LAB & NWT in ARRL DX???

KWIDELITZ at delphi.com KWIDELITZ at delphi.com
Mon Feb 17 20:35:04 EST 1997 

Did anyone hear or work LAB or NWT in ARRL DX CW. At XE2L we worked every
state/province except LAB and NWT, neither of which were heard on any band.
Just wondering if there was any activity from there that we missed. XE2L
full report coming after recovery from post contest tequila party. Made just
under 6M points total.

73. Ken, K6LA - Ken Six Los Angeles, KWIDELITZ at DELPHI.COM
                ex-AB6FO

>From vole at primenet.com (Joe Gervais)  Tue Feb 18 01:38:19 1997
From: vole at primenet.com (Joe Gervais) (Joe Gervais)
Date: Mon, 17 Feb 1997 18:38:19 -0700 (MST)
Subject: ANNOUNCE: Winter Field Day
Message-ID: <199702180138.SAA22149 at usr05.primenet.com>


Howdy Folks,

(Apologies for the late announcement here. I only recently
 discovered this mailing list.)

Anyone up for a Field Day with a twist? You don't have
to be in the field to have fun, but you *will* need a
thermometer, and maybe a little practice at operating
your keyer/mike while wearing ski gloves.

It's the FYBO ("Freeze Your B____ Off") Winter QRP
Field Day. Don't let the QRP requirement turn you away!
With a good antenna, you'll be amazed at what you can
work with five watts. And you can spare your finals for
the "serious" contests. :-)

HF only this year, but hope to include QRP VHF next year.

Full announcement is appended below (background first,
then the rules). Low key, lots of fun, nice change of 
pace. Great way to wind down from the stress of last 
weekend's DX contest. :-)

Hope to hear you out there this Saturday!

Cheers de AB7TT,

-Joe, vole at primenet.com, AZ ScQRPions (Phoenix)


------------------ FYBO Background ---------------

Hear Ye, Hear Ye!

Yes, it's the FYBO (Freeze Your B____ Off) Winter QRP Field Day,
sponsored by the Arizona ScQRPions.

Just want to point out a few things first.


A WINTER FIELD DAY?!?

   The words "winter" and "field day" may not seem compatible
to some of you. You're thinking of staying home by a warm fire
and listening to your Louis Armstrong collection while bagging
QSO's. That's fine! But please consider just a few hours in 
"the field". A park, a patio on the side of ski lodge, whatever.
Bring a warm coat, some hot chocolate, the spouse and kids, the
dog, whatever helps make it fun and comfortable. Build a snowman
to make it a multi-op station. Whatever! (Us southern Arizona
types have to build our snowmen from tumbleweeds - oh the hardship!)


JUST REWARDS FOR THE BRAVE

   To reward those who venture into the great outdoors (or those
with unheated ham shacks), we've added a temperature multiplier.
Please note that this is for the temperature AT THE OPERATOR'S
POSITION. Stick a thermometer by your keyer, and there you have
it. Indoor operators report indoor temperature. Please be fair.


WORK THOSE NOVICE/TECHS

   We've tried to benefit the U.S. Novice/Tech Plus hams. One 
common problem is that nobody spends time in the Novice portion 
of the band, because there aren't enough signals there, because 
nobody spends time there, because.... You get the idea. :-)  So, 
all QSOs made in the U.S. Novice sub-bands are worth extra points, 
regardless of who you contact. But if you actually work a Novice/
Tech, you get big points. So get ahold of any Novice/Techs you 
know, sit 'em in front of a QRP rig, and hopefully they'll end 
up having the time of their lives, handling mini-pileups and 
raking in the QSOs. This is an experiment that I hope will work.


RANDOM ACT OF COOLNESS

   The key word here is FUN. To that end, and to spice things up
for all, we've added a random drawing from all logs received. This
way even the "little guys" with marginal antennas or rusty skills 
have a chance at winning something. All we ask is that you work a
minimum of 5 U.S./Canadian stations to be eligible. But logs will 
be cross-checked where possible, so no fair faking one if you don't 
participate. :-)

That's it folks. Formal rules are appended at the end. If you have 
any questions or comments, please feel free to drop us a note.

Remember, "If it ain't fun, you ain't doin' it right!"

Cheers de AB7TT,

-Joe, vole at primenet.com, AZ ScQRPions


-------------- QRP CONTEST ANNOUNCEMENT --------------

FYBO (Freeze Your B____ Off) Winter QRP Field Day

Sponsored by the Arizona ScQRPions


** SAFETY FIRST! Please respect the weather and your own limitations. **


When: 1700Z Feb 22 - 0500Z Feb 23

QRP Only.

Modes: CW, Phone.

Bands: HF, standard QRP calling freqs (no WARC). For Novice portion of 
bands, suggest 3.710, 7.110, 21.110, 28.110.

Work stations once per band.

Exchange: RS(T), state/province/DXCC country, power output, and temperature 
(Fahrenheit) at OPERATOR'S POSITION. Indoor stations must report INDOOR 
temperature. Example: "RST 579 AZ 2W 58F". Novices sign with /N, Techs 
sign with /T. 

Points:
- 5 pts/QSO with a U.S. Novice/Tech ham (i.e. work a Novice/Tech, get 5 pts).
- 2 pts/QSO in U.S. Novice portion of bands with General class or higher ham.
- 1 pt/QSO all other.

  Example: W1AW (Extra) completes QSO with KD6PRD/N (Novice). 
           W1AW gets 5 pts. KD6PRD/N gets 2 pts and a pileup. :-)

Multipliers:
- States/provinces/DXCC countries (each counts only once)
- Field Location = x 4
- Alternative Power Source (battery/solar/wind/etc) = x 2
- QRPp (less than 1w) = x 2
- Lowest temperature recorded at OPERATOR'S POSITION while on the air
  (Indoor stations must use INDOOR temperature):

	60+ F = x 1
	50-59 F = x 2
	40-49 F = x 3
	30-39 F = x 4
	20-29 F = x 5
	Below 20 F = x 6

Final Score:
	QSO points x Multipliers.

Categories:
- Single Op
- Multi Op (single xcvr)

Awards/Prizes:
- Lowest operating temperature.
- Most Novice/Tech stations worked.
- Highest score (single op, multi op/single xcvr, Novice/Tech).
- Random drawing from logs received (5 US/Canada QSOs minimum to qualify).

Send logs by Mar 21 to Joe Gervais (AB7TT), PO Box 1822, Goodyear, AZ 85338.

Include power, rig, callsign, operator(s), number of Novice/Tech 
stations worked, and lowest operating temperature at OPERATOR'S
POSITION while on the air.

Email vole at primenet.com for more information, or see the full
announcement at http://www.dancris.com/~ki7mn/fyborule.html.
Log and Summary sheets will be available there as well.


>From fgrisafi at mbox.vol.it (IT9GSF - Fabio)  Tue Feb 18 02:42:43 1997
From: fgrisafi at mbox.vol.it (IT9GSF - Fabio) (IT9GSF - Fabio)
Date: Tue, 18 Feb 1997 03:42:43 +0100
Subject: 160 mts antenna test
Message-ID: <3.0.32.19970217003116.0068f33c at mbox.vol.it>

Hello friends !


Antonello, IT9EQO, will take part in the CQ 160 SSB test next

week end from Sicily Island and he will use special full size

antennas built upon a 200 feet water tower.


He asked me to send an e-mail to the CQ-Contest list to look

for some skeds to try the antennas before the contest; the 

antennas are a full size quarter wave vertical, an inv-vee

and a 500 meters long beverage beaming USA.


We can arrange a skedule for thursday 20th at 0400 Z on 1835 KHz

SSB, call sign IT9EQO, name Tony (Antonello).


Please send to my e-mail address your QSL if you will be on the

frequency before wednesday afternoon because Antonello will spend

a night at the contest location to put up all the equipments.


Thanks,



<bold>73 de <color><param>ffff,0000,0000</param>IT9GSF</color> !

<italic>

Fabio Grisafi

via Ferrari Orsi 85

90123 PALERMO - ITALY<color><param>0000,0000,ffff</param> 

</color><color><param>ffff,0000,0000</param>

</color><color><param>0000,0000,ffff</param>"One of the Lampedusa Island
Marconi Contest Club Gang".</color></italic></bold>

More information about the CQ-Contest mailing list