[ ANARTS - Australian National Amateur Radio Teletype Society ] ANARTS News Bulletin 837 27th November 1994 TARA RTTY SPRINT ---------------- December 10-11 1994 sponsored by Troy Amateur Radio Association, New York. Contest period: Second full weekend in December. Starst at 2100Z Saturday and ends at 0100Z Sunday (4 hours). Modes: RTTY only Bands: 80, 40, 20, 15, and 10M. Classes: A) Single op, all band; 1) Less than 150W output; 2) More than 150W. B) Multi-op, single transmitter. Exchange: USA stations: send RST + state Canadians: send RST + province All others: send RST + QSO nr. Multipliers: each USA state, DXCC country, and each Canadian province, + VE8 and VY1. Notes: Multipliers count only once, not once per band. KH6 and KL7 count as DXCC countries only. USA and Canada do not count as DXCC countries. QSO points: Count 1 point per QSO. Final score: Total of QSO points x total of mults. Deadline: Logs must be received by January 17, 1995. Mail to: Bill Eddy, NY2U c/o TARA 2204 22nd Street Troy NY 12180. Comments: Strictly a 4-hour RTTY speed contest. All rules, scoring, bands, etc., are the same as ARRL RTTY Roundup. There are NO band multipliers. It's a good workout for quick band changing and tring different CQing techniques. Since the rules are the same as the Roundup, you can use the same logging software, too. It should be a good tune-up for the Rounduo 4 weeks later. --------------------------------------- The next ANARTS meeting will be held on Friday 2nd December at in Lane Cove. The meeting will commence at 7.30 pm and will end with tea of coffee and biscuits. For further information contact Jim VK2BQS or Col VK2CTD at their QTH, or phone Pat VK2JPA at work on (02) 230 3722. Hope to see you there. ----------------------------------------- IPS WEEKLY REPORT ----------------- 18 NOVEMBER - 25 NOVEMBER DATE OF ISSUE: 25 NOVEMBER 1994 INDICES: DATE 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 10CM 80 78 79 78 76 78 79 A 5 17 23 6 6 3 (4 ESTIMATED) T 36 33 5 28 45 10 37 SOLAR ACTIVITY WAS VERY LOW THROUGHOUT THE PERIOD. THE GEOMAGNETIC FIELD AT LEARMONTH WAS QUIET,OR MOSTLY QUIET 18TH, AND 21ST-24TH NOVEMBER, UNSETTLED ON 19TH, AND AT ACTIVE TO MINOR STORM LEVELS ON 20TH. IONOSPHERIC F2 CRITICAL FREQUENCIES AT SYDNEY WERE MOSTLY NEAR NORMAL OR ENHANCED BY 15-30 PER CENT, EXCEPT FOR ENHANCEMENTS OF UP TO 50 PER CENT ON 18TH, AND DEPRESSED PERIODS OF UP TO 20TH-21ST NOVEMBER. SPORADIC E BLANKETING OCCURRED AT TIMES ON 20TH-22ND. FORECAST (25 NOVEMBER - 01 DECEMBER) SOLAR: VERY LOW GEOMAGNETIC: ACTIVE TO MINOR STORM LEVELS EXPECTED DURING INTERVAL 25-27 NOV. IONOSPHERIC: DEGRADED HF COMMS CONDITIONS EXPECTED 26-27 NOV. NEAR NORMAL ON OTHER DAYS. COURTESY OF THE IPS RADIO AND SPACE SERVICES --------------------------------------- Apologies, but we have neither the VK2SG RTTY DX Notes nor the ARRLDX news this week, but we do have some DX information and hope it will fit the bill just for this week. The Ohio/Penn Dx PacketCluster DX Bulletin No. 182 BID: $OPDX.182 November 14, 1994 Editor Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW Provided by BARF-80 BBS Cleveland, Ohio Online at 216-237-8208 14400/9600/2400/1200/300 8/N/1 Thanks to the Northern Ohio Amateur Radio Society, Northern Ohio DX Association, Ohio/Penn PacketCluster Network, WM2C, ND3A, WX3N, KD4ND, K4CEF & the Southeastern Cluster Group, N8HTT, K8UNP, K8MFO, WD8LLD, WD8NSD, DL5EBE, F6AJA, JAPAN DX NEWS, JE1JKL, ON6TT and VE1UK for the following DX information. 9M6, EAST MALAYSIA. Saty, JE1JKL will be active as 9M6NA for CQWW CW Contest on 20 meters single band. QSL to JE1JKL. Although he prefers exchanging QSLs via the bureau, please note that his home address has been changed recently if you want a QSL direct. The new address is: Saty Nakamura, 1-27-2, Kamiya, Ushiku, Ibaraki, 300-12 JAPAN. A2, BOTSWANA. Dave, A22MN, says he will be operating 160 meters starting at 0300Z (November 14th) on 1827-1828 kHz. He will start on 160, then as propagation permits he will move to 80 meters (3511 Khz), then to 40 meters (no frequency mentioned). He plans to run this operating schedule for one week, then this schedule will be run every other week due to his work schedule (one week on and one week off). Dave will be leaving A2-land in mid to late March 1995. Then he is off to Helsinki for 4 years. Also, he said that ARRL CW weekend will probably be his last contest from A2. C6, BAHAMAS. Operators WS4E, K0PP, KE7X, NF6S, and WM2C will sign C6AHX as a Multi/Single entry during the CQWW CW Contest. The group will be operating from Treasure Cay, and will have 3 stations plus lots of antennas set up. QSLs for C6AHX go to WA4WTG. CR3/CT3, MADEIRA ISLANDS. Dominik, DL5EBE (DX-editor of CQ DL), along with DL2HYH, HB9CRV and a few others will be on Madeira island from November 25th until December 1st. They will be active during the CQWW CW Contest as CR3U (DL2HYH, 15m), CR3X (DL5EBE, 40m) and CT3FN (HB9CRV, 80m) each in single op/single band class. The DL's will be signing CT3/homecall before and after the contest on all bands including some RTTY, AMTOR, PACTOR. QSLs will be via their homecalls. FK, NEW CALEDONIA. Serge, F6AUS, will be active as FK/F6AUS from November 17th to December 8th. He hopes to be active from Loyalty Islands (IOTA OC-033), from Huon Island (IOTA OC-058) and Belep (IOTA OC-079). He will operate on all bands CW and SSB, but watch on IOTA frequency. FR/G, GLORIOSO ISLAND. Jacques, FR5ZU, will be active as FR5ZU/G from November 17th to December 8th. Look for him to show up on some of the French DX nets. QSL for Asia via JA8FCG and for America/Europe via VE2NW. OT, BELGIUM. ON4WW/Mark, ON4UN/John, ON6TT/Peter, DK7PE/Rudi, DL1VJ/Bernd, RA3AUU/Harry, DL1SBR/Frank, and DJ4AX/Klaus, will be active as OT4T in a Belgian Multi/Single entry in the CQWW CW Contest. The group will be operating from ON4UN's QTH. A colored picture QSL card will be available via ON4UN (through the bureau or direct). T32, EASTERN KIRIBATI. A group of JA operators will be active from here December 27, 1994 to January 2, 1995. Their possible callsigns may be: T32J (JR5JAQ), T32A (JA5EXW), T32Q (JR4QZH), T32X (JA4GXS) and T32O (JF4LNO YL). Activity will be on 160-6 meters CW/SSB/RTTY and there may be a possibility of satellite operations. QSL via their homecall: Masanobu Yamao/JA5JAQ, 222-44 Higasikakioi-cyo, Matsuyama-city, Ehime, Japan 791, Tsutomu Saiki/JA5EXW, 1663 Kitaumemoto, Matsuyama-city, Ehime,Japan 791-02, Shigeru Ueda/JR4QZH, 3-54-4-5 Nakano, Aki- ku, Hiroshima-city, Hiroshima, Japan 739-02, Kenji Sasaki/JA4GXS, 2-15 Ishikannon-cyo, Yamaguchi-city, Yamaguchi, Japan 753 and Masayo Sasaki/JR4LNO (YL op) same as JA4GXS QTH. Jack, KD4ND, will be traveling to Christmas Island on the 3rd of December for a bonefishing edpedition. He has applied for a license and Jack feels his callsign will be T32ND. During his 10 days stay. he will try to be active on all bands, mostly on SSB with some CW operations. V4, ST. KITTS AND NEVIS. John/WZ8D and Joe/WB8GEX will be operating on all bands 160-6 meters CW and SSB, from November 19-27th. Their calls will be V47WZ and V47NF, respectively. They will be leaving a 3.5 watt 6-meter beacon donated by WA8R. It will be on 50055.5 kHz with a dipole at 1580 ft ASL. The beacon's callsign will be V44K. VE0, CANADA (RARE PREFIX!). For WPX and Canadian Award hunters, the relatively rare VE0 prefix will be activated November 14-29th. Paul, VE1UK, will be signing VE0UK onboard an oceanographic research vessel during this time. He will be on all bands, 80, 40, 20, 17, 15, 12 and 10 meters, SSB only. QSL to VE1UK, 1994 callbook address. VP2E, ANGUILLA. Operators from the Potomac Valley Radio Club (Brian/ND3F, Barry/WR3Z and Rob/ND3A) will be operating as a Multi/Multi entry during the CQWW CW Contest. They will be using the callsign VP2EZA during the contest. During non- contest periods, they will be operating on 10-160 meters CW and SSB using VP2E/homecall. QSL VP2EZA via ND3A and the other calls via the respective operator. DO NOT QSL TO THE VP2E BUREAU! VP5, TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS. K8MFO, WD8AUB, W9VNE, W6RGG, WA4DRU, WT8N, W0CG, and WD8LLD will be active in the CQWW CW Contest as a Multi/Multi entry signing VP5VW. The group will be operating from the QTH of Jody, VP5JM. The operation is a tribute to longtime friend Hal Brooks, W9VW who passed away two years ago. WT8N, WD8LLD, W9VNE, and K8MFO wil share the low band duties while W6RGG, WD8AUB, WA4DRU, and W0CG will tackle the high bands. Outside the contest, each operator will be signing VP5/(his homecall). QSL cards for VP5VW go to W8TPS and QSLs for the individual contacts outside the contest go to the operator's home call. VR2/VS6, HONG KONG. Dave, WX3N, will be returning to VS6WO's QTH for two weeks (between November 22nd and December 3). He plans to operate 80/160 meters each day starting at 1030z and continue through the Hong Kong night. On 80 he will choose from one of three frequencies to transmit on: 3.501, 3.507, or 3.513. David states that past experience shows that the eastern NA stations will have from 10 to 30 minutes to get through at sunrise. Additionally, he will simultaneously operate on 160 on 1824 or 1833 kHz. Look for VR2/WX3N outside CQWW CW Contest (he will be listening up 1 to 2 KHz above transmit frequency). For CQWW CW Contest, he will operate VS6WO Single/Op. ZB2, GIBRALTER. Jorma/OH2KI and Peter/K8UNP will be active in the CQWW CW Contest. Jorma will operate Single Band 80 Meter CW in the contest using the call ZB2X. QSL to OH2KI. Peter will be operating as ZB2/K8UNP or K8UNP/ZB2 (depending on how they assign the call). Peter will be single op on 10, 15, or 20 meters (depending on the band conditions and when he can operate when Jorma is off the air). QSL to K8UNP. DXAC/DXCC ACTIVITIES. DXAC members have recently received a petition for separate country status for the Kingdom of Mustang. The Kingdom is a small area bordered by Tibet and Nepal (coordinates are 29.10 N and 83.55 E). The Kingdom of Mustang was once a part of Tibet, but was ceded to Nepal from China. It has retained its Tibetan culture and is OFF LIMITS to foreigners (EXPLORER CD). The petition states the Kingdom of Mustang has autonomy, has an independent political organization and its borders are recognized by other countries. The petition was filed by WA2FIJ and N0AFW. The DXAC will be voting on three issues later in the month: 1) The DXCC country status of Austral Islands and Marquesas Islands, 2) The DXCC country status of Ballent Islands and 3) The establishment of a DXCC Award for Mobile Operation. To DX from DL6RDE --- ------------------------------------------- Coming events ------------- December 2nd ANARTS meeting 10th-1th TARA RTTY Sprint 2100z Sat.-0100z Sun. ---------------------------------------- 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, or the Secretary (Pat) VK2JPA at VK2RWI. News items may be sent to Broadcast Officer PO Box 60 Blacktown 2148 Australia, or by packet to VK2JPA at VK2RWI. Email addresses for the Broadcast Officer are : 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 the broadcast for this morning/evening. -- 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 From netcom.com!ix.netcom.com!howland.reston.ans.net!news.moneng.mei.com!uwm.edu!caen!msuinfo!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.cs.su.oz.au!metro!news.ci.com.au!eram.esi.com.au!not-for-mail Fri Dec 2 20:34:53 1994 Xref: netcom.com aus.radio:2391 rec.radio.amateur.misc:71226 rec.radio.info:7268 Path: netcom.com!ix.netcom.com!howland.reston.ans.net!news.moneng.mei.com!uwm.edu!caen!msuinfo!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.cs.su.oz.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 837 27th November 1994 Followup-To: aus.radio,rec.radio.amateur.misc Date: 28 Nov 1994 23:59:52 +1100 Organization: Pacific ESI, Sydney, AUSTRALIA Lines: 298 Approved: rec-radio-info@ve6mgs.ampr.ab.ca Message-ID: <3bck88$35l@eram.esi.com.au> NNTP-Posting-Host: eram.esi.com.au [ ANARTS - Australian National Amateur Radio Teletype Society ] ANARTS News Bulletin 837 27th November 1994 TARA RTTY SPRINT ---------------- December 10-11 1994 sponsored by Troy Amateur Radio Association, New York. Contest period: Second full weekend in December. Starst at 2100Z Saturday and ends at 0100Z Sunday (4 hours). Modes: RTTY only Bands: 80, 40, 20, 15, and 10M. Classes: A) Single op, all band; 1) Less than 150W output; 2) More than 150W. B) Multi-op, single transmitter. Exchange: USA stations: send RST + state Canadians: send RST + province All others: send RST + QSO nr. Multipliers: each USA state, DXCC country, and each Canadian province, + VE8 and VY1. Notes: Multipliers count only once, not once per band. KH6 and KL7 count as DXCC countries only. USA and Canada do not count as DXCC countries. QSO points: Count 1 point per QSO. Final score: Total of QSO points x total of mults. Deadline: Logs must be received by January 17, 1995. Mail to: Bill Eddy, NY2U c/o TARA 2204 22nd Street Troy NY 12180. Comments: Strictly a 4-hour RTTY speed contest. All rules, scoring, bands, etc., are the same as ARRL RTTY Roundup. There are NO band multipliers. It's a good workout for quick band changing and tring different CQing techniques. Since the rules are the same as the Roundup, you can use the same logging software, too. It should be a good tune-up for the Rounduo 4 weeks later. --------------------------------------- The next ANARTS meeting will be held on Friday 2nd December at in Lane Cove. The meeting will commence at 7.30 pm and will end with tea of coffee and biscuits. For further information contact Jim VK2BQS or Col VK2CTD at their QTH, or phone Pat VK2JPA at work on (02) 230 3722. Hope to see you there. ----------------------------------------- IPS WEEKLY REPORT ----------------- 18 NOVEMBER - 25 NOVEMBER DATE OF ISSUE: 25 NOVEMBER 1994 INDICES: DATE 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 10CM 80 78 79 78 76 78 79 A 5 17 23 6 6 3 (4 ESTIMATED) T 36 33 5 28 45 10 37 SOLAR ACTIVITY WAS VERY LOW THROUGHOUT THE PERIOD. THE GEOMAGNETIC FIELD AT LEARMONTH WAS QUIET,OR MOSTLY QUIET 18TH, AND 21ST-24TH NOVEMBER, UNSETTLED ON 19TH, AND AT ACTIVE TO MINOR STORM LEVELS ON 20TH. IONOSPHERIC F2 CRITICAL FREQUENCIES AT SYDNEY WERE MOSTLY NEAR NORMAL OR ENHANCED BY 15-30 PER CENT, EXCEPT FOR ENHANCEMENTS OF UP TO 50 PER CENT ON 18TH, AND DEPRESSED PERIODS OF UP TO 20TH-21ST NOVEMBER. SPORADIC E BLANKETING OCCURRED AT TIMES ON 20TH-22ND. FORECAST (25 NOVEMBER - 01 DECEMBER) SOLAR: VERY LOW GEOMAGNETIC: ACTIVE TO MINOR STORM LEVELS EXPECTED DURING INTERVAL 25-27 NOV. IONOSPHERIC: DEGRADED HF COMMS CONDITIONS EXPECTED 26-27 NOV. NEAR NORMAL ON OTHER DAYS. COURTESY OF THE IPS RADIO AND SPACE SERVICES --------------------------------------- Apologies, but we have neither the VK2SG RTTY DX Notes nor the ARRLDX news this week, but we do have some DX information and hope it will fit the bill just for this week. The Ohio/Penn Dx PacketCluster DX Bulletin No. 182 BID: $OPDX.182 November 14, 1994 Editor Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW Provided by BARF-80 BBS Cleveland, Ohio Online at 216-237-8208 14400/9600/2400/1200/300 8/N/1 Thanks to the Northern Ohio Amateur Radio Society, Northern Ohio DX Association, Ohio/Penn PacketCluster Network, WM2C, ND3A, WX3N, KD4ND, K4CEF & the Southeastern Cluster Group, N8HTT, K8UNP, K8MFO, WD8LLD, WD8NSD, DL5EBE, F6AJA, JAPAN DX NEWS, JE1JKL, ON6TT and VE1UK for the following DX information. 9M6, EAST MALAYSIA. Saty, JE1JKL will be active as 9M6NA for CQWW CW Contest on 20 meters single band. QSL to JE1JKL. Although he prefers exchanging QSLs via the bureau, please note that his home address has been changed recently if you want a QSL direct. The new address is: Saty Nakamura, 1-27-2, Kamiya, Ushiku, Ibaraki, 300-12 JAPAN. A2, BOTSWANA. Dave, A22MN, says he will be operating 160 meters starting at 0300Z (November 14th) on 1827-1828 kHz. He will start on 160, then as propagation permits he will move to 80 meters (3511 Khz), then to 40 meters (no frequency mentioned). He plans to run this operating schedule for one week, then this schedule will be run every other week due to his work schedule (one week on and one week off). Dave will be leaving A2-land in mid to late March 1995. Then he is off to Helsinki for 4 years. Also, he said that ARRL CW weekend will probably be his last contest from A2. C6, BAHAMAS. Operators WS4E, K0PP, KE7X, NF6S, and WM2C will sign C6AHX as a Multi/Single entry during the CQWW CW Contest. The group will be operating from Treasure Cay, and will have 3 stations plus lots of antennas set up. QSLs for C6AHX go to WA4WTG. CR3/CT3, MADEIRA ISLANDS. Dominik, DL5EBE (DX-editor of CQ DL), along with DL2HYH, HB9CRV and a few others will be on Madeira island from November 25th until December 1st. They will be active during the CQWW CW Contest as CR3U (DL2HYH, 15m), CR3X (DL5EBE, 40m) and CT3FN (HB9CRV, 80m) each in single op/single band class. The DL's will be signing CT3/homecall before and after the contest on all bands including some RTTY, AMTOR, PACTOR. QSLs will be via their homecalls. FK, NEW CALEDONIA. Serge, F6AUS, will be active as FK/F6AUS from November 17th to December 8th. He hopes to be active from Loyalty Islands (IOTA OC-033), from Huon Island (IOTA OC-058) and Belep (IOTA OC-079). He will operate on all bands CW and SSB, but watch on IOTA frequency. FR/G, GLORIOSO ISLAND. Jacques, FR5ZU, will be active as FR5ZU/G from November 17th to December 8th. Look for him to show up on some of the French DX nets. QSL for Asia via JA8FCG and for America/Europe via VE2NW. OT, BELGIUM. ON4WW/Mark, ON4UN/John, ON6TT/Peter, DK7PE/Rudi, DL1VJ/Bernd, RA3AUU/Harry, DL1SBR/Frank, and DJ4AX/Klaus, will be active as OT4T in a Belgian Multi/Single entry in the CQWW CW Contest. The group will be operating from ON4UN's QTH. A colored picture QSL card will be available via ON4UN (through the bureau or direct). T32, EASTERN KIRIBATI. A group of JA operators will be active from here December 27, 1994 to January 2, 1995. Their possible callsigns may be: T32J (JR5JAQ), T32A (JA5EXW), T32Q (JR4QZH), T32X (JA4GXS) and T32O (JF4LNO YL). Activity will be on 160-6 meters CW/SSB/RTTY and there may be a possibility of satellite operations. QSL via their homecall: Masanobu Yamao/JA5JAQ, 222-44 Higasikakioi-cyo, Matsuyama-city, Ehime, Japan 791, Tsutomu Saiki/JA5EXW, 1663 Kitaumemoto, Matsuyama-city, Ehime,Japan 791-02, Shigeru Ueda/JR4QZH, 3-54-4-5 Nakano, Aki- ku, Hiroshima-city, Hiroshima, Japan 739-02, Kenji Sasaki/JA4GXS, 2-15 Ishikannon-cyo, Yamaguchi-city, Yamaguchi, Japan 753 and Masayo Sasaki/JR4LNO (YL op) same as JA4GXS QTH. Jack, KD4ND, will be traveling to Christmas Island on the 3rd of December for a bonefishing edpedition. He has applied for a license and Jack feels his callsign will be T32ND. During his 10 days stay. he will try to be active on all bands, mostly on SSB with some CW operations. V4, ST. KITTS AND NEVIS. John/WZ8D and Joe/WB8GEX will be operating on all bands 160-6 meters CW and SSB, from November 19-27th. Their calls will be V47WZ and V47NF, respectively. They will be leaving a 3.5 watt 6-meter beacon donated by WA8R. It will be on 50055.5 kHz with a dipole at 1580 ft ASL. The beacon's callsign will be V44K. VE0, CANADA (RARE PREFIX!). For WPX and Canadian Award hunters, the relatively rare VE0 prefix will be activated November 14-29th. Paul, VE1UK, will be signing VE0UK onboard an oceanographic research vessel during this time. He will be on all bands, 80, 40, 20, 17, 15, 12 and 10 meters, SSB only. QSL to VE1UK, 1994 callbook address. VP2E, ANGUILLA. Operators from the Potomac Valley Radio Club (Brian/ND3F, Barry/WR3Z and Rob/ND3A) will be operating as a Multi/Multi entry during the CQWW CW Contest. They will be using the callsign VP2EZA during the contest. During non- contest periods, they will be operating on 10-160 meters CW and SSB using VP2E/homecall. QSL VP2EZA via ND3A and the other calls via the respective operator. DO NOT QSL TO THE VP2E BUREAU! VP5, TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS. K8MFO, WD8AUB, W9VNE, W6RGG, WA4DRU, WT8N, W0CG, and WD8LLD will be active in the CQWW CW Contest as a Multi/Multi entry signing VP5VW. The group will be operating from the QTH of Jody, VP5JM. The operation is a tribute to longtime friend Hal Brooks, W9VW who passed away two years ago. WT8N, WD8LLD, W9VNE, and K8MFO wil share the low band duties while W6RGG, WD8AUB, WA4DRU, and W0CG will tackle the high bands. Outside the contest, each operator will be signing VP5/(his homecall). QSL cards for VP5VW go to W8TPS and QSLs for the individual contacts outside the contest go to the operator's home call. VR2/VS6, HONG KONG. Dave, WX3N, will be returning to VS6WO's QTH for two weeks (between November 22nd and December 3). He plans to operate 80/160 meters each day starting at 1030z and continue through the Hong Kong night. On 80 he will choose from one of three frequencies to transmit on: 3.501, 3.507, or 3.513. David states that past experience shows that the eastern NA stations will have from 10 to 30 minutes to get through at sunrise. Additionally, he will simultaneously operate on 160 on 1824 or 1833 kHz. Look for VR2/WX3N outside CQWW CW Contest (he will be listening up 1 to 2 KHz above transmit frequency). For CQWW CW Contest, he will operate VS6WO Single/Op. ZB2, GIBRALTER. Jorma/OH2KI and Peter/K8UNP will be active in the CQWW CW Contest. Jorma will operate Single Band 80 Meter CW in the contest using the call ZB2X. QSL to OH2KI. Peter will be operating as ZB2/K8UNP or K8UNP/ZB2 (depending on how they assign the call). Peter will be single op on 10, 15, or 20 meters (depending on the band conditions and when he can operate when Jorma is off the air). QSL to K8UNP. DXAC/DXCC ACTIVITIES. DXAC members have recently received a petition for separate country status for the Kingdom of Mustang. The Kingdom is a small area bordered by Tibet and Nepal (coordinates are 29.10 N and 83.55 E). The Kingdom of Mustang was once a part of Tibet, but was ceded to Nepal from China. It has retained its Tibetan culture and is OFF LIMITS to foreigners (EXPLORER CD). The petition states the Kingdom of Mustang has autonomy, has an independent political organization and its borders are recognized by other countries. The petition was filed by WA2FIJ and N0AFW. The DXAC will be voting on three issues later in the month: 1) The DXCC country status of Austral Islands and Marquesas Islands, 2) The DXCC country status of Ballent Islands and 3) The establishment of a DXCC Award for Mobile Operation. To DX from DL6RDE --- ------------------------------------------- Coming events ------------- December 2nd ANARTS meeting 10th-1th TARA RTTY Sprint 2100z Sat.-0100z Sun. ---------------------------------------- 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, or the Secretary (Pat) VK2JPA at VK2RWI. News items may be sent to Broadcast Officer PO Box 60 Blacktown 2148 Australia, or by packet to VK2JPA at VK2RWI. Email addresses for the Broadcast Officer are : 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 the broadcast for this morning/evening. --