
[ ANARTS - Australian National Amateur Radio Teletype Society ]

ANARTS NEWS BULLETIN 843 29/1/95

Sunday Transmission Schedules.

  3.545 MHz (Plus/minus 5)   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 VK2AAB
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.

I HEARD A  -SMALL WORLD- STORY LAST WEEK ...  A NEW NOVICE HAD
HIS FIRST CONTACT WITH ITALY. IT WAS FROM THE TOWN HE WAS BORN
IN,  (LEFT AT AGE 3),  AND THE AMATEUR HAD BEEN TO SCHOOL WITH
HIS FATHER -- HE WAS SO UP IN THE AIR OVER THE COINCIDENCE  --
WHAT  A  START TO HF WORKING.  HE NEEDED A QSL ADDRESS  AND  I
HAPPENED  TO HAVE AN INTERNATIONAL CALLBOOK WITH THAT INFO  SO
WAS ABLE TO HELP AND SHARE IN HIS EXCITEMENT.

WHY NOT SHARE YOUR ANECDOTES WITH US AS WELL? DROP US A LINE.

ED.
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FIRST ANNUAL ADRS WORLD-WIDE DIGITAL WPX CONTEST        PART 2
4TH-5TH FEBRUARY 1995

EXCHANGE:  A RST REPORT PLUS A PROGRESSIVE THREE-DIGIT CONTACT
NUMBER  STARTING WITH 001 FOR THE FIRST CONTACT.  (CONTINUE TO
FOUR DIGITS IF PAST 1000.) MULTI-TRANSMITTER STATIONS MAY  USE
DIFFERENT NUMBERS FOR EACH BAND.

POINTS:
  A.  CONTACTS  BETWEEN STATIONS ON DIFFERENT  CONTINENTS  ARE
     WORTH  THREE (3) POINTS ON 28,  21 AND 14 MHZ AND SIX (6)
     POINTS ON 7, AND 3.5 MHZ.
  B.  CONTACTS  BETWEEN STATIONS ON THE SAME CONTINENT BUT  IN
     DIFFERENT  COUNTRIES ARE WORTH TWO (2) POINTS ON  28,  21
     AND 14 MHZ AND FOUR (4) POINTS ON 7, AND 3.5 MHZ.
  C.   CONTACTS BETWEEN STATIONS IN THE SAME COUNTRY ARE WORTH
     ONE (1) POINT ON 28, 21 AND 14 MHZ, AND TWO (2) POINTS ON
     7, AND 3.5 MHZ.

MULTIPLIER:  MULTIPLIER  IS THE NUMBER OF  DIFFERENT  PREFIXES
WORKED. A PREFIX IS COUNTED ONLY ONCE REGARDLESS OF THE NUMBER
OF TIMES THE SAME PREFIX IS WORKED. BO NABD MULTIPLIERS.

A.  THE LETTER/NUMBER;  COMBINATION WHICH FORMS THE FIRST PART
   OF THE AMATEUR CALL WILL BE CONSIDERED THE PREFIX.

EXAMPLES - N8,  W8, WD8, Y22, Y23, HG1, HG19, WB2, WD200, KC2,
KC200, OE2, OE25, U3, GB75, ZS66, NG84.

ANY DIFFERENCE IN THE NUMBERING,  LETTERING,  OR ORDER OF SAME
SHALL CONSTITUTE A SEPARATE PREFIX. A STATION OPERATING FROM A
DXCC  COUNTRY DIFFERENT FROM THAT INDICATED BY ITS CALLSIGN IS
REQUIRED  TO  SIGN PORTABLE,  THE PORTABLE PREFIX MUST  BE  AN
AUTHORIZED PREFIX  FOR THE COUNTRY OR  CALL AREA OF OPERATION.
IN CASE OF PORTABLE OPERATION,   THE PORTABLE DESIGNATOR WOULD
THEN BECOME THE PREFIX.

EXAMPLE  - AB5KD OPERATING FROM WAKE IS.  WOULD SIGN AB5KD/KH9
OR  KH9/AB5KD,  AND KH6XXX OPERATING FROM OHIO WOULD NOT  SIGN
/KH8 WHICH IS NORMALLY ASSIGNES TO AMERICAN SAMOA,  BUT  COULD
SIGN /W8,  /N8,  /K8,  ETC. OR ANY OTHER PREFIX AUTHORIZED FOR
USE IN THE U.S. 8TH CALL DISTRICT.

PORTABLE  DESIGNATORS WITHOUT NUMBERS WILL BE ASSIGNED A  ZERO
(0)  AFTER  THE  SECOND LETTER OF THE DESIGNATOR TO  FORM  THE
PREFIX.  WS7I/PA  WOULD BECOME PA0.  ALL CALLS WITHOUT NUMBERS
WILL  BE  ASSIGNED A ZERO (0) AFTER THE FIRST TWO  LETTERS  TO
FORM THE PREFIX.

EXAMPLE - XEFTJW WOULD COUNT AS XE0,  RAEM WOULD COUNT AS RA0,
ETC.  MARITIME MOBILE,  MOBILE,  /A,  /E,  /J,  /P OR  INTERIM
LICENCE CLASS IDENTIFIERS DO NOT COUNT AS PREFIXES.

SCORING:
  1. SINGLE OPERATOR:
     (A)  ALL  BAND  SCORE:  TOTAL QSO POINTS FROM  ALL  BANDS
        MULTIPLIED BY THE NUMBER OF DIFFERENT PREFIXES WORKED.
     (B)  SINGLE BAND SCORE: QSO POINTS ON THE BAND MULTIPLIED
        BY THE NUMBER OF DIFFERENT PREFIXES WORKED.
  2. MULTI-OPERATOR STATIONS. SCORING IN BOTH THESE CATEGORIES
     IS THE SAME AS THE ALL BAND SCORING FOR SINGLE OPERATOR.
  3. A STATION MAY BE WORKED ONCE ON EACH BAND FOR QSO CREDIT.

MORE NEXT WEEK
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                      IPS WEEKLY REPORT
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                   20 JANUARY - 26 JANUARY

DATE OF ISSUE: 27 JANUARY 1995

INDICES:
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DATE     20    21    22    23    24    25    26
10CM     93    96    96    96    97    90    86
A         5     7     5     6     4     6   ( 5 ESTIMATED)
T        10    20    32    38    36    37    22

SOLAR ACTIVITY WAS VERY LOW 22ND JANUARY AND LOW FOR THE  REST
OF THE WEEK.

THE  GEOMAGNETIC  FIELD AT LEARMONTH WAS  QUIET  TO  UNSETTLED
20TH-24TH, AND QUIET 25TH-26TH.

IONOSPHERIC  F2 CRITICAL FREQUENCIES AT SYDNEY WERE NEAR  PRE-
DICTED MONTHLY VALUES 20TH-22ND JANUARY, 15 TO 20 PER CENT EN-
HANCED  23RD-25TH,  AND NEAR PREDICTED VALUES ON  26TH.  THERE
WERE POSSIBLE DEGRADED CONDITIONS ON 26TH DUE TO SPORADIC E AT
1-5UT.
              FORECAST (27 JANUARY - 02 FEBRUARY)

SOLAR:        27-29 JAN: LOW
              30 JAN - 2 FEB: VERY LOW

GEOMAGNETIC:  27-29 JAN: QUIET
              30-31 JAN: ACTIVE
              1 -2 FEB: QUIET TO UNSETTLED

IONOSPHERIC:  PREDOMINANTLY NEAR PREDICTED MONTHLY VALUES; 30-
              31 JAN: SLIGHTLY BELOW PREDICTED MONTHLY VALUES.

COURTESY OF THE IPS RADIO AND SPACE SERVICES
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RTDX0120 RTTY DX
VK2SG RTTY DX NOTES FOR WEEKENDING 20 JAN 95(BID RTDX0120)

OUR  THANKS THIS WEEK GO TO: ZS5S, W2JGR, WB2CJL, WX5L, AA5AU,
W5KSI, N5PSI, W5ZPA, K5KR, WS7I, JF1MGI, SP4CHY, I5IGQ,IK5ACO,
IK1CJO, DJ3IW AND THE  CENTRAL  EUROPE  DX CLUSTER DB0SPC, THE
K5NV DX PACKETCLUSTER AND IK5PWJ PACKETCLUSTER.

BANDPASS:
FRIDAY 13
0251-10120 VP8SGP
0705-14069 TL8MS PCT
1147-14069 ST2SA PCT
1205-14078 NZ2P/DU1 PCT
1257-14085 VP29EI
1341-14082 9G1BS
1343-14069 ST2AA PCT
1412-14086 CO2KG
1427-14084 A45ZX
1522-14084 IS0FMI
1547-14087 GI4WXE
2201-10120 VP8SGP QSX UP 2

SATURDAY 14
1136-14076 EA8AFJ
1226-14080 CT3AR  PCT
1318-14083 SP2EIW
1319-14084 GI4WXA
1331-14087 S57J
1335-14089 GW0PYT
1346-14079 9A1CEI
1349-14082 S57J
1355-14087 RA2FB KALININGRAD
1409-14087 IS0FMI
1410-14089 LX1DA
1411-14083 UN7GY
1447-14083 9A1CEI
1506-14086 4X6UO
1612-14085 FG5GI
2201-14086 8P6NC
2211-14087 AL7BB

SUNDAY 15
0019-14085 HC1SC
0720-14085 UN7GY
0724-14083 EW8OS
0913-14078 PK4TJ PCT
1110-14081 VK0FPS ANTARTICA
1333-14084 SV5AZP
1425-14086 ZC4ZZ
1509-14079 S57J
1540-14083 GI0LEC
1547-14084 CU3EM
1559-14081 OM3CPS
1606-14084 9A1AKL
1623-14088 LX1DA
1639-14082 EA6BH
1926-14083 PJ9JT
2002-14085 3DA0CA
2007-21086 A35RK
2052-14086 AL7BB
2120-14086 TY1PS
2125-14071 HP1KZ PCT
2147-14082 FG5GI
2229-14086 KL7WP
2241-14086 ZP6CC
2305-14083 AZ7FAF
2305-14085 VP8CKN

MONDAY 16
1020-14088 UN7GY
1258-14085 JW0I
1335-14084 GI0BQX
1455-14088 UT2UF
1533-14089 VK2KM
1930-14069 PA0CXC/5Z4 QSL JOHN FUNG-LOY
                          P.O. BOX 44145 NAIROBI KENYA
2143-14087 9J2HN
2214-14089 FG5FI AMTOR FEC

TUESDAY 17
0011-14084 VP8CKN
0100-14081 VI0ANT
0702-14087 UT5RP
0745-14088 A41KT
1130-14090 GI0BQX
1145-14069 TL8MS PCT
1324-14087 OY1CT
1431-14089 A41LS
1534-14086 GI4WXA
1616-14074 OE5KV PCT
2230-14074 PP2ZDX PCT
2302-14087 VP8CKN

WEDNESDAY 18
1540-14081 CT3AR G-TOR
0824-14069 5H3MS PCT
1035-14069 TL8MS PCT
1249-14088 EY8WW
1305-14083 YO3FRI
1328-14082 UX5HY
1329-14086 9G1BS
1516-14081 SV5AZP
1534-14086 CU3EM
1541-14089 JW0I
1555-14085 OD5PL

THURSDAY 19
0007-14077 PZ2AC
0647-14069 5H3MS PCT
1000-14087 UX2DZ
1135-14086 GW0PYT
1137-14069 TL8MS PCT
1429-14088 A45XC

NOTES OF INTEREST:
SOUTH GEORGIA, VP8.   THE VP8SGP TEAM HAS LEFT ABOUT FIVE DAYS
EARLIER THAN ORIGINALLY PLANNED. NO REASON KNOWN AT THIS TIME.

SOUTH SHETLAND, VP8.  WONDY,  K5KR WORKED VP8CQS ON SSB AND AT
THE ENQUIRY OF RTTY ACTIVITY,  THE OP. ANSWERED  THAT THE RTTY
GEAR HAD NOT ARRIVED YET. THAT WAS 19TH JAN, KEEP YOUR FINGERS
AND WHY NOT TOES CROSSED, STAY TUNED ANYWAY.

BANGLADESH, S21. JOE, ZS5S INFORM THAT ANDREW, S21YE IS ACTIVE
FROM  DHAKA USING A  TS50, A KAM PLUS AND A DIPOLE AT 30 FEET.
HE IS NEW ON DIGI MODES AND DOES NOT LIKE PILE-UPS.  THE ROUTE
FOR QSL IS TERRY, G0EHX & GB7MSF.#18.GBR.EU. ANDREW  HOLDS THE
CALL G4VLV.

SEND BANDPASS AND NOTES FOR NEXT WEEK BULLETIN TO JULES, W2JGR
AT W5KSI.#NOLA.LA.USA.NA.

GL DE (DX2) LUCIANO, I5FLN AT ZS5S.ZAF.AF
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ARLD003 DX NEWS
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THIS  WEEK'S  BULLETIN  WAS  MADE  POSSIBLE  WITH  INFORMATION
PROVIDED  BY TEDD,  KB8NW,  THE OPDX BULLETIN AND THE  CONTEST
CORRAL COLUMN FROM THE PAGES OF QST MAGAZINE.  THANKS TO ALL.

PHILIPPINES.   ACCORDING  TO THE DX NEWSLETTER,  4E7  PREFIXES
WERE  TO  START BEING ISSUED AS OF  JANUARY  1,  1995.   VS6VW
REPORTED HEARING SM0CNS/4E7 ACTIVE ON 160 METERS.

KENYA.   5Z4FO  HAS  BEEN ON 75 AND 80 METERS WITH CW AND  SSB
BELOW 3800 KHZ.   OPERATING HAS BEEN AS EARLY AS 2215Z AND  AS
LATE AS 0415. HE HAS ALSO BEEN WORKING 160 METERS, MAINLY WITH
CW, ON 1832 KHZ AT 0100Z. QSL VIA KB4EKY.  LISTEN FOR 5Z4DU ON
75 METER SSB AT ABOUT 0330Z.  QSL VIA KG4X.

ZAIRE.   JOE,  G3MRC, IS SIGNING 9Q5MRC AND HAS BEEN OPERATING
MOSTLY  30  AND 20 METER CW BETWEEN 1900 AND 2200Z.   QSL  VIA
G3MRC.   BJORN,  LA9IY,  IS ACTIVE AS 9Q5IY.   HE HAS BEEN  ON
18071 KHZ AT 1630Z.  QSL DIRECT ONLY VIA LA1K.

SOUTH KOREA.   HARRY, HL9HH, IS LOOKING FOR SOME HELP WITH LOW
BAND WAS.   HE NEEDS CT,  NJ, NC, RI, SC AND VT ON BOTH 40 AND
80  METERS.  ON 80 HE IS LOOKING FOR DE AND MD,  AND ON 40  HE
NEEDS MA,  ME AND NH.  LISTEN FOR HIM AROUND 3589 AND 7009 KHZ
AFTER 1030Z.

PACIFIC  DXPEDITION.   ED,  K8VIR,  WILL  BE  DOING A  LOT  OF
TRAVELING OVER THE NEXT SIX MONTHS.   HE SHOULD START  AMATEUR
ACTIVITY FROM NEW CALEDONIA,  FK.   OTHER STOPS SHOULD INCLUDE
WESTERN SAMOA AND TONGA. QSL VIA CBA.

CURACAO.   JOHN,  W1BIH,  WILL  BE  ACTIVE AS PJ9JT UNTIL  MID
APRIL.  TRY 3506 KHZ AT 0130Z AND 40 METER CW BETWEEN 0100 AND
0200Z, AND AGAIN AT 1130Z.  CHECK 21279 KHZ AT 1430Z.  QSL VIA
W1AX.

CAMBODIA.  MIKE, VS6WV, REPORTS THAT SANYI, XU7VK, HAS BEEN ON
1829 KHZ AT ABOUT 1435Z.

ZIMBABWE.   BILL,  Z21CS,  CAN  BE WORKED ON 18124 KHZ  AROUND
1715Z.  WHEN QSLING,  DO NOT SEND IRCS OR GREEN STAMPS.   BILL
DOES  REQUEST PACKETS OF FLOWER SEEDS FOR HIS  XYL.   QSL  VIA
BILL TAYLOR, BOX 264, KWEKWE, ZIMBABWE.

Coming events
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February       4th-5th     ADRS WW RTTY WPX contest
              11th-12th    EA WW RTTY Contest
              26th         Central Coast Field Day at Wyong
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STOLEN
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ONE  YAESU  2M FM TRANSCEIVER  FT-212RH,  WITHOUT  MICROPHONE,
SERIAL  NO.  1C630025.  IF  YOU  ARE  OFFERED  THIS  PIECE  OF
EQUIPMENT,  PLEASE CONTACT PAT VK2JPA QTHR, OR PHONE BLACKTOWN
POLICE ON (02) 622 0000.

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FOR DISPOSAL

VK2SG HAS SOME JUNK FOR DISPOSAL, STUFF THAT HE THINKS HE WILL
NEVER  NEED AGAIN,  ITS YOUR FOR THE COLLECTION.  THINGS  LIKE
TRANSFORMERS 385/385 VOLTS,  MOTORS FOR PRINTERS,  THAT CAN BE
USED FOR OTHER THINGS, TUNING CONDENSERS, BOXES OF ELECTROLYT-
ICS, ETC ETC ETC. IF YOU CAN USE IT, COME AND GET IT. ALSO HAS
PRINTERS LIKE SAGEMS MODIFIED FOR 45/50 AND 75  BAUDS,  SIEMEN
SET FOR 45 BAUDS WITH PAPER WIND UP MOTOR.

HE ALSO HAS A TELEREADER WITH POWER SUPPLY WHICH DOES  CW/RTTY
(VARIOUS  BAUD RATES),  ASCII AND HAS BEEN MODIFIED FOR AMTOR,
ALL  PAPERWORK  AND HANDBOOKS INCLUDED PLUS A SPARE  MK2 AMTOR
BOARD,  NEGOTIABLE PRICE ... THERE ARE ALSO OTHER BITS OF JUNK
AS WELL, EVEN VALVES.

SOME RADIO CLUB MAY BE INTERESTED.

DE SYD VK2SG QTHR

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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 at VK2XSB, or the Secretary (Pat) VK2JPA
at VK2AAB.

News  items  may  be  sent to  Broadcast  Officer  PO  Box  60
Blacktown  2148 Australia,  or by packet to VK2JPA at  VK2AAB.
Email address for the Broadcast Officer is :

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 ANARTS NEWS BULLETIN 843 29th Jan. 1995.

Inserted by VK2BQS (Jim) ANARTS Vice-President.

