[ ANARTS - Australian National Amateur Radio Teletype Society ] ANARTS News Bulletin 838 4th December 1994 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. ----------------------------------------- IPS WEEKLY REPORT ----------------- 25 NOVEMBER - 01 DECEMBER DATE OF ISSUE: 02 DECEMBER 1994 INDICES: DATE 25 26 27 28 29 30 01 10CM 82 83 80 80 80 78 79 A 3 24 18 12 8 16 (10 ESTIMATED) T 3 31 -15 19 24 40 6 SOLAR ACTIVITY WAS VERY LOW, EXCEPT FOR 16TH NOVEMBER WHEN IT WAS LOW. THE GEOMAGNETIC FIELD AT LEARMONTH WAS QUIET ON 25TH, THEN WENT TO MAJOR STORM LEVELS ON 26TH, DECREASING TO ACTIVE TO MINOR STORM LEVELS DURING LOCAL NIGHT ON 26TH, THEN QUIET OR QUIET TO UNSETTLED FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE PERIOD. IONOSPHERIC F2 CRITICAL FREQUENCIES AT SYDNEY WERE DEPRESSED ABOUT 15 PER CENT ON 25TH, THEN NEAR PREDICTED 26TH AND 28TH- 29TH NOVEMBER. fREQUENCIES WERE DEPRESSED 15-30 PER CENT DURING LOCAL NIGHT ON 27TH, 15-20 PER CENT ABOVE ON 30TH, AND NEAR PREDICTED TO SLIGHTLY DEPRESSED ON 1ST DECEMBER. FORECAST (02 NOVEMBER - 08 DECEMBER) SOLAR: VERY LOW GEOMAGNETIC: QUIET TO UNSETTLED. IONOSPHERIC: SLIGHTLY DEGRADED HF COMMS EXPECTED 2-3 DECEMBER, NEAR NORMAL OTHERWISE. COURTESY OF THE IPS RADIO AND SPACE SERVICES --------------------------------------- VK2SG RTTY DX NOTES VK2SG RTTY DX NOTES FOR WEEK ENDING 25 NOV 94 (BID RTDX1125) Our information this week came from AB5KD, DJ3IW and the Central Europe DX Cluster DB0SPC, I5FLN, W5KSI, WB2CJL, WB6AFJ, ZS5S, and the NJ0M Node of the Minnesota DX Packet cluster(R) Network. Bandpass: Friday 18 0812-14082 D4CAG 0833-14084 GU0SUP 1233-14082 A71EY 1312-14085 YO9SU 1316-14086 UT5DX 1317-14083 LY1KAT 1335-21085 9G1BS 1413-14084 VQ9TN 1521-14987 J28JJ 1705-14085 SV2ASP/A 2132-14087 TZ6FIC QSL FF6KEQ/F6KEQ 2158-14084 ZD8X 2318-14083 P40P Saturday 19 0640-14083 ZD8X 0708-14083 4Z5AO 0739-14085 FK8GM QSL via WB2RAJ 0859-14069 SV9CAG Pactor 1155-14069 TM8MS Pactor 1401-14088 TM5STR Spcl Event Stn 1415-14082 OD5PL 1416-14084 SV2ASP/A 1443-14088 VQ9TN 1455-14086 FR5ZU/G 1457-14084 UX1CX 1459-21083 9G1BS 1518-21085 FG/F6EPY 1532-14069 ST2AA Pactor 1614-14069 5R8DS Pactor 1646-14082 SV5AZP 1647-14090 EI6GA 1658-14087 C91G 1807-14086 FR5ZU/G 2020-14086 9G1BS 2032-14085 HK0DPA 2119-14086 Z21HD Sunday 20 0710-14085 5X1XT 0723-14086 FK8GM 0724-14085 S92ZM 0914-14082 9G1BS 1254-14083 SV/WY3V 1512-21083 3DA0CA 1539-21086 P43DWC 1546-14088 P40P QSL NX1L 1550-14089 TZ6FIC 1604-14086 WP4SIP 1633-14084 NL7WM/VP9 QSL PSC 1002, BOX 1948, FPO AE 09727 1734-14081 VP2VBL 1736-14084 WP4ISP 1812-21086 TI2ALG 1819-14090 Z21HD 1823-14087 XE3NBS 1844-14087 GI0SAP Monday 21 1320-14088 XE1CI 1746-21087 HC6CR 1851-14086 3DA0CA 2111-14086 ZD8X 2125-14082 VK2KM 2127-14088 NP2E 2207-14083 9G1BS Tuesday 22 1426-14088 HV4NAC North American College - Vatican 1448-14086 UT5DX 1826-14086 YV5NUX 1843-14086 YV5EED 2258-14085 9G1BS Wednesday 23 1933-14070 TZ6FIC Pactor 2108-14088 VK2KM 2236-14083 VP8CQH 2243-14083 AZ7FAF 2248-14086 YV5EED Thursday 24 1257-14083 EY7OD 1339-14088 UX1CX 1340-14083 9K2IC 1441-14082 YK0A QSX UP 1-5 SEE NOTE Notes of Interest: YK0A will be QRV until 30 Nov. QSL to W6OAT. The TARA RTTY Sprint contest, a four hour funfest on 80, 40, 20, 15 and 10M, runs from 2100Z Saturday 10 Dec. to 0100Z Sunday 11 Dec. Rules are the same as the ARRL RTTY Roundup. You can use the same logging software. For details see the Digital Journal, November 1994, p. 31. (And look for K8UNP/4 operating from either ZB2 or EA7 in the test.) Logs go to Bill Eddy, c/o TARA, 2204 22nd St., Troy, NY 12180 by 17 Jan. 1995. Send your bandpass and Notes of Interest for next week's bulletin to Bob WB2CJL at W5KSI.#NOLA.LA.USA.NA or at ZS5S.ZAF.AF. 73 es Good Hunting de Jules W2JGR at W5KSI.#NOLA.LA.USA.NA [via HF AMTOR] ------------------------------------------- ARLDX71 The items in this week's bulletin are courtesy of Rudi, DK7PE, Rob, ND3A, Jacques, W2/F2YS, Tedd, KB8NW, the OPDX Bulletin, the Yankee Clipper Contest Club PacketCluster network and the Contest Corral Column from the pages of QST magazine. Thanks. VIETNAM. Rolf, SM5MX, aka 4S7MX and 5Z4MX, is active from Hanoi signing XV7SW. Listen for his fixed frequency CW on 3505, 7033, 14016, 14021, 21019 and 28016 kHz. QSL via Rolf T. Salme, Embassy of Sweden, Box 9, Hanoi, Vietnam. NEPAL. Willi, OE7KWT, is signing 9N1WT using the station of 9N1KY. He uses 21270 and 14270 kHz around 0800z but has been on the 14226 DX net around 1145z. QSL via OE7KWT. TUNISIA. JH2CFD, JF2EZA, JR2RVL and JL2OYI are instructing Tunisians on amateur radio operations and plan to set up a club station. Equipment will include a monobander on 15 meters, a tribander, dipoles for the low bands and barefoot transceiver. The club call sign is 3V8BB. Try 14025 and 14195 kHz around 0700z. QSL via JF2EZA. GLORIOSO. Jacques, FR5ZU/G, will be going home on December 1. It was reported earlier that the departure date was December 8. QSL via VE2NW. Henri, FR5ZQ, who is also on the island at this time, will take over for Jacques and is expected to be active through the end of the year. QSL via CBA. KERMADEC ISLAND. Barry, G4MFW, aka ZS1FJ, has obtained a license and plans to operate for two weeks starting sometime in March. Arrangements for a stateside QSL Manager are being made. GOLIST NEWS. Jay and Jan O'Brien of the "The W6GO/K6HHD QSL Manager List" have decided to retire after many years of dedicated service to DXers. Paul and Nancy Smith, N4FFO and KB4RGW, will be taking over the QSL Manager List, aka The GOLIST, so the SHOW/QSL and SHOW/GO functions on PacketCluster will remain intact. PIRATE'S COVE. Rudi, DK7PE, phoned the DXCC Desk on November 22. claiming that stations ST0CW and SU2CW that were on the air November 11 and 12 were pirates. They gave DK7PE as their QSL manager. GL. -------------------------------------------- Coming events ------------- December 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. --