Whether or not you favor, enjoy, oppose or detest the vanity callsign
postings...I think we can all be rest assured that Trey will put an end to it
when he feels it's gone far enough.
Till then......the bitching is taking up more bandwidth than the vanity
postings!!
And I for one am interested in seeing what new calls have come down the line
for contesters whom I've known for years by another call.
There. I feel much better now.
73 Mike W5FX (The Amateur Formerly Known As AA8FE)
mikeaa8fe@aol.com
>From WW1E@WORLDNET.ATT.NET (Thomas Thibault) Mon Nov 11 08:57:42 1996
From: WW1E@WORLDNET.ATT.NET (Thomas Thibault) (Thomas Thibault)
Subject: cqww logs via email
Message-ID: <3286EA86.774B@WORLDNET.ATT.NET>
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Thomas Thibault DE WW1E
Packet Mail @ KC1XX
Email WW1E@worldnet.att.net
YCCC = WOOF
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After cqww ssb contest I requested help, with where I could
send contest log submission to via email. Several requested
I forward the address to them well here they are thanks to
Bob Cox k3est's reply with the address for cqww ssb and
cqww cw. Send cw log to cw@cqww.com and ssb to
ssb@cqww.com.
Thankyou Bob I appreciate the help.
Thomas Thibault
Packet @ WW1E @ kc1xx
Email @ WW1E@WORLDNET.ATT.COM
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>From bigdon@eskimo.com (Big Don) Mon Nov 11 01:28:44 1996
From: bigdon@eskimo.com (Big Don) (Big Don)
Subject: New Vanity Reflector
Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.95.961110172208.15807F-100000@eskimo.com>
On Mon, 11 Nov 1996, Tom Ewing wrote:
>
> That's not the point...this is a contest reflector get it? CONTEST
> C-O-N-T-E-S-T.
>
> I don't think so....whay should I run off for a month, when the vanity
> crap should never be posted here from day one?
Big Don votes for keeping vanity here. One's callsign is an integral
element of the contest: how easy it is to recognize, how long it takes to
say on voice or send on CW. The more information one has, the better
prepared one is to play the game.
This whole controversy reminds Big Don of when packet spots relayed by
Internet first started appearing on the local nodes and there was a vocal
faction that raved on-and-on about how who was being worked from the
"other coast" or "other continent" wasn't relevant...(they lost).
Big Don
http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~garya/uncle.html
>From 9A3A@MAIL.ACN2.NET (Ivo Pezer, 9A3A/HH2AW/5B4ADA) Mon Nov 11 06:48:18
>1996
From: 9A3A@MAIL.ACN2.NET (Ivo Pezer, 9A3A/HH2AW/5B4ADA) (Ivo Pezer,
9A3A/HH2AW/5B4ADA)
Subject: [Fwd: Alpha 77 - high grid current]
Message-ID: <3286CC32.6D1B@MAIL.ACN2.NET>
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Message-ID: <32865A46.48E6@MAIL.ACN2.NET>
From: "Ivo Pezer, 9A3A/HH2AW/5B4ADA" <9A3A@MAIL.ACN2.NET>
Organization: UNITED NATIONS
X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.01 (Win95; U)
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To: cq-contest@tgv.com, cq-contest@tgv.com
Subject: Alpha 77 - high grid current
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I have problem with Alpha 77 D amp - if I drive it with more than 25-30
watts, grid current goes high. Managed to tune KW+ one time, but after a
few minutes grid current started gg up/down. So, I can't tune it
properly for full output.It has been stored for a long period. The tube
is OK. Anybody had similar problem?
Please advices to
Ivo Pezer, <9A3A@mail.acn2.net> (home/HH,not Croatia)
or <Ivo_Pezer_at_DPKO-UNMIH@un.org> (office)
>From hlserra@pwa.acusd.edu (H. L. Serra) Mon Nov 11 02:01:17 1996
From: hlserra@pwa.acusd.edu (H. L. Serra) (H. L. Serra)
Subject: 17" and larger monitors
Message-ID: <Pine.3.89.9611101749.A19871-0100000@pwa.acusd.edu>
Anybody using 17" or larger monitors for CT, TR, etc.? Which work best,
best bang for buck? Reply directly, I'll summarize.
73, Larry N6NC (ex-N6AZE)
>From wrt@eskimo.com (Bill Turner) Mon Nov 11 02:03:51 1996
From: wrt@eskimo.com (Bill Turner) (Bill Turner)
Subject: Why park on the band edge?
Message-ID: <32867130.2117710@mail.eskimo.com>
Can someone explain why anyone would want to operate on the lower band =
edge in
a phone contest? If you're parked just above 21.200, 14.150, 7.150 or =
3.750
you're only going to talk to Extras (+ Advanced on 40). Why not move up =
in
the band and get some Advanced and General class stations? Seems like =
you're
missing a lot of potential QSOs. What gives?
73, Bill W7TI (ex-W7LZP)
wrt@eskimo.com
>From kr2j@ix.netcom.com (Robert E. Naumann) Mon Nov 11 02:40:09 1996
From: kr2j@ix.netcom.com (Robert E. Naumann) (Robert E. Naumann)
Subject: What you like, What I like, What someone else likes
Message-ID: <01BBCF47.5FB5D3C0@dfw-tx11-20.ix.netcom.com>
Dear friends,
This is a forum for contesters to discuss contesting. Many contesters have
different ideas about what contesting should consist of and what should be
excluded. To the dismay of many, discussion of the U.S. vanity callsigns
is part of contesting for many here in the U.S.
I see no logic in criticizing one contester's subject of discussion simply
because one does not want to discuss that subject. Specifically, the
discussion of the Vanity callsigns, which, in my opinion, has been held to
a minimum. I honestly expected hundreds of "Here's who I am now" messages.
There have been few of these and thankfully they are the exception. There
have been some of these masked as announcements of new Email addresses
caused by a vanity call change, but again, thankfully, only a few have
chosen to burden us with these.
Each and every one of us groans when we see a certain message about this or
that. For me, it's the idea that Europeans transmitting on SSB below 7040
is somehow the responsibility of someone in the U.S. that simply astounds
me, but I am not driven to criticize this as inappropriate for discussion
in this forum.
Please exercise restraint and do not send out mail criticizing other mail
that you don't like. Please learn how to delete it and read and comment
about what you are interested in.
Fraternally,
Bob Naumann
N5NJ
V26RN
>From kr2j@ix.netcom.com (Robert E. Naumann) Mon Nov 11 03:02:01 1996
From: kr2j@ix.netcom.com (Robert E. Naumann) (Robert E. Naumann)
Subject: Why park on the band edge?
Message-ID: <01BBCF4C.2074A4C0@dfw-tx11-20.ix.netcom.com>
Generally speaking, there are 2 advantages to sticking to the band edge.
1) Being the first U.S. station DX stations tune onto in the U.S. band
2) Getting QRM from one side only (most of the time)
In a CW or stateside only contest, this is not productive.
73,
Bob Naumann
N5NJ
----------
From: Bill Turner[SMTP:wrt@eskimo.com]
Sent: Sunday, November 10, 1996 8:04 PM
To: cq-contest@TGV.COM
Subject: Why park on the band edge?
Can someone explain why anyone would want to operate on the lower band edge in
a phone contest? If you're parked just above 21.200, 14.150, 7.150 or 3.750
you're only going to talk to Extras (+ Advanced on 40). Why not move up in
the band and get some Advanced and General class stations? Seems like you're
missing a lot of potential QSOs. What gives?
73, Bill W7TI (ex-W7LZP)
wrt@eskimo.com
>From kr4dl@mindspring.com (Steven R. Schmidt) Mon Nov 11 03:24:13 1996
From: kr4dl@mindspring.com (Steven R. Schmidt) (Steven R. Schmidt)
Subject: New Vanity Reflector
Message-ID: <1.5.4.32.19961111032413.00673cd8@pop.mindspring.com>
Gee, guys, I've tried not to address this to suit disintested parties, but
let me ask a question; when will everyone learn a reflector is not, by its
nature, "tuned" for personal preferences? If you want one that is, start
your own! I'm sure Trey would appreciate the relief. When he decides *his*
reflector has had enough of vanity, he'll terminate it.
Despite my new call, I've grown bored with some of the vanity threads, but
no less bored than I am with others. I'm sympathetic, to a point, with those
who doth complain about vanity, but I have to delete a bunch of other junk
I'm not interested in. So, unless you have a special path to Trey's ear,
just delete, unsubscribe, or shut up.
There, I feel better, too.
73, Steve K4WA (ex KR4DL)
>From jon@vii.com (Jon) Mon Nov 11 03:26:00 1996
From: jon@vii.com (Jon) (Jon)
Subject: Contesting Subject....Maybe
Message-ID: <199611110326.UAA29191@lonepeak.vii.com>
> This one needs an intro., so you won't get lost at the beginning. This
man
>was in an accident at home so he filled out an insurance claim The
>insurance company contacted him and asked for more information. This was
>his response:
> "I am writing in response to your request for additional
>information for block number 3 or the accident reporting form. I put
'Poor
>Planning' as the cause of my accident. You said in your letter that I
>should explain more fully and I trust the following detail will be
sufficient.
> "I am an amateur radio operator and on the day of the accident, I was
>working alone on the top section of my new 80 foot tower. When I had
>completed my work, I discovered that I had, over the course of several
trips
>up the tower, brought up about 300 pounds of tools and spare hardware.
>Rather than carry the now un-needed tools and material down by hand, I
>decided to lower the items down in a small barrel by using a pulley, which
>was attached to the gin pole at the top of the tower.
>
> "Securing the rope at ground level, I went to the top of the
>tower and loaded the tools and material into the barrel. Then I went back
>to the ground and untied the rope, holding it tightly to ensure a slow
>descent of the 300 pounds of tools. You will note in block 11 of the
>accident reporting form that I weigh only 155 pounds. Due to my surprise
>of being jerked off the ground so suddenly, I lost my presence of mind and
>forgot to let go of the rope.
> Needless to say, I proceeded at a rather rapid rate of speed up the
>side of the tower. In the vicinity of the 40 foot level, I met the barrel
>coming down. This explains my fractured skull and broken collarbone.
>Slowed only slightly, I continued my rapid ascent, not stopping until the
>fingers of my right hand were two knuckles deep into the pulley.
>
> "Fortunately, by this time, I had regained my presence of mind and
was
>able to hold onto the rope in spite of my pain. At approximately the same
>time, however, the barrel of tools hit the ground and the bottom fell out
of
>the barrel. Devoid of the weight of the tools, the barrel now weighed
>approximately 20 pounds. I refer you again to my weight in block number
11.
>As you might imagine, I began a rapid descent down the side of the tower.
>In the vicinity of the 40 level I met the barrel coming up. This accounts
>for the two fractured ankles, and the lacerations of the legs and lower
>body. The encounter with the barrel slowed me enough to lessen my
injuries
>when I fell onto the pile of tools. Fortunately, only three vertebrae
were
>cracked. I am sorry to report, however, that as I lay there on the tools,
>in pain, unable to stand, and unable to move, and watching the empty
barrel
>80 feet above me, I again lost my presence of
>mind and let go of the rope."
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