[ ANARTS - Australian National Amateur Radio Teletype Society ] ANARTS NEWS BULLETIN 799 06/03/94 SUNDAY TRANSMISSION DETAILS. 3.545 MHz 0930 UTC This relay is in recess until 3rd April. 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. Well, did you see us at the Central Coast Field Day? We were on the top floor of the stand if you could not find us. I believe this happened to other clubs whose displays were on a lower floor last year. Shall suggest to the host club that a location board be displayed outside the stand main entrance so that all club stands can be found more easily next year. It is a great location, spacious outlook, but I suppose it is a bit hard to get past the refreshment floor, hi hi. The winner of the Morse Contest held on the ANARTS Stand at Wyong last Sunday was VK2IC (he sounds more like a computer specialist than a practitioner of the Ancient Art of Morse Code). He had two errors in sending and one in receiving. He was the proud and pleased recipient of the prizes : the President's Bottle(s). All in all, the day appeared to be a great success -- did you meet the IPS team ? There were four on deck during the day. I am looking forward to seeing the attendance figures for the day. With this new venue, the attendance seems to be spread out more, or is it just because there are more places to look for people and stands. We look forward to next year and seeing you all again. ---------------------------------------- BARTG Contest ------------- Date: March 19-21 1994, sponsored by the British Amateur Radio Teledata Group. Exchange: Send: RST + QSO number + time in UTC. Multipliers: Each DXCC country, including first QSO with W, VE and VK, counts as a multiplier on each band. Each call district in W, VE and VK will count as an additional on each band. Also, each continent (6) will count once, not once per band. QSO Points: Count 1 (one) point per QSO. Final score: Total QSOs x total multipliers x number of continents (max 6). Logs: Use separate logsheets for each band. Logs must show: BAND, DATE and TIME (UTC), CALLSIGN, MESSAGE Sent and Received, COUNTRIES and POINTS claimed. Summary sheet must show full scoring, times of operation, and address for correspondence. Logsheets, summary sheets and multiplier and dupesheets are all available for copying from the RTTY Contester's Guide, published by RTTY Journal. Deadline: Logs must be received by May 25 to qualify. Mail logs to: BARTG c/o John Barber, G4SKA 32 Wellbrook Street Tiverton, Devon EX165JW, England Have fun! ---------------------------------------- IPS weekly report ----------------- 24 FEBRUARY - 3 MARCH 1994 Issue No 09 Date of issue: 4 March, 1994 INDICES: Date 25 26 27 28 01 02 03 10cm 097 094 095 093 094 098 101 A 12 06 06 09 10 17 ( 17 estimated) T 71 27 55 57 47 73 64 SUMMARY OF ACTIVITY Solar activity was very low 25th-26th and 28th February-1st March, moderate on 27th, and low on 2nd-3rd March. There was an M2 flare on 27th february. The geomagnetic field at Learmonth (WA) was quiet on 27th, quiet to unsettled 26th, 28th-3rd March, apart for a period of minor storm activity on 3rd. Ionospheric F2 critical frequencies at Sydney were uo to 20 per cent above predicted monthly values on 25th, near predicted levels on 26th, near predicted with enhancement periods of up to 30 per cent on 27th-1st, and enhanced 10 t0 15 per cent on 2nd-3rd March. Sporadic E may have degraded F layer communications at times on 1st March. FORECAST FOR THE NEXT WEEK (4 -10 MARCH) SOLAR: low GEOMAGNETIC: active-minor storm periods expected March 4-9, due to a solar coronal hole. IONOSPHERIC: degraded HF comms expected March 4-9. Depressions of up to 20% may be experienced at times during this interval. Updated IPS Monthly Predicted Smoothed T-indices Prepared on Mon Feb 28 12:58:20 1994 YEAR JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC ============================================================== 1993 42 1994 39 37 36 35 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 Courtesy of IPS Radio and Space Services ---------------------------------------- VK2SG RTTY DX NOTES 25 FEB 94 VK2SG RTTY DXNOTES WEEKENDING 25 FEBRUARY 1994 (BID RTDX0225) 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, W5KSI AND ZS5S. THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE. BANDPASS FRIDAY 18 DX NOT SLEEPIN, JUST RESTIN SATURDAY 19 0114-14088 S92ZM 0707-14082 UN7LR 1110-21073 5Z4FO FEC 1516-14085 ZS9A 1520-21083 8ZD7DP 1527-14088 ER3ED 1529-21088 V50CM 1537-14085 5R8DG 1542-14087 EX2U 1706-14087 5B4VX SUNDAY 20 0843-21086 9N1AA 0843-21089 9M1AA 1045-21086 FR5ZU 1052-21083 TZ6FIC 1129-21085 ZD8M 1253-21083 ZD7DP 1355-21086 9H1ET 1358-21091 HJ4SAN 1401-14086 UT5DX 1407-14084 5B4VX 1421-14084 XU7VK 1448-14088 UN7LR 1450-14089 YL3FW 1455-21086 5R8DS 1627-14084 S59F 1633-14090 5B4ABU 1835-14087 ZS1CU 2230-14064 TY1PS CLOVER MONDAY 21 1317-14086 EA8/ON8RI 1720-14083 V31WW 2044-14085 V31DV 2044-14090 J88BS 2052-14083 ZD7DP 2135-14086 V31EN 2209-14085 S92ZM 2156-14085 CO2JJ 2330-14085 V31DV TUESDAY 22 0113-14086 V31II 1634-14086 V31WW 1814-14087 V31EO QSL KF8NN 1954-14083 J88BS 2012-14085 V32GM 2017-14086 CO2KG 2019-14082 V31GM 2139-14085 V31MV 2339-14083 V31JU WEDNESDAY 23 1620-14088 HK1LAQ THURSDAY 24 0021-14086 CX7BF 2006-14084 ZS0X QSL DJ6JC NOTES OF INTEREST. PENGUIN ISLANDS, ZS0 AND WALVIS BAY, ZS9. THE GOVERNMENT OF SOUTH AFRICA, AGREED TO HAND OVER THE THIRTEEN PENGUIN ISLANDS AND WALVIS BAY, TO THE REPUBLIC OF NAMIBIA ON 28 FEBRUARY. DJ6JC, DJ6SI AND V51BI, USING THE CALL ZS0X, SHOULD HAVE BEEN ACTIVE ON 23-28 FEBRUARY FROM PENGUIN ISLANDS AND ZS6EZ AND G3XTT WITH THE CALL, ZS9Z, FROM WALVIS BAY. THEY BOTH BECAME PART OF NAMIBIA BEGINNING 1 MARCH AND MORE THAN LIKELY WILL BE DELETED AS DXCC COUNTRIES. DESECHEO, KP5. THE PLANNED DXPEDITION BY A GROUP OF OPERATORS FOR 1-7 MARCH, HAS BEEN CANCELLED. PERMISSION TO LAND HAS BEEN DENIED BECAUSE A GROUP OF HAITIAN SQUATTERS. UNTIL THIS CAN BE RESOLVED, NO LANDING PERMISSION CAN BE GIVEN. REVILLA GIGEDO, XF4. THIS OPERATION WAS ON UNTIL 4 MARCH. QSL HECTOR, XE1BEF. MAYOTTE, FH. HERMANN, DJ2BW SHOULD BE SIGNING FH/DJ2BW FOR A MUCH NEEDED ONE IN RTTY FROM 1-9 MARCH. KYFC 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 --------------------------------------- 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 @ VK2OP. News items may be sent to Broadcast Officer PO Box 60 Blacktown 2148 Australia, or by packet to VK2JPA @ VK2OP. 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 ZL 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 NEWS BULLETIN 799 06/03/94. INSERTED BY VK2BQS (Jim) Vice-President ANARTS.