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Date: Thu, 9 Dec 1993 04:21:00 -0700
From: IKENDALL@UNIVERSITY-OF-HUMBERSIDE.AC.UK (Iain Kendall)
Subject: GB2ATG (December 1993)
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RYRYRY - GB2ATG - RYRYRYRYRY - BARTG - RYRYRYRYRY - GB2ATG -  RYRYRY
This is the - British Amateur Radio Teledata Group - News Broadcast Service
for all Amateurs and Short Wave Listeners interested in RTTY Amtor, Pactor and
Packet Radio.

This news is broadcast during the first full week commencing Monday each
month, to the following schedule..

Evening transmissions at 1930 GMT. on 3.584 MHz. Mark. +/- for QRM.
RTTY on Monday-AFSK, Wednesday-AFSK, Friday-FSK and Saturday-AFSK.
Amtor-FEC on Tuesday and Thursday.
Morning transmission at 1000 GMT. on 7.041 MHz. Mark. +/- for QRM.
RTTY on Sunday-AFSK.

>From January 1994 the broadcast schedule will be adjusted to provide:
RTTY on Monday-AFSK, Wednesday-AFSK, Friday-FSK and Sunday-AFSK.
Amtor-FEC on Thursday and Saturday.
Pactor-FEC on Tuesday.

An edited version of this bulletin is available on the Packet network as a
BARTG @ GBR. file thanks to: Andy (G3ZYP) @ GB7BBS.#28.GBR.EU.
It is also posted on the "INTERNET" system via the INFO-HAMS list on UCSD.EDU.
thanks to Iain (G6ARO) who is available on the "JANET" network as
Iain @UK.AC.HUMBER.

News for December 1993. Bulletin No. 012. (all times are GMT).

BARTG information.
AGM.
A well attended meeting again at this venue. The retiring chairman John Barber
(G4SKA) reported on good progress during his term and plans for future progress
to enhance the status of the group abroad. The treasurers report disclosed a
very sound financial position due to the endeavours of a hard working committee
for which the meeting declared unanimous appreciation. The task of updating
Beginners Guides for most data modes is well advanced following the publication
of the "BARTG Guide to Packet" produced by Ian Wade (G3NRW). As contest
manager, John Barber announced BARTG plans for the first world wide HF
Amtor/Pactor contest early in July 1994 which will undoubtedly further the
status of BARTG as the leading data group worldwide. The existing committee
were elected unopposed for a further term with the addition of Andy Matheson
(G3ZYP). The election of a chairman was deferred to the first meeting of the
new committee. Membership subscription is to remain at current levels for the
coming year due entirely to the success of the revenue income achieved by the
individual efforts of the committee serving the membership during the last 2
years. Membership must surely be the best value available for the services on
offer. DATACOM alone is worth more.
Ian Wilks (GW3FSW) volunteered his services to co-ordinate BARTG attendance at
rallies. He will welcome all offers from members available to staff the BARTG
stand at their local rally in 1994.
A very successful meeting to close a very successful year.

RTTY DX activity.
14 MHz.
V73IO 0730,  ZL1VT, V73BN and XT2BW 0800,
PJ6CCP, FK8GS, TT8OBO, BY1QH, YI1AL and YI1AZ 0830,
UC2LEG 0900,
TA5C and OH0BBF 0930,
BV7WB and VK8BE 1000.
YI1HS, PJ2MI and HH2PK 1030,
CU1AC 1100, 
KP2N 1130,
9D2UU and J28JJ 1300
VQ9FM, 3A2LZ, YB5QZ, YL75V and YI1AZ 1400,
CN8BX, and VP2V/K4ADK 1500
TT8OBO, 5B4BX and 9A3PL 1530,
YL75Z, ET3SID and 9M2FO 1600,
CN8GI, CO6RR, CU1AC, NP2G and FR5GS 1630,

21 MHz.
FH/DL5XU, 7Q7LA, Z21HS, TY1PS and 5N/DF8QB 1400,
Z32JA and A61AF 1430
HJ4SAN and V51A 1500
EA6VS 1530,

ARQ 14 MHz.
9H1B 0730,

Pactor 14 MHz.
A61AF 1430
SV1BJV 1500
Z21HJ 1630.

QSL Information.
A61AF Box 15825, Dubai, U.A.E.
VP2V/K4ADK via AB4JI.
V51A Box 6316, Windhoek, Namibia
XT2BW via WB2YQH.
V73IO via KH6IO
7Q7LA via G0IAS
PJ2MI via K2PEQ.
TT8OBO via WA4OBO
Z32JA via YU5XTC
FH/DL5XU via DL5XU.
CO6RR at Box 255, Cienfuegos 55100, Cuba.
ET3SID at Box 60229, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
YI1AZ at Box 55195, Baghdad 12001, Iraq.
YI1HS at Box 7075, Baghdad 12216, Iraq
YL75V via YL2KL
9D2UU via LZ2UU.
YL75Z at S. Hochberg, PK.22, Jelgava, LV-3000, Latvia.

Contests.

New address for the WAEDC contest logs:
WAEDC Contest Committee. P.O. Box 1126, D-74370 Sersheim, Germany.

Some late notice of a RTTY Sprint contest which may be of interest:

The Troy Amateur radio Club (TARA) announces its second annual RTTY Sprint.
The contest period this year will be from 2100 UTC. 11 December 1993 to 0100
UTC. 12 December 1993. Work stations once per band. One point per QSO.
States and DXCC countries are multipliers. Bands are 80, 40, 20, 15 and 10
meters.
Logs must be submitted by 17 January 1994 to:
Bill Eddy. NY2U. C/O TARA 2204, 2nd Street, Troy, New York 12180.

SARTG have their Happy New Year RTTY contest from 0800 until 1100 Saturday
January 1. Bands 3.5 and 7 MHz. only.
Classes are..
A) Single operator.
B) Multi-Operator.
C) Short Wave Listener.
Exchange message..
RST + QSO serial number + name + "Happy New Year" in own language.
Points..
One (1) point for each QSO on each band. The same station may be contacted
only once on each band.
Multipliers..
A multiplier of one (1) is given for each DXCC-country (except Scandinavia)
and each LA - OH - OZ - SM - TF prefix number (0-9) contacted on each band.
Final score: Sum of QSO points times sum of multipliers.
Logs to be received by January 21 1994 containing: Band, Time GMT, Message
sent and received, Points and Multipliers. Use a separate sheet for each band
and enclose a summary sheet showing the scoring, class, your name and address.
Logs from multi-operator stations must contain the calls or names of all
operators involved. SWL's use the same rules but based on stations and messages
copied.
Address your logs to:
SARTG Contest Manager. Bo Ohlsson SM4CMG. Skulsta 1258,
S-710 41 Fellingsbro, Sweden.
Awards to the top five stations in each group and to the winner in each
country.

On the same day the ARRL RTTY-Roundup starts at 1800 January 1 until 2400
January 2. Operate no more that 24 hours. Two rest periods (for a combined
total of 6 hours) must be taken in two single blocks of time, clearly marked in
the log.
Modes: Baudot RTTY, ASCII, Amtor and Packet (attended operation only*) (I
would presume Pactor will also be allowed Ed.)
All 5 HF bands 3.5 - 7 - 14 - 21 - 28 MHz.
Classification:
A) Single operator all band.
    1. Less than 150 watts output.  2. 150 watts output or more.
B) Multi-Operator single transmitter.

Exchange message:
For United States: Signal report plus state.
For Canada: Signal report plus province.
For DX: Signal report and serial number starting 001.

Scoring:
(A) QSO points: Count one point for each completed QSO. A station may be
    worked once on each band for QSO credit.
(B) Multipliers: Count only once and not once per band, each US. state (except
    KH6 and KL7), each VE. province (plus VE8 and VY1) and each DXCC country.
    KH6 and KL7 count only as separate DXCC countries. The USA. or Canada do
    not count as DXCC countries.
Logs: An entry making more than 200 total QSO's must submit duplicate check
sheets (an alphabetical listing of stations worked). Logs should show dates,
QSO times, call sign of station worked, complete exchange sent and received
for each contact, and band. Postmark your entry within 30 days after the
contest ends.
Send to: ARRL Contest Branch, 225, Main Street, Newington, CT 06111.

Notes of interest.
The station in Sarh, Chad TT8OBO is now being operated by Al (KL7QH).
John in Dubai, U.A.E. is QRV both RTTY and Pactor as A61AF.
The DXCC desk announced that QSL cards from A61AF for operations prior to
August 3 1993 are not good for DXCC credit as operations before that date were
unauthorised. All who submitted cards prior to November 16 1993 must re-submit
as all credits have been removed from the database. Only cards with QSO dates
after August 3 1993 will be accepted.
Prefix hunters will notice the calls YL75V and YL75Z being used to commemorate
the 75th anniversary of the foundation of the Republic of Latvia (18th November
1918). The Latvian buro is not functioning so QSL's may be sent direct as
above.

Thanks this month to..
G3ZYP, G3MWH, DXNS, ARRL/ARLDX.

BARTG caters for all DATA interests with information-components-kits -ready
built units and software from experts. Members receive a 120 page quarterly
journal devoted to data modes. Beginners guides for most data modes are
available. The group sponsors HF and VHF RTTY contests, administers its own DX
and members award scheme and runs an annual rally.

This copy of BARTG News is posted by Iain Kendall (G6ARO) who can be contacted
via Internet e-mail at.. iain@humber.ac.uk Items for inclusion in the
broadcast may also be mailed to this address, as well as any queries regarding
membership or services offered by BARTG.

Copy of the news bulletin as distributed by G0ARF 931130.