CQ WORLD WIDE DX CONTEST 1996
Call: WT1O Country: United States
Mode: CW Category: Single Operator Low Power
Unassisted
BAND Q's Z's C's
160 19 7 11
80 106 13 49
40 148 19 60
20 362 20 82
15 413 20 75
10 6 4 5
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Totals 1054 83 282 => 1,086,970
Station:
TenTec Omni D with new 500 Hz Filter ( tu TenTec for the quick shipment)
KT34A @ 95'
80 meter inverted V @ 90'
40 meter Loop @ 75'
N4KG vertical with 4 raised radials for 160
First serious DX contest and reached my goal of 1 Mil and 1K Q's. First
night really slow with 40 really poor. Sat morning realized pileups for
VK/ZL would be impossible. Heard a VK working a big gun so moved up
freq and hit the F1 button twice. VK in the log. Sat morning on 20
very frustrating when my freq was stolen numerous times just as the rate
meter was over 100 (the problem with low power, no one can hear us).
Mostly S/P for multipliers the whole day. Only 454 Q's the first day.
Sat night more S/P because 40 was again useless. At midnight made the
decision to stay up late to find the remaining Carribean mults that I
was missing realizing that if I had a good day on Sunday I would kick
myself for not getting them Sat nite. Late at night, trying to break
pileup for 3E1DX on 40 heard him QSY to 80 and thought, my chance to get
him on 80! Followed him up there only to have him tell me I had already
worked him on 80. Never did find him again on 40. Decided at 0800 to
get some sleep. Up 3 hours later and had an incredible 15 meter run on
the same freq for 5 hours. First 3 hours were 78, 83, and 78. Later on
20 at 1800 had a ZS and 4Z4 call in a span of 3 minutes for new ones,
now I know what its like to have mults call you. Missed breakfast which
in turn required Malox late in the day, but well worth it. D44BC put me
over 1 Mil. Spent last 2 hours CQing on 40 because I was too tired to
S&P. Had HZ1HZ call me, another first, and relinquished my freq to the
hord of Europeans that pounced on him. Incredible, my new favorite
contest. 73, Bob WT1O
>From windev@inetmarket.com (Gerry Hull) Tue Nov 26 20:43:34 1996
From: windev@inetmarket.com (Gerry Hull) (Gerry Hull)
Subject: Free Telnet-to-RS232 Software
Message-ID: <199611262043.PAA26256@top.monad.net>
I've built a telnet client which will echo to an RS-232 port.
This is great if you want to feed an cluster's internet gateway
into CT.
It's for Windows95/NT. You'll have to dedicate a system to
being the packet gateway.
You can get it from http://www.inetmarket.com/hamstuff.
It's in beta -- try it out and provide feedback.
It will always be free, even in the final version.
Please, no flames. The rules (CQWW, anyway) do not prohibit the
use of internet packet gateways. Anyway, half the spots you see
on your local cluster come from internet links.
73,
Gerry, AK4L (soon to be.... day 2 vanity applicant patiently waiting)
also VE1RM, ex VE1SPI, CY0SAB, VP2M/VE1RM
Op at KY1H, W2SZ/1, VE9DH and many other M/S and M/Ms over the years...
Visit the VB9DH web page @ http://www.inetmarket.com/ve9dh
email: ak4l@inetmarket.com web: http://www.inetmarket.com/hcc
>From k1vr@juno.com (Fred Hopengarten) Tue Nov 26 21:44:58 1996
From: k1vr@juno.com (Fred Hopengarten) (Fred Hopengarten)
Subject: Lessons Learned (Long)
Message-ID: <19961126.164319.5495.11.k1vr@juno.com>
I am not an engineer, but I play one for contest
weekends. Each contest weekend seems to teach me (or, for
those lessons not yet fully learned, reteach me) a few
lessons. Here are the lessons from this fall:
Trees Grow
When AA1AA showed up to operate WW Phone, he discovered
that he couldn't rotate the middle TH6 (side-arm mounted) in
the three stack. Cure: Bought gaffs; climbed tree; cut
interfering branches.
Lesson: Rotate all antennas BEFORE the contest
weekend.
Old Fashioned N-Connectors Cannot Be Used Outdoors
I discovered last winter that the center pin of a male
N connector had withdrawn after many years of fine service.
This reflector's fine gentlemen informed me that I should be
using the new, self-locking, N connectors. They were
designed to prevent just such an occurrence. But the TH7 on
my low tower died just two days before WW CW.
After four trips up the low tower, I concluded it was
not the balun, nor connection to the driven element. The N
connector at the transition from hardline to RG-213 drip and
rotator loop that had failed. Replaced this jumper with one
that had UHF connectors on both ends and inserted one UHF to
N connector adaptor. Problem solved.
Lesson: You can't own too many adaptors. Never use an
old style N connector outdoors again.
Watch Out for the Current Points
To improve signal into the Caribbean (a direction not
favored by my two element vertical phased array), I
installed an 80 meter dipole at an average height of 75
feet, fed with 300 ohm twinlead, through a Johnson KW
Matchbox. The Matchbox was zapping, SWR was NOT great, one
computer was going bonkers, and at times I had to cut back
the IC-765 drive to the AL-1200 linear so that output would
not exceed 400 watts. Solution: Cut 11 feet off the
twinlead. Why 11 feet? The length must be significant
enough. I figured 11 feet was a quarter wave on 15, which
seemed like "enough."
Why twinlead feed? Makes going from CW to phone easy.
Just retune the antenna coupler.
Lesson: A current point in the feedline inside the
shack is bad for business.
Let The Radio Breathe
The second radio (I was in the SO2 class) was a TS-930,
on a second shelf. I placed a piece of open cell foam UNDER
it to hang down and provide a place for my wrist to rest
while tuning. Sunday afternoon the TS-930 died. The
frequency and function LED's just stopped working and I had
a black screen. The radio stopped hearing. The radio was
hot.
I turns out that I had blocked the air intake to the
TS-930 and it had gone to thermal cut-off. Whew. Nothing
toasted. Put a big gel pack from my cooler on top of the
radio and two hours later, minus the foam pad, it started up
again. What a relief.
Lesson: Always let the radios breathe. Provide
clearance for air in and out.
Flaky Relays Do Not Cure Themselves
I have six independent ICE bandpass filters. They were
fine. But one of the two relays selecting the BPF's (and
keyed by a Top Ten Devices box) was flaky. I discovered
this only minutes before the contest started. In general I
use plug in relays to permit easy substitution, but I bought
this nifty set of 10 Amphenol relays with BNC connectors at
Dayton because it looked so NEAT. One relay won't always
pull closed. I can easily wire in a spare located elsewhere
on the board, but I didn't have time. Having discovered the
problem, and the cure (tap the part that pulls to the
energized coil), I figured I could last the contest.
Sadly, when the 160 situation started acting up Sunday
at EU sunrise (01z), and I was in sleep deprivation, I
forgot that I had already found and cured this problem. So
I found it and cured it all over again. But it ate up an
hour. And in the middle of a contest, there are no good
hours to give away, as every hour has its purpose.
Lesson: Next time leave a note if a problem does not
have a permanent cure. Cure the problem before the next
contest by rewiring.
First blush score: 1917 117 386 2.8M Unassisted
CQ96CW
>From floydjr@Interpath.com (Jimmy R. Floyd) Tue Nov 26 22:03:25 1996
From: floydjr@Interpath.com (Jimmy R. Floyd) (Jimmy R. Floyd)
Subject: CQWW CW 96 Scores II
Message-ID: <2.2.16.19961126220325.258f7c62@interpath.com>
CQWW CW 1996
RAW SCORES
Compiled by
WA4ZXA
(floydjr@interpath.com)
Date Posted: 11/26/96
CALL HRS SCORE QSO'S PTS ZONES DX
_______________________________________________________________________
S/OP/HP/Unassisted
P40W (W2GD) 13,302,226 6559 19391 159 527
4V2A (9A3A/HH2AW) 7,550,737 5657 135 406
3DA0NX (JM1CAX) 4,517,898 3305 9779 120 342
7Z5OO (K3UOC) 4,004,400 3356 9400 111 315
YB1AQS 3,628,008 2515 7374 136 356
YL8MM (YL2KL) 2,482,800 2504 4138 144 456
VO1MP 40 2,092,480 1909 5030 96 320
ZS6SA 21 950,988 1403 4171 66 162
OI6KZP 35 852,021 1164 2309 81 288
OH8BQT 28 635,797 1011 2071 69 238
DL4YAO 272,640 540 960 75 209
K5ZD 46 5,634,678 3150 9177 144 470
W1KM 44 5,300,000 3181 139 441
N2NT 4,932,482 2839 8126 137 470
K4AAA 42 4,467,336 2789 8093 139 413
N2LT 4,433,000 2721 132 430
K3ZO 4,189,419 2521 141 446
W9RE 3,074,760 2033 5694 130 410
N2IC/0 2,990,000 2005 148 379
N4AF 2,544,373 1820 5161 122 371
N4CW (K4PB) 2,283,380 1654 4708 111 374
AA4S 1,758,200 1333 123 349
K6LA 44 1,743,600 1658 4359 128 272
K0EJ 35 1,593,651 1184 3259 126 363
N9GG 28 1,321,240 1383 85 255
W6XR 1,321,240 1383 85 255
K9MA 35 1,280,970 1065 2979 115 315
WZ6Z 1,276,626 1340 115 223
K9BG 24 1,260,000 1056 119 313
N4TO 1,253,362 893 128 378
WB0O 1,233,064 991 128 326
K9BZ 34 1,217,160 1061 2940 114 299
KV1W (K1MBO) 40 1,156,237 1151 3313 85 264
K4RO 1,030,316 886 2374 116 318
W4AU 17 448,092 644 1844 61 182
NO2T 17 376,968 404 1112 88 251
N3ADL 17 314,352 350 90 243
NS0B 275,520 359 960 83 204
K4NA 10 156,006 262 729 59 155
AJ2U 10 115,434 234 58 140
K7JJ 55,640 165 428 48 82
W8PT 10 50,148 148 398 37 89
WA1CFS 23,400 128 234 30 70
S/OP/LP/Unassisted
G4KIV 1,654,624 2302 3566 103 361
VE1GN 1,062,096 1237 3161 83 253
SM7TUG 385,825 958 1403 55 220
KN4T 1,807,548 1270 123 393
WT1O 1,086,970 1054 2978 83 282
NA2U 927,465 861 2409 94 291
WO4O 38 707,124 726 1948 98 265
N4YDU 654,372
WA7BNM 24 627,579 740 110 199
KJ9C 34 399,921 466 87 240
W1EQ 364,672 508 66 193
N2RD 352,692 446 1212 74 217
K8GT 235,040 351 904 69 191
W3CP 11 130,071 251 50 141
WD4AHZ 10 111,813 221 611 49 134
WB0OLA/9 59,052 171 399 50 98
AB5LX 11 54,404 175 45 89
S/OP/Assisted
EY8MM 1,196,814 1429 3459 97 249
S50U LP 330,974 725 1006 71 258
JH9VSF/9 219,924 365 96 150
K1NG (KI1G) 5,137,682 2560 7403 158 536
W2UP 37 4,900,500 2569 7425 145 515
K3WW 4,695,828 2413 6926 148 530
W2XX (@KE2NL) 4,243,620 2299 6610 141 501
AA1K 42 3,687,344 2033 5816 146 488
K3NZ 3,100,436 1713 136 492
K3MD 2,449,770 1557 4418 135 420
K3KO 1,658,232 1209 3415 114 374
K2ONP 40 1,537,004 1153 3229 118 358
K6AO (K6PU) 27 1,210,276 1001 2732 130 313
N4ZJ 1,125,099 898 2517 99 348
N8BJQ 602,980 611 98 267
K1SM 14 521,520 589 1640 77 241
N1CC 12 512,000 605 300
K3SA 7 312,550 416 1175 70 196
K3AR 15 306,768 343 924 81 251
K3PP LP 10 157,368 251 664 70 167
KK5GT LP 58,254 166 399 55 91
AB5SE LP 55,152 155 383 50 94
S/OP/QRP
VE7CFD (VE7CQK) 109,625 397 53 72
K1RC 21 458,700 562 1529 67 233
KA1CZF 305,102 436 1178 71 188
N1AFC 254,400 445 46 154
KV8S 16 250,240 400 1088 62 168
K5IID/8 28 238,283 374 997 68 171
Single Band
160M
G3XTT HP 170,085 967 23 92
SV8CS HP 50,920 589 10 66
K8MK 51,840 249 19 71
AA8U 20,025 131 18 57
K8SM HP 3,526 39 86 13 28
80M
LA9GX 228,125 1224 1825 27 98
W1MK 340,000 977 28 94
K4MA (@AA4NC) 39,961 185 16 71
40M
ZS6P (ZS6EZ) HP 910,784 2018 35 117
TM7XX (F5MUX) HP 517,533 1777 3099 38 129
JN3WYD 70,576 293 802 27 61
W7TO (K7BV) HP 423,423 1060 2960 37 106
NX7K HP 20 306,348 729 2084 39 108
AB4RX LP 98,550 267 32 103
AA2SZ 242 665 33 108
20M
GM6V (GM3WOJ) HP 21 534,400 1518 3340 38 122
C31LJ HP 477,034 1585 3482 27 110
VE7AV 265,000 870 32 93
LY6M (AC6WL) LP 262,190 816 1670 37 120
S56A LP 211,756 559 1268 38 129
NI8L 27 732,240 1564 4520 39 123
W4PA (@K4FW) 40 585,718 1293 36 125
K2KW/6 527,363 1225 3359 36 121
NU6S (@WC6H) HP 23 450,447 1017 2833 36 123
KO9Y HP 14 213,738 512 34 113
15M
PP5BRV 27,510 228 17 25
N5KA HP 336,003 912 2383 32 109
N4BP HP 20 239,360 670 1870 28 100
K6AW (@N6RO) 27 210,483 767 1799 30 87
10M
W4YV HP 13,041 19 44
Multi/Single
J6DX 12,251,850 7512 149 267
DL6RAI 6,133,338 3612 8049 170 592
XE2L 5,834,565 5036 11787 146 349
RW2F 5,400,000 3600 175 597
DF3CB 4,064,000
OI7T 3,683,910 2855 5339 160 530
DK0EE 3,649,625 2600
OE1A 3,600,000
IQ4T 3,515,967 2830 124 443
VE6JY 2,813,952 2670 6144 129 329
RW9OWD 2,350,400 2072 5200 112 340
UN8FB 1,567,800 1633 4020 97 293
K1ZZ 5,985,904 2789 8024 159 587
W4WA 5,401,205 2758 7705 159 542
K8LX 4,695,372 2560 7348 151 488
WX7K 4,004,945 2414 156 439
W3GG 3,567,045 2100 5955 135 464
KB1H 3,157,954 1872 5389 132 454
NX0I 2,594,506 1773 144 414
N2FF 1,767,663 1375 113 358
NN7L 1,579,000 1350 133 288
K6RO 1,307,440 1071 2770 133 339
LY1DS 9,240 76 140 23 43
Multi/Multi
PI4COM 9,295,273 6442 12119 174 593
ZM2K 6,418,116 4506 137 349
N2RM 15,031,566 6305 17622 180 673
W3EA 9,254,188 4193 167 615
K1TI 7,870,284 3768 155 574
K1TTT 7,818,528 3837 10623 160 576
KS9K 7,509,086 3684 9959 166 588
K2LE 7,091,418 3529 153 557
K8CC 6,775,514 3581 165 538
K0RF 5,607,410 3063 8186 167 518
K3ANS 4,984,749
W7RM 4,312,560 2880 7701 155 405
W6BA 3,792,613 2185 6127 164 455
K7FR 1,166,424 1160 3144 116 255
********************************************************************
OPERATORS LIST
CALL OPERATORS
Multi/Single
W4WA W4WA,KB4GID,AE6E,KE4ZQD,AA4GA
NN7L AA7CQ,NN7L
NX0I NX0I,AK0A,K0RWL,KM0L
K1ZZ K1ZZ,K1RO
IQ4T IK4HVR,I4IFL,IK4SXJ,I4DZ,I4NNY,IK4WMH,IK4OMU
LY1DS LY1DS,LY1DR
K8LX K8LX,N8EA,WA8ZDT
DL6RAI DL2NBU,DL4RDJ,DL6RAI
DK0EE DL4MDO,DK6WL,DK2OY,DL4MCF
DF3CB DL4MEH,DF3CB,DL5MFF
WX7K KV0Q,KT0F,WB0HBS,WX7K
VE6JY VE6BF,VE6WQ,G3OUF
N2FF N2FF,N2LSK,KF2ER,AA2XY,KG2HV,AA2GC
K6RO K6RO,KC6X,K5KT
RW9OWD RA9OW,RW9OW,UA9OIL,UA9OLW,UA9OIW,UA9OAO
UN8FB UN7FAR,UN8FM,UN9FB,UN9FM,UN7FK
XE2L XE2DV,N6HC,K6LL,N6VR,N6WS
W3GG W3GG,AA3KX,WD3I
KB1H KB1H,K1DW,K1EBY,NB1U,AA1CE
Multi/Multi
K2LE K2LE,W2AX,N2UN,N1BB,NB1B,K1CB
ZM2K ZL2AIZ,ZL2AGY,ZL2AHC,ZL2BA,ZL2IR,ZL2BSJ,ZL2AL
N2RM N2RM,N2AA,N2NC,WH2Z,W2REH,N2NU,K2WI,WW2Y,K2BM
K3ANS N2BIM,AJ2U,N2KJM,N3JGX,K2ANS,N3XKG
K7FR K7FR,W7MNO,KB0EBH,KA7EKL
K1TTT K1TTT,KB1W,NT2X,AB2AP,KB2ZIC,WR2I,AA1AS,UR5LAW
W7RM K7NT,N6TR,K9JF,W2VJN,N0AX,N7EPD,WJ7R,W7YAQ,K5ZM,W7BX
AA7KF,KQ7I,K7RO,K7OQ
K1TI K1TI,W1MD,K1CA,K1TR,K1BG
K0RF AA0RS,K4XU,K7TD,K0AV,K0RF,KI0G,N0AH,W1XE
W3EA WB3FIZ,WB3LFZ,K3WJV,WB2R,WE3C,WU3M,W8FJ,W3FV,W3EA
KS9K KS9K,AG9A,N1RR,NB9C,K9GL,K9NW,K9PG,KA9FOX,WE9V
W6BA W6BA,N6AW,W6RW,N6RT,KC6CNV,N7QQ,K6CU,W6HT,K6WS,
K6HMS,W6SR
PI4COM PA3BBP,PA3BWD,PA3CAL,PA3ERC,PA3EWP,PA3GBQ
*********************************************************************
REMEMBER NO ATTACHMENTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THEY WILL NOT BE POSTED !!!!
REMEMBER ALSO IF YOU SEND JUST SINGLE OPERATOR YOU GO INTO UNASSISTED !!
73 Jim
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* Jimmy R. Floyd (Jim) Thomasville, NC *
* *
* Amateur Call: >> WA4ZXA << *
* Packet Node: >> N4ZC << *
* Internet Address: >> floydjr@interpath.com << *
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>From ac1o@gate.net (Walter Deemer) Tue Nov 26 22:22:08 1996
From: ac1o@gate.net (Walter Deemer) (Walter Deemer)
Subject: The KN4T 40-Meter Story (104 DXCC, Low Power!) (long)
Message-ID: <2.2.32.19961126222208.00d36cbc@pop.gate.net>
My low power effort in the CQ WW last weekend generated a surprisingly-high
104 countries on 40 meters. I thought some of you might be interested in
the story behind that rather large number of mults.
I started the contest on 40, as I always do these days; there aren't enough
DX stations on 20 on Friday night (and far too many US stations chasing what
few there are) for me to do anything decent there, and competing with the
Northeast big guns on 80 with my low-power signal is next-to-impossible in
the early hours of the contest. My usual Friday-night strategy is to start
at 7030 and S&P my way up the band, but that usually yields a bunch of Q's
with stations that are on all weekend. So I decided to generally lurk up in
the weeds (great term, N0AX!) above 7050, trying to pick up some more casual
stations plus some mults that may not have been discovered by the Packet Mob
during the early confusion. My first Q was 3V8BB (a good omen!), and I also
got 3DA0NX and 9K2/YO9HP early on. I then found a hole at 7067; during the
short but productive run that followed I was called by a T7, an IS0, and
ZS6SA (I keep the beam pointed a little south of Europe, trying to make
things like that happen!). I was quickly driven off the frequency, though
(low power stations get used to it), but found 4L7AA and NL7G to make up for
it as the first hour ended.
I spent the 01Z hour mostly S&Ping, and in the process got contacts with
6W1AE, CN8BK, 3C5A and 9J2SZ (plus a GU). The 02Z hour was more of the
same, but yielded Q's with a TA1 and a HP along the way. Then I found a
good spot just above 7050; I got 52 Q's in the 03Z hour (remember, I'm
running low power from way down in South Florida; that's big-time stuff for
me!) The run petered out at the end of the hour, but I found and worked a
TA2, TU2 and 7Q7 right afterwards. Another run in the 04Z hour got the
last-100 rate meter up to 50(!) at 0424; then I somehow managed to work JY8B
at 0500 and 3G1X at 0800. Along with my EU and Caribbean mults, this
brought me to 310/79 when I called it quits at 0815.
I didn't even attempt the pre-sunrise Oceania/Asia 40-meter opening Saturday
morning; chances of a low power station getting through the West Coast wall
are a lot better (although still not great) on Sunday. So I started on 20
at dawn Saturday, and didn't come back to 40 until 2240, when I nabbed 9U5DX
and D44BC, then, miraculously, found 7Z5OO without a pileup and worked him,
too. Along with some more EU mults, this brought my 40-meter totals up to
339/85 after 24 hours.
Day Two: I had ignored 80 and 160 the first day, but had to spend some time
there the second night to try to get at least some multipliers, and 40 thus
took somewhat of a back seat the second night. But quick checks of the band
in the 01Z hour (I was just using one radio, by the way) got me 5V7A, 9Y4H
and PY2NY, and I worked ZD8DEZ, 5X4F, and EM1KA in the 02Z hour (along with
four Caribbean/SA mults -- including PZ1DV, who called me!). I then lucked
upon 4X7A in the next hour, along with 8R1K and HK6KKK -- and managed to
break through the massive A61AJ pileup at the very bottom of the band in the
04Z hour (well, I broke through after the mob simmered down some). I then
worked ZL3CW at 0606, and decided to call it a night with 99 40-meter mults
in the log.
I got back on at 1030 to try to work some Asia/Oceania stuff (along with
trying to clean up the Caribbean on 160, where I only had 8 multipliers).
But conditions seemed really terrible; the only mult I got on 160 was
N2RM(!), and the sometimes-big JA opening on 40 generated only five
contacts. But I also managed to get through to VK1FF on 40 (who later
called me on 20 -- long-path; that man has GREAT ears!) plus KH0DQ and a
RZ0, and HC5AI added one last SA mult to bring me up to my final total of
432 Q's and 104 countries on 40. (The JA opening on 20 during the last two
hours of the contest was much too productive for me to try one last shot at
40, which I suspect would have yielded me another mult or two but would have
held back my overall score -- which broke above 1.8M in the last half hour
of the contest.)
And so that's how little old me, operating low power, ended up with 104
countries on 40 last weekend. It helped that I managed to get some runs
going both nights; CQing is the only way to get a lot of those less-common
EU countries (as I've found out the hard way over the years; my inability to
run well on 20 kept me under 100 countries there, for example). And years
of low-power S&Ping have taught me to quickly recognize the unusual on a
band -- and how to bust small-to-medium sized pileups, if I must, to get a
mult. (Clue: my TX RIT is in constant use in the process.) In addition,
conditions had to be pretty darn favorable from FL into EU this past weekend
(was the MUF just above 7 MHZ on the FL-EU path and just below 7 MHZ farther
north for a while?) Whatever the case, I did do well on 40 -- and it was
sure a nice way to break in the new call!!
(For those who are interested in digging further, my breakdown sheet and log
are available on my website at: http://www.4w.com/deemer/96cqww.txt).
73 -- and thanks! -- de Walt, KN4T (ex-AC1O)
Walter Deemer, President, DTR Inc.
"Walter Deemer's Market Strategies and Insights"
151 NE Naranja Avenue, Port St. Lucie, FL 34983
Voice: (561) 879-7310 E-Mail: AC1O@gate.net
Fax: (561) 879-7311 Website: http://www.4w.com/deemer
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