Christmas Carol Special

N1CC at aol.com N1CC at aol.com
Sun Dec 22 23:29:28 EST 1996


Fellow contesters:

For the past 17 years I have conducted a Special Event on Christmas Eve and
Christmas Day ... originally to help finish up 5BWAS.  Found that it was a
good exercise, and keeps one on their toes for contesting.

Anyone who is interested can read about it at the following URL:

             http://members.aol.com/n1cc/n1cc0.htm

Since the "special" part of this is the callsign phonetics on voice, it is by
necessity a "phone only" event .... since 95% of my operation is on CW, this
keeps me in practice for the phone contests.

73, Jim - Number One Christmas Carol

>From silver at ax.apc.org (Carlos Augusto S. Pereira)  Mon Dec 23 13:03:14 1996
From: silver at ax.apc.org (Carlos Augusto S. Pereira) (Carlos Augusto S. Pereira)
Date: Mon, 23 Dec 1996 11:03:14 -0200
Subject: DRAKE L4B
Message-ID: <1.5.4.32.19961223130314.00678080 at ax.apc.org>

Dear friends from the reflector,

After 4 years waiting for the switch for my FL2100Z (which damaged in 1992)
without success. I gave up and decided to purchase another amplifier and
sell the FL2100Z. There is a ham in Rio (close to my house) selling an used
DRAKE L4B! I have never seen one so I would like to know:

1) Which bands does it cover?

2) What is the output power?

3) Is it rugged for contests?

4) What is the plate voltage? What is plate current?

5) Is it grounded grid?

6) 100w input is enough to deliver full output power?

Thanks in advance for the information. If it is good I'll take a look.

MERRY CHRISTMAS,

Carlos - PY1CAS

ps. YAESU does not respect south american customers. They forgot we are
about 27000 hams in Brazil, more than some european countries.


>From km9p at contesting.com (Bill Fisher KM9P)  Mon Dec 23 13:28:53 1996
From: km9p at contesting.com (Bill Fisher KM9P) (Bill Fisher KM9P)
Date: Mon, 23 Dec 1996 08:28:53 -0500 (EST)
Subject: Stew Perry
Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.95.961223082022.20837A-100000 at paris.akorn.net>



I'm flying out to Phoenix tomorrow for a week.  I will not be back until
after the contest.  If you have any questions, please try Tree
(n6tr at contesting.com).

NA V10 update is on the LTA BBS.  TRLog supports the contest in the most
recent version.  If you are using CT, use VHF Contest as the contest type
and log all QSO's on one band (144Mhz for example).  We will convert the
CT logs and score them for you.

All of the rules and awards can be found at www.contesting.com.

73 & have fun!

Bill



>From KR2Q at worldnet.att.net (Douglas Zwiebel)  Mon Dec 23 13:40:32 1996
From: KR2Q at worldnet.att.net (Douglas Zwiebel) (Douglas Zwiebel)
Date: Mon, 23 Dec 1996 13:40:32 +0000
Subject: CQ vol. get paid
Message-ID: <19961223134030.AAA6138 at LOCALNAME>

>
>Just curious, has CQ ever been approached by you guys for a stipend 
>for your hard work? Maybe you need to unionize :.)
>73 Barry
>--
>Barry Kutner, W2UP              

Barry, I presume that your remark was at least partially TIC     ;-)

Most of us "volunteers" are trying to give something back to the
contest and other contesters....by trying to keep logs clean, by
trying to keep up with working out "loop holes" due to technology,
or otherwise, and by providing a FUN event in which the entrants
feel (trust) that the results are indeed representative of the efforts made.

We try to balance all of the above while providing some excitement
and motivation for hams all over the world to "get on" and continue
to make the CQWW the best there is.  That's plenty of compensation!
Oh yeah, we do get a free subscription to CQ Magazine too.

However, if you feel strongly about it, I'm sure we would all be more
than willing to accept whatever "stipend" the general public feels they
are willing to send our way!  You can make mine out to CASH.    :-)

de Doug  KR2Q


>From sercom at bo.nettuno.it (Andy IK4WMG)  Mon Dec 23 13:38:46 1996
From: sercom at bo.nettuno.it (Andy IK4WMG) (Andy IK4WMG)
Date: Mon, 23 Dec 1996 14:38:46 +0100 (MET)
Subject: Test trainer
Message-ID: <v02130503aee4372f8776@[193.207.76.89]>

Hallo guys
I need info about software for contester training. I used PED for a lot
untill I change my PC to an Epson ActionNote, a laptop. PED doesn't work
and nobody seems know solution (It doesn't work with a 2 line autoexec and
config. No TSR nothing).
But this is not the problem. Is there any other training software fer CW
contester ??

Thank you and Merry XMas

IK4WMG Andy
ShortWave/\LongLife

IK4WMG - Andy
ShortWave/\LongLife



>From fisher at hp-and2.an.hp.com (Tony Brock-Fisher)  Mon Dec 23 14:23:11 1996
From: fisher at hp-and2.an.hp.com (Tony Brock-Fisher) (Tony Brock-Fisher)
Date: Mon, 23 Dec 1996 09:23:11 -0500
Subject: SQUINT Anyone?
Message-ID: <9612231423.AA05691 at hp-and2.an.hp.com>


It's been a while, and with a few extra holidays at home, maybe it
would be a good time to revive the SQUINT Contest ? I think it ran
New Year's Day one time.

I'm not volunteering to run it, just opining...

My 3 year old has become a five year old since the last one...

-Tony, K1KP, fisher at hp-and2.an.hp.com

>From floydjr at Interpath.com (Jimmy R. Floyd)  Mon Dec 23 15:32:56 1996
From: floydjr at Interpath.com (Jimmy R. Floyd) (Jimmy R. Floyd)
Date: Mon, 23 Dec 1996 11:32:56 -0400
Subject: ARRL 10 Meter 96 Scores IV
Message-ID: <2.2.16.19961223153256.2f8f0116 at interpath.com>

ARRL 10 Meter Contest 1996
Raw Scores

Compiled by: WA4ZXA
<floydjr at interpath.com>


Date Posted: 12/23/96


CALL              HRS        SCORE     QSO'S     PTS     SEC       DX
_____________________________________________________________________


SOP/QRP

>SSB<
LW7EGO                        3,480       60     120      19       10

>CW<
N7VY                          7,300       69     292      21        4 
K7MM              22          5,400       74     300      14        4
K5ED               7          5,256       73     292      16        2
W4ZW                          2,200       55     220       9        1

>Mixed<
K4HQ              13         36,494      288     514      53       13
KA1CZF                        5,896       85     268      21        1


SOP/HP

>SSB<
ZL1ANJ            29        109,076      737    1474      48       26
GW6J (GW0GEI)     34         10,880      170     340       0       32
GM0ECO            48          6,100      122     244       0       25
ZS9C               3          4,408       77     152       0       29

K5XI (KE5FI)      34        221,340     1302    2604      52       33
WA0ETC                       78,202      641    1282      41       20
KQ4HC                        75,126      659              41       16
K1AM              15         73,680      615    1228      46       14
W0SD                         62,336      487              45       19
KQ4GC             10         56,700      525    1050      41       13
W8KKF             16         35,934      339     678      42       11
VE6JY             16         10,560      160     320      20       13
N9ITX/7           22          5,808      121              11       13
N5KB               3          2,040       51     102           20

>CW<
ZL1AXB            30        100,800      420    1680      41       19
KP3W                         36,960      210     840      34       10
7Z5OO                         3,040       40     160       0       19

AA8U              21        181,884      659              52       17
N4BP              25        173,600      700    2800      54        8
K4OJ                        171,288      702                   61  
K1VUT             29        115,140      503    2020      47       10
N1BB              18        111,492      489              45       11
W4UE                         91,400      457              40       10
K5NU              14         80,784      306    1224      47       19
K7FR                         46,000      250    1000      37        9
K9BG                         44,268      868              43        8

>Mixed<
KH8/N5OLS         28         39,386      412              13       34
G0AEV                        35,112      215               2       55
YB1AQS             9          1,260       28      90       0       14

WC4E              25        374,880     1180              95       24
N4ZC (K4ZA)                 351,534      992              89       34
NU4Y                        347,700     1344                  109
N6MU (@N6NB)                316,008     1070              85       30
W4MYA             19        312,720      843              94       26
N0NI                        263,292      807                  111
K4ZW                        262,320      762              97       23
K3ZO              28        254,634      769    2294      89       22
K7UP              24        226,452      758    2004      77       36
W9XT              28        224,136      905    2264      77       22
K4AB              19        207,000      658              75       25
AA6WJ             30        130,356      588              55       16
VE3RM             20        118,180      464    1244      82       13
N4AF                        116,732      551    1516      68        9
KC7V              10        116,088      413    1382      61       23
K5AM                        104,746      545    1262      56       27
K5NZ                        104,082      457    1254      63       20
N6ED              11        103,182      453    1186      65       22
N7TR               6        101,640      560    1320      59       18
K6LA               6         76,538      363              56       15
AA3JU              7         63,232      375     988      55        9
WD0T              10         43,030      193     662      55       10
W0ZQ                         33,072      242     624           53
W8OS               4         25,704      227     504      43        8
K7BG                         24,930      178              34       11
K3AR               7         24,304      222              44        5
WB0O                         21,384      118                   54
W8PT              15         19,872      116     368      51        3
N4GN               3         12,816      109     356      28        8
K8SM               3         10,812       88              30        4


SOP/LP

>SSB<
K4VUD                       125,880     1049    2098     48        12
N5OKR/3           24         81,180      615    1230     49        17
KC3PZ             28         65,880      549    1098     46        14
WB2BZR/T          28         56,472      543    1086     40        12
N5JHV             28         53,922      473     946     36        21
N9VVV             21         48,852      531             39         7
WA4ZXA            19         43,896      372     744     40        19
AY7D                          7,770      111     222     20        15
WB4HFL                        6,656      104             24         8
KS4XG              3          4,992       96     192     21         5
N9ISN                         4,592       82             25         3
KF6HIN/T          12          3,468      102     204      9         8
KB4NPI/T                      3,060       54     108     25         3
K8GT              11          2,822       48     166           17

>CW<
ZF9EH             10            392       14      56      1         6
RN3QO                           280       10      40      0         7

KN4T (N4RN)                  77,724      381    1524     43         8
WD4AHZ            30         76,908      376    1508     44         7
KG4W              12         55,076      281             42         7
AE4MH             27         35,360      221     884     37         3
WA7BNM                       16,368      132             28         3
K1EPJ                        10,560       88             26         4

>Mixed<
4L5A                          4,922       58     214      0        23
YB1AQS             9          1,260       28              0        14

W3EP                        138,932      488    1478     81        13
WO4O              20        124,700      498    1450           86
WA0X                        106,966      603    1354     60        19
AB5LX             20         98,912      359             62        26
WA0I                         91,798      319    1162     65        14
KN4QV              9         91,776      427             55         9
W9WI                         79,094      366    1114     55        16
WN6K                         77,672      360             56        20
K6RO              22         72,064      383    1126     52        12
NY3Y                         50,320      311                   68
WA8YRS            12         45,156      275     852           53
K9EY                         42,400      358                   50
K3PP              10         36,108      215             48        11
KG5U               7         34,100      192     550           62
K0EJ               5         33,536      186     524           64
K1HT               5         25,200      147     450     51         5
N4DL                         20,560      173     514     35         5
W3CP               7         20,480      141             34         6
N8YYS             17         11,616       99     264     42         2
K8SM               3         10,812       88             30         4
NZ5O               3         10,250       96     250      25       16
KK7A               4          4,040       60     202     14         6
K1EP                          4,032       65     224     18         0
KR4YL                         1,410       32             13         2


Multi/Single

LU6ETB                      627,172     1199    3446    106        76
LU2DW             16        374,224      949    2462     93        59
ZX5J                        361,908      896    2234     89        73
ZL2DX                       279,910      804    2434     78        37
XE2/WA7UQV                  104,040      405                   85
I4YSS                        46,846      285     794      1        58
PI4COM                       36,300      222              0        55

K4AAA                       425,048     1103    3172          134
N5JA                        347,958     1134             83        34
K3WW              20        282,000      746             94        26
K8LEE                       276,860      795             83        26
K1TTT                       208,000      797    2080     80        20
N1MM              17        181,824      825    1902     76        20
N6KI              20        118,342      521    1502     62        17
N0ZA                         93,878      488    1286     54        19
K3VOA             22         93,600      510    1300     61        11
K9WM                         89,428      394    1132     79         0
W1NVT                        87,576      412    1068           82
N1AR               8         74,700      349             67         8
KG5NE                        32,032      308             36        16
KB7UXP                       13,500      169     450     23         7
N9YXA              5            576       25      72            8


Multi Operator List

PI4COM        PA3ERC,PA3EWP
N1AR          N1AR,KM3T
N0ZA          N0ZA,K0CL,K0UK
W1NVT         W1SJ,KE1DO,AB1T,KA1NRR,W1CX,N1WYA,W1EAT
N5JA          N5JA,KS5C,AC5FW
ZL2DX         ZL2AGY,ZL2DX,ZL2BSJ
I4YSS         I4YSS,I4UFH,I4JMY,IK4IEE,I2VXJ,IK2QEI,IK2SGC
LU2DW         LU2BDG,LU2DW,LU2DX,LU7DW,LU9AUY
K3VOA         K3IXD,KD4QVT,N3NT,WB3ECU
LU6ETB        LU6BEG,LU6ETB
K4AAA         N9HZQ,K0DI,KM9P
N6KI          N6KI,KM6SN,KE6WEO
K8LEE         K8LEE,WD8SDL,WA8JOC
XE2/WA7UQV    N7NC,WA7UQV
KB7UXP        KB7UXP,KB7YTJ,KC7MNY
K1TTT         K1TTT,KB1W,AA1AS,WA1ZAM
ZX5J          PP5JR,PP5UA,PP5BRV,PP5WC

***************************************************************************

REMEMBER NO ATTACHED FILES!!!!!!!!! Attach files will not be posted !!!

If I get no class you are going to be put in HP/Mixed. Make sure you put
the complete class on there.

73 Jim

           ********************************************************** 
           * Jimmy R. Floyd  (Jim)   Thomasville, NC                *
           *                                                        *
           * Amateur Call:              >> WA4ZXA <<                *
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>From kb2hun at wizvax.net (William R Liporace)  Mon Dec 23 17:08:51 1996
From: kb2hun at wizvax.net (William R Liporace) (William R Liporace)
Date: Mon, 23 Dec 1996 12:08:51 -0500 (EST)
Subject: Idiom Press Outcome
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.3.91.961223120500.27393B-100000 at wizvax.wizvax.net>


I finally was able to get everything resolved.  After a couple of more 
questions and alot more trouble shooting and two people working on it, we 
are up and running.
The reason it was never making any noise on the start up was a bad 
trace.  The trace from Q1 to R11 ( I Think ) was bad.  We never got any 
audio out from the unit.  HENCE, reason the keyer was not appearing to 
work properly.  
To also add salt to my wound and eat a lot of crow, I laso had normally 
closed switches.  ( gues I grabbed the wrong pack ).  Before you all beat 
up to bad.  The Keyer never worked ( or appeared to work ) with out the 
switches.
Idiom was much more helpful the second time calling.  He asked me 
differant questions and we found the switches.  The third time we called 
and asked about the audio, he said check the 2N2222 transistor.  Well it 
checked OK and even tried a new NPN transistor.  This still did not 
work.  We checked speakers, resistors, even checked the output voltage.  
What we found was good to output.  But nothing to the resistor.  That was 
the reason for the problem.  No Guys this was not bad soldering.  It was 
noticed with an ohm meter and no continuity via the trace.
After I got it working I did call Idiom up explained what I found.  This 
was his first bad trace on a board!!  He was sorry for the inconvenience 
with the board.  I also apolagized for thinking the chips were bad.
I feel that he still makes a great keyer kit.  It shows that there are many 
reasons that a keyer may not work.  I had never thought to check traces 
on the board.   I had did have the help from K2XA in trouble shooting on 
a Saturday evening.  I helped him fix a PC and he helped me with the 
keyer :-) What a great hobby!! 
I will repect the owners request, I am not going to post his phone 
number. I believe he operates from his home.  I am sorry if this causes 
an inconvenience, but I do respect his wishes...
Thank You to all who suggested differant fixes, offered to check the 
chips and keyer.  I also want to say buy a great keyer.  It was nice to 
play with a new toy, Maybe I will treat my self to a new key????
73 es Happy Holidays to All  Will KB2HUN

William Liporace KB2HUN          kb2hun at wizvax.net
763 Huntingdon Drive             KB2HUN @ K2TR (yccc packet cluster)
Niskayuna, NY 12309              KB2HUN @ WA2PVV (NEDA)
518-346-3804 home                518-471-2837 work




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