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Date: Fri, 9 Sep 94 10:58:47 PDT From: Info-Hams Mailing List and Newsgroup <info-hams@ucsd.edu> Errors-To: Info-Hams-Errors@UCSD.Edu Reply-To: Info-Hams@UCSD.Edu Precedence: Bulk Subject: Info-Hams Digest V94 #1010 To: Info-Hams Info-Hams Digest Fri, 9 Sep 94 Volume 94 : Issue 1010 Today's Topics: GB2RS News 11th September 1994 IPS Daily Report - 08 September 94 Motorola Birthday Special Event Station orbs$.252.2of2.amsat repeater database (2 msgs) SETIQuest Magazine - Exobiology Send Replies or notes for publication to: <Info-Hams@UCSD.Edu> Send subscription requests to: <Info-Hams-REQUEST@UCSD.Edu> Problems you can't solve otherwise to brian@ucsd.edu. Archives of past issues of the Info-Hams Digest are available (by FTP only) from UCSD.Edu in directory "mailarchives/info-hams". We trust that readers are intelligent enough to realize that all text herein consists of personal comments and does not represent the official policies or positions of any party. Your mileage may vary. So there. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 9 Sep 1994 06:08:24 +0000 From: dog.ee.lbl.gov!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!gatech!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!zip.eecs.umich.edu!yeshua.marcam.com!insosf1.infonet.net!news.i-link.com!news.sprintlink.net!demon@ihnp4.ucsd.edu Subject: GB2RS News 11th September 1994 To: info-hams@ucsd.edu Good morning. It's Sunday the 11th of September and here is the GB2RS news broadcast, prepared by the RSGB and intended for all radio amateurs and short-wave listeners. And we start this week with our congratulations to Katie Cannon, who has passed her 5 words per minute Novice Morse test at the age of only seven. She took the test at Reading on the 16th of August and is one of the youngest people to have passed this test. The seventh Amateur Radio Direction Finding World Championships take place this week in Sweden. For the first time the RSGB has sent an official four-member team to represent the United Kingdom. Later this month, the 160 metre UK National ARDF Final will be held in Northamptonshire. For information on all types of direction finding, contact Brian Bristow, G4KBB, whose address is correct in the RSGB Call Book. Now some sad news: Midlands GB2RS news reader Tom Douglas, G3BA, passed away last week. He was well known as someone who put a great deal into amateur radio over many years. He will be greatly missed. A full obituary will appear in the November edition of Radio Communication. The next RSGB Microwave Round Table meeting takes place on Sunday the 13th of November at the British Telecom Laboratories, Ipswich, Suffolk. The event is organised by the Martlesham Radio Society and will commences at 10am. Attractions will include the usual round table sessions, test equipment and bring and buy facilities. The provisional lecture programme includes talks on 10GHz rainscatter, 24GHz and 47GHz activity, as well as an update on the 10GHz Phase 3D transponder by Freddie, ON6UG. For security reasons, all access is by advanced booking only, and it is important to give the names of all persons attending in a group if you request multiple tickets. Tickets can be obtained by sending a Self Addressed Stamped Envelope to Roy Smith, G0RRC, 'Lykkebo', The Street, Burstall, Ipswich, IP8 3DN. It has been reported elsewhere that a number of rallies due to be held on Sunday the 25th of September have been cancelled. In fact, only the Peterborough event is cancelled. Four events are still taking place: the Harlow Amateur Radio and Computer Show, the Three Counties Rally, the North Wakefield Radio Club Rally and the Scottish DX Cluster Support Group Junk Sale. Full and accurate information of all of these events can be found in the September edition of Radio Communication. We will of course be giving you details via GB2RS next week. An RSGB Regional Meeting takes place on Saturday the 22nd of October at the New Friend's Hall, Purdown, Stapleton, Bristol. The doors open at 12.30pm, when light refreshments will be available and the meeting commences at 2pm. Several members of the RSGB Council will be in attendance plus representatives of HQ. Full details will appear in the October edition of RadCom which is scheduled to be posted to all RSGB members within the next ten days. Now some items of HF DX news from the weekly RSGB DX News Sheet which is edited by Brendan McCartney, G4DYO. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 8 Sep 1994 23:23:52 GMT From: netnews.upenn.edu!msuinfo!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.cs.su.oz.au!metro!ipso!rwc@RUTGERS.EDU Subject: IPS Daily Report - 08 September 94 To: info-hams@ucsd.edu SUBJ: IPS DAILY SOLAR AND GEOPHYSICAL REPORT ISSUED AT 08/2330Z SEPTEMBER 1994 BY IPS RADIO AND SPACE SERVICES FROM THE REGIONAL WARNING CENTRE (RWC), SYDNEY. SUMMARY FOR 08 SEPTEMBER AND FORECAST FOR 09 SEPTEMBER - 11 SEPTEMBER ----------------------------------------------------------- 1A. SOLAR SUMMARY Activity: low Flares: none. Observed 10.7 cm flux/Equivalent Sunspot Number : 89/33 GOES satellite data for 07 Sep Daily Proton Fluence >1 MeV: 1.9E+06 Daily Proton Fluence >10 MeV: 1.6E+04 Daily Electron Fluence >2 MeV: 5.4E+07 X-ray background: A8.1 Fluence (flux accumulation over 24hrs)/ cm2-ster-day. 1B. SOLAR FORECAST 09 Sep 10 Sep 11 Sep Activity Very low Very low Very low Fadeouts None expected None expected None expected Forecast 10.7 cm flux/Equivalent Sunspot Number for 09 Sep: 87/30 ----------------------------------------------------------- 2A. MAGNETIC SUMMARY Geomagnetic field at Learmonth: unsettled to active Estimated Indices : A K Observed A Index 07 Sep Learmonth 19 --44 3333 Fredericksburg 29 25 Planetary 30 28 Observed Kp for 07 Sep: 3445 5344 2B. MAGNETIC FORECAST DATE Ap CONDITIONS 09 Sep 20 Unsettled to active 10 Sep 20 Unsettled to active 11 Sep 15 Quiet to unsettled COMMENT: IPS Geomagnetic Warning 3 was issued on 4 September and is current for interval 7-10 September. The current magnetic activity is not as severe as was originally forecast for mid latitudes. High latitude areas have experienced storm conditions, however. ----------------------------------------------------------- 3A. GLOBAL HF PROPAGATION SUMMARY LATITUDE BAND DATE LOW MIDDLE HIGH 08 Sep normal fair-normal poor-fair PCA Event : None. 3B. GLOBAL HF PROPAGATION FORECAST LATITUDE BAND DATE LOW MIDDLE HIGH 09 Sep normal fair-normal poor-fair 10 Sep normal fair-normal poor-fair 11 Sep normal normal fair ----------------------------------------------------------- 4A. AUSTRALIAN REGION IONOSPHERIC SUMMARY Observed DATE T-index MUFs at Sydney 08 Sep 25 near predicted monthly values Predicted Monthly T-index for September: 20 4B. AUSTRALIAN REGION IONOSPHERIC FORECAST DATE T-index MUFs 09 Sep 25 Near predicted monthly values 10 Sep 25 Near predicted monthly values 11 Sep 25 Near predicted monthly values COMMENT: IPS HF Communications Warning 2 was issued on 4 September and is current for interval 7-10 September. Spread F was observed at times during local night, with similar conditions expected for today. Degraded local propagation conditions are expected for today, but MUFs are not expected to be depressed. -- IPS Regional Warning Centre, Sydney |IPS Radio and Space Services RWC Duty Forecaster tel: +61 2 4148329 |PO Box 5606 Recorded Message tel: +61 2 4148330 |West Chatswood NSW 2057 email: rwc@ips.oz.au fax: +61 2 4148331 |AUSTRALIA ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 8 Sep 1994 22:49:21 GMT From: spstimes.sps.mot.com!mogate!newsgate!hofbrau.sps.mot.com!user@uunet.uu.net Subject: Motorola Birthday Special Event Station To: info-hams@ucsd.edu Motorola radio amateurs around the world will be celebrating the 66th birthday of Motorola in September by operating special event stations. Locations participating will be Arizona, Illinois, Texas, Florida, Canada, Singapore, Indonesia, France, Italy, Israel, Japan, and Hong Kong. Additions and callsigns will be announced on the air. Date/Time Period: 25 September 1994 / 0000-2400Z. Some DX operations will be extended to allow for propagation. Operations will be in the General Class portion of the amateur radio bands. All QSL's should be directed to P.O. Box 28246, Tempe, AZ, 85285. Send a 9" x 12" SASE with sufficient return postage ($0.52 domestic, 2 or 3 IRC's DX). -- * Chris Terwilliger, AA7WD a229aa@email.sps.mot.com * * Motorola AA7WD@N7MRP.AZ.USA.NA * * Phoenix Corporate Research Labs those who forget the past * * 2100 E. Elliot Rd. EL508 are condemned to repeat it * * Tempe, AZ 85284 - George Santayana * ------------------------------ Date: 9 Sep 94 14:10:00 GMT From: news-mail-gateway@ucsd.edu Subject: orbs$.252.2of2.amsat To: info-hams@ucsd.edu SB KEPS @ AMSAT $ORBS-252.W Orbital Elements 252.WEATHER HR AMSAT ORBITAL ELEMENTS FOR WEATHER SATELLITES FROM WA5QGD FORT WORTH,TX September 9, 1994 BID: $ORBS-252.W TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BT Satellite: NOAA-9 Catalog number: 15427 Epoch time: 94250.77061508 Element set: 945 Inclination: 99.0435 deg RA of node: 302.1944 deg Eccentricity: 0.0015171 Arg of perigee: 350.3917 deg Mean anomaly: 9.6960 deg Mean motion: 14.13639907 rev/day Decay rate: 5.6e-07 rev/day^2 Epoch rev: 50192 Checksum: 308 Satellite: NOAA-10 Catalog number: 16969 Epoch time: 94250.73664265 Element set: 842 Inclination: 98.5110 deg RA of node: 257.2257 deg Eccentricity: 0.0014132 Arg of perigee: 87.2811 deg Mean anomaly: 272.9991 deg Mean motion: 14.24903883 rev/day Decay rate: 1.7e-07 rev/day^2 Epoch rev: 41425 Checksum: 313 Satellite: MET-2/17 Catalog number: 18820 Epoch time: 94250.39554426 Element set: 391 Inclination: 82.5412 deg RA of node: 203.1859 deg Eccentricity: 0.0015983 Arg of perigee: 315.5211 deg Mean anomaly: 44.4664 deg Mean motion: 13.84720625 rev/day Decay rate: 3.6e-07 rev/day^2 Epoch rev: 33373 Checksum: 299 Satellite: MET-3/2 Catalog number: 19336 Epoch time: 94246.49018649 Element set: 320 Inclination: 82.5381 deg RA of node: 268.2735 deg Eccentricity: 0.0018539 Arg of perigee: 67.2957 deg Mean anomaly: 293.0126 deg Mean motion: 13.16968553 rev/day Decay rate: 5.1e-07 rev/day^2 Epoch rev: 29356 Checksum: 332 Satellite: NOAA-11 Catalog number: 19531 Epoch time: 94250.70637069 Element set: 762 Inclination: 99.1810 deg RA of node: 241.6693 deg Eccentricity: 0.0011090 Arg of perigee: 264.3496 deg Mean anomaly: 95.6404 deg Mean motion: 14.13014274 rev/day Decay rate: 6.0e-07 rev/day^2 Epoch rev: 30679 Checksum: 295 Satellite: MET-2/18 Catalog number: 19851 Epoch time: 94246.56910060 Element set: 321 Inclination: 82.5172 deg RA of node: 81.4335 deg Eccentricity: 0.0015197 Arg of perigee: 11.7751 deg Mean anomaly: 348.3746 deg Mean motion: 13.84371453 rev/day Decay rate: 2.0e-07 rev/day^2 Epoch rev: 27853 Checksum: 299 Satellite: MET-3/3 Catalog number: 20305 Epoch time: 94247.84879149 Element set: 137 Inclination: 82.5512 deg RA of node: 214.8917 deg Eccentricity: 0.0007981 Arg of perigee: 92.6591 deg Mean anomaly: 267.5439 deg Mean motion: 13.04426670 rev/day Decay rate: 4.4e-07 rev/day^2 Epoch rev: 23328 Checksum: 321 Satellite: MET-2/19 Catalog number: 20670 Epoch time: 94246.22753404 Element set: 824 Inclination: 82.5492 deg RA of node: 146.4951 deg Eccentricity: 0.0014715 Arg of perigee: 292.4370 deg Mean anomaly: 67.5233 deg Mean motion: 13.84182449 rev/day Decay rate: -8.4e-07 rev/day^2 Epoch rev: 21141 Checksum: 301 Satellite: FY-1/2 Catalog number: 20788 Epoch time: 94251.22505974 Element set: 71 Inclination: 98.8280 deg RA of node: 268.7042 deg Eccentricity: 0.0016171 Arg of perigee: 138.0415 deg Mean anomaly: 222.1909 deg Mean motion: 14.01315639 rev/day Decay rate: -2.7e-07 rev/day^2 Epoch rev: 20533 Checksum: 285 Satellite: MET-2/20 Catalog number: 20826 Epoch time: 94249.01489895 Element set: 835 Inclination: 82.5210 deg RA of node: 81.6755 deg Eccentricity: 0.0012936 Arg of perigee: 175.7635 deg Mean anomaly: 184.3668 deg Mean motion: 13.83588735 rev/day Decay rate: 5.3e-07 rev/day^2 Epoch rev: 19893 Checksum: 351 Satellite: MET-3/4 Catalog number: 21232 Epoch time: 94246.60325885 Element set: 731 Inclination: 82.5424 deg RA of node: 114.1705 deg Eccentricity: 0.0014309 Arg of perigee: 354.0476 deg Mean anomaly: 6.0480 deg Mean motion: 13.16464228 rev/day Decay rate: 5.0e-07 rev/day^2 Epoch rev: 16167 Checksum: 272 Satellite: NOAA-12 Catalog number: 21263 Epoch time: 94250.70514379 Element set: 171 Inclination: 98.6126 deg RA of node: 276.6469 deg Eccentricity: 0.0013361 Arg of perigee: 1.7209 deg Mean anomaly: 358.4004 deg Mean motion: 14.22444842 rev/day Decay rate: 8.4e-07 rev/day^2 Epoch rev: 17223 Checksum: 284 Satellite: MET-3/5 Catalog number: 21655 Epoch time: 94250.95119570 Element set: 739 Inclination: 82.5488 deg RA of node: 58.2862 deg Eccentricity: 0.0013781 Arg of perigee: 356.1519 deg Mean anomaly: 3.9492 deg Mean motion: 13.16834104 rev/day Decay rate: 5.1e-07 rev/day^2 Epoch rev: 14735 Checksum: 314 Satellite: MET-2/21 Catalog number: 22782 Epoch time: 94243.24645844 Element set: 332 Inclination: 82.5514 deg RA of node: 146.9692 deg Eccentricity: 0.0023665 Arg of perigee: 18.4976 deg Mean anomaly: 341.7038 deg Mean motion: 13.83014037 rev/day Decay rate: 8.9e-07 rev/day^2 Epoch rev: 5046 Checksum: 311 /EX SB KEPS @ AMSAT $ORBS-252.M Orbital Elements 252.MISC HR AMSAT ORBITAL ELEMENTS FOR MANNED AND MISCELLANEOUS SATELLITES FROM WA5QGD FORT WORTH,TX September 9, 1994 BID: $ORBS-252.M TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BT Satellite: POSAT Catalog number: 22829 Epoch time: 94243.20371906 Element set: 313 Inclination: 98.6454 deg RA of node: 318.3232 deg Eccentricity: 0.0010119 Arg of perigee: 342.4454 deg Mean anomaly: 17.6372 deg Mean motion: 14.28038204 rev/day Decay rate: 5.0e-08 rev/day^2 Epoch rev: 4840 Checksum: 266 Satellite: MIR Catalog number: 16609 Epoch time: 94251.20537460 Element set: 751 Inclination: 51.6466 deg RA of node: 131.0215 deg Eccentricity: 0.0001551 Arg of perigee: 29.3923 deg Mean anomaly: 330.7156 deg Mean motion: 15.56960259 rev/day Decay rate: 2.575e-05 rev/day^2 Epoch rev: 48895 Checksum: 298 Satellite: HUBBLE Catalog number: 20580 Epoch time: 94251.17564075 Element set: 533 Inclination: 28.4700 deg RA of node: 62.8744 deg Eccentricity: 0.0006129 Arg of perigee: 234.9428 deg Mean anomaly: 125.0586 deg Mean motion: 14.90666428 rev/day Decay rate: 4.55e-06 rev/day^2 Epoch rev: 4178 Checksum: 300 Satellite: GRO Catalog number: 21225 Epoch time: 94250.71184672 Element set: 137 Inclination: 28.4634 deg RA of node: 19.1121 deg Eccentricity: 0.0003345 Arg of perigee: 73.0629 deg Mean anomaly: 287.0534 deg Mean motion: 15.41218139 rev/day Decay rate: 2.466e-05 rev/day^2 Epoch rev: 6968 Checksum: 282 Satellite: UARS Catalog number: 21701 Epoch time: 94245.53359212 Element set: 584 Inclination: 56.9840 deg RA of node: 209.1014 deg Eccentricity: 0.0004516 Arg of perigee: 108.4708 deg Mean anomaly: 251.6814 deg Mean motion: 14.96457348 rev/day Decay rate: -2.164e-05 rev/day^2 Epoch rev: 16251 Checksum: 290 /EX ------------------------------ Date: 8 Sep 1994 17:57:22 GMT From: thecourier.cims.nyu.edu!longlast.cs.nyu.edu!jackson@nyu.arpa Subject: repeater database To: info-hams@ucsd.edu Self followup. I found the database. I poked through upenn's localhosts file and found that while mipg.upenn.edu doesn't exist anymore, mipgsun.mipg.upenn.edu does. It's under pub/yee as rptr010.Z as purported on the Mosaic screens. If there are any maintainers watching, here's your chance to update your screens. -- Steven Jackson, Assistant to the Chair of Computer Science Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University 251 Mercer Street, NY NY 10012 Work <-- (forwarded) Home jackson@cs.nyu.edu, jcksnste@acfcluster.nyu.edu, sjackson@cjbbs.com ------------------------------ Date: 8 Sep 1994 17:50:10 GMT From: thecourier.cims.nyu.edu!longlast.cs.nyu.edu!jackson@nyu.arpa Subject: repeater database To: info-hams@ucsd.edu is it me or did the repeater database creators drop off the face of the earth? All of the mosaic forms interfaces to the database seem fine, but I can't FTP the entire file from anywhere. mipg.upenn.edu is gone, and Lou Williams, whose name appears all over the pages as the maintainer is no longer known at ncsu. Perhaps someone here can tell me where to FTP the entire file from? Many thanks.. -- Steven Jackson, Assistant to the Chair of Computer Science Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University 251 Mercer Street, NY NY 10012 Work <-- (forwarded) Home jackson@cs.nyu.edu, jcksnste@acfcluster.nyu.edu, sjackson@cjbbs.com ------------------------------ Date: 8 SEP 94 18:06:47 EST From: pa.dec.com!nntpd.lkg.dec.com!mtwain.enet.dec.com!klaes@decwrl.dec.com Subject: SETIQuest Magazine - Exobiology To: info-hams@ucsd.edu SETIQuest is a new quarterly print/electronic mail (E-mail) periodical containing news, technical information, and tutorials devoted to bioastronomy and its subset, SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence). SETIQuest is published for professionals, serious amateur astronomers, and individuals curious about this fascinating field of observation. SETIQuest fills the need for a specialized astronomical publication devoted exclusively to the on-going search for evidence of life in the Universe. Such evidence could be intentional or inadvertent signals of other civilizations. Such evidence could be found in spectral signatures of biological activity on extrasolar planets or in the interstellar medium. SETIQuest is written and edited for the scientifically literate individual taking part in the progress of our technological civilization, with articles by amateur and professional scientists. SETIQuest includes information about hands-on observational programs that can be carried out by individuals and groups of amateur astronomers at radio and optical wavelengths. SETIQuest is filled with articles covering topics such as: * Tutorials about bioastronomy and SETI * Microwave or optical SETI as practiced by amateurs * "Do-it-yourself" participation in bioastronomy and SETI activities * Book reviews * Regular commentary on issues relevant to SETI and bioastronomy: SETI and the political milieu Philosophical issues regarding the prospects of success and failure in the search SETI as a parable of science versus pseudo science Publications Watch: Summaries of recent scientific/general publications relevant to SETI For your FREE issue of SETIQuest (Volume 1, Number 1), send us your postal address by fax, E-mail, or conventional mail to: SETIQuest Inquiries, Department EX Helmers Publishing 174 Concord Street Peterborough, NH 03458-0874 Telephone: (603) 924-9631 FAX (603) 924-7408 Internet E-mail: SQINQNET@pixelacres.mv.com --------------------------------=|=--------------------------------------- Carl Helmers, President & Editorial Director, Helmers Publishing, Inc. --< Publishers of Sensors, ID Systems and SETIQuest magazines >-- (what else do you do after starting BYTE?) INTERNET: carl@pixelacres.mv.com SNAILMAIL: 174 Concord Street, Peterborough, NH 03458 PHONE: 603-924-9631 -=- FAX: 603-924-7408 ------------------------------ Date: (null) From: (null) ------------------------------ Date: (null) From: (null) ------------------------------ Date: (null) From: (null) Now the rallies we know of for today, Sunday the 11th of September: The British Amateur Radio Teledata Group (BARTG) Rally is being held at the Sandown Exhibition Centre, Sandown Park Racecourse, Esher, Surrey. There is easy access from junction 10 of the M25, which is not far from the M3, M4 and M40 motorways. Doors open at 10.30am. The event features many exhibitors and special interest groups, covering radio, computers, peripherals, software, books, kits and test equipment, all with the emphasis on Data Communications. Refreshments are available. The Cranfield Amateur Radio Car Boot Sale (organised by the Milton Keynes and District Amateur Radio Society) is being held at Cranfield Airfield, Bedfordshire. The airfield is located near the M1 Motorway. Take junction 13, if travelling from the south or 14 if arriving from the north. Doors open at 9.30am. Talk-in is on two metres, channel S22. Also the Lincoln Short Wave Club 'Hamfest' is being held at the Lincolnshire Showground and Exhibition Centre, situated some four miles north of Lincoln on the A15, Lincoln to Scunthorpe road. Doors open at 10.30am. The event features all the usual trade stands and a bring and buy stall. The site also has lots of attractions for other family members. Refreshments are available and talk-in is on channel S22. Next the only event we know of for next weekend: On Saturday the 17th of September the Scottish Amateur Radio Convention and Computer Show (SARCON) is to be held at the Cults Community Centre which is situated some two miles west of Aberdeen on the A93 road. Doors open at 10.30am, or at 10.00 for disabled visitors. The event features many trade stands, an RSGB Bookstall and enquiries stand, computer and special interest group stands, a bring and buy stall and a lecture programme. The RSGB Morse Test will be available on demand, subject to the usual fee and the need to bring two passport size photographs. Refreshments will be available and talk-in will be on two metres, channel S22. Further details from Martin, GM0JCN on 0569 731177. Now for the HF contest news: The Scandinavian Activity CW Contest takes place from 1500 on Saturday the 17th until 1800 on Sunday the 18th on the 3.5 to 28MHz, but not the WARC bands. See September RadCom page 18 for more information. The RSGB 21/28MHz SSB Contest takes place from 0700 to 1900 UTC on Sunday the 2nd of October. See June RadCom page 82 for full details. Next some VHF contest news: Another RSGB 24GHz Summer Cumulative Contest takes place from 0900 to 2100 UTC today, Sunday the 11th. See April's RadCom for details. Also today, the Worked All Britain 144MHz High Power Phone Contest take place from 0900 to 1700 UTC and there are sections for fixed, portable, mobile and Short Wave Listener stations. The RSGB 70MHz Trophy and SWL Contest takes place from 0900 to 1400 UTC on Sunday the 25th of September. There are three sections: Single Operator fixed, All others and Listeners. See July Radcom page 82 for further details. Special event stations active during this week include: GB2OWM which is active until Thursday the 15th from the Orkney Wireless Museum on the island of Ronaldsay, WAB area ND49, during the Fourth Orkney Science Festival. Today, GB0RAF is operated by members of the RAF Amateur Radio Society from the Lincoln Hamfest, which will be on 80 and 40 metres, CW and SSB. Also GX8MWA and GX5MW which will be operated by the Medway Amateur Receiving and Transmitting Society at the Strood Steam Rally, and GB2NFR will be on air from the North Foreland area of East Kent, commemorating the wartime radar sites operated from there. And now the solar factual data: The period from the 29th of August to the 4th of September saw a considerable rise in sunspot indices, solar flux levels and the X-Ray flux. Two M class flares were reported, but the geomagnetic field has remained generally quiet. On the 30th of August sunspot group number 7773 rotated into view and two M class flares erupted, the first an M1.1/SF and the second an M1.4/SF. Smaller sub-flares and radio noise bursts were also reported. The daily sunspot indices started the period at 23 and rose every day reaching 101 by the 3rd giving a mean of 47. Solar flux levels have also climbed from 78 units on the 29th of August up to 94 units by the 4th of September, with the period averaging 86 units. The 90 day flux average was 78 units on the 4th of September. Geomagnetic activity has been quiet throughout the period with the Ap indices averaging 5.5 units. The state has been 'Nil nothing to report'. The aa indices for the 23rd to the 29th of August, as supplied by the British Geological Survey, was quiet with the daily indices averaging 12.9 nanoTeslas, about K2. There were many periods down to only 5 nanoTeslas. The X-Ray flux levels increased very considerably, reaching B4.3 on the 30th. The period averaged B1.9 units. The electron fluence levels have been at moderate throughout the period. This, and the seasonal changes, have resulted in a modest improvement of ionospheric conditions. The monthly RI sunspot number for August was 22.8 with a maximum of 44 on the 14th and a minimum of 10 on the 2nd and 22nd. The smoothed sunspot number for February 1994 was RI 35.0 +/-5. Bartells rotation 2199 started on the 30th of August. I'll repeat the figures. Spots - 47; Flux - 86; Ap index-5.5; X-ray flux B1.9. August Spots RI 22.8. Now the ionospheric data for Central France: The F2 daytime critical frequencies at Poitiers, as reported by Meudon, averaged 6.7MHz, though the 30th and 31st of August were up to 7.2MHz. The darkness hour lows averaged 3.0MHz, though levels varied from 2.8 up to 3.6MHz. No spread F was reported, showing that the ionosphere is stabilizing considerably. The highs are now around 20.00 hours and the darkness lows around 04.00 hours. I'll repeat the figures. Highs - 6.7MHz; lows - 3.0MHz. Now the ionospheric data for the north: The F2 daytime critical frequency data from Ekaterinberg is now available again and from the data we have, the daytime levels are about 5.7MHz and the darkness hour levels 3.5MHz. We hope to catch up next week. I'll repeat the figures: Highs - 5.7MHz; lows - 3.5MHz. And lastly the solar forecast: This week, the quieter side of the sun will be looking our way and solar flux levels are expected to be about 75 units, with geomagnetic activity quiet. Ionospheric MUFs in the south during daylight are expected to reach 21MHz, and the darkness hours about 10MHz. Northern stations should find the ionosphere more stable now. North/south paths are expected to be 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 allocated were in the G0 Victor Foxtrot and G7 Tango Quebec series, and Novice calls in the 2 0 Alpha India and 2 1 Delta Juliet series. -- GB2RS is prepared by the Radio Society of Great Britain and is broadcast in the 80m, 40m, 6m and 2m bands. Tel +44 1707 659015 Fax +44 1707 645105 ------------------------------ End of Info-Hams Digest V94 #1010 ******************************