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>From: evans@dablik.radiophysics.com (D. R. Evans (NQ0I/G4AMJ))
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I mean well, I really do. Before every major contest I tell myself: "This
time I will get all the QSLs out within 30 days."
But then...
Somehow I have to get all those QSLs to the right places. Printing the
labels and sticking them on the cards doesn't take too long. But what
_does_ take forever is tring to determine which stations have managers, so
the cards can go to the correct person (i.e. the manager instead of the
callsign holder).
What I have to do now is find some time when the local PacketCluster (TM)
is reasonably quiet and then throw all the calls I think likely to have a
manager at it, then make a note of those that _do_ have managers and mark
the cards accordingly. At 1200 baud this takes forever, requires a zillion
keystrokes (a fair proportion of which are erroneous) and would tie up the
channel for hours if I were not careful to watch the lights on the TNC and
stop the whole process if the channel begins to get too busy.
Sure would be an awful lot easier if there were a database of QSL managers
on the Internet in some format that could be interrogated interactively.
That way I could write a program to throw the entire log at the database
and do something (reasonably) intelligent with the output, thus automating
the most painful part of the whole process.
Perhaps someone will tell me that such a database exists. I hope so. If
not, maybe someone with the resources could think about making one
available (hint, hint).
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Doc Evans NQ0I/G4AMJ : devans@orion.colorado.edu
al019@freenet.hsc.colorado.edu
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>From DKMC" <dkmc@chevron.com Tue Feb 22 22:12:33 1994
From: DKMC" <dkmc@chevron.com (DKMC)
Subject: (long) ARRL DX CW K5GN SOABnp
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Subject: (long) ARRL DX CW K5GN SOABnp
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Notes on the weekend:
1. Conditions way down from last year on all bands, I think.
160: No Europe heard.
80: Very little anything heard or worked.
40: Excellent JA conditions, but no big hours;
terrible Europe condx, fair at our sunset and their sunrise,
but big guns only S3 at 0200.
20: Band opened and closed with high absorption to Europe;
not enough answers on long path.
15: Nice but no big rate. Fantastic JA opening Friday night.
10: Nearly all gone. Nice short JA openings on both afternoons.
2. Contest was still fun, if only to see how close I could get to last
year's score.
3. Screwed up an amplifier for the first time ever. Not fun.
4. Spring has sprung in south Texas. Rainy/foggy all weekend. Short
sleeves and air conditioners to keep the shack cool. Worst QRN in years.
5. #4 comes two weeks after worst winter ice storm since before '79. Took
out all of the 80M wires and something definitely wrong with the neighbor's
electric fence (east). Created lots of line noise problems with overhead
service, too (NE).
6. Ecstatic when S92SS called me on 15. Even happier when I heard the
pileup later. That was definitely the numero uno pileup of the weekend. At
times, the KG4CB pile got close.
7. Doing a single-op all band while taking antibiotics does strange things
to your digestive tract.
8. Planned on getting more rest before the contest. Wrong. 2.5 month old
daughter refuses to allow it.
KR0Y's note on the W1 dominance was interesting but not surprising. Most of
the active locals went to ENY for a multiop at K5NA(/2). Looking forward to
QST's improved regional outlook...
David K. McCarty, K5GN
dkmc@chevron.com
ARRL INTERNATIONAL DX CONTEST 1994
Call: K5GN Country: United States
Mode: CW Category: Single Operator
BAND QSO QSO PTS PTS/Q COUNTRIES
160 15 45 3.0 12
80 60 180 3.0 27
40 751 2253 3.0 84
20 244 732 3.0 69
15 710 2130 3.0 81
10 131 393 3.0 45
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Totals 1911 5733 3.0 318 = 1,823,094
Continent List 1994 ARRL DX CW K5GN SOAB @K2UA
160 80 40 20 15 10 ALL
--- -- -- -- -- -- ---
USA calls = 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
VE calls = 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
N.A. calls = 11 13 19 25 26 27 121
S.A. calls = 3 4 15 25 20 26 93
Euro calls = 0 14 239 122 432 10 817
Afrc calls = 0 1 8 6 6 4 25
Asia calls = 0 1 25 11 9 0 46
JA calls = 1 22 405 44 204 52 728
Ocen calls = 0 5 40 11 13 12 81
Unknowns = 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total calls = 15 60 751 244 710 131 1911
ARRL DX CW 1994 K5GN SOAB @ K2UA
HOUR 160CW 80CW 40CW 20CW 15CW 10CW TOTAL ACCUM
---- ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ----- -----
0 0 0 0 8 73 4 85 85
1 0 0 0 21 42 0 63 148
2 0 0 42 0 6 0 48 196
3 0 0 2 19 30 0 51 247
4 0 12 0 14 1 0 27 274
5 0 1 18 21 0 0 40 314
6 7 0 17 0 0 0 24 338
7 0 5 25 0 0 0 30 368
8 0 4 45 0 0 0 49 417
9 0 0 49 0 0 0 49 466
10 0 0 77 0 0 0 77 543
11 0 1 62 0 0 0 63 606
12 1 3 57 0 0 0 61 667
13 0 9 4 7 38 0 58 725
14 0 0 3 1 67 2 73 798
15 0 0 0 0 68 7 75 873
16 0 0 0 0 38 11 49 922
17 0 0 0 1 23 11 35 957
18 0 0 0 13 13 5 31 988
s 19 0 0 0 14 2 2 18 1006
s 20 0 0 0 5 0 6 11 1017
21 0 0 0 9 13 2 24 1041
22 0 0 0 3 17 38 58 1099
23 0 0 13 8 7 8 36 1135
0 0 2 1 9 19 0 31 1166
1 0 0 20 2 20 0 42 1208
2 0 0 15 10 0 0 25 1233
3 1 0 18 0 0 0 19 1252
4 3 9 8 0 0 0 20 1272
5 1 1 10 1 0 0 13 1285
6 2 1 45 0 0 0 48 1333
7 0 0 46 0 0 0 46 1379
s 8 0 0 4 0 0 0 4 1383
s 9 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 1385
10 0 1 53 0 0 0 54 1439
11 0 0 57 0 0 0 57 1496
12 0 2 53 1 0 0 56 1552
13 0 7 2 40 0 0 49 1601
14 0 0 0 8 31 2 41 1642
15 0 0 0 0 70 0 70 1712
16 0 0 0 1 54 0 55 1767
17 0 0 0 0 47 5 52 1819
18 0 0 0 6 3 2 11 1830
19 0 0 0 9 4 5 18 1848
r 20 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1849
21 0 0 0 5 3 3 11 1860
22 0 0 0 0 20 6 26 1886
23 0 0 5 8 1 11 25 1911
TOTAL 15 60 751 244 710 131
s=(slept twice for about an hour each, plus time for a shower)
r=(big T-storm right overhead, had to disconnect)
>From David C. Patton" <mudcp3@uxa.ecn.bgu.edu Tue Feb 22 22:14:58 1994
From: David C. Patton" <mudcp3@uxa.ecn.bgu.edu (David C. Patton)
Subject: Black Hole
Message-ID: <199402222215.AA17294@uxa.ecn.bgu.edu>
I think if you want to be in the "real Black Hole" you have to be a
W9 or W0 or VE4,5, or 6.
Usually W8 is in the Black Hole, but often W8 is in the event
horizon.
If you are west of the Black Hole you are at the end of the world.
Not necessarily better.
If you are South of the Black Hole your electrons pretty much escape
from the Hole, but you emphasize Domestic contests for good measure.
If you are East of the Black Hole you pretty much don't operate
domestic contests, and use the Hole's event horizon as a reflector
for other tests.
73
Stephen Hawking
>From oo7@astro.as.utexas.edu (Derek Wills) Tue Feb 22 22:14:14 1994
From: oo7@astro.as.utexas.edu (Derek Wills) (Derek Wills)
Subject: Contests and QSLs
Message-ID: <9402222214.AA25591@astro.as.utexas.edu>
What I have to do now is find some time when the local
PacketCluster (TM) is reasonably quiet and then throw all
the calls I think likely to have a manager at it, then make
a note of those that _do_ have managers and mark the cards
accordingly. At 1200 baud this takes forever, requires a zillion
keystrokes (a fair proportion of which are erroneous) and would
tie up the channel for hours if I were not careful to watch the
lights on the TNC and stop the whole process if the channel begins
to get too busy.
Doc Evans NQ0I/G4AMJ
Why not send the requisite coinage to W6GO/K6HHD and get their Managers
List monthly? It's writing on paper (what a concept!) and is easily
transportable and compatible with any computer - i.e. you rest the list
on the computer and write the manager's call on the QSL card with a quill
pen or other manually-operated scribing device.
Sure, you can get the same info on your PacketCluster, but someone has
to pay for that (perhaps you do) and, as you have seen, it is much slower
than simply glancing at a printed list. Works for me. If $25/yr (or
whatever) is too much for you, share a subscription with some other people.
But if you are doing this much QSLing you are getting through $25 pretty
fast with the outward and return postage anyway.
The paper list is very thin and won't take up precious space - it's on
what looks like 3rd generation recycled toilet paper. Enjoy!
Derek AA5BT
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