
[ ANARTS - Australian National Amateur Radio Teletype Society ]

ANARTS News Bulletin 900 17TH MARCH 1996

RTTYS MOST WANTED COUNTRIES

AS THE RESULT OF A SURVEY RUN BY THE DIGITAL JOURNAL,  WE HAVE
A  LIST  OF THE MOST WANTED COUNTRIES  ON  RADIOTELETYPE.  tHE
FIRST TEN ARE:
              NORTH KOREA
EQUAL         LIBYA, YEMEN, HEARD IS
              KERMADEC IS
EQUAL         BHUTAN, ST  PETER AND ST PAUL ROCKS,
              KERGUELEN IS
EQUAL         MACQUARIE IS, ANDOMAN AND NICOBAR,
EQUAL         CROZET IS, TRINDADE AND MARTIM  VAZ
              PAGALU  IS
              CENTRAL   KIRIBATI,
              AUCKLAND AND CAMPBELL IS.

IN  THE  ARTICLE ATTACHED TO THE TABLE SOME OF THESE RARE  DX
ARE  LISTED  IN  A  SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT  ORDER  TO  THE  TABLE,
PROBABLY A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT METHOD,  BUT IT MATTERS  LITTLE.
THE TOP COUNTRY,  P5 (NORTH KOREA), IS NEEDED BY EVERYBODY WHO
REPLIED TO THE SURVEY. THIS INCLUDES LUCIANO I5FLN.

THERE ARE NOW 329 ACTIVE DXCC COUNTRIES IN THE RTTY LISTINGS.
THAT WILL GIVE YOU SOMETHING TO AIM AT.

HAPPY HUNTING

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TESLA - AMERICAS FORGOTTEN SCIENTIST

iN  THE  JANUARY 1996 ISSSUE OF 73 AMATEUR RADIO TODAY  IS  AN
ARTICLE  ON  THE EFFORTS OF JOHN W8AHB TO OBTAIN A PLACE IN  A
MUSEUM  FOR  A BUST OF NIKOLA TESLA  IN HONOUR OF  THIS  GREAT
SCIENTIST.  jOHN IS A TEACHER AND HAD FOR YEARS BEEN  TEACHING
HIS STUDENTS ABOUT TESLA, FIRSTLY AS A COMPOSITION SUBJECT AND
LATER FOR HIS SCIENTIFIC ACHIEVEMENTS.

WHEN  AN EX-STUDENT OFFERRED TO HAVE HER SCULPTOR FATHER MAKE A
BUST OF TESLA FREE,  FOR PLACEMENT IN A MUSEUM, JOHN JUMPED AT
THE  IDEA.HE WROTE THE INSCRIPTION FOR THE BUST AND SET  ABOUT
OBTAINING DONATIONS FOR CASTING THE COMPLETED CLAY FIGURE.  HE
HAD  NO  PROBLEMS OBTAINING DONATIONS FORM  BOTH  PRIVATE  AND
CORPORATE SOURCES.

IMAGINE  HIS SURPRISE WHEN HE OFFERRED THE BUST FIRSTLY TO THE
HENRY FORD MUSEUM,  THEN TO THE SMITHSONIAN,  TO DISCOBVER  IT
WAS  NOT  WANTED.  BOTH THESE  PRESTIGIOUS  INSTITUTIONS  WERE
FIXATED ON EDISON,  WITH NO CREDIT FOR THE WORK TESLA HAD DONE
...  IN FACT, THE SMITHSONIAN WAS DISPLAYING EDISONS BUST NEXT
TO THE FIRST TESLA AC MOTOR/GENERATOR IN SUCH A WAY AS TO GIVE
CREDIT TO EDISON. EDISON WAS EVEN GIVEN CREDIT FOR THE NIAGARA
FALLS  POWER PROJECT WHICH USED AC ...  EDISON FOUGHT THE RISE
OF AC AND ONLY WANTED DC TO TO BE USED.

JOHN IS NOW ASKING PEOPLE TO PROTEST TO THE SMITHSONIAN TO GET
RIGHTFUL  ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF THE WORK OF TESLA BESIDE THAT  OF
EDISON. THIS IS AN ON-GOING SAGA AND IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO
SEE IF HE, WITH SUPPORT, CAN GET THE SMITHSONIAN TO CHANGE ITS
TUNE.

BY THE WAY,  THE NAME OF THE HENRY FORD MUSEUM IN DEARBORN WAS
THE EDISON INSTITUTE ...


                WEEKLY SOLAR AND GEOPHYSICAL REPORT

                     (08 MARCH - 14 MARCH)

ISSUED 15 MARCH

SUMMARY

Date     08    09    10    11    12    13    14
10cm     70    68    69    72    73    71    71
A         7     8     8    24    11    16 ( 10 ESTIMATED)
T         6     4     5     6    -0   -11    -9



SOLAR  ACTIVITY WAS VERY LOW ALL WEEK.

THE GEOMAGNETIC FIELD AT LEARMONTH W.A. WAS QUIET TO UNSETTLED
8TH  TO  10TH AND 14TH MARCH;  UNSETTLED 11TH  AND  12TH;  AND
UNSETTLED TO ACTIVE 13TH MARCH.

MAXIMUM  USABLE  FREQUENCIES  AT SYDNEY  WERE  NEAR  PREDICTED
MONTHLY VALUES EXCEPT FOR A SHORT LIGHTLY DEPRESSED PERIOD  ON
13TH  TO  0800 UT.  SPORADIC E WAS NOTED BRIEFLY ON  11TH  AND
13TH.

                FORECAST (15 MARCH - 21 MARCH)

SOLAR:        VERY LOW

GEOMAGNETIC:  QUIET TO UNSETTLED

FREQUENCIES:  NEAR PREDICTED MONTHLY VALUES.


COURTESY OF IPS RADIO AND SPACE SERVICES


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VK2SG RTTY DXNOTES FOR WEEKENDING MARCH 8TH 96 (BID RTDX0308)

To  all  YL's  many  many flowers and greetings  on  this  day
worldwide devoted to the woman (not only today anyway ....).

Our thanks  this  week go to:   ZS5S,  ZS1CM,  ZR5DTS, WB2CJL,
AA5AU,  WX5L,   N5FG,  N9NCX, W9ILY, W7LZP, WK9Z, N5PSI, WS7I,
N9RJX,  SP4KM,  OH2BUA,  IK1CJO,  I4MKN,  IK5AAX, I5IGQ, I1JQJ
and  the 425 DXgang,  DJ3IW and the Central Europe DX  Cluster
Node  DB0SPC  the   NJ0M  Node of  Minnesota  and  the  IK5PWJ
PacketCluster.

BANDPASS:
FRIDAY 1
0043-14084 VP8CKN
1241-14083 S57KW
1243-14084 UY7RE
1300-14084 YI1US
1323-14086 FS/WE9V
1331-14083 ES7FQ
1333-14089 RW6BK
1355-14086 4X6UO
1356-14083 YL2XX
1403-14087 SV5BYR
1406-14084 EV10D
1407-14085 VU2AVG
1445-14082 ES7FQ
2240-14087 S92JR

SATURDAY 2
1030-14083 FT5FW Crozet Qsl via F5IZK
1334-14086 4X6UO
1335-14087 Z32ZA
1339-14082 YI1FC
1511-14087 VU2AVG
1511-14085 UR5EDU
1514-14089 ES7FQ
1532-14090 EU0/RW9YC
1542-14089 ES7FQ
1614-14086 FR5HG
1737-14081 SV2BBJ
1813-14086 WP4ISP
1920-14083 S92JR
2243-14085 FG5GA

SUNDAY 3
1257-14072 YI1ZN
1347-14085 KE6GEM/5N6
2048-14084 LU9GBR
2010-21085 HJ4SAN
2123-14087 WP4ISP
2154-14087 CX4NF
2200-14083 S92JR

MONDAY 4
0036-14086 UA0SMF Zone 18
1233-14084 VK2KM
1346-14089 YL1XX
1347-14086 ES7FQ
1400-14084 VU2AVG
1505-14081 PJ9/AB4JI
1508-14084 ES7FQ
1821-14087 PJ2/N1TKZ
1825-14087 Z21CA
2202-14089 CX4NF

TUESDAY 5
1313.14083 UT2UF
1316-14084 YL1XX
1319-14088 BV4PH
1454-14081 YL1XX
2202-14089 CX4NF
2204-14083 S92JR
2214-14086 FG5FI

WEDNESDAY 6
1245-14085 UU2JWA
1253-14083 ES7FQ
1254-14083 OH2/W2JGR
1822-14081 PY2BW
1835-14082 LU9GBR

THURSDAY 7
1338-14083 ES7FQ
1546-14080 YL1XX
1555-14085 TA2D
1608-14086 OH2/W2JGR

Notes of Interest:

CROZET,   FT5W.     Jack,    FT5FW  is  a  technician  at  the
Observatoire de Magnetisme et Sismologie on Crozet, he will be
there for a year and also active SSB and SSTV.

MARION IS.,  ZS8.  Chris,  ZS5IR/ZS6RI will be active from the
first days of May 1996  until he leave  the island  in June or
July  1997.   He  will  not use ZS8MI callsign,but  a  special
unique  callsign ZS8IR.  Chris report that will be QRV on  all
bands(160 to 6 meters) on SSB,  CW and RTTY.  The station will
consist of an Icom IC-735,   Yaesu FL-2100Z Amplifier, AEA PK-
232  MBX multimode data controller.   He will be using  mostly
wire  antennas  (rhombics & V beams).   All QSL go to via  his
manager, Chris R Burger ZS6EZ (ex ZS6BCR).

SRI LANKA,  4S. ?Mario,  HB9BRM will be operating from March 9
to 17 April  and say that mode of operation include Amtor  and
Pactor. The call will be 4S7BRG and qsl go to his home call.

GUANTANAMO BAY,  KG4.  Look  for Bill, KQ4GC,  from March 8 to
14 on  ssb and rtty on all bands.  He should be use KG4QC, qsl
via homecall with sase.

The  VK2SG  RTTY  DXNOTES are also available  on  Internet  at
reflectors dx@ve7tcp.ampr.org, an digital-dx@st.rim.or.jp. See
also the OH2BUA WebCluster at
URL http://www.clinet.fi/(TILDE)jukka/webcluster.html

For   next   week's   bulletin  send  your  bandpass  to  Bob,
WB2CJL at @ W5KSI.#NOLA.LA.USA.NA.

Gl de (DX2) Luciano, I5FLN AT ZS5S.ZAF.AF
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DX Bulletin 14  ARLD014

This  week's bulletin was made possible with info provided  by
Mauro,  I1JQJ,  Johnny,  LA5IIA,  Morten,  LA9GY, Uwe, DL9GOA,
Tedd,  KB8NW,  the OPDX Bulletin and Contest Corral from  QST.
Thanks to all.

TONGA, A3.  Morten, LA9GY, will operate from Tonga March 16 to
April 4,  including action in the CQ WW WPX contest.  He hopes
to  secure use of the call A35GY.   Morten prefers CW but will
operate some SSB. QSL via LA9GY.

VIETNAM,  3W.   Nikolay, UA0FM, continues to keep 3W5FM on the
air daily from 1400z on 7005 kHz CW and from 1530z on 7045 kHz
SSB.  These skeds are with Sergey,  UA0WY,  running the  list.
QSL direct to PO Box 66, Vladimir, 600011, Russia.

WESTERN  SAHARA.   EA3NY plans to operate in the CQWW SSB  WPX
contest  March 30 and 31 on 80 through 10 meters,  probably as
S01EA.

SOMALIA,  T5.   I4LCK  and  IK4SDY will be  active  from  Majo
Island,  IOTA  AF-052,  March 27 to April 3 on 160 through  10
meters with 500 watts to vertical and dipole antennas.

FALKLAND ISLANDS,  VP8.   DA4RG, will sign VP8BPZ from mid-May
to mid-September.   He plans to operate SSB only,  not nets or
lists. QSL via GW8VHI or DA4RG.

MYANMAR,  XZ.   According to Wayne,  KF7AY,  things still look
very  promising  for the April XZ1N  DXpedition,  though  some
regulatory  matters  between the Myanmar military and  related
ministries  need  to  be ironed  out.   Word  from  Yangon  is
encouraging, however.

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COMING EVENTS
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MARCH               16TH-17TH         BARTG SPRING RTTY
                                      CONTEST
APRIL                6TH-7TH          EA WW RTTY CONTEST
                    27TH-28TH         SP DX RTTY
MAY                 11TH-12TH         VOLTA RTTY DX

JUNE                 8TH-9TH          ANARTS WW DIGITAL
                                      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 at VK2DAA, or the Secretary (Pat) VK2JPA
at VK2WI.

News  items  may  be  sent to  Broadcast  Officer  PO  Box  60
Blacktown  2148 Australia,  or by packet to VK2JPA at  VK2WI.
Email address for the Broadcast Officer is :

       patl(at)conmusic.su.oz.au
or
       patl(at)extro.ucc.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

