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>From oo7@astro.as.utexas.edu (Derek Wills) Tue Apr 18 02:21:18 1995
From: oo7@astro.as.utexas.edu (Derek Wills) (Derek Wills)
Subject: Bouvet Split Technique
>> I wondered about the ethics of this practice. Unless you
>> figured out what they were doing, you had zero chance of
>>working them. Jeff K0OD
It seems fair that those who figure out what the DX station is
doing should have priority over those who don't know or care, no?
Derek AA5BT, G3NMX
oo7@astro.as.utexas.edu
>From wicall@ccpac.ims.disa.mil (Lee Wical) Mon Apr 17 16:29:01 1995
From: wicall@ccpac.ims.disa.mil (Lee Wical) (Lee Wical)
Subject: No subject
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>From Jack Fleming <oolon@eskimo.com> Tue Apr 18 03:45:36 1995
From: Jack Fleming <oolon@eskimo.com> (Jack Fleming)
Subject: Bouvet Split Technique
Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.91.950417193940.5594F-100000@eskimo.com>
On Mon, 17 Apr 1995 JFSINGER@delphi.com wrote:
>
> >My favorite trick is something I heard F2CW doing on one of those crazy
> >trips like 3Y0PI. Perhaps it had been done before, but it was my first
> >time to hear it. At the end of every fifth QSO or so he would say
>
> > 3Y0PI UP 2 S I X T Y T H R E E
>
> >and while all the lids were calling UP 2, you could get him on the first
> >or second call on 063. And if too many people found him on 063, he
> >would listen on some other frequency, like S E V E N T Y T W O.
>
> > --Trey, WN4KKN/6
>
> I heard the Bouvet ops doing this on 10 meter CW back in 1990. They were on
> 28.005 or so, with a massive pileup that extended beyond 28.070. I called
> them for an hour and never heard one station they worked. Then I heard them
> send "87" at about 45 wpm. What did that mean? I called them once or twice
> on 28.087 and put them in the log.
> I listened to them fish out the few stations calling them on '87, and
> they again called out a frequency that was far from the core of the pileup.
> I wondered about the ethics of this practice. Unless you figured out what
> they were doing, you had zero chance of working them.
> Jeff K0OD jfsinger@delphi.com
>
Another trick that has been used is to mention a French Department (or
whatever their administrative districts are called). Each one has a
separate postal code number. When they mention a name (often in French) it
is a clue to those who know the French postal code system to listen on the
frequency that matches the postal code for that Department...
It pays to stay alert...
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Jack Fleming, WA0RJY ex-CN2JF ex-CT1/WA0RJY oolon@eskimo.com
Seattle, WA http://www.eskimo.com/~oolon/ DON'T PANIC!
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>From John Pescatore <jpescato@CapAccess.org> Tue Apr 18 04:15:34 1995
From: John Pescatore <jpescato@CapAccess.org> (John Pescatore)
Subject: Score Corrections
Message-ID: <Pine.3.07.9504172331.C3205-c100000@cap1.capaccess.org>
On Fri, 14 Apr 1995, Randy Thompson wrote:
> On Fri, 14 Apr 1995 JSTEINMAN@aol.com wrote:
>
> > I have also wondered about a volunteer group of ACTIVE
> > contesters who get to view the write-up/results BEFORE
> > they are cast in concrete, to look for obvious mistakes
> > (like lost guest ops, missing scores, etc.). Doubt they'll catch
> > all the errors, but they are bound to catch most of the "biggies".
> >
> Well...that did happen in this case. I read through the results before
> they were printed looking for mistakes. Found a few, but it's hard to
> know which logs are missing! It is harder than you think to read through
> 6 pages of score listings under a deadline and try to devine the errors.
>
> I am sorry to see all the mail regarding log errors. There seem to be
> enough data points that indicate there is a data handling problem. But
> again, pick up a stack of logs about 6 feet (or more) high and pull out
> all the entries. The problem many people have is that they use
> extraordinary means to send in their logs, but they have no consideration
> as to how the logs are "assembled"! Are you sure your summary sheet is
> going to stay attached to your log? Are any pages going to fall out?
> Did you write clearly? Did you pack your CW and Phone logs together so
> they get stuck together? You get the idea.
>
> In any event...how about that write-up? (I really would appreciate some
> feedback. Could use the ideas for next year.)
>
> Randy Thompson, K5ZD
>
> ---------------------------------------------
> Note new address (9 Dec 94): k5zd@iconics.com
> ---------------------------------------------
> WANTED: 10 and 15 meter beams. Two sections of Rohn 25G. Gotta keep up
> with the Jones'.
First, I am KE3Q (some of you have figured this out), though I am
JPESCATO on this service, thanks to a loan from WB2EKK. 'EKK is
on here too under some other adr.
I really liked the writeup, etc. Tnx! I am very pleased to see the
return to the traditional sections listing. Wouldn't it be nice
if the B power calls could be at the top of the section listing
again! hihi. Oh well. Nice to give A and Q stations increaed
exposure tho.
I see the regional top 5 listing was retained. That's good. A
small tweak -- put a big heading label at the top that says
"regional top five listing" or something.
(Rich Boyd KE3Q)
>From John Pescatore <jpescato@CapAccess.org> Tue Apr 18 04:20:04 1995
From: John Pescatore <jpescato@CapAccess.org> (John Pescatore)
Subject: Another log bites the dust... part deux
Message-ID: <Pine.3.07.9504172300.D3205-c100000@cap1.capaccess.org>
On Fri, 14 Apr 1995, Steven Sample wrote:
> On Fri, 14 Apr 1995, Jeffrey Clarke wrote:
>
> > On Fri, 14 Apr 1995 WX9E@aol.com wrote:
> >
> > > Thanks to all the replies! It's good to know that I am not the only one
> > > who
> > > has had logs mishandled or lost..... actually I guess it's not that
> > > good. I
> > >
> > > See everyone in the Sultan's suite Thursday night
> > >
> > > Paul WX9E
> >
> > Paul sri about your problems with logs being lost
> by the >
> > ARRL. I don't buy the fact that logs are getting lost... I think
> >
> > it's just a screw up on their part after they getting the logs
> >
> > ...it just proves that the people who
> > run the contest desk at ARRL are a bunch of boneheads!!!!
> >
> > CU in Dayton OM Jeff
> >
> >
> Paul...
> >
> I think it's lousy what happened to your logs, too. And I would be
> pretty incensed if I ever topped the pack and was left out, but I just
> wanted to respond to the last comments (not your's):
>
> I think the guys up there (and I refer specifically to Billy Lunt if
> not others) do a pretty good job most of the time. Contest reporting can
> be a monumental task, and I'm sure mistakes will happen. It is
> unthinkable that it has happened to you so many times, and I AM SOLIDLY
> IN YOUR CORNER on the issue, but I think we must refrain from lighting up
> the flamethrowers again. Billy and his staff are not "Boneheads", and I
> think we owe them much more than this.
>
> Again, you haven't sent that signal, but I can't idly sit back and let
> others go off the deep end without providing some defense to people that
> deserve it. And I. too, look forward to seeing you and the guys at the
> Sultans of Schwing suite Thursday nite. As I have told you by private
> mail, you are doing a fantastic job in contesting. I'm really sorry that
> it isn't being properly recognized in print, but at least everyone that
> is familiar with you knows where you belong!
>
> 73 and C U Soon! Steve/AA9AX
KR1R and NF1J have been very good to me, repeatedly.
QST is not the only one who has trouble keeping a leash on what must
be a situation confusing enough to make you go crazy (all the logs
coming in that have to be dealt with, on dealine, etc.) -- CQ
listed me once as KE3Q/1. I don't know why. I've never operated
from 1 or sent in any logs from 1, etc. Just popped up from nowhere
I guess. Fortunately, as far as I know it didn't matter whether I
was listed as 1 or 3. hi 73
(Rich Boyd KE3Q)
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