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Subject: Alpha 374A
From: KK5EP@aol.com (KK5EP@aol.com)
Date: Sun Nov 12 12:27:17 1995
I have a chance to purchase an Alpha 374A. Does anyone out there in contest
land have one & how do you like it? 73, Mike

>From Frank Donovan <donovanf@sgate.com>  Sun Nov 12 17:45:59 1995
From: Frank Donovan <donovanf@sgate.com> (Frank Donovan)
Subject: W3LPL CQ WW SSB Multi-Multi Score
Message-ID: <Pine.OSF.3.91.951112124405.21091B-100000@jekyll.sgate.com>

Better late than never, here are the raw results from the W3LPL CQ WW SSB
multi-operator multi-transmitter log.  Except for the score reduction we
will take for the R1FJL QSO we accidentally worked on 14349.2, the final 
score won't change much...

In general, conditions were not favorable for serious contesting in Maryland
this time, nearby thunderstorms most of friday night with attendant S9+++ 
precipitation static on the high antennas, flashovers on the guy wires on
the 200 foot towers (u gotta see it to believe it!), and large but mostly
impossible to copy pileups of Europeans answering CQs on 80M.  We decided
to stop calling CQ on 80M out of concern that the Europeans wouldn't try
again on Saturday night when the static was only S9!  160 was a washout to
Europe on Friday night, and only the loudest Europeans could be worked on
Saturday night when they peaked occasionally thru the S9 static crashes.

We thought we were doing well on 15M until the end of the contest when we
discovered that K1AR (single-op) had more 15M QSOs than we did!  The huge
runs reported by the W1s just didn't happen in this part of the country.
20M wasn't much better, due the horrific QRM!  20M openings to Asia were
disappointing...

CW has gotta be better!  CU on the low end...
 
73
Frank
W3LPL
donovanf@sgate.com     <---- reply address


                  CQ WORLD WIDE DX CONTEST -- 1995

Call: W3LPL                    Country:  United States
Mode: SSB                      Category: Multi Multi

BAND     QSO   QSO PTS  PTS/QSO   ZONES COUNTRIES  PRIMARY OPERATORS

160      174      268     1.54     13      52      KZ3H  W3LPL 
 80      753     1964     2.61     24      94      W3ZZ  WR3E   K3RV  N3KTV
 40      564     1482     2.63     29     104      W4DR  KC3EK 
 20     1815     4925     2.71     40     161      K3RA  ND3F   K3RV
 15     1452     4100     2.82     32     151      K1RZ  WA6GVC
 10      257      577     2.25     18      50      N5OKR N3ORY 
   ------------------------------------------

Totals  5015    13316     2.66    156     612  =>  10,226,688

 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
                         Continent Statistics

              W3LPL   CQ WORLD WIDE DX CONTEST    Multi Multi

                               160   80   40   20   15   10  ALL   percent
       
North America (less USA & VE)   32   46   48   86   78   28  318     6.2
               South America     7   23   33  103  127  130  423     8.2
               Europe           27  442  285 1164  994   32 2944    57.0
               Asia              0    2   15  132   88    0  237     4.6
               Africa            5   10   21   48   61    8  153     3.0
               Oceania           3    8   15  111   40    2  179     3.5

               Canada           45  223  158  129   35    6  596    11.5
               USA              61   15    7  116   57   54  310     6.0 

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 
BREAKDOWN QSO/mults  W3LPL  CQ WORLD WIDE DX CONTEST  Multi Multi

HOUR      160      80       40       20       15       10    HR TOT  CUM TOT  

   0    21/7     35/19    36/29    50/16     5/3     .....   147/74  147/74 
   1    12/4     42/10    36/14    29/7      9/2      4/1    132/38  279/112
   2    11/3     38/10    36/10    36/5      7/3     16/1    144/32  423/144
   3     8/2     25/12    32/5     31/7     27/1     11/0    134/27  557/171
   4     5/3     21/4     11/5     23/11     6/0       .      66/23  623/194
   5     2/2     31/7     16/4     36/4      1/0       .      86/17  709/211
   6     3/1     31/1      7/1     26/1       .        .      67/4   776/215
   7     1/0      8/1      7/2     26/2       .        .      42/5   818/220
   8     6/0      5/1     10/3     13/0     .....    .....    34/4   852/224
   9     4/2      2/1      9/3      9/3       .        .      24/9   876/233
  10     3/0      3/1     12/3     27/13      .        .      45/17  921/250
  11     1/0       .       7/4     99/29    28/22      .     135/55 1056/305
  12      .       4/0      3/0    127/10    81/27      .     215/37 1271/342
  13      .      13/0     10/0    114/2     72/21     1/0    210/23 1481/365
  14      .      11/0     14/0     47/3     88/16     7/5    167/24 1648/389
  15      .       5/0      5/0     46/3     96/7     31/10   183/20 1831/409
  16    .....    .....     1/1     54/1     80/4     11/4    146/10 1977/419
  17      .       3/0     20/0     86/1     84/7     10/6    203/14 2180/433
  18      .       6/0     12/0     92/4     35/8     17/1    162/13 2342/446
  19      .      13/0      9/0    100/5     38/3     20/2    180/10 2522/456
  20      .      15/0     13/1     42/4     32/3     14/0    116/8  2638/464
  21     5/0     19/1     15/0     29/3     39/2     17/3    124/9  2762/473
  22     9/3     15/2     35/3     37/1     37/1      3/0    136/10 2898/483
  23     3/1     25/1     15/1     31/3     18/2       .      92/8  2990/491
   0    11/2     15/1     10/3     22/3      2/0     .....    60/9  3050/500

   1    13/0     29/3     17/2     22/1       .        .      81/6  3131/506
   2     6/4     32/4     10/0     14/1       .        .      62/9  3193/515
   3     3/2     31/0     21/2      4/0       .        .      59/4  3252/519
   4     4/3     33/2      5/0      2/0       .        .      44/5  3296/524
   5     8/5     40/0      8/2      6/0       .        .      62/7  3358/531
   6     8/4     22/1      4/0      8/2       .        .      42/7  3400/538
   7     6/2     26/2     13/2      7/1       .        .      52/7  3452/545
   8     4/1      6/2      7/2      2/1     .....    .....    19/6  3471/551
   9     1/1     18/4      3/1      2/0       .        .      24/6  3495/557
  10     3/0     13/1      1/1      5/1       .        .      22/3  3517/560
  11     3/1      7/2      2/0     44/1     10/0       .      66/4  3583/564
  12      .       4/2      2/0     77/1     65/5       .     148/8  3731/572
  13      .       5/0      8/0     48/0    129/2       .     190/2  3921/574
  14      .       8/0      9/0     24/1    108/2      3/2    152/5  4073/579
  15      .       6/0     10/0     29/0     82/0      1/0    128/0  4201/579
  16    .....     5/0      4/0     44/1     81/1      1/0    135/2  4336/581
  17      .       2/0      3/0     59/3     69/2      1/0    134/5  4470/586
  18      .       4/0      3/0     47/2     30/4     19/4    103/10 4573/596
  19      .      10/0      8/0     52/3     33/4     36/8    139/15 4712/611
  20      .       9/0      1/0     38/5     27/2     19/4     94/11 4806/622
  21     2/0     10/0      4/0     19/2     20/0     12/1     67/3  4873/625
  22     6/2     21/0     20/2     15/0     11/1      1/0     74/5  4947/630
  23     2/0     27/4     20/1     15/0      2/0      2/1     68/6  5015/636

DAY1    94/28   370/71   371/89 1210/138  783/132   162/33    ..... 2990/491

DAY2    80/27   383/28   193/18   605/29   669/23    95/20      .   2025/145

TOTAL  174/55   753/99  564/107 1815/167 1452/155   257/53      .   5015/636

>From aa0ob@skypoint.com (greg fields)  Sun Nov 12 18:52:00 1995
From: aa0ob@skypoint.com (greg fields) (greg fields)
Subject: e-QSLs
Message-ID: <m0tEhVc-0005KEC@skypoint.com>


>> vast numbers of DXers simply      E  N  J  O  Y
>> receiving QSL cards.
>> Its not only about collecting points for awards.
>> 73 de Roger/G3SXW.
 
>
>Amen, brother!  I really look forward to those envelopes from the bureau
>because every one has some really interesting card in it.  

I'll second both thoughts! One of the joys of the hobby is receiving
the cards from around the world. I have the best ones on the walls
here so non-ham visitors can see the many places the radio will 
reach. This is always a attention getter and gets some excited about
joining the hobby. Electronic QSL's, although cheaper, sure wouldn't
visually excite those thinking about joining the world of HF. 

 
Electronic QSL's from the major DXpeditions isn't a bad 
idea but, how many into DXing have a PC? Maybe the majority of the North
American DXers and contesters do but, I would bet that is not the 
case with many parts of the world. I think the electronic QSL's are 
coming and will be benificial. But, Dxpeditions also have to 
accommodate those who don't have this capability. Remember, those
of us on the reflector don't represent a majority of the contest
community, in my opinion.

73,
Greg AA0OB (All QSL's answered!) 


>From Tim Totten, KJ4VH" <kj4vh@iglou.com  Sun Nov 12 19:54:26 1995
From: Tim Totten, KJ4VH" <kj4vh@iglou.com (Tim Totten, KJ4VH)
Subject: Streetlight RFI?
Message-ID: <Pine.SOL.3.91.951112141540.13148A-100000@iglou2>

I've been in my new QTH for almost a year now.  No, I still don't have any
towers up yet (maybe I should put that story on my home page), but I do
have big plans (hopes? dreams?) for building a competitive
single-op/multi-single/multi-two CONTEST station over the next few years.

I am blessed with an incredibly quiet location in the country.  I haven't 
even heard any electric fences yet!  Obviously, I'd like to keep it this 
way long enough to take advantage of it when I DO finally get some towers 
up.

Yesterday, my new neighbors moved into the home which they built across 
the street (still a few hundred feet from the tower sites, and to the 
southwest, thankfully).  They seem quite reasonable, and I don't 
anticipate any problems working out RFI issues with them.

To finally get to the point--they've asked my opinion abt having the
county install a streetlight abt halfway between our houses.  (These are
city folk who apparently didn't realize how dark it gets out here in the
country.)  My only concern is that it's just another thing which might
raise the noise floor.  So I'm looking for advice.  If I have any input,
is there some particular type of streetlight I should request?  Avoid?  
Anyone know of a public streetlight installation that could easily be 
shut off for CONTEST weekends (without a firearm)?

Pse don't add to the high level of reflector traffic with this esoteric 
topic.  Reply directly to me with advice, or let me know if you'd like a 
summary of the responses.
 
73,

      Tim Totten, KJ4VH
       kj4vh@iglou.com
 http://www.iglou.com/kj4vh/

>From rhummel@monad.net (Rob Hummel)  Sun Nov 12 20:59:09 1995
From: rhummel@monad.net (Rob Hummel) (Rob Hummel)
Subject: QSLs Deter Contest Operation
Message-ID: <199511122059.PAA16566@top.monad.net>

>Keep in mind that a significant number of folks that end up in the 
>contesters log are not in it for the contest at all...they're chasing 
>some award (DXCC, WAS, etc). They're kind enough to answer your CQ and 
>give you points, helping you achieve your goal. The least you can do is 
>answer that QSL card when it shows up, to help them achieve theirs.

This phenomenon isn't limited to rare DX. The overwhelming reason I won't
participate in sweepstakes, sprints, QSO parties, or other domestic contests
is because of the QSL that follow. Seems everyone wants NH on some band or a
2x1 for WPX. About 25% of the QSLers send an SASE. That makes life wonderful
and they get their card back the next day.

But the remainder send their cards without a return envelope. Now, I don't
begrudge the postage for the card. But I do hate having to copy their
address from their card onto my card -- dozens and dozens of times per contest.

When I was a novice I sent out cards the same way (I didn't know any
better). Over half never QSLed back. I don't ever want the folks who send
cards to me to feel as bad or as disappointed as I did when the needed cards
never arrived. So I answer every card. But to reduce my workload, I simply
don't work US contests or US stations.

For DX stations, however, I use a different approach: I QSL 100% and use an
attractive photo card for the first QSL. I often go on 15m or 20m and run
stations, collecting name, QTH, and promising a NH QSL card. When I send the
cards, I sign each one and add a personal salutation. Sure, it takes time,
but the payoff during a contest is quite amazing. In the CQWW, I had five DX
stations call me by name (including three rare multipliers) and two refer to
my QSL card hanging on their walls!

 Rob Hummel (WS1A) <rhummel@monad.net>


>From Kurt Pauer <0006743923@mcimail.com>  Sun Nov 12 21:13:00 1995
From: Kurt Pauer <0006743923@mcimail.com> (Kurt Pauer)
Subject: "Battle of the Hams" 1958 Info
Message-ID: <14951112211341/0006743923ND1EM@MCIMAIL.COM>

I have received requests for the "The Battle of the Hams", Sports 
Illustrated, June 30, 1958, from the following people:  
 
 AB6WM, NT4O, W0CP, W2UP, K5GO, VE7TCP, W6RGG, WZ6Z, AA6TT, K1DG,
 AA7NX, W5KFT, N6AZE, K2PH, W4HG, KE3Q, AA4GA.
 
It is five pages long.  I have also made copies of the first two pages
of the 1958 ARRL DX Contest writeup in Oct 58 QST which referred to 
the SI article.  A picture of KH6IJ is on one of these pages and he
was also mentioned in Bill Leonard's article.  If anyone else is
interested, please send me an e-mail at w1ph@mcimail.com with your
mailing address.  I will try to get them out to you in about a week
or so.  (I am out of town on business for about a week.)  It'll cost
me between $1 and $2 each, but I will worry about that later.  BTW,
I don't think you will see it republished in QST.  Evidently, ARRL
couldn't receive permission to do so.  Anybody have an "in" at SI?
It might be time for another "Battle of the Hams" article for SI.
Radio contesting is surely a competitive "sport".  If you put up
antennas on 100 foot towers, it is surely a physical activity!
 
                        Kurt, W1PH
 
 


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