musings on upcoming ARRL ...

JimP911 at aol.com JimP911 at aol.com
Tue Feb 14 01:16:51 EST 1995


Come on Trey...word is that you will be operating from Ken's for the code
weekend.  By the way, watch out for the loud MM signals from the south in
Connecticut!

73  Jim KC1SJ


>From fish at crl.com (Bill Fisher, KM9P  Concentric Systems, Inc.)  Tue Feb 14 14:21:39 1995
From: fish at crl.com (Bill Fisher, KM9P  Concentric Systems, Inc.) (Bill Fisher, KM9P  Concentric Systems, Inc.)
Date: Tue, 14 Feb 1995 06:21:39 -0800
Subject: CW Sprint Notes
Message-ID: <199502141421.AA20215 at mail.crl.com>


-First time I ever that I couldn't hear Dallas on 20M at the start.  

-Worst 20M condx ever.  Hardly ever worked 2 stations on same frequency. 

-N2IC was SOOOOO loud on 20M, I couldn't get within 5KC of him and still
copy a report.  K3LR said N2IC was noticably down in PA.  Go figure.

-40M was awsome.

-VY1JA called me, gave me #6.  2nd rig pays.

-I went to 80m at 0230 and still only made 80 or so QSO's there.  40M just
kept producing QSO's.

-Why are 3 of the largest clubs (PVRC, FRC and YCCC) so noticably absent
from this event?  It's not like you can't do well from up there.  K1KI is
always top ten.  Also, do you know which state has won the CW Sprint more
than any other?  PA!!!!  Can't be that it takes too much time...  It's only
4 hours long.  Any ideas?  Kudos to K3WW, K2WK, KZ2S, K1KI, ect..  who do
get on from up there...  Much appreciated.

-It may not count for WRTC, but this is the best test of an operator there
is... Period.

73

  
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Bill Fisher, KM9P   -    Concentric Systems, Inc.  




>From Derrick Belbas <dbelbas at csdxp01.City.Winnipeg.MB.CA>  Tue Feb 14 14:39:29 1995
From: Derrick Belbas <dbelbas at csdxp01.City.Winnipeg.MB.CA> (Derrick Belbas)
Date: Tue, 14 Feb 1995 08:39:29 -0600
Subject: how-to on a SB200?
Message-ID: <sf406c8a.035 at City.Winnipeg.MB.CA>

Hi all.  In the interest of improving a LOT of scores in the next week or two,
can anyone point me to a known procedure to get a SB200 to work on
160m?  I picked up an old beater just for this, and I think it'll help a lot.

73..  Derrick  VE4VV

dbelbas at city.winnipeg.mb.ca
ve4vv at draco.bison.mb.ca


>From Setzler" <Setzler at C813.NPT.NUWC.NAVY.MIL  Tue Feb 14 14:46:51 1995
From: Setzler" <Setzler at C813.NPT.NUWC.NAVY.MIL (Setzler)
Date: 14 Feb 1995 09:46:51 -0500
Subject: UPDATE:TS-940 IF-10B NONavailability
Message-ID: <n1419367225.60020 at C813.NPT.NUWC.NAVY.MIL>

I've still been making inquiries into the possibilities of finding the IF-10B
and being able to use contesting s/w with rig control with my 940.  Things
continue to look grim.  Here's an input I received: 

"The problem is that the IF-10B has a PROM on it for which Kenwood owns the
code.  I've heard of a guy copying some for friends, but he declined to offer
them to the public because Kenwood refused to authorize the code to be
copied." 

That's a "nice" endorsement for a company "dedicated" to support their
customers.   Does anyone have Kenwood Customer Service's E-Mail address to
forward this to?

73 de James Setzler,  KD1NG ..


>From joe.ham at ctobbs.com (Joe Ham)  Mon Feb 13 13:57:29 1995
From: joe.ham at ctobbs.com (Joe Ham) (Joe Ham)
Date: Mon, 13 Feb 1995 13:57:29 GMT
Subject: NC6U Sprint Score (yawn..)
Message-ID: <9502140630182140 at ctobbs.com>

Heck, buy her a sat dish and point it away from all your antennaes--or,
buy her a bunch of videos from the 20's and 30's and you could run 100KW
and she wouldn't notice


Seriously, I sympathize with you--I have the same problem!

Jerry
KG6LF

>From R. Torsten Clay" <torsten at mephisto.physics.uiuc.edu  Tue Feb 14 14:51:52 1995
From: R. Torsten Clay" <torsten at mephisto.physics.uiuc.edu (R. Torsten Clay)
Date: Tue, 14 Feb 95 8:51:52 CST
Subject: N4OGW CW Sprint
Message-ID: <199502141451.AA27987 at mephisto.physics.uiuc.edu>

Summary NCJ CW Sprint February 1995 


N4OGW/9
Report sent: # TOR IL
Team: DEAD LIZARDS

Band	Valid QSO's	Mults
---------------------------------
80	90	
40	87
20	65
---------------------------------
	242	X	44	=	10,648 points.


Equipment: 95' center fed zepp at 70', 500 watts, N6TR software.

	Before this contest I lengthened the 40m dipole to 95 feet (the exact
space between the trees) in an effort to increase 80m signal and make 20m a 
little less directional...I think it helped.  The skip on 20 was way too long
for the midwest...but 80m was fun!


73,
Torsten
n4ogw at uiuc.edu



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