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Info-Hams Digest            Thu, 19 May 94       Volume 94 : Issue  545

Today's Topics:
                      610 Form in PostScript(r)
        call/digit? and question about Boston area clubs etc.
                       cycles, cycles/sec vs Hz
                     Fond memories of first QSOs?
                       GB2RS News 22nd May 1994
                       Index Technology QRP Rig
                     Morse code practice machines
                          sacred frequencies
                         What does HAM mean ?
                             Yaesu FT840

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Date: 19 May 1994 13:08:49 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!news.acns.nwu.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!newsrelay.iastate.edu!news.iastate.edu![e-mail]
Subject: 610 Form in PostScript(r)
To: [e-mail]

In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Robert A. Schreibmaier) writes:
>The FTP server at Buffalo has a postscript_610 file that contains
>code for printing out a Form 610 on a PostScript(r) printer.  Has
>anyone successfully used this for submission to the FCC?  Seems like
>it would be an easy way to have lots of 610s on hand -- if the FCC
>accepts it.

The color of the paper is important.  It cannot be white - it must be the
same color as the "official" Form 610.


73, Ken




--
Ken Anderson   N0ZEM         [e-mail]     PH: 515.294.8996
126 Soil Tilth Bldg., Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011

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Date: 19 May 94 23:34:02 GMT
From: newstf01.cr1.aol.com!search01.news.aol.com![e-mail]
Subject: call/digit? and question about Boston area clubs etc.
To: [e-mail]

In article <[e-mail]>,
[e-mail] (Rob Tillotson) writes:

Rob... well... you can certainly expect a warm welcome here to the
EMAS Section! We have some 38 afiliated ARRL clubs here so I am sure
we can find you a home club. At this point it is probably too early
to ask where you are moving to.... but please feel free to drop me a
note if you need help in corresponding with any of the clubs you
might desire to belong to.

73 for now.... c u on the shortwaves
Terry Stader - KA8SCP, ARRL EMAS SEC
America Online Ham Radio Club Host
Internet: [e-mail] (files <28K)  or
          [e-mail] ( files >28K)
KA8SCP@WA1PHY.#EMA.MA.USA.NOAM
[e-mail] [44.56.4.82] Mac
[e-mail] [44.56.4.120] DOS Clone
(they're BOTH pc's!)

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Date: 19 May 94 14:56:19 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!dog.ee.lbl.gov!overload.lbl.gov!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!aries![e-mail]
Subject: cycles, cycles/sec vs Hz
To: [e-mail]

kevin jessup <[e-mail]> writes:

>What really make me laugh is when a ham (99.9% of them) tell me
>how many FEET their 40 METER beam is above the ground.  I
>always like to see both English and metric units used in
>the same sentence. ;-)
You're easily amused.
How about "my feet are size EUR 47"?

Chuck Hawley KE9UW Urbana,Illinois

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Date: 19 May 1994 09:06:40 -0400
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!news.acns.nwu.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!sdd.hp.com!col.hp.com!news.dtc.hp.com!hpscit.sc.hp.com!hpuerci.atl.hp.com!hpuerca![e-mail]
Subject: Fond memories of first QSOs?
To: [e-mail]

How about a missed first?

I had not done _any_ overseas hf (having just done vhf/uhf
and Field Day U.S. hf contacts). So, one weekend I actually
put up what I thought would be a decent antenna (a borrowed
vertical I wanted to compare to my then nearly worthless
wire antenna). I started tuning around in the Novice 10M
voice band and started hearing DX! Ok, now _everybody_ has
worked 100's of JA's, but _I_ had NOT.

So, I start dropping in my call in response to the QRZ. It
wasn't a busy day or anything, but there were plenty of folks
who wanted to chat with the JA for a couple of minutes or so.
I tried this for about 30 minutes, but the JA never came back
to me. By now I'm wondering if my SB1400 has suddenly become
rx only! Why wasn't I getting a contact?

About this time my wife (Amateur Extra-KI5EV, Dawn) comes in.
When I explain my frustration she says "Let me try it!". Well,
I figured she could get frustrated to match me, so I got up and
gave her the microphone. At first QRZ she joins the frey: "This
is Kilo India 5 Echo Victor". Boy, I thought, with that normal
voice and using long phonetics she'll _never_ get through: must
have been twenty other calls while she said all that!

The JA came back up as the chatter of responses died: "KI5EV,
go ahead, where are you located?". I darn near flipped out!
So my wife chats nicely for a couple of minutes, logs the QSO
and hands me the mic as she gets up. As she's leaving she
brightly observes that she doesn't think there's anything wrong
with the radio. Thinking that I could kill her later, I just
jumped back into throwing N5RCK into the QRZ pile.

Needless to say, that session died as the freq went south and I
had to say sayanara to any hope of a JA contact that day.

Oh yes, I did get my first JA (and so first DX) the next day.

Cheers & 73 - Ed Humphries N5RCK
Hewlett Packard NARC Atlanta GA

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Date: 19 May 94 20:19:23 GMT
From: agate!overload.lbl.gov!dancer.ca.sandia.gov!cronkite.nersc.gov!fastrac.llnl.gov!lll-winken.llnl.gov!koriel!cs.utexas.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!EU.net!uknet!demon!llondel.demon.co.uk!dave
Subject: GB2RS News 22nd May 1994
To: [e-mail]

Good morning. It's Sunday the 22nd of May and here is the GB2RS news
broadcast, prepared by the Radio Society of Great Britain.


And we start this week's broadcast with the good news that at a recent
meeting with the RSGB the Radiocommunications Agency (the RA) assured
the Society that the amateur radio licence fees would not be increased
during the next year. The last increase was made in April 1991.

Not such good news is that the Radiocommunications Agency has
experienced a number of problems in recent months with unattended
operation of amateur stations, and have asked us to publicise the
following:

Quote:"ATV stations operating in the 1.3GHz band have been left running
unattended on sites remote from the main station address, and have
caused severe interference at distances of 30 - 40km away to air traffic
control radars which are the primary users of this band. The Amateur
Licence does not permit unattended operation of TV in this band (except
where a Notice of Variation has been issued for a repeater, and these
are subject to careful site clearance procedures). Operation outside of
the terms of a licence is unlicensed use, and enforcement action (which
could mean prosecution and/or revocation) can be expected in these
cases. This is particularly so where a safety of life service, the
security of which is the RIS's first priority, is at risk."    End
Quote.

The potential consequences of being unable to close down an unattended
transmitter that is causing interference to such services are very
serious. It is important that all amateurs behave in a responsible
manner and adhere to the procedures in the licence for unattended
operation.

The RA have also had to investigate interference from unattended
operation of digital modes on 144/432MHz. The licence does not require
notification to the local Radio Investigation Service (the RIS) for such
operation under clause 2(4)c, but amateurs should perhaps give some
thought as to how their station could be closed down in their absence if
problems arise. It might be wise to inform the local RIS of such
operation as a precaution. These matters are currently under discussion
between the RSGB and the RA.

One of the many Special Event Stations commemorating the forthcoming
anniversary of D-Day is already in operation. This is GB0FYO, which
remembers the visit to Portland by King George the 6th and Sir Winston
Churchill on the 25th of May 1944, in preparation for D-Day. This
station is operated by the Portland Amateur Club from the Portland
Heights Hotel. A comprehensive list of special stations will appear in
June's Radio Communication.

The HF Committee of the RSGB has a vacancy for a keen HF DXer. The
committee, which is responsible to RSGB Council for all HF matters,
meets approximately every two months in the London area. If you feel you
can help, write, with brief details of any relevant experience, to the
committee chairman, David Evans, G3OUF, P O Box 599, Hemel Hempstead,
Herts, postcode HP3 0SR.

The June issue of Radio Communication will be posted out to members
during the week commencing 23rd May.

A DXpedition to the Shiant Isles, which is south-east of the Isle of
Lewis, is scheduled to take place from next Friday the 27th until Monday
the 30th of May. The team comprises: GM3NIG, GM3UTQ, GM4FDM and GM4YMA.
Operation will be on all bands 160 to 10m, mainly around IOTA and WAB
frequencies using the callsign GB8SH. The primary mode will be SSB, but
CW, AMTOR, Pactor and RTTY will be available on request. Shiant is IOTA
EU 112 and WAB NG49.

We now give further items of HF DX news taken from the weekly RSGB DX
News Sheet which is edited by Brendan McCartney, G4DYO.

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Date: Tue, 17 May 1994 15:05:37 GMT
From: microsoft!wingnut![e-mail]
Subject: Index Technology QRP Rig
To: [e-mail]

Any info on where those of us who didn't attend Dayton can get the xcvr.

Thanks!

Terry A. Ward KB7NTP
[e-mail]


Opinions mine alone

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Date: 18 May 1994 21:15:01 GMT
From: ucsnews!newshub.sdsu.edu!nic-nac.CSU.net!charnel.ecst.csuchico.edu!yeshua.marcam.com!news.kei.com!eff!news.umbc.edu!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!howland.reston.ans.net![e-mail]
Subject: Morse code practice machines
To: [e-mail]

The current "73" magazine includes an advertisement in the back for a
small morse code practice box---it generates a random sequence of
characters for practice.  Cost is something like $30.

Has anyone used this product and have comments on it?  Anyone else
making similar products?

Thanks.

                    --Rick
                      KE3IV
                      [e-mail]

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Date: 19 May 94 22:22:22 GMT
From: barrnet.net!netnews.synoptics.com![e-mail]
Subject: sacred frequencies
To: [e-mail]

Gary writes:
>..lifetime. I've seen CYCLES on a scope for several decades.
                                                     ^^^^^^^

Are we dating ourselves or is this a bandwidth reference :-)
Dave

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Date: 18 May 1994 19:06:38 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!swrinde!emory!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!news.umbc.edu!eff!news.kei.com!ssd.intel.com!chnews![e-mail]
Subject: What does HAM mean ?
To: [e-mail]

Suzanne Rogers ([e-mail]) wrote:
: What does HAM stand for? Susan [e-mail]

Hi Susan, I've been a ham for over 40 years and my Elmer told me back
in the early '50s that the term originated with English hams. The
English term for ham originated long before amateur radio and was
generally applied to a person who was an amateur at anything, e.g.
ham actors. In my opinion, it probably originated in antiquity as
a shortening of the cockney way of pronouncing amateur (Hamateur).
You will hear a lot of other explainations but this one seems the
most likely to me.

73, KG7BK, [e-mail]

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Date: Thu, 19 May 1994 12:47:56 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!news.acns.nwu.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!news.msfc.nasa.gov!DRPC01.MSFC.NASA.GOV![e-mail]
Subject: Yaesu FT840
To: [e-mail]

I am thinking of getting a Yaesu FT840 HF rig and was wondering
what other users of it have to say. Anyone that has one I would
like your opinion on it, good or bad.

73
Joe Bird        WB4ARV
MSFC            [e-mail]
Huntsville, AL

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Date: 19 May 94 22:07:04 GMT
From: agate!howland.reston.ans.net!cs.utexas.edu!geraldo.cc.utexas.edu!portal.austin.ibm.com!awdprime.austin.ibm.com![e-mail]
To: [e-mail]

References <[e-mail]>, <[e-mail]>, <2rbdrp$[e-mail]>stin
Subject : Re: HTX-202 problem


Hmmm, I've seen this too (the power save/no receive problem). I wonder if this
has anything to do with the recent sale they had on the HTX-202 (quite a
significant price cut). If this is a valid bug, will Radio Shack do anything
to repair? PS- I thought I was doing something wrong, until I read all these
notes & that prompted my interest. I was using the power save along with the
tone-receive squelch for the Central Texas net, which uses PL tone. When the
power saver was turned off, I was able to receive QSOs in progress.
Also, you can only change frequencies during the time slice when the radio
wakes up. In other words, there is no keyboard or control knob interrupt to
wake up the sleeping radio.(other than turning off sleep, thank goodness)

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Date: 18 May 1994 16:53:36 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!usc!math.ohio-state.edu!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!csn!col.hp.com!fc.hp.com![e-mail]
To: [e-mail]

References <[e-mail]>, <2rb0eq$[e-mail]>, <[e-mail]>
Reply-To : [e-mail]
Subject : Re: Need Advice

Gary Coffman ([e-mail]) wrote:
: What's the point of "working around the world" if you don't have anything
: interesting to *say* to the other operator? Just exchanging meaningless
: signal reports isn't interesting. It has been done to death already by
: others. On VHF/UHF you're much more likely to establish long term friendships
: with other operators, and to engage them in interesting conversations on
: a near daily basis. That's rather rare on HF, except on 75 meters, and
: that's such a zoo of noise and interference that the contacts are rarely
: pleasant.

I do agree that VHF/UHF is a good way to get on the air and make friends.
But the same can also be true on HF. I've been addicted to contesting and
DXing for many years. I've made tens of thousands of quick signal report
contacts on HF. I have made many friends in the local area who have the
same interest. The friendships often go way beyond just a mutual interest
in ham radio. Also made many friends all over the country (and world
to a lesser extent) that share the same interests. If I am traveling
around the country these ops generally will take me out to dinner, show
me the town, etc and often offer me a place to stay.

In 1984 I had a quickie contest QSO with a station in Guyana. I sent for
a QSL card and also asked about getting a license to operate in Guyana (it
was very hard to get on from 8R at that time). I ended up visiting Guyana
that year during the CQWW SSB DX Contest. This gentleman found me a house
to rent where I could put up antennas, helped me through a pile of red tape
to get a license and get my equipment through customs (took four days). He
met my plane and returned me to the airport and invited me over for several
meals with his family. The first weekend I was there the Boy Scouts were
having their ham radio weekend. I helped the scouts get a station set up,
designed and installed the antennas and got the kids on the air. Granted
this is an extreme case, but all this resulted from one 15 second contest
QSO with a gentleman who believed in the fraternal aspect of ham radio.

By all means get on VHF/UHF and enjoy but don't forget about HF. After all
the years I've been on the air I still get a kick just from just making
contacts around the country or around the world (whether they are short
or long contacts). Despite all the negative things presented here in this
group there are a lot of good people on HF and a hell of a lot of fun to
be had.

<Whew! Soapbox mode off>

73, Jay K0GU                  [e-mail]

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Date: Wed, 18 May 1994 21:35:20 GMT
From: ucsnews!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!math.ohio-state.edu!cyber2.cyberstore.ca!nntp.cs.ubc.ca!unixg.ubc.ca!news.mic.ucla.edu!library.ucla.edu!csulb.edu![e-mail]
To: [e-mail]

References <[e-mail]>, <[e-mail]>, <2rdfrs$[e-mail]>st
Subject : Re: Need Advice

In article <2rdfrs$[e-mail]> Erich Franz Stocker <[e-mail]> writes:
>In article <[e-mail]> Patrick Tatro,
>[e-mail] writes:
>> LONG LIVE HF and GOD BLESS the MORSE CODE
>
>LONG LIVE SPARK, AM and TUBES!! Down with CW, packet, ICs.   -:)
>
LONG LIVE SMOKE SIGNALS & DRUMS!! Down with Electricity.

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And from Vanuatu, P29VH will operate as YJ0AVH from next Wednesday the
25th until Friday the 27th and from Monday the 30th until Wednesday the
1st of June on 15, 20 and 40 metres, SSB only.


Now the rallies for today Sunday the 22nd of May:

The Gloucester Radio Rally is being held at Nass Lane, Quedgeley,
Gloucester, located off the old Bristol road. Look for the signs for
Quedgeley Rally. Doors open at 9am. The event features a car boot sale,
a bring and buy stall and a flea market area.

The Moray Firth Amateur Radio Rally is being held at the New Elgin and
Ashgrove Public Hall, Land Street, New Elgin. Doors open at 12 noon, at
9am for taking in items for the auction. Event also features a bring and
buy stall, and an RSGB stand. Refreshments will be available.

The 37th Northern Mobile Rally is being held at the Flower Show Hall, on
the Great Yorkshire Show Ground, Harrogate, North Yorkshire. Entry and
parking is off the Wetherby to Harrogate Road and there are separate
arrangements for disabled visitors to enter the showground from
Hookstone Wood Road. The showground opens at 10am and the rally doors
open at 10.30am. Visit the usual trade stands, a bring and buy stall and
equipment  checks will be carried out by the Harrogate Repeater Group.
Refreshments will be available.

Next the two rallies we know of for next Sunday the 29th of May:

The East Suffolk Wireless Revival's Ipswich Rally takes place at the
Maidenhall Sports Centre, Stoke Park High School, Ipswich. Doors will
open at 10am, and the rally will include trade stands, local club
stands, a bring and buy stall and a car boot sale. A new feature this
year will be a drive-in Antenna Test facility. There will also be a
Novice stall, a vintage wireless show and much more to see. Refreshments
will be available. Talk-in will be on 2 metres channel S22 by GB4SWR.
Further details available from Bob, G7HZV on 0394 271257 or 0473 645885.

The Plymouth Radio and Electronics Fair is to be held at Coombe Dean
School, Charnhill Way, Elburton, Plymouth. Doors open at 10.30am. The
event has over 25 stalls featuring electronic, computer and radio
components, a large bring and buy stall and a bookstall. Refreshments
will be available throughout the day. Talk-in will be on 2 metres on
channel S22. Further details available from Derek, G7ESZ on 0752 364150.

Next some dates for your diary:

This year's RSGB Headquarters Open Day is scheduled for Saturday, the
4th of June. The perfect opportunity to call in and meet the staff, and
have a tour round the building. There will be various trade and local
club stands, and refreshments will be available. Admission from 10.30
until 4.30pm. A map of how to reach headquarters appears in June RadCom.

The next RSGB Regional Meeting takes place at Brighouse in West
Yorkshire on Sunday the 5th of June. These meetings are for members and
non-members of the Society to meet Council Members, Society Officers and
staff to discuss the workings of the Society and amateur radio related
matters. For further details, contact RSGB Zonal Council Member Peter
Sheppard, G4EJP, on 0964 550397.

HF contest news now:

The CQ WPX CW Contest takes place from 0000 on Saturday the 28th until
2400 on Sunday the 29th of May, using all bands from 1.8MHz to 28MHz but
excluding the WARC bands. No other information available but see March
RadCom page 18 for other details.

The RSGB National Field Day (HF) Contest takes place from 1500 UTC on
Saturday the 4th until 1500 UTC on Sunday the 5th of June. See February
RadCom for further details.

Next some VHF contest news:

The RSGB 144MHz Single, Others and SWL Contest finishes today Sunday at
1400 UTC. See the February edition of RadCom for further details.

The first of the RSGB Back-Packers 144MHz Contests also takes place
today Sunday the 22nd from 1100 until 1500 UTC. This is a new type of
contest and full details can be found in January's RadCom.

The RSGB 50MHz Trophy Contest will takes place on Saturday the 4th of
June from 1400 until 2200 UTC. There are five sections, Multi Operator
Fixed or Portable, Single Operator Fixed or Portable and Listeners. See
February RadCom page 83 for further information.


Special event stations this month include:

GB50DD will be operating from the Military Vehicle Rally, Southsea
Common from Thursday the 26th to Monday the 30th. Operation to be on all
modes and all bands. For further details contact Stuart, G0FYX on 0705
472846.

GB0BOF will be aired by members of the WACRAL, The World Association of
Christian Radio Amateurs and Listeners from "The Royal Mission to Deep
Sea Fishermen" at Overgang Road as part of the Brixhams Heritage Week
activities. The station will be operational from next Friday the 27th,
until Monday the 30th of May, on 80, 40 and 20 metre bands from 10.30am
each day.

Castles on the Air 1994, takes place next weekend, Saturday the 28th and
Sunday the 29th. GB8RC will be aired from Rockingham Castle, operated by
members of the Kettering and District Amateur Radio Society. GW2OP from
Pembroke Castle, manned by the Pembroke Amateur Radio Club and GB2CPC at
Penrhyn Castle, Bangor. In all six castles are expected to take part.
Contact Len, G0RDV on 0536 514544 for further information.

And now the solar factual data

The period 9th to 15th May has seen very low solar activity, but a lot
of coronal holes went by, pushing geomagnetic levels up to storm at
higher latitudes. The solar flux levels saw a very welcome and steady
increase from 77 units up to 91 units. There were a number of small B
type flares reported on the 11th and 12th, the largest being a B9.

The sunspot indices averaged 44 but rose from only 12 on the 10th up to
77 by the 15th, the highest level for 2 months. Solar flux levels also
rose from 77 units on the 9th, up to 91 units by the 15th, giving an
average of 85 units for the period. The 90 day mean solar flux level was
87 units on the 15th. The geomagnetic activity has been up to storm
levels at high latitudes most of the period; this was due to the passage
of coronal holes, causing very high levels of electron fluence. The only
quiet day was the 13th when the Ap indices was only 6 units. The period
averaged an Ap index of 22.5 units. The state has been 'mag storm' most
of the week. The aa indices as supplied by the British Geological Survey
for the 3rd to 9th May gave an average of the daily index as 54.2
nanoTeslas, about K4 though periods on the 5th, 6th, and 7th, were up to
102 nanoTeslas about K5. The monthly average aa index for April was 40.2
nanoTeslas, the only quiet days were the 28th and 30th down to only 4
nanoTeslas, and the most disturbed was the 17th up to 97 nanoTeslas.

The X-Ray flux levels have shot up, possibly due to the flare activity
and reach A9.4 units on the 12th, the highest level since last March,
with the period averaging A7.1 units. It seems likely that the recent
restructuring of the sun's surface is now settling down and more stable
conditions will result.

I'll repeat the figures. Spots - 44; Flux - 85; Ap index - 22.5; X-ray
flux - A7.1.

Now the ionospheric data for Central France:

The F2 daytime critical frequencies at Poitiers as reported by Meudon
averaged 7.1MHz, though levels rose from 6.2MHz on the 10th up to 7.9MHz
by the 15th, with peak levels being around 19.00 hours most days. The
darkness hour lows have also risen, from 2.6MHz on the 10th up to 4.6MHz
by the 15th, with the average being 3.4MHz centred about 04.00 hours.
This is more like the levels we would expect due to the seasonal changes
taking effect.

I'll repeat the figures. Highs - 7.1MHz; lows - 3.4MHz.

Now the ionospheric data for the north:

The F2 daytime critical frequencies at Ekaterinberg have been very
depressed due to the magnetic storms, with the daylight averages being
only 5.6MHz. The darkness hour lows averaged 2.8MHz.

News has been received that on the 1st and 2nd May during the aurora,
W2CAP/1 and W3 stations heard TV stations on 49.72MHz, on the great
circle bearing, believed to be by auroral E shortly after midnight until
0240 hours.

I'll repeat the figures: Highs - 5.6MHz; lows - 2.8MHz.

And lastly the solar forecast:

This week the more active side of the sun will be coming into view.
Solar flux levels are expected to be about the 80s, and geomagnetic
activity is expected to be quiet at first, increasing to disturbed by
the end of the week. Ionospheric levels during daylight are expected to
have MUFs up to 24MHz in the south and 21MHz in the north. East/west
contacts will be difficult, though sporadic E may assist. The darkness
hour lows are expected to be up to about 14MHz in the south and 10MHz
for the north.

And that is the end of the solar information.

Finally in the main news, SSL has informed the Society that as of last
Wednesday morning, the latest callsigns issued were in the G0 Uniform
Whiskey and G7 Sierra Juliet series, and Novice calls in the 2 0 Alpha
India and 2 1 Delta Alpha series.  .

--

GB2RS is prepared by the Radio Society of Great Britain and is broadcast
in the 80m, 40m, 6m and 2m bands.
Tel [phone]  Fax [phone]

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