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It is Sunday the 3rd June 2007 and here is ANARTS with our weekly RTTY broadcast bringing you - cast 1447.

Views expressed in this news bulletin are not necessarily
those of the Broadcast Officer, the Relay Officers, or of
the Society.

Items in this broadcast include
1. News item
2. IPS REPORT
2. VK2SG RTTY DX report
4. ARRL DX excerpts
5. 425 DX News
6. Contest calendar
7. Anarts Information

A.N.A.R.T.S. News Bulletin 1447 for 3rd June 2007

Aiieeee! My BS7H QSO is not in the log! The fellow who's handling QSL cards for the recent BS7H Scarborough Reef DXpedition -- Steve Wheatley, KU9C -- says he's received "quite a number" of questions concerning contacts not in the online log <http://www.scarboroughreef.com/srlog.html>, a lack of QSO details, the dog ate my log and similar. "Rather than ask via e-mail," he suggests, "I'd ask you to kindly put the inquiry in a note with your QSL to me. I'll research the log as I work your QSL request, and respond accordingly." Wheatley says that if you're not showing up in the BS7H online log, don't depair. "Put down every QSO you believe you had, and I'll do the rest." KU9C reminds operators that researching contacts takes him away from processing other cards. "If it's a busted call, I'll use well-established judgment in issuing the card," he says, "and may ask you to help confirm that the person's whose call appears did not make a QSO." But, he adds, if an operator can't supply any QSO details beyond what's in the online log, it will be impossible for him to issue a card. He also says not to fret if you sent return postage under the old rates; he'll make up the difference. Scarborough Reef has been the top most-wanted DXCC entity -- The Daily DX <http://www.dailydx.com/>

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IPS Weekly Solar and Geophysical Report for 25th to 31st May, issued on 1st June by the IPS Radio and Space Services

SUMMARY
Date 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
10cm flux 68 68 67 69 70 71 75
AFr index 9 10 10 5 5 3 ( 3 estimated)
Aaus index 13 16 12 5 3 3 ( 3 estimated)
T index 5 1 3 4 0 5 6

Solar flare activity was very low 25th to 29th; and low on 30th and 31st.

Geomagnetic activity observed for the Australian Region was active on 25th and 26th; quiet to active on 27th; quiet to unsettled on 28th; and quiet 29th to 31st.

Southern Australian Ionospheric F2 critical frequencies were depressed 20 per cent to near predicted on 25th; and near predicted over the remainder of the period.

Forecast for 1st to 7th June

Solar activity is expected to range from very low to low.

Geomagnetic: Mostly quiet to unsettled conditions are expected with
the chance of active periods between 2nd and 5th June due to coronal
hole effects.

Frequencies should be near predicted monthly values. No Short Wave Fadeouts are expected.

courtesy of the IPS Radio and Space Services

summary by Pat VK2JPA ANARTS Broadcast Officer

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RTDX0531 RTTY DX
VK2SG RTTY DX NOTES FOR WEEKENDING 31, MAY 2007 (BID RTDX0531)

Our thanks this week go only to: AA5AU, DJ3IW, GU0SUP, UT5RP, ON6OM,
OH2AQ DXSummit

Bandpass:

Friday 25
0033-14083 HP1JRA
0053-14085 4A3IH IOTA NA-183 Qsl IT9EJW
0743-28081 UN7PBY
1354-14081 RA9SD
1412-14085 YM100FB
1422--7032 DS4DBF
1844-14079 EA6BH
1907-14084 SV5/DL3RDN
1913-10140 EA6BH
1922-14090 EG8FAS
1939-14086 OX3PG
1949-10143 V63ZP
1958-14080 CX7BF
2025-14087 SU1KM
2055-14083 FG5LA
2057-14083 V63ZP
2206-14083 KP4AH

Saturday 26
0616-14083 SU1KM
0813-28122 ER3MM
1453-21085 CX7BF
2047-21087 DS5DYM
2129-14085 6F75A
2306--7084 YV1RDX

Sunday 27
0915-18105 UN9PQ
0918-50089 VR2XMT
1222-14085 RK9UM
1247-18102 SU9FL
1531-28083 SV1GYG
1538-10140 SV1FJF
1614-14088 HH2FYD
1758-28081 RA9XSP
1804-24923 EC5CSW

Monday 28
0054-14082 UN7PBY
0142-28080 PZ5RA
0809-14079 LZ70KM
1026-24923 UA0AV
1127-14083 OX3WS
1216-14086 OY4TN
1257--3524 6K5AYC
1324-18102 UN9PQ
1623-28082 TR8CA
1629-28085 GU0SUP
1648-28122 UR8MH
1827-14081 3XM6JR
1901-18100 HB0/DL5ZA
2055-14086 OA4CCN
2100-14082 NP3D
2135-10144 3XM6JR
2314-14082 FM5AA

Tuesday 29
0330-10143 3XM6JR
0623-14086 SV5/DL3RDN
0813-10140 HB0/DL5ZA
1258-14084 UN8PIM
1532-14081 SV5/DL3RDN
1817-14085 TI8II
1942-14085 OX3WS
2012-14089 FG5FI
2148-14086 FM5WD
2245-14081 HK6DOS

Wednesday 30
0031-14084 XE1VY
0044-14082 XE1L
1254-14084 EG8CID
1304-14081 SV5/DL3RDN
1325-14084 XU7ABN
1510-14085 TI8II
1524-14086 UK8AKK
1534-14088 3XM6JR
1652-14083 CU1BP Via f5nps
1828-14085 RA2FF
2223-14082 TF3PPN

Thursday 31
1303-18113 6K2DFG
1320-14082 JT1DN
1327-14085 UK8AKK
1331-14086 XU7ABN
1331-14088 EX2M
1334=18105 UN9PQ
1350-18106 SV9AHZ
1359-18106 SV9AHZ
1433-10105 HZ1IK
1452-18102 UT8IM
1530-14087 SV5/DL3RDN
1609-14087 3XM6JR
1754-14081 EN80AL
1814-14083 TI8II

Note of interest:

LIECHTENSTEIN, HB0. René ON6OM planned a trip to HB0 from June 28
Th to July the 5th with a 8 man crew and members from IPARC
(International Police Association Radio Club) more info at:
http://www.on6om.be/hb0-oo6p

NIUE IS., ZK2. DL2AH will be active from September 29th to October
12th from Niue Island 40-10m on SSB, RTTY. Qsl via DARC Buro.

CHATAM IS., ZL7. Ulrich, DL2AH after Niue trip will move to Chatam
from October 17th to 30th. Same bands and mode.

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For next week's bulletin, send your bandpass and notes of
interest to Goetz DJ3IW

Gl de (DX2) Luciano, I5FLN
e-mail luciano.fusari@alice.it

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The Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin No. 810 excerpts

3B6, AGALEGA ISLANDS (DXpedition Update)
Team leader, Witek, SP9MRO, announced in a press release that the Polish
DXpedition to Agalega Island, which was rescheduled to take place between June
6-18th, has received the new callsign 3B6DX for their operation. The DXpedition
schedule has also been announced. Here are the details:
* The main group will start the trip at Okecie airport in Warsaw on Monday
morning, May 28th at 8:30 AM.
* They will be landing in Mauritius on Tuesday morning at 6:10 AM, May 29th.
* Tuesday through Friday - The team will be busy in Mauritius.
* Early Saturday morning, the team will start their trip to Agalega Islands by
boat.
* They are expecting to see Agalega's land on Tuesday, June 5th
* Just after their arrival on Agalega, they will start building their
antennas.
* They expect to be active from 3B6 the morning of June 6th at the latest.
* They will start to head back to Mauritius on Monday, June 18th.
* The team will have a flight on Sunday evening back to Poland.
* The DXpedition team will be back at Okecie airport in Warsaw on Monday, June
25th at 14:15.
Witek, SP9MRO, states, "We would like to thank all of you who donated to us once
again. All of those who would like to support the DXpedition are kindly asked
for their generosity. Postponing the expedition let us solve 90% of the problems
that aroused before, but we still have more problems ahead of us. That is why
all, even the littlest, donations are very important for us, and we would like
to thank you for all of them!" For more details and updated, visit:
http://3b6.godx.eu/

3V, TUNISIA
Alex, GM0DHZ, informs that he will be here for a 5 week holiday starting
November 19th. He will be active with operators from 3V8SS. This will be a
holiday-style operation with activity on 80-10 meters and possibly 160m, CW and
SSB. QSL via info on (QRZ.com).

4O, MONTENEGRO (ITU Assigns A Prefix)
Montenegro became a new country (DXCC entity) last June, and has been waiting
for the ITU to assign an Amateur Radio callsign block since then. The
International Tele- communications Union (ITU) did not want to give Montenegro
an entirely new prefix, so it required the states of Montenegro and Serbia to
agree upon one or two prefixes from the five existing prefixes (4N, 4O, YT, YU
and YZ) assigned to the former Serbia-Montenegro. An agreement was reached on
May 11th, and the prefix "4O" is now listed as Montenegro's prefix. Montenegro
stations will be using the prefix block 4O0 through 4O9. Serbia stations will
continue to use YT and YU prefixes, but the ITU has taken 4N and YZ prefixes for
future reassignment. DXers are reminded to please update their logging programs.

5B, CYPRUS
Nick, G3RWF, will be active as 5B/G3RWF near Polis, June 2-30th. This will be a
holiday operation, so he will operate SSB, RTTY and PSK during his spare time.

EA8, CANARY ISLANDS
Franky, ON7RU, will be active from the Gran Canaria (AF-004) as EA8/OQ7R, June
4-13th. Activity will be on all bands 80-10 meters, CW, SSB and RTTY. He will
use a FT990 and wire antennas. QSL via ON7RU, by the bureau or direct. ADDED
NOTE: Frank states that QSL cards from last year's SV8/OT0A operation are being
processed.

FO/C, CLIPPERTON ISLANDS
It was announced at the Dayton DX Dinner Banquet by Pete, N0FW, that a team lead
by Bob Grimmick, N6OX, would be going to Clipperton Island sometime in early
March 2008. More details will be forthcoming via John Kennon, N7CQQ.

G, ENGLAND (Possibly France)
Jim, KR1S, will be in the UK for a few weeks, starting possibly this week. He
hopes to do some portable QRP operating from Windermere and London, as well as
Amsterdam and Paris.

HH, HAITI
Yannick, F6FYD, is now here on business for one year. He has received the
callsign HH2FYD and hopes to be active during his free time. QSL via F6FYD.

IOTA NEWS

EU-001. Alex, GM0DHZ, will be active as SV5/GM0DHZ from KOS Island for 2 weeks
starting June 7th. Activity will be on CW and SSB. This will be a holiday style
operation.

EU-060. Members of the White Tower DX team will be active from Skyros Island
between June 12-22nd. Operators mentioned are: SV0XAW, SV2FPU (WTDX Team
Leader), SV2HNZ, SV2HOB, SV2HPP, SV2HPY, SV2HRT, SV2HSV and SV2GNQ. The
DXpedition team will be using the special callsign SY8WT. Activity will be on
160-6 meters on CW, SSB, RTTY and PSK31. QSL via SV2HPP. For more details on
this DXpedition, visit the White Tower DX Team Web page at:
http://www.whitetowerdxt.com

EU-067. Operators Theodoros/SV1EJD, Manu/IZ8IYL and Ant/IZ8CCW will be active as
J48MDC from Mikonos Island between June 13-18th. Do not expect too much activity
from Ant and Manu because they are on a honeymoon trip. Pilot station will be
IZ8BGY ( iz8bgy@mdxc.org ). More info about J48MDC can be found on:
http://www.mdxc.org/j48mdc

EU-088. Members of the EDR Silkeborg will be active as OZ8MW/P from Anholt
Island (DIA NK-001), July 25-30th. Activity will include an entry in the IOTA
Contest (July 28-29th). The activity outside of the contest will be on 80-10
meters using CW and SSB.

EU-174. Laci, HA0HW, will be active as J48HW and SV8/homecall from Thassos
Island, Greece (MIA: MG-124, Grid KN20hs), between May 27th and June 5th.
Activity will be on the HF bands, mainly 40/30/20/17 meters and 6 meters.
Operations will be mainly CW, with some SSB, RTTY and PSK31 as well. QSL via his
home callsign, by the HA Bureau or direct.

NA-029. Operators Gregg/VE3ZZ and Noel/VE2BR will operate from Prince Edward
Island in eastern Canada from July 25-30th using the VY2TT superstation (Grid
Square FN76vs, CISA PE-001). During the July 28-29th IOTA Contest they will
operate as VY2Z (QSL to VE3ZZ) and outside of the contest as VE3ZZ/VY2 and
VE2BR/VY2 (QSL to their home callsigns direct via the QRZ.com address or via the
Bureau).

NA-144. Terry, W6WTG, will be active as W6WTG/p from Anacapa Island (USI
CA-002S, WLOTA LH-1300, WW Loc. DM04HA, Ventura County, California) during the
RSGB IOTA Contest (July 28-29th). He will be running battery power with a
IC-7000 and will be active on 20 meters. QSL via his home callsign.

OC-129. Kaoru, JA7QVK, is active as JA7QVK/DU7 Cebu Island in the Philippines.
He has been on Cebu Island since August of 2005 and is there on business. Kaoru
is expected to be here until this coming August. He informs OPDX that he will be
active during his free time especially on the weekends on 40-6 meters mainly
SSB. Equipment is an IC-706MK2G and ATAS-100 which is a mobile whip like a screw
driver. QSL via his home callsign, direct w/SAE + 2 green stamps. He will answer
after his return to Japan. ONLY JA stations can QSL via the JA Bureau. QSLs can
be sent direct via the following Philippines address w/SAE + 1 green stamp:
Kaoru Ono, Unit 1204, Park Tower 2 Cebu Business Park, Cebu City, Philippines
6000. SKED can be made via the following E-mail address:
kaoru12506@globelines.com.ph ADDED NOTE: Also, look for DU7/PA0HIP from Mactan
Island (OC-129). He is also very active now.

OC-150. Hotang, YC0IEM, will be activated from Lombok Island as YC0IEM/9, June
8-10th. QSL via IZ8CCW, by the bureau or direct.

J7, DOMINICA
Rod, NA9N, will be active as J79RM, June 28th-July 5th. He will mostly be
operating HF and will try to work a number of digital modes. QSL to his home
callsign, NA9N.

SPECIAL EVENT
Members of the REF83 will activate the special callsign TM2RHC during the Air
show taking place at LE LUC ARMY AIR BASE from June 10-24th. Activity will be on
160-10 meters on all modes. QSL via F4EUN (see QRZ.com). For more info, visit
the following Web pages at:
http://meeting-leluc.fr
http://www.ref83.free.fr

V2, ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA
Horward, WB4WXE, will be heading back here and will be active as V26HS between
June 9-24th. He will be putting an emphasis on 6 meters but will also be active
on 2 meter and HF.

YB, INDONESIA (Help Kadek!)
It has been reported that Kadek, YB9BU, has lost all his radio equipment
following a fire that destroyed his house in early April. A fund called "Help
Kadek" has been set up to help Kadek rebuild his radio shack and bring him back
on the air. If you would like to help, please visit the following Web page at:
http://www.mdxc.org/yb9bu

ZF2, CAYMAN ISLANDS
David, K2DBK, will be operating from Grand Cayman (NA-016) from July 22-29th, as
ZF2DK. This is a "vacation style" operation; operating during his spare time.
David will be able to operate on all bands from 40-6 meters, but he expects to
spend most of his time on 20m, conditions permitting. However, he will see what
bands are open when he is there and operate accordingly. He does plan to try a
little 6m if the band is open. David will primarily be operating SSB and he may
operate a little PSK as well. Most likely, he will be hanging out around the
IOTA frequencies. QSL either direct (SASE or SAE + 1 GS please) or via the
bureau to his home callsign (K2DBK). He plans to upload the logs to LoTW.
Updated information will be available at his Web site (http://k2dbk.com) or on
(QRZ.com).

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RTTY Contest calendar 2007

ANARTS (Australian) Jun 9-10, 2007
DL-DX RTTY Jul 7-8, 2007
NCJ NA QSO Party, Jul 21-22, 2007
SARTG DX Aug 18-19, 2007
SCC RTTY (Slovenia), Aug 25-26, 2007
Russian WW, Sep 1, 2007
CQ WW DX, Sep, 29-30, 2007
CIS DX RTTY, Sep 30-Oct 1, 2006
Makrothen, Oct 14-15, 2006
NCJ NA Sprint, Oct 15, 2006
JARTS (Japan), Oct 21-22, 2006
WAEDC (QTC), Nov 11-12, 2006
TARA RTTY Melee, Dec 2, 2006
OK RTTY, Dec 16, 2006

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