[ ANARTS - Australian National Amateur Radio Teletype Society ] A.N.A.R.T.S. NEWS BULLETIN 846 19th February 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 @ 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. Just been reading the Digital Journal (RTTY journal under its new name), February issue, and there is a healthy debate going on in the letters section -- called Opinion. The main thrust seems to be as Jim remarked last week - keep the burst modes out of the RTTY window, so there can be more rag-chewing as well as contesting in peace. Apparently the burst modes make it very difficult to gather that rare or wanted DX station, or just to have a QSO. One operator suggested that burst modes be kept below .080 and above .090 and thereby leave room for RTTY in that 10 KHz segment. He stipulates it must be a worldwide allocation -- but surely this is quite attainable if the national societies support the move and make it work. ----------------------------------------- FIELD DAY NEWS SCHEDULE- As is custom, there will be NO NEWS on CCRC FIELD DAY 26th February. However, except for 80 mtrs, the news WILL repeat WILL go out on usual frequencies at sched times as listed above IPS WEEKLY REPORT ----------------- 10 FEBRUARY - 16 FEBRUARY DATE OF ISSUE: 17 FEBRUARY 1995 INDICES: DATE 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 10CM 81 81 81 86 82 85 86 A 1 20 25 25 20 13 ( 5 ESTIMATED) T 29 30 -13 3 8 -18 31 SOLAR ACTIVITY WAS VERY LOW ALL WEEK. THE GEOMAGNETIC FIELD AT LEARMONTH W.A. WAS QUIET ON 10TH FEBRUARY, UNSETTLED TO ACTIVE ON 11TH; ACTIVE ON 12TH; MOSTLY ACTIVE ON 13TH WITH MAJOR STORM LEVELS 1200 TO 1500 UT. ON 14TH FEBRUARY THE FIELD WAS UNSETTLED TO ACTIVE WITH MINOR STORM LEVELS 1200 TO 1500 UT; AND QUIET TO UNSETTLED ON 15TH- 16TH WITH BRIEF ACTIVE PERIODS. IONOSPHERIC F2 CRITICAL FREQUENCIES AT SYDNEY WERE NEAR PRE- DICTED MONTHLY VALUES 10TH, AND AGAIN ON 11TH UNTIL LOCAL NIGHT WHEN ENHANCEMENTS OF UP TO 30 PER CENT WERE OBSERVED, FOLLOWED BY DEPRESSIONS OF UP TO 20 PER CENT AFTER LOCAL DAWN. FREQUENCIES WERE DEPRESSED BY 15 PER CENT ON 12TH; MOSTLY NEAR PREDICTED VALUES ON 13TH, WITH SHORT SLIGHTLY DEPRESSED PERIODS; AND NEAR PREDICTED VALUES ON 14TH. FREQUENCIES WERE AGAIN DEPRESSED BY UP TO 20 PER CENT IN THE FIRST HALF OF THE UT DAY ON 15TH FEBRUARY; AND NEAR PREDICTED TO 20 PER CENT ENHANCED DURING LOCAL NIGHT ON 16TH. BLANKETING SPORADIC E WAS OBSERVED AT TIMES ON 10TH, AND 13TH- 15TH. SPREAD F WAS ALSO OBSERVED ON 14TH AND 16TH FEBRUARY. FORECAST (17 FEBRUARY - 23 FEBRUARY) SOLAR: VERY LOW TO LOW GEOMAGNETIC: QUIET TO UNSETTLED. IONOSPHERIC: NEAR PREDICTED MONTHLY VALUES. COURTESY OF THE IPS RADIO AND SPACE SERVICES VK2SG RTTY DX NOTES FOR WEEKENDING 10 FEB 95(BID RTDX0210) =================== THE NEW ADRS CONTEST PRODUCED QUITE SOME ACTIVITY AND ON THE TRACK, THE WEEK HAS BEEN VERY BUSY WITH INTERESTING NEW ONES, MORE ARE EXPECTED. OUR THANKS THIS WEEK GO TO: ZS5S, W2JGR, WB2CJL, WX5L, W5ZPA, W7LZP, AA5AU, RK9CWA, JF1MGI, DL5EBE, SP4CHY, IK1HSR, I5IGQ, I5KG, I5KKW, DJ3IW AND THE CENTRAL EUROPE DX CLUSTER DB0SPC, THE K5NV DX PACKETCLUSTER AND IK5PWJ PACKETCLUSTER. BANDPASS: FRIDAY 3 1501-14086 GI4WXA 1514-14088 LZ1MC 1758-14084 FM5FM 2339-14084 AZ7FAF 2352-14081 CX7B SATURDAY 4 0241-14075 ZK3MM TOKELAU BY 5W1MM QSL JE6IBJ 0308-21080 3D2XC 0449-21083 A45ZX 0918-21084 UN5PR 0925-14086 A45ZX 0937-14089 UT0I 1039-14086 EY8MN 1043-14084 ZL2AMI 1046- 3528 VS6BG 1056- 7029 ZK3MM 1134-14080 S51DX 1141-14082 KP2N 1200-21082 9X5EE 1211-14081 PJ2MI 1329-14087 A71EY 1334-14093 T94DD 1957-14097 TI2YO 2102-14087 CO2KG 2112-21091 CX7BF 2233- 7083 PJ2MI SUNDAY 5 0146-14085 AH6JF 0305- 3598 YW5RY 0633-14087 C91A 0738-14088 S92ZM 0824-14069 TL8MS PACTOR 0914-21090 VS6BG O937-21082 UT0I 0939-21085 A45ZX 0949-14078 9A2A 0953-14086 7S5RY 0959-21078 UN8PYL 1300-14085 US9Q 1300-14087 4X6UO 1308-14087 UN5PR 1325-14091 RK9CWA 1328-14090 T94DD 1333-14098 LZ1MC 1421-21088 TY1PS 1428-21090 HK1LAQ 1435-14083 JW0I 1441-14069 ST2SA PACTOR 1533-21089 S56A 1622-14082 CJ6V 1736-14085 8P6SA 1755-21090 CX7BF 1756-14091 TI2YO 1802-14080 KP2N 1933-14098 AL7BB MONDAY 6 0030-14083 DP1KGI SO. SHETLAND IS. QSL DD6UAB 0758-14069 TL8MS PACTOR 0800-14069 ST2AA PACTOR 2350-14086 TN4U WKG XCV QSL DL7VRO TUESDAY 7 0052-14086 TN4U 0630-14069 TL8MS PACTOR 0711-14082 ZD8X 1123-14080 TN4U QSX UP 1437-14069 ST2SA PACTOR 1632-14084 CU2GE 2100-14083 DP1KGI 2044-14087 5X1C PACTOR 2230-14082 TN4U 2357-14083 VP8CQH WEDNESDAY 8 0830-14069 SU1CR PACTOR 1026-14069 TL8MS PACTOR 1404-21081 TN4U QSX UP 2 1547-14088 9A1AKL 1811-14084 FG4FI THURSDAY 9 1324-14069 TL8MS PACTOR 1355-14085 RU3FM INV. 1404-14085 JW0I 1432-14069 ST2SA PACTOR 1843-14069 VQ9SF PACTOR 1857-14069 SU1CR PACTOR NOTES OF INTEREST: Continues VK2SG DX Notes. CONGO, TN. FROM FEBRUARY 4TH ARE ACTIVE ON ALL BAND AND MODE TN2M AND TN4U. THE TEAM IS COMPOSED OF DL7VTM, DL7VTZ, DL7UTM DL7URH, DL7VRO AND HIS XYL. THEY WILL BE ACTIVE ON ALL BANDS AND MODES TILL THE END OF THE MONTH. QSL VIA DL7VRO. SPRATLY ISLAND, DU0K. BOBBY GARCIA, DU6BG, PRESIDENT OF PARA, THE PHILIPPINE AMATEUR RADIO ASSOCIATION, WILL BE LEADING AN ALL PHILIPPINE TEAM TO ACTIVATE DU0K ON ALL BANDS AND MODES FROM APRIL 10 TO 16. QSL VIA DU9RG. CONWAY REEF, 3D2. SM7PKK, OH1RY, SM6CAS AND NI6T PLANNED A TWO WEEKEND EFFORT FROM MARCH 24 TO APRIL 3, INCLUDING WORKING THE CQWW SSB WPX CONTEST. RTTY FREQUENCIES ARE 7030, 7082, 10120, 14082, 18100, 21082 AND 28082 KHZ. QSL FOR RTTY VIA SM7PKK. SOUTH SHETLAND, DP1. DOMINIK, DL5EBE HAD A LONGER QSO WITH TOM DP1KGI ON 40M SSB. TOM ANNOUNCED THAT HE IS NOW READY FOR RTTY ACTIVITY. FIRST CLUSTER SPOT ARRIVED ON MONDAY FEB 6TH. THERE IS ALSO ANDY, VP8CQS LOCATED ON ARCTOWSKI BASE, (KING GEORGE IS.) READY FROM SO. SHETLAND BUT HE IS STILL AWAITING THE RTTY GEAR LOANED BY IRDXA. SEND BANDPASS AND NOTES FOR NEXT WEEK BULLETIN TO JULES, W2JGR & W5KSI.#NOLA.LA.USA.NA. GL DE (DX2) LUCIANO, I5FLN & ZS5S.ZAF.AF --------------------------------------- FROM ARRL HEADQUARTERS FEBRUARY 9, 1995 ARLD007 DX NEWS THIS WEEK'S BULLETIN WAS MADE POSSIBLE WITH INFORMATION PROVIDED BY TEDD, KB8NW, THE OPDX BULLETIN, JOHN, W7KCN, FRANK, AH0W/OH2LVG, AKIO, JA3JM, GEORGE, N6ZS, STU, K8SJ, AND THE CONTEST CORRAL COLUMN FROM THE PAGES OF QST MAGAZINE. THANKS TO ALL. CONGO. A GERMAN TEAM IS ACTIVE AS TN4U ON CW AND TN2M ON SSB, AND SHOULD REMAIN SO UNTIL THE END OF THE MONTH. QSL VIA DL7VRO. SUDAN. JOHN, W7KCN, IS NOW IN RECEIPT OF ST2/G4OJW LOGS AND SHOULD BE RECEIVING QSL CARDS WITHIN A FEW DAYS. QSL WITH SASE VIA HIS CBA. MARIANAS ISLANDS. FRANK, AH0W/OH2LVG, WILL BE ON THE AIR FROM SAIPAN IN THE NORTHERN MARIANAS IN EARLY MARCH. THIS WILL INCLUDE ACTION IN THE ARRL DX SSB WEEKEND AS AH0W. QSL VIA KE7LZ. THIS TRIP WILL INCLUDE A FEW DAYS IN EAST MALAYSIA, WHERE HE HOPES TO OPERATE AS WELL. NORTH PACIFIC DX VACATION. AKIO, JA3JM, AKA AA5K, HOPES TO BE ON THE AIR FROM GUAM FEBRUARY 14, 15 AND 16 AS AA5K/AH2. FROM THERE IT'S ON TO SAIPAN IN THE NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS AS AA5K/AH0 FROM FEBRUARY 16 - 20. AKIO PLANS TO OPERATE 160 THROUGH 10 METERS WITH CW, RTTY AND SSB, AS WELL AS OSCARS 10 AND 13, AND RS 12. QSL VIA JA3JM. DOMINICA. LOU, WA6SBS, AND GEORGE, N6ZS, WILL OPERATE FROM FEBRUARY 16 TO 24, INCLUDING THE ARRL CW DX CONTEST. OUTSIDE CONTEST HOURS THEY WILL BE ON CW, SSB AND RTTY. THE CALL J75A HAS BEEN REQUESTED. QSL VIA N6ZS. SAINT VINCENT. STU, K8SJ, WILL BE RUNNING AN ALL CW OPERATION FROM FEBRUARY 10 TO 23, WITH FULL-TIME PARTICIPATION IN THE ARRL CW DX CONTEST. QSL VIA K8SJ. MONTSERRAT. MEMBERS OF THE WOODBRIDGE WIRELESS GROUP OF VIRGINIA WILL OPERATE THE ARRL SSB DX CONTEST MARCH 4 AND 5 AS VP2MFM. BEFORE AND AFTER THE CONTEST THEY WILL BE ON CW, RTTY AND SOME 6 METER WORK. QSL VIA WD4KXB. BAHAMAS. LARRY, K3TLX, WILL OPERATE FROM FEBRUARY 12 TO 21, INCLUDING THE ARRL CW DX CONTEST. THE WEEK BEFORE THE CONTEST HE WILL OPERATE ALL HF BANDS. QSL VIA K3TLX. WAZ ZONE 6. OH2NSM AND OH3JF WILL BE ACTIVE FROM CANCUN, YUCATAN, TO PROVIDE WAZ HUNTERS WITH ZONE 6 CREDIT. THEIR STAY IS EXPECTED TO BE FROM FEBRUARY 10 TO 20. CHECK 7 KHZ UP FROM THE BAND EDGE FOR CW ON 160, 80, 40 AND 30 METERS. OH2NSM AND OH3JF ARE NOT EXPERIENCED DXPEDITION OPS, SO PLEASE BE PATIENT. ------------------------------------------- Coming events ------------- February 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 YOUR FOR THE COLLECTION. Remember that item, it still applies so contact Syd VK2SG if you have any interest. 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, THERE ARE ALSO OTHER BITS OF JUNK, 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@pitt.conmusic.su.oz.au The Society welcomes news items on any digital subjects from anywhere in the broadcast coverage area. Help us to help you. 73s de Pat VK2JPA Broadcast Officer That concludes ANARTS NEWS BULLETIN 846 19/2/95. Inserted by VK2BQS (Jim) Vice-President ANARTS. In the paragraph stating that there will be no news on 26th, it was omitted to say that the news will repeat will go out on Saturday 25th on the listed frequencies except 80 meteres.. sri for the error j.s......