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Subject: 160 M/S NC0P
From: PerryB1237@aol.com (PerryB1237@aol.com)
Date: Tue Dec 6 11:02:09 1994
Score at NC0P for the 160 test: 

1245 Qs x 84 Mults = 219,324

M/S category, ops were: NC0P, WA0FLS, WO0V and WD0GVY

Station location: Near Des Moines, IA

73, 
Perry
WR0G

>From jesposit@sctcorp.com (Joe Esposito)  Tue Dec  6 16:20:00 1994
From: jesposit@sctcorp.com (Joe Esposito) (Joe Esposito)
Subject: OO Reports
Message-ID: <m0rF2cs-0003RdC@sctladm.sctcorp.com>

I haven't received any OO reports in many years. When first licensed
in 1957, I started a scrapbook of notable (notorious) events in my ham
career. Included were some (??) OO reports received early on. Upon
showing the scrapbook to a local at thelocal DX club meeting, he
commented that it looked like I was trying for WAS from the OOs.

73,
Joe, K2YJL/M es VK2EJA

>From Steve Fraasch <sfraasch@ATK.COM>  Tue Dec  6 21:11:00 1994
From: Steve Fraasch <sfraasch@ATK.COM> (Steve Fraasch)
Subject: Daytime 160m
Message-ID: <2EE4D38B@msm.ATK.COM>


I am surprised to hear that some actually try to operate in the daytime in 
AARL/CQ 160m contests.

It ain't worth it here in MN to get 10 more qsos between 9:00 am and 4:00 
pm.

Far better to work on those multipliers at night.  But, I guess it's a 
toss-up of what's more exciting (or boring): operating daytime 160m, or 
struggling through the Army-Navy game.  I do neither and sleep (I'm even a 
grad from West Point '83 AND an ARRL 160m fanatic).

Nobody is winning because they happened to operate in the daytime.

Please, go to bed.

73, Steve K0SF (K0KX 160m effort)

sfraasch@atk.com

>From n6ig@netcom.com (Jim Pratt)  Tue Dec  6 18:15:09 1994
From: n6ig@netcom.com (Jim Pratt) (Jim Pratt)
Subject: SquINT
Message-ID: <199412061815.KAA17036@netcom6.netcom.com>

Hi Tree!

Thanks for coming up with the idea of the SquINT...it is really neat.
However, I did not read about it until Friday evening, and it was too late
to do anything then.  I look forward to the next one, hopefully with more
advance notice.

Jessica, my 2.85 year old, has inherited her mother's disinterest in the
radio and her mother's interest in the telephone.  It takes very little to
get her to carry on a long phone conversation, but show her a microphone and
she runs pouting into the other room!  So, it will take a little time to 
prepare her for the next 'test.

Glad to see that you are "with child", so to speak.  It is fun, eh?

73 and C U later, OM!

Jim, N6IG

>From Jeff Singer <wa2syn@cosmic.com>  Mon Dec 19 01:35:26 1994
From: Jeff Singer <wa2syn@cosmic.com> (Jeff Singer)
Subject: Fwd: Mailing list or file server error (fwd)
Message-ID: <Pine.3.89.9412061326.A3660-0100000@debris.cosmic.com>



On Mon, 5 Dec 1994, Alan Kaul (w6rcl) wrote:
> ... Can we coerce CQ magazine to open a BBS? ...Perhaps if the CQWW 
> could be filed via modem I would not have forgotten to send in my SSB
> entry before the December 1st deadline!  
----------
Unfortunately, CQ magazine is MORE likely to lose your entry than you are 
to forget to send it in! Be thankful. CQ has repeatedly forgotten to mail 
out certificates and plaques to contest winners; this is something that 
has been discussed here before. Their collective desire to accomplish an 
organized facility just does not exist. I am yet to receive even a 
simple (courteous) reply to any inquiry I have made to Mr. Bolia, or the 
CQ local office staff here on Long Island. And this has been my 
experience in more than one contest. So, contesters beware!

73 de JEFF WA2SYN
wa2syn@cosmic.com

>From pduff@wizards.austin.ibm.com (Phill Duff)  Tue Dec  6 18:58:52 1994
From: pduff@wizards.austin.ibm.com (Phill Duff) (Phill Duff)
Subject: Beam loading effects
Message-ID: <9412061858.AA22305@wizards.austin.ibm.com>

Anyone have ideas about the loading effect of side-mounted beams
(center-loaded?) vs same type beam used for top-loading??

For example: in N4KG's elevated radial reverse-feed QST article,
he estimates a TH7 to have 40 ft of loading I believe. 
Does this 40 ft of loading also occur if the TH7 is side-mounted somewhere
mid-ways down the tower?  N4KG showed an example in the article of 
using 2 TH6s, 1 on top and 1 mid-way down tower but it wasn't clear
to me if the loading was additive.  (2 x 40 = 80 ft effective loading). 

Also, what about loading effect of 2 element shorty-forty  
beams like the 40-2CD?  I'm estimating around 15 ft of loading for it
based on boom length, number of elements, and their length.  
 
73 de Phil NA4M



~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Phil Duff  NA4M (512) 838-3579                        
IBM AIX/6000  Austin, Texas            Internet: pduff@wizards.austin.ibm.com
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ My opinion - not IBM's ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

>From jeff@njo.dec.com (Jeff Janock)  Tue Dec  6 20:22:31 1994
From: jeff@njo.dec.com (Jeff Janock) (Jeff Janock)
Subject: SquINT Certificates
Message-ID: <9412062022.AA26302@nemap.njo.dec.com>


(may post my puny 160 score later, but this is more fun...)

First SquINT Contest Results - Consolidation

Overview: from what I have collected/gleamed from all the notes coming
across, we had at least 28 children ranging in ages from 3-11 from
16 states participate!!!!

For those interested, here is the current list for certificates.  Please let
me know if your information is correct (much was gleaned from the submitted
logs/stories, and as such subject error).  Also, if you do NOT want a
certificate, please let me know as well and I will remove the entry from
the certificate listing...

73 de jeff

-- 
n2mzh@njo.dec.com


CALL            Child                   Age             Color                   
QTH

K1DG            Jenny                   9               turquoise               
NH
K1KP            Christopher             3               white                   
MA
K1VR            Annie                   10              neon                    
MA
N1PBT           Emily                   3               green                   
VT
KR2J            Emily                   7               purple                  
NJ
K2OP            Mark                    4               blue                    
MA
N2MZH           Carrie                  3               black                   
NJ
WA2LCC          Alex                    8               red                     
        NY
WA2LCC          Sara                    3               yellow                  
NY
WB2EKK          Lauren                  4               yellow/black    VA
WB2K            Erika                   5               pink                    
NJ
N3RR            Brian                   10              green                   
MD
K5FUV           Tyler Graham                                                    
CT
W5XD            Hailey                  10              purple                  
TX
AB6FO           Bryce                   8               green                   
CA
AB6FO           Kiley                   5               blue                    
CA
NV6O            Kelsey                  11              green                   
CA
N6TR            Theresa                 3               pink                    
OR
N6VI/KH6        Eric                    3               blue                    
HI
WA6CTA          Lauren                  5               pink                    
CA
KI7JB           Haley                   7               yellow                  
WA
K7LR            Ben                             3               red/green       
        WA
N7LOX           Tracy                   9               purple                  
WA
WB8GNX          Eric                    5               blue                    
OH
KO9Y            Alyssa                  5               pink                    
IN
NJ0U            Kyle                    6               pink                    
IN
NQ0I            Michelle                9               turquoise               
CO
NQ0I            Sarah                   7               purple                  
CO


>From jeff@njo.dec.com (Jeff Janock)  Tue Dec  6 20:25:37 1994
From: jeff@njo.dec.com (Jeff Janock) (Jeff Janock)
Subject: N2MZH ARRL 160 cw
Message-ID: <9412062025.AA26324@nemap.njo.dec.com>


                     ARRL 160 METER CONTEST -- 1994


      Call: N2MZH                    Country:  United States
      Mode: CW                       Category: Single Unlimited (+packet)

               QSO   QSO PTS  PTS/QSO    SECTIONS  COUNTRIES


     Totals    221     448     2.03         44          2    =   20,608


2 dx - 4u1u (during the day on first call - a major pile that night!!)
       vp9 - thanks larry!

Heard lots of stuff my setup just could be get back to - not too bad for
about 8 hours total using a ts940 to an 80m dipole (fed with 450ohm ladder
line and the internal tuner) - dipole is only up about 20ft at center...

in the very good ears catagorgy: VA3NN KC5DX AA5BL VE2HQ NK7U + many others

To all those folks that only got the N2MZ (and not the H) - bah!!!
When will they institute this vanity call program??!!??

It is interesting looking at the breakdown of sections worked with my
current setup - my friend/elmer, N2KJM said based on how I sounded at 
his place, most of my signal was just going up and coming straight back down :-(

Hearing loud stations from CA (and almost hearing DX), but having them not 
hearing me, will only result in better antenna(s) for next time...

I seemed to have a pipeline to VA - what fun!
Surprising to work more EPA and VA than NNJ ;-)

thanks again to all those who worked me!!  

73 de jeff - N2MZH

-- 
n2mzh@njo.dec.com

breakdown:
1  AL
1  CO
9  CT
1  DE
3  EMA
10 ENY
20 EPA
7  GA
5  IA
6  IL
3  IN
1  KS
1  KY
2  MAR
11 MDC
3  ME
8  MI
5  MN
5  MO
1  MS
7  NC
1  NE
5  NH
3  NLI
15 NNJ
1  NTX
14 OH
1  OK
4  ON
1  ORE
1  PQ
2  RI
3  SC
1  SD
10 SNJ
1  STX
4  TN
17 VA
2  VT
7  WI
4  WMA
5  WNY
3  WPA
6  WV

>From lvn@fox.gsfc.nasa.gov (Larry Novak)  Tue Dec  6 18:14:19 1994
From: lvn@fox.gsfc.nasa.gov (Larry Novak) (Larry Novak)
Subject: 160M Contest Rule 6A
Message-ID: <9412061814.AA02682@fox.gsfc.nasa.gov>

This was my first 160 meter contest, but I was really disappointed with
the DX available to be worked. It seems to me that most people who
worked much DX had the DX call them rather than the other way around.

I agree that something needs to be done about a DX window. 

To start with, 1830-1850 is unrealistic. There were times when it was
hard to find a slot anywhere from 1800-1860, so taking 20 kHz out of the
band is not reasonable. 1830-1835 seems better to me, but this leaves
room for an absolute max of about 15 DX stations, and realistically,
probably not that many. 

But, the main point is what do you do to enforce it? Disqualification
sounds good, but who decides? And how bad does the violation have to be
to get disqualified? At 4 a.m. if you're looking for a slot and happen
to find one at 1834 and start calling CQ without thinking about it, and
you move as soon as someone reminds you where you are, that shouldn't be
a DQ. For flagrant violators, what do you do? Have a designated
listener who is not in the contest but spends 24 hours listening in the
DX window for bad guys? ...

I'm sure a lot of the violations were not intended -- face it, a lot of
casual contesters don't even read the rules. How many times on the night
of a contest do you hear guys on the repeater asking what the exchange
is for the contest? If they don't know that, they certainly don't know
about a DX window. I wasn't really listening all that much to see who
was in the DX window, but is it really someone who's going to care about
being DQ'ed? 

I guess my bottom line is that it sure would be nice if something could
be done, but I can't think of anything realistic. Maybe we can send
O-O reports ;-)

Seriously, maybe we need a Contest Observer form - it would be a way of
educating people.

73, Larry, K3TLX


>From Larry Schimelpfenig <lschim@mailstorm.dot.gov>  Tue Dec  6 14:36:10 1994
From: Larry Schimelpfenig <lschim@mailstorm.dot.gov> (Larry Schimelpfenig)
Subject: 160 MTR WINDOW
Message-ID: <Pine.3.07.9412060910.B26141-c100000@mailstorm.dot.gov>

Hello Billy. I had a real good time in the ARRL 160 meter contest. Did
fair considering the time I had available. Mighta had more fun if I could
have worked a little more dx...... I can remember the good ole days when
almost all dx was worked split on top band. It was kinda fun, and gave the
little guys a chance to work some dx.

Your plea to use 1830-1850khz only for intercontinental Q's doesn't work.
As a matter of fact between it and the fact that a lot of folks still
honor the gentlemans window (1825-1830khz I think), a number of contesters
have an unfair advantage over the rest of us. That is the more those who
honor the rules and agreements do so, the better it is for those who don't
and who persist in calling cq within "the window" and working any
callers, dx or not. 

Part of the problem may be ignorance. I know that every year there are a
number of people who are surprised to learn that the contest starts at
2200z vs 0001Z. Now I remembered that from last year. What I didn't realize
until reading the rules (after the contest (what a bozo!)) was that you
considered the window to extend from 1830 to 1850. No wonder I could sit
for hours on 1842 or so listening with a ssb filter and running em like
nobody's business. I thought the window extended from 1825 or 1830 to
1835khz. 

If you don't do something to enforce the window, it only makes sense that
you open it for everyones use. Yeah I know, kinda catch 22. Very difficult
to enforce, yet you can't open it for everyones use because (1) it doesn't
go with the ARRL band plan (2) it goesn't go with the gentlemans agreement.

Now one more thought. I seem to find much more dx on 160 during the ARRL
and CQWW DX Contests than during either of th 160 meter contests. Part of
the reason may be because of the dxpeds to the Carrib during the those
tests, but I'm willing to bet more dx would operate if they could make
themselves be heard during the 160 tests, and without a window that's
difficult if you're not an ON4UN type. How about it dx types, do you care
whether there is a window or not during the 160 tests? What would you
propose be done?  Would there be more participation if there was a usable
window?

I have seen quite a lot of mail on the packet cluster and reflector in
regards to the "window" and apparent lack of dx. The only ones that
appear to be happy with status quo are those who have no aversion to
calling cq in (whatever) the window (is). NJ4F plans on including copies
of window related mail from the packet cluster with his logs. 

If you accept the practice of anyone working anyone anywhere on the band,
please tell us so, so that we can in good concience give those who abuse
the window some company next year!

73 de Larry K7SV in Virginia - lschim@mailstorm.dot.gov
Are we having fun yet?





>From n2ic@drmail.dr.att.com (LondonSM)  Tue Dec  6 20:03:53 1994
From: n2ic@drmail.dr.att.com (LondonSM) (LondonSM)
Subject: N2IC/0 CQWW Writeup
Message-ID: <9412061303.ZM12097@dr.att.com>

I really enjoyed reading the contest writeups from K5ZD, ON6TT
and KR2J (N2RM).  Thought I would try my own, for a black hole
perspective.

This was my first attempt at M/S from the new QTH.  I didn't feel
ready to open the door to a full scale assault, but I wanted to
give the station a workdown.  I needed a good operator, who could
be trusted to be on the right bands at the right times, knew the
station well enough to avoid burning it up, and would be less
prone to panic when there is a problem, than I am !  K0KR would
prove to be an excellent choice.

T-minus 24 hours

The 80 meter vertical has been lengthened for CW, and a SW
beverage put up (to complement the NW, NE, E and SE beverages).
Propagation is excellent, and after CQWW Phone, I have lots of
confidence in my antennas.  As I premark my amplifier settings,
one of the Alpha 76's mysteriously arcs while tuning up on 80.
I take off the case, see nothing obvious, put it back together.
The arcing is gone.

0000Z

I start out on 15 running JA, Bob picks off mults on 20.  15 is
hot - 75 QSO's in the first 45 minutes, before the band seems to
die.  I move to 20 - another flood of JA's, plus HS0ZAA and HS0AC
call us.  Bob and I swap rigs for the 2nd hour.  Bob continues a
great 20 meter JA run, while I S&P EU on 40.  HZ1AB can't hear us
on 40 - that one will have to wait for LP.

0200Z

See some 15 meter JA spots from the east coast packet cluster.
Hmmmm - maybe we ought to give 15 another try.  Back to 15 for
another hour of JA's, then back to 20.  Work JT1BV on 15 at 0320Z, and
HS7AC is posted on 15 at a midwest packet node at 0340Z.

0600Z

Gads, I've made a station design error - The XA stack and the 80
vertical are on the same remote antenna switch.  Who ever
expected 20 to still be cooking to JA at 0600Z ?  Bob moves the
run station to 40 - where the JA's are already loud, while I move
to 80.  The Alpha starts arcing.  I have a fit.  Bob calms me
down.  Arcing stops.  80 is good tonite - I work all the big gun
EU boys as the sunrise moves across Europe, except for G3LNS, who
seems uncharacteristically deaf.

1000Z

JA rate is pretty good to this point on 40, while we get some
mults on 80 and 160.  KH0AM is a beacon on 80.  Suddenly, at
1000Z, 40 dries up to JA.  It comes back again around 1145Z

1200Z

725 QSO's up to this point.  Wow !  I can't believe the flux is
only 80 !  Work KH0AM on 160 at sunrise, but the few weak JA's on
160 all CQ in my face.  Good LP on 40 - VU, HZ1AB, EX8A for new
multipliers.

1400Z

Local sunrise.  20 is starting to open.  Nil on 15.  Bob starts a
good EU run on 20 around 1445Z that lasts until 2000Z.  Not a
great rate, but okay by Colorado standards.  The high band mult
station is a joke - a rotatable 10/15/20 trap dipole at 110' fed
with 180' of hardline plus 300' of RG8.  A nice dummy load on 10
meters.  Can only work anything on 10/15 by "stealing" the XA
stack from Bob on 20.

2000Z

More EU on 20 - slow.  Carib/SA on 15.  LU, CE and not much else
on 10.  Stumble on HG73DX on 15 at 2127Z for the only 15 meter EU
all day !  20 meter JA run starts at 2140Z.  A handful of JA on
15.

0000Z

20 pretty much gone by 0000Z.  40 gets us 9K2ZZ at 0129Z for a
nice short path mult. OH0 a nice 40 mult.  I take a welcome nap
from 0300Z-0800Z.

0800Z

Bob tells me the last 5 hours have been terrible.  Some more 20
meter JA's in the log, as well as T32BE, but no 80 meter EU, and
strangely, no 40 meter JA.  Bob does work CT1AOZ on 160 for our
only EU on that band.  I sit down, while Bob takes his 5 hour
nap.  40 sounds okay to EU - despite being well after their
sunrise.  I have a slow S&P session, settling in for a long
night.  Absolutely no JA on 40.  This sucks !  Around 0945Z, the
JA's seem louder than usual for the middle of the night on 80.  I
venture a CQ, and work 75 in the next hour. Thank you, NW
beverage !  It's gone as fast as it started.

1100Z

The 11Z hour nets 3 QSO's !  Work VS6WO at 1246Z on 80, and he
moves me to 160.  I'm skeptical - it's more than an hour before
sunrise, but there he is !  I put him out on the local packet
cluster, and K0CS tells me to stop kidding.  After convincing
Steve that VS6WO is for real, he gives me the "packet spot of the
year" award.  12Z-14Z is better - I alternate running JA on 40
and 80 with a slow rate.  Finally work JA8RWU on 160 just before
sunrise.

1400Z

Bob wakes up, and I put him to work on 40 running JA.  It's good
for the next 2 hours - just like the EU was good on 40 after
their sunrise.  I go to work on 15 with the XA stack.  Work all
the big gun EU guys on scatter beaming SE.  The band isn't close
to opening - even 9G5AA is coming in scatter.  The east coast
packet spots show AF and even some EU on 10 meters.  I'm green
with envy. It's past 1600Z before I hear anything on 10 meters -
and then it's just LU's.  Go to 20 at 1600Z to "run" some EU.
Not a good rate.  Find A71CW, ZA1AJ, J28EN, GD4UOL, 3B8/F6HWU on
20.  Can't believe none of the locals found these to put out on
packet for us !

1800Z

15 never opens direct to EU.  AF is louder, but still lots of
QSB.  Struggle to work S92SS and 5U7Y.  I beg the locals to post
anything but LU on 10.  What a sick band out here - extremely
spotty openings to parts of zone 8.  ZM2K comes blasting in on 10
at 2012Z.  A35RK follows later, but no VK (and, of course, no
JA).

2200Z

The home stretch.  20 is real good to JA...run, run, run.  R1FJL
calls in on 20.  Move him successfully to 40, but NG on 15.  I
struggle in vain to get to 100 countries on 40, but only find
GW8GT in last hour for number 99.
---------

This really was great fun.  It could be a lot worse at the
sunspot minimum from the black hole.


BREAKDOWN QSO/mults  N2IC  CQ WORLD WIDE DX CONTEST  Multi Single

HOUR      160      80       40       20       15       10    HR TOT  CUM TOT

   0    .....    .....     3/3     36/18    76/13    .....   115/34  115/34
   1      .        .      34/34   100/10      .        .     134/44  249/78
   2      .        .      16/16     3/3     51/1       .      70/20  319/98
   3     3/3       .       7/7     35/9     11/3       .      56/22  375/120
   4     3/3     10/10     2/2     49/2       .        .      64/17  439/137
   5     1/1      3/3      2/2     31/3       .        .      37/9   476/146
   6     3/3      8/8     38/5      7/6       .        .      56/22  532/168
   7     1/1     14/14    49/1      2/2       .        .      66/18  598/186
   8     3/3      6/6     34/4     .....    .....    .....    43/13  641/199
   9     1/1      3/1     33/1       .        .        .      37/3   678/202
  10      .       5/2      8/4       .        .        .      13/6   691/208
  11      .        .      33/1      1/1       .        .      34/2   725/210
  12     1/1       .      18/4       .        .        .      19/5   744/215
  13     1/1      5/2      8/1       .        .        .      14/4   758/219
  14      .        .       6/1     30/18      .        .      36/19  794/238
  15      .        .       1/1     69/4       .        .      70/5   864/243
  16    .....    .....    .....    71/7     .....    .....    71/7   935/250
  17      .        .        .      54/3      4/4       .      58/7   993/257
  18      .        .        .      30/2     11/9       .      41/11 1034/268
  19      .        .        .      37/1      9/8      6/4     52/13 1086/281
  20      .        .        .      24/5     12/8      4/4     40/17 1126/298
  21      .        .        .      47/3      9/5      5/5     61/13 1187/311
  22      .        .        .      43/2      4/2      1/1     48/5  1235/316
  23      .        .       3/3     29/1      8/0       .      40/4  1275/320
   0    .....    .....    11/1     13/1     .....    .....    24/2  1299/322
   1      .       7/5     16/1       .        .        .      23/6  1322/328
   2     2/2      2/2      4/0     12/1       .        .      20/5  1342/333
   3      .       3/1       .      15/2       .        .      18/3  1360/336
   4      .       7/1       .       2/0       .        .       9/1  1369/337
   5     1/0      4/1      4/0      2/0       .        .      11/1  1380/338
   6     4/1       .       1/0      1/0       .        .       6/1  1386/339
   7      .       1/1      5/1       .        .        .       6/2  1392/341
   8    .....    .....    17/5      3/0     .....    .....    20/5  1412/346
   9      .      22/2      8/0       .        .        .      30/2  1442/348
  10      .      52/0       .        .        .        .      52/0  1494/348
  11      .        .       3/0       .        .        .       3/0  1497/348
  12     1/1      5/1     10/0       .        .        .      16/2  1513/350
  13     1/1      6/2     19/1       .        .        .      26/4  1539/354
  14      .       1/1     59/2       .      13/13      .      73/16 1612/370
  15      .        .      38/0      6/6      6/6       .      50/12 1662/382
  16    .....    .....    .....    36/2      9/2     .....    45/4  1707/386
  17      .        .        .      32/2      2/2       .      34/4  1741/390
  18      .        .        .       3/1      5/5      6/3     14/9  1755/399
  19      .        .        .       1/0      1/1      7/4      9/5  1764/404
  20      .        .        .       2/1      1/1      6/4      9/6  1773/410
  21      .        .        .       5/4     14/2       .      19/6  1792/416
  22      .        .       1/1     61/3       .        .      62/4  1854/420
  23      .        .       1/1     54/3       .        .      55/4  1909/424
DAY1    17/17    54/46   295/90  698/100   195/53    16/14    ..... 1275/320
DAY2     9/5    110/17   197/13   248/26    51/32    19/11      .    634/104
TOT     26/22   164/63  492/103  946/126   246/85    35/25      .   1909/424

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