[ ANARTS - Australian National Amateur Radio Teletype Society ] ANARTS News Bulletin 901 24TH MARCH 1996 AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 077.01 FROM AMSAT HQ William A. (Bill) Tynan, W3XO, has been named HamVention 1996 Amateur of the Year by the Dayton Amateur Radio Association. Bill has championed the cause of VHF/UHF enthusiasts, worldwide. He had been contributing editor for QST Magazine's "World above 50 MHz" column for eighteen years, providing a medium to nurture new communication techniques, encourage DX performance and improve contesting rules on the VHF/UHF bands. He pioneered the establishment of the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT). From the founding days of the first OSCAR-6 launch to his present post as President of AMSAT-NA, Bill has sacrificed much of his personal time, talent and resources to the promotion and development of the amateur satellite program. His vision continues with the advent of the Phase 3-D project, scheduled for launch in December, ushering in an entirely new dimension of amateur radio operation. ----------------------------------------- EA WW RTTY CONTEST PART 1 6-7 APRIL 1996 SPONSORED BY SECCION TERRITORIAL COMARCAL DE ARANDS DE DUERO. THE FIRST FULL WEEKEND IN APRIL. CONTEST PERIOD: FROM 1600Z SATURDAY TO 1600Z SUNDAY (24 HOURS). BANDS: 80, 40, 20, 15 AND 10M (FIVE BANDS). CLASSES: A) SINGLE OP, ALLBAND C) MULTI-OP, ALL BAND B) SINGLE OP, SINGLE BAND D) SWL EXCHANGE: EA STATIONS SEND RST PLUS CQ ZONE PLUS PREFIX OF PROVINCE. ALL OTHERS: SENT RST PLUS CQ ZONE MULTIPLIERS: EACH DXCC COUNTRY, CQ ZONE, AND SPANISH PROVINCE ON EACH BAND. SPANISH PROVINCES ARE: A, AB, AL, AV, B, BA, BI, BU, C, CA, CC, CE, CO, CR, CS, CU, GC, GE, GR, GU, H, HU, J, L, LE, LO, LU, M, MA, ML, MU, NA, O, OR, P, PM, PO, S, SA, SE, SG, SO, SS, T, TE, TF, TO, V, VA, VI, Z, ZA. (52 EA PROVINCES). NOTES. 1) ALL MULTIPLIERS COUNT ONCE PER BAND (BAND MULTIPLIERS). 2) FIRST QSO WITH EA STATION ON EACH BAND COUNTS AS AN ADDITIONAL MULTIPLIER, ALONG WITH PROVINCE 3) CQ ZONES NOW COUNT AS MULTIPLIERS. 4) QSOS WITH STATIONS IN YOUR OWN COUNTRY ARE VALID FOR MULTIPLIER CREDIT BUT HAVE ZERO QSO POINT VALUE. MORE NEXT WEEK ------------------------------------- WEEKLY SOLAR AND GEOPHYSICAL REPORT (15 MARCH - 21 MARCH) ISSUED 22 MARCH SUMMARY Date 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 10cm 70 71 71 71 70 69 70 A 6 9 12 9 12 19 (22 ESTIMATED) T 8 1 3 3 1 0 -14 SOLAR ACTIVITY WAS VERY LOW ALL WEEK. THE GEOMAGNETIC FIELD AT LEARMONTH W.A. WAS QUIET TO UNSETTLED 15TH, 16TH, AND 18TH MARCH; MAINLY UNSETTLED ON 19TH; UNSETTLED TO ACTIVE 17TH, AND 20TH TO 21ST. THERE WERE MINOR STORM PERIODS ON 20TH AND 21ST. MAXIMUM USABLE FREQUENCIES AT SYDNEY WERE MOSTLY NEAR PREDICTED MONTHLY VALUES. THERE WERE DEPRESSIONS OF 15 PER CENT : FROM 9-12 UT ON 17TH; TO 5 UT ON 19TH; AND TO 11 UT ON 21ST. SPREAD F WAS REPORTED ON 18TH AND 21ST, AND SPORADIC E NOTED ON 18TH MARCH. FORECAST (22 MARCH - 28 MARCH) SOLAR: VERY LOW TO LOW GEOMAGNETIC: UNSETTLED TO ACTIVE ON 22-23 MARCH, QUIET TO UNSETTLED THEREAFTER. FREQUENCIES: DEGARDED HF CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED 22-24 MARCH, NEAR PREDICTED MONTHLY VALUES OTHERWISE. COURTESY OF IPS RADIO AND SPACE SERVICES ---------------------------------- VK2SG RTTY DX NOTES FOR WEEKENDING 15 MAR 96 (BID RTDX0315) OUR INFORMATION THIS WEEK CAME FROM: DJ3IW AND THE CENTRAL EUROPE CLUSTER DB0SPC, I5FLN AND THE IK5PWJ PACKET CLUSTER, KD2YG, SM5EIT, W2JGR AND THE NJ0M NODE THE TWIN-CITIES DX PACKET CLUSTER, W5KSI, AND ZS5S. THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE. BANDPASS FRIDAY 8 1309-14086 4X6UO 1311-14088 RW6BK 1750-14086 KE6GEM/5N6 1829-14081 EV1OD See Note SATURDAY 9 0046-14084 UA0JV 0248- 3595 PJ9/N1TKZ 1259-14085 EW8OF 1300-14086 UU2JWA 1300-14086 OK2PEF 1301-14088 OK2PCL 1632-14093 KG4GC QSL KQ4GC 1710-14084 SV2TX 1733- 7044 FT5WF 1854-14077 C56CW 1947-14076 C56CW 1956-14082 EA8AW 1957-14083 Z21CA 2005-14088 CP1PY 2050-14087 KG4GC 2103-14083 CP1PY 2133-14083 HC1JQ 2151-14086 V31AR 2203-14084 CU1AC 2206-14082 LU9GCX 2225-14077 C56CW 2312-14084 LU2BBK 2330-14084 LU3GCX SUNDAY 10 0031-14086 UA0SMF 0846-14084 HL1IWS 0859-14091 UA0SMF 0944-14084 LU1DJH 1242-14084 T77WI 1300-14088 CU3CC 1303-14086 UT5DX 1305-14083 UT2UF 1309-14083 ES7FQ 1417-14090 KG4GC 1420-14088 CO2RA 1430-14085 9K2ZC 1435-14085 CU3CC 1448-14084 UR5EDU 1653-14089 CO2RA 1732-14082 KG4GC 1903-14082 Z21CA 1922-14085 C56CW 1931-14082 C56CW 2004-14084 S59A 2106-14085 CO2KK MONDAY 11 0106-14085 LU9GBR 0110- 7021 C56CW 0136-14081 KL7KJ 1433-14088 AP2SD 1452-21081 C94AI 1559-14086 C94AI 1719-14084 KG4GC 1941-14082 C56CW 2025-14087 Z21HD TUESDAY 12 1311-14083 YI1ZN 1313-14086 C94AI 1333-14083 YI1ZN 1349-14085 VU2AVG 1420-14090 VU2AVG 1420-14088 4X6UO 1648-14083 CU3CZ 2049-14082 KG4GC 2105-14086 C94AI QSL CT1CKP 2118-14087 CN8LI WEDNESDAY 13 1240-14086 OH2/W2JGR 1249-14084 YL2DX 1322-14086 ES7FQ 2152-14084 C94AI 2223-14083 KG4GC 2228-14087 CU1AC 2230-14085 C94AI 2313-14084 S92JR 2337-14087 HL0Y THURSDAY 14 0117-14082 C56CW 1254-14087 PJ2MI 1323-14081 EI5IF 1325-14083 KG4GC 1328-14086 YL2DX 1330-14086 J28JY INVERTED SVALBARD, JW. Erik and John, SM0AGD AND SM0DJZ, will be Active 14-18 March. Plans are to be in the RTTY BARTG contest. QSL via home call. BELARUS, EV. This is a special event station, EV1OD marking the 10th anniversary since the Chernobyl Nucular Power Station disaster. THE VK2SG RTTY DXNOTES are also available on Internet at reflectors dx@ve7tcp.ampr.org, and digital-dx@st.rim.or.jp. See also the OH2BUA WebCluster at URL http://www.clinet.fi/~jukka/webcluster.html For next week's bulletin send your bandpass to Jules, W2JGR at W5KSI.#NOLA.LA.USA.NA REMEMBER, DX DON'T SLEEP. GL DE BOB, WB2CJL AT W5KSI.#NOLA.LA.USA.NA -------------------------------------- ARLD014 DX NEWS 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. 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. ------------------------------------- COMING EVENTS ------------- 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 ------------------------------------------- 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