Scores
WJ2O at aol.com
WJ2O at aol.com
Sun Dec 4 16:25:57 EST 1994
Yeah, I know I'm late, but I just got most of the sand out of my ears.
WJ2O/KP2 U.S. Virgin Islands
500 watts, single op.
TS-940S, AL-80B, Butternut vertical all bands except 160 had a end fed wire
strung through the palm trees 20 feet off the sand.
ARRL SWEEPSTAKES
160 0
80 21
40 138
20 407
15 347
10 186
1,099 x 73 sections = 160,454 points
I'm so thrilled they split Washington into 2 sections. One side with hams,
the other side without. Missed VE8, KH6 and WY too.
CQ WW CW
160 97 6 12
80 390 10 38
40 1076 18 56
20 1060 21 61
15 1208 21 69
10 466 14 38
4297 90 274 -- 3,776,864
I get so excited about rates that I forget to stop and look for mults. Great
openings to Europe! I could actually hear the stations I worked on 160! 10
meters opened up twice on Sat. and once on Sun. just long enough to snag a
few hundred Q's.
The mountains to my back made the South and West path tuff.
Thanks for all the Q's! Can't wait for the next trip.
73 es CUL, Dave, WJ2O
>From Celia Tony Becker <becker at shell.portal.com> Sun Dec 4 21:35:34 1994
From: Celia Tony Becker <becker at shell.portal.com> (Celia Tony Becker)
Date: Sun, 4 Dec 1994 13:35:34 -0800
Subject: Wiring Yaesu DVS to voice keyers esp Contest Voice Blaster
Message-ID: <199412042135.NAA29501 at jobe.shell.portal.com>
I had good results with this arrangement during the SS phone, and
wish I had it working during CQWW phone when I was an op at AA6MC
and has a real antenna.
Does anyone have the e-mail address for the Yaesu FT-990 and FT-1000
reflector? I seem to have forgotten to put it in my .mailrc! Reply
by mail and I'll post it there.
DESCRIPTION OF FUNCTION OF FT-990 DVS PORT
PTT DVS0 DVS1 Function
"1" "0" "0" Receiver Audio at Voice Out Voice In muted
"0" "0" "0" Voice Out and In both muted
"1" "0" "1" Transmitter Mic. audio at Voice Out, Voice In muted
"0" "0" "1" Transmitter Mic. audio at Voice Out, Voice In muted
"1" "1" "0" Voice Out muted, Voice In signal at Receiver Audio output
"0" "1" "0" Voice Out and In both muted
"1" "1" "1" Voice Out and In both muted
"0" "1" "1" Voice Out muted, Voice In signal at Receiver Audio output
and Transmitter Audio
"0" means pin at ground, "1" means pin at +12V
WIRING DVS PORT 8-BIT SOUND BLASTER FOR USE WITH LTAs "CONTEST VOICE BLASTER"
Pin# Name Description
1 VOICE IN Input from Sound Blaster Speaker output
2 VOICE OUT Output to Sound Blaster Mic input
3 PTT Push To Talk control line
4 +12V Power Supply
5 DVS0 DVS control line
6 DVS1 DVS control line
7 GND Ground
to Sound Blaster Mic input-+
from Sound Blaster Speaker output----+ |
(USE A 1:1 TRANSFORMER) +---^-----^-------+
| | | \>| 2N3906
| | | |----+-----+
| | O /-| \ \
+---------+---^--O4 2 5O----+ / /
2N3906 |</ | +-O1 3O-+ \ 330 \ 330
+--| | O6 7O | SW / /
\ |-\ | | ^ | | ON AIR \ \
/ | | | DVS | | ___| | |
\ 330 | | | | +-O O----+ |
/ | | | | | |
\ | 2N3906|</ | | | |
| +-------| | | | |
| \ |-\ | | | |
| / +-----+ | | |
| \ 330 | | |
| / | | |
| \ | | |
| | | | |
| +----------------------^-------+----+ |
| | | |
+----------------------------^-------^----------+
| | |
1000 | |/ 2N3904 |
Printer Port pin 3, D1-----------/\/\/--------^-----| |
| |\ |
1000 | > |/ 2N3904
Printer Port pin 2, D0-----------/\/\/--------^--------^-------|
| | |\
| | >
| | |
Printer Port pins 18-25-----------------------+--------+----------+
AE0M, Tony Becker - becker at shell.portal.com - Silicon Valley, U.S.A.
>From Rick Zabrodski <zabrodsk at med.ucalgary.ca> Sun Dec 4 21:44:55 1994
From: Rick Zabrodski <zabrodsk at med.ucalgary.ca> (Rick Zabrodski)
Date: Sun, 4 Dec 1994 14:44:55 -0700 (MST)
Subject: cqcw94 qrp follies
Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.91.941204143819.284A-100000 at ume>
CQ WORLD WIDE DX CONTEST -- 1994
Call: VE6GK Country: Canada
Mode: CW Category: Single Operator QRP
BAND QSO QSO PTS PTS/QSO ZONES COUNTRIES
160 0 0 0.00 0 0
80 3 4 1.33 2 2
40 7 10 1.43 3 2
20 37 76 2.05 4 3
15 2 4 2.00 2 1
10 0 0 0.00 0 0
---------------------------------------------------
Totals 49 94 1.92 11 8 => 1,786
My computor crashed on sunday am.....in my sleep deprived daze I
managed to erase
most of saturdays contacts! If it were not the fact that I had agreed to
participate on the internet
team I would not have bothered to send log in! The other 150 stations that
worked me and are not
listed in the log got it right....they did work me, I just lost the log!
My stupididy. Moral of story: DO NOT TURN OFF COMPUTOR FOR 48 HOURS!
Propogation was not bad on saturday, certainly better that cq ssb or
sweepstakes the week
before! See you next year!
Equipment Description: Icom 751a (5 watts), 20 meter monobander, shunt
loaded tower, inverted
vee up 60 feet.
Club Affiliation: Internet
****************************************************************************
Dr. Rick Zabrodski BSc, MD, CCFP(E) * VE6GK
EMAIL: zabrodsk at med.ucalgary.ca *
Packet: VE6GK at VE6YYC.#cgy.ab.can.na * "Power is no subsititute
Phone: (403) 271-5123 Fax: 225-1276 * for skill."
****************************************************************************
>From George Cutsogeorge <0006354141 at mcimail.com> Sun Dec 4 22:17:00 1994
From: George Cutsogeorge <0006354141 at mcimail.com> (George Cutsogeorge)
Date: Sun, 4 Dec 94 17:17 EST
Subject: W2VJN ARRL 160
Message-ID: <21941204221712/0006354141PK4EM at MCIMAIL.COM>
131 Qs 47 Sec 3 Countries (PY0,A35,JAs)
Score = 13,700 2.5 Hours
IC765, Titan, 40' Top loaded wire.
Can't comment on conditions as I am not familiar with 160
from the west coast. I worked a lot of the FRC gang and
very little New England or deep south.
George, W2VJN.
>From Mark Curran <curran at corona.med.utah.edu> Sun Dec 4 22:13:43 1994
From: Mark Curran <curran at corona.med.utah.edu> (Mark Curran)
Date: Sun, 4 Dec 1994 15:13:43 -0700 (MST)
Subject: KI7WX 160M Score
Message-ID: <Pine.3.89.9412041557.A18263-0100000 at corona>
KI7WX Utah Low power SO unassisted
47 x 22 = 3388 in about 2 hours
Surprised to work anyone with 80w to an 88' dipole at 25', but
the guys with good ears pulled me out. On a whim called CQ
before sunset yesterday and was rewarded with several Q's including
AA6TT. Listen hard on 10M next week .... ..
Mark E. Curran KI7WX
Curran at Corona.Med.Utah.Edu
QRO! QRO! QRO! heh..heh..heh...heh Yeah, loud is cool!!
>From Dr. Eugene Zimmerman" <ezimmerm at DGS.dgsys.com Sun Dec 4 23:04:53 1994
From: Dr. Eugene Zimmerman" <ezimmerm at DGS.dgsys.com (Dr. Eugene Zimmerman)
Date: Sun, 4 Dec 1994 18:04:53 -0500 (EST)
Subject: IC737
Message-ID: <Pine.SOL.3.91.941204175331.28340B at DGS>
A friend is thinking about buying an IC737 - for those of you who do not
belong to the ICOM rig-of-the-month club, the 737 is a relatively new,
(apparently fairly) competitive, but VOXless HF radio that has recently
been superceded by the IC737A (same radio with a VOX) and then the IC738
(VOX plus other unspecified improvements).
Have any of you used this radio? Good? Bad? Indifferent? Reliable? How
good is the receiver? He is particularly interested in any comments about
its 80/160 meter performance. One individual has told him the receiver
folds up like a used tent on these bands.
If there are any useful and/or interesting comments, I will post them to
the reflector.
Thanks in advance
Gene W3ZZ
Len Chertok, W3GRF, commenting on a friend's complaint about a crooked 20
meter beam reflector -- "The DX will never know the difference."
>From Rick Niswander <AONISWAN at ECUVM.CIS.ECU.EDU> Sun Dec 4 23:04:27 1994
From: Rick Niswander <AONISWAN at ECUVM.CIS.ECU.EDU> (Rick Niswander)
Date: Sun, 04 Dec 94 18:04:27 EST
Subject: ARRL 160
K7GM, North Carolina, Low Power, Single op:
572/71 = 82.3K 9 or 10 hours
Just goofing off. Had some nice runs, though.
Observations:
I noticed that a larger than normal number of guys were calling
200-400 cycles high (there may have been a bunch low, but my TS940 cuts
off the low side). In this one, with the small frequency size, it is even
more important to be on the frequency of the station being called. I'm sure
some ops wondered why I didn't come back to them. If you are a marginal
signal you may not be noticed unless you are on freq.
There were some nice signals. Noticable was K6XO who called me
at about 01 or 02Z. Somehow, he seemed a bit surprised that I came back.
There are alot of folks who have limited ears on this band.
Rick, K7GM
aoniswan at ecuvm.cis.ecu.edu
>From Charles Fulp Jr <0006313915 at mcimail.com> Sun Dec 4 23:12:00 1994
From: Charles Fulp Jr <0006313915 at mcimail.com> (Charles Fulp Jr)
Date: Sun, 4 Dec 94 18:12 EST
Subject: K3WW ARRL 160 MULTI (K3WW+PACKET)
Message-ID: <34941204231243/0006313915PK2EM at MCIMAIL.COM>
K3WW ARRL 160 Multi op Me and Packet
1066 Q 2372 POINTS 32 Countries 73 Sections 249,060 points Love phoning
in the log asap after the contest. Picked up about 4 countries with
packet, maybe 2 sections that did not call in later. Enjoyed kibitzing
with the local gang while running. 18.6 hours, a lot more than planned
on, conditions just too good. Went to bed just b4 all the KL7's showed
up Friday night, got up early Sun AM but none heard. 73 Chas K3WW
K3WW at MCIMAIL.COM
>From Randy A Thompson <K5ZD at world.std.com> Sun Dec 4 18:22:17 1994
From: Randy A Thompson <K5ZD at world.std.com> (Randy A Thompson)
Date: Sun, 4 Dec 1994 18:23:17 +0001 (EST)
Subject: K5ZD CQWW CW Score & Commentary (long message)
Message-ID: <Pine.3.89.9412041851.A2790-0100000 at world.std.com>
This is a long message. Hope you enjoy it. I find writing the contests
up this way is a big help when I get ready to prepare for next year.
CQ WORLD WIDE DX CONTEST -- 1994
Call: K5ZD Country: United States
Mode: CW Category: Single Operator, High Power
BAND QSO QSO PTS PTS/QSO ZONES COUNTRIES
160 97 264 2.72 13 43
80 265 758 2.86 18 64
40 631 1836 2.91 31 105
20 835 2452 2.94 34 108
15 614 1807 2.94 23 77
10 49 127 2.59 14 35
---------------------------------------------------
Totals 2491 7244 2.91 133 432 => 4,092,860
Equipment Description: Operating Time: 45 hours
IC-765 + Alpha 76CA
TS-930 + Drake L-4B
Antennas:
160m elevated GP
80m Inverted Vee with top at 95'
40m Cushcraft 40-2CD
20m Stacked Hygain 205-CA at 100'/50'
15m LTA 5-ele 15 on 32' boom at 70'
10m LTA 6-ele 10 on 30' boom at 78' fixed South
TH7DXX at 70'
----
Notes on the Contest
This contest began for me 363 days ago. The first real test of my new
station had resulted in a #3 finish in the '93 WW CW only 30K behind K1KI
and K1ZM. Lots of antenna work over the summer and this was going to be
an all out effort to win. KQ2M told me during Phone SS that they were
going to get the 40m beam up at KM1H. Add in N2NT, W1KM, N6BV, N2LT, KM9P
and the usual stealth entry of K1ZM and I knew the competition was going
to be tough.
0000Z
Despite all the anticipation, I start the contest absolutely flat. No
addrenalin, no enthusiasm, nothing. Maybe it is my heavy duty work schedule,
or the 9 extra people in our house the past 2 days, or just the burn out
from this being my 3rd serious contest effort in 5 weekends (I vote for
that one). I decide to grind it out and hope that I will warm up to the
contest and find some source of motivation.
Bands are just as expected the first night. I take my pounding on 80m and
have fun busting pile-ups on 160. 20m is open all night to JA although I
only work a few since I am concentrating on the low bands.
Keep checking 20 during the 08, 09 and 10Z hours. Good scatter sounds like
the top of the cycle. Bands are going to be great! I work two EA stations
on 15m at 1030Z (that's 5:30AM local time) and they are loud! Yes, the
bands are going to be hot.
1100Z
Hmmm...I am hunt and pouncing on 20 but only the big guns are coming
through. I am having no luck calling CQ. Sunrise is 1140Z and with the
sun comes the devastating solar storm. Normally the 12Z hour is a big one
here. I managed to find 15 QSOs spread across 80 to 20m. It is so bad
I spend time calling a JA on 80, some LP on 40. Yuck!
During 13Z I spend time trying to find QSOs on 20 and 15m. It is a struggle.
Conditions are nearly identical to the WW Phone contest. It too suffered
from a solar upset Saturday at sunrise. With a strong sense of deja vu, I
go to 20m, start pressing F1, and wait for the bands to return. From my
experience on Phone, I "know" that 15m will open tomorrow. So I concentrate
on milking 20 for all it has. I use the second radio to tune 10 and 15 for
easy Carribbean/SA mults.
1900Z
The computer screen starts to blur. I am having trouble seeing the point
of the screen where I am trying to type. Unfortunately, I know exactly
what this means -- occular migraine headache in 15 minutes. Look for
Ibuprofen but we are out. Oh this is going to hurt. My concentration
suffers badly, but I have lived through these during contests before.
Twenty is almost gone to Europe and 40 is a mess of unanswered CQs. I try
several times to find a spot with no luck. I hear KM1H down around 7009
almost all weekend and I figure that his bigger antenna is carving out an
advantage. My head still hurts and my enthusiasm is wilting!
I stick it out until late in the 01Z hour. This is awful. All bands closed
to Europe! I have been in the chair for all but 5 minutes of the first
25 hours. It is time for a shower and some food.
0300Z
I continue to grind but the bands are bad. I keep thinking that I should
go to sleep! My headache is receding but it still hurts. I keep questioning
why I am doing this. I would give anything to know how the other single
ops are doing. I want to quit, but there is always the chance I am close.
By 04Z, I can't stand it any more. I decide to sleep for 45 minutes and get
back up for EU sunrise. This was almost a mistake. I wake up fine but
the "sleep drunkeness" is murder. It takes all of my experience and
knowledge of what is happening to keep moving. My stomach is turning over
and I am dizzy. 15 minutes later and I am awake but not after many thoughts
of quitting. Why do we do this?
0600Z
I am rewarded by a recovery of conditions. One of my occasional exploratory
CQs on 160 is rewarded with an answer from DJ6RX. I get 34 answers in 30
minutes including 5 new mults. I even get to 80m and get some answers
there (my 80m scores are more a testament to my S&P ability than my signal
strength).
I stay awake into the 0900Z hour running Europeans on 40. I need more sleep
and decide to catch another hour from 0940Z to 1040Z. This results in another
bout with sleep drunkeness. Note: Always take sleep breaks in 90 minute
periods -- it does make a difference.
1200Z
During the 11Z hour, 20m was kind of weird. Some signals but couldn't
get much going. I was checking 15 on the second rig and was hearing
SA/AF and even some Europe on scatter. I only had 51 QSOs on 15 (33 mults)
so I decided to see what I could work on scatter.
No problem working stations so I decide to CQ. No luck. I give up and tune
down the band just in time to hear local W2SC get an answer. Hey, if he
can get answers I should. I go back to 21011 and call CQ again. It works.
Some on scatter and some booming on direct path. The frequency goes wild!
Europeans are calling in by the dozen. OT4T starts CQing up 2 kHz and he
is 40 over! I see the rate meter climb like crazy. You know it is good
when the last 100 meter is going up!
I try to move G4BUO to 10m on a lark. It is tough with the rate to even
have time to call him on the second rig. We never work, but I notice
there are lots of signals on 10 including EU on scatter. I hear/work an
IS0 on direct path. With rates over 130/hour on the main rig, my rate drops
each time I try the second rig. I am sure I gave away QSOs but I didn't
want to miss anything. I had 505 QSOs in less than 5 hours (that sure helps
the score)!
1700Z
Time to go to 20m. I am focused on keeping the rate up. 20m is not very
good and I end up alternating between CQing and S&P for mults. The 19,
20 and 21Z hours are pretty slow. About 2230Z, I decide that 40m is my
best hope to make it to 4 Million.
I try CQing down low. I try around 7020. It is a battle and I am losing.
Finally, I S&P up high in the band. I find another frequency and it is
magic. Steady slow rate of one QSO per minute. The score builds and I
am overjoyed to pass 4 Meg with 50 minutes to go. Amazingly the rate
continues. YK0A calls in (the first time I heard them all weekend). They
are puny weak. WJ2O/KP2 fires up down 1 and I go get him for another mult.
0000Z
Finally, the contest is over. I feel better, but I am certain that I
am out of the running. It was so bad I was sure KQ2M or someone else
must have done better.
I just about fall out of the chair when KQ2M reads his breakdown. It is
CLOSE! We are only 12K points apart. We have the same zone and country
multiplier. Boy, am I glad I didn't sleep a minute more! Now it is up
to the log checkers. I would normally be confident, but with that migraine
for 8 hours, my concentration may not have been good enough. Congratulations
to Bob either way it goes. I am sure he fought many of the same mental
battles that I did.
Here are the numbers.
Continent Statistics
K5ZD CQ WORLD WIDE DX CONTEST Single Operator
160 80 40 20 15 10 ALL percent
North America 21 35 53 49 27 16 201 8.1
South America 4 12 22 22 26 23 109 4.4
Europe 70 213 508 670 537 7 2005 80.5
Asia 0 1 22 70 2 0 95 3.8
Africa 1 3 18 18 17 2 59 2.4
Oceania 1 1 8 6 5 1 22 0.9
----
BREAKDOWN QSO/mults
K5ZD CQ WORLD WIDE DX CONTEST Single Operator
HOUR 160 80 40 20 15 10 HR TOT CUM TOT
0 ..... ..... 92/32 9/4 ..... ..... 101/36 101/36
1 . . 66/14 11/6 . . 77/20 178/56
2 7/7 16/15 19/6 18/3 . . 60/31 238/87
3 9/8 4/3 24/5 7/6 . . 44/22 282/109
4 8/6 35/9 6/1 2/0 . . 51/16 333/125
5 9/4 30/5 . 4/3 . . 43/12 376/137
6 10/5 39/5 . . . . 49/10 425/147
7 . 61/4 . 1/1 . . 62/5 487/152
8 2/1 4/2 37/8 3/3 ..... ..... 46/14 533/166
9 . 6/3 41/6 3/3 . . 50/12 583/178
10 1/0 1/1 10/7 18/10 2/1 . 32/19 615/197
11 2/1 1/0 1/1 22/8 . . 26/10 641/207
12 . 1/0 4/1 10/5 . . 15/6 656/213
13 . . . 31/3 15/13 . 46/16 702/229
14 . . . 75/5 5/5 . 80/10 782/239
15 . . . 123/5 1/1 . 124/6 906/245
16 ..... ..... ..... 117/7 1/0 ..... 118/7 1024/252
17 . . . 95/7 1/1 1/1 97/9 1121/261
18 . . . 74/10 8/3 1/0 83/13 1204/274
19 . . . 47/0 3/2 4/3 54/5 1258/279
20 . . 5/1 . 12/7 16/12 33/20 1291/299
21 . . 13/0 8/3 2/0 5/3 28/6 1319/305
22 . . 37/2 3/2 1/0 . 41/4 1360/309
23 . . 25/2 23/2 . . 48/4 1408/313
0 ..... 1/1 32/4 ..... ..... ..... 33/5 1441/318
1 1/0 10/4 5/0 . . . 16/4 1457/322
2 2/2 1/0 1/0 . . . 4/2 1461/324
3 . 8/3 8/4 1/1 . . 17/8 1478/332
4 . . 3/1 1/0 . . 4/1 1482/333
5 6/4 . . . . . 6/4 1488/337
6 37/7 . . . . . 37/7 1525/344
7 2/1 37/3 . 1/1 . . 40/5 1565/349
8 ..... 3/2 57/1 1/1 ..... ..... 61/4 1626/353
9 1/0 4/3 11/0 . . . 16/3 1642/356
10 . 1/0 . . . . 1/0 1643/356
11 . . 8/6 11/1 . . 19/7 1662/363
12 . . . 8/2 69/20 . 77/22 1739/385
13 . . . . 139/6 1/1 140/7 1879/392
14 . . . . 130/3 4/4 134/7 2013/399
15 . . . . 95/2 11/9 106/11 2119/410
16 ..... ..... ..... ..... 69/5 1/1 70/6 2189/416
17 . . . 21/1 37/3 . 58/4 2247/420
18 . . . 52/1 6/1 2/0 60/2 2307/422
19 . . . 11/3 7/4 3/2 21/9 2328/431
20 . . 7/1 8/2 11/2 . 26/5 2354/436
21 . 2/2 5/1 10/3 . . 17/6 2371/442
22 . . 49/2 4/0 . . 53/2 2424/444
23 . . 65/3 2/0 . . 67/3 2491/447
DAY1 48/32 198/47 380/86 704/96 51/33 27/19 ..... 1408/313
DAY2 49/14 67/18 251/23 131/16 563/46 22/17 . 1083/134
TOT 97/46 265/65 631/109 835/112 614/79 49/36 . 2491/447
BREAKDOWN in mins/QSO's per hr
K5ZD CQ WORLD WIDE DX CONTEST Single Operator
HOUR 160 80 40 20 15 10 HR TOT CUM TOT
DAY1 1.7/29 4.0/50 7.0/54 9.4/75 1.2/42 0.8/34 ..... 24.0/59
DAY2 1.4/34 2.4/27 5.5/46 3.2/41 6.0/94 0.7/34 . 19.1/57
TOT 3.1/31 6.4/41 12.5/51 12.5/67 7.2/85 1.4/34 . 43.2/58
>From Larry Vehorn <larry at indy.net> Mon Dec 5 01:18:53 1994
From: Larry Vehorn <larry at indy.net> (Larry Vehorn)
Date: Sun, 4 Dec 1994 20:18:53 -0500 (EST)
Subject: ARRL 160m
Message-ID: <199412050118.AA17392 at IndyNet.indy.net>
ARRL 160m Contest W9AGH Indiana
168 qso x 66 sec x 9 dx = 27,225
DX: PY0/f, 5T, 4U1/u, I, VP9, VP2M, ON, CT, YV
>From Wilbert Knol <wk at frc.maffish.govt.nz> Mon Dec 5 01:25:10 1994
From: Wilbert Knol <wk at frc.maffish.govt.nz> (Wilbert Knol)
Date: Mon, 5 Dec 1994 14:25:10 +1300 (NZDT)
Subject: ZM2K M/M CQWW-CW score, comment.
Message-ID: <Pine.OSF.3.90.941205140752.10328A-100000 at muscle>
CQ WORLD WIDE DX CONTEST 1994
Call: ZM2K Country: New Zealand
Mode: CW Category: Multi Multi
BAND QSO QSO PTS PTS/QSO ZONES COUNTRIES
160 73 180 2.47 12 12
80 531 1529 2.88 21 32
40 1002 2941 2.94 29 73
20 1294 3796 2.93 32 92
15 1817 5363 2.95 31 85
10 398 1165 2.93 19 22
---------------------------------------------------
Totals 5115 14974 2.93 144 316 => 6,888,040
Operator List:
ZL2AGY ZL1AIZ ZL2AHC ZL2AL ZL2SS ZL2IN ZL2IR ZL2DX ZL2BSJ.
Support:
ZL2UDF ZL2AMI.
Equipment seen at the contest site:
IC751, FT1000, TS930, IC725 and some more gear of which the numbers
escape me, as well as the usual scattering of amplifiers, dodgy
looking home brewed tuners, paddles, keyers etc. etc.
Antennas: dipoles for 160 and 80, monoband yagis for all other bands:
2 el wire beam (40), 4 el (20), 5 el (15), 7 el (10).
Club Affiliation: Kiwi Contest Group
QSL: via bureau to ZL2IR.
Comment:
The venue was once again our fully fertilised, air conditioned DX
woolshed in the rolling countryside of the Wairarapa. As far as condx go,
I can only comment as a 15 m operator:
15 gave us plenty of JA and W contacts. Although signals were low,
towards the end of the contest the band improved. On Monday morning
(local) it opened up at sunrise to W6,7, then LP to EA, I and F, and
after that back to the Americas. The night before I worked Eu on the
short path with good signals.
Signals across the Pacific seemed not as strong as previous years but we
had no trouble breaking through the back of the beams of the W6 and
W7's. Stateside stations were generally well behaved in the pile ups,
certainly better than the Europeans (but not as good as the JA ops who
are excellent). A few fast tail enders missed out because they insisted
on preceding their callsign with 'de', by which time the mob had caught
up. A few big guns were logged as dupes as they joined in with the pile
up under the WFWL motto.
The low band ops found 160 and 80 quite noisy. The 10 m band also came
alive on the last morning. On Sunday 15,20 and 40 were taken out by S9
white noise a few times. 20 was open almost 24 hrs, and 40 supported
propagation from all directions all night and most of the day.
Low point (almost traditional now): trying to get the PC's networked
with CT on the morning. Gave up and ran stand alone, which worked out
OK. No other gear failures this time, most of the problems had been
ironed out during the big exercise the month before :-) Highlight: working
A71 at 11PM local on Friday night whilst setting up the 10 m station.
An excellent time was had by all...see you next year.
Wilbert, ZL2BSJ.
Wilbert Knol, Acoustics Group, MAF Marine Research, Wellington, New Zealand.
Usenet: wk at frc.maf.govt.nz PACKET:ZL2BSJ at ZL2WA.NZL.OC
AMPR:[44.147.180.88] AX25 NET/ROM TCP/IP MBX 146.625 147.075 MHz 24 hrs.
>From aa6tt at durango.net (William H. Hein) Mon Dec 5 02:09:26 1994
From: aa6tt at durango.net (William H. Hein) (William H. Hein)
Date: Sun, 4 Dec 1994 19:09:26 -0700
Subject: AA6TT -- ARRL 160m M/S Result
Message-ID: <199412050209.TAA01481 at animas.frontier.net>
AA5B, W0KEA, W1XE and myself operated AA6TT in Tiffany, Colorado
multi/single in the ARRL 160m contest. Conditions were fair (only two
Europeans -- CT1AOZ & ON4UN -- were worked), nevertheless, we are generally
pleased with our score.
1134 QSOs x (75 sections + 11 countries) = 212,334 points preliminary
(I have not yet fully reviewed the log)
1015 QSOs were with stateside, 46 with Canada, 7 non-W/VE North America, 2
South America, 55 JAs, 6 Oceania, and no Africa or non-JA Asia. Where are
the HLs, BVs, BYs, VS6s, etc.? Top Band activity outside of Japan in Asia
seems non-existant. Perhaps something can be done to encourage more DX
participation in this event? (Stateside participation seems pretty good.)
Equipment -- Yaesu FT-1000, ETO Alpha 87a, N6TR v5.11 software, 4 phased
verticals with two elevated radials apiece, and 5 Beverages 800 to 1200
feet long. No packet. Unlike last week's CQ WW contest, nothing blew up!
Looking forward to the CQ 160m contest next month.
73,
Bill AA6TT
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William H. Hein, Post Office Box 579, Ignacio, Colorado 81137-0579 USA
telephone 303/883-2415 fax 303/883-2408 Internet aa6tt at durango.net
amateur radio station AA6TT is in Tiffany, Colorado, grid square DM67fb
>From headrick at radar.nrl.navy.mil (James M. Headrick) Mon Dec 5 02:16:26 1994
From: headrick at radar.nrl.navy.mil (James M. Headrick) (James M. Headrick)
Date: Sun, 4 Dec 94 21:16:26 EST
Subject: ARRL 160 score W3CPB
Message-ID: <9412050216.AA28718 at radar.nrl.navy.mil>
250 Q 1 C 43 S 22,132 PTS
100 watts to an inverted "J", about 50 ft vertical, counterpoise at 5 feet.
Nine or ten hours operating time.
Jim w3cpb
>From barry at w2up.wells.com (Barry Kutner) Mon Dec 5 01:36:23 1994
From: barry at w2up.wells.com (Barry Kutner) (Barry Kutner)
Date: Mon, 05 Dec 94 01:36:23 GMT
Subject: 160 score
Message-ID: <cN8Twc1w165w at w2up.wells.com>
Just playing around:
316 Qs x 48 mults = 31,900 in a little over 2 hours
Had a ball with big run rates. In the 10 Q meter was over 250/hr a few
times, and thought to myself "so this is what operating P40W must be
like."
Nice hearing lotsa contest reflector calls (I usually don't work
stateside tests). Speaking of which, leaving a segment for DX should be
MANDATED and grounds for disqualification. Band was wall to wall
stateside (and VE).
73 Barry
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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)
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