NZART Headquarters Infoline Issue 193
04-OCTOBER-2009
NZART Website: http://www.nzart.org.nz/
Greetings
Welcome to Headquarters-Infoline a twice-monthly bulletin of news from NZART
Headquarters e-mailed directly to Branches, the amateur radio packet
Bulletin Board Service and to others that subscribe through the NZART
Website at:
http://www.nzart.org.nz/lists/infolinelist.html

In This Issue
*From The Business Manager Debby Morgan ZL2TDM
*NZART Monitoring System Report
*The Rhododendron Festival Award/Dan Wilkinson Contest 2009
*Change to NZART E-mail and Web Progress Report
*Contest News
==VHF/UHF/SHF Contest Notes
==HF Contests
*Upcoming Events
*Break-In and Infoline Information
*Dates for Official Broadcast (OB) and Head Quarter's Infoline
*Attachments for Branches:
NZART Headquarters Infoline 193.doc, and
Rhodo Rules 2009.pdf
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From The Business Manager Debby Morgan ZL2TDM
Debby says...with the IARU Region 3 triennial conference in Christchurch
almost upon us, it's time to let you know that this office will be closed
from Friday 9th October until Tuesday 20th October as I will attending the
conference.

Any urgent enquiries can be made to my cell phone 027 450 8979 while I am
away.

The office will also be closed tomorrow Monday 5th October due to unforeseen
circumstances.

Subscriptions for 2010 are now due, please pay before the end of November to
take advantage of the $10 rebate.

If you know of anyone interested in sitting the amateur radio exam, please
in the first instance get them to take a look at our web page on the
examination process and sample papers.

It offers comprehensive information on what is required, how to study and
the costs involved to obtain a call sign and certificate of competency. More
importantly it includes contact details for examination supervisors in their
area and branch information should they wish to talk to an amateur first
hand.

I receive a number of calls from people who have contacted a branch only to
be told to call me. Remember this is the first point of contact for these
'would be' amateurs and it's the most important. If they do not get the
information they seek, or are told to try various people this can be off
putting, first impressions are lasting so it's up to us all to encourage
those who seek advice on "How to become an Amateur" and make it memorable
for them.

Talk soon...Debby ZL2TDM
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NZART Monitoring System Report
Here are several links:

One is the IARUMS R3 database, possibly the first of its kind covering 2006
through to July 2009 - very useful for cross referencing purposing, when
deciding whether a signal is an intruder or not.

http://www.iaru-r3.org/ms/r3msnl.htm

Plus a database of cluster spots of intruders from July 2006 through to
August 2009

http://www.iaru-r3.org/ms/r3msnl.htm

Another good reference is the ITU terrestrial monitoring files for cross
reference purposes.

http://www.itu.int/ITU-R/terrestrial...ffiles/321.pdf
http://www.itu.int/ITU-R/terrestrial...ffiles/322.pdf and
http://www.itu.int/ITU-R/terrestrial...ffiles/323.pdf

Plus

A report from the UK:

The Russian radar ABM2 is daily abusing 14255 kHz with 10 kHz spread and 50
pulses/sec.
Every morning at about 08 - 10 UTC. Location: North West of Smolensk.

Any reports appreciated.

73
John
de ZL1GWE
Monitoring System Coordinator NZART
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The Rhododendron Festival Award/Dan Wilkinson Contest 2009
For NZ Branches, an attached pdf file contains the details

The New Plymouth Website also has the details. Please see:
http://www.nzart.org.nz/nparc/index.html
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Change to NZART E-mail and Web Progress Report
The NZ server is up and running with the NZART Web installed.

The next step is to load the e-mail names which should be done in a week or
so. When this is completed and tested successfully a date will be set for
the change over.

Jamie Pye
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Contest News

VHF/UHF/SHF Contest Notes
Field Day Contest, 50 MHz and up 5 December 2009 - 1700 to 2300 NZT
6 December 2009 - 0700 to 1300 NZT

The rules are available at:
http://www.vhf.org.nz/VHF-UHF-SHF-ContestRules

Logs should be sent within two weeks, to:
with Contest Log in the subject line,
or by post to:
Contest Manager, Wellington VHF Group, P.O. Box 12-259, Thorndon, Wellington
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HF Contests

CONTEST BRIEFS
2009 OCEANIA CONTESTS – ALL BAND CW
CW Contest - 10 October 2009 and 11 October 2009 – 0800 – 0800 UTC
For details please see: http://www.oceaniadxcontest.com

2009 CQ WORLD WIDE CONTESTS
SSB Section – 0000 UTC, 24th October through to 2359 UTC 25th October
CW Section - 0000 UTC, 28th November through to 2359 UTC, 29th November
Contest Rules and Other Operating Information: http://www.cqww.com/

2009 STRAIGHT KEY NIGHT ACTIVITY
When - 1 November 2008 (SUNDAY)
Time - 2000 NZDT until 2300 NZDT
Band - 80m (3.5mhz) Mode - CW Only
http://www.nzart.org.nz/contests/200...night-rules.pd
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Upcoming Events

Saturday 10 October 2009:
Branch 03 Table Sale at Rosebank Rd primary School hall

Further details on the above can be seen at:
http://www.nzart.org.nz/pdf/2009/sales.pdf
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12-16 October 2009
IARU R3 Conference at Christchurch see http://www.zl6iaru.org/

NZART Annual Conference Auckland 5th - 7th June 2010
http://nzartconference.cjb.net/nzart...nce/index.html
There are links for the above two CONFERENCES on the NZART Web HOME page
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The WIA Weekly News Bulletin and The ARRL Letter can be found at:
http://www.nzart.org.nz/pdf/2009/wia...eekly-news.pdf
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Break-In and Infoline Information

Break-In - From the Break-In Editor John ZL3IB
1. Closing Date Reminder: Copy for the NOVEMBER/DECEMBER issue of Break-In
closes on 10-NOVEMBER-2009.

2. Document File Format: Please do not send copy for publication as Word
2007.docx files; they cannot be processed. Please send in Word 2003 (or
earlier).doc or *.rtf file format.

3. Early receipt of copy is much appreciated.

4. Break-In Contents Index from 1947 can be found at:
http://www.nzart.org.nz/breakin/index/index.html

Copy for the AREC Break-In Column - From Geoff ZL3QR
The close-of-copy date is the 03-NOVEMBER-2009 for articles for publication
in the AREC COLUMN OF BREAK-IN. Photos, if available, to be on a separate
floppy or CD (with captions), posted DIRECTLY TO US Call Book address. All
other material can go to e-mail: or .
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Dates for Official Broadcast (OB) and Head Quarter's Infoline
OBs FOR 2009=OCT-25 NOV-29 DEC-20

* Next NZART Official Broadcast SUNDAY 25-OCTOBER-2009, * and
* Next HQ-Infoline e-mailed on SUNDAY 18-OCTOBER-2009 *

INFOLINE 2009 SUNDAY=OCT-18 NOV-08-22 DEC-06-20

Infoline on the web http://www.nzart.org.nz/infoline/

Regards, Jamie Pye ZL2NN, Editor