Hi Contesters,
It was nice to catch some of you this weekend on RTTY in reasonable
good conditions. I made 350 QSO, only 2 on 10 m, but 40m was in
good shape. Surprised by number of DXpeditions ( C6, PJ, VP5 ).
This was the last contest I used S57MM and as from today I'll be S56A.
73 de Mario, N1YU.
>From draperbl <draperbl@smtplink.mdl.sandia.gov> Wed Jan 12 14:58:25 1994
From: draperbl <draperbl@smtplink.mdl.sandia.gov> (draperbl)
Subject: K9RS RTTY Score
Message-ID: <9401120858.A07756@smtplink.mdl.sandia.gov.>
Hmmmm, lots of NAQP scores posted, not many ARRL RTTY scores.
Wonder if I picked the wrong contest. Who is responsible for the
conflict, anyway? Both the NAQP and RTTY contests might have more
activitiy next year if we can get them untangled.
K9RS, New Mexico ARRL RTTY Contest Multi-Op (K9RS + AA5B)
80 125
40 211
20 468
15 231
10 11
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1046 QSOs X (59 W/VE mults + 43 countries) = 106k points
This score beats the current record held by AA6TT, but I wouldn't
be surprised if other stations also beat it. Lots of activity and
pretty good conditions. Did anyone collect scores after the
contest?
We definitely have a love/hate relationship with the WF1B RTTY
logging software. It's great that a package exists that is geared
to RTTY contesting, but this one sure has lots of rough edges.
We'll send a wish list to WF1B soon . . . I hope other operators
will, too.
Some of the rules for this contest are odd. Example: all
stations must take 6 hours of off time IN TWO BLOCKS (will
disqualification occur if three blocks are taken?), but there is
no minimum length for the blocks (is 5 minutes OK?). The ten-
minute rule for multi-ops is a big handicap -- single op stations
have no restrictions on band hopping with two radios to pick up
multipliers and new stations. Yeah, I know we've been through
this before . . . Anyway, we ended up simply using one radio and
operated in 2-hour shifts.
Station:
KT34XA @ 70 ft, KT34A @ 50 ft, 2-el 40 @ 80 ft, 80 meter Vee.
TS850 + Henry amplifier, HAL rtty board in the computer.
HF packet spots via VHF packet helped a lot (thanks, K5TA)
73,
Bruce AA5B
draperbl@mdlchtm.eece.unm.edu
>From Rick, K7GM" <AONISWAN@ECUVM.CIS.ECU.EDU Wed Jan 12 16:06:22 1994
From: Rick, K7GM" <AONISWAN@ECUVM.CIS.ECU.EDU (Rick, K7GM)
Subject: Beam Heading Program
Does anyone have or know of access to a program which can figure beam
headings? It has been a few years since I have been back on the east
coast. Although I can remember the biggies (EU is still towards the
northeast, right?), I'd like to get a listing to put by the rig for when
that semi-rare one shows up. Any leads?
Rick, K7GM
>From mwilson@arrl.org (Mark Wilson) Wed Jan 12 17:07:02 1994
From: mwilson@arrl.org (Mark Wilson) (Mark Wilson)
Subject: New Jersey RF Regulations
Message-ID: <1598@mw>
Because of the interest expressed previously on the reflector
about New Jersey's proposal to regulate and tax transmitting
devices, I'm forwarding the following report from New Jersey
ARRL Section Manager Rich Moseson, NW2L, on yesterday's public
hearing.
If you don't want to see this kind of stuff on the reflector
in the future, please hollar.
73,
Mark Wilson, AA2Z
mwilson@arrl.org
*****
January 11, 1994
Amateur radio and the ARRL were well represented at today's
hearing by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection
and Energy on its proposal to regulate RF transmitting sources in
the state. DEPE officials had said that amateur radio would be
exempted from the proposed registration and fee proposals for
now, but did not include an exemption in the proposed regulation,
and specifically invited comments on whether amateurs should be
subject to them in the future. The public hearing in Trenton on
January 11 was attended by approximately 50 people, some 25
percent of whom were hams. None of the approximately 20 speakers
supported the proposed regulation.
ARRL General Counsel Chris Imlay, N3AKD, and ARRL Northern
New Jersey Section Manager Rich Moseson, NW2L, spoke on behalf of
the League and its more than 5,000 members in New Jersey. They
were joined by state Army MARS Director Sanford Weinberger,
AAA2NJ/N2BOT, and several other hams. Other ARRL leadership
volunteers at the hearing included Southern New Jersey Section
Traffic Manager Gene Bond, WB2UVB; Middlesex County District
Emergency Coordinator Stan Olochwoszcz, N2AYJ; Morristown
Emergency Coordinator Harvey Klein, WS2Q; New Jersey Phone Net
Manager Dave Popkin, W2CC; Local Government Liaison Bill Sohl,
K2UNK, and Hudson Division Assistant Director Ben Friedland,
K2PBP.
Testimony was opened by Vivian Lopex, N2NZN, who challenged
the state's authority to impose the regulations in the first
place. Imlay and Moseson, representing the ARRL, argued that
only the FCC had the power to license and regulate radio
transmitters, and that applying the proposed regulations to hams
would effectively preclude amateur communications in New Jersey
-- a violation of FCC rules. A specific exemption for hams was
requested.
Written comments are due by January 20, although the comment
period may be extended. A final decision on the proposal must be
made by next December.--NW2L
>From Chris Gay" <KU4A@LEXVMK.VNET.IBM.COM Wed Jan 12 17:37:44 1994
From: Chris Gay" <KU4A@LEXVMK.VNET.IBM.COM (Chris Gay)
Subject: ARRL RTTY Roundup
211 QSOs X 59 mults = 12,449
single-op
low power
8 hours, Sunday only
station: TS440S, TA33JR @ 45ft, 40m sloping dipole, 80m 1/4 wave sloper
Missed New Jersey (!), Oregon, Utah, and six Canadian provinces. With
NAQP CW on the same weekend, this one became a one-day affair for me
this year. Best runs were on 40.
Chris KU4A
ku4a@lexvmk.vnet.ibm.com
>From Ed Gilbert <eyg@hpnjlc.njd.hp.com> Wed Jan 12 18:12:36 1994
From: Ed Gilbert <eyg@hpnjlc.njd.hp.com> (Ed Gilbert)
Subject: Unassigned callsigns
Message-ID: <9401121816.AA12556@hp.com>
Judging from the enormous amount of mail I have been receiving,
there are a lot of contesters out there that are planning to get
new callsigns :-)
Some of you asked about the details of the FCC proposal. The
ARRL has on-line the entire text of FCC Docket No. 93, "Rules to
Implement a Vanity Call Sign System". You can have this emailed
to you by sending a message to info@arrl.org. Put the command
"send FCC-93-305" in the text of the message.
Since many of the messages I got indicated some confusion as to
exactly what is in the callsign list, I'll explain it again.
It's a complete list of 1x2 callsigns, for all US call areas
(0 - 9), that are presently not assigned. 1x2 means one letter
(W, K, or N) before the number, and 2 letters after the number.
And yes, the SAM database I used does contain club callsigns, so
they should not show up in my list.
Many thanks to Lyndon Nerenberg for making the list available via
ftp from his archive.
73,
Ed Gilbert, WA2SRQ (future w2am, w2ro, w2cw, w2rf, w2ua, ...?)
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