To: ALL NA Users
Just this week, a couple of promised items were posted up to the DATOM
Engineering Web Site at http://www.contesting.com/datom:
1) New MLTZIP.ZIP Archive of Multiplier (*.MLT) Files
The ARRL sections file (SECTIONS.MLT) now has the new Newfoundland-Labrador
(NL) section added. Also, thanks to Chris Allingham, VE3FU (who's not even an
NA user!), all of the files have extensive corrections for all of the unusual
Canadian prefixes. Did you know that CZ3 or XO9 prefixes are the same as VO1?
Which brings up an interesting point - no matter what you might have read in
the QST Contest Corral, multipliers for the NA Sprint are still "the eight VE
call areas". In light of the new prefix information, it seems ludacrous to me
that a CZ5 counts as VE1 and an XN3 counts as VE8! Does this strike anyone
else as strange?
2) The DATOM Tech Notes page has the promised piece about adding paddle inputs
to a W9XT Contest Card. The information was provided courtesy of Gary
Sutcliffe, W9XT from Unified Microsystems. The instructions are reasonably
detailed Heathkit-style, and a picture is included of a modified Contest Card.
73,
Dave Pruett, K8CC DATOM Engineering
2727 Harris Rd, Ypsilanti, MI 48198 DATOM@contesting.com
k8cc@ix.netcom.com http://www.contesting.com/datom
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