
[ ANARTS - Australian National Amateur Radio Teletype Society ]

ANARTS RTTY News Bulletin 824 28th August 1994

                            Relays
                           --------
  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
   

ANARTS contest logs roll in
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At  this date we have now received more contest logs than last 
year despite the solar cycle being at a much lower level. Even 
though conditions were worse than last year,  it shows the way 
that radioteletype can still get through in poor conditions.

Don't  forget  that  logs  must be  in  by  the  beginning  of 
September.   Don't  miss  out  -- you  could earn  yourself  a 
certificate   for  your  state,  but you have to put  in  that 
entry, and quickly! 

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More about conditions

Propagation  has  been quite poor recently,  with Clem  VK6CW 
reporting that he could hear ZL stations working Jim VK2BQS on 
20 metres after the broadcast but could not hear Jim to have a 
QSO  with  him.  Unfortunately we still  have  something  like 
10-12 months to go to the botom of the cycle, so there will be 
many more days like that. 

I  was listening to the WIA repeater the last night and  heard 
one  old timer remark that even now conditions were worse than 
last cycle.  He said he could always get through on 20  metres 
last time,  but lately there has been nothing getting through, 
and  he  had heard that the northern hemisphere was  suffering 
similar  problems  (this last va satellite  packet).

Clem  VK6CW has had communication via a HF AMTOR mailbox  with 
our  erstwhile  relay officer  John G0SPO  (ex  VK2CFJ).  John 
appears  to have settled in well at his second  location  (the 
first  had  site restrictions which prevented a  tower).  John 
said  that Australia was mentioned in the news because of  the 
four-year drought over here.  At the same time he said that it 
rained at his location for the first time in a month.  England 
is still a bit dry apparently.

and a note from Jim VK2BQS ...

-- And  Pat,  as a sequel,  on Wednesday 24th I managed a very 
brief and broken contact with John J.,  my signal seemed to be
reaching him better than the return as he acknowledged several 
of  my remarks while I had difficulty making sense of much  of 
his but at least it was a contact which we both recognised.--

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                      IPS weekly report
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                  19 August - 25 August 1994

Issue No 34
Date of issue: 26 August 1994

INDICES:

Date     19    20    21    22    23    24    25
10cm     75    72    71    71    72    72    71
A         5     8     8    10     9     5   (15 estimated)
T        23    23    26    22    28    29    26


                     SUMMARY OF ACTIVITY

Solar activity was moderate on 19th, with an M1 flare. low on 
21st, and very low for the remainder of the period.  

The  geomagnetic  field  at Learmonth (WA) was  quiet  to  un-
settled,  except  for brief active levels 2100-2400 UT on 22nd 
August.  


Ionospheric  F2 critical frequencies at Sydney were near  pre-
dicted  monthly values with enhancements of up to 30 per  cent 
on 24th-25th August.  Spread F was observed on 24th, and spor-
adic E observed on 25th. 

        FORECAST FOR THE NEXT WEEK (26 August - 01 September)

SOLAR:        Very low.

GEOMAGNETIC: Quiet to unsettled. 

IONOSPHERIC: Near predicted monthly values. Spread F and 
             sporadic E may degrade F layer communications  at 
             times.


       Courtesy of IPS Radio and Space Services, Sydney

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VK2SG RTTY DXNOTES FOR WEEKENDING 19 AUG. 1994 (BID RTDX0819)

OUR THANKS THIS WEEK GO TO I5FLN, IK5AAX AND THE IK5PWJ
PACKETCLUSTER, KB1PJ, KP4GE, OH2BAW, ON6RO, OS0E/0S2E (DC3MF),
PA0RVR, W2TKU, W5KSI, W5ZPA, WB2CJL, ZS5S, AND THE NJ0M NODE
OF THE MINNESOTA DX PACKETCLUSTER NETWORK.

BANDPASS:
FRIDAY 12
1239-14085 YU7AE
1519-14083 OK2SBJ
1520-14085 9H1ET
1603-14083 JW4LN
1604-14085 UY7RE
1827-14083 9K2ZZ

SATURDAY 13
0758-14087 YL2QC
1258-14083 S58AA
1420-14068 ST2AA PACTOR
1421-14068 ST0K  PACTOR
1422-14085 OK2SBJ
1506-14088 9M2DW
1520-14083 UY0IO
1736-14084 4L1BR
1800-14086 4Z5GA
1804-14089 CY9CWI
2134-14083 PZ2AC  QSL BOX 4224, NICKERIE, SURINAME, S.A.

SUNDAY 14
0118-14084 PZ2AC
0901-14087 6W6JX
1207-14086 YL2QC
1209-14085 UT7FP
1222-14082 SV/DL5EBE SEE NOTE 1
1228-14083 3A2LZ/0S0D PRINCIPATE OF SEBORGA  SEE NOTE 2
1320-14088 JW4LN
1341-14087 UN5PR
1407-14084 Z31GX
1426-14081 PZ2AC
1543-14085 XE1BEF
1615-14086 HP1XVI
1646-14085 JA3JA
1812-14088 9K2RA
1831-14085 4X6UO
1950-14086 CY9CWI QSL VE2CWI
2025-14084 ER1PE
2235-14083 J6/AB4JI

MONDAY 15
0046-14083 HK4DF
0047-14083 ZP5YW
0104-14081 YV5HKD
0718-14083 YL2QC
1026-14087 JW4LN
1313-14081 3B8CF
1440-14081 UN8PYL
1506-14085 SV5AZP
1513-14086 DU1BJD
1544-14085 UN7GY
1546-14088 4X/OK1FGC
1559-14082 UY0IO
1640-14085 UA9SV
1700-14089 CY9CWI
1706-14085 Z21HD
2015-14084 CO2KG
2039-14087 CE8SFG
2200-14086 FM5WE

TUESDAY 16
0023-14086 PY7AJI
0030-14084 HC2RG
0034-14084 PP2PE
0035-14082 XE1BEF
0130-14086 PZ2AC
0220-14074 VR6ME PACTOR
0904-14085 JW4LN
1037-14085 J6/AB4JI
1128-14082 YL2QC
1230-14085 HI8BG
1244-14085 J28JJ
1244-14085 UR0QZ
1318-14089 4X6UO
1526-14083 UN5PR
1527-14088 UT9LI
1546-14088 DL2RSI/TF
1609-14085 A45ZX
1804-14088 9K2RA
2112-14088 CY9CWI

WEDNESDAY 17
0023-14086 PY7AJI
0034-14084 PP2PE
0035-14082 XE1BEF
1006-14081 OY1CT
1136-14088 DL2RSI/TF
1237-14086 HI8BG
1255-14084 CT1ETE
1558-14088 GI4WXA
1944-14085 YL2QC
2025-14087 ZD7DP
2115-14084 IK2RZP/EA6
2119-14068 DL8LR PACTOR

THURSDAY 18
1415-14086 HI8BG
1417-14086 OZ1GML
1328-14086 YL2QC
1418-14087 UA4LCQ

NOTES OF INTEREST:

HIRO,  JR4PMX, JUN, JH4RHF, AND KUMIKO, JR4DUW WILL BE OPERAT-
ING  CW,  SSB,  AND  RTTY  ON 160-10 METERS FROM  ARUBA  24-31 
AUGUST.  JUN WILL SIGN P40S AND KUMIKO WILL SIGN P40YL. HIRO'S 
CALL WILL BE ANNOUNCED LATER.  QSL TO P.O.  BOX 61,  TOYONAKA, 
OSAKA 560, JAPAN.

IF YOU WORKED 3A/W5ZPA, QSL TO HIS HOME CBA.

THE SEPTEMBER OPERATION FROM CY9, ST. PAUL ISLAND, BY N0TG AND 
OTHER USA OPS HAS BEEN CANCELLED. 

FOR  NEXT  WEEK'S  BULLETIN SEND YOUR BANDPASS  AND  NOTES  OF 
INTEREST TO LUCIANO, I5FLN AT ZS5S.ZAF.AF.

73 ES GOOD HUNTING DE JULES W2JGR AT W5KSI.#NOLA.LA.USA.NA  OR 
AT W2TKU.#SQRFL.FL.USA.NA.

(VIA HF AMTOR)

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ARLD051 DX NEWS
TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS

THE ITEMS IN THIS WEEK'S BULLETIN ARE COURTESY OF TEDD, KB8NW, 
THE OPDX BULLETIN,  BOB,  W5KNE,  THE QRZ DX NEWS BULLETIN AND 
THE   YANKEE  CLIPPER  CONTEST  CLUB  PACKETCLUSTER   NETWORK.  
THANKS.

CHAD.   F5IXR  SHOULD HAVE STARTED OPERATIONS AS TT8/F5IXR AND 
LATER WILL BE TT8XR.  QSL VIA F5MXH.

ZAIRE.  4U/F6FNL HAS BEEN ON THE AIR BUT LITTLE OTHER INFO IS
AVAILABLE.  4U/F5LMG MAY BE OPERATING FROM THE SAME AREA.

MONACO AND GENEVA.  LUCIANO, I1YRL, PLANS TO BE ACTIVE FROM 3A 
LAND AND 4U1ITU FROM MID AUGUST TO SOMETIME IN NOVEMBER.   LUC 
OPERATES MOSTLY CW.   W5ZPA PLANNED TO BE ON THE AIR  STARTING 
AUGUST  16,  THOUGH NO SPOTS FOR THIS ONE HAVE SHOWN UP ON OUR 
LOCAL PACKETCLUSTER AS OF BULLETIN TIME.
                                                                 

WEDNESDAY 17
0023-14086 PY7AJI
0034-14084 PP2PE
0035-14082 XE1BEF
1006-14081 OY1CT
1136-14088 DL2RSI/TF
1237-14086 HI8BG
1255-14084 CT1ETE
1558-14088 GI4WXA
1944-14085 YL2QC
2025-14087 ZD7DP
2115-14084 IK2RZP/EA6
2119-14068 DL8LR PACTOR

THURSDAY 18
1415-14086 HI8BG
1417-14086 OZ1GML
1328-14086 YL2QC
1418-14087 UA4LCQ

NOTES OF INTEREST:

HIRO,  JR4PMX, JUN, JH4RHF, AND KUMIKO, JR4DUW WILL BE OPERAT-
ING  CW,  SSB,  AND  RTTY  ON 160-10 METERS FROM  ARUBA  24-31 
AUGUST.  JUN WILL SIGN P40S AND KUMIKO WILL SIGN P40YL. HIRO'S 
CALL WILL BE ANNOUNCED LATER.  QSL TO P.O.  BOX 61,  TOYONAKA, 
OSAKA 560, JAPAN.

IF YOU WORKED 3A/W5ZPA, QSL TO HIS HOME CBA.

THE SEPTEMBER OPERATION FROM CY9, ST. PAUL ISLAND, BY N0TG AND 
OTHER USA OPS HAS BEEN CANCELLED. 

FOR  NEXT  WEEK'S  BULLETIN SEND YOUR BANDPASS  AND  NOTES  OF 
INTEREST TO LUCIANO, I5FLN AT ZS5S.ZAF.AF.

73 ES GOOD HUNTING DE JULES W2JGR AT W5KSI.#NOLA.LA.USA.NA  OR 
AT W2TKU.#SQRFL.FL.USA.NA.

(VIA HF AMTOR)

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ARLD051 DX NEWS
TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS

THE ITEMS IN THIS WEEK'S BULLETIN ARE COURTESY OF TEDD, KB8NW, 
THE OPDX BULLETIN,  BOB,  W5KNE,  THE QRZ DX NEWS BULLETIN AND 
THE   YANKEE  CLIPPER  CONTEST  CLUB  PACKETCLUSTER   NETWORK.  
THANKS.

CHAD.   F5IXR  SHOULD HAVE STARTED OPERATIONS AS TT8/F5IXR AND 
LATER WILL BE TT8XR.  QSL VIA F5MXH.

ZAIRE.  4U/F6FNL HAS BEEN ON THE AIR BUT LITTLE OTHER INFO IS
AVAILABLE.  4U/F5LMG MAY BE OPERATING FROM THE SAME AREA.

MONACO AND GENEVA.  LUCIANO, I1YRL, PLANS TO BE ACTIVE FROM 3A 
LAND AND 4U1ITU FROM MID AUGUST TO SOMETIME IN NOVEMBER.   LUC 
OPERATES MOSTLY CW.   W5ZPA PLANNED TO BE ON THE AIR  STARTING 
AUGUST  16,  THOUGH NO SPOTS FOR THIS ONE HAVE SHOWN UP ON OUR 
LOCAL PACKETCLUSTER AS OF BULLETIN TIME.

TUNISIA.  RON, AA5DX,  PLANNED A TRIP AROUND MID AUGUST.  NO
FURTHER DETAILS ARE AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME.

MADAGASCAR.  KARL, 5R8KH, WAS HEARD THIS WEEKEND 13/8 ON 21295 
KHZ AT 1700Z.  QSL VIA WB8LFO.

RWANDA.   VE3MJQ  RECENTLY ARRIVED IN KIGALI FOR A  SIX  MONTH 
STAY.   HE  HOPES  TO RECEIVE A CALLSIGN SOON.   PLANS ARE  TO 
OPERATE MOSTLY SSB.  QSL VIA VE2PR.   ALEX, PA3DZN, WILL BE IN 
KIGALI  ON UNRELATED BUSINESS.   HE PLANS TO BE ON THE AIR  AS 
SOON AS HE CAN.

BHUTAN.  JIM SMITH, VK9NS, WAS ON THE AIR DISCUSSING THE POSS-
IBILITY  OF  RETURNING TO A5 LAND.   HE  MENTIONED  THAT  ONCE 
PERMISSION  TO OPERATE IS GRANTED,  HE CAN BE IN BHUTAN IN  48 
HOURS DUE TO EQUIPMENT ALREADY BEING IN PLACE.

TURKEY.   BOB,  TA1/K4UEE,  HAS  BEEN ACTIVE FOR SEVERAL DAYS, 
MAINLY ON 40 AND 20 METER CW,  THOUGH SOMETIMES MOVING UP  THE 
BAND  TO 20 METER SSB.   HE HAS SAID HE WOULD TRY TO BE ACTIVE 
ON 160 METERS AT 0100,  0200, AND 0300Z ON 1827 KHZ, LISTENING 
UP.

IVORY COAST,  SIERRA LEONE AND LIBERIA.   JAY, K4ZLE, 26 TO 30 
AUGUST  WILL  BE  IN TU LAND.  JAY OPERATES MOSTLY  CW  ON  80 
THROUGH 10 METERS. QSL TO HIS HOME CBA.

ARUBA.   JUN, HJ4RHF, AND KUMIKO, JR4DUW, WILL BE SIGNING P40S 
AND P40YL, RESPECTIVELY, FOR A WEEK STARTING AROUND AUGUST 24. 
LISTEN FOR THEIR CW,  SSB AND RTTY ON ALL BANDS.   QSL VIA  PO 
BOX 61, TOYONAKA, OSAKA 560, JAPAN.

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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 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.
