REFLECTER
>From Fred Hopengarten" <k1vr@k1vr.jjm.com Thu Jul 6 05:58:55 1995
From: Fred Hopengarten" <k1vr@k1vr.jjm.com (Fred Hopengarten)
Subject: Stacking a TH7 and 402-CD
Message-ID: <2ffb6d91.k1vr@k1vr.jjm.com>
As many people know, I have a TH6 at 98', a TH6 at 61', and
a TH7 at 31'. I also have a 40-2CD at 91', only 7 feet
below the TH6. BUT, the 40-2CD is on a Ring Rotor, and I
can turn it independently from the top TH6. At any azimuth,
or combinations of azimuth, the two antennas do NOT
interfere with one another. I buy the "resonant length"
argument.
I could easily add a few more feet of mast to the top TH6,
as it is presently only 2 feet above the top flat plate.
But every time I think about doing it, I decide that my time
would be better spent working on other things to make a
bigger CONTEST score!
--
Fred Hopengarten K1VR
Six Willarch Road * Lincoln, MA 01773-5105
home + office telephone: 617/259-0088 (FAX on demand)
internet: k1vr@k1vr.jjm.com
"Big antennas, high in the sky,
are better than small ones, low."
>From Peter G. Smith" <n4zr@netcom.com Thu Jul 6 13:39:54 1995
From: Peter G. Smith" <n4zr@netcom.com (Peter G. Smith)
Subject: Hi vs low antenna
Message-ID: <Pine.3.89.9507060503.A600-0100000@netcom20>
A friend at FCC tells me that such a thing actually exists -- using
interferometric techniques to identify the dominant angle of arrival.
Unfortunately (or maybe it's just as well), it's priced in the roughly
$800k range.
73, Pete
N4ZR@netcom.com
"Better, faster,cheaper -- choose any two"
"No no no -- it's WEST Virginia"
On Wed, 5 Jul 1995, John KE7V wrote:
> I'm still waiting for the person who will make the blackbox that
> determines the actual angle of radiation at any moment, "arrival".
> That way we can all design our towers and antenna systems to
> automatically sense this angle and "voila". At W7RM the higher
> antenna on 10-15 and 20 always listened better on the long haul
> signals, but go to the caribbean and vice versa. W7RM was on a
> bluff 200 feet or so over salt water, and who knows where the
> ground was at.
>
> 73's Johnny KE7V
>
>
>From Dieter Dippel" <dippel@rrze.uni-erlangen.de Thu Jul 6 16:27:04 1995
From: Dieter Dippel" <dippel@rrze.uni-erlangen.de (Dieter Dippel)
Subject: WAE-Contest 1995 (Rules)
Message-ID: <F45C4E4D67@daphne.rrze.uni-erlangen.de>
DL2DN > CONTEST 01.06.95 11:54 135 Lines 5542 Bytes #90 @WW
Subj: WAEDC 1995 RULES
From: DL2DN @ DB0RBS.#BW.DEU.EU (Herbert)
To : CONTEST @ WW
+--------------------------+ CW : 12 Aug 0000 UTC - 13 Aug 2400 UTC
| European DX Contest 1995 | SSB: 9 Sep 0000 UTC - 10 Sep 2400 UTC
+--------------------------+ RTTY: 11 Nov 0000 UTC - 12 Nov 2400 UTC
For more detailed information please write to WAEDC Committee, Box 1126,
D-74370 Sersheim, Germany (SAE/IRC).
This is the 41th annual contest sponsored by the DARC. The activity will
be between European countries and the rest of the world (except RTTY
where everybody works everybody).
Bands:
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3.5 - 7 - 14 - 21- 28MHz. Minimum operating time on a band is 15minutes.
A quick band change is allowed to work new multipliers.
Classes:
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(A) Single operator, all bands.
(B) Multi-operator, single transmitter. Only one signal may be on the air
at any given time, except when new mutipliers are worked on other
bands. It is not allowed to transmit or receive QTCs parallel to QSO-
traffic.
(C) SWL.
DX packet cluster spotting is allowed in all classes.
Only 36 hours of operating time out of the 48-hour contest period are
permitted for single operator stations. The 12-hour off timemay be taken
in one, but not more than 3 periods any time during the contest and must
be indicated in the log. Off time must be at least 1 hour.
Exchange: RS(T) plus QSO number starting with 001.
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Points:
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One point per QSO. If QTC traffic (see there) is made, one point for each
complete QTC.
QTC Traffic:
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Additional point credit may be earned by making use of the QTC traffic
feature. A QTC is a report of a confirmed QSO that took place earlier in
the contest.A QTC can only be sent by a non-European station back to a Eu-
ropean station. (But only once and not to the station reported in the QTC.)
The general idea is that after a number of Europeans have been worked by
a DX station, a list of these QSOs can be reported back during a QSO with
another European station.
A QTC contains the time, call and QSO number of the station being reported
(i.e. 1234 DF0AA 031, which means that DF0AA has been worked at 1234 UTC
and gave serial number 031).
DX: A maximum of 10 QTCs to a EU station is allowed.
EU: You can receive a maximum of 10 QTCs from a DX station.
(Exception RTTY, which allows transmitting and receiving of QTCs, but not
between the same continent. The sum of QTCs sent and received between two
stations must not exceed 10.)
A station can be worked several times to complete the number of 10 QTCs.QTCs
are sent in series. 3/7 indicates that this is thethird series of QTCs and 7
QTCs are being reported.
Multiplier:
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The multiplier for Europeans is determined by the number of DXCC countries
outside Europe worked on each band. The multiplier for non-Europeans is de-
termnined by the number of European countries worked on each band (see WAE
country list). In the RTTY part themultiplier is determined by the number of
countries worked on the WAE/DXCC country lists.
Bonus Multiplier: Multiply your multiplier on 80 meters by 4, on 40 meters
by 3, and on 20/15/10 meters by 2.
Final score:
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Total QSO points plus total QTC points times the sum total multiplier from
all bands. (i.e.:(200 QSOs+100 QTCs)*80 multiplier points= 24000 final score)
SWL:
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Only single operator, all band class may be used. The same callsign, European
or non-European, may be counted only once per band. The log must contain both
callsigns of a QSO and at least one of the control numbers. Each callsign
counts one point, each complete QTC one point (only a maximum of ten QTCs per
station). You can count up to two QSO points and two multipliers in one QSO.
The multiplier is determined by the DXCC and WAE country lists.
Club competition:
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Club members must operate within a 500km diameter and the club is required to
be a local club, not a national organization. To be listed, three entries
from a club are requested and the club's score is determined by its member
scores in the CW, SSB and RTTY part of the WAEDC. A special trophy will be
awarded by the DARC to the winning clubs from Europe and Non-Europe.
Certificates and plaques:
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Certificates are awarded to the top scorers in each class in each country.
Continental winners will receive a plaque.
Logs:
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It is suggested that you use the official DARC or equivalent log forms.Submit
a dupe sheet for each band. A summary sheet showing the scoring and signed de-
claration is required. Logs may be sub mitted on a disk. The 5,25 or 3,5 inch
disk must be MS-DOS formatted (40 or 80 tracks) and the ASCII files must con-
tain all contest QSO information in the same order as the usual paper logs.
Deadline:
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Logs must be postmarked no later than September 15th for the CW section, Oc-
tober 15th for the SSB section and December 15th for the RTTY section.
Mailing address :
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WAEDC Contest Committee, P.O.Box 1126, D-74370 Sersheim, Germany
WAE country list:
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C3-CT-CU-DL-EA-EA6-EI-ER-ES-EU-F-G-GD-GI-GJ-GM-GM Shetland-GU-GW-HA-HB9-HB0-
HV-I-IS-IT-JW Bear-JW Spitsbergen -JX-LA-LX-LY-LZ-OE-OH-OH0-OJ0-OK-OM-ON-OY-
OZ-PA-R1/FJL-R1/MVI-RA-RA2-S5-SM-SP -SV-SV5Rhodes-SV9 Crete-SY-T7-T9-TA1-TF-
TK-UR-YL-YO-YU-Z3-ZA-ZB2-1A0-3A-4U1 Geneva-4U1 Vienna-9A-9H
Meet YOU in WAEDC 1995!
73 Herb DL2DN @ DB0RBS.#BW.DEU.EU
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