WR3O SS Story

WR3O at music-city.tdec.state.tn.us WR3O at music-city.tdec.state.tn.us
Mon Nov 4 15:24:41 EST 1996


The newbie bares his soul for your reading pleasure(?), once again.

My second try at Sweepstakes (first time was last year.)

Man.  What a contest.  I'm now into my third year of this crazy
sport called Radio Contesting.  And crazy is how I felt at times
in this years SS.  This was the first time I was ever actually
'challenged' by anyone besides myself.  Scott KY2P called 6 months ago
to introduce himself and to let me know that he would be going for the 
Tennessee Title in High Power SS.  (We all know that N4ZZ will win 
whatever category he chooses, and he's been choosing Low Power lately...)  
Then a few other TN Contest Group guys started making noises about how I wouldn't have it so easy this year.  So, I decided I was not going to go 
down without a fight, and give it the best I had.  Scott did wind up 
beating me, but not by too terrible a margin.

I've been practicing my CW a lot, as that seemed to be my weakest area 
in the operator realm. It's definately improving w/ practice.  I've tried 
to operate as much as possible, not just in contests.  I put up a second
40 meter dipole, as that was the 'money' band last year.  Tweaked the
station / antennas / software as much as I could.  Reviewed last year's
efforts and tried to identify areas of improvement (plenty!)

Well, the main thing I got out of this year's contest was how much of
a mental game it is.  I swung the full gamut of emotions from "why am I
doing this? - I hate this stupid sport - I'm a loser - I'll never operate
another stupid contest again" all the way to "wow, what an amazing human
challenge this is! - what a great bunch of maniacs - what a great way to
find out what I'm really made of, etc."  I'm glad I didn't give up.
In fact, I guess that was the lesson from this year's SS -- NEVER GIVE UP.
The emotions were so intense that I think I'll be 'processing' this contest
for quite a while.

I set a goal of 1000 Q's and a sweep.  I didn't make the sweep, but I
did make the 1000 Q's.  I got duped so many times that I was really 
worried that I wouldn't have 1000 *valid* Q's when it was all over, but
I did clear it by a comfortable margin.  See the 3830 reflector for the
score.  I don't dare post a score on CQ-CONTEST after the flames I got
last time I did that.

As for the contest conditions, they were quite different from last year.
Forty meters was quite lame, neither antenna produced rate, and Eighty
meters was the 'money' band this year.  I guess 40 went 'long' (if I
understand that term correctly) early for us in middle TN this year.
Fortunately the QRN level was nice & low on 80, and I was able to work 
a bunch of QRP stations, from coast to coast.  My 500 watts and 1/2 sloper
on 80 felt loud, as I was able to run pretty much anytime after sunset.
Last year I only missed NWT, and this year I worked TWO of 'em!  K0EJ said
K8HVT/KP2 was a beacon on 15 in TN, but I didn't find him during my
brief foray into that band.  Missed Wayne in WY as well.  Heard the pile-up
but couldn't find Wayne.  Didn't occur to me he might be split.  Too bad
because I think I would have made it through the pile if I'd found him.
Took the last hour off and spent it observing the K1ZX team and VE3EJ
tearing it up on 7032, about a kc apart.  Nice to be able to watch two
great ops without having to touch the dial.  Is getting near to someone
working a good rate a type of strategy?  Hmmm.  Or maybe they both just
knew where to be.  Probably both.

I finished the contest on 80, my best band.  Crossing the 1000 Q mark was
exhilarating, although I was worried about all those dupes.  Reading all
the "work dupes / don't work 'em" discussion here made me go ahead and work
them; but on second thought I'm not sure it's a good idea in SS.  Maybe in
CQWW, but in SS the exchange is so long that it could actually hurt one's
score.  The up side is that it artificially inflates your serial # for the
competition to worry about. :-)   May not work the dupes in next year's SS.

Oh yeah.  I guess I'll do it again next year.  NEVER GIVE UP!

Thanks for the QSO's everyone.   73,  Kirk  WR3O

>From cookar2 at btlip16.bt.co.uk (Cook, Andy, COOKAR2)  Mon Nov  4 20:33:00 1996
From: cookar2 at btlip16.bt.co.uk (Cook, Andy, COOKAR2) (Cook, Andy, COOKAR2)
Date: Mon, 04 Nov 96 20:33:00 UCT
Subject: M6T CQWW Score + Story
Message-ID: <327E52A8 at smtpgate.mavericks.bt.co.uk>


Here is the first cut score for the M6T multi-multi entry for CQWW SSB this 
year. We ve all been very busy with work since the contest, so not had time 
to assimilate the differences between what the different computers were 
telling us for score, so, as usual, this is subject to checking.


                    CQ WORLD WIDE DX CONTEST -- 1996


      Call: M6T                      Country:  England
      Mode: SSB                      Category: Multi Multi

      BAND     QSO   ZONES COUNTRIES


      160      969      9      66
       80     1751     26     108
       40     1839     31     131
       20     2651     40     175
       15     1658     35     172
       10      324     22      80
     ---------------------------------------------------

     Totals   9192    163     732  =>  approx. 14M points


160m
FT1000D + PA. 40m vertical + Inverted V dipole @ 30m + Beverages
Ops : G4IFB + G4BWP

80m
FT1000D + PA. 4 square + Delta Loop @ 27m.
Ops : K1XX + G0WCW

40m
FT1000D + PA. 3 element full size @ 30m + 402CD @ 25m + Beverages
Ops : G4VMM + G4WFR

20m
IC775 + PA. 205BA @ 30m + stacked 204CDs @ 18m / 30m
Ops : G4BUO, G3VHB, G4BWP

15m
FT1000D + PA. Extended 155BA @ 25m + stacked extended 155BAs @ 18m / 30m
Op : G4PIQ

10m
FT1000MP + PA. 105BA @ 25m + stacked 105BAs @ 22m / 30m
Ops : G0AEV + G0KRL

Multipliers & Support by G4BAH, G0WCW, G0AFH, G0HSS, G4SWX, G4AXX and G4KNO. 


As usual we had an interesting contest and as usual we have found areas 
where we could do better! The new call was good (used to be G0KPW), but 
conditions weren t!

We do the whole contest field-day style, and a couple of weeks before the 
contest it became clear that two of the fields which we normally use to set 
out antennas were planted with corn, or were not clear of maize. This meant 
that we had to compress all the antennas into quite a small space, and meant 
that we had some worse inter-station problems than we have had in previous 
years.

Some very high winds were forecast for the Sunday of the contest, and when 
these arrived they turned the big 40m yagi into a very interesting shape - 
it uses 6m fibreglass fishing rods as the element ends and these really do 
bend! This also meant that we couldn t turn that antenna - even a Create 
RC5B won t hack that! Both the 40m antennas ended up pointing in completely 
different directions to where the rotators said! Throughout the Sunday 
morning, you could look out of the trailer from which we operate, see the 
bushes bending over, pray that all the guy stakes were firmly knocked into 
the ground, and feel very glad that we had spent some time putting new guy 
ropes on many of the towers! Luckily, we had advance warning of the 75mph+ 
winds forecast for the Monday night, and we were able to lower the towers at 
the end of the contest, and get all but the 10m stack completely 
disassembled before the big storm struck that night. It survived OK - the 
only damage we sustained was to an element on the big 40m yagi on the Monday 
morning.

>From this far north, conditions stank - certainly on Saturday. On the first 
night, the low bands had a really tough time, typified by almost no sign of 
the US on 160. Breaking pile-ups against the guys further east and south on 
15 and 20 on Saturday morning was tremendously difficult, and I knew we were 
in trouble when the USA opening on 15m on Saturday turned up skewed path 
(255 degrees or so). One of the guys posted a WWV spot showing the A index 
at 8 - it sounded more like it was 48. At least 20 was able to manage a 
reasonable stateside run.

Sunday was much better - on 15 there were a few more JAs about, but no run, 
but the US opening was much better, though only 2 stations worked from zone 
3, but 20 was still able to bash away at the US.

10m had a real hard time. This is the first time in 4 - maybe 5 years that 
we have not achieved 5BDXCC - many openings were extremely short, but I 
guess we will just have to accept that we caught all we could hope for.

We should have a WWW page up very soon (if not now) - it s at
http://www.btwebworld.com/olsen/m6t

We d also be very interested in reports of how the signal stacked up against 
the other guys in the contest so we know what to improve.

73,

Andy Cook, G4PIQ
g4piq at blacksheep.org

>From floydjr at Interpath.com (Jimmy R. Floyd)  Tue Nov  5 05:22:39 1996
From: floydjr at Interpath.com (Jimmy R. Floyd) (Jimmy R. Floyd)
Date: Tue, 05 Nov 1996 01:22:39 -0400
Subject: ARRL SS CW 96 Scores I
Message-ID: <2.2.16.19961105052239.1bc7ec46 at interpath.com>

ARRL SWEEPSTAKES CW 96
RAW SCORES

Compiled by
WA4ZXA
(floydjr at interpath.com)

Date Posted: 11/06/96


CALL              OP/SECT    SCORE    QS0'S     SECTS    HRS
_______________________________________________________________

S/OP/QRP/Q

KT4LD                NC    296,869     967       
AA8U                       125,112     802        78     22
K1TR                       112,050     747        75
N0AX                       107,464     707        76
K7MM                EWA    102,960     660        78     24 
K0EJ                 TN    100,950     673        75     20
WB9HRO                      85,500     570        75
WA0RJY                      52,500     350        75
WE9V                        51,832     341        76 
KR0U                        13,500     125        54
VE6SH/8             NWT      9,588     102        47     14
N1AFC                        8,080     101        40      8


S/OP/LP/A

KR0Y/5                     211,380    1355        78
K8HVT/KP2                  202,972    1318        77
AA7BG                      174,040    1145        76
W4WA (AA4GA)         GA    169,260    1085        78
NM5M                       167,200    1100        76
AC1O/4                     162,084    1039        78
KO9Y                       158,808    1018        78
KK9W                       154,908     993        78
N0AT (AA0VQ)               147,288     969        76
VE6EX                      143,250     955        75
N4OGW/5                    141,208     926        76
W9WI                 TN    139,776     896        78
KZ8E                       134,550     897        75
WD8IJP                     128,700     825        78
WT1O                EMA    124,024     838        74     24 
WA2STM                     121,656     822        74     15
KI4HN                NC    112,500     750        75
K3CR (KB3AFT)       WPA    112,200     748        75     24
KK7A                 ID     92,720     610        76     18
K1YRP                CT     91,464     618        74     22
NS0B                        82,800     552        75     11
AB5SE                AR     80,104     527        76     21
K7DBV                OR     77,824     512        76     19
WX9E                        76,000     500        76     16
W5HUQ               NFL     68,640     440        78     23
AC5BR                AR     68,400     450        76     18
KJ1N                 CO     64,116     411        78      7
WB0OLA               IN     52,716     382        69     13
KA8OKH               KY     50,978     359        71
WD4AHZ              SFL     14,178     139        51      3
AA4LR                GA      3,000      50        30      3
KR2J                                   213        64      5
N9JF                                   758        78
K3SA                                   773        76
AD4VH                                  670        76
KK7A                                   610        76
N0AXL                                  605        76
WN6K                                   591        75
AB5SE                                  527        76
WA5JWU                                 342        78
NC7K                                   239        65


S/OP/HP/B

W0SD (WD0T)                224,994    1461        77
W5WMU (N6TR)               224,952    1442        78
N5RZ                       223,236    1431        78
K4UX/0 (WX3N)              217,620    1395        78
W6GO (N6IG)                213,096    1366        78
W5KFT (WN4KKN)             212,520    1380        77
W7RM (AA7NX)               207,168    1328        78
K7UP                       206,388    1323        78
K0RF                       206,206    1339        77
WB0O                 ND    206,206    1339        77
KM9P (K7GM)                205,296    1316        78
K6LL                       205,140    1315        78
KY7M                       203,580    1305        78
N7DD                       203,112    1302        78
K0KR                       202,332    1297        78
AI7B                       199,680    1280        78
K5GO                       196,092    1257        78
VE3EJ (NJ2L)               195,312    1252        78
KC7V                 AZ    194,844    1249        78     24
W2PV (WZ1R)                194,688    1248        78
K1IU                       192,816    1236        78
NA5Q                       191,100    1225        78
N6RO                       190,498    1237        77
K5NA                       189,112    1228        77
W9RE                       188,760    1210        78
K4PQL                NC    186,340    1210        77
KF3P                       186,108    1193        78
K3ZO                       183,144    1174        78
KT3Y                       181,258    1177        77
N6KI                       176,748    1133        78
NN7L (NL7GP)               173,784    1114        78
W2VJN                OR    170,664    1094        78
K0IJL                MN    168,014    1091        77     24
N4ZR                       166,452    1072        78
K0WA                       166,440    1095        76
KM0L                 MO    166,140    1065        78     24
KY2P                       163,956    1051        78
W1XT                 AZ    156,408    1029        76     24
K9WIE                      155,344    1022        76
AA3B                       145,650     970        75     24
K0HB                 MN    143,336     943        76
W6XR/2                     110,760     710        78     15
N6MZ                        73,632     472        78
N1CC                ENY     68,400     450        76     10
KJ4VH                       44,250     295        75      4
K2ONP               ENY     42,344     316        67      6
WX0B                                  1000        78
NJ8M                                   962        78
WB4NFS                                 799        75
KO4EW                                  761        78
WB4RMJ                                 759        74
VY1JA                                  520        77
WB4RDV                                 459        72
N2KJM                                  414        76
NO1J                                   300        76


MULTI/OP

K1ZX                       225,420    1445        78 
KS9W                       194,688    1248        78
KY1H                       186,420    1195        78
K8JM                       148,980     995        78
KE2VB               WNY    135,720     870        78     23
KO4EW                TN    118,716     761        78
K3WW                       109,200     700        78     14
W5EHM                      103,800     692        75

*********************************************************************


MULTI/OPERATOR List

K1ZX          K1ZX,WC4E,K1TO



*********************************************************************

This is the first posting and since I got scores off internet and also
off 3830 itself a score may be on here twice. Just let me know if yours
is and I will take the incorrect one off.

73's Jim

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           * Jimmy R. Floyd  (Jim)   Thomasville, NC                *
           *                                                        *
           * Amateur Call:              >> WA4ZXA <<                *
           * Packet Node:               >> N4ZC <<                  *
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>From floydjr at Interpath.com (Jimmy R. Floyd)  Tue Nov  5 05:22:29 1996
From: floydjr at Interpath.com (Jimmy R. Floyd) (Jimmy R. Floyd)
Date: Tue, 05 Nov 1996 01:22:29 -0400
Subject: CQWW SSB 96 Scores IV
Message-ID: <2.2.16.19961105052229.375f8650 at interpath.com>

CQWW SSB 1996
RAW SCORES

Compiled by
WA4ZXA
(floydjr at interpath.com)

Date Posted: 11/05/96

CALL                 HRS     SCORE     QSO'S    PTS   ZONES     DX
_______________________________________________________________________

S/OP/HP/Unassisted

P40W (W2GD)          40  10,281,978    6200            126     441
4V2A (9A3A)               7,038,452    5950            114     395
FG5BG (KI6FE/JF2DJQ)      5,924,428    4936   12266    101     382 
AH7G                      5,414,850    4844   14325    126     252
7P8/OE2VEL                5,025,600    3786            103     347
S50A                      4,473,130    3056    7333    137     473
3DA0NX                    4,234,155    3281    9645    104     335
ZS6SA                     3,697,628    3003    8846    104     314
YB1AQS               34   3,247,398    2433    7029    119     343
GW4BLE               39   2,987,325    2556    6035    104     391
YB9BV (AA7VB)        36   2,540,000    2140            114     293
OH1EH                     2,065,100    2249    3860    116     419
9K2HN                     1,728,520    1951    5470     77     239
7Z5OO                       661,593    1005    2657     60     189
DL6MHW               26     447,392     707    1271     83     269
OH8BQT                      415,808     719    1424     72     220
OI6KZP                      337,940     676    1108     66     239
DL4YAO               15     139,499     387     701        199
YV5AMH               37                2556    7336     99     323

K5ZD                 34   3,968,075    2391    6901    124     451
KM9P                 44   3,610,724    2110            137     461
K3ZO                 41   3,083,400    2053    5710    129     411
K1IU (W2SC)               2,910,654    2100    5989    109     377
VO1MP                37   2,836,984    2451    6691     82     342
W9RE                      2,553,226    1610    4511    129     437
K1RU                 35   2,527,686    1818    5201    111     375
N2IC                      2,304,484    1703            130     357
KE9A                      2,268,308    1610            116     381
WZ4F                      2,056,131    1625            118     365
N7AVK                     1,823,046    1804            117     249
W1GD                      1,688,500    1206    3377    109     391
W1WEF                27   1,665,760    1312    3590    109     355
W6XR                 30   1,647,555    1302            137     347
K4PQL                     1,362,550    1133    3206    100     325
K5NA                      1,170,190    1030    2555    122     336
KE3GA                36   1,044,340     753    2068    107     398
K3JT                 40     641,892     661             95     264
KB1GW                33     595,161     669    1809     77     252
K9BG                 24     461,692     548             84     224
AA7VY                       334,361     549    1399     82     157
AF7O                        303,830     491    1321     74     156
N9ITX/7              18     270,787     416    1133     72     167
AL7PT/W8             20     188,020     318     790     66     172
KC5AK                       131,421     211     617     65     148
N5CT/7                       43,639     110     289     54      97
N7UJJ                 6      35,728     150     393     37      59
WI2E                  2      15,133     169     409     18      19


S/OP/LP/Unassisted

YL8M                        806,316    1433    9186     88     318
A35SQ                       345,546     785    2187     68      90
GW0GEI               41     343,360     661    1160     64     232
PA0COE               23      44,183     307     391     25      88

WA4ZXA               43   1,449,225    1105    3051    111     364
VE3KZ                41   1,052,923    1101    2869     87     280
K0EJ                 36     839,790     799    2170    102     285
WA7BNM               25     672,600     810             98     202
KJ4WH                       526,729     587    1601     82     247
WA6KUI                      525,200     596    1616     84     241
WS1A                        463,854     579    1594     71     220
WN6K                        416,232     688    1927     75     141
XK7CFD                      356,202    1087    1557     60      94  
AA0SQ                       321,328     459    1208     74     192
AA1EY                30     302,588     438    1196     61     192
K8QLK                       167,112     303     792     58     153
AC5BR                26     110,976     241     578     62     130
KC5RAS               28      57,230     193     485     37      81
KD5PJ/9               4      39,746     126     334     38      81
N7UJJ                 6      37,728     150     393     37      59
WB0OLA                2      10,350      61     150     27      42
AA4LR                 4       2,368      25      64     16      21 


S/OP/Assisted

DL3KDV                    1,796,080    1490    3140    119     453
IU2M (IK2SFZ)             1,624,145    1803            105     382
PY1CAS                      611,456     826    2248     79     193
SM0DJZ               20     325,535     600     917     77     278

KE3Q                      3,012,170    1777            130     464
AA1K                      2,938,316    1817            122     447
K3NZ                      2,569,280
K3WW                      2,548,793    1485    4199    133     474
K1KP                      2,430,606    1901    5307     96     362
N3RR                      2,380,424    1416            131     465
K2TW                 40   2,120,912    1322    3734    123     445
W1GD                      1,688,500    1204            109     391
WB2NQT                    1,631,126    1111    3101    111     415
AA3JU                     1,415,025    1108    2979    105     370
AA3B                      1,313,521     989    2777    101     372
KE3GA                     1,044,340     753    2068    107     398
N8ATR                39   1,015,388     751    2068    118     373
WN3K                 33   1,000,000
N9VHW                       841,940     693    1892    108     337
W1NG                 12     725,022     622    1714    101     322
K2WK                 12     645,414     641    1778     91     272
W2UP                  8     512,640     508    1424     91     269
WA1IML               12     504,600     610             69     221
K3IXD                       463,393     500             80     263
N1CC/2               12     460,410     553    1545     78     220
W7OM                 19     393,792     498            100     193
AB5SE                28     325,748     436    1147     85     199
KR4UJ                       319,580     405    1102     80     210
KM0L                 16     314,461     444    1169     76     193
W9WI                 10     155,092     295     812     52     139
KG5NE           LP          152,646     285     741     62     144
N2BIM           LP    6      87,320     178     472     45     140
WD0E                         75,943     203     571     31     102
AB6FO                 6      75,082     159             47     126
W4/YV5DTA                     7,366      49     127     17      41


S/OP/QRP

N1AFC                       352,764     524             56     183
KA1CZF                      158,148     306     828     48     143
VE7CQK                          924      24      42     12      10


Single Band

160M
VP2EZ           LP    2       4,000      63              9      21

VE7IN                         3,480     123     232      7       8 
VE6LB                         3,315     115     221      8       7

80M
LA9VDA                      176,848    1389             22      90 
G3WGN                36     125,580     785    1092     22      93
VP2E/WB5CRG     LP    7      43,000     378             11      43

K1UO                        166,374     556             23      94
AA8U            HP           56,494     337     601     22      72 
AE6H            HP                      111             19      55  

40M
ZS6EZ           HP          533,620    1254             33     113
DA2KI           LP           21,513     271     303     13      58
XE2AC           LP            8,640     107     240     15      21
LA4O                          3,168      84      88      5      31

AI7B                        152,640     444             33      87
N4DVW                        64,790     214             29      81
K8UNP                        60,720     199     552     27      83
KW4T            LP           39,221     164     431     21      70
WA2BFW                       38,808     161             23      65
KB1HY           HP           22,542     104     289     21      57

20M
OK1RI           HP   38   1,442,688    2909             39     165 
VP2E            HP   20     725,000    1796             29     123
LY5W (LY1DR)                682,825    1828    3575     39     152
S56A            HP          571,103    1377    2899     40     157
RN9XA           LP          144,144     445    1232     27      90

K2SS                      1,017,152    1877             37     147
WT1S                        772,161    1585    4569     36     133
NI8L                 29     709,882    1364    3922     38     143
K9JF/7               26     380,000     755    2110     38     142
N3HBX                       339,644     755    2071     33     131
K1VUT           LP   25     188,727     502    1419     27     106
WA7IVZ          HP          145,860     422    1122     33      97
N6CQ            HP          119,800     313             27     106
NZ5O            LP          105,164     311     862     26      96
WT1S (@K1MNS)        28                1585             36     133 

15M
ZX5J            HP        3,131,170    5154   15274     36     169 
S50U            HP          601,896    1305    3236     37     149
T77WI                       181,578     756    1713     30      76
RN3QO           LP          138,744     605             30     111
PY1KN           LP   12      55,762     212             21      77

KC2X/4                      649,600    1322    3712     31     144
N4BP            HP          357,588     871    2322     29     125
WA2QNW          HP          219,780     554             27     108
KE5FI (K5LBU)   HP          214,912     564             31     115
KF8EP           HP          126,451     372             27     110
W5ASP                12     111,750     342             27      98
KJ6HO           LP           90,155     345     949     27      68 

10M
9H0A                        230,115     898             27     118
CT4NH           HP   15     165,633     565    1209     24     113
LW8EXF          HP           94,689     455    1169     22      59
PU1LJB          LP           44,772     259     546     25      57
JH9VSF          LP           21,172     141             23      44

K5X1 (KE5FI)    HP           64,988     331             19      58
W4YV            HP           47,058     319             16      50
AB5LX           LP            9,000      86             10      30


Multi/Single

ZX0F                     21,762,636    8660   25276    171     690
HC8N                     18,245,440    8501   24790    157     579
4M5X                     11,689,002    5704   16651    143     559
IQ4A                     11,271,000    5103            181     731
FS5PL                     8,787,616    5788   14128    118     504
SN2B                      7,542,000    4431            156     615
VP5DX                     7,732,224    6111   13424    129     447
WP2AHW                    7,103,383    5153            129     464
ON4UN                     6,713,606    3624    8857    148     610
RA3AUU                    5,750,920    4108    7567    155     605
XE2DV                     5,536,095    5643   12385    137     310 
3DA0DX                    4,605,720    3716   10966    102     318
OI7T                      4,052,500    3559    6484    135     490
EA4URE                    3,982,368    3191    6382    127     497
C31LD                     3,874,907    3531    7409    104     419
VS6WO                     3,668,976    4135    8046    125     331
PI4COM                    3,558,632    2949    5777    124     492
RN4W                      3,120,479    2823    4853    144     499
EI7M                      2,904,008    3053    5542    109     415
EY2Q                      2,254,276    2015    4922    112     346
LY6M                      2,115,232    2161    3724    121     447
RW9OWD                    1,716,120    2123    4767     87     273
SM7PKK                      800,584    1109    1832     83     354
DK0MM                       709,932    1003    1766     79     323
JW5VK                       679,320    1275    3330     67     137

KF2ET                     5,755,290    2900    8341    143     547
N3RS                      4,718,196    2345            151     560
K1NG                      4,369,275    2284    6473    144     531
K8LX                      2,950,000    1843            125     438  
WA2VUY                    2,913,870    1672            133     482
K1RX                      2,779,348    1712    4859    121     451
W5KFT                     2,700,000    1812            148     477
K0RF                      2,484,638    1620            141     429
VA3SK                     2,465,071    2478    5773    102     325
VA6JY (@VE6JY)            2,339,820    2655    5571    114     306
WX0B                      2,257,940    1862            141     439
VE6SV                     2,229,380    2530    5644    107     288
KB1H                      2,203,449    1421    3999    118     433
K1GW                      1,983,520    1392    3920    110     396
VE3RM                     1,947,205    2111    5165     86     291
KC7V                      1,883,458    1628    4223    128     318
KV1W                      1,846,467    1390    3871    109     368
NC0P                      1,700,226    1138            133     423
K3MD                      1,662,282    1135            130     428
WA0PUJ                    1,363,688    1225            121     336
NK7U                      1,332,270    1293    3390    108     285
AC1O  LP                  1,121,354     911    2537    106     336
VE6FI                     1,093,800    1620             95     205
K5VT                      1,090,800    1043            119     281
N5HRG                       904,239     728    1953    119     344 
W4ATC                       768,140     798    1990     92     294 
K7UP                        532,413     665    1701    102     211
VE2UCD                      217,958     617             45     121
AC5CT                       164,000     334     786     64     145


Multi/Multi

V26B                     26,928,000   13431   32640    153     672 
M6T                      14,000,000    9192            163     732
J3A                      12,643,674    8273            138     509
JH5ZJS                    9,970,000    5299            171     509
GM6V                      6,884,829    6194            130     591

VB9DH                    13,334,192    8055            133     544
KC1XX                    11,050,000    5443            151     622
N2RM                     10,943,290    4990   13645    160     642
K3LR                     10,580,000    5119            157     625
W3LPL                    10,300,000    4874            159     639
K1KI                      7,258,166    3627    9902    150     583
KY3N                      6,995,142    3628            145     548
W1FJ                      6,733,585    3376    9592    144     558
N4ZC                      6,443,528    3335            147     542
AA1AS                     6,243,224    3511    9022    147     545
W4MYA                     5,618,521    3097    8131    144     547
KS9K                      4,817,949    2811    7311    144     515
NQ4I                      4,541,284    2901    7118    145     493
N6AW                      3,947,928    2621    7284    145     397
W4IY                      3,779,790    2430            133     482
K3ANS                     3,294,720    2093            132     453
K3II                      2,119,649    1389    3833    118     435
KG6LF                       688,564     810    2179     97     219
K7FR                        489,552     637    1736     89     193


********************************************************************

OPERATORS LIST

CALL                 OPERATORS          

Multi/Single

W4ATC           KS4XG,KT4LD,N3QYE
K8LX            K8LX,WA8ZDT    
WA0PUJ          WA0PUJ,KC0ZC,WB0O
NC0P            NC0P,KF0H,WA0FLS,WO0V,WD0GVY,WA0ETC,WR0G
KF2ET           AA2DU,KE2NL,WR2I,K2UU
3DA0DX          ZS6WPX,ZS6BRZ,WJ2O
K3MD            K3MD,N3PUR,KD3SF,AA3AZ
VE6FI           VE6BIC,VE6AQ,VE6AQE
K1GW            K1GW,K1LL,W6PH
SM7PKK          SM7PKK,SM6CAS
VA6JY           VE6JY,VE6FR,VE6SLV,VE6LDX,VE6DGG,VE6BF,VE6LCB
PI4COM          PA3BBP,PA3BWD,PA3ERC,PA3EWP,PA3FQA,PA3GBQ,ON4BDS,DL5NEJ
SN2B            SP2FAX,SP3RBR,SP8NR,SP3RBI
KB1H            KB1H,AA1CE,K1DW,K1EBY,NB1U,WA1RLV
K41W            KV1W,W1CSM,N6RFM
K1RX            K1RX,KF1V,K1EPJ
RW9OWD          UA9OIL,RW9OW,UA9OLW,UA9OIF,UA9OIW,UA9OAO
VE6SV           VE6SV,VE6VW,VE7GAS,VO1CV
VE3RM           VE3WRL,VE3WIB,VE3RM
OI7T            OH6LNI,OH7LTK,OH7KIR,OH7MS,OH7WV,OH7MHL,OH7KD
LY6M            LY1DS,LY1FW
WX0B            WX0B,W5GN,WA5YOM
EY2Q            EY8MM,EY8CQ,EY8XX,EY8RR(AA3DK)
N5HRG           N5HRG,K9MK
ON4UN           DJ4AX,DL1SBR,ON4AFZ,ON5UK,ON4MA,ON4UN
WP2AHW          KQ4GC,AE4FY,AE4SJ,AB4NS,KX8N,KD6WW
N3RS            N3RD,KY2T,N3RS
AC5CT           AC5CT,KC5WEG
NK7U            NK7U,W7ZRC,AB7CZ,N7BZ,AA7TF
C31LD           C31LD,C31LJ,EA3NY
VA3SK           VA3SK,VA3MW,VA3PC,VA3WTO,VA3JAK,VA3TWF,VA3RTW,VE3XKB
HC8N            HC1OT,WX3N,VE3EJ,WN4KKN
4M5X            YV5JDP,YV5EED,YV5IQJ,YV5JCN,YV5LMW,YV5MHX,YV5RW,WM2C
K1NG            KI1G,K1NG,KD1NG,K1VR,WF1B
RN4W            RU4WJ,UA4WGU,RW4WY,UA4WJF,RW4WR,RW4WM
EI7M            EI8GS,EI7DNB,EI9HC,EI5HB,EI4BZ,EI3DP,EI6BT
K7UP            K7UP,AA8FE,KN5H
FS5PL           WX9E,N0BSH,FS5PL
WA2VUY          WA2VUY,NO2R
ZX0F            PY5EG,PY5CC,N5FA,PY0FF,PY5GU
JW5VK           LA1BJA,LA5VK
IQ4A            I4VEQ,I4JTE,IK2NCJ,I4IKW,I4EAT,I4LCK,I4AVG,IK4MGP,IK4QJH,
                I4IKW,IK4EWK,IK4DCT,IK4XQH,I4IND,IK4CZF,I4PVP,IW4ANU
VS6WO           9V1YC,VR2GO,VR2NR,VS6WO
K5VT            WA7LNW,N7PNK,AA7WP,WY7K,AA7NO,K5VT
EA4URE          EA4BPJ,EA4BT,EA4CQT,EA4KD,EA7CEZ,EA4AAF,EA4AFA,EA4CT,
                EA4ET,EA4KA,EA4TX,EC4AJL,EA4CJA,EA4EKR,EB4EPJ


Multi/Multi

KG6LF           KG6LF,WA6QQF
NQ4I            NQ4I,K4BAI,WI4R,KF4CI,KQ4HC,KM4HH,NZ3I,K4MZU,KJ4FW
KS9K            KS9K,KA9FOX,K9GS,K9PW,NB9C,N9AU,WB9TIY,WE9V
KC1XX           KC1XX,KM3T,KC1F,AD1C,K1DG,WZ1R,KB1AWE,K1EA,AA1ND,PU1JTE
W4IY            KC4RFM,AC4XT,KT4SC,N8NEV,KJ4VG,WD4KXB,KA4RRU,WB4NFS,
                WB4RMJ,KO4FM,KC4ZHQ,AE4DG,AA3KX,KU3M,N4DXS,KQ4UN
J3A             W8KKF,WA8LOW,N9NS,WZ8D,WA8NJR,W9INX,IV3NVN,IV3TMV,WB8GEX
K7FR            K7FR,KI7YO,W7WMO,N7AUV
KY3N            N3IDP,WB3FIZ,WB3LFZ,K3OX,K3WJV,W3FV,KQ2M,KY3N,N3UHZ
N4ZC            N4ZC,WZ3Q,WD4BTF,KI4HN,K4MQG,AA4SQ,K4UHL,WA4UNZ,KU4V,
                WB5M,W5VWMN,KB9MS
W1FJ            K1JKS,K1XM,NB1B,K1CB,W1KM,W1FJ,K2AJY,WB2DND,WT1O,W6PH,
                WA1KSY,KA1ZAK
K3LR            N3BJ,WR3D,KG8GO,K3LR,K8GL,N9HZQ,N8IRL,WA8YVR,WD8IXE,
                WR3G,K8CX,ND8L
K1KI            K1CC,K1KI,KA1TAF,KF2FB,KF2XK,KM1P,NX1H,W1OD,WA2STM
K3ANS           N3RCA,WB6OKK,NY3C,N3MTU,WF3H,N3IYX,K3ZTJ,N2BIM,N2KJM,
                K3ANS
GM6V            GM3WOJ,GM4AFF,GM4BAP,GM4CXM,GM4IGS,GM4TXX,GM4YXI,GM0NAI
N6AW            W6BA,N6AW,N6NU,NF6H,KC6CNV,N7QQ,K7JYE,W6HT,K6WS,K6HMS
N2RM            N2RM,N2NT,WM2H,KZ2S,N7BG,N2AA,K3UA,W2RQ,N2BCC,KE2PF,
                KA2AEV,KB2POP,WB2K
VB9DH           VE9AO,VE9CB(VE2ZP),VE9DH,VE9DX,VE9FRC(NR2H),VE9GJ,
                VE9NJ(K2NJ),VE9WH,VE9XX,NS2K,WA2ASM,WU3A,VE1RM(AK4L)
K3II            K3II,WB3ESS,N3BDA
V26B            WT3Q,WB2P,K3MQH,WA2UDT,AB2E,KF3P,N3ADL,KR2J,K4VUD
W4MYA           N4EHJ,AD4TS,WA4DAI,KD4JXY,WA4QDM,KS4RX,KC4AUF,WU4G,WK4Y,
                WB8GAU,AD4KE,WB4GVZ,KB4DI,W4MYA
W3LPL           K1HTV,K3ZZ,ND3F,N3KTV,W3LPL,N3AHA,W0ZV,WR3E,K3RA,K1RZ,
                N5OKR
JH5ZJS          JA5BJC,JA5FDJ,JA5JCC,JA5THU,JH5RXS,JR5JAQ,JR5VHU
AA1AS           AA1AS,KY1H,K1MBO,WA1ZAM,NT2X,AA2MF,AB2AS,WJ1R,AA6MC,
                WM1K,AB2AP,WT2Q
M6T             G4BAH,G0WCW,G0AFH,G0HSS, G4SWX,G4AXX,G4KNO


*********************************************************************

REMEMBER NO ATTACHMENTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THEY WILL NOT BE POSTED !!!!

73's Jim


>From gaiser at lsbsdi2.lightspeed.net (Terry Gaiser)  Tue Nov  5 08:10:25 1996
From: gaiser at lsbsdi2.lightspeed.net (Terry Gaiser) (Terry Gaiser)
Date: Tue, 05 Nov 1996 00:10:25 -0800
Subject: CW SS
Message-ID: <327EF671.316 at bak2.lightspeed.net>

If a summary of the CW weekend results has been posted on here I didn't 
get it. Could someone forward it to me please? If not out 
yet...nevermind.
Thanks,
Terry - N6UR

>From wrt at eskimo.com (Bill Turner)  Tue Nov  5 12:00:29 1996
From: wrt at eskimo.com (Bill Turner) (Bill Turner)
Date: Tue, 05 Nov 1996 12:00:29 GMT
Subject: OUT OF BAND Q's and other grumblings..
References: <961103084332_1847084419 at emout19.mail.aol.com>
Message-ID: <327f2b13.24190303 at mail.eskimo.com>

I overheard a SSB QSO yesterday (Monday) morning at around 1125 UTC =
between a
VK and a K4 on 7084.1 kHz.  The K4 gave his call any number of times and
identified himself as being in Valdosta, GA.  He seemed totally unaware =
that
he was out of the phone band, or maybe he thought he was in Alaska or
something.  Must be something going around.

73, Bill W7LZP
wrt at eskimo.com

>From sercom at bo.nettuno.it (Andy IK4WMG)  Tue Nov  5 12:00:30 1996
From: sercom at bo.nettuno.it (Andy IK4WMG) (Andy IK4WMG)
Date: Tue, 5 Nov 1996 13:00:30 +0100 (MET)
Subject: IMPEDANCE OF WIRES AND ANTENNAS
Message-ID: <v01540b00aea111ba1b23@[193.207.76.89]>

Hi Oms
How can I determine the impedance of a wire? Suppose I put a wire 150 mts
long, 1,5 mt high.  Not straight, like a Beverage, but in a "C" form. I
need to determine the impedance of such a wire to build a transformer (like
in Beverage). I have an mfj analizer with resistance meter but I found it
totally unreliable in this circumstance.
Any suggest.
p.s. I have no instruments but a tester, the mfj analizer, an oscilloscope
and a lot of computer (and a like-the-ocean ignorance equal only to my will
to understand)

Thank you and see you in WW CW

IK4WMG Andy



>From bernie.mcclenny at mail.wdn.com (Bernie McClenny, WR3E)  Tue Nov  5 12:14:21 1996
From: bernie.mcclenny at mail.wdn.com (Bernie McClenny, WR3E) (Bernie McClenny, WR3E)
Date: Tue, 05 Nov 1996 04:14:21 -0800
Subject: EMail Gettysburg
References: <244712 at mail.wdn.com>
Message-ID: <327F2F9D.1290 at mail.wdn.com>

I have one thing to say K4StandBye!
de Bernie

k4sb at avana.net wrote:
> 
> Does anyone know the EMail address of someone high up in the Gettyburg
> office. Enough is enough. It's time they started processing manually and
> do their damn testing on their own time.
> 
> By the way, the FCC Commissioners have Email boxes at www.fcc.com
> 
> I think it's high time they heard from us.
> 
> 73
> 
> Ed
> -------------------------------------
> Name: ed sleight
> E-mail: k4sb at avana.net
> Date: 11/2/96
> Time: 2:14:24 PM
> 
> This message was sent by Chameleon
> -------------------------------------

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>From zs6cax at lia.co.za (K Tahara, Japan Embassy)  Tue Nov  5 12:11:49 1996
From: zs6cax at lia.co.za (K Tahara, Japan Embassy) (K Tahara, Japan Embassy)
Date: Tue, 5 Nov 1996 14:11:49 +0200
Subject: T88T and CT
Message-ID: <199611051210.OAA31315 at lia.infolink.co.za>

>I wonder if anyone else noticed a problem with trying to log T88T.

>The log accepted the call and entered the zone correctly as 27.  =
>However, no multipler credit was given.  More investigation revealed =
>that the country assigned was USA!  I tried modifying the .DAT file, but =
>no luck.  The call T88T always defaults to the USA.

>I then tried entering T88TT and it worked!  What is going on here?

Randy,

While understanding that this could be CT reflector topic, I would like to
mention something about this.

I had the same trouble with my CT8.47. I tried and tried to modify, gove PC
a break and tried again, but no luck.  Then I deleted whole KC6-Belau line
and created a new line next to T7, saying T8-Belau-27-T8, KC6; then it
accepted.  Still want to know why but I will peep CT reflector about this
issue.

Although I worked T88T before the contest, it was pitty that I couldn't
work them during the 'test - not even heard their call from the the place
downunder.

---------------------------------------------------------
de ZS6CAX/3DA0NX     ex JM1CAX/KG7WW
Koji Tahara zs6cax at lia.co.za
---------------------------------------------------------


>From jmarchand at ecrm.com (MarchandJohn)  Tue Nov  5 13:32:32 1996
From: jmarchand at ecrm.com (MarchandJohn) (MarchandJohn)
Date: 5 Nov 1996 08:32:32 -0500
Subject: Keep SS as is....
Message-ID: <n1364939681.85374 at macgtwy.ecrm.com>


Hi all,

Been sitting in the background reading the mail on the SS modification...

I'm not sure I'd like any changes, seems like alot of the "Joe =
Average-lets
do a contest and maybe get a certificate and a pin" type operators enjoy =
the
SS and other contests.

 I do 4 per year- SSCW, CQWWCW, ARRLCW and 1 other of choice, (all in QRP =
or 100w & below w/ A4S @35' and 80/40 wire @ 65'-best I can do on a small =
house lot). I do the best I can with what I have, and have fun trying to =
reach the goals I set for myself each test..

Here's a thought: What if ALL the average-low power & QRP operators all =
got
together (bet there's alot more of us than there are BIG GUNS! Whats the
ratio?) and had 1 domestic and 1 international contest weekend.... AND =
THE BIG GUNS WEREN'T INVITED AND COULDN'T PARTICIPATE!!!!  Boy I bet =
there would be
some E-Mail flying to get an "INT'L SUPER CANNON SLUGFEST" going where =
nobody with less than 10kw and 600 foot towers could win. Bet the Q-rate =
would go 
right down the tubes !  

Sure the GUNS have some super stations (I drool over every one of =
them!!!),
but lets chuck the -better than thou- attitudes and have some fun. Sure =
you
can get serious, but -serious AND fun- is better. 

Wadda y'all think?  Do I make any sense? Or hasn't my first coffee kicked =
in 
yet?  I think maybe I'm like an old WW2 bomber about to enter a very =
heavy
concentration of FLACK????  C'mon you average -radio is fun- ops help me =
out
here....   Thanks for listening, anyway........


73 
John, K1CGJ
(should I delete this message now, or go for it???)


>From jjr at databook.com (Jim Reisert)  Tue Nov  5 14:23:49 1996
From: jjr at databook.com (Jim Reisert) (Jim Reisert)
Date: Tue, 05 Nov 1996 09:23:49 -0500
Subject: T88T and CT
Message-ID: <9611051424.AA00407 at sttng.databook.com>

Randy, my answer this morning may have been a bit hasty.

First a little history...

CT country files before March 1996 [I think, it's not clear from my release 
notes :-( ] use KC6 as the primary prefix for Palau.  CT software checked the 
suffix of all KC6 callsigns:  if the suffix was exactly two letters (i.e. 
KC6AA), CT would log it as a QSO with Palau, otherwise (i.e. KC6X or KC6ABC), 
it would log it as USA.

In March, the ITU allocated T8 as the prefix for Palau.  The CT country file 
was changed accordingly, my recollection is that KC6 was left as the primary 
prefix and T8 was listed as an alias prefix.  This *might* have caused the 
problem you describe:  T8#, followed by *two* letters, would count as Palau, 
but if followed by 1 or 3 letters, would count as USA, just like the old KC6 
prefix used to do (this is the problem you reported).  I have not actually 
tested this, it's just a theory that might explain what happened to you.

In a later revision of the country file, T8 was selected as the primary prefix 
for Palau, and all known KC6 callsigns were entered manually.

If you are using CT 9.27 and the CTY.DAT from CTY-605, then you should get the 
right answer.  Check your country file for Palau listed with a primary prefix 
of T8, and *not* KC6.

We had a problem at KC1XX with an old country file.  Even entering "T88T=KC6" 
didn't do the right thing.  It was only after we updated the country file that 
T88T was scored correctly.

73 - Jim AD1C

-- 
Jim Reisert <jjr at databook.com>		SMC Massachusetts, Danvers, MA
http://www.tiac.net/users/ad1c/		http://www.smc.com/



>From 71111.260 at CompuServe.COM (Hans Brakob)  Tue Nov  5 15:08:24 1996
From: 71111.260 at CompuServe.COM (Hans Brakob) (Hans Brakob)
Date: 05 Nov 96 10:08:24 EST
Subject: Where was WYO es MB?
Message-ID: <961105150823_71111.260_EHM73-1 at CompuServe.COM>

Hans said:

>40 was so-so on Sunday PM, but Saturday 40 was so long that the 
>Russians were trying to give me points in another contest being
>run in Europe!

Ken Ramirezk asked:

>That's funny!   What antenna(s) are you using on 40 meters???

I'm serious!  Don't know what their contest was, but the Russians
and Ukranians were really tall and answering my "CQ SS"!

I was running a GAP Voyager and a dipole at 55 feet on 40.

73, de Hans, K0HB


>From 71111.260 at CompuServe.COM (Hans Brakob)  Tue Nov  5 16:00:30 1996
From: 71111.260 at CompuServe.COM (Hans Brakob) (Hans Brakob)
Date: 05 Nov 96 11:00:30 EST
Subject: Multiple Band SS QSO's
Message-ID: <961105160029_71111.260_EHM47-1 at CompuServe.COM>

Steven Affens said:

>Count me in for at least a trial year for an all band sweepstakes.<

It already exists and is run the 4th weekend in June.  You can work
everyone on all bands from DC to daylight, and ya even get to
work them CW, SSB, RTTY, and Packet.  Satellite too if you want!
Gosh, Amos, you could work the same station 20-30 times and
still not be a dupe!

Heckuva deal, and it ends early so there is no Sunday afternoon
slump.

Don't  meSS with SS!

73, de Hans, K0HB




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