Here is my revised (lower) score after running Ray's fix
program, wpxscore.exe, that I downloaded from the
ADRS BBS @ 813-922-5904.
ADRS WPX Contest
Call: K5ED Location: El Paso, TX
Entry Class: Single Op, All Band, Low Power
Band QSOs Pts Mults
80 35 74 17
40 65 146 25
20 147 193 69
15 108 169 39
10 0 0 0
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Total 355 582 150
Score: 87300
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Power Output: 100
Rig: FT1000, tribander and dipoles at 40 feet
(vertical not used, worse on all bands),
PK232, RTTY by WF1B
Highlights:
Finding the RPT command in RTTY,
working ZK3MM,
ragchews during boring dead times (like all day Sunday).
Lowlights:
getting CQ caller and callee confused (sorry!)
losing hours Fri eve and Sat morn for club meeting and VE session.
73, Ed
ÿ
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Ed Jensen, K5ED, El Paso, TX (ae110@rgfn.epcc.edu)
>From k8mr@barf80.nshore.org (Jim Stahl) Tue Feb 14 17:47:32 1995
From: k8mr@barf80.nshore.org (Jim Stahl) (Jim Stahl)
Subject: CW Sprint from W8
Message-ID: <XXXi1c1w165w@barf80.nshore.org>
Some 8-land CW Sprint Scores:
20 40 80
KW8N 273/43 100 97 75
K8CC 275/41 87 107 81
K8MR 220/45 68 63 89
W8FN 230/41
WD8AUB 229/38
WD8LLD 174/43 36 58 80
The consensus from here is that 80 was in good shape, but 20 and
40 sucked. Particularly 40. The only loud station I heard from
the east was VY2SS, fairly early. The closest loud one from the
west was KM0L. At 0100 the GA guys were loud, but by 0120 they
were a scatter path. Do I correctly assume that things are much
better in TX or CA where daylight was still a recent memory? Can
you work each other on 40? Even KW8N 30 miles away had a weak
echo afflicted signal.
I had the added local handicap of a line noise which occurs in
snowy weather. Sure enough the snow came at 2200Z, and gave me
an S7 noise on all bands. This combined with the scatter
propagation convinced me not to do too much CQing, since either I
wouldn't hear anyone and would become known as an alligator, or
would hear just enough to get a call but bust the exchange
anyway. I sat back, microwaved some popcorn, and basically
hacked away until 80 happened.
But in hacking around the mults just kept coming! Heard someone
working WB0O and K8JLF on the high bands, but missed ND and MA.
Never heard MN or FL. Didn't there used to be a group called the
Florida CW Contesters? Are they all up in D.C. trying to protect
their Social Security benefits or something? But thanks to such
guys as N8NA, N4ZR, K4IQJ, WQ5L, KM5H, N6YK, VY2SS, VE2AWR, etc.
for keeping the contest from being a total bore!
Jim K8MR k8mr@barf80.shore.org
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Jim Stahl
InterNet: k8mr@barf80.nshore.org
Basic Amateur Radio Frequency, BARF-80 +1 216/237-8208
"Totally devoted to Amateur Radio" - 24 Hrs a day 8/N/1 14.4k-300 baud
>From Skelton, Tom" <TSkelton@engineer.ClemsonSC.ATTGIS.COM Tue Feb 14
>21:56:00 1995
From: Skelton, Tom" <TSkelton@engineer.ClemsonSC.ATTGIS.COM (Skelton, Tom)
Subject: FW: NC6U Sprint Score (yawn..)
Message-ID: <2F412B78@admin.ClemsonSC.ATTGIS.COM>
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From: kbalmforth
To: tgv.com!cq-contest ("cq contest")
Subject: NC6U Sprint Score (yawn..)
I was anxious to try out new -XA and amp this year. The first hour was my
best ever, then ... the little old widow from across the alley came over,
complete with hat and gloves.
<del>
It turns out her antenna and twinlead
feed pre-date Marconi => diode city. Guess I'll have to buy her a new
antenna
and coax before the next contest...
Do IT! Besides improving your contesting time, it will just be a Nice Thing.
I love old people...particularly since I'm getting there much too quickly!
73,Tom WB4iUX
Tom.Skelton@ClemsonSC.ATTGIS.COM
>From David C. Patton" <mudcp3@uxa.ecn.bgu.edu Tue Feb 14 19:57:15 1995
From: David C. Patton" <mudcp3@uxa.ecn.bgu.edu (David C. Patton)
Subject: K7SS Sprint CW
Message-ID: <199502141958.AA24007@ecom4.ecn.bgu.edu>
Good job on 20 only Danny! YOu always do quite well for "only one
radio."
While I tend to agree that there is something of an advantage to
those who have the ability and equipment to operate two radios
simultaneously, I have to question the actual value of such in the
sprints.
My best scores on both SSB and CW have come while using one radio.
Both those efforts netted in the upper 340 QSO range. I have done
many more sprints though with two radios. I usually am able to find
an extra mult, and occassionally gain an extra QSO or two by "passing
a station to the other band," but I believe the two radio advantage
for sprint is quite minimal. In a longer test where there is no QSY
rule, such as SS, the advantage is significant.
But what we all really want to know Danny is how you made that HUGE
score that is the all-time highest Sprint score (on SSB)?? That is a
truly awesome job, and we assume you used only one radio? You had
something like 442 QSOs? I have been really floored that there was
never any commentary on your score, or any description from you on
how you did it!? I think it would be very fun reading? SO what say?
Is the use of two radios really all that great?
Enquiring readers want to know...
73, Dave, WX3N
mudcp3@uxa.ecn.bgu.edu
PS. Congrats to N6TR on breaking the chain. Sorry Jeff. Is thi
finish the result of diminished activity from the Black Hole?
Several of us were at the Chi-town auto show.
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