Listen for KP4VA in this weekend SS/Collegiate Championship.
CU this weekend...
73's Eric M. Guzman, KP4TK
UPR/M
ericm@rmece02.upr.clu.edu
>From georgen@redwood.stortek.com (George Noyes x5698) Thu Nov 3 17:02:36 1994
From: georgen@redwood.stortek.com (George Noyes x5698) (George Noyes x5698)
Subject: Sweepstakes....
Message-ID: <9411031702.AA24509@redwood.stortek.com>
See you all on Sweepstakes, Remember W1XE (/0)
That's COLORADO and NOT Connecticut.....
73 de George, W1XE
>From H. Ward Silver" <hwardsil@seattleu.edu Thu Nov 3 17:29:12 1994
From: H. Ward Silver" <hwardsil@seattleu.edu (H. Ward Silver)
Subject: East Coasters on 80
Message-ID: <Pine.3.07.9411030912.C21245-a100000@bach.seattleu.edu>
Hey guys...
Listen for me on 80 in CW SS this weekend...I'm trying to finish up my
5BWAS QRP and need a couple in New England and a few along the East Coast
down to Florida. I may be a dupe, but will shamelessly call you anyway.
I was able to work VT, NH, MD, NC, etc. last year, so I bet I can get it
done this year! I'm particularly in need of RI, ME, MA(!), DE, etc.
73
Ward N0AX/7/QRP-SS
PS - Gawd, it's going to be hard to make the Top Ten box from WWA! And
thank you Seahawks for being so crappy again this year that I don't feel
the need to keep a portable TV in the shack Sunday afternoon ;-)
>From fish@crl.com (Bill Fisher, KM9P Concentric Systems, Inc.) Thu Nov 3
>18:39:59 1994
From: fish@crl.com (Bill Fisher, KM9P Concentric Systems, Inc.) (Bill Fisher,
KM9P Concentric Systems, Inc.)
Subject: Listen for me! UGHHH!
Message-ID: <199411031839.AA12141@mail.crl.com>
I'm sure glad everyone doesn't think this "Hey guys listen for me this
weekend" tactic doesn't work. I'de hate to get 1500 emails that all said
"I'll be QRV".
---
Bill Fisher, KM9P - Concentric Systems, Inc.
>From wr6r@netcom.com (albert crespo) Thu Nov 3 20:08:22 1994
From: wr6r@netcom.com (albert crespo) (albert crespo)
Subject: WR6R/KH6
Message-ID: <199411032008.MAA10811@netcom17.netcom.com>
CQWW WR6R/KH6
BAND QSO ZONES COUNTRIES
160 36 8 8
80 364 14 19
40 771 22 45
20 922 33 85
15 924 25 61
10 550 21 40
______________________________
3567 123 258 = 3,972,687
EQUIPMENT: FT100D, AMP SUPPLY NT800
ANT: 160-SHUNT TOWER
80-LOOP
40- 3 EL AND 2EL YAGIS
20- 5EL AND 4EL YAGIS
15- 5EL YAGI
10- 6 EL YAGI
TH7
SCORE IS A BIG DISAPPOINTMENT-VERY LITTLE EUROPE FROM KH6
BUT HEARD V7X RUNNING EUROPE ON 20, BUT NO PROPAGATION
FOR ME! NEXT YEAR I WILL PUT UP MORE LOW BAND ANTENNAS.
THANKS TO ALL WHO CALLED AND HOPE TO HAVE A SHORTER CALL
FOR THE NEXT ONE!
ALOHA, AL
>From [user unknown]" <cmschonewaldcox@ucdavis.edu Thu Nov 3 20:15:54 1994
From: [user unknown]" <cmschonewaldcox@ucdavis.edu (user unknown)
Subject: PJ1B
Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.90.941103121348.9899A-100000@chip.ucdavis.edu>
PJ1B 1994 SSB MULTI MULTI
160 413 14 40
80 1573 26 104
40 2028 29 120
20 4620 38 168
15 4139 33 149
10 3353 30 127
16126 170 708
RAW SCORE: 41,728,786 POINTS
5 BAND DXCC
OPS: K2SS, K3EST, KB2XZ, N3ED, N7ZZ, WA3LRO, W3UM
160:W3UM
80:WA3LRO,N3ED, K2SS
40:N7ZZ
20:K3EST,KB2XZ
15:K2SS,W3UM
10:WA3LRO,N3ED
160: Bad static wrked about 50 Euros rest W's etc.
80: Band open to EU and US almost all night. Wrked several JA's.
40: Band open to Eu at 4pm local. Good JA.
20. The band was open the whole 48 hrs. First night was great.
Europe and US. Also about 3-4 am local over ZL was HS, XX9 etc. One
of last QSO's was VS6BG!
15: Band was open to Europe and US very well. Little JA opening.
10: Band was open VERY well to Europe and states both days.
All of Europe was coming in FB. Wrked several JA's.
Missed zone 1 (KL7) on 4 bands! First time ever on 40. Only KL7RA
on 20 (+several VE8's XN9's).
Africa was well represented. Unusual Af = S0RASD, J28
Missed zones 34 and 23 on 20. Only one zone 40 wrked on 20 = TF3CW.
Great fun.
73 Bob K3EST
>From John Barry <jbarry@curia.ucc.ie> Thu Nov 3 20:47:25 1994
From: John Barry <jbarry@curia.ucc.ie> (John Barry)
Subject: CQWW from EI7M
Message-ID: <199411032047.UAA15793@curia.ucc.ie>
CQ WORLD WIDE DX CONTEST 1994
Call: EI7M Country: Ireland (030)
Mode: SSB Category: Multi Single
BAND QSO QSO PTS PTS/QSO ZONES COUNTRIES
160 148 167 1.13 7 38
80 458 792 1.73 14 63
40 338 611 1.81 18 76
20 1069 1777 1.66 28 114
15 420 654 1.56 25 98
10 400 561 1.40 22 99
---------------------------------------------------
Totals 2833 4562 1.61 114 488 => 2,746,324
Antennas -
160/80m - Dipoles at 70ft
40m - Full wave loop
20/15/10m - Monobanders at 60/40/30ft respectively
40/80m vertical
Rigs - TS950, TS850, and TS50
Software - CT Network
Boy did we miss the stateside QSO's!!! This year, we worked 26% North America,
normally this figure would be about the 60% mark. Propagation on 10m was great,
we really tried hard on Sunday evening to find another country to make the 100
Mark, but we didnt make it. Strangly enough, we worked some nice DX on 20m when
it seemed to be completely dead i.e. S-meter wasnt moving...
Difficult to get a run going at any stage, hence the low qso total. We made an
effort this year to find more mults, so our mult total is up from last year,
but not enough.
>From Eugene Walsh <0004504465@mcimail.com> Thu Nov 3 18:26:00 1994
From: Eugene Walsh <0004504465@mcimail.com> (Eugene Walsh)
Subject: CQWW Phone Observation
Message-ID: <34941103182643/0004504465PK1EM@MCIMAIL.COM>
My favorite thing overheard this past weekend:
A; "W3XYZ 5908"
.....
A; "ROGER QRZ?"
B; "WHAT'S YOU'RE CALL?"
A; "W8ABC 5908"
....
A; "ROGER QRZ?"
B; "YOU'RE CALL?"
C; "CALLSIGN?"
A; "N5ZYX 5908"
....
A; "ROGER QRZ?"
B; "YOU'RE CALL?
C; "CALLSIGN?"
A; "IF YOU GUYS DON'T STOP ASKING FOR MY
CALLSIGN, I'M NOT GOING TO TELL YOU!!!"
I found this extremely funny.
One of the ops at this group (I did wait around awhile
to see who they were, even though my heart did tell me
before they eventually signed) last year castigated
someone I know for "Duping them 3 times"! I found this
very funny too (I find alot of stuff funny).
I wish the people I compete with would use this style;
some folks have all the luck.
--------------------------------
On a more serious note, condolences to AA4NC about the
appearance of Folger's Crystals. I get the "Creepy
crawlies" whenever that happens.
----------------------------------
My favorite "Post Contest" Internet comment:
>From AA6MC, "It was a good time, there was alot to
laugh about"!
That is what it's all about!
73 N2AA We will laugh again next month.
If it's anything like this past weekend,
we will laugh alot!
>From k2mm@MasPar.COM (John Zapisek) Thu Nov 3 21:24:50 1994
From: k2mm@MasPar.COM (John Zapisek) (John Zapisek)
Subject: Life's Too Short
Message-ID: <9411032124.AA09061@greylock.local>
Hey, Ward: I read your SS posting. . . . Bleh.
Every now and then I'll be called in a contest by a weak station. This used
to be much more common in VHF than in HF contests, but it seems to have been
happening more and more often in HF contests in recent years.
Sometimes it takes a lot of time and effort to pull the information through,
and sometimes it just doesn't work. But I don't really mind because I've
been weak on the other end myself often enough. Also, if you expect to get
cooperation, you've got to be prepared to give cooperation.
Like I said, I really don't mind, except . . .
> [Ward/N0AX] Listen for me on 80 in CW SS this weekend... I'm trying to
> finish up my 5BWAS QRP.
. . . when I waste five minutes struggling to work an SS station only to
copy his precedence as "Q", it boggles my mind to realize that this guy has
put me through all this agony ON PURPOSE! At least in a VHF test I can be
sure the guy I'm trying to copy is himself *trying* to be copied. Now THAT
is an example of cooperation.
Yeah, operating QRP can be fun . . . if you have a sadistic streak. But
that's only because you don't have to try to copy yourself!
Remember, FCC rules require you to run the minimum amount of power necessary
to maintain communications. When a QRP station deliberately runs less than
that, he's in clear violation of the rules and ought obviously to have his
ticket punched!
> I may be a dupe, but will shamelessly call you anyway.
Let me get this straight. You hear someone calling CQ SS. You know you've
worked him already, and so you *know* you're not an SS contact for him. But
you call him anyway. Kinda like the, ahem, Mediterranean/Adriatic-European
stations who ALL dump in their calls when you say, "Alpha-XRay station only,
please go ahead." Ya know, there's a word for operators like that.
Anyway, Ward, here's hoping you have fun in the test this weekend, QRP or
otherwise. Just keep in mind that you will have well earned all the razzing
you get as a result! 73. --John/K2MM
>From p_casier@eunet.be (Peter Casier) Fri Nov 4 00:19:14 1994
From: p_casier@eunet.be (Peter Casier) (Peter Casier)
Subject: OT4T cqww m/s results
Message-ID: <199411040019.BAA14852@box.eunet.be>
We started preparing this contest in May this year. Since July, we were
digging, pulling, soldering,.. every weekend. The week before the contest,
we spent day and night making everything ready, and then some people think
that setting a respectable score at a multiop station comes easy.... The
thought:'We must be totally out of our minds doing this', came up quite
frequent... hi
Preliminary results: 4000 QSOs, 888 mults, around 8 million score. Detailed
breakdown not available yet.
Did any other m/s effort have more mults?
QTH: on4un's
Operators: ON4UN, ON4WW,DL1SBR,DJ4AX,DL5XX,DK1FW,ON6TT
Technical support: ON6WU
Spotters: crew of abt 30 people, from different locations
Rigs: 2x FT1000, 3 amps of 2 Kw
Antennas: 6 el on 10, 5 el on 15 and 20, 3 el on 40, kt34xa, 4 square on 40
and 80, inv vee on 80, 12 beverages, 1/4 vertical on 160 with 250 radials.
Supporting equipment: onsite: 9 computers, 9 tncs, 10 uhf/vhf links (looked
like a tv studio)
Failed before the contest:
ft1000 startup problems, vhf rig, noise on beverages, water in 4 square for
40, major rf problems on computer equipment, computer links, tncs etc..., 2
tncs failed, 2x power supply problems in amps, rotor clamp broke, 1 12v
power supply failed.
All was resolved before the contest. (had to rebuild the computer network
from scratch 2 times though, swapped computer parts like crazy).
Failed during the contest (all repaired on the fly):
blew up a coax connector in the 40m 4 square, 2 tnc failures, 2 vhf rigs
blown up, blew up one amp (not repaired), and one headset.
Interesting conditions. Nice mults worked on 10. 40-80-160 below
expectations (again missed dxcc on 80) due to propagation. Never had any
major pileups on any band. States vy weak on 40, 80 during the 2nd night.
Aurora caused problems on all bands. strong polar flutter from states on 20.
Only one hour of states pileup on 15. Worked ve1 and zone 5 on 10 though.
With some more pileups, we would have won for EU again, but with only 4000
qsos, this is questionable though.
But... it was fun and very very hectic before and during the contest. Ever
tried working mults while repairing a TNC? We enjoyed ourselves and learned
a lot.
Nice suprises: being called by kl7, kh6 and kh8 in the same 20 meter run.
Note: used 10 minute rule as we did last year: last qso logged two bands ago
starts the 10 minutes. Seperate for mult and run station.
Now preparing to kick some a... in the cw weekend. Ops expected: on4un,
on4ww, dk7pe, ra3auu, dl1sbr, dj4ax, on6tt and maybe also dl1vj. Our goal:
1st EU m/s, if propagation allows.
Interested in seeing how the Caribean m/s did.
For a flat tired OT4T crew,
Peter ON6TT.
p_casier@box.eunet.be
>From oo7@astro.as.utexas.edu (Derek Wills) Thu Nov 3 23:21:13 1994
From: oo7@astro.as.utexas.edu (Derek Wills) (Derek Wills)
Subject: Life's Too Short
Message-ID: <9411032321.AA26479@astro.as.utexas.edu>
> [Ward/N0AX] Listen for me on 80 in CW SS this weekend... I'm
> trying to finish up my 5BWAS QRP.
> John/K2MM] Remember, FCC rules require you to run the minimum amount
> of power necessary to maintain communications. When a QRP station
> deliberately runs less than that, he's in clear violation of the
> rules and ought obviously to have his ticket punched!
Hey, no, Ward is doing it the right way, if you can actually hear him.
The alternative approach is something like:
A51JS: QRZ 0s? Last two please, gentlemen! [tm]
N0AX (1500 watts): Alpha Xray!! Alpha Xray!!
A51JS: Alpha Xray, you're too loud - reduce power please
N0AX (100 watts): Alpha Xray! Alpha Xray!
A51JS: Alpha Xray, you're still moving the S-meter, cut
it back please. QRZ 0s??
N0AX (10 watts): Alpha Xray
A51JS: Nothing heard, QRZ 1s??
N0AX: ^^$&%&&%**%#$(@@(**&@!!!
Derek "QRO! QRO station!!" AA5BT, G3NMX
oo7@astro.as.utexas.edu
>From Craig Ladane Lindsey <cll4@Ra.MsState.Edu> Fri Nov 4 00:09:42 1994
From: Craig Ladane Lindsey <cll4@Ra.MsState.Edu> (Craig Ladane Lindsey)
Subject: W5YD results and Best Laugh
Message-ID: <199411040009.SAA03976@Ra.MsState.Edu>
I had about an hour free Sunday, and decided to put the MSUARC club call
into the 'test. Here is the results:
CQ WORLD WIDE DX CONTEST 1994
CALL: W5YD (KC5AUG, op) COUNTRY: United States
MODE: SSB CLASS: SO Single Band, Low Power
BAND QSO QSO PTS PTS/QSO ZONES COUNTRIES
10 18 51 2.8 6 8
================================================
Totals 18 51 2.8 6 8 => 714
The funniest thing I heard was Friday night on 80m. I don't recall the
calls, but it went something like this:
QRZ?
somecall
SOMECALL, 59 XX
yea, can I work you for your Geritol Number?
I DON'T HAVE A GERITOL NUMBER. YOU ARE IN ZONE XX. QRZ?
Maybe next year I'll have a couple of upgrades past me, and will put in an
all band attempt.
73,
Craig
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>From Victor Burns-KI6IM <vburns@netcom.com> Fri Nov 4 01:21:56 1994
From: Victor Burns-KI6IM <vburns@netcom.com> (Victor Burns-KI6IM)
Subject: V31DX Laughable Moments
Message-ID: <Pine.3.89.9411031745.A29725-0100000@netcom5>
Never mind the score these are pretty funny.....
While calling an (EA8?) out of the blue and him finely figuring out who
called him he responded "V31 - Belize, this is just like Christmas"
I took over at the run station and while getting the headset positioned
properly I said "CQ Contest CQ Contest Operator Change...Hold on Ladies
and Gentlemen were ready to get the Flock(sic) out of here" to which
some old codger bagan to chew me out "hey sonney boy, you better learn to
watch your language".......QRZ------------V31DX!
Another guy jumps into the pileup and says "heh, your signal is really
wide" so I asked where he was and the beam (TH-7 @ 90') was pointed right
at him. I replied "Thank you very much...it's takes a whole lot of
effort and costs a lot of money to be this wide and you I might add
should consider spending some money for some better filters!....QRZ"
Not to mention the usual guys stateside who work you at 7.050 like they
forgot to puch the split button.
73 to all and thank for your efforts in the contest-It was really a lot
of fun this year. A complete summary will follow soon.
Oh...and KP4/KA9FOX the Belize babe report was pretty good...very few
tan lines on the natives there.
The V31DX Cuba Libre Contest Team.
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