HELP
AH2BEECAMP at aol.com
AH2BEECAMP at aol.com
Wed Jan 1 23:40:57 EST 1997
As many of you may know Joanie Branson (KA6V) ,now reissued,recently became a
Silent Key...she was my QSL manager. Her other half Jerry AA6BB has taken
over those responsibilities. But in her passing some of my logs and
qsl cards have disappeared. I need help for some awards with cards..
In 1985 and 89 I went to KH9 as KB6DAW/KH9 and AH2BE/KH9 and did quite
well. But I am missing cards from contacts I made to the states of Deleware,
Vermont, and South Dakota. If you would please check your logs and see if we
made contact i would be greatly appreciated. those are the last 3 i need for
WAS
from KH9...I am also missing many from DXCC contacts but I am still working
those out.. If you worked me and could send a card that will help me in
locating
when and where they were made and a certainty that you get a card in return.
Also if any one reading this note that made contacts with me on KH2 or KH9
or anywhere else that was on an expedition could do a followup an send me a
card that would be a big help also...
Please send the cards to Jerry, AA6BB, so we can straighten this mess out.
I will be sending out more request for help once i get the complete picture.
Thanks,
ED AH2BE...ex KB6DAW/KH2/KH9/KH6 ... HL9MM...8P9GI...
>From N6NT at worldnet.att.net (Bruce Sawyer) Thu Jan 2 07:31:52 1997
From: N6NT at worldnet.att.net (Bruce Sawyer) (Bruce Sawyer)
Date: Thu, 2 Jan 1997 07:31:52 +0000
Subject: Help w/Amp 80m Anomaly?
Message-ID: <19970102073146.AAB15125 at LOCALNAME>
At 01:32 AM 1/2/97 +0000, you wrote:
>Stayed up extra late New Years morning to make a few casual
>RTTY contacts in the SARTG New Years RTTY Sprint and had
>an unusual occurrence that I would like to solicit comments about.
>
>I recently added a Viking MB-V-A tuner to my station and changed
>my 80m antenna to ladder line fed (160' long, center fed). I have
>never before tested for any long period this antenna/tuner combination
>with an amplifier.
>
>Last night I was running about 900-1000w on RTTY. I was CQ'ing at
>a rather low intermittant rate while working on some other things in
>the shack. Suddenly, the amp shut down, blowing both 250v 15a fuses.
>Everything had been ok previously and I had made a few QSOs prior.
>
>I later put in some (smaller) fuses I had on hand and performed a cursory
>test. HV is etc is all ok. Tested at reduced drive on 40m up to about
>400-500w out level and all was fine. I suspect something arced, causing
>the sudden disruption (talk about starting the new year right). The SWR
>to the amp was low over the entire RTTY range.
>
>Questions: I don't beleive the MB-V-A would arc (settings 14-1-23)?
WRONG! If you have too high an impedance at the feed point on that Zepp,
you're putting too much of a load on the internal balun in the MB-V-A. "Too
much" is defined as when the insulation on the windings melts. Another
symptom is that you melt the plastic insulator running through the core of
the balun and then see smoke pouring out of the MB-V-A. I know whereof I
speak, since I have done this and had EXACTLY the same problems you're
having right now. Every time I put "too much" power into the Nye Viking,
the windings on the balun arced over and my Alpha shut down for excessive
reflected power. Just like you're seeing now, it worked fine at lower power
levels. The threshold for arcing occured (naturally) at different power
levels with different frequencies. In fact, when this all started happening
to me was during a ARRL RTTY contest. The temptation to push the power was
just too strong, and a KW on RTTY is a pretty terrible load on that balun.
I was driving my full-size 160m dipole on 80m, so effectively I had two
collinear dipoles on 80 being fed at the end (i.e., high-impedance) points.
DUMB!!!
There are a couple of solutions:
--Lower power all the time;
--Diddle the length of your antenna and feed line so you don't present as
much as a mismatch to the balun;
--rewind the balun with very heavy guage teflon coated wire.
I did both (b) and (c) and have had no further problems. My balun is now
wound with 10 guage teflon coated wire. You can put a flame thrower on it
now and it doesn't flinch.
Bruce, N6NT
>From promedia at itnet.com.pl (Ltd.) Thu Jan 2 12:44:43 1997
From: promedia at itnet.com.pl (Ltd.) (Ltd.)
Date: Thu, 2 Jan 1997 12:44:43 +-100
Subject: StewPerry Log submission
Message-ID: <01BBF8AB.E5092B20 at itnet>
Hi guys,
thanks to all whom I could work during the Stew Perry Contest.
A great event, indeed.
The logs - is it possible to submit them via Internet?
Anybody knows where to?
The rules - were published on the reflector, but I missed them somehow.
Could you please forward us a copy?
Thanks...
A Happy New Year to all of you, friends.
Alec/SP2EWQ
promedia at itnet.com.pl.
>From kiddi at marel.is (Kristinn Andersen) Thu Jan 2 12:11:07 1997
From: kiddi at marel.is (Kristinn Andersen) (Kristinn Andersen)
Date: Thu, 02 Jan 1997 12:11:07 +0000
Subject: Wire & Ant HW recommendations?
Message-ID: <2.2.32.19970102121107.00919e7c at marel.is>
Hi, folks... new year's greetings from Iceland!
In preparations for the spring (antenna) season, I need to
place orders for some WIRE ANTENNA hardware. I am seeking
your suggestions / experience regarding any or all of the
following:
Ready-made wire antennas
Antenna wire (up to 80m/240ft span)
Wire antenna support string material
Baluns (1:1, 4:1, others...)
Prepared open-wire feeders or spacers for making them
HV fixed/variable capacitors and inductors (for matching)
(Egg-) insulators and other hardware...
Mail order vendors for the above, preferably one that
carries most of the above and provides prompt service.
If you have comments or advice for me on any of the above,
please drop me a mail and I will summarize to the list if
there appears to be interest.
73s de Kristinn, TF3KX (kiddi at marel.is)
>From py2ny at supernet.com.br (PY2NY) Thu Jan 2 13:30:37 1997
From: py2ny at supernet.com.br (PY2NY) (PY2NY)
Date: Thu, 2 Jan 1997 10:30:37 -0300
Subject: Wire & Ant HW recommendations?
Message-ID: <199701021127.JAA25344 at batman.supernet.com.br>
Only comments, no orders forms. Hope to see you in contests...
FB 1997
* * * * * P Y 2 N Y * * * * *
------ Vitor Luis Aidar dos Santos -------
E-mail: py2ny at supernet.com.br
ax.25: py2ny at py2ze.sp.bra.soam
Mail: p. o. box 190 - Campinas (SP)
Zip: 13001-970 B R A S I L
++++ Also PW2N, in contests ++++
----------
> De: Kristinn Andersen <kiddi at marel.is>
> Para: cq-contest at tgv.com; topband at contesting.com
> Assunto: Wire & Ant HW recommendations?
> Data: Quinta-feira, 2 de Janeiro de 1997 09:11
>
> Hi, folks... new year's greetings from Iceland!
>
> In preparations for the spring (antenna) season, I need to
> place orders for some WIRE ANTENNA hardware. I am seeking
> your suggestions / experience regarding any or all of the
> following:
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------
> Ready-made wire antennas
I saw anything in CQ or QST about ready-made bazookas. High
prices avoid me to buy HI HI, but I believe that will be FB antennas.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------
> Antenna wire (up to 80m/240ft span)
> Wire antenna support string material
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------
> Baluns (1:1, 4:1, others...)
The best balun for low power (100-500 watts) is from PY2EYE hands!!
you can write him via pu2mhb at sp-gw.ampr.org. PY2EYE Nilson has
special kind of work in baluns...
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------
> Prepared open-wire feeders or spacers for making them
> HV fixed/variable capacitors and inductors (for matching)
> (Egg-) insulators and other hardware...
>
> Mail order vendors for the above, preferably one that
> carries most of the above and provides prompt service.
>
> If you have comments or advice for me on any of the above,
> please drop me a mail and I will summarize to the list if
> there appears to be interest.
>
> 73s de Kristinn, TF3KX (kiddi at marel.is)
>
>From silver at ax.apc.org (Carlos Augusto S. Pereira) Thu Jan 2 15:41:42 1997
From: silver at ax.apc.org (Carlos Augusto S. Pereira) (Carlos Augusto S. Pereira)
Date: Thu, 02 Jan 1997 13:41:42 -0200
Subject: TS570 and IC-738
Message-ID: <1.5.4.32.19970102154142.00679a5c at ax.apc.org>
Hi all,
I am thinking about selling my TS850S in order to purchase a new rig. I have
three possibilities:
- TS870
- TS570
- IC738
For sure the 870 is the best choice however there is the price limitation
(too expensive). Another possibility is the 570, however I don't know much
of this radio. So I'd like to receive some notes about:
- The reception of this radio is better than the 850?
- The AF DSP is good as the timewave? Is it better than the IF DSP-100 (850
and 450)?
- Is it rugged for contest operation?
- Which IF filters does it have as optional?
- Is it triple-convertion? If yes, same IF frequencies of the 850 or the 450?
Or something new?
- How does it perform on the low bands?
- Does it provide a reception antenna jack? If yes, I would be able to TX
with my vertical antenna and receive with an EWE automatically or it has an
internal switch controled manually?
There is another possibility, the IC-738 which I could use with a timewave
AF DSP. IC-738 and a timewave DSP have the same price of the 570. What you
guys tell me about the 738 for the questions above?
The fourth possibility is to keep my 850 with my DSP-100 because both radios
(570 and IC-738 are no longer better than the 850?).
I can send to the reflector a summary about this later.
73 and thanks in advance,
Carlos - PY1CAS
>From gswanson at arrl.org (Swanson, Glenn, KB1GW) Thu Jan 2 14:28:00 1997
From: gswanson at arrl.org (Swanson, Glenn, KB1GW) (Swanson, Glenn, KB1GW)
Date: Thu, 2 Jan 1997 09:28:00 -0500
Subject: No sound frm NA, CT on WIn 95?
Message-ID: <m0vfpRG-000f66C at mgate.arrl.org>
CT only works 100% for YCCC members!
For FRCers, certain features are disabled.
;-)
Just kidding, Bob! GL es Happy New Year!
73, Glenn, KB1GW
YCCC - CT Area Manager
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>From: Robert Penneys
>To: cq-contest
>Subject: No sound frm NA, CT on WIn 95?
>Date: Wednesday, January 01, 1997 5:29PM
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>To: cq-contest at tgv.com
>Subject: No sound frm NA, CT on WIn 95?
>----------------------------------------------------
>
>
>
>I have to give a demo Thurs nite on contesting, and loaded CT, NA and more
>into a notebook which runs Windows 95. I can't get any sound out of these
>programs. Any ideas? Hopeless? TNx.
>
>From darrel at dii.com (Darrel Van Buer) Thu Jan 2 19:31:36 1997
From: darrel at dii.com (Darrel Van Buer) (Darrel Van Buer)
Date: Thu, 2 Jan 97 11:31:36 PST
Subject: Current callsign maps
Message-ID: <9701021931.AA25289 at dii.com>
With some help from my computer and the FCC database I have produced some
maps of assigned/available 1x2 and 2x1 call signs as of 12/29/96. Here's
a small sample:
Call area 0 two by one
Wx0x Ax0x
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
A XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX A XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX6XXXXXXX X A
B XXX6XXXXXXXXX X666XXXXXXXX B XXXXXXXXX XXX 6XXX6X6XXX B
C XXX6XXXXXXXXXXXX6XXXX6XXX6 C XXXXXXXX X5XXX6XXXXXXXX C
D XXXXXXXXX 6XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX D XXXXX66XXXXXXXX6XXXX 6 XXX D
E X XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX E XXXXX XXXXXXXXX XXXXXXX6XX E
F XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX6XXXXXXXXXX F XXX XXX6 X XXXXXX XXX6X X F
G XX6XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXX G X XXX6XXXX XX X5 XXXX 5 G
H H XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXX XXX6 H
I XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX I XXXXXXXXXXX X XX XXXXXXXXX I
J XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX6XXXXXXX J XXX X XXXXX XX XXXXXXXX 6 J
K XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX6XXXX K XX XXXX XXXXXX XXX6XXXXX K
L L L
M XXXXXXXXXXXXX6XXXXXXXXXXXX M ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
N XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX N
O X6XXXX XXXXXX XXXX XXXXXXX O
P P
Q XXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX Q
R XXXXX6XXXXXXXXXXX6XXXXXXX R
S XXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXX6XXX S
T XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX T
U XXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXX U
V X5XXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXX V Free 6 5 4
W X6XXXXXXXXX6XXXXXXXXXX6XXX W K 104 48 9 0
X XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX X N 110 38 6 0
Y XXXXXXX X6XXXX X XXXXXX6XX Y W 94 23 1 0
Z XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXX Z A 69 16 3 0
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
X marks an active callsign, blank an available callsign and 5 or 6 marks a
callsign vacated in 1995 or 96, respectively (this may be because it expired,
the holder is SK, or got another call sign), but for which the two year
restriction on assignment still holds. The map was built using individual
and club data from both active and purge files at the FCC.
The good news: most call areas still have hundreds of 1x2s and all areas
have on the order of a hundred 2x1s free each.
The output is available for free.
The bad news: area 4 and 6 1x2s are nearly gone.
At 1200 lines, the output is too large to be posted here, and I don't have
a suitable FTP or website to put it on.
For now, I will email all or parts on request.
Hopefully someone will offer it a home on the web.
p.s. I hope you can view the chart in a fixed width font, or you'll never
figure out where the holes are.
Darrel AK6I ex KI6VY
darrel at dii.com
>From Fatchett.Mike at tci.com (Fatchett, Mike) Thu Jan 2 20:48:53 1997
From: Fatchett.Mike at tci.com (Fatchett, Mike) (Fatchett, Mike)
Date: 02 Jan 1997 13:48:53 -0700
Subject: Current callsign maps
Message-ID: <024FF32CC1F3500A*/c=us/admd=attmail/prmd=tci/o=mailhub/ou=msmaildos/s=Fatchett/g=Mike/@MHS>
WWW.QRZ.COM web page also contains this information.
>From WYLIE at colloquium.co.uk (Tom Wylie) Thu Jan 2 22:02:45 1997
From: WYLIE at colloquium.co.uk (Tom Wylie) (Tom Wylie)
Date: Thu, 2 Jan 1997 22:02:45 GMT
Subject: New Home Page
Message-ID: <1.5.4.16.19970102230412.189f0a2e at ms.colloquium.co.uk>
For anyone interested in UK Contests in particular I have started a home
page for a rules and results service.
As I am new to this, it is fairly basic but its a start. When I get to
chapter 2 in the book I will re-adjust
the pages and insert some graphice and photos (I hope)...
My URL is:
http://users.colloquium.co.uk/~wylie/home.htm
European stations with rules for european countries, please feel free to
e-mail them to me with the contest dates for 1997 and I will gladly publish them
I hope it works out
73 to all de Tom
GM4FDM
this year I will also be GM7X (First time the GM7 prefix on HF - will be
active in ARRL - SSB)
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