I'll move to the Big Island (Hawaii) in mid-september for six years. Are there
contesters between Hilo and Kona ? I would be happy to meet one or two for
starting some contest activities while overthere ...
Answer directly please !
thanks in advance
Christian - F5IDM
>From gswanson@arrl.org (Swanson, Glenn, KB1GW) Tue Jul 16 15:54:00 1996
From: gswanson@arrl.org (Swanson, Glenn, KB1GW) (Swanson, Glenn, KB1GW)
Subject: How to: IARU scores to ARRL
Message-ID: <m0ugAdL-000f56C@mgate.arrl.org>
Hello Rod,
Thank you for the e-mail. yes, you can upload (via the FTP
process) log files to the ARRL--per the info you found at the
ARRL Web page. There are now * 5 * ways to send your log
to the ARRL--apparently the FAQ I posted needs to be updated
to include:
"You can submit entries for all ARRL contests five (5) ways:
Within 30 days after a given contest, send your entry via...
<snip>
FTP: FTP an ASCII summary sheet and ASCII log file (in the
ARRL Suggested File Format) using anonymous FTP to
ftp://ftp.arrl.org/logs/. (If you use a non-Web-browser FTP client,
FTP to ftp.arrl.org and change directory to /logs, as in the command
cd /logs.) Then upload your file. ZIP the summary sheet file and the
log file together using PKZIP.EXE or its equivalent, and upload your
compressed file or upload the files separately."
- - - -
I'd posted the file "entry.inf," which came from the ARRL info
server (info@arrl.org). I'll let the folks in the contest area know
that it (apparently) needs to be updated.
73, Glenn, KB1GW
< kb1gw@arrl.org >
- - - -
P.S. For those who are Web-challenged, [ ;-) ]here's the full text
from the ARRL Web page:
"You can submit entries for all ARRL contests five (5) ways:
Within 30 days after a given contest, send your entry via...
E-mail: Send an ASCII summary sheet and ASCII log file (following the ARRL
Suggested File Format) to contest@arrl.org. Merge the summary sheet and
log file together into one file with an ASCII text editor and send it on the
Internet as a text message.
FTP: FTP an ASCII summary sheet and ASCII log file (in the ARRL Suggested
File Format) using anonymous FTP to ftp://ftp.arrl.org/logs/. (If you use a
non-Web-browser FTP client, FTP to ftp.arrl.org and change directory to
/logs,
as in the command cd /logs.) Then upload your file. ZIP the summary sheet
file
and the log file together using PKZIP.EXE or its equivalent, and upload your
compressed file or upload the files separately.
ARRL Telephone BBS: Submit an ASCII summary sheet and ASCII log file
(in the ARRL Suggested File Format). The BBS ([860] 594-0306) handles
connections at speeds up to 28.8 kilobaud. ZIP the summary sheet file and
the log file together with PKZIP.EXE or its equivalent, and upload your
compressed file to the ARRL BBS or upload the files separately.
Disk: Submit a paper summary sheet and ASCII log file (in the ARRL
Suggested File Format) on a 3.5- or 5.25-inch diskette (high or low
density).
Copy your <call sign>.LOG file to a floppy diskette and mail it, along with
your printed summary sheet file, to ARRL HQ.
Paper: Submit a summary sheet, logs, and dupe sheets using official
ARRL forms or reasonable facsimiles. Mail your entry to:
ARRL Contest Branch
225 Main Street
Newington, CT 06111
-- eof --
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>From: Rod Greene
>To: Swanson, Glenn, KB1GW; posting
>Subject: Re: How to: IARU scores to ARRL
>
>------------------Internet Headers------------------
>From: Rod Greene <w7zrc@micron.net>
>----------------------------------------------------
>At 12:10 PM 7/15/96 -0400, Swanson, Glenn, KB1GW wrote:
>>
>>
>> --FYI--
>> de KB1GW (kb1gw@arrl.org)
>> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
-
>> - -
>>The ARRL has FOUR (4) ways to enter ALL ARRL contests.
>>
>>Within 30 days after the contest, send your entries via:
>>
>>INTERNET - ASCII summary sheet and ASCII log file
>> (following the ARRL Suggested File Format)
>> to: contest@arrl.org
>>
>> Merge the summary sheet and log file together
>> into one file with an ASCII text editor and
>> send on Internet as a text message.
>
>-----------------------BIG Snip ----------------------------------------
>Glenn, Shouldn't this (Internet) also include the FTP process? My log
files
>are fairly large and the mail program at my ISP won't handle an e-mail that
>large. Also some don't handle the attachments very well either. So I
>followed the FTP upload information available at the ARRL web page.
>
>Please let me know if this is not an accepted way to submit.
>
>thanks and 73, Rod
>----- Rod Greene, w7zrc@micron.net, <>< -----
>
>
>From floydjr@Interpath.com (Jimmy R. Floyd) Tue Jul 16 14:32:43 1996
From: floydjr@Interpath.com (Jimmy R. Floyd) (Jimmy R. Floyd)
Subject: IARU 96 Score II
Message-ID: <2.2.16.19960716133243.351f1e7e@interpath.com>
IARU 1996 RAW SCORES
Compiled by
>>WA4ZXA<< (floydjr@interpath.com)
Date Posted: 07/16/96
CALL PWR SCORE QSO's PTS ZONES HQ
________________________________________________________________________
SINGLE OPERATOR - PHONE
TM1C (F5MZN) HP 853,649 1579 88 43
DL1FY HP 103,008 367 1073 96
WB5VZL HP 625,416 1604 4738 101 31
VE6JY HP 619,780 1403 4660 98 35
K4VUD HP 376,124 1332 77 24
WB1GQR (WB2JSJ) HP 350,208 1334 3072 77 37
W7LZP HP 116,795 507 1645 57 14
K3IXD HP 84,854 456 52 25
WA4ZXA LP 181,480 759 1745 66 38
VA3WTO LP 129,350 783 2587 39 11
KB1GW LP 78,975 435 975 47 34
KS4XG LP 77,841 343 961 50 31
NZ3I LP 31,610 211 545 58
KF9YH LP 16,606 193 437 25 13
SINGLE OPERATOR - CW
PA0RCT LP 265,356 698 2106 56 70
K4PQL HP 877,600 1614 5485 102 58
K1VUT HP 645,120 1390 4480 81 63
N4BP HP 357,312 1406 3722 96
N6KI HP 293,328 1018 3024 77 20
N0DH/7 HP 287,823 837 2593 90 21
W1IHN HP 277,112 1004 2948 61 33
WV5S HP 208,505 717 61 24
W7ZRC HP 202,440 884 2892 55 15
K3JT HP 152,457 607 1713 61 28
W2UP HP 129,808 476 45 31
KM0L HP 85,302 470 1354 63
AA8SM 51,362 356 842 42 19
AA8AV LP 407,445 1213 115
K1EPJ LP 108,697 525 1489 46 27
WB0OLA LP 60,966 365 1129 39 15
WA7UVJ LP 39,100 402 850 38 8
KB0IHM LP 36,518 446 1178 25 6
W3CPB LP 28,000 208 508 32 24
VK1FF LP 13,892 130 604 17 6
SINGLE OPERATOR - MIXED
SM5IMO 783,364 1553 5293 84 64
PA0COE 74,880 320 960 78
W9RE HP 1,027,952 2082 6268 110 54
K8AZ (K8NZ) 1,003,392 2030 6432 108 48
WZ4F 594,270 1622 4402 98 37
W6XR/2 531,320 1590 71 41
K0DI 207,759 1025 3011 60 9
NS0B HP 159,422 656 2018 57 22
WB5B HP 152,412 626 1954 60 18
KG5U 88,576 454 1384 46 18
N3BDA 82,810 318 910 56 35
NI8L HP 23,560 294 760 21 10
AA4GA LP 252,450 909 2475 71 31
K3CR (KB3AFT) LP 143,980 697 60 32
N3BDA LP 82,810 318 910 56 35
WA8YRS LP 76,711 609 1871 41
KG5U QRP 88,576 454 1384 46 18
MULITOPERATOR
NC0P 685,446 1575 138
KJ6HO HP 376,225 1291 3725 87 14
K6XO/7 359,450 1445 74 17
KX8D 201,465 893 2035 69 30
VE7CFD LP 191,828 915 2821 60 8
AC5CT 56,180 359 1060 41 12
KEWW 45,270 189 30 15
OPREATOR LIST MULIT
NC0P NC0P,WA0ETC,WD0GVY,WA0FLS,WR0G
K6XO/7 N5CT,KG7TE,KI7WX,AB7GM,K6XO
KX8D N9DHN,N9WHG
VE7CFD VE7CFD,VE7CQK
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
REMEMBER THESE ARE NOT OFFICIAL AND DO NOT SEND ME ANY LOGS OR ATTACHED
FILES!!
If you send me a score with only single op on it and no phone, cw, or
mixed on it, I will put you in the mixed section. Send me a correction
and I will move you.
I assumed from reading the Rules that there is no High and Low Power
Classes. Most people are sending in whether they used HP or LP. Since
they are taking the time to do this I will break them down for them.
Where you see a number between the zones and Hq columns means that the
person added them together.
73's Jim
**********************************************************
* Jimmy R. Floyd (Jim) Thomasville, NC *
* *
* Amateur Call: >> WA4ZXA << *
* Packet Node: >> N4ZC << *
* Internet Address: >> floydjr@interpath.com << *
**********************************************************
>From ken_wolff@mail.cerulean.com (Ken Wolff) Tue Jul 16 18:23:30 1996
From: ken_wolff@mail.cerulean.com (Ken Wolff) (Ken Wolff)
Subject: WRTC signals
Message-ID: <9606168375.AA837538256@mail.cerulean.com>
I got on near the end of the contest on 20 and 40. Signals on 20 were
all the same and weak (20 meter beam was stuck pointing east). Signals
on 40 were all the same. The 40 meter beam was pointed out west, so
they were easy to hear.
Lot's of fun. Wish I had been on the whole time.
- Ken
>From paul1@wizard.ucs.sfu.ca (Paul Erickson) Tue Jul 16 17:52:00 1996
From: paul1@wizard.ucs.sfu.ca (Paul Erickson) (Paul Erickson)
Subject: Headphone suggestions needed
Message-ID: <9607161652.AA19816@wizard.ucs.sfu.ca>
First of all thanks to everyone who worked Dave and I at VE7CFD during
the IARU/WRTC. Dave handled the SSB and I did the cw. One of the many
things that I learned during the contest was that I need a better pair
of headphones. I should have known better as I have discovered the
importance of the human interface in other areas, such as keyboards
(thanks for the previous thread on the programmable keyboard it is
great) and paddles (the WBL v2p's are WONDERFUL), neither of which
I am using to their full potential.
I know the Azden and Heil Pro Headset's have been recommended, and
will probably get one for SSB, but I need a Stereo set strictly for
CW purposes. They need to be stereo as I run two rigs and to be
used in a multi single situation with a switch box which allows two
operators to listen to one rig or the other or both.
Thanks for the time.
cheers, Paul
ve7cqk
email: paul1@wizard.ucs.sfu.ca
>From steven@zianet.com (Steve Nace) Tue Jul 16 20:02:46 1996
From: steven@zianet.com (Steve Nace) (Steve Nace)
Subject: vy1rac, double mult?
Message-ID: <v01510101ae1196f0f405@[192.77.86.212]>
AB6YL wrote about VY1JA:
>he reports that he tried to search and pounce
>all of the 1x1 calls to make sure they got his
>double mult.
I gets confused. What double mult is this? Here are the rules I read...
"Multipliers: Total number of ITU zones plus IARU member-society HQ
stations worked on each frequency band.
(Note: HQ stations do not count for zone multipliers.)"
I sure would like to get my mult total up. Please explain.
de Hose KN5H
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>From G.DAUGHT@Forsythe.Stanford.EDU (George Daughters) Tue Jul 16 19:33:43
>1996
From: G.DAUGHT@Forsythe.Stanford.EDU (George Daughters) (George Daughters)
Subject: mea culpa
ok,
VY1RAC was in Yukon territory, and was the
canadian HQ station
as i understand it, if you work some
station in a region, you get the mult for
that region. if you get a HQ station in the
same region, you get the HQ mult. i didn't
mean to infer that VY1RAC or any other HQ
station gives an *increased-value mult* which
my posting implied to some. i apologize for
the ambiguity! (in retrospect, i guess i
should have said, simply, "mult")
i just wanted to post a message from Jay,
and not somehow get involved in rules
interpretations... i'm neither a source of,
nor arbiter of the rules.
please put away the flame throwers.
i apologize if i misled anyone.
73, ab6yl
To: CQ-CONTEST@TGV.COM
>From 0005543629@mcimail.com (David & Barbara Leeson) Tue Jul 16 19:58:00 1996
From: 0005543629@mcimail.com (David & Barbara Leeson) (David & Barbara Leeson)
Subject: QTH, Ants, Rigs
Message-ID: <20960716185802/0005543629DC4EM@MCIMAIL.COM>
Here's a preliminary listing of the WRTC 96 top six, with station
locations, antennas and rigs:
Call Op#1 Op#2 Judge Host QTH Ant 40m Rig A Rig B
W6X KR0Y K1TO UA6HZ WA6AHF San Lorenzo TH6@50' Dp IC765 TS930
K6T K4BAI KM9P W6UM NQ6X San Jose TH7@45' Dp FT1000MP IC736
W6R K6LL N2IC WR3G AF6S San Jose C4@50' Dp TS950SDX TS850
K6P VE3EJ VE3IY OH2KI N6UUG Suisun City KT34XA@50'Dp FT1000 IC765
K6C K4UEE N6IG BA1FP WB6PCJ Redwood City A4@50' Dp FT1000D FT1000D
W6T K5ZD WX3N K6SSS AB6CW Cupertino A3@40' Dp IC765 JST-245
Suisun City is near Fairfield, north of Vallejo
San Lorenzo is between San Jose and Oakland in the East Bay
Redwood City is between San Jose and San Francisco
Cupertino is near San Jose
I haven't been able to reach NQ6X to confirm the antenna there. The
data base shows an LP, but the station inspector clearly remembers it
as either a TH6 or TH7. I believe the K6P Rig A was an FT1000D, but
the records show it only as FT1000.
I note the posting by K1EA to the effect that all the 20 and 40 meter
signals were the same. I consider Ken to be a knowlegable observer, and
I believe the goal of a level playing field was met.
Here's a different listing that may also be of interest:
1 Hy-Gain Icom Kenwood
2 Hy-Gain Yaesu Icom
3 Force12 Kenwood Kenwood
4 KLM Yaesu Icom
5 Cushcraft Yaesu Yaesu
6 Cushcraft Icom JRC
The 40m dipoles of at least the first three finishers were the wire inverted
vees made by WRTC 96 for the station hosts.
Hearty congratulations to the top finishers, but also to all the champions
that made up the 52 competing teams and the 2 demonstration teams.
Thanks also to sponsors Icom, Yaesu, HRO, Shell Oil, CQ, ARRL and WJET-TV,
and to corporate donors Cushcraft, Give Pizza Chance, US Tower, Hy-Gain,
I.C.E., Alinco, Cisco-TGV, AEA, ETO, Tied House Brewery, Western Digital,
Kenwood and Berliner Cohen. Last but not least, many thanks to the more
than 50 individuals who made sponsoring donations to WRTC 96.
73 de Dave, W6QHS
WRTC 96, Inc.
>From tree@lady.cetech.com (Larry Tyree) Tue Jul 16 20:13:38 1996
From: tree@lady.cetech.com (Larry Tyree) (Larry Tyree)
Subject: K6O in WRTC
Message-ID: <199607161913.MAA01518@lady.cetech.com>
First off, my apolgies to KA9FOX for giving him a hard time about being
in zone 7. I was going by some older contest announcements that never
mentioned any exceptions to the ninth call area being in zone 8.
Trey and I were given the call K6O. Our station host was Mike, KW6C
and our judge was Pat Bacon, WA7NIN. It was nice to do a contest
with Pat and catch up after not seeing him for 10 years or so.
We decided K6O was just about the must "fun" callsign possible. Trey
would sign K6 Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh and I would call people with K6 and
then say "over" after a brief pause. Reminded me of K6OVJ who always
wanted the call K6.
Our station was rated "class B" and I think we were one of the people
with the weaker signals. This made chasing mults difficult and we
decided to work on QSO points. We thought we had done better than we
did, but that was something that caught all of us by surprise. It
just isn't normal to have this level of competition - except maybe
in the SS.
Our antennas consisted of a A3s at about 35 feet and a 40 meter
inverted vee at about 28 feet. We used my TS-850S and K2MM's TS-440.
Congrats to VE7CC and VE7NTT/WA6VEF on their 0.4 percent unique rate.
That means they only had 6 or 7 unique calls in their log - awesome.
Our sympathy to the OH team who lost the last 6 hours of the contest
due to a hard disk failure. They were using TR, but I don't think
my software was the cause. However, I am going to add some run time
tests to prevent this type of failure from ruining someone's weekend
again. The log file wasn't written to after 00:20 Z. The time and
date stamp matched the last log entry. CHKDSK/F found a few log
segments floating around ont he disk. It appears to be a FAR
failure of some kind. Never seen anything like it. I think the
addition of a test to monitor the time/date stamp of the file and
check the filesize against the number of QSOs would prevent this
from happening again. Also, an automated routine to check all disk
sectors for log fragments would really improve the chances of
recovering from a failure like this.
If anyone has had similar experiences and can help shed some light
on the subject, please contact me.
Oh, and congrats to the winners... Jeff and Dan. They won gracefully
with a KB effort. Maybe Jeff will retire now (rumor has it he won't
be in the September CW Sprint due to a wedding he needs to attend).
Dan is moving to Florida - a clear sign that he is retiring.
It was great seeing all these top ops in one place. I hope to be a
part of the next one (maybe in four years).
73 Tree N6TR
tree@contesting.com
PS: Okay - one funny story. I was walking with antenna guru ON4UN and I
noticed a funny antenna sticking our of a third floor room (belonging
to one of the JA teams). It was a horizontal element with a wire hanging
off the end of it. The pole and wire were about ten feet long. I asked
John what kind of antenna it was, expecting some kind of technical answer.
John looked at it for a moment and then said: "That is a fishing pole."
A bonus funny story - K1AR was standing in line for some food and had
RV1 somebody standing next to him. He pointed to him and anounced: "This
is a European". Being from the west coast, we don't get exposed to
them very often and I appreciated John's efforts. At first, I just
thought it was a funny prefix for Canada or something.
>From jfunk@adams.net (jim funk) Tue Jul 16 20:14:20 1996
From: jfunk@adams.net (jim funk) (jim funk)
Subject: WRTC excuses
Message-ID: <9607161914.AA01483@golden.adams.net>
Hi All!
Top Ten Reasons I Found Only 48 WRTC Teams:
10. Operation FD-style from campsite
9. Operation begun at 0200Z
8. Barefoot
7. One tree-supported dipole antenna
6. First hour competing with PA system blaring out encouragement
for "Family Olympics"
5. Second hour competing with watermelon-eating contest and
ping-pong/basketball games in same pavilion
4. Too much time chasing ZD8Z and explaining to onlookers where
Ascension Island is
3. Sharing rig with three other family members
2. Bazillion hungry mosquitos
1. Don't play all that much with cards anyhow....
Fantastic event, guys! Congratulations to all the WRTC teams and
to the organizers.
73, Jim N9JF
Jim Funk - Amateur Radio N9JF
Where the 160 antennas have Jersey "Cownterpoises"
"Cowpies happen. What you do with them determines whether you have a
renewable resource or an environmental hazard." -- Cownfucious
>From bill@akorn.net (Bill Fisher) Tue Jul 16 20:19:53 1996
From: bill@akorn.net (Bill Fisher) (Bill Fisher)
Subject: [wrtc-teams 0255] QTH, Ants, Rigs
Message-ID: <Pine.BSD/.3.91.960716151859.8272A-100000@paris.akorn.net>
Any chance that the band by band breakdowns will be published?
Thanks
Bill - Trying to dig out from a major pile of paper and email. See you
in a couple of weeks when I come up for air.
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>From TREY@TGV.COM (Trey Garlough) Tue Jul 16 20:58:04 1996
From: TREY@TGV.COM (Trey Garlough) (Trey Garlough)
Subject: W1AW 10-10 number?
Message-ID: <837547084.246577.TREY@tgv.com>
> Help! As the guy in the 10 meter seat tomorrow at W1AW/3 (from W3LPL) I
> know I'll be asked several times for a 10-10 number.
I suggest you tell people your 10-10 number is "5908".
--Trey, WN4KKN
>From ni6t@scruznet.com (Garry Shapiro) Wed Jul 17 04:13:21 1996
From: ni6t@scruznet.com (Garry Shapiro) (Garry Shapiro)
Subject: I'm NOT bummed
References: <9607141909.AA12783@alaska.net>
Message-ID: <31EC5A51.1AEC@scruznet.com>
Dan Robbins wrote:
>(snip)
> Now after the contest I find that AH3C and
> AH3D were also competitors. My apologies to AH3D whom I passed by many
> times, but never called after hearing the Zone 6. So I did get all the 52
> 1x1 calls, but I guess I didn't get a sweep. Using DX calls for this was a
> poor decision on someone's part.
Not really. The Chinese and Latvian teams were "demonstration"
stations--not official competitors. So the assignment of different
callsigns was appropriate. To encourage stations to work them on an equal
footing, they were designated as "wildcards," and those seeking WRTC
commemorative awards can utilize QSO's with AH3C (Pete Grillo's callsign)
and/or AH3D (Martti Laine's callsign) in lieu of missed 1x1 callsigns.
This information was widely disseminated beforehand, and I respectfully
submit that there be no blame attached because you were unaware of it.
The sigs from the WRTC guys on 40 were
> hardly equal here, it was not uncommon to find an S7 1x1 next to an S0 1x1.
> It was also obvious some locations heard much better than others. Local
> QRN? Don't think the WRTC proved anything operator-wise, but it was kind of
> fun for a change.
>
> Dan KL7Y
Maybe yes, maybe no. I was not a member of the Committee, but, as an
NCCCer and a "local" who is familiar with quite a few of the host
locations--and who went after QSO's on all bands and modes for almost
the entire timespan-- I would offer the following:
* unless all the contestants are on a truly uniform "platform"--one
linear strip of beach on a Carib island is one of the suggestions for
"next time"--a truly level playing field is probably impossible. Life is
a beach?
* The Bay Area is not a strip of beach; the tribanders at the host
stations ranged from A3S's to KT34XA's. Some stations were in the middle
of the Santa Clara Valley with several miles to the hills in each
direction. Others were closer to the hills; some were arguably too
close--but try finding 54+ stations of similar attributes sometime,
anywhere. I helped out a little with finding stations--it's challenging.
* Some of those that were "too close" had the hill to the east--not an
advantage. There was a range of tower heights. Some locations had nearby
obstacles of some sort. Some locations were quieter than others. At least
one station was on the coast, and therefore isolated from most possible
groundwave contacts with the large number of locals QRV for the contest.
* Dipoles are indeed directional, and not all were in the same direction.
* Some of the antennas had better SWR's than others. Some competitors
could deal with this better than others---e.g. internal ATU's.
* It is difficult to assess whether the stations that were weak in KL7
were the same ones weak elsewhere. Probably, some were and some were not.
As in most contests, KL7 is not the primary target direction, as you
know.
Having said all that, the fact remains that all the competitors were
more-or-less in the open, used tribanders at similar heights, and the
same power output. All of us, whether at home, guest-opping, or on a
Contest Expedition or DXpedition, have to deal with unexpected
developments--always a big part of the game. Bottom line: many of the
team scores were tightly bunched--a good indication, IMHO, that the
playing field was indeed level for many--if not most-- of the
competitors.
K1TO and KR0Y did have a slightly "better" location than many. But their
score was so outstanding--I think it was about 100K points better than
the second-place finisher--that their's can only be construed as an
unambiguous, convincing and resounding victory, for which they deserve
accolades.
Anyway, I hope you had fun. I thought the whole event was outstanding,
from the socializing and partying to the competition and from the
competition to the socializing and partying, was one of high points of my
ham life. Wish you could have been here to savor the moment.
73,
Garry, NI6T
--
"Alternating currents are dangerous. They are fit only for
powering the electric chair."
-- Thomas A. Edison
Garry Shapiro, NI6T
Editor, "The DXer"
--monthly bulletin of the Northern California DX Club
>From DKMC@chevron.com (McCarty, DK 'Dav) Tue Jul 16 21:36:13 1996
From: DKMC@chevron.com (McCarty, DK 'Dav) (McCarty, DK 'Dav)
Subject: QTH, Ants, Rigs
Message-ID: <CPLAN065.DKMC.385136130096198FCPLAN065@ION.CHEVRON.COM>
From: McCarty, DK 'David' -DKMC
To: OPEN ADDRESSING SERVI-OPENADDR
Cc: 00055436
Subject: RE: QTH, Ants, Rigs
Priority:
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Dave,
One thing you didn't mention is that the geography may have been different.
Another is the age/size/length of the coax, which may have made a large
diffo. Did the signals get compared ahead of time to catch glitches?
Really there are a myriad of things that make signals different from QTH to
QTH and from setup to setup to a given point over a period of time. I doubt
any station had a major competitive advantage over the others over the 18 hr
period. I would rather expect that one or more could have a competitive
disadvantage, however, if something was broken or seriously wrong with the
setup.
Personally, I worked a lot of them and found that some were puny while
others were loud, but not always the same over time. I thought nearly all
were *loud* or at least *real* signals. (There's something about a snappy
fist that seems to add a few dB). The bigger differences were on 10 and 15
where propagation was strangely up and down and spotty. If all I had wanted
to do was work them I would have more observations, but I was operating CW
only in the original contest, IARU HF. The presence of all these 6's to S&P
sure made it fun to turn the beam out west!!!
I was amazed at how they all found the opening on 10! Maybe it was open for
them before it opened to TX, but when I found the first one I found twenty
of them.
My pencilled-in scratch pad says I worked all but W6U on at least one band,
and got most of them at least twice. Not sure how I missed them, I'll have
to check my log. Many I got on all 4 bands. Only a few called me--at the
most five of them. They didn't all have pileups when I worked them. A lot
were just calling CQ. Some had piles 5 or 6 deep with another up 1 kc going
begging. You could tell that AH3C and D were not as well publicized nor as
obvious to the casual entrant. Heck, even if I had no idea what was going
on I'd have tried pretty hard to get a matched set of K6A-Z and W6A-Z QSL
cards! When was the last time you worked W6A?
73
Dave K5GN
dkmc@chevron.com
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>From: 00055436
>To: DKMC
>Subject: QTH, Ants, Rigs
>
>To: "cq-contest" <cq-contest@TGV.COM>
> wrtc-general@dumpty.nal.go.jp
> "dx" <dx@ve7tcp.ampr.org>
> wrtc-teams@dumpty.nal.go.jp
> "wrtc-judges" <wrtc-teams@dumpty.nal.go.jp>
> "wrtc-exec" <wrtc-exec@dumpty.nal.go.jp>
>
>Subject: QTH, Ants, Rigs
>Here's a preliminary listing of the WRTC 96 top six, with station
>locations, antennas and rigs:
>
>Call Op#1 Op#2 Judge Host QTH Ant 40m Rig A Rig B
>
>W6X KR0Y K1TO UA6HZ WA6AHF San Lorenzo TH6@50' Dp IC765 TS930
>K6T K4BAI KM9P W6UM NQ6X San Jose TH7@45' Dp FT1000MP IC736
>W6R K6LL N2IC WR3G AF6S San Jose C4@50' Dp TS950SDX TS850
>K6P VE3EJ VE3IY OH2KI N6UUG Suisun City KT34XA@50'Dp FT1000 IC765
>K6C K4UEE N6IG BA1FP WB6PCJ Redwood City A4@50' Dp FT1000D FT1000D
>W6T K5ZD WX3N K6SSS AB6CW Cupertino A3@40' Dp IC765 JST-245
>
>Suisun City is near Fairfield, north of Vallejo
>San Lorenzo is between San Jose and Oakland in the East Bay
>Redwood City is between San Jose and San Francisco
>Cupertino is near San Jose
>
>I haven't been able to reach NQ6X to confirm the antenna there. The
>data base shows an LP, but the station inspector clearly remembers it
>as either a TH6 or TH7. I believe the K6P Rig A was an FT1000D, but
>the records show it only as FT1000.
>
>I note the posting by K1EA to the effect that all the 20 and 40 meter
>signals were the same. I consider Ken to be a knowlegable observer, and
>I believe the goal of a level playing field was met.
>
>Here's a different listing that may also be of interest:
>
>1 Hy-Gain Icom Kenwood
>2 Hy-Gain Yaesu Icom
>3 Force12 Kenwood Kenwood
>4 KLM Yaesu Icom
>5 Cushcraft Yaesu Yaesu
>6 Cushcraft Icom JRC
>
>The 40m dipoles of at least the first three finishers were the wire
inverted
>vees made by WRTC 96 for the station hosts.
>
>Hearty congratulations to the top finishers, but also to all the champions
>that made up the 52 competing teams and the 2 demonstration teams.
>
>Thanks also to sponsors Icom, Yaesu, HRO, Shell Oil, CQ, ARRL and WJET-TV,
>and to corporate donors Cushcraft, Give Pizza Chance, US Tower, Hy-Gain,
>I.C.E., Alinco, Cisco-TGV, AEA, ETO, Tied House Brewery, Western Digital,
>Kenwood and Berliner Cohen. Last but not least, many thanks to the more
>than 50 individuals who made sponsoring donations to WRTC 96.
>
>73 de Dave, W6QHS
>WRTC 96, Inc.
>
>
>From n0dh@comtch.iea.com (Nawvemburr Zeeero Dawg House) Tue Jul 16 21:58:29
>1996
From: n0dh@comtch.iea.com (Nawvemburr Zeeero Dawg House) (Nawvemburr Zeeero
Dawg House)
Subject: Headphone suggestions needed
References: <9607161652.AA19816@wizard.ucs.sfu.ca>
Message-ID: <31EC0275.6004@comtch.iea.com>
Paul Erickson wrote:
>
>
> I know the Azden and Heil Pro Headset's have been recommended, and
> will probably get one for SSB, but I need a Stereo set strictly for
> CW purposes. They need to be stereo as I run two rigs and to be
> used in a multi single situation with a switch box which allows two
> operators to listen to one rig or the other or both.
Paul
The head phone strategy I have used for the last two years is as follows. My
main head set is a
Heil Pro set. However I also have a light weight pair of Sony stereo
headphones. Every 2 hours or
so I switch back and forth It helps reduce fatigue. On the negative side the
Heils while
comfortable can get hot because of their full ear coverage. The light weight
Sony on the
other hand lets in more "outside noise.". Both are streo and of course the
Sony doesnt have a
boom mike for SSB operation (Ask NT5C what SSB operation is ...I only contest
in CW !).
Dave
N0DH
>From ah3c@burgoyne.com (PETER GRILLO) Tue Jul 16 16:38:34 1996
From: ah3c@burgoyne.com (PETER GRILLO) (PETER GRILLO)
Subject: I'm bummed
Message-ID: <199607162139.PAA19515@burgoyne.com>
At 11:09 AM 7/14/96 -0800, you wrote:
>What with some antennas not operational plus other commitments, a major
>effort for IARU was not possible. So I played around in the contest with
>the time available. Great South America opening on 80 and 40 for KL7 land!
>At one point I had 51 of the 52 1x1 stations in the log so I decided I
>should go find K6S. After a couple of hours I found him on 40, don't know
>why I never heard them on 20. Now after the contest I find that AH3C and
>AH3D were also competitors. My apologies to AH3D whom I passed by many
>times, but never called after hearing the Zone 6. So I did get all the 52
>1x1 calls, but I guess I didn't get a sweep. Using DX calls for this was a
>poor decision on someone's part. The sigs from the WRTC guys on 40 were
>hardly equal here, it was not uncommon to find an S7 1x1 next to an S0 1x1.
>It was also obvious some locations heard much better than others. Local
>QRN? Don't think the WRTC proved anything operator-wise, but it was kind of
>fun for a change.
>
> Dan KL7Y
>
>
Hi Dan -
Your comments are very interesting for many reasons:
1. Both the AH3C and AH3D call signs were pre-arranged, but Dayton was the
commitment date. That allowed only 6 weeks to include the calls in the
publicity. Some people may not have gotten the word. The calls were issued
after the maximum 52 competing teams were selected for the available special
1X1 call signs. Based on the performance comments so far received on the
Contest Reflector, this was a good decision by the committee. As owner of
the AH3C callsign, I officially authorized its use by one of the alternate
teams. I remained at home listening throughout the contest with my trusty
inverted vees at 30 feet. I was planning to attend the affair in SF, but at
the last minute had to drop out for personal reasons....talk about being bummed!
2. AH3D is the US callsign of Martti Laine (OH2BH). Martti was in SF and I
am certain you will read about his involvement in the follow up reports we
all anticipate from the committee.
3. This undertaking was perhaps the most expensive event that amateur radio
has ever experienced. Consider the fact that for each station, a team of
not less than 5 amateurs was required to activate a single call sign (two
operators, one Judge, one Referee, one station owner). That's 270 people in
the field. Then you had all the organizers and volunteer help that I'm sure
we will learn about, I can only guess probably over 100 people. And, this
does not count any of the sponsors. What is interesting about all of this
is the fact that only 54 radios were activated! Consider all the contesters
that were NOT on the air because of their direct involvement with WRTC.
Still, the scores were phenomenal. 2500 QSO's in 18 hours is paramount to
the pace during CQWW for a strategically located winning DX station.
4. To equalize the signals must have been an awsome task. We all need to
know how this was done. Sure, we expect station guidelines to be equal.
But, how detailed was the antenna research done? Was coax efficiency
included in the analysis? If faulty coax was identified, was there
sufficient time allowed for repairs to the coax? How about age of hardware
on the tower? How about wire configurations? What about terrain studies?
5. The there is team selection. How were these teams identified and selected?
There are dozens of other questions we are all anxious to see answered.
Bottom line is...there are not enough expletives to summarize this event.
The future of contesting is alive and well!!!!
73,
Pete Grillo
Salt Lake City, Utah
ah3c@burgoyne.com
p.s. Special note to WRTC: Shouldn't we also get the score, judge, and
station summary from AH3C and AH3D...not listed in the final tally?
>From seay@alaska.net (Del Seay) Tue Jul 16 22:36:39 1996
From: seay@alaska.net (Del Seay) (Del Seay)
Subject: I'm bummed
References: <199607162139.PAA19515@burgoyne.com>
Message-ID: <31EC0B67.388B@alaska.net>
PETER GRILLO wrote:
>
> Hi Dan -
>
> Your comments are very interesting for many reasons:
>
> 1. Both the AH3C and AH3D call signs were pre-arranged, but Dayton was the
> commitment date. That allowed only 6 weeks to include the calls in the
> publicity. Some people may not have gotten the word. The calls were issued
> after the maximum 52 competing teams were selected for the available special
> 1X1 call signs. Based on the performance comments so far received on the
> Contest Reflector, this was a good decision by the committee. As owner of
> the AH3C callsign, I officially authorized its use by one of the alternate
> teams. I remained at home listening throughout the contest with my trusty
> inverted vees at 30 feet. I was planning to attend the affair in SF, but at
> the last minute had to drop out for personal reasons....talk about being
> bummed!
>
> 2. AH3D is the US callsign of Martti Laine (OH2BH). Martti was in SF and I
> am certain you will read about his involvement in the follow up reports we
> all anticipate from the committee.
>
> 3. This undertaking was perhaps the most expensive event that amateur radio
> has ever experienced. Consider the fact that for each station, a team of
> not less than 5 amateurs was required to activate a single call sign (two
> operators, one Judge, one Referee, one station owner). That's 270 people in
> the field. Then you had all the organizers and volunteer help that I'm sure
> we will learn about, I can only guess probably over 100 people. And, this
> does not count any of the sponsors. What is interesting about all of this
> is the fact that only 54 radios were activated! Consider all the contesters
> that were NOT on the air because of their direct involvement with WRTC.
> Still, the scores were phenomenal. 2500 QSO's in 18 hours is paramount to
> the pace during CQWW for a strategically located winning DX station.
>
> 4. To equalize the signals must have been an awsome task. We all need to
> know how this was done. Sure, we expect station guidelines to be equal.
> But, how detailed was the antenna research done? Was coax efficiency
> included in the analysis? If faulty coax was identified, was there
> sufficient time allowed for repairs to the coax? How about age of hardware
> on the tower? How about wire configurations? What about terrain studies?
>
> 5. The there is team selection. How were these teams identified and
> selected?
>
> There are dozens of other questions we are all anxious to see answered.
> Bottom line is...there are not enough expletives to summarize this event.
> The future of contesting is alive and well!!!!
>
> 73,
> Pete Grillo
> Salt Lake City, Utah
> ah3c@burgoyne.com
>
> p.s. Special note to WRTC: Shouldn't we also get the score, judge, and
> station summary from AH3C and AH3D...not listed in the final tally?
I have to agree with Dan. I think the consequences may not have been
well thought out.
In the first place, the legitimate calls would have been AH3C/W6
and AH3D/W6 which would have been a horrible diadvantage for the ops.
As it was, many of us heard the 06 zone and just automatically passed
them up!
But I'll bet they had fun none the less! de KL7HF
>From dleclair@efn.org (Cleve D Leclair) Tue Jul 16 23:47:15 1996
From: dleclair@efn.org (Cleve D Leclair) (Cleve D Leclair)
Subject: Headphone suggestions needed
Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.91.960716154430.23024A-100000@garcia.efn.org>
Hi Dave and All, I was going through radio shack yesterday and noticed
they have a "head set" similair to heil pro, but fer 59.95 ... big
S O F T ear muffs and yes it had a boom mic attached...I wasn't they
were busy, so I didn't inquire...
Cleve - N7IXG
>From palooka@pyrotechnics.com (Joe Pontek, K8JP) Wed Jul 17 00:28:55 1996
From: palooka@pyrotechnics.com (Joe Pontek, K8JP) (Joe Pontek, K8JP)
Subject: Headphone suggestions needed
Message-ID: <199607162328.SAA03308@kiwi.pyrotechnics.com>
Hi Paul,
>I know the Azden and Heil Pro Headset's have been recommended, and
>will probably get one for SSB, but I need a Stereo set strictly for
>CW purposes. They need to be stereo as I run two rigs and to be
>used in a multi single situation with a switch box which allows two
>operators to listen to one rig or the other or both.
>
>Thanks for the time.
My Heil Pro Headset is Stereo, as is my Heil lightweights.
73, K8Joe"Palooka"
K8JP, K8JP/VA2, VP5/K8JP, VP5JP, ex-K8HKM, ex-KN8HKM
palooka@pyrotechnics.com
snail mail:
Joe Pontek, K8JP
P. O. Box 59573
Schaumburg, IL 60159-0573
(847) 885-8871 (home)
(847) 519-7420 (work)
(847) 619-3250 (FAX)
U.S.A.
>From tree@lady.cetech.com (Larry Tyree) Wed Jul 17 00:50:04 1996
From: tree@lady.cetech.com (Larry Tyree) (Larry Tyree)
Subject: WRTC
Message-ID: <199607162350.QAA03580@lady.cetech.com>
I am giving a talk on WRTC at the NorthWestern DX convention this weekend.
If anyone has some interesting stories to contribute, I would love
to have them for my talk.
Thanks!
Tree N6TR
tree@contesting.com
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