FROM: SAM EFFINGER K9SD@shellus.com
SUBJECT: TOW-TEC ELECTRIC WINCH
A friend of mine recently purchased a used crank up tower with a
Tow-Tec electric winch which has a bad up/down switch.
Can anyone help with a drawing or a replacement switch part no ???
I think Tow-Tec is out of business...
I will miss the contest this weekend and it will be the first time in
18 years or so...my family is in shock...I may have to join some kind
of self help group to get over the trauma.
I will be back next year bigger and better...(if the money holds out)
and my back.Sam/K9SD
K9SD
>From aa4lr@radio.org (Bill Coleman) Thu Jul 11 16:21:53 1996
From: aa4lr@radio.org (Bill Coleman) (Bill Coleman)
Subject: A3S and Beam Balun
Message-ID: <960611112155.LAB05047@gate.iterated.com>
>From: ehayes@VNET.IBM.COM
>
>Recently, I purchased a used A3S and am now about ready to put
>it together and stick it up in the air. I would like to use
>something other than the 8 turns of coax that is recommended by
>Cushcraft.
Wayne,
Why are you against using the coax balun? I had an A3 up for a couple of
years and used the coax balun to good effect. (A3 is sitting in my garage
awaiting a tower to put it on)
Ed Gilbert sent out an article some time ago that indicated coax baluns
worked pretty well. The only caveat is to use solid-dielectric coax, so
the center conductor doesn't migrate toward the sheild.
I'll mail you Ed's article.
Bill Coleman, AA4LR Mail: aa4lr@radio.org
Quote: "Not in a thousand years will man ever fly!"
-- Wilbur Wright, 1901
>From i4jmy@migate.ampr.org (m) Thu Jul 11 18:06:57 1996
From: i4jmy@migate.ampr.org (m) (m)
Subject: IARU CONTEST & 10mt.
Message-ID: <544@migate.ampr.org>
Message-Id: <544_migate>
From: i4jmy@n8it.#nwmi.mi.usa.noam (m)
To: cq-contest@tgv.com
Hi friends, we want to inform You that on next week-end
IR4T will take part in the IARU contest as M/S.
Ops: I4JMY IK4IEE I4YSS IK2QEI IK4MED and IK2SGC.
A special care will be used for multipliers, on higher bands,
so don't forget to TRY any listening on 21 MHz and 28 MHz for
southern Europe. It's difficult but not impossible !
We shall try calls to North & Central America for 5 minutes at
full hours from 18:00z to 20:00z on 28.040 MHz (28.480).
Call us for QSY 28MHz if (when) our signal is good on 21.
Easily there will be some scattering propagation, so if no hear
beaming straight to EUROPE, try beaming slightly more to south
than it should be.
Any recent report of Eu. stations in N. America heard on 10m.
(with time and beaming), is greatly appreciated.
We shall be also on 160...80....40....20....
Thanks and.... See You in the Contest !!!
E-MAIL i4jmy@ljutcp.hamradio.si
>From dave@egh.com (David Clemons) Thu Jul 11 17:50:40 1996
From: dave@egh.com (David Clemons) (David Clemons)
Subject: Nets and Contesting
Message-ID: <Pine.3.89.9607111259.A6146-0100000@newman.egh.com>
Hi,
Forgive my ignorance, but is this Hurricane Net one that it is
activated only during the advent of a Hurricane? And if so, are there
net operators who try to keep these frequencies clear all the time,
regardless of whether the net is in operation or not? The following true
experience from 1994 CW WW SSB illustrates my reason for asking.
I was operating in the 100 watt single-op category, so as the day
went on I found that I had to go higher and higher up the band to find a
clear space. At one point I was on 14.330, and I started getting people
telling me I was interfering with a net. Since I had asked if the
frequency was clear before CQ'ing and received no response, I then asked
one of the complaining ops where the net was (so I could move in the
appropriate direction). Surpisingly, he didn't respond. Correspondingly,
I didn't move. Later on, I found out that the net was on 14.300 and that
sometimes people meet in the net and want to move off to a clear frequency.
So, the people running the net evidently feel they should be able to reserve
14.300 to 14.350 for that purpose. I think that their attitude was
preposterous. (I know that there are some who would create "no contest"
frequencies - I think that is preposterous too.)
By the way, I'm not planning on operating any SSB this weekend,
so you won't hear me near any of the above mentioned nets. I also do not
operate knowingly so as to cause any trouble to nets that I come across
during a contest. This idea falls into the category of common courtesy.
But reserved net(+50khz) frequencies, reserved even though they will likely
not be in use? That idea falls into another category - perhaps "ridiculous"
fits the bill.
73, Dave Clemons
>From dave@egh.com (David Clemons) Thu Jul 11 17:52:29 1996
From: dave@egh.com (David Clemons) (David Clemons)
Subject: Nets and Contesting
Message-ID: <Pine.3.89.9607111235.A6183-0100000@newman.egh.com>
Hi,
Sorry. I am used to signing my name for intercompnay mail but
not my call. My previous message should be signed:
73, Dave Clemons K1VUT
>From n6ip@juno.com (R P WOLBERT) Thu Jul 11 20:50:55 1996
From: n6ip@juno.com (R P WOLBERT) (R P WOLBERT)
Subject: IARU HQ calls/WRTC calls
References: <199607110441.AAA04249@som-uky-01.campus.mci.net>
Message-ID: <19960711.115949.7127.0.n6ip@juno.com>
On Thu, 11 Jul 1996 00:42:01 -0300 ka8okh@som-uky.campus.mci.net (Rich
Dailey, KA8OKH) writes:
>Also, am I assuming correctly that the WRTC-96 list of teams (July 1)
>is in order of callsign (eg. K1AR+K1DG=W6A... LU6ETB+LU6BEG=W6B, etc)?
>
>Inquiring minds want to know...
>
>cheers... rich
Wrong, Rich.
Callsigns are assigned randomly. NO ONE will know who is which until
11:45Z--and the competitors may not reveal their "secret true
identities" until after WRTC is over at 0600Z.
73/Bob,
N6IP
>From rdidonna@tacarlson.com (Rich DiDonna) Thu Jul 11 20:07:50 1996
From: rdidonna@tacarlson.com (Rich DiDonna) (Rich DiDonna)
Subject: Nets and Contesting
Message-ID: <01BB6F3A.BEF90E00@dell_p90.tacarlson.com>
Kinda reminds me of the time that I was operating in the ARRL DX test in
'90 on about 14220. The great guys on the 226 "net" got all ticked off at me
since I was interfering with the frequency which was going to be used by the
net in one hour. Unfortunately, they could've worked more dx contacts
in the contest than hey ever could have through the net....
Most hf problems are international. The hurricane stuff would most likely be
2 meters anyway.
Rich KI6ZH
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From: David Clemons[SMTP:dave@egh.com]
Sent: Thursday, July 11, 1996 12:50 PM
To: cq-contest@tgv.com
Subject: re: Nets and Contesting
Hi,
Forgive my ignorance, but is this Hurricane Net one that it is
activated only during the advent of a Hurricane? And if so, are there
net operators who try to keep these frequencies clear all the time,
regardless of whether the net is in operation or not? The following true
experience from 1994 CW WW SSB illustrates my reason for asking.
I was operating in the 100 watt single-op category, so as the day
went on I found that I had to go higher and higher up the band to find a
clear space. At one point I was on 14.330, and I started getting people
telling me I was interfering with a net. Since I had asked if the
frequency was clear before CQ'ing and received no response, I then asked
one of the complaining ops where the net was (so I could move in the
appropriate direction). Surpisingly, he didn't respond. Correspondingly,
I didn't move. Later on, I found out that the net was on 14.300 and that
sometimes people meet in the net and want to move off to a clear frequency.
So, the people running the net evidently feel they should be able to reserve
14.300 to 14.350 for that purpose. I think that their attitude was
preposterous. (I know that there are some who would create "no contest"
frequencies - I think that is preposterous too.)
By the way, I'm not planning on operating any SSB this weekend,
so you won't hear me near any of the above mentioned nets. I also do not
operate knowingly so as to cause any trouble to nets that I come across
during a contest. This idea falls into the category of common courtesy.
But reserved net(+50khz) frequencies, reserved even though they will likely
not be in use? That idea falls into another category - perhaps "ridiculous"
fits the bill.
73, Dave Clemons
>From n6ig@netcom.com (Jim Pratt) Thu Jul 11 20:14:27 1996
From: n6ig@netcom.com (Jim Pratt) (Jim Pratt)
Subject: IARU HQ calls/WRTC calls
Message-ID: <Pine.3.89.9607111236.A10901-0100000@netcom10>
On Thu, 11 Jul 1996 ka8okh@som-uky.campus.mci.net wrote:
> Also, am I assuming correctly that the WRTC-96 list of teams (July 1) is
> in order of callsign (eg. K1AR+K1DG=W6A... LU6ETB+LU6BEG=W6B, etc)?
Greetings from the third floor of the "official hotel of the 1996 WRTC",
the Belmont Motel 6. To elaborate on the callsign issue, we will all go
to a meeting tomorrow morning to discuss rules, ask questions, and get
callsign and station assignments. We will pick these two items at
random, presumably from two hats. The host station identity will
immediately be known by the teams, but the callsign will be in a sealed
envelope. Each host station has already had an "observer" assigned to
it; the callsign envelope will be turned over (unopened) to the station
observer and remain sealed until one hour before the contest. At that
time, the call will be divulged to the operators, but they may not use it
on the air until 1200Z and they may not tell anyone else what the call
is. This is intended to stop perceived unfair activity of lining up
people to work their "favorites".
The answer is to work all 52 1x1 calls. Also, I haven't heard it
confirmed yet, but I believe the BY and LY "exhibition teams" will be
using AH3C and AH3D. This was "hall talk" last night (although, after as
much beer as I had consumed, it also could have been a hallucination!).
73 and see you this weekend! Jim N6IG (partner of K4UEE)
>From gswanson@arrl.org (Swanson, Glenn, KB1GW) Thu Jul 11 22:07:00 1996
From: gswanson@arrl.org (Swanson, Glenn, KB1GW) (Swanson, Glenn, KB1GW)
Subject: Nets and Contesting
Message-ID: <m0ueS5F-000f4AC@mgate.arrl.org>
>"The hurricane stuff would most likely be 2 meters anyway."
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For what it's worth:
Must say that I tuned the rig in the HQ station (W1INF) to 14.325 at
lunch time and heard a station giving his coordinates (Lat. and Long.) and
WX report: "Cloudy and winds to 21 MPH." He was in 4-land (NC or SC, I
forget).
73, Glenn, KB1GW
-- ARRL HQ --
Email: kb1gw@arrl.org
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>From bmyers@primenet.com (Bob Myers) Thu Jul 11 22:40:58 1996
From: bmyers@primenet.com (Bob Myers) (Bob Myers)
Subject: 160 M this weekend?
Message-ID: <199607112140.OAA02512@primenet.com>
Anyone planning to be on 160 M this weekend for IARU?
73 -- Thanks.
Bob, W1XT
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