[ ANARTS - Australian National Amateur Radio Teletype Society ] ANARTS NEWS BULLETIN 790 19/12/93 SUNDAY BROADCAST SCHEDULES (9 January 1994) 3.545 mhz 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 VK2RWI 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. X X XxX A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS XxX xXxXx xXxXx XXXXX and a XXXXX xXXXXXx xXXXXXx XXXXXXX HAPPY 1994. XXXXXXX xXXXXXXXx ============== xXXXXXXXx XXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXX XXxXX FROM THE PACKET XXxXX OOO DISTRIBUTION OOO OOO GROUP. OOO OOO __________ OOO ========= ========= WWWWWWWWWWWWWWW A.N.A.R.T.S. WWWWWWWWWWWWWWW O--O--O--O--O--O--O--O--O--O--O--O--O--O--O--O--O--O--O--O--O X/\ /\ /\ /\ /\ /\ /\ /\ /\ /\ /\ /\ /\ /\ /\ /\ /\ /\ /\ /\X X\/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/X X X X X X XXX MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL XXX X X XXXXX FROM ANARTS XXXXX X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X PRESIDENT'S REPORT ------------------ AS 1993 DRAWS TO A CLOSE I TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO THANK THE COMMITTEE OF ANARTS FOR ONCE AGAIN PUTTING IN A MIGHTY EFFORT DURING THE YEAR. THANKS TO PAT VK2JPA, OUR BROADCAST OFFICER AND SECRETARY, FOR COLLECTING, AND COLLATING THE BROADCAST EACH WEEK, PAT ALSO TRANSMITS THE CAST ON 146.675 MHZ EACH WEEK. THANKS PAT. THANKS ALSO TO JIM VK2BQS, VICE PRESIDENT, CONTEST MANAGER AND RELAY OFFICER ON 20/80 Mtr AND TO ALAN VK2DPM, TREASURER AND RELAY OFFICER FEC MODE ON 20 METRES. ALAN ALSO LOOKS AFTER OUR RTTY BBS/REPEATER ON 146.675 MHZ. THANKS JIM AND ALAN. ANARTS WORLD WIDE RTTY CONTEST WAS A GREAT SUCCESS THIS YEAR, JIM HAD A BUSY TIME COLLATING THE RESULTS. IT IS PLEASING TO SEE THE SINGLE AND MULTI OPERATOR MODES WERE WON BY AUSTRALIAN STATIONS. THERE WAS AN INCREASE OF 62 PERCENT OF LOGS RECEIVED OVER THE 1992 CONTEST. HOWEVER THERE WERE ONLY 6 LOGS RECEIVED FROM VK STATIONS AND 12 KNOWN VK STATIONS WHO EXCHANGED QSO DETAILS DURING THE CONTEST. SOME LOGS FROM OVERSEAS COMMENTED ON THIS, SO NEXT YEAR, PLEASE, COULD MORE VK'S TAKE PART, OR, IF YOU ARE UNABLE TO ENTER A LOG, EXCHANGE DETAILS WITH A FEW OVERSEAS STATIONS. BY THE WAY OUR NEW BEAUT WINNERS PLAQUES HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FROM THE MANUFACTURERS AND HAVE BEEN POSTED TO THE WINNERS. CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL. THE MEMBERSHIP OF ANARTS IS NOT ALL THAT HIGH AT THE PRESENT TIME, IT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE A FEW MORE MEMBERS. IF YOU TAKE THIS BROADCAST ON A REGULAR BASIS AND HAVE NOT YET JOINED, WHY NOT WRITE OR SEND A PACKET TO PAT VK2JPA VIA VK2RWI BBS. YOU CAN ALSO EITHER SEND ME A PACKET VK2CTD VIA VK2RWI BBS OR PHONE ME ON 02 624-3989 REPEAT 02 624-3989. WE WILL ENSURE AN APPLICATION FORM IS SENT TO YOU. A NEW LOOK RY'S NEWSLETTER IS ON THE DRAWING BOARD AND THE FIRST EDITION SHOULD BE OUT SOON. IF YOU HAVE ANY NEWS OR ARTICLES, ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT MAY BE TOO LONG FOR INCLUSION IN BROADCASTS, OR PERHAPS HAVE A QUESTION REGARDING DIGITAL MODES, PLEASE, AGAIN, SEND TO PAT VK2JPA. WE HOPE TO ISSUE THE NEWSLETTER ON A MORE REGULAR BASIS. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO VISIT THE GOSFORD FIELD DAY IN FEBRUARY, WHY NOT PAY A VISIT TO THE ANARTS DISPLAY. WE ARE LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEERS TO ASSIST RUN THE DISPLAY OR TO RELIEVE OTHERS FOR AN HOUR OR SO ENABLING THEM SEE THE SHOW. IF YOU HAVE ANY IDEAS REGARDING THE DISPLAY, OR HAVE ANY RTTY EQUIPMENT OF HISTORICAL INTEREST TO DISPLAY PLEASE LET US KNOW. FINALLY, I WISH ALL COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND ALL STATIONS THAT TAKE OUR BROADCAST, A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR FILLED WITH MANY A RARE RTTY QSO, SEE YOU ALL AT GOSFORD. 73'S DE COL VK2CTD..... ---------------------------------------------- QST DE W1AW DX BULLETIN 68 ARLD068 FROM ARRL HEADQUARTERS NEWINGTON CT DECEMBER 14, 1993 TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS RTTY HONOR ROLL CREATED TODAY, THE ARRL AWARDS COMMITTEE VOTED 6 ''YES'' AND 1 ''NO'' TO ACCEPT ARRL DX ADVISORY COMMITTEE (DXAC) RECOMMENDATION TO CREATE AN HONOR ROLL FOR RTTY DXCC. QUALIFICATION FOR THIS NEW HONOR ROLL IS THE SAME AS FOR MIXED HONOR ROLL--318 CURRENT (NOT DELETED) COUNTRIES. (JANUARY 1, 1994 ERITREA WILL BE ADDED TO THE DXCC COUNTRIES LIST, AND THE LEVEL WILL RISE TO 319 CURRENT COUNTRIES.) THIS ACTION MAKES HONOR ROLLS FOR ALL DXCC ''MODE'' AWARDS. THE RTTY DXCC ACCEPTS CONTACTS MADE USING BAUDOT, ASCII, AMTOR, AND OTHER NON-CW DIGITAL PROTOCOLS. PERSONS WHO QUALIFY FOR RTTY HONOR ROLL WILL BE RECOGNIZED BASED ON THEIR RTTY DXCC RECORDS. NO OTHER ACTION IS REQUIRED. (VIA HF PACTOR) Alan VK2DPM back on deck You will be glad to know that Alan VK2DPM has fully recovered from the illness he suffered last weekend. It was a complication from the infected throat epidemic currently sweeping Sydney. Alan will be doing the AMTOR FEC cast, so listen in on 14070 MHz +/- QRM, and exchange Seasons Greetings. -------------------------------------- ANARTS broadcast schedules for the holiday season The broadcast will resume on 9th January 1994 with, we hope, vastly refreshed relay officers - also your broadcast officer will enjoy the break. We will see you again then and hope that we receive lots of information about club activities in your state. Of course the first event to be publicised will be the Gosford/Wyong Field Day in February, and that information will be in from the first cast with reminders closer to the event. Have a great festive season and drive carefully. May your stocking be full of electronic goodies. de Pat VK2JPA ----------------------------------------- IPS weekly report ----------------- 10 December - 16 December 1993 Issue no.: 51 Date of issue: 17 December 1993 Date 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 10cm 96 93 91 88 88 85 85 A 06 04 06 02 02 09 (15 estimated) T 46 48 55 38 37 39 16 Summary of activity Solar activity was very low throughout the period. The geomagnetic field at Learmonth (WA) was quiet on 12th-14th December, quiet to unsettled 10th-11th and 15th, and active on 16th. Ionospheric F2 critical frequencies at Sydney on 3rd were near predicted monthly values on 10th-12th and 14th-15th, and depressed by up to 15 per cent on 13th and 16th. Forecast for the next week (17 - 23 December) Solar : Very low. Geomagnetic: Active to unsettled 17 December, unsettled 18 December, quiet 19-23 December. Ionospheric: Depressed 15-30 per cent 17 December, near normal 18-23 December. Courtesy of IPS Radio and Space Services VK2SG RTTY DX NOTES 10 DEC 93 VK2SG RTTY DXNOTES FOR WEEKENDING 10 DECEMBER 93(BID RTDX1210) BANDPASS REPORTS THIS WEEK FROM THE USA WERE LIGHT. MOST OF THE ACTION WAS REPORTED FROM CENTRAL EUROPE. WE ANXIOUSLY AWAIT THE ANNOUNCEMENT, FROM THE ARRL, OF THE RESULTS OF THE VOTE BY THE DX ADVISORY COMMITTEE (DXAC), ON THE ESTABLISHING OF A DXCC RTTY (DIGITAL) HONOR ROLL. THIS VOTE WAS TAKEN DURING NOVEMBER. (See earlier Item above) OUR INFORMATION THIS WEEK CAME FROM 9X5LJ, I5FLN, THE NJ0M NODE OF THE TWIN CITIES DX PACKET CLUSTER NETWORK, SP5AA, WB2CJL, ZS5S, AND W5KSI. THANKS TO ALL FOR YOUR HELP. BANDPASS FRIDAY 3 1258-14083 4L8A 1304-14086 RA2FB SATURDAY 4 0630-21073 J28BM ARQ 0630-21073 Z21HS ARQ 0812-14083 UA0SMF 0815-14083 UN7RX 1001-14085 YI1HS 1009-21085 4L8A QSL OZ1HPS 1228-14084 IB0R PONZA ISLAND IOTA EU-45 QSL IW0BEI 1237-14087 RA3UN 1301-14089 EA6NB 1316-14089 LX1DA 1345-14084 4L8A 1410-14086 HI8BG 1432-14086 EA9UN 1437-21085 CP1FF 1456-14085 4X6UO QSL WB3CQN 1507-14089 RB4IUE 1507-14090 A45ZX 1613-21083 IS0CDS 1626-21088 ZS9A 1709-14080 SV2BBJ 1737-17084 UO5OC QSL I8YGZ 1738-14090 S92ZM 1740-14088 VQ9WL 1916-14085 VS600 2357-14085 ZP5FGS SUNDAY 5 0945-21084 UZ9CWA 1002-14084 C91AI QSL CT1DGZ 1308-14086 UR8L/UB5TAU QTH KHARKOV 1315-14088 5B4VX 1334-14084 UN7RX 1336-14087 CT1AMK 1338-14091 SV1BMN 1341-21084 EA8ATE 1353-21086 LZ1MC 1402-21088 SV2BBJ 1403-21087 LX1DA 1419-14087 9H1ET 1424-14090 UR9/UB5TAU 1427-14083 51GL 1437-14086 IB0R 1600-21085 OM3CPC 1610-21085 9A3PL 1635-14087 GM0PKX 1757-14084 IB0R 1826-14087 PY2BDY 2350-14086 KL7MG MONDAY 6 0044-14082 LU1CIB 0250-14069 CP4PG 0551-14082 UN7RX 0745-14086 V73BN 0905-14081 HL9AX 0935-14083 IS0MPC 1042-14085 RA2FB 1307-14083 RW3PF 1315-14087 UO5OC 1317-14082 UA4YH 1433-14089 SV1BJV 1438-14086 EI4Z 1523-14090 EA6ABB 1537-14088 5B4VX 1540-14087 GW0HUT TUESDAY 7 0752-14083 LZ1KMS QRP 0803-14087 YI1HS 0806-14087 RB4IUE 0828-14087 EA6MQ 0827-14087 SV1BJV 0856-14086 EA6PZ ????-?4077 9A3KG ARQ 1517-21070 J28JJ ARQ (JEAN IS FORMERELY A92FG) WEDNESDAY 8 0031-14086 S92ZM 0718-14083 UH8AAB 1331-14082 UO5OED THURSDAY 9 NO REPORTS SEND YOUR BANDPASS AND NOTES OF INTEREST FOR NEXT WEEK'S BULLETIN TO LUCIANO, I5FLN AT ZS5S.ZAF.AF OR AT 9X5LJ.#KGL.RWA,AF. 73 AND GOOD HUNTING DE JULES, W2JGR AT W2TKU.#SRQFL. FL.USA.NA [VIA HF AMTOR] -------------------------------------------- Coming events ------------- December 19th Last ANARTS cast for 1993 1994 ---- January 8th-9th ARRL Rtty Roundup 9th ANARTS casts resume for 1994 ------------------------------------ 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 @ VK2RWI News items may be sent to Broadcast Officer PO Box 60 Blacktown 2148 Australia, or by packet to VK2JPA @ VK2RWI. The Internet address for the Broadcast Officer is : patl@extro.edu.su.oz.au The Society welcomes news items on any digital subjects from anywhere in the broadcast footprint. We are looking forward 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. Merry Christmas and a Happy New year de VK2TTY NNNN Inserted by VK2BQS (JIM) Vice President ANARTS.