Ten X DX News
March 3, 2000
Myanmar 10-10 Country No. 293?
A DXpedition by Sally KM5EP #65064,
Milt N5IA #8469, Cliff KD6XH #4427, Rich K7ZV
#8840, Dan A7DB #21616, Luis XE1L #18056 plus
other nonmember, operated from Thahtay Kyun
Island off Myanmar. This is the old Burma in
Zone 26 Southeast Asia. The call XZ0A was used
for the first time, a new 10-10 Country, a new
IOTA, a new prefix and a total of 79,784 contacts.
The operation started on January 13th and
ended February 6th after making 12,489 contacts on
ten meters. Twenty four operators had several stations
running with amplifiers and full size antennas on all
bands. Several of the 1010 members used other calls
from the mainland after leaving the island. They were
XZ1DX (Dan), XZ1YL (Sally), XZ1L (Luis), XZ1ZZ
(Rich). I hope some of you were lucky on ten.
Operating conditions to the west coast of the
USA was average starting at two hours before their
sundown. Propagation into the middle to east coast of
the USA was very poor especially where I live in
Texas! I heard them about four times but good
enough to get into my log for an all time new one on
ten! Myanmar is about half way around the word
from Texas so their sunrise is our sunset. Until the
solar flux went up toward the end of their stay, we
could not hear them in Texas. Propagation on ten
would last from 15 to 60 minutes on ten. Direct QSLs
go to: XZ0A QSL Request, Bob Myers, W1XT, 37875
North 10th Street, Phoenix, AZ 85086 USA. More
details at the web site:
http://getnet.com/~k7wx/myanmar.htm .
FO/C, Clipperton Island. This multinational
expedition got started on schedule on March1 and they
will be there eight days. The only 1010 member is
Mark ON4WW #49103, who unfortunately prefers
the low bands. This island gets activated about once
every ten years so good luck. QSLs via N7CQQ,
POBox 31553, Laughlin, Nevada 89028. Web pages:
http://www.qsl.net/clipperton2000
3W6DK Vietnam by Mike N0ODK #67566
was active during December 1999. Most of his
contacts on ten were JA's and Russians and no 1010
activity was reported. Mike told me propagation to the
US was very hard and he will return for another visit.
Mali by Larry TZ6VV #28997, closes his log
with 75,000 QSOs after 13 years of operating. "I
spent the last few days taking down the antennas and
packing the radios. We will leave Segou on Feb. 24
and Bamako on March 26th. I have all the logs with
me. QSL is via KB0VV, 3850 Willomet Ave., Fort
Worth, TX 76133. As it stands now, we will be in the
states from April thru August. It looks like we will
have another overseas assignment in an area with
better living conditions, better local medical facilities
and no malaria. Most likely, it will be in a CEPT
country. We will leave at least one vertical, probably
one hf beam and the six meter beam in Bamako for the
radio club or local hams. We've enjoyed our 14 years
in Mali and being rare DX. It's been fun being the
first TZ on WARC bands, Top Band and six meters.
Best 73s, Larry and Trish." Email to: kb0vv@qsl.net.
V7, Marshall Islands by Bruce AC4G
#49089 was active as V73CW and V7G in contests.
He will be going QRT March 9th. QSL via Bruce
Smith, 1056 Old Railroad Bed Road, Taft, TN 38488.
ZL New Zealand by Bob W7TSQ #35684,
left Fiji (where he operated as 3D2SQ) on February
16th and travels to New Zealand. Here he operated
using either ZL/W7TSQ or ZL2SQ. Bob will be in
New Zealand until March 2 when he leaves for
Indonesia. Their Bob hopes to reactivate his old
callsign, YB3ASQ and be active until March 26th.
UP0/UN7 Kazakhstan by Willy
UN7FK/UP0F #50479 and Harry UN7FZ/UP6F
#45850 will be active in the DX contest March 4-5.
(Editor. I worked Willy UP0F long-path over the
south pole for a new prefix at 0335UTC on 28533.)
New DX Members.
A new member from Jordan is JY4NE
#71018 Ali Yashbruit, POB 9392, Amman, Jordan
11191. QSL to Dianna KB6NAN, POB 911,
Pescadero, CA 94060-0911. She requests that you
write his number on the QSL when you get the card.
Upcoming DX & New 10-10 Activity:
FR5/G Glorioso Island. Larry F5PYI
#54226 and several others, may be active in August
2000. Glorioso will be a new 10-10 country!
EA8/DK1EAW Bon #70807 will be in the
Canary Islands May 16-29 including the WPX contest.
In July, he will be using the call R9/DK1EAW in
Asiatic Russia. In October he will be in Malta as
9H3AAW. "I read nice things in the TenX Newsletter,
members on expedition and so on. Would like to
mention what I am doing to EA8, UA9 and 9H, and I
hope everything is going fine with you." 73 Bon
MM, Scotland by Leo W3LEO #48035, will
again be active from February 29th through March 17th.
He will use the callsign MM/W3LEO. He will use an
Icom 706, into an R-5 vertical. NOTE: In Scotland it
is your callsign preceded by "MM/" not "GM/"and
there is no number after the prefix.
FH Mayotte by Chris, 6W1QV (ex-TR8SA
#45817), will be active as FH/TU5AX from January
for five months. QSL via F5OGL.
PY2, Brazil by Gerard, F2JD #63443
(ex-HK3JBR, HP1XBI) has now received the callsign
PY2ZDX. He will be there two more months.
7X Algeria by 7X4AN Mohamed Boukhiar,
POBox 30133, Barcelona, 08080, Spain. This box is
used to forward mail to Algeria. Note: IRC's are not
valid in Algeria so you must use US $.
4S, Sri Lanka. By Mario, HB9BRM #30935,
will use the call 4S7BRG in March for three months.
Activity will be on all bands with 100 watts.
V2, Antigua by Bill W4WX #62600, was
active from February 22-29th as V2/W4WX.
Propagation:
Solar flux will range from 140-250 during the
second quarter of 2000. On March 1st, the Solar flux
was 233 the A index 7 and K index 2, which is an
increase in the flux number from last quarter. There
will be a 110 point swing in the flux numbers during
the next three months as the season's change. It takes
4.5 years for the cycle to go up and 6.6 years to come
down for a total of 11.1 years. Cycle 23 is now 27
months old, the flux continues to climb upwards and
we have entered into a new Phase of this cycle. These
next three years will be the best propagation, with the
exception of the summer months when propagation
changes for us in the USA. Last year, I predicted we
would be hearing Europe and we have heard them
every day since October 8th!
Expect the best conditions on March 1-3, March
29-April 2, April 29-May 1 & 27-30, June 25-30!
For stations in the Eastern USA, expect a 95% chance
of DX to the East-West path into Europe or Africa.
For stations in the Western USA, expect 80% chance
of DX into Europe and a 95% chance into Asia. All of
the USA will get a 75% chance into S. America in the
mid afternoon. Long haul F Layer skip continues to be
the dominant mode of skip. Expect a 5% chance of
Long Path into Asia starting at 00 UTC for central
USA. The beacons (28.175-28.300) will tell you what
is open, especially 28.200. A record number of
beacons have been reported the past few months.
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IOTA:
8P Barbados. Dean, 8P6SH #45815, will be
active as 8P2K for the all major contests, until
December 31st. Will AA4NC #15774 and Jim K4MA
#23837 will be operating again from here as 8P9JB
and 8P9JA, respectively, between February 15-22.
NP2, U.S. Virgin Islands by Dennis, K7BV
#5414 the new trustee for the WP2Z station, was on
St. Croix in February doing antenna repair work due
to hurricane damage. He signing NP2/K7BV and in
contests used WP2Z. All QSLs via KU9C. NP2. Fred
K4FMD #68441 (ex.KU4DC) is active as K4UP/KP2
from St. Johns, IOTA NA-106, until March 5.
HK Columbia by Pedro, HK3JJH/4 #47437,
stated he was activated a new IOTA in February.
CE0Z, Juan Fernandez to Robinson Crusoe
Island from February 17-29th. The callsign was
CE0ZY. Falk DK7YY #23467 who activated T20FW,
3D2DK, ZL7DK, P29VXX & S21XX in recent years,
was the only member in a group. Direct to DK7YY at:
P.O. Box 700343, 10323 Berlin, Germany.
VK9C/VK9X Cocos-Keeling & Christmas
Islands. Joe DF6IC #50022, was active from these
two islands in the Indian Ocean from February 5-16th,
with the callsign VK9CP and from February 16-26th,
on Christmas Island signing VK9XU.
FM, Martinique by Daniel F5LGQ #64684
will be signing FM/F5LGQ from March 18th to April
1st. QSL via F5JOT. J7, Dominica. Daniel will be
here after Martinique from March 24-26th. He hopes to
use the call J79LGQ.
New DX members this Winter.
December 99: DL1KDW 71010, G0IUE
71011, MI0CBH 71012. January: VE2LHP 71013,
G0GZS 71014, VE4GE 71015, 4Z5GV 71016,
VY1MB 71017, JY4NE 71018. February 2000.
EI9HQ 71019, DJ1MH 71020, DL4VBS 71021,
VE2PIJ 71022, VE5BK 71023, 4F4IX (Philippines)
71024, YC9BU 71300, M0CQO 71301, VE3MOW
71302, OK2BBI 71303, M0COV 71304, VE3DIJ
71305, VE7WYE 71306, GM0GLH 71307, FB1BON
71308, VE3VNE 71309 and G0CAM 71310. DX
member's data is from Carol K8DHK #29588.
10-10 Countries Award: 130 Countries:
Mike W3BSY #48096 Cert.# 15; 115 Countries: Lad
W1CRL #8528 Cert.# 26; 90 Countries: Ed
WD8MQJ #30405 Cert.# 42; 75 Countries: O.B.
WA8YQR #12544 Cert.# 76 and 65 Countries: Bob
W5UFA #23660 Cert.# 111.
10-10 Bar Awards: Neldo LU5HE #10334 for
6200 Bar #54; Henry DL8YBM #36109 for 4100 Bar
#127; Evillo KH6DRT #33751 for 2600 Bar #351.
The 10-10 DX Net on 28.555 is on Sunday at
1400Z. N5MT is Net Control in Texas and there is a
need for an US East Coast station to help out with
check-ins from Europe.
Thanks too: the on-line DX List, QRZ-DX, Lee
KH6BZF #8888 & Ohio/Penn DX Bulletins. Send
photos to Mike Davidson, 3518 Bellefontaine,
Houston, TX 77025 USA Email: N5MT@aol.com
DX IS! 73 Mike Davidson N5MT #24949
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