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Subj: RTTY Gazette - January 2005
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From: ZL2VAL@ZL2AB.#46.NZL.OC
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To: "RTTY Gazette" <rttygazette@wi8w.org>
First let me appoligize to you all for the slight lateness of this issue.
I like to have this to you on the 15th of each month but I have been under
the weather for the last few days and am just now getting my writing back
on track. I just love winter, don't you?
I hope that all of you had a great holiday season. Things were kind of
quiet in this household. No relatives visited at all which was a great
relief from previous holiday seasons. I hope you got what you wanted from
Santa.
The big news of the past month was the Andaman and Nicobar Island
DXpedition of VU4RBI/VU4NRO. They were active soon after the December RTTY
Gazette was emailed and they were quite active on CW, SSB and PSK. I have
not heard of any RTTY activity from the group but their DXpedition
operations ceased with the devistating tsunami that swept the islands on
December 26. The group immediately switched to a emergency communications
mode and have been very active handling heath and welfare traffic into and
out of the islands. There is more about their operations on the ARRL
website at http://www.arrl.org
The RTTY Contest season is now in full swing. We have just completed one
of the major contests this past weekend with the ARRL RTTY Roundup. I
could not participate but seeing some of the scores posted to the 3830 and
RTTY list indicate that I probably missed a good one this year. Well
sometimes family obligations get in the way and this is only a hobby right?
I am still amazed at the number of people who decide to make some major
contest software change the night before the contest. It never fails that
there is a large number of messages posted to the RTTY and Writelog (plus
other) maillists frantically looking for a fix to some problem that has
popped up after a upgrade or other software change. I often wonder how
those folks make out in the contest. My rule here is to never upgrade a
working system in the shack if I am within 2 weeks of a contest unless I do
it early and test it completely. I am always prepared to go back to a older
version if problems arise.
I am in the process of tearing down the shack, moving it into a smaller
room upstairs. The basement was ok but not exactly where I want all my
equipment with all the dust down there. It sure is a mess right now.
There is a new upgrade to Writelog out now. Version 10.52F is avaliable at
www.writelog.com
If you know of any new updates to digital software please let me know so I
can put the info in the RTTY Gazette. I generally do not follow the
happenings in the other digital modes so I am relying on you, the reader,
to let me know if you have anything of interest.
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DXpedition News
Currently reported active
Jan01 Feb20 Cambodia XU7
By ON6TZ as XU7POS, plus XU7AJV
Jan01 Apr19 Djibouti J20FH QSL via F5PRU or Buro
By F5PRU; 80-10m; CW SSB, perhaps digital; also QRV for REF contests, CW +
SSB; spare time operation
Jan04 Mar31 Macquarie Island VK0MT QSL via JE1LET Direct
By VK0MT; HF bands, 1000-1100z; spare time operation
Jan08 Jan18 Easter Island 3G0 QSL via LA6EIA
By LA team as 3G0YM (SSB) and 3G0YP (CW/Digital); QSL: Ole Forr, Frya,
N-2647 Sor Fron, Norway or LA Buro
Jan09 Jan20 Cambodia XU7ACY QSL via K2NJ
By NO2R fm Sihanoukville; 160 80 40m; CW SSB
Upcoming operations
Jan16 Jan23 Vietnam XV2G
By JA7GAX fm Con Son Is (AS-130); 40 20 15 10m; CW; 80 watts; wire antenna
Jan18 Jan24 Guatemala TG
By NI4Y AB4XQ as homecall/TG fm Guatemala City; 40 30 20 17m; mainly CW;
check lowest segment of band
Jan18 Jan25 Guantanamo Bay KG4
By N4BBA N4SIA as KG4SB (via N4BAA) and KG4AS (via N4SIA) + 2 other ops;
160-6m; CW RTTY Digital
Jan25 Feb03 Mauritius 3B8
By HA7TM as 3B8/HA7TM; 40 20 15 10m + WARC bands; 100w; GP; QSL OK via HA
Buro or direct
Jan26 Feb05 British Virgin Islands VP2V
By W3HQ fm Virgin Gorda; mainly evenings; E-mail sked requests OK until Jan
22; QRV for CQ 160m CW Contest
Jan27 Feb22 Rotuma 3D2
By HA8IB HA9RE fm OC-060; 160-10m; CW SSB RTTY; 2 stations; QRV for CQ 160m
CW + ARRL DX CW contests; callsigns TBA
Jan31 Feb07 Angola D2AA
By LA9IAA fm Ilha de Luanda; 160 80 40 30m; mainly CW; fm Dec 20 QRV daily
as LA9IAA/MM (7014 kHz)
Jan31 Feb17 South Cook Islands ZK1 QSL via M3SDE Direct
By ZK1WET ZK1XMY ZK1SDE ZK1SDZ fm Aitutaki; 160-10m w/ focus on 20 17m;
mainly SSB, but ZK1WET QRV in CW + RTTY; yagis for 20 17 10m + verts
Feb01 Feb26 Aruba P40LE
By K2LE; focus on WARC bands
Feb02 Feb22 Reunion FR
By F5TNI fm AF-016 as FR/F5TNI; mainly CW, some RTTY PSK; also as 3B8/F5TNI
for one week; QSL OK via Buro or direct
Feb03 Feb17 Somalia 6O0 QSL via M5AAV or Buro
By I2YSB IK1PMR IK2DIA IK2GNW IK2WXV IZ5BRW as 6O0G 6O0CW; 2 stations, all
bands; direct QSLs fm IK2GNW (SSB) and I2YSB (CW RTTY)
Feb04 Feb07 Bangladesh S2
By S21AM EI3IO fm Bhola Is (AS-140); all HF bands; CW SSB; contacts will be
uploaded to LotW
Feb04 Feb13 Netherlands Antilles PJ4
By NE8Z as PJ4/NE8Z fm Bonaire; focus on WARC + 6m, SSB CW
Feb06 Feb13 Mexico 6F1IHF
By XE team fm Ixtapa Is (NA-183); all HF bands; CW SSB; QSL: Porfirio
Lomeli, P.O. BOX 7177, Morelia, Mich 58262, Mexico
Feb10 Feb14 Belize V31JZ/p
By NN7A fm South Water Caye (NA-180); 160-10m; CW; 20 15m IOTA QRG SSB
possible; QSL OK via W7 Buro or direct; no skeds
Feb10 Feb18 Mongolia JT1
By I1ZB (JT1FCZ) and I1QOD (JT1FCY); mainly 80 50 30 15m; CW only
Feb11 Feb25 Peter I 3Y0X QSL via K4YL Direct
By an international team; dates tentative
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Upcoming Contests
BARTG RTTY Sprint 1200Z, Jan 22 to 1200Z, Jan 23
CQ 160-Meter Contest, CW 0000Z, Jan 29 to 2359Z, Jan 30
REF Contest, CW 0600Z, Jan 29 to 1800Z, Jan 30
UK DX Contest, RTTY 1200Z, Jan 29 to 1200Z, Jan 30
Mexico RTTY International Contest 1800Z, Feb 5 to 1759Z, Feb 6
ARS Spartan Sprint (Feb) 0200Z-0400Z, Feb 8
KCJ Topband Contest 1200Z, Feb 10 to 1200Z, Feb 11
FISTS Winter Sprint 1700Z-2100Z, Feb 12
British Columbia QSO Challenge 1800Z, Feb 12 to 1800Z, Feb 13
RSGB 1st 1.8 MHz Contest, CW 2100Z, Feb 12 to 0100Z, Feb 13
North American Sprint, CW 0000Z-0400Z, Feb 13
AGCW Semi-Automatic Key Evening 1900Z-2030Z, Feb 16
RSGB 80m Club Championship, Data (Feb) 2000Z-2130Z, Feb 16
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Well that about does it for January...see you next month
73
Thom WI8W
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