[ ANARTS - Australian National Amateur Radio Teletype Society ] ANARTS NEWS 24/7/94 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 (or VK2OP) 146.675 MHz (rtty mmbbs/repeater) VK2RTY A.N.A.R.T.S. News Bulletin 819 24th July 1994 ANARTS meeting There will be an ANARTS general meeting on Friday 5th August at 7.30 pm. For details please contact Col VK2CTD President on 624-3989, or Jim VK2BQS Vice-President on 6313560, or Pat VK2JPA Secretary on 230 3722 (wk). Come along to our very friendly and informal meetings, they usually develop into interesting discussions, with tea or coffee and biscuits or better. Perhaps this quieter side of digital activities is for you, with the emphasis on HF digital modes, without the hurry scurry of 2 metre packet. We cover the range, right up to the latest which at time of writing is G-TOR. Who knows what the flavour will be next month? Hope to see you there. ------------------------------------------ Contest report -------------- Logs are coming in slowly, latest are from Albania, Italy and Slovakia, but we must remind you that the deadline is only about 5 weeks away. One curious fact we have uncovered is that from 17 VKs in the contest, only 3 so far have sent in logs. Come on gentlemen, send in those logs and make a contest of it in VKland. If you are not interested in competing we would still like to have your log for a check log. You can send check logs to: ANARTS Contest Manager P.O. Box 93 Toongabbie NSW 2146 ----------------------------------------- VK6 Amtor mailbox ----------------- After many years of having two separate systems in operation in Perth Metro Area ...VK6TN ..AMTOR MAIL BOX And the PERTH PACKET NETWORK .. at long last it is good to see that both systems are now linked together per courtesy of RAY VK6RR ..IT IS STRESSED THIS IS ONLY EXPERIMENTAL AT PRESENT ............................ And may not be on air ..during the testing and upgrading as experimental work is still being carried out by RAY. Thanks to Clem VK6CW for this information IPS weekly report ----------------- 15 July - 21 July 1994 Issue No 29 Date of issue: 22 July 1994 INDICES: Date 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 10cm 83 82 80 80 78 77 77 A 22 31 14 11 11 05 (10 estimated) T 41 32 29 25 24 31 28 SUMMARY OF ACTIVITY Solar activity was very low 17th, and 19th-21st July, and low on 15th-16th, and 18th. The geomagnetic field at Learmonth (WA) was quiet to unsettled throughout the period. There was a brief active period early on 15th July. Ionospheric F2 critical frequencies at Sydney were near pre- dicted monthly values throughout. Spread F was observed during local night on 16th, and 20th-21st, and Sporadic E was ob- served 0500-0700 UT on 21st July. FORECAST FOR THE NEXT WEEK (22 - 28 July) SOLAR: Very low to low. GEOMAGNETIC: Quiet to unsettled until the 24th, then increasing to unsettled to active levels until the 29th. IONOSPHERIC: Near predicted monthly values. Spread F may degrade night communications. Courtesy of IPS Radio and Space Services, Sydney --------------------------------------- VK2SG RTTY DX NOTES 15 JULY 94 VK2SG RTTY DXNOTES FOR WEEKENDING 15 JULY 1994 (BID RTDX0715) I'M INFORMED AND WITH REGRET REPORT A SAD NOTE: ROSARIO, I8AA PASSED AWAY ON WEDNESDAY 13. ROS WAS KNOWN AND LOVED BY MANY HAMS WORLDWIDE. HE WILL DEEPLY MISSED, MAY HE BE EVER BLESSED FOR ALL HIS GOOD WORK. AS THESE IS MY FIRST BULLETIN AFTER A QUITE SOMETIME PLEASE LET ME THANK BOB WB2CJL WHO HAS ASSISTED ME SCOUTING NEWS AND NOTES. OTHER TWO INTENTIONS ARE ADDRESSED TO SYD, VK2SG FOR A PROMPT GET WELL AND THE LAST TO JULES, W2JGR FOR A PROMPT GET BACK ON THE AIR AFTER HE TOOK A LIGHTNING STRIKE. THANKS THIS WEEK GO TO: ZS5S, WB2CJL, YV5AJ, I5KG, I5ICY AND IK5PWJ PACKETCLUSTER, DJ3IW AND THE CENTRAL-EUROPE DX CLUSTER NODE DB0SPC. BANDPASS: FRIDAY 8 1731-14083 9V1ZS QSL BOX 24 RAFFLES CITY 9117 SINGAPORE 1738-14083 LY1BZB 1747-14089 4Z5GN 1753-14086 9K2ZZ 1755-14080 UT9LI 1956-14087 4X6UO 2025-14087 CN8NP SATURDAY 9 0457-14083 ZA1MH 0743-14090 AL7OC 0839-14090 5Z4FM 1220-14085 FT5XJ QSL F5NLL OR F1NLL 1437-14087 9A/F2CW 1644-14085 FR5ZU/T QSX UP QSL VE2NW 2035-14089 EI3GZ 2036-14090 UX0KX 2037-14080 CN8NP 2039-14082 YL1ZE 2049-14090 9H4AC 2118-14089 PJ2MI 2239-14082 TU4EI 2256-14082 VP2VBL SUNDAY 10 0608-14082 Z21HD 0727-14081 XE1M 0748-14084 ZA1MH 0821-14082 PJ2MI 1524-14087 EW8OS 1549-14087 SV7BOT 1630-14084 FR5ZU/T QSX UP 5 1752-14084 ER2CQ 1828-14089 OK2BSJ 2017-14086 9Q5PL MONDAY 11 1350-14083 VS6GA 1545-14083 SV5AZP 1555-14084 3B8CF 1644-14084 FR5ZU/T QSX UP 5 1730-14085 IS0CCW 1757-14083 ER1PE 2104-14085 GD3HDL 2119-14087 EI3GZ 2155-14087 9Q5PL QSL OE7MCJ TUESDAY 12 0340-14088 3B8CF 0747-14082 NH6XM 0755-14086 IS0QDW 0815-14088 OX3HD 1334-14088 4L1EP 1523-14088 9V1ZS 1625-14085 FR5ZU/T 1654-14088 5B4VX WEDNESDAY 13 1303-14086 UT5DX 1317-14086 V3BEI 1325-14085 9V1ZS 1415-14086 4X6UO 1424-14085 TA2II QSL TA2DV 1625-14085 5R8KH 1641-14083 FR5ZU/T QSX UP 1748-14083 YT7CCV 1834-14088 OK2SZJ 1837-14087 UX2DZ THURSDAY 14 0346-14088 5R8DG 0409-14084 FR5ZU/T 1314-14083 9V1ZS 1626-14085 4L1BR 1626-14085 A45XC NOTES OF INTEREST: TROMELIN, FR5ZU/T. JACQUES DID SHOW UP ON FRIDAY 8 ON SSB AND ON SATURDAY 9 STARTED ALSO RTTY WHICH HAS BEEN THE FIRST TIME FROM THIS RARE PLACE. HE WILL LEAVE THE ISLAND ON 1ST AUGUST. KERGUELEN, FT5XJ. ANOTHER RARE ONE ON RTTY DID SHOW UP ON THE AIR. PIERRE WILL BE GOING QRT SHORTLY FOR A REST PERIOD OF 3 MONTHS AND THEN RETURN. AVES ISLAND, YV0. THE GROUP OF YV GUYS WILL VISIT THIS RARE ISLAND IN OCCASION OF 60 YEARS OF VENEZUELAN RADIOCLUB. THE OPERATION WILL START ON JULY 21 UNTIL 25. THEY WILL BE ACTIVE ON ALL BANDS SSB/CW/DIGI EXCEPT WARC BANDS AS YW0RCV. QSL VIA PASQUALE YV5AJ. LOOK FOR THEM AS COULD BE DIFFICULT FOR SOME TIME TO HAVE AVES IS. ON THE AIR. ALBANIA, ZA. MIKE ZA1MH IS VERY ACTIVE ON ALL BANDS ICLUDING 160. MIKE IS AS AMERICAN MISSIONARY ON BALKAN PENNISULLA. HIS HOME CALL IS K5KWG BUT HE WANTS QSL DIRECT TO ZA. HIS WIFE IS ALSO ACTIVE LIKE ZA1EH. BARBADOS, 8P. LOOK FOR MARK, FORMER CALL J5UAI ACTIVE NOW AS 8P9HB ON ALL MODE INCLUDING RTTY. SEND YOUR BANDPASS AND NOTES FOR NEXT WEEK'S BULLETIN TO BOB, WB2CJL AT W5KSI.#NOLA.LA.USA.NA OR TO I5FLN.ITA.EU. GL DE (DX2) LUCIANO, I5FLN AT ZS5S.ZAF.AF ------------------------------------ TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS ARLD040 DX NEWS THE ITEMS IN THIS WEEK'S BULLETIN ARE COURTESY OF CHOD, VP2ML, THE DX BULLETIN, THE OPDX BULLETIN AND THE YANKEE CLIPPER CONTEST CLUB PACKETCLUSTER NETWORK. THANKS. CONGO. RUDI, DK7PE, IS ON THE AIR AS TN0CW AND SHOULD REMAIN SO UNTIL JULY 21. HE HAS BEEN WORKED FROM NEW ENGLAND ON 1827 KHZ AT 0210, 0345 AND 0500Z. ALSO ON 3505 KHZ AT 0230 AND 0330Z. MALAWI. PETER, ON6TT, MAY BE ACTIVE SOON AS 7Q7XT, PERHAPS FROM JULY 17 TO AUGUST 5. QSL VIA ON5NT. BARBADOS. MARK, FORMERLY J5UAI, IS NOW 8P9HB. HE OPERATES CW, SSB AND RTTY. SL VIA NW8F. TONGA. MASA, JE1DXC, SHOULD BE ON FROM TONGATAPU ISLAND, IOTA OC049, UNTIL JULY 27. AS OF PRESS TIME, NO LOCAL PACKET- CLUSTER SPOTS HAVE APPEARED FOR THIS ONE. QSL VIA CBA OR THE JARL BUREAU. SABLE ISLAND. WAYNE, VE1CBK, SAYS THERE IS A CHANCE HE WILL BE SIGNING CY0SAB FROM JULY 18 TO 22. QSL TO VE1CBK, WAYNE KING, 63 BROOK STREET, LAKE FLETCHER, NS, CANADA B2T 1A5. KERGUELEN ISLAND. PIERRE, FT5XJ, OPERATES RTTY AROUND 14085 KHZ BETWEEN 1215 AND 1245Z. QSL VIA F5NLL OR F1NLL IN THE CALLBOOK. NORTHERN MARIANA ISLAND. TOSY, JA6VZB, PLANS TO BE ACTIVE AS AH0T FROM JULY 14 TO 17. LISTEN FOR HIM ON ALL BANDS WITH CW AND SSB. THERE IS A POSSIBILITY OF SOME RTTY. QSL VIA JA6BSM. SAO TOME. CHARLIE, S92SS, HAS BEEN HEARD ON THE WARC BANDS. CHECK 18087 OR 10109 KHZ AROUND 2245Z. IF NOT THERE, CHECK 20 METER SSB BETWEEN 2100 AND 2300Z. S92YL HAS ALSO BEEN ACTIVE ON 15 AND 20 METERS BETWEEN 2030 AND 2130Z. SUDAN. LOU, ST0K, HAS BEEN ON 20 METER CW AROUND 14019 KHZ BETWEEN 2230 AND 0030Z. TOKELAU. STEVE, AA6LF, SHOULD BE ON FROM ZK3 LAND UNTIL AROUND JULY 18. MOST OF HIS RECENT ZK1 ACTIVITY WAS ON 20 METERS BETWEEN 0300 AND 0700Z. QSL VIA AA6LF. SAINT PIERRE AND MIQUELON. DAVE, KA1NCN, WILL BE SIGNING FP/KA1NCN JULY 19 TO 25 WITH CW, SSB AND RTTY. QSL VIA AA1AS, EX KD1FE. -------------------------------------- SUBSCRIPTIONS. Members are reminded that ANARTS Financial Year commenced on 1st July 1994 and that subscriptions are now due. We have had a freebie for 12 months as a gesture to our members but it could not continue that way for ever. So please send $10 ( you know, the pretty blue note) to our Secretary who will process it under our new system which should prevent delays and transit problems. Send to the official ANARTS address at Box 860, CROWS NEST. NSW. please. ----------------------------------------- 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(at)pitt.conmusic.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 were reaching as far north as Japan when conditions were right. 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