Well yesterday was the first day of Spring here in Tennessee (supposedly) and
along with the ice/snow/rain/wind that whipped thru the area for the past 2
days, I couldn't help but notice a strange sound as I watched one of my beams
windmill around (chink, chink, chink). Brake failure by catastrophic
destruction? In any case, I've done all of my own rotor repairs but am
considering letting a professional do it this time. I know CATS, and Norm's
and Hygain/Telex do repairs. What advantages does one have over the other?
Curious about your experiences. I'm getting to redo some of my CONTEST
antennas so this is a good time. BTW, the rotor is an older HAM-M type (but I
really can't see much difference between it and my HAM IV).
What say, O Great Ones!!!!???
73, Mark K0EJ
>From ejedwards.oppd.gov" <EJEDWARDS@OPPD.GOV Thu Mar 21 18:56:24 1996
From: ejedwards.oppd.gov" <EJEDWARDS@OPPD.GOV (ejedwards.oppd.gov)
Subject: Nebraska QSO Party
Message-ID: <96Mar21.125635cst.15701@oppdns.oppd.gov>
Here's your chance to snag some rare counties!
Announcing the first annual:
NEBRASKA QSO PARTY
April 27, 1996, 1700 zulu Saturday
to April 28, 1996, 1659 zulu Sunday
Sponsored by the Amateur Radio Clubs of Nebraska
Single Op - Single Transmitter Only
All Modes & Bands except WARC bands--12, 17, 30 Mhz
Exchange: Nebraska stations--RS(T) plus county
All other stations--RS(T) plus state, VE province or DXCC Country
Scoring: 1 pt per phone QSO, 2 pts per CW, digital, or video QSO
Multipliers: Nebraska stations--number of states, VE provinces & DXCC
All others--number of Nebraska counties worked (Max 93)
Awards/Categories: total 5
1 plaque for top Novice, Tech/Tech+ for Nebraska
1 plaque for top Novice, Tech/Tech+ for US
1 plaque for top overall Nebraska
1 plaque for top overall US
1 plaque for top overall DX
Certificates will be awarded depending on number of entries
Log & Summary sheets and official rules available upon request with #10 SASE.
Logs/summary sheet showing multipliers worked and scoring must be postmarked
no later than May 31, 1996 and sent to:
Nebraska QSO Party
P.O. Box 375
Fort Calhoun, NE 68023-0375
Pse enclose #10 SASE with logs for contest results.
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Eddie Jay Edwards E-mail: ejedwards@oppd.gov
P.O. Box 375 Amateur Radio Call: WD0GHA
Fort Calhoun, NE 68023-0375 Home PacketCluster: KN0L
U.S.A. AK-SAR-BEN ARC President, 1996
Visit AARC home page at http://members.aol.com/aarc94/AKSARBEN.html
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>From Brent Smith" <bsmith@tx.ncsu.edu Wed Mar 20 18:33:47 1996
From: Brent Smith" <bsmith@tx.ncsu.edu (Brent Smith)
Subject: KO4PY looking for CQWW WPX May 25/26
Message-ID: <960320143350.ZM7431@nt2>
Thanks for reading this. I am looking for a chance to operate in CQ WW
WPX CW May 25/26 from a Carribean location, preferably St. Croix or
other USVI. I have contest experience at home QTH with good results
from modest station (low power/wire antennas). I am looking for a
chance to combine some sightseeing and operating before and/or after the
WPX, as well as to participate with group during the contest. I am
flexible about specifics/arrangements of location, etc. If interested
please contact me directly at
brent_smith@ncsu.edu
Thanks agn. 73
- Brent -
>From k7fd@teleport.com (John Nicholson) Thu Mar 21 20:20:03 1996
From: k7fd@teleport.com (John Nicholson) (John Nicholson)
Subject: Tower paint etc.
Message-ID: <199603212020.MAA20476@desiree.teleport.com>
aa2du says...
>the possible examples cited by the judge was painting
>the tower so it would blend in with the surrounding forest.
>
>Does anyone have any experience with this? Specifically
>can I make this suggestion in good faith? I am looking
>for information on tower paints (other than ORANGE and WHITE)
>that would hold up on a galvanized steel surface and wouldn't
>hamper my safety and ability to climb the tower.
For what it's worth, I sprayed my aluminum 50 foot tower Flat
Black to blend in with a background of doug fir's...it really
does blend in. I used the cheapest spray paint I could find and
after a year on the Oregon coast it's holding up quite well. I
figure on 'touching' it up on a yearly basis (it's a crank up
tiltover)...
It's amazing to me that everybody's after a ham and his tower
but the next door neighbor has grass growing up his ass, a couple
of old broken down buick's in the drive and 3 junk yard dogs
running around the place...it's 'ok' to be a pig but not a ham?
Cheers
John K7FD
>From wb2r@ix.netcom.com (Barry K. Cummings ) Thu Mar 21 20:21:35 1996
From: wb2r@ix.netcom.com (Barry K. Cummings ) (Barry K. Cummings )
Subject: ARRL DX and DX-expeditions
Message-ID: <199603212021.MAA27714@ix15.ix.netcom.com>
I believe there is something else here which seems not to have been
mentioned yet in this lengthy thread:
A very high percentage of FRC members -- and I'll bet it's likewise
true of the other contest clubs -- are ALSO members of their local
clubs.
I am. I, along with four FRC friends, am a member of the local
Burlington County (NJ) Radio Club. I know that if I stood up at a BCRC
meeting and raised this local club/DXPedition issue for discussion, I'd
get two reactions, namely:
1) Most of the members would have no idea what I was talking about; and
2) One of the other FRC guys would point out to me how inappropriate
that topic is in that forum. (He'd be absolutely right.)
Is there ever a DXPedition mounted consisting of BCRC members? Yes --
annually (VP5T). Who gets the score? FRC. Do the rest of the members of
BCRC care? No. (Do they enjoy watching the post-trip videotape club
meeting presentation? Yes.) Does anyone ever file a log crediting BCRC
as the club? Maybe one or two.
What's the point? The point is that this whole issue is a non-issue, as
far as the little clubs go.
Now, Field Day? THAT'S another story.
.................................................73, Barry
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>From Dr. Eugene Zimmerman" <ezimmerm@DGS.dgsys.com Thu Mar 21 20:28:18 1996
From: Dr. Eugene Zimmerman" <ezimmerm@DGS.dgsys.com (Dr. Eugene Zimmerman)
Subject: Rotator Repairs
Message-ID: <Pine.SOL.3.91.960321152133.3964A-100000@DGS>
Mark
I would like to put in a shameless plug for Norm's Rotor Service in
Frederick, MD.
He works on all models of CDR/HAM-M/HAM-IV rotors. His repairs are fast
and accurate and your rotor will often return looking like it just came
out of a factory sealed box. He is a factory authorized repair station
and has every part ever made for any rotor in this series (no kidding!).
He is good enough that no one around here ever buys a new
HAM-IV/Tailtwister rotor. His rebuilt rotors are cheaper and better (he
has tested them and knows they work).
I hvae no connection with NOrm's Rotor Service although I have know the
proprietor, Norm Jeweler, for 30 years. If you ask anyone about me, they
will tell you that if I thought there was a better place to get my rotors
fixed I would send it there even if a friend of mine was in that
business. I just would not reply to your message.
Send your rotator to Norm. You won't be sorry.
73 Gene W3ZZ
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