
[ ANARTS - Australian National Amateur Radio Teletype Society ]

ANARTS NEWS BULLETIN 849  12th March 1995

Sunday transmission schedule.
  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

        INTERNET         RADIO-INFO-DIST AT UCSD.EDU

Views  expressed  in  this news bulletin are  not  necessarily
those of the Broadcast Officer, the Relay Officers, or of the
Society.

Mailbox operation on 40 metres
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>From Col VK2CTD.

You will be aware that I have been transmitting an edited cw
version  of  the  broadcast each sunday  after  the  40  metre
callbacks.  This  service was intended to help those  stations
who  might  have  missed  some of the  cast  because  of  poor
propagation  at  the present time.  I am now in a position  to
leave my system in an amtor/pactor mailbox configuration after
the callbacks.  The system has been tested with Jim VK2BQS and
it worked fine with him.

If  you were unable to copy the cast because of propagation or
just  couldn't make it at broadcast time,  please call  in  on
amtor  or  pactor on 7042khz,  once connected just follow  the
instructions from the mailbox.  The broadcast will be  entered
into  the  mailbox  as  a  message  addressed  to  ANARTS  and
identified  as the current cast number.

I would appreciate it if one of the stations copying the  rtty
cast  gives  it a try out.  The mailbox will be left  on  till
approximately 7 pm local EST. This service will take over from
the cw cast which will now discontinue.  If the service proves
popular  I  will  leave  other files in the  mailbox  such  as
amtor/pactor frequency lists.

Because of the complex software of the program being used,  it
takes  sometime to load the cast into the mailbox,  so  please
wait  about ten minutes after the callbacks before  attempting
to  connect.

Finally,  I take this opportunity to thank Clem VK6CW for  his
assistance  and  technical advice in setting up  the  mailbox.
Thanks a lot Clem.

Cheers from Col

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                      IPS WEEKLY REPORT
                      -----------------
                     03 MARCH - 09 MARCH

DATE OF ISSUE: 10 MARCH 1995

DATE     03    04    05    06    07    08    09
10CM     91    89    84    84    84    81    78
A         5    14    16     5     3     4   (12 ESTIMATED)
T        -3    12   -29    32    33    40    38

SOLAR ACTIVITY WAS VERY LOW ON 5TH, 7TH AND 9TH MARCH, AND LOW
FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE PERIOD.

THE GEOMAGNETIC FIELD AT LEARMONTH W.A. WAS QUIET TO UNSETTLED
3RD  AND  9TH MARCH.  FOLLOWING A SUDDEN IMPULSE  OBSERVED  AT
APPROXIMATELY 0129UT ON 4TH MARCH,  THE FIELD WAS AT UNSETTLED
TO ACTIVE LEVELS,  REDUCING TO UNSETTLED ON ON 5TH,  AND QUIET
6TH-9TH.
IONOSPHERIC F2 CRITICAL FREQUENCIES AT SYDNEY RANGED FROM NEAR
PREDICTED MONTHLY VALUES TO 15 TO 30 PER CENT BELOW ON 3RD  TO
5TH  MARCH,  THEN BECAME ENHANCED TO 15 PER CENT ABOVE FOR THE
REMAINDER OF THE WEEK.

                FORECAST (10 MARCH - 16 MARCH)

SOLAR:         VERY  LOW.

GEOMAGNETIC:  10 TO 13 MARCH ACTIVE TO MINOR STORM, THEN QUIET
              TO UNSETTLED.

IONOSPHERIC:  10 TO 13 MARCH DEPRESSED 5 TO 15 PER CENT,  THEN
              NEAR PREDICTED MONTHLY VALUES.

COURTESY OF THE IPS RADIO AND SPACE SERVICES
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VK2SG RTTY DX NOTES FOR WEEKENDING MARCH 3RD 95(BID RTDX0303)

Our  thanks this week go to: ZS5S, W2JGR, WB2CJL, WX5L, W5ZPA,
W5KSI, K5ED, AA5AU, WS7I, RK9CWA, 5R8DS, IK0FVC,  I5IGQ, I5KG,
I5KKW, DJ3IW  and the  Central  Europe DX Cluster  DB0SPC, the
K5NV DX Packet-Cluster and IK5PWJ PacketCluster.

BANDPASS:
FRIDAY 24
0026-14080 KL7XK
0105-14087 AH6HH
0122-14075 S92ZM
1112-14085 EY8WW
1207-14084 LA2QAA iota EU36
1327-14084 UN5PR
1445-14087 4X6UO
1637-14084 9Q5TT
1653-14086 UT4HZ
1144-14086 EW8OS
1214-14086 GU0SUP
1220-21081 5N3ALE Pactor
1225-21092 9Q5PL  Pactor
1245-14086 CU3EM
1259-14089 P43DWC
1304-14083 EI5V
1306-14085 RA2FB
1314-14085 CO2KG
1450-14082 EZ8AX
1628-21087 3DA0CA Qsl W4DR
1706-14085 9Q5TT
1803-14085 9H1BV

MONDAY 27
1005-14085 UK8URR
1016-14084 YL2KF
1638-14087 UR5TW
2008-14084 ZD7DP
2259-14085 PJ4/K2TW

TUESDAY 28
0730-14087 UN7GY
0752-14069 SU1CR Pactor
1420-14069 VQ9SF Pactor
1244-14087 CS6CBI
1355-14087 ER3KS Moldova
1422-14082 PJ9JT
1506-14083 EW2CR
1545-14083 CU3EM
1545-14082 FR5HG
1601-14085 UX4UA
1759-14087 FG5FI
1813-14082 CU3UH
1939-14072 5N3ALE Pactor
2230-14085 8P9NX
2234-14083 WP4Q

WEDNESDAY 1
0000-14087 LU9GCX
1203-14069 TL8MS  Pactor
1450-14069 OD5PL  Pactor
1509-14069 VQ9GM  Pactor

THURSDAY 2
0019-14083 LU8DGS
0035-14093 TE1ST
1412-14069 SU1CR  Pactor
1654-14069 VQ9SF  Pactor
1732-14085 EI5V

NOTES OF INTEREST:
SPRATLY, 9M0.  Francesco, IK0FVC report that from 29th March to
Apr. 3rd some JA's & 9M6's guys team will be active from Layang
Layang Island located in the Spratly (AS-051).  The call should
be 9M0A, operation will on all bands and modes (NO satellite).

CONWAY REEF, 3D2. The call sign assigned to this DXpedition are
3D2CU for CW and RTTY and 3D2CT  for SSB. Trip plan to start on
March 24 till April 3rd.

MADAGASCAR, 5R8. A German group is active from February 25 till
March 10. Calls are 5R8EH (qsl to DL5UF), 5R8EI (qsl to DL2GBT)
and 5R8EJ (qsl to DF5WA).  They will work on all bands from 160
to 10 meters (including WARC) on CW/SSB/RTTY.

GUERNSEY, GU.  To celebrate  the 50th Anniversary of Liberation
from  Occupying Forces, a special event station will run from 7
to 13th May 1995 with call GB50LIB.  On May 9th will be 24 hour
operation. Activity is on all HF bands CW, SSB and RTTY.

SOUTH SHETLANDS, VP8.  While Thomas, (DL7VTS) DP1KGI op. is now
on route to home, VP8CQS Andy on Arctowski Base should get soon
the rtty gear (loaned from IRDXA) from Punta Arenas Chile.

The VK2SG RTTY DX NOTES are available on Internet via Telnet or
FTP at ab6z.ampr.org. The directory is called \rttynote.
For next week's  bulletin send  your bandpass to Jules,  W2JGR
AT W5KSI.#NOLA.LA.USA.NA.

GL de (DX2) Luciano, I5FLN @ ZS5S.ZAF.AF
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Dx & IOTA Tidbits No.183

March 3, 1995

Editor Thomas Bevenheim, SM0CNS/DU7
        Villa Sea Q,  Ronda
        Cebu Island  6034
        P h i l i p p i n e s       SM0CNS AT N0JN.EVIS.PHL.OC

Others  tell  you where we've been;  Tidbits tells you  where
we're going! Contributions and suggestions are always welcome.

Contributers  this  week:   4X4NJ,   DL2GAC,   DU7IDF,  G4DYO,
H44MS, K3ZO, N0JN, N7ET, KB8NW, OM2DX, SM4EMO, VK4AAR, XE1BEF,
XW1 & WB2CHO.Thanks!

S0...  WESTERN SAHARA  Tim (KC0PA) operating SSB (only) on all
       bands.  QSL  will be handled up on his return  home  in
       August. Address see below!

XF0..  REVILLAGIGEDO  Hector (XE1BEF) will again operate  XF0C
       from Clarion Island on March 3-18.  He will operate  on
       CW,  RTTY  and  SSB on all bands 160-6 meters,  QSL  to
       XE1BEF.

XW... LAOS  Zorron, XW1 appeard on 14195 kHz last Friday, with
      this very short callsign  XW1 - no suffix!  He presented
      himself as 'a Japanese tourist in Vientiane', asking for
      QSL via JH1AJT.

Fred  (K3ZO)  writes:   "Those of you  worked  A92Q,  that  is
Admiral  Scotty Redd,  USN,  K0DQ,  who now commands our naval
forces in the Persian Gulf/Arabian Gulf area.  He used to turn
in top-ten performances regularly in the CW Dx tests from  the
station of W3GRF."

                           Events Calendar

           Mar 18-19  DARC World-Wide SSTV (12-12z)
           Mar 18-20  BARTG Spring HF RTTY (02-02z)
           Mar 25-26  CQ WPX SSB Contest (00-24z)
           Apr  7-9   Ham Radio/DXPO Atlanta (Georgia)


                          QSL  Information

 A71CW    Chris Dabrowski, Box 12101, Doha, Qatar

 A92Q     John S Redd,  P O Box 116,  Manama, Bahrain, Arabian
          Gulf

KC0PA/S0  Tim  Hardy (KC0PA),  137 Kelli  Circle,  Byron,  GA
           31009, USA

 XF0C     Hector (XE1BEF), P O Box 231, Colima, Mexico 28000

 XU7VK &
 XU95HA   Laszlo Szabo (HA0HW),  Box 24,  H-4151 Puspokladany,
          Hungary

 XW1       Yasuo Miyazawa(JH1AJT),  Box  8,  Asahi-Ku,Yokohama
          241, Japan

 XX9TYD   Leo Fry (K8PYD), 5740 N Meadows Blvd., Columbus,
          OH 43299-4165, USA

                       Islands On The Air (IOTA)

 AF-003  Ascension      ZD8WD    March-September, QSL to G4RWD
 AF-013 Malagasy        5R8.. -> March 12, DF5WA,DK1CE & DL5UF
 AF-041 Chagos          VQ9TN    March 25-May 25, QSL to K9TNP
 AN-010 Ardley          DP1KGI     -> March 31, QSL via DD6UAB
 AS-002 Bahrain         A92Q        Now active, QSL to K0DQ
 AS-051 Spratly         DU0K        April 10-16, QSL via DU9RG

 NA-016 Caymans         ZF2AB       March 23-30, QSL to WA3FYZ
 NA-022 Anguilla        VP2EBN      March 22-?, QSL to KA3DBN
 NA-023 Br Virgin       VP2V/W2GUP  -> March 14, QSL to home
 NA-097 Jamaica         K6JAH/6Y5  March 6-22,QSL to home call
 NA-098 Navassa         KP1..       Late April-May
 NA-105 Sint Maarten    PJ7/KA3DBN March 18-30,QSL to home call
 NA-115 Clarion         XF0C        March 3-18, QSL to XE1BEF
 NA-146 St Barthelemy   FJ/N9SW    March 25-31,QSL to home call

 OC-NEW Enggano         YC4..       March 24-?
 OC-NEW Talaug          YC8..       June
 OC-NEW Woodlark Group  P2...       March, QSL to DL2GAC
 OC-004 Lord Howe       VK9L..      March ?, QSL to DJ5CQ
 OC-058 Huon            FK8..       March by DL2GAC
 OC-060 Rotuma          3D2..       August ? - VK4CRR
 OC-074 Auckland        ZL9..       March
 OC-079 Belep           FK8..       March by DL2GAC
 OC-086 Saipan          AH0W        March 23-30, QSL via KE7LZ
 OC-112 Conway Reef     3D2..       March 23-Apr 3 (SM6CAS  &
                                    SM7PKK)
 OC-162 Shortland       H44MS       Now active, QSL via DL2GAC

 SA-NEW Sala Y Gomez    CE0...  August/September by KK6EK & Co
 SA-001 Easter          CE0Y..  August/September by KK6EK & Co
 SA-006 Curacao         PJ9JT       -> mid April, QSL via W1AX
 SA-036 Aruba           P4...       March 8-13, QSL to YU1NR
 SA-036 Aruba           P4/KA3DBN March 10-18,QSL to home call
 SA-053 San Pedro       CE7LHG      Til the end of May

 73  Tom,  SM0CNS/DU7
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Coming events
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March             18th-19th         BARTG Spring RTTY Contest
April               1st-2nd         EA WW RTTY Contest
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WANT TO GET STARTED IN RTTY?

GORDON VK2AVU HAS SOME RTTY GEAR FOR DISPOSAL.  IT CAN BE USED
TO GET YOU UP ON AIR OR AS SPARES FOR YOUR OWN EQUIPMENT.
GORDON HAS  A SIEMENS 100 AND A TTY MODEL 32 WITH MANUALS, AND
10-12 ROLLS OF PAPER.

CONTACT GORDON MAXWELL VK2AVU 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 @ VK2XSB, or the Secretary (Pat) VK2JPA
@ VK2AAB.

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

patl@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 A.N.A.R.T.S. NEWS BULLETIN 849 12/3/95.

Inserted by VK2BQS (Jim)  Vice-President  ANARTS.
