ARRL Letter excerpts: 7/19/96

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(Full text is available from ARRL at www.arrl.org)

The ARRL Letter
Electronic Update
July 19, 1996
__________________________________

IN THIS UPDATE:

* KR0Y-K1TO team tops WRTC-96
* STS-79 SAREX mission postponed
* KB5AWP leaves astronaut corps
* Bertha tests North Carolina hams
* W4O to commemorate Olympics
* FCC issued call sign update
* More FCC forms available on the 'net
* Last gasp for Cycle 22?
* Amateur Radio Awareness Day
* DOVE-17 update
* Clayton Clark, AC7O, SK
* Frank P. Maggiore, N3FGN, SK
* In Brief: New call signs no problem at HQ;
   Free ham radio classified; AMSAT-DL's DJ4ZC
   wins Horkheimer Award; FCC statistics
__________________________________

KR0Y-K1TO TEAM TOPS WRTC-96

When the smoke cleared Sunday, July 14, the team of Jeffrey Steinman, KR0Y, 
and Dan Street, K1TO--operating as W6X--wound up at the top of the heap in 
the second World Radiosport Team Championship. The WRTC-96 event featured 52 
team stations (plus two "wild-card" exhibition teams) operating 18 hours of 
the IARU HF World Championship contest July 13-14 from the San Francisco Bay 
area of California. Jeff and Dan operated from the QTH of WA6AHF. K1TO 
called the accomplishment "the highlight of my ham radio career."

All teams had similar 100-W stations and used comparable antennas. In the 
case of the winning pair at W6X in San Lorenzo, that meant a Hy-Gain TH6 at 
50 feet and a pair of ICOM IC-765s. The 40-meter dipoles of at least the 
first three finishers were wire inverted Vs made by WRTC-96 for the host 
stations.

"This whole week has been one of the most fantastic parties ham radio has 
ever seen," said John Zapisek, K2MM, who posted the scores on the contest 
reflector for an anxiously waiting contest community.

WRTC-96 Treasurer Dave Leeson, W6QHS, offered "hearty congratulations to the 
top finishers, but also to all the champions that made up the 52 competing 
teams and the two demonstration teams."

Several other well-known contest call signs also were in the top 10. They 
included Georgians K4BAI and KM9P in the second spot as K6T, operating from 
NQ6X, and the W6R team of K6LL and N2IC in the number-three position, 
operating from AF6S. The winners of the first WRTC in Seattle in 1990, John 
Dorr, K1AR, and Doug Grant, K1DG, placed 13th this time around.

W1AW/3, operating from the QTH of Frank Donovan, W3LPL, in Glenwood, 
Maryland, handed out the official ARRL HQ multiplier to IARU contesters. The 
ARRL was among the sponsors of WRTC-96. W1AW racked up 5,139,207 points in 
the IARU event, which uses different scoring than WRTC. The W1AW/3 operation 
was a joint effort of the Frankford Radio Club and the Potomac Valley Radio 
Club. In addition to W3LPL, the operators were AA3NM, K3DI, K3NA, K3RA, 
KA2AEV, KJ4VG, N3ADL, N3QYA, N5OKR, ND3A, ND3F, W3MR, WA3WJD, WB4NFS, WM2H, 
WN3K, WR3E and WR3Z.

QSLs will be sent to all stations who worked W1AW/3. Send QSLs to W1AW, 225 
Main St, Newington, CT 06111.

Here's the scoring rundown from WRTC-96:

   CALL    OP 1     OP 2     JUDGE    QTH      SCORE      QSOs   MULT   UNIQ

1.  W6X     KR0Y     K1TO     UA6HZ    WA6AHF   761,829    2457   183    1.7
2.  K6T     K4BAI    KM9P     W6UM     NQ6X     678,132    2511   162    1.2
3.  W6R     K6LL     N2IC     WR3G     AF6S     655,720    2424   169    1.1
4.  K6P     VE3EJ    VE3IY    OH2KI    N6UUG    647,112    2343   177    2.0
5.  K6C     K4UEE    N6IG     BA1FP    WB6PCJ   644,059    2355   169    0.9
6.  W6T     K5ZD     WX3N     K6SSS    AB6CW    616,308    2170   174    1.2
7.  W6D     K1KI     K3UA     AA7FT    K6YT     606,550    2145   175    1.6
8.  W6Q     9A3A     S53R     W7NI     WA6GFY   598,272    2233   164    2.1
9.  W6V     KF3P     KR2J     N6RA     WB6YRN   577,575    2352   151    1.6
10. W6P     K8CC     K5GO     K7LXC    WB6WSL   568,435    2370   149    1.0
11. K6V     W2GD     W0UA     S59AA    KE6HUA   568,378    2465   146    2.4
12. K6W     N6TV     K7SS     N6KT     AB6DI    556,928    2261   152    1.5
13. W6I     K1AR     K1DG     S50R     KK6WP    547,404    2204   156    1.3
14. W6Y     DL1IAO   DK3GI    NB6G     AD6E     545,756    1993   167    1.7
15. K6D     DL5XX    DL1VJ    KJ4VH    NF6S     532,728    2183   147    2.3
16. K6R     LZ1SA    LZ2PO    OK2FD    N6BT     531,552    2256   147    2.1
17. W6F     OH2IW    OH1JT    KT3Y     AG6D     530,000*   2100   155    2.0
18. K6G     NP4Z     WC4E     K5MM     K6MA     527,592    2238   152    2.8
19. W6A     K3LR     WA8YVR   AB6NJ    KEOT     523,672    2478   134    2.2
20. K6X     UA3DPX   RZ9UA    AI7B     WB6UTY   518,666    1960   163    1.7
21. K6Z     JH4NMT   JE3MAS   W0UN     W6YX     512,535    2318   141    3.4
22. W6S     LY2IJ    LY1DS    S50A     AA6YQ    509,392    1958   158    1.9
23. W6B     S59A     S56A     I2UIY    AE0M     507,318    2257   141    1.7
24. K6Y     OK1CF    OK2PAY   W7RM     W6DU     499,796    2143   148    2.3
25. W6H     RW1AC    RV1AW    PY5EG    AI6V     497,965    1841   163    1.0
26. K6I     JH7PKU   JO1BMV   CT1BOH   KN6VO    488,940    2296   145    2.1
27. K6S     ON4UN    ON9CIB   W3ZZ     N6WFK    480,326    2120   154    2.4
28. W6U     EA1AK    EA4KR    N0AX     W6JD     470,744    1918   152    1.7
29. W6G     JE1JKL   JH7WKQ   OH2MM    N6OM     470,237    1984   139    2.0
30. K6U     SM3DMP   SM3CER   N7NG     AJ6V     465,075    2165   135    1.1
31. W6O     ZS6EZ    ZS6NW    VE7SV    KV6S     461,553    2093   137    1.7
32. K6O     N6TR     WN4KKN   WA7NIN   KW6C     454,476    2331   121    0.6
33. W6E     EA7TL    EA9KB    N2AA     K6XV     445,356    1871   139    1.6
34. K6N     YT1AD    YU1RL    K3ZO     WB6AFJ   440,358    2228   140    3.7
35. W6W     LU6ETB   LU/OH0XX I0JBL    W6OPO    437,016    2319   131    3.3
36. K6J     N2NT     KZ2S     S57AL    KK6EK    426,656    1902   134    1.1
37. W6K     F6FGZ    F5MUX    K5RC     W6VG     418,375    2276   125    3.1
38. K6A     JH4RHF   JA8RWU   9A5W     K6SMH    412,388    1981   131    2.7
39. K6H     DJ6QT    DJ2YA    RW9UP    N6DA     411,376    2353   112    1.6
40. K6K     UT5UGR   UT4UZ    S59L     KG6FR    398,399    1863   127    1.3
41. K6F     IT9BLB   IT9VDQ   UA9BA    KM6OH    385,280    2000   128    3.1
42. K6B     9A9A     9A3GW    G3SXW    AB6YL    383,166    1886   126    1.2
43. K6Q     VE7NTT   VE7CC    K0KR     WM6R     362,440    1546   130    0.4
44. K6E     HA0MM    HA0DU    AA6XZ    KK6PH    357,885    1759   135    4.0
45. K6M     GI0NWG   G3OZF    K4XU     WB6JJJ   357,094    1884   132    3.0
46. W6Z     VK5GN    VK2AYD   RU1AA    W6NA     343,604    1822   124    2.2
47. W6J     SP6AZT   SP9FKQ   K6NA     K6LM     330,876    2023   117    2.4
48. W6L     UN4L     UN2L     W7YAQ    KM6AV    309,518    1796   121    4.9
49. K6L     SP9HWN   SP9IJU   JA7RHJ   W6ISO    298,178    2149    97    3.7
50. W6N     I4UFH    I2VXJ    KC7V     KE6KXO   269,028    1728   106    3.3
51. W6M     PY0FF    PY5CC    S56M     AB6CJ    231,066    1580    99    2.6
52. W6C     IN3QBR   IT9TQH   K8AZ     AA6LY    185,070    1615    93    5.0

*Approximate score; computerized log file was damaged.

The WRTC exibition team of YL2KL and YL3DW, using AH3C at the station of 
WZ6Z racked up 1591 QSOs and 140 multipliers; the BA1OK and BA4RC 
demonstration team, signing AH3D at the QTH of W6JZU, had 1913 QSOs and 120 
multipliers.

W4O TO COMMEMORATE OLYMPICS

Jim Altman, N4UCK, in Atlanta, Georgia, reports that the special-event 1(1 
call sign W4O has been issued as the official Olympics commemorative 
station. Altman, the call sign's trustee, says the call sign will remain in 
use by various clubs and groups until August 31. Among the clubs expected to 
use the call sign is the Sci-Trek Amateur Radio Society (STARS) operating 
from the Science Museum of Atlanta. He said the group or groups using the 
call sign--or one of the authorized Olympics alternatives, such as W400O, 
W96O or W26O--will determine the operating schedule and handle QSL chores.

Altman said to direct QSLs per the instructions of the operator on duty at 
the time of the contact. N4UCK has been giving the call sign an SSB workout 
on 20 meters and 10 meters.

FCC ISSUED CALL SIGN UPDATE

The following is a list of the FCC's most recently issued call signs as of 
July 1, 1996.

District Group A      Group B      Group C          Group D
         Extra        Advanced     Tech/Gen         Novice

[stuff skipped]
PR       KP3B         KP3AB        NP3CF            WP4NMF

  ** [note KP3 and NP3 callsigns] **



In Brief:

* The vanity call sign program has been immensely popular. To date, the 
unofficial vanity receipt total is almost 3000. FCC statistics also show 
that as of the end of June, new licensees age 21 or younger totaled 372 more 
than a month earlier.--FCC



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>From k7fd at teleport.com (John Nicholson)  Sat Jul 20 00:20:19 1996
From: k7fd at teleport.com (John Nicholson) (John Nicholson)
Date: Fri, 19 Jul 1996 16:20:19 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [Fwd: Re: Bencher Paddles/WRTC]
Message-ID: <199607192320.QAA08301 at desiree.teleport.com>

>At 11:42 AM 7/19/96 -0700, you wrote:
>>
>>I, too, use a Brown Bros paddle/key combo.  The trick to getting it to
>>stay put is to, uh, expectorate on the rubber feet and then push them down
>>onto the desktop for about 5 seconds...stays put for the whole contest!
>>
>>73, Ward N0AX
        
        I have a glass desk top. When the rubber feet were replaced by
        those clear suction cups (to hang window ornaments), no more sliding. 

        Just lick, stick and key click.

        John K7FD




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