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Subject: Entertainment Tonight!
From: rrrocker@rock.b11.ingr.com (Ray Rocker)
Date: Mon Mar 7 10:27:54 1994
> All of my co-workers think I'm really cool since I must know John Tesh. 
> There was a substitute for him with Mary Hart since he was away for a "ham
> radio contest".  All right - what's his callsign and where was he ?

According to the online callbook:

Call-Sign: NX4U                     Class: EXTRA
Previously: N2DQ                    Class: SAME CLASS
Real Name: JOHN A TESH              Birthday: FEB 8, 1938
Mailing Address: 5550 TERRACE CT APT 3, TEMPLE TERRACE, FL  33617
Valid From: MAR 31, 1987            To: MAR 31, 1997

Voila. FYI: Telnet to "callsign.cs.buffalo.edu 2000" to access this service.
It's neat. And useful for us who are too cheap to buy CD-ROM drives for
our peecees and/or the callbook-on-CD thing.

-- ray // WQ5L // surfing the waves of cyberspace (unga, what a cliche)
   rrrocker@rock.b11.ingr.com

>From alan@dsd.es.com (Alan Brubaker)  Mon Mar  7 16:28:10 1994
From: alan@dsd.es.com (Alan Brubaker) (Alan Brubaker)
Subject: ARRL DX
Message-ID: <9403071628.AA12986@dsd.ES.COM>


K6XO/7   Multi-Single    Utah

Operators: KA1ODA, K6XO

160   6    5
 80  15    9
 40  34   19
 20 231   62
 15 307   60
 10  46   22

T   639  177    339,309

Equipment:  FT1000,  KW,  160 Inv. L  80  Loop  40  GP,  20  3 el,
            15  3 el,  10  1/2 wave sloper.

Interesting conditions on 15. Good to western Eu on Saturday, but
poor on Sunday. Excellent opening to Scandinavian countries late
Sunday. OH0KDJ was a solid S9+. Worked two QRP LA stations running
5 watts. 10 was better than expected. They ain't dead yet.

Alan, K6XO

alan@dsd.es.com

>From John W. Brosnahan" <broz@csn.org  Mon Mar  7 16:44:54 1994
From: John W. Brosnahan" <broz@csn.org (John W. Brosnahan)
Subject: W0UN 40M observations
Message-ID: <199403071644.AA05968@teal.csn.org>

Jay, K0GU, operated here on 40M this weekend, as you know from his email, but
I wanted to throw in one comment about the band conditions and see what
others may have observed.  Historically over the last sunspot or two
we (Colorado stations and possibly others) get about 60-65% of their qsos
in the first 24 hours.  Based on that assumption we were doing very poorly
after 24 hours, since our first 24 hour total was only about 40% of our
final score (which we wouldn't know 'til it was over--since it ain't over
'til its over) and yet conditions did not seem that bad.  Jay kept asking
JAs how we sounded and we got a number of 30 over reports on a clear freq.
It was as if someone gave a contest and nobody came.  Second night
conditions seemed similar yet there was a lot of activity. Jay worked
some 5 watt and 1 watt stations both nights so feel it was activity
related at least as much as it was propagation related.

So I just wondered if anyone else observed this phenomenon and has any
explanations for it.  This is critical to keeping up the energy level
to know that you CAN do better in the 2nd 24 hours, even if it only
happens once in a while.

73  John  W0UN     broz@csn.org

oops, that should have read "historically over the last sunspot CYCLE or
two"   --guess it was just a Freudian slip based on how things are feeling
as we go downhill.

>From len@ariel.coe.neu.edu (Leonard Kay)  Mon Mar  7 17:10:39 1994
From: len@ariel.coe.neu.edu (Leonard Kay) (Leonard Kay)
Subject: John Tesh
Message-ID: <9403071710.AA05135@ariel.coe.neu.edu>

No, John Tesh is probably not 56. But then, we may be making
three erroneous assumptions:

1) John may not be licensed. He may be an SWL and chief cook....

2) John Tesh may be a professional name.

3) He may be recently licensed and not in the CB.

This mystery must be solved, however. 


Len KB2R

len@ariel.coe.neu.edu

>From Scott A Stembaugh <n9ljx@ecn.purdue.edu>  Mon Mar  7 18:11:09 1994
From: Scott A Stembaugh <n9ljx@ecn.purdue.edu> (Scott A Stembaugh)
Subject: K9FN - Multi-one ARRL SSB DX
Message-ID: <9403071811.AA07241@en.ecn.purdue.edu>




    BAND        QSO'S       MULTS

     80           34          27
     40           91          53
     20          190          76
     15          215          83
     10          122          43
 ____________________________________
                 652 x 3  x  282 = 551,592


I think Uniden could make a killing in EU for some 10m radios. The europeans
must have taken it out of all their rigs!!

ops: K9FN, N9LJX, WV9Y, WB9TOW, WN9NBT
Rig: - IC765, TenTec amp.

>From alan@dsd.es.com (Alan Brubaker)  Mon Mar  7 18:16:48 1994
From: alan@dsd.es.com (Alan Brubaker) (Alan Brubaker)
Subject: W0UN 40M observations
Message-ID: <9403071816.AA18025@dsd.ES.COM>

Some of us have operated in many DX contests through the years, through
thick and thin, through good condtions and poor, and through sunspot
minima and maxima. I have observed an effect which Bruno, AA6AD refers 
to as the "Sunday Driver Effect", where casual activity in a given target 
area will appear to be considerably greater if it is Sunday in that area. 
In the case of JA, our Friday night/Saturday Morning is their Saturday 
night (on the low bands). Perhaps those casual JAs are doing something 
fun on a Saturday night and not getting on the bands. But, 24 hours later, 
it is Sunday night, and perhaps many of them are taking a tune across 40 
looking for a few quick QSOs before turning in. They will likely not be 
partying since they have to get up and go to work on their Monday morning. 
Same deal with the high bands. 15 meters is usually much more productive on 
Saturday afternoon (Sunday morning in JA), than Friday afternoon or Sunday 
afternoon (Most JAs work on Saturdays in addition to Monday through Friday, 
I am told). This could be a partial explanation for the higher rates on 
Saturday night/Sunday morning. I would not surprise me if there were a 
similar correlation with rates out of Europe, although out here we do not
work the same volumes of casual European stations that the big East Coast
stations do.

Alan, K6XO

alan@dsd.es.com

CW contests are more fun than Phone contests.

>From Joel B Levin <levin@BBN.COM>  Mon Mar  7 18:19:21 1994
From: Joel B Levin <levin@BBN.COM> (Joel B Levin)
Subject: ARRL DX PHONE: KD1ON (a little gun contests casually)
Message-ID: <28034.763064361@bbn.com>

                   ARRL INTERNATIONAL DX CONTEST 1994

      Call: KD1ON                    Country:  United States
      Mode: SSB                      Category: Single Operator
                                     Exchange: 59 NH

      160        0        0   0.0        0
       80       11       33   3.0        9
       40       17       51   3.0       15
       20       71      213   3.0       33
       15       87      261   3.0       43
       10       28       84   3.0       16
     --------------------------------------
     Totals    214      642   3.0      116  =   74,472

(operating approx. 13-14 hours, all hunt/peck)

Equipment Description:
  Yaesu FT-990 (100 watts)
  MFJ 941E tuner
  147 foot dipole up 30 - 70 feet

Thoughts:
  
Well, this is better than twice my last score.  Next goal (for a
  comparable SSB contest): break into six figures, or >350 Qs.

Broke a few medium pile-ups; handled a couple big ones (8R1/KK4WW and
  CX7BF on 10) by going away for a couple hours and hoping propagation
  was still holding out (it was); now I could handle the medium
  pileups.

In fact 10 meters was still useful two hours before the contest ended.

Above technique didn't work for AH8A, T30JJ or either T2 I heard :-(.

Worked my fiftieth state (HI, on four bands) and my hundredth (plus)
  DXCC country.  Now to get some cards in...

It was fun recognizing a lot of the call signs heard, many from this
  list.

Only worked one station - 6D2X - on all five bands I operated; too bad
  I don't have 160, they were asking.

Did I mis-hear PR2R for PR0R early in the contest, or were both
  actually out there?  (It's OK you can tell me; I've just sent in my
  log to the ARRL :-)).

I could still get a lot better at this...

        /JBL   KD1ON



>From Rick, K7GM" <AONISWAN@ECUVM.CIS.ECU.EDU  Mon Mar  7 18:46:29 1994
From: Rick, K7GM" <AONISWAN@ECUVM.CIS.ECU.EDU (Rick, K7GM)
Subject: John Tesh

My callsign database lists a John A. Tesh, NX4U, in Temple Terrace, FL.
Don't know if this is the Entertainment Tonight John Tesh.  By the way
he is also an accomplished musician and has a number of good CDs out.

               Rick, K7GM

>From Rick, K7GM" <AONISWAN@ECUVM.CIS.ECU.EDU  Mon Mar  7 18:56:26 1994
From: Rick, K7GM" <AONISWAN@ECUVM.CIS.ECU.EDU (Rick, K7GM)
Subject: Phone low power score

K7GM/4    North Carolina
Low Power
ARRL SSB

       160     10    9                TS940 barefoot
        80     56   35              80 meter vertical
        40     79   41                2 ele Cushcraft for 40 @ 80'
        20    222   71                KT34XA at 65'
        15    407   85                loaded up the 40 meter beam on 160
        10     91   34
              ---  ---
              865  275  = 713,625    20 hours


A relaxed effort this time (so relaxed that I didn't even get a G on 40).
Highlight was a two hour period on Sunday morning on 15 which netted
a bit over 200 Qs (the only time I called CQ all weekend).
     Will not be a number one score (like cw probably was) but will be
in the top 10 (or maybe 5).

                    73, Rick, K7GM/4
                    aoniswan@ecuvm.cis.ecu.edu

>From H. Ward Silver" <hwardsil@seattleu.edu  Mon Mar  7 20:05:19 1994
From: H. Ward Silver" <hwardsil@seattleu.edu (H. Ward Silver)
Subject: ARRL SSB score
Message-ID: <Pine.3.07.9403071208.A25801-9100000@bach>

No, that wasn't me with my pants too tight...I hosted 3 nine-year-olds to
do some "search-and-pounce". (sounds exactly right for nine-year-olds,
doesn't it?)  My guys and one of their friends racked up 100 QSOs in 57
countries on 20, 15, and 10.  Thanks to the many courteous DX operators
who put up with youthful confusion followed by minor mike fright and some
mumbling.  They'll be back!
73, Ward N0AX
hwardsil@seattleu.edu
PS - Dad served as teleprompter and managed to keep his cool...hihi



>From Steve Kelly <srkelly@agora.rain.com>  Mon Mar  7 20:15:58 1994
From: Steve Kelly <srkelly@agora.rain.com> (Steve Kelly)
Subject: KC7EM ARRL Phone Score
Message-ID: <Pine.3.87.9403071229.A27947-0100000@agora.rain.com>

KC7EM ARRL Phone 40M Single Band

762 x 78 = 178,308

Kenwood TS-940S, Henry 3K Classic
3/3 DX Engineering Full Size Yagi's @ 160'/80' on TIC RingRotors

Seemed like the activity from EU and SA was way down as far as mults go, 
even though the propagation was very good both nights.  The condx were 
excellent to JA the second night.  It seemed like the usual band killing 
broadcast interference above 7.150 was absent until around 12:30z.  I 
listened several times to my xmit freq and found it to be dead quiet.  
Things were no where near as good the first night.  Best DX was V51E on 
a blind CQ at 05:38z (well after his sunrise), BV0ARL and JD1 (the first 
time I have worked these mults in several outings on 40m) and squeaking 
out a qso with 9K2ZZ LP late sunday morning (HZ1AB was about 30dB louder).

North America           28      3.7%
South America           25      3.3%
Europe                  70      9.3%
Asia                    55     73.4%    (Japan 544    71.4%)
Oceania                 71      9.3%    


73,
KC7EM
Steve Kelly
srkelly@agora.rain.com





>From Steve Kelly <srkelly@agora.rain.com>  Mon Mar  7 20:33:41 1994
From: Steve Kelly <srkelly@agora.rain.com> (Steve Kelly)
Subject: W0UN 40M Observations
Message-ID: <Pine.3.87.9403071202.C28366-0100000@agora.rain.com>

I agree with your observations completely.  I was very concerned with my 
stats after the first night. In comparing my results to my 1992 effort I 
found myself down over 100 Q's and up 8 mults on saturday morning. One 
usually expects to see much lower activity the second night so I figured 
I wouldn't even break 150K. 

To my ears the band was open with equal propagation both nights, there is no 
doubt that it was just a lack of activity.  The listening area between 7.040 
and 7.100 seemed a bit quieter the second night.

Here is a short list of mults I would have expected to hear and work:

Oceania/Asia  T3, V7, 9M2, 9M8, HS, BY, KH4
SA/NA         HC, OA, CO, HI, YN, VP2V, ZP, TG, 4U1UN, 9Y, VP9, CP
Europe        GM, GJ, GU, OX, TF, YL, LX, HB0, ON, EI
Africa        D4, 5N, ZD8, FR, C5, J5

I'm sure many of the EU and AF mults were worked by ops east of the 
mississippi, they probably answered their CQ's. I sure didn't hear any 
of them in the DX window listening up.

The bottom line is to operate at 110% all the way through the contest.  
Never get discouraged by your stats after the first night.


73,
KC7EM
Steve Kelly
srkelly@agora.rain.com





>From k3lr <k3lr@telerama.lm.com>  Mon Mar  7 22:18:08 1994
From: k3lr <k3lr@telerama.lm.com> (k3lr)
Subject: John Tesh, the Real Story
Message-ID: <199403072218.RAA13020@telerama.lm.com>

We (WR3G and I) were really interested in this John Tesh thing and
being that we work along side a TV station that carries the show that
John is on, I called his office to find out what the deal was.

John Tesh was at radio station KTWV this weekend in LA.  There was a
RADIOTHON for AIDS which he helped raise money on Thursday and Friday.


Unless you worked the FM band , you probably didn't work John this
weekend....

73,
Tim K3LR 
k3lr@telerama.lm.com

>From len@ariel.coe.neu.edu (Leonard Kay)  Mon Mar  7 23:05:42 1994
From: len@ariel.coe.neu.edu (Leonard Kay) (Leonard Kay)
Subject: Some new DXCC rules
Message-ID: <9403072305.AA05299@ariel.coe.neu.edu>

>>In a fit of ire , as soon as I can type it up I am going to send a petition
>>to the DXAC about including these new rules as part of the DXCC.
>>
>>
>>1)  All contacts for a DXCC must be made by the licencee of the Station
>>    whose name appears on the certificate.  
>>    For Instance  The name "Ponduck Hollow Radio Club, WQ1PON"
>>    The Person name "Phillip Morris, WQ1PMA"
>>    The Operators of DX1DX, "Dave Case, KA1NCN; Bob Aran XX1XX, etc."

I dunno, Dave, what about all the multiops at a contest station? The station
license certainly doesn't say 'The Operators of KY1H'.

>>   --The intent of this is to elimitate the fact idea of "work this one 
>>     for me!" syndrome, and "well, I was out of town, so..."
>>  
>>   If you think it is okay to work stuff for other people, get a clue!
>>   I know that some highranking DXers have said "well, my wife works
>>   during the day, so I got on HR for her, and it is the same station!"
>>     How sleezy can you get!

Bad move to lump these two together....these are definitely a little shady,
but certainly not #1 above. And this one is even pushing it - if the XYL were
in the room, it would certainly be absolutely OK. Actually, she could even give
authorization as control op. Why does this differ from a multi-op contest 
station
using a call without the station licensee present?

>>
>>2)  Verified contacts that can be proven to have never taken place
>>    are punishable by disqualification from the DXCC program of 
>>      --)  The submitter of the card, and the issuer of the card
>>      --)  The disqualification of the operation of the issuer of
>>           the card, and every of his/her operations.
>>
>>This is my notes....
>>
>>
>>Incidentaly,
>>
>>I was working the contest and FT5XJ called me, so Kerguelin is active.
>>--If I needed it, it would count for me for DXCC, but if I was working
>>from KX1XXX (the big multi-op) it would neither count for the owner
>>of KX1XXX, or myself.  (Unless KX1XXX was registered to a club.)

Why not? They are valid contacts made by the station. 

>>Rules about club registerstaion and trustees counting for DXCC can be work
>>out later.

I think you better let your ire calm down a bit, Dave, before shipping this 
off to DXAC. These rule proposals seem to have been thought up in a bit
of a fury, no? :-) Who are the existing rules hurting?

Len KB2R

>From len@ariel.coe.neu.edu (Leonard Kay)  Mon Mar  7 23:07:16 1994
From: len@ariel.coe.neu.edu (Leonard Kay) (Leonard Kay)
Subject: Some new DXCC rules
Message-ID: <9403072307.AA05307@ariel.coe.neu.edu>

Whoops. Sorry guys. Just realized I posted this to the wrong reflector.
My apologies.

Len KB2R

>From Steve Kelly <srkelly@agora.rain.com>  Mon Mar  7 23:49:32 1994
From: Steve Kelly <srkelly@agora.rain.com> (Steve Kelly)
Subject: Digital Voice Keyers
Message-ID: <Pine.3.87.9403071532.A6821-0100000@agora.rain.com>

I am currently shopping around for a voice keyer.  Figured active 
contesters would be a good source as to whats available nowadays.  To be 
a bit more specific I am looking for a stand alone unit only.  One that 
can either be purchased fully assembled or bought as a kit.

All input is greatly appreciated.

73,
KC7EM
Steve Kelly
srkelly@agora.rain.com



>From Bill H Parry <bill@tenet.edu>  Mon Mar  7 23:47:41 1994
From: Bill H Parry <bill@tenet.edu> (Bill H Parry)
Subject: 6D2X Results ARRL PHONE
Message-ID: <Pine.3.03.9403071741.A13298-e100000@gaston.tenet.edu>

                   ARRL INTERNATIONAL DX CONTEST  1994


      Call: 6D2X                     Country: Mexico 
      Mode: SSB                      Category: Multi Multi

      BAND     QSO    QSO PTS    STATES/PROV


      160      760     2280          55
       80     1679     5037          59
       40     2023     6069          60
       20     3251     9753          60
       15     3839    11517          60
       10     2267     6801          60
     -----------------------------------

     Totals  13819    41457         354  =   14,675,778



All reports sent were 59(9), unless otherwise noted.

Operator List: _NA5C, N5RZ, WA5VSZ, K5TSQ, W5VX

Equipment Description:  2 - TS940, 1 - IC781, 1 - ALPHA 78,
1 - ALPHA 87A, 1 - SB220, 2 - TRIBANDERS, 1 - 2 ELE 40 BEAM, and 
INVERTED VEES.

----------------------------------------------------------------------
BREAKDOWN QSO/mults  6D2X    Multi Multi

HOUR      160      80       40       20       15       10    HR TOT  CUM TOT  

   0    .....    .....    49/25   247/49   288/42    54/13  638/129  638/129
   1      .      15/12   155/20   257/7    133/10      .     560/49 1198/178
   2      .     106/27   146/4    200/1       .        .     452/32 1650/210
   3   103/31    76/3    151/1      2/0       .        .     332/35 1982/245
   4   119/13    98/5    155/5       .        .        .     372/23 2354/268
   5    93/4    121/6    119/1       .        .        .     333/11 2687/279
   6    43/4    122/1    123/0       .        .        .     288/5  2975/284
   7    42/0     75/0     60/0       .        .        .     177/0  3152/284
   8    26/1     88/1     69/0     .....    .....    .....   183/2  3335/286
   9    25/0     69/1     42/0       .        .        .     136/1  3471/287
  10    33/1     70/0     37/0       .        .        .     140/1  3611/288
  11    31/1     87/0     71/0       .        .        .     189/1  3800/289
  12    13/0     36/0     62/0      6/0       .        .     117/0  3917/289
  13      .        .      22/0    143/0    132/2       .     297/2  4214/291
  14      .        .       1/0    163/0    128/2    114/26   406/28 4620/319
  15      .        .        .     120/0    162/0     75/4    357/4  4977/323
  16    .....    .....    .....    92/1    201/2     49/4    342/7  5319/330
  17      .        .        .      49/0    174/0     84/2    307/2  5626/332
  18      .        .        .      39/0    189/1    178/1    406/2  6032/334
  19      .        .        .      48/0    179/0     76/0    303/0  6335/334
  20      .        .        .      54/0    142/0     36/1    232/1  6567/335
  21      .        .        .     114/0    146/0     60/3    320/3  6887/338
  22      .        .        .     123/0    167/0     95/1    385/1  7272/339
  23      .        .        .     148/0    174/0     98/2    420/2  7692/341
   0    .....    .....    .....   132/0    120/0     85/1    337/1  8029/342
   1      .       2/2     67/3    177/1     93/0       .     339/6  8368/348
   2      .      40/0     54/1    136/0     13/0       .     243/1  8611/349
   3      .     124/0     79/0    104/0       .        .     307/0  8918/349
   4    42/0     84/0     83/0     18/0       .        .     227/0  9145/349
   5    75/0     79/0     62/0       .        .        .     216/0  9361/349
   6    29/0     78/0     71/0       .        .        .     178/0  9539/349
   7    20/0     65/0     50/0       .        .        .     135/0  9674/349
   8    14/0     69/1     57/0     .....    .....    .....   140/1  9814/350
   9    20/0     48/0     40/0       .        .        .     108/0  9922/350
  10     8/0     36/0     35/0       .        .        .      79/0 10001/350
  11    11/0     57/0     48/0       .        .        .     116/0 10117/350
  12    13/0     30/0     42/0      2/0     10/0       .      97/0 10214/350
  13      .        .      29/0     85/0    117/0      1/0    232/0 10446/350
  14      .        .        .      84/0    119/0     83/1    286/1 10732/351
  15      .        .        .      82/0    112/0     83/0    277/0 11009/351
  16    .....    .....    .....    51/0    111/0     33/0    195/0 11204/351
  17      .        .        .      26/0    111/0     92/0    229/0 11433/351
  18      .        .        .      43/1    149/0    172/0    364/1 11797/352
  19      .        .        .      67/0    135/0    145/0    347/0 12144/352
  20      .        .       8/0     75/0    132/0    144/0    359/0 12503/352
  21      .        .      11/0     88/0     87/0    114/0    300/0 12803/352
  22      .        .       6/0    125/0    149/0    197/0    477/0 13280/352
  23      .       4/0     19/0    151/0    166/1    199/1    539/2 13819/354
DAY1   528/55   963/56  1262/56  1805/58  2215/59   919/57    ..... 7692/341
DAY2   232/0    716/3    761/4   1446/2   1624/1   1348/3       .   6127/13 
TOT    760/55  1679/59  2023/60  3251/60  3839/60  2267/60      .  13819/354
BREAKDOWN in mins/QSO's per hr  6D2X    Multi Multi

HOUR    160      80       40       20       15       10    HR TOT   CUM TOT 

   0   .....    .....     4/770   25/590   28/610   3/1137   60/637   60/637
   1     .       1/667   18/521   28/558   13/611     .      60/561  120/599
   2     .      14/468   21/426   26/464     .        .      60/452  180/550
   3   15/413   12/367   32/282    1/232     .        .      60/332  240/495
   4   19/376   15/400   26/355     .        .        .      60/373  300/471
   5   16/352   23/315   21/337     .        .        .      60/333  360/448
   6   10/270   26/282   24/302     .        .        .      60/288  420/425
   7   16/160   24/187   20/176     .        .        .      60/176  480/394
   8    7/218   28/192   25/165   .....    .....    .....    60/184  540/371
   9   10/148   30/136   20/128     .        .        .      60/136  600/347
  10   17/119   28/150   15/146     .        .        .      60/140  660/328
  11    9/215   27/195   25/173     .        .        .      60/189  720/317
  12   11/74    12/174   36/104    2/227     .        .      60/117  780/301
  13     .        .       3/400   28/301   28/282     .      60/298  840/301
  14     .        .       0/450   28/356   18/429   14/474   60/406  900/308
  15     .        .        .      19/376   28/342   12/362   60/357  960/311
  16   .....    .....    .....    13/420   39/308    8/384   60/342 1020/313
  17     .        .        .      10/295   38/275   12/416   60/307 1080/313
  18     .        .        .       5/444   30/380   25/420   60/403 1141/317
  19     .        .        .       9/338   36/296   15/307   60/305 1200/317
  20     .        .        .      11/297   41/207    8/258   60/230 1261/313
  21     .        .        .      25/274   26/335    8/431   59/323 1320/313
  22     .        .        .      18/400   28/355   14/420   60/384 1380/316
  23     .        .        .      19/457   28/374   13/465   60/420 1440/320
   0   .....    .....    .....    24/331   20/354   16/328   60/338 1500/321
   1     .       1/212   11/363   30/349   18/311     .      60/339 1560/322
   2     .       8/293   12/264   36/226    4/207     .      60/242 1620/319
   3     .      25/298   16/304   19/327     .        .      60/309 1680/318
   4   10/253   24/213   22/223    4/270     .        .      60/227 1740/315
   5   19/243   25/190   17/220     .        .        .      60/214 1800/312
   6   11/161   20/232   29/147     .        .        .      60/178 1860/308
   7    9/136   27/143   24/127     .        .        .      60/136 1920/302
   8    5/155   36/115   19/182   .....    .....    .....    60/139 1980/297
   9   15/80    23/126   23/103     .        .        .      61/106 2041/292
  10    4/110   30/73    25/85      .        .        .      59/81  2100/286
  11    8/85    30/113   22/132     .        .        .      60/116 2160/281
  12    8/100   12/148   21/122    0/327    7/88      .      48/122 2208/278
  13     .        .       5/370   23/222   32/223    0/300   59/234 2267/276
  14     .        .        .      18/288   27/264   15/329   60/288 2327/277
  15     .        .        .      17/286   24/283   19/261   60/277 2387/277
  16   .....    .....    .....    16/187   35/188    8/236   60/195 2447/275
  17     .        .        .       7/232   30/221   23/240   60/230 2507/274
  18     .        .        .       5/472   25/356   29/350   60/364 2567/276
  19     .        .        .      11/353   24/338   25/353   60/347 2627/277
  20     .        .       1/472   12/381   23/340   24/362   60/359 2687/279
  21     .        .       1/445   18/296   19/269   21/323   60/300 2747/280
  22     .        .       0/745   16/469   19/459   24/491   60/477 2807/284
  23     .       1/209    2/664   17/549   18/569   23/522   60/541 2867/289
DAY1  2.1/247  4.0/241  4.8/261  4.4/406  6.4/347  2.2/416   .....  24.0/320
DAY2  1.5/157  4.4/164  4.2/183  4.6/317  5.4/300  3.8/355     .    23.8/258
TOT   3.6/210  8.4/201  9.0/225  9.0/361 11.8/325  6.0/378     .    47.8/289
BREAKDOWN in kilo-points by hr  6D2X    Multi Multi

HOUR    160      80       40       20       15       10    HR TOT   CUM TOT 

   0   .....    .....     544     1147     1024      298     3013     3013  
   1     .       257      497      282      278       .      1313     4326  
   2     .       616      160      127       .        .       903     5229  
   3    697      103      101        1       .        .       902     6131  
   4    333      156      186       .        .        .       674     6805  
   5    132      189       84       .        .        .       405     7210  
   6    106       86       65       .        .        .       257     7467  
   7     22       40       32       .        .        .        94     7561  
   8     35       67       37     .....    .....    .....     139     7699  
   9     13       57       22       .        .        .        93     7792  
  10     38       37       20       .        .        .        95     7887  
  11     37       46       38       .        .        .       121     8008  
  12      7       19       33        3       .        .        62     8070  
  13     .        .        12       76      112       .       199     8270  
  14     .        .         1       87      109      599      796     9066  
  15     .        .        .        64       86      123      272     9338  
  16   .....    .....    .....      70      148      109      327     9665  
  17     .        .        .        26       92       86      204     9869  
  18     .        .        .        21      121      115      257    10126  
  19     .        .        .        25       95       40      161    10287  
  20     .        .        .        29       75       40      144    10431  
  21     .        .        .        61       78       94      232    10663  
  22     .        .        .        65       89       71      225    10888  
  23     .        .        .        79       92       93      264    11153  
   0   .....    .....    .....      70       64       66      200    11353  
   1     .        43       98      115       49       .       304    11657  
   2     .        21       49       72        7       .       150    11807  
   3     .        66       42       55       .        .       163    11970  
   4     22       45       44       10       .        .       121    12090  
   5     40       42       33       .        .        .       115    12205  
   6     15       41       38       .        .        .        95    12299  
   7     11       35       27       .        .        .        72    12371  
   8      7       57       30     .....    .....    .....      95    12466  
   9     11       25       21       .        .        .        57    12524  
  10      4       19       19       .        .        .        42    12566  
  11      6       30       25       .        .        .        62    12627  
  12      7       16       22        1        5       .        52    12679  
  13     .        .        15       45       62        1      123    12802  
  14     .        .        .        45       63       65      173    12974  
  15     .        .        .        44       59       44      147    13121  
  16   .....    .....    .....      27       59       18      104    13225  
  17     .        .        .        14       59       49      122    13347  
  18     .        .        .        44       79       91      214    13561  
  19     .        .        .        36       72       77      184    13745  
  20     .        .         4       40       70       76      191    13936  
  21     .        .         6       47       46       61      159    14095  
  22     .        .         3       66       79      105      253    14348  
  23     .         2       10       80      109      126      328    14676  
DAY1   1420     1672     1831     2161     2399     1670     .....   11153  
DAY2    123      442      487      809      883      778       .      3523  
TOT    1544     2115     2318     2970     3282     2447       .     14676  

Great weekend. Objective was to break old M/M record and this was
achieved. 5 guys for three rigs was a little wearing but no one seemed
tired  when the rate picked back up at the end of the contest. Thanks to
everyone who moved around to work us on the various bands. 



>From Bill H Parry <bill@tenet.edu>  Tue Mar  8 02:35:40 1994
From: Bill H Parry <bill@tenet.edu> (Bill H Parry)
Subject: 6D2X Correction
Message-ID: <Pine.3.03.9403072040.A7790-8100000@gaston.tenet.edu>

One of the operators listed at 6D2X was listed incorrectly as WA5VSZ . It
should have read WB5VZL. Sorry about that George! I guess my mind is still
mush.

Bill - W5VX



>From Randy A Thompson <K5ZD@world.std.com>  Tue Mar  8 03:35:30 1994
From: Randy A Thompson <K5ZD@world.std.com> (Randy A Thompson)
Subject: K5ZD ARRL Phone Score (long message)
Message-ID: <Pine.3.89.9403072216.A20154-0100000@world.std.com>

Interesting made-for-W1 weekend.  Surprisingly good the first day.  
Surprisingly poor the second!  More comments at end.

                   ARRL INTERNATIONAL DX CONTEST 1994
      Call: K5ZD                     Country:  United States
      Mode: SSB                      Category: Single Operator

   BAND     QSO    QSO PTS PTS/Q COUNTRIES
   160       41      123   3.0       28      1/4-wave elevated GP, 4 radials
    80      201      603   3.0       59      Inv vee w/top @90'
    40      251      753   3.0       73      2-ele Cushcraft @110'
    20     1045     3135   3.0      110      TH7DXX @70'
    15     1206     3615   3.0      118      TH7, 5-ele LTA @50' fixed on Eu
    10      101      303   3.0       43      TH7
  --------------------------------------
  Totals   2845     8532   3.0      431  =   3,677,292


                             Continent Statistics

                 160   80   40   20   15   10  ALL   percent

North America     14   25   21   33   40   34  167     5.9
South America      4   15   18   43   41   53  174     6.1
Europe            21  154  189  833 1019    1 2217    77.9
Asia               0    0    2   90   65    0  157     5.5
Africa             1    5    6   28   31    7   78     2.7
Oceania            1    2   15   18   10    6   52     1.8

BREAKDOWN QSO/mults  K5ZD    Single Operator

HOUR      160      80       40       20       15       10    HR TOT  CUM TOT  

   0    .....    .....    .....    40/17    15/2     .....    55/19   55/19 
   1      .        .      65/29     4/4      7/4       .      76/37  131/56 
   2      .      19/13    19/6     26/12      .        .      64/31  195/87 
   3     4/3     36/21      .       7/3       .        .      47/27  242/114
   4     6/5     15/7     12/6      6/2       .        .      39/20  281/134
   5     4/4     10/3      9/5      2/1       .        .      25/13  306/147
   6     4/3     30/4       .       4/1       .        .      38/8   344/155
   7     5/5       .      39/7       .        .        .      44/12  388/167
   8     1/0      3/1     14/5     .....    .....    .....    18/6   406/173
   9      .        .        .        .        .        .        .    406/173
  10      .        .        .      13/7       .        .      13/7   419/180
  11      .        .        .     126/22    35/18      .     161/40  580/220
  12      .        .        .        .     186/24      .     186/24  766/244
  13      .        .        .        .     148/4       .     148/4   914/248
  14      .        .        .        .     113/6      7/7    120/13 1034/261
  15      .        .        .        .     110/3      6/2    116/5  1150/266
  16    .....    .....    .....    .....   104/3      4/4    108/7  1258/273
  17      .        .        .        .     111/4     10/5    121/9  1379/282
  18      .        .        .        .      40/6     21/6     61/12 1440/294
  19      .        .        .      75/8     11/4       .      86/12 1526/306
  20      .        .        .     105/5       .        .     105/5  1631/311
  21      .        .        .      71/3       .        .      71/3  1702/314
  22      .        .        .      73/1       .        .      73/1  1775/315
  23      .        .       1/1       .      40/11     7/1     48/13 1823/328
   0    .....    .....    16/1      4/3      9/0     .....    29/4  1852/332
   1      .        .        .       4/0       .        .       4/0  1856/332
   2      .      12/3      8/2     12/2       .        .      32/7  1888/339
   3     2/2       .       8/1      5/1       .        .      15/4  1903/343
   4     4/2     19/2       .       2/1       .        .      25/5  1928/348
   5     2/0     19/2       .       2/0       .        .      23/2  1951/350
   6     7/3     26/1       .       1/1       .        .      34/5  1985/355
   7     2/1      8/2     19/3       .        .        .      29/6  2014/361
   8    .....     4/0     28/3     .....    .....    .....    32/3  2046/364
   9      .        .        .        .        .        .        .   2046/364
  10      .        .        .        .        .        .        .   2046/364
  11      .        .        .      94/3       .        .      94/3  2140/367
  12      .        .        .      92/3       .        .      92/3  2232/370
  13      .        .        .      67/3       .        .      67/3  2299/373
  14      .        .        .      77/2      1/1       .      78/3  2377/376
  15      .        .        .       9/0     53/3      7/2     69/5  2446/381
  16    .....    .....    .....    .....    77/4      5/2     82/6  2528/387
  17      .        .        .        .      68/3      2/0     70/3  2598/390
  18      .        .        .        .      39/4     15/5     54/9  2652/399
  19      .        .        .      15/0     10/5       .      25/5  2677/404
  20      .        .        .      60/3       .        .      60/3  2737/407
  21      .        .        .      44/1       .      10/3     54/4  2791/411
  22      .        .        .        .      24/6      5/4     29/10 2820/421
  23      .        .      13/4      5/1      5/3      2/2     25/10 2845/431
DAY1    24/20   113/49   159/59   552/86   920/89    55/25    ..... 1823/328
DAY2    17/8     88/10    92/14   493/24   286/29    46/18      .   1022/103
TOT     41/28   201/59   251/73 1045/110 1206/118   101/43      .   2845/431

BREAKDOWN in mins/QSO's per hr  K5ZD    Single Operator

DAY1  1.0/24   2.6/44   3.5/46   6.3/87   8.0/115  0.8/65    .....  22.2/82 
DAY2  1.2/14   2.7/32   2.4/39   7.5/66   5.0/57   1.4/34      .    20.2/51 
TOT   2.2/19   5.3/38   5.8/43  13.8/76  13.0/93   2.2/46      .    42.4/67

Had not planned to operate seriously due to ice damage the week before.
Did not have 5-ele 20 so was unable to use second radio when I was on
the TH7.  This definitely limited my mult chasing ability during the day.

Worked all day Friday.  Got home around 5:30 and started to put the station
together.  Got it all working about 6:30, grabbed a quick bite, and sat
down to operate about 6:57 PM.  Contest started at 7.  Still not sure what
my goal for the weekend was going to be.

First evening was my kind of contest.  No big rates but some interesting
things to do (JA loud on 15 at start, good run to Eu on 40m during 01Z
hour).  Making QSOs is kind of like eating Lay's potato chips --
I can't stop.  Made myself go to bed at 0850Z (remember, this was not
going to be a serious effort).

Got back on radio at 1050Z and found 20 was rocking.  Got a frequency
and had some rate that would wake anyone up.  Made the jump to 15 and
it got even better!  Seven consecutive hours over 100 including my
best ever rate in a DX contest (186).

Seems like K1AR was everywhere.  If I found a pile-up and started calling,
John would show up in minutes.  He ALWAYS was in and out in one or two
calls...leaving me in the dust!  He is awesome at placing his call perfectly
in the pile-up.  Even the lid DX stations would get it right the first 
time.  Made me want to puke.

We compared notes during the contest.  Made operating a little less lonely.
Especially since I was still fooling myself by thinking that I was not
serious.  At the 24 hour mark, it was interesting to be ONLY 200 QSOs and
less than 40 multipliers back.  Got me a little juiced up and fueled
me through the evening chasing mults.

160 was much better the second evening.  Super quiet here so hearing was
no problem.  The openings were very short, right at sunrise for the DX
station.  Got a few answers to CQs.  Worked OZ1FTE who later reported
that I was his only QSO on 160.  For as loud as I feel on 160 to Europe,
I feel PW to the south.  Spent a lot of time calling Carribbean guys.

Made myself go to sleep again (just couldn't stop chasing mults).  By now
I had finally made the committment to be serious since I had already
invested this much time (i.e. my wife wasn't going to be happy even if
I quit anyway).  Also realized I was in the running for the combined
score plaque sponsored by NCJ.

Was really strange and disappointing to wake up to the broken bands.  
A pair of 90+ hours on 20 may not sound like the band was broken, but
it was empty compared to the activity of Saturday.  W3's would come
on frequency, call CQ for awhile, then realize that I kept getting answers
and they didn't.  The signal differential in Europe between W1 and W3
must have been in tens of dBs instead of just the normal few.

15 finally opened with I's and EA's that were on the pin.  A few more
northern stations did come in, but very weak.  Just kept pressing the F1
key and tuning across 10 every so often.  All of my Europe QSOs on 15 
were using the 5-ele LTA beam sidemounted on the tower at 50'
fixed toward Europe.  Memo: summer project is a stack!

20 was the usual garbage dump on Sunday afternoon.  The auroral backscatter
made every signal 4 Khz wide and finding a frequency was tough.  Finally
found one where I2ZZZ and I "cooperated" by each listening at the same
time (timesharing!).  Was frustrating but better than nothing. I wonder
what he thought about it?!

Spent the last few hours multiplier chasing to try to catch AR (I didn't
make it).  Was on 40 for the last 20 mins of the contest.

Heard 9Y4VU working FRC guys and not giving a listening frequency.  Took
a guess on where he was probably listening (around 7210 and down)
and started hunting.  Was lucky to find the pile on 7207!

The Europeans were even louder than normal so decided to call CQ for
last 10 mins.  Worked 12 guys including 3 new mults (GJ, 5B, GU)!  What
a way to finish.

While CW may be my favorite mode, phone is much more fun from a multiplier
perspective.  Phone is physically more demanding too.  I am looking for
someone who wants to do multi-single for future ARRL Phone contests. 
(Of course, I think I always say that the day(s) after a phone contest).

See you in WPX.

Randy, K5ZD





>From Randy A Thompson <K5ZD@world.std.com>  Tue Mar  8 04:00:31 1994
From: Randy A Thompson <K5ZD@world.std.com> (Randy A Thompson)
Subject: ARRL DX Power Rprts
Message-ID: <Pine.3.89.9403072227.A20154-0100000@world.std.com>

IQ4A was giving out 300 as his power.  But as everyone knows, the loud
Italians frequently drop a zero (or two) from their power in the ARRL 
contest.

Randy


>From XMSJ29A@prodigy.com (MR JAMES A WHITE)  Tue Mar  8 04:18:12 1994
From: XMSJ29A@prodigy.com (MR JAMES A WHITE) (MR JAMES A WHITE)
Subject: The real John test oops Tesh
Message-ID: <013.00430520.XMSJ29A@prodigy.com>

I live about two blocks from Temple Terrace, FL...I think I know who this
guy is-and he is not the one whose thighs are real close to Mary Hart's on
the tube (not that I ever noticed either of their thighs, honest)...

....KR2J-if your co-workers crap out on you, I will continue to think
you're really cool....because unlike the uneducated masses, including ham
populus majorus, I know you to be an avid contester-and there can only one
way to describe the avid contester, that's: COOL

73,   K1ZX


....did you guys sing the song about the brothers M this past weekend?


>From Tim Coad" <Tim_Coad@smtp.esl.com  Tue Mar  8 04:33:36 1994
From: Tim Coad" <Tim_Coad@smtp.esl.com (Tim Coad)
Subject: ARRL FROM CALIF
Message-ID: <9403080433.AA21774@esl.com>

                       Subject:                               Time:7:50 PM
Well it was fun:

WC6H (opr NU6S) Single Op ,All Band (Not Assisted)

160       7      5
 80       49   18
 40     364   41
 20     455   66
 15   1142   96
 10     139   38
-------------
 2151 / 264 for 1.7 mil

-- Lots of Q's, No Mults! (maybe next year Ill have packet)
-- Had some great runs (140+/hr) into JA on 15. 
-- Very surprised to have a couple of 100+ hours on 15 into 
     Europe from the west coast, but they couldnt hear me on 40.
     (How come a guy that is giving a power of 100 watts and is
     20 over cant hear the alpha? QRN maybe?)
--  A couple of excuses for not doing as well as I should have, 
     but I wont bore you with them. 

Tim  - NU6S





>From Chris Moore <cmoore@tazmania.rose.hp.com>  Tue Mar  8 06:18:58 1994
From: Chris Moore <cmoore@tazmania.rose.hp.com> (Chris Moore)
Subject: Another little gun score
Message-ID: <9403080619.AA25444@hprnd.rose.hp.com>



                   ARRL INTERNATIONAL DX CONTEST 1994


      Call: N6IYS                    Country:  United States (075)
      Mode: SSB                      Category: Single Unlimited

      BAND     QSO    QSO PTS PTS/Q COUNTRIES


      160        0        0   0.0        0
       80        2        6   3.0        2
       40        2        6   3.0        2
       20       59      177   3.0       26
       15      117      351   3.0       51
       10       24       72   3.0       19
     --------------------------------------

     Totals    204      612   3.0      100  =   61,200

     Hours on:  8.7
     

Equipment Description:
     IC-737    running barefoot
     10,15,20  Mosley TA-33 Jr. at 30'
     40        Hustler 4BTV in pieces in the garage after the
               heavy winds last week
     80        Inverted V carefully trimmed for the CW portion of
               the band






Club Affiliation:                        

This is to certify that in this contest I have operated
my transmitter within the limitations of my license and have
observed fully the rules and regulations of the contest.


                             Signature _________________________________

           MAILING ADDRESS:


               Chris Moore  N6IYS
               3860 Little Rock Dr.
               North Highlands, CA 95660


>From Sig <0006481603@mcimail.com>  Tue Mar  8 05:45:00 1994
From: Sig <0006481603@mcimail.com> (Sig)
Subject: N3RS M/2 ARRL SSB SCORE
Message-ID: <64940308054546/0006481603PK4EM@mcimail.com>

The N3RS gang was decimated for this one!  Only N3ED & N3RD were here full
time and I (N3RS) did no operating during Saturday due to an unavoidable
conflict that forced me to go to bed early on Friday night and be away till
6 PM on Saturday evening.  My public thanks to Ed and Dave for their gutty
effort with very little sleep.  For old guys like us, that is getting more
and more difficult to do.

Congrats to the AD1C crew for another super job, and also to KS9K & co. for
a supurb effort from the edge of the "Black Hole".  I am glad I'm not any
further west than I am!

Results follow:
Band     QSO's     Mult's
160       31         26
 80      183         70
 40      405         91
 20      969        135
 15      892        137
 10      178         67
--------------------------
Total   2658        526

Score off of the tube says 4,184,856.

We used a Beta version of CT9 on both stations.  Had a few anomolies, but in
general, it worked well.  No real problems, but we can see that a single 5 el
20M beam at 107 feet isn't gonna hack it any longer.  Also still need to do
something on 80M to improve our high angle results.  It's gonna be a long
summer of construction.  Maybe next year we can get a wee bit closer to the
W1 boys.

73's de Sig, N3RS
648-1603@MCIMail.com

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