
[ ANARTS - Australian National Amateur Radio Teletype Society ]

ANARTS BULLETIN 798 26/2/94

SUNDAY TRANSMISSION SCHEDULES
  3.545 MHz                  0930 UTC     In recess until
                                          3rd April.94.
  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 Bulletin are not necessarily those of
the Broadcast Officer. the Relay Officers or of the Society.

Some nominations for the VK2 WIA elections
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We  have some of the nominations for the VK2 WIA elections for 
Council to be declared at the AGM on 10th April. The following 
nominees  are  being supported by the Ad-Hoc Committee as  in-
dependent candidates for the Council of the WIA (NSW Division) 
and  considered  worthy   of  the trust  and  support  of  the 
amateurs of NSW.

In no particular order we have the following candidates:

             VK2KPC Pixie Chapple
             VK2EFY Eric Fossey
             VK2TCM Cesar Miranda
             VK2SKY Richard Murnane
             VK2CPK Peter Kloppenburg
             VK2KUR Eric van der Weyer
             VK2QZ Steve Pullen 
             VK2PJ Peter Jeremy
             VK2AQJ Peter Jensen -- to be confirmed

There  are  other candidates nominating so there should  be a 
good  list  of willing workers to choose from to help get  the
Division working harmoniously again.

Use your vote carefully.

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STOP PRESS FOR FIELD DAY... The Morse Contest resulted in a win in
both xmitting and rxing to VK2IC.  Errors were  TWO marks and  ONE
mark respectively.  He was presented with the Presidential  Bottle
for each victory. Well done and may he enjoy the fruits of victory.


Reminder of the change in 80m broadcast relay
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Due  to very poor propagation in this part of the cycle during 
summer  months,  it has been decided to drop the 80m relay  of 
the  cast  from December to March inclusive.  The  relay  will 
resume  on  the first Sunday in April,  which is the 3rd  this 
year.
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BARTG Contest
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Date: March 19-21 1994, sponsored by the British Amateur radio 
Teledata Group.
Contest  period:  from  0200Z  Saturday to  0200Z  Monday  (48 
hours).
Maximum  operating time allowed:  30 hours for single operator 
and SWL entries.

Multi-operator stations may operate the whole 48 hours. The 18 
hours of rest periods may not be less than 3 hours each. Times 
off operation must be shown on contest summary sheet.

Mode: RTTY only

Bands: 80, 40, 20, 15, and 10m.

Classes:   A) Single op, all band
           B) Single op, single band
           C) Multi-op, all band
           D) SWL

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

More next week
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                      IPS weekly report
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                    18 - 24 February 1994
Issue no.: 08

Date of issue: 25 February 1994

Date      18    19    20    21    22    23    24
10cm     106   108   108   105   107   107   105
A         07    23    13    65    51    11   (06 estimated)
T         51    81    51    64   -09    24    52

             Summary of activity

Solar  activity  was very low on 19th and 21st  February,  low 
18th  and  22nd-24th,  and moderate on 20th.  There was an  M4 
flare on 20th.

The  geomagnetic  field at Learmonth (WA) was quiet  on  18th, 
mainly  quiet  to unsettled on 19th-20th with a  brief  active 
period  on  each of those days.  On 21st the field  was  quiet 
until  0900UT  when a sudden commencement  of  135nT  occurred 
raising the field to major storm levels. The field on 22nd was
at active to minor storm levels until 1500UT,  then  returning
to quiet to unsettled on 23rd, and quiet on 24th.

Ionospheric  F2 critical frequencies on 18th-19th were 10 - 30
per cent above predicted values, then nearnormal on 20th until
late  in the UT day when frequencies were enhanced by  30  per
cent.  Frequencies  were enhanced by up to 35 per cent on 21st
until 1500UT when they became depressed by up to 30 per  cent.
This  continued  until  0700UT  on  22nd  then  returned  near
predicted  values  for the rest of the day.  On 23rd and  24th
frequencies were mostly near normal,  with a short  depression
on 23rd at 1200UT,  and several brief enhancements of up to 30
per  cent  on 24th.  Sporadic E blanketed the F region  for  a
short  period on 22nd,  and may have affected F layer communi-
cations on several occasions on 23rd February.

          Forecast for the next week (25 - 3 March)             

Solar   : Very low to low.

Geomagnetic: Quiet to unsettled with isolated active conditions
             on the 3rd.
Ionospheric:  Near predicted to 25 per cent enhanced. Sporadic
              E  may affect F layer communications  at  times.
              Possible depressions to 20 per cent on the 3rd.

Courtesy of IPS Radio and Space Services

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VK2SG RTTY DX Notes, 18 February

VK2SG RTTY DXNotes for week ending 18 Feb. 1994 (BID RTDX0218)

Really  we  must say that 3Y0PI is the DXPEDITION OF THE  YEAR
'94 and our congratulations go to the all the crew for  having
shown to all of us a real example of wonderful operation under
severe conditions.   Was excited, during my qso, to see on the
screen Luciano,  Luciano,  Luciano,  599 599 from 3Y0PI.   Tnx
Tony, WA4JQS and Luis, XE1L for the outstanding effort repair-
ing rtty gear.

Our thanks this week go to ZS5S,  W2JGR, WB2CJL, 9X5LJ, )5ICY,
I5IGQ and IK5PWJ Packet Cluster,  DJ3IW and the Central Europe
DX Cluster node DB0SPC, the NJ0M node of the Twin Cities.

Bandpass:

Friday 11
0141-14090 V31JU                0644-14087 6W6JX
0649-14085 AH3D QSL JA1HGY see note
0701-14085 UT5RP                1505-14087 RA2FB
1837-21083 ZD7DP                1936-14086 CN8NP
2008-14082 V31JU                2050-14095 C91J
2145-14089 CX3ABE

Saturday 12
0018-14084 VP8WA                0641-14085 AH3D
0702-21070 Z21HS ARQ            0745-14085 SV5BYP
0840-14084 6W6JX                0854-21083 ZD7DP
1007-14084 SU1AH                1019-21070 7Q7LA ARQ
1335-14084 UN7LR                1338-14088 OD5PL
1309-14082 ER1PE                1351-14089 J28JJ
1409-14083 S50C                 1534-21087 ZS9A
1552-21090 TZ6FIC               1602-21087 FG5FI
1635-21088 HH2PK                1716- 7037 EZ5AA
1746-21083 5R8DG                1843-21085 ZD7SM
2139-21091 AH6JF                2215-14082 3Y8PI QSL KA6V
2234-14083 FY5FJ

Sunday 13
0251- 3577 HH2PK                0516- 7039 HH2PK
0634-14087 EZ5AA                0640-14088 5B4VX
0816-21083 EZ5AA                0948-14084 TA5C
0959-21089 OD5PL                1044-28082 EZ5AA
1144-21085 4X6UO                1325-14087 YL3FW
1327-14083 S51DX                1336-21088 HH2PK
1405-14082 SV9ABG               1429-21086 PJ9JT
1435-21084 HP1AC                1440-14082 {G4CW
1436-21087 YI1AL                1438-21084 CP1FF
1522-21085 ZD7DP                1529-28087 9H1ET
1550-21090 FG5FI                1624-14081 J28JJ
1711-14084 HP1XVI               1919-21087 9J2HN

Monday 14
0243-14082 3Y0PI                 2143-14087 FG5GH

Tuesday 15
0624-14085 C91AI                 1445-14083 WP4Q

Wednesday 16
0800-14082 EA6NB                 1455-21088 CU1AC
1512-14087 UT5DX                 1548-14084 3A2LZ
1605-14087 EA8/ON8RI

Thursday 17
0845-14086 OM2GI                 0850-14082 YL1ZE
0907-14085 UR0VS                 1725-14086 S92ZM


Notes of Interest

ST PETER & PAUL ZY0.  The operators on the Feb. 7th had severe
problems with both generators.  Fault was located on the kick-
off cables which could not be repaired due to lack of suitable 
tools.  They  had to run on battery with about 10 watts  until 
Feb. 14.

AH3D/KH0  Activity.   Members  of the  International  DX  Golf 
Tournament have been active from 9 to 13 February as AH3D/KH0. 
While  the  SSB spot were reporting that call sign on RTTY  no 
mention of /KH0 ??

BELIZE,  V3.   Large  activity is expected from this  country. 
Look  for V31PP from 19 Feb to 12 March on all bands  SSB  and 
RTTY.   Another operation is planned from Sigi, DL7UUO from 20 
Feb. to March 3rd using V31UO on SSB, CW, RTTY and PACTOR.

GEORGIA,  4L.   Piero,  IK2BHX  is now in Tiblisi as 4L1HX and 
will  be there for a year.   He promised RTTY  activity  soon. 
QSL via IK2MRZ.

Send your bandpass and notes for next week to Bob,
WB2CJL @ W5KSI.#NOLA.LA.USA.NA or WB2CJL @ ZS5S.ZAF.AF.

GL de (DX2) Luciano, I5FLN @ ZS5S.ZAF.AF


Coming events
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1994
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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 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@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 New Zealand
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 NEWS798 26/02/94.

INSERTED BY VK2BQS Jim, Vice President ANARTS.
