[ ANARTS - Australian National Amateur Radio Teletype Society ]

ANARTS NEWS BULLETIN 841  15th January 1995

Welcome to 1995 and ANARTS hope all had a good holiday.

Sunday Transmission Schedules.

  3.545 MHz (Plus/minus 5)   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 VK2AAB
146.675 MHz (rtty mmbbs/repeater)          VK2RTY


Enquiries    to   the   society  should  be    addressed    to
the  Secretary  A.N.A.R.T.S., PO  Box   860,    Crows    Nest,
N.S.W.     2065,  accompanied  by s.a.s.e.,   or to VK2JPA  at
VK2AAB.    if  you  have  any    news   or   information   for
inclusion  in  a  subsequent broadcast then please send to the
Broadcast  Officer,  PO  Box 60 Blacktown  2148 or address  to
VK2JPA at VK2AAB on 144.850 MHz.

Views  expressed  in  this news bulletin are  not  necessarily
those of the Broadcast Officer, the Relay Officers, or of the
Society.

WELCOME  TO  1995.  WE HOPE THIS WILL BE A BIGGER  AND  BETTER
YEAR,  AND  THAT THE CYCLE WILL BOTTOM OUT THIS YEAR AND START
CLIMBING  AGAIN.  AT LEAST ITS FASTER ON  THE  UPSWING,  THATS
SOMETHING!

THERE IS A NEW CONTEST TO TRY YOUR SKILLS ON, AND IT IS RUN BY
THE AMERICAN DIGITAL RADIO SOCIETY.  ALL DIGITAL MODES ARE EN-
COURAGED  AND THERE ARE LOTS OF INSTRUCTIONS.  WE  WILL  START
THESE NEXT WEEK IN TIME FOR THE CONTEST ON 4-5 FEBRUARY.

HOPE  YOU ALL HAD A HAPPY AND SAFE FESTIVE SEASON ...  NOW ITS
BACK TO WORK.
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BRITAIN CLEARS THE AIRWAVES FOR DIGITAL RADIO

DIGITAL  RADIO WILL MAKE ITS DEBUT IN BRITAIN NEXT  YEAR.  THE
BBC  ANNOUNCED ITS PLANS FOR DIGITAL AUDIO  BROADCASTING  LAST
WEEK  AFTER THE GOVERNMENT SAID IT WOULD RELEASE A BAND OF VHF
FREQUENCIES FOR THE NEW SYSTEM.  DAB IS A EUROPEAN INVENTION ,
AND  THE  START  OF DIGITAL TRANSMISSIONS  SHOULD  HELP  BOOST
THE AILING EUROPEAN ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY.

DAB  HAS SEVERAL ADVANTAGES OVER EXISTING  RADIO  SYSTEMS.  IT
GIVES  SOUND  QUALITY NEARLY AS GOOD AS A  COMPACT  DISC,  AND
DIGITAL  CAR RADIOS ARE NOT AFFECTED BY RECEPTION BLACK  SPOTS
THAT  MAKE SOUNDS FLUTTER AND FADE ON AM AND FM.  IN ADDITION,
DAB ALLOWS FOR A NATIONAL RADIO STATION TO OPERATE ON THE SAME
FREQUENCY,  SO  LISTENERS IN CARS WILL NOT HAVE TO  RETUNE  AS
THEY TRAVEL ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

EUROPEAN STANDARDS FOR DAB SHOULD BE FINALISED NEXT MONTH, AND
ARE  LIKELY  TO  BE ADOPTED ACROSS THE  CONTINENT.  THIS  WILL
CREATE  A  MASSIVE  MARKET  FOR  DAB  RECEIVERS.   THE  MARKET
RESEARCHERS  DELOITTE TOUCHE TOHMATSU BELIEVE  THAT  EUROPEANS
WILL  BUY 50 MILLION DAB SETS IN THE FIRST 10 YEARS WITH SALES
THEN RISING TO 35 MILLION A YEAR.  DELOITTE COMPARES THIS WITH
-THE UBIQUITOUS CD PLAYER-, WHICH IT SAYS -TOOK EIGHT YEARS TO
ACHIEVE ANNUAL SALES OF 5 MILLION-.  CONTINUED NEXT WEEK......



                      IPS WEEKLY REPORT
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                   06 JANUARY - 12 JANUARY

DATE OF ISSUE: 13 JANUARY 1994

INDICES:
DATE     06    07    08    09    10    11    12
10CM     74    75    74    74    74    75    76
A        15     7     7     5     7    15   ( 4 ESTIMATED)
T        10    26    18    16    17    17    10

SOLAR ACTIVITY WAS VERY LOW THROUGHOUT THE PERIOD.

THE  GEOMAGNETIC  FIELD  AT  LEARMONTH  WAS  MOSTLY  QUIET  TO
UNSETTLED WITH BRIEF ACTIVE PERIODS ON 6TH-7TH JANUARY;  QUIET
TO UNSETTLED ON 8TH; QUIET ON 9TH; QUIET TO UNSETTLED ON 10TH,
INCREASING  TO UNSETTLED TO ACTIVE ON 11TH,  AND RETURNING  TO
QUIET  ON 12TH.

IONOSPHERIC  F2 CRITICAL FREQUENCIES AT SYDNEY WERE NEAR  PRE-
DICTED  TO SLIGHTLY DEPRESSED DURING LOCAL DAY ON 6TH JANUARY;
ENHANCED BY UP TO 10 PER CENT ON 7TH; NEAR PREDICTED VALUES ON
8TH AND 10TH.  ON THE 9TH,  FREQUENCIES WERE ENHANCED BY UP TO
20 PERCENT DURING LOCAL DAY AND DEPRESSED BY UP TO 25  PERCENT
DURING LOCAL NIGHT.  ON THE 11TH, F2 CRITICAL FREQUENCIES WERE
NEAR  NORMAL  WITH  A 25 PER  CENT  ENHANCED  PERIOD  05-09UT.
FREQUENCIES  AGAIN WERE DEPRESSED BY UP TO 15 PER CENT TO 06UT
ON 12TH, THEN RECOVERING TO NEAR PREDICTED MONTHLY VALUES.

              FORECAST (13 JANUARY - 19 JANUARY)

SOLAR:        VERY LOW

GEOMAGNETIC:  QUIET. ACTIVE LEVELS EXPECTED 20TH JANUARY.

IONOSPHERIC:   NORMAL.  DEGRADED  CONDITIONS EXPECTED  20-21ST
              JANUARY.

COURTESY OF THE IPS RADIO AND SPACE SERVICES

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VK2SG RTTY DX NOTES 6 JAN 95

VK2SG RTTY DX NOTES FOR WEEK ENDING 6 JAN 1995  (RTDX0106)

OUR  INFORMATION  THIS  WEEK CAME FROM D3IW  AND  THE  CENTRAL
EUROPE DX CLUSTER DB0SPC,  I5FLN AND THE IK5PWJ PACKETCLUSTER,
K2ENT, WB2CJL, K5TNP, W5KSI, WX5L AND THE  K5NV PACKETCLUSTER,
ZS5S,   9K2EC   AND  THE  NJ0M  NODE  OF  THE   MINNESOTA   DX
PACKETCLUSTER NETWORK. THANKS TO ALL FOR YOUR INFORMATION.

ALL SIGNALS ARE 45.5 BAUD RTTY UNLESS NOTED.
BANDPASS:

FRIDAY 30
1517-14083 SV1ADG
1644-14088 IS0QDV
1934-14071 8P6QA PACTOR
1940-14080 V31RY PACTOR QSL WN0B
1949-14080 HI8BG PACTOR
2002-14088 V31RY
2017-14082 ZS6YA
2021-14077 ZS6YA AMTOR
2320-14087 V31RY
2356-14083 JF1PJK

SATURDAY 31
0030-14087 VP8CKN
0318-14088 XE1CI
1337-14082 GM0PGD
1347-14086 EA6PZ
1414-14086 A45XC
1414-14091 FG5GZ
1420-14081 OD5PL
1434-14084 CO2KG
1507-14083 TA2II
1538-14084 S57J
1634-14087 EA5TS
1654-14087 HB9CAL
1726-14083 V31CW QSL AA0KL
1838-14084 HP1XBH
1841-14083 ZD8X
1904-14086 VP2E/I5JHW QSL I5JHW
2014-14084 3DA0CA
2019-14081 V31RY
2225-14086 T32A QSL JA5EXW
2237-14088 ZP6CC
2248-14086 AH6HH
2300-14085 CE8SFG
2303-14085 AZ7FAF
2312-14091 JA3AUQ

SUNDAY 1 HAPPY NEW YEAR
0004-14088 8P6SA
0020-14085 K7IHI/KH6
0940-14085 CE8SFG
1311-14085 S58AA
1346-14084 TA2II
1349-14089 VK6GOM
1358-14085 CO2KG
1413-14082 LX1TI
1430-14083 A45ZX
1528-14081 FG5FI
1555-14087 4X6UO
1559-14084 EA6BH
1734-14086 ZD7DP
2015-14080 8P6SG
2158-14086 ZP6CC
2206-14087 HP1XBH
2232-14088 AL7BB
2232-14086 T32A
2246-14085 LU9DBK
2305-14085 V31AR
2309-14086 LU2AQO
2328-14083 HI8BG
2329-14085 KL7WP
2332-14087 ZP6EM

MONDAY 2
0016-14085 T32A
1235-14087 V31RY
1335-14089 EA8RA
1337-14086 CO2KG
1429-14083 EA6PZ
1430-14086 SP9BCH
1442-14089 S57J
1442-14090 LX1TI
1459-14084 LA6MP
1506-14083 J28JJ QSL F6HGO
1507-14093 WP4ISP
1513-14088 VK6GOM
1514-14080 8P6NC
1524-14082 V31CW
1554-14089 LX1WH
1611-14085 GU0SUP
1633-14088 EA8PDT
1659-14088 IT9MRW
1720-14085 CO2KG
1809-14086 ZS6YA
1832-14086 EA8PDT
2300-14086 FG5GI
2312-21083 VK9NS
2320-21086 A35RK
2337-14086 ZP6CC

TUESDAY 3
0113-14083 VP8CKN
0437-7027  T32A
1227-14085 VP29EI QSL I5JHW
1330-14082 LX1WH
1427-14089 VO1XC
1537-14082 EA1MV
1649-14085 V31CW
2115-14084 ZP6EM
2211-14089 ZP6CC
2235-14089 ZD9BV

WEDNESDAY 4
0002-14086 VP8CKN
0013-14082 CE3CE
0117-14083 PP8EB
0333-14086 A35RK
0414-14074 EA8AFJ PACTOR
1312-14086 V29EI QSL I5JHW
1324-14083 S59F
1325-14087 HK0DPA
1332-14089 GW0PYT
1422-14085 VP29EI
2317-14086 PY7AJI

THURSDAY 5
0024-14079 ZP5OB PACTOR
0103-7073  YV5EED
0355-14084 LU2AQO
1546-14082 V31RY


NOTES OF INTEREST:
WE  STILL AWAIT THE APPEARANCE ON RTTY OF HF0POL IN THE  SOUTH
SHETLANDS.   ONE  OF  THE  OPERATORS  THERE,  ANDY,  (SP2GOW),
OPERATING CW AS VP8CQS,  WHEN ASKED WHEN HE WOULD BE ACTIVE ON
RTTY, SAID 'NOT YET.' STAY ALERT.

JIM,  K5TNP, REPORTS THAT ALL QSL CARDS RECEIVED FOR HIS VQ9TN
OPERATION  BETWEEN  SEPT AND NOV 1994 HAVE BEEN  ANSWERED.  HE
WILL BE RETURNING TO VQ9 THE LAST WEEK OF MARCH 1995, AND WILL
BE  ON THE AIR FOR ABOUT TWO MONTHS.  HE HOPES TO  WORK  THOSE
STATIONS THAT STILL NEED VQ9 FOR DXCC CREDIT.

FOR  NEXT  WEEK'S  BULLETIN SEND YOUR BANDPASS  AND  NOTES  OF
INTEREST TO BOB, WB2CJL AT W5KSI.#NOLA.LA.USA.NA

73 ES GOOD HUNTING DE JULES W2JGR AT W5KSI.#NOLA.LA.USA.NA
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ARLD001 DX NEWS
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THIS  WEEK'S BULLETIN WAS MADE POSSIBLE WITH INFORMATION  PRO-
VIDED BY TEDD,  KB8NW,  THE OPDX BULLETIN,  PAUL,  KB1BE, JOE,
NJ1Q,  THE  YANKEE CLIPPER CONTEST CLUB PACKETCLUSTER  NETWORK
AND  THE CONTEST CORRAL COLUMN FROM THE PAGES OF QST MAGAZINE.
THANKS TO ALL.

BOTSWANA.  ALTHOUGH DAVE, A22MN, WILL MOVE FINLAND SOMETIME IN
FEBRUARY,  HE  CONTINUES TO CONCENTRATE ON 160 AND 80  METERS.
QSL VIA WA8JOC ONLY.   DAVE IS PLANNING JAUNTS TO OH0, OJ0 AND
MV  ISLAND FOR LATER IN THE YEAR.   IF YOU HAVE ALREADY WORKED
HIM ON THE LOW BANDS,  HE REQUESTS THAT YOU DO NOT CALL AGAIN.
HE  WANTS TO WORK AS MANY AS POSSIBLE AND HE  REPORTS  WORKING
TOO MANY REPEAT CALLERS.

KERMADEC ISLANDS.   THE DXPEDITION BY BARRY,  G4MFW/ZS1FJ, HAS
BEEN CANCELLED.

LEBANON.  TIMO, OH1NOA, WILL SIGN OH1NOA/OD5 UNTIL AUGUST.  HE
PREFERS CW AND OPERATES 80 THROUGH 10 METERS.  QSL VIA OH1MRR.

SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS.   ANDY, SP2GOW, IS SIGNING VP8CQS FROM
SMITH ISLAND. TRY 80 AND 40 METER CW FROM 2330 AND 0300Z.  QSL
VIA DL1EHH.

PACIFIC DXPEDITION.  MASA, JE1DXC, ISN'T THE ONLY ONE PLANNING
ISLAND HOPPING.   YOSHIHIRO,  JF6BCC,  WILL BE ON FROM SAIPAN,
BELAU AND POSSIBLY GUAM BEGINNING IN LATE JANUARY.  LISTEN FOR
KH0/KH2GR JANUARY 27 TO 29, KC6IY JANUARY 29 TO FEBRUARY 1 AND
KH2GR FEBRUARY 2.  QSL VIA JF6BCC.

QSLING THE FALKLANDS.  LES, VP8CPC, REPORTS THAT ANY MAIL SEND
TO THE FALKLAND ISLANDS ARC SHOULD HAVE ''VIA UNITED KINGDOM''
APPENDED TO THE ADDRESS.  WITHOUT THAT INFORMATION ADDED, MAIL
IS DIRECTED THROUGH CHILE AND IS NEVER RECEIVED BY FIARC.  LES
HANDLES  CARDS FOR MANY OTHER VP8S.   ADDRESS CARDS BOUND  FOR
THE  FALKLANDS TO FIARC,  THE FALKLAND ISLANDS  AMATEUR  RADIO
CLUB,  PO  BOX  260,  MPA - MOUNT PLEASANT  AIRPORT,  FALKLAND
ISLANDS VIA UNITED KINGDOM.
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Coming events
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February       4th-5th           ADRS WW RTTY WPX
                                 contest
               11th-12th         EA WW RTTY Contest
               26th              Central Coast Field
                                 Day at Wyong


FOR DISPOSAL

VK2SG HAS SOME JUNK FOR DISPOSAL, STUFF THAT HE THINKS HE WILL
NEVER  NEED AGAIN, ITS YOURS FOR THE COLLECTION.  THINGS  LIKE
TRANSFORMERS 385/385 VOLTS,  MOTORS FOR PRINTERS,  THAT CAN BE
USED FOR OTHER THINGS, TUNING CONDENSERS, BOXES OF ELECTROLYT-
ICS, ETC ETC ETC. IF YOU CAN USE IT, COME AND GET IT. ALSO HAS
PRINTERS LIKE SAGEMS MODIFIED FOR 45/50 AND 75  BAUDS,  SIEMEN
SET FOR 45 BAUDS WITH PAPER WIND UP MOTOR.

HE ALSO HAS A TELEREADER WITH POWER SUPPLY WHICH DOES  CW/RTTY
(VARIOUS  BAUD RATES),  ASCII AND HAS BEEN MODIFIED FOR AMTOR,
ALL  PAPERWORK  AND HANDBOOKS INCLUDED PLUS A SPARE  MK2 AMTOR
BOARD,  NEGOTIABLE PRICE ... THERE ARE ALSO OTHER BITS OF JUNK
AS WELL, EVEN VALVES. 

SOME RADIO CLUB MAY BE INTERESTED.

DE SYD VK2SG QTHR 

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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@VK2XSB,  or the Secretary (Pat) VK2JPA@
VK2AAB.
  
News  items  may  be  sent to  Broadcast  Officer  PO  Box  60
Blacktown  2148 Australia,  or by  packet to VK2JPA @  VK2AAB.
Email address for the Broadcast Officer is : 

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 ANARTS BULLETIN 841  15/1/95.

Inserted by VK2BQS, Jim, Vice President ANARTS. 
