It is Sunday the 1st July 2007 and here is ANARTS with our weekly RTTY broadcast bringing you

It is Sunday the 1st July 2007 and here is ANARTS with our weekly RTTY broadcast bringing you - cast 1451.

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. Contest item
2. IPS REPORT
2. VK2SG RTTY DX report
4. OPDX excerpts
5. Contest calendar
6. Anarts Information

A.N.A.R.T.S. News Bulletin 1451 for 1st July 2007

To the time of preparing this bulletin, we have received 315 logs for the ANARTS WW RTTY Contest held 9th-10th June this year.

Logs received 23rd to 29th June

7X0RY DF5BX DL5YM EB2CYQ F1OK G0MTN JA1XRH JA9CWJ JJ2PUG KG4IGC LU5DIR NP3D OH8X OK1UDJ RA3PAR RA3PLQ RD3A RM9RZ SM5QU SP7FBQ UA3PAB UA4WMA UR4U VA1CHP W3MZ YL7A ZM2A
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A consumer electronic magazine, This Week in Consumer Electronics (TWICE), reports that Kenwood has agreed to merge in 2008 with Victor Company of Japan (JVC) under a holding company. JVC is owned by Matsushita Electric Industrial Company. Japan's Nikkei business newspaper reports that the final details should be worked out by the end of the month, and that under the plan, Kenwood will buy 20 billion yen ($161,469,466) in JVC shares as early as this summer, raising its stake to 13 percent.

Matsushita will also sell part of its 52.7 percent of JVC to Kenwood's top shareholder, the Sparx Group. When JVC and Kenwood integrate operations under the holding company in 2008, Matsushita will sell the rest of its JVC shares to the holding company to complete the transaction. The holding company's stock will be listed instead of Kenwood and JVC, according to Nikkei. Combined, Kenwood's and JVC's sales are $7.3 billion dollars annually for their fiscal year that ended March 31.

from the ARRL Letter June 29, 2007-06-30

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IPS Weekly Solar and Geophysical Report for 22nd to 28th June, issued on 29th June by the IPS Radio and Space Services

SUMMARY
Date 22 23 24 25 26 27 28
10cm flux 65 66 67 68 71 73 75
AFr index 12 8 4 3 4 5 ( 4 estimated)
Aaus index 12 6 6 2 4 4 ( 5 estimated)
T index 12 5 6 4 -2 4 7

Solar flare activity was very low all week, excepting on 27th when activity was low.

Geomagnetic activity observed for the Australian region was quiet to active on 22nd; quiet to unsettled on 23rd and 28th; and low otherwise.

Southern Australian ionospheric F2 critical frequencies were near predicted to 15 per cent enhanced on 22nd; near predicted on 23rd to 25th, and 27th and 28th; and near predicted to 15 per cent depressed on 26th. Night-time Spread F was observed on 26th to 28th.

Forecast for 29th June to 5th July

Solar activity should be very low to low, although there is a chance of an M class flare.

Geomagnetic activity should see quiet to unsettled conditions. There could be possible isolated active levels on 29th.

Frequencies should be mostly near predicted monthly values, although depressions to 25 per cent are possible at times. Spread F is likely at night and may degrade communications then.

For an explanation of some of the terms in this report, go to
http://www.ips.gov.au/1/2/1.

courtesy of the IPS Radio and Space Services

summary by Pat VK2JPA ANARTS Broadcast Officer

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RTDX0628 RTTY DX
VK2SG RTTY DX NOTES FOR WEEKENDING 28, JUNE 2007 (BID RTDX0628)

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

Bandpass:

Friday 22
0043-14082 UN7PBY
0803-28081 UZ7HO
0928-14080 SY8WT
0954-14084 TM0GP
1313-14086 TM6VDM
1740-14082 UA9CMM
1903-24926 EW1KP
2050-14085 4N1SD
2100-14084 ER3MM
2117-14085 HK6DOS
2131-14084 CO2GL
2316-14082 TF3GC
2323-14082 4L8A

Saturday 23
1026-14077 UX0IK
1201-21088 UX0FF
1207-14082 ES1GF
1300-21079 ZC4LI
1301-21084 EY7AB
1303-21094 EX2M
1406-21082 UN6P
1448-14093 EX3M
1450-14084 EO5M
1524-14089 CV5D
1526-14091 TI8II
1544-28089 A45WD
1603-24902 TU2/F5LDY
1620-28086 SV9AHZ
1628-14095 4L1BR
1650-21085 EO5M
1700-14084 OV1A
1706-14092 UY8IF
1810-28082 UV5U
1917--3588 UX0FF
1922-14083 CV5D
1925-14080 4L1BR
1932-14089 ER3ZZ
2014-18100 TK/F5TVG
2040-14079 EX2M
2344--3583 UR8QM
2358--3595 RN9SXX

Sunday 24
0002--3589 EU8RZ
0016-14086 YB0EIN
0407-14100 UR7GO
0539-21084 EO5M
0543-21086 YC8EXL
0550-21079 UY8IF
0614-28079 EX2M
0632-21078 E21YDP
0712-21079 ZC4LI
0749-28088 UX0FF
0911-21077 EX2M
0927-21089 3W9R
1058-14096 E21YDP
1102-14085 ES4RD
1129-14101 YL2KF
1134-21080 ES1GF
1728-14084 XU7ABN
1814-50251 LY2SA
1832--7038 YL2DL
1908-50250 US0YW
1948-14084 VP8DIZ
2134-14088 ZP8AE
2310-14081 OX3WS

Monday 25
0811-14086 OH0Z
0824-14083 SN50PTU
0912-14085 4Z5ML
1023-14084 UA0IT
1339-14087 OH0Z
1724-14086 OR6W
1838-14085 UN8PIM
2014-10140 OH0Z
2027-14087 SV9/SV1AVD
2039-14086 5B/G3RWF
2117-10139 TK/F5TVG

Tuesday 26
1208-14084 SV9/SV1AVD
1243-14085 6J3RBA
1423-14085 UK8AKK
1531-14083 EA6/I1RSA
1532-18103 OH0Z
1617-18103 TI8II
1823-10140 OH0Z
1938-28076 R1FJT
2010-14083 TM4KAR
2018--7040 TK/F5TVG
2056-14086 SV9/SV1AVD
2110-14084 FM5AA
2121-14088 ZP9AE
2141-14079 R1FJT
2247-14081 XE1M
2250-10140 ZP4KFX
2301-14089 J39BS

Wednesday 27
0010-14084 RA0BA
0835-28084 UZ7HO
0934-14084 RX9XD
1028-14083 OQ0A
1120-14085 SV9/SV1AVD
1126-14082 OX3WS
1525-14081 SU9FL
1607-14089 TI8II
1627-14084 TU5KC
1636-14085 IS0BNC
1754-14084 XU7ABN
1829-14084 TM4KAR
1837-14086 5B/G3RWF
1907-14089 ZP8AE
1937-14087 YL2BR
1941-14083 EA8FJ
2030-14088 SN50PTU
2052-14085 FM5AA
2132-14083 OA4CN
2135-14083 8J7AKITA
2142-14086 6J3RBA

Thursday 28
0940-14081 TU5VDM
1047-14080 TU5JM
1119-14083 II2SFI
1243-14083 EA6/I1RSA
1244-14085 TA1CQ
1605-10139 MJ0ASP
1820-14081 MJ0ASP

Note of interest:

MICRONESIA, V60. A large team of JA's from Kyoto will be active
from Pohnpei Is. from 160-6m on CW, SSB, FM, RTTY and PSK31 between
July 30 to August 5.

BURUNDI, 9U. An experienced crew of operators, DK1BT, DL4WK, DL7DF,
DL7UFN, DL7UFR, SP3DOI will be operating from September 26 to October
9th as 9U0A. They will be on from 160 to 6m on CW, SSB and one station
will be exclusive on RTTY, PSK31 and SSTV. More details can be found
on http://www.dl7df.com/9u/

You can also subscribe to the digital-dx reflector - send an
e-mail message to majordomo@mla.nifty.ne.jp as follows:
Subject: (blank) Message Body: subscribe digital-dx

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

Gl de (DX2) Luciano, I5FLN
GDXF 517
Home e-mail
luciano.fusari@alice.it

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The Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin No. 814 - excerpts

9X, RWANDA
Antonio, EA5RM, has announced that a multi-national-team is planning to be on
the air from Kigali this summer. Details will be announced later. Stay tuned!

DXCC NEWS. Bill Moore, NC1L, ARRL DXCC Manager, reports: "The 2006 DXCC Yearbook
- Jun 22, 2007 16:19 ET The 2006 DXCC Yearbook is now at the printer and it is
expected to 'hit the streets' in mid to late-July. While this is a little later
than usual it is still within the DXCC timeframe for this publication. In order
to receive the free publication you must:
* Be current on the DXCC Honor Roll during the 2006 calendar year, or,
(QRZ.com).
* Have made at least one submission to DXCC during the calendar year period of
January 1 through December 31, 2006.
If you are not in the above categories, copies of this, and all editions back
to the 1993 start, are available for $8.00 each (Includes postage). Contact
DXCC for questions. 73 es DX!"

FS & PJ7, ST. MARTIN AND ST. MAARTEN ISLANDS (Update/Survey)
Operators Marq/CT1BWW, John/EA3GHZ and Tomas/EA5YH will be active as FS/homecall
and PJ7/homecall between July 15-25th. The trio (with their XYLs) will start
their activity on the French side of the island but will make visits to the
Dutch side throughout their stay. Activity will be on 80-6 meters, CW, SSB and
the digital modes. QSL via their home callsigns. Visit their very interesting
Web page at:
http://www.dxciting.com/index.htm
They have also added to their Web page a survey to determine what bands and
modes are needed the most for each entity. During their operation, visit the
DXFUN Web page for updates, photos and logs. Their survey is also available on
this Web page too.

HAMIGG (Ham Social Forum)
Christian, DL6KAC, informs OPDX about a new project he has started last week
called HAMigg (http://hamigg.de). It is a social bookmarking platform similar to
digg.com (therefore HAMigg = Ham Radio + Digg). Christian states, "The big
difference is HAMigg is limited to ham radio and technical topics only. In my
opinion, Digg.com and all other platforms are heavily congested and it is really
difficult to find the 'good stuff'. HAMigg is an effort to change this a bit.
The idea is the following:
Users can submit interesting stories or articles which they have found on the
internet (DX news, websites, ham software [freeware], ham radio news in general
etc.). Other users can vote on these stories via an interactive voting system.
Submissions or articles which receive a lot of positive votes will rank high,
others will rank lower, helping to sort the submitted articles. RSS feeds are
available so that users can easily subscribe and stay updated once new
submissions are online. In a nutshell it's all about content for hams by hams."
Christian has compiled a more detailed write-up about the new project at:
http://ham-blog.de/radio-blog/2007/ham-radio-goes-diggcom-hamigg/

HB0, LIECHTENSTEIN
Pierre, HB9QQ, will be active as HB0/HB9QQ between June 29th and July 2nd and
again between July 6-9th. Activity will be on the HF bands, 6 and 2 meters. QSL
via his home callsign.

IOTA NEWS

AF-104. (NEW ONE!) Operators Ivan/OM3CGN, Robert/OM1KW, Afif/7X2RO,
Youcef/7X2HF, Sofiane/7X2GF, Faouzi/7X2FB, Frantise/7X0RY and Yves/7X0MT are
expected to be active as 7U5CI from Cavallo Island in the Mediterranean Sea
Coast East Group for the first time between June 23-28th. They plan to have
three stations active with a spiderbeam and wire dipoles. Activity will be on
160-6 meters on all modes. This island is located between Bejaia and Jijel. QSL
via OM3CGN.

AS-155. Operators Bill/BV8BC, Bob/BV8BQ, Cheng/BX8AAA, Chan/BX8AD, Max/BX8AE,
and Ryan/BX8AG will be active as BV9G from Green Island (also known as Lu Tao,
WLOTA LH-0495) during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 28-29th). QSL via BV8BC.

EU-008. Members of the Cockenzie and Port Seton Amateur Radio Club (CPSARC) will
once again operate from the Isle of Tiree (IOSA NH04, WAB NM04), the most
westernly part of Scotland's Inner Hebridean Islands, during the RSGB IOTA
(Islands on the Air) Contest which runs from 1200z, July 28th to 1200z, July
29th, using the clubs special contest callsign GM2T. Pre-contest activity
members will be signing as MM0CPS/P.

EU-031. Operators Luigi/IK8HCG, Salvatore/IK8UND, Mauro/IN3QBR, Walter/IZ8FDG,
Walter/IN3XUG, Virgilio/IC8OZM and Paolo/ IC8DAK will be active as IC8R from
Procida Island (IIA NA-002, MIA MI-080) during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July
28-29th). QSL via IC8OZM.

EU-129. A team of German operators will be active as DR6IOTA from Usedom Island
(0-13 for the German Islands Award) during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 28-29th).
QSL via DM5DX.

EU-146. Operators Hans/PA1BX, Jochen/DH5HV, Joe/ON4JZ, Andre/ON4PH, Jim/ON5UM,
Luc/ON6LUQ, Geert/ON7GF, Francis/ON4CFQ and possibly others will be active as
PA1BX/p from Schouwen Duiveland during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 28-29th). QSL
via PA1BX.

EU-146. Operators Hans/ON4ASG, Dan/ON4ON, Harvey/ON5SY, Dries/ON6CX, Pat/ON7PQ
and Jean-Marie/ON7XT will be active as PA/OQ1C/p from Schouwen Duiveland during
the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 28-29th). QSL via ON4ON.

EU-170. Operators Miko/9A4ML, Ivica/9A2HW, and Igor/9A4CD will be active as
9A9Z/p from Pasman Island (IOCA CI-085, CIA-34, ACIA IC-348) during the RSGB
IOTA Contest (July 28-29th). QSL via 9A1ADE; bureau is preferred.

NA-046. Howie, K1VSJ, will be active as K1VSJ/p from Martha's Vine- yard (USI
MA-005S, Dukes County, Massachusetts, WLOTA 2804), during the RSGB IOTA Contest
(July 28-29th). QSL via his home callsign.

SA-027. Bone, PP5VX, will be active from Sao Francisco Island (DIB 08 for the
Brazilian Islands Award) during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 28-29th). QSL via
the address on (QRZ.com).

LZ, BULGARIA (Bird Op/Possibly YO)
Andy, G0SFJ, hopes to operate as LZ/G0SFJ/P again, this time from the Rhodopi
Mountains south of Kardjali between August 12-14th. He will be at the Astrocamp
there. His equipment will be a FT-51R (QRP) and a trusty Arrow on AO51 and SO50.

PACIFIC TRIP (IOTA Op)
Karl, N1DL, who was active from various Carib- bean locations last year, will be
active from various French Polynesian Islands as FO/N1DL and as E51ADL from
Rarotonga (OC-013), South Cooks Islands, this year between June 27th and July
11th. His activity will be limited because he is on holiday, but look for
operations to be on most bands and all modes. QSL via his home callsign.

PJ2, NETHERLAND ANTILLIES
Operators Carsten/DL6LAU, Jan/DJ8NK and Joachim/DL8OBQ will be active from
Curacao Island (SA-006, WLOTA LH-0942) as PJ2/homecall, July 9-16th. The trio
will also participate in the IARU HF Contest (July 14-15th) as PJ2HQ, a
Multi-Multi entry. QSL via their home callsigns. QSL PJ2HQ via N9AG or LoTW.

SV9, CRETE (EU-015)
Operator Theo, SV1EJD, will be active as SV9/SV1EJD, July 3-17th. Activity will
be on 80-10 meters SSB and RTTY. QSL via IZ8CCW, direct or by the Bureau.
VP2E, ANGUILLA (Interesting Callsign)
Look for Jim, WB2REM, to operate with a special four letter suffix callsign,
VP2EREM, from here between June 28th and July 8th. Activity will be on 80-10
meters CW and SSB. QSL via his home callsign.

VP2M, MONTSERRAT
Operators Larry/K3VX, Greg/K4NO, Lee/K7NM, Howard/ AK9F, Don/K9NR and Carl/K9CS
(VP2MSC) plan to be active from here between November 20th and December 3rd.
Activity will include entries in the CQWW DX CW Contest (November 24-25th) and
ARRL 160 Contests (November 30th-December 2nd). Callsigns and other info will be
forth- coming. QSL via K9CS.

VY2, CANADA
Tom, KV8Q, will be active as VY2/KV8Q from Prince Edward Island from July
11-16th. Activity will be mainly CW. He will also be in the IARU HF World
Championship Contest (July 14-15th) as a Single-OP CW entry. QSL via KC8UR.

YM1907, TURKEY (Special Event/Prefix)
To celebrate the 100th anniversary of Fenerbahce Sports Club, look for Berkin,
TA3J, to be active using the special callsign YM1907FB, which was authorized by
the Turkish Republic Telecommunication Department of Istanbul Site Management,
between 1907z, July 19th and 1907z, August 2nd. Activity will be on
160/80/40/20/15/10/2 meters and the WARC bands on all modes. QSL via TA3YJ,
direct or by the bureau. For direct QSLs, please send only SASE and 1 IRC (2006
version) with your QSL card, no green stamps please. SWL QSL cards are OK. No
eQSL. Visit the Web page:
http://www.qsl.net/ta3j/ym1907fb
TA3YJ QSL Service:
http://www.geocities.com/qslservice/ta3yj

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RTTY Contest calendar 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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