Chad, WE9V, wrote:
>I was QRM'd Sunday on 20M by a person with a DVP who would go around
>and record other contester's CQs and replay them on my frequency.
One more reason why I like CW.
73, Dave, WJ2O
>From Eugene Walsh <0004504465@mcimail.com> Tue Apr 2 22:54:00 1996
From: Eugene Walsh <0004504465@mcimail.com> (Eugene Walsh)
Subject: Real Life Intrusion
Message-ID: <64960402225446/0004504465DC3EM@MCIMAIL.COM>
De N2AA ..... Please forgive me -
I know that this does not belong here, but I
cannot ignore it. It is very important for
every chance to be taken that someone with
useful assistance or advice to offer will see
it.
5 years ago some contesters (and other hams)
were involved in trying to obtain emergency
Leukemia medicine for the son of UA9CDC, who
is one of the ops at the UZ9CWW contest club
station. Pete Rhodes, K4EWG, purchased a month
supply of chemotherapy drugs and hand carried it
to Russia in a picnic cooler packed with dry ice.
Treatment for the boy's Leukemia was finally
done in England, and there was a complete
remission after 6 months, which has lasted
until now.
I am transmitting Igor's plea on behalf of his
son, in hopes that someone with experience or
knowledge of such things will offer advice.
The problem is funding a bone marrow transplant.
We are in the process of contacting local
agencies (NY/NJ) for advice.
I know that if it were my child, faced with
no other practical options, I would broadcast
it far and wide without restraint.
------------------------------------------------
Subject: HELP!!!
Dear Eugene,
I have got a very bad news. My son Eugene, RU9CZD , 9 years old, has relapsed.
I am going to take him to Germany for treatment for 3 months.
This treatmen is free because of the invitation from Prof. Lampert
from Giessen Univercity but that is only a preparation for bone marrow
transplant from unrelated donor which is required to save him. Bone marrow
transplant can be done in 3 month time in England.
The cost of the operation is 50 000 USD. The operation is not done in Russia
at all. I now have to raise 50 000 USD to save my son. I appeal to all
my friends to help me. I am really determined to do everything possible
and more. He is my only son and I love him so much. If you can do anything
to help I beg you to do so. May be you can put my appeal into some newspaper.
Or may be you can start fund-raising campaign amongst your partners and
clients. Or may be you can find out about some charities that can help me
to pay for Eugene's treatment. Or hospital in the USA that can do the
operation as a charity. So far I am thinking about England because the
cost of treatment is much less there then in the USA although the operation
can be done in the USA as well (as far as I know that will cost over 100 000
USD). Any help will do.
Please let me know your thoughts. Do you think it is acceptable to put
my appeal in CQ contest reflector? I am thinking about it. I am leaving
for Germany 2-3 of April
because it is important to immediately continue tratment that doctors has
already started here. My friend Mike UA9CIR will use my e-mail address to be
able to answer all the questions. His phone number is 3432 274558.
Nick RZ9CN will also be aware. His e-mail address now is
root@test.pssr.e-burg.su
and his phone number is 3432 473772. They both speak English.
Eugene Shadrin is available at 3432 324212 and he has
fax on the same number. I will let them know my phone number in Germany
when I get there.
I include here a fax from Dr. Stevens of Manchester Children's Hospital
who treated Eugene for leukaemia in 1991 when my son was originally
diagnosed. His telephone is (44)161 7944696, fax 161 7945929.
ONCOLOGY DEPARTMENT
Our ref: RFS/AVW
20 March 1996
Igor Sokolov,
Sverdlovsk Regional Charity,
Association Help Children with Cancer,
Surikova 28-82,
Ekaterlnburg.
Russia.
Dear Igor,
Many thanks for your latest fax. I will do my best to answer your questions
as objectively
as possible and try and give you some of the information you require.
1) Do they do unrelated BMTs in Germany? The answer is I don't know exactly,
but from the past experience of the Germans I expect the answer is relatively
few. I list some transplant centres below together with contact names.
I have. spoken to Andrew Will (you may remember him) who is our Ttansplant
Director and certainly he would be willing to consider Eugene. assuming
he goes back into remission.
The costs of an unrelted BMT at Pendibury would be in the region of 30,000. As
far as
I know other centres in the UK are at least as expensive as this and
certainly in the USA the figure is likely to be much more.
2) As regards finding a donor. I would suggest that the UK donor panels will be
probably as good as any as they are large (>300.000 donors) and made up in
the main of Caucasions. A search could however also be done via the
International Registry.
3) I think that Eugene's treatment in Germany will be complementary as
whatever happens, he must be in a good remission and probably requires
some form of intensification treatment. I would say. however. that Eugene
needs to be tissue typed (ie HLA A. 13 and Dr type) without too much delay
so that a bone marrow donor search can be started.
4) I would suggest that if an unrelated BMT is to be performed then it would
be preferable if it were done within 6 months of relapse. Some transplants
have been done after this, but I see little point in waiting beyond a year
if a transplant is to be performed-
Nevertheless, there are many centres (including Manchester) who would
probably recommend a MUD BMT assuming that a suitable donor can be found,
As ever. all our thoughts are with you
Yours sincerely,
Dr, R. F. Stevens,
Consultant lIaematologistiOncologist.
--
Best regards,
Igor Sokolov, UA9CDC , (N3TOD)
E-mail: igor@sokol.pssr.e-burg.su
Phone/Fax: 3432 229621
-------------------------------------------------
73 Gene N2AA
>From k7fd@teleport.com (John Nicholson) Tue Apr 2 23:00:05 1996
From: k7fd@teleport.com (John Nicholson) (John Nicholson)
Subject: FW: BEWARE: WR6R/KH7 NOT ON KURE
Message-ID: <199604022300.PAA21461@desiree.teleport.com>
For all those who got excited about WR6R/KH7 may I offer
that an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of kure.
:)
John K7FD
>From David_Shipman@mindlink.bc.ca (David Shipman) Tue Apr 2 23:54:21 1996
From: David_Shipman@mindlink.bc.ca (David Shipman) (David Shipman)
Subject: Damaged .BIN file
Message-ID: <m0u4Fta-0002bvC@dewey.mindlink.net>
Thanks Bob - that is essentially what I ended up doing. Out of the 686 Q's I
had made up to Sat night I only lost 7. These were lost because I was unable
to fill in the blanks in the editted file - ie. too many unknown characters
in the callsign. So I am pretty happy at managing to salvage so much!
Thanks again and as requested a copy to the reflector for information.
Also many thanks to those who replied with similiar suggestions - makes you
feel good that such a helpful group is out there!!
>>Have you tried running B2R9 to convert the BIN file to a RES file?
>Then you can delete the bad record and run R2B9 to convert it back.
>
>BUT BE SURE YOU HAVE AN OTHERWIWSE EMPTY filename.BIN file in the
>same directory before you run R2B9 filename. R2B9 reads BOTH
>filename.RES and filename.BIN. It replaces all the QSO records
>in filename.BIN, but it reads filename .BIN first to get the contest type,
>name, address, etc. since this information is NOT dumped to the
>RES file.
>
>To summarize:
>1. B2R9 filename (creates filename.RES from filename.bin)
>2. Rename filename.BIN filename.BAD (renames bad bin file)
>3. Edit filename.RES with an ordinary text editor such as DOS's EDIT, not
> a word processor. Repair bad record and save file.
>4. CT filename (create new, empty .BIN file with header but NO QSOs)
>5. Exit CT.
>6. R2B9 filename (merges new, empty filename.BIN with edited
>filename.RES).
>7. CT filename (all QSOs should look OK).
>8. WRITELOG
>
>If this works, please let the reflector know how you fixed things.
>
>73,
>Bob, N6TV
>During the WPX contest my computer crashed and damaged my WPX.BIN file such
>that I was unable to restart CT (in fact the whole machine died soon after
>requiring a new motherboard before it would reboot). The message received was
>
> "Bad Call in add partial JA9M#0 "
> "CT Terminated"
>
>Does anyone have any idea how I might a) eliminate the damaged record or, b)
>have a method of restarting CT that bypasses such damaged records. I have
>already tried merging the old file into a new one but that still results in
>the same error. Thanks
>
David Shipman, VE7CFD
>From Bob Evans" <bob_evans@maca.sarnoff.com Tue Apr 2 19:09:08 1996
From: Bob Evans" <bob_evans@maca.sarnoff.com (Bob Evans)
Subject: S-units in a nutshell
Message-ID: <n1383650213.60833@maca.sarnoff.com>
S-units in a nutshell 4/2/96
You're right... as you well know.
Watts=(Vrms*Vrms)/ohms
dB(power)=10log(ratio of powers)
dB(voltage or current)=2*10log(ratio voltages or currents)
a 1 S-unit change is:
6dB or factor of 4 change in power.
6dB or factor of 2 change in voltage.
I appologize for the typo...(3dB) All else stands.
TTFN.
--------------------------------------
To: Bob Evans
From: W8JITom@aol.com
In a message dated 96-04-02 12:49:51 EST, you write:
> A 3db change in voltage is a 6db change
>in power. This simply because, power changes as the square of the voltage.
>TTFN.
Absolutely incorrect. Look it up. Doubling voltage is 6 dB increase of
voltage not 3 dB.
The formula for voltage or current is 20 log ratio, for power 10 log ratio.
A 3 dB voltage change is exactly 3 dB power change.
73 Tom
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>From Bob Evans" <bob_evans@maca.sarnoff.com Tue Apr 2 19:08:57 1996
From: Bob Evans" <bob_evans@maca.sarnoff.com (Bob Evans)
Subject: S-units in a nutshell
Message-ID: <n1383650206.60870@maca.sarnoff.com>
S-units in a nutshell 4/2/96
You're right... as you well know.
Watts=(Vrms*Vrms)/ohms
dB(power)=10log(ratio of powers)
dB(voltage or current)=2*10log(ratio voltages or currents)
a 1 S-unit change is:
6dB or factor of 4 change in power.
6dB or factor of 2 change in voltage.
I appologize for the typo...(3dB) All else stands.
TTFN.
--------------------------------------
To: Bob Evans
From: W8JITom@aol.com
In a message dated 96-04-02 12:49:51 EST, you write:
> A 3db change in voltage is a 6db change
>in power. This simply because, power changes as the square of the voltage.
>TTFN.
Absolutely incorrect. Look it up. Doubling voltage is 6 dB increase of
voltage not 3 dB.
The formula for voltage or current is 20 log ratio, for power 10 log ratio.
A 3 dB voltage change is exactly 3 dB power change.
73 Tom
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Subject: Re: S Units
>From Steven Nace KN5H <steven@zianet.com> Wed Apr 3 00:37:01 1996
From: Steven Nace KN5H <steven@zianet.com> (Steven Nace KN5H)
Subject: S units
Message-ID: <00370187700215@zianet.com>
At 01:24 PM 4/2/96 -0500, N6CQ wrote:
>All I wanted to do is disagree with the statement that 5** would not offer
>a significant advantage over 1.5** anyhow. More than TRIPLING
>your POWER is NOT an insignificant change (whatever the effect on your
>S-meter) and has to give an advantage in a contest.
>73 Bill
>N6CQ@paonline.com
And anyone who don't believe this is nuts.
de Hose KN5H -- an ex-resident of the 'land of 2-holers'
(and I aint talkin' about out-houses)
>From nt5c@easy.com (John Warren) Tue Apr 2 23:55:30 1996
From: nt5c@easy.com (John Warren) (John Warren)
Subject: CW will go next
Message-ID: <1383651246-2922303@BANJO.EASY.COM>
Haven't we already been over this one too many times?
I seem to recall receiving a whole bunch of hate-mail a few months ago,
when I ventured a Politically-Incorrect opinion on the subject. This time
I've been biting my tongue, but if I bite any harder I'll do it permanent
damage, and have to go out and buy a key. Guess I could go to RTTY, or even
better SSTV.
NT5C (Extra-class ssb barbarian)
>From Ward Silver <hwardsil@wolfenet.com> Wed Apr 3 01:06:24 1996
From: Ward Silver <hwardsil@wolfenet.com> (Ward Silver)
Subject: 3rd party traffic and contests - solution
Message-ID: <Pine.OSF.3.91.960402170501.19673A-100000@gonzo.wolfenet.com>
A simpler thing is to copy the page out of the FCC Rule Book that lists
the countries with which we have 3rd-party agreements and post it near
the rig. After last year, Lowell and I spent some extra time going over
the list before making calls. Basically, I put him on the air during
times when the likely QSOs would be with S. America, where the bulk of
the agreements lie.
73, Ward N0AX
>From Ward Silver <hwardsil@wolfenet.com> Wed Apr 3 01:19:23 1996
From: Ward Silver <hwardsil@wolfenet.com> (Ward Silver)
Subject: A contester is born...
Message-ID: <Pine.OSF.3.91.960402171502.19673E-100000@gonzo.wolfenet.com>
> That was not 3rd party traffic...
>
> Denny :)
>
I'm afraid that it IS third-party traffic. After treading onto the same
thin ice myself last year, I looked very carefully at the regulations.
Any time you put an unlicensed operator at the mike and he or she speaks
to another ham...it's third-party traffic. This is no different than
putting a foreign student on the line to talk with parents while at
college...which I used to do all the time.
Admittedly, it's a very minor transgression in the Grande Scheme of
Things. But foreign PTT's often get their undies in a knot over such
stuff, to the detriment of resident hams. There are simple remedies for
such things...such as Novice classes!
73, Ward N0AX
>From ni6t@ix.netcom.com (Garry Shapiro) Wed Apr 3 01:20:26 1996
From: ni6t@ix.netcom.com (Garry Shapiro) (Garry Shapiro)
Subject: decibels
Message-ID: <199604030120.RAA04148@dfw-ix4.ix.netcom.com>
Bob Evans wrote:
a doubling of voltage is a change of one S-unit. Which
>is a
>four times change in power received. A 3db change in voltage is a
6db change
>in power. This simply because, power changes as the square of the
voltage.
>TTFN.
>
Bob:
You were doing fine until you said that and fell into the classic hole
about decibels. A dB is a dB is a dB, whether speaking of voltage or
power, if you reference the same impedance. Yes, doubling voltage
quadruples the power, but it is 6 dB in either case.
The annointed can skip the following.
Let's return to basics. The common (base-10) logarithm of the ratio of
two power levels, P1 and P2 is measured in Bels (B), defined by
B = log(P2/P1)
Since a decibel (dB) is a tenth of a Bel,
dB = 10*log(P2/P1)
The relationship between power and voltage in a resistor R is
P = V**2/R, where V**2 is V-squared or V*V
so that, substituting for P1 and P2
dB = 10*log(V2**2/R2)(R1/V1**2)
If (and only if) R1 = R2 (we are comparing powers developed in the same
resistor or equal resistors), the R's cancel and
dB = 10*log(V2**2/V1**2) = 10*log(V2/V1)**2
Remembering that the log of a squared quantity is twice the log of the
quantity,
dB = 10*log(P2/P1) = 10*log(V2/V1)**2 = 20*log(V2/V1)
Log 2 is .3010; log 4 is log 2**2 = 2*log 2 or .6020.
So, if V2/V1 is 2, P2/P1 is 4 and you get 6.02dB in either case.
Just remember: dB's are defined from a power RATIO; all other
relationships are derived. And a dB is a dB.
FWIW
Garry, NI6T
>From Jimmy R. Floyd" <floydjr@Interpath.com Wed Apr 3 00:21:58 1996
From: Jimmy R. Floyd" <floydjr@Interpath.com (Jimmy R. Floyd)
Subject: CQ WPX Contest 96 Breakdown I
Message-ID: <199604030130.UAA20373@mail-hub.interpath.net>
CQ WPX 96 Contest
BREAKDOWN of SCORES
Compiled by
WA4ZXA
Email: floydjr@interpath.com
CALL 160 80 40 20 15 10 SCORES
________________________________________________________________________
QRP
KV8S 5/ 5 9/ 8 9/ 8 126/113 48/ 36 3/ 1 77,121
VE7CQK O/ O 28/ 18 26/ 16 125/ 94 21/ 15 0/ 0 75,5042
SO/HP/AB
F6FGZ 107/64 248/134 751/241 644/242 44/ 33 0/ 0 3,764,922
KM9P 0/ 0 305/129 212/ 84 1714/552 114/ 53 57/19 5,027,022
K5ZD 42/32 203/112 125/ 59 1135/423 69/ 40 18/ 2 3,340,620
VE7IN 0/ 0 60/ 11 379/171 825/349 31/ 25 0/ 0 2,324,080
K4VVD 10/ 7 89/ 47 86/ 65 1228/454 34/ 22 5/ 2 1,779,657
SO/LP/AB
DL0UI 50/28 255/159 246/ 71 354/185 76/45 0/ 0 949,160
K1HTV 59/42 53/ 46 71/ 33 650/371 123/ 55 29/ 7 1,319,744
WS1A 28/20 74/ 45 109/ 56 502/310 67/ 37 2/ 1 1,045,657
WA4ZXA 7/ 5 141/ 92 63/ 40 342/250 71/ 43 45/17 671,841
KJ6HO 2/ 1 46/ 24 47/ 27 447/286 113/ 52 24/ 6 483,912
N3BDA 1/ 1 10/ 10 29/ 17 104/ 81 38/ 29 29/15 94,864
SO/HP/A
OT6T 107/62 481/240 379/ 86 1716/446 117/ 67 0/ 0 7,347,655
KQ2M 0/ 0 484/283 134/ 33 1497/452 87/ 50 0/ 0 5,400,000
M/S
VC3SK 36/ 7 345/129 421/202 1526/449 44/ 18 0/ 0 5,970,685
CH6FI 11/ 2 187/ 48 494/138 1364/445 48/ 16 0/ 0 3,886,212
KC7V 0/ 0 43/ 25 248/ 56 1448/573 109/ 44 52/13 2,629,989
KQ4HC 2/ 2 283/152 160/ 74 813/366 106/ 50 36/11 2,049,495
WA3WJD 57/38 93/ 66 49/ 26 375/244 52/ 31 30/ 9 660,744
M/M
WM2C 4/ 0 663/101 603/ 88 1694/565 789/187 108/18 8,958,978
VD5RI 50/13 169/ 36 372/119 1790/451 30/ 12 0/ 0 3,816,919
TS
N1CC 0/ 0 0/ 0 24/ 8 563/353 58/ 39 0/ 0 624,400
KF9YH 1/ 1 38/ 29 44/ 30 200/160 25/ 11 0/ 0 190,575
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
73 Jim
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* Jimmy R. Floyd (Jim) Thomasville, NC *
* *
* Amateur Call: >> WA4ZXA << *
* Packet Node: >> N4ZC << *
* Internet Address: **NEW** >> floydjr@interpath.com << *
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>From Jimmy R. Floyd" <floydjr@Interpath.com Wed Apr 3 00:22:01 1996
From: Jimmy R. Floyd" <floydjr@Interpath.com (Jimmy R. Floyd)
Subject: CQ WPX Contest 96 Scores II
Message-ID: <199604030130.UAA20383@mail-hub.interpath.net>
CQ WPX CONTEST 96
RAW SCORES
Complied by
WA4ZXA
Email: floydjr@interpath.com
Date Posted: 04/02/96
CALL HRS SCORE QSO'S PTS PREFIXES
__________________________________________________________________________
QRP
KA1CZF 135,000 215 196
KV8S 77,121 200 451 171
VE7CQK 75,504 200 528 143
SO/HP/AB
S50A 8,211,376 2950 8984 914
F6FGZ 3,764,922 1794 5273 714
VD3EJ 9,640,000 3151 912
KQ2M (@KY3N) 5,400,000 2202 818
KC1XX (AA1ND) 5,180,000 2301 820
KM9P 5,027,022 2402 837
K3ZO 4,980,000 2173 796
K5ZD 21 3,340,620 1592 4986 670
KW8N 3,200,000 1736 738
KI4HN (@AA4NC) 3,000,000 1673 732
VE7IN 30 2,324,080 1295 4180 556
KA4RRU 2,331,146 1595 3359 694
K4VVD 26 1,779,657 1452 2981 597
SO/LP/AB
DL0IU (DL2OBF) 949,160 981 1945 488
K1HTV 31 1,325,184 985 2436 544
WS1A 1,046,657 782 479
WA4ZXA 36 671,841 669 1503 447
KJ6HO 18 483,912 679 1222 396
NZ5O 477,500 655 382
AE6Y 341,376 675 381
N3BDA 13 94,864 211 154
AL7PT/NK8 20,374 140 167 122
SO/UNLIMITED
OT6T (RA3AUU) 7,347,655 2800 8155 901
KF8UM 1,548,976 1047 572
K3SW/4 18 642,470 617 410
SINGLE BAND
80M
VE2JTX 84,480 227 132
40M
OI3MFP 22 100,036 254 178
W3GH 775,390 765 2014 385
WM2V 20 286,896 452 1112 258
KW4T 108,000 191 164
WA5JWU 12 8,320 42 208 40
20M
OH3NLP LP 18 152,904 347 276
N4YGY LP 572,390 611 1295 442
15M
OI3LQK 15 32,725 157 119
N6MU (@N6NB) 266,760 554 342
N4BP 21 156,123 409 627 249
WA7BNM 19 134,096 479 493 272
W5ASP 15 98,800 303 190
10M
WB4HFL 20 6,580 65 188 35
K2YJL/M 152 9 8
MULTI/SINGLE
VC3SK 5,983,565 2372 7417 805
KI1G (@K1NG) 5,800,000 2316 890
WE9V (@KS9K) 5,400,000 2429 923
CY2A (@VE2ZP) 5,100,000 2124 763
VE3RM 4,283,300 1901 5908 725
CH6FI 3,886,212 2104 5988 649
KT8X 3,880,000 2024 818
NE8T (@K8CC) 3,733,248 1932 768
W5KFT 3,660,000 2500 795
K1KP 3,175,000 1695 735
KC7V 2,629,989 1900 3699 711
KF9PL 2,100,000 1510 680
KQ4HC 2,049,495 1400 655
K3MS 1,843,776 1102 3168 582
KI7WX 1,536,842 1380 614
K5XI 1,500,000 1308 609
WA3WJD 660,744 656 1596 414
7J7ABC 543,312 685 343
AC5CT 401,080
W8PZS 3 550 27 22 25
MULTI/MULTI
WZ1R (@KY1H) 11,200,000 3911 1062
WT1S (@K1MNS) 10,680,000 3640 1033
WM2C (@N6RO) 8,958,978 3861 9342 959
VD5RI 3,816,919 2411 631
NE9U (@W0AIH) 2,700,000 1850 740
ROOKIE
KG8PE 28 312,600 415 300
TS
KG6LF 23 1,002,600 1338 1671 600
N1CC 14 624,400 645 1561 400
KF9YH 16 190,575 308 825 231
BR
OH3MMH 31 672,243 821 429
__________________________________________________________________________
OP LIST
MULTI SINGLE
KI7WX KI7WX,N5CT,K6XO @K6XO
WA3WJD WA3WJD,AA3HA
7J7ABC 7J7ABC (AB7IT), 7J7ABV (NB9T)
KQ4HC KO4EW,KQ4HC
AC5CT AC5CT,N3BUO
NE8T NE8T,N8CXX,N8BTU,AA8UG,AA8UH,K8CC
VE3RM VE3WRL,VE3WIB,VE3RM
VC3SK VA3SK,VA3WTO
CH6FI VE6AQ,VE6LB,VE6PY,VE6NA
MULTI MULTI
WT1S WT1S,NX1H,K1FWE
WZ1R WZ1R,NE1V,KM1P,AA1AA,KE6BER,KY1H,NJ1F,WM1K,WR2I,WA1ZAM
VD5RI VE5FD,VE5FF,VE5FN,VE5WI,VE6BBP,VE6BDP,VE6EZ,VE6SYM,VE7AV
NE9U NE9U,N9ISN,W0AIH,K0TG,N0AXL
WM2C WM2C,N6RO,K3EST,N4TQO,N6IP
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Before everyone starts flaming me about where there scores are, I would
like to explain. I received a list off 3830 from WZ1R. It only gave me
classes for people as SO. I know some should be unlimited. If you would
just drop me a note I will be glad to move them.
73's Jim
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* Jimmy R. Floyd (Jim) Thomasville, NC *
* *
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>From oo7@astro.as.utexas.edu (Derek Wills) Wed Apr 3 01:38:50 1996
From: oo7@astro.as.utexas.edu (Derek Wills) (Derek Wills)
Subject: 3rd party countries
Since I made this up in preparation for a guest op in WPX,
here's the list of countries with whom the US has 3rd party
agreements (compiled from latest ftp version from FCC):
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V2 Antigua/Barbuda YS El Salvador HP Panama
LU Argentina V6 Federated States ZP Paraguay
VK Australia of Micronesia OA Peru
V3 Belize C5 Gambia DU Philippines
CP Bolivia 9G Ghana VR6 Pitcairn Island*
T9 Bosnia- J3 Grenada V4 StChristopher/Nevis
Herzegovina TG Guatemala J6 St. Lucia
PY Brazil 8R Guyana J8 St. Vincent
VE Canada HH Haiti 9L Sierra Leone
CE Chile HR Honduras 3DA Swaziland
HK Colombia 4X Israel 9Y Trinidad/Tobago
D6 Comoros 6Y Jamaica GB United Kingdom **
TI Costa Rica JY Jordan CX Uruguay
CO Cuba EL Liberia YV Venezuala
HI Dominican V7 Marshall Islands 4U1ITU - ITU, Geneva
Republic XE Mexico 4U1VIC - VIC, Vienna
J7 Dominica YN Nicaragua
HC Ecuador
* Since 1970, there has been an informal agreement between the United
Kingdom and the US, permitting Pitcairn and US amateurs to exchange
messages concerning medical emergencies, urgent need for equipment or
supplies, and provate or personal matters of island residents.
**Limited to special-event stations with callsign prefix GB (GB3 excluded)
Note: US licensed amateurs may operate in the following US territories
under their FCC license: The Northern Marianas Islands, Guam, Johnston
Island, Midway Island, Kure Island, American Samoa, Wake Island, Wilkes
Island, Peale Island, and the US Virgin Islands.
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There are some additional DXCC countries (listed in the ARRL Countries
List) that count too - they are pretty obvious, e.g. HC8 counts as HC,
and all the VK9s are included with VK etc. With very few exceptions
you can just keep your copy of the Countries List handy, the relevant
countries are marked there.
Of course, with all the other weird, illegal and annoying things going
on during a typical contest, I doubt that anyone is going to be cited
for letting a non-licensed person send a 3rd party message of the form
"59-007". When we had some Girl Sprouts at the W5EHM club shack one
time, we let the kids talk with people around the country, and then
someone called in from Fiji - the kids thought that was neat. I did
too, but officially I should have snatched the mike away and told the
3D2 that we couldn't talk to him. I admit it, I broke the law and
let them talk with him.
Still, if you are going to do a contest with a non-licensed person,
it would be safer not to have them issue CQs, but to share the S&P
sessions. That can still be fun for a non-licensed participant.
Derek AA5BT, G3NMX
oo7@astro.as.utexas.edu
>From Chuck Dietz <ke5fi@wt.net> Wed Apr 3 04:00:52 1996
From: Chuck Dietz <ke5fi@wt.net> (Chuck Dietz)
Subject: BEWARE: WR6R/KH7 NOT ON KURE
References: <199604022107.PAA03547@ns2.icon.net>
Message-ID: <3161F7F4.31C3@wt.net>
wv5s@icon.net wrote:
>
> Ed,
>
> I don't know how you can guarantee that the log will be thrown out.
>
> The KH7 series callsigns have been available for use in Hawaii for
> over a year. This info has been published in every magazine I have
> seen. Many Hams have used it including myself. I used NH7/WV5S in
> the WPX CW Test last year and had my scores published in CQ Magazine.
>
> It never hurts to check things out before you start calling people
> names on the reflectors.
>
> Jim, WV5SThis reminds me of when they opened up 28,300-28,500 to phone on 10
meters. (Yes, everything reminds me of 10 meters!)
For YEARS and YEARS there were those who hadn't received the news. I
would contest at 28,498 and get a lot of "You are out of the band"
remarks... I always told them: "But the frequency is much clearer here."
Chuck, KE5FI
>From Chuck Dietz <ke5fi@wt.net> Wed Apr 3 03:53:37 1996
From: Chuck Dietz <ke5fi@wt.net> (Chuck Dietz)
Subject: 96 CQ WPX SSB - 10 Meters
References: <199604021823.KAA21348@wolfe.net>
Message-ID: <3161F641.342B@wt.net>
Danny Eskenazi wrote:
>
> Congratulations of your superb effort on 10 meters!!
> You have the TRUE ESSENCE of contesting down!
> Just about anyone can sit and push F1 over and over...but Ive gotta commend
> your skill and
> perserverance in doing a single 10 at the bottom of the cycle!!
>
> You are either truley enlightened or truly mad and I cant seem to find where
> you fit on that scale.......butd I'll bet its leaning towards the
> enlightened end of the graph...
>
> I hope you get the ten meter trophy for your shack wall...you really deserve
> it!
> there should be a trophy for gumption!!
>
> I can recall entering single ten in the ALL ASIA contests in June at the
> bottom of the cycle and feeling a great elation in finding ONE JA to
> log.....so I can relate to your weekend....
>
> Why TEN and the bottom of the cycle??? Cuz its there!!!
>
> Keep up the good work
>
> 73 de Danny K7SS
>
> (Next time bust into those local QSOs....look what it would have done for
> your score!!)
>
> At 12:38 PM 4/2/96 -0500, you wrote:
> >SPECIAL NOTE: If your score was over 10K, don't even bother to read this.
> >
> >Call: WB4HFL
> >Mode: SSB
> >Category: Single Operator-Low Power
> >Band: 10 (only)
> >QSO: 65
> >QSO Pts: 188
> >Pts/Q: 2.9
> >Prefixes: 35
> >Score: 6580
> >Time: 19.5 hours! (that's right, see below)
> >
> >Equipment: TS850, TS830, Heil HC4, JPS NIR-10, Ameco PT-3 preamp, 4 ele. at
> >50 ft. (hanging in tree, no tower to distort pattern!) fixed South, 3 ele. at
> >55 ft. (in another tree) fixed WSW.
> >
> >Looking at all of the all-band scores, it looks like just about everyone gave
> >up on 10 meters. Propogation, when it existed, was only to the South. I was
> >never able to get any type of run going, so S&Ped pretty much the whole time.
> >
> >Missed 4 multipliers Friday night when I decided not to break into a group of
> > local rag chewers. Lesson Learned!! I did hear KP4XS and KE5FI for a brief
> >time Saturday but could not get them to hear me.
Gee, Henry, I sure wish I had heard you. Ten meters was sure tough and you
stuck it out. Be sure I was probably running way more watts than you were
and if I was weak at your end, you were probably even weaker at my end. I
only worked a few stateside myself and they were all weak, weak, weak (except
for the locals) and trust me, I bothered EVERY local I heard! Please don't
get discouraged with the best band, the only way from here is up!
Chuck, KE5FI
>From Doug Grant <0006008716@mcimail.com> Wed Apr 3 02:58:00 1996
From: Doug Grant <0006008716@mcimail.com> (Doug Grant)
Subject: WPX Survey
Message-ID: <70960403025807/0006008716DC6EM@MCIMAIL.COM>
Due to several circumstances, I was unable to operate full-time in the WPX SSB.
ONe problem was the feedlines melting down after I installed 2x4CX5000A
amplifier to try to stay competitive...
anyway, I did a little test this weekend. I used a now-defunct callsign I used
to hold (WB1AII - a reasonably rare prefix these days!), and performed the
following experiment:
W4QRO: CQ Contest, W4QRO.
me: Whiskey Bravo One Alfa India India
W4QRO: WB1AII, 591234
me: (nothing)
W4QRO: WB1AII, 591234. Over.
me: (nothing)
W4QRO:
.
.
.
ANd here it got interesting. Read on.
W4QRO: QRZ, W4QRO.
someone else: W8AH
W4QRO: W8AH, 591234 (when W4QRO did not log WB1AII)
W4QRO: W8AH, 591235 (telling me that W4QRO *did* log WB1AII, who never gave
a number)
This experiment was tried 42 times over the weekend, with good signals to guys
who were running pretty fast. When I worked Ws, I used GW0AII.
32 times, honesty prevailed. Of those, about 6 specifically said "WB1AII -no
copy" or "Nothing heard".
10 times, the number was incremented for the next QSO. These guys have at least
one bad QSO in their log (and probably others).
I won't reveal their calls. But they can check their logs for these two calls,
and they'll know who they are.
ANd, yes, I broke the rules by signing bootlegged calls. But it was worth it.
Doug K1DG
>From Bill Turner <wrt@eskimo.com> Wed Apr 3 02:13:44 1996
From: Bill Turner <wrt@eskimo.com> (Bill Turner)
Subject: More Power
Message-ID: <199604030213.SAA18385@mail.eskimo.com>
At 12:16 PM 3/31/96 -0500, Ed Tanton N4XY wrote:
-snip-
>One final
>thing: let's not forget that SOME stations DO need the extra plate
>dissapation for RTTY and Slow Scan.
-snip-
-------------------------------------------------------
A single 3CX1200A7 will put 1500 watts out on RTTY all day long provided you
keep it cool as the mfr says. Any thing beyond that is pretty much gilding
the lily. I suspect most amplifiers that are time-limited for continuous
output are that way because of the power transformer more than the tube.
73, Bill W7LZP
wrt@eskimo.com
>From AA3JU George Cook <george@epix.net> Wed Apr 3 03:16:31 1996
From: AA3JU George Cook <george@epix.net> (AA3JU George Cook)
Subject: "Pirate" QRM
Message-ID: <199604030311.WAA05636@coconut.epix.net>
Same thing happened to us on ARRL_DX/SSB
Scarry scarry stuff that. But what do they have to worry about lord knows
the FCC will never do a thing about it even if they are caught red handed!
George
At 09:30 AM 4/1/96 -0600, you wrote:
>Well, before anyone starts mentioning (bad-mouthing) calls in their
>WPX write up, pay heed:
>
>I was QRM'd Sunday on 20M by a person with a DVP who would go around
>and record other contester's CQs and replay them on my frequency.
>
>At first I was fooled. He recorded a CQ by a W8 M/S and played it
>on my freq. I told the W8 to go away and said that I know that he
>has GOT to hear me. This person then recorded MY CQ and played it
>back. That's when I caught on.
>
>This person then recorded NE9U's CQ and played that to me.
>(So Randy, NE9U could have been an imposter.)
>
>
>SO....if people were CQ'ing on your frequency without asking, AND
>you had no dialog, no "active conversation" with that person,
>chances are you were duped by someone with a DVP.
>
>WE9V M/S @ KS9K
>
>---
>Chad Kurszewski, WE9V e-mail: Chad_Kurszewski@csg.mot.com
>The Official "Sultans of Shwing" Web Site: http://www.4w.com/ham/sos
>
>
>
>
AA3JU george@epix.net AA3JU@W3PYF
Proudly F R C...........
"FRC When second best just isn't good enough!"
>From AA3JU George Cook <george@epix.net> Wed Apr 3 03:16:34 1996
From: AA3JU George Cook <george@epix.net> (AA3JU George Cook)
Subject: QRO...the REAL story
Message-ID: <199604030311.WAA05684@coconut.epix.net>
Well while we fessin up here you know it is a requirment for FRC that your
station MUST be capable of at least a 10K signal. Now I am a pretty broke
guy and all I could afford to do was build an amp from second hand 811a
tubes from a hamfest.
Damn do you know how many 811a's you gotta heat up to get 10K of output?
All I can tell you is that here at AA3JU we to all the DX contests in the
wintertime sitting outside in our underware and still it gets pretty toasty
round contest time.
At 10:50 AM 4/1/96 -0500, you wrote:
>I can confirm Doug's allegations. We at K1EA routinely run 5-10KW. I
>never knew for sure what our power level was because with the 5KW Bird slug
>installed, the meter was always stuck on the right pin.
>
>Now, I can't speak for all the stations Doug mentioned, but I know for sure
>that N2RM, K1DG, W3LPL and W2PV run/ran incredibly illegal power. I always
>marveled at their technical expertise in designing inter-station
>interference-free multi-ops. So, now you all know. And, everyone thought
>that it was just being on the East Coast.
>
>73 John
>
>>DATE: 01 Apr 96 09:27:49 EST
>>FROM: Douglas S. Zwiebel <104141.2660@compuserve.com>
>>
>>Okay guys, it's time to clear the air. All you "holier than thou" types
who think
>>that running a few extra watts is a problem are way off base here.
Running 2 or 5 or
>>10 or 20 KW is SIMPLY NO BIG DEAL. From first hand experience, I can
confidently
>>tell you that ALL the top ten run AT LEAST 10 KW A T T H E A N T E
N N A !!
>>When I operated from N2AA/K2GL, we used Henry 2K's as DRIVERS. I've also
operated
>>with K1AR, K1DG, KC1XX, W3LPL, W7RM, N2LT, N2RM, K3ZO, K4VX, N4AR, W2PV,
and on
>>and on, and EVERYBODY does it. Sure, the east coast helps, but we suffer from
>>poor condidtions also. All we are doing is making up for the atmospheric
loss which
>>IS NOT OUR FAULT. If condx were good, we would have the same signal
anyway. And can
>>we help it if our towers are 700 to 1200 feet away from the shack. Come
on....can
>>we REALLY be expected to take that kind of unfair loss? Again, all we are
doing is
>>compensating for how loud we would normally be.
>>
>>As for the contest sponsors, they can't possibly check power, so why
worry. Are you
>>going to let signing your name to some 2 cent piece of paper stand in your
way of
>>winning? Get Real! They are paper tigers. Besides, most of the winning
stations
>>are populated by US (committee members) anyway...no way we'll DQ
ourselves. "If every
>>one else does it, I should do it too" is definitely the right way to
handle this.
>>
>>And as for the QRPers...it sure has taken you idiots a LONG time to figure
that one
>>out. I currently have a few records (CQWW and WPX) in the qrp category,
and I can now
>>feel relieved to finally come out of the closest (sure gets hot in there
too). It's
>>true.....I ran at least 1500 watts the whole time. And for that AA2U guy
who holds
>>all of the QRP that I don't, forget it. Why do you think he bought that
4CX5000 ????
>>
>>All I can say to the whiners is GROW UP. Sure it costs a lot to buy BIG
coax and
>>connectors. Sure it costs a lot to run those 100 amp lines into the
house. Sure
>>those 20kw baluns and 20kw antenna switches are tough to find and
expensive to
>>acquire, but hey...isn't it all worth it? So what if I could put up a few
more
>>monobanders or towers for less than the cost of the amp with all the needed
>>accessories. Do you have any idea of the CHARGE we get when hit that BIG
SWITCH?
>>It is far more satisfying than looking outside at another hunk of
aluminum. And talk
>>about the smirks on our faces when you mere 1500 watt types try to compete
SERIOUSLY.
>>It is just too much to hold in.
>>
>>I'm so glad that this discussion finally got the reflector onto something
meaningful.
>>I feel that I have now fulfilled my obligation to the contest community by
sharing
>>the real secret. For me, if I ever went to a contest station that ran
only "legal"
>>power, I know I'd walk out before even sitting down there.....what a waste.
>>
>>de Doug KR2Q
>>
>
>
>
AA3JU george@epix.net AA3JU@W3PYF
Proudly F R C...........
"FRC When second best just isn't good enough!"
>From Bill Fisher, KM9P" <km9p@akorn.net Wed Apr 3 03:37:27 1996
From: Bill Fisher, KM9P" <km9p@akorn.net (Bill Fisher, KM9P)
Subject: CW from 6970Khz Trashing 40M
Message-ID: <199604030337.WAA27505@paris.akorn.net>
I noted a key clicks all over 40M CW tonight. Found the offender sending
number groups at about 45WPM at 6970Khz. Anyone else notice this or is this
a CIA neighbor I didn't know I had?
Oh... The signal were pinning the S-meter. Never seen that on this rig from
home.
73
Bill, KM9P
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>From Bruce Lallathin <aa8u@voyager.net> Wed Apr 3 03:39:54 1996
From: Bruce Lallathin <aa8u@voyager.net> (Bruce Lallathin)
Subject: CT Serial Number Problem
Message-ID: <199604030339.WAA12130@vixa.voyager.net>
Hi Tyler,
I have CT 9.27, ran SS CW and SS SSB M/S and had the same serial number problems
but I figured it was because three pc's were linked. NOT, had the same
problem with only two pc's. The printed log was ok, but ended up giving out
duplicate and incorrect serial number to many stations. Really
un-cool.....hope it gets fixed pretty soon.
73,
Ugly
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At 05:49 PM 4/2/96 -0500, you wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> This may be an old problem, but I havent been on the CT refelctor for
>> a while...
>>
>> Last night I networked 2 computers together as a M/M for the WPX
>> contest using CT 9.26. I had a problem with the serial numbers. The
>> next band serial number displayed was fine, but once you logged it,
>> the serial number appearing on the screen was not the next band serial
>> number, but it was the number of the total logged contacts on all
>> bands.
>>
>> I tried swapping null modem cables, tried going to CT 9.23, tried
>> different data rates etc, but the problem still persisted. I did a
>> WRITE LOG, and they were logged correctly, so it was a screen only
>> problem.
>>
>> Any ideas out there?
>>
>> Many Thanks,
>>
>> Kenny WM2C
>>
>> ken.silverman@airtouch.com
>>
>> CU as WM2C M/M from N6RO's QTH
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>--
>>Submissions: ct-user@ve7tcp.ampr.org
>>Administrative requests: ct-user-REQUEST@ve7tcp.ampr.org
>>WWW: http://www.ve7tcp.ampr.org/Software/ct
>>Questions: owner-ct-user@ve7tcp.ampr.org
>
>
>It's busted, but it writes the logs OK at the end, so the only inconvenience is
>not being able to tell the serial number when you scroll back in the log.
>
>I dont remember if the single op/multi computer serial number problem has
>been fixed. Anybody answer that one?
>
>73, Tyler KF3P@cais.com
>
>
>--
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>
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