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On Wisconsin!

Subject: On Wisconsin!
From: oo7@astro.as.utexas.edu (oo7@astro.as.utexas.edu)
Date: Tue Dec 21 18:25:39 1993
WB2EKK says, re Fred K3ZO:

        Fred can remember the call of every station he has ever worked 
        in any contest. Fred is an amazing guy.

In my younger days I thought I had worked HH on CW when I heard
something like HH3TW, QSL via K3ZO.  Of course it was 5H3TW (I
still maintain that he sent HH...).  Fred sent my card back and
told me to correct the call.  I did it, sent my card back, and
then he told me I wasn't in the log.   How I did laugh - not.

Derek AA5BT

>From Rich K2WR <72407.1262@CompuServe.COM>  Wed Dec 22 00:00:28 1993
From: Rich K2WR <72407.1262@CompuServe.COM> (Rich K2WR)
Subject: Univ. Club trivia
Message-ID: <931222000028_72407.1262_FHG43-3@CompuServe.COM>

   Here's a quick quiz question:
   W2CXM is well known as the amateur club call of Cornell Univ.
   What educational institution's ham club holds the call W2CXN ?
   ( No callbook / Buckmaster lookup allowed.)

   I attended neither of the institutions referred to above.

   Any other W1YU alumni on the reflector?

de Rich K2WR


>From jlgiasi@umassmed.UMMED.EDU (John L. Luigi Giasi)  Wed Dec 22 00:16:00 1993
From: jlgiasi@umassmed.UMMED.EDU (John L. Luigi Giasi) (John L. Luigi Giasi)
Subject: VHF-Limited Multi-op Category - NO stay in single op
Message-ID: <9312220016.AA00921@umassmed.UMMED.EDU>

In the message from WEBSTER_KER@CSUSYS.CTSTATEU.EDU........
->
->>From Mark (AA1AK):
->
->I am in the process of building up my VHF/UHF station. I currently have 50, 
->144, and 432 Mhz with hopes of adding 222 Mhz soon, and I have no immediate 
->plans to add any capabilites above 432. 
->Without those additional bands, I can't 
->compete against the single op's who do. 

Stay in single-op:

The single-ops also compete on a band-by-band basis.. (note the bold
ABCD9 etc etc on some single-op logs...)..

You can still win for any band that you are tops in...


73 de Luigi, AA1AA
-- 
John L. Luigi Giasi, AA1AA                         jlgiasi@umassmed.ummed.edu
System Programmer
Scientific Computing, IRD
University of Massachusetts Medical Center                             ..._._

>From Doug Grant <0006008716@mcimail.com>  Wed Dec 22 00:00:00 1993
From: Doug Grant <0006008716@mcimail.com> (Doug Grant)
Subject: College Daze
Message-ID: <15931222000051/0006008716NA1EM@mcimail.com>

OK...another one...

Lowell Tech (later Univ. of Lowell), little state-run engineering school in 
Mass...club call WA1JUY:

K1RX EE 73
K1DG EE 75
K1AR EE 77

we passed the torch to K1TA (at one time destined to be EE 79), but he flunked 
out and the torch went dead. Last I heard, someone stole the Drake-line.

And another W2CXM (Cornell) alum: KQ2M, opr of KM1H a lot. I think he graduated,
but the number of credits may have been reduced in the log-checking...

KC1F also spent a semester or so at CXM.

Doug K1DG

>From George Cutsogeorge <0006354141@mcimail.com>  Wed Dec 22 03:41:00 1993
From: George Cutsogeorge <0006354141@mcimail.com> (George Cutsogeorge)
Subject: The Dark Knights Table
Message-ID: <85931222034158/0006354141PK4EM@mcimail.com>

It is beyond my comprehension how my message
about the IC-751A made it's way to TDKT.

If I have offended anyone with my comments
I am sorry.

George, W2VJN

>From Doug Brandon <dab@kaiwan.com>  Wed Dec 22 05:17:36 1993
From: Doug Brandon <dab@kaiwan.com> (Doug Brandon)
Subject: No subject
Message-ID: <199312220517.VAA04720@kaiwan.kaiwan.com>

review
quit

/*-------------------------------------*/
Doug Brandon        Amateur Radio: NF6H
dab@kaiwan.com      Placentia, California                                    

>From Danny Eskenazi <0005720561@mcimail.com>  Wed Dec 22 05:08:00 1993
From: Danny Eskenazi <0005720561@mcimail.com> (Danny Eskenazi)
Subject: Greetings from the hated PAC 10....Let me just begin a list of
Message-ID: <02931222050820/0005720561PK2EM@mcimail.com>

The University of Washington is proud to be the alma mater of the following:
W7WA
K7SS
W7XR
K7JA
N7UA
and others to be announced

nuff said.....

>From Trey Garlough <GARLOUGH@TGV.COM>  Wed Dec 22 05:41:03 1993
From: Trey Garlough <GARLOUGH@TGV.COM> (Trey Garlough)
Subject: The Dark Knights Table
Message-ID: <756538863.183668.GARLOUGH@TGV.COM>

> It is beyond my comprehension how my message
> about the IC-751A made it's way to TDKT.
> 
> If I have offended anyone with my comments
> I am sorry.

Don't take this Dark Knights stuff too personally.  These messages were
generated automatically by a robot on a machine that three people had
CQ-Contest subscriptions through.  I dropped these three guys from the
distribution as soon as it happened.

--Trey, WN4KKN/6

>From Trey Garlough <GARLOUGH@TGV.COM>  Wed Dec 22 14:15:28 1993
From: Trey Garlough <GARLOUGH@TGV.COM> (Trey Garlough)
Subject: FAQ list
Message-ID: <756569728.578669.GARLOUGH@TGV.COM>

  CQ-CONTEST@TGV.COM Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) List
                   Revised:  December 10, 1993


What is CQ-CONTEST?

CQ-CONTEST@TGV.COM is an electronic mail reflector dedicated to hams
interested in all types of amateur radio contesting.  This is a good
place for score reports, expedition rumors, and other contest-related
discussion or announcements.  This forum is more like the NCJ than
QST; INFO-HAMS@UCSD.EDU and rec.radio.amateur.misc are good places to
look for a more rounded discussion of the hobby.

Although there is overlap between contesters and DXers, CQ-CONTEST is
not a DX-oriented group.  DX@UNBC.EDU is an electronic mail mailing
list dedicated to the discussion of DXing.  To "get on the list" for
the DXing discussion, send mail to DX-REQUEST@UNBC.EDU.

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coverage radius of 12,000 miles or so.  Think of sending mail to the
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Use regular email to send a message to a specific individual.

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How can I find out more about the Internet?

Pick up a copy of the book _The Internet Companion_ by Tracy LaQuey,
Addison-Wesley, ISBN 0-201-62224-6.  If your local technical book
store doesn't carry it, you can order from Computer Literacy,
2590 North First Street, San Jose, CA 95131.  Their phone number is
408-435-0744.


73,  The Wouff Hong


>From John Dorr K1AR" <p00259@psilink.com  Wed Dec 22 16:10:50 1993
From: John Dorr K1AR" <p00259@psilink.com (John Dorr K1AR)
Subject: Contest Universities
Message-ID: <2965662525.0.p00259@psilink.com>

OK...and there was WA1JUY (Lowell Technological Institute...aka U Mass @ 
Lowell) who graduated at the amazement of many: K1AR, K1DG, K1RX.

>From Jay Kesterson K0GU x6826 <jayk@hpxxx.fc.hp.com>  Wed Dec 22 20:05:00 1993
From: Jay Kesterson K0GU x6826 <jayk@hpxxx.fc.hp.com> (Jay Kesterson K0GU x6826)
Subject: Another propagation program
Message-ID: <9312222005.AA09799@hpxxx.fc.hp.com>

Another propagation program that may be of interest is called 'signal'.
According to its doc file its based on IONCAP, MINIMUF and some ITU
raytracing algorithms (whatever that is). It predicts signal arrival
strength and signal arrival angle. You create a file that has the
gain of a antenna from 0 to 45 degrees and it computes the signal
strength. Its a interesting program but I don't know how accurate. Like
some other propagation programs its very pessimistic on its MUF predictions.
The program has a documentation file 'signal.doc' that should get you up
and running.

The source file is named sigpax.tar.Z. It is available via anonymous ftp
from  w6yx.stanford.edu  in the directory  pub/sigpax.

I got the program ready to run on a HP UN*X workstation by the following
method:

uncompress sigpax.tar.Z
tar xfv sigpax.tar
cc -Aa -o signal signal.c -lm

I'm no expert so if you have a problem getting the program compiled etc
talk to your local system admin.

I have a antenna file for the program that is the gain profile of a 
204BA from 30 feet to 240 feet above ground in 30 foot increments. If
anybody is interested I will Email it to you. Will be out of the plant
from 10AM tomorrow till Jan 3. Not sure if I will be able to check my
Email before the 3rd.

73, Jay K0GU

>From Danny Eskenazi <0005720561@mcimail.com>  Wed Dec 22 17:47:00 1993
From: Danny Eskenazi <0005720561@mcimail.com> (Danny Eskenazi)
Subject: University of Washington Contest types
Message-ID: <92931222174729/0005720561PK1EM@mcimail.com>

How about; W7WA  W7XR  N7UA  K7JA  K7SS  KY7X  KR7G  K7UU  K7RA  N6TJ
KA7MCX (vhf)......... allfrom the premier school of the "hated PAC 10"
.....the REAL   U.W. !!!   nuff said

>From DKMC" <dkmc@chevron.com  Wed Dec 22 22:45:57 1993
From: DKMC" <dkmc@chevron.com (DKMC)
Subject: College Club Grad List 1
Message-ID: <CPLAN065.DKMC.0817.1993 12 22 14 44 14 44>


 Microsoft Mail v3.0 IPM.Microsoft Mail.Note
 From: McCarty, DK 'David'
 To:  OPEN ADDRESSING SERVI-OPENADDR
 Subject:  College Club Grad List 1
 Priority:
 Message ID: F7520269
 Conversation ID: F7520269

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 First Pass.

 I think some notes are being flushed by the soft switch between my mail
 server and the portal, so please proof the list.

 Thanks to all posting input:
 AD1C, K1AR, KI, TR, ZX
 WB2CPU, EKK, K2MM, WK, KB2R, W2SC
 WX3N, K3RA, KM3T
 KE4GY, KI4HN, WN4KKN
 K5TM, KT5V, W5VX
 N6KL
 K7SS
 K8CH, N8ET, WA8YVR{q
 W9IP, W9NQ

 Gig 'em, Aggies]
 Dave, K5GN
 dkmc@chevron.com

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 Brown Universitym~{q
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 (a.k.a. University of Massachusetts at Lowell)fztr
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>From Fred Hopengarten" 
><jjmhome!uunet.uu.net!k1vr%k1vr.UUCP@transfer.stratus.com  Fri Dec 24 05:25:54 
>1993
From: Fred Hopengarten" 
<jjmhome!uunet.uu.net!k1vr%k1vr.UUCP@transfer.stratus.com (Fred Hopengarten)
Subject: Stacking Tribanders
Message-ID: <2d1a7d67.k1vr@k1vr.UUCP>

On Tue, 14 Dec 93 10:24:00 PST, mhs.elan.af.mil!selbredb.csc
(W9NQ/6) wrote:

>    Does anyone have any direct experience stacking 2 or
more tribanders and making it actual work?  I am under the
impression that making them work decently on all three bands
is next to impossible.

K1VR:  I have a stack of TH6's, which I fondly refer to as a
TH12DXX.  N6BV (who has something bigger on top and two
TH7's below) and I have written an article on the subject
which will appear in the February 1994 QST, which you will
get in just 30 days.  KM9P has a stack of two.
AB6FO is about to try.  K3WW has a TH19 (TH6/TH7/TH6) and
was #1 USA SOA CQWW CW.

Here are your basic tips:

1.   Can you borrow a Time Domain Reflectometer to equalize
feedline lengths?  If not, start with a big role of one type
of feedline and make two equal lengths.

2.   Decide if you wish to switch indoors or out.

3.   It is more expensive, but you'll be happier:  Buy a TIC
RingRotor for the lower one.

4.   Use Amidon 2:1 un uns, or build your own.

5.   Harass N3RD, operating under the guise of Top Ten
Devices, into building a low SWR switch box.  My system took
three iterations to get the SWR down.  Note however that
N6BV takes the position that striving for a low SWR switch
is an over-rated goal.

> I am considering stacking 2 TH6DXX's about 60-70 feet
apart on the same tower.

K1VR:  Yeah, but what will the absolute heights be?  If you
want a REALLY good answer to how YOUR stack will perform,
buy N6BV's book and K6STI's program, along with a fast
computer.

Does my stack of TH6's work?  Here are some selected
results:

1990      ARRL DX CW M/S           #2 USA (to W3BGN)
1991      ARRL DX CW M/S           #2 USA (to W3BGN)
1992      ARRL DX CW M/S           #2 USA (to W3BGN)
1993      WAE CW (by DL1SBR)       #2 USA (to W3BGN op.,
                                             K2TW)
1993      CQ WW PH SOA (by AA2DU)       #2 USA (to K2WK)
1993      CQ WW CW SOA (by AA2DU)       #4 USA

The question is NOT, do stacked tribanders work.  The
question is:  What does a fella have to do to get a piece of
hardwood?
-- 
                      Fred Hopengarten K1VR
           Six Willarch Road * Lincoln, MA 01773-5105
     home + office telephone:  617/259-0088 (FAX on demand)
"Big antennas, high in the sky, are better than small ones, low."


>From fred.kleber@atlas.ccmail.PacTel.COM (fred kleber)  Thu Dec 23 11:05:01 
>1993
From: fred.kleber@atlas.ccmail.PacTel.COM (fred kleber) (fred kleber)
Subject: 160M Antennas
Message-ID: <9311237566.AA756644701@atlas.ccmail.pactel.com>

Message Creation Date was at 22-DEC-1993 15:59:00

    Would appreciate some advice from any 160 meter aficionados on the
    reflector.  I have a 200 foot self supporting lattice tower located on
    a 600 foot bluff overlooking the Pacific ocean at my disposal for the
    160 meter contest at the end of January.

    I'm leaning toward putting up 3 half wave slopers pointed at JA,EU and
    SA for the contest.  Another friend of mine suggested that we just put
    up an inverted vee at the top of the tower.  I've used the sloper
    configuration before and it played very well.  I've also pondered
    putting up a delta loop but think the tower is too low.

    We'll have beverages w/appropriate terminations & preamps so we can
    hear all of the 10 watt OL stations calling - HI.  (Not quite from the
    west coast...)

    Any other types of antennas I should be considering?  Comments,
    suggestions?

    Fred, K9VV

>From Jim Reisert AD1C  23-Dec-1993 1045 <reisert@wrksys.enet.dec.com>  Thu Dec 
>23 15:40:56 1993
From: Jim Reisert AD1C  23-Dec-1993 1045 <reisert@wrksys.enet.dec.com> (Jim 
Reisert AD1C 23-Dec-1993 1045)
Subject: CT-BBS Status?
Message-ID: <9312231540.AA08068@us1rmc.bb.dec.com>

Tim, KU4J asked:

>Anyone know the status of CT-BBS (508)-460-8877? No answer in the last
>3-4 days. I wanted to update from CT8.44 to ??

to which Ken, K1EA replied:


Dick sometimes takes it down to use the modem. About half the time he
forgets to put it back up. I've been out of town, but will put it online
again today. - Ken

73 - Jim AD1C

>From Richard Hallman <0006135537@mcimail.com>  Thu Dec 23 14:36:00 1993
From: Richard Hallman <0006135537@mcimail.com> (Richard Hallman)
Subject: College and KI3V....
Message-ID: <51931223143615/0006135537NA1EM@mcimail.com>



     WOW!!    I feel like I should have a Degree to be on the Reflector
now.     Maybe If I stayed at Penn State, I too could be a Successful
Contester.         

    KI3V  2 1/2 Years @ Penn State.


    Happy Holidays!       Rich   KI3V Portable Seven!   

                                           KI3V@mcimail.com

>From George Cutsogeorge <0006354141@mcimail.com>  Thu Dec 23 15:18:00 1993
From: George Cutsogeorge <0006354141@mcimail.com> (George Cutsogeorge)
Subject: Stacking Tribanders
Message-ID: <52931223151825/0006354141PK3EM@mcimail.com>

No need to harass N3RD, as TOP TEN already sells a low vswr
relay box.  It has six outputs from one input, operates on
12 volts and is available as a bare board or in a 5x7x2 box.
 (Designed by yours truly.) George, W2VJN 

>From blunt@arrl.org (Billy Lunt KR1R)  Thu Dec 23 19:54:03 1993
From: blunt@arrl.org (Billy Lunt KR1R) (Billy Lunt KR1R)
Subject: RTTY Roundup
Message-ID: <4554@bl>

There has been some confusion on which weekend the ARRL RTTY Roundup 
is scheduled for. The correct weekend is:  January 8-9, 1994.

Starts 1800 UTC Jan 8 and ends at 2400 UTC Jan 9. All stations
operate no more than 24 hours. Two rest periods, for a combined
total of six hours, must be taken in two single blocks of time,
and clearly marked in thee log.

Modes: Baudot RTTY, ASCII, AMOTOR, and packet (attended operation 
only).

For complete rules see December QST page 127.

Within 30 days after the contest, send your entries via:


INTERNET - ASCII summary sheet and ASCII log file 
          (following the ARRL Suggested File Format)
           to  contest@arrl.org

ARRL BBS - ASCII summary sheet and ASCII log file 
          (following the ARRL Suggested File Format)
           BBS up to 14.4-k baud  
           telephone: (203) 665-0090

DISK -     Paper summary sheet and ASCII log file 
          (following the ARRL Suggested File Format)
           3.5 or 5.25 inch diskettes (high or low density)

PAPER ENTRY - Official forms or reasonable facsimiles
              Summary sheet, logs, dupe sheets


Mailing Address: ARRL Contest Branch
                 225 Main Street
                 Newington, CT 06111

73,
Billy


Contest Guru....."we check 'em all"

+--------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| Billy Lunt, KR1R               | Voice:       203-666-1541       |
| Contest Manager                | FAX:         203-665-7531       |
| American Radio Relay League    | ARRL BBS:    203-666-0578       |
| 225 Main Street                | BBS Uploads: 203-665-0090       |
| Newington, CT 06111            | Internet:    blunt@arrl.org     |
+--------------------------------+---------------------------------+


>From DKMC" <dkmc@chevron.com  Thu Dec 23 20:16:55 1993
From: DKMC" <dkmc@chevron.com (DKMC)
Subject: College Club Grad List 2
Message-ID: <CPLAN065.DKMC.7240.1993 12 23 12 12 12 12>


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 From: McCarty, DK 'David'
 To:  OPEN ADDRESSING SERVI-OPENADDR
 Subject:  College Club Grad List 2
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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------


 Sorry about the extraneous characters; hope this one is cleaner.  Thanks for
 corrections and updates.

 Merry Christmas to all; remember the real reason for the season.

 David K. McCarty, K5GN
 dkmc@chevron.com


 Thanks to:
 AA1AA, AD1C, K1AR, DG, KI, TR, VR, ZX, W1XE, WU1F
 K2MM, TNO, WK, KB2R, N2AA, W2SC, PA, WB2CPU, EKK
 K3RA, KI3V, KM3T, WX3N
 KE4GY, KI4HN, WN4KKN
 K5TM, TU, KB5NFN, KE5FI, KT5V, W5VX, WB5VZL
 AA6KX, N6KL, XI, WA6BXH
 K7SS, WA7VYJ
 K8CH, N8ET, WA8LLY, YVR
 AG9A, K9MA, KA9EKJ, W9IP, NQ
 N0GOS

 K1AD
 Brown University
     ?

 W1AF
 Harvard University
     W1CF (BSEE)
     W1ETH (BA)
     K1VR (HBS MBA '72)
     NZ1W/G0UHK (HBS MBA, PhD)
     K3UOC/YV5 (a.k.a. 4M5A) (Ed. D. cand.)
     W6OAT (HBS MBA)
     W0ZV (HBS MBA)
     KH6IJ (Ed. M. '61)

 WA1JUY
 Lowell Technological Institute
 (a.k.a. University of Massachusetts at Lowell)
     K1AR/2 ('77)
     K1DG ('75)
     K1RX ('73)
     W1XE (MSEE '80)

 W1MX/W1XM
 Massachusetts Inst. of Technology
 (a.k.a. MIT)
     AD1C
     K1PR
     KA1R
     K1RT
     W2JU
     K3KU
     K3TW (MSEE)
     W6OAT
     W6QHS
     N6XI
     W0ZV

 W1PR
 Boston College
     K1VR (BC Law '70)

 WA1???
 Boston University
     N1EE/6
     K1ZX/4

 W1YK?
 Worcester Polytechnic Inst.
     W1FEA
     N6AA (K2PHF)
     W6XD

 ?
 Southeastern Mass. Univ.
     W1XE (BSEE '75)

 W2CXM
 Cornell University
     K1EA
     N2AU
     WB2CPU
     KQ2M
     W2PA (PhD '84)
     WA2SRQ(EE '71)
     W2SQ (dng)
     K3NA
     K3RV
     AC6T (PhD '74)
     N8ET

 K2MFF
 Newark College of Engineering
     N2AA (EE '71)
     K3TW (EE '71)

 WA2NPP
 Rutgers University
     N2BA
     K2BMI
     N2EA
     W2PA (BSEE '77)
     W2VT ('77)
     K2WK ('77)

 WA2NPQ
 University of Buffalo
     N2IC ('77)

 W2SZ
 Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst.
 (a.k.a. RPI)
     AA1AA
     K1RU
     WA2AAU
     K2MM (dng)
     W2SC('81)
     K2SS (EE)
     K2TR (grad?)
     W2UP
     K2VV

 K2ZWI
 University of Rochester (NY)
     KB2R

 ?
 Albany Medical School?
     K2SS (PhD)

 K3CR ?
 Pennsylvania State University
 (a.k.a. Penn State)
     KI3V (dng)

 WA3EPT/W3GQF
 Johns Hopkins University
     K2TNO/5
     K3CU
     AI3M (W3WZL)
     K3RA (K3GJD)
     N4AR (K4GSU)
     WB6FZJ
     W8KIC
     TI2CF (HR1CF)

 N3KZ (W3ABT)
 University of Pennsylvania
     WA2BFW
     KR2Q
     WN3A
     N3HW
     N3JT
     KM3T
     W3XU
     KH6CP

 ?
 United States Naval Academy
     K0DQ

 W4AQL
 Georgia Institute of Technology
 (a.k.a. Georgia Tech)
     K2GL
     ND3A
     AA5UO

 ?
 Memphis State University
     KE4GY('78)

 ?
 North Carolina State University
     W1NJM
     W2SQ
     KE4GY('80)

 W5AC
 Texas A & M University
     WU1F ('72)
     N5BA (WB2HEY)
     K5GN ('80) (WB2GAV,WB5OOW,WB5UZA/0)
     WM5K (PhD, '79) (WB5YOT)
     N5TC
     KT5V ('85) (WN5PKH)
     W5VX ('66) (K5TSR)

 W5EHM
 The University of Texas
 (a.k.a., t.u.)
     WA4D (does he count???)
     WN4KKN
     KE5CV (Really?)
     KE5FI
     KB5NFN (vhf)
     N5TR
     K5TSQ
     WB5VZL
     KA5WSS
     K5ZD (WB5QDW)
     9V1YC

 WB5FND
 The University of Houston
     NT5D
     N5DU
     N5EA
     KN5H
     NZ5I
     NM5M
     WB5N
     K5TU

 W5YG  ?
 Rice University
     W5ASP (ZF2NE)

 W5ZM
 New Mexico Military Institute
     KE5FI

 ?
 Texas Tech.
     KE5FI

 W6BB
 University of California, Berkeley
     K2MM
     N6IG
     N6IP
     N6KL
     KI6P
     AC6T (BS '67)
     WB6ZQZ

 W6RFU
 University of California, Santa Barbara
     (AC6T, faculty advisor)

 W6YL
 San Jose State University
     AD6E
     WA6BXH/7J1ABV

 W6YX
 Stanford University
     W2SQ
     K5RR
     W6QHS

 ?
 California State University, Sonoma
 (a.k.a. Sonoma State College)
     K1KI

 W7OHR
 Brigham Young University
     WA7VYJ (BS Physics '88)

 ?
 University of Washington
     N6TJ
     KR7G
     K7JA
     KA7MCX
     K7RA
     K7SS
     N7UA
     K7UU
     W7WA
     KY7X
     W7XR

 W8SH
 Michigan State University
     K1ZZ
     W4QM
     K5TM (WB5IZN)
     K7GM (grad?)
     K7NHV
     K8CH (K8UDJ)
     K8MFO
     NA8V

 W8UM
 University of Michigan
     K1GQ
     K1TR
     N2IC
     W2PA (MSEE '78)
     W3FJ
     N4KG
     N8UM
     WA8YVR
     W8ZF
 W8PGW
 UM South Quadrangle ARC
     WA8LLY/6

 K9IU
 Indiana University
     ?

 W9YB
 Purdue University
     W2RQ
     K4VX/0

 W9YH
 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
     AG9A
     K9GL
     W9IP
     K9VV/6
     K9PW

 W9YOL
 University of Western Illinois
     WX3N
     N6RJ
     KA9EKJ (BS Ind. Tech. '82) (future big gun?)

 W9YT
 University of Wisconsin
     W3XU
     K3ZO
     K5TA
     AA6KX
     K6NA
     N6ZZ
     AA9A
     AC9C
     K9CAN
     NA9D/VS6WO
     K9MA
     W9NQ(dng)
     W9WI
     W9XT
     N9XX
     N0GOS (MSEE '69)
     K0TK

 W0EEE
 University of Missouri--Rolla
     KI4HN ('83)
     N0AX/7

 W0YC
 University of Minnesota
     ?

 W0ZLN
 University of Missouri--Columbia
     KR0Y/5

 ?
 Colorado School of Mines?
 Missouri School of Mines?
     N1GL/4 (P40A)
     W0UN


>From k3lr <k3lr@telerama.lm.com>  Thu Dec 23 20:28:09 1993
From: k3lr <k3lr@telerama.lm.com> (k3lr)
Subject: Late Contest Bits
Message-ID: <199312232028.PAA20355@telerama.lm.com>

Season's Greetings to All:

     Been off line for several weeks and thought a change of bandwidth
would be welcome.

SS Phone at K3LR---  Who would ever think that you could make the top
10 let alone the top 5 in single op in SS Phone from Western PA???

K3UA was guest op.  He was very intense.  I don't think anyone has
ever been 3rd from W.PA. in SS phone before!
Band Breakdowns:
80- 623 qsos
40- 558
20- 858
15-   6
10- 116

Total 2161 x 77

Phil had several hours over 160/hr on 20 meters.  The new 20 meter 3
high stack really played well.  With all antennas on their own rotor
(on the same tower) he could point each one in a different direction
to create a somewhat omni pattern.  The condx on 20 were very good for
the east and poor for the W6's at the start.

Congrats to #2 and #1  KM9P and KI3V!

CQ WW CW K3LR Multi-Multi

160 Meters----W3YQ and W5ONL ops

The 4 element inverted wire array from the 190 foot 40 meter tower
really worked well.  The band condx were super!  YQ had good runs both
days into Europe.  Worked VK, ZL, ZS9 and JA.  Being .5 miles from the
Ohio border means that we don't get good EU runs.  This time it was
different!  K1AR worked 111 EU stns.  K3LR worked 104.

192 qsos  22 zones  72 countries.

80 Meters----NI8L op

The HyTower four sqare was broken during the phone contest, but
repaired in time for great 80 meter condx on CW. NI8L ran 60+ JAs
on Saturday.
784 qsos  34 zones  148 countries

40 Meters----K3LR op

The band seemed flat, but every other top multi did better.  Called
lots of CQs, not many answers.  With 2 full size 3 element beams at
190' over 100' you'd think our score would be better here. Time to go
back to PED school.  Like KR0Y said "Who was the schmuck on 40?"
1187 qsos  38 zones  148 countries

20 meters----NA8V op

Great score from the eastern midwest!  Wore a stocking hat the whole
time to keep his head warm!  Shack temp was 80 degrees.....
Antennas are 5 over 5 over 5 at 170'/110'/50'
1587 qsos  38 zones  155 countries

15 meters----WR3G op

Best 15 meter score of the top 4 USA multis!  Scotty had the best band
rates for K3LR both days.  Must have been the secret cookies!
Antennas are 6 over 6 over 6 at 120'/80'/40'
1263 qsos  35 zones   141 countries

10 meters----K8CX op

Tom operates 10 meter single band from home every year but this year.
Poor condx, with long path, go figure!  Best part was seeing K8CX's
face when VS6 and YB called...
Antennas 7 over 7 over 7 at 100'/66'/33'
         6 elements at 200'
209 qsos  24 zones 75 countries

3rd time out as a multi multi and we have been 4th each time.
We are getting closer....

See you in ARRL DX, multi-multi both modes.
73,
Tim K3LR       k3lr@telerama.lm.com   (new adr)

>From k3lr <k3lr@telerama.lm.com>  Thu Dec 23 20:31:21 1993
From: k3lr <k3lr@telerama.lm.com> (k3lr)
Subject: Penn State Grads
Message-ID: <199312232031.PAA20416@telerama.lm.com>



OPs from Penn State University  K3CR
WR3G
K3UA
W3YQ
N3BJ
K3LR
WA3FET
K3OO
K3ANS
WA3LRO
W3AS
KB8I

We're still rounding them up!!!
Who will win this contest?

73,
Tim K3LR

>From k3lr <k3lr@telerama.lm.com>  Thu Dec 23 20:34:54 1993
From: k3lr <k3lr@telerama.lm.com> (k3lr)
Subject: Contest Expeditions
Message-ID: <199312232034.PAA20450@telerama.lm.com>

I wonder how many guys feel that the number of Contest Expeditions
would increase in the ARRL contests if these scores would count for
your club totals? (Like CQ....)  

Do you like the idea?
How do you hadle guest/host situations?
How do you split multis with several ops from different clubs?

Sure would be nice to see people flying all over the place for the
ARRL contests.  (Like CQ...)

73,
Tim K3LR

>From k3lr <k3lr@telerama.lm.com>  Thu Dec 23 20:39:25 1993
From: k3lr <k3lr@telerama.lm.com> (k3lr)
Subject: Single op status
Message-ID: <199312232039.PAA20493@telerama.lm.com>


Recently overheard a comment that sinle op and single op assisted
should be combined into one.  
In the ARRL DX contest the assisted guys are not beating the single
ops.  Why is this?
These guys felt that single ops are watching packet anyway.  So
bringing the classes together would make things whole again.
What do you think?

73,
Tim K3LR   k3lr@telerama.lm.com

>From Not a paperless office <young@young.enet.dec.com>  Thu Dec 23 21:18:58 
>1993
From: Not a paperless office <young@young.enet.dec.com> (Not a paperless office)
Subject: Contest Expeditions
Message-ID: <9312232117.AA27137@us1rmc.bb.dec.com>

I don't think counting DXpeditions scores for clubs in the ARRL
contests would make that big a difference.  From outside the US
the ARRL DX is very different from the CQ WW.  If I want to run
lots of W stations I'll operate Sweepstakes.

                                Paul, K1XM

>From Bruce Sawyer" <sawyer@twg.com  Thu Dec 23 22:08:24 1993
From: Bruce Sawyer" <sawyer@twg.com (Bruce Sawyer)
Subject: Contest Expeditions
Message-ID: <9312232208.AA08052@eco.twg.com>

K3LR posted the following suggestion to the reflector:

>I wonder how many guys feel that the number of Contest Expeditions
>would increase in the ARRL contests if these scores would count for
>your club totals? (Like CQ....)  
>
>Do you like the idea?
>How do you hadle guest/host situations?
>How do you split multis with several ops from different clubs?
>
>Sure would be nice to see people flying all over the place for the
>ARRL contests.  (Like CQ...)
>
I don't think anybody would argue that this kind of change would not hurt 
the level of expedition activity and it might even encourage it.  As it 
stands today, a club score is really diminished twice when a member goes on 
the road for an expidition:  the club doesn't get the score the guy got in 
the remote spot and then again by not getting the score the guy would have 
earned if he had stayed at home.

However, this simple observation doesn't tell the whole story.  The rules 
would need to be rewritten to promote expedition activity without having any 
negative side effects which would detract from the spirit of club 
competition as we have it today.  The danger I fear is in weakening the 
current concept of what counts as a club.  As it stands now, a club score is 
determined by the set of members who both reside and operate within 175 
miles of the club's center.  If you start weakening that by allowing 
operation outside of the 175 mile circle, then you may tilt the balance 
toward clubs which are most aggressive in getting the country's top 
contesters to agree to count their score toward their total rather than the 
clubs which are able to obtain the highest level of participation by their 
membership.  I have already been embroiled in bitter and divisive conflict 
over attempts to redefine "reside" in creative ways (doesn't residing 
overnight at the point of operation count for establishing residency in club 
territory?) and so fear that relaxing the point of operating location would 
leave too little constraint on the concept of "club membership".

                                       Bruce, ZF8BS/AA6KX

>From Peter Hardie <hardie@herald.usask.ca>  Thu Dec 23 23:57:41 1993
From: Peter Hardie <hardie@herald.usask.ca> (Peter Hardie)
Subject: Single op status
Message-ID: <Pine.3.88.9312231742.A1383-0100000@herald.usask.ca>

On Thu, 23 Dec 1993, k3lr wrote:
> 
> Recently overheard a comment that sinle op and single op assisted
> should be combined into one.  
> In the ARRL DX contest the assisted guys are not beating the single
> ops.  Why is this?

Simple. *REAL* contesters don't need assistance :-)

73 de Pete
ve5va.qrp@usask.ca


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