South America

[Sean E. Kutzko]

>I wonder if anyone has success running South America? My experience has 
>been poor. Seem to be a fair number of LUs, CEs, PYs, etc. calling CQ, 
>and having good signals, but my own CQ brings a very limited response.

Yes, especially on 10 meters with the entry-level licensees. It does take 
modicum of Spanish to pull it off, but it can be done.


>I've heard stories about guys running them when CQing and sending 
>exchange in Spanish, but, like Newt, English is my forte. (I do speak 
>some French, but can't imagine generating too much of an FY pileup :.) )

I think to get the Spanish you would need to do this successfully would 
only take a short visit to your local high-school Spanish teacher. I did 
this when I picked up enough Russian and Polish to work contests, and 
just typed out a "cheat sheet" on a 3x5 index card. Came in very handy, 
and I DID have an extrordinary amount of SP's in the log (or was it just 
propagation?).

73,

Sean

--
Sean Kutzko						 Amateur Radio: KF9PL
Urbana, IL						 DXCC: 305 wkd/301 cfmd	

	      "You can't close the door when the wall's caved in."

>From Gary Nieborsky <k7fr at ncw.net>  Wed Nov  1 02:22:47 1995
From: Gary Nieborsky <k7fr at ncw.net> (Gary Nieborsky)
Date: Tue, 31 Oct 1995 19:22:47 -0700
Subject: PQ0MM?
Message-ID: <199511010327.TAA09644 at bing.ncw.net>

OK, silly question of the contest season....

My 1994 cty.dat has PQ0MM as a Martim Vas multiplier but my 1995 (latest
one) doesn't.  I'm missing something here (?).
Help...

Gary (missed zone 5 on 40) K7FR


>From Bill Turner <wrt at eskimo.com>  Wed Nov  1 03:23:21 1995
From: Bill Turner <wrt at eskimo.com> (Bill Turner)
Date: Tue, 31 Oct 1995 19:23:21 -0800
Subject: Gotta Go
Message-ID: <199511010323.TAA03740 at mail.eskimo.com>

At 10:18 PM 10/31/95 CET, pph at dc.dk wrote:
-snip-
>      I have similar problems. All those contest scores overflow the gateway 
>      before I can delete them. Technical Q&A on contesting are interesting, 
>      but how little a 100 w US stn with a 40 ft tower worked has little 
>      interest to other than that stn. So as said b4, send scores to some 
-snip-
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I don't want anybody's gateway overflowing, but I DO like to see what the
"100 watt US station with a 40 foot tower" worked along with every body
else's results.  One of the intangibles I get out of a contest is a
comparison between my station and others.  I've learned a lot about antennas
and propagation by comparing what I can work vs what others can work and it
helps me to decide on possible upgrades.

I don't have a solution to the original problem posed, but as far as I'm
concerned, keep 'em coming guys!!

73, Bill  W7LZP
wrt at eskimo.com


>From Bill H Parry <bill at tenet.edu>  Wed Nov  1 03:26:24 1995
From: Bill H Parry <bill at tenet.edu> (Bill H Parry)
Date: Tue, 31 Oct 1995 21:26:24 -0600 (CST)
Subject: Gotta Go
Message-ID: <Pine.OSF.3.91.951031211632.7967A-100000 at Leslie-Francis.tenet.edu>

Come on guys! The purpose of the reflector is to exchange contest related 
information. If scores and comments from contests don't belong then 
nothing does. The scores and comments are outstanding - the more the 
better. It's just like the T.V. -- if you don't like what's on then turn 
it off.

				Bill, W5VX

>From Bill Turner <wrt at eskimo.com>  Wed Nov  1 05:06:08 1995
From: Bill Turner <wrt at eskimo.com> (Bill Turner)
Date: Tue, 31 Oct 1995 21:06:08 -0800
Subject: PQ0MM?
Message-ID: <199511010506.VAA02246 at mail.eskimo.com>

At 07:22 PM 10/31/95 -0700, Gary Nieborsky wrote:
>OK, silly question of the contest season....
>
>My 1994 cty.dat has PQ0MM as a Martim Vas multiplier but my 1995 (latest
>one) doesn't.  I'm missing something here (?).
>Help...
>
>Gary (missed zone 5 on 40) K7FR
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Not silly at all... When I worked him I got all excited too, but when the
card came back it was plain vanilla Brazil.   :-(

73, Bill  W7LZP
wrt at eskimo.com