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[ ANARTS - Australian National Amateur Radio Teletype Society ]
ANARTS News Bulletin 900 17TH MARCH 1996
RTTYS MOST WANTED COUNTRIES
AS THE RESULT OF A SURVEY RUN BY THE DIGITAL JOURNAL, WE HAVE
A LIST OF THE MOST WANTED COUNTRIES ON RADIOTELETYPE. tHE
FIRST TEN ARE:
NORTH KOREA
EQUAL LIBYA, YEMEN, HEARD IS
KERMADEC IS
EQUAL BHUTAN, ST PETER AND ST PAUL ROCKS,
KERGUELEN IS
EQUAL MACQUARIE IS, ANDOMAN AND NICOBAR,
EQUAL CROZET IS, TRINDADE AND MARTIM VAZ
PAGALU IS
CENTRAL KIRIBATI,
AUCKLAND AND CAMPBELL IS.
IN THE ARTICLE ATTACHED TO THE TABLE SOME OF THESE RARE DX
ARE LISTED IN A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT ORDER TO THE TABLE,
PROBABLY A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT METHOD, BUT IT MATTERS LITTLE.
THE TOP COUNTRY, P5 (NORTH KOREA), IS NEEDED BY EVERYBODY WHO
REPLIED TO THE SURVEY. THIS INCLUDES LUCIANO I5FLN.
THERE ARE NOW 329 ACTIVE DXCC COUNTRIES IN THE RTTY LISTINGS.
THAT WILL GIVE YOU SOMETHING TO AIM AT.
HAPPY HUNTING
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TESLA - AMERICAS FORGOTTEN SCIENTIST
iN THE JANUARY 1996 ISSSUE OF 73 AMATEUR RADIO TODAY IS AN
ARTICLE ON THE EFFORTS OF JOHN W8AHB TO OBTAIN A PLACE IN A
MUSEUM FOR A BUST OF NIKOLA TESLA IN HONOUR OF THIS GREAT
SCIENTIST. jOHN IS A TEACHER AND HAD FOR YEARS BEEN TEACHING
HIS STUDENTS ABOUT TESLA, FIRSTLY AS A COMPOSITION SUBJECT AND
LATER FOR HIS SCIENTIFIC ACHIEVEMENTS.
WHEN AN EX-STUDENT OFFERRED TO HAVE HER SCULPTOR FATHER MAKE A
BUST OF TESLA FREE, FOR PLACEMENT IN A MUSEUM, JOHN JUMPED AT
THE IDEA.HE WROTE THE INSCRIPTION FOR THE BUST AND SET ABOUT
OBTAINING DONATIONS FOR CASTING THE COMPLETED CLAY FIGURE. HE
HAD NO PROBLEMS OBTAINING DONATIONS FORM BOTH PRIVATE AND
CORPORATE SOURCES.
IMAGINE HIS SURPRISE WHEN HE OFFERRED THE BUST FIRSTLY TO THE
HENRY FORD MUSEUM, THEN TO THE SMITHSONIAN, TO DISCOBVER IT
WAS NOT WANTED. BOTH THESE PRESTIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS WERE
FIXATED ON EDISON, WITH NO CREDIT FOR THE WORK TESLA HAD DONE
... IN FACT, THE SMITHSONIAN WAS DISPLAYING EDISONS BUST NEXT
TO THE FIRST TESLA AC MOTOR/GENERATOR IN SUCH A WAY AS TO GIVE
CREDIT TO EDISON. EDISON WAS EVEN GIVEN CREDIT FOR THE NIAGARA
FALLS POWER PROJECT WHICH USED AC ... EDISON FOUGHT THE RISE
OF AC AND ONLY WANTED DC TO TO BE USED.
JOHN IS NOW ASKING PEOPLE TO PROTEST TO THE SMITHSONIAN TO GET
RIGHTFUL ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF THE WORK OF TESLA BESIDE THAT OF
EDISON. THIS IS AN ON-GOING SAGA AND IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO
SEE IF HE, WITH SUPPORT, CAN GET THE SMITHSONIAN TO CHANGE ITS
TUNE.
BY THE WAY, THE NAME OF THE HENRY FORD MUSEUM IN DEARBORN WAS
THE EDISON INSTITUTE ...
WEEKLY SOLAR AND GEOPHYSICAL REPORT
(08 MARCH - 14 MARCH)
ISSUED 15 MARCH
SUMMARY
Date 08 09 10 11 12 13 14
10cm 70 68 69 72 73 71 71
A 7 8 8 24 11 16 ( 10 ESTIMATED)
T 6 4 5 6 -0 -11 -9
SOLAR ACTIVITY WAS VERY LOW ALL WEEK.
THE GEOMAGNETIC FIELD AT LEARMONTH W.A. WAS QUIET TO UNSETTLED
8TH TO 10TH AND 14TH MARCH; UNSETTLED 11TH AND 12TH; AND
UNSETTLED TO ACTIVE 13TH MARCH.
MAXIMUM USABLE FREQUENCIES AT SYDNEY WERE NEAR PREDICTED
MONTHLY VALUES EXCEPT FOR A SHORT LIGHTLY DEPRESSED PERIOD ON
13TH TO 0800 UT. SPORADIC E WAS NOTED BRIEFLY ON 11TH AND
13TH.
FORECAST (15 MARCH - 21 MARCH)
SOLAR: VERY LOW
GEOMAGNETIC: QUIET TO UNSETTLED
FREQUENCIES: NEAR PREDICTED MONTHLY VALUES.
COURTESY OF IPS RADIO AND SPACE SERVICES
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VK2SG RTTY DXNOTES FOR WEEKENDING MARCH 8TH 96 (BID RTDX0308)
To all YL's many many flowers and greetings on this day
worldwide devoted to the woman (not only today anyway ....).
Our thanks this week go to: ZS5S, ZS1CM, ZR5DTS, WB2CJL,
AA5AU, WX5L, N5FG, N9NCX, W9ILY, W7LZP, WK9Z, N5PSI, WS7I,
N9RJX, SP4KM, OH2BUA, IK1CJO, I4MKN, IK5AAX, 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 1
0043-14084 VP8CKN
1241-14083 S57KW
1243-14084 UY7RE
1300-14084 YI1US
1323-14086 FS/WE9V
1331-14083 ES7FQ
1333-14089 RW6BK
1355-14086 4X6UO
1356-14083 YL2XX
1403-14087 SV5BYR
1406-14084 EV10D
1407-14085 VU2AVG
1445-14082 ES7FQ
2240-14087 S92JR
SATURDAY 2
1030-14083 FT5FW Crozet Qsl via F5IZK
1334-14086 4X6UO
1335-14087 Z32ZA
1339-14082 YI1FC
1511-14087 VU2AVG
1511-14085 UR5EDU
1514-14089 ES7FQ
1532-14090 EU0/RW9YC
1542-14089 ES7FQ
1614-14086 FR5HG
1737-14081 SV2BBJ
1813-14086 WP4ISP
1920-14083 S92JR
2243-14085 FG5GA
SUNDAY 3
1257-14072 YI1ZN
1347-14085 KE6GEM/5N6
2048-14084 LU9GBR
2010-21085 HJ4SAN
2123-14087 WP4ISP
2154-14087 CX4NF
2200-14083 S92JR
MONDAY 4
0036-14086 UA0SMF Zone 18
1233-14084 VK2KM
1346-14089 YL1XX
1347-14086 ES7FQ
1400-14084 VU2AVG
1505-14081 PJ9/AB4JI
1508-14084 ES7FQ
1821-14087 PJ2/N1TKZ
1825-14087 Z21CA
2202-14089 CX4NF
TUESDAY 5
1313.14083 UT2UF
1316-14084 YL1XX
1319-14088 BV4PH
1454-14081 YL1XX
2202-14089 CX4NF
2204-14083 S92JR
2214-14086 FG5FI
WEDNESDAY 6
1245-14085 UU2JWA
1253-14083 ES7FQ
1254-14083 OH2/W2JGR
1822-14081 PY2BW
1835-14082 LU9GBR
THURSDAY 7
1338-14083 ES7FQ
1546-14080 YL1XX
1555-14085 TA2D
1608-14086 OH2/W2JGR
Notes of Interest:
CROZET, FT5W. Jack, FT5FW is a technician at the
Observatoire de Magnetisme et Sismologie on Crozet, he will be
there for a year and also active SSB and SSTV.
MARION IS., ZS8. Chris, ZS5IR/ZS6RI will be active from the
first days of May 1996 until he leave the island in June or
July 1997. He will not use ZS8MI callsign,but a special
unique callsign ZS8IR. Chris report that will be QRV on all
bands(160 to 6 meters) on SSB, CW and RTTY. The station will
consist of an Icom IC-735, Yaesu FL-2100Z Amplifier, AEA PK-
232 MBX multimode data controller. He will be using mostly
wire antennas (rhombics & V beams). All QSL go to via his
manager, Chris R Burger ZS6EZ (ex ZS6BCR).
SRI LANKA, 4S. ?Mario, HB9BRM will be operating from March 9
to 17 April and say that mode of operation include Amtor and
Pactor. The call will be 4S7BRG and qsl go to his home call.
GUANTANAMO BAY, KG4. Look for Bill, KQ4GC, from March 8 to
14 on ssb and rtty on all bands. He should be use KG4QC, qsl
via homecall with sase.
The VK2SG RTTY DXNOTES are also available on Internet at
reflectors dx@ve7tcp.ampr.org, an digital-dx@st.rim.or.jp. See
also the OH2BUA WebCluster at
URL http://www.clinet.fi/(TILDE)jukka/webcluster.html
For next week's bulletin send your bandpass to Bob,
WB2CJL at @ W5KSI.#NOLA.LA.USA.NA.
Gl de (DX2) Luciano, I5FLN AT ZS5S.ZAF.AF
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DX Bulletin 14 ARLD014
This week's bulletin was made possible with info provided by
Mauro, I1JQJ, Johnny, LA5IIA, Morten, LA9GY, Uwe, DL9GOA,
Tedd, KB8NW, the OPDX Bulletin and Contest Corral from QST.
Thanks to all.
TONGA, A3. Morten, LA9GY, will operate from Tonga March 16 to
April 4, including action in the CQ WW WPX contest. He hopes
to secure use of the call A35GY. Morten prefers CW but will
operate some SSB. QSL via LA9GY.
VIETNAM, 3W. Nikolay, UA0FM, continues to keep 3W5FM on the
air daily from 1400z on 7005 kHz CW and from 1530z on 7045 kHz
SSB. These skeds are with Sergey, UA0WY, running the list.
QSL direct to PO Box 66, Vladimir, 600011, Russia.
WESTERN SAHARA. EA3NY plans to operate in the CQWW SSB WPX
contest March 30 and 31 on 80 through 10 meters, probably as
S01EA.
SOMALIA, T5. I4LCK and IK4SDY will be active from Majo
Island, IOTA AF-052, March 27 to April 3 on 160 through 10
meters with 500 watts to vertical and dipole antennas.
FALKLAND ISLANDS, VP8. DA4RG, will sign VP8BPZ from mid-May
to mid-September. He plans to operate SSB only, not nets or
lists. QSL via GW8VHI or DA4RG.
MYANMAR, XZ. According to Wayne, KF7AY, things still look
very promising for the April XZ1N DXpedition, though some
regulatory matters between the Myanmar military and related
ministries need to be ironed out. Word from Yangon is
encouraging, however.
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COMING EVENTS
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MARCH 16TH-17TH BARTG SPRING RTTY
CONTEST
APRIL 6TH-7TH EA WW RTTY CONTEST
27TH-28TH SP DX RTTY
MAY 11TH-12TH VOLTA RTTY DX
JUNE 8TH-9TH ANARTS WW DIGITAL
CONTEST
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Society information
The Society may be contacted at : PO Box 860, Crows Nest 2065
Australia, for such matters as membership and general
enquiries. Enquiries can also be made by packet to the
President(Col) VK2CTD at VK2DAA, or the Secretary (Pat) VK2JPA
at VK2WI.
News items may be sent to Broadcast Officer PO Box 60
Blacktown 2148 Australia, or by packet to VK2JPA at VK2WI.
Email address for the Broadcast Officer is :
patl(at)conmusic.su.oz.au
or
patl(at)extro.ucc.su.oz.au
The Society welcomes news items on any digital subjects from
anywhere in the broadcast coverage area. We are looking for-
ward to news from your areas to let other amateurs know what
you are doing in the hobby. Hope to hear from you.
73s de Pat VK2JPA Broadcast Officer