Sprint from the end-zone
k7ss at aloha.net
k7ss at aloha.net
Sun Feb 4 21:37:41 EST 1996
>>>Howdy from Maui,
>>>
>>>A last minute decision to do the NA Sprint SSB from Hawaii found me at the
>>>Maui AH6AZ SUPERSTATION with my little 706 and a battery, connected
>>>to a 5 element yagi on 20 and a full size 3 element 40 yagi!!!!
>>>
>>>No headphones, no boommike, no filters, no reading glasses, no
computer...just your basic miniature xcvr no frills 4 hour contest.
>>>
>>>Even though the station is beyond power lines, there was a s5 inverter noise
>>>coming from somewhere in the neighborhood. It was s9 on 40 and only a
>>>handful of signals made it over the top of the noise.
>>>
>>>Could not read my scratching in the logs without my spex, so excuse me if
I called you twice (or more) Started on 20 .. the band sounded empty with
the exception of those alwaysloud no matter where you are..K6LL, W0UA, N6HC,
K7UP and ALL the FIVES.
>>>Band must have been under solar attack, never heard any w1-2-3!!
>>>
>>>First hour was a respectable 80 Qs, but this was not going to be one of the
>>>classic NA weekends! after mining the second layer for the next hour, i went
>>>to 40..and the inverter!
>>>
>>>Found out it was a HAM neighbor, so ran over to his house and told him
>>>the problem, which was instantly fixed...ran back to 40 and started peeling
>>>off the biggies...gotta say W9RE was AMAZINGLY loud! as well as N6HC
>>>K6LL VE7NTT and ALL the FIVES.. never heard W1-2-3! flare??
>>>
>>>Ended the test by trying to work ANYONE on 75. Moved W0UA to 3854 and
>>>heard him pleading with some ragchewer that he had a quick sked and would
be gone in a flash...and then proceeded to take a good three minutes trying
to hear my report! SOme great comedy !! "Ill be gone in just a second..
>>>Danny whats yur number??? your number??? HANG ON..I'm going...
>>>your number???..." saw that my full size loop was only getting about 10
>>>watts into it, but he was still hearing me (great ears) he got my number
as 217 and it was 218 (leave a hole in the log).. went off freq and tuned
and now had a full 100 watts at 6pm local in Hawaii trying to crack the 75
meter QRM/QRN on the mainland... did manage 8 Cal QSOs and WA OR and MT, and
found W0UA and confirmed "218"
>>>
>>>Net 228 Qsos
>>>706 is NOT a contest radio, but does well in a pinch
>>>First domestic contest with NO w1-2-3, (except the first week of NR in 1959)
>>>
>>>See you on CW, with NO inverter, and WITH earphones and filters
>>>
>>>Aloha
>>>
>>>Danny K7SS/KH6
>>>
>>
>
Danny Eskenazi and Diane Leveque
"k7ss at wolfenet.com"
"k7ss at aloha.net" til March 17th 1996
>From w7ni at teleport.com (Stan Griffiths) Mon Feb 5 09:01:08 1996
From: w7ni at teleport.com (Stan Griffiths) (Stan Griffiths)
Date: Mon, 5 Feb 1996 01:01:08 -0800
Subject: Tower rating question
Message-ID: <199602050901.BAA26607 at desiree.teleport.com>
>Hi all...
> I just lost my Aluma 60'motorized crank-up in the recent windstorms
>here on
>Long Island. Fortunately, I am covered by my homeowners insurance.
Hi Jeff,
You are indeed fortunate. If I were your insurance adjuster, you wouldn't
be covered because I am willing to bet the tower specs were exceeded
somewhere. I have listened to a LOT of tower horror stories and the worst
ones involve crankups and right after that, towers made of aluminum. An
aluminum crankup would be my worst nightmare and now it is probably yours, too.
>Naturally, I am looking to replace the whole thing (antennas gone too),
>and am considering a Tri-ex LM470E motorized crank-up, which should be
>better able to hold the antennas than the aluminum job, or so I think. And
>that leads to my question.
The good news is that you are thinking steel instead of aluminum. The bad
news is you are still thinking crankup.
> The advertising material from Tri-ex states the tower will handle 30sf
>at 50mph, 15sf at 70mph. I called the engineer, and he says that the
>50mph rating is NOT a rating, just a comparison for my "information," and
>that the 70mph rating is what he stands behind. Although quite a friendly
>and knowledgeable soul, I can't actually get him to commit to anything.
Is that rating cranked up or cranked down? Don't assume anything. A good
reason why he won't stand behind the more aggessive ratings is simply
because he does not have confidence in his tower. He should know its true
capability better than anyone. Listen to him and get it in writing. He is
vague and evasive because he is responsible for what he tells you and he
feels like he is going out on a limb (which he is).
> Does anyone here have any experience with this tower? I am planning to
>put up another KLM KT34-XA, and try a KLM 40M-4 (4el 40) instead of my
>destroyed 40-2CD. Total windload is 21sf, total antenna wt is 156 lbs.
Like a lot of single tower installations, you are planning to stack two
beams. When you get the written commitment from the tower manufacturer,
make sure he understands that one of the antennas will be significantly
ABOVE the top of the tower on a mast. This will affect his answer. I
believe most tower square footage ratings assume the entire wind load is
within a foot or two of the top of the tower.
> The popular US Tower HDX572 is also rated 30sf at 50mph, but NOT rated
>at 70mph, and just a bit too expensive. I wonder how they compare.
Again, you are asking someone to give you an opinion of a potentially very
dangerous situation. Smart qualified engineers will either charge you an
arm and leg for that opinion or won't give it to you. They have to build up
their legal defense funds some way because if they hand out opinions on this
subject, they will certainly be hauled into court eventually. You may as
well round file the opinions you get from other than smart qualified engineers.
>Any insight here would be most appreciated. Perhaps you could tell me
>of some other successful similar installations that would give me some
>perspective. My contest station is off
>the air, waiting for the insurance check to arrive,and I'm anxious to make
>final decisions so that I can begin to get back on track.
>
>Thanks & 73 de JEFF WA2SYN
>
>wa2syn at li.net
I have several important questions I would love to have you answer about
your Alumina tower that failed so I can build my knowledge base about tower
failures:
1. Was this a guyed tower?
2. Was it cranked up at the time?
3. Did the wind loading of the antennas exceed the rating of the tower?
4. Did the design of the installation take into account that part of the
antenna load was well above the top of the tower?
5. Were there any signs of metal fatigue that could have indicated the
tower was weakened well before actual failure?
6. Where and how did it actually fail? Fold over at the base? Crumple
into a heap? Guy system failure?
7. Was it iced at the time?
8. How strong would you estimate the winds were?
These are tough questions, but answering them will fill in a lot of gaps in
our knowledge about what not to do when it is our turn. The answers to
these may be somewhat embarassing to you so I can't blame you if you just
ignore this message.
I DO have one STRONG piece of advice, though I doubt you will like it:
Abandon the idea of using a crankup and consider using well guyed Rohn 55.
It probably won't cost any more than the crankup you are considering. Since
I am not a smart qualified engineer, be sure to have my suggestion double
checked by someone who is.
I really hate to hear it when someone loses their antennas. I guess no one
was hurt. Good luck, Jeff, and be careful.
Stan W7NI at teleport.com
>From Jimmy R. Floyd" <floydjr at Interpath.com Mon Feb 5 14:52:01 1996
From: Jimmy R. Floyd" <floydjr at Interpath.com (Jimmy R. Floyd)
Date: Mon, 05 Feb 1996 10:52:01 -0400
Subject: CQ 160 Mtr CW Contest 96 Scores V
Message-ID: <199602051556.KAA25461 at mail-hub.interpath.net>
1996 CQ 160 METER CW CONTEST
Raw Scores
Compiled by
WA4ZXA
Date Posted 02/05/96
IMPORTANT NOTICE!!
Please do not submit scores to CQ-Contest Reflector. Send them to me
or the 3830 Reflector.
CALL HRS SCORE Q'S PTS ST/VE DX
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Single/OP/QRP
K0GU 42,222 278 681 52 10
KA1CZF 34,272 300 46 5
VE7CQK 680 20 85 7 1
Single/OP/HP
VP9AD 1,220,880 1630 58 62
ON4UN 1,133,370 1275 8995 47 79
VE3EJ 743,971 1287 6953 59 48
G0IVZ 542,016 863 5646 41 55
VE9AA 443,515 678 4145 56 51
WB9Z 430,008 1123 59 55
KC8MK 416,193 1084 58 54
AA5BL 411,000 1165 57 50
W3GH (W9XR) 353,052 1057 58 50
W4MYA 16 331,886 925 3286 54 44
WZ3Q 309,309 963 54 47
K1IU 10 250,357 570 2581 51 46
K8FC 195,608 703 57 41
K1KI 5 180,928 412 50 38
K2WK 8 177,570 503 51 39
K3JT 173,512 808 56 26
WR30 172,172 746 2002 56 30
NW6N 162,488 669 55 21
C31LJ 12 157,006 512 14 44
K3ZO 9 151,890 524 50 33
N6ZZ 148,068 675 55 26
NC0P 144,780 770 76
OZ1AXG 8 143,496 350 1993 17 55
W8CAR 140,778 687 1782 52 27
K0EJ 13 131,978 637 1714 52 25
NI8L 12 131,824 638 1712 52 25
OI6YF (OH6YF) 129,584 439 2314 6 50
N3RR 10 122,122 498 47 30
AI7B 120,085 634 1645 56 17
KR4DL 103,842 461 1282 52 29
VE6KRR 95,703 350 1679 52 5
KF3P 6 91,500 432 1220 51 24
WB9HRO 13 91,242 506 58 16
WV5S 89,836 480 55 19
VE6JY 81,114 245 53 13
AB5YG 81,114 518 1229 51 15
K9JF/7 15 75,768 451 1114 56 12
K9MA 5 62,510 333 54 16
VE7IN 55,047 182 47 12
K8MR 4 51,035 370 49 10
N4BP 48,768 302 762 64
KC0EI 47,100 347 52 7
N8ATR 44,840 180 590 47 29
W5ASP 6 41,667 321 57
N4OGW/9 3 32,480 215 46 12
WE9V (KS9K) 3 25,596 180 474 43 11
N8RR 2 17,360 84 34 18
Single/OP/LP
K7SV 217,168 816 58 40
KM9P 18 179,742 750 87
VE6WQ 120,734 366 1802 55 12
W5FO 117,068 621 56 18
K04EW 18 103,464 602 55 17
WA6KUI 80,036 501 54 14
WO1N 79,560 420 1105 52 20
K7FR 77,452 478 1156 56 11
KU8E 17 72,964 430 1073 50 18
WX9E 11 59,085 387 54 11
K9WIE 12 54,492 422 956 52 5
AA7BG 33,276 218 50 9
NW8F 32,791 281 643 43 7
N2BIM 32,214 225 47 12
WA8YRS 7 31,311 288 639 49
W3CPB 9 30,381 213 46 11
W7TSQ 11 28,875 188 525 47 8
AL7PT 26,221 512 45 6
KM0L 23,348 191 449 45 7
WA7VNI 21 18,630 159 405 46
KE5FI 10 17,850 141 350 42 9
DL7ANQ 8 16,492 121 532 1 31
WA7BNM 5 16,468 153 42 4
K5NA 4 14,085 135 313 40 5
KJ6HO 12,768 118 304 36 6
NM1Q 3 6,238 71 28 3
Mutlit-OP
W2GD 837,000 1515 58 70
WW2Y 824,000 1438 59 65
W1KM 789,538 1380 58 60
KY1H 551,464 1273 4754 58 58
DK1NO 482,349 799 4683 35 68
AB4RU 462,735 1108 3955 59 58
K3WW 448,690 1088 58 52
SL3ZV 376,112 758 4274 24 64
N4RJ 276,262 918 55 43
AA3B 206,804 760 2132 58 39
WD9INF 202,895 940 56 29
N6DX 200,260 733 2356 57 28
G4BUO 198,922 416 2518 29 50
WX0B 176,064 801 55 29
WA3WJD 172,408 635 1874 57 35
K8DO 25 157,850 872 57 20
K7OX 133,200 674 1850 72
K6XO/7 116,178 694 56 11
KC7U 12 105,975 489 1413 55 20
K3KO 101,634 511 53 25
DL8OBC 85,332 348 1641 13 39
KC7KUH 81,575 494 1255 54 11
W6GO 57,120 309 840 55 13
AA8SM 43,859 309 719 49 12
AB6FO 40,016 225 656 49 12
N7AVK 25,000 125 42 11
WB0O 1,404 17 12
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
THESE ARE NOT OFFICIAL SCORES!!!! DO NOT TRY TO SEND ME LOGS!!! I do not
have anything to do with CQ Magazine or this contest.
Remember that I do not change anything sent to me. If the scores are
wrong then you need to send email to the people who gave me the scores.
I will only orrect scores that are sent to me by the person with the
score. Classes are according to how they were sent to me.
OK, They are combined. Now please stop emailing me about them. Also I can
count. It was nothing more than a typo on the top HP Scores. I am sorry.
73's Jim
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