K2TW:Contest Activity

[Ai7b at teleport.com]

    Right on, Bill.....not much different here in the Northwest either.
    I don't think the average East coast op has a clue what its like out
    West.
    
    A trap vertical stuck in the sand of a Carib location will produce
    a far better result than a big station in the Northwest.  I know
    cuz I've done it.  Until one contests from the Carib it is hard to
    beleive what its like even in the bottom of the cycle.  $75K wud pay
    for a lot of Carib trips!!  Hurry up cycle 22!!!

    de Bravo, Ai7b

>From Tony Brock-Fisher <fisher at hp-and2.an.hp.com>  Wed Sep 27 13:59:48 1995
From: Tony Brock-Fisher <fisher at hp-and2.an.hp.com> (Tony Brock-Fisher)
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 1995 08:59:48 -0400
Subject: KT-34XA problems
Message-ID: <9509271259.AA05540 at hp-and2.an.hp.com>

After about a year in the air, my KT-34XA has developed nasty SWR
on 15 and 10. 20 is fine (perhaps a bit changed, but 1.3:1).
10 and 15 are both over 3:1, and performance is definitely off.
Visual inspection with binoculars reveals nothing, of course. 
I am suspecting a loose connection, or water in the capacitors.
More likely the latter, as there is no intermittent quality to
the problem. I'm planning to take it down Saturday for repairs.
(I know, 10 and 15 won't be much to worry about this contest 
season)!

Anyone have any tips on diagnosis/testing/repairs?

Yes, the antenna does have all the latest new true blue capacitor
caps and dimensions.

Please reply to me directly.

-Tony, K1KP, fisher at hp-and.an.hp.com

>From XTFF35A at prodigy.com (MR CHARLES A CULLIAN)  Wed Sep 27 15:15:37 1995
From: XTFF35A at prodigy.com (MR CHARLES A CULLIAN) (MR CHARLES A CULLIAN)
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 1995 10:15:37 EDT
Subject: m/s 10 min rule loophole?
Message-ID: <013.01967507.XTFF35A at prodigy.com>

Hi Guys,
    I think the whole 10 min rule sucks (to borrow my 15 year old 
son's favorite word).  Why should a single op be fancy free to change 
bands at a whim when a multi with ops sitting there can't.
     Also, regarding the spirit of the rule, it seems to me that if 
one is deprived from using all other multiplier opportunities during 
a 10 min period, that is penalty enough for entering the category.  
Anyway, working a dupe doesn't suit me at all.
     Finally, what if it takes 9 minutes to break the pileup.  The 
reason for the rule was to prevent big stations from attacking more 
than one mult at a time on different bands.  Now, I think that this 
rule encourages operations to be calling mults on all bands at the 
end of a defined 10 min period so the first one who gets through can 
define the next 10 min period.
     I suggest that we eliminate the rule and trust our comrads to 
follow reasonable rules.
73,
Chuck