New Blood and New Categories

[KK5EP at aol.com]

I,m a new contester. I've been a ham for 2 yrs, this year's CQWW contests
were my first two.  Had a blast. Did poorly(comparatively).  So what?  I
would like to place / get a certificate/ get mentioned in a mag/ see my call
in lights in Vegas on the strip.  Sure would.  But if I don't it's just ok
with me too.  I have DISCOVERED Contesting!!!  I'll be honing my skills all
year and I'll be back like gangbusters next Fall(and this Spring!).  I may
not even make honorable mention in ANY category for 5 years or so...but I
will eventually.  I'm a contester.  73, Mike KK5EP.

>From n2ba at cnct.com (Brooke Allen)  Thu Dec 14 23:43:32 1995
From: n2ba at cnct.com (Brooke Allen) (Brooke Allen)
Date: Thu, 14 Dec 1995 18:43:32 -0500
Subject: Internet reverse beacon
Message-ID: <199512142343.SAA04811 at cnct.com>

Here is another one of my wacky ideas:

Have you ever seen one of these internet peepholes where you can instruct
someone's video camera to take a picture and return it to you over
the internet?

Has anyone thought of hooking up their computer controlled radio to
the internet so you could: connect and give the radio a frequency,
have the radio tune to that frequency, and record and deliver the audio
file of what it heard? What a great way of judging how your signal
sounds from the other side.

Any thoughts?

73, 

Brooke Allen, N2BA

n2ba at cnct.com
Brooke Allen             11 Columbus Avenue
Eve Oppenheim Allen      Glen Ridge NJ 07028
n2ba at cnct.com            1-201-509-1830




>From Gary Nieborsky <k7fr at ncw.net>  Thu Dec 14 22:49:32 1995
From: Gary Nieborsky <k7fr at ncw.net> (Gary Nieborsky)
Date: Thu, 14 Dec 1995 15:49:32 -0700
Subject: 10M score
Message-ID: <199512142354.PAA17762 at bing.ncw.net>

Sorry for the abbreviated posting prior.  Been having trouble getting things
out to reflector.

Well...after being anonymously unsubscribed, having the local phone
company's T-1 circuit go whacko during our monsoon and pacific version of a
hurricane ..... I'm back!

In the for what it's worth column:

Single op, high power CW only.

190 Q's
6 Countries
19 Sections/States
760 Qpts

19,000 pts.

Hi-lites:

It can't get any worse.

Lo-lites:

Maybe it could.

Last year I had 182 Q's running QRP, this year it took a kw to scratch out 190.

Loudest signal: K6LL +10

Sorry to all those who wanted me to QSY to SSB.  After Phone SS I've had to
re-evaluate the net worth of SSB.  Currently it holds fast to 3rd place just
above politicians and lawyers....but just below used car salesman and the
home shopping network.


>From Ray Rocker <rocker at datasync.com>  Fri Dec 15 01:09:57 1995
From: Ray Rocker <rocker at datasync.com> (Ray Rocker)
Date: Thu, 14 Dec 1995 19:09:57 -0600 (CST)
Subject: Internet reverse beacon
Message-ID: <199512150109.TAA21878 at osh1.datasync.com>


> Has anyone thought of hooking up their computer controlled radio to
> the internet so you could: connect and give the radio a frequency,
> have the radio tune to that frequency, and record and deliver the audio
> file of what it heard? What a great way of judging how your signal
> sounds from the other side.

At least one guy has thought of it. Plug this URL into your browser:
http://www.chilton.com/scripts/radio/R8-receiver

You can see how you sound in Reston, VA.

-- 
Ray Rocker ... WQ5L             
Pass Christian, Mississippi, USA
rocker at datasync.com             
http://www.datasync.com/~rocker