[ ANARTS - Australian National Amateur Radio Teletype Society ] ANARTS NEWS BULLETIN 793 23/01/94 PAGE 1/5. SUNDAY TRANSMISSION SCHEDULES. 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. Local news for VK2 WIA members ============================== As a result of a meeting of concerned members of the WIA which was held in Sydney recently, a committee has been formed to encourage independent candidates to seek election to the Council of the NSW Division of the WIA at the forthcoming Council elections. The committee consists of Peter Naish VK2BPN, Bob Mayer VK2BMU, John Brooke VK2FUR, Alan Dark VK2XAT, Roger Henley VK2ZIG. No member of the committee will stand as a candidate. The committee can be contacted at PO Box 372 West Ryde NSW 2114. ------------------------------------- Guidelines for the preparation of programs for transmission by -------------------------------------------------------------- Amateur Radio Teletype ====================== from Frank VK2FJL part 2. ------- (2) UNSHIFT-ON-SPACE. Some RTTY machines and most computers automatically change from (FIGS) to (LTRS) every time a (space) is received. To defeat this feature when text containing both spaces and figures is being prepared : e.g. Satellite predictions, it is necessary to insert a (FIGS) immediately before each upper case character which follows a (space). (3) PARAGRAPHS. Commence each paragraph with an extra (CR)(LF) - i.e.double spacing - and type four spaces plus a (LTRS) or (FIGS) be- fore commencing the text. (4) HEADINGS. Un-numbered headings should commence at the lefthand margin and be underlined using the hyphen on the next line, with double spacing both above and below the underlined heading. (5) PUNCTUATION. Your layout will look neater and text be more readable if the following suggestions are used. (A) FULL STOP - This follows directly behind the previous letter, but allow two spaces after each full stop. This may later be expanded or contracted to fill the line to the right-hand margin. (B) COMMA - This also follows directly behind the previous letter, but with only one space to follow. (C) HYPHEN - When used to punctuate a sentence - type (SPACE)(FIGS)(HYPHEN)(LTRS)(SPACE) and resume the text. This can later be expanded to two spaces on either side if required for line fill. (D) QUESTION MARK - This looks better when preceeded by a space and followed by two spaces. Like the full stop, This may be expanded or contracted for line fill. (E) COLON - Also provides clearer text when preceeded and followed by at least one space. (6) TABOO'S. The use of the following characters should be avoided as different keyboards will them as print different things : semi-colon, equals, percent, dollar sign, pound sign, plus, ampersand, quotes, maltese cross, exclamation mark and the bell. The question mark, colon, hyphen and apostrophe also differ on some keyboards, but as their use cannot be restricted entirely, it is obviously impossible to please all of the people all of the time. more next week -------------------------------------------- IPS weekly report ----------------- 14 January - 20 January 1994 Issue no.: 03 Date of issue: 21 January 1994 Date 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 10cm 90 96 100 105 101 103 105 A 18 18 14 23 21 21 (10 estimated) T 63 42 11 41 59 25 29 Summary of activity Solar activity was very low 14th-15th January, and 17th-20th. Activity was high on 16th with an M6 flare. The geomagnetic field at Learmonth (WA) ranged from unsettled to unsettled to active with a minor storm period during local night on 19th. Ionospheric F2 critical frequencies at Sydney were slightly above predicted values on 14th and 18th, near normal most of 15th, 17th and 20th, and slightly below on part of 15th, and 19th. Sporadic E blanketing was often present from 15th - 18th January. Comment: Sporadic E was often observed this week. HF conditions may have been degraded due to mild geomagnetic activity which has more or less persisted since January 11th. The source of this enhanced geomagnetic activity is thought to be a broad south polar coronal hole. IPS Monthly predicted smooth T-indices Year JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC ------------------------------------------------------------ 1994 34 33 33 34 31 29 27 24 22 21 19 1995 19 18 17 16 15 14 14 13 12 11 11 10 1996 10 9 9 8 8 7 8 8 9 10 11 12 1997 13 14 16 18 20 22 25 28 32 35 40 46 Forecast for the next week (21 - 27 January) Solar : Low, chance for isolated low level M class flare. Geomagnetic: Mostly unsettled with active period expected during January 22-23 and January 27-29 (coronal holes). Ionospheric: Propagation conditions are expected to be fair, with degradations expected on January 22, 23 and 27 to 29. Courtesy of IPS Radio and Space Services --------------------------------------- VK2SG RTTY DX NOTES 14 JAN 94 VK2SG RTTY DXNOTES FOR WEEKENDING 14 JAN 1994 (BID RTDX0114) OUR INFORMATION THIS WEEK CAME FROM: 9X5LJ, DJ3IW AND THE CENTRAL-EUROPE DX CLUSTER NODE DB0SPC, I5FLN, IK5AAX AND THE IK5PWJ PACKET CLUSTER, W2JGR AND THE NJ0M NODE THE TWIN-CITIES DX PACKET CLUSTER, WA1MPB, WA4MCZ, W5KSI, WX5L AND ZS5S. THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE. BANDPASS FRIDAY 7 0912-14080 5W1KT 0942-14086 S53AX 1208-21084 VK6HD 1235-14091 VK4FRT 1327-21091 FG5FI 1335-21082 4U1ITU 1346-21085 4X6UO 1354-21090 OD5PL 1545-21085 C6A/AA5AU 1607-21088 VP5/WA0VQR SATURDAY 8 0336- 7080 VP5/WA0VQR 0942-14088 K5KWG/ZA 1109-14084 UX0KC 1159-14083 US8AR 1252-21091 OD5PL QSL HB9CRV 1338-21090 5R8DS 1341-21087 4X6UO 1423-14082 YL2GD 1425-14089 OK1AJN 1518-14090 LY1BZB 1630-14088 J28JJ 1803- 7040 UR0HQ 1810- 7040 UN5PR 1815- 7041 4X/OK1FGC 1819- 7035 S52OR 1821- 3590 YL1ZR 1823-14084 WH6I 1832- 7039 4Z85TA 1834-28082 PJ2MI 1838-28084 A22MN 1841-28082 HP2CWB 1845-28077 HH2PK 1859- 7041 RZ1AWT 1908- 7033 TA2FT 1910- 7032 SV1ATS 2123-14101 C6A/AAAU 2127- 7038 CN8NP 2134-21078 PJ0/N9FTC 2155-14076 A22MN 2206- 3578 SV2BFN 2215- 7035 VK6HD 2217- 7038 UZ9CWA 2241-21093 KP2N 2309- 7037 HH2PK SUNDAY 9 0012-14086 VP5/WA0VQR 0150- 7075 UR0HQ 0234- 7087 S57MM 0234- 3590 C6A/AA5AU 0341- 3601 HP1XBH 0521- 7078 8P6AW 0637-14082 UU2JI 0657-21084 UN5PR 0705-14083 UX0FF 0900-14083 BZ1QL 0902-21086 HL9FC 0941-14086 VK7YP 1053-21086 CU1AC 1055-21091 UR5LBX 1101-21081 A45ZX 1107-21078 UR0HQ 1115-14087 KP2N 1142-28082 V50CM 1201-21081 S57MM 1241-21082 J28JJ 1252-21084 9K2IC 1329-21098 GU4RWP 1331-21085 PJ2MI 1335-21088 A22MN 1351-21095 SV2BFN 1352-21082 4Z85TA 1356-21083 HH2PK 1406-21098 HP1XBH 1414-21102 HP1AC 1453-21075 C6A/AA5AU 1454-21082 XE1/DJ6OV 1600-21093 GI0KOW 2148- 7039 VK6HD 2325-14092 HS0A MONDAY 10 TYPICAL REPORT "THE DAY AFTER CONTEST" 1349-14084 LY2ZZ 1720-14086 VP5/WA0VQR 1751-21088 PJ0/N9FTC TUESDAY 11 1345-14088 RW6XW 1434-14084 UX0KC UKRAINE 1440-14085 GI0AIQ 1452-14087 UT5RP 1556-21084 VQ9WL 1626-21090 5R8DS 1652-21086 PJ2MI WEDNESDAY 12 0109-14086 S92ZM 1053-14085 LY2BBF 1142-28082 U50CM 1303-14083 VQ9TS 1308-14083 A45XC 1638-21088 S53J 1706-21083 5R8LD 1909-14084 TZ6FIC 1913-14084 P4/W1EKT THURSDAY 13 WWV A= 23 K= 3 2153-14088 V50PV NOTES OF INTEREST. SAINT PETER / SAINT PAUL, PY0. THE THREE WEEK DXPEDITION THAT WAS TO TAKE PLACE 10 JANUARY, WILL BE DELAYED UNTIL 20 JANUARY AND WILL BE FOR TWO WEEKS. QSL RTTY CONTACTS TO KARL, PS7KM. PETER 1 ISLAND, 3Y. THIS DXPEDITION IS ON SCHEDULE AND THE FIRST MEMBERS OF THE GROUP SHOULD BE ON THE FALKLANDS NOW. LOOK FOR VP8BZL FOR A FEW DAYS FROM PORT STANLEY. ARRIVAL ON PETER 1 AROUND 1 FEBRUARY, DEPARTURE ON 16 FEBRUARY. FOR NEXT WEEK'S BULLETIN, SEND YOUR BANDPASS AND NOTES OF INTEREST TO JULES, W2JGR AT W2TKU.#SRQ.FL.USA.NA REMEMBER, DX DON'T SLEEP. GL DE BOB, WB2CJL AT W5KSI.#NOLA.LA.USA.NA [via HF PACTOR] -------------------------------------- Coming events ------------- 1994 ---- February 4th ANARTS meeting 12th-13th EA WW RTTY Contest March 19th-20th BARTG WW RTTY Contest April 16th-17th SARTG WW AMTOR Contest ------------------------------------ FOR DISPOSAL ------------ FREEBIE - (But you collect it) A SAGEM 2000(TX35DS) PRACTICALLY AS NEW WITH 8 inch DISPLAY AND FLOPPY DISC ATTACHMENT... MANUALS ARE INCLUDED... PHONE (02) 451-6314 Bill Storer.. IF NO INTEREST SHOWN IT GOES TO THE TIP IN A WEEK. --------------------------------------------- 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 coverage area. We know we reach New Zealand and many South Pacific islands, and 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 ANARTS NEWS 793 23/01/94. Inserted by VK2BQS Jim, Vice-President ANARTS.