[ ANARTS - Australian National Amateur Radio Teletype Society ] ANARTS BROADCAST 909 19TH MAY 1996. Australian National Amateur Radio Teleprinter Society, which includes all digital modes, with the weekly broadcast on the following frequencies: 3.545 MHz (Plus/minus 5) 0930 UTC VK2CTD COL 7.045 MHz -3 0030 UTC VK2CTD COL 14.070 MHz (amtor/fec) 0030 UTC VK2DPM ALAN 14.091 MHz 0030 UTC 146.675 MHz 0030/0930 UTC VK2JPA (PAT) 144.850 MHz (ax25 bbs) VK2JPA AT VK2WI 146.675 MHz (rtty mmbbs/repeater) VK2RTY INTERNET RADIO-INFO-DIST AT UCSD.EDU A.N.A.R.T.S. News Bulletin 909 19TH MAY 1996 page 1 COLS COLUMN. ------------ ONE OF THE STATEMENTS ANARTS MAKES IN EACH BROADCAST IS 'INCLUDES ALL DIGITAL MODES'. WHEN YOU THINK OF IT MOST OF THE MODES WE USE OTHER THAN VOICE ARE DIGITAL IN SOME RESPECTS. TAKE FOR INSTANCE CW. WE HAVE EITHER A DOT OR A DASH, THAT IS EITHER A 1 OR A 0. THE SAME WITH RTTY, WE HAVE EITHER A MARK OR A SPACE, THIS APPLIES TO AMTOR AND OTHER VARIANTS OF RTTY. I'VE BEEN READING THE HISTORY OF THE EARLY MODES OF TELEGRAPHY AND IT SEEMS TO ME THAT THE PRINCIPLE OF A 1 OR A 0 APPLIES QUITE A LOT. THE EARLIEST RECORDED MENTION OF A TELEGRAPH SYSTEM USING THE PRINCIPLE, THOUGH AT FIRST GLANCE IT WOULD NOT APPEAR TO DO SO, IS THE FOLLOWING. IN 1753 A LETTER APPEARED IN THE 'SCOTS MAGAZINE' WRITTEN BY AN ANONYMOUS AUTHOR. IT WAS TITLED 'AN EXPEDITIOUS METHOD OF CONVEYING INTELLIGENCE'.IT DESCRIBES A SYSTEM IN WHICH WIRES RUN BETWEEN THE TWO POINTS OF COMMUNICATION, ONE FOR EACH CHARACTER TO BE TRANSMITTED. THAT WOULD BE QUITE A FEW IF ALL 26 ALPHA AND 10 NUMERIC CHARACTERS WERE INCLUDED. EACH WIRE WAS TO BE TERMINATED INTO A PITH BALL WHICH WOULD LIFT A SMALL PIECE OF PAPER WHEN AN ELECTRIC CURRENT WAS APPLIED TO THAT PARTICULAR PITH BALL. THE CURRENT WAS SUPPLIED BY A FRICTIONAL ELECTRIC MACHINE, A STATIC ELECTRIC DEVICE. THE OPERATION WAS SIMPLE, AS EACH CHARACTER IS TO BE TRANSMITTED, THE APPROPRIATE WIRE IS TEMPORARILY CONNECTED AND THE PIECE OF PAPER IS LIFTED. WHEN THAT CIRCUIT IS DISCONNECTED THE PAPER DROPS DOWN INTO ITS OWN SPECIALLY DESIGNED BOX. THE RECEIVING OPERATOR NOTED EACH CHARACTER AS THE PIECES OF PAPER WERE LIFTED AND DROPPED AND WROTE DOWN THE MESSAGE. TO BE CONTINUED THATS ALL FOR THIS WEEK 73S TO ALL DE COL VK2CTD. --------------------------------------- WEEKLY SOLAR AND GEOPHYSICAL REPORT ( 10 MAY - 16 MAY) ISSUED ON 17 MAY 1996 SUMMARY Date 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 10cm 77 76 73 72 71 70 71 A 7 5 5 14 14 10 ( 10 ESTIMATED) T 13 14 13 23 18 10 10 SOLAR ACTIVITY WAS VERY LOW DURING THE PERIOD, EXCEPT FOR 12TH MAY WHEN ACTIVITY WAS LOW. THE GEOMAGNETIC FIELD AT LEARMONTH W.A. WAS QUIET 10TH TO 12TH MAY, BECOMING UNSETTLED ON 13TH. THE FIELD WAS UNSETTLED TO ACTIVE 14TH MAY, REDUCING TO QUIET TO UNSETTLED 15TH AND 16TH. MAXIMUM USABLE FREQUENCIES AT SYDNEY WERE 15 TO 30 PER CENT ENHANCED 10TH TO 11TH MAY, NEAR PREDICTED VALUES, ON 12TH, THEN ENHANCED TO 40 PER CENT 13TH AND 14TH, THEN NEAR PREDICTED VALUES ON 15TH AND 16TH. SPREAD F WAS PRESENT ON 12TH. FORECAST (17 MAY - 23 MAY) SOLAR: VERY LOW GEOMAGNETIC: QUIET TO UNSETTLED UNTIL 20 MAY. UNSETTLED TO ACTIVE CONDITIONS EXPECTED 20-21 MAY DUE TO A CORONAL HOLE. UNSETTLED LEVELS EXPECTED 22 TO 23 MAY. FREQUENCIES: MOSTLY NEAR PREDICTED MONTHLY VALUES, WITH DEGRADED HF COMMUNICATION CONDITIONS EXPECTED FOR MID-HIGH LATITUDES 20 TO 21 MAY. COURTESY OF IPS RADIO AND SPACE SERVICES ----------------------------------------- VK2SG RTTY DX NOTES FOR WEEKENDING MAY 10, 1996 (BID RTDX0510) OUR THANKS THIS WEEK GO TO: ZS5S, W2JGR, WB2CJL, AA5AU, WX5L,WS7I, VA3MM, KA9ZPE, K9APW, N1RCT, JA3PFZ, JA3CMD, JA2IVY, SP4KM,SP4CHY, DL9TL, DF8QB, DJ1TU, DK3CU, DL5KAT, EA1OD, PA0HVF, OH2BUA, F5PYI, F5PSI, F5NBU, I4MKN, 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 3 1504-14088 S53ZW 0015-14078 TI9X 0103-14078 TI9X QSX UP 14085 0111-14081 UA0SMF 1049-10143 TI9X 1121-14081 A71BH 1153-14085 OH0/SM3KOR QSL H.C. 1214-14081 UN5PR 1217-14084 4X6UO 1237-14089 ES7QF 1246-14089 XE3ARV 1241-14085 UT7FP 1258-14079 IS0QDV 1420-14091 JX7DFA 1444-14080 J28JY 1504-14088 S53ZW 1529-14083 4L1BR 1849-14080 5H3LM QSL BOX 519 ARUSH 1948-14089 4Z5AO 2017-14085 CE1YI 2052-14088 4Z6ZK 2110-14083 9Q5PAU 2115-14088 CX9BAE 2135-14080 EA9JZ 2138-14086 4Z5AV 2215-14085 ZP5YN 2238-14081 KP4YA SATURDAY 4 1052-14085 OH0/SM3KOR 1123-21082 9J2LF 1220-14083 UA2AO 1223-14085 UU2JWA 1224-14084 HAM2VB 1239-14087 VK6APW 1248-14084 UN5PR 1310-14086 RX6AM 1315-14086 YO3FRI 1317-14082 4X6UO 1322-14088 IS0IIT 1325-14084 UN5PR 1347-14083 HL1KIS 1417-14083 J28BY 1444-14086 ZP5YW 1508-14090 BV7WB 1510-14086 4L1BR 1513-14086 VU2AVG 1622-14085 YB5NOF/8 1719-14083 UA2AO 1724-14080 Z31GB 1904-14088 9Q5MRC 2134-14084 UT6I 2140-14083 YV5NFL 2213-14081 GW3FSW 2215-14085 9A3TB 2218- 7032 UN5PR 2223-21086 A35CT 2233- 7032 UR5FGW 2259- 7034 UT0I 2300-14083 XE3ARV 2310- 3586 YL2KL 2322- 3585 UT0I 2327- 3586 SO5ASL 2343- 3588 Z30M SUNDAY 5 0011- 7034 UR6F 0018- 7041 SV2BFN 0032-14083 UA0SMF 0113- 7039 YV5NFL 0436-14080 UT0I 0438-14082 Z30M 0438-14085 YL2KL 0644-14090 OH0/SM3KOR 0737-14081 YI1RS 0754-14079 FO5OP 0856-21086 Z30M 0922-21089 UN5PR 0942-21081 UT0I 1026-21085 V51GB 1113-14088 LY3MR 1105-14086 UR6F 1118-14080 EM5U 1121-14085 UR7E 1126-14084 UT6I 1201-21087 EA9JZ 1254-14081 RW6AWT 1631-14083 YV5NFL 1731-14077 5R8DG QSL VIA F6FNU 1947- 1837 UR6F 2049-14070 ZL8RI QSX UP 2147-14082 EA8ACM 2148-14086 HAM2VB 2311-14084 SV1AHV 2325-21085 ZL8RI QSX UP 2325-14080 XE3ARV MONDAY 6 0729-14082 FO5OP 1210-14082 EI5IF 1217-14082 EX7MA 1218-14080 UX5YD 1233-14082 UA2AO 1304-14084 YB8NOF/8 1326-14082 IS0MYA 1401-14083 HL1KIS 1407-14085 VU2AVG 1612-14080 EA8IN 1642-14087 5H3LM 1655-14081 EW9OS 1705-14083 UR0HQ 1748-14084 UA2AO 1857-14087 EA9JZ 1938-14084 LU9BGR 1939-14080 CN8GB 2030-14087 UR5EDU 2052-14086 KP4RV 2243-14082 FG5GZ 2244-14084 HK1FGE TUESDAY 7 0137-21070 ZL8RI 0342-14085 VK2KM 0757-14090 UA0SMF 0758-14086 NH6XM 0759-14082 RP9XUK 0846-14082 BD4TB 1128-14086 UA2AO 1701-14082 3D2AA 2031-14085 ZD7BJ 2033-14086 SV3YY 2033-14083 CN8GB 2125-14070 ZL8RI 2139-14088 KP4YA WEDNESDAY 8 1216-14084 EW8OS 1324-14086 RX6AM 1553-14084 YB8NOF/8 1725-14085 4L1BR 1730-14088 3Z0WAW 1844-14085 KL7KJ 1850-14086 XT2DP QSL VIA WB2YQH 1853-14082 CN8LI 1959-14083 CN8GB 2001-14086 TA2II 2001-14084 EA9JZ 2024-14075 T9/OI6XY 2112-14086 LU9GBR 2148-14088 EW8OF THURSDAY 9 0015-14086 CN8GB 0821- 7040 ZL8RI QSX UP 0838-14084 UA2AO 1130-14086 YI1FC 1147-14087 UT7FP 1221-14085 FT5WF 1353-14089 RK9CWA 1441-14081 ES7FQ 1632-14090 J28JJ 1719-14084 4L1BR 1845-14088 CN8GB 1910-14083 EA9JZ 1958-14080 4Z5AV 2007-14085 UR5EDU 2008-14080 US9QA 2037-14087 4L8A 2048-14084 T9/OI6XY 2143-14083 IS0YWA NOTES OF INTEREST: YEMEN, 7O. JEAN JACQUES, J28JJ NOW BACK HOME FROM HIS RECENT TRIP TO 7O, WROTE ME THE FOLLOWING... WORK IN 7O HAS BEEN HARD AND SHORT... LONG WIRE, WITH FT80C LOCATED IN THE CRATER IN ADEN. OPEN ONLY S/E OTHERS SIDE SOME ROCKS UP TO 300 METERS, SOME ACTIVITY BETWEEN JOB SESSIONS. BAD PROPAGATION DONT GIVE CHANCE TO DO MORE QSO. ONLY 145 DONE, 144 IN DIGITAL AND ONE IN SSB ON 7MHZ WITH LAURA 3A2MD. QSL CARDS FOR THIS UNOFFICIAL TEST WILL BE SENT VIA F6HGO BUT BE PATIENT I NEED TO SEND PRINTED CARDS AND THE FIRST REQUEST WILL RECEIVE A J288JJ/7O PRINTED POST CARD AND AN EXTRA NORMAL CARD WITH SPECIAL PICTURES FROM YEMEN OR ADEN (STAMPS). TNX TO ALL HAMS FOR THIS FUNNY XPED. ETHIOPIA, ET. PETER, ET3BN IS NOW ACTIVE ALSO ON RTTY. LOOK FOR HIM AROUND 1800-1900Z ON 14085 KHZ PLUS OR MINUR QRM. PETER PREFERS QSL DIRECT TO POB 150194, ADDIS ABEBA, ETHIOPIA. THE VK2SG RTTY DXNOTES ARE ALSO AVAILABLE ON INTERNET AT REFLECTORS DXVE7TCP.AMPR.ORG, AN DIGITAL-DXST.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 LUCIANO, I5FLN AT ZS5S.ZAF.AF OR I5FLN.ITOS.ITA.EU. GL DE (DX2) LUCIANO, I5FLN AT ZS5S.ZAF.AF --------------------------------------- EXCERPTS FROM THE OHIO/PENN DX PACKETCLUSTER DX BULLETIN NO. 254 MAY 13, 1996 THANKS TO THE NORTHERN OHIO AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY, NORTHERN OHIO DX ASSOCIATION, OHIO/PENN PACKETCLUSTER NETWORK, N6EK, N8AC, W9JOO, AH0W/OH2LVG, DF4RD, DL7VOA, DL9GOA & DX NEWS LETTER, F6AJA, G4BUE & DX NEWS SHEET, GM4FDM, HS0/G3NOM, PA3ERL, PA0GAM/YB3AQE AND SM0OEK FOR THE FOLLOWING DX INFORMATION. 5X4F LEAVES UGANDA. DUE TO INCREASING SECURITY PROBLEMS IN NORTHWEST UGANDA, PAUL, 5X4F, LEFT UGANDA APRIL 25TH. PAUL WILL SPEND THE NEXT 4 MONTHS IN THE US VISITING FAMILY AND FRIENDS. HE AND HIS WIFE PEGGY, 5X4G, HOPE TO RETURN TO ARUA IN SEPTEMBER. 9H, MALTA. NODXA MEMBERS AND FRIENDS FROM BERLIN WILL ONCE AGAIN BE ACTIVE FROM 9H. OPERATORS AND THEIR CALLSIGNS WILL BE: TOM/DL2RUM/9H3VP, RAGNAR/DL7URH/9H3VJO, TOM/DL7UTM/9H3/VN, HOLGER/DL7IO/9H3TY, AND BIRGIT, DL7IQ, USING 9H3TZ FOR THE YL CONTACTS. 9H3 CALLS FOR DL7UEA AND DL1YFF ARE TO BE ISSUED LATER.THE 7 TEAM OPERATORS PLAN TO BE ACTIVE IN THE CQWW WPX CW CONTEST ON MAY 26TH AND 27TH, FROM THE FANAL LIGHTHOUSE ON GOZO. 9M0, SPRATLY ISLANDS. JAAN, SM0OEK, CURRENTLY ACTIVE AS 9M2JJ IN MALAYSIA, IS THINKING ABOUT GOING TO PULAU LAYANG LAYANG (WHICH IS ONE OF THE ISLANDS IN THE SPRATLYS). PLANNING IS IN THE EARLY STAGES AND JAAN IS SOLICITING HELP FROM LOCAL HAMS IN MALAYSIA AND ANYONE THAT CAN PROVIDE INFORMATION TO GET THIS DXPEDITION AFOOT. JAAN CAN BE CONTACTED VIA INTERNET: SM0OEK'PC.JARING.MY KH4, MIDWAY KH4. BILL, NH6D, IS ONCE AGAIN GOING OUT TO MIDWAY ISLAND (KH4), LEAVING HONOLULU ON THE EVENING OF MAY 16TH FOR AT LEAST ONE WEEK. BILL WILL BE ACTIVE ON ALL BANDS, SSB/CW; 80/160 METERS AT 22:00 LOCAL MIDWAY TIME. IF POSSIBLE, HE WILL STAY ON THE ISLAND FOR CQWW/WPX. BILL ALSO PLANS TO PUT A LOT OF EMPHASIS ON EU/AF QSO'S THIS TIME AROUND. QSL VIA KL7H/6. VK9, CHRISTMAS ISLAND. GERBEN, PA0GAM WILL BE HERE AS VK9GA FROM MAY 23-27TH. HE WILL BE ACTIVE ON 80-10 METERS CW. QSL VIA PA0GIN, GEERT HEEMSTRA, NOORDERKROONSTRAAT 16, 9742XD GRONINGEN, NETHERLANDS. XX9, MACAO. THE DXNS REPORT THAT MARTIN, AA1ON/G4DZC, WILL VISIT MACAO IN THE MIDDLE OF MAY ON HIS WAY BACK FROM A BUSINESS TRIP IN THAILAND. HE WILL TRY TO BE ACTIVE. YO, ROMANIA. JEAN, F6AJA, WILL BE HERE AND ACTIVE AS YO/F6AJA DURING HIS FREE TIME (THIS WILL NOT BE A DXPEDITION, BUT HE WILL USE YO8FZ'S STATION DURING HIS STAY.), FROM MAY 20 TO 25TH. ZF, CAYMAN ISLANDS. JUST A REMINDER! MIKE, W5ZPA -- DXAC REP FOR THE DELTA DIVISION -- WILL BE ACTIVE FROM GRAND CAYMEN AS ZF2PA, MAY 19-25TH. QSL VIA W5ZPA. ---------------------------------- COMING EVENTS ------------- JUNE 7TH ANARTS MEETING 8TH-9TH ANARTS WW DIGITAL CONTEST ------------------------------------------- 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)pitt.conmusic.su.oz.au or patl(at)extro.ucc.su.oz.au 73's de Pat VK2JPA Broadcast Officer --