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Boy about 2 years, from Khoa Lak is missing his parents (Dec. 6 2004) If any of you have friends in Thailand and know of anyone who has lost their son during the recent disaster in Asia please pass on these details.
Tsunami Relief Net (Jan. 04, 2005) A group of hams are enroute to Sri Lanka as I type this. They will be landing with US Military and Red Cross personnel at 5AM EST Jan. 5 / 2004. Their mission is as follows: Primary Directive:
Secondary Objective:
Details are at www.tsunamireliefnet.com ... Website is a constant work in progress, so keep an eye on it. All people willing to volunteer as NCS or Traffic Handlers are to click on "Register Here" and fill out the forms. I am the ops manager for Canada in this effort. If you could inform the various groups that this is taking place and that volunteers are needed, it would be greatly appreciated. The net is taking place on Echolink Node #123799. Please forward any questions to me. Official press release to follow later tonight. Phil A. McBride, VA3QR/VA3KPJ
(Thanks to Glenn VE3GNA)
More on the role played by Amateur radio following the Tsunami disaster (2005-01-04)
VU2MUE told us ham radio operators
left for Andaman from Mangalore, Bangalore and Hyderabad to activate ham
radio stations in the tsunami hit smaller islands which are still cut-off
from the mainland as well from the capital Portblair.
VU2MUE heard TV journalist Monidipa Banerjee's voice on the National NDTV channel reporting from the Andamans during one of its evening news telecasts stating that governmental communication systems 'a total failure in Andaman & Nicobar' He heard her emphasising the need of ham radio communication system in Andaman & Nicobar Islands. It may be mentioned that no ham radio operation had been allowed by the Government of India for the last 17 years in the Andaman & Nicobar Islands until YL Bharthi, VU4RBI could get a 'special permission' to activate VU4 DXpedition. Nets for Andaman and Nicobar Islands - 7090 7095 14160 14190 14191 14193 14200KHz INDIA VU
In India the public have asked ham radio operators to find missing persons. Contacting VU radio amateurs on the Internet using http://www.hamradioindia.org the amateur radio operators then pass the message to Andaman Island on 14.191MHz USB voice or 7.090MHz LSB voice using short wave radio transceivers. Some hams are also using morse code and others have connected their home computer to their ham radio transmitter. Gopal Madhavan had an eyeball with VU2RBI Bharathi at Chennai airport, on her arrival from Andamans. She was very, very tired, not unexpectedly but happy that she and her team were able to assist at a time of need. There were also another group of hams led by VU2LIC at the airport, and they are expected to leave for the Andamans also a group from Gujarat is also in Chennai led by VU2CPV and they will also be leaving with relief materials. INDIAN NETS
SOMALIA 60
NIGHT-TIME HAM RADIO EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE FREQUENCY- 3.655MHz LSB (main night time Somalia HAM emergency listening frequency) DAY-TIME HAM RADIO EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE FREQUENCY- 7.055MHz LSB (main daytime Somalia HAM emergency listening frequency) or 10.125MHz USB. To help foreign hams contact Somalia hams use- 14.255MHz USB (main listening frequency for overseas contacts with Somalia) or 18.155MHz USB or 21.255MHz USB. BANGLADESH S21
SRI LANKA 4S7
" As President of the Amateur Radio Society in Sri Lanka it was wonderful even at a tragic time to link up South of Sri Lanka with the Prime Minister who comes from the South and that is where his people are. So we went in and established this HF link. My friends 4S7KE, AK and DZ went in a 4 wheel drive approaching the costal town of Hambantota from the interior as the main road along the cost was badly battered and full of debris and was impassable. I knew my propagation thanks to George Jacobs and I could be 100% sure that we could keep a link going on 3 and 7 MHz. So when all the cellular and all other means failed Short Wave stood bold and proud. It is so simple and we didn't even have a TS 50 or such a small mobile HF set, but took an Icom IC7400 the best radio we have and two 12v batteries and dipoles some food and water and filled the rest of the vehicle with food for the displaced. I stood by in Colombo at the PM's to run the link in and coordinate.. We are trying to expand our coverage but our resources are limited. EMERGENCY NET, Sri Lanka - 7060kHz THAILAND HS
INDONESIA YB
More Web sites for News Reports featuring the Amateur Radio Service Indo Asian News Service report Ham radio to the rescue in tsunami-hit Andaman http://www.eians.net/2005/01/02/02hum.html Times of India,Kolkata report Radio
lifeline for stricken islands
Economic Times report Ham Radio provides
the missing link
(RAC News Service)
Inquiries Jam Tsunami-Related Heath & Welfare Traffic (Dec 30, 2004) Charly Harpole, K4VUD, reports from Bangkok, Thailand that incoming health and welfare queries to the huge affected area is presenting a huge problem. All channels, including ham radio, are or will be totally overwhelmed by potential incoming H&W traffic. He urges that no incoming H&W traffic be handled. For something this size, he says, it is best for those in the area to send messages out only. But even getting messages out is rather unlikely inside the areas that have been devastated, and there are many such areas. Requests for information about relatives and friends in the affected areas are jamming up the already overloaded hams. Harpole says: "This widespread disaster would require hundreds if not thousands of hams deployed over the whole Indian Ocean rim to meet the H&W need." Hams who already live in the affected areas are on the air and doing their best to help." (ARRL News Service)
Hams lend a helping hand Radio Amateurs are playing an unusual but important role in tsunami relief work, reports SHONALI MUTHALALY in "The Hindu" To read the current article click this URL: www.hindu.com/mp/2004/12/30/stories/2004123000350100.htm (Thanks to THE HINDU, via WIA news)
Another interesting article: Delhi
woman is Andaman's 'Angel of the Seas'
(Pratap Chakravarty in Port Blair)
First ever Amateur Radio Emergency Communications Conference to be held in Finland The first ever Global Amateur Radio Emergency Communication Conference will be held in Finland on 13 and 14 June 2005. Branded as Garec-2005, details of the conference were announced by the newly appointed IARU International Co-ordinator for Emergency Communications Hans Zimmermann HB9AQS. The conference will explore all aspects of amateur radio's role in emergency communication and prepare and adopt a statement to the 2005 World Summit of the Information Society (WSIS). The event will take place in Tampere, a town with a long tradition in emergency communication and throughout the world through the Tampere Convention, the first international treaty on the provision of telecommunication in support of disas-ter relief. (SARL)
Belgium...QRP Power Tests Announced
Dec. 26th 2004 Jan. 16th 2005
(GB2RS)
Jan. 7 2005 Tad Cook K7RA Solar Update
From the third quarter of 2003 through the fourth quarter of 2004, average daily sunspot numbers were 110.2, 99.2, 72.9, 71.3, 69.3, and 61. The average daily solar flux for the same period was 120.8, 137.4, 111.1, 99.5, 111 and 104.8. Both the quarterly sunspot numbers and flux values have declined steadily, although there are some variations, such as solar flux in the fourth quarter of 2004 being higher than it was in the second quarter. Average daily sunspot numbers for the years 2000 through 2004 were 173, 170.3, 176.6, 109.2 and 68.6. Average daily solar flux for the same five years was 179.6, 181.6, 179.5, 129.2 and 106.6. We can see the steady decline with each calendar year, and this should continue through the end of next year, 2006. Now for conditions over the short term, a week ago it looked like solar flux should stay above 100 over the following 10-12 days. Now the last of sunspot 715 is disappearing around the edge of the sun, and it looks like solar flux should stay around 85 with sunspot numbers below 40 over the next week. Saturday, January 8 could see some unsettled to active geomagnetic conditions, and January 13 could see unsettled conditions as well. Quiet days are expected January 10-11. Alan Beck, VY2WU from Prince Edward Island wrote in response to last week's mention of 60 meters. He said in Northern Canada 60 meters is used for "bush radio," and he told a story about Inuit hunters in Nunavut using 5.2 MHz SSB at 10 watts to call home from the ice. Barry Roseman, W0LHK of Stilwell,
Kansas wrote to say he was on 60 meters the first day it opened for U.S.
hams. Barry says only four stations have worked all states on 60 meters:
K7NN, N1UU, K4AVC, and himself, W0LHK. His best DX was G0HNW in Yorkshire.
Barry has used various dipole antennas and a quarter-wave vertical, and
says he
If you would like to comment or have a tip, email the author at, k7ra@arrl.net. For more information concerning propagation and an explanation of the numbers used in this bulletin see the ARRL Technical Information Service propagation page at, http://www.arrl.org/tis/info/propagation.html . Sunspot numbers for December 30 through January 5 were 34, 60, 51, 52, 43, 30 and 15 with a mean of 40.7. 10.7 cm flux was 100, 98.5, 98.9, 100, 94.2, 88 and 88, with a mean of 95.4. Estimated planetary A indices were 15, 8, 15, 33, 22, 23 and 21 with a mean of 19.6. Estimated mid-latitude A indices were 12, 5, 10, 20, 14, 16 and 11, with a mean of 12.6. (ARRL News Service)
Europe Dec. 18 2004 Solar
and propagation report, compiled by Neil Clarke, G0CAS,and Martin Harrison,
G3USF.
(G3USF)
Oklahoma, Brazil Youngsters Visit International Space Station via Ham Radio (Jan 5, 2005)
China announces plans for 2nd Manned Spaceflight We doubt it will carry a ham radio station but China plans to launch its second manned space flight in September of 2005. This, according to news reports that describe it as a five-day mission with two astronauts aboard. And China's state radio confirms that Fighter pilot Yang Liwei, who became that nations first man in space is among a pool of 14 astronauts in training for the new mission, to be called Shenzhou VI. Liwei made history in October 2003 when he circled the earth 14 times aboard the Chinese built Shenzhou V spacecraft. (Space News)
AMSAT announces new "51 on 51
Award" (Jan 7, 2005)
(ARRL News Service)
NASA and NGA Complete Digital Radar Map of Earth (Jan. 6 2005) Culminating more than four years of processing data, NASA and the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) have completed Earth's most extensive global topographic map. The data, extensive enough to fill the U.S. Library of Congress, was gathered during the Space Shuttle Endeavour Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) in February 2000. The digital elevation maps encompass 80 percent of Earth's landmass. They reveal for the first time large, detailed swaths of Earth's topography previously obscured by persistent cloudiness. The data will benefit scientists, engineers, government agencies and the public with an ever-growing array of uses. "This is among the most significant science missions the Shuttle has ever performed, and it's probably the most significant mapping mission of any single type ever," said Dr. Michael Kobrick, mission project scientist of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. The final data release covers Australia and New Zealand in unprecedented uniform detail. It also covers more than 1,000 islands comprising much of Polynesia and Melanesia in the South Pacific, as well as islands in the South Indian and Atlantic oceans. "Many of these islands have never had their topography mapped," Kobrick said. "Their low topography makes them vulnerable to tidal effects, storm surges and long-term sea level rise. Knowing exactly where rising waters will go is vital to mitigating the effects of future disasters such as the Indian Ocean tsunami," he said. SRTM data are being used for applications ranging from land use planning to "virtual" Earth exploration. "Future missions using similar technology could monitor changes in Earth's topography over time, and even map the topography of other planets," said Dr. John LaBrecque, manager of NASA's Solid Earth and Natural Hazards Program, NASA Headquarters, Washington. The SRTM radar system mapped Earth from 56 degrees south to 60 degrees north of the equator. The resolution of the publicly available data is three arc-seconds (1/1,200th of a degree of latitude and longitude, about 295 feet, at Earth's equator). The mission is collaboration among NASA, NGA, the German and Italian space agencies. SRTM's role in space history was honored with a display of the mission's canister and mast antenna at the Smithsonian Institution's Udvar-Hazy Center, Chantilly, Va. To view a selection of new images from SRTM's latest data set on the Internet, visit: http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/targetFamily/Earth Visitors should use the search feature in the upper right-hand corner to locate the following new images: PIA06660, PIA06661, PIA06662, PIA06663, PIA06664 and PIA06665. To view a new SRTM fly-around animation on the Internet, visit: http://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/srtm To learn more about SRTM on the Internet, visit: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/srtm For information about NASA and agency programs on the Internet, visit: http://www.nasa.gov (SpaceRef.com)
In a coincidental celebration of Albert Einstein's `miraculous year' 1905, the United Nations has declared 2005 the World Year of Physics. Einstein 100 years ago profoundly influenced understanding of the universe including the nature of light, existence of atoms, and the concepts of space, energy and matter. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) is to organise activities celebrating the Year throughout the world. (VK3PC)
North American QSO Party--Phone, 1800Z Jan 15--0600Z Jan 16 (see Jan 10-12). Logs due Jan 30 to ssbnaqp@ncjweb.com or Bruce Horn WA7BNM, 4225 Farmdale Ave., Studio City, CA 91604. MI QRP Club January CW Sprint--1200Z Jan 15-2400Z Jan 16. Frequencies: 160-6 meters. Categories: SOAB with classes A (<250 mW), B (<1 W), C (<5 W), D (>5 W). Exchange: RST, S/P/C, and MI-QRP number or power output. QSO points: MI-QRP members--5 pts, non-member W/VE--2 pts, DX--4 pts. Score: QSO points × S/P/C counted once per band. If homebrew RX or TX, multiply by 1.25. If both RX and TX are homebrew, multiply by 1.5. For information: www.qsl.net/miqrpclub. Logs to n8cqa@arrl.net or L. T. Switzer, N8CQA, 427 Jeffrey Ave, Royal Oak, MI 48073-2521. LZ Open Championship--CW, sponsored by the LZ1KPP Radio Club from 1200Z-2000Z Jan 15. Frequencies: 3.5 and 7 MHz. Categories: MS, SO, and SO-QRP. Exchange: 6 digits, serial number and serial number received in previous QSO, e.g., the first QSO exchange is 001 000. A station can be worked once every 30 minutes. QSO points: same entity--1 pt, different entity--2 pts. Score: total QSO points. For more information: www.qsl.net/lz1fw/lzopen/index.html. Logs due 30 days after the contest to lz1fw@yahoo.com or LZ1KPP--Radioclub, PO Box 830, Sofia 1000, Bulgaria. Hunting Lions in the Air--CW/Phone, sponsored by the South African District 410B of the Int'l Association of Lions Clubs from 0000Z Jan 15-2400Z Jan 16. Frequencies: 80-10 meters, work stations once per band regardless of mode. Categories: SOAB, MS. Exchange: RST and serial number, Lion club members also sign /L or Lion and send name, district and club name. The Midrand Lions station ZS6LCM/L will act as the Melvin Jones Memorial club this year. QSO points: non-Lion station--1 pt, with Lions--5 pts, 25 points with ZS6LCM/L. Score: QSO points × number of Lions clubs worked (count only once). For more information: www.sarl.org.za/public/contests/lionita.asp. Logs due Feb 28 to rad.handfield-jones@pixie.co.za or to Lion Rad Handfield-Jones, ZS6RAD, Lions Club of Midrand, PO Box 1548, Halfway House, 1685, South Africa. HA DX Contest--CW, sponsored by the Hungarian DX Club from 1200Z Jan 15-1200Z Jan 16. Frequencies: 160-10 meter bands. Categories: SOAB, SOSB, MS, MM and SWL. Exchange: RST and serial number, HA stations send county or HADXC member number. QSO points: Own DXCC entity--1 pt, same continent--1 pt, different cont--3 pts, HA stations--6 pts. Score: QSO points × HA counties and members on each band. For more information: www.mrasz.hu/engver/mraszen.html. Logs due 30 days after the contest to contest@enternet.hu or MTTOSZ, Gyôr Városi Rádióclub, 9200 Gyôr, PO Box 79, Hungary. 070 PSKFest--sponsored by the Penn/OH DX Society (PODXS) from 0000Z-2400Z Jan 15. Frequencies: 80-10 meters. Categories: SOSB-QRP, SOAB-QRP,-MP (<50 W), -HP. Exchange: RST and S/P/C. QSO points: 1 pt/QSO. Score: QSO points × S/P/C counted only once. For more information: www.podxs.com/html/pskfest.html. Logs due Feb 16 to PSKFest@podxs.com or SPDomingue@aol.com or Steve Dominguez, N6YIH, 11700 Fairlawn Ct, Boise, ID 83709. 80-Meter Straight Key Sprint--sponsored by the North American QRP Club, from 0130Z - 0330Z Jan. 21 (Thursday evening, Jan 20). Frequencies (MHz): 3.560, 7.110. Exchange: RST, S/P/C, and NAQC member number. QSO Points: member--2 pts, non-member--1 pt. Score: QSO Points x S/P/C (see Web site for multiplier value) x 2 if 100% straight key. For more information: www.arm-tek.net/~yoel/sprint_0105.html. Logs due 27 Jan to yoel@arm-tek.net or Tom Mitchell, KB3LFC, RD6 Box 122A, Kittanning, PA 16201.
Bethpage, NY: ARRL NYC/LI Section, W2V. 1200Z-2000Z Jan 9. Ham Radio University 2005. 14.277 7.277. Certificate. George Tranos, N2GA, PO Box 296, Bellport, NY 11713. www.hudson.arrl.org/nli/hru2005.htm. Wall Township, NJ: Ocean Monmouth ARC, N2MO. 1400Z Jan 15-0000Z Jan 16. From the historic Diana Site to commemorate "Project Diana," the first ever successful moon bounce experiment. Gen and Nov/Tech subbands 80, 40, 20, 15 and 10 m. QSL. OMARC Inc, PO Box 267, Oakhurst, NJ 07755. www.omarc.org. Green Bay, WI: Bay Area Relay League, W4P. 1200Z Jan 21-2400Z Jan 23. Packers Ice Bowl Remembered. 14.260 14.070 7.280. Certificate. George Russell, WN8VIX, 2530 Sun Terr, Green Bay, WI 54311. Davidsonville, MD: Anne Arundel Radio Club Jr, K1D. 1400Z Jan 22-0200Z Jan 23. Celebrating 4th anniversary of a club dedicated to kids. 28.335 21.365 14.265 7.237. Certificate. Anne Arundel Radio Club Jr, 7901 Pepperbox Ln, Pasadena, MD 21122-6328. http://ki3ds.org/specialevent.html. San Diego, CA: Challenger Middle School ARC, KI6YG. 0000Z-2300Z Jan 28. Challenger Middle School commemorates the 19th anniversary of the Space Shuttle Challenger tragedy. 28.475 21.375 14.275. QSL. Frank Forrester, Challenger Middle School, 10810 Parkdale Ave, San Diego, CA 92126. Quincy, IL: Western Illinois ARC, K9E. 0000Z Jan 28-2359Z Feb 2. Eagles on the Mississippi at Lock and Dam 21, Quincy, Illinois. 14.250 14.085 14.070 7.250. Certificate. Robert G. Mitchell, 816 Long Dr, Quincy, IL 62305. Buckhannon, WV: Barbour County Area Amateur Radio Club, WV8BC. 1300Z-2100Z Jan 29. Klondike Derby with the Allohok Council of Boy Scouts. 7.235 3.865. QSL. Steve Milligan, 11 Park St, Buckhannon, WV 26201. http://wv8bc.tripod.com. Punxsutawney, PA: Punxsutawney Area Amateur Radio Club, K3HWJ. 1400Z-2100Z Jan 29. Commemorating Groundhog Day 2005. 14.240 7.240 7.125 146.715. Certificate. Sherman Hollopeter, W3QOS, Box 20, 216 E Main St, Big Run, PA 15715.
CQ to celebrate 60th anniversary
with "CQ Gang" on-air event
(ARRL News Service)
Jan. 6 2004 DX News This week's bulletin was made possible with information provided by IZ8CCW, OK1JR, QRZ DX, the OPDX Bulletin, The Daily DX, 425DXnews, DXNL, WA7BNM and Contest Corral from QST. Thanks to all. MONACO, 3A. Bodo, DL3OCH is QRV as 3A/DL3OCH until January 9. He is active on 160 and 80 meters using CW. QSL to home call. TONGA, A3. Paul, A35RK has been QRV on 17 meters around 2300z. QSL via W7TSQ. NAURU, C2. Udo, C21HC has been QRV using QRP on 20 meters after 0600z. QSL via DL9HCU. EASTER ISLAND, CE0. A number of amateurs will be QRV as 3G0YM using SSB and 3G0YP using CW, RTTY, SSTV and PSK, from January 8 to 18. Activity will be on 160 to 10 meters, not including the newer bands. QSL via LA6EIA. TAJIKISTAN, EY. Jean, EY8/F5NHJ has been QRV using RTTY on 15 meters around 0900 to 1130z. QSL to home call. ITALY, I. Stations IT9SSI, IZ8CGS, IZ8FWN, IZ8CCW and possibly others are QRV as IO9TA from Lunga Island, IOTA EU-166, until January 9. Activity is on all HF bands using CW and SSB. QSL via operators' instructions. SUDAN, ST. Dane, ST2T has been QRV on 17 meters around 1400z. QSL via S57DX. MOUNT ATHOS. SV/A. Monk Apollo, SV2ASP/A has been QRV on 80 and 40 meters between 1730 and 1830z, and 20 meters between 0830 and 0930z. QSL via operator's instructions. GABON, TR. Alain, TR8CA has been QRV on 17 meters around 1600z. QSL via F6CBC. MACQUARIE ISLAND, VK0. Dave, VK0MT is QRV from here until March 31 while on assignment. He is active in his spare time, and has been QRV on several HF bands between 1000 and 1100z. QSL direct via JE1LET. ANTARCTICA. Bhagwati, VU3BPZ is the Communications Officer for the XXIV Indian Antarctic Expedition, and is active from Maitri Base. QSL via operator's instructions. MEXICO, XE. Look for a number of operators to be QRV as XF1K from Asuncion Island, IOTA NA-164, and possibly Santa Ines Island, IOTA NA-165, from January 9 to 12. Activity will be on all HF bands and 6 meters. QSL via N6AWD. CAMBODIA, XU. Peter, NO2R will be QRV as XU7ACY from January 9 to 21. He will be active on 160, 80 and 40 meters. QSL via K2NJ. Meanwhile, Claude, XU7ABN has been QRV using RTTY on 17 meters between 1200 and 1300z. QSL direct. INDONESIA, YB. Stan, OK1JR will be QRV as YB0AJR/9 from Gili Air Island, IOTA OC-150, from January 8 to 12. Activity will be on 40, 30, 20 and 15 meters using CW. He may also be active in the ARRL RTTY Roundup. QSL to home call. THIS WEEKEND ON THE RADIO. The ARRL RTTY Roundup, North American CW QSO Party, DARC 10-Meter Contest, Midwinter Contest, WQF QRP Party, EUCW 160-Meter Contest and the NRAU-Baltic CW/SSB Contest are all scheduled for this weekend. Please see January QST, page 102 and the ARRL and WA7BNM contest websites for details. (ARRL)
Jan. 9-18 2005 I.C.P.O. Bulletin Islands, Castles & Portable Operations - I.C.P.O. 09/01/2005: AF-008
FT/W POSSESSION ISLAND -
09/01/2005: AS-012
JJ6FTT/6, JK6RCO/6 HIME ISLAND -
09/01/2005: XU7ACY
CAMBODIA -
11/01/2005: NA-164
XF1K ISLA ASUNCION -
13/01/2005: SA-055
LR4D, LR5D MARTIN GARCIA ISLAND -
14/01/2005: SA-043
CE6TBN/7 ASCENSION ISLAND -
14/01/2005: NA-165
XF1K ISLA SANTA INES -
15/01/2005: NA-015
KG4 GUANTANAMO BAY -
18/01/2005: OC-099
P29ZAD TABAR ISLAND -
18/01/2005: AN-007
VP8DIF SOUTH GEORGIA -
73 and Good
Hunting!
Home of
ICPO:
www.qsl.net/va3rj
Note: A complete list of Prefixes assigned by International Telecommunications Union can be found on the Trans Provincial Website: www.tpn7055.ca/callsign.html
W1AW 2005 Winter Operating Schedule Morning Schedule: Time
Mode Days
Daily Visitor Operating Hours: 1500 UTC to 1700 UTC - (10 AM to
12 PM EST)
(Station closed 1700 to 1800 UTC (12 PM to 1 PM EST)) Afternoon/Evening Schedule: 2100 UTC (4 PM EST)
CWf Mon, Wed, Fri
Frequencies (MHz)
Notes: CWs = Morse Code practice (slow)
= 5, 7.5, 10, 13 and 15 WPM
CW frequencies include code practices, Qualifying Runs and CW bulletins. RTTY = Teleprinter Bulletins = BAUDOT (45.45 baud) and AMTOR-FEC (100 Baud). ASCII (110 Baud) is sent only as time allows. Code practice texts are from QST, and the source of each practice is given at the beginning of each practice and at the beginning of alternate speeds. On Tuesdays and Fridays at 2330 UTC (6:30 PM EST), Keplerian Elements for active amateur satellites are sent on the regular teleprinter frequencies. A DX bulletin replaces or is added to the regular bulletins between 0100 UTC (8 PM EST) Thursdays and 0100 UTC (8 PM EST) Fridays. In a communications emergency, monitor W1AW for special bulletins as follows: Voice on the hour, Teleprinter at 15 minutes past the hour, and CW on the half hour. FCC licensed amateurs may operate the station from 1500 UTC to 1700 UTC (10 AM to 12 PM EST), and then from 1800 UTC to 2045 UTC (1 PM to 3:45 PM EST) Monday through Friday. Be sure to bring your current FCC amateur radio license or a photocopy. The W1AW Operating Schedule may also
be found on page 100 in the January 2005 issue of QST or on the web at,
(ARRL News Service)
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