CQCW95 Phone Op summary :(
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Mon Nov 27 17:02:49 EST 1995
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I think this is how you do this...If not I'm sure I'll hear about it :)
73 de Doug
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CQ WORLD WIDE DX CONTEST -- 1995
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Call: N3ADL Country: United States
Mode: CW (yes--me) Category: Multi Multi
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BAND QSO QSO PTS PTS/QSO ZONES COUNTRIES
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160 0 0 0.00 0 0
80 11 25 2.27 5 10
40 126 344 2.73 27 74
20 110 300 2.73 28 76
15 96 262 2.73 20 68
10 9 26 2.89 5 8
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Totals 352 957 2.72 85 236 =3D> 307,197
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in 15.7 hours
Search and Pounce Mode
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Worlds lowest M/M score but figured I wouldn't have to '
worry about forgetting about the 10 min rule. It was like a =
morgue in here..all you could hear was the relay chatter..
Congrats to RM !! Nice job guys!! G O F R C !!
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73 de Doug
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>From Gary Nieborsky <k7fr at ncw.net> Mon Nov 27 21:04:42 1995
From: Gary Nieborsky <k7fr at ncw.net> (Gary Nieborsky)
Date: Mon, 27 Nov 1995 14:04:42 -0700
Subject: slashed zero
Message-ID: <199511272209.OAA18494 at bing.ncw.net>
Anyone have access and/or info regarding a printer font that prints zeroes
with a slash through it?? It would improve my archive printouts.
Gary K7FR
PS Microsoft environment, non-postscript, windows maybe, PCL etc.
>From I2UIY <pcortese at mbox.vol.it> Mon Nov 27 22:11:02 1995
From: I2UIY <pcortese at mbox.vol.it> (I2UIY)
Date: Mon, 27 Nov 1995 22:11:02 +0000
Subject: DX Reflector: address ??
>Hi everybody,
>I'm looking for the address of the DX Reflector (if it still exists).
>Thanks in advance, 73 de Paolo, I2UIY.
>
[ ] Paolo Cortese, I2UIY / N7PMC / OK8AFL
[ ] P. O. Box 14 - 27043 Broni (PV) Italy
[ ] Phone 0039-385-53203
[ ] A.R.I. HF Contest Manager
[ ] Email: PCORTESE at MBOX.VOL.IT
>From john.devoldere at eunet.be (John Devoldere) Mon Nov 27 22:22:01 1995
From: john.devoldere at eunet.be (John Devoldere) (John Devoldere)
Date: Mon, 27 Nov 1995 22:22:01 +0000
Subject: CQ WW CW AT ON4UN (80M)
Message-ID: <199511272220.XAA13927 at box.eunet.be>
THE CQ WW CW CONTEST
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The big dilemma was: 40, 80 or 160? On 80 I hold (held?) the all-time
European record (630 K, 1993). But LX4B announced a big effort on 80, so he
wanted to grab my record. Forty was the band where I might put down a new
record, with the two arrays. But I checked the propagation forecasts in
detail and found that the MUF gets much lower than 7 MHz during the night
just about all paths, and as a consequence we might not get very good
propagation to the US during the middle of the night, which would prevent us
from working the second and third layer stations. I asked the contest
experts on Internet whether I should go for 40 or for 80. The answer was
mixed (50/50). Maybe then I should do 160? One-sixty should be great. We're
in the bottom of the sunspot cycle, and during this last week condition were
just phenomenal, with KL7's, KH6, and West-Coast "a gogo". And maybe I could
work a new one on 160? I need KH0, and AH0T would concentrate on 160, they
said... Well I checked the DX-cluster after the contest and found not a
single spot of AH0T on top band here in Europe.
Well, I went for 80 meters. Guess I wanted to fight for my record!
The contest:
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Not having cluster access in the single band entry, you have to switch from
"running" on a good frequency, to "quickly scanning" the band looking for
pile ups, so not to miss good multipliers. It's a constant juggle with the
two VFO's and the switches on the FT1000. After a while you get proficient
in keeping your "run" frequency while calling a multiplier somewhere else in
the band! The trick is to recognise pile-ups, call in, even without knowing
the station's call, work him, and ask "PSE CFM UR CALL"... Some don't like
it, but it works.
Propagation was excellent, but NOT as good to the US West coast as in 1993.
The strong stations were easily workable, but layer number two was
difficult, while layer number three was inaccessible. I heard the layer
calling me essentially S zero all the time, but I just could not make out.
While in 1993 I worked 835's, this year it were "merely" 745 stations. On
the other hand I worked a few more JA's this year (154 vs. 144). It was
great getting NL7G in the log for zone 1 . He called for a very long time,
and signals were just "weak". I understand the KL7's were all over the place
on 160 here in Europe? Wonder what makes propagation better on 160 than 80?
A great feat was that I managed exactly 100 countries in 24 hours. I know
DXCC on 80 has been done quite frequently over a weekend, but I wonder if a
single day DXCC on 80 would be a first?
In total 119 countries and 35 zones were worked (missed zones 12, 13, 26,
31 and 37).
South America was notably absent in the contest on 80, with the exception of
one PY (PT7SD), PY0FF, YV5AAX, YV7QP, HC8N and the usual Caribbean islands
counting for South America. Not one station was heard from either zone 12
(CE) nor 13 (LU, CX), although I called CQ in the last two hours of the
contest beaming South America for a long time.
Africa was thin as well, but being called by 3B8/N6ZZ and 3 different ZS
stations was a thrill. ZD8Z was there (of course) but neither 7Q7A nor
3DA0NX, who were announced with lots of noise, were not heard at all.
Nothing at all heard from zone 37.
In Asia I must have missed XZ1A, and that made me miss zone 26! I understand
he was announced on the cluster just once in the last hours of the contest.
Jt1T, to the contrary was easily worked for zone 23. I was getting desperate
to work zone 22 when 8Q7VJ showed up near the end of the contest. Some
minutes later I also worked 4S7TWG. The ex USSR republics were quite well
represented, although I did not work EK, EY, EZ nor UK.
North Africa was reasonably well represented (3V8BB, CN2PK, SU2MT, CN2PK,
EA9EU and EU9AF, CT3FN, and 5 EA8 stations). Mark used his new call 9X4WW to
give us another multiplier, and ZD8Z was there as always. TY5A wa big and
working 3 ZS-stations was a nice surprise, but the 7Q7A nor 3DA0NX were
heard on 80.
As usual, zone 31 was not worked (why can one work KH6CC on 160, and not
hear anything from zone 31 on 80?). Highlights in the Pacific were 4 ZL's, 8
VK's, 4 ZL's, AH0T, DX9C, and YB2UDH.
>From Europe I missed some easy multipliers (were they represented at all?):
T7 (T77C, where were you?), GM (Shetlands), C3, HV, 4U1V, OJ0, and JX.
In total 35 zones were worked (vs. 34 in 1993) and 119 countries (vs. 114 in
1193).
There was the usual amount of "real" jamming I call them my "fans", and also
the normal number of "pirates", trying to steal your frequency: UX2M, S57O,
LZ7M, SV1AFA, RN9X, HA6KNX, UR5UX, while UN7TX took top honors in this game
( a fight went on for nearly 10 minutes). But on no occasion did I give up
the frequency...
BAND QSO ZONES CTRIES
80 2283 35 119
Points: 679,978. This is the raw score. Have,t checked the log yet.
The FT1000 did a great job as usual, and the 4 square with elevated radials,
together with 12 Beverages (one every 30 degrees) did the rest (as well as
the home-made 4CX1000 final).
CU in the CQ 160 meter contest! By the way, I will be using my onw call
again, and not the OT-call. I think I am better recognized that way.
One more. How was the signal on 80 in the US? I would appreciate a critical
report on signal strength there? Thanks!
73
John, ON4UN
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john.devoldere at box.eunet.be
Call us in all major 1995 contests: OT5T or ON4UN
John Devoldere (ON4UN-AA4OI)
POBOX 41
B-9000 Ghent (Belgium)
>From Linda Luther <Lbylll at LBY.pcmail.levels.unisa.edu.au> Tue Nov 28 14:05:00 1995
From: Linda Luther <Lbylll at LBY.pcmail.levels.unisa.edu.au> (Linda Luther)
Date: Tue, 28 Nov 1995 08:05:00 -0600 (CST)
Subject: cqwwcw VK5GN
Message-ID: <30BB3D25 at itu-pcmailgate.levels.unisa.edu.au>
TO:- CONTEST REFLECTOR
FROM:- MARTIN VK5GN
CQ WW CW 1995
THANKS TO ALL WHO SENT AT A REASONABLE SPEED!!!!!
HIGH POINT
IF YOU HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING THE SAGA OF MY TRYING TO LEARN
MORSE TO CONTEST SPECS THEN HEAR THIS! I GOT MY FIRST 100
Q HOUR ON CW......YEA YEA, I KNOW, FOR THE REAL MEN THIS IS PUNY;
BUT FOR ME IT WAS FUN FUN FUN.
I ACTUALLY UNDERSTOOD MESSAGES ABOUT QSYING SO I COULD DELIBERATELY
IGNORE THEM RATHER THAN IGNORING THEM OUT OF IGNORANCE!!!!!????
MY AIM IN THIS CONTEST WAS TO PRACTICE PRACTICE PRACTICE.....
TUNING AND LISTENING AS WELL AS RUNNING.
FOR S&P I NEED MORE SPEED. MY RELIABLE 25WPM IS JUST NOT ENOUGH
TO READ THE BIDDLLYYBURR THAT TRANSLATES( I THINK) AS HC8N IN
FULL CRY.
MY APOLOGIES TO THOSE THAT STRUGGLED THROUGH MY PITYFULL ATTEMPTS
AT PILE UP CONTROL. I WAS ESPECIALLY SORRY FOR THE EUROPEANS ON
15 THE PILE WAS HUGE AND I JUST COULD NOT DO BETTER THAN 1 EACH
MINUTE. IT GOT BETTER ONCE THE SMART ONES FOUND I WAS TUNING A BIT
AND THE REAL GOOD OPS CALLED A FEW HUNDRED CYCLES (HERTZIZES) UP
OR DOWN. JUST ENOUGH TO CLEAR THE WORST NOISE AND BEAT NOTES. WORTH
A TRY IF YOUR IN A BIG PILE. IT WAS SLOW BY MY STANDARDS I PROMISE
TO IMPROVE!
ON THE LOW BANDS STATIC WAS A KILLER. EVEN ON THE BEVERAGE IT WAS
PRETTY UNCOMFORTABLE AND WITHOUT DSP AS WELL ON 80 IT WOULD HAVE
BEEN IMPOSSIBLE.
160 WAS IMPOSSIBLE!
I ONLY HAD A FEW STATIONS CALL ME AT SPEEDS MUCH HIGHER THAN MY
SENDING SPEED ALL EXCEPT ONE HA RESPONDED TO MY REQUEST TO QRS.
SOME PEOPLE, WHO PROBABLY READ THIS REFLECTOR AND KNOW MY LIMITATIONS,
WERE EXTREMELY KIND WHEN I WAS HAVING TROUBLE AND PUT EXTRA
SPACING BETWEEN THE CHARACTERS IN RESPONSE TO MY REQUESTS FOR REPEAT.
EACH TIME IT HELPED A LOT BUT MORE IN GETTING PAST MY STATIC
PROBLEMS THAN MY SPEED HANDICAP. A GOOD TECHNIQUE USED BY
SKILLED OPERATORS.
LOW POINT
I HAD A FEW TIMES WHERE MY BRAIN AND HANDS FAILED TO PERFORM
AS A TEAM. THIS RESULTS IN SOME VERY STRANGE MORSE BEING SENT
WITH MEMORY MESSAGES GOING OUT AT INAPPROPRIATE TIMES ETC.
ONE OF THE WORST WAS WHEN WORKING K3EST....YOU WOULD THINK THAT
I MIGHT JUST TAKE CARE TO BE PROPERLY CORRECT WHEN WORKING BOB
OR ANY OTHER LOG CHECKER, BUT NO, I HAVE TO FOLLOW THE SAYING
THAT TO FAIL IS HUMAN BUT TO REALLY SCREW UP YOU NEED A COMPUTER.
THE COMPUTER RESULT BEFORE FINAL DUPEING ETC ETC
Q C Z
80 19 15 10
40 252 25 18
20 135 19 17
15 618 56 21
10 79 6 5
1103 121 71 APPROX 611000 PTS
BACK TO THE COMPUTER SIMULATORS,PED,RUFZ ETC ETC
PRACTICE PRACTICE PRACTICE........BUT CAN ANYONE TELL ME
WHY 12 HOURS AFTER THE END OF THE CONTEST I CAN STILL HEAR
MORSE???????!!!!
THE NORTON VIRUS IS ALIVE AND WELL
WHO WILL BE THE NEXT VICTIM?
73 MARTIN VK5GN
(LINDA.LUTHER at unisa.edu.au)
>From aa4lr at radio.org (Bill Coleman AA4LR) Mon Nov 27 21:48:07 1995
From: aa4lr at radio.org (Bill Coleman AA4LR) (Bill Coleman AA4LR)
Date: Mon, 27 Nov 1995 17:48:07 -0400
Subject: KM9P Score Summary / Story (Long)
Message-ID: <v01520d05acd90a4fa89b@[205.160.29.40]>
ARRL SWEEPSTAKES 1995
Call: KM9P (AA4LR) Section: GA
Mode: SSB Category: Single Operator Low Power
BAND QSO QSO PTS SECTIONS
160 0 0 (none)
80 126 252 80m Delta Loop
40 288 576 2/2 el, bottom fixed NE, top rotatable
20 219 438 4/4 (?) el, bottom fixed NE, top fixed W
15 139 278 5/5 el, bottom fixed NE, top rotatable
10 0 0 5 (?) el, rotatable
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Totals 772 1544 76
Score: 117,344
Power Output: 150 watts Hours of operation: 24
Many thanks to Bill Fisher, KM9P for letting me use his station.
Equipment Description:
Radio 1: Icom 761
Radio 2: Kenwood 430
100 MHz PC running CT, DVP voice keyer
Summary:
Got off to a pretty good start, then found that the 80m antenna wouldn't
play on the phone end of the band. Got disheartened and never recovered.
Conditions really were awful on Sunday. 10m never opened, 15m was good
Saturday but not Sunday.
This experience taught me there's a lot more to getting big scores than
having lots of equipment. Still lots of skills I need to develop.
--
(Story)
The Little Gun Gets His Break
I had given up on Sweepstakes this year. Last year found me in the midst
of moving, and the new shack is still under construction. Then Bill Fisher
KM9P posted a message stating his station was available for a guest
operator. Would a a big gun contester like Bill allow a little gun like me
to try his luck? Well, he was kind enough to say yes.
Anticipation
Now I was excited about Sweepstakes. Bill suggested I might have a shot at
the Georgia lower power record. AB4RU had posted 158,312 points in 1991.
Bill seemed to think I could pull off 160,000 points from his station. I'm
sure I pestered Bill with all of my electronic mail messages about what to
expect and what strategies to use.
In Sweepstakes CW, KG7M operating KM9P pulled out a top-ten finish. Now I
was really psyched. I even explained the contest to some non-ham friends,
just to share the anticipation I felt.
Station
Situated in the north Georgia mountains near Dalonegah, the KM9P
superstation isn't the easiest place to get to. Four wheel drive is
manditory, and the trek involves fording a small stream. There's no water,
power or restrooms.
The station itself is still under construction. At the time of the contest,
Bill had three towers up, with stacked monobanders for 40m, 20m and 15m.
The third tower had a 15m monobander, but due to an intermittant problem,
Bill removed it when I started the contest. For 80m there's a delta loop
hung off the tall tower, with a 10m monobander on top. Just before the
contest, Bill put up a 160m vertical, but the feedline wasn't connected for
Sweepstakes.
A 12 foot by 8 foot building houses the radios and operator. This building
certainly improved a lot since Rick operated CW Sweepstakes. While the
carpet wasn't down, the walls and insulation were in. With a small electric
space heater, it was actually quite cozy.
Bill supplied the Icom 761, computer and DVP, while I brought my venerable
Kenwood 430 and a Heil headset. This was my first experience with two
radios.
Power was supplied from a Honda generator, located just outside the
building. It ran the entire contest period without a hitch. While outside
refueling the running generator at 3:00 am, I admit to thinking "gosh, if
this thing blows up, there's no one to come rescue me."
Warm Up
After setting up the Kenwood and the DVP, Bill strongly suggested that I
practice working with the two radios. Bill is one of the masters of the two
radio technique, so I took his advice and tuned around with one radio in
each ear. The practice helped, but keeping the two ears separated in your
mind is not something you can master in a hour's practice.
At 2000z, I found 10m open but fading. Good, I thought. Sunday should bring
a nice opening on 10m, just like Saturday. Just before the contest started,
I went outside to watch Bill put up antennas. Facing 24 hours with radios
blaring in my ears, the last thing I wanted to do was play with the radios.
Contest
At 2100z, Sweepstakes begins! I start off S & Ping on 20m, while tuning for
a clear frequency on 15m. Even for low power, I'm getting through pretty
easily, so all this aluminum must be working. Clear frequencies are hard to
find on 15m, so I switch back to single radio mode and S & P for a half
hour to find a frequency. CQing on 15 brings a few responses, but I have
time between contacts to use the second radio on 20m. By the second hour,
I've got a run established. Not terribly fast, seeing as the band is
closing, but 60 QSOs isn't bad for low power, and three of those with the
second radio.
At 2310z, things dry up on 15m. So I go down to 20m, occassionally stopping
to CQ while grabbing S & P contacts on 15m. I find a good frequency on 20
for a while, good enough that I don't get a chance to use the second radio.
By 0015z, I have almost 175 QSOs in the log. 20m dries up, and a single S &
P to the bedlam on 40m leaves me thinking it is time to jump to 80m. I
uncover a serious problem that causes me to lose my momentum.
The 80m antenna is a delta loop cut for 80m CW. The Icom 761 automatic
antenna tuner won't make it play. With a 10:1 SWR even at the low end of
the phone band, the tuner refuses to compensate. Plus, the mismatch results
in so much RF in the shack that there's a feedback into the microphone
circuit. After a bit of debugging, I determine that if the Icom transmits
more than about 30 watts, it locks up on the squeal of a feedback loop.
The Kenwood 430 is more forgiving. Using it on 80m, output throttled down
by the ALC, but there's a bit more output -- about 50-80 watts depending on
the part of the band. Pretty crummy, but it's all I have. I mentally kick
myself for not bringing my Murch UT2000 tuner.
Next contact comes at 0048z on 80m. After fighting it out for about four
contacts, I realise that 80m isn't the place to be with these antenna
problems. So I go back to S & P on 40m, then 20m, then back to 80m. Rate
drops under 30/hour. This is NOT good this early in the contest.
By 0230, I've found a spot on 40m and get a pretty good run going for the
next two hours. By 0330, eventhing has played out and I take a short break
to grab something to eat.
The next three hours are tedious attempts to S & P on 80m. I'm back to the
single radio, two VFO ping-pong technique. Problem is, I'm just not being
heard, so the rate settles under 25/hour.
By 0730, I'm back CQing on 40m with pretty good effect. That lasts nearly
and hour, and it is back to 80m, but things have thinned out enough for me
to get through. Things are slow enough I'm working the two radios again on
80m and 40m. For this late at night, turn in decent rates of 35/hr. At
1000z, it is time for a nap.
With only 478 QSOs in the log so far, I'm not doing very well. I have
trouble falling asleep. I'm worried about embarrassing Bill with such a low
score. I resolve to do better the next day, hoping I'll get to 15m early
and do some serious running up there.
Just after 1200z I'm awake and preparing breakfast. The sun finds me
cooking french toast on a Coleman stove. After a long night of contesting,
there's nothing better than working through a warm stack of french toast on
a cool November morning. It really is beautiful.
Refreshed and refueled, I'm back on the air at 1300z. However, I find
things are worse. 40m is absolutely packed. 20m isn't as open, but it is
equally packed. I work one QSO on 80m, but it has closed up for the day.
This is going to be tough for a while with just two bands open, lots of
morning ragchewers and a contest going on.
I flip flop between 40 and 20m. Run for 5 minutes on one band, while S &
Ping on the other. But it is a struggle to put together more than 25 Qs/hr.
At 1500z, 15m nets two QSOs, but it isn't open yet. At 1645z, I put
together a pretty good run on 40m, but it bottoms out and I'm back to
band-hopping. Off at 1800z for lunch. Back on at 1830z, 15m nets a few Qs,
but never seems to open up. I work 40m until about 1930z, then concentrate
on 20m. All the while, I tune across 10m on occasion. Nothing. Absolutely
nothing.
At 2000z, I get a decent run on 20m, then back to the struggle on 40, 15
and 20m for the next hour. 2230z another half-hour off for supper. I had
planned to heat up a can of soup, but realise I forgot a can opener. I fill
up on snacks instead.
The last couple of hours are pretty bad. I think that 2300z is not an easy
time for low power in the east. 40m is solid broadcast interference, while
80m and 20m are awful crowded. In the last half hour, I get a decent run on
20m, but my time is up, and I'm off at 0100z.
Takes me a half hour to pack up and lock up the KM9P superstation. The
moment I've been dreading has arrived. I have to descend the dirt road in
the dark after having been up most of the last 36 hours. I take it slow and
it really was no problem. I'm home by 0300z in time to tuck my daughter in
bed.
Analysis
My score of 117,344 is my second-best effort. My best was the 1993 SSB SS,
where I scored over 127k with a much more modest station - tribander,
dipoles and one radio.
Murphy really psyched me out on this one. As Bill told me just before the
contest, a real contestor never gives up, he holds in there and does the
best he can. Perseverence is perhaps the contestor's best attribute.
When I found out that 80m wouldn't play, I got disheartened. I took too
much time trying to figure out what was wrong. If I were truely a big gun,
I would have just gone back to 40m or 20m and tried to make it up there.
My past experience told me that 80m was a good place for a low power
station to CQ late at night. I wasn't able to do this, and this put a hole
in my strategy.
If I had stayed in there more tenaciously, I probably could have squeezed
out another 200 Qs.
Multipliers
I heard VY1JA giving out Qs late saturday afternoon on 20m. Huge pileup.
After a couple of calls, I figure I'll work him later and move on. Early
saturday evening, I can still hear him working, but he's weaker now, and
the pileup is just as big. I figure I'll work him on Sunday. Never heard
him again.
Observations
Voice Keyer
I really like having the voice keyer. Even though I had to give the
exchange myself, I found the voice keyer to be indispensible. On 80m, I had
trouble with the keyer and RF feedback, so I had to make most of those
calls myself. No offense to Bill, but his call just doesn't roll off my
tongue. Being able to call CQ, QRZ or just put out the call without having
to say anything made a world of difference. My voice was just fine after 24
hours of contest as when I started.
Two Radios
Having two radios was really a blessing. Even with no prior experience with
this type of operating, I made about 40 QSOs with the second radio. Just
being able to receive with the second radio is a big benefit. With a single
radio, I always wondered if things weren't happening on another band. Often
I would make band changes only to learn that I was better off where I was
before. With the second radio, I could easily tune around and find out what
was happening.
Also, with the voice keyer calling CQ, there's really not much else to do.
Tuning the second radio seemed very natural.
Having one radio in each ear was difficult, however. I found it hard to
focus on one ear, with the other ear sometimes quiet, sometimes noisy. I
often had to switch the headphones to one or the other radio in order to
copy the exchange. In doing so, I broke the switch on the headphone box.
I think a better idea may be a variable mixer into both headphones. Maybe
1/3 and 2/3 or 1/4 and 3/4 from each side to the other. That way, both ears
are always in the act.
One other thing I noticed late at night on 40m and 80m. Static crashes.
They occured equally intense in either ear. Perhaps if we removed all but
the differential signal between the two radios, we could eliminate these
somewhat.
I made several mistakes in firing off the voice keyer into the wrong radio.
Hopefully I didn't upset anyone.
Lessons Learned
While I didn't make the huge score I dreamed of, I did learn a lot from
this experience. First off, I learned that being a big gun is an exercise
of skill, not massive equipment. Sure, the equipment plays a part. No big
gun is going to make a top ten score running 100 watts to a 4 foot mobile
vertical. But skill is required to make the most effective use of the
equipment at hand. I discovered there's a number of things I can improve
upon.
The second thing I learned is attitude. A good contester should have an
unflappable attitude. When Murphy strikes, the contester somehow forges
through.
The third lesson is that propagation is an unpredictable thing. Conditions
Sunday were very different from Saturday. For rare sections such as
Yukon/NWT, I should have tried harder to work VY1JA. With two radios, it
would not have been hard to park one radio on him and still keep up a good
rate.
The fourth lesson regards off times. I tried to put in as much time early
partly because I didn't want to come down the mountain at 11:00 pm eastern.
In retrospect I should have take a few 30 minute breaks early on to
diagnose the 80m problem, or to eat, or to wait for propagation to improve.
I should have shut down about 0900z and gotten back on at 1200z, before 80m
closed up.
The last lesson involves guest operating. Always test everything before the
contest. Had I tried 80m before the contest, I'm sure Bill would have fixed
it somehow.
Next Year
One thing nice about contesting, there's always next year. I've already
started planning improvements to my home station. I've got to find some way
to get two antennas for all bands, so I can use two radios. I want
automatic antenna switching so that the primary radio gets the best
antenna, and the second radio gets the next best antenna, or the dummy load
(if I happen to choose the same band). Voice keying is manditory, but I
want dedicated buttons so I fire off the right radio each time. Maybe I'll
have some of these in place by next year.
Many, many thanks to Bill Fisher, KM9P for letting me use his station. He's
got a very nice setup so far, and it can only get better.
Bill Coleman, AA4LR Mail: aa4lr at radio.org
Quote: "The same light shines on vineyards that makes deserts." -- Steve
Hackett
>From floydjr at nr.infi.net (jim floyd) Mon Nov 27 23:39:20 1995
From: floydjr at nr.infi.net (jim floyd) (jim floyd)
Date: Mon, 27 Nov 1995 19:39:20 -0400
Subject: CQWW CW 95 Scores I
Message-ID: <199511272347.SAA21712 at moe.infi.net>
CQWW CW 1995 RAW SCORES
Compiled by
WA4ZXA
CLASS HRS SCORE QSO'S PTS Z DX
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Single/OP/High Power/Unassisted
W6XR/2-N6TV 3,528,360 2516 122 373
W7RM 42 1,654,020 1491 4084 131 274
W1IHN 31.3 1,586,277 1275 3597 109 332
K7UP-KN5H 40 1,219,129 1046 2924 129 288
W6RCL 14 209,532 355 919 81 147
AE0M 20 117,990 337 855 55 83
Single/OP/Low Power/Unassisted
K2RQ 1,616,796 1252 117 346
WB0O 1,197,620 928 133 333
NB6G at W6GO 39 486,180 1058 2890 39 123
K6XO 15 230,607 389 1053 79 140
KB8N 208,120 344 75 163
Single/OP/HP/Assisted
VS6BG 29.8 1,586,769 2063 123 260
WZ6Z 1,165,710 919 138 317
N1CC/2 20 1,001,835 951 2715 92 277
KM0L 23.2 707,872 758 2011 106 246
K3SA 943,068 804 2289 106 306
N7IXG 21,658 101 238 41 50
Single/OP/LP/Assisted
N4ZR 24 722,384 700 93 275
W9SZ 7 82,800 169 450 58 126
Single Band
10M
KE5FI HP/UN 5,203 59 17 26
N4BP HP 3,060 83 102 11 19
15M
AA4GA LP 39,618 156 426 25 68
20M
VE6JY-VE6WQ 38 1,043,856 2310 5931 39 137
K2SS/1 26.2 788,594 1641 35 128
WF3T HP/A 33 537,257 1166 3337 36 125
SM3KOR 5 44,486 334 767 16 42
40M
W6GO-N6IG HP 35 639,496 1421 3784 39 130
AA4NC HP 30 525,000 1228 35 118
N9AU HP/A 150,000 358 37 114
DL4YAO HP 66,231 321 669 28 71
WA5WJU LP 15 29,963 135 361 22 61
K9GS LP/U 25,187 109 283 25 64
80M
160M
SM3BDZ 77,657 574 983 17 62
AA6TT HP 14,760 96 17 43
NI6T 6,600 60 17 27
Multi/Single
TM9C 5,800,000 4100
N2IC/0 4,166,000 2496 152 444
W0CP 2,150,496 1500 4104 143 381
PI4CC 1,923,064 2260 4264 113 338
PI4ZLD 1,772,779 2019 3701 112 367
Multi/Multi
K4VX/0 6,855,420 3950 10340 159 504
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OPERATORS LIST
Single Ops are listed by the call of the station they operated:
Staion Call-Operator Call
STAION OPERATORS
Multi/Single
W0CP K9AY,K9RHY,WY0J,W0CP
PI4ZLD PA3BTH,PE3EOB,PA3GCU,DF6TC
TM9C F5IN,F5LGE,F6ARC,F6DZS,F6FVY,F5SNJ
N2IC/0 N2IC,NQ0I,N2PNG
Multi/Multi
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Well here is the first posting. You notice a new class SOP/LP/Assisted.
I am not sure this is a class or not but the two people in it put it
on their scores so I just put it the way I get it.
Also the breakdown sheet will be with the next posting. Not enough scores
yet and do not want to use up to much bandwidth.
REMEMBER THESE ARE NOT OFFICAL RESULTS! THIS IS NOT WHERE YOU SEND
YOUR LOGS! Just do not want anyone to be confused.
You might want to double check some of the scores on here and the
breakdown sheet. People are starting to send me their updated logs
and I am changing them.
I hope everyone understands that the top three classes are All Band.
If there are anyother questions feel free to email me. You can join
the pileup. I wish I could have started a run like this during the
contest.
73's Jim // WA4ZXA @N4ZC <> floydjr at nr.infi.net
>From sellington" <sellington at mail.ssec.wisc.edu Mon Nov 27 22:47:13 1995
From: sellington" <sellington at mail.ssec.wisc.edu (sellington)
Date: 27 Nov 1995 17:47:13 -0500
Subject: K9MA CQWW CW Score
Message-ID: <n1394628007.8477 at mail.ssec.wisc.edu>
1995 CQWW CW Contest
K9MA, Single Operator, Unassisted, High Power
Zone 4 (WI)
Band QSOs Zones Countries Antennas
160 44 11 23 Shunt-Fed Tower, Rx loops
80 139 22 57 Shunt-Fed Tower, Rx loops
40 150 26 69 Rotatable Dipole at 75'
20 625 31 101 TH-7 at 70'
15 188 26 70 TH-7 at 70'
10 20 8 9 TH-7 at 70'
TOTALS 1166 124 329 = 1,460,019 Points
Comments:
Hey, if we can't have sunspots, who can complain when the K index is near
zero the whole weekend? Excellent low band conditions to Europe. Never
even heard a VE on 10, though.
>From Arthur McDonald <armcd at CapAccess.org> Tue Nov 28 00:36:54 1995
From: Arthur McDonald <armcd at CapAccess.org> (Arthur McDonald)
Date: Mon, 27 Nov 1995 19:36:54 -0500 (EST)
Subject: CQWW CW KX3Y SO LP Results
Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.91-FP.951127192325.27010A-100000 at cap1.capaccess.org>
Interesting Conditions
658 Q's 280 Mults 685,419 Score
Antennas Butternut HF6V and HF2V
Rig ICOM 751A
All activity search and pounce - Never call CQ
Highlights:
55 Q's in one hour on 20 Saturday morning - HC8N,KG4MN and 53 EU
Many Europeans Sunday morning on 40 at 1200Z
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