Author: thompson@mindspring.com (David L. Thompson)
Date: Wed Mar 12 11:15:00 1997
I will be in Scotland for a meeting from Wednesday March 19 through Sunday March 23. I will be staying at a guest house at 24 Northumberland Street near Edinburgh city center. Business first on Thurs
Author: thompson@mindspring.com (David L. Thompson)
Date: Thu Mar 13 00:22:30 1997
I have over 600 CW logs and 200 SSB logs in my computer with about 70 E-mail logs to review. I have not picked up any e-mail logs since March 3 so be patient as I will list out those received since b
Author: thompson@mindspring.com (David L. Thompson)
Date: Mon Mar 17 15:30:30 1997
I received over a dozen e-mails offering a web page to list e-mail logs received for the 1997 CQ 160 contests. I had to choose one and its run by Howard (Howie) Hoyt N4AF. The web page is: Visit the
Author: thompson@mindspring.com (David L. Thompson)
Date: Mon Mar 17 17:56:04 1997
The actual complete address is: http://www.pagesz.net/~pvrc/cq160.htm Again if your log is not there I don't have it yet. Remember if the log was send by some other means it will not be on the lsit.
Author: thompson@mindspring.com (David L. Thompson)
Date: Fri Apr 11 14:06:22 1997
CQ magazine sponsors a set of the best contests in amateur radio. Due to requests for "special" categories the number of contest certificates has risen dramatically to cover QRP, low power, single op
Author: thompson@mindspring.com (David L. Thompson)
Date: Wed Apr 16 22:49:58 1997
Here is the status on the 1997 CQ 160 Contest. I have officially 763 CW Logs and 468 SSB logs not counting check logs and diskettes I have not been able to read. I still do not have the second round
Author: thompson@mindspring.com (David L. Thompson)
Date: Mon May 12 12:05:18 1997
John VE3EJ raised a question in an E-mail today and I wanted to let everyone know the status of 1996 certs/plaques and 1997 checking. RE: 1997...I have the e-mail logs and will get them checked out t
Author: thompson@mindspring.com (David L. Thompson)
Date: Thu May 15 12:18:00 1997
The rules are not sent out in time to get them in CQ or QST. If they are sent to K1AR (or CQ) or ARRL to arrive in December then the dates and rules would appear. Two copies were sent to me with a ba
Author: thompson@mindspring.com (David L. Thompson)
Date: Fri May 16 16:18:38 1997
Well gang several did not follow the directions and now I have three diskettes that contain only a bin file. I have tried all the convert programs and for some reason they will not run. The people wh
Author: thompson@mindspring.com (David L. Thompson)
Date: Sun May 18 17:52:47 1997
I have (thanks to AD1C) good copies of the logs from KQ2M and NA2Q. We are still working on CS1A. I hope to post the rest of the e-mail logs to the PVRC-NC web page this next week. I will also send i
Author: thompson@mindspring.com (David L. Thompson)
Date: Fri May 23 13:25:19 1997
Unfortunately ALL new subdivisions in Atlanta, Seattle, Silicon Valley etc. are being built with CC&R's that outlaw outside ham radio, TV, or satellite dishes (even the 18" size). The HomeOwners asso
Author: thompson@mindspring.com (David L. Thompson)
Date: Thu May 29 17:12:55 1997
Bill, W4AN brought up a timely point on contest records. I think knowing the past records helps plan toward finding ways to squeeze more score and certainly it gives each of us a goal to shoot for on
Author: thompson@mindspring.com (David L. Thompson)
Date: Thu May 29 01:52:08 1997
log of another station (perhaps a multi) to check the log for mults, talk Probably direct access to the log (even read only) is a violation. I remember years ago that W3AU and K2GL would talk via te
Author: thompson@mindspring.com (David L. Thompson)
Date: Sat May 31 01:26:31 1997
Finally here are the other e-mail logs. If yours is not there and I have not sent you an e-mail then I need to hear from you right away. I am sending the group to the PVRC NC web page. I will leave a
Author: thompson@mindspring.com (David L. Thompson)
Date: Sat May 31 01:36:04 1997
I am finishing all Dx certificates for 1996 this weekend. They will be sent to CQ HQ for mailing. All but a few EU winners are finished and on their way to CQ France for mailing. USA/VE mailings will
Author: thompson@mindspring.com (David L. Thompson)
Date: Mon Jun 2 21:57:46 1997
The entire list of logs received OK via by e-mail is now on the PVRC-NC web page as: http://www.pagesz.net/~pvrc/cq160.htm So far I have two who said they sent logs that are not on the list. Please c
Author: thompson@mindspring.com (David L. Thompson)
Date: Thu Jun 5 23:06:02 1997
Gang, I see very few logging programs, propagation programs, and antenna modelling programs written for Windows 95. The news from COMDEX Spring is that Microsoft will have NO support for DOS programs
Author: thompson@mindspring.com (David L. Thompson)
Date: Sat Jun 7 00:00:36 1997
Gang, I am only relaying what I heard from Microsoft at Comdex. They do not want to support DOS (or W 3.1) any longer. Running UNIX or LINUX etc is fine but most PC's we hams buy will follow the MS l
Author: thompson@mindspring.com (David L. Thompson)
Date: Thu Jun 12 22:35:33 1997
The 1997 CQ WW 160 Contest claimed scores for CW, SSB, and Top 5 Club have been released. They will appear in the August 1997 CQ Magazine. The Claimed scores are the top 80 scores regardless of opera
Author: thompson@mindspring.com (David L. Thompson)
Date: Fri Jun 13 11:49:43 1997
I have added one more site to view the 1997 CQ WW 160 Claimed scores. SM3CER Contest Service URL: http://www.sk3bg.se/contest Please note I have including ONLY the top 80 scores for both modes not al