July/August CQ Contest out

[HENRYPOL at aol.com]

Front cover photo of SM2EKM and his antennas with brief writeup inside.
 Bravo! for providing an e-mail address for additional information.

Feature articles:  A look Inside Computer Log Checking, a primer on N calls;
Soviet "All Star" Amateur Radio Championship and Coup D'Etat; TY5A 1995 CQ WW
CW Contest Attempt; Semi-Valuable Tips (helpful hints); and WRTC 1996
Competition Awards.

Columns: Up The Tower - The Well-Dressed Tower Climber; Operating Techniques
- CW Operating Tips; Contesting History - The WAC Club; Contest Breakdown -
The World's Most Difficult Letters and Callsigns to Copy; In The Beginning -
Getting Started in Contesting; Monthly Collectible - Cable Attenuation
Charts; Continental Countdown - Training New Contesters; Conversation With -
GW4BLE; and more...

73 and good reading,
Henry Pollock - WB4HFL
henrypol at aol.com


>From bagraham at HK.Super.NET (Mr. Brett Graham)  Sat Jun  8 15:51:45 1996
From: bagraham at HK.Super.NET (Mr. Brett Graham) (Mr. Brett Graham)
Date: Sat, 8 Jun 1996 22:51:45 +0800 (HKT)
Subject: 4th Asia-Pacific Sprint entry reminder!
Message-ID: <199606081451.WAA00809 at is1.hk.super.net>

I hope everybody had as good a time in the A-P Sprint as I did.  This is
one _fantastic_ contest!
 
If you got on, please be sure to send in your entry (even a checklog would be
appreciated).  By mail, send to:
 
JAs - Tack Kumagai     non-JAs - James Brooks
      P O BOX 22                 15 Balmoral Road #03-08
      Mitaka                     Singapore 259801
      Tokyo 181                  SINGAPORE
      JAPAN
 
By email, send to: 9v1yc at equator.lugs.org.sg
 
Remember, entries sent by email must be time-stamped no later than 72 hours
after the end of the contest & mail entries must be postmarked no later than
7 days after the contest.  Watch for the results to come out on cq-contest,
with a complete write up in CQ Contest magazine!
 
73, VS6BrettGraham bagraham at hk.super.net & vr2bg at harts.org.hk

>From hwardsil at wolfenet.com (Ward Silver)  Sat Jun  8 17:15:01 1996
From: hwardsil at wolfenet.com (Ward Silver) (Ward Silver)
Date: Sat, 8 Jun 1996 09:15:01 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Continental Breakdowns
Message-ID: <Pine.OSF.3.93.960608090705.17504G-100000 at gonzo.wolfenet.com>


Now that we're safely past WPX CW and the last major DX contest, I'm
repeating my request for your continental breakdowns from all of the major
contests this season.  These are the files that show the percentage of
your QSOs for each continent.  I'm primarily interested in the CQ WW files
(both modes), but any of the ARRL or WPX files would also be of interest.

What am I doing with them?  I'm preparing an article for CQ Contest that
will show how the percentages of continental shares changes across North
America.  I'll be using commercial mapping/graphing software with a
spreadsheet to make some interesting graphics on a state-by-state basis. 
The quality of the analysis and the usefullness of the figures will depend
on how many files I can get from you guys and gals out there. 

Because the analysis will be done on the state/province level, I need you
to include your QTH in the files.  Just add a line to the effect "N0AX -
WA" at the beginning of each file.  If you leave it out, I'll look you up
in the callbook, but please save me the extra work.

Again, I need YOUR continental breakdown files from any of this season's
DX contests, CW or SSB.  Email them to me as soon as you can...I'd like to
get this done for the July 1st article deadline.

Thanks to you all who have sent me files already, but I need MORE MORE
MORE!

73, and thanks in advance!

Ward N0AX