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From: daemon@jatz.aarnet.edu.au ()
Newsgroups: aus.netstatus
Subject: i
Date: 26 Jan 1993 23:34:09 GMT
Organization: Australian Academic and Research Network (AARNet)
Reply-To: Anne Isherwood <aei@ariel.ucs.unimelb.EDU.AU>
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The DDN link between the Victorian Hub and Ballarat University College went
down at approx. 02:42 today. Telecom are investigating the problem.


Anne Isherwood
ITS, University of Melbourne
From: daemon@jatz.aarnet.edu.au ()
Newsgroups: aus.netstatus
Subject: Re: i
Date: 27 Jan 1993 15:45:56 GMT
Organization: Australian Academic and Research Network (AARNet)
Reply-To: "Tim wise" <TJW@buc.edu.au>
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> From:          Anne Isherwood <aei@ariel.ucs.unimelb.EDU.AU>
> Subject:       i
> To:            aarnet-contacts@aarnet.edu.au
> Date:          Wed, 27 Jan 93 10:34:04 EST
> Cc:            aus.netstatus@aarnet.edu.au, aus.aarnet@aarnet.edu.au

> The DDN link between the Victorian Hub and Ballarat University College went
> down at approx. 02:42 today. Telecom are investigating the problem.
>
>
> Anne Isherwood
> ITS, University of Melbourne
>

Local power failure in Mt Helen area, things recovered about an hour ago!

(Power back at about 10:20 am)

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From: daemon@jatz.aarnet.edu.au ()
Newsgroups: aus.netstatus
Subject: AARNET National Hub/NT link
Date: 27 Jan 1993 04:20:35 GMT
Organization: Australian Academic and Research Network (AARNet)
Reply-To: Anne Isherwood <aei@ariel.ucs.unimelb.EDU.AU>
NNTP-Posting-Host: 139.130.204.4

The DDN link between the National Hub and the Northern Territory University
came up at approx. 13:25 today. The problem was due to a power shutdown at
at NTU's computer facility because of faulty air conditioning there.


Anne Isherwood
ITS, University of Melbourne
Newsgroups: aus.ai,aus.general,aus.computers
From: huan@medici.trl.OZ.AU (Huan Liu)
Subject: CFP - AI'93 Workshop Proposals
Organization: Telecom Research Labs, Melbourne, Australia
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 05:13:18 GMT

The Sixth Australian Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AI'93)

               Preliminary CALL FOR WORKSHOP PROPOSALS

                       Melbourne, Australia
                        17-19 November 1993


The AI'93 Workshop Coordinator invites proposals for workshops to be 
held on 16 November 1993, the day before the conference. The workshops 
will provide a venue in which researchers, developers and users with 
common interests may exchange ideas in an informal setting. Each 
workshop will focus on a particular topic chosen by the workshop 
organisers. The Workshop Coordinator is willing to consider workshop 
proposals on any topic related to AI.

Workshop organisers are encouraged to include a mixture of formal 
presentations and open discussion in their workshop program. A 
workshop may last for either a half-day or full-day, depending on 
the number of participants. In order to facilitate discussion, 
attendance at each workshop will be restricted to active participants 
only and numbers should be kept low, i.e., less than thirty. 

It is expected that three or four people will be required to organise 
a workshop, including one person who is nominated as the workshop chair.
The responsibilities of the workshop organisers will be as follows:

- to distribute a "Call for Participation" for the workshop;
- to select and invite the participants of the workshop, usually on
  the basis of an extended abstract describing their current work;
- to set the program for the workshop;
- to inform the Workshop Coordinator by a date to be specified of 
  the participants and the schedule for the workshop.


REQUIREMENTS FOR PROPOSALS

All proposals will be considered by the AI'93 Workshop Coordinator, 
and the workshop chair will be notified by 1 June 1993 as to whether 
or not the proposal has been accepted.

A proposal should be approximately two pages in length. 
It should specify:

- the topic of the workshop and the issues to be discussed;
- one or two paragraphs describing the appeal of this workshop 
  to the AI community;
- the names of the workshop organisers, including the workshop chair, 
  together with a postal address, email address and phone number 
  for each organiser;
- an outline of the proposed format and duration of the workshop.


IMPORTANT DATES

Deadline for workshop proposals:    30 April 1993.
Workshop organisers informed of 
the outcome of their proposal:       1 June 1993.
Date of workshop:                   16 November 1993.



Please direct all proposals and questions to:

Mr. Chris Leckie
AI'93 Workshop Coordinator
Telecom Research Laboratories
P.O. Box 249
Clayton, Victoria 3168
Australia

Email: c.leckie@trl.oz.au
Phone: (03) 253 6243
Fax:   (03) 253 6173

Newsgroups: aus.ai
From: huan@medici.trl.OZ.AU (Huan Liu)
Subject: CFP - AI'93
Organization: Telecom Research Labs, Melbourne, Australia
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 05:07:29 GMT

The Sixth Australian Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AI'93)

	Preliminary CALL FOR PAPERS and PARTICIPATION

		Melbourne, Australia  
		17 - 19, November, 93

AI'93 will be held in Melbourne, Victoria during 17 - 19/11/93 
with one day workshops and tutorials on 16/11/93. Paper submissions 
are welcome from researchers in all fields of AI. The conference 
will include presentation of refereed papers and invited talks. 
The conference proceedings will be published in a book format. 

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:
	- Machine Learning and Knowledge Acquisition
	- Cognitive Modeling
	- Robotics & Vision
	- Natural Language
	- Automated Reasoning (scheduling, planning)
	- Knowledge-based Systems
	- Knowledge Representation
	- Qualitative Reasoning
	- Neural Networks & Genetic Algorithms
	- Distributed AI

PAPER FORMAT FOR REVIEW:

Each submission must be clearly legible, with good quality print. 
The body of the paper, including the abstract and references, must not
exceed a total of sixteen double-spaced pages, formatted with a twelve 
point font and one inch margins. Each paper must have a separate title 
page including the postal addresses of all authors and e-mail addresses 
if available, an abstract, and at least three keywords indicating the 
problem area and general approach. 

REQUIREMENT FOR SUBMISSION:

Authors must submit four copies of their papers by Friday,
28 May, 1993. Electronic or FAX submission is NOT acceptable. 

Important Dates: Deadline for submission:         Friday, 28 May, 93
		 Acceptance/rejection letter out: Monday, 19 July, 93
		 Camera ready copy due:           Monday, 9 August, 93
		 Workshops and tutorials:         Tuesday, 16 November, 93
		 Conference to be held:      Wedn-Fri, 17-19, November, 93

For further information, please contact

	Dr. Andrew Jennings (Chair)
	Dr. Huan Liu (Co-Chair)		
	Telecom Research Laboratories
	P.O.Box 249
	Clayton, Vic. 3168
	FAX: (03) 253-6173
	{a.jennings, h.liu}@trl.oz.au


	Tutorials Coordinator: Dr. Wilson X. Wen
			       w.wen@trl.oz.au
	Workshops Coordinator: Chris Leckie
			       c.leckie@trl.oz.au


Newsgroups: aus.ai,aus.general,aus.computers
From: huan@medici.trl.OZ.AU (Huan Liu)
Subject: CFP - AI'93 Tutorial Proposals
Organization: Telecom Research Labs, Melbourne, Australia
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 05:16:34 GMT

The Sixth Australian Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AI'93)

		PRELIMINARY CALL FOR TUTORIAL PROPOSALS

			Melbourne, Australia
			   17-19 Nov. 1993


Tutorial proposals are invited for The Sixth Australian Joint Conference
on Artificial Intelligence to be held in Melbourne, Australia, 17-19
Nov. 1993. Two half day tutorials will be held on 16 Nov., 1993. The
topics include, but are not limited to, the following:

1. Innovative/Business/Industrial AI applications,

2. Knowledge acquisition,

3. Machine learning,

4. Neural networks and applications,

5. Knowledge based systems/Expert systems.

6. Planning and Scheduling,

7. Uncertainty in AI,

8. Fuzzy Logic and Systems.


The proposals should contain the following information:

1. The goal of the tutorial,

2. A brief description about the tutorial,

3. Detailed plan including an initial version of the course materials
   to be used in the tutorial and the main references.

4. The names, addresses (both mailing and Email), Phone numbers, and
   Fax numbers of the presenters.

5. The background information of the presenters in the tutorial topic,
   including publication lists, teaching experience, qualifications,
   etc.

6. The prerequisite knowledge for the tutorial should be also included.

The important points for the submission are summarised as follows:

DEADLINE for the submission is

	March 31, 1993.

ACCEPTANCE NOTICES will be sent out by

	April 15, 1993.

The complete course materials for the accepted tutorials should reach
the tutorial coordinator, if accepted, by

	July 31, 1993

Proposals and inquiries should be sent to

	Dr. Wilson X. Wen
	AI'93 Tutorial Coordinator

	AI Systems
	Telecom Research Labs.
	P.O. Box 247
	Clayton, Vic. 3168
	Australia

	Email: w.wen@trl.oz.au
	Phone: (613/03) 253-6273
	Fax:   (613/03) 253-6173
From: Peter.Berrett@f393.n632.z3.fidonet.org (Peter Berrett)
Newsgroups: aus.radio
Subject: Re: Citizens Band Packet Radio on 70cm
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 12:18:26

 > HELLO PETER!!!!  TUNED IN???
 >
 >> Before you
 > >scoff at the suggestion, remember that because they are
 > fm they tend to have a
 >  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 > >better range and with a decent antenna i.e something vaguely
 > resonant and even
 >  ^^^^^^^^^^^^
 >
 > Peter, forget about renewing the Amatuer Licence and stick
 > tothe CB band where
 > these sort of comments are generally accepted. (Due to
 > ignorance) Either
 > that or get back to the books. Range has very very little
 > to do with
 > modulation.
 >
 
Au Contraire. Fm is a better mode in that it has superior interference
rejection capabilities. In an area of high interference an FM walkie talkie
would be preferable to an AM W.T of equal power. True, modulation does not
affect range however it does result in greater or lesser interference
rejection.
 
But I digress, no-one has still adequately answered my question. If, say I
hooked up a 49 Mhz walkie talkie to a resonant antenna without otherwise
modifying the radio except to feed in a packet signal, and then transmitted my
packet siganl at the (admittedly) lower power... would this be legal?
 
Peter
VK3KAT (Miouw!)


 * Origin: Spectrum Radio - Melbourne's All Band Radio BBS (3:632/393.0)
From: dave@eram.esi.COM.AU (Dave Horsfall)
Newsgroups: aus.radio
Subject: Re: 70cm Repeater linking...help!!!
Date: 22 Jan 93 08:35:26 GMT
Organization: Pacific ESI, Sydney, AUSTRALIA
X-Disclaimer: "Me, speak for us?"
X-Witty-Saying: "Mobius strip - see other side for instructions"

In article <3_714_90550f33074@Kralizec.fido.zeta.org.au>,
    craig.smith@f905.n714.z3.fido.zeta.org.au (Craig Smith) writes:

| Can someone inform me where I can find information on the cross linked 70cm 
| repeaters, and how to use this facility.

By this do you mean cross-linked co-sited repeaters, or remote repeaters
linked by a 70cm link?

I'm not aware of any in the Sydney area; not for general use anyway.
The Manly repeater VK2RMB used to be cross-linked all the time (but
presumably stopped when the DoTC got shirty about Novices appearing on
70cm repeaters);  and both Chatswood VK2RWS and Dural VK2RWI have this
facility (but rarely used due to the aforementioned shirtiness of the
DoTC; this is expected to change Real Soon Now) but is only activated
for WICEN activations, WIA broadcasts, various emergencies etc.

Try asking the clubs who sponsor the repeaters; I've told you about the
ones _I'm_ in charge of :-)

-- 
Dave Horsfall (VK2KFU)         VK2KFU @ VK2RWI.NSW.AUS.OC
dave@esi.COM.AU                ...munnari!esi.COM.AU!dave
From: dave@eram.esi.COM.AU (Dave Horsfall)
Newsgroups: aus.radio
Subject: IPS Weekly Report - 22 Jan 93
Date: 22 Jan 93 00:59:38 GMT
Distribution: aus
Organization: Pacific ESI, Sydney, AUSTRALIA


                  15 JANUARY - 21 JANUARY 1993


Issue No 04
Date of issue:  22 January, 1993

INDICES:
Date     15    16    17    18    19    20    21
10cm    126   133   126   122   116   110   107
A        13    07    11    10    19    11  (07)
T        61   120    60    50    88    84    77


                     SUMMARY OF ACTIVITY

January 15
Solar activity was very low.
The geomagnetic field at Learmonth (WA) was quiet to unsettled.
Ionospheric F2 critical frequencies at Sydney were blanketed by
Sporadic E at 01, 08 and 23UT, and near January predicted values
02-14 and 22 UT. No data was available from 15-21UT.

January 16
Solar activity was low.
The geomagnetic field at Learmonth (WA) was quiet to unsettled.
Ionospheric F2 critical frequencies at Sydney were 15-40% enhanced
00-20UT, and near January predicted values thereafter.

January 17
Solar activity was low.
The geomagnetic field at Learmonth (WA) was quiet to unsettled.
Ionospheric F2 critical frequencies at Sydney were near January
predicted values.

January 18
Solar activity was low.
The geomagnetic field at Learmonth (WA) was quiet to unsettled.
Ionospheric F2 critical frequencies at Sydney were near normal.

.SK
January 19
Solar activity was low.
The geomagnetic field at Learmonth (WA) was active to minor storm 
levels 09-15 and 18-21UT, and otherwise quiet to unsettled.
Ionospheric F2 critical frequencies at Sydney were enhanced up to 30%
on January predicted values.

January 20
Solar activity was very low.
The geomagnetic field at Learmonth (WA) was mostly active with major
storm levels 00-03UT. 
Ionospheric F2 critical frequencies at Sydney were near normal, apart
from 15-30% enhancements 05-11UT.

January 21
Solar activity was very low.
The geomagnetic field at Learmonth (WA) was quiet.
Ionospheric F2 critical frequencies at Sydney were near normal.


     FORECAST FOR THE NEXT WEEK (22 - 28 JANUARY)

SOLAR:        Low

GEOMAGNETIC:  Quiet to unsettled.

IONOSPHERIC:  Near normal to up to 30% above predicted January values.

-- 
Dave Horsfall (VK2KFU)         VK2KFU @ VK2RWI.NSW.AUS.OC
dave@esi.COM.AU                ...munnari!esi.COM.AU!dave
From: dave@eram.esi.COM.AU (Dave Horsfall)
Newsgroups: aus.radio
Subject: Daily IPS Report - 21 Jan 93
Date: 21 Jan 93 03:54:03 GMT
Distribution: aus
Organization: Pacific ESI, Sydney, AUSTRALIA

IPS RADIO AND SPACE SERVICES AUSTRALIA
Daily Solar And Geophysical Report
Issued at 2330 UT 20 January 1993
Summary for 20 January and Forecast up to 23 January
IPS Warning No. 02, issued on 20 Jan, is still current.
-----------------------------------------------------------

1A. SOLAR SUMMARY
Activity: very low

Flares: none.

Observed 10.7 cm flux/Equivalent Sunspot Number : 110/060

1B. SOLAR FORECAST
             21 January         22 January         23 January
Activity     Low                Low                Low
Fadeouts     None expected      None expected      None expected

Forecast 10.7 cm flux/Equivalent Sunspot Number : 105/055

1C. SOLAR COMMENT
None.
-----------------------------------------------------------

2A. MAGNETIC SUMMARY
Geomagnetic field at Learmonth : mostly active with major storm
levels 00-03UT. 

Estimated Indices : A   K           Observed A Index 19 January
    Learmonth       26  6344 4421
    Fredericksburg  15                          19
    Planetary       10                          14


2B. MAGNETIC FORECAST
Geomagnetic field at Learmonth : quiet to unsettled
Ap :  15

2C. MAGNETIC COMMENT
None.

3A. GLOBAL HF PROPAGATION SUMMARY
Propagation conditions :
Low Lats: Normal.
Mid Lats: Normal.
High Lats: Fair.
PCA Event : None.
3B. GLOBAL HF PROPAGATION FORECAST
Propagation conditions are expected to be good at low and mid lats,
fair at high lats.
3C. GLOBAL HF PROPAGATION COMMENT
None.

-----------------------------------------------------------

4A. AUSTRALIAN REGION IONOSPHERIC SUMMARY
MUFs at Sydney were near normal, apart from 15-30% enhancements
05-11UT.

Observed Sydney Regional Ionospheric Index :  84

4B. AUSTRALIAN REGION IONOSPHERIC FORECAST
         21 January          22 January          23 January
MUFs     near normal         near normal         enhanced 15 to 30%
T index  70                  70                  90

Predicted Monthly Ionospheric Index for January is 50.

4C. AUSTRALIAN REGION COMMENT
Sporadic E layer was observed intermittently yesterday, and is again
expected at times today.

-- 
Dave Horsfall (VK2KFU)         VK2KFU @ VK2RWI.NSW.AUS.OC
dave@esi.COM.AU                ...munnari!esi.COM.AU!dave
From: craig@kralizec.zeta.org.au (Craig Dewick)
Newsgroups: aus.radio
Subject: Re: USENET news on packet
Date: 21 Jan 1993 11:07:27 +1100
Organization: Kralizec Dialup Unix Sydney: +61-2-837-1183 V.42bis
NNTP-Posting-Host: kralizec.zeta.org.au

terryd@extro.ucc.su.OZ.AU (Terry Dawson) writes:

>Radio really isn't a suitable medium for large volume datacomms.

Unless you have a secure hold on a large financial institution. If money
was no object, then a radio datacomms link, possibly utilising
microwave tecnhology to link each major capital, then normal amateur
packet radio for local distribution, would be a viable alternative.
-- 
 Craig Dewick, Station Master, Possum Power Tank BBS. +612-544-1060 (ringback).
    Send electronic mail to craig@kralizec.zeta.org.au, flames to /dev/null.
                      - Railway Preservation Industries -
          Supporting the Preservation of Australia's Railway Heritage
From: dave@eram.esi.COM.AU (Dave Horsfall)
Newsgroups: aus.radio
Subject: Re: Citizens Band Packet Radio on 70cm
Date: 27 Jan 93 12:12:57 GMT
Organization: Pacific ESI, Sydney, AUSTRALIA
X-Disclaimer: "Me, speak for us?"
X-Witty-Saying: "Mobius strip - see other side for instructions"

In article <727915797.AA04069@csource.oz.au>,
    Peter.Berrett@f393.n632.z3.fidonet.org (Peter Berrett) writes:

| An appropriate amount of Radio Inspectors funded from license fees would drive
| out the unwanted elements.

Why should they bother?  Take a look at the Licence Fee Schedule some
time, and see who pays the biggest bikkies (and therefore gets the most
attention).  For example, yuppie-phone base stations pay $750,000 per
MHz of spectrum; so where do YOU think RI's are going to spend their
time?  CB'ers (and regretfully, Amateurs too) have an inflated opinion
of themselves, where DoTC is concerned.


|                            As for the cost of equipment, a baycom modem
| including software can be purchased for only $125. If the cb packet band was on
| VHF, then modified handhelds costing as little as $299 could be used. Total
| equipment cost of between $425 and $500 would, I think, be acceptable.

So how much would you spend on telephone calls to a local BBS?  And what
do you do if your radio wears out (they do, with all that Tx/Rx switching)?
What about an antenna?  A good power supply?  And GOOD coax (none of this
RG-58 CB-type rubbish)?  And where the hell are you going to find a CB VHF
packet band?  Amateur 2m?  Forget it; it's full up...

| Despite the obvious difficulties from time to time with the cb band 
| (voice) it has proved popular and its existence justified especially 
| its emergency uses from time to time.

Sir, I think it's time you realised that you don't have a clue what you
are talking about.  Stick with CB; they're full of your type.

Oh, I keep hearing rumours that CREST is dying out fast; it seems that
those with yuppie-phones are more able to report MVA's etc than your
average CB'er.  What was that about emergency use again?

-- 
Dave Horsfall (VK2KFU)         VK2KFU @ VK2RWI.NSW.AUS.OC
dave@esi.COM.AU                ...munnari!esi.COM.AU!dave
Xref: sparky aus.radio:993 rec.radio.shortwave:9855
From: bob@werple.apana.org.au (Bob Blanchett)
Newsgroups: aus.radio,rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: New guy wants info on SWL
Date: 26 Jan 1993 16:39:34 +1100
Organization: Werple, Public Access *NIX, Oz
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: werple.apana.org.au


I've been listening to relays of the BBC overnight in Melbourne for some
time now and Id like to expand my SWL horizons.

Can anyone offer any pointers for 

type/make of radio I should start with,
where I can find information on frequencies, program times etc
any other type of info a newbie/beginner might find useful.

Thanks,

Bob.
Newsgroups: aus.radio,rec.radio.amateur.packet,rec.radio.amateur.misc
From: jeice@newt.phys.unsw.edu.au (Jose Goicoechea)
Subject: Info needed on 2m & 70cm Satellite connections.
Organization: University of New South Wales
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 11:43:17 GMT

At the moment I am pretty new to amateur radio but would like to know some 
info about connecting and using amateur satellites on 2m and 70cm
I would like to hear from people (especially from Sydney Australia) about 
how they have achieved connections and describe what kind of setup you are using ( radio , antenna etc).
Also is it difficult (or possible) to DX on 2m and 70cm using repeaters or
satellites 

Any info or help appreciated 
Regards 
Jose 

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Jose Goikoetxea 	 ### TECNOFORCE ###        jeice@newt.phys.edu.au
 			~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 
		       The Wave Of The Future!!
From: dave@eram.esi.COM.AU (Dave Horsfall)
Newsgroups: aus.radio
Subject: Re: VK0ABC pirate (was Re: PAGERS (WAS RE: VK2WI WEEKLY
Date: 25 Jan 93 00:50:01 GMT
Organization: Pacific ESI, Sydney, AUSTRALIA
X-Disclaimer: "Me, speak for us?"
X-Witty-Saying: "Mobius strip - see other side for instructions"

In article <1993Jan18.212429.788@runx.oz.au>,
    richardm@runx.oz.au (Richard Murnane) writes:

| Shush Dave, you're not supposed to admit to hearing pirates on air; it only
| encourages them, knowing that they've gotten through :-)

Well, it's not often they "out" themselves like that; I usually have to
do it for them...

-- 
Dave Horsfall (VK2KFU)         VK2KFU @ VK2RWI.NSW.AUS.OC
dave@esi.COM.AU                ...munnari!esi.COM.AU!dave
Newsgroups: aus.radio