CQ Contest Magazine - FREE
K7LXC at aol.com
K7LXC at aol.com
Fri Jun 7 10:23:05 EDT 1996
Hello, everyone --
Many of you know that there is a new contesting magazine out called CQ
Contest. It is edited by Bob Cox, K3EST, and has many interesting articles
and contributing editors that are of interest to anyone interested in
competitive operating (this includes breaking DX as well as contest pileups).
At Visalia and Dayton this year, I was surprised at the number of
interested amateurs that hadn't seen it so I had the publisher send me a
number of copies. I am offering them to you FOR FREE. If you'd like a
complimentary copy of CQ Contest magazine, send me your postal address and
I'll make sure you get one. You can't lose.
BTW, my column "Up The Tower" appears in every other issue. This isn't
exactly a paid political announcement but I do have a connection to the
magazine.
73, Steve K7LXC
TOWER TECH -- professional tower supplies and services for amateurs
>From floydjr at Interpath.com (Jimmy R. Floyd) Fri Jun 7 12:38:48 1996
From: floydjr at Interpath.com (Jimmy R. Floyd) (Jimmy R. Floyd)
Date: Fri, 07 Jun 1996 08:38:48 -0300
Subject: CQ WPX CW 96 Scores V
Message-ID: <199606071358.JAA15219 at mail-hub.interpath.net>
CQ CW WPX CONTEST 96
RAW SCORES
Complied by
WA4ZXA
Email: floydjr at interpath.com
Date Posted: 06/07/96
NOTICE!!!!!! NEXT POSTING WILL BE THE FINAL ONE!!!!
CALL HRS SCORE QSO'S PTS PREFIXES
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QRP
VD7SBO 376,352 442 1238 304
VE7CQK 33,124 134 364 91
KA1CZF 362,796 408 1234 294
K1VUT 22 338,826 402 1137 298
KA4RRU 280,800 405 300
KO0U/1 48,490 154 130
SO/HP/AB
WP2AHW (W2SC) 10,530,432 3562 12672 831
S59AA 36 5,120,000 2360
TM4US (F6FGZ) 4,634,298 2286 6518 711
YL8M (YL2KL) 3,015,183 2206 4507 669
OI6YF (OH6YF) 2,848,278 2098 4201 678
S50D (S57AD) 2,496,000 1765 3900 640
SM5IMO 2,326,896 1728 3729 624
S59L 23 450,000 730 1300 350
S53MJ 408,518 769 1198 341
S56W 15 266,000 455 966 276
KE2PF 6,817,581 2555 8707 783
VE3EJ 36 6,420,724 2433 772
K3ZO 4,710,325 1933 6497 725
KT3Y 4,351,344 1927 6456 674
KF3P 35 4,107,629 1989 5843 703
KM9P 31 3,800,000 2000 750
KF4IIN (K4PQL) 3,613,572 1854 5283 684
AA3B 36 2,512,281 1412 4339 579
VO1MP 28 2,427,832 1342 4696 517
AB6FO 2,136,778 1322 3878 551
MJ/K2WR 1,730,000 2000 550
NA5Q 33 1,593,352 1295 2638 604
K5ZD 11 1,412,000 880 452
WB0O 24 1,114,344 947 536
WR3O 985,581 1025 1899 519
N2UN 491,310 464 309
W7OM 22 432,495 510 1373 315
N4XR 416,928 449 303
NS0B 136,921 375 509 269
NO1J 47,608 105 88
W1WEF 40,000 150
WW1E 12,528 60
K1TWF 1,000 25
WS1M 35
SO/LP/AB
PA0COE 33 334,498 606 1023 326
M2BA 36 2,014,740 1182 3510 574
AC1O 36 1,719,354 1059 3149 546
WS1E 655,557 546 371
KG4W 26 646,352 635 1624 398
WA6KUI 568,836 662 414
AE6Y 24 475,888 634 392
WV5S 355,872 510 337
VE6KRR 334,367 465 1243 269
K8JLF 10 324,000 362 1296 250
WQ7T 280,540 554 830 338
K7NPN 31 211,904 474 704 301
AA1HJ 181,900 284 850 214
AL7PT/NK8 133,484 322 604 221
AA96GA (AA4GA) 78,210 265 395 198
NZ5O 9 76,704 240 204
KB2R 72,981 183 153
W9SZ 8 53,352 133 468 114
KB1AXF 44,640 161 124
K2LUQ 27,938 137 122
KE6BER 5,720 63 104 55
KV1W 3,330 40 37
SO/UNLIMITED
IK0HBN 27 1,776,789 1622 3213 553
S56A 1,257,450 1157 2490 505
OEM2BZL 796,386 841 1986 401
WZ3Q (@N4ZC) 2,501,935 1517 617
WF3T 2,121,580 1386 3478 610
N6ZZ 687,300 784 1450 474
N1CC 14 552,520 600 1454 380
N6RFM 192,326 287 226
N1OPZ 37,620 119 110
KF2O 8,424 54 54
AA1ER 7,840 51 49
SINGLE BAND
160M
OH1EH/OH0 HP 167,424 423 192
WA3WJD 6,240 65 50
AA2MF 200 21 3
K1ZM 30
80M
DJ7AA HP 559,350 746 339
S57M 36 519,000 708 320
LA9GX 436,692 646 302
S51EA LP 250,000 470
S51S (S51TA) LP 234,734 466 974 241
S59DDR LP 145,960 345 712 205
40M
S50A HP 3,562,080 1525 5430 656
S50C (S53RM) HP 3,418,170 1492 5558 615
OT6T (ON4UN) 3,337,208 1461 5182 644
PY0FF HP 2,881,100 1034 470
IR4T (IK2QEI) 2,773,980 1436 4670 594
S57AL 1,500,000 950
EY8MM 1,400,454 726 3858 363
HB9HFN HP 1,188,292 971 2738 434
S54A LP 36 998,200 846 2300 434
VK1FF 23 280,460 265 1516 185
XE2AC LP 14,732 60 254 58
N3RS 25 2,480,640 1047 4560 544
N6MU (@N6NB) HP 1,031,490 702 2826 365
W3GH (W9XR) HP 930,528 707 432
VD6LB HP 158,256 225 168
W3CPB LP 15 133,350 197 762 175
K2XA 129,058 191 173
WA7BNM LP 11 113,834 224 173
KX7L LP 77,872 203 496 157
20M
OH0NSJ HP 3,567,906 2366 758
VP5Z (W5ASP) HP 32 3,433,095 2001 713
TM0X (F5MUX) HP 33 2,563,636 1926 3694 694
S55A 1,100,000 1100
S57U LP 36 692,000 850 466
OI8BQT LP 121,890 314 510 239
K8GL 2,296,386 1567 678
KB5WWA 980,826 1145 579
KY2P HP 27 881,136 923 522
WA7FAB 30 713,416 910 1474 484
K0RWL HP 433,075 618 425
K0EJ LP 14 374,420 630 970 386
KK9W LP 308,250 570 822 375
15M
PR5W (PY5CW) 1,720,000 1165 502
S57J 22 183,000 473 273
10M
S51AY 30 113,953 465 223
G4IFB 20 66,248 356 182
ON7TK LP 22,990 208 190 121
LW8EXF 9 5,500 51 44
N4BP HP 18 19,257 209 147 131
MULTI/SINGLE
OH2IW 5,014,126 2796 6221 806
JH5ZJS 4,849,525 2036 6689 725
GX3PRC 4,231,810 2735 5797 730
OI2JNX 4,177,444 2468 5342 782
IQ4T 4,119,120 2379 5721 720
XA5T 3,525,456 2085 5808 607
PI4CC 2,886,735 1858 4315 669
EA5BY 2,461,536 2045 4158 592
NB1B (@W1KM) 6,251,520 2403 768
K1ZZ 5,142,125 2095 775
NJ4F 4,225,923 1972 741
KV0Q 45 3,850,000 2020 720
WC4E 3,600,000 1914 744
KC7V 2,044,464 1482 3568 573
NT7Y (@K6XO) 1,715,174 1375 2798 613
AC5CT 9,222 97 106 87
MULTI/MULTI
PA6WPX 8,095,329 3917 9273 873
II2K 4,625,863 2708 5923 781
AL3/N7DF 9,939,909 3425 11181 889
KG1D 9,735,220 3442 10412 935
WZ1R (@KY1H) 5,735,620 2444 6820 841
K3EST 5,276,526 2384 7026 751
WD8LLD 3,673,411 1900 752
AA9OC (W0AIH) 2,878,143 2143 771
ROOKIE
OI6KZP (OH6KZP) 740,880 936 1715 432
S57NW 121,264 263 583 208
KR4UJ 13 93,312 210 486 192
TS
S59A 15 823,440 879 1752 470
N4ZR 1,890,800 1217 3260 580
KC6X 714,896 916 491
KM0L 700,737 856 1433 489
W3GOI 12 442,530 489 1341 330
WB0OLA 29 204,630 370 718 285
ND8L 14 109,344 237 204
AA8SM LP 4 20,384 126 182 112
BR
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OP LIST
MULTI SINGLE
WC4E WC4E.K1ZX,G4BKI,WB4BBH,AD4VH,W1CW,WIYL
AC5CT AC5CT,W5WLA
KC7V KC7V,AA7NO,AA7WP,KE7GH,ZS6NW
IQ4T I4YTE,IK4SXJ,IK4HVR,I4IFL
PI4CC PA3BUD,PA3BSQ,PA3EPD,PB0AIU
GX3PRC G0IVZ,G4ODV
NJ4F NJ4F,K7SV,N3AM,K5IMC,N4GUS
NT7Y N5CT,AB7GM,W0MHS,K6XO
KV0Q KV0Q,KT0F,WB0HBS,WX7K
K1ZZ K1ZZ,AA2Z
EA5BY EA5BY,EA5CZ,EA5EU,EA5FID,EA5KW,EA5SM
OI2JNX OH2KVH,OH7BX,OH2JNX
XA5T XE2KB,KZ8E,NJ1V,WB5N
JH5ZJS JA5BJC,JA5FDJ,JA5JCC,JR5JAQ
OH2IW OH1JT,OH2IW
MULTI MULTI
WD8LLD WD8LLD,WD8AUB,KU8E
PA3WPX PA3BBP,PA3BWD,PA3CAL,PA3DMH,PA3ERC,PA3EWP,PA3FRN,PA3GBQ
AA9OC N9CKC,AA9OC,N0AXL,NE9U
K3EST K3EST,W6RGG,N4TQO,AE0M,WM2C
II2K I2KHM,I2GXS
KG1D KG1D,K1KI,K1TO,W1OD,KF2FB
WZ1R WZ1R,KY1H,WM1K,K1MBO,WIMJ
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
THESE SCORES ARE NOT OFFICIAL!!! I CANNOT ACCEPT ANY LOGS!!!!!
PLEASE SEND ALL YOUR LOGS TO THE ADDRESS IN CQ MAGAZINE!!
PLEASE READ THIS!! I cannot get your scores if you send them as an
attached file to your mail. It takes me over 5 minutes just to do one
score that way. If you do not have the time to type your score into the
text of your email, I do not have the time to post it. I have stated this
every contest for over a year and people keep doing it. Also scores that
are sent in without being added up will not be posted. It is a lot easier
for you to add one score up than for me to do a 100.
The address for the 3830 reflector is 3830 at akorn.net!! Maybe someone can
post on here how to subscibe to it. I am not sure and do not want to put
out any bad information.
Also as I stated in my post before the contest, I cannot do attached
files. You need to send it in the form of email. Also please state your
full class on it, not just Single OP. If you do you go into the unlimited
class.
Please do not send me SSB scores. The Final Posting has been made on that
one.
73's Jim
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* Jimmy R. Floyd (Jim) Thomasville, NC *
* *
* Amateur Call: >> WA4ZXA << *
* Packet Node: >> N4ZC << *
* Internet Address: **NEW** >> floydjr at interpath.com << *
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>From floydjr at Interpath.com (Jimmy R. Floyd) Fri Jun 7 12:38:55 1996
From: floydjr at Interpath.com (Jimmy R. Floyd) (Jimmy R. Floyd)
Date: Fri, 07 Jun 1996 08:38:55 -0300
Subject: CQ WPX CW 96 Breakdown IV
Message-ID: <199606071358.JAA15237 at mail-hub.interpath.net>
CQ CW WPX 96 Contest
BREAKDOWN of SCORES
Compiled by
WA4ZXA
Email: floydjr at interpath.com
Posting Date: 06/07/96
NOTICE!!!!!!! NEXT POSTING WILL BE FINAL POSTING !!!!
CALL 160 80 40 20 15 10 SCORES
________________________________________________________________________
QRP
VE7CQK 0/ 0 2/ 1 44/ 28 75/ 55 13/ 7 0/ 0 33,124
SO/HP/AB
WP2AHW 0/ 0 70/ 4 1083/404 1783/331 586/ 87 40/ 5 10,530,432
TM4US 0/ 0 111/ 22 1041/403 1134/286 0/ 0 0/ 0 4,634,298
YL8M 113/ 30 276/ 90 426/162 1115/345 215/ 31 61/11 3,015,183
SM5IM0 0/ 0 147/ 81 418/167 852/307 210/ 47 101/22 2,326,896
KE2PF 0/ 0 237/ 62 838/372 1420/323 60/ 26 0/ 0 6,817,581
K3ZO 0/ 0 80/ 18 742/352 1057/335 55/ 20 0/ 0 4,710,325
KF4IIN 0/ 0 64/ 9 576/278 1160/377 54/ 20 0/ 0 3,613,572
AA3B 0/ 0 41/ 9 423/258 909/291 37/ 19 2/ 2 2,512,281
AB6FO 0/ 0 37/ 4 516/139 727/392 41/ 16 1/ 0 2,136,778
NA5Q 0/ 0 3/ 0 311/125 926/460 51/ 16 4/ 3 1,593,352
WR3O 0/ 0 7/ 3 266/131 727/362 47/ 22 4/ 1 985,581
SO/LP/AB
PA0COE 0/ 0 70/ 40 148/ 82 322/180 46/ 14 18/10 334,498
N2BA 0/ 0 35/ 8 305/163 799/381 43/ 22 0/ 0 2,014,740
WA6KUI 0/ 0 0/ 0 147/ 69 457/309 44/ 26 14/10 568,836
VE6KRR 0/ 0 0/ 0 117/ 59 334/208 14/ 2 0/ 0 334,367
WQ7T 0/ 0 20/ 10 108/ 55 382/265 30/ 5 14/ 3 280,540
AA1HJ 0/ 0 1/ 1 78/ 57 203/154 2/ 2 0/ 0 181,900
AA96GA 0/ 0 0/ 0 52/ 44 202/143 14/ 11 0/ 0 78,210
KE6BER 0/ 0 1/ 1 22/ 22 37/ 31 3/ 1 0/ 0 5,720
SO/HP/A
OI6YF 45/ 3 230/ 39 271/117 1209/475 305/ 40 38/ 4 2,848,278
IK0HBN 26/ 2 66/ 26 385/117 622/274 329/ 96 194/38 1,776,789
S56A 5/ 2 106/ 45 290/153 508/239 160/ 51 79/15 1,257,450
OEM2BZL 0/ 0 184/ 79 354/164 269/145 34/ 13 0/ 0 796,386
VO1MP 0/ 0 101/ 26 391/141 838/344 12/ 6 0/ 0 2,427,832
WF3T 0/ 0 8/ 5 297/154 1041/436 40/ 15 0/ 0 2,121,580
N6ZZ 0/ 0 0/ 0 83/ 39 663/410 39/ 25 0/ 0 687,300
N1CC 0/ 0 23/ 17 61/ 41 498/311 18/ 11 0/ 0 552,520
NS0B 0/ 0 0/ 0 30/ 28 334/230 11/ 11 0/ 0 136,921
M/S
OH2IW 38/ 12 195/ 92 643/187 1392/452 342/ 50 186/13 5,014,126
JH5ZJS 0/ 0 0/ 0 433/109 1530/600 73/ 16 0/ 0 4,849,525
GX3PRC 23/ 1 287/ 29 691/223 1348/423 290/ 38 96/16 4,231,810
OI2JNX 0/ 0 276/ 89 470/148 1443/494 198/ 37 81/14 4,177,444
PI4CC 17/ 1 172/ 80 646/301 870/286 129/ 26 24/ 5 2,886,735
EA5BY 26/ 19 186/ 35 546/241 785/234 256/ 37 246/26 2,461,536
KC7V 0/ 0 0/ 0 433/101 1023/463 26/ 9 0/ 0 2,044,464
NT7Y 0/ 0 23/ 4 220/ 41 1105/562 27/ 7 0/ 0 1,715,174
M/M
PA6WPX 262/ 71 570/115 1126/303 1360/306 409/ 58 190/19 8,095,329
II2K 30/ 3 224/ 69 523/135 1304/436 519/125 108/13 4,625,863
AL3/N7DF 5/ 0 137/ 18 749/139 2311/706 223/ 26 0/ 0 9,939,909
KG1D 56/ 13 376/ 99 1003/298 1785/457 212/ 66 10/ 2 9,735,220
WZ1R 4/ 1 279/ 89 456/202 1550/492 136/ 49 19/ 8 5,735,620
K3EST 9/ 1 242/ 29 801/179 1058/469 254/ 67 20/ 6 5,276,526
WD8LLD 0/ 0 10/ 2 548/227 1182/469 157/ 53 3/ 0 3,673,411
ROOKIE
OI6KZP 0/ 0 123/ 31 160/ 69 546/298 80/ 28 27/ 6 740,880
S57NW 0/ 0 0/ 0 73/ 43 177/154 13/ 11 0/ 0 121,264
KR4UJ 0/ 0 1/ 1 30/ 30 162/146 17/ 15 0/ 0 93,312
TS
N4ZR 0/ 0 83/ 29 251/176 852/361 30/ 14 1/ 0 1,890,800
KM0L 0/ 0 4/ 2 169/ 76 631/383 45/ 25 7/ 3 700,737
W3GOI 0/ 0 0/ 0 87/ 64 390/257 12/ 9 0/ 0 442,530
WB0OLA 0/ 0 2/ 2 79/ 59 242/190 37/ 25 10/ 9 204,630
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
73 Jim
**********************************************************
* Jimmy R. Floyd (Jim) Thomasville, NC *
* *
* Amateur Call: >> WA4ZXA << *
* Packet Node: >> N4ZC << *
* Internet Address: **NEW** >> floydjr at interpath.com << *
**********************************************************
>From aa7bg at initco.net (AA7BG Matt Trott) Fri Jun 7 15:06:42 1996
From: aa7bg at initco.net (AA7BG Matt Trott) (AA7BG Matt Trott)
Date: Fri, 7 Jun 1996 08:06:42 -0600
Subject: CQ Contest Magazine - FREE
Message-ID: <199606071406.IAA13765 at zeus.initco.net>
At 09:23 AM 6/7/96 -0400, K7LXC at aol.com wrote:
>Hello, everyone --
>
> Many of you know that there is a new contesting magazine out called CQ
>Contest. It is edited by Bob Cox, K3EST, and has many interesting articles
>and contributing editors that are of interest to anyone interested in
>competitive operating (this includes breaking DX as well as contest pileups).
>
> At Visalia and Dayton this year, I was surprised at the number of
>interested amateurs that hadn't seen it so I had the publisher send me a
>number of copies. I am offering them to you FOR FREE. If you'd like a
>complimentary copy of CQ Contest magazine, send me your postal address and
>I'll make sure you get one. You can't lose.
>
> BTW, my column "Up The Tower" appears in every other issue. This isn't
>exactly a paid political announcement but I do have a connection to the
>magazine.
>
>73, Steve K7LXC
>
> TOWER TECH -- professional tower supplies and services for amateurs
Steve, Cant't pass up that offer.
Matt Trott--AA7BG
1220 Wilson Rd.
Power, MT 59468
Thanks a million!
----------------------------------------------------------------------
AA7BG aa7bg at 3rivers.net Matt Trott
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>From Tom=Georgens%MKC=HOP35C%SM at fishbowl02.lss.emc.com (tom georgens) Fri Jun 7 14:59:10 1996
From: Tom=Georgens%MKC=HOP35C%SM at fishbowl02.lss.emc.com (tom georgens) (tom georgens)
Date: Fri, 7 Jun 96 9:59:10 -0400
Subject: ...no subject...
Message-ID: <vines.rTJ8+iK1ilA at fishbowl02.emc.com>
The most recent CQ Contest Magazine has two interesting articles
on broken calls. Of particular interest was the list of commonly
broken calls on which I was near the top (W2HC instead of W2SC).
This was part of a broader trend of H's mistaken for S's. I wonder
how many WP2ASW's are in the log from my operation in the CW WPX.
It partially confirms a theory I had regarding why I get so many
dupes the second day. Usually the first day is higher rate and
typically higher CW speed than the second. I have often wondered
if my call is more often miscopied on the first day resulting in
more dupes on Sunday. Similarly, I have wondered if sending too fast
results in the receiving station not fully copying their OWN call
sign when I send it and thereby not correcting me if I copy it wrong.
In listening to other operators, some prominent stations (K1AR in
particular) go very fast while other excellent ops go much slower.
Granted K1AR is a very recognizable call and he can copy better than
me (I am a CW slug) but I wonder how fast people think is appropriate
in a contest. My CT speed is usally 36-42 in DX contests and mid
twenties in the SS.
To switch threads, I am firmly in favor of 36 vs. 30 hours in the
WPX. I agree with N6TJ in that contests are for operating and it is
ridiculous to have to walk away from the radio when there are
contacts to be made. If the rules are such that it is not fun for
the whole time period, then change the rules. I would support points
for in country contacts and virtually any thing else that would
enhance the activity and competition. I don't see how increasing
off time contributes to the enjoyment of contesting. Spending part
of a contest weekend watching the Indy 500 is just plain dumb.
73 Tom W2SC w2sc at emc.com or georgens at emc.com
>From readerl at goliath.sunyocc.edu (Larry Reader) Fri Jun 7 15:30:35 1996
From: readerl at goliath.sunyocc.edu (Larry Reader) (Larry Reader)
Date: Fri, 7 Jun 96 10:30:35 -0400
Subject: Serial Port PCMCIA Card
Message-ID: <9606071430.AA29437 at goliath.sunyocc.edu>
Sorry for the bandwidth, inadvertently deleted where to find a plug-in card
for additional serial ports for my laptop.
If you have that info, would appreciate an e-mail.
Thanks - Larry
KE2VB
readerl at goliath.sunyocc.edu
>From gswanson at arrl.org (Swanson, Glenn, KB1GW) Fri Jun 7 17:17:00 1996
From: gswanson at arrl.org (Swanson, Glenn, KB1GW) (Swanson, Glenn, KB1GW)
Date: Fri, 7 Jun 1996 12:17:00 -0400
Subject: Physician's Certifications and VE Instru
Message-ID: <m0uS3Ki-000f5BC at mgate.arrl.org>
[This is being posted for Bart, KB9NM, the Manager of the ARRL/VEC (who is
not a regular subscriber--thus his post to the reflector was bounced). Thus,
he asked me to FWD this for him. Thanks for the non-contest-related
bandwidth, yet again, Trey!)
73, Glenn, KB1GW (kb1gw at arrl.org)
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - <Begin FWD message>- - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Gang:
Here's my two cents worth--as the provider of instructions and guidance to
more than 23,500 currently-accredited ARRL VEs.
As others have pointed out, VEs must accept any and all Physician's
Certifications presented to them at face value--so long as the applicant has
met all other written element requirements for the desired upgrade, and so
long as the applicant can show that he/she has met the minimal 5 WPM Morse
code requirement.
No VE can choose not to sign the Form 610--in this example. If a VE does
not sign the Form 610 or issue CSCE credit, no VEC or FCC policy exists to
protect them. That VE opens him/herself up to possible legal suit from the
applicant based upon the fact that the failure to sign the form in that
applicant's situation was discriminatory, with such action not being
supported by any rules or policies.
If a VE feels that signing these types of forms violates his/her principles,
then the VE should resign from that VEC program before the fact--rather than
leave him/herself open to possible legal action.
If ARRL VEs have questions or concerns regarding any application, we always
instruct them to raise these items to us after the test session--normally
including any written notes, letters or comments with the specific test
documents. In the case of a Physician's Certification that appears
questionable, the VEs are instructed to provide a letter which is to be sent
to the FCC (we can forward it, or the VEs can send it directly to FCC
Gettysburg) which identifies the issues that bring into question the merits
of the Physician's Certification. For information to be of use to the FCC,
it must be first hand (not hearsay, or second hand/third party) and factual.
The FCC does want to investigate cases of abuse. However, they currently
only review questionable applications that are brought to their attention
(if the details in the letter they receive compels to them investigate).
The FCC does not as a matter of routine review every application that
includes a Physician's Certification. Not every Physician's Certification
is questionable.
VEs should not be put in (or should not enter into) a position of debating
an application's merits. After all, VEs already have more than enough
routine things to do at testing sessions. We implore VEs to try to stay out
of confrontations--leaving as many of those matters as possible to be
handled at the VEC. We (at the ARRL/VEC) will take the responsibility of
being in the hot seat on such matters, as necessary...
73,
Bart J. Jahnke, KB9NM
Manager
ARRL/VEC
bjahnke at arrl.org
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>>To: K8DO at aol.com
>>CC: cq-contest at TGV.COM
>>Subject: Re: FRAUDULENT MEDICAL CERTIFICATION
>>
>>
>>The VE gangs say they have to accept these certificates from MDs.
>>Not so! A VE is not forced to sign off on any waver if it violates
>>his principles. So, they are guilty by acceptance!
>>de KL7HF
>>Reply-To: Del Seay <seay at alaska.net>
>>
-- eof --
>From skeltt at mmsmtp2.ColumbiaSC.ATTGIS.COM (Skelton, Tom) Fri Jun 7 19:19:00 1996
From: skeltt at mmsmtp2.ColumbiaSC.ATTGIS.COM (Skelton, Tom) (Skelton, Tom)
Date: Fri, 07 Jun 96 11:19:00 PDT
Subject: FW: FRAUDULENT MEDICAL CERTIFICATION
Message-ID: <31B88012 at mmsmtp.columbiasc.attgis.com>
----------
From: palooka
To: cq-contest
Subject: FRAUDULENT MEDICAL CERTIFICATION
Date: Friday, June 07, 1996 1:13AM
Yes, after an acquaintence obtained his Genral, Advanced and Amateur Extra
license using a medical certificate given to him by a doctor because Morse
code caused him to have headaches, I knew there was now to be, a "NO CODE
EXTRA" class of license
<del>
- - - - - - - - - -
Unfortunately, I must admit I know a local amateur who lost an arm either in
an accident or due to illness (he's a diabetic). He knows DX, can climb
towers,
drive a car, run a business, but he can't copy CW past 13 wpm.
However, he CAN have an extra class license .....
73,tom WB4iUX
>From murf at nando.net (Murf McCrary) Fri Jun 7 17:21:17 1996
From: murf at nando.net (Murf McCrary) (Murf McCrary)
Date: Fri, 7 Jun 1996 12:21:17 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: CQ Contest Article and Cheating
Message-ID: <199606071621.MAA07743 at merlin.nando.net>
In the July/August 1996 CQ Contest magazine Douglas Zwiebel has an
article called "A Look Inside Computer Log Checking". On page 7 under "How
Do N Calls Occur?" he wrote the following....
"There are several ways N calls are generated. Let's take a closer
look at these. The first way, and one which nobody wants to happen, is that
you log a callsign you knowingly never worked. This kind of logging can
either be classified as lazy and sloppy, or as cheating-depending on your
degree of generosity/cynicism."
Would some contestors REALLY not consider this cheating? In the past
year as I've slowly started getting my feet (actually just my toes) wet in
contesting, I've been amazed/amused/digusted at how SOME contestors are
willing to exploit gray areas and loopholes, but this is ridculous!
73 DE KQ4QM (George)
See my DXCC page at
http://www.webbuild.com/~geo
>From sellington at ssec.wisc.edu (sellington) Fri Jun 7 18:16:24 1996
From: sellington at ssec.wisc.edu (sellington) (sellington)
Date: 7 Jun 1996 12:16:24 -0500
Subject: Two Radios/One Tower
Message-ID: <n1377972662.9844 at mail.ssec.wisc.edu>
For a while now, I've been thinking about the best way to design the
antenna control system for using two radios for single operator contests
with my simple one-tower system. I'd be interested in hearing how others
have solved the problem.
I think the situation is fairly typical of smaller contest stations, where
there isn't room to have a lot of separate antennas. To make effective use
of the two radios, it has to be possible to connect any antenna to either
radio. It must be possible to connect single antenna (typically the
tribander)
to either radio, though not simultaneously. In addition, it should be
possible to listen either on the selected transmitting antenna or on one of a
number of separate receiving antenna with either or both radios.
I use two amplifiers, but let's not worry about switching between
them for now. Only one radio transmits at a time, of course.
One mode of operation is to have the radios on two different
bands, but use them one at a time. At the flip of a single switch (or
stepping on a foot switch), the operator switches to the other radio.
EVERYTHING has to switch, including antenna configuration. Obviously, there
has to be the usual mike/keyer/headphone switching box, but what I'm
interested in here is the antenna switching.
With the provision for separate receiving antennas, the secondary
station can receive while the primary one is transmitting, for "true"
two-radio operation. (With bandpass filters, of course.) It is important
that the secondary radio can transmit on any of the transmitting antennas,
though. When the primary radio is selected, the secondary one receives on
a separate receiving antenna. When the secondary radio is selected,
however, it can receive either on the rx antenna or the transmitting
antenna. So, for example, if you can't quite copy something on the
second radio's receiving antenna you can just step on a foot switch and
listen on the transmitting antenna. (Assuming the primary radio isn't
transmitting.)
There must be some sort of sequencing and interlocks to prevent hot-
switching of relays if the operator tries to switch radios while one
of them is transmitting. (It's guaranteed to happen!)
Another desirable feature is the capability to switch bands on either
radio instantly. Changing bands would switch to a previously selected
antenna configuration. This is useful even with a single radio, if
it has a "band data" output that can tell the control system which band
is selected. If a computer controls the radio, changing bands in the
logging program automatically gets the antennas configured for the new
band.
If everything is done right, the system should even be useful for multi-
single contests. But the real goal here is to allow one operator to make
optimum use of two radios.
I'd welcome any ideas on the subject. If we can come up with a good
design, I think a lot of contesters could make use of it. Please email
responses directly to me, and I'll summarize.
73,
Scott K9MA
sellington at ssec.wisc.edu
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