Path: news.cs.tut.fi!news.funet.fi!sunic!trane.uninett.no!ifi.uio.no!wabbit.cc.uow.edu.au!metro!news.ci.com.au!eram.esi.com.au!not-for-mail From: dave@eram.esi.com.au (Dave Horsfall) Newsgroups: aus.radio,rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.info Subject: ANARTS RTTY NEWS BULLETIN 839 11th December 1994. Followup-To: aus.radio,rec.radio.amateur.misc Date: 12 Dec 1994 11:06:12 +1100 Organization: Pacific ESI, Sydney, AUSTRALIA Lines: 281 Approved: rec-radio-info@ve6mgs.ampr.ab.ca Message-ID: <3cg45k$nl3@eram.esi.com.au> NNTP-Posting-Host: eram.esi.com.au Xref: news.cs.tut.fi aus.radio:727 rec.radio.amateur.misc:63792 rec.radio.info:7162 [ ANARTS - Australian National Amateur Radio Teletype Society ] ANARTS NEWS BULLETIN 839 11th December 1994. SUNDAY BROADCAST SCHEDULES. 3.545 MHz Plus/minus 3 0930 UTC VK2BQS (Jim) 7.045 MHz -3 0030 UTC VK2CTD (Col) 14.070 MHz (amtor/fec) 0030 UTC VK2DPM (Alan) 14.091 MHz 0030 UTC VK2BQS (JIM) 146.675 MHz 0030/0930 UTC VK2JPA (PAT) 144.850 MHz (ax25 bbs) VK2JPA AT VK2AAB 146.675 MHz (rtty mmbbs/repeater) VK2RTY Enquiries to the society should be addressed to the Secretary A.N.A.R.T.S., PO Box 860, Crows Nest, N.S.W. 2065, accompanied by s.a.s.e., or to VK2JPA at VK2AAB. if you have any news or information for inclusion in a subsequent broadcast then please send to the Broadcast Officer, PO Box 60 Blacktown 2148 or address to VK2JPA at VK2AAB on 144.850 MHz. Views expressed in this news bulletin are not necessarily those of the Broadcast Officer, the Relay Officers, or of the Society. Reminder of holiday dates for ANARTS ------------------------------------ The ANARTS broadcast will go into recess after 18th December and resume on 15th January 1995. If you have any last minute news items to go out before Christmas, send them to the Broadcast Officer ANARTS P.O. Box 860 Crows Nest 2065 by last post on 16th December. We will see you again on January 15th, refreshed and raring to go. ----------------------------------------- ARRL RTTY Roundup Contest 7th - 8th January 1995 ------------------------- Editor's note. While this is regarded by the US as a domestic contest, it could be fun to see how many states one can work. In past years all states had at least one RTTYer on air, and if the skip is right and conditions hold -- why not try? Contest period- starts at 1800 UTC Saturday and ends at 2400 UTC Sunday. Operate no more than 24 hours of this 30 hour period. Two rest periods (for a combined total of six hours) must be taken in two single blocks of time, clearly marked in the log. Bands- 80, 40, 20, 15, and 10m (five bands). Modes- Baudot (RTTY), ASCII, AMTOR, or Packet (attended operation only). Operator classes- a) Single op, unassisted, all bands 1) less than 150 watts output 2) more than 150 watts output. b) Multi op., single transmitter. Once station has begun operation on a given band, it must remain on that band for at least 10 (ten) minutes. Exchange- U.S. stations- RST and state. Canadian- RST and province. All others- RST and serial number, starting with 001. Both stations must recieve and acknowledge complete exchange for QSO to count. Neither cross-band nor cross-mode QSOs are permitted. Packet QSOs through digipeaters or gateways are not permitted. Remainder of rules next week --------------------------------------- IPS WEEKLY REPORT ----------------- 02 NOVEMBER - 08 DECEMBER DATE OF ISSUE: 09 DECEMBER 1994 INDICES: DATE 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 10CM 79 82 82 81 78 80 81 A 20 12 7 7 20 11 (12 ESTIMATED) T 6 4 34 24 31 -20 25 SOLAR ACTIVITY WAS VERY LOW. THE GEOMAGNETIC FIELD AT LEARMONTH WAS QUIET ON 3RD DECEMBER, WITH A BRIEF ACTIVE PERIOD 12-15 UT; QUIET TO UNSETTLED 4TH- 5TH; UNSETTLED 2ND, 7TH-8TH, AND UNSETTLED TO ACTIVE WITH A MINOR STORM PERIOD 06-09 UT ON 6TH. IONOSPHERIC F2 CRITICAL FREQUENCIES AT SYDNEY WERE NEAR PRE- DICTED TO SLIGHTLY DEPRESSED 2ND-3RD DECEMBER; ABOUT 15 PER CENT ABOVE ON 4TH, NEAR PREDICTED MONTHLY VALUES ON 5TH; NEAR PREDICTED TO SLIGHTLY ENHANCED ON 6TH UNTIL 19 UT WHEN FRE- QUENCIES BECAME DEPRESSED 15 TO 30 PER CENT THROUGH 7TH, RERURNING TO NEAR PREDICTED MONTHLY VALUES ON 8TH. SPORADIC E WAS OBSERVED AT TIMES ON 7TH-8TH. FORECAST (09 DECEMBER - 15 DECEMBER) SOLAR: VERY LOW GEOMAGNETIC: QUIET TO UNSETTLED. IONOSPHERIC: NEAR TO SLIGHTLY ABOVE PREDICTED MONTHLY VALUES. COURTESY OF THE IPS RADIO AND SPACE SERVICES --------------------------------------- VK2SG RTTY DX NOTES 2 DEC 94 VK2SG RTTY DX NOTES FOR WEEK ENDING 2 DEC. 1994 (BID RTDX1202) OUR INFORMATION THIS WEEK CAME FROM: AA5AU, DJ3IW AND THE CENTRAL-EUROPE DX CLUSTER NODE DB0SPC, I5FLN AND THE IK5PWJ PACKET CLUSTER, W2JGR AND THE NJ0M NODE THE TWIN-CITIES DX PACKET CLUSTER, W5KSI AND ZS5S. THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE. BANDPASS FRIDAY 25 0021-14086 VP8CKN 0620-14083 YK0A 0640-14078 ZD8X 0707-14083 TZ6FIC 1128-21082 YK0A 1224-14082 YK0A 1248-14089 UT5DX 1303-14082 YK0A 1331-14086 T77T 1512-14082 YK0A 1955-21090 Z21HD 1956-14082 5X5XT 2020-14088 Z21HD 2051-14082 5X5XT SATURDAY 26 1550-14083 5H3JA 1629-14086 GI0AIQ 1721-14089 9Q5EXV QSL F2VX 2214-14084 ZD8X SUNDAY 27 1332-14087 CS8CBI 1337-14082 5N0LAZ 1522-14085 EA8/ON8RI MONDAY 28 0652-14084 YK0A 0913-14087 EA9KQ 1308-14088 3DA0DEX/TU 1324-14087 UX1CN 1454-14069 TL8MS PCT 1511-14084 9G5MF QSL KC7V 1553-14069 ST2AA PCT 1635-14084 9G5MF 2155-14085 9X5EE QSL PA3DLM TUESDAY 29 1341-21087 3DA0CA 1605-21083 3DA0CA 1605-21083 9G1BS QSL JOHN, PO BOX 3248, ACCRA, GHANA 2129-14082 CO2KG 2215-14085 FM5GN WEDNESDAY 30 1405-21085 FR5ZU/G 1558-14082 EG5UDX 1603-14088 9H4AC 1930-14085 9X5EE 1952-14087 Z21HD 2010-14065 S92ZM AMT ARQ 2021-14083 TU5EV 2111-14084 HC6CR 2157-14083 9X5EE 2231-14071 HL1ABL THURSDAY 1 1333-21087 9Q5EXV 1335-21084 9G1BS 1401-14089 UX1CN 1407-14086 DU1SAN 1420-14085 HA5SXW NOTES OF INTEREST. ANTARTICA, IA1 AND VI0. DURING THE MONTH OF DECEMBER, LUCIANO, I0JBL WILL JOIN FILIPO, IK0AIH AT THE ITALIAN ANTARTIC BASE. THEY PROBABLY WILL USE THE CALL IA0TPS. ALSO, EDDIE, VK4EET IS CURRENTLY ACTIVE USING THE CALLSIGN VI0ANT. HE SHOULD BE THERE UNTIL THE END OF MARCH 1995. EDDIE WILL WORK RTTY ON REQUEST. CHATHAM ZL7. RON, ZL1AMO WILL BE ACTIVE FROM HERE, 10-20 DECEMBER. CW/SSB AND RTTY. QSL ZL1AMO. FOR NEXT WEEK'S BULLETIN, SEND YOUR BANDPASS AND NOTES OF INTEREST TO LUCIANO, I5FLN AT I5FLN.ITOS.ITA.EU REMEMBER, DX DON'T SLEEP. GL DE BOB, WB2CJL AT W5KSI.#NOLA.LA.USA.NA ------------------------------------------- ARLD072 DX NEWS THE ITEMS IN THIS WEEK'S BULLETIN ARE COURTESY OF TEDD, KB8NW, STEVE, KU9C, THE OPDX BULLETIN, THE YANKEE CLIPPER CONTEST CLUB PACKETCLUSTER NETWORK AND THE CONTEST CORRAL COLUMN FROM THE PAGES OF QST MAGAZINE. THANKS. UNITED ARAB EMIRATES. THE PTT HAS APPROVED THREE MORE LICENSEES, ALL GRADUATES OF A RECENT TRAINING SESSION AT DUBAI MEN'S TECHNICAL COLLEGE. LISTEN FOR NEWCOMERS A61AH, A61AI AND A61AN. ANTARCTICA. EDDIE, VK4EET, IS OPERATING AS VI0ANT AND IS EXPECTED TO BE STATIONED THERE THROUGH MARCH. LISTEN FOR HIM BETWEEN 1130 TO 1630Z, PRIMARILY ON CW, THOUGH HE DOES OPERATE SOME SSB. RTTY AND AMTOR CONTACTS ARE AVAILABLE ON REQUEST. TRY 3502, 7005, 14005 AND 21005 KHZ FOR CW, AND 3798, 7070, 14190 AND 21295 KHZ FOR SSB. QSL VIA VK4EET. OTHERS ARE ALSO ACTIVE. PHIL, VK4FPS, IS ON AS VK0FPS WITH SSB AND DIGITAL MODES. QSL VIA VK3MA. LANCES, VK7ERZ, IS ON AS VK0ERZ WITH CASUAL SSB RAGCHEWS. CHATHAM ISLAND. LISTEN FOR THE CW OF RON, ZL1AMO, BETWEEN DECEMBER 10 AND 20. THOUGH PRIMARILY A CW OP, HE WILL ALSO OPERATE SOME SSB AND RTTY. MALDIVES ISLAND. TOM, DL7UTM, AKA H44XO, 3D2XO, T21XO AND Y31XO, WILL BE SIGNING 8Q7XO BETWEEN CHRISTMAS AND YEAR END. MALTA. BIRGIT, DL7VTZ, AND HOLGERT, DL7VTM, WHO WERE 9I2M AND 9I2Z EARLIER THIS YEAR, ARE PLANNING TO OPERATE FROM MALTA FOR TWO WEEKS SOMETIME IN MARCH 1995. BARBADOS. MARIAN, KB9EKO, AND MYRON, K9JJR, SHOULD BE ON THE AIR SOON AND BE ACTIVE THROUGH DECEMBER 12. LISTEN FOR 8P9CT AND 8P9DC. STEVE, KU9C, AND RALPH, K2PF, WILL BE SIGNING 8P9GD AND 8P9GE, RESPECTIVELY, WHILE VACATIONING DECEMBER 8 THROUGH 12. THEY ALSO PLAN TO BE ACTIVE IN THE ARRL 10 METER CONTEST. QSL VIA THEIR HOME QTH. -------------------------------------- Coming events ------------- December 10th-11th TARA RTTY Sprint 2100z Sat.-0100z Sun. December 18th last ANARTS cast for 1994. January 7th-8th ARRL Roundup contest 15th ANARTS cast resumes February 4th-5th ADRS WW RTTY WPX contest 11th-12th EA WW RTTY Contest 26th Central Coast Field Day at Wyong Society information The Society may be contacted at : PO Box 860, Crows Nest 2065 Australia, for such matters as membership and general enquiries. Enquiries can also be made by packet to the President (Col) VK2CTD at VK2XSB, or the Secretary (Pat) VK2JPA at VK2AAB. News items may be sent to Broadcast Officer PO Box 60 Blacktown 2148 Australia, or by packet to VK2JPA at VK2AAB. Email address for the Broadcast Officer is : patl(at)pitt.conmusic.su.oz.au The Society welcomes news items on any digital subjects from anywhere in the broadcast coverage area. We are looking for- ward to news from your areas to let other amateurs know what you are doing in the hobby. Hope to hear from you. 73s de Pat VK2JPA Broadcast Officer That concludes ANARTS News Broadcast 839 11 December 1994. Originating from VK2TTY this was inserted by VK2BQS. Vice-President ANARTS. -- Dave Horsfall (VK2KFU) | dave@esi.com.au | VK2KFU @ VK2AAB.NSW.AUS.OC | PGP 2.6 Opinions expressed are mine. | E7 FE 97 88 E5 02 3C AE 9C 8C 54 5B 9A D4 A0 CD