Entertainment Tonight!
Ray Rocker
rrrocker at rock.b11.ingr.com
Mon Mar 7 10:27:54 EST 1994
> All of my co-workers think I'm really cool since I must know John Tesh.
> There was a substitute for him with Mary Hart since he was away for a "ham
> radio contest". All right - what's his callsign and where was he ?
According to the online callbook:
Call-Sign: NX4U Class: EXTRA
Previously: N2DQ Class: SAME CLASS
Real Name: JOHN A TESH Birthday: FEB 8, 1938
Mailing Address: 5550 TERRACE CT APT 3, TEMPLE TERRACE, FL 33617
Valid From: MAR 31, 1987 To: MAR 31, 1997
Voila. FYI: Telnet to "callsign.cs.buffalo.edu 2000" to access this service.
It's neat. And useful for us who are too cheap to buy CD-ROM drives for
our peecees and/or the callbook-on-CD thing.
-- ray // WQ5L // surfing the waves of cyberspace (unga, what a cliche)
rrrocker at rock.b11.ingr.com
>From alan at dsd.es.com (Alan Brubaker) Mon Mar 7 16:28:10 1994
From: alan at dsd.es.com (Alan Brubaker) (Alan Brubaker)
Date: Mon, 7 Mar 94 09:28:10 MST
Subject: ARRL DX
Message-ID: <9403071628.AA12986 at dsd.ES.COM>
K6XO/7 Multi-Single Utah
Operators: KA1ODA, K6XO
160 6 5
80 15 9
40 34 19
20 231 62
15 307 60
10 46 22
T 639 177 339,309
Equipment: FT1000, KW, 160 Inv. L 80 Loop 40 GP, 20 3 el,
15 3 el, 10 1/2 wave sloper.
Interesting conditions on 15. Good to western Eu on Saturday, but
poor on Sunday. Excellent opening to Scandinavian countries late
Sunday. OH0KDJ was a solid S9+. Worked two QRP LA stations running
5 watts. 10 was better than expected. They ain't dead yet.
Alan, K6XO
alan at dsd.es.com
>From John W. Brosnahan" <broz at csn.org Mon Mar 7 16:44:54 1994
From: John W. Brosnahan" <broz at csn.org (John W. Brosnahan)
Date: Mon, 7 Mar 1994 09:44:54 -0700
Subject: W0UN 40M observations
Message-ID: <199403071644.AA05968 at teal.csn.org>
Jay, K0GU, operated here on 40M this weekend, as you know from his email, but
I wanted to throw in one comment about the band conditions and see what
others may have observed. Historically over the last sunspot or two
we (Colorado stations and possibly others) get about 60-65% of their qsos
in the first 24 hours. Based on that assumption we were doing very poorly
after 24 hours, since our first 24 hour total was only about 40% of our
final score (which we wouldn't know 'til it was over--since it ain't over
'til its over) and yet conditions did not seem that bad. Jay kept asking
JAs how we sounded and we got a number of 30 over reports on a clear freq.
It was as if someone gave a contest and nobody came. Second night
conditions seemed similar yet there was a lot of activity. Jay worked
some 5 watt and 1 watt stations both nights so feel it was activity
related at least as much as it was propagation related.
So I just wondered if anyone else observed this phenomenon and has any
explanations for it. This is critical to keeping up the energy level
to know that you CAN do better in the 2nd 24 hours, even if it only
happens once in a while.
73 John W0UN broz at csn.org
oops, that should have read "historically over the last sunspot CYCLE or
two" --guess it was just a Freudian slip based on how things are feeling
as we go downhill.
>From len at ariel.coe.neu.edu (Leonard Kay) Mon Mar 7 17:10:39 1994
From: len at ariel.coe.neu.edu (Leonard Kay) (Leonard Kay)
Date: Mon, 07 Mar 1994 12:10:39 -0500 (EST)
Subject: John Tesh
Message-ID: <9403071710.AA05135 at ariel.coe.neu.edu>
No, John Tesh is probably not 56. But then, we may be making
three erroneous assumptions:
1) John may not be licensed. He may be an SWL and chief cook....
2) John Tesh may be a professional name.
3) He may be recently licensed and not in the CB.
This mystery must be solved, however.
Len KB2R
len at ariel.coe.neu.edu
>From Scott A Stembaugh <n9ljx at ecn.purdue.edu> Mon Mar 7 18:11:09 1994
From: Scott A Stembaugh <n9ljx at ecn.purdue.edu> (Scott A Stembaugh)
Date: Mon, 07 Mar 94 13:11:09 -0500
Subject: K9FN - Multi-one ARRL SSB DX
Message-ID: <9403071811.AA07241 at en.ecn.purdue.edu>
BAND QSO'S MULTS
80 34 27
40 91 53
20 190 76
15 215 83
10 122 43
____________________________________
652 x 3 x 282 = 551,592
I think Uniden could make a killing in EU for some 10m radios. The europeans
must have taken it out of all their rigs!!
ops: K9FN, N9LJX, WV9Y, WB9TOW, WN9NBT
Rig: - IC765, TenTec amp.
>From alan at dsd.es.com (Alan Brubaker) Mon Mar 7 18:16:48 1994
From: alan at dsd.es.com (Alan Brubaker) (Alan Brubaker)
Date: Mon, 07 Mar 94 11:16:48 -0700
Subject: W0UN 40M observations
Message-ID: <9403071816.AA18025 at dsd.ES.COM>
Some of us have operated in many DX contests through the years, through
thick and thin, through good condtions and poor, and through sunspot
minima and maxima. I have observed an effect which Bruno, AA6AD refers
to as the "Sunday Driver Effect", where casual activity in a given target
area will appear to be considerably greater if it is Sunday in that area.
In the case of JA, our Friday night/Saturday Morning is their Saturday
night (on the low bands). Perhaps those casual JAs are doing something
fun on a Saturday night and not getting on the bands. But, 24 hours later,
it is Sunday night, and perhaps many of them are taking a tune across 40
looking for a few quick QSOs before turning in. They will likely not be
partying since they have to get up and go to work on their Monday morning.
Same deal with the high bands. 15 meters is usually much more productive on
Saturday afternoon (Sunday morning in JA), than Friday afternoon or Sunday
afternoon (Most JAs work on Saturdays in addition to Monday through Friday,
I am told). This could be a partial explanation for the higher rates on
Saturday night/Sunday morning. I would not surprise me if there were a
similar correlation with rates out of Europe, although out here we do not
work the same volumes of casual European stations that the big East Coast
stations do.
Alan, K6XO
alan at dsd.es.com
CW contests are more fun than Phone contests.
>From Joel B Levin <levin at BBN.COM> Mon Mar 7 18:19:21 1994
From: Joel B Levin <levin at BBN.COM> (Joel B Levin)
Date: Mon, 07 Mar 94 13:19:21 -0500
Subject: ARRL DX PHONE: KD1ON (a little gun contests casually)
Message-ID: <28034.763064361 at bbn.com>
ARRL INTERNATIONAL DX CONTEST 1994
Call: KD1ON Country: United States
Mode: SSB Category: Single Operator
Exchange: 59 NH
160 0 0 0.0 0
80 11 33 3.0 9
40 17 51 3.0 15
20 71 213 3.0 33
15 87 261 3.0 43
10 28 84 3.0 16
--------------------------------------
Totals 214 642 3.0 116 = 74,472
(operating approx. 13-14 hours, all hunt/peck)
Equipment Description:
Yaesu FT-990 (100 watts)
MFJ 941E tuner
147 foot dipole up 30 - 70 feet
Thoughts:
Well, this is better than twice my last score. Next goal (for a
comparable SSB contest): break into six figures, or >350 Qs.
Broke a few medium pile-ups; handled a couple big ones (8R1/KK4WW and
CX7BF on 10) by going away for a couple hours and hoping propagation
was still holding out (it was); now I could handle the medium
pileups.
In fact 10 meters was still useful two hours before the contest ended.
Above technique didn't work for AH8A, T30JJ or either T2 I heard :-(.
Worked my fiftieth state (HI, on four bands) and my hundredth (plus)
DXCC country. Now to get some cards in...
It was fun recognizing a lot of the call signs heard, many from this
list.
Only worked one station - 6D2X - on all five bands I operated; too bad
I don't have 160, they were asking.
Did I mis-hear PR2R for PR0R early in the contest, or were both
actually out there? (It's OK you can tell me; I've just sent in my
log to the ARRL :-)).
I could still get a lot better at this...
/JBL KD1ON
>From Rick, K7GM" <AONISWAN at ECUVM.CIS.ECU.EDU Mon Mar 7 18:46:29 1994
From: Rick, K7GM" <AONISWAN at ECUVM.CIS.ECU.EDU (Rick, K7GM)
Date: Mon, 07 Mar 94 13:46:29 EST
Subject: John Tesh
My callsign database lists a John A. Tesh, NX4U, in Temple Terrace, FL.
Don't know if this is the Entertainment Tonight John Tesh. By the way
he is also an accomplished musician and has a number of good CDs out.
Rick, K7GM
>From Rick, K7GM" <AONISWAN at ECUVM.CIS.ECU.EDU Mon Mar 7 18:56:26 1994
From: Rick, K7GM" <AONISWAN at ECUVM.CIS.ECU.EDU (Rick, K7GM)
Date: Mon, 07 Mar 94 13:56:26 EST
Subject: Phone low power score
K7GM/4 North Carolina
Low Power
ARRL SSB
160 10 9 TS940 barefoot
80 56 35 80 meter vertical
40 79 41 2 ele Cushcraft for 40 @ 80'
20 222 71 KT34XA at 65'
15 407 85 loaded up the 40 meter beam on 160
10 91 34
--- ---
865 275 = 713,625 20 hours
A relaxed effort this time (so relaxed that I didn't even get a G on 40).
Highlight was a two hour period on Sunday morning on 15 which netted
a bit over 200 Qs (the only time I called CQ all weekend).
Will not be a number one score (like cw probably was) but will be
in the top 10 (or maybe 5).
73, Rick, K7GM/4
aoniswan at ecuvm.cis.ecu.edu
>From H. Ward Silver" <hwardsil at seattleu.edu Mon Mar 7 20:05:19 1994
From: H. Ward Silver" <hwardsil at seattleu.edu (H. Ward Silver)
Date: Mon, 7 Mar 1994 12:05:19 -0800 (PST)
Subject: ARRL SSB score
Message-ID: <Pine.3.07.9403071208.A25801-9100000 at bach>
No, that wasn't me with my pants too tight...I hosted 3 nine-year-olds to
do some "search-and-pounce". (sounds exactly right for nine-year-olds,
doesn't it?) My guys and one of their friends racked up 100 QSOs in 57
countries on 20, 15, and 10. Thanks to the many courteous DX operators
who put up with youthful confusion followed by minor mike fright and some
mumbling. They'll be back!
73, Ward N0AX
hwardsil at seattleu.edu
PS - Dad served as teleprompter and managed to keep his cool...hihi
>From Steve Kelly <srkelly at agora.rain.com> Mon Mar 7 20:15:58 1994
From: Steve Kelly <srkelly at agora.rain.com> (Steve Kelly)
Date: Mon, 7 Mar 1994 12:15:58 -0800 (PST)
Subject: KC7EM ARRL Phone Score
Message-ID: <Pine.3.87.9403071229.A27947-0100000 at agora.rain.com>
KC7EM ARRL Phone 40M Single Band
762 x 78 = 178,308
Kenwood TS-940S, Henry 3K Classic
3/3 DX Engineering Full Size Yagi's @ 160'/80' on TIC RingRotors
Seemed like the activity from EU and SA was way down as far as mults go,
even though the propagation was very good both nights. The condx were
excellent to JA the second night. It seemed like the usual band killing
broadcast interference above 7.150 was absent until around 12:30z. I
listened several times to my xmit freq and found it to be dead quiet.
Things were no where near as good the first night. Best DX was V51E on
a blind CQ at 05:38z (well after his sunrise), BV0ARL and JD1 (the first
time I have worked these mults in several outings on 40m) and squeaking
out a qso with 9K2ZZ LP late sunday morning (HZ1AB was about 30dB louder).
North America 28 3.7%
South America 25 3.3%
Europe 70 9.3%
Asia 55 73.4% (Japan 544 71.4%)
Oceania 71 9.3%
73,
KC7EM
Steve Kelly
srkelly at agora.rain.com
>From Steve Kelly <srkelly at agora.rain.com> Mon Mar 7 20:33:41 1994
From: Steve Kelly <srkelly at agora.rain.com> (Steve Kelly)
Date: Mon, 7 Mar 1994 12:33:41 -0800 (PST)
Subject: W0UN 40M Observations
Message-ID: <Pine.3.87.9403071202.C28366-0100000 at agora.rain.com>
I agree with your observations completely. I was very concerned with my
stats after the first night. In comparing my results to my 1992 effort I
found myself down over 100 Q's and up 8 mults on saturday morning. One
usually expects to see much lower activity the second night so I figured
I wouldn't even break 150K.
To my ears the band was open with equal propagation both nights, there is no
doubt that it was just a lack of activity. The listening area between 7.040
and 7.100 seemed a bit quieter the second night.
Here is a short list of mults I would have expected to hear and work:
Oceania/Asia T3, V7, 9M2, 9M8, HS, BY, KH4
SA/NA HC, OA, CO, HI, YN, VP2V, ZP, TG, 4U1UN, 9Y, VP9, CP
Europe GM, GJ, GU, OX, TF, YL, LX, HB0, ON, EI
Africa D4, 5N, ZD8, FR, C5, J5
I'm sure many of the EU and AF mults were worked by ops east of the
mississippi, they probably answered their CQ's. I sure didn't hear any
of them in the DX window listening up.
The bottom line is to operate at 110% all the way through the contest.
Never get discouraged by your stats after the first night.
73,
KC7EM
Steve Kelly
srkelly at agora.rain.com
>From k3lr <k3lr at telerama.lm.com> Mon Mar 7 22:18:08 1994
From: k3lr <k3lr at telerama.lm.com> (k3lr)
Date: Mon, 7 Mar 1994 17:18:08 -0500
Subject: John Tesh, the Real Story
Message-ID: <199403072218.RAA13020 at telerama.lm.com>
We (WR3G and I) were really interested in this John Tesh thing and
being that we work along side a TV station that carries the show that
John is on, I called his office to find out what the deal was.
John Tesh was at radio station KTWV this weekend in LA. There was a
RADIOTHON for AIDS which he helped raise money on Thursday and Friday.
Unless you worked the FM band , you probably didn't work John this
weekend....
73,
Tim K3LR
k3lr at telerama.lm.com
>From len at ariel.coe.neu.edu (Leonard Kay) Mon Mar 7 23:05:42 1994
From: len at ariel.coe.neu.edu (Leonard Kay) (Leonard Kay)
Date: Mon, 07 Mar 1994 18:05:42 -0500 (EST)
Subject: Some new DXCC rules
Message-ID: <9403072305.AA05299 at ariel.coe.neu.edu>
>>In a fit of ire , as soon as I can type it up I am going to send a petition
>>to the DXAC about including these new rules as part of the DXCC.
>>
>>
>>1) All contacts for a DXCC must be made by the licencee of the Station
>> whose name appears on the certificate.
>> For Instance The name "Ponduck Hollow Radio Club, WQ1PON"
>> The Person name "Phillip Morris, WQ1PMA"
>> The Operators of DX1DX, "Dave Case, KA1NCN; Bob Aran XX1XX, etc."
I dunno, Dave, what about all the multiops at a contest station? The station
license certainly doesn't say 'The Operators of KY1H'.
>> --The intent of this is to elimitate the fact idea of "work this one
>> for me!" syndrome, and "well, I was out of town, so..."
>>
>> If you think it is okay to work stuff for other people, get a clue!
>> I know that some highranking DXers have said "well, my wife works
>> during the day, so I got on HR for her, and it is the same station!"
>> How sleezy can you get!
Bad move to lump these two together....these are definitely a little shady,
but certainly not #1 above. And this one is even pushing it - if the XYL were
in the room, it would certainly be absolutely OK. Actually, she could even give
authorization as control op. Why does this differ from a multi-op contest station
using a call without the station licensee present?
>>
>>2) Verified contacts that can be proven to have never taken place
>> are punishable by disqualification from the DXCC program of
>> --) The submitter of the card, and the issuer of the card
>> --) The disqualification of the operation of the issuer of
>> the card, and every of his/her operations.
>>
>>This is my notes....
>>
>>
>>Incidentaly,
>>
>>I was working the contest and FT5XJ called me, so Kerguelin is active.
>>--If I needed it, it would count for me for DXCC, but if I was working
>>from KX1XXX (the big multi-op) it would neither count for the owner
>>of KX1XXX, or myself. (Unless KX1XXX was registered to a club.)
Why not? They are valid contacts made by the station.
>>Rules about club registerstaion and trustees counting for DXCC can be work
>>out later.
I think you better let your ire calm down a bit, Dave, before shipping this
off to DXAC. These rule proposals seem to have been thought up in a bit
of a fury, no? :-) Who are the existing rules hurting?
Len KB2R
>From len at ariel.coe.neu.edu (Leonard Kay) Mon Mar 7 23:07:16 1994
From: len at ariel.coe.neu.edu (Leonard Kay) (Leonard Kay)
Date: Mon, 07 Mar 1994 18:07:16 -0500 (EST)
Subject: Some new DXCC rules
Message-ID: <9403072307.AA05307 at ariel.coe.neu.edu>
Whoops. Sorry guys. Just realized I posted this to the wrong reflector.
My apologies.
Len KB2R
>From Steve Kelly <srkelly at agora.rain.com> Mon Mar 7 23:49:32 1994
From: Steve Kelly <srkelly at agora.rain.com> (Steve Kelly)
Date: Mon, 7 Mar 1994 15:49:32 -0800 (PST)
Subject: Digital Voice Keyers
Message-ID: <Pine.3.87.9403071532.A6821-0100000 at agora.rain.com>
I am currently shopping around for a voice keyer. Figured active
contesters would be a good source as to whats available nowadays. To be
a bit more specific I am looking for a stand alone unit only. One that
can either be purchased fully assembled or bought as a kit.
All input is greatly appreciated.
73,
KC7EM
Steve Kelly
srkelly at agora.rain.com
>From Bill H Parry <bill at tenet.edu> Mon Mar 7 23:47:41 1994
From: Bill H Parry <bill at tenet.edu> (Bill H Parry)
Date: Mon, 7 Mar 1994 17:47:41 -0600 (CST)
Subject: 6D2X Results ARRL PHONE
Message-ID: <Pine.3.03.9403071741.A13298-e100000 at gaston.tenet.edu>
ARRL INTERNATIONAL DX CONTEST 1994
Call: 6D2X Country: Mexico
Mode: SSB Category: Multi Multi
BAND QSO QSO PTS STATES/PROV
160 760 2280 55
80 1679 5037 59
40 2023 6069 60
20 3251 9753 60
15 3839 11517 60
10 2267 6801 60
-----------------------------------
Totals 13819 41457 354 = 14,675,778
All reports sent were 59(9), unless otherwise noted.
Operator List: _NA5C, N5RZ, WA5VSZ, K5TSQ, W5VX
Equipment Description: 2 - TS940, 1 - IC781, 1 - ALPHA 78,
1 - ALPHA 87A, 1 - SB220, 2 - TRIBANDERS, 1 - 2 ELE 40 BEAM, and
INVERTED VEES.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
BREAKDOWN QSO/mults 6D2X Multi Multi
HOUR 160 80 40 20 15 10 HR TOT CUM TOT
0 ..... ..... 49/25 247/49 288/42 54/13 638/129 638/129
1 . 15/12 155/20 257/7 133/10 . 560/49 1198/178
2 . 106/27 146/4 200/1 . . 452/32 1650/210
3 103/31 76/3 151/1 2/0 . . 332/35 1982/245
4 119/13 98/5 155/5 . . . 372/23 2354/268
5 93/4 121/6 119/1 . . . 333/11 2687/279
6 43/4 122/1 123/0 . . . 288/5 2975/284
7 42/0 75/0 60/0 . . . 177/0 3152/284
8 26/1 88/1 69/0 ..... ..... ..... 183/2 3335/286
9 25/0 69/1 42/0 . . . 136/1 3471/287
10 33/1 70/0 37/0 . . . 140/1 3611/288
11 31/1 87/0 71/0 . . . 189/1 3800/289
12 13/0 36/0 62/0 6/0 . . 117/0 3917/289
13 . . 22/0 143/0 132/2 . 297/2 4214/291
14 . . 1/0 163/0 128/2 114/26 406/28 4620/319
15 . . . 120/0 162/0 75/4 357/4 4977/323
16 ..... ..... ..... 92/1 201/2 49/4 342/7 5319/330
17 . . . 49/0 174/0 84/2 307/2 5626/332
18 . . . 39/0 189/1 178/1 406/2 6032/334
19 . . . 48/0 179/0 76/0 303/0 6335/334
20 . . . 54/0 142/0 36/1 232/1 6567/335
21 . . . 114/0 146/0 60/3 320/3 6887/338
22 . . . 123/0 167/0 95/1 385/1 7272/339
23 . . . 148/0 174/0 98/2 420/2 7692/341
0 ..... ..... ..... 132/0 120/0 85/1 337/1 8029/342
1 . 2/2 67/3 177/1 93/0 . 339/6 8368/348
2 . 40/0 54/1 136/0 13/0 . 243/1 8611/349
3 . 124/0 79/0 104/0 . . 307/0 8918/349
4 42/0 84/0 83/0 18/0 . . 227/0 9145/349
5 75/0 79/0 62/0 . . . 216/0 9361/349
6 29/0 78/0 71/0 . . . 178/0 9539/349
7 20/0 65/0 50/0 . . . 135/0 9674/349
8 14/0 69/1 57/0 ..... ..... ..... 140/1 9814/350
9 20/0 48/0 40/0 . . . 108/0 9922/350
10 8/0 36/0 35/0 . . . 79/0 10001/350
11 11/0 57/0 48/0 . . . 116/0 10117/350
12 13/0 30/0 42/0 2/0 10/0 . 97/0 10214/350
13 . . 29/0 85/0 117/0 1/0 232/0 10446/350
14 . . . 84/0 119/0 83/1 286/1 10732/351
15 . . . 82/0 112/0 83/0 277/0 11009/351
16 ..... ..... ..... 51/0 111/0 33/0 195/0 11204/351
17 . . . 26/0 111/0 92/0 229/0 11433/351
18 . . . 43/1 149/0 172/0 364/1 11797/352
19 . . . 67/0 135/0 145/0 347/0 12144/352
20 . . 8/0 75/0 132/0 144/0 359/0 12503/352
21 . . 11/0 88/0 87/0 114/0 300/0 12803/352
22 . . 6/0 125/0 149/0 197/0 477/0 13280/352
23 . 4/0 19/0 151/0 166/1 199/1 539/2 13819/354
DAY1 528/55 963/56 1262/56 1805/58 2215/59 919/57 ..... 7692/341
DAY2 232/0 716/3 761/4 1446/2 1624/1 1348/3 . 6127/13
TOT 760/55 1679/59 2023/60 3251/60 3839/60 2267/60 . 13819/354
BREAKDOWN in mins/QSO's per hr 6D2X Multi Multi
HOUR 160 80 40 20 15 10 HR TOT CUM TOT
0 ..... ..... 4/770 25/590 28/610 3/1137 60/637 60/637
1 . 1/667 18/521 28/558 13/611 . 60/561 120/599
2 . 14/468 21/426 26/464 . . 60/452 180/550
3 15/413 12/367 32/282 1/232 . . 60/332 240/495
4 19/376 15/400 26/355 . . . 60/373 300/471
5 16/352 23/315 21/337 . . . 60/333 360/448
6 10/270 26/282 24/302 . . . 60/288 420/425
7 16/160 24/187 20/176 . . . 60/176 480/394
8 7/218 28/192 25/165 ..... ..... ..... 60/184 540/371
9 10/148 30/136 20/128 . . . 60/136 600/347
10 17/119 28/150 15/146 . . . 60/140 660/328
11 9/215 27/195 25/173 . . . 60/189 720/317
12 11/74 12/174 36/104 2/227 . . 60/117 780/301
13 . . 3/400 28/301 28/282 . 60/298 840/301
14 . . 0/450 28/356 18/429 14/474 60/406 900/308
15 . . . 19/376 28/342 12/362 60/357 960/311
16 ..... ..... ..... 13/420 39/308 8/384 60/342 1020/313
17 . . . 10/295 38/275 12/416 60/307 1080/313
18 . . . 5/444 30/380 25/420 60/403 1141/317
19 . . . 9/338 36/296 15/307 60/305 1200/317
20 . . . 11/297 41/207 8/258 60/230 1261/313
21 . . . 25/274 26/335 8/431 59/323 1320/313
22 . . . 18/400 28/355 14/420 60/384 1380/316
23 . . . 19/457 28/374 13/465 60/420 1440/320
0 ..... ..... ..... 24/331 20/354 16/328 60/338 1500/321
1 . 1/212 11/363 30/349 18/311 . 60/339 1560/322
2 . 8/293 12/264 36/226 4/207 . 60/242 1620/319
3 . 25/298 16/304 19/327 . . 60/309 1680/318
4 10/253 24/213 22/223 4/270 . . 60/227 1740/315
5 19/243 25/190 17/220 . . . 60/214 1800/312
6 11/161 20/232 29/147 . . . 60/178 1860/308
7 9/136 27/143 24/127 . . . 60/136 1920/302
8 5/155 36/115 19/182 ..... ..... ..... 60/139 1980/297
9 15/80 23/126 23/103 . . . 61/106 2041/292
10 4/110 30/73 25/85 . . . 59/81 2100/286
11 8/85 30/113 22/132 . . . 60/116 2160/281
12 8/100 12/148 21/122 0/327 7/88 . 48/122 2208/278
13 . . 5/370 23/222 32/223 0/300 59/234 2267/276
14 . . . 18/288 27/264 15/329 60/288 2327/277
15 . . . 17/286 24/283 19/261 60/277 2387/277
16 ..... ..... ..... 16/187 35/188 8/236 60/195 2447/275
17 . . . 7/232 30/221 23/240 60/230 2507/274
18 . . . 5/472 25/356 29/350 60/364 2567/276
19 . . . 11/353 24/338 25/353 60/347 2627/277
20 . . 1/472 12/381 23/340 24/362 60/359 2687/279
21 . . 1/445 18/296 19/269 21/323 60/300 2747/280
22 . . 0/745 16/469 19/459 24/491 60/477 2807/284
23 . 1/209 2/664 17/549 18/569 23/522 60/541 2867/289
DAY1 2.1/247 4.0/241 4.8/261 4.4/406 6.4/347 2.2/416 ..... 24.0/320
DAY2 1.5/157 4.4/164 4.2/183 4.6/317 5.4/300 3.8/355 . 23.8/258
TOT 3.6/210 8.4/201 9.0/225 9.0/361 11.8/325 6.0/378 . 47.8/289
BREAKDOWN in kilo-points by hr 6D2X Multi Multi
HOUR 160 80 40 20 15 10 HR TOT CUM TOT
0 ..... ..... 544 1147 1024 298 3013 3013
1 . 257 497 282 278 . 1313 4326
2 . 616 160 127 . . 903 5229
3 697 103 101 1 . . 902 6131
4 333 156 186 . . . 674 6805
5 132 189 84 . . . 405 7210
6 106 86 65 . . . 257 7467
7 22 40 32 . . . 94 7561
8 35 67 37 ..... ..... ..... 139 7699
9 13 57 22 . . . 93 7792
10 38 37 20 . . . 95 7887
11 37 46 38 . . . 121 8008
12 7 19 33 3 . . 62 8070
13 . . 12 76 112 . 199 8270
14 . . 1 87 109 599 796 9066
15 . . . 64 86 123 272 9338
16 ..... ..... ..... 70 148 109 327 9665
17 . . . 26 92 86 204 9869
18 . . . 21 121 115 257 10126
19 . . . 25 95 40 161 10287
20 . . . 29 75 40 144 10431
21 . . . 61 78 94 232 10663
22 . . . 65 89 71 225 10888
23 . . . 79 92 93 264 11153
0 ..... ..... ..... 70 64 66 200 11353
1 . 43 98 115 49 . 304 11657
2 . 21 49 72 7 . 150 11807
3 . 66 42 55 . . 163 11970
4 22 45 44 10 . . 121 12090
5 40 42 33 . . . 115 12205
6 15 41 38 . . . 95 12299
7 11 35 27 . . . 72 12371
8 7 57 30 ..... ..... ..... 95 12466
9 11 25 21 . . . 57 12524
10 4 19 19 . . . 42 12566
11 6 30 25 . . . 62 12627
12 7 16 22 1 5 . 52 12679
13 . . 15 45 62 1 123 12802
14 . . . 45 63 65 173 12974
15 . . . 44 59 44 147 13121
16 ..... ..... ..... 27 59 18 104 13225
17 . . . 14 59 49 122 13347
18 . . . 44 79 91 214 13561
19 . . . 36 72 77 184 13745
20 . . 4 40 70 76 191 13936
21 . . 6 47 46 61 159 14095
22 . . 3 66 79 105 253 14348
23 . 2 10 80 109 126 328 14676
DAY1 1420 1672 1831 2161 2399 1670 ..... 11153
DAY2 123 442 487 809 883 778 . 3523
TOT 1544 2115 2318 2970 3282 2447 . 14676
Great weekend. Objective was to break old M/M record and this was
achieved. 5 guys for three rigs was a little wearing but no one seemed
tired when the rate picked back up at the end of the contest. Thanks to
everyone who moved around to work us on the various bands.
>From Bill H Parry <bill at tenet.edu> Tue Mar 8 02:35:40 1994
From: Bill H Parry <bill at tenet.edu> (Bill H Parry)
Date: Mon, 7 Mar 1994 20:35:40 -0600 (CST)
Subject: 6D2X Correction
Message-ID: <Pine.3.03.9403072040.A7790-8100000 at gaston.tenet.edu>
One of the operators listed at 6D2X was listed incorrectly as WA5VSZ . It
should have read WB5VZL. Sorry about that George! I guess my mind is still
mush.
Bill - W5VX
>From Randy A Thompson <K5ZD at world.std.com> Tue Mar 8 03:35:30 1994
From: Randy A Thompson <K5ZD at world.std.com> (Randy A Thompson)
Date: Mon, 7 Mar 1994 22:35:30 -0500 (EST)
Subject: K5ZD ARRL Phone Score (long message)
Message-ID: <Pine.3.89.9403072216.A20154-0100000 at world.std.com>
Interesting made-for-W1 weekend. Surprisingly good the first day.
Surprisingly poor the second! More comments at end.
ARRL INTERNATIONAL DX CONTEST 1994
Call: K5ZD Country: United States
Mode: SSB Category: Single Operator
BAND QSO QSO PTS PTS/Q COUNTRIES
160 41 123 3.0 28 1/4-wave elevated GP, 4 radials
80 201 603 3.0 59 Inv vee w/top @90'
40 251 753 3.0 73 2-ele Cushcraft @110'
20 1045 3135 3.0 110 TH7DXX @70'
15 1206 3615 3.0 118 TH7, 5-ele LTA @50' fixed on Eu
10 101 303 3.0 43 TH7
--------------------------------------
Totals 2845 8532 3.0 431 = 3,677,292
Continent Statistics
160 80 40 20 15 10 ALL percent
North America 14 25 21 33 40 34 167 5.9
South America 4 15 18 43 41 53 174 6.1
Europe 21 154 189 833 1019 1 2217 77.9
Asia 0 0 2 90 65 0 157 5.5
Africa 1 5 6 28 31 7 78 2.7
Oceania 1 2 15 18 10 6 52 1.8
BREAKDOWN QSO/mults K5ZD Single Operator
HOUR 160 80 40 20 15 10 HR TOT CUM TOT
0 ..... ..... ..... 40/17 15/2 ..... 55/19 55/19
1 . . 65/29 4/4 7/4 . 76/37 131/56
2 . 19/13 19/6 26/12 . . 64/31 195/87
3 4/3 36/21 . 7/3 . . 47/27 242/114
4 6/5 15/7 12/6 6/2 . . 39/20 281/134
5 4/4 10/3 9/5 2/1 . . 25/13 306/147
6 4/3 30/4 . 4/1 . . 38/8 344/155
7 5/5 . 39/7 . . . 44/12 388/167
8 1/0 3/1 14/5 ..... ..... ..... 18/6 406/173
9 . . . . . . . 406/173
10 . . . 13/7 . . 13/7 419/180
11 . . . 126/22 35/18 . 161/40 580/220
12 . . . . 186/24 . 186/24 766/244
13 . . . . 148/4 . 148/4 914/248
14 . . . . 113/6 7/7 120/13 1034/261
15 . . . . 110/3 6/2 116/5 1150/266
16 ..... ..... ..... ..... 104/3 4/4 108/7 1258/273
17 . . . . 111/4 10/5 121/9 1379/282
18 . . . . 40/6 21/6 61/12 1440/294
19 . . . 75/8 11/4 . 86/12 1526/306
20 . . . 105/5 . . 105/5 1631/311
21 . . . 71/3 . . 71/3 1702/314
22 . . . 73/1 . . 73/1 1775/315
23 . . 1/1 . 40/11 7/1 48/13 1823/328
0 ..... ..... 16/1 4/3 9/0 ..... 29/4 1852/332
1 . . . 4/0 . . 4/0 1856/332
2 . 12/3 8/2 12/2 . . 32/7 1888/339
3 2/2 . 8/1 5/1 . . 15/4 1903/343
4 4/2 19/2 . 2/1 . . 25/5 1928/348
5 2/0 19/2 . 2/0 . . 23/2 1951/350
6 7/3 26/1 . 1/1 . . 34/5 1985/355
7 2/1 8/2 19/3 . . . 29/6 2014/361
8 ..... 4/0 28/3 ..... ..... ..... 32/3 2046/364
9 . . . . . . . 2046/364
10 . . . . . . . 2046/364
11 . . . 94/3 . . 94/3 2140/367
12 . . . 92/3 . . 92/3 2232/370
13 . . . 67/3 . . 67/3 2299/373
14 . . . 77/2 1/1 . 78/3 2377/376
15 . . . 9/0 53/3 7/2 69/5 2446/381
16 ..... ..... ..... ..... 77/4 5/2 82/6 2528/387
17 . . . . 68/3 2/0 70/3 2598/390
18 . . . . 39/4 15/5 54/9 2652/399
19 . . . 15/0 10/5 . 25/5 2677/404
20 . . . 60/3 . . 60/3 2737/407
21 . . . 44/1 . 10/3 54/4 2791/411
22 . . . . 24/6 5/4 29/10 2820/421
23 . . 13/4 5/1 5/3 2/2 25/10 2845/431
DAY1 24/20 113/49 159/59 552/86 920/89 55/25 ..... 1823/328
DAY2 17/8 88/10 92/14 493/24 286/29 46/18 . 1022/103
TOT 41/28 201/59 251/73 1045/110 1206/118 101/43 . 2845/431
BREAKDOWN in mins/QSO's per hr K5ZD Single Operator
DAY1 1.0/24 2.6/44 3.5/46 6.3/87 8.0/115 0.8/65 ..... 22.2/82
DAY2 1.2/14 2.7/32 2.4/39 7.5/66 5.0/57 1.4/34 . 20.2/51
TOT 2.2/19 5.3/38 5.8/43 13.8/76 13.0/93 2.2/46 . 42.4/67
Had not planned to operate seriously due to ice damage the week before.
Did not have 5-ele 20 so was unable to use second radio when I was on
the TH7. This definitely limited my mult chasing ability during the day.
Worked all day Friday. Got home around 5:30 and started to put the station
together. Got it all working about 6:30, grabbed a quick bite, and sat
down to operate about 6:57 PM. Contest started at 7. Still not sure what
my goal for the weekend was going to be.
First evening was my kind of contest. No big rates but some interesting
things to do (JA loud on 15 at start, good run to Eu on 40m during 01Z
hour). Making QSOs is kind of like eating Lay's potato chips --
I can't stop. Made myself go to bed at 0850Z (remember, this was not
going to be a serious effort).
Got back on radio at 1050Z and found 20 was rocking. Got a frequency
and had some rate that would wake anyone up. Made the jump to 15 and
it got even better! Seven consecutive hours over 100 including my
best ever rate in a DX contest (186).
Seems like K1AR was everywhere. If I found a pile-up and started calling,
John would show up in minutes. He ALWAYS was in and out in one or two
calls...leaving me in the dust! He is awesome at placing his call perfectly
in the pile-up. Even the lid DX stations would get it right the first
time. Made me want to puke.
We compared notes during the contest. Made operating a little less lonely.
Especially since I was still fooling myself by thinking that I was not
serious. At the 24 hour mark, it was interesting to be ONLY 200 QSOs and
less than 40 multipliers back. Got me a little juiced up and fueled
me through the evening chasing mults.
160 was much better the second evening. Super quiet here so hearing was
no problem. The openings were very short, right at sunrise for the DX
station. Got a few answers to CQs. Worked OZ1FTE who later reported
that I was his only QSO on 160. For as loud as I feel on 160 to Europe,
I feel PW to the south. Spent a lot of time calling Carribbean guys.
Made myself go to sleep again (just couldn't stop chasing mults). By now
I had finally made the committment to be serious since I had already
invested this much time (i.e. my wife wasn't going to be happy even if
I quit anyway). Also realized I was in the running for the combined
score plaque sponsored by NCJ.
Was really strange and disappointing to wake up to the broken bands.
A pair of 90+ hours on 20 may not sound like the band was broken, but
it was empty compared to the activity of Saturday. W3's would come
on frequency, call CQ for awhile, then realize that I kept getting answers
and they didn't. The signal differential in Europe between W1 and W3
must have been in tens of dBs instead of just the normal few.
15 finally opened with I's and EA's that were on the pin. A few more
northern stations did come in, but very weak. Just kept pressing the F1
key and tuning across 10 every so often. All of my Europe QSOs on 15
were using the 5-ele LTA beam sidemounted on the tower at 50'
fixed toward Europe. Memo: summer project is a stack!
20 was the usual garbage dump on Sunday afternoon. The auroral backscatter
made every signal 4 Khz wide and finding a frequency was tough. Finally
found one where I2ZZZ and I "cooperated" by each listening at the same
time (timesharing!). Was frustrating but better than nothing. I wonder
what he thought about it?!
Spent the last few hours multiplier chasing to try to catch AR (I didn't
make it). Was on 40 for the last 20 mins of the contest.
Heard 9Y4VU working FRC guys and not giving a listening frequency. Took
a guess on where he was probably listening (around 7210 and down)
and started hunting. Was lucky to find the pile on 7207!
The Europeans were even louder than normal so decided to call CQ for
last 10 mins. Worked 12 guys including 3 new mults (GJ, 5B, GU)! What
a way to finish.
While CW may be my favorite mode, phone is much more fun from a multiplier
perspective. Phone is physically more demanding too. I am looking for
someone who wants to do multi-single for future ARRL Phone contests.
(Of course, I think I always say that the day(s) after a phone contest).
See you in WPX.
Randy, K5ZD
>From Randy A Thompson <K5ZD at world.std.com> Tue Mar 8 04:00:31 1994
From: Randy A Thompson <K5ZD at world.std.com> (Randy A Thompson)
Date: Mon, 7 Mar 1994 23:00:31 -0500 (EST)
Subject: ARRL DX Power Rprts
Message-ID: <Pine.3.89.9403072227.A20154-0100000 at world.std.com>
IQ4A was giving out 300 as his power. But as everyone knows, the loud
Italians frequently drop a zero (or two) from their power in the ARRL
contest.
Randy
>From XMSJ29A at prodigy.com (MR JAMES A WHITE) Tue Mar 8 04:18:12 1994
From: XMSJ29A at prodigy.com (MR JAMES A WHITE) (MR JAMES A WHITE)
Date: Mon, 07 Mar 1994 23:18:12 EST
Subject: The real John test oops Tesh
Message-ID: <013.00430520.XMSJ29A at prodigy.com>
I live about two blocks from Temple Terrace, FL...I think I know who this
guy is-and he is not the one whose thighs are real close to Mary Hart's on
the tube (not that I ever noticed either of their thighs, honest)...
....KR2J-if your co-workers crap out on you, I will continue to think
you're really cool....because unlike the uneducated masses, including ham
populus majorus, I know you to be an avid contester-and there can only one
way to describe the avid contester, that's: COOL
73, K1ZX
....did you guys sing the song about the brothers M this past weekend?
>From Tim Coad" <Tim_Coad at smtp.esl.com Tue Mar 8 04:33:36 1994
From: Tim Coad" <Tim_Coad at smtp.esl.com (Tim Coad)
Date: 7 Mar 1994 20:33:36 -0800
Subject: ARRL FROM CALIF
Message-ID: <9403080433.AA21774 at esl.com>
Subject: Time:7:50 PM
OFFICE MEMO ARRL FROM CALIF Date:3/7/94
Well it was fun:
WC6H (opr NU6S) Single Op ,All Band (Not Assisted)
160 7 5
80 49 18
40 364 41
20 455 66
15 1142 96
10 139 38
-------------
2151 / 264 for 1.7 mil
-- Lots of Q's, No Mults! (maybe next year Ill have packet)
-- Had some great runs (140+/hr) into JA on 15.
-- Very surprised to have a couple of 100+ hours on 15 into
Europe from the west coast, but they couldnt hear me on 40.
(How come a guy that is giving a power of 100 watts and is
20 over cant hear the alpha? QRN maybe?)
-- A couple of excuses for not doing as well as I should have,
but I wont bore you with them.
Tim - NU6S
>From Chris Moore <cmoore at tazmania.rose.hp.com> Tue Mar 8 06:18:58 1994
From: Chris Moore <cmoore at tazmania.rose.hp.com> (Chris Moore)
Date: Mon, 7 Mar 94 22:18:58 PST
Subject: Another little gun score
Message-ID: <9403080619.AA25444 at hprnd.rose.hp.com>
ARRL INTERNATIONAL DX CONTEST 1994
Call: N6IYS Country: United States (075)
Mode: SSB Category: Single Unlimited
BAND QSO QSO PTS PTS/Q COUNTRIES
160 0 0 0.0 0
80 2 6 3.0 2
40 2 6 3.0 2
20 59 177 3.0 26
15 117 351 3.0 51
10 24 72 3.0 19
--------------------------------------
Totals 204 612 3.0 100 = 61,200
Hours on: 8.7
Equipment Description:
IC-737 running barefoot
10,15,20 Mosley TA-33 Jr. at 30'
40 Hustler 4BTV in pieces in the garage after the
heavy winds last week
80 Inverted V carefully trimmed for the CW portion of
the band
Club Affiliation:
This is to certify that in this contest I have operated
my transmitter within the limitations of my license and have
observed fully the rules and regulations of the contest.
Signature _________________________________
MAILING ADDRESS:
Chris Moore N6IYS
3860 Little Rock Dr.
North Highlands, CA 95660
>From Sig <0006481603 at mcimail.com> Tue Mar 8 05:45:00 1994
From: Sig <0006481603 at mcimail.com> (Sig)
Date: Tue, 8 Mar 94 00:45 EST
Subject: N3RS M/2 ARRL SSB SCORE
Message-ID: <64940308054546/0006481603PK4EM at mcimail.com>
The N3RS gang was decimated for this one! Only N3ED & N3RD were here full
time and I (N3RS) did no operating during Saturday due to an unavoidable
conflict that forced me to go to bed early on Friday night and be away till
6 PM on Saturday evening. My public thanks to Ed and Dave for their gutty
effort with very little sleep. For old guys like us, that is getting more
and more difficult to do.
Congrats to the AD1C crew for another super job, and also to KS9K & co. for
a supurb effort from the edge of the "Black Hole". I am glad I'm not any
further west than I am!
Results follow:
Band QSO's Mult's
160 31 26
80 183 70
40 405 91
20 969 135
15 892 137
10 178 67
--------------------------
Total 2658 526
Score off of the tube says 4,184,856.
We used a Beta version of CT9 on both stations. Had a few anomolies, but in
general, it worked well. No real problems, but we can see that a single 5 el
20M beam at 107 feet isn't gonna hack it any longer. Also still need to do
something on 80M to improve our high angle results. It's gonna be a long
summer of construction. Maybe next year we can get a wee bit closer to the
W1 boys.
73's de Sig, N3RS
648-1603 at MCIMail.com
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