ARRL 10M TEST
4x6tt at netvision.net.il
4x6tt at netvision.net.il
Wed Nov 29 20:32:52 EST 1995
ANY INFO ON ARRL 10M SSB TEST NEXT WEEKEND CAN SOME PLS
??????
73's Amir Bazak 4X6TT
EX CALLS ----
T25TT,T27DX,XX9TTT,XX9T,VK3ETT,AX3ETT,VK3ETT/VK9L,
ZL0ACF,N4MJH/DU8,KA2TJU,3D2ZZ,5W1TT,JY8TT
PORTABLE OPERATIONS:
FW0,KH8,KH6,DU1,5B4,SV8,SV9,SV5,G0,AM,9V1,VS6,
EX OPERATIONS:
P36P,C45A,HS0B,JY74X,JY74Z,4X6TT/JY5,4U1UN,DX9C,4X5J,4X9B,4Z5DX,4Z7T,4X2T,4X8T,
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>From gejones at whale.st.usm.edu (Gary E Jones) Wed Nov 29 18:51:58 1995
From: gejones at whale.st.usm.edu (Gary E Jones) (Gary E Jones)
Date: Wed, 29 Nov 1995 12:51:58 -0600 (CST)
Subject: Contest "relief"
Message-ID: <9511291851.AA102450 at whale.st.usm.edu>
At last, some really useful contest information, e.g. the recent thread
dealing with bodily functioning during contesting.... must admit that I
laughed for 10 solid minutes at some of the comments.. Also, makes me
feel so much better to realize that something that I have been doing
during sweepstakes all these years was not some personal quirk.... Gives
you pause to form a mental image of what may be happening at the other end
of the rf path (I'm an _not_ talking about the milking machine scenario
however..... never dreamed of that one.... )
Still laughing..
73 Gary W5VSZ
>From six at knoware.nl (Frank E. van Dijk) Wed Nov 29 19:03:52 1995
From: six at knoware.nl (Frank E. van Dijk) (Frank E. van Dijk)
Date: Wed, 29 Nov 1995 20:03:52 +0100
Subject: PACC contest 1996
Message-ID: <199511291903.UAA14015 at utrecht.knoware.nl>
1996 DUTCH PACC CONTEST
MAGAZINE EDITORS: A SHORT VERSION OF THESE
RULES CAN BE FOUND AT THE END OF THIS
MESSAGE
The PACC Contest has a website: http://www.pi.net/~cw
Dates
February 10 and 11, 1996; 1200Z - 1200Z
Bands
160, 80, 40, 20, 15 and 10 meters
SSB QSOs on 160 are not allowed
Modes
CW and SSB
Entry classes
single operator; multi operator; SWL
Exchange
RS(T)+serial number, start from 001
Dutch stations transmit their Province abbreviation:
GR, FR, DR, OV, GD, UT, NH, ZH, FL, ZL, NB, LB (12)
QSO Points
each QSO with a PA/PB/PI station yields one point
a station may be worked only once per band, regardless
of the mode
Multiplier
1 multiplier per Province, per band. Maximum 6*12=72
Final score
the total of all QSO points on all bands, multiplied by the
total of all multiplier points on all bands (a la CQ WW)
SWLs
each different Dutch station per band counts for 1 point
complete exchange of both Dutch and foreign station must
be logged
Logs
separate sheet per band, submit score calculation
multipliers should appear only when new
please sign log for observation of the contest rules
mail log no later than March 31st, 1996 to:
Frank E. van Dijk PA3BFM
Middellaan 24
3721 PH Bilthoven
Netherlands, Europe
Awards
a contest certificate will be awarded to the high scorers in each
country in each entry class. No fee.
The PACC Award can be obtained for working 100 different PA/PB/PI stations
in the PACC Contest, without submitting QSLs. Send application together with
contest log and USD 5,- fee to contest organizer.
Condensed version: work different Dutch stations on each of the bands
10-160 meters (No WARC) in CW or SSB. Transmit RS(T) plus serial
number. Dutch stations transmit their Province abbreviation: GR, FR, DR,
OV, GD, UT, NH, ZH, FL, ZL, NB, LB (total 12) which count as multiplier
per band. Scoring: each different Dutch station per band yields 1 point.
Final score: total band QSO points multiplied by total band multipliers.
>From James Brooks" <9v1yc at equator.lugs.org.sg Wed Nov 29 13:36:24 1995
From: James Brooks" <9v1yc at equator.lugs.org.sg (James Brooks)
Date: Wed, 29 Nov 1995 13:36:24 +0000
Subject: 9V1YC CQWW CW Score
Message-ID: <30bc61db.equator at equator.lugs.org.sg>
Call: 9V1YC Country: Singapore
Mode: CW Category: Single Operator/Low Power
BAND QSO QSO PTS PTS/QSO ZONES COUNTRIES
160 0 0 0.00 0 0
80 11 23 2.09 9 10
40 396 922 2.33 28 55
20 514 920 1.79 32 70
15 556 1284 2.31 28 84
10 7 19 2.71 6 7
---------------------------------------------------
Totals 1484 3168 2.13 103 226 => 1,042,272
Highlights:
Cool opening to the East Coast at 11Z on 40m, and how anyone
could pull me out of the crud. Whoever the 40m op at K1KI was who
started the USA pile by hearing me - thanks.
73's
James 9V1YC
9V1YC at equator.lugs.org.sg <- note new address
>From cooper at gmpvt.com (Tom Cooper) Wed Nov 29 19:43:31 1995
From: cooper at gmpvt.com (Tom Cooper) (Tom Cooper)
Date: Wed, 29 Nov 1995 14:43:31 -0500
Subject: St. Pierre (FP) during ARRL DX CW
Message-ID: <199511291943.OAA27632 at web.gmpvt.com>
11/29/95
KC1WV and I are thinking of going to St. Pierre for the
ARRL DX CW in February 1996. Anybody got any info on this place?
Thanks a bunch!
Tom Cooper WA1GUV
cooper at gmpvt.com
>From w1ihn at gnn.com (Bert Michaud) Wed Nov 29 15:04:13 1995
From: w1ihn at gnn.com (Bert Michaud) (Bert Michaud)
Date: Wed, 29 Nov 1995 15:04:13
Subject: Pileup Offenders
Message-ID: <199511292004.PAA10139 at mail-e1a.gnn.com>
Regarding N0DH's comment about putting certain calls on his "list":
those few operators deserving should really get a sound chastising.
However, I wonder how many of the offenders were at their own
stations, using their own calls???!!! The call gets the blame, but
you don't really know who's at the key....
This type of behavior shouldn't be encouraged, and I would hope
that the station owners would have a word with the guest operators
about etiquette and discipline *BEFORE* the contest.
I observed the same behavior in pileups but didn't bother to write
the calls.
Bert, W1IHN (Raleigh, NC)
>From Walt Kornienko <k2wk at crystal.palace.net> Wed Nov 29 21:04:12 1995
From: Walt Kornienko <k2wk at crystal.palace.net> (Walt Kornienko)
Date: Wed, 29 Nov 1995 16:04:12 -0500 (EST)
Subject: K2WK CQWW CW SOA/HP Score
Message-ID: <199511292104.QAA16258 at crystal.palace.net>
Call: K2WK Mode: CW Category: SOA/HP
BAND QSO ZONES COUNTRIES
160 71 15 49
80 195 15 72
40 681 34 108
20 918 36 127
15 488 28 104
10 10 6 6 <= uh, duh!
----------------------------
Totals 2363 134 466 => 4,083,000
In 33.8 hours (seemed alot longer).
Goal: >2K Q's. Once met, next was 4M. Best hr=143
Apparatus:
FT-1000D; Homebrew amp.
Tower1: 204BA @ 63', 5 el. 15M @ 53'
Tower2: 205CA @ 90', 40-2CD @ 105' (new addition, seems to work)
52' vetical for 80M,
Slant wire+6 elevated radials for 160M
Two 2-wire bvgs, NE/SW & NW/SE
Club Affiliation: FRANKFORD RADIO CLUB
Many thanx to Dave Evelyn, W3MM, for all his efforts in
providing a reliable node over vast distances (50 mi. from me).
This mode is alot of fun... I'm truly hooked!
Congrats to K3WW for making mince meat out of me, once again!
Thanx to Lil, my XYL, for pushing me all weekend.
Couldn't do it without ya babe!
Highlights:
The contest was fun this year. Best fun since before sunspots
disappeared.
What a difference a 40M yagi makes.
Skunk (aka: Pepe La'PU) attacks shack at 1700 local on Sunday.
He seems to do this every year. Air being piped in from
garage to cool the amp is quite pungent.
The thread on contest diet led me to ask for a pasta
dinner on Saturday. Don't know if it helped, but it
sure tasted good. Then again, everything tastes good
when you're contesting.
Thrills:
Breaking the elusive 2K Q barrier for the 1st time.
Spending less time in pileups. 40M opeing to Eu at 1PM local.
Running Eu on 40M at 3AM local. Being called by VR and VU on 40M
Nothing broke!
Things learned, or "wait till next year when I:"
Put in more hours,
Get the 2nd 40M & 20M beams up,
Learn to use 2nd VFO while running. Forget about
two radios, thats like advanced calculus - I just don't
get it,
Mail out QSL cards to ALL who worked me (keep dreaming),
Network two computers, 2 radios, 2 amps. An absolute must
in this mode.
BREAKDOWN QSO/mults K2WK CQ WORLD WIDE DX CONTEST Sigle Unlimited
HOUR 160 80 40 20 15 10 HR TOT CUM TOT
0 ..... ..... 30/26 ..... ..... ..... 30/26 30/26
1 10/10 9/9 6/6 12/12 . . 37/37 67/63
2 5/5 16/15 13/10 2/1 . . 36/31 103/94
3 . 55/22 . . . . 55/22 158/116
4 . 9/2 30/16 . . . 39/18 197/134
5 11/9 22/3 12/5 . . . 45/17 242/151
6 1/1 3/2 14/9 . . . 18/12 260/163
7 . . . . . . . 260/163
8 ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... 260/163
9 . . . . . . . 260/163
10 . . . . . . . 260/163
11 2/2 3/3 7/5 . . . 12/10 272/173
12 . . . 140/31 . . 140/31 412/204
13 . . . 137/6 . . 137/6 549/210
14 . . . 17/1 76/21 . 93/22 642/232
15 . . . . 94/10 . 94/10 736/242
16 ..... ..... ..... 101/14 1/0 ..... 102/14 838/256
17 . . . 20/10 24/21 3/2 47/33 885/289
18 . . 13/1 . 8/7 3/2 24/10 909/299
19 . . 33/2 15/15 9/8 . 57/25 966/324
20 . . 106/5 . . . 106/5 1072/329
21 . . 37/0 35/2 12/7 . 84/9 1156/338
22 . . . 100/5 . . 100/5 1256/343
23 . . . 43/1 . . 43/1 1299/344
0 4/4 1/1 10/4 12/2 ..... ..... 27/11 1326/355
1 19/11 11/10 3/1 . . . 33/22 1359/377
2 2/1 17/2 8/3 2/2 . . 29/8 1388/385
3 . . . . . . . 1388/385
4 5/2 14/2 15/3 5/1 . . 39/8 1427/393
5 4/1 5/2 35/1 . . . 44/4 1471/397
6 5/3 19/0 31/1 . . . 55/4 1526/401
7 2/2 10/0 79/7 . . . 91/9 1617/410
8 ..... ..... 42/2 1/0 ..... ..... 43/2 1660/412
9 . . . . . . . 1660/412
10 . . . . . . . 1660/412
11 . . . . . . . 1660/412
12 . . . . 14/5 . 14/5 1674/417
13 . . 2/2 2/2 83/6 . 87/10 1761/427
14 . . . . 114/12 . 114/12 1875/439
15 . . . 49/4 41/6 . 90/10 1965/449
16 ..... ..... ..... 122/3 ..... ..... 122/3 2087/452
17 . . . 23/1 . . 23/1 2110/453
18 . . . 9/4 3/2 3/3 15/9 2125/462
19 . . 2/0 15/6 7/0 1/0 25/6 2150/468
20 . . 77/0 8/0 1/0 . 86/0 2236/468
21 . 1/1 18/0 22/8 1/1 . 42/10 2278/478
22 . . 40/1 14/0 . . 54/1 2332/479
23 1/1 . 18/3 12/1 . . 31/5 2363/484
DAY1 29/27 117/56 301/85 622/98 224/74 6/4 ..... 1299/344
DAY2 42/25 78/18 380/28 296/34 264/32 4/3 . 1064/140
TOT 71/52 195/74 681/113 918/132 488/106 10/7 . 2363/484
>From H. Ward Silver" <hwardsil at seattleu.edu Wed Nov 29 20:32:29 1995
From: H. Ward Silver" <hwardsil at seattleu.edu (H. Ward Silver)
Date: Wed, 29 Nov 1995 12:32:29 -0800 (PST)
Subject: Pileup Offenders
Message-ID: <Pine.3.07.9511291229.F20411-a100000 at bach.seattleu.edu>
I have operated a couple of different multi's in which I observed some
buttheaded maneuvers by one of the ops. I didn't hesitate, in my
post-contest report, to identify what was done and by whom. As I pointed
out to the station owner, "It's your call."
The owner can't monitor everything , of course, but it's his or her
responsibility. As a station owner, I would certinaly want to know who
was putting my "radio name" to shame so that I could either educate the
offender or "forget" to invite them the next time.
That's part of the deal, in my opinion. The heat of battle does
occasionally result in testosterone/adrenaline-induced cognitive failures,
so I hesitate to equate one misstep with contant misbehavior. However,
repeat offenders need to feel a little heat from their peers.
73, Ward N0AX
>From Tony Brock-Fisher <fisher at hp-and2.an.hp.com> Wed Nov 29 20:33:41 1995
From: Tony Brock-Fisher <fisher at hp-and2.an.hp.com> (Tony Brock-Fisher)
Date: Wed, 29 Nov 1995 15:33:41 -0500
Subject: 160 Magic
Message-ID: <9511292033.AA25664 at hp-and2.an.hp.com>
Joe VO1NA writes:
> It's a band where CW really shines and the conditions keep all but the
> dedicated and determined operators away.
This is one of the most encouraging things I've heard about ham radio in
the last two years. Once the New Zealanders convince the next WARC (or the
one after that) to eliminate the Code Requirement, The HF bands will
be totally covered with no-code lids using HF like car phones and CBs.
The hope is that maybe, because of propagation effects, 160 will remain
as a band where good code ops can go to enjoy whats left of the hobby.
HF rigs will be available for $199 - like CD players. Of course, who
will want one then?
-Tony, K1KP, fisher at an.hp.com
>From Eric Rosenberg <ericr at access.digex.net> Wed Nov 29 20:47:24 1995
From: Eric Rosenberg <ericr at access.digex.net> (Eric Rosenberg)
Date: Wed, 29 Nov 1995 15:47:24 -0500 (EST)
Subject: The Contest Computer
Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.91.951129153950.10553A-100000 at access2.digex.net>
Barry --
I faced the issue of moving lots of data between home and the office.
Home is a 486 running OS/2, work is a 386 running DOS. So I went out and
bought an Iomega Zip Drive.
First off, there are two versions, SCSI and Parallel interfaces. I have
the parallel one. It is an external box (with wall cube for power) that
attaches to the parallel port. The software for the 'host' computer is on
a separate disk.
It isn't fast (what parallel interface is, compared to an E/IDE or SCSI
interface), but it is nice. I haven't tried it with TR or any 'on-line'
software -- I use it for archiving, storage, and transporting. I suspect
it'd be noticeably slow with any full-up logging program in the heat of a
contest. You'd want to have a pretty large disk cache to use it as the
active drive. On the other hand, you could simply copy the
directories/files onto the 'contest computer' for the duration of the test,
and then back to the Zip disk when your done...take it home and do your
less time-intensive post-processing there.
In all, a good solution to an all-to-common problem.
73,
Eric
--
Eric Rosenberg WD3Q, EI4VPS, YJ0AER, J20BY, etc.
Washington, DC
ericr at access.digex.net
On Wed, 29 Nov 1995, Barry Kutner wrote:
> Dave had some good ideas in his recent post. A, perhaps, simpler way to
> customize the computer is with an Iomega Zip drive. While I don't own
> one, I've read a lot about it. The drive mounts in your machine, and has
> removable 100 meg "cartridges." This would allow customization without
> physically removing the whole dreive - just replacing the cartridge.
> Wonder if anyone's tried this?
> 73 Barry
> P.S. Disclaimer - I own a few hundred shares of Iomega stock (a great
> investmentment so far - bought at 19 a couple of months ago and now at 40
> or so!)
>
> --
> =======================================================================
> Barry N. Kutner, W2UP Internet: barry at w2up.wells.com
> Newtown, PA Packet Radio: W2UP @ WB3JOE.#EPA.PA.USA.NA
> Packet Cluster: W2UP >WB2R (FRC)
> .......................................................................
>
>
>From R. Torsten Clay" <torsten at mephisto.physics.uiuc.edu Wed Nov 29 21:10:14 1995
From: R. Torsten Clay" <torsten at mephisto.physics.uiuc.edu (R. Torsten Clay)
Date: Wed, 29 Nov 95 15:10:14 CST
Subject: New Mexico contesters?
Message-ID: <199511292110.AA29369 at mephisto.physics.uiuc.edu>
Hi everyone,
I'm going to be at Los Alamos, NM from Jan. 7-20. If I get any free
time away from work, I'd like to meet any contesters that live in the area.
Would especially like to find a station to operate NAQP CW (Jan. 13?) from!
73,
Tor
n4ogw at uiuc.edu
>From John Rech <rechje at klockgrp.klockner.com> Wed Nov 29 21:25:00 1995
From: John Rech <rechje at klockgrp.klockner.com> (John Rech)
Date: Wed, 29 Nov 95 16:25:00 -0500
Subject: K0KX CQWW CW score
Message-ID: <39BCD52F01180E00 at smtp.klockner.com>
Relay via WA0PEV
Single Operator - High Power
QSO/Zone/Countries
Total 2,299,913 1503/141/398
160 90/19/55
80 217/26/71
40 477/34/101
20 582/31/99
15 115/23/63
10 22/8/9
K0KX - always a Special Event, MINNEAPOLIS !
>From jreid at aloha.net (Jim Reid) Wed Nov 29 22:02:47 1995
From: jreid at aloha.net (Jim Reid) (Jim Reid)
Date: Wed, 29 Nov 1995 12:02:47 -1000
Subject: Vanity calls
Message-ID: <199511292202.MAA15522 at hookomo.aloha.net>
Aloha,
The vanity system was approved by Congress in August, 1993!
The FCC beauocrats/Comments/Response and new form 610V
generation approval has been going on all this time. Somebody
else has recently filed another request to overturn a recent
FCC decision in this area. ARRL has requested, and FCC approved
that in order to obtain a deceased relatives call, one had to have
a license grade equal to or higher than the long gone relative's class,
Now an appeal has been entered against that decision!
This appeal and review process can evidently go on forever.
So. though the vanity program is still approved and viable US
law, God alone knows when the final review and form and program
and etc., etc., etc. will be over and Gate 1 will open.
73, Jim, AH6NB
>From Robert G Miles <bob.miles at zetnet.co.uk> Thu Nov 9 18:44:29 1995
From: Robert G Miles <bob.miles at zetnet.co.uk> (Robert G Miles)
Date: Thu, 9 Nov 1995 18:44:29 GMT
Subject: CQWW from Shetland
Message-ID: <199511292221.WAA18167 at trondra.zetnet.co.uk>
>From GM4CAQ
Well done everyone on a great contest.
I didn't send in the entry but wanted to give out a few points.
Set up here on 160m is a Long Wire at only 5 metres, bent to fit the
garden plus 40/20m trap dipole@ 5 metres plus R5 for other bands.
Rig is TS50 barefoot.
160m
Worked G DL GM GW OY9 OT5 Missed GJ/K2WR... heard him on most
bands...Still with the antena I had........
80M
Worked DL8 LY2 PA3
40m
Worked GM LA9 PA3 G
20M
Worked I R3 TM8 F5 EM2 UA4 ON6 JT1 GJ/K2WR US DK YT9 OH0 RZ9 OH1 UT0
OE6 Z3 KF2 KS9 K3 SU2 ZA1 VE9 VA9 VF5 S59 VO1 CG2 AB4 ZS6 TR8 EA3 4X6 SV2
15M
Worked EA9 EA3 UR7 YT6 CT1 9A1 YU7 UT0 TK2 HG5 YO7 OE6 YO6 EA7 IK4
LZ9 ED3 EX8 UA4 EM7 UX2 T93 RW3 9K2 KM3 K1 N2 IT9 CT7
10M
Worked 9A S51 IK4 GJ/K2WR F5 IN3 OM5 EA8 ZS4
Problems?
Can't keep a beam up here because of high winds....
Couldn't get through the QRM without beam and linear...
Could hear stations a plenty .... JA's W's but my PC was borrowed by
the kids.. so kept the station count down to avoid dups..
Why do stations not know that Shetland is separate country????
Spend a lot of time in the pileups getting that poiny through.
At least 2 Shetland Stations operational
GM4CAQ
GM0ILB
See you in the pile ups
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