The Frankford Radio Club members of Team Antigua are once
again pleased to announce that they will activate The Island
of Antigua <NA-100> as V26B in 1995. Our primary goal is to
be active during the CQWW International SSB Contest on October
28th & 29th, 1995. We will be entering the Multi-operator,
Multi-transmitter catagory as V26B, with operation on all
bands during the contest period.
"Team" members will be active on various bands and modes both
before and after the competition period as time permits. We
will be making special efforts to be active on the WARC Bands,
160 meters as well as some satellite operations. KF3P and WT3Q
will be making special efforts to be as active on RTTY as time
permits.
Team Antigua would especially like to thank V21AN, V21AR, V21BF,
and V21C for all of their assistance and for showing us the true
meaning of Antigian Hospitality.
The Members of Team Antigua are:
V26A Dale Long N3BNA QSL VIA WB3DNA
V26B Sam Harner WT3Q QSL VIA WT3Q
V26DX Doug Priest N3ADL QSL VIA N3ADL
V26E Darrell Neron AB2E QSL VIA AB2E
V26R Mike Samanka KA2AEV QSL VIA KA2AEV
V26T Dick Ballou K3MQH QSL VIA K3MQH
V26U Bill Hudzik WA2UDT QSL VIA WA2UDT
Tyler Stewart KF3P V2 Call unknown at this time
Tony Kazmakites WB2P V2 Call unknown at this time
Bob Naumann KR2J V2 Call unknown at this time
These are the only operators I can confirm at this point. There
possibly will be some additions made.
In addition, Team Antigua is offering two oportunities to earn an
award. During the CQWW Contest period. If you work V26B on 10
meters thru 75 meters. You will automatically qualify for a
certificate of appreciation. But if you work V26B on all of the
competiton bands, 10 meters thru 160 meters, you will automatically qualify
for an extra special certificate of appreciation from Team Antigua. To
receive these awards, just submit your QSL requests for V26B to WT3Q for
processing!
The members of Team Antigua look forward to working everyone
possible. Please remember to Spot us on your local Dx Cluster
during the contest period. So everyone who would want to try
for our certificates will be able to!
If you need any additional information. Please feel free to
contact myself at:
Packet: KA2AEV @ NY2S.#NLI.NY.USA.NA
E-MAIL: KA2AEV @ AOL.COM
>From James White <0006492564@mcimail.com> Sat Oct 21 15:34:00 1995
From: James White <0006492564@mcimail.com> (James White)
Subject: Grille Technique
Message-ID: <15951021143451/0006492564PK2EM@MCIMAIL.COM>
Tony's piece on the briquettes could only be the work of Dave
Berry...I have been hoping for years that he would become a ham to
better point out hams' unique manorisms......really, the potatoe
salad turning into a blob and trying to mate with the corn - this
HAS to be Dave Barry.
zx
>From kk9w@marv.eng.uiowa.edu (David R. Andersen) Sat Oct 21 17:20:36 1995
From: kk9w@marv.eng.uiowa.edu (David R. Andersen) (David R. Andersen)
Subject: No subject
Message-ID: <9510211620.AA06939@marv.eng.uiowa.edu>
PA QSO Party Results - KK9W
Exchange Sent: KK9W QSO# IA (that's right guys IA, I'll be there in SS too).
Class: Single Op, Unassisted
Low Power (80W)
Score:
CW QSO's QSO Pts
80CW 21 x 2 = 42
40CW 31 x 1.5 = 46.5
20CW 8 x 1.5 = 12
Total QSO Points = 100.5
31 Multipliers
Total Score = 100.5 x 31 + 400 (W3YA twice) = 3515.5 pts.
>From MEC <danmec@inet.uni-c.dk> Sun Oct 22 03:18:03 1995
From: MEC <danmec@inet.uni-c.dk> (MEC)
Subject: 40-meter SSB intruders in CW band
Message-ID: <Pine.3.89.9510220426.A20816-0100000@inet.uni-c.dk>
On Mon, 16 Oct 1995 k0od@MO.NET wrote:
> In addition to those Indonesian pirates, I hear Central American SSB
> stations most days on 7.003 Mhz around 1200-1400Z. They are quite loud in
> the US Midwest. I have heard them sign XE and YS amateur calls in
> Spanish. Anyone know whether these stations are operating legally? They
> wipe out some of our most useful DX frequencies.
> -----------------------------
> Jeff K0OD St. Louis, MO USA
I have just operated from Taiwan this week for 2 days and used 40 CW
extensively. Also on the Far East there was a fair amount of ssb
stations in the CW band, The JA's were on ssb down to 7030, some of the
others I could not identify.
I guess the only thing to do is tyo be more active in fill the band with CW.
73 Rag OZ8RO, BV2/LA5HE
>From Victor Burns KI6IM / V31VB <vburns@netcom.com> Sun Oct 22 05:14:51 1995
From: Victor Burns KI6IM / V31VB <vburns@netcom.com> (Victor Burns KI6IM /
V31VB)
Subject: 40-meter SSB intruders in CW band
Message-ID: <Pine.3.89.9510212111.A10831-0100000@netcom20>
> > In addition to those Indonesian pirates, I hear Central American SSB
> > stations most days on 7.003 Mhz around 1200-1400Z. They are quite loud in
Better SSB than PACTOR! A few enthusiast have made a lot of friends
operating PACTOR low end in the band.
Victor - KI6IM
>From Randy Thompson <k5zd@iconics.com> Sun Oct 22 12:05:05 1995
From: Randy Thompson <k5zd@iconics.com> (Randy Thompson)
Subject: JOTA
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.3.91.951022065759.24423J-100000@genesis.iconics.com>
A co-worker of mine asked me to help his cub scout den participate in the
Boy Scouts Jamboree on the Air. I visited with them on Monday and
explained what ham radio was all about. Then 8 scouts (ages 8-9) visited
my station on Saturday afternoon.
What does this have to do with contesting?
Well, we tried to make a QSO on 20m. We found a KB5 who also had a group
of kids and we struggled through a QSO for about 15 minutes. There was
occasionaly QRM and kids voices are not made for legible transmission on SSB.
I happened to look at the packet screen and saw a spot for HC8A come up
on 15m. I asked the kids if they would like to talk to someone on the
Galapagos Islands. They were excited.
We got on freq, made one call, and got him. I explained to the op, Rich
N6KT, that I had a group of scouts who wanted to talk. Rich was great.
He was loud. Clear channel. Great contester audio that was easy to
understand. And even better, he could actually understand (figure out)
what the kids were saying (contesters are the best). He answered all
their questions about HC8, his life, contesting, the weather, etc. We
talked for a little over 30 minutes.
During the whole time, the kids were entranced. It was the first time I
had ever seen this many 8-9 year olds be still. All of them got a chance
to talk and some didn't want to give up the mic.
Look for Rich at HC8A all bands this weekend. He is a GOOD GUY!
Randy Thompson, K5ZD
k5zd@iconics.com
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