Skeds
K8DO at aol.com
K8DO at aol.com
Fri Sep 22 15:34:28 EDT 1995
Hi Zack....
What is sportsmanship is dependent upon the context of the contest....In a
sailing race using an engine would be unsportsmanlike... in a hydroplane
race, without using the engine there is no contest....
10 gigs is a similar situation...The main competition there is against the
laws of physics... If I were on 10 gigs I would need a sked to have ANY
chance of even finding you on that huge band...Schedules are necessary to
maintain activity and interest and to keep the 'contest' going...Thus,
schedules for 10 gigs are not unsportsmanlike, given the available technology
at this time...and have no relation to HF contesting...
We (at least I) are talking about HFcontesting, with across the band, needle
pinning signals, multimillion point scores, and BIG egos...and absolutely no
need for scheduling any contact...
For these contests, making an agreement to meet at a specific freq and time
is collusion.... It is not available to your competitors and is, per se, an
unfair advantage.... Whether the rules allow it, or not, is immaterial..
Sportsmen don't do it...
Cheers ... Denny
>From James Brooks" <9v1yc at equator.lugs.po.my Fri Sep 22 18:49:44 1995
From: James Brooks" <9v1yc at equator.lugs.po.my (James Brooks)
Date: Fri, 22 Sep 1995 17:49:44 +0000
Subject: 2nd Asia-Pacific Sprint
Message-ID: <3062e92b.equator at equator.lugs.po.my>
Hi all,
Just a reminder of the 2nd AP Sprint coming up next Saturday, Sept 30.
Those of you in NA, set your alarm clocks because conditions to your area
from out here have been fantastic the last few days. If these conditions
hold, it will be great fun. Those who participated last time had
a blast.
Those of you in EU, point your antennas to Asia. That staggering
record score of '4' by CT1BOH has yet to be smashed. I know, its
tough to beat, but *someone* has gotta try.
Those of you still slated for T-Shirts for the 1st AP Sprint, don't worry,
they are on the way (we're doing our best to get 'em all printed ASAP).
Cheers,
James 9V1YC
Tack JE1CKA
Saty JE1JKL
Brett VS6BG
Ken KE9A
2nd Asia-Pacific Sprint
-----------------------
Objective: "To work as many stations within the defined Asia-Pacific region
within the 2 hour time limit. Only QSO's with at least one or
both of the stations being from the Asia-Pacific region
count for points"
Winners: Each DXCC country, continent plus one overall.
Winners receive a cool Asia-Pacific contest T-shirt.
Date: Saturday Sept 30 1995
Time: 1230-1430 UTC
1. Bands 20m & 40m
2. Mode CW
3. Power limit: 150W output
4. Category: Single op, Single radio.
5. Exchange: RST + Serial # beginning with 001
6. Points: 1 point/QSO with each station in Asia Pacific region.
7 Dupes: Same station can be worked only once on the same band.
8. Mults: 1 mult/prefix (once only - not once per band) (WPX rules)
9. Called station (usually CQ'er) QSY's at least 1 KHZ after a QSO. <- IMPORTANT!
10. Final Score: Points x Mults
Asia-Pacific countries for this contest:
(coutries from Asia side Pacific Rim to 180 degrees)
3D2(all), 1S/9M0, 9M2, 9M6/8, 9V, BV, BY, C2, DU, FK8, FW, H4, HL,
HS, JA, JD1/Ogasawara, JD1/Marcus, KC6 (Belau), KH2, KH9, KH0, P29,
T2, T30, T33, UA0, V6/KC6, V7, V85, VK1-9(all except VK9X & VK9Y),
VS6, XU, XV/3W, XX9, YB, YJ, ZL(all except Chatham & Kermadec),
Results posted to: CQ-CONTEST at TGV.com, AP-SPRINT at dumpty.go.jp and
(hopefully) NCJ.
All logs must contain complete QSO information plus a summary sheet
and your T-shirt size.
Japan Logs:
Post: Tack Kumagai, P O BOX 22,
Mitaka, Tokyo 181, JAPAN
Outside Japan:
Post: James Brooks
15 Balmoral Road #03-08
Singapore 1025 SINGAPORE
Log deadline: E-mail: 72 hours, Post: Postmarked by Oct 8
Asia-Pacific Contest Electronic Log Submissions
==================================================
Will gladly accept the electronic logs by email!
The log & summary sheet must be in the ASCII format. (No binary
files please)
Please send your Elec-log to: 9v1yc at equator.lugs.po.my
Sample Summary Sheet
--------------
ASIA PACIFIC CW SPRINT CONTEST
CALLSIGN USED:
OPERATOR:
COUNTRY:
DATE:
BAND QSOs POINTs PREFIXES
7
14
--------------------------------------
Total
SCORE:
Comments;
Signature: Date:
____________________________________________________________________________
(TYPE or PRINT)
NAME CALL
Address:
City :
Prefecture/State:
Postal Code:
Country:
____________________________________________________________
Sample Log
Any ASCII file output from CT/TRLOG/NA/ZLOG etc logging software
will be accepted.
BAND MM/DD/YY HHMM CALLSIGN RSTNR RSTNR NEW POINT
SENT RCVD MULT
20 09/30/95 1310 JE1CKA 599001 59917 JE1 1
40 09/30/95 1312 9V1YC 599002 59916 9V1 1
40 09/30/95 1316 VS6BG 599003 59922 VS6 1
20 09/30/95 1317 JE1JKL 599004 59931 1
>From Tim Coad" <Tim_Coad at smtp.svl.trw.com Fri Sep 22 20:21:59 1995
From: Tim Coad" <Tim_Coad at smtp.svl.trw.com (Tim Coad)
Date: 22 Sep 1995 12:21:59 -0700
Subject: CQ Cover.
Message-ID: <n1400349789.59990 at smtp.svl.trw.com>
9/22/95 12:14 PM
Well no one has said anything yet, so I will:
Boy that sure is a good lookin' guy on the cover of CQ!
3 radios?, Man, I dont even have 2 yet!!
BTW : Why does CQ Mag use local time in their propagation predictions for
contests?
Tim - NU6S
>From km9p at is.net (Bill Fisher, KM9P Concentric Systems, Inc.) Fri Sep 22 21:17:46 1995
From: km9p at is.net (Bill Fisher, KM9P Concentric Systems, Inc.) (Bill Fisher, KM9P Concentric Systems, Inc.)
Date: Fri, 22 Sep 1995 16:17:46 -0400
Subject: I'm wrong... uniques
Message-ID: <199509222017.QAA15576 at mail1.is.net>
This discussion sure brought back some memories of our M/S days at K4VX. I
kind of lost site of the all of those Q's you beg to make. I also liked
Tack's comment on working JA's on 10M FM. What a great idea!
My original thinking was aimed at the broken calls and the good buddy QSO's.
Obviously I had no idea how many uniques, typically, were actually good QSO's.
I think we're lucky to have the guys on the CQ committee to do all of this
work. I think copying correct information is an important part of contesting.
GL & 73
Bill, KM9P
---
Bill Fisher, KM9P - Concentric Systems, Inc.
>From Setzler" <setzler at c813.npt.nuwc.navy.mil Fri Sep 22 17:49:27 1995
From: Setzler" <setzler at c813.npt.nuwc.navy.mil (Setzler)
Date: 22 Sep 1995 16:49:27 U
Subject: Q on Multi Radio Beverages ?
Message-ID: <n1400334181.11975 at c813.npt.nuwc.navy.mil>
In a multi transmitter set-up (I'm primarily thinking single op, multi radio)
is there any reason that both radios can't be connected to the same Beverage
at the same time? Say that one radio is running on 80 and the other is S&P on
160. Can they both be listening on the same Beverage at once?
73 James KD1NG >> setzler at c813.npt.nuwc.navy.mil <<
>From Dan Norman KJ1N <dnorman at niwot.scd.ucar.EDU> Fri Sep 22 22:03:31 1995
From: Dan Norman KJ1N <dnorman at niwot.scd.ucar.EDU> (Dan Norman KJ1N)
Date: Fri, 22 Sep 1995 15:03:31 -0600 (MDT)
Subject: Q on Multi Radio Beverages ?
Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.91.950922145356.387A-100000 at gleneagle.scd.ucar.edu>
On 22 Sep 1995, Setzler wrote:
> In a multi transmitter set-up (I'm primarily thinking single op, multi radio)
> is there any reason that both radios can't be connected to the same Beverage
> at the same time? Say that one radio is running on 80 and the other is S&P on
> 160. Can they both be listening on the same Beverage at once?
>
> 73 James KD1NG >> setzler at c813.npt.nuwc.navy.mil <<
>
Hi James,
You should use a coupler/splitter to accomplish this. The reason is that
if you just "Y" the receivers into the beverage, you stand the chance of
signal input loss caused by coupling the receivers in this manner. What I
use is the ICE 112-4A Active Receive Signal Splitter. It has 50 dBm of
isolation between ports which seems good enough. I am sure you could get
something with greater isolation, but for much more $$. The 1994 and later
models have an input current limiter also.
Happy beveraging!
'73 Dan KJ1N/0
Boulder, CO
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