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KF9PL's CW SS & Murphy.

Subject: KF9PL's CW SS & Murphy.
From: tigger@prairienet.org (Sean E. Kutzko)
Date: Sun Nov 6 21:40:19 1994

Murphy showed up in a big way!

1) I get the flu (still have it).

2) 40m dipole comes down twice...once before test, once during. Lotsa wind
here Sat night.

3) The home team's bowl bid depends on the Saturday night game. Televised,
of course! I got visited by 4 neighbors.

4) My RIT goes south.

Sigh...

Still managed 487 QSO's and a clean sweep. Single op assisted, 100w.
Hardly a stellar effort.

Time to go to bed, buy a 40m beam, get a different rig and move to the sticks
where they're aren't any neighbors (not neccesarily in that order).

See ya in 2 weeks from NM9H's place as a QRP entry.

Congrats to all,
Sean Kutzko KF9PL
Urbana, IL

--
One of these days I'll get in my car
Fill up the tank and see how far...
The twist of the key, the turn of the wheel
What a big deal...One of these days.                     -Mouth Bandits

>From James Brooks <0005851359@mcimail.com>  Sat Nov  5 02:30:00 1994
From: James Brooks <0005851359@mcimail.com> (James Brooks)
Subject: CQWWSSB 9V1YC
Message-ID: <03941105023030/0005851359NA2EM@MCIMAIL.COM>

                    CQ WORLD WIDE DX CONTEST -- 1994


      Call: 9V1YC                    Country:  Singapore
      Mode: SSB                      Category: Single Operator Low Power

      BAND     QSO   QSO PTS  PTS/QSO   ZONES COUNTRIES


      160        0        0     0.00      0       0
       80        0        0     0.00      0       0
       40       22       36     1.64      8       9
       20      167      289     1.73     23      53
       15      408      574     1.41     24      48
       10      108      312     2.89     13      31
     ---------------------------------------------------

     Totals    705     1211     1.72     68     141  =>  253,099



     On-time: 9.2 Hours
  
     Crappy score, I know.  I wasnt trying this time. 
     Just having fun - as usual.  
     
     The real contest is in 3 weeks!



73's
James 9V1YC

internet:  9v1yc%equator@csah.com


>From DFREY" <HARRIS.DFREY@IC1D.HARRIS.COM  Fri Nov  4 14:45:09 1994
From: DFREY" <HARRIS.DFREY@IC1D.HARRIS.COM (DFREY)
Subject: CQWW SSB score  --  K4XU
Message-ID: <QCY2.DFREY.3242.1994 11 040945 0945>


             CQ WORLD WIDE DX CONTEST -- 1994

      Call: K4XU                 Country:  USA - IL
      Mode: SSB                  Category: Single Operator

      BAND     QSO   QSO PTS  PTS/QSO   ZONES COUNTRIES
      160        2        4     2.00      1       1
       80       35       76     2.17     10      19
       40       70      171     2.44     21      42
       20      290      774     2.67     28      96
       15      171      455     2.66     24      79
       10       61      156     2.56     10      24
     ---------------------------------------------------
     Totals    629     1636     2.60     94     261  =>  580,780

     ...the result of about 20 hours of pure S&P - less
     than 20 QSOs resulting from CQs. 160M feedline destroyed
     by a lawn mower Sat AM.  RFI triggered neighbor's security/
     fire alarm on Sunday AM during a 15M "run" on SA - QRM of
     sirens only detected after removing headphones ...they
     were not at home.

     Dick       (geographically disadvantaged team)



>From elmore@rap.ucar.EDU (Kim Elmore)  Fri Nov  4 16:49:44 1994
From: elmore@rap.ucar.EDU (Kim Elmore) (Kim Elmore)
Subject: V31DX Laughable Moments
Message-ID: <199411041649.JAA03714@brightband.rap.ucar.EDU>

        ...funny story on "wide" SSB deleted...

        The response *was* humorous, but it raises a point: many ops
really have no idea whether their SSB signal is wide or not.  Granted:
it's almost impossible to determine this from a single accusation that
has no followup.  It takes a small amount of digging to really *know*
if my signal is wide and many amateurs don't really know how to
determine if a signal is wide or not, but there *are* a lot of wide
signals out there.  Besides, it's a contest so who cares?  I've heard
some contest ops claim that wide signals keep others from encroaching
on their frequency.  Frankly, that falls under "poor operating
practice" in my book.

        That's partly why I don't operate on Slop-Bucket much: too
many casual hams haven't a clue...

                        Kim Elmore, [N5OP, PP ASEL/Glider 2232456]
*  _._. __._ _.. _.._ _.. . _. ..... ___ .__. _. ..... ___ .__. _.. _.._ _._  *
*    Said by NQ0I while working on his shack:                                 *
*               "All these *wires*!  Why do they call it `wireless'!?"        *
*  _._. __._ _.. _.._ _.. . _. ..... ___ .__. _. ..... ___ .__. _.. _.._ _._  *




>From Rick Zabrodski <zabrodsk@med.ucalgary.ca>  Sat Nov  5 03:31:51 1994
From: Rick Zabrodski <zabrodsk@med.ucalgary.ca> (Rick Zabrodski)
Subject: Life's too short.
Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.91.941104202121.8747C-100000@ume>

Life is too short, yes, I agree, sot EAT  DESSERT FIRST!.
This is no excuse however>>>> "POWER is no substitute for SKILL"
99% of my ham radio operation is contesting (including qrp only contests)
The reason is because it is obvious that contesters are better operators 
with good ears and effecient stations....it makes it much easier to 
operate  Qrp.
I worked 3y0PI with my linear, third call....I was happy. When  I worked 
them on another band with 5 watts with a perfectly timed call on the first 
try I experienced a ham radio memory I will never forget!
That gentleman, is the essence of qrp operating for most of us.
See you in the pileups!

****************************************************************************
Dr. Rick Zabrodski BSc, MD, CCFP(E)       *               VE6GK 
EMAIL:  zabrodsk@med.ucalgary.ca          *     
Packet: VE6GK@VE6YYC.#cgy.ab.can.na       *      "Power is no subsititute 
Phone: (403) 271-5123   Fax: 225-1276     *               for skill."
****************************************************************************    
                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                             


>From Rick Zabrodski <zabrodsk@med.ucalgary.ca>  Mon Nov  7 03:58:49 1994
From: Rick Zabrodski <zabrodsk@med.ucalgary.ca> (Rick Zabrodski)
Subject: sweepstakes cw 94
Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.91.941106204414.15032A-100000@ume>

                        ARRL SWEEPSTAKES -- 1994


      Call: VE6GK                    Country:  
      Mode: CW                       Category: Single Operator QRP

      BAND     QSO    QSO PTS   SECTIONS


      160        0        0        -
       80       15       30        -
       40       40       80        -
       20       98      196        -
       15        0        0        -
       10        0        0        -
     -----------------------------------

     Totals    153      306       53

               Score:  16,218


Power Output: 5 watts     Hours of operation: 6 or 7

Equipment Description: icom 751a, nir 10 dsp
                        20 meter monobander 64 feet
                        inverted vee 60 feet
                        shunt loaded tower

****************************************************************************
Dr. Rick Zabrodski BSc, MD, CCFP(E)       *               VE6GK 
EMAIL:  zabrodsk@med.ucalgary.ca          *     
Packet: VE6GK@VE6YYC.#cgy.ab.can.na       *      "Power is no subsititute 
Phone: (403) 271-5123   Fax: 225-1276     *               for skill."
****************************************************************************    
                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                             



>From millersg@dmapub.dma.org (Steve )  Sun Nov  6 14:46:14 1994
From: millersg@dmapub.dma.org (Steve ) (Steve )
Subject: J6DX CQWW SSB numbers
Message-ID: <m0r48rG-0002AYC@dmapub.dma.org>

Greeting to all,

Guess it was the right time to fly south - Here is a preliminary
breakdown of the 1994 J6DX Multi/Multi SSB effort. This may change
slightly since we logged 160, 80, 40, & 10 meters on paper and need
to recheck for typos etc. QSL J6DX via N9AG.


J6DX - Multi-Multi - 1994 CQWW SSB

        Q    Pts     Z   C
      ----  -----   --  ---
160    464    937   11   33
 80   1458   3168   21   96
 40   1878   4488   25  118
 20   4190   9793   36  143
 15   4379  10844   32  146
 10   3365   8106   29  124
     -----  -----  ---  ---
     15734  37336  154  660   =  30,391,504


Southwest Ohio DX Association contest expedition

ops: AC0S, K9BQL, KU8E, N8BJQ, N9AG, W8KTQ, W8OK, W8QID, W9UI, WA2USA, WB8ENR
WD8IXE, WX9E.


160m  44' vertical w/top & base loading  - 500w
 80m  44' top loaded vertical            - 800w
 40m  33' vertical w/parasitic reflector - 900w
 20m  3 element yagi at 20 feet          - 900w
 15m  3 element yagi at 20 feet          - 800w
 10m  3 element yagi at 30 feet          - 500w


Low band condition were poor (80 & 160) with very high QRN.  Next time we
will try receiving loops on 80 & 160 since our verticals are too noisy. No
Europe on 160, no JA on 80. 40m was very crowded, blew out a parasitic
suppressor in the SB221 around 0700z Saturday & output dropped to 400w. 
Suppresor was replaced Saturday afternoon. 20 was open 48 hours, also
very crowded. 15 meters was fantastic (as usual) and 10 was also extremely
good. We had a 10m bandpass rx filter failure sunday morning resulting in
8+ S-units of attenuation - still managed good rate into europe & US before
problem was found but we may have missed early morning mults.

New M/M record for St. Lucia ;)

Not bad for a bunch of CW ops (our site is unavailable for CQWW CW this year)

I would appreciate any and all signal report comparisons with other carribean
stations during the contest - especially from stations outside US & Canada.

Thanks and 73,  Steve  WD8IXE/J68AG  millersg@dmapub.dma.org


>From John Barry <jbarry@curia.ucc.ie>  Fri Nov  4 19:51:18 1994
From: John Barry <jbarry@curia.ucc.ie> (John Barry)
Subject: CQWW from EI7M
Message-ID: <199411041951.TAA16778@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.

List of excuses? We though we were the only ones assemblying 
a station in the lashing rain last Friday, so its nice to 
know the f6bee team were also getting wet :-) We  were after 
reasonably good weather for the past few weeks, and the wind 
and the rain came the day before the contest. We had hurriedly 
prepared a 40 quad (built in a week!) but it came crashing 
down shortly after the beginning of the contest. Also lost the 
amp Saturday evening for about 4/5 hours, and the 850 on the 
multiplier station went dead above 7 Mhz about 9 hours into 
the 'test. Our new vertical seemed to fight well - I managed 
to crack a big pileup on 5t5jc on 40m from the qrp mult 
station. 

Hope to hear you all in the CW test - from EI7M !!!! 


John ei7dnb

----------------------------------------
John Barry EI7DNB
jbarry@curia.ucc.ie

>From k3lr <k3lr@telerama.lm.com>  Fri Nov  4 19:25:04 1994
From: k3lr <k3lr@telerama.lm.com> (k3lr)
Subject: WW Report
Message-ID: <199411041925.OAA04449@asia.lm.com>

K3LR  MULTI-MULTI CQ WW PHONE REPORT
 
160- 124Q - 20Z - 41C  
 
     OP=N3BJ from Bent Mountain, VA
 
     Antenna System was a 5 square parasitic array.  It functions
     as a 3 element inline vertical beam array with 1/4 wave elements.
     There are 5 radial systems totaling 41,000 feet of #18 wire.
     The system can be switched in four directions, with about 
     5 dB of gain and 25 dB of front-to-back. 
     
     1st contest with the new antenna.  Seems to work well, so 
     it's a keeper.  Worked VK6HD and VK3IO, no problem.
 
 80- 627Q - 25Z - 87C
 
     OP=NI8L from Akron, Ohio with WR3G, KG8GO and K3LR.
 
     4 square of Hy-Towers, still working FB! Worked JA and 5X for
     notable mults.
 
 40- 509Q - 31Z - 116C
   
     OP=K8CX from Brookfield, Ohio with K3LA, WR3G, KG8GO and K3LR.
 
     New fullsize, long boom 4 ele over 4 ele array  (190' over 100')
     played perfect. Lots of good slow EU runs in the evenings. 2nd   
     station has 2 ele at 140' (on a TIC ring) which worked great.
 
 
 20- 1275Q - 39Z - 165C
 
     OP=NA8V from Detroit, MI with K3LR, WR3G and NG8D.
 
     Main antenna, 5 over 5 over 5 (170'/110'/50') cooked as well
     as condx would let it.  Best hour was 17Z (88qsos). New 5 ele
     for the 2nd station at 120 feet helped to work the pile ups.
     Just needed Zone 22 for all 40.
 
 15- 474Q - 27Z - 126C
 
     OP=WC4E from Tampa, FL with K3GP.
 
     Main antenna, 6 over 6 over 6 (120'/80'/40') was under utilized
     this weekend.  Shame the band was so poor, WC4E is a super op.
     Jeff had his best rate at 16Z the 2nd day (82 QSOs).  He never
     left the chair anytime there was at least one signal on the band.
     Hope he comes back when condx are better.  New 2nd station 5 ele
     beam helped work every last LU that was above noise level.
 
 10- 277Q - 18Z - 67C
 
     OP=WR3G from Sharon, PA with N3IDG
 
     Even 21 elements aimed south didn't break some of the South
     American pile ups. Scotty had a 15 min EU opening the 2nd day.
     Lots of time calling CQ for LU/VE with no answers.
 
  37% of our QSO total is from North America (only 120 USA). 35.5%
  is Europe.  We are glad to be 3rd place USA multi multi with these 
  percentages!  
  
  The contest was big time fun as always!
 
  See you in the CW contest.  Multi-Multi again.
 
  73,
  Tim K3LR
 
  K3LR@telerama.lm.com

>From Larry Schimelpfenig <lschim@mailstorm.dot.gov>  Fri Nov  4 11:43:38 1994
From: Larry Schimelpfenig <lschim@mailstorm.dot.gov> (Larry Schimelpfenig)
Subject: Life's Too Short
Message-ID: <Pine.3.07.9411040634.A19050-c100000@mailstorm.dot.gov>



>On Thu, 3 Nov 1994, John Zapisek wrote: (just one paragraph of note)

>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 call when
>you say, "Alpha-XRay station only, please go ahead." Ya know, there's a
>word for operators like that. 

Well I must have been operating in a different contest last weekend. About
the only area that wasn't dumping in thier calls when the dx asked for
"Alpha Xray station" was JA. Maybe that was because I couldn't hear JA for
most of the contest. 

About 20 years ago I spent a year in Iceland signing
TF2WLW and sometimes during contests TF2WKF. Back then most operators were
really pretty well disciplined. The exception was that
Med/Adriatic-European group that John refers to. I can remember several
times asking if there was an operator from that boot shaped country in
that Med area that spoke English. Someone would normally speak up, and I
would ask him to explain to his bretheren that I can work his country
close to 24 hours a day, but it's not often that I can work the west coast
USA with my simple station. Please qrx while I have good conditions to the
west coast. So he explains SOMETHING? to the folks in his boot shaped
language. But alas it does no good because they continue to call
regardless of what anyone says. 

Over the past 20 years I have watched this
phenomenon spread throughout most of the world. We have all learned well
from these folks. What makes it worse is that many know better than to do
this sort of thing, and won't when the dx is working simplex. As soon as
the dx goes split it becomes a new ball game for some. "No ones listening
to me except the dx so let'er rip". 

I really enjoyed hearing things during the phone contest like "KB1XXX make
your call". That one's sure to keep the rate up! Also enjoyed the messes
when the net dxers came in with two letters instead of full calls.
Unfortunately I'm starting to hear it on cw from time to time. I'm sure
glad that the net operations are teaching operator finess and efficiency. 

Hey Ward if ya need Virginia I'll strain my ears for you. Just remember to
send AX about a zillion times. Is there a Q signal for "make your call"?

73 de Larry K7SV - lschim@mailstorm.dot.gov 
 




>From bhorn@netcom.com (Bruce Horn)  Fri Nov  4 07:57:43 1994
From: bhorn@netcom.com (Bruce Horn) (Bruce Horn)
Subject: CQWW Score Rumors.2
Message-ID: <199411040757.XAA25263@netcom17.netcom.com>


The following 1994 CQWW Phone score rumors were those received by 0600Z Nov 4.
Send corrections and additions to:
                  bhorn@netcom.com
Final version will be published on Monday, Nov. 7

Multi-Multi
----------------------------------------------------------------
W3LPL    4347Q 668C 160Z =  9,300,000 est
N2RM     4332  655  157  =  9,300,000 est
K3LR     3286  603  160  =  6,400,000 est
W4MYA    2702  592  152  =  5,100,000 est
KY1H     3249  530  143  =  4,700,000 est
N4ZC     2069  542  152  =  3,876,684
NQ4I     2142  519  141  =  3,500,000 est
W7RM     2307  332  110  =  2,700,000 est
K3ANS    1634  502  136  =  2,700,000 est
W4IY     1626  502  136  =  2,500,000 est
W0AIH    1517  424  134  =  2,008,242
K1RX     1005  414  111  =  1,423,800
AA6MC    1198  249  103  =  1,031,712

VG9DH    4853  366  108  =  5,800,000 est
VE7ZZZ   2894  207  107  =  1,804,558

PJ1B    16126  708  170  = 41,728,786
ZF2JI   10577  507  137  = 15,102,444

G0KPW    7606  771  176  = 11,694,000

Multi-Single
----------------------------------------------------------------
KC1XX    2056Q 554C 141Z =  3,937,175
K4ISV    2103  538  150  =  3,700,000 est
N2NU     1908  574  148  =  3,700,000 est
K1NG     1624  560  149  =  3,200,000 est
K5XI     1808  502  149  =  3,100,000 est
N3RS     1648  556  143  =  3,100,000 est
K2TR     1655  547  149  =  3,000,000 est
KS9K     1606  488  141  =  2,631,000
K8AZ     1430  475  135  =  2,300,000 est
WX0B     1422  455  135  =  2,102,170
AA4NC    1359  441  116  =  2,100,866
KF2ET    1420  433  129  =  2,100,000 est
N1AU     1384  408  110  =  2,000,000 est
W5KFT    1383  415  134  =  1,983,000
W6EEN    1474  327  121  =  1,819,136
NX0I     1293  398  135  =  1,636,843
K9UWA    1101  437  129  =  1,600,000 est
KB1H     1021  423  112  =  1,500,000 est
AA8U     1212  413  129  =  1,400,000 est
N8ATR     987  419  125  =  1,377,952
NC0P     1014  405  125  =  1,330,300
W3GNQ     920  428  120  =  1,300,000 est
K1GW      823  364   98  =    989,142
K3DI      703  362  106  =    878,000 est
K0PP/7    901  259  112  =    832,153
K6XO      547  168   86  =    366,776
AA5UO     399  170   72  =    255,310

VG3EJ    4215  523  139  =  6,200,000 est
VE6FI    1641  156   83  =    793,000

VP2E     8534  456  130  = 12,042,886
6D2X     6546  511  151  =  9,500,000 est
V31DX    7600            =  8,000,000
PJ8Z     6023  414  113  =  7,400,000

OT4T     4000            =  8,000,000 est
TK5EL    5610  599  145  =  7,092,552
EI7M     2833  488  114  =  2,746,324
SM5FQQ   1645  471  125  =  1,445,000 est
DL0IU    1166  449  106  =  1,189,365

HC8A     8792  574  152  = 18,600,000

Single Op, High Power
----------------------------------------------------------------
K1AR     2034Q 469C 136Z =  3,500,000
K5ZD     2044  444  127  =  3,303,806
N4RJ     1757  439  129  =  2,700,000
K3ZO     1647  414  122  =  2,400,000
N6BV     1668  398  107  =  2,200,000
N2IC/0   1466  353  135  =  1,950,000
N2BA     1279  394  117  =  1,814,050
K5MR     1464  358  129  =  1,800,000
N8II     1381  377  118  =  1,800,000
W9RE     1300  397  121  =  1,800,000
WX3N/0   1103  365  129  =  1,382,000
K1KI      961  332  110  =  1,125,774
K1KP      877  315   97  =    949,660
W1WEF     814  293   93  =    828,000
K0KX      675  295  113  =    723,792
KM6YX     531  211   92  =    385,416
KB1GW     404            =    260,253
WB5CRG                   =    226,000
K8MR      278  159   70  =    162,590
KF0DJ     311  121   62  =    129,198
NT5C      205   91   32  =     68,000  40m
K2MM        5    4    4  =        104

VE2TJA   1918  229   91  =  1,300,000 est, Zone 2
WJ2O/VE2 1265  117   58  =    436,000 est, Zone 2

P40E     8200  505  138  = 15,500,000  (CT1BOH Op)
P40W     6452  471  132  = 11,400,000  (W2GD Op)

WR6R/KH6 3567  258  123  =  3,972,687

S59A     3014            =  4,145,000
S53EA    3100            =  3,500,000
OH1EB     457  184   55  =    176,143

H20A     4614            =  7,800,000

Single Op, Assisted
----------------------------------------------------------------
N3AD     1270Q 473C 133Z =  2,000,000
K5NA     1130  499  140  =  1,900,000
K3WW     1145  479  130  =  1,883,028
WX4G     1096  417  135  =  1,600,000
K0RF     1162  394  139  =  1,500,000
AA2DU     828  380  108  =  1,000,000
K1KP      877  315   97  =    949,660
KI3V/7    828  261  116  =    815,451
WK6V      770  266  105  =    728,273
NA4M      427  231   95  =    366,424
K1FWF     335  211   76  =    258,013
KR2J      322  199   73  =    222,500
K7SV/4    270  195   76  =    188,887  Low Power
N4PYD     233  142   62  =    117,300  QRP

VS6BG     752  197  107  =    428,640

Single Op, Low Power
----------------------------------------------------------------
K2SG      860Q 342C 107Z =  1,057,150
KD2NT     621  277   91  =    602,784
AA4GA     617  256   83  =    557,655
K0EJ      628  249   89  =    551,616
K7GM/4    567  258   84  =    521,208
N6WLX/8   529  243   86  =    436,000
WS1A      571  219   71  =    436,000
WA7BNM/6  528  188   89  =    379,213
AA1EY                    =    182,000
N3BDA     252  132   60  =    119,040
K7NPN     253   77   51  =     74,880
WA2SCA    142   79   36  =     32,890
KE7NS     136   51   39  =     32,760
KD5PJ      98   62   36  =     22,246

NP4Z     4316  393  111  =  5,100,000

S56A      930            =    750,000

Single Op, QRP
----------------------------------------------------------------
KA1CZF    189Q 105C  47Z =     68,096

VE6SH     258   67   51  =     61,124

Single Op, High Power, Single Band
----------------------------------------------------------------
AA6TT   160m   118Q  24C  12Z =      4,428
W6RJ     80m   701   78   33  =    186,258
KM1H     20m  1675  153   39  =    864,000  (KQ2M Op)
K2ZJ     20m   968  125   33  =    388,522  (WA2LCC Op)
K8GL     20m   563  121   32  =    237,762
K4JPD    15m   809  143   29  =    368,000
K3ZJ/8   15m   521  122   26  =    231,324
KR2Q     15m   487  114   23  =    173,000
KC6X     15m   374   69   22  =     64,428
KC2X     10m   348   85   23  =     83,700

KP2A     20m  4824  156   38  =  2,279,000  (KW8N Op)

N6VI/KH6 80m   836   40   23  =    153,342

UN2L     80m   636   85   27  =    200,000 est  (UA9BA Op)
HZ1AB    80m   496   65   19  =    114,744
S50A     40m  2170            =    680,000
S57AL    40m  1720            =    450,000
ZD8Z     15m  5600  178   36  =  3,530,000  (N6TJ Op)

Single Op, Low Power, Single Band
----------------------------------------------------------------
WA6KUI   20m   303Q  96C  27Z =     99,384
N1IST    20m    56   33   16  =      5,537
KO9Y     15m   305   98   24  =    100,845
AA5ZQ    15m   215   70   25  =     56,240
W5YD     10m    18    8    6  =        714  (KC5AUG Op)

KH6GMP   15m   771   50   23  =    162,425

S57W     20m   700            =    280,000

Single Op, QRP, Single Band
----------------------------------------------------------------
N4IJ     20m   202Q  85C  22Z =     58,208

VE6GK    20m    90   19   13  =      5,920


73 de Bruce, WA7BNM   (bhorn@netcom.com)

>From w6go@netcom.com (Jay O'Brien - W6GO)  Mon Nov  7 07:06:23 1994
From: w6go@netcom.com (Jay O'Brien - W6GO) (Jay O'Brien - W6GO)
Subject: RFI to Yaesu interface
Message-ID: <199411070706.XAA09432@netcom3.netcom.com>

Has anyone else had problems with the Yaesu FIF-232C?  This is the $99.95
Interface unit that allows you to connect to a Yaesu radio from a
computer's RS-232 port. 

During the SS this weekend (N6IG operated from here), the station was set
up with CT to run two radios.  The radios were an IC-765 and a Yaesu
FT1000-D with a FIF-232C.  RF on 40 meters caused the FIF-232C to lock up
the keyer circuit from CT.  That is, if 40 meter RF was sensed, regardless
of which radio was actually transmitting, it would lock the transmitter
into a key-down condition.  I found that pulling the 115v power plug on
the FIF-232C cleared the problem, but turning the power off with the power
switch on the FIF-232C did not clear the problem.  I had a 25 foot 25-lead
DB-25 extension cable that I coiled up on the floor and connected it
between the FIF-232C and the computer.  That fixed the problem for the
contest.  By the way, the 40 meter beam is 300' away and well matched. 
There is NOT an appreciable amount of RF around the FIF-232C. 

I see by examining the FIF-232C schematic that there are no RF bypasses or
filters of any kind on any of the external leads (AC Power, RS-232, or the
DIN cable to the FT-1000D). 

If anyone has applied standard EMI or RFI protection to the FIF-232C to
correct this problem, I would like to hear exactly what you did. 

73, Jay


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