>
>What we need is a good way to permanently label the tower itself to remind
>the person who takes it down to use temporary guys. How can we attach such
>a label and what would it look like to be sure and catch the eye of the
>person who needs to know? The label should go on the tower the same day it
>is put up and stay there until it comes down.
> On the other hand, the label has to be good enough to
>last for 50 years since it is quite possible for a tower to be in place that
>long, maybe longer.
>
>
Well I think I may have an easy answer for this one. After you pour your
base, and you're down on your knees putting your intials in it, inscribe
into the concrete. It'll last forever, and you can't help but see it as
you look at your foot to place it on the first rung.
Perhaps even a catchy phrase (preferably short) to make it stick in the
mind. Something like "Temp Guys Saves Lives". Whatcha think?
73, John
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>From broz@csn.net (John Brosnahan) Wed Sep 20 12:32:20 1995
From: broz@csn.net (John Brosnahan) (John Brosnahan)
Subject: 40 Meter EU (and JA !)
Message-ID: <199509201132.FAA05730@lynx.csn.net>
>Now to really depress you boys out west... Talked to KM3T on the phone
>today (doing antenna work at the "new KC1XX")... I asked Dave if Matt had
>tried out the 2 element 40 he put up at 200 feet. He said yes, chuckled,
>and said Matt had worked a G3 at 1:00pm the other day on 40m cw.
Sometimes the "boys out west" get lucky. I recall operating at K0RF's
place in the early 80s in the ARRL CW contest when I worked a number of both
JAs and EUs at HIGH NOON LOCAL on 40M. 3L Yagi at 100ft at the time. Just
beamed due North to get to the darkness ASAP and scattered both directions
at once. SIgnals were not very strong on receive and it was hard to get the
DX's attention through their night-time QRM, but it was worth it. I thought
I was crazy checking 40M at high noon but you never know what might be
there. Of course this was M/M, no S/O would have wasted the time to even
check or to slowly work the 8 or 10 QSOs when the high bands would have had
good rate. The chance to find weird propagation paths is probably my
biggest motivation for being on M/M teams.
John W0UN
>From morpheus@kuwait.net () Wed Sep 20 16:14:40 1995
From: morpheus@kuwait.net () (morpheus@kuwait.net ())
Subject: No more 9K0!!!
Message-ID: <m0svO3C-0003FVC@access.kuwait.net>
hi,
sorry to say there is no more activity from 9K0A, because I faced many
problems with this callsign, that's why I delete it. But who did work me in
the past week with this call (9K0A) it's ok and they will receive there QSL
card, also I have copy of the licence, That mean it's legal call for the past
week only!!
And about the CQ WW SSB CONTEST I will try to work with my home call (9K2HN).
Thank you, and sorry again
de 9K2HN
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>From biss@epg.nist.gov (Robert Biss) Wed Sep 20 09:24:33 1995
From: biss@epg.nist.gov (Robert Biss) (Robert Biss)
Subject: Complete Contacts
Message-ID: <Q0600802@washer.NIST.GOV>
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From: PaulKB8N@aol.com
of posts lately about getting confirmation prior to
making the next QSO in a Sprint. There are some who apparently believe that
once they've copied a number (and they have the rest of the information in
the database) they are free to move on to the next QSO. This scenario
played
out for me during the most recent CW Sprint, and has caused a dilemma in my
mind.
I worked a fairly strong and competitive station in the Northeast, logging
his complete exchange and then sending mine. I never received a confirming
Dah or tu, so I assumed he did not receive the exchange. I jotted his info
down on a sheet of paper, but deleted the QSO. About 20 minutes later, I
worked him again, and AGAIN there was no confirmation. I again jotted down
the information, deleted the QSO and pressed on. As I reached the end of the
contest, I was scrounging for QSOs, called him again, and he indicated that
I
was a dupe. I took that as an acknowledgement of our most recent QSO, sent
him a new number (which he probably didn't copy) and logged the contact.
The common courtesy (sic requirement!) of acknowledging receipt of an
exchange can really cause a problem if it is not done. I would hope that
most would deal with the problem as I did, i. e. deleting the QSO if receipt
was not acknowledged, yet would feel justified in claiming the QSO, even
though times and numbers will not match. You're the referee...what's your
call?
If nothing else, maybe those sttations who are so anxious to make the next
contact that they fail to finish the previous one will realize that their
efforts are counterproductive. In my case, I made three "contacts" with the
same station, but may not get even one QSO out of it.
A lot of hype over one QSO, but I feel better now......
Paul, KB8N
Hi Paul, Let's hope that the LOG CHECKERS ding that log for an invalid QSO
with appropriate penalties....and an appropriate effect on the standings
will result....
Maybe your "venting" will open some eyes!!!!!
73's bob K3ZNV
BISS@EPG.NIST.GOV
>From Moore, Frank (Hdw Eng)" <fhmoore@po7.pcmail.ingr.com Wed Sep 20 15:57:00
>1995
From: Moore, Frank (Hdw Eng)" <fhmoore@po7.pcmail.ingr.com (Moore, Frank (Hdw
Eng))
Subject: CW Sprints
Message-ID: <30602BF9@hubsmp2.pcmail.ingr.com>
I have a couple of observations about the cw sprint participation thread.
>From a little gun's perspective, I really need the confirmation that the
other station copied my exchange. I have had qs in the past where I was so
puny weak that I wasn't sure if the guy just gave up on me or really copied
the exchange. If I don't get a confirmation then it puts me in a dilemma. Do
I log the q and take the chance of penalizing my score because I'm not in
the other stns log or do I delete the q and loose what may be a good q
(except for the confirmation).
On participation, I think that if you like to do cw sprints then you should
do them even if it at 15 wpm. Just send as fast as you can copy, you'll get
better with practice. If the other station doesn't want to do an exchange
that fast(slow) then they don't have to work you. As a matter of fact, if
there are 2 stns calling them then they are probably going to take the fast
one anyway. If you get in the contest then at least they have a chance to
decide. I think that you will find that most people will slow down/repeat
exchanges and work you. I know that I will, shoot the "dead" time between my
qs always makes up for a slow exchange :-) Also, don't worry about blowing
an exchange (I can say this from experience). If you're sending slower than
the other station, then people will realize that you may blow the exchange
occasionally. QRM causes the need for alot of repeats and it doesn't always
come from the radio. I tried to copy K5GNs(KE5PRF) exchange 3 times before
the QRM in my head went away this last contest. I don't think that he was
upset, afterwards he did say he was laughing pretty hard and sent my name
again to wake me up. Thats ok, it is all about having fun isn't it? Frank,
KE4GY
fhmoore@ingr.com
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