UR CALL PSE?

Thu Nov 30 17:02:14 EST 1995

In a message dated 95-11-28 19:47:05 EST, I wrote:

>>Thanks for the post, Tack.... I agree completely...  I send my call at the
>>end of every separate contact... and I send your call   < plus the
exchange,
>>of course >  when I work you, which is a requirement of our FCC
>>regulations... which is TOTALLY ignored by most of the big gun stations I
>>listened to...

OK... one last time on this thread... and, I'm here to tell ya that eating
crow leaves a bad, bad aftertaste...  I got a half dozen emails to the effect
that my position on this regulation is wrong...  (not a flamer in the bunch,
can ya believe...)  Well, I'm never completely WRONG, maybe just a little
enthusiastic at times... So, I whipped around and jerked my copy of part 97
off the shelf, a bit tattered and dog eared since 1963, but still legible...
sure enough, I am 100% american, red necked, Right!.... 
Still, a slight tinkle of doubt entered my mind, mostly because the emails on
this topic were so courteous -  like in dealing with a slightly retarded
child, hmmm?....  OK, there is just the faintest, one in a billion gazillion
chance, that the friendly candy company has made a slight mod or two in 32
years... ( part 97 is not high on my bed time reading list  :)  Soooo, I
zipped off a call to the ultimate shrine of hamdom, personal radio
division... They were very, very polite - like in dealing with a slightly
retarded child... 

"Yes, that was correct, but the regulations have been changed."..... 
oh, really.... when?... 
"Not that long ago... Maybe 18 or 20 years."....< i detected a slight
snicker>
so, what is the current regulation for non 3rd party communications?   
"You must identify on the initial transmission, at the end of the final
transmission of a series , and at least every ten minutes inbetween, so our
monitoring stations can identify you"... 
ummm, what about identifying the other station?   
"That is his problem, not yours."... 
and that's it?... 
"That's it."

So, that's it... baked crow, very dry, with a sprinkle of alum...  I just may
have to get a NEW part 97 to see what other delicious recipes for baked crow
are contained therein...

QRZ CONTEST.... guess who, if you can...

>From Bill Feidt <wfeidt at cpcug.org>  Thu Nov 30 22:56:04 1995
From: Bill Feidt <wfeidt at cpcug.org> (Bill Feidt)
Date: Thu, 30 Nov 1995 17:56:04 -0500
Subject: NG3K WWW Page Needs Assistance
Message-ID: <9511302256.AA26595 at cliff.nal.usda.gov>

As some of you may be aware, since April I have been
HTML encoding the major Internet-distributed DX
bulletins and making them available through my personal
Web home page (http://www.cpcug.org/user/wfeidt/). Over
time, the pages have developed a significant following,
and many other pages have linked to mine.  My access
logs now exceed 1 MB per month.

Unfortunately, I have now reached the limit of the
disk space allotted to me.  If I am to avoid deleting
some of the older issues, I need to find additional
disk capacity on a Web server somewhere and migrate
the older material to it.

Based on current bulletin sizes I estimate a need for
approximately 1.5 MB of disk per year.  If you have
5 to 10 MB of disk available on a reliable Web server,
I'd be very pleased to hear from you.

Ideally, I'm hoping to find the following:

  * 5 - 10 MB of Disk Capacity
  * A reliable web Server (doesn't crash often)
  * A reliable network connection
  * A personal shell account with telnet and ftp
      access to the disk space and the ability
      to use the tcsh UNIX shell
  * The ability to create a directory structure
      within the disk space allotted me.
  * The ability to set file permission within the
      allotted disk space

Bandwidth shouldn't be too great an issue since demand
for the older issues is far less than for the new ones.

If you can help, please contact me directly, at:

     wfeidt at cpcug.org

Please DO NOT reply to the list and thanks for taking the
time to consider my plea.

Fraternally,

Bill/NG3K
wfeidt at cpcug.org

>From btippett at ctc.net (Bill Tippett)  Thu Nov 30 22:11:00 1995
From: btippett at ctc.net (Bill Tippett) (Bill Tippett)
Date: Thu, 30 Nov 1995 18:11:00 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: 'Cut" Numbers (Again)
Message-ID: <01HY9HW14NT48ZDVYA at SUNBELT.NET>

KR0Y wrote:

. Don't the East Coasters
>have a big enough advantage already, particularly when there isn't a
>good abbreviation for 04 or 03 for us living in [DX Contest]
>propagationally challenged areas ?
>

Jeff, you're just not looking at the opportunity in this!  Now you can send
KRTY in retaliation!

                                                                MS,  Bill  WTZV

P.S.  Got an "SMTP delivery failure" from you when I tried to send this
directly...maybe it was the abbreviations for the numbers?  Seriously,
you might want to check it out.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Bill Tippett, PO Box 37, New London, NC  28127-0037 USA
Phone/FAX:  +1 704-463-1445        E-mail:  btippett at ctc.net

>From Jim Hollenback" <jholly at hposl62.cup.hp.com  Thu Nov 30 23:21:51 1995
From: Jim Hollenback" <jholly at hposl62.cup.hp.com (Jim Hollenback)
Date: Thu, 30 Nov 1995 15:21:51 -0800
Subject: UNconfirmed calls
References: <5J0DFD1w165w at w2up.wells.com>
Message-ID: <9511301521.ZM18592 at hpwsmjh1.cup.hp.com>

On Nov 30,  2:34pm, barry wrote:

<snip>

> One question arises - is this policy fair? Let's suppose the following
> occurs:
> W2UP: CQ CQ TEST DE W2UP W2UP K
> DX:   DL2XXX
> W2UP: DL2XXX 59905
> DX:   TU 59914
> W2UP: TU TEST DE W2UP
>
> In this exchange DL2XXX never sent my call, so I don't know if he got it
> right or not. If he didn't, the contact's removed from the log. SOund
> fair? Not to me. Suggestions?

sure it fair Barry. You both kept your rate up ... isn't that what you
want?

How about ...

W2UP:   CQ CQ TEST DE W2UP W2UP K
DX:     DL2XXX
W2UP:   DL2XXX 59905
DX:	TU 59914
W2UP:   MY CALL? BK
DX:     <static and random noises>
W2UP:   <SHIFT F8>
w2UP:   CQ CQ TEST DE W2UP W2UP K

At least with this you get to reduce your log your self, and if your lucky,
the other guy gets his log knocked down. Guess that is why is send

WA6SDM:  W2UP TU 59903

But now the you mention it, this is a great way to go after the hi-speed,
don't like to id guys ... work'em and then scratch them from your log.

73, Jim, WA6SDM
jholly at cup.hp.com

>From ve9dx at mi.net (ve9dx)  Thu Nov 30 23:19:44 1995
From: ve9dx at mi.net (ve9dx) (ve9dx)
Date: Thu, 30 Nov 1995 19:19:44 -0400
Subject: CW results from VA9DH
Message-ID: <199511302319.TAA20392 at itchy.mi.net>

Good evening all,

Here are the results of the CQWW CW weekend:

Station: VA9DH  operating from near Moncton, New Brunswick.

Class: Multi/Single

Operators: K2NJ (VE9NJ), WA2ASM, AK4L (VE1RM), VE9DH, VE9DX and VE9WH.

Now for the results:

        Band    QSO's   P/QSO's Zones   Countries

        160     338     2.16    16       54    

         80    1028     2.38    20       73 

         40    1212     2.59    32      107 

         20    1320     2.70    27      102

         15     297     2.84    24       80 

         10      11     2.36     7       10  (Yes we tried 10 often ..No joy..

         Totals 4206 QSO's     126 Z    426 Countries

Final score 5,932,896 points.  Short of the Canadian M/S record by about 1
million points.

Another breakdown which you may find interesting:

QSO's

                160     80      40      20      15      10      All     Percent

North America   271     590     484     381      42      5      1773    41.7

South America     4       7      11      12      12      5        51     1.2

Europe           63     431     678     903     227      0      2302    54.2

Asia              0       1      36      20       0       0       57     1.3 

Africa            1       8      16      15      11       1       52     1.2

Oceania           1       1       6       1       5       0       14     0.3

Needless to say the polar route was not there for us this year.  

For all those that worked us a big thanks and hope we see you all during the
1996 CQWW SSB and CW test when we will again try to improve on the Canadian
records.

73... Andy (VE9DX)

VE9DX at mi.net

Ex: VE1ASJ, VE1DX, VE8CW, VO2AB, CY0SPI, VE1SPI, HP9FC, ZD9BP etc.

>From kf3p at cais.cais.com (Tyler Stewart)  Thu Nov 30 23:41:09 1995
From: kf3p at cais.cais.com (Tyler Stewart) (Tyler Stewart)
Date: Thu, 30 Nov 1995 18:41:09 -0500
Subject: FT1000MP/ALPHA 87 Combination
Message-ID: <199511302341.SAA02545 at cais.cais.com>

>Fellow TCGer and Contester Extraordinaire Don, N4ZZ, just purchased a 
>FT1000MP.  He was told by Yaesu and seller that it was compatible with his 
>A87.  Seems to be great on CW but RF power control in out-of-the-circuit on 
>SSB with processor on and menu options for "power output" are not flexible 
>enough to properly drive the 87 (10W too little, 50W too much).  His 
>discussions with ETO indicate incompatibility while Yaesu says it should work 
>by using ALC (not recommended by ETO). Anyone got an answer?
>
>
>			73 es TIA,
>
>				Mark K0EJ
>
>p.s. respond direct-will summarize if interested

Wow, that seems inconceivable for a high-yen radio.

Without knowing much about the MP, I'll speculate that the set power levels
can be adjusted internally with pots.

The other solution is to adjust the tuning on the 87 so that it will accept
50 watts of drive without excessive grid current.  This can be done with 
careful adjustment of the loading setting.  I'm sort of surprised that 50 watts
is too much...I generally use about 50 watts of drive for my 87's on all bands
and make minor adjustments to the loading to get the grid current right on 
each band segment.  I try to avoid having to change the input power level
from the rig at all costs and 50 watts seems to be the right setting unless 
I'm feeding a very poorly matched antenna.

73, Tyler KF3P

>From peterj at netcom.com (Peter Jennings)  Thu Nov 30 23:50:41 1995
From: peterj at netcom.com (Peter Jennings) (Peter Jennings)
Date: Thu, 30 Nov 1995 15:50:41 -0800
Subject: CW filters for TS-50 ?
Message-ID: <199511302350.PAA03327 at netcom5.netcom.com>

Does anyone know if there is a 250Hz CW filter available for the
TS-50? I know that Kenwood offers a 500Hz. Does anyone have any
experience with it? Will the TS-50 perform acceptably on the
DX end of a pileup?

I have been unable to find any recent ads from International ??? that used
to sell aftermarket filters. Have they disappeared, or metamorphosed
into somebody else?

TIA
Peter
AB6WM
--                                                peterj at netcom.com
         URL: http://mall.turnpike.net/~jc/

>From jreid at aloha.net (Jim Reid)  Thu Nov 30 23:51:57 1995
From: jreid at aloha.net (Jim Reid) (Jim Reid)
Date: Thu, 30 Nov 1995 13:51:57 -1000
Subject: Vanity calls and my Error!
Message-ID: <199511302351.NAA00438 at hookomo.aloha.net>

>To: "Bliss, Norman,  WA1CCQ" <NBLISS at arrl.org>
>From: jreid at aloha.net (Jim Reid)
>Subject: Vanity calls and my Error!
>
>Aloha Norm,
>
>Thank you for your note.  Well,  I  sure didn't  mean to have my
>post  reflect againt the ARRL.  I worded my sentence obviously
>wrong;   also had the incorrect info as well !    I am sorry.
>
>We here in Hawaii  are very grateful to Brad Wyatt,  the ARRL
>Pacific Division Director for initiating (at our request)  questions re
>KL and KH calls being issued to mainland hams.  There are already
>plently of them there (similarly KP4).  And we thank the Board for
>accepting Brad's thoughts.  and also,  thank  you and your efforts to the
>FCC to make it happen.  Now,  all the KH7x  calls will stay out
>here,  as well as the only single character KH6  call available:
>KH6T.  (KH6E, Ron Kokubo's call will be obtained by the Island
>of Kauai ARC.  Ron's family have already written their letter of
>approval).   Many  of the Old Timer Hawaiian calls will also
>become available,  again:  KH6AB,  AC, AD,  etc.   KH6AA is
>still alive and well in Honolulu, born only in 1921!  However,
>KH6A now lives in Wichita! (and is 19 yrs younger than 6AA).
>
>So thank you to the ARRL again from those of us in the Pacific,
>Alalska,  and the Caribbean for what you have done for us!
>
>Mahalo and 73,
>
>Jim,  AH6NB   (Sometime in '96 to be KH7x  something;  sure don't
>                             care for the "AH"  prefix,  but all any of us 
can get w/
>                             A or E tickets)
>
73 and Aloha,
Jim Reid, AH6NB (Happily retired on the Island of Kauai)
Hawaii,  USA     Email: jreid at aloha.net

>From Steve Steltzer <steve.steltzer at paonline.com>  Tue Nov  7 04:17:26 1995
From: Steve Steltzer <steve.steltzer at paonline.com> (Steve Steltzer)
Date: Tue, 7 Nov 1995 04:17:26 -0000
Subject: WF3T SS cw score and comments
Message-ID: <01BACBBC.59A22A40 at slip75.paonline.com>

                        ARRL SWEEPSTAKES -- 1995

      Call: WF3T                     Country:
      Mode: CW                       Category: Single Operator High Power

      BAND     QSO    QSO PTS   SECTIONS

      160        0        0        -
       80      229      458        -
       40      525     1050        -
       20      142      284        -
       15       60      120        -
       10        0        0        -
     -----------------------------------

     Totals    956     1912       74

               Score:  141,488

Power Output: 1500 watts     Hours of operation: 23

Equipment Description: IC 775DSP, KT34XA's @90 & 45, 40-2cd @ 100,
                       80 mtr Inv V @ 80, Commander, Top Ten antenna 
control

Club Affiliation: Frankford Radio Club

This is to certify that in this contest I have operated
my transmitter within the limitations of my license and have
observed fully the rules and regulations of the contest.

                             Signature _________________________________

           MAILING ADDRESS:

               Steve Steltzer  WF3T
               944 Cedars Road
               Lewisberry, Pa. 17339

Excuses, appologies, and other whining for the reflector:

Missed YU, VI, and AK - again! Did manage to beat my last years score by 60 
Q's though. Couldn't get anything going on 15 or 20 with any antenna 
selection. Seemed like 1 way prop, had guys S9 to 10 over having trouble 
hearing me. Would suspect something screwed up on new XA stack, but in CQP 
and Pa Party was getting "Big sig" comments and switching high-low didn't 
seem to make any difference being heard. Made a trip up the tower Sun to 
remove 160 inverted L just put up Friday,  thought that might have been 
affecting something. Don't think it made any difference. Anybody remember 
my sig on 15 or 20? Would appreciate a note.

Worked an amazing number of QRP stns, quite a few with incredible signals.

Got 1 check of 19 and a couple 28's!

First major contest with IC  775 - found a MAJOR flaw (or problem with 
mine) I'll be calling them about. Filter blowby or DSP overload caused 
weird chirps, beeps, dits, etc, would shut down the AGC, lose the sig ur 
working. Turning AGC off didn't help, then the crap just covered the sig up 
entirely. Most of the test ran with 6 or 12 db of attenuation, 250 hz and 
80hz audio peak filters in. RIT got a real workout. Helped but didn't stop 
it entirely. So appologies to those who called I couldn't hear. Anybody 
else have this problem with the 775 or is it just mine? And to the guy I 
was in the middle of working when the AC went off and right back on  Sun. 
Thank God for surge protectors.

												73, Steve

>From zs6nw at leclub.co.za (Jan Zs6Nw)  Sun Oct 29 03:49:00 1995
From: zs6nw at leclub.co.za (Jan Zs6Nw) (Jan Zs6Nw)
Date: Sat, 28 Oct 95 23:49:00 -0400
Subject: WAE from Mauritius
Message-ID: <12f.47657.400.0CAF51D1 at leclub.co.za>

Mauritius (3B8) is a breathtakingly beautiful Indian ocean island. It
is located at 20 degrees south and 57.5 degrees east.  People who have
been to both 3B8 and Tahiti say they prefer the white beaches and
tropical friendliness of the inhabitants of 3B8.

Ilze and I visited 3B8 for our last childless holiday--junior arrives 15
November...  So I decided the holiday should be without ham radio for a
change.  To be safe I took along a standard AM radio with the commercial
short wave bands.  Anyway, to make a long story short, after two days of
fretting I borrowed a second AM radio from the landlord, tuned it 455
kHz up the band (to act as a BFO), scrounged 4 meters of wire for an
antenna, and was hearing CW signals on 40m! (Serious BFO drift)

So, on my tiny little AM radio with the 4m vertical on 3B8, on 8/8/95,
40m CW, 07h00 local time, I heard V5/ZS6YG working these guys:
AA2SZ, N4CC, W2WG, N3BNA, KF3P, 7P8SR, W7CB.  It felt just like home.
And, of course, just a teensy while after the band closed, like in many
contests, I heard K3ZO at 07h35...

On 12/8/95, 04h30 local time, 40m CW, W3KK calling CQ TEST!
That evening (19h50), I also heard T5IW call CQ TEST.

On the morning of the 13th at 05h00 local time I was awake to chalk up
the stateside contest gang: K1JKS, N6AR, K2LE, DF0WA, KE2PF, KC1XX,
K4PQL. To get rid of the not-in-contest-blues I snorkelled in the
tropical waters during the day.

The following is not strictly contest (is a pileup a mini contest?) but
on 16-8-95 at 06h50 local time the stateside gang was fighting for the
favours of ZC4C.  I chalked some really familiar calls during the next
two hours: AA5BT, KY5I, N5ZZ, KI8W, K9BN, NA4M, AA0AA, N5AR, W8XM, NA4M,
N4TD, K5LP, W5LT, W8RQQ, AA5YU, KF8EP, KF2E.

How I managed to get hold of 3B8CF (by finding a demo Internet
connection and looking him up in one of the callsign data basis) is
another story.  Anyway, I visited him and to my surprise found out that
he also runs a bed & breakfast setup with full access to his shack with
10/15/20/40m beams and a TS440. On 17-8-95 he had no takers for the CQWW
CW contest, so if you ever wanted to occupy a tropical island for the
CQWW CW, without all the hassles, his phone # is +230 424 5866.

To summarize, never take along anything on a hamless holiday that can be
converted into a receiver for the ham bands. The yearning for the
familiar pitter of the bencher contacts is beyond the written word.

73
Jan Zs6nw

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>From zs6nw at leclub.co.za (Jan Zs6Nw)  Sun Oct 29 03:49:00 1995
From: zs6nw at leclub.co.za (Jan Zs6Nw) (Jan Zs6Nw)
Date: Sat, 28 Oct 95 23:49:00 -0400
Subject: WAE from Mauritius
Message-ID: <12f.47670.400.0CAF51D7 at leclub.co.za>