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Subject: Control cables and TVI
From: PaulKB8N@aol.com (PaulKB8N@aol.com)
Date: Mon Sep 4 11:46:48 1995
In preparing for the Sprint, I wanted to solve a nagging problem with
interference to my VCR.  We're in a covenant-restricted neighborhood, so I
ran balanced feedlines into my attic as the house was being constructed, and
have been sucessfully using an 80M dipole that's on a short pole just above
the roofline.  

During the construction of the house, I took great care to distance the
feedline from any power, phone or CATV cables.  Despite this and numerous
efforts to eliminate the problem at the VCR, I continued to have annoying
interference.  I felt that replacing the open feeders with a good quality
coax would solve the problem.  I would run that along with a shielded control
cable to my homebrew bandswitching tuner, which I planned to place in the
attic close to the antenna.

I was highly disappointed when this fix failed to solve the problem!  I
suspected that I was getting current flow on the outside shield of the coax,
so I placed about ten ferrite sleeves on the distant end of the coax.  This
improved the situation slightly, but the interference persisted.  I
disconnected the tuner from the coax and control cable, and tried using
another manual tuner that didn't require the control cable.  Problem
solved!!!

While I had taken great care to extensively bypass the inner conductors of my
control cable, the shield was acting as return RF path.  Once the control
cable was disconnected, I also noticed that the bandwidth of the antenna
dramatically increased, also indicating that the control cable had been
radiating.

For those of you who work with high power and multiple antenna systems and
multiple control cables, this may just be a blinding flash of the obvious.
 I, however, learned a lot from this experience and intend to provide the
same level of attention to my control cables as I do to my main feedline.
 That means RF choking at the near and distant ends, and, of course, the
normal bypassing efforts.

Maybe this experience may help you solve a nagging interference problem.

73,  Paul, KB8N

>From =?ISO-2022-JP?B?GyRCOzNIeCEhPjs/LRsoQg==?= <NCN98485@pcvan.or.jp>  Mon 
>Sep  4 16:44:02 1995
From: =?ISO-2022-JP?B?GyRCOzNIeCEhPjs/LRsoQg==?= <NCN98485@pcvan.or.jp> 
(=?ISO-2022-JP?B?GyRCOzNIeCEhPjs/LRsoQg==?=)
Subject: AA PH 95 Result
Message-ID: <950905004359.13154@pcvan.or.jp>

               [  ALL ASIAN DX  ] CONTEST  1995


Call: JR5JAQ    Country:  Japan
Category: Single Operator/Single Band

     BAND     QSO             MULTI           TOTAL
       20     539      x       58          =  31,262

At this contest was  only 9 hours op .
saturday is  several a pouring rain.(op 6 hours)
noise is quite a long time. "S 5 to 9"  however condx is very much.
many US EAST COST and EU was RS 59 to 30dB OVER.
I'm used 204BA 20m up only. hi hi
many thanks for qso.I hope to see you again next contest.

                           FROM JR5JAQ / T32J YAMAO
                           NCN98485@pcvan.or.jp


>From Charles Kraly <n0biw@solar.sky.net>  Mon Sep  4 18:20:02 1995
From: Charles Kraly <n0biw@solar.sky.net> (Charles Kraly)
Subject: 6Y for CQWW 160 CW Contest?
Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.91.950904121414.16742B-100000@solar.sky.net>

I am in the planning stages for a Carribean trip that will take place 
after the first of the year. It looks like one possiblilty would be 
Jamaica around the end of Feburary. This, of course, would be around the 
time frame for the 160 cw CONTEST (there got that in). I was wondering if 
any of you guys that frequent the Carribean islands has any ideas for a 
hotel that might let me put up a 80/160 vertical and play in the test. 
The second choice would be the Caymans. Any and all info will be 
appreciated. Please reply to my e-mail address and not to the reflectors 
as I am posting this to both cq-contest and VE7TCP's dx reflector. If 
needed I can give a summary to any one who is interested. 
Tnx
Chuck/N0BIW
n0biw@sky.net


>From wrt@eskimo.com (Bill Turner  W7LZP)  Mon Sep  4 12:28:38 1995
From: wrt@eskimo.com (Bill Turner  W7LZP) (Bill Turner  W7LZP)
Subject: Control cables and TVI
Message-ID: <199509041828.LAA04571@mail.eskimo.com>

At 10:46 AM 9/4/95 -0400, PaulKB8N@aol.com wrote:
>In preparing for the Sprint, I wanted to solve a nagging problem with
>interference to my VCR.  We're in a covenant-restricted neighborhood, so I
>ran balanced feedlines into my attic as the house was being constructed, and
>have been successfully using an 80M dipole that's on a short pole just above
>the roofline.  
>
>During the construction of the house, I took great care to distance the
>feedline from any power, phone or CATV cables.  Despite this and numerous
>efforts to eliminate the problem at the VCR, I continued to have annoying
>interference.  I felt that replacing the open feeders with a good quality
>coax would solve the problem.  I would run that along with a shielded control
>cable to my homebrew bandswitching tuner, which I planned to place in the
>attic close to the antenna.
>
>I was highly disappointed when this fix failed to solve the problem!  I
>suspected that I was getting current flow on the outside shield of the coax,
>so I placed about ten ferrite sleeves on the distant end of the coax.  This
>improved the situation slightly, but the interference persisted.  I
>disconnected the tuner from the coax and control cable, and tried using
>another manual tuner that didn't require the control cable.  Problem
>solved!!!
>
>While I had taken great care to extensively bypass the inner conductors of my
>control cable, the shield was acting as return RF path.  Once the control
>cable was disconnected, I also noticed that the bandwidth of the antenna
>dramatically increased, also indicating that the control cable had been
>radiating.
>
>For those of you who work with high power and multiple antenna systems and
>multiple control cables, this may just be a blinding flash of the obvious.
> I, however, learned a lot from this experience and intend to provide the
>same level of attention to my control cables as I do to my main feedline.
> That means RF choking at the near and distant ends, and, of course, the
>normal bypassing efforts.
>
>Maybe this experience may help you solve a nagging interference problem.
>
>73,  Paul, KB8N
>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Good observation, Paul.  RFI can come from everywhere, as I found out with
my phone -- the phone line was picking up RF and feeding it into my computer
and then into the keyboard, causing it to send garbage characters. Ferrite
beads and a phone filter fixed the problem.  Usually we cause interference
TO phones, not get interference FROM them...   :-)

73, Bill  W7LZP
wrt@eskimo.com


>From becker@shell.portal.com (Tony and Celia Becker)  Mon Sep  4 16:45:41 1995
From: becker@shell.portal.com (Tony and Celia Becker) (Tony and Celia Becker)
Subject: CQP Antenna Question(s)
Message-ID: <199509041847.LAA27544@nova.unix.portal.com>

Bud, K7CW/6 puts up a corner fed loop in the field for the October CQP
CONTEST and asked about other antenna options.  For the loop, the choice may
depend on where you can suspend the feedline.

I live in a townhouse with CC&Rs which disallow any external antenna, and
must keep the CONTEST antennas low profile (thats why I LOVE Field Day).  I
have successfully used a delta loop on 40 for over a year now by suspending
the peak in a 70' high eucalyptus and hiding the coaxial balun and feedline.

I use "invisible" #26 stranded copperweld from the Wireman, and feed it just
above the corner, which is conveniently located in a smaller tree so that
the quarter wave of RG-59 / balun and RG-8X feed are concealed in its
foliage and branches.  The ground is mainly clay and lossy.  The terrain is
flat expressway and parking lots to the west and 2 story wood frame
townhouses and apartments to the east.

When choosing the feed point, I compared the bottom center to the '1/3 above
the corner' feed over several CONTESTs.  As Larry Novak has pointed out, the
comparable dipole would be at the loop's effective height. For my
configuation, this works out to only 24'!

HORIZONTAL POLARIZATION FEED:    (< or V indicates the feedpoint)
      40m LOOP           eq. DIPOLE
        50'
         /\           
        /  \          
       /    \         
      /      \        --------V--------    effective ht.=10'+~14'=24'
     /        \       
     ----V-----  10'     

VERTICAL POLARIZATION FEED:
      40m LOOP           eq. DIPOLE
        50'
         /\                   |
        /  \                  |
       /    \                 |
      <      \                <     effective ht.=10'+~14'=24'
     /        \               |
     ----------  10'          |
                              |

The vertical feed was much more effective, and my CONTEST scores clearly
show it!  Unscientifically, I was better able hold a frequency and ran the
JAs at 3x my former rate in WPX with the vertical feed.  I ascribe this to a
lower radiation angle.  Obviously, a dipole at 50' would be a better
compromise antenna and probably equally effective for most DX, but the
exposed feedline would be unacceptable in my situation.  

If there are any antenna modeling gurus out there who care to take a crack
at this issue, I would be very grateful for any further enlightenment.
AE0M, Tony Becker - becker@shell.portal.com - Silicon Valley, U.S.A.


>From Fred Hopengarten" <k1vr@k1vr.jjm.com  Mon Sep  4 14:48:16 1995
From: Fred Hopengarten" <k1vr@k1vr.jjm.com (Fred Hopengarten)
Subject: RK9AWN future antennas question.
Message-ID: <304b03a2.k1vr@k1vr.jjm.com>

On Sun,  3 Sep 95 16:53:27 +0400, "Jerry Sidorov"
<jerry@ua9ar.urc.ac.ru> wrote:
> Now I've to decide how to feed them. The classic method is
> to use two cable parts of equal lengths. But I wish to
make
> switched elevation diagram. I'll insert the switcher and
> a half wave line into one layer feedline, therefore there
> will be switched phase shift between both layers of stack.
> On one position the layers'll be fed with the same phases,
> on another one they'll be fed with opposit (180 degrees)
> phases. Due to this decision it'll be more handy to place
> the switcher as low as possible (its' an idea to place it
> around the lower 3 el). It's no use to have two equal
> cable parts this case. My question is: if I'd use two
> DIFFERENT PHISICAL length cables, but they shall have
> EQUAL PHASE lengths (eg. one'll be 3 meters length and
> the other one'll be 3 meters plus wave length timed the
> cable speed factor) what kinda undesirable thing will be
> this case?

Dear Jerry:

     I have a stack of three (3) TH6DXX (triband) yagis.
The High one is fully rotatable.  The Middle one is side-
mounted (300 degrees of rotation available), and the Low one
is fixed on Eu (at heights of approximately 9.4, 18.6, and
29.6 meters).  After asking around among friends, I
purchased the DuneStar switching system (a WX0B design).
WX0B is present on this reflector.

     I use equal lengths of coax jumpers from the switching
box.  As the relay box is located in the middle, I coil up
the cable to the middle yagi.

     During the research phase of this project, I asked K1GQ
(editor of the W2PV antenna book) whether or not I should
try to create a system which would permit in phase and out
of phase switching.  He said that with a two antenna stack,
he had tried it, using a BIP/BOP (Both In Phase/Both Out of
Phase) switch.  He eventually abandoned the idea, as he
built the system for contesting, and he was wasting too much
time switching to find the best combination.

     At present, I have an eight (8) position switch:  All
3, Low, Medium, High, H+L, M+L, H+M and All 3.  To maximize
scores, this station uses All 3 about 60 percent of the
time, H+M (split for different directions, such as H @ Asia
and M on Eu, or H @ Asia and M on South Am -- when 20 is
closed to Eu) about 20 percent of the time, and H only (for
pileups to Asia) about 10 percent of the time.  If I
switched any more, I'd spend too much time switching and
rotating, and not enough time making QSO's.

     In any event, use low loss hardline to the relay box,
and then you can afford to waste a little loss by using
flexible coaxial cable for phasing lines.

     Good luck.
-- 
                      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 James Brooks" <9v1yc@equator.lugs.po.my  Tue Sep  5 00:37:54 1995
From: James Brooks" <9v1yc@equator.lugs.po.my (James Brooks)
Subject: 2nd Asia-Pac Sprint
Message-ID: <304b7fc5.equator@equator.lugs.po.my>



2nd Asia-Pacific Sprint
-----------------------

            
Objective:   "To work as many stations within the defined Asia-Pacific region
              within the 2 hour time limit. Only QSO's with at least one or 
              both of the stations being from the Asia-Pacific region 
              count for points"

Winners:    Each DXCC country, continent plus one overall.  
            Winners receive a cool Asia-Pacific contest T-shirt.

Time:  1230-1430 UTC

1.  Bands  20m & 40m
2.  Mode  CW
3.  Power limit: 150W output
4.  Category: Single op, Single radio.
5.  Exchange:  RST + Serial # beginning with 001
6.  Points: 1 point/QSO with each station in Asia Pacific region.
7   Dupes:  Same station can be worked only once on the same band.
8.  Mults:  1 mult/prefix (once only - not once per band) (WPX rules)
9.  Called station (usually CQ'er)  QSY's at least 1 KHZ after a QSO.   <-  
IMPORTANT!
10. Final Score:  Points x Mults  


Asia-Pacific countries for this contest:  
(coutries from Asia side Pacific Rim to 180 degrees)

3D2(all), 1S/9M0, 9M2, 9M6/8, 9V, BV, BY, C2, DU, FK8, FW, H4, HL, 
HS, JA, JD1/Ogasawara, JD1/Marcus, KC6 (Belau), KH2, KH9, KH0, P29, 
T2, T30, T33, UA0, V6/KC6, V7, V85, VK1-9(all except VK9X & VK9Y), 
VS6, XU, XV/3W, XX9, YB, YJ, ZL(all except Chatham & Kermadec), 

Results posted to: CQ-CONTEST@TGV.com, AP-SPRINT@dumpty.go.jp and
                   (hopefully) NCJ.

Rules and results will be distributed by the automated info-server.
Send a request mail to: info-contest@dumpty.nal.go.jp
with the command in the body:  #get ap-sprint.rule


All logs must contain complete QSO information plus a summary sheet
and your T-shirt size.

Japan Logs:

Post:   Tack Kumagai, P O BOX 22, 
        Mitaka, Tokyo 181, JAPAN

Outside Japan:

Post:   James Brooks
        15 Balmoral Road #03-08
        Singapore 1025  SINGAPORE


Log deadline:  E-mail: 72 hours, Post: Postmarked by Oct 8


        Asia-Pacific Contest Electronic Log Submissions
      ==================================================  

Will gladly accept the electronic logs by email!
The log & summary sheet must be in the ASCII format. (No binary
files please)

Please send your Elec-log to: 9v1yc@equator.lugs.po.my


Sample Summary Sheet
 --------------
                      ASIA PACIFIC CW SPRINT CONTEST

CALLSIGN USED:
OPERATOR:
COUNTRY:
DATE:

BAND    QSOs     POINTs     PREFIXES    
 7
14
--------------------------------------
Total

SCORE:
 
Comments;

____________________________________________________________________________

(TYPE or PRINT)
NAME                    CALL
 
Address:
City   :
Prefecture/State:
Postal Code:
Country:
____________________________________________________________


Sample Log

Any ASCII file output from CT/TRLOG/NA/ZLOG etc logging software 
will be accepted.  

BAND MM/DD/YY  HHMM  CALLSIGN      RSTNR    RSTNR   NEW   POINT
                                   SENT     RCVD    MULT
20   09/30/95  1310    JE1CKA      599001   59917   JE1   1
40   09/30/95  1312    9V1YC       599002   59916   9V1   1
40   09/30/95  1316    VS6BG       599003   59922   VS6   1
20   09/30/95  1317    JE1JKL      599004   59931         1

[END]

>From Takao KUMAGAI <je1cka@dumpty.nal.go.jp>  Tue Sep  5 08:07:12 1995
From: Takao KUMAGAI <je1cka@dumpty.nal.go.jp> (Takao KUMAGAI)
Subject: RUFZ-Top list(09/05 '95)
Message-ID: <199509050707.QAA05073@dumpty.nal.go.jp>

This list has been maintained by the RUFZ Author Matt DL4MM and
Tack JE1CKA. Your update score will be appreciated. 
The collected scores will be merged regularly.

If you have any questions or requests on RUFZ program, now you 
will be able to send an Internet email to Matt.
DL4MM mailto:03512231084-0001@t-online.de
He has been a subscriber of the "cq-contest-digest". :-)

How to report the score
1) Packet Radio: email to DL4MM@DB0TUD.#SAX.DEU.EU   
2) Internet: email to je1cka@nal.go.jp
3) Snail mail: DL4MM Mathias Kolpe,
   Breitscheidstr. 17, D-01237 Dresden, GERMANY
4) Fax  : +49 -351 252 63 13 (GERMANY)
   Phone: +49 -351 223 10 84 (GERMANY)

=== RUFZ International Score Listing === (last revised 1995 Sept 05)
   Score    Call  Max Paris speed
   47532    W2UP  446  8.001300
   47233   DF4PA  446 
   45991    N8RR  446  7.818200
   36807  KC5NWX  367  7.779200         (=KR0Y)
   35284  DL8WAA  367
   35150   RA9AA  416  6.988400
   32973  CT1BOH  367  7.103600
   32070    K1AR  367  5.647600
   31943  SM0TXT  347  7.171500 
   31710  DL3DZZ  367  7.180100
   31688    K1DG  367  5.530400
   31101  JE1JKL  347
   30649  DL2HBX  367
   30489   T94EU  347  6.059000
   29778    K3WW  347  5.567600
   29163   DF1LX  328
   28859  JH0KHR  347  6.360500
   28662  DL1EFD  347
   27596   KE2PF  328  5.580000
   24977    K5ZD  312
   24785  SM3OJR  328  6.021400
   24267  JH0NZN  312  5.771800
   23915    N3RS  312  4.683600
   22875  DL3JAN  312
   22049    KU4J  297  4.327600
   21948    KR2Q  284  4.236900
   21281   KJ4VH  284  4.658000
   21133  JA0FVU  284  5.068200
   21116    ND3F  297
   20744  JE1SPY  312
   20571    AD1C  297  3.900300
   19076    K1IU  271  3.818100
   18217  DL8DYL  271
   16468    K0OD  284
   13378  RA9AEW  240  3.693900
   12562   UA9AR  250  3.334200
   10426  RA9ATU  201  3.029600
    8092  RA9ATW  250  2.983400
    6568  RA9ANR  201  2.379800
    5556  DL4JWU  168

 ======
How to get RUFZ program
        ftp://maspar.maspar.com/pub/k2mm/rufz/rufz.zip
        ftp://ftp.eskimo.com/u/o/oolon/rufz.zip

        mail:info-contest@dumpty.nal.go.jp
with
        #get rufzpack.uue
in the body of the message.

        ---------
        Tack Kumagai JE1CKA/KH0AM
        TEL:81-30-066-6408, FAX:81-423-93-4449
        Internet: je1cka@nal.go.jp

>From Hoeft, Roger V" <rvhoeft@po5.pcmail.ingr.com  Tue Sep  5 16:57:00 1995
From: Hoeft, Roger V" <rvhoeft@po5.pcmail.ingr.com (Hoeft, Roger V)
Subject: Looking for RTTY run &logging pgm.
Message-ID: <304C73AA@hubsmp1.pcmail.ingr.com>


Gratings and Salivations,

I'm considering a very modest effort in the upcoming RTTY event.  But, 
before I can begin, I need to convert my KAM all-mode from my C64 to a 286 
machine.

Specifically, is there a program available that will drive the KAM unit and 
log the Qs for RTTY  from a 286?  If there is such an animal, please let me 
know.

Thanks & 73s
    
 
****************************************************************************  
*******
       Roger Hoeft              aka KA9EKJ
       Intergraph Corporation       - Amateur Radio is a contact sport
       Huntsville, AL   35894
       rvhoeft@ingr.com
    
 
****************************************************************************  
*******

>From Rich L. Boyd" <rlboyd@CapAccess.org  Tue Sep  5 18:08:32 1995
From: Rich L. Boyd" <rlboyd@CapAccess.org (Rich L. Boyd)
Subject: JA bashing
Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.91-FP.950905130520.13056A-100000@cap1.capaccess.org>


I agree with Mario that we should be more circumspect in our comments, 
since this is an international reflector and an international hobby, ham 
radio.  -- CONTEST --

I for one am very thankful for the fine Japanese equipment that has filed 
a gap in U.S. ham radio equipment manufacturing and inspired companies 
like Ten-Tec to try to compete.  Typo correction:  "...has filled a gap..."

>From my perspective we are increasingly in a world economy, wherein I 
object to being taken for granted by an American radio or car 
manufacturer, and will glady buy Japanese or German or whatever.  I 
think we all benefit from this and I hope other markets will also be more 
open at some time in the near future -- we will all benefit, I believe.

Rich Boyd KE3Q


>From Assarabowski, Richard" <AssaraR@utrc.utc.com  Tue Sep  5 21:41:00 1995
From: Assarabowski, Richard" <AssaraR@utrc.utc.com (Assarabowski, Richard)
Subject: Stacking 15 & 40 on one tower
Message-ID: <304CB5E6@msgate.res.utc.com>


     I had an arrangment on my single-tower station with a 40-2CD at 85 ft 
and a 6el 15m KLM at 90 ft.  The 40 at 85 ft was rotatable on a sidemount, 
while the 15 was on a conventional rotator (with a 4el Cushcraft 10 at 95 ft 
and a Hy-Gain 204BA at 100 ft on the same mast).  The interaction between 
the 15m and 40m beams was very pronounced.  When pointed in the same 
direction, the F/B on the 15m beam went to hell; when perpendicular, the 40m 
beam's SWR curve went to hell.  I have no way of knowing what the effect was 
on gain.  When on 15, I'd offset the 40m beam by 45-90 deg; when on 40, I'd 
turn the 15m beam in line.  With two radios going on two bands, the antennas 
inevitably got out of sync, but it didn't seem to matter much unless I'd 
start a serious run on a band or had trouble breaking a pile-up.  That was 
my solution to a one-tower, two-radio single-op setup.

     To finish the line-up, the 10m Cushcraft was fixed 90 deg away from the 
15 and 20 on the same rotatable mast, which was the only way I could get a 
match on it.  Least affected (to my knowledge anyway) was the 204BA at 100 
ft.  A rotatable tribander at 50 ft on a sidemount completed the setup, with 
wires off the tower for 80 and 160.  The reasoning behind this antenna 
arrangement was to put the 20m on top for maximum effectiveness, and to be 
able to independently rotate the 15 and 40 to minimize interaction between 
them.

                         -- Rich K1CC
                             assarar@utrc.utc.com

PS All but the 20 got bent up in a storm two years ago -- anyone have good 
suggestions
for another single-tower two-radio arrangement?  I have 130 ft of Rohn 45 
stacked horizon-
tally in the woods, I suppose I should put that up...  Any chain saw 
volunteers in the area?

>From i4ufh@contest.dsnet.it (Fabio I4UFH)  Tue Sep  5 21:50:54 1995
From: i4ufh@contest.dsnet.it (Fabio I4UFH) (Fabio I4UFH)
Subject: WAE SSB IR4T Activity
Message-ID: <9509052050.AA05437@maggiore.dsnet.it>

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
              WAEDC SSB 1995 Contest         IR4T M/S Contest Activity
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

We will be active during the WAEDC SSB Contest in the next weekend in a  
M/S category. All band will be checked, also 10 / 15 m. Please look for
us for QTC traffic and 15 / 10 m  schedule.

73 de Fabio I4UFH

See you in the  Contest................ 

e-mail i4ufh@contest.dsnet.


>From i4ufh@contest.dsnet.it (Fabio I4UFH)  Tue Sep  5 21:50:58 1995
From: i4ufh@contest.dsnet.it (Fabio I4UFH) (Fabio I4UFH)
Subject: IG9 ( African Italy ) CQWW Activity
Message-ID: <9509052050.AA05440@maggiore.dsnet.it>

Hello Guys,

We are ready to announce the follow activities for the incoming WWDX
Contest, from the NEW CQWW Country, AFRICAN ITALY.

>From 1995 these Country has been added to the WWDX Country list,
Italy has been  splitted in two country : EUROPEAN ITALY and AFRICAN ITALY.

This Country include the Pelagie is. (IG9) & Pantelleria is. (IH9) 
in the most southern part of Italy.


Country :  AFRICAN ITALY - Continent: AFRICA - CQ Zone: 33 - ITU Zone: 37

Callsign:  

IG9R   Single Op.  20m.     SSB      October        op.     Fabio    I4UFH
IG9T   Single Op.  80m.     SSB      October        op.     Albert   IV3TAN
IG9W   Single Op.  160m.    SSB      October        op.     Frank    IV3SHF
IG9A   Single Op.  40m.     SSB      October        op.     Fabio    IT9GSF
 
Callsign:  

IG9R   Single Op.  20m.     CW      November        op.     Giorgio  I2VXJ
  

The islands are not very easy  to approaching, in  the last 3 month most of
the  antenna  as been  landed and installed, all the equipments and antenna
will be tested during the WAE SSB in  the second weekend of Semptember with
the  IG9R callsign. Almost will be ready for the October season !!!

The QSL Manager for all the callsigns and Contest is IV3TAN.

Please spreadout this info, your help is appreciated to obtain a results in
this new adventure !!!!

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>From i4ufh@contest.dsnet.it (Fabio I4UFH)  Tue Sep  5 21:51:01 1995
From: i4ufh@contest.dsnet.it (Fabio I4UFH) (Fabio I4UFH)
Subject: New CQWW Country and K1EA CT CTY.DAT file
Message-ID: <9509052051.AA05443@maggiore.dsnet.it>

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WWDX 1995 Contest       Lampedusa is. PELAGIE group       Contest Activity
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Con questo messaggio il Contest WW Committee annuncia ufficialmente lo 
status delle Isole Pelagie e Pantelleria.
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  To: Fabio Schettino                  Conf: (0) E-mail
Subj: African Italy                    Read: Yes

To all Contesters from the CQ WW Committee:

***The CQ WW Committee has voted to clarify the country status of
IG and IH, African Italy. Starting with the 1995 contests, IG/IH
will count as a country multiplier in the CQ WW. The country of
African Italy***. 

Cu in the contests
73 Bob K3EST

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Di conseguenza e' necessario aggiornare il proprio file CTY.DAT per gli
utenti del CT 9 nel seguente modo :

Italy:                    15:  28:  EU:   41.90:   -12.50:    -1.0:  I:
    I;
Italy (Africa):           33:  37:  AF:   35.40:   -12.50:    -1.0:  *IG9:
    IG9,IH9;
Sicily:                   15:  28:  EU:   37.50:   -14.00:    -1.0:  *IT9:
    IB9,ID9,IE9,IF9,II9,IJ9,IO9,IQ9,IR9,IT9,IU9,IZ9;


Viene  riportata  anche  la  configurazione della  Sicilia  in  quanto  e' 
necessario  togliere  i  prefissi  IG9 ed IH9  da   questo   Country.  Non
dimenticarsi di evidenziare il Country con l'asterisco *,che ne identifica 
lo stato di MOLTIPLICATORE solo nei CONTEST CQWW.

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Per gli utenti di CT 8 la modifica da effettuare nel file CQWW.CTY e' la 
seguente :

Italy:                 15:  I:     I;
Italy (Africa):        33:  IG9:   IG9,IH9;
Sicily:                15:  IT9:   IB9,ID9,IE9,IF9,II9,IJ9,IO9,IQ9,IR9,IT9
&                                  IU9,IZ9;

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 73 de Fabio I4UFH


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