KV4AA contest

BK1ZX70SFL at aol.com BK1ZX70SFL at aol.com
Sun Jun 16 17:38:39 EDT 1996


correct me if i am wrong (moi?) but if I remember correctly (they say that's
the second thing to go) wasn't the official KV4AA exchange:

579 Dick 

(not 599)

I seem to remember it was always 5 - SEVEN - 9 from him.  zx

>From k2mm at jzap.com (John Zapisek K2MM)  Sun Jun 16 22:05:11 1996
From: k2mm at jzap.com (John Zapisek K2MM) (John Zapisek K2MM)
Date: Sun, 16 Jun 1996 14:05:11 -0700
Subject: Internet SprINT Results -- At Last!
Message-ID: <199606162105.OAA03868 at jzap.com>


                        RESULTS -- TENTH INTERNET SPRINT
                                    by
                          Larry "Tree" Tyree N6TR
                                   and
                          John "jzap" Zapisek K2MM


Finally, the results you have been waiting for.  The tenth (wow) Internet
Sprint (SprINT) contest was held the 28th of April at 0100 UTC.  Twenty
meters was screwy (as always) and 40 was good enough to produce almost as
many QSOs as 20 did.

In the early minutes, N5RZ/m seemed to be in the best spot having a great
signal into almost all areas on the country.  However, Gator fell off the
pace when 40 meters came into play, and John, KZ2S at the controls of N2NT,
came out in the top spot.  John was pushed by K6LL who ended up with 4 fewer
QSOs for second place.

N6TR experimented with two-radio operating on one band (20 meters), which
was effective but hardly competitive as 20 meters was very poor in the
northwest.  A recovery on 40 meters allowed Tree to fight off a host of
other finishers within 4 QSOs.

The results you are about to see were generated by K2MM.  The reasons the
results are late are discussed in the end of the writeup.  I doubt this
combination of events will happen again.  The good news is that all of the
tools are now under his control and should be available for a long time to
come.

For those of you who might have joined the CQ-CONTEST reflector recently,
you may have missed the announcement of this contest, and thus not know what
it is about.  It is very similar to the NCJ NA Sprint contest, except for
two major differences:  Instead of always sending your own name, you only
send it for the first QSO.  After that, you send the name received in your
previous QSO.  This is like a group of people sitting in a circle, passing a
message around, and seeing how it got garbled after making its way around.

The other difference is that you can rework stations after making 3 QSOs
with other stations.  This gives you many chances to check out how the
competition is doing (as K6LL found out) and assures high rates.

The logs are cross-checked by computer, and any busted QSO results in
removal from BOTH logs.  Congrats to AH3C who had a perfect log with 15
QSOs.  KZ8E and N6TR had less than 2 percent QSOs removed.  Good work all
three of you.

The next SprINT will probably be held during the last weekend of July.  Keep
an eye on CQ-CONTEST for more information.

So, over to John for the analysis...

73 Tree N6TR
tree at contesting.com

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               Internet SprINT Participation Statistics

    Date          9604  9512  9507  9504  9501  9407  9404  9401  9310  9305
    Logs Sub'd      37    49    33    32    29    45    29    30    26    29
    Calls Found     62    76    82    50    64    88    54    55    47    74

    Reported:
    20m QSOs      1915     0  2871   967     0  3258  1457  2170  1552  2471
    40m QSOs      1772  2518   587  1629  2115   247  1081   758   574     2
    80m QSOs         0  2080     0     0   619     0     0     0     0     0
    QSOs NoMatch   235   368   488   328   348   461   144   156   214   391
    QSOs Matched  3452  4230  2970  2268  2386  3044  2394  2772  1912  2082
    Total QSOs    3687  4598  3458  2596  2734  3505  2538  2928  2126  2473
    Pct. Matched  93.6  92.0  85.9  87.4  87.3  86.8  94.3  94.7  89.9  84.2

                             SCORE LISTINGS

#OK  = your score
#NG  = contacts not credited
RXNG = you busted the call/number/name of the station you worked
TXNG = the station you worked busted your call/number/name
DUPE = you worked the same station within 3 previous non-dupes
BCHG = total number of band changes

CALL            #OK  #NG RXNG TXNG DUPE BCHG ACC'Y (each * is 1% over 80%)
n2nt (kz2s)     172    5    1    4    0    1  97.2 *****************
k6ll            168    5    4    1    0    1  97.1 *****************
n5rz            155    8    3    5    0    1  95.1 ***************
n6tr            144    2    1    1    0    1  98.6 ******************
n4tqo           143    3    1    2    0    1  97.9 *****************
wq5l            140    2    1    1    0    3  98.6 ******************
wa2srq          140    6    2    4    0    3  95.9 ***************
n0ax            134    3    1    1    1   13  97.8 *****************
n4ogw           132   10    3    4    3    3  93.0 ************
nv6o            126   20   10   10    0    1  86.3 ******
aa3b            124    9    0    8    1    1  93.2 *************
n4zr            120    8    4    4    0    1  93.8 *************
w0cp (aa5wq)    117   16   13    3    0    3  88.0 *******
k8jlf           116    5    2    2    1    1  95.9 ***************
k4pql           115    9    3    2    5   11  92.7 ************
w5ehm (aa5bt)   110    6    3    3    0    3  94.8 **************
ab4rx           109    5    3    1    1    1  95.6 ***************
kk9w            109    8    5    3    0    1  93.2 *************
n6ip            104    9    4    5    0    3  92.0 ************
w9wi            103   12    1    9    1    3  89.6 *********
ae0m             98   11    6    3    2    1  89.9 *********
k8hvt            96    6    1    5    1    7  94.1 **************
ka9fox           88    7    2    4    1    1  92.6 ************
kz8e             86    1    1    1    0    1  98.9 ******************
w7zrc            75    9    8    2    1    1  89.3 *********
k1ll             73    4    1    3    0    3  94.8 **************
n7lox            57    5    3    1    1    1  91.9 ***********
wb0ola           57    6    5    1    0    1  90.5 **********
w3goi            56   12    7    2    3    1  82.4 **
wn4kkn           40    1    0    1    0    1  97.6 *****************
k8mr             39    2    0    2    0    2  95.1 ***************
w2up             31    1    0    1    0    0  96.9 ****************
nj2l             26    1    0    1    0    1  96.3 ****************
n6aa             21    1    0    1    0    0  95.5 ***************
ah3c             15    0    0    0    0    0 100.0 ********************
aa9ax            15    1    0    1    0    0  93.8 *************
n9jf             11    3    2    1    0    1  78.6
wa6kui            0    1    1    0    0    0   0.0
kr0y              0    2    2    0    0    0   0.0
na4k            -19   19    0    0    0    0   0.0 No log
kb8n            -76   76    0    0    0    0   0.0 No log
aa6kx           -89   89    0    0    0    0   0.0 No log

#OK + #NG is the raw claimed score.  #NG is the number of busted contacts.
Some contacts may be busted for more than one reason, so RXNG + TXNG + DUPE
may be greater than #NG.  As usual, amnesty was granted for QSO-number
errors where the difference was one or less.  Also, because a bug in TR-Log
caused several logs to be missing QTH data, blanket amnesty was granted for
all QTH errors for this running only.  Stations making more than 10 QSOs who
did not submit a log were penalized one point per unreported QSO!

All entrants' graded logs have been sent to them via e-mail.  These logs, as
well as this and past results, are available via anonymous FTP:

    ftp://jzap.com/pub/int/YYMM-log.zip  (YYMM = 9604)
    ftp://jzap.com/pub/int/YYMM-res.zip


THE JOYS OF HORSERACING

Some ops have remarked that being allowed to work dupes makes this contest
uninteresting.  I've found exactly the opposite.  Frequently working a
station with whom you're running neck-and-neck and comparing numbers can be
a lot of fun.

> [Dave/K6LL]  It was an interesting horserace with N2NT:

    time   my #   his #
    0103      5       6
    0106     11      12
    0113     20      22
    0132     46      48
    0134     50      52
    0145     65      68
    0152     72      77
    0229    127     131
    0242    145     149
    0300    173     ???

With only a four-QSO difference between you and first-place John/KZ2S/N2NT,
I was sure your horserace graph would be very interesting.  Unfortunately,
it turned out to be quite boring.  As your table above shows, John was
consistently just a little ahead of you.  Sorry, Dave.

> [Ward/N0AX]  I had a fun race with N4OGW, but couldn't catch up with him.

> [Tor/N4OGW]  As usual, skip was too long on 20m.  Nothing from
> TX/EastCoast at the start, only the Far West.  20 finally opened to TX,
> but never to the east... rate sure jumped when 40 got going!

The horserace between Ward and Tor was one of the more interesting.  With
Ward losing only 3 NG QSOs to Tor's 10, Ward actually passed him.  One
interesting facet is how rates varied with band.  Notice how Tor's rate
dropped the first time he went to 40, prompting him to come back to 20 for
another 15 minutes.  Also notice how the rates took off once 40 got humming.

    This graph shows the race between N0AX and N4OGW minute by minute.
    The x-axis is a constant rate of 130 QSOs per two hours.  Each line
    above/below the x-axis is one valid QSO more/less than that rate.

    Call:  N0AX  N4OGW  (tie)
    Sign:     x    o      #


    0000      0010      0020      0030      0040      0050      0100
    |         |         |         |         |         |         |
    22222222222222222222222222222222222222222222   2222222222  22 n0ax
    |         |         |         |         |   444   |      44 | band
    |    x    |         |         |         |         |         |
    o xxx x   |         |         |         |         |         |
    x#o    xx##         |         |         |         |         |
    +--o----o-+#--------+---------+---------+---------+---------+  65
    |   oooo  | #x#ooo  |         |         |         |         |
    |         |  o xx   |         |         |         |         |
    |         |      x#x|    x    |         |         |         |
    |         |        oxxxxx ###o|         |         |         |
    |         |         o    o   x|      xx |         |   x  x  |
    |         |         |o  o     #oo##oxo xxo        |  x xx xxx  59
    |         |         | oo      |xx  xo o ox# #o  xxxxx       |
    |         |         |         |        o|  # x#x  |       oo|
    |         |         |         |         |      o  |   o  o  o  56
    |         |         |         |         |       o |ooo oo   |
    |         |         |         |         |        oo         |
    |         |         |         |         |         |         |
    22222222222222222222222222222222222222222222      22222222222 n4ogw
    |         |         |         |         |   444444|         | band
    |         |         |         |         |         |         |


    0100      0110      0120      0130      0140      0150      0200
    |         |         |         |         |         |         |
    2 22 22  2|2        |         |         |         |         | n0ax
    |4 44 444 4 444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444| band
    |         |         |         |         |         |         |
    |         |         |         |         |      oo |ooo   xxx|
    |         |         |         |         |        oo  x#xx   x 134
    |         |         |         |         |    oo   | x  oo oo|
    |         |         |         |         |    x    xx     o  o 132
    |         |         |         |       x ooox# x  x|         |
    +---------+---------+--------#xxx##x##o#+xxo---xx-+---------+ 130
    |         |         |     ### | o  o    x         |         |
    |         |  xxxxxxxxx x #    oo        |         |         |
    |         |xx       | x #     |         |         |         |
    |         x      o  |  o      |         |         |         |
    |  xxxxx x|ooo oo oo|oo       |         |         |         |
    xxx     x o   o     o         |         |         |         |
    |        o|         |         |         |         |         |
    |  oo   o |         |         |         |         |         |
    ooo  ooo  |         |         |         |         |         |
    |         |         |         |         |         |         |
    22222     |         |         |         |         |         | n4ogw
    |    4444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444| band
    |         |         |         |         |         |         |


SOAPBOX

> [John/KZ2S/N2NT]  This was my first SprINT.  Guess I lucked out that
> conditions actually favored NJ.

One often makes one's own luck.  Congratulations on hitting a home run your
first time at bat, John!

> [Ed/WA2SRQ]  Congrats to KZ2S for showing just what is possible from NJ.
> Maybe if I put balls on my yagis I'll be loud enough to catch him.

So you think that's what it takes?  Balls?

> [Rod/W7ZRC]  Hats off to those of you who made the 100+ scores!

> [Steve/AA9AX]  Congrats to all you great ops that scored 100+.

> [Pete/AH3C]  Had to quit.  Terrible noise level here.

Well at least it didn't make you have any errors Pete!!

> [Gator/N5RZ]  Just got the Armadillo wagon going for the Texas QSO party
> next weekend.  Drove out about 12 miles south of town several miles away
> from the nearest power lines.  Sure was quiet, but, being the only light
> around for miles, I was attacked by bugs.  Even though it was 90+ degrees
> out, I had to roll up all the windows, and I was sweating like a pig!

C'mon Gator -- according to Miss Frizzle on the Magic School Bus, reptiles
don't sweat.

> [Derek/AA5BT/W5EHM]  Very humbling to get numbers over 160 from several
> people, including Gator/M, sheesh.

> [Eric/NV6O]  Another exhibition of fantastic operating skills by the
> SprINT gang.  How does Gator do it?

> [Steve/N4TQO]  Nice to hear many new calls.  This is beginning to be a
> serious contest, lots of scores over 150.  Where was KM900P?

> [Bob/N6IP]  First "full" contest effort since last July.  SprINT seemingly
> has much more activity than the last time I entered.

Hard to say for sure, Bob.  We had more logs this time, but there were more
different callsigns found in July.

> [Jim/N9JF]  To say that I never got into the rhythm of this thing is a
> ludicrous understatement.  But it was fun while I lasted.

People that have to milk cows at 5 AM might have a hard time with a contest
that starts as late as the SprINT.

> [Rus/NJ2L]  It was a lot of fun, even though I couldn't do the whole
> thing!  Next time I hope the schedule is clear.

> [Jeff/KR0Y]  I made 2 QSOs.

Jeff also showed how you can have an impact on the contest just by making
one QSO and interjecting a tough name into the contest.  He started with
SQUINT which made some interesting results.  (Check out the name traces.)

> [Ric/WA6KUI]  My second SprINT.  That's not a typo on the score.  Only
> took time for one QSO with WA2SRQ.  I preach the KISS (Keep It Simple
> Stupid) system and practiced it in this event!

Apparently not simple enough, Ric.  Neither you nor Jeff submitted a
complete log.  (Neither had any received info.)  But though you tied him in
#OK (zero), you finished ahead of him by having one fewer busted QSO!


CONDITIONS AND PROPAGATION

> [John/KZ2S/N2NT]  The Pacific Northwest was extremely weak on 20, but we
> did have some propagation out to the ninth call area.  Forty was better.

> [Gator/N5RZ]  Had to go to 40M at about 0215Z.  It rough with the 8'
> mobile antenna!!  Actually, the weaker the station was, the better were my
> chances!!  I must have called K6LL 25 times on 40M (S9+40) and got beat
> almost everytime!!

Yes, the pileups were big.  Maybe calling CQ would have worked better.

> [Ed/WA2SRQ]  This was the first time I've been able to send Tree higher
> numbers than he gave me.  Either conditions were really terrible in the
> northwest, or his antennas were down and he was using a 160 dipole.

[Tree]  Maybe that was it!!

> [Art/K1LL]  Condx poor -- too late up here.  Heard the same guys the whole
> test.  Hence the high number of dupes.  But is a good test.  80 would have
> helped -- or 160.

> [Pete/N4ZR]  Well, that was fun.  20 stayed open surprisingly well, and 40
> wasn't bad either, though noisy.

> [Dan/AB4RX]  First time, had fun.  Wish I was on west coast for this one.

Be careful what you wish for.  New Jersey seemed to be a good place to be.

> [Scott/KA9FOX]  Operated from home using multiband dipole up about 15
> feet!  20 was worthless, but 40 was great!

Heh heh... He said POLE... Heh heheh heh...

> [Dave/K8JLF]  Decent propagation allowed me to make 121 QSOs, my best
> claimed score to date.

Hope we didn't take too many out.

> [Rod/W7ZRC]  Here is my worst example of the SprINT test to date.  I'm
> going to blame it all on the chili baked potato that I had a couple of
> hours before the test!  It's still making me sick this morning.

A new meaning to "Famous Potatos".

> [Ray/WQ5L]  Had a blast as always!  One regret though:  jogging right
> before 'test and cooling off with large convenience store Diet Coke.  I am
> sure the caffeine jitters were quite apparent in my keying...

> [Doug/W9WI]  These contests are a blast!  Someday I have to learn your
> software so I can use the computer in this thing...  I'm sure my hand-sent
> Morse stood out like a sore thumb!

> [Tony/AE0M]  My best result so far. . . .  The attic dipole, being eight
> feet above the shack, causes RF in the keyer, making me stutter more than
> normal.

> [Earl/KZ8E]  I spent the day hanging drywall and was way to tired for
> SprINTing.  Couldn't seem to copy or send worth a squat.  Oh well, it only
> lasted for two hours so I didn't suffer for too long.

> [Scott/KA9FOX]  A two-hour contest from home... cool!  My YL Laurie thinks
> they all should be this way.

Hmmm, maybe we are giving our spouses the wrong idea here.


TR-LOG -- BLESSING AND BANE

> [Ed/WA2SRQ]   It's a good thing it's only 2 hours because typing up the
> log after the contest is getting to be a pain.  I'm going to have to
> figure out a way to use NA or CT to log this thing.

Well, it's your fault for making so many Qs.  BTW, Ed, have you written off
TR-Log?  If not, try downloading ftp://jzap.com/pub/n6tr/4-05.zip !

> [Jim/WB0OLA]  I used the public domain version [4.05] of your program, it
> worked quite well.

Glad it was worth the price.

> [Barry/W2UP]  Got a TR-Log-4.05 CFG file from WB0OLA on Saturday night of
> the SprINT.  Took it to the 'reading room' along with the SprINT rules to
> look them over, then I noticed the contest time -- Sunday 0100-0300Z!
> Oops!  Thought the contest was Sunday LOCAL time!  Got about 30 minutes
> in, hand logged again.  Maybe next time...

> [John/W3GOI]  I really like the fast and furious nature; much more
> interesting than most contests.  I found the ops who had put QRS commands
> in their exchange right before the name were a great help.

There are a lot of people doing this.  If you use TR-Log, it is the default,
so many people might have been doing it without even knowing it.

> [Erik/AA5WQ/W0CP]  Thank you for your work in putting this contest
> together.  Not only did it provide an excellent chance to give TRlog a try
> for the first time, but it also gave me a break from studying for finals.

Cool.  I remember one guy asking Tree if TR-Log handled this contest :-)

> [Scott/KA9FOX]  Have never used TR logging for this contest before, and of
> course didn't try to play around with it before the contest, so I got off
> to a pretty slow start.

> [Erik/AA5WQ/W0CP]  For some unknown reason none of the QTH's I copied with
> TR-Log were saved.  Please accept this as a checklog.

> [Dave/K8JLF]  Tree:  As you suggested, I filled in the QTHs; they should
> be pretty close to correct.

No need.  Several other entrants' logs were missing QTH information, so it
seemed appropriate to grant blanket amnesty for QTH errors -- for this
running only, of course.  But next time you should choose a logging program
with not quite so many bugs in it!  (Pardon the oxymoron :-)

> [Steve/AA9AX]  After working in the yard all day and being off the air
> since my last test months ago, I really should have started preparing more
> than 30 minutes prior to test time.  Being new with TR, I finally got into
> the test with about 25 minutes to go.

> [Ward/N0AX]  A great little contest after a day of yard work.

> [Eric/NV6O]  Thanks for a wonderful evening and a good excuse to quit
> digging blackberry roots.

[Tree]  Didn't know blackberries went that far south, Eric.

> [Rus/NJ2L]  Spring doesn't seem interested in coming to WNY this year.
> Even so, Trey/WN4KKN and I spent a few hours moving the 40/80 antenna to a
> taller tree.  Trey is probably still shivering from the wind chill!


HI-FI VERSUS STEREO

> [Dave/K6LL]  One of my radios is out of service, so this was a plain old
> one-radio low-tech one-bandchange exercise.  It was a LOT MORE FUN than
> previous SprINTs where I had been trying to improve my two radio
> capability.  I sure wish this two-radio crap would all go away.

If you had fun, Dave, it was probably worth losing the second radio... even
if you did miss finishing first by only four Qs!  Sayeth N6TR, "Measure your
success by how much fun you are having and against your previous efforts."
OTOH, maybe Tree is just trying to keep you from beating him as often :-)

> [Ward/N0AX]  With two radios, as 20 started to fade, I got into a nice
> two-on-20, two-on-40 thing that kept the rate meter spinnin' while
> everybody moved down. . . .  Tycho?  Gotta be Derek/AA5BT at W5EHM.

Bzzzt.  Derek started with the name DUPE.  TYCHO came from Dave/KK9W.

> [Derek/AA5BT/W5EHM]  N0AX sent me 35 and #38, so I was a dupe for him.  Do
> we both lose the Q for this?  Am I expected to check everyone else's
> numbers as they come in as well?

Yes, Derek, I expect YOU to check everyone else's numbers for dupes.  Not
anyone else, mind you, just YOU, Mr. DUPE!

> [Dave/KK9W]  This is lots of fun.  Thanks for sponsoring it. . . .  FYI,
> TYCHO is my son's name.  I figured that was okay to choose something more
> unusual than DAVE.  As Dr. Seuss said, Too Many Daves!

> [Tree/N6TR] I don't think my name has ever made it to the finish.  I
> started with Tree (for a change) and kept hearing it.  I fell out of
> my chair with 3 minutes left in the contest when I QSOed N5RZ and he
> gave me my name back!!  I was really tempted to stop then.  What is
> really amazing is the name I sent back to him was GATOR!!!  What are
> the odds of that?

It's happened before.  I'm sure it'll happen again... just not to YOU!

> [Pete/N4ZR]  I know I perpetrated one of the name schlemozzles when I
> tried to correct W5EHM's call on TR's exchange line.  I didn't notice
> until TR sent W5EHM to the next station as my name!

> [Ed/WA2SRQ]  At qso #70, I purposely sent ED for the name, not WHEHM, as
> is allowed by the rules.

> [Dave/K8JLF]  Fewer weird names this time; are we getting soft?  I can
> guess where WHEHM came from, but I'm eager to see ZWAH explained.

> [Rus/NJ2L]  For the life of me, I can't recall the name that Trey sent to
> me in the first QSO.  Duh.  For my first QSO, I sent him Rus, I think.

Nope.  Guess again.

> [Rus/NJ2L]  The name from my first QSO was ZWAH.  Oops.

Yes, that's better.  ZWAH was invented by Theresa Tyree at the age of one
year.  It was about the only word she would say to Trey when he visted Camp
Boring for an All Asian contest.  It has developed into a real word and has
the following meanings:

    As a one-word voice-mail message -- "Just calling to say HI.  Not
    much going on.  Give me a call back if you want to chat... or not."

    As the Subject in an e-mail -- "Not sure what this message is about
    because I haven't typed it yet."

> [Eric/NV6O]  I assume that ZAPWARE will deduct all the N4BO's and that
> N4TQO will beat me again.

Sprint-style contests should perfect for callsign-challenged ops like you,
Eric.  That's because you get to copy the other guy sending what he thinks
is your call.  Hal/K8HVT must have caught you sending his call wrong...

     20 0108 nv6o     9 putter  ca k9hvt    6 bruce   ct -NG-
     20 0111 nv6o    14 ace     ca k9hvt    9 al      ct -NG-
     20 0159 nv6o    69 brian   ca k8hvt   47 rod     ct -ok-
     40 0236 nv6o   114 bruce   ca k8hvt   79 doug    ct -ok-

...else your log might have looked more like Erik/AA5WQ/W0CP's:

     20 0128 w0cp    20 dave    co n4bo    34 joe     -- -NG-
     20 0133 w0cp    25 gator   co n4bo    40 ed      -- -NG-
     20 0156 w0cp    53 gator   co n4bo    65 roy     -- -NG-
     40 0222 w0cp    81 brian   co n4bo    95 chris   -- -NG-
     40 0239 w0cp   105 tycho   co n4bo   116 bruce   -- -NG-
     40 0249 w0cp   119 barry   co n4bo   128 ron     -- -NG-
     40 0257 w0cp   129 chas    co n4bo   140 bruce   -- -NG-

> [Milla/UR2MJ]  Hey there, Mr. TalkTooMuch...  What's in store for us now?

Glad you asked.  Enough talking; let's see some name traces!


NAME TRACES

For an explanation of the symbols, see the Reader's Guide to SprINT Name
Traces in any of the previous write-ups.  Its usual space following the Name
Traces is pre-empted this running for a brief update on K2MM and jzap.com.

 k8hvt    1 ace     =====================================-======
 . . .      ace     ============================================
 . . .      ace     ==============ae0m-w7om=
 wa2srq 109 john    ===-=========================-========aa9ax.

 k1ll     1 art     ====k4pql=
 k6ll    14 al      ========n4zr-k0erm#
 aa3b    18 dave    ===========n4tqo-kr0y=
 w7zrc   10 squirt  ===========-==============-====w7zrc=
 n4zr    60 squint  ===========n7lox-n8rr?

 w2up     1 barry   -==========-=====-======n5rz-kb8n=
 n6tr   132 larry   =================n0ax.

 nv6o     1 bo      =======================w3goi=
 nv6o    26 boy     =
 w0cp    11 bo      ======================k8jlf-aa6kx=
 n6tr    50 dan     =========================n4zr=
 n5rz    91 dav     =
 k6ll    93 dan     =====k8mr=
 w5ehm   68 chris   =========-==w0cp=
 wb0ola  45 chas    -=======================-=-=======w9wi=
 wa2srq 145 chris   =
 nv6o   145 chas    =n4ogw.

 n6ip     1 bob     ==========wa2srq-k0erm#
 n4zr    12 dave    =====================n6ip+aa3b

 n7lox    1 brian   ======================-=====================
 . . .      brian   =-================================-=========
 . . .      brian   ==============-===-=========n5rz.

 aa6kx    1 bruce   =====================================-======
 . . .      bruce   ====================-=======-=====-====n7lox.

 ae0m   100 bruce   *==-====nj2l.

 aa3b     1 bud     ==========n6ip=
 ae0m    11 bob     ==-=========================================
 . . .      bob     =====-=======-=-=======-===-=k8mr-aa6kx?

 n8rr     1 chas    ===============-====-==-=============wq5l=
 nv6o   104 chris   ===============================-====n6ip.

 wl7ky    1 chris   ===========-=========-=-====================
 . . .      chris   =======================-========-==n6aa=
 wb0ola  55 chase   =
 w7zrc   77 chas    =================k6ll.

 ab4rx    1 dan     =========================-===============-==
 . . .      dan     ===========-=====-====-==n0ax-wn3k=
 nv6o    44 brian   =-================================-=========
 . . .      brian   ==============-===-=========n5rz.

 k0erm    1 dave    ====-=======================-======-=======n2nt=
 n4zr    59 bruce   ================-==================-========
 . . .      bruce   ===========-========w9wi.

 k8jlf    1 dave    =====-====-==========-===================-==
 . . .      dave    =====================-=========-=ka9fox=
 n4ogw   80 jim     ====-?-=============================-====n5rz=
 kk9w   102 paul    =======kz8e.

 n6aa     1 dick    ==============================-==k8mr.

 w9wi     1 doug    ============w7zrc=
 kz8e    14 fred    ============================================
 . . .      fred    =========kk9w-w4ydd#

 w5ehm    1 dupe    ========-=======================-======ah3c.

 kz8e     1 earl    ===nv6o=
 kk9w     4 earr    -aa6kx=
 n5rz    12 earl    ==n7lox-w7om?

 wa2srq   1 ed      ===================-==============-=========
 . . .      ed      ==============w0cp+ab4rx

 kp4tk    1 eric    ===-====-?-=======w3goi.

 w0cp     1 erik    ===-=-====n4ogw=
 n7lox   14 eric    ====================n6tr-aa6kx=
 ae0m    41 erik    =====k1ll-w4ydd#
 kk9w    69 paul    -=========-========================-=ae0m.

 n4tqo    1 felton  =aa3b=
 w7zrc    3 frelton ======-=n6ip=
 n2nt    27 felton  =kz8e=
 w7zrc    7 frelton =======ah3c-wl7ky?

 ka9fox   1 fox     ==-============================-==-=========
 . . .      fox     ============-========w9wi-wn3k?

 n5rz     1 gator   =============================-============-=
 . . .      gator   ===========-========-=-===-=========-=======
 . . .      gator   ========================-======w5ehm.

 n6ip    39 gator   *=======-=====-========-====================
 . . .      gator   ===================-===========-=======n6aa.

 wn3k     1 glug    ========wa2srq=
 n7lox   62 grur    =
 w0cp    79 george  ===-============-=========-===-====================w2up.

 wb7dzn   1 greg    ============-================-==w7zrc.

 k6ll     1 hack    ==k8jlf-k0erm#
 n2nt     9 dave    ==-==========-============aa3b=
 n7lox   26 rod     =================================================wn4kkn.

 k4pql    1 howie   -====-=================ab4rx-aa6kx=
 n4zr    22 5owie   =
 nv6o    37 howie   ===============-====================-=======
 . . .      howie   =========================nv6o.

 n0ax     1 jackie  =n4ogw=
 wa2srq   4 jack    ==k4pql-k0erm#
 wa2srq  16 dave    ============-=============-=======k1ll-kb8n?

 k8mr     1 jim     =-?-=-=========k4pql=
 n4tqo   99 tycho   ==-====k8hvt=
 n9jf    13 tychoy  =
 w7zrc   56 tycho   ========-===============wa2srq-wa6kui?

 n9jf     1 jim     ====================================-=============n4zr.

 wb0ola   1 jim     =========================-==================
 . . .      jim     =-====-===-=====-==-=========-===-========-=
 . . .      jim     =============-====k8jlf.

 w0cp    68 jim     *=======ab4rx=
 w3goi   51 noname  =====k1ll=
 wb0ola  48 nonami  ==n6tr=
 k6ll   139 noname  ====================-=kk9w.

 w5asp    1 joe     ========-===================================
 . . .      joe     ================================================k1ll=
 w7zrc   71 john    =====-==========ka9fox.

 k1ar     1 john    =ka9fox-w4ydd#
 k1ll    31 paul    -==-=====-=====-========-=========-===n0ax=
 n4ogw  110 chris   ========================n6ip-kp4tk?

 n2nt     1 john    ===n2nt-k0erm#
 k4pql    8 dave    =====-======-=============-=================
 . . .      dave    ===-============-============-=====n5rz=
 ka9fox  50 doug    ==-===============k8mr=
 w0cp   118 boug    =
 kk9w   104 doug    =======-===ae0m-kb8n?

 wn3k     9 john    ======-=========-=================-=============aa3b.

 wo1n     1 ken     ==========================-=================
 . . .      ken     =======-====-=k8hvt.

 kb8n     1 paul    ==-=====================-===-===============
 . . .      paul    =======wa2srq-w7om?

 w4ydd    1 paul    ==-=========aa3b=
 n6tr    76 peter   ===================================ae0m+wa2srq

 kb8n     9 paul    ======-==-======-==-========================
 . . .      paul    =========-======-==n6tr.

 ah3c     1 pete    ==================w7zrc-kr0y?

 n4zr     1 pete    ===w3goi-k0erm#
 k8jlf    3 dave    =======-==k8hvt-w5asp?

 w5asp    3 peter   ===============-===-===n2nt.

 w3goi    1 putter  ==================aa3b=
 wq5l    21 patter  =======n2nt=
 ae0m    21 peter   ===========================-================
 . . .      peter   ===============ab4rx-aa6kx=
 w3goi   53 pete    =
 n6ip    80 chris   =================-?-==k8hvt-na4k?

 wq5l     1 ray     =-===========================-==-===========
 . . .      ray     ========kk9w=
 nv6o    65 roy     ====w9wi=
 n0ax    62 enoy    ==ab4rx-kb8n=
 w9wi    49 roy     ======k1ll-kb8n=
 n6ip    64 ron     -=n2nt-kb8n=
 w5ehm   77 jon     =========wa2srq=
 w7zrc   63 john    ============nj2l=
 ab4rx   96 rod     ===================wa2srq.

 wa6kui   1 ric     ===k1ll.

 w7om     1 rod     =-=================================-=======-
 . . .      rod     ==========================w9wi=
 ae0m    88 ron     =========-====-===-=====wq5l.

 w7zrc    1 rod     ==============-=============================
 . . .      rod     ==================n2nt=
 w7zrc   23 ron     ====================n5rz=
 nv6o    86 rod     =
 w5ehm   69 rodd    ====k8hvt=
 w7zrc   44 rod     =====-====aa3b-kb8n=
 k8hvt   73 paul    =-=====-====-===============================
 . . .      paul    =======wb0ola.

 wm1n    10 rogue   ==n2nt=
 w0cp   133 roger   .

 na4k     1 rouge   ======================n0ax-wo1n?

 kr0y     1 squint  ==kk9w=
 n6ip    23 sqint   =aa3b=
 k4pql   33 squint  ===============k8jlf=
 kk9w    39 squit   =
 k6ll    61 squint  ===n4tqo=
 k8hvt   36 sqint   =
 k8jlf   48 squint  =====w9wi=
 ka9fox  24 squirt  -k1ar?

 aa9ax    1 steve   ==========-=====ab4rx.

 ae0m     1 tony    ============kk9w
 kk9w    16 dave    -=====-=======w5ehm=
 n4zr    20 w5ehm   =
 w3goi   18 whehm   ======w9wi=
 w5ehm   41 w5ehm   =
 n6ip    35 whehm   ===========wa2srq
 wa2srq  70 ed      ====-====================-=================-
 . . .      ed      =-=======wb0ola-wm1n?

 n4ogw    1 tor     ========-=======aa3b-k0erm#

 n6tr     1 tree    ============================-==-=====-======
 . . .      tree    =========-==-===-?-=============-====-======
 . . .      tree    =========================n4tqo.

 kk9w     1 tycho   ===============-============================
 . . .      tycho   ==-===========================n4ogw=
 n9jf    14 tychoy  .

 nj2l     1 zwah    =============-===-=========w0cp-w5asp?

 wn4kkn   1 zwah    ============-===-=====================-=====
 . . .      zwah    =================aa9ax=
 k8jlf   88 dan     =========-===========k4pql.


WHERE'S K2MM BEEN AND WHAT'S UP WITH JZAP.COM?

First, my sincere apologies to all who participated for the lateness of this
report.  I hope I've been able to make this write-up worth waiting for.

My former employer, MasPar Computer, went supernova in early February.  It
ran out of money, collapsed, and blew off about 70% of its mass.  What got
left behind is a software-only core now called NeoVista.  No need for any of
us chip designers.  So I've been out of work -- a bum -- since then.

Two weeks later, while riding my bicycle with enthusiasm knowable only by
the unemployed, I had a minor disagreement with a car that ran a stop sign.
My collarbone is just now approaching fully healed.

MasPar did, however, let me keep my e-mail accounts active.  Best of all, I
was able to buy my used SPARCststion-2 from them for cheap.  So I arranged
with a local ISP to have an ISDN line run to my house.

A few weeks earlier, MasPar had moved (nearby), changed its name to
NeoVista, changed its ISP, and been totally down for two weeks.  I had
learned to live a disconnected life.  But the PacBell installer showed up
two weeks later, hooked me up, and I haven't gotten much sleep since!

Once the installation was done, it was very easy to get almost everything
else (net)working.  FTP, telnet, rlogin, talk, Netscape, ping, finger, etc.
Everything except e-mail.  My sendmail config file was from MasPar where
there's a mail hub on the LAN.  Being naked on the net is very different.

So I bought the Sendmail handbook and dove into its 800 pages.  It took a
long time and a lot of reading, but I finally figured out the few small
tweaks needed to fix my e-mail.

With e-mail working, I felt ready to sign Scott/KA9FOX's web-page guestbook.
That set off an e-mail exchange between us.  Scott was skeptical that a web
server at the end of an ISDN line would anything but lame.  I just had to
show him it would be OK, so I pulled an all-nighter writing a bare-bones
web-server daemon just for a bandwidth test.

> [Scott/KA9FOX]  Before you even told me to check your site out, just for
> the hell of it, I tried to do a http://www.jzap.com.  When that didn't
> work, I dropped the www and got the laugh of my life!!!  That kicks
> ass!!!! :-)  Hey, the transfer speed was no problem.

That was two weeks ago.  I've been catching up on a mountain of
correspondence and working on the SprINT report since then.  Hope you've
enjoyed reading it.  73 for now!  --jzap

John Zapisek K2MM/KE6YNN/WA1MUG <jzap at jzap.com>


>From jholly at hposl62.cup.hp.com (Jim Hollenback)  Sun Jun 16 23:36:46 1996
From: jholly at hposl62.cup.hp.com (Jim Hollenback) (Jim Hollenback)
Date: Sun, 16 Jun 1996 15:36:46 -0700
Subject: My Omni VI and My '486 Aren't Speaking
References: <960615182637_135743739 at emout13.mail.aol.com>
Message-ID: <9606161536.ZM3389 at hpwsmjh1.cup.hp.com>

On Jun 15,  6:26pm, BK1ZX70SFL at aol.com wrote:
> Subject: My Omni VI and My '486 Aren't Speaking
> This msg x-posted contest refl & na-user refl
>
> HALP!
>
> Appliance operator seeks your savy CONTESTOR expertise in resolving the
> following:
>
> I am stepping into the 90's and asking my digital xcvr to talk and share
> frequency info with my computer.
>
> Hdwe/Sftwe: Omni VI/'486/NA v10.0 Software
>
> Step 1) Purchased NA10.0 and W1GEE interface cable from K3LR at LTA Booth
> last month.
>
> Step 2) Ran W1GEE program that came with the interface cable.
>
> Step 3) W1GEE program says that the port I thought was Comm 2 is Comm 1. By
> shorting the far end of the interface plug and running W1GEE's program
> telling it I was hooked up to Comm 2 nothing happened, on a whim I tell the
> program its comm 1 and voila it acknowledges me. So, I guess that socket is
> Comm 1. Already I am toasted.
>
> Step 4) I assume that it is actually Comm 1 on the '486 that will be
> interfacing with the Omni VI, and I tell "Config" I have an ICOM 735 (even
> tho its an Omni VI - that's what the manual sez to tell it) and I tell it
> that it is Comm 1 @ 9600 baud. I tell "Equipment" that I have a radio "1",
> and I turn the Omni VI "CDE" to ON and tell it to run @ 9600 baud....here's
> what happens:
>
> Nothin (positive anyways)
>
> The Omni VFO locks - it won't budge, the NA software won't change bands. The
> software will call CQ and log callsigns, but when you Alt/F1 or Alt/F2 it
> don't go up or down a band.
>
> Obviously the two are NOT in agreement as to what's going on.
>
> If I shut off the "Equipment" Radio 1 on NA the software will manually change
> bands again, but the Omni VI is still locked up (I think its pissed off there
> is another microprocessor in my life). If I do a Master Reset of the Omni VI
> and turn the "CDE" to "off" it is manually tunable again.
>
> I have tried re-booting the computer, changing just about any of the software
> switches, but I get the feeling there is something I am forgetting to do.
>
> I tried telling the software it was actually Comm 2 (like I really thought in
> the first place) and the behaviour is the same with the vfo locking on the
> rig and the software not wanting to change bands.
>
> Using Alt-F to show what frequency things are on displays 14.000 so it
> definately appears no info is being exchanged between the two boxes.
>
> I am truly an appliance operator and when you get two digital beasts
> confronting me the only thing I know to do is:
>
> Scream For Help On The Reflectors!
>
> Sound like a familiar problem? I knew I should have gone to W3LPL's party.
>
> Pse es tnx
>

Welcome to the world of OMNI's and computers. I a short sentence, the OMNI
compuer interface is brain damaged. Ten-Tec will not admit it, and will
tell you that all is fine. From my experience any thing over 1200 baud
makes the OMNI lockup and do wierd things. Also, changing things like
baud rate on the OMNI requires a power cycle for it to take effect. My OMNI
likes to demonstrate it disatisfaction by causing the main tuning knob to
lock at 0.85 kHz per turn ... really puts the S in S&P. But the thing that
really makes it interesting is CT will truck along at 9600 baud without a
wimper. K1EA got something figured out. By the way, the Icom you chose
depends on the addr you set the OMNI to. IC735 is right for the default
addr of 4.

73, Jim, WA6SDM
jholly at cup.hp.com

>From jholly at hposl62.cup.hp.com (Jim Hollenback)  Mon Jun 17 00:11:29 1996
From: jholly at hposl62.cup.hp.com (Jim Hollenback) (Jim Hollenback)
Date: Sun, 16 Jun 1996 16:11:29 -0700
Subject: cqp95 stuff
Message-ID: <9606161611.ZM5949 at hpwsmjh1.cup.hp.com>


The stuff from CQP 95 is hitting the mail ...

If your getting only a certificate (other than first place) and results,
it's mailed

If your gettting only a t-shirt, maybe a certificate, and results, it
is being mailed in chunks this weekend and should be pretty well
gone by Sunday evening. (Canadian's and a couple that ordered multiple
shirts will need to be taken into the PO Monday or Tuesday).

The first place certificates are being mailed flat and I need to get
the postage for them, they should go out in a day or two.

If your getting a plaque or wine, it is boxed, but I need to fill out
the UPS forms and take the stuff down to the brown truck store. It should
be going out the end of the week. Plaque and/or wine winners that also
ordered a t-shirt, your t-shirt is in the box.

If your getting only results, you come after the above, and they should be
going out no later than next weekend.


I again appologize for the delays the theft of my personal computer caused
the mailing. I certainly hope the delays will not cause any ill feelings
toward CQP or NCCC.

73, Jim, WA6SDM
jholly at cup.hp.com

>From WW1E at worldnet.att.net (Thomas J. Thibault)  Mon Jun 17 00:19:30 1996
From: WW1E at worldnet.att.net (Thomas J. Thibault) (Thomas J. Thibault)
Date: Sun, 16 Jun 1996 23:19:30 GMT
Subject: klm and 40cd2
Message-ID: <199606162319.XAA10870 at mailhost.worldnet.att.net>

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Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"

Hello all

Need some input on what effect galvinized steel trush boom
support would have on a kt34xa with a forty meter 402cd by
chris craft on the same mast ten feet above the klm kt34xa.
I'm seeing an swr of 2 to 1 on 20 meters 10 and 15 meters are
fine. I'm not sure of the cause is it the steel truss
supports or the forty meter beam. I have had the klm on top
with the same probelm. Any throughts on which mite cause this
problem and a cure other than a second tower or removing one
of the antennas.


Thankyou for any suggestions

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Tom Thibault DE WW1E 73
       
       Packet @ KC1XX 
       Email  WW1E at Worldnet.Att.Net
       YCCC = WOOF 

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>From donovanf at sgate.com (Frank Donovan)  Mon Jun 17 00:35:52 1996
From: donovanf at sgate.com (Frank Donovan) (Frank Donovan)
Date: Sun, 16 Jun 1996 19:35:52 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: KV4AA contest
Message-ID: <Pine.OSF.3.93.960616191844.16861B-100000 at jekyll.sgate.com>

Jim...

Your comment about Dick's 579 reports reflects your youthful perspective
on the hobby (even tho u are a Granddad!).  

Prior the the popularity of memory keyers, honest reports were normally
given during contests, DX QSOs and even DXpeditions!  During the heat of
battle, 579 sometimes became the default report, certainly not 5NN.  

In 1960, Bob (now VP2VI) went on a Contest DXpedition to VP1JH, and he
used a mechanical code machine.  My recollection was that the machine sent
579 (not 5NN) reports to everyone!

Some of the seasoned veterans on the reflector may even recall the name of
the CONTEST magazine published by Wayne Green in the early 1960s...    
(I'm sure K1VR remembers!)

73!
Frank
W3LPL
donovanf at sgate.com



On Sun, 16 Jun 1996 BK1ZX70SFL at aol.com wrote:

> correct me if i am wrong (moi?) but if I remember correctly (they say that's
> the second thing to go) wasn't the official KV4AA exchange:
> 
> 579 Dick 
> 
> (not 599)
> 
> I seem to remember it was always 5 - SEVEN - 9 from him.  zx
> 


>From ni6t at scruznet.com (Garry Shapiro)  Mon Jun 17 07:44:49 1996
From: ni6t at scruznet.com (Garry Shapiro) (Garry Shapiro)
Date: Sun, 16 Jun 1996 23:44:49 -0700
Subject: KV4AA contest
References: <960616163838_136180912 at emout09.mail.aol.com>
Message-ID: <31C4FEE1.28B0 at scruznet.com>

BK1ZX70SFL at aol.com wrote:
> 
> correct me if i am wrong (moi?) but if I remember correctly (they say that's
> the second thing to go) wasn't the official KV4AA exchange:
> 
> 579 Dick
> 
> (not 599)
> 
> I seem to remember it was always 5 - SEVEN - 9 from him.  zx

I just checked my logbooks from 35 years ago---you are correct.

Garry, NI6T

-- 
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        "It's not MY fault"--- San Andreas

>From 0002104829 at mcimail.com (RONALD KLEIN)  Mon Jun 17 00:50:00 1996
From: 0002104829 at mcimail.com (RONALD KLEIN) (RONALD KLEIN)
Date: Sun, 16 Jun 96 18:50 EST
Subject: Fwd: Logs via E-mail/Internet
Message-ID: <44960616235044/0002104829DF3EM at MCIMAIL.COM>

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

If you can get the MCI Mail folks to set you up with MCI Mail Friends and
Family Service - which is what I use for reflector mail, that would give you an
id which is literally FREE for incoming mail. You could use that to receive
logs. I find it a useful way to separate the ham reflector activity from the
other Internet activity which I use Netcom for.

Just a suggestion...

I'm disappointed that CQ doesn't pay out of pocket expenses for it's
volunteers. That seems rather unfair to say the least.

For what it's worth...

73, 

Ron - W0OSK
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> Date: Sunday, 02-Jun-96 11:50 PM
> 
> From: David L. Thompson        \ Internet:    (thompson at mindspring.com)
> From: David L. Thompson        \ Internet:    (thompson at mindspring.com)
> To:   CQ Contest - POSTS       \ Internet:    (cq-contest at tgv.com)
> 
> Subject: Logs via E-mail/Internet
> 
> Three comments on the mail I have gotten on receiving logs via internet...
> 
> 1.      The CQ Rules state there must be a paper log for every CQ contest.
> If I cut this down to a              summary sheet and a dup sheet plus a
> diskette I can verify to CQ that I have a paper log.
>          I only look at the actual log upon exception.
> 
> 2.      The expense on my part for E-mailed logs is that I must print the
> summary and the dup list              or in some  cases generate the dup
> list from the .BIN.   I tie up my hard drive plus if I get         1,300
> logs this way then I run thru 1,300 summary sheets and at least 1,300 more
> sheets for         dup.  This is about $25 at office depot, but also uses a
> complete drum for my laser at about         $85.    I have unlimited
> internet so that is not a concern.   I use the computer for all my
> business E-mail also.   I don't want an important message lost in a sea of
> logs.
> 
> 3.       Even more  important the time is doubled for each log as I must
> print each and also enter it            (or write a program to enter the
> info.)   This would add another 100 hours (2 1/2  weeks)
> pushing the total time spent past 1,100 hours.
> 
> Please remember that CQ Magazine only sponsors the contests...All of the
> contest checkers are VOLUNTEERS!   1,100 hours is time away from family ,
> contesting et al!
> 
> I have picked up several valuable ideas but until I can get by the three
> points listed I will continue to only accept logs via mail.
> 
> Dave K4JRB
> CQ WW 160 Contests Director   
> 
> 

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