[CQ-Contest] October CQ out

[K4tmc at aol.com]

Front cover photo of hams in space; actually N5SCW, astronaut Jerry Ross, 
working on the International Space Station.  And just like us earth-bound 
hams, here he is working with some cables.  Oh No!  Could these be phasing 
lines for some monster space-based array that will be used later this month 
during the CQ WW SSB Contest?  What category will they enter?

Contest related items:
Results - 1999 CQ WW DX CW Contest
Contesting column - Is There A Connection Between Contesting and Sunspots?
CQ World-Wide DX Contest All-Time Phone and CW Records (World and USA)
Propagation column - Peak Sunspots for the CQ WW Contest

Other interesting items:
Lew McCoy, W1ICP, Silent Key
Measuring Geomagnetic "Weather"
The Coming Revolution in Ham Radio, Part I (SDRs - software defined radios)
The Skeleton-Sleeve-Fed Monopole (an improved J-pole)
Amateur Satellites column - CQ Interviews the First International Space 
Station Crew
World of Ideas column - Resurrecting Simple, Fun Rigs from the 1950s, Part II
NOAA's New Space Weather Scales (tracking space weather)
QRP column - Homebrewing Today and Tomorrow
Beginner's Corner column - Hanging Wallpaper
DX column - CQ Awards Programs…and more (picture of K3ZO with DU1KT)
VHF Plus column - Aurora, More Aurora, and the Perseids

And more….

Don't forget…, only 28 more days until CQ WW DX SSB!  Be There!!!

73,
Henry Pollock - K4TMC
Raleigh, NC



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>From K4OJ" <k4oj at tampabay.rr.com  Sat Sep 30 11:26:49 2000
From: K4OJ" <k4oj at tampabay.rr.com (K4OJ)
Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2000 06:26:49 -0400
Subject: [CQ-Contest] THE vk VS THE i POINT OF VIEW
Message-ID: <01e801c02ac8$f1c020a0$84c85c18 at tampabay.rr.com>


...PSE DON'T TAKE YOUR BAT AND BALL AWAY, MARTIN!

I WILL CONTEST WITH YOU AND ANY OF YOUR FRIENDS IN THAT PART O' THE
WORLD....

Listening to K5ZD tell of his contesting adventure from your part of the
world (actually it was ZL, but....) well, it tipped me to what you guys are
truly up against.

...there is merit to a good write-up which allows  the reader to see
achievements "outside of the boxes" - In an attempt to be politically
correct the creation of so many categories and ensuing boxes has, I suspect
without even being recognized as such, been an attempt to offset poor
write-ups by letting the boxes catch the outstanding unique
efforts........along with that the boxes have highlighted a lot of so what
just turned on the rig for a few hours efforts...

Nice job hosting the Olympics down there OM...coverage here has been
spectacular...too bad I usually find out the winners in the car on my way to
work or at lunch time and then see the re-telecastings after dinner...was
going to shut off the radio at first but I guess it is like those illegal
single ops who use packet assistance...cannot seem to turn off those spots!

73,

Jim, K4 Olympics Junkie



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