May 96 CQ out

[HENRYPOL at aol.com]

So I'm at the Raleigh Hamfest Sunday morning, checking out all of the junque,
looking for that great bargain, when I notice that several of the dealers
have the May 96 issue of CQ.  Being an avid magazine reader, I just couldn't
wait until Monday morning to see if my subscription copy arrives at the PO
box.

Does anyone know why the dealers get their retail copies before those of us
that have subscribed get ours?  This phenomenon does not happen with ham
magazines alone.

SPECIAL NOTE to NCJ and CQ Contest management:  There were NO sample COPIES
of these issues anywhere to be perused by anyone that might be interested.
 You might want to send dealers some samples of leftover back issues for
display at hamfest.  There was one copy of CQ's Getting Started In Contesting
video at one of the dealers.

Front cover photo of WA4NJP's 36 ft. EME dish with some detail on the table
of contents page.  Sure would be nice if the VHF Plus column had included
some more detail on his equipment.

What's in this issue that is contest-related:  Results of the 95 CQ WW WPX CW
Contest; review of the JPS ANC-4; Simple Isolation Interface Devices; Contest
Calendar column - What Makes a Contester Great? and Results of the 95 Poisson
d'Avril Contest.

Other interesting items: Math's Notes column - Who Really Invented Radio?;
Doug's Desk - home brewing tips; World of Ideas - Part II of Milliwatts and
Micronauts; VHF Plus - more on the IC706; Propagation - Solar Cycle Progress

For the Contester who already has everything; check out the ad for a
MasterCard credit card with your call and picture of your shack on the card!
 They'll be at Dayton!

Other ads: New Sommer antenna - modified HF-VHF-UHF Discone (all in one
antenna, 160 - 2 and up); and just in time for those Dayton Contest bashes, a
19 oz glass stein with CQ's logo (wouldn't these make great second and third
prizes for some of the contests?); new EarTalk Mark II (ear piece and mic
in-one; has anyone tried one of these during a contest instead of those bulky
boom mic headset?  Wonder if they make those neat single ear piece short-boom
mics used on the TV show Space Above & Beyond?).

Almost forgot, the May issue of CQ VHF is out also.  Picked up a copy; but
nothing of interest for the HF contest community that I could find other than
some discussion of the code requirement.

73 and good reading,
Henry Pollock - WB4HFL
henrypol at aol.com

>From Gerard Jendraszkiewicz <KE9I at tsrcom.com>  Mon Apr 15 03:32:04 1996
From: Gerard Jendraszkiewicz <KE9I at tsrcom.com> (Gerard Jendraszkiewicz)
Date: Sun, 14 Apr 1996 21:32:04 -0500
Subject: AMPLIFIER MANUALS
Message-ID: <3171B524.5A9 at tsrcom.com>

I have come across with a couple of amplifiers and would like to know if 
anyone has a copy of the manuals....

The amplifiers are:

#1 DENTRON MLA-2500
#2 Tempo 2002

Any help on obtaining manuals for these two amps would be greatly 
appreciated. I hope to use at least one of these in my new contest 
station until I can get a "big" amp on line.

Please reply directly

KE9I at tsrcom.com

Thanks, Jerry, KE9I

>From Steven Affens <k3sa at access.digex.net>  Mon Apr 15 04:22:02 1996
From: Steven Affens <k3sa at access.digex.net> (Steven Affens)
Date: Sun, 14 Apr 1996 23:22:02 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: CQ CONTEST Shortened URL
Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.93.960414232011.16635E-100000 at access2.digex.net>

I have shortened the CQ CONTEST URL from:
http://www.access.digex.net/~cqmag/cqtest.html to
http://www.access.digex.net/~cqmag

I did this by changing the name of cqtest.html to index.html

I restored cqtest.html as a short "Please reset your links and bookmarks"
message so that everyone can still find us.

Please reset your links and bookmarks

73 to all.  Steve K3SA

Steven C. Affens
k3sa at access.digex.net



>From AA1K Jon Zaimes <jon.zaimes at dol.net>  Mon Apr 15 09:28:10 1996
From: AA1K Jon Zaimes <jon.zaimes at dol.net> (AA1K Jon Zaimes)
Date: Mon, 15 Apr 1996 05:28:10 -0300
Subject: Beginner Contest Stns (was: Contest Catagories - Necessary?)

At 15:39 4/14/96 -0400, Frank Donovan wrote:
>Hi Jim!
>
>Since you were discussing the beginner stations of current contesters, I
>thought I would kick in a description of my beginner stations!  There have
>been a few upgrades in more recent years...
>
>It will be interesting to hear descriptions of the beginner stations of
>some other CONTESTers!
>
>Jul 59 KN1LPL   Hallicrafters S-38D   Ameco AC-1 15 watts  35 foot wire
>Nov 59 KN1LPL   I discovered the dipole!  Installed a 40M dipole @ 35'
>Dec 59 KN1LPL   My parents gave me a Hallicrafters S-108 for Christmas!
>Feb 60 KN1LPL   First contest!   Novice Roundup
>Mar 60 K1LPL    Upgraded to General!
>Apr 60 K1LPL    Added a VFO to the Ameco AC-1 ! Now had a T7 chirpy signal
>Apr 60 K1LPL    Second contest!  CD Party
>Jun 60 K1LPL    Another gift!  Harvey Wells TBS-50C with a VFO and AM!
>Oct 60 K1LPL    Built a 150 watt amp (pair of 1625s) from QST article!
>Nov 60 K1LPL    Sweepstakes!  The infamous SS wiped out by an aurora!


Such nostalgia! brings back memories of WN3BGN at age 13 (the one who later
became WA3BGN and AA1K, not to be confused with the other WN3BGN, later W3BGN!):

Jul 64 WN3BGN  Hallicrafters SX110 receiver (Xmas gift from parents)
               homebrew Tx, 6AG7-807. Link coupling, 50w. Random wire antenna.
Feb 65         Novice roundup, first contest. 223 QSOs!
Mar 65 WA3BGN  General class! 613 QSOs in 8 months as Novice (rate has since
improved!)
Jun 65         2nd contest, VHF QSO Party -- 10 contacts on 6m AM
w/Lafayette HE45A
Oct 65         Newspaper route pays off! Upgraded TX to Johnson Ranger 1;
VFO and AM                   Fone! First 160m QSO!!!
Nov 65         SS fone and cw! CQ WW DX CW!!! Bitten by the contest bug!

73/jon AA1K