This Reflector is going QRT
Zack Widup
w9sz at prairienet.org
Thu Dec 7 08:42:28 EST 1995
>
>>Good Morning, Bill...I assume that your comment regarding logging programs
>was aimed at me. Somehow, I thought there might be some interest (I guess I
>got about 150 replies to my query...at least 20 asked me to publish the
>results). I really believe that rather than this reflector dying, CONTESTING
>is dying, somewhat due to a few self-proclaimed 'contest elitists', like you
>and some of your friends. Also, there is diminishing interest in DXing and
>Contesting due to the ageing of the ham population, no-code licensing and,
>heaven forbid, computers, Email, etc. I had 3 teen-age visitors in the shack
>during my G0/AA4V CQWW Phone CONTEST effort in October. They were fascinated
>by what was going on but one of them did ask 'why bother with radio? Why
>don't you just call them on the phone?' Starting a closed contest reflector?
>Yes, that will be the death of CONTESTING, not this reflector. We'll miss
>you, Bill.
>As K3ZO says...very 73 Steve AA4V
I have been definitely a "little pistol" in contests and haven't had any
hopes of ever winning one (except the one I got by accident, by default,
when there were no other W9 entries in the ARRL VHF QSO Party in the
QRP-portable category!) But I have enjoyed every contest and I have
enjoyed just about every posting to this reflector. I haven't had any
complaints about anything posted here.
Making 2000 phone calls to EU, AF, ANZO, N and S America, Asia etc would get
pretty expensive! :-)
I think one of the best things we can do is invite some new hams over to
see a contest station in operation ... it can't help but spark some
interest in at least a few of them!
73, Zack W9SZ
>From Bruce Herrick" <bdh at mixcom.com Thu Dec 7 15:20:31 1995
From: Bruce Herrick" <bdh at mixcom.com (Bruce Herrick)
Date: Thu, 7 Dec 1995 09:20:31 -0600 (CST)
Subject: Cops
Message-ID: <199512071520.JAA00585 at mixcom.mixcom.com>
Occasionally, when working split, someone will screw up and transmit on the
wrong vfo. For a few seconds, he usually obliterates the DX. Then, for the
next minute, the contest/dx police come on the same frequency to remind him
of the error of his ways.
A few weeks ago, someone posted an (inappropriate) for sale message to this
reflector. Immediately, four reflector cops jumped on his case, each
repeating in its entirety his message. As a result, I saw his for sale
message not once, but 5 times.
The same thing seems to be happening again re:the ARRL's latest money grab.
The only messages I find truly inappropriate are the ones from the reflector
police (not including Trey, who has to attempt to maintain some sort of
order occasionally).
Lighten up, guys.
73, Bruce WW1M
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>From Randy Thompson <k5zd at iconics.com> Thu Dec 7 15:14:39 1995
From: Randy Thompson <k5zd at iconics.com> (Randy Thompson)
Date: Thu, 7 Dec 1995 10:14:39 -0500 (EST)
Subject: K5ZD 160m Antenna
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.3.91.951207100237.3696E-100000 at genesis.iconics.com>
I got several requests for details on my 160m antenna set-up. It's
nothing too exotic, and for that reason may be of interest to many of you.
I use a full size 1/4-wave ground plane with 4 elevated radials. Feed
point is about 15' off the ground.
Wow! That's pretty big... Yes, but it is all done off of a 100' tower
(this is all K1KI's idea). Here's how.
The vertical runs down from the top of my 100 ft tower. The feed point
is about 100' away from the tower (so it is about a 45 degree slope). I
get some help from the fact that the ground slopes down away from the
tower about 20' (making the tower appear to be 120' high).
The antenna is to the NNE away from the tower. As well as it does to
Eu, and only fair in other directions, the tower must be providing some
reflector effect.
Per K3LR's suggestion, I feed this through a bead balun to make sure no RF
flowing back down the feedline. I also have a 1/4-wave shorted piece of
coax T-connected at the feed point (basic 160m band pass filter). This
reduced the amount of power coming back down my 80m coax when transmitting
on 160m from about 8W to 0.5W. Tim also suggested this as a way to
prevent the 160m antenna from interacting with the 80. [80m ant is an Inv
Vee off the 100' tower.]
When building the antenna, I cut 5 wires 135' long. Once it was up, I
just trimmed the vertical element to make it resonant. The resonant
frequency did move a little when I pulled the radials from just laying on
the ground to their final height of about 10'. So pull the radials out a
bit before you start trimming. I have never adjusted the length of the
radials.
My location is extremely quiet. I do most of my listening on the
vertical. The Beverage really only helps when there are storms to the SW.
Comments from you antenna modeling experts out there?
Randy Thompson, K5ZD
k5zd at iconics.com
>From floydjr at nr.infi.net (jim floyd) Thu Dec 7 15:36:51 1995
From: floydjr at nr.infi.net (jim floyd) (jim floyd)
Date: Thu, 07 Dec 1995 11:36:51 -0400
Subject: ARRL 160 Meter 95 Scores III
Message-ID: <199512071546.KAA08383 at moe.infi.net>
ARRL 160 METER CONTEST 95
RAW SCORES
Compiled by
WA4ZXA
Date Posted:12/07/95
CALL/OP SCORE QS0'S PTS SECTS DX HRS
_____________________________________________________________________
Single/OP/QRP/Q
AA9AX 40,120 340 59 0
KX4V 21,200 ? 528 38 2 9
WB8RUQ 17,200 215 430 40 0 9
NG3K 4,320 80 160 27 0 5
Single/OP/Low Power/Unassisted
KE2PF 118,917 795 62 11 14
N4YOS 100,944 692 1402 66 6
KO4EW 100,030 710 67 3
NA4K 83,708 608 68 0
WF3T 69,552 462 966 59 13
K4IQJ 60,928 467 952 64 12
WT1O 47,168 346 737 53 11
WO1N 27,401 287 583 44 3 13
WA5JWU 27,324 253 506 54 0
NW8F 26,900 260 538 49 1
WD0T 25,816 229 56 6
KG6VI 15,840 174 44 0
KN6EL 11,395 128 265 41 2
KK7A 10,100 135 273 37 1
VE6FR 9,592 103 41 3
KA8D 8,750 125 250 35 0
WA7VNI 7,308 114 252 29 4
WX9E 40 5 4 0
KM9P ? 485 50 7
V47NLR ? 80 29 0
Single/OP/High Power/Unassisted
WZ3Q @N4ZC 274,680 1188 73 32
AA4NC 248,880 1151 102 26
WA2SRQ 242,600 1078 67 33 27
K5ZD 240,308 931 71 36 17
W9UP (N0BSH) 220,000 1000 74 28
WB1GQR 208,196 1046 2263 92
KE9I 204,166 1093 73 16
K3JT 160,341 878 68 19
K0EJ 135,594 813 70 11 15
K3ZO 138,510 717 67 23
K0EJ 137,594 813 70 11
AI7B 125,000 770 81 18
NW6N 124,583 725 83
WE9V @KS9K 111,026 575 1291 66 20 10
W1IHN 103,305 711 1455 60 11
NS0B 102,179 656 1327 72 16
AA5B 97,000 585 74 4 8
K1IU 96,760 506 1180 57 25 11
W7RM (AA7NX) 96,064 572 72 4
AA6KX 93,708 549 69 7
N4BP 93,480 537 1140 66 16
N0DH/7 91,561 546 72 7
K4SB 79,476 575 66 8
W2UP 69,864 450 984 59 12 4
K9JF/7 67,000 414 72 7
K4XU 64,308 463 67 2 6
NI6T 60,236 350 67 7
K8HVT 57,664 437 64 9 7
XE2/WV5S 57,528 423 68 0 8
K3LTX 55,836 402 56 10 12
AA4V 53,516 383 787 62 6 5
KR0Y 52,930 320 70 9 3
ON4UN 48,760 460 920 53 0
KJ1N 30,686 226 458 65 2 4
AD4TU 25,020 275 586 45 15
VE6JR 14,672 112 54 2
KE2VB 12,578 161 35 3 4
W5ASP 11,524 131 43
W6XR/2 9,810 103 41 4 5
KM0L 8,778 103 209 41 18 3
AC5CT 2,364 44 28
AA7TF 1,716 39 78 22 0 2
VS6BG 5 1 5 1 0
Multioperator
K2WI 437,120 1379 74 54
AB4RU 407,277 1538 74 43 36
WB9Z 336,552 1384 75 36
W9RE 306,592 1360 2948 74 30
KC8MK 265,874 1280 98
NC0P 241,650 1308 90
WD9INF 223,192 1129 92
K3WW 189,786 957 71 23
W2CRS/0 174,335 985 85
W0SD 174,000 1071 80
WB9CIF 162,951 911 1873 73 14
NI8G 160,439 938 71 12
KG4W 159,887 826 1757 67 24 19
KG8CW 98,192 719 66 2
W6GO 91,166 541 1154 74 5 28
N8RR 85,050 444 74 16 9
K6XO/7 81,326 527 72 2
AB7GM 63,600 424 75
AA8SM 41,416 328 668 58 4 12
K3SA 25,844 235 45 7
JA3ZOH 7,820 115 230 34 0
W9RE ? 1358 74 30
Operator List for Multi-Op
Call Ops
WB9CIF WB9CIF,N9AG,N9XBM
WD9INF WD9INF,N8AAT,N8ABL,W8IQ,WA8SAE
NI8G NI8G,KF8TM,N8RFK,W8CAR
AB4RU AB4RU,AA4GA
W6GO W6GO,N6IG
KC8MK NZ4K,KU8E,KC8MK,K8ES,WD8KNC,WR8C,N8MFQ
NC0P NC0P,WD0GVY,WA0FLS,WO0V
W0SD W0SD,K0TPF,NS0N,W7XU/0
K6XO/7 K6XO/7,N5CT,K0FX
KG8CW KG8CW,KG8PE,KB8YFT
W2CRS/0 W2CRS,KF7MD
AB7GM W0MHS/7,AB7GM
W9RE W9RE,KO9Y,WA8YVR
K2WI KZ2S,N2NU,K2WI,WW2Y
JA3ZOH JG3MRT,JG3WON,JH3PRR
*********************************************************************
Just a reminder of the 10 Meter contest this weekend. Not sure how the
band will be but will be there trying. Looking forward to do the scores
for that one so look forward to getting yours
This is the first 160 Meter contest I have done. From reading QST these
are the classes that are used. If you do not put a class, you will be
put in Single HP/Un. Let me know of any corrections. When you see the
number in between Sect and DX, that means whoever submitted the score
added together their multis.
73's Jim
Amateur Call: WA4ZXA
Email: floydjr at nr.infi.net
Packet Node: N4ZC
>From w7ni at teleport.com (Stan Griffiths) Thu Dec 7 16:26:57 1995
From: w7ni at teleport.com (Stan Griffiths) (Stan Griffiths)
Date: Thu, 7 Dec 1995 08:26:57 -0800
Subject: TAILTWISTER and ROHN 25G
Message-ID: <199512071626.IAA22867 at desiree.teleport.com>
>A friend of mine (AB5NG) requested that I ask the contest crowd
>whether or not a Tailtwister will fit OK in a Rohn 25G tower without
>any strange modifications to the rotor plate. If not, how about
>in a 45G?
>
>Thanks in advance,
>
>
>73 KC5DVT Wayne email...ehayes at vnet.ibm.com
>Austin, Texas
The simple answer to this used to be "yes" to both questions. However, I
understand that the control terminal strip on new Ham IVs has been changed
to a plug that comes out the bottom where the terminal strip used to be. If
they did it on a Ham IV they could have done it on Tailtwister, too. Better
check on it.
This brings two new problems to the surface:
1. The rotator plate cutout is no longer the right size and shape for the
new plug. You will need to enlarge it. This is best done on the ground so
you should remove the plate if it is installed in an existing tower and
bring it down to make sure everything fits before you take it back up for
installation.
2. Where the old terminal strip was flush with the bottom of the rotator,
the new plug protrudes from the bottom by some amount. (I have not actually
seen it.) This means that if you have an existing mast installed and held
in a fixed vertical position by a thrust bearing, you can probably slip an
old style rotator in and out easily, but a new one will require raising the
mast or lowering the rotator plate to make enough clearance available to
install the new rotator. Lowering the rotator plate may be impossible if it
is resting on the horizontal cross members of the tower and raising the mast
with the load of all the antennas on it will be pretty tough also.
If you are doing a new installation, you had better give some thought about
how you intend to remove the new rotator when it fails without having to
rebuild your whole antenna installation. I would suggest mounting the
rotator plate an inch or two above the tower horizontal members so you can
lower it to clear the plug to remove the rotator in the future.
How come it seems like the designer of this modification has never used a
rotator on a tower . . . ? (Why didn't he use a recessed plug????)
Stan W7NI at teleport.com
>From Pete Smith <n4zr at ix.netcom.com> Thu Dec 7 16:41:22 1995
From: Pete Smith <n4zr at ix.netcom.com> (Pete Smith)
Date: Thu, 7 Dec 1995 08:41:22 -0800
Subject: 610-V straight skinny
Message-ID: <199512071641.IAA28936 at ix4.ix.netcom.com>
OK, I talked with the person at FCC who is herself responsible for 610-V
form distribution by fax-back and WWW page, and whose name is given on the
WWW page for this purpose. Key points:
1. Until about 2 weeks ago, the word was that the form would not be
available until mid-January. She was surprised when she was instructed to
put it out by fax-back and WWW.
2. But she verified with Gettysburg that even though the gates haven't been
established yet AND NO 610-V FORMS WILL BE ACCEPTED AT THIS TIME, FCC has
decided to make the forms widely available in advance. Hence forms
distributed by ARRL, or downloaded from the fax-back server or from the WWW
page are all good and will ultimately be acceptable to FCC (with one caveat
- see below).
3. Because the WWW page's 610-V file is a collection of .PCX files, and the
shareware viewer/printer FCC is offering (WinJPEG 2.7) is a Windows program,
there may be some confusion about the proper format. FCC advises
specifically that 610-V forms printed in "landscape" (long axis horizontal)
format will not be acceptable when it's time to file. In addition, some
other file viewer programs (like LView) may produce a slightly-reduced
version of the image. But I have just printed out all 6 pages (2 pages of
610-V instructions, 2 pages of the form itself, and 2 pages using WinJPEG
2.7 with the "portrait" layout and the "fit to page" print option, and the
resulting forms are just fine.
4. Note that in the 610-V instructions, a crucial instruction is buried
about half-way down the first page, where it says:
"The vanity call sign system is being implemented using a series of five
starting gates. Each gate will be announced by a public notice. As each
gate opens, more amateur operators become eligible for a vanity call sign.
DO NOT file this form until such time as the gate opens for which you are
eligible, otherwise, your application will be dismissed. The gates are:..."
I hope this helps clarify things.
73,
Pete N4ZR (n4zr at ix.netcom.com)
>From vbendeb at jdo.fore.com (Vadim Bendebury) Thu Dec 7 17:00:16 1995
From: vbendeb at jdo.fore.com (Vadim Bendebury) (Vadim Bendebury)
Date: Thu, 7 Dec 95 12:00:16 EST
Subject: CQWW log forms
Message-ID: <9512071700.AA00793 at uhuru.jdo.fore.com>
Hello everybody,
could anyone tell me, please, where are we
supposed to get the forms for contest logs?
Specifically, the forms for CW CQWWDX wich was held
a couple of weeks ago.
I would appreciate it very much if someone could
send me a soft copy of the required forms, or directed
me to an FTP site where the forms could be found.
Thanks a lot,
Vadim Bendebury, VE3KKI
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