M0AAA

[frenaye at pcnet.com]

>From this week's ARRL Letter (available at http://www.arrl.org/):

NEW PREFIXES FOR NEW UK HAMS

Don't think it's the latest DXpedition when the new M-prefix call signs 
start showing up on the bands this spring. The United Kingdom is running out 
of the familiar G-series call signs the government there has issued since 
the 1920s for most UK stations. The Radiocommunications Agency will begin 
issuing the M-series calls starting April 1 to all new full licenses (both 
Class A and B). The first call sign, M0AAA, has already been awarded to the 
Reading and District Amateur Radio Club (on behalf of the Reading Novices 
Amateur Aerial Association). RADARC reports it will use the club-station 
version of the call, MX0AAA, beginning April 1 and offer a special QSL card 
to mark the occasion.

RADARC says the UK's Radiocommunications Agency will follow the same prefix 
pattern it's used for the G-series calls over the years: MW stations will be 
in Wales, MM will be Scotland, MI for Northern Ireland, etc. Existing G 
stations are not affected by the move to the new call sign block.

Peter Swynford, G0PUB, of RADARC explains that the RA in the United Kingdom 
issues four classes of "licence": A Class A Full Licence holder may operate 
all amateur HF and VHF bands with a maximum of 400 W, while a Class B Full 
Licence station may operate all bands above 50 MHz with a maximum of 400 W. 
A Class A Novice Licence holder has limited access to the HF and VHF bands 
with 3 W, while a Class B Novice License station has limited access to VHF 
bands only with 3 W. Novice station prefixes (issued since 1992) have call 
signs in the 2-series. So, an English Novice call might be 2E1AAA while a 
Scottish Novice call might be 2M1AAA.


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>From Wayne Mills <0006509309 at mcimail.com>  Sat Feb 10 00:00:00 1996
From: Wayne Mills <0006509309 at mcimail.com> (Wayne Mills)
Date: Fri, 9 Feb 96 19:00 EST
Subject: Telrex insulators
Message-ID: <21960210000012/0006509309DC4EM at MCIMAIL.COM>

Folks:

Carl, AI6V/P49V would like to know if anyone has or has access to element
insulators for his Telrex 40M346 three element forty meter beam.  I believe
he has a need for one, maybe two of these insulators.

Thanks in advance!

Wayne, N7NG


>From Jeffrey Clarke <jdclarke at freenet.columbus.oh.us>  Sat Feb 10 01:45:42 1996
From: Jeffrey Clarke <jdclarke at freenet.columbus.oh.us> (Jeffrey Clarke)
Date: Fri, 9 Feb 1996 20:45:42 -0500 (EST)
Subject: Sprint Team Members Needed !!!
Message-ID: <Pine.3.07.9602092042.A6736-9100000 at acme>




    Still have 2 slots left open for the mad river radio club team.

    current members : k8cc kw8n k8mr nf8r w8fn k3jt k3md and wm4t (ku8e)


   e-mail me before the start......

                                      Jeff KU8E

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>From kk5ep at felix.TECLink.Net (kk5ep)  Sat Feb 10 01:54:30 1996
From: kk5ep at felix.TECLink.Net (kk5ep) (kk5ep)
Date: Fri, 9 Feb 1996 19:54:30 -0600
Subject: Force 12 C4-XL
Message-ID: <9602100154.AA09607 at felix>

Hi all,

I have a Force 12 C3 that I'm extremely pleased with.  Does any one out
there have the C4-XL?  I would like some comments regarding you
satisfaction/anger or any feedback on this particular beam.  Also, does
Force 12 have a homepage?  Tnx guys. 73, Mike  KK5EP.  
Mike A. Causey
KK5EP


>From Rich L. Boyd" <rlboyd at CapAccess.org  Sat Feb 10 02:29:24 1996
From: Rich L. Boyd" <rlboyd at CapAccess.org (Rich L. Boyd)
Date: Fri, 9 Feb 1996 21:29:24 -0500 (EST)
Subject: 80M and sprint phone
Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.91-FP.960209211954.1917I-100000 at cap1.capaccess.org>


I was behind on reading my reflector mail.  Now I know why W3LPL kept 
asking me on the repeater if I had any problem with rednecks during the 
phone sprint on 80!

For some reason I didn't have any problem with them, nor did I in SS 
phone where I worked 1,250 guys on 80 phone.  My perception of sprint 
phone has been that with everyone moving around I don't find myself 
around long enough to be harassed much.  If I find a particular frequency 
is crappo I slide left or right until I find something good to work or a 
clearer frequency to use.  I don't spent more than a few seconds 
pondering the nature of the problem with that frequency.  At least in 
sprints you can't afford that kind of time.

It seemed to me that almost all the sprint phone activity was in the 
3820-3850 range.  I didn't hear much in the way of "regular" QSOs going 
on in that relatively small slice of spectrum dring the 60 minutes or so 
some of us (sprint phone guys) decided to make some QSOs there.

Sprint phone is a very frequency agile activity.  Bad frequency?  No 
problem, slide this way or that 'til there's something good.  I'm never 
on one frequency long enough to much bother anybody, and if they want the 
frequency, it's theirs, I'm gone.

I personally had a good time with this sprint phone, after the 
frustrations and distractions that led to a 30-minute late start.  I 
agree, the conditions were not very good -- 20 was really long early and 
40 was similar.  Banging through the broadcast QRM on 40 phone is 
standard fare in sprint phone and you just work with it; part of the 
challenge of this particular contest.  As with 80, we're only on 40 a 
little while and we can handle it.

I only made a couple QSOs above 3850 and it was clear to me that lower in 
the band was a better place because of all the non-sprint activity above 
3850.  But I found there were plenty of guys to work below that, where 
the ragchewers didn't seem to be, and plenty of holes to CQ on if I 
couldn't find a new callsign to work.

I think the idea of using 160 instead of 80 is an interesting one, tho.

Other than the conditions, it seemed to me that maybe the activity was 
down on this sprint, but maybe I'm wrong.  73

Rich Boyd KE3Q