40-2CD on 17 meters

Tony Wanschura tonyjw at primenet.com
Tue May 28 14:43:22 EDT 1996


I've seen references on the reflector to using the 40-2CD on 17 
meters.  For those of you have done this, how well does it perform 
on that band?

Thanks,
Tony  KM0O   "kayMOO"

>From syam at Glue.umd.edu (De Syam)  Tue May 28 20:42:06 1996
From: syam at Glue.umd.edu (De Syam) (De Syam)
Date: Tue, 28 May 1996 15:42:06 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: What country is 1E6???
Message-ID: <Pine.SOL.3.91.960528154015.12923D-100000 at perl.eng.umd.edu>

On Tue, 28 May 1996, John R. Moore wrote:

> Harri M. Mantila OH6YF-OH0MYF wrote:
> > 
> > Hello!
> > 
> > I worked 1E6-station in the CQ WPX Contest, but what is his DXCC country?
> > 
> > 73's de Harry OH6YF-OH0MYF
> > Contest is...
> > hmantila at kauhajoki.fi
> > http://www.teuva.fi/yritykset/mantila/oh6yf.html
> 
> I was wondering the same thing Where is 1E6KYA I copied him twice once on 15 and once on 20
> .
> John W5HUQ
> 
> 
> 
I note JE6KYA in my log on 20 meters.  Could it be that he was having 
trouble counting the dashes when he tried to send "J"?

                                    Very 73,

                                  Fred Laun, K3ZO

>From syam at Glue.umd.edu (De Syam)  Tue May 28 20:46:28 1996
From: syam at Glue.umd.edu (De Syam) (De Syam)
Date: Tue, 28 May 1996 15:46:28 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Some Good News From The WPX Contest
Message-ID: <Pine.SOL.3.91.960528154415.12923F-100000 at perl.eng.umd.edu>

On Tue, 28 May 1996, Walter Deemer wrote:

> In case you did not take part in last weekend's WPX contest, I would like to
> report what, in my humble opinion, is some VERY encouraging news.
> 
> I heard no less than five Cuban stations active in the contest, and managed
> to make at least one Cuban contact on every band from 80 through 15.  (And
> these were real contest QSO's, not "manufactured" ones.)
> 
> This is much more contest activity from Cuba than I have heard for a long,
> long time, and I certainly hope it is a sign that Cuban stations may be much
> more active in contests in the future than they have been recently.  (I also
> hope it may indicate that more than amateur radio activity is on the upswing
> there as well.)
> 
> (And, no; this is in no way a comment, pro or con, on the political and/or
> human rights situation in Cuba or anywhere else.  Back in the days of the
> Cold War, there was a saying that "Amateur Radio Is International
> Friendship", and I very strongly believe that people-to-communications --
> like the ones in amateur radio contests -- have gone, and will continue to
> go, a long way towards making this tired old planet of ours a better, more
> peaceful one on which to live...)
> 
> 73, Walt, AC1O
> 
> 
I would like to second Walt's comments, and would hope that K7JA's/WA7WMB's 
expedition there a few months ago and the nice write-up that followed in 
QST had something to do with it, as well as CQ VHF Columnist N6CL's 
frequent trips to the island!

 
                                     Very 73,

                                  Fred Laun, K3ZO

>From oo7 at astro.as.utexas.edu (Derek Wills)  Tue May 28 20:54:43 1996
From: oo7 at astro.as.utexas.edu (Derek Wills) (Derek Wills)
Date: Tue, 28 May 1996 14:54:43 -0500
Subject: What country is 1E6???

	Where is 1E6KYA I copied him twice once on 15 and once on 20
	> .
	> 
	I note JE6KYA in my log on 20 meters.  Could it be that he was 
        having trouble counting the dashes when he tried to send "J"?

I foolishly ignored MJ/somebody, thinking the J was a poorly-sent
1 for someone mobile in W1-land...   Of course, it's = GJ.

There are certainly a bunch of people out there who have trouble
sending 6, though - unless a dash plus 5 dots is some new non-standard
symbol.

Oh well, at least there are people out there sending CW and we still
have CW contests and band segments.   In a few years we might miss
them.

Derek AA5BT, G3NMX
oo7 at astro.as.utexas.edu

>From ken.silverman at CCMAIL.AirTouch.COM (Ken Silverman)  Tue May 28 22:48:53 1996
From: ken.silverman at CCMAIL.AirTouch.COM (Ken Silverman) (Ken Silverman)
Date: Tue, 28 May 96 13:48:53 PST
Subject: CQP Awards Status
Message-ID: <9604288333.AA833317125 at CCMAIL.AIRTOUCH.COM>

     
     Hello to the Contest Community,
     
     I just wanted to give everyone an update on the California QSO Party 
     (CQP) awards.  The awards were all set to go out the weekend after 
     Visalia -  everything was in place (awards, people, boxes, barbecue, 
     and the computer to print the awards and labels).  But just days 
     before our mailing-party, the computer which held all the awards info 
     was stolen (and we didn't have a backup).  It has taken WA6SDM some 
     time to recompile the data from scratch, and we expect to have the 
     mailing-party in about 4 weeks (thanks for the effort Jim!).
     
     Some of you have written to say that your checks were cashed some time 
     ago - and this is true, since we were scheduled to do the mailing back 
     in April.
     
     The NCCC worked hard this year to make sure that the awards were 
     mailed in a timely and accurate fashion, and that the process will 
     continue forward.  
     
     Thank you for your understanding.
     
     Best Regards,
     
     Kenny WM2C
     Past President, NCCC
     
     ken.silverman at airtouch.com




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