It CAN be done..CQ 160 Fone QRP with handicap :)
N3ADL at aol.com
N3ADL at aol.com
Sun Feb 25 19:08:20 EST 1996
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Had to get the ears ready for ARRL....still haven't passed the stone :(
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CQ 160 METER CONTEST -- 1996
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Call: N3ADL Country: United States
Mode: SSB Category: Single Operator QRP
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QSO QSO PTS STATES COUNTRIES
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Totals 320 707 40 4 =3D 31,108
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11 hours OP time
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All reports sent were 59(9), unless otherwise noted.
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Equipment Description: IC-761 and Mosley PRO 67B at 60'
on a 55' motorized crankup tower
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Club Affiliation: FRANKFORD
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Notes: I was supposed to guest OP at WT3Q again this year but a =
kidney stone changed my plans. I had posted a note earlier in =
the day on the Frankford Radio Club packetcluster network =
urging folks to get on with anything they could load up and =
work the masses and I was forced to do the same. The only =
antenna that the ICOM would load on 160 with the internal tuner
was the Mosley PRO 67 yagi. The SWR was so high that low power =
was out of the question so I turned the rig down to 5 watts =
output and prayed I could hear SOMETHING. THANK GOD for =
Timewave DSP-59+! Fiddle'n with the knobs produced a nice =
tight response and surprisingly I could hear quite well. I =
worked 4 DX as you can see and I sat for L O N G periods of =
time in pileups but the run freq produced 2 mults and lotsa =
nice stateside Q's. Worked ON4UN,VP5/,P4, and XE on my 7 el 160 =
yagi :) HI! I hope I urged some folks to get on that would =
normally not participate in this great contest. See you from =
the KY3N Superstation for ARRL phone. 73 de Doug//N3ADL
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>From WYLIE at colloquium.co.uk (THOMAS GILLIES WYLIE) Mon Feb 26 00:12:48 1996
From: WYLIE at colloquium.co.uk (THOMAS GILLIES WYLIE) (THOMAS GILLIES WYLIE)
Date: Mon, 26 Feb 1996 00:12:48 GMT
Subject: International Callbook
Message-ID: <9602260012.AA03409 at hippy.colloquium.co.uk>
Can anyone give me the e-mail address of the International Call Book please?
73 de Tom
GM4FDM
Colloquium Internet
>From crobson at erie.net (Chris Robson) Mon Feb 26 01:04:56 1996
From: crobson at erie.net (Chris Robson) (Chris Robson)
Date: Sun, 25 Feb 1996 20:04:56 -0500
Subject: North Carolina QSO Party???
Message-ID: <199602260058.TAA03834 at moose.erie.net>
Being a QSO Party Contester I wish to thank the hams in the New England QSO
Party for a great time and an opportunity to turn my family on to
contesting. My wife made more QSOs in one night than any other time since
she got her General, and I ran control op for my son (who has his Tech) and
let him hog call with me.
Well, after a great Party Weekend for the New England Party, I had
them "pumped" for the North Caroline QSO Party. But much to our dismay,
there were no Carolina stations to be had. Where were the North Carolina
Stations????
I'm glad we here in Pa. Support our QSO Party with a Passion. I
guess thats why Pennsylvania has some of the Best Contest Stations. QSO
Parties are one of the best ways for some of us little pistols to get our
practice, give out counties, give good will, and show some state pride. I
hope the next QSO Party I try to work won't be as much as a bust at the
North Carolina QSO Party was.
Chris Robson KB3A
Fairview, Pa.
crobson at erie.net
>From barry at w2up.wells.com (Barry Kutner) Mon Feb 26 01:34:50 1996
From: barry at w2up.wells.com (Barry Kutner) (Barry Kutner)
Date: Mon, 26 Feb 96 01:34:50 GMT
Subject: TIC Ring - addendum
Message-ID: <R9TVJD1w165w at w2up.wells.com>
Addit. info to previous post about problem with TIC Ring. Resistances
aross control cables seem OK.
Also, last time turned on control box, indicator was OK. Turned the
preset, and meter stayed where it belonged. Then pushed SAtart button,
heard a realy click (maybe two relays), LED came on momentarily, then
went off. At that point, meter started to follow the preset knob as I
turned it.
--
Barry N. Kutner, W2UP Internet: barry at w2up.wells.com
Newtown, PA Packet Radio: W2UP @ WB3JOE.#EPA.PA.USA.NA
Packet Cluster: W2UP >WB2R (FRC)
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>From w6go at netcom.com (Jay O'Brien - W6GO) Mon Feb 26 02:10:49 1996
From: w6go at netcom.com (Jay O'Brien - W6GO) (Jay O'Brien - W6GO)
Date: Sun, 25 Feb 1996 18:10:49 -0800 (PST)
Subject: RSGB 7mHz contest
Message-ID: <199602260210.SAA01283 at netcom15.netcom.com>
Did anyone else participate seriously in the RSGB 7 MHz contest from the
USA? The posting here 20-Feb by GM4FDM tweaked my interest and I made a
real effort to work every G I could hear on 7 MHz during the contest. It
was a real bust! This looks like a fun contest, but I guess not from W6.
As this is REALLY short, I'll post it here rather than on the 3830
reflector, as I'm sure that no one is "compiling" scores for this contest.
I used the Cal QSO Party selection in CT, and edited CQP.DAT to show the 77
UK County codes. As it turned out, I used more time preparing CT for this
contest than I spent actually working people! A case for using paper logs
because paper logs would have taken less time (overall) to prepare. CT did
work fine, reporting the worked multipliers and tracking them for me.
The following also mailed to G3UFY:
W6GO 1996 RSGB 7 MHZ Contest Log:
DATE TIME MODE NUMBER FREQ CALL RCVD NEW MULTS PTS
24-Feb-96 1504 CW 1 7.003 GM3POI 7 ORK ORK 15
24-Feb-96 1600 CW 2 7.008 G3RBP 47 SFD SFD 15
24-Feb-96 1608 CW 3 7.002 G3KNU 65 HBS HBS 15
24-Feb-96 1629 CW 4 7.027 G2QT 69 KNT KNT 15
24-Feb-96 2358 CW 5 7.013 G3SWH 404 AVN AVN 15
25-Feb-96 0012 CW 6 7.014 G6YB/P 346 AVN 15
25-Feb-96 0025 CW 7 7.018 G0IVZ 469 CNL CNL 15
25-Feb-96 0038 CW 8 7.003 G3JKS 263 HFD HFD 15
25-Feb-96 0107 CW 9 7.026 G0SDX 450 WKS WKS 15
25-Feb-96 0113 CW 10 7.012 G3VHB 448 WMD WMD 15
25-Feb-96 0131 CW 11 7.009 G4ODV 444 CNL 15
All reports sent and received were 599.
Total points: 165
Total mults: 9
Total score: 165 * 9 = 1485
I thought it would be easy to work 30-35 stations! I was really wrong.
I did hear four others during "long path" (1500-1700Z) that I could hear
but they could not hear me: G6YB/P, G5LP, G3VHB, G0IVZ. I worked G3VHB
and G0IVZ during the later "short path" opening, but never heard G6YB or
G5LP again. This is a difficult contest from northern W6!
Equipment: FT-1000DX, Alpha 77D, stack of 2 4-ele yagis at 85' and 147'.
>From David R. Siddall" <0006358668 at mcimail.com Mon Feb 26 03:11:00 1996
From: David R. Siddall" <0006358668 at mcimail.com (David R. Siddall)
Date: Sun, 25 Feb 96 22:11 EST
Subject: How Separate Tubing?
Message-ID: <90960226031109/0006358668DC3EM at MCIMAIL.COM>
At W3USS, when I got the HF6V down, I found that a screw had come out that holds
the top two telescoped aluminum pieces in place. May have been years ago; would
have been greased only for the normal overlap, not the additional foot or
whatever that it is now telescoped. Couldn't budge it by twisting. Anyone have
a good idea on how to get this telescoped aluminum apart? Really need antenna
for 80/160 in CONTEST. (Roof is copper sheetin -- good groundplane -- and 100
feet high, so transmits better than average. Also receives all the buidling and
city noises better than average, am working on that too.) Thanks.
Dave K3ZJ (0006358668 at mcimail.com)
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