
[ ANARTS - Australian National Amateur Radio Teletype Society ]

A.N.A.R.T.S. News Bulletin 834 6th November 1994

NEWS FROM THE WEST
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THE CONTROL OF THE RELAY OF THE VK2 RTTY BROADCAST IN W.A. HAS
PASSED TO THE W.A.  RADIO OLD TIMERS CLUB,  WHICH HAS TAKEN UP
THE  CALLSIGN  OF  VK6TTY AFTER IT  WAS  RELINQUISHED  BY  THE
WESTERN AUSTRALIAN AMATEUR DIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS ASSOCIATION.

UNFORTUNATELY  THIS HAS ALSO MEANT THAT THE BROADCAST  OFFICER
FOR THAT ASSOCIATION HAS RESIGNED FROM THE POST,  BUT THE RTTY
BROADCAST NEWS FROM VK2 WILL CONTINUE TO BE RELAYED IN W.A. BY
CLEM   VK6CW   USING  VK6TTY  WHICH  HE  NOW  HOLDS  FOR   THE
W.A.R.O.T.C..

THE  2 METRE RTTY MAILBOX IS ALSO LIKELY TO BE RELOCATED ON  A
HF  FREQUENCY IF USAGE REMAINS AT THE PRESENT LOW LEVEL,  EVEN
THOUGH RTTY BROADCASTS HAVE NOT AVAILABLE TO AMATEURS FOR  THE
PAST FEW WEEKS DUE TO LACK OF A CALLSIGN, AND BECAUSE OF THAT,
MEMBERS  MAY  HAVE NOT BEEN MADE AWARE OF THE AVAILABILITY  OF
THE RTTY BULLETIN BOARD.

THANKS TO CLEM VK6CW FOR THAT INFORMATION

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A LITTLE WHIMSY FROM VK6TN (Ernie), originator was VK6UE (Bill).

GETTING OLD
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     JUST A LINE TO SAY I'M LIVING,
     THAT I'M NOT AMONG THE DEAD
     THOUGH I'M GETTING MORE FORGETFUL
     AND MIXED UP IN MY HEAD.

     I'VE GOT USED TO MY ARTHRITIS
     TO MY DENTURES I'M RESIGNED
     I CAN MANAGE MY BI-FOCALS
     BUT OH GOD I MISS MY MIND.

     SOMETIMES I CAN'T REMEMBER
     WHEN I'M STANDING BY THE STAIRS
     IF I SHOULD BE GOING UP FOR SOMETHING
     OR IF I'VE JUST COME DOWN FROM THERE.

     AND BEFORE THE FRIDGE SO OFTEN
     MY MIND IS FILLED WITH DOUBT
     NOW DID I PUT SOME FOOD AWAY
     OR COME TO TAKE SOME OUT.

     SOMETIMES WHEN IT IS NIGHT TIME
     WITH MY NIGHTCAP ON MY HEAD
     I DON'T KNOW IF I'M RETIRING
     OR JUST GETTING OUT OF BED.

     IF IT'S NOT MY TURN TO WRITE DEAR
     I HOPE YOU WON'T GET SORE
     I THINK I MAY HAVE WRITTEN
     AND DON'T WANT TO BE A BORE.

     SO REMEMBER I DO LOVE YOU
     AND WISHED THAT YOU LIVED NEAR
     BUT NOW IT'S TIME TO MAIL THIS
     AND SAY GOODBYE MY DEAR

     AT LAST I STOOD BESIDE THE MAILBOX
     MY FACE IT SURE GOT RED
     INSTEAD OF MAILING THIS TO YOU
     I'VE OPENED IT INSTEAD.

COURTESY OF BILL VK6UE

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                      IPS WEEKLY REPORT
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                   28 OCTOBER - 3 NOVEMBER

ISSUE No 44

DATE OF ISSUE: 4 NOVEMBER 1994

INDICES:

DATE     28    29    30    31    01    02    03

10CM     97    98    98    97    92    91    87
A         2    34    32    32    14    19   (12 ESTIMATED)
T        41    43   -13    11    10    20    22


SOLAR  ACTIVITY  WAS LOW 29TH OCTOBER,  AND VERY LOW  FOR  THE
REMAINDER OFTHE PERIOD.

THE  GEOMAGNETIC  FIELD  AT  LEARMONTH (WA)  WAS  QUIET TO UN-
SETTLED  28TH OCTOBER,  UNSETTLED TO ACTIVE ON 29TH WITH MINOR
STROM LEVELS 0900-1200 UT AND MAJOR STORM LEVELS 1200-1800 UT.
THE FIELD ON 30TH WAS MOSTLY ACTIVE WITH A SHORT MINOR  STORM
PERIOD, AND AGAIN  ON  31ST  THERE  WAS  A  SHORT  PERIOD  OF
MINOR STORM LEVELS WITH THE FIELD MOSTLY UNSETTLED OTHERWISE.
ON  1ST-2ND  NOVEMBER  THE  FIELD  WAS  UNSETTLED  TO  ACTIVE,
REDUCING TO QUIET TO UNSETTLED ON 3RD.

IONOSPHERIC   F2  CRITICAL  FREQUENCIES  WERE  NEAR  PREDICTED
MONTHLY  VALUES ON 28TH OCTOBER WITH 15-30 PER  CENT  ENHANCE-
MENTS FROM 0500-1700 UT. ON 29TH FREQUENCIES WERE ENHANCED 20-
40  PER CENT 0300-1300 UT,  DEPRESSED BY 25 PER CENT 2200-2300
UT,  AND  NEAR NORMAL OTHERWISE.  THERE WERE  SHORT  DEPRESSED
PERIODS  OF UP TO 40 PER CENT OVER 30TH OCTOBER-1ST  NOVEMBER,
OTHERWISE  NEAR PREDICTED VALUES.  FREQUENCIES WERE NEAR  PRE-
DICTED MONTHLY VALUES ON 2ND-3RD.

                  FORECAST (4TH-10 NOVEMBER)

SOLAR:        VERY LOW TO LOW.

GEOMAGNETIC:  QUIET TO UNSETTLED.

IONOSPHERIC:  NEAR PREDICTED NOVEMBER VALUES.


COURTESY OF IPS RADIO AND SPACE SERVICES

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VK2SG RTTY DX NOTES 28 OCT 94

VK2SG RTTY DX NOTES FOR WEEKENDING 28 OCT 94 (BID RTDX1028)

A POINT  TO PONDER.  I'M RECEIVING FROM THE PACKET NETWORK OLD
BULLETINS (E.G. ARLD, ARLP, ARLB, OPDX, RTDX AND  OTHERS)  BUT
WITH  DIFFERENT  BULLETIN IDENTIFICATION NUMBER (BID) FROM THE
ORIGINAL ONE. THE REMOVAL OF THE BID REPLACED WITH A LOCAL BID
NUMBER  HAS CAUSED CONFUSION AND  SOME BBS SUFFER THE MULTIPLE
DELIVERY OF THE DX NOTES AND BULLETINS WITH  DIFFERENT BID NR.
CHANGING  THE ORIGINAL  IDENTIFICATION ONLY  LEADS TO THE SAME
BULLETIN  ARRIVING  AT A BBS FROM  VARIOUS SOURCES MANY TIMES,
THIS CAUSES THE BBS TO BE FILLED WITH REDUNDANT AND REPETITIVE
INFORMATION  THIS ALSO  CAUSES  THE  SYSOPS MANY  HOURS OF NON
PRODUCTIVE WORK. THINK ABOUT IT.

OUR THANKS THIS WEEK GO TO ZS5S, W2JGR,  WB2V,  W5KSI,  W6PQS,
WA6PJR, PA0HVF, DL8AAM, I5IGQ, I5ICY AND IK5PWJ PACKETCLUSTER,
THE INTERNATIONAL RTTY DX ASSOCIATION AND THE NJ0M NODE OF THE
MINNESOTA DX PACKET CLUSTER NETWORK.

BANDPASS:
FRIDAY 21
0026-14089 US0SMF                0113-14085 ZP6CC
0819-14069 ST2AA PCT             1210-21073 LU8AXX

SATURDAY 22
0137-14085 UA0SMF                0440-14069 7Q7JL PCT
1000-21073 TY1PS AMT             1445-21069 ST2AA PCT
1206-14086 CU1AC                 1501-28072 DJ9VB PCT
1529-21082 3X0DEX                1550-21084 OK2PDM
1758-14076 VE8GO ZONE 2          2243-21083 C21/JA QSL JA3JA
2312-28084 VK9NS

SUNDAY 23
0250-14085 RA9CWA                0614-14069 ST2AA PCT
1025-14069 7Q7LA PCT             1400-14069 5R8DS PCT
1450-14069 VQ9KC PCT             1545-14088 4X6UO
2001-14090 5H3JA                 2014-14088 EA7/KE7EBP
2024-14086 J28JJ

MONDAY 24
0019-14087 PP7FB                 0605-14069 ST2AA
0900-21069 ST2AA PCT             1055-21069 5H3MS PCT
1450-14069 VQ9KC PCT             1619-14084 EA9AN
1730-14085 SV5AZP

TUESDAY 25
0550-14069 ST2AA PCT             0839-14083 LY2BOK
0920-21069 5X4B PCT SEE NOTE     1313-14085 UN7GY
1340-14084 RK9CWA                1634-21086 3DA0CA

WEDNESDAY 26
0500-14069 7Q7LA PCT             0610-14069 ST2AA PCT
0740-21069 5X4B PCT              1430-14073 5H3MA PCT
1627-14087 JW0I

THURSDAY 27
0525-14069 7Q7JL PCT             0620-14069 ST2AA PCT
0630-14073 V51GB PCT             0657-14086 A45XC
0817-14080 LY1KAT                1739-14088 VQ9JB

NOTES OF INTEREST:

SOUTH SHETLAND, HF0. THE INTERNATIONAL RTTY DX ASSOCIATION HAS
DONATED A HAL TELEREADER  RTTY TERMINAL FOR USE AT HF0POL, THE
POLISH ANTARCTIC  EXPEDITION BASE ON KING GEORGE ISLAND IN THE
SOUTH  SHETLAND  GROUP.  THE OPERATOR,  ANDY, SP2GOW, HAS BEEN
TRAINED ON  THE KEYS BY WALD,  SP4KM.  SINCE IT MAY BE SEVERAL
MONTHS BEFORE ANDY GETS TO THE BASE AND APPEARS ON  RTTY, KEEP
AN EYE ON THE VK2SG DX NOTES FOR UPDATES.

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, A6. DON, WB2DND WILL BE IN DUBAI FROM 11
TO 16 NOV. AND WILL OPERATE A61AD AS TIME PERMITS. HE SUGGESTS
WEST COAST U.S.A. LOOK FOR HIM ON EITHER 14025 KHZ CW OR 14090
RTTY AT 1300Z (AROUND HIS SUNSET).  HE WILL CONCENTRATE ON 80/
160 NEAR 0200Z (AROUND HIS SUNRISE), BUT DID NOT SPECIFY MODE.

UGANDA, 5X.  EUGEN, 5X4B  (FORMERLY DL8AAI, 5Z4FU) AND HIS XYL
SANDRA, 5X4A, ARE ACTIVE  FOR AT LEAST ONE YEAR FROM KITGUM IN
NORTHERN UGANDA.  THEY ARE THE VERY FIRST AND ONLY HAMS IN THE
THAT AREA.  QSL VIA  DL8AAM THOMAS M. ROESNER NARZISSENWEG 11,
D-37081 GOETTINGEN.  BE  PATIENT IT WILL NEED SOME TIME TO GET
LOGS AND PRINT THE QSLS.

SEND BANDPASS AND NOTES FOR NEXT WEEK BULLETIN TO JULES, W2JGR
AT  W2TKU.#SRQFL.FL.USA.NA OR AT W5KSI.#NOLA.LA.USA.NA.

GL DE (DX2) LUCIANO, I5FLN AT ZS5S.ZAF.AF


LATE INFORMATION
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NOV. 2                        NOV. 3
0805-14.006 G0SPO             0800-14.087 PA3AET

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ARLD064 DX news

The items in this week's bulletin are courtesy of Bob,  W5KNE,
QRZ DX, Bob, KA1XN, Chod, VP2ML, The DX Bulletin, Adam, N7VEW,
Mathieu,  F5SHQ,  Tedd,  KB8NW,  the OPDX Bulletin, the Uankee
Clipper  Contest  Club PacketCluster network and  the  Contest
Corral column from the pages of QST.  Thanks.

SOUTHERN SUDAN.  John, PA3CXC, is on signing PA3CXC/ST0. Check
18075  kHz between 1800 and 2200z,  7005 kHz around 0315z  and
21020 kHz after 2200z.  QSL via his CBA.

TOGO and CAMEROON.   Adam, N7VEW, QSL manager for missionaries
5V7MD and TJ1JR,  has announced the following skeds.   Wednes-
days  at 2230z on 14165 kHz with TJ1JR and Thursdays at  2200z
on 14165 kHz with 5V7MD.   After the skeds 5V7MD or TJ1JR will
usually hang around or move up the band to work some stations.
QSL  TJ1JR  and 5V7MD to N7VEW at his 1994 CBA with  an  SASE.
Please, no bureau cards.

MACAO.  G3SXW and G3TXF are active as XX9SXW and XX9TXF. `They
operate mostly CW.

80 METERS.   A group of Asian operators including EX0V, EY8MM,
UN7VV  and AP2SD,  are on a daily lookout trying to work  west
coast stations.  Try 3795 kHz between 1200 and 1400z.

U.A.E. Don, WB2DND, will be visiting Dubui from November 11 to
16.  Listen  on 20 meters at 1300z on either 14025 kHz  CW  or
14090 RTTY,  14240 SSB at 2100z and 80/160 meters each morning
at 0200z.

CUBA.   A  group  of  Cuban and Portugese hams  will  activate
CO9OTA  in  the  archipelago  Jardines  de  la  Reina  between
November 7 to 9.

Arnie,  CO2KK,  is now active on 160 meters.   QSL via Arnaldo
Coro, PO Box 6060, Habana Cuba 10600.

TAIWAN.  WB4IUX plans to be in Taiwan either November 7, 8 and
9  or  16,  17 and 18.   He is working feverishly  on  getting
permission  to  operate.   If he can secure  this  permission,
plans  are to operate almost exclusively 80 and 40  meters  to
give low band operators a chance for BV.   Look for him in the
7008 to 7012 and 3508 to 3512 windows.

BELAU/YAPP.   Lim,  WV5S,  and Coy,  N5OK,  of the Oklahoma DX
Association  will be returning to Yapp.  Listen for V63SH  and
V63OH between November 2 and 9. Some RTTY.

MADAGSCAR.  JA1OEM  will  be on from Madagascar as 5R8HP  from
November 1 to 20.

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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 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 the broadcast for this morning/evening.
