[ ANARTS - Australian National Amateur Radio Teletype Society ] ANARTS News Bulletin 820 31st July 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 (or VK2OP) 146.675 MHz (rtty mmbbs/repeater) VK2RTY 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. ------------------------------------------ IPS weekly report ----------------- 22 July - 28 July 1994 Issue No 30 Date of issue: 29 July 1994 INDICES: Date 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 10cm 78 76 75 75 74 74 75 A 06 08 09 12 05 13 (14 estimated) T 31 28 33 33 22 29 39 SUMMARY OF ACTIVITY Solar activity was very low all week. The geomagnetic field at Learmonth (WA) was quiet to unsettled until 27th July when there were active levels 0300-0600 UT, and unsettled on 28th. Ionospheric F2 critical frequencies at Sydney were near pre- dicted monthly values until local night on 28th when frequenc- ies were 20 per cent enhanced. Spread F was observed during local night on 25th and 27th July, and strong spread F reported on 28th. FORECAST FOR THE NEXT WEEK (29 July-4 August) SOLAR: Very low. GEOMAGNETIC: Quiet to unsettled with active periods on August 3. IONOSPHERIC: Near normal. Courtesy of IPS Radio and Space Services, Sydney --------------------------------------- VK2SG RTTY DX NOTES 22 JULY 94 VK2SG RTTY DXNOTES FOR WEEK ENDING 22 JULY 1994 (BID RTDX0722) OUR INFORMATION THIS WEEK CAME FROM: DJ3IW AND THE CENTRAL- EUROPE DX CLUSTER NODE DB0SPC, I5FLN AND THE IK5PWJ PACKET CLUSTER, N2DBI, PA3ERC, W2JGR AND THE NJ0M NODE THE TWIN- CITIES DX PACKET CLUSTER AND W5KSI. THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE. BANDPASS FRIDAY 15 1521-14081 9K2IC 1738-14084 TU4EI 1747-14080 5N3ALE PACTOR 2102-14083 9V1ZS SATURDAY 16 1202-14083 RW0LZ 1207-14088 UT5DX 1525-14088 3A2LZ 1551-14082 EW1AAA 1600-14083 OD5PL 1602-14088 EX2U 1708-14082 9V1ZS 1711-14088 SV1ADG 1738-14087 9A2CW 1740-14086 4L1BR 1815-14081 Z21HD 2209-14089 VK2KM 2316-14083 TU4EI 2341-14086 SV1CER SUNDAY 17 0046-14086 SV1CER 0307-14086 FO5MD 0402-14087 A35CT 0516-14085 FK8FI 1652-14084 SV1CER 1700-14083 YL2KF 1704-14089 OK2BSJ 1748-14086 9N1AA 1752-14083 VS6GA 1752-14089 CN8NP 1754-14084 UX2QKZ 1757-14082 US6QA 1840-14084 TU4EI 1841-14084 YL1ZE 2253-14083 S58AA MONDAY 18 0959-14083 UR7VF 0121-14082 UN5PR 1359-14083 YW0RCV AVIS IS. QSL YV5AJ 1521-14089 OK2BSJ 1647-14086 4L1BR 1910-14083 VU2YK 2002-14083 RA2FB 2140-14083 YW0RCV 2250-14085 HC6CR TUESDAY 19 0117-14088 UN5PR 0235-14085 YW0RCV 0419-14088 A35CT 0537-14086 UN5PR 0538-14081 RK4LWZ 0540-14084 YW0RCV 1142-14084 UA6JBQ 1641-14085 ER2CQ 1751-14085 YL2TC INVERTED 1557-14088 Z21HD 1835-14082 4L1BR 2014-14084 TA2II 2147-14087 EA8BIL 2152-14084 GW3EHN 2201-14087 UX4UA 2309-14084 S58AA WEDNESDAY 20 0520-14082 YW0RCV 1129-14083 YW0RCV 1610-14082 UR7VF 1617-14086 EX2U 1620-14079 YL3FW 1625-14087 Z21HD 1631-14084 FR5ZU/T 1702-14083 YW0RCV 1710-14088 ET3YU 1735-14083 TK5ML 1813-14086 9A5CW QSL KC7V 2119-14083 YW0RCV THURSDAY 21 0351-14088 UA4LCQ 1118-14083 YW0RCV 1212-14083 ER1PE 1220-14083 GM0SPQ 1227-14084 UX0KA 1240-14080 YL2QC 1541-14082 LX1TI 1548-14083 OK1RR 1614-14084 FR5ZU/T 1641-14083 EW6LW 1642-14087 5Z4FM 1746-14083 9A3TB NOTES OF INTEREST. LIECHTENSTEIN, HB0. SOME MEMBERS IN THE PI4COM CONTEST GROUP, OUDE MAAAS, ARE SIGNING HB0/PA3ERC FROM MALBUN UNTIL 24 JULY. THE OPERATORS ARE PA3ERC, PA3BBP, PA3EWP AND PA3GBQ. WILL BE ACTIVE ON ALL BANDS INCLUDING WARC IN CW, SSB AND SOME RTTY. QSL VIA PA3ERC OR VIA BUREAU. FOR NEXT WEEK'S BULLETIN, SEND YOUR BANDPASS AND NOTES OF INTEREST TO JULES, W2JGR AT W2TKU.#SRQ.FL.USA.NA OR W5KSI.#NOLA.LA.USA.NA REMEMBER, DX DON'T SLEEP. GL DE BOB, WB2CJL AT W5KSI.#NOLA.LA.USA.NA ---------------------------------------- ARLD044 DX NEWS THE ITEMS IN THIS WEEK'S BULLETIN ARE COURTESY OF THE DXCC DESK, THE OPDX BULLETIN, CHUCK, KG9N, JOE, NJ1Q, BURTON, VP9BP, AND THE CONTEST CORRAL COLUMN IN QST. THANKS. SVALBARD. TOM, LA4LN, WILL SIGN JW4LN, AND MAGNE, LB3RC, WILL SIGN LB3RC/JW FROM AUGUST 1 TO 20. THIS IS A SCIENTIFIC EXPEDITION AND NOT A RADIO ONLY DXPEDITION. QSL INFO FOR JW4LN IS VIA LA4LN, TOM VICTOR SEGALSTAD, PO BOX 15 KJELS, N- 0411 OSLO, NORWAY. QSL LB3RC/JW VIA LB3RC, MAGNE NICOLAYSEN, STGAARDS GATE 23 B, N-0474 OSLO, NORWAY. CROATIA. JACKY, F2CW, HAS BEEN WORKING FOR THE RED CROSS IN CROATIA FOR THE PAST SIX MONTHS. HE HAS BEEN ON AS 9A/F2CW, BUT EXPECTS TO RECEIVE THE CALL SIGN 9A5CW SOON. ACTIVITY HAS BEEN MAINLY CW WITH SPORADIC SSB. RTTY, PACTOR AND AMTOR OPERATIONS ARE IN THE WORKS. QSL 9A/F2CW, 9A5CW AND T9/F2CW VIA KC7V. BAHAMAS. CHUCK, KG9N, WILL BE SIGNING HIS CALL /C6A FROM THE ISLAND OF OABACO. PLANS INCLUDE BEING ACTIVE IN THE NORTH AMERICAN QSO PARTY. HE WILL OPERATE PRIMARILY ON CW 25 KHZ UP FROM THE BAND EDGES, BUT LISTEN FOR HIS SSB ON 14195 KHZ AT ABOUT 0300Z DAILY. SOUTH KOREA. DEL, HL9DC, AN AMERICAN FROM OHIO, IS ACTIVE FROM WONJU, SOUTH KOREA. HIS LENGTH OF STAY IS UNKNOWN. HE WAS HEARD RECENTLY ON 14025 KHZ AROUND 1200Z. ALSO CHECK THE BOTTOM OF 40 METERS BETWEEN 1100 AND 1200Z. QSL VIA N7RO. ARUBA. HIRO, JR4PMX, JUN, JH4RHF, AND KUMIKO, JR4DUW, PLAN TO BE ACTIVE FOR ONE WEEK STARTING AUGUST 24. JUN WILL SIGN P40S AND KUMIKO WILL SIGN P40YL. LISTEN FOR THEM ON ALL MF/HF BANDS WITH THEIR CW, SSB AND RTTY. QSL VIA THEIR HOME CALLS. EGYPT. AYMAN, SU1AY, WAS ON THE 14226 DX NET AROUND 0000Z. QSL VIA OE6EEG. GUAM. BURTON, KH2/VP9BP, WILL BE ACTIVE FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS. QSL DIRECT TO BURTON S. PAYNTER, 321 JOHNSON ROAD, NAVAL HOSPITAL, AGANA HEIGHTS, GUAM 96919, OR VIA THE VP9 QSL BUREAU. DO NOT SEND CARDS TO HIS BERMUDA CALLBOOK ADDRESS. ZD8LII QSL INFO. AD8V IS NOT NOR HAS EVER BEEN QSL MANAGER FOR ZD8LII. QSL ZD8LII VIA G0LII. THE FIRST RUSSIAN DX CONTEST WILL COINCIDE WITH THE GOODWILL GAMES IN SAINT PETERSBURG, RUSSIA, JULY 30 AND 31. SPECIAL EVENT STATIONS R1GWG, FOR GOOD WILL GAMES, AND R1MVI, FOR M-V ISLAND, WILL BE ACTIVE DURING THE CONTEST. -------------------------------------- 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 That concludes the broadcast for this morning/evening.