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Waltk at PICA.ARMY.MIL
Sat Apr 16 17:40:44 EDT 1994
Msg #657 From: NT2X Date: 16-Apr 1158Z Subj: RUSSIAN CONTEST DATES
The fact that the Russian DX Contest coincides with the ARRL Field Day
competition was brought to my attention! This was immediately relayed
to the organizers of the Russian Contest and I can virtually guarantee
a change of date for this one. The 'date' mishap is unfortunate, but
correctable. Stand by for more details ...
>From jzap at MasPar.COM (John Zapisek) Sat Apr 16 23:25:57 1994
From: jzap at MasPar.COM (John Zapisek) (John Zapisek)
Date: Sat, 16 Apr 94 15:25:57 PDT
Subject: Internet SprINT Results
Message-ID: <9404162225.AA27416 at greylock.local>
The fourth Internet SprINT contest was held on 2 April 1994 and was
another success for this young contest (unless you were in the
northeast). Gene Walsh, N2AA (you remember him, Joe's father), kept
working at it and finished with the top northeast score. Dave, K8JLF, had
a great score finishing with 55 QSOs without moving a single S-meter, and
Ed, WA2SRQ, went on a DX-pedition to Greenland and finished with 39 QSOs.
The biggest activity center was California. The stations who had good
propagation into California at the start were eating them up like
sharks in goldfish tank. This put K9ZO and K4PQL ahead after one lap.
However, as 40 meters started receiving attention, the school of sixes
was now visible to more sharks and the big sharks on the west coast
got their chance. In the end, Ralph and Al finished third and fourth
and west coast sprint veterans N6TR (hi mom) and K6LL finished in the
top two spots.
The highest accuracy percentage was recorded by David Hodge, XE1/AA6RX.
Dave combined his early training on CW traffic nets with his discerning
ear for musical notes to turn in an entry with NO receiving errors and
only one QSO busted due to a receiving error on the other end.
Congratulations David!!
I had the honor to finally meet John, K2MM, who generates all of the
data you are about to enjoy reading. After seeing how difficult it
is, I am sure glad I was lazy and didn't take it on myself. We all
owe John a big THANK YOU for his hard work and for making the hottest
new contest of the 90's. John finished the report around 5 AM on
April 15th so that the results would be available at Visalia. He
still has all day now to do his taxes! You can contact John at
k2mm at maspar.com.
Dave, K5GN, was disappointed that this contest was held on Easter.
We almost gave him a 1000 point penalty for misreading the rules, but
thought better of it. At any rate, the responsibility for selecting
the next SprINT date now rests with him. I would expect it to occur
sometime in the summer, probably a month or two before the September
NCJ sprint.
73 Tree N6TR
tree at tgv.com
And now for the report generated by the K2MM log checking animal:
(as AD1C says: "cut here")
----------------------------------------------------------------------
FOURTH INTERNET SPRINT RESULTS
Date 9404 9401 9310 9305
Logs Submitted 29 30 26 29
Calls Worked 54 55 47 74
Reported 20m QSOs 1457 2170 1552 2471
Reported 40m QSOs 1081 758 574 2
Reported Total QSOs 2538 2928 2126 2473
Reported Matched QSOs 2394 2772 1912 2082
Total QSOs 1341 1542 1170 1432
Percent Matched 89.3 89.9 81.7 72.7
"Total QSOs" = "Reported Total QSOs" - 1/2 * "Reported Matched QSOs".
This is because each *pair* of "Reported Matched QSOs" represents one
QSO reported from both ends.
#OK = your score
#NG = contacts not credited
RXNG = you busted the call/number/name/qth of the station you worked
TXNG = the station you worked busted your call/number/name/qth
DUPE = you worked the same station within 3 previous non-dupes
#OK + #NG is the raw claimed score. #NG is the number of busted contacts.
Some contacts may be busted for more than one reason, so RXNG + TXNG + DUPE
may be greater than #NG. Stations making more than 10 QSOs that did not
submit a log were penalized one point per unreported QSO! YOUR ANNOTATED
LOG IS AVAILABLE VIA E-MAIL. SEND YOUR REQUEST TO "k2mm at maspar.com".
CALL #OK #NG RXNG TXNG DUPE ACCURACY (each * is 2% above 50%)
n6tr 146 11 2 8 1 93.0 *********************
k6ll 141 5 2 2 1 96.6 ***********************
k4pql 139 6 2 1 0 95.9 **********************
k9zo 134 9 4 5 0 93.7 *********************
n4ogw 118 6 4 2 0 95.2 **********************
aa5bt 112 5 3 2 0 95.7 **********************
ve4vv 107 6 1 5 0 94.7 **********************
ka9fox 101 7 4 2 1 93.5 *********************
n4tqo 101 10 6 4 0 91.0 ********************
ab6fo 100 12 8 4 0 89.3 *******************
ke9i 100 15 9 5 1 87.0 ******************
nv6o 99 6 3 3 0 94.3 **********************
n0ax 92 5 3 2 0 94.8 **********************
nf6h 92 7 2 2 3 92.9 *********************
n7lox 91 2 1 2 0 97.8 ***********************
n6ip 86 11 3 7 1 88.7 *******************
k2mm 83 2 1 1 0 97.6 ***********************
n2aa 69 2 0 2 0 97.2 ***********************
xe1/aa6rx 56 1 0 1 0 98.2 ************************
k8jlf 55 6 1 3 2 90.2 ********************
wq5l 49 2 1 1 0 96.1 ***********************
w5asp 47 19 11 5 2 71.2 **********
wa2srq 39 6 2 3 1 86.7 ******************
k7lr 26 3 0 3 0 89.7 *******************
ve5va 22 2 0 2 0 91.7 ********************
ae0m 18 13 8 1 4 58.1 ****
w1yu 16 1 1 0 0 94.1 **********************
wn3k 4 2 0 2 0 66.7 ********
wa8zdt -11 11 0 11 0 0.0 No log
n8ea -25 25 0 25 0 0.0 No log
k7gm -35 35 0 35 0 0.0 No log
kb8n -1007 1007 0 1007 0 0.0 No log, rules-violation penalty
km0l -1011 1011 0 1011 0 0.0 No log, rules-violation penalty
aa7nx -2908 3021 3 3004 11 81.4 *************** Three BUTTHEADs!
Thanks to Trey/WN4KKN and Tree/N6TR for a good idea they use checking
NA Sprint logs -- amnesty for QSO# errors within +/- 1. This occurred
in about a half-dozen QSOs. The theory is that the sender's log may often
show his TX# off by 1, even with computer logging!
Remember, busted Qs are removed from both the sender's and receiver's logs,
and ACCURACY reflects both sending and receiving errors and dupes. Look for
ERROR ANALYSIS breakdows at the end of this posting.
SOAPBOX
> [Ed/WA2SRQ] Terrible conditions on 20m. I qrt after the first hour to
> watch Duke/Florida game so didn't make it to 40m. . . . Anyone else
> notice that the stations with the highest numbers were the ones heard the
> least often?
> [Ken/AB6FO] I agree conditions were terrible on 20. Not so great the
> first 15 minutes on 40 either. About 0120 things got better and I had a
> decent second hour.
> [Gene/N2AA] CDX were SUCKOLA! Great practice at calling people who
> answered someone else (50%).
> [Steve/N4TQO] Much more fun doing this from a station with lots of
> antennas [AG6D] -- I had six to choose from for 20 and 40. 20 was funny
> -- kept working small group of guys, lucky we have the +3 no dupe rule.
> 40 was hot.
> [Doug/NF6H] This is the first Internet sprint I've played in, and it was
> a lot of fun. It's amazing how dead the bands were when 0200 came around!
> [Tor/N4OGW] I thought 20m condx were pretty good in IL.
> [Eric/NV6O] Yes, the bands were bad at the start, but not bad enough to
> prevent me from copying NINZER from N2AA and sending him . . . N4BO!
> [John/K2MM] Activity seemed a bit thin. Conditions were poor, though,
> so maybe activity only *seemed* thin.
> [Tree/N6TR] Was a slow start on 20 meters. North east signals were
> really weak the whole time on 20. Things really picked up when 40 meters
> started getting activity.
The number of 40m QSOs jumped to 1081 from last time's high of 758, even
though total Qs were down a little. Bad 20m condx made it seem a lot worse.
> [Howie/K4PQL] Conditions seemed to favor the east coast on 20 (more W6s),
> but I think it flipped on 40. The QRN was high here and not much one-hop
> activity heard.
> [Kevin/WA8ZDT] CONDX here rather poor. Very little 20M. 40M a little
> better, but never heard a single W1, W2, or W3.
> [Mike/AA7NX] Some pretty awful conditions . . .
> [Chip/K7LR] This time conditions overtook wrestling with LOG as the
> limiting factor; went downstairs for a beer at 0052, worked 2 more in the
> next 11 minutes, and decided the beer was a better idea. Only 3 guys ever
> called _me_.
> [Dave/K8JLF] Here in New England, conditions were atrocious! Much of the
> time on 20 I could hardly hear anyone. Things picked up after 0100Z, when
> the action began to move to 40, but it soon became clear that conditions
> there were not a lot better.
> [Ralph/K9ZO] Things went well on 20. There were enough stations to keep
> things going, but most of the qsos were in California. I did not need to
> have a bidirectional signal -- nothing out east. . . . Immediately upon
> the band change to 40 at 0118Z I could sense that something was wrong.
> There were very few signals over S9 and it was raining. The S meter
> stayed at 9 with static crashes taking out part of the exchanges. Most of
> the west coast was in the noise. I could hear them working each other.
> There were no midwest to be heard. . . . Frequently I got beat out, had
> to repeat exchanges, or ask for fills. Nothing clicked well for the last
> half hour. So close, yet so far.
Here on the Left Coast, switching to 40m was great. Seems that wasn't the
case everywhere. With different condx, Ralph, you might have had a shot at
beating out Tree for #1. You were 10 Qs ahead of him at 0100Z. Maybe we
can avoid having to coin a new "QTW?" Q-signal ;-)
> [Ward/N0AX] Conditions? P.U.! WA2SRQ sounded like he was in Greenland!
> [Bob/N6IP] 20m was death for me, a westward facing cliff dweller.
> Usually do OK in SprINT because so much activity is west coast (N-S).
> This time, only W8, W9, and a few weak W5s were obvious on 20m. Usually
> never heard my "honorable competition" that beat me to 75% of the W8/W9/W5
> CQs. Six times I abandoned my CQing after 10+ calls. Frustrating!
> [Ray/WQ5L] Thanks SO much (NOT!) to the local electricity substation for
> breaking down at 2315! Argh!!! It came back on at 0055, so I was able to
> get on for the second hour, but hardly warmed up and ready.
Seems local condx were A LOT worse in some places than others!
> [Jerry/KE9I] 20m started out very good, then kaboom, no signals!
> 40m noise, noise, noise!
WHAT'S IN A LOG?
> [Joe/W5ASP] Please don't giggle. This is a "check log" ONLY! Several of
> the exchanges I lost completely while fussing with the program. DO NOT
> penalize anyone for my confusion. I really struggled trying to get Tree's
> software to run and made a lot of errors that I couldn't correct "on the
> fly". . . . I could have done it all by hand and had a much "cleaner" log
> but the challenge was to use the N6TR software AND work the contest.
OK, Joe. Your log was not included for QSO checking, only for QSO stats and
name traces. Guess that makes it a "no-check log". Also, you have a line
score in the standings. Thanks for risking the embarrassment of sending in a
log you'd rather not have anyone else see! It really does help.
> [Derek/AA5BT] One man, one radio and four pencils. Color me old-
> fashioned, but this is surely one of the contests where paper and pencil
> work just fine. Spotting dupes is trivial, and I write as fast as I can
> type, and correct mistakes more easily. . . . I'm not sure what a logging
> program buys you. Well, OK, I have to type all the stuff in later. . . .
Say what, Derek?
> [Derek/AA5BT] Sorry, Tree -- please use this log and swallow the others!
> I can see the advantage of a logging program now, I make too many mistakes
> when I transcribe my handwriting to the computer. I promise this [third
> version] is the last version!
> [Bob/WN3K] Well, I got up the nerve to use TR LOG the first time instead
> of NA and it made me rather crazy. The first time I had a dupe it threw it
> out and I couldn't find a way to disable whatever did it. So... 6 Qs.
> Will work with this program before next one. Sorry to drop out.
Bob now has some new LOGCFG.DAT files to look at, and plenty of time to get
ready for next time!
> [Doug/NF6H] Started tinkering with LOG 4.05 before the contest trying to
> set it up for the sprint. Thirty minutes wasn't long enough to figure
> everything out, but it worked well enough.
Getting up to reasonable speed with LOG in only 30 minutes is a remarkable
achievement!
> [Tor/N4OGW] I tried using LOG for the first time. About the middle of
> the contest I somehow managed to dump the log/dupesheet to disk. Not
> knowing how to get it back, I restarted the program, just as N6TR calls
> me. Of course now the program has lost the last name it got. Not knowing
> how to reload the last name, I exited and used a text editor to look at
> the log. I'm glad you don't use a binary file format! Thanks for
> waiting, Tree!
> [Dave/K8JLF] At least it gave me an opportunity to practice using LOG in
> real time.
> [Howie/K4PQL] LOG dropped mex (mx) from xe1/aa6rx. (Right, blame it on
> N6TR LOG!) P.S. -- confused. Stopped contest because computer clock said
> 0200. LOG sez 0157 (sigh).
Bummer :-( There were several Qs missing from the end of your log. They
probably are the five "editable" Qs held in LOG.TMP. It's easy to forget
to flush LOG.TMP to LOG.DAT at the end of a contest. Those five Qs would
have jumped you into 2nd place ahead of Dave/K6LL and hot on Tree's heels!
> [Ken/AB6FO] I like the name rule, as I get practice with the keyer and
> not only the keyboard. I use NA with some customized keyboard macros
> (rather I'm planning on trying to do that) to get the exchange sent from
> the keyboard.
There were a few Qs missing from the middle and end of Ken's log, too.
(Hope it's not contagious!) But Ken was able to provide fills just in the
nick of time. Thanks, Ken.
> [Pete/VE5VA] I blew it this time. Sent two QSOs with #4 and some other
> errors. I shudder to think how many QSOs I'll lose! I must write a
> program to handle this for me.
Or buy one!
> [Ralph/K9ZO] Notice that qso nr 4 serial number was repeated.
What is it with QSO #4??? Maybe contagion is not too far-fetched a worry!
> [David/XE1/AA6RX] The software worked fine, ver 4.02, except for the name
> of a repeat contact popping up. I already disabled NAME by changing its
> filename. It is simply a darn good program!
STEVE AND PAUL -- CLUELESS TECHS?
> [Joe/W5ASP] Near the end it seemed that every exchange was "Steve".
> [Eric/NV6O] Where did all the Steves and Pauls come from?
> [Derek/AA5BT] The multiple Steves are probably caused by someone who
> hasn't read the rules, and thinks it is like a normal Sprint, where you
> send your own name for each QSO. So if the person does this 6 times
> before realizing the error, there are now 6 Steves out there being passed
> around (and 6 names that are never heard of again).
STEVE was the most popular name given for QSO #1 -- by N4TQO, KD1JZ, WB9TOW,
and KM0L. A few more were generated by "logging accidents". But 10 extra
STEVEs came from KM0L and at least 7 PAULs came from KB8N. Note that both
stations quit right after working their first dupe. Maybe getting two
different names from the same station is what clued them in!
Also, Fred/VE5GD and Ron/KE5IR managed to get in a bit of name subversion.
20 0021 k2mm 13 pete ca km0l 1 steve mo
20 0025 w1yu 12 tor ct km0l 2 steve mo
20 0027 n6tr 30 rich or km0l 3 steve mo
20 0028 nv6o 21 tony ca km0l 4 steve mo
20 0028 n0ax 26 fox wa km0l 5 steve mo
20 0030 k6ll 35 ralph az km0l 6 steve mo
20 0032 k7lr 20 joe wa km0l 7 steve mo
20 0033 ab6fo 25 joe ca km0l 8 steve mo
20 0036 aa7nx 28 tony or km0l 9 steve mo
20 0034 n7lox 32 fox wa km0l 10 steve mo
20 0040 n0ax 39 joe wa km0l 11 steve mo
20 0059 n2aa 45 ninger nj kb8n 1 paul tx
20 0100 aa7nx 50 ken or kb8n 2 paul tx
20 0101 n4ogw 66 steve il kb8n 3 paul tx
20 0104 k9zo 83 steve il kb8n 4 paul tx
20 0104 ve4vv 67 bevis mb kb8n 5 paul tx
20 0106 nv6o 54 steve ca kb8n 8 paul tx
20 0109 k9zo 88 gomez il kb8n 9 paul tx
20 0108 ve4vv 72 steve mb ve5gd 1 fred sk
20 0111 nf6h 51 pavl ca ve5gd 2 fred sk
40 0142 ve4vv 103 joe mb ve5gd 3 fred sk
40 0149 ve5va 21 steve sk ve5gd 4 fred sk
40 0152 ke9i 108 joe in ke5ir 1 ron tx
40 0153 wq5l 46 corlo al ke5ir 2 ron tx
Seriously, sincere thanks to these guys for getting on despite the confusion
and the giggles. Hope they're not too embarrassed to get on next time! And
extra thanks to everyone who sent in a log. It's amazing how completely
KM0L's log could be reconstructed!
Here are the related name-trace fragments that didn't get connected to the
main body of starting names (below). For an explanation of the symbols, see
Reader's Guide To SprINT Name Traces at the end of the traces.
nv6o 14 fox ==========================n7lox-km0l= (KM0L#11)
n0ax 40 steve ==-=======w5asp=ka9fox?
wa8zdt 11 joe =====ke9i-ke5ir= (KE5IR#2)
wq5l 47 ron ===-===ke9i.
k6ll 76 steve ==ve4vv-ve5gd= (VE5GD#2)
nf6h 52 fred ===-==============================-=====aa5bt.
n7gm 16 paul ===ve5va=
nf6h 51 pavl -ve5gd= (VE5GD#3)
ve4vv 104 fred =================ab6fo.
k7gm 18 joe ==========-==-====ve4vv-ve5gd= (VE5GD#4)
ve5va 22 fred =
ab6fo 108 ed -wb9tow?
HEY STEVE, I WANT MY MTV!
Mike/AA7NX was so agitated by getting five STEVEs in a row, he responded in
the only way he could -- with BUTTHEAD! Musta felt good! Maybe this helps
explain his mind-boggling total of 11 dupes -- an all-time SprINT record!
20 0041 aa7nx 32 hro or n4ogw 45 steve il
20 0042 aa7nx 33 steve or ka9fox 42 steve wi
20 0043 aa7nx 34 steve or aa5bt 40 steve tx
20 0045 aa7nx 35 steve or k9zo 56 steve il
20 0046 aa7nx 36 steve or ka9fox 47 steve wi
20 0047 aa7nx 37 butthead or ke9i 53 hro in
Mike injected two BUTTHEADs and one BEVIS, selflessly accepting 3000 points
in penalties in an attempt to save the contest from STEVE-lock. Poetic
justice was seen again, though, as Mike's second BUTTHEAD clobbered his own
starting name! Derek/AA5BT came through and cleaned up Mike's mess by
changing both BUTTHEADs to ED.
aa5bt 22 tony ==nv6o-km0l= (KM0L#5)
n0ax 27 steve ================
aa7nx 37 butthead ==-============
aa5bt 64 ed ==-=-=================aa5bt-n8ea=
ab6fo 82 derk ==============xe1/aa6rx.
aa7nx 1 mike ==========================-================
aa7nx 40 butthead =========
aa5bt 61 ed -======nv6o-kd1jz?
See Gene/N2AA's second trace (below) for BEVIS. And Mike, learn how to
spell BEAVIS, will ya ;-)
TRACES FOR STARTING NAMES
Here are traces for the remaining starting names. They are listed
alphabetically by name.
wb4rmj 1 bill =-kl7ra?
ke9i 1 bingo ========n0ax=nv6o?
k7lr 1 chip =
k4pql 2 skip ===========-====ka9fox-k6aw?
> [David/XE1/AA6RX] NAME = CORNO (Horn in Spanish)
xe1/aa6rx 1 corno ==-=========-====n2aa=
ke9i 71 corro ========n7lox=
n4ogw 93 corno ====ke9i=
w5asp 50 corro ==ve4vv=
n0ax 80 corlo ==============wq5l-ke5ir?
k6ll 1 dave =======ve4vv-k4twj?
k8jlf 1 dave ====================w5asp=
ab6fo 16 larry =========================-==k8jlf-k0fx?
k4twj 1 dave =========ve4vv=
ab6fo 11 steve ==============================ab6fo=
ve4vv 46 hteve =n4tqo=
n4ogw 51 steve ======-====-==================-=================
. . . steve -======n6tr.
aa5bt 1 derek ==n6tr=
w5asp 4 derk ==================k9zo=
n6tr 35 terk ====ab6fo=
w5asp 19 derk =
n6tr 44 terk ==n4tqo=
k9zo 51 derk ===n4ogw=
ae0m 14 dick ===============n4tqo-n7gm?
ve4vv 1 derrick ================nv6o=
ke9i 25 derick =
ab6fo 17 derk ===============================ab6fo=
wq5l 4 dirk ===-=====n6ip=
ka9fox 70 derk ==k6ll-k7gm?
k0fx 1 don ==-=====-====n6tr=
n4tqo 65 joe =====================k6ll-n8ea?
nf6h 1 doug ==========wn3k.
nm5m 1 eric ==n0ax?
wa2srq 1 ed ============================-==w5asp=
n7lox 41 steve =======-=========wq5l-wa8zdt?
n0ax 1 fester =================wa2srq.
ka9fox 1 fox =============-=====n0ax-km0l= (KM0L#6)
k6ll 36 steve =====-======ke9i=
n4tqo 39 mike ====================-==ab6fo-k7gm?
ve5gd 1 fred ============n4tqo-n8ea=
nv6o 91 steve ==nf6h=n4ogw?
W1YU couldn't copy the name N4BO he was sent in QSO #13, so he re-sent in
QSO #14 the name STEVE he got in QSO #12.
n2aa 1 gene =wa2srq=
n6ip 3 peter =========n6tr=
aa5bt 12 pete ====k2mm-km0l= (KM0L#2)
w1yu -> 13 steve ========================k9zo-kb8n= (KB8N#5)
ve4vv 68 paul ===xe1/aa6rx-n8ea=
nv6o 63 derk =-==-=====n6tr=
aa7nx 76 derek =
n6ip 64 derk ===ab6fo=
aa7nx 85 derek ==========k8jlf=
k2mm 75 derk =n6ip=
ke9i 105 derek =
ab6fo 103 derk ==========ve4vv.
n2aa 1 gene =wa2srq=
n6ip 3 peter =========n6tr=
aa5bt 12 pete ====k2mm-km0l= (KM0L#2)
w1yu -> 14 steve ==========k9zo=
nf6h 36 ralph ==-=========
aa7nx 49 bevis ===ve4vv-kb8n?
n7lox 1 gomez ==-===============-======-===============-==
. . . gomez =k9zo-kb8n.
k4pql 1 howie ======k9zo=
nv6o 3 5owie =wn3k=
k6ll 11 howie =ke9i=
w5asp 6 howe ==n0ax=
ke9i 19 howie ====k6ll=
wa2srq 22 fox ===============-=-===================aa5bt-k7gm?
wn3k 1 hro ======================================w1yu.
n8ea 1 joe =========n0ax-km0l?
w1yu 1 joe ===============================ab6fo-km0l= (KM0L#9)
aa7nx 29 steve ====================-=======ab6fo-n8ea?
WA2SRQ couldn't copy the name FESTER he was sent in QSO #20, so he re-sent
in QSO #21 the name JOE he got in QSO #19.
w5asp 1 joe ===============
wa2srq -> 20 joe =================-===============ae0m-k7go?
w5asp 1 joe ===============
wa2srq -> 21 joe ========k7lr-km0l= (KM0L#8)
ab6fo 26 steve ================-===========nv6o-kb8n= (KB8N#9)
k9zo 89 paul ===============-==============================-=
. . . paul =n6tr-w5xd?
ab6fo 1 ken ================================-===============
. . . ken ==aa7nx-kb8n= (KB8N#3)
n4ogw 67 paul ==aa5bt-n8ea?
wa8zdt 1 kevin =============aa5bt=
aa7nx 71 steve ==============================n7lox.
> [Eric/NV6O] I thought I would give everyone a chance to send N4BO without
> penalty (smirk).
Right on! I thought about starting with N4BO, too! After all, if "oo7" is
legitimate, why not? Sure glad you're the one to do it, though!
nv6o 1 n4bo ======================w1yu.
> [Steve/N4TQO] Worst moment: trying to persuade W1YU that N4BO was a name
> -- that cost me three minutes!
Looks like those three minutes were wasted, Steve. Here's the relevant
entry from Joe/WI2E/W1YU's log:
> BAND TIME CALL #Sent #Rcvd NAME QTH POINTS NOTES
> 20 0027 N4TQO 13 25 0 Busted exchange
k7gm 1 ncaa =============n2aa=w5asp?
n6tr 1 ninzer ================-====-============-==========aa5bt=
ab6fo 47 ninger =n2aa-kb8n= (KB8N#2)
aa7nx 51 paul =========================================-======
. . . paul ==================n0ax.
kb8n 1 paul =-==================-==wq5l-k7gm?
ve5va 1 pete ==================-============-==w5asp=
aa5bt 79 paul =======-=======n6tr=
ke9i 91 steve =============-=======n6ip.
> [Dave/K8JLF] I'd like to know who introduced PHAEDRUS!
> [Ward/N0AX] Phaedrus, eh? Must be related to Zaphod...
Related to Phineas, too. Gee, Ward, how'd you know?
k2mm 1 phaedrus ===================================-====w5asp=
wa2srq 43 bill =-====-=========-======================nv6o-n8ea=
k4pql 103 fox ==========================k4pql-n8ea=
ab6fo 105 bill ========xe1/aa6rx-wa8zdt?
k9zo 1 ralph ================================k6ll-km0l= (KM0L#7)
k7lr 21 steve ============-=========wa2srq.
kl7ra 1 rich ======n6tr-km0l= (KM0L#4)
nv6o 22 steve =======-=====================-==n4ogw-kb8n= (KB8N#4)
k9zo 84 paul =-========================================k4pql.
wq5l 1 rock ===-=ab6fo=k6ll?
ke5ir 1 ron ====nv6o=
n4tqo 111 fred ====n4ogw.
w6jxh 1 ron =========-=======================================
. . . ron ==wq5l.
n4tqo 1 steve =============w1yu-w6jxh?
kd1jz 1 steve =================k7lr.
wb9tow 1 steve =========n2aa.
km0l 1 steve ================================================
. . . steve ======n6ip=
ae0m bill .
ae0m 1 tony =====-==============-===aa7nx-km0l= (KM0L#10)
n7lox 33 steve ====================================-===-====-==
. . . steve ============-===ve5va-ve5gd.
n4ogw 1 tor ==================w1yu-km0l= (KM0L#3)
n6tr 31 steve ===================-====-====-===========-======
. . . steve ===================nv6o-n8ea?
w5xd 1 wayne ==================ve5va.
> [Bob/N6IP] Starting Name = "XX" (double cross?) Never heard it again.
n6ip 1 xx =============k7lr=aa5bt?
READER'S GUIDE TO SprINT NAME TRACES
The columns show the station's call, QSO NR, and the name sent with that NR,
followed by the trace. A new trace is started every time the name changes.
The trace symbols and their meanings:
= Name was sent to a station who DID submit a log.
- Name was sent to a station who DID NOT submit a log.
? Trace was lost. In mid-trace, denotes manual suturing.
. Name was retired, usually by ending the contest, but sometimes by
an operator deliberately changing the name.
k2tw 1 tom =====-======================-=====ve4gv-aa5nn=
n0ax 81 linda =======================-==================ve5va.
K2TW's TOM survived 34 hops and was successfully received by VE4GV, who DID
submit a log. VE4GV then passed something to AA5NN, who DID NOT submit a
log, and AA5NN passed something to N0AX, who recorded LINDA in his log. The
error may have occurred anywhere between VE4GV's TX and N0AX's RX. LINDA
was finally received by VE5VA on his last QSO.
When a name changes while going "underground" (through a non-submitter), the
three calls involved are shown because it's impossible to definitely pin the
bust on one exchange or the other. Continuation of the trace is possible
because, in this case, VE4GV's log shows he got #3 from AA5NN and N0AX's log
shows #4 from AA5NN.
ERROR ANALYSIS
#define eRXCALL 0x0 /* mis-copied rx'd call */
#define eRXNR 0x1 /* mis-copied rx'd number */
#define eRXNAME 0x2 /* mis-copied rx'd name */
#define eRXQTH 0x3 /* mis-copied rx'd qth */
#define eTXCALL 0x4 /* tx'd call mis-copied */
#define eTXNR 0x5 /* tx'd number mis-copied */
#define eTXNAME 0x6 /* tx'd name mis-copied */
#define eTXQTH 0x7 /* tx'd qth mis-copied */
#define eTXNIL 0x8 /* tx'd qso not in other stn's log */
#define eDUPE 0x9 /* stn wkd in prev 3 non-dupe qsos */
#define eCHGNAME 0xA /* tx'd name other than prev rx */
#define eBADNR 0xB /* tx'd nr dupe or backward */
#define eNUQNR 0xC /* tx'd nr not unique, only 1st qso ok */
#define eNOLOG 0xD /* stn wkd did not submit log */
#define eUNIQUE 0xE /* stn wkd is unique */
#define eDCLBUST 0xF /* log declares qso busted */
0x0 0x1 0x2 0x3 0x4 0x5 0x6 0x7 0x8 0x9 0xA 0xB 0xC 0xD 0xE 0xF
n6tr 0 1 1 0 0 3 5 2 0 1 0 0 0 13 0 0
k6ll 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 11 0 0
k4pql 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 10 0 3
k9zo 0 1 2 2 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 0
n4ogw 1 1 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 1
aa5bt 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 9 0 1
ve4vv 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 9 1 0
ka9fox 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 1 0
n4tqo 1 1 3 1 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 1
ab6fo 1 1 5 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 15 0 0
ke9i 1 3 6 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 8 1 1
nv6o 0 0 1 2 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 0
n0ax 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 0 0
nf6h 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 0 0 0 12 0 0
aa7nx 0 0 3 0 0 2 1 0 1 11 3 0 0 5 0 3
n7lox 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 7 0 0
n6ip 0 0 3 0 0 4 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 0
k2mm 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0
n2aa 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0
xe1/aa6rx 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0
k8jlf 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 7 1 0
wq5l 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0
wa2srq 0 0 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1
k7lr 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
ve5va 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 0 0
ae0m 1 4 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 5 1 1
w1yu 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 1 1
wn3k 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTALS 6 16 46 12 4 16 46 11 8 26 9 2 4 191 6 13
>From barry at w2up.wells.com (Barry Kutner) Sun Apr 17 02:07:58 1994
From: barry at w2up.wells.com (Barry Kutner) (Barry Kutner)
Date: Sun, 17 Apr 94 01:07:58 GMT
Subject: Grounding
Message-ID: <ZVgwkc1w165w at w2up.wells.com>
I'm interested in opinions on whether there is a need to ground
the shields of the coax, either at base of tower, or at bulkhead entering
house - using something like I.C.E.'s aluminum bar where you strip off
about an inch of shield and then place coax within circular channel.
Already using Alpha-Delta gas discharge devices to ground at base of
tower... Tnx/Barry
Barry N. Kutner, W2UP Usenet/Internet: barry at w2up.wells.com
Newtown, PA Packet Radio: W2UP @ WB3JOE.#EPA.PA.USA.NA
Packet Cluster: W2UP >K2TW (FRC)
.......................................................................
>From Randy A Thompson <K5ZD at world.std.com> Sun Apr 17 03:29:04 1994
From: Randy A Thompson <K5ZD at world.std.com> (Randy A Thompson)
Date: Sat, 16 Apr 1994 22:29:04 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Antenna Question
Message-ID: <Pine.3.89.9404162205.A5121-0100000 at world.std.com>
I have a 100 foot tower which currently has a Cushcraft 40-2CD at 110
feet and a Hygain 205-CA at 100 feet. I have a second 205-CA which will
be stacked at between 45-50 feet.
Question: I am thinking about putting a TH7DXX on a sidemount at about
the 65 foot level (which would put it in the middle of the 20 meter
stack). Since the TH7 is also a 20m antenna, will it cause any
problems? It will probably spend most of its time oriented 90 degrees
from the stack, but there will be occasions when they are all the same
direction.
Comments and suggestions - theoretical and practical - are welcome direct
to me. Thanks!
73 - Randy
K5ZD at World.std.com
>From MKXB22A at prodigy.com (MRS ELLEN WHITE) Sun Apr 17 18:47:14 1994
From: MKXB22A at prodigy.com (MRS ELLEN WHITE) (MRS ELLEN WHITE)
Date: Sun, 17 Apr 1994 13:47:14 EDT
Subject: Yagis are up/condx stink/rotor noisy
Message-ID: <013.00605143.MKXB22A at prodigy.com>
Good news...the tops of the towers are adorned with rotary yagis,
ah-what a beautiful sight.
Bad news...condx really stink-when South America is puny weak on 20
from FL you know condx really suck!
New Problem....
When turning the 20M yagi the rotor is trashing the Omni-VI
...really bad...the rotor control cable is house wiring out about 250
feet(tnx K8CC/Contest Reflector), and the beam is being fed with 7/8
hardline(ditto)..have you had this type of problem with a tailtwister?
If so, or if you know of a possible avenue to fix, please send me a
response to the address below...yes, it is yet another new address for
me...this address will probably be the one I'll use for the reflector(s) as
it is a flat fee per annum with no per msg charge to receive...I will
probably handle outgoing mail via another service-to tx is cheaper there.
It will be like practice for single-multi...and since there is only
one computer available there is a lockout so I cannot send messages on two
services simultaneously.
Please respond to: 0006492564 at mcimail.com
Thanks as always - you guys are great...about a dozen responses to
the TH6 posting....vfb!
Jim, K1zx
>From Mr. Brett Graham" <bagraham at HK.Super.NET Sun Apr 17 23:53:50 1994
From: Mr. Brett Graham" <bagraham at HK.Super.NET (Mr. Brett Graham)
Date: Mon, 18 Apr 1994 06:53:50 +0800
Subject: WWV numbers
Message-ID: <199404172253.AA21147 at hk.super.net>
Anybody know how to get the WWV numbers over the Internet?
73, VS6BrettGraham aka VR2BG
>From XMSJ29A at prodigy.com (MR JAMES A WHITE) Mon Apr 18 00:06:06 1994
From: XMSJ29A at prodigy.com (MR JAMES A WHITE) (MR JAMES A WHITE)
Date: Sun, 17 Apr 1994 19:06:06 EDT
Subject: unsubscribe tnx 73 de K1ZX
Message-ID: <013.00606198.XMSJ29A at prodigy.com>
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