>
>
>While on the topic, I heard WT5P calling "CQ Contest PIGS" on 40M at 0700Z
>(yes, 7 HOURS after the contest ended). I worked him and explained that I
>really don't appreciate being called a pig and don't understand why he was
>still whining 7 hours after the contest was over. He replied in very
>lousy CW something to the effect that he was still really mad and that
>contesters ruin Ham Radio for everyone. Go figure!
>
>73,
>Gary K9GS (You have to STOP the Q-Tip when there's resistance !)
Just as bad (or worse maybe) was the goon who worked DX9C on Sunday
morning local time at sunrise (~1300Z) using the call PR1CK in "Zone 69".
The worst part of that was that Martti copied his partial call and kept
asking for repeats for about 3 or 4 minutes of valuable opening time.
May the person who did that be struck down by the CONTEST and DX Gods.
Zack W9SZ
>From daly@eagle.rtc-waterford.ie (progen et2) Tue Nov 28 14:28:05 1995
From: daly@eagle.rtc-waterford.ie (progen et2) (progen et2)
Subject: No subject
Message-ID: <9511281428.AA10560@eagle.rtc-waterford.ie>
hello there, does anybody have information on a BLASKETT ISLAND
expedition (EJ) anytime in the next 12 months.
Thanking you in advance.
EI6ETB Warren
73
>From H. Ward Silver" <hwardsil@seattleu.edu Tue Nov 28 14:38:03 1995
From: H. Ward Silver" <hwardsil@seattleu.edu (H. Ward Silver)
Subject: CQ WW CW from N0AX
Message-ID: <Pine.3.07.9511280603.E28128-c100000@bach.seattleu.edu>
N0AX - Seattle, WA
I entered low-power assisted (yes, I know there's no category for it) with
some of the other crazoids from Seattle. Frankly, I had some trepidations
about how good conditions would or would not be, but they came through in
excellent fashion. There must have been a lot of puzzled looks as folks
checked out 40 inthe late afternoon and found it wide open to places
normally only heard after dark!
160 16 8 9 being able to hear helps a lot
80 80 23 16 best ever
40 140 63 26 who let 40 out of the box?
20 254 85 33 the best of times, considering the cycle
15 105 53 20 5 EA's, a CT1, and an F - that's Yurp
10 14 6 8 10's not a band, it's a seance
611 238 112 562,100 points
Highlight - Working JW5NM on 80 for my first ever EU on 80! First time
I've ever even HEARD one on 80 from home. To snag one is just awesome.
I'll tell ya, though, 20 from out here is a solid picket fence of CQ
machines from 000.1 to as high as you want to go. I could just imagine all
the Least Coasters frantically pushing F1 as I strapped on the 250Hz
filter and called the DX between rock-crushers. Every so often a loud EU
would manage to shoulder a way in and we could work them pretty easily.
But, as the Alaskans say, "If you're not the lead dog, the view never
changes." This is all cycle-minimum petty bitching in light of a
"positive contest experience."
I must say, there was a noticeable absence of CQing in the DX window on
160. Some well-known calls were heard in there, though. You guys know
better! I was pleased to hear some nameless soul tell one to "QSY OUT OF
WINDOW". A couple of fruitless CQs later, he was gone. I heard one
8-lander not only CQing in the DX window, but in the JA window, as well,
for good measure. Get a life! Is a VE3/7 DX enough to call in the
window? I don't think so, but who am I to say...Mr. Peanut Whistle...
Hey, two paragraphs of whining! No more...it was really a suprisingly
good weekend, that could have been a real drag. The low bands were just
mahvelous. Let's do it again! (I didn't mean that, honey...)
73, Ward N0AX
>From btippett@ctc.net (Bill Tippett) Tue Nov 28 14:03:57 1995
From: btippett@ctc.net (Bill Tippett) (Bill Tippett)
Subject: UR CALL PSE?(CQ WW CW AT ON4UN (80M))
Message-ID: <01HY68BGRRJM8WWM7D@SUNBELT.NET>
JE1CKA wrote:
>There are some stations who do not sign their own calls in every
>time and had to listen for a few minutes to confirm their call.
>When I find these not_so_often_sign_own_call stations, I ask him/her
>"ur call?" before the QSO.
I agreed with most of what Tack said except for all those stations who
who have time to send "QRZ" but not "KH0AM". Why do they do this
since it is only two characters longer to identify? My punishment for these
stations is to do exactly what ON4UN does...work them and then ask
for their call. I guess it is a way to reward them for wasting my time and
their own! If it's a dupe, they deserve it! I love top operators like N6TJ
who
have mastered sending their call as a confirmation/QRZ at the end of
each QSO. I just wish more guys would follow his example.
73,
Bill W0ZV
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Bill Tippett, PO Box 37, New London, NC 28127-0037 USA
Phone/FAX: +1 704-463-1445 E-mail: btippett@ctc.net
>From Rick Laity" <rlaity@fox.nstn.ca Tue Nov 28 15:15:58 1995
From: Rick Laity" <rlaity@fox.nstn.ca (Rick Laity)
Subject: VE1AZN CQWW CW score
Message-ID: <199511281512.LAA16374@Fox.NSTN.Ca>
Single operator, low power, unassisted.
BAND QSO QSO PTS PTS/QSO ZONES COUNTRIES
160 1 0 0.00 1 1
80 159 344 2.16 9 26
40 242 597 2.47 20 59
20 503 1163 2.31 26 79
15 320 913 2.85 21 68
10 1 0 0.00 1 1
---------------------------------------------------
Totals 1226 3017 2.46 78 234 => 941,304
Conditions were generally good although I didn't hear anything over
the pole this year. Even with my puny low band antennas 80/40 were
exceptional overnight Saturday but 80 was almost dead Sunday evening.
I didn't hear any JA except on 40, quite a difference from last year.
The only signal heard on 10 was ve1qo a few streets away from me. I
checked it regularly and tryed a few cq's with no luck.
All in all a lot of fun, hope I helped out with some contacts and
didn't tread on anyones toes.
73 Rick
----------------------------
Rick Laity VE1AZN |
rlaity@fox.nstn.ca |
----------------------------
>From hhoyt@k4pql.apex.nc.us (Howard Hoyt) Tue Nov 28 15:14:57 1995
From: hhoyt@k4pql.apex.nc.us (Howard Hoyt) (Howard Hoyt)
Subject: K4PQL CQWW
Message-ID: <m8i0eD1w165w@k4pql.apex.nc.us>
CQWW CW CONTEST SUMMARY SHEET
K4PQL (SOUA High Power)
160 38 96 10 28
80 237 668 22 77
40 540 1507 31 96
20 847 2458 34 107
15 352 1027 25 80
10 15 39 9 12
All 2029 5795* (131 + 400) = 3,077,145
Equipment 2*TS870S LK500ZC/Clipperton L______________________________________
Antennas 160M GP, 80M 4Sq, 40M 2/2, 20M KT34XA, 15M 4L, 10M KT34XA___________
Operators Howard Hoyt K4PQL_________________________________________________
Remarks: Tremendous condx for low point of solar cycle. Great Sunday
20M opening to eastern Eu. Higher MUF diminished 160/80m on sat/sun nite.
73, Howie
*-------------------------*
| Howard Hoyt |
| Apex, N.C. |
| HHOYT@K4PQL.APEX.NC.US |
*-------------------------*
>From Satoshi Nakamura <je1jkl@st.rim.or.jp> Tue Nov 28 15:59:21 1995
From: Satoshi Nakamura <je1jkl@st.rim.or.jp> (Satoshi Nakamura)
Subject: 9M6NA CQWWCW SO/SB20m Score
Message-ID: <9511281559.AA00485@je1jkl.st.rim.or.jp>
SO/HP/Unassisted/SB-20M
HRS SCORE QSO'S PTS Z DX
9M6NA 30.5 1,160,250 2317 6825 39 131
I missed ZONE 2. Where were you Dick?
Satoshi Nakamura (Saty JE1JKL/9M6NA/NH6J)
je1jkl@st.rim.or.jp
>From JOHN GOLOMB <GOLOMB@LAKEHURST.NAVY.MIL> Tue Nov 28 17:50:55 1995
From: JOHN GOLOMB <GOLOMB@LAKEHURST.NAVY.MIL> (JOHN GOLOMB)
Subject: MicroCAM mapping software -Reply
Message-ID: <s0bb06a2.029@LAKEHURST.NAVY.MIL>
Here is some info on another package that does the same thing.
- John KZ2S
announcement: AZPROJ11.zip (approx 950kb) and AZP10-11.zip (60kb)
are available on
nic.funet.fi/pub/ham/antennas and
oak.oakland.edu/pub/hamradio/pc/ham-utils
Michael NV3Z's home page http://access5.digex.net:80/~michaelk/
contains a demo map, links to e-mail and ftp sites. Michael is
bicycling across the USA (finishing late Nov). 'Til he gets back and
updates the page, the ftp links will be to old (or maybe non-existant
files).
(V1.1 is a bug fix for v1.0. V1.0 did not run on Postscript
printers, if a grid.dat file was sent before the .wdb files. v1.0 ran
fine under Ghostscript. Unless you have a real Postscript printer and
want to plot worked grids, you do not need this fix.
The whole suite of files is available as azproj11.zip. The fix only
is in azp10-11.zip.)
Azproj v1.1 is a collection of postscript files and data files for
generating azimuthal equidistance projections of the earth from
(almost) any point on earth. It can plot color maps of the surface of
the earth on any scale, draw and/or label grid squares, show worked
grid squares on a band(s) of your choice, dxcc countries (and
countries worked an a particular mode, eg CW/SSB), mountain tops,
rovers, repeaters, beacons and can use NMEA input from a GPS receiver
to center the map.
Azproj can be run on ANY computer (Mac, PC/DOS/Win/DVX, Unix) and
output to a postscript device (printer, ghostscript runing on a unix
or DOS machine with a ghostscript compatible printer, eg
HPcolor inkjets). Ghostscript will also allow display of the maps on
screens.
Although a rudimentary understanding of postscript will help in
running azproj, sample .bat files are supplied to make initial maps
and it should be possible to make simple changes to the az_ini.ps and
*.bat files to get the maps you want.
To display the maps on a screen or to use a non-postscript printer,
you should first obtain ghostscript
(available for PC (DOS, Win, DesqViewX) or Unix) from your favorite
ftp site (try ftp.cs.wisc.edu/pub/ghost)
The azproj files are GNU copylefted.
Joe Mack NA3T, mack@ncifcrf.gov, mack@xray.duke.edu
and
Michael Katzmann NV3Z, michael@baa01285.slip.digex.net
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>From Jack Fleming <oolon@eskimo.com> Tue Nov 28 18:10:23 1995
From: Jack Fleming <oolon@eskimo.com> (Jack Fleming)
Subject: Pileup Manners
Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.91.951128100314.12807A-100000@eskimo.com>
Recently there was a thread about getting new contesters
interested in the sport. Let me relate what I heard on the
bottom on 20 meters Sunday afternoon around 2015z.
I came across a huge pileup (A REALLY huge pileup) on 14002. No
DX seemed to be underneath it, so I tuned down and heard KH4/NS6D
(real callsign) on 14001. His code speed was slow, maybe
15-18wpm and he was struggling to work the pileup. I was
encouraged that he had at least managed to split frequencies. He
was obviously new at all of this.
I heard two QSOs. When he finished the first one his 15wpm "TU
GL ES 73 DE KH4/NS6D KH4/NS6D QRZ?" was greeted by the roar of
the pileup. After a few seconds he got part of WB8D's callsign.
He sent, "WB8? WB8? 59931 59931 WB8?". WB8D came back sending
slow (15wpm) with his call several times and his exchange. A
bunch of other stations also sent their calls - the usual stuff
in a pileup - no big surprise. The KH4 wasn't sure of the
complete call and asked again. WB8D replied with his call
several times, though he was clobbered by those who continued to
send.
Then KH4/NS6D sent, "WB8D? ONLY WB8D? ONLY WB8D? ONLY KN". Using
"only" made me think that he seemed to be getting the hang of
things pretty quickly - it usually works. The pile-up (mostly)
quieted down and WB8D came back again with his call slowly. But
at the same time he was still clobbered by just a few in the
pileup. Of the hundreds of stations calling only a handful kept
up calling. I copied K3ANS, WA0GOZ, and WD8LLD (real callsigns -
alphebetical order). They kept sending their callsigns incessantly -
usually at 30+wpm and right on top of WB8D.
KH4/NS6D again sent, "WB8D? WB8D? OK? OK? WB8D ONLY KN". Again
WB0D tried, but again he was clobbered by K3ANS, WA0GOZ, and WD8LLD.
KH4/NS6D again sent, "WB8D? WB8D? OK? OK? WB8D ONLY KN". And
again WB8D tried to get through K3ANS's, WA0GOZ's, and WD8LLD's
continuous calls.
Finally KH4/NS6D was convinced that he had the call right. He
sent, "WB8D WB8D TU TU TU NW QRT QRT". He had enough.
This sort of pileup behavior is fine if we're chasing some of the
heavy hitting expert contesters like ZD8Z or HC8N or TE5T or
CN2JF(hi). But this guy was an obvious contest novice and was
sending code at 15wpm!
It's a classic example of why we sometimes have a
tough time finding new contesters - especially from rare
locations. This poor guy gets on from Midway to give out a few
contacts and gets treated like this. It wouldn't surprise me if
we next hear KH4/NS6D on some DX net and never again giving out
Midway multipliers in contests.....
***************************************************************
Jack Fleming, WA0RJY ex-CN2JF ex-CT1/WA0RJY oolon@eskimo.com
Seattle, WA http://www.eskimo.com/~oolon/ DON'T PANIC!
***************************************************************
>From Chad Kurszewski WE9V <kurscj@oampc12.csg.mot.com> Tue Nov 28 18:18:00
>1995
From: Chad Kurszewski WE9V <kurscj@oampc12.csg.mot.com> (Chad Kurszewski WE9V)
Subject: KS9K M/S CQWWDX CW 1995
Message-ID: <199511281818.MAA12189@OAMPC12.csg.mot.com>
Well....here it is:
CQ WORLD WIDE DX CONTEST -- 1995
Call: KS9K Country: United States
Mode: CW Category: Multi Single
BAND QSO QSO PTS ZONES COUNTRIES
160 74 192 17 55 "Tilted Inverted Vees" 600' bev
80 166 444 23 87 "Tilted Inverted Vees"
40 605 1717 38 125 Fullsize 3/3
20 925 2614 37 139 5/5/5/5
15 306 767 28 106 5/5/5/5
10 30 71 12 23 5/5/5
---------------------------------------------------
Totals 2106 5805 155 535 => 4,005,450
Operators: KS9K + WE9V, N0BSH, N9XX, NB9C, W9XT
Comments:
Congrats to K1AR/K1EA crew....amazing!!
Best year ever on 160. Worked everything I heard with the exception of JA.
I want the old 10 minute rule back. The good news is that the new one is
much easier to keep track of.
Kept right in there mult-wise, but couldn't work those extra layers of
stations.
Mikey, N0BSH, smoked the 8877 in the 40M amp. First one to let loose in
a LONG time. Paul signed it and gave it to Mikey to put on his mantle,
or is it his TV? (Ya know, the one with the picture of the burning log.)
Next year, homebrew 3 elements on 75 AND 80. The 2el homebrew beam only
works on SSB. Now to add another element, more boom, and CW/SSB switching.
---
Chad Kurszewski, WE9V e-mail: Chad_Kurszewski@csg.mot.com
Sultans of Shwing Loud is Cool..yeah, heh, heh, LOUD IS COOL!!!
The Official Sultans Web Site: http://www.infoanalytic.com/ka9fox/sos
>From AD1C@tiac.net (Jim Reisert AD1C) Tue Nov 28 18:25:06 1995
From: AD1C@tiac.net (Jim Reisert AD1C) (Jim Reisert AD1C)
Subject: Looking for CTY file bugs
Message-ID: <199511281826.NAA15154@zork.tiac.net>
Once again, I am soliciting for any country file bugs you noticed during
the CQWW CW contest. I will put out a release the 2nd week of December
with any changes I receive. Please reply to me directly (AD1C@tiac.net)
and make sure the Contest Reflector address is NOT in your mail header!
I have the following already - any more?
>From JE1JKL:
* BA is to be added to prefix list for China, BY.
* AL7H/0(4)[7] is to be added to callsign list for United States, K.
* RM9 and RS0 are to be added to prefix list for Asiatic Russia, UA9.
Things I noticed:
* VA2CT, VE2/N6AA are in Zone 2. (any others I missed?)
Saty also notes:
* UA9Ms and RM9Ms were sending 17 instead of 18. Were they wrong?
I don't have a good answer for this one - anyone else?
Finally, I have been receiving complaints of stations with Alaskan
callsigns who are operating portable in the USA. The FCC recently decided
that all AL/KL/NL/WL calls will be assigned to Alaska, not just calls with
'7' in them. I modified the country file accordingly, but now these
Alaskans operating portable in USA are being counted as Alaska. Please
send me ANY of these callsigns that you have found in your logs, and
include the CQ zone that they sent you. I will explicitely add them to the
country file to prevent confusion in the future.
73 - Jim AD1C
--
Jim Reisert
AD1C@tiac.net
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