Topband Contest

Thu Jun 22 15:18:25 EDT 1995

A reminder that this weekend is the RSGB Summer topband contest. Brief
details of the rules follow. Logs go to G3UFY QTHR or you can email them
to G4HTD,  laurence at lsil.com  or  laurence at lsi-logic.co.uk

Date/Time  2100z 24th June - 0100z 25th June

Freq/mode  1.820-1.870MHz, CW only

Exchange   RST and serial number. UK stations also send three-letter
           county code.

Scoring    Overseas stations work only UK stations. Score three points per
           contact plus a bonus of five points for the first contact with
           each UK county worked.

Dave  G4BUO

>From Trey Garlough <GARLOUGH at TGV.COM>  Thu Jun 22 15:41:39 1995
From: Trey Garlough <GARLOUGH at TGV.COM> (Trey Garlough)
Date: Thu, 22 Jun 1995 07:41:39 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: HELP!! Need 6m rig for Field Day!!
Message-ID: <803832099.149168.GARLOUGH at TGV.COM>

> Help! Our 6 meter rig for Field Day became unavailable. We need to borrow
> a rig capable of SSB and CW which will run off 12v batteries. If you have 
> one, I will have it picked up Thursday, and send it back to you UPS, Federal
> or whatever, Monday.

A better place to post "for sale" and "wanted" type traffic is 
rec.radio.swap, or your local PacketCluster, or your local BBS.

--Trey, WN4KKN/6

>From Trey Garlough <GARLOUGH at TGV.COM>  Thu Jun 22 15:45:14 1995
From: Trey Garlough <GARLOUGH at TGV.COM> (Trey Garlough)
Date: Thu, 22 Jun 1995 07:45:14 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: CT Version 8
Message-ID: <803832314.476168.GARLOUGH at TGV.COM>

>  Our club plans on using CT 8 for Logging during Field Day this year.. I was

A better place to ask this question is the CT user's group.  To subscribe,
send a message to ct-user-request at eng.pko.dec.com that says SUBSCRIBE.

--Trey, WN4KKN/6

>From Greg Becker <gb546 at bard.edu>  Thu Jun 22 15:49:13 1995
From: Greg Becker <gb546 at bard.edu> (Greg Becker)
Date: Thu, 22 Jun 1995 10:49:13 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: HELP!! Need 6m rig for Field Day!!
Message-ID: <Pine.A32.3.91.950622104718.11988A-100000 at core.bard.edu>

> > Help! Our 6 meter rig for Field Day became unavailable. We need to borrow
> > a rig capable of SSB and CW which will run off 12v batteries. If you have 
> > one, I will have it picked up Thursday, and send it back to you UPS, Federal
> > or whatever, Monday.
> 
> A better place to post "for sale" and "wanted" type traffic is 
> rec.radio.swap, or your local PacketCluster, or your local BBS.

I'd agree if Bob wanted to buy or sell one, Trey, but he's looking to 
borrow one for a CONTEST. People who might have a rig to loan for a contest, 
but not want to sell it, might not read rec.radio.swap.

73, Greg

Greg Becker NA2N
gb546 at bard.edu

>From Trey Garlough <GARLOUGH at TGV.COM>  Thu Jun 22 16:02:43 1995
From: Trey Garlough <GARLOUGH at TGV.COM> (Trey Garlough)
Date: Thu, 22 Jun 1995 08:02:43 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: HELP!! Need 6m rig for Field Day!!
Message-ID: <803833363.312168.GARLOUGH at TGV.COM>

> I'd agree if Bob wanted to buy or sell one, Trey, but he's looking to
> borrow one for a CONTEST. People who might have a rig to loan for a contest,
> but not want to sell it, might not read rec.radio.swap.

I understand your point, but I would rather keep the wanted/for sale
traffic away from CQ-Contest.  Note that I see Bob's message, which
in my view is useless to the readers, in stark contrast to the one
Frank Donovan posted which said "Does anyone know of a source for xyz?"
which could ultimately lead to some useful information.

I will admit, perhaps it is too fine a line.  On the other hand, Bob
already posted this same request a week or two ago and evidently got no
answer, so now we are all reading about it again.  *sigh*

--Trey, WN4KKN/6

>From Lau, Zack,  KH6CP" <zlau at arrl.org  Thu Jun 22 16:39:00 1995
From: Lau, Zack,  KH6CP" <zlau at arrl.org (Lau, Zack,  KH6CP)
Date: Thu, 22 Jun 95 11:39:00 EDT
Subject: Field Day rules question
Message-ID: <2FE98EF7 at arrl.org>

Fred, AA0WO wrote:
>If I run battery class in FD (5 watts) and I also have a satellite station
>must
>the satellite station also be limited to 5 watts?

Only if you wish to get the scoring multiplier (x5).  If you wish, you can
certainly run the legal limit off batteries.  I wonder how long the 
batteries
on a Russian submarine would last :-).

The June 1994 QST labnotes column addresses these issues (page 94).

Zack Lau
zlau at arrl.org.