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	DX BULLETINS
	IARU - Revised Action Plan for 7 Mhz
	ARRL - Morse Code Practice Schedule

DX BULLETIN

Subject: ARLD011 DX news
Organization: American Radio Relay League
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 13:56:35 EST
From: "ARRL Members Only Web site" <memberlist@p1k.arrl.org>

ZCZC AE11
QST de W1AW
DX Bulletin 11 ARLD011
From ARRL Headquarters
Newington CT March 16, 2000
To all radio amateurs

SB DX ARL ARLD011
ARLD011 DX news

This week's bulletin was made possible with information provided by
Tedd, KB8NW, the OPDX Bulletin, The 599Rpt, QRZ DX, The Daily DX,
425 DX News and Contest Corral from QST. Thanks to all.

EAST TIMOR, 4W. Ross, VK8UN, has been authorized to use 4W6UN from
this new DXCC entity. His activity of late has been on 20 and 10
meters. Thor, TF1MM, is now licensed as 4W6MM. QSL 4W6UN via
VK3OT. 4W6MM QSL route to be announced.

MONACO, 3A. Look for 3A/W8MV and 3A/WZ8A to be QRV from March 20 to
25 using CW on 80 to 10 meters. QSL to home calls.

VIETNAM, 3W. 3W50K has been QRV on 10 meters using CW and SSB
around 0000z. QSL via OKDXF.

ALGERIA, 7X. Angel, 7X0AD, will occasionally show up on 20 meters
using RTTY between 1600 and 2000z. QSL via EA4URE.

MALDIVES, 8Q. Peter, HA2SX, is active as 8Q7KK until March 25 while
on holiday. Operations are on 80 to 10 meters, including the newer
bands, using CW, SSB, RTTY, SSTV, PSK31, Hellschreiber and MT63.
QSL to home call.

JUAN FERNANDEZ ISLANDS, CE0Z. OH2MXS, OH2NSM and OH3JF will be
active as homecalls/CE0Z from March 17 to April 8. They will
operate with three stations on all bands with an emphasis on CW and
RTTY and some SSB. QSL to home calls.

ETHIOPIA, ET. ET3AA is usually QRV on 15 meters around 0930z.

THAILAND, HS. Kurt, HS0ZBS, is usually QRV around 28010 kHz daily
starting around 0000z.

SVALBARD, JW. Jan, LA5QFA will be active mainly on 160 and 80 meters
using SSB as JW5QFA on March 17 to 20. QSL to home call.

ANTARCTICA. Operator Dave is QRV as KC4AAA from Amundsen-Scott
South Pole Station until November, 2000. Look for him on 14243 kHz
around 0500z. QSL via K1IED.

WAKE ISLAND, KH4. Randy will be QRV as KH9/KH7EH March 22 to 24.
He will be active in his spare time, and may be found on 20, 10 and
6 meters. QSL to home call.

MARKET REEF, OJ0. Seppo is QRV as OJ0VR and has been found on 80
and 40 meters using CW between 1930 and 2100z. QSL via OH1VR.

SURINAME, PZ. Ramon, PZ5RA, is active on 20 meters using RTTY after
0400z.

BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS, VP2V. Bill, AA7X, will be QRV from Virgin
Gordo, March 25 to April 1 as VP2V/AA7X. Activity is centered
around 40 to 10 meters using CW and SSB. QSL to home call.

THIS WEEKEND ON THE RADIO. The Alaska, Virginia and Ohio Winter QSO
Parties, and the Bermuda Contest will be contesters busy this
weekend. Please see March QST, page 100 for details.
NNNN
/EX

IARU Administrative Council, Lillehammer -- September 1999

Page administrator: k1zz@arrl.org · Page revised11 Jan 2000 1:30 PM ET

Revised Action Plan for 7 MHz

Objective - ultimately an allocation around 7 MHz of no less than 300 kHz, amateur exclusive on a world-wide basis.
In the process of achieving this objective, the guiding principles to be followed are:

access is more important than exclusivity. That is, sharing may be necessary on an interim basis during a period of transition.
even during an interim period, amateurs should not accept less access than is presently available to them, in particular there should be no reduction in the present exclusive allocations.
it is desirable to harmonize the allocation among the three regions to the extent possible.
because of differences in propagation characteristics and patterns of usage, the solution to the 7 MHz allocation problem should be treated as a separate matter and not coupled to allocations to the Amateur Services at any other frequency.

Discussion - the matter of harmonization of HFBC and changes to the Amateur Service as a result, may be taken up at WRC-2003. However, there is uncertainty both as to the timing of WRC-2003 and the Agenda. One lesson learned at WRC-97 is that only the Agenda of the next WRC can be considered as determined at a WRC. The preliminary Agenda for four years hence is little more than a list of issues that administrations would like to have considered but were unable to get on the agenda for the next WRC, and items on the preliminary Agenda may or may not be confirmed two years later.

However, our preparations must proceed on the assumption that the issue will be handled in approximately mid-2003. Accordingly, a timeline of actions necessary is attached as an annex. It must be emphasized that at this writing there is no schedule of WRCs beyond 8 May -- 2 June 2000, although it is assumed that the next conference will be held in the fall of 2003. Meetings of the ITU-R leading up to the next WRC are known only through the end of 2000.

Actions by the AC - In Porlamar in September, 1998, the IARU Administrative Council reviewed and carefully considered the Report of the IARU 7 MHz Strategy Committee. The AC updated the timetable of events based on the best available information. A new timetable is annexed to this Action Plan which is based on the best information available at this time.

Timetable of events (subject to change) Revised September 1999 IARU Preparations for WRC-2003 re: 7 MHz

1999
Consider questions/inputs from Societies/amateurs	Continues throughout
Track support and opposition	Continues throughout
ITU-R SRG 10A-2 (correspondence group)	Mid-1999 -- 2002
(See Document AC99-6.6-1)
CPM-2000	November 1999
2000
Consider questions/inputs from Societies/amateurs	Continues throughout
Track support and opposition	Continues throughout
ITU-R SRG 10A-2 (correspondence group)	Mid-1999 -- 2002
ITU-R SG 10, Geneva	February 2000
ITU-R WP 8A	February-March 2000
Report to Region 1 EC, Paris (tentative)	April 2000
Report to Region 2 Directors	May 2000
WRC-2000, Istanbul	May/June 2000
CPM-2003-1, Istanbul	June 2000
Report to Region 3 Conference	August 2000
Report to 2000 AC Meeting	September 2000
Confirm IARU delegation to WRC-2003	September 2000
ITU-R WP 10A, Geneva	September 2000
ITU-R SG 10, Geneva	September 2000
Bulletin to Societies	October 2000
ITU-R WP 8A, Geneva	October 2000
2001
Consider questions/inputs from Societies/amateurs	Continues throughout
Track support and opposition	Continues throughout
ITU-R SRG 10A-2 (correspondence group)	Mid-1999 -- 2002
Report to Regional Executive Committees	when scheduled
ITU-R SG 10 and WP 10A	when scheduled
ITU-R SG 8 and WP 8A	when scheduled
Report to Region 2 Conference, Antigua, Guatemala	September 2001
Report to Administrative Council	September 2001
2002
Consider questions/inputs from Societies/amateurs	Continues throughout
Track support and opposition	Continues throughout
ITU-R SRG 10A-2 (correspondence group)	Mid-1999 -- 2002
2003
Consider questions/inputs from Societies/amateurs	Continues throughout
Track support and opposition	Continues throughout
WRC-20037 MHz harmonization on the Agenda and successfully achieved!

Note: No definitive schedule yet exists for meetings in 2001 and beyond.
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MORSE CODE PRACTICE SCHEDULE

W1AW, the Headquarters Amateur Radio station of the American Radio Relay League, is a living memorial to the League's cofounder, Hiram Percy Maxim. W1AW transmits on-the-air code practice and bulletins of interest to hams as follows:

Pacific	Mtn	Cent	East	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri
6 am	7 am	8 am	9 am		Fast Code	Slow Code	Fast Code	Slow Code
7 am - 9 am 10 am - 12:45 pm	8 am - 10 am 11 am - 1:45 pm	9 am - 11 am 12 pm - 2:45 pm	10 am - 12 pm 1 pm - 3:45 pm	Visiting Operator Time
1 pm	2 pm	3 pm	4 pm	Fast Code	Slow Code	Fast Code	Slow Code	Fast Code
2 pm	3 pm	4 pm	5 pm	Code Bulletin
3 pm	4 pm	5 pm	6 pm	Teleprinter Bulletin
4 pm	5 pm	6 pm	7 pm	Slow Code	Fast Code	Slow Code	Fast Code	Slow Code
5 pm	6 pm	7 pm	8 pm	Code Bulletin
6 pm	7 pm	8 pm	9 pm	Teleprinter Bulletin
6:45 pm	7:45 pm	8:45 pm	9:45 pm	Voice Bulletin
7 pm	8 pm	9 pm	10 pm	Fast Code	Slow Code	Fast Code	Slow Code	Fast Code
8 pm	9 pm	10 pm	11 pm	Code Bulletin

W1AW's schedule is at the same local time throughout the year. The schedule according to your local time will change if your local time does not have seasonal adjustments that are made at the same time as North American time changes between standard time and daylight time. From the first Sunday in April to the last Sunday in October, UTC (Coordinated Universal Time) = Eastern Time + 4 hours. For the rest of the year, UTC = Eastern Time + 5 hours.

Morse Code Transmissions

Frequencies are 1.818, 3.5815, 7.0475, 14.0475, 18.0975, 21.0675, 28.0675 and 147.555 MHz.

Slow Code = practice sent at 5, 7-1/2, 10, 13 and 15 words per minute (wpm).

Fast Code = practice sent at 35, 30, 25, 20, 15, 13 and 10 wpm.

Code practice text is from the pages of QST magazine, the League's membership journal. The source is given at the beginning of each practice session and alternate speeds within each session. For example, "Text is from July 1992 QST, pages 9 and 81," indicates that the practice session's plain text is from the article on page 9 and its mixed number/letter groups are from page 81.

Code bulletins are sent at 18 wpm.

CW frequencies include code practices, Qualifying Runs and CW bulletins.

Teleprinter Transmissions

Frequencies are 3.625, 7.095, 14.095, 18.1025, 21.095, 28.095 and 147.555 MHz.

Bulletins are sent at 45.45-baud Baudot and 100-baud AMTOR, FEC Mode B, 110-baud ASCII will be sent only as time allows.

Keplerian elements for many amateur satellites will be sent on the regular teleprinter frequencies on Tuesdays and Fridays at 6:30 PM Eastern Time.

Voice Transmissions

Frequencies are 1.855, 3.99, 7.29, 14.29, 18.16, 21.39, 28.59 and 147.555 MHz.