[ ANARTS - Australian National Amateur Radio Teletype Society ] ANARTS NEWS BULLETIN 843 29/1/95 Sunday Transmission Schedules. 3.545 MHz (Plus/minus 5) 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 Views expressed in this news bulletin are not necessarily those of the Broadcast Officer, the Relay Officers, or of the Society. I HEARD A -SMALL WORLD- STORY LAST WEEK ... A NEW NOVICE HAD HIS FIRST CONTACT WITH ITALY. IT WAS FROM THE TOWN HE WAS BORN IN, (LEFT AT AGE 3), AND THE AMATEUR HAD BEEN TO SCHOOL WITH HIS FATHER -- HE WAS SO UP IN THE AIR OVER THE COINCIDENCE -- WHAT A START TO HF WORKING. HE NEEDED A QSL ADDRESS AND I HAPPENED TO HAVE AN INTERNATIONAL CALLBOOK WITH THAT INFO SO WAS ABLE TO HELP AND SHARE IN HIS EXCITEMENT. WHY NOT SHARE YOUR ANECDOTES WITH US AS WELL? DROP US A LINE. ED. ------------------------------------- FIRST ANNUAL ADRS WORLD-WIDE DIGITAL WPX CONTEST PART 2 4TH-5TH FEBRUARY 1995 EXCHANGE: A RST REPORT PLUS A PROGRESSIVE THREE-DIGIT CONTACT NUMBER STARTING WITH 001 FOR THE FIRST CONTACT. (CONTINUE TO FOUR DIGITS IF PAST 1000.) MULTI-TRANSMITTER STATIONS MAY USE DIFFERENT NUMBERS FOR EACH BAND. POINTS: A. CONTACTS BETWEEN STATIONS ON DIFFERENT CONTINENTS ARE WORTH THREE (3) POINTS ON 28, 21 AND 14 MHZ AND SIX (6) POINTS ON 7, AND 3.5 MHZ. B. CONTACTS BETWEEN STATIONS ON THE SAME CONTINENT BUT IN DIFFERENT COUNTRIES ARE WORTH TWO (2) POINTS ON 28, 21 AND 14 MHZ AND FOUR (4) POINTS ON 7, AND 3.5 MHZ. C. CONTACTS BETWEEN STATIONS IN THE SAME COUNTRY ARE WORTH ONE (1) POINT ON 28, 21 AND 14 MHZ, AND TWO (2) POINTS ON 7, AND 3.5 MHZ. MULTIPLIER: MULTIPLIER IS THE NUMBER OF DIFFERENT PREFIXES WORKED. A PREFIX IS COUNTED ONLY ONCE REGARDLESS OF THE NUMBER OF TIMES THE SAME PREFIX IS WORKED. BO NABD MULTIPLIERS. A. THE LETTER/NUMBER; COMBINATION WHICH FORMS THE FIRST PART OF THE AMATEUR CALL WILL BE CONSIDERED THE PREFIX. EXAMPLES - N8, W8, WD8, Y22, Y23, HG1, HG19, WB2, WD200, KC2, KC200, OE2, OE25, U3, GB75, ZS66, NG84. ANY DIFFERENCE IN THE NUMBERING, LETTERING, OR ORDER OF SAME SHALL CONSTITUTE A SEPARATE PREFIX. A STATION OPERATING FROM A DXCC COUNTRY DIFFERENT FROM THAT INDICATED BY ITS CALLSIGN IS REQUIRED TO SIGN PORTABLE, THE PORTABLE PREFIX MUST BE AN AUTHORIZED PREFIX FOR THE COUNTRY OR CALL AREA OF OPERATION. IN CASE OF PORTABLE OPERATION, THE PORTABLE DESIGNATOR WOULD THEN BECOME THE PREFIX. EXAMPLE - AB5KD OPERATING FROM WAKE IS. WOULD SIGN AB5KD/KH9 OR KH9/AB5KD, AND KH6XXX OPERATING FROM OHIO WOULD NOT SIGN /KH8 WHICH IS NORMALLY ASSIGNES TO AMERICAN SAMOA, BUT COULD SIGN /W8, /N8, /K8, ETC. OR ANY OTHER PREFIX AUTHORIZED FOR USE IN THE U.S. 8TH CALL DISTRICT. PORTABLE DESIGNATORS WITHOUT NUMBERS WILL BE ASSIGNED A ZERO (0) AFTER THE SECOND LETTER OF THE DESIGNATOR TO FORM THE PREFIX. WS7I/PA WOULD BECOME PA0. ALL CALLS WITHOUT NUMBERS WILL BE ASSIGNED A ZERO (0) AFTER THE FIRST TWO LETTERS TO FORM THE PREFIX. EXAMPLE - XEFTJW WOULD COUNT AS XE0, RAEM WOULD COUNT AS RA0, ETC. MARITIME MOBILE, MOBILE, /A, /E, /J, /P OR INTERIM LICENCE CLASS IDENTIFIERS DO NOT COUNT AS PREFIXES. SCORING: 1. SINGLE OPERATOR: (A) ALL BAND SCORE: TOTAL QSO POINTS FROM ALL BANDS MULTIPLIED BY THE NUMBER OF DIFFERENT PREFIXES WORKED. (B) SINGLE BAND SCORE: QSO POINTS ON THE BAND MULTIPLIED BY THE NUMBER OF DIFFERENT PREFIXES WORKED. 2. MULTI-OPERATOR STATIONS. SCORING IN BOTH THESE CATEGORIES IS THE SAME AS THE ALL BAND SCORING FOR SINGLE OPERATOR. 3. A STATION MAY BE WORKED ONCE ON EACH BAND FOR QSO CREDIT. MORE NEXT WEEK ---------------------------------------------- IPS WEEKLY REPORT ----------------- 20 JANUARY - 26 JANUARY DATE OF ISSUE: 27 JANUARY 1995 INDICES: -------- DATE 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 10CM 93 96 96 96 97 90 86 A 5 7 5 6 4 6 ( 5 ESTIMATED) T 10 20 32 38 36 37 22 SOLAR ACTIVITY WAS VERY LOW 22ND JANUARY AND LOW FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK. THE GEOMAGNETIC FIELD AT LEARMONTH WAS QUIET TO UNSETTLED 20TH-24TH, AND QUIET 25TH-26TH. IONOSPHERIC F2 CRITICAL FREQUENCIES AT SYDNEY WERE NEAR PRE- DICTED MONTHLY VALUES 20TH-22ND JANUARY, 15 TO 20 PER CENT EN- HANCED 23RD-25TH, AND NEAR PREDICTED VALUES ON 26TH. THERE WERE POSSIBLE DEGRADED CONDITIONS ON 26TH DUE TO SPORADIC E AT 1-5UT. FORECAST (27 JANUARY - 02 FEBRUARY) SOLAR: 27-29 JAN: LOW 30 JAN - 2 FEB: VERY LOW GEOMAGNETIC: 27-29 JAN: QUIET 30-31 JAN: ACTIVE 1 -2 FEB: QUIET TO UNSETTLED IONOSPHERIC: PREDOMINANTLY NEAR PREDICTED MONTHLY VALUES; 30- 31 JAN: SLIGHTLY BELOW PREDICTED MONTHLY VALUES. COURTESY OF THE IPS RADIO AND SPACE SERVICES --------------------------------------- RTDX0120 RTTY DX VK2SG RTTY DX NOTES FOR WEEKENDING 20 JAN 95(BID RTDX0120) OUR THANKS THIS WEEK GO TO: ZS5S, W2JGR, WB2CJL, WX5L, AA5AU, W5KSI, N5PSI, W5ZPA, K5KR, WS7I, JF1MGI, SP4CHY, I5IGQ,IK5ACO, IK1CJO, DJ3IW AND THE CENTRAL EUROPE DX CLUSTER DB0SPC, THE K5NV DX PACKETCLUSTER AND IK5PWJ PACKETCLUSTER. BANDPASS: FRIDAY 13 0251-10120 VP8SGP 0705-14069 TL8MS PCT 1147-14069 ST2SA PCT 1205-14078 NZ2P/DU1 PCT 1257-14085 VP29EI 1341-14082 9G1BS 1343-14069 ST2AA PCT 1412-14086 CO2KG 1427-14084 A45ZX 1522-14084 IS0FMI 1547-14087 GI4WXE 2201-10120 VP8SGP QSX UP 2 SATURDAY 14 1136-14076 EA8AFJ 1226-14080 CT3AR PCT 1318-14083 SP2EIW 1319-14084 GI4WXA 1331-14087 S57J 1335-14089 GW0PYT 1346-14079 9A1CEI 1349-14082 S57J 1355-14087 RA2FB KALININGRAD 1409-14087 IS0FMI 1410-14089 LX1DA 1411-14083 UN7GY 1447-14083 9A1CEI 1506-14086 4X6UO 1612-14085 FG5GI 2201-14086 8P6NC 2211-14087 AL7BB SUNDAY 15 0019-14085 HC1SC 0720-14085 UN7GY 0724-14083 EW8OS 0913-14078 PK4TJ PCT 1110-14081 VK0FPS ANTARTICA 1333-14084 SV5AZP 1425-14086 ZC4ZZ 1509-14079 S57J 1540-14083 GI0LEC 1547-14084 CU3EM 1559-14081 OM3CPS 1606-14084 9A1AKL 1623-14088 LX1DA 1639-14082 EA6BH 1926-14083 PJ9JT 2002-14085 3DA0CA 2007-21086 A35RK 2052-14086 AL7BB 2120-14086 TY1PS 2125-14071 HP1KZ PCT 2147-14082 FG5GI 2229-14086 KL7WP 2241-14086 ZP6CC 2305-14083 AZ7FAF 2305-14085 VP8CKN MONDAY 16 1020-14088 UN7GY 1258-14085 JW0I 1335-14084 GI0BQX 1455-14088 UT2UF 1533-14089 VK2KM 1930-14069 PA0CXC/5Z4 QSL JOHN FUNG-LOY P.O. BOX 44145 NAIROBI KENYA 2143-14087 9J2HN 2214-14089 FG5FI AMTOR FEC TUESDAY 17 0011-14084 VP8CKN 0100-14081 VI0ANT 0702-14087 UT5RP 0745-14088 A41KT 1130-14090 GI0BQX 1145-14069 TL8MS PCT 1324-14087 OY1CT 1431-14089 A41LS 1534-14086 GI4WXA 1616-14074 OE5KV PCT 2230-14074 PP2ZDX PCT 2302-14087 VP8CKN WEDNESDAY 18 1540-14081 CT3AR G-TOR 0824-14069 5H3MS PCT 1035-14069 TL8MS PCT 1249-14088 EY8WW 1305-14083 YO3FRI 1328-14082 UX5HY 1329-14086 9G1BS 1516-14081 SV5AZP 1534-14086 CU3EM 1541-14089 JW0I 1555-14085 OD5PL THURSDAY 19 0007-14077 PZ2AC 0647-14069 5H3MS PCT 1000-14087 UX2DZ 1135-14086 GW0PYT 1137-14069 TL8MS PCT 1429-14088 A45XC NOTES OF INTEREST: SOUTH GEORGIA, VP8. THE VP8SGP TEAM HAS LEFT ABOUT FIVE DAYS EARLIER THAN ORIGINALLY PLANNED. NO REASON KNOWN AT THIS TIME. SOUTH SHETLAND, VP8. WONDY, K5KR WORKED VP8CQS ON SSB AND AT THE ENQUIRY OF RTTY ACTIVITY, THE OP. ANSWERED THAT THE RTTY GEAR HAD NOT ARRIVED YET. THAT WAS 19TH JAN, KEEP YOUR FINGERS AND WHY NOT TOES CROSSED, STAY TUNED ANYWAY. BANGLADESH, S21. JOE, ZS5S INFORM THAT ANDREW, S21YE IS ACTIVE FROM DHAKA USING A TS50, A KAM PLUS AND A DIPOLE AT 30 FEET. HE IS NEW ON DIGI MODES AND DOES NOT LIKE PILE-UPS. THE ROUTE FOR QSL IS TERRY, G0EHX & GB7MSF.#18.GBR.EU. ANDREW HOLDS THE CALL G4VLV. SEND BANDPASS AND NOTES FOR NEXT WEEK BULLETIN TO JULES, W2JGR AT W5KSI.#NOLA.LA.USA.NA. GL DE (DX2) LUCIANO, I5FLN AT ZS5S.ZAF.AF ----------------------------------------- ARLD003 DX NEWS --------------- THIS WEEK'S BULLETIN WAS MADE POSSIBLE WITH INFORMATION PROVIDED BY TEDD, KB8NW, THE OPDX BULLETIN AND THE CONTEST CORRAL COLUMN FROM THE PAGES OF QST MAGAZINE. THANKS TO ALL. PHILIPPINES. ACCORDING TO THE DX NEWSLETTER, 4E7 PREFIXES WERE TO START BEING ISSUED AS OF JANUARY 1, 1995. VS6VW REPORTED HEARING SM0CNS/4E7 ACTIVE ON 160 METERS. KENYA. 5Z4FO HAS BEEN ON 75 AND 80 METERS WITH CW AND SSB BELOW 3800 KHZ. OPERATING HAS BEEN AS EARLY AS 2215Z AND AS LATE AS 0415. HE HAS ALSO BEEN WORKING 160 METERS, MAINLY WITH CW, ON 1832 KHZ AT 0100Z. QSL VIA KB4EKY. LISTEN FOR 5Z4DU ON 75 METER SSB AT ABOUT 0330Z. QSL VIA KG4X. ZAIRE. JOE, G3MRC, IS SIGNING 9Q5MRC AND HAS BEEN OPERATING MOSTLY 30 AND 20 METER CW BETWEEN 1900 AND 2200Z. QSL VIA G3MRC. BJORN, LA9IY, IS ACTIVE AS 9Q5IY. HE HAS BEEN ON 18071 KHZ AT 1630Z. QSL DIRECT ONLY VIA LA1K. SOUTH KOREA. HARRY, HL9HH, IS LOOKING FOR SOME HELP WITH LOW BAND WAS. HE NEEDS CT, NJ, NC, RI, SC AND VT ON BOTH 40 AND 80 METERS. ON 80 HE IS LOOKING FOR DE AND MD, AND ON 40 HE NEEDS MA, ME AND NH. LISTEN FOR HIM AROUND 3589 AND 7009 KHZ AFTER 1030Z. PACIFIC DXPEDITION. ED, K8VIR, WILL BE DOING A LOT OF TRAVELING OVER THE NEXT SIX MONTHS. HE SHOULD START AMATEUR ACTIVITY FROM NEW CALEDONIA, FK. OTHER STOPS SHOULD INCLUDE WESTERN SAMOA AND TONGA. QSL VIA CBA. CURACAO. JOHN, W1BIH, WILL BE ACTIVE AS PJ9JT UNTIL MID APRIL. TRY 3506 KHZ AT 0130Z AND 40 METER CW BETWEEN 0100 AND 0200Z, AND AGAIN AT 1130Z. CHECK 21279 KHZ AT 1430Z. QSL VIA W1AX. CAMBODIA. MIKE, VS6WV, REPORTS THAT SANYI, XU7VK, HAS BEEN ON 1829 KHZ AT ABOUT 1435Z. ZIMBABWE. BILL, Z21CS, CAN BE WORKED ON 18124 KHZ AROUND 1715Z. WHEN QSLING, DO NOT SEND IRCS OR GREEN STAMPS. BILL DOES REQUEST PACKETS OF FLOWER SEEDS FOR HIS XYL. QSL VIA BILL TAYLOR, BOX 264, KWEKWE, ZIMBABWE. Coming events ------------- February 4th-5th ADRS WW RTTY WPX contest 11th-12th EA WW RTTY Contest 26th Central Coast Field Day at Wyong ---------------------------------------- STOLEN ------ ONE YAESU 2M FM TRANSCEIVER FT-212RH, WITHOUT MICROPHONE, SERIAL NO. 1C630025. IF YOU ARE OFFERED THIS PIECE OF EQUIPMENT, PLEASE CONTACT PAT VK2JPA QTHR, OR PHONE BLACKTOWN POLICE ON (02) 622 0000. --------------------------------------- FOR DISPOSAL VK2SG HAS SOME JUNK FOR DISPOSAL, STUFF THAT HE THINKS HE WILL NEVER NEED AGAIN, ITS YOUR FOR THE COLLECTION. THINGS LIKE TRANSFORMERS 385/385 VOLTS, MOTORS FOR PRINTERS, THAT CAN BE USED FOR OTHER THINGS, TUNING CONDENSERS, BOXES OF ELECTROLYT- ICS, ETC ETC ETC. IF YOU CAN USE IT, COME AND GET IT. ALSO HAS PRINTERS LIKE SAGEMS MODIFIED FOR 45/50 AND 75 BAUDS, SIEMEN SET FOR 45 BAUDS WITH PAPER WIND UP MOTOR. HE ALSO HAS A TELEREADER WITH POWER SUPPLY WHICH DOES CW/RTTY (VARIOUS BAUD RATES), ASCII AND HAS BEEN MODIFIED FOR AMTOR, ALL PAPERWORK AND HANDBOOKS INCLUDED PLUS A SPARE MK2 AMTOR BOARD, NEGOTIABLE PRICE ... THERE ARE ALSO OTHER BITS OF JUNK AS WELL, EVEN VALVES. SOME RADIO CLUB MAY BE INTERESTED. DE SYD VK2SG QTHR ---------------------------------------- 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 BULLETIN 843 29th Jan. 1995. Inserted by VK2BQS (Jim) ANARTS Vice-President.