FD 96 High Claimed Scores

foggie foggie at dtx.net
Fri Jun 21 04:45:33 EDT 1996


Well, Somehow my score is not making sense compared to others. I actually did no
t
plan on submitting since it was a feeble last ditch effort to turn a contest int
o a
contest :) my score is just what TRlog printed, so I guess Maybe I should have d
ug
through the scoring rules more before submitting?

Al - kk5zx

On 24-Jun-96 Jimmy R. Floyd wrote:
>>FIELD DAY 1996
>High Claimed Raw Scores
>
>Compiled by
>WA4ZXA
>
>Date Posted: 06/24/96
>
>CALL          CLASS       SECT        SCORE            QSO'S      
>                                                   CW        SSB = TOTAL
>________________________________________________________________________
>
>KX3J           2A         MDC         3,186        366       711    1077
>
>N4ND           6A          VA         4,205        741       370    1113
>
>WA4ZXA         1D          NC         2,766          0      1581    1581 
>WB0OLA         1D          IN           472        132         0     132
>WB5M           1D         WTX             8          0         4       4 
>
>KK5ZX          1E          LA        13,167        198         3     198
>KM9P           1E          GA         6,304       1576         0    1576
>
>_________________________________________________________________________
>
>This is my first attempt at the FD scores on here. I did breakdown the CW 
>and SSB contacts. I feel that this will be the majority of the contacts. 
>There just is not enough room to break down all the 2,6, 440, pkt, sat and
>other contacts. Also not really enough room for all the Bonus pts. I did
>not put the hours in since everyone should have done basically 24 hours. 
>Also I am sorry but I cannot put an op list on this one. Not sure there 
>would be enough bandwidth in my email if I started listing ops for some of
>those 20A stations. 
>
>I will take any suggestions on this and if possible I will try to work 
>them in. Just remember that if I change something it means that I must go
>back through all the email and reread them and update the scores. Can be
>quite time comsuming. 
>
>73's Jim
>           ********************************************************** 
>           * Jimmy R. Floyd  (Jim)   Thomasville, NC                *
>           *                                                        *
>           * Amateur Call:              >> WA4ZXA <<                *
>           * Packet Node:               >> N4ZC <<                  *
>           * Internet Address:          >> floydjr at interpath.com << *
>           **********************************************************

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>From dnorris at k7no.com (Dean Norris)  Tue Jun 25 05:19:20 1996
From: dnorris at k7no.com (Dean Norris) (Dean Norris)
Date: Mon, 24 Jun 1996 21:19:20 -0700
Subject: FD is not a contest
Message-ID: <2.2.32.19960625041920.0068ca44 at mail.syspac.com>

At 22:14 6/24/96 -0500, you wrote:
>Field Day is NOT a contest.  It is an Operating Event.
>It's not a contest until the results are published!!
>

You should add after published ..." and the excuses begin. "  HI

CW Contests forever!

CDN



>Just a thought...
>
>Dale, KG5U
>kg5u at hal-pc.org
>

           C. Dean Norris
      Amateur Radio Station K7NO             
      e-mail to dnorris at k7no.com             
    http://www.syspac.com/~dnorris/


>From palooka at pyrotechnics.com (Joe Pontek, K8JP)  Tue Jun 25 04:34:39 1996
From: palooka at pyrotechnics.com (Joe Pontek, K8JP) (Joe Pontek, K8JP)
Date: Mon, 24 Jun 1996 22:34:39 -0500
Subject: CQ Magazine July Cover Photo
Message-ID: <199606250334.WAA20480 at kiwi.pyrotechnics.com>

>Now for the burning question........
>
>Does anyone know what is under the sheet in the top of the photo that is
>on the cover shot???
>
>It sure looks like it might be one of those "Oh no, Mulvehill is here
>TODAY!  Honey, got any spare sheets handy?" moments!

Hmmmm???? Yes, I remember my video from VP8CFM had this calendar off to the 
left that kept encrouching into the picture.  She would have kept me 
interested in warm sands to the north, or the south, depending on your own 
QTH!!! But, Larry, what is under the sheets???????????????????????????

73, K8Joe"Palooka"

K8JP, K8JP/VA2, VP5/K8JP, VP5JP, ex-K8HKM, ex-KN8HKM
palooka at pyrotechnics.com

snail mail:
Joe Pontek, K8JP
P. O. Box 59573
Schaumburg, IL 60159-0573
(847) 885-8871 (home)
(847) 519-7420 (work)
(847) 619-3250 (FAX)
U.S.A.


>From nt5c at easy.com (John Warren)  Tue Jun 25 07:32:17 1996
From: nt5c at easy.com (John Warren) (John Warren)
Date: Tue, 25 Jun 1996 01:32:17 -0500
Subject: N3RS on Mendelsohn's Letter
Message-ID: <1376456190-49667354 at BANJO.EASY.COM>

Sig N3RS wrote:

>If we hadn't become so damned permissive and refused to give in to
>the no code crap in the first place, we wouldn't be facing into
>another CB situation!  The we I refer to is the entire community;
>FCC, ARRL, and all the hams who stood by and watched as the die
>was being cast.  This hobby has begun its slide down the toilet and
>at this point, we had better try to fix the problem with strict
>segregation between the real "Hams" and those who are in reality
>appliance operators a la the CB world.

What a bunch of petulant pessimism Sig! It's about time you got on the
ball, as our club has, to TAKE ADVANTAGE of the tremendous supply of raw
material which No-Code licensing has provided. Many of these people are far
smarter than you or I ever were, or will be. All they need is a little
guidance from some experienced (UNsegregated) Elmers, and up the licensing
ladder they go - right to Extra in many cases. Perhaps that's why our local
club is facing its second move in about four years - because we're running
out of space again. We integrated the newcomers totally into our FD effort,
and for the first time we've probably made the top ten in our category. Try
it - You'll like it!

>Mr Mendelsohn is a director of a publishing firm and is focusing on
>what is important to that firm - more readers, regardless of their
>skills or abilities.

That's a pretty sleazy insult to a guy who gives his time to the world's
most effective amateur radio organization. It doesn't exactly make us weigh
your other arguments very carefully. But then, character assasination is
the weapon of choice these days, isn't it.

John, NT5C.



>From n4bp at shadow.net (Bob Patten)  Tue Jun 25 07:44:08 1996
From: n4bp at shadow.net (Bob Patten) (Bob Patten)
Date: Tue, 25 Jun 1996 02:44:08 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: N4BP Field Day 1E 5W Battery
Message-ID: <Pine.SOL.3.91.960625022247.3974A-100000 at hyper>

			1996 ARRL Field Day

Call used: N4BP					Location: SFL
Category: 1E 5W Battery				Single Operator

band	CW QSOs		CW pts		SSB QSOs	SSB pts
====	=======		======		========	=======
40	 37		 370
20	263		2630
15	158		1580		  9		 45
10					162		810

TOTAL	458		4580		171		855

629 QSOS	5,435 points

Equipment:  TS-130V, TH7-DXX @ 45 feet, 40/80 inv vee @ 35 ft, 
 	     95 A/H deep cycle marine battery

Other two operators dropped out and I decided it was too much work to do 
the annual trek to the Florida Keys alone.  Set up in the kitchen to at 
least get out of the ham shack - and have snacks more convenient.  No 
interesting stories, no thunderstorms, rain, snow, sleet, or hail.  No 
equipment failures, no bugs, etc.  I did confirm that for next year, my 
new battery does have enough storage to power the station for the duration.
The enthusiasm was missing.  When rate became very slow on 40M, I packed 
it in and went to bed for a few hours.  Highlights were being called by 
KL7 on 20M and two good runs on 10M of 60+ Q's/hour.
All in all, a good practice run for the real thing next year...


Bob Patten, N4BP
n4bp at shadow.net


>From w7ni at teleport.com (Stan Griffiths)  Tue Jun 25 09:54:47 1996
From: w7ni at teleport.com (Stan Griffiths) (Stan Griffiths)
Date: Tue, 25 Jun 1996 01:54:47 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: QSL cards and call signs...
Message-ID: <199606250854.BAA21486 at desiree.teleport.com>

>     Some of the guys who used to operate at multi-multi station W4BVV (Tom, 
>W4BVV, now an SK) went through Tom's incoming QSLs one time.  Tom didn't 
>QSL.  Period.
>               73,   Al, K3KMO
>               Reply to:
>               k3kmo at arrl.org
>               (Al is not a subscriber to this reflector.)
>

Guess what I found in my QSL file . . . a card from W4BVV!!  It is addressed
to my old call:  W7TML for a QSO on November 16, 1958.  Tom was running a
DX-100 and an NC 98 on 14 MHz cw when we worked.  He needed Oregon for WAS!!

So I guess Tom QSLed at least once . . .

Stan  w7ni at teleport.com


>From ezimmerm at DGS.dgsys.com (Dr. Eugene Zimmerman)  Tue Jun 25 11:32:40 1996
From: ezimmerm at DGS.dgsys.com (Dr. Eugene Zimmerman) (Dr. Eugene Zimmerman)
Date: Tue, 25 Jun 1996 06:32:40 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: I love this old time stuff!
Message-ID: <Pine.SOL.3.91.960625062921.28566A-100000 at DGS>

All Right.  All right.

Take an old man to task because he can't remember the difference between  
AC4RF and AC4YN.

ACtually, both were long gone when I was first licensed.

The closest I ever got to Tibet was Gus Browning in the 60's.

But they might still make a good multiplier in the DX contests.

W3ZZ

On Mon, 24 Jun 1996, Eugene Walsh wrote:

> W3ZZ mentions AC4RF, who was Bob Ford.  There was also
> Reg Fox who I think was AC4YN.  Bob Ford's (AC4RF) book
> about Tibet (Wind Between The Worlds) came with a blank
> AC4RF QSL card packed inside the cover.  I still have'em
> both, but I filled out the card to myself! (He was QRT
> in a BY prison before I was licensed).
> 
> Would have been great in a CONTEST!
> 
> N2AA
> 
> 

>From duerbusc at MO.NET (Joseph J. Duerbusch)  Tue Jun 25 13:25:30 1996
From: duerbusc at MO.NET (Joseph J. Duerbusch) (Joseph J. Duerbusch)
Date: Tue, 25 Jun 1996 07:25:30 -0500
Subject: Kenwood Repair??
References: <960624192751_338304351 at emout12.mail.aol.com>
Message-ID: <31CFDABA.4336 at mo.net>

Hi Jim, I have had to send my TS-850S back to Kenwood East Coast twice, 
once during warranty and once out of warranty.

Both times they did a very good job.

The warranty work was done within the week received.

The out of warranty work was "Scheduled" 30 days after receipt of my rig. 
 The work was done in a hour of the 31th day.   I didn't like the wait, 
but the girl that answered the phone was up front about what was going 
on, no BS.

Jim, on any of the newer rigs, I would only sent it to the company 
warranty repair station.  Someone else maybe able to fix it, but then 
have to wait weeks for the part to come in.


-- 
Joe Duerbusch K0BX St. Louis MO
jduerbusch at mdc.com <at work>
duerbusc at mo.net <at home>

http://www.qrz.com/cgi-bin/qrz_gifs?k0bx

>From bagraham at HK.Super.NET (Mr. Brett Graham)  Tue Jun 25 13:33:42 1996
From: bagraham at HK.Super.NET (Mr. Brett Graham) (Mr. Brett Graham)
Date: Tue, 25 Jun 1996 20:33:42 +0800 (HKT)
Subject: cw forever?
Message-ID: <199606251233.UAA22155 at is1.hk.super.net>

K6LL asked:
 
 I would like to hear from contesters with digital mode and cw experience
 regarding their thoughts on how cw, rtty, and state of the art digital
 modes compare for contest-style weak signal work.
 
As W2UP said, this means almost entirely 45 bauds Baudot (aka Murray).
Even after very little (contest only) operation, I find I can recognize by
ear CQ, RYs & my call.  While that is useless, it has conditioned me
somewhat about what my PK-232 can or might not copy.  This has proven handy
at deciphering the crap on the screen into half decent runs - often close
to & occasionally better than what CW could do under similar conditions.
It's cool, too.
 
Stick to roughly the same baud rate & shift (still fitting into CW filters)
& add any ARQ-like error correction & the machine will beat the best op
just about every time on it's own.  That crucial operator element that
makes radiosport great is lost - not cool.  I guess state of the art
digital modes like packet are better for things like clusters or on FD
through your local digipeater (gee, I knew the States were getting bad, but
this awful - definitely no point in coming back now...).
 
73, VS6BrettGraham bagraham at hk.super.net & vr2bg at harts.org.hk

>From n4bp at shadow.net (Bob Patten)  Tue Jun 25 13:41:12 1996
From: n4bp at shadow.net (Bob Patten) (Bob Patten)
Date: Tue, 25 Jun 1996 08:41:12 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: I love this old time stuff!
Message-ID: <Pine.SOL.3.91.960625083727.8773A-100000 at hyper>

On Tue, 25 Jun 1996, Dr. Eugene Zimmerman wrote:

> Take an old man to task because he can't remember the difference between  
> AC4RF and AC4YN.
> 
Remember the bicentenial year, 1976 and the little bit of confusion when 
the likes of me signed AC4OZF (or my other choice of W4OZF)...
Actually signed three different calls that year when my requested N4BP 
came through in December...

Bob Patten, N4BP
n4bp at shadow.net


>From rlboyd at CapAccess.org (Rich L. Boyd)  Tue Jun 25 13:50:50 1996
From: rlboyd at CapAccess.org (Rich L. Boyd) (Rich L. Boyd)
Date: Tue, 25 Jun 1996 08:50:50 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: FD beverages (drinks)
Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.91-FP.960625084945.16201A at cap1.capaccess.org>


Have ya ever noticed it pays to look into your glass before drinking from 
it during Field Day?  If they're just small insects I don't worry about 
it, though.

Rich Boyd KE3Q


>From steve.steltzer at paonline.com (WF3T)  Tue Jun 25 17:06:26 1996
From: steve.steltzer at paonline.com (WF3T) (WF3T)
Date: Tue, 25 Jun 1996 13:06:26 -0300
Subject: Code vs No Code

If anyone would like a copy of my letter to ARRL concerning the code/nocode
issue, drop me an email.
                                                                73, Steve

*\*  steve.steltzer at paonline.com (WF3T)  *\*
*\*        Harley Davidson Inc.          *\*




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