I had a hard disk failure while adding new WPX scores sent to me. If your
score does not appear on the first WPX Score Summary posted by me (or appears
incorrectly), I need to hear from you again. No one is more sorry about this
than I am... trust me!
Also, K2WK informed me that a new catagory - Single Op Assisted - was added
this year. I did not know that, so I lumped all scores into generic Single
Op High & Low Power categories. If your score belongs in the SOA category,
also drop me a note.
My apologies...
73 Scott KA9FOX KA9FOX@AOL.COM
>From tree@cmicro.com (Larry Tyree) Tue Apr 5 16:02:34 1994
From: tree@cmicro.com (Larry Tyree) (Larry Tyree)
Subject: NCJ CW Sprint logs
Message-ID: <9404051502.AA12117@cmicro.com>
I have found at least one person who thought they had sent their NCJ CW
Sprint log to me, but I didn't have it. This may be my fault, or maybe
it just never got here. I wanted to make sure this didn't happen to
anyone else. When you send me a sprint log, I will send you a message
QSLing the log. If you don't get this message, then I didn't get your
log.
I am going to work on improving my process of getting the logs from the
UNIX mail system to my computer at home so the chances of loosing a log
approach zero.
Here is a list of the logs I have. If your call should be here, and it
isn't, please let me know. If I can get your log in electronic format
this week, it will still show up in the results.
Also, I am still waiting for disks from W2GD, N4ZZ and K5GA. If anyone
within the sound of my voice talks to these people, they might remind
them.
Here is the list of logs I have:
Volume in drive C is TREE DISK
Volume Serial Number is 1A5E-1503
Directory of C:\SPRINT
AA0BY.SPR AA2GS.SPR AA3B.SPR AA4GA.SPR AA4NC.SPR
AA5ZT.SPR AA6MC.SPR AA7NX.SPR AB6FO.SPR AC6T.SPR
AD4Y.SPR AD5Q.SPR AD6E.SPR AG9A.SPR AJ9C.SPR
EA1AK.SPR K1KI.SPR K2MM.SPR K3MD.SPR K3TLX.SPR
K3WW.SPR K4AMC.SPR K4PQL.SPR K4VX.SPR K5DX.SPR
K5GN.SPR K5MR.SPR K5TU.SPR K5ZD.SPR K6LL.SPR
K6NA.SPR K6XO.SPR K6XT.SPR K6ZH.SPR K7CW.SPR
K7LR.SPR K7SS.SPR K7SV.SPR K8JLF.SPR K8MR.SPR
K9BGL.SPR K9MMS.SPR KB4GID.SPR KD5PJ.SPR KE3Q.SPR
KE9I.SPR KI3L.SPR KI3V.SPR KI7Y.SPR KM0L.SPR
KM5H.SPR KM9P.SPR KN4QV.SPR KN5H.SPR KO9Y.SPR
KR0Y.SPR KT3Y.SPR KW8N.SPR KZ2S.SPR N0AX.SPR
N1EE.SPR N2IC.SPR N4AA.SPR N4OGW.SPR N5RZ.SPR
N6AA.SPR N6DX.SPR N6HC.SPR N6IP.SPR N6ND.SPR
N6TR.SPR N6TV.SPR N6VR.SPR N6XI.SPR N6ZZ.SPR
N7LOX.SPR N7NG.SPR N8AA.SPR N8EA.SPR N8NA.SPR
NA4K.SPR NC6U.SPR NF6H.SPR NV6O.SPR NW3C.SPR
NZ5I.SPR VE5SF.SPR VE7NTT.SPR W0UY.SPR W1FEA.SPR
W1IHN.SPR W1WEF.SPR W3GH.SPR W5ASP.SPR W5FO.SPR
W5NR.SPR W6ISQ.SPR W6MVW.SPR W6OAT.SPR W6XX.SPR
W6YA.SPR W7CB.SPR W9RE.SPR W9UP.SPR W9WI.SPR
WA0OUI.SPR WA0RJY.SPR WA3HAE.SPR WA4PGM.SPR WA6KUI.SPR
WA7UVJ.SPR WB0O.SPR WB5B.SPR WB5VZL.SPR WB8RUQ.SPR
WD0T.SPR WD4AHZ.SPR WN3K.SPR WQ5L.SPR WW3S.SPR
WX9E.SPR
121 file(s) 2139927 bytes
194666496 bytes free
73
Tree N6TR
tree@cmicro.com
>From blunt@arrl.org (Billy Lunt KR1R) Tue Apr 5 21:55:52 1994
From: blunt@arrl.org (Billy Lunt KR1R) (Billy Lunt KR1R)
Subject: Future of Single Op?
Message-ID: <8821@bl>
From: chutch@arrl.org (Chuck Hutchinson K8CH)
To: cq-contest@tgv.com
Subject: Re: Future of Single Op?
Randy A Thompson <K5ZD@world.std.com> Wrote:
>
>A more interesting area to me is the eventual demise of single operator
>unassisted (i.e. the no-packet category of single op).
>
>The number of "serious" single op unassisted entries is going down with
>each year. Many of them are escaping to the arguably more enjoyable
>category of s/o assisted (+ packet). I see the not to distant future where
>major DX contests have a small handful of hardcore single ops and that's it!
>No competition after the first 2 or 3 spots.
>
>Given that the top single-ops are often beating (and certainly
>competitive) with the assisted guys, why do we need two categories?
>Separate categories were originally proposed due to fear of the unknown.
>Now that we KNOW that packet is not that significant of an advantage, why
>not combine the two single op categories back into one?
Randy is in good company. IARU Region 1 (Europe & Africa) voted recently
to continue a rule that allows single ops to use packet in their contests.
73, Chuck, K8CH
chutch@arrl.org
>From oo7@astro.as.utexas.edu (Derek Wills) Tue Apr 5 21:52:03 1994
From: oo7@astro.as.utexas.edu (Derek Wills) (Derek Wills)
Subject: sprINT
Message-ID: <9404052052.AA20362@astro.as.utexas.edu>
Why did some names seem to be re-cycled over and over again - and others
disappeared and never heard again? I bet Pete, N4ZR could give us a
mathmatical explanation of the probabilities of a name being re-cycled.
73 - Kevin - WA8ZDT
It's not mathematics, it's operator error. If you start off with the name
Fred, and there are no other Freds, that name has a fragile existence, as
it has to be copied correctly each time it is passed from one person to
another. So if one person miscopies it as Flin, Fred has gone for ever.
It's not like surnames in a population, where even if you have no children,
the surname continues somewhere else. If everyone follows the rules and
copies perfectly, then the names left at the end exactly match those at
the start.
The multiple Steves are probably caused by someone who hasn't read the
rules, and thinks it is like a normal Sprint, where you send your own
name for each QSO. So if the person does this 6 times before realizing
the error, there are now 6 Steves out there being passed around (and 6
names that are never heard of again).
If, for example, you were to send Jim for every single QSO, the contest
would eventually consist of everyone sending Jim to everyone else, when
you had worked all the participants once. Not that anyone here would
be rotten enough to do this, of course, heh heh.
I know I clobbered one name for good, when I had to send a repeat of
the name, looked at my log sheet and sent back the name the other guy
had sent me - the correct name (Ed) was then gone for good. Sorry, Ed.
Sorry if this all obvious to most people, but as far as I know this
rule is unique to the SprINT, and it does make for some interesting
analyses later on (as well as opening up the whole contest to sabotage).
Derek/Derek/Dirk AA5BT
>From len@ariel.coe.neu.edu (Leonard Kay) Tue Apr 5 22:17:19 1994
From: len@ariel.coe.neu.edu (Leonard Kay) (Leonard Kay)
Subject: Laptops and wrists
Message-ID: <9404052117.AA02487@ariel.coe.neu.edu>
>>
>> [Ways to save your wrists deleted]
>>
>>73, David XE1/AA6RX
>>
>>ps. If your wrists are not yet shot, you may find that a set of 10 push ups
>>a day will help strengthen the wrists for this kind of stress.
>>
Or get a wrist pad... they're available now in double-thickness laptop strength,
so that your wrists are at, if not above, the level of the keyboard. Real
comfortable.
Most big computer stores or mail-order places will have them. Make sure you get
the
extra thick ones.
Of course, this is no *substitute* for exercising your wrists.....
Len KB2R
len@ariel.coe.neu.edu
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