4S0AA ?

JFSINGER at delphi.com JFSINGER at delphi.com
Sun Feb 19 21:43:58 EST 1995


I worked 4S0AA on 40 CW around 1315Z on 2/19 during the ARRL DX Contest..a
great catch. This was an overall new one for a friend of mine. Does anyone
know anything about this station. I presume he was good, but he wasn't on 40
very long.
               Jeff K0OD  jfsinger at delphi.com

>From Allan Cameron <acameron at carl.hayden.edu>  Mon Feb 20 03:45:52 1995
From: Allan Cameron <acameron at carl.hayden.edu> (Allan Cameron)
Date: Sun, 19 Feb 1995 20:45:52 -0700 (MST)
Subject: School Roundup
Message-ID: <199502200345.UAA22706 at carl.hayden.edu>

Thanks to all who took the time to work a school station last week.  The 
results of Carl Hayden High School, KC7EFP:
446 phone QSOs                              Equipment:
 41 states                                  Kwd TS 450
 12 countries                               R7 vertical
  2 clubs
 23 schools
We worked 23 hours, 35 minutes
Final Score 76,712

Fifteen different kids operated at one time or another.  Four already 
have licenses and another passed his tech+ this last Saturaday.  Most of 
the kids were tentative and nervous when first on the mike and really 
sweating the exchanges.  By Friday, they were fighting for a turn in the 
"hot seat".  Those who wern't operating or logging were pacing, spotting, 
and discussing stratagy for next year.  I expect more will be taking the 
exams soon.  They are all looking towards Field Day.

Thanks...

Allan, N7UJJ  


>From w6go at netcom.com (Jay O'Brien - W6GO)  Mon Feb 20 04:48:19 1995
From: w6go at netcom.com (Jay O'Brien - W6GO) (Jay O'Brien - W6GO)
Date: Sun, 19 Feb 1995 20:48:19 -0800 (PST)
Subject: 4S0AA ?
Message-ID: <199502200448.UAA27136 at netcom15.netcom.com>

> 
> I worked 4S0AA on 40 CW around 1315Z on 2/19 during the ARRL DX Contest..a
> great catch. This was an overall new one for a friend of mine. Does anyone
> know anything about this station. I presume he was good, but he wasn't on 40
> very long.
>                Jeff K0OD  jfsinger at delphi.com
> 
I hope it is good!  We worked 4S0AA on 40 and 20 during the contest.  So, 
at least your friend wasn't the only one.

73, Jay
    w6go at netcom.com


>From w6go at netcom.com (Jay O'Brien - W6GO)  Mon Feb 20 04:54:56 1995
From: w6go at netcom.com (Jay O'Brien - W6GO) (Jay O'Brien - W6GO)
Date: Sun, 19 Feb 1995 20:54:56 -0800 (PST)
Subject: W6GO M-2 ARRL CW results
Message-ID: <199502200454.UAA27912 at netcom15.netcom.com>

1995 ARRL DX Contest, CW, W6GO Multi-2:


Operators: AA6WJ, K3EST, N6IG, N6IYS, W6GO

       BAND    QSO   COUNTRIES     
       ----   ----   ---------  
       160      20      13
        80     162      39
        40     831      85
        20     768      87
        15     571      80
        10      75      27
    --------------------------
    Totals    2427     331  =    2,408,025


Equipment:
----------
FT-1000D/Alpha 77  
IC-765/Alpha 77


Antennas
--------
160: Xmt: elevated one-radial ground plane (uses rotary tower)
     Rec: 500' beverage (to east), 80M rotary dipole and 80M quad loops

 80: Two quad loops, tops 100' high, fed in or out of phase
     plus KLM loaded dipole at 153' on rotary tower

 40: 4el KLM @ 147' on rotary tower  (Other 40M ants not working)

 20: KLM 6el @ 140' on rotary tower. Also see 20/15/10 below

20/15/10: Stacked KT34XA's @ 100'/60' with separate rotators
          plus M2 10-30LP @ 100'  (Log periodic, a great antenna!)
          plus KT34XA @ 85' on rotary tower.

Note: There are three towers.  One is the "rotary tower", one has 
      the LP and the third has the stack.  The 80M loops hang between
      two of the towers and are broadside Japan / South America.

Equipment Comments:
-------------------
A "new" Alpha 77 made it thru about 4 hours of its first contest last year
before the HV filter cap shorted out.  This was its second contest, and 
this time it quit 4 hours before the end of the contest, with the HV filter
cap shorted out.  It had to be heat related, as when it went the amplifier
wasn't on the air, but it had been in a heavy CQ cycle on 15M.  I'll be on
the phone with Peter Dahl first thing Monday!  Maybe it needs more air 
circulation?  A filter blower fan needed?

It is irritating that the FT-1000 requires an external keyer for the paddle
to be used by the operator but the IC-765 provides two key jacks.  If you
use an IC-765 with CT you can use its internal keyer for your hand paddle,
but such is not the case with the twice-as-expensive FT1000D.  I plan to
modify the FT1000D so it works the same as the IC-765, but somehow I think
when you pay $4000 for a radio you shouldn't have to modify it.


Operating Comments:
-------------------
-Conditions were poor on 10 and 15, but we had fun, and that's what this
 is all about.  We are quite happy with the Q total, given the conditions.

-The DX spots on packet are a trap.  People who can't copy CW make callouts
 and we "grab" the spot in CT, plugging in the wrong callsign.  Then, we
 work the station, not noticing the call is wrong!  We are then told we are
 a "dupe" and we really are a "dupe" in more ways than one.  An example is
 a spot that came in in the middle of the night for P40V on 80M.  I was 
 not alert, and wondered why we hadn't worked them as it said we needed the 
 call!  I grabbed the (P40V) spot and called.  Carl (or Dave, or...) told 
 me DUPE.  At that time I noticed the spot I grabbed was P40V, not P49V!
 Sure, the guy who made the spot was wrong.  But I was also wrong for 
 accepting it at face value.  Nothing hurt, but lost time for me and for
 P49V.  Anyone else get caught in this trap?

-I spent nearly 30 minutes pulling out an extremely weak station on 80 
 that I thought was a VK.  It turned out to be VO1BD.  I was really 
 irritated.  I heard lots of VE's calling W's in this contest.  Is there
 something we can do to get the word out that Ws and VEs work the world 
 in this contest, not each other?

 I know this problem is not limited to VEs, and usually we just "work" the
 W/VEs to get rid of them.  But in this case the guy was extremely weak 
 and I really thought he was a VK.  I was willing to spend the time pulling
 out a weak VK, but for a non-contact?  Gimme a break.

-Boy was it nice to have K3EST on board!  Bob knows every callsign that 
 has ever sent in a CQWW log or been mentioned in a CQWW log.  K3EST is
 the next level better than "super check partial".   My other ops also
 deserve mention, especially N6IG's pre-contest work to get this station
 playing right, plus all the effort (and lost sleep!) from AA6WJ and N6IYS.

73, 
   Jay 
   w6go at netcom.com




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