
[ ANARTS - Australian National Amateur Radio Teletype Society ]

ANARTS NEWS BULLETIN 799 06/03/94

SUNDAY TRANSMISSION DETAILS.
  3.545 MHz                  0930 UTC    This relay is in 
                                   recess until 3rd April.
  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
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.

Well,  did you see us at the Central Coast Field Day?  We were
on  the  top floor of the stand if you could not  find  us.  I
believe this happened to other clubs whose displays were on  a
lower  floor last year.  Shall suggest to the host club that a
location board be displayed outside the stand main entrance so
that all club stands can be found more easily next year. It is
a great location, spacious outlook,  but I suppose it is a bit
hard to get past the refreshment floor, hi hi.

The  winner of the Morse Contest held on the ANARTS  Stand  at
Wyong  last  Sunday was VK2IC (he sounds more like a  computer
specialist  than  a practitioner of the Ancient Art  of  Morse
Code).  He had two errors in sending and one in receiving.  He
was  the  proud  and  pleased recipient of  the  prizes :  the
President's Bottle(s). 

All in all,  the day appeared to be a great success -- did you
meet the IPS team ?  There were four on deck during the day. I
am  looking  forward to seeing the attendance figures for  the
day.  With this new venue,  the attendance seems to be  spread
out more,  or is it just because there are more places to look
for people and stands.

We look forward to next year and seeing you all again.

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BARTG Contest
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Date: March 19-21 1994, sponsored by the British Amateur Radio
Teledata Group.

Exchange: Send: RST + QSO number + time in UTC.               

Multipliers: Each DXCC country, including first QSO with W, VE
and  VK,  counts  as  a multiplier on  each  band.  Each  call
district  in W,  VE and VK will count as an additional on each
band.  Also,  each continent (6) will count once, not once per
band.

QSO Points: Count 1 (one) point per QSO.                      

Final  score:  Total  QSOs  x total multipliers  x  number  of
continents (max 6).

Logs:  Use  separate logsheets for each band.  Logs must show:
BAND,   DATE  and  TIME  (UTC),  CALLSIGN,  MESSAGE  Sent  and
Received, COUNTRIES and POINTS claimed.

Summary sheet must show full scoring,  times of operation, and 
address for correspondence.

Logsheets,  summary  sheets and multiplier and dupesheets  are 
all  available  for copying from the RTTY  Contester's  Guide, 
published by RTTY Journal.

Deadline: Logs must be received by May 25 to qualify.

Mail logs to:                            
             BARTG c/o John Barber, G4SKA
             32 Wellbrook Street
             Tiverton, Devon
             EX165JW, England

Have fun!

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                      IPS weekly report
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                  24 FEBRUARY - 3 MARCH 1994
Issue No 09
Date of issue:  4 March, 1994

INDICES:
Date     25    26    27    28    01    02    03
10cm    097   094   095   093   094   098   101
A        12    06    06    09    10    17 ( 17 estimated)
T        71    27    55    57    47    73    64
          
                     SUMMARY OF ACTIVITY

Solar  activity  was very low 25th-26th and 28th  February-1st 
March,  moderate on 27th,  and low on 2nd-3rd March. There was 
an M2 flare on 27th february.

The  geomagnetic  field at Learmonth (WA) was quiet  on  27th, 
quiet to unsettled 26th, 28th-3rd March, apart for a period of 
minor storm activity on 3rd.

Ionospheric  F2  critical frequencies at Sydney were uo to  20 
per  cent  above  predicted  monthly  values  on  25th,   near 
predicted  levels  on 26th,  near predicted  with  enhancement 
periods of up to 30 per cent on 27th-1st,  and enhanced 10  t0 
15  per cent on 2nd-3rd March.  Sporadic E may have degraded F 
layer communications at times on 1st March.


     FORECAST FOR THE NEXT WEEK (4 -10 MARCH)

SOLAR:        low

GEOMAGNETIC:  active-minor storm periods expected March 4-9, due
              to a solar coronal hole.

IONOSPHERIC:  degraded HF comms expected March 4-9. Depressions
              of up to 20% may be experienced at times  during 
              this interval.

       Updated IPS Monthly Predicted Smoothed T-indices
             Prepared on Mon Feb 28 12:58:20 1994
YEAR JAN FEB  MAR  APR  MAY  JUN  JUL  AUG  SEP  OCT  NOV  DEC
==============================================================
1993                                                        42 
1994  39  37  36   35   34    31   29   27   24   22   21   19 
1995  19  18  17   16   15    14   14   13   12   11   11   10 
1996  10   9   9    8    8     7    8    8    9   10   11   12 
1997  13  14  16   18   20    22   25   28   32   35   40   46 

Courtesy of IPS Radio and Space Services
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VK2SG RTTY DX NOTES 25 FEB 94

VK2SG RTTY DXNOTES WEEKENDING 25 FEBRUARY 1994 (BID RTDX0225)

OUR  INFORMATION  THIS WEEK CAME FROM:  9X5LJ,  DJ3IW AND  THE
CENTRAL-EUROPE DX CLUSTER NODE DB0SPC,  I5FLN,  IK5AAX AND THE
IK5PWJ PACKET CLUSTER, W2JGR AND THE NJ0M NODE THE TWIN-CITIES
DX  PACKET CLUSTER,  W5KSI AND ZS5S.  THANK YOU ALL  FOR  YOUR 
ASSISTANCE.

BANDPASS

FRIDAY 18
DX NOT SLEEPIN, JUST RESTIN

SATURDAY 19
0114-14088  S92ZM                  0707-14082  UN7LR
1110-21073  5Z4FO FEC              1516-14085  ZS9A
1520-21083 8ZD7DP                  1527-14088  ER3ED
1529-21088  V50CM                  1537-14085  5R8DG
1542-14087  EX2U                   1706-14087  5B4VX

SUNDAY 20
0843-21086  9N1AA                  0843-21089  9M1AA
1045-21086  FR5ZU                  1052-21083  TZ6FIC
1129-21085  ZD8M                   1253-21083  ZD7DP
1355-21086  9H1ET                  1358-21091  HJ4SAN
1401-14086  UT5DX                  1407-14084  5B4VX
1421-14084  XU7VK                  1448-14088  UN7LR
1450-14089  YL3FW                  1455-21086  5R8DS
1627-14084  S59F                   1633-14090  5B4ABU
1835-14087  ZS1CU                  2230-14064  TY1PS CLOVER

MONDAY 21
1317-14086  EA8/ON8RI              1720-14083  V31WW
2044-14085  V31DV                  2044-14090  J88BS
2052-14083  ZD7DP                  2135-14086  V31EN
2209-14085  S92ZM                  2156-14085  CO2JJ
2330-14085  V31DV

TUESDAY 22
0113-14086  V31II                  1634-14086  V31WW
1814-14087  V31EO  QSL KF8NN       1954-14083  J88BS
2012-14085  V32GM                  2017-14086  CO2KG
2019-14082  V31GM                  2139-14085  V31MV
2339-14083  V31JU

WEDNESDAY 23
1620-14088  HK1LAQ

THURSDAY 24
0021-14086  CX7BF                  2006-14084  ZS0X QSL DJ6JC

NOTES OF INTEREST.

PENGUIN ISLANDS,  ZS0 AND WALVIS BAY,  ZS9.  THE GOVERNMENT OF
SOUTH AFRICA, AGREED TO HAND OVER THE THIRTEEN PENGUIN ISLANDS
AND  WALVIS BAY,  TO THE REPUBLIC OF NAMIBIA ON  28  FEBRUARY.
DJ6JC,  DJ6SI AND V51BI, USING THE CALL ZS0X, SHOULD HAVE BEEN
ACTIVE  ON  23-28 FEBRUARY FROM PENGUIN ISLANDS AND ZS6EZ  AND
G3XTT WITH THE CALL,  ZS9Z,  FROM WALVIS BAY. THEY BOTH BECAME
PART OF NAMIBIA BEGINNING 1 MARCH AND MORE THAN LIKELY WILL BE
DELETED AS DXCC COUNTRIES.

DESECHEO,  KP5. THE PLANNED DXPEDITION BY A GROUP OF OPERATORS
FOR 1-7 MARCH, HAS BEEN CANCELLED. PERMISSION TO LAND HAS BEEN
DENIED BECAUSE A GROUP OF HAITIAN SQUATTERS. UNTIL THIS CAN BE
RESOLVED, NO LANDING PERMISSION CAN BE GIVEN.

REVILLA  GIGEDO,  XF4.  THIS OPERATION WAS ON UNTIL  4  MARCH. 
QSL HECTOR, XE1BEF.

MAYOTTE,  FH.  HERMANN, DJ2BW SHOULD BE SIGNING FH/DJ2BW FOR A 
MUCH NEEDED ONE IN RTTY FROM 1-9 MARCH. KYFC

FOR  NEXT  WEEK'S BULLETIN,  SEND YOUR BANDPASS AND  NOTES  OF 
INTEREST TO JULES, W2JGR AT W2TKU.#SRQ.FL.USA.NA

REMEMBER, DX DON'T SLEEP.
GL DE BOB, WB2CJL AT W5KSI.NOLA.LA.USA.NA
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Coming events
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1994
March         19th-20th         BARTG WW RTTY Contest

April         16th-17th         SARTG WW AMTOR Contest
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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, or the Secretary (Pat) VK2JPA @ VK2OP.

News  items  may  be  sent to  Broadcast  Officer  PO  Box  60
Blacktown  2148 Australia,  or by packet to VK2JPA @  VK2OP. 

Email addresses for the Broadcast Officer are : 

patl@extro.ucc.su.oz.au   or  VK2JPA@VK2OP nsw.aus.oc

The  Society  welcomes news items  on any  digital subjects  from
anywhere in the broadcast footprint. We know we reach ZL and many
South Pacific islands.   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 ANARTS NEWS BULLETIN 799 06/03/94.
INSERTED BY VK2BQS (Jim)  Vice-President ANARTS.
