While there are many reasons of interest to open contest logs for public
review there are several reasons to maintain them as private. If one so
likes to leave the cat out of the bag and give away operating secrets, times
and rates. Ask him... When contest logs are submitted for review by the
contest committee they become the property of that committee. They are
assumed to be private.
Otherwise, may someone work you multiple times in the contest filling
your logs with unique silent key calls as has happened to me.
Come on now, Why don't all you right handers cut off your right hand and
lefties your left. This is not to say perhaps a few people have not gained
some insight already.......
Bob, KG7D
via internet"rkile@delphi.com"
<<<<<Robin Hood was a politician>>>>>>
>From barry@w2up.wells.com (Barry Kutner) Sat Oct 15 20:58:29 1994
From: barry@w2up.wells.com (Barry Kutner) (Barry Kutner)
Subject: Open Logs
Message-ID: <7V49Tc1w165w@w2up.wells.com>
RKILE@delphi.com writes:
> While there are many reasons of interest to open contest logs for public
> review there are several reasons to maintain them as private. If one so
> likes to leave the cat out of the bag and give away operating secrets, times
> and rates. Ask him... When contest logs are submitted for review by the
> contest committee they become the property of that committee. They are
> assumed to be private.
Bob - I disagree with your assumption. In my opinion, if you are turning
over your logs to the contest committee, and it becomes their property,
you are assigning the logs to them, and they may do with them as they
wish. Note also, the standard disclaimer, decisions of the contest
committee are final.
If you submit an article to a journal, you sign a statement assigning
copyright and rights to the publisher. They may then publish it, send out
press statements, etc. (at least this is the way it works in the medical
field).
I think it would prove most interesting to be able to review logs. For
example, if I were near the top, but got beat by just a little, I would
sure like to know where I screwed up, or which band I didnt spend enough
time on.
Sure, there are probably guys who will cry foul by finding a "missed" bad
QSO here or there, but like baseball (if you can remember baseball), the
ump's decision stands regardless what the videotape shows after the
fact.
73 Barry
--
Barry N. Kutner, W2UP Usenet/Internet: barry@w2up.wells.com
Newtown, PA Packet Radio: W2UP @ WB3JOE.#EPA.PA.USA.NA
Packet Cluster: W2UP >K2TW (FRC)
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>From Dave Kalahar KD4HXT <72437.3454@compuserve.com> Sun Oct 16 15:55:18 1994
From: Dave Kalahar KD4HXT <72437.3454@compuserve.com> (Dave Kalahar KD4HXT)
Subject: VP5Y Cluster Suport
Message-ID: <941016145518_72437.3454_FHG67-2@CompuServe.COM>
Once again this year, The North Florida DX Assoc. (NFDXA) is traveling to
VP5 for the CQWW phone contest. Last year as a MM they were 3rd place in
the world. This year the operation is MS as VP5Y.
NFDXA would like to use the DX Packet Cluster HF network in the operation,
preferably by connecting direct with a 10MHZ node.
If your a sysop of a HF Cluster Node on 10Mhz and would grant permission to
allow VP5Y to connect direct to your site, please let me know.
73 - Dave
KD4HXT
>From Kurt Pauer <0006743923@mcimail.com> Sun Oct 16 17:43:00 1994
From: Kurt Pauer <0006743923@mcimail.com> (Kurt Pauer)
Subject: Open Logs
Message-ID: <01941016164310/0006743923ND2EM@MCIMAIL.COM>
I believe that KR1R is correct in keeping the contest logs private. It
really serves no useful purpose to make them public and can only open
a Pandora's Box for the Contest Department. I have traded computer
files of logs with K1AR, KM9P, KC1F, N6BV, K7GM, W1WEF, and others
and have never been refused. If your intent is to learn from someone
else's logs, most contesters are willing to help. If your intent is to
find errors or faults with someone else's log, then you probably won't
get the help. If you are curious about someone else's log, ask them
for a copy in exchange for yours. It works if you have the right
intentions. -- Kurt, W1PH (w1ph@mcimail.com)
>From AGDM25A@prodigy.com ( KEVIN - WA8ZDT) Mon Oct 17 04:17:48 1994
From: AGDM25A@prodigy.com ( KEVIN - WA8ZDT) ( KEVIN - WA8ZDT)
Subject: CONTESTING=GOOD HEALTH
Message-ID: <013.01512819.AGDM25A@prodigy.com>
Great news! - Medical evidence suggests that contesting is good for you!
Certainly its hard to imagine ANY physical benefits from sitting in your
shack all weekend, but believe it or not one benefit may have surfaced...
A recent medical study looked at retired nuns in convents. To no one's
surprise they live longer because they don't indulge in life's usual
self-destructive vices such as smoking and alcohol. Not only do the nuns
live longer, but their overall health, mental activity and alertness seems
to be sharp. They even have less "alzhimer's" disease, and strokes than
their lay contemporaries in the outside world.
The study suggested that their "sharpness" was due to their activities at
the convent. The retired nun's day is structured. Chapel prayer's before
breakfast, then studying and translating scripture, and other household
"chores" throughout the day. No idle hours watching TV. This structured
mental activity seems to xercise the brain, keep it active, and postpone
senility and other physiological problems that affect seniors at large.
Well, how about running up a 100k score in SS????? Thats certainly
"xercising the brain"! Next time you significant other complains about you
waste-ing a contest weekend in the shack, tell him/her that your simply
xercising your brain. Use it or loose it.....
>From Robert A. Wilson" <n6tv@VNET.IBM.COM Sat Oct 15 22:35:35 1994
From: Robert A. Wilson" <n6tv@VNET.IBM.COM (Robert A. Wilson)
Subject: 1994 Calif. QSO Party, Final list of High Claimed Scores
Thanks to all the participants for making this year's California QSO
Party a big success. Here is my final report. 73, Bob, N6TV
1994 California QSO Party (CQP) Claimed Scores
Inside California:
CW Phone Total
Call QSOs QSOs QSOs Mul Points Comments
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
N6RO 866 2060 2926 58 389,644 CCOS, M/M, +K3EST
W6EEN 765 1334 2104 58 296,986 RIV, M/S, +KA6SAR, K6XC
AB6FO 825 829 1654 58 239,714 LAX
AE6Y 570 1117 1687 58 228,752 SCLA
WA6AUE 543 962 1505 58 206,074 NEV, 22 hours, one xmtr
N6EK 670 769 1439 58 205,784 ALA
KC6X 1497 57 203,262 LAX
NI6T 547 922 1469 58 202,130 SISK, at K6VX
AA6KX 659 762 1411 57 199,557 ALP/MON, missed HI
AG6D 682 654 1336 58 194,532 SCLA, M/S, +N4TQO, 23.6 hrs
K6KM 1283 58 188,500 Butte, M/S +WM2C
W6BJH 1246 58 175,914 SHASTA, new record
AB6WM 477 736 1213 58 168,374 SCRZ, 19 hours
KM6YX 1371 58 159,152 LAX
KG6VI 546 482 1028 58 150,916 INYO, M/M, low power
WX6M 1208 58 148,186 SOL, 19.5 hrs
KJ6GQ 1264 58 146,624 SHASTA
AA6MV 282 718 1000 58 132,356 SCRZ
N6UUG 0 1111 1111 58 128,876 TUOL
KD6FW 0 1077 1077 58 124,932 MADERA, 19 hrs
KI6AN 857 58 123,656 BUTTE
N6TV 196 804 1000 56 122,976 SCLA, 11 hrs; then to Yolo
AB6LJ 1050 58 121,220 SAC
KN6EL 486 257 743 58 114,376 Butte, low power
KK6QM 270 543 813 57 108,072 M/S +W6QHS, 9 hrs, missed RI
WA6CTA 486 253 739 55 108,020 MARN, low powe
AA6YX 406 305 711 47 104,196 SONOMA
W6JEX 866 57 98,724 TEH
KJ6HO 876 56 97,328 LAX, low power
W7CB/6 555 53 72,210 MONT
KJ6TC 251 251 502 57 71,535 SUTTER, mobile M/S, some QSOs los
AB6QR 418 56 70,224 BUTTE
WR6R 8 511 519 58 60,668 CCOS, M/S +WB6MZQ, 10 hrs
NF6H 224 71 295 45 36,630 ORG, low power
WA6SDM 306 323 629 58 90,712 SCLA
N6BT 103 439 542 57 67,659 YOLO expedition, N6TV opr.
WA7BNM 413 52 44,616 LAX, low power, 8.75 hrs
AE0M 143 130 273 49 33,781 SCLA, low pwr, 11.5 hrs, indoor ant
K6LL 88 143 231 48 26,400 IMP, 2.5 hrs, also on from AZ
K6HTM 236 55 25,960 BUTTE
N6PYI 164 44 14,432
K2MM/6 89 42 131 30 10,530 SCLA
N6TPT 0 63 63 20 2,250 SCLA, 4.5 hours
WA6GFY 50 18 1,800 SCLA, low power, 3 hrs, N2ALE opr.
NG0X/6 0 10 10 9 180 Mobile
Outside California:
Call CW Phone Total Mul Points Comments
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
VE7SZ 285 858 1143 57 BC, missed Modoc, VE7NTT, opr.
K7QQ 846 56 107,464 Missed Modoc and Colusa
N6CQ/3 229 518 747 56 96,488 PA, 21 hrs, missed SBEN,STAN
KE9I 217 507 724 58 96,338 IN
N9HZQ 201 497 698 58 92,626 GA, at W4AQL
K0PP/& 236 343 579 55 76,670 MT
K6XO/7 206 362 568 57 76,494 UT, missed Colusa
WA6KUI 533 56 75,600 TN, 22+ hrs, missed TRIN,SBEN
KF0IA 58 574 632 55 72,710 CO, 18.8 hours
VE7NKI 0 609 609 51 62,118 BC
W5ASP 227 134 361 55 51,810
K7GM/4 197 145 342 52 45,812 NC, low power, 7 hours
KM0L 214 97 311 51 42,636
K0GU 98 245 343 54 42,336 CO
VE4GV 92 237 329 39,750 MB, low power, 7.5 hours
K2UVG 91 242 333 52 39,364 FL, low power
AA4NC 300 54 NC, low powe
W3FG 137 128 265 55 36,685 MD, low pwr no ant.
N4OGW/9 235 51 35,955
K6LL/7 110 156 266 51 32,742 AZ, also entering from CA!
W6XR/2 264 50 31,050 NY
KC0EI 145 77 45 26,505
K7SV 100 106 206 50 25,600 VA, low power, 4 hrs
KO9Y 112 116 228 45 25,560 IN, low power
WQ5L 113 103 216 46 25,070 AL, 8.5 hours, low power
K8JLF 120 65 185 49 24,010 MA, low power, 5 hours
WA2SRQ 150 13 163 48 22,848 NJ, low power
WD0T 83 93 176 45 19,575 SD, 4.5 hours
AA7FL 48 139 187 46 19,412 OR
N6KL/0 80 104 184 43 19,264 CO, low power part time
N1PBT 1 192 193 50 19,350 VT, low power, 16.75 hrs
XE1/AA6RX 88 62 150 50 19,400 Mexico, low power
K0EJ 30 131 161 49 18,718 TN, low power
K1TN 99 45 144 43 16,641 CT
N4ZR 152 39 15,708
K3WW 51 83 134 40 12,760
WB5CRG 1 136 137 46 12,650 TX
KZ4H/7 73 41 301 35 10,535 NV
KI7WX 96 4 100 37 7,548 UT, Low power, 5 hours
KK7A 50 10 60 32 5,440 ID, Low power, < 3 hrs
KD0AV 62 11 73 24 4,992 IL, low power
N6TR 79 26 105 41 4,305 OR
KB1GW 105 38 low power, 4.75 hours
K7SS 101
>From Steve Sutterer <A883PHY@SEMOVM.SEMO.EDU> Mon Oct 17 14:47:57 1994
From: Steve Sutterer <A883PHY@SEMOVM.SEMO.EDU> (Steve Sutterer)
Subject: Half Square switch directions?
Message-ID: <17OCT94.08423369.0011.MUSIC@SEMOVM>
I recall an article long ago in one of the ham mags (early 70's?)
where someone purported to switch the direction of a half-square
by inserting a suspended 1/4-wavelength of open wire line in the
center of the horizontal phasing section. The phasing should then
be switchable (180 or 360 degrees) depending upon whether the bottom of
the open wire line is shorted or open...
Has anyone ever tried this or modeled this? Comments?
Steve Sutterer AK0M a883phy@semovm.semo.edu
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