Dear fellow Contestants,
A quick note to let you know we'll be there to hand out the ZL/Zone
32 multiplier as a MM entry.
Yours truly will be taking turns on 15 m with Chris ZL2DX. I have
chipped the rust off my CW using PED (Chris doesn't need any of
that) and we are all set for it from our fully fertilised & air
conditioned DX woolshed in the Sunny Wairarapa.
The beams have stood up to the equinoxal gales and have been tested
in the SSB event. All the bugs have been ironed out (no more stray
bleatings causing false VOX triggering) . See you in the real
contest :-)
Wilbert, ZL2BSJ.
--
Wilbert Knol, EE, Acoustic Group, Marine Research,
Nat. Inst. of Water and Atmospheric Research Ltd.
Wellington, New Zealand
>From wa2syn@li.net (Jeff Singer) Mon Nov 18 04:06:29 1996
From: wa2syn@li.net (Jeff Singer) (Jeff Singer)
Subject: Start the bullets flyi
Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.95.961117225737.21607A-100000@linet01>
Steve:
I've notice this too, and I find it incongruous that contesters, some with
BIG scores, will do this. I believe it is reason for disqualification. I
don't think it unreasonable to expect fellow competitors to abide by the
simplest of rules. The newbies are forgiven due to their inexperience (and
now the ARRL won't even publish the full text rules - bizarre - so what
can we really expect) but experienced ops should know better.
Thanks for bringing this up. Sure beats vanity-legal-get-a-life topic.
73 de Jeff WA2SYN (never got my vanity call)
wa2syn@li.net
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On Sun, 17 Nov 1996, Steven Sample wrote:
>
> It is my understanding that when the ARRL publishes the rules for a
> contest such as SS, we are expected to follow them. In particular, when
> the exchange is specifically set forth-it seems to me that we should try
> to follow it. For that reason, I don't understand why truncated exchanges
> are acceptable.
>
> the exchange calles for:
>
> QSO Number, Precedence, CALL SIGN, Check, and Section.
>
> If a station sees fit to leave the CALL SIGN out of the exchange, I don't
> understand why that constitutes a valid exchange...or am I missing the
> point?
>
> FLAME ON!
>
> Steve / N9FD (Ex-AA9AX)
>
> P.S. My apologies to all you guys that said "Hi" thinking I was at the
> console, and my "Newbies" didn't respond because their vocal chords were
> paralyzed from fear!
>
>
>From tomwagner@mindspring.com (Tom Wagner) Mon Nov 18 11:17:42 1996
From: tomwagner@mindspring.com (Tom Wagner) (Tom Wagner)
Subject: 15" Monitors for Contest Stations
Message-ID: <1.5.4.16.19961118061737.2e073488@pop.mindspring.com>
There was a thread on 17" monitors, but I am interested
in replacing my 15" Acer 56L monitor. It has too much
rf coming out the front, plus one of the guns is starting
to flake out.
Could you let me know what 15" monitors you like and
dislike for contest use? I am most interested in
rf susceptibility and noise generation, the features
hardest to evaluate at the computer show.
I'll post the results at the end of the week.
Tom - N1MM
P.S. The NEC MultiSync XV15 I borrowed from
work is pretty quiet, but pretty expensive.
>From syam@Glue.umd.edu (De Syam) Mon Nov 18 12:51:49 1996
From: syam@Glue.umd.edu (De Syam) (De Syam)
Subject: SO 2 radio backlash?
Message-ID: <Pine.SOL.3.95.961118074828.1131C-100000@z.glue.umd.edu>
On Sat, 16 Nov 1996, Greg Fields wrote:
>
> I too ran across the problem of answering a very loud CQ just to
> have them call CQ again & again. One station in particular I called 4
> times because I couldn't believe he didn't hear me.
Some of us who don't use two radios, like myself, still have the
occasional need to make a pit stop. I don't use the computer to key my
rig, but I do use the "repeat" function on my MFJ Grandmaster keyer to
hold my run frequency while I am away from the rig briefly (never more
than 2 or 3 minutes).
Very 73,
Fred Laun, K3ZO
>From syam@Glue.umd.edu (De Syam) Mon Nov 18 12:57:13 1996
From: syam@Glue.umd.edu (De Syam) (De Syam)
Subject: Dr. Pepper
Message-ID: <Pine.SOL.3.95.961118075208.1131D-100000@z.glue.umd.edu>
On Sat, 16 Nov 1996, Randy Thompson wrote:
> I can testify as to the value of Dr. Pepper. It has been the contest drink
of choice for all of my operating at N5AU and after.
That's 15 years of Dr. Peppers during contests, while programming,
writing NCJ editorials, etc.
>
> It works!
>
To clarify my use of Dr. Pepper, recently commented on by K7BG and W3ZZ, I
still use it regularly. During contests however I also drink grapefruit
juice from the small bottles of Tropicana that you can get at Price Club.
Consumption ratio of bottles of grapefruit juice to small bottles of Dr.
Pepper at such times is roughly 3:1.
Very 73,
Fred Laun, K3ZO
>From k0wa@southwind.net (Lee Buller) Mon Nov 18 14:18:54 1996
From: k0wa@southwind.net (Lee Buller) (Lee Buller)
Subject: Start the bullets flyi
Message-ID: <1.5.4.32.19961118141854.006ead5c@southwind.net>
At 10:23 PM 11/17/96 -0500, you wrote:
I'm not to sure that you're correct in your assumption that the CALL SIGN
has to be GIVEN in the exchange and in the exact order. The ARRL only wants
the information copied accurately, I don't think they care what the order
is. They want it in a certain form when you turn in the log too. Once you
know the call sign, why repeat it? The rules tell about what information is
needed....on the log...how you get it is...well...your choice. What happens
to QSOs when someone gives you the information out of sequence? Do you
disqualify that? Ask the guy to do it right? That is rather legalistic.
Just a comment...not a FLAME!
Lee
k0wa@southwind.net
>
>It is my understanding that when the ARRL publishes the rules for a
>contest such as SS, we are expected to follow them. In particular, when
>the exchange is specifically set forth-it seems to me that we should try
>to follow it. For that reason, I don't understand why truncated exchanges
>are acceptable.
>
>the exchange calles for:
>
> QSO Number, Precedence, CALL SIGN, Check, and Section.
>
>If a station sees fit to leave the CALL SIGN out of the exchange, I don't
>understand why that constitutes a valid exchange...or am I missing the
>point?
>
>I had several "newbies" visiting my station this weekend to learn about
>contesting, and they ran a rate of about "10 per hour" - so I wasn't
>planning on winning anything anyway. But it is rather annoying to see
>flagrant violations like that over long periods of time and many QSO's
>from any station, especially when I perceive that said stations are in the
>test to be competitive.
>
>FLAME ON!
>
>Steve / N9FD (Ex-AA9AX)
>
>P.S. My apologies to all you guys that said "Hi" thinking I was at the
>console, and my "Newbies" didn't respond because their vocal chords were
>paralyzed from fear!
>
>
>
>From 71111.260@CompuServe.COM (Hans Brakob) Mon Nov 18 14:36:26 1996
From: 71111.260@CompuServe.COM (Hans Brakob) (Hans Brakob)
Subject: Incomplete exchange
Message-ID: <961118143626_71111.260_EHM71-1@CompuServe.COM>
Steven Sample wrote:
>If a station sees fit to leave the CALL SIGN out of the exchange, I don't
>understand why that constitutes a valid exchange...or am I missing the
>point?
You're not missing a point. The SS rules specifically call for 5 elements
in the exchange, and each much be sent in the correct order to constitute
a valid exchange.
I noticed the same practice this weekend, and don't ever recall hearing it
before. Just a handful of stations were noted doing it, so maybe we can
nip this thing right at the outset. Those contacts should not count, and
were purged from my log as incomplete exchanges.
73, de Hans, K0HB
Speaking for K0HB only
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