WCDXB 11-May-1976

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May 11, 1976 19-76
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BILL RINDONE Bill was expecting to open from A6X-United Arab Emirates over this
last week-end and then move onto A4X-Oman later this week.

At this point it would seem that Bill is winding up his Asian activities, he will
be moving on to the western part of the Indian Ocean including the stops on the
Persian Gulf, and then swing south towards Africa. There are still a number of
choice spots on his itinerary and it may pay to keep a bit alert as he moves on
to new operating locales.

In the VK9XX-Christmas Island operation, Bill made 5400 QSOs with 120 countries.
The 9N1MM-Nepal operation, practically all c.w. made over 3000 QSOs with 90
countries.

All of these QSL to his home QTH in Lake Oswego, Oregon. Any support will be
appreciated.

There had been plans for a rendezvous with W4BPD in Bhutan in mid-April. Later
these slid back to mid-May. The matter would seem to be still up in the air with
the prospect lessening as Bill gets further west towards Africa.

THE COLVINS Lloyd and Iris opened from YJ8-New Hebrides last week, this time
they got off the plane and settled down to stay for the rest of the month. They
were signing YJ8KG and you can look for them in or about their usual operating
spots.

BAJA NUEVO The plans for this one moved on a bit last week, the Northern
California DX Foundation agreeing to help with the boat charter and some other
minor expenses.

Some matters had to be worked out but there was some indication that the
operation may include up to five operators. Late word was being expected as the
bulletin was being printed and it may be found further on if something did arrive
on time.

NAVASSA The Miami Herald newspaper last week had a news article that the Coast
Guard was was considering closing Navassa Island again due to it being used as a
trans-shipment point in the narcotic traffic moving up from the Caribbean. It is
understood that some other government agencies may be looking at Navassa with
some plans aimed at next year.

N6V The Cal-Tech Jet Propulsion Lab Amateur Radio Club has been given permission
to use the call `N6V' in the coming months and it will be used during the periods
which correspond with the landing of VIKING I and VIKING II on Mars. The
probable days of operation are June 18th - 23rd, July 3rd - 18th, August 6th - 12th,
and August 31st - September 15th.
Look for them:
CW 3530 3730 7030 7130 14030 21030 21130 28030 28130kc
SSB 3810 3930 7230 14225 14325 21360 and 28630kc

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SUNSPOT LOUIE Last week the chart for April 27th noted one sunspot visible. On
the 29th two companion spots showed, forming a triangle with the spots
approximately 35,000 miles apart. Two of the spots near the equatorial line
diffused into one disturbed area which lasted until May 2nd, disappearing on that
day. The remaining spot rotated to the back side of the sun on May 3rd and no
spots were visible on the date of this report.

Band conditions have reflected this activity with WWV coming up with some U-4s
and W-4s. May 3rd had six hour indices of 4344 and the following day, May 4th, it
was 4455. In short conditions were not good in the middle of last week.

WWV expected conditions to remain unsettled through May 7th and to be quiet up to
May 12th. WWV looks for quiet conditions for about three weeks, figuring that
geomagnetic conditions unsettled to the middle of this week and solar activity at
a low level. No ionospheric storms are seen by WWV to the middle of this week.

In the 12 month moving average sunspot numbers, WWV seems to be seeing the bottom
as it is certainly looking for some flat numbers from May to December . . . 9 in
May and SSN of 8 in December. Things seem to be getting to the point where the
only way they can go is up, up, up. You may not know the day or the hour, but
the bottom is near. As W6TSQ said last week: "Look at it this way, it surely is
a year closer than it was this time last year!!" We had to think that over for
sometimes these astute pronouncements on the Inevitable Truths are a bit hard to
grasp. So what did we do, what did we say? "Say it again, Sam! Say it again".

From the right bank of the Potomac, headed downstream of course, we get the word
on what you can expect for the next couple of weeks. Hold on one more week and
you will learn what it might be like around the time for the JARL Oki-no Tori
Shima trip. If you have been reading your charts, you might suspect some
recurrent high A Index figures. Anyhow, peering into the far Pacific, seeking to
pierce the veil of the future and to bring hope to the long suffering but still
Deserving DXers, Ted says it will be:

May 12th Low Normal May 19th High Normal
13th High Normal (Keep fingers) 20th Low Normal
14th High Normal (crossed . . .) 21st Low Normal/High Normal
15th High Normal 22nd Low Normal
16th High Normal 23rd Low Normal/High Normal
17th High Normal 24th High Normal
18th High Normal 25th Low Normal

And with that, Ted says: "If I can't get things up for Oki-No, look what I did
for those Iraqi plans. The best possible at the bottom of the cycle . . .
almost!"

Up from the south at break of day comes the word from K6EC and Ev has all the
figures for those whose trust is in the charts. Ev says it went thisaway . . .

Solar Flux A Index Solar Flux A Index

April 27th 75 11 May 1st 80 8
28th 74 11 2nd 76 22
29th 72 12 3rd 73 58
30th 79 11 4th 71 -

There's the whole lash-up. CQ had another article on sunspots in their April
issue. We'd feel better if they were published in some other month than April.
This is a time to try the hearts of DXers and we need reassurance . . . Sunspots
will rise again!! Maybe??

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11 May 1976

OKI-NO TORI SHIMA With the JARL DXpedition able to operate only at low water,
most DXers will be wanting to plan their watch for the periods when low water
will be in that area. Needing expert assistance, we consulted with our Maritime
Desk and Bob Harris, K6VY, came up with a lot of information. First, the periods
of high and low water at Oki-no Tori Shima. These were worked out from the tide
tables at Guam and at Naha, corrected for the expected times at Oki-no Tori
Shima. All of these are in Greenwich time and you will have to correct the time
for your location if you are looking for local time.

May 27th Low 1500Z +1.5' May 31st Low 0510Z -0.5'
High 2020 +2.5 High 1230 +2.5
May 28th Low 0330 0.0 Low 1740 +1.5
High 1030 +2.5 High 2230 +2.0
Low 1540 +1.5 Jun 1st Low 0545 -0.5
High 2055 +2.5 High 1310 +2.5
May 29th Low 0400 0.0 Low 1820 +1.5
High 1110 +2.5 High 2310 +2.0
Low 1620 +1.5 Jun 2nd Low 0630 0.0
High 2120 +2.5
May 30th Low 0430 -1.5
High 1150 +2.5
Low 1700 +1.5
High 2200 +2.5

From Hydrographic Office Publication 82, The Coast Pilot, we find the following
information.

PARECE VELA (Douglas Reef) 20 25'N., 136 05'E. A U.S. naval vessel examined
Parece Vela Reef in 1947 and reported that the first indications of the reef
when approaching from seaward are the breakers, the distinct discoloration of
the water, and, when near the reef, a large rock about 6 feet high on the
southwest side. Three small rocks break the surface on the west side of the
reef, and another about 1 1/4 feet high, is located on the northeast side.
Because of the breakers around the reef the small rocks are nearly impossible
to see from seaward.

The reef is about 2 3/4 miles long, northeastward and southwestward, and about
3/4 mile wide. A shoal ledge extends from 50 to 70 feet outward from the line
of breakers around most of the reef, and about 1/2 mile northeastward from the
northeast end. A small boat channel, about 50 feet wide and 20 feet deep
leads into the lagoon from the southeast side of the reef. The channel is
easily accessible for a small boat. The lagoon has 10 to 15 feet, but there
are numerous coral heads of lesser depths throughout the area.

It was also reported that a submerged reef about 3 miles long and 200 yards
wide extends in a northwesterly direction from a position about 3/4 mile north-
ward of the west part of Parece Vela. Numerous rips were observed on the west
side of this reef, and the depths on it were estimated to be 6 to 10 feet.
Vessels should not pass closer than 5 miles northward of Parece Vela, for the
length of the submerged reef is only approximately known.

In 1959 a helicopter reconnaissance survey of Parece Vela Reef indicated that
the reef is pear-shaped in an east-west direction-with its greatest width at
its eastern end. No open channels were observed, although there appeared to
be deeper water over the reef on its northwestern side. A circular underwater
construction of quarried or concrete blocks, about 40 feet in diameter, the
highest part of which was barely awash, was observed in the southwestern part
of the lagoon. The aforementioned rock, about 6 feet high, was not visible.

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11 May 1976

SABLE/St PAUL Reports have popped up from time to time about efforts aimed at
St Paul or Sable. VE1BFV is permanent party, more or less, on Sable and is
being worked. St Paul is something else and some information on the possib-
ilities for either has drifted this way from a good source.

St Paul is ice-bound during the winter months and up to around the first part
of May the only way one might get on to St Paul is via helicopter. With a
chopper it might be one thing to get to St Paul and another to get it set down
with the wind usually found there. There is a light-house keeper on the island
who is reported to be as amiable as a bear with a sore nose and he pretty much
has the say about the island.
It does not seem feasible to expect to just head for St Paul and expect to
operate. It may take a bit of doing and the way may be a bit rough.

To land on Sable you need both the permission from the Canadian Department of
Transport and the Canadian Environment Agency. The only ingress permitted is
via air and one airline is reported to be the sole holder of landing rights.
There are no lodging facilities on the island and Environment has indicated
that they cannot handle nor be responsible for guests.

The only possible shelter is a quonset hut for VIPs, this being about two miles
from the air strip. If the Environment people do not offer to run over with
their tractor, an unlikely possibility, you are stuck.

There have been a good number of requests for operating permission for these
islands, both from W/Ks and VE groups. Undoubtedly there will be more operations
from St Paul and VE1BFV is supplying Sable regularly. If one is thinking of the
summer months and possible operations from these spots, it may pay to do some
checking first. It may not be as easy as one might imagine.

W6AOI-SILENT KEY John Ellison, W6AOI, a member of the Northern California DX Club
became a Silent Kay on May 3rd while in a hospital for some surgery. A retired
Navy Captain, John was an Annapolis graduate and had also studied at MIT. A very
pleasant and knowledgeable person, W6AOI was always a considerate gentleman.
Burial was at Arlington National Cemetery.

MALPELO Though there does not appear to be any action on this one in the near
future, reports are starting to come out of Colombia that some thinking is being
directed towards an effort in 1977. There will be a celebration in that year of
Colombian independence and an effort may come in connection with that celebration.

EME-WA6LET This will be coming via the big 150' dish at Stanford Research
Institute in another week, the time will be from 1000 to 1900Z on May 23rd.
WA6LET will transmit on the odd minute and listen on the even minute.

Transmitting frequency will be 432.095mhz. Listening frequencies will be:

432.025mhz to 432.050mhz. 432.000 +/-

Also, it is possible that 222.000mhz and 220.000 - 220.075mhz will be used as a
listening frequency, also.

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11 May 1976

IRCs It is often found that while DXers are well acquainted with IRCs, not too
many others are, even in Post Offices. Demand for the coupons is generally
dependent on whether there is a DXer in the neighborhood and where there is no
DXer, the sales of IRCs is often non-existent.

With coupons now costing 42 cents, James Spencer, W0FHE, wrote to the Post Office
Department on the matter and received a three page answer. It would seem that
most everyone can learn something from the reply and there are reasons why some
things are done. The following are excerpts from the long letter.

1. The U.S. is one of 154 member countries in the UPU. The UPU is
established to facilitate the exchange of mails between countries
as well as to provide for some uniformity in postal service. The
UPU adopts regulations on surface postage rates with a lower limit
and upper limit. The upper limit is the basis for the minimum
charge for IRCs.

2. IRCs shall be on sale in member countries. The value of a reply
coupon shall be 1 franc and the selling price may not be less than
this value.

3. Reply coupons shall be exchangeable in any member country . . for
the minimum postage prepayable on a unregistered letter sent abroad
by surface mail. When a sufficient number of reply coupons are
presented, administrations shall be required to supply postage
stamps for the minimum postage prepayable for dispatch by air . . .

4. Notwithstanding, postal administrations shall be permitted not to
undertake the sale of international reply coupons, or to limit
their sale.

5. The UPU prescribed a minimum charge of one gold franc
(approximately 40 cents) for coupons because the upper limit charge
for a surface letter not exceeding 20 grams (1 ounce avoirdupois)
prescribed by the UPU is one gold franc.

6. Prior to January 1975 the settling of accounts for IRCs was handled
between countries on a bilateral basis. Starting in January 1975,
the headquarters of the UPU in Bern, Switzerland, started settling
coupon accounts for all member countries. All accounts are settled
on the basis of a coupon value of one gold franc.

7. The 2 cent differential is designed to cover part of the costs of
purchasing, transportation, distribution and accounting. For
printing and transportation to the U.S., this alone costs 1 cent
per coupon.

8. The U.S. in 1974 proposed an IRC to prepay air letter postage from
all countries. This was not voted upon favorably. However, the
UPU did set up a committee to study the feasibility of such a
coupon.

Somewhere, in all of that, you should have learned a bit more about IRCs.
Costly?, Yes! Essential . . . Yes!! Often it is felt that possibly more IRCs
are sold between amateurs than some metropolitan Post Offices might sell in the
course of a year . . .

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11 May 1976

SHORTLY NOTED This was a week when there really was no startling DX news but
there still seems to be an awfully lot to fill these sheets . . .

We got no late word on the YI-plans of DL7FT, this being Friday evening, and
nothing further on the SP6-plans. In other areas, the Baja Nuevo project there
is some checking of licenses, etc. of those who may participate and as of last
Friday it was shaping up but it probably will not show for another week or so.

K5QHS, San Hutson, has also been working in that direction, his plans being tied
in with some HK-operators. They have been leaning to an early Fall effort but
San would rather not be on a low reef like Baja Nuevo during the hurricane season
and he has been leaning the other way towards the June-August period. Whether or
not these Baja Nuevo plans come off, San is also working on a couple of others
which will interest any Deserving DXer. Something will come . . .

It might be noted that some of the various nets meet . . .

Arkansas DX Assn Mondays and Fridays 3815khz 0100Z
Pacific DX Net Tuesday and Friday 14265kc 0600Z

Last Friday, May 7th, the ARRL in Official Bulletin 588 noted that the FCC had
announced that during the duration of the earthquake emergency in Italy, that the
Italians had lifted its ban against 3rd-party traffic.

In those tide tables for Oki-no Tori Shima, the COAST PILOT says: "Heights are
reckoned from the datum of soundings on charts of the locality which is mean
lower low water".

RSGB is looking to WARC 1979 and has asked Lord Wallace of Coslany if he would
stand for election for RSGB President in 1977. Lord Wallace said he would. It
might also be noted that " . . . Enquiries have been made to (RSGB) headquarters
as to the views of the Society on the so-called citizens band activity in the
segment between 27 and 28mhz. At the present time the opinion of the (RSGB)
Council is that no support can be given to the establishment of a communications
band in this part of the spectrum. In the UK all transmissions in this band
comprise the use of tones, i.e. for paging and location and for model control.
Reports of cb activities in the USA show gross violations of the regulations,
leading in some cases to heavy fines and prison sentences. The Society has no
desire to see the spread of these practices to the UK, particularly as in many
cases press reports do not differentiate between the licenses radio amateur and
the 27mhz users, most of whom are unlicensed". Son of a Gun!!

TA1ZB often around 14026kc/2045Z. A week or so back he was calling `CQ' and
could not get anyone to answer him. Wallis may still be a possibility for the
Colvins after their tour this month at YJ8-New Hebrides.

We are still looking for names and mailing addresses of DX Clubs in the US/VE
areas. So far we have both the North California/Southern California Clubs, Delta
DX Assn; Twin City DX Assn; Southern New England DX Assn; Eastern Iowa DX Assn;
The National Capitol DX Assn and the British Columbia DX Club. We know there are
a couple more and if your club is not listed, jiggle the secretary a bit to give
us the information. We are also looking for DX repeater frequencies. Somewhere
along the line we will publish the whole list. Think of how you will feel if
your club is not listed!!

Some have asked about Bill Rindone's not giving his itinerary in advance so some
time off can be planned. We had Bill's travel plan when he departed. It came
apart before he got to Christmas Island. We have checked with one of Bill's
neighbors who relays messages to his XYL and he is at sea as much as we are. At
this point it appears that Bill is flying by the seat of his pants, knowing
generally where he is going but the time and dates for any long-range
announcements are uncertain. Generally, there are some `if's' and `maybes' in
his plans. However, watch when he heads down into Africa . . . this was where
some surprises were to be!!

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11 May 1976

REPORTS FROM RED EYED LOUIE Though the night was made for DX,
And the day returns too soon . . .

LOW BAND LOUIE

HC1XG/HC8 1805/0900 28e
PY1RO 1803/0320/May 3e

AH7EB 3806/1030 May 2w PY2ELZ 3798/0525/May 3e XL2ACW 3802/0525/May 2m
DF3KV 3799/0300/Apr 29e PY3BDH 3785/0325/May 3e YU2RTW 3502/0330/Apr 30m
DK6NN 3808/0055/May 1e PY5AJ 3791/0320/May 3e YU4EBL 3797/0425/May 3e
WA6EVX/KG6 3807/1045 30w VE1BFV 3804/0530/Apr 27m ZD8TM 3503/0140/May 2m
LU2FED 3736/0100/May 3e VP2KN 3810/0335/May 1e ZS6DW 3777/0350/Often
ON4LJ 3799/0450/Apr 20e VS6DO 3806/1200/May 2w 9J2JN 3778/0350/May 2w

A35AF 7005/1025/May 3e JC4AAC 7007/0500/Apr 29m YC1YQ 7002/1400/Apr 30w
CX7AF 7012/0445/Apr 30m KS6DV 7094/0910 24w YU5FGF 7018/2240/Apr 27e
DK3SN 7003/0125/May 1m LU8ADK 7003/2330/Apr 28m YB0ABV 7008/110o/Apr 22e
FO8ER 7003/1150/May 2e LZ2DR 7003/0045/Apr 30m VK3MR 7005/2310/Apr 29m
FO8DR 7102/0515/May 2w OX3ER 7113/0820/May 2w 9Q5QR 7012/0235/Apr 30w
FK8CD 7010/1025/May 3e SP2IW 7012/2245/Apr 27e
KC4USV 7194/0930/Apr 28m SP9AI 7005/0345/Apr 29m

AFRICA CW

EA8BF 14004/0045/May 2w 9X5PT 14020/2155/May 2e
ZD8TM 14037/2125/May 2e 9Q5QR 14017/2140/Apr 29E

ASIA CW

KA6CN 14052/0905/May 4w UJ8AC 14029/0300/Apr 29m UM8FM 14024/1600/Apr 28w
UA9LAX 14020/1150/Apr 27e UJ8AG 14050/0150/Apr 29m UV9AX 14033/0255/Apr 29e .
UA9OBU 14049/1235/Apr 27m UK9OAD 14060/0320/Apr 28m VU2LE 14034/0150/Apr 29e
UA0SP 14049/0300/Apr 28m UK9WAP 14030/1300/Apr 27m 4X4JU 14040/2300/Apr 28w
UA0RA 14030/0305/Apr 28m UL7TAM 14049/0135/Apr 29m 4Z4RS 14037/2345/Apr 27w
UA0FAM 14027/1240/Apr 27m UL7FAZ 14042/0135/Apr 29m 9N1MM 14029/0130/Apr 29e
UI8AP 14035/0200/Apr 22m UL7FAE 14030/0210/Apr 29m
UI8AG 14054/1110/Apr 29m UM8NNN 14024/0120/Apr 28m

EUROPE CW

CT1UM 14030/1750/Apr 28w LA3HG 14022/1920/Apr 30m UK6VAF 14030/1320/May 1e
CT2BS 14026/2325/Apr 29w LA7HJ 14035/2240/Apr 28m UR2RDI 14030/1130/Apr 29e
DL7BT 14023/1750/Apr 30m LA9EF 14021/0020/Apr 29w UR2RCU 14036/1230/May 2e
DM4NEE 14022/1830/Apr 30m LZ2US 14030/1545/Apr 29w UT5LF 14029/0445/Apr 21m
EA4CR 14023/1555/Apr 29w OK1IBL 14022/1800/Apr 30m UT5EG 14044/0400/May 2w
EA6DF 14053/2200/Apr 30e OK1MF 14026/1610/Apr 29w UK2PAF 14037/2000/Apr 30E
EA6DD 14043/2045/Apr 29e SJ9WL 14005/1400/Apr 24m UY5YK 14037/0355/Apr 28w
GD4BEG 14026/1255/Apr 29m SP9BBH 14022/1825/Apr 30m YU2QZ 14022/1820/Apr 30m
GM3AWW 14004/1815/Apr 28w TA1ZB 14026/2200/Apr 29e YU2CDB 14030/1440/Apr 30m
HA7MC 14031/1625/Apr 29w UA3ABM 14040/0515/Apr 21m YU3TXT 14012/1550/Apr 29w
HB9AFH 14022/1900/Apr 30m UA6LLT 14033/0420/Apr 28w ZA1AC 14023/2235/Apr 27???
I3GNQ 14036/1605/Apr 28w UB5SF 14044/0400/May 2w 3A0FF 14018/1615/May 1e
JW5NM 14025/0210/Apr 27e UB5NS 14026/1620/Apr 29w 3Z5KM 14030/1145/Apr 29e

(e = eastern states m = middle states w = western reaches ja = japan, etc.)
(all times in gmt # = long path ??? = Zagreb Slim . . . active recently )

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11 May 1976

MORE RED EYED STUFF

ELSEWHERES CW

A35AF 14021/0230/May 2e FY7YE 14050/2000/Apr 30e VK5FM 14040/0415/Apr 26m
CE0AE 14034/0625/Apr 27w HC1XG/HC8 14025/2310 29w VK6RJ 14020/1155/May 1e
CX4CR 14039/0435/May 3w HK0BKX 14035/0150/May 3e VK3BW 14035/0425/Apr 27w
DU1OR 14033/0630/May 4w KC4USX 14025/1300/May 1e VP2GLE 14012/0020/May 3e
FG7AT 14028/2130/May 2e KX6MV 14021/2205/May 2e VP2MB 14021/0310/Apr 30e
FG7AS 14006/1140/Apr 29e KX6MJ 14032/0320/May 4w VP2ST 14023/0150/May 3e
FO8AZ 14026/2350/Apr 29e LU9DER 14030/0310/Apr 29m VP9HY 14010/2230/May 2w
FO8EZ 14024/0225/May 2e OX3NB 14012/0045/Apr 29w ZF1JH 14036/2325/Apr 26e
FO8DN 14036/1610/Apr 28w P29JS 14034/1410/Apr 25m ZL1BOK 14056/0420/Apr 27w
FM7AZ 14030/2250/May 2e PT2GLJ 14031/2300/May 2w 5W1AB 14025/0110/May 3w

AFRICA SSB

C5AN 14205/2350/Apr 27e VQ9R 14225/1125/Apr 30e 5Z4AA 14225/2200/May 2e
C5AF 14209/2235/May 2e VQ9MHS 14265/2060/Apr 30e 6W8MW 14208/2100/May 2e
CN8BF 21297/2010/Apr 27e ZD7SD 14202/2010/Apr 27m 9G1JL 14219/2220/Apr 26m
EA9EO 14205/2135/Apr 28e ZD7SD 21276/1540/Apr 23m 9G1JC 14219/2220/Apr 26m
EA9FF 14265/2250/Apr 26m ZD7FT 14205/2130/May 2e 9J2AP 14204/1315/Apr 21m
EL2JC 14255/0015/Apr 25w ZS6PI 21280/1505/Apr 30m 9J2JC 21260/1600/Apr 28m
FR7BE 14215/1225/May 1e# 3B8CA 14218/1235/May 2e 9Q5DM 21350/1930
SU1MA 14201/2045/May 1e 5N2NAS 14333/1750/May 1e 9X5RK 14244/2100/May 2e
TR8RA 14207/1950/May 1e 5U7AG 14212/1930/May 1e

ASIA SSB

BV2B 14226/2345/May 1e UK8MAA 14212/1245/Apr 29e OE6DK/YK 14244/1720 2e
HS5AKW 14225/2330/May 1e UK9ABA 14237/1230/Apr 30e 4S7PB 14216/1720/Apr 27m
JR6YAX 14205/2210/Apr 26m UK9AAN 14223/1315/Apr 25m 4X4LO 14234/2120/Apr 27m
JY9CR 14216/2025/May 1e UK0BAE 14208/0200/Apr 21e 4Z4BL 14234/2010/May 2e
UA0FCK 14208/0050/Apr 27m UK0SAA 14204/0250/Apr 28m 5B4BK 14207/1850/May 2e
UA9OO 14205/1220/Apr 30e UK0VZ 14220/1345/Apr 29m 9V1OI 14218/0530/Apr 27w
UI8FFF 14203/0140/Apr 29m UM8FM 14201/1125/Apr 27e 9V1RD 14212/1515/May 1m
UK7LAH 14222/2120/Apr 27m VU2ACD 14203/0140/Apr 29m 9V1SH 14207/1250/Apr 25m

EUROPE SSB

EA3JE 14209/1230/May 2e OE9HAJ 14203/2235/Apr 26m UK2GAB 14265/1220/Apr 29e
EA6BG 14215/1235/Apr 30e OG8AA 14204/1755/Apr 28w UK2BBB 14203/1340/Apr 29m
EI2CA 14246/2300/Apr 26m OH5XO 14264/1200/Apr 29e UK2GKW 14206/1805/Apr 28w
G2DF 14202/1810/Apr 27w ON4IZ 14258/2300/Apr 26m UA3WJ 14212/1315/May 2e
HB9ALM 14209/1235/May 2e SP9AI 14201/1945/Apr 27m YU2YDE 14253/1150/Apr 29e
I4VEQ 14204/1605/May 1w SP9CTW 14225/1725/Apr 28m ZB2DN 14219/1930/May 2e
LA4ZC 14224/1345/Apr 27m SV0WZ 14219/1945/Apr 30e 3Z5KMB 14210/1840/May 1e
LZ2VP 14225/1305/May 2e TA1MB 14219/2005/May 1e 9H1EL 14212/2130/May 2e

ELSEWHERES SSB

CP1AP 14260/0125/Apr 27m LU5HEN 28600/0015/Apr 28w VR1AC 14309/1320/Apr 27e
DU1XKE 14219/0530/Apr 27w LU7ACT 14216/2300/Apr 27m VR1AF 14301/0840/Apr 27e
FG0GE 14245/1200/Apr 28m P29CC 14223/1210/May 2e VR6TC 21351/2335/Apr 27e
FO8DP 14225/0345/May 1e P29BN 14214/1215/May 2e YB0ACG 14260/1625/Apr 30e
KG6RI 14301/0745/Apr 27e P29MM 14218/1230/May 1e YB0PG 14207/1250/May 1e
KS6DV/KB6 14309/1310 27e P29GA 14219/1300/Apr 21m ZK1CL 14144/0340/May 2e
KJ6CF 14335/0330/Apr 20m P29PN 14211/1500/Apr 25w 3D2ER 14219/0510/May 3e
KJ6DX 14301/0745/Apr 27e VK6RU 14215/1300/Apr 21m W3ZA/6Y5 14209/0150 29m
KM6EA 14227/2345/Apr 28e VK9XK 14214/1430/May 1w 8R1X 14294/1955/Apr 30e
KS6DU 14255/1250/May 1e VP2VBG 14207/0400/May 1e 8P6FE 14211/0000/May 3e
KX6BU 14256/1245/May 1e VP2SV 14206/1600/May 2e 9Y4UD 14280/1450/May 2w

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11 May 1976

CALENDAR

BILL RINDONE Expected to open in the United Emirates over last
weekend
BAJA NUEVO Looking good, moving but no late word. Mid-May to
Mid-June. . .
ABU AIL Nothing new to keep the hopes up . . .
EUROPA FR7ZL to open from this Juan de Nova spot in next
week or so
LORD HOWE VK2FT should be heard about this time.. Watch the
low freqs . . .
GRAND CAYMAN ZF1BT from May 25th by W5UFF
LIECHTENSTEIN HB0XAA from May 26th by the Wiesbaden Radio Club
IRAQ DL7FT said he would be on from this Monday . . .
FRESNO INTERNATIONAL The Big DX Meeting. This weekend at the Fresno
Hilton
NZART GOLDEN JUBILEE June 4-7th in Auckland. ZK1BKL for details . . .
YL ISSB CONVENTION June 24-2th in Long Island City. W0UUE for details
NORTHWEST DX CONVENTION Aug 7-8th in Vancouver, British Columbia
DXPO 76 Sept 25th in the Washington, D.C. area.
USSR TEST May 22-23rd. A world-wide effort. C.W. or SSB

SOME SHORT NOTES Also at that IARU Region II meeting in April at Miami was
G3FKM, John Allaway, the President of RSGB. G3FKM does the DX column in the RSGB
Bulletin, "The Month on the Air". Also reported as being in attendance was Roy
Stevens, G2BVN, a former officer in the RSGB and presently a member of the RSGB
Council, PA0LOU, L. van de Nadort and Shozo Hara, JA1AN, of the JARL.

There were 23 countries from Region II present at the meeting, the only ones
absent were TI-Costa Rica and C6A-Bahamas according to the reports. There were
both official and unofficial talks. One good surmise is that the Oki-No Tori
Shima matter was discussed . . .

The OSCAR satellite scheduled for launch in 1978 will be a far more complex unit.
The new one will carry two 144 to 42mhz transponders, a 2304mhz beacon and a
microprocessor set (RCA CDP1801) housekeeping unit.

The new satellite will seek to correct some problems in the earlier OSCARS which
suffered from strong signals hogging the output. It is felt that the problem of
handling multiple uncoordinated uses has been solved. The new Phase III OSCAR
will have two 50w PEP transponders and will be lofted into orbit with the help of
NASA, probably with an ITOS weather satellite.

The FRACAP, Central America Radio Club Convention, held on the April 23rd
weekend, had over 650 foreign amateurs in attendance. Vic Clark, W4KFC, was also
there . . .

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FCC The FCC has issued a notice of proposed rulemaking, Docket 20777, that would
delete all references to specific emission types, such as A1, A3, etc. in the
amateur radio rules. FCC proposes to replace the present provisions with
limitations on the allowed bandwidth which an amateur signal may occupy in
certain portions of the amateur bands. Four categories of permissible bandwidth
are proposed. These are: Less than 350 hz; Less than 3.5 khz; less than 35 khz
and 35 khz or more. CW and RTTY emissions would fall into the less than 350 hz
subbands. SSB, FAX and conventional SSTV would be allowed in the 3.5khz or less
subbands. Conventional a.m. and nbfm would fall into the 35khz or less category.
Comment deadline is June 23rd . . . reply comments July 23rd. More details will
be in QST.

TNX TO W1AM, W1DAL, W1GZI, WA1IJC, WA1SSH, K1TZQ, W1WQC/4, W2CNQ, W2FPM, WB2LF,
WA3DMH, W4AAV, W4BRB, W4GTS, W4KA, K4QMQ, W4UF, W4WMF, W4TYE, K4FYQ, WA5AUZ,
K5DEC, K5OVC, K5QHS, K5TSQ, WA5WEY, WA6CXK, K6EC, WN6EJL, W6GC, WB6IXC, W6KYA,
K6LAE, WA6MWG, W6TSQ, K6UFT, WB6UJO, K6VY, WB6ZUC, K7ABV, W7KSA, WA7OBH, W8BQV,
W8OA, W9KB, K9KEV, K9UIY, W0BA, W0BN, HP1JC, JA1JIX.

WEST COAST DX BULLETIN Published every week by the Marin County DX Group. This
being the tomato planting season, it is essential to watch one's competitors.
Last week we dropped in on one of the local QRPers to see what he was doing. We
found him cultivating mint. "Look", he said, here is my spearmint. Over there is
my peppermint plant and that tall one is my orange bergamont mint. I am
expecting a hot summer and I am prepared. "Be Prepared" I always say", he said
and we were on him fast. "For what?", we asked and the QRPer smiled. "Well, I
was thinking of some nice tall Mint Juleps for one thing. Or maybe one of those
big Planter's Punch . . . all packed in that shaved ice. Sometimes it is hard to
find fresh mint so I am growing my own. Be Prepared!". You know something, we
had to stop and think this over for this QRPer was one of those dry ones. Maybe
a small beer once in awhile but never nothing more. "Whose leg you trying to
pull?", we asked. "You never touch any of that stuff" and the QRPer started to
swell and bristle. "Look", he said, "Who has been putting up that big tower with
the stacked monobanders? Who has been up every dawn looking for Abu Ail? Who
has been saying that all of this is to work a YI or a BY or a 3V or a South
Sandwich or any of those that have not been around for twenty years or more?".
We had to admit that maybe it did fit our pattern. "But that's different", we
started to say and we were cut off. "Look, Buster", the QRPer said, "what makes
you think that you are going to work any of those at all? Tell me!!". Son of a
Gun, we knew we had him there. "But we might", we quickly interjected. "We
might find one and we want to be ready. "Be Prepared" like you say". The QRPer
snorted at this. "And what makes you think that the possibility of me working on
some mint juleps this summer is any longer than you working YI or Abu Ail or
something like that. My plans are possible!!". We were on a losing end of the
gig for anticipation is often the biggest joy of all. $10.00 will bring you a
full year of joyous DX Anticipation by second-class mail in the U.S/VE areas . .
. $14.50 brings it to you by first-class mail while $17.00 flies it to all those
DX lands down the curve of time and beyond the hours of dawn . . . One will learn
never to argue with a dreamer . . .

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