10 Meter M/S NC0P

[PerryB1237 at aol.com]

Ten-meter score at NC0P: 

cw qsos/mults = 406/67
ssb qsos/mults = 508/63
total score: 343,720

Ops: NC0P, WO0V, WA0FLS, WA0ETC, WD0GVY, N0AMI

73,
Perry
WR0G


>From Randy Thompson <k5zd at iconics.com>  Mon Dec 12 23:41:17 1994
From: Randy Thompson <k5zd at iconics.com> (Randy Thompson)
Date: Mon, 12 Dec 1994 18:41:17 -0500 (EST)
Subject: OS6TT ARRL 10m (How low can you go?)
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.3.91.941212183750.3000A-100000 at genesis.iconics.com>

On Mon, 12 Dec 1994, Peter Casier wrote:

> 
> OS6TT - single op SSB high power
> 
> 252 Q's, 36 C, 00000000000000000 Ss, score: 18114.
> 
> And this for a full time contest entry...
> 
> What went wrong? With SF=87 K=0, propagation was supposed to be better.

Dear Peter,

Too bad you did not work any USA.  Just to make you feel worse, I called 
you several times.  I even got a "QRZ?" once from you.

It was such a highlight of my weekend, that I wrote it down.
1540Z OS6TT 28468.86

You were S0, obviously scatter.  A few minutes earlier I almost completed 
a QSO with IK1HSS (he got my call but not report before band died).  A 
few minutes later, we had very loud EA stations coming in direct path for 
more than one hour.  You were just a little bit too far north.

Randy
New address - k5zd at iconics.com


>From Randy Thompson <k5zd at iconics.com>  Mon Dec 12 23:52:24 1994
From: Randy Thompson <k5zd at iconics.com> (Randy Thompson)
Date: Mon, 12 Dec 1994 18:52:24 -0500 (EST)
Subject: Single op's w/o packet?
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.3.91.941212184318.3000B-100000 at genesis.iconics.com>

On Mon, 12 Dec 1994, Sean E. Kutzko wrote:

> However, I am curious...do all the "serious" single ops REALLY run without
> packet, or am I just the only one that will admit it?
> 
> Yes, contesting is an "honor system" thing...  but I find it incredulous 
> that all the single ops DON'T use that packet screen.  Many don't, to be 
> sure, but it still makes me wonder.
> 
Dear Sean,

Yes, real single ops don't use packet.  Contesters are an honorable breed 
and until recently I was confident that the top entrants were doing 
things by the book.

I am rather offended with your implication that all single ops cheat by 
using packet!!!

However, since you got me started on this subject, there is a disturbing 
trend that has me worried.  Some of the VERY TOP single ops (not me, but 
the only guy I lost to this year and others) have taken to using packet 
for talk messages and to get WWV info during the contest.

They justify this behavior by saying they are not getting spots.  This really 
bothers me.  One of the biggest trials of single oping is the battle 
against isolation and uncertainty.  It must be a lot easier when you can 
talk to your friends and always know the latest WWV numbers.

It is unfortunate, but it looks like the rule against packet use by 
single ops is going to have to be clarified even further.


Randy Thompson, K5ZD

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>From Randy Thompson <k5zd at iconics.com>  Tue Dec 13 00:22:45 1994
From: Randy Thompson <k5zd at iconics.com> (Randy Thompson)
Date: Mon, 12 Dec 1994 19:22:45 -0500 (EST)
Subject: Health Warning
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.3.91.941212191451.3121B-100000 at genesis.iconics.com>

I found this small article in USA Today several weeks ago.  Equate long 
airplane trips with contesting.

   "The risk of getting a blood clot in the lungs like former VP Dan 
Quayle did this week is small, but it's not out  of the question for 
travelers on trips of at least four hours.
    Quayle's frequent, long airplane flights were blamed for the blood 
clots that lodged in his lungs.  Such clots almost always originate in a 
leg that has been immobilized for a long period.
    "It's not all that uncommon to find a patient with a blood clot in 
the leg has a recent history of prolonged bed rest or immobility in a 
plane, train or car," says Dr. Richard E. Waldorn, chief of pulmonary and 
critical care medicine, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC.
    The risk increases if a person is elderly or has cardiovascular 
disease, diabetes, a leg injury or had previous blook clots.  Waldorn 
advises travelers to walk around, stand and stretch on long flights."
                           ###

I read this two days after sitting in a chair for the CQ WW CW where I 
got up twice (less than 3 minutes each time) in a 25 hour period.  Got me 
to thinking!  Is contesting dangerous to your health?


Randy Thompson, K5ZD

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