One hour 3 minutes to go and no K6S. I heard them on 40 around 7032
a few hours ago but they moved before I could call. I still needed
about six others at that time so I wasn't too worried. Started
popping the rest off one by one on 40 cw but still no K6S. Where
are they? I'm now searching the bands. Up/down ssb/cw on 40 then 20
then back to 40. No packet here. The clock is ticking. I talk to
K9ZO. Ralph still needs a few. We exchange our want/have list like
trading baseball cards. I ask about their signals on 40 in w9 land.
I notice they seem to be in two groups of signal strength. Most are
s-9 on the nose, but a batch are weaker. He mentions they all seem
about the same just above the noise. Maybe he's not hearing the
weaker ones then. Their antennas may not be exactly the same height
or orientation. I may be in the 290 degree null on some. I can't
really tell on 20 or 15 because of the beams. No one is louder then
the other and only s-9 at best. Easy to search for them. Fast cw
with a s-9 or less signal. Pass by AH3C. He's been signing zone 6
all contest. Don't these people know he's not in the Pacific. Still
a big crowd is calling. AH3D is doing the same thing up freq a
ways. Maybe I should call them. Naw, need to keep searching for S.
No S anywhere. Where are you K6S. Searching, clock is ticking, no
S, searching, no S, no S, Is that S? No its H. Where are you S?
Clock ticks 0600z. You can tell the judges are watching. The 40 cw
spectrum drops to just a few pips on the second.
No K6S. No tee-shirt (extra large). No letter opener. No card deck.
No 52 second shopping spree at AES. Nothing.
KL7RA 51 and still counting Rich
>From slazar19@sgi.net (Spike Lazar) Mon Jul 15 19:12:23 1996
From: slazar19@sgi.net (Spike Lazar) (Spike Lazar)
Subject: Corrections
Message-ID: <199607151812.OAA02590@orion.bv.sgi.net>
#4 K6P VE3EJ & VE3IY should be 2343 1313/1030, NOT 2343 1313/1018
#47 W6J SP6AZT & SP9FKQ should be 2023 805/1218, NOT 2023 795/1238
Sorry, dr. B
>From gswanson@arrl.org (Swanson, Glenn, KB1GW) Mon Jul 15 20:13:00 1996
From: gswanson@arrl.org (Swanson, Glenn, KB1GW) (Swanson, Glenn, KB1GW)
Subject: FW: FW: IARU Comments/Score: KB1GW
Message-ID: <m0ufsCG-000f57C@mgate.arrl.org>
FYI...(TNX to: "DL7ANQ && SO6ANQ Waldek" for this information.)
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From: waldemar
To: gswanson
Subject: Re: FW: IARU Comments/Score: KB1GW
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Reply-to: waldemar@zedat.fu-berlin.de
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>> One "odd" call sign in my IARU log: HGM1H.
Hi Glenn:
this callsign is as odd as W6W is, it looks strange but it is ok. If CT has
a
problem with, change your logging software, hi.
It is a special (millenium) station from Hungary, so what's odd with??
BTW there were some more odd (should I say "odder"?) station, as they were:
X50B: Serbian Pirates in Bosnia i Hercegovina
T00SW: the "new" one from Seborga ( TzeeroZeeroSW)
BTW2: many Austrian hams use "OEM" as prefix this year, so don't miss them
in next contest.
73, de DL7ANQ && SO6ANQ Waldek
>From bsmith@tx.ncsu.edu (Brent Smith) Mon Jul 15 20:21:33 1996
From: bsmith@tx.ncsu.edu (Brent Smith) (Brent Smith)
Subject: FIELD DAY 1996 High Scores / Curiosity
Message-ID: <960715152136.ZM7455@nt2>
A question about field day ... With 6 bands (160 - 10) below 30 mhz,
and 2 xmittrs each one each CW and SSB), that's 12. Others could
include one each for novice segments (on 40, 15 and 10), QRP, natural
power, demo, and message traffic. But I still have a tough time
figuring out how any site could have over 15 to 20 SIMULTANEOUSLY
TRANSMITTED signals below 30 mhz (since 6m, VHF, UHF, satellites and
packet do not count). I know I must be forgetting something. I do not
mean to imply that I object in any way for anyone to have any number of
simultaneously transmitted signals, but I can not figure out how it's
done. The two main things I can not figure out is (a) how do they keep
from clobbering each other if they double up on band/modes, and (b) how
can you put that many antennas in a 1000 foot circle? Please no
flames, I am genuinely curious.
--- Brent --- KO4PY ---
>From gswanson@arrl.org (Swanson, Glenn, KB1GW) Mon Jul 15 21:29:00 1996
From: gswanson@arrl.org (Swanson, Glenn, KB1GW) (Swanson, Glenn, KB1GW)
Subject: Compiling a list of IARU HQ stations?
Message-ID: <m0uftNR-000f5yC@mgate.arrl.org>
>From my CT file: "IARU96.MUL"
HQ Multipliers Worked (in 1996) by KB1GW:
13-Jul-96 1341 SSB 15 W1AW/3 59 ARRL
13-Jul-96 1343 SSB 15 LY0HQ 59 LRMD
13-Jul-96 1505 SSB 20 W1AW/3 59 ARRL
13-Jul-96 1547 SSB 20 S50HQ 59 ZRS
13-Jul-96 1723 SSB 15 L75AA 59 RCA
13-Jul-96 1805 SSB 20 LY0HQ 59 LRMD
13-Jul-96 1807 SSB 20 HG96HQ 59 MRASZ
13-Jul-96 1823 SSB 20 GB5HQ 59 RSGB
13-Jul-96 1831 SSB 20 OM6HQ 59 SARA
13-Jul-96 1837 SSB 40 W1AW/3 59 ARRL
13-Jul-96 1842 SSB 80 W1AW/3 59 ARRL
13-Jul-96 1955 SSB 15 DA0HQ 59 DARC
13-Jul-96 2000 SSB 15 HG96HQ 59 MRASZ
13-Jul-96 2037 SSB 20 EM5HQ 59 UARL
13-Jul-96 2038 SSB 20 I2MQP 59 ARI
13-Jul-96 2049 SSB 10 ON4UBA 59 UBA
13-Jul-96 2104 SSB 10 HG96HQ 59 MRASZ
13-Jul-96 2116 SSB 15 OM6HQ 59 SARA
13-Jul-96 2116 SSB 15 OL9HQ 59 CRC
13-Jul-96 2119 SSB 15 YU0HQ 59 SRJ
13-Jul-96 2120 SSB 15 SK0HQ 59 SSA
13-Jul-96 2231 SSB 20 YP0A 59 FRR
13-Jul-96 2241 SSB 20 DA0HQ 59 DARC
13-Jul-96 2243 SSB 20 YU0HQ 59 SRJ
13-Jul-96 2245 SSB 20 OL9HQ 59 CRC
13-Jul-96 2246 SSB 20 L75AA 59 RCA
13-Jul-96 2306 SSB 20 ON4UBA 59 UBA
14-Jul-96 0032 SSB 40 DA0HQ 59 DARC
14-Jul-96 0035 SSB 40 HG96HQ 59 MRASZ
14-Jul-96 0048 SSB 40 YP0A 59 FRR
14-Jul-96 0233 SSB 80 HG96HQ 59 MRASZ
14-Jul-96 0243 SSB 40 OM6HQ 59 SARA
14-Jul-96 0250 SSB 40 YU0HQ 59 SRJ
14-Jul-96 0452 SSB 40 L75AA 59 RCA
>From kbalmforth@msmail2.hac.com (Balmforth, Kevin D) Mon Jul 15 21:49:50 1996
From: kbalmforth@msmail2.hac.com (Balmforth, Kevin D) (Balmforth, Kevin D)
Subject: GAP Titan antenna comments?
Message-ID: <n1374686481.96370@MSMAIL2.HAC.COM>
Anybody have experience with the GAP Titan antenna? I'm considering buying
one for the company radio club. Thanks - Kevin NC6U
>From n4zr@contesting.com (Pete Smith) Mon Jul 15 21:43:53 1996
From: n4zr@contesting.com (Pete Smith) (Pete Smith)
Subject: WRTC Kudos
Message-ID: <199607152043.NAA03669@dfw-ix1.ix.netcom.com>
At 10:19 AM 7/15/96 -0500, John Warren wrote:
>As everyone has said: a FANTASTIC job, and congratulations to Jeff and Dan.
>Of course, Jeff's real callsign is KR0Y/5 - we would expect a Texan to win
>it.
>
>Seriously - I think the W6Q team of 9A3A/S53R deserve special
>congratulations. In a contest like this, despite major efforts to equalize
>the stations, etc, it's inevitable that the "home teams" (this time the
>North Americans) will have at least a slight advantage. That doesn't spoil
>the fun. 9A3A and S53R in 8th place were the only "visiting team", whose
>native language isn't English, to crack the top 13. Great performance!
>
>John, NT5C.
>
>
Amen! In fact, having operated from central Europe briefly, I can only
imagine how initially disorienting it must be for these guys to operate on
the West Coast of the U.S. Granted, these are great ops, but none of your
instincts work right when you're on the other end of an 8-9 timezone spread
from home.
WRTC was great fun for the rest of us too. All of the ops and the
organizers deserve a lot of credit. Maybe next time in Europe? Or does the
critical mass of available, modest, similar stations only exist in US
metropolitan areas?
73, Pete Smith N4ZR (ex W8QZR, HL9TM, K4FOK, 3B8DT)
n4zr@contesting.com
>From dave@egh.com (David Clemons) Mon Jul 15 22:12:00 1996
From: dave@egh.com (David Clemons) (David Clemons)
Subject: Personal reflections on IARU/WRTC (long)
Message-ID: <Pine.3.89.9607151728.A19698-0100000@newman.egh.com>
Hi,
As has been said before by many, congratulations are due to all
contestants, and thanks to all judges, hosts, and sponsors. I hope that
covers everybody because the results indicate a job well done on
everybody's part. I think the pre-event publicity, including the awards
which were announced for working 1x1 stations, had a great effect on the
final scores by these WRTC folks. (When was the last time we saw 52 100w
stations with tribanders and dipoles make 1500-2500 qsos in 18 hours of
the IARU contest?) I worked the contest as a HP CW entry and managed to
work 50 of them without going out of my way to find them, but a couple
times I found myself staying in a mini-pileup longer than I would for
anything except a new DXCC country. I imagine that others did the same in
order for the QSO totals to be so high.
I think I saw a mail message in which AH6NB predicted W6X to be #1
because only that station moved him to several other bands. Very perceptive!
That technique, used liberally, could explain why they led in mults.
Various people have mentioned the relative signal strengths of the
1x1 stations. I am located in SE Mass, and I found every 1x1 station to be
weak (in the range of 519 to 549). When I found several on the same band in
the space of a few minutes, the signal strengths were the same. The
difference between these signals and other W6's which I know were using amps
and yagis was like the difference between night and day. (Actually, I'm only
saying this to prevent all these great operators from capitalizing on their
newfound secret weapon by going home and dismantling their super-stations.
Their scores are already high enough, don't you think?)
Conditions here were varied, to say the least. Large parts of the
contest were as I might expect with Flux=74 and A=10 WWV readings. Was I
ever surprised when 10 meters opened up to Europe. It opened several times
for a few EU contacts, then opened wide to western Europe for some extended
time period. 40 was a pleasant surprise in the late dark hours as I worked
more pacific zones there than I did on 20.
I too noticed all the 1x1 stations I worked were quite proficient
in high speed cw, but a few had to query me for a fill in my call. I
attribute this to the generally lousy conditions between SE Mass and the
west coast. I also worked AH3C and they sounded just like all the others.
Only one of the 1x1 stations called me, but I guess with rates as high as
they were, there was little need to S&P except if they heard a new mult.
All in all, it was a great contest(s).
73, Dave Clemons K1VUT
>From k3sa@access.digex.net (Steven Affens) Mon Jul 15 22:30:01 1996
From: k3sa@access.digex.net (Steven Affens) (Steven Affens)
Subject: WRTC call signs
Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.94.960715172637.737B-100000@access1.digex.net>
Bob not to worry..your link to the picture galleries and updates goes to
the page I,ve made on CQ CONTEST... there I,ve put up a link to the wrtc
scores. http://www.access.digex.net/~cqmag
Then go to Contest Info
73 and get some rest.
Steve
Steven C. Affens
k3sa@access.digex.net
On Mon, 15 Jul 1996, R P WOLBERT wrote:
> We will post the winners, the scores, the callsigns, the "secret true
> identities", etc. of the competitors on the WRTC web page as soon as I
> can catch up on some sleep!
>
> http://ourworld/compuserve.com/homepages/n6ip
>
> 73 de Bob, N6IP
>
> On Sun, 14 Jul 96 13:28 EST 0002104829@mcimail.com (RONALD KLEIN) writes:
> >-- [ From: Ron Klein * EMC.Ver #2.3 ] --
> >
> >Is there going to be a post disclosing who was assigned what calls in
> >the WRTC?
> >
> >I had little time, got on late, and missed the one station I wanted to
> >work....
> >so it goes.
> >
> >73,
> >
> >Ron - W0OSK
> >
>
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