Nov/Dec NCJ out

HENRYPOL at aol.com HENRYPOL at aol.com
Tue Nov 5 22:20:41 EST 1996 

Vanity calls are not the only thing out this week.  The latest issue of NCJ
arrived at the PO box along with two thick envelopes from the QSL bureau.

Front cover photo of K7SS operating a phone and laptop (where's the rig?).

Feature items:  WRTC + K1TO + KR0Y = W6X (winners of 96 WRTC); Four-Square
Antenna Experiences from W1WEF and K1KI; Observations from WRTC '96;
Operating the Sprint from a Remote Site (cover story); Operating the CW NAQP
from Yellowknife; Radio Proximity Effects, tips on surviving at
multi-transmitter sites; A Contest Expedition to Rarotonga, S. Cook Islands
(96 IARU HF); and Homebrew Gin Pole.

Regular columns:  NCJ Profile of CT1BOH; Contest Tips, Tricks, & Techniques -
before, during and after the contest; International Contests - 96 JIDX CW, 96
Helvetia, and 95 All Asian DX CW; VHF-UHF Contesting - time for a VHF WRTC?
and WB0GGM station; and Pictures from N3RR's Open House bash.

Scores/Results:  7/96 RTTY NA QSO Party; 8/96 NAQP CW & SSB (rumors); 9/96 CW
& Phone Sprint (rumors); and Rules for the Stew Perry Topband Distance
Challenge.

And more....

AA5B is handing over the editor's job to WX3N starting in 1997.

73 and good reading,

Henry Pollock - WB4HFL
henrypol at aol.com

>From pa3dmh at igr.nl (Alex van Hengel)  Wed Nov  6 17:00:48 1996
From: pa3dmh at igr.nl (Alex van Hengel) (Alex van Hengel)
Date: Wed, 06 Nov 1996 09:00:48 -0800
Subject: 1996 Caribbean Tour HomePage
Message-ID: <3280C440.6347 at igr.nl>

The 1996 Caribbean Tour HomePage is now completed and now includes:
             - The full log Statistics
             - Many pictures
             - The story

All available : http://www.igr.nl/~pa3dmh/tour1996.htm

73'

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       ( # # )
-----oOO-(_)-OOo-----------------------------------------------------
Alex van Hengel, PA3DMH

Member Contestgroup Oude Maas PI4COM/PA6WPX
QSL Manager     : 9Q2L, 9R1A, 9X5EE, D25L
Homepage PI4COM : http://www.euronet.nl/users/norf/pi4com.html
1996 Carib Tour : http://www.igr.nl/~pa3dmh/tour1996.htm
Internet e-mail : pa3dmh at igr.nl
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>From HWDX09A at prodigy.com ( ROBERT   REED)  Wed Nov  6 00:34:31 1996
From: HWDX09A at prodigy.com ( ROBERT   REED) ( ROBERT   REED)
Date: Tue,  5 Nov 1996 19:34:31, -0500
Subject: Gate 2 RELEASED
Message-ID: <199611060034.TAA26438 at mime4.prodigy.com>

ZCZC AG58
QST de W1AW
ARRL Bulletin 78  ARLB078
>From ARRL Headquarters
Newington CT  November 5, 1996
To all radio amateurs

SB QST ARL ARLB078
ARLB078 Gate 2 calls issued

Vanity call sign Gate 2 calls processed.

The FCC has processed the vanity call sign program Gate 2
applications it received on September 23. The logjam broke just
before the end of business for the day at the FCC's Gettysburg,
Pennsylvania, office, where the amateur computer system had been
down for more than a week. A spokesman at the FCC said the computer
system was finally fixed Tuesday, November 5, and the approximately
4500 first-day vanity applications were successfully run.

Applicants can check for their new call signs via the ARRLWeb page
at http://www.arrl.org/fcc/fccld.html.

The week-long computer problems had not only affected the vanity
program but caused the FCC to rescind all call sign grants after
October 24 because of widespread errors. In some cases, the FCC's
Gettysburg office had reissued call signs that had already been
issued. An FCC spokesman said that the unspecified computer problems
were not related to the vanity call sign program.

The FCC says it wants to see how the day-one processing fared before
it attempts to process vanity call sign applications for subsequent
days. This should happen within ''a few days,'' a spokesman at
Gettysburg said. Day-one applicants also can check the popular
database programs on the Internet to find out if they got one of
their call sign choices. The KI4HN Web page lists vanity assignments
at http://www.webbuild.com/~ki4hn/vanity.htm. Other good choices
include the AC6PN call sign server,
http://www.rdatasys.com/~mdowning/fcc/callsign.html and the CallBook
Server (CBS) Summary at http://www.lantz.com/htbin/cbs_today.

The FCC will dismiss applications if it was unable to grant one of
the call sign choices. Applicants who did not get one of their
choices will have to apply in writing for a refund of the 30 dollar
filing fee.

The FCC has not announced opening dates for vanity Gates 3 and 4.

NNNN

____

 73,   Bob Reed, WB2DIN 
       1991 Route 37 West - Lot 109
       Toms River, New Jersey  08757

       Internet : hwdx09a at prodigy.com

       Pager  :  (908) 288 - 6552


>From kg5u at hal-pc.org (Dale Martin)  Tue Nov  5 23:46:42 1996
From: kg5u at hal-pc.org (Dale Martin) (Dale Martin)
Date: Tue, 5 Nov 1996 17:46:42 -0600
Subject: FW: ARLB078 Gate 2 calls issued
Message-ID: <01BBCB41.50323100 at pm0-54.hal-pc.org>

While I am not waiting for a new callsign, I felt this was important
enough to put on the contest reflector.  Forgive the bandwidth. 

Dale, KG5U
ARRL OBS
kg5u at hal-pc.org


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From: 	w1aw at arrl.org[SMTP:w1aw at arrl.org]
Sent: 	Tuesday, November 05, 1996 17:11 PM
To: 	QST
Subject: 	ARLB078 Gate 2 calls issued


SB QST @ ARL $ARLB078
ARLB078 Gate 2 calls issued

ZCZC AG58
QST de W1AW
ARRL Bulletin 78  ARLB078
>From ARRL Headquarters
Newington CT  November 5, 1996
To all radio amateurs

SB QST ARL ARLB078
ARLB078 Gate 2 calls issued

Vanity call sign Gate 2 calls processed.

The FCC has processed the vanity call sign program Gate 2
applications it received on September 23. The logjam broke just
before the end of business for the day at the FCC's Gettysburg,
Pennsylvania, office, where the amateur computer system had been
down for more than a week. A spokesman at the FCC said the computer
system was finally fixed Tuesday, November 5, and the approximately
4500 first-day vanity applications were successfully run.

Applicants can check for their new call signs via the ARRLWeb page
at http://www.arrl.org/fcc/fccld.html.

The week-long computer problems had not only affected the vanity
program but caused the FCC to rescind all call sign grants after
October 24 because of widespread errors. In some cases, the FCC's
Gettysburg office had reissued call signs that had already been
issued. An FCC spokesman said that the unspecified computer problems
were not related to the vanity call sign program.

The FCC says it wants to see how the day-one processing fared before
it attempts to process vanity call sign applications for subsequent
days. This should happen within ''a few days,'' a spokesman at
Gettysburg said. Day-one applicants also can check the popular
database programs on the Internet to find out if they got one of
their call sign choices. The KI4HN Web page lists vanity assignments
at http://www.webbuild.com/~ki4hn/vanity.htm. Other good choices
include the AC6PN call sign server,
http://www.rdatasys.com/~mdowning/fcc/callsign.html and the CallBook
Server (CBS) Summary at http://www.lantz.com/htbin/cbs_today.

The FCC will dismiss applications if it was unable to grant one of
the call sign choices. Applicants who did not get one of their
choices will have to apply in writing for a refund of the 30 dollar
filing fee.

The FCC has not announced opening dates for vanity Gates 3 and 4.
NNNN
/EX

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