Hey Folks,
During my long hiatus from amateur radio and contesting, there seems
to have been an evolution in the 3-500Z triode which has left me
somewhat confused as to which version and manufacturer to buy for the
Sanford and Son RF deck that I just found at the local fleamarket. I
have two (notice correct usage!) empty holes in this aluminum
monstrosity (sic?) that are just begging for the right pair of
3-500??s. So if some well informed RF type out there (as opposed to
uniformed RF type like myself) could splain to me the difference
between a Penta, Svetlana, and a ZG as compared to Eimac, I would be
forever indebted to you. You have to understand, I crave QRO! In the
words of the immortal KA8TIH - "I like high power!".
All kidding aside, any help on this matter would be most appreciated.
Thanks,
73 de Mike, AD4VH
mike.tope@sciatl.com
>From barry@w2up.wells.com (Barry Kutner) Sat Oct 7 22:32:14 1995
From: barry@w2up.wells.com (Barry Kutner) (Barry Kutner)
Subject: RE ham's problems
Message-ID: <F9BmcD2w165w@w2up.wells.com>
James White <0006492564@mcimail.com> writes:
>
> Yeah, 73s....there is no such thing! Think about it.
>
>
Jeeze, I luv two sey 73s frum tha mobile wen Ime destinated!
--
Barry N. Kutner, W2UP Internet: barry@w2up.wells.com
Newtown, PA Packet Radio: W2UP @ WB3JOE.#EPA.PA.USA.NA
Packet Cluster: W2UP >WB2R (FRC)
.......................................................................
>From James White <0006492564@mcimail.com> Sun Oct 8 04:30:00 1995
From: James White <0006492564@mcimail.com> (James White)
Subject: Matching thE beam
Message-ID: <40951008033004/0006492564PK4EM@MCIMAIL.COM>
Since I am starting from scratch on a new 20 meter CONTESTING yagi why
wouldn't I want to design the gamma for it at 75 ohms. Since myy hardline is
75 ohms and I can use 75 ohm coax for the flexable section that allows
rotation I can go this route and not need to worry about changing the
impedance at two ends of the coax, right? I can have everything 75 ohms all
the way from the beam down into the shack where, if it is necessary, I can
use the series transformer approach or a 75:50 balun, right?
This seems easier to me - what is it I am forgetting?
Jim zx k1zx@mcimail.com
>From Gary Schwartz <garyk9gs@solaria.sol.net> Sun Oct 8 04:43:17 1995
From: Gary Schwartz <garyk9gs@solaria.sol.net> (Gary Schwartz)
Subject: QSL manager software
Message-ID: <Pine.3.02.9510072218.B20360-b100000@solaria.sol.net>
I am working on the development of a stand alone Windows
application that will be of use both to the average
DXer/CONTESTER and to those who are QSL managers. This
application would allow one to import CT res/bin files,
DBase logfiles and ASCII logfiles into either separate or
combined databases. Once this database is created, it
could be sorted on any of the fields.
>From this, one would be able to do the following:
1) Search for all instances of a callsign within the database,
with or without wildcards.
2) Tag individual entries from the sorted list or directly
from the database.
3) Print the tagged entries either individually or with
multiple QSO's per label to either tractor-fed or sheet
labels.
4) Mark the QSLs as sent, with the date printed.
5) The label format would be able to be fully customizable with
such things as callsigns, salutations, graphics and such.
What I am looking for from you is some feed-back and any
suggestions. I am especially interested in any input from the
users and authors of TR and NA regarding what file export formats
are available. (I don't use/have either of these contest logging
programs) I can't think of what the use might be but would
export capabilities be useful?
Later versions could support such things as postage requirements,
number of IRC's required, bureau sorting/addressing and
automatic look-up of addresses via CD ROM.
Any other suggestions?
73,
Gary K9GS (You have to STOP the Q-Tip when there's resistance !)
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>From jamesm@sw2.canberra.edu.au (Jim Muller VK1FF/WB2FFY) Mon Oct 9 03:37:03
>1995
From: jamesm@sw2.canberra.edu.au (Jim Muller VK1FF/WB2FFY) (Jim Muller
VK1FF/WB2FFY)
Subject: Asia-Oceania Sprint Info Requested
Message-ID: <9510081137.AA22898@Sw2.canberra.edu.au.noname>
Could someone please send me info on the recent CW (Asia-Oceania?)
Sprint that ran on 30 September 95. I'm looking for the following
details: scoring, log requirements, address where entries should be
sent.
73, Jim Muller Packet: VK1FF@VK1KCM.ACT.AUS.AUNZ
VK1FF/WB2FFY Internet: jamesm@sw2.canberra.edu.au
>From Bob Patten <z002816b@bcfreenet.seflin.lib.fl.us> Sun Oct 8 13:39:04 1995
From: Bob Patten <z002816b@bcfreenet.seflin.lib.fl.us> (Bob Patten)
Subject: Schematics needed for Curtis 4044 & Icom 735
Message-ID: <Pine.3.89.9510080837.A26656-0100000@bcfreenet.seflin.lib.fl.us>
Can anyone supply me with a copy of the schematic of the Curtis 4044 (16 pin
version) PC Board and/or the Icom 735?
Bob Patten
bobpatt@bcfreenet.seflin.lib.fl.us
>From jallen@vhfcom.com (John D. Allen) Sun Oct 8 15:46:14 1995
From: jallen@vhfcom.com (John D. Allen) (John D. Allen)
Subject: Pointers to Internet Service Providers
Message-ID: <199510081344.JAA09365@nic.iii.net>
Many of you may want to help someone else get on the internet or to get yourself
a home account or get a better (faster) connection than you have now. I have
made a hobby of helping getting people connected and have been investigating
the
resources available on the WWW for finding local and reasonably priced Internet
Service Providers (ISP's).
There are many lists of ISP's on the web (See
http://lcweb.loc.gov/global/internet/access-providers.html for a master list
of lists) but by far the most comprehensive world wide list can be found at:
http://thelist.com/
I highly recommend using this list to find ISP's by Country and area code.
This list has about 5-10 times more providers than the others I have tried.
I have no connection with the above sites, except as a satisfied user.
Although this is not directly related to Dxing, Contesting etc., given
the level of interest in the internet by HAMs, I feel that this is worthy
of the email bandwidth. So please, no flames.
73, John, K1FWF jallen@vhfcom.com
John D. Allen, jallen@vhfcom.com
>From six@knoware.nl (Frank E. van Dijk) Sun Oct 8 15:02:11 1995
From: six@knoware.nl (Frank E. van Dijk) (Frank E. van Dijk)
Subject: PACC contest 1996
Message-ID: <199510081402.PAA11455@utrecht.knoware.nl>
TO WARREN, NF1J
Warren,
hereby I send you the rules for the PACC Contest 1996, 10 and 11
February. A condensed version of these rules is at the bottom of
the document.
Please be so kind to confirm receipt of this message, tks vy much!
73, Frank PA3BFM
six@knoware.nl
Dates
February 10 and 11, 1996; 1200Z - 1200Z
Bands
160, 80, 40, 20, 15 and 10 meters
SSB QSOs on 160 are not allowed
Modes
CW and SSB
Entry classes
single operator; multi operator; SWL
Exchange
RS(T)+serial number, start from 001
Dutch stations transmit their Province abbreviation:
GR, FR, DR, OV, GD, UT, NH, ZH, FL, ZL, NB, LB (12)
QSO Points
each QSO with a PA/PB/PI station yields one point
a station may be worked only once per band, regardless
of the mode
Multiplier
1 multiplier per Province, per band. Maximum 6*12=72
Final score
the total of all QSO points on all bands, multiplied by the
total of all multiplier points on all bands (a la CQ WW)
SWLs
each different Dutch station per band counts for 1 point
complete exchange of both Dutch and foreign station must
be logged
Logs
separate sheet per band, submit score calculation
multipliers should appear only when new
please sign log for observation of the contest rules
mail log no later than March 31st, 1996 to:
Frank E. van Dijk PA3BFM
Middellaan 24
3721 PH Bilthoven
Netherlands, Europe
Awards
a contest certificate will be awarded to the high scorers in each
country in each entry class. No fee.
The PACC Award can be obtained for working 100 different PA/PB/PI stations
in the PACC Contest, without submitting QSLs. Send application together with
contest log and USD 5,- fee to contest organizer.
Condensed version: work different Dutch stations on each of the bands
10-160 meters (No WARC) in CW or SSB. Transmit RS(T) plus serial
number. Dutch stations transmit their Province abbreviation: GR, FR, DR,
OV, GD, UT, NH, ZH, FL, ZL, NB, LB (total 12) which count as multiplier
per band. Scoring: each different Dutch station per band yields 1 point.
Final score: total band QSO points multiplied by total band multipliers.
>From Steve Sacco <0006901972@mcimail.com> Sun Oct 8 16:29:00 1995
From: Steve Sacco <0006901972@mcimail.com> (Steve Sacco)
Subject: Rotor (Rotator?) Discussion
Message-ID: <32951008152923/0006901972DC1EM@MCIMAIL.COM>
-- [ From: Steve Sacco KC2X * EMC.Ver #2.5.03 ] --
08 October 95
KR2Q: is it "rotor", or "rotator", *OR* "azimuth direction motor"?
RE: Yaesu G-2700GSX thread: I purchased one nearly a year ago, when they were
being closed-out. It would be turning my Force12 EF-340D Yagi. While this is
overkill to the point of indicating mental retardation on my part - I really
think you could ge
I finally installed it this past May.
Hurricane Erin blew through Central Florida this summer; the eye passed just
south (1,000,000 cm or about 6 miles for you poor souls living in Burundi and
elsewhere) of my QTH.
Other than snapping my Gap IV in half, the only "damage" was that a few of the
antennas did the weather vane bit, and spun in the rotor clamp.
"No problem" I thought as I climbed up to the Yaesu rotor to re-orient the F12.
"Let's see...loosen the clamp, aim the antenna back to the correct
direction...hand tighten the clamp...snap the clamp...@!#$@#!$@$!@$@#!!!!!"
Call Yaesu to order a new set. Nice guy at Yaesu parts give me a new set under
warrantee. Climb back up tower with new new clamp. Verrrryyyy carefully hand
tighten new clamp. Snap new clamp. Get the other clamp. Install the other
clamp, being even
NEW Rotor Thread: This is embarrassing, but I think it means something: The
rotor is a Create RC5A-3, which has the preset function. About 5:00pm, I
turned my lower 20M Yagi West yesterday afternoon to listen to the CQP action
out of California, usin
The rotor was trying to turn for 10 1/2 hours! I turned off the rotor, and
went back to bed. This morning, I switch the power back on, and tried to turn
the antenna North...and IT STILL WORKED! This MUST say something about the
quality of the motor
Hope these comments were helpful...
73,
Steve KC2X
ssacco@mcimail.com
Narcoosee, Florida
>From six@knoware.nl (Frank E. van Dijk) Sun Oct 8 20:50:37 1995
From: six@knoware.nl (Frank E. van Dijk) (Frank E. van Dijk)
Subject: PACC contest 1996
Message-ID: <199510081950.UAA17793@utrecht.knoware.nl>
1996 DUTCH PACC CONTEST
MAGAZINE EDITORS: A SHORT VERSION OF THESE
RULES CAN BE FOUND AT THE END OF THIS
MESSAGE
Dates
February 10 and 11, 1996; 1200Z - 1200Z
Bands
160, 80, 40, 20, 15 and 10 meters
SSB QSOs on 160 are not allowed
Modes
CW and SSB
Entry classes
single operator; multi operator; SWL
Exchange
RS(T)+serial number, start from 001
Dutch stations transmit their Province abbreviation:
GR, FR, DR, OV, GD, UT, NH, ZH, FL, ZL, NB, LB (12)
QSO Points
each QSO with a PA/PB/PI station yields one point
a station may be worked only once per band, regardless
of the mode
Multiplier
1 multiplier per Province, per band. Maximum 6*12=72
Final score
the total of all QSO points on all bands, multiplied by the
total of all multiplier points on all bands (a la CQ WW)
SWLs
each different Dutch station per band counts for 1 point
complete exchange of both Dutch and foreign station must
be logged
Logs
separate sheet per band, submit score calculation
multipliers should appear only when new
please sign log for observation of the contest rules
mail log no later than March 31st, 1996 to:
Frank E. van Dijk PA3BFM
Middellaan 24
3721 PH Bilthoven
Netherlands, Europe
Awards
a contest certificate will be awarded to the high scorers in each
country in each entry class. No fee.
The PACC Award can be obtained for working 100 different PA/PB/PI stations
in the PACC Contest, without submitting QSLs. Send application together with
contest log and USD 5,- fee to contest organizer.
Condensed version: work different Dutch stations on each of the bands
10-160 meters (No WARC) in CW or SSB. Transmit RS(T) plus serial
number. Dutch stations transmit their Province abbreviation: GR, FR, DR,
OV, GD, UT, NH, ZH, FL, ZL, NB, LB (total 12) which count as multiplier
per band. Scoring: each different Dutch station per band yields 1 point.
Final score: total band QSO points multiplied by total band multipliers.
>From Gary Schwartz <garyk9gs@solaria.sol.net> Sun Oct 8 22:20:27 1995
From: Gary Schwartz <garyk9gs@solaria.sol.net> (Gary Schwartz)
Subject: QSL manager software
Message-ID: <Pine.3.02.9510081657.B29734-b100000@solaria.sol.net>
Thanks for all the enthusiastic responses. I will try to reply to the 15+
messages as time permits. Not bad for a late Sat. night posting and on a
weekend!
Several suggested that I switch to this or that logging program. You have
missed the whole point of what I'm trying to accomplish. I want to be
able to use the information from EXISTING logging programs and provide a
much better means of handling QSL cards. Believe me, I don't want to get
into the logging program end of things! I am happy with the logging
program that I currently use. I want to provide a solution that goes
beyond what is currently available and does it well.
Thanks again!
73,
Gary K9GS (You have to STOP the Q-Tip when there's resistance !)
________________________________________________________________
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| Society of Midwest Contesters Packet:K9GS@WA9KEC.WI.USA.NOAM |
| Greater Milwaukee DX Association Secretary/Treasurer |
|________________________________________________________________|
>From w7ni@teleport.com (Stan Griffiths) Mon Oct 9 00:29:49 1995
From: w7ni@teleport.com (Stan Griffiths) (Stan Griffiths)
Subject: Storm damage...
Message-ID: <199510082329.QAA17595@desiree.teleport.com>
W7NI said:
>>I bet your guy wire failures during the huricane were due to the wires
pulling through the cable clamps, right?
Ed said:
>Wrong ( and I still don't know why it happened this way ) None of the
>breaks were at tower attachment points or cable clamp positions. All
>breaks were from 12-18" from the point where the cable attached to the
>tower. Breakdown, 2 lower guys, 2 middle guys and 1 top guy. Was using
>3/16" aircraft control cable ( 4200 # break point ) Have replaced with
>1/4" stranded galvanized steel cable ( which is HELL to work with)
>having far fewer strands.
>
>73,
>ed
Thanks for the response, Ed. I think there is something to be learned here.
I know I've learned something already. I have three towers all over 100
feet high with lots of monobanders stacked on top and side mounted. One set
of my guys wires crosses over my driveway sort of low. One a day when I
wasn't home, a large semi truck was backing down my driveway to make a
delivery (another load of Rohn tower). The driver was not aware of the low
guy wire and backed into it. Not seeing any reason why the truck had
stalled, he pushed on the gas and let out the clutch. (If I had been there,
I probably would have had a heart attack right then!) The guy wire simply
pulled through the cable clamps and came off of the tower! My wife told me
about it later and I re-installed it.
This experience brought up the question of whether or not the wire rope
clips were tight enough or not. This tower is 115' tall with guys at four
levels. It is comprised of 78 feet (out of the ground) of Rohn "JJ" (export
version of Rohn 45 that is entirely bolted instead of welded) and four
sections of Rohn 25 on top of the "JJ". The guy wire material is 7 stranded
tough stuff 1/4" in diameter very much like "EHS" that Rohn sells. It is
actually short ends of "strand" used to support CATV cable on runs overhead
between poles. I have broken it up into 20 foot lengths with porcelein
insulators. I embarked on a project to check the tightness of each and
every wire rope clip on those guys. Since this included the ones at the egg
insulators, it meant bringing one whole set of guys into the tower after
removing them from the guy anchors, tightening each clamp (and breaking and
replacing a few), re-installing them, and them moving on to the next higher
set on the tower. I could easily take from 3/4 to 1/2 turn out of the both
nuts on each clamp! They were loose! (This may well have been what saved
my tower from total destruction, however, I do not recommend loose hardware
as a means of protecting your tower from trucks!) The final solution was to
tighten and replace wire rope clips as necessary and install another anchor
so I would not have a guy crossing the driveway at such a low level.
Since I personally installed the clamps on the guy wires in the first place,
I know they were tight. They became loose over time, about 5 years. I
think what happens is that the clamps compress the wire strands packing them
more tightly and the clamps themselves reform slightly under constant
stress. I also tend to think this is a bigger problem with the 7 solid
strand wire than it is with wire rope but I have no data to prove it. I
hate to say it, but I think there are thousands of loose wire rope clips
currently in use. I suggest that if you are using wire rope clips on your
guys, you try tightening a few of them that you can reach from the ground.
I think it is safe to assume that if you find any loose ones, the rest that
you can't reach are probably loose, too.
Stan W7NI@teleport.com
>From Jose Carlos Cardoso Nunes <ct1boh@telepac.pt> Mon Oct 9 02:50:13 1995
From: Jose Carlos Cardoso Nunes <ct1boh@telepac.pt> (Jose Carlos Cardoso Nunes)
Subject: qrl
Message-ID: <199510090150.BAA29249@webpac.telepac.pt>
qrl
>From joe.ham@ctobbs.com (Joe Ham) Fri Oct 6 02:12:34 1995
From: joe.ham@ctobbs.com (Joe Ham) (Joe Ham)
Subject: CQP: Siskiyou County
Message-ID: <9510061822292493@ctobbs.com>
Gary,
Even if Ray hasn't done all those things, and even if it snows, I bet
you still set a county record. Have a good time. We'll be running Co
Co County low power and still try to set a record.
73
Jerry
KG6LF
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