It is Sunday the 15th March 2009 and here is ANARTS with our weekly RTTY news bringing you - cast 1534.
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. Midway operation in October
2. IPS Report
3. VK2SG RTTY DX Notes
4. OPDX Bulletin excerpts
5. Anarts Information
A.N.A.R.T.S. News Bulletin 1534 for 15th March 2009
Earlier this year, US Fish and Wildlife Service announced that they would open Midway Atoll to Amateur Radio operations for two weeks only, from October 5-19, 2009. Tom Harrell, N4XP, of Monroe, Georgia, and Dave Johnson, WB4JTT, of Aitkin, Minnesota, have put together a team of 19 operators from all over the world to activate Midway Atoll for a 10 day period as K4M. This the first time that USFWS has allowed amateurs to operate from the wildlife refuge since 2002.
Activity will be on 6-160 meters with 5 to 6 stations. At least one station will be active on 20 meters around the clock for those who need it for a new country. Major efforts will be made to meet the demand to the most needed geographical areas, the low bands and RTTY. The team has posted a list of planned frequencies on their Web site <http://www.midway2009.com/kh4freqs.html>.
Amateur Radio operations will be permitted for two weeks only, and only within a designated area on the north side of Sand Island. There is 120 V power available at the operation site; any modifications to the island power grid/infrastructure must be approved in advance and be paid for entirely by the radio operators.
From the ARRL Letter 13th March 2009
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IPS Weekly Solar and Geophysical Report for 6th to 12th March, issued on 13th March by the IPS Radio and Space Services.
SUMMARY
Date 06 07 08 09 10 11 12
10cm flux 69 69 69 68 70 70 70
AFr index 0 0 7 1 3 2 ( 5 estimated)
Aaus index 3 2 10 2 3 4 ( 7 estimated)
T index -6 -9 -7 -14 -12 -6 -3
Solar flare activity was very low all week.
Geomagnetic activity observed for the Australian Region was quiet to unsettled on 8th and 12th; otherwise quiet.
Southern Australian Ionospheric F2 critical frequencies were depressed 15 per cent to near predicted on 9th; otherwise frequencies were near predicted during the week.
Forecast for 13th to 19th March
Solar activity should be low.
Geomagnetic activity should be active on 13th and quiet to unsettled on other days.
Frequencies should be briefly depressed after local dawn on 13th and near predicted monthly values on other days.
Courtesy of IPS Radio and Space Services
Summary by Pat Leeper VK2JPA
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RTDX0312 RTTY DX
VK2SG RTTY DX NOTES FOR WEEK ENDING 12 MARCH 2009 (BID RTDX0312)
This week our information came from DJ3IW, UT5RP, GU0SUP, I5FLN, NG3K, and DX Summit.
Thank you all!
Friday 6
0650-14083 R1ANC
0913-14078 4K9W
1058-28251 9K2YM
1120-18102 7Z1HB
1209-14087 VR2XMT
1237-14083 UN2PN
1237-14088 UN1L
1241-14085 4L1BR
1242-14089 FM1FV
1251-14080 HV5PUL
1307-14083 5Z4/DL8NBE
1318-14087 TI8II
1334-14088 E20WXA
1349-14082 E21YDP
1409-14079 VU2SWS
1413-14078 5Z4/DL8NBE
1433-14088 VU2NKS
1457-14083 TN5SN
1615-14084 ZS6PVT
1712-14088 J5UAP
1715-14081 TR8CA
1827-14084 V55SRT via IZ8EDJ
1848-14086 7Q7HB
1911-14086 VQ9LA
1926-14083 FP/KV1J
1944-14080 EA8TL
2049- 7041 VK6IR
2253-14093 J5UAP
2344-14085 OX3DB
2349- 1839 9K2YM
Saturday 7
0014- 3585 9K2YM
0234-18104 KH0PR
0432-14085 6M0MM
0726-18107 VR2XMT
0755-18109 ZS2DL
0931-14082 E74EE
1211-14083 TA4A
1247-18105 CX4AAJ
1347-14084 5Z4/DL8NBE
1409-14084 EW7KF
1446-18104 ZS2EZ
1542-14088 7Z1HB
1917-14081 TG9AHM
1955- 7038 OX3DB
1957-14083 OX3WS
2100-14081 FM1FV
2255-14087 CO2EL
2310-14084 TI2YO
2312-14084 CO1RG
Sunday 8
0455-14082 V6P
0503-18104 KH0PR
0553-24923 KH0PR
0651-14081 4K9W via DL6KVA
0712-14090 TN5SN
0731-18104 VR2XMT
0807-10134 ZL7T
1038-14085 4L1BR
1212-18105 CX4AAJ
1242-14087 OY4TN
1244-14082 EX8AB
1310-14087 OY4TN
1310-18104 XU7ABN
1312-18108 9M6XRO
1356- 7042 VK6IR
1427-14091 9M6XRO
1501-14086 7Q7HB
1533-14091 VQ9JC
1549-14085 9K2YM
2059-14081 TG9AHM
2117-14084 FM1FV
2157-14084 OA4CN
Monday 9
0426-10143 ZL7T
0704-14083 R1ANC
0716-14083 JD1BMM
0835-14082 D2QMN
0956-14082 4K9W
1006-14091 J5UAP
1018-14090 ST2EB
1208- 3590 KH0PR
1307-14086 E20WXA
1351-14083 OX3WS
1426-14101 SV9OFS
1450-14082 OX3WS
1518-14084 YI1RAZ
1615-14088 J5UAP
1630-14095 FP/KV1J
1748-10142 TR8CA
1837-14084 V55SRT
1922-14083 ET3SID
1923-14085 C56YK
1940-14083 ET3SID
2051-14086 KL8DX
2142-10144 6Y5/WE9V
Tuesday 10
0647-10143 ZL7T
0704- 7039 FM1FV
0913-14083 R1ANC
1154- 7041 VK6IR
1201-14085 VR2XMT
1202-14088 E20WXA
1306-14083 OX3WS
1339-18103 VQ9JC via ND9M
1358-18102 J28KO
1424-18103 VU2PTT
1521-14083 YI1RAZ
1729-14083 5Z4/DL8NBE
1811-10141 TR8CA
1825-14086 OX3WS
1832-14083 ET3SID
1834-10144 ZS2EZ
1937-14081 FG5LA
2037-14085 CP6UA
2132-14089 6Y5/WE9V
2200-14082 VK2KM
2213-14081 OA4CN
2220-14085 FM5AA
2232-14083 FM1FV
Wednesday 11
0723-14082 J5UAP
0756-14085 JT1DN
0926- 7035 V63PR
0955-18104 XW1B
1015-14083 R1ANC
1033-14082 TA4A
1040- 7038 VK6IR
1109-14083 FM5AA
1226-14084 P40YL
1229-14093 XW1B
1246-14088 VU2SWS
1251-14085 EW7KF
1258-14083 OX3WS
1302-14088 VU2SWS
1352-10142 XW1B
1404-14084 UK7AZ
1504-14082 A71CT
1513-14084 YI1RAZ
1621-14084 PZ5RA
1623-14091 6Y5/WE9V
1659-14083 5Z4/DL8NBE
1901-14087 D2QMN
2008-14083 EA9IB
2008- 7034 9Z4FZ
2107-14085 C56YK
2113- 7038 7Z1HB
2135- 7039 EA9IB
2225- 7040 5Z4/DL8NBE
2227-14088 TG9SM
2323- 7036 TA4A
Thursday 12
0106-14085 KL8DX
0222-14080 R1ANC
0237-18104 V63PR
0336-24924 V63PR via JJ8DEN
0647-21084 V63PR
0816-14083 JT1DN
1144- 3524 JD1BMM
1259-18103 VQ9JC
1335-14086 FM1HN
1356-18103 9K2YM
1403-14086 UA2FCC
1413-18106 FM5AA
1417-18101 3A2LF
1424-14080 4K9W
1429-18103 TK5IH
1432-18103 CX/SP9MRO
1442-18103 TK5IH
1448-14088 E20WXA
1457-14081 VQ9JC
1520-14086 YI1RAZ
1547-14092 6Y5/WE9V
1647-14087 5Z4/DL8NBE
1859-14083 CX/SP9MRO
2009-14087 P40YL
2152-14084 D2QMN
Notes of Interest:
Lord Howe Island, VK9L - This multi-national Dxpedition is still on schedule for March 23 - April 3, 2009.
See http://www.odxg.org/vk9la.htm for details.
Malawi, 7Q - 7Q7HB should continue to be active until 26 March 2009. QSL via G0IAS.
Marshall Islands, V7 - Look for V73J and V73M until 14 March 2009. QSL via JH2BNL for V73J and JA2NQG for V73M.
They will then travel to Palau (see next entry).
Palau, V8 - JH2BNL as V88CD and JA2NQG as V88WW March 14-16. They will then travel to Guam and should be QRV
March 17-19.
The VK2SG RTTY DX NOTES are distributed every week via the Winlink network, and are also available on the Internet at URL
http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/vk2sg-rtty.
For next week's bulletin, send your bandpass and notes of interest to Phil, GU0SUP, at e-mail: pcooper@guernsey.net
73, Don AA5AU
http://www.aa5au.com
http://www.rttycontesting.com
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The Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin No. 899 - excerpts
3DA0, SWAZILAND (Ops Needed)
Operators David/GI4FUM (EI4DJ, 3DA0DJ) and Tony/G4LDL will activate the station
3DA0SS during the month of August. The object of this activity is to provide a
ham radio station at an international scout camp near Manzini. Station 3DA0SS
was the first ham radio station to operate in the "Jamboree on the Air" for the
scouts of Swaziland in October 2008. The station was run at the Hawane Resort in
western Swaziland 15km from the Swazi capital Mbabane. The resort is 4530 ft.
ASL in the mountains - QRA KG53MS. David states (edited), "We will operate from
Hawane in the evenings and early mornings and drive over to the scout campsite
during the day (about an hour away). There is a DXpedition to Lesotho at the
same time as our visit to Swaziland. John, 9M6XRO, is a member of the Lesotho
DXpedition team (also serviced by African DX Safaris) but he will be joining us
at Hawane between 6th and 13th August.... Our visit to Swaziland will include a
trip to the Kruger National Park which is a 2 hour drive from Hawane Resort. We
also hope to visit the Trans World Radio transmitter site near to Manzini. We
are looking for more members for the team." Anyone interested should E-mail
David at:
gi4fum@arrl.netgi4fum@arrl.net
5N, NIGERIA (Update to OPDX.898)
Bodo, DL3OCH, has reported that his trip will be slightly delayed, so look for
him to be in Nigeria around March 21st and to start his activity later than
March 5th as first announced. He has also reported that he has received his
license and will use the callsign 5N0EME. In the meantime, all his equipment is
on the way. Remember, activity will be on all HF bands (160-10 meters) plus some
operations on EME. QSL via DL3OCH.
C9, MOZAMBIQUE
Philip, ON4AEO, will lead a team of operators on a DXpedition to Mozambique and
sign C91FC from April 9-13th. You may remember that Philip lead a team of
operators last year to Lesotho for the 7P8FC DXpedition. The "Fox Charlie
DXpedition" team is made up of the following operators: Philip/ON4AEO,
Kath/ON7BK, Sid/ZS6AYC, Adele/ ZR6APT, Gert/ZS6GC, Lucas/ZS6ACT, Jan/ZS5JC,
Deon/ZS6ABR, Jose/ON4CJK, Herman/ZS5LH and Steffi/ON3AEO. They hope to activate
the following bands, 80/40/20/17/15/12/10 meters using CW, SSB, RTTY and PSK.
CT3, MADEIRA ISLAND (AF-014]
Operators Hardy/DL3KWF and Rosel/DL3KWR (XYL) will once again be active as
CT3/homecall from the Hotel Royal Orchid between now and March 19th. Activity
will be mainly CW on 30/17/12 meters. Hardy is expected to try some RTTY and
PSK-31. QSL via their home callsigns. E-mail requests for Bureau QSL cards can
be sent to:
dl3kwr@darc.de --or-- dl3kwf@darc.de
Visit their Web site at: http://www.mydarc.de/dl3kwr
HH, HAITI (Update to OPDX.849)
Operators Jan/K4QD and Don/AF4Z will be active as HH4/homecall from the
Northwest Haiti Christian Mission (www.nwhcm.org) between March 24th and April
4th. They will operate 80-10 meters on CW, SSB and RTTY as time permits.
Nighttime low band operations will be limited to the availability of AC power.
They will also participate in the CQWW WPX SSB Contest (March 29-30th). They are
working with HH2JR and the Radio Club of Haiti in an attempt to obtain a special
4V4 prefix for the contest. QSL via their home callsigns. Operators prefer
direct or LoTW, but the Bureau is "OK".
IOTA NEWS
AS-103. Operators Tang/BM2AAV, Wu/BM2APH, James/BU2AT, Eddie/BV2DD, Bruce/BV2KI,
Lee/BV2NT and Chung/BX4AF will be active as BP0A from Penghu Island between
March 27-30th. Activity will be on all bands. QSL via BV2KI.
EU-008. Members of the Kilmarnock and Loudoun ARC will be active as GM7A from Kerrera Island (IOSA FL02, SCOTIA CN02), Scotland, during the upcoming RSGB IOTA Contest (July 25-26th). Operators mentioned are Graham/MM0GHM and Arthur/MM0DHQ. QSL via GM7AAJ, direct or by the bureau.
EU-017
Operators Andy/IZ0EHO and Vincenzo/IZ0FKE will be active as ID9N from Vulcano
Island (IIA ME-018, MIA MI-122, WLOTA 1001), April 24-30th. Activity will be on
all HF bands and modes. QSL via the information on (QRZ.com).
EU-171
Operators Tor/DJ4MG and Ela/DL1TM will be active as 5P4MG and OZ7TM,
respectively, from Vendsyssel-Thy/Nordjylland (DIA NJ-001), April 5-16th. Look
for SSB activity to be on 160/80/40/20/17/15 meters and PSK31 on 40/20 meters.
QSL 5P4MG via DJ4MG, direct or by the bureau. QSL OZ7TM via DL1TM, direct or by
the bureau.
J5, GUINEA-BISSAU
Peter, HA3AUI, has announced that he will be active as J5UAP during the ARRL DX
SSB Contest (March 7-8th) as a Single-Op/ Single-Band (20m) entry from the QTH
of Varela, IK12QH. Remember, he is supposed to be here until March 31st. His
activity will be mostly Digital with some SSB and CW upon request. Operations
will be on 160-6 meters using a spiderbeam, verticals, dipoles, and 500w or
100w. QSL via HA3AUI, direct or by the HA Bureau.
JD1/O, OGASAWARA (Update)
Operators Hide/JM1LJS (JD1BLK), Hiroyuki/JG7PSJ (JD1BMH), Masaru/JE4SMQ (JD1BMT)
and Makoto/JI5RPT (JD1BLY) will be active from Chichijima Island (AS-031)
between April 29th and May 5th. The group will be active on 160-6 meters using
the CW, SSB, Digital and Satellite modes. QSL via their home callsigns. Their
detailed schedule is as follows: Callsigns,
KH0, MARIANA ISLANDS
Operators Masaharu/JA3CEK and Shimatake/JI3DNN will be active as KH0/N3MU and
KH0/KI3DNN, respectively, from Saipan (OC-086), March 19-22nd. Activity will be
on 160-6 meters using CW, SSB and some Digital modes. QSL KH0/KI3DNN via JI3DNN
and KH0/N3MU via JA3CEK.
SOUTH ATLANTIC BIRD ACTIVITY
As of March 7th, Graham, G3VZV, will be onboard the "MV Minerva" which will be
visiting the islands off the edges of the Antarctica. His schedule includes
visits to South Georgia (VP8) on March 12-13th, and Tristan da Cunha (ZD9) on
March 18-19th, before arriving in Cape Town on March 24th. Activity is planned
via SO50, AO51 and the ISS (if available) from the ship, and if licences can be
obtained, from the islands themselves. Graham will sign G3VZV/MM and intends to
use FM handhelds and an Arrow antenna. He hopes to have at least some limited
internet access which can be used to arrange skeds at:
g.shirville@btinternet.com
VK9L, LORD HOWE ISLAND (Update)
Bill Horner, VK4FW, member of Oceania Amateur Radio DX Group Inc. (ODXG),
reports that the VK9LA March departure date is fast approaching. All equipment
sent via the ship has safely arrived on Lord Howe Island. Bill states, "When we
finished packing all the gear, we ended up with more space taken up than we had
booked, so we quickly managed to get more freight space on the ship." This
DXpedition will take place between March 23rd and April 3rd, with 16 operators.
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73’s from Pat VK2JPA broadcast Officer.