[3830] 3830 Digest, Vol 75, Issue 108
Ivan Matejícek
ok1jn at ok1jr.com
Fri Mar 20 02:35:25 PDT 2009
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> 1. IdQP K2DSL SOAB LP (webform at b41h.net)
> 2. WiQP K2DSL SO Fixed LP (webform at b41h.net)
> 3. NA Sprint RTTY K2DSL LP (webform at b41h.net)
> 4. WiQP K2SX SO Fixed LP (webform at b41h.net)
> 5. IdQP K1GU SOAB LP (webform at b41h.net)
> 6. NA Sprint RTTY W3YY HP (webform at b41h.net)
> 7. Commonwealth VU2PTT(@VU2PTTV) Open HP (webform at b41h.net)
> 8. Commonwealth ZC4LI Open HP (webform at b41h.net)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2009 08:02:28 -0700
> From: webform at b41h.net
> Subject: [3830] IdQP K2DSL SOAB LP
> To: 3830 at contesting.com
> Message-ID: <200903161502.n2GF2SoG022444 at b41h.net>
>
> Idaho QSO Party
>
> Call: K2DSL
> Operator(s): K2DSL
> Station: K2DSL
>
> Class: SOAB LP
> QTH: Waldwick, NJ
> Operating Time (hrs):
>
> Summary:
> Band CW Qs Ph Qs Dig Qs
> ----------------------------
> 160:
> 80:
> 40:
> 20: 1 4 1
> 15:
> 10:
> 6:
> 2:
> 432:
> ----------------------------
> Total: 1 4 1 CW Mults = 1 Ph Mults = 4 Dig Mults = 1
> Total Score = 48
>
> Club: Bergen ARA
>
> Comments:
>
> Wow, is it tough finding Idaho hams! I was really looking to get some Q's
> and
> confirmations on LoTW for the TPA. I already had a RTTY contact confirmed
> but
> needed phone and CW. Phone is now confirmed but I was only able to make 1
> CW
> contact and that isn't confirmed yet. Here's hoping that W7ZRC uploads his
> log
> to LoTW! K2DSL - David
>
>
> Posted using 3830 Score Submittal Forms at:
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>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 2
> Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2009 08:08:55 -0700
> From: webform at b41h.net
> Subject: [3830] WiQP K2DSL SO Fixed LP
> To: 3830 at contesting.com
> Message-ID: <200903161508.n2GF8tjn022467 at b41h.net>
>
> Wisconsin QSO Party
>
> Call: K2DSL
> Operator(s): K2DSL
> Station: K2DSL
>
> Class: SO Fixed LP
> QTH:
> Operating Time (hrs):
>
> Summary:
> Band CW Qs Ph Qs
> --------------------
> 160:
> 80: 18 8
> 40: 22 19
> 20:
> 15:
> 10:
> 6:
> 2:
> UHF:
> --------------------
> Total: 40 27 Mults = 36 Total Score = 3,852.0
>
> Club: Bergen ARA
>
> Comments:
>
> After struggling to make Q's in the Idaho QP, this was like shooting fish
> in a
> barrel! Plenty of participation by the WI ops and they were fantastic to
> make
> contacts with. Seemed tough for me to hear anyone on 20m (100w and G5RV)
> so I
> stayed on 80m and 40m. Noticed about halfway through the number of
> counties I
> had so I tried to get half of them and did so just a few mins before the
> end.
> Thanks to those mobile ops for providing multiple counties. Not sure how
> some
> of the mobiles logged but I think a good standard to suggest is /M and the
> county is the multiplier. 73 K2DSL - David
>
>
> Posted using 3830 Score Submittal Forms at:
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>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 3
> Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2009 08:13:37 -0700
> From: webform at b41h.net
> Subject: [3830] NA Sprint RTTY K2DSL LP
> To: 3830 at contesting.com
> Message-ID: <200903161513.n2GFDb09022485 at b41h.net>
>
> NA Sprint RTTY Contest
>
> Call: K2DSL
> Operator(s): K2DSL
> Station: K2DSL
>
> Class: Single Op LP
> QTH: Waldwick, NJ
> Operating Time (hrs):
>
> Summary:
> Band QSOs Op Time
> ---------------------
> 80: 57
> 40: 41
> 20:
> ---------------------
> Total: 98 Mults = 33 Total Score = 3,234
>
> Club: Bergen ARA
>
> Team:
>
> Comments:
>
> My first sprint and it was a lot of fun. 4 hours goes very quickly.
> Watched a
> few mins at the start to see the exchanges and then jumped in. Seemed like
> many
> ops were on top of each other and it would have been good for a bit more
> spread
> between the stations, especially those without tight filters, but you deal
> with
> it. Look forward to the next one. 73 K2DSL - David
>
>
> Posted using 3830 Score Submittal Forms at:
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>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 4
> Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2009 08:15:44 -0700
> From: webform at b41h.net
> Subject: [3830] WiQP K2SX SO Fixed LP
> To: 3830 at contesting.com, dbmcalpine at earthlink.net
> Message-ID: <200903161515.n2GFFiLw022497 at b41h.net>
>
> Wisconsin QSO Party
>
> Call: K2SX
> Operator(s): K2SX
> Station: K2SX
>
> Class: SO Fixed LP
> QTH: SC
> Operating Time (hrs): 1
>
> Summary:
> Band CW Qs Ph Qs
> --------------------
> 160: 0 0
> 80: 0 0
> 40: 21 0
> 20: 13 0
> 15: 0 0
> 10: 0 0
> 6: 0 0
> 2: 0 0
> UHF: 0 0
> --------------------
> Total: 34 0 Mults = 25 Total Score = 1,700.0
>
> Club:
>
> Comments:
>
>
>
>
> Posted using 3830 Score Submittal Forms at:
> http://www.hornucopia.com/3830score/
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 5
> Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2009 09:09:01 -0700
> From: webform at b41h.net
> Subject: [3830] IdQP K1GU SOAB LP
> To: 3830 at contesting.com, k1gu at arrl.net
> Message-ID: <200903161609.n2GG91nj022648 at b41h.net>
>
> Idaho QSO Party
>
> Call: K1GU
> Operator(s): K1GU
> Station: K1GU
>
> Class: SOAB LP
> QTH: TN
> Operating Time (hrs):
>
> Summary:
> Band CW Qs Ph Qs Dig Qs
> ----------------------------
> 160:
> 80:
> 40: 1
> 20:
> 15:
> 10:
> 6:
> 2:
> 432:
> ----------------------------
> Total: 0 0 1 CW Mults = 0 Ph Mults = 0 Dig Mults = 1
> Total Score = 2
>
> Club: Tennessee Contest Group
>
> Comments:
>
>
>
>
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>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 6
> Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2009 11:11:45 -0700
> From: webform at b41h.net
> Subject: [3830] NA Sprint RTTY W3YY HP
> To: 3830 at contesting.com, w3yy at cox.net
> Message-ID: <200903161811.n2GIBjtc022990 at b41h.net>
>
> NA Sprint RTTY Contest
>
> Call: W3YY
> Operator(s): W3YY
> Station: W3YY
>
> Class: Single Op HP
> QTH: VA
> Operating Time (hrs): 3.6
>
> Summary:
> Band QSOs Op Time
> ---------------------
> 80: 33 1.0
> 40: 49 1.4
> 20: 24 1.2
> ---------------------
> Total: 106 Mults = 33 Total Score = 3,498
>
> Club: Potomac Valley Radio Club
>
> Team:
>
> Comments:
>
> Having just completed building my new FSK opto-coupled interface I thought
> it
> would be fun to try it out in a contest. It was!
>
> I made the usual mistake of waiting an hour before the contest to try
> eveything
> out. The FSK interface which had worked perfectly with MMTTY alone,
> failed to
> initially work with N1MM. In fact the settings I tried caused the
> computer to
> crash a cause numerous reboots. Nothing was wrong with the interface, but
> my
> N1MM settings needed to be changed after going from AFSK to FSK. Reading
> the
> manual and changing some settings solved the problem and about 5 minutes
> before
> the contest I was go to go with pure FSK.
>
> I've operated numerous CW and Phone Sprints, but RTTY was still a learning
> experience. I made about 15 QSO's in the first hour, spending lots of
> time
> repeatedly fine tuning the keyboard macros and getting used to finding
> guys
> ready to answer a call.
>
> I wound up with about the same number of Q's I made in my first ever CW
> Sprint
> many years ago, but now I'm ready for the next RTTY Sprint.
>
> Thanks to all for the QSO's. RYRYRYRY.
>
> 73, Bob - W3YY
>
>
> Posted using 3830 Score Submittal Forms at:
> http://www.hornucopia.com/3830score/
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 7
> Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2009 11:29:16 -0700
> From: webform at b41h.net
> Subject: [3830] Commonwealth VU2PTT(@VU2PTTV) Open HP
> To: 3830 at contesting.com, vu2ptt at gmail.com
> Message-ID: <200903161829.n2GITGG7023051 at b41h.net>
>
> RSGB Commonwealth Contest, CW
>
> Call: VU2PTT
> Operator(s): VU2PTT
> Station: VU2PTTV
>
> Class: Open HP
> QTH: Bangalore MK82tx
> Operating Time (hrs): 20.5
>
> Summary:
> Band QSOs
> ------------
> 80: 13
> 40: 110
> 20: 185
> 15: 32
> 10: 6
> ------------
> Total: 346 Total Score = 4,290
>
> Club: Team South Asia
>
> Comments:
>
> Rig: Icom 746-PRO + SB-200 Amp (400 W)
> Ant: Force 12 C3/S at 60', 40m Inv-Vee at 55', 80m Inv-L GP w/1 radial
> Interface: MicroHAM MicroKeyer II (CAT, Winkey, Amp keyer, sound card)
>
> Another BERU goes by, one of the real fun contests for me :)
>
> It was good to work a lot of friends/familiar callsigns and am just
> waiting to hear how it sounds when the Sun is more benevolent to us all. I
> nearly toppped my previous best in BERU 1998 exactly 11 years ago as
> AT0PTT
> with 4385 points when I only had a G5RV antenna.
>
> Score was about 30% better than last year but conditions were worse this
> time round. Should put it down to station improvements and no energy
> expended in putting up last minute antennas and station wiring which was
> the norm in the past. Thanks to the XYL VU2AQB for a very functional
> operating desk (see QRZ.COM for a picture).
>
> Missed all the Carribeans save 8P0P on 40m, that really underlined the
> poor
> conditions overall at this end. I was hoping to work them all at least on
> 40m, but the Sun said NO.
>
> 80m - Back on 80m this year but with just 13 QSOs, need to improve the
> antenna system. Did work some of the big 'uns from UK and of course
> ZC4/5B4 and also VQ9JC. A RX loop is in the works.
>
> 40m - Played fairly well but I guess it could have been better. Couple of
> VE QSOs improved the feel good factor.
>
> 20m - The money band these days out here but I guess the VE opening was
> not
> good enough.
>
> 15m - Had some expectations on this band, but it all fell flat. Towards
> the
> end ended up working Africa & VK and trying to move stations to 10m.
>
> 10m - Although practically dead showed some surprising signs of life with
> huge sgnals from 9J2BO, VK9AA and VK6-LW, BN, AJ. Should be heard to be
> believed and people say 10m is dead, NO I say, at least to some parts of
> the world signals are HUGE.
>
> HQ Stations - Only three heard and worked this year - VU2LYX (5 bands),
> GB5CC (2 bands), ZL6A (2 bands).
>
> Thanks to Arasu VU2UR for motivating a whole group of people to sign up
> for
> Team South Asia - some of you must have been surprised to hear several VU2
> stations calling CQ BERU. It was a new experience for me to hear at least
> five
> VU2 stations calling CQ on different parts of 20 m all at the same time!
>
> All QSOs in the contest were recorded like last year, and if you want to
> hear any particular QSO just ask and I shall send it out.
>
> Worked on multiple bands:
>
> 5 Bands - 1
> 4 Bands - 12
> 3 Bands - 18
> 2 Bands - 41
> 1 Band - 157
>
> My logs are already on ARRL LoTW, adn I see several matches already.
>
> See you all in the next BERU. I will be in the RDXC contest next weekend
> and
> hope to bump into many of you then.
>
> 73 de Prasad VU2PTT.
>
>
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>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 8
> Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2009 11:31:17 -0700
> From: webform at b41h.net
> Subject: [3830] Commonwealth ZC4LI Open HP
> To: 3830 at contesting.com, hodgson at cytanet.com.cy
> Message-ID: <200903161831.n2GIVHF4023065 at b41h.net>
>
> RSGB Commonwealth Contest, CW
>
> Call: ZC4LI
> Operator(s): STEVE
> Station: ZC4LI
>
> Class: Open HP
> QTH: ESBA CYPRUS
> Operating Time (hrs): 24
>
> Summary:
> Band QSOs
> ------------
> 80: 092
> 40: 296
> 20: 331
> 15: 098
> 10: 007
> ------------
> Total: 824 Total Score = 7,480
>
> Club: ESBA
>
> Comments:
>
> SO1.3R
>
> Antennas:- C/Craft A3S + 40M addon @ 50ft. Titanex 160HD, J-Beam @ 30ft
> Rigs:- Icom-756 Pro3 - Icom-756
> Amps:- Acom-1000, Ten-Tec Hercules 2.
> Software: Win-Test 3.24
>
> Thanks to the organisers and to everyone for the Q's.
> Condx here were to put it frankly - CRAP.
> Nuff said.
>
> Log is on LoTW for paper cards pse see QRZ.COM.
>
> 73 and hope to cu in the BARTG and the RUDX this weekend. Steve.
>
>
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