Contest Stations -- Ver. 2 Available!
stuthill at micron.net
stuthill at micron.net
Wed Feb 14 08:06:00 EST 1996
Contest Station Descriptions 2.0
Now Available!
I am pleased to announce the Version 2.0 of my Contest Station
Descriptions files are now available. Since the release of
Version 1 in late December, the data in the files has continued
to improve. I now have references for 358 US/Canada and 92 DX
contest stations. (Thank WB4HFL for contributing his record file
to the effort.) In addition to the band by band description of
antennas, rigs, and amps, I have begun to add e-mail addresses
and contest software used to the records tracked. All in all, the
files are developing into a great reference work for the
inquisitive contester.
I e-mailed out well over 100 copies of Version 1.0 of the files.
In the process I discovered that this is really not an ideal way
to distribute files over the Internet. So, this time I am pleased
to announce that with the help of KM9P the files are also
available for FTP downloading. If you have FTP capabilities I
highly recommend you obtain your copies of the files this way.
The particulars are:
* FTP Server: ftp.akorn.net (Login as anonymous with your e-mail
address as your password.)
* FTP Directory: /pub/HamRadio/Stations
*File names and types: CONTXL40.XLS Excel 4.0 Format 142KB
CONTXL50.XLS Excel 5.0 Format 162KB
CONTWD20.DOC Word 2.0A Format 261KB
The Excel format is much more usable than the Word document.
Because of the way the text falls in the tables, the Word
document in now 36 pages long and is not the most convenient way
to review the information. If anyone has any interest in other
formats let me know. Excel lets me save the files in 1-2-3 WK3,
WK1, and WKS format, QuattroPro/DOS WQ1 format, and Dbase DBF2,
DBF3, and DBF4 format. Word also lets me save the file in
WordPerfect/DOS 5.0 and 5.1 format. I cannot vouch for how good
these conversions are, but we can give them a try.
If you do not have FTP access I still can e-mail the file to you.
Just reply to this message and make sure to let me know the
following:
* What file format you want?
__ Excel 4.0
__ Excel 5.0
__ Word 2.0A
* What file encoding do you need?
__ BinHex
__ MIME
__ UUencoded
I hope you enjoy looking through the information in these files.
If you can add anything or just have any suggestions, please send
me a message. Over the next several months I will be
investigating a WWW implementation of this information. So, who
knows, eventually it may be available on-line in a real time,
updateable, format with pictures, graphics, and the like.
Scott Tuthill/AA7TF Boise, ID stuthill at micron.net
(Someday I'll make a .sig file with a cute saying like
everyone else has....)
>From mraz at rdxsunhost.aud.alcatel.com (Kris I. Mraz) Wed Feb 14 15:27:00 1996
From: mraz at rdxsunhost.aud.alcatel.com (Kris I. Mraz) (Kris I. Mraz)
Date: Wed, 14 Feb 96 09:27:00 CST
Subject: ARRL DX Rules?
Message-ID: <9602141527.AA27310 at maverick.aud.alcatel.com>
I got the rules from the ARRLWeb site last week and they were the 1995
rules. I don't think there have been any rule changes for 1996 so they
should still be OK.
73
Kris AA5UO
mraz at aud.alcatel.com
>From Tim S. Ellam <TELLAM at mccarthy.ca> Wed Feb 14 15:43:25 1996
From: Tim S. Ellam <TELLAM at mccarthy.ca> (Tim S. Ellam <TELLAM at mccarthy.ca>)
Date: Wed, 14 Feb 1996 10:43:25 -0500
Subject: ARRL DX CW
Message-ID: <s121bcd4.000 at mccarthy.ca>
With luck I should be operating as 6Y5/VE6SH this weekend-QRP all band
Tim
VE6SH
>From Swanson, Glenn, KB1GW" <gswanson at arrl.org Wed Feb 14 16:02:00 1996
From: Swanson, Glenn, KB1GW" <gswanson at arrl.org (Swanson, Glenn, KB1GW)
Date: Wed, 14 Feb 96 11:02:00 EST
Subject: ARRL DX Rules?
Message-ID: <312208B0 at arrl.org>
Greetings, I just requested the ARRL DX contest rules from the ARRL
Information Server (info at arrl.org) and the first line says "Rules, 1996 ARRL
International DX Contest," with the 1996 dates following a bit later in the
text:
3) Dates:
(A) CW--Third full weekend in February (February 17-18,1996).
(B) Phone--First full weekend in March (March 2-3, 1996).
4) Contest Period: 48 hours each mode (separate contests).
Starts 0000 UTC Saturday; ends 2400 UTC Sunday.
FYI es 73!
Glenn, KB1GW
kb1gw at arrl.org
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>From: Kris I. Mraz
>To: cq-contest
>Subject: Re: ARRL DX Rules?
>Date: Wednesday, February 14, 1996 9:27AM
>
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>From: Kris I. Mraz <mraz at rdxsunhost.aud.alcatel.com>
>Reply-To: Kris I. Mraz <mraz at rdxsunhost.aud.alcatel.com>
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>Subject: Re: ARRL DX Rules?
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>I got the rules from the ARRLWeb site last week and they were the 1995
>rules. I don't think there have been any rule changes for 1996 so they
>should still be OK.
>
>
>73
>Kris AA5UO
>mraz at aud.alcatel.com
>
>
>From H. Ward Silver" <hwardsil at seattleu.edu Wed Feb 14 17:07:15 1996
From: H. Ward Silver" <hwardsil at seattleu.edu (H. Ward Silver)
Date: Wed, 14 Feb 1996 09:07:15 -0800 (PST)
Subject: Metaphor
Message-ID: <Pine.3.07.9602140913.B24531-a100000 at handel.seattleu.edu>
On Tue, 13 Feb 1996, Charles H. Harpole wrote:
> Dear Contesters who are also scientists or engineers:
>
> All of science and all of engineering is culturally determined.
> When the culture changes, all of the "solid" science and engineering also
> changes, often directly opposite of the previous science, etc.
> (See: "The earth is flat." "The earth is round.")
> And, all of science and all of engineering is metaphor, just like poetry.
>
> Same level of reliability, ultimately.
>
> Good luck, 73, Charlie, K4VUD
Charlie, while I agree with you in the abstract...please stay out of the
Landing Gear Design lab. ;-)
73, Ward N0AX
>From paul1 at wizard.ucs.sfu.ca (Paul Erickson) Wed Feb 14 19:22:18 1996
From: paul1 at wizard.ucs.sfu.ca (Paul Erickson) (Paul Erickson)
Date: Wed, 14 Feb 96 11:22:18 PST
Subject: ARRL DX CW rules?
Message-ID: <9602141922.AA08801 at wizard.ucs.sfu.ca>
Pardon my ignorance, but I was under the impression that we w/ve's were
to work everyone but other w/ve's. The following comment from the
rules I just received from the info at arrl.org seems to contradict that.
Could someone please clarify this for me?
Forwarded message:
> From info-serv at arrl.org Wed Feb 14 09:16:15 1996
> Message-Id: <m0tmkgR-000RD0C at mgate.arrl.org>
> Date: Wed, 14 Feb 96 12:07 EST
> Subject: INFO response: DX.RLS
> From: <info-serv at arrl.org> (HQ Automated INFO Server)
> Organzation: American Radio Relay League
> To: <paul1 at wizard.ucs.sfu.ca>
>
> Rules, 1996 ARRL International DX Contest
>
> 1) Eligibility: Amateurs worldwide.
> 2) Object: W/VE amateurs work as many amateur stations in as many
> DXCC countries of the world as possible on 1.8 to 30 MHz, excluding the 10,
> 18 and 24-MHz bands. Foreign amateurs work as many W/VE stations in as
> many states and provinces as possible.
<deleted>
> 7) Scoring:
> (A) QSO Points--W/VE stations count three points per DX QSO.
> DX stations count three points per W/VE QSO.
> (B) Multiplier--W/VE stations: Sum of DXCC countries (except
> US and Canada) worked per band. DX stations: Sum of US states (except
> KH6/KL7) and District of Columbia (DC), NB (VE1), NS (VE1), PEI (VE1
> or VY2), PQ (VE2), ON (VE3), MB (VE4), SK (VE5), AB (VE6), BC
> (VE7), NWT (VE8), YUK (VY1), NF (VO1), LAB (VO2) worked per band.
> Maximum of 62 per band.
<deleted>
> Canada may be worked by W/VE stations for QSO credit only.
What does this mean in light of the above?
cheers, Paul
ve7cqk
email: paul1 at wizard.ucs.sfu.ca
>From David C. Patton" <mudcp3 at uxa.ecn.bgu.edu Wed Feb 14 19:47:00 1996
From: David C. Patton" <mudcp3 at uxa.ecn.bgu.edu (David C. Patton)
Date: Wed, 14 Feb 1996 13:47:00 -0600 (CST)
Subject: FEB-Sprint-CW-HighClaims-List-#3
Message-ID: <199602141947.NAA06592 at ecom4.ecn.bgu.edu>
February CW Sprint
Scores collected from 3830 by WX3N
High Power:
N6TR/7 16,309 347 x 47
K5GN 15,386 314 x 49
KR0Y/5 15,300 306 x 50
K5GA 15,141 309 x 49
WN4KKN/6 14,993 319 x 47
K6LL/7 14,592 304 x 48
N2IC/0 14,490 315 x 46
K4VX/0 14,400 300 x 48 WX3N
N8SR/6 14,208 296 x 48
K1KI 14,050 281 x 50
----------------------------
N6RO 13,865 295 x 47
N6TV 13,725 305 x 45
K5MR 13,570 295 x 46
N2NT 13,248 276 x 48
KZ2S 13,156 286 x 46
AD5Q 12,878 274 x 47
K1DG/6 12,672 288 x 44
AB6FO 12,558 273 x 46
N6ZZ/5 12,555 279 x 45
N6XI 12,555 279 x 45
K0RF 12,466 271 x 46
AC6T 12,427 289 x 43
----------------------------
W1WEF 12,420 270 x 46
N6AA 12,195 271 x 45 WHEN ON 40 AMP ON 20
N6VR 12,060 268 x 45
AA5WQ/0 12,048 251 x 48 AT W0CP
W9RE 12,012 273 x 44
W2RQ 12,006 261 x 46
W6UE 11,822 257 x 46 op?
WB5B 11,822 257 x 46
KW8N 11,352 264 x 43
K3WW 11,240 235 x 48
WB0O 11,115 247 x 45
KE3Q 11,070 246 x 45
-----------------------------
K7UP/5 11,025 245 x 45 KN5H
WA6OTU/5 10,865 265 x 41
N4OGW/9 10,845 241 x 45
N4ZZ 10,794 257 x 42
AA7BG 10,290 245 x 42
KM0L 10,272 214 x 48
WM4T 10,166 221 x 46 KU8E
K9ZO 10,080 224 x 45
N4TQO/6 9,900 220 x 45
K5ZD/1 9,541 203 x 47
K3MD 9,374 218 x 43
----------------------------
W5ASP 9,348 228 x 41
VE4VV 9,156 218 x 42
K4AMC 8,897 217 x 41
NV6O 8,897 217 x 41 @ AA6WJ
KC4ZV 8,889 202 x 44
NA5Q 8,856 216 x 41
WW2Y 8,685 193 x 45
W1IHN/4 8,464 202 x 42
W7ZRC 8,307 213 x 39
WR3O/4 7,720 193 x 40
N6HC 7,000 175 x 40
WN3K/2 6,840 171 x 40
K9WIE/0 6,031 163 x 37
KC5SPL 4,620 132 x 35 WB5VZL
N5RZ 1,320 55 x 24 wet feet and dust storm
LOW POWER
NM5M 13,230 270 x 49
N0AX/7 11,500 250 x 46
K7SS 10,215 227 x 45 KH6. Cliff
K6XO/7 9,890 215 x 46
WX9E 9,328 212 x 44
W9WI/4 9,234 160 x 57 57?!!!
WQ5L 9,116 212 x 43
WA2SRQ 8,820 196 x 45
KB8N/5 8,610 210 x 41
AB4RX 8,241 201 x 41
KZ8E/5 7,503 183 x 41
----------------------------
W0HSC 7,120 178 x 40 KB0IHM ND!!
WA6KUI/4 6,480 162 x 40
KK9W/0 6,438 174 x 37 IA!!
N4ZR/8 5,814 153 x 38
K8JLF/1 5,358 141 x 38
AA9AX 4,760 136 x 35
VE5SF 4,352 136 x 32
WB0OLA/9 3,496 92 x 38
WA7BNM/6 2,790 93 x 30
W5NN 2,560 80 x 32 KB5YVT
KW1K 1,809 67 x 27
AD4VH 1,701 63 x 27 1.2HRS 80M
WB4IUX 990 45 x 22
KJ6HO 480 32 x 15 1.5 HRs 1st CW Sprint
Notice all the slashes. Lots of caribbean active. Condx
far better than last
weekend, but a difficult contest for those of us in the
midwest. No great
strings, just a lot of work.
EMail your logs to Tree at
tree at cmicro.com
73, Dave Patton, WX3N
mudcp3 at uxa.ecn.bgu.edu
>From mraz at rdxsunhost.aud.alcatel.com (Kris I. Mraz) Wed Feb 14 20:23:53 1996
From: mraz at rdxsunhost.aud.alcatel.com (Kris I. Mraz) (Kris I. Mraz)
Date: Wed, 14 Feb 96 14:23:53 CST
Subject: ARRL DX CW rules?
Message-ID: <9602142023.AA00202 at maverick.aud.alcatel.com>
Paul, ve7cqk, asks:
>> Canada may be worked by W/VE stations for QSO credit only.
> What does this mean in light of the above?
I would say it means
1. VE can work VE for 3 pts each but no mult credit, and
2. W can work VE for 3 pts each but no mult credit.
And, by inference,
3. VE can NOT get QSO or mult credit for W QSO's.
Hmmmm.
73
Kris AA5UO
mraz at aud.alcatel.com
>From Setzler" <setzler at c813.npt.nuwc.navy.mil Wed Feb 14 14:28:41 1996
From: Setzler" <setzler at c813.npt.nuwc.navy.mil (Setzler)
Date: 14 Feb 1996 09:28:41 -0500
Subject: SquINT Certificates
Message-ID: <n1387810184.59782 at c813.npt.nuwc.navy.mil>
I received the certificates yesterday for the Jan 1 running of the SquINT
Contest for all 4 of my young operators here at KD1NG. Very nice piece of
work. Thanks to Greg and all associated with the SquINT. Douglas is very
proud to hang his wallpaper in the shack.
73 James/kd1ng
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