I worked 4S0AA on 40 CW around 1315Z on 2/19 during the ARRL DX Contest..a
great catch. This was an overall new one for a friend of mine. Does anyone
know anything about this station. I presume he was good, but he wasn't on 40
very long.
Jeff K0OD jfsinger@delphi.com
>From Allan Cameron <acameron@carl.hayden.edu> Mon Feb 20 03:45:52 1995
From: Allan Cameron <acameron@carl.hayden.edu> (Allan Cameron)
Subject: School Roundup
Message-ID: <199502200345.UAA22706@carl.hayden.edu>
Thanks to all who took the time to work a school station last week. The
results of Carl Hayden High School, KC7EFP:
446 phone QSOs Equipment:
41 states Kwd TS 450
12 countries R7 vertical
2 clubs
23 schools
We worked 23 hours, 35 minutes
Final Score 76,712
Fifteen different kids operated at one time or another. Four already
have licenses and another passed his tech+ this last Saturaday. Most of
the kids were tentative and nervous when first on the mike and really
sweating the exchanges. By Friday, they were fighting for a turn in the
"hot seat". Those who wern't operating or logging were pacing, spotting,
and discussing stratagy for next year. I expect more will be taking the
exams soon. They are all looking towards Field Day.
Thanks...
Allan, N7UJJ
>From w6go@netcom.com (Jay O'Brien - W6GO) Mon Feb 20 04:48:19 1995
From: w6go@netcom.com (Jay O'Brien - W6GO) (Jay O'Brien - W6GO)
Subject: 4S0AA ?
Message-ID: <199502200448.UAA27136@netcom15.netcom.com>
>
> I worked 4S0AA on 40 CW around 1315Z on 2/19 during the ARRL DX Contest..a
> great catch. This was an overall new one for a friend of mine. Does anyone
> know anything about this station. I presume he was good, but he wasn't on 40
> very long.
> Jeff K0OD jfsinger@delphi.com
>
I hope it is good! We worked 4S0AA on 40 and 20 during the contest. So,
at least your friend wasn't the only one.
73, Jay
w6go@netcom.com
>From w6go@netcom.com (Jay O'Brien - W6GO) Mon Feb 20 04:54:56 1995
From: w6go@netcom.com (Jay O'Brien - W6GO) (Jay O'Brien - W6GO)
Subject: W6GO M-2 ARRL CW results
Message-ID: <199502200454.UAA27912@netcom15.netcom.com>
1995 ARRL DX Contest, CW, W6GO Multi-2:
Operators: AA6WJ, K3EST, N6IG, N6IYS, W6GO
BAND QSO COUNTRIES
---- ---- ---------
160 20 13
80 162 39
40 831 85
20 768 87
15 571 80
10 75 27
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Totals 2427 331 = 2,408,025
Equipment:
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FT-1000D/Alpha 77
IC-765/Alpha 77
Antennas
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160: Xmt: elevated one-radial ground plane (uses rotary tower)
Rec: 500' beverage (to east), 80M rotary dipole and 80M quad loops
80: Two quad loops, tops 100' high, fed in or out of phase
plus KLM loaded dipole at 153' on rotary tower
40: 4el KLM @ 147' on rotary tower (Other 40M ants not working)
20: KLM 6el @ 140' on rotary tower. Also see 20/15/10 below
20/15/10: Stacked KT34XA's @ 100'/60' with separate rotators
plus M2 10-30LP @ 100' (Log periodic, a great antenna!)
plus KT34XA @ 85' on rotary tower.
Note: There are three towers. One is the "rotary tower", one has
the LP and the third has the stack. The 80M loops hang between
two of the towers and are broadside Japan / South America.
Equipment Comments:
-------------------
A "new" Alpha 77 made it thru about 4 hours of its first contest last year
before the HV filter cap shorted out. This was its second contest, and
this time it quit 4 hours before the end of the contest, with the HV filter
cap shorted out. It had to be heat related, as when it went the amplifier
wasn't on the air, but it had been in a heavy CQ cycle on 15M. I'll be on
the phone with Peter Dahl first thing Monday! Maybe it needs more air
circulation? A filter blower fan needed?
It is irritating that the FT-1000 requires an external keyer for the paddle
to be used by the operator but the IC-765 provides two key jacks. If you
use an IC-765 with CT you can use its internal keyer for your hand paddle,
but such is not the case with the twice-as-expensive FT1000D. I plan to
modify the FT1000D so it works the same as the IC-765, but somehow I think
when you pay $4000 for a radio you shouldn't have to modify it.
Operating Comments:
-------------------
-Conditions were poor on 10 and 15, but we had fun, and that's what this
is all about. We are quite happy with the Q total, given the conditions.
-The DX spots on packet are a trap. People who can't copy CW make callouts
and we "grab" the spot in CT, plugging in the wrong callsign. Then, we
work the station, not noticing the call is wrong! We are then told we are
a "dupe" and we really are a "dupe" in more ways than one. An example is
a spot that came in in the middle of the night for P40V on 80M. I was
not alert, and wondered why we hadn't worked them as it said we needed the
call! I grabbed the (P40V) spot and called. Carl (or Dave, or...) told
me DUPE. At that time I noticed the spot I grabbed was P40V, not P49V!
Sure, the guy who made the spot was wrong. But I was also wrong for
accepting it at face value. Nothing hurt, but lost time for me and for
P49V. Anyone else get caught in this trap?
-I spent nearly 30 minutes pulling out an extremely weak station on 80
that I thought was a VK. It turned out to be VO1BD. I was really
irritated. I heard lots of VE's calling W's in this contest. Is there
something we can do to get the word out that Ws and VEs work the world
in this contest, not each other?
I know this problem is not limited to VEs, and usually we just "work" the
W/VEs to get rid of them. But in this case the guy was extremely weak
and I really thought he was a VK. I was willing to spend the time pulling
out a weak VK, but for a non-contact? Gimme a break.
-Boy was it nice to have K3EST on board! Bob knows every callsign that
has ever sent in a CQWW log or been mentioned in a CQWW log. K3EST is
the next level better than "super check partial". My other ops also
deserve mention, especially N6IG's pre-contest work to get this station
playing right, plus all the effort (and lost sleep!) from AA6WJ and N6IYS.
73,
Jay
w6go@netcom.com
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