Well I had a good time in ARRL DX CW.
671 qsos 235 mults 474k score single op UNassisted
Tim's NA software worked PERFECTLY (as in Sprint)
kudos to K3LR and company for that !
73
Dave NF8R
NF8R@DELPHI.COM
>From Derrick Belbas <dbelbas@csdxp01.City.Winnipeg.MB.CA> Mon Feb 20 14:14:01
>1995
From: Derrick Belbas <dbelbas@csdxp01.City.Winnipeg.MB.CA> (Derrick Belbas)
Subject: SB200's do 160!
Message-ID: <sf485039.092@City.Winnipeg.MB.CA>
Regarding modification of the venerable Heathkit SB-200 driver, interested
parties can find relevant information in November, 1987 QST and the 1986
ARRL Handbook. The two articles are not the same.
Thanks to N4ZR and K1KP for this information. I believe this is K1KP's
second "good guy" star of the season. Nice signal on the weekend up
here, Tony.
73.. Derrick VE4VV
dbelbas@city.winnipeg.mb.ca
ve4vv@draco.bison.mb.ca
>From Jirasak Visalsawat <syam@Glue.umd.edu> Mon Feb 20 14:53:59 1995
From: Jirasak Visalsawat <syam@Glue.umd.edu> (Jirasak Visalsawat)
Subject: HS0/SM3DYU results in ARRL DX CW
Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.91.950220094412.15657A-100000@cappuccino.eng.umd.edu>
My good friend Sam, SM3DYU, makes his home in Thailand permanently and
earns his living as a shipboard electronics technician on board Norwegian
chemical tankers plying the world's seas. He has just gotten his HS
license and has set up a makeshift station while on shore leave. Since
Sam is a CW man, I had advised him of the ARRL Contest and told him to be sure
and get on.
Well, his fax came in this morning. He managed a grand total of four (4)
QSO's in the contest. He worked W6GO on 40, K3LR and K8AZ on 20, and
N6TR/7 on 15.
Congratulations to the station operators in question for their good ears!
73, Fred Laun, K3ZO
>From Patrick M. Barkey" <00pmbarkey@bsuvc.bsu.edu Mon Feb 20 18:17:29 1995
From: Patrick M. Barkey" <00pmbarkey@bsuvc.bsu.edu (Patrick M. Barkey)
Subject: ARRL DX at K3LR
Message-ID: <01HN9OO5KWUA9D5DSY@BSUVC.bsu.edu>
Here's the rough breakdown from K3LR multi/multi:
Band QSOs Countries Operator
160 88 42 W3YQ
80 568 92 VE3EJ
40 1360 119 WA8YVR plus K3LR
20 1344 116 NA8V on all bands
15 1101 108 WR3G
10 98 52 NI8L
Total 4559 529 = 7.23 meg
Random comments:
Congratulations to W3LPL on an absolutely super score. Its hard to catch
up to the leaders when they keep improving too. Also congrats to K1KI.
All this work and we still can't beat these guys!
Conditions were simply superb on 40. Every G and DL with an outdoor
antenna was S9 almost the whole weekend. QSO rates seemed to be limited
only by activity. The "dead times" were between 0300 and 0600 UTC when
most of the casual op's were probably asleep. Had a decent Asian opening
on Saturday morning. JA3ZOH was THE big sig from Japan. Kept working
long path until almost 1500 UTC.
The real story behind the contest was all the work done by K3LR and WR3G
getting the station ready for the contest. Talk about attention to detail!
These guys have it down to an art. It seemed like every problem we had
during the last contest season had been addressed and resolved. Not getting
out well enough on 40? Fine. Take down the two 3 el beams, redesign them
as 4 el, and put them back up. Big new antenna on 160. Superb filtering
on all of the radios. No computer networking problems whatsoever. Tim
even put in a separate air conditioner for the shack.
You get the picture. Really an enjoyable place to operate. I don't know
what else can be done to narrow the gap between Tim and the east-east coast
(as opposed to the "almost" east coast), but I am sure Tim and Scott will
do it. See you all on SSB.
-- Pat
WA8YVR
>From Jim Reisert -- PKO3-1/6H -- DTN 223-5747 20-Feb-1995 1018
><reisert@wrksys.enet.dec.com> Mon Feb 20 15:17:24 1995
From: Jim Reisert -- PKO3-1/6H -- DTN 223-5747 20-Feb-1995 1018
<reisert@wrksys.enet.dec.com> (Jim Reisert -- PKO3-1/6H -- DTN 223-5747
20-Feb-1995 1018)
Subject: CW test best spot
Message-ID: <9502201517.AA06493@us1rmc.bb.dec.com>
Robert WB5CRG wrote:
>IT9gsf spotted IU9V running 300 watts to a 25 el Quad.
>on 20 mtr.
The best one I worked OH6OS who gave his power as 2KW! A number of other
European stations could stand to learn a thing or two about reporting the
actual power they were running.
BTW, VK5GN had a great signal on 80 running only 150W! What does he have for
antennas?
73 - Jim AD1C
reisert@eng.pko.dec.com
>From Steve Fraasch <sfraasch@ATK.COM> Mon Feb 20 17:52:00 1995
From: Steve Fraasch <sfraasch@ATK.COM> (Steve Fraasch)
Subject: K0KX ARRL CW SCORE
Message-ID: <2F48D740@msm.ATK.COM>
K0KX, Minnesota
Single-Op, Unassisted, High Power
Band Q C
160 7 4
80 77 41
40 210 63
20 147 52
15 364 71
10 34 18
Total: 839 249 -> 626,733
- 20 meter beam had ~ 4:1 VSWR.
- Mediocre + 80m conditions; Line noise level S6 on 80m.
Relayed via K0SF
sfraasch@atk.com
>From fish@crl.com (Bill Fisher, KM9P Concentric Systems, Inc.) Mon Feb 20
>16:04:13 1995
From: fish@crl.com (Bill Fisher, KM9P Concentric Systems, Inc.) (Bill Fisher,
KM9P Concentric Systems, Inc.)
Subject: Sprint Bashing??
Message-ID: <199502201604.AA27278@mail.crl.com>
I would like to address Gene's (N2AA) comments:
>I even have a great time chasing mobiles in some of the
>state QSO parties (Because it is great fun), which KM9P
>has stated is for retards.
I'm sure Gene can't produce the message in which I said that people who do
QSO parties are retards. I might suggest when you (we) quote someone, that
you put in a copy of the text so that you don't misquote someone as is the
case here.
Regarding N2AA, K3ZO, K3WW, K5GA, K7SS's comments on this subject. It's
interesting that N2AA and K3ZO have such strong opinions about a contest
that neither has operated. I try to avoid commenting on VHF contesting
for this reason. When Gene has operated a few Sprints seriously then his
comments about the Sprint will hold at least some water.
Sprint last weekend... ARRL DX this weekend... Umm... Both were hard.
The thing about the Sprint is that it takes the geographical advantages out
of the equation for the most part. When I'm done with a DX contest I'm
always saying to myself... "This would be different if I were in W1." At
the end of a Sprint I'm saying "Damn... Jeff, Tree, and Steve are good!"
That's the difference as I see it.
---
Bill Fisher, KM9P - Concentric Systems, Inc.
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