Ron W0OSK sez:
> I really don't like messsages like this. All the
> extraneous garbage beyond the summary is something
> best left out!
Is this the Contest Reflector? I thought so. Thanks for the breakdowns
Randy. Very interesting and very much appreciated. I subscribed to the
reflector to better my contesting skills and to learn from pros like
yourself. Rate/band breakdowns is DEFINITELY NOT extraneous garbage. I do
pay by the byte and I gladly do so when it's good information such as this.
I'm not so sure about reflector messages telling me about 2 hour SS efforts,
but that's another story.
Vy 73! Scott KA9FOX
KA9FOX@aol.com
>From H. L. Serra" <hlserra@TEETOT.ACUSD.EDU Thu Dec 2 14:46:36 1993
From: H. L. Serra" <hlserra@TEETOT.ACUSD.EDU (H. L. Serra)
Subject: EA8EA ops for CQWW CW
Message-ID: <Pine.3.07.9312020636.C16455-7100000@teetot.acusd.edu>
Can anyone tell me who the ops were at EA8EA last weekend for CQWW CW?
TKS es 73, Larry N6AZE
>From Eugene Walsh <0004504465@mcimail.com> Thu Dec 2 14:33:00 1993
From: Eugene Walsh <0004504465@mcimail.com> (Eugene Walsh)
Subject: UN2L SINGLE BAND 80M
Message-ID: <83931202143338/0004504465PK1EM@mcimail.com>
UN2L is the new call of UL7LYA in Kustenai, operated
by Willy UW9AR single band 80 meters.
1102 QSO 35Z 108C estimated 367K
Worked 55 USA and 8 VE in superb cdx.
BIG SIGS: UNDISPUTED KING KC1XX!
NEXT LAYER K1AR AND K3ZO
THIRD LAYER K1ZM, W1KM, K1KI, N2RM, W3LPL, K3LR, K3ANS
ALL ABT THE SAME.
BEST ZONE 4 N4AR.
BIGGEST LETDOWN HEARING HD9N SEVERAL TIMES BUT NO QSO.
ALSO UN4L (EX UL7LT) SINGLE BAND 20M 1400/38/128
THIS FROM A TELEPHONE CALL TODAY FROM UW9AR, HIS MODEM
IS BUSTED.
73 DE GENE N2AA
>From Skelton, Tom" <TSkelton@engineer.clemsonsc.NCR.COM Thu Dec 2 16:46:00
>1993
From: Skelton, Tom" <TSkelton@engineer.clemsonsc.NCR.COM (Skelton, Tom)
Subject: FW: RF Quiet Computer Monitors?
Message-ID: <2CFE1DF5@admin.ClemsonSC.NCR.COM>
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From: daniel_r._violette
To: cq-contest
Subject: RF Quiet Computer Monitors?
Getting a new system (finally going to retire the XT) and have not
been able to get good advice on RF quiet monitors. Know that choking
the power/video lines works for that, but I am concerned about right
out of the chassis. A friend has a Shamrock (the cheapy going with
most systems here) and it radiated right through the case. Any help
would be appreciated.
73/Dan KI6X
++++++++++
As someone who works daily in the PC/workstation industry, I can tell
you the obvious:
1. you get what you pay for (except disk drives; they are currently a
bargain)
2. ferrite chokes on power and video cables do no good if the cabinet
provides little shielding
3. an FCC Class B certification label is not always a good indicator
of 'RF quietness' (I spent many years as an EMC engineer...you don't
EVEN want me to get started on that topic)
4. the monitor may not be the only source of your RFI
5. don't waste your time or money on 'spray on' shielding
Here's what I did in my shack:
1. put copper fingers along edge of 386-25 system cabinet so that
when the cover is slid on, a good RF connection results
2. use high quality shielded data (serial, parallel) cables
3. put ferrite torroid on mouse cable
4. used a 'good' quality monitor (not the cheapest, not the most
expensive....it's a 14 inch VGA monitor by Amdek)
5. got rid of a 286 - 10 mhz box because the back panel fit was so
poor it wiped out 10 meters....couldn't even fix it with copper fingers
as the fit was intermittent
End of problems...
Good luck. 73, Tom WB4IUX
>From Trey Garlough <GARLOUGH@TGV.COM> Thu Dec 2 15:04:06 1993
From: Trey Garlough <GARLOUGH@TGV.COM> (Trey Garlough)
Subject: EA8EA ops for CQWW CW
Message-ID: <754844646.959153.GARLOUGH@TGV.COM>
> Can anyone tell me who the ops were at EA8EA last weekend for CQWW CW?
Ville, OH2MM.
--Trey, WN4KKN/6
>From n2ic@longs.att.com (Steven M London +1 303 538 4763) Thu Dec 2 15:01:42
>1993
From: n2ic@longs.att.com (Steven M London +1 303 538 4763) (Steven M London +1
303 538 4763)
Subject: Cheap internet access
Message-ID: <9312021501.AA11137@bighorn.dr.att.com>
If your only are interested in access to the cq-contest reflector, and
sending/receiving mail to other internet users, there are even less expensive
ways than Delphi. Both AT&T Mail and that other long distance phone
company Mail charge only for messages sent (not received). You don't
have access to netnews or the use of ftp and telnet, however.
Steve, N2IC/0
>From Trey Garlough <GARLOUGH@TGV.COM> Thu Dec 2 15:06:55 1993
From: Trey Garlough <GARLOUGH@TGV.COM> (Trey Garlough)
Subject: UN2L SINGLE BAND 80M
Message-ID: <754844815.763153.GARLOUGH@TGV.COM>
> by Willy UW9AR single band 80 meters.
>
> BIGGEST LETDOWN HEARING HD9N SEVERAL TIMES BUT NO QSO.
I wasn't getting a lot of respect on 80 and 160 (not to mention the
S9+10 line noise), but I did work UJ8JMM and JY8VJ on 80, and JMM was
louder than *any* European I worked on the band. Go figure.
--Trey, HD9N
>From Trey Garlough <GARLOUGH@TGV.COM> Thu Dec 2 15:17:47 1993
From: Trey Garlough <GARLOUGH@TGV.COM> (Trey Garlough)
Subject: CQWW CW early returns
Message-ID: <754845467.842153.GARLOUGH@TGV.COM>
I don't have the list in front of me, but some early single op scores
are:
PY0F (CT1BOH, op) 11.2M
ZD8Z (N6TJ, op) 9.1M
TI1C (N6TR, op) 9.1M
7Q7OO (N6AA, op) 7.2M
And in the single op with serious line noise category:
9Y4H (K6NA, op) 8.3M (S7 endorsement)
HD9N (WN4KKN, op) 8.1M (S9+10 endorsement)
I haven't heard from P40W (W2GD), P40N (K1TO), EA8EA (OH2MM),
JY8VJ (DJ1VJ), or 4S7/N6ZZ.
--Trey, WN4KKN/6
>From Skelton, Tom" <TSkelton@engineer.clemsonsc.NCR.COM Thu Dec 2 17:46:00
>1993
From: Skelton, Tom" <TSkelton@engineer.clemsonsc.NCR.COM (Skelton, Tom)
Subject: Advice requested on 80 meter antenna
Message-ID: <2CFE2A2E@admin.ClemsonSC.NCR.COM>
I'd like to tap the vast resources and knowledge of these 2 groups, and
all advice will be appreciated.
I need 7 zones on 80 meters to finish 5BWAZ: 18, 22, 23, 24, 26, 34
and 40. Also, it would be nice in the CQ Contest to even have a prayer
of working these zones for multipliers. With the exception of zone 40,
these represent path distances of 6000-9000 miles from here.
My current antenna on 80 is a single 1/4 wave sloper pointed SE.
(I learned years ago a vertically polarized sloper at 50 feet on
80 is a heck of a lot better than a dipole.) Thus, I do OK from Europe
down to the Caribbean. I have managed to snake a 350 ft beverage
down the property line behind my house, and will put the matching
transformer (just finished and tested flat match at 160-40m) and
coax on this weekend.
I obviously need to make some changes on 80 to work the remaining
zones, and at least be ready when there's some more zone 26
activity on 80. I am on a small lot (abt 80 X 100), and so my options
will be limited. My tower is 80 ft of 25G. Yes, the back guy wire
is 10 ft onto someone else's property......
I have considered adding 3 more slopers, to cover NE, NW and SW.
I have also considered shunt feeding the tower, but I don't have much
room to install radials. Finally, I looked at running a messenger cable
from the tower to a tall tree and hanging a 2 element vertical
array, but I don't have enough room with other obstructions to even
get .15 wavelength spacing.
So, there you have it. I will appreciate any and all suggestions,
even the one to 'give it up until you get some room.'
I am leaning towards installing 3 more slopers, based on the
performance of the one I have now. I just don't know if, in
the real world of DX'ing, they are truly directional. Can
anyone with experience help out?
Thanks in advance. 73, Tom WB4IUX
ps: Please reply directly to me to save net b/w:
Tom.Skelton@ClemsonSC.NCR.COM
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