Sept. VHF Contest skeds

[N0bsh at aol.com]

I posted this a while ago but I'll give one last call...

The September VHF Contest is only a few days away (9/10 - 9/12.)
Once again I will find myself holding down 2M at W0UC - EN44.

If anyone is interested in setting up meteor skeds, l-o-n-g distance tropo
skeds or whatever, please let me know.  I'll do SSB or fast CW (or even
slow!) and am pretty much open for any time.  I might note, however, that of
11 skeds I ran in June (MS) , the three I completed were all between 1000Z
and 1200Z.

I prefer to keep the skeds to 15 minutes to allow the chance to work as many
dudes as possible (and you don't waste a lot of time if nothing is
happening.)

On 2M we have 2 x 17 el @ 70' and 450W (might have the KW working again)

I will take skeds for other bands as well and pass them on to the operator of
that band.

If interested please E-mail me at << n0bsh at aol.com >> 

The phone # at our contest site is (715) 877-2080.

73  Mike  N0BSH
n0bsh at aol.com 


>From pwalker at mbi.moody.edu (Paul D. Walker II)  Tue Sep  6 13:12:24 1994
From: pwalker at mbi.moody.edu (Paul D. Walker II) (Paul D. Walker II)
Date: Tue, 6 Sep 1994 07:12:24 -500 CDT
Subject: ARRL 125 Celebration
Message-ID: <pwalker.118.002FE8CB at mbi.moody.edu>


>For those of you out there who have an ARRL appointment, such as Official
>Relay Station, the 125th Memorial Celebration going on through Sept 11 is
>really a kick. I've worked over 1000 qso's in five hours so far. 20 is like
>a bottomless pit full of people waiting in line for a qso. Rules are in
>August QST on page 46.

>Dave, K6LL
>k6ll at mcimail.com


Dave,

And from those of us who are looking for you, thanks for being out there!   
The way some people are talking, this event may have rekindled the fire of 
stateside to stateside QSO's.  I don't know this to be true myself, because 
I've only been licensed since March, and I'll still talk to anybody that will 
listen. ;^)

Anyway, thanks.  You were my #26.

59 Northern Indiana
Paul N9WHG
pwalker at mbi.moody.edu

>From Doug Grant <0006008716 at mcimail.com>  Mon Sep  5 17:45:00 1994
From: Doug Grant <0006008716 at mcimail.com> (Doug Grant)
Date: Mon, 5 Sep 94 11:45 EST
Subject: Women & Contesting
Message-ID: <42940905164524/MAILMAN000DC2EM at MCIMAIL.COM>

I discovered the secret.

It all hinges on finding the right woman. I think I did.

I also enhanced her appreciation of contesting by winning the Bermuda Contest
the year we got married, and used the trip to Bermuda as part of our
honeymoon.

It also helped that her sister married K1AR. During contest weekends, they 
commiserate on the phone while John and I are somewhere crashing the pileups.

For those of you still searching for the right woman, I regret to report that
the third sister is, alas, no longer available. She married a non-ham...

Doug K1DG
k1dg at mcimail.com
Look for me in CQWW SSB from either PJ8 or FS...


>From James White <0006492564 at mcimail.com>  Tue Sep  6 05:54:00 1994
From: James White <0006492564 at mcimail.com> (James White)
Date: Mon, 5 Sep 94 23:54 EST
Subject: 4 Element 15 Yagi design
Message-ID: <85940906045458/0006492564PK4EM at MCIMAIL.COM>

It is time to put up something for 15 meters.....other than the low
tribander on the lil tower.

We have a TIC Ringrotor at abouts the 100 foot mark, and a very nice piece
of 3" Telrex boom abouts 29 foot long.  

In playing with Yagimax over the holiday weekend it seems that I cannot
improve (using this boomlength) upon a 4 element wide spaced design, by
going to a 5 element design...although I see several manufacturers offer a 5
element on about this length boom. Is it just that they are selling more
(elements) is better or am I doing something wrong with my modeling?  I
imagine you feel you must be louder if you have a fiver compared to his four
element yagi, right?  I actually prefer the 4 element as the "middle"
element (1st dir) on the five element would be right at the ring wheras on
the four element the driven is convienently a coupla foot out from the
tower. 

Has anyone been down this avenue...I know from Lawson that a .75 wvlgth boom
(prox 35 ft) would be the best but I am coming up a lil short.

Should we invest in a 6 ft piece of 3" and explore 5 or 6 element designs or
settle for a wide spaced 4.......if you have debated this query lemme know
your solution! Oh yeah, truning radius starts getting tight now.            


So many choices....so little time-SS CW is in 2 Months and CQWW
too....stress....what to do..............HALP!
                          
                                TNX/GL cul Sprint CW

                                        Jim, K1zx

                                                k1zx at mcimail.com