Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site mgweed.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!harpo!eagle!mhuxt!mhuxi!mhuxa!houxm!ihnp4!we13!mgweed!rjr From: rjr@mgweed.UUCP Newsgroups: net.ham-radio Subject: ARRL BULLETINS Message-ID: <3126@mgweed.UUCP> Date: Thu, 1-Sep-83 16:20:16 EDT Article-I.D.: mgweed.3126 Posted: Thu Sep 1 16:20:16 1983 Date-Received: Fri, 2-Sep-83 21:03:01 EDT Organization: Western Electric - Montgomery Illinois Lines: 87 CRRL BULLETIN NR 25 FROM CRRL HEADQUARTERS LONDON ONT AUGUST 27 1983 TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS AMATEUR RADIO STATION VE3CNE...LOCATED AT TORONTO AT THE WORLD'S LARGEST ANNUAL EXPOSITION...THE CANADIAN NATIONAL EXHIBITION...IS LOOKING FOR WORLDWIDE CONTACTS ON ALL BANDS...80 THROUGH 10 METERS... AND WILL CONFIRM ALL QSOS WITH A SPECIAL CARD. BULLETIN NR 73 FROM ARRL HEADQUARTERS NEWINGTON CT AUGUST 25 1983 TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS SENATOR BARRY GOLDWATER...K7UGA...WILL BE FEATURED ON THE SEPTEMBER 1 TELECONFERENCE RADIO NET AT 8.30 PM EDT. ROY NEAL...K6DUE...WILL BE A GUEST AND WILL PRESENT AN UPDATE ON THE STATUS OF OWEN GARRIOTT'S STS9 OPERATION. OVER A HUNDRED REPEATERS IN THE U.S. AND CANADA WILL BE TIED INTO THE NET. A COMPLETE LISTING OF PARTICIPATING STATIONS IS CONTAINED IN THE COMPUSERVE HAMNET X10 DATABASE OR MAY BE OBTAINED FOR AN SASE FROM NET MANAGER... RICK WHITING W0TN 4749 DIANE DRIVE MINNETONKA MN 55343 BULLETIN NR 74 FROM ARRL HEADQUARTERS NEWINGTON CT AUGUST 29 1983 TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS ASTRONAUT OWEN GARRIOTT...W5LFL...WILL BE OPERATING AN AMATEUR RADIO STATION ABOARD THE STS9 SPACE SHUTTLE MISSION WHICH IS SCHEDULED TO LIFT OFF OCTOBER 28. THERE WILL BE NO AMATEUR RADIO OPERATION FROM STS8...WHICH IS LIFTING OFF THIS WEEK. BULLETIN NR 75 FROM ARRL HEADQUARTERS NEWINGTON CT AUGUST 30 1983 TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY...THE W1AW TELEPRINTER SCHEDULE WILL BE TRANSMITTED WITH 45.45 BAUDOT FIRST...110 BAUD ASCII SECOND AND 100 BAUD FEC AMTOR WHEN TIME PERMITS. 100 BAUD FEC AMTOR WILL USUALLY BE TRANSMITTED FOLLOWING THE FRIDAY UTC BAUDOT/ASCII DX BULLETIN. BULLETIN NR 76 FROM ARRL HEADQUARTERS NEWINGTON CT AUGUST 31 1983 TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS THE SEPTEMBER 1ST TELECONFERENCE RADIO NETWORK...AT 830 EDT...FEATURING SENATOR BARRY GOLDWATER...K7UGA...WILL BE RETRANSMITTED TO OSCAR 10 BY JACK COLSON...W3OZ. AREAS WITHOUT TRN REPEATER COVERAGE MAY LISTEN TO THE NET ON THE SATELLITE DOWNLINK FREQUENCY...AROUND 145.957 MHZ. PROPAGATION BULLETIN NR 35 FROM ARRL HEADQUARTERS NEWINGTON CT AUGUST 29 1983 TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS IN LATE AUGUST...AREAS OF THE SUN THAT PRODUCED HIGH FLUX LEVELS ON THE PREVIOUS SOLAR ROTATION HAVE COME AROUND ALMOST DEVOID OF ACTIVITY. THE RESULT IS THAT...IN THE SECOND HALF OF AUGUST...SOLAR FLUX LEVELS HAVE BEEN AS MUCH AS 50 POINTS LOWER THAN THEY WERE 4 WEEKS AGO. A LOW OF 101 ON AUGUST 28 WAS THE LOWEST SINCE EARLY MARCH...BUT READINGS IN THE 90S WERE RECORDED SEVERAL TIMES IN THE PEAK YEARS OF THIS SOLAR CYCLE. THERE WAS NO VISIBLE EVIDENCE OF NEW ACTIVITY ON THE SUN AS THIS BULLETIN WAS IN PREPARATION...BUT SOLAR AREAS THAT PRODUCED THE MAJOR AUGUST RISE ARE COMING INTO VIEW AGAIN ABOUT SEPTEMBER 3. THEY COULD VERY WELL USHER IN THE AUTUMN DX SEASON OVER THE LABOR DAY WEEKEND. THE PAST WEEK WAS MARKED BY SUDDEN INCREASES IN GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY... AND RESULTANT POOR HF PROPAGATION IN THE HIGHER LATITUDES. POOR CONDITIONS...LIKELY AUGUST 29 AND 30 WILL GIVE WAY TO MUCH BETTER PROPAGATION...AND HIGHER MUF...SEPTEMBER 1 TO 3. SEE QST PROPAGATION CHARTS FOR OPTIMUM TIMES FOR YOUR FAVORITE DX CIRCUITS AND FREQUENCIES. BEAR IN MIND THAT THE CHARTS ARE CONSERVATIVE AS TO MUF FOR THE BEST DAYS...BUT QUITE RELIABLE AS TO TIME AND PERIOD. AMERICAN SUNSPOT NUMBERS FOR AUGUST 18 THROUGH 24 WERE BETWEEN 39 AND 64 FOR A MEAN OF 47.6.