AB6FO/prop/WRTC in general

BK1ZX70SFL at aol.com BK1ZX70SFL at aol.com
Sun Jul 14 14:37:24 EDT 1996


AB6FO et al

for what it is worth: 

My fifteen meter WRTC totals were my achiles (sp?) heel, only 48 teams. Looks
like AC1O also had 15 meter shortages as well...I was using a second radio
for receive and with 10 in one ear and 15 in the other - once it opened, 10
meter signals seemed way better! It was fun  to work 51 teams on ten, I
really was shocked....something tells me that almost all the second operators
had their ears on ten meters and let the run man know "GO TO TEN, NOW!" The
band was never that hot in the 10 meter contest.

I kept listening on the second rx to AB6FO on 15 meters and hoped some of the
needed WRTC guys would go back to fifteen to help me make at least 51 WRTC
QSOs like I had on 10, but no joy. AB6FO was comin thru on 15 when the rest
of the West was not....out of curiousity were you using a linear....I asked
one of the WRTC guys to pse go to 15 for me and we couldn't make it, never
heard him (thanks anyway W6I team).....OR perhaps AB6FO was beaming
"South"....I find this anomole interesting. Mebbe you just had a lil better
prop being farther South.

Glad you had some fun. A great S&P event. But which team  won? I am anxiously
awaiting the news....can't wait to find out. My guess is that the winner will
have correctly hit the 10 meter opening instantly when it came and will have
a worked 40cw like it was SS, vy QRQ! But heah...I said this a month ago.
Hopefully the news will hit the internet tonight, or at least before I go to
work tmw AM. 

I can't believe I had so much fun in a contest where my rate was about
13/hour! After catching the 20 meter sweep I went to bed for a lil over two
hours since 15 and 10 were history and it would be a while before 40 went
long to the West.

I was pleased at the AH3C and AH3D teams' job - I was worried they might me
marginal efforts by their labels but they were right in there....especially
liked the touch one of them, and several others used of being really low on
the band -  sounding like rare DX...some of the less informed probably got
real excited with the AH3 pfx, hi. 

Congrats on the quick Sweep....it took 6:24 minutes before I finally got W6Z,
I gave up on them in the first hour on 40, tried wkg them for almost ten
minutes in vain, in the end you'll never guess which one WRTC stn I missed on
40...contests are like a box of chocolates, you never know who you aren't
gonna work!

AC1O - we gotta talk about how many times you beat me out in the piles, I
heard 8 or 10 times that you beat me...how many did I beat you? You seem to
have a reallly good handle on this Low Power thang. I think that I need to
find out your tricks.

The beam was turned "West" on Friday night and then unplugged, when 15 was so
rough I plugged it in and tried some slightly skewed paths but the beam ended
up back where I had left it. NA10.04 showed up in the mail on Thursday and I
risked using it, no probs...not like it was a real workout for the software
with 206 Qs! Tnx to W1YL (those meatloaf sandwiches were great, Ma) and to
W1CW for as usual a great operating exrience. What's next, NAQP?

I predict the WRTC team winner will have a "K6" call.

zx            k1zx at contesting.com


>From k3sa at access.digex.net (Steven Affens)  Sun Jul 14 18:42:30 1996
From: k3sa at access.digex.net (Steven Affens) (Steven Affens)
Date: Sun, 14 Jul 1996 13:42:30 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: WRTC Picture Gallery UP
Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.94.960714134002.7388A-100000 at access2.digex.net>

The picture gallery of the first 2 days of the WRTC activities are up on
the CQ CONTEST MAGAZINE web under Contest Info.

http://www.access.digex.net/~cqmag

73 Steve K3SA

Steven C. Affens
k3sa at access.digex.net



>From 0002104829 at mcimail.com (RONALD KLEIN)  Sun Jul 14 19:28:00 1996
From: 0002104829 at mcimail.com (RONALD KLEIN) (RONALD KLEIN)
Date: Sun, 14 Jul 96 13:28 EST
Subject: WRTC call signs
Message-ID: <34960714182843/0002104829DF2EM at MCIMAIL.COM>

-- [ From: Ron Klein * EMC.Ver #2.3 ] --

Is there going to be a post disclosing who was assigned what calls in the WRTC?

I had little time, got on late, and missed the one station I wanted to work....
so it goes.

73,

Ron - W0OSK

>From kl7y at alaska.net (Dan Robbins)  Sun Jul 14 20:09:02 1996
From: kl7y at alaska.net (Dan Robbins) (Dan Robbins)
Date: Sun, 14 Jul 1996 11:09:02 -0800
Subject: I'm bummed
Message-ID: <9607141909.AA12783 at alaska.net>

What with some antennas not operational plus other commitments, a major
effort for IARU was not possible.  So I played around in the contest with
the time available.  Great South America opening on 80 and 40 for KL7 land!
At one point I had 51 of the 52 1x1 stations in the log so I decided I
should go find K6S.  After a couple of hours I found him on 40, don't know
why I never heard them on 20.  Now after the contest I find that AH3C and
AH3D were also competitors.  My apologies to AH3D whom I passed by many
times, but never called after hearing the Zone 6.  So I did get all the 52
1x1 calls, but I guess I didn't get a sweep.  Using DX calls for this was a
poor decision on someone's part.  The sigs from the WRTC guys on 40 were
hardly equal here, it was not uncommon to find an S7 1x1 next to an S0 1x1.
It was also obvious some locations heard much better than others.  Local
QRN?  Don't think the WRTC proved anything operator-wise, but it was kind of
fun for a change.

                                Dan KL7Y


>From w6go at netcom.com (Jay O'Brien - W6GO)  Sun Jul 14 20:11:26 1996
From: w6go at netcom.com (Jay O'Brien - W6GO) (Jay O'Brien - W6GO)
Date: Sun, 14 Jul 1996 12:11:26 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: WRTC: PacketCluster stats
Message-ID: <199607141911.MAA06274 at netcom4.netcom.com>

WRTC stats formatted for use on PacketCluster.  
Three messages follow.  
   73, Jay
       w6go at netcom.com


>From   : W6GO
To     : ALLCAN
Date   : 14-Jul-1996
Time   : 1006Z
Subject: WRTC DX spots summary
Size   : 4401
 
PACKETCLUSTER SPOTS OF WRTC STATIONS

DX Packet Spotting Network, Northern California/Nevada
Includes spots via KI3V Internet gateway

13-Jul-1996 1200Z to 14-Jul-1996 0600Z
Total spots: 3034.  WRTC stations only: 1804


Call  40  40  20  20  15  15  10  10                               
      cw  ph  cw  ph  cw  ph  cw  ph  40  20  15  10   cw   ph  Total
----  --  --  --  --  --  --  --  --  --  --  --  --   --   --  -----
AH3C   8   2   7   2   3   0   2   1  10   9   3   3   20    5     25
AH3D   8   4  10   4   3   3   1   1  12  14   6   2   22   12     34
K6A   16   0  10   0   3   1   1   1  16  10   4   2   30    2     32
K6B   10   1  14   5   3   1   4   1  11  19   4   5   31    8     39
K6C   15   1   6  11   8   3   2   4  16  17  11   6   31   19     50
K6D    8   0   7   2   6   0   3   1   8   9   6   4   24    3     27
K6E    6   1   6   4   5   1   2   0   7  10   6   2   19    6     25
K6F   10   0   6   5   7   2   1   2  10  11   9   3   24    9     33
K6G    9   0   7   4   3   2   2   2   9  11   5   4   21    8     29
K6H    7   4   5   9   7   2   1   1   1  14   9   2   20   16     36
K6I    7   0   8  12   5   3   2   5   7  20   8   7   22   20     42
K6J   13   0   7   3   5   0   1   1  13  10   5   2   26    4     30
K6K    6   0   6   1   6   1   2   2   6   7   7   4   20    4     24
K6L   12   3   5   7   2   2   3   1  15  12   4   4   22   13     35
K6M    8   0   7   2   6   2   3   2   8   9   8   5   24    6     30
K6N    6   3  11  11   4   2   2   3   9  22   6   5   23   19     42
K6O    8   2  10   8   3   1   2   0  10  18   4   2   23   11     34
K6P    9   2   6   5   4   1   6   0  11  11   5   6   25    8     33
K6Q    7   0   4   2   6   0   1   2   7   6   6   3   18    4     22
K6R   10   1  11   7   3   3   1   1  11  18   6   2   25   12     37
K6S    8   4   5   7   4   2   2   4  12  12   6   6   19   17     36
K6T   11   4   9   5   9   1   2   0  15  14  10   2   31   10     41
K6U    6   0   8   9   4   1   1   1   6  17   5   2   19   11     30
K6V   13   1  13   2   8   1   1   4  14  15   9   5   35    8     43
K6W    5   3   8  10   5   0   2   3   8  18   5   5   20   16     36
K6X   10   0  10   2   2   1   0   2  10  12   3   2   22    5     27
K6Y   10   2   5   1   2   0   2   1  12   6   2   3   19    4     23
K6Z   11   0   4   6   4   2   1   3  11  10   6   4   20   11     31
W6A    9   1  12   4   4   1   2   1  10  16   5   3   27    7     34
W6B    8   0   5   9   5   1   5   1   8  14   6   6   23   11     34
W6C    8   2   5   6   3   1   1   2  10  11   4   3   17   11     28
W6D    9   1  10   3   2   3   2   1  10  13   5   3   23    8     31
W6E    4   3  10   2   6   1   0   0   7  12   7   0   20    6     26
W6F    7   1  10   5   3   0   2   2   8  15   3   4   22    8     30
W6G    9   1   9   2   5   2   2   0  10  11   7   2   25    5     30
W6H   10   1   8   7   4   1   1   2  11  15   5   3   23   11     34
W6I    5   2  10  12   4   1   1   1   7  22   5   2   20   16     36
W6J    9   1   6  16   2   5   1   2  10  22   7   3   18   24     42
W6K    6   0   9   8   3   0   3   1   6  17   3   4   21    9     30
W6L    4   1   8  10   4   1   3   1   5  18   5   4   19   13     32
W6M    9   0   2   5   3   2   0   1   9   7   5   1   14    8     22
W6N   10   0  10   6   4   1   6   3  10  16   5   9   30   10     40
W6O    7   3  10   7   2   1   2   2  10  17   3   4   21   13     34
W6P    6   1  12   7   7   2   1   1   7  19   9   2   26   11     37
W6Q   11   0  11   5   6   3   4   2  11  16   9   6   32   10     42
W6R   11   1  13   3   3   2   5   1  12  16   5   6   32    7     39
W6S   12   1   9   3   6   1   5   0  13  12   7   5   32    5     37
W6T    8   1  13   5   5   2   2   2   9  18   7   4   28   10     38
W6U    7   1  11   5   6   0   3   2   8  16   6   5   27    8     35
W6V    6   0   5   5  10   1   2   1   6  10  11   3   23    7     30
W6W    9   0  10  10   8   0   2   1   9  20   8   3   29   11     40
W6X   13   1  11   3   4   1   2   2  14  14   5   4   30    7     37
W6Y   10   1   5   5   3   2   2   1  11  10   5   3   20    9     29
W6Z    8   0   6   6   7   3   1   0   8  12  10   1   22    9     31
     ---  -- --- --- ---  -- ---  -- --- --- --- --- ----  ---   ----
TOT  472  62 445 305 249  76 113  82 534 750 325 195 1279  525   1804

w6go 14-Jul-96


>From   : W6GO
To     : ALLCAN
Date   : 14-Jul-1996
Time   : 1800Z
Subject: Heres who made the WRTC spots
Size   : 1921
 
The 1804 spots of the WRTC teams were made by the following
stations:

W6OAT  207       AA6MC   163      W6OA   111      NI6T    98
WR6R    93       K1BG     58      N6ZS    49      K1EA    39
WA1FCN  38       WA0RJY   37      AB6FO   36      N6VR    35
KG6VI   32       WJ6O     32      AB6EQ   30      W6QHS   30
AE6Y    29       KR2Q     26      W6EEN   24      W6GO    22
W8FJ    20       K3ANS    19      KM3T    19      KF2O    18
K3WW    17       NZ6N     17      W6OTC   17      K6SG    16
KI6X    16       K6ANP    15      KD6WW   14      W1RM    14
WA6CTA  14       AB6LJ    12      KI3V    12      N6ULU   12
WT2Q    12       WU4G     11      AA6WJ   10      K3SW    10
K0DEQ    9       KC1F      9      KI7JB    9      N4UQ     9
N6ST     9       K2UFM     8      KE3Q     8      W6CF     8
WD4MPS   8       KO6YC     7      N6ND     7      W4RIM    7
AB1U     6       AE4LQ     6      K2TR     6      KE6UP    6
KN6EL    6       NO2R      6      WB6GFJ   6      K6CCY    5
K8PO     5       KC1XX     5      KG4W     5      N4VV     5
N7AVK    5       NK3U      5      W1BIH    5      AD4Y     4
K1TR     4       K3ND      4      K3YGU    4      K6ITL    4
KB6JOX   4       KG1D      4      WA6BXH   4      K2UFT    3
KD6PUD   3       KR4DL     3      N4OKX    3      N6EK     3
VA3DX    3       VE3VFR    3      W6TEX    3      WX6G     3

2 Spots: AA6KX  AJ6A  K1VR  K3OO   K3SA  KA1FMR  KC3M  KC4B  N3LBC 
         N4CC   N7QQ  NE1V  W1RZF  W6ZB  WB6IRC  WN6W

1 Spot:  AA3OC  AA4EL  AA6Z  AA7MH  AB6MI  AC6BW  AD8V  AK4Z  K1ST  K2LE 
         K3BHX  K4PI  K6DYP  K6IR  K6OZL  K6PU  K7JYE  K7LJ  K8CX  
         KA6ING  KANS  KC1SJ  KC2QF  KC6X  KD2EU  KM1D  KN6DV  N1JFO 
         N1TYF  N4MHQ  N4OHE  N4YIC  N4ZR  N6EE  NC1L  NN3Q  NN7X  NO2T 
         NY3Y  VA3RU  VE3VET  VE7ASR  W2UE  W6BSY  W6RGG  W7XA  WA2UKP 
         WA7UVJ  WV3B

WRTC 13-Jul-96 1200Z to 14-Jul-96 0600Z.         W6GO  14-Jul-96


>From   : W6GO
To     : ALLCAN
Date   : 14-Jul-1996
Time   : 1836Z
Subject: More WRTC spotting stats
Size   : 519
 
More WRTC stats.  Here's how many DIFFERENT stations 
spotted each of the WRTC callsigns:

33: K6T             (33 different stations spotted K6T)
29: K6R     
28: K6C  W6W W6X 
27: W6O
26: W6F  W6J W6P W6Q 
25: K6I  K6W W6I W6R
24: K6B  K6N K6P K6V W6H W6T W6U W6Z 
23: K6A  K6S W6D W6S W6V 
22: K6F  K6G K6K 
21: K6D  K6E K6O W6L W6N 
20: K6J  K6L K6U W6A W6B W6Y 
19: AH3D K6H K6X K6Z W6C 
18: K6M  W6G W6K 
17: AH3C K6Q W6E 
16: K6Y 
15: W6M                                 14-Jul-96  W6GO


>From neader at centuryinter.net (KA9FOX, Scott Neader)  Sun Jul 14 20:34:01 1996
From: neader at centuryinter.net (KA9FOX, Scott Neader) (KA9FOX, Scott Neader)
Date: Sun, 14 Jul 1996 14:34:01 -0500
Subject: So what ITU zone AM I in, anyway?
Message-ID: <v02140b06ae0ef82eec0c@[206.65.185.17]>

If it were not for WRTC, I wouldn't have been operating the IARU contest.
Not that it's a bad contest, mind you (matter of fact, working everybody
for points was neat), it's just that I don't do a lot of contesting during
the summer.

With that said, I hope it's understandable that I don't know what ITU Zone
I am in.  CQ Zone, well that's easy.  ITU zone?  Uh.........

I checked the '95 ARRL Handbook.  Nope.   How 'bout the K1DG CQ Almanec.
No way.  The Internet?  Zippo.  The rules?  Nadda.  Where's one of them
fancy maps with both zones on it?  Not in my house.

So, I call my local contesting guru, Mike N0BSH.  Ask Mikey... he knows
everything!  Mikey says that he signed Zone 8 one time and made a comment
about it on the contest reflector, and was told that he should have signed
zone 7, because the zone border runs on the 90th latitude line (was told
this from a famous league person with a K1 prefix).  Wisconsin is split
down this line, and we live to the west of the line, putting us in zone 7.
Well, if it's good enough for Mikey and an ARRL staffer, it's good enough
for me.  Zone 7 it is.

So I hit the contest, and a few people say that because I'm in W9 I should
be zone 8.  I just figure they don't know what they're talking about.  I
even heard W0AIH signing Zone 8, and they are directly north of me.  Then
the big surprise.  One of the WRTC teams slams me for signing zone 7.
"When are you going to figure out that Wisconsin is in Zone 8."  I replied,
"It isn't done by Districts," to which they reply "Yes it is!!".  Maybe
some other words are exchanged... all-in-all I was surprised they would
waste even 30 seconds of contesting time to teach me a lesson.  Personally,
I'd just take the zone and "QRZ!" !!  (unless some KE6 gives me "59 number
1")

So... where does one find out what zone they are in?

73 Scott KA9FOX ...in the Twilight Zone

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>From mraz at rockdal.aud.alcatel.com (Kris Mraz, N5KM)  Sun Jul 14 21:02:52 1996
From: mraz at rockdal.aud.alcatel.com (Kris Mraz, N5KM) (Kris Mraz, N5KM)
Date: Sun, 14 Jul 1996 15:02:52 -0500
Subject: So what ITU zone AM I in, anyway?
References: <v02140b06ae0ef82eec0c@[206.65.185.17]>
Message-ID: <31E9526C.2781E494 at aud.alcatel.com>

Here`s what I found on the arrl www page:
http://www.arrl.org/contests/vev0vy.html#wkna

Here's an excerpt:


07          W-K-N-A   U.S.A. (N. Dakota, S. Dakota,
                      Nebraska, Wyoming, Colorado, 
                      New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma,
                      Kansas, Iowa, Minnesota, that
                      part of Utah & Arizona East
                      of 110 Deg. W., & that part
                      of Michigan, Illinois,
                      Missouri, Arkansas, Tennessee,
                      Mississippi, Louisiana &
                      Wisconsin west of 90 Deg. W.)

08          W-K-N-A   U.S.A. (Indiana, Alabama,
                      Georgia, Florida, Virginia,
                      Kentucky, N. Carolina, S.
                      Carolina, West Virginia, 
                      Maryland, Delaware, Ohio,
                      Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New
                      York, Maine, Connecticut,
                      Rhode Island, Massachusetts,
                      New Hampshire, Vermont, &
                      that part of Michigan, Illinois,
                      Missouri, Arkansas, Mississippi,
                      Tennessee, Louisiana &
                      Wisconsin east of 90 Deg. W.)

So you were correct to give zone 7.


73
Kris N5KM (ex-AA5UO)
mraz at aud.alcatel.com



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