Ten X DX News
June 1, 2001

Many of you know that I am now the Countries Award manager. I took me
several months to decide to accept the job and on March 2nd Chuck W6YLJ
announced several new awards managers. My congratulations to all the new
managers. Since the Countries Award was created in November 1981, there have
been two other managers, Al Sherman K1AS and Russ Gauthier N5EJS, who retired
from the job last fall. Tom K4CIH has filled in as manager while a permanent
replacement was found. I received the software and computerized records that
were on Tom's computer. I had to fix a few problems but I have been able to
processed nine basic awards and upgrades.
Three members have gone over the DXCC 100 Countries mark this past
quarter. Congratulations to Lad W1CRL at 105 countries, Tom K4CIH at 110
countries and myself N5MT for the DXCC No. 1 with 255 confirmed. Tom K4CIH
becomes the 15th silent key, out of the 562 certificates that have been
issued. A list of new certificates and upgrades is in the 'Awards' section.
The Spring of 2001 has not produced many DX contacts and the daily
Europeans have stopped coming into Texas in April. The DX Net on 28555 has
shutdown for the summer until September. The CQ WPX contest has just
completed and there were a few signals on ten from Europe but nothing like
the fall DX season which will start in September. So lets crank up the tower
and listen.
PV0F Fernando De Noronha. Dennis K7BV #5414, was active as PV0F from May
24th through June 1st. His special callsign was active in the CQ WPX CW
Contest on all bands 160-6 meters, generally on CW. Logs will be posted on
web site: http://www.qth.com/k7bv/PY0F .
Steve KU9C #31988, will handle QSL's.
TX0C Chesterfield Island. Dany FK8VHY #49137 ex.FT5ZB, and others sailed
to Lifou Island in late April. During their 60 hour stay on the island they
made 1800 contacts on ten meters, about one third of their total contacts.
QSL to JA1BK with a green stamp or IRC.
EK Armenia. Daniel, F5LGQ #64684, was active as EK8ZZ from Apr 9-21st. He
will also take care of the QSLs of Karen, EK7DX. Anyone work him?
J3 Grenada. A two-week mini-DXpedition to Grenada by Dee W1HEO and Paul
W5PF #5921 ended on April 11th. I had dinner with Paul after his trip and
they had a great time on the radio. QSL to their callbook address.
9M2 W. Malaysia. Bruce, KD6WW #13040, was to be active from April 20 to
May 2 but no reports.
LU Argentina. Nel LU5HE #10334 is on 28425 calling CQ at 2135Z May 21st.
His signal was a 56 into Houston, Texas. I worked him again later at 0245Z,
so the band was open about an hour after sunset. Nel was using a 6 element
tri-band yagi with a Yaesu FT1000 transceiver.
Z3 Macedonia. Venco Z31JA #23427, informs us that since April 1st, he has
changed his callsign from Z31JA to Z36W. Venco can be found on 40/20/17
meters CW after 2230Z or on 10 meters after 1400Z. QSL via NN6C. His E-mail
address: z31ja@mt.net.mk .

Upcoming DX & New 10-10 Activity:
JW Svalbard. "DXpedition Arctic 2001" will take place June 1-9th, from
Prins Karls Forland Island which is IOTA EU-063. The callsign will be JW0PK.
The 10-10 operators are: Claude F5PBL #71724, Abdrea IK2XDE #66082, and
Giampaoalo IK2XDF #66081,plus eleven others. They plan to operate ten SSB on
28460, CW on 28020 and RTTY on 28080. QSL manager is SP5DRH: Jacek Kubiak,
POBox 4, 00-957 Warszawa - Poland. Web-site at: http://www.dxpedition.org .
3W Vietnam. Claude F5PBL #71724 was active from Saigon as 3W2KF in
March. Claude is new to 10-10 and this was his first DX trip. He had
tremendous S9 noise levels towards the US! So he had very few stateside
calls in his log. Claude reported he worked 50 members on ten so how many
will submit his QSL for a new country? QSL to Claude Terrier, 18 allee du
Mail, F-92360 Meudon la Foret, France. Web site at:
http://www.qsl.net/f5pbl .
"Utah Beach" French Special Event. The special callsign TM6JUN #61944,
will commemorate the World War II D-Day landing on Utah Beach. Watch 28574
SSB and 28026 CW, from June 1-10th. QSL via F8LDX.
CS Portugal. Carlos CT1AHU #23437 will be active from "Point of Sagres" as
CS0RCL/p, on June 2-3rd.
FP St. Pierre & Miquelon Islands. Wendell, K4JZ #26051, will be a one man
DXpedition operate from the island from June 14-18th using the callsign
FP/K4JZ on 40-10 meters SSB. QSL to K4JZ with SASE.

Propagation: The Sun reverses the North and South poles in late 2000 to
indicate that Cycle 23 has peaked!
I saw poor propagation this spring as compared to the previous quarter.
The CW QSO Party and several DX contests had disappointing activity. My
prediction is for the Solar flux to range from 100-175 during the third
quarter and likewise, decrease each quarter of 2002.
On June 1st, the Solar flux was 133 the A index 5 and K index 1, which is
below the flux numbers three months ago. Likewise, the average flux is
really coming down from the August 2000 high! I foresee a smaller 75 point
swing in the flux during the next year and by January 2002, I expect a Solar
flux range of 90-165.
Cycle 23 is now 3.5 years old. The flux continues to stay above 100 as
this phase of the cycle turns down for two more years of good propagation
during the winter months for the USA. Multi-hop F layer skip will be
sporadic during the summer-fall months.
Expect the best conditions on June 2-3 & 28-30, July 26-28, August 22-24
and Sept 18-20.. Stations in the Eastern USA, expect an 20% chance of DX to
the East-West path into Europe or Africa. Stations in the Western USA,
expect 5% chance of DX into Europe and an 30% chance into Asia. All of the
USA will get a 40% chance into S. America in the mid afternoon. Expect a 2%
chance of Long Path into Asia or Europe starting at 0030 UTC for central USA.
The beacons from 28.175-28.300 will tell you what is open, especially
28.200. Good luck.

IOTA: USA Assateague Island, NA-139 Rich, K4BMS #72037, was on May 5-6th.
KH0 Mariana Islands. Kenji JQ1NGT #64623 was active as KH0/JQ1NGT from Saipan
on February 16-19th & March 14-20th. KH2 Guam. Toshi JI3ERV #39995,
participated in the CQ WPX Contest as AH2R. QSL via JH7QXJ. HK0 Malpelo
Island. Pedro, HK3JJH #47437, made 15,000 SSB contacts from Malpelo until
about May 7th. He was heard from a Lighthouse on Isla La Palma, IOTA SA-017,
as HK3JJH/5 and now has returned to Columbia. QSL via N4AA. PA Netherlands.
Eric F5SSM #63420, was signing PA/F5SSM from April 14-16th, from Shouwen
Duviland IOTA EU-146. Then Eric went to Cuba from April 23-30th. Unknown if
he was able to operate. V4 St. Kitts & Nevis. Larry, KJ4UY #16308, was on
again as V47UY from May 10 - 16th . He was staying at Karl's, V44NK, on
Nevis. QSL to KJ4UY. KP2 US Virgin Islands. Bill N5VEI #64399, was active
from St. Thomas from April 18-20th. C6 Treasure Cay Bahamas, NA-001. Bill
W4WX #62600, was on RTTY and SSB signing W4WX/C6A from May 7-14th. VP8
Falkland Islands. The Scottish team of 4 four operators including Tom GM4FDM
#31864, was making it easy for anyone who needs this on CW. They departed the
island May 8th. DL Germany. Felix, DL5XL #55519, will be active and signing
DL5XL/p from Helgoland Island, IOTA EU-127 from July 28-29th, using CW only.
Info at: http://www.dl5xl.de. HC8 Galapagos Island. Trey N5KO #26780, and
non-members were activate as HC8N in April and May. EI Ireland. Declan EI9HQ
#71019 plans to operate from the Blasket Islands, IOTA EU-007, as EJ9HQ from
June 1-3rd.

New Spring DX members by Carol WA8YL #29588.
March 2001. GI4YWT 72404, 8R1AK 72405, MI0CUN 72406, LZ3ND 72407, P29TL
72408 (Tommy tells me that his call is a reissued call), PP5MU 72409, PP5IZ
72410, VE9MN 72411, VE1VIA 72412. April: VE4JCH 72413, EI9HX 72414, G0VTI
72415. May: VE5JLO 72416,
VE2ARW 72417, VE7AAV 72418, MW0BXJ 72419, VE2CFA 72420, VP9KD 72421, DS5ACV
72422, YB0LBK 72423. HL/DS South Korea. The application from DS5ACV, is
the first DS prefix ever issued a 10-10 number so I would like to welcome
Ho-Jong Lee #72422 from Pusan, South Korea. There has been about a dozen HL
stations that have 10-10 numbers from South Korea.

10-10 Bar Awards: Wolf DK3KD #58990 for 7100 Bar #43; Hans DL1KBQ #70303 for
1300 Bar #950; Heidi DH8KAT #70302 for 1300 Bar #951; Fred VA7TEN #24752 for
2100 Bar #492; Alan VE4ALN #69217 for 1600 Bar #706; Clarence KH7B #34749 for
1600 Bar #703; Ad PA3ABW #24351 for 3200 Bar #232; Neldo LU5HE #10334 for
6900 Bar #47; and Carl PY2DBU #8264 for 4600 Bar #107.

The 10-10 DX Net is on Vacation until September when it will meet on Sunday
at 1400 UTC on 28555.

Thanks to 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

Copyright 2001 by N5MT

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