K0EJ SprINT Score

SPECK at uansv3.Vanderbilt.Edu SPECK at uansv3.Vanderbilt.Edu
Thu Dec 28 10:34:54 EST 1995


40 - 20 Qs   TS930 -> dipoles at 50'
80 - 78 Qs    
_________
     98

It was fun!  I was putting LEGOs together with my son so didn't start 
until 0227Z. Started on 40 but kept getting beat out so went to 80 early and 
just stayed there. Shooting for 100 but not quite.  Some LOUD sigs out there.  
N2IC on 40 and almost everyone east of W7/6-land on 80.  Happy New Year to all 
and hope to hear some of you work my son and daughter on the Kid's Kontest.

					73,  Mark K0EJ 

>From De Syam <syam at Glue.umd.edu>  Thu Dec 28 16:41:49 1995
From: De Syam <syam at Glue.umd.edu> (De Syam)
Date: Thu, 28 Dec 1995 11:41:49 -0500 (EST)
Subject: This Hobby is getting expensive...
Message-ID: <Pine.SOL.3.91.951228113558.26558D-100000 at logo.eng.umd.edu>

On Tue, 19 Dec 1995, Kris I. Mraz wrote:

> When we tune the bands and hear TV horizontal sweep trash
> every 15 Khz should we not be able to go to our neighbors and demand
> that they fix their TV or get off the air? Or maybe the TV owner should
> provide us with a filter to put on our radios. This is a two-way
> street.

You can do a lot at the station end to get rid of this type of 
interference without bothering the TV set's owner.  Just put your 80 
meter antenna up at 140 feet like I did -- bingo, no more ITV!
When he complains about your unsightly tower, tell him you had to do that 
in order to get your antenna away from the interference his set was 
radiating...

                                    Very 73,

                                   Fred Laun, K3ZO  

>From Jim Floyd <floydjr at nr.infi.net>  Thu Dec 28 15:55:06 1995
From: Jim Floyd <floydjr at nr.infi.net> (Jim Floyd)
Date: Thu, 28 Dec 1995 11:55:06 -0400
Subject: ARRL 10 Meter Contest 95 Scores Final Posting
Message-ID: <199512281657.LAA02149 at moe.infi.net>

ARRL 10 Meter Contest 1995
Raw Scores

Compiled by
WA4ZXA

Date Posted: 12/28/95
Final Posting


CALL              HRS        SCORE      QSO'S     PTS      SEC      DX
________________________________________________________________________

Single OP/QRP

>SSB<

>CW<
N8AP                          4,872        58                   21

>Mixed<
WF2V                            160        12                    4


Single OP/HP/Unassisted

>SSB<
ZS9F                        195,716       866    1732      42        70
ZS6BRZ                      150,876       762    1524      39        60
K4VUD                        78,800       704              44        12
ZS6BRH                       67,490       397              35        50
N3BB  (OP AA5RB)             66,660       555              42        18
N8RA/1                       65,800       731              32        13
KE5FI                        37,026       363              29        22
KQ4HC                        21,620       235              35        11
WB1GQR                       16,056       223     446      28         8
KF8UM             18          7,488       117              26         6
N9ITX/7                       4,524        78              22         7
VE6JY                         2,268        63     126      10         8

>CW<
K1ZX/4                      151,956       567              45        22
N4BP                        122,264       493    1972      49        13 
KM9P                        102,620       420              48        14
W3GN                         68,000       326              41        11
N8RR              10         24,300       135              36         9

AA7BG             31         21,328       172              25         6
K7FR                         19,000       190     680      28         6
K3JT                         18,176       142              29         3
KM0L                          1,920        32     128      14         1
VSYBG                             4         1               1
VR2GO                             4         1               1

>Mixed<
AC4NJ  (OP WC4E)            245,952       820              86        26
K3ZO              28        197,802       669              69        30
NC0P                        143,000       473                  102
K6LL                        103,500       493    1500      51        18
W9XT                         99,120       415    1180           84
KE9A              13         97,328       426              58        19
N3II                         83,520       349    1044      56        24
AA6WJ                        69,564       356              51        11
WD0T                         55,700       287              54        15
WM2C               9         51,688       324     994      44         8
W9UP  (OP N0BSH)             19,902       151                   43
KI8W               3          9,042       274                   33
NO1J                          7,332       102     282      23         3
WF1B                          6,500       100     260      24         1
K6XO/7                        3,058        96                   11
KD6DAE                        1,656       184                    9
AE2T                            384        15               7         1

Single OP/LP/Unassisted

>SSB<
N3ADL             13         38,352      408               30        17
N9ISN                        16,926      217               25        14
WA4ZXA             9          5,640       94               18        12
KB4OGM                        3,720       62      124      21         9
GW0GEI                        3,360       80                         21
KK5DK                             4        2                     1
N2IC/0                                   412               36        10

>CW<
AC1O/4                       82,700      397               40        12
W5HUQ                        56,000      280               39        11
KP4VA  (OP KP4TK)            31,960      170      680      36        11
N9XBM  @KO9Y                 29,184      191               29         9
KR4DL                        24,864      168      672      29         8
WA2SRQ             6         21,080      170               26         58
K8HVT/1                       7,912       86               18         5
W3CPB                         6,480       90      360      15         3
K7NPN              4          5,400       90                    15
K7MM                          5,112       71      284      13         5
NF6H                            552       23       92       5         1
WB0OLA                          448       16       64       5         2
AB7GM                           204       17                     3
KD0AV/9            1            204       17                2         1

>Mixed<
W3EP                        108,000      484               59        17
AA4GA                        73,472      315      896      65        17
WA6KUI                       48,768      247                    64
K2UF                         41,600      211               45        19
WA0QOA                       30,184      232      686      33        11
WA0X                         28,600      276               30        17
WA7BNM                       26,600      242               31         7
KJ6HO                        21,518      250      742      24         5
WA8YRS                        8,532      109      316           27
K8JLF              4          7,776      109      324      20         4
WF2L                          7,600       59
WX9E                          2,272       42                    16
N7STU                         2,204       40      116      15         4
KK7A                            820       27       82       8         2
K2YJL/M                         720       28                     9

Single/OP/LP/Assisted
K0LUZ                        23,120      170      680      28        6

Multi/OP/Single Transmitter

N4ZC                        263,000      723               83       36
WS4F                        180,576      572               80       34
NU4Y                        170,000      671               77       27
K3WW                        150,858      560               64       23
AA4NC                       127,000      585               72       31
N2BIM                       126,000      516               62       20
AA3JU                       100,864      610     1576      47       17
WB8NER                       90,480      350               62       25
WS1C              13         89,200      415               62       13
AA5UO                        71,500      398               45       28
N5RP                         63,992      291      842           76
N2MZH                        46,176      315               40       12
WC9M                         43,470
WC9M                         42,840      630                    68
KR4YL  @WB2LES               37,576      246      616      42       19
K7UP                         30,000      200
AB4RU                        27,000      170               43       12
WF3T               6         23,124      138      492      36       11          
K0LUZ                        23,120      170      680      28        6
PI4COM                       29,700      205      594       0       50
WA8QYJ                       29,464      202      508      40       18
K0RC                         16,000      127               35        7
KC4UCK/T          13          8,878      157      386           23
AA8SM                         5,366       74      186      23        3
VE5MX                           784       19                6        8

***************************************************************************

Sorry about such a delay but the holidays really had me swamped. This is the
final posting on this contest. 

73's Jim

Amateur Call: WA4ZXA
       Email: floydjr at nr.infi.net
 Packet Node: N4ZC


>From Jim Floyd <floydjr at nr.infi.net>  Thu Dec 28 15:55:12 1995
From: Jim Floyd <floydjr at nr.infi.net> (Jim Floyd)
Date: Thu, 28 Dec 1995 11:55:12 -0400
Subject: ARRL 160 Meter Contest 95 Scores Final Posting
Message-ID: <199512281657.LAA02167 at moe.infi.net>

ARRL 160 METER CONTEST 95
RAW SCORES


Compiled by
WA4ZXA

Date Posted:12/28/95
Final Posting


CALL/OP                    SCORE     QS0'S     PTS   SECTS   DX   HRS
_____________________________________________________________________

Single/OP/QRP/Q

NN9K/0                     55,815     456      915     60     1
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
K5KG                      102,600     690              59    13
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
WA8YRS                     65,667     552              58     1    21
K4IQJ                      60,928     467      952        64       12
N8NA                       54,346     460              52     6     7
KM9P                       54,065     487                 55
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
NF6H                        1,786      44       94     18     1
AA7TF                       1,716      39       78     22     0     2
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                      135,189     812              70    11    16
K3ZO                      138,510     717              67    23
AI7B                      128,960     770              72     8    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
VE6JY                      14,672     122              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
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                   171,864     984              75     9
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
AI7B                      128,960     770              72     8
KG8CW                      98,192     719              66     2
W6GO                       91,166     541     1154     74     5    28
KF3P                       90,695     475              65    20     6
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
N2MZH                      24,160     302              40     0
9A1A                        7,828     103               0    38
JA3ZOH                      7,820     115      230     34     0
WA0QOA                      1,938      51      102     19     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
9AIA         9A7R,9A6D,9A6A

*********************************************************************

Sorry for the delay but the holiday season had me swamped. This is the 
final posting for this contest.

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 H. L. Serra" <hlserra at pwa.acusd.edu  Thu Dec 28 17:06:51 1995
From: H. L. Serra" <hlserra at pwa.acusd.edu (H. L. Serra)
Date: Thu, 28 Dec 1995 09:06:51 -0800 (PST)
Subject: Bill Leonard Article "Battle of the Hams"
Message-ID: <Pine.3.89.9512280815.A22901-0100000 at pwa.acusd.edu>

To all of you who have requested a copy of the Bill Leonard article, my 
office is preparing a PKZIP file containing a WORD 2.0 version of the 
article (text only), and an optically read-in copy of the original article,  
photographs, and the two permission letters. As soon as they are ready I 
will send copies over the INET to all requesters to use for magazines, 
newsletters, websites, etc. 
73, Larry N6AZE

>From Ray Rocker <rocker at datasync.com>  Thu Dec 28 19:42:08 1995
From: Ray Rocker <rocker at datasync.com> (Ray Rocker)
Date: Thu, 28 Dec 1995 13:42:08 -0600 (CST)
Subject: SprINT
Message-ID: <199512281942.NAA07756 at osh1.datasync.com>


126 QSOs for me. Got off to a slow start...QSO #1 at 0202 after being beat
out three or four times, which was a common theme through the two hours.
With the increased participation, getting beat is the norm rather than
the exception. (Oh no, the sprINT is like a REAL contest now. *sigh*)

Skip was a little too short. 4s and 5s loud, West Coast and New England weak.
There was a lot more 4/5 land activity this time. The Mexican (or whatever)
SSB crud was a real pain in the rear too. As usual, got trounced on 80,
only making 12 QSOs in the last 16 minutes, and they were painful.

Oh and a big AMEN to KM9P's admonition about getting the callsign sequence
right...one loud station in particular had me calling him left and right
while he was in the middle of a QSO...sheesh

And I was wondering how WX9E got from TX to GA to IL so fast, thought
he had hijacked the Concorde or something ;)

Happy New Year y'all,

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

>From janalme at sn.no (Jan Almedal)  Thu Dec 28 20:38:18 1995
From: janalme at sn.no (Jan Almedal) (Jan Almedal)
Date: Thu, 28 Dec 1995 21:38:18 +0100
Subject: Contest Calendar
Message-ID: <6Aw4wcxHfjgN083yn at oslonett.no>

Hi everybody.

Yesterday I had a posting showing my homepage covering contest rules. The
response to it has been very good! Thank you very much. All contributions
helps improving the information.

Special thanks to WS7I, K6XO and JE1CKA.

All contributions are greatly appreciated. The intention is to keep an up-to-
date, complete contest calendar, with rules. If you missed it, here is the
URL:

                   http://www.sn.no/~janalme/hammain.html


HAPPY NEW YEAR to you all, and hope to meet you in future contests!

73 de
Jan / LA9HW

>From Ron-Stailey at easy.com (Ron Stailey, AB5KD)  Thu Dec 28 20:07:05 1995
From: Ron-Stailey at easy.com (Ron Stailey, AB5KD) (Ron Stailey, AB5KD)
Date: Thu, 28 Dec 1995 15:07:05 -0500
Subject: Mailing or internet address needed
Message-ID: <1391959271-98604808 at BANJO.EASY.COM>

 I'm the log checker for CQWW RTTY DX Contest H.P. 

 Rodrigo Isola Tarikian, PU2LSR- sent a log for 21 MHz S.B. catagory,
 his 5 1/4" floppy disk is bad. I have checked the '95 C.B., Buckmaster,
 with on luck.. Does anyone have PU2LSR's e-mail or mailing address.. 

 With as many logs as I have seen his call in, I'm sure he has a pretty 
 good score, it would be a dirty shame if I can't get in touch with him
 to get another log sent to me.. We are 90% finished with log checking.
 If anyone can help me find a way to get in touch PU2LSR it would be 
 greatly appreciated..

     73's

  de Ron AB5KD <ab5kd at easy.com>

 


>From Jim Floyd <floydjr at nr.infi.net>  Thu Dec 28 20:52:16 1995
From: Jim Floyd <floydjr at nr.infi.net> (Jim Floyd)
Date: Thu, 28 Dec 1995 16:52:16 -0400
Subject: CORRECTION of 10M Scores Final Posting 95
Message-ID: <199512282154.QAA17317 at moe.infi.net>

ARRL 10 Meter Contest 1995
Raw Scores

Compiled by
WA4ZXA

Date Posted: 12/28/95
Final Posting


CALL              HRS        SCORE      QSO'S     PTS      SEC      DX
________________________________________________________________________

Single OP/QRP

>SSB<

>CW<
N8AP                          4,872        58                   21

>Mixed<
WF2V                            160        12                    4


Single OP/HP/Unassisted

>SSB<
ZS9F                        195,716       866    1732      42        70
ZS6BRZ                      150,876       762    1524      39        60
K4VUD                        78,800       704              44        12
ZS6BRH                       67,490       397              35        50
N3BB  (OP AA5RB)             66,660       555              42        18
N8RA/1                       65,800       731              32        13
KE5FI                        37,026       363              29        22
KQ4HC                        21,620       235              35        11
WB1GQR                       16,056       223     446      28         8
KF8UM             18          7,488       117              26         6
N9ITX/7                       4,524        78              22         7
VE6JY                         2,268        63     126      10         8

>CW<
K1ZX/4                      151,956       567              45        22
N4BP                        122,264       493    1972      49        13 
KM9P                        102,620       420              48        14
W3GN                         68,000       326              41        11
N8RR              10         24,300       135              36         9

AA7BG             31         21,328       172              25         6
K7FR                         19,000       190     680      28         6
K3JT                         18,176       142              29         3
KM0L                          1,920        32     128      14         1
VSYBG                             4         1               1
VR2GO                             4         1               1

>Mixed<
N4ZC                        263,000      723               83       36
AC4NJ  (OP WC4E)            245,952       820              86        26
K3ZO              28        197,802       669              69        30
NC0P                        143,000       473                  102
K6LL                        103,500       493    1500      51        18
W9XT                         99,120       415    1180           84
KE9A              13         97,328       426              58        19
N3II                         83,520       349    1044      56        24
AA6WJ                        69,564       356              51        11
WD0T                         55,700       287              54        15
WM2C               9         51,688       324     994      44         8
W9UP  (OP N0BSH)             19,902       151                   43
KI8W               3          9,042       274                   33
NO1J                          7,332       102     282      23         3
WF1B                          6,500       100     260      24         1
K6XO/7                        3,058        96                   11
KD6DAE                        1,656       184                    9
AE2T                            384        15               7         1

Single OP/LP/Unassisted

>SSB<
N3ADL             13         38,352      408               30        17
N9ISN                        16,926      217               25        14
WA4ZXA             9          5,640       94               18        12
KB4OGM                        3,720       62      124      21         9
GW0GEI                        3,360       80                         21
KK5DK                             4        2                     1
N2IC/0                                   412               36        10

>CW<
AC1O/4                       82,700      397               40        12
W5HUQ                        56,000      280               39        11
KP4VA  (OP KP4TK)            31,960      170      680      36        11
N9XBM  @KO9Y                 29,184      191               29         9
KR4DL                        24,864      168      672      29         8
WA2SRQ             6         21,080      170               26         58
K8HVT/1                       7,912       86               18         5
W3CPB                         6,480       90      360      15         3
K7NPN              4          5,400       90                    15
K7MM                          5,112       71      284      13         5
NF6H                            552       23       92       5         1
WB0OLA                          448       16       64       5         2
AB7GM                           204       17                     3
KD0AV/9            1            204       17                2         1

>Mixed<
W3EP                        108,000      484               59        17
AA4GA                        73,472      315      896      65        17
WA6KUI                       48,768      247                    64
K2UF                         41,600      211               45        19
WA0QOA                       30,184      232      686      33        11
WA0X                         28,600      276               30        17
WA7BNM                       26,600      242               31         7
KJ6HO                        21,518      250      742      24         5
WA8YRS                        8,532      109      316           27
K8JLF              4          7,776      109      324      20         4
WF2L                          7,600       59
WX9E                          2,272       42                    16
N7STU                         2,204       40      116      15         4
KK7A                            820       27       82       8         2
K2YJL/M                         720       28                     9

Single/OP/LP/Assisted
K0LUZ                        23,120      170      680      28        6

Multi/OP/Single Transmitter

WS4F                        180,576      572               80       34
NU4Y                        170,000      671               77       27
K3WW                        150,858      560               64       23
AA4NC                       127,000      585               72       31
N2BIM                       126,000      516               62       20
AA3JU                       100,864      610     1576      47       17
WB8NER                       90,480      350               62       25
WS1C              13         89,200      415               62       13
AA5UO                        71,500      398               45       28
N5RP                         63,992      291      842           76
N2MZH                        46,176      315               40       12
WC9M                         43,470
WC9M                         42,840      630                    68
KR4YL  @WB2LES               37,576      246      616      42       19
K7UP                         30,000      200
AB4RU                        27,000      170               43       12
WF3T               6         23,124      138      492      36       11          
K0LUZ                        23,120      170      680      28        6
PI4COM                       29,700      205      594       0       50
WA8QYJ                       29,464      202      508      40       18
K0RC                         16,000      127               35        7
KC4UCK/T          13          8,878      157      386           23
AA8SM                         5,366       74      186      23        3
VE5MX                           784       19                6        8

***************************************************************************

Sorry about such a delay but the holidays really had me swamped. This is the
final posting on this contest. 

73's Jim

Amateur Call: WA4ZXA
       Email: floydjr at nr.infi.net
 Packet Node: N4ZC
           ********************************************************** 
           * Jimmy R. Floyd  (Jim)   Thomasville, NC                *
           *                                                        *
           * Amateur Call:              >> WA4ZXA <<                *
           * Packet Node:               >> N4ZC <<                  *
           * Internet Address:          >> floydjr at nr.infi.net <<   *
           **********************************************************


>From GOOSE WD8LLD <GOOSTER at delphi.com>  Fri Dec 29 01:03:37 1995
From: GOOSE WD8LLD <GOOSTER at delphi.com> (GOOSE WD8LLD)
Date: Thu, 28 Dec 1995 20:03:37 -0500 (EST)
Subject: Radial Wire
Message-ID: <01HZCQ06IJVY9865PC at delphi.com>

On 21-DEC-1995 23:20:40.6 KE5FI said to GOOSTER
   > Maybe I missed it, but someone should have pointed out that certain
   >research has shown that insulated wire works BETTER than bare wire for
   >radials due to the capacitive effect.  I find this hard to believe,
   >but have no good experience to refute it.
   > I did have a 130' vertical for 160 with radials going into salt water
   >which worked great, but I would like to hear from anyone who has
   >changed from bare to insulated wire...
   > Tnx
   > Chuck
   > KE5FI at AOL.COM
Working in the broadcast field as a consultant, I have never heard that
insulated wire works better than bare wire for radial purposes.  We have
always used #10 soft drawn bare copper wire for the radial fields under AM
broadcast towers.  Even in highly acidic soils, these radials last on the
average of 20-30 years.

Let' stop and think about this for a minute.  The principal purpose of a
of a radial ground system is to provide a low resistance path for return
currents to the antenna system.  Logic would seem to indicate that by
putting an insulator around the wire increases the resistance in the path
the return current must take to get back to the antenna from the surrounding
earth.  The reactive component of the return current doesn't care about the
insulation as it can easily pass through the insulation to the wire in the
same fashion current flows through a capacitor. So my question is, why
put a very high resistance in the path for the return currents?

The only good reason that I can see for using insulated wire in lieu of bare
wire in a ground system is that it will last almost indefinately since the
wire will be protected from corrosive agents in the soil.  One thing to keep
in mind though, if you live in a northern area where the ground freezes (as
I do) hard drawn wire will eventually break from the freezing and thawing
stress placed on it by the ground.  That is why you should try and use a
soft drawn wire if at all possible.  As for you guys using electric fence
wire (I use it too on some antennas 'cause it's cheap!), the stuff rusts out
in about 4 or 5 years. Then you gotta replace it.  So use copper if you can.

This might make a fun research project for someone to present as a paper
in the antenna forum at Dayton!






73..........de Goose, WD8LLD     "gooster at delphi.com"


>From dbushong at mrst.com (David Bushong)  Fri Dec 29 01:57:00 1995
From: dbushong at mrst.com (David Bushong) (David Bushong)
Date: Thu, 28 Dec 95 20:57 EST
Subject: SprINT
Message-ID: <m0tVU4L-0002bUC at mrst.com>


wq5l said:

> Oh and a big AMEN to KM9P's admonition about getting the callsign sequence
> right...one loud station in particular had me calling him left and right
> while he was in the middle of a QSO...sheesh

Agreed.  This should be part of the rules so that next year people
who, like me, who've never done a sprint, won't feel like so much of
an ass.

Here is the origin of the phrase "ground rule"

Back when baseball was not so "national", different teams would visit
a given field, and before the game started, they would tell the
visitors about how certain lumps in the infield would affect
"grounders".  While these were locally-known conditions about the
ballfield (such as 'if you hit a grounder towards Joe's store, the
bounce is really bad'), out-of-towners wouldn't know about these bumps
or ridges, so they asked for a set of rules for grounders which of
course, would vary with the local field, hence the "ground rules".

See you next year.  

73,
Dave KZ1O

(I'm the "DAVE" that you guys kicked around all night.  Oh yes, I
heard you using my name, with those 100+ numbers.  I'll see you next
year, and I won't have a 2-digit score this time.)

p.s.  I had a ton of fun


>From Felipe J. Hernandez" <0006627542 at mcimail.com  Fri Dec 29 02:42:00 1995
From: Felipe J. Hernandez" <0006627542 at mcimail.com (Felipe J. Hernandez)
Date: Thu, 28 Dec 95 21:42 EST
Subject: Phased trapped verticals
Message-ID: <00951229024200/0006627542NA4EM at MCIMAIL.COM>

  Feliz ano 1996!

  Does anybody here in this reflector have had an experience
  using phased trap verticals in the low bands?

  For example: Imagine you phase the trap vertical antennas for
  40 mtrs obviously 1/4 wave apart and it works fine, but what
  will happen if you try to use the antennas on other bands like
  20 and 15 mtrs? Will having separation for 40 mtrs make the
  antennas not worth the try on the other bands, or will they show any
  significant improvement over a stand alone vertical on those bands?
  
  You may wonder why im into this, when I have a station in the hills
  at 2200 feet above sea level with yagis in everyband? Well its easy
  Now I live in the middle of San Juan and dont want to mess with a big
  tower in the middle of a nice residential area, but I do have space
  for a couple of phased verticals. With the little 4BTV Ive been working
  JA's in the morning on 40 mtrs with only 95 watts out of my omni 6
  and everyone that has been in the caribbean can attest that JA is not
  an easy path from here..
  
  I heard in the last vertical gallop that the best true vertical around
  (true=vertical with real radials,1/4wave) is the hf6v, Now, If I could
  only phase two of those and.......
  


   Happy New Year!!

   Felipe Hernandez NP4Z


>From George Cook (AA3JU)" <george at epix.net  Fri Dec 29 04:39:11 1995
From: George Cook (AA3JU)" <george at epix.net (George Cook (AA3JU))
Date: Thu, 28 Dec 1995 23:39:11 -0500 (EST)
Subject: K0EJ SprINT Score
Message-ID: <199512290439.XAA05059 at epix.net>

At 10:34 AM 12/28/95 -0600, you wrote:
  Happy New Year to all 
>and hope to hear some of you work my son and daughter on the Kid's Kontest.
>

Well we will accept your best wishes for the new year but my all thurobred
FRC Squint Multi 2 team has some sincere plans to mop up the air waves with
all ya'll!

Ha ha my kid can beat your kid nyaaaaaaaa!

Running and ducking.....
george
AA3JU  george at epix.net    AA3JU at W3PYF
Proudly  F R C...........
"FRC When second best just isn't good enough!"


>From Stephen Lufcy <km0l at tyrell.net>  Fri Dec 29 04:43:42 1995
From: Stephen Lufcy <km0l at tyrell.net> (Stephen Lufcy)
Date: Thu, 28 Dec 1995 22:43:42 -0600 (CST)
Subject: Score for sprINT
Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.91.951228222826.16898A-100000 at tyrell.net>

here is score for 12/28/95 sprINT:
call: KM0L
sec:  Mo

QSO's  40M - 53
       80M - 11
----------------
total   ->   64

Just part time as I had other plans fer evening.
Once I got into swing of it, was good fun.
Even if I cud figure out how to get my log onto this as an attachment it 
wud be a total mess since my old version of NA didn't handle the format 
too well- duped all the repeat Q's, added mult's, etc. So this post will 
have to do it fer me.

rig: FT101ZD with MFJ DSP filter
ant: 40M rotatable dipole up 65'
     80M inv V apex up 60'

sending done with keyer(MFJ) and logging on 386 with NA software.

            CU in next one- 73 de KM0L


>From B.KNEZOVIC at ZAMIR-TZ.ZTN.APC.ORG (Boris Knezovic T94EU)  Thu Dec 28 19:13:20 1995
From: B.KNEZOVIC at ZAMIR-TZ.ZTN.APC.ORG (Boris Knezovic T94EU) (Boris Knezovic T94EU)
Date: Thu, 28 Dec 1995 20:13:20 +0100
Subject: >>>>> Happy New Year !!! <<<<<
Message-ID: <33.24215 at zamir-tz.ztn.apc.org>


         Hello everybody ! 

         All the very best to all contest operators on the forum and  their 
families  in  1996.  Wish to all of You many good DX's, good contest scores
and to work T91ENS (T99MT) as many times as possible. 


                                                     T91ENS Contest Crew 


P.S. First chance to work us is ARRL RTTY Roundup ;-) 





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