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Subject: CQCW95 Phone Op summary :(
From: N3ADL@aol.com (N3ADL@aol.com)
Date: Mon Nov 27 17:02:49 1995
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I think this is how you do this...If not I'm sure I'll hear about it :)
                                       
                                                             73 de Doug


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                    CQ WORLD WIDE DX CONTEST -- 1995
=0D

      Call: N3ADL                    Country:  United States
      Mode: CW (yes--me)             Category: Multi Multi
=0D
      BAND     QSO   QSO PTS  PTS/QSO   ZONES COUNTRIES
=0D

      160        0        0     0.00      0       0
       80       11       25     2.27      5      10
       40      126      344     2.73     27      74
       20      110      300     2.73     28      76
       15       96      262     2.73     20      68
       10        9       26     2.89      5       8
     ---------------------------------------------------
=0D
     Totals    352      957     2.72     85     236  =3D>  307,197
=0D
                                                   in 15.7 hours
                     Search and Pounce Mode
=0D

      Worlds lowest M/M score but figured I wouldn't have to '
      worry about forgetting about the 10 min rule. It was like a =

      morgue in here..all you could hear was the relay chatter..
      Congrats to RM !! Nice job guys!!      G O   F R C !!
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                                     73 de Doug
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>From Gary Nieborsky <k7fr@ncw.net>  Mon Nov 27 21:04:42 1995
From: Gary Nieborsky <k7fr@ncw.net> (Gary Nieborsky)
Subject: slashed zero
Message-ID: <199511272209.OAA18494@bing.ncw.net>

Anyone have access and/or info regarding a printer font that prints zeroes
with a slash through it??   It would improve my archive printouts.  

Gary K7FR

PS Microsoft environment, non-postscript, windows maybe, PCL etc.


>From I2UIY <pcortese@mbox.vol.it>  Mon Nov 27 22:11:02 1995
From: I2UIY <pcortese@mbox.vol.it> (I2UIY)
Subject: DX Reflector: address ??


>Hi everybody,
>I'm looking for the address of the DX Reflector (if it still exists).
>Thanks in advance, 73 de Paolo, I2UIY.
>
[ ] Paolo Cortese, I2UIY / N7PMC / OK8AFL
[ ] P. O. Box 14 - 27043 Broni (PV) Italy
[ ] Phone 0039-385-53203
[ ] A.R.I. HF Contest Manager
[ ] Email: PCORTESE@MBOX.VOL.IT


>From john.devoldere@eunet.be (John Devoldere)  Mon Nov 27 22:22:01 1995
From: john.devoldere@eunet.be (John Devoldere) (John Devoldere)
Subject: CQ WW CW AT ON4UN (80M)
Message-ID: <199511272220.XAA13927@box.eunet.be>

THE CQ WW CW CONTEST
--------------------

The big dilemma was: 40, 80 or 160? On 80 I hold (held?) the all-time
European record (630 K, 1993). But LX4B announced a big effort on 80, so he
wanted to grab my record. Forty was the band where I might put down a new
record, with the two arrays. But I checked the propagation forecasts in
detail and found that the MUF gets much lower than 7 MHz during the night
just about all paths, and as a consequence we might not get very good
propagation to the US during the middle of the night, which would prevent us
from working the second and third layer stations. I asked the contest
experts on Internet whether I should go for 40 or for 80. The answer was
mixed (50/50). Maybe then I should do 160? One-sixty should be great. We're
in the bottom of the sunspot cycle, and during this last week condition were
just phenomenal, with KL7's, KH6, and West-Coast "a gogo". And maybe I could
work a new one on 160? I need KH0, and AH0T would concentrate on 160, they
said...  Well I checked the DX-cluster after the contest and found not a
single spot of AH0T on top band here in Europe. 

Well, I went for 80 meters. Guess I wanted to fight for my record! 

The contest:
------------
Not having cluster access in the single band entry, you have to switch from
"running" on a good frequency, to "quickly scanning" the band looking for
pile ups, so not to miss good multipliers. It's a constant juggle with the
two VFO's and the switches on the FT1000. After a while you get proficient
in keeping your "run" frequency while calling a multiplier somewhere else in
the band! The trick is to recognise pile-ups, call in, even without knowing
the station's call, work him, and ask "PSE CFM UR CALL"... Some don't like
it, but it works. 

Propagation was excellent, but NOT as good to the US West coast as in 1993.
The strong stations were easily workable, but layer number two was
difficult, while layer number three was inaccessible. I heard the layer
calling me essentially S zero all the time, but I just could not make out.
While in 1993 I worked 835's, this year it were "merely" 745 stations. On
the other hand I worked a few more JA's this year (154 vs. 144). It was
great getting NL7G in the log for zone 1 . He called for a very long time,
and signals were just "weak". I understand the KL7's were all over the place
on 160 here in Europe? Wonder what makes propagation better on 160 than 80? 

A great feat was that I managed exactly 100 countries in 24 hours. I know
DXCC on 80 has been done quite frequently over a weekend, but I wonder if a
single day  DXCC on 80 would be a first? 

In total 119 countries and 35 zones were worked (missed zones 12, 13,  26,
31 and 37). 

South America was notably absent in the contest on 80, with the exception of
one PY (PT7SD), PY0FF, YV5AAX, YV7QP, HC8N and the usual Caribbean islands
counting for South America. Not one station was heard from either zone 12
(CE) nor 13 (LU, CX), although I called CQ in the last two hours of the
contest beaming South America for a long time.  

Africa was thin as well, but being called by 3B8/N6ZZ and 3 different ZS
stations was a thrill. ZD8Z was there (of course) but neither 7Q7A nor
3DA0NX, who were announced with lots of noise, were not heard at all.
Nothing at all heard from zone 37.

In Asia I must have missed XZ1A, and that made me miss zone 26! I understand
he was announced on the cluster just once in the last hours of the contest.
Jt1T, to the contrary was easily worked for zone 23. I was getting desperate
to work zone 22 when 8Q7VJ showed up near the end of the contest. Some
minutes later I also worked 4S7TWG.  The ex USSR republics were quite well
represented, although I did not work EK, EY, EZ nor UK. 

North Africa was reasonably well represented (3V8BB, CN2PK, SU2MT, CN2PK,
EA9EU and EU9AF, CT3FN, and 5 EA8 stations). Mark used his new call 9X4WW to
give us another multiplier, and ZD8Z was there as always. TY5A wa big and
working 3 ZS-stations was a nice surprise, but the 7Q7A nor 3DA0NX were
heard on 80.

As usual, zone 31 was not worked (why can one work KH6CC on 160, and not
hear anything from zone 31 on 80?). Highlights in the Pacific were 4 ZL's, 8
VK's, 4 ZL's, AH0T, DX9C, and YB2UDH. 

>From Europe I missed some easy multipliers (were they represented at all?):
T7 (T77C, where were you?), GM (Shetlands), C3, HV, 4U1V, OJ0,  and JX.

In total 35 zones were worked (vs. 34 in 1993) and 119 countries (vs. 114 in
1193). 

There was the usual amount of "real" jamming I call them my "fans", and also
the normal number of "pirates", trying to steal your frequency: UX2M, S57O,
LZ7M, SV1AFA, RN9X, HA6KNX, UR5UX, while UN7TX took top honors in this game
( a fight went on for nearly 10 minutes). But on no occasion did I give up
the frequency...

BAND    QSO     ZONES   CTRIES
80      2283    35      119

Points: 679,978. This is the raw score. Have,t checked the log yet.

The FT1000 did a great job as usual, and the 4 square with elevated radials,
together with 12 Beverages (one every 30 degrees) did the rest (as well as
the home-made 4CX1000 final).

CU in the CQ 160 meter contest! By the way, I will be using my onw call
again, and not the OT-call. I think I am better recognized that way. 

One more. How was the signal on 80 in the US? I would appreciate a critical
report on signal strength there? Thanks!


73

John, ON4UN




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john.devoldere@box.eunet.be  
Call us in all major 1995 contests: OT5T or ON4UN
John Devoldere (ON4UN-AA4OI)
POBOX 41
B-9000 Ghent (Belgium)


>From Linda Luther <Lbylll@LBY.pcmail.levels.unisa.edu.au>  Tue Nov 28 14:05:00 
>1995
From: Linda Luther <Lbylll@LBY.pcmail.levels.unisa.edu.au> (Linda Luther)
Subject: cqwwcw VK5GN
Message-ID: <30BB3D25@itu-pcmailgate.levels.unisa.edu.au>


TO:- CONTEST REFLECTOR
FROM:- MARTIN VK5GN

CQ WW CW 1995

THANKS TO ALL WHO SENT AT A REASONABLE SPEED!!!!!

HIGH POINT
IF YOU HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING THE SAGA OF MY TRYING TO LEARN
MORSE TO CONTEST SPECS THEN  HEAR THIS! I GOT MY FIRST 100
Q HOUR ON CW......YEA YEA, I KNOW, FOR THE REAL MEN THIS IS PUNY;
BUT FOR ME IT WAS FUN FUN FUN.

I ACTUALLY UNDERSTOOD MESSAGES ABOUT QSYING SO I COULD DELIBERATELY
IGNORE THEM RATHER THAN IGNORING THEM OUT OF IGNORANCE!!!!!????
MY AIM IN THIS CONTEST WAS TO PRACTICE PRACTICE PRACTICE.....
TUNING AND LISTENING AS WELL AS RUNNING.
FOR S&P I NEED MORE SPEED. MY RELIABLE 25WPM IS JUST NOT ENOUGH
TO READ THE BIDDLLYYBURR THAT TRANSLATES( I THINK) AS HC8N IN
FULL CRY.
MY APOLOGIES TO THOSE THAT STRUGGLED THROUGH MY PITYFULL ATTEMPTS
AT PILE UP CONTROL. I WAS ESPECIALLY SORRY FOR THE EUROPEANS ON
15 THE PILE WAS HUGE AND I JUST COULD NOT DO BETTER THAN 1 EACH
MINUTE. IT GOT BETTER ONCE THE SMART ONES FOUND I WAS TUNING A BIT
AND THE REAL GOOD OPS CALLED A FEW HUNDRED CYCLES (HERTZIZES) UP
OR DOWN. JUST ENOUGH TO CLEAR THE WORST NOISE AND BEAT NOTES. WORTH
A TRY IF YOUR IN A BIG PILE. IT WAS SLOW BY MY STANDARDS I PROMISE
TO IMPROVE!
ON THE LOW BANDS STATIC WAS A KILLER. EVEN ON THE BEVERAGE IT WAS
PRETTY UNCOMFORTABLE AND WITHOUT DSP AS WELL ON 80 IT WOULD HAVE
BEEN IMPOSSIBLE.
160 WAS IMPOSSIBLE!
I ONLY HAD A FEW STATIONS CALL ME AT SPEEDS MUCH HIGHER THAN MY
SENDING SPEED ALL EXCEPT ONE HA RESPONDED TO MY REQUEST TO QRS.
SOME PEOPLE, WHO PROBABLY READ THIS REFLECTOR AND KNOW MY LIMITATIONS,
WERE EXTREMELY KIND WHEN I WAS HAVING TROUBLE AND PUT EXTRA
SPACING BETWEEN THE CHARACTERS IN RESPONSE TO MY REQUESTS FOR REPEAT.
EACH TIME IT HELPED A LOT BUT MORE IN GETTING PAST MY STATIC
PROBLEMS THAN MY SPEED HANDICAP. A GOOD TECHNIQUE USED BY
SKILLED OPERATORS.

LOW POINT

I HAD A FEW TIMES WHERE MY BRAIN AND HANDS FAILED TO PERFORM
AS A TEAM. THIS RESULTS IN SOME VERY STRANGE MORSE BEING SENT
WITH MEMORY MESSAGES GOING OUT AT INAPPROPRIATE TIMES ETC.
ONE OF THE WORST WAS WHEN WORKING K3EST....YOU WOULD THINK THAT
I MIGHT JUST TAKE CARE TO BE PROPERLY CORRECT WHEN WORKING BOB
OR ANY OTHER LOG CHECKER, BUT NO, I HAVE TO FOLLOW THE SAYING
THAT TO FAIL IS HUMAN BUT TO REALLY SCREW UP YOU NEED A COMPUTER.

THE COMPUTER RESULT BEFORE FINAL DUPEING ETC ETC
     Q    C    Z
80   19   15   10   
40   252  25   18
20   135  19   17
15   618  56   21
10   79   6    5

     1103 121  71               APPROX 611000 PTS

BACK TO THE COMPUTER SIMULATORS,PED,RUFZ ETC ETC
PRACTICE PRACTICE PRACTICE........BUT CAN ANYONE TELL ME
WHY 12 HOURS AFTER THE END OF THE CONTEST I CAN STILL HEAR
MORSE???????!!!!

THE NORTON VIRUS IS ALIVE AND WELL
WHO WILL BE THE NEXT VICTIM?

73 MARTIN VK5GN
(LINDA.LUTHER@unisa.edu.au)


>From aa4lr@radio.org (Bill Coleman AA4LR)  Mon Nov 27 21:48:07 1995
From: aa4lr@radio.org (Bill Coleman AA4LR) (Bill Coleman AA4LR)
Subject: KM9P Score Summary / Story (Long)
Message-ID: <v01520d05acd90a4fa89b@[205.160.29.40]>

                        ARRL SWEEPSTAKES 1995

Call: KM9P      (AA4LR) Section:  GA
Mode: SSB                       Category: Single Operator Low Power

BAND     QSO    QSO PTS   SECTIONS
 160        0        0                  (none)
  80      126      252                  80m Delta Loop
  40      288      576                  2/2 el, bottom fixed NE, top rotatable
  20      219      438                  4/4 (?) el, bottom fixed NE, top fixed W
  15      139      278                  5/5 el, bottom fixed NE, top rotatable
  10        0        0                  5 (?) el, rotatable
-----------------------------------
Totals    772     1544       76

Score:  117,344

Power Output: 150 watts     Hours of operation: 24

Many thanks to Bill Fisher, KM9P for letting me use his station.

Equipment Description:

Radio 1: Icom 761
Radio 2: Kenwood 430
100 MHz PC running CT, DVP voice keyer

Summary:

Got off to a pretty good start, then found that the 80m antenna wouldn't
play on the phone end of the band. Got disheartened and never recovered.
Conditions really were awful on Sunday. 10m never opened, 15m was good
Saturday but not Sunday.

This experience taught me there's a lot more to getting big scores than
having lots of equipment. Still lots of skills I need to develop.

--
(Story)

The Little Gun Gets His Break


I had given up on Sweepstakes this year. Last year found me in the midst
of moving, and the new shack is still under construction. Then Bill Fisher
KM9P posted a message stating his station was available for a guest
operator. Would a a big gun contester like Bill allow a little gun like me
to try his luck? Well, he was kind enough to say yes.

Anticipation

Now I was excited about Sweepstakes. Bill suggested I might have a shot at
the Georgia lower power record. AB4RU had posted 158,312 points in 1991.
Bill seemed to think I could pull off 160,000 points from his station. I'm
sure I pestered Bill with all of my electronic mail messages about what to
expect and what strategies to use.

In Sweepstakes CW, KG7M operating KM9P pulled out a top-ten finish. Now I
was really psyched. I even explained the contest to some non-ham friends,
just to share the anticipation I felt.

Station

Situated in the north Georgia mountains near Dalonegah, the KM9P
superstation isn't the easiest place to get to. Four wheel drive is
manditory, and the trek involves fording a small stream. There's no water,
power or restrooms.

The station itself is still under construction. At the time of the contest,
Bill had three towers up, with stacked monobanders for 40m, 20m and 15m.
The third tower had a 15m monobander, but due to an intermittant problem,
Bill removed it when I started the contest. For 80m there's a delta loop
hung off the tall tower, with a 10m monobander on top. Just before the
contest, Bill put up a 160m vertical, but the feedline wasn't connected for
Sweepstakes.

A 12 foot by 8 foot building houses the radios and operator. This building
certainly improved a lot since Rick operated CW Sweepstakes. While the
carpet wasn't down, the walls and insulation were in. With a small electric
space heater, it was actually quite cozy.

Bill supplied the Icom 761, computer and DVP, while I brought my venerable
Kenwood 430 and a Heil headset. This was my first experience with two
radios.

Power was supplied from a Honda generator, located just outside the
building. It ran the entire contest period without a hitch. While outside
refueling the running generator at 3:00 am, I admit to thinking "gosh, if
this thing blows up, there's no one to come rescue me."

Warm Up

After setting up the Kenwood and the DVP, Bill strongly suggested that I
practice working with the two radios. Bill is one of the masters of the two
radio technique, so I took his advice and tuned around with one radio in
each ear. The practice helped, but keeping the two ears separated in your
mind is not something you can master in a hour's practice.

At 2000z, I found 10m open but fading. Good, I thought. Sunday should bring
a nice opening on 10m, just like Saturday. Just before the contest started,
I went outside to watch Bill put up antennas. Facing 24 hours with radios
blaring in my ears, the last thing I wanted to do was play with the radios.


Contest

At 2100z, Sweepstakes begins! I start off S & Ping on 20m, while tuning for
a clear frequency on 15m. Even for low power, I'm getting through pretty
easily, so all this aluminum must be working. Clear frequencies are hard to
find on 15m, so I switch back to single radio mode and S & P for a half
hour to find a frequency. CQing on 15 brings a few responses, but I have
time between contacts to use the second radio on 20m. By the second hour,
I've got a run established. Not terribly fast, seeing as the band is
closing, but 60 QSOs isn't bad for low power, and three of those with the
second radio.

At 2310z, things dry up on 15m. So I go down to 20m, occassionally stopping
to CQ while grabbing S & P contacts on 15m. I find a good frequency on 20
for a while, good enough that I don't get a chance to use the second radio.


By 0015z, I have almost 175 QSOs in the log. 20m dries up, and a single S &
P to the bedlam on 40m leaves me thinking it is time to jump to 80m. I
uncover a serious problem that causes me to lose my momentum.

The 80m antenna is a delta loop cut for 80m CW. The Icom 761 automatic
antenna tuner won't make it play. With a 10:1 SWR even at the low end of
the phone band, the tuner refuses to compensate. Plus, the mismatch results
in so much RF in the shack that there's a feedback into the microphone
circuit. After a bit of debugging, I determine that if the Icom transmits
more than about 30 watts, it locks up on the squeal of a feedback loop.

The Kenwood 430 is more forgiving. Using it on 80m, output throttled down
by the ALC, but there's a bit more output -- about 50-80 watts depending on
the part of the band. Pretty crummy, but it's all I have. I mentally kick
myself for not bringing my Murch UT2000 tuner.

Next contact comes at 0048z on 80m. After fighting it out for about four
contacts, I realise that 80m isn't the place to be with these antenna
problems. So I go back to S & P on 40m, then 20m, then back to 80m. Rate
drops under 30/hour. This is NOT good this early in the contest.

By 0230, I've found a spot on 40m and get a pretty good run going for the
next two hours. By 0330, eventhing has played out and I take a short break
to grab something to eat.

The next three hours are tedious attempts to S & P on 80m. I'm back to the
single radio, two VFO ping-pong technique. Problem is, I'm just not being
heard, so the rate settles under 25/hour.

By 0730, I'm back CQing on 40m with pretty good effect. That lasts nearly
and hour, and it is back to 80m, but things have thinned out enough for me
to get through. Things are slow enough I'm working the two radios again on
80m and 40m. For this late at night, turn in decent rates of 35/hr. At
1000z, it is time for a nap.

With only 478 QSOs in the log so far, I'm not doing very well. I have
trouble falling asleep. I'm worried about embarrassing Bill with such a low
score. I resolve to do better the next day, hoping I'll get to 15m early
and do some serious running up there.

Just after 1200z I'm awake and preparing breakfast. The sun finds me
cooking french toast on a Coleman stove. After a long night of contesting,
there's nothing better than working through a warm stack of french toast on
a cool November morning. It really is beautiful.

Refreshed and refueled, I'm back on the air at 1300z. However, I find
things are worse. 40m is absolutely packed. 20m isn't as open, but it is
equally packed. I work one QSO on 80m, but it has closed up for the day.
This is going to be tough for a while with just two bands open, lots of
morning ragchewers and a contest going on.

I flip flop between 40 and 20m. Run for 5 minutes on one band, while S &
Ping on the other. But it is a struggle to put together more than 25 Qs/hr.
At 1500z, 15m nets two QSOs, but it isn't open yet. At 1645z, I put
together a pretty good run on 40m, but it bottoms out and I'm back to
band-hopping. Off at 1800z for lunch. Back on at 1830z, 15m nets a few Qs,
but never seems to open up. I work 40m until about 1930z, then concentrate
on 20m. All the while, I tune across 10m on occasion. Nothing. Absolutely
nothing.

At 2000z, I get a decent run on 20m, then back to the struggle on 40, 15
and 20m for the next hour. 2230z another half-hour off for supper. I had
planned to heat up a can of soup, but realise I forgot a can opener. I fill
up on snacks instead.

The last couple of hours are pretty bad. I think that 2300z is not an easy
time for low power in the east. 40m is solid broadcast interference, while
80m and 20m are awful crowded. In the last half hour, I get a decent run on
20m, but my time is up, and I'm off at 0100z.

Takes me a half hour to pack up and lock up the KM9P superstation. The
moment I've been dreading has arrived. I have to descend the dirt road in
the dark after having been up most of the last 36 hours. I take it slow and
it really was no problem. I'm home by 0300z in time to tuck my daughter in
bed.

Analysis

My score of 117,344 is my second-best effort. My best was the 1993 SSB SS,
where I scored over 127k with a much more modest station - tribander,
dipoles and one radio.

Murphy really psyched me out on this one. As Bill told me just before the
contest, a real contestor never gives up, he holds in there and does the
best he can. Perseverence is perhaps the contestor's best attribute.

When I found out that 80m wouldn't play, I got disheartened. I took too
much time trying to figure out what was wrong. If I were truely a big gun,
I would have just gone back to 40m or 20m and tried to make it up there.

My past experience told me that 80m was a good place for a low power
station to CQ late at night. I wasn't able to do this, and this put a hole
in my strategy.

If I had stayed in there more tenaciously, I probably could have squeezed
out another 200 Qs.

Multipliers

I heard VY1JA giving out Qs late saturday afternoon on 20m. Huge pileup.
After a couple of calls, I figure I'll work him later and move on. Early
saturday evening, I can still hear him working, but he's weaker now, and
the pileup is just as big. I figure I'll work him on Sunday. Never heard
him again.

Observations

Voice Keyer

I really like having the voice keyer. Even though I had to give the
exchange myself, I found the voice keyer to be indispensible. On 80m, I had
trouble with the keyer and RF feedback, so I had to make most of those
calls myself. No offense to Bill, but his call just doesn't roll off my
tongue. Being able to call CQ, QRZ or just put out the call without having
to say anything made a world of difference. My voice was just fine after 24
hours of contest as when I started.

Two Radios

Having two radios was really a blessing. Even with no prior experience with
this type of operating, I made about 40 QSOs with the second radio. Just
being able to receive with the second radio is a big benefit. With a single
radio, I always wondered if things weren't happening on another band. Often
I would make band changes only to learn that I was better off where I was
before. With the second radio, I could easily tune around and find out what
was happening.

Also, with the voice keyer calling CQ, there's really not much else to do.
Tuning the second radio seemed very natural.

Having one radio in each ear was difficult, however. I found it hard to
focus on one ear, with the other ear sometimes quiet, sometimes noisy. I
often had to switch the headphones to one or the other radio in order to
copy the exchange. In doing so, I broke the switch on the headphone box.

I think a better idea may be a variable mixer into both headphones. Maybe
1/3 and 2/3 or 1/4 and 3/4 from each side to the other. That way, both ears
are always in the act.

One other thing I noticed late at night on 40m and 80m. Static crashes.
They occured equally intense in either ear. Perhaps if we removed all but
the differential signal between the two radios, we could eliminate these
somewhat.

I made several mistakes in firing off the voice keyer into the wrong radio.
Hopefully I didn't upset anyone.

Lessons Learned

While I didn't make the huge score I dreamed of, I did learn a lot from
this experience. First off, I learned that being a big gun is an exercise
of skill, not massive equipment. Sure, the equipment plays a part. No big
gun is going to make a top ten score running 100 watts to a 4 foot mobile
vertical. But skill is required to make the most effective use of the
equipment at hand. I discovered there's a number of things I can improve
upon.

The second thing I learned is attitude. A good contester should have an
unflappable attitude. When Murphy strikes, the contester somehow forges
through.

The third lesson is that propagation is an unpredictable thing. Conditions
Sunday were very different from Saturday. For rare sections such as
Yukon/NWT, I should have tried harder to work VY1JA. With two radios, it
would not have been hard to park one radio on him and still keep up a good
rate.

The fourth lesson regards off times. I tried to put in as much time early
partly because I didn't want to come down the mountain at 11:00 pm eastern.
In retrospect I should have take a few 30 minute breaks early on to
diagnose the 80m problem, or to eat, or to wait for propagation to improve.
I should have shut down about 0900z and gotten back on at 1200z, before 80m
closed up.

The last lesson involves guest operating. Always test everything before the
contest. Had I tried 80m before the contest, I'm sure Bill would have fixed
it somehow.

Next Year

One thing nice about contesting, there's always next year. I've already
started planning improvements to my home station. I've got to find some way
to get two antennas for all bands, so I can use two radios. I want
automatic antenna switching so that the primary radio gets the best
antenna, and the second radio gets the next best antenna, or the dummy load
(if I happen to choose the same band). Voice keying is manditory, but I
want dedicated buttons so I fire off the right radio each time. Maybe I'll
have some of these in place by next year.

Many, many thanks to Bill Fisher, KM9P for letting me use his station. He's
got a very nice setup so far, and it can only get better.


Bill Coleman, AA4LR      Mail: aa4lr@radio.org
Quote: "The same light shines on vineyards that makes deserts." -- Steve
Hackett



>From floydjr@nr.infi.net (jim floyd)  Mon Nov 27 23:39:20 1995
From: floydjr@nr.infi.net (jim floyd) (jim floyd)
Subject: CQWW CW 95 Scores I
Message-ID: <199511272347.SAA21712@moe.infi.net>

CQWW CW 1995 RAW SCORES
Compiled by
WA4ZXA


CLASS        HRS      SCORE       QSO'S      PTS       Z       DX
___________________________________________________________________

Single/OP/High Power/Unassisted

W6XR/2-N6TV        3,528,360      2516               122      373
W7RM         42    1,654,020      1491      4084     131      274
W1IHN        31.3  1,586,277      1275      3597     109      332
K7UP-KN5H    40    1,219,129      1046      2924     129      288
W6RCL        14      209,532       355       919      81      147
AE0M         20      117,990       337       855      55       83

Single/OP/Low Power/Unassisted

K2RQ               1,616,796      1252               117      346
WB0O               1,197,620       928               133      333
NB6G@W6GO    39      486,180      1058      2890      39      123
K6XO         15      230,607       389      1053      79      140
KB8N                 208,120       344                75      163

Single/OP/HP/Assisted

VS6BG        29.8  1,586,769      2063               123      260
WZ6Z               1,165,710       919               138      317
N1CC/2       20    1,001,835       951      2715      92      277
KM0L         23.2    707,872       758      2011     106      246
K3SA                 943,068       804      2289     106      306
N7IXG                 21,658       101       238      41       50

Single/OP/LP/Assisted

N4ZR         24      722,384       700                93      275
W9SZ          7       82,800       169       450      58      126

Single Band

10M
KE5FI HP/UN            5,203        59                17       26
N4BP HP                3,060        83       102      11       19


15M
AA4GA LP              39,618       156       426      25       68   


20M
VE6JY-VE6WQ  38    1,043,856      2310      5931      39      137
K2SS/1       26.2    788,594      1641                35      128
WF3T HP/A    33      537,257      1166      3337      36      125
SM3KOR        5       44,486       334       767      16       42

40M
W6GO-N6IG HP 35      639,496      1421      3784      39      130
AA4NC HP     30      525,000      1228                35      118
N9AU HP/A            150,000       358                37      114
DL4YAO HP             66,231       321       669      28       71

WA5WJU LP    15       29,963       135       361      22       61
K9GS LP/U             25,187       109       283      25       64  


80M



160M
SM3BDZ                77,657       574       983      17       62
AA6TT HP              14,760        96                17       43
NI6T                   6,600        60                17       27

Multi/Single

TM9C               5,800,000      4100
N2IC/0             4,166,000      2496               152      444
W0CP               2,150,496      1500      4104     143      381
PI4CC              1,923,064      2260      4264     113      338
PI4ZLD             1,772,779      2019      3701     112      367
 
Multi/Multi

K4VX/0             6,855,420      3950     10340     159      504 


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OPERATORS LIST

Single Ops are listed by the call of the station they operated:
Staion Call-Operator Call

STAION          OPERATORS

Multi/Single

W0CP        K9AY,K9RHY,WY0J,W0CP
PI4ZLD      PA3BTH,PE3EOB,PA3GCU,DF6TC
TM9C        F5IN,F5LGE,F6ARC,F6DZS,F6FVY,F5SNJ
N2IC/0      N2IC,NQ0I,N2PNG        

Multi/Multi


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Well here is the first posting. You notice a new class SOP/LP/Assisted.
I am not sure this is a class or not but the two people in it put it
on their scores so I just put it the way I get it.

Also the breakdown sheet will be with the next posting. Not enough scores
yet and do not want to use up to much bandwidth.

REMEMBER THESE ARE NOT OFFICAL RESULTS! THIS IS NOT WHERE YOU SEND
YOUR LOGS! Just do not want anyone to be confused. 

You might want to double check some of the scores on here and the 
breakdown sheet. People are starting to send me their updated logs
and I am changing them.

I hope everyone understands that the top three classes are All Band. 
If there are anyother questions feel free to email me. You can join
the pileup. I wish I could have started a run like this during the 
contest.

73's Jim // WA4ZXA  @N4ZC   <>  floydjr@nr.infi.net



>From sellington" <sellington@mail.ssec.wisc.edu  Mon Nov 27 22:47:13 1995
From: sellington" <sellington@mail.ssec.wisc.edu (sellington)
Subject: K9MA CQWW CW Score
Message-ID: <n1394628007.8477@mail.ssec.wisc.edu>

1995 CQWW CW Contest
K9MA, Single Operator, Unassisted, High Power
Zone 4 (WI)


Band       QSOs       Zones     Countries     Antennas

160          44         11         23         Shunt-Fed Tower, Rx loops
 80         139         22         57         Shunt-Fed Tower, Rx loops
 40         150         26         69         Rotatable Dipole at 75'
 20         625         31        101         TH-7 at 70'
 15         188         26         70         TH-7 at 70'
 10          20          8          9         TH-7 at 70'   

TOTALS     1166        124        329   =   1,460,019 Points


Comments:

Hey, if we can't have sunspots, who can complain when the K index is near
zero the whole weekend?  Excellent low band conditions to Europe.  Never
even heard a VE on 10, though.

>From Arthur McDonald <armcd@CapAccess.org>  Tue Nov 28 00:36:54 1995
From: Arthur McDonald <armcd@CapAccess.org> (Arthur McDonald)
Subject: CQWW CW KX3Y SO LP Results
Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.91-FP.951127192325.27010A-100000@cap1.capaccess.org>

Interesting Conditions

658 Q's   280 Mults    685,419  Score

Antennas  Butternut HF6V and HF2V

Rig ICOM 751A

All activity search and pounce - Never call CQ

Highlights:
 
55 Q's in one hour on 20 Saturday morning - HC8N,KG4MN and 53 EU
Many Europeans Sunday morning on 40 at 1200Z

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