Sprint, Mults, etc.

Tue Sep 13 20:40:35 EDT 1994

I  got  the following advice from Jeff, R0Y regarding mults. When  you  get
advice from THE expert, it pays to listen.

  Tune the low end of the band for some Caribbean mults. I didn't
  this time but K5GN worked a YS1 on 40. I worked a KL7 on 20
  about 0230Z w/ a second radio CQ, etc.
  Sure, luck is a big part of it too. Like when WA5BDU in AR
  called me on 40 and gave me #1, or K0ERM in SD on 80
  who gave me #7, or me finally finding KM5H on 80 who I hadn't
  heard on 20/40.
  Jeff

  Hope you don't mind my passing this along, Jeff.

Also,  Dick, N6AA, commented on my stating multipliers  are  serendipidous.
Dick, you are absolutely right. I'm sure as I get to be a better  sprinter,
I'll pick up the tricks and bag a few extra mults.

I will indulge myself and mention that when I got bitten by the contest bug
in 1990 after a long hiatus, the first contest I tried was a CW sprint.  It
was  a  humbling experience, as I made about 3 contacts in 15  minutes  and
quit.

What  was humbling was that I couldn't copy anyone at the  speed  involved,
let alone figure out what was going on. Two years ago, Mark, WA6OTU, let me
watch him do a sprint, and I got a clue as to what to do. Now, after a  few
years  of serious contesting, it was very rewarding to do a sprint, not  be
intimidated by the 34 WPM CW and actually turn in a middling performance. I
don't think I'll ever make top 10 in one of these, but 300 Qs is not out of
the question, and for me a satisfactory longer term goal.

73, Ken, AB6FO KWIDELITZ at DELPHI.COM

>From oo7 at astro.as.utexas.edu (Derek Wills)  Tue Sep 13 20:04:50 1994
From: oo7 at astro.as.utexas.edu (Derek Wills) (Derek Wills)
Date: Tue, 13 Sep 94 19:04:50 GMT
Subject: Sprint mults
Message-ID: <9409140004.AA19747 at astro.as.utexas.edu>

I hesitate to suggest this, but since getting those extra few
mults is more than just chance, needing as it does a knowledge
of propagation on the different bands, perhaps it would be good
to add the mults per band for the actual multiplier.

I hate to suggest it cos it would mean mucking with the rules of
a successful and popular contest, and it would be even more of a
handicap to those who still haven't figured out what to do with
even one radio and half a brain (I speak from experience here).

Perhaps it would be most unfair because of the different spread of
day/night from different parts of the country during those 4 hours,
so forget it...

Derek AA5BT, G3NMX
oo7 at astro.as.utexas.edu

>From p_casier at ub4b.eunet.be (Peter Casier)  Wed Sep 14 01:26:19 1994
From: p_casier at ub4b.eunet.be (Peter Casier) (Peter Casier)
Date: Wed, 14 Sep 1994 02:26:19 +0200
Subject: 3 phase power
Message-ID: <199409140026.AA25418 at ub4b.eunet.be>

>
>On Tue, 13 Sep 1994, Trey Garlough wrote:
>
>> > speaking of GAS (agn.)  I was reading though NCJ last night
>> > July/August 1990 and noticed a "for sale" home and one of the
>> > features was 3-PHASE POWER.  Maybe 3-phase power isn't as uncommon
>> > as I thought.  (pg.23)  Now why would a 2200 sq.ft. home need 3-phase?
>> 
>> I know of at least one residence in my area which is served only by 
>> three-phase, so it is possible.
>> 
>> --Trey
>
>
>And all easily converted to whatever you need.  It would be ideal to have 
>277/480 volt 4 wire 3 phase.  You could make some nice HV power supplies.
>;-)
>

Eat your heart out, 110V people: Most houses over here have 3 phase (3x220 -
1x 360 V) wiring. In ON, we're even switching over to 3x240 as standard.
That is why we always are lightyears ahead. (Ough)

Then again, max legal HF power in Belgium is 150 W. Yak. Only exception are
the OT* contest stations who can run 2 kW.

Peter-ON6TT.

p_casier at ub4b.eunet.be

>From Walton L. Stinson" <wstinson at csn.org  Wed Sep 14 02:05:22 1994
From: Walton L. Stinson" <wstinson at csn.org (Walton L. Stinson)
Date: Tue, 13 Sep 1994 19:05:22 -0600 (MDT)
Subject: /125 Party - K6LL
Message-ID: <Pine.3.89.9409131834.A19033-0100000 at teal.csn.org>

David Hachadorian wrote:  
> Maybe contest sponsors can use some of these basic marketing ideas to
> improve participation. This birthday bash was definitely a smashing success!
> 
> Dave, K6LL
> k6ll at mcimail.com

Dave sure got into it.  5K qso's, wow!  and there was not "winner" 
either.  What Dave didn't say is why HE got so excited.  But it was
obvious from his mail - the piles.  They were magnificent.  I have been on
expeditions that didn't have piles that big.  And, despite what I have
seen posted on the reflector, most of the ops were doing a darn good job. 
Very diciplined in general, like the big JA piles of olde. 

No doubt, many of these new hams have caught the bug and we will see
them in there this fall.

TOP Ten Reason's This was a BIG success:
10. This wasn't a contest, it was an event.  Joe Ham likes events. 
9. You didn't have to beat anyone to get a prize. 
8. DX was getting into it, too.
7. People like using their names. 
6. I was never asked to slow down. (maybe i go slower than Tim) 
5. CW LIVES! 
4. Rates were always over 100/hr on cw and 200/hr on phone. 
3. People commented frequently about how much fun they were having. 
2. Lot's of YL's. 
1. You could use "last two" and nobody would yell at you. 

Can't wait for HPM/150...  Nice job HQ staff.

73, walt, w0cp

>From Walton L. Stinson" <wstinson at csn.org  Wed Sep 14 02:07:22 1994
From: Walton L. Stinson" <wstinson at csn.org (Walton L. Stinson)
Date: Tue, 13 Sep 1994 19:07:22 -0600 (MDT)
Subject: No subject
Message-ID: <Pine.3.89.9409131956.A19033-0100000 at teal.csn.org>

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>From stevem at w8hd.org (Steve Maki)  Wed Sep 14 03:53:49 1994
From: stevem at w8hd.org (Steve Maki) (Steve Maki)
Date: Tue, 13 Sep 1994 22:53:49 -0400
Subject: 3-phase power
Message-ID: <199409140253.WAA16397 at w8hd.w8hd.org>

Someone in Phoenix might like to comment on this, but my brother- in-law's
house in Phoenix has 3 phase; it is available throughout his subdivision
(just medium sized homes) supposedly to make swimming pool equipment and air
conditioners operate more efficiently.

73
--
Steve Maki K8LX
stevem at w8hd.org

>From Doug Brandon <dab at kaiwan.com>  Wed Sep 14 04:40:57 1994
From: Doug Brandon <dab at kaiwan.com> (Doug Brandon)
Date: Tue, 13 Sep 1994 20:40:57 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: NF6H Sprint
Message-ID: <199409140340.UAA28029 at kaiwan.kaiwan.com>

My tiny score:

      80M - 0
      40M - 56
      20M - 64
      ---------------------
            120 x 35 = 4200

Played in sprint for around 2 hours before I went to go watch a movie
on TV.  Used 100W & vertical.  I havent played radio in a few months,
and forgot to take care of my RF problem.  As a result, lots of RF got
into my keyboard on 40M.  Sorry for any confusion.

73 de Doug - NF6H   (NOT NF6S!!)

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  Doug Brandon          Placentia, California         dab at kaiwan.com

>From Lee Hiers <0006701840 at mcimail.com>  Tue Sep 13 19:05:00 1994
From: Lee Hiers <0006701840 at mcimail.com> (Lee Hiers)
Date: Tue, 13 Sep 94 13:05 EST
Subject: VHF Contest Score - AA4S
Message-ID: <60940913180506/0006701840PK1EM at mcimail.com>

The following presented for AB4RU (I didn't operate, I went fishin') -

September '94 VHF Contest - AA4S
Multi/Unlimited from FM07

        QSOs    Mults
        ~~~~    ~~~~~
6 m     375      117
2 m     379       72
220     107       48
432     160       53
902      19       17
1296     30       16
2304      5        4
3.4 Ghz   5        4
10 Ghz    4        1
       ----     ----
Total  1084      332

1596 QSO points x 332 mults = 529,872 points

73 de Lee AA4GA
aa4ga at mcimail.com