CW Sprint

[mark.obermann at andrew.com]

     Send all CW Sprint team registrations and logs to:
     
     cwsprint at contesting.com
     
     73,
     Mark AG9A

>From larrytx at co.intel.com (LarryX Tyree contractor for brentc)  Fri Feb  7 19:57:57 1997
From: larrytx at co.intel.com (LarryX Tyree contractor for brentc) (LarryX Tyree contractor for brentc)
Date: Fri, 7 Feb 1997 11:57:57 -0800 (PST)
Subject: Sprint teams
Message-ID: <199702071957.LAA18111 at ark.co.intel.com>


CW Sprint teams registration AND logs can all go to 
cwsprint at contesting.com.  They will end up going to AG9A who is the
new CW Sprint editor.

73 Tree N6TR
tree at contesting.com

>From k7fr at concord.televar.com (Gary Nieborsky)  Fri Feb  7 20:57:44 1997
From: k7fr at concord.televar.com (Gary Nieborsky) (Gary Nieborsky)
Date: Fri, 7 Feb 1997 12:57:44 -0800 (PST)
Subject: 160M test from Colombia
Message-ID: <199702072057.MAA24077 at concord.televar.com>

I'm back from my trip to Colombia and would like to share these observations
of the 160M contest as heard on my hosts Sony car radio (continuous coverage
from 30 to 30000 kc's).

It was difficult to only listen to the test, my fingers kept looking for the
INS key to send the exchange. 

The roving security guards thought that was nuts and/or a M19 spy......

I clipped the following out of Jimmys 3830 posting and added editorial comment:

CALL             HRS         SCORE       Q'S       PTS    ST/VE    DX
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
N1TM              13         19,240      230       520      34      3
---------- I heard folks working you but couldn't you.
N4CM              13         13,024      160                34      3
--------- Loud!!!
P40WA             28      1,050,000      980                56     66
-----incredibly loud
P49I                        970,000      814                55     65
-----only exceed by WA
K8CC (W8MJ)       38        451,215     1119      4065      56     55
------ wow......
W7GG                        132,000      614                55     18 -----
only NW station heard...559
OH2HE                       622,291      928      5507      40     73  -----
only EU heard.....339

Strangely.....aside from P4's no other SA/Carib stations heard......did
anyone work any????

Heard a number of W6's way down in the mud, a few W0's the same......few
east coast, no AF.  My listening time was limited due to thunderstorms,
pesky miniature mosquitos, the Colombian Army helicopters and a drink called
Aguardiente.  My qth was near Melgar, down in the jungle near the equator.

73 Gary K7FR


>From lu6beg at canopus.com.ar (Ernesto Grueneberg)  Fri Feb  7 14:47:22 1997
From: lu6beg at canopus.com.ar (Ernesto Grueneberg) (Ernesto Grueneberg)
Date: Fri, 7 Feb 1997 11:47:22 -0300
Subject: Internet DX spots?
Message-ID: <199702080122.VAA00645 at server2.cano.com.ar>

`> We still need to make many improvements for the next
>time, especially getting a phone line installed for Internet DX spots.  We
>had
>no spotting since there are no 2M DX cluster machines in State College.
>Working multiop without DX spots is not great and we will get this all
>fixed for next time.

Isn't this a non-amateur alerting system. Is this allowed??


Ernesto M. Grueneberg
LU6BEG
e-mail: lu6beg at canopus.com.ar

>From steven at zianet.com (Steven Nace KN5H)  Sat Feb  8 01:50:04 1997
From: steven at zianet.com (Steven Nace KN5H) (Steven Nace KN5H)
Date: Fri, 07 Feb 1997 18:50:04 -0700
Subject: Internet DX spots?
Message-ID: <01472923401555 at zianet.com>

At 11:47 AM 2/7/97 -0300, you wrote:

>Isn't this a non-amateur alerting system. Is this allowed??
>
>
>Ernesto M. Grueneberg
>LU6BEG

Ernesto:

You seem to bring up good questions. I recall your inquiry about changing
the WPX CW contest dates. Did you ever get any answers? I dont remember
reading any response from the CQ WPX Contest officials.

Internet DX spots. This is another good question. Our local cluster is
'hooked up' to the internet most of the time. That means we get lots of good
spots via 2 meter RF. That wasnt always the case. I wondered how to
interpret the rules when I was getting data from WU3V via my telephone.
There was discussion here but once again, I dont remember reading any
response from any Contest officials. Hey, you guys correct me if I missed
those posts.

We get a lot of opinions here on the reflector but I dont ever see final
answers. How do we resolve these types of issues?

Yes, lets move the WPX CW away from a USA holiday weekend and crummy
conditions and QRN. Yes, lets allow Internet spotting... whats the big deal
here?
Finally, lets hear answers from those that make rules, either yes or no.

de KN5H

PS> Ernesto, dont stop asking just because you dont get any answers.