterday round 08:00Z on 15 meters CW and was on today also. Not sure how long he will be at this location which is usually his base camp before heading out to other islands in the Pacific Ocean. QSL via ZL1AMO.

3V8DJ - TUNISIA - West Coast DXers found this one on 14260 just before 06:00Z. QSL via I5JHW.

6Y5WJ - JAMACA - Japanese stations report working Josh on 18070 just before 15:00Z. QSL via G0NAN.

E41/OK1FHI - PALESTINE - Still need the newest DXCC country? Well try the low end of the CW 15 meter band around 04:00Z. QSL via OK1FHI.

EP2 - IRAN - Abdollah, EP2FM, continues to show up on 20 meters RTTY just before 02:00Z. Meanwhile Ali, EP2MKO, has been on the low end of the 15 meter CW band between 02:00 to 05:00Z. Getting a QSL from him has not been easy. EP2MKO does count for DXCC, provided the QSL did not come from HH2HM!

PZ5JR - SURINAM - Bob was active yesterday on 21255 just before 21:00Z until about 22:00Z. QSL via K3BYV.

T32BI - EAST KIRIBATI - Europeans were working Tuck on 21311 between 09:00 and 10:45Z. QSL via KH6DFW.

XU2A - CAMBODIA - Hiroo did make it here and reports that Jani, XU7AAP also made it. If all goes well he will go to XUX0 this weekend.

YK1AO - SYRIA - Omar showed up on 24950 around 15:30Z. QSL via CBA. ______

IOTA ______

The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AF-004 EA8AMT 24960 2002 EU-057 DJ0MW/P 14260 1722 AF-022 ZD7BG 21270 1729 EU-057 DL5MM/P 7055 1804 AF-083 3V8DJ 21261 2222 EU-067 SV8/G3SWH 18071 1639 AS-008 7K3EOP 21281 1254 EU-067 SV8/SM0TXM 14011 2207 AS-018 UA0FF 24948 2137 EU-082 U1ZA/A 18076 0704 AS-023 JE6EMW 21268 1719 EU-084 SM5OIG 28459 1732 AS-059 UA0IAS/0 14259 1410 EU-090 9A99P 14252 1841 AS-064 UE0XZZ 14041 2118 EU-095 TM6BMP 14263 2055 AS-083 RA9LI/9 14257 2353 EU-132 SP2QCR/1 14258 1302 EU-004 EA6AEI 24955 1020 EU-139 SM3TLG/2 14260 2323 EU-016 9A2GF 14006 0151 EU-158 SV3/I2YYO 28490 1430 EU-020 SM1SBI 7083 1917 NA-028 KL7/DL1YMK 18128 1012 EU-023 9H8/9H3GI 24892 2058 NA-034 K2OLG/M 14260 1152 EU-026 JW2PA 21290 0344 NA-059 NO7F/KL7 14256 0830 EU-049 SV8/I3BQC 14258 1828 OC-129 KB2FB/DU7 21295 0617 EU-049 SV8/PA1XA 21256 1239 SA-030 CV5A 21295 0529 EU-052 SV8/DL1EJD 28455 1213

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 20-Jul 3W 3W6XK 3-83 22-Jun 16-Jul 3X 3XY7A 3-104 22-Jun 26-Jun 9A 9A99P (EU-090) 3-98 22-Jun 5-Jul 9N 9N7RN 3-104 3-74 22-Jun 1-Jul D2 D2RV 3-104 22-Jun 28-Jun E4 a group of Gs 3-92 22-Jun 23-Jun E4 E41/OK1FHI 3-98 22-Jun 27-Jun FO/M FO0CLA (OC-027) 3-89 3-77 22-Jun 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH 3-4 3-2 22-Jun 26-Jun HB0 by a group of DLs and HAs 3-105 3-80 22-Jun 22-Jun HB0 OK2WO/HB0 OK2WY/HB0 OK2ZR/HB0 3-108 22-Jun 26-Jun HL D99ARDF 3-106 22-Jun 26-Jun HL HL0ZX/4 (AS-060) 3-96 22-Jun 26-Jun J6 J6/KF8VX J6/KG8QL 3-89 22-Jun 29-Jun JT by GM4DMA 3-98 22-Jun 25-Jun JW JW2PA 3-101 22-Jun 29-Jun OX OX3LG (NA-151) 3-82 22-Jun 23-Jun SV SV8/G3SWH (EU-067) 3-99 3-93 22-Jun 2-Jul SV SV8/I3BQC (EU-049) 3-106 22-Jun 22-Jun TI PA5CW/TI8 3-101 22-Jun 26-Jun UA0 UE0XZZ (AS-064) 3-109 22-Jun 1-Jul VE VY0O (NA-173) 3-108 3-72 22-Jun 31-Dec VE VY0TA (NA-047) 3-92 22-Jun 23-Jun XU XU2A XUX0 3-105 3-104 22-Jun XU XU7AAP 3-109 22-Jun 28-Jun ZA ZA/9A4SP 3-106 22-Jun 29-Jun 6O/JE9IKG 3-104 ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for June 20, 1999 was 102.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for June 21, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------21-Jun-1999 21 146 2 0 Low/Quiet;Low-Moderate/Quiet 21-Jun-1999 18 152 2 1 Low/Quiet;Low-Moderate/Quiet 21-Jun-1999 15 152 2 2 Moderate/Quiet;Low-Moderate/Quiet 21-Jun-1999 12 152 2 1 Moderate/Quiet;Low-Moderate/Quiet 21-Jun-1999 09 152 2 0 Moderate/Quiet;Low-Moderate/Quiet 21-Jun-1999 06 152 2 0 Moderate/Quiet;Low-Moderate/Quiet 21-Jun-1999 03 152 2 0 Moderate/Quiet;Low-Moderate/Quiet 21-Jun-1999 00 152 2 0 Moderate/Quiet;Low-Moderate/Quiet

The forecast for Tuesday, 22 June: solar flux 157, A index 5, K index 1. Tuesday should be Above Normal.

The forecast for Wednesday, 23 June: solar flux 159, A index 7, K index 2. Wednesday should be Above Normal.

Solar images of the sun received for 22 June, 1999 can be found at http://www.sel.noaa.gov/solar_images/1999_06/1999_06_22.html

Perhaps the most useful propagation page for Amateur Radio Operators can be found at http://dx.qsl.net/propagation/

Grey line map http://www.spiritweb.org/cgi/sunclock.cgi ______

QSL Info ______

Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------3D2RW ZL1AMO KH2K/AH0 JA1RJU UE0XZZ RA0ZN 6Y5WJ G0NAN PZ5JR K3BYV UZ0U UT5UUF EI9FN G3YOG R1FJL UA3AGS YZ75EBC YU1EBC EK7DX F5LGQ SV8/DL1EJD DL1EJD YZ75GTU YU1AB HB0/HA0HW/P HA0HW TM6BMP F5RYC Z32XX NN6C HB0/HA4DX/P HA4DX

RA0ZN - Alex Novikov, P.O. Box 51, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky 683049, RUSSIA

QSL cards recently received direct: 5A21PA, 5T5U, EP2FM, P29CC, T22JY, TR0A/P (AF-043), VK6ISL (OC-183), VQ9DX ______

On the WWW ______

Don't forget The Daily DX Search Engine at http://www.dailydx.com/search.html ______

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Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: AD5A, K8WK, KE2TT, KH6BZF Reports, NOAA, OE-1002419, ON4IZ, OPDX, The 59(9) DX Report, W2DEN, W5OZI, W8FJ, WU1F, XU2A ______

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======*** The Daily DX (c) *** ======Volume 3 Number 111 June 23, 1999 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR ______

DX News ______

Rich, W5RXP, will once again be on Johnston Island starting June 26th. He will be active as W5RXP/KH3 on 15 and 20 meters running 100 watts and a yagi antenna. On his last trip in October of 1997 he was reported near 14020 between 06:00 and 09:00Z. QSL via W5RXP.

Ron, ZL1AMO, is currently in the Fiji Islands and active as 3D2RW. He is trying to work out details to go to Rotuma Island but has been having problems. Ron does not know (or is not saying) how long he will be in the Fiji Islands. QSL via ZL1AMO.

Jani, YB0US, is currently operating from Cambodia as XU7AAP. He says that he will be there until Friday. Look for him to be active on all bands SSB except (12, 17 and 30 meters). QSL via N2OO.

Steve, VK3OT, reports that Doug, VK9YQS is now on Lord Howe Island for the next 18 months. He has been on 6 meters and is using a TS-670 along with a Tokyo High Power amp and ground plane. ______

QSN ______

3D2RW - FIJI - Look for Ron on or near 21025 and 21295 starting around 03:00Z. QSL via ZL1AMO.

4S7BRG - SRI LANKA - Mario was heard on 20 meters RTTY on Monday saying that he will be going QRT on June 27th. He will be going back to Switzerland. QSL via HB9BRG.

5R8FU - MADAGASCAR - East Coast US stations reported working Ake on 3795 between 02:45 and 03:30Z on Tuesday. QSL via SM0DJZ.

6O0A - SOMALILAND - Tomo, JE9IKG, is now using this call. Yesterday he was active as follows:

GMT Frequencies GMT Frequencies ------06 21280 13 28495 21195 10 21280 14 21195 12 28495 15 18155 7093

KH0 - MARIANA ISLANDS - Kazu, KH2K/AH0 and Shige, KH0/JI1UHZ, are currently active from the Northern Mariana Islands on HF and 6 meters until mid day (local) on June 24th. Look for them to also be on AO-10 on 145.890 MHz. QSL KH2K/AH0 via JA1RJU. QSL KH0/JI1UHZ via JI1UHZ.

SV2ASP/A - MOUNT ATHOS - Monk Apollo says that he will be away from the Monastery for about 2 months so do not expect any activity from this semi-rare one in the near future.

T32BI - EAST KIRIBATI - Europeans were working Tuck on 21298 09:00 and 10:30Z. QSL via KH6DFW.

XU7AAP - CAMBODIA - Jani has been showing up on a net on 14245. Early today he was on 21293 from 01:15 to 03:00Z running freestyle. QSL via N2OO.

YK1AO - SYRIA - East Coast US DXers found Omar on 18115 just after 03:00Z today. Try also looking for him near 24950 from 15:30 to 17:00Z. He also likes 20 meters RTTY at 02:00Z. QSL direct only.

ZC4JP - U.K. SOVEREIGN BASES ON CYPRUS - Jeff made a surprise visit to 15 meters SSB yesterday on 21275 at 12:45Z. ______

IOTA ______

The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AS-003 4S7BRG 21290 2040 EU-049 SV8/PA1XA 14263 1346 AS-005 RA0BK 21244 0844 EU-057 DJ0MW/P 21260 1021 AS-017 JS6PXB 21261 1459 EU-057 DL5MM/P 14260 1322 AS-018 RA0FF 24900 0705 EU-067 SV8/G3SWH 24898 1617 AS-018 UA0FDX 21019 2005 EU-090 9A99P 28504 1455 AS-060 HL0ZX/4 14256 2105 EU-095 TM6BMP 14216 2030 AS-064 UE0XZZ 21024 1733 EU-124 GC0STH 14260 0945 AS-076 JA5EO 21233 1428 EU-128 DJ2HW 28029 1640 AS-083 RA9LI/9 14263 2247 EU-136 9A6DCR 7055 0945 AS-103 BV9AAC 21017 1019 EU-136 9A9JH 21264 0918 EU-018 OY4TN 21297 2204 EU-139 SM3TLG/2 18072 2159 EU-023 9H1ZA 18069 1620 NA-015 CO8LY 21260 1217 EU-023 9H8/9H3GI 24894 0719 NA-065 AD7U 14260 1707 EU-026 JW2PA 21295 2252 NA-069 K2OLG/M 14260 1050 EU-029 OZ/DL4OCI 7044 2145 NA-151 OX3LG 14260 2314 EU-037 SM7CRW 14260 2149 OC-027 FO0CLA 14021 0817 EU-038 PA0MDG 21017 1327 OC-027 FO5QG 14121 0648

Look for Ulli, TF8GX, to be active from IOTA EU-071 as TF7GX during this year's IOTA Contest late next month. He will be there for one week.

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 20-Jul 3W 3W6XK 3-83 23-Jun 16-Jul 3X 3XY7A 3-104 23-Jun 26-Jun 9A 9A99P (EU-090) 3-98 23-Jun 5-Jul 9N 9N7RN 3-104 3-74 23-Jun 1-Jul D2 D2RV 3-104 23-Jun 28-Jun E4 a group of Gs 3-92 23-Jun 23-Jun E4 E41/OK1FHI 3-98 23-Jun 27-Jun FO/M FO0CLA (OC-027) 3-89 3-77 23-Jun 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH 3-4 3-2 23-Jun 26-Jun HB0 by a group of DLs and HAs 3-105 3-80 23-Jun 26-Jun HL D99ARDF 3-106 23-Jun 26-Jun HL HL0ZX/4 (AS-060) 3-96 23-Jun 26-Jun J6 J6/KF8VX J6/KG8QL 3-89 23-Jun 29-Jun JT by GM4DMA 3-98 23-Jun 25-Jun JW JW2PA 3-101 23-Jun 29-Jun OX OX3LG (NA-151) 3-82 23-Jun 23-Jun SV SV8/G3SWH (EU-067) 3-99 3-93 23-Jun 2-Jul SV SV8/I3BQC (EU-049) 3-106 23-Jun 26-Jun UA0 UE0XZZ (AS-064) 3-109 23-Jun 1-Jul VE VY0O (NA-173) 3-108 3-72 23-Jun 31-Dec VE VY0TA (NA-047) 3-92 23-Jun 23-Jun XU XU2A XUX0 3-105 3-104 23-Jun 25-Jun XU XU7AAP 3-109 23-Jun 28-Jun ZA ZA/9A4SP 3-106 23-Jun 29-Jun 6O/JE9IKG 3-104 ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for June 21, 1999 was 148.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for June 22, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------22-Jun-1999 21 162 2 1 Moderate/Quiet;Low-Moderate/Quiet 22-Jun-1999 18 146 2 1 Low/Quiet;Low-Moderate/Quiet 22-Jun-1999 15 146 2 1 Low/Quiet;Low-Moderate/Quiet 22-Jun-1999 12 146 2 1 Low/Quiet;Low-Moderate/Quiet 22-Jun-1999 09 146 2 1 Low/Quiet;Low-Moderate/Quiet 22-Jun-1999 06 146 2 0 Low/Quiet;Low-Moderate/Quiet 22-Jun-1999 03 146 2 0 Low/Quiet;Low-Moderate/Quiet 22-Jun-1999 00 146 2 1 Low/Quiet;Low-Moderate/Quiet

The forecast for Wednesday, 23 June: solar flux 155, A index 5, K index 1. Wednesday should be Above Normal.

The forecast for Thursday, 24 June: solar flux 160, A index 10, K index 2. Thursday should be High Normal.

Solar images of the sun received for 23 June, 1999 can be found at http://www.sel.noaa.gov/solar_images/1999_06/1999_06_23.html

Perhaps the most useful propagation page for Amateur Radio Operators can be found at http://dx.qsl.net/propagation/

Grey line map http://www.spiritweb.org/cgi/sunclock.cgi ______

QSL Info ______

Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------3Z0WVL SP3WVL HL0ZX/4 HL0ZX UA0MF W3HNK 4S7BRG HB9BRM KH0/JI1UHZ JI1UHZ UK8GK RW6HS 6O0A JE9IKG OY4TN OY6FRA VP2EY HB9SL 9A99P 9A3FT RA3RCL 7L1MFS XU7AAP N2OO EL2DT IK0PHY SM7CRW W3HNK YB0AVK HA0HW HB0/DF6VI DF6VI TG9ANG W3HNK YB0ECT K5ZE HB0/OK2WY OK2WY TL8CG IZ1CQD YV4DX YV4YC

QSL cards recently received direct: 4U1UN, 4L4MM, FR5ZU/T, FT5ZH, FT5ZJ, OZ/DL1AZZ/P, R1FJL, T20FW, T20JY, TN2FB, TR0A/P, UA0QBA, XT2PT, YK/DL6MHW, ZA1Z ______

On the WWW ______

DX Summit now has a history spot search, which is updated once a day and can be found at http://oh2w.kolumbus.com/cgi-bin/qin.sh ______

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Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: HL2WA, JF2MBF, JR2BNF, K5OVC, K5VVA, K6GNX, KH6BZF Reports, KO4PY, N4YIC, N6RT, N7OJ, NOAA, ON4BCJ, PY1AFS, SV2ASP/A, The 59(9) DX Report, VE3OSZ, VK3OT, W2GI, W3JJ, W7IAN, XU7AAP, ZL1AMO ______

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======*** The Daily DX (c) *** ======Volume 3 Number 112 June 24, 1999 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR ______

DX News ______

Dieter, DL9UDS, and Andreas, DL9USA, will be active from Kos Island in the Greek Dodecanese Islands from July 28th to August 11th. The two will use J45K and will be on 6 meters.

During this years IARU HF World Championship Contest on July 10th and 11th Juha, OH1JT, will be on the air from the Aland Islands as OH0Z. He will be on CW only. QSL via OH1EH, Ari Korhonen, Kreetalank. 9 As 1, FIN-29200 Harjavalta, FINLAND.

Bonnie, KQ6XA, will be on a exploring and mapping expedition to some caves in the Andes Mountains in Bolivia between July 20th and August 20th. While there she will be on the air on 10 through 160 meters on CW and SSB. For more information about this trip check out her home page at http://www.qsl.net/kq6xa

Jean-Pierre, TR8JPF, has left Gabon and is now back in France as F5JEE. QSL via home call. ______

QSN ______

3XY1B0 - GUINEA - CW buff found Robert on 14003 just before 06:00Z. QSL via F5XX.

EY8XX - TAJIKISTAN - Check around 14045 and 21045 for Vlad between 02:00 and 03:00Z. QSL via GW3CDP.

TG9ANG - GUATEMALA - He was giving his name as John and was active on 21026 for a couple of hours starting around 14:00Z. Do not QSL via W3HNK as he reports he is not the QSL Manager.

XU7AAP - CAMBODIA - Jani was reported on the air yesterday as follows:

GMT Frequency GMT Frequency ------01 21293 16 21350 02 21293 17 21350 10 21290 18 21350 15 14245

YB0ECT - INDONESIA - Look for Pri on 15 meters CW around 15:00Z. QSL via K5ZE. ______

IOTA ______

The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AF-004 EA8AMT 21263 1725 EU-026 JW2PA 21295 2111 AS-059 UA0IAS/0 14260 1250 EU-047 DL8BCJ 21045 1841 AS-060 HL0ZX/4 14263 2146 EU-049 SV8/PA1XA 14260 1611 AS-064 UE0XZZ 21024 2215 EU-057 DJ0MW/P 14260 0714 AS-083 RA9LI/9 14257 0148 EU-090 9A99P 21261 2233 EU-003 CU3BL 14258 2049 EU-136 9A/S59AA/P 21011 1823 EU-012 2A/DJ6AU 18077 2033 EU-139 SM3TLG/2 18145 0607 EU-014 TK/IK1VCA 14010 0729 NA-052 K2OLG/M 14260 1011 EU-017 ID9/IZ8ANA 7060 2201 NA-059 KO7F/KL7 14257 0732 EU-020 SM1SBI 21235 1819 NA-065 AD7U 21260 0046 EU-023 9H8/9H3GI 21051 2040 NA-151 OX3LG 14260 2101 EU-024 IS0/DL4YAJ 14262 1722 OC-075 YC5TA 21260 1705

Bob, VK8BB, is a resident on Elcho Island (OC-185) and is active with a TS-120V. He is running 20 watts using battery power and a dipole and hopes to improve his station in the near future. QSL via CBA.

Peter, RA0BK, is a resident on Dickson Island (AS-005) and active on 15 and 20 meters CW and SSB. QSL via DL8KAC.

A group from Scotland will be active during this years IOTA Contest, in July, from Gigha Island (EU-008). Look for them to be on the air as 2S5VG/P from July 19th to 25th. Operators include Chris, GMOUKZ; Jim, GMONAI; Tom, GM4YMA; Tom, GM4FDM; Denis, GM3NIG; John, GM3COB, and Dianne, 2M1EDM. QSL via GM3UTQ.

The Western Washington DX Club along with the Island County ARC will operate this years IOTA Contest from Waadah Island (NA-169). The group will have two stations on the air starting July 22nd through July 27th. They will use W7W for the duration of this operation. For more information N6HR by e-mail at

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 20-Jul 3W 3W6XK 3-83 24-Jun 16-Jul 3X 3XY7A 3-104 24-Jun 27-Jun 4S 4S7BRG 3-111 24-Jun 26-Jun 9A 9A99P (EU-090) 3-98 24-Jun 5-Jul 9N 9N7RN 3-104 3-74 24-Jun 1-Jul D2 D2RV 3-104 24-Jun 27-Jun FO/M FO0CLA (OC-027) 3-89 3-77 24-Jun 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH 3-4 3-2 24-Jun 26-Jun HB0 by a group of DLs & HAs 3-105 3-80 24-Jun 26-Jun HL D99ARDF 3-106 24-Jun 26-Jun HL HL0ZX/4 (AS-060) 3-96 24-Jun 28-Jun I IF9WKH IF9/IT9GNG IF9ZRQ/P (EU-0 3-106 24-Jun 30-Jun J6 J6/AA7X 3-98 24-Jun 26-Jun J6 J6/KF8VX J6/KG8QL 3-89 24-Jun 26-Jun JA JA4PXE (AS-117) 3-88 24-Jun 29-Jun JT by GM4DMA 3-98 24-Jun 25-Jun JW JW2PA 3-101 24-Jun 28-Jun KH0 KH0/JI2IXA KH0/JN3AHZ KH0/JM3FUY 3-104 24-Jun 29-Jun OX OX3LG (NA-151) 3-82 24-Jun 2-Jul SV SV8/I3BQC (EU-049) 3-106 24-Jun 26-Jun UA0 UE0XZZ (AS-064) 3-109 24-Jun 1-Jul VE VY0O (NA-173) 3-108 3-72 24-Jun 5-Jul VP2E VP2E/W6JKV VP2E/K5AND 3-110 24-Jun 24-Jun XU XU2A XUX0 3-105 3-104 24-Jun 25-Jun XU XU7AAP 3-111 3-109 24-Jun 28-Jun ZA ZA/9A4SP 3-106 24-Jun 29-Jun 6O0A 3-111 3-104 ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for June 22, 1999 was 160.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for June 23, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------23-Jun-1999 21 168 5 1 Moderate/Quiet;Low-Moderate/Quiet 23-Jun-1999 18 162 2 2 Moderate/Quiet;Low-Moderate/Quiet 23-Jun-1999 15 162 2 1 Moderate/Quiet;Low-Moderate/Quiet 23-Jun-1999 12 162 2 2 Moderate/Quiet;Low-Moderate/Quiet 23-Jun-1999 09 162 2 2 Moderate/Quiet;Low-Moderate/Quiet 23-Jun-1999 06 162 2 2 Moderate/Quiet;Low-Moderate/Quiet 23-Jun-1999 03 162 2 1 Moderate/Quiet;Low-Moderate/Quiet 23-Jun-1999 00 162 2 2 Moderate/Quiet;Low-Moderate/Quiet

The forecast for Thursday, 24 June: solar flux 160, A index 10, K index 2. Thursday should be High Normal.

The forecast for Friday, 25 June: solar flux 160, A index 13, K index 3. Friday should be High Normal.

Solar images of the sun received for 24 June, 1999 can be found at http://www.sel.noaa.gov/solar_images/1999_06/1999_06_24.html

Perhaps the most useful propagation page for Amateur Radio Operators can be found at http://dx.qsl.net/propagation/

Grey line map http://www.spiritweb.org/cgi/sunclock.cgi ______

QSL Info ______

Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------4X1KS NF4W 9N7RN IK4ZGY OX3UB OZ1PIF 9H1EL LA2TO EW3LB W3HNK SV8/G3SWH G3SWH

VK9YQS - Doug, Box 86, Lord Howe Island, NSW 2898 AUSTRALIA

Joe, W3HNK, reports he is not the QSL Manager for TG9ANG who has recently been active over the last few days. Joe also mentions that Dick, N6FF, will now take over as QSL Manager for RA0FU.

CORRECTION to yesterdays issue. 4S7BRG is via HB9BRM not HB9BRG, as mentioned in the QSN section.

QSL cards recently received direct: 1A0KM, 5T5U, 9G5VJ, E44/JA1UT, FR5ZQ/G, FR5ZU/T, HV4NAC, JT1Y, T20FW ______

On the WWW ______

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Credits ______

Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: AB5RQ, DX News Sheet, K3TZV, KB3AUG, KH6BZF Reports, N7FL, N7SG, NOAA, OH1EH, OPDX, SV2CWY, VK3OT, W3HNK, W7IAN, WA2VRF, ______

Subscriptions ______

======*** The Daily DX (c) *** ======Volume 3 Number 113 June 25, 1999 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR ______

DX News ______

Alex, PA3DZN, is still in Baghdad, Iraq and has been extremely busy working. He's been there for over two months and doesn't expect to expect any operating time in the near future.

Fabio, I4UFH, will be active as 3V8BB from July 8th to July 11th. While there he will enter in the IARU HF World Championship as a Single Op on SSB. He will put an emphasis on the low bands and 10 meters for the US and Asia. Outside of the contest the activity will be mainly on the WARC bands and 2 meters upon antenna availability. QSL to I4UFH either via the bureau or direct. He will only be able to confirm the QSOs from this trip and for January 7th, 1999.

Debby (YL), N7FL, will be in Hawaii from June 30th to July 12th. She plans to be active daily with a serious effort in the IARU HF World Championship as N7FL/KH6. Using a multi-band vertical and sires she will be on 10 through 160 meters SSB. QSL via N7FL.

The Clipperton DX Club's DX convention this year will be held on September 18th and 19th at the hotel Mercure of Mulhouse Sausheim. The event is being organized by F5PAC and more information can be found at http://www.multimania.com/cdxc/

Bert, CX3AN, and Mario, CX4CR of the Uruguay DX Group will be doing a multi island DXpedition through the Pacific Ocean during August. First stop will be the island or Moorea (OC-046) in the French Polynesian Islands from August 5th to 7th. From there it will be on to Rarotonga Island (OC-013) in the South Cook Islands between August 7th and 17th. If transportation is available they will try to operate on Manihiki Island (OC-014) in the North Cook Islands from August 17th to 19th. Next stop will be the island of Viti Levu (OC-016) in the Fiji Islands from August 19th until the 23rd. Finally they will cross the entire South Pacific New Zealand's North Island (OC-036) where they plan to operate from August 23rd to 25th. The team of two will be operating CW and SSB from 6 to 160 meters with an emphasis on the lower bands. Callsigns will be announced upon arrival at each operating site.

Kazu, VR2KF/JH1OGX, says he will be leaving Hong Kong on July 10th and heading back to Japan. QSL cards should now be sent to Mr. Kazu Fujita, CPO Box 15, Tokyo, Japan or via the JARL QSL bureau to JH1OGX. He will make arrangements for cards sent to his Hong Kong address and the VR2 QSL bureau. ______

QSN ______

3D2RW - FIJI ISLANDS - Ron is still active mostly on 15 meters. QSL via ZL1AMO.

4L1BR - GEORGIA - RTTY DXers should look for Shalva on 20 meters staring as early as 01:30Z and a late as 04:00Z.

9N7RN - NEPAL - Sergio has been showing up on 20 meters SSB around 16:00Z. QSL via IK4ZGY.

A41LZ - OMAN - Look for Murtada usually on 21260 at 02:00Z.

EL2AB - LIBERIA - JA's reported Ben on 15 meters CW just before 22:00Z and after 22:00Z on 15 SSB. QSL via IK0PHY.

FY5YE - FRENCH GUIANA - Mario can be found most days on CW starting around 18:00Z and as late as 22:00Z. Check around 24910 and 18072.

VQ9GB - DIEGO GARCIA - Check 21295 between 13:00 and 16:00Z for George. He will be on the island until August so QSL cards will not go out until September. QSL via K7GB.

XU2A - CAMBODIA - Just after 01:30Z today Hiroo was on 21291. He will be on the mainland throughout today. Saturday and Sunday he will be on as XUX0 on IOTA AS-133.

XU7AAP - CAMBODIA - Jani continues to show up on at net on 14245 after 14:00Z. Others who also show up are 9V1JY, 3W6XK and BA4DW. ______

IOTA ______

The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AS-018 UA0FDX 14020 1156 EU-049 SV8/PA1XA/P 14260 1201 AS-018 UA0FF 21271 2054 EU-052 SV8/OE6YRG 14258 1551 AS-018 UA0FZ 18071 0902 EU-054 IF9WKH 7044 2142 AS-040 JH6THD 21264 2120 EU-057 DJ0MW/P 14260 0650 AS-060 HL0ZX/4 14260 1402 EU-090 9A99P 7014 2257 AS-064 UE0XZZ 14021 2057 EU-136 9A/S59AA 14028 2117 EU-003 CU3BL 14260 0950 EU-138 SM7NR 14263 1451 EU-004 EA6ACF 21292 2341 EU-139 SM3TLG/2 14262 0547 EU-010 2S3JIJ 14255 0824 NA-034 KM4RX 14260 0604 EU-012 2A/DJ6AU 10109 1803 NA-059 NO7F/KL7 14257 0747 EU-014 TK/IK1VCA 14261 1529 OC-075 YC5YAS 21260 1714 EU-017 ID9/IZ8ANA 14258 1438 OC-143 YC5VYH 21250 1620 EU-020 SM1SBI 21264 0844 OC-210 YC8RRK 21314 1629 EU-026 JW2PA 14195 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 ------25-Jun 20-Jul 3W 3W6XK 3-83 25-Jun 16-Jul 3X 3XY7A 3-104 25-Jun 27-Jun 4S 4S7BRG 3-111 25-Jun 26-Jun 9A 9A99P (EU-090) 3-98 25-Jun 5-Jul 9N 9N7RN 3-104 3-74 25-Jun 1-Jul D2 D2RV 3-104 25-Jun 27-Jun EA by a group of EAs (EU-143) 3-109 25-Jun 27-Jun F TM5B (EU-148) 3-99 25-Jun 27-Jun FO/M FO0CLA (OC-027) 3-89 3-77 25-Jun 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH 3-4 3-2 25-Jun 26-Jun HB0 by a group of DLs & HAs 3-105 3-80 25-Jun 26-Jun HL D99ARDF 3-106 25-Jun 26-Jun HL HL0ZX/4 (AS-060) 3-96 25-Jun 28-Jun I IF9WKH IF9/IT9GNG IF9ZRQ/P (EU-0 3-106 25-Jun 30-Jun J6 J6/AA7X 3-98 25-Jun 26-Jun J6 J6/KF8VX J6/KG8QL 3-89 25-Jun 26-Jun JA JA4PXE (AS-117) 3-88 25-Jun 29-Jun JT by GM4DMA 3-98 25-Jun 25-Jun JW JW2PA 3-101 25-Jun 28-Jun KH0 KH0/JI2IXA KH0/JN3AHZ KH0/JM3FUY 3-104 25-Jun 29-Jun OX OX3LG (NA-151) 3-82 25-Jun 2-Jul SV SV8/I3BQC (EU-049) 3-106 25-Jun 26-Jun UA0 UE0XZZ (AS-064) 3-109 25-Jun 1-Jul VE VY0O (NA-173) 3-108 3-72 25-Jun 5-Jul VP2E VP2E/W6JKV VP2E/K5AND 3-110 25-Jun 25-Jun XU XU2A 3-105 3-104 25-Jun 25-Jun XU XU7AAP 3-111 3-109 25-Jun 28-Jun ZA ZA/9A4SP 3-106 25-Jun 29-Jun 6O0A 3-111 3-104 26-Jun 4-Jul BY BY1QH by K2ZJ 3-86 26-Jun 30-Jun F F/G0GRC (EU-107) 3-49 26-Jun 2-Jul HB0 HB0/DL3ABL HB0/DL6MHW 3-110 26-Jun 27-Jun I IA5 by many Italians (EU-028) 3-103 26-Jun 31-Jul KH3 W5RXP/KH3 3-111 26-Jun 2-Jul SM 8S1IG (EU-020) 3-109 26-Jun 30-Jun UA0 UA0FCD (AS-025) 3-109 26-Jun 27-Jun XU XUX0 3-105 3-104 ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for June 23, 1999 was 169.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for June 24, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------24-Jun-1999 21 185 8 2 Moderate/Quiet;Low-Moderate/Quiet 24-Jun-1999 18 168 5 3 Moderate/Quiet;Low-Moderate/Quiet 24-Jun-1999 15 168 5 2 Moderate/Quiet;Low-Moderate/Quiet 24-Jun-1999 12 168 5 2 Moderate/Quiet;Low-Moderate/Quiet 24-Jun-1999 09 168 5 2 Moderate/Quiet;Low-Moderate/Quiet 24-Jun-1999 06 168 5 2 Moderate/Quiet;Low-Moderate/Quiet 24-Jun-1999 03 168 5 2 Moderate/Quiet;Low-Moderate/Quiet 24-Jun-1999 00 168 5 2 Moderate/Quiet;Low-Moderate/Quiet

The forecast for Friday, 25 June: solar flux 180, A index 15, K index 3. Friday should be High Normal.

The forecast for day, 26 June: solar flux 180, A index 15, K index 3. Saturday should be High Normal.

The forecast for Sunday, 27 June: solar flux 165, A index 8, K index 3. Sunday should be High Normal.

Solar images of the sun received for 25 June, 1999 can be found at http://www.sel.noaa.gov/solar_images/1999_06/1999_06_25.html

Perhaps the most useful propagation page for Amateur Radio Operators can be found at http://dx.qsl.net/propagation/

Grey line map http://www.spiritweb.org/cgi/sunclock.cgi ______

QSL Info ______

Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------2A0BMA MM0BMA NO7F/KL7 K8NA UN4P DL8KAC 5N3CPR SP5CPR SV8/PA1XA PA3BLS YB7JUL WB7B HL3IUA JA5AQC TG9IGI I2MQP Z31VP DJ0LZ

E44DX QSL update: Martti, OH2BH, reports 800 US envelopes, with QSL cards, have been mailed from China to a central location in the US to be put in the US mail system upon arrival. Another 350 US envelopes will be sent from China to the US on June 28th and the final 450 US envelopes will come from Finland after July 9th. All JA cards as well as DX stations with prefixes A through O have all been sent out. All cards are expected to be out by the end of July.

Albert, NH7A, says to now QSL via W6QK instead of N2AU.

QSL cards recently received direct: 4L1BR, FR5ZU/T, JT1Y, S79AG, VK9NQ, VQ9DX ______

On the WWW ______

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Credits ______

Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: F6FNU, HL2WA, I4UFH, K2EF, K3SWZ, K3SX, KH6BZF Reports, N7FL, NH7A, NOAA, OH2BH, PY4MBJ, VR2KF, W7IAN, XU2A ______

Subscriptions ______

======*** The Daily DX (c) *** ======Volume 3 Number 114 June 28, 1999 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR ______

DX News ______

Jacques, F6BEE, will enter this year's IARU HF World Championship as a single op on CW from the Maldive Islands. No call was mentioned but he will use an IC-706MK2 with 100 watts and a R-7000 vertical on 10 through 40 meters. He will be operating from a beach on North Male between July 10th and 16th. QSL via F6BEE.

Bob, W2SF, says he will operate from Keflavik, Iceland starting August 26th as W2SF/TF. He plans to be active on CW, SSB and RTTY on 10 through 80 meters until September 6th. He will use a TS-850S, R7 vertical and G5RV all band dipole. QSL via W2SF.

Jack, VK2GJH, will once again be island hopping over the next month. He plans to be active as C21JH until July 8th from Nauru Island. Next he will move on to Tarawa, Western Kiribati where he will QRV as T3OJH from July 8th to 20th. He will then go back to Nauru between July 20th and 27th. Look for him to be on 6 through 80 meters SSB. QSL to Jack Haden, P.O. Box 299, Ryde, NSW 2112, Australia, direct only.

David, BD4DW (ex BG4DW, BZ4DJW), reports he is now BA4DW. QSL to David Y. J. Zhou, P.O. Box 040-088, Shanghai 200040, China.

Bogus operation planned for Scarborough Reef! Last week we received a report, as did others, of a supposed DXpedition to Scarborough Reef from a Cameron Howerton . Your editor has checked with several sources and found that Cameron was playing games. Anyone receiving e-mail from that address should disregard any information.

Antonio, YV5LMW, says the planned DXpedition to Aves Island (YV0) by the Asociaci¢n de Radioaficionados de Venezuela (A.R.V) is still expected in late February. ______

QSN ______

3D2RW - FIJI ISLANDS - Ron remains active from his base camp. Still no word on Rotuma. QSL via ZL1AMO.

3DA0CA - SWAZILAND - Jon was working European and Japanese stations on 21025 on Sunday between 15:00 and 15:30Z. He leaves early next month. QSL via W4DR.

3XY1B0 - GUINEA - Robert was active on 15 meters CW over the weekend. On Saturday he started around 08:45Z and on Sunday around 12:40Z. QSL via F5XX.

CN8NK - MOROCCO - M'hamed is active on 12, 17, 20, 40 and 80 meters SSB, RTTY and SSTV.

EP3HR - IRAN - Saturday just before 16:00Z Hamid showed up on 21255. QSL via I2MQP.

FT5WH - CROZET - West Coast US and Japanese DXers found Gilles on 14170 just after 13:00Z on Sunday. His QSL cards should be ready in July. The FT5WH logs through March 19th can be found on the WWW at http://perso.easynet.fr/~f5nod/ft5whlog.html

JE2WQU/JD1 - OGASAWARA - Was active on 30 meters CW on Friday and Saturday. Check around 10108 and 10130. Length of stay is unknown.

V63KU - MICRONESIA - Sam was active on Sunday at 11:00Z on 14170. He will go QRT in 3 days and return to Japan. QSL via the bureau to JA6NL.

VP8SO - SOUTH ORKNEY - The 425 DX News says that this station is currently active from the UK Antarctic base Signy on Signy Island (SA-008). This station was reported last week on 15 and 17 meters CW.

ZC4ATC - U.K. SOVEREIGN BASES ON CYPRUS - Started off late Friday and finished after about 6 hours of operations early Saturday. George did CW on 15, 17, 30, 40, and 80 meters. Just over 600 QSOs were made. More activity is being planned. QSL via 5B4YX. ______

IOTA ______

The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AS-025 UA0FCD/0 14260 1939 EU-095 TM6BMP 14268 2104 AS-133 XUX0 28464 1013 EU-101 OH6MIL 14257 0510 EU-001 SV5/DJ9HQ/P 21263 1605 EU-107 F/G0GRC 14258 1802 EU-003 CU3TRP 21211 0859 EU-123 GM3VLB/P 14258 1139 EU-004 EA6NB 10105 0331 EU-124 MW0CLB 14256 1100 EU-006 EI6IJ 7068 1142 EU-125 OZ/DL3OM 14248 1754 EU-012 2A/DJ6AU 10105 1946 EU-131 I3TTY 7068 0720 EU-014 TK/IK1VCA 14028 2209 EU-136 9A6DCR 7060 0850 EU-016 9A4VV 14246 1848 EU-143 ED7SP1 14246 0529 EU-017 ID/9IZ8ANA 14262 2118 EU-148 TM5B 18078 0903 EU-020 SM1SBI 7060 1731 EU-158 SV3/I2YYO 14260 1640 EU-028 IA5/IK5AMB 7061 1114 NA-105 FS5PL 21260 1956 EU-028 IA5/IK5PWS 7056 0501 NA-173 VY0O 14259 2257 EU-028 IA5/IK5VLS 7062 0701 OC-021 YB0AZ 21205 1434 EU-028 IA5/IZ5AXA 14266 1119 OC-021 YB0CEF 18138 1545 EU-038 PA/DJ5KB/P 7065 1106 OC-075 YC5YAS 21260 1755 EU-049 SV8/I3BQC 14260 2102 OC-143 YC4TRY 21255 1423 EU-049 SV8/PA1XA 14260 0705 OC-146 YC8GAV 21290 1437 EU-054 IF9WKH 7045 1519 OC-154 VK8AN/6 21227 1540 EU-062 LA/DM2BHG/P 18082 1753 SA-008 LU1XHE 28025 1633

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-Jun 20-Jul 3W 3W6XK 3-83 28-Jun 16-Jul 3X 3XY7A 3-104 28-Jun 5-Jul 9N 9N7RN 3-104 3-74 28-Jun 4-Jul BY BY1QH by K2ZJ 3-86 28-Jun 1-Jul D2 D2RV 3-104 28-Jun 30-Jun F F/G0GRC (EU-107) 3-49 28-Jun 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH 3-4 3-2 28-Jun 2-Jul HB0 HB0/DL3ABL HB0/DL6MHW 3-110 28-Jun 28-Jun I IF9WKH IF9/IT9GNG IF9ZRQ/P (EU-0 3-106 28-Jun 30-Jun J6 J6/AA7X 3-98 28-Jun 29-Jun JT by GM4DMA 3-98 28-Jun 28-Jun KH0 KH0/JI2IXA KH0/JN3AHZ KH0/JM3FUY 3-104 28-Jun 31-Jul KH3 W5RXP/KH3 3-111 28-Jun 29-Jun OX OX3LG (NA-151) 3-82 28-Jun 2-Jul SM 8S1IG (EU-020) 3-109 28-Jun 2-Jul SV SV8/I3BQC (EU-049) 3-106 28-Jun 30-Jun UA0 UA0FCD (AS-025) 3-109 28-Jun 1-Jul VE VY0O (NA-173) 3-108 3-72 28-Jun 5-Jul VP2E VP2E/W6JKV VP2E/K5AND 3-110 28-Jun 8-Jul VP2E VP2EREM 3-93 28-Jun 10-Jul VR2 VR2KF 3-113 28-Jun 28-Jun ZA ZA/9A4SP 3-106 28-Jun 29-Jun 6O0A 3-111 3-104 29-Jun 6-Jul SV9 by G3NYY G4FRE G7FRE G4VXE 3-102 30-Jun 12-Jul KH6 N7FL/KH6 3-113 30-Jun 14-Jul VK VK8AN/6 (OC-154) 3-94 2-Jul 17-Jul C6 C6AFP 3-96 2-Jul 6-Jul JT JT1FAJ JT1FAK JT1FAL + others 3-104 2-Jul 5-Jul OJ0 by LA1SJA LA3KIA LA0CX OH0RJ 3-64 3-49 3-Jul 13-Jul 7Q 7Q7PA 3-99 3-Jul 13-Jul EA6 AM6JMU AN6JMU AO6JMU 3-71 3-Jul 4-Jul I IA5 by many Italians (EU-028) 3-103 3-Jul 5-Jul UA0 RY0Z (AS-NEW) 3-109 3-Jul 4-Jul W N8WNB (NA-139) 3-100 ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for June 26, 1999 was 310.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for June 27, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------27-Jun-1999 21 207 18 4 Mod/Quiet-Active;Moderate/Unsettled- Active 27-Jun-1999 18 200 15 4 Mod/Quiet-Active;Moderate/Unsettled- Active 27-Jun-1999 15 200 15 4 Mod/Quiet-Active;Moderate/Unsettled- Active 27-Jun-1999 12 200 15 3 Mod/Quiet-Active;Moderate/Unsettled- Active 27-Jun-1999 09 200 15 3 Mod/Quiet-Active;Moderate/Unsettled- Active 27-Jun-1999 06 200 15 3 Low/Quiet-Active;Moderate/Unsettled- Active 27-Jun-1999 03 200 15 2 Mod/Quiet-Active;Moderate/Unsettled- Active 27-Jun-1999 00 200 15 3 Mod/Quiet-Active;Moderate/Unsettled- Active

The forecast for Monday, 28 June: solar flux 170, A index 8, K index 3. Monday should be High Normal.

The forecast for Tuesday, 29 June: solar flux 170, A index 8, K index 3. Tuesday should be High Normal.

Solar images of the sun received for 28 June, 1999 can be found at http://www.sel.noaa.gov/solar_images/1999_06/1999_06_28.html

Perhaps the most useful propagation page for Amateur Radio Operators can be found at http://dx.qsl.net/propagation/

Grey line map http://www.spiritweb.org/cgi/sunclock.cgi ______

QSL Info ______

Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------1B1/OE5GML OE5GML FG5FR F6FNU TL8CK F6EWM 3DA0CA W4DR IF9WKH IT9FXY TM5B F5XX 3XY1B0 F5XX II0VP IZ0BTV UA0FCD/P SP7LZD 3Z0WVL SP3WVL IQ7T IK7AFM VY0O VE3DO 4S7CCG ZL1RS JW6VJA LA6VJA XU2A 7L1MFS 8P9HR K4BAI KG4FD W4WX XUX0 7L1MFS 9H3NM DK8TU OD5PN LX1NO YC0LBK W4JS ED7SPI EA7PY T99AJV T95LGN ZC4ATC 5B4YX F/G0GRC G0RCI

Denny, GW3CDP, is the QSL manager for EK4GJ, EK4JJ, EW6WR and EY8XX. He says he is only able to answer direct cards as the RSGB will not forward QSLs other than his own. QSL to GW3CDP, W. Denzil Evans, 71 Crymlyn Road, Skewen, Neath, West Glamorgan, SA10 6EG South Wales.

Leo, K8PYD, says many hams in Indonesia are looking for a QSL manager including the following stations: YC9BU, YC0HXH, YB0HD, YC4JIM, YC6HDF, YB0FMT and YC0FYJ. Anyone wishing to volunteer is asked to please contact the respective YB station or write YB0ECT.

This past weeks ARRL Letter says the ARRL W9 Incoming QSL Bureau address has changed effective immediately. The new address for the W9 Incoming QSL Bureau is: Northern Illinois DX Association, W9 Incoming QSL Bureau, P.O. Box 273, Glenview, IL 60025-0237. For more information contact Bill Russin, N9BR, .

The WF5E QSL service is unable to send QSL requests to AC7DX or WA4JTK as they do not accept them.

Garth, VE3HO, reports a few hundred QSL cards were recently sent out for ZD8Z and VE3HO that have 199 or 198 in the year part of the date field. Anyone having a card with an incorrect date should resend to Garth who will quickly resend.

QSL cards recently received direct: 4Z1GY, 9A1CZZ/P (EU-110), BY1DX, E41/OK1DTP, E44DX, EA6MQ, F6ELE/P (EU-156), FR5ZQ/G, FR5ZU/T, K9AW/DU6 (OC-129), OM6DS, PA0HVF, S79AG, T22KJ, TG9/IK2NCJ, VK6ISL (OC-183) ______

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Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 425 DX News, ARRL Letter, BA4DW, EA3GHZ, G3PMR, Go List, JI6KVR, K1XN, K8PYD, KH6BZF Reports, NOAA, The 59(9) DX Report, VE3HO, W2SF, W3JJ, W7UG, WB4KTC ______

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======*** The Daily DX (c) *** ======Volume 3 Number 115 June 29, 1999 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR ______

DX News ______

Italian operators IK1SLP and IK1YLL will go to Monaco between August 1st and 5th. The two will be active as 3A/IK1SLP and 3A/IK1YLL on CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL via home calls.

The 27th SEANET Convention will be held between November 19th and November 21st in Brunei. For more details check out the SEANET home page at http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Hollow/4283/seanet.html or e- mail Haji, V85HG, [email protected], Gary, V8GTW, [email protected] or Gerald, V85GA, [email protected]. The DX News Sheet reports Bob, N2OO, plans to attend this years convention and will be active. QSL via N2OO.

Peter, G8BCG, will be in the Solomon Islands in late 1999 early 2000. Look for him to use H44PT, including 6 meters.

Starting in October, 1999 Amateur Radio operators from New Zealand may use special prefix ZM to celebrate the millennium. They may be used through March 2000.

Delano, C6AFV, plans to operate C6GI from Great Inagua (NA-113), Bahamas starting July 8th. He will be on CW and SSB until July 12th. QSL via C6AFV, direct only.

June 30th Alf, 5B4AFB, will be attending the monthly club meeting at the United Kingdoms Sovereign Base Areas on Cyprus. Don't be surprised to see ZC4ATC on the air for 3 to 4 hours starting around 17:00Z. QSL via 5B4YX.

On July 7th and 8th Hal, JL6MSN, will be on Easter Island and active as CE0Y/JL6MSN. Afterwards he will then go on to Moorea (OC-046), French Polynesia where he will operate as FO0MSN on all bands. He will be there from July 9th to 18th. QSL via JL6MSN, Haruo Araki, 4-4- 14-402 Nishihonmachi, Yahatahigashi Kitakyushu, 805-0061 JAPAN.

Steve, G3VMW, says he will be QRV as 8Q7SW from the Maldives during September and October. QSL via G3VMW.

Between August 12th and 25th look for Bill, G0STR, to be on holiday from Grenada. He plans to use J3/G0STR on 7030 and 14060 using 5 watts on CW. Look for him from 00:00 to 05:00Z. QSL via G0STR.

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Silent Keys ______

Norm, K1AA, and Bill, NA2M, report the sad passing of Charlie Jackson, SV0AA who became a silent key last Saturday. Charlie was a member of FOC and a retired Navy communicator who lived in Athens, Greece.

Oscar Morales Tur, CO2OM, a very well known Cuban DXer, became a silent key on June 16th. Oscar was a leading DXer in Cuba and founder of the Cuban DX Group. Condolences to his son Oscar Morales Jr., CO2OJ. ______

QSN ______

6O0A - SOMALILAND - JA's found Tomo on 21298 just before 13:45Z and later on 14274 just before 15:00Z. QSL via JE9IKG.

9N7RN - NEPAL - Sergio was working European and Japanese stations on 18147 between 15:00 and 16:00Z. QSL via IK4ZGY.

TT8DF - CHAD - Look for Dimitri on CW or SSB from 14:00 to 17:00Z. Check 17, 15 or 12 meters. QSL via F5SWB.

W5RXP/KH3 - JOHNSTON ISLAND - Showed up on 14021 just after 07:00Z. QSL via W5RXP.

XU2A - CAMBODIA - Hiroo is now back on the mainland. He was active Monday as follows:

GMT Frequencies GMT Frequencies ------04 14086 15 14193 05 18140 16 14193 11 21033 21289 19 7044 7054 13 18086 20 7044 14030 14 14193

ZD9BV - TRISTAN DA CUHNA - Andy made a guest appearance on 21236 just before 19:00Z. QSL via W4FRU. ______

IOTA ______

The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AS-025 UA0FCD/P 14260 1723 EU-082 U1ZA/A 18073 1056 AS-095 UA0ZY/P 14003 1441 EU-098 DL2JRM/P 14038 2057 EU-001 SV5/DL8YRM 14014 0703 EU-107 F/G0CRC 14260 1015 EU-003 CU3BL 14258 1245 EU-158 SV3/I2YYO 14260 0433 EU-012 2A/DJ6AU 14014 1528 NA-029 VY2RO 18140 1924 EU-014 TK/IK1VCA 18078 2124 NA-141 K2OLG/M 14260 1113 EU-017 ID9/IZ8ANA 14020 0821 NA-173 VY0O 14026 2154 EU-038 PA/DJ5KB/P 7032 1756 OC-075 YC5YAS 21260 1627 EU-052 SV8/OE6YRG 18143 1927 OC-154 VK8AN/6 14260 1220 EU-054 IF9WKH 14255 0521 OC-185 VK8BB 14255 1136 EU-057 DJ0MW/P 14263 1411

David, KE8M, plans to be active from Key West (NA-062), FL between July 20th and 30th. Look for him to use KE8M/4 on 10 through40 meters CW during the IOTA contest.

A group of Amateur Radio operators from Argentina are planning to activate Pinguino Island in the SANTA CRUZ PROVINCE NORTH group (Argentina small letter h) in February, 2000. This would be the first ever IOTA activation of this group. Plans are for activity on 10 through 80 meters between February 10th to 14th. They will have three stations on the air, one on CW and two on SSB. Operators include LU1DK, LU2NI, LU4DA, LU5DV, LU5FCI, LU5WW, LU7DP, LU7DPR, LU8VCC, LU8EEM and JA7AYE (to confirm). QSL cards for Americans go via LU5DV, all others via F6FNU.

Look for Gerard, HK3JBR/F2JD, and Pedro, HK3JJH, to operate this years RSGB IOTA Contest on July 24th and 25th from the Colombian Island of El Moro (SA-081). The two will use 5K8T. QSL via F6AJA.

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 20-Jul 3W 3W6XK 3-83 29-Jun 16-Jul 3X 3XY7A 3-104 29-Jun 5-Jul 9N 9N7RN 3-104 3-74 29-Jun 4-Jul BY BY1QH by K2ZJ 3-86 29-Jun 8-Jul C2 C21JH 3-114 29-Jun 1-Jul D2 D2RV 3-104 29-Jun 30-Jun F F/G0GRC (EU-107) 3-49 29-Jun 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH 3-4 3-2 29-Jun 2-Jul HB0 HB0/DL3ABL HB0/DL6MHW 3-110 29-Jun 30-Jun J6 J6/AA7X 3-98 29-Jun 29-Jun JT by GM4DMA 3-98 29-Jun 31-Jul KH3 W5RXP/KH3 3-111 29-Jun 29-Jun OX OX3LG (NA-151) 3-82 29-Jun 2-Jul SM 8S1IG (EU-020) 3-109 29-Jun 2-Jul SV SV8/I3BQC (EU-049) 3-106 29-Jun 6-Jul SV9 by G3NYY G4FRE G7FRE G4VXE 3-102 29-Jun 30-Jun UA0 UA0FCD (AS-025) 3-109 29-Jun 1-Jul VE VY0O (NA-173) 3-108 3-72 29-Jun 5-Jul VP2E VP2E/W6JKV VP2E/K5AND 3-110 29-Jun 8-Jul VP2E VP2EREM 3-93 29-Jun 10-Jul VR2 VR2KF 3-113 29-Jun 29-Jun 6O0A 3-111 3-104 ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for June 27, 1999 was 341.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for June 28, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------28-Jun-1999 21 197 20 2 Low/Quiet-Maj Stm;Low-Mod/Quiet- Unsettled 28-Jun-1999 18 207 20 3 Low/Quiet-Maj Stm;Moderate/Unsettled 28-Jun-1999 15 207 20 2 Low/Quiet-Maj Stm;Moderate/Unsettled 28-Jun-1999 12 207 20 3 Low/Quiet-Maj Stm;Moderate/Unset-Active 28-Jun-1999 09 207 20 4 Low/Quiet-Maj Stm;Moderate/Unset-Active 28-Jun-1999 06 207 20 6 Mod/Quiet-Maj Stm;Moderate/Unset-Active 28-Jun-1999 03 207 20 2 Mod/Quiet-Active;Mod/Unsettled-Active 28-Jun-1999 00 207 20 4 Mod/Quiet-Active;Mod/Unsettled-Active

The forecast for Tuesday, 29 June: solar flux 200, A index 10, K index 2. Tuesday should be High Normal.

The forecast for Wednesday, 30 June: solar flux 200, A index 10, K index 2. Wednesday should be High Normal.

Solar images of the sun received for 29 June, 1999 can be found at http://www.sel.noaa.gov/solar_images/1999_06/1999_06_29.html

Perhaps the most useful propagation page for Amateur Radio Operators can be found at http://dx.qsl.net/propagation/

Grey line map http://www.spiritweb.org/cgi/sunclock.cgi ______

QSL Info ______

The following QSL cards have recently been received. QSL information has been taken directly from the QSL cards of the stations listed below:

3D2DK via DL7UFN 3D2HI via JA1KJW 3E1AA via N0JT 4F1RWW via DL4OCM 5Z4LI via G3SWH 6V1A via 6W6JX 9H1BL Silvio Migneco, Morden Flats, Main Str., Mosta, MST 06, MALTA 9H3ZQ via DF7JP A92GK Rajesh Nambiar, P.O. Box 5542, Manama, BAHRAIN BD2MF Zhang Jinyi, Changchun Institute of Posts and Telecommunications, 20 Nanhu Road, Changchun, Jilin 130012, CHINA BD5WW Cao Jian Jun, P.O. Box 321, Qingliu, Fujian 365300, CHINA BD7LQ Qiang Zhi, P.O. Box 771, Guangzhou 510120, CHINA BD9SD Zeng, P.O. Box 178, Xining 810005, CHINA BG2LT Dong Xin Yie, P.O. Box 1157, Changchun, Jilin 130022, CHINA BG3DX Zhao Chun-Yun, No. 4 Building 3-502, Guangming East Lane, Xianshuigu Town, Jinnan District, Tianjin 300350, CHINA BG4RBY Zhan Ge, P.O. Box 538, Nanjing 210029, CHINA BG4XAA Kevin Yang, P.O. Box 37, Lianyungang 222002, CHINA BG4XUA Ming-Rong Ma, P.O. Box 37, Lianyungang 222002, CHINA BG5QAD Lin Bill, P.O. Box 519, Fuzhou, Fujian 350012, CHINA BG7KU Yi Quan, No. 131 Xian Lie Dong Rd., Guangzhou 510500, CHINA BG7OH Mars Liu, P.O. Box 01-368, Shenzhen 518001, CHINA BG7YC Dick Hisan, P.O. Box 59, Haikou, Hainan 570102, CHINA BG8CG Dai Hua, P.O. Box 2109, Chongqing 400014, CHINA BG8GK Minjie Zhang, P.O. Box 2514, Chongqing 400060, CHINA BG8GQ Xu Bo, P.O. Box 2109, Chongqing 400014, CHINA BG8KW P.O. Box 2109, Chongqing 400014, CHINA BG9AX Wang De Jiang, 202 Long Shuo Bei Lu, Dong Duan, Xi An 710016, CHINA BY4CYL Amateur Radio Station of Shanghai No. 3 Girls High School, P. O. Box 051-103, Shanghai 200051, CHINA C56NY via DJ3NY CU3FT Carlos Poinho, P.O. Box 140, P-9702 Angra, Terceira, Acores, PORTUGAL DS2JJV Young-Hwan Choi, 236-27, Sang-dong, Wonmi-gu, Buchon-city, Kyonggi-do 420-030, KOREA DS3CCQ Min-Cheol Lee, 302-1207 Hyangchon APT, Shinbang-dong, Chonan 330-260, KOREA DS5CBS Sim Chuol, (36/3) 705-1, Hwashin APT 1-308 Minlak Dong, Suyeong-gu, Pusan 613-110, KOREA DS5DYM Bu Young Park, P.O. Box 510, Pusan 600-605, KOREA DS5IJG Dong Jin Shin, #109-604, Hyundae APT, 3-1 Banrim-Dong, Changwon City, Kyeongnam 641-180, KOREA DS5KOC U Suk Jung, #109-604, Hyundae APT, 3-1 Banrim-Dong, Changwon City, Kyeongnam 641-180, KOREA DS5MDR Jung Yong Ho, (24-1) 3629-1 DaeJeol-Dong, Kangseo, Pusan 618-141, KOREA DS5MNF Park Geun Woo, #3/401, Eden Dongsan-Town, 355-22, Dangri- Dong, Saha-Gu, Pusan 604-010, KOREA E20OU Visanu Pinyoying, 26 M. 3 Bangyaw, Prapadang, Samutprakarn 10130, THAILAND FG5FY Edmond Lucien, B.P. 20, F-97113 Gourbeyre, FRANCE FG5HM Emile Alexis, 10 Lot. L'Oree du Pare, F-97170 Petit Bourg, FRANCE FT5ZH via F6KDF FY5LS Marc Courrech, 6, rue F. Harmois, F-97310 Kourou, FRANCE HI3CR via AD4Z HL0EXN Korea University Seochang Amateur Radio Club, Jochiwon P.O. Box 19, Yongi-Gun, Chungcheongnam-Do 339-800, KOREA HL3IUA via JA5AQC HL4CBX Sang-Ha Youn, 957-3, Munhnug 1-Dong, Puk-Gu, Kwang Ju 500- 110, KOREA HL4GSN Kim, 1594-1 Kum Am-Dong, Duk Jin Gu, Jeonju City, KOREA HL5BJU Yoo San-Kim, D508 Bella APT, 42nd Song Jeong Dong, Kumi City, Kyeung Buk 730-090, KOREA AH6PN/HR6 via W7TSQ HS0ZCW via K4VUD J68RR via S50R KH0/JA1XGI Haru Uchida, 2-30-11, Shintomi, Kawagoe, Saitama 350-0043, JAPAN KP2D Virgin Islands Amateur Radio Club, P.O. Box 11360, St. Thomas, VI 00801 LX20AK via LX1CC SU3FM Fahmy Mosalam, P.O. Box 777, Port Said, EGYPT SV1DPI Kostas Stamatis, P.O. Box 66, GR-30 100 Agrinio, GREECE SV3KH Nikos Georgakopoulos, P.O. Box 15, GR-271 00 Pyrgos, GREECE SW2A via SV2AEL T20FW via DL7UFN T22JY via JA1JQY T22KJ via JA1KJW T22VE via JA8VE TA1AT Naci Pomak, P.O. Box 118, TR-34842 Avcilar, Istanbul, TURKEY TR0A via G3OCA TX8DX via VK4FW V5/HB9QQ Pierre Pasteur, Sunnhaldenstrasse 28a, CH-8600 Duebendorf (ZH), SWITZERLAND V51KG c/o SM7DZZ VP8CSA via DL1SDN VR2LC Ken Kwok, P.O. Box 89381, Hong Kong, CHINA VU3GBD Vinod K. Puthiyamadom, Thevannoor P.O., Ayoor, Kollam 691 533, Kerala, INDIA XX9ARM Associacao de Radioamadores de Macau, P.O. Box 6018, MACAU XX9JUV Centro Juventude do Forum Club Station, P.O. Box 6018, MACAU YB0AZ via W7TSQ YB0FMT Yon, P. O. Box 1234, Jakarta 11012, INDONESIA YB0JAX Ir. John Andries, P.O. Box 599 - CPA, Jakarta 15401, INDONESIA YB4TEM Tarmizi, Jl. Alam Jaya No. 2 Way Halim Permai, Bandarlampung 35131, INDONESIA YB4ZDZ ORARI Lokal Tanjungkarang Timur Club Station, P.O. Box 234, Tanjungkarang, Bandar Lampung 3500, INDONESIA YB7VR Ir. Azwar Makmur, P.O. Box 455, Balikpapan 76100, INDONESIA YC0ROY Roy Siregar, Perm Kalideres Permal, Blok H5/17, Jakarta 11840, INDONESIA YC0YSV R. M. Sidharto, P.O. Box 118, Bekasi 17011, INDONESIA YD0JVX Setianto Wirjotanojo, Jl. Kelapa Gading Bulevard, Blok PA 11 No. 1, Jakarta Utara, INDONESIA ______

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Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 425 DX News, F6FNU, HK3JBR, K3ZO, KE8M, KH6BZF Reports, NOAA, QRZ DX ______

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======*** The Daily DX (c) *** ======Volume 3 Number 116 June 30, 1999 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR ______

DX News ______

German operators DF6VI and DL4OCM will be on the air from Svalbard as JW/DF6VI and JW/DL4OCM starting August 9th. They plan to be on 10 through 160 meters CW, SSB and RTTY until August 15th. QSL via home calls.

Starting August 2nd Hartmut, DJ7ST, plans to operate from the Aland Islands (EU-002) as OH0/DJ7ST. He will be on CW on all bands running 5 watts until August 20th. QSL via DJ7ST.

Fred, WF6Z/9N7ZA, is interested in contacting people about a potential DXpedition to travel with and support the American K2 North Ridge expedition next year (a.k.a. K2000). He is looking to form a suitable group of Amateur Radio operators willing to help support the climbing expedition and to help work towards setting up radio operations at a base camp in China and other locations in Tibet and Pakistan. Some of the expedition climbers include Robert Anderson and Paul Teare both veterans of Everest and other Himalayan peaks. The travel time will be from June to August 2000. For more information please contact Fred by e-mail at [email protected]

Alberto, XX9AS, has received a 6 meter rig and plans to be active this weekend. QSL via KU9C.

Starting July 1st the new officers of the San Diego DX Club will take office for the 1999/2000 term:

President Pat Bunsold, WA6MHZ Vice-President Art Charette, K6XT Secretary/Treasurer Harry Hodges, W6YOO Board Jim Stevenson, W6YI Cliff Smith, K6TWU Sam Johnson, W6BS Newsletter Editor Erich Bennett, W6LKK Webmaster Mike Breaux, AC6FM

Boris, T93Y, will be in Skopje, Macedonia (Z3) starting July 1st. He will be there for 2 months and plans to obtain a license so he can get on the air.

Juan, TG9AJR, reports that TG9ANG is a pirate. The Club de Radioaficionados de Guatemala (CRAG), who are responsible for issuing licenses in Guatemala, have no record of John, TG9ANG. Last week Joe, W3HNK, reported he is not the QSL manager for this station.

Joe, W8GEX, says he has now received his callsigns for his upcoming trip (see Vol. 3 No. 105) to the Kingdom of Tonga and the Fiji Islands. He will use 3D2EX in the Fiji Islands (OC-016) from July 5th to 9th and A35EX in the Kingdom of Tonga between July 10th and 17th. QSL to Joe Pater, W8GEX, 1894 Old Oxford Rd., Hamilton, OH 45013. ______

QSN ______

3B8CF - MAURITIUS - Jacky has been showing up on 20 meters SSB just after 03:00Z. QSL via CBA.

7P8HH - LESOTHO - Look for Horst on 15 meters SSB between 13:00 and 14:00Z.

9M2TO - WEST MALAYSIA - Starting around 16:00Z Tex can usually be found on 15 SSB. QSL via JA0DMV.

DS4CNB - SOUTH KOREA - Europeans report that Lee has been showing up on 15 meters CW and SSB just before 11:00Z.

FH5CB - MAYOTTE - Elio was working stations all across the US on 21284 starting just after 23:00Z. He is the only Amateur Radio operator on the island. QSL via CBA.

FT5WH - CROZET - RTTY DXers reported working Gilles at 12:00Z on 14087.

S21YE - BANGLADESH - Andrew occasionally shows up on a net on 14245 after 14:00Z.

VP2EREM - ANGUILLA - No this is not a mistake. The suffix has 4 letters. Jim has been found on 14020 and 14260. QSL via WB2REM.

W5RXP/KH3 - JOHNSTON ISLAND - US and Japanese DXers were working Rich on 14182 between 06:30 and 09:00Z. QSL via W5RXP.

ZC4ATC - U.K. SOVEREIGN BASES ON CYPRUS - Look for this station to be active today starting around 17:00Z for about 3-4 hours. QSL via 5B4YX. ______

IOTA ______

The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AF-019 IG9/I4WCK 14258 1730 EU-052 SV8/OE6YRG/P 14260 1513 AS-015 9M2TO 21283 1559 EU-055 LA4JR/P 14255 1759 AS-017 JS6PSV 21274 1850 EU-098 DL2JRM/P 7055 2126 AS-025 UA0FCD/P 21015 1510 EU-115 GN0STH 14195 1341 AS-040 JH6TYD 14017 1926 EU-125 OZ/DL3OM 14260 1250 AS-079 JA5CKD/6 21265 1819 EU-158 SV3/I2YYO 14260 0810 EU-001 SV5/DJ9HQ/P 14260 0335 NA-072 HP1XVH 14260 0457 EU-012 2A/DJ6AU 18071 1729 NA-173 VY0O 21260 1639 EU-017 ID9/IZ8ANA 14260 2105 OC-027 FO5QG 14122 0542 EU-024 IS0/DL4YAJ/P 14264 1540 OC-031 C21JH 14260 0551 EU-049 SV8/DL1RTD/P 18074 1436 OC-042 DU1KGJ/DU4 21223 1620 EU-049 SV8/PA1XA/P 14260 0739 OC-143 YB6NT 21240 1730 EU-049 SV8/I3BQC 14256 2018

Members of the Northern VHF Activity Group plan to operate from Islay, Jura and Colonsay Islands (EU-008) from July 24th to 31st. They will use GS7UEG/P and MS0BPG/P. QSL via G7DXK.

Takeshi, JI3DST, plans to be active from Awaji Is (AS-117) between July 9th to 11th and on July 24th and 25th. Then he will be on as JI3DST/3 from OKI Archipelago (AS-041) from September 23rd to 26th. QSL via JI3DST Takeshi Fumaki, 2-18-26 Hannan-cho,Abeno-ku, Osaka- City Osaka,545-0021 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 QSL ------30-Jun 20-Jul 3W 3W6XK 3-83 W9XK 30-Jun 16-Jul 3X 3XY7A 3-104 30-Jun 5-Jul 9N 9N7RN 3-104 3-74 IK4ZGY 30-Jun 4-Jul BY BY1QH by K2ZJ 3-86 30-Jun 8-Jul C2 C21JH 3-114 VK2GJH 30-Jun 1-Jul D2 D2RV 3-104 AA4HU 30-Jun 30-Jun F F/G0GRC (EU-107) 3-49 G0RCI 30-Jun 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH 3-4 3-2 F6KDF 30-Jun 2-Jul HB0 HB0/DL3ABL HB0/DL6MHW 3-110 DL3ABL 30-Jun 30-Jun J6 J6/AA7X 3-98 AA7X 30-Jun 31-Jul KH3 W5RXP/KH3 3-111 W5RXP 30-Jun 12-Jul KH6 N7FL/KH6 3-113 N7FL 30-Jun 2-Jul SM 8S1IG (EU-020) 3-109 SM1TDE 30-Jun 2-Jul SV SV8/I3BQC (EU-049) 3-106 I3BQC 30-Jun 6-Jul SV9 by G3NYY G4FRE G7FRE G4VXE 3-102 30-Jun 30-Jun UA0 UA0FCD (AS-025) 3-109 30-Jun 1-Jul VE VY0O (NA-173) 3-108 3-72 VE3DO 30-Jun 14-Jul VK VK8AN/6 (OC-154) 3-94 VK4AAR 30-Jun 5-Jul VP2E VP2E/W6JKV VP2E/K5AND 3-110 30-Jun 8-Jul VP2E VP2EREM 3-93 WB2REM 30-Jun 10-Jul VR2 VR2KF 3-113 30-Jun 30-Jun ZC4 ZC4ATC 3-115 5B4YX ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for June 28, 1999 was 268.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for June 29, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------29-Jun-1999 21 191 9 2 Mod/Quiet-Unset;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unsettled 29-Jun-1999 18 197 21 2 Mod/Quiet-Unset;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unsettled 29-Jun-1999 15 197 21 2 Mod/Quiet-Unset;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unsettled 29-Jun-1999 12 197 21 3 Mod/Quiet-Unset;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unsettled 29-Jun-1999 09 197 21 3 Mod/Quiet-Unset;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unsettled 29-Jun-1999 06 197 21 2 Mod/Quiet-Active;Low-Mod/Quiet- Unsettled 29-Jun-1999 03 197 21 2 Low/Quiet-Maj Stm;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unset 29-Jun-1999 00 197 21 3 Low/Quiet-Maj Stm;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unset

The forecast for Wednesday, 30 June: solar flux 175, A index 12, K index 3. Wednesday should be High Normal.

The forecast for Thursday, 1 July: solar flux 170, A index 15, K index 3. Thursday should be High Normal.

Solar images of the sun received for 30 June, 1999 can be found at http://www.sel.noaa.gov/solar_images/1999_06/1999_06_30.html

Perhaps the most useful propagation page for Amateur Radio Operators can be found at http://dx.qsl.net/propagation/

Grey line map http://www.spiritweb.org/cgi/sunclock.cgi ______

QSL Info ______

Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------2A/DJ6AU DJ6AU 4X3DIG 4Z5AX VP2EREM WB2REM 2C0FEU GW0FEU UA0ZY/P 4Z5AV YZ75ASB YU1ASB 3XY7A VE3WFN UE9WUN RX9WN ZD7DP W1ZT

A92GK - Rajesh, P.O. Box 5542, Manama, BAHRAIN EK8WY - Vahan, P.O. Box 50, Gyumri 377500, ARMENIA

In Volume 3 Number 114 of The Daily DX the new ARRL W9 Incoming QSL Bureau address was published with an incorrect zip code. The correct address is Northern Illinois DX Association, W9 Incoming QSL Bureau, P.O. Box 273, Glenview, IL 60025-0273. For more information contact Bill Russin, N9BR, .

QSL cards recently received direct: HK3JJH/0M, T22VE, YC5YAS (OC-075), Z2/VK3DXI ______

On the WWW ______

Doug, N6RT, has added a color greyline map that is updated every 5 minutes, at the following web page dx.qsl.net/propagation/greyline.html ______

Credits ______

Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: DX News Sheet, G3PMR, JI6KVR, KH6BZF Reports, KU9C, NOAA, N6RT, The 59(9) DX Report, W3HNK, W6YOO, W8FJ, W8GEX, WA6TJM, WB2KSQ, WE9V, WF6Z ______

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======*** The Daily DX (c) *** ======Volume 3 Number 117 July 1, 1999 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR ______

DX News ______

Camilo, HK3QUJ, President of Liga Colombiana de Radioaficionados, reports the November DXpedition to Malpelo Island (HK0) will be the last expedition of the century to this semi-rare island. He expects Colombian Navy to transport the 20 operators. The last major DXpedition to Malpelo was in 1990. Earlier this year Pedro, HK3JJH, was active from the island for about two weeks while there on a work assignment.

Ryo, JL1KFR, a Loran-C engineer for the Japanese Coast Guard, is once again planning to go to Minami Torishima on July 5th. He will be there for 2 weeks and plans to look especially for Europeans on the higher HF bands during his evenings. US stations will be his target during his early mornings. This will be his first of three trips, which will take place between July and October. QSL via JL1KFR. ______

QSN ______

3B9FR - RODRIGUEZ - Mid-west and West Coast US DXers reported working Robert on 14218 on Wednesday between 02:30 to 03:40Z. Next he was found on 21025 working CW until 04:00Z. QSL via CBA.

6O0A - SOMALILAND - Tomo was originally scheduled to leave on June 29th but is still active. QSL via JE9IKG.

EP2MKO - IRAN - Late Wednesday, just before 20:00Z, Ali started off on 21005 working Japan, Europe and all across the US until about 22:30Z. QSL via RU6FZ.

KP2/N2OO - U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS - Bob was found on 28494 around 21:30Z. Length of stay is unknown. QSL via N2OO.

P29KPH - PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Several Europeans reported working Peter between 13:00 and 14:00Z on 21185. QSL via K5YG.

T88ME - BELAU - Unexpectedly came up Wednesday at 12:00Z on 14195. QSL via 7N1RTO.

V73RB - MARSHALL ISLANDS - A new V7 operator popped up Wednesday on 14200 just after 11:00Z.

W5RXP/KH3 - JOHNSTON ISLAND - Europeans had a surprise catch when Rich fired up on 21014 between 09:40 and 11:00Z. QSL via home call.

ZC4ATC - U.K. SOVEREIGN BASES ON CYPRUS - As was expected this semi-rare one appeared on 21025 at 17:00Z. He stuck around for about 3 hours. QSL via 5B4YX. ______

IOTA ______

The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AF-004 EA8AMT 28475 1800 EU-098 DL2JRM/P 14257 1104 AS-018 UA0FF 21260 2124 EU-131 IK3PQH 21255 2015 AS-025 UA0FAA 14196 1433 EU-133 R1ASP 14261 0436 AS-037 JJ6STZ 14260 1112 EU-158 SV3/I2YYO 14260 0415 AS-078 JA8BGR 18081 0825 NA-022 VP2EREM 14260 2328 AS-083 RA9LI/9 14260 0538 NA-151 OX3LB 14260 0112 EU-001 SV5/DL8YRM 18076 1604 NA-173 VY0O 14026 1809 EU-012 2A/DJ6AU 7082 2130 OC-034 YC9WZJ 21260 1509 EU-020 8S1IG 3790 2307 OC-075 YC5TA 21260 1906 EU-024 IS0/DL4YAJ/P 14263 0953 OC-147 YC8GAV 21300 1954 EU-031 IC8JAH 21260 2023 OC-148 YC9NBR 21280 1353 EU-049 SV8/PA1XA/P 14261 1353 OC-154 VK8AN/6 21255 1400 EU-049 SV8DTL 14260 2057 OC-210 YC8RRK 21285 1749 EU-067 SV1CU/SV8 14007 0446 SA-026 PP5OW 21251 2108 EU-089 CU9AC 14259 2206

Mr. Nagano, JJ6STZ, is living on Koshiki Island (AS-037), Japan and is active daily at 11:00Z on 14260. QSL via home call.

Frosty, K5LBU, will be in Australia for about 10 days using an IC- 706MKII. He will arrive in Brisbane on July 2nd and will use a VK4 call. From July 5th to 7th he will be on OC-142.

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 QSL ------1-Jul 20-Jul 3W 3W6XK 3-83 W9XK 1-Jul 16-Jul 3X 3XY7A 3-104 1-Jul 5-Jul 9N 9N7RN 3-104 3-74 IK4ZGY 1-Jul 4-Jul BY BY1QH by K2ZJ 3-86 1-Jul 8-Jul C2 C21JH 3-114 VK2GJH 1-Jul 1-Jul D2 D2RV 3-104 AA4HU 1-Jul 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH 3-4 3-2 F6KDF 1-Jul 2-Jul HB0 HB0/DL3ABL HB0/DL6MHW 3-110 DL3ABL 1-Jul 31-Jul KH3 W5RXP/KH3 3-111 W5RXP 1-Jul 12-Jul KH6 N7FL/KH6 3-113 N7FL 1-Jul 2-Jul SM 8S1IG (EU-020) 3-109 SM1TDE 1-Jul 2-Jul SV SV8/I3BQC (EU-049) 3-106 I3BQC 1-Jul 6-Jul SV9 by G3NYY G4FRE G7FRE G4VXE 3-102 1-Jul 1-Jul VE VY0O (NA-173) 3-108 3-72 VE3DO 1-Jul 14-Jul VK VK8AN/6 (OC-154) 3-94 VK4AAR 1-Jul 5-Jul VP2E VP2E/W6JKV VP2E/K5AND 3-110 1-Jul 8-Jul VP2E VP2EREM 3-93 WB2REM 1-Jul 10-Jul VR2 VR2KF 3-113 ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for June 29, 1999 was 259.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for June 30, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------30-Jun-1999 21 210 6 1 Mod/Quiet;Mod/Quiet 30-Jun-1999 18 191 8 2 Mod/Quiet;Mod/Quiet 30-Jun-1999 15 191 8 2 Mod/Quiet;Mod/Quiet 30-Jun-1999 12 191 8 2 Mod/Quiet-Unset;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unsettled 30-Jun-1999 09 191 8 2 Mod/Quiet-Unset;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unsettled 30-Jun-1999 06 191 8 1 Mod/Quiet-Unset;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unsettled 30-Jun-1999 03 191 8 2 Mod/Quiet-Unset;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unsettled 30-Jun-1999 00 191 8 1 Mod/Quiet-Unset;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unsettled

The forecast for Thursday, 1 July: solar flux 185, A index 18, K index 3. Thursday should be Low Normal.

The forecast for Friday, 2 July: solar flux 180, A index 12, K index 3. Friday should be High Normal.

Solar images of the sun received for 1 July, 1999 can be found at http://www.sel.noaa.gov/solar_images/1999_07/1999_07_01.html

Perhaps the most useful propagation page for Amateur Radio Operators can be found at http://dx.qsl.net/propagation/

Grey line map http://www.spiritweb.org/cgi/sunclock.cgi ______

QSL Info ______

Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------2C3KJN GW3KJN EK6LP IK2DUW T30ED 3D2SJ 4L0CR IK7JTF JY9NX JH7FQK T88ME 7N1RTO 4U1WB KK4HD OX3LG OZ1PIF TI2CDA TI0RC 5R8FU SM0DJZ P29KPH K5YG UA0AZ W3HNK 8S1IG SK1BL SV9/G4FRE WW2R ZC4ATC 5B4YX

QSL cards recently received direct: FR5ZU/T ______

On the WWW ______

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Credits ______

Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: JA0ADN, JI6KVR, K5LBU, KH6BZF Reports, N4PQX, NOAA, ______

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======*** The Daily DX (c) *** ======Volume 3 Number 118 July 2, 1999 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR ______

DX News ______

The ARRL DXCC Desk has approved the April, 1999 P51BH operation from the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korean. This was the second official Amateur Radio operation from North Korea and hopes are for future activity from the rarest DXCC country. Photo QSL cards for the P51BH April operation will be printed today by Kari, OH2BKH, and will be sent out very soon.

This past Wednesday the Annual General Meeting for the United Kingdom Sovereign Bases on Cyprus club station ZC4ATC was held. Members of the club have planned some exciting things. To start out with two club meetings will be held each month this summer. They will now meet on the 2nd and 4th Wednesday of each month. This will mean some activity possibly before and after the meeting. They hope to be able to increase activity at the club station after summer. Plans are in the works for a special operation over a weekend this fall. There was talk about putting ZC4 on for the CQ World Wide DX Contests in October and November. Finally the there maybe a chance that the individual 5B4 members can get their own ZC4 calls which would also increase more activity. Those of 5B4s living in the Republic of Cyprus could of course only use their ZC4 calls from the club station. Alf, 5B4YX, asks "If you have worked ZC4ATC before on that band/mode don't call again and if you have ZC4 confirmed on that band/mode please don't waste time calling at all." There have also been rumors about a G group going to this semi-rare one for the RSGBs IOTA Contest later this month.

Don't forget on July 4th the Finnish and Russian team going to Malyj Vysotskij Island. Full details can be found in volume 3 numbers 102 and 107.

Alan Kung, BA1DU, of the Chinese Radio Sports Association, announced the following official statement about Scarborough Reef, also known as Huang Yan Dao. "With the support of the Chinese Government, the three Huang Yan Dao amateur radio activities organized by the Chinese Radio Sports Association (CRSA) have got great success."

"Huang Yan Dao is part of the Chinese territory, the Amateur Radio funs from any countries and regions are not allowed to operate on the island without the approval of the Chinese Government."

"BS7H is the official callsign of Huang Yan Dao placed on the DXCC list, any people operate on the island must use the call sign of BS7H."

This announcement was received as we were going to press and may very well be in response to the bogus operation that was mentioned earlier this week.

Mel, W8MV, will once again be active from St. Pierre and Miquelon as FP/W8MV starting July 8th. Look for him to be primarily on CW on 12, 17 and 30 meters until July 14th. He will also have 6 meters. QSL via W8MV.

Bob, N2OO, and his wife Beth, KF2BQ, are both currently operating from Windwood, in the US Virgin Islands. Look for KP2/N2OO and KP2/KF2BQ until July 7th. QSL via home calls.

Norbert, DH1NS, will be in Namibia through July 19th. He will use a IC-706 and a dipole as V5/DH1NS. Check between 21400 and 21415. QSL via DH1NS.

Members of the Pusan Amateur Radio Club are currently operating from Mount WhaRyung until July 4th. They will use DS0TO/5 on 10 through 40 meters CW and SSB. QSL via DS5AAQ.

Members of the Kermadec DX Association (ZL8RI & ZL9CI) have announced their plans for a DXpedition to Tokelau in the year 2002.

The ARI sponsors the Topbands, Topmode and Toplist awards for the serious DXer. Complete rules can be found at http://www.425dxn.org/awards/toplist.html. Topbands is an accumulation of total band countries on 10 through 160 meters. That's a possibility of 331 countries on 9 bands for a total 2979 band countries. The current leader is Ken, W1NG, with some 2,883 band countries followed closely by Bob, W4DR, with 2869. Topmode is an accumulation of mode countries (SSB, CW and RTTY) for a total of 993. The current leader is OH2LU with 979. Toplist is a total accumulation of band countries plus mode countries for a whooping total of 3972. The leader for this award is Austin, N4WW, with an amazing 3,766 countries. ______

IRCs for sale ______

George, W8UVZ, has a limited quantity of current (postmarked) good airmail IRCs for sale at 70 cents each. He prefers to sell them in lots of 50 each. If interested mail check or MO to George Taft, W8UVZ, 271 Parkshore Drive, Battle, Creek, MI 49014 along with return stamped envelope. IRCs come from Ralph, 5H3RK, and proceeds will help finance a noise canceller so he can give the low bands a try. You may also contact George by e-mail at ______

QSN ______

3DA0CA - SWAZILAND - With just days to go before leaving this semi-rare one Jon was active on 21025 at 16:30Z. QSL via W4DR.

4S7CCG - SRI LANKA - It has been rumored that this is Bob, ZL1RS and he will be out of New Zealand until the end of the year.

5R8FU - MADAGASCAR - Ake came up on 3799 just after 03:00Z. QSL via SM0DJZ.

DS4CNB - SOUTH KOREA - East Coast DXers found Lee on 21026 just after 00:00Z yesterday.

PY0FA - FERNANDO DE NORONHA - Wednesday he was working Europeans on 10103 between 22:00 and 23:00Z. QSL via PY4KL.

R1AND - ANTARCTICA - Look for Mike near 1830 from 00:00 to 02:00Z. QSL via RW1AI.

S79SBP - SEYCHELLES - Dr Singh appeared on 21258 just prior to 16:30Z.

T30ED - WEST KIRIBATI - Europeans reported working Steve on 14258 at 17:30Z. QSL via 3D2SJ.

UA0LH - ASIATIC RUSSIA - Alex is like a beacon on CW daily from 18:00 to 21:00Z. Check 17, 15 and 12 meters.

W5RXP/KH3 - JOHNSTON ISLAND - Rich surprised US DXers on 10107 Thursday between 06:40 and 06:50Z. He had few takers. Around 10:45Z he was on 14023 until 12:15Z. QSL via W5RXP.

YK1AO - SYRIA - 12 meter DXers found Omar on 24898 at 16:30Z. QSL via CBA.

ZD8TM - ASCENSION ISLAND - Mike came up Thursday at 22:00Z on 21008. ______

IOTA ______

The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AF-004 EA8IN 21029 1535 EU-076 LA/DM2BHG/P 14023 0949 AS-018 UA0FZ 21009 2102 EU-084 SM5OIG 7010 2229 AS-053 HS0/IK4MRH 14259 1934 EU-124 GW0MOI 18123 2115 AS-079 JA5CKD/6 14032 2035 EU-133 UA1AOQ 14031 0038 EU-012 2A/DJ6AU 14273 1847 EU-144 ID8/IK8TWX 14258 0941 EU-020 8S1IG 14260 0947 NA-022 VP2EREM 14253 2245 EU-037 SM7DLZ 14254 2152 NA-072 HP1XVH 21260 2311 EU-038 PA/SM7DEW/M 14260 1252 NA-085 KF9YL 14260 2356 EU-039 F/ON4LCW 7059 2023 NA-173 VY0O 21255 2114 EU-049 SV8/DL1RT 14024 0738 OC-075 YC5YAS 21295 1623 EU-049 SV8DCY 21286 2034 OC-143 YC5VYH 21265 1707 EU-062 LA6WEA 18130 0002

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 QSL ------2-Jul 20-Jul 3W 3W6XK 3-83 W9XK 2-Jul 16-Jul 3X 3XY7A 3-104 2-Jul 5-Jul 9N 9N7RN 3-104 3-74 IK4ZGY 2-Jul 4-Jul BY BY1QH by K2ZJ 3-86 2-Jul 8-Jul C2 C21JH 3-114 VK2GJH 2-Jul 17-Jul C6 C6AFP 3-96 N4JQQ 2-Jul 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH 3-4 3-2 F6KDF 2-Jul 2-Jul HB0 HB0/DL3ABL HB0/DL6MHW 3-110 DL3ABL 2-Jul 6-Jul JT JT1FAJ JT1FAK JT1FAL + others 3-104 2-Jul 31-Jul KH3 W5RXP/KH3 3-111 W5RXP 2-Jul 12-Jul KH6 N7FL/KH6 3-113 N7FL 2-Jul 5-Jul OJ0 by LA1SJA LA3KIA LA0CX OH0RJ 3-64 3-49 2-Jul 2-Jul SM 8S1IG (EU-020) 3-109 SM1TDE 2-Jul 2-Jul SV SV8/I3BQC (EU-049) 3-106 I3BQC 2-Jul 6-Jul SV9 by G3NYY G4FRE G7FRE G4VXE 3-102 2-Jul 14-Jul VK VK8AN/6 (OC-154) 3-94 VK4AAR 2-Jul 5-Jul VP2E VP2E/W6JKV VP2E/K5AND 3-110 2-Jul 8-Jul VP2E VP2EREM 3-93 WB2REM 2-Jul 10-Jul VR2 VR2KF 3-113 3-Jul 13-Jul 7Q 7Q7PA 3-99 N5PA 3-Jul 13-Jul EA6 AM6JMU AN6JMU AO6JMU 3-71 3-Jul 4-Jul I IA5 by many Italians (EU-028) 3-103 3-Jul 5-Jul UA0 RY0Z (AS-NEW) 3-109 4Z5AV 4-Jul 15-Jul R1M R1MVA 3-107 3-102 OH2BR ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for June 30, 1999 was 237.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for July 1, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------1-Jul-1999 21 195 9 2 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unset 1-Jul-1999 18 210 5 2 Mod/Quiet-Unsettled;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unset 1-Jul-1999 15 210 5 2 Mod/Quiet-Unsettled;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unset 1-Jul-1999 12 210 5 3 Mod/Quiet-Unsettled;Mod/Quiet-Unsettled 1-Jul-1999 09 210 5 3 Moderate/Quiet-Unsettled;Moderate/Quiet 1-Jul-1999 06 210 5 1 Moderate/Quiet;Moderate/Quiet 1-Jul-1999 03 210 5 2 Moderate/Quiet;Moderate/Quiet 1-Jul-1999 00 210 5 1 Moderate/Quiet;Moderate/Quiet

The forecast for Friday, 2 July: solar flux 215, A index 12, K index 3. Friday should be High Normal.

The forecast for Saturday, 3 July: solar flux 215, A index 10, K index 2. Saturday should be High Normal.

The forecast for Sunday, 4 July: solar flux 160, A index 8, K index 3. Sunday should be High Normal.

Solar images of the sun received for 2 July, 1999 can be found at http://www.sel.noaa.gov/solar_images/1999_07/1999_07_02.html

Perhaps the most useful propagation page for Amateur Radio Operators can be found at http://dx.qsl.net/propagation/

Grey line map http://www.spiritweb.org/cgi/sunclock.cgi ______

QSL Info ______

Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------4K9W DL6KVA KP2/N2OO N2OO T94DO DJ2MX HP1XVH N0JT PY0FA PY4KL V29PE G3DLH JY9QJ DL5MBY SV9/G4VXE G3SWH YB1AQU HL2HN

QSL cards for the following station will be mailed out this week and next week by Antoine, F6FNU: LO0D, L21DK, L22BA, L27DP, L25FCI, L22JCW, L24DA, L25DV, L28EEM and L26EQV.

QSL cards recently received direct: CM6YI, FR5ZQ/G, FR5ZU/T, T22TK, XX9TRR ______

On the WWW ______

The newly founded Island Radio Expedition Foundation, Inc. (IREF) now has a web page at http://www.sat.net/~iref/ ______

Credits ______

Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 5B4YX, ARRL DX Bulletin, ARRL DXCC Desk, DX News Letter, EA3GHZ, EA4CEN, F6FNU, G3PMR, KH6BZF Reports, N2OO, N6RT, NOAA, VE3IRF ______

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======*** The Daily DX (c) *** ======Volume 3 Number 119 July 5, 1999 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR ______

DX News ______

The first annual meeting of the Amateur Radio Association of D.R. of Congo (ARAC) was held on July 3rd with the PTT authorities. During the meeting elections were held and the following will serve:

President: Cyprien Kahundira Vagheni 1st Vice President: Jean Philippe Mokonzi Mo' amba 2nd Vice President: Wakilongo Kangawe Secretary: Guy Nalwango Izanga Assistant Secretary: Kinsaka Nduenga Treasurer: Nicole Crepelliere Advisers: Misters Crepelliere, Mutombo, Mbuyi, Mafuta

9Q licenses should start to be issued by the end of the month.

Atsuo, 5W1SA, has been QRT since mid-March of this year. He has moved to a new QTH on a hilltop near the Fagalii Airport.

If Space "A" travel permits Bill, W4WX, will be operating from Haiti as HH2/W4WX from July 13th to 19th. He will be on 10 through 20 meters concentrating on RTTY. QSL to home call.

After receiving news of the arrest of Yasuo "Zorro" Miyazawa, JH1AJT, (see Vol. 3 No. 108) by the Asahi Shimbun Newspaper many accusations and speculations were made as to exactly who turned him into the PTT authorities. The Asahi Shimbun reported it was someone close to Zorro however the Kyodo News said that the Kinki MPT received a report by an ex-employee of Miyazawa's company. A third report from Mainichi News has been received and will be translated into English soon. ______

Silent Keys ______

Rubin Hughes, WA6AHF, passed away at his home in California on July 1, 1999. Rubin and his XYL Ferne were deeply involved with printing and distribution for many of Iris, W6QL, and Lloyd, W6KG, QSL cards for YASME operations. Many may recall that it was Rubin's station that hosted the winning team in the 1996 World Radio Team Championship.

Anatoly Markovitch Moskalenko, UA2AO, became a silent key last week after being ill for some time. He was well respected by amateurs around the globe and had worked 362 countries, only needing P5.

Maurice Caplan, G3NWQ (DA2YW, DL5YW, VS1MK, VS6AA, 9V1MK, VS5MC) died peacefully yesterday morning. Maurice was a member of FOC. ______

QSN ______

8R1AK - GUYANA - Desmond was active on 17 meters SSB on Saturday and Sunday around 21:00Z.

AH8LG - AMERICAN SAMOA - Europeans reported working Larry on 18115 just prior to 09:00Z on Sunday. QSL via CBA.

E4/G3WQU - PALESTINE - Peter is usually only active on the weekends on CW.

EK9AA - ARMENIA - West Coast DXers were working Steve on 21302 for about an hour and a half on Sunday starting around 04:45Z. QSL via W6QKB.

FK8VHT - NEW CALEDONIA - Stations all across the US came upon Phil on 18070 just before 05:00Z on Sunday. QSL via F6AJA.

HL2IGU - SOUTH KOREA - Europeans should look for this one on 15 meters CW around 09:00Z.

OJ0 - MARKET REEF - OJ0/LA0CX, OJ0/LA3KIA, and OJ0RJ are now active from this semi-rare one on CW on all bands.

R1MVA - MALYJ VYSOTSKIJ ISLAND - No reports of any activity yet.

SV2ASP/A - MOUNT ATHOS - Several European and Japanese stations reported working Monk Apollo on 18135 at 20:00Z yesterday.

VK0TS - ANTARCTICA - Tom was found on 20 meters SSB over the weekend between 10:00 and 12:00Z on 14245.

VR2KF - HONG KONG - Kazu has taken down his antennas and will use a mobile whip until the July 8th.

W5RXP/KH3 - JOHNSTON ISLAND - Rich was found on 18070 at 08:00Z on Friday working Europeans. QSL via W5RXP.

XW8INH - LAOS - A Japanese operator was reported active from this semi-rare one yesterday.

YI2CL - IRAQ - This station seems to be the only one active recently from this middle east semi-rare one.

ZC4JP - U.K. SOVEREIGN BASES ON CYPRUS - Came up on 15 meters SSB Saturday around 17:00Z. QSL via G0WSA to the RSGB bureau.

ZK1AXA - SOUTH COOK ISLANDS - Willy, ON5AX, has been active from Rarotonga Island for about a week. QSL via ON5AX.

ZS8D - MARION ISLAND - Look for Deryck on 20 meters SSB several days each week between 11:00 and 13:00Z. QSL via ZS6EZ. ______

IOTA ______

The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AS-015 9M2TO 21261 1703 EU-037 SM7DLZ 21269 0934 AS-024 JS6LIH 21216 1505 EU-050 IL7/IK7VJX 14258 1215 AS-028 UA0QBA 21250 1040 EU-082 U1ZA/A 18073 0334 AS-076 JA5EO 21218 1520 EU-089 CU8AH 21292 1426 AS-136 BD4ED/4 21025 1338 EU-131 IK3QAR/P 14264 1318 EU-001 SV5/DJ9HQ/P 18140 0907 EU-136 9A/DK3ID 14263 1941 EU-003 CU6/ON7ZM/P 14259 1722 NA-022 VP2EREM 14002 0032 EU-004 AM6JMU 14260 1852 NA-065 N6FD/7 14260 0640 EU-012 2A/DJ6AU 28463 1636 NA-083 AA3DD 14040 2104 EU-014 TK/IK1VCA 14262 1547 OC-021 YB0AZ 14240 1554 EU-016 9A2GF 14256 0536 OC-022 YC9BU 21270 1708 EU-020 SM1/DL5ME 14256 0954 OC-119 DU8ARK 21260 1327 EU-024 IS0/DL4YAJ 14260 1757 OC-143 YC6LAY 21244 1858 EU-024 IS0LYN/IM0 14001 0610 OC-146 YC8FMI 21220 1614 EU-026 JW/DL2FCQ 14256 1650 OC-151 YC9LQA 21310 1413 EU-033 LA/DM2BHG/P 18071 1947 OC-185 VK8BB 14255 1111 EU-036 LA/DK4UN/P 14257 2031 SA-026 PP5MCB 28527 2322

Mr. Shimojyou, JH1RYN, will be active from Niijima Island (AS-008) from August 9th to 15th. He will use club station call JH1YVY. QSL direct or via the bureau to JH1YVY.

Look for special event station N4H to be active from Hatteras Island (NA-067) from July 23rd to 25th. The special callsign is to commemorate the moving of the Hatteras Lighthouse. Plans are to be active on CW during the IOTA Contest. Some SSB activity is expected before and after the contest. QSL via KO4PY.

F6FHO, F6OYU, F8CIO and others will be active as TM5J from Noirmoutier Island (EU-064) from July 22nd to 25th. They will be mostly on SSB. QSL via F8CIO.

John, VK6NU, plans to operate from Rottnest Island (OC-164) between July 21st and 27th. He will be active as VK6NU/P and will participate in the IOTA Contest. QSL via VK6NU.

Carlos, WP4U, plans to be active from Culebra Island (NA-099), Puerto Rico from July 23rd to 27th. This island counts for the Worked Puerto Rico Island (WPRI) award. To obtain a certificate you must work 5 islands which are Vieques I, Culebra I, Caja de Muerto I, Mona I and Desecheo I (KP5). Culebra Island is located 17 miles east of Puerto Rico and 12 miles west of St. Thomas. The island is about 7 miles wide, 3 « miles long and has about 2,000 residents. The Culebra National Wildlife Refuge was establish in 1909 by president Roosevelt and known for its large sea bird colonies and white sand. A special QSL card will be issued via WP4U.

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 QSL ------5-Jul 9-Jul 3D2 3D2EX (OC-016) 3-116 3-105 W8GEX 5-Jul 20-Jul 3W 3W6XK 3-83 W9XK 5-Jul 16-Jul 3X 3XY7A 3-104 5-Jul 13-Jul 7Q 7Q7PA 3-99 N5PA 5-Jul 5-Jul 9N 9N7RN 3-104 3-74 IK4ZGY 5-Jul 8-Jul C2 C21JH 3-114 VK2GJH 5-Jul 17-Jul C6 C6AFP 3-96 N4JQQ 5-Jul 13-Jul EA6 AM6JMU AN6JMU AO6JMU 3-71 5-Jul 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH 3-4 3-2 F6KDF 5-Jul 18-Jul JD/M JL1KFR/JD1 3-117 JL1KFR 5-Jul 6-Jul JT JT1FAJ JT1FAK JT1FAL + others 3-104 5-Jul 31-Jul KH3 W5RXP/KH3 3-111 W5RXP 5-Jul 12-Jul KH6 N7FL/KH6 3-113 N7FL 5-Jul 7-Jul KP2 KP2/N2OO KP2/KF2BQ 3-118 Homecalls 5-Jul 5-Jul OJ0 by LA1SJA LA3KIA LA0CX OH0RJ 3-64 3-49 5-Jul 15-Jul R1M R1MVA 3-107 3-102 OH2BR 5-Jul 6-Jul SV9 by G3NYY G4FRE G7FRE G4VXE 3-102 5-Jul 5-Jul UA0 RY0Z (AS-NEW) 3-109 4Z5AV 5-Jul 19-Jul V5 V5/DH1NS 3-118 DH1NS 5-Jul 7-Jul VK VK4 by K5LBU (OC-142) 3-117 5-Jul 14-Jul VK VK8AN/6 (OC-154) 3-94 VK4AAR 5-Jul 5-Jul VP2E VP2E/W6JKV VP2E/K5AND 3-110 5-Jul 8-Jul VP2E VP2EREM 3-93 WB2REM 5-Jul 10-Jul VR2 VR2KF 3-113 5-Jul 5-Jul W N8WNB (NA-139) 3-100 6-Jul 25-Jul PA PA9MR (EU-146) 3-90 6-Jul 11-Jul YV YV1/K2KW YV1/N6TV YV1/K6KM 3-109 7-Jul 8-Jul CE0Y CE0Y/JL6MSN 3-115 JL6MSN 8-Jul 11-Jul 3V 3V8BB by I4UFH 3-113 I4UFH 8-Jul 12-Jul C6 C6GI (NA-113) 3-115 C6AFV 8-Jul 14-Jul FP FP/W8MV 3-118 W8MV 8-Jul 12-Jul KP2 KP2/AG8L KP2/K6RO KP2/W6KK 3-110 8-Jul 20-Jul T30 T30JH 3-114 VK2GJH 9-Jul 18-Jul FO FO0MSN (OC-046) 3-115 JL6MSN 9-Jul 11-Jul JA JI3DST (AS-117) 3-116 JI3DST 10-Jul 16-Jul 8Q7 8Q7TV 3-114 F6BEE 10-Jul 17-Jul A3 A35EX (OC-049) 3-116 3-105 W8GEX 10-Jul 11-Jul G GB100RN 3-79 10-Jul 11-Jul I IK1TTD (EU-070) 3-94 IK1TTD 10-Jul 11-Jul KP2 WP2Z 3-110 KU9C 10-Jul 11-Jul OH0 OH0Z 3-112 OH1EH 10-Jul 11-Jul R1M R1MV 3-102 OH2BR 10-Jul 11-Jul YV 4M1X 3-109 W4SO 10-Jul 11-Jul IARU HF World Championship ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for July 3, 1999 was 213.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for July 4, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------04-Jul-1999 21 186 1 0 Low/Quiet;Low-Moderate/Quiet-Unset 04-Jul-1999 18 197 10 1 Low/Quiet;Low-Moderate/Quiet-Unset 04-Jul-1999 15 197 12 1 Low/Quiet;Low-Moderate/Quiet-Unset 04-Jul-1999 12 197 10 1 Low/Quiet;Low-Moderate/Quiet-Unset 04-Jul-1999 09 197 10 0 Low/Quiet-Active;Low-Moderate/Quiet- Unset 04-Jul-1999 06 197 10 0 Low/Quiet-Active;Low-Moderate/Quiet- Unset 04-Jul-1999 03 197 10 0 Low/Quiet-Active;Low-Moderate/Quiet- Unset 04-Jul-1999 00 197 10 1 Low/Quiet-Active;Low-Moderate/Quiet- Unset

The forecast for Monday, 5 July: solar flux 180, A index 12, K index 3. Monday should be High Normal.

The forecast for Tuesday, 6 July: solar flux 180, A index 15, K index 3. Tuesday should be High Normal.

Solar images of the sun received for 5 July, 1999 can be found at http://www.sel.noaa.gov/solar_images/1999_07/1999_07_05.html

Perhaps the most useful propagation page for Amateur Radio Operators can be found at http://dx.qsl.net/propagation/

Grey line map http://www.spiritweb.org/cgi/sunclock.cgi ______

QSL Info ______

Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------2S3YTS GM3YTS EU5O DL7VFM OJ0RJ OH0RJ 3Z0RW SP4KGB EV5A EW1WA P49V AI6V 9G5DX JH8PHT HB0/DL1RWB DL1RWB TM1TF FB1BON 9N7RN IK4ZGY II2V I2ARN US0HZ W3HNK AM6JMU EA6URP JT1FCS JR0BQT UT0ZZ UT4ZO BD4ED/4 BY4BHP JT1FCT JA0EJ YS1RR DJ9ZB DU3NXE W3HNK OJ0/LA0CX LA0CX ZK1AXA ON5AX DU8ARK I2YDX OJ0/LA3IKA LB1NE ZP99A ZP5AA EK9AA W6QKB

BD8SN - J.J. Shen, 99 Min Hang Road, Kunming, Yunnan 650041, PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA

QSL cards recently received direct: 3DA5A, 3V8BB, LU1ZC, VK4CAY (OC- 138), VK4CAY (OC-172), VK4CAY (OC-227), VK4CAY/5 (OC-228), ZF2DR, ZS6IR, ZY0SW ______

On the WWW ______

Mats, 5X1T/SM7PKK, Joe, 5X1P/G3MRC and Peter, 5X1T/ON6TT, have been working in Kosovo for about two weeks. They are responsible of installing electricity, VHF and HF data and voice comms at seven locations throughout the war torn nation. Pictures of their exploits can be found at http://www.wfp.org/kosovopix ______

Credits ______

Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: F6AJA, G0WAZ, G3PMR, JI6KVR, K3ZO, K6DB, K6JG, KH6BZF Reports, KO4PY, LNDX, ND0J, NOAA, ON6TT, UA2FM, VK6NU, W3JJ, W4WX, W7IAN, W9YQ, WF3J, WP4U ______

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======*** The Daily DX (c) *** ======Volume 3 Number 120 July 6, 1999 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR ______

DX News ______

During this year's IARU HF Championship on July 10th and 11th look for LX0RL to be on the air as the Luxembourg headquarter station. QSL via the bureau.

The Czech Radio Club station OL9HQ will be active as a headquarter multiplier this weekend in the IARU HF Championship handing out CRC on all bands CW and SSB.

This year's French headquarter REF station will be TM0HQ. The group will be active on all bands on CW and SSB. QSL via F6KNB.

Cesar, OA4QV, will once again be celebrating the anniversary of independence of Peru throughout July. This year he will use OA178QV. QSL via home call.

Those of you looking for stations to work for the VP9 100 award will be happy to know that Hank, K2HJB, plans to operate from the island of Bermuda between July 26th and 30th. He will be on 20 meters SSB and possibly 6 meters FM only. QSL via K2HJB or KB2PFP.

The upcoming DXpedition to Annobon Island, 3C0R, seems to be on track. The two Spanish operators, Vic, EA5YN, and Elmo, EA5BYP, will leave Madrid head for Lisbon on September on Tap airline flight TP5703 at 10:35. From Lisbon they will take a 13:30 flight TP1165 to Sao Tome. In Sao Tome they will meet up with Ramon, 3C1GS, and Robert, 3C1RV. The group will obtain their supplies and then board the Nere Balandra for a 20-hour excursion to Annobon Island. The QSL manager will be EA5FVY, Angel Garcia Mendoza, P.O. Box 3045, 03080 Alicante, SPAIN. ______

QSN ______

6M0HZ - SOUTH KOREA - Was working mostly Europeans on 21242 from 17:00 to 19:40Z. QSL via DS2AGH.

A61AN - UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - West Coast DXers found Naser on 21217 at 19:30Z.

BV9AAC - TAIWAN - Benny was working Europeans and East Coast US stations on 21014 at 13:00Z. He is located in the Peng- Hu Islands.

C21JH - NARAU - Check 20 meters SSB around 11:30Z for Jack. QSL via VK2GJH.

CX1JJ - URUGUAY - Mariana (YL) has been active on 10, 15, 17 and 40 meters CW between 22:00 and 01:00Z.

R1MVA - MALYJ VYSOTSKIJ ISLAND - Seem like the boys got off to a late start as the began yesterday just after 19:00Z on 15 CW and SSB. Plans are to have a least 6 stations running simultaneously. QSL via OH2BR (see address below, as call book address is incorrect.)

T30ED - WEST KIRIBATI - Father Steve has been showing up around 10:00Z on 20 meters SSB. QSL via 3D2SJ. ______

IOTA ______

The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AS-017 7J6CCU 21260 1104 EU-136 9A/DK3ID 14264 1548 AS-018 RA0FF 24897 1931 NA-025 J8OB 24957 2252 AS-053 HS0/IK4MRH 21309 1815 NA-027 VO1WET 21278 1122 AS-103 BV9AAC 21014 1335 NA-046 W1UF 21265 1115 EU-004 AM6JMU 7070 1717 NA-065 N6FD/7 14260 0636 EU-012 2A/DJ6AU 18072 2251 NA-067 VA3QSL/4 14260 0113 EU-015 SV9/G4FRE 21004 0739 NA-139 N8WNB 14260 1119 EU-020 SM0DTK/1 21020 0415 OC-075 YC5PQM 21241 1024 EU-020 SM1/DL5ME 21260 1443 OC-075 YC5YAS 21282 1830 EU-037 SM7DLZ 21308 1909 OC-088 YC7URA 21310 1522 EU-042 DK8OL 21266 1550 OC-137 VK4LV 24895 2315 EU-055 LA7XIA 21260 0352 OC-143 YC4DAK 21255 1352 EU-060 SV0LR 28486 1336 OC-148 YC9MKF 21305 1433 EU-120 G0GBD 14255 2241 OC-151 YC9LQA 21008 1349 EU-124 2C0SLM 28480 1301 SA-026 PP5WG 21230 0146 EU-131 I/W0YR/P 18143 0926

Starting July 9 look for Luca, IK2AEO, to be on the air from Maddalena Island (EU041), off the coast of Sardinia Island. He will be active as IM0/IK2AEO until July 24th and will operate the IARU HF World Championship and RSGB IOTA Contests. QSL via IK2AEO.

Members of the Barry Amateur Radio Society (BARS) will operate from Flat Holm Island of the coast of Wales starting August 27th. No call was mention but they will be on all bands on CW, SSB, RTTY Amtor and SSTV until September 1st. QSL via GW0ANA.

During this month Gabriele, IK3GES, will be touring the following islands of the coast of Norway: EU-046, EU-033, EU-076, EU-062. He also plans to operate from Oland Island (EU-037) during the IOTA Contest at the end of the month. QSL via IK3GES.

Roberto, IK7XIV, will be active from Lefkada Island (EU-052) and Kithira (EU-113) between July 20th and August 4th. During the IOTA Contest he thinks he will be on from EU-052. QSL via IK7XIV.

Starting July 20th look for Nick, RA1QQ, and Vlad, UA1RG, to operate from the Gulyayevskiye Koshki Islands (EU-102). They will use RI1OTA and plan to participate in the IOTA Contest. QSL RA1QQ/1 and RI1OTA via RA1QQ and QSL UA1RG/1 via UA1RJ.

Throughout the month of July Serge, F6AUS, will be active as TK/F6AUS from Corsica. He plans to be on both EU-100 and then on EU-164 for the IOTA Contest. QSL via F6AUS.

Jim, GM0NAI, and Drew, GM3YOR, will be active from several islands in the in the Outer Hebrides (EU-010) from July 10th to 16th. They plan to use 2A0APF/P and 2S0GNK/P. QSL both via MM1AUF, Kai McClintock, 13 St. Andrews Drive, Gourock, PA19 1HY, SCOTLAND, UK.

This years RSGB IOTA Contest will be held on July 24th and 25th. Here are some announced IOTA DXpeditions for the event.

Manfred (Will), DJ7RJ plans to be active as DJ7RJ/P from EU-098. QSL via DJ7RJ.

Stan, N2US, will be on from Chincoteague Island (NA-083).

John, VE1JS, will be single op on all bands SSB only from Brier Island (NA-127) QSL via VE1JS.

Jon, WB8YJF, will once again be active from NA-067 for this year's event. He will be there from July 24th to 31st.

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 QSL ------6-Jul 9-Jul 3D2 3D2EX (OC-016) 3-116 3-105 W8GEX 6-Jul 20-Jul 3W 3W6XK 3-83 W9XK 6-Jul 16-Jul 3X 3XY7A 3-104 6-Jul 13-Jul 7Q 7Q7PA 3-99 N5PA 6-Jul 8-Jul C2 C21JH 3-114 VK2GJH 6-Jul 17-Jul C6 C6AFP 3-96 N4JQQ 6-Jul 13-Jul EA6 AM6JMU AN6JMU AO6JMU 3-71 6-Jul 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH 3-4 3-2 F6KDF 6-Jul 18-Jul JD/M JL1KFR/JD1 3-117 JL1KFR 6-Jul 6-Jul JT JT1FAJ JT1FAK JT1FAL + others 3-104 6-Jul 31-Jul KH3 W5RXP/KH3 3-111 W5RXP 6-Jul 12-Jul KH6 N7FL/KH6 3-113 N7FL 6-Jul 7-Jul KP2 KP2/N2OO KP2/KF2BQ 3-118 Homecalls 6-Jul 25-Jul PA PA9MR (EU-146) 3-90 6-Jul 15-Jul R1M R1MVA 3-107 3-102 OH2BR 6-Jul 6-Jul SV9 by G3NYY G4FRE G7FRE G4VXE 3-102 6-Jul 19-Jul V5 V5/DH1NS 3-118 DH1NS 6-Jul 7-Jul VK VK4 by K5LBU (OC-142) 3-117 6-Jul 14-Jul VK VK8AN/6 (OC-154) 3-94 VK4AAR 6-Jul 8-Jul VP2E VP2EREM 3-93 WB2REM 6-Jul 10-Jul VR2 VR2KF 3-113 6-Jul 11-Jul YV YV1/K2KW YV1/N6TV YV1/K6KM 3-109 ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for July 4, 1999 was 211.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for July 5, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------Jul-05-1999 21 174 1 0 Low/Quiet;Low-Moderate/Quiet-Unsettled Jul-05-1999 18 186 1 2 Low/Quiet;Low-Moderate/Quiet-Unsettled Jul-05-1999 15 186 1 0 Low/Quiet;Low-Moderate/Quiet-Unsettled Jul-05-1999 12 186 1 1 Low/Quiet;Low-Moderate/Quiet-Unsettled Jul-05-1999 09 186 1 0 Low/Quiet;Low-Moderate/Quiet-Unsettled Jul-05-1999 06 186 1 0 Low/Quiet;Low-Moderate/Quiet-Unsettled Jul-05-1999 03 186 1 0 Low/Quiet;Low-Moderate/Quiet-Unsettled Jul-05-1999 00 186 1 1 Low/Quiet;Low-Moderate/Quiet-Unsettled

The forecast for Tuesday, 6 July: solar flux 175, A index 16, K index 3. Tuesday should be High Normal.

The forecast for Wednesday, 7 July: solar flux 175, A index 10, K index 2. Wednesday should be High Normal.

Solar images of the sun received for 6 July, 1999 can be found at http://www.sel.noaa.gov/solar_images/1999_07/1999_07_06.html

Perhaps the most useful propagation page for Amateur Radio Operators can be found at http://dx.qsl.net/propagation/

Grey line map http://www.spiritweb.org/cgi/sunclock.cgi ______

QSL Info ______

Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------2C0SLM GW0SLM I/W0YR/P AA9DX LY1TR LY1BD 6M0HZ DS2AGH J8OB KP2AD R1MVA OH2BR 9V1BG JL1MWI JT1FAJ JA0HC UN7ER DL8KAC EA8ID EA8AMT JT1FAL JA0IXW YT1AT DL1II

OH2BR - Jukka Heikinheimo, OH2BR, Rikunkuja 4, FI-01420 Vantaa, FINLAND

The new QSL manager for 9N7RW and SV1/G4ERW is G0DIZ.

QSL cards recently received direct: AA1NY/KH0, BV9A (AS-103), BY1DX, E44DX, FR5ZQ/G, FR5ZU/T, ZL9CI ______

On the WWW ______

The following new/updated logs are now at http://dx.qsl.net/logs

F/G0GRC (IOTA EU-107, June 1999) YC0LOW (thru July 3, 1999) VQ9CV (thru July 2,1999) VQ9GB (thru June 29,1999) C56T (1998 CQWW SSB Contest) C56A (October 1998) 3A2LZ (December 1990 through May 1996) CQ2S (April 1999) XE1JEO (thru July 4, 1999) DU1ODX (thru June 29,1999) DS5DNO (thru June 29,1999) JW9PJA (thru March 1,1999) ______

Credits ______

Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 425 DX News, DX News Sheet, F6IRA, G3PMR, JA1EOD, JI6KVR, KH6BZF Reports, N6RT, NOAA, OPDX, W3JJ ______

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======*** The Daily DX (c) *** ======Volume 3 Number 121 July 8, 1999 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR ______

DX News ______

Members of the Nicosia Contest Group (NCG) have decided to be activate the Cyprus Amateur Radio Society (CARS) head quarters station H2Q for the first time in the IARU HF World Championship this weekend. Please do not send QSL cards as they will automatically be sent via the bureau.

Jun, JH4RHF, plans to be active in the IARU Contest this weekend from the Vienna International Center station 4U1VIC. He reminds anyone using CT to note that 4U1VIC is in ITU zone 28 and counts for OE. Some of his other planned activities from 4U1VIC include Worked all Europe CW & SSB, CQ WW RTTY, SSB and RTTY. QSL via OE bureau unless otherwise mentioned.

This weekend Victor, 9V1BH, and James, 9V1YC, will operate the Singapore IARU head quarter station 9V9HQ (SARTS) during the IARU HF World Championship. This will be a new prefix.

Peter, DL4BBU, is back in Almaty, Kazakhstan and plans to be active, on all bands until the end of next year, as UN7/DL4BBU. QSL via DL4BBU. ______

QSN ______

4L/RN3QN/P - GEORGIA - Has been active on 17 and 20 meters CW and SSB.

5B4 - CYPRUS - A team of Russians and others are here getting ready for the IARU Contest this weekend.

5B4AGC - CYPRUS - Stations all across the US reported working George on 10105 yesterday between 03:45 and 05:00Z. QSL via G3LNS.

AP2JZB - PAKISTAN - Bob came up on 21260 working DXers in the US and Europe from 14:30 to 17:30Z. QSL via K2EWB, with IRC or green stamp.

FK8GM - NEW CALEDONIA - Several Europeans found Eric with a big signal on 21283 from about 11:00 to 12:00Z.

JL1KFR/JD1 - MINAMI TORISHIMA - Ryo was working Europeans on 21015 starting around 10:40Z. QSL via home call.

R1MVA - MALYJ VYSOTSKIJ ISLAND - Judging by yesterdays activities they seem to be in full swing.

GMT Frequencies ------00 14025 14197 18145 21025 01 7012 14197 18145 21025 02 7015 14197 18071 21295 03 7015 14197 18071 21295 04 7090 14197 18071 21295 24945 05 14197 18071 21295 06 14197 18071 21295 28025 07 14197 18145 21295 28025 28495 08 14197 18145 21025 21295 24945 28495 09 14197 21025 21295 24891 28495 10 14197 18145 21025 21297 24945 28025 11 14025 14195 21025 24891 24945 28025 28495 12 14025 18071 21025 21295 28495 13 14025 21025 21297 24950 28025 28495 14 14025 14195 18071 21025 24891 28025 15 14195 21025 21295 24945 28495 16 14195 21025 21085 21295 28025 17 7008 14195 21025 21085 21295 28025 18 7008 14195 18145 21085 21295 28025 19 3511 7008 14195 18145 21085 21295 28025 28495 20 3511 7008 14195 18145 21085 21295 28025 28495 21 3511 7008 10111 14195 18072 18145 21025 28025 22 3511 7080 10111 14195 18080 18145 21025 28025 23 10111 14195 24960 28025

XW8INH - LAOS - West Cost US stations found this semi-rare one on 14020 just prior to 15:00Z. This callsign belongs to Mr. Inh who is the manager of KPL (Khaosane Pathet Lao) the official Laotian News Agency. JH1EDB is currently living in Vientiane and has been operating from this station as it is impossible for foreigners to get their own personal callsign. ______

IOTA ______

The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AS-103 BV9AAC 21022 1209 EU-049 SV8/DL1RTD 18077 0629 EU-010 2A0BPP/P 14260 1437 EU-052 SV8/DL1EJD 28475 1250 EU-010 2S3JIJ 14247 1100 EU-076 LA/DF8YO/M 14260 0842 EU-012 2A/DJ6AU 14277 1755 EU-082 U1ZA/A 18072 2246 EU-013 GJ/DL7FER 14260 1716 EU-087 SM3LF 14262 1425 EU-020 SM1/DL5ME 21260 0654 EU-089 CU8/ON7ZM/P 14260 1911 EU-024 IS0LYN/IM0 14024 0359 EU-117 R1MVA 14195 1651 EU-031 IC8PSO 21275 1147 EU-125 OZ/SM7DEW/M 14260 1556 EU-036 LA8LA 21040 1145 NA-062 K2OLG/M 14261 1152 EU-039 F/ON4LCW 14262 1825 NA-110 AC4WW 14006 0207

Members of the Radio Amateur Society of Thailand (RAST) and some visiting Japanese operators will take part in the RSGB IOTA Contest on July 24th and 25th from Koh Si Chang (AS-107). The will use the special callsign HS2AC. After the contest the group will stay until July 28th.

Members of the Viimsi Radio Club will operate from Kihnu Island (EU- 034) from July 19th to 27th. They will use ES2WX/0 and other ES home calls /0. During the IOTA Contest they will use ES0X.

A group of French Amateur Radio Operators will operate TM2F, from St. Marcouf Island (EU-081), during the IOTA Contest later this month. Operators include F6DQM, F5JSK, F5LJA, F5OGG, F5TBA, F1DPP, F1ORL, F1UVN.

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 QSL ------8-Jul 8-Jul C2 C21JH 3-114 VK2GJH 8-Jul 8-Jul CE0Y CE0Y/JL6MSN 3-115 JL6MSN 8-Jul 8-Jul VP2E VP2EREM 3-93 WB2REM 8-Jul 9-Jul 3D2 3D2EX (OC-016) 3-116 3-105 W8GEX 8-Jul 10-Jul VR2 VR2KF 3-113 8-Jul 11-Jul 3V 3V8BB by I4UFH 3-113 I4UFH 8-Jul 11-Jul YV YV1/K2KW YV1/N6TV YV1/K6KM 3-109 8-Jul 12-Jul C6 C6GI (NA-113) 3-115 C6AFV 8-Jul 12-Jul KP2 KP2/AG8L KP2/K6RO KP2/W6KK 3-110 8-Jul 12-Jul KH6 N7FL/KH6 3-113 N7FL 8-Jul 13-Jul 7Q 7Q7PA 3-99 N5PA 8-Jul 13-Jul EA6 AM6JMU AN6JMU AO6JMU 3-71 8-Jul 14-Jul FP FP/W8MV 3-118 W8MV 8-Jul 14-Jul VK VK8AN/6 (OC-154) 3-94 VK4AAR 8-Jul 15-Jul R1M R1MVA 3-107 3-102 OH2BR 8-Jul 16-Jul 3X 3XY7A 3-104 8-Jul 17-Jul C6 C6AFP 3-96 N4JQQ 8-Jul 18-Jul JD/M JL1KFR/JD1 3-117 JL1KFR 8-Jul 19-Jul V5 V5/DH1NS 3-118 DH1NS 8-Jul 20-Jul 3W 3W6XK 3-83 W9XK 8-Jul 20-Jul T30 T30JH 3-114 VK2GJH 8-Jul 25-Jul PA PA9MR (EU-146) 3-90 8-Jul 30-Jul OA OA178QV0 3-120 OA4QV 8-Jul 31-Jul KH3 W5RXP/KH3 3-111 W5RXP 8-Jul 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH 3-4 3-2 F6KDF ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for July 6, 1999 was 190.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for July 7, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------Jul-07-1999 21 158 4 2 Low/Quiet-Unset;Low-Mod/Quiet Jul-07-1999 18 168 9 1 Low/Quiet-Unset;Low-Mod/Quiet Jul-07-1999 15 168 9 0 Low/Quiet-Unset;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unsettled Jul-07-1999 12 168 9 0 Low/Quiet-Unset;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unsettled Jul-07-1999 09 168 9 1 Low/Quiet-Unset;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unsettled Jul-07-1999 06 168 9 2 Low/Quiet-Unset;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unsettled Jul-07-1999 03 168 9 2 Low/Quiet-Unset;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unsettled Jul-07-1999 00 168 9 2 Low/Quiet-Unset;Low-Mod,Quiet-Unsettled

The forecast for Thursday, 8 July: solar flux 160, A index 8, K index 2. Thursday should be High Normal.

The forecast for Friday, 9 July: solar flux 155, A index 7, K index 2. Friday should be Above Normal.

Solar images of the sun received for 8 July, 1999 can be found at http://www.sel.noaa.gov/solar_images/1999_07/1999_07_08.html

Perhaps the most useful propagation page for Amateur Radio Operators can be found at http://dx.qsl.net/propagation/

Grey line map http://www.spiritweb.org/cgi/sunclock.cgi ______

QSL Info ______

Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------2A0BPP/P MM0BPP 5N9EAM IK7JTF MJ/DL7FER DL7FER 3D2EX W8GEX CO8DM KU9C NH0K JA2CBO 5B4/RA3CQ YL2KL EL2AB IK0PHY SN0APT SP8YCB 5H3US WA8JOC HS0/JA6GIJ JA6LCJ YC0LBK W4JS

JK7TKE - Koji Fukui, 1840-5 Izumicho, Tokorozawa 359-1112, JAPAN

Sam, CT1EEN, says he is not the QSL manager for Angelo, D44BS, but can confirm QSOs from August 1st to 8th, 1995 when he did operate at the station. All other QSL requests should go direct to Angelo.

QSL cards recently received direct: 5N0/OK1AUT, 9J2PI, 9N7UD, AP2JZB, BD7NQ, BV9A, E44DX, EP2MKO, FR5HR, FT5ZH, H40OO, H44OO, JT1DA, JY5HX, S07UN, TF3AO, VP2VF, VR6BG (wow!), YB0DX, ZK2GEO, ZL9CI ______

On the WWW ______

The logs for the R1MVA and R1MV DXpedition to Malyj Vysotskij Island will be located at http://www.etela- karjala.fi/yhdistykset/viitoset/MVI_1999.htm

Zheng, BA4EG, has a nice Web site with some good info (awards, map, addresses etc) for those interested in China. Check it out at http://www.qsl.net/ba4eg

The log of 4K9W through June 23, 1999 is now online at http://dx.qsl.net/logs. ______

Credits ______

Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 5B4MF, 9V1YC, CT1EEN, DL4BBU, F1UVN, G3NOM, JA1ADN, JH4RHF, K0BX, K3ZO, K6JG, K7SO, KE4GHC, KE9NA, KH6BZF Reports, KU4BP, N6RT, NOAA, W0JS, W3JJ, W3LEO, W7UG, WX3P ______

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======*** The Daily DX (c) *** ======Volume 3 Number 122 July 9, 1999 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR ______

DX News ______

Jack, N2VW, says he will join forces with Ken, K2WB, and Frank, WA2VYA, to operate from the Providenciales Island (NA-002) in the Turks and Caicos Islands between October 26th and November 2nd. They will operate the CQ World Wide SSB DX Contest as VP5T as a multi- multi. Before and after the contest they will put an emphasis on 12, 17 and 30 meters and CW. They will use VP5/homecalls outside of the contest. QSL VP5T via N2VW. All others via their home calls.

Starting July 14th look for UE6AAF to be active from Utrish Island in the Black Sea. Activity is planed until July 20th. This will count for LH 1236 for the World Lighthouse award and RR 24 01 for the Russian Robinson award. QSL via UA6AF, Victor Kravchenko, P.O. Box 33, Novorossiysk-22 353922, RUSSIA.

French special event station TM5FDH will be active from August 15th to 29th. QSL via F5LGF. ______

QSN ______

3V8BB - TUNISIA - Fabio was working stations all across the US and Europe yesterday on 21287 between 18:00 and 19:00Z. QSL via I4UFH.

4N7DW - YUGOSLAVIA - Was active on 21296 just after 16:00Z.

9V1YC - SINGAPORE - James has been showing up on 12 meters CW around 16:00Z. QSL via AA5BT.

AP2JZB - PAKISTAN - Look for Bob near 21260 between 13:00 and 15:00Z. QSL via K2EWB.

J87AB - ST. VINCENT - Mike can often be found on the low end of 15 meters SSB around 02:00Z.

JL1KFR/JD1 - MINAMI TORISHIMA - East Coast US DXers woke up to find Ryo on 18078 just after 12:00Z. QSL via JL1KFR.

KP2J - U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS - Pat is looking Asian stations on 12 meters CW at 21:30Z.

R1MVA - MALYJ VYSOTSKIJ ISLAND - The Russian and Finnish team were reported as follows on Thursday.

GMT Frequencies ------00 7010 10111 14087 18081 18143 21025 01 7010 10111 18071 21315 02 7010 10111 18145 21315 03 7010 7077 10111 18145 21315 24945 04 7010 14020 18071 21295 24945 05 7080 21025 21295 06 7080 14195 21025 07 7080 14195 21025 24945 28495 08 14195 21295 24945 28025 09 14195 21025 21295 24891 24945 28025 10 14025 21025 21083 21295 24891 24945 28025 11 14083 18080 18143 21025 12 14083 18080 21025 13 14025 18080 21025 21295 24891 14 14025 14195 21025 21295 24891 28495 15 14195 21025 16 14195 21025 21290 24945 17 7006 7047 14195 21025 21290 24891 24945 28025 28500 18 7014 14083 14195 18145 21025 24891 28025 19 7080 14082 14195 18145 20 1829 3510 10111 14195 18145 21025 21 1829 3510 7008 7080 10111 21025 22 1828 3510 14025 14195 18071 21025 21295 23 1828 3510 3795 7010

T30JH - WEST KIRIBATI - Jack, VK2GJH, left Nauru (C21JH) and is now here. He only operates SSB. QSL via VK2GJH.

V29PE - ANTIGUA - Has been showing up on 20 meters CW daily around 22:00Z. QSL via G3DLH.

VK0TS - ANTARTICA - Check for Tom near 14245 after 09:00Z.

VU2RTF - INDIA - Look for Balu on 15 meters SSB between 01:00 and 02:00Z.

XW8INH - LAOS - Stations all across the US reported working this one on 21018 around 15:00Z. ______

IOTA ______

The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AS-040 JH6TYD 21011 1633 EU-037 SM7DLZ 14263 0543 AS-053 HS0/IK4MRH 14260 1835 EU-060 SV/HB9LDR 21305 1508 EU-003 CU3BL 14260 1002 EU-060 SV0LR 21305 1552 EU-004 EA6/DL3NDD 14260 1438 EU-087 SM3LF 14257 1948 EU-010 2A0BPP/P 14258 1847 EU-117 R1MVA 14195 2016 EU-010 2S3JIJ 14247 1029 NA-015 CO8LY 21303 2249 EU-012 2A/DJ6AU 10103 1937 NA-062 K2OLG/M 14260 1044 EU-020 SL1FRO 14260 0913 NA-110 AA4V/P 21260 1535

A group from Poland and Germany will be active on Wolin Island (EU- 132) during the ITA Contest. They will use SN6F/1. The group includes: SP6AZT, SP6CZ, SP6ECA, SP6TPM and DJ0AF. QSL via the bureau.

Toshi, JJ8DEN, will be active from Mangaia Island (OC-159), in the South Cook Islands between July 30th and August 6th. No call was mention but he will operate on 10 through 80 meters CW and RTTY. He will be using a power generator so look for him between 05:00 and 24:00 local time. QSL via JJ8DEN.

Laci, HA0HW, will spend a family holiday on Corfu Island (EU-052), Greece from July 19th to August 2nd. He will operate on all bands on CW and SSB. He will participate in the IOTA Contest.

Father and Son team SM7NWH and SM7UYS will operate together from Corfu Island (EU-052), Greece until July 16th. They will use SV8/SM7NWH and SV8/SM7UYS. 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 QSL ------9-Jul 9-Jul 3D2 3D2EX (OC-016) 3-116 3-105 W8GEX 9-Jul 10-Jul VR2 VR2KF 3-113 9-Jul 11-Jul 3V 3V8BB by I4UFH 3-113 I4UFH 9-Jul 11-Jul ER ER7A ER1DA 9-Jul 11-Jul JA JI3DST (AS-117) 3-116 JI3DST 9-Jul 11-Jul YV YV1/K2KW YV1/N6TV YV1/K6KM 3-109 9-Jul 12-Jul C6 C6GI (NA-113) 3-115 C6AFV 9-Jul 12-Jul KP2 KP2/AG8L KP2/K6RO KP2/W6KK 3-110 9-Jul 12-Jul KH6 N7FL/KH6 3-113 N7FL 9-Jul 13-Jul 7Q 7Q7PA 3-99 N5PA 9-Jul 13-Jul EA6 AM6JMU AN6JMU AO6JMU 3-71 9-Jul 14-Jul FP FP/W8MV 3-118 W8MV 9-Jul 14-Jul VK VK8AN/6 (OC-154) 3-94 VK4AAR 9-Jul 15-Jul R1M R1MVA 3-107 3-102 OH2BR 9-Jul 16-Jul 3X 3XY7A 3-104 9-Jul 17-Jul C6 C6AFP 3-96 N4JQQ 9-Jul 18-Jul FO FO0MSN (OC-046) 3-115 JL6MSN 9-Jul 18-Jul JD/M JL1KFR/JD1 3-117 JL1KFR 9-Jul 19-Jul V5 V5/DH1NS 3-118 DH1NS 9-Jul 20-Jul 3W 3W6XK 3-83 W9XK 9-Jul 20-Jul T30 T30JH 3-114 VK2GJH 9-Jul 24-Jul IS IM0/IK2AEQ (EU-041) 3-120 IK2AEQ 9-Jul 25-Jul PA PA9MR (EU-146) 3-90 9-Jul 30-Jul OA OA178QV 3-120 OA4QV 9-Jul 31-Jul KH3 W5RXP/KH3 3-111 W5RXP 9-Jul 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH 3-4 3-2 F6KDF 10-Jul 11-Jul YV 4M1X 3-109 W4SO 10-Jul 11-Jul OE 4U1VIC 3-121 10-Jul 11-Jul 9V 9V9HQ 3-121 10-Jul 11-Jul G GB100RN 3-79 10-Jul 11-Jul 5B H2Q 3-121 10-Jul 11-Jul IARU HF World Championship 10-Jul 11-Jul I IK1TTD (EU-070) 3-94 IK1TTD 10-Jul 11-Jul LX LX0RL 3-120 10-Jul 11-Jul OH0 OH0Z 3-112 OH1EH 10-Jul 11-Jul OM OL9HQ 3-120 10-Jul 11-Jul R1M R1MV 3-102 OH2BR 10-Jul 11-Jul F TM0HQ 3-120 F6KNB 10-Jul 11-Jul KP2 WP2Z 3-110 KU9C 10-Jul 16-Jul GM 2A0APF/P 2S0GNK/P (EU-010) 3-120 MM1AUF 10-Jul 16-Jul 8Q7 8Q7TV 3-114 F6BEE 10-Jul 17-Jul A3 A35EX (OC-049) 3-116 3-105 W8GEX ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for July 7, 1999 was 158.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for July 8, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------Jul-08-1999 21 149 9 1 Low/Quiet-Unset;Low-Moderate/Quiet- Unset Jul-08-1999 18 158 4 3 Low/Quiet-Unset;Low-Moderate/Quiet- Unset Jul-08-1999 15 158 4 3 Low/Quiet-Unset;Low-Moderate/Quiet- Unset Jul-08-1999 12 158 4 2 Low/Quiet;Low-Moderate/Quiet Jul-08-1999 09 158 4 1 Low/Quiet;Low-Moderate/Quiet Jul-08-1999 06 158 4 2 Low/Quiet;Low-Moderate/Quiet Jul-08-1999 03 158 4 2 Low/Quiet;Low-Moderate/Quiet Jul-08-1999 00 158 4 2 Low/Quiet;Low-Moderate/Quiet

The forecast for Friday, 9 July: solar flux 150, A index 7, K index 2. Friday should be Above Normal.

The forecast for Saturday, 10 July: solar flux 145, A index 7, K index 2. Saturday should be Above Normal.

The forecast for Sunday, 11 July: solar flux 145, A index 6, K index 2. Sunday should be Above Normal.

Solar images of the sun received for 9 July, 1999 can be found at http://www.sel.noaa.gov/solar_images/1999_07/1999_07_09.html

Perhaps the most useful propagation page for Amateur Radio Operators can be found at http://dx.qsl.net/propagation/

Grey line map http://www.spiritweb.org/cgi/sunclock.cgi ______

QSL Info ______

Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------3V8BB *I4UFH OH0/DK5JM DK5JM TM2SIX F6KRD 3Z1NQF SP1NQF SV9LR HB9LDR UK8OM IK2QPR 9K2/SP5UAM SP5PBE T30JH VK2GJH ZF2ZW K4ZW JW5E LA5NM

* I4UFH is the QSL manager for July 8th to 11th, 1999.

QSL cards recently received direct: 3W6KA, 3W6LI, 9K2GS, E44DX, E44/HA1AG, FR5ZQ/G, FT5ZH, HK3JJH/4, HK3JJH/0M, OA4SS, VK4CAY, ZK2GEO, ZL9CI ______

On the WWW ______

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Credits ______

Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: HA0HW, HL2WA, JA9IFF/1, K1OA, KH6BZF Reports, N2VW, N6HK, NN4S, NOAA, OZ2ZB, QRZ DX, SP6TPM, UA6AF, W7IAN ______

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======*** The Daily DX (c) *** ======Volume 3 Number 123 July 12, 1999 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR ______

DX News ______

The Saturday July 10th issue of the New York Times reports that Montenegro, a constituent republic of Yugoslavia, "appears to be moving swiftly toward independence." If talks between Montenegro (YU6) and Serbia do not result in more power and resources for the smaller republic a vote for independence will be scheduled for this fall. The article goes on to say that Montenegro has it's own airline, canceled visa provisions, and may start issuing passports and a new currency. Danilo, YU6GA, is one of the few Amateur Radio operators active from this republic and can sometimes be found on 21195 between 16:00 and 18:00Z.

Look for a group of Japanese operators to be active from Belau from July 21st to 24th. Operators include JI3DLI/T88DX, JA3AQM/T88KS, and JH3FJG/T88JR.

Mike, 5B4AGX/G4PFF, reminds everyone that the club stations ZC4RAF and ZC4ATC will see some action on the second and fourth Wednesdays of each month. Look for one of the stations from the Akrotiri Base to be active on July 14th around 17:00Z. More than likely they will concentrate on SSB this time. QSL ZC4RAF and ZC4ATC both via 5B4YX. QSL 5B4AGX via G4PFF.

Tomo, JE9IKG, who was recently active from Somaliland as JE9IKG/6O and 6O0A, has moved on to Uganda. Plans are for him to be active as 5X1JA this coming Saturday and Sunday. He has no CW key therefore he will only be active on SSB. ______

QSN ______

5H2MS - TANZANIA - No it's not a mistaken callsign. Kelly was using this call Sunday on 15 meters SSB around 20:40Z. He will be there for another few days before heading back to the US. QSL via AA5ID.

FO0DEL - FRENCH POLYNESIA - Willy, ON5AX, is now active from OC- 067 and was found on 14120 just before 09:00Z on Sunday. He will be on another IOTA next week. QSL via ON5AX.

FO0MSN - FRENCH POLYNESIA - Was working Japan and Europe on 21248 at 09:49Z on Saturday.

IARU - IARU HF RADIO CHAMPIONSHIP - The following head quarters stations were active during this annual event.

Station Society Station Society ------8J3JHQ JARL P40HQ AARC 9V9HQ SARTS PA6HQ VERON DA0HQ DARC PY1AA LABRE DX1HQ PARA R1MV SRR EM5HQ UARL S50HQ ZRS ER7A ARM SK3HQ SSA ES9A ERAU SV1SV RAAG GB3RS RSGB T90HQ ARA H2Q CARS TM0HQ REF HG3DX MRASZ VP9ID RSB IY2ARI ARI W1AW/9 ARRL JT1T MRSF XE1LM FMRE LX0RL RL YL4HQ LRAL LZ99HQ BFRA YR0HQ FRR NU1AW IARU YU0HQ SRJ OH1W SRAL ZT6Z SARL OL9HQ CRC LU2AH R2 OM9HQ SARA PA0LOU R3

OJ0/SM0NJO - MARKET REEF - Was active over the weekend mostly on 17 meters CW with some activity on 10 and 15 meters. QSL via SM0NJO.

R1MVA - MALYJ VYSOTSKIJ ISLAND - Jukka, OH2BR, says things are going fine and they will wrap this DXpedition up on Thursday morning their time. During the IARU Contest this past weekend they used R1MV. QSL via OH2BR. ______

IOTA ______

The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AF-004 EA8/OH4NL 21255 0558 EU-117 R1MVA 14195 1552 AS-076 JA5AUC 24965 1003 EU-120 GB100RN 14260 1104 AS-079 JA5CKD/6 14017 1610 EU-123 GM3VLB/P 14260 1945 AS-094 BG7YB 21400 1625 EU-131 IK3ABY/P 7059 1122 EU-002 OH0Z 21038 1135 EU-131 IK3TTY/P 7043 1132 EU-010 2A0APF/P 14013 2153 NA-065 N6FD/7 14259 0558 EU-013 MJ/DL7FER 14264 2138 NA-072 3E1AA 14269 1036 EU-070 F/IK1TTD 14260 2245 OC-067 FO0DEL 14120 0847 EU-076 LA/DF8YO 14257 1304 OC-143 YC4TRY 21240 1635 EU-117 R1MV 14195 0908 OC-195 VK7FLI 21262 0210

Members of the Radio Club Oriental of Uruguay plan to operate from Timoteo Dominguez Island (SA-057) on July 17th and 18th. Look for CX4CA to be on 2, 10, 20, 40 and 80 meters.

Max, IZ5BTC, plans to operate from Elba Island (EU-028) as IA5/IZ5BTC until July 30th.

Peter, DL4FCH, will be operating as DL4FCH/P from Pellworm Island (EU- 042) between July 17th and August 6th. He does plan to operate in the IOTA Contest. QSL to Peter Niksch, Saalburgstr. 4, 60385 Frankfurt, GERMANY.

Alex, UA0ZY, was unable to make it to Kambalny (Toporkov) Island (AS- NEW) due to many problems. He is now planning to go to the island between July 14th and 15th. QSL via 4Z5AV.

Look for Lee, HL1IWD, and Yumi (YL), HL1MJV, to be on from Tokchock Island (AS-090) from July 18th to 20th. They will use 6M0HZ/2 on 20 meters only with 100 watts. QSL via HL1IWD.

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 QSL ------12-Jul 20-Jul 3W 3W6XK 3-83 W9XK 12-Jul 16-Jul 3X 3XY7A 3-104 12-Jul 13-Jul 7Q 7Q7PA 3-99 N5PA 12-Jul 16-Jul 8Q7 8Q7TV 3-114 F6BEE 12-Jul 17-Jul A3 A35EX (OC-049) 3-116 3-105 W8GEX 12-Jul 17-Jul C6 C6AFP 3-96 N4JQQ 12-Jul 12-Jul C6 C6GI (NA-113) 3-115 C6AFV 12-Jul 13-Jul EA6 AM6JMU AN6JMU AO6JMU 3-71 12-Jul 18-Jul FO FO0MSN (OC-046) 3-115 JL6MSN 12-Jul 14-Jul FP FP/W8MV 3-118 W8MV 12-Jul 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH 3-4 3-2 F6KDF 12-Jul 16-Jul GM 2A0APF/P 2S0GNK/P (EU-010) 3-120 MM1AUF 12-Jul 24-Jul IS IM0/IK2AEQ (EU-041) 3-120 IK2AEQ 12-Jul 18-Jul JD/M JL1KFR/JD1 3-117 JL1KFR 12-Jul 31-Jul KH3 W5RXP/KH3 3-111 W5RXP 12-Jul 12-Jul KH6 N7FL/KH6 3-113 N7FL 12-Jul 12-Jul KP2 KP2/AG8L KP2/K6RO KP2/W6KK 3-110 12-Jul 30-Jul OA OA178QV 3-120 OA4QV 12-Jul 25-Jul PA PA9MR (EU-146) 3-90 12-Jul 15-Jul R1M R1MVA 3-107 3-102 OH2BR 12-Jul 16-Jul SV SV8/SM7NWH SV8/SM7UYS (EU-052) 3-122 Homecalls 12-Jul 26-Jul SV9 J49WI 3-71 I2WIJ 12-Jul 20-Jul T30 T30JH 3-114 VK2GJH 12-Jul 19-Jul V5 V5/DH1NS 3-118 DH1NS 12-Jul 14-Jul VK VK8AN/6 (OC-154) 3-94 VK4AAR 14-Jul 20-Jul UA UE6AAF 3-122 UA6AF 14-Jul 14-Jul ZC4 Possible activity from ZC4ATC 3-118 5B4YX 15-Jul 25-Jul VP9 VP9/N0ED 3-110 N0ED 16-Jul 18-Jul I IT9FXY/P (EU-166) 3-106 17-Jul 19-Jul VK VK6ISL (OC-164) 3-98 17-Jul 18-Jul Colombian (HK) Independence Day Contest 17-Jul 17-Jul Pacific 160 Meter CW Contest 17-Jul 18-Jul SEANET CW Contest ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for July 10, 1999 was 174.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for July 11, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------11-Jul-1999 21 153 5 1 Low/Quiet;Low/Quiet 11-Jul-1999 18 156 4 2 Low/Quiet;Low/Quiet 11-Jul-1999 15 156 4 1 Low/Quiet;Low/Quiet 11-Jul-1999 12 156 4 2 Low/Quiet;Low/Quiet 11-Jul-1999 09 156 4 2 Low/Quiet;Low/Quiet 11-Jul-1999 06 156 4 1 Low/Quiet;Low/Quiet 11-Jul-1999 03 156 4 1 Low/Quiet;Low/Quiet 11-Jul-1999 00 156 4 1 Low/Quiet;Low/Quiet

The forecast for Monday, 12 July: solar flux 158, A index 5, K index 1. Monday should be Above Normal.

The forecast for Tuesday, 13 July: solar flux 156, A index 5, K index 1. Tuesday should be Above Normal.

Solar images of the sun received for 12 July, 1999 can be found at http://www.sel.noaa.gov/solar_images/1999_07/1999_07_12.html

Perhaps the most useful propagation page for Amateur Radio Operators can be found at http://dx.qsl.net/propagation/

Grey line map http://www.spiritweb.org/cgi/sunclock.cgi ______

QSL Info ______

Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------3V8BB I4UFH ER7A ER1DA OM9HQ OM3JW 5N9EAM IK7JTF F8UFT F5YJ PA9MR VE3MR 7Q7PA N5PA FO0DEL ON5AX PY0FA PY4KL 8P6SH KU9C FO0MSN JL6MSN R1MV OH2BR 8Q7TV F6BEE FP/W8MV W8MV R1MVA OH2BR 9G5DX JH8PHT HG3DX HA8FW TM0HQ F6KNB 9V9HQ AA5BT JW/DJ3KR DH3MG TU5GD N5FTR A35EX W8GEX KH0/JN1WTK JN1WTK UP6F W3HNK BX0QSL JA1JKG KP2/K6RO K6RO VK7FLI VK7BE BY1DX OH2BH KP2/W6KK W6KK VU3VLH OH1MM C6GI C6AFV OJ0/SM0NJO SM0NJO ZF2ZW K4ZW

DX1HQ - PDXF, P.O. Box 2000 QCCPO, 1160 Quezon City, Metro Manila, PHILIPPINES ON5AX - Willy Dellaert, Leemstr 95, B-2910 Essen, AN, BELGIUM

QSL cards recently received direct: 3D2RW, 9M2KT, E44DX, FT5ZH, JT1DA, ZA/9A4NA ______

On the WWW ______

The UA0FCD/P, Iturup Island (AS-025), logs can now be found at http://www.qsl.net/ra0ff/ua0fcd.htm

Here is an interesting DX Web page by the guys at 425 DX News http://www.425dxn.org/dxcc/dxccmain.html ______

Credits ______

Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 425 DX News, AJ3M, G3PMR, JA1ADN, KH6BZF Reports, New York Times, NOAA, W3LPL, W3JJ, W7IAN, WA2VUY, ______

Subscriptions ______

======*** The Daily DX (c) *** ======Volume 3 Number 124 July 13, 1999 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR ______

DX News ______

Don, N1DG, will visit James, 9V1YC between July 16th and 19th. He plans to concentrate on 10 and 12 meters. QSL via AA5BT.

OPDX reported due to travel advisories Bill, W4WX, has cancelled his planned trip to Haiti, which was supposed to take place between July 13th and 19th. Bill will try another location.

Members of the Greater Milwaukee DX Association have chosen the following officers to be effective from September 1999 to June 2000.

President Gary Schwartz, K9GS Vice President Rick McGaver, NK9G Secretary/Treasure David Schmocker, KJ9I

Michele, IK3ZQZ, plans to be active from Kissamos Island, Crete (EU- 015) until July 22nd. He will use SV9/IK3ZQZ. QSL via IK3ZQZ.

Graham, 5Z4GS, finally made it on the air in late June from Uganda as 5X1GS/M. He will return to this semi-rare one again when work calls and may take a two-year assignment there also. QSL via WB2YQH. ______

QSN ______

5A1A - LIBYA - Abubaker was found on 21002 just before 16:00Z.

8Q7TV - MALDIVES - Europeans and East Coast US stations were working Jacques on 21020 between 12:30 and 13:30Z. SouthWest US stations later reported him on that same frequency at 15:00Z. QSL via F6BEE.

A35EX - TONGA - Check 20 meters around 05:00Z. QSL via W8GEX.

EP2MKO - IRAN - Ali was on 7004 just before 02:00Z and later was found on 15 meters CW just prior to 04:00Z.

FO0DEL - FRENCH POLYNESIA - Europeans reported working Willy, on Bora Bora, on 14020 starting around 05:00Z. QSL via ON5AX.

FT5ZJ - AMSTERDAM ISLAND - Check 20 meters SSB just before 12:00Z.

H44NC - SOLOMON ISLANDS - If you need this one Norried is about the only one who is currently active. He can be found on 20 meters SSB between 09:00 and 12:00Z. Listen around 14260 .

KH0/N2NL - MARIANA ISLANDS - No that's not a busted call. Dave was active yesterday from the QTH of WH0V and was found 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 Free. GMT ------AF-004 EA8/EA3WL 14260 1734 EU-117 R1MVA 14024 1723 EU-010 2S3JIJ 14247 1006 EU-123 GM3VLB/P 14260 2202 EU-010 2A0APF/P 14013 1252 EU-129 DL8JS/P 14263 1351 EU-015 SV9/ON4CBZ 28505 1311 EU-165 IS0LYN/IM0 14017 0747 EU-016 9A/F6HPP/M 14260 1419 NA-027 VO1GO 14260 0315 EU-021 ZS6IR/TF 14260 1344 NA-059 NO7F/KL7 14254 1511 EU-028 IA5/IZ5BTC/P 21250 1150 NA-106 KP2/K6RO 10107 0351 EU-031 IC8AMR 50150 0901 NA-113 C6GI 14260 1350 EU-054 IF9/IT9PPG 28008 1541 OC-021 YC0LBK 21248 1256 EU-057 DL0MVT 24940 1933 OC-042 DU1LKY 21262 1541 EU-070 F/IK1TTD 14260 924 OC-075 YC5TA 21245 1552 EU-087 SM3LF 14260 1959 OC-149 H44NC 14265 1033 EU-088 OZ/DK1DU 7019 1840 OC-195 VK7FLI 14260 0209

A group of Italians will operate from the Tremiti Islands (EU-050) between July 16th to 18th. Operators include Carlo, IK6CAC; Stefano, IK6TOR; Lino, IZ0CCB; Alessio, IZ0CKJ; Simon, IZ7ATN; Diego, IW0FTB; and Paolo, IW0FT. The group will be active on 2 through 40 meters on CW and SSB using IL7/home calls. QSL via home calls.

Look for Dennis, W1OK, to be on from the Rhode Island State group (NA- 031) on July 31st from 10:00 to 24:00Z. He plans to be on CW and SSB on 10, 12, 15, 17 and 20 meters. QSL via W1OK.

Starting July 23rd Korean operators HL1OYF, HL1OJQ, HL1TXQ, DS1BHE, DS1EON, DS1CJE and HL3ENE will operate from Anmyeon Islands (AS-080). They will use their home calls/HL3 on 10 through 40 meters CW and SSB until July 25th. The group will have 3 stations. QSL via HL1OYF.

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 QSL ------13-Jul 13-Jul 7Q 7Q7PA 3-99 N5PA 13-Jul 13-Jul EA6 AM6JMU AN6JMU AO6JMU 3-71 13-Jul 14-Jul FP FP/W8MV 3-118 W8MV 13-Jul 14-Jul VK VK8AN/6 (OC-154) 3-94 VK4AAR 13-Jul 15-Jul R1M R1MVA 3-107 3-102 OH2BR 13-Jul 16-Jul GM 2A0APF/P 2S0GNK/P (EU-010) 3-120 MM1AUF 13-Jul 16-Jul 3X 3XY7A 3-104 13-Jul 16-Jul 8Q7 8Q7TV 3-114 F6BEE 13-Jul 16-Jul SV SV8/SM7NWH SV8/SM7UYS (EU-052) 3-122 Homecalls 13-Jul 17-Jul A3 A35EX (OC-049) 3-116 3-105 W8GEX 13-Jul 17-Jul C6 C6AFP 3-96 N4JQQ 13-Jul 18-Jul FO FO0MSN (OC-046) 3-115 JL6MSN 13-Jul 18-Jul JD/M JL1KFR/JD1 3-117 JL1KFR 13-Jul 19-Jul V5 V5/DH1NS 3-118 DH1NS 13-Jul 20-Jul 3W 3W6XK 3-83 W9XK 13-Jul 20-Jul T30 T30JH 3-114 VK2GJH 13-Jul 24-Jul IS IM0/IK2AEQ (EU-041) 3-120 IK2AEQ 13-Jul 25-Jul PA PA9MR (EU-146) 3-90 13-Jul 26-Jul SV9 J49WI 3-71 I2WIJ 13-Jul 30-Jul OA OA178QV 3-120 OA4QV 13-Jul 31-Jul KH3 W5RXP/KH3 3-111 W5RXP 13-Jul 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH 3-4 3-2 F6KDF ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for July 11, 1999 was 153.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for July 12, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------12-Jul-1999 21 153 13 1 Low/Quiet-Active;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 12-Jul-1999 18 153 5 1 Low/Quiet-Active;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 12-Jul-1999 15 153 5 2 Low/Quiet-Active;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 12-Jul-1999 12 153 5 4 Low/Quiet-Active;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 12-Jul-1999 09 153 5 3 Low/Quiet-Active;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 12-Jul-1999 06 153 5 4 Low/Quiet-Active;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 12-Jul-1999 03 153 5 3 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Active 12-Jul-1999 00 153 5 2 Low/Quiet;Low/Quiet

The forecast for Tuesday, 13 July: solar flux 149, A index 5, K index 1. Tuesday should be Above Normal.

The forecast for Wednesday, 14 July: solar flux 147, A index 5, K index 1. Wednesday should be Above Normal.

Solar images of the sun received for 13 July, 1999 can be found at http://www.sel.noaa.gov/solar_images/1999_07/1999_07_13.html

Perhaps the most useful propagation page for Amateur Radio Operators can be found at http://dx.qsl.net/propagation/

Grey line map http://www.spiritweb.org/cgi/sunclock.cgi ______

QSL Info ______

Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------9J2AM JA0JHA KG4AS W4WV V73GT WF5T A61AJ W3UR P40K I2EOW VU2RBI VU2DBP EK6LP IK2DUW RS0F W3HNK ZT6Z ZS6EZ

CORRECTION - VU3VLH via OK1MM not OH1MM.

QSL cards recently received direct: 4S7EA, BY1DX, E44DX, F8BPN (EU- 156), FT5ZH, N4XP/V7, VQ9CV, ZL9CI ______

On the WWW ______

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Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 425 DX News, G3PMR, K2HJB, K3TZV, KB3AUG, KH6BZF Reports, KJ9I, N2JTX, N4MM, NOAA, OPDX, W2GI, W3HNK, W7AJ, ZS6EZ ______

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======*** The Daily DX (c) *** ======Volume 3 Number 125 July 14, 1999 Guest edited by Rich Boyd, KE3Q

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DX News ______

Martin, G3RFX, will once again be active from the Rock of Gibraltar between September 1st and 16th. He will use either ZB2FX or ZG2FX. QSL via G3RFX.

Jackie, F2CW/ZL3CW, plans to be in Sierra Leone for three months and hopes to get a license. He works as a telecommunications specialist.

Look for Ed, K8EP, to be traveling through Macao and operating as XX9TEP between August 18th and 23rd. He plans to be on 10 through 80 meters CW and SSB. Participation in the SEANET SSB contest is planned. QSL via K8EP.

Herb, G0WAZ, reports that George, 5B4AGC, will be active today from the club station ZC4ATC between 16:00 and 20:00Z. Look for him on 15 and 20 SSB. QSL via 5B4YX.

Isao, JH1ROJ, is planning a trip to Bermuda between July 24th and 31st. He will use KG8XV/VP9 on 10 through 80 meters CW and SSB. QSL via JH1ROJ.

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3XY7A - GUINEA - Dan was found working on a list on 21365 between 20:00 and 21:45Z. He will only be here for another few days. QSL via VE3WFN.

7X4AN - ALGERIA - Med can often be found on 15 meter CW around 22:00Z.

BV4PS - TAIWAN - Europeans and North Americans reported Tony on 21300 at 18:00Z for over an hour.

C21NI - NAURU - This one has been showing up daily just before 22:00Z on a net on 21365.

CN2BR - MOROCCO - Several stations from the U.S. West Coast reported Rashid on 18132 just before 17:00Z. He was also reported in Europe in on 18115 in the 22Z hour.

DU3NXE - PHILIPPINES - Chuck can often be found on 17, 15 or 12 meters CW starting around 22:00Z. QSL via W3HNK.

HS0/IK4MRH - THAILAND - Europeans found Mario on 28495 at 19:30Z. He is located on Phuket Island (AS-053).

MJ0AGC - JERSEY - Art showed up on 7013 around 23:40Z.

R1MVA - MALYJ VYSOTSKIJ ISLAND - The Finns and Russians continue to be active on all bands, CW, SSB and RTTY. They leave tomorrow morning their time after a little over a week's stay. QSL via OH2BR. ______

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The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT ------AS-018 UA0FF 21267 2223 EU-070 F/IK1TTD 14260 0949 AS-053 HS0/IK4MRH 28495 1823 EU-087 SM3LF 14260 2029 AS-099 TA0S 18150 1302 EU-088 OZ/DK1DU 7018 1037 EU-004 EA6AEI 14255 1501 EU-117 R1MVA 1841 2108 EU-009 GM0UKZ/P 14267 2132 EU-123 GM3VLB/P 14260 2234 EU-010 2A0APF/P 14012 1504 EU-128 DJ2HW 14032 0610 EU-015 SV9/ON4CBZ 14166 1933 EU-136 9A9JH 24939 1736 EU-020 SM1SBI 14260 0926 EU-157 F5PSI/P 14256 1557 EU-028 IK/PA7BT/P 24900 1353 NA-044 VA3MER 14257 2043 EU-031 IC8PSO 28455 2055 OC-067 FO0DEL 14019 0722 EU-041 IM0/IK2AEQ 21260 0805

A group of Taiwanese radio amateurs plan to operate the IOTA contest from Matsu Island. The group will be active on all bands CW, SSB and RTTY from July 24th to July 26th. Operators include BV2KI, BV2KS, BV2NT, BV2PU, BV2UJ and BV4ME. QSL via BV2KI.

Look for Gerard, HK3JBR/F2JD to be active from Rosario Island (SA-040) between July 17th and 20th. QSL via F6AJA.

Thierry, F5SNY, plans to be on from Molene Island (EU-065) from July 18th to 21st. Next, he will operate from Belle Isle (EU-048) until July 29th, where he will participate in the IOTA contest.

IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 ______

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>From End Prefix Call Ref QSL ------14-Jul 20-Jul 3W 3W6XK 3-83 W9XK 14-Jul 16-Jul 3X 3XY7A 3-104 14-Jul 16-Jul 8Q7 8Q7TV 3-114 F6BEE 14-Jul 17-Jul A3 A35EX (OC-049) 3-116 3-105 W8GEX 14-Jul 17-Jul C6 C6AFP 3-96 N4JQQ 14-Jul 18-Jul FO F00MSN (OC-046) 3-115 JL6MSN 14-Jul 14-Jul FP FP/W8MV 3-118 W8MV 14-Jul 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH 3-4 3-2 F6KDF 14-Jul 16-Jul GM 2A0APF/P 2S0GNK/P (EU-010) 3-120 MM1AUF 14-Jul 24-Jul IS IM0/IK2AEQ (EU-041) 3-120 IK2AEQ 14-Jul 18-Jul JD/M JL1KFR/JD1 3-117 JL1KFR 14-Jul 31-Jul KH3 W5RXP/KH3 3-111 W5RXP 14-Jul 30-Jul OA OA178QV 3-120 OA4QV 14-Jul 25-Jul PA PA9MR (EU-146) 3-90 14-Jul 15-Jul R1M R1MVA 3-107 3-102 OH2BR 14-Jul 16-Jul SV SV8/SM7NWH SV8/SM7UYS (EU-052) 3-122 homecalls 14-Jul 26-Jul SV9 SV9/IK3ZQZ (EU-015) 3-124 IK3ZQZ 14-Jul 20-Jul T30 T30JH 3-114 VK2GJH 14-Jul 20-Jul UA UE6AAF 3-122 UA6AF 14-Jul 15-Jul UA0 UA0ZY (AS-NEW) 3-123 4Z5AV 14-Jul 19-Jul V5 V5/DH1NS 3-118 DH1NS 14-Jul 14-Jul VK VK8AN/6 (OC-154) 3-94 VK4AAR ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for July 12, 1999 was 199.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for July 13, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------13-Jul-1999 21 144 4 1 Low/Quiet;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 13-Jul-1999 18 154 13 2 Low/Quiet;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 13-Jul-1999 15 154 13 1 Low/Quiet;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 13-Jul-1999 12 154 13 0 Low/Quiet;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 13-Jul-1999 03 154 13 2 Low/Quiet-Active;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 13-Jul-1999 00 154 13 2 Low/Quiet-Active;Low/Quiet-Unsettled

The forecast for Wednesday, July 14: solar flux 147, A index 5, K index 1. Wednesday should be Above Normal.

The forecast for Thursday, July 15: solar flux 145, A index 5, K index 1. Thursday should be Above Normal.

Solar images of the sun received for July 14, 1999 can be found at http://www.sel.noaa.gov/solar_images/1999_07/1999_07_14.html

Perhaps the most useful propagation page for Amateur Radio Operators can be found at http://dx.qsl.net/propagation/

Grey line map http://www.spiritweb.org/cgi/sunclock.cgi ______

QSL Info ______

Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------2A0APF/P MM1AUF CN8NK EA5XX P40K I2EOW 3XY7A VE3WFN FK8GM WB2RAJ R1MVA OH2BR 4L1UN IK7JTF FO0DEL ON5AX SM3LF SM1LF 5N9EAM IK7JTF FO0MSN JL6MSN TA2IJ DJ9ZB 8Q7TV F6BEE FR5VZ F8VZ TA3DD KB2MS 9J2AM JA0JHA J49WI I2WIJ TT8FC EA4AHK A35EX W8GEX KG4AS W4WV YC0LBK W4JS BX0QSL JA1JKG LY99RMD LY3BE ZP99A ZP5AA

QSL cards recently received direct: 4L4MM, 4S7TWG, 7X2FK, 9K2UB, E44/HA1AG, FR5ZU/T, FT5ZH, FW5FN, JD1AMA, JY5HX, N4XP/V7, TA3DD, XW1, ZL9CI ______

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The USKA section Rheintal special club call HB7OGR will be active the weekend of September 18th to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the Swiss Radio Amateur Organization. For more information, see http://www.hb9gr.ch QSL via HB9AAQ. ______

Credits ______

Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: BV4ME, G0WAZ, HB9AAQ, K3ANS, K8EP, KH6BZF Reports, LNDX, N2JTX, N2TN, N4GN, N6RT, NF9V, ON4BCJ, W2GI, W7ND and NOAA. ______

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======*** The Daily DX (c) *** ======Volume 3 Number 126 July 15, 1999 Edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR ______

DX News ______

Another group of Japanese operators has announced they too will visit the Pacific Islands of Palau, also known as Belau. This group will include Jim, JA3AJ/N7EIU and Kazu, JA3ART/N3JJ. They will be on the air as T88MM and T88JJ between September 15th and 19th. Plans are to be on all bands, including 6 meters, with 500 watts on HF. The emphasis will be on 6 and 10 meters. QSL via home calls direct or via the JARL QSL bureau.

July is IOTA Month as the RSGB sponsors the IOTA Contest, which takes place this year on July 24th and 25th. Each year more stations participate in this contest. Like most contests it's a great way to work lots of stations in a short amount of time. During this event many individuals and groups put on IOTA DXpeditions, some to new ones, others to rare ones and some to even simple ones. During last year's IOTA Contest it was possible to work over 200 different IOTA counters. For more information about IOTA check out http://www.logiciel.co.uk/iota/iota.html or rules for the IOTA Contest check out http://www.sk3bg.se/contest/rsgbiota.htm ______

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4U1UN - UNITED NATIONS, NEW YORK - Lots of CW activity from this one yesterday. First found on 21036 just prior to 15:00Z. Around 16:30Z on 18081 and later on 14020 between 20:20 and 23:30Z. QSL info listed below.

AP2NK - PAKISTAN - CW buffs were happy to find Nasir on 17 meters from 02:30 to 04:30Z.

FO0CAB - POLYNESIA - Robert, LU3HAK, is here for a few more days. QSL via LU3HAK.

FW/F6CBC - WALLIS & FUTUNA ISLANDS - Came up yesterday on 14129 around 07:30Z working Europeans. Later just after 09:00Z he showed up on 18133 and stuck around until 11:00Z. Length of stay is unknown.

JL1KFR/JD1 - MINAMI TORISHIMA - Ryo was working Europeans between 09:00 and 10:00Z on 21005. QSL via JL1KFR.

R1MVA - MALYJ VYSOTSKIJ ISLAND - They plan to go QRT today around 06:00Z. Remember QSL via OH2BR and that the callbook address is not correct.

XW8INH - LAOS - Was found on 18084 just before 15:00Z working Japanese, Europeans and West Coast stations.

ZC4ATC - U.K. SOVEREIGN BASES ON CYPRUS - As predicted the club station was activated yesterday on 20 meters SSB and 15 meters SSB between 16:00 and 20:00Z. ______

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The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AS-025 UA0FAA 14260 2007 EU-114 MU/DL7FER 14260 0839 AS-028 UA0QBA 14255 1949 EU-117 R1MVA 18145 1315 AS-053 HS0/IK4MRH 21310 1846 EU-123 GM3VLB/P 14258 0516 AS-083 RA9LI/9 14260 1914 EU-165 IS0LYN/IM0 14004 0708 AS-142 ER1OO 14260 0108 NA-027 WA1CFS/VO1 14265 2204 AS-142 UA0ZY/P 14260 1818 NA-027 VC1COP 14256 2106 EU-001 SV5AZP 21290 1925 NA-032 FP/W8MV 14008 2042 EU-004 EA6AEI 14260 1158 NA-041 KL7KG/P 14260 2145 EU-008 MM0BGS/P 7060 0955 NA-127 N1JN/VE1 14260 1322 EU-009 GM4FDM/P 14257 1808 NA-140 W3YN 14266 2004 EU-010 2A0APF/P 14013 1820 NA-198 VO1XC/M 14255 2044 EU-012 2A/DJ6AU 18075 1832 OC-017 T30JH 14260 1228 EU-016 9A2GF 14260 2312 OC-049 A35EX 18160 0041 EU-020 SM0DTK/1 18080 0509 OC-075 YC5YAS 21260 1544 EU-024 IS0/I5OYY/P 14260 1223 OC-143 YB6NT 21230 1744 EU-041 IM0/IK2AEQ 21286 2141 OC-154 VK8AN/6 21260 2331 EU-072 SV8/DL8MCA 14252 1600 SA-026 PP5OW 21243 2024 EU-084 SM/DF8YO 14260 0527 SA-036 P40K 21255 2051

A large group of Thai and foreign amateurs will be active from SiChang Island (AS-107) during the IOTA contest. Two multi-mixed mode stations will be set up. HS2AC will be led by HS1CHB along with a group of JA operators and HS0AC/2 led by HS1CKC with Thai and UK operators. After the contest the groups will combine for a DXpedition operation under the call HS2AC until 28th July 1999. QSL manager for both call signs will be HS0/G3NOM via Thailand Bureau or PO Box 1300, Bangkok, 10112, Thailand.

A group of German operators plan to operate the RSGB IOTA Contest from Ruden Island (EU-057) on July 24th and 25th. Operators include DH7NO, DL2RTK, DL2SWW and DL2VFR.

Starting September 3rd look for ZV7G to be active from Ilha de Santo Antonio (SA-046) until September 13th. Next ZW7G will be on between September 24th and 27th from Ilha de Itamaraca (SA-046). Activity is expected to be on CW and SSB on 10, 15, 20, 40 and 80 meters. QSL via the PY7 Bureau or Fund. Gilberto Freire, Rua 2 Irmaos 320, Recife/PE, 52071-440, Brasil.

IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 ______

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From End Prefix Call Ref QSL ------15-Jul 20-Jul 3W 3W6XK 3-83 W9XK 15-Jul 16-Jul 3X 3XY7A 3-104 VE3WFN 15-Jul 16-Jul 8Q7 8Q7TV 3-114 F6BEE 15-Jul 17-Jul A3 A35EX (OC-049) 3-116 3-105 W8GEX 15-Jul 17-Jul C6 C6AFP 3-96 N4JQQ 15-Jul 18-Jul FO FO0MSN (OC-046) 3-115 JL6MSN 15-Jul 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH 3-4 3-2 F6KDF 15-Jul 16-Jul GM 2A0APF/P 2S0GNK/P (EU-010) 3-120 MM1AUF 15-Jul 24-Jul IS IM0/IK2AEQ (EU-041) 3-120 IK2AEQ 15-Jul 18-Jul JD/M JL1KFR/JD1 3-117 JL1KFR 15-Jul 31-Jul KH3 W5RXP/KH3 3-111 W5RXP 15-Jul 30-Jul OA OA178QV 3-120 OA4QV 15-Jul 25-Jul PA PA9MR (EU-146) 3-90 VE3MR 15-Jul 15-Jul R1M R1MVA 3-107 3-102 OH2BR 15-Jul 16-Jul SV SV8/SM7NWH SV8/SM7UYS (EU-052) 3-122 home call 15-Jul 26-Jul SV9 J49WI 3-71 I2WIJ 15-Jul 22-Jul SV9 SV9/IK3ZQZ (EU-015) 3-124 IK3ZQZ 15-Jul 20-Jul T30 T30JH 3-114 VK2GJH 15-Jul 20-Jul UA UE6AAF 3-122 UA6AF 15-Jul 15-Jul UA0 UA0ZY (AS-142) 3-123 4Z5AV 15-Jul 19-Jul V5 V5/DH1NS 3-118 DH1NS 15-Jul 25-Jul VP9 VP9/N0ED 3-110 N0ED ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for July 13, 1999 was 188.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for July 14, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------14-Jul-1999 21 131 3 2 Very Low/Quiet;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 14-Jul-1999 18 144 3 1 Very Low/Quiet;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 14-Jul-1999 15 144 3 1 Very Low/Quiet;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 14-Jul-1999 12 144 3 1 Very Low/Quiet;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 14-Jul-1999 09 144 3 0 Very Low/Quiet;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 14-Jul-1999 06 144 3 0 Very Low/Quiet;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 14-Jul-1999 03 144 3 1 Low/Quiet;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 14-Jul-1999 00 144 3 1 Low/Quiet;Low/Quiet-Unsettled

The forecast for Thursday, 15 July: solar flux 140, A index 5, K index 1. Thursday should be Above Normal.

The forecast for Friday, 16 July: solar flux 135, A index 6, K index 2. Friday should be Above Normal.

Solar images of the sun received for 15 July, 1999 can be found at http://www.sel.noaa.gov/solar_images/1999_07/1999_07_15.html

Perhaps the most useful propagation page for Amateur Radio Operators can be found at http://dx.qsl.net/propagation/

Grey line map http://www.spiritweb.org/cgi/sunclock.cgi ______

QSL Info ______

Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------5N0ZKD OK1KN KP2/AG8L NN6C TU2ZA TU2CI CM6YI W3HNK P49V AI6V UA0ZY/P 4Z5AV FO0CAB LU3HAK RA9LI/9 DL6ZFG ZC4ATC 5B4YX J49WI I2WIJ TF8SM N5FTR

4U1UN - Box 3873, New York 10017, New York, USA BG5HSA - Jiang, Box 804, Hangzhou, CHINA

QSL cards recently received direct: 3B8/DL6UAA, AH7A, EP3HR, YC5YCT (OC-075), ZL1HR/MM, ZL9CI

The Russian QSL bureau has recently been changed to Soyuz Radiolyubitelei Rossii, P.O. Box 88, Moscow 123459, RUSSIA.

QSL cards recently received via the bureau: 3V8BB (7/96), 5A1A (7/95), FT5WG (2/98), TM1IF EU-095 (5/98), TU2KC (2/94), W4/G0UIH/M NA-034 (5/98), ZV0MB SA-010 (10/96) ______

On the WWW ______

The 1997 and 1998 logs for VK9LX are now online at http://dx.qsl.net/logs ______

Credits ______

Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: AB7YW, DL2VFR, EA3GHZ, G3NOM, G3PMR, JA3ART, JI6KVR, KH6BZF Reports, N6RT, NOAA, PS7AB, W3HNK ______

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DX News ______

Good news comes from Andy, DJ7IK, about a second station from Tunisia. The building of the newest station, 3V8ST (Scout Tunisienne), is expected to take place in September. It will be great to see another station on the air from this semi-rare North African country.

This weekend look for special event station SI9AM to be active on all bands on CW and SSB. The station will be on the air, through September, to commemorate the opening of the King Chulalongkorn Memorial in Ragunda, Sweden. QSL via SM3CVM.

Michael, DH3MIT, along with HB9KOC plan to operate from the Maldive Islands between October 26th and November 2nd. The two will use an Icom IC-746 and beams on 10, 15 and 20 meters. They will operate 8Q7IT and plan to be active in the CQ World Wide SSB DX Contest. QSL via DH3MIT.

Tony, N7BG, plans to operate the CQ World Wide CW DX Contest this year in India at the station of Miku, VU2WAP. He will either do a single op all band or multi-single effort. ______

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4L1UN - GEORGIA - Amiran has been showing up on 15 meters CW around 04:00Z. QSL via IK7JTF.

A35EX - TONGA - Look for Joe near 18160 around 02:0Z. QSL via W8GEX.

FW/F6CBC - WALLIS & FUTUNA ISLANDS - Europeans should check 14129 around 07:00Z.

HK0VGJ - SAN ANDRES & PROVIDENCIA - Abel can often be found on 18075 between 20:00 and 23:00Z. QSL direct.

P29CC - PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Chip was found on 14179 just before 12:00Z.

R1AND - ANTARCTICA - Can often be found between 00:00 and 02:00Z on 40, 80 and 160 meters CW. QSL via RW1AI.

SU9ZZ - EGYPT - JA's reported working Jaro on 7003 at 13:00Z. QSL via OM3TZZ.

V73RX - MARSHALL ISLANDS--- Don W6WRX was QRV this morning on 14260 at 08:55Z. He will leave the island today. QSL to homecall.

XW8INH - LAOS - A visiting JA has been operating this station between 14:00 and 15:00Z on 15, 17 and 20 meters CW. ______

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The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AS-023 JE6EMW 21256 1139 EU-072 SV8/DL8MCA 14253 0953 AS-113 BV3ME 21030 1702 EU-084 SM/DF8YO 14260 0626 AS-142 UA0ZY/P 14036 1644 EU-087 SM3/IK3GES 14260 1853 EU-002 OH0/DK5JM 14259 1148 EU-129 DL8JS/P 14256 1406 EU-010 2A0APF/P 14012 1948 EU-146 PA9MR 18141 1936 EU-012 2A/DJ6AU 14255 1913 EU-165 IS0LYN/IM0 14007 0444 EU-015 SV9/ON4CBZ 28510 1308 NA-027 WA1CFS/VO1 14265 0017 EU-020 SM0DTK/1 18160 0303 OC-021 YC0ROY 21220 1759 EU-021 TF/ZS6IR 14263 1420 OC-021 YB0AZ 21260 1637 EU-024 IS0/I5OYY/P 24945 1702 OC-046 FO0CAB 14191 0601 EU-031 IK8TWX/8 14258 0922 OC-075 YC5YAS 21298 1622 EU-041 IM0/IK2AEQ 14260 2035 OC-146 YC8FMI 21245 1719 EU-054 IF9/IT9PPG 14007 1119 OC-154 VK8AN/6 14040 1116 EU-072 SV0JD/SV8 14200 2216 SA-026 PP5BRV 28012 2149

Amateur Radio operators from the Azores plan to operate CU8I from Flores Island (EU-089) during this year's IOTA Contest. QSL via CU3EJ.

IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 ______

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From End Prefix Call Ref QSL ------16-Jul 20-Jul 3W 3W6XK 3-83 W9XK 16-Jul 16-Jul 3X 3XY7A 3-104 VE3WFN 16-Jul 16-Jul 8Q7 8Q7TV 3-114 F6BEE 16-Jul 19-Jul 9V 9V1YC 3-124 AA5BT 16-Jul 17-Jul A3 A35EX (OC-049) 3-116 3-105 W8GEX 16-Jul 17-Jul C6 C6AFP 3-96 N4JQQ 16-Jul 18-Jul FO FO0MSN (OC-046) 3-115 JL6MSN 16-Jul 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH 3-4 3-2 F6KDF 16-Jul 16-Jul GM 2A0APF/P 2S0GNK/P (EU-010) 3-120 MM1AUF 16-Jul 18-Jul I IT9FXY/P (EU-166) 3-106 16-Jul 18-Jul I Many Italians (EU-050) 3-124 home call 16-Jul 24-Jul IS IM0/IK2AEQ (EU-041) 3-120 IK2AEQ 16-Jul 18-Jul JD/M JL1KFR/JD1 3-117 JL1KFR 16-Jul 31-Jul KH3 W5RXP/KH3 3-111 W5RXP 16-Jul 30-Jul OA OA178QV 3-120 OA4QV 16-Jul 25-Jul PA PA9MR (EU-146) 3-90 VE3MR 16-Jul 16-Jul SV SV8/SM7NWH SV8/SM7UYS (EU-052) 3-122 home call 16-Jul 26-Jul SV9 J49WI 3-71 I2WIJ 16-Jul 22-Jul SV9 SV9/IK3ZQZ (EU-015) 3-124 IK3ZQZ 16-Jul 20-Jul T30 T30JH 3-114 VK2GJH 16-Jul 20-Jul UA UE6AAF 3-122 UA6AF 16-Jul 19-Jul V5 V5/DH1NS 3-118 DH1NS 16-Jul 25-Jul VP9 VP9/N0ED 3-110 N0ED 17-Jul 18-Jul 5X 5X1JA 3-123 JE9IKG 17-Jul 18-Jul CX CX4CA (SA-057) 3-123 17-Jul 6-Aug DL DL4FCH/P (EU-042) 3-123 17-Jul 20-Jul HK HK3JBR (SA-040) 3-125 F6AJA 17-Jul 19-Jul VK VK6DDU VK6ISL (OC-164) 3-98 17-Jul 18-Jul Colombian Independence Day Contest 17-Jul 17-Jul Pacific 160 Meter CW Contest 17-Jul 18-Jul SEANET CW Contest 18-Jul 21-Jul F F5SNY/P (EU-065) 3-125 18-Jul 25-Jul F TM0Y (EU-064) 3-37 3-10 ON4AMM/ON4DST 18-Jul 20-Jul HL 6M0HZ/2 (AS-090) 3-123 HL1IWD ______

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The sunspot number for July 14, 1999 was 120.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for July 15, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------15-Jul-1999 21 130 10 2 Low/Quiet-Unset;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 15-Jul-1999 18 130 3 2 Low/Quiet-Unset;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 15-Jul-1999 15 130 3 2 Low/Quiet-Unset;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 15-Jul-1999 12 130 3 2 Very Low/Quiet-Unset;Low/Quiet-Unset 15-Jul-1999 09 130 3 3 Very Low/Quiet-Unset;Low/Quiet-Unset 15-Jul-1999 06 130 3 3 Very Low/Quiet-Unset;Low/Quiet-Unset 15-Jul-1999 03 130 3 3 Very Low/Quiet;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 15-Jul-1999 00 130 3 2 Very Low/Quiet;Low/Quiet-Unsettled

The forecast for Friday, July 16th: solar flux 125, A index 7, K index 2. Friday should be Above Normal.

The forecast for Saturday, July 17th: solar flux 120, A index 10, K index 2. Saturday should be High Normal.

The forecast for Sunday, July 18th: solar flux 125, A index 5, K index 2. Sunday should be Above Normal.

Solar images of the sun received for 16 July, 1999 can be found at http://www.sel.noaa.gov/solar_images/1999_07/1999_07_16.html

Perhaps the most useful propagation page for Amateur Radio Operators can be found at http://dx.qsl.net/propagation/

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Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------2A/DJ6AU DJ6AU EK6CC N8BGD MU/DL7FER DL7FER 5X1P G3MRC FO5QG XE1L TA0S DL6DB A43SF A47RS KH0AS WB4UBD V73RX W6WRX

HK0VGJ - Abel, Box 852, San Andres Island, COLOMBIA

Omari, 4L5O, says the P.O. Box 71 in Turkey is not his correct address and that cards should be sent to: Omari, P.O. Box 123, 380004 Tbilisi, GEORGIA

QSL cards recently received direct: VK4CAY (OC-138), VK4CAY/5 (OC- 228), VP6PAC ______

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August 21st and 22nd marks the Ham Radio Lighthouse Day Special Event which will be held all over the world. Many of the lighthouses are on islands, which qualify for the IOTA award. For more information about this year's event check out http://www.cheslights.org/ham-radio.htm

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Starting July 20th look for Bill, NH6D, to be working on Johnston Island and active in his spare time through July 23rd. He will be operating from the club station, which has a FT-1000D and a tribander. While on this trip he will survey the station to see what needs to be done, including fixing a dead amplifier, in order to operate the low bands (40, 80, 160 meters) on a future trip. He expects to make one or two trips in August to this semi-rare island and many more after that. Look for NH6D/KH3 mostly on CW, using a bug, with some SSB. Bill will be concentrate on Europe and says "look for me around 03:00-04:00Z." QSL via N6FF.

Daniele, IZ0BPI, is currently on Lord Howe Island and operating as VK9LK until July 22nd. Look for him on 10, 15, 20, 40 and 80 meters SSB and CW. QSL via IZ0BPI.

Mirek, VK3DXI, has been in Singapore for some time now and has renewed his 9V1XE license. He has been on the air for about a week and is active mainly on CW, but also some SSB and RTTY, on 10 through 40 meters. Plans are to be working here for the next couple of years. QSL via DL4DBR either via the bureau or direct to: Ted Barczyk, DL4DBR, Pappelstr.34, 58099 Hagen, Germany.

Hide, JM1LJS, confirms his plans to be active from both Israel and Palestine later this month. Here is his expected schedule:

Jul 25 18:00Z Arrives at Jerusalem --- 4X/JM1LJS Jul 26 01:00Z Receive the license of Palestine 09:00Z In Jericho( West Bank ), Operate start ---E41/JM1LJS(?) Jul 27 - 28 Stay in Jericho( West Bank ) --- E41/JM1LJS(?) Jul 29 03:00Z Return to Tel-Aviv --- 4X/JM1LJS 09:00Z Move to Gaza, Operate start --- E44/JM1LJS(?) Jul 30 - 31 Stay in Gaza --- E44/JM1LJS(?) Aug 1 03:00Z Return to Tel-Aviv --- 4X/JM1LJS Aug 2 03:00Z Departure

While in Israel he will be running 100 watts and while in Palestine he will be running 500 watts. Look for him to be active on 10 through 80 meters CW, SSB and FM. QSL as follows:

4X/JM1LJS via JL2XUN E41/JM1LJS(?) via JL2XUN (West Bank only) E44/JM1LJS(?) via VK4FW (Gaza only)

Starting July 21st look for CY9CWI to be active from St. Paul Island (NA-094) continuing through July 28th. The group will participate in the IOTA Contest this coming weekend. Operators include Helen (YL), VE2YAK; Fred, VE2SEI; Al, VO1NO/VE1; Reg, VE2AYU; Bill, VE1MR; Dragan, VE2ZIV; Lowell, VY2OX; and Jeff, VE2TBH. Suggested frequencies are 1830, 3505, 3780, 3860, 7005, 7065, 7230, 10105, 14010, 14265, 18080, 18125, 21010 21305, 24935, 28010, 28395 and 50130. QSL via VE2CWI, West Island ARC, Box 884, Dorval, Quebec, H9R 4Z6 CANADA. ______

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5H8TL - TANZANIA - Terry, W7RNF, is stationed here for the next few years and was found on 21230 just after 18:00Z. He reports that he is the first station to use the new 5H8 prefix. It seems that Tanzania has recently broken out new prefixes for different areas of this East African country. QSL via W7RNF.

5W1SA - SAMOA - Atsuo is now back on the air after a 3 month hiatus. Look for him today between 08:00 and 09:00Z on 15 meters RTTY.

D44BC - CAPE VERDE - Julio was working stations all across the US on 18145 from 02:30 to 04:00Z.

E4/G3WQU - PALESTINE - Weekend warrior Peter was found on CW on 12, 15 and 17 meters.

P29KPH - PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Southern Europeans were working Peter on 28465 on Saturday between 10:30 and 11:30Z. QSL via K5YG.

T5RT - SOMLIA - JA's and Europeans came across this semi-rare one on 21292 just before 15:00Z. QSL via DJ5RT.

VK9LK - LORD HOWE ISLAND - Daniel has been showing up on 20 meters SSB at 06:00 and 11:00Z. QSL via IZ0BTY.

XW8INH - LAOS - Was looking for US stations on 18135, listening up, around 12:00Z. QSL via JM1GYQ.

YI7KRN - IRAQ - Goran was very active on CW this weekend on 15, 17 and 20 meters. He says he does not have a mic and is operating from Saqiz, Kurdistan. If you look on a map that is in Iran. Length of stay is unknown, as is the legitimacy of this station. WFWL.

ZS8D - MARION ISLAND - Derik came up on 15 meters SSB between 12:00 and 13:30Z on Sunday. QSL via ZS6EZ. ______

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The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AN-017 FT5YJ 14127 0708 EU-054 IF9/IT9PPG 21248 1714 AS-005 RA0BK 21240 0802 EU-064 TM0Y 14260 1955 AS-024 JH1MKU/6 18146 0402 EU-065 F5SNY/P 14260 1852 AS-028 UA0QBA 14190 1647 EU-072 SV8/DL8MCA 14253 1344 AS-040 JH6TYD 21263 1605 EU-082 U1ZA/A 18076 0053 AS-053 HS0/IK4MRH 14260 1925 EU-102 RF1P 14018 0229 AS-090 6M0HZ/2 14018 1105 EU-121 EJ4GRC 18146 0016 AS-094 BG7YB 21405 1410 EU-136 9A6DCR 7057 0954 EU-001 SV5CJN 28490 0805 EU-144 IK8BIZ/8 7057 0932 EU-012 2A/DJ6AU 7009 0556 EU-144 IK8VVS/8 7005 0530 EU-014 TK/F6AUS 18078 0735 EU-144 IK8WEJ/8 14252 0614 EU-015 SV9/IK3ZQZ 7060 0559 EU-144 IZ8CCW/8 7065 1215 EU-016 9A4W 14266 1106 EU-165 IS0LYN/IM0 14010 0358 EU-026 JW6WF 14260 1031 EU-166 IT9FXY/P 14257 0608 EU-026 JW7QIA 14260 1613 NA-065 N6FD/7 14260 0636 EU-026 JW8WF 14260 1032 NA-110 WB4WTY 18113 1430 EU-037 SM7/IK3GES 14250 1612 OC-004 VK9LK 14190 0729 EU-041 IM0/IS0JMA 7073 1054 OC-046 FO0CAB 21206 0848 EU-042 DH3RB/P 14259 2229 OC-046 FO0MSN 21256 0316 EU-042 DL4FCH/P 21040 1547 OC-075 YC5TML 21234 1605 EU-045 IB0/IZ0IIA/P 7060 1246 OC-146 YC8NLF 21260 1544 EU-050 IL7/IK6CAC 7065 1129 OC-154 VK8AN/6 21263 1303 EU-050 IL7/IZ0CKJ 14275 1158 OC-164 VK6DDU/P 14260 0902 EU-052 SV8/IK3RIY 18071 2135 SA-040 HK3JBR/1 21260 2135

Members of the Western Washington DX Club (WWDXC), NCCC and the Island County Amateur Radio Club (ICARC) are preparing for their trip to Waadah Island (NA-169). Members will start using their home calls /P (N6VV/P) on July 22nd until July 27th. During the IOTA Contest they will use W7W. QSL N6VV/P via N6VV. QSL W7W via W5DX.

JM1YGG/9 has been active from Hegura Island (AS-117) since Saturday. He will be there throughout today. QSL via JM1YGG.

IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 ______

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From End Prefix Call Ref QSL ------19-Jul 19-Jul V5 V5/DH1NS 3-118 DH1NS 19-Jul 19-Jul VK VK6DDU VK6ISL (OC-164) 3-98 19-Jul 20-Jul 3W 3W6XK 3-83 W9XK 19-Jul 20-Jul HL 6M0HZ/2 (AS-090) 3-123 HL1IWD 19-Jul 20-Jul HK HK3JBR (SA-040) 3-125 F6AJA 19-Jul 20-Jul T30 T30JH (OC-017) 3-114 VK2GJH 19-Jul 20-Jul UA UE6AAF 3-122 UA6AF 19-Jul 21-Jul F F5SNY/P (EU-065) 3-125 19-Jul 22-Jul SV9 SV9/IK3ZQZ (EU-015) 3-124 IK3ZQZ 19-Jul 24-Jul IS IM0/IK2AEQ (EU-041) 3-120 IK2AEQ 19-Jul 25-Jul GM 2S5VG/P (EU-008) 3-112 GM3UTQ 19-Jul 25-Jul PA PA9MR (EU-146) 3-90 VE3MR 19-Jul 25-Jul F TM0Y (EU-064) 3-37 3-10 ON4AMM/ON4DST 19-Jul 25-Jul VP9 VP9/N0ED (NA-005) 3-110 N0ED 19-Jul 26-Jul SV9 J49WI (EU-015) 3-71 I2WIJ 19-Jul 26-Jul SV SV8/DL7VSN (EU-067) 19-Jul 27-Jul ES ES2WX/0 (EU-034) 3-121 19-Jul 30-Jul OA OA178QV 3-120 OA4QV 19-Jul 31-Jul KH3 W5RXP/KH3 (OC-023) 3-111 W5RXP 19-Jul 2-Aug KH0 by a large group of JAs (OC-086) 3-101 19-Jul 2-Aug SV SV8/HA0HW (EU-052) 3-122 19-Jul 6-Aug DL DL4FCH/P (EU-042) 3-123 19-Jul 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH (AF-008) 3-4 3-2 F6KDF 20-Jul 25-Jul CE CE6TC (SA-018) 3-98 20-Jul 25-Jul T8 T88JR T88DX (OC-009) 3-65 20-Jul 27-Jul C2 C21JH (OC-031) 3-114 VK2GJH 20-Jul 30-Jul W KE8M/4 (NA-062) 3-115 20-Jul 20-Aug OA OA/KQ6XA 3-112 21-Jul 24-Jul T8 T88DX T88KS T88JR (OC-009) 3-123 21-Jul 25-Jul PY ZW2SS ZY2SS (SA-028) 21-Jul 26-Jul F TM5ON (EU-065) 3-106 ON4ON 21-Jul 27-Jul VK VK6NU/P (OC-164) 3-119 VK6NU 21-Jul 28-Jul CY9 CY9CWI (NA-094) 3-47 3-40 VE2CWI 21-Jul 31-Jul CU CU3/CT1AHU (EU-003) CT1AHU 21-Jul 31-Jul CU CU8/CT1AHU CU8/CU3EJ (EU-089) 3-103 21-Jul 31-Jul KP2 WP2Z (NA-106) 3-98 3-85 21-Jul 4-Aug F F/ON5FP (EU-032) 3-85 ON4ADN 22-Jul 23-Jul SM SM3TLG/2 (EU-139) 3-109 22-Jul 25-Jul F TM5J (EU-064) 3-119 F8CIO 22-Jul 26-Jul W KI6T WR6O (NA-066) 3-47 22-Jul 26-Jul VE VE7ISL/P VD7D (NA-118) 3-86 22-Jul 27-Jul W W7W (NA-169) 3-112 3-63 22-Jul 29-Jul F F5SNY/P (EU-048) 3-125 22-Jul 29-Jul G GB0SM (EU-011) G3WNI 23-Jul 25-Jul HL Large group of HLs (AS-080) 3-124 HL1OYF 23-Jul 25-Jul W N4H (NA-067) 3-119 KO4PY 23-Jul 25-Jul OX OX3NUK (NA-018) 3-105 ON4GO 23-Jul 26-Jul JA JM1PXG/6 (AS-047) 3-85 23-Jul 26-Jul F TM5G (EU-094) 3-99 23-Jul 27-Jul KP4 WP4U (NA-099) 3-119 WP4U 23-Jul 30-Jul HL HL0Y/4 (AS-093) 3-106 HL0Y 23-Jul 1-Aug E4 E4/JM1LJS ______

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The sunspot number for July 17, 1999 was 97.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for July 18, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------18-Jul-1999 21 138 5 1 Low/Quiet;Low-Moderate/Quiet 18-Jul-1999 18 137 4 1 Low/Quiet;Low-Moderate/Quiet 18-Jul-1999 15 137 4 2 Low/Quiet;Low-Moderate/Quiet 18-Jul-1999 12 137 4 1 Low/Quiet;Low-Moderate/Quiet 18-Jul-1999 09 137 4 2 Low/Quiet;Low-Moderate/Quiet 18-Jul-1999 06 137 4 2 Low/Quiet;Low-Moderate/Quiet 18-Jul-1999 03 137 4 2 Low/Quiet;Low-Moderate/Quiet 18-Jul-1999 00 137 4 1 Low/Quiet;Low-Moderate/Quiet

The forecast for Monday, July 19th: solar flux 150, A index 15, K index 3. Monday should be High Normal.

The forecast for Tuesday, July 20th: solar flux 160, A index 5, K index 2. Tuesday should be Above Normal.

Solar images of the sun received for 19 July, 1999 can be found at http://www.sel.noaa.gov/solar_images/1999_07/1999_07_19.html

Perhaps the most useful propagation page for Amateur Radio Operators can be found at http://dx.qsl.net/propagation/

Grey line map http://www.spiritweb.org/cgi/sunclock.cgi ______

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Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------2C4DIY/P G4DIY BV9AYA BV2KI SI9AM SM3CVM 3D2DM AE6C CE77AA CE3AA SV9/ON4CBZ ON4CBZ 3W6XK W9XK CF7KDU VE7KDU T5RT DJ65RT 4L4MM ON4CFI CM6YI W3HNK TA0S DL6DB 4L8A OZ1HPS EY8MM K1BV UE6AAF UA6AF 5H8TL W7RNF HG4I HA5LN UK/DF3DS/Z UK9AA 5H8TL W7RNF HK3JBR/1 F6AJA VK6DDU/P F5VCR 5X1P G3MRC HL1/JI1EFP JQ1NGT VK9LK IZ0BTY 6M0HZ/2 HL1IWD J49WI I2WIJ XW8INH JM1GYQ 9H3JR DJ0QJ JW7QIA LA7QIA YB0DX W3HNK 9M2TD JR4PDP JW8WF LA8WF YB8BHC KG2FH 9M6NA JE1JKL P29KPH K5YG ZA2UU LZ2MM 9V1XE DL4DBR RF1P UA1RJ ZP20I ZP9EE AC4G/V7 AC4G

YI7KRN - Goran, Box 66815/314, Saqiz, Kurdistan, IRAQ

QSL cards recently received direct: 1A0KM, EP2FM, EP2MKO, FO0AWI, FO0XUU, FW5FN, YB9ZBI (OC-022), YC9BU (OC-022), ZL9CI ______

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Logs for the recent 3V8DJ, Jerba Island, IOTA DXpedition can be found at http://www.425dxn.org/dxped/3v8dj/ ______

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The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------

IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 ______

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Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for July 18, 1999 was .

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for July 19, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------

The forecast for Tuesday, 20 July: solar flux , A index , K index . Tuesday should be .

The forecast for Wednesday, 21 July: solar flux , A index , K index . Wednesday should be .

Solar images of the sun received for 20 July, 1999 can be found at http://www.sel.noaa.gov/solar_images/1999_07/1999_07_20.html

Perhaps the most useful propagation page for Amateur Radio Operators can be found at http://dx.qsl.net/propagation/

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Bernie, W3UR, had a nice visit in Newington, Connecticut, at ARRL headquarters today and came home on the train, arriving at 1AM local time Wednesday. He'll be back at work digging up DX news today. Maybe he's learned some DX secrets from K5FUV and others at the League that he'll be able to share with us.

Spanish and Salvadoran operators will put HU4U on the air August 16th through 23rd. This is a project of URE, the Spanish Radioamateurs Association, to rebuild the ham radio digital network in El Salvador in the aftermath of last year's hurricane Mitch. Among those involved in the project will be EA1AU, EA1QF, EB1ADG, EA3CUU, EA4BT, YS1AG, YS1FAF, YS1FI, YS1GF, YS1MS and YS1RR. The Spaniards are taking all the gear, PCs, radios, and antennas from Europe as part of this assistance.

Despite lengthy negotiations, the committee that manages Prince Edward Island still insists ZS8D may not put up his HF tribander. Deryck continues to be limited to a "resistively-loaded broadband dipole" (the ones with flat SWR across the spectrum because they have a dummy load in the middle - no kidding!). The ever-generous NCDXF had donated a tribander and amp and the tribander is put together but still on the ground. The island authorities are worried the antenna will be a hazard to the bird population. My own experience, though it's in Maryland, USA, is that towers and yagis attract birds - hawks favor the high perches, and insect-eating birds of various sorts (bluebirds and flycatchers typically), perch on the guy wires where they can choose their favorite height above ground - and guy wires seem to be a comfortable diameter for bird feet to grip. Visiting UAE, I've noticed bee eaters doing the same and other species resting in large numbers on the yagis. ZS6EZ, Chris Burger, wants your observations about "the bird strike hazard associated with rotary beams." You can reach Chris at [email protected].

The annual IOTA contest is this weekend. This is probably the best weekend of the year to work a lot of "islands on the air." The event starts at 12:00Z Saturday 24 July and ends at 12:00Z Sunday 25 July. Many island expeditioners will be making the trek to an island nearby. N3OC will be on from Assateague Island, Maryland again.

CE77AA has been on the air from Chile. The station celebrates the 77th anniversary of the Radio Club de Chile. QSL via CE3AA.

East Timor's independence vote is set for next week. Competing factions and militias appear to be intimidating some of the prospective voters. As many as 50,000 refugees have moved westward out of East Timor. The United Nations is considering mobile polling places to allow them to vote even if they've left their homes. If the vote goes in favor of independence, there's talk that some western areas may secede from East Timor. This may not mean a second new DXCC counter, though, if those areas stay with the parent country, Indonesia.

Media reports today also note greater openness in Libya as it eases its anti-western stance.and allude to the possibility that both the Kosovo Province and the Montenegro Province of Yugoslavia may seek independence.

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3W6LI - VIETNAM - On 21280 and 21273 at 10:20Z and 14:30Z.

A43SF - OMAN - Wallid continued to entertain Dxers, on 21222 at 13Z and 14008 to 14009 for the next few hours thereafter.

EP2MKO - IRAN - Ali remains very active, found on 21016 CW at both 04Z and 20Z.

JT1BG - MONGOLIA - This one was on 21280 much of the day, reported in Europe at 00Z, 01Z, 10:30Z, and 16:20Z and in the U.S. at 11:15Z.

T88DX - PALAU - This expedition is under way. 21295 was the place, the 22z hour was the time.

V51AS - NAMIBIA - Was a nice catch on 21014 CW at 15:50Z.

VQ9GB - CHAGOS - Spent an hour or two on 21291 (15Z and 16Z).

XW8INH - LAOS - Active again, today on 18072 at 14:25Z.

XX9AS - MACAO - Worked in North America at 14:25Z on 21202. XX9AU also reported, on 21260.

YI7KRN - IRAQ - This operation continues active on CW.7010 at 21:20Z, 18078 at 19:30Z.

Z21KF - ZIMBABWE - Maurice gave 10 meter fans something to cheer about, working deserving Dxers on 28485 at 15:40Z.

ZD7BG - ST. HELENA - 21015 CW at 17:20Z.

ZB2BU - GIBRALTAR - Made a brief appearance on 14195 at 19:30Z.

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The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT ------AN-017 FT5YG 14127 0650 EU-072 SV8/DL8MCA 14260 1620 AS-013 8Q7TB 21290 1400 EU-102 RF1P 14017 2050 AS-017 JS6PSV 21215 1640 EU-121 EJ4GRC 21260 2210 AS-118 9K2HS 21260 1150 EU-128 DL/IK3GES 14252 1900 EU-003 CU3BL 14220 1020 EU-129 DL1JEQ/P 14259 2140 EU-010 2S3JIJ 14247 1030 EU-129 DL6NBR/P 14260 0700 EU-010 GM3PPG/P 3794 0120 NA-005 VP9/N0ED 10107 2310 EU-015 SV9/IK3ZQZ 14252 1900 NA-010 VE1VAS 14002 1545 EU-016 9A4W 14259 2140 NA-015 CO8LY 21260 2240 EU-023 9H4CM 14070 1450 NA-029 VY2RO 18120 1310 EU-023 9H8E 14259 2250 NA-036 VE7DXF 21263 0845 EU-024 IS0/DL1FZZ 14256 1910 NA-106 KP2/EI7CC 28495 2035 EU-028 IA5/IZ3VIG 21255 1550 OC-021 YB0ECT 14254 1350 EU-029 OZ1CQX 14082 1920 OC-031 C21JH 14260 1050 EU-041 IM0/IN3YGW 28490 2040 OC-075 YC5YAS 21260 1800 EU-052 SV8/IK3RIY 21009 2050 SA-036 P43E 14260 1120 EU-064 TM0Y 14262 2100 SA-040 HK3JBR/1 14011 0110 EU-065 F5SNY/P 14260 2050 EU-067 SV8/DL7VSN 14005 0740

IK7JWX reports IK7DXP/7 will be on multiop from EU-091 (Sant'Andrea Island) in the IOTA contest this weekend. QSL via IK7DXP.

Uwe, DJ9HX, will be active from Papua New Guinea as P29VHX August 7- 31. First, look for Uwe from Loloata Island (OC-153) from the 7th to 9th, from Rabaul (OC-008) the 10th to 12th, from Kavieng (OC-008) the 13th to 15th, Manus Island (OC-025) the 16th to 18th, and Madang (OC- 034) the 19th to 22nd. Plans for the 23rd through 31st are still open. Use will have antennas for 10 through 40 and an FT-747, 100 watts, and plans SSB and CW activity. QSL via DJ9HX ("preferably via bureau!" he says)

The German DX Bulletin, DXNL, passes word that IA5/DM2AUJ will be QRV during his holiday on Elba (EU-028). Operations will be from July 22 to August 8 with an IC-706, FD4 and R5. "If possible, QSL via bureau" to DM2AUU, Wolfgang Rebling, Markt 12, D-07955 Auma, Germany.

The Old Barney Amateur Radio Club will activate N2OB to celebrate "National Lighthouse Day" weekend from "Old Barney," the Barnegat Lighthouse in Barnegat Light, New Jersey, which is on Long Beach Island (NA-111). Dates and times, August 7 and 8 from 13:00 to 23:00Z each day. Spokesman N2OO says, "Listen in the first 25 khz of the [US] general phone bands (40, 20 & 15) and on 28.480. Some limited CW operation is possible on .030 of these bands." QSL via N2OB, Old Barney ARC, PO Box 345, Tuckerton, NJ 08087, 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 QSL ------21-Jul 21-Jul F F5SNY/P (EU-065) 3-125 21-Jul 22-Jul SV9 SV9/IK3ZQZ (EU-015) 3-124 IK3ZQZ 21-Jul 22-Jul VK9L VK9LK 3-128 IZ0BPI 21-Jul 23-Jul KH3 NH6D/KH3 3-128 N6FF 21-Jul 24-Jul IS IM0/IK2AEQ (EU-041) 3-120 IK2AEQ 21-Jul 25-Jul GM 2S5VG/P (EU-008) 3-112 GM3UTQ 21-Jul 25-Jul CE CE6TC (SA-018) 3-98 21-Jul 25-Jul PA PA9MR (EU-146) 3-90 VE3MR 21-Jul 25-Jul T8 T88JR T88DX (OC-009) 3-65 21-Jul 25-Jul F TM0Y (EU-064) 3-37 3-10 ON4AMM/ON4DST 21-Jul 25-Jul VP9 VP9/N0ED (NA-005) 3-110 N0ED 21-Jul 26-Jul SV9 SV8/DL7VSN (EU-067) 21-Jul 27-Jul C2 C21JH (OC-031) 3-114 VK2GJH 21-Jul 27-Jul ES ES2WX/0 (EU-034) 3-121 21-Jul 30-Jul W KE8M/4 (NA-062) 3-115 21-Jul 30-Jul OA OA178QV 3-120 OA4QV 21-Jul 31-Jul KH3 W5RXP/KH3 (OC-023) 3-111 W5RXP 21-Jul 2-Aug KH0 large group of JAs (OC-086) 3-101 21-Jul 2-Aug SV SV8/HA0HW (EU-052) 3-122 21-Jul 6-Aug DL DL4FCH/P (EU-042) 3-123 21-Jul 20-Aug OA OA/KQ6XA 3-112 21-Jul 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH (AF-008) 3-4 3-2 F6KDF 21-Jul 24-Jul T8 T88DX T88KS T88JR (OC-009) 3-123 21-Jul 25-Jul PY ZW2SS ZY2SS (SA-028) 21-Jul 26-Jul F TM5ON (EU-065) 3-106 ON4ON 21-Jul 27-Jul VK VK6NU/P (OC-164) 3-119 VK6NU 21-Jul 28-Jul CY9 CY9CWI (NA-094) 3-128 VE2CWI 16-Aug 23-Aug YS HU4U 3-130 EA4URE

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Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for July 19, 1999 was 126.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for July 20, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------20-Jul-1999 21 141 5 0 not available 20-Jul-1999 18 138 5 2 Low/Unset.Low-Moderate/Quiet-Unsettled 20-Jul-1999 15 141 4 3 Low/Unset.;Low-Moderate/Quiet-Unsettled 20-Jul-1999 12 141 4 1 Low/Quiet;Low-Moderate/Quiet 20-Jul-1999 09 141 4 0 Low/Quiet;Low-Moderate/Quiet 20-Jul-1999 06 141 4 1 High/Quiet;Low-Moderate/Quiet 20-Jul-1999 03 141 4 2 High/Quiet;Low-Moderate/Quiet 20-Jul-1999 00 141 4 2 High;Quiet;Low-Moderate/Quiet

The forecast for Wednesday, July 21st and Thursday, July 22nd, is unavailable at press time.

Solar images of the sun received for 20 July, 1999 can be found at http://www.sel.noaa.gov/solar_images/1999_07/1999_07_20.html

Perhaps the most useful propagation page for Amateur Radio Operators can be found at http://dx.qsl.net/propagation/

Grey line map http://www.spiritweb.org/cgi/sunclock.cgi ______

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Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------3W6LI IK0DUW DL1GKG/HI3 DK2GP RA2FBC DF4BV 4K9W DL6KVA DL2GG/YV5 DJ7AO RF1P UA1RJ 4L1UN IK7JTF EA8ID EA8AMT S58N S57MX 5H8TL W7RNF EA9AU EA9IB SI9AM SM3CVM 7X2CR IS0LYN EK7DX F5LGQ T88DX JI3DLI 9A4W 9A4RU EK9AA W6QKB TM0Y ON4AMM 9H3JR DJ0QJ EP2MKO UA6HCW UK8OM IK2QPR 9H8E HB9DLE FM5DN KU9C UN4P DL8KAC A43SF A47RS HK3JBR/1 F6AJA UN7TX RW6HS BY7WGL JO6WGJ J49WI I2WIJ VC1COP VO1COP CE77AA CE3AA J69EB KB3AMD VQ9GB K7GB CM6YI W3HNK JT1FCU/4 JA1CMS WL7KY NU4N CO6AP W3HC KG4AS W4WV WP3R W3HNK CO6RQ W3HC KH2/N2NL W2YC YC0LBK W4JS CO8LY EA7ADH P29KPH K5YG YN6HM N5TGZ CP6XE IK6SNR P40MR KB2MRI ZP2OI ZP9EE

XM8INH is via JM1GYQ, Takao Okamoto, 228 Hitorizawa, Isogo 235-0043, Yokohama, Japan.

QSL cards recently received direct: 1A0KM, 3C2JJ, 4M5E, 5B4AGC, 9H1ZA, 9V1YC, 9Y4JA, BD4DW, BV4ME, BV5BG, C21ZM, D44BC, E44/HA1AG, E44/JA8RUZ, EA8TB, EP2FM, FT5ZH, GW3KGV, HA5JI, J69MV, JY5HX, LU2NI, LX1NJ, OZ8ABE, P49M, S79ZG, TK/DL7HZ, VP6PAC, VR2GY, XW8KPL/CSN, ZB2AZ, ZL9CI and ZV0SW.

On the WWW

You can now find 53,967 R1MVA and 4,965 R1MV Malyv Vysotskij Island QSOs on the group's log search page. Go to http://www.etela- karjala.fi/yhdistykset/viitoset/MVI_log.htm

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Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 425 DX News, 59(9) DX Report, DXNL, G3PMR, IK7JWX, JA1ADN, JI6KVR, K3SWZ, K8SM, KA1CSL, KA2D, KB3AUG, KD4IFV, KH6BZF Reports, KQ3F, KU6J, N2JT, N4MXT, N7OJ, NOAA, NY6DX, OE 1002419, OPDX, W3LEO, W7IAN, W0JS and ZS6EZ. ______

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A serious multi-single effort from Barbados is planned for this years CQ World Wide CW DX contest by John, K4BAI, Danny, K1TO, and Vic, N4TO. The group will be there between November 23rd and 30th. During the contest they will use 8P9Z or possibly an 8P0 call.

Many people are asking about the legitimacy of YI7KRN who has been extremely active since Saturday. Word from the Iraq authorities is that all operations must take place from the club station. The operator (Goran) at YI7KRN is giving his QTH as Saqiz, which is located in the "Northern No Fly Zone" and is highly unlikely to be legitimate.

Lothar, DJ4ZB, plans to operate from Chatham Island some time between February and March 2000. He will use either ZL7ZB or ZM7ZB on 6 through 80 meters, with an emphasis on 10 meters. Equipment will include an IC-736 and HA-14 amplifier.

Ten Amateur Radio operators from Lanzhou, China plan to operate as BY9GA/9 from Gannan Prairie between 06:00Z on July 30th to 06:00Z on August 1st. Suggested frequencies are as follows: CW - 14030, 21030, 28030, SSB - 14250, 21405, FM - 29600, SSTV - 14230, 21340. Keep an eye on www.qsl.net/bd4eg/html/dx-pendition.htm ______

Silent Key ______

Joe Sego, KJ9D, passed away this past Monday after a short illness. He was one of the founders of the Hoosier Contesters and DXers Club and started one of the first PacketCluster nodes in the mid-west. Condolences to the Sego family. ______

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8Q7 - MALDIVES - 8Q7AN was working Europeans on 21285 just before 12:00Z. QSL via OZ1EEZ. CW operators found 8Q7TB at 15:15Z on 18071. QSL via G3TBK.

C21JH - NAURU - Jack can be found on 20 meter SSB between 11:00 and 12:00Z. Check near 14260 and 14195. QSL via VK2GJH.

EP2MKO - IRAN - Several East Coast stations reported working Ali on 7002 today between 00:30 and 01:30Z.

NH6D/KH3 - JOHNSTON ISLAND - Europeans found Bill on 21026 between 04:30 and 07:00Z. Later he was on 14030 starting just before 16:00Z working Japan, Europe and North America. QSL via N6FF.

T88 - PELAU - T88DX, T88JR and T88KS were active yesterday on CW and SSB on 12, 15, 17, 20 and 40 meters.

V73CW - MARSHALL ISLANDS - Bruce, AC4G, is has now been assigned this call and was on 18120 at 05:40Z. QSL via AC4G.

VP6YL - PITCAIRN ISLAND - Betty came up today at 03:30Z on 14305.

VK9LK - LORD HOWE ISLAND - Check 20 meters around 05:00 to 06:00Z. QSL via IZ0BTY.

ZS8D - MARION ISLAND - Check around 14195 at 13:00Z. QSL via ZS6EZ. ______

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The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AS-002 A92GK 14194 1840 EU-065 TM5ON 7061 2334 AS-018 UA0FF 21265 0139 EU-067 SV8/DL7VSN/P 14086 2122 AS-076 JA5EO 21203 1321 EU-072 SV8/DL8MCA 14255 0945 AS-136 BD4ED/4 21025 2308 EU-075 SV1TP/P 21285 2123 EU-002 OH0/DK5JM 7010 2034 EU-102 RF1P 14263 2111 EU-003 CU3/CT1AHU 21251 1834 EU-121 EJ4GRC 14255 2020 EU-009 2S0HTG 14260 1333 EU-128 DL/IK3GES 14260 1637 EU-024 IS0/DH3FBX 14268 2023 EU-129 DL6NBR/P 21260 1423 EU-028 IA5/IK0YVV 14019 1405 EU-132 SN0WI 14259 1717 EU-028 IA5/IZ5BTC 14260 0841 NA-057 AH6PN/HR6 14260 1831 EU-028 IA5CNE 14262 2310 NA-061 VE7QCR/P 14255 0629 EU-041 IM0/IK3YGW 14257 1659 NA-061 VE7TLL/P 14254 0714 EU-042 DH3RB/P 14258 2057 NA-065 N6FD/7 14260 0637 EU-042 DL4FCH/P 7000 1854 NA-169 N6VV/P 14260 2151 EU-049 SV8DTL 21260 2210 OC-042 DU1KGJ/DU4 21273 1733 EU-052 SV8/HA0HW/P 14015 1727 OC-059 V63AO 21263 0203 EU-064 TM0Y 21267 2237 OC-154 VK8AN/6 14261 1247 EU-065 F5SNY/P 14263 1639 OC-164 VK6NU 14258 1227

Jani, YB0US, plans to operate this weekend in the IOTA Contest from the Seribu Islands (OC-177). QSL via N2OO.

Chris, 6W1QV, and Jean-Claude, TR8XX, will be active this weekend as 6W1QV/P from Goree Island (AF-045).

Late word has it that Florent, F5CWU, will be on from IOTA EU-032 for the IOTA Contest this weekend.

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 QSL ------22-Jul 27-Jul BY BI4Q (AS-135) 3-129 BA4TA 22-Jul 27-Jul C2 C21JH (OC-031) 3-114 VK2GJH 22-Jul 25-Jul CE CE6TC (SA-018) 3-98 22-Jul 31-Jul CU CU3/CT1AHU (EU-003) CT1AHU 22-Jul 31-Jul CU CU8/CT1AHU CU8/CU3EJ (EU-089) 3-103 22-Jul 28-Jul CY9 CY9CWI (NA-094) 3-128 3-47 VE2CWI 22-Jul 6-Aug DL DL4FCH/P (EU-042) 3-123 22-Jul 27-Jul ES ES2WX/0 (EU-034) 3-121 22-Jul 4-Aug F F/ON5FP (EU-032) 3-85 ON4ADN 22-Jul 29-Jul F F5SNY/P (EU-048) 3-125 22-Jul 25-Jul F TM0Y (EU-064) 3-37 3-10 ON4AMM/ON4DST 22-Jul 25-Jul F TM5J (EU-064) 3-119 F8CIO 22-Jul 26-Jul F TM5ON (EU-065) 3-106 ON4ON 22-Jul 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH (AF-008) 3-4 3-2 F6KDF 22-Jul 29-Jul G GB0SM (EU-011) G3WNI 22-Jul 25-Jul GM 2S5VG/P (EU-008) 3-112 GM3UTQ 22-Jul 8-Aug I IA5/DM2AUJ (EU-028) 3-130 DM2AUJ 22-Jul 24-Jul IS IM0/IK2AEQ (EU-041) 3-120 IK2AEQ 22-Jul 8-Aug IS0 IS0/DH3FBX DK7ZH DL1FZZ (EU-024) 3-129 22-Jul 2-Aug KH0 by a large group of JAs (OC-086) 3-101 22-Jul 23-Jul KH3 NH6D/KH3 3-128 N6FF 22-Jul 31-Jul KH3 W5RXP/KH3 (OC-023) 3-111 W5RXP 22-Jul 31-Jul KP2 WP2Z (NA-106) 3-98 3-85 KU9C 22-Jul 20-Aug OA OA/KQ6XA 3-112 22-Jul 30-Jul OA OA178QV 3-120 OA4QV 22-Jul 25-Jul PA PA9MR (EU-146) 3-90 VE3MR 22-Jul 25-Jul PY ZW2SS ZY2SS (SA-028) 22-Jul 23-Jul SM SM3TLG/2 (EU-139) 3-109 22-Jul 26-Jul SV SV8/DL7VSN (EU-067) 22-Jul 2-Aug SV SV8/HA0HW (EU-052) 3-122 22-Jul 26-Jul SV9 J49WI (EU-015) 3-71 I2WIJ 22-Jul 22-Jul SV9 SV9/IK3ZQZ (EU-015) 3-124 IK3ZQZ 22-Jul 24-Jul T8 T88DX T88KS T88JR (OC-009) 3-123 3-65 22-Jul 26-Jul VE VE7ISL/P VD7D (NA-118) 3-86 22-Jul 27-Jul VK VK6NU/P (OC-164) 3-119 VK6NU 22-Jul 22-Jul VK9L VK9LK 3-128 IZ0BPI 22-Jul 25-Jul VP9 VP9/N0ED (NA-005) 3-110 N0ED 22-Jul 30-Jul W KE8M/4 (NA-062) 3-115 22-Jul 26-Jul W KI6T WR6O (NA-066) 3-47 22-Jul 27-Jul W W7W (NA-169) 3-128 3-112 W5DX ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for July 20, 1999 was 115.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for July 21, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------21-Jul-1999 21 147 12 3 Low/Quiet-Active;Low-Mod,Quiet-Active 21-Jul-1999 18 140 5 4 Low/Quiet-Active;Low-Mod,Quiet-Active 21-Jul-1999 15 140 5 2 Low/Quiet-Unset;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unset 21-Jul-1999 12 140 5 2 Low/Quiet-Unset;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unset 21-Jul-1999 09 140 5 3 Low/Quiet-Unset;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unset 21-Jul-1999 06 140 5 1 Low/Quiet-Unset;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unset 21-Jul-1999 03 140 5 2 Low/Quiet-Unset;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unset 21-Jul-1999 00 140 5 2 Low/Quiet-Unset;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unset

The forecast for Thursday, July 22nd: solar flux 150, A index 15, K index 3. Thursday should be High Normal.

The forecast for Friday, July 23rd: solar flux 160, A index 10, K index 2. Friday should be High Normal.

Solar images of the sun received for 22 July, 1999 can be found at http://www.sel.noaa.gov/solar_images/1999_07/1999_07_22.html

Perhaps the most useful propagation page for Amateur Radio Operators can be found at http://dx.qsl.net/propagation/

Grey line map http://www.spiritweb.org/cgi/sunclock.cgi ______

QSL Info ______

Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------3Z4BK SP4KAI MJ0AWR K2WR TM0Y ON4AMM 5Z4EO/A DL0MAR NH6D/KH3 N6FF TM5ON ON4ON 8Q7AN OZ1EEZ SN0WI SP2LLW UN4P DL8KAC 8Q7TB G43TBK T88DX JI3DLI UN7TX RW6HS CY9CWI VE2CWI T88JR JH3FJG V73CW AC4G

9H1ZA - Vladimir Krylov, Coral, 20, Triq Indri Mecallef, Luqa LQA 04, MALTA SU1SK - Said Kamel, P.O. Box 62, Shobra Alkima, 13411, Cairo, EGYPT

Mike, N9NS, reports he received his QSL cards for OK8NSA and E30KA from the printer and can now start confirming requests.

Antoine, F6FNU, is now handling the QSL chores for E30HA for all stations except from the US, which can still be sent to HA5YPP.

QSL cards recently received direct: 4M5E, 5B4AGC, 8Q7DV, 9H1ZA, 9Y4JA, BD4DW, BV4ME, BV5BG, C21ZM, D44BC, E44/HA1AG, EA8TB, EP2MKO, GW3KGV, HA5JI, J69MV, JY5HX, KL7AK (NA-074), LU2NI, LX1NJ, OZ8ABE, P49M, SU1SK, T88II, TK/DL7HZ, VP6PAC, VR2GY, ZB2AZ ______

On the WWW ______

The Caribbean Tour 1999 is ready to go and have set up a Web page at http://www.muurkrant.com/pi4com/tour99/ ______

Credits ______

Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: AK0A, F5ABL, F6FNU, G3PMR, G4BUE, K7SO, KH6BZF Reports, KU6J, N2OO, N9NS, NOAA, PA1AW, QRZ DX, ______

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The lead organizer of a group of Amateur Radio operators informs The Daily DX that the finishing touches on a DXpedition to the Lakshadweep Islands (formerly called the Laccadive Islands), for September of this year, are being finalized. Indian authorities have been very cautious however they are open to this group. Let's hope this operation is given the special circumstances it will need. Details are still being worked out and a formal announcement is expected in the near future. These islands ranked # 13 on the ARRL's Hot 100 for 1998. Four of those in front of this rare one have been seriously activated in the last 9 months, which would definitely put the Lakshadweep Islands on the top 10 most wanted list. The last operation from these islands were in 1993.

Another operation from the ZC4ATC club station is expected on July 30th. This time may include over night operation and low band activity. QSL via 5B4YX.

Topband (160 meter) enthusiasts looking for South Americans should check daily between 02:00 and 04:00Z for the following stations on CW between 1828-1833: CX4SS, CX1SI, LU5WP, LU5WW, LU5YF, LU6KK, LU7EE, LU8ED, PU2WIF, PY2EYE, R1AND. Another good place to look for South Americans is around 1847 on SSB during this same time frame.

Ray Gerrard, G3NOM/HS0, reports "In a letter from ARRL dated 9th July 1999, DXCC has approved documentation for the E44/JA1UT operation, and will accept QSL cards for credit. QSL are printed already, and the route is via JA1UT CBA or bureau."

The annual Southern California DX Club's Summerbash BBQ will be held on August 8th from 11:00AM until you leave. DXers and Contesters are invited to attend this year's event at the QTH of Arnie, N6HC, in Santa Ana, California. For more details contact Arnie by e-mail at [email protected]. ______

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The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AF-049 3B8CF 14261 0331 EU-067 SV8/DL7VSN/P 14087 2046 AS-018 ZY2SS 14010 2026 EU-072 SV0JD/SV8 14294 1501 AS-053 HS0/IK4MRH 14260 1842 EU-084 SM5OIG 7020 2057 AS-136 BD4ED/4 14035 2112 EU-088 OZ/DL3HBG/P 14251 1017 EU-003 CU3/CT1AHU 14257 0236 EU-102 RF1P 7006 2155 EU-004 EA6/DL5DCL 14033 2131 EU-121 EJ4GRC 14261 1231 EU-011 GB0SM 7013 2202 EU-129 DL5RFF/P 14254 1414 EU-013 MJ0AWR 18136 1906 EU-132 SN0WI 14260 2229 EU-015 J49WI 21265 1920 EU-132 SP6ECA/1 14262 1123 EU-023 9H8E 14255 2307 EU-149 ES4BG/2 14257 1914 EU-024 IS0/DL1FZZ 14247 1839 NA-065 KI6T 14259 0512 EU-028 IA5/IK3VIG 14240 2017 NA-094 CY9CWI 21010 1735 EU-042 DL5RFF/P 14254 1410 NA-106 KP2/EI7CC 14235 2127 EU-049 SV8DTL 14259 0239 NA-169 AD7U/P 14260 2009 EU-052 SV8/IK7XIV/P 14030 2127 NA-169 N6VV/7 14260 1553 EU-064 TM0Y 18128 1936 OC-031 C21JH 14260 1042 EU-064 TM5J 14264 2202 OC-164 VK6NU/P 21260 0927 EU-065 TM5ON 7059 2245 SA-026 PP5OW 21260 1753

Look for Stefano, IK2QEI, to be on the air from the island of Zante between August 5th and 20th. He will use J48QEI on 6 through 160 meters. QSL via IK2QEI.

IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 ______

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This weekend marks the RSGB IOTA Contest and promises to be the best yet. Conditions should also help to make this contest a real hit. Last year if you were serious about the contest it was possible to work over 200 different IOTA Islands. Here are just some of the stations expected to be on for this years event. Good luck to all and have fun!

IOTA Prefix Call Ref Vol-No QSL Manager ------AF-008 FT5W FT5WH 3-4 3-2 F6KDF AF-045 6W 6W1QV/P 3-131 6W1QV AS-008 JA JA1MXY JA1SGU JI1SQK AS-012 JA JA6LCJ/6 JA6LCJ AS-018 UA0 RS0F W3HNK AS-047 JA JM1PXG/6 3-85 JM6PXG AS-080 HL Large group of HLs 3-124 HL1OYF AS-093 HL HL0Y/4 3-106 HL0Y AS-099 TA TA3J/0 TA3J AS-105 HL 6K0IS/2 HL1IWD AS-107 HS HS0AC/2 3-126 HS0/G3NOM AS-107 HS HS2AC 3-126 3-121 HS0/G3NOM AS-113 BV BO0M 3-125 BV2KI AS-117 JA JI3DST/3 3-116 3-76 JI3DST AS-117 JA JA4PXE/4 JA4PXE AS-135 BY BI4Q 3-129 BA4TA EU-002 OH0 OH0V/P OH4JLV EU-003 CU CU3/CT1AHU CT1AHU EU-008 GM 2A0CCC/P 3-87 GM0ALS EU-008 GM 2S5VG/P 3-112 GM3UTQ EU-008 GM GS7UEG/P MS0BPG/P 3-116 G7DXK EU-011 G GB0SM or G5M G3WNI EU-015 SV9 J49WI 3-71 I2WIJ EU-016 9A 9A0DX EU-024 IS0 IS0/DH3FBX DK7ZH DL1FZZ 3-129 EU-028 I IA5/DM2AUJ 3-130 DM2AUJ EU-028 I IA5/IK0YVV IK0YVV EU-032 F TM1OTA ON4ADN EU-032 F F5CWU 3-131 EU-034 ES ES0X 3-121 EU-037 SM SM/IK3GES 3-120 IK3GES EU-038 PA by ON9BGP 3-30 EU-038 PA PA6TEX 3-98 ON4ALW EU-039 F F6GUF/P EU-041 IS IM0/IK2AEQ 3-120 IK2AEQ EU-042 DL DL4FCH/P 3-123 DL4FCH EU-048 F F5SNY/P 3-125 EU-052 SV SV1BRL/SV8 SV1BRL EU-052 SV SV8/HA0HW 3-122 EU-052 SV SV8/IK7XIV 3-120 IK7XIV EU-057 DL DL0KWH/P 3-126 EU-064 F TM0Y 3-37 3-10 ON4AMM/ON4DST EU-064 F TM5J 3-119 F8CIO EU-065 F TM5K or TM5ON 3-106 3-47 ON4ON EU-067 SV SV8/DL7VSN EU-071 TF TF7RX 3-111 2-235 K1WY EU-077 EA ED1PDG EA4ATI EU-081 F TM2F 3-121 3-42 F5LJA EU-089 CU CU8I 3-127 3-103 CU3EJ EU-091 I IK7XNF/7 IK7XNF EU-091 I IK7DXP/7 3-130 IK7DXP EU-094 F TM5G 3-99 F5LMJ EU-096 OH OH0MDR/1 OH1MDR EU-098 DL DJ7RJ/P 3-120 DJ7RJ EU-101 OH OH6RX 3-49 EU-102 UA RF1P UA1RJ EU-113 SV Large SV group EU-116 GD GD3IZD/P 3-102 G3IZD EU-116 GD GD6IA EU-120 GW GB2LI GX0MXG 3-65 GW0MXG EU-121 EI EJ7M EI6HB EU-123 GM MM8Y 3-47 M0ARK EU-124 GW MW7Z 3-44 G5LP EU-125 OZ OZ/AA0Z/P DL5XAT EU-127 DL DL8OBC/P DL8OBC EU-129 DL DL0HRO 3-82 DL3KUD EU-132 SP SN6F/1 3-122 Bureau EU-133 UA UE1CIG RN1AW EU-136 9A 9A0A OK1FLM EU-140 OH OH5AD OH2IC EU-145 CT CQ1C CT1GFK EU-146 PA PA9MR 3-90 VE3MR EU-153 UA RZ1OA/A RZ1OA EU-164 TK TK/F6AUS 3-120 F6AUS EU-165 IS IS0 group EU-166 I IK8PGM IT9HLN IT9FCC IT9NGN Homecall NA-005 VP9 KG8XV/VP9 3-125 JH1ROJ NA-005 VP9 VP9/N0ED 3-110 N0ED NA-018 OX OX3NUK 3-105 ON4GO NA-027 VE VO1SDX VO1HE NA-031 W AA1AC/P AA1AC NA-046 W K1VSJ NA-062 W KE8M/4 3-115 NA-065 W N6FD N6FD NA-066 W KI6T WR6O 3-47 NA-067 W N4H 3-119 KO4PY NA-067 W WB8YJF 3-120 NA-080 C6 M0CIL/C6A 3-104 ON4BAM NA-083 W N2US 3-120 NA-086 CO T47 3-59 NA-094 CY9 CY9CWI 3-128 3-47 VE2CWI NA-099 KP4 WP4U 3-119 WP4U NA-099 KP4 KP4AH KP4AH NA-106 KP2 WP2Z 3-98 3-85 KU9C NA-118 VE VD7D 3-86 VE7TLL NA-127 VE VE1JS 3-120 VE1JS NA-128 VE VX2BK/P VA2BK NA-139 W N3OC/P 3-109 N3OC NA-141 W K2OLG/M K2OLG NA-148 W AA1IZ 3-86 AA1IZ NA-169 W W7W 3-128 3-112W5DX OC-009 T8 T88DX T88KS T88JR 3-123 3-65 OC-023 KH3 W5RXP/KH3 3-111 W5RXP OC-031 C2 C21JH 3-114 VK2GJH OC-045 KH8 AH8LG OC-086 KH0 by a large group of JAs 3-101 OC-154 VK VK8AN/6 3-87 VK4AAR OC-164 VK VK6NU/P 3-119 VK6NU OC-177 YB YB0US 3-131 N2OO SA-006 PJ9 PJ9I or PJ9/ON4CFD ON4CFD SA-008 LU LU8XW SA-018 CE CE6TC 3-98 SA-028 PY ZW2SS ZY2SS PT2GTI SA-046 PY ZX7XX SA-081 HK 5K8T 3-115 F6AJA ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for July 21, 1999 was 124.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for July 22, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------22-Jul-1999 21 153 26 3 Low/Quiet-Mnr Stm;Low-Mod/Unset-Active 22-Jul-1999 18 147 11 4 Low/Quiet-Mnr Stm;Low-Mod/Unset-Active 22-Jul-1999 15 147 11 3 Low/Quiet-Mnr Stm;Low-Mod/Unset-Active 22-Jul-1999 12 147 11 4 Low/Quiet-Mnr Stm;Low-Mod/Unset-Active 22-Jul-1999 09 147 11 4 Low/Quiet-Mnr Stm;Low-Mod/Unset-Active 22-Jul-1999 06 147 11 5 Low/Quiet-Mnr Stm;Low-Mod/Active-Mnr Stm 22-Jul-1999 03 147 11 3 Low/Quiet-Active;Low-Mod/Quiet-Active 22-Jul-1999 00 147 11 2 Low/Quiet-Active;Low-Mod/Quiet-Active

The forecast for Friday, July 23rd: solar flux 165, A index 10, K index 2. Friday should be High Normal.

The forecast for Saturday, July 24th: solar flux 170, A index 7, K index 2. Saturday should be Above Normal.

The forecast for Sunday, July 25th: solar flux 170, A index 7, K index 2. Sunday should be Above Normal.

Solar images of the sun received for 23 July, 1999 can be found at http://www.sel.noaa.gov/solar_images/1999_07/1999_07_23.html

Perhaps the most useful propagation page for Amateur Radio Operators can be found at http://dx.qsl.net/propagation/

Grey line map http://www.spiritweb.org/cgi/sunclock.cgi ______

QSL Info ______

The following QSL cards have recently been received. QSL information has been taken directly from the QSL cards of the stations listed below:

4S7AB Kamal Edirisinghe, No. 82 B, Walaliyadda, Ellakkala 11116, SRI LANKA 5B4/EW1AR via NP3D NP3D/5B4 via W3HNK 5B4XF Paris Andreou, 19 Napoleontos St., Strovlos, 2021 Nicosia, CYPRUS 6K0NN P. O. Box 8, Gurea, Gurea-gun, Jeonnam-Do 542-800, KOREA 6K0YJ P. O. Box 8, Yongju 750-600, KOREA 6K5REL Hak Seon Kim, 103/1701 Park Mansion APT, #77, Doryan 2 Dong, Kumi City, Kyungbuk 730-022, KOREA 6K99ITE via DS5SWL 6K99SRF via 6K0YJ 6M0YC via HL5FXP 7J7ACY via W6KP 9M6TYT via K9TY 9M8SL Sylvester Liew, 1146, Kenyalang Park, 93300 Kuching, MALAYSIA 9N7UD via K4VUD 9V1JA Naoshi Oinuma, 43 Jurong East Avenue 1, #18-02, Singapore 609778, REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE 9V1UV K. C. Selvadurai, 13 Kheam Hock Road, Singapore 298787, REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE 9Y4JA Jeff Austin, 4 Prada Street, St. Clair, TRINIDAD BA3AG Cao Wenlong, P. O. Box 81, Tianjin 300074, CHINA BA4DA Wang Wen Dao, No. 8 Room 304, Gui Xiang Xin Cun, Shanghai 200062, CHINA BA9SA Guangzeng Yin, P. O. Box 178, Xining 810005, CHINA BD3SR Zhang Fu Li, P. O. Box 17, Jiangxian, Shan Xi 043607, CHINA BD7IA Wu, P. O. Box 1239, Guangzhou 510630, CHINA BD7NI W. S. Chan, P. O. Box 306, Guangzhou 510030, CHINA BD7NQ via W2AY BD8TG Fengsheng Li, 8 Chuanjin Road, Kunming, Yunnan 650051, CHINA BG2AB Zeng Zhaoxie, P. O. Box 89, Harbin 150001, CHINA BG6RBA Yun Hu, Da Ling Lu 40 06, Shiyan City 442061, CHINA BG7YB Fu, No. 100 Bin Hai New District, Haikou, Hainan 570105, CHINA BG8GV Zhou Liang, P. O. Box 2109, Chong Qing 400014, CHINA BG9GI Li Jie Yang, 54 Shetang Road, Tianshui, Gansu 741020, CHINA BV4QI Hao Lin, P. O. Box 1064, Taichung 400, TAIWAN C6AJZ via WI9WI CO8HF Victor Mustelier, P. O. Box 12, Santiago de Cuba 90100, CUBA CU3DI Pedro Pereira, P. O. Box 140, P-9702 Angra do Heroismo, Terceira, Acores, PORTUGAL D99ARDF via HL0HQ DS0PW via HL4GAH DS1CNA Man Hwa Jung, Hanshin 2nd APT 101-605, 73, Jamwon-Dong, Seocho-ku, Seoul 137-030, KOREA DS1LBT Keum Rae Kim, 633-17, Bongchun 9-dong, Kwanak-gu, Seoul 151- 059, KOREA DS2RDG Myung Gu Eo, 380-2 Jumun Ri Jumunjin Eup, Kangnung, KOREA DS3ENN Jeung-Soo Kim, P. O. Box 50 A San City 336-600, KOREA DS4DNR Mi-Sun Seo, Mok Ryun Park 204, Bong Nam-Ri, 33-12, Kurye Chollanamdo 542-800, KOREA DS5ARL Dong Hoi Koo, 1405-28, Yeonsan-5 Dong, Yeonje-Gu, Pusan 611- 085, KOREA DU4VX Nomer P. Canuto, P. O. Box 6119, Naga City 4400, PHILIPPINES E4/G3WQU Peter McKay, UNIFIL, P. O. Box 5852, New York, NY 10163-5852 ED2RC via EA2ABM ED2RCA via EA2ABM EO3U via UT3UZ G6G via G0LII G7G via M0ADU G7Q via G0PSW GB2LBN via GM0CLN GU7D via G3LZQ H2T via 5B4XF HL4CUD Jung-Sik Lee, Mok Ryun Park 204, Bong Nam-Ri, 33-12, Kurye Chollanamdo 542-800, KOREA HL4GAH Kim Jong-Cheol, P. O. Box 102, Chonju 560-600, KOREA HL5BSM Hae Young Park, 88-12 Mangkyung-dong, Chinju City, Kyungnam 660-260, KOREA HL5FXP Gag-Hyeon Won, P. O. Box 1049, Kumi 730-600, KOREA HL5JMO Dong Jin Lee, Seokang APT C-1402, Nam Ku Okdong, Ulsan 680, KOREA J48CT via ON5CT JT1CJ Gankhuyag, P. O. Box 100, Ulaanbaatar-44, Mongolia, via JAPAN KP2/K7JI Dave Monette, 6918 N. E. 79th Court, Portland, OR 97218 L36E via LU7EE L59L via LU4LG L77E via LU4AA LT5Y via LU1YU LV4V via LU4VZ M8M via G3SXW MW7Z via G5LP OD5QE via I0WTD OD5SB via I0WTD ON50GDV via ON5PL OT9T via ON4UN OZ5L via KP3YL PA6T via PI4TIL S79MAD via GW4WVO T22TK via JA3MCA T88GN George Ngirarsaol, P. O. Box 18, Koror, Palau 96940 TA3ZI via DL8OBC V73ZZ via K7ZZ VP5CW via K4LT VR2LW Lam Wah Choi, Flat G, 30/F., Tower 1, Ngau Chi Wan Fire Services, Married Quarters, Kowloon, Hong Kong, CHINA VR2OA Yasushi Ogihara, GPO Box 4724, Hong Kong, CHINA VU2JPS via VK9NS VU3FAT P. Arun Prasad Babu, Emmanuel Nagar, Etukuru (Post), Guntur, A. P. 522 017, INDIA YB1AQU Hail Park, Villa Coolibah, Ds. Cimacan Rt. 12/06 #431, Pacet Cianjur 43253, INDONESIA YB8BHC Nazaruddin Latif, P. O. Box 1665, Makassar 90000, INDONESIA YC8YZ Benny Lewu, P. O. Box 67, Ternate 97716, INDONESIA YV30T via YV5ARV ZL2K via ZL2NX ZL6QH via ZL2WB ZL9CI via ZL2HU ZM2K via ZL2NX ZV0SB via PT2GTI ZV0SW via PT2GTI ______

Credits ______

Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 425 DX News, 5B4AFB, ARRL DX Bulletin, IK2QEI, K3ZO, K6NDV, KH6BZF Reports, LU7EE, NOAA, QRZ DX, The 59(9) DX Report, ______

Subscriptions ______

DX News ______

Starting August 1st look for Japanese operators Kunio, JA8VE, and Hiroyuki, JF1OCQ, to be active from Phu Quoc Island (AS-128), Vietnam. The two will use 3W6KS and 3W6HM until August 4th on 6 through 20 meters CW and SSB. Suggested frequencies are 14007, 14197, 18077, 18147, 21007, 21270, 24897, 24937, 28007, 28470 and 50120. QSL 3W6KS via JA8VE to the JARL QSL bureau or direct to Kunio Saito, 2-26-5-554 Nishitsuruma, Yamato, 242-0005 JAPAN. QSL 3W6HM via JF1OCQ to the JARL QSL bureau or direct to Hiroyuki Miyake, 1-3-6 Asakura-cho, Maebashi, 371-0811 JAPAN.

OPDX reports great news about Tom, SP5AUC/3W7CW, being temporarily reassigned to Cambodia. He already has his XU7AAS callsign and hopes to be active very soon. He has a new TS-570D and will use a commercial log periodic that is fixed on Europe. Look for him to be active from this semi-rare one until August 15th. QSL cards go via P.O. Box 11, 02-800 Warsaw 93, Poland.

A group of four Amateur Radio operators from the Netherlands plan to operate from Mauritius Island (3B8) between September 23rd and October 10th. Operators include Michael, PA3EPD, PB0AIT, PE1ALV and PA0VHA. Activity is planned for all HF bands on CW, SSB and RTTY, with the chance of 2 meter EME. QSL via home calls.

Pacific Ocean traveler Ed Hartz, K8VIR/ZL4IR, says he will be making numerous trips to the Chatham Islands (ZL7) over the next 18 months. Special QSL cards will be used, as the Chatham Islands will see the first sunrise of the next century. Look for Ed on 14260, 18130, 21260, 24950 and 28550 QRM. QSL direct to W8WC.

Husband and wife team Yarl, SM6FJY and Monica, V63YL, will be working on assignment on Midway Island (OC-030) from September 4th to December 4th. Look for KH4/SM4FJY to be active when time permits. QSL via SM6FJY, Yarl Lundstrom, P.O. Box 423, SE-401 26 Goteborg, Sweden.

Special event station ON7SUN will be active from August 8th to 11th to celebrate the last total solar eclipse of the century. The station will be active on all bands on CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL via ON4LCV, Box 26, B-6700 Arlon, Belgium or via UBA bureau. French special event station TM5ECL will also be active for this event from August 4th to 18th. QSL via F6KWP. ______

QSN ______

AP2WAP - PAKISTAN - Check around 17:00Z around 18140 and 14225.

T5RT - SOMLIA - Wilfried, DJ5RT, reports this station is a pirate and that he is not the QSL manager for this one.

V63AO - MICRONESIA - Nishi likes 15 meters SSB daily from 12:00 to 14:00Z and from 01:30 to 03:00Z. Check near 21260.

V73CW - MARSHALL ISLANDS - Look for Bruce on 15, 17 or 20 meters CW between 04:00 and 06:00Z. QSL via AC4G. ______

IOTA ______

The following stations were reported active during the RSGB IOTA Contest this past weekend.

IOTA Call IOTA Call IOTA Call IOTA Call ------AF-004 EA8DP EU-013 MJ0AWR EU-102 RF1P NA-083 N2US/P AF-005 D44BC EU-014 TK/F6AUS EU-114 GU8D NA-094 CY9CWI AF-006 VQ9GB EU-015 J49WI EU-115 GI0KOW NA-097 6Y5DA AF-014 CT3HF EU-016 9A0DX EU-116 GD3IZD/P NA-099 KP4AH AF-016 FR5DX EU-017 ID9/IK8PGM EU-120 G3N NA-106 WP2Z AF-045 6W1QV/P EU-023 9H0A EU-121 EJ7MR NA-107 FM5FJ AF-082 3C2PA EU-024 ID0IGV EU-122 GN0ADX/P NA-110 AA4V/P AN-015 8J1RL EU-025 IT9PKO EU-123 GM3USL/P NA-118 VD7D AS-004 5B4AGC EU-026 JW7QIA EU-124 GW0HGN NA-127 VE1JS AS-007 7L2VYT EU-028 IA5/IK0YVV EU-125 OZ/AA0ZL/P NA-128 VX2BK/P AS-008 JA1SGU/1 EU-029 OZ1AA EU-127 DL8OBC/P NA-137 KW1DX AS-012 JA6LCJ/6 EU-031 IC8JAH EU-128 DL3ABL/P NA-138 N5VL AS-013 8Q7TB EU-032 TM1OTA EU-129 DL0HRO/P NA-139 N3OC/P AS-015 9M2TO EU-034 ES0I EU-130 IL3/IK2XYG NA-141 K2OLG/M AS-018 RS0F EU-037 SM0JHF/7 EU-131 I3BQC/3 NA-148 AA1IZ AS-019 9V1BG EU-038 PA6TEX EU-132 SN0WI NA-169 W7W AS-020 BV3FG EU-041 IM0/IK2AEQ EU-133 RZ1AWD OC-001 VK2PCQ AS-026 HL4HLD EU-042 DL4FCH/P EU-136 9A0A OC-005 VK9NS AS-028 UA0QBA EU-043 SK6NL/P EU-138 SK7DX OC-019 KH6/W3LPL AS-031 JD1BIA EU-047 DL0BRF EU-140 OH5AD OC-021 YB0UNC AS-032 JH6WHN/6 EU-048 F5SNY/P EU-146 PA9MR OC-022 YC9BU AS-036 JG6URG/6 EU-049 SW8L EU-149 ES4BG/ OC-026 KH2/N2NL AS-040 JH6TYD EU-052 SV1BRL/8 EU-153 RZ1OA/A OC-032 FK8GM AS-076 JA5APU EU-055 LA4C NA-002 VP5JM OC-034 P29SPH AS-077 JP6GQN EU-057 DL0KWH NA-005 VP9/N0ED OC-036 ZL2TT AS-078 JH8DBJ EU-060 SV1ENI/P NA-010 VE1ZJ OC-042 DU1ODX AS-079 JA5CKD/6 EU-061 LA7XK NA-018 OX3NUK OC-045 AH8LG AS-080 DS1BHE/3 EU-064 TM0Y NA-021 8P6CV OC-075 YC5TA AS-093 HL0Y/4 EU-065 TM5K NA-025 J87AB OC-086 NH0L AS-099 TA3J/0 EU-067 DL3NSM/P NA-026 N2EEZ OC-128 DU1IMA AS-105 6K0IS/2 EU-071 TF7RX NA-027 VO1SDX OC-143 YB4JIM AS-107 HS0AC/2 EU-075 SV1BSX/8 NA-031 W1LY OC-146 YC8NLF AS-113 BO0M EU-077 ED1PDG NA-036 CF7ZO OC-147 YC9YKI AS-117 JA4PXE/4 EU-080 ED1MC NA-046 K1VSJ OC-151 YC9LQA AS-131 BA7JA/P EU-081 TM2F NA-054 C6AFV/P OC-154 VK8AN/6 AS-135 BI4Q EU-083 IK2DUW/1 NA-055 VA3PL/W1 OC-164 VK6NU/P AS-136 BD4ED/4 EU-084 SK0HS/5 NA-059 NO7F/KL7 OC-210 YC8TXW EU-001 SV5AZP EU-087 SM3TLG/3 NA-062 KE8M/4 SA-006 PJ9I EU-002 OH0V/P EU-088 OZ/DL2HEB NA-065 WI7N SA-012 YV7BMZ EU-004 EA6AEQ EU-089 CU8I NA-066 KI6T/P SA-018 CE7OXZ EU-005 2C0IWD EU-091 IK7DXP/P NA-067 N4H SA-028 ZW2SS EU-006 EJ4GK/P EU-094 TM5G NA-072 3E1AA SA-036 P43E EU-007 EJ2HY EU-096 OH0MDR/1 NA-075 VE7KRC SA-055 LS7D EU-008 2A0CCC/P EU-098 DJ7RJ/P NA-076 W4T SA-064 CE7AOY EU-010 2A0BQE/P EU-101 OH6RX NA-081 VE1WT SA-081 5K8T EU-011 G5M

Gerard, F2JD/HK3JBR and Pedro, HK3JJH, wrapped up their trip to SA-081 as 5K8T. Gerard went back to Bogota, Colombia while Pedro headed on to SA-056 where he will operate as HK3JJH/HC4 until July 28th. 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 QSL ------26-Jul 26-Jul BV BO0M (AS-113) 3-125 BV2KI 26-Jul 26-Jul SV9 J49WI (EU-015) 3-71 I2WIJ 26-Jul 26-Jul JA JI3DST/3 (AS-117) 3-116 3-76 JI3DST 26-Jul 26-Jul JA JM1PXG/6 (AS-047) 3-85 26-Jul 26-Jul W KI6T WR6O (NA-066) 3-47 26-Jul 26-Jul SV SV8/DL7VSN (EU-067) 26-Jul 26-Jul F TM5G (EU-094) 3-99 26-Jul 26-Jul F TM5ON (EU-065) 3-106 ON4ON 26-Jul 26-Jul VE VE7ISL/P VD7D (NA-118) 3-86 26-Jul 27-Jul BY BI4Q (AS-135) 3-129 BA4TA 26-Jul 27-Jul C2 C21JH (OC-031) 3-114 VK2GJH 26-Jul 27-Jul ES ES2WX/0 (EU-034) 3-121 26-Jul 27-Jul VK VK6NU/P (OC-164) 3-119 VK6NU 26-Jul 27-Jul W W7W (NA-169) 3-128 3-112 W5DX 26-Jul 27-Jul KP4 WP4U (NA-099) 3-119 WP4U 26-Jul 28-Jul CY9 CY9CWI (NA-094) 3-128 3-47 VE2CWI 26-Jul 28-Jul E4 E41/JM1LJS 3-128 JL2XUN 26-Jul 28-Jul HS HS2AC (AS-107) 3-126 3-121 HS0/G3NOM 26-Jul 29-Jul F F5SNY/P (EU-048) 3-125 26-Jul 29-Jul G GB0SM (EU-011) G3WNI 26-Jul 30-Jul HL HL0Y/4 (AS-093) 3-106 HL0Y 26-Jul 30-Jul W KE8M/4 (NA-062) 3-115 26-Jul 30-Jul C6 M0CIL/C6A (NA-080) 3-104 ON4BAM 26-Jul 30-Jul OA OA178QV 3-120 OA4QV 26-Jul 30-Jul VP9 VP9/K2HJB (NA-005) 3-120 K2HJB 26-Jul 31-Jul CU CU3/CT1AHU (EU-003) CT1AHU 26-Jul 31-Jul CU CU8/CT1AHU CU8/CU3EJ (EU-089) 3-103 26-Jul 31-Jul GW GB2LI GX0MXG (EU-120) 3-65 GW0MXG 26-Jul 31-Jul GM GS7UEG/P MS0BPG/P (EU-008) 3-116 G7DXK 26-Jul 31-Jul VP9 KG8XV/VP9 (NA-005) 3-125 JH1ROJ 26-Jul 31-Jul KH3 W5RXP/KH3 (OC-023) 3-111 W5RXP 26-Jul 31-Jul W WB8YJF (NA-067) 3-120 26-Jul 31-Jul KP2 WP2Z (NA-106) 3-98 3-85 KU9C 26-Jul 2-Aug KH0 by a large group of JAs (OC-086) 3-101 26-Jul 2-Aug SV SV8/HA0HW (EU-052) 3-122 26-Jul 4-Aug F F/ON5FP (EU-032) 3-85 ON4ADN 26-Jul 6-Aug DL DL4FCH/P (EU-042) 3-123 26-Jul 8-Aug I IA5/DM2AUJ (EU-028) 3-130 DM2AUJ 26-Jul 8-Aug IS0 IS0/DH3FBX DK7ZH DL1FZZ (EU-024) 3-129 26-Jul 20-Aug OA OA/KQ6XA 3-112 26-Jul 31-Aug SV SV1BRL/SV8 (EU-052) SV1BRL 26-Jul 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH (AF-008) 3-4 3-2 F6KDF 27-Jul 29-Jul I IF9ZRQ (EU-054) IF9ZRQ 28-Jul 28-Jul ZC4 Possible activity from ZC4ATC 3-118 5B4YX 28-Jul 11-Aug SV5 J45K (EU-001) 3-112 29-Jul 29-Jul 4X 4X/JM1LJS 3-128 JL2XUN 29-Jul 1-Aug YV YW7C (SA-012) 3-100 W4SO 30-Jul 30-Jul I IA5/IZ5BTC (EU-028) 3-123 30-Jul 30-Jul ZC4 ZC4ATC 30-Jul 30-Jul ZC4 ZC4ATC 3-132 5B4YX 30-Jul 31-Jul E4 E44/JM1LJS 3-128 VK4FW 30-Jul 1-Aug BY BY9GA/9 3-131 30-Jul 1-Aug Pacific Northwest DX Convention 3-98 3-43 30-Jul 3-Aug FW FW8ZZ 3-129 OH2BN 30-Jul 6-Aug ZK1/S by JJ8DEN (OC-159) 3-122 JJ8DEN 31-Jul 31-Jul W W1OK (NA-031) 3-124 W1OK ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for July 24, 1999 was 173.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for July 25, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------25-Jul-1999 21 182 9 3 Mod/Quiet-Unset;Mod/Quiet-Unsettled 25-Jul-1999 18 184 10 1 Mod/Quiet-Unset;Mod/Quiet-Unsettled 25-Jul-1999 15 184 10 2 Mod/Quiet-Unset;Mod/Quiet-Unsettled 25-Jul-1999 12 184 10 2 Mod/Quiet-Unset;Mod/Quiet-Unsettled 25-Jul-1999 09 184 10 3 Mod/Quiet-Unset;Mod/Quiet-Unsettled 25-Jul-1999 06 184 10 2 Mod/Quiet-Unset;Mod/Quiet-Unsettled 25-Jul-1999 03 184 10 3 Mod/Quiet-Unset;Mod/Quiet-Unsettled 25-Jul-1999 00 184 10 3 Mod/Quiet-Unset;Mod/Quiet-Unsettled

The forecast for Monday, July 26th: solar flux 189, A index 10, K index 2. Monday should be High Normal.

The forecast for Tuesday, July 27th: solar flux 190, A index 8, K index 2. Tuesday should be Above Normal.

Solar images of the sun received for 26 July, 1999 can be found at http://www.sel.noaa.gov/solar_images/1999_07/1999_07_26.html

Perhaps the most useful propagation page for Amateur Radio Operators can be found at http://dx.qsl.net/propagation/

Grey line map http://www.spiritweb.org/cgi/sunclock.cgi ______

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Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------2A0BQI/P MM0BQI EJ7MRE EI3IG T88DX JI3DLI 2S5VG/P GM3UTQ EO55WL UT1WA T88JR JH3FJG 3E1AA N0JT GD3IZD/P G3IZD TF7/LX9EG LX1NO 3Z0ENI SP2FAX H2T 5B4XF TF7RX K1WY 3Z6V SP6DVP HB7OGR HB9AAQ TM0Y ON4AMM 5K8T F6AJA IU0C I0YKN TM1OTA ON4ADN 6K0IS/2 HL1IWD J28AG J28NH TM2F F5LJA 8P6CV KU9C KH0/JR7WFC JR7WFC TM5J F8CIO 9A0DX 9A3ZA KH0HX JH7WKQ TM5K ON4ON 9H3JR DJ0QJ KP2/EI7CC KU9C TM5ON ON4ON 9H8E HB9DLE LS7D LU7DW UE1CIG RZ1AWD BD4ED/4 BY4BHP M6T G4PIQ UE1TTT RN1TN BI4Q BA4TA N4H KO4PY UN7FK W3HNK BO0M BV2KI NH0I JA7DLE VC6MP VE6NRJ C98CX ZS1AAZ NH0L JH7YCE VD7D VE7TLL CU8I CU3EJ NH0M JH7YCE VK6NU/P VK6NU CV5H CX2ABC OR0OST ON6HC VX2BK/P VA2BK CY9CWI VE2CWI PA6TEX ON4ALW W4T WA3HUP DA0RDF DL3DRN RF1P UA1RJ W7W W5DX DU3NXE W3HNK SN0WI SP2LLW WP2Z KU9C EJ2HY EI2HY SN1I SP1NQF ZW2SS PT2GTI EJ4GK/P EI4GK SW8L SV8CRI ZY2SS PT2GTI

QSL cards recently received direct: 5A1A, E41/OK1DTP, ET3AA, KH4/IV3NVN, S79FAG, S79ZG, T30R, T33RD, VK8KTC, VK9NS, VR97BG, VS6BG, VS6UP, VU2JPS, WH0ABA, XU7AAP, XX9TDM, XX9TEP, ZL9CI ______

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The logs for KH3/NH6D are now online at http://dx.qsl.net/logs and will be updated frequently. Bill's older KH2/NH6D and KH4/NH6D logs are also online. ______

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Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: DJ9ZB, DX News Letter, EA3GHZ, F6AJA, G3PMR, HB9US, JA1ELY, JF1OCQ, K4KU, K8VIR, K8WK, KB3AUG, KH6BZF Reports, KO4PY, LNDX, N0OFR, N6RT, N9NUP, NF9V, NOAA, OPDX, PA3EPD, W8FJ ______

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Look for Bob, G3VXJ, to be active from Guernsey Island starting August 2nd. He will use GU3VXJ/P for 2 weeks from his mother's QTH where he has an IC-756 and a DX77 vertical and long wire antennas. Plans are to concentrate on CW and on the 12, 17 and 30 meter bands. 160 will also be utilized during his nights.

Japanese operator 7K4KHE plans to be active from Saipan (OC-086) until July 29th. He will use KH0/7K4KHE on 15, 17 and 20 meters CW and SSB. QSL via 7K4KHE.

Starting August 12th look for special event station BO00NRM to be active from Kin Men Island (AS-102), off the coast of Taiwan. The station will be celebrating a Boy Scouts Jamboree and operating on 10 through 80 meters CW and SSB. QSL via the CTARL (BV) bureau.

IOTA DXpeditioner Bert, PA3GIO, will be on Mahe Island in the Seychelles from August 26th to 31st and will use S79GI. Next he will move on to Desroches Island (AF-033), which is located some 250 kilometers south of Mahe, where he will be active from September 2nd to 14th. He has set up a Web page at http://www.xs4all.nl/~pa3gio/S79/. QSL via PA3GIO, preferably through the bureau.

Ari, OH1EH, will once again be active from the Aland Islands as OH0Z during the European HF Championship on August 7th and in the Worked All Europe SSB Contest on August 11th and 12th. During the HF Championship look for him on 10 through 160 meters SSB and in the WAE check 10 through 80 meters. QSL via OH1EH, Ari Korhonen, Kreetalank. 9 As 1, FIN 29200 Harjavalta, Finland.

Gerard, PA3AXU, plans to once again go to Samoa and operate as 5W0GD. He plans to take more equipment and will be active on CW, SSB, RTTY and possibly PSK31. Look for him to be on the air from September 28th and October 14th. QSL via PA3AXU, G.A.M.C. Dijkers, Dokter P.A. Cornethof 3, 6669AZ Dodewaard, The Netherlands. ______

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5A1A - LIBYA - Abubaker came up on 21003 between 13:00 and 15:00Z yesterday. He was working Japan and Europe.

8Q7TB - MALDIVES - Look for Dave on 15 meters around 12:00Z. Check near 21295 or 21025. QSL via G3TBK.

E4/JM1LJS - PALESTINE - Hide showed up late yesterday on 21300 and is operating from the West Bank. Afterwards he was on 7002 at 00:00Z. QSL via JL2XUN.

ZC4ATC - U.K. SOVEREIGN BASES ON CYPRUS - European and Japanese stations reported this one on 15 SSB just before 15:00Z. Look for more activity from this club station on Wednesday and Friday of this week. QSL via 5B4YX. ______

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The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AS-093 HL0Y/4 21265 2320 EU-095 F5TBF/P 14268 0823 AS-107 HS2AC 14023 1848 EU-132 SP2CYK/1 14262 0955 AS-113 BO0M 14018 1854 EU-132 SP2LLW/1 21253 2327 AS-131 BA7JK 21015 1822 EU-136 9A/S51TA/P 14200 2209 AS-136 BD4ED/4 21260 2310 EU-141 LA5SJA 14262 1419 EU-153 RZ1OA/A 14259 1958 EU-153 UA1OLM/A 14021 2240 EU-008 MM0BBN/M 14258 1040 NA-033 HK0VGJ 7009 0417 EU-008 MS0BPG/P 21250 1209 NA-054 C6AFV/P 14259 0644 EU-010 2A0BQI/P 14256 1439 NA-062 KE8M/4 21040 1938 EU-011 GB0SM 14020 2330 NA-066 KI6T/P 14040 0533 EU-023 9H4CM 18136 1835 NA-094 CY9CWI 18080 1825 EU-023 9H8E 14260 0835 NA-118 VE7TLL/P 14260 0442 EU-024 IS0IGV 28015 1431 NA-118 VE7QCR/P 14260 0659 EU-025 IT9/IK8PGM 21260 0134 OC-022 YC9BU 21280 1912 EU-028 IA5/DM2AUJ 21013 1321 OC-075 YC5NGA 21290 1423 EU-028 IA5/IK0YVV 14004 2220 OC-143 YC5VYH 21249 1505 EU-029 OZ/DL2JRM 14261 1444 OC-146 YC8FMI 21255 1541 EU-032 TM1OTA 14261 1819 OC-147 YC9YKI 21260 1855 EU-042 DH3RB/P 14257 0736 SA-028 ZW2SS 3780 0259 EU-048 F5SNY/P 7090 2103 SA-056 HK3JJH/HC4 21260 2319 EU-094 TM5G 14005 0517 SA-081 5K8T 7007 0250

Alex, PY1KS, Marco, PY1KB, Mark, PY1MF, and Marcio, PU1MPR, will be active from Gipoia Island (SA-029), Brazil between July 29th and August 1st. They will use their homecalls/P on 10 through 80 meters, possibly on 160 meters. QSL via PY1KS.

IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 ______

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From End Prefix Call Ref QSL ------27-Jul 27-Jul BY BI4Q (AS-135) 3-129 BA4TA 27-Jul 27-Jul C2 C21JH (OC-031) 3-114 VK2GJH 27-Jul 27-Jul ES ES2WX/0 (EU-034) 3-121 27-Jul 27-Jul VK VK6NU/P (OC-164) 3-119 VK6NU 27-Jul 27-Jul W W7W (NA-169) 3-128 3-112W5DX 27-Jul 27-Jul KP4 WP4U (NA-099) 3-119 WP4U 27-Jul 28-Jul CY9 CY9CWI (NA-094) 3-128 3-47 VE2CWI 27-Jul 28-Jul E4 E41/JM1LJS 3-128 JL2XUN 27-Jul 28-Jul HC HK3JJH/HC4 (SA-056) 3-133 HK3JJH 27-Jul 28-Jul HS HS2AC (AS-107) 3-126 3-121 HS0/G3NOM 27-Jul 29-Jul F F5SNY/P (EU-048) 3-125 27-Jul 29-Jul G GB0SM (EU-011) G3WNI 27-Jul 29-Jul I IF9ZRQ (EU-054) IF9ZRQ 27-Jul 30-Jul HL HL0Y/4 (AS-093) 3-106 HL0Y 27-Jul 30-Jul W KE8M/4 (NA-062) 3-115 27-Jul 30-Jul C6 M0CIL/C6A (NA-080) 3-104 ON4BAM 27-Jul 30-Jul OA OA178QV 3-120 OA4QV 27-Jul 30-Jul VP9 VP9/K2HJB (NA-005) 3-120 K2HJB 27-Jul 31-Jul CU CU3/CT1AHU (EU-003) CT1AHU 27-Jul 31-Jul CU CU8/CT1AHU CU8/CU3EJ (EU-089) 3-103 27-Jul 31-Jul GW GB2LI GX0MXG (EU-120) 3-65 GW0MXG 27-Jul 31-Jul GM GS7UEG/P MS0BPG/P (EU-008) 3-116 G7DXK 27-Jul 31-Jul VP9 KG8XV/VP9 (NA-005) 3-125 JH1ROJ 27-Jul 31-Jul KH3 W5RXP/KH3 (OC-023) 3-111 W5RXP 27-Jul 31-Jul W WB8YJF (NA-067) 3-120 27-Jul 31-Jul KP2 WP2Z (NA-106) 3-98 3-85 KU9C 27-Jul 2-Aug KH0 by a large group of JAs (OC-086) 3-101 27-Jul 2-Aug SV SV8/HA0HW (EU-052) 3-122 27-Jul 4-Aug F F/ON5FP (EU-032) 3-85 ON4ADN 27-Jul 6-Aug DL DL4FCH/P (EU-042) 3-123 27-Jul 8-Aug I IA5/DM2AUJ (EU-028) 3-130 DM2AUJ 27-Jul 8-Aug IS0 IS0/DH3FBX DK7ZH DL1FZZ (EU-024) 3-129 27-Jul 15-Aug XU XU7AAS 3-133 27-Jul 20-Aug OA OA/KQ6XA 3-112 27-Jul 31-Aug SV SV1BRL/SV8 (EU-052) SV1BRL 27-Jul 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH (AF-008) 3-4 3-2 F6KDF ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for July 25, 1999 was 183.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for July 26, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------26-Jul-1999 21 172 8 1 Low/Quiet-Unset;Low-Mod;Quiet-Unsettled 26-Jul-1999 18 182 9 2 Low/Quiet-Unset;Low-Mod;Quiet-Unsettled 26-Jul-1999 15 182 9 2 Low/Quiet-Unset;Low-Mod;Quiet-Unsettled 26-Jul-1999 12 182 9 2 Mod/Quiet-Unsettled;Mod/Quiet-Unsettled 26-Jul-1999 09 182 9 2 Mod/Quiet-Unsettled;Mod/Quiet-Unsettled 26-Jul-1999 06 182 9 1 Mod/Quiet-Unsettled;Mod/Quiet-Unsettled 26-Jul-1999 03 182 9 3 Mod/Quiet-Unsettled;Mod/Quiet-Unsettled 26-Jul-1999 00 182 9 2 Mod/Quiet-Unsettled;Mod/Quiet-Unsettled

The forecast for Tuesday, July 27th: solar flux 190, A index 8, K index 2. Tuesday should be Above Normal.

The forecast for Wednesday, July 28th: solar flux 195, A index 5, K index 2. Wednesday should be Above Normal.

Solar images of the sun received for 27 July, 1999 can be found at http://www.sel.noaa.gov/solar_images/1999_07/1999_07_27.html

Perhaps the most useful propagation page for Amateur Radio Operators can be found at http://dx.qsl.net/propagation/

Grey line map http://www.spiritweb.org/cgi/sunclock.cgi ______

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Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------5K8T F6AJA CM6YI W3HNK NH0P JA7SYA 6K99ITE DS5SWL CU5OHM CU5AC PJ9/ON4CFD ON4CFD 6Y5PF 6Y5IC HK3JJH/HC4 HK3JJH TM5G F5LMJ 9M2TD JR4PDP HL0Y/4 HL0Y W2W W3MR C6A/M0CIL ON4BAM HS2AC G3NOM WH2M/WH0 JA7FWR C93BM I3QAI JW7QIA LA7QIA ZC4ATC 5B4YX CF7KDU/P VE7KDU KG8XV/VP9 JH1ROJ ZC4JP G0WSA

QSL cards recently received direct: 3D2TN, 4U1UN (5/99), BY1DX, DU1LKY, E44DX, EP2MKO, FO0XUU, HK3JJH/0M, SU9ZZ, T30R, T33RD, TR8CA, XU7AAP, XW8KPL/CSN, ZL9CI ______

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Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: EU7SA, G3PMR, G3VXJ, HL2WA, JI6KVR, K3TZV, KE2TT, KH6BZF Reports, KL7XX, N2JTX, NOAA, OH1EH, OPDX, W3JJ ______

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The Double Trouble DXpedition to Central Kiribati and the Tokelau Islands are getting underway. The plan is to first hit Central Kiribati between September 23rd and October 3rd. The group will include Mats, SM7PKK; Nils, SM6CAS; Erik, SM0AGD; Steve, G4EDG; Ulrika, SM6WYN (YL); and Lech, LA7MFA. They will use T31T, T31K and T31YL on all bands from 6 to 160 meters on CW, SSB and RTTY. Plans are to have three complete stations with 1 KW amplifiers along with beams for the high bands and verticals for the low bands. One station will be for CW, one for SSB and one for WARC, low bands and RTTY. Next the group will head from the Tokelau Islands where they will operate as ZK3DX, ZK3CW and ZK3YL from October 7th to 12th.

Special event station 4X2J will be on the air from the Bloomfield Science Museum in Jerusalem, Israel until the end of next month. QSL via the bureau.

Today look for club station ZC4ATC to be active between 16:00 and 20:00Z. The guys fixed the rotator earlier this week so they can now move the antenna to other areas besides North America and Europe. Today's operators will be George, 5B4AGC, Mike, 5B4AGX, and Alf, 5B4AFB. Friday night Ian, 5B4YX, and Alf will be working in the station until there sunrise (02:54Z) Saturday. QSL via 5B4YX.

New Caledonian hams Eric, FK8GM, Franck, FK8HC and one other plan to be active from Amedee lighthouse over the August 22nd and 23rd in the International Lighthouse weekend. The lighthouse is located 13 miles south of Noumea (OC-032) and is some 56 meters high. It was built 134 years ago. They will use a special call with TX8 prefix. QSL this operation via VK4FW.

Italians IK2SNG, IK4RQJ, IK4VET, IK4XCL and IK4ZGY will be in Liechtenstein from August 6th to 8th using HB0/homecalls. Look for activity on 10 through 80 meters CW and SSB. QSL via homecalls.

Dale, W4QM, plans to once again be QRV as VQ9QM from Diego Garcia start September 13th. QSL via W4QM. ______

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3D2SJ - FIJI ISLANDS - Europeans reported working Steve on 21290 between 09:15 and 10:15Z.

4S7 - SRI LANKA - East Coast US DXers found 4S7/ON4AJW, 4S4VK and 4S7WN were all on 20 meters on the longpath yesterday between 11:00 and 12:30Z.

E4/JM1LJS - PALESTINE - Hide is located on the West Bank and was reported as follows for Tuesday:

GMT Frequency GMT Frequency ------00 7002 16 18070 07 21300 18 10103 08 21300 19 10103 09 21300 20 7006 10 21300 21 7043 11 21300 22 18118 14 18140 23 18118 15 18070

HS0/IK4MRH - THAILAND - Mario had a big signal into the East Coast of the US yesterday on 21295 between 18:45 and 19:30Z.

KG8XV/VP9 - BERMUDA - Japanese DXers found their fellow countryman on 14154 from 11:00 to 12:00Z. QSL via JH1ROJ.

V44KMC - NEVIS & ST. KITTS - McKoy came up on 18140 working Europe just prior to 20:00Z.

V73CW - MARSHALL ISLANDS - Bruce started off on 21020 around 07:45Z and later moved to 21295 just before 09:00Z. QSL via AC4G.

XU7AAS - CAMBODIA - Tom was found yesterday as follows:

GMT Frequency GMT Frequency ------10 21281 15 14004 11 21009 16 21003 12 21009 17 21003 14 18071

ZB2BU - GIBRALTAR - Stations all across the US were working Bruce on 17 meters SSB between 19:00 and 20:00Z. ______

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The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AS-019 9V1WW 21033 1455 EU-042 DL4FCH/P 3530 1822 AS-028 UA0QBA 14202 1139 EU-048 F5SNY/P 14256 2025 AS-045 HL5FUA 21365 2241 EU-052 SV8/IK7XIV/P 14021 1704 AS-053 HS0/IK4MRH 21295 1931 EU-084 SK0HS/5 14261 510 AS-093 HL0Y/4 21255 2321 EU-088 OZ/DL2HEB/P 14258 1125 AS-099 TA0S 21260 1848 EU-089 CU8/CT1AHU 14254 223 AS-107 HS2AC 14240 1921 EU-095 F5TBF/P 14257 1720 AS-113 BO0M 14045 1744 EU-114 GU3EJL 21350 1741 AS-136 BD4ED/4 18090 2113 EU-132 SP2LLW/1 14260 4 EU-008 MM0BNN/P 14260 2105 EU-136 9A6DCR 7062 922 EU-009 2S0HTG 14260 0959 EU-149 ES4BG/2 21305 1404 EU-011 GB0SM 14012 1648 EU-153 RZ1OA/A 14258 2308 EU-016 9A0DX 14245 2159 EU-153 UA1OLM/A 14022 1816 EU-024 IS0/DK7ZH 21012 1801 NA-034 KM4RX 14260 646 EU-028 IA5/DM2AUJ 14005 2143 NA-046 K1VSJ 14261 2152 EU-028 IA5/IK0YVV 14003 2045 NA-067 WB8YJF 21012 2117 EU-029 OZ/DL2JRM 14260 1446 NA-080 M0CIL/C6A 14260 1209 EU-032 TM1OTA 14263 1811 NA-094 CY9CWI 21297 1943 EU-033 LA4MQ 14265 2205 OC-059 V63AO 21248 1024

Members of the Southwest Scania Radio Amateurs (SSRA) plan to operate on Santorini Island (EU-067), Greece between August 9th to 15th. Look for operators Yngve, SV8/SM7BCX; Mats, SV8/SM7DXQ; Bengt, SV8/SM7EQL; Mats, SV8/SM7GIB; and Tore, SV8/SM7MPM. They'll have 2 IC-706's running 100 watts into a G5RV and vertical. Check the normal IOTA CW and SSB frequencies. QSL via homecalls either direct or via the bureau.

Alberto, IK4HPU, will operate as 9A/IK4HPU from EU-136 between August 4th and 14th. QSL via IK4HPU.

IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 ______

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From End Prefix Call Ref QSL ------28-Jul 30-Jul C6 M0CIL/C6A (NA-080) 3-104 ON4BAM 28-Jul 31-Jul CU CU3/CT1AHU (EU-003) CT1AHU 28-Jul 31-Jul CU CU8/CT1AHU CU8/CU3EJ (EU-089) 3-103 28-Jul 28-Jul CY9 CY9CWI (NA-094) 3-128 3-47 VE2CWI 28-Jul 6-Aug DL DL4FCH/P (EU-042) 3-123 28-Jul 28-Jul E4 E41/JM1LJS 3-128 JL2XUN 28-Jul 4-Aug F F/ON5FP (EU-032) 3-85 ON4ADN 28-Jul 29-Jul F F5SNY/P (EU-048) 3-125 28-Jul 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH (AF-008) 3-4 3-2 F6KDF 28-Jul 29-Jul G GB0SM (EU-011) G3WNI 28-Jul 31-Jul GM GS7UEG/P MS0BPG/P (EU-008) 3-116 G7DXK 28-Jul 31-Jul GW GB2LI GX0MXG (EU-120) 3-65 GW0MXG 28-Jul 28-Jul HC HK3JJH/HC4 (SA-056) 3-133 HK3JJH 28-Jul 30-Jul HL HL0Y/4 (AS-093) 3-106 HL0Y 28-Jul 28-Jul HS HS2AC (AS-107) 3-126 3-121 HS0/G3NOM 28-Jul 8-Aug I IA5/DM2AUJ (EU-028) 3-130 DM2AUJ 28-Jul 29-Jul I IF9ZRQ (EU-054) IF9ZRQ 28-Jul 8-Aug IS0 IS0/DH3FBX DK7ZH DL1FZZ (EU-024) 3-129 28-Jul 2-Aug KH0 by a large group of JAs (OC-086) 3-101 28-Jul 29-Jul KH0 KH0/7K4KHE (OC-086) 3-134 7K4KHE 28-Jul 31-Jul KH3 W5RXP/KH3 (OC-023) 3-111 W5RXP 28-Jul 31-Jul KP2 WP2Z (NA-106) 3-98 3-85 KU9C 28-Jul 20-Aug OA OA/KQ6XA 3-112 28-Jul 30-Jul OA OA178QV 3-120 OA4QV 28-Jul 31-Aug SV SV1BRL/SV8 (EU-052) SV1BRL 28-Jul 2-Aug SV SV8/HA0HW (EU-052) 3-122 28-Jul 11-Aug SV5 J45K (EU-001) 3-112 28-Jul 31-Jul VP9 KG8XV/VP9 (NA-005) 3-125 JH1ROJ 28-Jul 30-Jul VP9 VP9/K2HJB (NA-005) 3-120 K2HJB 28-Jul 30-Jul W KE8M/4 (NA-062) 3-115 28-Jul 31-Jul W WB8YJF (NA-067) 3-120 28-Jul 15-Aug XU XU7AAS 3-133 28-Jul 28-Jul ZC4 ZC4ATC 3-118 5B4YX ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for July 26, 1999 was 150.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for July 27, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------27-Jul-1999 21 175 9 2 Mod/Quiet-Unset;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unset 27-Jul-1999 18 172 7 2 Mod/Quiet-Unset;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unset 27-Jul-1999 15 172 7 2 Mod/Quiet-Unset;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unset 27-Jul-1999 12 172 7 2 Low/Quiet-Unset;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unset 27-Jul-1999 09 172 7 3 Low/Quiet-Unset;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unset 27-Jul-1999 06 172 7 3 Low/Quiet-Unset;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unset 27-Jul-1999 03 172 7 2 Low/Quiet-Unset;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unset 27-Jul-1999 00 172 7 2 Low/Quiet-Unset;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unset

The forecast for Wednesday, July 28th: solar flux 172, A index 12, K index 3. Wednesday should be High Normal.

The forecast for Thursday, July 29th: solar flux 174, A index 8, K index 2. Thursday should be High Normal.

Solar images of the sun received for 28 July, 1999 can be found at http://www.sel.noaa.gov/solar_images/1999_07/1999_07_28.html

Perhaps the most useful propagation page for Amateur Radio Operators can be found at http://dx.qsl.net/propagation/

Grey line map http://www.spiritweb.org/cgi/sunclock.cgi ______

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Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------2S0HTG GM0HTG 9A77ON 9A2TN KH0HT JR7FBR 8Q7AN OZ1EEZ 9K2QQ KB2MS LZ99HQ LZ1UQ 9A0DX 9A3ZA CG0XN VE3XN OD5PN LX1NO 9A4NW 9A2AA JW5NM LA5NM

QSL cards recently received direct: 4K2MAL, 5R8DS, 7X2LS, 8Q7AA, 9N7RW, E44DX, P51BH, S09A, S79MAD, XU1A, ZC4ATC, ZL9CI ______

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Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 425 DX News, 5B4AFB, DL2MIH, EADX, FK8GM, G4BUE, HL1VAU, HL2WA, K3ANS, K3KY, KF2HC, KH6BZF Reports, NOAA, UA2FF, VE3DMJ, W7UG ______

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Starting August 2nd look for Timo, OH1NOA, to be active from the Baltic States. First from Estonia as ES0/OH1NOA until August 5th. Afterwards he will go to Latvia as YL/OH1NOA and Lithuania as LY/OH1NOA until the 12th. QSL via OH1NOA.

Tomorrow Martti, OH2BH, his wife Leena, OH2BE, Eric, FK8GM and Kan, JA1BK, should be active from Wallis Island as FW8ZZ. They'll have two rigs with amplifiers and will be concentrating on 12, 17 and 30 meters. QSL cards will be handled by OH2BN, Jarmo J. Jaakola, OH2BN, Kiilletie 5-C-30, FIN-00710, Helsinki, Finland.

Just to remind every one this year's Annual Pacific Northwest DX Convention, sponsored by the Willamette Valley DX Club, will be held on 30, 31 July and 1 August at the Monarch Moter Hotel in Clackmas, Oregon. For a registration form or further information see their Web site at: http://www.qsl.net/wvdxc/dxconv.htm or e-mail Jim, K9JF/7 .

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3B8CF - MAURITIUS - Look for Jacky on SSB near 14250 around 03:00Z.

9M6IS - EAST MALAYSIA - East Coast and Europeans found this semi-rare one on 21240 between 16:00 and 17:30Z.

CY9CWI - ST. PAUL ISLAND - Was working Japanese stations on 14013 between 12:30 and 13:30Z. The group was scheduled to leave yesterday but are still on the island. QSL via VE2CWI.

EP3HR - IRAN - Hamid came up on 21210 just after 15:00Z. QSL via I2MQP.

FK8VHM - NEW CALEDONIA - This station was lurking around on 20 meters CW yesterday just prior to 12:00Z.

KH0HX - MARIANA ISLANDS - 30 meter buffs reported working him on 10108 between 11:00 and 11:30Z on Wednesday. Just before 15:00Z Europeans were working him on 21027. QSL via JH7WKQ.

LU3HAK/CE0 - Roberto has been on 15 and 20 meters SSB the last two days. Not sure from which island. QSL via LU3HAK.

NH0P - MARIANA ISLANDS - RTTY DXers should check 20 meters between 11:00 and 16:00 also from 18:00 and 20:00Z. QSL via JA7SYA.

SU9ZZ - EGYPT - Check 15 meters SSB and CW for Jaro between 18:00 and 20:00Z.

VQ9DJ - DIEGO GARCIA - Dan is the newest ham on this Indian Ocean island. He started on 14217 around 12:30Z and was later on 14275 at 19:15Z. QSL via AB7JN.

XU7AAS - CAMBODIA - Tom continues to be very active from this rare one. Reports yesterday indicate he was active as follows:

GMT Frequencies GMT Frequencies ------04 21007 15 7007 18072 10 21007 24893 16 18072 13 21004 17 18072 14 18072

YJ0AFL - VANUATU - Was active on 14195 between 11:00 and 12:00Z. Length of stay is unknown at this time. QSL via VK4FL.

ZC4ATC - UK SOVEREIGN BASES ON CYPRUS - The boys started off on 15 meters CW just after 16:00Z and stayed there until just before 19:00Z when they moved to SSB. ______

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The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AF-002 ZD7WRG 21267 1222 EU-028 IA5/IK0YVV 21020 2112 AS-018 UA0FZ 14086 1141 EU-029 OZ/DL2JRM 14260 1422 AS-019 9V1WW 21302 1500 EU-032 TM1OTA 14259 2131 AS-053 HS0/IK4MRH 14260 1913 EU-037 SM/DL8AO 28485 1841 AS-079 JA5CKD/6 14017 1731 EU-048 F5SNY/P 14260 0632 AS-093 HL0Y/4 21260 2322 EU-075 SV1TP/P 14260 2007 AS-135 BI4Q 21260 1043 EU-084 SK0HS/5 14260 0939 AS-136 BD4ED/4 10103 1911 EU-120 GB2LI 7095 1238 EU-003 CU3/CT1AHU 21256 1505 EU-133 UA1AOQ 14038 1903 EU-008 MM0BNN/P 14263 1615 EU-133 UE1CIG 14253 1407 EU-008 MS0BPG/P 21250 1014 EU-153 RZ1OA/A 14263 1912 EU-010 2S3JIJ 14247 1044 EU-153 UA1OLM/A 14004 1616 EU-010 GM3PPG/P 14206 702 NA-005 VP9/W9AEB 14260 0056 EU-011 GB0SM 21024 2145 NA-067 WB8YJF/4 21259 2301 EU-014 TK/S53R/P 14021 2153 NA-080 C6A/M0CIL 21260 1402 EU-016 9A0DX 7083 2233 NA-094 CY9CWI 14260 0256 EU-021 TF0/LX9EG/M 14250 1852 NA-106 KP2/AA1DU 24955 2207 EU-026 JW/DL3NRV 14294 1439 OC-042 DU3NHK 21290 1628 EU-028 IA5/DL6DQI 18082 2139 OC-147 YC9YKI 21260 1433 EU-028 IA5/DM2AUJ 14265 1723 OC-210 YC8RRK 21265 1554

The Brazilian group going to Gipoia Island (SA-029) from July 29th to August 1st (see Vol. 3 No. 134) will now use PV1S on CW and PV1B on SSB. QSL via PY1KS.

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 QSL ------29-Jul 29-Jul 4X 4X/JM1LJS 3-128 JL2XUN 29-Jul 30-Jul C6 M0CIL/C6A (NA-080) 3-104 ON4BAM 29-Jul 31-Jul CU CU8/CT1AHU CU8/CU3EJ (EU-089) 3-103 29-Jul 6-Aug DL DL4FCH/P (EU-042) 3-123 29-Jul 4-Aug F F/ON5FP (EU-032) 3-85 ON4ADN 29-Jul 29-Jul F F5SNY/P (EU-048) 3-125 29-Jul 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH (AF-008) 3-4 3-2 F6KDF 29-Jul 29-Jul G GB0SM (EU-011) G3WNI 29-Jul 31-Jul GM GS7UEG/P MS0BPG/P (EU-008) 3-116 G7DXK 29-Jul 31-Jul GW GB2LI GX0MXG (EU-120) 3-65 GW0MXG 29-Jul 30-Jul HL HL0Y/4 (AS-093) 3-106 HL0Y 29-Jul 8-Aug I IA5/DM2AUJ (EU-028) 3-130 DM2AUJ 29-Jul 29-Jul I IF9ZRQ (EU-054) IF9ZRQ 29-Jul 8-Aug IS0 IS0/DH3FBX DK7ZH DL1FZZ (EU-024) 3-129 29-Jul 2-Aug KH0 by a large group of JA's (OC-086) 3-101 29-Jul 29-Jul KH0 KH0/7K4KHE (OC-086) 3-134 7K4KHE 29-Jul 31-Jul KH3 W5RXP/KH3 (OC-023) 3-111 W5RXP 29-Jul 31-Jul KP2 WP2Z (NA-106) 3-98 3-85 KU9C 29-Jul 20-Aug OA OA/KQ6XA 3-112 29-Jul 30-Jul OA OA178QV 3-120 OA4QV 29-Jul 1-Aug PY PY1KS KB MF PU1MPR (SA-029) 3-134 PY1KS 29-Jul 31-Aug SV SV1BRL/SV8 (EU-052) SV1BRL 29-Jul 2-Aug SV SV8/HA0HW (EU-052) 3-122 29-Jul 11-Aug SV5 J45K (EU-001) 3-112 29-Jul 31-Jul VP9 KG8XV/VP9 (NA-005) 3-125 JH1ROJ 29-Jul 30-Jul VP9 VP9/K2HJB (NA-005) 3-120 K2HJB 29-Jul 30-Jul W KE8M/4 (NA-062) 3-115 29-Jul 31-Jul W WB8YJF (NA-067) 3-120 29-Jul 15-Aug XU XU7AAS 3-133 29-Jul 3-Aug YV YW7C (SA-012) 3-100 W4SO ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for July 27, 1999 was 161.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for July 28, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------28-Jul-1999 21 198 11 3 Mod/Quiet-Active;Low-Mod/Quiet-Active 28-Jul-1999 18 175 8 4 Mod/Quiet-Active;Low-Mod/Quiet-Active 28-Jul-1999 15 175 8 2 Mod/Quiet-Unsettled;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unset 28-Jul-1999 12 175 8 3 Mod/Quiet-Unsettled;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unset 28-Jul-1999 09 175 8 2 Mod/Quiet;Moderate/Quiet-Unsettled 28-Jul-1999 06 175 8 1 Mod/Quiet-Unsettled;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unset 28-Jul-1999 03 175 8 0 Mod/Quiet-Unsettled;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unset 28-Jul-1999 00 175 8 2 Mod/Quiet-Unsettled;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unset

The forecast for Thursday, July 29th: solar flux 170, A index 8, K index 2. Thursday should be High Normal.

The forecast for Friday, July 30th: solar flux 170, A index 6, K index 2. Friday should be Above Normal.

Solar images of the sun received for 29 July, 1999 can be found at http://www.sel.noaa.gov/solar_images/1999_07/1999_07_29.html

Perhaps the most useful propagation page for Amateur Radio Operators can be found at http://dx.qsl.net/propagation/

Grey line map http://www.spiritweb.org/cgi/sunclock.cgi ______

QSL Info ______

Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------2A0BYE MM0BYE HS4BPQ E21EIC ZC4ATC 5B4YX 2C4PXQ GW4PXQ VQ9DJ AB7JN ZD7WRG WA2JUN 9M6IS 9M6JC YJ0AFL VK4FL

EX9MZZ - Erkin, Box 1, Tokmok 722201, KYRGYZSTAN XU7AAS - Tom, P.O. Box 11, 02-800 Warsaw 93, POLAND

QSL cards recently received direct: 3D2TN, 4S7AB, 4S7BRG, CN8NK, CY9SS, OJ0/LA0CX, P51BH, S09A, T30R, T33RD, T95A, XV300S, ZL9CI

QSL cards recently received via the bureau: 4U1VIC, 5B4/NP3D, C6AKA (NA-048 and NA-113), ED2IZA (EU-134), F5SNY/p (EU-074), HB0/DL0HUN, IA5/IZ5AXB (EU-028), JT1Y, LA/DK4UN/p (EU-033, EU-044, EU-046, EU- 139), LA/DK4WD/p (EU-079), PT7WA/PY6 (SA-080), ZK1KTT. ______

On the WWW ______

If you didn't work P51BH and want to see the QSL card see the following link http://www.qsl.net/vk3ew/p51bh.htm ______

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Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: G3PMR, G4BUE, K2WP, KA2NUE, KH6BZF Reports, KQ3F, N2LH, N2SU, N2TN, N2WKS, NOAA, VK3EW, VK9NS, W7IAN, W7UG ______

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News from the Democratic Republic of Congo is that the ARAC, IARU society, is up and running. However the 9Q licenses have not been issued as of yet due to negotiatons as to what the cost will be from the PTT authorities. It seems that the current fee is extremely high and members of the ARAC are trying to get them lowered. The IARU society is expecting to have a web site in the near future. Once the license start to be issued expect about 20 9Q stations to start to appear on the air!

Starting August 23rd Patrice, F5RBB, will be operating from Monaco as 3A/F5RBB. He plans to be on 10, 15, 20 and 40 meters until August 28th. QSL via F5RBB.

The FW8ZZ-Wallis Island DXpedition dedicated to the memory of Chuck Swain, K7LMU, and Ted Thorpe, ZL2AWJ, is well underway. The group members have all arrive in Noumea, New Caledonia and expect to leave for Wallis Island around 07:00Z today with an expected arrival of 12:00Z today. The group will have two complete stations. One concentrating on the 12, 17 and 30 meters bands the other mostly on 15 and 20 meters. They will be QRV from Saturday through Tuesday. QSL cards go via OH2BN.

Jim, KD3YK, plans to be QRV as ZF2JM from the Cayman Islands between August 2nd and 12th. He will be operating QRP on 20 and 40 meters CW. QSL via KD3YK.

Daniel, DL7DST, plans to be on the air from Dunnottar, South Africa as ZS6/DL7DST between August 3rd and 8th then again from September 2nd and 6th. QSL via DL7DST. ______

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1X1WAA - CHECHNYA - Magamed is located in Grozny the capital city of Chechnya. All 1X stations do not count for anything for DXCC.

4U1ITU - ITU GENEVA - Showed up on 14025 around 10:40Z.

7P8HH - LESOTHO - Check 15 meters SSB, around 21250, about 15:00Z for Horst.

ET3BT - ETHIOPIA - Tensai often stops by to talk with Jim, VK9NS, around 14222 between 03:30 and 04:00Z.

KH0 - MARIANA ISLANDS - A large group of Japanese stations are here operating mostly on 15 through 40 meters on CW, SSB and some RTTY. Operators include K7IL/KH0, KH0/AE4SU, KH0/JA3RR, KH0/N3TJ, KH0/W8YAQ, KH0HX, NH0L, NH0P and WH2M/WH0.

V73CW - MARSHALL ISLANDS - Bruce started on 30 meters CW around 09:30Z and later was found on 7007 just prior to 10:00Z. QSL via AC4G.

VK9NS - NORFOLK ISLAND - European RTTY DXers reported working Jim on 20 meters around 19:30Z. Jim also shows up most days on 14222 at 03:30Z.

XU7AAS - CAMBODIA - Once again Tom was very active on 17 meters CW at 12:00 and again between 16:00 and 17:00Z.

ZC4ATC - UK SOVEREIGN BASES ON CYPRUS - Look for the club station to be active later today and early tomorrow. They may show up on the low bands. QSL via 5B4YX. ______

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The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AS-018 RA0FA 18074 1140 EU-029 OZ/DL2JRM 7060 1402 AS-053 HS0/IK4MRH 21296 1901 EU-031 IK8TWX/8 7059 1357 AS-093 HL0Y/4 21260 0509 EU-032 TM1OTA 14258 1616 AS-130 DU8DJ 14257 1548 EU-036 LA4XGA 14260 0721 AS-136 BD4ED/4 14255 1954 EU-054 IF9/I2OEB 14025 2247 EU-001 J45K 14025 1912 EU-084 SK0HS/5 14264 1152 EU-008 MM0BNN/P 14260 2113 EU-133 UE1CIG 14232 2016 EU-010 GM3PPG/P 14201 0705 EU-136 9A/S51TA/P 21239 0942 EU-011 GB0SM 14009 0717 EU-136 9A4A 14260 0433 EU-016 9A0DX 14241 0443 EU-153 RZ1OA/A 14262 2342 EU-017 ID9/IK8PGM 14260 0018 EU-153 UA1OLM/A 14006 1240 EU-020 SL1FRO 14264 1309 NA-062 KE8M/4 21040 2201 EU-024 IS0LYN/IM0 14018 0614 NA-067 WB8YJF 21032 2231 EU-028 IA5/DL6DQI 18069 2247 NA-080 M0CIL/C6A 14263 0237 EU-028 IA5/DM2AUJ 18071 1714 OC-022 YC9BU 21260 1747 EU-028 IA5/IK0YVV 14014 1946 OC-137 VK4CY 14267 0810 EU-028 IA5/IZ5BTC 14249 1031

After the Rowley Shoals DXpedition (see Vol. 3 No. 51) the team will head for two other island groups for relaxing, fishing, scuba diving and DXing. Operators for these two will include Mal, VK6LC, Jim, VK8PY/K9PPY, and Sam, VK6EEN/CT1EEN. The first stop will be to Malus Island (OC-199) which is located in the Dampier Archipelago and will take place on October 2nd and 3rd. Next they will head over to Green Island (OC-183) to operate on October 5th and 6th. Both of these operations should last about 24 hours. QSL all via their home calls.

Abel, CO6XN, was heard on the air saying that he will go to IOTA NA- 201 the last weekend of August.

A team of operators from Croatia plan to operate from Brioni/Brijuni Islands (EU-110) with special call 9A2000FT sometime during September. This is to celebrate the King's 77th birthday and the operation is expected to be for 7 days.

Vello, ES1QD, plans to operate as ES1QD/0 from Muhu Island (EU-034), Estonia from August 14th to 16th. He'll have a rig with a 300-watt amp and a R7000 vertical. QSL via ES1QD.

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 QSL ------30-Jul 1-Aug BY BY9GA/9 3-131 30-Jul 30-Jul C6 M0CIL/C6A (NA-080) 3-104 ON4BAM 30-Jul 31-Jul CU CU8/CT1AHU CU8/CU3EJ (EU-089) 3-103 30-Jul 6-Aug DL DL4FCH/P (EU-042) 3-123 30-Jul 31-Jul E4 E44/JM1LJS 3-128 VK4FW 30-Jul 4-Aug F F/ON5FP (EU-032) 3-85 ON4ADN 30-Jul 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH (AF-008) 3-4 3-2 F6KDF 30-Jul 3-Aug FW FW8ZZ 3-136 3-129 OH2BN 30-Jul 31-Jul GM GS7UEG/P MS0BPG/P (EU-008) 3-116 G7DXK 30-Jul 31-Jul GW GB2LI GX0MXG (EU-120) 3-65 GW0MXG 30-Jul 30-Jul HL HL0Y/4 (AS-093) 3-106 HL0Y 30-Jul 8-Aug I IA5/DM2AUJ (EU-028) 3-130 DM2AUJ 30-Jul 30-Jul I IA5/IZ5BTC (EU-028) 3-123 30-Jul 8-Aug IS0 IS0/DH3FBX DK7ZH DL1FZZ (EU-024) 3-129 30-Jul 2-Aug KH0 by a large group of JAs (OC-086) 3-101 30-Jul 31-Jul KH3 W5RXP/KH3 (OC-023) 3-111 W5RXP 30-Jul 31-Jul KP2 WP2Z (NA-106) 3-98 3-85 KU9C 30-Jul 20-Aug OA OA/KQ6XA 3-112 30-Jul 30-Jul OA OA178QV 3-120 OA4QV 30-Jul 1-Aug PY PV1S PV1B (SA-029) 3-136 3-134 PY1KS 30-Jul 31-Aug SV SV1BRL/SV8 (EU-052) SV1BRL 30-Jul 2-Aug SV SV8/HA0HW (EU-052) 3-122 30-Jul 11-Aug SV5 J45K (EU-001) 3-112 30-Jul 31-Jul VP9 KG8XV/VP9 (NA-005) 3-125 JH1ROJ 30-Jul 30-Jul VP9 VP9/K2HJB (NA-005) 3-120 K2HJB 30-Jul 30-Jul W KE8M/4 (NA-062) 3-115 30-Jul 31-Jul W WB8YJF (NA-067) 3-120 30-Jul 15-Aug XU XU7AAS 3-133 30-Jul 3-Aug YV YW7C (SA-012) 3-100 W4SO 30-Jul 30-Jul ZC4 ZC4ATC 3-135 3-132 5B4YX 30-Jul 6-Aug ZK1/S by JJ8DEN (OC-159) 3-122 JJ8DEN 30-Jul 1-Aug Pacific Northwest DX Convention 3-136 31-Jul 31-Jul W W1OK (NA-031) 3-124 W1OK 1-Aug 5-Aug 3A 3A/IK1SLP 3A/IK1YLL 3-115 home call 1-Aug 4-Aug 3W 3W6KS 3W6HM (AS-128) 3-133 JA8VE JF1OCQ 1-Aug 1-Aug YO DX Contest ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for July 28, 1999 was 218.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for July 29, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------29-Jul-1999 21 202 10 2 High/Quiet-Unsettled;Mod/Quiet-Unset 29-Jul-1999 18 198 11 3 Mod/Quiet-Unset;Mod/Quiet-Unsettled 29-Jul-1999 15 198 11 2 Low/Quiet-Active;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unset 29-Jul-1999 12 198 11 2 Low/Quiet-Active;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unset 29-Jul-1999 09 198 11 2 Low/Quiet-Active;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unset 29-Jul-1999 06 198 11 3 Mod/Quiet-Active;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unset 29-Jul-1999 03 198 11 3 Mod/Quiet-Active;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unset 29-Jul-1999 00 198 11 3 Mod/Quiet-Active;Low-Mod/Quiet-Active

A major flare occurred at 19:36Z on July 29th.

The forecast for Friday, July 30th: solar flux 190, A index 8, K index 2. Friday should be High Normal.

The forecast for Saturday, July 31st: solar flux 185, A index 5, K index 1. Saturday should be Above Normal.

The forecast for Sunday, August 1st: solar flux 180, A index 7, K index 2. Sunday should be Above Normal.

Solar images of the sun received for July 30, 1999 can be found at http://www.sel.noaa.gov/solar_images/1999_07/1999_07_30.html

Perhaps the most useful propagation page for Amateur Radio Operators can be found at http://dx.qsl.net/propagation/

Grey line map http://www.spiritweb.org/cgi/sunclock.cgi ______

QSL Info ______

Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------4X6UO WB3CQN KH0/KF8TW JH3TXR TF1/LX9EG LX1NO CO8LY EA7ADH KH0/N3JJ JA3ART UE1CIG RZ1AWD HG4I HA5LN KH0/W8YAQ JA3OIN UE1NWE RZ1NWE J45K DL9USA PV1S PY1KS UE6AEK RA6AAW K7IL/KH0 JF3PLF

QSL cards recently received direct: 3D2TN, FR5ZQ/G, JT1DA, S09A, T30R, T33RD, T88II, VR2BG, VR97BG, VR98BG, ZL9CI ______

On the WWW ______

The ARRL has a members only Web page at http://www.arrl.org/members- only/extra/ that has current Amateur Radio news and is worth visiting almost everyday. ______

Credits ______

Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: ARRL DX Bulletin, F6AJA, F6BLQ, JI6KVR, KA2NUE, KF2ZO, KH6BZF Reports, LNDX, N2JTX, N2LH, N2VLA, NOAA, OH2BH, RA3DNC, VK6LC, WA2VRF, W3HC, WA3GNW, ______

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Starting October 14th look for JK7TKE to be on the air from Tubuai Island in the Austral Islands. He'll be active on both HF and 6 meters. No call was given and he plans to be there until October 24th. QSL via JK7TKE.

Members of the upcoming DXpedition to Annobon Island, 3C0R, plan to use the following transmit frequencies:

SSB: 1845, 3795, 7065, 14195, 18145, 21295, 24945, 28495 CW: 1833, 3505, 7005, 10105, 14025, 18075, 21025, 24895, 28025 RTTY: 7035, 10115, 14085, 18095, 21085, 24925, 28185

The team includes Vic, EA5YN, Elmo, EA5BYP, Ramon, 3C1GS and Robert, 3C1RV. QSL via EA5FVY, Angel Garcia Mendoza, P.O. Box 3045, 03080 Alicante, SPAIN.

Members of the Western New York DX Association will operate special event station K2L from August 8th to 22nd in conjunction with the Buffalo, New York Harborfest and culminating with operation from the Buffalo Lighthouse during the Lighthouse/Lightship activity day August 22. During the August 8-21 period, activity will be on CW, SSB and RTTY on all bands, including WARC. August 22 operation will be on or near these frequencies:

CW: 3531, 7031, 14031, 21031 and 28031 SSB: 3821, 7261, 14231, 23331 and 28421

A special photo QSL will be available for QSOs of August 22 and a regular QSL will be used for all other dates. QSL via WB2YQH, P.O. Box 73, Spring Brook, NY 14140 with SAE/SASE. ______

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4S7YSG - SRI LANKA - Yasu was active on 17 meters CW on Saturday and Sunday around 17:00Z. QSL via JA2BDR.

EP3PTT - IRAN - Someone was active from the club station on Sunday just prior to 14:00Z on 20 meters SSB.

FW8ZZ - WALLIS & FUTUNA - Martti says they have over 10,000 QSOs in the log. Activity Sunday was as follows:

GMT Frequencies GMT Frequencies ------00 21025 21295 28495 11 14195 18140 21025 01 24950 28495 12 14195 21025 02 18145 28025 28495 13 14245 21025 03 14025 18145 24950 28025 14 14245 21025 04 14025 14208 18145 16 14025 05 14195 21025 17 14025 06 7005 7045 14025 14195 21295 18 21295 07 7045 14025 21295 19 21295 08 3795 14194 21295 20 21025 21295 28492 09 3795 21025 21295 21 21025 21295 28025 28495 10 18140 21025

LU3HAK/CE0Y - EASTER ISLAND - Europeans reported working Roberto on 14204 just before 07:00Z. QSL via LU3HAK.

OD5/9K2MU - LEBANON - Murtada is now active mostly on CW from here. QSL via WA4JTK.

TN7OT - CONGO - On Friday Hazel was working JA's and European's on a net on 21331 around 15:00Z. QSL via AL7OT.

V85AA - BRUNEI - Stations all across the US found Bill on 14024 Saturday at 13:00Z.

XU7AAS - CAMBODIA - Tom continues to be very reliable on 18072 between 15:00 and 17:00Z. ______

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The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AS-018 UA0FEN 21023 2246 EU-045 IB0/IZ0CKJ 14260 1628 AS-053 HS0/IK4MRH 21310 1834 EU-052 SV8/HA0HW 10108 2130 AS-117 JE4JPQ/4 14038 1252 EU-056 LA/SM3JBE 18071 2056 AS-128 3W6HM 21013 1623 EU-064 F/IK1SPE/P 21040 1258 AS-128 3W6KS 18147 1807 EU-075 SV1TP/P 14260 1453 AS-136 BD4ED/P 18090 1547 EU-088 OZ/DL3HBG/P 14250 1224 EU-001 J45K 18125 2139 EU-128 DK5AN/P 14255 1907 EU-004 EA6ABK 14008 0703 NA-065 N6FD/7 14264 0548 EU-016 9A/DL3DRN 18076 1849 OC-022 YC9BU 21280 1411 EU-016 9A4W 14265 0720 OC-143 YC5SKR 21327 1801 EU-028 IA5/DL6DQI 10108 2328 OC-159 ZK1MGS 18085 0246 EU-028 IA5/DM2AUJ 18073 2028 OC-210 YC8RRK 21290 1540 EU-029 OZ/DH8SAM/P 7092 1248 OC-210 YC8TXW 21009 1701 EU-030 OZ/DL7AWX/P 18158 1850 SA-006 PJ9/ON4CFD 21265 1933 EU-032 TM1OTA 14264 1509 SA-012 YW7C 21260 1912 EU-034 ES0QK 7007 2245 SA-029 PV1B 28430 1913 EU-043 SM6HBI 18090 2113 SA-029 PV1S 14020 0332 EU-045 IB0/IZ0CBB 14260 1704 SA-036 P43E 14210 2232

Hasse, LA/SM3JBE, will be active today from Otroy Island (EU-056). Look for him on 10 through 20 meters CW.

Timo, OH1NOA, plans to operate from Saaremaa Island, (EU-034) between August 2nd and 5th. He will use ES0/OH1NOA. QSL via OH1NOA, Timo Klimoff, Yrjonkatu 4 a 15, 28100 Pori, Finland.

F6HQP, F5NGB, F6JSI will be active from several different islands from Britany (Finistere Nord) between August 1st to 15th. Some of those islands count for EU-105 others do not.

IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 ______

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From End Prefix Call Ref QSL ------2-Aug 2-Aug KH0 by a large group of JAs (OC-086) 3-101 2-Aug 2-Aug SV SV8/HA0HW (EU-052) 3-122 2-Aug 3-Aug FW FW8ZZ 3-136 3-129 OH2BN 2-Aug 3-Aug YV YW7C (SA-012) 3-100 W4SO 2-Aug 4-Aug 3W 3W6KS 3W6HM (AS-128) 3-133 JA8VE JF1OCQ 2-Aug 4-Aug F F/ON5FP (EU-032) 3-85 ON4ADN 2-Aug 5-Aug 3A 3A/IK1SLP 3A/IK1YLL 3-115 home call 2-Aug 5-Aug ES ES0/OH1NOA 3-136 OH1NOA 2-Aug 6-Aug ZK1/S ZK1MGS (OC-159) 3-122 JJ8DEN 2-Aug 6-Aug DL DL4FCH/P (EU-042) 3-123 2-Aug 8-Aug I IA5/DM2AUJ (EU-028) 3-130 DM2AUJ 2-Aug 8-Aug IS0 IS0/DH3FBX DK7ZH DL1FZZ (EU-024) 3-129 2-Aug 11-Aug SV5 J45K (EU-001) 3-112 2-Aug 12-Aug ZF ZF2JM 3-137 KD3YK 2-Aug 15-Aug XU XU7AAS 3-133 2-Aug 16-Aug GU GU3VXJ/P 3-134 G3VXJ 2-Aug 20-Aug OA OA/KQ6XA 3-112 2-Aug 20-Aug OH0 OH0/DJ7ST (EU-002) 3-116 DJ7ST 2-Aug 27-Aug IS0 IS0/IK2OCP (EU-024) IK2OCP 2-Aug 31-Aug SV SV1BRL/SV8 (EU-052) SV1BRL 2-Aug 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH (AF-008) 3-4 3-2 F6KDF 3-Aug 8-Aug ZS ZS6/DL7DST 3-137 DL7DST 3-Aug 9-Aug HL HL0C/4 (AS-026) 3-129 4-Aug 8-Aug ZK1/S ZK1SCQ ZK1SCR (OC-013) 3-66 DL6DK 4-Aug 14-Aug 9A 9A/IK4HPU (EU-136) 3-135 IK4HPU 5-Aug 7-Aug FO by CX3AN CX4CR (OC-046) 3-113 5-Aug 11-Aug FS by group of PAs (NA-105) 3-99 PA5ET 5-Aug 11-Aug PJ5 by group of PAs (NA-105) 3-99 PA5ET 5-Aug 20-Aug SV J48QEI (EU-052) 3-132 IK2QEI 6-Aug 8-Aug HB0 HB0/ large group of Italians 3-135 home calls 7-Aug 7-Aug OH0 OH0Z 3-134 OH1EH 7-Aug 8-Aug W N2OB (NA-111) 3-130 N2OB 7-Aug 9-Aug P29 P29VHX (OC-153) 3-130 DJ9HX 7-Aug 17-Aug ZK1/S by CX3AN CX4CR (OC-013) 3-113 ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for July 31, 1999 was 220.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for August 1, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------1-Aug-1999 21 216 9 0 Low/Quiet-Act;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unsettled 1-Aug-1999 18 201 17 2 Low/Quiet-Act;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unsettled 1-Aug-1999 15 201 17 1 Low/Quiet-Act;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unsettled 1-Aug-1999 12 201 17 1 Low/Quiet-Active; Low-Mod/Quiet-Active 1-Aug-1999 09 201 17 2 Low/Quiet-Active;Low-Mod/Quiet-Active 1-Aug-1999 06 201 17 4 Low/Quiet-Active;Mod/Quiet-Active 1-Aug-1999 03 201 17 4 Low/Quiet-Active;Low-ModQuiet-Active 1-Aug-1999 00 201 17 3 Low/Quiet-Active;Low-Moderate/Unsettled

The forecast for Monday, August 2nd: solar flux 175, A index 5, K index 2. Conditions should be Above Normal.

The forecast for Tuesday, August 3rd: solar flux 175, A index 7, K index 2. Conditions should be Above Normal.

Solar images of the sun received for August 1, 1999 can be found at http://www.sel.noaa.gov/solar_images/1999_08/1999_08_02.html

Perhaps the most useful propagation page for Amateur Radio Operators can be found at http://dx.qsl.net/propagation/

Grey line map http://www.spiritweb.org/cgi/sunclock.cgi ______

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Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------3D2AL VK3TZ E4/JM1LJS VK4FW JW5RIA LA5RIA 3W6HM JF1OCQ ED2EBD EA2PK NH0/N7EIU JA3AJ 3W6KS JA8VE ED5TFA EA5CLZ OD5/9K2MU WA4JTK 3Z5PW DL3KDC EN8PSL UT5PW TM5BMA F5ORQ 5X1T ON5NT ES0QK DL6QK YW7C W4SO 9M2JI JK1AJX ES75L ES6PZ ZD7SM W1ZT CN2BR F5IQG FO5QG XE1L ZK1MGS JJ8DEN CQ7P CT1CBI FW8ZZ OH2BN ZZ4W PY4KL

Robert, N5NT, reminds everyone that he is not the QSL manager for 5X1T. The correct manager is Ghis, ON5NT.

QSL cards recently received direct: 3W6LI, 4K54V, 7X2DG, CY9SS, DS2CYI, EA3AR, FO0AWI, FO0XUU, FP/W8MV, FY5KE, HI3/ON4ANT, KH4/IV3NVN, NH6D/KH3, OH0MD, S09A, SV2ASP/A, SV9/OH9MM/P, T22KJ, T30R, T33RD, T77BL, UK8OM, UN0LE, XW8KPL/CSN, YC5TML (OC-075), ZL9CI, ZW0X (SA-025)

QSL cards recently received via the bureau: 3D2CB, 3V8BB (7/96), 7O1A, 9V1ZB, C56/DL5MM, EZ8BP, J5AUA, J56CK, PY0F/PP1CZ, SU3AM, V63CP, YS1X ______

On the WWW ______Pat, F6BLQ, announces the IARU society Amateur Radio Association of the Democratic Republic of CONGO (ARAC) now has a site at http://www.multimania.com/aracongo/index.htm. This web page is still under construction but is an excellent place for historic information about this semi-rare African country.

Logs for 8J1RL on Ongul Island, Antarctica can be found at http://www.jarl.or.jp/English/4_Library/A-4-7_8J1RL/8j1rl_log99.htm ______

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Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: F6AJA, F6BLQ, G3PMR, IOTW, JF2MBF, JI6KVR, K2HJB, KB6NAN, KH6BZF Reports, N0OFR, N2VZ, N5NT, N7OJ, N9XX, NOAA, OH1NOA, SM3TLG, W5OZI, W7UG, WB2YQH, WO6M ______

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Prepare to see more activity on the HF bands from CQ WAZ Zone 26. Examinations for upgrade from VHF to HF status were held recently in Thailand and among those who upgraded and should be heard on the HF bands soon are: E20KIR, HS6MYW, E20BCS, HS0XAC, HS7UCQ, E20FMC, E21ZVF, HS9IFG, E20REX, E20MXW, HS6PAY, HS6NIW, E20ARD, HS8AAB, E21YDH, E21RC, E20RRW, E20NVH. There were 11 others that also upgraded. HS1RU was the instructor for the class, which taught the material the examinees needed to upgrade, in addition to the 8 WPM CW examination which was required.

Several Russian Antarctic stations are currently active below the Southern 60th parallel during their winter. Alex, R1ANF, is located at Bellingshausen Base on King George Island (AN-010) and counts for South Shetlands for DXCC. QSL via RK1PWA. Two stations active from Mirny Base, Antarctica are Wally, R1ANZ and Yuri, R1ANT. From Novolazarevskaya Base Antarctica is Mike, R1AND, and Nick, R1ANL. Other Antarctic stations include Japanese operator Kimio, 8J1RL, Showa Base on Ongul Island (AN-015) QSL via the JARL bureau. Australian op Tom, VK0TS, is located at Davis Base QSL via VK1PJ. A French op Philippe is active from FT5YG at the French Dumont d'Urville Base on Petrels Island (AN-017) and QSL via F5LBL. US club station KC4AAA located at the South Pole can sometimes be found on 14243.

Look for Uwe, LX1SU, to be active from Crete Island as SV9/LX1SU until August 7th. ______

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3A - MONACO - 3A/I1YRL, 3A/IK1SLP and 3A/IK1YLL have been active on 17 and 20 meters CW and SSB.

5H3RK - TANZANIA - Look for Ralph most days on 20 meters CW just above 14025 around 04:00Z.

AH8A - AMERICAN SAMOA - Western Europeans found Bill on 15 meters SSB just before 08:00Z.

FW8ZZ - WALLIS & FUTUNA - It appears the team has shut down and gone back to New Caledonia. So far now mention has been made about a log search. QSL via OH2BN.

KP2/AA1BU - U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS - Look for Joe on 17 meters SSB between 04:00 and 05:00Z. He's on St. Johns. QSL via AA1BU.

ZS8D - MARION ISLAND - Japanese and East Coast US DXers found Derek on 18145 starting around 12:00Z. QSL via ZS6EZ. ______

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The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AS-018 UA0FEN 21023 1707 EU-060 SV1ENI/P 14010 0402 AS-040 JA6TYD 21266 1625 EU-067 SV1CU/SV8 18077 1718 AS-040 JH6TYD 21266 1642 EU-088 OZ/DL2HEB/P 14026 0628 AS-059 UA0IAS/0 14039 1316 EU-088 OZ/DL3HBG/P 21275 1050 AS-078 8J8TKS 14021 1845 EU-114 GU3WHN/P 14260 1112 AS-128 3W6HM 14014 1607 EU-125 OZ7AEI/P 14267 0655 AS-128 3W6KS 21265 2146 EU-131 IK3VIA 14258 0318 EU-003 CU3BL 14260 0901 EU-136 9A4OP/P 14263 1018 EU-016 9A/DL2VFK 18140 0811 NA-029 VY2OX 21260 2015 EU-016 9A/DL3DRN 14020 1329 NA-083 N2US/P 14259 2246 EU-028 IA5/DM2AUJ 18069 2005 NA-110 AA4V 21258 2209 EU-029 OZ/DL2JRM 14257 1937 OC-054 FW8ZZ 18145 0316 EU-034 ES0QK 10106 2243 OC-137 VK4LV 24895 0046 EU-047 DJ9IN 14260 2011 OC-159 ZK1MGS 24897 0008 EU-052 SV8/HA0HW/ 10103 0455 OC-185 VK8BB 14198 1100 EU-056 LA/SM3JBE 14040 1710 SA-012 YW7C 28493 2127

Members of the WestNet DX Group and the Saltee Dog DX Group will once again team up to operate from the island of Ireland's Eye (EU-121). The group will start as EJ7NET on August 5th. Activity will be on all bands including 6 meters until August 9th. QSL via EI2GX.

Japanes stations JH1HHC and 7N2UTO plan to be on from Sado Island (AS- 117) as JH1HHC/0 and 7N2UTO/0 on August 28th and 29th. They will be on CW, SSB and RTTY on 6 through 80 meters. QSL via home calls either direct or via the bureau.

Dan, VK8AN, plans to once again be active from Troughton Island (OC- 154) from August 11th to 14th. Look for him to be active on the 10, 15 and 20 meters CW and SSB IOTA Frequencies. He hopes to have a 17 meters ground plane up also. QSL via VK4AAR direct only.

The Englewood ARS plans to operate from the Boca Grande Lighthouse on Gasparilla Island (NA-069) as K8ONV on August 21st and 22nd. They will participate in the International Lighthouse Day. QSL via K8ONV.

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 QSL ------3-Aug 5-Aug 3A 3A/IK1SLP 3A/IK1YLL 3-115 home call 3-Aug 4-Aug 3W 3W6KS 3W6HM (AS-128) 3-133 JA8VE JF1OCQ 3-Aug 6-Aug DL DL4FCH/P (EU-042) 3-123 3-Aug 5-Aug ES ES0/OH1NOA (EU-034) 3-138 3-136 OH1NOA 3-Aug 4-Aug F F/ON5FP (EU-032) 3-85 ON4ADN 3-Aug 15-Aug F F6HQP F5NGB F6JSI (EU-105) 3-138 3-Aug 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH (AF-008) 3-4 3-2 F6KDF 3-Aug 3-Aug FW FW8ZZ 3-136 3-129 OH2BN 3-Aug 16-Aug GU GU3VXJ/P 3-134 G3VXJ 3-Aug 9-Aug HL HL0C/4 (AS-026) 3-129 3-Aug 8-Aug I IA5/DM2AUJ (EU-028) 3-130 DM2AUJ 3-Aug 8-Aug IS0 IS0/DH3FBX DK7ZH DL1FZZ (EU-024) 3-129 3-Aug 27-Aug IS0 IS0/IK2OCP (EU-024) IK2OCP 3-Aug 20-Aug OA OA/KQ6XA 3-112 3-Aug 20-Aug OH0 OH0/DJ7ST (EU-002) 3-116 DJ7ST 3-Aug 31-Aug SV SV1BRL/SV8 (EU-052) SV1BRL 3-Aug 11-Aug SV5 J45K (EU-001) 3-112 3-Aug 15-Aug XU XU7AAS 3-133 3-Aug 3-Aug YV YW7C (SA-012) 3-100 W4SO 3-Aug 12-Aug ZF ZF2JM 3-137 KD3YK 3-Aug 6-Aug ZK1/S ZK1MGS (OC-159) 3-122 JJ8DEN 3-Aug 8-Aug ZS ZS6/DL7DST 3-137 DL7DST ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for August 1, 1999 was 267.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for August 2, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------2-Aug-1999 21 213 10 2 Mod/Quiet-Unset;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unsettled 2-Aug-1999 18 216 9 3 Mod/Quiet-Unset;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unsettled 2-Aug-1999 15 216 9 2 Mod/Quiet-Unset;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unsettled 2-Aug-1999 12 216 9 3 Mod/Quiet-Unset;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unsettled 2-Aug-1999 09 216 9 3 Mod/Quiet-Unset;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unsettled 2-Aug-1999 06 216 9 3 Mod/Quiet-Unset;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unsettled 2-Aug-1999 03 216 9 0 Mod/Quiet-Active;Low-Moderate/Quiet 2-Aug-1999 00 216 9 1 Low/Quiet-Active;Low-Moderate/Quiet

The forecast for Tuesday, August 3rd: solar flux 195, A index 7, K index 2. Conditions should be Above Normal.

The forecast for Wednesday, August 4th: solar flux 190, A index 7, K index 2. Conditions should be Above Normal.

Solar images of the sun received for August 3, 1999 can be found at http://www.sel.noaa.gov/solar_images/1999_08/1999_08_032.html

Perhaps the most useful propagation page for Amateur Radio Operators can be found at http://dx.qsl.net/propagation/

Grey line map http://www.spiritweb.org/cgi/sunclock.cgi ______

QSL Info ______

Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------5X1P G3MRC EN8PSL UT5PW R1ANF RK1PWA 5Z4GS WB2YQH FT5YG F5LBL R1ANL UA6AH 8J1RL JARL HB0/PI4TUE PI4TUE R1ANT UA1GO 9K8POW 9K2RA JY9QJ DL5MBY R1ANZ UW1ZC 9V1XE DL4DBR R1AND RW1AI VK0TS VK1PJ EK6TA DJ0MCZ

5B4AGC - George, P.O. Box 61344, Paphos, CY8133, Cyprus.

QSL cards recently received direct: 3XY7A, C21JH, H44NC, HK3JJH/0M, KH4/IV3NVN, T33RD, TR0A/P, VP5JM, XU7AAP

QSL cards recently received via the bureau: SU2MT ______

On the WWW ______

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Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 425 DX News, EI6FR, JI6KVR, K3ZO, KB3AUG, KE2TT, KH6BZF Reports, N2JTX, N2TN, NOAA, The 59(9) DX Report, VK8AN, W2GE, W2KD, W7UG ______

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Members of the Caribbean Tour 1999 (see Vol. 3 No. 99) are about to embark on their journey. Operators include Ronald, PA3EWP; Henk, PA3GCV; Peter, PA4EA; Martin, PA4WM; Dennis, PA7FM; and Rob, PA5ET. Their first stop is Sint Maarten (Netherlands Antilles & Saint Martin (French Antilles) where they will be active from August 5th to 11th. On the Dutch side they will use PJ7/PA3EWP, PJ7/PA5ET, PJ7/PA4EA, PJ7/PA4WM, PJ7/PA3GCV and PJ7/PA7FM. While on the French side they plan to use FS/PA3EWP, FS/PA5ET, FS/PA4EA, FS/PA4WM, FS/PA3GCV and FS/PA7FM. Next stop is the island of Nevis from August 11th to the 18th and expected calls are V47WP, V47ET, V47EA, V47WM, V47CV and V47FM. Last stop will be from August 18th to 25th on Anguilla as they use VP2E/PA3EWP, VP2E/PA5ET, VP2E/PA4EA, VP2E/PA4WM, VP2E/PA3GCV and VP2E/PA7FM. QSL all calls via PA5ET either via the bureau or direct to Rob Snieder, van Leeuwenstraat 137, 2273VS Voorburg, The Netherlands. A Website has been setup at http://www.muurkrant.com/pi4com/tour99

Dick, W1KSZ, plans to operate both the National and International Lighthouse Event weekends as W1L from Cape Cod. The National is this weekend and the International is August 21st and 22nd. The specific lighthouses operated from will be announced during the operations. QSL via W1KSZ. ______

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5W1SA - SAMOA - Europeans found Atsuo on 21305 at 08:00Z. QSL via JH7OHF.

9V1WW - SINGAPORE - James is also known as "Mr. 15 Meters" and can be found on SSB starting around 14:00Z and as late as 18:00Z.

9V1XE - SINGAPORE - Yesterday Mirek was very active on 17 meters SSB and CW from 15:30 to 19:30Z. He's got a Web page that he is proud of at http://www.qsl.net/9v1xe/

CX7OV - URUGUAY - Washington enjoys working the low bands. Look for him near 3795 and 1845 between 01:00 and 03:00Z.

D44BC - CAPE VERDE ISLANDS - Look for Julio starting around 20:00Z on 15 meters SSB near 21295.

FK/OH2BH - NEW CALEDONIA - Martti spent yesterday on the beach with his XYL but was on early today on 14198. He'll be back in China by the end of the week.

TU2KC - IVORY COAST - Steven was up on 14025 yesterday after 18:00Z. Earlier today (01:40Z) he was on 21015. He claims to be operating from a friends army club station. QSL via Box 54 Abidjan, 12IN Ivory Coast.

ZK1MGS - SOUTH COOK ISLANDS - Bob, WB4KTC, reports calling CQ on 15 meters RTTY today around 03:15Z and being answered by Yoshi. QSL via JJ8DEN. ______

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The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AF-004 EA8AST 21215 2157 EU-032 F/IK1SPE 14259 1100 AS-017 7J6CCU 21215 1436 EU-032 F5CWU/P 7053 2006 AS-017 JS6PXB 21238 1314 EU-034 ES0/OH1NOA 7006 2102 AS-018 UA0FEN 21017 1642 EU-034 ES0QK 14010 2023 AS-024 JS6LIH 21263 2349 EU-042 DL4FCH/P 7003 0935 AS-053 HS0/IK4MRH 14254 1853 EU-052 SV2AEL/8 14262 1755 AS-059 UA0IAS/0 14040 1250 EU-052 SV1BRL/8 18136 1813 AS-075 YC5YAS 21262 1643 EU-056 LA/SM3JBE 14040 0413 AS-078 JA8LN 21017 0820 NA-010 VE1ZJ 3505 2330 AS-128 3W6HM 14007 1917 NA-027 VO1COP 14262 2212 AS-128 3W6KS 14195 1756 NA-027 VO1GO 14260 0416 EU-003 CU3BL 14259 1655 OC-034 YC9WZJ 21245 1646 EU-016 9A/DL2VFK 18138 1524 OC-075 YC5TML 21317 1807 EU-016 9A/DL3DRN 10105 1848 OC-075 YC5YAS 21262 1656 EU-016 9A0DX 14015 2353 OC-143 YC5VYH 21235 1831 EU-024 IS0/IK2YYL 21209 1221 OC-146 YC8FMI 21250 1455 EU-028 IA5/DL6DQI 10107 2309 OC-159 ZK1MGS 21009 0220 EU-028 IA5/IV3NVN 14258 1921 SA-006 PJ9/ON4CFD 21268 2052 EU-031 IC8/N5KME 21005 0627 SA-012 YM7C 14021 0454

The expected IOTA DXpedition to Mara Island (AS-026) has been postponed to start at 12:00Z on August 5th and end at 00:00Z on August 9th. They will be using HL0C/4. The change may be because of recent weather problems. For more information see their Web page at http://campus.hanyang.ac.kr/~HL0C/1999mara/eindex.html

Takeshi, JI3DST, plans to operate as JI3DST/4 from Oki Archipelago (AS- 041) between 08:00Z on September 23rd to 22:00Z on September 25th. Look for him to be on 10, 12, 15, 17 meters SSB. Japanese IOTA hunters can find him on 40 and 80 metes SSB. QSL via JI3DST either through the JARL bureau or direct to Takeshi Funaki, 2-18-26 Hannan- Cho Abeno-Ku, Osaka-City Osaka 545-0021, 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 QSL ------4-Aug 5-Aug 3A 3A/IK1SLP 3A/IK1YLL 3-115 home call 4-Aug 4-Aug 3W 3W6KS 3W6HM (AS-128) 3-133 JA8VE JF1OCQ 4-Aug 14-Aug 9A 9A/IK4HPU (EU-136) 3-135 IK4HPU 4-Aug 6-Aug DL DL4FCH/P (EU-042) 3-123 4-Aug 5-Aug ES ES0/OH1NOA (EU-034) 3-138 3-136 OH1NOA 4-Aug 4-Aug F F/ON5FP (EU-032) 3-85 ON4ADN 4-Aug 15-Aug F F6HQP F5NGB F6JSI (EU-105) 3-138 4-Aug 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH (AF-008) 3-4 3-2 F6KDF 4-Aug 16-Aug GU GU3VXJ/P 3-134 G3VXJ 4-Aug 8-Aug I IA5/DM2AUJ (EU-028) 3-130 DM2AUJ 4-Aug 8-Aug IS0 IS0/DH3FBX DK7ZH DL1FZZ (EU-024) 3-129 4-Aug 27-Aug IS0 IS0/IK2OCP (EU-024) IK2OCP 4-Aug 20-Aug OA OA/KQ6XA 3-112 4-Aug 20-Aug OH0 OH0/DJ7ST (EU-002) 3-116 DJ7ST 4-Aug 31-Aug SV SV1BRL/SV8 (EU-052) SV1BRL 4-Aug 11-Aug SV5 J45K (EU-001) 3-112 4-Aug 7-Aug SV9 SV9/LX1SU 3-139 4-Aug 15-Aug XU XU7AAS 3-133 4-Aug 12-Aug ZF ZF2JM 3-137 KD3YK 4-Aug 6-Aug ZK1/S ZK1MGS (OC-159) 3-122 JJ8DEN 4-Aug 8-Aug ZK1/S ZK1SCQ ZK1SCR (OC-013) 3-66 DL6DK 4-Aug 8-Aug ZS ZS6/DL7DST 3-137 DL7DST ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for August 2, 1999 was 210.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for August 3, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------3-Aug-1999 21 211 6 3 High/Quiet-Unset;Low-Mod/Quiet- Unsettled 3-Aug-1999 18 213 9 1 High/Quiet-Unset;Low-Mod/Quiet- Unsettled 3-Aug-1999 15 213 9 1 High/Quiet-Unset;Low-Mod/Quiet- Unsettled 3-Aug-1999 12 213 9 3 High/Quiet-Unset;Low-Mod/Quiet- Unsettled 3-Aug-1999 09 213 9 1 High/Quiet-Unset;Mod/Quiet-Unsettled 3-Aug-1999 06 213 9 1 High/Quiet-Unset;Mod/Quiet-Unsettled 3-Aug-1999 03 213 9 2 High/Quiet-Unset;Mod/Quiet-Unsettled 3-Aug-1999 00 213 9 1 High/Quiet-Unset;Mod/Quiet-Unsettled

A major flare occurred at 21:21Z on August 2nd.

The forecast for Wednesday, August 4th: solar flux 190, A index 15, K index 3. Conditions should be High Normal.

The forecast for Thursday, August 5th: solar flux 185, A index 25, K index 4. Conditions should be Low Normal.

Solar images of the sun received for August 4, 1999 can be found at http://www.sel.noaa.gov/solar_images/1999_08/1999_08_04.html

Perhaps the most useful propagation page for Amateur Radio Operators can be found at http://dx.qsl.net/propagation/

Grey line map http://www.spiritweb.org/cgi/sunclock.cgi ______

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Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------3A/IK1YLL IK1YLL CE3/ON4CDM ON4CDM ES0/OH1NOA OH1NOA 8Q7DS G4VCO CM6YI W3HNK JW5RIA LA5RIA

QSL cards recently received direct: 5K8T (SA-081), E44DX, JX7DFA, KH2JU, S79FAG, T30R, TR0A/P (AF-043), XU7AAP, XW8KPL/CSN ______

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The logs of ZF2NT and HB0/DF6VI can now be found at http://dx.qsl.net/logs ______

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Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: G3PMR, G4BWP, JI6KVR, K3KY, KH6BZF Reports, N6RT, N9RE, NOAA, PA1AW, PA5ET, W1KSZ, WA2VUY, WB4KTC ______

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Here is a special DX Alert for today, August 5th, 1999. Beware that one of the top 20 countries may very well be on the air today or very soon. Several sources, not involved directly, have given the initial heads up. The group has asked not to reveal any details at this time. Although I can not divulge the full details of this operation I can say that something very exciting could happen and for all to be on the alert. For those of you whom only need North Korea this alert will not apply to you! Listen....Listen and Listen again!

Just a reminder your editor will be vacationing next week so there will not be any issues of The Daily DX from August 8th to 13th.

Hide, JM1LJS, tells all that his trip to Palestine and Israel was as follows: July 26 to 29 - West Bank - E4/JM1LJS - 1713 QSOs - QSL via JL2XUN July 30 to August 1 - Gaza - E4/JM1LJS - 1703 QSOs - QSL via VK4FW August 1 - Israel - 4X/JM1LJS - 3 QSOs (no radio in hotel!)

Bert, CX3AN, and Mario, CX4CR, should start up their multi-island trip today from French Polynesia. Antoine, F6FNU, says they will use 3D2HA when they are on Fiji from August 19th to 23rd.

George, G0JHC, will be active from Cyprus as 5B4/G0JHC until August 11th. QSL via home call. ______

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5H3RK - TANZANIA - Ralph was working stations all across the US yesterday on 18071 around 03:30Z.

7P8HH - LESOTHO - Horst continues to be active near 21270 daily around 15:00Z.

AP2NK - PAKISTAN - Around 02:00Z Nassir came up on CW on 18072 today at 02:00Z. He moved down about 1.5 Kc and stayed for about two hours.

UK8OM - UZBEKISTAN - Mike can often be found on both CW and SSB on 15 meters starting around 01:00Z. QSL via IK2QPR.

VU2 - INDIA - The following stations have been reported active on 15 meters between 01:00 and 03:00Z: VU2BK/CW, VU2RAK/CW, VU2RTF/SSB, VU2TMP/CW, VU2WAP/SSB.

ZS8D - MARION ISLAND - Try looking for Derek just after 12:00Z near 18150. QSL via ZS6EZ. ______

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The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AS-018 UA0FEN 21023 2343 EU-032 F5CWU/P 14260 2055 AS-018 UA0FEN 21012 1511 EU-034 ES0/OH1NOA 14262 1359 AS-025 UA0FAA 14260 1446 EU-034 ES0QK 14256 1845 AS-053 HS0/IK4MRH 21320 1846 EU-051 IE9/IT9AUP 21008 2058 AS-076 JA5EO 21215 1444 EU-052 SV2AEL/8 14258 1839 AS-083 UA0QJG/9 21013 1259 EU-060 SV1ENI 28030 0923 AS-128 3W6HM 18080 2101 EU-095 F5TBF/P 14260 0915 EU-001 J45K 18072 0750 EU-124 GC0STH 21025 1148 EU-016 9A/DL3DRN 7012 1826 EU-129 DL1JDK/P 21260 1157 EU-016 9A0DX 21277 2336 NA-029 VY2RO 18150 1405 EU-028 IA3/DL6DQI 18072 1750 NA-065 KK7GO 21248 1424 EU-028 IA5/DM2AUJ 18070 2048 NA-143 AB5EB 14257 2222 EU-028 IA5/IN3XUG 21265 0908 OC-034 YC9WZJ 21305 1638 EU-028 IA5/IV3NVN 14255 2338 OC-134 ZL4IR 14257 0541 EU-029 OZ/DH8SAM/P 7075 1854 OC-210 YC8RRK 21245 1538 EU-029 OZ/DL2JRM 14257 1416 OC-210 YC8TXW 21002 1415 EU-030 OZ/DL7AWX/P 14269 1858 SA-012 YW7C 24950 1439

A group of Japanese operators plan to be on from Uji Archipelago (AS- 067), Japan from August 20th to 22nd. The group will consist of JF6WTY/6, JQ6UNI/6 and JQ6XSF/6. They will be on 10, 12, 15, 17, 20 and 40 meters SSB. QSL via home calls.

A group of Swedes will be active from Santorina Island (EU-067), Greece from August 9th to 15th. They will use SV8/home calls on CW and SSB. QSL via home calls.

IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 ______

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From End Prefix Call Ref QSL ------5-Aug 5-Aug 3A 3A/IK1SLP 3A/IK1YLL 3-115 home call 5-Aug 14-Aug 9A 9A/IK4HPU (EU-136) 3-135 IK4HPU 5-Aug 6-Aug DL DL4FCH/P (EU-042) 3-123 5-Aug 9-Aug EI EJ7NET (EU-121) 3-139 EI2GX 5-Aug 5-Aug ES ES0/OH1NOA (EU-034) 3-138 3-136 OH1NOA 5-Aug 15-Aug F F6HQP F5NGB F6JSI (EU-105) 3-138 5-Aug 7-Aug FO by CX3AN CX4CR (OC-046) 3-113 5-Aug 11-Aug FS by group of PAs (NA-105) 3-140 3-99 PA5ET 5-Aug 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH (AF-008) 3-4 3-2 F6KDF 5-Aug 16-Aug GU GU3VXJ/P 3-134 G3VXJ 5-Aug 9-Aug HL HL0C/4 (AS-026) 3-140 3-129 5-Aug 8-Aug I IA5/DM2AUJ (EU-028) 3-130 DM2AUJ 5-Aug 8-Aug IS0 IS0/DH3FBX DK7ZH DL1FZZ (EU-024) 3-129 5-Aug 27-Aug IS0 IS0/IK2OCP (EU-024) IK2OCP 5-Aug 20-Aug OA OA/KQ6XA 3-112 5-Aug 20-Aug OH0 OH0/DJ7ST (EU-002) 3-116 DJ7ST 5-Aug 11-Aug PJ7 by group of PAs (NA-105) 3-140 3-99 PA5ET 5-Aug 20-Aug SV J48QEI (EU-052) 3-132 IK2QEI 5-Aug 31-Aug SV SV1BRL/SV8 (EU-052) SV1BRL 5-Aug 11-Aug SV5 J45K (EU-001) 3-112 5-Aug 7-Aug SV9 SV9/LX1SU 3-139 5-Aug 15-Aug XU XU7AAS 3-133 5-Aug 12-Aug ZF ZF2JM 3-137 KD3YK 5-Aug 6-Aug ZK1/S ZK1MGS (OC-159) 3-122 JJ8DEN 5-Aug 8-Aug ZK1/S ZK1SCQ ZK1SCR (OC-013) 3-66 DL6DK 5-Aug 8-Aug ZS ZS6/DL7DST 3-137 DL7DST ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for August 3, 1999 was 217.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for August 4, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------4-Aug-1999 21 200 10 2 High/Quiet-Active;Mod/Quiet-Active 4-Aug-1999 18 211 7 2 High/Quiet-Active;Mod/Quiet-Unsettled 4-Aug-1999 15 211 7 1 High/Quiet-Active;Mod/Quiet-Unsettled 4-Aug-1999 12 211 7 2 High/Quiet-Active;Mod/Quiet-Unsettled 4-Aug-1999 09 211 7 3 Mod/Quiet-Active;Moderate/Quiet-Active 4-Aug-1999 06 211 7 4 Mod/Quiet-Active;Moderate/Quiet-Active 4-Aug-1999 03 211 7 3 Mod/Quiet-Unset;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unsettled 4-Aug-1999 00 211 7 3 Mod/Quiet-Unset;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unsettled

The forecast for Thursday, August 5th: solar flux 185, A index 25, K index 5. Conditions should be Disturbed.

The forecast for Friday, August 6th: solar flux 180, A index 12, K index 3. Conditions should be High Normal.

Solar images of the sun received for August 5, 1999 can be found at http://www.sel.noaa.gov/solar_images/1999_08/1999_08_05.html

Perhaps the most useful propagation page for Amateur Radio Operators can be found at http://dx.qsl.net/propagation/

Grey line map http://www.spiritweb.org/cgi/sunclock.cgi ______

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Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------5R8FU SM0DJZ J45K DL9USA UK8OM IK2QPR E20REX E21EIC TU5IJ I2AOX YC9WZJ W6MD GC0STH G3DIY

QSL cards for the recent 3B9R DXpedition to Rodriguez Island have arrived in Arizona from the printer in Japan. A team of workers will start late next week to confirm over 47,000 QSOs. For a first look at the QSL check out the following URL at http://www.dailydx.com/graphics/3b9r.htm

QSL cards recently received direct: 4K2MAL, 5K8T, 7X2LS, BY1DX, CY9SS, E44DX, EP2MKO, FO0XUU, JX7DFA ______

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Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: AH0W, F6FNU, JI6KVR, JM1LJS, K2QMF, K3ANS, K4UVT, KH6BZF Reports, LU7EE, NOAA, OE-1002419, QRZ DX, W3MF, W8FJ ______

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W3UR reminds readers he's taking one of his two vacation weeks next week so there will not be any issues of Daily DX for a week. He decided a day to pack would be helpful, so here I am with you today. By the way, he's camping along the U.S.-Canada border near Lake Erie and Niagara Falls. Bernie says his wife Becky, N3OSH, is the real camping fan. Bernie notes that N4GN, well known DXpeditioner, will be covering any major breaking DX news and will keep Daily DX subscribers informed. Bernie's reference in his vacation announcement to "getting caught with the hose in your hand," was a reference to the drought in Maryland and water conservation regulations that went into effect Wednesday. Oh, behave! And there's been a new addition in the W3UR household - a 9-week-old black Labrador puppy. Bernie's young son, Kyle, has started barking in an attempt to better communicate with the pup, whose name is Simba.

A very rare one is in the works (Not P5, relax). Bernie is sworn to secrecy but says it may be on as early as today, if it all works out. See yesterday's Daily DX for the cryptic info he's able to release at this point.

Don't forget to look for club members to be active from the ZC4ATC station August 10th, sometime after 16:00Z and as late as 20:00Z. QSL via 5B4YX.

There are new call areas for Tanzania now. It used to be 5H3 for the whole country and 5H1 for Zanzibar (which at one time was a stand- alone DXCC entity). 5H8TL is currently the only new ham using one of the new prefixes. Thanks to Michael Seitz, 5H3MS, for the following info. The zones for Tanzania proposed by TARC some time ago, that seem to be the ones in use now, are as follows: 1 - Zanzibar and Pemba Islands 2 - Arusha, Kilimanjaro, Tanga 3 - Coast, Dar Es Salaam (including Mafia Island) 4 - Morogoro 5 - Lindi, Mtwara, Ruvuma 6 - Iringa 7 - Mbeya 8 - Kigoma, Rukwa, Tabora 9 - Kagera, Mwanza, Mara, Shinyanga (including Ukerewe Islands) 0 - Dodoma, Singida W

The following is from Ali, E44A. "I am going back to Gaza, Palestine on August 13 for a few days unless something major happens. The main reason to go to E4 is to try and teach the kids from Gaza College some ham radio. They have 5 kids (4 boys and 1 girl) and one of them is almost ready to be licensed. He learned enough theory and has memorized the phonetics and has done very well in off-air QSOs and now he needs some more ham radio theory and a little more on how to handle quick QSOs. Sami, E44B, has taught him CW but he is slow (we all started like that). The other kids are not ready yet. I'll take my books with me and leave them there so that they can study at their own pace."

From Bob, N6EK on the Northern California DX Foundation's beacon system: "I am happy to report that the license from the FCC for the W6WX beacon to operate on 18 and 24 Mhz has come through and W6WX is now transmitting on five bands. This leaves only the KH6WO beacon unable to transmit on the WARC bands.

"The licensing has been handled by Dave Leeson, W6NL, and this success is the result of several years' effort on Dave's part. His strategy was to get approval for W6WX first with the idea that the approval for the KH6 beacon would be obtained quickly once W6WX was approved. The request for the Hawaiian beacon will be going in to the FCC soon."

More info on the beacon system can be found at http://www.ncdxf.org/index.htm (or by reading Vol. 2 No. 160 of the Daily DX - August 28, 1998.) ______

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8Q7DS - MALDIVES - Very active on both 20 phone and CW. On phone look first on 14195. Also found on 14200. On CW, 14037 listening up two was a winner.

AP2NK - PAKISTAN - He was on 18072 plus or minus for over an hour 02-03:30Z, listening up one.

BV6ES - TAIWAN - On 21034 in the 02Z hour.

EP3HR - IRAN - Hamid in Shiraz was found on 21232 at 14:50Z.

JT1BH - MONGOLIA - Very active the last two days on 15 CW. 21018 at 10:30Z.

HS0/G3NOM - THAILAND - was ragchewing with K3ZO (HS0ZAR) on 21325 at 01:20Z.

HS0/IK4MRH - THAILAND - Also found on 15 phone (21330) at 19:00Z.

HZ1AB - SAUDI ARABIA - Has been all over the spectrum much of the day, starting at about 14:00Z - 28480 at 23:30z, 1822 AT 01:50z, and loud in the Northeastern U.S. at 02:00Z on 14217. QSL via K8PYD.

XU7AAS - CAMBODIA - Very active, almost all on 18 Mhz, simplex or up one. Try 18073 at 16Z.

XX9TRR - MACAO - Pertti popped up on 21027 at 02:40Z Friday morning. QSL via N6XJ.

Z38/DL1HUF - MACEDONIA - 30 meters, 10102 at 21:45Z.

ZK1MGS - SOUTH COOK - Very active on 15 CW. ______

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The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AS-018 UA0FEN 21023 1515 EU-034 ES0QK 7060 1830 AS-026 HL0C/4 14018 2030 EU-036 LA8LA 10109 1950 AS-040 JH6TYD 14263 1750 EU-036 LA4XGA 14260 0655 AS-053 HS0/IK4MRH 14195 1951 EU-042 DL4FCH/P 21001 1255 AS-083 UA0QJG/9 21014 1540 EU-051 IE9/IT9AUP 21006 1935 EU-001 SV5AZP 14088 1950 EU-052 SV2AEL/8 14255 1855 EU-001 J45K 21025 0605 EU-061 LA/SM4DDS/P 14260 1520 EU-006 EJ7GK 7068 1755 EU-088 OZ/DL3HBG 14247 0650 EU-006 EI/G0PZO/M 21260 1315 EU-092 GM0HLV/P 14260 2345 EU-016 9A0DX 21223 2230 EU-095 F5TBF/P 14263 0825 EU-016 9A/DL3DRN 14260 1830 EU-120 GB0SGI 14257 1020 EU-021 TF8GX 14260 0150 EU-121 EJ7NET 10104 0240 EU-024 IS0ATP 14012 1415 EU-136 9A6DCR 28465 0740 EU-028 IA5/IK7YUA 14258 2140 OC-013 ZK1SCQ 21295 0125 EU-030 OZ/DL7AWX/P 14276 0730 OC-042 DX1HQ 14188 1915 EU-031 IK8TWX/8 14258 0810 OC-137 VK4LV 24905 0120 EU-032 F5CWU/P 14192 2020 OC-143 YC5VYH 21260 2105 EU-032 F5ABL/P 21260 1120 OC-159 ZK1MGS 21016 0114

Uwe, DJ9HX, will be active from Papua New Guinea as P29VHX August 7- 31. First look for Uwe from Loloata Island (OC-153) from the 7th to 9th, from Rabaul (OC-008) the 10th to 12th, from Kavieng (OC-008) the 13th to 15th, Manus Island (OC-025) the 16th to 18th, and Madang (OC- 034) the 19th to 22nd. Plans for the 23rd through 31st are still open. Uwe will have antennas for 10 through 40 and a FT-747, 100 watts, and plans SSB and CW activity. QSL via DJ9HX ("preferably via the bureau!" he says).

Svend, OZ1DYI, plans to activate Romoe Island (EU-125) from 9 to 29 August. He plans to mainly work 20 meters around 14260 but also has antennas for 80, 40, 15, and 10. The rig will be powered by a solar cell and battery.

EA5EYJ reports he's making a list of IOTA-99 contest QSL routes available. Go to http://www.arrakis.es/~ea5eyj.

IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 ______

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From End Prefix Call Ref QSL ------6-Aug 6-Aug DL DL4FCH/P (EU-042) 3-123 6-Aug 6-Aug ZK1/S ZK1MGS (OC-159) 3-122 JJ8DEN 6-Aug 7-Aug FO by CX3AN CX4CR (OC-046) 3-113 6-Aug 7-Aug SV9 SV9/LX1SU 3-139 6-Aug 8-Aug HB0 HB0/ large group of Italians 3-135 home calls 6-Aug 8-Aug I IA5/DM2AUJ (EU-028) 3-130 DM2AUJ 6-Aug 8-Aug IS0 IS0/DH3FBX DK7ZH DL1FZZ (EU-024) 3-129 6-Aug 8-Aug ZK1/S ZK1SCQ ZK1SCR (OC-013) 3-66 DL6DK 6-Aug 8-Aug ZS ZS6/DL7DST 3-137 DL7DST 6-Aug 9-Aug EI EJ7NET (EU-121) 3-139 EI2GX 6-Aug 9-Aug HL HL0C/4 (AS-026) 3-140 3-129 6-Aug 11-Aug 5B4 5B4/G0JHC 3-141 G0JHC 6-Aug 11-Aug FS by group of PAs (NA-105) 3-140 3-99 PA5ET 6-Aug 11-Aug PJ7 by group of PAs (NA-105) 3-140 3-99 PA5ET 6-Aug 11-Aug SV5 J45K (EU-001) 3-112 DL9USA 6-Aug 12-Aug ZF ZF2JM 3-137 KD3YK 6-Aug 14-Aug 9A 9A/IK4HPU (EU-136) 3-135 IK4HPU 6-Aug 15-Aug F F6HQP F5NGB F6JSI (EU-105) 3-138 6-Aug 15-Aug XU XU7AAS 3-133 6-Aug 16-Aug GU GU3VXJ/P 3-134 G3VXJ 6-Aug 20-Aug SV J48QEI (EU-052) 3-132 IK2QEI 6-Aug 20-Aug OA OA/KQ6XA 3-112 6-Aug 20-Aug OH0 OH0/DJ7ST (EU-002) 3-116 DJ7ST 6-Aug 27-Aug IS0 IS0/IK2OCP (EU-024) IK2OCP 6-Aug 31-Aug SV SV1BRL/SV8 (EU-052) SV1BRL 6-Aug 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH (AF-008) 3-4 3-2 F6KDF 7-Aug 7-Aug OH0 OH0Z 3-134 OH1EH 7-Aug 8-Aug W N2OB (NA-111) 3-130 N2OB 7-Aug 9-Aug P29 P29VHX (OC-153) 3-130 DJ9HX 7-Aug 17-Aug ZK1/S by CX3AN CX4CR (OC-013) 3-113 8-Aug 20-Aug I I4ALU (EU-051) 3-106 I4ALU 9-Aug 15-Aug SV a group of SMs (EU-067) 3-141 3-135 home calls 9-Aug 15-Aug JA JH1RYN (AS-008) 3-129 JH1RYN 9-Aug 15-Aug JA JH1YVY (AS-008) 3-119 JH1YVY 9-Aug 15-Aug JW JW/DF6VI JW/DL4OCM 3-116 3-85 home call 9-Aug 21-Aug FK by F6BUM (OC-032) 3-108 10-Aug 10-Aug ZC4 Possible activity from ZC4ATC 3-118 5B4YX 10-Aug 12-Aug ZK1/S ZK1SCQ ZK1SCR (OC-083) 3-66 DL6DK 10-Aug 15-Aug P29 P29VHX (OC-008) 3-130 DJ9HX 11-Aug 12-Aug OH0 OH0Z 3-134 OH1EH 11-Aug 14-Aug VE F5SSM F5NZO (NA-038) 3-100 11-Aug 14-Aug VK VK8AN (OC-154) 3-139 VK4AAR 11-Aug 17-Aug V2 V26E 3-129 AB2E 11-Aug 18-Aug V4 by group of PAs 3-140 3-99 PA5ET 12-Aug 12-Aug BV BO00NRM (AS-102) 3-134 Bureau 12-Aug 25-Aug J3 J3/G0STR 3-115 G0STR 14-Aug 15-Aug Worked All Europe CW DX Contest 14-Aug 16-Aug ES ES1QD/0 (EU-034) 3-137 ES1QD 14-Aug 17-Aug ZK1/S ZK1SCQ ZK1SCR (OC-159) 3-66 DL6DK 15-Aug 29-Aug F TM5FDH 3-122 F5LGF 16-Aug 09-Sep 5B 5B4/DL1IAQ 3-142 DL1IAQ ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for August 4, 1999 was 177.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for August 5, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------6-Aug-1999 00 177 5 2 Moderate/Quiet;Moderate/Quiet-Unsettled 5-Aug-1999 21 177 5 1 Moderate/Quiet;Moderate/Quiet-Unsettled 5-Aug-1999 18 200 10 2 Moderate/Quiet;Moderate/Quiet-Unsettled 5-Aug-1999 15 200 10 2 Moderate/Quiet;Moderate/Quiet-Unsettled 5-Aug-1999 12 200 10 1 Moderate/Quiet;Moderate/Quiet-Unsettled 5-Aug-1999 09 200 10 1 Moderate/Quiet;Moderate/Quiet-Unsettled 5-Aug-1999 06 200 10 2 Moderate/Quiet-Unset;Moderate/Quiet- Unset 5-Aug-1999 03 200 10 2 High/Quiet-Active;Mod/Quiet-Unsettled 5-Aug-1999 00 200 10 1 High/Quiet-Active;Mod/Quiet-Unsettled

Conditions over the next 10 days are expected to be as follows:

Date SFI A K Conditions ------1999 Aug 06 180 12 3 High Normal 1999 Aug 07 170 7 2 Above Normal 1999 Aug 08 165 7 2 Above Normal 1999 Aug 09 150 7 2 Above Normal 1999 Aug 10 140 6 2 Above Normal 1999 Aug 11 135 8 3 High Normal 1999 Aug 12 135 6 2 Above Normal 1999 Aug 13 135 6 2 Above Normal 1999 Aug 14 135 6 2 Above Normal 1999 Aug 15 140 5 2 Above Normal

Solar images of the sun received for August 6, 1999 can be found at http://www.sel.noaa.gov/solar_images/1999_08/1999_08_06.html

Perhaps the most useful propagation page for Amateur Radio Operators can be found at http://dx.qsl.net/propagation/

Grey line map http://www.spiritweb.org/cgi/sunclock.cgi ______

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Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------9A0DX 9A3ZA ED5TFA EA5CLZ UA9JMM K0XQ 9J2AM JA0JHA EJ7NET HB9ISZ UK8OM IK2QPR 9K2/SQ5DAK SP5KQS EK6TA DJ0MCZ UR4WWT WR3L CM6YI W3HNK HZ1AB K8PYD WP3R W3HNK CO6XN HK6DOS J45K DL9USA XX9TRR N6XJ CO8JY KU9C S58N S57MX Z31JA NN6C DU3NXE W3HNK SN0ZPW SP9IIL ZD7DP W1ZT DX1HQ DX1DX TF8GX K1WY ZD7WRG WA2JUN ZK1MGS JJ8DEM

QSL cards recently received direct: 4K2MAL, 7X2LS, BY1DX, CE0AA, E44DX, JX7FDA, VK3IO and XW8KPL/DF8AN

QSL cards recently received via WF5E: 3D2DK, 3W7TK, 5T5U, BA4TB, BD7NQ, E21CJN, K8VHN/p, FO0AWI, FO0XUU, HS98AG, JX7DFA, N4XP/V7, NL7Z, S92YV, S92YN, T20FW, T95A, TJ1PD, VP8CKN, XZ1N, ZK3RW

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Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: DL8AAM, G3PMR, JY4NE, K3ANS, KE3Q, KH6BZF Reports, N3AM, N6EK, N6RT, NOAA, NT2N, OE8CIQ, W6OSP and W8FJ. ______

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Toshi, JA8RUZ, sends word on the recent Yemen attempted activation. He traveled with Yoshi, JA1UT, and a group of JA's to Sana last week. Although they did not get permission to operate they were able to get equipment in the country that can be used for both medical emergencies and Amateur Radio. While talking to one of the authorities at the MPT, the official said, "there are many applications in the pile in his drawer". Toshi also mentioned that it was he who called your editor on the phone from a Pizza Hut in Yemen! As you know I was on vacation and he had to leave a message saying they were unable to operate this trip.

The lead organizer of a group of Amateur Radio operators planning to operate from the Lakshadweep Islands (formerly called the Laccadive Islands) informs The Daily DX that the trip has been postponed until March 2000. The DXpedition was originally scheduled to take place in early September (Vol. 3 No. 132) however due to the some of the final approvals and personal schedules the trip has been pushed back.

Starting August 19th a group of Japanese operators will be active from the Maldive Islands. The group will be active on 10 through 40 meters, with the possibility of 6 meters. Operators include JA2SWH/4S7YSG/8Q7YS (QSL via JA2BDR), JA2BDR/8Q7KY (QSL via JA2BDR) and JA2GQT/8Q7SN (QSL via JA2GQT).

Steve, VK4EMS, is currently operating as P29BI from Bougainville Island (OC-135), Papua New Guinea. He has a 100 watt rig and a G5RV antenna. Look for him to be active on CW and SSB in his spare time during the week and even more so on Sundays. Plans are to be there until late December. QSL via VK4EJ.

8J2POS is a special event station at the Port of Shimizu, Japan and will be active through November. The celebration is the 100th anniversary of the port. QSL via the JARL bureau.

Starting August 28th look for a group of Germany Amateur Radio operators to be active from Luxembourg. The group will use LX0RL until September 3rd. QSL this operation via DL4FCH. ______

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3W7CW - VIETNAM - Tom, XU7AAS, went back to Vietnam earlier than expected.

AT0VLH - INDIA - Pavel, VU3VLH, was using this special call this past weekend during the Worked All Europe CW Contest. QSL via OK1MM.

BY1DX - CHINA - Yesterday Martti, OH2BH, was active from the club station. It was his last day operating from the station, as he will be heading back to Finland.

EM1U - ANTARCTICA - Alex is active from Vernadtsky Base on Galindez Island (AN-006). QSL via UT7UA.

EP3LAH - IRAN - Was active on 17 and 15 meters over the weekend. No one has ever reported receiving a QSL card from this station. It might be best to save your money and try to work another EP station.

FY5HY - FRENCH GUIANA - This is Helios (ex FT5XN). He has been here since late July. No one has reported receiving QSLs from FT5XN. We may have to wait until he returns to France.

JL1KFR/JD1 - MINAMI TORISHIMA - RTTY DXers found Rio on 14086 yesterday between 10:30 and 11:00. Then on 21085 afterwards.

K1ZZ/VY2 - CANADA - Dave is currently active from Prince Edward Island.

P29BI - PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Look for Steve near 14260 around 11:00Z. QSL via VK4EJ.

P29VHX - PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Uwe has been active between 10:00 and 14:00Z on 17 and 15 meters SSB. QSL via DJ9HX.

VP6PAC - PITCAIRN - Europeans were working this semi-rare one on 14278 just after 05:00Z yesterday.

XW8INH - LAOS - Was reported on 14027 just before 20:00Z on Saturday and again on 21039 around 16:30Z yesterday. QSL via JM1GYQ.

YB0ZZ - INDONESIA - Look for this club station to be active through August 17th on 15 meters CW.

YK1AZ - SYRIA - Europeans reported working this one yesterday in the Worked All Europe CW Contest yesterday. He was active for several hours. WFWL. ______

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The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AF-004 EA8/DL5ZD 24903 1138 EU-075 SV1TP/P 14263 0445 AS-018 UA0FF 24940 0903 EU-080 EA1BLX/P 14264 1130 AS-045 HL0T/5 21240 1249 EU-130 IV3/IN3YGW 14241 0818 AS-076 JA5EO 21225 1031 EU-131 IK3PQH 14257 0436 AS-078 8J8TKS 18076 0429 EU-136 9A6AA 14268 1520 EU-004 EA6ACB/P 14260 1037 EU-163 4N9W 14260 1612 EU-004 ED6EIG 14188 1125 NA-010 VO1XC/VE1 14260 2335 EU-008 MM/DL6JZ/P 28040 1006 NA-057 AH6PN/HR6 21295 1604 EU-009 GM0HTT 18125 2040 NA-065 N6FD/7 14264 0525 EU-014 TK/IK5BCM 14255 0624 NA-068 VE1/F5NZO 14260 2252 EU-016 9A/DL3DRN 10103 0601 NA-068 VE1/F5SSM 14260 2149 EU-016 9A1CZZ/P 14263 1127 NA-083 AA3DD 10117 0202 EU-016 9A2DM/P 14263 0954 NA-110 W4YO/P 14257 2357 EU-026 JW/DF6VI 21258 1345 NA-173 W2NTJ/VE8 14260 0052 EU-026 JW/DL4OCM 21260 1534 OC-008 P29VHX 18140 1221 EU-028 IA5/I4VOS 14251 1023 OC-022 YC9BU 21205 1255 EU-030 OZ/DL7AWX/P 24961 0929 OC-032 FK/F6BUM 21257 1003 EU-034 ES75M 24948 2042 OC-034 YC9WZJ 21279 1606 EU-042 DK8OL 24953 1009 OC-073 JL1KFR/JD1 18077 1218 EU-056 LA/SM3TLG 14262 0813 OC-104 YJ0AXC 18070 0911 EU-057 DL4PM 21257 1940 OC-135 P29BI 14260 1147 EU-067 SV8/SM7DXQ 21267 1145 OC-159 ZK1SCQ 21269 0659 EU-067 SV8/SM7EQL 14012 2237 OC-159 ZK1SCR 21260 0610 EU-067 SV8/SM7GIB 18083 1438 SA-026 PP5OW 21251 1154

Members of the Kungalvs Sandareamatorer Radio Club, SK6NL, plan to operate in the International Lighthouse Weekend from Vinga Island (EU- 043). QSL via the bureau.

Look for Pietro, IK4MTF, to be active as 9A/IK4MTF/P from Brac Island (EU-016), Croatia from August 17th to 24th. QSL via IK4MTF.

The Florida DXpedition Group will operate special event station W4A from the Amelia Island Lighthouse, on Amelia Island (NA-138), during the International Lighthouse Weekend. This will be the first and possibly the last Amateur Radio operation from this lighthouse. QSL via N5VL.

A small group of Hungarians will be on holiday and active from Korfu Island (EU-052), Greece between September 1st and 8th. Operators include Laci, SV8/HA6NL/P; Zsolt, SV8/HA6PS/P; and Tibor, SV8/HA6ZV/P. They will be on CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL via home calls.

Suggested frequencies are as follows: CW: 1831, 3511, 7006, 10104, 14026, 18071, 21026, 24891, 28026 SSB: 1841, 3621, 7051, 14151, 18151, 21251, 24941, 28451 RTTY: 3591, 7036, 14081, 21081, 28081

Members of the Barry Amateur Radio Society will be on the air as GB5FI from Flatholm Island (EU-124) from August 27th to September 1st. Look for activity on CW, SSB, Amtor, Packet, RTTY and SSTV. QSL via either direct or via the bureau to GW0ANA.

A group from Costa Rica and the US will activate the Puntarenas Province East Group (NA-117) between August 19th and 23rd. Operators include TI2CDA, TI2WGO, TI5KD, KF4TUG and KM9D. The group will use TE8CI from Isla del Cano. QSL cards go via TI5KD.

IS0/IN3WDJ/P is now active from Sardinia (EU-024) on QRP CW until August 23rd.

During the International Lighthouse Weekend, August 21st and 22nd, either CT1BWW/P or CQ7Q will be on the air from Bugio Island (EU-040), Portugal. QSL via CT1BWW.

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 QSL ------16-Aug 16-Aug ES ES1QD/0 (EU-034) 3-137 ES1QD 16-Aug 16-Aug GU GU3VXJ/P 3-134 G3VXJ 16-Aug 17-Aug V2 V26E 3-129 AB2E 16-Aug 17-Aug ZK1/S ZK1CRR (OC-013) 3-113 F6FNU 16-Aug 17-Aug ZK1/S ZK1SCQ ZK1SCR (OC-159) 3-66 DL6DK 16-Aug 18-Aug BV BO99NRM (AS-102) bureau 16-Aug 18-Aug V4 by group of PAs 3-140 3-99 PA5ET 16-Aug 18-Aug P29 P29VHX (OC-025) 3-130 DJ9HX 16-Aug 20-Aug I I4ALU (EU-051) 3-106 I4ALU 16-Aug 20-Aug SV J48QEI (EU-052) 3-132 IK2QEI 16-Aug 20-Aug OA OA/KQ6XA 3-112 16-Aug 20-Aug OH0 OH0/DJ7ST (EU-002) 3-116 DJ7ST 16-Aug 21-Aug FK FK/F6BUM (OC-032) 3-108 16-Aug 23-Aug YS HU4U 3-130 16-Aug 25-Aug J3 J3/G0STR 3-115 G0STR 16-Aug 27-Aug IS0 IS0/IK2OCP (EU-024) IK2OCP 16-Aug 29-Aug OZ OZ1DYI (EU-125) 3-142 16-Aug 29-Aug F TM5FDH 3-122 F5LGF 16-Aug 31-Aug SV SV1BRL/SV8 (EU-052) SV1BRL 16-Aug 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH (AF-008) 3-4 3-2 F6KDF 17-Aug 19-Aug ZK1/N by CX3AN CX4CR (OC-014) 3-113 18-Aug 23-Aug XX XX9TEP 3-125 K8EP 18-Aug 25-Aug VP2E by group of PAs 3-140 3-99 PA5ET 19-Aug 22-Aug P29 P29VHX (OC-034) 3-130 DJ9HX 19-Aug 23-Aug 3D2 3D2HA (OC-016) 3-141 3-113 20-Aug 22-Aug Ham Fair 1999 3-108 20-Aug 22-Aug JA JF6WTY/6 JQ6UNI/6 JQ6XSF/6 (AS-0 3-141 home calls 20-Aug 25-Aug ZK1/N ZK1SCQ ZK1SCR (OC-014) 3-66 DL6DK 21-Aug 22-Aug W K8ONV (NA-069) 3-139 K8ONV 21-Aug 22-Aug National Lighthouse Day 3-127 21-Aug 22-Aug SARTG RTTY Contest 21-Aug 22-Aug SEANET SSB Contest 21-Aug 22-Aug W W4A (NA-138) N5VL 21-Aug 4-Sep I ID9/I1SNW (EU017) I1SNW ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for August 14, 1999 was 79.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for August 15, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------15-Aug-1999 21 131 13 3 Low/Quiet-Active;Low/Unsettled 15-Aug-1999 18 128 6 4 Low/Quiet-Active;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 15-Aug-1999 15 128 6 3 Low/Quiet-Unset;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 15-Aug-1999 12 128 6 3 Low/Quiet-Unset;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 15-Aug-1999 09 128 6 2 Low/Quiet-Unset;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unset 15-Aug-1999 06 128 6 1 Low/Quiet-Unset;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unset 15-Aug-1999 03 128 6 2 Low/Quiet-Unset;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unset 15-Aug-1999 00 128 6 2 Low/Quiet-Unset;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unset

The forecast for Monday, August 16th: solar flux 132, A index 7, K index 2. Conditions should be Above Normal.

The forecast for Tuesday, August 17th: solar flux 134, A index 7, K index 2. Conditions should be Above Normal.

Solar images of the sun received for August 16, 1999 can be found at http://www.sel.noaa.gov/solar_images/1999_08/1999_08_16.html

Perhaps the most useful propagation page for Amateur Radio Operators can be found at http://dx.qsl.net/propagation/

Grey line map http://www.spiritweb.org/cgi/sunclock.cgi ______

QSL Info ______

Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------4N9W YU7ADY HC2KB/HC8 JL3MCM T88WX JA1WSX 4X3DIG 4Z5AX HI3LFE AD4Z TA2DS/0 WA3HUP 9H3TI DL2AAZ J45KLN SM0CMH TM5SOL F5INJ 9M2TD JR4PDP J48QEI IK2QEI V26E AB2E 9M6AAC N2OO JE5WJM/VP9 JE5WJM V47CV PA5ET AT0VLH OK1MM JW/DL4OCM DL4OCM V47EA PA5ET C4A 9A2AJ K2L WB2YQH V47ET PA5ET CN2BR F5IQG LZ0SUN LZ1UQ V47FM PA5ET CN2VA IK4JQO NH6D/KH3 N6FF V47WM PA5ET D2GG CT1GG ON7SUN ON4LCV V47WP PA5ET D2YY CT1GG P29BI VK4EJ V63EC JK1FNN ED6EIG EA6VC P29VHX DJ9HX VK8AN/6 VK4AAR ES75L ES6PZ PJ7/PA3EWP PA5ET VP2MDD M0AEP ES75M ES1QD PJ7/PA3GCV PA5ET VP5/K4ISV N2AU ES75QD ES1QD PJ7/PA4EA PA5ET XW8INH JM1GYQ FK/F6BUM F2VX PJ7/PA4WM PA5ET YC9WZJ W6MD FS/PA3EWP PA5ET PJ7/PA5ET PA5ET YJ0AXC JE1DXC FS/PA4EA PA5ET PY0FZ PY7ZZ YR99E YO3KPA FS/PA7FM PA5ET RK0YWA/P RA0WA ZC4RAF 5B4YX FY5HY F6IHY SV8/SM7DXQ SM7DXQ ZK1CRR *F6FNU GM0BPU/P G0BPU T88JA JA6BSM ZK1SCQ DL6DK

* F6FNU direct only as he is not a member of REF.

LU3HAK - Roberto, P.O. Box 58, Cordoba, ARGENTINA YB0ZZ - P.O. Box 8000, Jakarta 11000, INDONESIA

Japanese operators attending the Ham Fair in Yokohama, Japan may be able to pickup their P51BH and FW8ZZ QSL cards at the Yaesu booth.

The QSL route for EJ7NET is via HB9ASZ. The correct address is: Bernard Pfander, Akazienwag 1, CH-2575 Hagneck, Switzerland.

Pedro, HK3JJH, has recently changed addresses as he has been having problems with his P.O. Box. His home address is as follows: Carrera 7 No 67-09 apto 701 B, Bogot , Colombia

QSL cards recently received direct: 3B9R, FR5ZQ, FR5ZU/T, FT5WH (1/99), H44XX, JA9XBW/JD1, KH8/N5OLS, LU6Z, N6MZ/KH9, VE1WT (NA-081), VK6APK, VR97BG, YB1AQU, YM0S, ZL9CI ______

On the WWW ______

Caribbean Tour 1999 logs and pictures can be found at http://www.muurkrant.com/pi4com/tour99/ ______

Credits ______

Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 425 DX News, AJ3M, DH3MIT, EI6FR, F6FNU, G3KMA, G3PMR, HA0HW, HA6NL, K3ANS, K3KY, KB3AUG, KH6BZF Reports, N2JTX, N3KS, N3NT, N4TX, N5VL, ND5S, NOAA, OZ7C, VK4EJ, W0TM, W2YR, WA5PAE, YB0HD ______

Subscriptions ______

DX News ______

Karel, ON4QY, is now active as 3XY2A from Conakry, Guinea. He was heard yesterday saying that he would be there for a couple of years. QSL via ON4QY.

The next scheduled activity from the Radio Club of the Council of Europe will take place from September 24th to 26th with special call TP50CE. The special call is to help celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Council of Europe. RTTY activity is planned for Friday the 24th. QSL via F6FQK.

Dave, W2QM, and a group from the North Jersey DX Association plan to make another trip to St. Martin between December 1st and 8th. It's been three years since their last trip. John, W2JB, and another FOC member also plan to go with Dave. Emphasis will be on CW and they will do all bands.

Once again members of the Frankford Radio Club will invade the Caribbean Island of Antigua (NA-100) for the CQ World Wide SSB DX Contest in October. The team will start to arrive on or about October 25th and stay until around November 4th. During the contest they will use V26B and have a special plaque available for the first station that works them on all 6 bands. Team members include the following:

V26A Dale, N3BNA QSL Via WB3DNA V26AK Tony, N2TK QSL Via N2TK V26B Sam, WT3Q QSL Via WT3Q V26DX Doug, W3CF QSL Via KU9C V26E Darrell, AB2E QSL Via AB2E V26J Jay, WX0B QSL Via WX0B V26O Bob, N5NJ QSL Via N5NJ V26OC Brian, N3OC QSL Via N3OC V26R Mike, KA2AEV QSL Via KA2AEV V26SZ Sharon, KM5SZ QSL Via KM5SZ V26TZ Tom, ZP5AZL QSL Via W3HNK V26U Bill, W2UDT QSL Via W2UDT V26YR John, W2YR QSL Via W2YR

Joel, F5JJW, will once again be active from Polynesia this October. He plans to operate from the following islands as FO0SUC.

Dates DXCC Island IOTA ------October 4- 8 FO Rangirora OC-066 October 9-13 FO/M Hiva Oa OC-027 October 14-18 FO/M Nuku Hiva OC-027 October 19-21 FO Moorea OC-046

QSL via F5JJW ______

QSN ______

3XY2A - GUINEA - Karel came up on 21275 around 18:30Z working stations from the East Coast of the US. QSL via ON4QY.

3W7CW - VIETNAM - Tom likes 17 meters CW so check for him around 15:00 to 16:00Z.

BT4 - CHINA - Lots of stations with the prefix were active Monday including BT4R, BT4S, BT4T, BT4U, BT4V, BT4W, BT4X and BT4Z.

CE0ZAM - JUAN FERNANDEZ - John came up on 18145 just after 00:00Z today and stayed until about 01:20Z. He then moved to 14247 where he stayed until about 02:30Z. QSL via CE3ESS.

D44BC - CAPE VERDE ISLANDS - West Coast DXers reported working Julio on 20 meters SSB between 04:00 and 05:30Z.

HC2KB/HC8 - GALAPAGOS ISLANDS - Hide was working Europeans on 14264 from 07:00 to 09:00Z. QSL via JL3MCM.

S21B - BANGLADESH - Europeans found Nizam at 14:00Z on 21313. QSL via W4FRU.

VK9NS - NORFOLK ISLAND - Jim plans to be on 20 meters RTTY today looking for US stations at their sunrise. He will try to be there for the next few days. He is getting ready to leave the island for about 2 months doing some traveling around the globe. More details about this trip are expected soon.

VP6PAC - PITCAIRN - Lots of activity from this station between 04:30 and 08:30Z on 17 and 20 meters SSB with several different operators.

XW8INH - LAOS - CW ops from Europe were happy to find this rare one on 18071 just after 14:00Z. QSL via JM1GYQ.

ZD8V - ASCENSION ISLAND - Paul will be off the island between September 8th and 13th. ______

IOTA ______

The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AF-014 CT3GU 14260 1550 EU-064 F6IRQ 14260 0751 AN-010 R1ANF 10111 2134 EU-091 I7PXV/7 21027 1149 AS-045 HL0T/5 21262 1116 EU-091 IK0ZCW/7 7060 0913 AS-053 HS0/IK4MRH 14260 1929 EU-091 IK7FPX/7 7060 0802 AS-078 JA8BGR 18081 0803 EU-091 IK7JWX/7 14246 0942 AS-102 BO99NRM 21213 0910 EU-136 9A3NQ/P 14253 1026 AS-136 BD4ED/4 21300 1527 NA-057 HR6/AH6PN 14247 2327 EU-008 MM/DL6JZ/P 14035 2224 NA-072 3E1DX 14247 2327 EU-016 9A/DL2VFK 14259 1816 NA-104 V47ET 14024 0816 EU-020 SM1SBI 7059 2017 OC-006 VK7GK 14187 0730 EU-023 9H3TI 18150 1338 OC-013 ZK1CRR 21295 0146 EU-034 ES75M 14260 1017 OC-021 YB0AZ 21255 1652 EU-051 IE9/I4ALU 21004 1406 OC-025 P29VHX 21020 1214 EU-052 J48QEI 7048 2015 OC-032 FK/F6BUM 24897 2159 EU-052 SV2DCD/8 7088 2052 OC-088 9M6AAC 18071 1807 EU-054 IF9/IT9PPG 7071 1819 OC-104 YJ0AXC 14260 1110 EU-057 DL1BWU/P 14257 1428 OC-143 YC5SKR 21305 1821 EU-061 LA5UF/P 14252 1719 OC-154 VK8AN/6 21257 1137 EU-064 F5NQL/P 14023 1631 OC-159 ZK1SCQ 14260 0711

Starting today look for a group of Russians to be active from Zelenyy and Lovetskiy Islands (EU-102). Operators include Nikolai, UA9KM; Serge, UA9KL; Valery, UA9KI; Mike, UA9KO; Mike, UA9KGH; Valery, RW4HW; and Victor, UA4RC. They will use special call RI1P on all bands until August 27th. QSL via UA9KM, Nikolai Kuprin, P.O. Box 158 Nadym, 626711, RUSSIA.

Rumor has it that Rene, HR1RMG, will be active from Swan Island (NA- 035) around October 20th.

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 QSL ------17-Aug 24-Aug 9A 9A/IK4MTF/P 3-143 IK4MTF 17-Aug 18-Aug BV BO99NRM (AS-102) bureau 17-Aug 29-Aug F TM5FDH 3-122 F5LGF 17-Aug 21-Aug FK FK/F6BUM (OC-032) 3-108 17-Aug 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH (AF-008) 3-4 3-2 F6KDF 17-Aug 20-Aug I I4ALU (EU-051) 3-106 I4ALU 17-Aug 27-Aug IS0 IS0/IK2OCP (EU-024) IK2OCP 17-Aug 23-Aug IS0 IS0/IN3WDJ/P (EU-024) 3-143 17-Aug 25-Aug J3 J3/G0STR 3-115 G0STR 17-Aug 20-Aug OA OA/KQ6XA 3-112 17-Aug 20-Aug OH0 OH0/DJ7ST (EU-002) 3-116 DJ7ST 17-Aug 29-Aug OZ OZ1DYI (EU-125) 3-142 17-Aug 18-Aug P29 P29VHX (OC-025) 3-130 DJ9HX 17-Aug 20-Aug SV J48QEI (EU-052) 3-132 IK2QEI 17-Aug 31-Aug SV SV1BRL/SV8 (EU-052) SV1BRL 17-Aug 17-Aug V2 V26E 3-129 AB2E 17-Aug 18-Aug V4 by group of PAs 3-140 3-99 PA5ET 17-Aug 23-Aug YS HU4U 3-130 17-Aug 19-Aug ZK1/N ZK1AAN (OC-014) 3-113 F6FNU 17-Aug 17-Aug ZK1/S ZK1SCQ ZK1SCR (OC-159) 3-66 DL6DK ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for August 15, 1999 was 87.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for August 16, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------16-Aug-1999 21 131 26 3 Low/Quiet-Min Strm;Low/Unset-Active 16-Aug-1999 18 131 13 4 Low/Quiet-Min Strm;Low/Unset-Active 16-Aug-1999 15 131 13 5 Low/Quiet-Min Strm;Low/Unset-Active 16-Aug-1999 12 131 13 5 Low/Quiet-Min Strm;Low/Unset-Active 16-Aug-1999 09 131 13 4 Low/Quiet-Active;Low/Unsettled-Active 16-Aug-1999 06 131 13 2 Low/Quiet-Active;Low/Unsettled 16-Aug-1999 03 131 13 3 Low/Quiet-Active;Low/Unsettled 16-Aug-1999 00 131 13 3 Low/Quiet-Active;Low/Unsettled

The forecast for Tuesday, August 17th: solar flux 134, A index 10, K index 2. Conditions should be High Normal.

The forecast for Wednesday, August 18th: solar flux 136, A index 15, K index 3. Conditions should be High Normal.

Solar images of the sun received for August 17, 1999 can be found at http://www.sel.noaa.gov/solar_images/1999_08/1999_08_17.html

Perhaps the most useful propagation page for Amateur Radio Operators can be found at http://dx.qsl.net/propagation/

Grey line map http://www.spiritweb.org/cgi/sunclock.cgi ______

QSL Info ______

Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------3W7CW SP5AUC ED2TEB EA5CVN S21B W4FRU 3XY2A ON4QY ED4MVB EA4SS SU1ER WA3HUP 4S7HBG DL3ROB ED4PDG EA4ATI T88CB JA1WSX 4S7ISG DL3ROB EZ7ST UA9LM VP2MDD M0AEP 6K99ITE DS5SWL HL0T/5 HL0T Z32FD DJ0LZ 8J8TKS JA8LN HU4U EA4URE ZK1AAN F6FNU 9M2XA JF4WPQ LR50D LU4DQ ZK1SCR DL6DK BV5BG IK7JTF PZ5DX K3BYV ZX4C PY1ARS/4 ED1SCS EA1ATT

W4SO is the QSL manager for the recent YW7C IOTA DXpedition. The correct address is Scott M. Cronin, 5020 Pierce Avenue, Hollywood, FL 33021-5645

Nello, IK2DUW, is the new QSL for the following stations: 3W6LI, 3W6KA, EK6LV, BA4RE, RU0LL and RU0LL/P (IOTA AS-066 July/August, 1999).

A note from Kadek, YC9BU, says "US$1 now equals 5000 rupiah. Postage to USA equals 7500 rupiah. One IRC is no problem, however."

QSL cards recently received direct: 3B9R, 3V8BB, 5A1A, E30LA (AF-080), EP2FM, NH6D/KH3, V63AO (OC-059), TR8BAR (4/97), TR8VP, XU1A ______

On the WWW ______

Logs for the recent M0CIL/C6A operation from IOTA NA-080 can now be found at http://www.qsl.net/on4bam ______

Credits ______

Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: F5NOD, F6FQK, F6FNU, G3PMR, G4BUE, Go List, IK2DUW, K1XN, K3ZO, K5IID, K7SO, KA2AEV, KA2NUE, KH6BZF Reports, N4XMX, N5PE, N9NUP, NOAA, OE- 1002419, ON4BAM, RW4HW, W7UG, W8JV ______

Subscriptions ______

DX News ______

Brian, N3OC, says before he goes to Antigua to operate the CQ World Wide SSB DX Contest at supper station V26B he will go to St. Martin. Look for him to be active between October 19th and 26 as FS/N3OC. He'll concentrate on the 6, 12, 17 and 30 meter bands along with RTTY. A one-day RTTY trip to Anguilla, VP2E, is also expected during these dates. Starting October 26th he will join the members of V26B and will concentrate on 6, 12, 17, 30 and 160 meters and RTTY outside of the contest as V26OC until November 4th. QSL all via N3OC either direct or via the bureau.

Dany, F5CW, is now in Noumea, New Caledonia for the next two years. He is currently active as FK/F5CW. QSL via F5PED.

Bob, K3BYV, is once again active from Suriname as PZ5DX. He will be there until at least January, 2000 using his TS-450S along with tribander and wires. Look for him on SSB on 10 or 15 meters between 17:00 and 20:00Z. QSL via K3BYV.

If you still have not worked Palestine here is another chance. Alessio, IZ0CKJ, Simon, IZ7ATN, and Max, IW0FQZ, plan to be there from August 19th to 26th and hope to be able to operate on 6 meters also. Remember QSL cards for this newest DXCC Entity will not count until after September 30th.

Starting August 28th look for Alex, G0SAH, to be active again from The Gambia as C56/G0SAH. He will be operating from a QTH 15 kilometers west of Banjul until September 10th. Expect to find him on 10 through 80 meters CW and SSB as he will be using an IC-706 with R-7000 and G5RV antennas. QSL via G0SAH. ______

Silent Key ______

Myron "Mike" Hexter, W9FKC, passed away at the age of 91 on August 4th. He was first licensed at 15 and had a DXCC total of 378 countries. Mike was a charter member of W9DXCC, a member of the ARRL for 62 years and a member of the FOC. Condolences to his wife and family. ______

QSN ______

A35LU - TONGA - Tony was found today just after 04:00Z on 14160. He says he will be on Vavau Island (OC-064) until just before Thanksgiving (November 25th). QSL via K1LU.

BY4CCM - CHINA - This is a permanent club station has been established on Chongming Island (AS-136). Chongming is the 3rd biggest island in China and is located 30 kilometers north of Shanghai City. The club station has a 7 element yagi and is active around 21260 mainly. QSL via P.O. Box 150-602, Shanghai, China or via the bureau.

V63PD - MICRONESIA - Peter is now the only resident ham on Chuuk Island (OC-011) and is active on 10, 12, 15, 17, 20, 30 and 40 meters. He operates both CW and SSB. QSL via VK4AAR, direct only.

VK8AV - AUSTRALIA - Be aware that someone, possibly from Russia, has been pirating Alan's call.

ZP1LL - PARAGUAY - Members of this club station plan to be very active on 10, 15, 20, 40 and 80 meters SSB from 15:00Z on August 21st to 22:00Z on August 22nd. Operators include ZP1TF, ZP1HJ, ZP1FSA, ZP1ED, ZP1BUA and others. ______

IOTA ______

The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AF-014 CT3GU 14259 2131 EU-098 DL5RFF/P 14250 1511 AF-018 IH/IZ0BNU 21260 0800 EU-125 OZ1DYI/P 14260 1354 AS-018 RZ4HD/0 14197 2109 EU-136 9A6AA 14255 2217 AS-053 HS0/IK4MRH 14260 1827 EU-166 IT9/IK8PGM 14255 1431 EU-008 MM/DL6JZ/P 14033 2017 EU-166 IT9ABY 14250 1436 EU-016 9A/DL2VFK 18131 1721 EU-166 IT9HLN/9 21260 1333 EU-016 9A/DL3DRN 14263 1023 EU-166 IT9NGN/9 21264 1228 EU-016 9A/IK4MTF/P 21025 1252 NA-143 AB5EB 18085 1633 EU-023 9H3TI 14295 1034 NA-173 W2NTJ/VE8 14262 2220 EU-024 IM0/IK2WAN 14270 0632 OC-014 ZK1AAN 21290 2253 EU-024 IS0/IZ2ABP 10108 2231 OC-022 YC9DBP 21296 1518 EU-028 IA5/I4VOS 14257 1309 OC-025 P29VHX 14258 1406 EU-031 IC8/N5KME 21018 0939 OC-032 FK/F6BUM 14004 0704 EU-051 IE9/I4ALU 21010 1003 OC-146 YB8BRI 21205 1312 EU-052 J48QEI 14256 1826 OC-151 YC9LQA 21300 1728 EU-052 SV2DCD/8 21269 1212 OC-153 P29BI 21270 1059 EU-054 IF9/IT9PPG 7061 0821 OC-154 VK8AN/6 21260 1246 EU-057 DL1BWU/P 14260 1538 OC-210 YC8TXW 21045 0037 EU-061 LA/DL2MX 14260 1745 SA-001 XQ0YAF 21011 2258 EU-064 F5NQL/P 7026 1607 SA-005 CE0ZAM 14247 0216 EU-084 SM5OIG 7011 0730

Look for DL2VFR to be active from Falser Island (EU-029), Denmark from August 20th to September 3. He will use OZ/DL2VFR.

ED1OTA and EF1OTA are expected to be on from Cies Islands (EU-080) until August 30th. QSL direct only via P.O. Box 54, 36980 O Grove (Pontevedra, Spain.

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 QSL ------18-Aug 24-Aug 9A 9A/IK4MTF/P 3-143 IK4MTF 18-Aug 18-Aug BV BO99NRM (AS-102) bureau 18-Aug 29-Aug F TM5FDH 3-122 F5LGF 18-Aug 21-Aug FK FK/F6BUM (OC-032) 3-108 18-Aug 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH (AF-008) 3-4 3-2 F6KDF 18-Aug 20-Aug I I4ALU (EU-051) 3-106 I4ALU 18-Aug 27-Aug IS0 IS0/IK2OCP (EU-024) IK2OCP 18-Aug 23-Aug IS0 IS0/IN3WDJ/P (EU-024) 3-143 18-Aug 25-Aug J3 J3/G0STR 3-115 G0STR 18-Aug 20-Aug OA OA/KQ6XA 3-112 18-Aug 20-Aug OH0 OH0/DJ7ST (EU-002) 3-116 DJ7ST 18-Aug 29-Aug OZ OZ1DYI (EU-125) 3-142 18-Aug 18-Aug P29 P29VHX (OC-025) 3-130 DJ9HX 18-Aug 20-Aug SV J48QEI (EU-052) 3-132 IK2QEI 18-Aug 31-Aug SV SV1BRL/SV8 (EU-052) SV1BRL 18-Aug 27-Aug UA RI1P (EU-102) 3-144 UA9KM 18-Aug 18-Aug V4 by group of PAs 3-140 3-99 PA5ET 18-Aug 25-Aug VP2E by group of PAs 3-140 3-99 PA5ET 18-Aug 23-Aug XX XX9TEP 3-125 K8EP 18-Aug 23-Aug YS HU4U 3-130 EA4URE 18-Aug 19-Aug ZK1/N ZK1AAN (OC-014) 3-113 F6FNU ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for August 16, 1999 was 71.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for August 17, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------17-Aug-1999 21 141 31 3 Low/Unset-Min Strm;Low/Unsettled-Active 17-Aug-1999 18 131 25 4 Low/Unset-Min Strm;Low/Unsettled-Active 17-Aug-1999 15 131 25 4 Low/Unset-Min Strm;Low/Unsettled 17-Aug-1999 12 131 25 4 Low/Unset-Min Strm;Low/Active 17-Aug-1999 09 131 25 5 Low/Unset-Min Strm;Low/Active 17-Aug-1999 06 131 25 5 Low/Unset-Min Strm;Low/Active 17-Aug-1999 03 131 25 5 Low/Quiet-Min Strm;Low/Active 17-Aug-1999 00 131 25 3 Low/Quiet-Min Strm;Low/Unsettled-Active

A minor geomagnetic storm began at 09:00Z on August 16th.

The forecast for Wednesday, August 18th: solar flux 138, A index 17, K index 3. Conditions should be High Normal.

The forecast for Thursday, August 19th: solar flux 145, A index 12, K index 3. Conditions should be High Normal.

Solar images of the sun received for August 18, 1999 can be found at http://www.sel.noaa.gov/solar_images/1999_08/1999_08_18.html

Perhaps the most useful propagation page for Amateur Radio Operators can be found at http://dx.qsl.net/propagation/

Grey line map http://www.spiritweb.org/cgi/sunclock.cgi ______

QSL Info ______

Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------3D2QB SM3CER EX1IF EX8F TM5FDH F5LGF 4S7BRG HB9BRM HG8SDS HA8PH V8IAN VE6VK 8Q7TB G3TBK HS4BPQ E21EIC YC0LBK W4JS CO2JD AD4Z HU4U EA4URE ZA/9A4NA 9A4NA CP8XA DG9NB IM0/IK2WAN IK2WAN ZK1AAN F6FNU EK6LP IK2DUW

9M6CT - Phil Weaver, Box 7, Bangkok 10506, THAILAND JF6WTY - Yuichiro Hayashi, 2-40-27-101, Murasakibaru, Kagoshima City, 890-0082 JAPAN VP6PAC - Box 73, Pitcairn Island, via NEW ZEALAND

QSL cards recently received direct: 3B9R, CE0AA, EZ8AZ (piggy backed), NH6D/KH3, T88DX ______

On the WWW ______

The following new logs are now online at http://dx.qsl.net/logs JW/DF6VI (August 1999) KH3/NH6D (through August 13, 1999) 9K2HN (through August 11, 1999) TM0AIN (through June 1999) KH2/N2NL (through July 27, 1999) G5M and GB0SM (IOTA EU-011, July 1999) ______

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Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 425 DX News, ARRL, BA4DW, DL2MIH, DS2BGV, G4BUE, KF2TI, KH6BZF Reports, N3OC, N6RT, N6VR, N9GL, NOAA, The 59(9) DX Report, ZP1TF, ZP1ED ______

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Charlie, W0YG, is once again heading to Africa starting September 1st. He will be active mostly on CW on 12, 17 and 30 meters from South Africa, ZS; Namibia, V5; Botswana, A2; and Zimbabwe, Z2. His South African callsign is ZS6YG. All QSLs must go direct or via the WF5E QSL Service.

QRZ DX says Wayne, K8LEE, and Roger, WD8SDL, are now planning to operate from Dar es Salaam, Tanzania from October 19th to November 2nd. The two will multi-single in this year's CQ World Wide SSB DX Contest with Dave Heil, 5H3US. Before and after the contest Wayne and Roger will use 5H3/homecalls. QSL cards for 5H3US go via WA8JOC and others via their homecalls.

Roberto, EA4DX, reminds everyone that he will be leaving for the Pacific Ocean on August 21st. He will first operate from Funafuti Island (OC-015), Tuvalu from August 26th to September 12th. The callsign (T2) will be assigned upon his arrival. Next he will go on to the Fiji Islands (OC-016) where he will be active until September 16th. Suggested frequencies are as follows: 3795-3799, 7042-7045, 14195, 18135, 21295, 24945, 28395. QSL via EA4CP.

Once again a large group of Amateur Radio operators from The Netherlands will invade the island of Malta (EU-023). Starting September 18th a group of 26 operators plan to use both 9H0VRZ and their own 9H3 calls on 6 through 80 meters CW and SSB. The guys and four YLs will be there until October 11th. QSL 9H0VRZ via PA0JR, Andre van den Bos, Olof Palmelaan 5, 9649 BH Muntendam, The Netherlands.

Members of the upcoming DXpedition to Annobon Island, 3C0R, plan to use the following transmit frequencies:

SSB: 1845, 3795, 7065, 14195, 14275, 18145, 21195, 21295, 24945, 28495 CW: 1833, 3505, 7005, 10105, 14025, 18075, 21025, 24895, 28025 RTTY: 7035, 10115, 14085, 18095, 21085, 24925, 28185

The team includes Vic, EA5YN, Elmo, EA5BYP, Ramon, 3C1GS and Robert, 3C1RV. QSL via EA5FVY, Angel Garcia Mendoza, P.O. Box 3045, 03080 Alicante, SPAIN. ______

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A35BG - TONGA - Europeans reported working this station on 14025 between 18:00 and 19:00Z yesterday.

D2GG - ANGOLA - Vic has been showing up on a net on 14247 around 21:00Z.

JL1KFR/JD1 - MINAMI TORISHIMA - Ryo has been on the island for almost a week. He was on 14012 just after 08:00Z. He usually stays on the island for 2-3 weeks. Check for him on 15 or 20 meters CW and RTTY after 10:00Z. QSL via JL1KFR.

K7ASU/KH9 - WAKE ISLAND - This station has been showing up on 14039 just after 08:00Z. He gives his name a Terry. No other info at this time on this semi-rare Pacific Ocean station.

VP2E - ANGUILLA - Members of the Caribbean 1999 Tour were unable to obtain their licenses yesterday but hope to do so today. QSL via PA5ET.

VP6PAC - PITCAIRN ISLAND - This club station has been very active on 20 meters SSB recently. Check near 14280 or 14226 for Betty (YL), Dave or Dennis.

ZK1 - SOUTH COOK ISLANDS - Wolf, ZK1SCQ, and Ann, ZK1SCR, are rumored not be able to make it to Palmerston Island (OC- 124) this year. They were scheduled to be there from August 28th to 31st. Currently they are on Mangai Island (OC-159) until tomorrow when the head to Manihiki Island (OC-014) in the North Cook Islands. ______

IOTA ______

The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------EU-008 MM/DL6JZ/P 14040 1754 EU-136 9A3NQ/P 14255 1703 EU-009 GM4HTG 7070 0835 NA-029 K1ZZ/VY2 14012 2116 EU-016 9A/DL3DRN 10105 2224 NA-117 TE8CI 18153 2249 EU-016 9A/IK4MTF/P 14260 1641 NA-143 AB5EB 14260 2258 EU-024 IS0/IZ2ABP 10109 2222 OC-014 ZK1AAN 14193 0912 EU-051 IE9/I4ALU 18080 1535 OC-025 P29VHX 14260 1221 EU-052 SV1BRL/8 14252 2220 OC-034 YC9WZJ 21260 1443 EU-057 DL1BWU/P 14257 0910 OC-143 YC4TRY 21240 1559 EU-064 F5NQL/P 14024 0849 OC-143 YC5SKR 21237 1658 EU-102 RI1P 14260 2120 OC-143 YC6OMK 21224 1654 EU-125 OZ1DYI 14260 1245 OC-154 VK8AN/6 14260 0645 EU-131 IK3PQH 14258 1703 OC-159 ZK1SCQ 14260 0434

Look for Ed, W4YO, to be active from Harbor Island (NA-110) through August 22nd. QSL either direct or via the bureau to W4YO.

Starting October 8th Takeshi, JI3DST, be on the air from Uji Island (AS-067). Look for him to be there until the 11th. Then in November he'll be on from Oosumi Island (AS-032) from the 20th to 23rd. QSL via JI3DST.

A group of Brazilian hams will operate from the Island of Santo Aleixo (SA-046) from September 3rd to 12th. They will use ZV7G. Operators Tino, PT7AA; Paulo, PY5APL; Wallace, PY7DDJ; Hermes, PY7HH; Eglaube, PY7MEU; Lineu, PY7RNE; and Jim, PY7XC. QSL via PY7MEU, Eglaube Rocha, P.O. Box 322, 50001-970 RECIFE-PE, BRAZIL.

Here are a few more IOTA operations that will take place this weekend during the International Lighthouse Weekend.

Dates Call IOTA QSL ------August 20-22 LA7G EU-056 LA7G August 20-23 OH8T EU-126 OH8TA August 21-22 TF1IRA EU-021 via bureau August 21-22 VE9MY/P NA-014 VE9MY

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 QSL ------19-Aug 23-Aug 3D2 3D2HA (OC-016) 3-141 3-113 19-Aug 22-Aug 8Q 8Q7YS 8Q7KY 8Q7SN 3-143 19-Aug 24-Aug 9A 9A/IK4MTF/P 3-143 IK4MTF 19-Aug 26-Aug E4 IZ0CKJ IZ7ATN IW0FQZ 3-145 19-Aug 30-Aug EA ED1OTA EF1OTA (EU-080) 3-145 19-Aug 29-Aug F TM5FDH 3-122 F5LGF 19-Aug 21-Aug FK FK/F6BUM (OC-032) 3-108 F2VX 19-Aug 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH (AF-008) 3-4 3-2 F6KDF 19-Aug 20-Aug I I4ALU (EU-051) 3-106 I4ALU 19-Aug 27-Aug IS0 IS0/IK2OCP (EU-024) IK2OCP 19-Aug 23-Aug IS0 IS0/IN3WDJ/P (EU-024) 3-143 19-Aug 25-Aug J3 J3/G0STR 3-115 G0STR 19-Aug 20-Aug OA OA/KQ6XA 3-112 19-Aug 20-Aug OH0 OH0/DJ7ST (EU-002) 3-116 DJ7ST 19-Aug 29-Aug OZ OZ1DYI (EU-125) 3-142 19-Aug 22-Aug P29 P29VHX (OC-034) 3-130 DJ9HX 19-Aug 20-Aug SV J48QEI (EU-052) 3-132 IK2QEI 19-Aug 31-Aug SV SV1BRL/SV8 (EU-052) SV1BRL 19-Aug 23-Aug TI TE8CI (NA-117) 3-143 TI5KD 19-Aug 27-Aug UA RI1P (EU-102) 3-144 UA9KM 19-Aug 25-Aug VP2E by group of PAs 3-140 3-99 PA5ET 19-Aug 23-Aug XX XX9TEP 3-125 K8EP 19-Aug 23-Aug YS HU4U 3-130 EA4URE ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for August 17, 1999 was 67.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for August 18, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------18-Aug-1999 21 131 25 3 Low/Quiet-Min Strm;Low/Unset-Min Strm 18-Aug-1999 18 141 30 4 Low/Quiet-Min Strm;Low/Unset-Min Strm 18-Aug-1999 15 141 30 4 Low/Quiet-Min Strm;Low/Unset-Min Strm 18-Aug-1999 12 141 30 3 Low/Quiet-Min Strm;Low/Unset-Min Strm 18-Aug-1999 09 141 30 4 Low/Quiet-Min Strm;Low/Unset-Min Strm 18-Aug-1999 06 141 30 5 Low/Quiet-Min Strm;Low/Unset-Min Strm 18-Aug-1999 03 141 30 4 Low/Quiet-Min Strm;Low/Unset-Active 18-Aug-1999 00 141 30 2 Low/Quiet-Min Strm;Low/Quiet-Active

The forecast for Thursday, August 19th: solar flux 145, A index 17, K index 4. Conditions should be Low Normal.

The forecast for Friday, August 20th: solar flux 150, A index 12, K index 3. Conditions should be High Normal.

Solar images of the sun received for August 19, 1999 can be found at http://www.sel.noaa.gov/solar_images/1999_08/1999_08_19.html

Perhaps the most useful propagation page for Amateur Radio Operators can be found at http://dx.qsl.net/propagation/

Grey line map http://www.spiritweb.org/cgi/sunclock.cgi ______

QSL Info ______

Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------9A99WCD 9A2DM RI1P UA9KM YC4TRY W4JS E21EJC HS1GOS TE8CI TI5KD YJ0ACF JA1JCF FY5FJ IK2HTW TJ1HP F6FNU ZK1AAN *F6FNU

ú F6FNU - Is a member of REF however he is unable to receive cards via the bureau.

Jim Smith, VK9NS, reports he will be off Norfolk Island for about two months starting in early September and that he will be staying on top of his QSLing chores. He reminds everyone that Norfolk Island is not part of New South Wales (NSW). By using NSW it ends up going to Sydney, slowing down the process.

Les, WF5E, got this note from I5JHW on his operations in which he can QSL:

These are his dates he spent in 3V land. 1997 28 April to 4 May 3V8BB and TS8ZA ARI Contest 1998 25 March to 30 March 3V8BB and TS5I during WPX contest 1998 1 May to 4 May 3V8BB including ARI contest 1998 11 December to 14 December 3V8BB including ARRL 10 mtr contest 1999 5 March to 7 March 3V8BB including ARRL DX contest 1999 30 April to 2 May 3V8BB including ARI contest 1999 19 June to 21 June 3V8DJ DXpedition to JERBA island AF 083

QSL cards recently received direct: 3B9FR, 3B9R, 4K8F, 4L4MM, 4Z0A (AS- 100), 6O1Z, 9V1YC, BY1DX, CE7OXZ (SA-018), E44DX, EA8AH, ER1OA, JD1AMA, P29CC, SV9ANH, TN2FB, UA9AB, ZL9CI ______

On the WWW ______

The Chiltern DX Club (CDXC) has stepped forward to help administrate the Radio Society of Great Britain's (RSGB) IOTA Millennium Programme (IOTA 2000). For complete information about this new and exciting award check out the CDXC's home page at http://www.cdxc.org.uk/

The official home page of the 1999 "Double Trouble" Pacific DXpedition to Kanton and Tokelau Islands can now be found at http://www.qsl.net/t31t ______

Credits ______

Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 425 DX News, CT1AXS, F6FNU, G3PMR, IOTW, JI6KVR, KH6BZF Reports, LA7MFA, N7OJ, NF9V, NOAA, OPDX, PY6WO, VE3LDT, VK9NS, W7IAN, WF5E ______

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DX News ______

Graham, G0VNW/5Z5GS, expects to be moving to Kampala, Uganda by the middle or end of October for a two-year work assignment. His work will include the territories of 5H, 5Z4 and 5X. Once on the air he'll use 5X1GS possibly even on 80 meters. QSL via WB2YQH.

Starting August 28th look for Tex, 9M2TO to be on the air from Redang Island (AS-073), West Malaysia. He plans to be on all bands, except 6 meters, mostly on CW until August 31st. He`ll have an IC-736 with 100 watts and a G5RV. QSL via JA0DMV through the JARL (Japan) bureau or direct to 9M2TO.

Bob, WB2YQH, at the 59(9) DX Report says that Dan, XT2DP, was expected to be back in Burkina Faso by now, however things have been delayed and he now hopes to be there around December.

Geoff, W0CG, is planning a multi-single effort in the CQ World Wide SSB DX Contest from the island of Curacao. Activity is planned for October 29th through 31st at PJ9CW.

The Kanto Bureau of Telecommunications (KBT) in Tokyo, Japan stated in a phone call that the station license of DXpeditioner Yasuo "Zorro" Miyazawa, JH1AJT, was surrendered to authorities in May of this year. On June 16th the Asahi Shimbun Newspaper reported (see Vol. 3 No. 108) his arrest along with another Japanese amateur after obtaining an operator license under false identification. The KBT also reported that last month Zorro handed over 7J1YAJ, a station license in which he was a trustee. Both station licenses were handed over on Miyazawa's own behalf and were not requested by authorities. ______

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5A1A - LIBYA - Europeans found Abubaker on 14005 for about an hour starting around 18:45Z.

CX7OV - URUGUAY - Tony was working Europeans on 80 meters SSB yesterday between 04:00 and 05:00 and again at 22:30Z.

8J1HAM - JAPAN - This is the Japanese Ham Fair station, which should be on the air throughout the weekend.

E44/IZ0CKJ - PALESTINE - Came up on 14205 just before 14:30Z and stayed until 16:00Z. QSL via IZ0CKJ.

FT5ZJ - AMSTERDAM ISLAND - Michael came up on 14170 just before 12:00Z yesterday working stations from Japan and long path US. He says he will be on this French Antarctic Island until December 20th. QSL via F2VX.

VP2E - ANGUILLA - The Caribbean Team 1999 members have received their licenses. Look for VP2EEA, VP2EET, VP2EFM, VP2EWM and VP2EWP to be active on 10 through 80 meters CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL all via PA5ET.

VP6PAC - PITCAIRN ISLAND - Betty was working 20 meters SSB between 04:00 and 06:00Z while Tom was on 30 meters CW working W6/7 on 10118 at 05:50Z.

XX9TEP - MACAO - Ed slipped down to 10105 just after 10:00Z. Look for him this weekend in the SEANET SSB Contest. QSL via K8EP. ______

IOTA ______

The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AF-005 D44BC 21275 1752 EU-102 RI0P 18075 1520 AS-053 HS0/IK4MRH 14260 2001 EU-136 9A6AA 14258 2026 EU-008 MM/DL6JZ/P 14030 1939 EU-165 IM0/IK2WAN 14255 1239 EU-010 GM3JIJ 14247 1040 NA-117 TE8CI 14258 2157 EU-016 9A/IK4MTF/P 14260 1754 NA-128 VE2/F5SSM 14260 2145 EU-020 SM1SBI 7055 2013 OC-014 ZK1AAN 14195 0431 EU-023 9H3TI 24960 1123 OC-019 NH6I 14158 0255 EU-028 IA5/I4VOS 14251 0933 OC-021 YB2LAB 21255 1740 EU-047 DL0BRF 7048 1142 OC-034 P29CC 21265 1449 EU-051 IE9/I4ALU 18076 1009 OC-034 P29VHX 14025 1305 EU-057 DL1BWU/P 14257 0913

Mario, DJ2MX, plans to once again operate from Fehmarn Island (EU-128) from August 29th to September 4th. He plans to be active, on 10 through 80 meters CW and SSB, as DJ2MX/P. QSL via the bureau or direct to Mario Lovric DJ2MX, Am Oelberg 11, D-61231 Bad Nauheim, Germany. If you send QSL direct, please put 2$ or 1 IRC for return postage (USA and outside EU), EU only 1$ or 1 IRC.

Japanese Amateur Radio operators JF2WXS/1 and JR2UKF/1 plan to be active from Hachijo Island (AS-043) in the NAMPO ARCHIPELAGO from September 10th to 12th. They plan to be on both HF and 6 meters on CW and SSB. QSL via home calls.

UA1ANA/1 and RA1ACJ/1 will be active from Moschny Island (EU-133) from August 22nd to 28th. They'll have 2 IC-706MKII along with a R-7000 vertical.

Look for CE6TBN to be active from Quinchao Island (SA-018) from August 27th to 31st. Activity is planned for 10, 12, 15, 17 and 20 metes CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL via CE6TC or CE6TBN, Box 1234, Temuco, CHILE.

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 QSL ------20-Aug 23-Aug 3D2 3D2HA (OC-016) 3-141 3-113 20-Aug 22-Aug 8Q 8Q7YS 8Q7KY 8Q7SN 3-143 20-Aug 24-Aug 9A 9A/IK4MTF/P 3-143 IK4MTF 20-Aug 26-Aug E4 IZ0CKJ IZ7ATN IW0FQZ 3-145 20-Aug 30-Aug EA ED1OTA EF1OTA (EU-080) 3-145 20-Aug 29-Aug F TM5FDH 3-122 F5LGF 20-Aug 21-Aug FK FK/F6BUM (OC-032) 3-108 F2VX 20-Aug 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH (AF-008) 3-4 3-2 F6KDF 20-Aug 20-Aug I I4ALU (EU-051) 3-106 I4ALU 20-Aug 27-Aug IS0 IS0/IK2OCP (EU-024) IK2OCP 20-Aug 23-Aug IS0 IS0/IN3WDJ/P (EU-024) 3-143 20-Aug 25-Aug J3 J3/G0STR 3-115 G0STR 20-Aug 22-Aug JA JF6WTY/6 JQ6UNI/6 JQ6XSF/6 (AS-0 3-141 home calls 20-Aug 22-Aug LA LA7G (EU-056) 3-146 LA7G 20-Aug 20-Aug OA OA/KQ6XA 3-112 20-Aug 23-Aug OH OH8T (EU-126) 3-146 OH8TA 20-Aug 20-Aug OH0 OH0/DJ7ST (EU-002) 3-116 DJ7ST 20-Aug 3-Sep OZ OZ/DL2VFR (EU-029) 3-145 20-Aug 29-Aug OZ OZ1DYI (EU-125) 3-142 20-Aug 22-Aug P29 P29VHX (OC-034) 3-130 DJ9HX 20-Aug 20-Aug SV J48QEI (EU-052) 3-132 IK2QEI 20-Aug 31-Aug SV SV1BRL/SV8 (EU-052) SV1BRL 20-Aug 23-Aug TI TE8CI (NA-117) 3-143 TI5KD 20-Aug 27-Aug UA RI1P (EU-102) 3-144 UA9KM 20-Aug 25-Aug VP2E by group of PAs 3-140 3-99 PA5ET 20-Aug 22-Aug W W4YO (NA-110) 3-146 W4YO 20-Aug 23-Aug XX XX9TEP 3-125 K8EP 20-Aug 23-Aug YS HU4U 3-130 EA4URE 20-Aug 25-Aug ZK1/N ZK1SCQ ZK1SCR (OC-014) 3-66 DL6DK 20-Aug 22-Aug Ham Fair 1999 3-108 21-Aug 22-Aug CT CT1BWW/P CQ7Q (EU-040) 3-143 CT1BWW 21-Aug 4-Sep I ID9/I1SNW (EU017) I1SNW 21-Aug 24-Aug SM 7S1LGT (EU-020) SM0TDE 21-Aug 22-Aug SM SK6NL (EU-043) 3-143 bureau 21-Aug 22-Aug TF TF1IRA (EU-021) 3-146 21-Aug 22-Aug VE VE9MY/P (NA-014) 3-146 VE9MY 21-Aug 22-Aug W K8ONV (NA-069) 3-139 K8ONV 21-Aug 22-Aug W W4A (NA-138) 3-143 N5VL 21-Aug 22-Aug National Lighthouse Day 3-127 21-Aug 22-Aug SARTG RTTY Contest 21-Aug 22-Aug SEANET SSB Contest 22-Aug 22-Aug Radio Club de Honduras Contest 22-Aug 2-Sep FK FK/F6BUM (OC-033) 3-108 F2VX 22-Aug 23-Aug FK TX8LH (OC-032) 3-135 VK4FW ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for August 18, 1999 was 47.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for August 19, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------19-Aug-1999 21 135 19 2 Mod/Quiet-Active;Low-Mod/Unset-Active 19-Aug-1999 18 131 25 3 Mod/Unset-Active;Low-Mod/Unset-Min Strm 19-Aug-1999 15 131 25 3 Mod/Unset-Active;Low-Mod/Unset-Min Strm 19-Aug-1999 12 131 25 4 Low/Unset-Active;Low-Mod/Unset-Min Strm 19-Aug-1999 09 131 25 4 Low/Unset-Active;Low-Mod/Unset-Min Strm 19-Aug-1999 06 131 25 4 Low/Unset-Active;Low-Mod/Unset-Min Strm 19-Aug-1999 03 131 25 3 Low/Unset-Min Strm;Low-Mod/Unset-Min Strm 19-Aug-1999 00 131 25 3 Low/Unset-Min Strm;Low/Unset-Min Strm

The forecast for Friday, August 20th: solar flux 155, A index 20, K index 3. Conditions should be Low Normal.

The forecast for Saturday, August 21st: solar flux 170, A index 15, K index 3. Conditions should be High Normal.

The forecast for Sunday, August 22nd: solar flux 165, A index 7, K index 2. Conditions should be Above Normal.

Solar images of the sun received for August 20, 1999 can be found at http://www.sel.noaa.gov/solar_images/1999_08/1999_08_20.html

Perhaps the most useful propagation page for Amateur Radio Operators can be found at http://dx.qsl.net/propagation/

Grey line map http://www.spiritweb.org/cgi/sunclock.cgi ______

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The following QSL cards were recently received and information was taken directly from the cards listed below:

3A100GM via I1YRL 3C2JJ via TR8XX 3V8DJ via I5JHW 3W6EZD via 7L1MFS 5N0MSV via OK1JR 6L0LH Taejon Locomotive Office Amateur Radio Station, 291-2 Soje- dong, Tong-gu, Taejon 300-080, KOREA 6O0X via DJ6SI 9G5JA Hiro Ishii, 27-28 Fujimigaoka, Tsuzuki-ku, Yokohama 224- 0051, JAPAN 9H1ZA Vladimir Krylov, 20, Triq Indri Mecallef, Luqa, LQA 04, MALTA 9H8E via HB9DLE 9M2RI Raja Iskandar, P. O, Box 1200, Jalan Pantai Baharu, 59700 Kuala Lumpur, MALAYSIA 9M2TD via JR4PDP 9V8YC via AA5BT 9Y4VV via AJ4L A45XM Samir Azzawi, P. O. Box 1331, Seeb 111, OMAN A71EM Juma Rashid Mubarak al-Kuwari, P. O. Box 9784, Doha, QATAR BA2QP Sun Chong Qing, Room 201, 28 Ping Deng St., Dalian 116011, CHINA BA4DB Xu Zhen, #601 No. 29, Lane 1902, Zhen Bei Road, Shanghai 200333, CHINA BA4DC Ralph Chian, 573 Fu-Xing-Zhong Lu, Shanghai 200025, CHINA BA7KW Jan H. Zhang, P. O. Box 1, Shunde, Guangdong 528300, CHINA BD5CAG Heh Ongbo, Alkylation Workshop, Zhen Hai Refining & Chemical Co., Ningbo 315207, CHINA BD6IZ Hong Wei Lee, 128 Beijing Road, Xin Yang 464000, CHINA BD7QT J. J. Liao, P. O. Box 37, Beihai 536000, CHINA BD8SN Shen Jianjun, 99 Minhang Road, Kunming 650041, CHINA BG4ADJ Shen Xuexin, Room 101 No. 20 Lane 36, Shang Pu Road, Pu Dong, Shanghai 200124, CHINA BG4RUC Kenneth Wang, 17th Floor, 91 Baixia Road, Nanjing 210001, CHINA BG5HSA X. Z. Jiang, P. O. Box 804, Hang Zhou 310008, CHINA BG6QOM Hong Zhang Xu, Baoshi Cement Group Co., Laohekou 441814, CHINA BG7LR G. X. Ni, 155 Heng Fu Lu, Guangzhou 510095, CHINA BT4B Chen, P. O. Box 538, Nanjing 210005, CHINA BT99WED via F6FNU BV4QC Jenq Liaw, P. O. Box 922, Taichung, TAIWAN BV4SF Wu-Hong Wang, P. O. Box 922, Taichung, TAIWAN BV4YC Taichung Amateur Radio Club, P. O. Box 922, Taichung, TAIWAN BY1DX via OH2BH BY3CC via KU6T BY4BJA Shanghai Jing An Children's Center of Science & Technology, P. O. Box 040-009, Shanghai 200040, CHINA C21JH Jack D. Haden, P. O. Box 299, Ryde, NSW 1680, AUSTRALIA C6AJZ via WI9WI CY9SS via VY2SS D3SAF via I3LLH DS0DO via DS1FNQ DS0ZX Dongyang University Amateur Radio Station, 1, Kyochon-dong, Punggi-up, Youngju, Kyungbuk 750-711, KOREA DS1DLS Young-Sun Park, K. P. O. Box 1252, Seoul 110-612, KOREA DS1FNQ Kim Eun Soo, 86-17, 5/4 Sangsu-dong, Mapo-ku, Seoul 121- 160, KOREA DS1GNT Kim Young Joo, 86-17, 5/4 Sangsu-dong, Mapo-ku, Seoul 121- 160, KOREA DS1GNU Kim Young Sin, 86-17, 5/4 Sangsu-dong, Mapo-ku, Seoul 121- 160, KOREA DS2JJV Younghwan Choi, 236-27, Sang-dong, Wonmi-ku, Buchon, Kyungki 420-030, KOREA DS3DGA Jung-Won Yum, #3-1002 Soojung Twon Apt., 909 Tunsan-dong, Seo-gu, Taejon 302-173, KOREA DS4BXZ Park Sang-Yoon, P. O. Box 2, Kwang-Yang 545-010, KOREA DU3CAO Generoso Agapito, 659, Bunducan, Bocaue, Bulacan 3018, PHILIPPINES E20HHK Kriangkrai Suriyakrai, 63 Samwa Road, Minburi, Bangkok 10510, THAILAND E21IZC Wichyein Tretrantipvikul, 716/26 Soi Watjannai Bangkorlamp, Bangkok 10120, THAILAND E44DX via OH2BN FO0AWI via DL5AWI FO0XUU via DL5AWI HL0RBU via DS4BXZ HL1IEG Lee Hee-Mun, HwaRang APT 2-701, 40-4 Yoido Dong, Seoul 150-010, KOREA HL2IFR Eun-Soo Ryu, P. O. Box 78, Inchon 400-600, KOREA HL2IXZ Bae Kab Tae, Sungji-APT 103-507, 91-68, Sosabon 2-dong, Puchon 422-232, KOREA HL2XIK Hwang Jeahong, 182-2, Kyohang-ri, Chumunjin-up, Kangnung- si, Kangwon-do 210-800, KOREA HL4HLD Yang Chul Bong, C. P. O. 31, Soe Gwi P. O., Cheju 697-600, KOREA HS0ACT Sithi Chinsukeporn, 2121 M. 7 Teparuk Road, Muang Samutprakarn 10270, THAILAND HS0GBI Cherdchai Yiwlek, P. O. Box 9, Maptaphut I. E., Rayong 21151, THAILAND HS0ZCM Martin Smith, 62/124 Muban Senanivet Soi 214, Soi Senanikom 1, Phaholyothin Road, Ladprao, Bangkok 10230, THAILAND HS2PF Sermsak Praditsorn, P. O. Box 161, Pattaya 20260, THAILAND HS7UCQ Capt. Kamron Tongsuck, P. O. Box 1, Bangpoo, Samuthprakarn 10280, THAILAND KF4VSV/KH0 via JF2WXS KH0AA via JA5DQH KH4/IV3NVN via IV3TMV LX1BY Marcel Bernardy, 50, rue A. Herchen, L-1727 Luxembourg, LUXEMBOURG OH0R via OH2TA SV1DU George Stamou, Skiathou Str. 60, Athens, GREECE SV2DCD Leo Fiskas, 1 Argyrioy Goyzgoy Str., GR-522 00 Argos Orestiko, Kastoria, GREECE T30R via OK1RD T33RD via OK1RD T88DX via JI3DLI TA2BD Halil Ibrahim Akkaya, TCDD Lojmanlari, Hacihakkibey Sok. No. 20/13, Erenkoy, TR-81070 Istanbul, TURKEY TA4AB via DK9SC TF3AO Arsaell Oskarsson, Laekjasmara 78, IS-200 Kopavogur, ICELAND TK5PA Paul Paganelli, Residence Les Genets, Barbicaja, F-20000 Ajaccio, FRANCE TR8VP via F6FNU TR8XX Jean Claude Jupin, B. P. 4069, Libreville, GABON V73RB Raymond J. Boucher, P. O. Box 1341, Majuro, MH 96960 VR2BG Brett Graham, P. O. Box 12727, Hong Kong, CHINA VU3VLH via OK1MM XU7AAP via N2OO XW8KPL/CSN via JR2KDN YB0RP Reppy Puditanu, P. O. Box 1234, Jakarta 11012, INDONESIA YB9ZBI Club Station ORARI Daerah Bali, P. O. Box 3114, Denpasar 80001, Bali, INDONESIA YC1ONE Ekaputra, P. O. Box 2899, Jakarta 10620, INDONESIA YC2JVX F. X. Dharmoko, Jl. Unta I/106-107, Semarang 50167, INDONESIA YC5VYH E. Manurung, P. O. Box 017, Pangkalan Kerinci, Riau 28000, INDONESIA YC7URA Ir. A. Suryana, P. O. Box 1290, Samarinda 75000, INDONESIA YC9BU Kadek Kariana SP., P. O. Box 106, Singaraja 81100, Bali, INDONESIA YC9DBP Bumi Purwanto, Jl. Piranha II No. 6, Denpasar 80223, INDONESIA ZC4ATC via 5B4YX ZF2ZW via K4ZW ZF9/ZF2RC via PA5ET ZF9/ZF2WP via PA5ET ______

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Need OH0 - Aland Islands? Check out the OH0Z web site at www.qsl.net/oh0z to find out when the next scheduled trip will be.

The log for August activity by JW/DL4OCM is now online at http://dx.qsl.net/logs. ______

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Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: G4BUE, JI6KVR, K3ZO, KH6BZF Reports, N6RT, NOAA, OH1EH, The 59(9) DX Report, UA1ANA, WA2VUY, WF3J ______

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Bill, NH6D, will once again be working on Johnston Island starting tomorrow. Last week over 1,100 military and civilian personnel evacuated the island to avoid being hit by Hurricane Dora. It's not exactly known what damage occurred to the antennas or shack. Bill hopes to be able to be active on all bands including an emphasis on 12, 17, 40, 80 and 160 meters. If a reliable Internet connection is made logs will be sent daily to http://dx.qsl.net/logs/. Bill plans to be there until August 27th. QSL via N6FF.

Moreira, CT1AHU, plans to be active from the Madeira Islands as CT3/CT1AHU from August 26th to September 9th. QSL via CT1AHU.

John Janssen, K4ANA (ex WA4WKY, C91J and C9RJJ) is now on the island of Guam and operating as KH2/K4ANA. He just finished a two year assignment in Hanoi, where he was unable to operate. Now he'll be on the Pacific island for the next three years on a work assignment.

Members of the Bavarian Contest Club (BCC) will activate volcanic Montserrat Island (NA-108), VP2M, from October 25th to November 9th. The group will be on 6 through 160 meters SSB. Operators include Chris, DL5NAM, Uwe, DL9NDS, and Klaus, DL7NFK. They'll do CW, RTTY or Pactor upon request. QSL direct to DL5NAM.

Lothar, DJ4ZB, now says he'll be on again from Chatham Island as ZL7ZB from January 31st and March 2nd 2000. He plans to operate from the Chatham Hotel. QSL via DJ4ZB, Lothar Grotehusmann, Quaekerstrasse 35, D-13403 Berlin, GERMANY. If you can't wait until next year then you will have to catch Ed, K8VIR/ZL4IR who plans to be there on and off over the next 18 months. More on this soon.

Starting today look for special event station ER27A to be celebrating the Independence of Moldova until the end of the month. QSL via ER1DA, Valery Metaxa, P.O. Box 9537, Kishinev, MD-2071, MOLDOVA.

RTTY DXers will be happy to know that the upcoming DXpedition to St. Peter & St. Paul Archipelago now plan to operate this mode in Late September or Early October. 425 DX News says "A Laptop computer, TNC and software have been secured and transportation finalized." The group will use ZX0SK and ZW0SP. ______

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3W7CW - VIETNAM - Tom has been showing up on 18072 between 12:00 to 16:00Z.

3XY7A - GUINEA - Keep an ear on 21275 for Karel from 16:00 to 18:00Z. QSL via ON4QY.

5H3RK - TANZANIA - Ralph is now active on 80 and 160 meters CW a few hours prior to his sunrise.

5H8TL - TANZANIA - Terry says he's a missionary and will be there for the next 6 to 7 months. Look for him on 10, 15 and 20 meters. QSL via W7RNF.

5U7DG - NIGER - Dan was working across the US on 21253 on Sunday around 01:30Z. QSL via K4SE.

KH2/K4SXT - GUAM - Europeans, Africans and Middle East stations should look for Gus on 1824 daily from 19:50 to 20:10Z.

TA3/DL7JAK - TURKEY - Ahmet has been very active on CW near the earthquake-hit area.

YI - IRAQ - Friday YI1AK, YI1FLY and YI1SEA were very active on 15 meters SSB between 10:00 and 14:00Z. ______

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The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AS-045 HL0YDM 21290 0637 EU-126 OH8T 14174 1251 AS-060 HL0CBD/4 21260 1218 EU-132 SP5PB/1 18072 0930 AS-136 BD4ED/4 14260 1108 NA-014 VE9MY 21260 1927 EU-004 EA6EAI 24945 1046 NA-047 VY0TA 18153 1534 EU-008 GM0NTL/P 21272 1043 NA-057 AH6PN/HR6 21255 1352 EU-020 7S1LGT 7016 0848 NA-065 N6FD/7 10115 0539 EU-024 IM0/IS0LYN 14002 0625 NA-110 AA4V/P 21263 1453 EU-029 OZ/DL2VFR 21005 1239 NA-117 TE8CI 24960 2225 EU-037 SM4DDS/7 14005 1733 NA-138 W4A 21269 1335 EU-038 LA/LX1EP 14257 2017 NA-143 AB5EB 14260 1842 EU-038 PA/LX1EP 7057 2112 OC-014 ZK1SCQ 14263 0647 EU-040 CT1BWW/P 21270 1136 OC-014 ZK1SCR 14261 0317 EU-043 SK6GX/LH 28509 0844 OC-034 P29VHX 18077 1234 EU-047 DL0BRF 7067 1051 OC-059 V63AO 21263 1137 EU-102 RI1P 7013 1904 OC-067 FO5QS 14140 0650 EU-121 EJ/GI3VFM 14209 1235 OC-130 DU8DL 21298 1642 EU-123 GM0HLV/P 14264 1426 OC-135 P29BI 21260 1053 EU-125 OZ1DYI/P 14247 0425 OC-154 VK8AN/6 21260 1153

Abel, CO6XN, will be joined by 5 other Cubans on Key Breton (NA-201) from August 26th to 30th. The team will use T46AA and T46CW on 10, 15, 20, 40 and 80 meters SSB and CW.QSL via CO2FRC.

Due to local water problems the upcoming, August 27th to September 1st, IOTA DXpedition to Flatholm Island (EU-124) has been postponed. The group now plans to reschedule for September 29th to October 3rd.

Edward, WA3WSJ, is planning to be active from Abaco Island (NA-080), Bahamas from November 23rd and 30th. Using a QRP rig along with a tribander and inverted vees he'll use WA3WSJ/C6A on 10 through 160 meters CW and SSB. QSL via WA3WSJ either direct or via the bureau. A Web page has been set up at http://www.qsl.net/wa3wsj/

Takeshi, JI3DST, now plans to operate along with Joe, JA4PXE, on Uji Archipelago (AS-067) from October 8th to 10th. They'll use JI3DST/6 and JA4PXE/6 on 6 through 40 meters SSB. QSL both either via the bureau or direct. QSL JI3DST/6, Takeshi Funaki, 2-18-26 Hannan-cho Abeno-ku Osaka 545-0021 JAPAN. QSL JA4PXE/6, Joe S. Kuwahara, 1-74 Midorimachi Tokuyama 745-0075, JAPAN.

IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 ______

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From End Prefix Call Ref QSL ------23-Aug 23-Aug 3D2 3D2HA (OC-016) 3-141 3-113 23-Aug 23-Aug YS HU4U 3-130 EA4URE 23-Aug 23-Aug IS0 IS0/IN3WDJ/P (EU-024) 3-143 23-Aug 23-Aug OH OH8T (EU-126) 3-146 OH8TA 23-Aug 23-Aug TI TE8CI (NA-117) 3-143 TI5KD 23-Aug 23-Aug FK TX8LH (OC-032) 3-135 VK4FW 23-Aug 23-Aug XX XX9TEP 3-125 K8EP 23-Aug 24-Aug SM 7S1LGT (EU-020) SM0TDE 23-Aug 24-Aug 9A 9A/IK4MTF/P 3-143 IK4MTF 23-Aug 25-Aug ZL by CX3AN CX4CR (OC-036) 3-113 23-Aug 25-Aug VP2E by group of PAs 3-140 3-99 PA5ET 23-Aug 25-Aug J3 J3/G0STR 3-115 G0STR 23-Aug 25-Aug ZK1/N ZK1SCQ ZK1SCR (OC-014) 3-66 DL6DK 23-Aug 26-Aug E4 IZ0CKJ IZ7ATN IW0FQZ 3-145 23-Aug 27-Aug IS0 IS0/IK2OCP (EU-024) IK2OCP 23-Aug 27-Aug UA RI1P (EU-102) 3-144 UA9KM 23-Aug 28-Aug 3A 3A/F5RBB 3-137 F5RBB 23-Aug 28-Aug UA UA1ANA/1 RA1ACJ/1 (EU-133) 3-147 23-Aug 29-Aug OZ OZ1DYI (EU-125) 3-142 23-Aug 29-Aug F TM5FDH 3-122 F5LGF 23-Aug 30-Aug EA ED1OTA EF1OTA (EU-080) 3-145 23-Aug 31-Aug SV SV1BRL/SV8 (EU-052) SV1BRL 23-Aug 2-Sep FK FK/F6BUM (OC-033) 3-108 F2VX 23-Aug 3-Sep OZ OZ/DL2VFR (EU-029) 3-145 23-Aug 4-Sep I ID9/I1SNW (EU017) I1SNW 23-Aug 20-Dec FT5Z FT5ZJ 3-147 F2YT 23-Aug 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH (AF-008) 3-4 3-2 F6KDF 24-Aug 24-Aug ZC4 Possible activity from ZC4ATC 3-118 5B4YX 26-Aug 31-Aug S7 S79GI (AF-024) 3-134 PA3GIO 26-Aug 12-Sep T2 by EA4DX 3-146 3-94 EA4CP 27-Aug 28-Aug New Orleans Int. DX Convention 9/19/98 27-Aug 31-Aug CE CE6TBN (SA-018) 3-147 CE6TC CE6TBN 27-Aug 1-Sep GW GB5FI (EU-124) 3-143 GW0ANA 27-Aug 7-Sep TF W2SF/TF 3-114 3-69 W2SF 28-Aug 29-Aug CO CO6XN (NA-201) 3-137 28-Aug 29-Aug JA JH1HHC/0 7N2UTO/0 (AS-117) 3-139 home calls 28-Aug 29-Aug SCC RTTY Championship 28-Aug 31-Aug 9M2 9M2TO (AS-073) 3-147 JA0DMV 9M2TO 28-Aug 31-Aug ZK1/S ZK1SCQ ZK1SCR (OC-124) 3-66 DL6DK 28-Aug 3-Sep LX LX0RL 3-143 DL4FCH 28-Aug 10-Sep C5 C56/G0SAH 3-145 G0SAH ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for August 21, 1999 was 79.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for August 22, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------22-Aug-1999 21 173 9 3 High/Quiet-Unset;Mod-High/Quiet-Unset 22-Aug-1999 18 161 7 3 High/Quiet-Unset;Mod-High/Quiet-Unset 22-Aug-1999 15 161 7 3 High/Quiet-Unset;Mod-High/Quiet-Unset 22-Aug-1999 12 161 7 2 High/Quiet;Mod-High/Quiet-Unsettled 22-Aug-1999 09 161 7 2 High/Quiet-Unset;Mod-High/Quiet-Unset 22-Aug-1999 06 161 7 1 High/Quiet-Unset;Mod-High/Quiet-Unset 22-Aug-1999 03 161 7 0 High/Quiet-Unset;Mod-High/Quiet-Unset 22-Aug-1999 00 161 7 0 High/Quiet-Unset;Mod-High/Quiet-Unset

A major flare occurred at 22:10Z on August 21, 1999.

The forecast for Monday, August 23rd: solar flux 165, A index 15, K index 3. Conditions should be High Normal.

The forecast for Tuesday, August 24th: solar flux 180, A index 7, K index 2. Conditions should be Above Normal.

Solar images of the sun received for August 23, 1999 can be found at http://www.sel.noaa.gov/solar_images/1999_08/1999_08_23.html

Perhaps the most useful propagation page for Amateur Radio Operators can be found at http://dx.qsl.net/propagation/

Grey line map http://www.spiritweb.org/cgi/sunclock.cgi ______

QSL Info ______

Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------3XY2A ON4QY FY5FU F5PAC TX8LH VK4FW 3Z0MMS SP7LZD HD6DX EA4URE UE2FLT UA2FM 5H8TL W7RNF HK136P HK6LRP VE1/DH8IAT DH8IAT 5N0ZKD OK1KN HL0YDM HL5FUA VP2EEA PA5ET 7S1LGT SM1TDE HS2CRU DL2FDK VP2EET PA5ET 8J1RL JA9BOH HU4U EA4URE VP2EFM PA5ET 8Q7KY JA2BDR J41LH SV3AGQ VP2EWM PA5ET 8Q7SN JA2GQT J47LHA SV7CO VP2EWP PA5ET 9V1XE DL2DBR JY4NE KB6NAN VP8LGT VP8LP AH6PN/HR6 W7TSQ K7ASU/KH9 K7ASU XX9TEP K8EP E44/IZ0CKJ IZ0CKJ P29CC K1WY YI1AK AD5W ED2GPL EA2CBY P29VHX DJ9HX YI1FLY KK3S EO0GLH US4QWA SN2KM SP2BIK YI1SEA WA3HUP EO1000UT UR7UT SV0IE DL2YAG ZP8/LU5YBU ZP8YA EO8IL UT8IO T88ME 7N1RTO ZS6Z ZS6EZ FT5ZJ F2VX T94DO DJ2MX ZW5VB PP5VB

JA1JCF - Nobushige "Nobi" Hyakutake, 4-5-12 Egota, Nakano-Ku, Tokyo 165-0022, JAPAN

QSL cards recently received direct: 3B9R, 3V8DJ, 3XY7A, 4Z0A (AS-100), 5A1IC, 5Z4GS, A22EW, AP2JZB, CE0AA, D44BC, E30LA (AF-081), EK9AA, EZ8CW, FT5WH, HK0F, JG6URG/6 (AS-036), N6FD/7 (NA-065), TA3DD, VU2TMP, ZD7CTO, ZL9CI, ZV0SB ______

On the WWW ______

Logs for V47ET, V47WP, V47WM, V47EA, V47FM, V47CV, VP2EEA, VP2EET, VP2ECV, VP2EFM, VP2EWM and VP2EWP can be found at http://www.muurkrant.com/pi4com/tour99/index.html ______

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Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 425 DX News, DL5NAM, G3PMR, G4JFS, JI6KVR, K2WP, K3ZO, KA2NUE, KH6BZF Reports, KI4RU, N2JTX, N2TN, N6FF, PY1AFS, W2GE, W3DQ, W7IAN, WB9NMN ______

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Bob Schenck, N2OO, announced yesterday that he and three other operators will activate three countries in South East Asia during November. The preliminary notice reports the group will operate from the Hillview Gardens, Sabah, East Malaysia as 9M6AAC, from Layang- Layang Island in the Spratly Islands as 9M6OO and from Brunei with a V8 call. The group will have 3 or 4 stations while in the Spratlys. A web site will be set up with updates and photos. No log search will be available. For more information about the Hillview Gardens Resort station 9M6AAC check out the following web site http://www.qth.com/jakarta/9m6aac.htm. More information about this DXpedition is expected in the near future.

Joergen, OZ8AE, will once again operate from Greenland for a month starting September 4th. He'll be active on all bands on CW until October 5th. During the SAC SSB Contest he may operate SSB between 12:00Z on September 25th and 12:00Z on September 26th. QSL via OZ8AE, either direct or via the bureau.

Mike, 5B4AGX, reports that ZC4ATC will be QRV this Wednesday as usual, and will concentrate on Phone.

Ivan, G3IZD, plans to operate from Portugal as CT/G3IZD from September 4th to 13. He will be on holiday and will have a trusty IC-706 and doublet antenna. ______

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5H3RK - TANZANIA - Ralph says to look for him on 1831-1832 during his mornings. His sunset is at 03:26Z and he must leave by 03:40Z.

5N3CPR - NIGERIA - Bogdan can often be found on 30 meters CW between 20:00 and 00:00Z. QSL via SP5CPR.

9M6AAC - EAST MALAYSIA - Look for this one on 40 meters CW just after 10:00Z.

CN2BR - MOROCCO - Rachid has been showing up near 14010 after 01:00Z most days. QSL via F5IQG.

D44BC - CAPE VERDE ISLANDS - About once a week Julio appears near 14200 around 04:00Z.

D44BS - CAPE VERDE ISLANDS - RTTY DXers reported working Angelo on 14084 at 19:30Z.

FK/F6BUM - NEW CALEDONIA - Europeans were working this one on 14004 between 05:30 and 08:00Z. QSL via F2VX.

FO0ALL/MM - FRENCH POLYNESIA - Jim is operating from a boat near Bora-Bora. It won't count for DXCC but you can QSL via his home call NU6AM.

HU4U - EL SALVADOR - Were working JA's at 09:00Z on 30 meters CW. QSL via EA4URE.

K5FUV/KH0 - MARIANA ISLANDS - Bill stopped here on his way back from the Japanese Ham Fair. He came up on 14181 at 13:30Z. Bill will be back in Newington next week. QSL via K1NO.

ZK1 - NORTH COOK ISLANDS - Ann, ZK1SCR, and husband Wolf, ZK1SCQ, have been showing up near 14260 between 03:00 and 07:00Z. Afterwards check 21260. QSL via DL6DK. ______

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The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AS-053 HS0/IK4MRH 14257 1826 EU-133 UA1ANA/1 14260 1907 EU-010 GM3VLB/P 14260 1218 EU-136 9A6AA 28481 0950 EU-010 MM0BPP 14260 1409 EU-136 9A6DCR 7063 0904 EU-023 9H2UN 14270 0611 EU-147 RK3DZJ/1 14260 2132 EU-024 IS0/IZ2ABP 14011 1333 NA-103 VP2MDD 18136 2128 EU-028 IA5CNE 14255 0928 NA-117 TE8CI 14255 0319 EU-029 OZ/DL2VFR 14260 1753 NA-127 VE1/DH8IAT 14252 0014 EU-033 LA3ANA/1 14260 1912 OC-014 ZK1SCQ 14260 0732 EU-037 SM4DDS/7 14006 1730 OC-033 FK/F6BUM 10106 1026 EU-038 PA/LX1EP 14258 1553 OC-034 YC9WZJ 21255 1519 EU-042 DL9MAC/P 7057 1907 OC-075 YC5TML 21285 1708 EU-054 IF9/IT9PPG 7061 1103 OC-075 YC5YAS 21240 1546 EU-060 SV1ENI/P 18075 1621 OC-135 P29BI 14005 1213 EU-067 SV1CEI/8 14263 0942 OC-139 VK7TS/5 14264 0721 EU-075 SV1TP/P 14256 1629 OC-143 YC5OKA 21245 1547 EU-097 OH5MW 14013 1150 OC-147 YC9YKI 21260 1714 EU-102 RI1P 7003 2018 OC-210 YC8RRK 21265 1643

Be on the look out starting today for a new IOTA to possibly be activated by Pete, VK8PW and Dan, VK8AN. The two are expected to go to the Goulburn Islands which counts the same as Croker Island (small letter a). Check the normal IOTA frequencies until August 26th.

Andr‚, GM3VLB/P, plans to be on Flannan Island (EU-118) today through August 26th.

Starting October 1st around 14:00Z look for Pam, ON4QP, Mat, ON5KL, and Frank, ON4ACC to be active from EU-006. They will be on the island for three days. They will also operate from Ireland for about 10 days.

A large group from the Noginsk Radio Club (RZ3DZJ) are currently active as RK3DZJ/1 from EU-147 until August 27th. Next they will be on from EU-066 between August 28th and September 1st. Finally they'll go to EU-153 to operate until September 3rd. QSL via RA3DEJ.

IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 ______

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From End Prefix Call Ref QSL ------24-Aug 28-Aug 3A 3A/F5RBB 3-137 F5RBB 24-Aug 24-Aug 9A 9A/IK4MTF/P 3-143 IK4MTF 24-Aug 26-Aug E4 IZ0CKJ IZ7ATN IW0FQZ 3-145 24-Aug 30-Aug EA ED1OTA EF1OTA (EU-080) 3-145 24-Aug 31-Aug ER ER27A 3-148 ER1DA 24-Aug 29-Aug F TM5FDH 3-122 F5LGF 24-Aug 2-Sep FK FK/F6BUM (OC-033) 3-108 F2VX 24-Aug 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH (AF-008) 3-4 3-2 F6KDF 24-Aug 20-Dec FT5Z FT5ZJ 3-147 F2YT 24-Aug 4-Sep I ID9/I1SNW (EU017) I1SNW 24-Aug 27-Aug IS0 IS0/IK2OCP (EU-024) IK2OCP 24-Aug 25-Aug J3 J3/G0STR 3-115 G0STR 24-Aug 27-Aug KH3 NH6D/KH3 (OC-023) 3-148 N6FF 24-Aug 3-Sep OZ OZ/DL2VFR (EU-029) 3-145 24-Aug 29-Aug OZ OZ1DYI (EU-125) 3-142 24-Aug 24-Aug SM 7S1LGT (EU-020) SM0TDE 24-Aug 31-Aug SV SV1BRL/SV8 (EU-052) SV1BRL 24-Aug 27-Aug UA RI1P (EU-102) 3-144 UA9KM 24-Aug 28-Aug UA UA1ANA/1 RA1ACJ/1 (EU-133) 3-147 24-Aug 25-Aug VP2E by group of PAs 3-140 3-99 PA5ET 24-Aug 24-Aug ZC4 Possible activity from ZC4ATC 3-118 5B4YX 24-Aug 25-Aug ZK1/N ZK1SCQ ZK1SCR (OC-014) 3-66 DL6DK 24-Aug 25-Aug ZL by CX3AN CX4CR (OC-036) 3-113 ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for August 22, 1999 was 78.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for August 23, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------23-Aug-1999 21 188 21 3 Low/Unset-Mnr Strm;Low-Mod/Unsettled 23-Aug-1999 18 173 9 3 Low/Unset-Min Strm;Low-Mod/Unset-Active 23-Aug-1999 15 173 9 4 Low/Unset-Min Strm;Low-Mod/Unset-Active 23-Aug-1999 12 173 9 3 Low/Quiet-Min Strm;Mod-High/Unset- Active 23-Aug-1999 09 173 9 3 Low/Quiet-Min Strm;Mod-High/Unset- Active 23-Aug-1999 06 173 9 5 Low/Quiet-Min Strm;Mod-High/Unset- Active 23-Aug-1999 03 173 9 4 Low/Quiet-Active;Mod-High/Quiet-Unset 23-Aug-1999 00 173 9 3 Low/Quiet-Unset;Mod-High/Quiet-Unset

The forecast for Tuesday, August 24th: solar flux 180, A index 7, K index 2. Conditions should be Above Normal.

The forecast for Wednesday, August 25th: solar flux 185, A index 9, K index 3. Conditions should be High Normal.

Solar images of the sun received for August 24, 1999 can be found at http://www.sel.noaa.gov/solar_images/1999_08/1999_08_24.html

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Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------4N0X YU7KMN CO6XN HK6DOS K5FUV/KH0 K1NO 5B4/OH2RF OH2RF EN13OI UT1IZA RK3DZJ/1 RA3DEJ 9M2JI JK1AJX EY9/RA3OO DJ1SKO

QSL cards recently received direct: 9M2TO, FR5ZU/T, HK3JJH (NA-133), HK3JJH (SA-034), HK3JJH/0M, HL1/JI1EFP XU1A ______

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Starting August 28th look for Juergen, DJ3KR, to be QRV as JW/DJ3KR, on Svalbard. He will be mostly on the higher bands as the radar causes heavy QRM below 14 MHz. Plans are to be there until September 1st.

Those of you looking for activity from Mozambique will be happy to know that Reinhard, DL6DQW, will once again be traveling to this semi- rare one next month. Look for him to be active from September 18th to 21st as C91RF.

Mark, ON4WW, says he will make his final trip to Monrovia on August 30th. Many have worked him as EL2WW as he has been very active on all bands. Look for him to be there until the beginning of November. He'll be on CW, SSB, RTTY and SSTV. QSL via ON5NT.

Jeff, G4ELZ, will operate from Puerto de la Cruz, Tenerife, Canary Islands as September 4th through 18th. He'll be mostly on 20 meters CW as EA8/G4ELZ/P using a MFJ-9020 operating near 14060 . Look for him to be active during his evenings and mornings. ______

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3C1GS - EQUATORIAL GUINEA - Ramon was found yesterday on 18130 around 15:00Z. Don't forget he will be going to Annobon next month. QSL via EA5BYP.

D2GG - ANGOLA - Vic was running freestyle on 14202 at 20:30Z. QSL via CT1GG.

FH5CB - MAYOTTE - Elio is the only ham on this semi-rare one. He came up on 14247 just before 04:00Z.

K5FUV/KH0 - MARIANA ISLANDS - Bill is here along with Martti, OH2BH; Kan, JA1BK; Jun, WH0V; Leena (YL), OH2BE; and Yuichi, JN1WTK. They have two complete stations. QSL via K1NO.

KC4AAA - ANTARCTICA - Look for this one on 14243 most days after 02:00Z.

SU9ZZ - EGYPT - Check for Jaro on 20 meters CW around 03:00 to 04:00Z.

V51AS - NAMIBIA - West Coast DXers found Frank on 14013 around 07:00Z.

YK1AO - SYRIA - Omar came up on 10105 at 03:00Z yesterday.

ZD8V - ASCENSION ISLAND - Paul will be going permanently QRT from this semi-rare South Atlantic Ocean Island by September 15th. He will back up his station the week before. QSL via info below. ______

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The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AF-004 EA8BWP 21022 1345 EU-067 SV8/DJ8OB/P 14257 1409 AS-018 UA0FZ 7002 0943 EU-102 RI1P 14009 1610 AS-019 9V1XE 18151 1639 EU-118 GM3VLB/P 3772 2151 AS-060 HL0CBD/4 14221 1756 EU-118 MM0BPP/P 14260 1956 EU-014 TK/IK4SDY 14258 1549 EU-133 RA1ACJ/1 14033 1630 EU-016 9A/IK4MTF 10107 2229 EU-133 UA1AN/1 14263 1550 EU-016 9A4W 14263 1947 EU-136 9A6AA 14055 2257 EU-023 9H3TI 18125 2330 EU-147 RK3DZJ/1 14252 0952 EU-024 IS0LYN 14022 0619 NA-022 VP2EWP 7008 0955 EU-029 OZ/DL2VFR 14014 1924 NA-047 VY0TA 14255 2200 EU-030 OZ/DH6WD 14255 1019 NA-134 OX3UB 14260 2359 EU-032 F/I2OGC/P 14272 2112 OC-014 ZK1SCQ 14260 0624 EU-032 F5NQL/P 7007 1842 OC-014 ZK1SCR 14260 0339 EU-037 SM4DDS/7 14003 1510 OC-033 FK/F6BUM 14006 0647 EU-038 PA/LX1EP 14264 1734 OC-128 DU1IMA 21260 2214 EU-042 DL9MAC/P 14254 0754 OC-169 A35RK 14155 0349

IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 ______

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From End Prefix Call Ref QSL ------25-Aug 28-Aug 3A 3A/F5RBB 3-137 F5RBB 25-Aug 26-Aug E4 IZ0CKJ IZ7ATN IW0FQZ 3-145 25-Aug 30-Aug EA ED1OTA EF1OTA (EU-080) 3-145 25-Aug 31-Aug ER ER27A 3-148 ER1DA 25-Aug 29-Aug F TM5FDH 3-122 F5LGF 25-Aug 2-Sep FK FK/F6BUM (OC-033) 3-108 F2VX 25-Aug 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH (AF-008) 3-4 3-2 F6KDF 25-Aug 20-Dec FT5Z FT5ZJ 3-147 F2YT 25-Aug 26-Aug GM GM3VLB/P (EU-118) 3-149 25-Aug 4-Sep I ID9/I1SNW (EU017) I1SNW 25-Aug 27-Aug IS0 IS0/IK2OCP (EU-024) IK2OCP 25-Aug 25-Aug J3 J3/G0STR 3-115 G0STR 25-Aug 27-Aug KH3 NH6D/KH3 (OC-023) 3-148 N6FF 25-Aug 3-Sep OZ OZ/DL2VFR (EU-029) 3-145 25-Aug 29-Aug OZ OZ1DYI (EU-125) 3-142 25-Aug 31-Aug SV SV1BRL/SV8 (EU-052) SV1BRL 25-Aug 27-Aug UA RI1P (EU-102) 3-144 UA9KM 25-Aug 27-Aug UA RK3DZJ/1 (EU-147) 3-149 RA3DEJ 25-Aug 28-Aug UA UA1ANA/1 RA1ACJ/1 (EU-133) 3-147 25-Aug 30-Aug VK VK8PW VK8AN (OC-NEW) 3-149 25-Aug 25-Aug VP2E by group of PAs 3-140 3-99 PA5ET 25-Aug 25-Aug ZC4 ZC4ATC 3-149 3-118 5B4YX 25-Aug 25-Aug ZK1/N ZK1SCQ ZK1SCR (OC-014) 3-66 DL6DK 25-Aug 25-Aug ZL by CX3AN CX4CR (OC-036) 3-113 ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for August 23, 1999 was 110.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for August 24, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------24-Aug-1999 21 202 23 3 Low/Unset-Min Strm;Low-Mod/Unset-Active 24-Aug-1999 18 188 22 4 Low/Unset-Min Strm;Low-Mod/Unset-Active 24-Aug-1999 15 188 22 5 Low/Unset-Min Strm;Low-Mod/Unset-Active 24-Aug-1999 12 188 22 4 Low/Unset-Active;Low-Mod/Unset-Active 24-Aug-1999 09 188 22 3 Low/Unset-Active;Low-Mod/Unsettled 24-Aug-1999 06 188 22 4 Low/Unset-Active;Low-Mod/Unsettled 24-Aug-1999 03 188 21 3 Low/Unset-Min Strm;Low-Mod/Unsettled 24-Aug-1999 00 188 22 3 Low/Unset-Min Strm;Low-Mod/Unsettled

The forecast for Wednesday, August 25th: solar flux 195, A index 12, K index 3. Conditions should be High Normal.

The forecast for Thursday, August 26th: solar flux 200, A index 17, K index 3. Conditions should be High Normal.

Solar images of the sun received for August 25, 1999 can be found at http://www.sel.noaa.gov/solar_images/1999_08/1999_08_25.html

Perhaps the most useful propagation page for Amateur Radio Operators can be found at http://dx.qsl.net/propagation/

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Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------3C1GS EA5BYP ED1LET EA1ATT V51LK DJ4LK 9G1MR IK3HHX EZ8CQ I2JSB VY0TA VE2BQB A35RK W7TSQ OD5PI IK7JTF ZD8V KF4OOX A61AO N1DG

KF4OOX - Paul L Hutley, 298 Logan Avenue, Sharon, PA 16146, USA VK9NS - Jim Smith, P.O. Box 90, Norfolk Island 2899

George's, JY9QJ, QSL manager DL5MBY was out of Germany for more than 3 months and will now start sending QSL cards at the end of the month. First he will handle the direct cards and then the bureau cards.

QSL cards recently received direct: 3V8BB, E30MA (AF-038), FW5WN, HP3/F5PAC (NA-071), HP4/F5PAC (NA-088), RW2F, TY8A ______

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Contests are a DXers next best friend. Eddie, W6/G0AZT, reports he will once again travel to Benin to single op in the CQ World Wide RTTY DX Contest next month. Plans are to arrive on September 21st and assemble and erect a Force-12 tribander and a G5RV to be on the air late on Wednesday the 22nd. Benin ranked # 77 on the 1998 ARRL DX Most Wanted list. Equipment will include a FT-1000, 1 KW amplifier, 3 element tribander, 2-element 40-meter beam, and G5RV. Look for him on SSB and RTTY only until September 29th. QSL cards must go direct to W6/G0AZT, Eddie Schneider, Box 5194, Richmond, CA 94805, USA.

Starting September 7th look for Laurent, F4ATM, to be active from the Ivory Coast as TU2/F4ATM. He will be using a TS-850 and a 14AVQ vertical until September 17th.

Dale, W4QM, will once again be heading to Diego Garcia next month. He is expecting to be there around September 14th signing VQ9QM. Dale is a CW man and usually operates all bands including 160 meters. QSL via W4QM.

QSL manager Joe, W3HNK, says that Don, G3VFU (ex A92BE, A45XU), is now in Thailand. Don's length of stay is not known at this time, however you will find him as HS0/G3VFU, only on SSB. QSL cards for HS0/G3VFU, A92BE and A45XU will all be confirmed by W3HNK.

Steve, G3VMW, and Bob, G3ZEM, will be QRV from Paphos, Cyprus as 5B4/G3VMW and 5B4/G3ZEM starting today. They will be operating on all bands, especially on 12, 17 and 30 meters, with two Kenwood TS-570DG transceivers along with wire antennas. Look for them through September 9th. QSL via home calls either direct or through the RSGB bureau.

Dany, F5CW (ex FT5ZB, J28EI), is currently in Noumea, New Caledonia and has operating as FK/F5CW. He is expecting a FK8V call and will be there for the next two years. QSL via F5PED.

Rich Boyd, KE3Q, notes The Washington Post's story that Monday August 30th the people of East Timor will be given the opportunity to vote for independence from Indonesia. East Timor, originally scheduled to vote on August 8th, was a former Portuguese territory until it was invaded in 1975 by Indonesia, which was then annexed the following year. Results of the are expected within 7 days of the vote. For more details check out the Washington Post's story at http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/WPlate/1999-08/25/159l-082599- idx.html

Marty, K2PLF, called to say that he would be in the Hawaiian Islands for the next three weeks operating from KH6SQ. He will use KH6/K2PLF and will be concentrating on 12, 17, 30, 40 and 80 meters. QSL via K2PLF. ______

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D2GG & D2YY - ANGOLA - Husband and wife team Vic and Pamela were found on 24940 between 18:20 and 19:20Z. QSL both via CT1GG.

HU4U - EL SALVADOR - The URE team completed their repair and improvement to a digital network for emergency communications for El Salvador. Operators and workers were EA1AU, EA1QF, EB1ADG, EA3CUU, and EA4BT. A total of 13224 QSO were worked in one week. QSL via EA4URE.

NH6D/KH3 - JOHNSTON ISLAND - Listen for Bill on 1827 at 07:00Z. He will also be concentrating on 12, 17 and 30 meters. QSL via N6FF.

OY4LY - FAROE ISLANDS - Lots of CW activity from this station over the last two days. QSL via K3JA.

S79SBP - SEYCHELLES - Has been showing up on a net on 21355 around 17:00Z.

VP6YL - PITCAIRN - Betty (YL) was working both West Coast US and Europeans on 14280 from 06:40 to 07:40Z. QSL via K6RPF.

ZC4ATC - UK SOVEREIGN BASES ON CYPRUS - As was expected this club station was found on 21250 just after 17:00Z working all across the US and Europe until 19:30Z. QSL via 5B4YX.

ZD8V - ASCENSION ISLAND - Look for Paul on 14247 going freestyle after 00:00Z.

ZS8D - MARION ISLAND - Derek showed up on 14225 working West Coast US stations just after 14:30Z. QSL via ZS6EZ. ______

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The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AS-018 UA0FF 21270 1320 NA-034 W2TMT 7019 0418 AS-036 JA6VAG 14085 2029 NA-047 VY0TA 18133 1750 AS-136 BD4ED/4 10103 2143 NA-057 AH6PN/HR6 14178 0904 EU-002 OH0/OH7MM 14029 0549 NA-134 OX3UB 14260 0000 EU-014 TK/IK4GRO 14248 0711 NA-136 W1DIG 21269 1227 EU-016 9A/IK2MT/P 21250 2143 NA-143 AB5EB 18085 2119 EU-030 OZ/DH6WD 21304 1238 OC-014 ZK1SCQ 14260 0754 EU-037 SM7/DK3PZ 14260 1727 OC-014 ZK1SCR 14260 0909 EU-038 PA/LX1EP 14258 1943 OC-021 YB0AZ 21247 1623 EU-042 DL9AMC/P 14256 1419 OC-033 FK/F6BUM 21257 1051 EU-097 DL7VOX/P 18071 1147 OC-034 P29VHX 14004 1315 EU-102 RI1P 14260 2103 OC-075 YC5YAS 21255 1557 EU-118 GM3VLB/P 14260 2325 OC-075 YC5YCT 21223 1546 EU-118 MM0BPP/P 14263 1340 OC-128 DU1IMA 21270 1616 EU-133 RA1ACJ/1 18073 1043 OC-134 ZL4IR 14256 0606 EU-133 UA1ANA/1 14006 1521 OC-143 YC6OMK 21227 1536 EU-141 IM0/IS0XPK 14247 2129 OC-210 YC8RRK 21292 1735 EU-147 RK3DZJ/1 21023 0952 SA-026 PP5OW 18132 0104 NA-027 VO1MG 21271 1656

Paul, F6CXV, will be on vacation on Groix Island (EU-048) from September 5th to 24th. From September 10th to 23rd he will use TM0G.

IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 ______

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From End Prefix Call Ref QSL ------26-Aug 28-Aug 3A 3A/F5RBB 3-137 F5RBB 26-Aug 9-Sep CT3 CT3/CT1AHU 3-148 CT1AHU 26-Aug 26-Aug E4 IZ0CKJ IZ7ATN IW0FQZ 3-145 26-Aug 30-Aug EA ED1OTA EF1OTA (EU-080) 3-145 26-Aug 31-Aug ER ER27A 3-148 ER1DA 26-Aug 29-Aug F TM5FDH 3-122 F5LGF 26-Aug 2-Sep FK FK/F6BUM (OC-033) 3-108 F2VX 26-Aug 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH (AF-008) 3-4 3-2 F6KDF 26-Aug 20-Dec FT5Z FT5ZJ 3-147 F2YT 26-Aug 26-Aug GM GM3VLB/P (EU-118) 3-149 26-Aug 4-Sep I ID9/I1SNW (EU017) I1SNW 26-Aug 27-Aug IS0 IS0/IK2OCP (EU-024) IK2OCP 26-Aug 27-Aug KH3 NH6D/KH3 (OC-023) 3-148 N6FF 26-Aug 3-Sep OZ OZ/DL2VFR (EU-029) 3-145 26-Aug 29-Aug OZ OZ1DYI (EU-125) 3-142 26-Aug 31-Aug S7 S79GI (AF-024) 3-134 PA3GIO 26-Aug 31-Aug SV SV1BRL/SV8 (EU-052) SV1BRL 26-Aug 12-Sep T2 by EA4DX 3-146 3-94 EA4CP 26-Aug 27-Aug UA RI1P (EU-102) 3-144 UA9KM 26-Aug 27-Aug UA RK3DZJ/1 (EU-147) 3-149 RA3DEJ 26-Aug 28-Aug UA UA1ANA/1 RA1ACJ/1 (EU-133) 3-147 26-Aug 30-Aug VK VK8PW VK8AN (OC-NEW) 3-149 ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for August 24, 1999 was 103.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for August 25, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------25-Aug-1999 21 208 7 2 Mod/Quiet-Unset;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unset 25-Aug-1999 18 202 22 3 Mod/Quiet-Unset;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unset 25-Aug-1999 15 202 22 2 Mod/Quiet-Active;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unset 25-Aug-1999 12 202 22 1 Mod/Quiet-Min Strm;Low-Mod/Unset-Active 25-Aug-1999 09 202 22 1 Mod/Quiet-Min Strm;Low-Mod/Unset-Active 25-Aug-1999 06 202 22 2 Mod/Quiet-Min Strm;Low-Mod/Unset-Active 25-Aug-1999 03 202 22 2 Mod/Quiet-Min Strm;Low-Mod/Unset-Active 25-Aug-1999 00 202 22 2 Low/Quiet-Min Strm;Low-Mod/Unset-Active

The forecast for Thursday, August 26th: solar flux 200, A index 10, K index 3. Conditions should be High Normal.

The forecast for Friday, August 27th: solar flux 205, A index 10, K index 3. Conditions should be High Normal.

Solar images of the sun received for August 26, 1999 can be found at http://www.sel.noaa.gov/solar_images/1999_08/1999_08_26.html

Perhaps the most useful propagation page for Amateur Radio Operators can be found at http://dx.qsl.net/propagation/

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Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------3Z5PW DL3KDC CP6XE IK6SNR NP3WS WP4HNN 9M2PS HB9AAP E21CJN W3PP OY4LY K3JA A45XU W3HNK HS0/G3VFU W3HNK VP6YL K6RPF A92BE W3HNK KH0/JN1WTK JN1WTK ZC4ATC 5B4YX A92GJ N1SHM NH6D/KH3 N6FF

Dianna, KB6NAN, is now the QSL manager for the following stations: E44A, JY4NE, JY4NE/OD5, and ZC6A.

The Swedish Radio Amateur Society (SSA) informs everyone that the new address for the SM QSL bureau is as follows: F”reningen Sveriges S„ndareamat”rer (S.S.A.), Box 45, SE-191 21 Sollentuna, SWEDEN.

QSL cards recently received direct: BV9AAC (AS-103), C91RF/P, NH0E, XF4MX, ZV0SB, ZV0SW ______

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The Caribbean Tour 1999 has now come to a completion. Complete logs can now be found at http://www.muurkrant.com/pi4com/tour99/

The log for Jun NH0E through August 16th is now online at http://dx.qsl.net/logs. The first sets of logs through August 25th for Bill, NH6D/KH3, are also online. ______

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In a phone conversion yesterday with Gil, F5NOD, from the Lyon DX Gang, exciting news was given about a planned DXpedition to Gloriso Island. The island ranked # 9 on the 1998 ARRL DXCC Most Wanted List. The group of four Frenchmen, who also organized the 1998 FT5ZH DXpedition, is working on final details for a trip to this rare Indian Ocean Island. Operators include Larry, F5PYI, Eric, F5PXT, Erwann, F6JJX and Gil, F5NOD. The operation is expected to take place in July or August of 2000, depending on transportation and financial support. The operators plan to be there for 15 days and will operate on 6 through 160 meters on CW, SSB and RTTY. Two complete stations will be used around the clock with beams for 6 through 20 meters and verticals on 30 through 160 meters. After the phone call a quick check was made to http://perso.easynet.fr/~f5nod/ where a Web page has been set up. More details are expected on the one.

Neil, VK6NE, says a VK2 ham is now on Cocos Keeling and should be able to be on the air as VK9CC after October 1st. Hopefully we can get more details about this station.

Starting September 3rd Tomio, JM3DTY, plans to be in Macao as XX9TUP. Look for him to be operating with 200 watts on 6, 10, 15 and 20 meters CW, SSB, RTTY, PSK31 and FM. If space is available he'll also be on the low bands. Tomio will be there until September 13th and plans to participate in both the All Asian SSB DX and Worked All European SSB Contests. QSL via JL3VUL either through the bureau or direct to Hideki Noma, 15-15 Fujigadai, Himeji, 670-0066 JAPAN.

Look for the German Arab Friends to be active from Iraq using the following calls through October 1st: YI9DAF, YI9SEB, YI9JN, YI9MB, YI99BIF, YI/DJ2SX, YI/DH1YVI, YI/DL8ABO and YI/DD3VW.

Jari Jussila, OH2BU, was recently elected as the Chairman of the Nordic Radio Amateur Union (NRAU), a Scandinavian organization which represents Amateur Radio operators from LA, OH, OY, OZ, SM and TF. DXers will recognize some of Jari past operations from 3B9R & 4J1FS.

Jorma, OH2KI, now plans to join Tony, N7BG, for a multi-single in this years CQ World Wide CW DX Contest in India at VU2WAP. They are looking for one more operator. Two complete stations will be on the air. Anyone interested should contact Tony.

Here's an update on the announcement earlier this week (Vol. 3 No. 149) by Bob Schenck, N2OO, on the November trip to South East Asia. The team will consist of Jani Kusmulyana, YB0US/NM6US/9M6US; Mike Mraz, N6MZ; Tom Harrell, N4XP; Paul Newberry, N4PN; and DXpedition team leader Bob Schenck, N2OO/9M6OO. Starting November 7th the group will begin as 9M6AAC at the Hillview Gardens Resort in Sabah, East Malaysia. Next between November 12th to 18th they will operate as 9M6OO from Layang-Layang Island in the Spratly Islands. Then the team will attend the SEANET Convention and operate in Brunei, V8 call to be assigned, from November 18th to 25th. Finally the Bob and Paul will go back to the Hillview Gardens Resort station from November 26th to 29th where they will also operate the CQ World Wide CW DX Contest as 9M6AAC. A Web site will be set up at http://www.qsl.net/n2oo, which will include full updates as well as pictures from the team during the operation. During the 9M6OO "Spratly" activity there will not be any updates as there is no Internet access available from there. The link should be ready in a few days. The group is looking for any financial contributions. For more information about this multi stop trip contact Bob Schenck, N2OO, by e-mail [email protected] or by snail mail at Bob Schenck, N2OO, P.O. Box 345, Tuckerton, NJ 08087-0345 U.S.A.

The German DX News Letter says that Patrick, FO5QS (ex FO8DT, FR7CE, F6ESW), is now on Huahine Island (OC-067) for the next several months and is on the air between 14120 and 14150 most days from 05:00 to 08:00Z. QSL Patrick Freys, FO5QS, Box 643, F-98731 Fare, Huahine, French Polynesia.

Jukka Heikinheimo, OH2BR, gives the following press release:

VP6BR PITCAIRN ISLAND DXPEDITION

"Jukka Heikinheimo OH2BR will start his DXpedition to Pitcairn Island in January 2000 to commemorate his 40 year long Amateur Radio career. The goal is to give the DX community a maximum number of VP6 contacts on all ten amateur bands from 6 to 160 meters on CW, SSB and RTTY. Pitcairn Island, VP6, stands at position 52 on the 425 DX Bulletin 1998 Most wanted list. With the recent DXpeditions its actual position would be closer to 30."

"The call sign to be used has been confirmed as VP6BR. QSL via home call OH2BR. Address to be published later (I am about to move soon to another QTH)."

"Apart from cruise ships too expensive for a DXers budget, Pitcairn Island is linked to the rest of the world by P&O cargo ships travelling between Auckland, New Zealand, and Eastern U.S.A or Europe. These ships visit Pitcairn every three or four months supplying the islanders with everything they cannot produce themselves. The transportation to Pitcairn will be confirmed by the shipping company only one week before the ships estimated departure from Auckland. This makes it impossible to publish any accurate information on the starting date of the DXpedition at this time."

"The equipment to be used consists of YAESU FT-1000MP (if the airline gives it a "free ride"), ICOM IC-706MkII as a spare rig normally used only on 6m, FinnFet 1kW solid-state linear amplifier, triband and duoband yagis for 10 to 20 meter bands and vertical antennas for the low bands. The goal is to leave the antennas for the Pitcairners and therefore are still to be defined pending support from the manufacturers and DX community. Two 2 KW generators and 1000 liters of gasoline are planned for maximum reliability of power supply. The islands diesel generator cannot be used as a power supply for a DXpedition as it is available only for a few hours in the morning and evening times. The islanders are depending on a few long wire antennas so any serious DXer has to take his own antennas with him. Any beam antennas will be destroyed by salt-water environment within a few years time."

"Donations are welcomed to cover the high costs of extra equipment, transportation, generator and gasoline expenses. Jukka will be hosted by Tom and Betty Christian, VP6TC and VP6YL. The operation site is either the VP6PAC club site up on the hill or the home of the hosts in Adamstown on the slope looking towards northeast."

"For 6 meter enthusiasts: the prospects of serious 6 meter operation depend on the feasibility of taking an amplifier and beam antenna to Pitcairn as well as demand for such an operation."

"For the IOTA enthusiasts: side trips to rare IOTA Henderson and Ducie islands may be considered if there is enough interest from the IOTA community and the local conditions warrant such mini-DXpeditions."

"Log search and home page for the VP6BR DXpedition are under construction. Donations may be sent to Jukka Heikinheimo, Rikunkuja 4, FI-01420 VANTAA, Finland. Naturally, record will be kept on all donations allowing to return them in case the DXpedition would not materialize."

"73 and DX de Jukka OH2BR (VP6BR) [email protected]" ______

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NH6D/KH3 - JOHNSTON ISLAND - Bill started off yesterday just before 03:30Z on 18072 listening up. He was then found on SSB on 14247 just prior to 06:00Z and then down on 14032 around 06:20Z. At 14:00 he was working Japanese and Western US stations on 10105. Keep an ear on 1827 at 07:00Z. QSL via N6FF.

S79SBP - SEYCHELLES - Continues to show on a net on 21355 after 17:00Z.

V51LK - NAMIBIA - West Coast DXers found him on 10109 around 05:30Z. QSL via DJ4LK.

ZS8D - MARION ISLAND - Derek came up yesterday on 18120 around 13:00Z. ______

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The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AS-004 5B4AGC 24900 1127 NA-047 VY0TA 14260 1903 AS-136 BD4ED/4 10108 1407 NA-065 N6FD/7 14260 0459 EU-014 TK5AE 14260 0552 OC-014 ZK1SCQ 14261 0819 EU-031 IC8/N5KME 7005 0426 OC-014 ZK1SCR 14261 0736 EU-037 SM7/DK3PZ 14260 1618 OC-021 YB0AS 21232 1803 EU-038 PA/LX1EP 14263 1654 OC-026 WH6AH/KH2 21259 1240 EU-054 IF9/IT9PPG 7055 0759 OC-032 FK8GM 21280 0916 EU-060 SV1ENI/P 14015 2043 OC-033 FK/F6BUM 28458 2113 EU-118 GM3VLB/P 7060 1705 OC-034 P29VHX 21295 1117 EU-118 MM0BPP/P 14260 1146 OC-059 V63AO 21257 1244 EU-124 GW0MOI 18125 0754 OC-067 FO5QS 14120 0714 EU-133 RA1ACJ/1 10108 2046 OC-075 YC5YAS 21237 1704 EU-133 UA1ANA/1 14260 0659 OC-134 ZL4IR 14154 0455 EU-136 9A/S57GM 7020 2107 OC-135 P29BI 21250 1115 EU-136 9A6AA 7077 2202 OC-147 YC9YKI 21270 1746 EU-147 RK3DZJ/1 14255 1457 OC-210 YC8RRK 21285 1627 NA-010 WB1FBV/VE1 14260 2156

Peter, VK8PW (VE8PW), and Dan, VK8AN, are expected to be on from a new island group in VK8 land starting today around 05:00Z. The island group, NORTHERN TERRITORY CENTRE group, is located at 11 40' South and 133 25' East. Each operator is expected to use their own calls from the island of South Goulburn until about 03:00Z on August 29th. QSL VK8AN via VK4AAR direct only. VK8PW via his callbook address or via the bureau to VE8RZ.

Here is a last minute press release from Alan Kung, BA1DU:

"BI7Y ( AS-??? ) Xisha Archipelago ( Paracel Island ) South China Sea IOTA DXpedition has been arranged. Nine hams from China will participate this activity, they are BA1AJ, BA1DU, BA1HAM, BA4RC, BA4TA, BA7IA, BA7JA, BG7YB and BG7YC. The activity is supported by Chinese Radio Sports Association, The Beijing DX Club and The Island Radio Expedition Foundation Inc."

"The team members will assemble at Hainan Island (AS-094) on 5th September, they will operate there using their home call / 7 for about 24 hours, and then will start to go to Yangxing Island, Xisha Archipelago by boat on 7th September. They expect to be QRV on the Island at 0500UTC on 8th and will stay for 5 days, and then leave the Island on 13th."

"They will setup two stations with one beam and one PA and will work on CW, SSB and RTTY on normal IOTA frequencies from 40 meters to 10 meters. QSL via Chinese bureau, Any question should be sent to BI7Y team coordinators Alan BA1DU ( [email protected] ) and Yang BA7JA ( [email protected])."

IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 ______

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From End Prefix Call Ref QSL ------27-Aug 28-Aug 3A 3A/F5RBB 3-137 F5RBB 27-Aug 9-Sep 5B 5B4/G3VMW 5B4/G3ZEM 3-151 home calls 27-Aug 31-Aug CE CE6TBN (SA-018) 3-147 CE6TC CE6TBN 27-Aug 9-Sep CT3 CT3/CT1AHU 3-148 CT1AHU 27-Aug 30-Aug EA ED1OTA EF1OTA (EU-080) 3-145 27-Aug 31-Aug ER ER27A 3-148 ER1DA 27-Aug 29-Aug F TM5FDH 3-122 F5LGF 27-Aug 2-Sep FK FK/F6BUM (OC-033) 3-108 F2VX 27-Aug 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH (AF-008) 3-4 3-2 F6KDF 27-Aug 20-Dec FT5Z FT5ZJ 3-147 F2YT 27-Aug 4-Sep I ID9/I1SNW (EU017) I1SNW 27-Aug 27-Aug IS0 IS0/IK2OCP (EU-024) IK2OCP 27-Aug 27-Aug KH3 NH6D/KH3 (OC-023) 3-148 N6FF 27-Aug 3-Sep OZ OZ/DL2VFR (EU-029) 3-145 27-Aug 29-Aug OZ OZ1DYI (EU-125) 3-142 27-Aug 31-Aug S7 S79GI (AF-024) 3-134 PA3GIO 27-Aug 31-Aug SV SV1BRL/SV8 (EU-052) SV1BRL 27-Aug 12-Sep T2 by EA4DX 3-146 3-94 EA4CP 27-Aug 27-Aug UA RI1P (EU-102) 3-144 UA9KM 27-Aug 27-Aug UA RK3DZJ/1 (EU-147) 3-149 RA3DEJ 27-Aug 28-Aug UA UA1ANA/1 RA1ACJ/1 (EU-133) 3-147 27-Aug 30-Aug VK VK8PW VK8AN (OC-NEW) 3-149 27-Aug 28-Aug New Orleans Int. DX Convention 9/19/98 28-Aug 31-Aug 9M2 9M2TO (AS-073) 3-147 JA0DMV 9M2TO 28-Aug 10-Sep C5 C56/G0SAH 3-145 G0SAH 28-Aug 29-Aug CO T46AA T46CW (NA-201) 3-148 3-137 CO2FRC 28-Aug 29-Aug JA JH1HHC/0 7N2UTO/0 (AS-117) 3-139 home calls 28-Aug 1-Sep JW JW/DJ3KR (EU-026) 3-150 28-Aug 3-Sep LX LX0RL 3-143 DL4FCH 28-Aug 6-Sep TF W2SF/TF 3-114 3-69 W2SF 28-Aug 1-Sep UA RK3DZJ/1 (EU-066) 3-149 RA3DEJ 28-Aug 31-Aug ZK1/S ZK1SCQ ZK1SCR (OC-124) 3-66 DL6DK 28-Aug 29-Aug KH6 QSO Party 28-Aug 29-Aug SCC RTTY Championship 29-Aug 4-Sep DJ DJ2MX/P (EU-128) 3-147 DJ2MX 29-Aug 9-Sep I IA5/IK0YUJ (EU-028) IK0YUJ ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for August 25, 1999 was 127.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for August 26, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------26-Aug-1999 21 222 8 2 Low/Quiet-Unset;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unsettled 26-Aug-1999 18 208 8 2 Low/Quiet-Unset;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unsettled 26-Aug-1999 15 208 8 2 Low/Quiet-Unset;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unsettled 26-Aug-1999 12 208 8 2 Low/Quiet-Unset;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unsettled 26-Aug-1999 09 208 8 1 Low/Quiet-Unset;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unsettled 26-Aug-1999 06 208 8 3 Low/Quiet-Unset;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unsettled 26-Aug-1999 03 208 8 2 Low/Quiet-Unset;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unsettled 26-Aug-1999 00 208 8 3 Mod/Quiet-Unset;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unsettled

The forecast for Friday, August 27th: solar flux 220, A index 12, K index 3. Conditions should be High Normal.

The forecast for Saturday, August 28th: solar flux 220, A index 10, K index 2. Conditions should be High Normal.

The forecast for Sunday, August 29th: solar flux 220, A index 10, K index 3. Conditions should be High Normal.

Solar images of the sun received for August 27, 1999 can be found at http://www.sel.noaa.gov/solar_images/1999_08/1999_08_27.html

Perhaps the most useful propagation page for Amateur Radio Operators can be found at http://dx.qsl.net/propagation/

Grey line map http://www.spiritweb.org/cgi/sunclock.cgi ______

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Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------4L1UN IK7JTF 9K2/SP5UAM SP5PBE GX6YB G3SWH 5N0ZKD OK1KN CN8KD EA5XX VQ9GB K7GB 5R8FL F5TBA EW2CR NF2K ZX4C PY1ARS/4 9K2/KA1FFO KA1FFO

TI5KD - Carlos William Diez, Box 195, Belen Heredia 4005, COSTA RICA

QSL cards recently received direct: CH3HBC, S79FAG, S79YL, S79ZG, T32IW, T32VU, VE8C (NA-173), XM3PBX ______

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Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: BA1DU, DXNL, F5NOD, F6AJA, G4BUE, JA1ELY, KH6BZF Reports, LNDX, N2OO, N2TN, NOAA, OH2BR, QRZ DX, VE7IU, VK6NE, VK9NS ______

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A great time was had by all that attended this year's New Orleans International DX Convention which was held this past weekend at the Royal Sonesta Hotel. The programs started Saturday however many arrived the day before to enjoy the great food, sights and Hospitality Suite hosted by Carl Smith, N4AA, of DX Publications, Inc. Saturday's programs started off with a quick introduction by Stan, W5JYK and Don, W5FKX. Bill Moore, NC1L, the ARRL's Century Club Manager, presented an update on the ARRL DXCC programs. Mike Mraz, N6MZ, gave a talk on last years Dateline DX Association to Wake Island, KH9. A look at taking 6 meters on a DXpedition was given by Ned Stearns, AA7A. Paul Pai, BV4FH, came all the way from Taiwan to give the BQ9P Pratas Island presentation. He also mentioned the possibility of a not to far off trip again to this semi rare island. Buzz Jehle, N5UR, spoke about the Islands On The Air, Worked Antarctic Bases Award and Canadian Islands Awards. A panel discussion was held on the cost of DXCC and the possibilities of receiving credit for awards by electronic mail transfers. Tom Harrell, N4XP, gave us a unique look at the Marshall Islands including a picture of a test ICBM that landed in the northern islands. Vance LePierre, N5VL spoke about last years Eritrea DXpedition and Frank Smith, AH0W, did Rodrigues Island, 3B9R, along with some nice pictures of the Miss Rodrigues Contest. The final program was 160 meters: Not just a band, but an obsession by Garry Shapiro, NI6T. DXers were then given a change to clean up and put on their Sunday bests for the Gala Banquet which include perhaps one of the best DX Dinners ever had at a Convention. After dessert Frank Smith, AH0W, gave the featured presentation "XU1A Cambodia 1998". This past spring the New Orleans International DX Convention announced Yasuo "Zorro" Miyazawa, JH1AJT, as the DXer of the Year for this year's event. However, Don Boudreau, W5FKX, President of this years convention, announced that both the New Orleans International DX Convention Committee and Mr. Miyazawa mutually agreed to remove Zorro's name as this years nomination as a result of the recent controversy. Don went on to say that there would be no DXer of the year for 1999. To wrap things up Rick Roderick then gave a motivating speech about never forgetting your first QSO and first DX QSO! A hardy congratulation goes out to Sarah Shull, KA4DQZ, who won the grand prize of $500.00. If you missed this year's event you missed a great DX convention, good southern hospitality, lots of fine DXers and some fantastic food. This was a first class operation! ______

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3XY1BO - GUINEA - Robert likes CW around 21005 and 14005.

5H3RK - TANZANIA - Europeans report working Ralph on or near 1832 between 22:00 and 00:00Z.

C56/G0SAH - THE GAMBIA - Alan was busy on 12 and 17 meters SSB yesterday between 11:00 and 19:00Z. QSL via G0SAH.

P29VHX - PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Uwe is QRV now from Lolota Island (OC-153).

S01A - WESTERN SAHARA - Came up on 10 meters SSB yesterday around 13:15 and 17:15Z. QSL via EA2JG.

XT2PT - BURKINA FASO - Try 15 meters SSB after 18:00Z on 15 meters.

YI - IRAQ - Look for YI1DX, YI1EE, YI1SEA on 15 or 20 meters SSB 10:00 and 13:00Z. QSL both via P.O. Box 55072, Baghdad, IRAQ. ______

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The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AF-004 EA8AYD 21200 1623 EU-115 EI/G4WSB/M 14266 1429 AN-017 FT5YG 18131 1309 EU-125 OZ1DYI/P 14250 0801 AS-018 UA0FZ 18069 1020 EU-128 DJ2MX/P 14026 1604 AS-028 UA0QBA 14255 1722 EU-131 IK3PQH 14079 0510 AS-136 BD4ED/4 10103 1940 EU-133 RA1ACJ/1 14001 0626 EU-004 EA6/DL1KBQ 28483 2050 EU-136 9A/S57GM 7018 2139 EU-010 GM0EYY/P 14250 0810 EU-136 9A6DCR 7064 2155 EU-010 GM3VLB 14260 0744 NA-046 W1RQ 14260 2029 EU-010 MM0BPP/P 14260 0916 NA-057 AH6PN/HR6 28370 1641 EU-018 OY4LY 18077 0933 NA-065 N6FD/7 14260 0348 EU-024 IS0LYN/IM0 10107 0611 NA-137 KW1DX 14260 1541 EU-029 OZ/DL2VFR 10102 1954 NA-198 VE6RC/VO1 14260 2342 EU-029 OZ/DL6FCY 14257 1547 OC-013 ZK1SCQ 21257 0638 EU-029 OZ2Q 21282 1434 OC-033 FK/F6BUM 21257 1047 EU-031 IC8PSO 28480 2210 OC-034 P29VHX 14004 1259 EU-045 IB0/IZ0CKJ 14258 0949 OC-038 PA/LX1EP 14260 1732 EU-045 IB0/IZ0IIA 14260 1227 OC-059 V63AO 21263 0254 EU-051 IE9/IT9ABY 14257 0854 OC-075 YC5YAS 21269 1640 EU-054 IF9/IT9PPG 28012 2142 OC-130 DU8DJ 21298 1339 EU-066 RK3DZJ/1 7010 2155 OC-146 YB8BHC 18135 1307 EU-067 SV8/DJ8OB/P 14257 1433 OC-210 YC8RRK 21244 1542 EU-098 DL7VOX/P 24898 1229 OC-229 VK8PW/8 28460 0045 EU-101 OH6MIL 14257 0623

IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 ______

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From End Prefix Call Ref QSL ------30-Aug 30-Aug EA ED1OTA EF1OTA (EU-080) 3-145 30-Aug 30-Aug VK VK8PW VK8AN (OC-NEW) 3-149 30-Aug 31-Aug 9M2 9M2TO (AS-073) 3-147 JA0DMV 9M2TO 30-Aug 31-Aug CE CE6TBN (SA-018) 3-147 CE6TC CE6TBN 30-Aug 31-Aug ER ER27A 3-148 ER1DA 30-Aug 31-Aug S7 S79GI (AF-024) 3-134 PA3GIO 30-Aug 31-Aug SV SV1BRL/SV8 (EU-052) SV1BRL 30-Aug 31-Aug ZK1/S ZK1SCQ ZK1SCR (OC-124) 3-66 DL6DK 30-Aug 1-Sep JW JW/DJ3KR (EU-026) 3-150 30-Aug 1-Sep UA RK3DZJ/1 (EU-066) 3-149 RA3DEJ 30-Aug 2-Sep FK FK/F6BUM (OC-033) 3-108 F2VX 30-Aug 3-Sep LX LX0RL 3-143 DL4FCH 30-Aug 3-Sep OZ OZ/DL2VFR (EU-029) 3-145 30-Aug 4-Sep DJ DJ2MX/P (EU-128) 3-147 DJ2MX 30-Aug 4-Sep I ID9/I1SNW (EU017) I1SNW 30-Aug 6-Sep TF W2SF/TF 3-114 3-69 W2SF 30-Aug 9-Sep 5B 5B4/G3VMW 5B4/G3ZEM 3-151 home calls 30-Aug 9-Sep CT3 CT3/CT1AHU 3-148 CT1AHU 30-Aug 9-Sep I IA5/IK0YUJ (EU-028) IK0YUJ 30-Aug 10-Sep C5 C56/G0SAH 3-145 G0SAH 30-Aug 12-Sep T2 by EA4DX 3-146 3-94 EA4CP 30-Aug 20-Dec FT5Z FT5ZJ 3-147 F2YT 30-Aug 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH (AF-008) 3-4 3-2 F6KDF 1-Sep 6-Sep 9A 9A2000FT (EU-110) 3-137 9A7K 1-Sep 8-Sep SV SV8/HA6NL/P HA6PS HA6ZV (EU-052) 3-143 home calls 1-Sep 16-Sep ZB ZB2FX or ZG2FX 3-125 G3RFX 1-Sep 30-Nov HK0/M HK0TU (SA-007) 3-117 2-Sep 3-Sep UA RK3DZJ/1 (EU-153) 3-149 RA3DEJ 2-Sep 6-Sep ZS ZS6/DL7DST 3-137 DL7DST 2-Sep 14-Sep S7 S79GI (AF-033) 3-134 PA3GIO 3-Sep 5-Sep FK FK/F6BUM (OC-032) 3-108 F2VX 3-Sep 12-Sep PY ZV7G (SA-046) 3-126 PY7MEU 3-Sep 13-Sep XX XX9TUP 3-152 JL3VUL 4-Sep 6-Sep JA JI3DST/3 (AS-117) 3-76 JI3DST 4-Sep 13-Sep CT CT/G3IZD 3-149 4-Sep 18-Sep EA8 EA8/G4ELZ/P (AF-004) 3-150 4-Sep 5-Oct OX OX/OZ8AE 3-149 OZ8AE 4-Sep 4-Dec KH4 KH4/SM4FJY (OC-030) 3-133 SM6FJY ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for August 28, 1999 was 229.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for August 29, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------29-Aug-1999 21 218 7 2 Low/Quiet;Moderate/Quiet-Unsettled 29-Aug-1999 18 248 14 2 High/Quiet-Unset;Low-Mod/Quiet- Unsettled 29-Aug-1999 15 248 14 1 High/Quiet-Active;Mod-High/Quiet- Unsettled 29-Aug-1999 12 248 14 2 High/Quiet-Active;Mod-High/Quiet- Unsettled 29-Aug-1999 09 248 14 2 High/Quiet-Active;Mod-High/Quiet- Unsettled 29-Aug-1999 06 248 14 2 High/Quiet-Active;Mod-High/Quiet- Unsettled 29-Aug-1999 03 248 14 2 High/Quiet-Active;Mod/High/Quiet- Unsettled 29-Aug-1999 00 248 14 1 High/Quiet-Active;Mod/High/Quiet-Active

The forecast for Monday, August 30th: solar flux 238, A index 10, K index 2. Conditions should be High Normal.

The forecast for Tuesday, August 31st: solar flux 225, A index 12, K index 3. Conditions should be High Normal.

Solar images of the sun received for August 30, 1999 can be found at http://www.sel.noaa.gov/solar_images/1999_08/1999_08_30.html

Perhaps the most useful propagation page for Amateur Radio Operators can be found at http://dx.qsl.net/propagation/

Grey line map http://www.spiritweb.org/cgi/sunclock.cgi ______

QSL Info ______

Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------3Z0RP SP4KGB FT5YG F5LBL S79GI PA3GIO 4N1EA YU1EFG FY5GS F6FNU SV8/DJ8OB/PDJ8OB 5B4/DL1IAQ DL1IAQ II2V I2ARN T24DX EA4CP A61AS YO3FRI JW/DJ3KR DH3MH V73CW AC4G C56/G0SAH G0SAH OH0EA OH2KMG V85SS JA4ENL CO2JZ XE1CI S01A EA2JG XX9SC XX9AU ED7LCR EA7URU

QSL cards recently received direct: 3B9R, HK3JJH/HC4 (SA-056) ______

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Jacky Calvo, F2CW/ZL3CW, has been in Sierra Leone over the past two months on a work assignment. He has applied for a license but it seems that the Army maybe holding up the license as all other concerned ministries have approved the application. Once assigned his call he will be able to use his IC-706 on CW, SSB and Pactor. His QTH is located on a peninsula just a few meters from the sea. The vertical should work real well from there. Let's hope Jacky is able to obtain his ticket before leaving in early October.

RTTY operators will be happy to know that Bob, W1VXV, plans to once again operate from Sept-Iles, Quebec (CQ WAZ 2) during next months CQ World Wide RTTY Contest. Plans are to operate on 10 through 80 meters from the VE2CSI club station. which

Contester Jim Neiger, N6TJ, announced he plans to operate the CQ World Wide SSB DX Contest from the South Atlantic Ocean Island of Ascension. Look for him to arrive on the island around October 26th and to leave about November 13th. He plans to be single op 10 meters only using ZD8Z. Next he will do the CQ World Wide CW DX Contest as ZX5J, from Brazil, also on 10 meters only.

The 15th Italian HF-DX Convention will be held on September 25th and 26th in Bologna, Italy. For more information contact ARI Bologna at [email protected]

Doc, W9NY, plans to once again be active from Nevis Island as V47NS from October 28th to November 2nd. He'll be active on 10 through 80 meters and will do a single op sing band (10 or 15 meters) in the October CQ World Wide SSB DX Contest. QSL cards go via W9NY.

Starting September 1st through October 2nd look for special event stations 3Z60O (via SP2HJN), 3Z60H (via SP2FJN), 3Z60P (via SP2AYC), 3Z60W (via SP2BNJ), and 3Z0MDL (via SP2UUU) to all be active. By the way that prefix for all is 3 Zulu Sixty.

Martyn, G3RFX, has now revised his dates on his upcoming trip to Gibraltar. He'll now be there from September 4th to 12th. To celebrate Gibraltar's National Day on September he along with other ZB2's may use the special prefix ZG2. Look for him to be active on CW and SSB on 10 through 80 meters. QSL via G3RFX.

Jack F6FGY is currently active from Corsica as TK/F6FGY. He will stay on the island until September 10th.

Savas, SV2AEL, will be active with the special call SW2A during the Worked All Europe SSB and CQ World Wide SSB DX Contests. QSL via P.O. Box 22013, Thessaloniki 55310, GREECE ______

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5H3RK - TANZANIA - Ralph continues to work Europeans on 1832 between 20:00 and 23:00Z. He also shows up like clockwork on 30 meters CW daily at his sunrise (03:23Z).

A71EZ - QATAR - CW DXers reported working Saleh yesterday at 10:00Z on 28027 and at 14:00Z on 14028. He showed up early today, around 00:00Z, on 14015.

BD4ED/4 - CHINA - Ed can be found daily on 30 meters CW between 20:00 and 22:00Z. He is located on IOTA AS-136.

EP3PTT - IRAN - This club station was active on 14197 at 14:40Z.

FO5QG - MARQUESAS - Europeans were working Jose on 14122 just before 06:00Z. QSL via XE1L.

S21YP - BANGLADESH - Bob showed up yesterday on 24908 at 12:00Z, working European.

S79GI - SEYCHELLES - West Coast US DXers found Bert on 21296 at 19:00Z. QSL via PA3GIO.

T24DX - TUVALU - Roberto says to look for him today on 3799 at 11:00Z. QSL via EA4CP.

TA - TURKEY - Several stations have been active from the earthquake area: TA/JN4CAM, TA/UK8AR, and TA/XE1HR.

V85SS - BRUNEI - Was active yesterday on 21262 from 16:00 to 18:00Z. QSL via JA4ENL.

XW8INH - LAOS - Check 40 meters CW at 15:00Z. ______

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The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AF-024 S79GI 21296 2002 EU-098 DL7VOX/P 21017 1843 AS-015 9M2TD 21289 1535 EU-114 GU3WHN 14071 2056 AS-018 UA0FF 21260 1224 EU-128 DJ2MX/P 14259 1804 AS-136 BD4ED/4 10103 2142 NA-106 KP2J 24892 1902 EU-009 GM0HTT 18126 0758 NA-127 VE1/DF2UA/P 14280 1942 EU-017 IT9/I1SNW 14262 1644 NA-143 AB5EB 21260 0008 EU-026 JW/DJ3KR 18072 1854 OC-013 ZK1SCQ 14260 0623 EU-029 OZ/DL2VFR 10102 1857 OC-015 T24DX 21297 0123 EU-029 OZ/DL6FCY 14257 0952 OC-021 YC8TXW 21005 1613 EU-030 OZ/DH1SD 7083 1009 OC-027 FO5QG 14127 0712 EU-033 LA8RU 21286 1443 OC-067 FO5QS 14127 0628 EU-038 PA/LX1EP 14258 0756 OC-075 YC5YAS 21243 1745 EU-052 SV1BRL/8 18122 2213 OC-135 P29BI 14260 1145 EU-052 SV8/OM5KP/P 14249 1242 OC-137 VK4GP 28473 0024 EU-052 SV8AQY 14267 0312 OC-143 YC4TRY 21235 1630 EU-066 RK3DZJ/1 14018 1512 OC-153 P29VHU 18082 1416 EU-081 F6EAS/P 14256 1617

JI3DST/6, JA4PXE/6, and JF6WTY/6, will now operate from Uji Archipelago (AS-067) from October 9th to 11th. Look for them on 10 through 40 meters SSB. QSL via home calls.

John, AL7RB, is planning to be working on Attu Island (NA-064) from September 16th to 21st. He'll take SGC 2020 and a random wire.

Members of the Greater Norwalk Amateur Radio Club, W1HLK, will operate once again from Sheffield Island (NA-136) for about 24 hours on September 25th. The group will be mostly active near the 20 and 40 meter SSB IOTA frequencies during the day or 80 meters at night. QSL via W1NLK, 304 Main Ave, PMB 115, Norwalk, CT 06851, USA.

The upcoming IOTA DXpedition to Brioni Island (EU-110) was originally scheduled to use 9A2000FT (Franjo Tudjman). However the Ministry of Communication and Transport revoked this license stating it could be considered to help campaign for the President of Croatia. With this in mind the group will now use 9A2000B (Brioni) from September 1st to 8th.

Erol, VK2NP, report he will go with a group of three other Australians to Broughton Island (OC-212) between October 1st and 4th. Look for activity on 10 through 80 meters CW and SSB. Each operator will use his home call. QSL information has not been decided at the moment.

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 QSL ------31-Aug 9-Sep 5B 5B4/G3VMW 5B4/G3ZEM 3-151 home calls 31-Aug 31-Aug 9M2 9M2TO (AS-073) 3-147 JA0DMV 9M2TO 31-Aug 10-Sep C5 C56/G0SAH 3-145 G0SAH 31-Aug 31-Aug CE CE6TBN (SA-018) 3-147 CE6TC CE6TBN 31-Aug 9-Sep CT3 CT3/CT1AHU 3-148 CT1AHU 31-Aug 4-Sep DJ DJ2MX/P (EU-128) 3-147 DJ2MX 31-Aug 31-Aug ER ER27A 3-148 ER1DA 31-Aug 2-Sep FK FK/F6BUM (OC-033) 3-108 F2VX 31-Aug 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH (AF-008) 3-4 3-2 F6KDF 31-Aug 20-Dec FT5Z FT5ZJ 3-147 F2YT 31-Aug 9-Sep I IA5/IK0YUJ (EU-028) IK0YUJ 31-Aug 4-Sep I ID9/I1SNW (EU017) I1SNW 31-Aug 1-Sep JW JW/DJ3KR (EU-026) 3-150 31-Aug 3-Sep LX LX0RL 3-143 DL4FCH 31-Aug 3-Sep OZ OZ/DL2VFR (EU-029) 3-145 31-Aug 31-Aug S7 S79GI (AF-024) 3-134 PA3GIO 31-Aug 31-Aug SV SV1BRL/SV8 (EU-052) SV1BRL 31-Aug 12-Sep T2 T24DX 3-146 3-94 EA4CP 31-Aug 6-Sep TF W2SF/TF 3-114 3-69 W2SF 31-Aug 1-Sep UA RK3DZJ/1 (EU-066) 3-149 RA3DEJ 31-Aug 31-Aug ZK1/S ZK1SCQ ZK1SCR (OC-124) 3-66 DL6DK ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for August 29, 1999 was 229.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for August 30, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------30-Aug-1999 21 198 16 2 Mod/Quiet-Min Strm;Mod/Quiet-Active 30-Aug-1999 18 218 6 3 Mod/Quiet-Min Strm;Mod/Quiet-Active 30-Aug-1999 15 218 6 3 Low/Quiet-Min Strm;Low-Mod/Quiet-Active 30-Aug-1999 12 218 6 5 Low/Quiet-Min Strm;Low-Mod/Quiet-Active 30-Aug-1999 09 218 6 4 Low/Quiet;Low-Moderate/Quiet-Unsettled 30-Aug-1999 06 218 6 2 Low-Quiet;Low-Moderate/Quiet-Unsettled 30-Aug-1999 03 218 6 2 Low/Quiet;Moderate/Quiet-Unsettled 30-Aug-1999 00 218 6 2 Low/Quiet;Moderate/Quiet-Unsettled

The forecast for Tuesday, August 31st: solar flux 200, A index 12, K index 3. Conditions should be High Normal.

The forecast for Wednesday, September 1st: solar flux 180, A index 8, K index 3. Conditions should be High Normal.

Solar images of the sun received for August 31, 1999 can be found at http://www.sel.noaa.gov/solar_images/1999_08/1999_08_31.html

Perhaps the most useful propagation page for Amateur Radio Operators can be found at http://dx.qsl.net/propagation/

Grey line map http://www.spiritweb.org/cgi/sunclock.cgi ______

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Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------4L8A OZ1HPS EM1U UT7UA TA/XE1HR XE1HR 6K0ZS IK2DUW KH6/K2PLF K2PLF TA1FA TA1AL A61AP IK7JTF S79GI PA3GIO UN7FK W3HNK CO8LY EA7ADH SU9ZZ OM3TZZ V85SS JA4ENL EA9AU EA9IB T32BI KH6DFW W2SF/TF W2SF

K2PLF - Marty Green, 1950 Mount Horeb Road, Street, MD 21154-1006, USA

QSL cards recently received direct: 3B9R, 3V8DJ, 9V8WW, AA1BU/KP2, CE0AA, DU3NXE, DU4EX, E44/HA1AG, FO0MSN, UN5J, V26B, XX9TRR, YB0DX, YC9BU, ZP40Z ______

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Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 425 DX News, 9A3KQ, AA3E, IOTW, JI6KVR, KE2TT, KH6BZF Reports, N1OLO, N2JTX, N6RT, N6TJ, NF9V, NM1K, NOAA, OE-1002419, SV2AEL, The 59(9) DX Report, VK2NP ______

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Mike, DH3MIT, and Heinz, HB9KOC will be in the Maldive Islands from October 26th to November 2nd. They will participate in the CQ World Wide SSB DX Contest using 8Q7IT. Antennas include a mini beam for 10, 15 and 20 meters, a 10 meter monobander and a 40 meter dipole. QSL via DH3MIT.

Herb, G0WAZ, reports he'll be operating from his old hometown in Denmark from September 2nd until the 13th. He'll use OZ7SM with his IC-706 and 30 foot fishing rod.

During this year's CQ World Wide RTTY Contest look for Joe, WB8YTZ, to operate from the VO2WL station. He'll be active on all bands from September 21st to 27th. Before and after the contest he will use VO2/WB8YTZ. Those interested in SSTV can ask him to QSY. QSL direct or via the bureau.

Starting in Mid-September Bela, N8SHZ, will be staying in Mexico and will be active as XE1/N8SHZ until Mid-December. He'll take a FT-100, DX-70T and various antennas. QSL via N8SHZ.

During this year's CQ World Wide SSB DX Contest Ken, K7ZUM and his two sons Dustin (14), KD7BSW, and Jordan (13), KC7TWZ, will multi-op as FS/K7ZUM. Look for them before and after the contest on SSB and CW. QSL via home calls.

Also during this year's CQ World Wide SSB DX Contest Craig, N7KG, will be on the island of St. Maarten and operating as PJ8/N7KG. He too will be active on CW and SSB before and after the contest. QSL via N7KG. ______

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4S7EA - SRI LANKA - Look for Ernest on 17 meters CW or SSB between 17:00 and 18:00Z. Also just before 22:00Z.

A35TU - TONGA - Tony likes to show up between 03:00 and 04:00 near 14160. QSL via K1LU.

P29BI - PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Steve has been coming up on both 20 meters CW and SSB between 10:30 and 11:30Z. QSL via VK4EJ.

RK3BY/0 - ASIATIC RUSSIA - This station is located in CQ WAZ 23.

T32BI - EAST KIRIBATI - Europeans have been working Tuck after 08:00Z near 14245. QSL via KH6DFW.

VK9NS - NORFOLK ISLAND - Jim Smith reminds everyone he'll be off the island for about two months and no QSL cards will go out until Mid-November. Do not re-QSL. He's been very active recently on RTTY and PSK31. ______

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The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AF-004 EA8/DJ1OT 21001 1648 EU-128 DJ2MX/P 7069 2117 AN-016 R1AND 21015 1624 EU-136 9A6DCR 7055 0919 AS-018 UA0FAU 21028 0822 EU-165 IM0MBP 21255 1350 AS-083 UA0QJG/9 14025 1408 NA-046 W1RQ/1 21290 1813 AS-136 BD4ED/4 10103 2132 NA-065 N6FD/7 14262 0449 EU-003 CU3EJ 28460 2013 OC-027 FO5QG 14120 0628 EU-029 OZ/DL2VFR 10107 1835 OC-033 FK/F6BUM 21260 1005 EU-029 OZ1AA 14257 1528 OC-034 P29VR 21230 1140 EU-038 PA/LX1EP 14259 1615 OC-059 V63AO 21268 1256 EU-054 IF9/IT9PPG 28010 0854 OC-146 YC8FMI 21280 1501 EU-066 RK3DZJ/1 14007 0756 OC-153 P29VHX 14260 1200 EU-075 SV1TP/P 14260 0632 OC-169 A35RK 14260 0516 EU-098 DL7VOX/P 14021 1048 OC-210 YC8RRK 21300 1741

Rob, 5Z4RL, says a group is planning to operate from Wasini Island (AF- 067) around the second week of March 2000. More details are expected.

Steve, G0UIH, and Roger, G3XFA, are planning to operate from Holy Island (EU-124), Wales starting tomorrow through September 4th. They will use GW0UIH/P and GW3XFA/P on 10, 12, 15, 17, 20, 40 and 80 meters SSB only. QSL via G0UIH.

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 QSL ------1-Sep 9-Sep 5B 5B4/G3VMW 5B4/G3ZEM 3-151 home calls 1-Sep 6-Sep 9A 9A2000FT (EU-110) 3-137 9A7K 1-Sep 10-Sep C5 C56/G0SAH 3-145 G0SAH 1-Sep 9-Sep CT3 CT3/CT1AHU 3-148 CT1AHU 1-Sep 4-Sep DJ DJ2MX/P (EU-128) 3-147 DJ2MX 1-Sep 2-Sep FK FK/F6BUM (OC-033) 3-108 F2VX 1-Sep 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH (AF-008) 3-4 3-2 F6KDF 1-Sep 20-Dec FT5Z FT5ZJ 3-147 F2YT 1-Sep 9-Sep I IA5/IK0YUJ (EU-028) IK0YUJ 1-Sep 4-Sep I ID9/I1SNW (EU017) I1SNW 1-Sep 1-Sep JW JW/DJ3KR (EU-026) 3-150 1-Sep 3-Sep LX LX0RL 3-143 DL4FCH 1-Sep 3-Sep OZ OZ/DL2VFR (EU-029) 3-145 1-Sep 8-Sep SV SV8/HA6NL/P HA6PS HA6ZV (EU-052) 3-143 home calls 1-Sep 12-Sep T2 T24DX 3-146 3-94 EA4CP 1-Sep 6-Sep TF W2SF/TF 3-114 3-69 W2SF 1-Sep 10-Sep TK TK/F6FGY 3-154 1-Sep 1-Sep UA RK3DZJ/1 (EU-066) 3-149 RA3DEJ ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for August 30, 1999 was 212.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for August 31, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------31-Aug-1999 21 183 16 3 Low/Quiet-Active;Low-Mod/Quiet-Active 31-Aug-1999 18 198 16 4 Mod/Quiet-Active;Mod/Quiet-Active 31-Aug-1999 15 198 16 3 Mod/Quiet-Active;Low-Mod/Quiet-Active 31-Aug-1999 12 198 16 4 Mod/Quiet-Active;Mod/Quiet-Active 31-Aug-1999 09 198 16 3 Mod/Quiet-Mnr Strm;Mod/Quiet-Active 31-Aug-1999 06 198 16 3 Mod/Quiet-Mnr Strm;Mod/Quiet-Active 31-Aug-1999 03 198 16 2 Mod/Quiet-Mnr Strm;Mod/Quiet-Active 31-Aug-1999 00 198 16 2 Mod/Quiet-Mnr Strm;Mod/Quiet-Active

The forecast for Wednesday, September 1st: solar flux 185, A index 12, K index 3. Conditions should be High Normal.

The forecast for Thursday, September 2nd: solar flux 165, A index 10, K index 2. Conditions should be High Normal.

Solar images of the sun received for September 1, 1999 can be found at http://www.sel.noaa.gov/solar_images/1999_09/1999_09_01.html

Perhaps the most useful propagation page for Amateur Radio Operators can be found at http://dx.qsl.net/propagation/

Grey line map http://www.spiritweb.org/cgi/sunclock.cgi ______

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Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------3W7TK OK1HWB 5B4/G3ZEM G3ZEM WP3X W3FG 3Z60W SP2BNJ 5H3US WA8JOC YC0IEM VK4FW 5B4/G3VMW G3VMW OD5PI IK7JTF YN9HAU HR1RMG

John, K3JHT, is volunteering to be a QSL manager for anyone who may be looking for one. Contact him by e-mail at [email protected] or at his CBA.

Gary, KI6T, is now the QSL manager for the Donetsk Technical University club station UR3IWA in Ukraine.

Jim Smith reminds everyone he'll be off the island for about two months and no QSL cards will go out until Mid-November. Do not re- QSL. He's been very active recently on RTTY and PSK31.

QSL cards recently received direct: Z2/VK3DXI, ZV0SB, ZV0SW ______

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Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 5Z4RL, DH3MIT, G0UIH, K3JHT, K7ZUM, KH6BZF Reports, KI6T, N2TN, N7OJ, N8SHZ, NOAA, VK9NS, WB8YTZ ______

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Exciting news from the Pacific Ocean has world famous DXpeditioner Ron Wright, ZL1AMO, leaving New Zealand on September 8th. He'll be heading for Fiji where he will operate as 3D2RW from his base camp for one week. Next he will go to Samoa and if he can find an appropriate place to operate from he will use 5W1CW for another week. Then Ron will leave on September 22nd and expects to arrive on Nukunono Island in the Tokelau Islands (ZK3) on September 24th or 25th. He'll be on the island for 4 weeks until the ship comes back to pick him up. He plans to be active on 160 meters from this island.

Japanese Amateur Radio operators Toshi, JA6QXW, and Mac, JA1OYP, will operate from Belau from September 12th to September 15th. They will use T88XW and T88XX on 6, 10, 12, 15, 17 and 20 meters. Equipment includes a 500 watt amplifier for HF and 200 watt amplifier for 6 meters. QSL T88XW via JA6QXW. QSL T88XX via JA1OYP.

Mirek, 9V1XE/VK3DXI, will go on a short Dxpedition to Tioman Island (AS-046), West Malaysia between September 6th and 9th. He'll use 9M8DX/2 on the normal IOTA frequencies. QSL via 9V1XE (not DL4DBR), Mirek Rozbicki, 7 Seletar Terrace, Singapore 806908.

Reinhard, DL6DQW, will be in Zimbabwe starting today and will receive his call upon arrival. He'll be on the island of Inhaca (AF-066), Mozambique and operating as C91RF/P from September 18th to 21st. QSL via DL6DQW.

Members of the upcoming Double Trouble DXpedition say everything is on schedule for their trip to the Tokelau and Kanton Islands late this month and early next month. The first members of the team will arrive in Pago Pago, American Samoa on September 7th. Steve, G4EDG, will be active, as KH8/G4EDG on CW while Nils, SM6CAS, will be on SSB as KH8/SM6CAS. QSL via their home calls. The full team will leave Pago Pago on September 17th and head for Kanton Island in the Central Kiribati's. They expect to arrive around on September 23rd. This part of the operation will take up 10 days, which includes 2 full weekends. Next they'll leave Kanton on October 3rd and expect to land on Fakaofo Island in the Tokelau Islands on October 7th. The group will be here for the next 5 days. Suggested frequencies are as follows:

SSB - 3795, 7045, 14145, 14245, 18145, 21245, 24945, 28445 CW - 1825, 3505, 7005, 10125, 14005, 18075, 21005, 24895, 28005, 50110 RTTY - 14080, 21080, 28080

QSL routes are as follows:

T31K - via SM6CAS, Nils-G”ran Persson, Box 2050, 436 02 Hov†s, SWEDEN T31T - via SM6CAS, Nils-G”ran Persson, Box 2050, 436 02 Hov†s, SWEDEN ZK3CW - via SM0AGD, Erik Sj”lund, Vestagatan 27, 195 56 M„rsta, SWEDEN ZK3DX - via SM0AGD, Erik Sj”lund, Vestagatan 27, 195 56 M„rsta, SWEDEN T31YL - via SM6WYN, Ulrika Persson, J„rnmyntsgatan 7, 4 tr, 414 79 G”teborg, SWEDEN ZK3YL - via SM6WYN, Ulrika Persson, J„rnmyntsgatan 7, 4 tr, 414 79 G”teborg, SWEDEN

The group has a Web page at http://www.qsl.net/t31t/ and will try to read their guest book http://www.qsl.net/t31t/guestbook/addguest.html and e-mails

Ayar, OZ6ACD, is now back in Hebron, Palestine and plans to start back up on the air as E44/OZ6ACD after September 17th. QSL via OZ1ACB.

Licensing authorities from the Democratic Republic of Congo are finally about to approve the Amateur Radio Association of D.R. Congo (ARAC) counter proposal for Amateur Radio licenses fees. The original fees were $1000 and are now expected to be $60. Within the next few days 19 license applications are expected to be submitted to the Minister of the PTT. The ARAC society expects to receive 9Q0AR before the individual calls are assigned. The society has a Web page at http://www.multimania.com/aracongo/index.htm. Stay tuned, as the 9Q1 through 9Q9 prefixes will be issued soon.

Phil, G3SWH, plans to be in Sabah, East Malaysia and QRV as 9M6PWT from November 3rd to 12th.

The Central Texas DX and Contest Club recently elected the following officers for the 1999/2000 term:

President Jim George, N3BB Vice President John Langdon, N5CQ Secretary Phil Duff, NA4M Treasurer Tom Whiteside, N5TW ______

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5B4ADA - CYPRUS - Ivo has been showing up near 1823 between 02:00 and 03:00Z.

5N0ZKD - NIGERIA - Dave was running all across the US on 18131 today at 00:00Z. QSL via OK1KN.

C31SD - ANDORRA - Try Carlos on 20 meters SSB around 14215 between 21:00 and 22:00Z.

HH2SJR - HAITI - Ronald was found working Europe and US stations on 14200 between 21:50 and 22:30Z. QSL via Javier, P.O. Box 349, Benidorm, CP03500, Spain.

K7ASU/KH9 - WAKE ISLAND - Was up on 18070 just before 09:00Z.

XQ0YAF - EASTER ISLAND - Look for Henry on 28010 just prior to 23:00Z.

YI - IRAQ - Check 21234 between 09:30 and 12:00Z for YI1EE, YI1SEA or YI1DX. ______

IOTA ______

The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AF-033 S79GI 18145 2006 OC-021 YB0ECT 21246 1304 AS-136 BD4ED/4 18070 1434 OC-022 YC9DBP 28480 0921 EU-017 ID9/I1SNW 14260 1721 OC-033 FK/F6BUM 14257 0642 EU-049 SV8DTL 14220 1938 OC-042 DU1/K7DTS 14260 1112 EU-052 SV8/HA6NL 7009 1844 OC-064 A35TU 14160 0451 EU-110 9A2000B 7055 2017 OC-137 VK4GP 28457 0034 EU-128 DJ2MX/P 7082 2018 OC-210 YC8RRK 21292 1618 NA-089 N5VT 14030 0139 OC-210 YC8TXW 21019 1717 NA-146 W1RQ 14260 2030 SA-068 8R1AK/P 14260 0726 OC-013 ZK1SCQ 14260 0447

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 QSL ------2-Sep 9-Sep 5B 5B4/G3VMW 5B4/G3ZEM 3-151 home calls 2-Sep 6-Sep 9A 9A2000FT (EU-110) 3-137 9A7K 2-Sep 10-Sep C5 C56/G0SAH 3-145 G0SAH 2-Sep 9-Sep CT3 CT3/CT1AHU 3-148 CT1AHU 2-Sep 4-Sep DJ DJ2MX/P (EU-128) 3-147 DJ2MX 2-Sep 2-Sep FK FK/F6BUM (OC-033) 3-108 F2VX 2-Sep 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH (AF-008) 3-4 3-2 F6KDF 2-Sep 20-Dec FT5Z FT5ZJ 3-147 F2YT 2-Sep 4-Sep GW GW0UIH/P GW3XFA/P (EU-124) 3-155 G0UIH 2-Sep 9-Sep I IA5/IK0YUJ (EU-028) IK0YUJ 2-Sep 4-Sep I ID9/I1SNW (EU017) I1SNW 2-Sep 3-Sep LX LX0RL 3-143 DL4FCH 2-Sep 3-Sep OZ OZ/DL2VFR (EU-029) 3-145 2-Sep 13-Sep OZ OZ7SM 3-155 2-Sep 14-Sep S7 S79GI (AF-033) 3-134 PA3GIO 2-Sep 8-Sep SV SV8/HA6NL/P HA6PS HA6ZV (EU-052) 3-143 home calls 2-Sep 12-Sep T2 T24DX 3-146 3-94 EA4CP 2-Sep 6-Sep TF W2SF/TF 3-114 3-69 W2SF 2-Sep 10-Sep TK TK/F6FGY 3-154 2-Sep 3-Sep UA RK3DZJ/1 (EU-153) 3-149 RA3DEJ 2-Sep 6-Sep ZS ZS6/DL7DST 3-137 DL7DST ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for August 31, 1999 was 190.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for September 1, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------1-Sep-1999 21 163 22 2 Low/Quiet-Min Strm;Low-Moderate/Active 1-Sep-1999 18 183 17 3 Low/Unset-Min Strm;Low-Moderate/Active 1-Sep-1999 15 183 17 4 Low/Unset-Min Strm;Low-Moderate/Active 1-Sep-1999 12 183 17 4 Low/Unset-Min Strm;Low-Moderate/Active 1-Sep-1999 09 183 17 5 Low/Unset-Min Strm;Low-Mod/Unset-Active 1-Sep-1999 06 183 17 4 Low-Unset-Active;Low-Moderate/Quiet- Active 1-Sep-1999 03 183 17 3 Low/Unset-Active;Low-Moderate/Quiet- Active 1-Sep-1999 00 183 17 3 Low/Quiet-Active;Low-Moderate/Quiet- Active

The forecast for Thursday, September 2nd: solar flux 160, A index 12, K index 3. Conditions should be High Normal.

The forecast for Friday, September 3rd: solar flux 148, A index 12, K index 3. Conditions should be High Normal.

Solar images of the sun received for September 2, 1999 can be found at http://www.sel.noaa.gov/solar_images/1999_09/1999_09_02.html

Perhaps the most useful propagation page for Amateur Radio Operators can be found at http://dx.qsl.net/propagation/

Grey line map http://www.spiritweb.org/cgi/sunclock.cgi ______

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Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------5A30 K1WY JY4NE KB6NAN UE0JX RA0JX 5N0ZKD OK1KN KH2D K8NA UE3DZS RK3FV 9A2000B 9A7K SV8/HA6ZV HA6ZV V73MSM N8MSM J45KLN SM0CMH T32BI KH6DFW

D44BC - Julio, P.O. Box 36, Mindelo, Rep. of Cape Verde, via Portugal

QSL cards recently received direct: CE0AA, CP6/LU9AY, D44BC, FY5KE, HK3JBR/1 (SA-040), HI9/N9SW, OY1CT, VK9EHH, ZD7MY ______

On the WWW ______

The following new/updated logs are now online at http://dx.qsl.net/logs

KP2/K6RO (July 1999) WP2Z (1999 IARU Contest) VQ9CV (thru August 29,1999) DU1ODX (thru August 31,1999) DS5DNO (thru August 31,1999) 9X0A (March 1996 thru April 1998) IZ4AFW (thru August 29, 1999) 4K9W (thru August 16, 1999) KP4AH (thru August 28, 1999) ED6EIG (August 1999) ______

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Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 9V1XE, DL6DQW, F6BLQ, G4BUE, G4BWP, JM1LJS, KG6D, KH6BZF Reports, LA7MFA, N6RT, N8MR, NOAA, QRZ DX, W4DR, W5OZI ______

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Abubaker, 5A1A, is currently operating special event station 5A30 until September 7th. The celebration is for the 30th anniversary of the Libyan Revolution. He will be active on all bands on both CW and SSB. QSL cards will be printed and handled by the K1WY DX Association.

USA: Europe: K1WY DX Association K1WY DX Association POB 2644 P.O. Box 90 Hartford, CT 06146-2644 9900 Eeklo, BELGIUM

Don't be surprised to see Ali, JY4NE, on the air today or tomorrow from Gaza, Palestine. If he does go he will use E44A. QSL via KB6NAN.

Rumor has it that Dick, W4ZYV, will once again operate from Midway Island in September. He'll be there for three months and may stop on one of the East Kiribati Islands and operate as T32DA.

Need St. Helena Island, ZD7, Ascension Island, ZD8, or Tristan da Cunha & Gough Islands, ZD9? ZD7MY and others show up on Sundays between 07:30 and 11:00Z somewhere between 14115 and 14185.

Joeke, PA0VDV, will once again land on the island of Curacao in the Netherland Antilles on October 7th. He'll use PJ2/PA0VDV until November 15th. QSL via PA0VDV. ______

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5A30 - LIBYA - Abubaker was active yesterday on 21295 between 16:00 and 17:00Z. QSL via K1WY.

A71EZ - QATAR - Saleh continues to be very active on CW. He's been active on 10, 15, 20 and 40 meters.

FT5ZJ - AMSTERDAM & ST. PAUL ISLANDS - Michael came up on 14185 just before 12:00Z. QSL via F2YT.

T24DX - TUVALU - Robert continues to be very active from this semi-rare island in the Pacific Ocean. Yesterday's activities were as follows:

GMT Frequencies GMT Frequencies ------03 14192 18135 10 21295 24940 04 21295 11 3799 7055 21295 05 7045 14195 12 7055 14198 06 7045 14200 13 14198 21295 07 14198 18135 17 7045 08 18135 21295 24940 18 7045 14195 09 21295 24940 19 14195 ______

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The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AF-005 D44BC 24956 1704 EU-110 9A2000B 14259 1917 AF-033 S79GI 18148 2059 EU-128 DJ2MX/P 21262 1714 AS-073 9M2TO 21309 1717 NA-046 W1RQ/1 14259 2146 EU-008 GS0UTT/P 18142 1623 NA-046 W1RQ/1 14259 2015 EU-028 IA5/IK0YUJ 18080 2119 NA-065 N6FD/7 14262 0418 EU-047 DJ9IN 14260 0903 OC-022 YC9BU 21260 1655 EU-052 SV8/HA6NL 18070 2038 OC-075 YC5YAS 21235 1720 EU-093 EA5/M0AMR 10103 2118 OC-148 YC9MKF 28470 1725 EU-098 DL7VOX 18074 1354

IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 ______

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From End Prefix Call Ref QSL ------3-Sep 9-Sep 5B 5B4/G3VMW 5B4/G3ZEM 3-151 home calls 3-Sep 6-Sep 9A 9A2000FT (EU-110) 3-137 9A7K 3-Sep 10-Sep C5 C56/G0SAH 3-145 G0SAH 3-Sep 9-Sep CT3 CT3/CT1AHU 3-148 CT1AHU 3-Sep 4-Sep DJ DJ2MX/P (EU-128) 3-147 DJ2MX 3-Sep 5-Sep FK FK/F6BUM (OC-032) 3-108 F2VX 3-Sep 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH (AF-008) 3-4 3-2 F6KDF 3-Sep 20-Dec FT5Z FT5ZJ 3-147 F2YT 3-Sep 4-Sep GW GW0UIH/P GW3XFA/P (EU-124) 3-155 G0UIH 3-Sep 9-Sep I IA5/IK0YUJ (EU-028) IK0YUJ 3-Sep 4-Sep I ID9/I1SNW (EU017) I1SNW 3-Sep 3-Sep LX LX0RL 3-143 DL4FCH 3-Sep 3-Sep OZ OZ/DL2VFR (EU-029) 3-145 3-Sep 13-Sep OZ OZ7SM 3-155 3-Sep 12-Sep PY ZV7G (SA-046) 3-126 PY7MEU 3-Sep 14-Sep S7 S79GI (AF-033) 3-134 PA3GIO 3-Sep 8-Sep SV SV8/HA6NL/P HA6PS HA6ZV (EU-052) 3-143 home calls 3-Sep 12-Sep T2 T24DX 3-146 3-94 EA4CP 3-Sep 6-Sep TF W2SF/TF 3-114 3-69 W2SF 3-Sep 10-Sep TK TK/F6FGY 3-154 3-Sep 3-Sep UA RK3DZJ/1 (EU-153) 3-149 RA3DEJ 3-Sep 13-Sep XX XX9TUP 3-152 JL3VUL 3-Sep 6-Sep ZS ZS6/DL7DST 3-137 DL7DST 4-Sep 13-Sep CT CT/G3IZD 3-149 4-Sep 18-Sep EA8 EA8/G4ELZ/P (AF-004) 3-150 4-Sep 6-Sep JA JI3DST/3 (AS-117) 3-76 JI3DST 4-Sep 4-Dec KH4 KH4/SM4FJY (OC-030) 3-133 SM6FJY 4-Sep 5-Oct OX OX/OZ8AE 3-149 OZ8AE 4-Sep 12-Sep ZB ZB2FX or ZG2FX 3-154 3-125 G3RFX 4-Sep 5-Sep All Asia SSB DX Contest 5-Sep 7-Sep BY A large group of BYs /7 (AS-094) 3-152 5-Sep 9-Sep F F6CXV (EU-048) 3-151 6-Sep 9-Sep 9M2 9M8DX/2 (AS-046) 3-156 9V1XE ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for September 1, 1999 was 137.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for September 2, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------2-Sep-1999 21 157 12 2 Low/Quiet-Active;Low-Mod/Unset 2-Sep-1999 18 163 21 2 Low/Quiet-Active;Low-Mod/Unset-Active 2-Sep-1999 15 163 21 2 Low/Quiet-Active;Low-Mod/Unset-Active 2-Sep-1999 12 163 21 2 Low/Quiet-Active;Low-Mod/Unset-Active 2-Sep-1999 09 163 21 3 Low/Quiet-Active;Low-Mod/Unset-Active 2-Sep-1999 06 163 21 3 Low/Quiet-Min Strm;Low-Mod/Unset-Active 2-Sep-1999 03 163 21 4 Low/Quiet-Min Strm;Low-Mod/Unset-Active 2-Sep-1999 00 163 21 2 Low/Quiet-Min Strm;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unset

The forecast for Friday, September 3rd: solar flux 150, A index 12, K index 3. Conditions should be High Normal.

The forecast for Saturday, September 4th: solar flux 145, A index 10, K index 2. Conditions should be High Normal.

The forecast for Sunday, September 5th: solar flux 140, A index 8, K index 3. Conditions should be High Normal.

Solar images of the sun received for September 3, 1999 can be found at http://www.sel.noaa.gov/solar_images/1999_09/1999_09_03.html

Perhaps the most useful propagation page for Amateur Radio Operators can be found at http://dx.qsl.net/propagation/

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Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------3Z0AIR SP7LZD CO8DM KU9C YI1SEA WA3HUP 3Z0MDL SP2UUU FM5WC F3WC Z24S W3HNK 4S7DA W3HNK HZ1AB K8PYD

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During this year's CQ World Wide RTTY DX Contest Trey, N5KO will go to the Galapagos Islands to operate HC8N as a multi-multi. W6OTC, K6AW, WF1B, N4GN, W5AP and HC1OT will join him. Don't be surprised to see some activity before and after the contest. QSL via AA5BT.

Congratulations to Don Beattie, G3OZF, who was recently elected as President of the Radio Society of Great Britain (RSGB), England's IARU society. Don is an avid DX and Contester and replaces Hillary Claytonsmith, G4JKS.

Edwin, ZS5BBO, hopes to be active from Malawi possibly as 7Q7BB or 7Q7BO from December 19th to 26th. He'll take an IC-706 to be used on 10, 15 and 20 meters SSB only.

The BBC reported an over whelming amount (78%) of people from East Timor have voted to secede from Indonesia. However in order for this newly formed country to be added to the DXCC list it must first be added to one of the following: A member of the United Nations, Member of the IARU or be given a callsign block from the ITU. Don't expect anything real soon, as there will be other, higher, priorities for this infant country.

Starting October 22nd Spanish operators Josep, EA3BT, and Nuria (YL), EA3WL, plan to be on the air from the volcanic island of Monsterrat. The two will be active as VP2MBT and VP2MGL on all bands from 10 to 80 meters on CW, SSB and RTTY until October 30th. They'll have a Yaesu FT-900, AL-811 amplifier and a Cushcraft R-7000 vertical. A Web page has been set up at http://www.qsl.net/ea3bt/ and they hope to have the logs updated daily. QSL via EA3BT.

Look for Bill, ON5JE, and Luk, ON4BB, to be operating from Crete (EU- 015) from September 15th to 22nd. QSL via home calls.

Gerard, PA3AXU, has finalized his plans (Vol. 3 No. 134) for his upcoming DXpedition to Samoa. He will now arrive late GMT on September 28th and leave by midday on October 11th. QSL via PA3AXU, G.A.M.C. Dijkers, Dokter P.A. Cornethof 3, 6669AZ Dodewaard, The Netherlands. Logs will be available at http://www.qsl.net/pa3axu

Pick, WA5PAE, confirms that Dick, W4ZYV, will be heading to Midway Island. Dick should arrive on the island around September 22nd and be active as KH4/W4ZYV for three months. He will then go to East Kiribati to operate as T32DA between January 11th and 25th.

Julio, AD4Z, plans to be in the Dominican Republic (NA-096) from November 26th to December 3rd. He will be using HI3K during the CQ World Wide CW DX Contest and HI3JH before and after the contest. Look for him to be putting in an emphasis on 12, 17, 30 and 160 meters. QSL via AD4Z.

Jukka, OH6LI, plans to participate in both the CW and SSB Scandinavian Activity Contests (SAC) from the Aland Islands as OH0JJS. Before and after the contests he will use OH0JJS mainly on 12, 17 and 30 meters. QSL OH0JJS via OH6LI, Jukka Klemola, Aarontie 5, 31400 Somero, Finland. QSL OH0V via OH4JLV, Antti Tiittala, Akselinkatu 14A, 57130 Savonlinna, Finland.

Starting tomorrow members of the Aegean DX Club will activate SW5AI from Agathonisi Island in the Greek Dodecanese Islands. Operators SV8CRI, SV8CYR, SV8CYV, SV8DCY, SV8DTL and SV8DTZ. The group will be active on 6 through 160 meters CW, SSB, RTTY until September 15th. ______

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C31JI - ANDORRA - Was found on 18144 on Sunday between 17:00 and 19:00Z working all across the US.

E44A - PALESTINE - Ali, JY4NE, was unable to make it do to a family problem.

EP1KK - IRAN - This station was reported on 18145 at 19:00Z on Saturday. Work it first worry latter (WFWL).

P99BH - NORTH KOREA - This was a pirate who was active on Friday on 20 and 40 meters CW.

R1AND/A - ANTARCTICA - Mike plans to operate from the Indian base Martti (AN-016) in the November/December time frame. QSL via RW1AI, Mikhail I. Piskizjov, P.O. Box 2, St. Petersburg, 195009, Russia.

R1ANF/A - SOUTH SHETLANDS - Oleg is currently active from the Chinese Antarctic base Great Wall until September 8th. QSL via RK1PWA, Nick Shapkin, P.O. Box 73, 164744 Amderma, Arkhangelskaja, Russia.

T24DX - TUVALU - Roberto remains active on 10 through 80 meters SSB. QSL via EA4CP.

VP8LP - FALKLAND ISLANDS - East Coast US stations found Bob on Sunday on 28501 between 12:00 and 13:30Z.

ZD8V - ASCENSION ISLAND - Paul says he will go QRT on September 8th. QSL via KF4OOX.

ZD9BV - TRISTAN DA CUNHA & GOUGH ISLANDS - Andy appeared on 14223 around 19:30Z on Friday. ______

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The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AF-033 S79GI 18130 2011 EU-110 9A2000B 14025 1826 AS-004 5B4/G3VMW 10107 2102 EU-110 9A7K/P 7060 0848 AS-004 P39P 14260 0442 EU-165 IM0/IS0LYN 7069 0837 AS-094 BA7IA/7 21035 1624 NA-036 VE7IM 18121 1624 AS-117 JI3DST/3 18136 1240 NA-057 AH6PN/HR6 28505 1759 AS-136 BD4ED/4 10104 2117 NA-105 FS5PL 14009 2024 EU-028 IA5/IK0YUJ 14025 1711 OC-027 FO5QG 14120 0508 EU-029 OZ3FYN 14263 1038 OC-067 FO0SAL 14243 0904 EU-052 SV8/DL6RAB 14330 1549 SA-046 ZV7G 14024 2019 EU-052 SV8/HA6NL/P 10105 2041

Members of the Association of Radio Amateurs in Lebanon plan to activate Ramikin Island (AS-108) between 17:00Z on September 24th and 12:00Z on September 26th. This is one of the rarest Asian IOTA groups. The group will be active as OD5RAL on 10 and 15 meters CW and SSB and possibly other bands as well. QSL via R. Azrak, P.O. Box 22, Baabdat, Lebanon.

John, WD8MGQ, reports that Marcel, ON4QM, left for French Polynesia on September where he will be traveling and operating as FO0DEH until the end of November. Marcel will be using 100 watts and a vertical on SSB on the usual IOTA frequencies. Plans are to operate from several different groups including Raivavae (OC-114), Austral Islands starting around September 16th. QSL via ON4QM either direct to Marcel Dehonin, Eversestraat 130, B-1932 Saint-Stevens-Woluwe, Belgium or via the bureau.

Starting September 11th Gianpaolo, IK1TTD, will be on the air from Porquerolles Island (EU-070). He will be there through September 13th. QSL via IK1TTD, P.O. Box 32, 18011 Arma di Taggi - IM, Italy.

IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 ______

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From End Prefix Call Ref QSL ------6-Sep 7-Sep 5A 5A30 3-157 K1WY 6-Sep 9-Sep 5B 5B4/G3VMW 5B4/G3ZEM 3-151 home calls 6-Sep 6-Sep 9A 9A2000FT (EU-110) 3-137 9A7K 6-Sep 9-Sep 9M2 9M8DX/2 (AS-046) 3-156 9V1XE 6-Sep 7-Sep BY A large group of BYs /7 (AS-094) 3-152 6-Sep 10-Sep C5 C56/G0SAH 3-145 G0SAH 6-Sep 13-Sep CT CT/G3IZD 3-149 6-Sep 9-Sep CT3 CT3/CT1AHU 3-148 CT1AHU 6-Sep 18-Sep EA8 EA8/G4ELZ/P (AF-004) 3-150 6-Sep 9-Sep F F6CXV (EU-048) 3-151 6-Sep 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH (AF-008) 3-4 3-2 F6KDF 6-Sep 20-Dec FT5Z FT5ZJ 3-147 F2YT 6-Sep 9-Sep I IA5/IK0YUJ (EU-028) IK0YUJ 6-Sep 6-Sep JA JI3DST/3 (AS-117) 3-76 JI3DST 6-Sep 4-Dec KH4 KH4/SM4FJY (OC-030) 3-133 SM6FJY 6-Sep 5-Oct OX OX/OZ8AE 3-149 OZ8AE 6-Sep 13-Sep OZ OZ7SM 3-155 6-Sep 12-Sep PY ZV7G (SA-046) 3-126 PY7MEU 6-Sep 14-Sep S7 S79GI (AF-033) 3-134 PA3GIO 6-Sep 8-Sep SV SV8/HA6NL/P HA6PS HA6ZV (EU-052) 3-143 home calls 6-Sep 12-Sep T2 T24DX 3-146 3-94 EA4CP 6-Sep 6-Sep TF W2SF/TF 3-114 3-69 W2SF 6-Sep 10-Sep TK TK/F6FGY 3-154 6-Sep 13-Sep XX XX9TUP 3-152 JL3VUL 6-Sep 12-Sep ZB ZB2FX or ZG2FX 3-154 3-125 G3RFX 6-Sep 6-Sep ZS ZS6/DL7DST 3-137 DL7DST 7-Sep 17-Sep TU TU2/F4ATM 3-151 8-Sep 15-Sep 3D2 3D2RW 3-156 ZL1AMO 8-Sep 13-Sep BY BI7Y (AS-NEW) 3-152 bureau 10-Sep 23-Sep F TM0G (EU-048) 3-151 10-Sep 12-Sep JA JF2WXS/1 JR2UKF/1 (AS-043) 3-147 home calls 11-Sep 12-Sep Worked All Europe SSB Contest ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for September 4, 1999 was 103.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for September 5, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------5-Sep-1999 21 122 7 1 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Active 5-Sep-1999 18 131 14 1 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 5-Sep-1999 15 131 14 2 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 5-Sep-1999 12 131 14 2 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 5-Sep-1999 09 131 14 1 Low/Quiet-Active;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 5-Sep-1999 06 131 14 3 Low/Quiet-Active;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 5-Sep-1999 03 131 14 2 Low/Quiet-Active;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 5-Sep-1999 00 131 14 2 Low/Quiet-Active;Low/Quiet-Unsettled

The forecast for Monday, September 6th: solar flux 125, A index 15, K index 3. Conditions should be.

The forecast for Tuesday, September 7th: solar flux 125, A index 15, K index 3. Conditions should be.

Solar images of the sun received for September 6, 1999 can be found at http://www.sel.noaa.gov/solar_images/1999_09/1999_09_06.html

Perhaps the most useful propagation page for Amateur Radio Operators can be found at http://dx.qsl.net/propagation/

Grey line map http://www.spiritweb.org/cgi/sunclock.cgi ______

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The following QSL cards have recently been received. QSL information has been taken directly from the QSL cards of the stations listed below:

3D2CB/R via OK1CF 3D2KT via OK1KT 5W0VV via OK1KT DF5WA/6Y5 Berthold Faisst, Hegelstrasse 3, D-55122 Mainz, GERMANY 9H3WD via OK1AD 9M2KT Phoa Kia Teck, P. O. Box 178, 10720 Penang, MALAYSIA 9M2VZ Moay Siew Loon, 17, Lorong Tenang, 11600 Penang, MALAYSIA 9M8CC via PB0ALB 9V8BG via JL1MWI BA4DW David Y. J. Zhou, P. O. Box 040-088, Shanghai 200040, CHINA BD5ENA S. H. Shen, 5 Gaotabu Road, Chongfu, Zhen, Tong Xiang, Zhejiang 314511, CHINA BD7LV Huang Zai Wei, P. O. Box 652, Guangzhou 510220, CHINA BG4RCF Wang Yu Ping, P. O. Box 538, Nanjing 210029, CHINA BY4CCM P. O. Box 150-602, Shanghai 202150, CHINA C56EL via ON4CEL KM9D/C6A via OM2SA CY9RF via K8RF DS1ILV P. O. Box 54, Dongjak, Seoul 156-600, KOREA DS2KPB Park Chul Soo, P. O. Box 63, Inchon 400-600, KOREA DS4NMP 105-803 Ilsung Apt., 522 Pyoung-Hwa Dong 1 Ga, Wansangu, Chonju 560-280, KOREA DU3NHK Noboru Kobayakawa, 650 Pinatubo St., Clarkview, Angeles City 2009, PHILIPPINES DU8DJ Alfredo C. Sarau, P. O. Box 275, Zamboanga City 7000, PHILIPPINES E20GJW Pornchai Olarikded, P. O. Box 1090, Bangkok 10903, THAILAND ES80Q via ES5RY FO0MSN via JL6MSN FO5PI Laurent Fievre, B. P. 110 402, F-98709 Mahina, FRANCE FO5QG via XE1L H44RY via OH1RY HL0RRC P. O. Box 188, Mokpo 530-360, KOREA HL1CG Song, Gae Hwa APT 107-305, Bang Hwa 3 Dong, Seoul 157-781, KOREA HL1OYF P. O. Box 54, Dongjak, Seoul 156-600, KOREA HL1SRJ P. O. Box 54, Dongjak, Seoul 156-600, KOREA HL1SYB P. O. Box 54, Dongjak, Seoul 156-600, KOREA HL2KAK Sung-Rok Cho, 308-502, Sung Po-Dong, Ansan 425-040, KOREA HL3ADI Bae Jung-Ho, P. O. Box 50, Taejon 300-600, KOREA HL3QZH Kyung-Jin Yoon, 62-14 Sinsok-Ri, Hapdok-Eup, Tangjin 343- 900, KOREA HL4CRV Hak Goh Lee, P. O. Box 188, Mokpo 530-360, KOREA HL4GXA Kang Young Kwi, 105-803 Ilsung Apt., 522 Pyoung-Hwa Dong 1 Ga, Wansangu, Chonju 560-280, KOREA HL4RAE P. O. Box 188, Mokpo 530-360, KOREA HR1RTF Rodney, P. O. Box 436, Tegucigalpa, HONDURAS HS1NIV via W1ZS HS4BPQ via E21EIC II2I via IK2LOL II4R via IK4UOP IO4I via IK4QIB IQ2A via I2UIY IU9C via IT9HLC J43DIG via DJ8OT LX1TI Trezzi Carlo, P. O. Box 117, L-4901 Bascharage, LUXEMBOURG OE2S via OE2VEL OL2W via OK1AD OL5Y via OK1MG PJ2/KF6JSP Bob Hervatine, 31868 Ruth Hill Toad, Squaw Valley, CA 93675 PQ5L via PP5LL PR5L via PP5LL RX9W via RW9WA SO1VAF via DL7VAF SU1CS via 9K2CS SV1AMH Dimitris Verrios, K. Theotoki 2, GR-114 01 Athens, GREECE SV1CIB Dimitris Lianos, P. O. Box 127, GR-301 00 Agrinio, GREECE SV1EPI John Vrellos, 64 S. Karageorga Str., GR-166 75 Glyfada, GREECE SV1RK Michalis Krideras, P. O. Box 87535, GR-185 07 Pireaus, GREECE SV2BXY Antonis Kambakis, 3, Omirou str., GR-566 26 Thessaloniki, GREECE SV2DFA Papadopoulos Giannis, Eteokleous 40, GR-542 50 Thessaloniki, GREECE SV7/UY0MF George V. Sobolevsky, P. O. Box 135, Lugansk 348042, UKRAINE T88JR via JH3FJG TK5NJ Alexandre Pellegrinetti, B. P. 223, F-20179 Ajaccio, FRANCE TM8TON via F5KKU TP10CE via F6FQK TP4CE via F6FQK UE9WAA via RW9WA V51AS Frank Steinhauser, P. O. Box 2516, Swakopmund, NAMIBIA V85MQ via DF5UG V85QQ via DF5UG VP2MHN John Nistico, 29 Crown Street, Deer Park, NY 11729 VP5/K8JIF Ed Matthews, 5030 Sharon Hill Drive, Columbus, OH 43235 VP5/KM9D via OM2SA VQ9SF via VQ9IO VU2ABE Abie Kenneth Alexander, Norabie Cottage, G. P. O. Box 73, Shillong 793 001, INDIA VU2CVS V. S. N. Chowdary, Sri Annapurna Rice Mill, Edida Road, Mandapeta 533 308, INDIA VU2IIH Indian Institute of Hams, P. O. Box 1927, Bangalore 560 019, INDIA VU3HCF via VU2IIH XU1A via JH1AJT YC0GJS Gjellani Joostman Sutama, P. O. Box 6122 JKPMT, Jakarta 10310, INDONESIA YC4TUU Helmi Machmud, P. O. Box 51/TK, Lampung 35211-A, INDONESIA YC5YAS S. Madaruddin, Jl. Riau No. 04 Bengkong PLTD, Batam 29432, INDONESIA ZK1KTT via OK1KT ZW2Z via PY2ZI ZY5YZ via PP5LL ______

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Carl Smith, N4AA, editor of both QRZ DX and The DX Magazine, is once again conducting the DX Magazines Most Wanted Survey. This year he is able to take your survey on line at http://www.dxpub.com. Results for this survey will be published in the January/February issue of The DX Magazine and on the Web page in February.

Photos of the recent International Lighthouse Weekend operation by ZW7FC, in Touros, RN, Brazil, by NATAL DX GROUP can be found at http://www.waterw.com/~weidner/zw7fc.htm ______

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Today Bill, NH6D, is once again heading to Johnston Island to operate as NH6D/KH3 until September 10th. He hopes to be on the air by 03:30Z tomorrow and again between 12:00 and 13:00Z. His operating times will depend upon his work commitments. QSL via N6FF.

Starting September 27 German radio operators Klaus, DJ4SO, and Manfred, DJ7RJ, will be active from Fafa Island (OC-049), Tonga. Klaus will use A35SO while Manfred will use A35ZL until October 27th. They will operate on all bands, including 6 meters, on CW, SSB, RTTY and PSK31. Manfred is expected to take a short trip over to Niue (ZK2) between October 7th and 14th. His callsign in unknown at this time. QSL via home calls either direct or via the bureau.

Look for a possible Chinese operation from Nanshan Island in the Spratly Islands on September 8th and 9th. The callsign is expected to be BS7Y.

Michael Bondare, UA6LU, President of the Rostov-on-Don region radio club, reports the official information about the license of RV6LAH. The Russian FCC equivalent issued a statement claiming that the license of RV6LAH has not been released to anyone. Many will recall that RV6LAH has been claimed as the QSL manager for EP3LAH, EP/RA6LGM and EK1X. All of these operations are pirates. Do not work these stations and do not send for the QSLs, as you will only be flaming the fire and wasting your money.

Members of the German Arab Friends plan to operate YI9DAF from the Iraqi club station YI9BIF between September 22nd and 30th.

Amateur Radio operators from Thailand are excited to be the host of the 20th World Scout Jamboree in the year 2003. Some 24,000 boys and girls from 155 countries from ages 14 to 18 are expected to attend this event. Dr. Sasithara Pichaichannarong, E20BHV, will direct this Amateur Radio event which is expected to cover the following topics: SWL, CW, SSTV, Packet Radio, EME, Antenna, Repeater, Voice mailbox, Basic Electronic training, Telecommunication Development, Globalization, Fox Hunting, DXpedition, SAREX, AMSAT, Frequency and propagation, Awards and contests, Rules and regulations, Emergency Service and more. Anyone wishing to help out may contact Thida, HS1ASC .

Chinese operators expect to operate special event station BT0A from the geographic center of Asia between September 10th and 13th. ______

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5N0ZKD - NIGERIA - David started off on 24901 around 18:00Z and was later found on 21022 at 20:30Z. QSL via OK1KN.

8R1AK - GUYANA - Look for Esmond daily between 20:00 and 21:00Z on or near 28450 or 18125.

FH5CB - MAYOTTE - Elio came up yesterday on 28475 just after 14:00Z.

K7ASU/KH9 - WAKE ISLAND - Terry occasionally shows up on 14039 after 06:30Z.

S21YJ - BANGLADESH - Showed up today around 01:40Z on 21276. QSL via SM5VZS.

T32RT - EAST KIRIBATI - Ramete reports his new QSL manager is WC5P.

V51AS - NAMIBIA - DXers all across the US reported working Frank on 21013 yesterday from 19:00 to 20:30Z. ______

IOTA ______

The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AF-004 EA8ID 28472 1742 EU-052 SV8/HA6ZV/P 10105 1810 AF-033 S79GI 14195 2042 EU-060 SV1TP/P 14260 1527 AN-010 R1ANF/A 18071 2004 EU-110 9A2000B 14026 1906 AS-018 UA0FF 21260 0006 EU-110 9A7K/P 7060 0840 AS-028 UA0QBA 14255 1934 NA-036 VE7DXQ 28487 0132 AS-046 9M8DX/2 18098 1311 NA-143 AB5EB 21265 1345 AS-059 UA0IAS/0 14258 1149 NA-173 VE8/W2NTJ 14205 2207 AS-094 BA1DU/7 21030 0101 OC-042 DU1/K7DTS 14260 1013 AS-136 BD4ED/4 10108 2142 SA-046 ZV7G 28465 1614 EU-014 TK/DL1BKK/P 14257 1836 SA-071 PY2JM/P 28495 1651 EU-028 IA5/IK0YUJ 21004 1733

Japanese club station JR0YJL will be active from the rare Kurishima Island (AS-117), Japan on September 28th and 29th. Look for activity on 15 and 40 meters SSB only. QSL via JE0SQP either through the JARL bureau or direct to JE0SQP, Syun Furuyama, 5179-72, Tanaka, Niigata 951-8103, JAPAN.

IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 ______

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From End Prefix Call Ref QSL ------7-Sep 7-Sep 5A 5A30 3-157 K1WY 7-Sep 9-Sep 5B 5B4/G3VMW 5B4/G3ZEM 3-151 home calls 7-Sep 9-Sep 9M2 9M8DX/2 (AS-046) 3-156 9V1XE 7-Sep 7-Sep BY A large group of BYs /7 (AS-094) 3-152 7-Sep 10-Sep C5 C56/G0SAH 3-145 G0SAH 7-Sep 13-Sep CT CT/G3IZD 3-149 7-Sep 9-Sep CT3 CT3/CT1AHU 3-148 CT1AHU 7-Sep 18-Sep EA8 EA8/G4ELZ/P (AF-004) 3-150 7-Sep 9-Sep F F6CXV (EU-048) 3-151 7-Sep 1-Nov FO FO0DEH 3-158 ON4QM 7-Sep 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH (AF-008) 3-4 3-2 F6KDF 7-Sep 20-Dec FT5Z FT5ZJ 3-147 F2YT 7-Sep 9-Sep I IA5/IK0YUJ (EU-028) IK0YUJ 7-Sep 4-Dec KH4 KH4/SM4FJY (OC-030) 3-133 SM6FJY 7-Sep 5-Oct OX OX/OZ8AE 3-149 OZ8AE 7-Sep 13-Sep OZ OZ7SM 3-155 7-Sep 12-Sep PY ZV7G (SA-046) 3-126 PY7MEU 7-Sep 14-Sep S7 S79GI (AF-033) 3-134 PA3GIO 7-Sep 8-Sep SV SV8/HA6NL/P HA6PS HA6ZV (EU-052) 3-143 home calls 7-Sep 12-Sep T2 T24DX 3-146 3-94 EA4CP 7-Sep 10-Sep TK TK/F6FGY 3-154 7-Sep 17-Sep TU TU2/F4ATM 3-151 7-Sep 13-Sep XX XX9TUP 3-152 JL3VUL 7-Sep 12-Sep ZB ZB2FX or ZG2FX 3-154 3-125 G3RFX ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for September 5, 1999 was 101.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for September 6, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------6-Sep-1999 21 119 6 2 Vy Low/Quiet-Unset;Vy Low-Low/Quiet- Unset 6-Sep-1999 18 122 6 2 Very Low/Quiet-Unset;Low/Quiet-Unset 6-Sep-1999 15 122 6 1 Very Low/Quiet-Unset;Low/Quiet-Active 6-Sep-1999 12 122 6 2 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Active 6-Sep-1999 09 122 6 3 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Active 6-Sep-1999 06 122 6 1 Low/Quiet;Low/Quiet-Active 6-Sep-1999 03 122 6 1 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Active 6-Sep-1999 00 122 6 2 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Active

The forecast for Tuesday, September 7th: solar flux 115, A index 15, K index 3. Conditions should be High Normal.

The forecast for Wednesday, September 8th: solar flux 115, A index 12, K index 3. Conditions should be High Normal.

Solar images of the sun received for September 7, 1999 can be found at http://www.sel.noaa.gov/solar_images/1999_09/1999_09_07.html

Perhaps the most useful propagation page for Amateur Radio Operators can be found at http://dx.qsl.net/propagation/

Grey line map http://www.spiritweb.org/cgi/sunclock.cgi ______

QSL Info ______

Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------9M2K 9M2AA FO0SAL EA5XX RI9C UA9CDV AY0N LU2NI FY5FU F5PAC SI9AM SM3CVM BA7QT W3HNK H2E SM0TGG UO100OIL UN2O ED9CCA EA9CE JY9NX JH7FQK UP100A UN5A EJ8IM N9TGR KH0/JN1QXT JN1QXT XX9TUP JL3VUL EL2WW ON5NT KH0/JN1WXW JN1WXW Z2/DL6DQW/P DL6DQW ER0F UX0FF P39P 5B4ES ZV7G PY7MEU

7L1MFS - Hiroshi "Yoh" Yoshida, P.O. Box 1445, Bangkok 10500, THAILAND

QSL cards recently received direct: JH6WHN/6 (AS-032), ZA/9A4SP ______

On the WWW ______

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Credits ______

Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 7L1MFS, DXNL, G3PMR, HS1ASC, JI6KVR, K3ZO, K9JJR, KH6BZF Reports, KS0M, KT4U, NOAA, N6FF ______

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DX News ______

The upcoming 3C0R DXpedition to Annobon Island is currently on schedule. The Spanish operators expect to leave Alicante Airport Sunday at 04:30Z and should be on Sao Tome (S9) late that night. Supplies such as generators, fuel, food and some hardware arrived safely on the island last week. The group will leave Sao Tome on Monday September 13th. The group will have four stations and will be active on CW, SSB and RTTY. Propagation forecast charts for the following areas have been given to the operators: USA West-Mid-East Coast, Caribbean, South America, Africa, West-Central-Eastern Europe, Mid Asia, Japan, Alaska, Hawaii, South Pacific and Australia. The following suggested frequencies were given:

CW : 1833, 3505, 7005, 10105, 14025, 18075, 21025, 24895, 28025 SSB : 3799, 7065, 14195, 18135, 21295, 24945, 28395 RTTY: 14085, 21085

They will have 6 meters with them and they suggest trying 50110. All antennas were donated by Cushcraft, thanks to EA3NY at Bit Radio. They will be testing the new MA5B during the operation. No on-line log checking will take place while the group is on the island, however afterwards they will post the logs. A Web page has been set up at http://web.jet.es/lynx/annobon/annobon.htm QSL via EA5FVY, Angel Garcia Mendoza, P.O. Box 3045, 03080 Alicante, Spain.

Chinese operators will activate BT0A, from the geographical center of Asia starting around 12:00Z on September 10th. The group will be operating from the Xinjiang Province. The following frequencies have been suggested: 21400-21430, 14270 and 29.6 MHz FM. The operation will end around 08:00Z on September 13th.

Starting approximately September 15th look for 9X/RE3A to be active from Rwanda. The operator will be Vladimir Legoshin who operated as 5H/R3ARES in 1996 during a UNHCR and EMERCOM humanitarian action for Rwandan refugees in Tanzanian camps. He is the leader of a group who be there for several months and will help establish a school for local rescuers. Activity is planned for 10, 15 and 20 meters. Vladimir will have a daily schedule on the RARES (Russian Amateur Radio Emergency Service) HF Net on 14347 at 07:00Z. Please do not call him while the net is going on. QSL via RW3AH, Andy Fyodoroff, P.O. Box 899, Moscow 127018, RUSSIA.

According to Amadeo, EA5FFC, he will be active from the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) station 4U1ITU in Geneva from September 13th to 24th. He will be active on all bands on CW and SSB. QSL via 4U1ITU. ______

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5Z4RL - KENYA - Look for Robbie on 21325 most days between 18:00 and 19:00Z. QSL via G0IAS.

C56/G0SAH - THE GAMBIA - Europeans found Alan on 24950 just prior to 16:00Z and then on 28490 after 18:00Z. QSL via G0SAH.

EY11OO - TAJIKISTAN - An interesting prefix found on 21295 at 13:00Z. QSL via DJ1SKO.

EZ8BO - TURKMENISTAN - 30 meter DXers were happy to find Gene on 10104 around 18:30Z.

FO0SAL - MARQUESAS ISLANDS - Likes 20 meters SSB from 04:00 to 09:00Z. QSL via EA5XX.

K7ASU/KH9 - WAKE ISLAND - Terry was way up on 14058 at 04:30Z.

VK9NS - NORFOLK ISLAND - Jim will be leaving the island tomorrow and will be gone for about 2 months. We know that he will be in England between September 18th and October 10th as he is expected to be attending both the GM DX Convention and the RSGB International HF & IOTA Convention. Will he go somewhere else? Kirsti, VK9NL, is now back on the island.

VP6BX - PITCAIRN - Western Europeans reported Brian on 28485 between 20:30 and 21:00Z.

XW8INH - LAOS - Check 15 meters CW and SSB between 12:00 and 16:00Z. ______

IOTA ______

The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AF-033 S79GI 18128 1832 EU-110 9A2000B 21032 1606 AS-018 UA0FCD 14009 1512 EU-110 9A7K/P 7062 1111 AS-018 UA0FF 21260 0803 OC-027 FO5QG 14123 0608 AS-019 9V1RH 14260 1553 OC-034 YC9WZJ 28460 1213 EU-018 OY/OZ1IIL 28490 0903 OC-067 FO5QS 14120 0609 EU-028 IA5/IK0YUJ 21022 2036 OC-075 YC5YCT 21210 1534 EU-032 F/DH4PSG/P 14262 1906 OC-135 P29BI 14260 1146 EU-052 SV8/HA6NL/P 14023 0907 OC-143 YC4TRY 21239 1529 EU-052 SV8/HA6PS 14016 0726 SA-046 ZV7G 18075 0050

Japanese club station JR0YJL will be active from Awashima Island (AS- 117) not Kurishima Island on September 28th and 29th. This is a correction to yesterday's issue.

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 QSL ------8-Sep 15-Sep 3D2 3D2RW 3-156 ZL1AMO 8-Sep 9-Sep 5B 5B4/G3VMW 5B4/G3ZEM 3-151 home calls 8-Sep 9-Sep 9M2 9M8DX/2 (AS-046) 3-156 9V1XE 8-Sep 13-Sep BY BI7Y (AS-NEW) 3-152 bureau 8-Sep 10-Sep C5 C56/G0SAH 3-145 G0SAH 8-Sep 13-Sep CT CT/G3IZD 3-149 8-Sep 9-Sep CT3 CT3/CT1AHU 3-148 CT1AHU 8-Sep 18-Sep EA8 EA8/G4ELZ/P (AF-004) 3-150 8-Sep 9-Sep F F6CXV (EU-048) 3-151 8-Sep 1-Nov FO FO0DEH 3-158 ON4QM 8-Sep 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH (AF-008) 3-4 3-2 F6KDF 8-Sep 20-Dec FT5Z FT5ZJ 3-147 F2YT 8-Sep 9-Sep I IA5/IK0YUJ (EU-028) IK0YUJ 8-Sep 10-Sep KH3 NH6D/KH3 3-159 N6FF 8-Sep 4-Dec KH4 KH4/SM4FJY (OC-030) 3-133 SM6FJY 8-Sep 5-Oct OX OX/OZ8AE 3-149 OZ8AE 8-Sep 13-Sep OZ OZ7SM 3-155 8-Sep 12-Sep PY ZV7G (SA-046) 3-126 PY7MEU 8-Sep 14-Sep S7 S79GI (AF-033) 3-134 PA3GIO 8-Sep 8-Sep SV SV8/HA6NL/P HA6PS HA6ZV (EU-052) 3-143 home calls 8-Sep 15-Sep SV5 SW5AI 3-158 8-Sep 12-Sep T2 T24DX 3-146 3-94 EA4CP 8-Sep 10-Sep TK TK/F6FGY 3-154 8-Sep 17-Sep TU TU2/F4ATM 3-151 8-Sep 13-Sep XX XX9TUP 3-152 JL3VUL 8-Sep 12-Sep ZB ZB2FX or ZG2FX 3-154 3-125 G3RFX ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for September 6, 1999 was 180.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for September 7, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------7-Sep-1999 21 112 14 3 Low/Quiet-Active;Low/Unset-Active 7-Sep-1999 18 119 6 3 Low/Quiet-Active;Vy Low-Low/Unset- Active 7-Sep-1999 15 119 6 3 Low/Quiet-Unset;Vy Low-Low/Quiet-Unset 7-Sep-1999 12 119 6 4 Low/Quiet-Active;Vy Low-Low/Unsettled 7-Sep-1999 09 119 6 3 Low/Quiet-Unset;Vy Low-Low/Quiet-Unset 7-Sep-1999 06 119 6 1 Low/Quiet-Unset;Vy Low-Low/Quiet-Unset 7-Sep-1999 03 119 6 2 Low/Quiet-Unset;Vy Low-Low/Quiet-Unset 7-Sep-1999 00 119 6 2 Low/Quiet-Unset;Vy Low-Low/Quiet-Unset

The forecast for Wednesday, September 8th: solar flux 112, A index 12, K index 3. Conditions should be High Normal.

The forecast for Thursday, September 9th: solar flux 112, A index 10, K index 2. Conditions should be High Normal.

Solar images of the sun received for September 8, 1999 can be found at http://www.sel.noaa.gov/solar_images/1999_09/1999_09_08.html

Perhaps the most useful propagation page for Amateur Radio Operators can be found at http://dx.qsl.net/propagation/

Grey line map http://www.spiritweb.org/cgi/sunclock.cgi ______

QSL Info ______

Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------5Z4IC MW0AIE EY11OO DJ1SKO UE3IKW/P UA3MBJ 9A770N 9A2TN KH0AC K7ZA UN4P DL8KAC 9M8DX/2 9V1XE S79GI PA3GIO VK8PW/8 VE8RZ CP4BT DL9OT T95A K2PF YC9WZJ W6MD CP6XE IK6SNR TM5O F6KHM YN9HAU HR1RMG ED1SDC EA1AUM UA0QBA EV6A ZG2FK ZB2FK EM1U UT7UA

QSL cards recently received direct: 5T5WW, 5Z4IC, 9A/ON5JE (EU136), DL1HCM/HI8, E4/OK5DX, EM1LV (AN-006), HK3JJH/0M (SA-007), HK3JJH/4 (SA- 084), HL0B 6/98, VP2E/W6JKV ______

Credits ______

Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: EA5BD, EA5BY, G3PMR, G4BWP, JI6KVR, K7SO, KH6BZF Reports, NOAA, RW3AH, VK9NS, WF3J ______

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DX News ______

Starting October 26th look for KI6T, WR6O and KA6WHA to be active from the Bahamas. They will use their homecalls /C6A until November 1st. During the CQ World Wide SSB DX Contest they will be multi-single using C6AGS. QSL via KI6T.

Look for a multi-multi effort from OH0V during the Scandinavian Activity CW Contest from 12:00z September 18th to 12:00Z on September 19th. This will be a young group of contesters as the average age will be 28. Suggested frequencies are as follows: 3507, 3527, 7007, 7027, 14027, 21027 and 28027. They will use various calls before and after the contest, mostly on the 12, 17 and 30 meter bands. QSL via the bureau or direct to OH4JLV, Antti Tiittala, Akselinkatu 14A, 57130 Savonlinna, Finland.

Ali, JY4NE, will be active from Lebanon as OD/JY4NE starting tomorrow until the end of the month. His trip to Palestine has been postponed until next month. QSL via KB6NAN. ______

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3B8FG - MAURITIUS - Abid can be found most days on 20 meters CW near 14010 starting around 02:30Z and 12:30Z.

FT5ZJ - AMSTERDAM & ST. PAUL ISLAND - European and Japanese DXers found Michael on 28407 between 09:00 and 10:00Z. QSL via F2YT.

HK136P - COLOMBIA - Look for this nice prefix on 30 meters CW after 03:00Z. QSL via HK6LRP.

HV4NAC - VATICAN - Several people reported this semi-rare European counter on 14192 between 22:00 and 23:30Z yesterday. WFWL.

NH6D/KH3 - JOHNSTON ISLAND - Bill came up on 24906 yesterday working all across the US around 01:30Z. QSL via N6FF.

OX/OZ8AE - GREENLAND - Joergen has been very active on the 12, 17 and 30 meter CW bands. QSL via OZ8AE.

S79GI - SEYCHELLES - Yesterday Burt was reported as follows:

GMT Frequencies GMT Frequencies ------10 28495 28560 17 28495 11 24945 28560 18 28495 12 24945 19 21290 13 24945 28560 20 18145 14 24945 28560 21 18146

VP6 - PITCAIRN ISLAND - Brian, VP6BX, was working Southern Europeans on 28484 just prior to 21:00Z. Terry, VP6TY, took over after a few minutes. By 23:00Z Brian, VP6BX, was found on 24950 working all across the US. ______

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The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AF-033 S79GI 28495 1853 EU-133 R1ASP 14258 0740 AS-046 9M8DX/2 18098 1717 NA-018 OX/OZ8AE 18077 1726 AS-053 HS0/IK4MRH 14260 1902 NA-057 AH6PN/HR6 28505 2238 EU-001 SW5AI 21295 1914 NA-196 W2NTJ/VE8 14259 2109 EU-009 GB2OWM 14268 1318 OC-088 YB7ZKS 21035 1228 EU-009 GM3POI 7007 0410 OC-135 P29BI 7011 1204 EU-016 9A4W 14257 1853 OC-137 VK4CY 14260 0739 EU-021 TF3AO 14262 2123 OC-148 YC9MKF 21260 1527 EU-028 IA5/IK0YUJ 10101 2117 OC-154 VK8AN/6 21255 1049 EU-029 OZ/DK7OM/P 14261 0841 OC-210 YC8RRK 21290 1500 EU-060 SV1TP/P 21288 0912 OC-210 YC8TXW 21002 1243 EU-110 9A2000B 14259 0831 SA-046 ZV7G 21026 1911

Eiji, JQ1SUO, is planning to be active from Oshima Island (AS-008) between October 9th and 11th. He will use JQ1QUO/1 on 10 through 160 meters CW and SSB. QSL via JQ1SUO, Eiji Shinoda, 17-3-3- Tomisato, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-0081, JAPAN.

Tony, WF1N, and Lou, W1DIG, will be on Appledore Island (NA-148) from about 19:00Z on September 17th to 12:00Z on the 20th. Activity is planned for 10, 15 and 20 meters SSB only near the IOTA frequencies. 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 QSL ------9-Sep 15-Sep 3D2 3D2RW 3-156 ZL1AMO 9-Sep 9-Sep 5B 5B4/G3VMW 5B4/G3ZEM 3-151 home calls 9-Sep 9-Sep 9M2 9M8DX/2 (AS-046) 3-156 9V1XE 9-Sep 13-Sep BY BI7Y (AS-NEW) 3-152 bureau 9-Sep 10-Sep C5 C56/G0SAH 3-145 G0SAH 9-Sep 13-Sep CT CT/G3IZD 3-149 9-Sep 9-Sep CT3 CT3/CT1AHU 3-148 CT1AHU 9-Sep 18-Sep EA8 EA8/G4ELZ/P (AF-004) 3-150 9-Sep 9-Sep F F6CXV (EU-048) 3-151 9-Sep 30-Nov FO FO0DEH 3-158 ON4QM 9-Sep 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH (AF-008) 3-4 3-2 F6KDF 9-Sep 20-Dec FT5Z FT5ZJ 3-147 F2YT 9-Sep 9-Sep I IA5/IK0YUJ (EU-028) IK0YUJ 9-Sep 10-Sep KH3 NH6D/KH3 3-159 N6FF 9-Sep 4-Dec KH4 KH4/SM4FJY (OC-030) 3-133 SM6FJY 9-Sep 5-Oct OX OX/OZ8AE 3-149 OZ8AE 9-Sep 13-Sep OZ OZ7SM 3-155 9-Sep 12-Sep PY ZV7G (SA-046) 3-126 PY7MEU 9-Sep 14-Sep S7 S79GI (AF-033) 3-134 PA3GIO 9-Sep 15-Sep SV5 SW5AI 3-158 9-Sep 12-Sep T2 T24DX 3-146 3-94 EA4CP 9-Sep 10-Sep TK TK/F6FGY 3-154 9-Sep 17-Sep TU TU2/F4ATM 3-151 9-Sep 13-Sep XX XX9TUP 3-152 JL3VUL 9-Sep 12-Sep ZB ZB2FX or ZG2FX 3-154 3-125 G3RFX ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for September 7, 1999 was 111.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for September 8, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------8-Sep-1999 21 107 7 2 Moderate/Quiet-Active;Low/Unsettled 8-Sep-1999 18 112 14 3 Moderate/Quiet-Active;Low/Unsettled 8-Sep-1999 15 112 14 2 Moderate/Quiet-Active;Low- Quiet/Unsettled 8-Sep-1999 12 112 14 1 Moderate/Quiet-Active;Low- Quiet/Unsettled 8-Sep-1999 09 112 14 1 Low/Quiet-Active; Low/Quiet-Unsettled 8-Sep-1999 06 112 14 0 Low/Unsettled-Active;Low/Quiet- Unsettled 8-Sep-1999 03 112 14 4 Low/Quiet-Active;Low/Unsettled-Active 8-Sep-1999 00 112 14 3 Low/Quiet-Active;Low/Unsettled-Active

The forecast for Wednesday, September 8th: solar flux 112, A index 13, K index 3. Conditions should be High Normal.

The forecast for Thursday, September 9th: solar flux 107, A index 10, K index 3. Conditions should be High Normal.

Solar images of the sun received for September 9, 1999 can be found at http://www.sel.noaa.gov/solar_images/1999_09/1999_09_09.html

Perhaps the most useful propagation page for Amateur Radio Operators can be found at http://dx.qsl.net/propagation/

Grey line map http://www.spiritweb.org/cgi/sunclock.cgi ______

QSL Info ______

Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------4U1WB KK4HD HV4NAC IK0FVC V5/ZS6YG W0YG 8J1RL JA9BOH OX/OZ8AE OZ8AE V51GP W8RXR 9K2/SQ5DAK SP5KQS OY/OZ1IIL OZ1IIL ZG2FX G3RFX HK136P HK6LRP SW5AI SV8CRI

Russ, AD5W, regrets delays of YI1AK bureau QSL cards. They are in progress. He does not have logs before December 4, 1996. QSOs before that date should be sent to A. Karim Hadi, P.O. Box 7476, Baghdad, IRAQ.

Correction: The following cards were listed in yesterday's issue as being received direct when actually the were received via the bureau:

5T5WW 8/98 5Z4IC 3/99 9A/ON5JE (EU136) 7/98 DL1HCM/HI8 (11/98) EM1LV (AN-006) 3/98 HK3JJH/0M (SA-007) 3/99 HK3JJH/4 (SA-084) 3/99 HL0B 6/98

QSL cards recently received direct: 5T5U, JT1Y, TR0A/P, VK8AN/6 (OC- 154), VK8AV/3 (OC-136), VK8KTC, XF4MX ______

On the WWW ______

Boyce, OZ7C, has updated his QSL database, which now contains 230,372 unique, records and can be found at http://www.muurkrant.com/pi4com/QSLDatabase/index.html ______

Credits ______

Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: AD5W, G3PMR, JI6KVR, K8LH, KB3AUG, KH6BZF Reports, N2TN, NOAA, OH6LI, OZ7C, W7IAN, WF1N ______

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DX News ______

LNDX reports that ON4LAC will be 3B8/ON4LAC from October 1st to 28th. He plans to be active on 20, 17, 15, 12, and 10 Meters SSB.

Chris, HB9CYV, and Martin, HB9CYN, will be on as VP5/home call from September 16-26 from North Caicos (NA-002). Look for them on both on SSB and CW, 10-160. QSL via home call.

Charles, KK5OQ, is now active as 9K2/KK5OQ, RTTY all bands. QSL to home call.

Steve, W7TZ, is now QRV as ZF2CQ until September 18th, SSB only. QSL to home call.

Brett, VR2BG, reports he will be on the air again as 9M6BG from 14 September through 4 October. It is a vacation trip, not a DXpedition, with plenty of other things to do. Brett generally favors CW and WARC bands, and 160M and 6M whenever they're open. Brett says all direct requests for VR97BG cards and earlier calls have been answered, with the exception of anything currently in the P.O. Box and a few not-in- log requests, where a more thorough search will be done. A four to five year backlog of QSLs is now down to just a year. 9M6BG, VR98BG, and VR2BG QSL requests will be answered when Brett returns from vacation. He hopes to be all caught up in October. ______

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5R8FB - MADAGASCAR - A nice catch on 14203 at 17:00Z.

5V7BC - TOGO - Christian was on 21233 at 16:40Z.

D44BC - CAPE VERDE IS. - Julio was all over 15 phone: 21297 at 14Z, 21270 CQing at 16:50Z, and 21317 at 20:45Z.

FR5FD - REUNION - This station has been very active on 10 through 20 meter CW giving his name as Pat. Several local FR stations say they do not know who the operator is and Tree, N6TR, says he is not the QSL manager, though that seems to be the info that has been given out on the air.

P43E - ARUBA - Though not very rare, it's nice to hear a YL on. Emily was on 21260 in the 19Z hour and 18128 in the 23Z hour.

T24DX - TUVALU - Roberto was quite active today, 24940 @ 09Z, 21295 @ 09:40Z, 7045 listening 7218 loud on the East Coast @ 11Z, 3799 @ 11:20Z on the West Coast, 14205 @ 12Z, 21292 shortly thereafter.

XQ0YAF - EASTER IS. - Op Henry. A nice one on 10 CW, 28010, 00:00Z.

XX9TUP - MACAO - Tom was very much present on the bands today, most recently on 21293 at 01:00Z.

YK1AO - SYRIA - Omar got DXers' attention by CQing on 24890 at 12:00Z. ______

IOTA ______

The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT ------AF-017 3B9FR 14190 1635 EU-060 SV1TP/P 14253 1520 AF-033 S79GI 14260 2050 EU-124 GW0MOI 18138 1935 AF-049 3B8CF 28492 1300 EU-136 9A/S59AA/P 10103 1935 AS-034 YC9WZJ 21250 1400 NA-036 VA7DJ 14197 1735 AS-059 UA0IAS/0 14039 1240 NA-196 W2NTJ/VY0 14176 2340 EU-001 SV5/IK2WZD 14259 1545 OC-064 A35MU 14168 0600 EU-001 SW5AI 14211 1910 OC-067 FO5QS 14128 0700 EU-014 TK/DL1BKK/P 14260 1445 OC-119 DU8ARK 21280 1340 EU-016 9A4VV 14215 0420 OC-135 P29BI 21260 1205 EU-036 LA4XGA 14260 0745 OC-154 VK8AN/6 21260 1010 EU-046 LA1CI 14257 1735 SA-046 ZV7G 18079 0040 EU-052 SV8/DL6RAB/P 14260 1653 SA-046 ZV7G 10103 1130

7K4FGQ/1 will activate Hachijo Island (AS-043_ the 9th to 13th of September, 40 and 15M SSB only. QSL home call.

F5PFP posted a talk message on DX-Summit indicating FO0DEH will be QRV from OC-114 starting September 19th. Previous info says SSB only and QSL via ON4QM. Tnx K9AJ for passing this along.

Email from Peter, BG8SP, indicates the BI7Y operation will be QRV September 10-15 on IOTA frequencies. He says the group will leave for Yongxing Island on the morning of the 7th. The island is 450 km from the Chinese mainland and is 1.8 km long. Before Yongxing the ops will be on for a day or so, September 5-6 from Hainan Island (AS-094) using personal callsign plus /7.

Peter, ZL1HN, plans to join the team going to OC-173 and OC-229, two of Australia's Northern Territory's islands, Melville and Croker. Activity will be 80-10M, SSB, CW, RTTY, SSTV and other modes, with four HF stations on the air 24 hours a day. Dates, November 4-16. Other ops are VK8NSB, VK8PDG and VK2NNN. Pilot/Webmaster, KG4AU; QSL manager, VK9NS. For more info visit the team's web page at www.rustman.com/IOTA.

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 QSL ------10-Sep 10-Sep C5 C56/G0SAH 3-145 G0SAH 10-Sep 10-Sep KH3 NH6D/KH3 3-159 N6FF 10-Sep 10-Sep TK TK/F6FGY 3-154 10-Sep 12-Sep JA JF2WXS/1 JR2UKF/1 (AS-043) 3-147 home calls 10-Sep 12-Sep T2 T24DX 3-146 3-94 EA4CP 10-Sep 12-Sep ZB ZB2FX or ZG2FX 3-154 3-125 G3RFX 10-Sep 12-Sep PY ZV7G (SA-046) 3-126 PY7MEU 10-Sep 13-Sep BY BI7Y (AS-NEW) 3-152 bureau 10-Sep 13-Sep BY BT0A 3-160 3-159 10-Sep 13-Sep CT CT/G3IZD 3-149 10-Sep 13-Sep OZ OZ7SM 3-155 10-Sep 13-Sep XX XX9TUP 3-152 JL3VUL 10-Sep 14-Sep S7 S79GI (AF-033) 3-134 PA3GIO 10-Sep 15-Sep 3D2 3D2RW 3-156 ZL1AMO 10-Sep 15-Sep SV5 SW5AI 3-158 10-Sep 17-Sep TU TU2/F4ATM 3-151 10-Sep 18-Sep EA8 EA8/G4ELZ/P (AF-004) 3-150 10-Sep 23-Sep F TM0G (EU-048) 3-151 10-Sep 5-Oct OX OX/OZ8AE 3-149 OZ8AE 10-Sep 30-Nov FO FO0DEH 3-158 ON4QM 10-Sep 4-Dec KH4 KH4/SM4FJY (OC-030) 3-133 SM6FJY 10-Sep 20-Dec FT5Z FT5ZJ 3-147 F2YT 10-Sep 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH (AF-008) 3-4 3-2 F6KDF 11-Sep 12-Sep Worked All Europe SSB Contest 11-Sep 13-Sep F IK1TTD (EU-070) 3-158 IK1TTD 12-Sep 15-Sep T8 T88XX T88XW 3-156 JA1OYP ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for September 8, 1999 was 113.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for September 9, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------9-Sep-1999 00 107 8 2 Moderate/Quiet-Active;Low/Unsettled 9-Sep-1999 03 107 8 3 Moderate/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet- Unsettled 9-Sep-1999 06 107 8 1 Moderate/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet- Unsettled 9-Sep-1999 09 107 8 2 Moderate/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet- Unsettled 9-Sep-1999 12 107 8 2 Moderate/Quiet-Unsettled;Low-Quiet- Unsettled 9-Sep-1999 15 107 8 3 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low- Quiet/Unsettled 9-Sep-1999 18 107 8 2 Low-Quiet-Unsettled;Low- Quiet/Unsettled 9-Sep-1999 21 107 8 2 Low-Quiet/Unsettled;Low- Quiet/Unsettled

The forecast for Friday, September 10th: solar flux 105, A index 20 , K index 3. Conditions should be Low Normal.

The forecast for Saturday, September 11th: solar flux 100, A index 15, K index 3. Conditions should be High Normal.

The forecast for Sunday, September 12th: solar flux 105, A index 8, K index 3. Conditions should be High Normal.

Solar images of the sun received for September 10, 1999 can be found at http://www.sel.noaa.gov/solar_images/1999_09/1999_09_10.html

Perhaps the most useful propagation page for Amateur Radio Operators can be found at http://dx.qsl.net/propagation/

Grey line map http://www.spiritweb.org/cgi/sunclock.cgi ______

QSL Info ______Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------3D2RW ZL1AMO DL1GKG/HI3 DK2GP R1AND RW1AI 3Z6OW SP2BNJ DU8ARK I2YDX S79GI PA3GIO 3Z0AIR SP7LZD E21EJC HS1GOS SW5AI SV8CRI 3Z0RPW SP4GFG EK6TA DJ0MCZ T24DX EA4CP 4L1UN IK7JTF EL2AB IK0PHY UA2FM/MM DK4VW 4U1WB KK4HD EL2WW ON5NT UE3DZS RK3FV 4X3DIG 4Z5AX EW6GB IK2QPR UE0JX RA0JX 5N0ZKD OK1KN EY11OO DJ1SKO UP100A UN5A 5N3CPR SP5CPR EY6TM F6FNU VK8AN/6 VK4AAR 6K0ZS IK3DUW EY8XX GW3CDP VU3VLH OK1MM A35MU N1NZX FT5ZJ F2YT WP4M KP3BG A41KJ N5FTR FY5HY F6IHY XX9TUP JL3VUL A61AJ W3UR H44MY JA0IXW YC9WCJ W6MD A61AO N1DG HZ1AB K8PYD ZD7VC K1WY CM6YI W3HNK J37K W8KKF ZG2FX G3RFX CN8NK EA5XX JY4NE KB6NAN ZV7G PY7MEU CO6XN HK6DOS OX/OZ8AE OZ8AE CO8LY EA7ADH OY4TN OY6FRA

QSL cards recently received direct: 6V1A, 9J2PI, 9M2TO, BA1DU, CP1VK, D44BC, EK9AA, HK0OEP, JY4NE, P29CC, P29VR, TI5/K3LU, TT8DF, US1I, V51ER, V73GT, XF4MX, YN6HM, ZK1JD, ZL4IR/P ______

On the WWW ______www.rustman.com/IOTA - November DXpedition to Melville and Croker Islands, Northern Territory, Australia, VK8. ______

Credits ______

Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: ARRL, BG8SP, IOTW, JI6KVR, K7SO, K9AJ, KH6BZF Reports, LNDX, N2TN, NF9V, NOAA, VR2BG, W50ZI, W7IAN and W7UG. ______

Subscriptions ______

DX News ______

Starting September 17th Ed Hartz, K8VIR/ZL4IR, says he will be on the air from Iririki Island (OC-035), Vanuatu. The island is located in the Bay of Port Vila. He will receive his YJ0 call and be active on or near 14260 and 21260. Plans are to be on the island for a few days. QSL via W8WC.

Andy, G4ZVJ, plans to be active from Cambodia starting around September 15th. He should be there for about 10 days and will more than likely be assigned an XU7A?? callsign. Look for him to be on CW only. Next he'll be active as DU3/G4ZVJ and HS0/G4ZVJ until October 6th. QSL all via home call.

Henry, KE1AC, and Trond, LA9VDA have planned a DXpedition to St. Pierre and Miquelon between October 20th and November 2nd. They will use FP/LA9VDA on 6 through 160 meters on CW, SSB, RTTY and SSTV. For the CQ World Wide DX SSB Contest they hope to have an FP5 call. QSL via LA9VDA with a SASE to: Trond Johannessen, Helgedalen 13, N-1528 Moss, Norway.

Members of the Tajik Amateur Radio League are currently celebrating 1100 years of the first Tajik state with special event station EY11OO. Planned activity will be on all bands on CW, SSB, RTTY, PSK31 and SSTV until the end of the month. QSL via DJ1SKO.

Look for Elvira (YL), IV3FSG, to be active from a humanitarian mission location in Skopje, Macedonia as Z38/IV3FSG until the end of the month. She will be active on SSB and RTTY. QSL via IV3FSG.

John, K3TEJ, and Bud, AA3B have planed more activity from the V26B super station. Look for V26KW and V26K to be active between November 23rd and 30th. The two will multi op during the CQ World Wide CW DX Contest as V26K. QSL cards for V26K go via AA3B and V26KW via K3TEJ. ______

QSN ______

3D2RW - FIJI ISLAND - Ron, ZL1AMO, is here doing a warm up before going on to 5W and ZK3. He's been active on 10 through 40 meters CW and some SSB. QSL via ZL1AMO.

4U1VIC - AUSTRIA - Jun, JH4RHF, was active during the Worked All Europe (WAS) Contest this past weekend. QSL via CBA or bureau.

AP2JZB - PAKISTAN - Check 15 and 12 meters SSB daily between 14:00 and 16:00Z for Bob. QSL via K2EWB.

C31LJ - ANDORRA - Sunday Peter was active on both 17 meters CW and SSB from 13:00 to 15:00Z. QSL via VE3GEJ.

CE0ZAM - JUAN FERNANDEZ - John showed up early today (00Z) on 24950. QSL via CE3ESS.

CR8ERK - PORTUGAL - This station was all over 10, 15 and 20 meters SSB over the weekend in support of East Timor. QSL via CT1ERK.

E41/OK1DTP - PALESTINE - David was active this weekend in the WAE SSB Contest. First time he has been reported in a while. QSL via OK1TD.

EL2RF - LIBERIA - RTTY buffs were happy to find Bob starting around 21:00Z on Saturday until about 01:00Z on Sunday. QSL via K1SE.

EP2FM - IRAN - Continue to look for Abdollah on 20 meter RTTY starting around 02:30Z.

FO0SAL - MARQUESAS ISLANDS - Juan Carlos has been showing up on nets the last few days. If your so inclined check 14164 just after 05:00Z or 14243 after 06:30Z. QSL via EA5XX.

FT5WH - CROZET ISLAND - Gilles appeared on 14170 around 17:00Z on Friday. QSL via F6KDF.

FT5ZJ - AMSTERDAM & ST. PAUL ISLANDS - Michael showed up on 18140 on Friday around 14:30Z and on 21083 on RTTY Sunday just before 14:00Z. QSL via F2YT.

KH8/G4EDG - AMERICAN SAMOA - Steve is here on the island preparing for the Double Trouble DXpeditions to ZK3 and T31. He may be on 160 meters while on this Pacific Ocean island.

ST2SA - SUDAN - Dr. Sid made a guest appearance on 14200 Friday between 05:00 and 06:00Z. Check for him again next Friday, same time, same frequency.

YK1AO - SYRIA - 160 meter DXers should be aware that Omar is now active again on Topband just prior to his sunrise. Listen for him usually between 1828 and 1831.

ZD9BV - TRISTAN DA CUNHA & GOUGH ISLANDS - Andy was report on 21325 at 09:00Z yesterday. QSL via W4FRU.

ZS8D - MARRION ISLAND - Dereck was working East Coast US station Sunday on 28480 at 12:40Z. QSL via ZS6EZ. ______

IOTA ______

The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AS-018 UA0FDX 21022 1056 EU-067 SV1CU/SV8 1832 1913 AS-018 UA0FF 21260 0108 EU-070 F/IK1TTD 14260 1303 AS-083 UA0QJG/9 14024 1245 EU-133 RA1AKE/1 14259 1542 AS-136 BD4ED/4 21260 1342 NA-072 HP1XVH 21250 1911 EU-008 GS3EEO/P 18153 1430 OC-154 VK6AN/6 28419 1348 EU-023 9H8GRS 14193 1047 SA-046 ZV7G 24934 1121 EU-028 IA5/I5OYY 7072 1022

Several members of the Delta DX Association will again activate Ambergris Caye, Belize (NA-073) on 7 - 12 October. Returning are Mike, W5ZPA (V31MP), Wondy, K5KR (V31KR), and Stan, W5JYK (V31YK), joined by Don, W5FKX (V31KX). Plans are to operate 10-80 meters on CW, SSB and RTTY, with a possibility of some 6 meter activity as well. An attempt will also be made to activate one of the Turneffe Islands (NA-123) if transportation can be arranged. QSL via home calls.

Canadian operator Gregg, VE3ZZ, is scheduled to be on Martha's Vineyard (NA-046) between September 26th and October 6th. He plans to be on the normal IOTA frequencies looking for Europeans and Asians. He also plans a short trip over to Chappaquiddick Island (also NA-046) between October 2nd and 3rd. QSL via VE3ZZ either through the bureau or direct to 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 QSL ------13-Sep 16-Sep 3D2 3D2DX/P 3-146 3-94 EA4CP 13-Sep 15-Sep 3D2 3D2RW 3-156 ZL1AMO 13-Sep 24-Sep 4U1I 4U1ITU 3-160 13-Sep 13-Sep BY BT0A 3-160 3-159 BY0AA 13-Sep 13-Sep CT CT/G3IZD 3-149 13-Sep 18-Sep EA8 EA8/G4ELZ/P (AF-004) 3-150 13-Sep 13-Sep F IK1TTD (EU-070) 3-158 IK1TTD 13-Sep 23-Sep F TM0G (EU-048) 3-151 13-Sep 30-Nov FO FO0DEH 3-158 ON4QM 13-Sep 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH (AF-008) 3-4 3-2 F6KDF 13-Sep 20-Dec FT5Z FT5ZJ 3-147 F2YT 13-Sep 13-Sep JA 7K4FGQ/1 (AS-043) 3-162 7K4FGQ 13-Sep 4-Dec KH4 KH4/SM4FJY (OC-030) 3-133 SM6FJY 13-Sep 30-Sep OD OD/JY4NE 3-161 KB6NAN 13-Sep 13-Sep OH0 OH0/K7BV 8/24 KU9C 13-Sep 5-Oct OX OX/OZ8AE 3-149 OZ8AE 13-Sep 13-Sep OZ OZ7SM 3-155 13-Sep 14-Sep S7 S79GI (AF-033) 3-134 PA3GIO 13-Sep 15-Sep SV5 SW5AI 3-158 SV8CRI 13-Sep 15-Sep T8 T88XX T88XW 3-156 JA1OYP JA6QXW 13-Sep 17-Sep TU TU2/F4ATM 3-151 13-Sep 13-Sep XX XX9TUP 3-152 JL3VUL 13-Sep 18-Sep ZF ZF2CQ 3-162 W7TZ 14-Sep 24-Sep 3C0 3C0R 3-160 146 120 100 91 EA5FVY 14-Sep 4-Oct 9M6 9M6BG 3-162 VR2BG 14-Sep 20-Sep OJ0 OJ0/K7BV 3-142 KU9C 14-Sep 14-Sep VQ9 VQ9QM 3-151 3-135 W4QM 15-Sep 22-Sep 5W 5W1CW 3-156 ZL1AMO 15-Sep 9X 9X/RE3A 3-160 RW3AH 15-Sep 15-Sep BY BI7Y (AS-NEW) 3-163 3-152 bureau 15-Sep 22-Sep SV9 SV9/ON5JE SV9/ON4BB 3-158 home calls 15-Sep 19-Sep T8 T88JJ T88MM 3-126 JA3ART/JA3AJ 16-Sep 16-Sep FO FO0DEH (OC-114) 3-158 ON4QM 16-Sep 21-Sep PJ9 PJ9Q PJ9/W9QQ 3-110 W9QQ 16-Sep 26-Sep VP5 VP5/HB9CYV VP5/HB9CYN (NA-002) 3-162 home calls 17-Sep E4 E44/OZ6ACD 3-156 OZ1ACB 17-Sep 20-Sep W WF1N W1DIG (NA-148) 3-161 home calls 18-Sep 11-Oct 9H 9H0VRZ (EU-023) 3-146 PA0JR 18-Sep 21-Sep C9 C91RF 3-156 3-150 DL6DQW 18-Sep 19-Sep OH0 OH0V 3-158 OH4JLV 18-Sep 19-Sep Clipperton DX Club Convention 3-113 18-Sep 18-Sep GM DX Convention 18-Sep 19-Sep Scandinavian Activity CW Contest 18-Sep 19-Sep W9DXCC Convention ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for September 11, 1999 was 145.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for September 12, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------12-Sep-1999 21 141 20 4 Low/Quiet-Min Strm;Low-Mod/Unset-Min Strm 12-Sep-1999 18 123 9 4 Low/Quiet-Min Strm;Low/Unset-Min Strm 12-Sep-1999 15 123 9 3 Low/Quiet-Min Strm;Low/Unset-Min Strm 12-Sep-1999 12 123 9 5 Low/Quiet-Min Strm;Low/Unset-Min Strm 12-Sep-1999 09 123 9 2 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Active 12-Sep-1999 06 123 9 3 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Active 12-Sep-1999 03 123 9 2 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Active 12-Sep-1999 00 123 9 2 Low/Quiet-Active;Low/Quiet-Active

The forecast for Monday, September 13th: solar flux 125, A index 15, K index 3. Conditions should be High Normal.

The forecast for Tuesday, September 14th: solar flux 130, A index 15, K index 3. Conditions should be High Normal.

A minor geomagnetic storm began at 03:00Z today.

Solar images of the sun received for September 13, 1999 can be found at http://www.sel.noaa.gov/solar_images/1999_09/1999_09_13.html

Perhaps the most useful propagation page for Amateur Radio Operators can be found at http://dx.qsl.net/propagation/

Grey line map http://www.spiritweb.org/cgi/sunclock.cgi ______

QSL Info ______

Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------3D2RW ZL1AMO CR8ERK CT1ERK R9/UT2LA UA3ZK 3Z60H SP2FJN CU2/DL3OCH DL3OCH RF9C RK9CWW 8P6SH KU9C E41/OK1DTP OK1TD SU9ZZ OM3TZZ 9H8GRS 9H4M ED1TCB EA1FE SW2A SV2AEL 9J2A JA0JHA ED4TDM EA4ATI T24DX EA4CP A35MU N1ZNX ED6CDV EA6ZX T88XW JA6QXW AT0VLH OK1MM EK0W EK6GB T88XX JA1OYP AY0N LU2NI EL2RF K1SE TM5O F6KHM BD7NQ/7 W2AY ET3VSC IV3VSC TU5FL ON5FL BT0A BY0AA FO0SAL EA5XX UP0L UN9LW BY1DX OH2BH FY5GS F6FNU VP5/WB8VTK WB8VTK C31LJ VE3GEJ II2V I2ARN VU3MCV ON7LX C4A 9A2AJ J37K W8KKF XX9TUP JL3VUL CE0ZAM CE3ESS JT1FBB W9JOE YB0AVK HA0HW CN8WW DL6FBL LO7H LU7HN Z2/DL6DQW/P DL6DQW

Correction: In Volume 3 Issue Number 162 of The Daily DX we listed the QSL manager for A35MU as N1NZX. The Correct QSL manager is N1ZNX.

Mickey, CE3ESS, informed Dick, N6FF, that all CE0ZAM and XQ0X cards received for 1999 were sent out on September 10th.

QSL cards recently received direct: 3W6HM (AS-128), 3W6HM (Mainland), 3W6LI, K7IL/KH0, P29BI, XT2AR, XU1A, ______

Credits ______

Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 425 DX News, DL2MIH, G3PMR, K8VIR, KE2TT, KH6BZF Reports, N2JTX, N6FF, NA2U, NOAA, OPDX, W2GE, W5FKX, W8GC ______

Subscriptions ______

DX News ______

The latest news on the 3C0R DXpedition to Annobon Island is that the group did arrive safely on the island of Sao Tome (S9). All equipment and antennas have been loaded on to the sail boat and are ready for departure, which was expected to be yesterday but had to be delayed until today due to rough seas. They did have some initial problems with customs however all is straight now. Tony, EA5BY, the pilot station for this operation said, "They will call me one hour before start up of the operation." Tony will then release a statement through the various Internet DX channels.

Starting October 5th Yasu, JI1NJC, will be on Rarotonga Island in the South Cook Islands. He plans to be active on both HF and 6 meters until October 10th. On 6 meters he'll have 100 watts and a 5 element yagi. A beacon will be set up on 50105. His ZK1 call will be issued upon his arrival. QSL via JI1NJC.

Mike Staal, K6MYC and Jimmy Trebig, W6JKV will be going to St. Vincent (J8) between October 29th and November 6th. They will be operating from Mustique Island (FK97js) on 2 and 6 meters.

Chris, G0WFH, plans to be active from Jersey as GJ0WFH between October 10th and 17th. Look for him to be active on 10 through 160 meters QRP SSB. On October 14th he plans to do an all nighter on 1845. QSL via G0WFH.

Members of the Northern Kyushu DX Club (NKDXC) will operate from the Northern Mariana's starting October 15th. JA6AGA (KH0/AF4IN) and JA6CNL (KH0N) will be active on all bands, mostly on CW. Check 005 and 025 up from the bottom of the band and on 160 meters they will be near 1910 and QSX 1820-1830. QSL via home calls or via the NKDXC QSL Bureau, P.O. Box 11, Yawata, 805-8691 JAPAN. ______

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9M2TO - WEST MALAYSIA - 30 meter DXers from Europe were working Tex on 10103 around 22:00Z.

AP2NK - PAKISTAN - Nassir showed up yesterday on 21003 just before 12:30Z.

D2GG - ANGOLA - Victor was working stations all across the US on 14174 early today (00:30Z). QSL via CT1GG.

EP3PTT - IRAN - Europeans reported working this club station yesterday on 14197 around 13:00Z and on 14195 between 15:00 and 15:40Z.

YI1RS - IRAQ - Came up on 21236 just before 14:00Z.

ZD9HGW - TRISTAN DA CUNHA & GOUGH ISLANDS - This station was on 20 meters SSB just prior to 18:00Z and at 21:00Z. He said his name was Colin and to QSL via GM6HGW. Work it first worry later. ______

IOTA ______

The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AF-017 3B9FR 21260 1701 EU-031 IC8PSO 14295 2015 AF-033 S79GI 21260 1803 EU-075 SV1TP/P 14260 1530 AS-017 JS6PXB 21230 1322 EU-100 TK/DJ5MX 14260 2138 EU-001 SW5AI 21295 1726 EU-136 9A/S59AA/P 14024 1652 EU-004 EA6ZY 10102 2145 NA-031 KA3UNQ 14257 2233 EU-016 9A4W 14254 1856 OC-143 YC4TRY 21245 1555 EU-026 JW6RHA 14248 1014 OC-210 YC8RRK 21265 1536

Tex, 9M2TO/JA0DMV and his son JF0GEV will be on Redang Island (AS-073) from September 18th to 21st. Activity is planned for 10 through 40 meters, mostly CW. QSL direct to 9M2TO or via the bureau to JA0DMV.

Southern California DX Club members Rich, WU6T; Harvey, W8DX; Frank, N6FH; and Don, N6IC; will be active from Catalina Island (NA-066) between November 13th to 15th. They plan to be on 10-40 meters 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 QSL ------14-Sep 24-Sep 3C0 3C0R 3-160 146 EA5FVY 14-Sep 16-Sep 3D2 3D2DX/P 3-146 3-94 EA4CP 14-Sep 15-Sep 3D2 3D2RW 3-156 ZL1AMO 14-Sep 24-Sep 4U1I 4U1ITU 3-160 14-Sep 4-Oct 9M6 9M6BG 3-162 VR2BG 14-Sep 18-Sep EA8 EA8/G4ELZ/P (AF-004) 3-150 14-Sep 30-Sep EY EY11OO 3-163 DJ1SKO 14-Sep 23-Sep F TM0G (EU-048) 3-151 14-Sep 30-Nov FO FO0DEH 3-158 ON4QM 14-Sep 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH (AF-008) 3-4 3-2 F6KDF 14-Sep 20-Dec FT5Z FT5ZJ 3-147 F2YT 14-Sep 4-Dec KH4 KH4/SM4FJY (OC-030) 3-133 SM6FJY 14-Sep 30-Sep OD OD/JY4NE 3-161 KB6NAN 14-Sep 20-Sep OJ0 OJ0/K7BV 3-142 KU9C 14-Sep 5-Oct OX OX/OZ8AE 3-149 OZ8AE 14-Sep 14-Sep S7 S79GI (AF-033) 3-134 PA3GIO 14-Sep 15-Sep SV5 SW5AI 3-158 SV8CRI 14-Sep 15-Sep T8 T88XX T88XW 3-156 JA1OYP JA6QXW 14-Sep 17-Sep TU TU2/F4ATM 3-151 14-Sep 14-Sep VQ9 VQ9QM 3-151 3-135 W4QM 14-Sep 30-Sep Z3 Z38/IV3FSG 3-163 IV3FSG 14-Sep 18-Sep ZF ZF2CQ 3-162 W7TZ ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for September 12, 1999 was 126.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for September 13, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------13-Sep-1999 21 155 31 4 Low/Unset-Maj Stm;Low/Unset-Min Stm 13-Sep-1999 18 141 21 3 Low/Unset-Maj Stm;Low-Mod/Unset-Min Stm 13-Sep-1999 15 141 21 3 Low/Unset-Maj Stm;Low-Mod/Unset-Min Stm 13-Sep-1999 12 141 21 5 Low/Unset-Maj Stm;Low-Mod/Unset-Min Stm 13-Sep-1999 09 141 21 3 Low/Unset-Maj Stm;Low-Mod/Unset-Maj Stm 13-Sep-1999 06 141 21 5 Low/Quiet-Maj Stm;Low-Mod/Unset-Maj Stm 13-Sep-1999 03 141 21 6 Low/Quiet-Maj Stm;Low-Mod/Unset-Maj Stm 13-Sep-1999 00 141 21 4 Low/Quiet-Min Stm;Low-Mod/Active-Min Stm

The forecast for Tuesday, September 14th: solar flux 155, A index 15, K index 3. Conditions should be High Normal.

The forecast for Wednesday, September 15th: solar flux 160, A index 15, K index 3. Conditions should be High Normal.

Solar images of the sun received for September 14, 1999 can be found at http://www.sel.noaa.gov/solar_images/1999_09/1999_09_14.html

Perhaps the most useful propagation page for Amateur Radio Operators can be found at http://dx.qsl.net/propagation/

Grey line map http://www.spiritweb.org/cgi/sunclock.cgi ______

QSL Info ______

Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------9J2BO W6ORD EK6LV IK2DUW TK/DJ5MX DJ5MX CO8LY EA7ADH FK8HC VK4FW Z32XX NN6C E21EJC HS1GOS IO6ARI IK6PTH ZD9HGW GM6HGW ED9CCL EA9CE PZ5DX K3BYV ZF2CQ W7TZ

QSL cards recently received direct: 5K8T, 5T5U, 3W6HM, 3W7TK, A45XR, AM8ZS, AP2JZB, CE0AA, DJ2HW, DL3KZA, DL4FCH, E4/OK5DX, EK6GC, ES1QD/0, FO5QS (OC-067), GM0GAV, HK3JBR/1, HL0ZX/4 (AS-060), P29BI, PY7ZZ/7, T77C, VE1WT, VK9NS, VQ9GB, ZC4ATC, ZL4IR, ______

On the WWW ______

The following new/updated logs are now online at http://dx.qsl.net/logs

KH3/NH6D (thru September 10, 1999) OX3NUK (1999 IOTA Contest) WP3C (thru September 7, 1999) TK/OE5XVL (May 1999)

Dennis, K7BV, has a Web page for his current Aland Island and Market Reef DXpeditions at http://www.qth.com/k7bv/ ______

Credits ______

Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: G3PMR, JA6CNL, K3ZO, KB6NAN, KH6BZF Reports, KI6T, N6RT, N7OJ, NOAA, OE-1002419, The 59(9) DX Report, W2GE, W5OZI, W7LR, W7UG ______

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Albert, F2KN, will once again be in Tunisia from October 5th to 15th and plans to be active at the 3V8BB club station. QSL this operation via F6FNU.

Finnish operators Ben, OH3TY; Reijo, OH3WK; Tony, OH1TD; and Carl, OH6XY plan to operate for about 6 days from the Aland Islands. The group will be active on CW, SSB and RTTY starting September 21st. They will operate OH0XY during the CQ World Wide DX RTTY Contest. QSL via OH6XY (new address) Carl Ikaheimo, Lansiranta 29, FIN-02880 Veikkola, FINLAND.

This weekend the Northern Illinois DX Association and the Greater Milwaukee DX Association will host the 47th annual W9DXCC Convention. This year's event promises to be another good one. Scheduled presentations are VK9XX/VK9YY, 3B9R, T88II, P51BH, VP5CW, FP/N9PD, E44DX, BQ9P, Heil Sound, Bencher Skyhawk and the ARRL. For complete details check out the W9DXCC Web page at http://www.qth.com/w9dxcc/

Look for Wilko, PA3BWK, to be active from Malta as 9H3R starting September 18th. He will be mostly active 20 kHz from the bottom of the bands. Plans are to be QRV on the lower bands until October 1st. QSL via PA3CBU either direct or via the bureau. ______

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3C0R - ANNOBON - The guys are expected on the island today.

3D2DX - FIJI - Roberto, EA4DX, reports he worked some 18,000 QSOs from T24DX over the last two weeks. QSL via EA4CP.

9J2BO - ZAMBIA - Brian likes 15 meters CW around 19:00Z. QSL via W6ORD.

9M6BG - EAST MALAYSIA - Brett came up on 17 meters CW at the end of the day (23:15Z). QSL via VR2BG.

HC8N - GALAPAGOS ISLANDS - Don't be surprised to see Trey, N5KO, on the air later this week. QSL via AA5BT.

JW6RHA - SVALBARD - Check for Unni (YL) on 20 meters SSB around 13:00 to 14:00Z. QSL via LA6RHA.

JY9NX - JORDAN - Look for Koji on 15 meter RTTY between 13:00 and 15:00Z. QSL via JH7FQK.

KH8/KK6HC - AMERICAN SAMOA - Steve, KH8/G4EDG, has now been joined by Lech, LA7MIA. Lech was active early today on 20 meters CW. They should be on the island for a few more days before heading to Tokelau, ZK3. QSL via LA7MIA.

OJ0/K7BV - MARKET REEF - Dennis arrived on the reef late yesterday and has been active on 40 meters CW. Seppo, OH1VR, has also accompanied him and will be active as OJ0VR.

T00 - PRINCIPALITY OF SEBORGA - T00RM and T09SE were active yesterday. This does not count for DXCC but does for WPX.

ZD9HGW - TRISTAN DA CUNHA & GOUGH ISLANDS - Look for Colin near 14250 from 18:00 to 21:00Z. ______

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The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AF-004 EA8/DH3NB 28460 1805 OC-021 YC1CEO 21230 1547 AF-004 EA8/DL6NBR 21260 1202 OC-022 YC9BU 21260 1528 AF-033 S79GI 14260 1911 OC-042 DU1KGJ/4 21235 1439 AS-026 HL4HLD 21010 0820 OC-075 YC5TML 21260 1530 EU-001 SW5AI 14195 1732 OC-075 YC5YAS 21245 1628 EU-052 SV8CS 14088 1900 OC-147 YC9YKI 21260 1529 EU-053 OJ0/K7BV 7005 2218 OC-210 YC8RRK 21260 1529 EU-136 9A/S59AA/P 10104 1943

Alan, BA1DU, reports that the BI7Y team has been delayed and are currently waiting on Hannan Island (AS-094). The group has been waiting for suitable weather to travel to Paracel Island (AS-NEW) in the Xisha Archipelago and expect to be QRV from September 18th to 20th. To remind everyone this will be the first IOTA operation from Paracel Island.

Croatian operators 9A5V, 9A3VM and 9A5KV, will operate from Kolocep Island (EU-016) from September 17th to 19th. Next they will go to Lopud Island (also EU-016) between September 24th and 26th.

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 QSL ------15-Sep 24-Sep 3C0 3C0R 3-164 160 146 EA5FVY 15-Sep 16-Sep 3D2 3D2DX/P 3-146 3-94 EA4CP 15-Sep 15-Sep 3D2 3D2RW 3-156 ZL1AMO 15-Sep 24-Sep 4U1I 4U1ITU 3-160 15-Sep 22-Sep 5W 5W1CW 3-156 ZL1AMO 15-Sep 4-Oct 9M6 9M6BG 3-162 VR2BG 15-Sep 9X 9X/RE3A 3-160 RW3AH 15-Sep 15-Sep BY BI7Y (AS-NEW) 3-163 3-152 bureau 15-Sep 18-Sep EA8 EA8/G4ELZ/P (AF-004) 3-150 15-Sep 30-Sep EY EY11OO 3-163 DJ1SKO 15-Sep 23-Sep F TM0G (EU-048) 3-151 15-Sep 30-Nov FO FO0DEH 3-158 ON4QM 15-Sep 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH (AF-008) 3-4 3-2 F6KDF 15-Sep 20-Dec FT5Z FT5ZJ 3-147 F2YT 15-Sep 4-Dec KH4 KH4/SM4FJY (OC-030) 3-133 SM6FJY 15-Sep 30-Sep OD OD/JY4NE 3-161 KB6NAN 15-Sep 20-Sep OJ0 OJ0/K7BV 3-142 KU9C 15-Sep 5-Oct OX OX/OZ8AE 3-149 OZ8AE 15-Sep 14-Sep S7 S79GI (AF-033) 3-134 PA3GIO 15-Sep 15-Sep SV5 SW5AI 3-158 SV8CRI 15-Sep 22-Sep SV9 SV9/ON5JE SV9/ON4BB 3-158 home calls 15-Sep 19-Sep T8 T88JJ T88MM 3-126 JA3ART/JA3AJ 15-Sep 15-Sep T8 T88XX T88XW 3-156 JA1OYP JA6QXW 15-Sep 17-Sep TU TU2/F4ATM 3-151 15-Sep 14-Sep VQ9 VQ9QM 3-151 3-135 W4QM 15-Sep 24-Sep XU XU7A?? by G4ZVJ 3-163 G4ZVJ 15-Sep 30-Sep Z3 Z38/IV3FSG 3-163 IV3FSG 15-Sep 18-Sep ZF ZF2CQ 3-162 W7TZ ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for September 13, 1999 was 183.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for September 14, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------14-Sep-1999 21 156 23 3 Low/Quiet-Min Strm;Low/Unset-Min Strm 14-Sep-1999 18 155 31 3 Low/Quiet-Min Strm;Low/Unset-Min Strm 14-Sep-1999 15 155 31 2 Low/Quiet-Min Strm;Low/Unset-Min Strm 14-Sep-1999 12 155 31 3 Low/Quiet-Min Strm;Low/Unset-Min Strm 14-Sep-1999 09 155 31 5 Low/Quiet-Min Strm;Low/Unset-Min Strm 14-Sep-1999 06 155 31 5 Low/Quiet-Min Strm;Low/Unset-Min Strm 14-Sep-1999 03 155 31 4 Low/Quiet-Maj Strm;Low/Unset-Min Strm 14-Sep-1999 00 155 31 2 Low/Quiet-Maj Strm;Low/Unset-Min Strm

A minor geomagnetic storm ended at 09:00Z on September 14th.

The forecast for Wednesday, September 15th: solar flux 165, A index 15, K index 3. Conditions should be High Normal.

The forecast for Thursday, September 16th: solar flux 170, A index 15, K index 3. Conditions should be High Normal.

Solar images of the sun received for September 15, 1999 can be found at http://www.sel.noaa.gov/solar_images/1999_09/1999_09_15.html

Perhaps the most useful propagation page for Amateur Radio Operators can be found at http://dx.qsl.net/propagation/

Grey line map http://www.spiritweb.org/cgi/sunclock.cgi ______

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Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------A41KJ N5FTR FY5FU F5PAC OJ0VR OH1VR CR8FMX CT1FMX K9AW/DU6 WF5T SV7/UY0MF UY0MF EK7DX F5LGQ KH0/JA1NVF JA1NVF T00RM DL2JRM EL2WW ON5NT OH0/K7BV KU9C T09SE DL5SE FY5FJ IK2HTW OJ0/K7BV KU9C

QSL cards recently received direct: 3W6KS (AS-128), 5H3RK, FO5QS (OC- 067), N7NG, S07UN, T88LJ, VK3AJJ/p (OC-196), ZL4IR, ZL4IR/p (OC-203) ______

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Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 425 DX News, AA3RC, BA1AA, BA1DU, KH6BZF Reports, N2TN, NOAA, OE- 1002419, OH6XY, PA3BWK, W2GE, W3DQ ______

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Andy, G4ZVJ, is expected in Cambodia any day now and will be there for about 10 days. Ray, G3NOM, reports Andy will now be joined by G0BNQ.

The International Amateur Radio Union's (IARU) Region I Conference will be held in Lillehammer, Norway from September 19th to 24th. Special event station LA1IARU will be active during the following times.

Sunday September 19th from 10:00 to 20:00Z Monday through Friday September 20th to 24th from 08:00 to 20:00Z. Saturday September 25th from 08:00 to 10:00Z.

Suggested frequencies are as follows: CW - 3510, 7010, 10110, 14010, 18078, 21010, 24900, 28010 SSB - 3685, 7085, 14185, 18135, 21285, 24935, 28485

Mark you calendars now for the three best contests of the year. CQ Magazine's CQ World Wide RTTY, CW and SSB DX Contests are the last weekend of September, October and November. Each of these contests produces many DXpeditions, which almost always show up a few days prior to the actual event. That's usually the best time for the little guns to work the contest DXpeditions as the big guns will all be out looking for multipliers during the contest. This year's events are as follows:

CQ WW RTTY DX Contest September 26th and 27th CQ WW SSB DX Contest October 30th and 31st CQ WW CW DX Contest November 27th and 28th

Look for Geza, HA4XG, to spend his holiday on Faliraki in the Rhodes Islands (EU-001) from September 28th and October 5th. He'll use SV5/HA4XG/P on CW and SSB. QSL via HA4XG.

The Administrative Council of the IARU has voted unanimously to dedicate this year's World Amateur Radio Day on September 18 to "Celebrating Success in Amateur Digital Communication". World Amateur Radio Day will be celebrated for the last time on the third week of September this year. From 2000 the day will shift to the founding day of the IARU and will be celebrated every year on April 18. ______

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3C0R - ANNOBON ISLAND - The boys finally made it to the island after a one day delay. There was lots of pirate activity yesterday. They did not go on the air until after 20:00Z. First they started on 14195 and later came up on 21025 with a second station. By 01:00Z they both went QRT, probably to sleep. Expect more activity today starting around their sunrise (05:29Z). QSL via EA5FVY.

4U1ITU - I.T.U. GENEVA - Amadeo, EA5FFC, started on 14195 just before 14:00Z. He was also active on 17, 15 and 10 meters CW and SSB.

9M8DX/2 - WEST MALAYSIA - Mirek, 9V1XE, will be here for one month. QSL via 9V1XE.

HC8N - GALAPAGOS ISLANDS - 6 Meter buffs from the South West of the US found Trey on 50110 around 21:45Z on Monday. QSL via AA5BT.

S21YJ - BANGLADESH - Stig was working Europe, Japan and East Coast US stations on 18160 at 13:30Z. QSL via SM5VZS.

T88JJ - BELAU - Europeans report working this one on 21293 just after 12:30Z. QSL via JA3ART.

ZD9HGW - TRISTAN DA CUNHA & GOUGH ISLANDS - Colin came up on 10 meters SSB yesterday between 16:40 and 19:00Z. QSL via GM6HGW. ______

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The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------EU-001 SW5AI 14005 0517 EU-136 9A/HA3HP/P 14017 1556 EU-052 SV8/DL4JWU 14260 1829 OC-001 VK6EEN 14260 0921 EU-053 OJ0VR 18071 1702 OC-086 KH0/JA1NVF 21250 0846 EU-100 TK/DJ5MX 14164 0600 OC-154 VK8AN/6 28465 1208 EU-136 9A/S59AA/P 14010 0548 OC-210 YC8TXW 21002 1446

Norio, JH0BLI, is expected to be on Okinawa Island (AS-017) on October 9th and 10th. He will use JH0BLI/6 on CW and SSB on the normal IOTA Frequencies. QSL via JARL or Direct to Norio Sekiguchi 992-4, Sakai, Niigata-city, NIIGATA, 950-2042, JAPAN.

Look for a group of Brazilian operators to be active from Vitoria Island (SA-028) as PS2V from October 8th to 12th. QSL via PY2AA.

WF1N, Tony, and W1DIG, Lou, have cancelled their trip to Appledore Island (NA-148) due to Hurricane Floyd. It was originally scheduled for September 17th to 20th, however the storm surge would make landing difficult and or unsafe even after it passes. They will not be able to reschedule until next year.

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 QSL ------16-Sep 24-Sep 3C0 3C0R 3-164 160 EA5FVY 16-Sep 16-Sep 3D2 3D2DX/P 3-146 3-94 EA4CP 16-Sep 24-Sep 4U1I 4U1ITU 3-160 16-Sep 22-Sep 5W 5W1CW 3-156 ZL1AMO 16-Sep 4-Oct 9M6 9M6BG 3-162 VR2BG 16-Sep 9X 9X/RE3A 3-160 RW3AH 16-Sep 18-Sep EA8 EA8/G4ELZ/P (AF-004) 3-150 16-Sep 30-Sep EY EY11OO 3-163 DJ1SKO 16-Sep 23-Sep F TM0G (EU-048) 3-151 16-Sep 30-Nov FO FO0DEH 3-158 ON4QM 16-Sep 16-Sep FO/A FO0DEH (OC-114) 3-158 ON4QM 16-Sep 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH (AF-008) 3-4 3-2 F6KDF 16-Sep 20-Dec FT5Z FT5ZJ 3-147 F2YT 16-Sep 4-Dec KH4 KH4/SM4FJY (OC-030) 3-133 SM6FJY 16-Sep 30-Sep OD OD/JY4NE 3-161 KB6NAN 16-Sep 20-Sep OJ0 OJ0/K7BV 3-142 KU9C 16-Sep 5-Oct OX OX/OZ8AE 3-149 OZ8AE 16-Sep 21-Sep PJ9 PJ9Q PJ9/W9QQ 3-110 W9QQ 16-Sep 22-Sep SV9 SV9/ON5JE SV9/ON4BB 3-158 home calls 16-Sep 19-Sep T8 T88JJ T88MM 3-126 JA3ART/JA3AJ 16-Sep 17-Sep TU TU2/F4ATM 3-151 16-Sep 26-Sep VP5 VP5/HB9CYV VP5/HB9CYN (NA-002) 3-162 home calls 16-Sep 24-Sep XU XU7A?? by G4ZVJ 3-163 G4ZVJ 16-Sep 30-Sep Z3 Z38/IV3FSG 3-163 IV3FSG 16-Sep 18-Sep ZF ZF2CQ 3-162 W7TZ ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for September 14, 1999 was 158.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for September 15, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------15-Sep-1999 21 155 24 2 Low/Quiet-Min Storm;Low/Unset-Min Storm 15-Sep-1999 18 156 22 2 Low/Quiet-Min Storm;Low/Unset-Min Storm 15-Sep-1999 15 156 22 3 Low/Quiet-Min Storm;Low/Unset-Min Storm 15-Sep-1999 12 156 22 5 Low/Quiet-Min Storm;Low/Unset-Min Storm 15-Sep-1999 09 156 22 5 Low/Quiet-Min Storm;Low/Unset-Min Storm 15-Sep-1999 06 156 22 4 Low/Quiet-Min Storm;Low/Unset-Min Storm 15-Sep-1999 03 156 22 4 Low/Quiet-Min Storm;Low/Unset-Min Storm 15-Sep-1999 00 156 22 2 Low/Quiet-Min Storm;Low/Unset-Min Storm

The forecast for Thursday, September 16th: solar flux 165, A index 15, K index 3. Conditions should be High Normal.

The forecast for Friday, September 17th: solar flux 170, A index 10, K index 3. Conditions should be High Normal.

Solar images of the sun received for September 16, 1999 can be found at http://www.sel.noaa.gov/solar_images/1999_09/1999_09_16.html

Perhaps the most useful propagation page for Amateur Radio Operators can be found at http://dx.qsl.net/propagation/

Grey line map http://www.spiritweb.org/cgi/sunclock.cgi ______

QSL Info ______

Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------3C0R EA5FVY FG5FR F6FNU T88JJ JA3ART 3D2DX EA4CP KH8/KK6HC LA7MFA T88MM JA3AJ CR8END CT1END S21YJ SM5VZS

GM6HGW - C H Topping, 32 Maryknowe, Gauldry, Newport on Tay, Fife DD6 8SL, Great Britain

QRZ DX reports that Frank Smith, AH0W/W7, would like to clear up anyone needing QSL cards for K4M or K7K. If you need them send ASAP.

QSL cards recently received direct: 9A99P (EU-090), A92GJ, VQ9CV, VQ9GB, and XF4MX ______

On the WWW ______

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Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: EU7SA, G3GHY, G3NOM, HA0HW, JI6KVR, KH6BZF Reports, NOAA, QRZ DX, W5OZI, W7IAN, WF1N ______

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DXpeditioner Hiroo Yonezuka, JA2EZD, made it to Laos yesterday and says he is now in Vientiane where he will be active as XW2A. He has a FT-847 and a TS-570 along with a 3 element tri-bander (15, 17, 20 meters) a 4 element yagi for 6 meters and dipoles. Look for activity on 6 through 160 meters CW and SSB. QSL to Hiroo Yonezuka, P.O. Box 2659, Vientiane, LAOS. He says "No US$ and Registration". Your editor will try to get more details.

During this year's CQ World Wide SSB DX Contest Dave, K3LP, will lead a group to do a multi-multi from the Caribbean Island of St. Lucia. Joining him will be Craig, N3NT, Barry, K3UG, Ernest, J69AZ, and James, K7KL. They'll be on the island from October 18th to November 2nd and will use J6/homecalls before and after the contest. Equipment includes FT-1000MPs and FT920s along with amplifiers. For antennas they will use tri-banders on 10 through 40 meters and wire antennas for 80 and 160 meters. During the contest they will use J69R. QSL all via N3NT.

Kim is the newest operator at 8J1RL, the Japanese Nipr Syowa Base on Ongul Island, Antarctica. The logs are online at http://www.jarl.or.jp/English/4_Library/A-4-7_8j1rl/8j1rl_log99.htm QSL via JA9BOH.

More activity from the Aland Islands is scheduled for both modes of the Scandinavian Activity Contests from the OH0Z station. During the CW contest this weekend OH2MAM will be active and next weekend in the SSB version Ari, OH1EH will be active. QSL all OH0Z via OH1EH, Ari Korhonen, Kreetalank. 9, FIN-29200 Harjavalta, Finland. For more info on OH0Z check out http://www.qsl.net/oh0z.

Last year's CQ World Wide SSB DX Multi-Multi team PJ9B will once again try to topple their World Record in this October's event. The team will start arriving on Bonaire on October 22nd. This year's members include WA3LRO, N3ED, K1XX, N4RV, N7ZZ, K3EST, KB2XZ, K1DG, K2SS, KL2A, N6IG, and W3ZZ. Look for them to be active using PJ9/homecalls before and after the contest until November 2nd. During the CQ World Wide CW DX Contest PJ9B will also be active going for the World Record on this mode. The team will arrive on November 23rd and leave on December 1st. Members include W3UM, N3ED, K1ZZ, K3EST, K9PG, N2AA, N2NC, N6RT, KL2A, N6IG and WA3LRO. Activity is expected both before and after the contest with PJ9/home calls. QSL per the operators directions. ______

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3C0R - ANNOBON - The guys have two complete stations up and were active all but about 5 hours on Thursday. Reported activity yesterday was as follows:

GMT Frequencies GMT Frequencies ------00 14195 21024 14 21025 28395 01 21024 15 21294 07 14195 21024 16 21294 28026 08 14195 21025 17 21295 28026 09 21025 28395 18 21295 10 21025 28395 20 14025 21295 11 28395 21 14025 21295 12 21025 28395 22 14025 21295 13 21025 28395 23 14025 21295

9M6BG - EAST MALASIA - East Coast US stations reported Brett having a very nice signal today on 18069 just before 00:30Z. QSL via VR2BG.

OJ0 - MARKET REEF - It appears that Lars, OH0RJ, has joined Dennis, OJ0/K7BV and Seppo, OJ0VR. Look for Dennis to be switching between 1827 and 3508 from around 02:30 until his sunrise (04:15Z).

XW2A - LAOS - JA's reported Hiroo on 21278 at 11:20Z. QSL via 7L1MFS. ______

IOTA ______

The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AF-039 3C0R 21294 2340 NA-064 AL7RB/P 14260 2204 AS-136 BD4ED/4 10106 2037 NA-198 VO1BAR/P 28500 1654 EU-015 SV9/ON5JE 21260 1138 OC-075 YC5YAS 21230 1606 EU-060 SV0LR 21260 1931 OC-137 VK4CY 14164 0652 EU-114 GP5KN 3738 2225 OC-154 VK8AN/6 28460 1146 EU-136 9A/HA3HP/P 14022 1140

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 QSL ------17-Sep 24-Sep 3C0 3C0R 3-164 160 EA5FVY 17-Sep 24-Sep 4U1I 4U1ITU 3-160 17-Sep 22-Sep 5W 5W1CW 3-156 ZL1AMO 17-Sep 19-Sep 9A 9A5V 9A3VM 9A5KV (EU-016) 3-165 17-Sep 4-Oct 9M6 9M6BG 3-162 VR2BG 17-Sep 9X 9X/RE3A 3-160 RW3AH 17-Sep E4 E44/OZ6ACD 3-156 OZ1ACB 17-Sep 18-Sep EA8 EA8/G4ELZ/P (AF-004) 3-150 17-Sep 30-Sep EY EY11OO 3-163 DJ1SKO 17-Sep 23-Sep F TM0G (EU-048) 3-151 17-Sep 30-Nov FO FO0DEH 3-158 ON4QM 17-Sep 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH (AF-008) 3-4 3-2 F6KDF 17-Sep 20-Dec FT5Z FT5ZJ 3-147 F2YT 17-Sep 4-Dec KH4 KH4/SM4FJY (OC-030) 3-133 SM6FJY 17-Sep 30-Sep OD OD/JY4NE 3-161 KB6NAN 17-Sep 20-Sep OJ0 OJ0/K7BV 3-142 KU9C 17-Sep 5-Oct OX OX/OZ8AE 3-149 OZ8AE 17-Sep 21-Sep PJ9 PJ9Q PJ9/W9QQ 3-110 W9QQ 17-Sep 22-Sep SV9 SV9/ON5JE SV9/ON4BB 3-158 home calls 17-Sep 19-Sep T8 T88JJ T88MM 3-126 JA3ART/JA3AJ 17-Sep 17-Sep TU TU2/F4ATM 3-151 17-Sep 26-Sep VP5 VP5/HB9CYV VP5/HB9CYN (NA-002) 3-162 home calls 17-Sep 24-Sep XU XU7A?? by G4ZVJ G0BNQ 3-166 3-163 G4ZVJ 17-Sep 20-Sep YJ YJ0 by K8VIR (OC-035) 3-163 W8WC 17-Sep 30-Sep Z3 Z38/IV3FSG 3-163 IV3FSG 17-Sep 18-Sep ZF ZF2CQ 3-162 W7TZ 18-Sep 11-Oct 9H 9H0VRZ (EU-023) 3-146 PA0JR 18-Sep 1-Oct 9H 9H3R 3-165 PA3CBU 18-Sep 21-Sep 9M2 9M2TO (AS-073) 3-164 18-Sep 20-Sep BY BI7Y (AS-NEW) 3-165 3-163 bureau 18-Sep 21-Sep C9 C91RF 3-156 3-150 DL6DQW 18-Sep 19-Sep OH0 OH0V 3-158 OH4JLV 18-Sep 19-Sep Clipperton DX Club Convention 3-113 18-Sep 18-Sep GM DX Convention 18-Sep 19-Sep Scandinavian Activity CW Contest 18-Sep 19-Sep W9DXCC Convention 18-Sep 18-Sep World Amateur Radio Day 3-166 19-Sep 19-Sep FO/A FO0DEH (OC-114) 3-162 ON4QM 19-Sep 24-Sep LA LA1IARU 3-166 ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for September 15, 1999 was 155.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for September 16, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------16-Sep-1999 21 158 25 2 Low/Quiet-Min Storm;Low/Unset-Min Storm 16-Sep-1999 18 155 22 3 Low/Quiet-Min Storm;Low/Unset-Min Storm 16-Sep-1999 15 155 22 2 Low/Quiet-Min Storm;Low/Unset-Min Storm 16-Sep-1999 12 155 22 5 Low/Quiet-Min Storm;Low/Unset-Min Storm 16-Sep-1999 09 155 22 5 Low/Quiet-Min Storm;Low/Unset-Active 16-Sep-1999 06 155 22 5 Low/Quiet-Min Storm;Low/Unset-Active 16-Sep-1999 03 155 22 4 Low/Quiet-Min Storm;Low/Unset-Active 16-Sep-1999 00 155 22 1 Low/Quiet-Min Storm;Low/Unset-Active

The forecast for Friday, September 17th: solar flux 170, A index 10, K index .3 Conditions should be High Normal.

The forecast for Saturday, September 18th: solar flux 175, A index 10, K index 3. Conditions should be High Normal.

The forecast for Sunday, September 19th: solar flux 180, A index 10, K index 3. Conditions should be High Normal.

Solar images of the sun received for September 17, 1999 can be found at http://www.sel.noaa.gov/solar_images/1999_09/1999_09_17.html

Perhaps the most useful propagation page for Amateur Radio Operators can be found at http://dx.qsl.net/propagation/

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Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------3Z5PW DL3KDC BA7QT W3HNK OJ0RJ OH0RJ 3Z60P SP2AYC BV4FH KA6SPQ SV0LR HB9LDR 9M6BG VR2BG CR8ABE CT1ABE

QSL cards recently received direct: 3B9R, 3C2JJ, C56/G0SAH, MM0BPP/P (EU-118), V73UB, VP2EREM, ZK1MGS (OC-159) ______

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Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: G3PMR, IK1GPG, JA2EZD, K3LP, K6BU, KE2TT, KH6BZF Reports, N2JTX, N3ED, NOAA, W5VW ______

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Husband and wife team Norbert, DF6FK (T31BB, T32BB, T30EB), and Judith (YL), DL2ZAD (T31BA, T32BA, T30EA), plan to operate from the rare Pacific Ocean Islands of Palmyra and/ or Jarvis (KH5) between October 7th and 21st. These two have been active from the Pacific before so they know the propagation from this area. Expect them to be active on the normal DX frequencies on 10, 15, 20 and 40 meters SSB. No callsigns were mentioned. If the normal DX frequencies are busy check these suggested frequencies: 7062/7065, 14175, 21275, 28475.

Hiroo Yonezuka, JA2EZD, is currently operating from Vientiane, Laos as XW2A until the end of the year. He says not to send US $ and do not send your requests via Registered mail as he will not be able to receive. While in this semi rare one he plans to visit some IOTA islands in both XU and XW. QSL only to Hiroo Yonezuka, P.O. Box 2659, Vientiane, Laos.

OH2BackHome - and to go to Aland Islands, OH0B. Martti has returned to his native Finland after his almost 6 years in Asia--and several new DXCC counters and contest operations under his belt. But he will not stay long but just pack up and proceed for another outing in Aland Islands, launching a new callsign OH0B. They have re-built their original site with multiple direction antennas on all bands. Array Solutions, WX0B, has furnished their station a two-radio operating automation. Why not welcome Martti back home this coming weekend? He will run 24-hours non-stop in the SAC SSB Contest, starting 12 UTC on Saturday. QSL via OH2BH CBA address: Martti J. Laine, Nuottaniementie 3D20, 02230 Espoo, FINLAND.

Larry, AH8LG, gives us the latest word on the Double Trouble DXpedition. The team and all their equipment, except a linear, made it to American Samoa. A special thanks to Larry who loaned an amplifier to the team. The group set sail late Thursday of last week. They will first stop on Tokelau to pickup Peter, ZK3PM, and then head on to Kanton. After operating on Kanton they will all head back to Tokelau.

Jose, CT1BOH, says he'll be operating both modes (SSB & CW) of the CQ World Wide DX Contests from the Caribbean Island of Aruba. Look for him to be active a week before each contest as P40E.

Carlos, CT1END, is operating special station CR8END from Massam , Portugal at various times throughout the day near 14180 to inform the world about the Timor Loro-Sae tragedy. Direct requests for QSLs will go via CT1END, Carlos, Urb. Massam Norte, Lt. 72 2.Dto, Massam , 2745 Queluz, Portugal. Any IRC's and US$ will be converted and put in to the Timor Loro-Sae help fund.

Jean Claude, 6W1QP, plans to be active from Lebanon as OD5/3A2MT from September 27th to October 27th. QSL direct to 3A2MT or 6W1QP or via the 3A bureau.

Starting October 3rd look for Mike, NO8C, to be active from the Hawaiian Islands as KH6/NO8C on 10 meters SSB. He plans to be there until October 9th. ______

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3C0R - ANNOBON - The guys have been active most days between 07:00 and 01:00Z. They seem to be sleeping from about 01:00 to 07:00Z. West Coast US DXers seem to be having the most difficulty working them as the 3C0 boys go QRT to early. Best chance seems to be from about 22:30 to 01:00Z on both 15 and 20 meters. Remember no matter what QRM happens on his frequency don't add to it by being a Policeman! You have to believe the 3C0 guys are doing their best. If this DXpedition is perceived as having been done well by the 3C authorities it may be possible that another operation will take place with more operators and more equipment. Europeans found them on 7043 yesterday between 21:00 and 22:00Z.

5W1CW - SAMOA - Ron, ZL1AMO, made it to his next stop and was found on 28021 around 00:20Z yesterday. Later, around 00:45Z, he was on 21021. He is expected on this island for one week and plans to move on to Tokelau, ZK3 next. QSL via ZL1AMO.

9X/RE3A - RWANDA - Vladimir was active on 14246 Sunday around 20:30Z. There is a good chance this will not count for DXCC, as Vladimir may not have his own callsign. RE3A is a club call. Work it first worry latter. Hold off on sending for the card!

C91RF/P - MOZAMBIQUE - Rienhard will be active for the next few days. QSL via DL6DQW.

DU67 - PHILIPPINES - Several stations have recently been using this special prefix.

FY - FRENCH GUIANA - Several stations are now very active from this semi rare spot including: Peter, FY5FU; Jacques, FY5GS; Helios, FY5HY; and of course Mario, FY5YE.

JL1KFR/JD1 - MINAMI TORISHIMA - Ryo is back for another stay on this Japanese Island, which counts as a separate DXCC country. QSL via JL1KFR.

P29BI - PAPUA NEW GUINEA - 80 meters DXers found Steve on 3799 just before 12:00Z on Saturday. QSL via VK4EJ.

S21YJ - BANGLADESH - Look for Stig on 10 meters SSB from about 09:00 to 14:00Z. QSL via SM5VZS.

SV2ASP/A - MOUNT ATHOS - Monk Apollo came up on 14246 just after 14:00Z on Saturday.

XU7AAV - CAMBODIA - Andy, G4ZVJ, is now active and was found on 30, 20, 17 and 15 meters CW over the weekend. QSL via G4ZVJ.

YJ0AIR - VANATU - This is the call Ed, K8VIR/ZL4IR has been assigned. Check for him on 21260 and 14260 between 03:00 and 06:00Z. QSL via W8WC.

ZD9HGW - TRISTAN DA CUHNA & GOUGH ISLANDS - Colin continues to be active on SSB. Mostly on 10 with some 20 meters. QSL via GM6HGW. ______

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The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AF-066 C91RF/P 21005 1727 EU-125 OZ/DL1EBR 21218 1319 AS-NEW BI7Y 21260 2355 NA-025 J87AB 28515 1726 EU-015 SV9/ON4BB 18082 0758 NA-033 HK0ER 10108 0236 EU-015 SV9/ON5JE 18134 1506 NA-064 AL7RB 14260 0432 EU-015 SV9ANK 24975 1612 NA-128 VX2DX 21260 1051 EU-016 9A3VM/P 14006 0550 NA-134 OX3LG 14260 1705 EU-016 9A5V/P 14014 1313 OC-021 YC3IZK 28420 1014 EU-017 ID9/IN3XUG 14257 1635 OC-148 YC9MKF 28450 1349 EU-023 9H4GRS 28440 1549 OC-154 VK8AN/6 21263 1224 EU-036 LA4XGA 14260 2026 SA-026 PP5OW 28467 1234 EU-042 DK8OL 14254 0743 SA-026 PP5SZ 28430 1842 EU-060 SV0LR 14260 1511 SA-036 P43E 18128 2013 EU-075 SV1TP/P 21290 1435 SA-068 8R1AK/P 21260 2355

IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 ______

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From End Prefix Call Ref QSL ------20-Sep 20-Sep FO/A FO0DEH (OC-114) 3-162 ON4QM 20-Sep 20-Sep OJ0 OJ0/K7BV 3-142 KU9C 20-Sep 20-Sep YJ YJ0AIR (OC-035) 3-163 W8WC 20-Sep 21-Sep 9M2 9M2TO (AS-073) 3-164 20-Sep 21-Sep BY BI7Y (AS-NEW) 3-165 3-163 bureau 20-Sep 21-Sep C9 C91RF 3-156 3-150 DL6DQW 20-Sep 21-Sep PJ9 PJ9Q PJ9/W9QQ 3-110 W9QQ 20-Sep 22-Sep 5W 5W1CW 3-156 ZL1AMO 20-Sep 22-Sep SV9 SV9/ON5JE SV9/ON4BB 3-158 home calls 20-Sep 23-Sep F TM0G (EU-048) 3-151 20-Sep 24-Sep 3C0 3C0R 3-164 160 EA5FVY 20-Sep 24-Sep 4U1I 4U1ITU 3-160 20-Sep 24-Sep LA LA1IARU 3-166 20-Sep 24-Sep OH0 OH0JJS 3-158 OH6LI 20-Sep 24-Sep XU XU7AAV 3-166 3-163 G4ZVJ 20-Sep 26-Sep VP5 VP5/HB9CYV VP5/HB9CYN (NA-002) 3-162 home calls 20-Sep 27-Sep VK (OC-NEW) Rowley Shoals 3-51 2-228 20-Sep 30-Sep EY EY11OO 3-163 DJ1SKO 20-Sep 30-Sep OD OD/JY4NE 3-161 KB6NAN 20-Sep 30-Sep Z3 Z38/IV3FSG 3-163 IV3FSG 20-Sep 1-Oct 9H 9H3R 3-165 PA3CBU 20-Sep 4-Oct 9M6 9M6BG 3-162 VR2BG 20-Sep 5-Oct OX OX/OZ8AE 3-149 OZ8AE 20-Sep 11-Oct 9H 9H0VRZ (EU-023) 3-146 PA0JR 20-Sep 30-Nov FO FO0DEH 3-158 ON4QM 20-Sep 4-Dec KH4 KH4/SM4FJY (OC-030) 3-133 SM6FJY 20-Sep 20-Dec FT5Z FT5ZJ 3-147 F2YT 20-Sep 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH (AF-008) 3-4 3-2 F6KDF 20-Sep 31-Dec XW XW2A 3-168 3-167 direct 21-Sep 27-Sep OH0 OH0XY 3-165 OH6XY 21-Sep 27-Sep VE VO2/WB8YTZ 3-155 WB8YTZ 21-Sep 29-Sep TY TY1RY 3-151 22-Sep 30-Sep YI YI9DAF 3-159 22-Sep 10-Jan KH4 KH4/W4ZYV 3-158 3-157 23-Sep 25-Sep JA JI3DST (AS-041) 3-140 3-116 JI3DST 23-Sep 3-Oct T31 T31T T31K T31YL 3-156 3-135 23-Sep 10-Oct 3B8 PA3EPD PB0AIT PE1ALV PA0VHA 3-133 home call 24-Sep 26-Sep OD OD5RAL (AS-108) 3-158 24-Sep 26-Sep F TP50CE 3-144 F6FQK 24-Sep 27-Sep PY ZW7G (SA-046) 3-126 24-Sep 24-Oct ZK3 ZK3RW 3-156 ZL1AMO 25-Sep 26-Sep CQ WW RTTY Contest 3-166 25-Sep 26-Sep HC8 HC8N 3-158 AA5BT 25-Sep 26-Sep Italian HF DX Convention 3-154 25-Sep 26-Sep OH0 OH0V 3-158 OH4JLV 25-Sep 26-Sep OH0 OH0Z 3-167 OH1EH 25-Sep 26-Sep Scandinavian Activity SSB Contest 25-Sep 26-Sep VE VE2CSI (Zone 2) 3-154 25-Sep 26-Sep VE VO2WL 3-155 WB8YTZ ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for September 18, 1999 was 152.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for September 19, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------19-Sep-1999 21 149 9 1 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low-Mod/Quiet- Active 19-Sep-1999 18 152 16 2 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low-Mod/Quiet- Active 19-Sep-1999 15 152 16 3 Low/Quiet-Active;Low-Mod/Quiet-Active 19-Sep-1999 12 152 16 3 Low/Quiet-Active;Low-Mod/Quiet-Active 19-Sep-1999 09 152 16 2 Low/Quiet-Active;Low-Mod/Quiet-Active 19-Sep-1999 06 152 16 3 Low/Quiet-Active;Low-Mod/Quiet-Active 19-Sep-1999 03 152 16 2 Low/Quiet-Active;Low-Mod/Quiet-Active 19-Sep-1999 00 152 16 1 Low/Quiet-Active;Low-Mod/Quiet-Active

The forecast for Monday, September 20th: solar flux 160, A index 30, K index 4. Conditions should be Low Normal.

The forecast for Tuesday, September 21st solar flux 165, A index 15, K index 3. Conditions should be High Normal.

Solar images of the sun received for September 20, 1999 can be found at http://www.sel.noaa.gov/solar_images/1999_09/1999_09_20.html

Perhaps the most useful propagation page for Amateur Radio Operators can be found at http://dx.qsl.net/propagation/

Grey line map http://www.spiritweb.org/cgi/sunclock.cgi ______

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Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------3Z0CLL SO8HW CR8END CT1END SV9/ON4BB ON4BB 4S7EVG DL3KBQ CU3T CU3URA TU2/F4ATM F4ATM 5W1CW ZL1AMO DU67RG DU9RG VK6EEN' CT1EEN 9H0VRZ PA0JR DU67SAN DU1SAN VK8PY/6 K9PPY 9H3R PA3CBU ED5JNM EA45VM VP5/HB9CYN HB9CYN 9H3V PE1CAJ ED5SAX EA5FKT VP5/HB9CYV HB9CYV 9K2GS W6YJ FK8FU NA5U XT2PT N5DRV 9N1HA N5VL II7LE IK7DXP XU7AAV G4ZVJ C91RF/P DL6DQW OJ0J OH0RJ YI1AK AD5W CQ5G CT1EDG OX3LG OZ1ACB YJ0AIR W8WC CR8A CT1EEB SO2WDX US5WDX

FR5FD - Pat, 40 Rue Louis des Jardins, Bois de Nefle, F-97411 St. Paul, Reunion Island via France

QSL cards recently received direct: 3B9R, 3W6HM (AS-128), 3W6KS (AS- 128), 4U1ITU, C56SW, CE0Y/JA7KXD, D44BC, FK8HC, HH2LQ, LY2ZZ, LY98DS, LY98DS, N6VV/P (NA-169), PR5L, R1MVA, UN4P, UP6F, VQ9DX, XF4MX, YC5RML, ZK1MGS (OC-159) ______

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Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 6W1QP, AH8LG, CT1END, G3GHY, G3PMR, G4BWP, KH6BZF Reports, KI6T, LYNX, N4GN, NOAA, OH2BH, W2GE, W3JJ, W5OZI, WA2VUY, XW2A ______

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Members of the Bavarian Contest Club plan to be active once again as a multi-multi from Morocco during both the CQ World Wide SSB and CW DX Contests. During the SSB version of this great contest they say to look for them on 1855, 3755, 7055, 14255, 21355 and 28355. On CW try 1833, 3533, 7033, 14033, 21033 and 28033. For the latest news check out their web site at http://www.dl6fbl.de/cn8ww/. All QSL cards should go via DL6FBL either through the bureau or direct to Bernd Och, Chr.-Wirth-Str. 18, D-36043 Fulda, GERMANY. They currently have about 2,200 QSLs to be sent direct which will be mailed out prior to the contest.

A group from the ARI Frascati plan to be active from San Marino between October 9th and 10th. The group will include I0DJV, IK0WDG, IK0ZCW, IZ0BTV, IW0BEC, IW0BNI and IW0GLC. They will use the call T71SM. QSL via T70A, P.O. Box 77, 47031 Republic di San Marino.

Yet another OH0 operation is planned for this weekend. Four Finns plan to be active from September 25th to October 2nd. Operators include Pertti, OH3LQK/OH0LQK; Alpo, OH3MFP/OH0MFP; Markus, OH3RM/OH0KCB; and Jari, OH6LGM / OH0/OH6LGM. Look for this group to be active on 6 through 40 meters CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL via home calls.

Olli, OH0XX, says he plans to operate the CQ World Wide CW DX Contest from PZ5DX. More than likely he be there a few days before.

The Rochester DX Association has elected the following officers and Board of Directs for its 1999-2000 line up:

President: Scott Hoag, K2ZS Vice President: Mike Rundle, N1OKL Secretary-Treasurer: Ed Gable, K2MP Director: Paul Meyers, N2OPW Director: Rick Mintz, W1TY Director: Bob Hunter, NG2P Director: Dave Wright, N2CK DX & Contest Chairman: Chris Shalvoy, K2CS

Ely, IN3VZE, will once again operate from Malawi as 7Q7CE from September 25th to October 15th. Look for him to be active on 10, 15, 20 and 40 meters SSB. QSL via IN3VZE, Ely Camin, Corso 3 Novembre 136/2, 38100 Trento - TN, ITALY.

Juan Carlos, EA2ABQ, is currently active from the Marquesas Islands (OC-027) as FO0SAL until September 23rd. QSL via EA5XX, Julio Volpe O'Neil, P.O. Box 4062, Alicante 03080, SPAIN.

During this weekend's CQ World Wide RTTY DX Contest Argentine club station LU4FM will be active as a multi-multi. This will be their first RTTY contest.

A multinational team will activate Paraguay as a multi-multi entry for the 1999 CQ WW CW contest. Dale, N3BNA, Darrell, AB2E, Jorge, CX6VM (CX5X), and Juan, ZP5MAL, will activate Juan's contest call ZP6T on his farm near Asuncion for the contest. Plans call for some ops to be in ZP from November 20th until December 6th. Also, look for ZP6/N3BNA who will enter in the ARRL 160M contest. An inverted L for 160 with beverages will be added as well as a new 40 meter yagi to Juan's world- class antenna farm. Also planned is a 3 element wire yagi, identical to the one built at the V26B site and designed by WX0B. Because ZP is considerably rare on CW, much attention will be paid before and after the contest to work the highest open WARC band and attempts will be made frequently for 80 and 160 meters CW after the CQ WW contest. ______

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3C0R - ANNOBON - Here was yesterday's reported activity:

GMT Frequencies GMT Frequencies ------00 14025 21295 17 18130 21025 09 21025 24940 18 18130 21025 10 21025 24940 19 14085 11 21025 24940 20 7045 14025 12 24940 21 7045 14025 14 21025 28395 22 7045 14025 15 21025 28395 23 14024 21295 16 18130 21025 28395

3W7TK - VIETNAM - Europeans found Michal on 24899 yesterday from 11:15 to 13:30Z. QSL via OK1HWB.

9M6BG - EAST MALAYSIA - 30 meter buffs came across Brett just prior to 23:00Z. QSL via VR2BG.

C91RF/P - MOZAMBIQUE - Reinhard was working some US West Coast stations on 14003 between 04:30 and 05:00Z. QSL via DL6DQW.

TT8FC - CHAD - Francisco can occasionally be found near 28495 between 10:00 and 12:00Z. QSL via EA4AHK. ______

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The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AF-004 EA8UL 21195 1223 EU-060 SV0LR 14260 1512 AF-066 C91RF/P 14003 0455 EU-092 SV8/DL4JWU 14265 0658 AS-003 4S7AB 28482 1236 EU-124 GW0SLM 21274 1723 AS-136 BD4ED/4 7012 1246 EU-125 OZ/DL1EBR/P 21260 1441 AS-143 BI7Y 14022 2311 NA-064 AL7RB 14260 0620 EU-008 GM0PNS 7073 1334 OC-021 YC0ROY 28495 1319 EU-015 SV9/ON5JE 21259 1256 OC-027 FO0SAL 7035 0953 EU-017 ID9/IN3XUG 14252 1703 OC-154 VK8AN/6 28466 1112 EU-023 9H3YP 14263 1654 SA-068 8R1AK/P 14225 0428 EU-038 PA/DL1JZ/P 14260 1703

Jan, 4X1VF, along with several other operators will operate from Akhziv Islands (AS-100) between 05:30 and 14:00Z on October 23rd. They will use 4Z0A. QSL via 4Z5DW.

Dick, K2ZR, expects to be in Key West (NA-062) from December 25th to April 15th.

IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 ______

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From End Prefix Call Ref QSL ------21-Sep 24-Sep 3C0 3C0R 3-164 160 EA5FVY 21-Sep 24-Sep 4U1I 4U1ITU 3-160 21-Sep 22-Sep 5W 5W1CW 3-156 ZL1AMO 21-Sep 11-Oct 9H 9H0VRZ (EU-023) 3-146 PA0JR 21-Sep 1-Oct 9H 9H3R 3-165 PA3CBU 21-Sep 21-Sep 9M2 9M2TO (AS-073) 3-164 21-Sep 4-Oct 9M6 9M6BG 3-162 VR2BG 21-Sep 21-Sep BY BI7Y (AS-NEW) 3-165 3-163 bureau 21-Sep 21-Sep C9 C91RF 3-156 3-150 DL6DQW 21-Sep 30-Sep EY EY11OO 3-163 DJ1SKO 21-Sep 23-Sep F TM0G (EU-048) 3-151 21-Sep 30-Nov FO FO0DEH 3-158 ON4QM 21-Sep 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH (AF-008) 3-4 3-2 F6KDF 21-Sep 20-Dec FT5Z FT5ZJ 3-147 F2YT 21-Sep 4-Dec KH4 KH4/SM4FJY (OC-030) 3-133 SM6FJY 21-Sep 24-Sep LA LA1IARU 3-166 21-Sep 30-Sep OD OD/JY4NE 3-161 KB6NAN 21-Sep 24-Sep OH0 OH0JJS 3-158 OH6LI 21-Sep 27-Sep OH0 OH0XY 3-165 OH6XY 21-Sep 5-Oct OX OX/OZ8AE 3-149 OZ8AE 21-Sep 21-Sep PJ9 PJ9Q PJ9/W9QQ 3-110 W9QQ 21-Sep 22-Sep SV9 SV9/ON5JE SV9/ON4BB 3-158 home calls 21-Sep 29-Sep TY TY1RY 3-151 21-Sep 27-Sep VE VO2/WB8YTZ 3-155 WB8YTZ 21-Sep 27-Sep VK (OC-NEW) Rowley Shoals 3-51 2-228 21-Sep 26-Sep VP5 VP5/HB9CYV VP5/HB9CYN (NA-002) 3-162 home calls 21-Sep 24-Sep XU XU7AAV 3-166 3-163 G4ZVJ 21-Sep 31-Dec XW XW2A 3-168 3-167 direct 21-Sep 30-Sep Z3 Z38/IV3FSG 3-163 IV3FSG

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Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for September 19, 1999 was 113.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for September 20, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------20-Sep-1999 21 145 7 2 Low/Quiet-Unset;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unsettled 20-Sep-1999 18 149 9 2 Low/Quiet-Unset;Low-Mod/Quiet-Active 20-Sep-1999 15 149 9 2 Low/Quiet-Unset;Low-Mod/Quiet-Active 20-Sep-1999 12 149 9 3 Low/Quiet-Unset;Low-Mod/Quiet-Active 20-Sep-1999 09 149 9 2 Low/Quiet-Unset;Low-Mod/Quiet-Active 20-Sep-1999 06 149 9 2 Low/Quiet-Unset;Low-Mod/Quiet-Active 20-Sep-1999 03 149 9 1 Low/Quiet-Unset;Low-Mod/Quiet-Active 20-Sep-1999 00 149 9 2 Low/Quiet-Unset;Low-Mod/Quiet-Active

The forecast for Tuesday, September 21st solar flux 144, A index 15, K index 3. Conditions should be High Normal.

The forecast for Wednesday, September 22nd: solar flux 142, A index 12, K index 3. Conditions should be High Normal.

Solar images of the sun received for September 21, 1999 can be found at http://www.sel.noaa.gov/solar_images/1999_09/1999_09_21.html

Perhaps the most useful propagation page for Amateur Radio Operators can be found at http://dx.qsl.net/propagation/

Grey line map http://www.spiritweb.org/cgi/sunclock.cgi ______

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Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------3W7TK OK1HWB 9M2JI JK1AJX EA6/OK1AD/POK1AD 5R8FL F5TBA DU67HBC JA1NAQ HC8N AA5BT 9H3TD PA0TPM E20HHK/2 E21EIC VX2DX VE2STN 9H3ZP PA3GRI

Antoine, F6FNU, is now the QSL manager for both CM8XI and CO6TB.

QSL cards recently received direct: CE0AA, EP2FM, VK8AN (OC-229) ______

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Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 425 DX News, AB2E, DL6FBL, F6FNU, G3PMR, G4BUE, KH6BZF Reports, N2JTX, NOAA, OH0XX, The 59(9) DX Report ______

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During this year's CQ World Wide CW DX Contest look for a serious multi-single effort from the 8P9Z contest station on Barbados Island. Team members will include John, K4BAI, Danny, K1TO, and Vic, N4TO. They have requested a special call 8P5A however if they do not get it they will use 8P9Z. The group plans to be QRV from November 23rd to 30th. Before and after the contest operators will use their own callsign. John will use 8P9HT while Danny and Vic are still waiting for their calls. John plans to make a special effort to work Europeans on 160 meters on the Monday after the contest. QSL any special call (or 8P9Z as always) and 8P9HT via K4BAI.

Time is running out to submit your QSL cards to the ARRL DXCC Desk for "The DXCC Yearbook 1999". This is the place where the annual listing is posted. All cards must be received by September 30, 1999 in order to update your listing. Remember E4 Palestine QSL cards may not be mailed in until after September 30th and they will not be included in the annual listing.

A Special Event station will be on from the Ukraine with the prefix of EO55JM during the period of October 25th through the 27th. This is to celebrate 55 years of liberation. The operation will be by the Crimea Contest Club and the QSLs will be via KG6AR callbook address.

The Radio Club Mar del Plata in Argentina have installed a new beacon, LU2DT, thanks to the help of GACW, on 28192. The transmitter will be running 10 watts into a dipole at 180 meters. The beacon will send "LU2DT GACW LAT LONG LOCATOR".

The Wireless Institute of Australia, New South Wales Division, will be running the Special Event Station VK2OOO from January 1, 2000 through to December 31, 2000. This, to commemorate the last Olympic Games of the 20th century being held in Sydney, Australia.

Late news has Luis, CT4NH, operating from the QTH of Julio, D44BC from September 20th to 22nd. He will be mostly on 6 meters. ______

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3C0R - ANNOBON ISLAND - Vic, Elmo, Ramon and Robert continue to hand out the QSOs on CW and SSB. Several Hawaiian stations found Elmo on 14195 just after 06:00Z. 160 meter DXers should check for them today on Topband. Today look for them to be mostly active on SSB on 12, 17 and 20 meters and on CW on 10-30 meters CW. During their nighttime look for Elmo on 7042 and 3799 while Vic will be busy on 7005, 3505/3520 and 1833. Tuesday's reported activities were as follows:

GMT Frequencies GMT Frequencies ------00 14024 21295 15 21295 28025 01 21295 16 21295 28025 06 14195 17 21295 28025 07 14195 18 7005 21295 28025 08 21025 28395 19 7005 09 21025 28395 20 7005 10 21024 28395 21 7005 14195 11 21025 28395 22 7005 21295 12 21025 28395 23 3520 21295

9M2AX - WEST MALAYSIA - West Coast stations found Ross on 1832 at 13:20 and then on 3799 at 14:00Z.

9N7RN - NEPAL - Sergio is back in this semi-rare one. He started out on 21295 around 14:20Z and was later found on 18145 just before 15:00Z. QSL via IK4ZGY.

C91RF - MOZAMBIQUE - Reinhard was on AF-066 up until about 05:30Z. Later in the day he was on the mainland after 15:00Z. QSL via DL6DQW.

EZ8AQ - TURKMENISTAN - Jenny (OM) can be found most days on 12 meters CW around 24898 from 08:00 to 12:00Z.

FO0DEH - AUSTRAL ISLANDS - Marcel, ON4QM, is now on Raivavae Island (OC-114). Europeans were working him on 14122 from 06:45 to 08:30Z. From 20:40 to 21:30 he was working all across the US. QSL via ON4QM.

VK9RS - AUSTRALIA - The guys finally made it to Rowley Shoals. Although they are using a VK9 prefix this will count for Australia. QSL via I1HYW.

YI99BIF - IRAQ - Keep an ear on or near 28395 and 21222 from 10:00 to 14:00Z. ______

IOTA ______

The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AF-039 3C0R 7005 1935 EU-100 TK/DJ5MX 14260 2149 AF-066 C91RF/P 14007 0458 EU-125 OZ/DL1EBR/P 14256 0712 AS-018 UA0FZ 28008 1105 NA-064 AL7RB 14010 0710 AS-053 HS0/IK4MRH 21295 1933 NA-173 VY0/W2NTJ 14228 2015 AS-143 BI7Y 21260 0016 OC-008 P29PB 14260 0947 EU-001 SV5/IK2WZD 21230 1556 OC-019 V63AO 18129 0137 EU-017 ID9/IN3XUG 14263 1710 OC-114 FO0DEH 28496 2120 EU-060 SV0ENI/P 18072 1459 OC-135 P29BI 14010 0651 EU-060 SV0LR 21260 1443 OC-201 ZL1DD 14200 0959 EU-075 SV1TP/P 21290 1410 OC-230 VK9RS 14260 2008

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 QSL ------22-Sep 24-Sep 3C0 3C0R 3-164 160 EA5FVY 22-Sep 24-Sep 4U1I 4U1ITU 3-160 22-Sep 22-Sep 5W 5W1CW 3-156 ZL1AMO 22-Sep 11-Oct 9H 9H0VRZ (EU-023) 3-146 PA0JR 22-Sep 1-Oct 9H 9H3R 3-165 PA3CBU 22-Sep 4-Oct 9M6 9M6BG 3-162 VR2BG 22-Sep 30-Sep EY EY11OO 3-163 DJ1SKO 22-Sep 23-Sep F TM0G (EU-048) 3-151 22-Sep 30-Nov FO FO0DEH 3-158 ON4QM 22-Sep 23-Sep FO/M FO0SAL (OC-027) 3-169 EA5XX 22-Sep 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH (AF-008) 3-4 3-2 F6KDF 22-Sep 20-Dec FT5Z FT5ZJ 3-147 F2YT 22-Sep 4-Dec KH4 KH4/SM4FJY (OC-030) 3-133 SM6FJY 22-Sep 10-Jan KH4 KH4/W4ZYV 3-158 3-157 22-Sep 24-Sep LA LA1IARU 3-166 22-Sep 30-Sep OD OD/JY4NE 3-161 KB6NAN 22-Sep 24-Sep OH0 OH0JJS 3-158 OH6LI 22-Sep 27-Sep OH0 OH0XY 3-165 OH6XY 22-Sep 5-Oct OX OX/OZ8AE 3-149 OZ8AE 22-Sep 22-Sep SV9 SV9/ON5JE SV9/ON4BB 3-158 home calls 22-Sep 29-Sep TY TY1RY 3-151 22-Sep 27-Sep VE VO2/WB8YTZ 3-155 WB8YTZ 22-Sep 27-Sep VK (OC-NEW) Rowley Shoals 3-51 2-228 22-Sep 26-Sep VP5 VP5/HB9CYV VP5/HB9CYN (NA-002) 3-162 home calls 22-Sep 24-Sep XU XU7AAV 3-166 3-163 G4ZVJ 22-Sep 31-Dec XW XW2A 3-168 3-167 direct 22-Sep 30-Sep YI YI9DAF 3-159 22-Sep 30-Sep Z3 Z38/IV3FSG 3-163 IV3FSG ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for September 20, 1999 was 78.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for September 21, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------21-Sep-1999 21 21-Sep-1999 18 145 7 2 Low/Quiet-Unset;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 21-Sep-1999 15 145 7 3 Low/Quiet-Unset;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 21-Sep-1999 12 145 7 3 Low/Quiet-Unset;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 21-Sep-1999 09 145 7 2 Low/Quiet-Unset;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 21-Sep-1999 06 145 7 1 Low/Quiet-Unset;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 21-Sep-1999 03 145 7 2 Low/Quiet-Unset;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 21-Sep-1999 00 145 7 2 Low/Quiet-Unset;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unsettled

The forecast for Wednesday, September 22nd: solar flux 149, A index 10, K index 3. Conditions should be High Normal.

The forecast for Thursday, September 23rd: solar flux 148, A index 10, K index 3. Conditions should be High Normal.

Solar images of the sun received for September 22, 1999 can be found at http://www.sel.noaa.gov/solar_images/1999_09/1999_09_22.html

Perhaps the most useful propagation page for Amateur Radio Operators can be found at http://dx.qsl.net/propagation/

Grey line map http://www.spiritweb.org/cgi/sunclock.cgi ______

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Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------9N7RN IK4ZGY FK8GJ F6CXJ UE0JX RA0JX C91RF DL6DQW FO0DEH ON4QM VK9RS I1HYW

EX8W - Vlad Y. Sudakov, P.O. Box 2, Kara - Balta-5, KYRGYZSTAN 722030 VQ9JC - Jim Clary, P.O. Box 18095, Panama City Beach, FL 32417, USA

BI7Y QSL via the Chinese Bureau or directly to BD7JA (BA7JA), P.O. Box 1713, Guangzhou 510600, People's Republic of China.

QSL cards recently received direct: CE0ZAM, EX8W, HV4NAC, NO7F/KL7 (NA- 059), R1FJL, VP8CTR, VQ9JC ______

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Can't find that QSL manager? Try this new URL http://www.asp- profi.de/projects/hamradio/qsl/default.asp ______

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Starting October 25th Dee, W1HEO, will be vacationing, as a guest of Dick, VK9LH, on Lord Howe Island. He plans to use VK9LM in order to make as many QSOs as time allows from Dick's QTH. Look for him on 14030, 14185, 21030 and 21230 until October 30th. QSL via W1HEO.

During this year's CQ World Wide SSB DX Contest both Ed, W5GCX and Frosty, K5LBU, will be active from Nicaragua. The two will arrive on October 27th and will install the antennas as quickly as possible. They will use a Mini-Beam for 10, 15 and 20 meters and a Alpha Delta DX-LB for 40, 80 and 160 meters. For rigs they'll have an IC-706MKII and IC-746 running about 200 watts. Plans are to get a special H7 callsign, if not they will use YN2EJG. QSL all via K5LBU. ______

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3C0R - ANNOBON ISLAND - Rumor has it that the boys will be here until September 25th. We'll confirm this A.S.A.P. Here is yesterday's reported activity:

GMT Frequencies GMT Frequencies ------00 3520 21295 15 21195 24945 01 3799 16 14025 24935 05 14195 17 14025 21025 24935 28395 06 14195 28025 18 10105 28395 07 14195 28025 19 10105 08 18135 28025 20 3779 10105 09 18135 21295 28025 21 3779 7053 21025 10 21295 28025 22 18140 21025 11 21295 28025 23 3799 7053 21025 12 21295 28025

4S7AB - SRI LANKA - Europeans found Kamal on 18147 just before 17:00Z and later on 14195 just after 18:00Z until 20:00Z.

7P - LESOTHO - Rob, 7P8RP, and Mark, 7P8MB, were both found on 10 meters SSB yesterday. Rob came up on 28492 just prior to 12:00Z. Then around 15:40 Mark was on 28495 working US stations from the West Coast and SouthWest.

9M6BG - WEST MALAYSIA - Several East Coast DXers reported working Brett on 10104 at 23:00Z. QSL via VR2BG.

EL2WW - LIBERIA - Mark was working stations all across the US on 1829 between 00:00 and 03:00Z. QSL via ON5NT.

YA/RW3AH - PIRATE - Andy, RW3AH, says someone was pirating his call as he is at home in Moscow. ______

IOTA ______

The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AS-053 HS0/IK4MRH 14243 1901 EU-100 TK/DJ5MX 14257 0620 AS-136 BD4ED/4 10106 1559 EU-125 OZ/DL1EBR 14259 0534 EU-001 SV5/HA8RM 7009 2114 NA-002 VP5/HB9CYN 10107 2113 EU-001 SV5TS 14245 0939 NA-029 VY2RO 14085 0143 EU-001 SV5/IK2WZD 21245 1510 NA-064 AL7RB/P 14260 0248 EU-017 ID9/IN3XUG 14263 1750 NA-173 VY0/W2NTJ 14260 2246 EU-052 SV8/DL4JWU 14262 1813 NA-198 VO1BAR/P 3799 0237 EU-057 DL5KUD 10105 1840 OC-114 FO0DEH 28460 2155 EU-060 SV1ENI/P 10112 2119 OC-230 VK9RS 14260 0830 EU-072 SV7/SM6CLU 14014 1633 SA-004 HC8N 28480 1727 EU-072 SV8/DL8MCA 14255 1446

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 QSL ------23-Sep 10-Oct 3B8 PA3EPD PB0AIT PE1ALV PA0VHA 3-133 home call 23-Sep 24-Sep 3C0 3C0R 3-164 160 EA5FVY 23-Sep 24-Sep 4U1I 4U1ITU 3-160 23-Sep 11-Oct 9H 9H0VRZ (EU-023) 3-146 PA0JR 23-Sep 1-Oct 9H 9H3R 3-165 PA3CBU 23-Sep 4-Oct 9M6 9M6BG 3-162 VR2BG 23-Sep 30-Sep EY EY11OO 3-163 DJ1SKO 23-Sep 23-Sep F TM0G (EU-048) 3-151 23-Sep 30-Nov FO FO0DEH 3-158 ON4QM 23-Sep 23-Sep FO/M FO0SAL (OC-027) 3-169 EA5XX 23-Sep 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH (AF-008) 3-4 3-2 F6KDF 23-Sep 20-Dec FT5Z FT5ZJ 3-147 F2YT 23-Sep 25-Sep JA JI3DST (AS-041) 3-140 3-116 JI3DST 23-Sep 4-Dec KH4 KH4/SM4FJY (OC-030) 3-133 SM6FJY 23-Sep 10-Jan KH4 KH4/W4ZYV 3-158 3-157 23-Sep 24-Sep LA LA1IARU 3-166 23-Sep 30-Sep OD OD/JY4NE 3-161 KB6NAN 23-Sep 24-Sep OH0 OH0JJS 3-158 OH6LI 23-Sep 27-Sep OH0 OH0XY 3-165 OH6XY 23-Sep 5-Oct OX OX/OZ8AE 3-149 OZ8AE 23-Sep 3-Oct T31 T31T T31K T31YL 3-156 3-135 23-Sep 29-Sep TY TY1RY 3-151 23-Sep 27-Sep VE VO2/WB8YTZ 3-155 WB8YTZ 23-Sep 27-Sep VK (OC-NEW) Rowley Shoals 3-51 2-228 23-Sep 26-Sep VP5 VP5/HB9CYV VP5/HB9CYN (NA-002) 3-162 home calls 23-Sep 24-Sep XU XU7AAV 3-166 3-163 G4ZVJ 23-Sep 31-Dec XW XW2A 3-168 3-167 direct 23-Sep 30-Sep YI YI9DAF 3-159 23-Sep 30-Sep Z3 Z38/IV3FSG 3-163 IV3FSG ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for September 21, 1999 was 82.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for September 22, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------22-Sep-1999 21 140 22 5 Low/Quiet-Min Stm;Low-Mod/Active-Min Stm 22-Sep-1999 18 147 10 3 Low/Quiet-Active;Low-Mod/Unset-Active 22-Sep-1999 15 147 10 4 Low/Quiet-Active;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 22-Sep-1999 12 147 10 4 Low/Quiet-Active;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 22-Sep-1999 09 147 10 3 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 22-Sep-1999 06 147 10 2 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 22-Sep-1999 03 147 10 3 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 22-Sep-1999 00 147 10 3 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Unsettled

The forecast for Thursday, September 23rd: solar flux 145, A index 10, K index 2. Conditions should be High Normal.

The forecast for Friday, September 24th: solar flux 140, A index 12, K index 3. Conditions should be High Normal.

A minor geomagnetic storm began at 12:22Z on September 22nd.

Solar images of the sun received for September 23, 1999 can be found at http://www.sel.noaa.gov/solar_images/1999_09/1999_09_23.html

Perhaps the most useful propagation page for Amateur Radio Operators can be found at http://dx.qsl.net/propagation/

Grey line map http://www.spiritweb.org/cgi/sunclock.cgi ______

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Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------4S7RO DJ9ZB EL2WW ON5NT LU9AY NU4N 5W1CW ZL1AMO FO0DEH ON4QM OH0XY OH6XY 9Y4SF WA4JTK H44MY JA0IXW

UA3AGS, P.O. Box 1, Moscow 109387, RUSSIA ZD8V - Paul L Hutley, KF4OOX, 298 Logan Avenue, Sharon, PA 16146, USA

QSL cards recently received direct: 3B9FR, TZ6VV ______

On the WWW ______

The OE DX Group now has a web site at http://www.oevp- sbg.or.at/bischof/. ______

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Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: EA3GHZ, G3PMR, G4BWP, K5LBU, KH6BZF Reports, NOAA, QRZ DX, W2GE ______

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The Voodoo Contest Group once again will operate the CQ World Wide CW DX Contest from Africa only this year they won't be doing it from Togo, 5V. The group will instead go to neighboring Ghana and use 9G5AA as a multi-multi. Operators include Jeff, 9H1EL; Roger, G3SXW; Fred, G4BWP; Cris, G4FAM; Andy, G4PIQ; Vince, K5VT; Mike, KC7V; Jim, KF7E. They plan to operate on 10 through 160 meters (no 12, 17 or 30 meters) from November 24th to 28th. The Voodoo Contest Group has a Web site at http://voodudes.com/. QSL 9G5AA via GM4FDM.

Two Japanese DXers will operate from Pohnpei Island, Micronesia starting September 27th. Shoji, JA7HMZ, will use V63DX and Tunehiro, JA7AB, will use V63TM on all bands on CW and SSB. They plan to concentrate on working Europe and the East Coast of the US until October 3rd. QSL via home calls. JA7AB, Tunehiro Miura, 60-208 Terauchi, Akita, 011-0901 JAPAN. JA7HMZ, Shoji Igawa, Yokobori, Ogachi, 019-0204 JAPAN.

Ron Marra, AA5DX, says he'll be returning to Diego Garcia on Sunday September 26th and will arrive on VQ9 on Wednesday September 29th. He likes CW and plans to be very active as VQ9DX. Look for him to make a special effort on 160 meters for the winter season, as he will be QRV until the end of January or beginning of February. Ron reports "I will miss Christmas again with the family here, but maybe I can make some top bander's happy." He also plans to be on 80 meters and 6 meters. QSL via AA5DX.

Old timer Mako, JA1OEM, is once again on the DX trail in West Africa. He will start out in the Gambia as C56HP from October 1st to 6th. While there he'll be on CW (QRS) and SSB, no low bands from this location. Next Mako will move on to Burkina Faso where he will operate as XT2HP between October 8th and November 3rd. Look for him to be active on 10 through 160 meters on CW (QRS) and SSB. QSL both direct only to JA1OEM, Mako Toyofuku, P.O. Box 9, Sawara, 287-0003 JAPAN.

A group of five or six members of the Whitton Amateur Radio Group plan to be in The Gambia for this year's CQ World Wide SSB DX Contest. They'll be active before and after the contest on 6 and 160 meters, CW, SSB and RTTY. If all goes well they will have C56DX. ______

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3C0R - ANNOBON - It appears that the boys had to shut down before they were expected to. They were last heard on 15 meters CW just prior to 11:00Z yesterday. QSL via EA5FVY.

9M6BG - EAST MALAYSIA - Brett was found on 18069 between 00:30 and 01:00Z. West Coast DXers then found him on 24896 at 01:30Z. He has also been showing up on 30 meters CW just before 23:00Z. QSL via VR2BG.

9U5D - BURUNDI - Several Europeans found this station on 21261 between 15:40 and 16:30Z. Work it first and worry later.

D44BC - CAPE VERDE ISLANDS - Angelo, D44BS, reports that Julio, D44BC, had a heart attack and is in critical condition. Let's hope Julio has a speedy recovery.

FO0DEH - AUSTRAL ISLANDS - Keep an ear on 28460 around 19:00 to 20:00Z. Also look on 14195 and 14260 from 06:00 to 08:00Z. QSL via ON4QM.

HC8N - GALOPAGOS ISLANDS - The guys are getting ready for this weekends CQ WW RTTY Contest. WF1B, one of the ops, says to look for them also on 6 meters. QSL via AA5BT.

KH2/K4SXT - GUAM - Look for Gus on 1824 around 12:00 and just before his sunrise at 20:09Z.

KH3/KH7V - JOHNSTON ISLAND - Don came up on 15 meters SSB (21306 & 21227) between 20:40 and 22:30Z.

LU/KY0C - ARGENTINA - Look for Bob on 160 meters at 21:45, 02:00 and 09:00Z on 1831 .

T31K - CENTRAL KIRIBATI - Erik, SM0AGD, was heard on 15 meters saying they will be there for 10 more days and hope to be up on 160 meters tomorrow.

VQ9QM - DIEGO GARCIA - Dale is back on the island and was found on 40 meters CW at 12:00Z. He likes CW and has been known to be active on all bands including 160 meters. QSL via W4QM.

XU7AAV - CAMBODIA - Andy finished up early netting about 850 QSOs after only being on the air for a few hours. He is now in Thailand. QSL via G4ZVJ.

XX9TRR - MACAO - Pertti, OH2PM, has been active over the last few days. Try 80 meters CW between 12:30 and 13:30Z and also from 20:30 to 21:30Z. QSL via N6XJ. ______

IOTA ______

The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AS-136 BD4ED/4 18070 1630 NA-009 VY0/KR6MR 14195 0207 EU-014 TK/DJ5MX 1840 1917 NA-036 VE7IM 18146 1647 EU-020 SM0SBI 7051 1917 NA-173 VY0/W2NTJ 14244 2203 EU-028 IA5/IK8IOP 14260 2126 OC-114 FO0DEH 28460 2033 EU-052 SV8/DL4JWU 14262 1352 OC-128 DU67IMA 21255 1559 EU-052 SV8CS 14084 2142 OC-135 P29BI 21260 1032 EU-057 DL5KUD 10102 1754 OC-212 VK2NP 14270 0701 EU-060 SV0LR 14252 1520 OC-230 VK9RS 14260 1641 EU-125 OZ/DL1EBR/P 14188 0743 SA-046 ZW7G 14257 2227

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 QSL ------24-Sep 24-Sep 3C0 3C0R 3-164 160 EA5FVY 24-Sep 24-Sep 4U1I 4U1ITU 3-160 24-Sep 24-Sep LA LA1IARU 3-166 24-Sep 24-Sep OH0 OH0JJS 3-158 OH6LI 24-Sep 25-Sep JA JI3DST (AS-041) 3-140 3-116 JI3DST 24-Sep 25-Sep OH0 OH0B 3-168 OH2BH 24-Sep 26-Sep OD OD5RAL (AS-108) 3-158 24-Sep 26-Sep F TP50CE 3-144 F6FQK 24-Sep 26-Sep VP5 VP5/HB9CYV VP5/HB9CYN (NA-002) 3-162 home calls 24-Sep 26-Sep VK VK9RS (OC-230) 3-51 2-228 I1HYW 24-Sep 27-Sep OH0 OH0XY 3-165 OH6XY 24-Sep 27-Sep VE VO2/WB8YTZ 3-155 WB8YTZ 24-Sep 27-Sep PY ZW7G (SA-046) 3-126 24-Sep 29-Sep TY TY1RY 3-151 24-Sep 30-Sep EY EY11OO 3-163 DJ1SKO 24-Sep 30-Sep OD OD/JY4NE 3-161 KB6NAN 24-Sep 30-Sep YI YI9DAF 3-159 24-Sep 30-Sep Z3 Z38/IV3FSG 3-163 IV3FSG 24-Sep 1-Oct 9H 9H3R 3-165 PA3CBU 24-Sep 3-Oct T31 T31T T31K T31YL 3-156 3-135 24-Sep 4-Oct 9M6 9M6BG 3-162 VR2BG 24-Sep 5-Oct OX OX/OZ8AE 3-149 OZ8AE 24-Sep 10-Oct 3B8 PA3EPD PB0AIT PE1ALV PA0VHA 3-133 home call 24-Sep 11-Oct 9H 9H0VRZ (EU-023) 3-146 PA0JR 24-Sep 24-Oct ZK3 ZK3RW 3-156 ZL1AMO 24-Sep 30-Nov FO FO0DEH 3-158 ON4QM 24-Sep 4-Dec KH4 KH4/SM4FJY (OC-030) 3-133 SM6FJY 24-Sep 20-Dec FT5Z FT5ZJ 3-147 F2YT 24-Sep 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH (AF-008) 3-4 3-2 F6KDF 24-Sep 31-Dec XW XW2A 3-168 3-167 direct 24-Sep 10-Jan KH4 KH4/W4ZYV 3-158 3-157 25-Sep 26-Sep CQ WW RTTY Contest 3-166 25-Sep 26-Sep HC8 HC8N 3-158 AA5BT 25-Sep 26-Sep Italian HF DX Convention 3-154 25-Sep 26-Sep LU LU4FM 3-169 25-Sep 26-Sep OH0 OH0V 3-158 OH4JLV 25-Sep 26-Sep OH0 OH0Z 3-167 OH1EH 25-Sep 26-Sep Scandinavian Activity SSB Contest 25-Sep 26-Sep VE VE2CSI (Zone 2) 3-154 25-Sep 26-Sep VE VO2WL (Zone 2) 3-155 WB8YTZ 25-Sep 2-Oct OH0 OH0LQK OH0MFP OH0KCB OH0/OH6LGM 3-169 home calls 25-Sep 15-Oct 7Q 7Q7CE 3-169 IN3VZE 26-Sep 6-Oct W VE3ZZ (NA-046) 3-163 VE3ZZ ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for September 22, 1999 was 103.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for September 23, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------23-Sep-1999 21 137 20 2 Low/Quiet-Maj Stm;Low/Quiet-Active 23-Sep-1999 18 140 29 2 Low/Quiet-Maj Stm;Low/Quiet-Active 23-Sep-1999 15 140 29 2 Low/Quiet-Maj Stm;Low/Quiet-Active 23-Sep-1999 12 140 29 1 Low/Quiet-Maj Stm;Low/Quiet-Active 22-Sep-1999 09 140 29 2 Low/Quiet-Maj Stm;Low/Unset-Active 22-Sep-1999 06 140 29 6 Low/Unsettled-Maj Stm;Low/Active-Min Stm 22-Sep-1999 03 140 29 5 Low/Quiet-Maj Stm;Low/Active-Min Stm 22-Sep-1999 00 140 29 6 Low/Quiet-Maj Stm;Low-Mod/Unset-Maj Stm

The forecast for Friday, September 24th: solar flux 135, A index 15, K index 3. Conditions should be High Normal.

The forecast for Saturday, September 25th: solar flux 135, A index 12, K index 3. Conditions should be High Normal.

The forecast for Sunday, September 26th: solar flux 132, A index 8, K index 3. Conditions should be High Normal.

Solar images of the sun received for September 24, 1999 can be found at http://www.sel.noaa.gov/solar_images/1999_09/1999_09_24.html

Perhaps the most useful propagation page for Amateur Radio Operators can be found at http://dx.qsl.net/propagation/

Grey line map http://www.spiritweb.org/cgi/sunclock.cgi ______

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Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------8P9HR K4BAI OX/OZ8AE OZ8AE T31T SM6CAS 9H3YN PA3CUZ RV7AA NT2X T31YL SM6WYN EK7DX F5LGQ T31K SM6CAS XX9TRR N6XJ IA5/IK8IOP IK8IOP

Gene, N8ZX, received a QSL from Robert, 3B9FR, with a note thanking him for a donation and saying he needs a new antenna.

QSL cards recently received direct: 3B9FR, E44/HA1AG, UA0FCD (AS-025), YF7PT ______

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Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: AA5DX, G3PMR, G3VMW, G4BUE, JA1ELY, KH6BZF Reports, KR0I, N4OKX, N8ZX, NC4J, NOAA, WA5PAE, ______

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Some people are believers some are not. Well it now appears that Burundi's Agence de Regulation et de Controle des Telecommunications has issued Ragge "Gus" Jagero, SM5DIC the license 9U5D. He started out on the air on Thursday September 23rd. Try looking for him near 21261 between 15:00 and 18:00Z. He's also been active on 12 and 10 meters SSB. A copy of the license has been sent to the ARRL DXCC Desk. QSL via SM0BFJ.

Helmut, DF7ZS reports a small group from Germany are planing to activate Liechtenstein (HB0) during the CQ World Wide SSB DX Contest next month. They will be on 10, 15, 20 and 40 meters.

425 DX News gives exciting news of a group of four Italians traveling to Chad for two weeks in the late November to early December time frame. The group will consist of Max, I8NHJ; Luciano, IK8HBA; Giovanni, IK8TOA; and Elvira (YL), IV3FSG who will be based at a Catholic mission in Gore, Chad. While there they will repair the TT8MS station and travel to other missions to help set up local communication radios. They have requested a license but to date have not receive their call. For antennas they will have a quad for 10, 15 and 20 meters, verticals for 12, 17, 30, 40 and 80 meters, a dipole for 160 meters and a 5 element beam for 6 meters. During their first week there they will concentrate on the low bands SSB, RTTY and 6 meters. Max will operate the CQ World Wide CW DX Contest as a single- op all band, low power. This will start off the CW part of the operation. Anyone who can help by offering equipment or funds is asked to contact Max at [email protected]. QSL via I8NHJ.

Rick, NE8Z, will be active as HC1MD from Tumbaco, Ecuador and HC1MD/HC7 from the Amazon Jungle from November 30th to December 14th. Most of his activities will be on CW on 12, 17 and 30 meters. He will also be especially active on 6 meters with a TS-680S and a Cushcraft yagi. QSL via K8LJG either direct or via the bureau.

The Mother Lode DX/Contest Club will operate special event station K6A from September 30th to October 11th to celebrate the sesquicentennial of the discovery of gold in California. QSL via K6AO, Mother Lode DX/Contest Club, P.O. Box 853, Pine Grove, CA 95665.

French operators Serge, F6AUS, and Andre, F6AOI, expect to be active from a number of French Polynesian and Marquesas Islands between November 3rd and 22nd. They will use either FO/home calls or be assigned an FO0 call. Look for them to be on CW, SSB and RTTY. Their schedule is as follows:

Dates Island name IOTA DXCC Country November 3 - 10 Hiva Oa OC-027 Marquesas November 10 - 14 Nuku Hiva OC-027 Marquesas November 14 - 17 Raiatea OC-067 French Polynesia November 17 - 20 Bora Bora OC-067 French Polynesia November 20 - 22 Moorea OC-046 French Polynesia

South African special event stations ZS100OVS and ZS100ZAR will be on the air between October 7th and 13th to commemorate the 100 anniversary of the Anglo Boer War. Marius, ZR6AXB, says "The Boers were the first in history to order two-way radio telegraph equipment for military purposes." Suggested frequencies will be 3640, 7082 and 14264. QSL cards will be issued.

Starting October 1st look for special event station ER8C to be celebrating the 564th anniversary of Kishinev, the capital of Moldova. The station will be active through October 10th. QSL via ER1DA, Valery Metaxa, P.O. Box 9537, Kishinev, MD-2071, Moldova. ______

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3W6MG - VIETNAM - Has been showing up on 15 meters SSB between 14:00 and 16:00Z. QSL via JF1MGI.

E4/G3WQU - PALESTINE - Peter was all over 12, 17 and 30 meters CW on Saturday. He likes to operate on the weekends.

FO0DEH - AUSTRAL ISLANDS - Marcel is still in the semi new one and likes 10 meters SSB between 21:00 and 22:00 and also 20 meters SSB from 05:00 to 08:00Z. QSL via ON4QM.

FR5FD - REUNION ISLAND - This is none other than Patrick, F5LBM (ex FR4FD, J28FD, TL8FD). QSL via LaBeaume Patrick, 40 Rue Louis Desjardines, 97411 Bois de Nefles, St. Paul, F-97411 FRANCE.

J28FF - DJIBOUTI - Europeans have been working this one on 12 and 17 meters SSB.

KH4 - MIDWAY - Yarl, KH4/SM6FJY and Dick, KH4/W4ZYV, are now active from this semi-rare one. Yarl likes 15 meters SSB around 23:00 to 01:00Z while Dick has shown on 20 meters SSB on a net on 14243 at 07:00Z.

OH0 - ALAND ISLAND - It seems that many of the Finns went to this island for the weekend as OH0B, OH0KCB, OH0LQK, OH0MPO, OH0RJ, OH0V, OH0XY and OH0Z were all active!

RTTY - CQ WW RTTY CONTEST - If you were not on this weekend in the contest you missed some great conditions and these goodies: 3B8/PA0VHA, 4U1ITU, 4U1VIC, 5B4WN, 8P9Z, 9K2HN, 9M2TO, 9M6BG, 9V1XE, AH8LG, BA1DU, CE8SFG, CO8LY, CX8DX, D44BS, DU3NXE, EA8PP, EA9JZ, EL2WW, ER0F, EY8MM, FK8GM, HB0/HB9CRV, HC1JQ, HC8N, HS0AC, HZA1AB, JY9NX, LX1JH, LZ5Z, OH0XY, OY4TN, P3A, P43P, PJ2MI, PZ5RA, RW2F, SV9/DJ9XB, TY1RY, UK8OM, UP6F, VO2WL, VP5JM, W3LPL, YS1RR, Z30M, ZP6CC.

T31 - CENTRAL KIRIBATI - These guys are showing everyone how to work a pileup. They have been using T31K on SSB and T31T on CW. Late Sunday they came up on RTTY using T31T. Topband DXers should start looking at 10:30Z on 1825. On 30 meters CW try between 06:00 and 09:00Z or from 16:00 to 19:00Z.

TF1IRA - ICELAND - Was very active in the SAC SSB Contest this weekend and was found on 14261 just before 01:00Z on Sunday. QSL via CBA.

TY1RY - BENIN - Eddie was only active on RTTY over the weekend. He is expect to show up on SSB before leaving. QSL via W6/G0AZT.

V85AA - BRUNEI - West Coast Topband DXers found Bill on 1831 just after 13:30Z.

YI99BIF - IRAQ - Try 15 meters SSB around 21230-21240 around 07:00Z or 20 meters SSB around 14245 between 16:00 and 18:00Z.

YU/G4AAL - YUGOSLAVIA - Europeans found this station operating from Pristina, Kosovo.

ZA0IS - ALBANIA - This station was claiming to be on Sazan Island (EU-169) on 15 and 20 meters CW and SSB on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. ______

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The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AN-015 8J1RL 28009 1456 NA-002 VP5/HB9CYN 28522 1515 AN-016 R1AND 28491 1519 NA-009 VY0/KR6MR 14235 2005 AN-016 R1ANZ 18142 0931 NA-025 J87AB 28527 1742 AS-018 UA0FF 21305 0054 NA-029 VY2OX 28455 1950 AS-026 HL4HL 7010 1442 NA-051 VE7QCR 14184 1543 AS-036 JA6VAG 21340 0839 NA-057 AH6PN/HR6 28506 1747 AS-040 JH6TYD 28019 1110 NA-065 N6FD/7 14254 0439 AS-108 OD5RAL 14262 0424 NA-110 AA4V/P 28518 1310 AS-136 BD4ED/4 21030 0307 NA-136 W1NLK 21260 0105 EU-009 GM3VLB/P 14258 0628 OC-022 YC9BU 21260 1304 EU-016 9A5KV/P 21272 1449 OC-044 VP6BX 28502 1902 EU-020 SK1BL 14206 0947 OC-044 VP6PAC 14215 0639 EU-023 9H3V 28515 1820 OC-114 FO0DEH 14255 0807 EU-028 IA5/IK8IOP 7048 0756 SA-046 ZW7G 7100 0448 EU-032 F5LMK/P 7068 0916

Look for another operation by Chinese Amateur Radio operators from Wei- Zhou Island (AS-139) starting around 10:00Z on October 1st until about 24:00Z on October 3rd. Members of the GuangXi DX Club include BA7QN, BA7QQ, BA7QT, BD7QJ, BD7QL, BD7QX, BD7QY, BG7SX and BG7UG. This will be the second operations from this island which is located at 109 25' East and 21 37" North. They group will once again use BI7W and be active with two stations on 10 through 40 meters CW and SSB. Suggested frequencies are: 7025, 7055, 10115, 14038, 14260, 18098, 18.128, 21038, 21260, 21400, 24918, 24945, 28038, 28465, 29280 (FM). QSL via BA7JA, P.O. Box 1713, Guangzhou 510600, CHINA. Any questions may be sent to Terry, BD7NQ, .

A group of Australians from New South Wales plan to be active from Broughton Island (OC-212) from about 05:00Z on October 1st through October 4th. Using three stations the operators will use their home calls /P on CW and SSB. Team members include VK2ARY, VK2EO, VK2KYG, VK2NP, VK2PB, VK2RD, VK2XN and VK2ZL. QSL via VK2EO either direct or through the bureau.

IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 ______

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From End Prefix Call Ref QSL ------27-Sep 27-Sep OH0 OH0XY 3-165 OH6XY 27-Sep 27-Sep VE VO2/WB8YTZ 3-155 WB8YTZ 27-Sep 27-Sep PY ZW7G (SA-046) 3-126 27-Sep 29-Sep TY TY1RY 3-151 W6/G0AZT 27-Sep 30-Sep EY EY11OO 3-163 DJ1SKO 27-Sep 30-Sep OD OD/JY4NE 3-161 KB6NAN 27-Sep 30-Sep YI YI9DAF 3-159 27-Sep 30-Sep Z3 Z38/IV3FSG 3-163 IV3FSG 27-Sep 1-Oct 9H 9H3R 3-165 PA3CBU 27-Sep 2-Oct OH0 OH0LQK OH0MFP OH0KCB OH0/OH6LGM 3-169 home calls 27-Sep 3-Oct T31 T31T T31K T31YL 3-156 3-135 SM6CAS 27-Sep 3-Oct V6 V63DX V63TM 3-172 JA7AB JA7HMZ 27-Sep 4-Oct 9M6 9M6BG 3-162 VR2BG 27-Sep 5-Oct OX OX/OZ8AE 3-149 OZ8AE 27-Sep 6-Oct W VE3ZZ (NA-046) 3-163 VE3ZZ 27-Sep 10-Oct 3B8 PA3EPD PB0AIT PE1ALV PA0VHA 3-133 home call 27-Sep 11-Oct 9H 9H0VRZ (EU-023) 3-146 PA0JR 27-Sep 15-Oct 7Q 7Q7CE 3-169 IN3VZE 27-Sep 24-Oct ZK3 ZK3RW 3-156 ZL1AMO 27-Sep 27-Oct A3 A35SO A35ZL (OC-049) 3-159 home calls 27-Sep 27-Oct OD OD5/3A2MT 3-168 6W1QP 27-Sep 30-Nov FO FO0DEH 3-158 ON4QM 27-Sep 4-Dec KH4 KH4/SM4FJY (OC-030) 3-133 SM6FJY 27-Sep 20-Dec FT5Z FT5ZJ 3-147 F2YT 27-Sep 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH (AF-008) 3-4 3-2 F6KDF 27-Sep 31-Dec XW XW2A 3-168 3-167 direct 27-Sep 10-Jan KH4 KH4/W4ZYV 3-158 3-157 W4ZYV 28-Sep 29-Sep JA JR0YJL (AS-117) 3-159 JE0SQP 28-Sep 5-Oct SV5 SV5/HA4XG/P (EU-001) 3-166 HA4XG 28-Sep 10-Oct 5W 5W0GD 3-158 3-134 PA3AXU 29-Sep 3-Oct GW GB5FI (EU-124) 3-148 3-143 GW0ANA 1-Oct 3-Oct EI ON4QP ON5KL ON4ACC (EU-006) 3-149 1-Oct 6-Oct C5 C56HP 3-172 JA1OEM 1-Oct 28-Oct 3B8 3B8/ON4LAC 3-162 1-Oct VK9Y VK9CC 3-152 2-Oct 3-Oct VK VK6LC VK8PY VK6EEN (OC-199) 3-137 home calls 2-Oct 4-Oct W5KFT DX Bash ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for September 25, 1999 was 38.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for September 26, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------26-Sep-1999 21 123 11 3 Low/Quiet-Min Stm;Vy Low-Low/Quiet- Unset 26-Sep-1999 18 125 1 5 Low/Quiet-Min Stm;Vy Low-Low/Quiet- Unset 26-Sep-1999 15 125 1 2 Low/Quiet;Very Low-Low/Quiet-Unsettled 26-Sep-1999 12 125 1 1 Low/Quiet;Very Low-Low/Quiet-Unsettled 26-Sep-1999 09 125 1 1 Low/Quiet;Very Low-Low/Quiet-Unsettled 26-Sep-1999 06 125 1 1 Low/Quiet;Very Low-Low/Quiet-Unsettled 26-Sep-1999 03 125 1 1 Low/Quiet;Very Low-Low/Quiet-Unsettled 26-Sep-1999 00 125 1 0 Very Low/Quiet;Very Low-Low/Quiet-Unset

The forecast for Monday, September 27th: solar flux 120, A index 5, K index 1. Conditions should be Above Normal.

The forecast for Tuesday, September 28th: solar flux 115, A index 10, K index 2. Conditions should be High Normal.

Solar images of the sun received for September 27, 1999 can be found at http://www.sel.noaa.gov/solar_images/1999_09/1999_09_27.html

Perhaps the most useful propagation page for Amateur Radio Operators can be found at http://dx.qsl.net/propagation/

Grey line map http://www.spiritweb.org/cgi/sunclock.cgi ______

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Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------3B8/PA0VHA PA0VHA CQ9DIG/1 DL8JS OH0XY OH6XY 3B8/PA3EPD PA0VHA DL1GKG/HI3 DK2GP P3A W3HNK 3B8/PB0AIT PA0VHA ED9DLM EA9BO R1AND NT2X 3W6MG JF1MGI EM50UWC UT5UN R1ANZ RU1ZC 6K0C DS1BHE ER0F UX0FF TP0CE F6FQK 7Q7CE IN3VZE HG5C HA5LV TY1RY W6/G0AZT 9H3UJ PA7DX LX20AK LX1CC VK9RS I1HYW 9H3YM PE1OFJ OD5RAL OD5RI VO2WL WB8YTZ 9H3YN PE1OFJ OH0B OH2BH VQ9QM W4QM 9H3ZO PD1AIY OH0KCB OH3RM VY0/KR6MR KR6MR 9U5D SM0BFJ OH0V OH4JLV ZM1OSJ ZL1CDX CO8DC VE3NXB

OD5RI - Mr Rizkallah Azrak, P.O. Box 22, Baabdat, LEBANON ZA0IS - P.O. Box 7464, Tirana, ALBANIA

Mike, R1AND, is now giving his QSL manager as NT2X.

QSL cards recently received direct: 4S7EA, CE0ZAM, FG5EY, J8OC (NA- 25), KL7AK (NA-74), R1MVA, VK6EWI (OC-170) ______

On the WWW ______

Logs for the recent T24DX and 3D2DX operations can now be found at http://www.qsl.net/ea4dx/Tuvalulog1.htm ______

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Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 425 DX News, AA9DX, BA1DU, BD7NQ, DF7ZS, F6AJA, LNDX, K3ZO, KH6BZF Reports, KI6T, NE8Z, NC4J, NOAA, SM0BFJ, W2GI, W3LEO, W8JV, ZR6AXB ______

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This year's SEANET convention will be held in Brunei from November 19th to 21st. Look for special event station V8SEA to be active during this time frame.

Helmut, DF7ZS, reports the group of Germans (Vol. 3 No. 173) going to Liechtenstein for CQ World Wide SSB DX Contest have applied for a HB0 callsign. If they do not receive a regular HB0 call they will use HB0/DL0TS. Look for them on 10-40 meters in the contest. QSL via DF7ZS.

Ljube, YU7AU, will be taking up a work assignment in Libya, along with YU7BW, starting today. Ljube hopes to be able to operate from 5A. He will be there for at least 3 months and maybe as long as one year.

Steve, G0UIH, plans to operate from Lanzarote in the Canary Islands as EA8/G0UIH/P from October 21st to 28th. He will be on 10 through 20 meters SSB only. QSL via G0UIH either direct or via the Bureau. ______

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5W1CW - SAMOA - Today when asked about when he would be at ZK3 Ron stated that he was to sick from the boat ride. It now appears that he will not go on to the Tokelau Islands, as he said, "Could not face the trip on boat". QSL via ZL1AMO.

8P9 - BARBADOS - Steve, K4FJ/8P9HR has been at the 8P9Z contest station this week and entered the CQ WW RTTY contest as a 21 MHz single band entry. QSLs for both 8P9HR and 8P9Z should be sent via K4BAI, direct or via the W4/K4 QSL Bureau--not via the 8P Bureau. E-mail requests for bureau cards are welcome to [email protected].

7P8HH - LESOTHO - Horst was working mostly Europeans yesterday on 21277 from 17:30 to 19:00Z.

7Q7CE - MALAWI - Ely was found on 28490 around 12:00Z then around 16:30 on 14268 and finally on 14195 at 20:00Z. QSL via IN3VZE.

9U5D - BURUNDI - This will be a hot one for the next few weeks. Leif, SM0BFJ, is the QSL manager for Gus and says he will give more details after the DXCC Desk approves the newest license from this rare African country. Work it first and worry latter. Gus started yesterday just before 05:00Z on 14260. Later, just prior to 12:00Z, he was reported on 24940 and ending the day on 21217 at 16:45Z. QSL via SM0BFJ.

FK8HA - NEW CALEDONIA - Patrice can be found most days on 20 meters SSB looking for Europeans between 06:00 and 07:00Z. Check near 14200 . QSL via the bureau or direct to CBA.

JL1KFR/JD1 - MINAMI TORISHIMA - 30 meter DXers found Ryo on 10108 at 12:00Z.

T31 - CENTRAL KIRIBATI - The guys have now made over 21,000 QSOs and are continuing to hand a new one to many. Ulrika (YL), SM6WYN, even managed to get on yesterday as T31YL on 28445 at 21:00Z. QSL via her home call.

VQ9DX - DIEGO GARCIA - Ron should be on the air by October 3rd. He'll be showing up on Topband at his sunset and before his sunrise. When he is operating on the other bands at night he has the second receiver on 1828. There is a 150 watt BC station that is 150 yards away and sometimes causes problems although Ron does have a filter to help on the receive side. QSL via AA5DX. ______

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The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AF-004 EA8BTA 28447 1615 EU-023 9H3R 10107 0602 AS-003 4S7AB 14260 1756 EU-032 F5LMK/P 7068 1815 AS-136 BD4ED/4 10105 1751 EU-125 OZ/DL1EBR 18129 1226 EU-001 SV5/DL3AO 7008 0454 EU-169 ZA0IS 14025 1748 EU-002 OH0/OH1TD 18150 1259 NA-009 VY0/KR6MR 14195 0305 EU-002 OH0KCB 14260 0715 NA-046 W1/VE3ZZ 14260 2324 EU-004 EA6/OK1PD/P 10102 0556 OC-030 KH4/SM6FJY 21260 0023 EU-009 GM3VLB/M 14260 1356 OC-044 VP6PAC 28505 2048 EU-015 SV9/OE6YRG/P 14260 1641 OC-059 V63AO 28462 0209 EU-023 9H0VRZ 28520 1642 OC-114 FO0DEH 24950 2117

An Italian team consisting of I8IYW, IK8UHA, IK8VRH, IK8YTF, IK7XIV, IZ7ATM, IZ0CKJ and IS0JMA plan to put on Giftun Island (AF-NEW) of the coast of Egypt in May, 2000. They are planning to be active on 10 through 40 meters. The operation will take place over 5 days. More news on this one is expected.

The upcoming IOTA DXpedition by BI7W to AS-139 has been delayed by a day. They will now be active on the island from October 2nd to 4th.

IOTA chasers now have their own chat room at #IOTA.

IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 ______

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From End Prefix Call Ref QSL ------28-Sep 10-Oct 3B8 PA3EPD PB0AIT PE1ALV PA0VHA 3-133 home call 28-Sep 10-Oct 5W 5W0GD 3-158 3-134 PA3AXU 28-Sep 15-Oct 7Q 7Q7CE 3-169 IN3VZE 28-Sep 11-Oct 9H 9H0VRZ (EU-023) 3-146 PA0JR 28-Sep 1-Oct 9H 9H3R 3-165 PA3CBU 28-Sep 4-Oct 9M6 9M6BG 3-162 VR2BG 28-Sep 27-Oct A3 A35SO A35ZL (OC-049) 3-159 home calls 28-Sep 30-Sep EY EY11OO 3-163 DJ1SKO 28-Sep 30-Nov FO FO0DEH 3-158 ON4QM 28-Sep 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH (AF-008) 3-4 3-2 F6KDF 28-Sep 20-Dec FT5Z FT5ZJ 3-147 F2YT 28-Sep 29-Sep JA JR0YJL (AS-117) 3-159 JE0SQP 28-Sep 4-Dec KH4 KH4/SM4FJY (OC-030) 3-133 SM6FJY 28-Sep 10-Jan KH4 KH4/W4ZYV 3-158 3-157 W4ZYV 28-Sep 30-Sep OD OD/JY4NE 3-161 KB6NAN 28-Sep 27-Oct OD OD5/3A2MT 3-168 6W1QP 28-Sep 2-Oct OH0 OH0LQK OH0MFP OH0KCB OH0/OH6LGM 3-169 home calls 28-Sep 5-Oct OX OX/OZ8AE 3-149 OZ8AE 28-Sep 5-Oct SV5 SV5/HA4XG/P (EU-001) 3-166 HA4XG 28-Sep 3-Oct T31 T31T T31K T31YL 3-156 3-135 SM6CAS 28-Sep 29-Sep TY TY1RY 3-151 W6/G0AZT 28-Sep 3-Oct V6 V63DX V63TM 3-172 JA7AB JA7HMZ 28-Sep 6-Oct W VE3ZZ (NA-046) 3-163 VE3ZZ 28-Sep 31-Dec XW XW2A 3-168 3-167 direct 28-Sep 30-Sep YI YI9DAF 3-159 28-Sep 30-Sep Z3 Z38/IV3FSG 3-163 IV3FSG 28-Sep 24-Oct ZK3 ZK3RW 3-156 ZL1AMO ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for September 26, 1999 was 44.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for September 27, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------27-Sep-1999 21 124 31 3 Low/Unset-Min Stm;Vy Low-Low/Unset-Min St 27-Sep-1999 18 123 13 4 Low/Act-Min Stm;Vy Low-Low/Unset-Min Stm 27-Sep-1999 15 123 13 5 Low/Unset-Min Stm;Vy Low-Low/Unset-Min St 27-Sep-1999 12 123 13 4 Low/Quiet-Min Stm;Vy Low-Low/Unset-Min St 27-Sep-1999 09 123 13 5 Vy Low/Quiet-Min Stm;Vy Low-Low/Unset- Min 27-Sep-1999 06 123 13 4 Vy Low/Quiet-Min Stm;Vy Low-Low/Unset- Act 26-Sep-1999 03 123 13 5 Low/Quiet-Min Stm;Vy Low-Low/Unset- Active 26-Sep-1999 00 123 13 4 Low/Quiet-Min Stm;Vy Low-Low/Unset- Active

The forecast for Tuesday, September 28th: solar flux 120, A index 12, K index 3. Conditions should be High Normal.

The forecast for Wednesday, September 29th: solar flux 115, A index 8, K index 2. Conditions should be High Normal.

Solar images of the sun received for September 28, 1999 can be found at http://www.sel.noaa.gov/solar_images/1999_09/1999_09_28.html

Perhaps the most useful propagation page for Amateur Radio Operators can be found at http://dx.qsl.net/propagation/

Grey line map http://www.spiritweb.org/cgi/sunclock.cgi ______

QSL Info ______

Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------9H3ZP PA3GRI T31YL SM6WYN YB0AZ W7TSQ EA6/OK1PD/P OK1PD V44KJ WB2TSL YN6HM N5TGZ EK7DX F5LGQ V73CW AC4G ZM1OSJ ZL1CDX

FK8HW - Tibor, Box 170, 98829 Thio, NEW CALEDONIA

QSL cards recently received direct: 3B9R, 3D2AG/P (Rotuma), 6O1Z, CE0ZAM, E41/OK1FHI, FR5ZU/T, J28DB, JG6URG/6 (AS-36), JY5DL, ST2SA, TK5BF, TN7OT, V73NN ______

On the WWW ______

Doug, N6RT, maintains a bunch of logs and links to other logs at http://dx.qsl.net/logs which is always a good place to check. ______

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Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: BD7NQ, DF7ZS, EA3GHZ, F6FNU, FK8HC, G0UIH, K4BAI, KH6BZF Reports, KI6T, N1GS, N6RT, N9PQU, NOAA, The 59(9) DX Report, W2YR, W6KUT, W7IAN, WD8MGQ ______

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Ivan, G3IZD expects to be traveling by boat along the Eastern Mediterranean from October 11th to 18th. Look for him to possibly be active as EA7/G3IZD, G3IZD/MM, ZB2/G3IZD or, just possibly, EA9/G3IZD in Ceuta.

Phil, G3SWH, now expects to be QRV as 9M6PWT from Sabah between November 3rd and 15th. He'll be a holiday operation on all bands from 10 to 40 meters on CW only. Phil will be staying in three different hotels, and already has permission to put up antennas. Times of activity will be on an "as and when" basis, but will probably follow the established pattern of early mornings and late afternoons, local time. QSL via G3SWH.

Michael, BD5RV/4, of the Jiangsu DX Club reports the club will take part in this year's CQ World Wide SSB DX Contest as Multi/Single with the call B4R.

Ray, HS0/G3NOM, has taken up the net control function on Friday's at 13:00Z for the Thailand - Malaysia 40 Meter Net. He also says that 141,241 operators, 50,914 individual stations and 74 club stations now exist in Thailand.

Dave, DJ0PJ, will once again be active from French Guiana running QRP as FY/DJ0PJ until October 7th. He will be QRP with 2 watts and will be hanging out near 21060 and 14060. ______

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3B8/PA0VHA - MAURITIUS - RTTY DXers reported working this on 21087 at 13:40Z.

5W0GD - SAMAO - Garard showed up as scheduled, late yesterday, on 28498 just before 22:00Z. QSL via PA3AXU.

5W1CW - SAMOA - Ron seems to be feeling much better as he was found all over the place yesterday 10 through 40 meters CW. Keep an ear on 28028, 24898, 21028, 18078, 14028, 10108 and 7008. QSL via ZL1AMO.

7Q7CE - MALAWI - Many Europeans and a few Caribbean stations found Ely on 10 meters SSB from about 08:15 to 14:30Z. QSL via IN3VZE.

9M6BG - EAST MALAYSIA - Brett reports he will now be leaving early because his home in Hong Kong was hit by a typhoon. He plans to depart around 04:00Z on September 30th. The storm apparently destroyed several XX9 stations but not XX9TRR. Once Brett returns home he'll start working on the 1998 QSL requests for 9M6BG, VR98BG & VR2BG.

9M6 - EAST MALAYSIA - Look for 9M6GY and 9M6SU to soon be active on 6 meters. Brett, VR2BG, reports the 9M6 six meter beacon should be active soon also.

9U5D - BURUNDI - Here was Gus' reported activities yesterday.

GMT Frequencies GMT Frequencies ------04 14235 16 18147 14245 05 14235 17 14245 11 28440

A35 - TONGA - Klaus and Manfred are now active as A35SO and A35ZL. They have been on CW and RTTY on 12 through 40 meters. QSL via DJ4SO and DJ7RJ.

J28FF - DJIBOUTI - Look for this station on 12 or 17 meters SSB between 12:00 and 15:00Z. QSL via F6ITD.

TY1RY - BENIN - Eddie showed up at the end of yesterday on 15, 20 and 40 meters RTTY. QSL via W6/G0AZT.

VP6 - PITCAIRN ISLAND - Lots of activity over the last 24 hours from this semi-rare one. Terry, VP6PAC, was on 14194 from 07:30 to 10:30Z. Brian, VP6BX, showed up at 00:30Z on 18145 and at 22:00Z on 24938. Early today (00:10Z) Tom, VP6TC appeared on 21348.

YI99BIF - IRAQ - Just keep trying around 21222 daily until about 16:00Z.

ZD9HGW - TRISTAN DA CUHNA & GOUGH ISLANDS - Colin is still active from this semi rare African one. QSL via GM6HGW. ______

IOTA ______

The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AS-026 HL4HLD 21005 0929 EU-169 ZA0IS 14025 1224 AS-136 BD4ED/4 7025 1318 NA-046 W1/VE2ZZ 14260 2103 EU-001 SV5/HA4XG/P 21011 1610 NA-072 HP1XVH 14260 0319 EU-004 EA6/DH3KAT/P 21292 0942 NA-110 W2AKW/4 14269 2051 EU-014 TK/DJ1TO 10102 2029 NA-138 K2OLG/M 14260 2231 EU-023 9H0VRZ 14260 1316 OC-026 KH2MG 14230 0707 EU-116 GD4WBY 18152 1743 OC-114 FO0DEH 28460 2009

Italians Peppino, I8IYW, and Tony, IK8UHA, give more details on the Italian IOTA DXpedition to the new Egyptian IOTA. The planned trip to Giftun Island (AF-NEW) will take place between May 20th and 30th. They will use SU9DX. Operators include Peppino, I8IYW; Tony, IK8UHA; Tony, IK8VRH; Alex IZ0CKJ; on SSB while Al, IK8YTF; Robby, IK7XIV; and Robby, IS0JMA on CW. They expect this operation is going to cost about $10,000 US. There is also a chance they will go to a second new IOTA Tawila Island (AF-NEW). A Web page is being set up at http://www.qsl.net/su9dx

Look for JI1PLF/1 to be active from Jyogashima Island (AS-117) on October 23rd. He will be on 17 and 15 meters. 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 QSL ------29-Sep 10-Oct 3B8 PA3EPD PB0AIT PE1ALV PA0VHA 3-133 home call 29-Sep 10-Oct 5W 5W0GD 3-158 3-134 PA3AXU 29-Sep 15-Oct 7Q 7Q7CE 3-169 IN3VZE 29-Sep 11-Oct 9H 9H0VRZ (EU-023) 3-146 PA0JR 29-Sep 1-Oct 9H 9H3R 3-165 PA3CBU 29-Sep 4-Oct 9M6 9M6BG 3-162 VR2BG 29-Sep 27-Oct A3 A35SO A35ZL (OC-049) 3-159 home calls 29-Sep 30-Sep EY EY11OO 3-163 DJ1SKO 29-Sep 30-Nov FO FO0DEH 3-158 ON4QM 29-Sep 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH (AF-008) 3-4 3-2 F6KDF 29-Sep 20-Dec FT5Z FT5ZJ 3-147 F2YT 29-Sep 3-Oct GW GB5FI (EU-124) 3-148 3-143 GW0ANA 29-Sep 29-Sep JA JR0YJL (AS-117) 3-159 JE0SQP 29-Sep 4-Dec KH4 KH4/SM4FJY (OC-030) 3-133 SM6FJY 29-Sep 10-Jan KH4 KH4/W4ZYV 3-158 3-157 W4ZYV 29-Sep 30-Sep OD OD/JY4NE 3-161 KB6NAN 29-Sep 27-Oct OD OD5/3A2MT 3-168 6W1QP 29-Sep 2-Oct OH0 OH0LQK OH0MFP OH0KCB OH0/OH6LGM 3-169 home calls 29-Sep 5-Oct OX OX/OZ8AE 3-149 OZ8AE 29-Sep 5-Oct SV5 SV5/HA4XG/P (EU-001) 3-166 HA4XG 29-Sep 3-Oct T31 T31T T31K T31YL 3-156 3-135 SM6CAS 29-Sep 29-Sep TY TY1RY 3-151 W6/G0AZT 29-Sep 3-Oct V6 V63DX V63TM 3-172 JA7AB JA7HMZ 29-Sep 6-Oct W VE3ZZ (NA-046) 3-163 VE3ZZ 29-Sep 31-Dec XW XW2A 3-168 3-167 direct 29-Sep 30-Sep YI YI9DAF 3-159 29-Sep 30-Sep Z3 Z38/IV3FSG 3-163 IV3FSG ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for September 27, 1999 was 49.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for September 28, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------28-Sep-1999 21 126 20 2 Low/Quiet-Active;Vy Low-Low/Quiet- Active 28-Sep-1999 18 124 31 3 Low/Unset-Active;Vy Low-Low/Unset- Active 28-Sep-1999 15 124 31 3 Vy Low/Unset-Act;Vy Low-Low/Unset- Active 28-Sep-1999 12 124 31 4 Vy Low/Unset-Min Strm;Vy Low-Low/Unset 28-Sep-1999 09 124 31 4 Low/Unset-Min Strm;Vy Low-Low/Unset-Act 28-Sep-1999 06 124 31 4 Low/Unset-Min Strm;Vy Low-Low/Unset-Act 28-Sep-1999 03 124 31 4 Low/Unset-Min Strm;Vy Low-Low/Unset-Act 28-Sep-1999 00 124 31 3 Low/Unset-Min Strm;Vy Low-Low/Unset-Act

The forecast for Wednesday, September 29th: solar flux 115, A index 18, K index 3. Conditions should be High Normal.

The forecast for Thursday, September 30th: solar flux 115, A index 10, K index 2. Conditions should be High Normal.

Solar images of the sun received for September 29, 1999 can be found at http://www.sel.noaa.gov/solar_images/1999_09/1999_09_29.html

Perhaps the most useful propagation page for Amateur Radio Operators can be found at http://dx.qsl.net/propagation/

Grey line map http://www.spiritweb.org/cgi/sunclock.cgi ______

QSL Info ______

The following QSL cards have recently been received. QSL information has been taken directly from the QSL cards of the stations listed below:

3W6KS via JA8VE 5N0ZKD via OK1KN 8P9NX via W0SA 9H3AAW B. Winter, Bojeweg 46 A, D-21033 Hamburg, GERMANY 9H4GRS via 9H5JO 9H5JO Joe, P. O. Box 22, Victoria, Gozo, MALTA 9M2TJ T. J. Lee, 1B-3, Jalan Melaka Raya 14, Taman Melaka Raya, Melaka 75000, MALAYSIA 9M2XA via JF4WPQ 9N1HR S. H. Chong, P. O. Box 12, West Inchon 404-600, KOREA BA7JK Chow, P. O. Box 1711, Guangzhou 510600, CHINA BD6JN L. Z. Sun, P. O. Box 6, Xinyang, Henan 464000, CHINA BV6HK Tom Tseng, P. O. Box 15, Tainan, TAIWAN BX0QSL via JA1JKG BY7KM Amateur Radio Station of Guangzhou Blind School, Xing Hua Street, Xing Hua Road, Tianhe District, Guangzhou 510507, CHINA C56/DL5MM Wolfgang Hunger, G. Palitzsch Str. 17, D-01239 Dresden, GERMANY CE0AA via CE3WDH CE0ZAM via CE3ESS CE3ESS Mickey, P. O. Box 195-20, Santiago 20, CHILE CL2FN Orestes Echenique Valdes, P. O. Box 26, Santiago de las Vegas, HABANA 17200, CUBA DS1KVP Tae-Gyu Sohn, 1-301, Woosung APT, 1133, Sadang 3-Dong, Dongjak-Gu, Seoul 156-093, KOREA DS2BZN Park Joon Cheol, A-305 Mido APT, 563 Jookyo-dong, Dukyang- gu, Koyang-si, Kyungki-Do 412-010, KOREA DS2JBO Kim Sun Ye, A-305 Mido APT, 563 Jookyo-dong, Dukyang-gu, Koyang-si, Kyungki-Do 412-010, KOREA DS2MPH Jae-Pyeong Shin, 102-1402, Ace APT 34, Tanhyun-Dong, Ilsan- Gu, Koyang-Si, Kyunggi-Do 411-320, KOREA DS5DXR Kim Seog-Hyun, P. O. Box 510, Pusan 600-605, KOREA DS5RLI Yi Do-Sang, 201-602 Green-Mansion APT, 247 Bon-Dong, Taegu 704-350, KOREA DS5XEH Il Kwon Choi, 302 Dong 502 Ho, 3 Jukong APT, Hyeonggok 1- Dong, Kumi 730-041, KOREA DS5ZKL Ok Ki Lee, 302 Dong 502 Ho, 3 Jukong APT, Hyeonggok 1-Dong, Kumi 730-041, KOREA DU1IHU Donat P. Pamiloza, Jr., 86 Jasmin St., Caloocan City, MM 1400, PHILIPPINES E20REX Kornnapa Chukwamdee, P. O. Box 1090, Kasetsart, Bangkok 10903, THAILAND E4/OK5DX via OK1TN E41/OK1FHI Radek Stolfa, 471 16 Polevsko 187, CZECH REPUBLIC FO0SCH via LX1SP FR5FD Labeaume Patrick, 40 Rue Louis Desjardines, F-97411 Bois de Nefles, St. Paul, FRANCE HC8/DL6FBK Paul Michel, Im Kennel 5, D-56414 Hundsangen, GERMANY HI3LFE Lorenzo Fernandez E., P. O. Box 1464, Santiago, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC HI500UD via HI3LFE HI9UD via HI3LFE HK3OSA via DF4UW HL1AZH Eun Ju Lee, Biology Dept., Seoul National University, Seoul 151-742, KOREA HL1VAU K. L. Han, 649-3, Jayangdong, Kwangjin, Seoul 143-192, KOREA HL2KAK Sung-Rok Cho, 308-502, Sung Po-Dong, Ansan 425-040, KOREA HL2TCY Jae Myung Choi, APT 524-1106, Jugong 5 APT Complex, Maetan 1-Dong, Paldal-Gu, Suwon 442-371, KOREA HL4CYG Soo Hwan An, 105-1403 Kumho APT, Il-Kog Dong Buk-ku, Kwangju 500-160, KOREA HL4CYH He Sook Kim, 105-1403 Kumho APT, Il-Kog Dong Buk-ku, Kwangju 500-160, KOREA HL4CYX Jung Ho An, 105-1403 Kumho APT, Il-Kog Dong Buk-ku, Kwangju 500-160, KOREA HL5BXY Sang Mi Choi, 789-24 duck Chun 3 Dong, Buk-Gu, Pusan 616- 103, KOREA HL5PRU Yong Ki Han, Miju-APT 3-508, 332-6 Puam 1-Dong, Pusanjin, Pusan 614-091, KOREA HL5URV Moon Do Gon, 15-1 391-4, Yongho 3-Dong, Nam-Gu, Pusan 608- 093, KOREA HS5AYO Niwes Suwanboos, P. O. Box 73, Lampang 52000, THAILAND HS9IFG Pong Wongsawat, P. O. Box 45, Bangkok 10902, THAILAND JT2KAA Dornod Radio Club, P. O. Box 94, Choibalsan, Dornod Aimak, MONGOLIA JW5RIA Erling Winje, Bautaveien 8, N-6507 Kristiansund, NORWAY JW8WF Jon Dahl, P. O. Box 18, N-1312 Slependen, NORWAY K7IL/KH0 via JF3PLF KH0/KF8TW via JH3TXR LX1EK Germaine Knabe, 25, rue Basse, L-4415 Soleuvre, LUXEMBOURG LX1JH Jean-Marie Juchemes, 2, Haaptstross, L-6869 Wecker, LUXEMBOURG LX1KC Kieffer Christian, 121, rue Klensch, L-3250 Bettembourg, LUXEMBOURG LX1SP Schartz Louis, 3, rue du Nord, L-4469 Soleuvre, LUXEMBOURG LX1TI Trezzi Carlo, P. O. Box 117, L-4901 Bascharage, LUXEMBOURG LX2AK Alfred Knabe, 25, rue Basse, L-4415 Soleuvre, LUXEMBOURG LX20AK Adrad Kaldall, P. O. Box 26, L-3601 Kayl, LUXEMBOURG NH0F Gene F. Fajilan, PPP 521, Box 10000, Saipan, MP 96950 OL5Q via OK1FFU OT8L via ON7YP OT8T via ON4UN P29BI via VK4EJ PP4P via PP1CZ PW1Z via PP1CZ PY0A via PT2GTI PY0B via PP1CZ R6Y via RZ6AXO RA6Y via RZ6AXO RK9AWC via UA9AB RK9AYY via UA9AB RP6Y via RZ6AXO RP6YPC via RZ6AXO RP9ATZ via UA9AB RP9MOF via UA9NN RY6Y via RZ6AXO RZ9A via UA9AB RZ9AZA via UA9AB SI9AM via SM3CVM SV1DVY Fragiskos Dactilidis, 107 Thessalonikis, GR-185 46 Piraeus, GREECE T48RCT via SK0UX TI5HMS Hugo M. S., P. O. Box 439, San Ramon, Alajuela 4250, COSTA RICA TT8DF via F5SWB UA9AH via UA9AB UA9AJ via UA9AB UA9BA via UA9AB UE9AWA via UA9AB UT1T via UR7TZ VP2EREM via WB2REM VP5/N9EAJ John Block, Jr., 870 Brentwood Lane, Watertown, WI 53094 VQ9JC via WB9IHH VR2UZ K. C. Li, House D, Greenland Villas, 12 Ma Yeung Path, Kau To Shan, Shatin, N. T., Hong Kong, CHINA VU3PRA V. Vijaya Pradeep, Chaythram (Govt. Homoeo Dispensory Building), Kalayapuram P. O., Kottarakkara (Via), Kollam 691 560, INDIA VU3WLN via W7LN YB1BUL Mula Warman W., Jln. Golf Barat F3/16, Arcamanik, Bandung 40293, INDONESIA YB7ZKS via YF7PT YB8BRI Dr. Ir. Hm. Ramli Rahim, Komplek Unhas Tamalanrea K/7, Makassar 90245, INDONESIA YB8NA Syam M. Akil, P. O. Box 89, Palu 94001, INDONESIA YC1CEO Suhandi Brata W., P. O. Box 1042, Bandung 40010, INDONESIA YC4HF Karel Lagaunne, Jl. Veteran No. 7090/55, Palembang 30126, INDONESIA YC5SKR Sukirman, P. O. Box 5, Ujungbatu 28454, INDONESIA YF7PT R. Soesanto Eko Wardojo, P. O. Box 25, Banjarmasin 70001, INDONESIA ZA1BE Petrit Mecani, P. O. Box 7464, Tirana, ALBANIA ZA1KP Radio Club Partizani, P. O. Box 7464, Tirana, ALBANIA ZK1MGS via JJ8DEN ZW2Z via PY2ZI ZZ1AA via PP1CZ ZZ7Z via PR7AR ______

On the WWW ______

Here are a few good sources for QSL information on the WWW http://users.southeast.net/~rhicks/k4ute.htm http://www.algonet.se/~sm5arl/qsladr.html http://www.arrakis.es/~ea5eyj/ http://www.itis.net/golist/ http://www.dailydx.com/qslmanager.txt http://www.ampr.spb.ru/multi/ ______

Credits ______

Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 9M6BG, F6FNU, G3SWH, G4BUE, HS0/G3NOM, JI6KVR, K3ZO, KH6BZF Reports, NC4J, NOAA, ______

Subscriptions ______

DX News ______

The latest new on the newest operator from Burundi is that Gus, 9U5D (SM5DIC) will be there until December 10th, when he contract is up. He may also go back after Christmas. He can operate on all bands from 6 to 160 meters using an inverted L that is 18 meters high and 41 meters long. The station is set up at his work QTH so it seems his operations will be before and after his work day and maybe during lunch. Look for him to be mostly on SSB with some CW. He hopes to move his station to his house and to also soon be on RTTY and other digital modes. See QSN listed below for more hints on how to find Gus. QSL via SM0BFJ.

Swedish DXpeditioner John, SM0DJZ, says he will be visiting and 2nd operating from Ake's, 5R8FU, station between October 21st and 31st. The two will be active on all bands and modes with a concentration on 6, 12, 17, 30, 80 and 160 meters and RTTY. They will also enter the CQ World Wide SSB DX Contest as a multi-single. Sunrise and sunset on October 25th is 02:15/14:57Z. Logs will be available after the operation at http://dx.qsl.net/logs/. QSL via SM0DJZ, Jan "John" Hallenberg, Siriusgatan 106, SE-195 55 Mersta, SWEDEN.

Yann, F1NGP, says he'll be in the French Polynesian Islands between October 29th and November 13th. He's waiting to hear what callsign will be assigned to him.

Pat, F6FCM, is now working in Dassa, Benin and will be there for about 8 months. He has been on a little bit signing F6FCM/TY. To see a picture of his mobile and work QTH see http://www.dailydx.com/graphics/F6FCM.htm. QSL via F6FNU. ______

QSN ______

5W1CW - SAMOA - Europeans reported working Ron on 14028 at 06:00Z. Later US East Coast 80 meter DXers found him on 3506 at 10:00Z. QSL via ZL1AMO.

9U5D - BURUNDI - Gus continues to be active daily on 20 meters SSB just slightly after 04:30Z. Look between 14235 and 14260. Also check between 11:00 and 12:00Z on 10 meters SSB on 28440. QSL via SM0BFJ.

A35 - TONGA - Europeans report Klaus, A35SO, and Manfred, A35ZL, on 20 meters CW and SSB between 11:30 and 13:00Z. QSL via DJ4SO and DJ7RJ.

T31 - CENTRAL KIRIBATI - The team at Kanton Island are active around the clock. Here were Wednesday's reported activities of T31K, T31T and T31YL.

GMT Frequencies GMT Frequencies ------00 21035 24945 28445 12 1826 3505 10105 14005 14035 01 18145 21025 24895 28445 13 1826 3505 10105 14005 14035 02 18145 21035 14 3784 7005 14080 03 14246 18145 15 14080 04 10104 14005 16 3505 3784 7005 05 10104 14005 17 7005 14245 06 10105 14005 14245 18 14245 07 10105 14245 19 14245 21005 28455 08 14245 18073 20 21005 09 14005 14245 18073 21 21005 28445 10 1826 3505 14005 14245 22 24945 28445 11 1826 3505 14005 14245 23 18145 24945 28005

TY1RY - BENIN - Eddie remains active on 15, 20 and 40 meters RTTY. QSL via W6/G0AZT, direct only.

YI99BIF - IRAQ - Check around 21240 between 13:00 and 17:00Z. Hopefully stations in the US will get a break with better conditions.

ZS3D - SOUTH AFRICA - Dannie shows up daily on 7095 and listening up for US stations around 02:30Z or so. ______

IOTA ______

The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AF-004 EC8AUZ 21197 1017 EU-123 GM0XFK/P 14256 1452 AF-017 3B9FR 28488 1333 EU-124 GB5FI 3797 2218 AF-029 ZD9BV 28465 1502 EU-128 DJ5KM/P 14260 1234 AN-016 R1AND 14019 1818 NA-046 VE3ZZ/W1 14260 2101 AS-019 9V1WW 21223 1411 OC-043 T31K 14245 0836 AS-136 BD4ED/4 10108 1622 OC-044 VP6PAC 14190 0544 EU-001 SV5/HA4XG/P 7008 0452 OC-137 VK4LV 21008 1226 EU-002 OH0KCB 14025 0700

Takeshi, JI3DST, plans to be active from Awajishima Hyogo (AS-117) between 08:00Z on October 2nd and 03:00Z on October 4th. He will use JI3DST/3 on 10, 12, 15 and 17 meters SSB. QSL via the JARL bureau or direct to JI3DST, Takeshi Funaki, 2-18-26 Hannan-Cho Abeno-Ku, Osaka- City Osaka 545-0021, JAPAN.

Japanese operators Joe, JA4PXE, Yuichiro, JF6WTY, and Takeshi, JI3DST, will operate from Uji Archipelago (AS-067) starting around 19:00Z on October 8th. They will sign /JA6 on 6 through 40 meters SSB until about 24:00Z on October 10th. QSL either via the bureau or direct to addresses listed. JA4PXE, Joe S Kuwahara, 1-74 Midorimachi, Tokuyama- City Yamaguchi, 745-0075 Japan. JF6WTY, Yuichiro Hayahi, 2-40-27-101, Murasakibaru, Kagoshima City Kagoshima, 890-0082,JAPAN. JI3DST, Takeshi Funaki, 2-18-26 Hannan-Cho Abeno-Ku, Osaka-City Osaka 545- 0021, 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 QSL ------30-Sep 10-Oct 3B8 PA3EPD PB0AIT PE1ALV PA0VHA 3-133 home call 30-Sep 10-Oct 5W 5W0GD 3-158 3-134 PA3AXU 30-Sep 15-Oct 7Q 7Q7CE 3-169 IN3VZE 30-Sep 11-Oct 9H 9H0VRZ (EU-023) 3-146 PA0JR 30-Sep 1-Oct 9H 9H3R 3-165 PA3CBU 30-Sep 30-Sep 9M6 9M6BG 3-162 VR2BG 30-Sep 27-Oct A3 A35SO A35ZL (OC-049) 3-159 home calls 30-Sep 30-Sep EY EY11OO 3-163 DJ1SKO 30-Sep 30-Nov FO FO0DEH 3-158 ON4QM 30-Sep 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH (AF-008) 3-4 3-2 F6KDF 30-Sep 20-Dec FT5Z FT5ZJ 3-147 F2YT 30-Sep 7-Oct FY FY/DJ0PJ 3-175 30-Sep 3-Oct GW GB5FI (EU-124) 3-148 3-143 GW0ANA 30-Sep 4-Dec KH4 KH4/SM4FJY (OC-030) 3-133 SM6FJY 30-Sep 10-Jan KH4 KH4/W4ZYV 3-158 3-157 W4ZYV 30-Sep 30-Sep OD OD/JY4NE 3-161 KB6NAN 30-Sep 27-Oct OD OD5/3A2MT 3-168 6W1QP 30-Sep 2-Oct OH0 OH0LQK OH0MFP OH0KCB OH0/OH6LGM 3-169 home calls 30-Sep 5-Oct OX OX/OZ8AE 3-149 OZ8AE 30-Sep 5-Oct SV5 SV5/HA4XG/P (EU-001) 3-166 HA4XG 30-Sep 3-Oct T31 T31T T31K T31YL 3-156 3-135 SM6CAS 30-Sep 3-Oct V6 V63DX V63TM 3-172 JA7AB JA7HMZ 30-Sep 6-Oct W VE3ZZ (NA-046) 3-163 VE3ZZ 30-Sep 31-Dec XW XW2A 3-168 3-167 direct 30-Sep 30-Sep YI YI9DAF 3-159 30-Sep 30-Sep Z3 Z38/IV3FSG 3-163 IV3FSG ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for September 28, 1999 was 52.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for September 29, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------29-Sep-1999 21 125 21 1 Low/Quiet-Min Strm;Low/Quiet-Active 29-Sep-1999 18 126 20 3 Low/Quiet-Min Strm;Low/Quiet-Active 29-Sep-1999 15 126 20 3 Low/Quiet-Min Strm;Vy Low-Low/Quiet-Act 29-Sep-1999 12 126 20 4 Low/Quiet-Min Strm;Vy Low-Low/Quiet-Act 29-Sep-1999 09 126 20 5 Low/Quiet-Min Strm;Vy Low-Low/Quiet-Act 29-Sep-1999 06 126 20 4 Low/Quiet-Active;Vy Low-Low/Quiet- Active 29-Sep-1999 03 126 20 4 Low/Quiet-Active;Vy Low-Low/Quiet- Active 29-Sep-1999 00 126 20 3 Low/Quiet-Active;Vy Low-Low/Quiet- Unsettled

The forecast for Thursday, September 30th: solar flux 120, A index 12, K index 3. Conditions should be High Normal.

The forecast for Friday, October 1st: solar flux 120, A index 10, K index 2. Conditions should be High Normal.

Solar images of the sun received for September 30, 1999 can be found at http://www.sel.noaa.gov/solar_images/1999_09/1999_09_30.html

Perhaps the most useful propagation page for Amateur Radio Operators can be found at http://dx.qsl.net/propagation/

Grey line map http://www.spiritweb.org/cgi/sunclock.cgi ______

QSL Info ______

Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------4S7SW ON6TZ A35ZL DJ7RJ HS0ZBS HS2CRU 5B4/RZ9WZ N2AU DU1ODX NH0E J28FF F6ITD 5W0GD PA3AXU EA8/DK2OC DL7VRO OH0KCB OH3RM 9H3Q PA0RDY EL2DT IK0PHY VP6TC K6RPF A35SO DJ4SO EZ8CQ I2JSB

5X4C - Sebastiano, P.O. Box 43, Lira, UGANDA CT1ALF - Franky Felizardo, P.O. Box 45, 2501 Caldas da Rainha, PORTUGAL VP6PAC - Box 73, Pitcairn Island via New Zealand W6/G0AZT - Eddie Schneider, Box 5194, Richmond, CA 94805, USA YI99BIF - Box 55072, Baghdad, IRAQ ZA0IS - Box 7464, Tirana, ALBANIA

QSL cards recently received direct: HL0C/4 (AS-026), JW5NM, LU8XW (SA- 008), R1ANZ, TM5K (EU-065), ZD7BG

QSL cards recently received via the bureau: DL3DF/HR3, EM1HO, F6BFH/p (EU-064), F5KDC (EU-159), HI3/ON4ANT, IB0JN (EU-045), IL3/IK2XYG (EU- 130), J48ISL (EU-049), LU3XPS (SA-008), PR5L (SA-027), PS5S (SA-026), TF/DL7BO/p , TF/DL7NWK/p, TK/DJ5MX (EU-100 and EU-164), XX9TZ, ZY5YZ (SA-027) ______

On the WWW ______

Pictures of Roberto's, EA4DX, recent DXpedition to Tuvalu Island , T24DX, can be found at http://www.geocities.com/TheTropics/Shores/4909/Tuvalupics.htm ______

Credits ______

Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 9U5D, CT1ALF, EA4DX, F1NGP, F6FNU, G3PMR, JI6KVR, KH6BZF Reports, KU6J, N2TN, NOAA, PY1AFS, SM0DJZ ______

Subscriptions ______

DX News ______

Japanese operators Yama, JA1SGU, and Kaz, JJ1KZI, plan to be QRV from the Mariana Islands as KH0T and KH0V from October 6th to 9th. Look for them to be mostly on the newer bands on CW. QSL via home calls.

Karl, PS7KM, received a call from the Brazilian Navy informing that there will be a delay of his group's departure to St Peter & St Paul Rocks Archipelago, PY0S. This delay is apparently due to a mechanical problem in one of the Ten. Boanerges ship's engine, which is now being repaired. Karl is in contact with the Brazilian Navy for further details, which he hopes to have in a few days. This operation was originally scheduled for September or October.

Harry, 7Q7HB, will be at Club Makokola on the southwest shore of Lake Malawi from October 3rd. He'll be on the air when time permits. QSL direct only to G0IAS.

William, N2WB, reminds everyone of the upcoming DXpedition to three DXCC entities in Southeast Asia. The group will now consist of 7 operators including Bob Schenck, N2OO/9M6OO, DXpedition leader, Jani Kusmulyana, YB0US/NM6US/9M6US, hardware engineer, Mike Mraz, N6MZ, Tom Harrell, N4XP, Paul Newberry, N4PN, William Beyer, N2WB, and Jim Stahl, K8MR. Their first stop will be Hillview Gardens, Sabah, East Malaysia where they will operate 9M6AAC from November 7th to 11th. From there they will go to Layang-Layang Island in the Spratly Islands where they will operate as 9M6OO between November 12th and 18th. The group will then go on to Brunei where they plan to be active after the SEANET Convention between November 18th and 24th. Here they will operate as V85OO and possibly as V8SEA. N4PN, K8MR, YB0US and N2OO will head back to Hillview between November 24th and 29th were they will operate during the CQ World Wide CW DX Contest as 9M6AAC. A Web site has been set up at http://www.qsl.net/n2oo/borneo/. QSL 9M6AAC and 9M6OO via N2OO, Bob Schenck, PO Box 345, Tuckerton, NJ 08087-0345, USA.

Leif, SM0BFJ, gives us the following report on 9U5D. "Ragge "Gus" Jagero, SM5DIC, 5X1D, 9Q5TE, 9X/SM5DIC, is now QRV as 9U5D from Bujumbura, BURUNDI, and will be there till December 10th. He is QRV on all bands including 6 m., but unfortunately 40, 80 and 160 meters is difficult because of curfew 18:00-05:00 UTC. He has the station at his office and lives in another part of the city, but he has promised to stay over some nights at the office in order to work on the lowbands. The rig is an IC-706 and antenna is an inverted L with a total length of 41 meters. On 6 meters he is using a yagi. QSL- information: ARRL will accept QSL for this operation. QSL-manager: SM0BFJ Direct only (no bureau) Leif Hammarstrom, Birger Jarlsgatan 38, SE-114 29 Stockholm, SWEDEN." ______

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3W7CW - VIETNAM - Tom was found early today (00:15Z) on 21007 working East Coast and Mid West US stations.

5A1A - LIBYA - Abubaker was doing some CW on 21003 between 16:15 and 16:45Z.

9U5D - BURUNDI - Gus continues to show up on 20 meters SSB near 14255 at 04:30Z. Later he came up on 28440 at 11:00Z and then on 21220 at 16:00Z. QSL via SM0BFJ.

A35 - TONGA - Klaus, A35SO, and Manfred, A35ZL, were reported yesterday as follows:

GMT Frequencies GMT Frequencies ------00 28033 08 3507 14010 01 18070 28033 09 3507 18070 02 18070 16 7003 14005 03 28033 17 7004 05 10120 14021 14079 21 24895 06 10120 14021 22 28011 07 14021 23 28011

T88UY - PELAU - Europeans reported working this one around 17:30Z on 14001. QSL via JR6OCL. ______

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The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AF-004 EA8ABT 18137 1501 EU-124 GB5FI 14260 1300 EU-001 SV5/HA4XG/P 10109 1914 EU-136 9A4A 3795 1929 EU-002 OH0KCB 14255 1000 NA-026 N2EEZ 14260 0216 EU-004 EA6/OK1PD/P 7004 0428 NA-027 VO1TX 18136 2321 EU-008 GM4CHX/M 14261 1625 NA-046 VE3ZZ/W1 14259 2108 EU-012 GM3VLB/P 3773 2055 OC-021 YF1DKT 21245 1210 EU-023 9H3ZO 14194 1156 OC-135 P29BI 14260 1044 EU-023 9H3ZV 18132 0924 OC-137 VK4DEK 21263 1406 EU-049 SV8DCY 14084 1524

Scott, W1LU, plans to be on Goat Island (no IOTA) and Aquidneck Island, RI (NA-031) October 5th beginning around 16:00Z. He will be on each island for an hour or so. 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 QSL ------1-Oct 28-Oct 3B8 3B8/ON4LAC 3-162 1-Oct 10-Oct 3B8 PA3EPD PB0AIT PE1ALV PA0VHA 3-133 home call 1-Oct 10-Oct 5W 5W0GD 3-158 3-134 PA3AXU 1-Oct 15-Oct 7Q 7Q7CE 3-169 IN3VZE 1-Oct 11-Oct 9H 9H0VRZ (EU-023) 3-146 PA0JR 1-Oct 1-Oct 9H 9H3R 3-165 PA3CBU 1-Oct 1-Oct 9M6 9M6BG 3-162 VR2BG 1-Oct 27-Oct A3 A35SO A35ZL (OC-049) 3-159 home calls 1-Oct 6-Oct C5 C56HP 3-172 JA1OEM 1-Oct 3-Oct EI ON4QP ON5KL ON4ACC (EU-006) 3-149 1-Oct 30-Nov FO FO0DEH 3-158 ON4QM 1-Oct 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH (AF-008) 3-4 3-2 F6KDF 1-Oct 20-Dec FT5Z FT5ZJ 3-147 F2YT 1-Oct 7-Oct FY FY/DJ0PJ 3-175 1-Oct 3-Oct GW GB5FI (EU-124) 3-148 3-143 GW0ANA 1-Oct 4-Dec KH4 KH4/SM4FJY (OC-030) 3-133 SM6FJY 1-Oct 10-Jan KH4 KH4/W4ZYV 3-158 3-157 W4ZYV 1-Oct 27-Oct OD OD5/3A2MT 3-168 6W1QP 1-Oct 2-Oct OH0 OH0LQK OH0MFP OH0KCB OH0/OH6LGM 3-169 home calls 1-Oct 5-Oct OX OX/OZ8AE 3-149 OZ8AE 1-Oct 5-Oct SV5 SV5/HA4XG/P (EU-001) 3-166 HA4XG 1-Oct 3-Oct T31 T31T T31K T31YL 3-156 3-135 SM6CAS 1-Oct 3-Oct V6 V63DX V63TM 3-172 JA7AB JA7HMZ 1-Oct 4-Oct VK by a group of VK2s (OC-212) 3-173 VK2EO 1-Oct VK9Y VK9CC 3-152 1-Oct 6-Oct W VE3ZZ (NA-046) 3-163 VE3ZZ 1-Oct 31-Dec XW XW2A 3-168 3-167 direct 2-Oct 4-Oct BY BI7W (AS-139) 3-174 3-173 BA7JA 2-Oct 3-Oct VK VK6LC VK8PY VK6EEN (OC-199) 3-137 home calls 2-Oct 4-Oct W5KFT DX Bash 3-Oct 9-Oct KH6 KH6/NO8C 3-168 ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for September 29, 1999 was 84.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for September 30, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------30-Sep-1999 21 125 24 2 Low/Quiet-Min Storm;Low/Quiet-Active 30-Sep-1999 18 125 22 2 Low/Quiet-Min Storm;Low/Quiet-Active 30-Sep-1999 15 125 22 3 Low/Quiet-Min Storm;Low/Quiet-Active 30-Sep-1999 12 125 22 5 Low/Quiet-Min Storm;Low/Quiet-Min Storm 30-Sep-1999 09 125 22 3 Low/Quiet-Min Storm;Low/Quiet-Min Storm 30-Sep-1999 06 125 22 5 Low/Quiet-Min Storm;Low/Quiet-Min Storm 30-Sep-1999 03 125 22 5 Low/Quiet-Min Storm;Low/Quiet-Active 30-Sep-1999 00 125 22 3 Low/Quiet-Min Storm;Low/Quiet-Active

The forecast for Friday, October 1st: solar flux 120, A index 15, K index 3. Conditions should be High Normal.

The forecast for Saturday, October 2nd: solar flux 122, A index 10, K index 2. Conditions should be High Normal.

The forecast for Friday, October 3rd: solar flux 105, A index 10, K index 3. Conditions should be High Normal.

Solar images of the sun received for October 1, 1999 can be found at http://www.sel.noaa.gov/solar_images/1999_10/1999_10_01.html

Perhaps the most useful propagation page for Amateur Radio Operators can be found at http://dx.qsl.net/propagation/

Grey line map http://www.spiritweb.org/cgi/sunclock.cgi ______

QSL Info ______

Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------3B8/PA3EPD PA0VHA GB5FI GW0ANA WP3C W3HNK CM6YI W3HNK VK4DEK DL1MHM Z2/DF3XZ DF3XZ DU67RWW DL4OCM VK8PY/6 K9PPY ZF2NT G3SWH

BD5WW - Cao Jian Jun, P.O. Box 321, Qingliu, Fujian 365300, CHINA ER1DA - Valery Metaxa, P.O. Box 9537, Kishinev, MD-2071, MOLDOVA ER1OA - Ivan A. Smionov, Teodorovici, 15/1 - 31, Kishinev, 2039, MOLDOVA

Phil, G3SWH, has now taken over for N2AU as the QSL manager for ZF2NT. Bruce, N6NT/ZF2NT has requested that Phil respond to direct requests only. G3SWH, Phil Whitchurch, 21 Dickensons Grove, Congresbury, Bristol, BS49 5HQ, United Kingdom.

QSL cards recently received direct: RF1P (EU-102), YM0S (AS-099) ______

On the WWW ______

A Russian callbook, even in Russian, can be found at http://krasnodar.online.ru/hamradio/. ______

Credits ______

Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: ARRL DX Bulletin, G0IAS, G3SWH, G4BWP, KH6BZF Reports, N2WB, NOAA, PS7KM, SM0BFJ, UA6AP, WA3GNW ______

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Starting January 6th a group from South America will be active from Juan Fernandez Island. The multi national group will consist of Fil, CE6JOE; Mark, CE6TBN; Gustavo, XQ3SAI; Ed, HC5AI; and Mats, LU9AY. The group will be active on 6, 10, 12, 15, 17, 20, 40 and 80 meters CW, SSB, RTTY, SSTV and Satellite until January 16th. A Web page has been setup in Spanish at http://www.qsl.net/ce6tbn/ce0z.htm. No callsign was mentioned however QSL cards will go via CE6TBN, P.O. Box 1234, Temuco, CHILE.

Baldur, DJ6SI, says he will be in French Guiana until October 15th as FY/DJ6SI. Suggested frequencies are 1828, 3508, 7002, 10102, 14025, 18085, 21025, 24902, 28025. QSL via DJ6SI.

On October 6th look for special event station EG0UV to be active celebrating the 500th anniversary of the University of Valencia by His Royal Highness, the Prince of Asturias. Callsigns from Spain with the number zero represent a member of the Spanish Royal Family. QSL via EA5GMI.

Ed Hartz, K8VIR/ZL4IR, says he'll once again be on Chatham Island starting October 6th. He plans to use ZL4IR/7 on or near 21260, 18130 and 14260. He also says QSL cards for this operation and last month's YJ0AIR operation go via his QSL manager W8WC. ______

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3W7CW - VIETNAM - Tom shows up around 06:00Z on 28008.

3XY1BO - GUINEA - On Sunday around 17:30Z Robert came up on 21004. QSL via F5XX.

A61AO - UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - Jamal has been showing up on 80 meters SSB after 02:00Z. QSL via N1DG.

CE0YA - EASTER ISLAND - Japanese DXers have found this one on the low end of 15 meters SSB around 04:00Z. QSL via JA6BDB.

E44A - PALESTINE - Ali has been all over 10 meters SSB for the last few days. Today should be his last day. QSL via KB6NAN.

FO0DEH - AUSTRAL ISLANDS - Marcel will be going to the Marquesas Islands in a day or two. QSL via ON5QM.

FT5ZJ - AMSTERDAM & ST. PAUL ISLANDS - Saturday Michael started off on 28405 around 13:30Z and was later found on 21175 working Europe between 14:00 and 15:00Z. QSL via F2YT.

HL5XF - SOUTH KOREA - Likes the low end of 15 meters CW just after 00:00Z.

J28FF - DJIBOUTI - Try 17 meters SSB between 12:00 and 14:00Z. QSL via F6ITD.

JW2IJ - SVALBARD - Check 20 meters RTTY around 23:00Z. QSL via LA2IJ.

PP5MCB - BRAZIL - This station has been on 14141 spotting DX stations around the clock. Seems he has an Internet connection and a DVP hooked up to a computer spotting DX stations on SSB.

S21YJ - BANGLADESH - Stig was active on 10 meters SSB on Sunday at 10:00 and 14:00Z.

S79KMB - SEYCHELLES - Keith has been showing up on a net on 21355 around 18:00Z.

SV2ASP/A - MOUNT ATHOS - Monk Apollo was on the digital modes on 20 meters on Saturday between 14:00 and 16:00Z.

T31 - CENTRAL KIRIBATI - The Double Trouble gang were to have closed down around 04:00Z today. Last heard they had well over 42,000 QSOs in the log. Next stop will be Tokelau.

V85AA - BRUNEI - West Coast Topband DXers report that Bill has been showing up on the band around 13:00Z.

ZC4ATC - UK SOVERIEGN BASES ON CYPRUS - An unexpected show this weekend from this club station. One East Coast station reported them on 80 meters at 03:30Z on Saturday. QSL via 5B4YX. ______

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The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AN-015 8J1RL 28002 1450 EU-029 OZ1AA 24893 1053 AS-018 RA0FU 24924 0909 EU-072 SV8/DL8MCA 18134 0833 AS-078 JA8BGR 18081 1217 EU-075 SV1TP/P 14252 0521 AS-107 HR2CRU 14260 1959 EU-124 GB5FI 14258 1644 AS-117 JE4JPQ/4 24899 0836 EU-125 OZ/DL1EBR/P 14278 0749 AS-117 JI3DST/3 21260 2338 NA-046 VE3ZZ/W1 14262 2031 AS-137 BA4EG/5 7006 0948 NA-099 KP3A 28467 1301 AS-139 BI7W 14026 1724 OC-043 T31K 28446 2335 EU-001 SV5/IK2WZD 7058 0738 OC-114 FO0DEH 28560 1811 EU-003 CU3BL 21259 1757 OC-210 YC8TXW 21233 0009 EU-006 EJ/ON5KL 14258 2017 OC-212 VK2EO/P 14260 0548 EU-016 9A5ABX 7057 1443 OC-212 VK2NP/P 14260 0405 EU-023 9H3S 18131 0902 OC-212 VK2PB/P 21264 0818 EU-023 9H3ZO 14221 1631 OC-212 VK2XN/P 21264 0714

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 QSL ------4-Oct 28-Oct 3B8 3B8/ON4LAC 3-162 4-Oct 10-Oct 3B8 PA3EPD PB0AIT PE1ALV PA0VHA 3-133 home call 4-Oct 10-Oct 5W 5W0GD 3-158 3-134 PA3AXU 4-Oct 15-Oct 7Q 7Q7CE 3-169 IN3VZE 4-Oct 11-Oct 9H 9H0VRZ (EU-023) 3-146 PA0JR 4-Oct 10-Dec 9U 9U5D 3-176 SM0BFJ 4-Oct 27-Oct A3 A35SO A35ZL (OC-049) 3-159 home calls 4-Oct 4-Oct BY BI7W (AS-139) 3-174 3-173 BA7JA 4-Oct 6-Oct C5 C56HP 3-172 JA1OEM 4-Oct 30-Nov FO FO0DEH 3-158 ON4QM 4-Oct 8-Oct FO FO0SUC (OC-066) 3-144 F5JJW 4-Oct 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH (AF-008) 3-4 3-2 F6KDF 4-Oct 20-Dec FT5Z FT5ZJ 3-147 F2YT 4-Oct 7-Oct FY FY/DJ0PJ 3-175 4-Oct 15-Oct FY FY/DJ6SI 3-178 DJ6SI 4-Oct 4-Oct JA JI3DST/3 (AS-117) 3-176 JI3DST 4-Oct 4-Dec KH4 KH4/SM4FJY (OC-030) 3-133 SM6FJY 4-Oct 10-Jan KH4 KH4/W4ZYV 3-158 3-157 W4ZYV 4-Oct 9-Oct KH6 KH6/NO8C 3-168 4-Oct 27-Oct OD OD5/3A2MT 3-168 6W1QP 4-Oct 5-Oct OX OX/OZ8AE 3-149 OZ8AE 4-Oct 5-Oct SV5 SV5/HA4XG/P (EU-001) 3-166 HA4XG 4-Oct 4-Oct T31 T31T T31K T31YL 3-156 3-135 SM6CAS 4-Oct 4-Oct VK by a group of VK2s (OC-212) 3-173 VK2EO 4-Oct VK9Y VK9CC 3-152 4-Oct 6-Oct W VE3ZZ (NA-046) 3-163 VE3ZZ 4-Oct 31-Dec XW XW2A 3-168 3-167 direct 4-Oct 10-Oct ZB2 ZB2/W5FI W5FI 5-Oct 15-Oct 3V 3V8BB 3-165 F6FNU 5-Oct 6-Oct VK VK6LC VK8PY VK6EEN (OC-183) 3-137 home calls 5-Oct 5-Oct W W1LU (NA-031) 3-177 W1LU 5-Oct 10-Oct ZK1/S ZK1 by JI1NJC 3-164 JI1NJC 6-Oct 9-Oct KH0 KH0T KH0V 3-177 home calls 6-Oct 6-Oct VK VK6ISL (OC-183) 3-99 7-Oct 21-Oct KH5 by DF6FK DL2ZAD 3-168 DF6FK 7-Oct 15-Nov PJ2 PJ2/PA0VDV 3-157 PA0VDV 7-Oct 12-Oct V3 V31MP V31KR V31YK V31KX (NA-073) 3-163 home calls 7-Oct 14-Oct ZK2 by DJ7RJ 3-159 DJ7RJ 7-Oct 12-Oct ZK3 ZK3DX ZK3CW ZK3YL 3-156 3-135 8-Oct 10-Oct JA JI3DST/6 JA4PXE/6 (AS-067) 3-176 3-148 home calls 8-Oct 12-Oct PY PS2V (SA-028) 3-166 PY2AA 8-Oct 3-Nov XT XT2HP 3-172 JA1OEM 8-Oct 10-Oct RSGB International HF & IOTA Con 8/17/99 9-Oct 18-Oct FO/M FO0SUC (OC-027) 3-144 F5JJW 9-Oct 10-Oct JA JH0BLI/6 (AS-017) 3-166 9-Oct 11-Oct JA JQ1SUO/1 (AS-008) 3-161 JQ1SUO 9-Oct 10-Oct T7 T71SM 3-169 T70A ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for October 1, 1999 was 67.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for October 2, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------3-Oct-1999 21 135 9 1 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 3-Oct-1999 18 126 13 3 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 3-Oct-1999 15 126 13 2 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 3-Oct-1999 12 126 13 3 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 3-Oct-1999 09 126 13 3 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 3-Oct-1999 06 126 13 1 Low/Quiet-Active;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 3-Oct-1999 03 126 13 1 Low/Quiet-Active;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 3-Oct-1999 00 126 13 2 Low/Quiet-Active;Low/Quiet-Active

The forecast for Monday, October 4th: solar flux 135, A index 15, K index 3. Conditions should be High Normal.

The forecast for Tuesday, October 5th: solar flux 135, A index 12, K index 3. Conditions should be High Normal.

Solar images of the sun received for October 4, 1999 can be found at http://www.sel.noaa.gov/solar_images/1999_10/1999_10_04.html

Perhaps the most useful propagation page for Amateur Radio Operators can be found at http://dx.qsl.net/propagation/

Grey line map http://www.spiritweb.org/cgi/sunclock.cgi ______

QSL Info ______

Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------3XY1BO F5XX IY4W I4JED VK2PB/P VK2EO 3Z0ZSM SP6ZJP JW2IJ LA2IJ VK2RD/P VK2EO 5R8FU SM0DJZ KH0/JJ2NYT JJ2NYT VK2XN/P VK2EO 7X2RO OM3CGN KH0/JK1ATT JK1ATT VK2ZL/P VK2EO 9H3S PA3HGP KH0/JK3HLP JK3HLP VK6EEN/P CT1EEN BD7NQ/7 W2AY OD5/3A2MT 6W1QP VK6ISL VK6LC BI7W BA7JA OH0LQK OH3LQK VQ9DX AA5DX C56HP JA1OEM R1AND NT2X VQ9QM W4QM CE0YA JA6BDB R1ANF RK1PWA VQ9WM K7IOO CT3FN HB9CRV R1ANZ RU1ZC VR2DXA VR2XRW E44A KB6NAN SV5/HA4XG/P HA4XG Z2/W0YG W0YG EJ/ON5KL ON5KL TL8CK F6EWM Z28JW G3UUV ER8C ER1DA TM5CMR F6IGF ZB2/W5FI W5FI ET3VSC DA0RC TU5JF TU2CI ZF2SO K2ZD FY/DJ6SI DJ6SI VK2NP/P VK2EO ZM75AA ZL4AA GB5FI GW0ANA

V31BB - Steve Downard, P.O. Box 136, Belmopan, BELIZE

QSL cards recently received direct: 4S7YSG, 5N7YZC, 9K2F (AS-118), CN8WW, IH9P, T33RD, XW8KPL/CSN, ZK1SCQ (OC-013 014 & 159) ______

Credits ______

Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: DJ6SI, G3PMR, K6GNX, KH6BZF Reports, N2JTX, NOAA, The 59(9) DX Report, W0BV, W2YR, W4ABW, WA5PAE, ZL4IR ______

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Members of the Araucaria DX Group are currently organizing a multi national multi-multi for this years CQ World Wide SSB DX Contest on the island of Fernando de Noronha. Operators of ZX0F include K1CC, K1LZ, K1ZM, K2DM, LZ1JK, LZ1JY, N5FA, PP5JR, PY0FF, PY5CC, PY5EG, PY5GU, and PY5ZBU. The group will have phased verticals on 80 and 160 meters, which will be held up by balloons, 3 Elements on 40 meters and stacks on 10, 15 and 20 meters. Beverages will also be used on the lowbands. For equipment they will have Yaesu FT-1000MPs and Acom 2000 linear amplifiers. Watch out guys there's going to be a lot of competition in this years multi-multi category!

Yasu, JI1NJC, did leave for the South Cook Islands on October 3rd. He called Nob, JF2MBF, to tell him that he was OK after the recent Nuclear Power Station mishap, which was located close to his home QTH. Yasu will operate 6 meters on 50105 and QSX on 50135. He will not know his callsign until arrival on the island.

Members of the Radio Club of Rhodes will put on a multi-multi in this year's CQ World Wide CW DX Contest as J45T. Phil, G4OBK, and John, G4RCG, will be amongst the operators and will be active from November 25th to December 2nd as SV5/G4OBK and SV5/G4RCG. QSL via home calls. QSL J45T via SV5TH.

The Dhahran Amateur Radio Club, HZ1AB, is expected to be on for both modes of the CQ World Wide DX Contests at the end of October and November. QSL via K8PYD.

Look for a multi-op effort from CO9BCC during this years CQ World Wide SSB DX Contest. Operators include Winston, CO2WF; Jorge, CO2II; Jose, CO2JA; Carlos, CO2CW; Tony, CO2NT; Pedro, CO2KG; Julito, CO2JX; Bob, CM2KL; Richard, CM2KC; and Oscar, CM2OT. They will be active on 10 through 160 meters using three transceivers. A Web page has been set up at http://www.qsl.net/ve2eh/co9bcc.htm. QSL via VE2EH.

Koji, JK7TKE, has been extended his trip in the Austral Islands another 5 days. He will now be active from October 14th to 28th.

Bert, WA1O, plans to operate from Antarctica as KC4/WA1O from November 1st to December 15th. QSL via KA1CRP.

Mats, LU9AY, plans to operate the CQ World Wide SSB DX Contest from Bolivia as CP6/LU9AY. He will be there from October 27th to November 7th. Look for him before and after the contest on 12, 17 and 30 meters CW. QSL via NU4N.

Members of the Cray Valley Radio Society (CVRS) plan to operate special event station M2000A to celebrate the Millennium from the Greenwich Meridian. They will have five stations active from 2 to 80 meters between December 31, 1999 to February 29, 2000. For more information about this operation check out their home page at http://qsl.net/m2000a. QSL via G4DFI.

Peter, ON6TT/5X1T, reports that Joe, G3MRC/5X1P, is now alternating between Dili, East Timor and Darwin, Australia. While in Australia he may be active as VK8CP. It's doubtful that he will be on from East Timor any time soon. ______

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4S7DA - SRI LANKA - East Coast US DXers found Denver on the long path on 14215 just prior to 11:00Z. QSL via W3HNK.

5W0GD - SAMOA - Europeans should look for Gerard on 20 meters around 05:00Z. QSL via PA3AXU.

A35SO - TONGA - Klaus was working Europeans on 18075 yesterday from 07:00 to 08:30Z. QSL via DJ4SO.

CE0YA - EASTER ISLAND - He likes 21180 around 04:00 to 06:00Z.

EP2FM - IRAN - Abdollah was found on SSB on 14186 at 04:00Z.

KH4/W4ZYV - MIDWAY - Europeans reported working Dick on 14242 from 08:00 to 09:00Z. QSL via W4ZYV.

T31 - CENTRAL KIRIBATI - T31K, T31T and T31YL all went QRT just before 04:00Z. Next stop is Tokelau.

TU2KC - IVORY COAST - Stevan (ex TT8SS) has been very active recently. He requests that QSL cards go direct only to the TU2KC radio club at P.O. Box 54, Abidjan 12, IVORY COAST between now and November 1st as he will be returning to France at the end of November.

XQ0YAF - EASTER ISLAND - Henry likes 28010 between 22:00 and 00:00Z most days.

ZB2/W5FI - GIBRALTAR - Gary was all over 40 meters CW yesterday between 02:00 and 04:30Z. Later he came up on 15 meters RTTY around 21082 at 16:30Z and finished the day on 20 meters RTTY between 20:00 and 23:30Z on 14081. QSL via W5FI. ______

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The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AF-014 CT3FN 21260 1807 NA-059 NO7F/KL7 14257 0406 AS-117 JI3DST/3 21260 0556 NA-065 N6FD/7 14260 0428 AS-139 BI7W 21260 0929 OC-059 V63AO 18154 1331 EU-015 SV/OE6YRG 14260 1241 OC-135 P29BI 14260 1115 EU-088 OZ/DL8AAV/P 14265 1239 OC-160 VK4DEK 14261 1227 NA-046 VE3ZZ/W1 14265 2105 OC-199 VK6EEN/P 14260 0815

Fred, SM7DAY, Jan, SM7DDR and Jan, SM7NGH will be on Ven Island (EU- 137) starting late on October 8th. They plan to be on CW and SSB until October 10th. QSL via the bureau or direct to CBA.

On October 16th and 17th Robert, K8NY, Marco, IK0HWI and Renzo, IK0IZW, will be active from Ponza Island (EU-045). They will be on CW and SSB.

Starting November 1st Bill, G3WNI and Tom, G0PSE plan to be active from Lundy Island (EU-120) as GB0LI. They plan to be on 10 through 160 meters on CW and SSB until November 5th. After the operation logs will be available at http://dx.qsl.net/logs. QSL via G3WNI.

The Magnolia DX Association will be active as W4D from Dauphin Island (NA-142) on SSB and CW during the CQ World Wide SSB DX Contest weekend. Check the usual IOTA frequencies. QSL via W5OXA.

Kostas, SV1ENI, has recently moved to Evia Island (EU-060) and is active on 10 through 160 meters CW. QSL via the bureau or direct to his new address. Kostas Sarmas, Gialtra 34300, Evia, GREECE. Do not use callsigns on the envelopes.

IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 ______

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From End Prefix Call Ref QSL ------5-Oct 28-Oct 3B8 3B8/ON4LAC 3-162 5-Oct 10-Oct 3B8 PA3EPD PB0AIT PE1ALV PA0VHA 3-133 home call 5-Oct 15-Oct 3V 3V8BB 3-165 F6FNU 5-Oct 10-Oct 5W 5W0GD 3-158 3-134 PA3AXU 5-Oct 15-Oct 7Q 7Q7CE 3-169 IN3VZE 5-Oct 11-Oct 9H 9H0VRZ (EU-023) 3-146 PA0JR 5-Oct 10-Dec 9U 9U5D 3-176 SM0BFJ 5-Oct 27-Oct A3 A35SO A35ZL (OC-049) 3-159 home calls 5-Oct 6-Oct C5 C56HP 3-172 JA1OEM 5-Oct 30-Nov FO FO0DEH 3-158 ON4QM 5-Oct 8-Oct FO FO0SUC (OC-066) 3-144 F5JJW 5-Oct 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH (AF-008) 3-4 3-2 F6KDF 5-Oct 20-Dec FT5Z FT5ZJ 3-147 F2YT 5-Oct 7-Oct FY FY/DJ0PJ 3-175 5-Oct 15-Oct FY FY/DJ6SI 3-178 DJ6SI 5-Oct 4-Dec KH4 KH4/SM4FJY (OC-030) 3-133 SM6FJY 5-Oct 10-Jan KH4 KH4/W4ZYV 3-158 3-157 W4ZYV 5-Oct 9-Oct KH6 KH6/NO8C 3-168 NO8C 5-Oct 27-Oct OD OD5/3A2MT 3-168 6W1QP 5-Oct 5-Oct OX OX/OZ8AE 3-149 OZ8AE 5-Oct 5-Oct SV5 SV5/HA4XG/P (EU-001) 3-166 HA4XG 5-Oct 6-Oct VK VK6LC VK8PY VK6EEN (OC-183) 3-137 home calls 5-Oct 6-Oct W VE3ZZ (NA-046) 3-163 VE3ZZ 5-Oct 5-Oct W W1LU (NA-031) 3-177 W1LU 5-Oct 31-Dec XW XW2A 3-168 3-167 direct 5-Oct 10-Oct ZB2 ZB2/W5FI W5FI 5-Oct 10-Oct ZK1/S ZK1 by JI1NJC 3-164 JI1NJC ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for October 3, 1999 was 117.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for October 4, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------4-Oct-1999 21 145 12 3 Low/Quiet-Active;Low/Quiet-Active 4-Oct-1999 18 135 8 3 Low/Quiet-Active;Low/Quiet-Active 4-Oct-1999 15 135 8 2 Low/Quiet-Active;Low/Quiet-Active 4-Oct-1999 12 135 8 4 Low/Quiet-Active;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 4-Oct-1999 09 135 8 3 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 4-Oct-1999 06 135 8 3 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 4-Oct-1999 03 135 8 2 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 4-Oct-1999 00 135 8 2 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Unsettled

The forecast for Tuesday, October 5th: solar flux 140, A index 12, K index 3. Conditions should be High Normal.

The forecast for Wednesday, October 6th: solar flux 142, A index 12, K index 3. Conditions should be High Normal.

Solar images of the sun received for October 5, 1999 can be found at http://www.sel.noaa.gov/solar_images/1999_10/1999_10_05.html

Perhaps the most useful propagation page for Amateur Radio Operators can be found at http://dx.qsl.net/propagation/

Grey line map http://www.spiritweb.org/cgi/sunclock.cgi ______

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Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------4N1N YU1AST NO7F/KL7 K8NA T97M K2PF 4X6HI KG2FH OD5/F5SQM F6FYA TA4/DH6MBW DH6MBW

CT1EEN - Samuel Pimenta, Rua da Milharada, Edificio Iberopa Bloco A - 8§A, Massama 2745 Queluz, PORTUGAL JI4NFY - Ryo Nishihira, 1-5-12-606 Minami-Tokiwadai, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo, 174-0072 Japan JJ2NYT - Tsuyoshi Nakanishi, 1013 Oyama-cho, Yokkaichi-shi, Mie, 512- 1102 Japan JK1ATT - Junichi Yoshida, #506 1-13-7 Miyazaki, Miyamae-ku, Kawasaki- shi, Kanagawa-ken, 216-0033 Japan JK3HLP - Takafumi Ueda, 2-35-3 Mitsuishidai, Hashimoto-city, 648-0094 Japan JP1XND - Kazutami Kitahara, 3-54-10 Kameido, Koto-ku, Tokyo, 136-0071 Japan UU4JMG - Andy A. Kotovsky, P. Box 57, 98312 Kerch, UKRAINE

Chris, VE3FU, handles the QSLs for VO2AC, VO2CQ and VE3FU/NP2. He has recently moved and his new address is Chris Allingham, VE3FU, 3417 Torwood Drive, Dunrobin, ON, Canada K0A 1T0. QSLs may be sent direct or via the bureau. If you sent your card to his old address it will still get there, but only until the end of this year will the Post Office forward them.

QSL cards recently received direct: 5R8FL, 7P8HH, BA4DW, CN8WW, EX8F (14 months), FH5CB, VD7D ______

Credits ______

Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 425 DX News, 5X1T, CT1EEB, F6FNU, G0WAZ, JF2MBF, JI6KVR, K3OSX, K3SWZ, KH6BZF Reports, N5FG, NOAA, PY5CC, VE3FU, W2GE, W2GG, W4ABW ______

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Mike, N0ODK, will be in Vietnam between November 15th and 29th and will use 3W6DK mostly on 15 and 20 meters SSB. He hopes to be able to expand this to other bands. If he does get on CW he will be QRS. QSL via N0ODK.

Masa, AJ3M, says he'll be in Moscow on business between October 11th and 19th. He applied for a permit and hopes to get on the air. On his way back home he will stop in Geneva between October 19th and 21st. Look for him to be active from the I.T.U. Geneva station 4U1ITU while there. Masa plans to do RTTY on this trip. QSL 4U1ITU via the bureau or 4U1ITU CBA. ______

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5W0GD - SAMOA - Gerard was working East Coast US stations on 21020 between 00:00 and 00:30Z. Next he went to RTTY on 21083. QSL via PA3AXU.

9X/RE3A - RWANDA - Came up on 14196 just before 00:00Z today. More than likely this operation is not going to count for DXCC. Work it first and worry later.

A35 - TONGA - Willi, A35ZL/DJ7RJ, says that he and Klaus, A35SO/DJ4SO, will have the 160 meter antenna up in three days. QSL via home calls.

EP2SMH - IRAN - Mohsen was working on 14245 from 21:00 to just after 22:00Z.

FY/DJ6SI - FRENCH GUIANA - Baldur made lots of East Coast US DXers and some Europeans DXers happy on 1822 just after 01:40Z today.

UA0YM - ASIATIC RUSSIA - Vic is located in Tuva, CQ WAZ 23, and was found on 14010 today at 00:20Z.

YJ0AXH - VANUATU - Europeans reported working this one on 14200 between 10:00 and 11:00Z. QSL via JH1WXH.

ZL4IR/7 - CHATHAM - Ed says he will be here for 8 more days. QSL via W8WC. ______

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The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AS-018 RA0FW 21024 0006 EU-133 UA1AOQ 18072 1220 AS-018 UA0FZ 24959 1005 EU-146 PA3BDQ 1834 2144 AS-040 JH6TYD 28457 0911 NA-046 VE3ZZ/W1 14260 2227 EU-001 SV5/IK2WZD 21080 1412 NA-065 N7UX 24895 1713 EU-004 EA6MT 14142 1822 OC-021 YC3IZK 28435 1240 EU-042 DL4FCH/P 7000 1910 OC-042 DU1/K7DTJ 14260 0639 EU-049 SV8/G0NJZ/P 18115 1622 OC-066 FO0SUC 7010 1550 EU-060 SV1CIV 24945 1240 OC-114 FO0DEH 28460 1932 EU-072 SV8/DL8MCA 21260 0805 OC-160 VK4DEK 21260 2130 EU-075 SV1TP/P 21290 1418 OC-183 VK6EEN/P 14257 1021 EU-088 OZ/DL8AAV 14250 1435 OC-183 VK8PY/6 14260 2120 EU-125 OZ/DL1EBR/P 14200 1226

IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 ______

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From End Prefix Call Ref QSL ------6-Oct 28-Oct 3B8 3B8/ON4LAC 3-162 6-Oct 10-Oct 3B8 PA3EPD PB0AIT PE1ALV PA0VHA 3-133 home call 6-Oct 15-Oct 3V 3V8BB 3-165 F6FNU 6-Oct 10-Oct 5W 5W0GD 3-158 3-134 PA3AXU 6-Oct 15-Oct 7Q 7Q7CE 3-169 IN3VZE 6-Oct 11-Oct 9H 9H0VRZ (EU-023) 3-146 PA0JR 6-Oct 10-Dec 9U 9U5D 3-176 SM0BFJ 6-Oct 27-Oct A3 A35SO A35ZL (OC-049) 3-159 home calls 6-Oct 6-Oct C5 C56HP 3-172 JA1OEM 6-Oct 6-Oct EA EG0UV 3-178 EA5GMI 6-Oct 30-Nov FO FO0DEH 3-158 ON4QM 6-Oct 8-Oct FO FO0SUC (OC-066) 3-144 F5JJW 6-Oct 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH (AF-008) 3-4 3-2 F6KDF 6-Oct 20-Dec FT5Z FT5ZJ 3-147 F2YT 6-Oct 7-Oct FY FY/DJ0PJ 3-175 6-Oct 15-Oct FY FY/DJ6SI 3-178 DJ6SI 6-Oct 9-Oct KH0 KH0T KH0V 3-177 home calls 6-Oct 4-Dec KH4 KH4/SM4FJY (OC-030) 3-133 SM6FJY 6-Oct 10-Jan KH4 KH4/W4ZYV 3-158 3-157 W4ZYV 6-Oct 9-Oct KH6 KH6/NO8C 3-168 NO8C 6-Oct 27-Oct OD OD5/3A2MT 3-168 6W1QP 6-Oct 6-Oct VK VK6LC VK8PY VK6EEN (OC-183) 3-137 home calls 6-Oct 6-Oct W VE3ZZ (NA-046) 3-163 VE3ZZ 6-Oct 31-Dec XW XW2A 3-168 3-167 direct 6-Oct 10-Oct ZB2 ZB2/W5FI W5FI 6-Oct 10-Oct ZK1/S ZK1LPN 3-179 3-164 JI1NJC 6-Oct 14-Oct ZL7 ZL4IR/7 3-178 W8WC ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for October 4, 1999 was 148.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for October 5, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------5-Oct-1999 21 146 15 2 Low/Quiet-Active;Low/Quiet-Active 5-Oct-1999 18 144 14 4 Low/Quiet-Active;Low/Quiet-Active 5-Oct-1999 15 144 14 3 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Active 5-Oct-1999 12 144 14 2 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Active 5-Oct-1999 09 144 14 3 Low/Quiet-Active;Low/Quiet-Active 5-Oct-1999 06 144 14 2 Low/Quiet-Active;Low/Quiet-Active 5-Oct-1999 03 144 14 2 Low/Quiet-Active;Low/Quiet-Active 5-Oct-1999 00 144 14 3 Low/Quiet-Active;Low/Quiet-Active

The forecast for Wednesday, October 6th: solar flux 147, A index 15, K index 3. Conditions should be High Normal.

The forecast for Thursday, October 7th: solar flux 150, A index 12, K index 3. Conditions should be High Normal.

Solar images of the sun received for October 6, 1999 can be found at http://www.sel.noaa.gov/solar_images/1999_10/1999_10_06.html

Perhaps the most useful propagation page for Amateur Radio Operators can be found at http://dx.qsl.net/propagation/

Grey line map http://www.spiritweb.org/cgi/sunclock.cgi ______

QSL Info ______

Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------5B4ADA 9A2AJ EM50UWC KB2MS YJ0AXH JH1WXH 8P6DA KU9C FO0DEH ON4QM ZK1LPN JI1NJC 9H3Q PA0RDY FO0SUC F5JJW ZL4IR/7 W8WC 9K2GS W6YJ KH4/SM6FJY SM6FJY

Sergei, UA3AGS, is the QSL manager for R1FJL, R1FJV and R1FJO, all from Franz Josef Land and EX8W from Kirghizstan. He requests CIS countries QSL to P.O. Box 1, Moscow 109387, RUSSIA and all others go to P.O. Box 196, Pepperell, MA 01463-0196 USA.

QSL cards recently received direct: BA4DW, JH6TYD/6 (AS-040), XU1A ______

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Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: AJ3M, BRS-25429, Golist, HS0/G3NOM, K1XN, K3KY, KH6BZF Reports, N4MXT, NOAA, W0AW, W4ABW ______

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Husband and wife team Norbert, DF6FK (T31BB, T32BB, T30EB), and Judith (YL), DL2ZAD (T31BA, T32BA, T30EA), plan to operate from the rare Pacific Ocean Islands of Palmyra and/ or Jarvis (KH5) starting today through October 21st. These two have been active from the Pacific before so they know the propagation from this area. Expect them to be active on the normal DX frequencies on 10, 15, 20 and 40 meters SSB. No callsigns were mentioned. If the normal DX frequencies are busy check these suggested frequencies: 7062/7065, 14175, 21275, 28475.

Members of the Double Trouble DXpedition team left Kanton Island early on October 4th headed for Fakaofo Island in the Tokelau Islands. They expect to be there today and will stay for 5 days. These guys and Ulrika did a fantastic job from the Central Kiribati. Look for them of the following suggested frequencies:

SSB - 3795, 7045, 14145, 14245, 18145, 21245, 24945, 28445 CW - 1825, 3505, 7005, 10125, 14005, 18075, 21005, 24895, 28005, 50110 RTTY - 14080, 21080, 28080

QSL routes are as follows: ZK3CW - via SM0AGD, Erik Sj”lund, Vestagatan 27, 195 56 M„rsta, SWEDEN ZK3DX - via SM0AGD, Erik Sj”lund, Vestagatan 27, 195 56 M„rsta, SWEDEN ZK3YL - via SM6WYN, Ulrika Persson, J„rnmyntsgatan 7, 4 tr, 414 79 G”teborg, SWEDEN

The group has a Web page at http://www.qsl.net/t31t/

Members of the Whitton Amateur Radio Group will not be going to The Gambia (Vol. 3 No. 172) during this year's CQ World Wide SSB DX Contest. The group is looking for another location to operate from. ______

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3W7CW - VIETNAM - Tom was working stations in the eastern half of the US on 24897 just before 15:00Z.

9U5D - BURUNDI - RTTY DXers have found Gus on 14082 between 16:00 and 17:00Z the last two days. QSL via SM0BFJ.

A71EZ - QATAR - Saleh has been showing up near 28040 just after 15:00Z.

E44A - PALESTINE - Several West Coast stations reported working Dr. Ali on 14215 from 02:30 to 03:30Z. QSL via KB6NAN.

FO0DEH - AUSTRAL ISLANDS - Marcel is still on Raivavae Island (OC-114).

FO0SUC - FRENCH POLYNESIA - Joel is currently Rangiroa Island (OC-066). He will be moving to the Marquesas Islands in two to three days. QSL via F5JJW.

HL4HLD - SOUTH KOREA - Yang has been hanging out on 15 meters CW just after 00:00Z. He is located on Cheju Island (AS- 026).

JA - JAPAN - East Coast US stations found a few JA's around 12:00Z on 10 meters via the longpath.

JD1BKR - OGASAWARA - This station has recently been active on 10, 12 and 15 meters SSB.

JW5NM - SVALBARD - Matt was working West Coast Topband DXers on 1830 today starting around 02:20Z. QSL via LA5NM.

KH4/W4ZYV - MIDWAY ISLAND - Western European and US DXers should check 24965 between 18:00 and 18:30Z.

S79KMB - SEYCHELLES - Keith was running freestyle on 28430 yesterday between 17:00 and 18:00Z. He says there are about 4 hams on the island and he has been there the longest. QSL via KN2N. ______

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The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AS-017 JS6PSV 21222 1026 NA-036 VE7DXQ 21273 1600 AS-018 RA0FU 18074 0946 NA-065 AD7U 21265 2007 AS-018 UA0FF 28460 0119 NA-065 N7UX 21034 1657 EU-029 OZ1CQX 21081 1652 NA-138 N5VL 24932 1834 EU-042 DL4FCH/P 7003 1853 OC-059 V63AO 21263 1121 EU-060 SV1CIV 24950 1140 OC-066 FO0SUC 14260 0408 EU-072 SV8/DL8MCA 14260 0512 OC-114 FO0DEH 28560 1844 EU-088 OZ/DL8AAV 14260 1108 OC-135 P29BI 21260 1046 EU-115 GN0STH 21295 1242 OC-154 VK8AN/6 21270 1239

IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 ______

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From End Prefix Call Ref QSL ------7-Oct 28-Oct 3B8 3B8/ON4LAC 3-162 7-Oct 10-Oct 3B8 PA3EPD PB0AIT PE1ALV PA0VHA 3-133 home call 7-Oct 15-Oct 3V 3V8BB 3-165 F6FNU 7-Oct 10-Oct 5W 5W0GD 3-158 3-134 PA3AXU 7-Oct 15-Oct 7Q 7Q7CE 3-169 IN3VZE 7-Oct 11-Oct 9H 9H0VRZ (EU-023) 3-146 PA0JR 7-Oct 10-Dec 9U 9U5D 3-176 SM0BFJ 7-Oct 27-Oct A3 A35SO A35ZL (OC-049) 3-159 home calls 7-Oct 30-Nov FO FO0DEH 3-158 ON4QM 7-Oct 8-Oct FO FO0SUC (OC-066) 3-144 F5JJW 7-Oct 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH (AF-008) 3-4 3-2 F6KDF 7-Oct 20-Dec FT5Z FT5ZJ 3-147 F2YT 7-Oct 7-Oct FY FY/DJ0PJ 3-175 7-Oct 15-Oct FY FY/DJ6SI 3-178 DJ6SI 7-Oct 9-Oct KH0 KH0T KH0V 3-177 home calls 7-Oct 4-Dec KH4 KH4/SM4FJY (OC-030) 3-133 SM6FJY 7-Oct 10-Jan KH4 KH4/W4ZYV 3-158 3-157 W4ZYV 7-Oct 21-Oct KH5 by DF6FK DL2ZAD 3-168 DF6FK 7-Oct 9-Oct KH6 KH6/NO8C 3-168 NO8C 7-Oct 27-Oct OD OD5/3A2MT 3-168 6W1QP 7-Oct 15-Nov PJ2 PJ2/PA0VDV 3-157 PA0VDV 7-Oct 12-Oct V3 V31MP V31KR V31YK V31KX (NA-073) 3-163 home calls 7-Oct 31-Dec XW XW2A 3-168 3-167 direct 7-Oct 10-Oct ZB2 ZB2/W5FI W5FI 7-Oct 10-Oct ZK1/S ZK1LPN 3-179 3-164 JI1NJC 7-Oct 14-Oct ZK2 by DJ7RJ 3-159 DJ7RJ 7-Oct 12-Oct ZK3 ZK3DX ZK3CW ZK3YL 3-156 3-135 7-Oct 14-Oct ZL7 ZL4IR/7 3-178 W8WC ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for October 5, 1999 was 160.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for October 6, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------6-Oct-1999 21 134 8 1 Low/Quiet-Active;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 6-Oct-1999 18 146 15 2 Low/Quiet-Active;Low/Quiet-Active 6-Oct-1999 15 146 15 2 Low/Quiet-Active;Low/Quiet-Active 6-Oct-1999 12 146 15 3 Low/Quiet-Active;Low/Quiet-Active 6-Oct-1999 09 146 15 3 Low/Quiet-Active;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 6-Oct-1999 06 146 15 1 Low/Quiet-Active;Low/Quiet-Active 6-Oct-1999 03 146 15 1 Low/Quiet-Active;Low/Quiet-Active 6-Oct-1999 00 146 15 4 Low/Quiet-Active;Low/Quiet-Active

The forecast for Thursday, October 7th: solar flux 150, A index 20, K index 4. Conditions should be Low Normal.

The forecast for Friday, October 8th: solar flux 155, A index 25, K index 5. Conditions should be Disturbed.

Solar images of the sun received for October 7, 1999 can be found at http://www.sel.noaa.gov/solar_images/1999_10/1999_10_07.html

Perhaps the most useful propagation page for Amateur Radio Operators can be found at http://dx.qsl.net/propagation/

Grey line map http://www.spiritweb.org/cgi/sunclock.cgi ______

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Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------4U1WB KK4HD FK8VHT F6AJA TU2XZ W3HC AC6SS/VY2 DL7RV GN0STH G4DIY ZD7DP W1ZT CM6YI W3HNK KH0T JA1SGU ZK1LGO JI1NJC CO2OR XE1CI KH0V JJ1KZI ZK1LPN JI1NJC EG0UV EA5GMI S79KMB KN2N

JA1SGU - Shinichiro Yamazaki, 1-6-10 Towa, Adachi, Tokyo 120, JAPAN JJ1KZI - Kazuyuki Kazu Yamaura, 47-9, Shioiri, 3 chome, Tsurumi, Yokohama, Kanagawa 230, Japan

Frank Smith, AH0W, is reporting that 2/3 of the 3B9R QSL cards have been sent out.

Several people asked which countries were CIS and what did it stand for. CIS is the Commonwealth of Independent States, which includes all of the former Russian Republics except Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.

QSL cards recently received direct: 3B9R, 9N7UD, CN8WW, EX8F, FT5YG (AN-017), GD4PTV, S09A, TN2FB, XU7AAO ______

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Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: A45ZN, G3PMR, JA2XW, K6GNX, KH6BZF Reports, N5CQ, N6RT, NI6T, NOAA ______

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News from South America has it that Karl, PS7KM, and Pergentino, PT7AA, will now be leaving Natal, Brazil on November 3rd for the St. Peter and St. Paul Archipelago. It appears that the Brazilian Navy has repaired their ship and the DXpedition is now back on a new schedule. The trip will take about three days, as it will be about a 1,100-kilometer boat ride to the islands. On SSB, RTTY and SSTV they will use ZX0SK and on CW they will use ZW0SP. They expect to be active 24 hours a day on 6 through 80 meters. A longwire may be installed to operate on 160 meters. QSL cards should go via PT7AA with sufficient postage. Requests that do not meet this requirement will go via the bureau, which has been reportedly very slow. The exact length of this DXpedition was not mentioned and your editor will try to find out. In the first announcement earlier this year it was mention the DXpedition would be for 10 days. Let's hope for a least that many days!

Many people have been wondering what is going on with the "Double Trouble" gang. As you know they left Kanton early on October 4th heading for the Tokelau Islands. Larry, AH8LG, reports "There was not much wind so they had to do a lot of motoring and they still hope to make the island by night fall." So if all goes well they should be on the island by around 05:30Z on October 8th.

Alan, K4AVQ (ex W0RIC), reports he will be on as P40AV from the QTH of P49V from December 18th to January 1st. Look for him to be active on all bands from 10 to 160 meters. QSL via K4AVQ.

Bill Moore, NC1L, the ARRL DXCC Manager give us the following news about the ARRL DXCC Desk. "Entry of mail for the September 30th cutoff has been completed. The DXCC backlog as of September 30th consists of just under 1,500 applications with almost 106,000 entity credits. Due to this, and being short staffed, a turnaround of in excess of 8 weeks or more, is expected. Applications received after September 30, 1999 will be credited to the next yearbook period, which began October 1, 1999."

An International Amateur Radio Volunteer (IARV) team led by Yoshi, JA1UT, has just returned from Taiwan. The group donated 35 VHF handheld transceivers to the CTARL President BV5AG, for use in the Earthquake Disaster relief, and assisted with rescue communications.

Tired of the buzz on 80 meters? Over the last three weeks a very strong and broad 125 Hz buzz has been plaguing the 80 meter band usually centered on 3500 and 3600 Khz. The FCC, ARRL and RAC are all aware of this recent menace. ARRL Members can check out the full story on the ARRL Members Only Extra page at http://www.arrl.org/members-only/extra/news/1999/10/07/1/

Yoshi, JA1UT, Tada, JS1QHO, and one other Japanese ham, JA1AFF, will visit Bangladesh and plan to operate as S21ZE. This is a re-issued call from 1994. Rashid, S21AR, will be assisting them and they plan to be QRV from October 14th to 18th mainly using CW on 12, 17 and 30 meters. Operation is also planned for 29Mhz FM and 6 meters. QSL via JA1UT.

Dave Sumner, K1ZZ, will not be joining the PJ9B CQ World Wide CW DX team at the end of next month. It should have been K1XX. ______

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3B9FR - RODRIGUEZ ISLAND - Try looking for Robert on 20 meters CW near 14025 around 02:30Z.

A22 - BOTSWANA - A YL is expected to show up on 21355 on a net around 18:00Z.

EA8BH - CANARY ISLANDS - Martti must be getting ready for the upcoming contest season as he was found here on 28498 between 18:00 and 19:00Z. He was working all across the US with a huge signal. QSL via OH2BH.

EP2FM - IRAN - Abdollah was found on SSB again yesterday between 14:00 and 14:30Z on 14191.

HL5QY - SOUTH KOREA - Look for Yang on 10 meters CW just after 23:00Z.

JD1BKR - OGASAWARA - Europeans reported working this one on 24940 between 09:00 and 10:00Z on Thursday.

JW5NM - SVALBARD - Look for Matt on 1830 from 03:00 to 05:00Z. QSL via LA5NM.

JY4NE - JORDAN - Ali is back home after spending a few days in Palestine. He came up on 28414 around 13:40Z. QSL via KB6NAN.

KH4/SM6FJY - MIDWAY ISLAND - Yarl started on 14256 just after 06:00Z working Europe. Then at 07:00Z he came up on 18140. QSL via SM6FJY.

ZL4IR/7 - CHATHAM ISLAND - Ed was found on 14260 working all across Europe yesterday from 19:00 to 20:00Z. QSL via W8WC. ______

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The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AS-026 HL4HLD 21002 0032 OC-013 ZK1LGO 28025 1733 AS-045 HL5FUA 28471 2215 OC-013 ZK1LPN 21292 1022 AS-136 BD4ED/4 10103 1509 OC-034 P29VR 21272 1126 EU-015 SV9/OE6YRG 14260 1516 OC-038 ZL4IR/7 14247 0758 EU-029 OZ1ENH 28448 1514 OC-066 FO0SUC 14260 0443 EU-075 SV1TP/P 14263 0505 OC-097 5W0GD 14193 0654 EU-088 OZ/DL8AAV/P 14259 1619 OC-114 FO0DEH 24940 1827 EU-124 GC0STH 21265 1153 OC-130 DU8DJ 21303 1429 EU-133 R1ASP 14259 0655 OC-154 VK8AN/6 28460 1228 NA-065 N7UX 24902 1817

IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 ______

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From End Prefix Call Ref QSL ------8-Oct 28-Oct 3B8 3B8/ON4LAC 3-162 8-Oct 10-Oct 3B8 PA3EPD PB0AIT PE1ALV PA0VHA 3-133 home call 8-Oct 15-Oct 3V 3V8BB 3-165 F6FNU 8-Oct 10-Oct 5W 5W0GD 3-158 3-134 PA3AXU 8-Oct 15-Oct 7Q 7Q7CE 3-169 IN3VZE 8-Oct 11-Oct 9H 9H0VRZ (EU-023) 3-146 PA0JR 8-Oct 10-Dec 9U 9U5D 3-176 SM0BFJ 8-Oct 27-Oct A3 A35SO A35ZL (OC-049) 3-159 home calls 8-Oct 30-Nov FO FO0DEH 3-158 ON4QM 8-Oct 8-Oct FO FO0SUC (OC-066) 3-144 F5JJW 8-Oct 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH (AF-008) 3-4 3-2 F6KDF 8-Oct 20-Dec FT5Z FT5ZJ 3-147 F2YT 8-Oct 15-Oct FY FY/DJ6SI 3-178 DJ6SI 8-Oct 10-Oct JA JI3DST/6 JA4PXE/6 (AS-067) 3-176 3-148 home calls 8-Oct 9-Oct KH0 KH0T KH0V 3-177 home calls 8-Oct 4-Dec KH4 KH4/SM4FJY (OC-030) 3-133 SM6FJY 8-Oct 10-Jan KH4 KH4/W4ZYV 3-158 3-157 W4ZYV 8-Oct 21-Oct KH5 by DF6FK DL2ZAD 3-168 DF6FK 8-Oct 9-Oct KH6 KH6/NO8C 3-168 NO8C 8-Oct 27-Oct OD OD5/3A2MT 3-168 6W1QP 8-Oct 15-Nov PJ2 PJ2/PA0VDV 3-157 PA0VDV 8-Oct 12-Oct PY PS2V (SA-028) 3-166 PY2AA 8-Oct 10-Oct SM SM7DAY SM7DDR SM7NGH (EU-137) 3-179 home calls 8-Oct 12-Oct V3 V31MP V31KR V31YK V31KX (NA-073) 3-163 home calls 8-Oct 3-Nov XT XT2HP 3-172 JA1OEM 8-Oct 31-Dec XW XW2A 3-168 3-167 direct 8-Oct 10-Oct ZB2 ZB2/W5FI W5FI 8-Oct 10-Oct ZK1/S ZK1LPN 3-179 3-164 JI1NJC 8-Oct 14-Oct ZK2 by DJ7RJ 3-159 DJ7RJ 8-Oct 12-Oct ZK3 ZK3DX ZK3CW ZK3YL 3-156 3-135 8-Oct 14-Oct ZL7 ZL4IR/7 3-178 W8WC 8-Oct 10-Oct RSGB International HF & IOTA Con 8/17/99 9-Oct 10-Oct BARTG RTTY Sprint 9-Oct 18-Oct FO/M FO0SUC (OC-027) 3-144 F5JJW 9-Oct 10-Oct JA JH0BLI/6 (AS-017) 3-166 9-Oct 11-Oct JA JQ1SUO/1 (AS-008) 3-161 JQ1SUO 9-Oct 10-Oct T7 T71SM 3-169 T70A 10-Oct 17-Oct GJ GJ0WFH 3-164 G0WFH ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for October 6, 1999 was 176.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for October 7, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------7-Oct-1999 21 129 7 1 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 7-Oct-1999 18 134 7 1 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 7-Oct-1999 15 134 7 0 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 7-Oct-1999 12 134 7 2 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 7-Oct-1999 09 134 7 3 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 7-Oct-1999 06 134 7 3 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 7-Oct-1999 03 134 7 2 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 7-Oct-1999 00 134 7 2 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Unsettled

The forecast for Friday, October 8th: solar flux 142, A index 10, K index 2. Conditions should be High Normal.

The forecast for Saturday, October 9th: solar flux 146, A index 15, K index 3. Conditions should be High Normal.

The forecast for Sunday, October 10th: solar flux 160, A index 20, K index 4. Conditions should be Low Normal.

Solar images of the sun received for October 8, 1999 can be found at http://www.sel.noaa.gov/solar_images/1999_10/1999_10_08.html

Perhaps the most useful propagation page for Amateur Radio Operators can be found at http://dx.qsl.net/propagation/

Grey line map http://www.spiritweb.org/cgi/sunclock.cgi ______

QSL Info ______

Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------9H1EL LA2TO EA8BH OH2BH JW7VK LA7VK 9H3UJ PA7DX EK6TA DJ0MCZ JY4NE KB6NAN CO8LY EA7ADH TU6MM IK2QPR OD5LF F5PWT DL1GKG/HI3 DK2GP HK0OEP N0JT T98UFB SP8UFB DL2GG/YV5 DJ7AO

HL4HLD - Chul Bong Yang, C.P.O. Box 31 Soe Gwi Po City, Cheju-do 697- 600, SOUTH KOREA RV0AM - Robert Sherbinin, P.O. Box 5388, Krasnoyarsk 660000 RUSSIA

QSL cards recently received direct: 3V8DJ (AF-083), A92GE, CE0ZAM, CN8WW, KL7/DL1YMK (NA-028), RV0AM, S09A, XU1A ______

On the WWW ______

The first 1000 or so QSOs of the recent 5W0GD operation can be found http://www.qsl.net/pa3axu/serv04.htm ______

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Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: ARRL, G4BWP, HS0/G3NOM, KB6NAN, KB8O, KH6BZF Reports, N2KA, N6JV, NC1L, NOAA, PA7BT, PS7KM, W7IAN, W9OL ______

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Daniel Mancin, YV5LTR, President of the Radio Club Venezolano, reports a group of YV9's and YY2's may soon be on Aves Island in the next few days. The bad news is that this operation has not been given permission by the Radio Club Venezolano nor the Asociacion de Radioaficionados de Venezuela, which are unique organizations that must be contacted in order to get the needed operating permit for an operation on this rare island. As of last Friday the group did not have a YV0 license, which would of had to of been issued by the CONTATEL (Venezuela's FCC equivalent). If they do show up on the air it would be advisable to work them and worry later weather it will count for DXCC. Daniel reminds everyone that a larger official operation by the Asociacion de Radioaficionados de Venezuela is planned for February 2000.

The Pantelleria Contest Team will once again travel to Pantelleria Island to operate in this years CQ World Wide SSB DX Contest as IH9P. This Italian island is located in Africa CQ WAZ 33 and counts as African Italy for the contest. The team will be more competitive than last year with the addition of a few new operators and new antenna systems. The group will be arriving on the Island on the 24th of October and should be testing the station installations by Thursday. This year's team members include IT9ZGY, IN3QBR, W1NA, ZS6NW, IK8ETA, WA7EQW, IT9BLB, KR7X, ZS6EZ, IT9WPO, I8QLS, OL5Y, IT9VDQ, and K7FL. They will be using FT-1000MP with assorted amplifiers. Team Pantelleria, IH9P, looks forward to being your zone 33 multiplier for the contest and working all of you in the contest. QSL via KR7X (C.B.A.). They also have a web page at http://www.qsl.net/ih9p.

Look for the newest Tunisian Club station 3V8ST to be on the air during the Jamboree On The Air weekend on October 16th and 17th.

Trey, N5KO, says Galapagos Island will be on for both modes of the CQ World Wide Contests. During the SSB version Rich, N6KT, will be at the helm using HC8A. QSL via WV7Y. Trey will be the CW operator and will use HC8N. QSL via AA5BT. ______

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3B9FR - RODRIGUEZ ISLAND - Look for Robert on about 14025 several days each week between 02:00 and 03:00Z. QSL direct, not via F6FNU.

3V8BB - TUNISIA - Several West Coast US stations found Albert on 28447 on Saturday between 14:00 and 15:00Z. QSL via F2KN.

3XY1BO - GUINEA - Robert has been showing up on 21005 the last two Sundays between 17:00 and 18:00Z. QSL via F5XX.

5X1T - UGANDA - Peter is back in Kampala and was working all across the US on 28481 on Sunday at 19:30Z. QSL via ON5NT.

8R1AK - GUYANA - Esmond will be QRV from IOTA SA-068 until October 11th. Look for him on the normal IOTA frequencies.

9U5D - BURUNDI - Gus reported working many Europeans on 160 meters on Saturday between 19:00 and 23:00Z on Saturday. However no success on Sunday at 02:00 and from 03:00 to his sunrise. QSL via SM0BFJ.

CE0ZIS - JUAN FERNANDEZ ISLAND - Eliazar will occasionally show near 14260 between 21:00 and 22:00Z.

D2RV - ANGOLA - Saturday just before 20:0Z on Saturday Richard showed up on 24953. QSL via AA4HU.

D3SAF - ANGOLA - Many Europeans found Gabriel on 28499 Sunday between 15:00 and 17:00Z. QSL via I3LLH.

E4/G3WQU - PALESTINE - Peter likes CW and weekends.

EA8BH - CANARY ISLANDS - Martti, OH2BH, has been showing up on 80 and 160 meters between 04:30 and 06:00Z. He must be getting ready for CQ WW SSB. QSL via OH2BH.

EP2AS - IRAN - Well what can we say. Work it first worry later (WFWL). Alex was somewhat active on 30 meters CW over the weekend. He said to QSL via UR5SAS, but hold off before sending for this one. Valery, RA6YR, from Octavia is check out if Alex, UR5SAS, is indeed in Iran. When Valery called Alex's home he was not home. We're going to have to wait and see.

EP2FM - IRAN - SSB operators were happy to find Abdollah on 28435 on Saturday at 14:00Z. He does QSL much faster than the other EP's.

FT5WH - CROZET ISLAND - Gilles came up on 20 meters SSB on Friday just before 17:00Z and on Sunday at 16:00Z.

FY/DJ6SI - FRENCH GUIANA - Baldur remains active on CW on all bands. QSL via DJ6SI.

H44MY - SOLOMON ISLANDS - Was active on Saturday and Sunday on 15 meters SSB between 11:00 and 14:00Z working mostly Europeans. QSL via JA0IXW.

KH4/SM6FJY - MIDWAY - Europeans should check around 14250 or so for Yarl between just before 06:00Z. QSL via SM6FJY.

T31 - CENTRAL KIRIBATI - Mats, SM7PKK, from the Double Trouble gang reports working 47,000 QSO from Kanton Island. 20 percent of them were from Europe.

VP8CCI - FALKLAND ISLANDS - Someone, with a Spanish accent, was playing games with the callsign on 10 meters late Friday. He said to QSL via the British bureau, another dead give-a-way that this was bogus.

XX9TRR - MACAO - Pertti, OH2PM, was active from here over the weekend on 10, 15, 17, 40 and 80 meters CW and SSB. QSL via N6XJ.

YK1AO - SYRIA - Omar has been showing up on 160 meters CW just prior to his sunrise. Some East Coast stations report hearing him however it seems that Omar is not hearing to well.

ZK1 - SOUTH COOK ISLANDS - ZK1DKX, ZK1EBM, ZK1LGO, ZK1LPN and ZK1NJC are all in the Southern Islands.

ZK2ZL - NIUE - Willi (Manfred), DJ7RJ, is now here for about a week. QSL via DJ7RJ.

ZK3 - TOKELAU - Early Saturday Mats, SM7PKK, reported working over 10,000 QSOs from this QTH. ______

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The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AF-008 FT5WH 14175 1609 EU-137 SM7NGH 14257 0918 AS-008 JQ1SUO/1 24903 0727 NA-003 VP5/WB8VTK 28538 1815 AS-018 RA0FW 28012 0101 NA-073 V31MP 14260 0300 AS-040 JH6TYD 14026 1440 NA-073 V31FD 18145 1955 AS-067 JA4PXE/6 21260 2202 OC-021 YB3OSE 28029 1426 AS-067 JI3DST/6 21280 1122 OC-042 DU1KGJ/DU4 28480 1430 AS-076 JA5EO 28415 0949 OC-042 DU7WW 28006 1423 AS-136 BD4ED/4 10103 1532 OC-128 DU1ABC 14260 1843 EU-001 SV5/IK2WZD 21300 1642 OC-129 KB2FB/DU7 28495 1337 EU-001 SV5AZP 28480 0627 OC-130 DU9RG 28519 1413 EU-001 SV5BYR 29288 0838 OC-154 VK8AN/6 28460 1531 EU-016 9A5KV 7061 0811 SA-028 PS2V 21280 2322 EU-042 DF8XU/P 7081 1025 SA-036 P43E 14255 0354 EU-075 SV1TP/P 14256 0617 SA-068 8R1AK/P 28483 1638 EU-131 IK3PQH 21086 1456 SA-071 PY2JM/P 14260 2115 EU-137 SM7DAY 14257 1022

IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 ______

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From End Prefix Call Ref QSL ------11-Oct 28-Oct 3B8 3B8/ON4LAC 3-162 11-Oct 15-Oct 3V 3V8BB 3-165 F2KN 11-Oct 15-Oct 7Q 7Q7CE 3-169 IN3VZE 11-Oct 11-Oct 9H 9H0VRZ (EU-023) 3-146 PA0JR 11-Oct 10-Dec 9U 9U5D 3-176 SM0BFJ 11-Oct 27-Oct A3 A35SO A35ZL (OC-049) 3-159 home calls 11-Oct 30-Nov FO FO0DEH 3-158 ON4QM 11-Oct 18-Oct FO/M FO0SUC (OC-027) 3-144 F5JJW 11-Oct 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH (AF-008) 3-4 3-2 F6KDF 11-Oct 20-Dec FT5Z FT5ZJ 3-147 F2YT 11-Oct 15-Oct FY FY/DJ6SI 3-178 DJ6SI 11-Oct 17-Oct GJ GJ0WFH 3-164 G0WFH 11-Oct 11-Oct JA JQ1SUO/1 (AS-008) 3-161 JQ1SUO 11-Oct 4-Dec KH4 KH4/SM4FJY (OC-030) 3-133 SM6FJY 11-Oct 10-Jan KH4 KH4/W4ZYV 3-158 3-157 W4ZYV 11-Oct 21-Oct KH5 by DF6FK DL2ZAD 3-168 DF6FK 11-Oct 27-Oct OD OD5/3A2MT 3-168 6W1QP 11-Oct 15-Nov PJ2 PJ2/PA0VDV 3-157 PA0VDV 11-Oct 12-Oct PY PS2V (SA-028) 3-166 PY2AA 11-Oct 12-Oct V3 V31MP V31KR V31YK V31KX (NA-073) 3-163 home calls 11-Oct 3-Nov XT XT2HP 3-172 JA1OEM 11-Oct 31-Dec XW XW2A 3-168 3-167 direct 11-Oct 14-Oct ZK2 by DJ7RJ 3-159 DJ7RJ 11-Oct 12-Oct ZK3 ZK3DX ZK3CW ZK3YL 3-156 3-135 11-Oct 14-Oct ZL7 ZL4IR/7 3-178 W8WC 14-Oct 28-Oct FO/A by JK7TKE 3-179 3-138 JK7TKE 14-Oct 18-Oct S2 S21ZE 3-182 JA1UT 15-Oct 19-Oct KH0 KH0/AF4IN KH0N 3-164 home calls 16-Oct 17-Oct I K8NY IK0HWI IK0IZW (EU-045) 3-179 16-Oct 17-Oct JARTS WW RTTY Contest 16-Oct 17-Oct RSGB 21/28 MHz CW Contest 16-Oct 17-Oct Worked all Germany Contest ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for October 9, 1999 was 235.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for October 10, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------10-Oct-1999 21 161 25 4 Low/Quiet-Min Stm;Low/Active 10-Oct-1999 18 153 5 5 Low/Quiet-Min Stm;Low/Active 10-Oct-1999 15 153 5 4 Low/Quiet-Active;Low/Active 10-Oct-1999 12 153 5 4 Low/Quiet-Active;Low/Quiet-Active 10-Oct-1999 09 153 5 4 Low/Quiet-Active;Low/Quiet-Active 10-Oct-1999 06 153 5 3 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Active 10-Oct-1999 03 153 5 2 Low/Quiet;Low/Quiet-Active 10-Oct-1999 00 153 5 2 Low/Quiet;Low/Unsettled-Active

The forecast for Monday, October 11th: solar flux 160, A index 20, K index 4. Conditions should be Low Normal.

The forecast for Tuesday, October 12th: solar flux 160, A index 15, K index 3. Conditions should be High Normal.

Solar images of the sun received for October 11, 1999 can be found at http://www.sel.noaa.gov/solar_images/1999_10/1999_10_11.html

Perhaps the most useful propagation page for Amateur Radio Operators can be found at http://dx.qsl.net/propagation/

Grey line map http://www.spiritweb.org/cgi/sunclock.cgi ______

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Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------3V8BB *F2KN HP3XBH W4WX V73UX V73AX 3W7CW SP5AUC KR7T/KH0 JA2FGE VO2AC VE3FU 3Z0DIG DL3KDC L55FB/J LU1FKR VQ9CV ND1V 4X1VF K1FJ LX9DX SP5SS XT2HP JA1OEM 5X1T ON5NT LZ30KVZ LZ1KVZ XX9TRR N6XJ 9H3QE DK3QE N0EP/KH0 JA0EKP YE4SF YC4TUU A61AP IK7JTF OD5LF F5PWT YJ0AMN JA1UMN BW0R JA1JKG PS2V PY2AA ZA/IK0IEM IK0IEM D2RV AA4HU T71SM T70A ZK1DKX HB9DKX D3SAF I3LLA UN4P DL8KAC ZK1EBM HB9EBM ED7XAP EA7CCN UN7PCZ DL8KAC ZK2ZL DJ7RJ EG7CMP EA7KY V31KR K5KR ZK3CW SM0AGD FK8VHY F8CMT V31KX W5FKX ZK3DX SM0AGD GB0WFB G0WOU V31MP W5ZPA ZK3YL SM6WYN H44MY JA0IXW V31YK W5JYK

ú = There are many QSL managers for 3V8BB. F2KN can confirm QSOs from October 9th and 10th, 1999.

FO5CK - Michel, P.O. Box 492, Papeete, C.P.98714, Tahiti, FRENCH POLYNESIA JA1UMN - Hiroyasu Satoh, 5-64-6, Aizawa, Seyaku, Yokohama 246, JAPAN

QSL cards recently received direct: CN8WW, FO0CLA, KR6MR/YV0, VP8LP, and XF4MX ______

On the WWW ______

Need an address and can not find it the Buckmaster or QRZ Callbooks? Well try the following individual country callbooks.

4S - http://www.qsl.net/rssl/ 9A - http://www.hrs.agram.com/callbook.htm 9M2/6 - http://www.jaring.my/enrich/marts BY - http://www.qsl.net/by2hit/ebycall.htm C3 - http://www.sta.ad/ura/qsl.htm CO - http://www.infocom.etecsa.cu/www/frc/dire3.htm ER - http://www.ournet.md/~arm/QSL.html ES - http://www.qsl.net/es5aaw/es_callbook.htm EW - http://www.qsl.net/ew2eo/cal_eng.txt EY - http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Hangar/5873/callbook.html F - http://www.ref.tm.fr/nomenclature/nomenclature.shtml GU - http://www.guernsey.net/~sgibbs/amateur_radio/gu_calls.html HS - http://hs-callbook.dhs.org/cgi-bin/search.cfm JT - http://www.pc.mdlink.de/70223102/JTCALL.TXT LX - http://www.qsl.net/lx1no/rl_callb.html LY - http://www.qsl.net/lrmd/lycbk.txt LZ - http://www.pc.mdlink.de/70223102/LZCALL.TXT OH - http://hes.iki.fi/oh/eng.shtml OL - http://hippo.feld.cvut.cz/cgi-bin/getaddr OZ - http://www.tst.dk/servlet/tstsog/tstsog.resultdetails?post=4 PA - http://www.qsl.net/pa3esz/nl_hams.html PY - http://www.carioca.com/ham/manager.htm SP - http://Tartarus.Phys.US.edu.PL/ SV - http://www.radiomagazine.com/call/call.htm TF - http://www.nett.is/~tf5bw/ira/cqtf/irafeltal.html TG - http://members.xoom.com/CRAG/Miembros.htm VE - http://www.rac.ca/callbook/ VK - http://www.aca.gov.au/database/radcomm/licence.htm VP9 - http://www.bermuda-shorts.com/rsb/callsign.htm YL - http://www.ltn.lv/~linda/hamlist.htm YO - http://www.qsl.net/yo3kaa/yocall.htm YS - http://www.milian.com/faf/miembros.shtml ZS - http://www.sarl.org.za/callbook.htm

A web site for the upcoming March 2000 DXpedition to Clipperton Island has been set up at http://www.qsl.net/clipperton2000. This DXpedition is still looking for sponsors. Please contact John Kennon N7CQQ if you can help out. ______

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Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: AA6YQ, DJ7IK, KH6BZF Reports, KI4RU, KR7X, LX1NO, N2JTX, N6RT, NOAA, VK1MJ, W2DEN, W7IAN, WA4NUF, YV1DIG ______

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Joerg, DL8WPX, gives an update to the planned Morocco activity at the end of the month by a large group of members from the Bavarian Contest Club (BCC). The group will be multi-multi in this year's CQ World Wide SSB DX Contest, however before and after the contest they will be using special call 5C8M. Look for this activity to start sometime around October 20th. A big emphasis will be put on 160 meters as they will install a Titanex V160 Vertical directly on the beach and put up 6 beverages for receiving. During the CQ World Wide SSB DX Contest they will use CN8WW. Operators for this group include DJ5IW, DK2OY, DK5WL, DK6WL, DK7YY, DL1MFL, DL2NBU, DL4MCF, DL6FBL, DL6RAI, DL8OH, DL8WPX, DL9NEI, OE2LCM, OE2MON and OE2VEL. Take down of all the antennas will take place on November 1st. A web site has been put together at http://www.dl6fbl.de/cn8ww/.

Tony, EA5BY, has just returned from the Canary Islands and phoned your editor to supply some information about the recent 3C0R operation which took place on Annobon Island last month. Many questions were answered starting with why did the operators leave the island two days early. The operators left the island early do to the fact that a storm was expected which would have made it difficult to get back on time. All of the operating was done by the two Spanish operators as Roberto, 3C1RV, was very sick and unable to operate. Ramon, 3C1GS, was unable to operate as he had other duties that had to be done, although he did make the trip. So that left Elmo, EA5BYP, and Vic, EA5YN, very busy filling the 3C0R logs. The goal for this operation was to make between 25,000 and 30,000 QSOs. All 23,800 QSOs were hand written as they had computer problems. This then leads to the question about the logs going on the WWW. Tony says they hope to have the logs on the Web page in about two weeks. He did say that Vic, EA5BYP, also came down with some kind of Malaria, however it seems that he is doing fine now. Special 4 sided photo QSL cards will be printed and cards will be confirmed by hand. Another goal of this operation was to show the local authorities Amateur Radio and to be able to go back for a future operation with more equipment and more operators. The Minister of Telecommunications was also present and was content with the operation. Plans are now being made for a future operation, possibly for the year 2000, which would allow more operators, possible from the US and more from Spain and other countries, which have good relations with Equatorial Guinea.

All correspondence regarding the Yasme Award, including the submission of applications should go to the following address. This new address was announced previously, but several sites still post the old address. Randy Wright, 18432 Milmar Boulevard, Castro Valley, CA 94546, U.S.A.

The planned fall trip to Malpelo Island by the Liga Colombiana de Radioaficionados (LCRA) has been called off until further notice due to the economic situation in Colombia. It seems LCRA was unable to get firm commitments to help sponsor the trip. So the DXpedition is now on hold.

Once again Deryck, G3VLX, will be operating 9H3AM from Malta between October 21st and early November. He'll have a FT-757 using a vertical and a dipole.

Gus, 9U5D, says he plans to be on 80 and 160 meters CW this weekend. He will start around 18:00Z. Look for him to be transmitting near 3510 (listening up 3-10) and 1831/1832 (listening up 3-5). Plans are to be on 160 meters for about 15 minutes at the top of each hour. If things aren't going well he will move to 80 meters.

Bernie, VK4EJ, says to look for Tony, P29PB, on New Britain Island (OC- 008) as P29JOK during the JOTA event this weekend. Also he will operate as P2000K in December 1999 and January 2000. QSL via his home call P29PB.

Joel, F5PAC, will be in French Guiana from November 1st to 14th as FY/F5PAC. He will join up with Peter, FY5FU, on Salut Island (SA-020) between November 5th and 7th.

Hugh, K0GHK, and Roger, WA0ETE, expect to be on from Ambergris Cay (NA- 073), Belize until October 16th. They will use V31HK during their mornings and evenings on CW and SSB, mostly on 10 and 15 meters. QSL via WA0ETE.

Genevieve (YL), F5SQM, is now in Lebanon and licensed as OD/F5SQM and will be mostly on CW. She plans to operate in all major contests. QSL via her husband F6FYA.

The Radio Club Villa Angela is organizing an expedition to the El Suazalito Region of Argentina using special call LS0G. Look for this station to be active on 10, 15, 20 and 40 meters CW, SSB, SSTV and PSK 31 from November 27th to 29th. Those contacting this expedition who wish to receive a special certificate along with information about the expedition should QSL direct with 5 IRC's to Radio Club Villa Angela, LU4GO, Uruguay 161, 3540 Villa Angela, Chaco, ARGENTINA. For more information contact Luis, LU4LC by e-mail at [email protected]

Starting November Dominique, F5SJB, plans to use the TM5CW callsign. He will operate CQ World Wide CW and be active until December 6th.

Need to see an old issue of The Daily DX. We have all but the last 6 to 8 weeks on our Web site. The search engine can search through old issues to give you the information you need. It can be found at http://www.dailydx.com/search.html. If you interested in 1999 issues check out http://www.dailydx.com/1999/. For 1998 and 1997 just change the last digit. This information has public access so both subscribers and non-subscribers can access it. Tell a friend. ______

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5H3US - TANZANIA - Dave has returned and was on 15 SSB just before 21:00Z and later on 3505 at 22:00Z. QSL via WA8JOC.

AP2JZB - PAKISTAN - Bob was listening for US stations on 24962 at 15:15Z.

FO0DEH - AUSTRAL ISLANDS - Marcelll is currently operating on Raivave Island (OC-114) until about October 18th or 19th. Next he expects to be on from Tuamotu Archipelago (OC-066), in the French Polynesian Islands. QSL via ON4QM.

KH5 - PALMYRA & JARVIS ISLANDS - Harry, DK2GZ, says that Norbert, DF6FK, and Judith, DL2ZAD, left Germany on October 2nd. Dieter, DL3KDV, says there were taking a boat to the island and were expected there last Friday.

VK0TS - ANTARCTICA - Tom can often be found on or near 14245 from 10:00 to 12:00Z running 20 watts from Davis Base (AN-016). QSL via VK1DX.

XT2HP - BURKINA FASO - Mako was up on 21175 just after 08:00Z. You can also find him on 20 meter running QRS CW around 21:00 to 22:00Z. QSL via JA1OEM. He is expected on 160 meters.

YY2GOP/MM MARITIME MOBILE - Carlos is one of the Venezuelan operators on the ship heading to Aves Island. He stated they would be at the island by Tuesday October 12th. Only thing is they plan to operate from the boat. Guess what that won't count for DXCC if they do that. YV9HX is also on the ship.

ZD9BV - TRISTAN DA CUHNA - Andy was up on 28500 working Europe and the Eastern half of the US between 17:00 and 19:30Z. QSL via W4FRU.

ZK3CW - TOKELAU - Showed up on 160 meters yesterday just after 10:00Z with lots of QSB. They were not expected to be on RTTY however they did show up around 22:00Z on 28080. QSL via SM0AGD. ______

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The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AF-014 CT3DZ 28487 2013 NA-073 V31MP 21295 1546 AS-018 UA0FDX 7003 1145 OC-022 YC9BU 21260 1320 AS-077 JR6PDU 7036 1146 OC-027 FO0SUC 14195 0532 AS-136 BD4ED/4 10108 2101 OC-083 ZK1DKX 14222 0411 EU-004 EA6/DH3KAT 24945 1328 OC-114 FO0DEH 14252 0617 EU-013 GJ0WFH/M 14262 0958 OC-135 P29BI 14260 1200 EU-029 OZ6XY 18157 2001 OC-141 VK8KTC 21256 0750 EU-047 DL2ABM/P 7096 1633 OC-154 VK8AN/6 21038 1141 EU-049 SV8DTZ 14260 1746 SA-026 PP5OW 24955 1841 EU-057 DL4PM 21257 1618 SA-028 PS2V 18117 2108 EU-082 U1ZA/A 14006 0712 SA-068 8R1AK/P 14195 0538 NA-073 V31KR 21295 1511

Philippe, FK8VHT, will be active as FK8VHT/P from Lifou Island (IOTA OC-033) from October 14th to 21st.

Jan, 4X1VF, will lead a group to Akhziv Island (AS-100) on October 23rd. They will use 4X0A on 10, 15 and 20 meters CW and SSB using three stations. Look for them to be active from 07:00 to 14:00Z. QSL via 4Z5DW, Leon Cherbakov, P.O. Box 489, Hadera 38104, ISRAEL.

Frane, 9A5V, Matko, 9A3VM, and Fredi, 9A5KV, plan to operate from Mrkan Island (EU-016) on either October 16th or 17th. QSL via home calls.

IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 ______

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From End Prefix Call Ref QSL ------12-Oct 28-Oct 3B8 3B8/ON4LAC 3-162 12-Oct 15-Oct 3V 3V8BB 3-165 F2KN 12-Oct 15-Oct 7Q 7Q7CE 3-169 IN3VZE 12-Oct 10-Dec 9U 9U5D 3-176 SM0BFJ 12-Oct 27-Oct A3 A35SO A35ZL (OC-049) 3-159 home calls 12-Oct 30-Nov FO FO0DEH 3-158 ON4QM 12-Oct 18-Oct FO/M FO0SUC (OC-027) 3-144 F5JJW 12-Oct 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH (AF-008) 3-4 3-2 F6KDF 12-Oct 20-Dec FT5Z FT5ZJ 3-147 F2YT 12-Oct 15-Oct FY FY/DJ6SI 3-178 DJ6SI 12-Oct 17-Oct GJ GJ0WFH 3-164 G0WFH 12-Oct 4-Dec KH4 KH4/SM4FJY (OC-030) 3-133 SM6FJY 12-Oct 10-Jan KH4 KH4/W4ZYV 3-158 3-157 W4ZYV 12-Oct 21-Oct KH5 by DF6FK DL2ZAD 3-168 DF6FK 12-Oct 27-Oct OD OD5/3A2MT 3-168 6W1QP 12-Oct 15-Nov PJ2 PJ2/PA0VDV 3-157 PA0VDV 12-Oct 12-Oct PY PS2V (SA-028) 3-166 PY2AA 12-Oct 12-Oct V3 V31MP V31KR V31YK V31KX (NA-073) 3-163 home calls 12-Oct 3-Nov XT XT2HP 3-172 JA1OEM 12-Oct 31-Dec XW XW2A 3-168 3-167 direct 12-Oct 14-Oct ZK2 by DJ7RJ 3-159 DJ7RJ 12-Oct 12-Oct ZK3 ZK3DX ZK3CW ZK3YL 3-156 3-135 12-Oct 14-Oct ZL7 ZL4IR/7 3-178 W8WC ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for October 10, 1999 was 195.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for October 11, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------11-Oct-1999 21 167 19 2 Low/Quiet-Min Stm;Low/Unsettled-Active 11-Oct-1999 18 161 23 3 Low/Quiet-Min Stm;Low/Unsettled-Active 11-Oct-1999 15 161 23 4 Low/Quiet-Min Stm;Low/Unsettled-Active 11-Oct-1999 12 161 23 4 Low/Quiet-Min Stm;Low/Unsettled-Min Stm 11-Oct-1999 09 161 23 4 Low/Quiet-Min Stm;Low/Unsettled-Min Stm 11-Oct-1999 06 161 23 2 Low/Quiet-Min Stm;Low/Unsettled-Min Stm 11-Oct-1999 03 161 23 4 Low/Quiet-Min Stm;Low/Unsettled-Min Stm 11-Oct-1999 00 161 23 2 Low/Quiet-Min Stm;Low/Unsettled-Min Stm

The forecast for Tuesday, October 12th: solar flux 160, A index 15, K index 3. Conditions should be High Normal.

The forecast for Wednesday, October 13th: solar flux 160, A index 15, K index 3. Conditions should be High Normal.

Solar images of the sun received for October 12, 1999 can be found at http://www.sel.noaa.gov/solar_images/1999_10/1999_10_12.html

Perhaps the most useful propagation page for Amateur Radio Operators can be found at http://dx.qsl.net/propagation/

Grey line map http://www.spiritweb.org/cgi/sunclock.cgi ______

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Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------5H3US WA8JOC KC4CD/HR2 N4AA XT2HP JA1OEM GJ0WFH/M G0WFH KP2AD OK1AJY YN6HM N5TGZ H44UM JA1UMN V29DG K4DLG ZD9BV W4FRU

Carl, N4AA, says "Effectively immediately I will be handling cards for Lane, KC4CD/HR2."

QSL cards recently received direct: CN8WW, RF1P (EU-102)

QSL cards recently received via the bureau: 5A2A, 9Y4H, CN8WW, FH/DJ1RL, V26KW, ______

Credits ______

Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 425 DX News, 4X1VF, 9U5D, DK2GZ, DL2MIH, DL8WPX, EA3GIP, F6AJA, HJ3PXA, K3ZO, KH6BZF Reports, LNDX, N4AA, N7NG, NOAA, OPDX, W7IAN ______

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Katsu, JD1BKR, is currently now operating from Iwo-jima, Volcano Islands (AS-030) Ogasawara. He is on the island until October 27th, when he goes back to mainland Japan on vacation. His vacation will be over on November 4th, which is when he will go back to Iwo-jima and will stay for about 6 months. QSL cards should go via the JARL, as his mail service by the Japanese Self-Defense Air Force is not reliable. Those wishing to send it direct to the JARL QSL bureau should use the following address. Japan Amateur Radio League, 1-14-5 Sugamo, Toshima, Tokyo 170-8073, JAPAN.

Koji, JK7TKE has arrived in Pappeete, French Polynesia today and obtained his license, FO0KOJ. He will head for Tubuai, Austral tomorrow. His HF and 6 meter operation will last till October 28th. QSL via home call.

Del Clouser, W8KJP, will be working in South Korea between October 18th and 20th and will be active as HL9DC. Look for him to be active between 21:00 and 02:00Z and from 10:00 to 12:00Z. Check the following frequencies 7005, 14026, 21026 and 28026.

The National Capitol DX Association (NCDXA) recently elected the following officers for the 1999-2000 term:

President: Rick Murphy, K1MU Vice President: Mark Behrens, W4GP Treasurer: Henry Herman, W3UJ Secretary: Leo Boberschmidt, W3LEO

Toshi, JA8RUZ, will now be joining the IARV DXpedition to Bangladesh (S21ZE). He will leave around 05:00Z on Friday and arrive in Dhaka Saturday afternoon local time. ______

Silent Key ______

Bruce, K1AJ, gives the sad news of the passing of James L. Dionne, K1MEM. Jim had been very sick for many years and was the CQ Worked All Zones Award Manger for a long time. He was also a member of the FOC and the Yankee Clipper Contest Club. ______

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3D2TC - FIJI ISLANDS - Look for Craig on 20 meters SSB between 04:00 and 06:00Z.

5H3US - TANZANIA - Dave came up on 1831 around 00:50Z yesterday. QSL via WA8JOC.

9K2UB - KUWAIT - Mohammad can be found daily on 40 meters CW at 20:00Z. QSL direct.

9U5D - BURUNDI - Gus continues to show up on 20 meters SSB at 04:30Z. Check between 14235 and 14260. QSL via SM0BFJ.

AP2JZB - PAKISTAN - Bob started off on 28458 just before 13:30Z and was later found on 24983 just before 15:00Z. Shortly after that he was down on 21311.

D44BS - CAPE VERDE ISLANDS - Angelo has been showing up on 10 meters SSB between 16:00 and 17:00Z.

EA8/DK2OC - CANARY ISLANDS - Check 30 meters CW from 22:00 to 23:00Z for Uli.

EP2PTT - IRAN - Has been showing up near 14195 from about 15:30 to 17:00Z. Europeans usually have the best propagation.

EY8XX - TAJIKISTAN - Several West Coast and South West US stations reported Vlad on 14005 just prior to 03:00Z. QSL via GW3CDP.

EZ8AQ - TURKMENISTAN - Jenny likes 12 meters CW and SSB from 11:00 to 12:30Z most days.

HZ1RT - SAUDI ARABIA - Sam can often be found near 28440 from 11:30 to 12:30Z.

J22DD - DJIBOUTI - Europeans found this unique prefix on 1828 from 20:00 to 21:00Z. Work it first worry later. No QSL info on this station.

J28NH - DJIBOUTI - Jean made a quick stop yesterday on 14195 between 02:45 and 03:00Z. QSL via F5NHJ.

KH5 - PALMYRA - Judith, DL2ZAD, and her husband Norbert, DF6FK, made it to the island and have been active on 10, 12, and 20 meters SSB. They were not expected to be on 12 meters so maybe they will also be on 17 meters! QSL via home calls.

VU2WAP - INDIA - Miku came up on 3798 today working quiet a few East Coast US stations around 00:30Z. He says he will be on 160 meters in November or December. For an antenna he has an inverted vee about 150 feet above the ground, but his SB220 does not have 160 meters.

ZK3 - TOKELAU - If you haven't worked them yet you have until 14:00Z today before they leave the island and head back to American Samoa. ______

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The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AS-136 BD4ED/4 10107 1510 NA-198 VO1BAR/P 3797 0017 EU-013 GJ0WFH/M 14185 1453 OC-049 A35SO 14260 0428 NA-073 V31KR 28495 1851 OC-085 KH5/DF6FK 14195 0752 NA-073 V31MP 21260 1431 OC-171 VK4DEK 21260 0753

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 QSL ------13-Oct 28-Oct 3B8 3B8/ON4LAC 3-162 13-Oct 15-Oct 3V 3V8BB 3-165 F2KN 13-Oct 15-Oct 7Q 7Q7CE 3-169 IN3VZE 13-Oct 10-Dec 9U 9U5D 3-176 SM0BFJ 13-Oct 27-Oct A3 A35SO A35ZL (OC-049) 3-159 home calls 13-Oct 30-Nov FO/A FO0DEH (OC-114) 3-158 ON4QM 13-Oct 18-Oct FO/M FO0SUC (OC-027) 3-144 F5JJW 13-Oct 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH (AF-008) 3-4 3-2 F6KDF 13-Oct 20-Dec FT5Z FT5ZJ 3-147 F2YT 13-Oct 15-Oct FY FY/DJ6SI 3-178 DJ6SI 13-Oct 17-Oct GJ GJ0WFH 3-164 G0WFH 13-Oct 4-Dec KH4 KH4/SM4FJY (OC-030) 3-133 SM6FJY 13-Oct 10-Jan KH4 KH4/W4ZYV 3-158 3-157 W4ZYV 13-Oct 21-Oct KH5 by DF6FK DL2ZAD 3-168 DF6FK 13-Oct 27-Oct OD OD5/3A2MT 3-168 6W1QP 13-Oct 15-Nov PJ2 PJ2/PA0VDV 3-157 PA0VDV 13-Oct 16-Oct V3 V31HK (NA-073) 3-184 WA0ETE 13-Oct 3-Nov XT XT2HP 3-172 JA1OEM 13-Oct 31-Dec XW XW2A 3-168 3-167 direct 13-Oct 14-Oct ZK2 ZK2ZL 3-159 DJ7RJ 13-Oct 14-Oct ZL7 ZL4IR/7 3-178 W8WC ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for October 11, 1999 was 163.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for October 12, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------12-Oct-1999 21 184 27 3 Low/Unset-Min Strm;Low/Active 12-Oct-1999 18 167 20 3 Low/Quiet-Min Strm;Low/Active 12-Oct-1999 15 167 20 3 Low/Quiet-Min Strm;Low/Active 12-Oct-1999 12 167 20 5 Low/Quiet-Min Strm;Low/Active 12-Oct-1999 09 167 20 3 Low/Quiet-Min Strm;Low/Unset-Active 12-Oct-1999 06 167 20 5 Low/Quiet-Min Strm;Low/Unset-Active 12-Oct-1999 03 167 20 5 Low/Quiet-Min Strm;Low/Unset-Active 12-Oct-1999 00 167 20 4 Low/Quiet-Active;Low/Unsetteld-Active

The forecast for Wednesday, October 13th: solar flux 160, A index 15, K index 3. Conditions should be High Normal.

The forecast for Thursday, October 14th: solar flux 160, A index 15, K index 3. Conditions should be High Normal.

Solar images of the sun received for October 13, 1999 can be found at http://www.sel.noaa.gov/solar_images/1999_10/1999_10_13.html

Perhaps the most useful propagation page for Amateur Radio Operators can be found at http://dx.qsl.net/propagation/

Grey line map http://www.spiritweb.org/cgi/sunclock.cgi ______

QSL Info ______

Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------4K5CW TA2ZV ED1RIA EA1EUR TY/F6FCM/P F6FNU 5N39EAM IK7JTF KH5/DF6FK DF6FK V31KQ WA0ETE CP6XE IK6SNR MI0/N1YC EI6FR V31KR K5KR CT3FN HB9CRV

3D2TC - Craig, Box 273, Suva, FIJI ISLANDS EK6MK - Serge, P.O. Box 14, 375090 Yerevan, Armenia

QSL cards recently received direct: FR5FD, VU3VLH, and ZA0IS ______

On the WWW ______

Contests can be a DXers best friend, especially the DX ones. It seems that the QRZ Callbook site is currently taking a poll weather or not contests should limit their activity to specific areas within each band. What do you think? Cast your vote at http://www.qrz.com/ ______

Credits ______

Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 9K2UB, DL2MIH, JA1ADN, JA8RUZ, JF2MBF, K1AJ, K4BAI, KH6BZF Reports, LU4AAV, NOAA, VU2WAP, W3LEO, W3LPL, W5OZI, W7IAN ______

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A team of Italian contesters will activate the island of Lampedusa (North Africa - Zone 33 - IOTA AF-019) with a multi-multi effort during the CQ World Wide SSB DX Contest. The Italian Ministry of Communications and the Lampedusa Municipality are sponsoring the operation, as they will be demonstrating importance of Amateur Radio in an era of cellular phones and Internet. The number of new technicians in Europe is decreasing and Ham Radio is one way to get new enthusiasts. Operators will include I2EOW, I2VXJ, I4UFH, IK2NCJ, IT9GSF, IV3TAN, SV8CS and others. The callsign will be IG9A. All of the stations making a minimum of five QSOs on different bands will receive a CD-ROM with images and pile-up audio files. QSL via I2MQP.

During both the CQ World Wide SSB and CW DX Contests look for Louis, HP3XUG, to be active with special call HO3A on all bands. He is also active on 6 meters and EME. Plans are to also operate in the EME contest. Effective October 20th Louis has a new address, which is Louis N. Anciaux, CAPT, USN (RET), PSC 2, Box R3197, APO AA 34002 USA.

Jun, JH4RHF, reports that the 4U1VIC club station will be active during the following upcoming contests:

CQ World Wide SSB - multi-single by DL2OBF and members of the RRDXA CQ World Wide CW - mulit-single by DL6RDR and members of the BCC ARRL 10 meter - multi-single by VE3IAY and JH4RHF CQ WPX SSB - by OE8CIQ

QSL via the OE bureau or to the calllbook address.

Due to the direct hit of hurricane Floyd on Treasure Cay, Bahamas, KI6T has had to cancel the C6AGS operation which had been scheduled to take place during the CQ World Wide SSB DX Contest. ______

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5H3RK - TANZANIA - Ralph came up on 1831 yesterday at 02:55Z with a peaking signal around 03:10Z.

9U5D - BURUNDI - Gus was reported as follows:

GMT Frequencies GMT Frequencies ------05 14081 15 24940 09 28440 16 24940 18140 10 28440

A35 - TONGA - When Willi, DJ7RJ/ZK2ZL/A35ZL gets back on the island he and Klaus, A35SO, will put up the 160 meter antenna and be on Topband.

AP2JZB - PAKISTAN - Bob had a good signal into the East Coast of the US on 28509 at 14:00Z.

C9/PA3HHT - MOZAMBIQUE - Maus was working on 28440 off and on between 12:00 and 16:00Z. QSL via PA3HHT.

KH5/DF6FK - PALMYRA & JARVIS ISLANDS - Norbert was reported yesterday as follows:

GMT Frequencies GMT Frequencies ------00 28495 09 14195 01 28495 10 14195 02 28495 24945 11 14195 03 24945 14175 12 14195 04 14178 21 28495 05 14178 22 28495 06 14195 23 28495 08 14195

XT2DP - BURKINA FASO - Mako has been active on 10, 15, 20 and now 30 meters. He plans to put up a 40 meter ground plane today. Antennas for 80 and 160 meters have not been put up as of yet. QSL via JA1OEM.

ZK3 - TOKELAU - The Double Trouble team went QRT just after 17:00Z yesterday. Carl, N4AA, from QRZ DX says he received a report they had worked 24,300 QSOs. They will now take a three day trip by sailboat back to American Samoa. ______

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The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AS-136 BD4ED/4 10109 2230 EU-013 GJ0WFH 21285 0831 AS-020 BW0R 21265 1315 EU-114 GU3MBS 24895 1546 EU-004 EA6NB 18074 1754 AS-053 HS0/IK4MRH 14260 1745 EU-032 F5MAD/P 21014 1245 EU-020 SM1BIQ 21260 1010 OC-114 FO0DEH 28560 1824 EU-075 SV1TP/P 14260 1443 OC-027 FO0SUC 28495 2023 EU-072 SV8/G0IXC 21242 0733 AF-008 FT5WH 14278 1658 OC-083 ZK1DKX 14260 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 QSL ------14-Oct 28-Oct 3B8 3B8/ON4LAC 3-162 14-Oct 15-Oct 3V 3V8BB 3-165 F2KN 14-Oct 15-Oct 7Q 7Q7CE 3-169 IN3VZE 14-Oct 10-Dec 9U 9U5D 3-176 SM0BFJ 14-Oct 27-Oct A3 A35SO A35ZL (OC-049) 3-159 home calls 14-Oct 21-Oct FK FK8VHT/P (OC-033) 3-184 14-Oct 30-Nov FO FO0DEH 3-158 ON4QM 14-Oct 28-Oct FO/A FO0KOJ 3-179 3-138 JK7TKE 14-Oct 18-Oct FO/M FO0SUC (OC-027) 3-144 F5JJW 14-Oct 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH (AF-008) 3-4 3-2 F6KDF 14-Oct 20-Dec FT5Z FT5ZJ 3-147 F2YT 14-Oct 15-Oct FY FY/DJ6SI 3-178 DJ6SI 14-Oct 17-Oct GJ GJ0WFH 3-164 G0WFH 14-Oct 27-Oct JD/O JD1BKR 3-185 JARL 14-Oct 4-Dec KH4 KH4/SM4FJY (OC-030) 3-133 SM6FJY 14-Oct 10-Jan KH4 KH4/W4ZYV 3-158 3-157 W4ZYV 14-Oct 21-Oct KH5 by DF6FK DL2ZAD 3-168 DF6FK 14-Oct 27-Oct OD OD5/3A2MT 3-168 6W1QP 14-Oct 15-Nov PJ2 PJ2/PA0VDV 3-157 PA0VDV 14-Oct 18-Oct S2 S21ZE 3-182 JA1UT 14-Oct 16-Oct V3 V31HK (NA-073) 3-184 WA0ETE 14-Oct 3-Nov XT XT2HP 3-172 JA1OEM 14-Oct 31-Dec XW XW2A 3-168 3-167 direct 14-Oct 14-Oct ZK2 ZK2ZL 3-159 DJ7RJ 14-Oct 14-Oct ZL7 ZL4IR/7 3-178 W8WC ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for October 12, 1999 was 191.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for October 13, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------13-Oct-1999 21 191 23 4 Low/Unsettled-Min Strm;Low/Active 13-Oct-1999 18 184 27 3 Low/Unsettled-Min Strm;Low/Active 13-Oct-1999 15 184 27 3 Low/Unsettled-Min Strm;Low/Active 13-Oct-1999 12 184 27 3 Low/Unsettled-Min Strm;Low/Active 13-Oct-1999 09 184 27 5 Low/Unsettled-Min Strm;Low/Unset-Min Strm 13-Oct-1999 06 184 27 3 Low/Unsettled-Min Strm;Low/Unset-Active 13-Oct-1999 03 184 27 4 Low/Unsettled-Min Strm;Low/Unset-Active 13-Oct-1999 00 184 27 3 Low/Unsettled-Min Strm;Low/Unset-Active

The forecast for Thursday, October 14th: solar flux 180, A index 30, K index 5. Conditions should be Disturbed.

The forecast for Friday, October 15th: solar flux 180, A index 25, K index 5. Conditions should be Disturbed.

Solar images of the sun received for October 14, 1999 can be found at http://www.sel.noaa.gov/solar_images/1999_10/1999_10_14.html

Perhaps the most useful propagation page for Amateur Radio Operators can be found at http://dx.qsl.net/propagation/

Grey line map http://www.spiritweb.org/cgi/sunclock.cgi ______

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Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------4N0X YU7KMN KH5/DF6FK DF6FK SU9ZZ OKM3TZZ FT5WH F6KDF PJ2/PA0VDV PA0VDV VK4DEK DL1MHM

QSL cards recently received direct: CN8WW, CO2JZ, DX1S, EM1LV, EW3CW, FP/N9PD, T30R, and TI1C ______

On the WWW ______

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Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: ARRL, DL2MIH, IT9GSF, JA1ELY, JH4RHF, K4BAI, KH6BZF Reports, KI6T, KU6J, N1RL, N4XX, NOAA, ______

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John, K3TEJ, will operate from the volcanic island of Montserrat (NA- 103) from November 22nd and 25th as VP2MKW. Look for him on 10 through 160 meters CW only. QSL via K3TEJ.

The German team of DL5NAM, DL9NDS and DL7NFK has received VP2MCS for their DXpedition to Montserrat. They will be QRV with three stations from October 25th to November 9th. Look for them on 6 through 160 meters on SSB, Pactor and PSK-31. During the CQ World Wide SSB DX Contest they will be multi-single. QSL via DL5NAM.

Look for OH2MAM, to be operating as a single-op assisted in this year's CQ World Wide SSB DX Contest from the Aland Islands. He will use OH0Z. QSL via OH1EH, Ari Korhonen, Kreetalank.9 as 1, FIN-29200 Harjavalta, Finland.

Seasoned contest veteran Rich Smith, N6KT, will be in the Galapagos Islands from October 21st through November 1st. He will be going all out as a single op as HC8A during the CQ World Wide SSB DX Contest. QSL via WV7Y.

Doug, N6RT, reports "The Bonaire CQWW crew from PJ9B will be using the callsign PJ4B from now on. The PJ9B call will no longer be used. Please pay special attention to this when logging us this year." The PJ4B crew will be active during the CQ World Wide SSB and CW DX Contests (Vol. 3 No. 167).

To celebrate the 67th year of the founding of the Philippine Amateur Radio Association some stations are now using the special prefix DU67 until the end of the year.

Wondering when the solar maximum will happen? Well David Hathaway works at the Marshall Space Flight Center as a solar physicist and he expects the peak to be by mid 2000. Hathaway said, "The projected peak is comparable to, but lower than the peaks of the last two maxima (1989 and 1978)." One thing is for sure as the geomagnetic activity increases so do the chances for more geomagnetic storms. While there will be more disturbances those in the mid-latitudes will have the unique opportunity to see some spectacular sights that are normally visible in the higher latitudes during these times.

Jim Smith, VK9NS, will remain in England until Wednesday October 20th. His next stop will be Bangkok, Thailand, where he hopes to receive good news about his next stop where he hopes to operate from! More on this is expected soon. ______

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3XY2D - GUINEA - Early today Denis came up on 14195. This is the first time he has been reported. He said to QSL via his home call VE2DSP.

AP2P - PAKISTAN - Khurshid was found on 21293 at 06:00Z. He is located in Rawalpindi, which is in Northern Pakistan.

D80ISF - SOUTH KOREA - This special event station, International Sports Festival, has been active over the past few days.

FT5WH - CROZET ISLAND - Gilles started off on 14260 around 15:45Z. Later, just before 17:00Z, he came up on 14278. QSL via F6KDF.

S21ZE - BANGLADESH - The Japanese group were reported on 18165 at 12:00Z, on 24895 at 13:00Z and 10105 at 21:00Z. QSL via JA1UT.

TJ1PD - CAMEROON - RTTY DXers found Darek on 20 meters between 21:00 and 00:00Z. QSL via SP9CLQ.

V85BA - BRUNEI - Abu occasionally shows up around 15:00Z on or near 21237.

XT2HP - BURKINA FASO - Mako is XT2HP not XT2DP as reported yesterday. Yesterday he came up on 7003 at 21:00Z. QSL via JA1OEM. ______

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The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------EU-013 GJ0WFH/M 14185 1442 OC-059 V63AO 28468 2158 EU-032 F5MAD/P 14010 0906 OC-067 FO5QS 14195 0634 EU-047 DL2ABM/P 21250 1448 OC-083 ZK1DKX 14270 0504 EU-055 LA4C 14260 1749 OC-114 FO0DEH 24940 2025 NA-198 VO1BAR/P 28460 1625 OC-135 P29BI 28010 1147 OC-027 FO0SUC 14260 0704 OC-195 VK7FLI 14260 0504

Barry, VK7BE, plans to be active from Flinders Island (OC-195) between now and October 16th. He will use VK7FLI. QSL via QSL via VK7BE, P.O. Box 271,Riverside Tasmania, Australia 7250.

IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 ______

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From End Prefix Call Ref QSL ------15-Oct 28-Oct 3B8 3B8/ON4LAC 3-162 15-Oct 15-Oct 3V 3V8BB 3-165 F2KN 15-Oct 15-Oct 7Q 7Q7CE 3-169 IN3VZE 15-Oct 10-Dec 9U 9U5D 3-176 SM0BFJ 15-Oct 27-Oct A3 A35SO A35ZL (OC-049) 3-159 home calls 15-Oct 21-Oct FK FK8VHT/P (OC-033) 3-184 15-Oct 30-Nov FO FO0DEH 3-158 ON4QM 15-Oct 28-Oct FO/A FO0KOJ 3-179 3-138 JK7TKE 15-Oct 18-Oct FO/M FO0SUC (OC-027) 3-144 F5JJW 15-Oct 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH (AF-008) 3-4 3-2 F6KDF 15-Oct 20-Dec FT5Z FT5ZJ 3-147 F2YT 15-Oct 15-Oct FY FY/DJ6SI 3-178 DJ6SI 15-Oct 17-Oct GJ GJ0WFH 3-164 G0WFH 15-Oct 27-Oct JD/O JD1BKR 3-185 JARL 15-Oct 19-Oct KH0 KH0/AF4IN KH0N 3-164 home calls 15-Oct 4-Dec KH4 KH4/SM4FJY (OC-030) 3-133 SM6FJY 15-Oct 10-Jan KH4 KH4/W4ZYV 3-158 3-157 W4ZYV 15-Oct 21-Oct KH5 KH5/DF6FK KH5/DL2ZAD 3-168 DF6FK 15-Oct 27-Oct OD OD5/3A2MT 3-168 6W1QP 15-Oct 15-Nov PJ2 PJ2/PA0VDV 3-157 PA0VDV 15-Oct 18-Oct S2 S21ZE 3-182 JA1UT 15-Oct 16-Oct V3 V31HK (NA-073) 3-184 WA0ETE 15-Oct 3-Nov XT XT2HP 3-172 JA1OEM 15-Oct 31-Dec XW XW2A 3-168 3-167 direct 16-Oct 17-Oct 3V 3V8ST 3-183 16-Oct 17-Oct 9A 9A5V 9A3VM 9A5KV (EU-016) 3-184 home calls 16-Oct 17-Oct I K8NY IK0HWI IK0IZW (EU-045) 3-179 16-Oct 17-Oct P2 P29JOK (OC-008) 3-184 P29PB 16-Oct 17-Oct JARTS WW RTTY Contest 16-Oct 17-Oct RSGB 21/28 MHz CW Contest 16-Oct 17-Oct Worked all Germany Contest 17-Oct 17-Oct Asia-Pacific CW Sprint ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for October 13, 1999 was 210.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for October 14, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------14-Oct-1999 21 200 20 2 High/Quiet-Active;Moderate/Active 14-Oct-1999 18 191 22 3 High/Unsettled-Active;Low-Mod/Active 14-Oct-1999 15 191 22 4 High/Unsettled-Active;Low-Mod/Active 14-Oct-1999 12 191 22 4 High/Unsettled-Active;Moderate/Active 14-Oct-1999 09 191 22 4 High/Unsettled-Active;Mod/Unset-Active 14-Oct-1999 06 191 22 4 Low/Unsettled-Min Strm;Low/Unset-Active 14-Oct-1999 03 191 22 3 Low/Unsettled-Min Strm;Low/Unset-Active 14-Oct-1999 00 191 22 3 Low/Unsettled-Min Strm;Low/Unset-Active

The forecast for Friday, October 15th: solar flux 200, A index 25, K index 4. Conditions should be Below Normal.

The forecast for Saturday, October 16th: solar flux 200, A index 20, K index 3. Conditions should be Low Normal.

The forecast for Sunday, October 17th: solar flux 195, A index 15, K index 3. Conditions should be High Normal.

Solar images of the sun received for October 15, 1999 can be found at http://www.sel.noaa.gov/solar_images/1999_10/1999_10_15.html

Perhaps the most useful propagation page for Amateur Radio Operators can be found at http://dx.qsl.net/propagation/

Grey line map http://www.spiritweb.org/cgi/sunclock.cgi ______

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Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------6K80ISF HL0IHQ S21B W4FRU XE1/SM0OUG SM0CCM 7X0AD EA4URE S21ZE JA1UT XX9SC XX9AU D99PIF HL5AP T88JQ JA3JA

QSL cards recently received direct: 3V8BB, A35EX, A41LZ, CN8WW, E44A, EX8ML, HB0/DF6VI, IA5/IZ5BTC (EU-28), LU8XW (SA-8), R1ANF, TM5K (EU- 65), UA0QMU (AS-28), VD7D (NA-118) YC5TA, YC5TML, YC5YAS ______

On the WWW ______

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Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: AA3RC, ARRL, DL5NAM, JI6KVR, K3TEJ, KH6BZF Reports, KI6T, N6RT, NASA, NOAA, OH1EH, The 59(9) DX Report, W4ABW ______

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Denis, VE2DPS, is a professor and is currently working in Guinea and operating as 3XY2D until December 22nd. He is using an FT-840 and will be mostly active on 10, 15 and 20 meters but will go wherever his G5RV will load up. QSL via VE2DPS.

Gene, UT7ND, says he will work the CQ World Wide DX Contests from the village of Otaki, Moldova as ER0N. QSL via Ukrainian QSL bureau or direct to UT7ND, Gene Chumakov, P.O. Box 5235, Vinnitsa 21018, Ukraine.

Leo, W3LEO, plans to be active once again from Scotland between October 21st and November 12th. He will use an Icom IC-706 along with a dipole and vertical. Look for MM/W3LEO to be active in the CQ World Wide SSB DX Contest. QSL via W3LEO.

Everyone is always looking for CQ WAZ # 2 during the CQ World Wide DX Contests. This year Gus, VO1MP, Dan VO1MX, and Chris, VE3FU, plan to operate VO2CQ during the SSB Contest. Look for them before the contest as VO2AC, VO2CQ and VO2ZZ on most of the bands on CW and SSB. QSL VO2AC via VE3FU. QSL VO2CQ via VE3FU. QSL VO2ZZ via VO1HE.

The Berlin DX Group plans to start up from the Western Kiribati Islands starting Tuesday October 19th. On SSB they will use T30Y and on CW and RTTY they will use T30CW. The team left Germany on October 15th and was headed to the island of Tarawa. They will be active until November 11th on the following frequencies:

CW: 1824, 3507, 7007, 10113, 14023, 18073, 21023, 24903, 28023 SSB: 1845, 3795, 7060, 14195, 18145, 21295, 24945, 28495 RTTY: 14083, 21083, 28083

Operators include Tom, DJ6TF; Wolf, DL2NWK, Wolf; Tom, DL2RUM; Tom, DL7BO; Sigi, DL7DF; Frank, DL7UFR; Rudi, DL7VFR; and Marianne (YL), DD6UYL.

The team hopes to have the logs available during the operation at http://www.qsl.net/t30cw/. They may have as many as 8 Rigs and 5 amplifiers. Their next stop will be to the island of Banaba. QSL via DL7DF, Sigi Presch, Wilhelmsmuehlenweg 123, D-12621 Berlin, GERMANY.

Carl, K9LA, plans to operate from the Cayman Islands as ZF2LA during the upcoming CQ World Wide SSB DX Contest. He may do single band 160 meters but has not decided for sure.

Pacific Ocean traveler Ed Hartz, K8VIR, says he will be active next from Stewart Island (OC-203) as ZM4IR/4 between November 7th and 15th. Keep an ear for him on 21260, 18160 and 14260 usually between 03:00 and 06:00Z. QSL via W8WC.

Jorge, CX6VM, plans to operate the upcoming CQ World Wide SSB DX Contest as CX5X. He will go single op 15 meters only. QSL via W3HNK.

Rick, NE8Z, says he will be active on CW and SSB from Spain, Gibraltar and Ceuta. Look for him as follows:

Dates Call October 23-26 EA/NE8Z October 26-27 ZB2/NE8Z October 27-28 EA9/NE8Z October 29-30 EA/NE8Z

QSL via NE8Z.

The Connecticut DX Association has recently elected the following officers:

President - Paul Shager, KB1BE Vice President - Ralph Mele, WB1DAR Secretary/Treasurer - Bill Eckert, K1BNO Directors - Leon Goolsby, KB1CQ May Blakley, WA1EHK Bill Stapleford, K1DII Roger Jenafaivre, K1QPM ______

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Pires, D44AC, reports the sad passing of Julio, D44BC who died of a heart attack on Wednesday October 13th. Angelo, D44BS, had reported Julio had a serious heart attack in late September and that he was in critical condition. Over the years Julio gave many a new one on 6 through 160 meters. He was active almost every day up until about one month ago. ______

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3D2AM - FIJI ISLANDS - Al, AB6UO, was active on 14224 between 03:00Z and 04:30Z on Sunday with many callers. Check you logging programs as this callsign was used from Conway Reef in May of 1990. QSL this current operation to AB6UO.

3XY2D - GUINEA - Denis was found on 10 and 20 meters SSB over the weekend. QSL via VE2DPS.

5B4ADA - CYPRUS - Look for Ivo near 1823 between 03:30 and 04:00Z.

9G5DX - GHANA - Japanese DXers found Takasaki (Kazu) on the low end of the 20 meter SSB band on Friday just before 23:00Z and on Saturday at 22:00Z.

9U5D - BURUNDI - RTTY DXers reported working Gus on 14082 just after 05:00Z. QSL via SM0BFJ.

A35 - TONGA - Willi (Fred), DJ7RJ, is now back on the island as A35ZL. He and Klaus, A35SO, are expected on 160 meters this week. Several South West US stations found Klaus on 6 meters early Saturday.

CE0Y/JL2KEQ - EASTER ISLAND - Europeans were working this one on 18129 on Sunday from 08:00 to 09:00Z. QSL via JL2KEQ.

E4/G3WQU - PALESTINE - Peter continues to show up on CW over the weekends.

EP3PTT - IRAN - Check 20 meters SSB for this club station between 09:30 and 14:30Z Saturday through Wednesday. They are also active all day on Thursdays. On Sundays Massoud has been showing up on a net around 13:00Z on 14184.

FO0KOJ - AUSTRAL ISLANDS - Koji made it to the island and has been active on 20 and 30 meters CW. He also worked many US and Japanese stations on 6 meters. QSL via JK7TKE.

JT1CO - MONGOLIA - Has been showing up on 40 meters CW between 10:00 and 11:00Z. He is also active on 80 meters SSB!

JY9QJ - JORDAN - 160 meter DXers be aware that George has been showing up between 03:20 and 03:40Z near 1823 and 1827. QSL via DL5MBY.

KH5/DF6FK - PALMYRA & JARVIS - Norbert worked several South African stations on 10 meters Sunday between 20:00 and 21:00Z. He plans to try and be on 20 meters around 04:00Z in the future.

ZC4DG - UK BASES ON CYPRUS - Friday Europeans and JA's found David on 3799 at 21:10Z. ______

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The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AS-136 BD4ED 21300 1354 OC-016 3D2AM 14224 0354 EU-016 9A5KV/P 14261 1231 OC-033 FK8VHT/P 28016 2128 EU-045 IB0/K8NY 14260 1153 OC-049 A35ZL 14117 0649 EU-057 DH6AWP/P 14260 2049 OC-083 ZK1DKX 14255 0646 EU-084 SK0HS/0 14259 0758 OC-085 KH5/DF6FK 21295 0155 EU-123 GB2NAG 14259 1243 OC-114 FO0DEH 28460 0744 NA-003 VP5/WB8VTK 28450 1718 OC-143 YC4TRY 21260 1617 NA-143 AB5EB 28026 1338

IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 ______

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From End Prefix Call Ref QSL ------18-Oct 18-Oct FO/M FO0SUC (OC-027) 3-144 F5JJW 18-Oct 18-Oct S2 S21ZE 3-182 JA1UT 18-Oct 19-Oct KH0 KH0/AF4IN KH0N 3-164 home calls 18-Oct 20-Oct HL HL9DC 3-185 18-Oct 21-Oct FK FK8VHT/P (OC-033) 3-184 F6AJA 18-Oct 21-Oct KH5 KH5/DF6FK KH5/DL2ZAD 3-168 DF6FK 18-Oct 27-Oct A3 A35SO A35ZL (OC-049) 3-159 home calls 18-Oct 27-Oct JD/O JD1BKR 3-185 JARL 18-Oct 27-Oct OD OD5/3A2MT 3-168 6W1QP 18-Oct 28-Oct 3B8 3B8/ON4LAC 3-162 18-Oct 28-Oct FO/A FO0KOJ 3-179 3-138 JK7TKE 18-Oct 2-Nov J6 by N3NT K3UG J69AZ K7KL K3LP 3-167 N3NT 18-Oct 3-Nov XT XT2HP 3-172 JA1OEM 18-Oct 15-Nov PJ2 PJ2/PA0VDV 3-157 PA0VDV 18-Oct 30-Nov FO FO0DEH 3-158 ON4QM 18-Oct 4-Dec KH4 KH4/SM4FJY (OC-030) 3-133 SM6FJY 18-Oct 10-Dec 9U 9U5D 3-176 SM0BFJ 18-Oct 20-Dec FT5Z FT5ZJ 3-147 F2YT 18-Oct 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH (AF-008) 3-4 3-2 F6KDF 18-Oct 31-Dec XW XW2A 3-168 3-167 direct 18-Oct 10-Jan KH4 KH4/W4ZYV 3-158 3-157 W4ZYV 19-Oct 21-Oct 4U1I 4U1ITU 3-180 19-Oct 21-Oct FO FO0SUC (OC-046) 3-144 F5JJW 19-Oct 26-Oct FS FS/N3OC 3-145 N3OC 19-Oct 2-Nov 5H 5H3/K8LEE 5H3/WD8SDL 3-146 home calls 19-Oct 11-Nov T30 T30Y T30CW 3-103 3-66 20-Oct 26-Oct HR HR1RMG (NA-035) 3-144 20-Oct 29-Oct CN 5C8M 3-184 20-Oct 2-Nov FP FP/LA9VDA 3-163 LA9VDA 21-Oct 28-Oct EA8 EA8/G0UIH/P (AF-004) 3-174 G0UIH 21-Oct 31-Oct 5R 5R8FU 3-176 SM0DJZ 21-Oct 1-Nov 9H 9H3AM 3-184 21-Oct 1-Nov HC8 HC8A 3-187 3-183 WV7Y 22-Oct 30-Oct VP2M VP2MBT VP2MGL 3-158 EA3BT 22-Oct 2-Nov PJ2 PJ4B - lots of operators 3-187 3-167 K2SB 23-Oct 23-Oct 4X 4X0A (AS-100) 3-184 3-169 4Z5DW 23-Oct 23-Oct JA JI1PLF/1 (AS-117) 3-175 JI1PLF 23-Oct 31-Oct P4 P40E 3-168 ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for October 16, 1999 was 189.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for October 17, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------17-Oct-1999 21 178 24 2 Low/Quiet-Min Strm;Low-Mod/Quiet- Unsettled 17-Oct-1999 18 189 22 4 Low/Quiet-Min Strm;Low-Mod/Quiet-Active 17-Oct-1999 15 189 22 5 Low/Quiet-Min Strm;Low-Mod/Quiet-Active 17-Oct-1999 12 189 22 5 Low/Quiet-Min Strm;Low-Mod/Quiet-Active 17-Oct-1999 09 189 22 4 Low/Quiet-Active;Low-Mod/Quiet-Active 17-Oct-1999 06 189 22 3 Low/Quiet-Active;Low-Mod/Quiet-Active 17-Oct-1999 03 189 22 3 Low/Quiet-Min Strm;Low-Mod/Quiet-Active 17-Oct-1999 00 189 22 3 Low/Quiet-Min Strm;Low-Mod/Quiet-Active

The forecast for Monday, October 18th: solar flux 185, A index 10, K index 3. Conditions should be High Normal.

The forecast for Tuesday, October 19th: solar flux 180, A index 10, K index 2. Conditions should be High Normal.

Solar images of the sun received for October 18, 1999 can be found at http://www.sel.noaa.gov/solar_images/1999_10/1999_10_18.html

Perhaps the most useful propagation page for Amateur Radio Operators can be found at http://dx.qsl.net/propagation/

Grey line map http://www.spiritweb.org/cgi/sunclock.cgi ______

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Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------3C1RV EA1BMH ED7TSA EA7IA J6/K7NM K7NM 3D2AM AB6UO FK8FU NA5U KH0/AF4IN JA6AGA 3XY2D VE2DPS FK8VHT/P F6AJA KH0/JA3CG JA3CG 6K0ZS IK2DUW FO0KOJ JK7TKE KH0N JA6CNL A47JOTA A47RS FO0SUC F5JJW KH8/KK6HC LA7MFA CE0Y/JL2KEQ JL2KEQ GJ0WFH/M G0WFH S21YJ SM4AIO CM8XI F6FNU IB0/K8NY K8NY T88JQ JA1JA D99MHDM DS5ICY II0BP IZ0BNQ TM5SIA F3WS ED5JAC EA5GMB II0S IK0YQJ VK7FLI VK7BE ED7NEF EA7AJM II8BP IK8VGS ZA1Z HB9BGN

All but about 300 of the XF4MX QSL cards have been sent out.

Ron, ND5S, says he is now the QSL manager for Vlad, UN0LL. You can QSL direct or via the bureau.

QSL cards recently received direct: 7X4AN, R1MVA, RZ1OA/A (EU-153), WH6ASW/KH2, YC0ROY ______

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Here is a Romanian Callbook at http://www.qsl.net/yo3kaa/yocall.htm

The logs for FT5WH are now current up to October 14th (17:02Z) at http://perso.easynet.fr/~f5nod/ ______

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Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 3XY2D, F5NOD, G3PMR, KH6BZF Reports, N2JTX, ND5S, NE8Z, NOAA, QRZ DX, The 59(9) DX Report, UT7ND, VE2KH, VO1HE, W3JJ, W4ABW, W5OZI, WA2VRF, YO3JW, ZL4IR ______

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With less than two weeks until the CQ World Wide SSB DX Contest some contest DXpeditions will start up this week. Between now and the contest many stations will be on the air testing their equipment and antennas and that will be the best time for the little guns to work these stations. The contest will take place from 00:00Z October 30 until 23:59Z October 31st. For complete details on the contest check out the CQ World Wide Contest Official Page at http://www.cqww.com/. A last minute listing of expected DXpedition stations that will be participating in this year's event will be sent out to all subscribers on Friday October 29th. The expected forecast for the contest should be High Normal on both days. Solar Flux is expected to be 125 on Saturday and 130 on Sunday with an A index of 15 and 10.

Tom, K7ZZ, says he will be joining the guys on Kwajalein for the CQ World Wide SSB DX Contest. Look for a multi-single effort from V73AX. Operators include Tim, V73AT, Dave, V73UX, Bruce, V73CW, Tom, V73ZZ, and possibly a few others. Outside of the contest Tom plans to be active on CW as V73ZZ. QSL V73AX either via the V7 bureau or direct. QSL V73ZZ via K7ZZ.

Japanese operators Aki, JI3ERV/NH2C; Kaz, JG3RPL/N1BJ; Seo, JR3RVO/WX8M; Toshi, JR7OMD/WI3O; Sam, JR8VSE; and Taka, JR8PPG plan to do a multi-single in the CQ World Wide SSB DX Contest from Guam Island at AH2R. Their goal is to break the multi-single Oceania record. QSL via JI3ERV, either direct of through the JARL QSL bureau.

The Caribbean Contesting Consortium will be QRV from Curacao, Netherlands Antilles during the CQ World Wide SSB Contest. The team was originally going to use PJ9CW (Vol. 3 No. 147) and will now use PJ2C. Mark, N4OKX, says, "Be aware that contest operations by non- residents in the Antilles are no longer receiving PJ9 prefixes. PJ contest calls will now reflect the regular prefix of the appropriate island and reciprocal temporary calls as PJ(x)/homecall." Members include Geoff, W0CG; Dan, K8RF; Hillar, N6HR/ES1HR; Harry, W8KKF; Ron, WA8LOW; Noel, W9EFL; Elsie, N7WDX and Mark, N4OKX. The group will be QRV from October 27th to November 1st using PJ2/homecalls with an emphasis on 6, 80 and 160 meters CW and SSB. For further information on PJ2C contact Geoff, W0CG, at [email protected] or Mark, N4OKX, at [email protected]. After the operation DXers and contesters will have the unique opportunity to vote on their choice for the picture that will be used for the QSL card. See the PJ2C web site at http://asgard.kent.edu/ccc/pj2c. QSL via W8KKF.

Olli, OH0XX, will once again operate the CQ WW SSB DX Contest from Guyana as 8R1K. He will be in the single op all band category. QSL via Suite 599, 1313 So. Military Trail, Deerfield Beach, FL 33442, U.S.A.

Another famous Finn, Martti Laine, OH2BH, plans to do single-op all band during the CQ WW SSB DX Contest from his remote Canary Island location as EA8BH. He plans to use two YAESU FT-1000MPs with special folded Yaesu sponsored QSL cards describing the equipment and technology used this year. QSL via OH2BH, Martti J. Laine, Nuottaniementie 3D20, 02230 Espoo, FINLAND.

During the CQ World Wide SSB DX Contest Ricardo, PY1VOY, will operate special call ZX1Z on all bands as a single op. He'll be located on a mountaintop at 1800 feet ASL. QSL via PY1VOY.

One of the tuff zones to find during the CQ World Wide is Zone 2. K1MV, K1EU and K1JB will be multi-oping from VE2CSI in the SSB version.

Members of the Cinco Nueve Contest Group (CNCG) will be active from the Bahamas between November 23rd and December 2nd. The group will include Lee, N7NU; Al, K7AR; Ron, WJ7R; and Bob, W7RR. They will participate in CQ World Wide CW DX Contest as C6AJX. Outside the contest they will sign their homecall/C6A. QSL via home calls. Logs and photos will be posted on the CNCG web site at www.qsl.net/k7ar, during the operation, or as uploads permit. QSL C6AJX via N7NU.

Gus, 9U5D, regrets that he was unable to get on 160 meters this past weekend due to the loss of two UN colleagues who were assassinated by rebels early last week. He had to work over time and was unable to stay over night last Saturday. Four lucky JA's and several Europeans did manage to work Gus on 6 meters. Plans are to be on 160 meters this coming Saturday night. Look for him starting around 18:00Z at least 15 minutes every hour on the hour until 04:00Z. Two weeks ago he was using 1831. QSL via SM0BFJ.

Ron, VQ9DX/AA5DX, is now active several days a week on 1828 looking for West Coast and Mid-West US stations at his sunset (13:03Z). No one has been worked as of yet but he did hear N7DD. He is unable to get on at his sunrise for the next few weeks, as he must leave the island to sleep and can not get back to the island until after his sunrise. Hopefully in a few weeks he will be able to be back on at his sunrise. QSL via AA5DX.

Bruce, KD6WW, is currently in the Seychelles Islands as S79BL and will be there until October 25th. While there he will be active on 10 through 20 meters only. His next stop will be on Mauritius Island where he will use 3B8/KD6WW until October 31st. He will operate in the CQ World Wide SSB DX Contest. When asked about 160 meters he stated "I don't know yet!" QSL via KD6WW. ______

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3XY2D - GUINEA - JA's found Denis on 14187 between 21:30 and 22:00Z. QSL via VE2DPS.

EX8MDA - LYRGYZSTAN - Sergei was working Europe and East Coast US stations on 28410 around 12:20Z.

KH5/DF6FK - PALMYRA & JARVIS ISLAND - Norbert starts his days off on 10 meters near 28495 around 19:30 to 20:00Z.

S21ZE - BANGLADESH - US stations started to work them on 18153 starting around 13:30Z. They were later found on a schedule on 10105 just shortly after 00:00Z today. QSL via JA1UT.

S79BL - SEYCHELLES - Bruce parked his VFO on 24896 around 13:40Z working Europeans and East Coast US stations. He later moved to 18074 just after 18:00Z. QSL via KD6WW.

ZM5PX - ANTARCTICA - Geoff is located at Scott Base and came on 14166 at 07:00Z. QSL via ZL3PX. ______

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The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AF-004 EA8ID 28460 1910 EU-057 DN1TP/P 7061 1916 AF-029 ZD9BV 24947 1800 EU-060 SV1ENI 10108 1900 AS-037 JH6HXH 21260 1124 EU-075 SV1TP/P 14263 1502 EU-001 SV5/IK2WZD 28490 1537 OC-019 KH6/DL9RCF 21265 0303 EU-056 LA3CKA 18126 1041 OC-033 FK8VHT 28033 2244 EU-057 DL0PDM/P 7084 2035 OC-114 FO0DEH 14250 0921

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 QSL ------19-Oct 28-Oct 3B8 3B8/ON4LAC 3-162 19-Oct 22-Dec 3X 3XY2D 3-188 VE2DPS 19-Oct 21-Oct 4U1I 4U1ITU 3-180 19-Oct 2-Nov 5H 5H3/K8LEE 5H3/WD8SDL 3-146 home calls 19-Oct 10-Dec 9U 9U5D 3-176 SM0BFJ 19-Oct 27-Oct A3 A35SO A35ZL (OC-049) 3-159 home calls 19-Oct 21-Oct FK FK8VHT/P (OC-033) 3-184 F6AJA 19-Oct 30-Nov FO/A FO0DEH (OC-114) 3-158 ON4QM 19-Oct 21-Oct FO FO0SUC (OC-046) 3-144 F5JJW 19-Oct 28-Oct FO/A FO0KOJ (OC-152) 3-179 3-138 JK7TKE 19-Oct 26-Oct FS FS/N3OC 3-145 N3OC 19-Oct 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH (AF-008) 3-4 3-2 F6KDF 19-Oct 20-Dec FT5Z FT5ZJ 3-147 F2YT 19-Oct 20-Oct HL HL9DC 3-185 19-Oct 2-Nov J6 by N3NT K3UG J69AZ K7KL K3LP 3-167 N3NT 19-Oct 27-Oct JD/O JD1BKR 3-185 JARL 19-Oct 19-Oct KH0 KH0/AF4IN KH0N 3-164 home calls 19-Oct 4-Dec KH4 KH4/SM4FJY (OC-030) 3-133 SM6FJY 19-Oct 10-Jan KH4 KH4/W4ZYV (OC-030) 3-158 3-157 W4ZYV 19-Oct 21-Oct KH5 KH5/DF6FK KH5/DL2ZAD 3-168 DF6FK 19-Oct 27-Oct OD OD5/3A2MT 3-168 6W1QP 19-Oct 15-Nov PJ2 PJ2/PA0VDV 3-157 PA0VDV 19-Oct 11-Nov T30 T30Y T30CW 3-188 3-103 DL7DF 19-Oct 3-Nov XT XT2HP 3-172 JA1OEM 19-Oct 31-Dec XW XW2A 3-168 3-167 direct ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for October 17, 1999 was 169.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for October 18, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------18-Oct-1999 21 173 7 2 Low/Quiet-Unset;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unsettled 18-Oct-1999 18 178 23 3 Low/Quiet-Unset;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unsettled 18-Oct-1999 15 178 23 3 Low/Quiet-Active;Mod/Quiet-Unsettled 18-Oct-1999 12 178 23 2 Low/Quiet-Min Strm;Low-Mod/Quiet- Unsettled 18-Oct-1999 09 178 23 0 Low/Quiet-Min Strm;Low-Mod/Quiet- Unsettled 18-Oct-1999 06 178 23 2 Low/Quiet-Min Strm;Low-Mod/Quiet- Unsettled 18-Oct-1999 03 178 23 0 Low/Quiet-Min Strm;Low-Mod/Quiet- Unsettled 18-Oct-1999 00 178 23 1 Low/Quiet-Min Strm;Low-Mod/Quiet- Unsettled

The forecast for Tuesday, October 19th: solar flux 144, A index 12, K index 3. Conditions should be Low Normal.

The forecast for Wednesday, October 20th: solar flux 144, A index 8, K index 2. Conditions should be High Normal.

Solar images of the sun received for October 19, 1999 can be found at http://www.sel.noaa.gov/solar_images/1999_10/1999_10_19.html

Perhaps the most useful propagation page for Amateur Radio Operators can be found at http://dx.qsl.net/propagation/

Grey line map http://www.spiritweb.org/cgi/sunclock.cgi ______

QSL Info ______

Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------4U1ITU *LX1MG KH5/DF6FK DF6FK VO2AC VE3FU A35SO DJ4SO KH5/DL2ZAD DL2ZAD ZM5PX ZL3PX A35ZL DJ7RJ SO1HA EA2JG ZS100Y2W ZS4AE EK6TA DJ0MCZ S21YJ SM4AIO ZS8D ZS6EZ FM5BH W3HNK S79BL KD6WW

* = LX1MG for October 18, 1999 only.

DF6FK - Norbert Willand, Leipziger Ring 389, D-63110 Rodgau, GERMANY DL2ZAD - Judith Willand, Leipziger Ring 389, D-63110 Rodgau, GERMANY

QSL cards recently received direct: K7ASU/KH9, KH0T, PS1A (SA-029), RF1P (EU-102) ______

On the WWW ______

Can't find that address for a certain Estonian Amateur Radio operator? Well try the Estonia Radioamateur Union (ERAU) members official callbook at http://www.erau.ee/eng/index.html

The log of ZC4JP through October 15, 1999 is online at http://dx.qsl.net/logs. ______

Credits ______

Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 9U5D, AD1C, ES2NA, G3GHY, G3PMR, K3ZO, KH6BZF Reports, LU1KFR, N4GN, N4OKX, N6RT, NOAA, OH2BH, PY1VOY ______

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DX News ______

Yesterday's Washington Post reported each of the 11 factions of Indonesia's supreme legislature agreed to approve East Timor's decision to become independent. The Indonesian army invaded East Timor, a former Portuguese colony, 24 years ago. On August 30th of this year the people of East Timor voted overwhelmingly for independence from Indonesia, which caused looting and killing throughout the region. Now that the 11 factions have approved this decision it will be sent on to the full People's Consultative Assembly for a final vote. This would then take away any barriers for the United Nations to administrate the territory during a transition to the East Timorese, which could take two or three years.

In today's Washington Post it was reported that the Indonesian People's Consultative Assembly voted to surrender its claim to East Timor. This now opens the door wide open for East Timor to become a United Nations protectorate, before becoming fully independent. The United Nations Transitional Authority in East Timor (UNTAET) will take full transitional control of the territory and will be responsible for all government administration and functions. One of the UNTAET's responsibilities will be to install a new government and conducted elections for the first transitional government.

In order for East Timor to be added to the DXCC list it would need to become a member of the United Nations, be assigned an ITU Callsign Block or have an IARU society. Two UN Amateur Radio operators are currently serving in the UN forces in East Timor based out of Australia. So don't be surprised if you hear Joe, G3MRC/5X1P/VK8CP or Ross, VK3TYN/S07UN, using some kind of a 4U callsign in the future.

The Japanese IARV crew wrapped up from Dhaka, Bangladesh early on October 19th with just under 3,000 QSOs from S21ZE. The group concentrated mostly on CW and the new bands (12, 17 and 30 meters). Here are the final numbers per band.

7MHz = 34 10MHz = 634 14MHz = 252 18MHz = 488 21MHz = 366 24MHz = 217 28MHz = 360 29Mhz FM = 131 50MHz = 439 (HL, JA, KH0, VR2 many, HL, V73) Total 2921

Openings to the US were very short as about only 100 stations were worked, of which 50 were on 30 meters. QSL via JA1UT.

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3XY2D - GUINEA - Denis showed up on 21260 around 17:15 working mostly Europeans for over an hour. QSL via VE2DPS.

4U1ITU - I.T.U. GENEVA - Masa was all over 10, 12, 15, 17, 20 and 40 meters SSB yesterday starting around 10:00 and ending just before 20:00Z. He will be there today and tomorrow. QSL via the bureau for these QSOs.

9U5D - BURUNDI - Gus likes 28445 around 11:00Z and 6 meters around 17:00 to 19:00Z. QSL via SM0BFJ.

D44BS - CAPE VERDE ISLANDS - Angelo was working all across the US on 28481 from 17:30 for about an hour. QSL direct.

JD1BKR - OGASAWARA - Europeans reported him on 18139 from 10:15 to 11:00Z yesterday. QSL via JARL.

T30 - WESTERN KIRIBATI - The Germans arrived on Tarawa and started up yesterday after 06:00Z as T30CW and T30Y. They were active on 10 through 40 meters CW and SSB. QSL both via DL7DF.

VK6HD - AUSTRALIA - East Coast US stations have found Mike on 18072 the last two nights, around 00:30Z, coming in over Africa.

VU2XO - INDIA - Patel was looking for US stations yesterday on 28505 between 13:30 and 14:00Z.

XT2HP - BURKINA FASO - Mako is now active on 80 meters, as he made an appearance on 3505 just before 02:30Z. QSL via JA1OEM, direct only.

ZM5PX - ANTARCTICA - This station is located on IOTA AN-011 and has been showing up on a net on 14164 around 06:00Z. ______

IOTA ______

The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AN-015 8J1RL 28018 1643 NA-046 W1GAY 14260 2057 AS-030 JD1BKR 18139 1052 NA-099 KP4ATF 28017 1651 AS-136 BD4ED 18135 0741 NA-110 WB4WTY 18118 2005 EU-004 EA6AEI 14260 1445 OC-033 FK8VHT/P 14002 0718 EU-023 9H3AY 14220 0545 OC-114 FO0DEH 28560 1919 EU-057 DH6AWP/P 14261 1025 OC-143 YC4WIO 28470 1232 EU-067 SV8/HB9AAI 28464 1515 OC-152 FO0KOJ 14260 0438 EU-075 SV1TP/P 14256 0540 SA-068 8R1AK/P 14195 0509 EU-125 OZ/DJ7SW/P 14029 1430

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 QSL ------20-Oct 28-Oct 3B8 3B8/ON4LAC 3-162 20-Oct 22-Dec 3X 3XY2D 3-188 VE2DPS 20-Oct 21-Oct 4U1I 4U1ITU 3-180 20-Oct 2-Nov 5H 5H3/K8LEE 5H3/WD8SDL 3-146 home calls 20-Oct 10-Dec 9U 9U5D 3-176 SM0BFJ 20-Oct 27-Oct A3 A35SO A35ZL (OC-049) 3-159 home calls 20-Oct 29-Oct CN 5C8M 3-184 DL6FBL 20-Oct 21-Oct FK FK8VHT/P (OC-033) 3-184 F6AJA 20-Oct 21-Oct FO FO0SUC (OC-046) 3-144 F5JJW 20-Oct 30-Nov FO/A FO0DEH (OC-114) 3-158 ON4QM 20-Oct 28-Oct FO/A FO0KOJ (OC-152) 3-179 3-138 JK7TKE 20-Oct 2-Nov FP FP/LA9VDA 3-163 LA9VDA 20-Oct 26-Oct FS FS/N3OC 3-145 N3OC 20-Oct 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH (AF-008) 3-4 3-2 F6KDF 20-Oct 20-Dec FT5Z FT5ZJ 3-147 F2YT 20-Oct 20-Oct HL HL9DC 3-185 20-Oct 26-Oct HR HR1RMG (NA-035) 3-144 20-Oct 27-Oct JD/O JD1BKR 3-185 JARL 20-Oct 4-Dec KH4 KH4/SM4FJY (OC-030) 3-133 SM6FJY 20-Oct 10-Jan KH4 KH4/W4ZYV (OC-030) 3-158 3-157 W4ZYV 20-Oct 21-Oct KH5 KH5/DF6FK KH5/DL2ZAD 3-168 DF6FK 20-Oct 27-Oct OD OD5/3A2MT 3-168 6W1QP 20-Oct 15-Nov PJ2 PJ2/PA0VDV 3-157 PA0VDV 20-Oct 25-Oct S7 S79BL 3-189 KD6WW 20-Oct 11-Nov T30 T30Y T30CW 3-188 3-103 DL7DF 20-Oct 3-Nov XT XT2HP 3-172 JA1OEM 20-Oct 31-Dec XW XW2A 3-168 3-167 direct ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for October 18, 1999 was 135.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for October 19, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------19-Oct-1999 21 170 8 2 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unset 19-Oct-1999 18 173 7 2 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unset 19-Oct-1999 15 173 7 2 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unset 19-Oct-1999 12 173 7 2 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unset 19-Oct-1999 09 173 7 3 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unset 19-Oct-1999 06 173 7 2 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unset 19-Oct-1999 03 173 7 2 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low-Mod/Quiet 19-Oct-1999 00 173 7 2 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unset

The forecast for Wednesday, October 20th: solar flux 137, A index 8, K index 2. Conditions should be High Normal.

The forecast for Thursday, October 21st: solar flux 132, A index 15, K index 3. Conditions should be Low Normal.

Solar images of the sun received for October 20, 1999 can be found at http://www.sel.noaa.gov/solar_images/1999_10/1999_10_20.html

Perhaps the most useful propagation page for Amateur Radio Operators can be found at http://dx.qsl.net/propagation/

Grey line map http://www.spiritweb.org/cgi/sunclock.cgi ______

QSL Info ______

Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------3D2RR W6YQQ JY9QJ DL5MBY T30CW DL7DF 5H3/K8LEE K8LEE K9AW/DU6 WF5T T30Y DL7DF A61AS YO3FRI PY0FM JA1VOK UA0MF W3HNK ER3HW ER3DX R1ANZ RU1ZC VU3EGX F6EGX

QSL cards recently received direct: 6Y5/DL7VOG, AD7U (NA-065), GI0KOW, T97M, ______

Credits ______

Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: G3GHY, HS0/G3NOM, KH6BZF Reports, NOAA, The Washington Post, W2YR ______

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DX News ______

Pekka, OH1RY, reports he will once again operate from Gaza, Palestine. He was one of the operators at E44DX and the first non-Palestinian to be licensed in the newest ARRL DXCC Entity. This time Pekka will arrive on October 27th and operate from the tallest building in Gaza City very close to the Mediterranean Sea during the CQ World Wide SSB DX Contest. He hopes to be able to once again activate the E44DX callsign, if not he will surely use E44/OH1RY. The goal will be to break the Asian 80 meter record. He will also be active on 10, 15 and 20 meters SSB before and after the contest until November 1st. QSL via OH1RY.

A multi-national team of Amateur Radio operators will operate this year's CQ World Wide SSB DX Contest from Malyj Vysotskij Island. The group from Russia, Finland and the United States will be on the island and operating on the air from October 26th to 31st. The main emphasis of this operation will be the CQ WW SSB DX Contest however since previous MVI operations have been in the summer months, they will concentrate on 40, 80 and 160 meters CW before the main event. No activity is planned for 12, 17 and 30 meters during this trip. Operators include OH2BAD, OH2BR, OH2KI, OH5BM, OH5NE, OH5SC, UA9XMG, RA1ALY, RA3AUU, RU1AS, RW1AC, AA6BH, K6JL, N6AA, N6ZZ and W6NV. The Russian operators are taking along some EME equipment and plan to operate in the EME contest that same weekend. They will use either R1MVR or R1MVZ as there seems to be some confusion as to which of these two calls will be issued. QSL via K6VNX.

Andy, G4ZVJ, is planning to go back to Cambodia starting November 20th for about 2 weeks. Look for him to be active in the CQ World Wide CW DX Contest as XU7AAV. He was active from this semi-rare one in September and has a web page at http://www.g4zvj.demon.co.uk/xu.htm. QSL via G4ZVJ.

Glenn Johnson, W0GJ, reports that KC5EA and N5AU are rebuilding the VP2EC contest station that was destroyed by Hurricane Luis in 1995. It currently holds the North American multi-multi record for the CQ World Wide SSB DX Contest. This year it will be on as VP2E in the multi-single category. Operators include KC5EA, N5HGB, N5AU and W0GJ. QSL to N5AU.

Look for a multi-single effort from the Radio Club Talca, CE4TA, in the upcoming CQ WW SSB DX Contest next weekend.

Slavek, OK1TN and Mike, OM2DX, will both operate from the I.T.U. Geneva station 4U1ITU on October 27th and 28th.

Roger Western, G3SXW, says the Voodoo Contest group will again be active from West Africa in the CQ World Wide CW DX Contest, on November 27th and 28th, for the seventh year. After successes as 5V7A the group returns to Ghana this year and will sign 9G5AA. As before, they will enter the multi-multi category, installing seven full stations and 18 antennas, at a new coastal site in Central Ghana. Team members (with personal 9G calls where known) are:

9H1EL Jeff Morris G3SXW Roger Western, 9G5SX G3XTT Don Field G4BWP Fred Handscombe G4FAM Cris Henderson G4PIQ Andy Cook K5VT Vince Thompson, 9G5VT KC7V Mike Fulcher, 9G5MF KF7E Jim Henderson

They expect that increased sunspots will provide high levels of competition this year and all-time record scores. Several large groups are expected to be active in the multi-multi category amongst which the camaraderie is warm yet the competition is hot! It will be a close race, for sure, but 9G5AA expects to prevail over all-comers!

QSL the 9G5AA operation via our stalwart Manager: Tom Wylie, GM4FDM, 3 King's Crescent, Elderslie, Renfrewshire, PA5 9AD, Scotland. Bureau replies may be requested by sending QSO details and your call-sign by e-mail to Tom at: [email protected] or by visiting the Voodoo Contest Group web-site at: http://voodudes.com. Note that the request-form on the web-site for 5V7A will work fine for 9G5AA as well. Much of the 1998 site applies to our 1999 operation and a new site is planned for next year. Please QSL personal calls via home call. Just before the contest, November 24-26th, look for activity on various bands, including short spells on 160 and 6 meters, likely to be all CW.

Members of the SV1AFA contesting team plan to multi-single during this year's CQ World Wide SSB DX Contest on October 30th and 31st. They will be operating from the Aheloos River, where last years World Water Skiing Championship took place. QSL to SV1AFA, Box 84, Agrinio 30100, Greece.

A group of Hungarian Amateur Radio operators will once again operate from Triesenberg, Liechtenstein during the HA-QRP Contest. The group will be there from October 30th to November 7th. During the contest they will use HB0/HA5RT/p and will be active on 80 meters CW on or near 3511 +/- QRM 24 hours a day. Operators for this event include Laci, HA0HW; Tomi, HA4DX; and Geza, HA4XG. They will also be active with their HB0/home calls on the following frequencies running 100 watts with dipoles and ground plane antennas:

CW: 1831, 7011, 10104, 14011, 14026, 18071, 21011, 21026, 24891, 28011, 28026 RTTY: 7040, 14086, 21086, 28086

They will also be active during the CQ World Wide SSB DX Contest. QSL HB0/HA5RT/P via HA0HW and all others via home calls.

Bruce, N6NT, plans to be on Little Cayman as ZF2NT starting October 29th. He should be there until at least May 14, 2000. QSL via his new QSL manager G3SWH.

The Northern California DX Foundation helps support many of the major DXpeditions that take place each year. For complete information about the NCDXF check out their web site at http://www.ncdxf.org. During the Board of Directors meeting earlier this week in Cupertino, California the following officers and directors were re-elected:

President Len Geraldi K6ANP Vice President Al Burnham K6RIM 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 Glenn Vinson W6OTC Director Bob Fabry N6EK

Dave Pugatch, KI6WF, was newly elected as a Director.

The Brazil DX Net will start back up again starting the first weekend of November on 28430 between 12:00 and 14:00Z.

An operation from the Polish Antarctica base station HF0POL is expected next year. The station is located on King George Island (AN- 010) in the South Shetland Islands. QSL cards for this upcoming season will be handled by SP3WVL. The following managers may confirm past operations either direct or via the bureau.

1990 - SP5FLC 1991 SP3FYM 1992 SP9DWT 1997 SP3FYM 1998 SP3DGB ______

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AL7R - ALASKA - This is Brent's last week from his Arctic North Coast of Alaska work QTH as he will be retiring after working 25 years in Deadhorse/Prudhoe Bay. Over the last 10 years he has been concentrating on 80 and 160 meters and has provided many Europeans a new one. KL7XX and KL7ZZ will continue to be active on the low bands from this remote part of the world.

EZ8AQ - TURKMENISTAN - Jenny was working East Coast US stations on 28491 just after 12:00Z.

S21YJ - BANDGLADESH - Europeans found Stig on 28460 between 08:00 and 09:00Z. QSL via SM4AIO.

S79BL - SEYCHELLES - Bruce has been all over the CW bands on 10 through 20 meters. West Coast boys reported him on 18072 around 19:00Z. QSL via KD6WW.

XT2HP - BURKINA FASO - Mako now has an antenna up on 80 meters. He was there at 02:20 with a good signal. He is expected on 160 meters soon. QSL via JA1OEM, direct only.

YK1AO - SYRIA - Omar continues to show up about « before his sunrise on 160 meters several days each week. Check between 1828 and 1831. ______

IOTA ______

The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AN-017 FT5YG 14130 0753 NA-105 FS5PL 28479 1439 AS-005 RA0BK 14173 0249 OC-016 3D2AG 21295 0934 AS-018 RA0FA 10110 2038 OC-019 KH6/DL5RBK 24937 1855 EU-032 F5KDC/P 7076 1624 OC-019 WH6WI 14208 0647 EU-082 U1ZA/A 7004 0056 OC-033 FK8VHT/P 14003 0702 NA-046 W1GAY 14260 2229 OC-148 YB9ZNT 28450 1136

The expected Swan Island NA-035) operation (HR1RMG) is now planned for December 15th to January 2nd time frame.

Berthold, DF5WA, is expected to be on from mainland South Korea between now and October 30th. He also plans to operate from Cheju-do (AS-026).

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 QSL ------21-Oct 28-Oct 3B8 3B8/ON4LAC 3-162 21-Oct 22-Dec 3X 3XY2D 3-188 VE2DPS 21-Oct 21-Oct 4U1I 4U1ITU 3-180 21-Oct 2-Nov 5H 5H3/K8LEE 5H3/WD8SDL 3-146 home calls 21-Oct 31-Oct 5R 5R8FU 3-176 SM0DJZ 21-Oct 1-Nov 9H 9H3AM 3-184 21-Oct 10-Dec 9U 9U5D 3-176 SM0BFJ 21-Oct 27-Oct A3 A35SO A35ZL (OC-049) 3-159 home calls 21-Oct 29-Oct CN 5C8M 3-184 DL6FBL 21-Oct 28-Oct EA8 EA8/G0UIH/P (AF-004) 3-174 G0UIH 21-Oct 21-Oct FK FK8VHT/P (OC-033) 3-184 F6AJA 21-Oct 21-Oct FO FO0SUC (OC-046) 3-144 F5JJW 21-Oct 30-Nov FO/A FO0DEH (OC-114) 3-158 ON4QM 21-Oct 28-Oct FO/A FO0KOJ (OC-152) 3-179 3-138 JK7TKE 21-Oct 2-Nov FP FP/LA9VDA 3-163 LA9VDA 21-Oct 26-Oct FS FS/N3OC 3-145 N3OC 21-Oct 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH (AF-008) 3-4 3-2 F6KDF 21-Oct 20-Dec FT5Z FT5ZJ 3-147 F2YT 21-Oct 12-Nov GM MM/W3LEO 3-188 W3LEO 21-Oct 1-Nov HC8 HC8A 3-187 3-183 WV7Y 21-Oct 27-Oct JD/O JD1BKR 3-185 JARL 21-Oct 4-Dec KH4 KH4/SM4FJY (OC-030) 3-133 SM6FJY 21-Oct 10-Jan KH4 KH4/W4ZYV (OC-030) 3-158 3-157 W4ZYV 21-Oct 21-Oct KH5 KH5/DF6FK KH5/DL2ZAD 3-168 DF6FK 21-Oct 27-Oct OD OD5/3A2MT 3-168 6W1QP 21-Oct 15-Nov PJ2 PJ2/PA0VDV 3-157 PA0VDV 21-Oct 25-Oct S7 S79BL 3-189 KD6WW 21-Oct 11-Nov T30 T30Y T30CW 3-188 3-103 DL7DF 21-Oct 3-Nov XT XT2HP 3-172 JA1OEM 21-Oct 31-Dec XW XW2A 3-168 3-167 direct ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for October 19, 1999 was 169.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for October 20, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------20-Oct-1999 21 159 4 1 Mod/Quiet;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unsettled 20-Oct-1999 18 170 7 2 Mod/Quiet;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unsettled 20-Oct-1999 15 170 7 2 Mod/Quiet;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unsettled 20-Oct-1999 12 170 7 1 Mod/Quiet;Low-Moderate/Quiet-Unsettled 20-Oct-1999 09 170 7 2 Mod/Quiet;Low-Moderate/Quiet-Unsettled 20-Oct-1999 06 170 7 1 Mod/Quiet;Low-Moderate/Quiet-Unsettled 20-Oct-1999 03 170 7 0 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unset 20-Oct-1999 00 170 7 1 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unset

The forecast for Thursday, October 21st: solar flux 165, A index 15, K index 3. Conditions should be High Normal.

The forecast for Friday, October 22nd: solar flux 160, A index 12, K index 3. Conditions should be High Normal.

Solar images of the sun received for October 21, 1999 can be found at http://www.sel.noaa.gov/solar_images/1999_10/1999_10_21.html

Perhaps the most useful propagation page for Amateur Radio Operators can be found at http://dx.qsl.net/propagation/

Grey line map http://www.spiritweb.org/cgi/sunclock.cgi ______

QSL Info ______

Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------5H3/WD8SDL WD8SDL JT1JA JT1CO YB9ZNT YC9MKF EK8SL EK6MK UA0MF W3HNK YC0IEM VK4FW

Here are some recently assigned vanity calls from Sweden:

7S0SFJ QSL via SK0QO Fyrskeppet Finngrundet 7S1LGT QSL via SM1TDE Hoburgens Fyr 7S2A QSL via SM2LWU Erik Willf”r 7S3A QSL via SM3CER Jan-Eric Rehn 7S3X QSL via SM3DMP Thomas Rylander 7S5F QSL via SK4AO Falu Radioklubb 7S5T QSL via SM7NDX Grupp SK7TS 7S6A QSL via SM6DOI Staffan B”rjesson 7S6R QSL via SM6REA Jan Sundberg 7S6W QSL via SM6DER Sten Wahlskog 7S7KUL QSL via SK7DD Kullens Fyr 8S1IG QSL via SK1BL Island Games 8S2F QSL via SM2HWG Lars Wallmark 8S4X QSL via SM0GNU Ulf Thorstensson 8S5A QSL via SM5AJV Ingemar Fogelberg 8S6A QSL via SM6DPF Stig Hansson SI9AM QSL via SM3CVM Memorial ARS King Chulalongkorn SK3A QSL via SM3CVM Radioamat”rer Jemtlands SK6D QSL via SK6DZ WGA Radio Club SK6M QSL via SM6DYK Contest Club Timbergs„ngens SL3A QSL via SM3OJR Avd 221 FRO ™stersund SM1A QSL via SM0SBI Pontus Altin SM3E QSL via SM3JLA Mikael Westerlund SM3X QSL via SM3CVM Lars Aronsson SM3Y QSL via SM3CWE Owe Persson SM4L QSL via SM4EFW Gunnar Olsson SM5G QSL via SM5JBM H†kan Linderhed SM5R QSL via SM5AQB Klas Eriksson SM6A QSL via SM6DYK Kenth Johansson

QSL cards recently received direct: A35EX, BI5D (AS-141), FW5FN, WB8GEX/VP5

QSL cards recently received via the bureau: 3B8/JE2HCJ, 3D2WP (OC- 121), AH4/WA6FGV, JH5OXF (OC-076), PZ5HP, SK7DX (EU-137 and EU-138), V31GI (NA-180), YJ0AWP (OC-035) ______

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Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 425 DX News, G3PMR, G3SXW, G4BUE, G4ZVJ, HA0HW, K6RIM, KH6BZF Reports, KL7XX, N2TN, NOAA, OH1BOI, PS7AB, SV1CIB, W0GJ ______

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Jim Smith, VK9NS, did not go to Bangkok, Thailand yesterday as was expected. The latest news is that he will stay in the UK for another week. Plans now are to leave England on Wednesday October 27th heading for Bangkok where he will then take a plane to Thimphu, Bhutan (A5). Jim has his visa to enter this rare spot and will spend two weeks there. No promises as to if he will or will not be able to get on the air. He'll be staying with one of the local Amateur Radio operators in Paro while trying to get permission to operate from the ARRL's # 4 Most wanted country. Jim operated as A51JS in the spring of 1990 and made about 15,000 QSOs. Four years later he and Kan Mizoguchi, JA1BK, activated A51MOC from Bhutan's Ministry of Communications offices. Since then Jim has been in contact with officials in Thimphu about future operations from this off the beaten track country. More news to follow!

Japanese operators JA6WFM, JM6EBU/TI5EBU and JM6UAA will be active from Costa Rica from October 29th to November 2nd. During the CQ World Wide SSB DX Contest they will be multi-single and using TI5EBU. Look for them both before and after the contest, as they will use TI5/home call. QSL TI5EBU via JM6EBU and all others via home calls.

Conny, DL1DA, says he will be active between October 24th and 31st from the island of Dominica as J79KS. Next he will go to Nevis and St. Kitts where he will operate as V47DA from November 2nd to 13th. He'll operate on 10 through 160 meters mostly on CW with some PSK31 and SSB. A Kenwood TS-50 and longwire antenna will be used. QSL via DL1DA.

During the CQ World Wide SSB DX Contest look for VP5R to be active as a multi-single from Whitby North Caicos. Operators include N0KK, N0AT, W5WW, N5QQ and they will be on the island from October 24th to November 2nd. They plan to be active on all bands before and after the contest. QSL VP5R via N0KK or N0AT. All others via their home calls.

Henry, F6EAY, Will be active in Djibouti as J28FF for one or two years. QSL via F6ITD with 1 IRC or $.

A group of Japanese operators including JA1WSX/T88WX, JH4OWG/T88?? and JA7AYE/T88?? will be active from Belau Rep. between October 28th and November 2nd. They will participate as a multi-single in the CQ WW SSB DX Contest as T88WX. Before and after contest they will operate on all bands with their own callsign. QSL T88WX via JA1WSX, all others via their home calls.

The Beijing DX Club will operate B1Z in this year's CQ World Wide SSB DX Contest. They plan to be in the multi-multi category. Operators include Tong, BA1AA; Cheng, BA1CO; Alan, BA1DU; Jerry, BA1FB; Guo, BA1GYS; Chen, BA1HAM; Qin, BA1KA; Ban, BA1MK; Chen, BA1MT; Zheng, BA1TU; and Chen, BD1CU. QSL via JA4HCK only.

Peter, PY5CC, is currently on Fernando de Noronha as PY0FM. He will be active on all bands mostly 6 meters until November 1st. QSL via JA1VOK.

Graham, 5Z4GS/G0VNW, has now gone QRT from Kenya and will now be working in Kampala, Uganda for the next 2 years. Look for him to be active as 5X1GS very soon. QSL both via WB2YQH.

Toshi, JA1ELY, says a group of JA3's will attend the SEANET Convention in Brunei between November 18th and 21st and will operate as V8SEA and V85TG. Going on the trip will be JA3AA, JA3CF, JA3IG, JA3UB, JA3AER, JA3ART, JA3NGW, JR3WXA and JH3GAH. They plan to be active on 6 through 160 meters on CW, SSB and SSTV. QSL V85TG via JH3GAH. Next they will go on to East Malaysia where they will activate 9M8TG from November 21st to 25th. Once again they will be on 6 through 160 meters CW, SSB and SSTV. QSL via JH3GAH.

Members of the Gansu Radio Sports Association station BY9GA will be active as B9G during the CQ World Wide SSB DX Contest. They will be multi-single. QSL via BY9GA.

Harry, RA3AUU, says the MVI Contest team will use R1MVZ. A YL operator by the name of Tatyana, RA1ALY will be active before the contest. ______

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5C8M - MORROCO - The German team has arrived and will use this special call until the CQ WW SSB DX Contest. Then they will use CN8WW. Look for big signals from these guys on all bands. QSL via DL6FBL.

7P8HH - LESOTHO - Horst was working Europeans on 21320 from 16:40 to 18:00Z.

9E1C - ETHIOPIA - Here is a nice prefix. QSL via IV3OWC.

AP2JZB - PAKISTAN - Bob has been showing up daily between 13:00 and 15:00Z on 12 and 10 meters SSB. QSL via K2EWB.

C5TT - THE GAMBIA - Brendan, G0UCT, is once again back in this West African country and was on 20 meters SSB yesterday. QSL via G0UCT.

H44MY - SOLOMON ISLANDS - Europeans reported working him on 21293 between 11:30 and 13:30. QSL via JA0IXW.

JT1CO - MONGOLIA - JA's and Europeans found Chadra on 1831 at 21:00Z.

KH5 - PALMYRA & JARVIS ISLANDS - Norbert, KH5/DF6FK, and Judith, KH5/DL2ZAD, may have left the island, as they have not been reported since 15:00Z yesterday. QSL via home calls.

T30 - WEST KIRIBATI - The Germans (T30CW & T30Y) were reported yesterday as follows:

GMT Frequencies ------00 18145 24895 28031 01 18145 28023 02 18145 21083 03 18140 04 14023 05 10119 06 10119 08 3507 09 3507 14003 10 1824 3507 11 1824 12 7007 13 3508 7007 14 1824 18073 15 7007 18073 16 18073 17 14024 18073 18 10120 14024 19 14024 14195 18073 21295 20 14195 18140 21295 24898 21 14083 18145 21300 24898 22 14082 21300 24898 24945 28023 28495 23 24895 28023 28495

S21YJ - BANGLADESH - Stig started off on 28506 around 10:30Z. Just after 13:00Z he was on 28558. It was a real mad house until about 14:30Z when he went QRT. QSL via SM4AIO. ______

IOTA ______

The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AS-018 UA0FF 21300 2250 NA-046 W1GAY 14260 1826 AS-018 RA0FA 21277 0923 NA-059 NO2F/KL7 14257 0732 AS-018 UA0FDX 21022 0924 NA-106 KP2/N5RP 28468 1108 AS-136 BD4ED 28480 2244 NA-138 N5VL 14260 1301 EU-025 IT9STG 14258 0930 OC-019 KH6/DL5RBK 14295 0718 EU-038 PA1WM/P 28570 1452 OC-021 YB0AZ 21250 1335 EU-042 DF7LP/P 21320 1326 OC-033 FK8VHT/P 14017 2002 EU-049 SV8DTL 7044 1732 OC-135 P29BI 14260 1139 NA-025 J8OD 14197 0250 OC-152 FO0KOJ 7011 1140 NA-036 VE7DXQ 14215 0803

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 QSL ------22-Oct 28-Oct 3B8 3B8/ON4LAC 3-162 22-Oct 22-Dec 3X 3XY2D 3-188 VE2DPS 22-Oct 2-Nov 5H 5H3/K8LEE 5H3/WD8SDL 3-146 home calls 22-Oct 31-Oct 5R 5R8FU 3-176 SM0DJZ 22-Oct 1-Nov 9H 9H3AM 3-184 22-Oct 10-Dec 9U 9U5D 3-176 SM0BFJ 22-Oct 27-Oct A3 A35SO A35ZL (OC-049) 3-159 home calls 22-Oct 29-Oct CN 5C8M 3-184 DL6FBL 22-Oct 28-Oct EA8 EA8/G0UIH/P (AF-004) 3-174 G0UIH 22-Oct 30-Nov FO/A FO0DEH (OC-114) 3-158 ON4QM 22-Oct 28-Oct FO/A FO0KOJ (OC-152) 3-179 3-138 JK7TKE 22-Oct 2-Nov FP FP/LA9VDA 3-163 LA9VDA 22-Oct 26-Oct FS FS/N3OC 3-145 N3OC 22-Oct 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH (AF-008) 3-4 3-2 F6KDF 22-Oct 20-Dec FT5Z FT5ZJ 3-147 F2YT 22-Oct 12-Nov GM MM/W3LEO 3-188 W3LEO 22-Oct 1-Nov HC8 HC8A 3-187 3-183 WV7Y 22-Oct 27-Oct JD/O JD1BKR 3-185 JARL 22-Oct 4-Dec KH4 KH4/SM4FJY (OC-030) 3-133 SM6FJY 22-Oct 10-Jan KH4 KH4/W4ZYV (OC-030) 3-158 3-157 W4ZYV 22-Oct 27-Oct OD OD5/3A2MT 3-168 6W1QP 22-Oct 15-Nov PJ2 PJ2/PA0VDV 3-157 PA0VDV 22-Oct 2-Nov PJ2 PJ4B - lots of operators 3-187 3-167 K2SB 22-Oct 25-Oct S7 S79BL 3-189 KD6WW 22-Oct 11-Nov T30 T30Y T30CW 3-188 3-103 DL7DF 22-Oct 30-Oct VP2M VP2MBT VP2MGL 3-158 EA3BT 22-Oct 3-Nov XT XT2HP 3-172 JA1OEM 22-Oct 31-Dec XW XW2A 3-168 3-167 direct 23-Oct 23-Oct 4X 4X0A (AS-100) 3-184 3-169 4Z5DW 23-Oct 26-Oct EA EA/NE8Z 3-188 NE8Z 23-Oct 23-Oct JA JI1PLF/1 (AS-117) 3-175 JI1PLF 23-Oct 31-Oct P4 P40E 3-168 W3HNK 24-Oct 31-Oct I IH9P (AF-018) 3-183 KR7X 24-Oct 2-Nov J6 by N3NT K3UG J69AZ K7KL K3LP 3-167 N3NT 24-Oct 2-Nov VK9L VK9LX 3-101 VK2ICV ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for October 20, 1999 was 193.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for October 21, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------21-Oct-1999 21 159 13 3 Low/Quiet-Active;Low-Mod/Unset-Active 21-Oct-1999 18 159 4 3 Low/Quiet-Active;Low-Mod/Unset-Active 21-Oct-1999 15 159 4 2 Low/Quiet-Active;Low-Mod/Quiet-Active 21-Oct-1999 12 159 4 2 Low/Quiet-Active;Low-Mod/Quiet-Active 21-Oct-1999 09 159 4 2 Low/Quiet-Active;Low-Mod/Unsettled- Active 21-Oct-1999 06 159 4 4 Mod/Quiet-Active;Low-Mod/Unsettled- Active 21-Oct-1999 03 159 4 3 Mod/Quiet-Unset;Low-Mod/Unsettled- Active 21-Oct-1999 00 159 4 1 Mod/Quiet;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unsettled

The forecast for Friday, October 22nd: solar flux 160, A index 12, K index 3. Conditions should be High Normal.

The forecast for Saturday, October 23rd: solar flux 150, A index 20, K index 4. Conditions should be Below Normal.

The forecast for Sunday, October 24th: solar flux 140, A index 20, K index 4. Conditions should be Below Normal.

Solar images of the sun received for October 22, 1999 can be found at http://www.sel.noaa.gov/solar_images/1999_10/1999_10_22.html

Perhaps the most useful propagation page for Amateur Radio Operators can be found at http://dx.qsl.net/propagation/

Grey line map http://www.spiritweb.org/cgi/sunclock.cgi ______

QSL Info ______

Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------5C8M DL6FBL C5TT G0UCT KP2/N5RP N5RP 9E1C IV3OWC H44MY JA0IXW NO7F/KL7 K8CW BD4ED BY4BHP J8OD DJ0QZ P29BI VK4EJ

LA7MFA - Lech Slawomir Tomczak, Froeyas vei 61, 3472 Boedalen, NORWAY

Rony, PS7AB, says he is the QSL manager for the following stations:

PX7G, Fort Queijo, November 12-16 ZY7G, Fort Brum, November 19-22 PQ7G, Fort 5 Pontas, December 03-06

QSL via: PS7AB - Bureau or direct to: Rony Reis, Caixa Postal 2021, 59094-970, Natal/RN, Brazil.

QSL cards recently received direct: 9N1UD, HS0ZCW, OX3LG (NA-134), OY4LY, YJ0AXC ______

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Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: AH8LG, BA1DU, DL1DA, EA3GHZ, JA1ELY, KH6BZF Reports, LA7MFA, N0KK, N2JTX, NOAA, PS7AB, QRZ DX, RA3AUU, The 59(9) DX Report, W3JJ, W7IAN ______

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Ali Al Futtaim, A61AJ, announces that his station will be active in the multi-multi category of the upcoming CQ World Wide CW DX Contest in November. Look for this station to be active both before and after the contest on CW, SSB and possibly on RTTY on all bands from 10 to 160 meters, including 12, 17 and 30 meters. Since last year the station has been upgraded from four to six complete stations, including two more FT-1000MPs and two more Alpha 87A's. This will now allow complete coverage of all six bands during the 48 hour period. QSL via W3UR.

British operators Steve, G3VMW, Bob, G3ZEM, and George 5B4AGC/G3LNS give the good news of an operation from the Sovereign Base Area at Episkopi in Cyprus. The operation has been approved for the CQ World Wide CW DX Contest and the group plans to use ZC4EPI. They will be operating high power and will be in the multi-single category for the contest. Yagi antennas will be used on 10 through 40 meters and wire antennas for 80 and 160 meters.

Ville, OH2MM, plans to operate the CQ World Wide SSB DX Contest from the Aland Islands and will sign OH0MM. He will be a single op on all bands. QSL via OH2MM, Ville Hiilesmaa, Rakuunantie 18 A 14, 00330 Helsinki, Finland.

Look for Jacques, F6HMJ, to be on the air from Mauritius Island as 3B8/F6HMJ starting November 15th. He plans to be on all bands and possibly on 160 meters. During the CQ World Wide CW DX Contest he will mostly be on 10 meters. He will be there until December 5th.

Joe, K8JP, plans to head south again by car to his future retirement QTH in Belize on October 25th. If all goes well he should be there by October 30th. He'll be there until April 1, 2000 and active as V31JP on all bands from 6 through 160 meters on CW, SSB and RTTY. He hopes to be on for all of the upcoming major contests. QSL via KA9WON, Lonnie Miller, 12031 Blue Spruce Drive, Roscoe, IL 61073, USA. Joe has a web page at http://sites.netscape.net/v31jp/homepage.

The Eastern Iowa DX Association has announced the following officers for the year 2000.

President David Andersen K0RX Vice President Nelson Moyer KU0A Secretary/Treasurer Tom White K0VZR Membership Comittee Jim Spencer W0SR Membership Comittee Tom Vavra WB8ZRL

During the CQ World Wide SSB and CW DX Contests look for a multi-multi effort from J3A on the island of Grenada. For the SSB version operators will include K2KQ, K1EP, W1WFZ, N9KAU/2, N2GA, K2DO, IK2BHX, WO9Z and DL8OPQ. The CW crew will include WA1S, K2KQ, NJ1V, K2TE, K5TT and JK3GAD. QSL via WA1S.

Starting October 29th Kazik, DL2SBY, and Henry, SP2FOV, will be operating from Liechtenstein as HB0/DL2SBY and HB0/SP2FOV. They plan to have 2 complete stations and will be on 10 through 160 meters CW, SSB and RTTY through November 7th. QSL via home calls.

Dave Clark, W8DO, will be doing a little traveling over the next few weeks. Currently he is active from Gibraltar as ZB2/W8DO, mostly on 15 and 20 meters CW. He plans to be there until November 1st. Next he will spend two weeks in the Canary Islands. Last he'll be on board the Kiwi sailing to Antigua. Look for him on 7058, 14058 and 21058. QSL via W8DO.

During the CQ World Wide SSB DX Contest Dave, KH2/N2NL, will be active from the QTH of Danny, KH2JU. Look for a serious single-op all band effort from him. He also plans to do the CW Contest. These two contests may be Dave's last hurrah before coming back to the states early next year. QSL via W2YC. ______

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3C1RV - EQUATORIAL GUINEA - Sunday Roberto was found on 21215 just after 11:00Z. QSL via EA1BMH.

5B4OG - CYPRUS - Ted likes 10105 around 02:00Z.

A35ZL - TONGA - Try looking for Willi on 3507 at 09:00Z. QSL via DJ7RJ.

C37URA - ANDORRA - This is the IARU society club station which was found all over 17, 20 and 40 meters SSB over the weekend.

E4/G3WQU - PALESTINE - Peter can be found almost every weekend on CW.

EA8BH - CANARY ISLANDS - Martti, OH2BH, was active over the weekend checking out his station. It appears that he will not be operating in the CQ World Wide SSB DX Contest this weekend however he will have a hired gun come in tomorrow. Contest participants are invited to please take a moment to record the relative signal strength of EA8BH compared to other Zone 33 stations. After the contest, e-mail your reports to Martti at [email protected]. Stations reporting and/or confirming QSO with EA8BH on at least four bands will receive a direct QSL and a special award. QSL via OH2BH.

HV4NAC - VATICAN - Was reported on 21320 at 13:00Z on Saturday. Then between 14:30 and 15:30Z on 28530. QSL via IK0FVC.

TO0DX - ST. PIERRE & MIQUELON - Here is a nice prefix from this North American Island. QSL via LA9VDA.

TR0B - GABON - Fred was active for the last three days on 28480 between 10:00 and 14:00Z. See QSL info below.

UK9AA - UZBEKISTAN - Fedor has been showing up lately on 30 meters CW from 01:00 to 02:00Z.

VP2M - MONTSERRAT - JA's should try near 21295 about 22:00Z for VP2MBT or VP2MGL.

ZC4GB - UK SOVERIGN BASE ON CYPRUS - George, 5B4AGC, has been assigned his own individual call. Over the past few months he has been using the club call ZC4ATC. ______

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The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AS-030 JD1BKR 24955 0959 NA-069 N9EAJ/W4 14068 1922 AS-083 RA9LI/9 14260 1046 NA-103 VP2MGL 21200 1131 EU-001 SV5BYX 14260 1212 NA-143 AB5AB 21260 2215 EU-067 SV8/HB9AAI 7065 2150 OC-135 P29BI 14195 0707 NA-057 AH6PN/HR6 28410 2138 SA-025 PP5OW 28515 1223 NA-067 W4CA 21260 2007

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 QSL ------25-Oct 28-Oct 3B8 3B8/ON4LAC 3-162 ON4LAC 25-Oct 22-Dec 3X 3XY2D 3-188 VE2DPS 25-Oct 2-Nov 5H 5H3/K8LEE 5H3/WD8SDL 3-146 home calls 25-Oct 31-Oct 5R 5R8FU 3-176 SM0DJZ 25-Oct 1-Nov 9H 9H3AM 3-184 25-Oct 10-Dec 9U 9U5D 3-176 SM0BFJ 25-Oct 27-Oct A3 A35SO A35ZL (OC-049) 3-159 home calls 25-Oct 29-Oct CN 5C8M 3-184 DL6FBL 25-Oct 26-Oct EA EA/NE8Z 3-188 NE8Z 25-Oct 28-Oct EA8 EA8/G0UIH/P (AF-004) 3-174 G0UIH 25-Oct 27-Oct ER EO55JM 3-170 KG6AR 25-Oct 30-Oct FO/A FO0DEH (OC-114) 3-158 ON4QM 25-Oct 28-Oct FO/A FO0KOJ (OC-152) 3-179 3-138 JK7TKE 25-Oct 2-Nov FP TO0DX 3-163 LA9VDA 25-Oct 26-Oct FS FS/N3OC 3-145 N3OC 25-Oct 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH (AF-008) 3-4 3-2 F6KDF 25-Oct 20-Dec FT5Z FT5ZJ 3-147 F2YT 25-Oct 12-Nov GM MM/W3LEO 3-188 W3LEO 25-Oct 1-Nov HC8 HC8A 3-187 3-183 WV7Y 25-Oct 31-Oct I IH9P (AF-018) 3-183 KR7X 25-Oct 2-Nov J6 by N3NT K3UG J69AZ K7KL K3LP 3-167 N3NT 25-Oct 1-Nov J6 J68ZZ J68XA J68WB J68WX 3-82 25-Oct 31-Oct J7 J79KS 3-192 DL1DA 25-Oct 27-Oct JD/O JD1BKR 3-185 JARL 25-Oct 4-Dec KH4 KH4/SM4FJY (OC-030) 3-133 SM6FJY 25-Oct 10-Jan KH4 KH4/W4ZYV (OC-030) 3-158 3-157 W4ZYV 25-Oct 27-Oct OD OD5/3A2MT 3-168 6W1QP 25-Oct 31-Oct P4 P40E 3-168 W3HNK 25-Oct 15-Nov PJ2 PJ2/PA0VDV 3-157 PA0VDV 25-Oct 2-Nov PJ2 PJ4B - lots of operators 3-187 3-167 K2SB 25-Oct 1-Nov PY0F PY0FM 3-192 JA1VOK 25-Oct 25-Oct S7 S79BL 3-189 KD6WW 25-Oct 11-Nov T30 T30Y T30CW 3-188 3-103 DL7DF 25-Oct 4-Nov V2 huge group of Americans 3-144 25-Oct 30-Oct VK9L VK9LM 3-171 W1HEO 25-Oct 2-Nov VK9L VK9LX 3-101 VK2ICV 25-Oct 30-Oct VP2M VP2MBT VP2MGL 3-158 EA3BT 25-Oct 9-Nov VP2M VP2MCS 3-187 3-148 DL5NAM 25-Oct 2-Nov VP5 VP5R 3-192 N0KK 25-Oct 3-Nov XT XT2HP 3-172 JA1OEM 25-Oct 31-Dec XW XW2A 3-168 3-167 direct 26-Oct 31-Oct 3B8 3B8/KD6WW 3-189 KD6WW 26-Oct 2-Nov 8Q 8Q7IT 3-155 3-127 DH3MIT 26-Oct 31-Oct R1M R1MVZ 3-191 K6VNZ 26-Oct 2-Nov VP5 VP5/N2VW VP5/K2WB VP5/WA2VYA 3-122 home call 26-Oct 27-Oct ZB ZB2/NE8Z 3-188 NE8Z 26-Oct 13-Nov ZD8 ZD8Z 3-154 VE3HO ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for October 23, 1999 was 114.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for October 24, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------24-Oct-1999 21 159 20 2 Low/Unset-Min Strm;Low-Mod/Unset-Active 24-Oct-1999 18 165 19 3 Low/Unset-Min Strm;Low-Mod/Unset-Active 24-Oct-1999 15 165 19 3 Low/Unset-Min Strm;Low-Mod/Unset-Active 24-Oct-1999 12 165 19 4 Low/Unset-Min Strm;Low-Mod/Unset-Active 24-Oct-1999 09 165 19 5 Low/Quiet-Min Strm;Low-Mod/Unset-Min Strm 24-Oct-1999 06 165 19 4 Low/Quiet-Active;Low-Mod/Unset-Active 24-Oct-1999 03 165 19 3 Low/Quiet-Active;Low-Mod/Unset-Active 24-Oct-1999 00 165 19 3 Low/Quiet-Active;Low-Mod/Unset-Active

The forecast for Monday, October 25th: solar flux 160, A index 20, K index 3. Conditions should be Low Normal.

The forecast for Tuesday, October 26th: solar flux 155, A index 15, K index 3. Conditions should be High Normal.

Solar images of the sun received for October 25, 1999 can be found at http://www.sel.noaa.gov/solar_images/1999_10/1999_10_25.html

Perhaps the most useful propagation page for Amateur Radio Operators can be found at http://dx.qsl.net/propagation/

Grey line map http://www.spiritweb.org/cgi/sunclock.cgi ______

QSL Info ______

Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------3B8/ON4LAC ON4LAC FM5BH W3HNK KH8/N5OLS N5JA 4X0A 4Z5DW FM5DN KU9C P40E W3HNK 5B4/G4LJF G4LJF FS/N3OC N3OC S79AU IK4AUY 6D2X K5TSQ FY5FU F5PAC TO0DX LA9VDA 9H3RS DL3LAR HB0/HB9AON DJ2YE V5/NU7J NU7J A61AJ W3UR HB7OGR HB9AAQ V73ZZ K7ZZ EA8BH OH2BH HI9/DL2ARD DL4ALI VP2MBT EA3BT EA9IU EA9IB HI9/DL4JS DL4ALI VP2MGL EA3BT EO55EY UR4EYT HS72A HS1CKC ZA/S57AW S57AW EO55JM KG6AR HV4NAC IK0FVC ZD7DP W1ZT EO55M UX2MM J6/K3LP N3NT ZF2LC W2SM EO55U UT2UB J79KS DL1DA ZS5/LY2BBF LY2BBF EO55WL UT1WA J79SH DJ4IJ ZX7G PS7AB EY8MM K1BV K3UG/J6 N3NT

C37URA - Unio de Radioaficionats Andorrans, P.O. Box 1150, Andorra la Vella, ANDORRA TR0B - Fred, Box 177, Libreville, GABON

Steve, KU9C, is the QSL manager for the May and September operations by Dennis, K7BV on Market Reef and Aland Islands. The first batch went out this weekend and all should be out within the next two weeks.

The K1WY DX Association can now confirm QSOs for Paul, BV4FH. Other stations managed by the Association as of October 18th are: 4N1DX, 4N1YL, 5A21PA, 5A30, 5R8ET, AX1TX, BV4FH, ET3BT, GD3LSF, GI3MUS, GI6YM, GIOPCU, HBOCZS, K1WY, KW1JY, KW1WY, ON4CAT, ON9CAT, P29CC, RUOAK, S21J, TF7GX, TF8GX, TF7RX, TF8RX, UAOACG, UAOAOZ, UAODC, UAOZBK, VK1TX, YO6AVB, ZD7VC, ZL3KIM. For more information about the K1WY DX Association can be found at http://pws.prserv.net/k1wydxa

QSL cards recently received direct: 3V8DJ (AF-083), EA1BLX (EU-080), FW5FN, OX3LG (NA-134), RF1P (EU-102), ______

On the WWW ______

Logs for the recent Mauritius Island operation by PA0VHA, PA3EPD, PB0AIT and PE1ALV can be found at http://www.pi4cc.nl/3b8/log/index.htm. ______

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Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: A61AJ, EA8BH, F6AJA, K1WY, K8JP, KH2/N2NL, KH6BZF Reports, KU9C, LNDX, LU1KFR, N4GN, NOAA, OPDX, WA1S ______

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Alan, VK8AC, will be working on contract with the Australian Antarctic Division and will be working as a member of the 2000 Australian National Antarctic Research Expedition on Macquarie Island. His exact departure date is not know at this time but he is expecting to be on the island in December or January next year. This is not a DXpedition and he will only be on the air in his spare time. Alan has been all over the globe and some of his past operations were as A4XYF, VP8PT, G4EEL, VS5AC/V85AC, P29AC and VK6CQ. For this operation he has been assigned VK0LD and has set up a web page at http://www.geocities.com/vk0ld/1.html.

Seth, 9G1OO, is once again active from Ghana. He can often be found on 14140 on Sundays from 17:00 to 18:00Z. QSL via PA3ERA.

Latest news from China has it that the Gansu Radio Sports Association station BY9GA will not use the new call B9G, which was planed before. They will now use BY9GA from zone 23 as a multi-single in the contest this weekend. QSL via BY9GA.

The Chinese Radio Sports Association (CRSA) headquarters station BY1PK will be active this weekend in the CQ World Wide SSB DX Contest in the multi-single category. Operators include Yan, BA1AB, Wang, BA1OK and some students, QSL via BY1PK.

Look for the Jiangsu DX Club, BY4RSA, will do a multi-single this weekend as B4R. QSL via BY4RSA, Box 538 Nanjing, China.

Those still seeking to work one of the U.K. Sovereign Bases on Cyprus will be happy to know that ZC4ATC will be active as a multi-single this weekend in the CQ WW SSB DX Contest. They will be active on all bands and the operators are George, 5B4AGC/ZC4GB; Alf, 5B4AFB/ZC4AW; Mike, 5B4AGX/ZC4MP; Nick, 5B4FL; Ian, 5B4YX; and maybe one or two others. QSL via 5B4YX.

George, 5B4AGC, will break in his new ZC4GB callsign tomorrow, October 27th, between 08:00 and 16:00Z on 10, 15 and 20 meters CW. QSL via 5B4AGC.

Claudio, 9E1C, will be active on 20 meters only during the contest this weekend. QSL via IV3OWC.

Masa, AJ3M, reports last week he made just over 2,100 QSOs from 4U1ITU in just about 20 hours. QSL via the 4U1ITU callbook address or to 4U1ITU at the QSL bureau, not via AJ3M!

Fred Laun, K3ZO, gives the following news from Thailand. "Thailand's King Bhumiphol Adulayadej, HS1A, will celebrate his 72nd birthday on December 5th. In Thai society, a person's 60th and 72nd birthdays are considered especially auspicious. According to HS1CKC (Winit), E21EIC (Champ), E21CJN (Tham) and HS0/G4UAV (Tony), the call HS72A will be used in the CQ WW Phone DX Contest from HS1CHB's contest station, E22AAA, in honor of the King's birthday. Meanwhile RAST will use the Society's club station at the Asian Institute of Technology in the contest signing HS0AC. So there will be two multi-multis on from Thailand and Zone 26 in the contest. In major contests Thailand's hams are permitted to use 80 and 160 meters, which are normally not permitted to Thai amateurs. HS72A can be used until the end of the year." QSL via HS1CKC.

Look for a multi-single effort from the Icelandic Radio Amateurs (IRA) society club station TF3IRA this weekend in the CQ WW SSB DX Contest. This will be a double multiplier as they are located in Zone 40!

Wolfgang, DF2IY, is expect to be in the French Polynesian Islands as FO0THA until November 14th. He will be active mostly during the European morning hours 15 KHz up from the bottom of the CW bands. QSL via DF2IY.

Jose, LU6FAZ, will be a single-op on 80 meters only in this weekend's contest. He'll use LU6FBI and says the sunset's at 22:30 and rises at 09:30Z.

There will be a single band 15 meter operation this weekend from OH0V. QSL via OH4JLV, Antti Tiittala, Akselinkatu 14, 57130 Savonlinna, FINLAND. ______

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6W6/K3IPK - SENEGAL - Richard started up yesterday from this West African country. He says he will be on for CQ WW SSB as 6V6U. QSL via K3IPK.

JA's - JAPAN - Look 80 meter JA's this weekend between 3500- 3575, 3747-3754 and 3791-3805.

S21YJ - BANGLEDASH - South and North Americans reported working Stig on 14274 between 00:30 and 01:30Z. QSL via SM4AIO.

T30 - WEST KIRABATI - 4 of the German operators from T30CW/T30Y left for Banaba along with two complete stations.

VK9LX - LORD HOWE ISLAND - Nick was found on 80 meters SSB and CW yesterday and expects to be on 160 meters today. Check between 1820 and 1824. QSL via VK2ICV. ______

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The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AF-019 IG9/I4UFH 3785 1738 NA-031 KA3UNQ 14255 2056 EU-023 9H3RS 21025 1609 NA-031 W1MFS 28503 1835 EU-023 9H4GRS 28460 1626 NA-141 K2OLG/M 14260 2303 EU-098 DL3BUM/P 7001 2031 OC-148 YC9MKF 28460 1205

Starting October 28th look for a group of experienced operators from the Indonesian Amateur Radio Society (ORARI) to be active from Samut- Island (OC-177) as 7A0K. They will operate on 10 through 160 meters CW and SSB until November 1st. Look for them to be participating in this weekend's CQ WW SSB Contest. QSL via YB0AI.

John, SM7CRW, will be active as 8S7A during contests in October and November. He is located on EU-037. QSL via W3HNK.

Brazilian operators Lima, PY1NEZ; Chuck, PU1NEZ; Vieira, PY1LVF; and Pete, PY1NEW; will go to Frances Island (SA-067) on November 2, 1999. They will use PY1NEZ/PP1, PU1NEZ/PP1, PY1LVF/PP1 and PY1NEW/PP1 on 6 through 160 meters CW, SSB and FM. Suggested frequencies are as follows:

CW - 1835, 3530, 7030, 10115, 14040, 18098, 21040, 24920, 28040, 50080 SSB - 1850, 3755, 7055, 14190, 14222, 14260, 18128, 21260, 24950, 28360, 28460, 28560, 50110 FM - 29600

QSL via home calls.

Members of the Southern California DX Club will be active from Catalina Island (NA-066) from November 12th to 15th. They will be on 10 through 80 meters CW and SSB. They may operate on 12, 17, 30 and 160 meters. Operators include N6KZ, N6FH, WU6T, N6IC and W8DX. Each operator will use his own 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 QSL ------26-Oct 31-Oct 3B8 3B8/KD6WW 3-189 KD6WW 26-Oct 28-Oct 3B8 3B8/ON4LAC 3-162 ON4LAC 26-Oct 22-Dec 3X 3XY2D 3-188 VE2DPS 26-Oct 2-Nov 5H 5H3/K8LEE 5H3/WD8SDL 3-146 home calls 26-Oct 31-Oct 5R 5R8FU 3-176 SM0DJZ 26-Oct 29-Oct 6W 6W6/K3IPK K3IPK 26-Oct 2-Nov 8Q 8Q7IT 3-155 3-127 DH3MIT 26-Oct 1-Nov 9H 9H3AM 3-184 26-Oct 10-Dec 9U 9U5D 3-176 SM0BFJ 26-Oct 27-Oct A3 A35SO A35ZL (OC-049) 3-159 home calls 26-Oct 29-Oct CN 5C8M 3-184 DL6FBL 26-Oct 26-Oct EA EA/NE8Z 3-188 NE8Z 26-Oct 28-Oct EA8 EA8/G0UIH/P (AF-004) 3-174 G0UIH 26-Oct 27-Oct ER EO55JM 3-170 KG6AR 26-Oct 30-Oct FO/A FO0DEH (OC-114) 3-158 ON4QM 26-Oct 28-Oct FO/A FO0KOJ (OC-152) 3-179 3-138 JK7TKE 26-Oct 2-Nov FP TO0DX 3-163 LA9VDA 26-Oct 26-Oct FS FS/N3OC 3-145 N3OC 26-Oct 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH (AF-008) 3-4 3-2 F6KDF 26-Oct 20-Dec FT5Z FT5ZJ 3-147 F2YT 26-Oct 12-Nov GM MM/W3LEO 3-188 W3LEO 26-Oct 1-Nov HC8 HC8A 3-187 3-183 WV7Y 26-Oct 31-Oct I IH9P (AF-018) 3-183 KR7X 26-Oct 2-Nov J6 by N3NT K3UG J69AZ K7KL K3LP 3-167 N3NT 26-Oct 1-Nov J6 J68ZZ J68XA J68WB J68WX 3-82 26-Oct 31-Oct J7 J79KS 3-192 DL1DA 26-Oct 27-Oct JD/O JD1BKR 3-185 JARL 26-Oct 4-Dec KH4 KH4/SM4FJY (OC-030) 3-133 SM6FJY 26-Oct 10-Jan KH4 KH4/W4ZYV (OC-030) 3-158 3-157 W4ZYV 26-Oct 27-Oct OD OD5/3A2MT 3-168 6W1QP 26-Oct 31-Oct P4 P40E 3-168 W3HNK 26-Oct 15-Nov PJ2 PJ2/PA0VDV 3-157 PA0VDV 26-Oct 2-Nov PJ2 PJ4B - lots of operators 3-187 3-167 K2SB 26-Oct 1-Nov PY0F PY0FM 3-192 JA1VOK 26-Oct 31-Oct R1M R1MVZ 3-191 K6VNZ 26-Oct 11-Nov T30 T30Y T30CW 3-188 3-103 DL7DF 26-Oct 4-Nov V2 huge group of Americans 3-144 26-Oct 30-Oct VK9L VK9LM 3-171 W1HEO 26-Oct 2-Nov VK9L VK9LX 3-101 VK2ICV 26-Oct 30-Oct VP2M VP2MBT VP2MGL 3-158 EA3BT 26-Oct 9-Nov VP2M VP2MCS 3-187 3-148 DL5NAM 26-Oct 2-Nov VP5 VP5/N2VW VP5/K2WB VP5/WA2VYA 3-122 home call 26-Oct 2-Nov VP5 VP5R 3-192 N0KK 26-Oct 3-Nov XT XT2HP 3-172 JA1OEM 26-Oct 31-Dec XW XW2A 3-168 3-167 direct 26-Oct 27-Oct ZB ZB2/NE8Z 3-188 NE8Z 26-Oct 1-Nov ZB2 ZB2/W8DO 3-193 W8DO 26-Oct 13-Nov ZD8 ZD8Z 3-154 VE3HO ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for October 24, 1999 was 130.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for October 25, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------25-Oct-1999 21 179 18 2 Mod/Quiet-Active;Low-Mod/Unset-Active 25-Oct-1999 18 159 21 3 Mod/Quiet-Active;Low-Mod/Unset-Active 25-Oct-1999 15 159 21 4 Mod/Quiet-Active;Low-Mod/Unset-Active 25-Oct-1999 12 159 21 4 Mod/Quiet-Active;Low-Mod/Unset-Active 25-Oct-1999 09 159 21 4 Mod/Quiet-Active;Low-Mod/Unset-Active 25-Oct-1999 06 159 21 3 Low/Unset-Min Strm;Low-Mod/Unset-Active 25-Oct-1999 03 159 21 3 Low/Unset-Min Strm;Low-Mod/Unset-Active 25-Oct-1999 00 159 21 3 Low/Unset-Min Strm;Low-Mod/Unset-Active

The forecast for Tuesday, October 26th: solar flux 155, A index 15, K index 3. Conditions should be High Normal.

The forecast for Wednesday, October 27th: solar flux 150, A index 12, K index 2. Conditions should be High Normal.

Solar images of the sun received for October 26, 1999 can be found at http://www.sel.noaa.gov/solar_images/1999_10/1999_10_26.html

Perhaps the most useful propagation page for Amateur Radio Operators can be found at http://dx.qsl.net/propagation/

Grey line map http://www.spiritweb.org/cgi/sunclock.cgi ______

QSL Info ______

Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------6W6/K3IPK K3IPK K3UG/J6 N3NT VO2CQ VE3FU EO55FI UX3FW OH0NRV OH2NRV VP5/N0AT N0AT EO55IG UR4IZA T77CD I0MWI ZA/S51F S51F FM5GU WA4JTK V44KJ WB2TSL ZA/S57AW S57AW HI9/DK8YY DL4ALI VK9LX VK2ICV

QSL cards recently received direct: 4U1ITU (9/25/99) 9A7C, BA1DU/7 (AS- 094) BD7NQ (AS-094), CY9SS, DU8DJ (OC-130) HS0/IK4MRH (AS-053), TN7OT, TR0A, UA0ZY/P (AS-142), XW8KPL/CSN ______

On the WWW ______

Roger Balister, G3KMA, is the RSGB's IOTA Manager and now has a web page at http://www.eo19.dial.pipex.com/index.htm ______

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Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 425 DX News, 5B4AFB, 5B4AGC, AJ3M, BD5RV, DL4FN, DL7VEE, DXNL, G3KMA, G4BWP, HA0HW, JI6KVR, K3ZO, KH6BZF Reports, KI6T, LU6FAZ, NOAA, OH6LI, W3HNK, W4ABW, W8UVZ, ______

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Jose, EA7KW, says the Ceuta Contest Club will once again activate the EA9EA station during the CQ World Wide SSB DX Contest. They will be multi-multi. Team members include EA1AK, EA2CLU, EA4KR, EA4KK, EA4KD, EA7TL, EA7KW, EA9KB, EA9AZ, EA9AI and EA9UG. Some of the members are already in Ceuta others will join later this week. QSL via EA9AZ.

Hiroshi, JD1BKR, will be active in CQ WW DX SSB Contest from Ogasawara and hopes to handout a new multiplier to the Deserving. Look for him on 15 and 10 meters.

Tony, A45ZN, will be operating low power single band 15 meters from Gibraltar either as ZB2/AA3SN or ZB2/G4KLF for the CQ WW SSB DX Contest. He'll be at the Caleta hotel on the Mediterranean side of the rock. Plans also include operating on HF PSK 31 Mode on most bands, which may be a first from Gibraltar. Tony will be also operating as EA7/AA3SN or EA7/G4KLF before and after the contest from Nerja in Southern Spain. He shall also be QRV on 6 meters from ZB2 land.

Starting November 4th through the 18th Gerd, DL7VOG, and Ben, DL7BY, will be in St. Kitts with their families and will operate as V47GU and V47BY. They plan to be on all bands mostly on CW and RTTY. Equipment will include an IC-704 with a HF6V vertical also a FT-890 and DX88 vertical. Gerd plans to take part in the WAE RTTY Contest on November 6th and 7th. The two will then head for the volcanic island of Montserrat where they expect to be active as VP2MGU from November 18th to 29th. QSL via home calls.

Bill, W4ZV, reports Novice and lower class frequency allocations on 10 meters for the following countries. G 28225-28500 LU 28300-28350 PY 28300-28500 VK 28100-28600 (may be the same for ZL)

This will help eke out those last Qs this weekend. Several countries do not have Novice allocations on 10 meters (F, 9M2) but many countries have Novices with no special 10 meter allocations (DL, JA, UA, VE). In general they can use the same frequencies as other higher class stations. ______

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EA8BH - CANARY ISLANDS - Looks like the mystery guest operator for this weekend will be topnotch op Jeff, N5TJ. QSL via OH2BH.

T2DX - TUVALU - Tusti, W4WET, is once again active from this semi-rare Pacific Ocean Island. QSL via W4WET.

T30 - WEST KIRIBATI - Team members DL7DF, DL7UFR, DL2RUM, DL2NWK left yesterday and should be on Banaba late today as T33CW and T33Y. Meanwhile the rest of the team continues to operate as T30CW and T30Y. Listen carefully for the calls! QSL all via DL7DF.

VK0TS - ANTARCTICA - Tom says he'll be at Davis Base until January 3, 2000.

ZC4 - UK SOVEREIGN BASES ON CYPRUS - Don't be surprised to see one of the ZC4 stations on the low bands today testing out the antennas for this weekend! ______

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The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AF-019 IG9/I4VEG 7083 2212 NA-032 TO0DX 14192 1125 AN-016 R1AND 10107 0324 NA-034 W4ZW 7007 0451 AS-016 UA0IA/0 21025 0913 OC-004 VK9LM 14184 0742 AS-018 UA0IA/0 21025 0921 OC-015 T2DX 14217 1843 AS-026 HL/DF5WA 21015 0908 OC-049 A35ZL 28495 0307 EU-067 SV8/HB9AAI 28463 1514 OC-114 FO0DEH 14195 0415 EU-089 CU9AC 14257 1853 OC-121 3D2VW 21274 0929 EU-098 DL3BUM/P 7000 2157

A group of five Americans from the Delta DX Association and the Texas DX Society have recently received permission from the Louisiana Fish and Wildlife to camp on Marsh Island (NA-120). After several years of trying the group will now be able to activate the rarest IOTA group on the East Coast of the US. Team members include , Max, K5PP; Randy, WX5L; Mike, W5ZPA; Mike, AD5A; and Buzz, N5UR. The group will use K5PP/P and has a goal of 3,000 QSOs. They will be active with two stations on 10 through 80 meters on CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL via K5PP either via the bureau or direct to Max E. Maxwell 1036 Webster St, New Orleans, LA 70118 USA. Questions may be sent to [email protected]

The Magnolia DX Association will be on during the CQ WW SSB DX Contest from Dauphin Island (NA-142) with the special callsign W4D. They will be multi-multi. QSL via W5OXA (CBA) or via the W5 QSL bureau. Look for them on the IOTA frequencies. They will make a major effort to work Europe as it is in the top 15% of the needed IOTA groups by Europeans. Plans are to also be on CW and 12, 17 and 30 meters.

Look for an operation from the Carabobo to Miranda State group (SA- 058) by YW5FC between November 12th and 14th.

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 QSL ------27-Oct 31-Oct 3B8 3B8/KD6WW 3-189 KD6WW 27-Oct 28-Oct 3B8 3B8/ON4LAC 3-162 ON4LAC 27-Oct 22-Dec 3X 3XY2D 3-188 VE2DPS 27-Oct 28-Oct 4U1I 4U1ITU 3-191 27-Oct 2-Nov 5H 5H3/K8LEE 5H3/WD8SDL 3-146 home calls 27-Oct 31-Oct 5R 5R8FU 3-176 SM0DJZ 27-Oct 29-Oct 6W 6W6/K3IPK K3IPK 27-Oct 2-Nov 8Q 8Q7IT 3-155 3-127 DH3MIT 27-Oct 1-Nov 9H 9H3AM 3-184 27-Oct 10-Dec 9U 9U5D 3-176 SM0BFJ 27-Oct 27-Oct A3 A35SO A35ZL (OC-049) 3-159 home calls 27-Oct 29-Oct CN 5C8M 3-184 DL6FBL 27-Oct 7-Nov CP6 CP6/LU9AY 3-179 NU4N 27-Oct 1-Nov E4 E44DX or E44/OH1RY 3-191 OH1RY 27-Oct 28-Oct EA8 EA8/G0UIH/P (AF-004) 3-174 G0UIH 27-Oct 28-Oct EA9 EA9/NE8Z 3-188 NE8Z 27-Oct 27-Oct ER EO55JM 3-170 KG6AR 27-Oct 14-Nov FO FO0THA 3-194 DF2IY 27-Oct 30-Oct FO/A FO0DEH (OC-114) 3-158 ON4QM 27-Oct 28-Oct FO/A FO0KOJ (OC-152) 3-179 3-138 JK7TKE 27-Oct 2-Nov FP TO0DX 3-163 LA9VDA 27-Oct 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH (AF-008) 3-4 3-2 F6KDF 27-Oct 20-Dec FT5Z FT5ZJ 3-147 F2YT 27-Oct 12-Nov GM MM/W3LEO 3-188 W3LEO 27-Oct 1-Nov HC8 HC8A 3-187 3-183 WV7Y 27-Oct 5-Dec HS HS72A 3-194 HS1CKC 27-Oct 31-Oct I IH9P (AF-018) 3-183 KR7X 27-Oct 2-Nov J6 by N3NT K3UG J69AZ K7KL K3LP 3-167 N3NT 27-Oct 1-Nov J6 J68ZZ J68XA J68WB J68WX 3-82 27-Oct 31-Oct J7 J79KS 3-192 DL1DA 27-Oct 27-Oct JD/O JD1BKR 3-185 JARL 27-Oct 4-Dec KH4 KH4/SM4FJY (OC-030) 3-133 SM6FJY 27-Oct 10-Jan KH4 KH4/W4ZYV (OC-030) 3-158 3-157 W4ZYV 27-Oct 27-Oct OD OD5/3A2MT 3-168 6W1QP 27-Oct 31-Oct P4 P40E 3-168 W3HNK 27-Oct 15-Nov PJ2 PJ2/PA0VDV 3-157 PA0VDV 27-Oct 2-Nov PJ2 PJ4B - lots of operators 3-187 3-167 K2SB 27-Oct 1-Nov PY0F PY0FM 3-192 JA1VOK 27-Oct 31-Oct R1M R1MVZ 3-191 K6VNZ 27-Oct 11-Nov T30 T30Y T30CW 3-188 3-103 DL7DF 27-Oct 4-Nov V2 huge group of Americans 3-144 27-Oct 30-Oct VK9L VK9LM 3-171 W1HEO 27-Oct 2-Nov VK9L VK9LX 3-101 VK2ICV 27-Oct 30-Oct VP2M VP2MBT VP2MGL 3-158 EA3BT 27-Oct 9-Nov VP2M VP2MCS 3-187 3-148 DL5NAM 27-Oct 2-Nov VP5 VP5/N2VW VP5/K2WB VP5/WA2VYA 3-122 home call 27-Oct 2-Nov VP5 VP5R 3-192 N0KK 27-Oct 3-Nov XT XT2HP 3-172 JA1OEM 27-Oct 31-Dec XW XW2A 3-168 3-167 direct 27-Oct 1-Nov YN YN2EJG 3-171 K5LBU 27-Oct 27-Oct ZB ZB2/NE8Z 3-188 NE8Z 27-Oct 1-Nov ZB2 ZB2/W8DO 3-193 W8DO 27-Oct 27-Oct ZC4 ZC4GB 3-194 5B4AGC 27-Oct 13-Nov ZD8 ZD8Z 3-154 VE3HO ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for October 25, 1999 was 179.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for October 26, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------26-Oct-1999 21 189 12 3 Mod/Quiet-Active;Mod-High/Quiet- Unsettled 26-Oct-1999 18 179 17 3 Mod/Quiet-Active;Mod-High/Quiet- Unsettled 26-Oct-1999 15 179 17 3 Mod/Quiet-Active;Mod-High/Quiet- Unsettled 26-Oct-1999 12 179 17 3 Mod/Quiet-Active;Mod-High/Quiet- Unsettled 26-Oct-1999 09 179 17 2 Mod/Quiet-Active;Low-Mod/Unsettled 26-Oct-1999 06 179 17 3 Mod/Quiet-Active;Low-Mod/Unsettled- Active 26-Oct-1999 03 179 17 1 Mod/Quiet-Active;Low-Mod/Unsettled- Active 26-Oct-1999 00 179 17 2 Mod/Quiet-Active;Low-Mod/Unsettled- Active

The forecast for Wednesday, October 27th: solar flux 170, A index 15, K index 3. Conditions should be High Normal.

The forecast for Thursday, October 28th: solar flux 170, A index 20, K index 3. Conditions should be Low Normal.

Solar images of the sun received for October 27, 1999 can be found at http://www.sel.noaa.gov/solar_images/1999_10/1999_10_27.html

Perhaps the most useful propagation page for Amateur Radio Operators can be found at http://dx.qsl.net/propagation/

Grey line map http://www.spiritweb.org/cgi/sunclock.cgi ______

QSL Info ______

Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------3B8/KD6WW KD6WW FM5FJ KU9C OH0NRV OH2NRV 3D2VW N6VAW FO0THA DF2IY T2DX W4WET 3Z0DIG DL3KDC FP5BZ F5TJP VK9LM W1HEO 4L1FL 4Z5CU J68AZ W9AAZ VK9LX VK2ICV 5R8FU SM0DJZ J68WB N2WB ZD8Z VE3HO 5R8GJ F5QT J68WX W4WX ZF2DR K5RQ CW3C CX3CE

QSL cards recently received direct: 9G1MR, 9J2PI, A92GF, SV5TS ______

On the WWW ______

Logs for the current T30CW and T30Y operation can be found at http://www.qsl.net/t30cw/. ______

Credits ______

Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 5B4AFB, DF3CB, DL7BY, EA7KW, JA1ELY, K4VW, KH6BZF Reports, N5UR, NOAA, W4ZV, W7IAN ______

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During the last week of November look for Barry, ZS1FJ, to be active from Lesotho as 7P8FJ. He will be there for 5 days and plans to operate around the clock. The location will be 10,000 feet above sea level. QSL via ZS1FJ.

Nigel, G3TXF is planning to be QRV on CW only in the British Virgin Islands as VP2V/G3TXF from October 30th to November 7th. Next he'll move on to Les Saintes and operate as FG/G3TXF between November 8th and 14th. QSL both via G3TXF.

Omari, 4L5O will operate the CQ WW SSB DX Contest this weekend in the single op 10 meter category.

OPDX says that Bruce, AA4XR, will be in Thailand between November 20th and December 7th. He'll be active as HS0ZCY on 10, 15, 20 and 40 meters CW and RTTY. QSL via WB4FNH. ______

Silent Key ______

Joe, W3HNK, reports the sad passing of George Rozenkov, EX8ML (ex UM8ML). George was mostly a CW man although he did also work SSB. ______

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3B8/KD6WW - MAURITIUS - Yesterday Bruce was active on 12 and 17 meters CW. He said that he would not be on 160 meters. QSL via KD6WW.

5R8FU - MADAGASCAR - Jan, SM0DJZ, was guest oping yesterday and showed up on 18075 around 18:30Z. QSL via SM0DJZ.

9U5D - BURUNDI - Gus continues to be near 14240 at 04:30Z. QSL via SM0BFJ.

EA9/NE8Z - CEUTA - Rick was having fun in the car and says look for him today from Morocco. QSL via K8LJG.

EK6LV - ARMENIA - Simon was found on 28020 just after 05:00Z. He is located in the city of Gyumri. QSL via IK2DUW.

JL1KFR/JD1 - MINAMI TORISHIMA - Ryo is back on the island and was working Europeans and JA's on 24892 at 08:30Z. QSL via JL1KFR.

JW7FD - SVALBARD - Was working all across the US on 28441 at 19:00 and 20:00Z.

R1MVZ - MALYJ VYSOTSKIJ ISLAND - They were found yesterday late on 2, 20 and 40 meters. Perhaps they will be ready tonight on the low bands. QSL via K6VNX.

S21YJ - BANGLADESH - Try looking for Stig on 14316 or so at 16:00Z. QSL via SM4AIO.

SU9ZZ - EGYPT - Jaro has been showing up on 80 meters SSB between 21:00 and 22:00Z.

T33 - BANABA - The guys showed up on the air early today as T33CW and T33Y. QSL via DL7DF.

UN7/W0AIH - KAZAKISTAN - Rev. Paul has been found the last two days on 20 meters CW around 02:00Z.

UN7AB - KAZAKISTAN - Several East Coast US stations found this one on 1831 just before 03:00Z.

VK9CC - COCOS ISLAND - This is the station Neil, VK6NE, said would be on in October. His name is Andy and he came up on 28481 yesterday about 22:30Z. ______

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The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AF-019 IG9/IK2NCJ 7048 2133 EU-098 DL3BUM/P 10107 1614 AF-019 IG9/IK4UPB 14194 2224 EU-117 R1MVZ 14010 1954 AF-019 IG9/I4UFH 14215 2127 EU-133 R1ASP 14260 0720 AF-019 IT9SGN/IG9 28469 1641 NA-031 KA3UNQ 14260 2101 AS-018 UA0FDX 21016 0752 NA-143 AB5EB 28308 2227 AS-024 JR6USF 21260 0003 OC-004 VK9LM 14193 1336 EU-026 JW5NM 14192 0851 OC-004 VK9LX 21295 1141 EU-072 SV0JD/SV8 28550 1644 OC-114 FO0DEH 14137 0707

Huang, BD4ED, has gotten a new radio license for his QTH on Chongming Island (AS-136), so he will now use BD4ED on the island and BD4ED/4 while on the mainland in Shanghai City. Usually he will stay on Chongming Island for about 15 days per month.

French operators F5TYY, F6BFH and F9IE, plan to activate several islands off the coast of Peru during the first three weeks of November.

Look for TM2F to be on the air from Chausey Island (EU-039) between October 30th and November 6th. Activity is planned for all bands (except 30) from 2 to 160 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 QSL ------28-Oct 31-Oct 3B8 3B8/KD6WW 3-189 KD6WW 28-Oct 28-Oct 3B8 3B8/ON4LAC 3-162 ON4LAC 28-Oct 22-Dec 3X 3XY2D 3-188 VE2DPS 28-Oct 28-Oct 4U1I 4U1ITU 3-191 28-Oct 2-Nov 5H 5H3/K8LEE 5H3/WD8SDL 3-146 home calls 28-Oct 31-Oct 5R 5R8FU 3-176 SM0DJZ 28-Oct 29-Oct 6W 6W6/K3IPK K3IPK 28-Oct 2-Nov 8Q 8Q7IT 3-155 3-127 DH3MIT 28-Oct 1-Nov 9H 9H3AM 3-184 28-Oct 10-Dec 9U 9U5D 3-176 SM0BFJ 28-Oct 29-Oct CN 5C8M 3-184 DL6FBL 28-Oct 7-Nov CP6 CP6/LU9AY 3-179 NU4N 28-Oct 1-Nov E4 E44DX or E44/OH1RY 3-191 OH1RY 28-Oct 28-Oct EA8 EA8/G0UIH/P (AF-004) 3-174 G0UIH 28-Oct 28-Oct EA9 EA9/NE8Z 3-188 K8LJG 28-Oct 14-Nov FO FO0THA 3-194 DF2IY 28-Oct 30-Oct FO/A FO0DEH (OC-114) 3-158 ON4QM 28-Oct 28-Oct FO/A FO0KOJ (OC-152) 3-179 3-138 JK7TKE 28-Oct 2-Nov FP TO0DX 3-163 LA9VDA 28-Oct 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH (AF-008) 3-4 3-2 F6KDF 28-Oct 20-Dec FT5Z FT5ZJ 3-147 F2YT 28-Oct 12-Nov GM MM/W3LEO 3-188 W3LEO 28-Oct 1-Nov HC8 HC8A 3-187 3-183 WV7Y 28-Oct 5-Dec HS HS72A 3-194 HS1CKC 28-Oct 31-Oct I IH9P (AF-018) (Zone 33) 3-183 KR7X 28-Oct 2-Nov J6 by N3NT K3UG J69AZ K7KL K3LP 3-167 N3NT 28-Oct 1-Nov J6 J68ZZ J68XA J68WB J68WX 3-82 28-Oct 31-Oct J7 J79KS 3-192 DL1DA 28-Oct 4-Dec KH4 KH4/SM4FJY (OC-030) 3-133 SM6FJY 28-Oct 10-Jan KH4 KH4/W4ZYV (OC-030) 3-158 3-157 W4ZYV 28-Oct 31-Oct P4 P40E 3-168 W3HNK 28-Oct 15-Nov PJ2 PJ2/PA0VDV 3-157 PA0VDV 28-Oct 2-Nov PJ2 PJ4B - lots of operators 3-187 3-167 K2SB 28-Oct 1-Nov PY0F PY0FM 3-192 JA1VOK 28-Oct 31-Oct R1M R1MVZ 3-191 K6VNZ 28-Oct 11-Nov T30 T30Y T30CW 3-188 3-103 DL7DF 28-Oct 2-Nov T33 T33Y T33CW 3-103 3-66 DL7DF 28-Oct 2-Nov T8 T88WX 3-192 JA1WSX 28-Oct 4-Nov V2 huge group of Americans 3-144 28-Oct 2-Nov V4 V47NS 3-154 W9NY 28-Oct 30-Oct VK9L VK9LM 3-171 W1HEO 28-Oct 2-Nov VK9L VK9LX 3-101 VK2ICV 28-Oct 30-Oct VP2M VP2MBT VP2MGL 3-158 EA3BT 28-Oct 9-Nov VP2M VP2MCS 3-187 3-148 DL5NAM 28-Oct 2-Nov VP5 VP5/N2VW VP5/K2WB VP5/WA2VYA 3-122 home call 28-Oct 2-Nov VP5 VP5R 3-192 N0KK 28-Oct 3-Nov XT XT2HP 3-172 JA1OEM 28-Oct 31-Dec XW XW2A 3-168 3-167 direct 28-Oct 1-Nov YB 7A0K (OC-177) 3-194 YB0AI 28-Oct 1-Nov YN YN2EJG 3-171 K5LBU 28-Oct 1-Nov ZB2 ZB2/W8DO 3-193 W8DO 28-Oct 13-Nov ZD8 ZD8Z 3-154 VE3HO 28-Oct 31-Oct ZF2DR ZF2DR K5RQ ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for October 26, 1999 was 200.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for October 27, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------27-Oct-1999 21 197 15 2 Mod/Quiet-Active;Mod/Unsettled-Active 27-Oct-1999 18 189 11 3 High/Quiet-Active;Mod/Quiet-Active 27-Oct-1999 15 189 11 3 Mod/Quiet-Active;Mod/Quiet-Active 27-Oct-1999 12 189 11 4 Mod/Quiet-Active;Mod/Quiet-Active 27-Oct-1999 09 189 11 3 Mod/Quiet-Active;Mod/Quiet-Unsettled 27-Oct-1999 06 189 11 4 Mod/Quiet-Unsettled;Mod/Quiet-Unsettled 27-Oct-1999 03 189 11 2 Mod/Quiet-Unsettled;Mod/Quiet-Unsettled 27-Oct-1999 00 189 11 1 Mod/Quiet-Unsettled;Mod/Quiet-Unsettled

The forecast for Thursday, October 28th: solar flux 190, A index 15, K index 3. Conditions should be High Normal.

The forecast for Friday, October 29th: solar flux 185, A index 25, K index 4. Conditions should be Low Normal.

Solar images of the sun received for October 28, 1999 can be found at http://www.sel.noaa.gov/solar_images/1999_10/1999_10_28.html

Perhaps the most useful propagation page for Amateur Radio Operators can be found at http://dx.qsl.net/propagation/

Grey line map http://www.spiritweb.org/cgi/sunclock.cgi ______

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Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------8P6SH KU9C HI9/DK8YY DL4ALI T33CW DL7DF 8R1RPN OH0XX HI9/DL2ARD DL4ALI T33Y DL7DF 9H3AM G3VLX HI9/DL4JS DL4ALI VP2MCS DL5NAM EA9/NE8Z K8LJG P40R K4UEE VP5/WA2VYA WA2VYA EY8CQ DJ1SKO R1MVZ K6VNX ZC4AB 5B4AGC FK8GJ F6CXJ

QSL cards recently received direct: 9U5D, OJ0/K7BV ______

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Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: BA1DU, F1UVN, G3TXF, HB9US, KH6BZF Reports, NOAA, OPDX, W3AWU, W3HNK, ZS1FJ ______

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DXers and Contesters alike are waiting for this year's CQ WW SSB DX Contest which will take place this weekend. The event runs from 00:00Z on Saturday and ends at 23:59Z on Sunday. Contest DXpeditions have been testing their rigs, antennas and propagation for what promises to be a great contest. A complete listing of expected contest activity will be distributed today (Friday) at 13:00Z. That listing may be forwarded to your friends, club members or any reflectors.

Look for a multi-single or possibly a multi-multi effort from Cyprus station P3A. Three of the operators are there now (RA9JX, RV0AR & UA9YAB). The other operators will arrive today (RZ3TX, RZ3TS, EU1AA and 5B4LP). QSL via P3A.

Mark your calendars for the 2000 SEANET Convention, which will be held in Pattaya, Thailand from November 17th to 19th 2000.

Ali, A61AJ, says he and Frank, DL2CC, will activate A61AJ in this weekend's CQ WW SSB DX Contest. It's not clear if they will be multi- single or multi-multi. They will be on all bands. QSL via W3UR.

Late breaking news from Pertti, OH2PM, is that he is currently in Singapore and is headed for Macao, where he will operate XX9TRR this weekend for the CQ WW SSB DX Contest. He still needs to put up an 80 and 160 meter antenna. QSL via N6XJ.

Sarajevo Contest Group members will participate in CQ WW SSB Contest as follows:

T95A SOLP AB QSL via K2PF T99S SOLP 160m QSL via bureau (if Samir puts up a 160 meter antenna) T98R SOLP 80m QSL via bureau T97Y SOLP 40m QSL via bureau T94DO SOLP 20m QSL via DJ2MX T94LW SOLP 15m QSL via bureau T93Y SOLP 10m QSL via W6MD

Steve, G4EDG, is on Samoa and will be active this weekend as 5W0ST. QSL via G4EDG.

Ueata, T31UA, is a new resident ham on Kanton Island in the Central Kiribati Islands. He is running FT747 with 100W into 20m vertical or longwire. Please be patient with him as he is brand new and wants to have full QSOs. He is a professional radio operator and even knows CW and Q-codes. Don't be surprised to see him in the contest this weekend. More than likely he will be answering stations CQs. QSL via LA7MFA ______

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3V8BB - TUNISIA - Hrane, YT1AD, is here until November 2nd and will be active very seriously in the CQ WW SSB DX Contest as a single-op all band effort. He hopes to have a special license to operate on 12 and 30 meters tomorrow. QSL this operation via YT1AD.

4S7CCG - SRI LANKA - Bob, ZL1RS has been here since January and will be leaving in 9 days. There is a possibility he will go back to Kermadec, ZL8, in the future.

E44/OH1RY - PALESTINE - 80 meter DXers who have propagation should check 3788 at 14:00Z on Friday. QSL via OH1RY.

EP3HR - IRAN - Hamid has a schedule today (10/29) on 28480 at 12:30Z. QSL via I2MQP.

VK9CC - COCOS KEELING - Andy came up on 28510 just before 00:30Z today. Several people reported receiving him not on the normal path. ______

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The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AF-019 IG9/IK2SFZ 28449 1856 OC-004 VK9LM 14191 1230 AF-019 IG9/IT9SGN 3789 2050 OC-018 T33CW 14004 1703 AS-083 RA9LI/9 14014 1938 OC-114 FO0DEH 28460 1805 AS-136 BD4ED 7007 1859 OC-135 P29BI 21260 1132 EU-117 R1MVZ 28495 1352 OC-149 H44NC 14259 511 NA-103 VP2MCS 28454 1506 OC-177 7A0K 14260 2223

PY1NEZ says the trip to Frances Island (SA-067) has been postponed until November 22, 1999. It was originally scheduled for November 2nd.

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 QSL ------29-Oct 31-Oct 3B8 3B8/KD6WW 3-189 KD6WW 29-Oct 22-Dec 3X 3XY2D 3-188 VE2DPS 29-Oct 2-Nov 5H 5H3/K8LEE 5H3/WD8SDL 3-146 home calls 29-Oct 31-Oct 5R 5R8FU 3-176 SM0DJZ 29-Oct 29-Oct 6W 6W6/K3IPK K3IPK 29-Oct 2-Nov 8Q 8Q7IT 3-155 3-127 DH3MIT 29-Oct 1-Nov 9H 9H3AM 3-184 29-Oct 10-Dec 9U 9U5D 3-176 SM0BFJ 29-Oct 10-Nov A5 Jim Smith, VK9NS, will be here. 3-192 29-Oct 29-Oct CN 5C8M 3-184 DL6FBL 29-Oct 7-Nov CP6 CP6/LU9AY 3-179 NU4N 29-Oct 1-Nov E4 E44DX or E44/OH1RY 3-191 OH1RY 29-Oct 30-Oct EA EA/NE8Z NE8Z 29-Oct 13-Nov FO by F1NGP 3-176 29-Oct 14-Nov FO FO0THA 3-194 DF2IY 29-Oct 30-Oct FO/A FO0DEH (OC-114) 3-158 ON4QM 29-Oct 2-Nov FP TO0DX 3-163 LA9VDA 29-Oct 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH (AF-008) 3-4 3-2 F6KDF 29-Oct 20-Dec FT5Z FT5ZJ 3-147 F2YT 29-Oct 12-Nov GM MM/W3LEO 3-188 W3LEO 29-Oct 7-Nov HB0 HB0/DL2SBY HB0/SP2FOV 3-193 home calls 29-Oct 1-Nov HC8 HC8A 3-187 3-183 WV7Y 29-Oct 5-Dec HS HS72A 3-194 HS1CKC 29-Oct 31-Oct I IH9P (AF-018) (Zone 33) 3-183 KR7X 29-Oct 2-Nov J6 by N3NT K3UG J69AZ K7KL K3LP 3-167 N3NT 29-Oct 1-Nov J6 J68ZZ J68XA J68WB J68WX 3-82 29-Oct 31-Oct J7 J79KS 3-192 DL1DA 29-Oct 6-Nov J8 by K6MYC W6JKV 3-164 29-Oct 4-Dec KH4 KH4/SM4FJY (OC-030) 3-133 SM6FJY 29-Oct 10-Jan KH4 KH4/W4ZYV (OC-030) 3-158 3-157 W4ZYV 29-Oct 31-Oct P4 P40E 3-168 W3HNK 29-Oct 15-Nov PJ2 PJ2/PA0VDV 3-157 PA0VDV 29-Oct 31-Oct PJ2 PJ2C 3-189 3-147 W8KKF 29-Oct 2-Nov PJ2 PJ4B - lots of operators 3-187 3-167 K2SB 29-Oct 1-Nov PY0F PY0FM 3-192 JA1VOK 29-Oct 31-Oct R1M R1MVZ 3-191 K6VNZ 29-Oct 11-Nov T30 T30Y T30CW 3-188 3-103 DL7DF 29-Oct 2-Nov T33 T33Y T33CW 3-103 3-66 DL7DF 29-Oct 2-Nov T8 T88WX 3-192 JA1WSX 29-Oct 2-Nov TI TI5EBU 3-192 JM6EBU 29-Oct 4-Nov V2 huge group of Americans 3-144 29-Oct 2-Nov V4 V47NS 3-154 W9NY 29-Oct 30-Oct VK9L VK9LM 3-171 W1HEO 29-Oct 2-Nov VK9L VK9LX 3-101 VK2ICV 29-Oct 30-Oct VP2M VP2MBT VP2MGL 3-158 EA3BT 29-Oct 9-Nov VP2M VP2MCS 3-187 3-148 DL5NAM 29-Oct 2-Nov VP5 VP5/N2VW VP5/K2WB VP5/WA2VYA 3-122 home call 29-Oct 2-Nov VP5 VP5R 3-192 N0KK 29-Oct 3-Nov XT XT2HP 3-172 JA1OEM 29-Oct 31-Dec XW XW2A 3-168 3-167 direct 29-Oct 1-Nov YB 7A0K (OC-177) 3-194 YB0AI 29-Oct 1-Nov YN YN2EJG 3-171 K5LBU 29-Oct 1-Nov ZB2 ZB2/W8DO 3-193 W8DO 29-Oct 13-Nov ZD8 ZD8Z 3-154 VE3HO 29-Oct 31-Oct ZF ZF2DR K5RQ ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for October 27, 1999 was 193.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for October 28, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------28-Oct-1999 21 184 19 4 Mod/Quiet-Min Strm;Low-Mod/Unset-Active 28-Oct-1999 18 197 15 4 Mod/Quiet-Min Strm;Mod/Active-Min Strm 28-Oct-1999 15 197 15 5 Mod/Quiet-Min Strm;Mod/Active-Min Strm 28-Oct-1999 12 197 15 2 Mod/Quiet-Unsettled;Mod/Quiet-Unsettled 28-Oct-1999 09 197 15 3 Mod/Quiet-Active;Mod/Unsettled-Active 28-Oct-1999 06 197 15 2 Mod/Quiet-Active;Mod/Unsettled-Active 28-Oct-1999 03 197 15 2 Mod/Quiet-Active;Mod/Unsettled-Active 28-Oct-1999 00 197 15 2 Mod/Quiet-Active;Mod/Unsettled-Active

The forecast for Friday, October 29th: solar flux 190, A index 20, K index 3. Conditions should be Low Normal.

The forecast for Saturday, October 30th: solar flux 185, A index 20, K index 3. Conditions should be Low Normal.

The forecast for Sunday, October 31st: solar flux 180, A index 15, K index 3. Conditions should be High Normal.

Solar images of the sun received for October 29, 1999 can be found at http://www.sel.noaa.gov/solar_images/1999_10/1999_10_29.html

Perhaps the most useful propagation page for Amateur Radio Operators can be found at http://dx.qsl.net/propagation/

Grey line map http://www.spiritweb.org/cgi/sunclock.cgi ______

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Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------8Q7IT DH3MIT MU0ASP F5SHQ VP5/N5QQ N5QQ 9M8R W7EJ PJ4/WA3LRO K2SB ZF2MK K9MK J6/K7KL N3NT V85HG JH7FQK ZX0F PY5EG

QSL cards recently received direct: W7W (NA-169), ZL9CI

QSL cards recently received via WF5E QSL Service: 5A22PA ______

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The Finnish callbook can be found on the WWW at http://www.sral.fi/oh- callbook/ ______

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Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: G3PMR, HS0/G3NOM, I1JQJ, KH6BZF Reports, LA7MFA, NOAA, T93Y, UA9OW, WA5PAE ______

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Estonian operators ES1AKM and ES1AX plan to be in Southeast Asia during December and January. First they will go to Saigon, Vietnam where they will operate as 3W6KM between December 4th and January 4th. They will be active on all bands and modes including SSTV and PSK31. Next they will go to Cambodia where they expect to activate XU7AKM for the next two weeks. QSL via ES1AKM either direct or via the bureau.

Mark, EL2WW, will be leaving Monrovia, Liberia November 8th. He plans to be on 1828.5 at 03:00 and 06:10Z on November 2, 3 and 4. QSL via ON5NT.

After operating in Kampala, Uganda for the last four year Peter, 5X1T/ON6TT, will leave on November 5th. His next assignment will be in Kosovo, however he will go back to Uganda for a week in mid December and mid January. QSL via ON5NT.

This weekend is the Worked All Europe RTTY Contest. Eddie, G0AZT, and Phil, GU0SUP, will multi-single in this event as GU0AZT. QSL direct to W6/G0AZT, Eddie Schneider, P.O. Box 5194, Richmond, CA 94805, USA or via the bureau to GU0SUP. ______

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5R8FU - MADAGASCAR - West Coast US stations found this one on 7003 from 13:40 to 14:30Z. QSL via SM0DJZ.

CQ WW SSB - Here are just some of the active DX stations that participated in this past weekends event:

3B8/KD6WW, 3V8BB, 4T4WW (OA), 4U1VIC (OE), 5A1A, 5H3US, 5N0W, 5R8FU, 5X1T, 5Z4IC, 6D2X (XE), 6V6U, 7A0K (YB), 9G5ZW, 9H0A, 9J2A, 9K2HN, 9M6NA, 9M8R, 9V1YC, 9Y4VU, A61AJ, AH2R, AH8A, AT0VLH (VU), CN8WW, CQ9K (CT3), D44BS, E41/OK1DTP, EA8BH, EA9EA, EK8WB, EL2WW, EX9A, EY8MM, FR5DX, GJ0NYG, H22H (5B4), HB0/HB9AON, HC8A, HK0OEP, HS0AC, HZ1AB, J3A, J45P (SV5), J6R, JT1CO, JW5E, JY9NX, KG4CM, KH2/N2NL, KH7R, KH8/N5OLS, KP2A, KP4WW, LX2LX, OD5NJ, P3A (5B), P40E, PJ2C, PJ4B, PZ5JR, R1MVZ, SU9ZZ, T30Y, T33Y, T88WX, T93Y, TF3IRA, TI5EBU, TL8MS, TO0DX (FP), TR8IG, TU2CI, TZ6DX, UK9AA, UP4L (UN), V26B, V47NS, V8A, VK9LX, VP2E, VP2MCS, VP2VF, VP5DX, VU2WAP, XX9TRR, YJ0DX, ZB2/AA3SN, ZC4ATC, ZD8Z, ZF2MK, ZX0F (PY0F).

EP3HR - IRAN - Hamid started on 28540 just before 10:00Z on Friday. Later he was found on 24960 from 12:45 to 15:30Z. QSL via I2MQP.

T30CW - WEST KIRIBATI - Europeans reported working them on 10119 at 18:00Z. QSL via DL7DF. ______

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The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AF-019 IG9A 14248 1837 NA-142 W4D 24905 1634 EU-117 R1MVZ 28345 1438 OC-086 KH0/JF1RPZ 28340 1230 NA-062 N4UM 24900 1638 SA-003 ZX0F 28492 1342

Starting November 4th Ed, W4YO, will be on the air from Harbor Island (NA-110), SC. Look for him through November 7th. QSL via W4YO.

IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 ______

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From End Prefix Call Ref QSL ------1-Nov 1-Nov YB 7A0K (OC-177) 3-194 YB0AI 1-Nov 1-Nov 9H 9H3AM 3-184 1-Nov 1-Nov E4 E44/OH1RY 3-191 OH1RY 1-Nov 1-Nov HC8 HC8A 3-187 3-183 WV7Y 1-Nov 1-Nov J6 J68ZZ J68XA J68WB J68WX 3-82 1-Nov 1-Nov JA JI3DST/3 (AS-117) 3-76 JI3DST 1-Nov 1-Nov PY0F PY0FM 3-192 JA1VOK 1-Nov 1-Nov YN YN2EJG 3-171 K5LBU 1-Nov 1-Nov ZB2 ZB2/W8DO 3-193 W8DO 1-Nov 2-Nov 5H 5H3/K8LEE 5H3/WD8SDL 3-146 home calls 1-Nov 2-Nov 8Q 8Q7IT 3-155 3-127 DH3MIT 1-Nov 2-Nov J6 by N3NT K3UG J69AZ K7KL K3LP 3-167 N3NT 1-Nov 2-Nov PJ2 PJ4B - lots of operators 3-187 3-167 K2SB 1-Nov 2-Nov T33 T33Y T33CW 3-103 3-66 DL7DF 1-Nov 2-Nov T8 T88WX 3-192 JA1WSX 1-Nov 2-Nov TI TI5EBU 3-192 JM6EBU 1-Nov 2-Nov FP TO0DX 3-163 LA9VDA 1-Nov 2-Nov V4 V47NS 3-154 W9NY 1-Nov 2-Nov VK9L VK9LX 3-101 VK2ICV 1-Nov 2-Nov VP5 VP5/N2VW VP5/K2WB VP5/WA2VYA 3-122 home call 1-Nov 2-Nov VP5 VP5R 3-192 N0KK 1-Nov 3-Nov XT XT2HP 3-172 JA1OEM 1-Nov 4-Nov V2 huge group of Americans 3-144 1-Nov 5-Nov G GB0LI (EU-120) 3-179 G3WNI 1-Nov 6-Nov J8 by K6MYC W6JKV 3-164 1-Nov 6-Nov F TM2F (EU-039) 3-196 1-Nov 7-Nov CP6 CP6/LU9AY 3-179 NU4N 1-Nov 7-Nov HB0 HB0/DL2SBY HB0/SP2FOV 3-193 home calls 1-Nov 7-Nov HB0 HB0/HA5RT/P HA0HW HA4DX HA4XG 3-191 1-Nov 7-Nov VP2V VP2V/G3TXF 3-196 G3TXF 1-Nov 9-Nov VP2M VP2MCS 3-187 3-148 DL5NAM 1-Nov 11-Nov T30 T30Y T30CW 3-188 3-103 DL7DF 1-Nov 12-Nov GM MM/W3LEO 3-188 W3LEO 1-Nov 13-Nov FO by F1NGP 3-176 1-Nov 13-Nov ZD8 ZD8Z 3-154 VE3HO 1-Nov 14-Nov FO FO0THA 3-194 DF2IY 1-Nov 14-Nov FY FY/F5PAC 3-184 1-Nov 15-Nov PJ2 PJ2/PA0VDV 3-157 PA0VDV 1-Nov 4-Dec KH4 KH4/SM4FJY (OC-030) 3-133 SM6FJY 1-Nov 5-Dec HS HS72A 3-194 HS1CKC 1-Nov 10-Dec 9U 9U5D 3-176 SM0BFJ 1-Nov 15-Dec KC4 KC4/WA1O 3-179 KA1CRP 1-Nov 20-Dec FT5Z FT5ZJ 3-147 F2YT 1-Nov 22-Dec 3X 3XY2D 3-188 VE2DPS 1-Nov 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH (AF-008) 3-4 3-2 F6KDF 1-Nov 31-Dec XW XW2A 3-168 3-167 direct 1-Nov 10-Jan KH4 KH4/W4ZYV (OC-030) 3-158 3-157 W4ZYV 3-Nov 14-Nov FO/M by F6AUS F6AOI (OC-027) 3-173 3-Nov 15-Nov 9M6 9M6PWT 3-175 3-156 G3SWH 4-Nov 9-Nov VK VK8ML (OC-173) 3-162 VK9NS 4-Nov 18-Nov V4 V47GU V47BY 3-195 home calls 5-Nov 7-Nov FY FY/F5PAC FY5FU (SA-020) 3-184 6-Nov 7-Nov ARRL Sweepstakes CW ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for October 30, 1999 was 217.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for October 31, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------31-Oct-1999 21 160 8 3 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Unsetteld 31-Oct-1999 18 169 6 3 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 31-Oct-1999 15 169 6 1 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 31-Oct-1999 12 169 6 2 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 31-Oct-1999 09 169 6 3 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 31-Oct-1999 06 169 6 2 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 31-Oct-1999 03 169 6 1 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 31-Oct-1999 00 169 6 1 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Unsettled

The forecast for Monday, November 1st: solar flux 150, A index 8, K index 3. Conditions should be High Normal.

The forecast for Tuesday, November 2nd: solar flux 135, A index 8, K index 3. Conditions should be High Normal.

Solar images of the sun received for November 1, 1999 can be found at http://www.sel.noaa.gov/solar_images/1999_11/1999_11_01.html

Perhaps the most useful propagation page for Amateur Radio Operators can be found at http://dx.qsl.net/propagation/

Grey line map http://www.spiritweb.org/cgi/sunclock.cgi ______

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Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------3B8/KD6WW KD6WW FS/K7ZUM K7ZUM SW2A SV2AEL 3XY1B0 F5XX FT5WH F6KDF T30CW DL7DF 3XY2D VE2DPS FT5ZJ F2YT T30Y DL7DF 4N1N YU1AST G9Q G1GJQ T33CW DL7DF 5B4/UA9YAB YUA9YAB HB0/DF7ZS/PDF7ZS T33Y DL7DF 5H3US WA8JOC HB0/DL2SBY DL2SBY T88WX JA1WSX 5N0W OK1KN HB0/HB9AON DJ2YE T93Y W6MD 5R8FL F5TBA HB0/SP2FOV SP2FOV T94DO DJ2MX 5R8FU SM0DJZ HC1JQ HC1JQ T95A K2PF 5W0ST G4EDG HC8A WV7Y TI5EBU JM6EBU 5X1T ON5NT HI9/DK8YY DL4ALI TM2Y F6BEE 6D2X K5TSQ HO3A HP3XUG TM4T F6HLC 6V6U K3IPK HS0AC HS0/G3NOM TO0DX LA9VDA 6W4RK F5NPS HS72A HS1CKC UN7V UN7LZ 7A0K YB0AI HZ1AB K8PYD UP4L UN7LZ 8P1A W2NY IG9A I2MQP UP5P UN5PR 8P2K KU9C IH9P KR7X UR3IWA KI6T 8P9JG W2NY IO8O IK8HCG V26B WT3Q 8Q7IT DH3MIT J3A WA1S V31JP KA9WON 8R1K OH0XX J6J N5VL V47KP K2SB 8S7A W3HNK J6R N3NT V47NS W9NY 9E1C IV3OWC J79KS DL1DA V85HG JH7FQK 9K2HN 9K2HN JL1KFR/JD1 JL1KFR V8A JH7FQK 9M6NA JE1JKL JW5E LA5NM VA2BY VE3BY 9M8R W7EJ JY9NE N3FNE VA2KCE VE3KCE 9U5D SM0BFJ JY9NX JH7FQK VA2RHJ VE3RHJ 9V1YC AA5BT JY9QJ DL5MBY VE3SRE/VE2 VE3SRE A41KB ON7LX K9AW/DU6 WF5T VE3VFT/VE2 VE3VFT A61AJ W3UR KH2/N2NL W2YC VK9LM W1HEO AH2R JI3ERV KH4/SM4FJY SM6FJY VK9LX VK2ICV B1Z JA4HCK KH4/W4ZYV W4ZYV VO2CQ VE3FU B4R BY4RSA KP2/K1VW K1VW VP2E N5AU BY1PK BY1PK KP4WW W4DN VP2MBT EA3BT BY9GA BY9GA LA8W LA4DCA VP2MCS DL5NAM CE3F CE3FIP LR0H LU9HS VP2MGL EA3BT CN8WW DL6FBL LR6D JK6GAD VP2V/G3TXF G3TXF CO6XN HK6DOS LV2V LU6VG VP5DX NU4Y CO9BCC VE2EH LX2LX LX1NO VP5R N0KK CP6/LU9AY NU4N M6T G4PIQ VP5T N2VW CQ9K CS3MAD MM/W3LEO W3LEO VQ9VK N1TO CT3FN HB9CRV MU0BKA K4ZLE VY2SS VY2SS CX5X W3HNK NP3QE NP3QE W4D W5OXA CX9AU KA5TUF OH0MM OH2MM WP3C W3HNK E44/OH1RY OH1RY OH0V OH4JLV XE1X XE1AE E44DX OH1RY OH0Z OH1EH XE2DV W7ZR EA8BH OH2BH P3A W3HNK XT2HP JA1OEM EA9EA EA9AZ P40B I2MQP XX9TRR N6XJ EK8WB IK2QPR P40E W3HNK YJ0ABL VK3DBL EL2WW ON5NT P40J WX4G YJ0DX VK4JSR EM1KGG UT7UA P40R K4UEE YN2EJG K5LBU EN5J KG6AR PJ2C W8KKF ZB2/W8DO W8DO EO55FI UX3FW PJ8/N7KG N7KG ZC4ATC 5B4YX ER0F UX0FF R1MVZ K6VNX ZD8Z VE3HO ER0N UT7ND RA0FF N6FF ZF2DR K5RQ EY8MM K1BV RM4W RW4WR ZF2MK K9MK FK8HC VK4FW RW2F DK4VW ZF2NT G3SWH FM5BH W3HNK S50S S50S ZS5T ZS5BBO FO0DEH ON4QM SU9ZZ OM3TZZ ZX0F PY5EG FO0THA DF2IY SV1AFA SV1AFA ZX1Z PY1VOY

XE1AE - Fernando Vallarta Aguilar, P.O. Box # 19-500/510, Mixcoac, Mexico 19, D.F. 03910, MEXICO

QSL cards recently received direct: 5W1CW, A61AN, EP2MKO, HU4U, IS0OMH, OJ0/K7BV, RZ1OA/A (EU-153), VP2MHJ, Z30M, Z32XA, ZK1ANN ______

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Paul, K1XM, and Charlotte (YL), KQ1F, plan to be in the Solomon Islands between November 22nd and November 30th. They do not have their licenses as yet and probably will not receive them until their arrival in Guadalcanal. They both enjoy scuba diving and usually have beautiful color photos on their QSL cards. Paul plans to single op in the CQ World Wide CW DX Contest. QSL via home calls.

During the CQ World Wide CW DX Contest look for a multi-single effort from Monaco as 3A/W0YR is expected. Operators include W0YR, N9NA and HA5JI.

Three Americans are scheduled to leave today for the Pacific Island Midway. Mert, W0UFO, Thor, W0QIK, and Ed, N0OKW, expect to be on the island and working between November 4th and 13th. In their spare time they will be active on the air as KH4/W0UFO and KH4/W0QIK. If conditions are good they will pay particular attention to the QRP frequencies on 20, 15 and 10 meters and operate QRP. Otherwise they will increase their power to up to 100W and do what we must to make some contacts. Look for them around 17:00Z and between 04:00 and 05:00Z.

Carlo, I4ALU, plans to operate from Dhiggiri Island (AS-013), Maldives from December 26th to January 3rd. He will use 8Q7RX on 10 through 40 meters on CW only. QSL via I4ALU.

Team Vertical, the contest group who uses only vertical antennas, will be defending their world multi-multi record they set in 1998 as 6Y2A. During this year's CQ World Wide CW DX Contest they will activate 4M7X as a multi-multi on all six bands using Force 12 verticals. The group will be operating from Coche Island, which counts as IOTA SA-012. CW prefix hunters will be happy to work this prefix, as it has never been on before. The operators will be active from November 20th to December 1st using YV7/homecalls. Team members include N6BT, N6BV, N6TV, KE7X, AG9A, K9ZO, NT1N, W4SO, K2KW, AD6E, YV5EED, WA5VGI + others. QSL 4M7X, YV7/K2KW, and YV7/W4SO via WA4WTG. QSL all others via their homecalls. For more information about 4M7X and their past 6Y2A operation, visit the Team Vertical web site at http://pages.prodigy.net/k2kw/ or contact Kenny, K2KW, [email protected]. ______

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Mike, W6RW, reports on October 29th Bill Adams, W6BA, passed away. He was almost 91 years old and was first licensed in 1924 as 6ANN. Mike said "In 1928, he made the first known transcontinental QSO on ten meters when he worked 2JN in New Jersey from his Long Beach, CA QTH." Adams was the first President of the Southern California DX Club in 1947. Bill was an active DXer and hosted many multi-multi's, multi- single's and single op contest efforts at his 40 acre antenna farm in Twentynine Palms, California. ______

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3A/K3TW - MONACO - Tom Warren was active on 30 meters CW yesterday at 07:00 and 19:30Z. QSL via K3TW.

3XY2D - GUINEA - DXers from Europe and the eastern half of the US found Denis on 14205 just before 23:00Z. QSL via VE2DPS.

5H3RD - TANZANIA - RTTY DXers found him on 14084 at 18:30Z. QSL via SM4GSD.

9U5D - BURUNDI - Gus has been showing up on 20 meters RTTY just after 04:00Z. QSL via SM0DJZ.

T33 - BANABA - The German ops at T33CW and T33Y went QRT late yesterday and are now on their way back to West Kiribati to meet up with the crew at T30CW and T30Y. QSL all via DL7DF.

T88NH - BELAU - Europeans found this one on 14198 between 16:00 and 18:00Z. QSL via JA4OWG.

VK9CC - COCOS KEELING - Look for Andy on 10 meters SSB between 23:00 and 01:00Z.

VK9LX - LORD HOWE ISLAND - Nick went QRT from this island just before 00:00Z today. QSL via VK2ICV. ______

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The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AS-018 UA0FF 28487 0726 EU-116 GD4PTV 14202 0755 AS-018 UA0FU 24892 0805 EU-133 RA1AD 14257 1543 AS-032 JL6UBM/6 21260 0644 NA-029 VY2CK 21260 2024 AS-076 JA5EO 28435 0730 OC-050 FO0THA 14015 0516 EU-026 JW7QIA 14247 0241 OC-135 P29BI 14260 1133 EU-039 TM2F 7060 0812 SA-071 PY2JM/P 14010 2011

IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 ______

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From End Prefix Call Ref QSL ------2-Nov 22-Dec 3X 3XY2D 3-188 VE2DPS 2-Nov 2-Nov 5H 5H3/K8LEE 5H3/WD8SDL 3-146 home calls 2-Nov 5-Nov 5X 5X1T 3-198 ON5NT 2-Nov 2-Nov 8Q 8Q7IT 3-155 3-127 DH3MIT 2-Nov 10-Dec 9U 9U5D 3-176 SM0BFJ 2-Nov 7-Nov CP6 CP6/LU9AY 3-179 NU4N 2-Nov 8-Nov EL EL2WW 3-198 ON5NT 2-Nov 6-Nov F TM2F (EU-039) 3-196 2-Nov 13-Nov FO by F1NGP 3-176 2-Nov 14-Nov FO FO0THA 3-194 DF2IY 2-Nov 2-Nov FP TO0DX 3-163 LA9VDA 2-Nov 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH (AF-008) 3-4 3-2 F6KDF 2-Nov 20-Dec FT5Z FT5ZJ 3-147 F2YT 2-Nov 14-Nov FY FY/F5PAC 3-184 2-Nov 5-Nov G GB0LI (EU-120) 3-179 G3WNI 2-Nov 12-Nov GM MM/W3LEO 3-188 W3LEO 2-Nov 7-Nov HB0 HB0/DL2SBY HB0/SP2FOV 3-193 home calls 2-Nov 7-Nov HB0 HB0/HA5RT/P HA0HW HA4DX HA4XG 3-191 2-Nov 5-Dec HS HS72A 3-194 HS1CKC 2-Nov 2-Nov J6 by N3NT K3UG J69AZ K7KL K3LP 3-167 N3NT 2-Nov 6-Nov J8 by K6MYC W6JKV 3-164 2-Nov 15-Dec KC4 KC4/WA1O 3-179 KA1CRP 2-Nov 4-Dec KH4 KH4/SM4FJY (OC-030) 3-133 SM6FJY 2-Nov 10-Jan KH4 KH4/W4ZYV (OC-030) 3-158 3-157 W4ZYV 2-Nov 15-Nov PJ2 PJ2/PA0VDV 3-157 PA0VDV 2-Nov 2-Nov PJ2 PJ4B - lots of operators 3-187 3-167 K2SB 2-Nov 11-Nov T30 T30Y T30CW 3-188 3-103 DL7DF 2-Nov 2-Nov T8 T88WX 3-192 JA1WSX 2-Nov 2-Nov TI TI5EBU 3-192 JM6EBU 2-Nov 4-Nov V2 huge group of Americans 3-144 2-Nov 2-Nov V4 V47NS 3-154 W9NY 2-Nov 9-Nov VP2M VP2MCS 3-187 3-148 DL5NAM 2-Nov 7-Nov VP2V VP2V/G3TXF 3-196 G3TXF 2-Nov 2-Nov VP5 VP5/N2VW VP5/K2WB VP5/WA2VYA 3-122 home call 2-Nov 2-Nov VP5 VP5R 3-192 N0KK 2-Nov 3-Nov XT XT2HP 3-172 JA1OEM 2-Nov 31-Dec XW XW2A 3-168 3-167 direct 2-Nov 13-Nov ZD8 ZD8Z 3-154 VE3HO ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for October 31, 1999 was 194.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for November 1, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------1-Nov-1999 21 151 10 2 Low/Quiet-Active;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 1-Nov-1999 18 160 10 2 Low/Quiet-Active;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 1-Nov-1999 15 160 10 3 Low/Quiet-Active;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 1-Nov-1999 12 160 10 4 Low/Quiet-Active;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 1-Nov-1999 09 160 10 2 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 1-Nov-1999 06 160 10 3 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 1-Nov-1999 03 160 10 2 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 1-Nov-1999 00 160 10 3 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Unsettled

The forecast for Tuesday, November 2nd: solar flux 135, A index 8, K index 3. Conditions should be High Normal.

The forecast for Wednesday, November 3rd: solar flux 135, A index 5, K index 2. Conditions should be High Normal.

Solar images of the sun received for November 2, 1999 can be found at http://www.sel.noaa.gov/solar_images/1999_11/1999_11_02.html

Perhaps the most useful propagation page for Amateur Radio Operators can be found at http://dx.qsl.net/propagation/

Grey line map http://www.spiritweb.org/cgi/sunclock.cgi ______

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Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------3A/K3TW K3TW SO0WDX US5WDX V26YR W2YR 3XY2D VE2DPS SW2A SV2AEL V47DA DL1DA 5H3RD SM4GSD T88AY JA7AYE VP2V/G3TXF G3TXF A61AJ W3UR T88NH JA4OWG ZC4AB G4OYO ED5ELT EA5ELT V26AK N2TK ZC4GB 5B4AGC HB0/HA5RT/P HA0HW V26AU DL6LAU ZV0SB PT2GTI JW7QIA LA7QIA V26B WT3Q ZV0SW PT2GTI KP2A W3HNK V26SW K3SW

G4OYO - Alan Bramley, 13 Moorland Ave, Stapleford Notts, NG9 7FY, UNITED KINGDOM JL6UBM - Takumi Iwashita, 2672, Fukuyama, Matsumoto-Town, Hioki-Gun, Kagoshima, 899-2702 JAPAN PT2GTI - R. Stuckert- Cx Postal 09647, Brasilia/DF, 70001-970 BRAZIL SV2AEL - Savas Pavlidis, P.O. Box 22013, Thessaloniki-55310, GREECE

QSL cards recently received direct: 3C1GS, 5A1A, 8P6CV, 9K2RR, 9U5D, B1A, BT2HC, D2AI, FM5DN, FR5FD, JX7DFA, MD/DL7URH, OD5NJ, OX3FV, XX9X, ZV0SB, ZV0SW, ______

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Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: G4OYO, JI6KVR, K2KW, K6NDV, KF2HC, KH6BZF Reports, KR0I, LU7EE, N5UR, NOAA, SV2AEL, The 59(9) DX Report, W2GG, W3HNK, W7IAN, W7WK, W8JV ______

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Phil Weaver, HS0/G4JMB & VR2CT, is now back in Kota Kinabalu, East Malaysia. He plans to be active as 9M6CT on 10 through 40 meters SSB until December 18th. A web site about Phil can be found at http://phil.weaver.org. QSL via HS0/G4JMB, Philip Weaver, P.O. Box 7 PAT PONG P.O., Bangkok 10506, THAILAND.

Jack Haden, VK2GJH, and Nev Mattick, VK2QF, are planning to go to the Pacific Ocean Island of Nauru in the March/April time frame next year. They will primarily be on 6 meters but will operate on the HF bands also. Jack will use C21JH and Nev will use C21/VK2QF. QSL C21JH via VK2GJH, Jack Haden, P.O. Box 299, Ryde N.S.W. 1680, AUSTRALIA. QSL C21/VK2QF via VK2QF, N. E. Mattick, Hargraves N.S.W. 2850, AUSTRALIA.

John, W2GD, says he'll operate the CQ World Wide CW DX Contest at the end of the month from his Aruba station. Look for him to be active as P40W from November 20th to 29th. During the contest he will be single op all band, maybe running QRP or low power. QSL via N2MM. ______

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3XY2D - GUINEA - Denis was jumping around 10 meters SSB between 12:40 and 14:00Z. Later he came up on 21235 just before 19:00Z. QSL via VE2DPS.

5A1A - LIBYA - Abubaker was found on 28390 around 14:30Z. Then moved to CW on 28062 where he stayed until 16:30Z.

EX2M - KYRGYZSTAN - George was working across the US yesterday on 14187 between 02:45 and 03:15Z.

H44MY - SOLOMON ISLANDS - JA's and Europeans found this JA op at 10:30Z on 21270. QSL via JA0IXW.

KH8/N5OLS - AMERICAN SAMOA - 30 meters DXers found Don on 10118 from 06:00 to 08:00Z.

N4WW/8R1 - GUYANA - Austin will be here for another few days. He plans to be active during his evenings on 10, 12, 15, 17 and 40 meters CW.

P29BI - PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Steve made a surprise visit to 3799 just before 10:30Z. QSL via VK4EJ. ______

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The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------EU-004 EA6MC 14213 0505 EU-124 GC0STH/P 21295 1336 EU-026 JW7QIA 21260 1500 EU-133 R1ASP 28467 0923 EU-039 TM2F 10103 2123 NA-032 TO0DX 24945 1212 EU-046 LA1CI 14266 1457 NA-065 N6FD/7 28460 2241 EU-047 DJ9IN 28479 1725 NA-103 VP2MCS 21260 1857 EU-047 DL1BBR 7061 2028 NA-110 WA4WTY 18123 2018 EU-120 GB0LI 18120 1918 OC-135 P29BI 14260 1301

Today look for Rick, AI5P, to be active from his car on NA-143. He will be there until the morning of November 4th. If possible he may operate from NA-092 later this week.

IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 ______

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From End Prefix Call Ref QSL ------3-Nov 22-Dec 3X 3XY2D 3-188 VE2DPS 3-Nov 5-Nov 5X 5X1T 3-198 ON5NT 3-Nov 15-Nov 9M6 9M6PWT 3-175 3-156 G3SWH 3-Nov 10-Dec 9U 9U5D 3-176 SM0BFJ 3-Nov 10-Nov A5 Jim Smith, VK9NS, will be here. 3-192 3-Nov 7-Nov CP6 CP6/LU9AY 3-179 NU4N 3-Nov 8-Nov EL EL2WW 3-198 ON5NT 3-Nov 6-Nov F TM2F (EU-039) 3-196 3-Nov 13-Nov FO by F1NGP 3-176 3-Nov 14-Nov FO FO0THA 3-194 DF2IY 3-Nov 14-Nov FO/M by F6AUS F6AOI (OC-027) 3-173 3-Nov 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH (AF-008) 3-4 3-2 F6KDF 3-Nov 20-Dec FT5Z FT5ZJ 3-147 F2YT 3-Nov 14-Nov FY FY/F5PAC 3-184 3-Nov 5-Nov G GB0LI (EU-120) 3-179 G3WNI 3-Nov 12-Nov GM MM/W3LEO 3-188 W3LEO 3-Nov 7-Nov HB0 HB0/DL2SBY HB0/SP2FOV 3-193 home calls 3-Nov 7-Nov HB0 HB0/HA5RT/P HA0HW HA4DX HA4XG 3-191 3-Nov 5-Dec HS HS72A 3-194 HS1CKC 3-Nov 6-Nov J8 by K6MYC W6JKV 3-164 3-Nov 15-Dec KC4 KC4/WA1O 3-179 KA1CRP 3-Nov 4-Dec KH4 KH4/SM4FJY (OC-030) 3-133 SM6FJY 3-Nov 10-Jan KH4 KH4/W4ZYV (OC-030) 3-158 3-157 W4ZYV 3-Nov 15-Nov PJ2 PJ2/PA0VDV 3-157 PA0VDV 3-Nov 11-Nov T30 T30Y T30CW 3-188 3-103 DL7DF 3-Nov 4-Nov V2 huge group of Americans 3-144 3-Nov 9-Nov VP2M VP2MCS 3-187 3-148 DL5NAM 3-Nov 7-Nov VP2V VP2V/G3TXF 3-196 G3TXF 3-Nov 3-Nov XT XT2HP 3-172 JA1OEM 3-Nov 31-Dec XW XW2A 3-168 3-167 direct 3-Nov 13-Nov ZD8 ZD8Z 3-154 VE3HO ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for November 1, 1999 was 178.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for November 2, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------2-Nov-1999 21 143 8 2 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 2-Nov-1999 18 151 11 3 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 2-Nov-1999 15 151 11 1 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 2-Nov-1999 12 151 11 3 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 2-Nov-1999 09 151 11 2 Low/Quiet-Active;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 2-Nov-1999 06 151 11 1 Low/Quiet-Active;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 2-Nov-1999 03 151 11 2 Low/Quiet-Active;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 2-Nov-1999 00 151 11 2 Low/Quiet-Active;Low/Quiet-Unsettled

The forecast for Wednesday, November 3rd: solar flux 140, A index 9, K index 2. Conditions should be High Normal.

The forecast for Thursday, November 4th: solar flux 135, A index 15, K index 3. Conditions should be High Normal.

Solar images of the sun received for November 3, 1999 can be found at http://www.sel.noaa.gov/solar_images/1999_11/1999_11_03.html

Perhaps the most useful propagation page for Amateur Radio Operators can be found at http://dx.qsl.net/propagation/

Grey line map http://www.spiritweb.org/cgi/sunclock.cgi ______

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Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------HB0/HA0HW/P HA0HW T88AY JA7AYE VP2V/G3TXF G3TXF HB0/HA4DX/P HA4DX T98UFB SP8UFB VP5/N5QQ N5QQ J3/K2HBX IK2HBX TM2F F5LJA VP5/W5WW W5WW KG4CM N5FTR TU5IJ I2AOX VP8CCI PIRATE P29BI VK4EJ V26OC N3OC XE1/SM0OUG SM0CCM S79AU IK4AUY V63HJ JE1LES ZX0F PY5EG S79JDC G3TBK

Rick, PY1VOY, says to QSL the recent CQ WW SSB DX Contest ZX1Z operation via PY1LVF.

Starting January 1, 2000 Bob, FO5BI, will handle his own QSL chores. His past manager F6HSI has been doing this chore for 15 years.

If you do not have a web browser and need QSL information then send e- mail to [email protected]. Leave the subject blank and list each callsign on a separate line. You'll get an e-mail response. Another source is to send an e-mail to [email protected]. Leave the subject line blank and type "s DXCALL" on a separate line for each call.

QSL cards recently received direct: 3E1AA, 9U5D, R1MVA ______

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Did you work someone this weekend in the CQ World Wide SSB DX Contest and could not find the QSL information? Check out http://www.arrakis.es/~ea5eyj/cqssb99.htm ______

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Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: AI5P, FO5BI, IT9EJW, KH6BZF Reports, NOAA, OE-1002419, OH1BOI, PY1VOY, W2GD, WB4KTC ______

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Starting November 22nd Matt, DA1MH, and Markus, DL5OBZ, will be on Sao Tome (S9). The emphasis of this operation will be on 6 meters and a single-op 10 meter effort in the CQ World Wide CW DX Contest. They will be on the island until December 4th and will be active on 6 through 20 meters as S92CW or S92DX. Equipment will include two IC- 706's a 5 element beam for 6 meters, 3 element beam for 10, 15 and 20 meters and a G5RV for 12 and 17 meters.

Today Bert, PA1KW, expects to be operating from the United Nations New York Club station 4U1UN. He will be there until November 9th.

During the CQ World Wide Contest Zone 2 is usually a tuff one to find. Joe, WB8YTZ, will be there again this year as VO2/WB8YTZ. He'll be located at an old AM broadcast station owned by Rick Smith. The station has a 200 foot tower so plenty of height for antennas. Joe will be single-op all band low power. Look for some SSTV work before the contest. ______

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5X1T - UGANDA - Today is Peter's last day in Kampala. He will go to Kosovo next. December 18th and 19th he will be in Kampala.

6W6/K3IPK - SENEGAL - Richard was working all across the US on 1833 from 0400 to 05:30Z. QSL via K3IPK.

EL - LIBERIA - Mark, EL2WW, will have all antennas down by Saturday at his QTH and will put up 80 and 160 meter antennas at Bob's, EL2RF. Mark will leave Monrovia on November 15th. Bob came up on RTTY today around 02:30Z. QSL EL2RF via K1SE. QSL EL2WW via ON5NT.

EP2FM - IRAN - Many West Coast US stations were working Abdollah on 14175 today. He said he would be on 20 meter RTTY around 03:00Z on November 5th.

S21YJ - BANGLADESH - Stig came up on 14247 just after 02:00Z. QSL via SM4AIO.

S21YP - BANGLADESH - Bob showed up just for a few minutes today on 18071 about 01:00Z. The pileup may have chased him away. He will be leaving Dhaka very soon.

YJ0DX - VANUATU - Scott likes 17 meters SSB from 09:00 to 11:00Z. He is also active on 6 meters. QSL via VK4JSR. ______

IOTA ______

The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AF-033 S79QK 28455 1306 NA-001 C6ANI 21293 1734 AS-018 UA0FF 28460 0800 NA-065 N6FD/7 28460 2255 EU-039 TM2F 7065 2056 NA-103 VP2MCS 14260 1704 EU-055 LA4C 14260 1857 NA-103 VP2MCS 28016 1314 EU-082 U1ZA/A 14005 0311 NA-143 AI5P/M 14269 2232 EU-120 GB0LI 14261 1757 OC-021 YC1CEO 21330 1331 EU-124 GM0SLM 28470 0806 OC-059 V63HJ 28467 0036 EU-133 R1ASP 28467 0844

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 QSL ------4-Nov 22-Dec 3X 3XY2D 3-188 VE2DPS 4-Nov 5-Nov 5X 5X1T 3-198 ON5NT 4-Nov 18-Dec 9M6 9M6CT 3-200 HS0/G4JMB 4-Nov 15-Nov 9M6 9M6PWT 3-175 3-156 G3SWH 4-Nov 10-Dec 9U 9U5D 3-176 SM0BFJ 4-Nov 10-Nov A5 Jim Smith, VK9NS 3-192 4-Nov 7-Nov CP6 CP6/LU9AY 3-179 NU4N 4-Nov 8-Nov EL EL2WW 3-198 ON5NT 4-Nov 6-Nov F TM2F (EU-039) 3-196 4-Nov 13-Nov FO by F1NGP 3-176 4-Nov 14-Nov FO/A FO0THA 3-194 DF2IY 4-Nov 14-Nov FO/M FO0SOU (OC-027) 3-173 F6AUS 4-Nov 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH (AF-008) 3-4 3-2 F6KDF 4-Nov 20-Dec FT5Z FT5ZJ 3-147 F2YT 4-Nov 14-Nov FY FY/F5PAC 3-184 4-Nov 5-Nov G GB0LI (EU-120) 3-179 G3WNI 4-Nov 12-Nov GM MM/W3LEO 3-188 W3LEO 4-Nov 7-Nov HB0 HB0/DL2SBY HB0/SP2FOV 3-193 home calls 4-Nov 7-Nov HB0 HB0/HA5RT/P HA0HW HA4DX HA4XG 3-191 4-Nov 5-Dec HS HS72A 3-194 HS1CKC 4-Nov 6-Nov J8 by K6MYC W6JKV 3-164 4-Nov 15-Dec KC4 KC4/WA1O 3-179 KA1CRP 4-Nov 4-Dec KH4 KH4/SM4FJY (OC-030) 3-133 SM6FJY 4-Nov 13-Nov KH4 KH4/W0UFO KH4/W0QIK 3-199 4-Nov 10-Jan KH4 KH4/W4ZYV (OC-030) 3-158 3-157 W4ZYV 4-Nov 15-Nov PJ2 PJ2/PA0VDV 3-157 PA0VDV 4-Nov 11-Nov T30 T30Y T30CW 3-188 3-103 DL7DF 4-Nov 4-Nov V2 huge group of Americans 3-144 4-Nov 18-Nov V4 V47GU V47BY 3-195 home calls 4-Nov 9-Nov VK VK8ML (OC-173) 3-162 VK9NS 4-Nov 9-Nov VP2M VP2MCS 3-187 3-148 DL5NAM 4-Nov 7-Nov VP2V VP2V/G3TXF 3-196 G3TXF 4-Nov 7-Nov W W4YO (NA-110) 3-198 W4YO 4-Nov 31-Dec XW XW2A 3-168 3-167 direct 4-Nov 13-Nov ZD8 ZD8Z 3-154 VE3HO ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for November 2, 1999 was 124.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for November 3, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------3-Nov-1999 21 143 6 1 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 3-Nov-1999 18 143 7 2 Very Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet- Unsettled 3-Nov-1999 15 143 7 2 Very Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet- Unsettled 3-Nov-1999 12 143 7 2 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 3-Nov-1999 09 143 7 0 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 3-Nov-1999 06 143 7 1 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 3-Nov-1999 03 143 7 3 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 3-Nov-1999 00 143 7 1 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Unsettled

The forecast for Thursday, November 4th: solar flux 135, A index 15, K index 3. Conditions should be High Normal.

The forecast for Friday, November 5th: solar flux 130, A index 7, K index 2. Conditions should be High Normal.

Solar images of the sun received for November 4, 1999 can be found at http://www.sel.noaa.gov/solar_images/1999_11/1999_11_04.html

Perhaps the most useful propagation page for Amateur Radio Operators can be found at http://dx.qsl.net/propagation/

Grey line map http://www.spiritweb.org/cgi/sunclock.cgi ______

QSL Info ______

Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------6W6/K3IPK K3IPK FO0SOU F6AUS TG9IGI I2MQP 9J2A JA0JHA GB0LI G3WNI VO2AC VE3FU AB5EB AD5A HH2SJR EA5DLC VP6TC K6RPF ED2SRE EA2CBY J3/DL8OBQ DL8OBQ XX9SC XX9AU EL2RF K1SE N0KE/KH6 N0KE

DL4ALI - Steffen Doepping, Wiesengasse 16, D-99867 Gotha, GERMANY

QSL cards recently received direct: 9U5D, AP2NK, VU3MCV ______

On the WWW ______

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Credits ______

Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: DL2MIH, DL5OBZ, DXNL, G3PMR, KH6BZF Reports, NOAA, W2GE, WB8YTZ ______

Subscriptions ______

DX News ______

Fred, K9VV, and Bob, K4UEE, are planning to operate from Costa Rica during the CQ World Wide CW DX Contest at the end of the month. The two will multi-single as TI5N thanks to the help of Carlos, TI5KD. QSL via TI5KD.

Bruce, AC4G/V73CW, plans to single op on all bands in the CQ WW CW DX Contest, which will run on November 27th and 28th. He'll use a log periodic antenna on 10-20 meters, a 3 element beam on 40 meters and inverted L's on 80 and 160 meters. Bruce says his AC4G address is soon going to expire. QSL via his new address as follows: Bruce Smith, P.O. Box 1436, APO, AP 96555. Send S.A.S.E. with 33 cents postage.

Special event station M2000A will be active all on bands (HF, 6m and 2m) with 5 stations from December 31st to February 29th 2000. Members of the Cray Valley Radio Society (CVRS) will celebrate the Millennium from the Greenwich Meridian in Southeast London, England. Schedules with other groups planning special Millennium activity are invited. Any licensed amateur who plans to visit England early in 2000 can operate M2000A if they become a temporary member of CVRS for $4. Special awards will be available. QSL via G4DFI . For further information contact Bob, BRS- 32525 or visit their web site at http://www.qsl.net/m2000a.

Roger Kaul, K3TM, is planning to operate once again from Newfoundland during this year's CQ World Wide CW DX Contest. He'll use VO2WL to give out zone 2 on all bands.

Gus, 9U5D, will try again to be active on 40, 80 and 160 meters this Saturday November 6th. Start looking for him at 21:00Z through 04:00 Sunday. He plans to be on 1831-1832 every hour on the hour for about 15 minutes, listening up 3-5 Khz. When not on Topband check 40 and 80 meters RTTY. Keep an ear on 3585, 7035 and 7080. Gus will listen up 3-5 Khz. QSL via SM0BFJ.

Mike, HA0/W0YR, says he will multi-single in the CQ World Wide CW DX Contest from the small principal of Monaco as 3A/W0YR. Joining him will be HA5JI, N9NC and K6CT. The day before the contest Mike plans to be active on RTTY. QSL via OM2SA. ______

QSN ______

3XY2D - GUINEA - Denis continues to show up on 20 meter SSB around 19:00 and 23:00Z usually near 14200. QSL via VE2DPS.

4L1BR - GEORGIA - Shalva likes 20 meter RTTY starting around 03:30Z.

8R1WW - GUYANA - Austin, N4WW, was running Japan and US around 00:40Z on 18069. QSL via N4WW.

C91MSF - MOZAMBIQUE - Dr. Jean-Louis, F5MAW (ex ZS6AAG) is now active on 20 meters SSB. MSF stands for Medecin Sans Frontiere, which is Doctors without boarders in French.

D44BW - CAPE VERDE ISLANDS - Lenny, K5OVC, says that Cizzi (YL) is the wife of Angelo, D44BS, and is the first YL from this semi-rare one.

EP2FM - IRAN - Abdullah came up on RTTY on 20 meters between 12:40 and 14:30Z yesterday and then again today, as expected just after 03:00Z.

FT5WH - CROZET ISLAND - Gilles was hiding down on 14125 yesterday just before 16:30Z. The Europeans found him though.

JT1CO - MONGOLIA - Chak was begging for US contacts yesterday on 7007 at 12:20Z. Try looking for him today around the same time and frequency.

S79JDC - SEYCHELLES - Check 12 meters CW around 12:00Z and 17 meters CW at 17:00Z. QSL via G3TBK.

ZD8Z - ASCENSION ISLAND - Check daily on 21250 around 19:00Z for Jim. QSL via VE3HO. ______

IOTA ______

The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AF-004 EA8AJC 21215 2050 NA-027 VO1XC 14260 1244 AS-018 RA0FW 28012 0812 NA-065 N6FD/7 28462 2242 AS-018 UA0FF 28461 0708 NA-103 VP2MGS 14261 0731 AS-083 UA0KCL 10122 1850 NA-106 KP2J 24895 1522 EU-036 LA5JIA 21070 1826 NA-110 W4YO/P 21261 1938 EU-039 TM2F 7061 2008 NA-143 AB5EB 24897 0048 EU-055 LA4C 14260 2010 OC-173 VK8ML 14259 1619 EU-082 U1ZA/A 14002 0209 SA-073 OA5/F5TYY 14260 2330 EU-120 GB0LI 18077 1654 SA-073 OA5/F6BFH 14260 2108 NA-027 VO1BZM 28460 1552 SA-073 OA5/F9IE 14260 2250

French operators F5TYY, F6BFH and F9IE will be on SA-073 until about 18:00Z today. They do not know which island they will go to next. QSL via home calls.

Ed, K8VIR, will once again be on the air from Stewart Island (OC-203) this weekend. He'll use ZM4IR/4 on 10, 12, 17 and 20 meters. Keep a look out for him on 28505, 24950, 18130 and 14260. QSL via W8WC, 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 QSL ------5-Nov 22-Dec 3X 3XY2D 3-188 VE2DPS 5-Nov 9-Nov 4U1U 4U1UN 3-201 5-Nov 5-Nov 5X 5X1T 3-198 ON5NT 5-Nov 18-Dec 9M6 9M6CT 3-200 HS0/G4JMB 5-Nov 15-Nov 9M6 9M6PWT 3-175 3-156 G3SWH 5-Nov 10-Dec 9U 9U5D 3-176 SM0BFJ 5-Nov 10-Nov A5 Jim Smith, VK9NS 3-192 5-Nov 7-Nov CP6 CP6/LU9AY 3-179 NU4N 5-Nov 8-Nov EL EL2WW 3-198 ON5NT 5-Nov 6-Nov F TM2F (EU-039) 3-196 5-Nov 13-Nov FO by F1NGP 3-176 5-Nov 14-Nov FO FO0THA 3-194 DF2IY 5-Nov 14-Nov FO/M FO0AOI (OC-027) 3-173 F6AOI 5-Nov 14-Nov FO/M FO0SOU (OC-027) 3-173 F6AUS 5-Nov 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH (AF-008) 3-4 3-2 F6KDF 5-Nov 20-Dec FT5Z FT5ZJ 3-147 F2YT 5-Nov 14-Nov FY FY/F5PAC 3-184 5-Nov 7-Nov FY FY/F5PAC FY5FU (SA-020) 3-184 5-Nov 5-Nov G GB0LI (EU-120) 3-179 G3WNI 5-Nov 12-Nov GM MM/W3LEO 3-188 W3LEO 5-Nov 7-Nov HB0 HB0/DL2SBY HB0/SP2FOV 3-193 home calls 5-Nov 7-Nov HB0 HB0/HA5RT/P HA0HW HA4DX HA4XG 3-191 5-Nov 5-Dec HS HS72A 3-194 HS1CKC 5-Nov 6-Nov J8 by K6MYC W6JKV 3-164 5-Nov 15-Dec KC4 KC4/WA1O 3-179 KA1CRP 5-Nov 4-Dec KH4 KH4/SM4FJY (OC-030) 3-133 SM6FJY 5-Nov 13-Nov KH4 KH4/W0UFO KH4/W0QIK 3-199 5-Nov 10-Jan KH4 KH4/W4ZYV (OC-030) 3-158 3-157 W4ZYV 5-Nov 15-Nov PJ2 PJ2/PA0VDV 3-157 PA0VDV 5-Nov 11-Nov T30 T30Y T30CW 3-188 3-103 DL7DF 5-Nov 18-Nov V4 V47GU V47BY 3-195 home calls 5-Nov 9-Nov VK VK8ML (OC-173) 3-162 VK9NS 5-Nov 9-Nov VP2M VP2MCS 3-187 3-148 DL5NAM 5-Nov 7-Nov VP2V VP2V/G3TXF 3-196 G3TXF 5-Nov 7-Nov W W4YO (NA-110) 3-198 W4YO 5-Nov 31-Dec XW XW2A 3-168 3-167 direct 5-Nov 13-Nov ZD8 ZD8Z 3-154 VE3HO 6-Nov 7-Nov ARRL Sweepstakes CW 6-Nov 7-Nov Ukraine DX Contest 7-Nov 11-Nov 9M6 9M6AAC 3-177 3-152 N2OO 7-Nov 15-Nov ZL ZM4IR/4 (OC-203) 3-188 W8WC ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for November 3, 1999 was 117.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for November 4, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------4-Nov-1999 21 148 5 1 Low/Quiet;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 4-Nov-1999 18 143 5 1 Low/Quiet;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 4-Nov-1999 15 143 5 2 Low/Quiet;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 4-Nov-1999 12 143 5 1 Low/Quiet;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 4-Nov-1999 09 143 5 1 Low/Quiet;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 4-Nov-1999 06 143 5 2 Low/Quiet;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 4-Nov-1999 03 143 5 2 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 4-Nov-1999 00 143 5 1 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Unsettled

The forecast for Friday, November 5th: solar flux 130, A index 7, K index 2. Conditions should be High Normal.

The forecast for Saturday, November 6th: solar flux 130, A index 30, K index 5. Conditions should be Disturbed.

The forecast for Sunday, November 7th: solar flux 140, A index 22, K index 5. Conditions should be Disturbed.

Solar images of the sun received for November 5, 1999 can be found at http://www.sel.noaa.gov/solar_images/1999_11/1999_11_05.html

Perhaps the most useful propagation page for Amateur Radio Operators can be found at http://dx.qsl.net/propagation/

Grey line map http://www.spiritweb.org/cgi/sunclock.cgi ______

QSL Info ______

Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------4F3/GM4DKO GM4DKO OA5/F9IE F9IE VK8ML VK9NS 5H3/K8LEE K8LEE OD5/OK1MU OK1MU VO2AC VE3FU FO0AOI F6AOI OD5NH W4AO VP2MCM DL7NFK OA5/F5TYY F5TYY V47DA DL1DA VP2MGS DL9NDS OA5/F6BFH F6BFH

3B8FQ - Abdool Rashid Cadersa, 55 de la Faye Ave, Belle Rose, MAURITIUS D44BW - Cizzi Mendes, Box 308, Praia, Cape Verde, via PORTUGAL DJ0QZ - Frank Knecht, Am Hirschsprung 4, D-64757 Rothenberg, GERMANY V73AX - Amateur Radio Club, P.O. Box 444, APO, AP 96555. VK2ICV - Nick Hacko, P.O. Box 730, Parramatta, 2124 NSW, AUSTRALIA

QSL cards recently received direct: 5Z4GS, 9U5D, E44/HA1AG, HU4U, T32NCC (OC-084) ______

On the WWW ______

Mac, W3HC, has a big collection of QSLs and photos at http://www.qsl.net/w3hc/photos/. ______

Credits ______

Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: BRS-32525, F5IPW, K5OVC, K6NDV, K8VIR, K9VV, KH6BZF Reports, N2TN, N9AU, NC1L, NOAA, OE-1002419, SM5BFJ, VK2ICV, WA5PAE ______

Subscriptions ______

DX News ______

Alex, W2OX, plans to be back on St. Kitts for the CQ World Wide CW DX Contest as V47KP. He will be in the single-op all band category. QSL via K2SB.

Once again Oleg, R1ANF, is active from the Chinese Antarctic base Great Wall, which is located on King George Island in the South Shetlands (AN-010). QSL via RK1PWA.

Pertti, OH2PM, says he'll be on from BY1DX during the CQ WW CW DX Contest at the end of the month. He will do a single-op all band effort. Meanwhile Ulf, SM0GNU, will operate from Pertti's Macao station during the contest as a single-op on all bands. He should have his call a few days before the contest.

One of Tanzania's newest operators is Orlando, IN3KIZ, who has been active as 5H3OC. QSL via IN3DEI, Claudio Daddario, P.O. Box 55, 39100 Bolzano - BZ ITALY.

Charlie, K4VUD, expects to leave Orlando, FL on December 5th heading for Nepal via Bombay. He will be out of the country for about 30 days and plans to activate 9N7UD. If things go right he may take a one week side trip to Laos.

The Willamette Valley DX Club has announced the following officers for the 1999-2000 year.

President Mike Conatore K7NT Vice President Hank Lonberg KR7X Treasurer Rob Hinz W7NX Secretary Jim Cassidy KI7Y Director Ron Hylton AD7L Director Sandy Lynch W7BX

They have a Web site at http://www.qsl.net/wvdxc/

Dan Bookwalter, N8DCJ, plans to be in Barbados and active as 8P9CW from December 25th to January 8th.

Starting November 29th look for Alan, G3XAQ, to be on holiday from Jamaica. He plans to be on as G3XAQ/6Y5 using an IC-706 and a doublet for 40 meters. Alan will be there until December 9th.

Dave, G3TBK, is currently active from Vacoas, Mahe Island in the Seychelles as S79JDC. He will be there for about one more week and has been almost exclusively operating on 12 and 17 meters CW. Stations from this semi-rare island are normally not permitted to operate on 80 meters and can only operate on 40 meters between 7050 and 7100. QSL via G3TBK. ______

QSN ______

3W6LI - VIETNAM - Look for Hau on 15 meter SSB, near 21280, between 14:00 and 15:00Z.

5X - UGANDA - Peter, 5X1T, has left Kampala after making some 160,000 QSOs. Mats, 5X1Z, is now back from his Double Trouble DXpedition to the Pacific Ocean and plans to be very active in the CQ WW CW Contest. Graham, ex 5Z4GS, is now active as 5X1GS.

9M6AAC - EAST MALAYSIA - The Borneo DXpedition team is now at the Hillview Gardens Resort. For the latest update check http://www.qsl.net/~n2ob/update.htm.

9N1AA - NEPAL - Satish reappeared on the air yesterday. He started on 21022 around 05:30Z and was later found on 28469 at 07:00Z. QSL via N4AA.

9N7RB - NEPAL - This visitor likes 10 meters. Length of stay and QSL info is not known at this time.

JT1CO - MONGOLIA - US stations may want to keep an ear out for Chak on 40 meters SSB between 10:00 and 12:00Z. He listens up above 7150.

T88WF - BELAU - Europeans found this one on 24963 at 07:00Z on Sunday and later on 28480 at 08:00Z. QSL via JN1WTK.

TJ1GD - CAMEROON - RTTY DXers check 10 meters around 14:00Z for this semi-rare one.

XT2PT - BURKINA FASO - West Coast US stations found Paul on 14240 at 01:30Z on Sunday. QSL via N5DRV.

ZS8D - MARION ISLAND - Saturday Derek came up on 14260 between 13:00 and 14:00Z working stations all across the US on the longpath. QSL via ZS6EZ. ______

IOTA ______

The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AS-040 JH6TYD 28477 0846 NA-065 N6FD/7 14253 0606 AS-083 RA9LI/9 14260 1203 NA-103 VP2MCM 14255 1129 EU-002 OH0JTU 21267 1313 NA-104 V47GU 24895 2321 EU-029 OZ5MJ 24928 1326 NA-143 AB5EB 24910 2248 EU-038 PA0MDG 28355 1535 OC-027 FO0AOI 14264 0728 EU-114 GU0VPA 18117 1710 OC-088 9M6AAC 21295 2321 EU-123 GM3OFT/P 14256 0756 OC-173 VK8ML 14260 1645 EU-131 IK3PQH 14085 0532 SA-036 P43E 21260 1924 NA-016 ZF1PM 28545 1557

A group of Cuban Amateur Radio operators will be active from Key Breton (NA-201) from December 9th to 13th. Operators include CO6ZG, CO6ZP, CO6XN, CO7PH, CO6RD, CO6WD, CO6JL, CO6SE, CO6MZ and CM6MNG. The group will be on 2 through 80 meters CW, SSB and FM. They will have two rigs on the air simultaneously.

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 QSL ------8-Nov 8-Nov EL EL2WW 3-198 ON5NT 8-Nov 9-Nov 4U1U 4U1UN 3-201 8-Nov 9-Nov VK VK8ML (OC-173) 3-162 VK9NS 8-Nov 9-Nov VP2M VP2MCS 3-187 3-148 DL5NAM 8-Nov 10-Nov A5 Jim Smith, VK9NS 3-192 8-Nov 11-Nov 9M6 9M6AAC 3-177 3-152 N2OO 8-Nov 11-Nov T30 T30Y T30CW 3-188 3-103 DL7DF 8-Nov 12-Nov GM MM/W3LEO 3-188 W3LEO 8-Nov 13-Nov FO by F1NGP 3-176 8-Nov 13-Nov KH4 KH4/W0UFO KH4/W0QIK 3-199 8-Nov 13-Nov ZD8 ZD8Z 3-154 VE3HO 8-Nov 14-Nov FG FG/G3TXF 3-196 G3TXF 8-Nov 14-Nov FO/M FO0SOU (OC-027) 3-173 F6AUS 8-Nov 14-Nov FO FO0THA 3-194 DF2IY 8-Nov 14-Nov FY FY/F5PAC 3-184 8-Nov 15-Nov 9M6 9M6PWT 3-175 3-156 G3SWH 8-Nov 15-Nov PJ2 PJ2/PA0VDV 3-157 PA0VDV 8-Nov 15-Nov ZL ZM4IR/4 (OC-203) 3-188 W8WC 8-Nov 18-Nov V4 V47GU V47BY 3-195 home calls 8-Nov 4-Dec KH4 KH4/SM4FJY (OC-030) 3-133 SM6FJY 8-Nov 5-Dec HS HS72A 3-194 HS1CKC 8-Nov 10-Dec 9U 9U5D 3-176 SM0BFJ 8-Nov 15-Dec KC4 KC4/WA1O 3-179 KA1CRP 8-Nov 18-Dec 9M6 9M6CT 3-200 HS0/G4JMB 8-Nov 20-Dec FT5Z FT5ZJ 3-147 F2YT 8-Nov 22-Dec 3X 3XY2D 3-188 VE2DPS 8-Nov 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH (AF-008) 3-4 3-2 F6KDF 8-Nov 31-Dec XW XW2A 3-168 3-167 direct 8-Nov 10-Jan KH4 KH4/W4ZYV (OC-030) 3-158 3-157 W4ZYV 11-Nov 16-Nov VK VK8CI (OC-229) 3-162 VK9NS 12-Nov 14-Nov YV YW5FC (SA-058) 3-195 W4SO 12-Nov 15-Nov W N6KZ N6FH WU6T N6IC W8DX (NA-066 3-194 12-Nov 18-Nov 1S 9M6OO 3-177 3-152 N2OO 13-Nov 14-Nov GU GU0AZT 3-198 G0AZT 13-Nov 14-Nov Worked All Europe RTTY Contest 13-Nov 15-Nov W WU6T W8DX N6FH N6IC (NA-066) 3-164 ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for November 6, 1999 was 188.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for November 7, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------7-Nov-1999 21 174 23 2 Low/Quiet-Min Strm;Low-Mod/Unset-Min Strm 7-Nov-1999 18 150 4 4 Low/Quiet-Min Strm;Low-Mod/Unset-Min Strm 7-Nov-1999 15 150 4 5 Low/Quiet-Min Strm;Low-Mod/Unset-Min Strm 7-Nov-1999 12 150 4 3 Low/Quiet-Active;Low-Mod/Unset-Active 7-Nov-1999 09 150 4 4 Low/Quiet-Active;Low-Mod/Unset-Active 7-Nov-1999 06 150 4 4 Low/Quiet-Active;Low-Mod/Unset-Active 7-Nov-1999 03 150 4 3 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low-Mod/Unset- Active 7-Nov-1999 00 150 4 1 Low/Quiet;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unsettled

The forecast for Monday, November 8th: solar flux 150, A index 36, K index 6. Conditions should be Disturbed.

The forecast for Tuesday, November 9th: solar flux 160, A index 20, K index 4. Conditions should be Below Normal.

Solar images of the sun received for November 8, 1999 can be found at http://www.sel.noaa.gov/solar_images/1999_11/1999_11_08.html

Perhaps the most useful propagation page for Amateur Radio Operators can be found at http://dx.qsl.net/propagation/

Grey line map http://www.spiritweb.org/cgi/sunclock.cgi ______

QSL Info ______

Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------3B8/ON4LAC ON4LAC EY8CQ DJ1SKO KL9A NU4N 5R8GJ F5QT FO0AOI F6AOI PJ2/PA0VDV PA0VDV 5X1GS WB2YQH FO0SOU F6AUS PX7G PS7AB 8R90S 8R1AK FY5FU F5PAC S79QK HB9CQK 8S7IPA OZ5AAH FY5FU/P F5PAC T88WF JN1WTK 9A643KC 9A7K GB3RN G0VIX TZ6YV WA1ECA 9G5ZW OM3LZ HH2NH KU9C UK/DF3DS DJ6AU 9M6AAC N2OO IR3MD IN3BHR UN7PCZ DL8KAC 9U5D SM0BFJ IR8PC I8SRK V21A HB9AQH CQ0ODX CT2GZE KH0/JA8CCL JA8CCL VK8ML *VK9NS EU6MM IK2QPR KH0/JJ1QXG JJ1QXG VP2MCM DL7NFK EV5B EW1ABA

DL5OBZ - Markus Hammelmann, Mittelstr. 3, 70180 Stuttgart, GERMANY IK4AUY - Sergio Cartoceti, via Di Corticella 241, I-40128 Bologna, ITALY

* VK9NS - Direct only.

QSL cards recently received direct: 3B9R, 9M2TO, BI5D, E44A, P29VHX (OC-008, OC-034, OC-153), ZV0SB, ZV0SW ______

On the WWW ______

Want to know the ITU zones for the Russians? Check out http://people.ne.mediaone.net/ad1c/russia_e.htm for the European Russians and http://people.ne.mediaone.net/ad1c/russia_a.htm for the Asiatic Russians.

The VP2MCS logs are now available at http://www.qsl.net/vp2mcs. ______

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Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 425 DX News, AD1C, DL5OBZ, G3PMR, G4BUE, IK4AUY, K4VUD, KF2HC, KH6BZF Reports, LU7EE, N1API, N2TN, NOAA, OH2PM, The 59(9) DX Report, W2OX, W7UG ______

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Starting in about two to three weeks look for station LZ0A to once again be active from the Bulgarian Antarctic Base on Livingston Island, South Shetlands.

Steve, G4UOL, will once again operate the CQ World Wide CW DX Contest as GD4OUL from the Isle of Man. Look for him to start up around 16:00Z on November 19th. Before and after the contest he will be mostly on 12 and 17 meters. During the contest he will be in the single op low power. He will be there through December 3rd. QSL either via the GD QSL bureau or direct to G4UOL, Steve Muster, Flat 4, 60 Genesta Road, Westcliff on Sea, England SS0 8DB, UK.

Riley Hollingsworth, legal advisor for information for the compliance and information bureau of the FCC, does a weekly state of Amateur Radio enforcement, which can be found at http://www.rainreport.com/. For the week ending November 7th Riley spoke about the use of the last two letters. Those of you who have a Real Player are encouraged to listen to the "Rain Report Present" starting about 4 minutes and 30 seconds into his address. In his weekly address he brings up the issue of using the last two letters of you callsign to id. Riley said "That's a fairly controversial issue, we've had a number of people complaining about it." He explained the FCC's thoughts on the matter and stated "to reiterate that because it's a very important point, our position is that the practice of station iding by only the last two letters of the callsign is not legal under part 97." So there you have it. You've been assigned a callsign by the FCC, so be proud of your call and use all of it. After all real DXers use full callsigns!

Kirsti Smith, VK9NL, says her husband Jim, VK9NS, will be leaving Bhutan today and should be home on October 14th. It would appear that he was unable to receive permission to activate A5, however let's hope he was able to gain some ground in this very rare one. Once home and settled Jim will surely have some kind of announcement about his trip. ______

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The RAC reports the sad passing of Frederick Oliver Hammond, VE3HC, on November 7, 1999. Fred was a "Member of the Canadian Amateur Radio Hall of Fame" and was voted as "Canadian Radio Amateur of the Year". One of his favorite pastimes was the Hammond Amateur Radio Museum, which had recently been remodeled and opened again to the public at the family-owned Hammond Manufacturing Company facility in Guelph, Ontario. ______

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CE0ZIS - JUAN FERNANDEZ ISLAND - Eliazar came up on 14260 working Europe, Japan and North American between 07:30 and 08:30Z.

JD1BKR - OGASAWARA - Was reported on 21247 from 09:00 to 10:30Z.

ZB2FK - GIBRALTAR - Ernie has been showing up on 160 meters around 23:00Z.

ZD7MY - ST. HELENA - RTTY DXers found Barrie on 14083 today at 05:15Z. ______

IOTA ______

The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AN-010 R1ANF/A 14018 2333 NA-104 V47GU 21025 1101 AS-008 JA1EY 21264 0206 OC-021 YC0ROY 21260 1502 AS-076 JR5JAQ 21317 0929 OC-027 FO0AOI 21260 0216 EU-001 SV5/IK2WZD 14225 1429 OC-131 FO0DEH 21295 2343 EU-003 CU3BL 21260 1554 OC-173 VK6ML 21260 1302 EU-016 9A2GF 14259 1523 OC-203 ZL4IR/4 14265 0722 EU-029 OZ1AA 14260 1617 SA 011 9Y4SF 14193 2052 NA-027 VO1TJM 28440 2145 SA-005 CE0ZIS 14261 0842

Members of the Ehime DX Gang plan to activate club station JH5ZCP/4 on Ikuchi Island (AS-117) between December 18th and 19th. QSL via JARL.

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 QSL ------9-Nov 22-Dec 3X 3XY2D 3-188 VE2DPS 9-Nov 9-Nov 4U1U 4U1UN 3-201 9-Nov 11-Nov 9M6 9M6AAC 3-177 3-152 N2OO 9-Nov 18-Dec 9M6 9M6CT 3-200 HS0/G4JMB 9-Nov 15-Nov 9M6 9M6PWT 3-175 3-156 G3SWH 9-Nov 10-Dec 9U 9U5D 3-176 SM0BFJ 9-Nov 10-Nov A5 Jim Smith, VK9NS 3-192 9-Nov 14-Nov FG FG/G3TXF 3-196 G3TXF 9-Nov 13-Nov FO by F1NGP 3-176 9-Nov 14-Nov FO FO0THA 3-194 DF2IY 9-Nov 14-Nov FO/M F00AOI (OC-027) 3-173 F6AOI 9-Nov 14-Nov FO/M FO0SOU (OC-027) 3-173 F6AUS 9-Nov 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH (AF-008) 3-4 3-2 F6KDF 9-Nov 20-Dec FT5Z FT5ZJ 3-147 F2YT 9-Nov 14-Nov FY FY/F5PAC 3-184 F5PAC 9-Nov 12-Nov GM MM/W3LEO 3-188 W3LEO 9-Nov 5-Dec HS HS72A 3-194 HS1CKC 9-Nov 15-Dec KC4 KC4/WA1O 3-179 KA1CRP 9-Nov 4-Dec KH4 KH4/SM4FJY (OC-030) 3-133 SM6FJY 9-Nov 13-Nov KH4 KH4/W0UFO KH4/W0QIK 3-199 9-Nov 10-Jan KH4 KH4/W4ZYV (OC-030) 3-158 3-157 W4ZYV 9-Nov 15-Nov PJ2 PJ2/PA0VDV 3-157 PA0VDV 9-Nov 15-Nov S7 S79JDC 3-203 G3TBK 9-Nov 11-Nov T30 T30Y T30CW 3-188 3-103 DL7DF 9-Nov 18-Nov V4 V47GU V47BY 3-195 home calls 9-Nov 9-Nov VK VK8ML (OC-173) 3-162 VK9NS 9-Nov 9-Nov VP2M VP2MCS 3-187 3-148 DL5NAM 9-Nov 31-Dec XW XW2A 3-168 3-167 direct 9-Nov 13-Nov ZD8 ZD8Z 3-154 VE3HO 9-Nov 15-Nov ZL ZM4IR/4 (OC-203) 3-188 W8WC ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for November 7, 1999 was 185.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for November 8, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------8-Nov-1999 21 192 25 4 Low/Quiet-Min Strm;Low-Mod/Unset-Min Strm 8-Nov-1999 18 174 22 4 Low/Quiet-Min Strm;Low-Mod/Unset-Min Strm 8-Nov-1999 15 174 22 5 Low/Quiet-Min Strm;Low-Mod/Unset-Min Strm 8-Nov-1999 12 174 22 4 Low/Quiet-Min Strm;Low-Mod/Unset-Active 8-Nov-1999 09 174 22 4 Low/Quiet-Min Strm;Low-Mod/Unset-Active 8-Nov-1999 06 174 22 3 Low/Quiet-Min Strm;Low-Mod/Unset-Active 8-Nov-1999 03 174 22 3 Low/Quiet-Min Strm;Low-Mod/Unset-Active 8-Nov-1999 00 174 22 3 Low/Quiet-Min Strm;Low-Mod/Unset-Min Strm

The forecast for Tuesday, November 9th: solar flux 185, A index 30, K index 4. Conditions should be Low Normal.

The forecast for Wednesday, November 10th: solar flux 190, A index 35, K index 4. Conditions should be Below Normal.

Solar images of the sun received for November 9, 1999 can be found at http://www.sel.noaa.gov/solar_images/1999_11/1999_11_09.html

Perhaps the most useful propagation page for Amateur Radio Operators can be found at http://dx.qsl.net/propagation/

Grey line map http://www.spiritweb.org/cgi/sunclock.cgi ______

QSL Info ______

Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------5R8FL F5TBA KH0/JK7TKE JK7TKE V47GU DL7VOG AH6PN/HR6 W7TSQ S79QK HB9CQK ZM4IR/4 W8WC EZ8CQ I2JSB V47BY DL7BY

QSL cards recently received direct: CY9SS, FY5FU, OX3FV, ST2SA, ZV0SB

QSL cards recently received via the bureau: 9M2TO, EM1LV/P, V31GI ______

On the WWW ______

The Radio Amateur Society of Thailand (RAST) home page has been updated and moved to http://www.qsl.net/rast/ thanks to the efforts of Jirasak, N6CZG, and Tony, HS0/G4UAV.

Logs for the recent VP2MBT and VP2MGL operation can be found at http://www.qsl.net/ea3bt/index2.htm

Deryck, ZS8D, now has a Web site, which he has published some tentative schedules at http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Matrix/3783/ ______

Credits ______

Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: EA3BT, HS0/G3NOM, LZ1PJ, JI6KVR, K1WY, KH6BZF Reports, NOAA, RAC, RAIN, VE3OU, W2DEN, W7IAN ______

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Look for activity from the Aland Islands during both the CQ World Wide CW DX Contest and the ARRL 10 Meter Contest as OH0Z will be active. OH1JT plans to be single op assisted on the November 27th and 28th for the CQ WW CW DX Contest. There will be a multi-single effort during the ARRL 10 Meter Contest on December 11th and 12th. QSL OH0Z via OH1EH.

Members of the Tallinn Youth Radio Club, ES1WW/ES1WN, are looking into possibly doing a DXpedition to Bangladesh, S2 and Nepal, 9N, in the April/May 2000 timeframe.

Kurt, HB9AMZ, moved to Thailand in September and is now active as HS0ZBS. QSL via Kurt Brauer, Box 75, Phanom-Sarakham, Chachoengsao 24120, THAILAND or via HS2CRU.

Finish operators Asko, OH3GI and Juha, OH1KAG/OH9MM, will operate the CQ World Wide CW DX Contest from Guernsey Island (EU-114). They plan to use MU/OH3GI and MU/OH9MM, as they will be active from the Guernsey Amateur Radio Society station. QSL MU/OH3GI via the bureau to OH3GI. QSL MU/OH9MM via the bureau to OH3LQK.

Look for a single band 10 meter effort in the CQ World Wide CW DX Contest from Raul, CO8ZZ. QSL via AD4Z.

Special event station 9A643KC will be active for the rest of the year to celebrate the 643rd anniversary of the town of Koprivnica, Croatia. QSL via 9A7K, Kresimir Juratovic, P.O. Box 88, HR-48000 Koprivnika, Croatia.

Mike, N0ODK, says he'll be in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam from November 16th to 29th and will use 3W6DK on 15 and 20 meters SSB. Look for him in the Advanced and General portions of the band. He may do some slow CW. Plans for 2001 include going back and possible operating from one of the Vietnam Islands and Cambodia.

Three Japanese Amateur Radio operators will be active from Saipan between November 19th and 22nd. Operators include Kazumasa, JA4CZM (AA1NY/KH0), Hiroyasu, JA4RED (KH0/JA4RED, and Yasuo, JH4RLY (KH0/KH4RLY). They plan to be on 6 through 160 meters CW, SSB, PSK31 and SSTV. QSL via home calls. ______

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3XY2D - GUINEA - Denis says to look for him on 20 meters SSB from 19:00 to 00:00Z most days. On Saturdays Japanese stations should check near 21265 around 08:00Z. He has also been showing up on 10 meters SSB between 12:00 and 13:00Z. When asked about CW Denis said, "I work CW, but I am not very fast (15 WPM), so I don't do much". He mentioned that WARC bands are not allowed in Guinea, and also nothing above 28 MHZ. QSL via VE2DPS.

5A1A - LIBYA - Abubaker was found on 28525 between 14:30 and 16:00Z. He was working Europe and North America, including some W6's.

9M6PWT - EAST MALAYSIA - Phil came up yesterday on 10107 just before 11:00Z. QSL via G3SWH.

KA0UBH/YS1 - EL SALVADOR - Has been very active recently on 10 meters SSB.

ZD7MY - ST. HELENA ISLAND - Barrie has been showing up on 20 meter RTTY around 05:00Z. ______

IOTA ______

The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AF-014 CT3FT 14029 1912 OC-027 FO0AOI 14262 0819 AS-026 HL4HLD 7004 1537 OC-027 FO5QG 14122 0829 AS-040 JH6TYD 24896 0802 OC-059 V63AO 28518 0142 EU-131 IK3RIY 18074 0709 OC-131 FO0DEH 28560 2252 NA-114 FG/G3TXF 14022 2203 OC-143 YC5VYH 21275 1602 NA-143 AB5EB 24902 1455 OC-203 ZM4IR/4 14250 0723

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 QSL ------10-Nov 22-Dec 3X 3XY2D 3-188 VE2DPS 10-Nov 11-Nov 9M6 9M6AAC 3-177 3-152 N2OO 10-Nov 18-Dec 9M6 9M6CT 3-200 HS0/G4JMB 10-Nov 15-Nov 9M6 9M6PWT 3-175 3-156 G3SWH 10-Nov 10-Dec 9U 9U5D 3-176 SM0BFJ 10-Nov 14-Nov FG FG/G3TXF 3-196 G3TXF 10-Nov 13-Nov FO by F1NGP 3-176 10-Nov 14-Nov FO FO0THA 3-194 DF2IY 10-Nov 14-Nov FO/M F00AOI (OC-027) 3-173 F6AOI 10-Nov 14-Nov FO/M FO0SOU (OC-027) 3-173 F6AUS 10-Nov 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH (AF-008) 3-4 3-2 F6KDF 10-Nov 20-Dec FT5Z FT5ZJ 3-147 F2YT 10-Nov 14-Nov FY FY/F5PAC 3-184 F5PAC 10-Nov 12-Nov GM MM/W3LEO 3-188 W3LEO 10-Nov 5-Dec HS HS72A 3-194 HS1CKC 10-Nov 15-Dec KC4 KC4/WA1O 3-179 KA1CRP 10-Nov 4-Dec KH4 KH4/SM4FJY (OC-030) 3-133 SM6FJY 10-Nov 13-Nov KH4 KH4/W0UFO KH4/W0QIK 3-199 10-Nov 10-Jan KH4 KH4/W4ZYV (OC-030) 3-158 3-157 W4ZYV 10-Nov 15-Nov PJ2 PJ2/PA0VDV 3-157 PA0VDV 10-Nov 15-Nov S7 S79JDC 3-203 G3TBK 10-Nov 11-Nov T30 T30Y T30CW 3-188 3-103 DL7DF 10-Nov 18-Nov V4 V47GU V47BY 3-195 home calls 10-Nov 31-Dec XW XW2A 3-168 3-167 direct 10-Nov 13-Nov ZD8 ZD8Z 3-154 VE3HO 10-Nov 15-Nov ZL ZM4IR/4 (OC-203) 3-188 W8WC ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for November 8, 1999 was 232.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for November 9, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------9-Nov-1999 21 230 23 3 Low/Unset-Min Strm;Low-Mod/Unset-Min Strm 9-Nov-1999 18 192 26 3 Low/Unset-Min Strm;Low-Mod/Unset-Min Strm 9-Nov-1999 15 192 26 3 Low/Unset-Min Strm;Low-Mod/Unset-Min Strm 9-Nov-1999 12 192 26 5 Low/Active-Min Strm;Low-Mod/Unset-Min Strm 9-Nov-1999 09 192 26 4 Low/Active-Min Strm;Low-Mod/Unset-Min Strm 9-Nov-1999 06 192 26 4 Low/Active-Min Strm;Low-Mod/Unset-Min Strm 9-Nov-1999 03 192 26 4 Low/Unset-Min Strm;Low-Mod/Unset-Min Strm 9-Nov-1999 00 192 26 4 Low/Unset-Min Strm;Low-Mod/Unset-Min Strm

A minor geomagnetic storm began at 12:00z on November 8TH.

The forecast for Wednesday, November 10th: solar flux 192, A index 35, K index 4. Conditions should be Below Normal.

The forecast for Thursday, November 11th: solar flux 194, A index 25, K index 4. Conditions should be Low Normal.

Solar images of the sun received for November 10, 1999 can be found at http://www.sel.noaa.gov/solar_images/1999_11/1999_11_10.html

Perhaps the most useful propagation page for Amateur Radio Operators can be found at http://dx.qsl.net/propagation/

Grey line map http://www.spiritweb.org/cgi/sunclock.cgi ______

QSL Info ______

Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------9M6PWT G3SWH FG/G3TXF G3TXF OD5NH W4AO BV0DX BV4AS FO0DEH ON4QM T30Y DL7DF CO8ZZ AD4Z IU0PAW IK0SHF T320 WC5P

QSL cards recently received direct: 3B9R (AF-017), 9U5D, AH6NJ (OC- 019), BQ9P, FK/F6BUM (OC-032, OC-033), OJ0/K7BV, WP2Z, ZK1SCQ (OC-083, OC-159) ______

On the WWW ______

Want to know more about propagation? If you have a Real Audio Player check out the R.A.I.N. Report at for last week as Karl Luetzelschwab, K9LA, tells Hop Holly all about propagation and where we are in the sunspot cycle. Check out http://www.rainreport.com/ and click on RAIN REPORT last week. If you don't have a Real Audio Player you can download one for free at this site. ______

Credits ______

Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 3XY2D, EA3GHZ, ES1AKM, EU7SA, JI6KVR, KH6BZF Reports, N9SF, N0ODK, NOAA, OH1EH, OPDX, RAIN, W4UBC ______

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Look for a multi-single effort from two Slovenians in Albania in the CQ World Wide CW DX Contest at the end of the month. Robert, S57AW, and Franc, S51F, will use ZA/S51F from Tirana during the contest. They will use ZA/home calls before and after the contest. For antennas they will have a 3 element tribander, Ground Plane and wires. They were active in the CQ World Wide SSB DX Contest as ZA/S57AW. QSL via the S5 bureau or direct to S57AW, Robert Bajuk, Tovarniska 57, 1235 Radomlje, SLOVENIA. QSL ZA/S51F either via the S5 bureau or direct to S51F, Franc Gricar, Tugomerjeva 12, 1000 Ljubljana, SLOVENIA. Logs for the CQ WW SSB DX Contest can be found at http://wrtc2000.bit.si/s57aw/search.htm.

Dave, W2QM, and a few other members of the North Jersey DX Association (NJDXA) will once again operate from the St. Martin. The group will be active on CW and SSB on 6 through 160 meters.

QRZ DX reports Bill Welch, K1CN, hopes to be active from Nevis and/or St. Kitts as V47DX from November 12th to 21st. Look for him on 10, 12, 17 and 20 meters. QSL via K1CN.

Miku, VU2WAP, reports that Tony, N7BG, is unable to come to Bangalore for the CQ World Wide CW DX Contest at the end of the month. He is now looking for someone to operate his station. Anyone interested may contact him via e-mail at . ______

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3B8GF - MAURITIUS - Pat was found today on 14190 around 03:00Z. He says that he and Jacky, 3B8CF, are the only two on RTTY from this island. Pat plans to be on 20 meters RTTY at 03:00Z on November 12th.

8P6SH - BARBADOS - Dean says he plans to work in the WAE RTTY DX Contest this weekend. He has been showing up on 20 meter RTTY around 03:00Z. QSL via KU9C.

9N1 - NEPAL - Europeans found 9N1HA on 28485 yesterday just before 12:00Z. Meanwhile East Coast US stations were working 9N7RB on 14203 at the same time.

S21YJ - BANGLADESH - Stig has been showing up on 20 meters SSB around 01:00Z. QSL via SM4AIO.

T31UT - CENTRAL KIRIBATI - This is Ueata Tetabo a new Amateur Radio operator on Kanton Island. He has been working stations from VK and ZL on 15, 20 and 40 meters. Look for him on Saturday's and Sunday's.

TY1PH - BENIN - This is Pat's new call. He use to be TY/F6FCM. See http://www.dailydx.com/graphics/F6FCM.htm for a picture. ______

IOTA ______

The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AN-015 8J1RL 21260 1736 NA-051 VE7RHF 14262 0026 AS-018 RA0FF 28535 2237 NA-114 FG/G3TXF 28022 1626 AS-018 UA0FF 28460 2258 OC-019 KH6/N0KE 7003 0615 AS-030 JD1BKR 21244 1256 OC-027 FO0AOI 21260 0001 AS-040 JH6TYD 28010 2321 OC-027 FO0SOU 21019 0353 EU-003 CU3BL 28460 1702 OC-131 FO0DEH 28560 1652 EU-052 SV1BRL/8 24960 1056 OC-134 P29BI 14195 2058 EU-057 DL4PM 21250 1326 OC-143 YC4TUU 21244 1315 EU-124 GC0STH/P 14195 1102 OC-203 ZM4IR/4 14254 0655

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 QSL ------11-Nov 22-Dec 3X 3XY2D 3-188 VE2DPS 11-Nov 11-Nov 9M6 9M6AAC 3-177 3-152 N2OO 11-Nov 18-Dec 9M6 9M6CT 3-200 HS0/G4JMB 11-Nov 15-Nov 9M6 9M6PWT 3-175 3-156 G3SWH 11-Nov 10-Dec 9U 9U5D 3-176 SM0BFJ 11-Nov 14-Nov FG FG/G3TXF 3-196 G3TXF 11-Nov 13-Nov FO by F1NGP 3-176 11-Nov 14-Nov FO FO0THA 3-194 DF2IY 11-Nov 14-Nov FO/M F00AOI (OC-027) 3-173 F6AOI 11-Nov 14-Nov FO/M FO0SOU (OC-027) 3-173 F6AUS 11-Nov 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH (AF-008) 3-4 3-2 F6KDF 11-Nov 20-Dec FT5Z FT5ZJ 3-147 F2YT 11-Nov 14-Nov FY FY/F5PAC 3-184 F5PAC 11-Nov 12-Nov GM MM/W3LEO 3-188 W3LEO 11-Nov 5-Dec HS HS72A 3-194 HS1CKC 11-Nov 15-Dec KC4 KC4/WA1O 3-179 KA1CRP 11-Nov 4-Dec KH4 KH4/SM4FJY (OC-030) 3-133 SM6FJY 11-Nov 13-Nov KH4 KH4/W0UFO KH4/W0QIK 3-199 11-Nov 10-Jan KH4 KH4/W4ZYV (OC-030) 3-158 3-157 W4ZYV 11-Nov 15-Nov PJ2 PJ2/PA0VDV 3-157 PA0VDV 11-Nov 15-Nov S7 S79JDC 3-203 G3TBK 11-Nov 11-Nov T30 T30Y T30CW 3-188 3-103 DL7DF 11-Nov 18-Nov V4 V47GU V47BY 3-195 home calls 11-Nov 16-Nov VK VK8CI (OC-229) 3-162 VK9NS 11-Nov 31-Dec XW XW2A 3-168 3-167 direct 11-Nov 13-Nov ZD8 ZD8Z 3-154 VE3HO 11-Nov 15-Nov ZL ZM4IR/4 (OC-203) 3-188 W8WC ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for November 9, 1999 was 288.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for November 10, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------10-Nov-1999 21 249 14 2 Mod/Quiet-Active;Mod/Quiet-Active 10-Nov-1999 18 230 25 3 Mod/Quiet-Active;Mod/Quiet-Active 10-Nov-1999 15 230 25 3 Mod/Quiet-Active;Low-Mod/Quiet-Active 10-Nov-1999 12 230 25 3 Mod/Quiet-Active;Low-Mod/Unset-Min Strm 10-Nov-1999 09 230 25 2 Mod/Quiet-Min Strm;Low-Mod/Unset-Min Strm 10-Nov-1999 06 230 25 3 Mod/Unset-Min Strm;Low-Mod/Unset-Min Strm 10-Nov-1999 03 230 25 3 Mod/Unset-Min Strm;Low-Mod/Unset-Min Strm 10-Nov-1999 00 230 25 4 Mod/Unset-Min Strm;Low-Mod/Unset-Min Strm

The forecast for Thursday, November 11th: solar flux 220, A index 25, K index 4. Conditions should be Low Normal.

The forecast for Friday, November 12th: solar flux 225, A index 20, K index 3. Conditions should be High Normal.

Solar images of the sun received for November 11, 1999 can be found at http://www.sel.noaa.gov/solar_images/1999_11/1999_11_11.html

Perhaps the most useful propagation page for Amateur Radio Operators can be found at http://dx.qsl.net/propagation/

Grey line map http://www.spiritweb.org/cgi/sunclock.cgi ______

QSL Info ______

Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------3D2ME 7N2RTO FG/G3TXF G3TXF LI3D LA9CE 5B4/DL6NBR DL6NBR FK8VHT F6AJA OY3QN OZ1ACB 5X1P G3MRC FO0AOI F6AOI TF8GX K1WY 9N1HA N5VL FO0DEH ON4QM ZF2NT G3SWH BV4FH K1WY FO0SOU F6AUS

3B9FR - Robert, P.O. Box 81, RODRIGUEZ ISLAND via MAURITIUS JA0IXW - Masao Konishi, 2990-9 Shimizu, Tokiwa-Ku, Oomachi City, Nagano 398, JAPAN

QSL cards recently received direct: 3W5FM, 4L4AJ, 7Z1IS, 9M2/GM4YXI (AS-097), ET3BN, EY8XX, H44MY, T33RD, TM2F (EU-081), UA0AZ, VK9EHH, ZL4IR/P (OC-203), ZV0SB ______

On the WWW ______

Here is a new feature on the QRZ Callbook that looks up QSL managers thanks to the help of Manfred, DF6EK http://www.qrz.com/qsl.html. ______

Credits ______

Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: AD1C, EA3GHZ, G3PMR, K8WK, KE2TT, KH6BZF Reports, LA7MFA, N9RE, NOAA, QRZ DX, S57AW, VU2WAP, W2QM, W9OP, W7IAN, WA4NUF ______

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Ray, HS0/G3NOM, says he has been getting many queries regarding Thai stations operating on the 12, 17, 30, 80 and 160 meter bands.

Ray reports "The authorities in Thailand have not yet completed implementation of the WARC band agreements on 10, 18, and 24 MHz bands. Normally the 160/80 metre bands are not permitted for use by Thailand stations either. However the Radio Amateur Society of Thailand (RAST) obtained special permission to use 80/160 metres for any contest during 1999. The frequencies allocated are really only suitable for CW contests but can be used for SSB. The frequency slots are:

3524-3526 + 3534 - 3536, 1824-1826 KHz

Users of the RAST Club Station HS0AC are planning to make an effort to activate these frequencies as much as possible before the end of the year, and are already trying to improve the antenna system.

Guest operator Jukka OH4MFA is hoping to at least work 80m this coming weekend in the OM/OK contest, and if possible will try to get a temporary antenna up on 160m also. He may use the call sign HS0AC or the special event call sign HS72A in honour of His Majesty the King's 72nd Birthday.

For the CQ WW CW Contest at HS0AC it is hoped to have additional transmit and receive (beverage) antennas in place to give reasonable performance on 80/160m. Concentration on these bands will be at Sunrise/Sunset Thailand time. The entry will be Multi Op-Single transceiver. Operators at present will be E21EIC, HS0GBI, HS6NDK, HS0/G3NOM, HS0/SM3DYU, JA5XPG, JR3XMG and JA2DOU."

Looks like DXpeditioner Bill Horner, VK4FW, is getting ready for another trip early next year. QRZ DX says he plans to have up to 14 members of the Oceania DX Group on Norfolk Island between March 23rd and 30th. They plan to operate in the CQ WPX SSB Contest. More details to follow.

Satty, 9M2NK/9M2JKL (JE1JKL), is very active on 6 meters on 50107 most weekends. During the CQ World Wide CW DX Contest he will go to East Malaysia to operate 9M6NA. Look for him before and after the contest on 6, 12, 17 and 30 meters.

Starting around November 15th look for Glenn, K6NA, to be active as ZD8A from Ascension Island. He'll be there until just after the CQ WW CW DX Contest. The new QSL manager is Terry, N6CW. If you sent your QSL to K6NA do not resend as they were forwarded to Terry. Terry's address is 5243 Mt. Burnham Dr., San Diego, CA 92111. ______

QSN ______

3W7TK - VIETNAM - Michal started off on 28014 around 13:00Z, by 15:00 he was on 24903 and finished on 21018 just prior to 16:00Z. QSL via OK1HWB.

9M6OO - SPRATLY ISLANDS - The boys made it to Lang Lang and started up yesterday just after 10:00Z. Yesterday's activity was as follows:

GMT Frequencies ------10 14025 18140 21290 28021 11 21290 24896 12 14025 21290 24896 24930 13 3505 14025 21290 24935 14 14025 21290 24935 15 14025 21290 16 10106 14025 24935 17 10106 14026 18 10106 14026 19 3503 10106 14026 20 3505 10106 21 3503 10106 14194 22 10106 14194 21024 23 14194 21025

EL2RF - LIBERIA - RTTY DXers were happy to find Bob on 21084 between 19:00 and 20:00Z. QSL via K1SE.

EZ8CQ - TURKMENISTAN - Alex was running a marathon on 80 meters SSB yesterday from 17:00 to 22:00Z. QSL via I2JSB.

OA - PERU - French operators OA7/F5TYY, OA7/F6BFH and OA7/F9IE were sporting this unique prefix yesterday from the mainland. They still plan to go to more Peruvian IOTAs. QSL via home calls.

JW/DJ3KR - SVALBARD - Plans to have an 80 and 160 meter antenna up any day now.

OH0Z - ALAND ISLANDS - Need this one on Topband? Look for this station on December 11th and 12th from 05:00Z until their sunrise between 1832 and 1835. QSL via OH1EH.

UN5PR - KAZAKHISTAN - Look for Romeo most days on 20 meters RTTY around 03:00Z. ______

IOTA ______

The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AS-024 JR6USF 21260 0812 NA-114 FG/G3TXF 24892 1514 AS-040 JH6TYD 28477 0853 NA-146 HH6JH 14247 2237 AS-051 9M600 28000 1652 OC-027 FO0SOU 24950 2234 EU-037 SM7DLZ 28488 1637 OC-027 FO0THA 28015 2101 EU-131 IK3PQH 21260 1636 OC-032 FK8HC 2898 1945 NA-027 VO1BZM 21260 1816 OC-131 FO0DEH 28550 2051 NA-051 VE7RHF 14262 0026 OC-203 ZM4IR/4 14227 1230 NA-059 NO7F/KF7 14256 0603 OC-229 VK8CI 14262 1555 NA-072 HP1XVH 21260 1925

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 QSL ------12-Nov 18-Nov 1S 9M6OO 3-177 3-152 N2OO 12-Nov 22-Dec 3X 3XY2D 3-188 VE2DPS 12-Nov 18-Dec 9M6 9M6CT 3-200 HS0/G4JMB 12-Nov 15-Nov 9M6 9M6PWT 3-175 3-156 G3SWH 12-Nov 10-Dec 9U 9U5D 3-176 SM0BFJ 12-Nov 14-Nov FG FG/G3TXF 3-196 G3TXF 12-Nov 13-Nov FO by F1NGP 3-176 12-Nov 14-Nov FO/M FO0THA (OC-027) 3-194 DF2IY 12-Nov 14-Nov FO/M F00AOI (OC-027) 3-173 F6AOI 12-Nov 14-Nov FO/M FO0SOU (OC-027) 3-173 F6AUS 12-Nov 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH (AF-008) 3-4 3-2 F6KDF 12-Nov 20-Dec FT5Z FT5ZJ 3-147 F2YT 12-Nov 14-Nov FY FY/F5PAC 3-184 F5PAC 12-Nov 12-Nov GM MM/W3LEO 3-188 W3LEO 12-Nov 5-Dec HS HS72A 3-194 HS1CKC 12-Nov 15-Dec KC4 KC4/WA1O 3-179 KA1CRP 12-Nov 4-Dec KH4 KH4/SM4FJY (OC-030) 3-133 SM6FJY 12-Nov 13-Nov KH4 KH4/W0UFO KH4/W0QIK 3-199 12-Nov 10-Jan KH4 KH4/W4ZYV (OC-030) 3-158 3-157 W4ZYV 12-Nov 15-Nov PJ2 PJ2/PA0VDV 3-157 PA0VDV 12-Nov 15-Nov S7 S79JDC 3-203 G3TBK 12-Nov 18-Nov V4 V47GU V47BY 3-195 home calls 12-Nov 16-Nov VK VK8CI (OC-229) 3-162 VK9NS 12-Nov 15-Nov W N6KZ N6FH WU6T N6IC W8DX (NA-066) 3-194 12-Nov 31-Dec XW XW2A 3-168 3-167 direct 12-Nov 14-Nov YV YW5FC (SA-058) 3-195 W4SO 12-Nov 13-Nov ZD8 ZD8Z 3-154 VE3HO 12-Nov 15-Nov ZL ZM4IR/4 (OC-203) 3-188 W8WC 13-Nov 14-Nov GU GU0AZT 3-198 G0AZT 13-Nov 14-Nov Japan International SSB DX Contest 13-Nov 14-Nov OK OM DX Contest 13-Nov 14-Nov Worked All Europe RTTY Contest 14-Nov 20-Nov FO/M FO0AOI (OC-067) 3-173 F6AOI 14-Nov 20-Nov FO/M FO0SOU (OC-067) 3-173 F6AUS ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for November 10, 1999 was 343.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for November 11, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------11-Nov-1999 21 240 30 4 Mod/Unset-Min Strm;Mod/Unset-Min Strm 11-Nov-1999 18 249 13 4 Mod/Quiet-Min Strm;Mod/Unset-Active 11-Nov-1999 15 249 13 4 Mod/Quiet-Min Strm;Mod/Unset-Active 11-Nov-1999 12 249 13 5 Mod/Quiet-Min Strm;Mod/Quiet-Active 11-Nov-1999 09 249 13 4 Mod/Quiet-Min Strm;Mod/Quiet-Active 11-Nov-1999 06 249 13 5 Mod/Quiet-Min Strm;Mod/Quiet-Active 11-Nov-1999 03 249 13 4 Mod/Quiet-Active;Mod/Quiet-Active 11-Nov-1999 00 249 13 3 Mod/Quiet-Unset;Mod/Quiet-Active

The forecast for Friday, November 12th: solar flux 260, A index 18, K index 3. Conditions should be High Normal.

The forecast for Saturday, November 13th: solar flux 262, A index 10, K index 2. Conditions should be Above Normal.

The forecast for Sunday, November 14th: solar flux 262, A index 20, K index 4. Conditions should be Low Normal.

Solar images of the sun received for November 12, 1999 can be found at http://www.sel.noaa.gov/solar_images/1999_11/1999_11_12.html

Perhaps the most useful propagation page for Amateur Radio Operators can be found at http://dx.qsl.net/propagation/

Grey line map http://www.spiritweb.org/cgi/sunclock.cgi ______

QSL Info ______

Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------3W7TK OK1HWB G1Y G0FOS OA7/F6BFH F6BFH 8P6SH KU9C HC1HCX/7 SM7BUA OA7/F9IE F9IE 9M6OO N2OO HS0ZBG K8GT TG9IGI I2MQP BW0R JA1JKG OA7/F5TYY F5TYY VK8CI VK9NS

4L5O - Omar Odoshashvili, P.O. Box 0, 380002 Tbilisi, REP. OF GEORGIA YS1/KA0UBH - Cisco, P.O. Box 01 105, San Salvador, EL SALVADOR

Joe, K0JN, is now the QSL manager for Oshan, 4S7OF. He can confirm all QSOs after November 1, 1999.

Barry, N0KV, says he has moved to England for the next three years. He handles the QSL chores for N0KV, ZF2KV (Mar 96), MD/N0KV, and T32KV. Cards may be sent to Barry Mitchell, PSC 45, Box 1143, APO AE 09468.

QSL cards recently received direct: EP2MKO, ET3VSC, VE9MY/P, ZV0SB, and ZV0SW ______

On the WWW ______

The following new/updated logs are now on http://dx.qsl.net/logs

5R8FU (through October 31, 1999) NH0E (through November 9, 1999) YC0LOW (through November 7, 1999) GB0LI (IOTA EU-120, October 1997 & November 1999) WP3C (through October 30, 1999) DK3EG (through December 1998) E44A (through October 6, 1999) JY4NE (through October 19, 1999) JY4NE/OD5 (through September 21, 1999) ZX4Y (1999 CQWW SSB Contest) ZY4K (1999 CQWW SSB Contest) VU2WAP (1999 CQWW SSB Contest) 9K2HN (through November 1, 1999) VQ9CV (through October 31,1999) ______

Credits ______

Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: AA4HP, G4BUE, HS0/G3NOM, KH6BZF Reports, KI4RU, N6RT, N9SF, NOAA, QRZ DX, UA4RZ, WA3GNW, ______

Subscriptions ______

DX News ______

Starting November 25th look for Bill Smith, W9VA, to be active from Fernando de Noronha. This is his 8th trip to the island and he will once again use PY0ZFO until November 30th. During the CQ World Wide CW DX Contest he will use PY0FF. Before and after the contest look for him on all bands including 6 meters. QSL both PY0ZFO and PY0FF via W9VA.

A group of Americans will be operating from Christmas Island (OC-024) between November 24th and 29th. Operators include Paul, WC5P/T32BE; Bob, N5RG/T32BO and Lee, N5PO/T32PO. Look for activity on 10 through 160 meters CW and SSB. During the CQ World Wide CW DX Contest they will use T32PO. QSL all via home calls.

This Saturday some of the operators from the A61AJ CQ World Wide CW DX Contest team will start to arrive. Look for activity from this station on all bands on CW, SSB and RTTY before and after the contest. QSL via W3UR.

Robert, S53R, plans to be operating from Biet Jala in the West Bank, Palestine as E4/S53R from November 24th to December 1st. He will be operating from the QTH of Peter, E4/G3WQU, and will operate as single- op all band in the upcoming CQ World Wide CW DX Contest. Before and after the contest he will be on all bands. QSL via S53R, Robert Kasca, P.O. Box 23, Idrija 5280, SLOVENIA.

German operator Felix, DL7FER, will be in Sri Lanka and active between the end of this month and Christmas. Keep an ear out for him on 10 through 40 meters. He will receive his callsign upon arrival. QSL via DL7FER.

Special event station OH2OOO will be active all next year to celebrate the millennium. This activity will be made by members of the OH3AB club station. ______

QSN ______

3D2IO - FIJI ISLANDS - This station was all over 10, 12, 17, 30 and 40 meters Sunday. QSL via DL7VRO.

4K7DYY - AZERBAIJAN - Over the last few days Serg has been active on 10 meters SSB between 09:30 and 13:30Z. He has been giving RK6LXL as his QSL manager. WFWL.

9M6OO - SPRATLY ISLANDS - The team is now active on all bands from 10 to 160 meters CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL via N2OO.

JD1BIC/JD1 - MINAMI TORISHIMA - Is currently active on 17, 30 and 40 meters CW. QSL via JARL.

JT1CO - MONGOLIA - Chak was looking for US stations on 40 meters SSB on Sunday between 11:45 and 12:45Z.

V85AA - BRUNEI - Bill was found on 30 meters CW just before 12:00Z on Saturday. ______

IOTA ______

The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AS-045 HL5FUA 28460 0716 NA-047 VY0TA 24901 1732 AS-051 9M6OO 18145 2324 NA-065 N6FD/7 14260 0107 AS-077 JA6ZPR 7065 2020 NA-066 N6IC 28460 1850 AS-136 BD4ED 21300 1156 NA-066 N6KZ 14260 1752 EU-004 EA6BB 18096 1620 NA-066 WU6T 18075 1923 EU-016 9A2GF 14261 0643 OC-027 FO0AOI 14260 0736 EU-016 9A4W 14263 0913 OC-067 FO5QS 14122 0752 EU-024 IM0/IS0LYN 10108 0824 OC-131 FO0DEH 28560 1652 EU-052 SV8AQY 28518 1604 OC-229 VK8CI 14260 1515 EU-057 DL4PM 21260 1107 SA-008 LU6XQI 21040 2335 NA-036 VE7IM 21257 1636 SA-046 PY7ZY/7 28463 2004

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 QSL ------15-Nov 15-Nov 9M6 9M6PWT 3-175 3-156 G3SWH 15-Nov 15-Nov W N6KZ N6FH WU6T N6IC W8DX (NA-066) 3-194 15-Nov 15-Nov PJ2 PJ2/PA0VDV 3-157 PA0VDV 15-Nov 15-Nov S7 S79JDC 3-203 G3TBK 15-Nov 15-Nov ZL ZM4IR/4 (OC-203) 3-188 W8WC 15-Nov 16-Nov VK VK8CI (OC-229) 3-162 VK9NS 15-Nov 18-Nov 1S 9M6OO 3-177 3-152 N2OO 15-Nov 18-Nov V4 V47GU V47BY 3-195 home calls 15-Nov 20-Nov FO/M FO0AOI (OC-067) 3-173 F6AOI 15-Nov 20-Nov FO/M FO0SOU (OC-067) 3-173 F6AUS 15-Nov 21-Nov V4 V47DX 3-206 K1CN 15-Nov 28-Nov ZD8 ZD8A 3-207 N6CW 15-Nov 4-Dec KH4 KH4/SM4FJY (OC-030) 3-133 SM6FJY 15-Nov 5-Dec 3B8 3B8/F6HMJ 3-193 15-Nov 5-Dec HS HS72A 3-194 HS1CKC 15-Nov 10-Dec 9U 9U5D 3-176 SM0BFJ 15-Nov 15-Dec KC4 KC4/WA1O 3-179 KA1CRP 15-Nov 18-Dec 9M6 9M6CT 3-200 HS0/G4JMB 15-Nov 20-Dec FT5Z FT5ZJ 3-147 F2YT 15-Nov 22-Dec 3X 3XY2D 3-188 VE2DPS 15-Nov 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH (AF-008) 3-4 3-2 F6KDF 15-Nov 31-Dec XW XW2A 3-168 3-167 direct 15-Nov 10-Jan KH4 KH4/W4ZYV (OC-030) 3-158 3-157 W4ZYV 16-Nov 29-Nov 3W 3W6DK 3-205 3-180 N0ODK 18-Nov 21-Nov V8 V85TG 3-192 JH3GAH 18-Nov 24-Nov V8 V85OO 3-177 3-152 N2OO 18-Nov 29-Nov VP2M VP2MGU 3-195 home call 19-Nov 21-Nov W K5PP/P (NA-120) 3-195 K5PP 19-Nov 21-Nov V8 V8SEA 3-174 19-Nov 22-Nov KH0 AA1NY/KH0 KH0/JA4RED KH0/JH4RLY 3-205 home calls 19-Nov 30-Nov A6 A61AJ 3-193 W3UR 19-Nov 3-Dec GD GD4UOL 3-204 G4UOL 20-Nov 21-Nov ARRL Sweepstakes SSB 20-Nov 22-Nov FO/M FO0AOI (OC-046) 3-173 F6AOI 20-Nov 22-Nov FO/M FO0SUO (OC-046) 3-173 F6AUS 20-Nov 23-Nov JA JI3DST (AS-032) 3-146 3-76 JI3DST 20-Nov 28-Nov P4 P40E 3-168 W3HNK 20-Nov 29-Nov P4 P40W 3-200 N2MM 20-Nov 1-Dec YV YV7 lots of US stations 3-199 20-Nov 5-Dec XU XU7AAV 3-191 G4ZVJ 20-Nov 6-Dec ZP ZP6/N3BNA 3-169 20-Nov 7-Dec HS HS0ZCY 3-196 WB4FNH ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for November 13, 1999 was 251.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for November 14, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------14-Nov-1999 21 219 13 2 High/Quiet-Active;Mod/Quiet-Unsettled 14-Nov-1999 18 224 22 3 High/Quiet-Active;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unset 14-Nov-1999 15 224 22 3 High/Quiet-Active;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unset 14-Nov-1999 12 224 22 3 High/Quiet-Active;Low-Mod/Quiet-Active 14-Nov-1999 09 224 22 4 High/Quiet-Active;Low-Mod/Quiet-Active 14-Nov-1999 06 224 22 3 Low/Quiet-Active;Low-Mod/Quiet-Active 14-Nov-1999 03 224 22 2 Mod/Quiet-Active;Mod/Quiet-Active 14-Nov-1999 00 224 22 4 Mod/Unset-Active;Mod/Unset-Active

A major flare occurred at 16:07Z on November 14th.

The forecast for Monday, November 15th: solar flux 215, A index 12, K index 3. Conditions should be High Normal.

The forecast for Tuesday, November 16th: solar flux 210, A index 18, K index 3. Conditions should be High Normal.

Solar images of the sun received for November 15, 1999 can be found at http://www.sel.noaa.gov/solar_images/1999_11/1999_11_15.html

Perhaps the most useful propagation page for Amateur Radio Operators can be found at http://dx.qsl.net/propagation/

Grey line map http://www.spiritweb.org/cgi/sunclock.cgi ______

QSL Info ______

Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------3D2IO DL7VRO AY0N LU2NI V47DX K1CN 4K7DYY RK6LXL C6AHN KC4SZE VK8CI VK9NS 8P2K KU9C HS0ZBG K8GT VQ9JA N1ZZZ 9M6OO N2OO KH4/W4ZYV W4ZYV VY0TA VE2BQB 9M6PWT G3SWH LO0D F6FNU ZC4CM GI4OYG 9M8YY JH3GAH TY1PH F6FNU ZD8Z VE3HO 9N1AA N4AA V31JP KA9WON

Gene, W2FXA, is now the QSL Manager for YB0RP.

QSL cards recently received direct: 3B9R, 9M2/GM4YXI (AS-097), IK1QBT/P (EU-083), LA/SM3TLG (EU-056 & EU-079), T24DX, T88WX ______

On the WWW ______

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Credits ______

Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 425 DX News, G3PMR, KH6BZF Reports, NOAA, W2FXA, W9VA, WB2KSQ ______

Subscriptions ______

DX News ______

Lothar, DJ4ZB, plans to be on Chatham Island, as ZM7ZB, from January 31st to March 3rd, 2000. He likes 10 meters and will be using a 10 meter Quad. Look for him on 28395, 28460, 28495, or 28595.

Jose, CT1EEB, will soon be leaving Portugal for a UN Mission in the Territory of East Timor. While in this soon to be new country Jose main function will not be Amateur Radio. He will however have a radio and hopes to become active from Darwin, Australia and Dili, East Timor. Currently East Timor does not meet any of the requirements to be a new DXCC Entity. More news to follow.

Starting November 25th a group of Cubans will operate from Cayo Sabinal, Camaguey Archipelago (NA-086). The team will use will use CO0DX on 10 through 80 meters CW, SSB and RTTY. They will be active through November 28th and will participate in the CQ WW CW DX Contest. QSL via CO7DS.

Look for Simone, IV3NVN, to be on the air as DL8GCS/CX from Uruguay until November 23rd. Activity will be on 10 through 40 meters CW and SSB. There is a possibility he will be on 6, 80 and 160 meters. QSL via DL8GCS.

The year 2000 will commemorate the International Amateur Radio Union's 75th anniversary. The Swedish society SSA will also celebrate its 75th anniversary in 2000. Look for the following special event stations will be active from January 1 to December 31, 2000:

SI75A, SI0SSA, SI1SSA, SI2SSA, SI3SSA, SI4SSA, SI5SSA, SI6SSA and SI7SSA. A special award will be available to those working these and other SSA stations during this event. For more information contact Bengt, SM6DEC at [email protected]. ______

QSN ______

4U1ITU - I.T.U. GENEVA - A little bit of activity yesterday from the club station on 21025 between 12:30 and 13:30Z.

9M6OO - SPRATLY ISLANDS - The boys plan to start taking down the antennas and equipment around 03:00Z November 17th. Reported activity Monday was as follows:

GMT Frequencies ------00 18140 21025 24900 28490 01 24895 28490 02 21025 28495 03 None 04 28495 05 21025 06 21025 07 28495 08 14080 21025 09 7004 14080 28495 10 3505 14195 24900 28495 11 14195 24900 12 14195 13 14030 24900 14 24900 15 14025 14205 18073 24900 16 10104 14025 24900 17 7007 10104 14025 18 7007 10104 19 7007 20 7007 21 7007 14195 22 7007 14195 28023 23 24940 28023

DU9RG - PHILIPPINES - Robin came up on 28490 between 23:20 and 00:30Z.

EY8XX - TAJIKISTAN - Vlad has been showing up on 20 meters CW just before 03:00Z. QSL via GW3CDP.

FT5WH - CROZET - Gilles was reported on 14140 yesterday at 16:00Z.

JT1CO - MONGOLIA - 80 meter DXers look for Chak near 3795 about 12:00Z as he was there yesterday.

XX9TRR - MACAO - 30 meter DXers beware was found here at 11, 13 and 15Z yesterday. East Coast US stations might want to check 80 meters CW around 22:00Z. QSL via N6XJ. ______

IOTA ______

The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AS-040 JH6TYD 28467 0806 NA-134 OX3LG 14260 2134 EU-037 SM7DLZ 28464 1302 NA-143 AB5EB 28002 2204 EU-047 DJ9IN 28446 1517 OC-131 FO0DEH 24945 1900 EU-124 GW0 28570 1708 OC-203 ZL4IR/4 14260 0724 NA-066 N6IC 14260 1834 OC-229 VK8CI 14260 1318 NA-066 N6KZ 21260 1609 SA-026 PP5JR 21271 1840 NA-066 WU6T 21060 1808 SA-046 PY7ZY/7 28460 1729

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 QSL ------16-Nov 18-Nov 1S 9M6OO 3-177 3-152 N2OO 16-Nov 5-Dec 3B8 3B8/F6HMJ 3-193 16-Nov 29-Nov 3W 3W6DK 3-205 3-180 N0ODK 16-Nov 22-Dec 3X 3XY2D 3-188 VE2DPS 16-Nov 18-Dec 9M6 9M6CT 3-200 HS0/G4JMB 16-Nov 10-Dec 9U 9U5D 3-176 SM0BFJ 16-Nov 20-Nov FO/M FO0AOI (OC-067) 3-173 F6AOI 16-Nov 20-Nov FO/M FO0SOU (OC-067) 3-173 F6AUS 16-Nov 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH (AF-008) 3-4 3-2 F6KDF 16-Nov 20-Dec FT5Z FT5ZJ 3-147 F2YT 16-Nov 5-Dec HS HS72A 3-194 HS1CKC 16-Nov 15-Dec KC4 KC4/WA1O 3-179 KA1CRP 16-Nov 4-Dec KH4 KH4/SM4FJY (OC-030) 3-133 SM6FJY 16-Nov 10-Jan KH4 KH4/W4ZYV (OC-030) 3-158 3-157 W4ZYV 16-Nov 21-Nov V4 V47DX 3-206 K1CN 16-Nov 18-Nov V4 V47GU V47BY 3-195 home calls 16-Nov 16-Nov VK VK8CI (OC-229) 3-162 VK9NS 16-Nov 31-Dec XW XW2A 3-168 3-167 direct 16-Nov 30-Nov ZD8 ZD8A 3-207 N6CW ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for November 14, 1999 was 232.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for November 15, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------15-Nov-1999 21 206 6 2 Mod/Quiet;Mod/Quiet-Unsettled 15-Nov-1999 18 219 13 2 Mod/Quiet;Mod/Quiet-Unsettled 15-Nov-1999 15 219 13 2 High/Quiet-Unsettled;Mod/Quiet- Unsettled 15-Nov-1999 12 219 13 2 High/Quiet-Unsettled;Mod/Quiet- Unsettled 15-Nov-1999 09 219 13 2 High/Quiet-Unsettled;Mod/Quiet- Unsettled 15-Nov-1999 06 219 13 1 High/Quiet-Active;Mod/Quiet-Unsettled 15-Nov-1999 03 219 13 2 High/Quiet-Active;Mod/Quiet-Unsettled 15-Nov-1999 00 219 13 2 High/Quiet-Active;Mod/Quiet-Unsettled

The forecast for Tuesday, November 16th: solar flux 210, A index 18, K index 3. Conditions should be High Normal.

The forecast for Wednesday, November 17th: solar flux 210, A index 15, K index 3. Conditions should be High Normal.

Solar images of the sun received for November 16, 1999 can be found at http://www.sel.noaa.gov/solar_images/1999_11/1999_11_16.html

Perhaps the most useful propagation page for Amateur Radio Operators can be found at http://dx.qsl.net/propagation/

Grey line map http://www.spiritweb.org/cgi/sunclock.cgi ______

QSL Info ______

Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------5N0FPK F1DSE KL7USI KL7JR ZD8A N6CW ER4DX UT7ND VE7USI KL7JR ZV4C PY1ARS/4 GD3OOK/P G3OOK VE8JR KL7JR

QSL cards recently received direct: 3D2DK, 9K2QQ, 9U5D, A61AP, CP6/LU9AY, CP6XE, GI6YM, JI3DST (AS-117), KC4AAC, KH0T, OD5NJ, OX3LG, S57NW, T24DX, TA3DD, TG9NX, TM2F (EU-081), VK4CAY (OC-227), XX9TRR, XX9TUP, ZD8A

QSL cards recently received via the bureau: 3D2HI (OC-016), 3Z0I (EU- 132), 3Z0XR, 4K9W, 8P2K, 9A98JP, 9H3WD, 9J2AM, AH8K, CQ2P (EU-167), CP/LU5VC, CP6AA, CU9L, D68YV, D98WCX, DL5RFF (EU-129), EA3/EA5AOR (EU- 154), FG/DJ6SI, FO0/OK1VD (OC-046), G0MTN (EU-005), H44RY, HB0/DL6FDB/p, HI8/DL8UD, HI8/DL1HCM, HL50CG, HV4NAC, J73CCM, JY9QJ, MJ0AWR, MM0/DJ6AU, NH2C, LX20AK, OH0BH, OJ0/K7BV, OY/LA7SI, OZ/LX9EG (EU-125), PV2E (SA-071), T88TN, TF/DL2YSH/p, TF7/DL3KUD (EU-071), TM5T (EU-039), TM5CRO (EU-070), UE0ZZZ (AS-095), V31GI (NA-123), V8JA, VE7AZS (NA-091), VK6EWI (OC-170), XF3/EA3BT (NA-090), YC0ROY, ZB2JS ______

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Credits ______

Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 425 DX News, CT1EEB, F1NGP, KE2TT, KH6BZF Reports, KI6T, KL7JR, N2QT, N2TN, N5CQ, N6RT, NOAA, W6FC/1, WA3DVO, WA3GNW ______

Subscriptions ______

DX News ______

JA0 DX Gang member Hirotada, JA0SC, will be in the Fiji Islands between December 2nd and 6th. Look for him to be active as 3D2HY between the 3rd and the 5th on 10 through 80 meters SSB and SSTV. He'll have 3 element mono bander yagis for 10 and 15 meters and also a windom for 10 through 80 meters. QSL either via the JARL bureau or direct to Hirotada Yoshiike, 1378-1 Mashima Mashima-machi, Nagano-city 381-11, JAPAN.

World traveler Roger, KF8OY, plans to head out for Tahiti, French Polynesia today and expects to be active as FO0MAC until November 24th. He plans to be mostly active on 12 and 17 meters.

Holger, DL7IO, is currently operating as 3D2IO from Fiji (OC-016). He will be there until November 20th. Next he will operate from Rotuma Island from November 20th to 26th. QSL via DL7VRO.

The latest word on Chod Harris, VP2ML/WB2CHO, is that he is scheduled to move from the intensive care unit to a medium care bed.

Roger, K3TM, along with VE1BJW will multi-single in the upcoming CQ World Wide CW DX Contest as VO2WL from zone 2. Operation on 160M will be limited because of low power limitation. On November 29th and 30th they will put an emphasis on 12, 17 and 30 meters. QSL via K3TM.

Chris, KL9A (ex WL7KY) reminds everyone that Alaskan stations are not just AL7, KL7, NL7 and WL7. They can be any number for AL, KL, NL or WL, except for KL9KAA-KHZ, which is South Korea. QSL KL9A, WL7KY, KL1SLE via NU4N. KL9A cards have not been received from the printer yet. ______

QSN ______

3B9FR - RODRIGUEZ ISLAND - Northwest US stations found Robert on 14023 around 02:10Z.

3W6DK - VIETNAM - First timer Mike came up early today on 21315 working West Coast US and Japanese stations. QSL via N0ODK.

4K9C - AZERBAIJAN - Bor was working across the US on 10108 between 03:30 and 04:30Z.

9M6OO - SPRATLY ISLANDS - The gang expects to close shop today and move on to Brunei where they will operate V85OO.

9N1AA - NEPAL - Over the last 10 days or so Satish has been found on 10 meters SSB as early as 07:00 and as late as 14:00Z. QSL via N4AA.

9U5D - BURUNDI - West Coast DXers found Gus on 14083 around 04:30Z working RTTY. QSL via SM0BFJ.

KH4/W4ZYV - MIDWAY ISLAND - Dick was running freestyle on 21318 around 02:30Z. Later in the day he was found on a net on 21355 between 19:00 and 20:00Z. QSL via W4ZYV.

PY0FZM - FERNANDO DE NORONHA - This is Hardy, DL2HZM. He was very busy on 14025 between 20:00 and 23:30Z. QSL via home call.

S21YJ - BANGLADESH - Europeans and some JAs were working Stig on 28485 from 07:00 to 09:00Z. Then from 17:00 to 19:00 he was going to town on 14323. QSL via SM4AIO.

VQ9DX - DIEGO GARCIA - Start looking for Ron on 1828 from 22:00 until his sunrise (00:41Z). QSL via AA5DX.

XX9TRR - MACAO - Pertti continues to be active on 30 meters CW around 11:00Z. He is also active on 10 through 80 meters. QSL via N6XJ. ______

IOTA ______

The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AS-017 8J5JAG/1 21020 0633 NA-046 W1GAY 14260 2023 AS-018 RA0FN 28013 0733 NA-055 AK1L 28460 1432 AS-040 JH6TYD 28021 0118 NA-134 OX3LG 14260 2208 AS-051 9M6OO 7009 1240 OC-067 FO0AOI 28459 0031 AS-077 JG6XSG 21250 0130 OC-073 JD1BIC/JD1 18071 0858 EU-001 SV5FRD 14039 1739 OC-131 FO0DEH 14260 0657 EU-037 SM7DLZ 28462 1247 OC-148 YC4WIO 21220 1456 EU-047 DJ9IN 28436 1348 SA-003 PY0FZM 7004 2358 EU-052 SV1BRL/8 28453 1331

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 QSL ------17-Nov 18-Nov 1S 9M6OO 3-177 3-152 N2OO 17-Nov 5-Dec 3B8 3B8/F6HMJ 3-193 17-Nov 29-Nov 3W 3W6DK 3-205 3-180 N0ODK 17-Nov 22-Dec 3X 3XY2D 3-188 VE2DPS 17-Nov 18-Dec 9M6 9M6CT 3-200 HS0/G4JMB 17-Nov 10-Dec 9U 9U5D 3-176 SM0BFJ 17-Nov 23-Nov CX DL8GCS/CX 3-209 DL8GCS 17-Nov 20-Nov FO/M FO0AOI (OC-067) 3-173 F6AOI 17-Nov 20-Nov FO/M FO0SOU (OC-067) 3-173 F6AUS 17-Nov 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH (AF-008) 3-4 3-2 F6KDF 17-Nov 20-Dec FT5Z FT5ZJ 3-147 F2YT 17-Nov 5-Dec HS HS72A 3-194 HS1CKC 17-Nov 15-Dec KC4 KC4/WA1O 3-179 KA1CRP 17-Nov 4-Dec KH4 KH4/SM4FJY (OC-030) 3-133 SM6FJY 17-Nov 10-Jan KH4 KH4/W4ZYV (OC-030) 3-158 3-157 W4ZYV 17-Nov 21-Nov V4 V47DX 3-206 K1CN 17-Nov 18-Nov V4 V47GU V47BY 3-195 home calls 17-Nov 31-Dec XW XW2A 3-168 3-167 direct 17-Nov 30-Nov ZD8 ZD8A 3-207 N6CW ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for November 15, 1999 was 213.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for November 16, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------16-Nov-1999 21 233 12 3 High/Quiet-Active;Mod-High/Quiet-Active 16-Nov-1999 18 206 6 3 High/Quiet-Active;Mod-High/Quiet-Active 16-Nov-1999 15 206 6 1 High/Quiet-Active;Mod-High/Quiet-Active 16-Nov-1999 12 206 6 4 High/Quiet-Active;Mod-High/Quiet-Active 16-Nov-1999 09 206 6 2 Mod/Quiet;Mod/Quiet-Unsettled 16-Nov-1999 06 206 6 1 Mod/Quiet;Mod/Quiet-Unsettled 16-Nov-1999 03 206 6 1 Mod/Quiet;Mod/Quiet-Unsettled 16-Nov-1999 00 206 6 1 Mod/Quiet;Mod/Quiet-Unsettled

The forecast for Wednesday, November 17th: solar flux 195, A index 10, K index 2. Conditions should be Above Normal.

The forecast for Thursday, November 18th: solar flux 190, A index 15, K index 3. Conditions should be High Normal.

Solar images of the sun received for November 17, 1999 can be found at http://www.sel.noaa.gov/solar_images/1999_11/1999_11_17.html

Perhaps the most useful propagation page for Amateur Radio Operators can be found at http://dx.qsl.net/propagation/

Grey line map http://www.spiritweb.org/cgi/sunclock.cgi ______

QSL Info ______

The following QSL cards have recently been received. QSL information has been taken directly from the QSL cards of the stations listed below:

3A50R via 3A2LF 3D2HA via F6FNU 3W6AR Nguyen Bac Ai, 11 bis Nguyen Dinh Chieu Str., District 1, Ho Chi Minh City, VIET NAM 4K3OWA via RA1OA 5B4/RU3DX Eugene Pletnev, P. O. Box 33, Moscow 109240, RUSSIA 5B4/RZ3QU Alex Kalashnikov, P. O. Box 134, Voronezh 344000, RUSSIA 5B4/YL2KL Girt Budis, P. O. Box 19, LV-4035 Ainazi, LATVIA 5B4FL Nick Waite, Flat 203, Nitse St. Ria Court 5, CY-6028 Larnaka, CYPRUS 6K5REL Hak Seon Kim, 103/1701, Park Mansion Apt. #77, Doryang 2 dong, Kumi Kyungbuk 730-022, KOREA 6M0YC via HL5FXP 8Q7TV via F6BEE 9H3UJ via PA3CRA 9J2AM via JA0JHA 9K2BI Kuwait Boy Scout Association, P. O. Box 1741, Hawalli 32018, KUWAIT 9K2OD Osama H. al-Dashti, P. O. Box 33922, 73460 Rawdah, KUWAIT 9K2QA Ahmed J. R. Ali, P. O. Box 954, Hawally 32010, KUWAIT 9M2/JI1ETU Masaru Funakubo, 1B-15-01, Sunnyville Condo, Jalan Batu Uban, Glugor, 11700 Penang, MALAYSIA 9M6DU via N2OO 9M6MU via N2OO 9V1CP Leow Choo Phin, Block 383, Tampines St. 32, #08-23, Singapore 520383, REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE 9Y4ENG Edward Griffith, P. O. Box 1167, Port of Spain, TRINIDAD AP2N via KU9C BA1AJ Ken Sheng, 2-4-202 Debao Xinyuan, Xizhimen Wai, Beijing 100044, CHINA BA7IA P. O. Box 1239, Guangzhou 510630, CHINA BD6JW Cui Wen Jian, P. O. Box 074, Luoyang 471000, CHINA BG2OC Li Xiao An, 53 Jiguanglu Longshan, Liao Yuan, Jilin 136200, CHINA BG4AHF via BY4CA BI5D P. O. Box 1713, Guangzhou 510600, CHINA BV4QC Jenq Liaw, P. O. Box 922, Taichung, TAIWAN BY4CA Kiangming Middle School Amateur Radio Club, P. O. Box 020- 002, Shanghai 200020, CHINA BY4CJA The First Central Primary School of Jing An District, P. O. Box 040-002, Shanghai 200040, CHINA BY7KS Children and Youth Amateur Radio Station, Dong Guan Middle School, Dong Guan, Guangdong 523005, CHINA CT3/OH3RB Kari Ahokas, Tammikatu 6, FIN-37120 Nokia, FINLAND CU9AC Joao Medeiros Camara, Rua da Matriz, P-9980 Vila do Corvo, Acores, PORTUGAL DS1LBT Keum-Rae Kim, 102 Kwangdug-Villa, Bongchun 10-dong, Kwanak- gu, Seoul 151-060, KOREA DS2JJV Young-Hwan Choi, 236-27, Sang-dong, Wonmi-gu, Buchon, Kyonggi 420-030, KOREA DS3BGI In Chul Jeon, 96-5, Aejung-Ri, Inji-Myon, Deosan, Chungnam 352-880, KOREA DS3COH Choi Yun-Tae, P. O. Box 2, Poun 376-800, KOREA DS3DGA Jung-Won Yum, 3-1002 Soojung Twon APT, 909 Tunsan-dong, Seo- Gu, Taejon 302-173, KOREA DS4DGQ Lee Jun Heayn, Motown, 4-6 Ongoum-dong, Mokpo, Chonnam 530- 020, KOREA DS5CZO Seo Gyeong Yeol, P. O. Box 26, Masan City 630-600, KOREA DS5LEE Lee Dae-Seong, 213-1303 Jugong APT, 53 Gaegum 3-dong, Pusanjin, Pusan 614-113, KOREA DS5RUT Hyoung Suk Yoo, 35, Kum Rak 2 Lee, Hayang Eup, Kyoungsan City, Kyoung Buk 712-900, KOREA DS5YEU Kyu Young Cho, 6-505 Jugong APT, 1022 Duho-Ding, Buk-Gu, Pohang, Kyungbuk 791-110, KOREA DL5VJ/DU1 Claus J. Karthe, P. O. Box 3771 MCPO, 1229 Makati, MM, Philippines DU2GMR Gelcio M. de los Reyes, 44 Quezon Blvd., POB., Sur, Bayambang, Pangasinan 2423, PHILIPPINES C4W via 5B4WN CN8WW via DJ9MH CU8/CT1AHU Carlos Moreira, P. O. Box 56, 2735-901 Cacerr, PORTUGAL D99ARDF via HL0HQ DU67HBC Akihiro Tsubokawa, 1501B Valencia Hills Condominium, N. Domingo St. corner Varencia St., Quezon City, MM, PHILIPPINES E20HHK Kriangkrai Suriyakrai, P. O. Box 1090, Kasetsart. Bangkok 10903, THAILAND EM1LV via UR8LV ET3VSC Claudio Vascotto, P. O. Box 20011, Addis Abeba, ETHIOPIA EZ0AB via UA4FAO FK/F6BUM via F2VX FK8GN Alain Guy Allegret, B. P. 133, F-98850 Koumac, FRANCE FO0CLA via F6LQJ H2E via SM0TGG HH2SJR via EA5DLC HJ5JKQ Marco Fidel Rengifo H., P. O. Box 3044, Cali, COLOMBIA HL0IHQ KARL Inchon Branch, P. O. Box 375, Nam Inchon 405-600, KOREA HL1TXQ P. O. Box 24, Chung Rang, Seoul 131-600, KOREA HL2IXZ Bae Kab Tae, Sungji-Apt 103-507, 91-68, Sosabon 2-dong, Puchon 422-232, KOREA HL3QJN Oh Chang-Su, 108-506 Kaojugong APT, Kao-Dong, Tong-Gu, Teajon 300-050, KOREA HL4CBX Sang-Ha Youn, 957-3, Munhnug 1-dong, Puk-Gu, Kwangju 500- 110, KOREA HS0GBI Cherdchai Yiwlek, P. O. Box 9, Maptaphut I. E., Rayong 21151, THAILAND HS0ZCW via K4VUD HS6PAU Paisan Phanthanyakit, 201/1 M. 3 Nakhonderd, Srinakhon, Sukhothai 64180, THAILAND J37VG via AA1IZ J42FD via SV2DCD JT1FAJ via JA0HC JT1FAK via JR0CGJ JT1FAL via JA0IXW JT1FCS via JR0BQT JT1FCT via JA0EJ JY9NX via JH7FQK KG4AS Tip Strickland, 206 76th St., Virginia Beach, VA 23451 KH2PC Alfred Paja, 77 Banyan Circle, Dededo, GU 96912 W5RXP/KH3 Rich Kellner, 4496 Ridgeway Dr., Los Alamos, NM 87544 K7ASU/KH9 Terry Hoffart, 6605 South McKemy St., Tempe, AZ 85283 LX1BY Marcel Bernardy, 3, Am. Zeep, L-7415 Brouch, LUXEMBOURG LX1EK Germaine Knabe, 25, rue Basse, L-4415 Soleuvre, LUXEMBOURG LX1JH Jean-Marie Juchemes, Hauptstr. 2, L-6869 Wecker, LUXEMBOURG LX1SID Denis Siebenaler, 40, rue Oscar Romero, L-3321 Berchem, LUXEMBOURG LX2AK Alfred Knabe, 25, rue Basse, L-4415 Soleuvre, LUXEMBOURG LX9SW via K7PT OE5D via OE5UAL OG5F via OH1VR OH3X via OH3NE OJ0/K7BV via KU9C OJ0J via OH0RJ ON50BDX via ON7RN ON50RAT via ON6DP OT7P via ON7RN OT8A via ON5UM OT8K via ON4ON OT8P via ON7RN OT8U via ON7TK P29VHX via DJ9HX PR2G via PT2ADM R1MV via OH2BR R1MVA via OH2BR SN6F via SP6ECA SV0LX George Mappouras, 10 Demetratou str., Paleo Faliro, GR-175 64 Athens, GREECE SV1BSX Mak Matiatos, P. O. Box 75039, GR-176 10 Athens, GREECE SV1EDY Apostolos Bourousis, 1 Anaximandrou Str., GR-116 33 Athens, GREECE SV1ELF George Sofronas, 8 Morfeos Street, GR-121 35 Peristeri, GREECE SV2BZQ George Foltopoulos, Komninon 4, GR-570 08 Ionia, Thessaloniki, GREECE SV2CWY Chris Dimitrakopoulos, P. O. Box 401 30, GR-560 00 Thessaloniki, GREECE SV2DCD Leo Fiskas, Argyriou Gouzgou 1 GR-522 00, GREECE SV3DVW Nasos Trifonopoulos, P. O. Box 1343, GR-261 10 Patra, GREECE T30W Willie K. Maen, P. O. Box 473, Betio, Tarawa, KIRIBATI T42DX via EA4CP T88JJ via JA3ART T88X via JE2PCY TF7KX via K1WY TN7OT via AL7OT UE0LEZ via UA0MF US8U via UT5UUF V26O via N5NJ V29DG via K4DLG V31GI via PA3GIO VK0TS via VK1DX VO1AA via VO1HE VP2MDD via M0AEP VP8LGT Jane Cameron, Cape Pembroke Lighthouse, FALKLAND ISLANDS VR2GW Dominic Ho, G. P. O. Box 7191, Hong Kong, CHINA VR2JK Chow, P. O. Box 88421, Hong Kong, CHINA VU2RRN R. Raju Naidu, 319, Third Block, Rajajinagar, Bangalore 560 010, INDIA VU3LBF Dr. B. S. Patil, 1, Medini Apartment, Tidke Colony, Nasik 422 002, INDIA XX9SC Choi Sio Man, P. O. Box 6018, MACAU XX9TUP via JM3DTY YB0CBI Ferry Soedjana, P. O. Box 8075 JKSTB, Jakarta 12080, INDONESIA YB1CS Agus Krisnadi, Jl. Sangkuriang 47A, Bandung 40135, INDONESIA YC1FIH H. Ismar Lewan, P. O. Box 123, Tasikmalaya 46101, INDONESIA YC4TRY via W4JS YC8EBW Tonny Jongingkriwang, P. O. Box 1614, Makasar 90014, INDONESIA YM0S via DL6DB YX1D via YV1DIG ZD9HGW via GM6HGW ZF2LC via W2SM ZF2SO via WB2CZB ZK1AAN via F6FNU ZK1AXA via ON5AX ZK1CRR via F6FNU ZK2JJ via VK4AAR ZK2PJ via VK4AAR ZP7FRA Luis Alberto Rebori, P. O. Box 25, 3300 Coronel Oviedo, PARAGUAY ZV0SB via PT2GTI ZV0SW via PT2GTI ZV8O via PV8DX ZZ2Z via PY2YP ______

On the WWW ______

The 3C0R logs will not be on the WWW as it was just too much to type all calls into the computer. However they do have a page to request a manual look up on any contacts which were a little questionable. Remember if you ask they have to manually do this and it will slow down the process of everyone else getting their QSL cards so only the real questionable one at http://web.jet.es/lynx/annobon/log.htm.

The official Luxembourg Callbook can be found at http://lx0.restena.lu/~rl/m_callbook.htm. ______

Credits ______

Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 3D2IO, AD1C, EA5BY, JA0SC, K2FF, K3ZO, K5YG, K6ANP, KF8OY, KH6BZF Reports, KL9A, LX1SIX, N7NG, NOAA, W6KUT, W7ND, W9KNI ______

Subscriptions ______

DX News ______

Perhaps the biggest news yesterday was the fact that Alan, VK0LD, on Macquarie Island was found on 14225 at 08:40Z. He had a good signal into Japan. Macquarie ranks number 9 on the ARRL's Most Want List. Rumor has it that he plans to be active on December 1st at 12:00Z on 14003. Don't be surprised to see him before this.

Japanese DXer Hide, JM1LJS, announced yesterday he will once again be in Pohnpei, Micronesia between December 26th and January 4th. Look for him to use V63LJ on 10 through 80 meters CW and SSB until at least December 31st. His license terminates then and he hopes to be able to renew. If so he will remain active his entire trip. QSL via JH8DEH, Akira Miyata, 4-28-5, Minami Nishi 23 Jyou, Obihiro 080-2473, JAPAN.

A group from the Bavarian Contest Club (BCC) plan to be active as a multi-single during the CQ World Wide CW DX Contest from Denmark. Operators include DJ9RR, DJ7LX, DL8HCO, DK3LT and DL1HCM. The team will be using OZ/DJ9RR and will start up on November 23rd. QSL via DJ9RR.

The B.I.G. (Brando Island Group) Contest Station in Aland Island, OH0R, will be active during the CQ World Wide CW DX Contest with, if possible, even better signals than ever before due to newly installed antennas. The team of members from the Contest Club of Finland, consisting of OH2TA/OH0TA, DL1EFD and DL3KDV, will participate in the multi-single category. QSL OH0R via OH2TA.

Starting December 8th Fred, K4LQ, will be in the Providenciales and be active as VP5/K4LQ. He will be there until December 15 and plans to operate as VP5W, along with Bruce, W4OV, during the ARRL 10 Meter Contest.

Look for a multi-single effort from P3A on Cyprus in the CQ World Wide CW DX Contest. Russian operators RA9JX, RZ3TX, RZ9UA, UA3DPX and UA3TJ will man the station this year. QSL via W3HNK.

Dick Phelps, N4RP, plans on being active in the CQ WW CW DX Contest as C6AKP from Bimini (NA-048). He will be in the single-op all band low power category, using wire antennas and a ground plane on the roof of his cottage. Look for him to be active on CW before the contest, starting as soon as he can after his arrival late on November 19th. QSL to R. Phelps N4RP, 2805 Casita Way Apt 115, Delray Beach, FL 33445- 4574.

Richard, K3IPK, will once again be leaving for Senegal on November 20th. Look for him before and after the CQ World Wide CW DX Contest as 6W6/K3IPK and during the main event he will use 6V6U. QSL all via K3IPK.

Edwin, ZS5BBO, reminds everyone he will be in Malawi as 7Q7BO from December 19th to 26th. He says QSL requests must go direct with $2.00 to Edwin Musto, P.O. Box 211032, Bluff, 4036, South Africa. ______

QSN ______

3W6DK - VIETNAM - First time DXpeditioner Mike was very busy on 14195 listening up between 18:00 and 21:00Z. QSL via N0ODK.

9M6OO - SPRATLY ISLANDS - The guys closed down at their sunrise today. Next stop V85OO in Brunei. They may also help put V8SEA on the air at the SEANET Convention.

FP5AP - PIRATE - This station was active yesterday on 10 meters giving W3HNK as the QSL manager. Joe says save your money and time, as he knows nothing about this joker.

HZ1HZ - SAUDI ARABIA - Was checking out the 80 meter band yesterday between 22:00 and 23:00Z on 3504.

KH4/W4ZYV - MIDWAY ISLAND - Dick says to look for him between 7075 and 7100 from 06:00 to 12:00Z. QSL via W4ZYV.

UN0N - KAZAKHISTAN - Vlad likes 40 meters SSB between 22:00 and 01:00Z. He does listen up for US stations. QSL via IK2QPR.

VY1BE - CANADA - Brian says he will put in a few hours in the Sweepstakes this weekend from this rare section. Look for him on 10 meters.

YI2CL - PIRATE - This station has been active saying his name is Nadir and located in Baghdad. He has been giving WA3HUP as his QSL manager however Mary Ann says she knows nothing of this station. Save your time and money, don't work this pirate. ______

IOTA ______

The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------EU-021 TF3GC 28480 1528 NA-055 WB1BQJ 28032 1245 EU-033 LA4MQ 14196 1653 OC-045 AH8A 14242 1607 EU-037 SM7DLZ 28459 1229 OC-067 FO0AOI 14259 0754 EU-047 DJ9IN 28457 1013 OC-067 FO0SOU 28010 1751

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 QSL ------18-Nov 5-Dec 3B8 3B8/F6HMJ 3-193 18-Nov 20-Nov 3D2 3D2IO 3-210 DL7VRO 18-Nov 29-Nov 3W 3W6DK 3-205 3-180 N0ODK 18-Nov 22-Dec 3X 3XY2D 3-188 VE2DPS 18-Nov 18-Dec 9M6 9M6CT 3-200 HS0/G4JMB 18-Nov 10-Dec 9U 9U5D 3-176 SM0BFJ 18-Nov 23-Nov CX DL8GCS/CX 3-209 DL8GCS 18-Nov 24-Nov FO FO0MAC 3-210 18-Nov 20-Nov FO/M FO0AOI (OC-067) 3-173 F6AOI 18-Nov 20-Nov FO/M FO0SOU (OC-067) 3-173 F6AUS 18-Nov 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH (AF-008) 3-4 3-2 F6KDF 18-Nov 20-Dec FT5Z FT5ZJ 3-147 F2YT 18-Nov 5-Dec HS HS72A 3-194 HS1CKC 18-Nov 15-Dec KC4 KC4/WA1O 3-179 KA1CRP 18-Nov 4-Dec KH4 KH4/SM4FJY (OC-030) 3-133 SM6FJY 18-Nov 10-Jan KH4 KH4/W4ZYV (OC-030) 3-158 3-157 W4ZYV 18-Nov 21-Nov V4 V47DX 3-206 K1CN 18-Nov 18-Nov V4 V47GU V47BY 3-195 home calls 18-Nov 24-Nov V8 V85OO 3-177 3-152 N2OO 18-Nov 21-Nov V8 V85TG 3-192 JH3GAH 18-Nov 29-Nov VP2M VP2MGU 3-195 home call 18-Nov 31-Dec XW XW2A 3-168 3-167 direct 18-Nov 30-Nov ZD8 ZD8A 3-207 N6CW ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for November 16, 1999 was 231.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for November 17, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------17-Nov-1999 21 221 12 3 High/Quiet-Unsettled;Mod-High/Quiet- Unsettled 17-Nov-1999 18 233 11 3 High/Quiet-Unsettled;Mod-High/Quiet- Unsettled 17-Nov-1999 15 233 11 3 High/Quiet-Unsettled;Mod-High/Quiet- Unsettled 17-Nov-1999 12 233 11 2 High/Quiet-Unsettled;Mod-High/Quiet- Active 17-Nov-1999 09 233 11 3 Mod/Quiet-Active;Mod-High/Quiet-Active 17-Nov-1999 06 233 11 2 High/Quiet-Active;Mod-High/Quiet-Active 17-Nov-1999 03 233 11 2 High/Quiet-Active;Mod-High/Quiet-Active 17-Nov-1999 00 233 11 1 High/Quiet-Active;Mod-High/Quiet-Active

A major flare occurred at 09:57Z on November 17th.

The forecast for Thursday, November 18th: solar flux 215, A index 12, K index 3. Conditions should be High Normal.

The forecast for Friday, November 19th: solar flux 200, A index 20, K index 3. Conditions should be High Normal.

Solar images of the sun received for November 18, 1999 can be found at http://www.sel.noaa.gov/solar_images/1999_11/1999_11_18.html

Perhaps the most useful propagation page for Amateur Radio Operators can be found at http://dx.qsl.net/propagation/

Grey line map http://www.spiritweb.org/cgi/sunclock.cgi ______

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Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------3W6DK N0ODK AH8A AC7DX PY0FZM DL2HZM 4S7OF K0JN DL8GCS/CX DL8GCS R1AND NT2X 9M6OO N2OO FT5ZJ F2YT R1ANZ RU1ZC A43IB A47RS PY0FA PY4KL YN6HM N5TGZ

RK6LXL - Club station, P.O. Box 59,

Joe, W3HNK, says he is now the QSL manager for YB0JWA.

Hide, JM1LJS, says the QSL cards for his recent Palestine and Israel operations are still at the printers.

QSL cards recently received direct: 3W5FM, 5A30, 5N0ZKD, 9X0A, A35SO, BA7IA/7, C91LCK, CE0AA, CY9CWI, CY9RF, OJ0/K7BV, S92YN, T24DX, T30R, T33RD, UN4P, VO1XC, ZB2FK, ZV0SB ______

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Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: DL1HCM, G4BUE, JA1ADN, JM1LJS, KA1CSL, KH6BZF Reports, KI6T, N3NT, NOAA, NT5C, OE-1002419, OH2TA, RA3DNC, UN7FZ, W3FG, W3HNK, W7IAN, WA2VRF, WA3HUP, ZS5BBO ______

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The Italian group going to Chad during late November and early December had to postpone their trip due to the rainy season and the inability to travel amongst the different missions. Hopefully they will be able to try again in March 2000.

Omari, 4L5O, will operate single band 10 meters in the CQ World Wide CW DX Contest. QSL via Omari Odoshashvili, P.O. Box 0 (zero), 380002 Tbilisi, REP. OF GEORGIA.

Special event station 9A10CRO will be active during 2000 to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the Democratic State of Croatia. QSL via 9A7K.

OPDX reports that Andy, RW3AH, will be in Kosovo for the next 2 years and expects to be active as YU8/9X0A. Remember Kosovo has not been added to the DXCC list as of yet.

Uruguayan station CX5O will be active as a multi-single in this coming weekend's CQ WW CW DX Contest. Operators Mariana (YL), CX1JJ, Eduardo, CX1JK, Daniel, CX3JE and Hugo, CX1JM will be manning the station. QSL via the bureau or direct to P.O. Box 68164, 50000 Salto, URUGUAY.

Congratulations to the following elected officers and board members of The North East Wisconsin DX Association:

President George Croy, W9MDP Vice President Mark Michel, W9OP Secretary Tom Prust, N9WI Treasurer Robert Kallio, N9NUP Membership John Meyer, NZ9Z Member at Large Mike Lawrence, N9UA Member at Large David Jaeger, WN9Q Past President Skip Caswell, KE9LK

The Guam Contest Club will once again be active in the CQ WW CW DX Contest as a multi-single. During the contest they will use AH2R. Before and after the contest look for activity from JI3ERVV/NH2C, JG3RPL/N1BJ, JR7OMD/WI3O and JH0USD. QSL AH2R via JI3ERV.

Bob, HJ3PXA, says to look for him this weekend on 10, 15, 40 and 80 meters only in the CQ WW CW DX Contest. He also said "I QSL 100 % via the bureau to everybody I haven't worked before and direct request are answered ASAP."

Once again Martin, VE3MR, will be spending his Winter on the island of Aruba. He will use P49MR from December through April and will be active mostly on 12 and 17 meters SSB. QSL via VE3MR in Canada or if you are in a hurry to Martin Rosenthal, P.O. Box 4069, Noord, ARUBA.

Members of the OKDXF plan to operate from Lebanon during the CQ WW CW DX Contest this weekend. Look for station OD5/OK1MU during the contest. Operators include Slavek, OK1TN, Vladimir, OK1CW and Pavel, OK1MU. QSL via OKDXF, Bradlec 73, 293 06 Kosmonosy, CZECH REPUBLIC. ______

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4L1BR - GEORGIA - Shalva likes 20 meter RTTY starting around 03:30Z.

EY8XX - TAJIKISTAN - Vlad has been showing up on 20 meters CW just before 03:00Z. QSL via GW3CDP.

TZ6YV - MALI - This is Gene, K7YV (ex ZA5B and TL8NG), who is now in Bamako and active on CW and SSB. QSL via WA1ECA.

UN0N - KAZAKHISTAN - Vlad likes 40 meters SSB between 22:00 and 01:00Z. He does listen up for US stations. QSL via IK2QPR.

UN5PR - KAZAKHISTAN - Look for Romeo most days on 20 meters RTTY around 03:00Z.

VQ9DX - DIEGO GARCIA - Start looking for Ron on 1828 from 22:00 until his sunrise (00:41Z). QSL via AA5DX. ______

IOTA ______

The following IOTA stations were active Sunday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AS-032 JA6CTW 28472 0859 EU-037 SM7DLZ 28463 1302 AS-032 JA6LCJ/6 24910 1000 EU-038 PA3EKZ/P 3720 1000 AS-032 JI3DST/6 21260 0900 NA-047 VY0TA 10108 2151 AS-078 JA8BGR 14040 1334 NA-065 N6FD/7 24950 0038 EU-016 9A2GF 21302 0739 NA-120 K5PP/P 10111 0445 EU-016 9A4VV 14017 1559 OC-088 9M6QQ 14260 1750 EU-021 TF8GX 14260 0046 OC-131 FO0DEH 24947 2338 EU-033 LA9OFA 28421 0951 OC-133 9M6NA 3506 2101

Burt, PA3GIO, plans to be active from Jersey (EU-013) from December 11th to 16th. Look for him to be using GJ/PA3GIO/P or /M on 10, 12, 15, 17, 20, 40 and 80 meters. He prefers that you QSL via the PA bureau. A web page can be found at http://www.xs4all.nl/~pa3gio/GJ99/.

John, PA3FDO, plans to be active from Ameland Island (EU-038) from December 10th to 13th. This will include an effort in the ARRL 10 Meter 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 QSL ------23-Nov 5-Dec 3B8 3B8/F6HMJ 3-193 F6HMJ 23-Nov 26-Nov 3D2/R 3D2AO/R 3D2IO/R 3-212 3-210 DL7VRO 23-Nov 29-Nov 3W 3W6DK 3-205 3-180 N0ODK 23-Nov 22-Dec 3X 3XY2D 3-188 VE2DPS 23-Nov 26-Nov 6W 6W6/K3IPK 3-211 K3IPK 23-Nov 30-Nov 8P 8P9HT 3-170 K4BAI 23-Nov 18-Dec 9M6 9M6CT 3-200 HS0/G4JMB 23-Nov 28-Nov 9M6 9M6NA 3-207 JE1JKL 23-Nov 25-Nov 9M6 9M8TG 3-192 JH3GAH 23-Nov 10-Dec 9U 9U5D 3-176 SM0BFJ 23-Nov 30-Nov A6 A61AJ 3-212 3-193 W3UR 23-Nov 2-Dec C6 by N7NU K7AR WJ7R W7RR 3-189 23-Nov 28-Nov C6 C6AKP 3-211 N4RP 23-Nov 30-Nov C6 WA3WSJ/C6A (NA-080) 3-148 WA3WSJ 23-Nov 26-Nov C6 ND6S/C6A ND6S 23-Nov 23-Nov CX DL8GCS/CX 3-209 DL8GCS 23-Nov 6-Dec F TM5CW F6SJB 23-Nov 24-Nov FO FO0MAC 3-210 23-Nov 31-Dec FT5W FT5WH (AF-008) 3-4 3-2 F6KDF 23-Nov 20-Dec FT5Z FT5ZJ 3-147 F2YT 23-Nov 3-Dec GD GD4UOL 3-204 G4UOL 23-Nov 30-Nov H4 by K1XM and KQ1F 3-199 home calls 23-Nov 7-Dec HS HS0ZCY 3-196 WB4FNH 23-Nov 5-Dec HS HS72A 3-194 HS1CKC 23-Nov 23-Nov JA JI3DST (AS-032) 3-146 3-76 JI3DST 23-Nov 15-Dec KC4 KC4/WA1O 3-179 KA1CRP 23-Nov 4-Dec KH4 KH4/SM4FJY (OC-030) 3-133 SM6FJY 23-Nov 10-Jan KH4 KH4/W4ZYV (OC-030) 3-158 3-157 W4ZYV 23-Nov 27-Nov P2 P29BI (OC-135) 3-212 VK4EJ 23-Nov 28-Nov P4 P40E 3-168 W3HNK 23-Nov 29-Nov P4 P40W 3-200 N2MM 23-Nov 1-Dec PJ2 PJ4B - lots of operators 3-187 3-167 K2SB 23-Nov 4-Dec S9 S92CW S92DX 3-201 DL5OBZ 23-Nov 26-Nov V2 V26K V26KW 3-163 AA3B K3TEJ 23-Nov 24-Nov V8 V85OO 3-177 3-152 N2OO 23-Nov 29-Nov VP2M VP2MGU 3-195 home call 23-Nov 25-Nov VP2M VP2MKW 3-187 K3TEJ 23-Nov 5-Dec XU XU7AAV 3-191 G4ZVJ 23-Nov 31-Dec XW XW2A 3-168 3-167 direct 23-Nov 1-Dec YV YV7 lots of US stations 3-199 23-Nov 30-Nov ZD8 ZD8A 3-207 N6CW 23-Nov 6-Dec ZP ZP6/N3BNA 3-169 ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for November 21, 1999 was 210.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for November 22, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------22-Nov-1999 18 210 16 3 Mod/Quiet-Active;Mod/Quiet-Active 22-Nov-1999 15 210 16 4 Mod/Quiet-Active;Mod/Quiet-Active 22-Nov-1999 12 210 16 3 Mod/Quiet-Minor Storm;Mod/Quiet-Active 22-Nov-1999 09 210 16 1 Mod/Quiet-Minor Storm;Mod/Quiet-Active 22-Nov-1999 06 210 16 1 Mod/Quiet-Minor Storm;Mod/Quiet-Active 22-Nov-1999 03 210 16 3 Mod/Quiet-Minor Storm;Mod/Quiet-Active 22-Nov-1999 00 210 16 3 Mod/Quiet-Minor Storm;Mod/Quiet-Active

Date Solar Flux A index K index 1999 Nov 23 185 18 3 High Normal 1999 Nov 24 170 18 3 High Normal 1999 Nov 25 160 12 3 High Normal 1999 Nov 26 150 8 3 High Normal 1999 Nov 27 150 12 3 High Normal 1999 Nov 28 150 10 3 High Normal

Solar images of the sun received for November 23, 1999 can be found at http://www.sel.noaa.gov/solar_images/1999_11/1999_11_23.html

Perhaps the most useful propagation page for Amateur Radio Operators can be found at http://dx.qsl.net/propagation/

Grey line map http://www.spiritweb.org/cgi/sunclock.cgi ______

QSL Info ______

Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------4S7OF K0JN HV4NAC IK0FVC V8SEA JA0AD 5N9CEN IV3VBM KH0/JH4RLY JH4RLY VE8JR KL7JR 9G1MR IK3HHX KH2/K4ANA W2PS XU7AAV G4ZVJ 9M6OO DF5UG OX3LG OZ1ACB ZD8A N6CW 9M8TG JH3GAH OY2H I2MQP

QSL cards recently received direct: 5H3US, YK1AO ______

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Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 425 DX News, HJ3PXA, K3RR, KH6BZF Reports, NOAA, OPDX, The 59(9) DX Report ______

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Eight members of the International Amateur Radio Volunteers (IARV) will once again go to Mauritania. They will be working on an emergency medical radio network in some remote cities in this West African nation. The group will be there from December 13th to 20th and have been authorized to operate as 5T5U. Ray, HS0/G3NOM, is a spokesman for the group and says, "They will operate mainly WARC-bands including 10 MHz, 28 MHz FM (29.260) as well as 6m band (50.115 MHz - beacon)." QSL via JA1UT.

Need Guernsey Island? Well look for Jim, G0OFE, to be active as GU0OFE from December 8th to 13th. His emphasis will be in the ARRL 10 Meter Contest on December 11th and 12th. QSL via G0OFE.

The North Jersey DX Association (NJDXA) officers for 2000 are as follows:

President Bill Hudzik, W2UDT Vice-President John Sawina, NA2R Secretary Steve Adell, KF2TI Treasurer Gene Ingraham, N2BIM W2 Incoming Bureau Chief Ron Levy, K2CO Assistant Bureau Chief Fred Hoffert, NA2U

For more information about this club check out their web site at http://njdxa.org/.

Glenn, W0GJ, plans to operate the ARRL 10 Meter Contest from the Cayman Islands as ZF2RT. He'll be there from December 8th to 14th and will operate all bands and modes before and after the contest. QSL via W0GJ. ______

Silent Key ______

Hartmut, DL2HZM, passed away while on the island of Fernando de Noronha. He had been active as PY0ZFM. His brother Gerd, DL5WX, and Dietmar, DL2HWA, will go to the island to collect Hartmut's belongings. QSL cards for PY0FZM will be taken care of by DL3XM. All other past operations by Hartmut will be handled by DL9WVM. ______

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3A/VA3EU - MONACO - Was working all across the US on 10108 between 03:00 and 04:30Z yesterday.

3V8BB - TUNISIA - Several West Coast US stations found Hrane on 28023 from 15:30 to 16:30Z. QSL this operation via YT1AD.

9U5D - BURUNDI - Gus was doing a little CW on 14035 Wednesday starting around 04:20Z for about one hour. QSL via SM0BFJ.

A61AJ - UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - Yesterday some of the remaining operators put in a few more hours on 12, 17 and 30 meters. QSL via W3UR.

AP2/WA2WYR - PIRATE - Late yesterday someone was playing games with this call on 40 meters CW. Don't waste your time and money on a QSL from this one!

FT5WH - CROZET ISLAND - Gilles expects to go QRT on December 6th after being on this remote island for the last 12 months.

FT5ZJ - AMSTERDAM ISLAND - Michal expects to leave the island around December 15th. He showed up on 14115 just before 18:00Z. QSL via F2YT.

JT1CO - MONGOLIA - 80 meter DXers found Chak on SSB between 12:15 and 14:00Z.

SV2ASP/A - MOUNT ATHOS - Monk Apollo came up on 14190 just after 19:00Z.

XU7AAV - CAMBODIA - Andy was reported as follows:

GMT Frequencies GMT Frequencies ------00 18077, 24905 11 7007 01 18077 12 14026 02 14010, 18077 13 14026 03 14010 14 14026 06 21027 15 3507 7007 14027 07 24903 28027 16 3502 08 28027 22 3507 09 21027 28027 23 3507 28027 10 10107 ______

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The following IOTA stations were active Saturday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AS-018 RA0FW 28007 2224 EU-037 SM7DLZ 28514 1426 AS-032 JA6CTW 24945 0958 EU-057 DL4PM 14260 1024 AS-040 JH6TYD 28011 0857 EU-116 GD4UOL 24895 1340 EU-004 EA6AEI 14260 1523 NA-029 VY2CK 21260 1507 EU-016 9A2G 14259 1908 NA-046 W1GAY 14260 1759 EU-020 SM1BIQ 21260 1318

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 QSL ------2-Dec 5-Dec 3B8 3B8/F6HMJ 3-193 F6HMJ 2-Dec 6-Dec 3D2 3D2HY 3-210 JA0SC 2-Dec 9-Dec 3D2 3D2AO 3D2IO 3-212 DL7VRO 2-Dec 22-Dec 3X 3XY2D 3-188 VE2DPS 2-Dec 25-Dec 4S by DL7FER 3-208 DL7FER 2-Dec 9-Dec 6Y G3XAQ/6Y5 3-203 2-Dec 18-Dec 9M6 9M6CT 3-200 HS0/G4JMB 2-Dec 10-Dec 9U 9U5D 3-176 SM0BFJ 2-Dec 2-Dec C6 by N7NU K7AR WJ7R W7RR 3-189 2-Dec 3-Dec C6 ND6S/C6A ND6S 2-Dec 6-Dec F TM5CW F6SJB 2-Dec 8-Dec FS by W2QM W2JB and 1 other 3-144 2-Dec 8-Dec FS North Jersey DX Association 3-206 2-Dec 6-Dec FT5W FT5WH (AF-008) 3-4 3-2 F6KDF 2-Dec 20-Dec FT5Z FT5ZJ 3-147 F2YT 2-Dec 3-Dec GD GD4UOL 3-204 G4UOL 2-Dec 14-Dec HC HC1MD HC1MD/HC7 3-173 K8LJG 2-Dec 3-Dec HI HI3JH 3-158 AD4Z 2-Dec 7-Dec HS HS0ZCY 3-196 WB4FNH 2-Dec 5-Dec HS HS72A 3-194 HS1CKC 2-Dec 15-Dec KC4 KC4/WA1O 3-179 KA1CRP 2-Dec 4-Dec KH4 KH4/SM4FJY (OC-030) 3-133 SM6FJY 2-Dec 10-Jan KH4 KH4/W4ZYV (OC-030) 3-158 3-157 W4ZYV 2-Dec 31-Jan P2 P2000K 3-184 P29PB 2-Dec 4-Dec S9 S92CW S92DX 3-201 DL5OBZ 2-Dec 2-Dec SV5 SV5/G4OBK SV5/G4RCG 3-179 home calls 2-Dec 5-Dec XU XU7AAV 3-191 G4ZVJ 2-Dec 3-Dec XV XV7SW SM3CXS 2-Dec 31-Dec XW XW2A 3-168 3-167 direct 2-Dec 2-Dec XX9 XX9TDX 3-203 SM0GNU 2-Dec 6-Dec ZP ZP6/N3BNA 3-169 ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for November 30, 1999 was 127.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for December 1, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------1-Dec-1999 21 165 3 1 Low/Quiet;Low/Quiet 1-Dec-1999 18 163 7 1 Low/Quiet;Low/Quiet 1-Dec-1999 15 163 7 1 Low/Quiet;Low/Quiet 1-Dec-1999 12 163 7 1 Low/Quiet;Low/Quiet 1-Dec-1999 09 163 7 0 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet 1-Dec-1999 06 163 7 0 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet 1-Dec-1999 03 163 7 2 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 1-Dec-1999 00 163 7 1 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Unsettled

The forecast for Thursday, December 2nd: solar flux 160, A index 5, K index 2. Conditions should be Above Normal.

The forecast for Friday, December 3rd: solar flux 170, A index 5, K index 2. Conditions should be Above Normal.

Solar images of the sun received for December 2, 1999 can be found at http://www.sel.noaa.gov/solar_images/1999_12/1999_12_02.html

Perhaps the most useful propagation page for Amateur Radio Operators can be found at http://dx.qsl.net/propagation/

Grey line map http://www.spiritweb.org/cgi/sunclock.cgi ______

QSL Info ______

Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------3A/VA3EU VA3EU GD4UOL G4UOL T32PO N5PO 3B8/F6HMJ F6HMJ H44MX KQ1F TM1JMS F8JZR 3F1AC HP1AC H44YL KQ1F TM2TLT F5LHH 3V8BB YT1AD K7AR/C6A K7AR V26KW K3TEJ 3V8ST DL1BDF MJ0AWR K2WR VO2WL K3TM 5C8M DL6FBL PY0ZFO W9VA WJ7R/C6A WJ7R 8P9EU K1TO R1AND NT2X XU7AAV G4ZVJ 8P9HT K4BAI R1ANZ RU1ZC XX9TDX SM0GNU 9H3MH DJ9MH S92CW DL5OBZ ZF2AM K6AM 9M6RIT G4SHF SV5/G4RCG G4RCG ZF2NE W5ASP A61AJ W3UR T32BO N5RG

QSL cards recently received direct: A35SO, BV4QW, BV5GQ, E4/JA8RUZ, F5SNY/P (EU-157), FO0SUC, GD3AHV, JL1KFR/JD1, JW4CJA, K7IL/KH0, KH0T, N6IC (NA-066), P29BI, P40HQ, R1MVA, TJ1JD, TZ6YV ______

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Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: F5NOD, G3PMR, G3GHY, HS0/G3NOM, JR2BNF, K3AIR, KH6BZF Reports, ND0J, NOAA, OE-1002419, QRZ DX, W5OZI, W9OP ______

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Today's biggest news is the expectancy of Alan, VK0LD, on 20 meters CW today. He will be transmitting on 14003 and listening on 14008. Alan will be looking for the following areas today at the following times.

GMT Area 10:00-11:00 JA, HL, BV, UA0 only 11:00-12:00 Europe only (including UA9's) 12:00-13:00 USA, VE, South America & Africa only

More than likely he will go by call areas. Listen to what he says as he will go QRT if the pileup gets out of hand. QSL cards will not be handled until after he has returned to the mainland after his year tour. More news about VK0LD will be sent out in a separate e-mail today.

Bernhard, DL2GAC (VU2BMS, H44MS, H40MS) will once again be in the Pacific at the end of January 2000. He is currently in India and will leave for a three-month tour around December 12th. Goetz, DJ3IW, says, "In February 2000, he will stay and operate for about three weeks from Temotu." Bernard is looking for a RTTY operator to tag along and work in the WPX RTTY Contest in February. A Beam and amplifier are already at the operating site. Anyone interested in going along should contact Bernhardt, before December 12th, by fax at +49 741 15377.

Lawrence, W8NRB, has been active from Nepal as 9N7RB since mid September. He has been mostly on 10, 15 and 20 meters SSB. Look for him to be in this semi-rare Central Asian country for some time. QSL via W8NRB at the W8 QSL bureau.

Here is another change to work Benin (TY). Philippe, FK8VHU (ex TU2FH), will be in this rare African country between December 6th and 28th. He does not have a license but expects to get one as he will have a TS-680S and a vertical. Look for Philippe on SSB.

Gene, W2FXA, says he will be active from Bermuda as W2FXA/VP9 from December 27th to January 4th. He will be on from Devonshire Parish on 10 through 40 meters CW and SSB. QSL via W2FXA.

Gerard, F2JD/HK3JBR, expects to be active from Honduras as HR5/F2JD from the middle of December until early January. QSL via F6AJA. ______

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LU7EE - ARGENTINA - Look for Tito to be active this weekend in the ARRL 160 Meter Contest. He'll be hanging near 1832 running 100 watts. ______

IOTA ______

The following IOTA stations were active Saturday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AS-023 JE6EMW 21262 0850 EU-055 LA2BKA 14255 1421 AS-032 JA6CTW 21212 0923 EU-057 DL5KUD 10108 1719 AS-083 RA9LI/9 14260 1927 EU-133 UA1AOQ 28042 1323 EU-020 SM1BIQ 21260 1310 NA-055 AK1L 28465 1424 EU-037 SM7DLZ 28498 0906 OC-210 YC8RRK 21295 0225 EU-047 DJ9IN 28488 1508 SA-068 8R1AK/P 14195 2247

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 QSL ------3-Dec 5-Dec 3B8 3B8/F6HMJ 3-193 F6HMJ 3-Dec 6-Dec 3D2 3D2HY 3-210 JA0SC 3-Dec 9-Dec 3D2 3D2AO 3D2IO 3-212 DL7VRO 3-Dec 22-Dec 3X 3XY2D 3-188 VE2DPS 3-Dec 25-Dec 4S by DL7FER 3-208 DL7FER 3-Dec 9-Dec 6Y G3XAQ/6Y5 3-203 3-Dec 18-Dec 9M6 9M6CT 3-200 HS0/G4JMB 3-Dec 10-Dec 9U 9U5D 3-176 SM0BFJ 3-Dec 3-Dec C6 ND6S/C6A ND6S 3-Dec 6-Dec F TM5CW F6SJB 3-Dec 8-Dec FS FS/W2QM 3-206 3-144 W2QM 3-Dec 6-Dec FT5W FT5WH (AF-008) 3-4 3-2 F6KDF 3-Dec 15-Dec FT5Z FT5ZJ 3-147 F2YT 3-Dec 3-Dec GD GD4UOL 3-204 G4UOL 3-Dec 14-Dec HC HC1MD HC1MD/HC7 3-173 K8LJG 3-Dec 3-Dec HI HI3JH 3-158 AD4Z 3-Dec 7-Dec HS HS0ZCY 3-196 WB4FNH 3-Dec 5-Dec HS HS72A 3-194 HS1CKC 3-Dec 15-Dec KC4 KC4/WA1O 3-179 KA1CRP 3-Dec 4-Dec KH4 KH4/SM4FJY (OC-030) 3-133 SM6FJY 3-Dec 10-Jan KH4 KH4/W4ZYV (OC-030) 3-158 3-157 W4ZYV 3-Dec 31-Jan P2 P2000K 3-184 P29PB 3-Dec 4-Dec S9 S92CW S92DX 3-201 DL5OBZ 3-Dec 5-Dec XU XU7AAV 3-191 G4ZVJ 3-Dec 3-Dec XV XV7SW SM3CXS 3-Dec 31-Dec XW XW2A 3-168 3-167 direct 3-Dec 6-Dec ZP ZP6/N3BNA 3-169 3-Dec 5-Dec ARRL 160 Meter Contest 4-Dec 4-Jan 3W 3W6KM 3-198 ES1AKM ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for December 1, 1999 was 119.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for December 2, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------2-Dec-1999 21 166 3 1 Low/Quiet;Low/Quiet 2-Dec-1999 18 165 2 2 Low/Quiet;Low/Quiet 2-Dec-1999 15 165 2 1 Low/Quiet;Low/Quiet 2-Dec-1999 12 165 2 0 Low/Quiet;Low/Quiet 2-Dec-1999 09 165 2 1 Low/Quiet;Low/Quiet 2-Dec-1999 06 165 2 1 Low/Quiet;Low/Quiet 2-Dec-1999 03 165 2 1 Low/Quiet;Low/Quiet 2-Dec-1999 00 165 2 2 Low/Quiet;Low/Quiet

The forecast for Friday, December 3rd: solar flux 170, A index 5, K index 2. Conditions should be Above Normal.

The forecast for Saturday, December 4th: solar flux 175, A index 20, K index 4. Conditions should be Below Normal.

The forecast for Sunday, December 5th: solar flux 185, A index 25, K index 5. Conditions should be Disturbed.

Solar images of the sun received for December 3, 1999 can be found at http://www.sel.noaa.gov/solar_images/1999_12/1999_12_03.html

Perhaps the most useful propagation page for Amateur Radio Operators can be found at http://dx.qsl.net/propagation/

Grey line map http://www.spiritweb.org/cgi/sunclock.cgi ______

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Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------3W7CW SP5AUC CO2OR F6FNU VP5/KB4IRS KB4IRS 5B4/UA3TU UA3TT EK6TA DJ0MCZ VP5/KN4UG KN4UG 8P9EV N4TO FK8VHT F6AJA WJ7R/C6A WJ7R 9N7RB W8NRB FS/W2QM W2QM XV7SW SM3CXS C6AKX W7RR UN7VX IK2XYU ZF2AH W6VNR

TR0B - Fred, Box 177, Libreville, GABON

Sei, JF1SQC, was active from Malta as 9H3J during the CQ World Wide CW DX Contest. QSL via JF1SQC through the JARL QSL bureau. Do not send via the 9H bureau.

QSL cards recently received direct: CY9CWI, E41/OK1FHI

QSL cards recently received via the bureau: 5W1SA, EM1LV, FO0KOL, HB0/HB9AON, SV1/UY0MF, SV9/DH3NB ______

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Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: F6AJA, JF1SQC, K4BAI, K6GNX, KE6ZWZ, KH6BZF Reports, LNDX, NOAA, OE- 1002419, W2FXA, W7IAN ______

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OPDX reports Mauro, IN3QBR and Fabri, IN3ZNR, will operate from Cambodia during the upcoming holidays. Fabri will use XU7AAY and Mauro will use XU7AAZ between December 24th and January 3rd. The two will be active on all bands on CW, SSB and RTTY. Look for them to be participating in the ARRL Round-up

Ralph, K2PF, and Steve, KU9C, plan to multi-single in the ARRL 10 Meter Contest this coming weekend from Martinique as FM5DN. They will probably be on before and after the contest as either FM5DN or FM/K2PF. QSL FM5DN via KU9C. QSL FM/K2PF via K2PF.

Tom Roscoe, K8CX, reports that he will be active from Antigua as V26X from December 7TH through December 13TH. He will be active on all 9 HF bands. Tom will participate in the ARRL 10 Meter Contest on December 11th and 12th. A full color photo QSL card will be available for all completed contacts. QSL via K8CX.

New Caledonia recently applied for membership in the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU). A vote will be taken by member societies on March 22, 2000. If approved the new society would be named Association des Radio-Amateurs de Nouvelle-Caledonie.

Look for special event station YE2K to be active from Indonesia between December 18th and 23rd. Activity is planned for 10 through 80 meters CW and SSB. QSL via YB2PBX, Tony, P.O. Box 337, Surakarta 57103, INDONESIA or via the bureau.

Dave, AG8L, and Mike, KC8NJA, will be active from the Windwood contest station from December 9 to December 15. Dave will be a single op entry in the ARRL 10 Meter Contest. Mike, a new tech-plus, will be active on 10 SSB before and after the contest. Due to the recent hurricane, activity may be limited before the contest due to antenna and station setup. QSL routes are: KP2/AG8L via NN6C. KP2/KC8NJA via NN6C. WP2Z (contest call) via KU9C. E-mail regarding this operation should be sent to [email protected]. ______

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3F2CWB - PANAMA - Amateur Radio operators from this Central American country may use the 3F prefix until the end of the year. Jose was sporting his on Sunday on 14013 just before 04:00Z. QSL via HP2CWB.

3V8ST - TUNISIA - Look around 14260 after 14:00Z. QSL via DL1BDF.

7P8RP - LESOTHO - Rob came up on 14200 just before 19:00Z on Saturday.

9U5D - BURUNDI - Reports coming in say that Gus' station was hit by lightning. Apparently his keyer was damaged however he was on SSB on Saturday on 10 meters around 14:30Z. He leaves this rare African country later this week. The bad news is no other Amateur Radio operators are in country. QSL via SM0BFJ.

A61AJ - UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - Eden, T97M, stuck around for another week in Dubai. He put up the 30 meter beam and has been on with a nice signal. QSL via W3UR.

ARRL - 160 METER CONTEST - The following stations were reported active in this past weekend's event:

4Z4DX, 5X1Z, 9H3MH, FG5FR, FS/W2QM, HS0/JR3XMG, JY9QJ, OD5/OK1MU, P49V, PY2BW, T77C, TA2BK, UN2O, VK6HD, VP5/KN4UG, VQ9DX, ZF2AH.

BX7AA - TAIWAN - This nice prefix was found on 20 meters CW over the weekend. QSL via BV7WB.

D2/EA1BF - ANGOLA - Look for this semi-rare one below 21200 on SSB around 10:00 and 19:00Z. QSL via EA1BF.

E4/G3WQU - PALESTINE - Peter continues to show up on CW on weekends.

FO5QG - MARQUESAS - RTTY DXers found this one early (GMT) on Friday and Saturday.

FT5WH - CROZET ISLAND - Not much time left before Gilles leaves the island. Check near 14280 between 15:00 and 16:00Z.

JD1BIC/JD1 - MINAMI TORISHIMA - Check 28020 just after 00:00Z.

JD1BKR - OGASAWARA - Has been showing up on 17 meters SSB between 08:00 and 09:00Z.

S21YJ - BANGLADESH - Over the weekend Andrew was showing up near 28444 working Europeans from 09:30 to 12:00Z. QSL via G4VLV.

SV2ASP/A - MOUNT ATHOS - East Coast and Europeans found Monk Apollo on 14203 on Saturday between 17:00 and 18:30Z.

VK0LD - MACQUARIE ISLAND - What can we say other than Alan is the only Amateur Radio operator on this very rare island. Keep the faith and do as he says, regardless of what your peers may do. Follow his instructions and don't stoop to a lower level. Alan is expected to be on today on 14003 starting around 10:00Z. ______

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The following IOTA stations were active Saturday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AS-030 JD1BKR 18148 0820 EU-057 DL4PM 21257 1009 AS-032 JA6CTW 24965 0901 EU-125 OZ5TOM/P 18135 1407 AS-136 BD4BD 14260 1141 EU-131 IK3PQH 14083 1614 EU-008 GM3TTC/P 14260 1714 NA-002 VP5VAC 28418 1608 EU-016 9A2AA/P 14261 1036 NA-002 VP5/KB4IRS 28463 2114 EU-016 9A5KV/P 28421 1002 NA-105 FS/W2QM 14195 2144 EU-016 9A3VM/P 7016 0624 NA-107 FM5DN 28471 2136 EU-037 SM7DLZ 28506 1151 NA-110 WB4WTY 18134 1648 EU-041 IS0/KD4NKW 14243 0907 OC-073 JD1BIC/JD1 18072 0744

Bert, PA3GIO, will be active as V31GI on Southwest Cay (NA-180), Belize, from March 19th to 24th. Then from March 26th to 29th he will be on Little Water Caye (NA-180), Belize. Look for him to be on 10, 12, 15, 17, 20, 40 and 80 meters SSB with 100 watts and a doublet. His preference is that QSL cards go via the bureau (PA) to PA3GIO. Direct requests may go to Bert v.d. Berg, Parklaan 38, NL-3931 KK Woudenberg, The Netherlands, Europe.

IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 ______

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From End Prefix Call Ref QSL ------6-Dec 6-Dec 3D2 3D2HY 3-210 JA0SC 6-Dec 9-Dec 3D2 3D2AO 3D2IO 3-212 DL7VRO 6-Dec 4-Jan 3W 3W6KM 3-198 ES1AKM 6-Dec 22-Dec 3X 3XY2D 3-188 VE2DPS 6-Dec 25-Dec 4S by DL7FER 3-208 DL7FER 6-Dec 9-Dec 6Y G3XAQ/6Y5 3-203 6-Dec 18-Dec 9M6 9M6CT 3-200 HS0/G4JMB 6-Dec 10-Dec 9U 9U5D 3-176 SM0BFJ 6-Dec 6-Dec F TM5CW F6SJB 6-Dec 8-Dec FS FS/W2QM 3-206 3-144 W2QM 6-Dec 6-Dec FT5W FT5WH (AF-008) 3-4 3-2 F6KDF 6-Dec 15-Dec FT5Z FT5ZJ 3-147 F2YT 6-Dec 14-Dec HC HC1MD HC1MD/HC7 3-173 K8LJG 6-Dec 7-Dec HS HS0ZCY 3-196 WB4FNH 6-Dec 15-Dec KC4 KC4/WA1O 3-179 KA1CRP 6-Dec 10-Jan KH4 KH4/W4ZYV (OC-030) 3-158 3-157 W4ZYV 6-Dec 31-Jan P2 P2000K 3-184 P29PB 6-Dec 28-Dec TY by FK8VHU 3-218 6-Dec 31-Jan VP8/Sh LZ0A 3-216 6-Dec 31-Dec XW XW2A 3-168 3-167 direct 6-Dec 6-Dec ZP ZP6/N3BNA 3-169 7-Dec 3-Jan 9N 9N7UD 3-203 K4VUD 8-Dec 13-Dec GU GU0OFE 3-217 G0OFE 8-Dec 15-Dec VP5 VP5/K4LQ 3-211 K4LQ 8-Dec 14-Dec ZF ZF2RT 3-217 W0GJ 9-Dec 13-Dec CO large group of Cubans (NA-201) 3-203 10-Dec 13-Dec PA PA3FDO (EU-038) 3-213 PA3FDO 11-Dec 16-Dec GJ GJ/PA3GIO/P 3-213 PA3GIO 11-Dec 13-Dec JA JI3DST/3 (AS-117) 3-76 JI3DST 11-Dec 12-Dec LU LT5V 3-216 LU8VCC 11-Dec 12-Dec OE 4U1VIC 3-186 11-Dec 12-Dec OH0 OH0Z 3-205 OH1EH 11-Dec 12-Dec VP5 VP5W 3-211 11-Dec 12-Dec ARRL 10 Meter Contest ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for December 4, 1999 was 78.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for December 5, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------5-Dec-1999 21 143 23 3 Low/Quiet-Min Storm;Low/Unset-Min Storm 5-Dec-1999 18 148 25 3 Low/Quiet-Min Storm;Low/Unset-Min Storm 5-Dec-1999 15 148 25 3 Low/Quiet-Min Storm;Low/Unset-Min Storm 5-Dec-1999 12 148 25 4 Low/Quiet-Min Storm;Low/Unset-Min Storm 5-Dec-1999 09 148 25 5 Low/Quiet-Maj Storm;Low/Unset-Min Storm 5-Dec-1999 06 148 25 4 Low/Quiet-Maj Storm;Low/Unset-Active 5-Dec-1999 03 148 25 4 Low/Quiet-Maj Storm;Low/Unset-Active 5-Dec-1999 00 148 25 2 Low/Quiet-Maj Storm;Low/Unset-Active

The forecast for Monday, December 6th: solar flux 195, A index 20, K index 4. Conditions should be Low Normal.

The forecast for Tuesday, December 7th: solar flux 210, A index 12, K index 3. Conditions should be High Normal.

Solar images of the sun received for December 6, 1999 can be found at http://www.sel.noaa.gov/solar_images/1999_12/1999_12_06.html

Perhaps the most useful propagation page for Amateur Radio Operators can be found at http://dx.qsl.net/propagation/

Grey line map http://www.spiritweb.org/cgi/sunclock.cgi ______

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Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------3D2HY JA0SC IS0/KD4NKW N3SJL TM6KBK F6GCP 3F2CWB HP2CWB J28FF F6ITD TM6T F5CAR 4S7EVG DL3KBQ J28NH F5IPW TM7TLT F6KWP 5R8GN FA1AWH OD/OK1MU OKDXF VQ9PO W3PO 5X1GS WB2YQH OX3LX OZ1PIF XE3/OH3VB OH3VB 7X5AB F6BFH PJ9/PA3FYM PA3FYM XU7AAR JS6BLS 9Y4SF WA4JTK PV7ZZ PS7ZZ XU7AAV G4ZVJ BX7AA BV7WB PY0FA PY4KL Z32XX NN6C D2/EA1BF EA1BF S21YE G4VLV ZC4CM GI4OYG HS0ZCY WB4FNH TA2FE KK3S ZV4C PY1ARS/4

ES1AKM - Jack, P.O. Box 2907, Tallinn 13102, ESTONIA SM0GNU - Ulf Thorstensson, Passvagen 10, SE-178 34 Ekero, SWEDEN

QSL cards recently received direct: TZ6YV, ZA0IS (14 months)

QSL cards recently received via the bureau: 3DA6Z, BV4QW, DU1EIB, V73AX, XF4MX ______

Credits ______

Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: AG8L, K8CX, KH6BZF Reports, KU9C, NC4J, NOAA, OPDX, PA3GIO, QST, W7IAN, W8JV, YB2ERL ______

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Here is Alan's, VK0LD, schedule for the next few days: Tue 7 Dec 1000-1200 14.195 / 14.205 MHz SSB VK/ZL/P2/YB/9M/9V/V8/HS etc ONLY Wed 8 Dec 1000-1200z 14.195 / 14.205 MHz SSB USA/VE ONLY Thu 9 Dec 1000-1200z 14.195 / 14.205 MHz SSB Europe ONLY Fri 10 Dec 1000-1200z 14.195 14.205 MHz SSB JAPAN/HL/UA0 ONLY Sat/Sun 11/12 Dec: NO OPERATION

Look for Giovanni, I5JHW, to once again be active from Tunisia as 3V8BB. He will be there for the ARRL 10 Meter Contest this weekend. QSL this operation via I5JHW.

Andy, RW3AH, is expected to be in Kosovo for the next 2 years and will sign YU8/RX0A. Kosovo has not been added to the DXCC list as of yet.

OK DX Foundation member Olda, OK1YM, is now active from Athens, Greece as SV/OK1YM. Look for him on CW, SSB and RTTY over the next year. QSL via OKDXF, P.O. Box 73, Bradlec, 293 06, CZECH REPUBLIC. You can also check out the OKDXF home page at http://www.okdxf.cz

Pete, K2PS, plans to operate the ARRL 10 Meter Contest this coming weekend as C6A/K2PS from Nassau in the Bahamas. QSL via K2PS.

425 DX News says Delano Taylor, C6AFV, has assumed duties as Bureau Manager for the Bahamas Amateur Radio Society. The address is P.O. Box F-43563, Freeport, Grand Bahama, Bahamas. Delano currently has thousands of cards for the following: C6ADR C6AGH C6AHK C6AJJ C6AKL C6ANF C6CR C6AER C6AGN C6AHN C6AJQ C6AKP C6APK C6LE C6AFE C6AGP C6AHR C6AJT C6AKQ C6ASR C6LFN C6AFP C6AGT C6AHX C6AJU C6AKT C6AVW C6MPN C6AFQ C6AHE C6AHY C6AJZ C6AKW C6AXP C61D C6AFZ C6AHG C6AJA C6AKA C6AMI C6CDQ KR8V/C6A These cards will be held for 60 days as of December 1, 1999. If there is no response from these stations, your cards will be disposed of.

Zdeno, OK2ZW, is currently in Ghana and operating as 9G5ZW. He plans to be there for the next 3 years. His QSL manager is Miro, OM3LZ, who will start sending out QSLs after January 1st. ______

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3V8ST - TUNISIA - Nizar or Mustafa have been showing up on 14260. QSL via DL1BDF.

3W6KM - VIETNAM - Jack was found yesterday on 14207 around 15:30Z. QSL via ES1AKM.

5R8FU - MADAGASCAR - West Coast US stations should check 80 meters SSB between 15:00 and 15:30Z. QSL via SM0DJZ.

A61AJ - UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - Eden has been showing up on 30 meters CW around 23:00Z. QSL via W3UR.

S21 - BANGLADESH - Andrew, S21YE, has been showing up on 10 meters between 10:00 and 11:00Z while Stig, S21YJ, has been there around 13:00Z. Andrew will head back to the UK within a few days. He will stay there for several months. QSL S21YE via G4VLV. QSL S21YJ via SM4AIO.

UK8IWW - UZBEKISTAN - Look near 21240 around 10:00Z for this club station. QSL via P.O. Box 10, 703058 Samarkand, UZBEKISTAN.

VK0LD - MACQUARIE ISLAND - Alan came up as was expected on 14003 between 11:00 and 14:00Z. ______

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The following IOTA stations were active Saturday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AF-004 EA8AM 28483 1839 NA-062 W2SF 28471 1451 AS-026 HL4HL 21260 0822 NA-198 VO1BAR/P 28460 1725 AS-136 BD4ED 28480 0849

Derek, F5VCR, announced yesterday that he will go, along with 4 others, to Abokwa Island (AF-NEW), Ghana the first week of April. The group will be active for 6 days with 2 complete stations. There aren't any facilities on the island so they will be camping on the island. More details are expected.

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 QSL ------7-Dec 9-Dec 3D2 3D2AO 3D2IO 3-212 DL7VRO 7-Dec 4-Jan 3W 3W6KM 3-198 ES1AKM 7-Dec 22-Dec 3X 3XY2D 3-188 VE2DPS 7-Dec 25-Dec 4S by DL7FER 3-208 DL7FER 7-Dec 9-Dec 6Y G3XAQ/6Y5 3-203 7-Dec 18-Dec 9M6 9M6CT 3-200 HS0/G4JMB 7-Dec 3-Jan 9N 9N7UD 3-203 K4VUD 7-Dec 10-Dec 9U 9U5D 3-176 SM0BFJ 7-Dec 8-Dec FS FS/W2QM 3-206 3-144 W2QM 7-Dec 15-Dec FT5Z FT5ZJ 3-147 F2YT 7-Dec 14-Dec HC HC1MD HC1MD/HC7 3-173 K8LJG 7-Dec 7-Dec HS HS0ZCY 3-196 WB4FNH 7-Dec 15-Dec KC4 KC4/WA1O 3-179 KA1CRP 7-Dec 10-Jan KH4 KH4/W4ZYV (OC-030) 3-158 3-157 W4ZYV 7-Dec 31-Jan P2 P2000K 3-184 P29PB 7-Dec 28-Dec TY by FK8VHU 3-218 7-Dec 13-Dec V2 V26X 3-219 K8CX 7-Dec 31-Jan VP8/Sh LZ0A 3-216 7-Dec 31-Dec XW XW2A 3-168 3-167 direct ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for December 5, 1999 was 78.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for December 6, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------6-Dec-1999 21 143 20 3 Low/Quiet-Active;Low/Unset-Min Storm 6-Dec-1999 18 143 22 4 Low/Quiet-Active;Low/Unset-Min Storm 6-Dec-1999 15 143 22 4 Low/Quiet-Active;Low/Unset-Min Storm 6-Dec-1999 12 143 22 4 Low/Quiet-Active;Low/Unset-Min Storm 6-Dec-1999 09 143 22 4 Low/Quiet-Active;Low/Unset-Min Storm 6-Dec-1999 06 143 22 3 Low/Quiet-Min Storm;Low/Unset-Min Storm 6-Dec-1999 03 143 22 2 Low/Quiet-Min Storm;Low/Unset-Min Storm 6-Dec-1999 00 143 22 2 Low/Quiet-Min Storm;Low/Unset-Min Storm

The forecast for Tuesday, December 7th: solar flux 195, A index 20, K index 4. Conditions should be Low Normal.

The forecast for Wednesday, December 8th: solar flux 210, A index 12, K index 3. Conditions should be High Normal.

Solar images of the sun received for December 7, 1999 can be found at http://www.sel.noaa.gov/solar_images/1999_12/1999_12_07.html

Perhaps the most useful propagation page for Amateur Radio Operators can be found at http://dx.qsl.net/propagation/

Grey line map http://www.spiritweb.org/cgi/sunclock.cgi ______

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Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------3W6KM ES1AKM FT5YG F5LBL OT6AA ON6AA 9M2JI JK1AJX HI3/W4DT K1IED OT6ZK ON6ZK EA9AU EA9IB OT4ANN ON4ANN OT7KG ON7KG EK6TA DJ0MCZ OT4AOI ON4AOI VQ9NL W4NML EZ8YL EZ8AQ OT4CAT K1WY

QSL cards recently received direct: 3B9R, FO0SUC (OC-066), FT5ZJ, HL0IHQ/2 (AS-122), HS9AL (AS-126), HU4U, JI3DST/3 (AS-117), KH2/N2NL, LU1ZC, LX2DX, OD5SB, P29BI (OC-135), T33VU, VE8YEV/VY1 (NA-193), VO2WL, VP2MHJ, XF4MX, XX9TRR, YM7PA, ZV0SW, ZV8A (SA-016) ______

On the WWW ______

Need QSL information for stations you may have worked during the CQ World Wide CW DX Contest? Try http://www.arrakis.es/~ea5eyj/cqcw99.htm ______

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Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 425 DX News, DK2JP, F5VCR, G4BWP, HL2WA, HS0/G3NOM, K7EX, KH6BZF Reports, NOAA, OPDX, The 59(9) DX Report, W5OZI, W9DY ______

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Jukka Heikinheimo, OH2BR, gives an update on his Pitcairn Island 2000 trip. The latest news is that he will leave Finland on January 9th and arrive in Auckland, New Zealand on January 11th. Here he will pick up his permit to land and reside on Pitcairn along with his VP6BR license. Next he will take the American Star ship, which expects to depart Auckland on January 19th. The voyage will take eight days and Jukka plans to operate as VP6BR/MM, pending permission from the ships captain, to keep the DX community informed of his where abouts. Once on the island he will remain active on CW, SSB, RTTY on 10 through 160 meters until sometime in the beginning of May, when the next ship arrives. Two rigs will be taken and one amplifier. He'll have beams on 10 through 20 meters and 2 element phased verticals on 30 through 80 meters. For 160 meters he plans to have a single vertical. Since he will be in the Pitcairn Islands so long a side trip to both Ducie Island (OC-182) and Henderson Island (OC-056) are also being planned.

Suggested frequencies are as follows:

CW - 1824, 3504, 7004, 10124, 14024, 18074, 21024, 24894, 28024, 50104 SSB - 3774, 7044, 14244, 18144, 21244, 24944, 28444 RTTY - 14074 21074 28074

Donations are welcomed to help cover the high cost of extra equipment, transportation, generator and gasoline expenses. A website has been setup by Lech, LA7MFA, at http://www.qsl.net/oh2br/. QSL via OH2BR, Jukka Heikinheimo, P.O. Box 37, FI-01361 Vantaa, FINLAND.

The 59(9) DX Report say Hans, OH2EA, is currently in Southeast Asia for then next three months and will mostly be in Thailand. He does not know at this time if he will be QRV. ______

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4S7EA - SRI LANKA - CW DXers found Ernest on 14024 today at 00:30Z.

4U1ITU - I.T.U. GENEVA - Someone was operating from the club station yesterday on 14005 between 14:00 and 15:00Z.

A61AJ - UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - Eden was active yesterday on 17, 15 and 30 meters CW. He went home around 20:00Z. No more CW from Ali's station for a while. QSL via W3UR.

EP3PTT - IRAN - Can often be found on 20 meters SSB usually around 14:00 to 16:00Z.

FK8GM - NEW CALEDONIA - Europeans were working Eric on 14195 at 12:00Z on Tuesday. QSL via WB2RAJ.

S21YJ - BANGLADESH - Stig was working West Coast US stations on the longpath on 14185.

TY1PH - BENIN - Made a guest appearance on 20 meters SSB around 17:00Z. QSL via F6FNU.

VP6TC - PITCAIRN ISLAND - Keep an ear on 21348 just after 00:00Z on Wednesdays for Tom.

YK1AO - SYRIA - Keep an ear out for Omar near 1828 just before his sunrise. ______

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The following IOTA stations were active Saturday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AS-018 UA0FZ 10104 2144 NA-051 VE7RHF 21260 2225 EU-016 9A4OP 14210 0810 NA-062 W2SF 28455 1442 EU-020 SM1BIQ 28040 1406 NA-138 N5VL 21260 1301 EU-037 SM7DLZ 28507 0951 NA-143 AB5EB 28034 1510 NA-002 KN4UG/VP5 28457 1248

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 QSL ------8-Dec 9-Dec 3D2 3D2AO 3D2IO 3-212 DL7VRO 8-Dec 4-Jan 3W 3W6KM 3-198 ES1AKM 8-Dec 22-Dec 3X 3XY2D 3-188 VE2DPS 8-Dec 25-Dec 4S by DL7FER 3-208 DL7FER 8-Dec 9-Dec 6Y G3XAQ/6Y5 3-203 8-Dec 18-Dec 9M6 9M6CT 3-200 HS0/G4JMB 8-Dec 3-Jan 9N 9N7UD 3-203 K4VUD 8-Dec 10-Dec 9U 9U5D 3-176 SM0BFJ 8-Dec 8-Dec FS FS/W2QM 3-206 3-144 W2QM 8-Dec 15-Dec FT5Z FT5ZJ 3-147 F2YT 8-Dec 13-Dec GU GU0OFE 3-217 G0OFE 8-Dec 14-Dec HC HC1MD HC1MD/HC7 3-173 K8LJG 8-Dec 15-Dec KC4 KC4/WA1O 3-179 KA1CRP 8-Dec 10-Jan KH4 KH4/W4ZYV (OC-030) 3-158 3-157 W4ZYV 8-Dec 31-Jan P2 P2000K 3-184 P29PB 8-Dec 28-Dec TY by FK8VHU 3-218 8-Dec 13-Dec V2 V26X 3-219 K8CX 8-Dec 30-Nov VK0M VK0LD 8-Dec 15-Dec VP5 VP5/K4LQ 3-211 K4LQ 8-Dec 31-Jan VP8/Sh LZ0A 3-216 8-Dec 31-Dec XW XW2A 3-168 3-167 direct 8-Dec 14-Dec ZF ZF2RT 3-217 W0GJ ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for December 6, 1999 was 80.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for December 6, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------7-Dec-1999 21 153 14 3 Low/Quiet-Active;Low/Quiet-Active 7-Dec-1999 18 143 19 3 Low/Quiet-Active;Low/Unset-Active 7-Dec-1999 15 143 19 2 Low/Quiet-Active;Low/Unset-Active 7-Dec-1999 12 143 19 3 Low/Quiet-Active;Low/Unset-Active 7-Dec-1999 09 143 19 3 Low/Quiet-Active;Low/Unset-Active 7-Dec-1999 06 143 19 3 Low/Quiet-Active;Low/Unset-Active 7-Dec-1999 03 143 19 4 Low/Quiet-Active;Low/Unset-Active 7-Dec-1999 00 143 19 2 Low/Quiet-Active;Low/Unset-Active

The forecast for Wednesday, December 8th: solar flux 225, A index 8, K index 3. Conditions should be High Normal.

The forecast for Thursday, December 9th: solar flux 230, A index 10, K index 3. Conditions should be High Normal.

Solar images of the sun received for December 8, 1999 can be found at http://www.sel.noaa.gov/solar_images/1999_12/1999_12_08.html

Perhaps the most useful propagation page for Amateur Radio Operators can be found at http://dx.qsl.net/propagation/

Grey line map http://www.spiritweb.org/cgi/sunclock.cgi ______

QSL Info ______

Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------3F8BYH HP8BYH HC1MD K8LJG TK5KT F6FNU 9K2/OK1TYM OKDXF OT6AA ON6AA TY1PH F6FNU G3XAQ/6Y5 G3XAQ P49T W3BTX V26X K8CX

QSL cards recently received direct: 9U5D, A35SO, BY4CYL, TY1RY, XF4MX, ZA0IS, ZV0SB ______

On the WWW ______

Jukka, OH2BR, has put together a Web page about past operations from Malyj Vysotskij Island at http://www.vbg.ru/events/MVIDX/index.html ______

Credits ______

Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: G3PMR, KB3AUG, KB4XK, KE2TT, KH6BZF Reports, NOAA, The 59(9) DX Report, W1JIM, W2GG, W9LZE ______

Subscriptions ______

DX News ______

Markus, HB9KNA, plans to be active from El Salvador until January 12th. No call was mentioned however he expects to be on 6 through 80 meters SSB only. He will be using a 2 element quad for 10 through 20 meters and verticals on 40 and 80 meters. QSL via HB9KNA.

Amateur Radio operators from Belgium have been authorized to use the special prefix OT to celebrate the marriage of Prince Philippe and Princess Mathilde. Belgian stations may use the special event prefix until January 5th. QSL via the UBA QSL bureau.

The special event station BT2000 will be active from December 25th through January 2nd to celebrate the year 2000. The station will be located at 30 26' North by 122 22' East on Qushan Island in the Zhoushan Archipelago (AS-137). Operators will include BA4DC, BA4DI, BA4DL, BA4EE, BA4EG, BD4ED, BG4AGN and BG4AAC. They expect to be QRV on SSB, CW, SSTV, RTTY and PSK31 modes, using the Normal IOTA and DX frequencies. QSL via No. 39 Room 502, Zao Zhuang Road, Shanghai 200135, China, or via the official Chinese QSL bureau.

Look for Jon, N0JK, to be operating this weekend in the ARRL 10 Meter Contest as 8P9JO from Barbados.

John, WA4QDM, reports the turn around time on his recent submission to the DXCC Desk with 52 cards and 81 QSOs took just under 12 weeks.

Tito, LU7EE, reports that LU4DD will be multi-single this weekend in the ARRL 10 Meter Contest.

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3W6KM - VIETNAM - Is doing a daily vigil on 20 meters SSB between 16:00 and 18:00Z. QSL via ES1AKM.

5B4OG - CYPRUS - Likes 30 and 40 meters CW around 02:30 or so.

6K5RJB - SOUTH KOREA - Park is a 10 year old who enjoys 40 meters CW.

9U5D - BURUNDI - Gus shows up daily on 20 meters at 04:30Z. Check near 14195 or 14240 on SSB and near 14082 on RTTY. He is scheduled to leave this week so you better hurry! QSL via SM0BFJ.

D2/EA1BF - ANGOLA - Continues to show up around 11:00Z below 21200.

FT5ZJ - AMSTERDAM - Michal came up Wednesday on 14288 between 16:30 and 17:15Z. He will be leaving the island by the end of the month. QSL via F2YT.

JA - JAPAN - East Coast US stations reported JA's yesterday on 160 meters CW at East Coast US sunrise. Listen between 1907.5 and 1912.5. They listen down for DX stations.

JY9QJ - JORDAN - George likes 1824 just after 03:30Z. QSL via DL5MBY.

KH4/W4ZYV - MIDWAY ISLAND - Look for Dick near 14257 between 03:00 and 06:00Z. QSL via W4ZYV.

VK0LD - MACQUARIE ISLAND - Alan started off yesterday as expected at 10:00Z on 14195. By 10:15Z he moved down to 14150 Listening up 10 for any stations. New England stations reported good signals from Alan with not much of a pileup. Europeans should look for him today on 14195 or 14150 starting at 10:00Z. Others should also be there just in case he doesn't have propagation. He went QRT at 12:00Z.

VP6YL - PITCAIRN ISLAND - Betty came up today at 03:20Z on 14187.

ZC4FL - U.K. SOVEREIGN BASES ON CYPRUS - Nick was found on 18148 just before 16:00Z. QSL via 5B4FL. ______

IOTA ______

The following IOTA stations were active Saturday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AF-004 EA8ZZ 28525 1327 NA-029 VY2OX 28460 1431 AS-004 5B4AGC 21243 1452 NA-036 VE7IM 14196 1825 EU-034 CU2BJ 7012 2049 NA-051 VE7RHF 21260 2211 EU-037 SM7DLZ 28517 1240 NA-062 W2SF 28461 1608 EU-131 IK3PQH 14255 1939 NA-109 J80K 28515 1533 NA-027 VO1MG 14173 1819

Tito, LU7EE, says the Brenton Island (NA-201) IOTA DXpedition was cancelled for this coming weekend.

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 QSL ------9-Dec 9-Dec 3D2 3D2AO 3D2IO 3-212 DL7VRO 9-Dec 4-Jan 3W 3W6KM 3-198 ES1AKM 9-Dec 22-Dec 3X 3XY2D 3-188 VE2DPS 9-Dec 25-Dec 4S by DL7FER 3-208 DL7FER 9-Dec 9-Dec 6Y G3XAQ/6Y5 3-203 9-Dec 18-Dec 9M6 9M6CT 3-200 HS0/G4JMB 9-Dec 3-Jan 9N 9N7UD 3-203 K4VUD 9-Dec 10-Dec 9U 9U5D 3-176 SM0BFJ 9-Dec 13-Dec CO large group of Cubans (NA-201) 3-203 9-Dec 15-Dec FT5Z FT5ZJ 3-147 F2YT 9-Dec 13-Dec GU GU0OFE 3-217 G0OFE 9-Dec 14-Dec HC HC1MD HC1MD/HC7 3-173 K8LJG 9-Dec 15-Dec KC4 KC4/WA1O 3-179 KA1CRP 9-Dec 10-Jan KH4 KH4/W4ZYV (OC-030) 3-158 3-157 W4ZYV 9-Dec 15-Dec KP2 KP2/AG8L KP2/KC8NJA 3-219 NN6C 9-Dec 31-Jan P2 P2000K 3-184 P29PB 9-Dec 28-Dec TY by FK8VHU 3-218 9-Dec 13-Dec V2 V26X 3-219 K8CX 9-Dec 30-Nov VK0M VK0LD 9-Dec 15-Dec VP5 VP5/K4LQ 3-211 K4LQ 9-Dec 31-Jan VP8/Sh LZ0A 3-216 9-Dec 31-Dec XW XW2A 3-168 3-167 direct 9-Dec 14-Dec ZF ZF2RT 3-217 W0GJ ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for December 7, 1999 was 76.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for December 6, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------8-Dec-1999 21 150 13 3 Moderate/Quiet-Unset;Low/Quiet-Active 8-Dec-1999 18 153 14 3 Moderate/Quiet-Unset;Low/Quiet-Active 8-Dec-1999 15 153 14 2 Moderate/Quiet-Unset;Low-Mod/Quiet- Active 8-Dec-1999 12 153 14 3 Moderate/Quiet-Unset;Low-Mod/Quiet- Active 8-Dec-1999 09 153 14 3 Moderate/Quiet-Unset;Low-Mod/Quiet- Active 8-Dec-1999 06 153 14 3 Moderate/Quiet-Unset;Mod/Quiet-Active 8-Dec-1999 03 153 14 3 Moderate/Quiet-Active;Low/Quiet-Active 8-Dec-1999 00 153 14 2 Moderate/Quiet-Active;Low/Quiet-Active

The forecast for Thursday, December 9th: solar flux 180, A index 15, K index 3. Conditions should be High Normal.

The forecast for Friday, December 10th: solar flux 190, A index 12, K index 3. Conditions should be High Normal.

Solar images of the sun received for December 10, 1999 can be found at http://www.sel.noaa.gov/solar_images/1999_12/1999_12_10.html

Perhaps the most useful propagation page for Amateur Radio Operators can be found at http://dx.qsl.net/propagation/

Grey line map http://www.spiritweb.org/cgi/sunclock.cgi ______

QSL Info ______

The following QSL cards have recently been received. QSL information has been taken directly from the QSL cards of the stations listed below:

3DA6Z via ZS6EZ 4V30CNT via WA4JTK 4X0F via 4Z5FL 5B4/RV0AR Pavel, P. O. Box 12200, 660041 Krasnoyarsk, RUSSIA 5H3/WD8SDL Roger Mayer, 5639 Monica Court, Cincinnati, OH 45238-1856 5P1ER CEPT Amateur Radio Club, ERO-CARC, Midtermolen 1, DK-2100 Copenhagen, DENMARK 5W1SA via JH7OHF 6K5RJB Pak, P. O. Box 97, Kyongju 780-600, KOREA 6K98WCX via HL5FOP 6L0LH Taejon Locomotive Office Amateur Radio Station, 291-2 Soje-dong, Tong-gu, Taejon 300-080, KOREA 8J3HAM via JG3QZN 9H3NM via DK8TU 9H3YT via PA3GUU 9K2/YO9HP Alex Panoiu, RO-2038 Pleasa (PH), ROMANIA 9K2MN Mohammed K. al-Nisf, P. O. Box 60, Al-Rawda 73461, KUWAIT 9M2TD via JR4PDP 9Y4PM Rex McLean, P. O. Box 3940, Point Fortin, TRINIDAD B9G via BY9GA BD4IU Wang Yu Tian, P. O. Box 206, Jinan 250012, CHINA BG4MU P. O. Box 206, Jinan 250012, CHINA BP0RIW via JA1JKG BV0KWC Kuang Wu Institute of Technology and Commerce, Taipei 112, TAIWAN BV2OL Tsai Yao-Pin, P. O. Box 11877, Taipei, TAIWAN CM6YD Alfredo de Jesus Suero Garcia, P. O. Box 103, Placetas, Villa Clara 52800, CUBA CM8JQ Jose Q. Rosabal Garcia, P. O. Box 64, Bayamo, Granma 85100, CUBA CP6AA Radio Club Santa Cruz, P. O. Box 393, Santa Cruz, BOLIVIA D98WCX via HL5FOP D99PIF via HL5AP DS0NO Chollanamdo Research Institute of Education & Science, 253-14, Wonkok-ri, Kumchom-myon, Naju-shi, Chollanam-do 520- 820, KOREA DS2BSK Jung Hyun Cho, Sujung APT 2-104, 651-14, Ganung-1 Dong, Uijongbu, Kyunggi-do 480-101, KOREA DS4DNR Mi-Sun Seo, MokRyun Park 204, BongNam-Ri, 33-12, Kurye Chollanamdo 542-800, KOREA DS5EDJ Jinhee Cho, 704-1609 Hyundai APT, 851-3 Hhajung-dong, Dong-ku Ulsan 682-090, KOREA DS5YOV Cheol-Hwan Park, P. O. Box 28, Yongju 750-600, KOREA DS5YOW Tae-Soon Nam, P. O. Box 28, Yongju 750-600, KOREA DS5ZHJ Kin, P. O. Box 97, Kyongju 780-600, KOREA DU1EIB Warren S. Uy, P. O. Box 3987, Manila 1099, PHILIPPINES DU1TXU Noel S. Jose, Blk 2 Lot 27, Labrador Subdivision III, Tulay Bato, Binan, Laguna 4024, PHILIPPINES FG5DH Combet Christian, 71, Lot. Aiguille, F-97128 Goyave, FRANCE FT5WH via F6KDF FT5ZI via F6KDF HH2/HJ1NGE Abraham Rodriguez, P. O. Box 1602, Port-au-Prince, HAITI HL0RBU Kwang Yang Steel Works, P. O. Box 2, Kwangyang-Shi, Cheonnam 545-010, KOREA HL1DH Rim Dong-Yoon, Ju-Gong APT 205-705, Sang-Gye 6 Dong, 740, Seoul 139-206, KOREA HL1ISR Myung-Jae Park, 293-17, Pyungchang-Dpng, Chongro-Ku, Seoul 100. KOREA HL2KV Michael C. Chung, P. O. Box 75, Sungnam 461-600, KOREA HL2WOE Young Ku Chi, 416-8 Uijongbu-Dong, Uijongbu, Kyungkido 480- 012, KOREA HL4CUD Jung-Sik Lee, MokRyun Park 204, BongNam-Ri, 33-12, Kurye Chollanamdo 542-800, KOREA HL4HLD Yang Chul Bong, C. P. O. Box 31, Soe Gwi Po, Cheju 697-600, KOREA HL5AEX Bak, P. O. Box 97, Kyongju 780-600, KOREA HL5BSM Hae Young Park, 88-12 Mangkyung-dong, Chinju, Kyungnam 660- 260, KOREA HL5FBT Kim Keumcheol, P. O. Box 34, Namdaegu 705-600. KOREA HS0/G4JMB Philip J. Weaver, P. O. Box 7, Bangkok 10506, THAILAND HS0ZAZ George D. Preno, P. O. Box 183, Pattaya 20260, THAILAND HU4A via YT1AD IO2L via I2OKW IO4L via I4LCK IO7A via IK7DXP IQ2I via IK2WXQ IQ2L via IK2JYT IQ9L via I2VXJ IR2Q via IK2WXQ J68RR via S50R JT7AA G. Buyandelger, P. O. Box 64, Muren, MONGOLIA LX1PD Jules Braun, 49 cte Um Schlass, L-5880 Hesperange, LUXEMBOURG LX1PM Paul Milmeister, 5, rue J. F. Kennedy, L-8141 Bridel, LUXEMBOURG LX2AJ Philippe Lutty, 6A Sentier de Bricherhof, L-1262 Luxembourg, LUXEMBOURG LZ98HQ via LZ1BFR MU2K via ON4ON P29RW Ross Webb, P. O. Box 297, Ukarumpa, via Lae, PAPUA NEW GUINEA PJ9V via OH4EA PZ5JR Bob Mantell, P. O. Box 2137, Brevard, NC 28712 RS0F via UA0FZ SV1DAF Christos Papaioannou, 17 Xanthippou Str., GR-135 62 Agioi Anargiri, Athens, GREECE SV1IM Mike Akalestos, P. O. Box 564, Athens, GREECE SV2CXI Vitsiotis Kostas, 89 Papafi Str., GR-544 53 Thessaloniki, GREECE SV2FNN George Zacharias, GR-501 00 Protohori, Kozani, GREECE SV8/DL8MCA Detlef Haese, P. O. Box 1112, D-85610 Kirchseeon, GERMANY SV8CKM Fotis Plessas, G. Doriza 3, GR-281 00 Argostoli, GREECE SV8JE Chris Plessas, G. Doriza 3, GR-281 00 Argostoli, GREECE T88WX via JA1WSX TK/S53R Robert Kasca, Beblerjeva 2, 5280 Idrija, SLOVENIA TU5JK Sami Sabat, 01 B. P. 2946, Abidjan 01, COTE D'IVOIRE UA73WZ via RW9WJ V31ZA Keith Slater, P. O. Box 1876, Belize City, BELIZE VK9LM via W1HEO VP8CMT Keith Grimmer, 15 Pioneer Row, P. O. Box 544, Stanley, FALKLAND IS. VU2GCS G. Chandrasekhar, 37, Thiruvika Street, Vinayakapuram, Ambattur, Chennai 600 053, INDIA XF4MX via XE1MX YC3LWN Mamat, P. O. Box 47, Batu, Malang Jatim 65311, INDONESIA YE4SF via YC4TUU KA0UBH/YS1 Francisco J. Call, P. O. Box 01-105, San Salvador, EL SALVADOR ZD88A via N6CW ZD8A via N6CW ZP6T via ZP5MAL ZP7GCA Jorge Gonzalez, P. O. Box 1, 3300 Coronel Oviedo, PARAGUAY

Additional QSL cards recently received direct: 3V8BB, 4M7A, 4X4NJ, CE0ZIS, E41/OK1DTP ______

On the WWW ______

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Credits ______

Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: AA8EY, BA1DU, DX News Letter, K3ZO, K3SWZ, K4FJ, K9RR, KH6BZF Reports, LU7EE, NOAA, W2GE ______

Subscriptions ______

DX News ______

John, IN3GNV, will be in Tanzania starting today through January 15th. He plans to be active as 5H3MG on RTTY and SSB. He has a web page at http://www.qsl.net/5h3mg/. QSL cards go via IN3YYQ.

Michael, 5H3MS, has a home page at http://www.qsl.net/5h3ms/ which has information about obtaining a 5H license and gives details about the IARU society Tanzania Amateur Radio Club (TARC).

Look for Jani, YB0US to be active from Vietnam as 3W6US starting today through December 13th. QSL via N2OO.

Yoh, HS0/7L1MFS, reports his last week operation from Phnom Penh, Cambodia, as XU7AAR netted about 1,700 QSOs. QSL cards go via JS6BLS or e-mail requests may go to [email protected]. ______

Silent Key ______

Jari Jussila, OH2BU, reports the sad news of the passing of the President of Estonian league ERAU, Tiit Praks, ES7RE (ex UR2REE), who died Wednesday December 8th in a car accident. Jari said, "Tiit was visiting Finland on his business and driving from OH3 to OH1 when a truck on a slippery way came to the left lane and crashed with his car." Tiit was an active DX and Contester and was just 40 years young. He leaves behind his wife Terje and two children. Our condolences to the Praks family. ______

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3B8/F6HMJ - MARITIUS - Starting just after 02:00Z Jack starts on 40 and works his way through 30 then up to 20 meters daily.

4T4O - PERU - Manual was operating on 28490 between 18:00 and 19:00Z from this club station in Lima. QSL via OA4O.

9N7UD - NEPAL - Charlie arrived as expected and showed up today on 14023 just prior to 02:00Z. QSL via K4VUD.

EP2FM - IRAN - Europeans found Abdollah Thursday on 14191 at 14:00Z. He is a fast QSLer!

FK8GM - NEW CALEDONIA - Eric was running the Europeans on 21295 just after 07:30Z. QSL via WB2RAJ.

JT1CO - MONGOLIA - Chak started on 3795 just before 12:00Z then moved to 7001 not long afterwards. Early today, around 00:40Z, he was back on 40 CW on 7007 working East Coast US stations for about an hour.

LZ0A - SOUTH SHETLANDS - Danny is back on this Antarctic Island as he was found on 28473 just before 01:00Z today. QSL via LZ1KDP.

VK0LD - MARQUARIE ISLAND - Western Europeans found Alan jumping between 14150 and 14195 from 10:00 to 11:00Z. ______

IOTA ______

The following IOTA stations were active Saturday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AS-018 UA0FF 28453 2303 NA-072 HP1XVH 28483 1721 AS-024 JS6LIH 21260 2303 NA-110 W2AKW/4 24970 1542 AS-032 JA6CTW 24950 0901 NA-138 N5VL 21260 1237 EU-055 LA2BKA 14258 1357 SA-008 LU1XT 14085 0023 NA-056 CO8LY/CO4 28011 1500 SA-011 9Y4SF 28482 1627

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 QSL ------10-Dec 10-Dec 9U 9U5D 3-176 SM0BFJ 10-Dec 12-Dec YS YS1/HB9KNA 3-222 HB9KNA 10-Dec 13-Dec GU GU0OFE 3-217 G0OFE 10-Dec 13-Dec PA PA3FDO (EU-038) 3-213 PA3FDO 10-Dec 13-Dec V2 V26X 3-219 K8CX 10-Dec 14-Dec HC HC1MD HC1MD/HC7 3-173 K8LJG 10-Dec 14-Dec ZF ZF2RT 3-217 W0GJ 10-Dec 15-Dec FT5Z FT5ZJ 3-147 F2YT 10-Dec 15-Dec KC4 KC4/WA1O 3-179 KA1CRP 10-Dec 15-Dec KP2 KP2/AG8L KP2/KC8NJA 3-219 NN6C 10-Dec 15-Dec VP5 VP5/K4LQ 3-211 K4LQ 10-Dec 18-Dec 9M6 9M6CT 3-200 HS0/G4JMB 10-Dec 22-Dec 3X 3XY2D 3-188 VE2DPS 10-Dec 25-Dec 4S by DL7FER 3-208 DL7FER 10-Dec 28-Dec TY by FK8VHU 3-218 10-Dec 31-Dec XW XW2A 3-168 3-167 direct 10-Dec 3-Jan 9N 9N7UD 3-203 K4VUD 10-Dec 4-Jan 3W 3W6KM 3-198 ES1AKM 10-Dec 10-Jan KH4 KH4/W4ZYV (OC-030) 3-158 3-157 W4ZYV 10-Dec 31-Jan VP8/Sh LZ0A 3-216 10-Dec 31-Jan P2 P2000K 3-184 P29PB 10-Dec 30-Nov VK0M VK0LD 11-Dec 12-Dec 3V 3V8BB 3-220 I5JHW 11-Dec 12-Dec OE 4U1VIC 3-186 11-Dec 12-Dec 8P 8P9JO 3-222 11-Dec 12-Dec ARRL 10 Meter Contest 11-Dec 12-Dec C6A C6A/K2PS 3-220 K2PS 11-Dec 12-Dec FM FM5DN 3-219 KU9C 11-Dec 12-Dec LU LT5V 3-216 LU8VCC 11-Dec 12-Dec LU LU4DD 3-222 11-Dec 12-Dec OH0 OH0Z 3-205 OH1EH 11-Dec 12-Dec VP5 VP5W 3-211 11-Dec 12-Dec KP2 WP2Z 3-219 KU9C 11-Dec 13-Dec JA JI3DST/3 (AS-117) 3-76 JI3DST 11-Dec 16-Dec GJ GJ/PA3GIO/P 3-213 PA3GIO ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for December 8, 1999 was 93.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for December 9, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------9-Dec-1999 21 156 14 3 Low/Quiet-Active;Low/Quiet-Unset 9-Dec-1999 18 150 13 2 Low/Quiet-Active;Low/Quiet-Unset 9-Dec-1999 15 150 13 2 Low/Quiet-Active;Low/Quiet-Unset 9-Dec-1999 12 150 13 3 Low/Quiet-Active;Low/Quiet-Unset 9-Dec-1999 09 150 13 3 Low/Quiet-Active;Low/Quiet-Unset 9-Dec-1999 06 150 13 4 Low/Quiet-Active;Low/Quiet-Unset 9-Dec-1999 03 150 13 2 Low/Quiet-Unset;Low/Quiet-Unset 9-Dec-1999 00 150 13 2 Low/Quiet-Unset;Low/Quiet-Unset

The forecast for Friday, December 10th: solar flux 190, A index 12, K index 3. Conditions should be High Normal.

The forecast for Saturday, December 11th: solar flux 200, A index 12, K index 3. Conditions should be High Normal.

The forecast for Sunday, December 12th: solar flux 210, A index 10, K index 3. Conditions should be High Normal.

Solar images of the sun received for December 10, 1999 can be found at http://www.sel.noaa.gov/solar_images/1999_12/1999_12_10.html

Perhaps the most useful propagation page for Amateur Radio Operators can be found at http://dx.qsl.net/propagation/

Grey line map http://www.spiritweb.org/cgi/sunclock.cgi ______

QSL Info ______

Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------3E1DX N0JT J8OK OK1RD XM1YX VE1YX 4T4O OA4O KP2/AG8L NN6C ZA/S51PF S51PF FT5ZJ F2YT LZ0A LZ1KDP ZM1CYK ZL1CYK GU0OFE G0OFE

QSL cards recently received direct: 3D2RR, 6V6U, 9G1MR, 9G5MF, 9U5D, CE3F, CU3DJ, CY9CWI, EA8AH, FG5EY, HK3JBR, HL2WA, JA8BGR, JY9NX, LY7A, P3A, PZ5JR, R1MVA, RM6A, S57J, S79ZG, S92YN, SM5IMO, SV9ANH, T24DX, TG9IGI, TI1C, V26B, XE3VD, ZL4IR/7, ZS5NK ______

On the WWW ______

The following new/updated logs are now at http://dx.qsl.net/logs

DS5DNO (thru November 14, 1999) DU1ODX (thru November 29, 1999) GD4UOL (thru November 30, 1999) HL5FUA (thru December 5, 1999) ID8/IK8VRH (IOTA EU-144, August 1999) KP4AH (thru November 28, 1999) NH0E (thru November 28, 1999) T32PO (thru November 30, 1999) VQ9CV (thru November 26, 1999) WL7M (thru December 4, 1999) XX9TDX (thru December 1, 1999) YC0LOW (thru November 27, 1999) ______

Credits ______

Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 5H3MS, AH0W, KA1CSL, KE4GHC, KH6BZF Reports, LU2DKN, N6RT, NOAA, OH2BU, QRZ DX, VK2SG RTTY DX Notes, W9OP ______

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DX News ______

Steve, K2WE (3W6WE, XU6WE), plans to once again operate from Vietnam in February or March of next year. This trip he will operate from the farm location of Hau, 3W6LI in Vung Tau, which is about 55 miles from Saigon, on the South China Sea. If Steve can get the license he will make every attempt to operate 40, 80 and 160 meters. This would be good news for low band DXers.

More news about Vietnam has Mal, VK6LC, working in the South China Sea area over the next four months. While in the area Mal may be able to get on from Con Son and Cu Lao Thu Islands.

Iwao, PY7FT, will be visiting Fernando de Noronha Island again along with his friend Nori, JA1WSK, between December 21st and December 28th. The two will use PY0FT. Nori is an expert operator of RTTY will concentrate on that made as well as PSK-31. Look for him on 14084, 21084, and 28084. Iwao will operate SSB and SSTV. Look for Iwao to be mostly on the higher frequencies however he will try the low bands. QSL via JA1ELY.

Macao is currently a Portuguese overseas territory and is expected to be returned to Chinese sovereignty on December 20, 1999. Moto, JK2PNY, expects to be there during the turnover. He has been there before and operated as XX9TSS. This time he will be there from December 15th to 26th and will operate the special call XX9SAR, which stands for Special Administrative Region. Plans are to be active on 6 through 40 meters CW and SSB. There may be other operators who will also use this call sign so make sure you ask who the operator is and what the QSL info is for each different operator. Moto will send QSLs to all automatically via the bureau in August 2000. However if you need a QSL before that you may send direct to Motoi Kawatsu, 17-15-205 Nishisugamo 3, Tokyo, 170-0001 JAPAN.

Toshi, JA1ELY, reports that both JD1BIC and JD1BKR are now members of the JARL and QSLs may be sent via bureau however direct requests may be sent to:

JD1BIC, Shiro Hazama, 3-7 Taura, Yokosuka, 237-0075 JAPAN JD1BKR, Katuya Sawada, 43-1 No.2 Usogigawamura, Ominato, 035-0096 JAPAN

Amateur Radio operators from the United Kingdom have been given special permission to add /2K after their suffixes throughout January to help celebrate the millennium.

Gus, 9U5D, went QRT late last week, however he expects to return to Burundi on January 10th for another 3 month assignment. QSL via SM0BFJ.

Steve, K8WK, says he will take his first trip to the other side of the pileup starting around December 23rd, as he will operate as HI8/K8WK from the Dominican Republic. He plans to take an IC-706MKIIG and a Gap Titan all band vertical. Look for him to be on all bands but concentrating on CW on 12, 17 and 30 meters through January 2nd. QSL via K8WK, Steve Litwins 2398 Woodbine Dr., Crestview, FL 32536, USA.

Y2K officers for the Westside (Los Angeles) Amateur Radio Club are as follows: President - Ira Gottfried, K6IRA Vice President - Darrel Van Buer, AK6I Secretary - Scott Dicks, KF6PIH Treasurer - Ray Speckman, KB6PBM Directors - Lee Freeman, AC6AJ - Dan Magro, W7RF - Cliff Waeschle, W6TWA - Wade Wiley, KQ6DL. ______

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10 METER CONTEST - The ARRL's once a year event brought out many DX stations. Here are just a few:

3E1DX, 3V8BB, 4F4IX (DU), 4T4O (OA), 4U1VIC (OE), 5A1A, 5H3RK, 8P9JO, 9G5DX, 9J2FR, 9M2TO, 9N7UD, BA1DU, BV7FF, CE5/SM3SGP, CQ9K (CT3), CX5BW, E4/G3WQU, EK6TA, EX8W, EY8MM, FK8GM, FM5DN, FR5FD, HS0/VE3XO, JD1BIA, JD1BIC/JD1, JT1BH, JY4NE, KH4/W4ZYV, KH8/N5OLS, NH0E, OD5/F5SQM, OH0Z, OY9JD, P40V, PZ5JR, SU9ZZ, T88XQ, TF3IRA, TZ6DX, V73CW, VP5B, VQ9IO, VR2BG, Z21KD, ZF2RT.

4X - ISRAEL - West Coast US Topbanders should look for Riki, 4X4NJ, and Ami, 4X4DK, on 160 meters between 14:30 and 15:30Z.

5H3RK - TANZANIA - Japanese lowband DXers reported Ralph on 1831 listening 1910 Sunday just before 22:00Z.

5X1Z - UGANDA - Mats says he is now active on 160 meters.

ST2SA - SUDAN - Dr. Sid made a surprise appearance on 14200 at 05:00Z on Friday. He does this occasionally but is not real reliable. Best thing to do is just be there ever Friday at 05:00Z.

SV2ASP/A - MOUNT ATHOS - Saturday just after 17:00Z Monk Apollo came up on 14197. Then Sunday he made it to 24945 just prior to 14:30Z.

TU5JL - IVORY COAST - This is Fernando (ex D2BB) and he was reported on 15 meters SSB several times on Sunday. QSL via W3HNK.

YK1AO - SYRIA - Look for Omar on 40 meters just after 05:00Z and again around 16:00Z. ______

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The following IOTA stations were active Saturday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AS-032 JA6CTW 24954 0834 EU-047 DJ9IN 21233 0915 AS-136 BD4ED 21300 0951 NA-025 J8OK 24896 1232 EU-013 MJ/PA3GIO/P 18145 1434 NA-072 3E1DX 28525 1359 EU-038 PA3FDO/P 21260 0952

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 QSL ------13-Dec 13-Dec 3W 3W6US 3-223 N2OO 13-Dec 13-Dec GU GU0OFE 3-217 G0OFE 13-Dec 13-Dec JA JI3DST/3 (AS-117) 3-76 JI3DST 13-Dec 13-Dec PA PA3FDO (EU-038) 3-213 PA3FDO 13-Dec 13-Dec V2 V26X 3-219 K8CX 13-Dec 14-Dec HC HC1MD HC1MD/HC7 3-173 K8LJG 13-Dec 14-Dec ZF ZF2RT 3-217 W0GJ 13-Dec 15-Dec FT5Z FT5ZJ 3-147 F2YT 13-Dec 15-Dec KC4 KC4/WA1O 3-179 KA1CRP 13-Dec 15-Dec KP2 KP2/AG8L KP2/KC8NJA 3-219 NN6C 13-Dec 15-Dec VP5 VP5/K4LQ 3-211 K4LQ 13-Dec 16-Dec GJ GJ/PA3GIO/P 3-213 PA3GIO 13-Dec 18-Dec 9M6 9M6CT 3-200 HS0/G4JMB 13-Dec 20-Dec 5T 5T5U 3-217 JA1UT 13-Dec 22-Dec 3X 3XY2D 3-188 VE2DPS 13-Dec 25-Dec 4S by DL7FER 3-208 DL7FER 13-Dec 28-Dec TY by FK8VHU 3-218 13-Dec 31-Dec XW XW2A 3-168 3-167 direct 13-Dec 3-Jan 9N 9N7UD 3-203 K4VUD 13-Dec 4-Jan 3W 3W6KM 3-198 ES1AKM 13-Dec 10-Jan KH4 KH4/W4ZYV (OC-030) 3-158 3-157 W4ZYV 13-Dec 15-Jan 5H 5H3MG 3-223 IN3YYQ 13-Dec 31-Jan VP8/Sh LZ0A 3-216 LZ1KDP 13-Dec 31-Jan P2 P2000K 3-184 P29PB 13-Dec 30-Nov VK0M VK0LD 15-Dec 2-Jan HR HR1RMG (NA-035) 3-191 3-144 16-Dec 20-Dec VP9 AA1AC/VP9 3-216 AA1AC 18-Dec 19-Dec 5X 5X1T ON5NT 18-Dec 19-Dec Croatian (9A) CW Contest 18-Dec 19-Dec JA JH5ZCP/4 (AS-117) 3-204 JARL 18-Dec 19-Dec OK DX RTTY Contest 18-Dec 19-Dec Stew Perry Topband Distance Challenge 18-Dec 23-Dec YB YE2K 3-219 YB2PBX 18-Dec 1-Jan P4 P40AV 3-182 K4AVQ ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for December 11, 1999 was 134.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for December 12, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------12-Dec-1999 21 159 12 3 Low/Quiet-Active;Low/Quiet-Active 12-Dec-1999 18 159 8 4 Low/Quiet-Active;Low/Quiet-Active 12-Dec-1999 15 159 8 2 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 12-Dec-1999 12 159 8 3 Low/Quiet-Active;Low/Quiet-Active 12-Dec-1999 09 159 8 1 Low/Quiet-Active;Low/Quiet-Active 12-Dec-1999 06 159 8 3 Low/Quiet-Active;Low/Quiet-Active 12-Dec-1999 03 159 8 1 Low/Quiet-Active;Low/Quiet-Active 12-Dec-1999 00 159 8 0 Low/Quiet-Active;Low/Unsettled-Active

The forecast for Monday, December 13th: solar flux 210, A index 10, K index 3. Conditions should be High Normal.

The forecast for Tuesday, December 14th: solar flux 210, A index 7, K index 2. Conditions should be Above Normal.

Solar images of the sun received for December 13, 1999 can be found at http://www.sel.noaa.gov/solar_images/1999_12/1999_12_13.html

Perhaps the most useful propagation page for Amateur Radio Operators can be found at http://dx.qsl.net/propagation/

Grey line map http://www.spiritweb.org/cgi/sunclock.cgi ______

QSL Info ______

Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------3E1DX N0JT ER0F UX0FF PJ2I ON4CFD 3F1AC HP1AC FM5DN KU9C SW2A SV2AEL 3F2CWB HP2CWB FM5FJ KU9C T88XQ JE2PCY 3V8BB I5JHW FP5BU F5TJP TZ6DX K4DX 4T4WW OA4O HC1MD/HC7 K8LJG VP5W W4OV 5H3MG IN3YYQ LT5F LU4FPZ VR2K VR2XRW C6A/K2PS K2PS MJ/PA3GIO/PPA3GIO ZF2AR N6KI CE5/SM3SGP SM3EVR MU0C G0OFE ZF2RT W0GJ EG3TVC EA3EM

QSL cards recently received direct: 5R8FU, 9U5D, EI5DR, ER8C, EY8MM, FR5FD, FS/N3OC, HB0/DL2HYH, HC8N, HK136P, JW/DL3NRV, LX2PA, P29BI, SV2ASP/A, T95A, V26OC, V63EC (OC-010), XX9TRR, ZL4IR/ZL7, ZS6AVP ______

On the WWW ______

ActiveEarth is a world time clock and chronograph that beautifully displays the movement of day and night over The Living Earth satellite image. A free 30-day trial edition is available at http://www.activeearth.com/ ______

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Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 425 DX News, G3PMR, JA1ELY, K6IRA, K7SO, K8WK, KH6BZF Reports, NOAA, OPDX, W4SKW, WB4KTC, YS1RR ______

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December 20TH marks the return of Macao back to China. In order for Macao to remain on the DXCC list it must meet one of the following criteria. One, be a member of the United Nations (UN), it currently is not. Two, have an International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) society, it currently does not. Three, have it's own Call Sign Prefix block issued by the International Telecommunications Union (ITU), it does not have this currently as the XX prefix block belongs to Portugal.

From all readings it appears that China plans to have Macao set up as a Special Administrative Region (SAR) like Hong Kong, which was handed over to China by the British in the summer of 1997. Hong Kong meets two of the requirements to be on the DXCC list. It has its own IARU society and its own Call Sign Prefix block. So it appears the only way at this point in time for Macao to remain on the ARRL DXCC list will be for China to assign Macao it's own prefix block which would need to appear on the ITU web page at http://www.itu.int/radioclub/rr/aps42.htm.

Adriano, IK2GNW, is leaving for a six week trip to the Pacific. He will start operations on January 20th, 2000 from French Polynesia. The first week he will be in French Polynesia signing FO0PRE (still unconfirmed). The second week he will operate from the Austral Islands. Next he will be in the North Cook Islands signing ZK1NW during the third week of the operation. Adriano will sign A35NW from Tonga Islands during the fourth week. The fifth week he will operate from Wallis & Futuna Islands signing FW/IK2GNW. Then finally the last week he will sign be on from Hawaii using KH6/IK2GNW. The exact dates will depend on the local flights. He will be active on all bands CW/SSB/RTTY. QSL via I2YSB either through the bureau or direct to I2YSB, Silvano Borsa, viale Capettini 1, 27036 MORTARA (PV), ITALY. More complete details can be found at the Web Site http://digilander.iol.it/i2ysb.

The 425 DX News reports that Giovanni (John), I5JHW, will be on Mauritius Island between December 31st and January 14th. He plans to operate as 3B8/I5JHW. Look for him to be active in the RTTY Roundup on January 8th and 9th. QSL via I5JHW.

Members of the Hong Kong Amateur Radio DX Association are now using special millennium call VR2K until January 31st. They will also use the call throughout March 2000 and from May 1st to July 31st 2000. QSL via VR2XRW.

Starting December 22nd Neil, G0JHC, and Lee, G0ULN, plan to be on the air from Mexico as XE1/G0JHC and XE1/G0ULN. The two will be active on 6 through 80 meters until January 10th. QSL via home calls.

Special event station BT2000 will be active from December 25th through January 2nd to celebrate the year 2000. The station will be located at 30 26' North by 122 22' East on Qushan Island in the Zhoushan Archipelago (AS-137). Operators will include BA4DC, BA4DI, BA4DL, BA4EE, BA4EG, BD4ED, BG4AGN and BG4AAC. They expect to be QRV on SSB, CW, SSTV, RTTY and PSK31 modes, using the Normal IOTA and DX frequencies. QSL information is via BA4EG (ex BD4EG), Zheng, P.O. Box 122-001, Shanghai 200122, China. For more info see the following web page http://www.qsl.net/ba4eg or contact Zheng by e-mail at [email protected]. ______

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3W6KM - VIETNAM - West Coast US and Europeans found them on 7003 between 13:00 and 14:00Z on Monday. They were giving out ES1WN as the QSL route today. The other day it was ES1AKM. Both operators are there.

5T5U - MAURITANIA - The group started up yesterday just after 18:00Z on 14197. They were later found on 30 and 40 meters CW. Look for this station on 80 meters SSB around 05:00Z Wednesday. QSL via JA1UT.

9K2GS - KUWAIT - West Coast US DXers found Abdullah on 80 meters long path at 14:30Z. QSL via W6YJ.

9M6CT - EAST MALAYSIA - Phil came up today on 18160 just after 00:00Z.

D2/EA1BF - ANGOLA - Jesus continues to be active below 21200 on SSB most days. Yesterday he was there between 16:00 and 19:30Z. ______

IOTA ______

The following IOTA stations were active Saturday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AS-018 UA0FDX 14213 0302 EU-013 MJ/PA3GIO/P 14260 1052 AS-040 JH6TYD 28011 0715 EU-038 PA3FDO 14260 0736 AS-136 BD4ED 28485 0102 EU-055 LA2BKA 14255 1445 EU-002 OH0JTU 28490 1346 OC-067 FO5NL 14260 0324

Starting March 26th Art, NN7A, plans to be back in Belize signing V31JZ. He plans to be on Turneffe Island (NA-123) until March 31st. Look for him on all bands on CW with some SSB around 21260 and 14260. QSL via NN7A either through the bureau or direct to Arthur M. Phillips, P.O. Box 201, Flagstaff, AZ 86002, 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 QSL ------14-Dec 4-Jan 3W 3W6KM 3-198 ES1AKM 14-Dec 22-Dec 3X 3XY2D 3-188 VE2DPS 14-Dec 25-Dec 4S by DL7FER 3-208 DL7FER 14-Dec 15-Jan 5H 5H3MG 3-223 IN3YYQ 14-Dec 20-Dec 5T 5T5U 3-217 JA1UT 14-Dec 18-Dec 9M6 9M6CT 3-200 HS0/G4JMB 14-Dec 3-Jan 9N 9N7UD 3-203 K4VUD 14-Dec 15-Dec FT5Z FT5ZJ 3-147 F2YT 14-Dec 16-Dec GJ GJ/PA3GIO/P 3-213 PA3GIO 14-Dec 14-Dec HC HC1MD HC1MD/HC7 3-173 K8LJG 14-Dec 15-Dec KC4 KC4/WA1O 3-179 KA1CRP 14-Dec 10-Jan KH4 KH4/W4ZYV (OC-030) 3-158 3-157 W4ZYV 14-Dec 15-Dec KP2 KP2/AG8L KP2/KC8NJA 3-219 NN6C 14-Dec 31-Jan P2 P2000K 3-184 P29PB 14-Dec 28-Dec TY by FK8VHU 3-218 14-Dec 30-Nov VK0M VK0LD 14-Dec 15-Dec VP5 VP5/K4LQ 3-211 K4LQ 14-Dec 31-Jan VP8/Sh LZ0A 3-216 14-Dec 31-Dec XW XW2A 3-168 3-167 direct 14-Dec 14-Dec ZF ZF2RT 3-217 W0GJ ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for December 12, 1999 was 97.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for December 13, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------13-Dec-1999 21 166 27 2 Low/Quiet-Maj Storm;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 13-Dec-1999 18 159 11 4 Low/Quiet-Maj Storm;Low/Quiet-Active 13-Dec-1999 15 159 11 4 Low/Quiet-Maj Storm;Low/Quiet-Active 13-Dec-1999 12 159 11 6 Low/Quiet-Maj Storm;Low/Active-Min Storm 13-Dec-1999 09 159 11 4 Low/Quiet-Active;Low/Quiet-Active 13-Dec-1999 06 159 11 4 Low/Quiet-Active;Low/Quiet-Active 13-Dec-1999 03 159 11 3 Low/Quiet-Active;Low/Quiet-Active 13-Dec-1999 00 159 11 2 Low/Quiet-Active;Low/Quiet-Active

The forecast for Tuesday, December 14th: solar flux 210, A index 7, K index 2. Conditions should be Above Normal.

The forecast for Wednesday, December 15th: solar flux 210, A index 8, K index 3. Conditions should be High Normal.

Solar images of the sun received for December 14, 1999 can be found at http://www.sel.noaa.gov/solar_images/1999_12/1999_12_14.html

Perhaps the most useful propagation page for Amateur Radio Operators can be found at http://dx.qsl.net/propagation/

Grey line map http://www.spiritweb.org/cgi/sunclock.cgi ______

QSL Info ______

Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------3W6KM ES1WN CM6YI W3HNK VP5/K9RS K9QVB 5T5U JA1UT VP5/K9DX K9QVB VQ9PH W2JDK A41LI A47RS

QSL cards recently received direct: 9Y4/PA3EWP, E44/JA8RUZ, PJ7/PA3EWP, PJ7/PA4EA, R1MVA, S79GI (AF-033), T24DX, V31GI (NA-180), V47WP, VK2NP (OC-212), VP2ECV, VP2EEA, VP2EFM, YW7C

QSL cards recently received via the bureau: 5A2A, 5V7FA, F/G0GRC (EU- 107), GM4WSB (EU-123), LA/DF8YO/P (EU-062), LA/DK4WD/P (EU-079), PT7BZ/PY6 (SA-080), SK0HS/5 (EU-084), TJ1HP, TM0AIX (EU-032), and ZX0F ______

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Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 425 DX News, G3PMR, I2YSB, KH6BZF Reports, NOAA, OE-1002419, W7IAN ______

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Josep, EA6ACC, plans to be active from Australia as VK4FOC from January 20th to March 15th 2000. He will have an IC-706MKIIG with 100 watts and a Cushcraft R-7000 vertical. He expects to be operating portable in VK2, VK3, VK5 and VK8.

Toshi, JA8RUZ/KH2Y, is planning to operate from St. Thomas Island, US Virgin Islands between January 2nd and 7th. He will take an IC-706 and will use KH2Y/KP2 on all bands CW and SSB with a ground plane. Concentration will be put on 10, 12, 17 and 30 meters. QSL via JA8RUZ, Toshi Kawanishi, C.P.O. Box 166, Asahikawa, 070-8691, JAPAN. ______

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5T5U - MUARITANIA - The IARV gang were reported yesterday as follows:

GMT Frequencies GMT Frequencies ------04 14195 14 28492 05 3792 14200 16 28496 06 7007 21270 17 28496 08 21273 18 28498 09 21273 19 18140 10 21273 24955 20 7068 18142 11 24955 21 7068 12 18118 24955 22 7002 13 28492 23 7002

9N7UD - NEPAL - Charlie says look for him on 40, 80 and 160 meters. He says he can be found on 7008, 3505 and 1830. QSL via K4VUD.

FO0EEN - AUSTRAL ISLANDS - Einar, LA1EE, is once again active from this separate counter in the French Polynesian chain. He has been showing up on 40 meters CW the last two days during his darkness. Many people are still waiting for their QSL cards from last year's operation, which were to have been handled by Einar. Hans, LA9HF, says, "LA DX GROUP is now trying to find a solution for last year's and this year's QSL chores."

FR5FD - REUNION ISLAND - Pat was found today at 03:15Z on 14007 working both North and South America.

VK0LD - MACQUARIE ISLAND - Look for Alan to be active on Thursday December 16th from 09:00 to 11:00Z on 14026. He will be listening on 14031 for North and Central America. Alan says he will be active on all bands during Y2K.

VQ9PO - DIEGO GARCIA - Patrick, W3PO, says he is now active on 6 through 160 meters. QSL via W3PO. ______

IOTA ______

The following IOTA stations were active Saturday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AS-032 JA6CTW 18155 2239 EU-013 MJ/PA3GIO/P 24944 1515 AS-083 RA9LI/9 14260 1331 NA-143 AB5EB 28013 1517 EU-009 GM3IBU 24960 1608

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 QSL ------15-Dec 4-Jan 3W 3W6KM 3-198 ES1AKM 15-Dec 22-Dec 3X 3XY2D 3-188 VE2DPS 15-Dec 25-Dec 4S by DL7FER 3-208 DL7FER 15-Dec 15-Jan 5H 5H3MG 3-223 IN3YYQ 15-Dec 20-Dec 5T 5T5U 3-217 JA1UT 15-Dec 18-Dec 9M6 9M6CT 3-200 HS0/G4JMB 15-Dec 3-Jan 9N 9N7UD 3-203 K4VUD 15-Dec 15-Dec FT5Z FT5ZJ 3-147 F2YT 15-Dec 16-Dec GJ GJ/PA3GIO/P 3-213 PA3GIO 15-Dec 2-Jan HR HR1RMG (NA-035) 3-191 3-144 15-Dec 15-Dec KC4 KC4/WA1O 3-179 KA1CRP 15-Dec 10-Jan KH4 KH4/W4ZYV (OC-030) 3-158 3-157 W4ZYV 15-Dec 15-Dec KP2 KP2/AG8L KP2/KC8NJA 3-219 NN6C 15-Dec 31-Jan P2 P2000K 3-184 P29PB 15-Dec 28-Dec TY by FK8VHU 3-218 15-Dec 30-Nov VK0M VK0LD 15-Dec 15-Dec VP5 VP5/K4LQ 3-211 K4LQ 15-Dec 31-Jan VP8/Sh LZ0A 3-216 15-Dec 31-Jan VR2 VR2K 3-225 VR2XRW 15-Dec 31-Dec XW XW2A 3-168 3-167 direct 15-Dec 26-Dec XX9 XX9SAR 3-224 JK2PNY ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for December 13, 1999 was 147.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for December 14, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------14-Dec-1999 21 168 4 2 Low/Quiet;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 14-Dec-1999 18 166 26 2 Low/Quiet-Active;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 14-Dec-1999 15 166 26 0 Low/Quiet-Active;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 14-Dec-1999 12 166 26 1 Low/Quiet-Active;Low/Quiet-Unsettled 14-Dec-1999 09 166 26 1 Low/Quiet-Major Storm;Low/Quiet- Unsettled 14-Dec-1999 06 166 26 1 Low/Quiet-Major Storm;Low/Quiet- Unsettled 14-Dec-1999 03 166 26 2 Low/Quiet-Major Storm;Low/Quiet- Unsettled 14-Dec-1999 00 166 26 1 Low/Quiet-Major Storm;Low/Quiet- Unsettled

The forecast for Wednesday, December 15th: solar flux 210, A index 8, K index 3. Conditions should be High Normal.

The forecast for Thursday, December 16th: solar flux 210, A index 10, K index 3. Conditions should be High Normal.

Solar images of the sun received for December 15, 1999 can be found at http://www.sel.noaa.gov/solar_images/1999_12/1999_12_15.html

Perhaps the most useful propagation page for Amateur Radio Operators can be found at http://dx.qsl.net/propagation/

Grey line map http://www.spiritweb.org/cgi/sunclock.cgi ______

QSL Info ______

Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------5H3MG IN3YYQ FO0EEN LA1EE KH0/JN1WTK JN1WTK 5N3CPR SP5CPR HS4BPQ E21EIC RK0AZN RV0AM 9H3EH G0GDS

QSL cards recently received direct: 3V8BB, 9U5D, A35SO (OC-049), FG/G3TXF, PZ5CM, T30R, UA0KCL/0 (AS-038), VP2V/G3TXF, VP6PAC

QSL cards recently received via the bureau: DL5CW/P (EU-098), ES7/IK6CAC (EU-034), GS0AYR/P (EU-123), ID9/IK4HLQ (EU-017), VE9MY/P (NA-014) ______

On the WWW ______

Do you like working DX on 160 meters? Here is a web page that lists band plans for many DX countries: http://www.angenent.org/Topbanders/topban2000.txt

Can find that QSL address? Try this site: http://www.algonet.se/~sm5arl/qsladr.html

Markus, DK5AX (ex DL5OBZ) has set up a Web page for S92CW and S92DX at http://www.qsl.net/dk5ax/. Logs are available at this site. ______

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Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: DK5AX, EA3GHZ, EA6ACC, G3PMR, JA8RUZ, K3AIR, KH6BZF Reports, LU4AAV, N2TN, NOAA, W5OZI ______

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Alan, VK0LD, expects to be on 14026 today starting at 09:00Z and listening on 14031 for North and South Americans. Europeans should try on Friday November 17th between 05:00 to 07:00Z on 14155. Europeans who want him on CW can then try between 09:00 to 11:00Z on 14003 listening 14008.

Andy, G4ZVJ, reports his trip to Cambodia was very successful with 18,000 CW QSOs including 3,825 QSOs in the CQ World Wide CW DX Contest. QSL cards go via G4ZVJ, Andy Chadwick, 5 Thorpe Chase, Ripon, HG4 1UA United Kingdom.

Paul, A35RK, says, "I received a new rig (TS-570DG) and a new TNC." He also received a new Force-12 C3S antenna. His repair parts for the low-band vertical will be shipped soon. Currently he is active on 10 through 30 meters and hops to be on 6 meters and the low bands soon.

Francesco, IK0FVC, plans to operate from the Vatican with special call HV0A starting Christmas Eve. More news of this operation is expected. ______

QSN ______

3DA0WPX - SWAZILAND - Andre, ZS5WPX, was active from this South African country starting yesterday around 07:00Z. He was found on 10, 15 and 20 meters SSB. QSL via ZS5WPX.

3XY2D - GUINEA - Denis came up yesterday on 14195 just before 21:00Z. He only has about one more week before leaving the country. There is only one other semi-active Amateur Radio operator from this semi-rare one, 3XY1B0.

5A1A - LIBYA - Check 80 meters CW at 20:00Z for Abubaker.

5H3MG - TANZANIA - RTTY DXers should try 14085 at 17:00Z.

5T5U - MAURITANIA - Supposedly the IARV group does have the ability to get on 160 meters. Can't hurt to ask! QSL via JA1UT.

6W6JX - SENEGAL - Check the low bands (80 and 160 meters) for Jean starting at 06:00Z through his sunrise.

D2/EA1BF - ANGOLA - If you need this one and can not go below 21200 on SSB you can always try 28900 between 17:00 and 19:00Z. It might help if you speak Spanish in order to snag Jesus.

HL3IUA - SOUTH KOREA - 160 meter DXers be aware that Choi shows up near 1824 at his sunrise and sunset. ______

IOTA ______

The following IOTA stations were active Saturday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AS-032 JA6CTW 24961 0901 NA-001 C6A/K2PS 28014 1302 EU-013 MJ/PA3GIO/P 18144 1353 NA-143 AB5EB 24906 1326 EU-055 LA2BKA 14258 1135

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 QSL ------16-Dec 4-Jan 3W 3W6KM 3-198 ES1AKM 16-Dec 22-Dec 3X 3XY2D 3-188 VE2DPS 16-Dec 25-Dec 4S by DL7FER 3-208 DL7FER 16-Dec 15-Jan 5H 5H3MG 3-223 IN3YYQ 16-Dec 20-Dec 5T 5T5U 3-217 JA1UT 16-Dec 18-Dec 9M6 9M6CT 3-200 HS0/G4JMB 16-Dec 3-Jan 9N 9N7UD 3-203 K4VUD 16-Dec 16-Dec GJ GJ/PA3GIO/P 3-213 PA3GIO 16-Dec 2-Jan HR HR1RMG (NA-035) 3-191 3-144 16-Dec 10-Jan KH4 KH4/W4ZYV (OC-030) 3-158 3-157 W4ZYV 16-Dec 31-Jan P2 P2000K 3-184 P29PB 16-Dec 28-Dec TY by FK8VHU 3-218 16-Dec 30-Nov VK0M VK0LD 16-Dec 31-Jan VP8/Sh LZ0A 3-216 16-Dec 20-Dec VP9 AA1AC/VP9 3-216 AA1AC 16-Dec 31-Jan VR2 VR2K 3-225 VR2XRW 16-Dec 31-Dec XW XW2A 3-168 3-167 direct 16-Dec 26-Dec XX9 XX9SAR 3-224 JK2PNY ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for December 14, 1999 was 139.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for December 15, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------15-Dec-1999 21 179 2 2 Low/Quiet;Low/Quiet 15-Dec-1999 18 168 3 1 Low/Quiet;Low/Quiet 15-Dec-1999 15 168 3 0 Low/Quiet;Low/Quiet 15-Dec-1999 12 168 3 0 Low/Quiet;Low/Quiet 15-Dec-1999 09 168 3 0 Low/Quiet;Low/Quiet 15-Dec-1999 06 168 3 0 Low/Quiet;Low/Quiet 15-Dec-1999 03 168 3 0 Low/Quiet;Low/Quiet 15-Dec-1999 00 168 3 0 Low/Quiet;Low/Quiet-Unsettled

The forecast for Thursday, December 16th: solar flux 160, A index 10, K index 3. Conditions should be High Normal.

The forecast for Friday, December 17th: solar flux 155, A index 8, K index 3. Conditions should be High Normal.

Solar images of the sun received for December 16, 1999 can be found at http://www.sel.noaa.gov/solar_images/1999_12/1999_12_16.html

Perhaps the most useful propagation page for Amateur Radio Operators can be found at http://dx.qsl.net/propagation/

Grey line map http://www.spiritweb.org/cgi/sunclock.cgi ______

QSL Info ______

Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------3DA0WPX ZS6WPX HS72A HS1CKC XE1UN EA5XX 3XY2D VE2DPS TU2IJ I2AOX YB0AZ W7TSQ A35RK W7TSQ TU5JL W3HNK

QSL cards recently received direct: ______

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Credits ______

Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: A35RK, G4ZVJ, KH6BZF Reports, N1ND, NOAA, VK0LD ______

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DX News ______

Francesco, IK0FVC, says he plans to celebrate the Giubileo (special Holy Year 2000) from the Vatican on December 24th. He will use the new special call HV0A, which will be a permanent call. Francesco also said "Still don't know if I will have time to go to 1A0KM. Maybe between December 25th to 31st for a very brief operation. QSL HV0A via IK0FVC.

Daniel, F5LGQ, and Frank, F5JOT, will be in Martinique (FM) from March 18th to April 1st. They will be active on SSB and CW from 10 to 80 meters. Between March 23rd and 25th the two will take a side trip to Dominica (J7) and will operate the CQ WPX SSB Contest.

Nilay, TA3YJ, and Berkin, TA3J, will be active as YM2ITA from December 21st to January 21st in Turkey. Look for them on SSB on 10 through 160 meters, including 2 meters and 70 centimeters. QSL via TA3YJ.

Gerard, HR5/F2JD will be in Honduras until January 4th. He will then return to Bogota, Colombia for one day. On January 5th he will head for Sao Paulo, Brazil for a four-month work assignment.

The Winter 2000 issue of Outdoor Life (page 16) reported The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) thinks Palmyra Island, south of Hawaii, is worth $44,118 per acre, or $30 million. "The USFWS considered buying it with funds generated through excise taxes on firearms and ammo and the sale of duck stamps. This tropical paradise has a population of 10 ducks. By the way, Bill Gates felt the island was too expensive. He opted not to buy the uninhabited atoll last year." If the USFWS does buy Palmyra permission to land and operate from this rare island will be very difficult. Just look at Navassa and Desecheo, which are both controlled by USFWS. ______

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3DA0WPX - SWAZILAND - Had a good signal into the West Coast of the US on 28476 just before 19:00Z. QSL via ZS6WPX.

3W6KM - VIETNAM - Was found on 10104 just before 23:00Z. QSL via ES1WN.

3XY2D - GUINEA - Dennis continues to show up on 20 meters SSB around 18:00 and 23:00Z. QSL via VE2DPS.

5H3MG - TANZANIA - RTTY DXers found John at 14:00 and 17:00Z on 20 meters. QSL via IN3YYQ.

5T5U - MAURITANIA - Yesterday they were found at 22:00Z on 3504. The operator started simplex then listening up 1. The IARV members were reported as follows on Thursday:

GMT Frequencies GMT Frequencies ------00 7001 15 21295 28595 06 14200 18075 16 21295 07 14200 18075 17 21295 08 21295 18 7003 09 21010 21295 19 7009 10 21010 28595 20 7058 11 24897 21010 21 7058 12 14017 14193 21295 24940 28596 22 7058 13 14017 21295 28596 23 7058 14 21295 28595

9G5ZW - GHANA - Stations all across the US, Western Europe and Japan found him on 10105 starting around 21:45Z yesterday until early this morning. QSL via OM3LZ.

BV2A - TAIWAN - OM Tim came up on the low end of the 40 meter CW band yesterday around 13:30Z.

D2/EA1BF - ANGOLA - Check 28900 and 28945 around 17:00Z daily.

FO0EEN - AUSTRAL ISLANDS - Einar started on 40 meters as usual around 04:15Z. Just before 06:00Z he moved to 1826.

JW5NM - SVALBARD - Matt was active on 18131 between 00:00 and 01:00Z. QSL via LA5NM.

JY9QJ - JORDAN - Look for George near 1824 just before his sunrise and sunset. QSL via DL5MBY.

KH4/W4ZYV - MIDWAY ISLAND - Dick has been showing up on 14257 just after 02:00Z and on a net on 21355 around 18:00Z. QSL via W4ZYV.

VK0LD - MACQUARIE ISLAND - The good news is that Alan showed up around 09:00Z yesterday with a big signal into the East Coast of the US. He was on 14026 and listening between 14030.4 to 14032.0 or so. Alan was going by call areas and was taking several from each area and was working at a much better rate than last week. He seemed to be moving up 100 Hz after each QSO. The bad news is that he announced on a reflector that he will be going permanently QRT as of 12:00Z on December 31st 1999. No exact reason was given. Let's hope that things change! ______

IOTA ______

The following IOTA stations were active Saturday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AS-018 UA0FHC 21260 0342 EU-016 9A2GF 28003 1410 AS-032 JA6CTW 21222 0842 EU-020 SM1BIQ 28460 1249 AS-136 BD4ED 18130 0738 OC-019 AH6HY 14260 0437 EU-002 OH0JTU 21260 1429 OC-026 AH2DN 21260 0950 EU-013 MJ/PA3GIO/P 7074 2018 SA-008 LU1XT 14085 0046

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 QSL ------17-Dec 4-Jan 3W 3W6KM 3-198 ES1AKM 17-Dec 22-Dec 3X 3XY2D 3-188 VE2DPS 17-Dec 25-Dec 4S by DL7FER 3-208 DL7FER 17-Dec 15-Jan 5H 5H3MG 3-223 IN3YYQ 17-Dec 20-Dec 5T 5T5U 3-217 JA1UT 17-Dec 18-Dec 9M6 9M6CT 3-200 HS0/G4JMB 17-Dec 3-Jan 9N 9N7UD 3-203 K4VUD 17-Dec 2-Jan HR HR1RMG (NA-035) 3-191 3-144 17-Dec 10-Jan KH4 KH4/W4ZYV (OC-030) 3-158 3-157 W4ZYV 17-Dec 31-Jan P2 P2000K 3-184 P29PB 17-Dec 28-Dec TY by FK8VHU 3-218 17-Dec 30-Nov VK0M VK0LD 17-Dec 31-Jan VP8/Sh LZ0A 3-216 17-Dec 20-Dec VP9 AA1AC/VP9 3-216 AA1AC 17-Dec 31-Jan VR2 VR2K 3-225 VR2XRW 17-Dec 31-Dec XW XW2A 3-168 3-167 direct 17-Dec 26-Dec XX9 XX9SAR 3-224 JK2PNY 18-Dec 19-Dec 5X 5X1T ON5NT 18-Dec 19-Dec JA JH5ZCP/4 (AS-117) 3-204 JARL 18-Dec 1-Jan P4 P40AV 3-182 K4AVQ 18-Dec 23-Dec YB YE2K 3-219 YB2PBX 18-Dec 19-Dec Croatian (9A) CW Contest 18-Dec 19-Dec OK DX RTTY Contest 18-Dec 19-Dec Stew Perry Topband Distance Challenge 19-Dec 26-Dec 7Q 7Q7BO 3-211 3-158 ZS5BBO ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for December 15, 1999 was 148.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for December 16, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------16-Dec-1999 21 194 6 2 Low/Quiet;Low/Quiet 16-Dec-1999 18 179 2 2 Low/Quiet;Low/Quiet 16-Dec-1999 15 179 2 2 Low/Quiet;Low/Quiet 16-Dec-1999 12 179 2 1 Low/Quiet;Low/Quiet 16-Dec-1999 09 179 2 2 Low/Quiet;Low/Quiet 16-Dec-1999 06 179 2 2 Low/Quiet;Low/Quiet 16-Dec-1999 03 179 2 2 Low/Quiet;Low/Quiet 16-Dec-1999 00 179 2 2 Low/Quiet;Low/Quiet

The forecast for Friday, December 17th: solar flux 155, A index 8, K index 3. Conditions should be High Normal.

The forecast for Saturday, December 18th: solar flux 150, A index 8, K index 3. Conditions should be High Normal.

The forecast for Sunday, December 19th: solar flux 150, A index 10, K index 3. Conditions should be High Normal.

Solar images of the sun received for December 17, 1999 can be found at http://www.sel.noaa.gov/solar_images/1999_12/1999_12_17.html

Perhaps the most useful propagation page for Amateur Radio Operators can be found at http://dx.qsl.net/propagation/

Grey line map http://www.spiritweb.org/cgi/sunclock.cgi ______

QSL Info ______

Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------9J2BO W6ORD D2/EA1BF EA8EE V31JP KA9WON CP6XE IK6SNR MJ/PA3GIO/P PA3GIO YQ0TM YO2BP CQ0ODX CT2GZE

QSL cards recently received direct: 3W6AR, BV2RS, CE0ZIS, CY9RF, TI5EBU, VP9/N0ED, ZS8D ______

On the WWW ______

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Credits ______

Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: DL2MIH, F6AJA, KH6BZF Reports, KR1G, LNDX, NOAA, VK0LD, W0GJ, W3JJ, W3MC, W7IAN, W7UG ______

Subscriptions ______

DX News ______

Jose, CT1EEB, is now in Dili, East Timor and working with the United Nations. No calls have been issued at this time, however when he goes to Australia he can use VK8CS.

Jacques, F6BUM, plans to operate from 6W1 and 6W4, Senegal from Christmas Eve through New Years Eve. QSL via F6BUM.

Gary, DF2RG, says he operated the CQ World Wide CW DX Contest from the QTH of Naeem, AP2N. He has the logs and QSLs and will QSL 100% via the bureau or direct. Gary hopes to be there again next year for the CQ WW CW DX Contest and will operate 30 meters before and after the event.

Look for special event station W2M to be active from Sacramento, California between December 24th and January 7th to commemorate the Millennium. A beautiful full-color commemorative QSL will be available for this operation. QSL via N6ZS CBA with SASE or 1 green stamp.

The Pacific Northwest DX Convention, DX 2000, will be held between July 28th and 30th in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Check out the British Columbia DX Club's web page at http://www.bcdxc.org.

Stan, OK1JR (5N0MSV), is now stationed in Albania and has received his license to operate. Look for him to be active on 2 through 160 meters. He will be there for several years and plans to be active during his afternoons and evenings. There is no ZA QSL bureau to QSL direct to his home call. Stan Matejicek, Moskevska 1464, CZ 10100 Praha 10 CZECH REPUBLIC. ______

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3F99PCR - PANAMA - Here's a nice prefix. Activity has been on CW and SSB on 40, 30, 20 and 10 meters. QSL via HP1PCR.

3W6AP - VIETNAM - This is Park, HL1ACP, a new operator in Southeast Asia. He came up on 21280 around 02:00Z on Saturday. QSL via HL2AQN.

3W6KM - VIETNAM - Check out 40 meters CW just before 14:00Z. QSL via ES1WN.

4X4NJ - ISRAEL - West Coast US stations were hearing Riki on 1828 just after 15:00Z on Friday.

5R8EE - MADAGASCAR - Mike has been showing up near 14220 around 02:30Z.

9N1AA - NEPAL - Satish has all of a sudden become active on both 10 and 20 meters SSB. Over the last three days he has been on between 12:00 and 14:00Z. QSL via N4AA.

A92GE - BAHRAIN - Look for David near 14250 around 03:30Z.

D2/EA1BF - ANGOLA - Jesus was reported active on CW this weekend on 10 and 15 meters. Check for him around 28010 and 21015.

E44B - PALESTINE - Dr. Sami came up on the Arabian Knights Net on 14252 on Friday just before 07:30Z.

EX8F - KYRGYZSTAN - Vlad likes 20 meters CW most days around 02:30Z.

EZ8AQ - TURKMENISTAN - Jenny has been showing up on 30 meters CW just after 20:30Z.

FK8CP - NEW CALEDONIA - Rene was reported on 1830 Sunday at 10:30Z.

JD1BIC/JD1 - MINAMI TORISHIMA - Lots of activity this past weekend on 12 and 17 meters CW. Keep an ear on 24915 and 18075.

JD1/O - OGASAWARA - JD1BIA was on 28440 at 07:30Z on Saturday. JD1BKG came up on 21205 between 07:00 and 08:00 on Saturday. On Sunday JD1BKR was on 18125 at 08:30Z.

NZ7Q/KH4 - MIDWAY - Looks like a CW op on this semi-rare Pacific Ocean Island. Check out 28020 and 21020 between 00:00 and 03:00Z. QSL via N6ZVA.

P20OOP - PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Paul likes 40 meters. QSL via P29 QSL bureau.

R1AN - ANTARTICA - R1AND, R1ANK and R1ANZ are all Russian Based Antarctic stations. R1ANF is located in the South Shetland Islands.

ST2SA - SUDAN - Once again the best place to find Dr. Sid is 14200 at 05:00Z.

XX9 - MACAO - Today this Portuguese overseas territory was handed over to the Chinese after a 486 year occupation. The DXCC status of this one may not be decided for some time now. Activity over this past weekend was in full swing from XX9SAR, XX9TND, XX9TUH, XX9TVI and XX9TXX. ______

IOTA ______

The following IOTA stations were active Saturday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AS-026 HL4HLD 28033 0034 EU-082 U1ZA/A 14003 0341 AS-030 JD1BKR 21260 0956 EU-083 RA9LI/9 14260 1222 AS-032 HS0/IK4MRH 28460 0805 NA-052 KF9YL 14259 0028 AS-076 JH5SMY 21260 0019 NA-065 N6FD/7 14040 0226 AS-083 RA9LI/9 14260 1233 NA-065 N7WI 28410 2049 EU-004 EA6BG 28366 1353 OC-028 V73CW 14260 0951 EU-033 LA4MQ 14184 1504 SA-025 PS8HF/P 14265 1308 EU-052 SV8EP 21230 1312 SA-026 PP5OW 18140 0058 EU-057 DL4PM 21251 1357

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 QSL ------20-Dec 4-Jan 3W 3W6KM 3-198 ES1AKM 20-Dec 22-Dec 3X 3XY2D 3-188 VE2DPS 20-Dec 25-Dec 4S by DL7FER 3-208 DL7FER 20-Dec 15-Jan 5H 5H3MG 3-223 IN3YYQ 20-Dec 20-Dec 5T 5T5U 3-217 JA1UT 20-Dec 26-Dec 7Q 7Q7BO 3-211 3-158 ZS5BBO 20-Dec 3-Jan 9N 9N7UD 3-203 K4VUD 20-Dec 3-Jan FG TO2000 3-216 ON4LCE 20-Dec 2-Jan HR HR1RMG (NA-035) 3-191 3-144 20-Dec 4-Jan HR HR5/F2JD 3-228 F6AJA 20-Dec 10-Jan KH4 KH4/W4ZYV (OC-030) 3-158 3-157 W4ZYV 20-Dec 31-Jan P2 P2000K 3-184 P29PB 20-Dec 1-Jan P4 P40AV 3-182 K4AVQ 20-Dec 28-Dec TY by FK8VHU 3-218 20-Dec 30-Nov VK0M VK0LD 20-Dec 31-Jan VP8/Sh LZ0A 3-216 20-Dec 20-Dec VP9 AA1AC/VP9 3-216 AA1AC 20-Dec 31-Jan VR2 VR2K 3-225 VR2XRW 20-Dec 31-Dec XW XW2A 3-168 3-167 direct 20-Dec 26-Dec XX9 XX9SAR 3-224 JK2PNY 20-Dec 23-Dec YB YE2K 3-219 YB2PBX 21-Dec 28-Dec PY0F PY0FT 3-224 JA1ELY 21-Dec 21-Jan TA YM2ITA 3-228 TA3YJ 22-Dec 10-Jan XE XE1/G0JHC XE1/G0ULN 3-225 home calls 23-Dec 2-Jan HI HI8/K8WK 3-224 K8WK 24-Dec 24-Dec HV HV0A 3-228 3-227 IK0FVC 24-Dec 3-Jan XU XU7AAZ 3-219 25-Dec 31-Dec 1A 1A0KM 3-228 IK0FVC 25-Dec 8-Jan 8P 8P9CW 3-203 N8DCJ 25-Dec 2-Jan BY BT2000 (AS-137) 3-225 3-222 BA4EG ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for December 18, 1999 was 190.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for December 19, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------19-Dec-1999 21 207 7 1 Low/Quiet-Unset;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unsettled 19-Dec-1999 18 206 4 3 Mod/Quiet-Unset;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unsettled 19-Dec-1999 15 206 4 3 Mod/Quiet-Unset;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unsettled 19-Dec-1999 12 206 4 2 Mod/Quiet;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unsettled 19-Dec-1999 09 206 4 1 Mod/Quiet;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unsettled 19-Dec-1999 06 206 4 1 Mod/Quiet;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unsettled 19-Dec-1999 03 206 4 1 Mod/Quiet;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unsettled 19-Dec-1999 00 206 4 2 Mod/Quiet;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unsettled

The forecast for Monday, December 20th: solar flux 200, A index 12, K index 3. Conditions should be High Normal.

The forecast for Tuesday, December 21st: solar flux 195, A index 12, K index 3. Conditions should be High Normal.

Solar images of the sun received for December 20, 1999 can be found at http://www.sel.noaa.gov/solar_images/1999_12/1999_12_20.html

Perhaps the most useful propagation page for Amateur Radio Operators can be found at http://dx.qsl.net/propagation/

Grey line map http://www.spiritweb.org/cgi/sunclock.cgi ______

QSL Info ______

Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------3F99PCR HP1PCR BY1DX OH2BH XM1YX VE1YX 3W6AP HL2AQN ED1NNN EA1FFE XX9SAR 7M1STT 5N9CEN IV3VBM ED7VCF EA7EMB XX9TND JO3TND 6W4RK F5NPS JY5SK W9XY XX9TUH 7N2KUH 9N1AA N4AA NZ7Q/KH4 N6ZVA XX9TVI 7K1OUO 9N1HA N5VL SU3/DL4HRH DL4HRH XX9TXX 7K3XEI A35RK W7TSQ TR8CA F6CBC YE2K YB2PBX AA1AC/VP9 AA1AC TT8FC EA4AHK ZC4FL 5B4FL BX2000 BV4YB VQ9NL W4NML

5N0WFU - Ludwig, P.O. Box 453, Abuja, Nigeria

Dennis, N6KI, says he is the QSL manager for ZF2AR for all QSOs after December 11, 1998. Before December 11, 1998 cards should go via W4KA.

QSL Correction - In the December 15, 1999 (Vol. 3 No. 226) of The Daily DX the QSL manager for 9H3EH was listed incorrectly. The correct route is via G0GSD and not via G0GDS.

QSL cards recently received direct: JT1DA, VE2GSO, XU1A, ZS8D ______

On the WWW ______

The ARAC (9Q) Society's website at http://www.multimania.com/aracongo/index.htm has just been upgraded with some new goodies:

- 1948-1998 9Q* tentative call book - new pictures

The operators of ZX0F have a web page at http://www.qsy.to/zx0f/ ______

Credits ______

Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 425 DX News, DF2RG, F6BLQ, Go List, K1XN, KH6BZF Reports, KO3Q, N2QT, N6KI, N6ZS, NOAA, OPDX, PY2KC, W2GE, W7IAN, WA5PAE, WO2N ______

Subscriptions ______

DX News ______

Charlie, K4VUD (9N7UD), is now in Laos were he started up yesterday as XW1UD. Fred, K3ZO, worked him on the longpath on 15 CW yesterday. He reports "Charlie says to pass along that he is using a dipole and will be active for five more days." Ted from the OPDX Bulletin says "Look for him on CW/SSB, 20/15 meters and other bands as conditions permit." QSL via K4VUD.

Emil, 9A9A, says to look for special event station 9AY2K to be active from January 1st until December 31st 2000. QSL via 9A1A, P.O. Box 108, HR-10001 Zagreb, CROATIA

Max, IK1GPG, reports the following activity from Antarctica. Kim, JA9BOH, is active from Ongul Island (AN-015) as 8J1RL. On line logs can be found at http://www.jarl.or.jp/English/4_Library/A-4- 7_8j1rl/8j1rl_log99.htm. Philippe, FT5YG, is located on King George Island (AN-017). QSL via F5LBL. KC4AAA can often be found on 14243 at 02:00. This station is located at Amundsen-Scott Base at the South Pole. QSL via K1IED. A YL (Sarah) is expected to be at KC4AAD for the next several weeks. QSL via K4MZU. Danny, LZ2UU, is currently active as LZ0A on Livington Island, South Shetlands. QSL via LZ0A. Niall, VP8NJS, is supposed to be on next week until February 1st. Russian stations R1ANB, R1ANC, R1AND, R1ANJ, R1ANK and R1ANZ are all on the Antarctica mainland. Meanwhile R1ANF and Polish station HF0POL are located on King George Island in the South Shetlands. QSL R1ANF via RK1PWA and HF0POL via SP3QSL. If you've ever worked an Antarctic station and didn't know where it was located a great source can be found at http://www.avana.net/~polar/ddxclub/waba_ref.htm. ______

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3D2 - ROTUMA ISLAND - Tony, 3D2AG, and Ron, ZL1AMO, arrived yesterday and were active as 3D2AG/R and 3D2RW/R on CW and SSB on 10, 15 and 20 meters. QSL via home calls.

3XY2D - GUINEA - Dennis has been known to be showing up on 15 meters SSB on 21265 around 07:00Z. QSL via VE2DPS.

5A1A - LIBYA - Abubaker came up on 160 meters yesterday between 22:00 and 23:00Z.

5T5U - MAURITANIA - Yesterday was to be the IARV's last day in this semi-rare West African nation. They were active on RTTY on 21085 from 08:30 to 10:30Z and on 28079 just after 13:00Z. QSL via JA1UT.

7Q7BO - MALAWI - Edwin, ZS5BBO, showed up as expected yesterday. He was active on 10, 15 and 20 meters. QSL via ZS5BBO.

PY0FT - FERNANDO DE NORONHA - RTTY DXers reported activity on 20 meters between 19:00Z Monday past 02:00Z today. QSL via JA1ELY.

TF3BF - ICELAND - Look for Boggi to be active around 3795 today between 08:15 and 09:30Z. He will be seeking Japanese stations.

TJ1GD - CAMEROON - Darek was working all across the US on RTTY on 14088 from 20:00 to 20:30Z. QSL via SP9CLQ.

V85TT - BRUNEI - Check 40 meters CW just after 14:00Z.

XW1UD - LAOS - Charlie, K4VUD, started off on 24895 yesterday just before 10:00Z. Then prior to 12:00Z he was on 21030 working, with a dipole, until about 14:30. East Coast US stations reported working him via the longpath. Today at 02:00 he showed up on 14023 listening up. QSL via K4VUD.

XX9SAR - MACAO - Has been showing up on 10 meters SSB and CW just after 00:00Z the last few days. ______

IOTA ______

The following IOTA stations were active Saturday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AS-018 UA0FDX 7007 0850 NA-065 N6FD/7 14260 0351 AS-136 BD4ED 7006 1421 NA-102 TO2OOO 28528 1432 EU-003 CU3BL 18128 1053 OC-060 3D2AG/P 21295 0717 NA-055 AK1L 28029 1407 SA-003 PY0FT 14084 2102

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 QSL ------21-Dec 4-Jan 3W 3W6KM 3-198 ES1AKM 21-Dec 22-Dec 3X 3XY2D 3-188 VE2DPS 21-Dec 25-Dec 4S by DL7FER 3-208 DL7FER 21-Dec 15-Jan 5H 5H3MG 3-223 IN3YYQ 21-Dec 26-Dec 7Q 7Q7BO 3-211 3-158 ZS5BBO 21-Dec 3-Jan 9N 9N7UD 3-203 K4VUD 21-Dec 3-Jan FG TO2000 3-216 ON4LCE 21-Dec 2-Jan HR HR1RMG (NA-035) 3-191 3-144 21-Dec 4-Jan HR HR5/F2JD 3-228 F6AJA 21-Dec 10-Jan KH4 KH4/W4ZYV (OC-030) 3-158 3-157 W4ZYV 21-Dec 31-Jan P2 P2000K 3-184 P29PB 21-Dec 1-Jan P4 P40AV 3-182 K4AVQ 21-Dec 28-Dec PY0F PY0FT 3-224 JA1ELY 21-Dec 21-Jan TA YM2ITA 3-228 TA3YJ 21-Dec 28-Dec TY by FK8VHU 3-218 21-Dec 30-Nov VK0M VK0LD 21-Dec 31-Jan VP8/Sh LZ0A 3-216 21-Dec 31-Jan VR2 VR2K 3-225 VR2XRW 21-Dec 31-Dec XW XW2A 3-168 3-167 direct 21-Dec 26-Dec XX9 XX9SAR 3-224 JK2PNY 21-Dec 23-Dec YB YE2K 3-219 YB2PBX ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for December 19, 1999 was 154.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for December 20, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------20-Dec-1999 21 209 3 2 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unset 20-Dec-1999 18 207 6 2 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unset 20-Dec-1999 15 207 6 2 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unset 20-Dec-1999 12 207 6 2 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unset 20-Dec-1999 09 207 6 1 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unset 20-Dec-1999 06 207 6 0 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unset 20-Dec-1999 03 207 6 0 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unset 20-Dec-1999 00 207 6 1 Low/Quiet-Unsettled;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unset

The forecast for Tuesday, December 21st: solar flux 200, A index 12, K index 3. Conditions should be High Normal.

The forecast for Wednesday, December 22nd: solar flux 195, A index 10, K index 3. Conditions should be High Normal.

Solar images of the sun received for December 21, 1999 can be found at http://www.sel.noaa.gov/solar_images/1999_12/1999_12_21.html

Perhaps the most useful propagation page for Amateur Radio Operators can be found at http://dx.qsl.net/propagation/

Grey line map http://www.spiritweb.org/cgi/sunclock.cgi ______

QSL Info ______

Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------3D2WR/R ZL1AMO HR5/F2JD F6AJA TO2OOO ON4LCE 5T5U JA1UT JY9NE N3FNE XW1UD K4VUD 7Q7BO ZS5BBO PY0FT JA1ELY

QSL cards recently received direct: 3D2SJ, E41/OK1DTP ______

On the WWW ______

Eugene, RA0FF has a new Asian Webcluster at http://ra0ff.snc.ru ______

Credits ______

Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 9A9A, G3PMR, K3ZO, KB8NW, KH6BZF Reports, LA6WEA, NOAA, OPDX, W2KD ______

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DX News ______

Many people have questioned the recent activity of P51BH. Martti Laine, OH2BH, is at home in Finland and reports it is a pirate. Kan, JA1BK, says he is not the QSL manager. The International Watch Station in Japan is tracking the activity of this station and may be contacted at 81-468-88-2181 extension 111. Dennis, KH7LD, has made some WAV files, which can be accessed at http://www.dailydx.com/p5wav.htm.

Tom, SP5AUC (ex YI9CW), is currently active in Southeast Asia both as 3W7CW in Vietnam and XU7AAS in Cambodia. Yesterday he was operating from Vietnam. He will be in this part of the world until January 9th, 2000, which is when he will go back to his homeland, Poland. Plans are to return to Vietnam in February 2000. QSL cards for 3W7CW and XU7AAS are currently at the printer. Tom will be back in Poland on holiday in June, July and August, which is when he will start answering the QSL requests.

Hide, JM1LJS, reports his upcoming trip to Pohnpei has been slightly delayed. He will now arrive on December 31st and will be on the island until January 4th 2000. His license expires on January 1st, however he hopes to be able to renew it and remain active as V63LJ. Look for him on 10 through 80 meters CW and SSB. QSL via JH8DEH. Next he will move on to Palau where he plans to operate for about 24 hours on January 4th and 5th as T88LJ. Look for him on 6 through 80 meters CW and SSB. He will be there until January 10th. QSL JH8DEH.

Alan, VK0LD, on Macquarie Island, says he will be active over the next few days as follows:

December 22nd: 0500z-0700z SSB Tx 14.155 MHz Rx 14.165 MHz Africa Only 0900z-1100z SSB Tx 14.155 MHz Rx 14.165 MHz South America/Caribbean

December 23rd: 0900z-1100z SSB Tx 14.155 MHz Rx 14.165 MHz Southeast Asia, VU, 4S7 and the Middle East.

December 24th, 25th and 26th: No operation is planed. ______

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4S7YSG - SRI LANKA - Yasu showed up yesterday on 21021 around 11:30Z. Later Europeans reported working him on 10108 at 16:00Z. QSL via JA2BDR.

9N1AC - NEPAL - Thanks to the help of Charlie, K4VUD (9N7UD/XW1UD) several 9N1 nationals have recently been active. Charlie took some old rigs from hams in the US and donated them. Over the last few days there has been activity from Satish, 9N1AA; Nab, 9N1AC; and Sures, 9N1HA.

AP2NK - PAKISTAN - CW DXers happily reported working Nassir yesterday just before 03:00Z on 14022, his favorite frequency.

AP2RP - PAKISTAN - Starting at 12:30Z look for this station between 14190 and 14200.

EX - KYRGYZSTAN - West Coast US stations found Vlad, EX8F, on 14009 at 03:20Z and George, EX2M, on 14186 at 03:40Z.

EY8XX - TAJIKISTAN - Vlad has been showing up on 40 meters CW after 00:40Z. QSL via GW3CDP.

FK8CP - NEW CALEDONIA - Rene continues to show up near 1831 just after 11:00Z.

FO0EEN - AUSTRAL ISLANDS - Einar, LA1EE, remains active daily starting around 04:00Z on 40 meters CW. He later moves down to 80 and 160 meters. When he returns he says he will make sure the cards from last year and this year do go out. QSL via LA1EE.

TY/FK8VHU - BENIN - Came up yesterday just before 07:00Z on 14195 working Japan and Europe.

XW1UD - LAOS - East Coast US stations found Charlie, K4VUD, handing out CW QSOs on 14023 and listening up between 12:00 and 13:00Z on Tuesday. QSL via K4VUD.

ZK1VMM - SOUTH COOK ISLANDS - Was active early today on both 15 and 20 meters CW. QSL via LA6VM.

ZS8D - MARION ISLAND - Derek started a two-hour stint on 14260 around 16:30Z. QSL via ZS6EZ.

ZY35COM - BRAZIL - This nice prefix was found yesterday on 15 and 20 meters SSB and CW. QSL via PY7COM. ______

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The following IOTA stations were active Saturday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AS-032 JA6CTW 24945 0952 NA-102 TO2OOO 28526 1409 EU-016 9A2GF 14004 1829 OC-005 VK9NS 21230 0922 EU-020 SM1BIQ 21260 1248 OC-028 V73GT 14258 2156 EU-067 SV1CU/SV8 18069 0733 OC-067 FO5NL 18131 0153

Herve, F5RMY, and a group of friends will be on Porquerolles Island (EU-070) between January 29th and February 5th. They will use TM5CRO on all bands from 10 to 160 meters. QSL via F5RMY.

The 425 DX News says Don, W9DC, will be active from Cedar Key (NA-076) on December 27th from about 18:00 to 24:00Z. Keep an ear out for him on 14260, 21260 and 28460. He may also do some CW. QSL via W9DC, Don Chamberlain, 2 Coxswain Place, Salem, SC 29676, USA.

Members of the Russian Robinson Club (RCC), the Trotting Radio Amateur Club and "Polar World" are planning a trip to Ushakova Island (SA-NEW) and Uedineniya Island (AS-057) between May 1st and 15th 2000.

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 QSL ------22-Dec 4-Jan 3W 3W6KM 3-198 ES1AKM 22-Dec 22-Dec 3X 3XY2D 3-188 VE2DPS 22-Dec 25-Dec 4S by DL7FER 3-208 DL7FER 22-Dec 15-Jan 5H 5H3MG 3-223 IN3YYQ 22-Dec 26-Dec 7Q 7Q7BO 3-211 3-158 ZS5BBO 22-Dec 3-Jan 9N 9N7UD 3-203 K4VUD 22-Dec 3-Jan FG TO2000 3-216 ON4LCE 22-Dec 2-Jan HR HR1RMG (NA-035) 3-191 3-144 22-Dec 4-Jan HR HR5/F2JD 3-228 F6AJA 22-Dec 10-Jan KH4 KH4/W4ZYV (OC-030) 3-158 3-157 W4ZYV 22-Dec 31-Jan P2 P2000K 3-184 P29PB 22-Dec 1-Jan P4 P40AV 3-182 K4AVQ 22-Dec 28-Dec PY0F PY0FT 3-224 JA1ELY 22-Dec 21-Jan TA YM2ITA 3-228 TA3YJ 22-Dec 28-Dec TY by FK8VHU 3-218 22-Dec 30-Nov VK0M VK0LD 22-Dec 31-Jan VP8/Sh LZ0A 3-216 22-Dec 31-Jan VR2 VR2K 3-225 VR2XRW 22-Dec 10-Jan XE XE1/G0JHC XE1/G0ULN 3-225 home calls 22-Dec 25-Dec XW XW1UD 3-230 K4VUD 22-Dec 31-Dec XW XW2A 3-168 3-167 direct 22-Dec 26-Dec XX9 XX9SAR 3-224 JK2PNY 22-Dec 23-Dec YB YE2K 3-219 YB2PBX ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for December 20, 1999 was 149.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for December 21, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------21-Dec-1999 21 217 4 1 Moderate/Quiet;Low-Mod;Quiet/Unset 21-Dec-1999 18 209 4 1 Moderate/Quiet;Low-Mod;Quiet/Unset 21-Dec-1999 15 209 4 1 Low/Quiet;Low-Mod;Quiet/Unset 21-Dec-1999 12 209 4 2 Low/Quiet;Low-Mod;Quiet/Unset 21-Dec-1999 09 209 4 1 Low/Quiet;Low-Mod;Quiet/Unset 21-Dec-1999 06 209 4 0 Low/Quiet;Low-Mod;Quiet/Unset 21-Dec-1999 03 209 4 1 Low/Quiet;Low-Mod;Quiet/Unset 21-Dec-1999 00 209 4 2 Low/Quiet;Low-Mod;Quiet/Unset

The forecast for Wednesday, December 22nd: solar flux 195, A index 10, K index 3. Conditions should be High Normal.

The forecast for Thursday, December 23rd: solar flux 190, A index 10, K index 3. Conditions should be High Normal.

Solar images of the sun received for December 22, 1999 can be found at http://www.sel.noaa.gov/solar_images/1999_12/1999_12_22.html

Perhaps the most useful propagation page for Amateur Radio Operators can be found at http://dx.qsl.net/propagation/

Grey line map http://www.spiritweb.org/cgi/sunclock.cgi ______

QSL Info ______

Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------4S7DA W3HNK EX2M W3HNK YM21TA TA3YJ 4S7YSG JA2BDR TF8SM N5FTR YZ75EBC YU1EBC ER2000A ER1DA TK5XN F2YT ZS8D ZS6EZ ER2000D ER4DX UN7QF W8JY ZY35COM PY7COM

QSL cards recently received direct: 1A0KM, 3A/IK1YLL, 7A0K (OC-177), UK8OM, ZM5PX (AN-011)

Martti Laine, OH2BH, says US stations should start to receive their FW8ZZ QSL cards any day now as all were sent out this week. All other cards will be sent out immediately after Christmas. ______

On the WWW ______

The Daily DX Web pages have been updated. Back issues from March 17, 1997 through October 30, 1999 can be viewed at http://www.dailydx.com/1997/ http://www.dailydx.com/1998/ and http://www.dailydx.com/1999/. The QSL manager listing has also been updated and can be found at http://www.dailydx.com/qslmanager.txt. ______

Credits ______

Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: G3PMR, JA1BK, JM1LJS, KH6BZF Reports, KH7DM, KH7LD, KK0DX, NOAA, OH2BH, SP5EWY, VK0LD, W5OZI, W7IAN ______

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DX News ______

Michel, F5LET, is now active from Madagascar as 5R8GL. He is using a tribander on 10, 15 and 20 meters, which is up 9 meters. Look for him on CW mostly but he will do SSB also. QSL via Michel Good, B.P. 342, (201) Antsiranana, MADAGASCAR.

Starting December 26th look for Bob, G4YRZ, to be active from Bosnia as T9/G4YRZ. He plans to be on 10 meters SSB using an IC-751A and a dipole through January 4th. QSL via G4YRZ.

The following special event stations from Moldova will be active between now and January 20, 2000 to celebrate the Millennium.

ER2000A - via ER1DA, Valery, P.O. Box 3000 MD2071, Chisinau, Moldova ER2000B - via ER1BF, Valery, P.O. Box 3250 MD2044, Chisinau, Moldova ER2000C - via ER5AA, Vasily, P.O. Box 10 MD3903, Cahul-3, Moldova ER2000D - via ER4DX, Vasily, P.O. Box 3351 MD2044, Chisinau, Moldova ER2000F - via ER1FF, Alex, P.O. Box 270 MD2043, Chisinau, Moldova ER2000O - via ER1OO, Vlad, P.O. Box 328 MD2002, Chisinau, Moldova ER2000U - via ER1AU, Valentin, P.O. Box 270 MD2043,Chisinau, Moldova ER2000L - via ER1LW, Viacheslav, P.O. Box 112 MD2012 Chisinau, Moldova ______

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3D2 - ROTUMA ISLAND - Tony, 3D2AG/P and 3D2RW/R both remained active yesterday from this island.

5R8FL - MADAGASCAR - Andreas likes 14180 and 14190 after 02:00Z most days. Today he was accompanied by Fidy, 5R8FV, for a double bogey. QSL 5R8FL via F5TBA.

CN8YR - MOROCCO - Mohamed likes 40 meters CW between 20:00 and 01:00Z.

JA - JAPAN - Many East Coast US stations reported working Japanese stations on 160 meters yesterday at East Coast sunrise. This is an excellent time of year for propagation on Topband to Japan. JA's are only able to transmit between 1907.5 and 1912.5.

SU9ZZ - EGYPT - West Coast US stations found Jaro on 14185 on the long-path just before 16:00Z. QSL via OM3TZZ.

TY/FK8VHU - BENIN - Continues to show up on 14195 just after 06:30Z. QSL via the FK bureau.

UA0YM - ASIATIC RUSSIA - Look for Vic, who is operating from Tuva in Zone 23, on 20 meters CW around 02:00Z.

V73CW - MARSHALL ISLANDS - Bruce was found on 10135 just before 09:30Z working Europeans. QSL via AC4G.

VK0LD - MARQUARIE ISLAND - Alan started off on 14155 around 09:00Z. Just after 10:15Z he moved to CW on 14003.

XW1UD - LAOS - Charlie started off yesterday on 14155 around 12:45Z. Around 13:00Z he moved to 14195 and stayed for about an hour. He started off today on 21023 just before 01:00Z. QSL via K4VUD.

ZS8D - MARION ISLAND - Derck was reported on 14260, again, yesterday around 18:00Z. QSL via ZS6EZ. ______

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The following IOTA stations were active Saturday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AS-032 JA6CTW 21261 0102 OC-027 FO5QG 14122 1525 EU-020 SM1TDE 18072 1020 OC-060 3D2AG 28495 0107 NA-021 8P9EM 18070 1102 OC-152 FO0EEN 7004 0340 NA-052 KA2WEU 14260 0154

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 QSL ------23-Dec 4-Jan 3W 3W6KM 3-198 ES1AKM 23-Dec 9-Jan 3W 3W7CW 3-231 SP5AUC 23-Dec 25-Dec 4S by DL7FER 3-208 DL7FER 23-Dec 15-Jan 5H 5H3MG 3-223 IN3YYQ 23-Dec 26-Dec 7Q 7Q7BO 3-211 3-158 ZS5BBO 23-Dec 3-Jan 9N 9N7UD 3-203 K4VUD 23-Dec 3-Jan FG TO2000 3-216 ON4LCE 23-Dec 2-Jan HI HI8/K8WK 3-224 K8WK 23-Dec 4-Jan HR HR5/F2JD 3-228 F6AJA 23-Dec 10-Jan KH4 KH4/W4ZYV (OC-030) 3-158 3-157 W4ZYV 23-Dec 31-Jan P2 P2000K 3-184 P29PB 23-Dec 1-Jan P4 P40AV 3-182 K4AVQ 23-Dec 28-Dec PY0F PY0FT 3-224 JA1ELY 23-Dec 21-Jan TA YM2ITA 3-228 TA3YJ 23-Dec 28-Dec TY TY/FK8VHU 3-218 23-Dec 30-Nov VK0M VK0LD 23-Dec 31-Jan VP8/Sh LZ0A 3-216 23-Dec 31-Jan VR2 VR2K 3-225 VR2XRW 23-Dec 10-Jan XE XE1/G0JHC XE1/G0ULN 3-225 home calls 23-Dec 25-Dec XW XW1UD 3-230 K4VUD 23-Dec 31-Dec XW XW2A 3-168 3-167 direct 23-Dec 26-Dec XX9 XX9SAR 3-224 JK2PNY 23-Dec 23-Dec YB YE2K 3-219 YB2PBX ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for December 21, 1999 was 129.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for December 22, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------22-Dec-1999 21 202 1 0 High/Quiet;Moderate/Quiet 22-Dec-1999 18 217 3 1 Mod/Quiet;Low-Mod/Quiet 22-Dec-1999 15 217 3 0 Mod/Quiet;Low-Mod/Quiet 22-Dec-1999 12 217 3 0 Mod/Quiet;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unsettled 22-Dec-1999 09 217 3 0 Mod/Quiet;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unsettled 22-Dec-1999 06 217 3 0 Mod/Quiet;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unsettled 22-Dec-1999 03 217 3 0 Mod/Quiet;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unsettled 22-Dec-1999 00 217 3 1 Mod/Quiet;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unsettled

The forecast for Thursday, December 23rd: solar flux 195, A index 7, K index 2. Conditions should be Above Normal.

The forecast for Friday, December 24th: solar flux 190, A index 7, K index 2. Conditions should be Above Normal.

Solar images of the sun received for December 23, 1999 can be found at http://www.sel.noaa.gov/solar_images/1999_12/1999_12_23.html

Perhaps the most useful propagation page for Amateur Radio Operators can be found at http://dx.qsl.net/propagation/

Grey line map http://www.spiritweb.org/cgi/sunclock.cgi ______

QSL Info ______

Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------8P9EM G3VBL FK8VHY F6CXJ ZK1VMM LA6VM CO2OR F6FNU VY1JA KB5IPQ

QSL cards recently received direct: EP2MKO (6/99 & 2/98), T24DX, T33RD ______

On the WWW ______

The following new/updated logs are now online at http://dx.qsl.net/logs

9H0VRZ (thru October 10,1999) A61AJ (thru December 7,1999) CO2WF (1999 ARRL 10 Meter Contest) JY4NE (thru December 21, 1999) KL7AC (thru December 20, 1999) LX2AJ (thru December 19, 1999) NH0E (thru December 21, 1999) ______

Credits ______

Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: EA3GHZ, ER1CW, F6IRA, K6GNX, KH6BZF Reports, N6RT, NOAA, OE-1002419, VE9OV, W5FYZ, W5OZI, WB2KSQ ______

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DX News ______

Charlie, K4VUD (9N7UD), is currently operating some 60 kilometers north of Vientiane, Laos as XW1UD. He has two dipoles, one for 20 and the other for 15 meters. Next he will go to Thailand where he will operate as HS0ZCW until January 1, 2000. Charlie will then go back to Nepal where he will stay one last week. Fred, K3ZO, says, "During that week they will sign the papers establishing the 9N1MM club station license." Charlie delivered two stations, which were donated by other Amateur Radio operators, to the Nepalese hams. A TS-430S is temporarily with 9N1AC and an IC-706 is with 9N1AA. A third radio, FT- 901, was unable to be imported due to paperwork but will be taken over and donated on the next trip, in about 6 months. Fred reports, "The location that was planned for the 9N1MM memorial club station fell through, so they are trying to find another location for the club station." Each of the radios will eventually become part of the Nepalese club station to be used by all the 9N hams. Charlie also took over keyers, paddles, coax connectors, headsets, microphones and other goodies for the locals.

Rumors have it that possibly next week the FCC may release information about the restructuring proposal. Until then QRX.

Larry, TZ6VV, and his lovely XYL Trish, TZ6YL, will be going QRT next year, around April 1. Larry reports "It is no longer feasible for us to work in Mali because of health problems." The two have been serving as Missionaries in this West African nation for over 10 years. They plan to be active until the last moment, when they take down all antennas. QSL cards may go to Larry and Trish Erwin, BP 395, Segou, Mali until March 1, 2000. After that it would be best to send them to Larry Erwin, KB0VV, 3850 Willomet Ave., Fort Worth, TX 76133.

Chris, ZS5IR, is now active from a small town call Geita in Tanzania. The station is located about 80 kilometers west of Mwanza on the southern shore of lake Victoria. He will use 5H4IR on all bands from 10 through 80 meters on CW and SSB. QSL via ZS6EZ.

Gerard, PA3AXU, announced he would be going to Niue Island in July 2000. He has been assigned ZK2GD. He will operate SSB/CW/RTTY and PSK31/Hell. Once the exact dates are determined he will announce them on his web page at http://www.qsl.net/pa3axu/. ______

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2000 - MILLENIUM - The following special event stations were active yesterday: 7S2000M, BT2000Y, BX2000, ER2000A, ER2000D, ER2000L, ER2000O.

3D2RW/R - ROTUMA ISLAND - Ron say's he will be here until about January 9, 2000. QSL via ZL1AMO.

5A1A - LIBYA - Europeans found a weak Abubaker on 1838 around 22:40Z.

5H4IR - TANZANIA - Europeans and North Americans both found this nice prefix on 24895 on CW between 13:00 and 15:00Z. QSL via ZS6IR.

D2BF - ANGOLA - Jesus (D2/EA1BF) is now using this call. He was found on 21172 SSB just after 16:30Z. QSL via EA8EE.

HV0A - VATICAN - Look for Francesco, IK0FVC, today.

NZ7Q/KH4 - MIDWAY ISLAND - Look on 15 meters CW at 02:00Z.

ST2SA - SUDAN - Dr. Sid came up right at 05:00Z on 14203 today. He has been showing up most Fridays on 14200 at 05:00Z. Almost like clockwork for the last few weeks. If you need him it would be advisable to be there next week!

YI - IRAQ - YI1AS came up on 14220 just after 11:00Z. YI1SEA was active on 14223 between 07:00 and 10:00Z. QSL YI1SEA via WA3HUP.

ZK1 - SOUTH COOK ISLANDS - All three of these stations are currently in the South Cooks: ZK1DDL, ZK1VMM, ZK1XKK. ______

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The following IOTA stations were active Saturday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AS-032 JA6CTW 21222 0858 OC-060 3D2RW/R 14013 0618 EU-016 9A2GF 14260 1048 OC-067 FO5NL 18135 0127 NA-065 N6FD/7 7040 0449 OC-137 VK4LV 24893 0617

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 QSL ------24-Dec 4-Jan 3W 3W6KM 3-198 ES1AKM 24-Dec 9-Jan 3W 3W7CW 3-231 SP5AUC 24-Dec 25-Dec 4S by DL7FER 3-208 DL7FER 24-Dec 15-Jan 5H 5H3MG 3-223 IN3YYQ 24-Dec 31-Dec 6W by F6BUM 3-229 F6BUM 24-Dec 26-Dec 7Q 7Q7BO 3-211 3-158 ZS5BBO 24-Dec 3-Jan 9N 9N7UD 3-203 K4VUD 24-Dec 3-Jan FG TO2000 3-216 ON4LCE 24-Dec 2-Jan HI HI8/K8WK 3-224 K8WK 24-Dec 4-Jan HR HR5/F2JD 3-228 F6AJA 24-Dec 24-Dec HV HV0A 3-228 3-227 IK0FVC 24-Dec 10-Jan KH4 KH4/W4ZYV (OC-030) 3-158 3-157 W4ZYV 24-Dec 31-Jan P2 P2000K 3-184 P29PB 24-Dec 1-Jan P4 P40AV 3-182 K4AVQ 24-Dec 28-Dec PY0F PY0FT 3-224 JA1ELY 24-Dec 21-Jan TA YM2ITA 3-228 TA3YJ 24-Dec 28-Dec TY TY/FK8VHU 3-218 24-Dec 30-Nov VK0M VK0LD 24-Dec 31-Jan VP8/Sh LZ0A 3-216 24-Dec 31-Jan VR2 VR2K 3-225 VR2XRW 24-Dec 7-Jan W W2M 3-229 N6ZS 24-Dec 10-Jan XE XE1/G0JHC XE1/G0ULN 3-225 home calls 24-Dec 3-Jan XU XU7AAZ 3-219 24-Dec 25-Dec XW XW1UD 3-230 K4VUD 24-Dec 31-Dec XW XW2A 3-168 3-167 direct 24-Dec 26-Dec XX9 XX9SAR 3-224 JK2PNY 25-Dec 31-Dec 1A 1A0KM 3-228 IK0FVC 25-Dec 8-Jan 8P 8P9CW 3-203 N8DCJ 25-Dec 2-Jan BY BT2000 (AS-137) 3-225 3-222 BA4EG 26-Dec 3-Jan 8Q 8Q7BX (AS-013) 3-199 I4ALU 26-Dec 4-Jan T9 T9/G4YRZ 3-232 G4YRZ ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for December 22, 1999 was 130.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for December 23, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------23-Dec-1999 21 198 1 0 Low/Quiet;Low-Moderate/Quiet 23-Dec-1999 18 202 0 2 High/Quiet;Low-Moderate/Quiet 23-Dec-1999 15 202 0 1 High/Quiet;Low-Moderate/Quiet 23-Dec-1999 12 202 0 1 High/Quiet;Moderate/Quiet 23-Dec-1999 09 202 0 0 High/Quiet;Moderate/Quiet 23-Dec-1999 06 202 0 0 High/Quiet;Moderate/Quiet 23-Dec-1999 03 202 0 0 High/Quiet;Moderate/Quiet 23-Dec-1999 00 202 0 0 High/Quiet;Moderate/Quiet

The forecast for Friday, December 24th: solar flux 190, A index 7, K index 2. Conditions should be Above Normal.

The forecast for Saturday, December 25th: solar flux 185, A index 7, K index 2. Conditions should be Above Normal.

The forecast for Sunday, December 26th: solar flux 180, A index 7, K index 2. Conditions should be Above Normal.

Solar images of the sun received for December 24, 1999 can be found at http://www.sel.noaa.gov/solar_images/1999_12/1999_12_24.html

Perhaps the most useful propagation page for Amateur Radio Operators can be found at http://dx.qsl.net/propagation/

Grey line map http://www.spiritweb.org/cgi/sunclock.cgi ______

QSL Info ______

Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------4L1UN IK7JTF LZ0A LZ1KDP V51GP W8RXR 5H4IR ZS6EZ OD5/F5SQM F6FYA YI1SEA WA3HUP CE8/R3CA UA9OBA

A note from Gary, EU1TT, says when QSLing stations in the CIS, former USSR republics, it's best not to send Stamps from those countries as the inflation rates are so high. It was recommended that an IRC be used instead.

The following is from The ARRL Letter dated December 23, 1999. "Cash only for W1, W2 bureaus: The W1 and W2 QSL bureaus no longer accept stamps and/or envelopes. Funds sufficient to cover the mailing of anticipated cards should be sent by check or money order (or cash, at your own risk). Addresses of all ARRL QSL bureaus are at http://www.arrl.org/qsl/qslin.html."

QSL cards recently received direct: 5A1A, A61AO, ET3VSC, EU1TT ______

On the WWW ______

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Credits ______

Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: ARRL Letter, K2WP, K3ZO, KH6BZF Reports, N9SF, NOAA, PA3AXU, W3JJ, WO2N, ZS5IR ______

Subscriptions ______

DX News ______

Members of the 1998 3B7RF DXpedition to St. Brandon Island are now planning a trip to Agalega Island between October 1st and 26th 2000. The team will consist of 18 operators from 8 different countries including England, Germany, France, United States, Japan, Switzerland and Mauritius. The group's leader for this trip will be Hans-Peter, HB9BXE, who was part of the St. Brandon group in 1998. Currently Agalega and St. Brandon both count as one DXCC Entity. The group is seeking to have Agalega count as a separate DXCC Entity and has approached the ARRL.

In order for Agalega to count as a separate counter the following would need to be true. The distance from Mauritius Island (3B8) to St. Brandon Island (3B7) would have to be over 350 kilometers. They are about 470 kilometers apart. Then the distance from St. Brandon Island (3B7) to Agalega (3B6) would have to be over 800 kilometers. Unfortunately it is less than 800. It's approximately 746 kilometers. Therefore under the current DXCC rules it could not qualify as a separate DXCC Entity.

Regardless, Agalega/St. Brandon is still in high demand as it ranks # 16 on the ARRL Most Wanted list from 1998. The group has received a license guarantee and official permission to land in the Agalega Islands. The budget for this operation will be $160,000 USD. Each operator will be significantly contributing to that budget, however the group will be soliciting for more support. A Web site is expected sometime later next year. For more information contact Joe, HB9AJW, [email protected].

Chung, BX4AF (ex BV4ME), gives news about a new callsign structure in Taiwan.

BX#?? - May operate on all bands with up to 800 watts BV#?? and BM#?? - May operate on all bands with up to 600 watts BX#??? - May operate on 21 and 28 MHz only BM#??? and BV#??? - May operate on VHF/UHF only

Chung says he is active on all bands from 10 to 160 meters on CW, SSB, RTTY, SSTV and RSK31, including 29 MHz FM.

Chris, ZS5IR, was active late last week as 5H4IR in the Mwanza region of Tanzania. Apparently the Tanzanian Communications Commission made an error and should have issued 5H9IR instead of 5H4IR. Chris made about 200 QSOs before 10:00Z on December 24, 1999, which are valid. After that he used the 5H9IR call. QSL both via ZS6EZ.

The new officers for the Big Island Amateur Radio Club for Y2K are as follows:

President Ken Wages, KH6CQH Vice President Doris Carlson, NH6ER Secretary Bob Schneider, AH6J Treasurer Ron Phillips, AH6HN Board of Directors Les Whiteley, AH6OV Dave Broyles, KH7SQ Wilbur Carlson, KH7E Edwin Miller, W7GMH/KH6 Ham Kaneshiro, AH6HB Dick Miner, NH6FP

Those visiting the Big Island of Hilo are invited to join to club for lunch each Friday at the Hilo Hawaiian Hotel at 11:00AM (local). ______

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3D2RW/R - ROTUMA ISLAND - Ron is now active on 10 through 80 meters CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL via ZL1AMO.

4F2DX - PHILIPPINES - Look for Hans on 12 meters between 09:00 and 10:00Z. QSL via PZ3GKI.

4L5O - GEORGIA - Omari has been showing up around 28440 from 12:00 to 14:00Z.

5A1A - LIBYA - Abubaker shows up on 80 meters CW or SSB around 22:00Z and on 160 meters around 23:00Z. On Sunday he was on 80 CW at his sunrise (06:10Z).

7P8HH - LESOTHO - Horst has been showing up just after 21:00Z on a net on 14247 and 14252.

9G5ZW - GHANA - JA's found Zdeno on 24895 just after 04:00Z on Sunday. QSL via OM3LZ.

9N1AA - NEPAL - Satish likes 10 meters SSB between 10:00 and 11:30Z. QSL via N4AA.

C31OF - ANDORRA - RTTY DXers reported working this one at 08, 12, and 17:00Z on Sunday.

CE0ZIS - JUAN FERNANDEZ ISLAND - Eliazar has been showing up on 40 meter SSB, around 7085, between 07:00 and 10:00Z.

EX - KYRGYZSTAN - Check 20 meters between 02:00 and 03:00Z for EX2M, EX8F, EX8MLE and EX8QB.

EZ8CW - TURKMENISTAN - Stations all across the US, including the West Coast, found Vit on 28580 between 16:00 and 17:00Z.

HB0/DL1RWB - LIECHTENSTEIN - Topband DXers found Reiner on Friday from 21:00 to 23:00Z on 1824. QSL via DL1RWB, Reiner Graf, Rudolf-Breitscheid-Str. 7, D-19348 Perleberg, Germany.

HV0A - VATICAN - Christmas Eve Francesco was active on 10, 12 and 15 meters CW and SSB. He hopes to go to 1A0KM later this week. QSL via IK0FVC.

SV2ASP/A - MOUNT ATHOS - Monk Apollo appeared on 14222 both Saturday and Sunday around 18:00Z.

TY/FK8VHU - BENIN - If you need this one be up just before 07:00Z as Phil hangs near 14195.

XU - CAMBODIA - XU7AAY and XU7AAZ were reported active yesterday as follows:

GMT Frequencies GMT Frequencies ------10 21295 16 14195 11 21295 17 14195 12 21295 18 14195 13 21020 19 14195 14 21020 20 7027 15 14195 21 7027

XW1UD - LAOS - Charlie came up on 10110 Saturday between 20:00 and 21:00Z. QSL via K4VUD. ______

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The following IOTA stations were active Saturday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AS-018 UA0FDX 21026 0037 EU-120 G0VZV/M 21257 1137 AS-083 RA9LI/9 14260 1818 EU-129 DL7VOX/P 10107 1000 AS-136 BD4ED 21260 0850 NA-048 DJ2SCQ/C6A 14260 1143 AS-137 BT20OO 21260 0742 NA-065 N6FD/7 21260 0233 EU-020 SM1CJV 1827 2010 NA-110 AC4WW 14266 2155 EU-028 IA5/IK5ZUI 28462 1116 OC-042 4F2DX 24950 0931 EU-055 LA2BKA 14258 1211 SA-005 CE0ZIS 14263 0834 EU-057 DL5KUD 10106 1111

IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 ______

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From End Prefix Call Ref QSL ------27-Dec 31-Dec 1A 1A0KM 3-228 IK0FVC 27-Dec 1-Jan 3D2/R 3D2RW/R 3-233 ZL1AMO 27-Dec 4-Jan 3W 3W6KM 3-198 ES1AKM 27-Dec 9-Jan 3W 3W7CW 3-231 SP5AUC 27-Dec 15-Jan 5H 5H3MG 3-223 IN3YYQ 27-Dec 31-Dec 6W by F6BUM 3-229 F6BUM 27-Dec 8-Jan 8P 8P9CW 3-203 N8DCJ 27-Dec 3-Jan 8Q 8Q7BX (AS-013) 3-199 I4ALU 27-Dec 2-Jan BY BT2000 (AS-137) 3-225 3-222 BA4EG 27-Dec 3-Jan FG TO2000 3-216 ON4LCE 27-Dec 2-Jan HI HI8/K8WK 3-224 K8WK 27-Dec 4-Jan HR HR5/F2JD 3-228 F6AJA 27-Dec 10-Jan KH4 KH4/W4ZYV (OC-030) 3-158 3-157 W4ZYV 27-Dec 31-Jan P2 P2000K 3-184 P29PB 27-Dec 1-Jan P4 P40AV 3-182 K4AVQ 27-Dec 28-Dec PY0F PY0FT 3-224 JA1ELY 27-Dec 4-Jan T9 T9/G4YRZ 3-232 G4YRZ 27-Dec 21-Jan TA YM2ITA 3-228 TA3YJ 27-Dec 28-Dec TY TY/FK8VHU 3-218 27-Dec 30-Nov VK0M VK0LD 27-Dec 31-Jan VP8/Sh LZ0A 3-216 27-Dec 4-Jan VP9 W2FXA/VP9 3-218 W2FXA 27-Dec 31-Jan VR2 VR2K 3-225 VR2XRW 27-Dec 7-Jan W W2M 3-229 N6ZS 27-Dec 27-Dec W W9DC (NA-076) 3-231 W9DC 27-Dec 10-Jan XE XE1/G0JHC XE1/G0ULN 3-225 home calls 27-Dec 3-Jan XU XU7AAZ 3-219 27-Dec 27-Dec XW XW1UD 3-233 K4VUD 27-Dec 31-Dec XW XW2A 3-168 3-167 direct 28-Dec 1-Jan HS HS0ZCW 3-233 K4VUD 29-Dec 9-Jan JA JI3DST/6 (AS-049) 3-216 JI3DST 31-Dec 14-Jan 3B8 3B8/I5JHW 3-225 I5JHW 31-Dec 4-Jan V6 V63LJ 3-231 3-211 JH8DEH 1-Jan 31-Jan 9A 9AY2K 3-230 9A1A 1-Jan 3-Jan 9N 9N7UD 3-233 3-203 K4VUD ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for December 25, 1999 was 141.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for December 26, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------26-Dec-1999 21 177 2 0 Low/Quiet;Low-Moderate/Quiet-Unsettled 26-Dec-1999 18 178 14 1 Low/Quiet;Low-Moderate/Quiet-Unsettled 26-Dec-1999 15 178 14 0 Low/Quiet;Low-Moderate/Quiet-Unsettled 26-Dec-1999 12 178 14 0 Low/Quiet-Active;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unset 26-Dec-1999 09 178 14 0 Low/Quiet-Active;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unset 26-Dec-1999 06 178 14 0 Low/Quiet-Active;Low-Mod/Quiet-Active 26-Dec-1999 03 178 14 1 Low/Quiet-Active;Low-Mod/Quiet-Active 26-Dec-1999 00 178 14 2 Low/Quiet-Active;Low-Mod/Quiet-Active

The forecast for Monday, December 27th: solar flux 175, A index 7, K index 2. Conditions should be Above Normal.

The forecast for Tuesday, December 28th: solar flux 170, A index 5, K index 2. Conditions should be Above Normal.

Solar images of the sun received for December 27, 1999 can be found at http://www.sel.noaa.gov/solar_images/1999_12/1999_12_27.html

Perhaps the most useful propagation page for Amateur Radio Operators can be found at http://dx.qsl.net/propagation/

Grey line map http://www.spiritweb.org/cgi/sunclock.cgi ______

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Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------3D2AA VE6VK HV0A IK0FVC UE4HNT RW4HT 3F2CTM HP2CTM II5ONU IK5KKW UE4HNY UA4HUR 4F2DX PA3GKI IJ0WTD I0WTD UN7VX IK2XYU 5H9IR ZS6EZ IJ0ZKZ I0ZKZ VU2BMS DL2GAC 6W1/F6BUM F6BUM P40AV K4AVQ XU7AAY IN3ZNR BX7AA BV7WB T92D T91AVW XU7AAZ IN3ZNR CE9/R3CA UA9OBA T97M K2PF YR2000 YO4KCA CG9HF VE9HF TA3DD KB2MS ZK1DLL LA9DL CN8KD EA5XX TZ6VV KB0VV ZK1VMM LA6VM DL2SCQ/C6A DL6DK UE1QNY/3 RN3OA ZK1XKK LA7XK EA9AU EA9IB

Elmo, EA5BYP, reports the 3C0R QSL cards have been printed.

QSL cards recently received direct: 4S7OF, E4/S53R ______

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Toshiyuki, JF3LGC, says a new Japanese Web Cluster can be found at http://www.jarl.com/ja3yaq/jadxc.html. ______

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Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: BV4ME, G3PMR, HB9JAI, JF3LGC, KF2HC, KH6BZF Reports, KH7E, N4GN, NOAA, The 59(9) DX Report, W8UVZ, ZS5IR ______

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Karel, 3XY2A (ON4QY) reports that 3XY2A (Belgian), 3XY2B (French), 3XY2C (Canadian) and 3XY2E are currently on the air from Guinea. He says "Last Thursday the first meeting was held for the creation of ARGUI (Association des Radioamateurs de Guinee) which will become a member of URAM (Union des Radioamateurs Africains et Malgache) IARU and IARU-R1". Dennis, 3XY2D/VE2DPS, left the country last week. Hopefully we will continue to see activity from this semi-rare West African nation.

Ronald, PA3EWP, and Rob, PA5ET, will be active from the island of Kuramanthi (AS-013) in the Maldives (8Q) between January 12th and 18th. Ronald hopes to be assigned 8Q7WP while Rob hope to get 8Q7ET. They will have two stations and plan to operate on 10 through 80 meters CW, SSB and RTTY.

Alex, PA1AW, will maintain the 8Q-2000 website and will act as the pilot station. Depending on availability of telephone and/or Internet they will try to upload the logs on daily basis along with digital photos and a diary at http://www.muurkrant.com/pi4com/Maldives/8q-2000.html.

QSL information for this expedition is via PA5ET, Rob Snieder, Van Leeuwenstraat 137, 2273 VS Voorburg, The Netherlands.

Paul, NZ7Q, is currently active from Midway Island as NZ7Q/KH4. He says he'll be there for the next 2 months and will be on all bands on CW. QSL via N6ZVA.

Once again Joe, VE3BW, plans to operate from St. Kitts along with Julio, WD4JR, and Bruce, W4OV. They plan to be active between February 14th and 24th. Joe will use V47CA and the others will be assigned their calls upon arrival. Look for a multi-single effort from them during the ARRL CW DX Contest. They will be active on all bands on CW, SSB and 6 meters before and after the contest. QSL V47CAQ via VE3BW.

Peter, G4MCK, is currently active from The Gambia as C56/G4MCK. Look for him to be on 10 through 80 meters SSB only, with a possibility of 6 and 160 meters until January 4, 2000. Suggested frequencies are: 1860, 3780, 7070, 14185, 16160, 21260, 24950, 28490 and 50110. QSL either via the RSGB bureau or direct to G4MCK.

Starting February 19th 2000 Willy, ON5AX will be on the air from Easter Island. He will use CE0Y/ON5AX on 14020 and 14120 during the evenings on Easter Island. QSL via ON5AX, Willy Dellaert, Leemstraat 95, B-2910 Essen, BELGIUM.

The Arkansas DX Association (ADXA) announces the following slate of officers for 2000:

President: Dave Norris, K5UZ Vice President: Dennis Schaefer, W5RZ Secretary/Treasurer: Glenn Wolf, AB5RQ Board Members: Earl Smith, N5ZM Paul Wynne, AF5M

For more information about the ADXA check out their home page at http://www.qsl.net/ad5xa/ or contact Glenn Wolf, AB5RQ, [email protected].

Beginning February 6th look for Said, A22EW, to be active on all bands for a three-week period. 80 meter DXers will want to look for him between 22:30 and 00:30Z. QSL via KB2MS.

Look for members of the Hastings Branch Radio Club, from New Zealand to be active for three days with special call ZMY2K to help celebrate the new Millennium. QSL via the bureau.

Alan, VK0LD, on Macquarie Island plans to be active as follows:

December 28th: 09:00 - 11:00Z CW Tx 14.026 MHz Rx 14.031 MHz for USA & VE Only 11:00 - until he get tired on SSB Tx 14.155 MHz Rx 14.165MHz USA & VE Only December 29th: 09:00 - 11:00Z CW Tx 14.003 MHz Rx 14.008 MHz - Europe only December 30th: 05:00 - 07:00Z SSB Tx 14.155 MHz Rx 14.147 MHz - Europe only 09:00 - 11:00Z SSB Tx 14.155 MHz Rx 14.165 MHz VK/ZL/P2/H4/FK/YJ etc. only.

Look for a separate e-mail with more information from Alan, VK0LD, soon to be VK0MM, today. ______

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3D2RW/R - ROTUMA ISLAND - Ron was reported yesterday as follows:

GMT Frequencies GMT Frequencies ------00 21030 28025 10 7013 05 14021 11 7013 06 14021 12 3509 7013 07 7010 13 14084 08 7010 14 14084

9M2TO - WEST MALAYSIA - East Coast US stations found Tex on the longpath on 7010 just before 23:00Z. QSL via JA0DMV.

JT1BH - MONGOLIA - Europeans reported working Sur on 80 meters CW on Monday between 22:00 and 23:30Z.

SV2ASP/A - MOUNT ATHOS - Europeans and some East Coast US stations were working Monk Apollo on 14222 just after 17:00Z.

TY/FK8VHU - BENIN - Phil came up yesterday on 14198 around 20:30Z. He stayed for over an hour. QSL via the FK bureau.

VU2BMS - INDIA - Bernhard has been active on 10 meters SSB between 08:30 and 09:30Z. He expects to be back in the Temotu Province as H40MS in February 2000. QSL via DL2GAC.

XU - CAMBODIA - XU7AAY and XU7AAZ expect to be on 30 meters today if they are able to get up an antenna. Originally Mauro and Fabrizio were only expected to be on 15 and 20 meters CW and SSB. They have been granted authorization to operate all bands, including 160 meters and RTTY. QSL via IN3ZNR.

ZD9BV - TRISTAN DA CHUNA & GOUGH ISLANDS - Andy came up on 14225 at 07:00Z. QSL via W4FRU. ______

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The following IOTA stations were active Saturday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AN-010 HF0POL 14260 0127 EU-133 RA1AD 21263 0857 AS-032 JA6CTW 18140 0048 NA-048 DL2SCQ/C6A 21257 1656 AS-083 RA9LI/9 14260 0830 NA-058 K2OLG/M 14260 2209 AS-137 BT20OO 7048 1211 NA-076 W9DC 14260 2313 EU-009 GM0HTT 24946 1321 NA-102 TO2OOO 24945 1528 EU-016 9A2GF 14012 1242 NA-110 AC4WW 7239 2349

Members of the Hanyang University Wave Research Club will operate HL0C from the Soan Islands (AS-085) between December 31st and January 5th. Look for activity on 15, 20, 40 and 80 meters CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL via HL0C, Hanyang University Wave Research Club, CPO Box 4397, 100-643 Seoul, 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 QSL ------28-Dec 31-Dec 1A 1A0KM 3-228 IK0FVC 28-Dec 9-Jan 3D2/R 3D2RW/R 3-233 ZL1AMO 28-Dec 4-Jan 3W 3W6KM 3-198 ES1AKM 28-Dec 9-Jan 3W 3W7CW 3-231 SP5AUC 28-Dec 15-Jan 5H 5H3MG 3-223 IN3YYQ 28-Dec 31-Dec 6W by F6BUM 3-229 F6BUM 28-Dec 8-Jan 8P 8P9CW 3-203 N8DCJ 28-Dec 3-Jan 8Q 8Q7BX (AS-013) 3-199 I4ALU 28-Dec 2-Jan BY BT2000 (AS-137) 3-225 3-222 BA4EG 28-Dec 3-Jan FG TO2000 3-216 ON4LCE 28-Dec 2-Jan HI HI8/K8WK 3-224 K8WK 28-Dec 4-Jan HR HR5/F2JD 3-228 F6AJA 28-Dec 1-Jan HS HS0ZCW 3-233 K4VUD 28-Dec 10-Jan KH4 KH4/W4ZYV (OC-030) 3-158 3-157 W4ZYV 28-Dec 31-Jan P2 P2000K 3-184 P29PB 28-Dec 1-Jan P4 P40AV 3-182 K4AVQ 28-Dec 28-Dec PY0F PY0FT 3-224 JA1ELY 28-Dec 4-Jan T9 T9/G4YRZ 3-232 G4YRZ 28-Dec 21-Jan TA YM2ITA 3-228 TA3YJ 28-Dec 28-Dec TY TY/FK8VHU 3-218 28-Dec 30-Nov VK0M VK0LD 28-Dec 31-Jan VP8/Sh LZ0A 3-216 28-Dec 4-Jan VP9 W2FXA/VP9 3-218 W2FXA 28-Dec 31-Jan VR2 VR2K 3-225 VR2XRW 28-Dec 7-Jan W W2M 3-229 N6ZS 28-Dec 10-Jan XE XE1/G0JHC XE1/G0ULN 3-225 home calls 28-Dec 3-Jan XU XU7AAZ 3-219 28-Dec 31-Dec XW XW2A 3-168 3-167 direct ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for December 26, 1999 was 125.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for December 27, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------27-Dec-1999 21 162 5 1 Mod/Quiet-Unset;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unsettled 27-Dec-1999 18 177 1 1 Mod/Quiet-Unset;Low-Moderate/Quiet- Unset 27-Dec-1999 15 177 1 0 Mod/Quiet-Unset;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unsettled 27-Dec-1999 12 177 1 2 Mod/Quiet-Unset;Low-Moderate/Quiet- Unset 27-Dec-1999 09 177 1 2 Mod/Quiet-Unset;Low-Moderate/Quiet- Unset 27-Dec-1999 06 177 1 2 Mod/Quiet-Unset;Low-Moderate/Quiet- Unset 27-Dec-1999 03 177 1 3 Mod/Quiet-Unset;Low-Moderate/Quiet- Unset 27-Dec-1999 00 177 1 1 Low/Quiet;Low-Moderate/Quiet-Unsettled

The forecast for Tuesday, December 28th: solar flux 170, A index 5, K index 2. Conditions should be Above Normal.

The forecast for Wednesday, December 29th: solar flux 165, A index 5, K index 2. Conditions should be Above Normal.

Solar images of the sun received for December 28, 1999 can be found at http://www.sel.noaa.gov/solar_images/1999_12/1999_12_28.html

Perhaps the most useful propagation page for Amateur Radio Operators can be found at http://dx.qsl.net/propagation/

Grey line map http://www.spiritweb.org/cgi/sunclock.cgi ______

QSL Info ______

Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------3F1XVH N0JT A6/YI1HK KK3S HI8/K8WK K8WK 9A99F 9A1EZA BT20OO BA4EG KH0AC K7ZA 9G1MR IK3HHX CG2DX VE2STN YN9HAU HR1RMG

Starting in January 2000 the city codes in the Ukraine will go from 6 digits to 5 digits.

IN3ZNR - Fabrizio Vedovelli, Via Gramsci 27, 38100 Trento - TN, ITALY UX2VZ - Vladimir B. Fomichenko, P.O. Box 123, Kirovograd 25009, UKRAINE

QSL cards recently received direct: FW8ZZ, YN1/TI2WGO

QSL cards recently received via the bureau: 3W7TK, 5W0LZ, D68YN, 3A/DJ7RJ, TF7/DL6DQW/P (EU-071), DX1DX, FK/F6BUM (OC-033), HL0Y/4 (AS- 093), J48KEF (EU-052), J8OK, JY4NE, TM3X (EU-032), VU2RTF ______

On the WWW ______

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Credits ______

Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 3XY2A, 425 DX News, AB5RQ, KH6BZF Reports, NOAA, NZ7Q/KH4, OPDX, PA5ET, W2YR, W9KX, W9OL ______

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Piero Calvi-Parisetti, IK2BHX (K2BHX), reports on the newest United Nations Amateur Radio station, located in the Palais des Nations, the Headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland (UNOG). The call 4U0G was issued to mark the emergency preparedness measures set up at Headquarters by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs for the Y2K rollover period, and it may become, in the future, the official call of the UNOG Amateur Radio Club. The new station has been on the air on 20 meters CW around 17:00Z. 4U0G will count for Switzerland for the DXCC award. A picture of the location of this station and some details can be found at http://ik2bhx.homepage.com/4U0G.htm. QSL via the bureau only to IK2BHX.

Look for special event station CS2MIL to be active on December 31st and January 1st to celebrate the Millennium. This station will be on 10 and 20 meters. After the operation logs will be put on the Web at http://www.qsl.net/ct1end. QSL via CT1END.

William, 8P6FU, is one of this year's crop of new Barbadian hams who received their licenses from the Minister of Communications at the radio club's annual Christmas party. They must work 300 stations on CW before being allowed to use phone, so when you hear a slow 8P6 on CW slow down and give them a QSO so they can get on SSB that much sooner. ______

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3W5FM - VIETNAM - Coly came up late yesterday, 23:30Z, on 14009. Keep an ear out for him there and 21009 around that time.

4U0G - SWITZERLAND - Showed up Tuesday just before 13:00 and again just before 18:00Z on 14007. QSL via IK2BHX.

5A1A - LIBYA - Check 80 meters CW just before Abubaker's sunrise (06:10Z).

5H3RK - TANZANIA - Look for Ralph on 80 or 160 meters CW just before and after 03:00Z. On 160 listen between 1831 and 1833.

9N1AC - NEPAL - Nab has been showing up often just after 12:00Z below 14026.

BX4AF - TAIWAN - This is Chung (ex BV4ME). He was found on 1824 yesterday between 11:30 and 12:00Z.

EP3PTT - IRAN - Can be found most days on 20 meters SSB between 140:00 and 16:00Z.

OX3SA - GREENLAND - 80 Meter DXers look for him daily after 18:00Z.

SU9ZZ - EGYPT - Jaro was working JA's on 160 meters yesterday just prior to 22:00Z. He was on 1822 listening on 1908.

SV2ASP/A - MOUNT ATHOS - If you need this one check 14222 just slightly after 17:00Z. Monk Apollo says, "I'm in Athos trying as much as I can to be QRV". He says that he does not have a QSL manager and that he handles his own chores. See QSL address listed below.

TF3BM - ICELAND - If you need this one on 80 meters check today at 18:00Z or at 09:00Z on Friday December 31st.

VP8CCI - PIRATE - Just a reminder this guy is bogus.

XU7AAZ - CAMBODIA - As they said they were on 30 meters yesterday. First on 10109 between 15:00 and 16:45Z. Then on 10110 just after 18:00Z.

Y2K - MILLENNIUM - The following Y2K calls were active yesterday: BT20OO, ER2000A, ER2000D, ER2000O, GB2KAD, K3Y, VR2K, W2M, YR2000, ZMY2K, ZV2000, ZW2OOO. ______

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The following IOTA stations were active Saturday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------NA-110 AC4WW 14027 1914 EU-057 DL1UU/P 7009 1736 AS-137 BT20OO 14009 2353 NA-058 K2OLG/M 28458 1441 NA-048 C6A/DL2SCQ 21260 1417

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 QSL ------29-Dec 31-Dec 1A 1A0KM 3-228 IK0FVC 29-Dec 9-Jan 3D2/R 3D2RW/R 3-233 ZL1AMO 29-Dec 4-Jan 3W 3W6KM 3-198 ES1AKM 29-Dec 9-Jan 3W 3W7CW 3-231 SP5AUC 29-Dec 15-Jan 5H 5H3MG 3-223 IN3YYQ 29-Dec 31-Dec 6W by F6BUM 3-229 F6BUM 29-Dec 8-Jan 8P 8P9CW 3-203 N8DCJ 29-Dec 3-Jan 8Q 8Q7BX (AS-013) 3-199 I4ALU 29-Dec 2-Jan BY BT2000 (AS-137) 3-225 3-222 BA4EG 29-Dec 4-Jan C5 C56/G4MCK 3-235 G4MCK 29-Dec 3-Jan FG TO2000 3-216 ON4LCE 29-Dec 2-Jan HI HI8/K8WK 3-224 K8WK 29-Dec 4-Jan HR HR5/F2JD 3-228 F6AJA 29-Dec 1-Jan HS HS0ZCW 3-233 K4VUD 29-Dec 9-Jan JA JI3DST/6 (AS-049) 3-216 JI3DST 29-Dec 10-Jan KH4 KH4/W4ZYV (OC-030) 3-158 3-157 W4ZYV 29-Dec 28-Feb KH4 NZ7Q/KH4 3-235 N6ZVA 29-Dec 31-Jan P2 P2000K 3-184 P29PB 29-Dec 1-Jan P4 P40AV 3-182 K4AVQ 29-Dec 4-Jan T9 T9/G4YRZ 3-232 G4YRZ 29-Dec 21-Jan TA YM2ITA 3-228 TA3YJ 29-Dec 31-Dec VK0M VK0LD 3-235 29-Dec 31-Jan VP8/Sh LZ0A 3-216 29-Dec 4-Jan VP9 W2FXA/VP9 3-218 W2FXA 29-Dec 31-Jan VR2 VR2K 3-225 VR2XRW 29-Dec 7-Jan W W2M 3-229 N6ZS 29-Dec 10-Jan XE XE1/G0JHC XE1/G0ULN 3-225 home calls 29-Dec 3-Jan XU XU7AAZ 3-219 29-Dec 31-Dec XW XW2A 3-168 3-167 direct ______

Today's Propagation Forecast ______

The sunspot number for December 27, 1999 was 109.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for December 28, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------28-Dec-1999 21 150 5 2 Mod/Quiet-Unset;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unset 28-Dec-1999 18 162 5 2 Mod/Quiet-Unset;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unset 28-Dec-1999 15 162 5 2 Mod/Quiet-Unset;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unset 28-Dec-1999 12 162 5 1 Mod/Quiet-Unset;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unset 28-Dec-1999 09 162 5 2 Mod/Quiet-Unset;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unset 28-Dec-1999 06 162 5 3 Mod/Quiet-Unset;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unset 28-Dec-1999 03 162 5 1 Mod/Quiet-Unset;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unset 28-Dec-1999 00 162 5 0 Mod/Quiet-Unset;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unset

The forecast for Wednesday, December 29th: solar flux 140, A index 10, K index 2. Conditions should be High Normal.

The forecast for Thursday, December 30th: solar flux 135, A index 12, K index 3. Conditions should be High Normal.

Solar images of the sun received for December 29, 1999 can be found at http://www.sel.noaa.gov/solar_images/1999_12/1999_12_29.html

Perhaps the most useful propagation page for Amateur Radio Operators can be found at http://dx.qsl.net/propagation/

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Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------4U0G IK2BHX P40AV K4AVQ ZV2000 PR7AA 8Q7BX I4ALU TU5IJ I2AOX ZW2OOO PT2BW 8Q7JL JL6MSN TZ6VV KB0VV ZW2V PY2AE HR5/F2JD F6AJA YZ75AJH YU7AJH

SV2ASP - Monk Apollo, Monastery Dochiariou, GR-63087 Mt. Athos, GREECE.

Jim Smith, VK9NS, says "QSL cards for VK8ML/CI operation will be available in a few days and I will QSL cards on hand."

There was a rumor to send $3-5 USD to K4VUD for QSL cards for XW1UD. Charlie says it was a mistake.

PA3AXU reports that he just received the QSL cards for 5W0GD from the printer.

QSL cards recently received direct: 4M7X, 5R8EE, BO0K, BO0M, CE0ZIS, FW8ZZ, HC8L, OD5NJ, T88JQ, VP2E, VQ9QM, XR0Z, ZD9BV, ZS8D ______

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Francesco, IK0FVC, says the next planned operation from the Sovereign Military Order of Malta will probably be in the summer of 2000. He did say that HV0A is expected to be on from the Vatican on December 30th or 31st and throughout next year. QSL via IK0FVC.

Ari, PT2BW, will be operating special event station ZW2OOO until January 3, 2000. Look for him on PSK31, Feld-Hell, CW, SSB, RTTY and SSTV. QSL via either via the bureau or direct to PT2BW, Ariosto R. de Souza, P.O. Box 03821, 70084-970 Brasilia, DF - BRAZIL.

Fred, K3ZO, says, "Thailand's government's Y2K Center is using the call HS2000/1 and the HS0AC club station is HS2000. The Thailand Prime Minister went to HS2000/1 and was able to communicate with LZ1MS, the former Deputy Prime Minister of Bulgaria. Ham radio continues full time operation through the Y2K period with the government's Y2K Center being connected via 7060 KHz (the Thailand/Malaysia Emergency Net) with all provinces of Thailand via HF and VHF links. A very high-profile demonstration of ham radio's capabilities. HS1CKC is the QSL Manager for HS2000 and HS2000/1."

Several Romanian operators have be operating from special event station YR2000. The station will be active through January 2, 2000.

Dick, W1KSZ, will be on the air as W3M (Whiskey Third Millennium). QSL via W1KSZ. ______

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3D2RW/R - ROTUMA ISLAND - Ron made a surprise visit to 30 meters yesterday as he was on 10105 between 09:30 and 11:30Z. QSL via ZL1AMO.

3W5FM - VIETNAM - West Coast and South West US stations found Coly on 3793 between 11:15 and 12:30Z.

5H3RK - TANZANIA - Ralph continues to show up on 1831 between 02:30 and 03:00Z. Before that check 80 meters CW.

6W6JX - SENEGAL - Look for Gene on 160 meters CW between 03:00 and 06:00Z.

CE0ZIS - JUAN FERNANDEZ ISLAND - Europeans reported working Eliazar on 14260 from 06:45 to 08:00Z.

JD1BKR - OGASAWARA - Look for him daily on 18145 at 08:00Z.

JT1CO - MONGOLIA - Chak was hanging out on 3795 between 14:00 and 16:00Z yesterday.

M2000A - ENGLAND - This operation will not begin until 11:00Z on December 31, 1999. Anything before that was a pirate.

NZ7Q/KH4 - MIDWAY ISLAND - Paul was working Europe, Japan, North and South America on 7004 from 08:00 to 09:30Z.

ST2SA - SUDAN - Don't forget to try for Dr. Sid on or near 14200 at 05:00Z on Friday. ______

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The following IOTA stations were active Saturday.

IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Free. GMT ------AS-032 JA6CTW 18148 0851 NA-048 DL2SCQ/C6A 28497 1411 AS-049 JI3DST/6 21260 0732 NA-052 N2OFY 21254 1536 AS-137 BT20OO 21260 0011 NA-058 K2OLG/M 14260 1230 EU-020 SM1TDE 18073 1235 NA-072 HP1XVH 3782 0326 EU-038 PA/DL1YDL/P 14013 1712 NA-102 TO2OOO 14260 0223 EU-129 DL7VOX/P 7012 0717 NA-110 WB4WTY 18119 2210 EU-152 EA7GYE 18128 1026 NA-140 W3YN 21268 1505 NA-029 VY2OX 14143 1749 OC-148 YC9MKF 28459 1156 NA-036 VE7DXQ 14165 1741

IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 ______

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From End Prefix Call Ref QSL ------30-Dec 9-Jan 3D2/R 3D2RW/R 3-233 ZL1AMO 30-Dec 4-Jan 3W 3W6KM 3-198 ES1AKM 30-Dec 9-Jan 3W 3W7CW 3-231 SP5AUC 30-Dec 15-Jan 5H 5H3MG 3-223 IN3YYQ 30-Dec 31-Dec 6W by F6BUM 3-229 F6BUM 30-Dec 8-Jan 8P 8P9CW 3-203 N8DCJ 30-Dec 3-Jan 8Q 8Q7BX (AS-013) 3-199 I4ALU 30-Dec 2-Jan BY BT2000 (AS-137) 3-225 3-222 BA4EG 30-Dec 4-Jan C5 C56/G4MCK 3-235 G4MCK 30-Dec 3-Jan FG TO2000 3-216 ON4LCE 30-Dec 2-Jan HI HI8/K8WK 3-224 K8WK 30-Dec 4-Jan HR HR5/F2JD 3-228 F6AJA 30-Dec 1-Jan HS HS0ZCW 3-233 K4VUD 30-Dec 31-Dec HV HV0A 3-236 IK0FVC 30-Dec 9-Jan JA JI3DST/6 (AS-049) 3-216 JI3DST 30-Dec 10-Jan KH4 KH4/W4ZYV (OC-030) 3-158 3-157 W4ZYV 30-Dec 28-Feb KH4 NZ7Q/KH4 3-235 N6ZVA 30-Dec 31-Jan P2 P2000K 3-184 P29PB 30-Dec 1-Jan P4 P40AV 3-182 K4AVQ 30-Dec 4-Jan T9 T9/G4YRZ 3-232 G4YRZ 30-Dec 21-Jan TA YM2ITA 3-228 TA3YJ 30-Dec 31-Dec VK0M VK0LD 3-235 30-Dec 31-Jan VP8/Sh LZ0A 3-216 30-Dec 4-Jan VP9 W2FXA/VP9 3-218 W2FXA 30-Dec 31-Jan VR2 VR2K 3-225 VR2XRW 30-Dec 7-Jan W W2M 3-229 N6ZS 30-Dec 10-Jan XE XE1/G0JHC XE1/G0ULN 3-225 home calls 30-Dec 3-Jan XU XU7AAZ 3-219 30-Dec 31-Dec XW XW2A 3-168 3-167 direct ______

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The sunspot number for December 28, 1999 was 77.

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for December 29, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------29-Dec-1999 21 144 5 1 Low/Quiet-Unset;Low-Mod;Quiet-Unset 29-Dec-1999 18 150 8 2 Low/Quiet-Unset;Low-Mod;Quiet-Unset 29-Dec-1999 15 150 8 0 Low/Quiet-Unset;Low-Mod;Quiet-Unset 29-Dec-1999 12 150 8 1 Low/Quiet-Unset;Low-Mod;Quiet-Unset 29-Dec-1999 09 150 8 2 Low/Quiet-Unset;Low-Mod;Quiet-Unset 29-Dec-1999 06 150 8 1 Low/Quiet-Unset;Low-Mod;Quiet-Unset 29-Dec-1999 03 150 8 3 Low/Quiet-Unset;Low-Mod;Quiet-Unset 29-Dec-1999 00 150 8 3 Mod/Quiet-Unset;Low-Mod/QUIET-UNSET

The forecast for Thursday, December 30th: solar flux 140, A index 10, K index 3. Conditions should be High Normal.

The forecast for Friday, December 31st: solar flux 135, A index 15, K index 3. Conditions should be High Normal.

Solar images of the sun received for December 30, 1999 can be found at http://www.sel.noaa.gov/solar_images/1999_12/1999_12_30.html

Perhaps the most useful propagation page for Amateur Radio Operators can be found at http://dx.qsl.net/propagation/

Grey line map http://www.spiritweb.org/cgi/sunclock.cgi ______

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Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------5B4/RA3DJA RU3FM HS2000/1 HS1CKC YI1SEA WA3HUP HS2000 HS1CKC OA4/DL1NL DL1NL

Tony, EA5BY, reports the QSL cards for 3C0R have been received from the printer and will start to go out in two weeks.

Joe, W3HNK, says he is not the QSL manager for the re-issued callsign 8P6FU. He was the QSL manager for the original 8P6FU.

QSL cards recently received direct: FW8ZZ, TY1PH, XF4MX, XUXO, XV7SW, YC9BU ______

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It's hard to believe that we are just on the verge of the year 2,000. Friends, families and businesses everywhere are asking "Are you ready?" Like it or not 2,000 is just around the corner and there is nothing we can do to stop it. What will 2,000 and beyond bring to Amateur Radio and DXing?

We've just heard from the FCC about the changes that will be coming in the spring of the new year. Like it or not it's going to happen. Is the Morse code the deciding factor weather someone is a good operator or a bad operator? That is something that is imbedded in the operator from the very beginning. Elmer's, books, magazines and Amateur Radio classes are where these rights and wrongs are taught. So are we ready to teach those new operators how to operate?

In the 2,000's we will surely see less QSL cards and some kind of electronic type of confirmation. Yes the QSL cards look a lot nicer but in the long run the electronic confirmations will be cheaper and faster for everyone involved. Not everyone has a computer so it won't be the only way to confirm contacts. QSL cards will never disappear, there just won't be as many. Someone is eventually going to come up with a way and get it implemented in the 2,000's. Are you ready?

Computers - you can't live with them and you can't live without them. Our DXCC records in Newington live in them. We log our QSOs with them. Calculations of beam headings are done by them. Packet software runs on them to tell us the latest spots. We read our DX Bulletins on them. Schedules with our friends and new countries are made using them. Antenna modeling programs run on them and much, much more. However these modern day pieces of equipment that sit in our shacks need to be taken care of. Antivirus programs run, back ups made, etc. So are you ready?

We all enjoy working DX and the year 2,000 already has lots of DX plans including 3B6, A5, CE0Z, FO/C, FR/G, PY0S, TT, VP6, XZ, YV0 and many more which are still being worked out. More than likely we will have at least one all time new country to go after this spring. Of coarse many of us are waiting for P5 to hit the airwaves again. Get your radio's working, antennas turning and your amplifiers tuned up because 2,000 promises to be a great year for DXers. Are you ready?

Happy New Year and all the best to you and your family in

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Look for Giovanni (John), I5JHW, to be active starting today from Mauritius. He will use 3B8/I5JHW until January 14, 2000. John plans to operate in the RTTY Roundup on January 8th and 9th. QSL via I5JHW.

Wolf, DL2SCQ, and his XYL Ann, DL1SCQ, are currently operating from North Bimini Island (NA-048), in the Bahamas. The two will be there through January 4th. QSL via DL6DK.

Al, K7CA, and Bill, W7TVF, are planning a DXpedition to Niue in February 2000. Tickets have been purchased and they should be there sometime on February 7th. The two will be concentrating on the low bands especially 160 meters. They will try to get setup to operate on 160 meters at their sunset, about 0600z. 160 meters will be the priority but 80 and 40 will also be used. Look for them everyday on Topband starting at 06:00Z until their sunrise at about 17:00Z. Antennas are will be homebrew (by N7JW) top loaded verticals with lots of radials and beverages for receiving. The two will probably use a frequency above 1830 but will let you know when they arrive. They will be on the island until February 20th.

Special event station IR0MFP (Millennium For Peace) will be active until January 2nd. QSL via IK0AZG.

P2000K will be active until January 31st. QSL via P29PB.

Christian, 6W1QV (ex TR8SA), will be operating from Mayotte as FH/TU5AX starting January 5, 2000. He plans to take 2 transceivers and a R-7000 vertical. Look for him on 6 through 40 meters. Plans are to be on the island for 5 months. QSL via F5OGL.

The following are the Year 2000/30th Anniversary Officers of the Twin City DX Association of Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota:

President: Lou Sica AC0X Secretary: Gary Hosler W0AW Treasurer: Jeff Fisher K0MX

For more information about this DX club check out their home page at http://www.qsl.net/tcdxa/ ______

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3W5FM - VIETNAM - Coly started off yesterday on 10105 just before 11:00Z. Next he did his usually 80 meter number on 3793 at 11:00Z. He was on 3503 at 23:30Z.

4U0G - SWITZERLAND - This is the newest United Nations station and was found on 14005 at 13:30Z Thursday. QSL via IK2BHX.

6W6JX - SENEGAL - West Coast US stations once again found Jean between 1832 and 1834 starting around 0345 for about an hour.

NZ7Q/KH4 - MIDWAY ISLAND - Check 40 and 80 meters CW around 07:00 to 09:00Z.

S21AR - BANGLADESH - Came up on 21241 just prior to 06:00Z. QSL via JA1UT.

ST2SA - SUDAN - As was expected Dr Sid appeared on 14210 around 05:30Z.

VP8CMT - FALKLAND ISLANDS - JA's found Keith on 21230 at 00:00Z on Thursday.

XU7AAZ - CAMBODIA - Europeans reported working him on 3508 between 22:00 and 23:00Z. QSL via IN3ZNR.

YK1AO - SYRIA - Look for Omar just around 05:00Z on 40 meters CW. ______

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The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.

IOTA frequencies - CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765 ______

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From End Prefix Call Ref QSL ------31-Dec 14-Jan 3B8 3B8/I5JHW 3-225 I5JHW 31-Dec 9-Jan 3D2/R 3D2RW/R 3-233 ZL1AMO 31-Dec 4-Jan 3W 3W6KM 3-198 ES1AKM 31-Dec 9-Jan 3W 3W7CW 3-231 SP5AUC 31-Dec 15-Jan 5H 5H3MG 3-223 IN3YYQ 31-Dec 31-Dec 6W by F6BUM 3-229 F6BUM 31-Dec 8-Jan 8P 8P9CW 3-203 N8DCJ 31-Dec 3-Jan 8Q 8Q7BX (AS-013) 3-199 I4ALU 31-Dec 2-Jan BY BT2000 (AS-137) 3-225 3-222 BA4EG 31-Dec 4-Jan C5 C56/G4MCK 3-235 G4MCK 31-Dec 1-Jan CT CS2MIL 3-236 CT1END 31-Dec 3-Jan FG TO2000 3-216 ON4LCE 31-Dec 2-Jan HI HI8/K8WK 3-224 K8WK 31-Dec 5-Jan HL HL0C (AS-085) 3-235 31-Dec 4-Jan HR HR5/F2JD 3-228 F6AJA 31-Dec 1-Jan HS HS0ZCW 3-233 K4VUD 31-Dec 31-Dec HV HV0A 3-236 IK0FVC 31-Dec 9-Jan JA JI3DST/6 (AS-049) 3-216 JI3DST 31-Dec 10-Jan KH4 KH4/W4ZYV (OC-030) 3-158 3-157 W4ZYV 31-Dec 28-Feb KH4 NZ7Q/KH4 3-235 N6ZVA 31-Dec 31-Jan P2 P2000K 3-184 P29PB 31-Dec 1-Jan P4 P40AV 3-182 K4AVQ 31-Dec 3-Jan PY ZW2000 3-237 PT2BW 31-Dec 4-Jan T9 T9/G4YRZ 3-232 G4YRZ 31-Dec 21-Jan TA YM2ITA 3-228 TA3YJ 31-Dec 4-Jan V6 V63LJ 3-231 3-211 JH8DEH 31-Dec 31-Dec VK0M VK0LD 3-235 31-Dec 31-Jan VP8/Sh LZ0A 3-216 31-Dec 4-Jan VP9 W2FXA/VP9 3-218 W2FXA 31-Dec 31-Jan VR2 VR2K 3-225 VR2XRW 31-Dec 7-Jan W W2M 3-229 N6ZS 31-Dec 10-Jan XE XE1/G0JHC XE1/G0ULN 3-225 home calls 31-Dec 3-Jan XU XU7AAZ 3-219 31-Dec 31-Dec XW XW2A 3-168 3-167 direct 31-Dec 2-Jan YO YR2000 3-237 1-Jan 1-Jan Kids Day 1-Jan 31-Jan 9A 9AY2K 3-230 9A1A 1-Jan 3-Jan 9N 9N7UD 3-233 3-203 K4VUD 1-Jan 30-Nov VK0M VK0MM 3-235 2-Jan 7-Jan KP2 KH2Y/KP2 3-226 JA8RUZ ______

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The sunspot number for December 29, 1999 was .

The WWV numbers from Boulder, Colorado for December 30, 1999, were as follows:

Date Hour SFI A K Past 24 hours ; Next 24 hours ------30-Dec-1999 21 136 5 1 Low/Quiet-Unset;Low-Mod/Quiet-Active 30-Dec-1999 18 144 5 2 Low/Quiet;Low-Moderate/Quiet-Unsettled 30-Dec-1999 15 144 5 1 Low/Quiet;Low-Moderate/Quiet-Unsettled 30-Dec-1999 12 144 5 2 Low/Quiet;Low-Moderate/Quiet-Unsettled 30-Dec-1999 09 144 5 1 Low/Quiet;Low-Moderate/Quiet-Unsettled 30-Dec-1999 06 144 5 1 Low/Quiet;Low-Moderate/Quiet-Unsettled 30-Dec-1999 03 144 5 0 Low/Quiet-Unset;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unset 30-Dec-1999 00 144 5 1 Low/Quiet-Unset;Low-Mod/Quiet-Unset

The forecast for Friday, December 31st: solar flux 135, A index 15, K index 3. Conditions should be High Normal.

The forecast for Saturday, January 1st: solar flux 130, A index 25, K index 4. Conditions should be Low Normal.

The forecast for Sunday, January 2nd: solar flux 130, A index 20, K index 4. Conditions should be Low Normal.

Solar images of the sun received for December 31, 1999 can be found at http://www.sel.noaa.gov/solar_images/1999_12/1999_12_31.html

Perhaps the most useful propagation page for Amateur Radio Operators can be found at http://dx.qsl.net/propagation/

Grey line map http://www.spiritweb.org/cgi/sunclock.cgi ______

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Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager ------3F1XVH N0JT DL2SCQ/C6A DL6DK UE1QNY/3 RN3OA 3F2CTM HP2CTM EA9AU EA9IB UE4HNT RW4HT 4F2DX PA3GKI HI8/K8WK K8WK UE4HNY UA4HUR 4U0G IK2BHX HR5/F2JD F6AJA UN7VX IK2XYU 5B4/RA3DJA RU3FM HS2000 HS1CKC VU2BMS DL2GAC 5H9IR ZS6EZ HS2000/1 HS1CKC XU7AAY IN3ZNR 6W1/F6BUM F6BUM HV0A IK0FVC XU7AAZ IN3ZNR 8Q7BX I4ALU II5ONU IK5KKW YI1SEA WA3HUP 8Q7JL JL6MSN IJ0WTD I0WTD YN9HAU HR1RMG 9A99F 9A1EZA IJ0ZKZ I0ZKZ YR2000 YO4KCA 9G1MR IK3HHX KH0AC K7ZA YZ75AJH YU7AJH A6/YI1HK KK3S OA4/DL1NL DL1NL ZK1DLL LA9DL BT20OO BA4EG P40AV K4AVQ ZK1VMM LA6VM BX7AA BV7WB T92D T91AVW ZK1XKK LA7XK CE9/R3CA UA9OBA T97M K2PF ZV2000 PR7AA CG2DX VE2STN TA3DD KB2MS ZW2OOO PT2BW CG9HF VE9HF TU5IJ I2AOX ZW2V PY2AE

Sid, K3SX, says all J6/K3LP bureau cards for 1998's operation have been sent out.

QSL cards recently received direct: 3W6DK, 9U5D, FW8ZZ, HU4U, VK9LX ______

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Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: AA6IR, AC0X, AD1C, ARRL DX Bulletin, BPDX, F6AJA, K3SX, KH6BZF Reports, NOAA, OE-1002419, W7IAN ______

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