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Info-Hams Digest            Sun, 29 May 94       Volume 94 : Issue  588

Today's Topics:
                          "for ID" (2 msgs)
                    "The Rhythm of the Code" tape
                         FCC call sign update
                       GB2RS News 29th May 1994
         HELP! What does a 'defruiter' do?? (RADAR context).
                                IDing
                     IPS Daily Report - 28 May 94
                           US QSL MANAGERS
             Where to find info about ax.25 ??? (2 msgs)

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Date: 27 May 1994 13:32:02 -0400
From: newstf01.cr1.aol.com!search01.news.aol.com![e-mail]
Subject: "for ID"
To: [e-mail]

What is the present status of the law requiring "moblie" (for a
station that is designed to move around, whether or not it is) and
"portable" (for a fixed station that is not at the station location)
?.. and the law requiring your present location number if your
station is in a different area?  Am I correct in that all of this has
gone away now that station licenses do not exist?

Jose

PS... don't ask how a station can be "not at the station location"...
 you know what I mean!  :)

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Date: Fri, 27 May 1994 18:28:48 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!usc!math.ohio-state.edu!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!csn![e-mail]
Subject: "for ID"
To: [e-mail]

Gary Coffman ([e-mail]) wrote:

: The rules say you should ID every 10 minutes during a QSO. And it's
: a bad practice that impedes the natural flow of conversation to say
: your callsign at the end of *every* short transmission on a repeater.
: So it's often necessary to ID after being silent for a few minutes to
: stay legal. Since you haven't signed, you're still part of the QSO,
: and need to ID at 10 minute intervals. An often satisfactory alternative
: is for everyone to ID when the repeater does.

: Gary

I believe the rules state the ID should be at least every 10 minutes and
at the end of the last transmission.  The only time I do use the short
transmission ID stated above is when traffic is heavy enough on a net that
I may not get my next transmission for 10+ minutes.  The FCC may
understand but why chance it.

Joel
KG0IL

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Date: Sat, 28 May 94 19:09:27 -0500
From: news.delphi.com![e-mail]
Subject: "The Rhythm of the Code" tape
To: [e-mail]

Peter E. Goodmann <[e-mail]> writes:

>Does anyone know if "The Rhythm of the Code" from Kawa Records (advertised in
>QST classifieds) is any good?  Thanks.

It was playing constantly in the Dayton Hamvention flea market area and
was completely obnoxious.  It might be a decent way to learn code
(although I seriously doubt it) but to avoid domestic violence, be sure to
listen to it with headphones.

..Neil, N3DF

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Date: 28 May 94 17:06:36 -0500
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!lll-winken.llnl.gov!noc.near.net!news.tufts.edu!news.hnrc.tufts.edu![e-mail]
Subject: FCC call sign update
To: [e-mail]

        This information used to get posted regularly, but I haven't
        seen it in a while.  While it's available in every issue of
        QST, I suspect that people new to the hobby won't have yet
        joined ARRL and would be curious to know just what call signs
        have been issued.  Thus, unless it's a duplicated effort, I'd
        be pleased to post the latest update when my QST arrives.  I
        know what it's like to wait . . . and wait . . . and wait . . .



                         FCC ISSUED CALL SIGN UPDATE
              The following is a list of the FCC's most recently
                       issued call signs as of April 1.

      District        Group A       Group B        Group C       Group D
                      Extra         Advanced       Tech/Gen      Novice
      0               AA0QT         KG0ML           ++           KB0MIQ
      1               AA1JB         KD1UG          N1RPQ         KB1BHC
      2               AA2RR         KF2UQ          N2YKM         KB2QXV
      3               AA3HM         KE3MQ          N3RUC         KB3BBG
      4               AD4RD         KR4QD           ++           KE4KXC
      5               AB5TP         KJ5WI           ++           KC5GCF
      6               AC6BN         KO6AI           ++           KE6GNH
      7               AB7BV         KI7XI           ++           KC7BTH
      8               AA8ON         KG8HY           ++           KB8SBS
      9               AA9KM         KF9UW          N9WPG         KB9IXQ
      Hawaii           ++           AH6NF          WH6TE         WH6CRE
      Alaska           ++           AL7PP          WL7RN         WL7CHN
      Virgin Islands  WP2J          KP2CC          NP2HH         WP2AHU
      Puerto Rico      ++           KP4WO           ++           WP4MOC

        ++All call signs in this group have been issued in this area.



@@ @@@@@≥@ H≥@mes Norton (D-DC), Rep   FCC ORDERS RE-TESTS
≥@@@ Rid9@ @R-@A) and Rep Don Young   OF 59 AMATEUR LICE@SEES
'T@eRe@o@  t.      k  f                       The FCC has ordered 59 amateur lice
the   @    @ @" @@@  @  ≥@@@@ @@@≥9@@t@≥@    ees to be re-examined on examination i

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Date: Fri, 27 May 1994 18:28:59 +0000
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!swrinde!pipex!demon!llondel.demon.co.uk![e-mail]
Subject: GB2RS News 29th May 1994
To: [e-mail]

Good morning. It's Sunday the 29th of May and here is the GB2RS news
broadcast, prepared by the Radio Society of Great Britain.

All listeners to this broadcast, whether RSGB members or not, are
invited to the RSGB Headquarters Open Day to be held next Saturday the
4th of June. This is 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 can be purchased. Admission from
10.30am until 4.30pm. A map of how to reach headquarters appears in June
edition of Radio Communication and talk-in will be on 2 metres channel
S22.

The RSGB invites all radio amateurs to attend a Regional Meeting to be
held next Sunday, the 5th of June, at the Forte Crest Hotel, near
Brighouse, West Yorkshire. Turn off the M62 motorway at junction 25 and
go towards Brighouse, the hotel is on the right a short distance from
the junction. Coffee will be served prior to the meeting which is
scheduled to start at 12.15pm. 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.

We have been advised that there are two places still available on the
coach trip to Friedrichshafen for the Hamvention in June. The coach
leaves Nottingham on the 22nd of June returning to the UK on the 27th of
June. The trip includes three nights in Lindau. More information can be
obtained from Julian Mayfield, G0LXX on 0602 211069.

During May, the number of Instructors registered with the RSGB in the
Novice Licence Training scheme topped the one thousand mark. This is
excellent news and is an indication that amateurs are prepared to pass
on some of their expertise and enthusiasm in training new-comers to the
hobby. They are to be congratulated for the work they do in training
these new radio amateurs. Many instructors have said that their reward
is hearing their students using their new call signs and obviously
enjoying every minute of their new found hobby.

The RSGB's Electromagnetic Compatibility Committee, or EMC, is trying to
increase its network of coordinators, who deal with members EMC problems
by telephone. Society members who feel they have the relevant background
and would like to apply, should write to the Committee Chairman Robin
Page-Jones, G3JWI. His address is correct in the RSGB Call Book. Areas
in which additional EMC coordinator coverage is required, is in the
Birmingham area, Northampton, Swindon, Cardiff, Ipswich, Carlisle and
Sheffield.

The Annual AMSAT-UK Colloquium takes place from the 28th to the 31st of
July. There are still some places available. Full details and a booking
form can be obtained by writing to AMSAT-UK, 94 Herongate Road, London
E12 5EQ. Completed forms should be returned to AMSAT-UK, by the 15th of
July. AMSAT-UK has recently donated sixty-eight-and-a-half thousand
pounds to the Phase 3D Fund. This will be used to purchase a high
capacity battery which should have a life span of between 10 and 12
years. The Phase 3D satellite is due to be launched in July 1996.

The Japan Amateur Radio League has advised us that permission has now
been granted for Japanese radio amateurs to increase their use of the
3.5MHz band. The extra segment allocated is between 3.747 and 3.754Mhz.


Now some items of HF DX news from the weekly RSGB DX News Sheet which is
edited by Brendan McCartney, G4DYO.

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Date: 28 May 1994 23:26:04 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!usc!howland.reston.ans.net!wupost!waikato!auckland.ac.nz!ccu1.auckland.ac.nz![e-mail]
Subject: HELP! What does a 'defruiter' do?? (RADAR context).
To: [e-mail]

I visited a small museum in a coastat town recently. It had many interesting
exhibits, amongst which was a radar unit (from a ship I assume). It was a
stand-alone unit with a circular CRT screen approx. 18 inches in diameter.

I managed to work out what most of the controls did except one marked
'defruiter'. Does anybody know what this control does?? I'd love to
know (so would my colleagues). Unfortunately there were no explanatory
labels on the unit saying where or when it was used. The 'defruiter'
control was a knob - though could have been a rotary switch.

Any info. gratefully received.

T.I.A.
Mitchell - [e-mail]

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Date: Fri, 27 May 1994 16:15:54 GMT
From: spsgate!mogate!newsgate!dtsdev0![e-mail]
Subject: IDing
To: [e-mail]

In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Kris I. Mraz) writes:

>For those who chastise using CW abbreviations on phone, let me ask: How
>would you call CQ without using a CW abbreviation?

  I say: "Seek you, seek you, seek you, this is ....."

What have you been doing?  :^)

-dave

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Date: Sat, 28 May 1994 23:35:58 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!swrinde!pipex!sunic!trane.uninett.no!nac.no!ifi.uio.no!wabbit.cc.uow.edu.au!news.ci.com.au!metro!ipso![e-mail]
Subject: IPS Daily Report - 28 May 94
To: [e-mail]

SUBJ: IPS DAILY SOLAR AND GEOPHYSICAL REPORT
ISSUED AT 28/2330Z MAY 1994 BY IPS RADIO AND SPACE SERVICES
FROM THE REGIONAL WARNING CENTRE (RWC), SYDNEY.
SUMMARY FOR 28 MAY AND FORECAST UP TO 31 MAY

IPS Warning 15 was issued on 26 May and is current for
interval 28 May to 7 June.
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1A. SOLAR SUMMARY
Activity: very low

Flares: none.

Observed 10.7 cm flux/Equivalent Sunspot Number : 070/005

1B. SOLAR FORECAST
             29 May             30 May             31 May
Activity     Very low           Very low           Very low
Fadeouts     None expected      None expected      None expected

Forecast 10.7 cm flux/Equivalent Sunspot Number : 070/005

1C. SOLAR COMMENT
None.
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2A. MAGNETIC SUMMARY
Geomagnetic field at Learmonth: quiet to unsettled until 12UT, active
to minor storm levels thereafter.

Estimated Indices : A   K           Observed A Index 27 May
    Learmonth       21  2122 4554
    Fredericksburg  24                          05
    Planetary       28                          06

Observed Kp for 27 May: 2212 2222


2B. MAGNETIC FORECAST
DATE      Ap    CONDITIONS
29 May    40    Active to minor storm.
30 May    40    Active to minor storm.
31 May    35    Active to minor storm.

2C. MAGNETIC COMMENT
disturbances expected until 7 June due to a coronal hole.
3A. GLOBAL HF PROPAGATION SUMMARY
                LATITUDE BAND
DATE        LOW            MIDDLE         HIGH
28 May      normal         normal-fair    fair
PCA Event : None.
3B. GLOBAL HF PROPAGATION FORECAST
                LATITUDE BAND
DATE        LOW            MIDDLE         HIGH
29 May      normal-fair    normal-fair    poor-fair
30 May      normal         normal-fair    fair
31 May      normal         normal-fair    fair-poor
3C. GLOBAL HF PROPAGATION COMMENT
NONE.

-----------------------------------------------------------

4A. AUSTRALIAN REGION IONOSPHERIC SUMMARY
MUFs at Sydney were near predicted monthly values to 15% depressed.

Observed T index for 28 May:  15

Predicted Monthly T Index for May is 30.

4B. AUSTRALIAN REGION IONOSPHERIC FORECAST
DATE   T-index  MUFs
29 May     0    15 to 20% below predicted monthly values.
30 May    15    Near predicted to 15% depressed.
31 May    15    Near predicted to 15% depressed.


4C. AUSTRALIAN REGION COMMENT
Degraded HF comms expected until 8 June due to coronal
hole sourced activity.




--
IPS Regional Warning Centre, Sydney           |IPS Radio and Space Services
email: [e-mail]  fax: [phone]      |PO Box 5606
RWC Duty Forecaster   tel: [phone]      |West Chatswood NSW 2057
Recorded Message      tel: [phone]      |AUSTRALIA

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Date: 28 May 1994 16:32:15 -0400
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!swrinde!gatech!mailer.acns.fsu.edu!freenet3.scri.fsu.edu!freenet3.scri.fsu.edu![e-mail]
Subject: US QSL MANAGERS
To: [e-mail]

[e-mail] (Jose Miguel Fonte) writes:
> Does anyone have the adress for this US QSL managers :
>
>     W8CZN
>     WA4JTK
>     K8PYD
>     WA1ECA
>     W0IIM
>     KU9C
>
> some are managers not all.TNX for reading and best 73's ... good dx'ing
>
> --
> |--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
> | Jose' Miguel M.B.Fonte         | Universidade de Aveiro  - PORTUGAL      |
> |                                | Departamento de Electronica e Telecom.  |
> | E-mail : [e-mail]     |-----------------------------------------|
> |                                | Ham callsign : CT1ENQ     "always QRV"  |
> |--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
>
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
here are the addresses you requested from a very current database:

call w8czn
Call-Sign: W8CZN                    Class: EXTRA
Previously: SAME CALL               Class: ADVANCED
Real Name: JAMES F TULLIS           Birthday: JUN 13, 1941
Mailing Address: 7226 HUNTINGTON DR, HUDSON, OH  44236
Valid From: MAR 22, 1988            To: MAR 22, 1998

>> call wa4jtk
Call-Sign: WA4JTK                   Class: ADVANCED
Previously: SAME CALL               Class: GENERAL
Real Name: ALAN E STRAUSS           Birthday: JUN 13, 1927
Mailing Address: 17401 NW 47 AVE, CAROL CITY, FL  33055
Valid From: MAY 30, 1989            To: MAY 30, 1999

>> call k8pyd
Call-Sign: K8PYD                    Class: EXTRA
Previously: SAME CALL               Class: ADVANCED
Real Name: LEO W FRY                Birthday: MAY 6, 1944
Mailing Address: 5740 NORTH MEADOWS BLVD, COLUMBUS, OH  43229
Valid From: SEP 9, 1986             To: SEP 9, 1996

>> call wa1eca
Call-Sign: WA1ECA                   Class: ADVANCED
Previously: SAME CALL               Class: GENERAL
Real Name: FRANK J DLUGOKINSKI      Birthday: NOV 14, 1937
Mailing Address: POB 772 154 WEST ST, LITCHFIELD, CT  06759
Valid From: APR 13, 1993            To: APR 13, 2003

>> call w0iim
Call-Sign: W0IIM                    Class: ADVANCED
Real Name: RAYMOND R RATH           Birthday: AUG 16, 1924
Mailing Address: STAR ROUTE BOX 410, BRUNO, MN  55712
Valid From: OCT 7, 1986             To: OCT 7, 1996

>> call ku9c
Call-Sign: KU9C                     Class: EXTRA
Previously: WN8GUE                  Class: ADVANCED
Real Name: STEVEN M WHEATLEY        Birthday: OCT 10, 1955
Mailing Address: POB 5953, PARSIPPANY, NJ  07054
Valid From: JUN 2, 1992             To: JUN 2, 2002

hope this helps,
73/DX,
Tim, NO0C

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Date: 28 May 1994 21:57:41 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!usc!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!news.kei.com!ssd.intel.com!chnews![e-mail]
Subject: Where to find info about ax.25 ???
To: [e-mail]

Sandland Oerjan ([e-mail]) wrote:

: I need to find as much info as possible in the ax.25 protocol......
: rfc's faq's anything ! 0rjan Sandland

There are a couple of files on ax.25 on oak.oakland.edu under
\pub\hamradio available for FTP.

73, KG7BK, [e-mail]

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Date: 28 May 1994 23:19:01 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!agate!darkstar.UCSC.EDU!news.hal.COM!olivea!grapevine.lcs.mit.edu!chaos.dac.neu.edu!chaos.dac![e-mail]
Subject: Where to find info about ax.25 ???
To: [e-mail]

In article <2s7r8m$[e-mail]> plaws@comp..uark.edu (Peter Laws) writes:

   Path: chaos.dac.neu.edu!grapevine.lcs.mit.edu!olivea!charnel.ecst.csuchico.edu!nic-nac.CSU.net!usc!howland.reston.ans.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!moe.ksu.ksu.edu!wizard.uark.edu!comp!plaws
   From: plaws@comp..uark.edu (Peter Laws)
   Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
   Date: 28 May 1994 16:24:54 GMT
   Organization: University of Arkansas
   Lines: 45
   References: <2s56ds$[e-mail]> <[e-mail]>
   NNTP-Posting-Host: comp.uark.edu

   [e-mail] (Jim Hollenback) writes:

   >Sandland Oerjan ([e-mail]) wrote:
   >: Hi all !

   >: I need to find as much info as possible in the ax.25 protocol......
   >: rfc's faq's anything !

   >: thanks !

   >ARRL
   >225 Main St.
   >Newington, CT 06111

   >The manual is about $10.

   >Jim, WA6SDM

   I think from Sandland's use of the terms "rfc" and "faq" he meant a
   net.source, not snailmail!  Surely there is a net site that has the
   info.

   We could try the arrl's info server.  Send mail to:

   [e-mail]

   With:

   'send index'

   in the body ...



   73,
   Peter Laws,  N5UWY - V31WY

   President,
   Amateur Radio Club,
   University of Arkansas / W5YM

   Peter Laws <[e-mail]>  | "The '90s  are gonna make the '60s
   n5uwy@ka5bml.#nwar.ar.usa.noam    | look like the '50s" - Dennis Hopper


For ARRL infoserver stuff, an up-to-date 'mirror' is kept on the Boston ARC's
anonymous FTP site on oak.oakland.edu:/pub/hamradio/arrl/infoserver

You can also check either or both index files:

/pub/hamradio/00-Index.txt and /pub/hamradio/0-Index2.txt


73,
Scott

--
===============================================================================
| Scott Ehrlich           Amateur Radio: wy1z      AMPRnet: [e-mail] |
| Internet: [e-mail]   BITnet: wy1z@NUHUB    AX.25: [e-mail] |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|       Maintainer of the Boston Amateur Radio Club hamradio FTP area on      |
|            oak.oakland.edu - /pub/hamradio                |
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Date: Fri, 27 May 1994 18:24:56 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!usc!math.ohio-state.edu!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!csn![e-mail]
To: [e-mail]

References <N>, <[e-mail]>, <2s34aq$[e-mail]>p
Subject : Re: "for ID"

Swag Valance ([e-mail]) wrote:
: Same I guess for half the calls that add "mobile".  I mean, for the most
: part I think it's great that the caller is driving around or whatever, but
: 9 times out of 10 it really makes no difference to me whether you're
: driving, walking, or standing on your head during your conversation.  There's
: hardly anything that can interrupt or interfere with a conversation while
: mobile that couldn't also happen if you're "immobile" -- including walking
: through your house if overpasses are an issue.  Even still, if
: I tell the person that their signal is bad, I really don't expect them to
: pull over to the shoulder anyway.  Perhaps I should have some fun with this
: habit and say things like "KD6QPY scratching" or "KD6QPY digesting".

I use the "mobile" tag because depending on time/net/amount of traffic,
the mobile stations get priority.  I guess at one time, the "mobile" was
required by the FCC just like a KG0IL/0 would be required if I was not at
my home station while transmitting.  The rules have been relased a bit....
I have heard several of the other activity related calls but most of them
seem like they are just trying to be cute.  It does not bother me when I
here a Mobil or Portable but some of the other stuff gets irritating...

Joel
KG0IL

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Date: Fri, 27 May 1994 16:46:27 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!usc!math.ohio-state.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!news.ess.harris.com![e-mail]
To: [e-mail]

References <N>, <[e-mail]>, <2s34aq$[e-mail]>(
Subject : Re: "for ID"

In article <2s34aq$[e-mail]>, [e-mail] (Swag Valance) says:
>
>In article <[e-mail]>,
>Joe Gregg <[e-mail]> wrote:
>>"for ID" is one of my many pet peeves.  Why the heck else would you say your
>>call?  You ALWAYS give your call "for ID."  It is just an annoying habit.
>
>I don't know about it being a pet peeve, but I do find it funny.
>Sometimes if it's just to butt in for your 10-minute ID, yes I can see it.
>But it's rather redundant otherwise.
>
>Same I guess for half the calls that add "mobile".  I mean, for the most
>part I think it's great that the caller is driving around or whatever, but
>9 times out of 10 it really makes no difference to me whether you're
>driving, walking, or standing on your head during your conversation.  There's
>hardly anything that can interrupt or interfere with a conversation while
>mobile that couldn't also happen if you're "immobile" -- including walking
>through your house if overpasses are an issue.  Even still, if
>I tell the person that their signal is bad, I really don't expect them to
>pull over to the shoulder anyway.  Perhaps I should have some fun with this
>habit and say things like "KD6QPY scratching" or "KD6QPY digesting".

I have heard a station around here signing "commode mobile" which I think
should rightly have been stated "commode immobile" but I wasn't right there
so what do I know.

>greg                     | Pro Child
>[e-mail]   | Pro Family
>                         | Pro Wrestling

What about                  Pro Amateur Radio?

Harv
WB4NPL
[e-mail]

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And from Gambia, G0UCT and DK2OC will sign C56/own-call from next Friday
the 3rd until Friday the 17th of June. Activity will be on all bands 10
to 80 metres on CW, SSB and RTTY.


Now the rallies for today Sunday the 29th of May:

The East Suffolk Wireless Revival's Ipswich Rally is being held at the
Maidenhall Sports Centre, Stoke Park High School, Ipswich. Doors open at
10am. The rally features trade stands, local club stands, a Novice
stall, a bring and buy stall and a car boot sale. A new feature this
year will be a drive-in Antenna Test facility. There is also a vintage
wireless show and other displays. Refreshments will be available.
Talk-in will be on 2 metres channel S22 by GB4SWR.

The Plymouth Radio and Electronics Fair is being 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 and talk-in is on 2 metres channel S22.


Now the two rallies we know of for next Sunday the 5th of June:

The Burnley Radio Rally is to be held at the St Peters C E Primary
School, Church Street, Burnley. Doors will open at 10.30am. The rally
features trade stands, local club stands and a bring and buy stall.
Refreshments will be available. Further details available by telephoning
0282 37533 or 451342.

The Spalding Amateur Radio Exhibition and Rally is to be held at the
Springfields Exhibition Centre, Spalding, Lincolnshire. Doors open at
10am. The event features many trade stands and a car boot sale.
Refreshments will be available. Further details available from G4TWR on
0775 722940 or G7CWM on 0775 680447.


HF contest news now:

The CQ WPX CW Contest will finish today, Sunday the 29th of May at 2359
after 48 hours. All bands from 1.8MHz to 28MHz but excluding the WARC
bands can be used. No other information available but see March RadCom
page 18 for other details.

The RSGB HF National Field Day Contest takes place next weekend,
starting at 1500 UTC on Saturday the 4th and finishing at 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 after 24 hours. See the February edition of RadCom for further
details.

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

The IARU 50MHz Contest is scheduled to run from 1400 UTC on Saturday the
4th, until 1400 UTC on Sunday the 5th. See February RadCom page 83 for
further details.




The Kidderminster 70 centimetre repeater GB3KR on 433.075MHz, channel
RB3, has been switched off by the keeper, while maintenance work is
being done on the aerial tower. The keeper G8NTU regrets any
inconvenience to users, until the work is completed and the repeater is
reactivated. For further details regarding the repeater contact, G8NTU
whose address is correct in the RSGB Call Book.


Next some of the Special event stations that will be active during June
to commemorate the 50th anniversary of D-Day, include:

GB50DD will be operating from the Veterans Tent on Southsea Common,
Hampshire by members of the Horndean & District Amateur Club. Operation
to be on all bands, from Wednesday the 1st, until Tuesday the 7th of
June. For further details contact Stuart, G0FYX on 0705 472846.

GB50OL will be aired Ray, G0EYM and Richard, G0RNM in conjunction with
the members of the Bedford and District Amateur Club from the Control
Tower of the former RAF station, Little Staughton, Bedfordshire, home of
the Pathfinders. The station will be operational from next Friday the
3rd, until Tuesday the 7th of June.

GB50NL will be aired by members of the Loughborough and District Amateur
Club from the "Carillon" War Memorial and Museum, Queens Park,
Loughborough. The station will be operational from next Saturday the
4th, until Tuesday the 7th of June on 80, 40, 20 and 2 metre bands.

GB4DD will be aired by members of the Yeovil Amateur Club from Digby
Hall, Sherborne, Dorset. The station will be operational daily from 0900
until 1800 UTC from next Tuesday the 31st of May, until Tuesday the 7th
of June using authentic WW2 equipment on 3.5, 7, 10 and 14MHz. Further
details from Cedric telephone [phone].

GB5DD, will be aired by members of the Radio Club of Thanet from the
wartime site of "HMS Robinson", at Richborough, Sandwich, Kent.
Operation will be from next Saturday the 4th, until Sunday the 12th of
June. For further information contact Buster, G3OPL on 0843 597916.

GB2SPD, Shoreham Port Defences, will be aired to celebrate the 50th
anniversary of D-Day and the activity in Shoreham Port at that time by
the Worthing and District Amateur Radio Club on Sunday the 5th of June
from 10.30am to 5pm using HF bands and VHF. For further details contact
G4GPX on 0903 753893.

GB6OL, will be aired by members of the Horndean & District Amateur Radio
Club as part of Portsmouth 800 years celebration, from the 1st to the
5th of June. For further information contact Stuart, G0FYX on 0705
472846.

TM6JUN, will be aired by members of the American Association of D-Day
Utah Beach Radio Amateurs from Utah Beach, from Saturday the 4th to
Saturday the 11th of June. For CW check these frequencies: 3.544, 7.3,
14.044, 21.044 and 28.044MHz and for SSB, check 3.775, 7.070, 14.244,
21.344 and 28.444MHz and for VHF 144.244MHZ.

The REME Club Station, callsigns GX3IHH and GX6IHH will be aired from
0500 to 2100 UTC on Monday the 6th of June. Operation will be on all
bands 80 to 10 metres, including the WARC bands and also on 2 metres,
SSB and FM and 70 centimetres on FM.

A list of the many other Special Event Stations taking part in the D-Day
celebrations appears in June RadCom.


And now the solar factual data:

The period from the 16th to the 22nd of May has seen solar activity
remain at very low levels; no flares were reported and no M or X flares
have been reported since last February. Sunspot indices have remained
low and meaned at about 45. With the more active side of the sun coming
into view, solar flux levels started to climb and reached 95 units by
the 17th, the highest levels since March 5th, but declined slightly by
the 22nd giving an average for the period of 90 units. The 90 day flux
mean was 86 units on the 22nd.

The geomagnetic Ap indices declined from sub storm levels of 34 units on
the 16th, down to quiet levels of 7 units by the 21st. Coronal holes are
still troublesome but their intensity seems to be dying down. The
electron Fluence levels are still very high due to the outbursts from
the coronal holes, and stable ionospheric conditions will not return
until these levels fall to nearer normal. The state has been 'Nil
nothing to report' all the period. The aa indices as supplied by the
British Geological Survey for the period 10th to 16th May was generally
quiet, with the daily index for the week averaging 38.8 nanoTeslas about
K3; the 13th was very quiet being only 11.7 nanoTeslas. The X-Ray flux
levels have recovered and averaged A6.8 units; this was undoubtedly
responsible for the increased solar flux levels. The monthly Ap indices
for April was 26 units and the smoothed level for October 93 was 15.6
units.

I'll repeat the figures. Spots - 45; Flux - 90; Ap index - 13.4; X-ray
flux - A6.8 April Ap 26 units.

Now the ionospheric data for Central France:

The F2 day-time critical frequencies at Poitiers as reported by Meudon
are now being affected by the seasonal changes, so the daily highs are
continuing to decline and averaged 7.0MHz. These levels are being
reached around 19.00 hours. The darkness hour lows increase with the
seasonal changes and averaged 3.6MHz, though there have been periods of
spread F and Blanketing sporadic E. The lows are now centred about 04.00
hours.

I'll repeat the figures. Highs - 7.0MHz; lows - 3.6MHz.

Now the ionospheric data for the north:

The F2 day-time critical frequencies at Ekaterinberg averaged 5.6MHz and
the darkness hour lows 3.1MHz

I'll repeat the figures: Highs - 5.6MHz; lows - 3.1MHz.

And lastly the solar forecast:

This week the more active side of the sun will be rotating away; solar
flux levels are expected to be about the 75s, with the geomagnetic
levels up to sub storm about an Ap of 35 units, declining slightly as
the week goes by. F-layer day-time ionospheric MUFs in the south are
expected to be about 21MHz, though sporadic E could give openings at
times up to the 50MHz band. The darkness hours are expected to reach
14MHz. The northern stations could be affected by the expected high
geomagnetic activity so levels could be well down for them. North/south
paths will be generally the best.

And that's 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 Charlie series.  .

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