[ ANARTS - Australian National Amateur Radio Teletype Society ] ANARTS News Bulletin 845 12/2/1995 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. SORRY WE DID NOT MANAGE TO SQUEEZE IN THE RULES FOR THE EA RTTY CONTEST THIS WEEKEND. I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO ASCERTAIN IF THE CONTEST MANAGER HAS CHANGED, BUT JUDGING BY MAILINGS TO OUR OWN CONTEST, THE LOG WILL GET TO WHERE IT MUST GO. THE ADDRESS IS: EA RTTY CONTEST MANAGER ANTONIO ALCOLADO, EA1MV P.O. BOX 240 09400 ARANDA DE DUERO (BURGOS) SPAIN ANYONE WISHING FURTHER INFO, PLEASE CONTACT PAT VK2JPA (ADDRESS IN CALL BOOK) AND WE WILL SUPPLY SAME. DEADLINE APPEARS TO BE 8 WEEKS AFTER CONTEST. BEST OF LUCK ------------------------------------- FIRST ANNUAL ADRS WORLD-WIDE DIGITAL WPX CONTEST PART 4 4TH-5TH FEBRUARY 1995 LOG INSTRUCTIONS: 1. ALL TIMES MUST BE IN UTC. ALL RESTS MUST BE CLEARLY MARKED. SINGLE OPERATOR LOGS MUST BE SUBMITTED IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER. MULTI-MULTI LOGS MUST BE SUBMITTED CHRONOLOGICALLY BY BAND. MULTI-SINGLE CAN BE SUBMITTED EITHER WAY. 2. PREFIX MULTIPLIERS SHOULD BE ENTERED ONLY THE FIRST TIME THEY ARE CONTACTED . THEY MUST BE CLEARLY DESIGNATED. 3. LOGS MUST BE CHECKED FOR DUPLICATE CONTACTS, CORRECT POINTS, AND PREFIX MULTIPLIERS. DUPLICATE CONTACTS MUST BE SHOWN. 4. AN ALPHA/NUMERIC CHECK LIST OF CLAIMED PREFIX MULTIPLIERS MUST BE SUBMITTED WITH YOUR LOG. UNLESS DISK OR ELCTRONIC ENTRY. 5. EACH ENTRY MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY A SUMMARY SHEET LISTING ALL SCORING INFORMATION, THE CATEGORY OF COMPETITION, AND THE CONTESTANTS NAME AND MAILING ADDRESS. MAY BE ELCTRONIC. ALSO SUBMIT A DECLARATION THAT ALL CONTEST RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR AMATEUR RADIO IN THE COUNTRY OF THE CONTESTANT HAVE BEEN OBSERVED. 6. OFFICIAL LOGS AND SAMPLE SUMMARY SHEETS ARE AVAILABLE FROM adrs. a LARGE SELF-ADDRESSED ENVELOPE WITH SUFFICIENT POSTAGE OR IRCS MUST ACCOMPANY YOUR REQUEST. CONTEST SOFTWARE BY WF1B WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR THE FIRST CONTEST, AND WILL BE CONSIDERED ADEQUATE LOGGING SOFTWARE FOR THIS CONTEST. 7. CONTEST LOGS MAY BE SUBMITTED ON DISK, E-MAIL, OR INTERNET. LOGS SUBMITTED ON DISK MUST CONTAIN ALL REQUIRED INFORMATION. (TIME, BAND, CALL, RST, RST AND NR SENT, RST AND NR RECEIVED, MULTIPLIER, AND QSO POINTS). FILES MUST BE IN ASCII FORMAT AND CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER FOR SINGLE OPERATORS AND MULTI-SINGLE OPERATORS. MULTI-MULTI ENTRANTS MUST SUBMIT LOGS CHRONOLOGICAL BY BAND. A SORTED MULTIPLIER FILE IS ALSO REQUIRED. ONLY MS-DOS COMPATIBLE DISKS WILL BE ACCEPTED9 EITHER 5 1/4 OR 3 1/2 INCH). A SASE WITH QSL CARD WILL GET A REPLY THAT YOUR LOG HAS BEEN RECEIVED. DISQUALIFICATIONS APPLY ON THE USUAL LINES. DEADLINE: ENTRIES MUST BE POSTMARKED NO LATER THAN THIRTY (30) DAYS AFTER THE END OF THE CONTEST. THE ADRS WORLD WIDE RTTY WPX CONTEST WILL ALWAYS BE ON THE FIRSR (1ST) FULL WEEKEND OF FEBRUARY. MAIL CONTEST ENTRY AND LOGS OR DISKS TO: JAY TOWNSEND, WS7I P.O. BOX 644, SPOKANE, WA 99210-0644 U.S.A. VIA INTERNET JAYT AT COMTCH.IEA.COM ----------------------------------------- IPS WEEKLY REPORT ----------------- 03 JANUARY - 09 FEBRUARY DATE OF ISSUE: 10 FEBRUARY 1995 INDICES: DATE 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10CM 83 86 81 84 84 86 84 A 21 21 4 10 10 19 ( 4 ESTIMATED) T 23 12 31 21 31 45 -9 SOLAR ACTIVITY WAS MODERATE 3RD-4TH FEBRUARY, LOW 5TH-7TH, AND VERY LOW 8TH-9TH. THERE WAS AN M4 FLARE ON 3RD, AND AN M2 FLARE ON 4TH. THE GEOMAGNETIC FIELD AT MUNDARING NEAR PERTH WAS AT QUIET TO UNSETTLED, WITH BRIEF ACTIVE PERIODS ON 3RD-4TH, AND MINOR STORM LEVELS 12-15 UT ON 3RD. THE FIELD ON 5TH, RECORDED AT MUNDARING, WAS QUIET. LEARMONTH (WA) WAS BACK ON LINE FROM 6TH AND RECORDED QUIET TO UNSETTLED CONDITIONS UNTIL THE END OF THE PERIOD. IONOSPHERIC F2 CRITICAL FREQUENCIES AT SYDNEY WERE NEAR PRE- DICTED MONTHLY VALUES 3RD-4TH FEBRUARY WITH DAYTIME SPORADIC E ON 3RD. ON 5TH VALUES WERE ENHANCED BY UP 30 PER CENT AFTER 10 UT, RETURNING TO NEAR NORMAL FOR 6TH AND 7TH WITH BRIEF PERIODS OF BLANKETING SPORADIC E ON 7TH. FREQUENCIES ON THE 8TH WERE NEAR NORMAL WITH 20-40 PER CENT ENHANCEMENTS FROM 02- 04 UT AND 08-09 UT, WITH 30 PER CENT DEPRESSION AT 12 UT. THERE WAS A DEPRESSED PERIOD OF UP 50 PER CENT 10-12 UT ON 9TH, AND SPORADIC E WAS OBSERVED AT TIMES DURING THE DAY. FORECAST (10 FEBRUARY - 16 FEBRUARY) SOLAR: VERY LOW TO LOW GEOMAGNETIC: MOSTLY QUIET TO UNSETTLED. POSSIBLE ACTIVE PERIODS LATE ON THE 12TH TO 14TH. IONOSPHERIC: NEAR PREDICTED MONTHLY VALUES. DEPRESSIONS TO 25 PER CENT ON 13TH AND 14TH, AND DEGRADED COMMS IF GEOMAGNETIC DISTURBANCE EVENTUATES. COURTESY OF THE IPS RADIO AND SPACE SERVICES --------------------------------------- VK2SG RTTY DX NOTES FOR WEEK ENDING 3 FEB. 1995 (BID RTDX0203) AGAIN HAVE BEEN ASKED, 'WHY THE INTRUSION' OF AMTOR AND PACTOR OF THE BBS SYSTEMS INTO THE 14080-14090 BAUD RTTY FREQUENCIES? COME ON GENTLEMEN, RTTY IS STILL VERY MUCH ALIVE ES YOU ARE TAKING UP FROM 14065-14085 PLUS HIGHER. THIS IS BETTER THAN 20 KC OF THE BAND NOW. RTTY USED TO BE FROM 14075-14100, BUT SOME HAD OTHER IDEAS. DO YOU REALLY NEED MORE? OUR INFORMATION THIS WEEK CAME FROM: 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, WX5L AND THE K5NV DX CLUSTER, W5KSI AND ZS5S. THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE. BANDPASS FRIDAY 27 0824-14087 VP8CQJ 1250-14083 JW0I 1322-14085 P43DWC 1324-14085 LX1TI 1449-14085 GI4WXA 1530-14082 LA1K 1605-14083 UX5HY 2009-14085 EA8PDT 2039-14085 9Q5MRC 2114-14087 9X5EE SATURDAY 28 0038-14083 VI0ANT 0228-14080 LU8VCC 1216-14085 A71EY 1327-14082 RW3PF 1327-14084 JX7DFA 1342-14089 GI4WXA 1337-14084 A45ZX 1339-14089 TA2KK/P 1345-14088 EA6CP 1350-14083 UX5HY 1431-14084 A45ZX 1508-14089 LX1DA 1647-14085 WL7EF 1723-14089 GI4WXA 2327-14087 HI8EL SUNDAY 29 0739-14086 VP8CQJ 0931-21086 UN5PR 1006-21082 9X5EE 1012-14084 YL2KF 1110-21087 TR8MD 1154-14085 WP4Q 1226-14089 EI5EV 1248-14086 GU0SUP 1255-14087 UT2IZ 1302-14088 VK6RJ 1305-14086 EW8AU 1310-14082 V31JU 1313-14082 UX5HY 1318-14083 V31JU 1323-14086 EI5EV 1325-14087 UT2IZ 1331-14086 EW8AU 1341-14087 4X6UO 1436-21085 J20UFT 1450-21087 IS0MVE 1504-21089 S55OO 1547-21084 J20UFT 1535-21086 UT2IZ 1643-14083 J20UFT 1623-14083 GI4WXA 1646-14086 XX9AS 1653-14083 J20UFT SEE NOTE 1703-14090 JW0I 1712-14087 J20UFT 2133-14085 9X5EE 2223-14083 FG5FT 1822-14086 NL7WM/VP9 QSL LCDR MIKE UHALL, USNAS, PSC 1002, BOX 1948, FPO AE 09727 2240-14085 VP8WA MONDAY 30 1153-14087 UN7GY 1324-14081 WP4Q 1354-14082 J20UFT 1503-14084 US9QA 1531-14089 J20UFT 1506-14085 LX1TI 1606-14085 EA6MQ 1611-14087 OD5PL 2310-14082 XE1XOE 2321-14086 P43DWC TUESDAY 31 0145-14083 UA0FZ QSL W3HNK 1326-14090 UX7IU 1331-14085 LX1TII 1341-14082 SV1BSX 2059-14085 ZD8X 2213-14083 8P6SM 2254-14085 FG5GI 2254-14085 P43DWC 2318-14087 HI8BG 2339-14083 UA0FZ 2343-14082 CX7BF WEDNESDAY 1 DULL DAY THURSDAY 2 1323-14087 HA5AEK 1326-14084 RA2FB 1328-14088 US9QA 1333-14082 SV1BSX 1928-14085 IT9PKO 1930-14082 CT1ALX NOTES OF INTEREST. DJIBOUTI, J2. FOR QSL J20UFT IS F5LBM, NOT IN CALLBOOK. SEND TO PATRICK LABEAUME, 38 CHEMIN DU PLATEAU, 67500 HAGEUNEAU, FRANCE. FOR NEXT WEEK'S BULLETIN, SEND YOUR BANDPASS AND NOTES OF INTEREST TO LUCIANO, I5FLN AT ITOS.ITA.EU REMEMBER, DX DON'T SLEEP. GL DE BOB, WB2CJL AT W5KSI.#NOLA.LA.USA.NA ========================== Footnote to the first paragraph, by VK2BQS...... Yes, AMTOR and PACTOR do need more, but equally importantly RTTY needs more also, or at least a return to the 14.080-14.100 which existed back in the early eighties..The difficulty does not lie with the operators as the hobby has literally grown too big for its shell. The solution lies with the authorities, who must be made aware of the problem by national bodies. They should also be made aware that there is no glib fix, such as the classic "move to bands where there is space", after all, the most probable reason for there being space on any given band, is that it is not suitable for the task re- quired. A problem much too broad to be addressed in a comment as simple as this must be. In countries where the licensing system is such that a proportion of the license fee goes to ---pay(??)--- for the use of the spectrum, it is perhaps logical to ask that we be allocated spectrum of use, and that we desire, for the activity proposed. In VK I suggest that the SMA and WIA act accordingly. 73 es enjoy RTTY de Jim, VK2BQS... (Thought for the season:---does the value of the radio spectrum lie in its pecuniary gain for the Government, for the pecuniary gain of its primary users, or in the "real" value to the community which benefits from its use? The community under reference may be using the facility for entertainment, welfare, private affairs, relaxation, hobby or training purposes, etc. Note - corporate business is not considered "community", it is a primary user as are Government Services or Operations. However, I accept that the primary users may provide some value to a community, but 'tain't necessarily so..... Solomon come forth.....(please).....) ------------------------------------------- Coming events ------------- February 11th-12th EA WW RTTY Contest 26th Central Coast Field Day at Wyong ---------------------------------------- WANT TO GET STARTED IN RTTY? GORDON VK2AVU HAS SOME RTTY GEAR FOR DISPOSAL. IT CAN BE USED TO GET YOU UP ON AIR OR AS SPARES FOR YOUR OWN EQUIPMENT. GORDON HAS A SIEMENS 100 AND A TTY MODEL 32 WITH MANUALS, AND 10-12 ROLLS OF PAPER. CONTACT GORDON MAXWELL VK2AVU QTHR --------------------------------------- FOR DISPOSAL VK2SG HAS SOME JUNK FOR DISPOSAL, STUFF THAT HE THINKS HE WILL NEVER NEED AGAIN, ITS YOURS 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 @ VK2XSB, or the Secretary (Pat) VK2JPA @ VK2AAB. News items may be sent to Broadcast Officer PO Box 60 Blacktown 2148 Australia, or by packet to VK2JPA @ VK2AAB. Email address for the Broadcast Officer is : patl(at)pitt.conmusic.su.oz.au 73s de Pat VK2JPA Broadcast Officer That concludes ANARTS News 845 12/2/1995. Inserted by VK2BQS (Jim) Vice President, A.N.A.R.T.S.