[ ANARTS - Australian National Amateur Radio Teletype Society ] ANARTS NEWS BULLETIN 841 15th January 1995 Welcome to 1995 and ANARTS hope all had a good holiday. 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 Enquiries to the society should be addressed to the Secretary A.N.A.R.T.S., PO Box 860, Crows Nest, N.S.W. 2065, accompanied by s.a.s.e., or to VK2JPA at VK2AAB. if you have any news or information for inclusion in a subsequent broadcast then please send to the Broadcast Officer, PO Box 60 Blacktown 2148 or address to VK2JPA at VK2AAB on 144.850 MHz. Views expressed in this news bulletin are not necessarily those of the Broadcast Officer, the Relay Officers, or of the Society. WELCOME TO 1995. WE HOPE THIS WILL BE A BIGGER AND BETTER YEAR, AND THAT THE CYCLE WILL BOTTOM OUT THIS YEAR AND START CLIMBING AGAIN. AT LEAST ITS FASTER ON THE UPSWING, THATS SOMETHING! THERE IS A NEW CONTEST TO TRY YOUR SKILLS ON, AND IT IS RUN BY THE AMERICAN DIGITAL RADIO SOCIETY. ALL DIGITAL MODES ARE EN- COURAGED AND THERE ARE LOTS OF INSTRUCTIONS. WE WILL START THESE NEXT WEEK IN TIME FOR THE CONTEST ON 4-5 FEBRUARY. HOPE YOU ALL HAD A HAPPY AND SAFE FESTIVE SEASON ... NOW ITS BACK TO WORK. ----------------------------------------------- BRITAIN CLEARS THE AIRWAVES FOR DIGITAL RADIO DIGITAL RADIO WILL MAKE ITS DEBUT IN BRITAIN NEXT YEAR. THE BBC ANNOUNCED ITS PLANS FOR DIGITAL AUDIO BROADCASTING LAST WEEK AFTER THE GOVERNMENT SAID IT WOULD RELEASE A BAND OF VHF FREQUENCIES FOR THE NEW SYSTEM. DAB IS A EUROPEAN INVENTION , AND THE START OF DIGITAL TRANSMISSIONS SHOULD HELP BOOST THE AILING EUROPEAN ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY. DAB HAS SEVERAL ADVANTAGES OVER EXISTING RADIO SYSTEMS. IT GIVES SOUND QUALITY NEARLY AS GOOD AS A COMPACT DISC, AND DIGITAL CAR RADIOS ARE NOT AFFECTED BY RECEPTION BLACK SPOTS THAT MAKE SOUNDS FLUTTER AND FADE ON AM AND FM. IN ADDITION, DAB ALLOWS FOR A NATIONAL RADIO STATION TO OPERATE ON THE SAME FREQUENCY, SO LISTENERS IN CARS WILL NOT HAVE TO RETUNE AS THEY TRAVEL ACROSS THE COUNTRY. EUROPEAN STANDARDS FOR DAB SHOULD BE FINALISED NEXT MONTH, AND ARE LIKELY TO BE ADOPTED ACROSS THE CONTINENT. THIS WILL CREATE A MASSIVE MARKET FOR DAB RECEIVERS. THE MARKET RESEARCHERS DELOITTE TOUCHE TOHMATSU BELIEVE THAT EUROPEANS WILL BUY 50 MILLION DAB SETS IN THE FIRST 10 YEARS WITH SALES THEN RISING TO 35 MILLION A YEAR. DELOITTE COMPARES THIS WITH -THE UBIQUITOUS CD PLAYER-, WHICH IT SAYS -TOOK EIGHT YEARS TO ACHIEVE ANNUAL SALES OF 5 MILLION-. CONTINUED NEXT WEEK...... IPS WEEKLY REPORT ----------------- 06 JANUARY - 12 JANUARY DATE OF ISSUE: 13 JANUARY 1994 INDICES: DATE 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 10CM 74 75 74 74 74 75 76 A 15 7 7 5 7 15 ( 4 ESTIMATED) T 10 26 18 16 17 17 10 SOLAR ACTIVITY WAS VERY LOW THROUGHOUT THE PERIOD. THE GEOMAGNETIC FIELD AT LEARMONTH WAS MOSTLY QUIET TO UNSETTLED WITH BRIEF ACTIVE PERIODS ON 6TH-7TH JANUARY; QUIET TO UNSETTLED ON 8TH; QUIET ON 9TH; QUIET TO UNSETTLED ON 10TH, INCREASING TO UNSETTLED TO ACTIVE ON 11TH, AND RETURNING TO QUIET ON 12TH. IONOSPHERIC F2 CRITICAL FREQUENCIES AT SYDNEY WERE NEAR PRE- DICTED TO SLIGHTLY DEPRESSED DURING LOCAL DAY ON 6TH JANUARY; ENHANCED BY UP TO 10 PER CENT ON 7TH; NEAR PREDICTED VALUES ON 8TH AND 10TH. ON THE 9TH, FREQUENCIES WERE ENHANCED BY UP TO 20 PERCENT DURING LOCAL DAY AND DEPRESSED BY UP TO 25 PERCENT DURING LOCAL NIGHT. ON THE 11TH, F2 CRITICAL FREQUENCIES WERE NEAR NORMAL WITH A 25 PER CENT ENHANCED PERIOD 05-09UT. FREQUENCIES AGAIN WERE DEPRESSED BY UP TO 15 PER CENT TO 06UT ON 12TH, THEN RECOVERING TO NEAR PREDICTED MONTHLY VALUES. FORECAST (13 JANUARY - 19 JANUARY) SOLAR: VERY LOW GEOMAGNETIC: QUIET. ACTIVE LEVELS EXPECTED 20TH JANUARY. IONOSPHERIC: NORMAL. DEGRADED CONDITIONS EXPECTED 20-21ST JANUARY. COURTESY OF THE IPS RADIO AND SPACE SERVICES --------------------------------------- VK2SG RTTY DX NOTES 6 JAN 95 VK2SG RTTY DX NOTES FOR WEEK ENDING 6 JAN 1995 (RTDX0106) OUR INFORMATION THIS WEEK CAME FROM D3IW AND THE CENTRAL EUROPE DX CLUSTER DB0SPC, I5FLN AND THE IK5PWJ PACKETCLUSTER, K2ENT, WB2CJL, K5TNP, W5KSI, WX5L AND THE K5NV PACKETCLUSTER, ZS5S, 9K2EC AND THE NJ0M NODE OF THE MINNESOTA DX PACKETCLUSTER NETWORK. THANKS TO ALL FOR YOUR INFORMATION. ALL SIGNALS ARE 45.5 BAUD RTTY UNLESS NOTED. BANDPASS: FRIDAY 30 1517-14083 SV1ADG 1644-14088 IS0QDV 1934-14071 8P6QA PACTOR 1940-14080 V31RY PACTOR QSL WN0B 1949-14080 HI8BG PACTOR 2002-14088 V31RY 2017-14082 ZS6YA 2021-14077 ZS6YA AMTOR 2320-14087 V31RY 2356-14083 JF1PJK SATURDAY 31 0030-14087 VP8CKN 0318-14088 XE1CI 1337-14082 GM0PGD 1347-14086 EA6PZ 1414-14086 A45XC 1414-14091 FG5GZ 1420-14081 OD5PL 1434-14084 CO2KG 1507-14083 TA2II 1538-14084 S57J 1634-14087 EA5TS 1654-14087 HB9CAL 1726-14083 V31CW QSL AA0KL 1838-14084 HP1XBH 1841-14083 ZD8X 1904-14086 VP2E/I5JHW QSL I5JHW 2014-14084 3DA0CA 2019-14081 V31RY 2225-14086 T32A QSL JA5EXW 2237-14088 ZP6CC 2248-14086 AH6HH 2300-14085 CE8SFG 2303-14085 AZ7FAF 2312-14091 JA3AUQ SUNDAY 1 HAPPY NEW YEAR 0004-14088 8P6SA 0020-14085 K7IHI/KH6 0940-14085 CE8SFG 1311-14085 S58AA 1346-14084 TA2II 1349-14089 VK6GOM 1358-14085 CO2KG 1413-14082 LX1TI 1430-14083 A45ZX 1528-14081 FG5FI 1555-14087 4X6UO 1559-14084 EA6BH 1734-14086 ZD7DP 2015-14080 8P6SG 2158-14086 ZP6CC 2206-14087 HP1XBH 2232-14088 AL7BB 2232-14086 T32A 2246-14085 LU9DBK 2305-14085 V31AR 2309-14086 LU2AQO 2328-14083 HI8BG 2329-14085 KL7WP 2332-14087 ZP6EM MONDAY 2 0016-14085 T32A 1235-14087 V31RY 1335-14089 EA8RA 1337-14086 CO2KG 1429-14083 EA6PZ 1430-14086 SP9BCH 1442-14089 S57J 1442-14090 LX1TI 1459-14084 LA6MP 1506-14083 J28JJ QSL F6HGO 1507-14093 WP4ISP 1513-14088 VK6GOM 1514-14080 8P6NC 1524-14082 V31CW 1554-14089 LX1WH 1611-14085 GU0SUP 1633-14088 EA8PDT 1659-14088 IT9MRW 1720-14085 CO2KG 1809-14086 ZS6YA 1832-14086 EA8PDT 2300-14086 FG5GI 2312-21083 VK9NS 2320-21086 A35RK 2337-14086 ZP6CC TUESDAY 3 0113-14083 VP8CKN 0437-7027 T32A 1227-14085 VP29EI QSL I5JHW 1330-14082 LX1WH 1427-14089 VO1XC 1537-14082 EA1MV 1649-14085 V31CW 2115-14084 ZP6EM 2211-14089 ZP6CC 2235-14089 ZD9BV WEDNESDAY 4 0002-14086 VP8CKN 0013-14082 CE3CE 0117-14083 PP8EB 0333-14086 A35RK 0414-14074 EA8AFJ PACTOR 1312-14086 V29EI QSL I5JHW 1324-14083 S59F 1325-14087 HK0DPA 1332-14089 GW0PYT 1422-14085 VP29EI 2317-14086 PY7AJI THURSDAY 5 0024-14079 ZP5OB PACTOR 0103-7073 YV5EED 0355-14084 LU2AQO 1546-14082 V31RY NOTES OF INTEREST: WE STILL AWAIT THE APPEARANCE ON RTTY OF HF0POL IN THE SOUTH SHETLANDS. ONE OF THE OPERATORS THERE, ANDY, (SP2GOW), OPERATING CW AS VP8CQS, WHEN ASKED WHEN HE WOULD BE ACTIVE ON RTTY, SAID 'NOT YET.' STAY ALERT. JIM, K5TNP, REPORTS THAT ALL QSL CARDS RECEIVED FOR HIS VQ9TN OPERATION BETWEEN SEPT AND NOV 1994 HAVE BEEN ANSWERED. HE WILL BE RETURNING TO VQ9 THE LAST WEEK OF MARCH 1995, AND WILL BE ON THE AIR FOR ABOUT TWO MONTHS. HE HOPES TO WORK THOSE STATIONS THAT STILL NEED VQ9 FOR DXCC CREDIT. FOR NEXT WEEK'S BULLETIN SEND YOUR BANDPASS AND NOTES OF INTEREST TO BOB, WB2CJL AT W5KSI.#NOLA.LA.USA.NA 73 ES GOOD HUNTING DE JULES W2JGR AT W5KSI.#NOLA.LA.USA.NA ------------------------------------------- ARLD001 DX NEWS =============== THIS WEEK'S BULLETIN WAS MADE POSSIBLE WITH INFORMATION PRO- VIDED BY TEDD, KB8NW, THE OPDX BULLETIN, PAUL, KB1BE, JOE, NJ1Q, THE YANKEE CLIPPER CONTEST CLUB PACKETCLUSTER NETWORK AND THE CONTEST CORRAL COLUMN FROM THE PAGES OF QST MAGAZINE. THANKS TO ALL. BOTSWANA. ALTHOUGH DAVE, A22MN, WILL MOVE FINLAND SOMETIME IN FEBRUARY, HE CONTINUES TO CONCENTRATE ON 160 AND 80 METERS. QSL VIA WA8JOC ONLY. DAVE IS PLANNING JAUNTS TO OH0, OJ0 AND MV ISLAND FOR LATER IN THE YEAR. IF YOU HAVE ALREADY WORKED HIM ON THE LOW BANDS, HE REQUESTS THAT YOU DO NOT CALL AGAIN. HE WANTS TO WORK AS MANY AS POSSIBLE AND HE REPORTS WORKING TOO MANY REPEAT CALLERS. KERMADEC ISLANDS. THE DXPEDITION BY BARRY, G4MFW/ZS1FJ, HAS BEEN CANCELLED. LEBANON. TIMO, OH1NOA, WILL SIGN OH1NOA/OD5 UNTIL AUGUST. HE PREFERS CW AND OPERATES 80 THROUGH 10 METERS. QSL VIA OH1MRR. SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS. ANDY, SP2GOW, IS SIGNING VP8CQS FROM SMITH ISLAND. TRY 80 AND 40 METER CW FROM 2330 AND 0300Z. QSL VIA DL1EHH. PACIFIC DXPEDITION. MASA, JE1DXC, ISN'T THE ONLY ONE PLANNING ISLAND HOPPING. YOSHIHIRO, JF6BCC, WILL BE ON FROM SAIPAN, BELAU AND POSSIBLY GUAM BEGINNING IN LATE JANUARY. LISTEN FOR KH0/KH2GR JANUARY 27 TO 29, KC6IY JANUARY 29 TO FEBRUARY 1 AND KH2GR FEBRUARY 2. QSL VIA JF6BCC. QSLING THE FALKLANDS. LES, VP8CPC, REPORTS THAT ANY MAIL SEND TO THE FALKLAND ISLANDS ARC SHOULD HAVE ''VIA UNITED KINGDOM'' APPENDED TO THE ADDRESS. WITHOUT THAT INFORMATION ADDED, MAIL IS DIRECTED THROUGH CHILE AND IS NEVER RECEIVED BY FIARC. LES HANDLES CARDS FOR MANY OTHER VP8S. ADDRESS CARDS BOUND FOR THE FALKLANDS TO FIARC, THE FALKLAND ISLANDS AMATEUR RADIO CLUB, PO BOX 260, MPA - MOUNT PLEASANT AIRPORT, FALKLAND ISLANDS VIA UNITED KINGDOM. ----------------------------------------- Coming events ------------- February 4th-5th ADRS WW RTTY WPX contest 11th-12th EA WW RTTY Contest 26th Central Coast Field Day at Wyong 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 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 BULLETIN 841 15/1/95. Inserted by VK2BQS, Jim, Vice President ANARTS.