Kr> I would suggest looking into a bargain 286 PC to run Geoclock or a
Kr> similar "gray-line" program.
Kr> Many companies that still have those "clunkers" would probably be glad
Kr> to give them away so make friends with your LAN guys at work. You
Kr> might even get a 386 if you're lucky.
Try http://www.onsale.com
They have 386 machines less monitor for $65-$110!!
Plus lots of other bargains.
73 Bill N6CQ/3
>From dave@egh.com (David Clemons) Thu Nov 7 20:52:14 1996
From: dave@egh.com (David Clemons) (David Clemons)
Subject: All the new-fnagled contest calls
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.3.91.961107153002.4021B-100000@newman.egh.com>
Hi,
How do you pick which call to answer when two or three people
answer your cq? If I guess correctly, it is partially determined by your
ability to recognize one or more of those calls as belonging to an
experienced contester. Do you answer the one who is likely to be a
newcomer first, and hope that the experienced contester will wait around
for awhile? Or do you answer the contester whose call you recognize and
assume the newcomer will wait around? (I don't need an answer for this
question...)
Now, change the scenario slightly. If you don't recognize any of
the calls, how do you guess which one to take first? If you were called
by K1A and KBD1QVHE, would you make an assumption that one was more likely
to be a new contester than the other? I think so. There are (were) some
exceptions (i.e. KB4GID, KA9FOX, and WN4KKN), of course, but the general
case was probably fairly predictable.
I'm happy that so many of you are excited about getting brand new
vanity calls. (I even considered one myself, but decided not to.) However,
I am somehwat dismayed to see all my years of learning other people's
calls now going down the drain :-(. What do I do now when I am called by
the likes of N9GG or N5KO or K1JA (to name only a few)? Who the heck are
they - are they contesters or what? I might have a hint when they send
their call at 40 wpm, but otherwise it's back to the Who's Who in Amateur
Radio Memory Course. Oh well, it will give me something to do between
contests :-).
73, Dave Clemons K1VUT (still)
p.s. I predict a slight advantage in DX Contests during the next couple
of years for those well known operators who did not change their calls.
>From k7jj@ix.netcom.com (Dave Earnest) Thu Nov 7 20:39:37 1996
From: k7jj@ix.netcom.com (Dave Earnest) (Dave Earnest)
Subject: New Call
Message-ID: <32824909.2781E494@ix.netcom.com>
Hi to anyone that cares:
My new call is K7JJ. Immediate previous call: W7KJJ.
former US Calls: W7YBI, K0BQE, W6HUQ.
former DX Calls: KA2ZZ, KX6MX, KS6DY, ZL1BBA.
one of the operators at HZ1AB 1954 & 1977-1986. KG6ICD-Marcus Is, 1960.
Hope everyone that applied got one of their choices.
73 de Dave K7JJ/6
Dave Earnest
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