BARTG Bulletin 023
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This is the - British Amateur Radio Teledata Group - News Broadcast Service for all Amateurs and Short Wave Listeners interested in RTTY Amtor, Pactor and Packet Radio.
This news is broadcast during the first full week commencing Monday each month, to the following schedule..
Evening transmissions at 20:00 U.K. local time on 3.584 MHz. Mark.
RTTY on Monday-AFSK, Wednesday-AFSK and Friday-FSK.
Pactor-FEC on Tuesday.
Amtor-FEC on Thursday and Saturday.
Morning transmission at 10:00 U.K. local time on 7.041 MHz. Mark.
RTTY on Sunday-FSK.
Both frequencies could be +/- for QRM.
An edited version of this bulletin is available on the Packet network as a BARTG at GBR. file thanks to: Andy (G3ZYP) BARTG Publicity Officer at GB7MXM.#36.GBR.EU.
It is also posted on the "INTERNET" system via the INFO-HAMS list on UCSD.EDU. thanks to Iain (G6ARO) who is available on the "JANET" network as Iain@HUMBER.AC.UK
News for November 1994. Bulletin No. 023.
RTTY DX Activity. (All times are GMT).
14 MHz.
9K2HN and J28JJ 0700, VK5BX 0730, FK8GM 0830, JX7DFA 1000, ZA1MH 1030, V47WK 1130, CN8SM and 4Z4TL 1200, SV2ASP/A and VK2KM 1230, VK6APW, CU1AC and 3DA0CA 1300, ER50AR, IK/3A2LZ/1P0D, YI1AL and VQ9TN 1330, A71CW, ES1RF, 9M8BT and A41KD 1400, A45XC and 9K2IC 1430, VQ9JB, A71EY and IK/DK7UY/1P0Y 1500, GB31OTA, JW0X, BV7WG, SV5BYS, 5R8DG, IA5/IK0SXU, PJ7/N6OXR and DU1SAN 1530.
FH/JL1UXH, T77T, EA9AN and KC6VW 1600, 5R8DS and JY9VC 1630, FM5GM and VE8RCS 1700, 5T5MS 1730, 5R8DG and 5H3JA 1800, VP2VBL, KP4VP and EA8BHS 1830, FY5FJ 1930, 8R1TT 2000, FG5FR 2030, 21 MHz.
TY1PS 1300, 3X0DEX 1530.
During the CQ-WW contest the following prefixes were logged in one half hour spell of listening:
21 MHz. 4X - 5Z - 7Q - A2 - A7 - CJ3 - CR3 - HH - HV - J2 - KP2 - S5 - TA2 - VP5 - VQ9 - VY2 - ZA - ZS6 -
14 MHz. 5V - A2 - SV/A -
7 MHz. 4U1/I - 4X - 9K - A7 - ER - TA2 - UN - VK6 - VY2 - Z3 -
3.5 MHz. 4U1/I - 9A - GI - ZA -
During the JARTS contest the following prefixes made the week-end very interesting:
21 MHz. 8R - 8P - 9H - A7 - ER - EY - JA's 1-0 - KP2 - SV - TZ - VE's 1-3/7 - V01/2 - VP5 - W's 1-0 -
14 MHz. 4X - 8R - 9K - C9 - EM - EY - GI - HB0 - JA's 1-0 - JW - PJ7 - UN - VE 1-3/7 - VO1/2 - W's 1-0 - YL - YO - YV - ZA - ZL2/3 ZS -
7 MHz. 9A - GM - GW - HB9 - HB0 - OH - PA - S5 - SV - YO -
3.5 MHz. HB9 - HB0 - OH - ON - S5 - W1 -
QSL Information.
A71CW to Box 22101, Doha, Qatar, U.A.E.
A71EY to Box 2260, Doha. Qatar, U.A.E.
ZA1AJ via OK2PSZ. 5V7DB for RTTY via DJ6JC.
VQ9TN via K5TNP. FY5FJ via IK2HTW. V47WM via AB4JI.
ER50AR via UB4AR. JX7DFA to Box 8099, Jan Mayen, Norway.
JY9VC via DK9VC. YI1AL at Box 140, Swelh, Jordan.
KC6VW via JA6VBZ. 5R8DS at Box 404, Tananarive, Madagascar.
5T5MS at Box 327, Nouadhibou, Mauritania. 3X0DEX via HH2HM/F.
8R1TT to Eddie Schnieder, Box 5194, Richmond, CA 94805.
ZA1MH to Mike Holman, Box 19, Tirana.
VE8RCS via Polar Amateur Radio Club, Alert, N.W.T. MPO 310,
via Belleville, Ontario, K0K 3SO, Canada.
EA9AN to Box 698, Melilla, via Spain.
3DA0CA to Jon Rudy, Box 329, Mbabane, Swaziland.
XF4M via AA6BB (not JH1AST as first reported).
FH/JL1UXH to home call.
Contests.
The Troy Amateur Radio Association (TARA) run their annual RTTY Sprint from 2100 UTC. December 10 until 0100 UTC. December 11. Work stations once per band. One point per QSO. States and DXCC countries are multipliers. All 5 HF bands 10 - 15 - 20 - 40 - 80.
Logs must be submitted by January 17 to: Bill Eddy, NY2U, C/O TARA, 2204 2nd Street, Troy, New York 12180.
Notes of interest.
Ghana 9G. A second group of central Arizona DX Association members and friends from the UK will be in Ghana from November 20-30. They plan to operate a multi-multi effort in the CQ-WW CW contest.
Outside the contest they will be active all bands with CW and some RTTY. QSL their home calls.
Indian Ocean. 5 Operators from Japan will be visiting several rare locations between October 23 and November 20. They hope to be QRV from 3B6, D68, FR, FH and 5R8. with SSB, CW and RTTY.
Thailand HS. Reiner DL2VK will be in Thailand for approximately 6 months signing HS0/DL2VK. He operates mostly CW but plans to use some Packet, Amtor and Pactor.
VE8RCS is the call sign of the station at Alert, Ellesmere Island, located 450 miles from the North Pole in CQ zone 2.
Victor Echo Eight Very Cold Spot, top of the world.
IA5/IK0SXU was on Monte Cristo Isl. IOTA EU-028.
V47WK was on IOTA NA-110.
U.A.E. A6. Don, WB2DND will be in Dubai from November 11-16. Look for him using RTTY on 14090 at 1300z.
South Shetland Isl. VP8. The International RTTY DX Association (IRDXA) has donated a Hal RTTY Terminal for the use of HF0POL, the Polish Antarctic expedition base on King George Island in the South Shetland group. The new HF0POL operator is Andy Grotha, SP2GOW who has been schooled for RTTY by Wald, SP4KM. It may be several months before Andy gets to the base and appears on the keys. KYFC.
Uganda 5X. Paul, WF5T will be in Uganda during the month of November. He will sign 5X1XT and uses both CW and RTTY. QSL to WF5T
Thanks this month to..
G3ZYP, GU0SUP, VK3EBP, DXNS, ARRL/ARLD, KB8NW/OPDX/BARF80.
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This copy of BARTG News is posted by Iain Kendall (G6ARO) who can be contacted via Internet e-mail at.. iain@humber.ac.uk Items for inclusion in the broadcast may also be mailed to this address, as well as any queries regarding membership or services offered by BARTG.
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