[ ANARTS - Australian National Amateur Radio Teletype Society ] ANARTS BULLETIN 798 26/2/94 SUNDAY TRANSMISSION SCHEDULES 3.545 MHz 0930 UTC In recess until 3rd April.94. 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 Bulletin are not necessarily those of the Broadcast Officer. the Relay Officers or of the Society. Some nominations for the VK2 WIA elections ------------------------------------------ We have some of the nominations for the VK2 WIA elections for Council to be declared at the AGM on 10th April. The following nominees are being supported by the Ad-Hoc Committee as in- dependent candidates for the Council of the WIA (NSW Division) and considered worthy of the trust and support of the amateurs of NSW. In no particular order we have the following candidates: VK2KPC Pixie Chapple VK2EFY Eric Fossey VK2TCM Cesar Miranda VK2SKY Richard Murnane VK2CPK Peter Kloppenburg VK2KUR Eric van der Weyer VK2QZ Steve Pullen VK2PJ Peter Jeremy VK2AQJ Peter Jensen -- to be confirmed There are other candidates nominating so there should be a good list of willing workers to choose from to help get the Division working harmoniously again. Use your vote carefully. ------------------------------------------ STOP PRESS FOR FIELD DAY... The Morse Contest resulted in a win in both xmitting and rxing to VK2IC. Errors were TWO marks and ONE mark respectively. He was presented with the Presidential Bottle for each victory. Well done and may he enjoy the fruits of victory. Reminder of the change in 80m broadcast relay ----------------------------- Due to very poor propagation in this part of the cycle during summer months, it has been decided to drop the 80m relay of the cast from December to March inclusive. The relay will resume on the first Sunday in April, which is the 3rd this year. ---------------------------------------- BARTG Contest ------------- Date: March 19-21 1994, sponsored by the British Amateur radio Teledata Group. Contest period: from 0200Z Saturday to 0200Z Monday (48 hours). Maximum operating time allowed: 30 hours for single operator and SWL entries. Multi-operator stations may operate the whole 48 hours. The 18 hours of rest periods may not be less than 3 hours each. Times off operation must be shown on contest summary sheet. Mode: RTTY only Bands: 80, 40, 20, 15, and 10m. Classes: A) Single op, all band B) Single op, single band C) Multi-op, all band D) SWL Exchange: Send: RST + QSO number + Time in UTC. More next week ---------------------------------------- IPS weekly report ----------------- 18 - 24 February 1994 Issue no.: 08 Date of issue: 25 February 1994 Date 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 10cm 106 108 108 105 107 107 105 A 07 23 13 65 51 11 (06 estimated) T 51 81 51 64 -09 24 52 Summary of activity Solar activity was very low on 19th and 21st February, low 18th and 22nd-24th, and moderate on 20th. There was an M4 flare on 20th. The geomagnetic field at Learmonth (WA) was quiet on 18th, mainly quiet to unsettled on 19th-20th with a brief active period on each of those days. On 21st the field was quiet until 0900UT when a sudden commencement of 135nT occurred raising the field to major storm levels. The field on 22nd was at active to minor storm levels until 1500UT, then returning to quiet to unsettled on 23rd, and quiet on 24th. Ionospheric F2 critical frequencies on 18th-19th were 10 - 30 per cent above predicted values, then nearnormal on 20th until late in the UT day when frequencies were enhanced by 30 per cent. Frequencies were enhanced by up to 35 per cent on 21st until 1500UT when they became depressed by up to 30 per cent. This continued until 0700UT on 22nd then returned near predicted values for the rest of the day. On 23rd and 24th frequencies were mostly near normal, with a short depression on 23rd at 1200UT, and several brief enhancements of up to 30 per cent on 24th. Sporadic E blanketed the F region for a short period on 22nd, and may have affected F layer communi- cations on several occasions on 23rd February. Forecast for the next week (25 - 3 March) Solar : Very low to low. Geomagnetic: Quiet to unsettled with isolated active conditions on the 3rd. Ionospheric: Near predicted to 25 per cent enhanced. Sporadic E may affect F layer communications at times. Possible depressions to 20 per cent on the 3rd. Courtesy of IPS Radio and Space Services ---------------------------------------- VK2SG RTTY DX Notes, 18 February VK2SG RTTY DXNotes for week ending 18 Feb. 1994 (BID RTDX0218) Really we must say that 3Y0PI is the DXPEDITION OF THE YEAR '94 and our congratulations go to the all the crew for having shown to all of us a real example of wonderful operation under severe conditions. Was excited, during my qso, to see on the screen Luciano, Luciano, Luciano, 599 599 from 3Y0PI. Tnx Tony, WA4JQS and Luis, XE1L for the outstanding effort repair- ing rtty gear. Our thanks this week go to ZS5S, W2JGR, WB2CJL, 9X5LJ, )5ICY, I5IGQ and IK5PWJ Packet Cluster, DJ3IW and the Central Europe DX Cluster node DB0SPC, the NJ0M node of the Twin Cities. Bandpass: Friday 11 0141-14090 V31JU 0644-14087 6W6JX 0649-14085 AH3D QSL JA1HGY see note 0701-14085 UT5RP 1505-14087 RA2FB 1837-21083 ZD7DP 1936-14086 CN8NP 2008-14082 V31JU 2050-14095 C91J 2145-14089 CX3ABE Saturday 12 0018-14084 VP8WA 0641-14085 AH3D 0702-21070 Z21HS ARQ 0745-14085 SV5BYP 0840-14084 6W6JX 0854-21083 ZD7DP 1007-14084 SU1AH 1019-21070 7Q7LA ARQ 1335-14084 UN7LR 1338-14088 OD5PL 1309-14082 ER1PE 1351-14089 J28JJ 1409-14083 S50C 1534-21087 ZS9A 1552-21090 TZ6FIC 1602-21087 FG5FI 1635-21088 HH2PK 1716- 7037 EZ5AA 1746-21083 5R8DG 1843-21085 ZD7SM 2139-21091 AH6JF 2215-14082 3Y8PI QSL KA6V 2234-14083 FY5FJ Sunday 13 0251- 3577 HH2PK 0516- 7039 HH2PK 0634-14087 EZ5AA 0640-14088 5B4VX 0816-21083 EZ5AA 0948-14084 TA5C 0959-21089 OD5PL 1044-28082 EZ5AA 1144-21085 4X6UO 1325-14087 YL3FW 1327-14083 S51DX 1336-21088 HH2PK 1405-14082 SV9ABG 1429-21086 PJ9JT 1435-21084 HP1AC 1440-14082 {G4CW 1436-21087 YI1AL 1438-21084 CP1FF 1522-21085 ZD7DP 1529-28087 9H1ET 1550-21090 FG5FI 1624-14081 J28JJ 1711-14084 HP1XVI 1919-21087 9J2HN Monday 14 0243-14082 3Y0PI 2143-14087 FG5GH Tuesday 15 0624-14085 C91AI 1445-14083 WP4Q Wednesday 16 0800-14082 EA6NB 1455-21088 CU1AC 1512-14087 UT5DX 1548-14084 3A2LZ 1605-14087 EA8/ON8RI Thursday 17 0845-14086 OM2GI 0850-14082 YL1ZE 0907-14085 UR0VS 1725-14086 S92ZM Notes of Interest ST PETER & PAUL ZY0. The operators on the Feb. 7th had severe problems with both generators. Fault was located on the kick- off cables which could not be repaired due to lack of suitable tools. They had to run on battery with about 10 watts until Feb. 14. AH3D/KH0 Activity. Members of the International DX Golf Tournament have been active from 9 to 13 February as AH3D/KH0. While the SSB spot were reporting that call sign on RTTY no mention of /KH0 ?? BELIZE, V3. Large activity is expected from this country. Look for V31PP from 19 Feb to 12 March on all bands SSB and RTTY. Another operation is planned from Sigi, DL7UUO from 20 Feb. to March 3rd using V31UO on SSB, CW, RTTY and PACTOR. GEORGIA, 4L. Piero, IK2BHX is now in Tiblisi as 4L1HX and will be there for a year. He promised RTTY activity soon. QSL via IK2MRZ. Send your bandpass and notes for next week to Bob, WB2CJL @ W5KSI.#NOLA.LA.USA.NA or WB2CJL @ ZS5S.ZAF.AF. GL de (DX2) Luciano, I5FLN @ ZS5S.ZAF.AF Coming events ------------- 1994 ---- March 19th-20th BARTG WW RTTY Contest April 16th-17th SARTG WW AMTOR Contest ------------------------------------ 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@extro.ucc.su.oz.au or VK2JPA @ VK2OP nsw.aus.oc The Society welcomes news items on any digital subjects from anywhere in the broadcast footprint. We know we reach New Zealand and many South Pacific islands. 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 NEWS798 26/02/94. INSERTED BY VK2BQS Jim, Vice President ANARTS.