In a message dated 96-08-14 19:48:02 EDT, you write:
>I often operate M/S (mostly from the DX side) and it is my favorite category
>from home. I think the 2 main points that those of us that favor this mode
>are:
>1. Don't make it necessary to have 2 radios to be competitive.
>2. Get rid of the 10 minute rule.
>
Will --
I agree!!! As someone said recently, I'm in favor of anything that'll
make it more fun. Being able to slither around the bands, breaking pileups
and working mults unimpeded by a ten minute would be great! And more fun.
73, Steve K7LXC
>From wtill@awinc.com (Bill Till - VE5FN) Thu Aug 15 04:28:00 1996
From: wtill@awinc.com (Bill Till - VE5FN) (Bill Till - VE5FN)
Subject: ARRL CAC input sought
Message-ID: <m0uqt6a-000aw0C@mail.awinc.com>
At 02:15 PM 7/31/96 -0400, you wrote:
>The ARRL Contest Advisory Committee (CAC) is currently
>studying two issues concerning ARRL sponsored contests:
>
>PROPOSAL TO MODIFY THE MULTI-SINGLE BAND CHANGE RULE
>
>The current rule for changing bands when in multi-single
>operation is that once the station changes bands, it
>may not change bands again until 10 minutes has past.
>
snip...
. The rule allowing only one
>transmitter on the air at anytime would stay as it is.
Why do we have any limit to band changing? Band changing is just as much a
part of contest strategy as
deciding when to "run" and when to "S & P". I say we should set no limit on
band changes, but limit all but MM entrants to one transmitted signal at any
given time. Octopus switches should be acceptable.
KISS is always the best principle for any set of rules.
>
>PROPOSAL TO CHANGE THE 160 METER CONTEST EXCHANGE FOR DX STATIONS
>
>Currently W and VE stations are required to send RST + ARRL
>section for a contest exchange. DX stations send signal report and
>their country.
. The idea is to make a REAL QSO and copy something
>that is unique to that DX station. 599 is not unique.
>
>The CAC is discussing the possibility of changing the DX
>exchange for the 160 meter contest. The change would
>make the DX exchange RST + power. Just the same as the
>ARRL DX Contest.
>
I would prefer a serial number exchange to give each QSO something unique,
but a number for power would be acceptable.
>There are concerns that changing the exchange would cause
>confusion.
Even casual contesters are not learning impaired. They'll catch on very
quickly. Forget the confusion argument.
Enter my vote(s) as above, please, Tim.
>
>Tim K3LR K3LR@contesting.com
>
>Atlantic Division CAC Vice-Chairman CAC
>
73 de Bill, VE5FN
contesting at the VE5RI multi-op station.
William G Till Amateur radio: VE5FN & VE7LW
3401 - 58th Avenue Sysop of VE6YLL.#NEAB.AB.CAN.NA
Lloydminster AB Email: wtill@awinc.com
Canada T9V 1X3 Phone: 403-875-7619
>From desmith@Telalink.Net (Doug Smith) Thu Aug 15 07:05:45 1996
From: desmith@Telalink.Net (Doug Smith) (Doug Smith)
Subject: Radio Shack headphones
Message-ID: <199608150605.BAA05469@eve.telalink.net>
Robert, KA5WSS writes:
>I'd like to spend less and I'm considering that Radio Shack
>boom mike and headphones.
I've tried it, and found both receive and transmit performance rather
disappointing.
If you're willing to do a bit of hardware work, this scheme works great:
Buy one of Radio Shack's electret mike elements, part #270-090. ($1.79)
Solder about 6" of stiff wire to the grounded pin. Also solder the shield
of a length of shielded wire or thin coax (RG-174) to the grounded pin, and
the center conductor to the "hot" pin. Pass a length of heat-shrink tubing
over both wires.
Solder the other end of the stiff wire to a medium-sized alligator clip.
Connect the shield of the other end of the shielded wire to the ground pin
on your mike plug. (pin 7 for a Kenwood) Connect the hot lead to both a
10K resistor, and a 0.1uF capacitor. Connect the other end of the resistor
to a source of about 9 volts. (pin 5 for a Kenwood) And connect the other
end of the capacitor to the mike input pin, pin 1 for a Kenwood.
The alligator clip can be clipped to the frame of any set of headphones; I
use RS's PRO-60s. Or, if you wear glasses, it can be clipped to the frames.
Bend the stiff wire to hold the mike element in the desired location. It
isn't a Heil, but it works pretty darn well for me.
Incidentially, I don't claim originality; this design was culled from a QST
hint a few years back.
73 Doug
W9WI nr. Nashville
Douglas E. Smith W9WI/4 desmith@Telalink.net
1385 Old Clarksville Pike (preferred for long files)
Pleasant View, TN 37146-8098 USA -or-
(615) 746-5205 72777.3143@compuserve.com
(preferred for time-critical info)
>From Veikko.Komppa@vtt.fi (Veikko Komppa) Thu Aug 15 10:21:56 1996
From: Veikko.Komppa@vtt.fi (Veikko Komppa) (Veikko Komppa)
Subject: Licensing information in the Web
Message-ID: <199608150921.MAA20016@vttmail.vtt.fi>
There is plenty of licensing information in the Web at URL
http://www.clinet.fi/~jukka/license.html
Please have a visit and give me your comments via guestbook or directly. The
number of countries for which you can have very good information is more
than DXCC.
The following is the list of information available now:
All CEPT countries i.e. Europe and
Angola - D2
Anguilla - VP2E
Aruba - P4 and (appl form)
Australia - VK including islands and (appl form)
Bahamas - C6
Barbados - 8P6 and (appl form)
Belize - V3
Bermuda - VP9
Brazil - PY
British Virgin Islands - VP2V
Brunei - V85 and (appl form)
Burundi - 9U (a story by ON6TT)
Canada - VE and RAC homepage
Cape Verde - D44
Cayman Islands - ZF and (appl form)
Chagos Islands - VQ9
Chile - CE
Comoros - D6
Congo - TN
Costa Rica - TI including Cocos Island - TI9
East Malaysia - 9M8 and (appl form)
El Salvador - YS
Falklands and others - VP8
Fiji - 3D2 and (appl form)
Gibraltar -ZB2
Guernsey - GU
Honduras - HR
Hong Kong - VR2
India - VU and (appl form)
Indonesia - YB
Israel - 4X
Ivory Coast - TU
Jamaica - 6Y
Japan - JA, 7J (APPLICATION PROCEDURES) and another link
Kiribati (West, East, Central and Banaba) - T3*
Malawi - 7Q
Malta - 9H
Mauritius - 3B8
Morocco - CN
Netherlands Antilles (Bonaire, Curacao) - PJ2, 4, 9
New Zealand - ZL
Niue - ZK2
Northern Cook - ZK1
Philippines - DU
Poland - SP, SO
Rodrigues - 3B9
Saint Lucia - J6 and (appl form)
Seychelles - S79 and (appl form)
Singapore - 9V (appl form) and homepage
Slovenia - S5 (appl form) and homepage
Solomon Islands - H44
Southern Cook - ZK1
South Korea - HL
Tanzania - 5H
Taiwan - BV
Thailand - HS
Tonga - A35 and (appl form)
Turks and Caicos - VP5
Uganda - 5X
United Arab Emirates - A6
UK licensees - G* (UK Amateurs abroad, VISITING & RECIPROCAL LICENCES) and
for US hams
United States of America - K, W (How can I get a "reciprocal license") and
FCC forms
Vanuatu - YJ
Western Samoa - 5W
West Malaysia - 9M2 and (appl form)
All application forms you can download and edit them or print directly with
Netscape.
If you know something else or know where to get it, contact me directly. Best DX
travelling and contesting to YOU!!!
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MORE THAN DXCC AVAILABLE THRU The Web
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>From DOYLEPS@LAKEHURST.NAVY.MIL (PAT DOYLE) Thu Aug 15 12:48:28 1996
From: DOYLEPS@LAKEHURST.NAVY.MIL (PAT DOYLE) (PAT DOYLE)
Subject: 1996 New Jersey QSO Party this weekend
Message-ID: <s212d2c0.027@LAKEHURST.NAVY.MIL>
The NJ QSO Party is this weekend.
The full details appear in the August 1996 issues
of QST or CQ magazines. For those that don't get
either, here is information regarding the 1996 New
Jersey QSO Party:
2000z Saturday August 17 to 0700z Sunday August 18
and 1300z Sunday August 18 to 0200z Monday August
19.
Exchange QSO number, RS(T) and QTH (County for NJ,
state/province/country for others).
Scoring: 3 points per contact. Multiply total
QSO points by multiplier points for final score.
(Each state/province/country worked counts as a
multiplier for NJ stations and NJ counties are the
multipliers for non-NJ stations.)
CW and phone are part of the same contests.
Stations can be worked on each band and mode. NJ
stations may contact in-state stations for QSO and
multiplier credit. Non-NJ stations multiply total
NJ QSOs by the number of NJ counties worked
(maximum of 21).
Recommended frequencies: 1.810, 3.535, 3.950,
7.035, 7.135, 7.235, 14.035, 14.285, 21.100,
21.355, 28.100, 28.400, 50-50.5, and 144-146 MHz.
Suggestions: phone on even hours, 15/10 meters on
odd hours, 160 meters at 0500z.
There are certificates for the top scorers in each
NJ county, ARRL Section, and DX Country,
Second-place awards are issued if four or more
logs are received from that section.
Novice/Technician and mobile awards are available.
Four plaques, donated by the NNJ and SNJ SMs are
issued to the winning stations in NNJ and SNJ.
Log in UTC and indicate multipliers the first time
it is worked. Include a dupe sheet and summary
page when submitting logs. Logs go to the
Englewood Amateur Radio Association, PO Box 528,
Englewood, NJ 07631-0528 and must be received by
them no later than September 14, 1996. Include a
large SASE if you wish a copy of the results.
I look forward to working you.
73 de Pat, KA2GSL
>From Veikko.Komppa@vtt.fi (Veikko Komppa) Thu Aug 15 14:24:58 1996
From: Veikko.Komppa@vtt.fi (Veikko Komppa) (Veikko Komppa)
Subject: Email address of DL7IO, ex DL7VTM
Message-ID: <199608151324.QAA19821@vttmail.vtt.fi>
I need to have the Email address of Holger Hannemann DL7IO ex DL7VTM TN2M
/TN4U etc. Any good advice available?
Veke OH2MCN
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