ANARTS (RTTY) News Bulletin 826 11th September 1994 This is the Australian National Amateur Radio Teleprinter Society, which includes all digital modes, with the weekly broadcast on the following frequencies: 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 VK2AAB) 146.675 MHz (rtty mmbbs/repeater) VK2RTY A.N.A.R.T.S. News Bulletin 826 11th September 1994 S.A.R.T.G. Worldwide AMTOR Contest 1994 Results ----------------------------------------------- Poor conditions spoiled this contest with only 27 contest logs and 3 check logs submitted. We will give major placegetters only, but will include some comments as well. Single op - all bands 7 MHz 14 MHz ---------------------- ----- ------ 1. VP5JM 24150 points G0ARF 1485 JA3DLE/1 7350 2. G0ARF 21280 points DL8EDC 840 LZ1MC 6205 3. SM4CMG 16640 points (ony 2) OH2GI 4200 Comments -------- G0ARF: It was very hard to find new contacts due to very poor propagation, but we have to take it as it comes and make the most of it. A lot of patience was required this year. G4ZKJ: Pactor seems to be taking its toll of stations that were on Amtor which is a pity. GW4KHQ: Thanks for the opportunity to try something new. Cuagn. VP5JM: The conditions for me were very poor -- a real shame -- I enjoyed this contest last year but this year the results as you can see were terrible. LZ1MC: My first Amtor contest. ZL2JON: I have only been operating for 17 months, and never have I heard the band so quiet. It has not improved in the few weeks since the contest either. ----------------------------------- CQ/RTTY Journal WW RTTY Contest September 24-25 ----------------------------------------------- CONTEST PERIODS: STARTS at 0000 UTC Saturday, and ENDS at 2400 UTC Sunday, a total of 48 hours. NO REST PERIODS REQUIRED for any entries. -------------------------------------------------------------- Part 2 ------ ENTRY CATEGORIES : Single op entries may enter as a: All Band High Power or Low Power; b: Single Band: or c: Single op Assisted, All Band. Multi-ops may enter as a: Multi-op, Single Transmitter, High Power or Low Power, All Band; or b: Multi-op, Multi Transmitter, All Band. MODES: Contacts may be made using Baudot (RTTY), ASCII, Amtor (FEC and ARQ), and Packet. (No unattended operation or contacts through gateways or digipeaters). VALID CONTACTS: A given station may be contacted only once per band, regardless of the digital mode employed. Additional contacts are allowed with the same station on each of the other bands. EXCHANGE: Stations within the 48 Continental United States and the 13 Canadian areas must transmit RST plus State or VE area plus CQ Zone number. All other stations must transmit RST plus CQ Zone number. COUNTRIES: The ARRL and WAE DX Country lists will be used. NOTE: USA states and Canada areaas also count as country multipliers. Example: The first US state ans Canadian area you work not only counts as a multiplier for the state or area, but will count as a country multiplier for each band. QSO POINTS: One (1) QSO point for contacts within your own country. Two (2) QSO points for contacts outside your own country but within your own continent. Three (3) QSO points for contacts outside your own continent. MULTIPLIER POINTS: One (1) multiplier point for each US state (48) and each Canadian area (13) on each band. One (1) multi- plier point for each DX country in the ARRL and/or WAE lists on each band. NOTE: KH6 and KL7 are country multipliers only - not state multipliers. One (1) multiplier point for each CQ Zone worked on each band - a maximum of 40 per band. The 13 Canadian Areas are: VO1 VO2 VE2 VE3 VE4 VE5 VE6 VE7 VE1 N.B. VE1 N.S. VE1 P.E.I. VE8 N.W.T. VY YUKON FINAL SCORE: Total of QSO points times the total multipliers. More next week ------------------------------------------------ IPS WEEKLY REPORT ----------------- 2 - 8 SEPTEMBER 1994 ISSUE No 36 DATE OF ISSUE: 09 SEPTEMBER 94 INDICES: DATE 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 10CM 90 ** 94 94 95 92 89 A 5 6 3 8 14 25 (29 ESTIMATED) T 27 32 33 33 29 28 25 ** NO 10CM FLUX VALUE WAS AVAILABLE FOR 3 SEPTEMBER SUMMARY OF ACTIVITY SOLAR ACTIVITY WAS VERY LOW 2ND - 7TH SEPTEMBER AND LOW ON 8TH. THE GEOMAGNETIC FIELD AT LEARMONTH (WA) QUIET ON 2ND, QUIET TO UNSETTLED ON 3RD - 4TH, PROGRESSING THROUGH UNSETTLED ON 5TH, TO UNSETTLED TO ACTIVE 6TH - 8TH SEPTEMBER. IONOSPHERIC F2 CRITICAL FREQUENCIES AT SYDNEY WERE NEAR PRE- DICTED MONTHLY VALUES THROUGHOUT THE PERIOD. FORECAST FOR THE NEXT WEEK (9 - 15 SEPTEMBER) SOLAR: LOW TO VERY LOW. GEOMAGNETIC: QUIET TO UNSETTLED 11 - 15 SEPTEMBER. IONOSPHERIC: NEAR PREDICTED MONTHLY VALUES THROUGHOUT THE WEEK, FOLLOWING DEGRADED PROPAGATION CONDITIONS 9 - 10 SEPTEMBER. COURTESY OF IPS RADIO AND SPACE SERVICES, SYDNEY ---------------------------------------: VK2SG RTTY DX NOTES 2 SEP 94 VK2SG RTTY DX NOTES FOR WEEKENDING 2 SEPT. 1994 (BID RTDX0902) THANKS THIS WEEK GO TO DJ3IW AND THE CENTRAL EUROPE DX CLUSTER DB0SPC, I5FLN, IK5AAX AND THE IK5PWJ PACKETCLUSTER, JG1MGI, KP4GE, PA0RVR, W2TKU, W7DCR, WB2CJL, ZS5S, 9K2EC, W5KSI AND THE NJ0M NODE OF THE MINNESOTA DX PACKET CLUSTER NETWORK. FRIDAY 26 0707-14083 YL2QC 0737-14085 UT7FP 1214-14086 P40S QSL P.O. BOX 61, TOYONAKA 560, JAPAN 1216-14087 HI8BG 1254-14082 OK1RR 1412-14086 UT5DX 1413-14086 ER5AA 1541-14086 EA6NB 1600-14088 V85GA 1601-14085 RK4LWZ 1727-14081 SV5AZP 1826-14085 FG5FI 2011-14082 CO2KG 2018-14085 4X6UO 2028-14083 SV8/DF9NW/P 2054-14088 HI8BG 2240-14085 9G1WJ QSL K1SE 2250-14088 P40S 2300-14087 CX7BF SATURDAY 27 0513-14083 EY8MM QSL DL8WN 0611-14086 UY1HY 0723-14087 C91A 0931-14089 JU1HC 1114-14083 GU0SUP 1127-14089 VS6GA 1140-14084 SV2ASP/A 1145-14088 9N1AA 1159-14087 9G1WJ 1248-14085 XX9AS QSL KU9C 1253-14086 HV3SJ 1311-14083 HI8BG 1313-14087 JW0I 1415-14084 EY8MM 1418-14082 JU1HC 1439-14085 OD5PL 1521-14089 S53MJ 1606-14082 C91A 1622-14086 4X6UO 1710-14083 YL2QC 1734-14088 JW0I 1800-14088 SV8/DF9NW/P 1804-14080 CX7BF 1807-14085 P40S 1853-14083 HP1XBH 1955-14084 IS0QDV 2001-21086 ZD8OB 2006-14087 ZD8X 2045-14084 FG5FI 2101-14089 LX1DA 2138-14082 US8AR 2146-14084 TU4EI 2153-14090 VK2KM 2217-14078 HA2VB PACTOR 2221-14086 8O6RY PACTOR 2243-14086 CE2MCO 2320-14086 V31JU QSL WA2NHA SUNDAY 28 0353-14088 A35CT 0915-14089 T94TF 1000-14083 JU1HC 1130-14089 JW0I 1149-14085 EY8WW QSL DL8WN 1206-14082 EW1AAA 1342-14082 UN5PR 1348-14084 HL5AWS 1400-14090 RK4LWZ 1516-14087 HI8BG 1641-14090 YL2GD QSL CBA OR BURO 1753-14082 V31JU 1814-14084 GU0SUP 1842-14089 LX1DA 1929-14082 CT1AC 2041-14086 CO2KG 2104-14082 TU4EI 2121-14080 HC5CR MONDAY 29 0733-14083 JW0I 1143-14085 HI8BG 1144-14082 S53MJ 1219-14082 T70A 1247-14091 JW0I 1254-14087 XX9AS 1300-14086 P40S 1313-14082 SV5AZP 1342-14078 4T0SL PACTOR QSL OA4ED 1428-14081 BV7WB 1516-14082 GU0SUP 1525-14082 EY8MM 1541-14088 JW0I 2138-14087 FM5WE 2157-14080 HI8BG TUESDAY 30 0120-14087 UN5PR 1253-14084 XX9AS QSX UP 1355-14084 JW0I 1410-14085 HL5AWS 1520-14088 UA4LC 1535-14086 UN5PR WEDNESDAY 31 0248-14082 EY8WW 0253-14087 UN5PR 0300-14088 ZL5GO 1342-14088 V73AX 1559-14087 9M2MW 1608-14081 SV5AZP THURSDAY 1 1408-14084 V73AX 1730-14070 OK1DX/MM AMTOR FEC NOTES OF INTEREST: 5W - WESTERN SAMOA WILL BE ACTIVATED ON CW/SSB/RTTY 9-14 SEPT. BY 5W0JA/JF2RZJ, 5W0HK/JF2GYH, 5W0BL/JH2ABL, AND 5W0JA/JA2FBY. QSL TO THEIR HOME CBA'S. SEND YOUR BANDPASS AND NOTES OF INTEREST FOR NEXT WEEK'S BULLETIN TO JULES W2JGR AT W5KSI.#NOLA.LA.USA.NA OR AT W7DCR.OR.USA.NA. 73 ES GOOD HUNTING DE JULES W2JGR (VIA HF AMTOR) -------------------------------------------- ARLD053 DX news The items in this week's bulletin are courtesy of Jim, AD1C, Doc, K0HTF, Len, W7MCU, Bob, W5KNE, the QRZ DX bulletin, Chod, VP2ML, The DX Bulletin and the Yankee Clipper Contest Club PacketCluster network. Thanks. THAILAND. Fred, K3ZO, is in Thailand until October 10 and will be signing HZ0ZAR. Check 20 meters between 1130 and 1400z. He plans to give 40 meters a try for stateside Qs. Sunrise in Bangkok is at 2307z and sunset at 1119z. QSL via K3ZO. NEPAL. Kyoko, NH6RT, is active as 9N1KY. Check 14184 kHz at 1648z and 14270 at 1700. QSL via Kyoko Yamakami, Box 3, Tokaimura, 319-11, Japan. RWANDA. Both VE3MJQ and PA3DZN should be active any day now from Kigali. In the meantime, try working 9X5/F5PGP on 14195 kHz at about 2030z. UGANDA. Paul, WF5T, plans to return to Uganda and operate as 5X1XT, concentrating on CW and RTTY. QSL via his home call. CHAGOS. Pete, VQ9TP, aka N5TP, has been busy on his favorite mode, CW. Check 18083 kHz from 1345 to 1600z. Pete operates almost exclusively between the hours of 1230 and 1630:, Tom, VQ9TT, has been worked on 14014 kHz at 1300z. CHINA. Len, W7MCU, called ARRL Hq recently to report that BY1QH is back on Oscar 13. QSL via the 1994 CBA. ARUBA. Contest station P40W will be rebuilt at a new location just prior to the CQWW SSB contest in October. John, W2GD, will be doing both the rebuilding and operating. --------------------------------------------- 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 are looking for- ward 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.