Had fun in the contest for 8 hours. Ended up with:
- 266 x 97 = 25,802
- Best rate was 44/hour on 40 meters from 00:00 to 01:00
Antennas
- 2 element 5 band quad at 97'
- Delta loop for 40, apex at 85'
- Delta loop for 80, apex at 85'
See you in the ARRL DX contest.
73,
Rich - WB5M
>From Smith, Pete" <PSmith@codei.hq.nasa.gov Mon Jan 10 17:00:00 1994
From: Smith, Pete" <PSmith@codei.hq.nasa.gov (Smith, Pete)
Subject: FW: Contacting Delphi
Message-ID: <2D3189C6@ms.hq.nasa.gov>
Considering the number of people who asked me to tell them what I found out,
I thought the following was worth posting to the entire reflector.
For what it's worth also, I am now logged on, and although Delphi's
front-end is classic mainframe user-hostile, you can get used to it.
Several people mentioned that Delphi is a chore because it's limited to
2400-baud tops. That's true, but they have just begun experimenting with
9600 at their Boston call-in number, so hope may be on the way.
Thanks everyone for their input. 73, Pete N4ZR
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From: Fred Hopengarten
To: Smith, Pete
Subject: Re: Contacting Delphi
On Fri, 07 Jan 94 07:46:00 PST, "Smith, Pete" <PSmith@codei.hq.nasa.gov>
wrote:
>
> Does anyone have a phone number for Delphi?
Relayed by K1VR:
Since signing on to the reflector last month, several people have asked
about my e-mail address delphi.com. Delphi is an on line service like
compuserve. As far as I can tell, it is the least expensive way to gain
on-line access to internet from home. They offer a one month free trial,
which gives you four hours of night and weekend access, including internet.
For information and free trial, dial by modem 1-800-695-4002, press return
several times, and when asked for a password, type INFO. The free trial
goes
by calendar month, so now would be a good time to sign up, to get the whole
remaining month of December. After the free trial, it's $13 for 4 hours per
month, or $23 for 20 hours.
dave
k6ll
k6ll@delphi.com
--
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 Ed Gilbert <eyg@hpnjlc.njd.hp.com> Mon Jan 10 13:22:00 1994
From: Ed Gilbert <eyg@hpnjlc.njd.hp.com> (Ed Gilbert)
Subject: NAQP score
Message-ID: <9401101325.AA11918@hp.com>
NAQP CW Score:
band QSOs mults
____________________________
160 45 20
80 109 35
40 115 40
20 146 43
15 95 32
10 24 14
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total: 534 184 score: 98,256
My first try at the NAQP and I really enjoyed it. It reminds me a lot
of the old CD parties. The 100w power limit adds to the appeal. I
hadn't planned on operating, but the ice storm cancelled all our
plans, so I jumped in at the last minute.
My apologies to anyone who tried but couldn't work me on 80m. I had
an growling s9 noise that sounded like a cross between powerline and
TV birdies -- I'm suspecting a touch lamp. Fortunately, by the time I
went to 80m I already had the name/state of most the stations there,
so just had to pull the calls out.
With vanity callsigns on the way, I had thought that W2ED would be a
good one to try for, but after getting a surprising number of repeat
requests for my name, I think I'll go for something with more dashes
in it!
73, Ed WA2SRQ
>From Steve Fraasch" <Steve_Fraasch@ATK.COM Mon Jan 10 13:59:07 1994
From: Steve Fraasch" <Steve_Fraasch@ATK.COM (Steve Fraasch)
Subject: Threat to Ham Radio
Message-ID: <9401101359.AA12119@ATK.COM>
Subject: Time:7:41 AM
To all of you writing NJ EPA, please remind them:
Thunderstorms are the greatest source of RF energy in the range from .3 to 30
Mhz, followed by the sun from 30 to 1000 Mhz. If exposure to RF is
hazardous, short or long term, the human species would have been extinct by
now. Is there any evidence to show that humans living in the arctic regions
are healthier than those living in the tropics, and the reason is less
electromagnetic (.3 to 1000 Mhz) exposure from thunderstorms and the sun?
Man-made emitters amount to spit in the Pacific ocean.
Also, to show that the tax is biased towards hams and cellular phone users,
what does the NJ EPA propose to do regulating automobile ignition systems,
power line RF interference, household appliances, power hand tools,
computers??? Since the near electric and magnetic fields of these objects
are large, and the exposure times are long, the strength-time product is
huge. By the same token, we should all be dead.
All of my hot buttons are pushed. Simply put, these people don't know squat
about RF.
Steve, K0SF.
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