BULLETIN #3
5 July 2002
Propagation Predictions for W1AW/5
Central Texas area contesters are gearing up for the 2002 IARU HF World
Championship the weekend of 13-14 July. Six area contest stations will
be signing W1AW/5, representing the United States of America as the ARRL
"Headquarters Station."
To help prepare for the contest, W1AW/5 team member Tom Whiteside N5TW
has prepared a set of propagation predictions for the weekend. Tom used
IC Graph, a Visual Basic application he wrote for use inside Microsoft
Excel. IC Graph uses the IONCAP HF propagation software engine to produce
data that it then charts in Microsoft Excel. For more information on Tom's
software, which he has made available to the Amateur Radio community, visit
the IC Graph distribution page on the Central Texas DX & Contest Club web
site at: http://www.ctdxcc.org/icgraph/.
The propagation predictions are available online and are based on an assumed
solar flux of 135: http://www.kkn.net/~k5tr/misc/w1aw/iaru_propagation.html
The predictions include specific short path predictions between the central
Texas W1AW/5 stations and England, Germany, Russia, Japan, Australia, China,
Siberia, Jordan, the Caribbean, north Africa, south Africa, Argentina, and
India. Long path predictions were also generated for Russia and India. The
predictions can be viewed by destination or by band. Please send comments
and questions about the IC Graph predictions to Tom Whiteside N5TW at
n5tw@igg-tx.net.
The W1AW/5 stations are some of the most exceptional contest stations in
the central United States. The team considers these predictions to be merely
rough guides and will certainly be looking to make every QSO with every
station possible worldwide, whether the predictions suggest it is likely
or not. W1AW/5 will be on all the band-modes for the entire twenty four hours.
ARRL Headquarters will handle all QSL requests. QSL via W1AW: 225 Main
Street, Newington, CT 06111, USA. Please do not send QSL cards to the
W1AW/5 station owners or operators.
Please direct comments or questions about W1AW/5 in the 2002 IARU HF World
Championship to Richard King K5NA at k5na@texas.net. For more information
about the Central Texas DX & Contest Club visit http://www.ctdxcc.org/.
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Kenneth E. Harker "Vox Clamantis in Deserto" kharker@cs.utexas.edu
University of Texas at Austin Amateur Radio Callsign: WM5R
Department of the Computer Sciences VP, Central Texas DX & Contest Club
Taylor Hall TAY 2.124 Maintainer of Linux on Laptops
Austin, TX 78712-1188 USA http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/kharker/
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