sprINT

[KR2J at aol.com]

My first sprINT too!  This is the first one where I haven't been in W6 on
business.  Only made 62 Q's.

Re: KR0Y's lack of 40m antenna - you didn't need it.  It seemed everyone
(almost) stayed on 20 right through to the end.  My 20 meter antenna was a
dipole up about 20'.  I had hoped to make up for the lack of 20m antenna on
40 with a delta loop at 60' but ended up only making 5 qsos there.  Apologies
to N7LOX who couldn't copy my puny signal on 20m - twice.  

Also first time for N6TR LOG program.  Quite different from K1EA.  I like the
flexibility of the logcfg.dat file.
I'm going to work with it some more and use it in the next sprint.

73,
Bob KR2J


>From fhmoore at nemed.b11.ingr.com (frank moore)  Mon Jul 25 15:42:23 1994
From: fhmoore at nemed.b11.ingr.com (frank moore) (frank moore)
Date: Mon, 25 Jul 94 9:42:23 CDT
Subject: KE4GY SprINT
Message-ID: <199407251442.AA03812 at nemed.b11.ingr.com>

KE4GY 54 Qs ant 40 inv V @ 30'

Had a good time. Also wished that there was more activity on 40 :) Interesting
that DL1IAO, G4BUO and NP4Z seemed to be easiest for me to work. Maybe I should
try the inv V in CQWW after all. This was the first time that I heard my name
come back, from NL7GP. Then while I was waiting to pass it on I heard it being
passed. Huh? NL7GP was tough to copy, maybe I messed up. Really, I wasn't 
trying to out do Larry!

     Frank, KE4GY "on the leaner meaner contest reflector where winners and
                   losers are as obvious as right and wrong and the American
                   way!"
     fhmoore at ingr.com

>From Skelton, Tom" <TSkelton at engineer.clemsonsc.NCR.COM  Mon Jul 25 17:41:00 1994
From: Skelton, Tom" <TSkelton at engineer.clemsonsc.NCR.COM (Skelton, Tom)
Date: Mon, 25 Jul 94 09:41:00 PDT
Subject: FW: Internet sprint
Message-ID: <2E33F27E at admin.ClemsonSC.NCR.COM>



At about 0245z I was startled by a very loud thunder clap from a
nearby lightning strike.  I turned everything off, grounded the
antennas, and stepped outside to check out the storm.  After a
couple of minutes of contemplating the frequency of strikes, the
height of my 50' tower, and the thickness of my rubber earphone
pads, I said "what the hell" and turned things back on for the
last few minutes.

73,
Ed Gilbert, wa2srq

I said the same thing Sunday a week ago...I disconnected coax
on HF side, but left packet radio up and running.  Lightning
hit came through AC power, took out computer/2m radio/
tnc, then arc'ed through 2m radio chassis to speaker >
power supply > TS690s transceiver....blew it all.
The only thing that go saved was the SB220, and that was on
a 220 volt circuit.

>From now on, instead of "what the hell" it's "hell not again!"

73, Tom WB4iUX
Tom.Skelton at ClemsonSC.NCR.COM

ps:  YES!  Polyphaser ads now have my attention.....


>From jholly at hposl42.cup.hp.com (Jim Hollenback)  Mon Jul 25 16:13:12 1994
From: jholly at hposl42.cup.hp.com (Jim Hollenback) (Jim Hollenback)
Date: Mon, 25 Jul 1994 08:13:12 -0700
Subject: Is the A4S a weather vane?
Message-ID: <9407250813.ZM26451 at hpwsmjh.cup.hp.com>

I was doing some number crunching this weekend and came to the conclusion
that the Cushcraft A4S would make a pretty good weather vane. Do any of
you out there that own a A4 note any problems with the A4 trying to turn
in the wind? But then maybe I didn't figure the areas correctly. 
For those of you that asked if I came up with a good model for the A4, the
answer is no.

Jim, WA6SDM
jholly at cup.hp.com