1997 CQWW Contest Dates

n4si at pobox.com n4si at pobox.com
Wed Feb 12 05:11:47 EST 1997


> Can anyone tell me the correct and actual dates for this year's CQWW DX
> test...particularly the CW test date???

I think the standard dates for CQWW are last full weekend in October 
for phone, and last full weekend in November for CW.

While we're on the subject, there is frequently a misconception on 
Field Day (I know, not a contest, but guess where all contesters come 
from?). It is the 4th full weekend in June. It is sometimes an issue, 
because there are sometimes 5 weekends in June, and many people think 
it's the last because it usually is.

CQ-Contest magazine has it (FD) wrong in their list of standardized 
contest dates, by the way.


73, Rod N4SI
    The DXer formerly known as N9AKE
         (c) 5 November, 1996

>From ve6nap at oanet.com (Gerald Caouette)  Wed Feb 12 07:46:43 1997
From: ve6nap at oanet.com (Gerald Caouette) (Gerald Caouette)
Date: Tue, 11 Feb 1997 23:46:43 -0800
Subject: WPX CW weekend
Message-ID: <33017563.7357 at oanet.com>

My vote is to leave it alone.....
A true contester is always able to schedule or the time slot.
In regard to conditions being more or less optimum it all depends on
what  SOL ( the sun ) has in store for us....
NOW IF THE CONTEST IS CUTTING INTO YOUR BASS FISHING SCHEDULE.... 
Try a real fish ( a big northern pike )  some time...  [;)
73
de ve6nap at oanet.com
Gerald Caouette

>From timo.klimoff at ktm.vn.fi (Klimoff Timo)  Wed Feb 12 07:45:25 1997
From: timo.klimoff at ktm.vn.fi (Klimoff Timo) (Klimoff Timo)
Date: 12 Feb 97 09:45:25 +0200
Subject: WPX Weekend
Message-ID: <9702120945.aa25 at ktmtiimi1.ktm.vn.fi>

The last weekend of April Contest Calendar:
Helvetia Contest (HB9)
SP DX RTTY Contest
Nebraska QSO Party
Holyland DX Contest (4X)
Ontario QSO Party
plus domestic contests in Japan and Finland.

But how about the second weekend of June?

73 Timo OH1NOA
Contest Club Finland

email: timo.klimoff at ktm.vn.fi


>From timo.klimoff at ktm.vn.fi (Klimoff Timo)  Wed Feb 12 10:32:50 1997
From: timo.klimoff at ktm.vn.fi (Klimoff Timo) (Klimoff Timo)
Date: 12 Feb 97 12:32:50 +0200
Subject: Contest Club Finland
Message-ID: <9702121232.aa50 at ktmtiimi1.ktm.vn.fi>

Interested in contesting in Finland?
Visit CONTEST CLUB FINLAND WWW-home page:

http://www.teuva.fi/yritykset/mantila/ccf.html

It is not always so easy, check pictures of OH0AM CQ WW 160 1997 pedition:

http://www.teuva.fi/yritykset/mantila/oh0am.html


73 Timo OH1NOA
editor of PileUP! magazine


>From abrogdon at arrl.org (Brogdon, Al,  K3KMO)  Wed Feb 12 14:56:00 1997
From: abrogdon at arrl.org (Brogdon, Al,  K3KMO) (Brogdon, Al,  K3KMO)
Date: Wed, 12 Feb 1997 09:56:00 -0500
Subject: Re; WPX CW date - Another conflict
Message-ID: <m0vugB1-0004ohC at mgate.arrl.org>



>From: ve2zp
>To: cq-contest
>Subject: Re; WPX CW date - Another conflict
>Date: Wednesday, February 12, 1997 3:49AM
>
>In a message reported by Ernesto LU6BEG, Steve N8BJQ noted a JA domestic
>contest, and the new ontario QSO Party as possible conflicts for the last
>weekend of April.  There is also the venerable Swiss "H-26" contest, which
>has been on the last weekend of April for many years.  No matter what 
weekend
>is nominated for the WPX CW, if it is to change, there will be a conflict 
with
>some small contest or other.
> ...
>Is there a serious, thoughtful person out there who can taek on the job of
>developing and compiling a concensus of the need for a new date, then do 
the
>additional work of negotiating with the sponsors of contests who may be
>obliged to move because of it?
>
>73, Dave VE2ZP/VE9CB
>Packet: VE2ZP at VA3TCP.#EON.ON.CAN.NOAM
>InterNet: ve2zp at va3tcp.ampr.org

_________


     I know this is a heretic thought on this reflector, but it should be 
obvious that there are too many contests.  If you look at some of today's 
"contests," you will see some quite ridiculous ones....

     There was one of late where the rules went on and on for several lines 
to describe the additional multiplier to use that was determined by the 
temperature inside the shack (the lower the temperature, the higher the 
multiplier; last year's winner was given his plaque posthumously after he 
froze to death halfway through the contest).  I figure someone could go to 
the Yukon, bundle up in extreme foul-weather clothing, operate outdoors in 
that contest, make fifteen contacts, and produce an all-time record score 
because of his stupendous temperature multiplier....

     Another contest, sponsored by a chapter of an Oceanic national ham 
organization, had quite unconventional rules written by (I am not making 
this up) a 13-year-old YL.  That international contest was for 80 meters and 
VHF operation only.

     Puh-leeze!

     Seems to me that what ham radio really needs is to have fewer contest 
weekends and then concentrate all the contests on those weekends.  Then have 
similar exchanges for every contest, so the truly dedicated contester can 
make QSOs all weekend, participating in, let us say, ten contests 
simultaneously.  After the contest, then do a computer-sort to generate 
entries in all ten contests, using the same contact base for all.

     Then details could be worked as to which would be "the contest 
weekends."

     The major flaw in this logical plan is that you could never get a 
majority of the contesters to agree on a plan or a schedule.

     Like so many things in ham radio today, we are still trying to make 
old, outdated ideas work here on the eve of the 21st millennium, when it 
would be far better to introduce some thrilling new ideas.

     In case any of the readers are wondering just who the hell this guy is 
who's making such an outrageous, off-the-wall suggestion, allow me to 
introduce myself.  I did my major contesting back in the 1960s.  Never was a 
big gun, just a medium pistol. My best effort ever earned 11th place in the 
world, single-op all-band, in the CW CQ WW DX Contest one year (I think it 
was 1963).  So perhaps you might concede that I have contesting credentials.

     Good WPX story:  One year in the early 1970s, I made arrangements to 
operate NN3SI at the Smithsonian Institution in the CW WPX Contest.  For 
those who don't know, the Smithsonian is administered by the Federal 
government.  Bureaucracy runs rampart there, as it does anywhere within the 
Beltway.  It was VERY difficult for me to get permission to operate, get 
checked out, get the photo ID made, go into the building after hours, etc, 
etc, etc.

     BUT--- at that time, NN3SI was the    ! --> ONLY <-- !    NN prefix in 
the whole, wide, ever-loving world!!  Man, I could just TASTE the pileups to 
come as I waded through the BBS (bureaucratic baloney stuff)....

     The big weekend rolled around.  I went down to the station.  The other 
participants in the contest were so frantically busy making contacts that NO 
ONE ever tumbled to the fact that NN was a unique prefix!  Pileups?  I never 
even got a run of TWO stations in a row!  It was S&P all weekend, until I 
got so disgusted that I shut down.

     Take it away, guys....

                              73,   Al, K3KMO


PS:   I made up the part about the frozen plaque winner, but I did NOT make 
up the part about the temperature multiplier.  If you don't believe me, 
check it out.

>From thompson at mindspring.com (David L. Thompson)  Wed Feb 12 15:40:55 1997
From: thompson at mindspring.com (David L. Thompson) (David L. Thompson)
Date: Wed, 12 Feb 1997 10:40:55 -0500
Subject: Lost E-mail
Message-ID: <1.5.4.16.19970212104137.2b4772a4 at pop.mindspring.com>

Gang,

I am in the midst of upgrading my CPU speed/more memory and going to a new
version of mindspring.  Well the new CPU chip ran slightly too fast for the
ole compaq motherboard so I lost my old mindspring E-mail before I turned
down the Mhz slightly.  Messages between 4 feb and 11 Feb were lost.  I know
I had several CQ WW 160 inquiries including one from ON4UN.  Please re-send!

This does not affect the logs sent to cq160 at contesting.com!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Dave K4JRB
Cq WW 160 Contests Director


>From floydjr at interpath.com (Jimmy R. Floyd)  Wed Feb 12 15:33:30 1997
From: floydjr at interpath.com (Jimmy R. Floyd) (Jimmy R. Floyd)
Date: Wed, 12 Feb 1997 11:33:30 -0400
Subject: NA SPRINT SSB Jan 97 FINAL POSTING
Message-ID: <2.2.16.19970212153330.1b2ff258 at interpath.com>

NA SPRINT SSB JAN 97
Raw Scores

Compiled by: WA4ZXA
<floydjr at interpath.com>

Date Posted: 02/12/97
******** FINAL POSTING ********

CALL                  SCORE       QSO'S        MULTIS
________________________________________________________________________


High Power

K6LL                 13,296        277           48
AG9A                 12,624        263           48
K7SS (@W7TSQ)        12,192        254           48
K6LA                 11,985        255           47
N3BB (N5KA)          11,704        266           44
K9JF                 10,836        258           42
KC6CNV               10,485        233           45
WB0O                 10,209        249           41
K5NZ                  9,548        217           44
W5ASP                 9,331        217           43
W3GH (KB3AFT)         9,116        212           43
K5OT                  8,976        204           44
K4MA (@AA4NC)         8,694        207           42
W6KY (@K6XT)          8,651        211           41
W6EEN (KI7WX/6)       8,342        194           43
K7RI (K7ST)           8,284        218           38
W7ZRC                 8,073        207           39
N6HC                  6,765        205           33
N5LZ                  5,250        150           35
KM0L                  4,736        128           37
K5GN                  4,650        150           31
WA7BNM                3,240        108           30
VE9AA                 2,700        100           27
W6MVW                   377         29           13
AG9A                               263           48


Low Power

N7LOX                 6,650        190           35
K0EJ                  3,600        100           36
WA7BNM                3,240        108           30
WB0OLA                3,136         98           32
KR4YL                 2,280         76           30
W4PA                  2,232         72           31
N2NL                  1,608         67           24
K1HT                  1,342         61           22
K6RO                    555         37           15


Team Scores

SCCC                 80,434


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If you did not state what power you were running I put you in High Power.
If that is wrong just emial me and I will change it.


73 Jim
           ********************************************************** 
           * Jimmy R. Floyd  (Jim)   Thomasville, NC                *
           *                                                        *
           * Amateur Call:              >> WA4ZXA <<                *
           * Internet Address:          >> floydjr at interpath.com << *
           **********************************************************


>From floydjr at interpath.com (Jimmy R. Floyd)  Wed Feb 12 15:33:26 1997
From: floydjr at interpath.com (Jimmy R. Floyd) (Jimmy R. Floyd)
Date: Wed, 12 Feb 1997 11:33:26 -0400
Subject: WPX RTTY 97 Scores II
Message-ID: <2.2.16.19970212153326.1b2f380c at interpath.com>

1997 WPX RTTY CONTEST
HIGH CLAIMED SCORES

Compiled by: WA4ZXA
<floydjr at interpath.com>

Posting Date: 02/12/97


CALL              HRS         SCORE        Q'S      PTS     MULTI
---------------------------------------------------------------------

SOP/HP/AB

VA3MM              30        657,951       706     2261      291
SM5FUG             30        549,824       618     1936      284
S56A               22        254,881       398     1363      187
VE6RAJ             28        175,338       407     1146      153

K3MM                       1,283,660      1208     3460      371
K2PS               29        680,372       853     2209      308
N2DL                         597,144       715     2148      278
NO2T                         565,964       787     1972      287
K0KO                         412,915       733     1535      269
K4BU                         339,192       642     1346      252
WB5B               22        261,144       554     1209      216
WA4GKM                       226,198       494     1057      214
K0RC               17        153,426       427      843      182
K9USA (KA6A)                 148,749       363      831      179
ND5S                          89,644       257      614      146
K0FG               17         87,822       300      574      153
NA2M                          72,000       260      500      144
KEWW                          52,997       161               113


SOP/LP/AB

YL2KF                        393,000       524     1572      250
VE6KRR                       194,810       456     1210      161
UR5IBG             26        114,756       292      876      131
JE2UFF                        86,436       193      686      126
VE2AXO             13         79,532       213      674      118
VE4COZ                        67,116       233      476      141
VE7QO              19         55,770       210      507      110
SM5AAY             24         50,710       169      461      110

AA5AU                        474,842       796     1733      274
N1RCT              30        369,984       658     1504      246
NX4W                         233,453       594     1117      209
KA2CYN                       131,378       341      806      163
KD8FS                        107,894       355      739      146
KF2OG                        102,054       316      699      146
W2JGR/0            18         69,504       268      543      128
KF9LI                         63,720       268      531      120
AC6DR                         39,936       210      416       96
K7EX               17         25,935       153      273       95
KA5T QRP                       9,558        80      177       54
K0BX                           9,381        87      159       59


Single Band

80M
DJ3IW                        176,644       294               158

40M
VE7SAY                        32,376       106      426       76

AC0M               24        115,362       326      754      153       
KQ4QM                         73,512       229      576      127
W2UP                          50,034       122      538       93

20M
I2EOW                        503,041       620     1529      329
SM3KOR              6         95,418       236      558      171
YO3JF                         58,438       215      479      122
VE6JY               6         40,404       166      364      111
VE7/KB7QEQ                    38,913       163      357      109

KC4B               25        204,048       411      872      234


MULTI/SINGLE

OH2AG                        497,827       635     1837      271
VE6RAJ             29        175,797       407     1149      153

W5WW                         611,940       923     1974      311
AF4Z                         600,799       870     1957      307


OPERATOR LIST

OH2AG        G0VTQ,OH2GI,OH2LU,OH2SS
W5WW         W5WW,K5MR,N5MTS
AF4Z         WT4I,KT4DI,K4AW,NF4F,KT4FY,AF4Z,K4PX

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

PLEASE NO ATTACHEMENTS !!!! They will not be posted !!

THESE ARE NOT OFFICIAL SCORES! I AM NOT A LOG CHECKER! DO NOT SEND ME ANY
LOGS!

73 Jim
           ********************************************************** 
           * Jimmy R. Floyd  (Jim)   Thomasville, NC                *
           *                                                        *
           * Amateur Call:              >> WA4ZXA <<                *
           * Internet Address:          >> floydjr at interpath.com << *
           **********************************************************


>From floydjr at interpath.com (Jimmy R. Floyd)  Wed Feb 12 15:33:37 1997
From: floydjr at interpath.com (Jimmy R. Floyd) (Jimmy R. Floyd)
Date: Wed, 12 Feb 1997 11:33:37 -0400
Subject: NA SPRINT CW Jan 97 Scores
Message-ID: <2.2.16.19970212153337.36879854 at interpath.com>

NA SPRINT CW JAN 97
Raw Scores

Compiled by: WA4ZXA
<floydjr at interpath.com>

Date Posted: 02/12/97

CALL                  SCORE       QSO'S        MULTIS
________________________________________________________________________


High Power

K7RAT (N6TR)         16,752        349           48
K1KI                 16,752        349           48
K6LL                 16,368        341           48
K5GN (@W5KU)         16,238        353           46
N2IC                 15,885        353           45
K5ZD                 15,732        342           46
K4AAA (N4VJ)         15,640        340           46
N6AA                 14,832        309           48
K5GA                 14,740        335           44
N2RM (N2NC)          14,319        333           43
W2RQ                 14,300        325           44
N2NT                 13,975        325           43
N6ZZ                 13,816        314           44
AG9A                 13,725        305           45
N6TV                 13,508        307           44
K6NA                 13,503        300           45
K6LA                 13,332        303           44
N5KO                 13,287        309           43
N4AF                 13,275        295           44
K4AMC                13,113        279           47
W9RE                 13,112        298           44
KW8N                 12,980        295           44
K3WW                 12,804        291           44
AC6T                 12,771        297           43
KT3Y                 12,735        283           45
AA3B                 12,690        282           45
N6VR                 12,672        288           44
KC6CNV               12,408        282           44
K9NW (@W9UP)         12,384        288           43
N5OT                 12,100        275           44
K9NW                 12,096        288           42
W6RGG                12,012        273           44
K5OT                 12,006        261           46
KE3Q                 11,954        278           43
K4LT                 11,739        273           43
W1WEF                11,720        293           40
K4NO                 11,660        265           44
AA4NC                11,656        248           47
K9BG                 11,562        246           47
AA4GA (@W4WA)        11,044        251           44
KU8E                 11,004        262           42
WC4E                 10,962        261           42
W9XR                 10,780        245           44
N5RZ (@WF5E)         10,660        260           42
WB0O                 10,640        280           38
K3CR (KB3AFT)        10,621        247           43
KG5U                 10,584        252           42
W9YH                 10,416        248           42
KO7X                 10,414        254           41
W5ASP                10,374        247           42
K4RO                 10,374        247           41
KO7X                 10,127        254           41
N4ZR                 10,120        253           40
N9IG                 10,040        253           40
KM0L                  9,880        247           40
N6ER                  9,760        244           40
N5LZ                  9,728        256           38
W9WI                  8,970        230           39
N3RD                  8,346        214           39
KW9KW                 7,176        184           39
N5TJ                  6,713        137           49
K3MD                  6,321        227           43
K6AW                  6,194        163           38
KJ9C                  5,883        159           37
W2VJN                 5,214        158           33
K8KFJ                 3,910        115           34
NU4Y                    989         43           23


Low Power

NM5M                 13,800        300           46
K5NZ                 11,266        262           43
K5NZ                 11,223        262           43
K7SV                 11,180        260           43
K2SQ                 10,701        261           41
K7GM                 10,692        243           44
W4EF                 10,560        240           44
K1HT                 10,105        235           43
K4FXN                 9,635        235           41
W4ZW                  9,090        202           45
N0AX                  8,991        243           37
W4PA                  8,800        220           40
N5TU                  8,680        217           40
W7ZRC                 8,580        220           39
K9PG                  8,323        203           41
N2NL                  7,141        193           37
AB5LX                 7,120        178           40
N7LOX                 6,948        193           36
WO4O                  6,882        186           37
KB0IHM                6,588        183           36
WD4AHZ                5,904        164           36
WI9WI                 5,746        169           34
WB0OLA                5,544        154           36
N3IXR                 5,544        154           36
N9GG                  3,808        112           34
KA8OKH                3,324         98           33
K0EJ                  3,120        104           30
W1HIJ                 2,937         89           33
K7BG                  1,104         48           23
K5TR                    792         44           18
K8MR                     42          7            6


Team Scores

SCCC                131,929


^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
NO ATTACHMENTS !!! Attachments will not be posted or should NOT be sent to
me or the relfector.

REMEMBER THESE SCORES ARE UNOFFICIAL AND THIS IS NOT WHERE YOU SEND ANY
LOGS!!                                           ^^^ 

If you did not state what power you were running I put you in High Power.
If that is wrong just emial me and I will change it.


73 Jim
           ********************************************************** 
           * Jimmy R. Floyd  (Jim)   Thomasville, NC                *
           *                                                        *
           * Amateur Call:              >> WA4ZXA <<                *
           * Internet Address:          >> floydjr at interpath.com << *
           **********************************************************


>From jmarchand at ecrm.com (MarchandJohn)  Wed Feb 12 16:09:53 1997
From: jmarchand at ecrm.com (MarchandJohn) (MarchandJohn)
Date: 12 Feb 1997 11:09:53 -0500
Subject: "Contester" interferes w/ pc: Help!
Message-ID: <n1356376471.13214 at macgtwy.ecrm.com>


BOY, doesn't it warm your heart to see just how far a devoted amateur =
radio
operator will go to keep peace in the neighborhood??

Just one hint; make sure you get your yearly contest schedule in writing =
and
notarized before July.. >;)

Best wishes in your new Multi-Op catagory.
73,
John, K1RC

__________________________________________________________________________=
_____
From: John Nicholson on Tue, Feb 11, 1997 19:09
Subject: "Contester" interferes w/ pc: Help!
To: CQ-Contest at tgv.com

I know there may be better places to post this, but the smartest
hams hang out on this reflector & I need advice, so here goes:

My neighbor 300' away had an Aptiva 120MHz pentium. No matter
what I did, I still got into her computer speakers. Being a good
ham (let's pretend I didn't notice her long blonde hair, ok?) I
offered to come up with a solution. With that in mind,
I put .01 caps on the speaker leads, wrapped the speaker 
leads around RF choke torroids, and put a brute force telephone
filter on her modem. But the speakers STILL picked up my ssb and cw 
(I run 200w out...3 el Quad up 60'). I even switched out speakers
and have had the same problems. The good news is...

...in the meantime, she fell in love with me, moved in, learned the
code, is taking her Tech Plus this weekend...and we are getting
married in July!...

...but he bad news is I still haven't found a solution to the Aptiva!
Does anyone have any experience with this pc...and what I can do next?
As you can see, I'll go to any extent to get this problem solved...  :)

John K7FD and Annette (KC7U??)


>From n0ss at socketis.net (Tom Hammond)  Wed Feb 12 17:48:19 1997
From: n0ss at socketis.net (Tom Hammond) (Tom Hammond)
Date: Wed, 12 Feb 1997 11:48:19 -0600
Subject: Drake help
Message-ID: <199702121748.LAA23800 at mail.sockets.net>

Greetings:

Yeah, I know this isn't the Drake Tech Support hot line, but I can't
think of a better place to find ops who have used Drake C-Lines in the
past, so please forgive the bandwidth, and any replies, PLEASE replt
DIRECT to my personal e-mail address and NOT here on the reflector!!!
Trey: I bet your indulgence.

I'm helping an ex-contester get back on the air.  He has a Drake C-Line
which was put up for a few years (maybe 3-4 years at most), but which
now exhibits a problem I've seen before in my own C-Line (years ago)
but which I can't recall the fix for.

The symptom is this:

  When in the CW mode, with the VOX set for semi-breakin, any time the
  key is depressed, the rig goes into TX, generates a sidetone and output,
  but then almost immediately returns back to RX mode, even though the
  key is still depressed.  If I key fairly rapidly, the VOX will hold the
  rig in TX mode MOST of the time, but not always.

  When I had my C-Line (N5TJ/KR0Y/KB0RC where are you now?), I seem to
  recall having had this problem and that it was a quick and easy fix.
  I've tried a BUNCH of different settings of the VOX sensitivity/delay
  but none seem to solve the problem.

Any suggestions will be appreciated (DIRECT) and this will be the last
time I post this question here.

Thanks to all for your time and any possibly help.  I'd like to get this
fellow back on the air, and don't want to have to get INTO the rig unless
I have to do so.

73 to all,

Tom Hammond   N0SS




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