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Subject: Just Testing
From: W7NI@delphi.com (W7NI@delphi.com)
Date: Thu Aug 4 02:20:20 1994
This is the first message I have tried to post to the Reflector so please
bear with me.  I will freely admit that I am a Novice again.  It would be nice
to know if this message actually made it.

Oh, by the way, yes, I do kerchunck repeaters, too.

W7NI@delphi.com

>From David & Barbara Leeson <0005543629@mcimail.com>  Thu Aug  4 06:09:00 1994
From: David & Barbara Leeson <0005543629@mcimail.com> (David & Barbara Leeson)
Subject: Amp for HC8A (N6KT)
Message-ID: <81940804050918/0005543629NA5EM@mcimail.com>

N6KT is looking for an amplifier to use at HC8A...most interested in
amps using two or three 3-500's (LK550, L7, TL-922, even L4 but not
SB220)...would also appreciate reliability info and operating impressions
as well as upgrade ideas to get comfortable 1500 W...any leads most
appreciated via W6QHS (leeson@mcimail.com)...many thanks de Dave, W6QHS.

>From Jan-Eric Rehn <jere@ccmail.svt.se>  Thu Aug  4 13:04:04 1994
From: Jan-Eric Rehn <jere@ccmail.svt.se> (Jan-Eric Rehn)
Subject: Ang:: Just Testing
Message-ID: <9408041204.A01063@ccmail.svt.se>

This is the first message I have tried to post to the Reflector so please
bear with me.  I will freely admit that I am a Novice again.  It would be nice
to know if this message actually made it.

Oh, by the way, yes, I do kerchunck repeaters, too.

W7NI@delphi.com

---------------------------------------------
Hello there!
Your first message is read here in Sweden so it seems to be OK...
73 and keep on contesting
SM3CER/Jan      SSA Contest Manager     jere@ccmail.svt.se


>From Michael Owen <MOWE@SLUMUS.STLAWU.EDU>  Thu Aug  4 16:10:17 1994
From: Michael Owen <MOWE@SLUMUS.STLAWU.EDU> (Michael Owen)
Subject: Re[2]: Pulling cables in conduit
Message-ID: <04AUG94.12065237.0019.MUSIC@SLUMUS>

>Does anyone have suggestions on what kind of knot(s) to tie to a bundle
>of cables being pulled through conduit?
>
If you don't have access to a Chinese finger trap-type device, then
the best knot is a "pipe hitch" with added cinching loops.  This
distributes the load over a length of cable, doesn't pinch, and
won't yank the connectors off the end of the cable.  Ask a Boy
Scout how to tie one - no kidding.
>
MRO

************************************************************************
Michael R. Owen, Ph.D.                        a.k.a.: W9IP
Department of Geology                         Northern Lights Software
St. Lawrence University                       Star Route, Box 60
Canton, NY  13617                             Canton, NY  13617
(315) 379-5975             -  voice  -        (315) 379-0161 (6-9pm)
e-mail: MOWE@SLUMUS            FAX   -        (315) 379-5804
************************************************************************

>From Peter Reed <P.L.Reed@sussex.ac.uk>  Thu Aug  4 16:30:39 1994
From: Peter Reed <P.L.Reed@sussex.ac.uk> (Peter Reed)
Subject: Voice PED
Message-ID: <1791.199408041530@solx1.central.susx.ac.uk>


Hi all. I was wandering various FTP sites at lunch-time today and hooked
on to the site in JA where PED is to be found. Lo and behold I came across
a voice version - vped....

Well I may have missed discussion about this as I have been on holiday 
recently and SET NOMAIL - if so and everyone knows about it then...sorry!

However, while SSB holds no interest to me being 99.99% CW, if anyone wants
to take a look at this voice PED version and doesn't know about it then
ftp    qed.laser.ee.es.osaka-u.ac.jp:  /pub/radio/ped  
           and download it.

If this thread hasn't been hacked to death on the refelctor, anyone tried
it out yet?

73...Peter, G4BVH.

e-mail: mpfb8@central.sussex.ac.uk


>From sellington" <sellington@mail.ssec.wisc.edu  Thu Aug  4 12:06:36 1994
From: sellington" <sellington@mail.ssec.wisc.edu (sellington)
Subject: AL-82 Fan Noise

Does anyone know if it uses one of those noisy high-speed muffin fans,
or something quieter?

Scott Ellington, K9MA
sellington@mail.ssec.wisc.edu


>From Swanson, Glenn,  KB1GW" <gswanson@arrl.org  Thu Aug  4 18:27:00 1994
From: Swanson, Glenn,  KB1GW" <gswanson@arrl.org (Swanson, Glenn,  KB1GW)
Subject: Al-82 blower...
Message-ID: <2E41265A@arrl.org>


  The AL-82 was reviewed in QST - July 92 - a comparative review, also 
including the Commander HF-1250, KW TL-922A and the TT Centurion.  Here is 
an exerpt from the Al-82. (Thanks to Mike Tracy - KC1SX - ARRL Technical 
Information Services (TIS)).

"Blower speed can be reduced if noise is a problem.  Four settings are 
available.  According to the instructions, the lowest speed develops 
sufficient airflow for standard SSB and CW operation, but the highest speed 
should be used for contest and RTTY operation. The blower is on the noisy 
side at the higher speed setting, but we prefer to run as much air as 
possible past the tubes."   QST~   73, de KB1GW
                                                                              
                                             gswanson@arrl.org

>From tree@cmicro.com (Larry Tyree)  Thu Aug  4 17:58:35 1994
From: tree@cmicro.com (Larry Tyree) (Larry Tyree)
Subject: Internet SprINT Results
Message-ID: <9408041658.AA20896@cmicro.com>

                     FIFTH INTERNET SPRINT RESULTS

                              JULY 1994

                                  by

                   John Zapisek  K2MM  (k2mm@maspar.com)
             Larry "Tree" Tyree  N6TR  (n6tr@cmicro.com)


The Fifth Running of the Internet Sprint Contest was held 2 weeks ago.
The turnout was very impressive with record levels of activity.  This
presented some new challenges in generating the name tracings to which
John has risen to.  He has expanded the capibilities of his checking
software at the expense of sleeping this week to present a report which
I have only begun to absorb after reading it twice.

(Hey John, did you ever get your taxes done??).

Conditions seemed to be better for most of you than the previous running.
About half of the top ten scores came from the east coast.  Once again,
the station that was ahead after one lap didn't win the contest.  Jeff,
KR0Y came out and hot lapped with the fastest car, but didn't keep the
pedel to the metal in the second lap.

SprINT first timer, Ralph Bowen, N5RZ, came in second and showed that the
highest accuracy score doesn't have to come from way down the list...
Oh, well if you go all the way down the list, you will find N0BSH with
100 percent accuracy...  for his single QSO.

The next running of this contest will probably be the second or third
weekend in October or New Year's day, or both.  Your input is solicited
in selecting the next date.

In the spirit of making calculators which are physically smaller than
their manual, here is the contest report which takes more time to read
than the contest took in the first place.

And now over to you John......

----------------

Thanks Tree!  Here are the numbers:


                FINAL RESULTS -- FIFTH INTERNET SPRINT

    Date                      9407    9404    9401    9310    9305
    Logs Submitted              45      29      30      26      29
    Calls Worked                88      54      55      47      74
    Reported 20m QSOs         3258    1457    2170    1552    2471
    Reported 40m QSOs          247    1081     758     574       2
    Reported QSOs Matched     3044    2394    2772    1912    2082
    Reported QSOs Unmatched    461     144     156     214     391
    Total Reported QSOs       3505    2538    2928    2126    2473

    Known QSOs Matched        1522    1197    1386     956    1041
    Known QSOs Unmatched       461     144     156     214     391
    Total Known QSOs          1983    1341    1542    1170    1432
    Percent Matched           76.8    89.3    89.9    81.7    72.7

#OK  = your score
#NG  = contacts not credited
RXNG = you busted the call/number/name/qth of the station you worked
TXNG = the station you worked busted your call/number/name/qth
DUPE = you worked the same station within 3 previous non-dupes

#OK + #NG is the raw claimed score.  #NG is the number of busted contacts.
Some contacts may be busted for more than one reason, so RXNG + TXNG + DUPE
may be greater than #NG.  Stations making more than 10 QSOs that did not
submit a log were penalized one point per unreported QSO!

CALL        #OK  #NG RXNG TXNG DUPE ACCURACY (each * is 2% above 50%)
n6tr        148   11    1   11    0  93.1 *********************
n5rz        139    7    2    5    0  95.2 **********************
n6tv        137    8    2    6    0  94.5 **********************
wa2srq      120   12    5    8    0  90.9 ********************
aa5bt       119    8    4    3    1  93.7 *********************
n2aa        119    8    3    6    0  93.7 *********************
k4pql       113    7    4    5    0  94.2 **********************
w1ph        110   11    6    5    0  90.9 ********************
n4ogw       109   10    4    6    0  91.6 ********************
np4z        107   27   16   12    0  79.9 **************
n4tqo       102    6    1    5    0  94.4 **********************
k2tw        102    8    2    6    0  92.7 *********************
n7lox       102    9    6    4    0  91.9 ********************
k1zx         97    8    6    2    0  92.4 *********************
ab6fo        97   10    5    5    0  90.7 ********************
k6xo         95    5    0    5    0  95.0 **********************
nv6o         92   11    4    5    2  89.3 *******************
aa7nx        92   17   10    4    4  84.4 *****************
dl1iao       84    5    1    4    0  94.4 **********************
aa6kx        82   12    7    4    1  87.2 ******************
wd8aub       76    6    1    5    0  92.7 *********************
n6ip         74   13    5    7    1  85.1 *****************
k2mm         68    5    1    3    2  93.2 *********************
aa5uo        64    8    5    3    0  88.9 *******************
n0at         58    7    2    4    1  89.2 *******************
w5asp        58    9    6    3    0  86.6 ******************
nt5c (w5xd)  55   12    8    4    0  82.1 ****************
kr2j         53    9    5    4    0  85.5 *****************
ke4gy        49    5    0    4    1  90.7 ********************
n6kl         46    6    1    4    1  88.5 *******************
ae0m         42    7    3    0    4  85.7 *****************
n6zz         41    8    1    7    0  83.7 ****************
wa1u         41    9    5    1    3  82.0 ****************
n4zr         35    4    2    2    0  89.7 *******************
kb2r         32    3    2    1    0  91.4 ********************
w9wi         31    3    0    2    1  91.2 ********************
wt3h         30   16   14    2    0  65.2 *******
aa9d         28    5    3    2    0  84.8 *****************
k5gn         25    3    1    2    0  89.3 *******************
n6aa         18    5    1    4    0  78.3 **************
wb5vzl       16    1    1    0    0  94.1 **********************
k4xu         16    5    4    1    0  76.2 *************
w3cpb        14    6    5    2    0  70.0 **********
g4buo        12    1    0    1    0  92.3 *********************
n0bsh         1    0    0    0    0 100.0 *************************
k7sv        -10   10    0    0    0   0.0 No log
w4xj        -10   10    0    0    0   0.0 No log
nc6u        -13   13    0    0    0   0.0 No log
nl7gp       -14   14    0    0    0   0.0 No log
oh7ma       -14   14    0    0    0   0.0 No log
w2pa        -18   18    0    0    0   0.0 No log
wq2k        -18   18    0    0    0   0.0 No log
kd6ewt      -33   33    0    0    0   0.0 No log
kr0y        -81   81    0    0    0   0.0 No log
wn3k      -1046   46    0    0    0   0.0 No log, VULGAR NAMES penalty

Remember, busted Qs are removed from both the sender's and receiver's logs,
and ACCURACY reflects both sending and receiving errors and dupes.  Look for
ERROR ANALYSIS breakdows at the very end of this posting.

All submitters' annotated logs will be returned to them via e-mail.  Non-
submitters can get copies of their reconstruted logs by sending a request
to k2mm@maspar.com.


SOAPBOX

> [Tony/AE0M]  I spent the afternoon before putting up a temporary 40m delta
> loop. . . .  Still only one QSO on 40m!  Guess I should have spent the
> afternoon with PED!

> [Howie/K4PQL]  Couldn't seem to get anything going.  40 sounded decent,
> just no activity.

> [Bob/KR2J]  My first sprINT.  First experience using N6TR's LOG program
> too!  Very different QSO "model" compared to K1EA.  I like the flexibility
> of the LOGCFG.DAT file.  I'm going to work with it some more and use it in
> the next Sprint.

> [Mike/N0BSH]  Since names found on MTV were deemed inappropriate, I surfed
> channels to the USA Network [looking for a name].  I hope Duckman meets
> with approval from the name committee.  Alas, I only had time for 1 QSO.

> [Gene/N2AA]  Better cdx for us this time; nice to be able to feel actually
> in it, compared to the last one.  Never looked on 40.  Second hour better
> than the first. . . .  Kudos to K5GN, who informed me that I had only
> moved 500 Hz before calling him, and we scratched.  I have no idea how he
> knew that; I sure did not realize it.  The fact that he wouldn't take the
> Q is worthy of praise.  Diogenes would have been proud to find him.

> [Tor/N4OGW]  Participation was up; conditions sucked.  At the start I
> couldn't copy the NJ guys, but they were 599 during the second hour.

> [Alan/K6XO]  N4OGW was the strongest signal that I heard . . .

> [Geoff/WA1U]  K6XO wrote about N4OGW being the strongest signal he heard
> during the recent SprINT. . . .  I happen to know that N4OGW is a graduate
> of Yale University, a school that has consistently graduated students who
> went on to accumulate and wield power.

> [Derek/AA5BT]  I agree, an open and shut case.  OGW obviously stands for
> Obnoxiously Gross Wattage.  What more can one say?

Hey, Derek, how's your Awesome Amplifier with 5 Big Tubes?

> [Tor/N4OGW]  N4OGW method for big signal: 40m flat-top dipole at 60-70
> feet up. . . .  See everyone in the NAQP.

> [Jay/K0GU]  N4OGW also has a big advantage because he has trees he can use
> for antenna supports. His score should be listed in a different class.

> [Steve/N4TQO]  Most fun was working DL1IAO six times and OH7MA once.
> Least fun was getting stomped on by N6TV all the time (heh).

> [Pete/N4ZR]  I have rarely felt quite THIS klutzy.  Nevertheless, here's
> my first SprINT log.

> [Dixk/N6AA]  Contest ended for me when I got a telephone call. . . .
> Tried 3 or 4 times to tell K7SV that he should send the name of the last
> QSO. I was either too weak or he can't copy CW.

> [Bob/N6IP]  Computer logging [with N6TR LOG] was a disaster this time!  It
> crashed and locked the system several times. . . .  Highlight:  when AA6KX
> and I both called K2MM, and K2MM answered ME.  AA6KX beat me every other
> time with his double and/or late calls and generally stronger sig.

You and Bruce both look down on me from hills on opposite sides of Silicon
Valley.  When I getm caught in your crossfire, I go back to the station that
stops sending first ;-)

> [Wayne/W5XD/WT5C]  Of the entrants that I failed to work, who had the
> highest QSO total?

I was hoping that NT5C would be the entrant you failed to work with the
highest QSO total ;-)  But it wern't so.  Here's your answer, Wayne:

    CALL        #OK  #NG #TOT
    aa7nx        92   17  109
    k6xo         95    5  100
    wd8aub       76    6   82
    aa5uo        64    8   72
    nt5c         55   12   67

> [Doug/W9WI]  My first shot at an Internet Sprint. . . .  At 0237z, AB6FO
> copied the name "Beib"; this was a sending error on my part, not a
> receiving error at his end, so penalize me, not AB6FO.

Your log reflected the changed name, so that was OK.  But Ken/AB6FO busted
your QSO#, so you both lost credit :-(

 20 0237 w9wi    29 beib    tn ab6fo   84 grendel ca -NG- ChgTxName
 20 0237 ab6fo   84 grendel ca w9wi    39 beib    tn
                                       ^^
> [Geoff/WA1U]  Around 1:15 into the contest, Linda the next door neighbor
> called to tell me how much she was enjoying listening to me on their
> sub-woofer I quickly went to 40 but no one else was there.

I got a knock on the door around the same time.  A few experiments showed
that the neighbor's RFI went away if I used the R-7 vertical instead of
the low dipole.  Too bad everyone was louder on the dipole!

> [Ed/WA2SRQ]  At about 0245z I was startled by a very loud thunder clap
> from a nearby lightning strike.  I turned everything off, grounded the
> antennas, and stepped outside to check out the storm.  After a couple of
> minutes of contemplating the frequency of strikes, the height of my 50'
> tower, and the thickness of my rubber earphone pads, I said "what the
> hell" and turned things back on for the last few minutes.

> [Dave/K5GN]  Great fun.  More activity than expected.  Twenty got better
> and better so very few Q's on 40. . . .  Final:  152 before computer disk
> error, 28 after.  Erased LOG.DAT by mistake.  Norton recover left big
> hole. . . .  I'm debating going back to paper for September, as I continue
> to have operator errors related to computer use.

> [Frank/KE4GY]  Interesting that DL1IAO, G4BUO and NP4Z seemed to be
> easiest for me to work.  This was the first time that I heard my name come
> back, from NL7GP.  Then while I was waiting to pass it on I heard it being
> passed.  Huh?

> [Eric/NV6O]  KR0Y was 20 Qs ahead of me three milliseconds into the event.
> Worked Derrick VE4VV only once -- his #1.  Guess he was black holed. . . .
> Did someone have a list of new names that were inserted every 10 Qs?  All
> the beebs and gleebs and gungs that appeared in the latter part of the
> event reminded me of the 49er's famous "20 play list" that Walsh always
> started his games with. . . .  I still didn't cheat in sprINT, but wish I
> knew how.

Gene/N2AA had nothing to do with it.  It was the Revenge of the Nerds.

> [Derek/AA5BT]  I was expecting someone to use GAS, SOUP or NITRO as a
> name, but we were all very restrained. . . .  The loudest people here were
> probably N6TR, WD8AUB and WA2SRQ.  Oh, and AB6FO too.  Most frequent
> workee was K2MM (8 QSOs). . . .  Weird feeling working someone for the
> first time when they are at QSO #100 or so - can you really be within a
> few KHz of them for an hour or more and never run across them?

> [Dave/AA9D]  My first SprINT. . . .  Conditions changed radically on 20m
> after the first hour. The east coast started to get strong and the west
> coast weak.  Go figure.

> [Dave/G4BUO]  I planned to get up for the last half hour hoping there
> would be some 40m activity.  As it turned out, some 20m QSOs were
> possible.  Eventually people moved down to 40.  I claim the G record for
> the SprINT!  DL1IAO gets the EU record.

> [Alan/K6XO]  Listened on 40 several times, but never heard anyone there.
> 20 meter propagation, as usual, was a bit strange.  Very spotty to the
> east, and most of the west coast signals were very weak most of the time.
> W1PH was the most consistent signal out of the east.

> [Frank/KE4GY]  I was going to try LOG but I must admit that I chickened
> out at the last minute.  I did read much of the manual and was impressed
> and plan to try it in the next sprint.  I liked the features and the
> thought that N6TR put into it.

> [Dave/N6KL]  From here in Colorado, Saturday's SprINT was a blast!
> In fact, almost a JOLT -- I had to hold off putting up the HF6V until 30
> minutes into the contest to wait for lightning to subside. . . .  Thanks
> to K1ZX for telling me about the chirp on my signal.  I'm going to have to
> buy bigger batteries or a real (but RF quiet) power supply. . . .

> [Joe/W5ASP]  First 20 min spent trying to figure out why I had RF tearing
> up the computer screen.  Solution:  Reconnect the ground bus!  And then I
> "discovered" that I couldn't log a previously worked call in the S&P mode.
> In all my "precontest testing" I just never thought to S&P a previous
> callsign.  At least I wasn't the only one who fell victim to this litle
> quirk in N6TR's program.  But I for one never found a "work-around", so
> just CQ'd the rest of the contest.

The SprINT LOGCFG I posted talked about the workaround.  But I admit it is a
lot to read. . . .  Going forward, new versions of LOG make it easier to
work dupes in S&P.  And other very recent improvements make it much easier
to use in the SprINT.  You'll even be able to practice with the simulator
the same way you'll use LOG for real.  I'll post a new LOGCFG before the
next SprINT.

*** N6TR comes to his defense.  The new INTERNET SPRINT contest is intended
to finally make the program easy to use.  I had thought keeping it a
challenge would be more interesting...  guess it was too hard.  With the
new contest, there are no longer any weird commands you need to remember.
Also, I programmed all the CW memories the way I use them so you can
use that as a starting point.

> [Dick/K4XU]  Using LOG was the most frustrating experience in contesting
> ever.  Never did get LOG to accept dupes on S&P.  LOG would lock up and I
> had to give it a three finger salute.  My appologies to any who thought I
> was retarded.  I could have done better with a postit note and a crayon.
> BTW:  My log is not complete since I worked several people who are not in
> it, those who sat around waiting for a R while I wrestled with LOG.

Your log had about 10 QSOs missing from the end.  Dave/K5GN had a whole
bunch of Qs missing from the middle.  As such, no Qs were busted if they
claimed to have worked you but were not in your logs.


HOW TO SEND IN YOUR LOG OVER THE INTERNET:

> [Phil/N6ZZ]  Maybe this is the log, who knows?

> [Jim/K1ZX]  I am going nuts here trying to figure out how to use this
> software to send you a file. . . .  The file is in NA.

> [Kurt/W1PH]  I have never sent a file before.  I hope this works.  I feel
> like a Novice making his first QSO!!

> [Felipe/NP4Z]  Sorry I had no time to fix the log.  I nearly forgot I had
> only 72 hours.  But thank GOD for Jeff/WC4E who explained to me what to do
> 1 hour before the deadline.

Got all your log files OK.  Thanks, guys!


BILL, N1BA, SILENT KEY

> [Steve/N4TQO]  Herewith my SprINT log from last night.  Starting name was
> Bill, in memory of my father-in-law, N1BA.

Our condolances to Steve and his wife, whose father became a Silent Key on
the Wednesday before the SprINT.  Let's do Bill's name trace first.

 n4tqo    1 bill    ==========-=nv6o-kp4tk#
 kr2j     6 eric    +n7lox


BIRTH AND DEATH BY CLONING

Bill's trace shows two new name-trace symbols introduced in this report:

    * birth by cloning
    + death by cloning
    # clueless op always sent the same name

In Bill's case, the thread was traceable through NV6O and KP4TK to KR2J,
even though KP4TK was sending ERIC to everybody.  But KR2J didn't realize
he hadn't completed the Q with N7LOX, so ERIC died there.  Lesson to Eric:
Don't mess with Bill!

Here's an explanation of the principles involved in cloning.

 40 0234 k2mm    53 rich    ca k2tw    83 john    nj -NG- NoMatch
 20 0237 k2tw    83 john    nj wq2k    17 evan    ny
                               ^^
K2MM thought he got JOHN with #83 from K2TW.  In that QSO, K2MM passed RICH
with his #53 to K2TW.  But K2TW did not complete the QSO; maybe he was
working someone else, or maybe K2MM was too weak to make it through the
static.  For whatever reason, the name RICH fell on the floor:

 w2pa    22 rich    =====-=k2mm+k2tw

The log fragment above shows K2TW passed John with his #83 to WQ2K.  But
K2MM also had a copy of JOHN from QSO #53 which he passed on in QSO #54:

 40 0236 k2mm    54 john    ca n6kl    43 evan    co -ok-
 40 0222 n6kl    43 evan    co k2mm    54 john    ca

 k2mm    54 john    *===np4z-wn3k=
 kb2r    32 snot    -na4k=
 n5rz   131 rouge   ====wa2srq-w7why#

In this case, the ROUGE trace was lost after WA2SRQ passed it to W7WHY.

Be sure to read the updated Reader's Guide to SprINT Name Traces at the end
of the name-trace listings.


CAMEO APPEARANCE BY KR0Y

> [Gene/N2AA]  There is a busted Q.  On my #120, KR0Y sent me 91.  Somehow I
> got down 191.  I had a habit of putting down a 1 when working a call I was
> sure (?) was over 100.  If Jeff sent me 91, it ain't his fault -- only
> mine.  I will take the pipe on it, and try to get him off!

Well, you can't get Jeff off, 'cuz he didn't send in a log :-(  Because of
that, you even got credit for the Q!  In general, though, it's up to each
station to do whatever it takes to get the information correctly received
and copied at the other end.  This makes each QSO a real team effort!

Jeff's appearance did stir up some excitement.  For a while it looked like
Tree might not win this thing (yawn) again.  But everyone was curious about
why Jeff QRX'ed for most of the second hour:

 20 0156 aa7nx   47 rich    or kr0y    80 larry   tx
 20 0159 wa2srq  68 jim     nj kr0y    81 rich    tx
 20 0157 k2mm    31 francis ca kr0y    82 jam     tx
 20 0158 nv6o    50 larry   ca kr0y    83 francis tx
 20 0159 ae0m    26 chuck   ca kr0y    84 larry   tx
 20 0200 n7lox   52 obo     wa kr0y    85 chuck   tx
    ----
 20 0250 n4tqo  101 joe     ca kr0y    86 obo     tx
 20 0250 aa7nx  101 gung    or kr0y    87 joe     tx
 20 0250 k2mm    66 boo     ca kr0y    88 gung    tx
 20 0251 kr2j    56 grendl  nj kr0y    89 boo     tx
                                       90
 20 0253 n2aa   120 larry   nj kr0y   191 trey    tx
 20 0256 nv6o    99 ray     ca kr0y    92 lid     tx
 20 0257 k6xo    99 tom     ut kr0y    93 ray     tx
 20 0257 n6ip    86 beeb    ca kr0y    94 lid     tx
                                       95
                                       96
 20 0259 aa7nx  109 gunk    or kr0y    97 tom     tx

> [Derek/AA5BT]  Perhaps KR0Y took time off to let us all catch up.

> [Steve/N4TQO]  I figured Jeff (Kroy) had gone somewhere or had been
> dodging a thunderstorm, and he confirmed it by giving me NR 86 with 10
> minutes left in the contest.

> [Eric/NV6O]  How did KR0Y only claim 85 Q's and I worked his #92?  I swear
> I copied the NR right - I asked him since I was sure it should be 192!

> [Jeff/KR0Y]  Didn't plan on operating any, but Stefan, Dl1IAO, reminded me
> about it late Saturday afternoon.  Also, thought 1st hour was 20 only, 2nd
> hour 40 only.  No 40M antenna here, soooooo. . . .  Found tuning to be
> less productive than just CQing. . . .  Was using a keyer here the whole
> time; no time to load anything into memories, so sent it ALL manually.

If you compare the names received from Jeff with the names sent to him in
the previous Q, you'll see he did remarkably well for using just a manual
automatic keyer.


HELLO AGAIN, LINDA

In the SprINT's second running (Oct '93), Matt/AA7BG handed out eight MATTs,
and Linda/AA5NN gave out five LINDAs.  Tree commented on how these two ops
really changed the flavor of the contest:

> [N6TR 9310]  Isn't it amazing how two people got on, made a total of 13
> QSOs, turned off their radio, but their impact was felt by everyone!!

The fifth running saw Linda return just as clueless as before:

 20 0215 aa6kx   61 john    ca aa5nn    1 linda   ok
 20 0230 k2tw    79 dick    nj aa5nn    2 linda   ok
 20 0248 n6tv   136 tom     ca aa5nn    3 linda   ok
 20 0253 n7lox  104 joe     wa aa5nn    4 linda   ok

Do any of you out there know Linda?  Does anybody live close enough to
Oklahoma to give her a phone call?  It'd be good if she found out about the
name-passing rule *before* she finds out she's allowed to work dupes!

There were several other uninitiated Sprint enthusiasts out there giving
their name to everyone:

    WQ2K   NY   18 EVANs    -- worked only one dupe
    K7SV   VA   10 LARRYs   -- worked no dupes
    W7WHY  OR    7 TOMs     -- worked no dupes
    KP4TK  PR    5 ERICs    -- worked no dupes
    N1CES  NH    3 PAULs    -- worked no dupes
    WB3BIQ PA    2 RICKs    -- worked no dupes

It's a measure of the increased activity that these stations were able to
make as many Qs as they did without working dupes.  It's also a measure of
the activity that this many injected names failed to bring the whole contest
to its knees!

Here's a case where working a dupe turned on a lightbulb for John/W4XJ.  He
was probably CQ'ing when he was called by Stefan/DL1IAO, whom he had already
worked:

 20 0218 n2aa    76 alan    nj w4xj     1 john    tn
 20 0218 n7lox   74 gus     wa w4xj     2 john    tn
 20 0219 n5rz    91 charles tx w4xj     5 john    tn
 20 0223 wt3h    33 evan    pa w4xj     9 john    tn
 20 0225 dl1iao  65 john    dx w4xj    10 john    tn
 20 0240 dl1iao  77 pete    dx w4xj    11 john    tn
 20 0242 g4buo    2 kevin   dx w4xj    12 pete    tn
 20 0248 kb2r    33 beeb    ma w4xj    13 vern    tn
 20 0250 k2tw    99 chuck   nj w4xj    14 beeb    tn
 40 0257 w3cpb   19 boo     md w4xj    15 roger   tn

Butch/K0JPL seems to have caught on after getting another BUTCH:

 40 0243 n6kl    47 evan    co k0jpl    1 butch   mo
 40 0245 n0at    53 derrick mn k0jpl    1 butch   mo
 40 0248 w1ph   109 butch   nh k0jpl    2 butch   mo
 40 0255 n6tv   141 gus     ca k0jpl    4 evan    mo

But Gus/VO1MP strayed from GUS only when someone else sent him a GUS:

 20 0202 n6tr    80 burb    or vo1mp    2 gus     nf
 20 0208 n6tv    84 evan    ca vo1mp    3 gus     nf
 20 0215 ab6fo   66 joe     ca vo1mp    4 gus     nf
 20 0217 n6kl    39 gus     co vo1mp    6 tessa   nf
 20 0218 aa9d    22 o6o     il vo1mp    7 gus     nf
 20 0223 n5rz    98 larry   tx vo1mp   10 gus     nf


HO, HO, HO, IT'S HRO!

They say that only those who know the religion can make real heresy.  The
dupes-allowed rule couldn't save the contest from someone who's been here
before.  Twenty-nine SprINT names showed up at HRO Delaware on a Saturday
night only to be ruthlessly machine-gunned to death.  Some more than once!

> [WN3K de N6TR]  Hey, Bob, where's your log?
> [N6TR de WN3K]  Log smoked, I think, and I hope to be able to use your
> program sometime during the 90's.  Bob

Where there's smoke, there's fire.  Watcha been smokin' Bob?  

 20 0144 n6tr    56 derrick or wn3k     2 iii     de
 20 0146 aa5uo   27 rich    tx wn3k     - -       de
 20 0148 kb2r    11 bob     ma wn3k     5 nerd    de
 20 0149 n5rz    59 delbert tx wn3k     6 oodle   de
 20 0150 np4z    54 wayne   pr wn3k     7 nerd    de
 20 0151 k6xo    44 wayne   ut wn3k    10 oodle   de
 20 0153 n6zz    16 tangel  tx wn3k    13 gleeb   de
 20 0156 kb2r    15 len     ma wn3k    22 mung    de
 20 0158 wa1u    37 derrick ct wn3k    27 bill    de
 20 0200 n6kl    25 larry   co wn3k    39 beeb    de
 20 0202 n6tr    79 larry   or wn3k    31 burb    de
 20 0202 aa7nx   55 jan     or wn3k    32 larry   de
 20 0205 ab6fo   58 rich    ca wn3k    36 nancy   de
 20 0207 n6tr    88 gator   or wn3k    37 rich    de
 20 0213 np4z    85 evan    pr wn3k    38 gung    de
 20 0212 n6zz    29 kevin   tx wn3k    40 plurb   de
 20 0215 aa5bt   79 gator   tx wn3k    41 kevin   de
 20 0215 dl1iao  57 evan    dx wn3k    41 tree    de
 20 0219 n4tqo   73 tree    ca wn3k    45 gunk    de
 20 0221 aa7nx   74 larry   or wn3k    45 grendl  de
 20 0221 n4zr    24 rich    va wn3k    46 larry   de
 20 0221 n6zz    37 bluto   tx wn3k    48 truk    de
 20 0224 ab6fo   73 rick    ca wn3k    49 larry   de
 20 0228 kr2j    41 evan    nj wn3k    50 bruce   de
 20 0230 w1ph    88 linda   nh wn3k    54 woff    de
 20 0231 aa5uo   50 john    tx wn3k    55 lint    de
 20 0233 kb2r    26 kroy    ma wn3k    59 eek     de
 20 0234 dl1iao  71 evan    dx wn3k    60 kroy    de
 20 0234 n7lox   88 franc   wa wn3k    62 squat   de
 20 0235 n5rz   113 linda   tx wn3k    62 kroy    de
 20 0240 n6ip    74 van     ca wn3k    64 kiar    de
 20 0242 k2tw    88 chuck   nj wn3k    66 tray    de
 20 0243 np4z   119 john    pr wn3k    67 chuck   de
 20 0244 kb2r    31 john    ma wn3k    69 snot    de
 20 0245 n7lox   95 evan    wa wn3k    71 booboo  de
 20 0246 n6tr   144 phil    or wn3k    72 rich    de
 40 0248 w3cpb   17 bob     md wn3k    74 boh     de
 20 0250 aa5bt  116 gung    tx wn3k    75 mfj     de
 20 0251 aa6kx   86 charles ca wn3k    75 ging    de
 20 0251 n6tv   138 alan    ca wn3k    77 tree    de
 20 0253 n5rz   138 chuck   tx wn3k    79 lid     de
 20 0254 ab6fo  101 randy   ca wn3k    80 ray     de
 20 0255 n4ogw  114 rich    il wn3k    82 darnya  de
 20 0256 wa2srq 128 tray    nj wn3k    82 mfj     de
 20 0259 kr2j    61 ray     nj wn3k    86 beet    de
 20 0259 n4tqo  108 tom     ca wn3k    88 treat   de


A MIRACLE INDEED!

Amid destruction there are always miracles.  Tom/K2TW sent his name out at
the start, and somehow it managed to return home unscathed.  How it survived
the gauntlet defies comprehension.  Maybe we've blown James Bond's cover?

 k2tw     1 tom     ==========-=====================-===========
 . . .      tom     ======-===-==-========================-====k2tw.


IT'S TOO WEIRD

> [Bob/N6TV]  I don't like these weird names.  I think everybody should have
> to start with his own real name.

You mean nicknames shouldn't be allowed, Robert?

> [Bob/N6TV]  Well, at least names with numbers shouldn't be allowed.  oo7,
> for example, is NOT a name.  This time I got o6o.  Very bad.

You mean if I run gas, I shouldn't start with the name 4CX5000A7?

 kr0y    61 obo     ===-====aa6kx=
 n6tv    64 o6o     ==n6tr=
 wa2srq  67 obo     ===-=======w5asp.

Looks like Bruce/AA6KX was *trying* to send OBO.  Are you sure you asked him

to confirm the 6?

To be fair to Bob, he wasn't the only one who thought Bruce sent a few extra
dits:

 k5gn    77 bob     ==========aa6kx=
 aa9d    22 o6o     -vo1mp#

Bruce announced at the NCCC meeting the night before the SprINT that he was
going to start with the name Francis.  Or Frances.  He wasn't saying which.
After all, the difference is only a dit.

 aa6kx    1 francis ==================-===n5rz=
 k1zx    20 frances ===k6xo=
 wd8aub  18 francis =
 n6aa    19 frances =
 n5rz    38 francis ====-?-===========-==============n4ogw-nc6u?

Maybe this qualifies Bruce for a seat at NV6O/N4BO's NAQP multi-multi this
weekend ;-)


GO DIRECTLY TO NERK

Previous SprINTs have seen some wild mutations of the starting names of
Derrick/VE4VV and Derek/AA5BT.  This looked like an irresistable opportunity
for a conspiracy by Derick/N6TR and Derrek/K2MM.  As it turned out, only
AA5BT's name survived -- albeit horribly mutated -- the attacks of the
nerds, clones, and clueless enthusiasts.

 aa5bt    1 derek   =k2tw=
 nv6o     3 derk    ==k2mm=
 aa5bt    8 derek   =
 wt3h     3 derik   =np4z=
 aa9d     4 derek   =n4tqo=
 n4ogw    8 derk    ===========np4z-kr0y=
 n2aa    25 derek   =
 k2tw    29 derk    =
 nt5c    19 dick    ===np4z=
 aa7nx   30 derek   ==n6tr=
 ab6fo   36 dick    ============-=========================-=====
 . . .      dick    ==========-==kb2r.

 n6tr     1 derick  ==n5rz=
 w1ph     3 derrick -kr0y=
 aa6kx    3 rrick   ======aa6kx=
 k4xu     8 derrick ==========ab6fo+k4xu

 n6tv    18 derick  *-===wa1u=
 n4ogw   12 derrick ====k4xu=
 aa5bt   26 derlick =
 w1ph    24 derrick =wa2srq-k7sv#
 dl1iao  23 larry   ==-========-=======-===========n6kl-wn3k=
 n6tr    80 burb    -vo1mp#
 n6tv    85 gus     ==-==n7lox-wq2k#
 n6zz    32 evan    ========-====n7lox-wn3k=
 n6tr   145 rich    ===-=wd8aub=
 wa2srq 122 rick    ==n6kl-na4k=
 n4tqo  106 steve   =-=w3cpb.

 k2mm     1 derrek  ==n6ip=
 k4xu     9 derrick ===-=======-=====-======nt5c=
 aa6kx   40 derrik  =
 w1ph    52 derrick -?-===wa1u-wn3k=
 n6kl    26 beeb    ===============-=======w9wi
 w9wi    29 beib    =ab6fo=
 np4z   115 beeb    ===-=-========n6ip-kr0y?

 ve4vv    1 derrick =-====-========-====n0at-k0jpl#
 w1ph   110 butch   ======g4buo=
 w1ph   121 buck    .

 ab6fo   16 derrick *k7sv#
 n4tqo   25 larry   =================-=======-====-=====-=======
 . . .      larry   =-======n5rz-wq2k#
 aa7nx   89 evan    =====n6zz.


REMAINING NAME TRACES

Here are the rest of the name traces.  New and improved software helped push
the name-trace coverage to over 99%.

> [John/K2MM]  Strong type-checking -- like high solar flux -- is for wimps!

For an explanation of the symbols, see the Reader's Guide to SprINT Name
Traces at the end of the trace listings.  Enjoy.

 k6xo     1 alan    ==============-=====-=======================
 . . .      alan    =-====-=================n6tv-wn3k=
 n5rz   139 lid     -=wa2srq-kd6ewt?

 w2pa    13 alan    ===-=n2aa-w4xj#
 n7lox   75 john    =aa5uo+wt3h

 n6ip    35 alan    *==================-======-========w5asp-kd6ewt?

 n6tr    72 alan    *==aa9d-nc6u?

 nc6u     6 barb    ================-?-=======aa7nx-wq2k#
 np4z   111 evan    ======================w9wi.

 aa7nx    1 bluto   =========n6tv+k4xu

 kr2j     1 bob     ===-=========-?-======k6xo+wa1u

 n6ip     1 bob     ==========-====-===========aa9d=
 n6ip    34 rob     +wa1u

 n6tv     1 bob     =====================kb2r-wn3k=
 n5rz    60 oodle   =aa7nx-nl7gp=
 aa5uo   32 jon     -=========-=aa7nx-k4xu=
 dl1iao  56 larry   ==-===============-======n2aa-kr0y=
 nv6o   100 lid     =====wd8aub.

 kr2j     3 bob     *n6kl-w2pa?

 oh7ma    6 bob     =============n2aa-nc6u?

 w3cpb   17 bob     *wn3k=
 aa5bt  117 mfj     ===============k5gn.

 n7lox    1 brian   ===-============-==================-=k2tw=k5gn?

 k0jpl    1 butch   ======n4tqo-na4k=
 n6ip    88 buch    =n5rz.

 k0jpl    1 butch   ===-?-======-===wa2srq.

 kd7hu    1 charles ==-==n5rz-w4xj#

 kd7au    2 charlie ========k1zx-kd6ewt=
 k4pql  108 charles ======aa6kx-wn3k=
 n6tv   139 tree    ====k1zx.

 kr0y     5 chris   ================-===w5asp=
 wa1u    17 chuck   =====-=-======-============-======-===-=====
 . . .      chuck   ====-=-=======k2tw-w4xj=
 w3cpb   20 roger   -xk3ru?

 k6xo    66 chuck   *?-=========-=======n5rz-wn3k=
 ab6fo  102 ray     ==-==kr2j-wn3k=
 n4tqo  108 treat   .

 g4buo    1 dave    ===================n6kl.

 n6kl     1 dave    =========-===nt5c-k7sv#
 k2tw    27 larry   =============-=-==-=====-=ke4gy-nl7gp=
 wa2srq  76 jon     ========wa1u.

 wt3h     1 dave    =============k4pql-n1ces#
 dl1iao  13 paul    ==n4tqo-k7sv#
 w1ph    21 larry   ==-========-===============================-
 . . .      larry   ====n5rz-vo1mp#

 n6aa     1 dick    =====-==-======-=-=-====-======wa2srq-ka6nbc?

 ab6fo   10 dick    *======w1ph-k7sv#
 n6aa    10 larry   ======-========-===kr2j-oh7ma?

 n6zz    41 dick    *k2tw-aa5nn#
 n6tv   137 linda   =======np4z.

 k4xu     1 dicky   ===-?-===-=kr2j-kp4tk#
 n0at     7 eric    ===k1zx-kb5mu?

 n4ogw    1 dilbert ====-===============-==n0at=
 n6ip    21 delbert -kr0y=
 np4z    36 delbet  =======dl1iao=
 n5rz    52 delbit  =wa1u-k5gn=
 nv6o    40 delbet  ==n4tqo=
 k4pql   56 delbert =n5rz-wn3k=
 np4z    55 nerd    ==-=aa7nx-kr0y?

 w9wi     1 doug    ===-=====n6tv-n1ces#

 kr2j     7 doug    *=============-=================-==kr2j-wq2k#
 n7lox   71 evan    ==-===wt3h-wq2k#

 n0bsh    1 duckman ===wa2srq=
 w5asp   18 duck    ====-===ke4gy=
 n7lox   41 buck    =-===k4pql=
 k1zx    46 larry   =========-=w5asp=
 nt5c    50 randy   =================ab6fo-wn3k=
 n4ogw  115 darnya  ====n6tr.

 k5gn     1 dunga   =======k4pql=
 w1ph    12 gene    =
 ab6fo   11 duane   =w5asp-wi2e?

 wa2srq   1 ed      =====-===-==========-==-=-=====k6xo+nt5c

 kp4tk    1 eric    =====-========-================-==========-==n2aa=
 np4z    73 erick   -?-===-=======w1ph-wb3biq#

 w2pa     7 eric    ==========-====-?-================-=k4pql-wq2k#

 k5gn    82 eric    ========-==kb2r-wb3biq#
 w1ph    86 rick    =
 np4z   102 rich    =
 n6tr   119 rick    =aa7nx+np4z

 wq2k     1 evan    =-==n6tv-vo1mp#
 ab6fo   67 gus     ==-?-====-==-==========dl1iao.

 wq2k    12 evan    =====dl1iao-wn3k=
 n7lox   89 squat   =w3cpb-wq2k#
 k4pql  105 evan    ============aa5uo.

 wq2k    17 evan    ============-=================n6ip.

 wq2k    17 evan    =-===========n7lox=
 k4pql  119 brian   =nv6o.

 aa9d     1 ferd    -oh7ma=
 aa5uo    7 fred    ========aa5uo-k7sv#
 nt5c    18 larry   ====n2aa-kr0y?

 ke4gy    1 frank   ==-===========-=====-==-==-=================nv6o-ve4vv?

 kr0y    44 frank   =================-===-===================?-=====w1ph=
 wt3h    37 franc   =n7lox-wn3k=
 n5rz   114 kroy    =========-=====-====-======n4tqo-w7why#

 n5rz     1 gator   =========-========-==-==-===========-=======
 . . .      gator   ==aa5bt-wn3k=
 dl1iao  58 tree    =n4tqo-wn3k=
 aa7nx   75 grendl  ===wa2srq=
 n6zz    48 grendel =======n2aa=
 n7lox   91 grendl  =====kr2j-kr0y?-kd6ewt=
 k1zx   100 grendal =
 n7lox  108 grendl  =n4ogw-w7why#

 ae0m    16 gator   =k4xu.

 n2aa     1 gene    =========-===============-==aa5bt-kd6ewt=
 n6tr    56 derrick -wn3k=
 aa5uo   27 ?
 aa5uo   28 kim     +aa6kx

 oh7ma   10 gene    =======-===ke4gy=k5gn?

 wb5vzl   1 geo     ===kr2j+n7lox

 wa1u     1 geoff   ====n6tv-kp4tk#
 k1zx     6 eric    -=====n6aa=
 np4z    22 erick   =n4ogw=
 n6ip    15 rick    -k5gn=
 aa7nx   17 rich    ===-===============-==aa5uo-wn3k=
 kb2r    12 nerd    =====-=======k2tw=k5gn?

 ve4vv   11 grog    =========k2tw=
 n6kl    50 evan    =
 n4zr    39 grog    ==kr2j.

 vo1mp    2 gus     ============-==============-================
 . . .      gus     ====n6tv-k0jpl?

 k4pql    1 howie   =======n6ip=
 n6tv    16 owen    =====================-=====-=ab6fo=k5gn?

 np4z    14 howie   *==-=================k2tw-kr0y?

 k1zx     1 ice     =n6tr=
 n4ogw    3 ick     ===n5rz=
 nt5c     5 dick    ================-=======-======-?-===-====n2aa-kr0y?

 wn3k     2 iii     ======-======wa2srq=
 wa1u    41 gator   -==kb2r-wq2k#
 n6kl    36 evan    ==-=====-==k4pql=
 aa7nx   85 kevin   =====g4buo-w4xj=
 kb2r    34 vern    =====nt5c.

 nc6u    14 ivan    =n2aa-wq2k#
 wt3h    33 evan    -w4xj#
 dl1iao  66 john    =========n6ip+n2aa

 kr0y     1 jeff    =================n0at-kp4tk#

 kc4cmb   1 jim     =====wa2srq-kr0y=
 k2mm    32 jam     ==ab6fo=
 w3cpb    7 jan     ==aa7nx-wn3k=
 ab6fo   59 nancy   =-==-=======aa7nx-k4xu=
 aa6kx   68 rich    =====-===np4z-wq2k#

 w3cpb    1 jim     ===n0bsh.

 kd6ewt  18 jim     =====?-=-=====wa2srq-nc6u?

 k5gn   145 jim     ======ab6fo.

 w5asp    1 joe     ========wa2srq=
 aa7nx    9 jo      =====dl1iao-n1ces#
 n6tv    27 paul    ==n6aa-k7sv#
 aa5uo   12 larry   ========-?-=-============-?-===aa6kx-k4xu=
 n7lox   55 gator   ======n6zz=
 kr2j    33 phil    =====-?-=============n6tr-wn3k=
 w3cpb   18 boh     ====n2aa.

 kr0y    15 joe     ==-==============-====-======-===-==========
 . . .      joe     ==============k6xo-k3lr?

 k2mm    36 joe     *===k1zx-nc6u?

 k3md     1 john    ===kr2j-w2pa?

 w4xj     1 john    ===-=======aa5uo-wn3k=
 kb2r    27 eek     ==============ke4gy.

 w4xj     5 john    ====-?-===========k2tw-wq2k#
 n6kl    46 evan    =k5gn?

 w4xj     9 john    ===============kb2r-wn3k=
 n7lox   96 booboo  =
 wa2srq 118 boo     ====-==w3cpb-w4xj#

 w2pa    10 john    =====n6tr-wq2k#
 n5rz    80 evan    =np4z-wn3k=
 n6zz    30 plurb   ======k6xo-nl7gp?

 k5gn    80 john    =-?-=====aa6kx-aa5nn#
 k2tw    80 linda   -====n5rz-wn3k=
 n6ip    75 kiar    ==-=n5rz=k5gn?

 nl7gp    1 jon     ==w5asp-kd6ewt=
 k4pql   62 john    ===============-?-=-=-===========n6tv.

 k5gn   125 jupe    ========n2aa-w7why#
 wa2srq 126 tom     ==-==aa6kx-na4k?

 ab6fo    1 ken     ==n6ip=
 w5asp    2 joe     ===========-====-===========-============-==ab6fo-vo1mp#

 nc6u     1 kevin   ===========-================================
 . . .      kevin   ====k6xo-xk3ru?

 aa5uo   46 kevin   *==aa6kx=k4xu?

 aa5uo    1 kim     ==n4tqo=
 nt5c     3 cim     ============-=n2aa-kd6ewt?

 w1ph     1 kurt    =========ab6fo+n6tr

 xk3ru    1 lali    =dl1iao=
 wt3h    40 larry   ========g4buo.

 k7sv     1 larry   ===========n6aa.

 aa5uo   29 larry   *========-=-==w1ph-wq2k#
 n6tr    92 evan    =====dl1iao-wn3k=
 n4tqo   74 gunk    =========-=====aa7nx=
 k4pql   93 gung    ==========wd8aub-k5gn?-kd6ewt=
 aa5bt  106 gunk    ==========n0at=
 k2mm    64 gung    =aa5bt-wn3k=
 aa6kx   87 ging    ===k1zx+w7why

 k5gn    37 larry   ========-===-?-===-?-========-=============-=n4zr=k5gn?

 kr0y    41 larry   ================wa2srq=k5gn?

 kb2r     1 len     ========-=====-?-=========-=================
 . . .      len     ====kb2r-wn3k=
 wa1u    38 bill    -k3md?

 aa5nn    1 linda   =====w1ph-wn3k=
 aa5uo   51 lint    =-?-===-==nv6o=k5gn?

 wd8aub   1 loren   =-===-==k6xo+k2tw

 nc6u     8 ned     ===-====nt5c-kd7hu?

 nv6o     1 owl     ==n5rz=
 wt3h     2 owen    ======np4z+n6ip

 k0axu    1 paul    ====-========wt3h.

 kb5mu    1 paul    =-=======dl1iao-k7sv#

 n1ces    1 paul    =========n4tqo-kr0y?

 n4zr     1 pete    =======-===============-==-=======-=====-?-=
 . . .      pete    =-=================-=-========-==ae0m.

 n6zz     1 phil    ===================-=wt3h-kb6ewt?

 np4z     1 phil    ===k1zx-kp4tk#
 nv6o     8 eric    =-======k4pql-kr0y?

 kr0y    76 pong    =============w3cpb=
 aa7nx   68 bluto   ===-===n6zz-wn3k=
 ab6fo   74 larry   =====n6zz+nv6o

 ka6nbc   1 rich    =wa2srq-kd6ewt=
 w5asp   25 rick    ===========wd8aub=
 aa7nx   54 rich    ===-============-=========================n4ogw-wn3k=
 wa2srq 129 mfj     -==n4zr.

 k5gn    74 rich    =-=================-====n4zr-wn3k=
 n6zz    38 truk    ===========n6tr=
 nt5c    53 trey    ================-?-====k6xo-w7why#
 n4ogw  117 tom     ===n4ogw.

 aa7nx   83 rich    *===n6tr=
 n2aa   100 joe     ======-===-=====n7lox-aa5nn#

 wb3biq   1 rick    ===ab6fo-wn3k=
 kr2j    42 bruce   =======n6kl-wq2k#
 w3cpb   16 evan    +g4buo

 kd6ewt   1 rob     ======-========aa6kx-k4xu=
 aa6kx   47 gator   ==-=======n6tr-wn3k=
 np4z    86 gung    =====-=============n4zr=
 aa5bt  105 gunk    -kd6ewt=
 k1zx    90 gung    =-=======k1zx=
 aa7nx  109 gunk    -kr0y?

 k5gn    35 rob     ==========-==-===k2mm+wb5vzl

 n0at     1 ron     =-========-?-==========k4pql=
 n2aa    33 rob     ====w9wi-oh7ma?

 kr0y    56 ron     =-=========-=====aa5uo-nl7gp=
 w5asp   28 roy     ====n6tv-k4xu=
 aa7nx   64 larry   =-====-=kr2j-w2pa?

 k5gn   138 splat   ====-===k4pql.

 dl1iao   1 stefan  -w2pa=
 k5gn     6 stan    ========-======aa5bt-k7sv#
 wa2srq  35 larry   =============================-==-==========n5rz-wq2k#
 kb2r    20 evan    =========-=kr2j-wn3k=
 w1ph    89 woff    ========n5rz=
 k2tw    93 joff    ==n5rz-ve4vv?

 na4k     1 steve   =====w5asp=
 wt3h    41 evan    =-?-======n7lox.

 oh7ma    1 taneli  =aa9d=
 aa7nx    8 tangel  =wa2srq=
 np4z    12 tanger  ===-===-==========wt3h=
 aa5bt   46 tangel  -========n6zz-wn3k=
 kb2r    16 mung    ================-=k2mm
 k2mm    46 kroy    ===-==-?-==========-=====-====-======n4tqo-w7why#

 vo1mp    6 tessa   =========================n6ip=
 wa2srq 115 tess    ==wd8aub-na4k=
 n6kl    52 steve   =n0at.

 k3lr     1 tim     =========-====wt3h-kd7au?

 w7why    1 tom     ====n6tv-aa5nn#
 n7lox  105 linda   ========k2mm.

 w7why    4 tom     ===k6xo.

 xk3ru    5 tom     =-=k6xo-kr0y=
 n6ip    87 lid     -na4k=
 aa6kx   94 linda   .

 w7why    9 tom     =n4tqo-wn3k?

 kr0y    97 tom     =aa7nx.

 k1zx   102 tom     *=aa9d.

 ae0m     1 tony    ===-=====-================n6tr+np4z

 n6ip    74 van     *wn3k=
 k2tw    89 tray    =========wa2srq-wn3k=
 kr2j    62 beet    =aa5bt.

 nt5c     1 wayne   ==========-?-====n6tr-kr0y=
 kb2r     3 derrick =====-=========n6tr-kr0y?

 k6xo     8 wayne   *===========-================np4z-wn3k=
 k6xo    45 oodle   ============dl1iao-k4xu=
 k2mm    45 gus     -?-===-=====dl1iao-wq2k#
 n5rz   106 evan    ===============n7lox=k5gn?

 k6xo    21 wayne   *========-====-======-====-==k6xo-wn3k=
 n6zz    17 gleeb   ==-?-==-=n6kl-wq2k#
 kr2j    35 evan    ========-==-=n6kl-k0jpl#
 n0at    54 butch   ==w1ph-k0jpl?


READER'S GUIDE TO SPRINT NAME TRACES

 wa1mug   1 john     ==w1ua=
 kz4h     8 jon      ===-===w6go.

WA1MUG started with the name John.  The first station he worked got the name
OK, then passed it to W1UA.  The name John showed up OK in all three logs.

W1UA then worked KZ4H who recorded Jon in his log.  Either W1UA missent the
name or KZ4H miscopied or mislogged the name on his QSO #7.  KZ4H then
passed Jon along to the next station he worked with his QSO #8.

Jon survived until W6GO copied it on his last QSO.  It showed up in the logs
of all stations in between, except for one station who did not send one in.

 wb2oeu   1 fred     =====-=====-=====wb2rkk-wb2woi=
 wa2uwa  17 stinky   -===-========-?-=========wa2eah-wa2ccf?

WB2OEU started with Fred which showed up OK in WB2RKK's log.  RKK then
worked WB2WOI who did not send in a log.  But WOI's next QSO# was found in
WA2UWA's log, and UWA recorded Stinky.  The error may have occurred anywhere
between RKK sending and UWA receiving.

UWA then passed Stinky with his QSO #17, and Stinky eventually made it into
WA2EAH's enormous log.  EAH then worked WA2CCF, who did not send in a log,
and the trace was lost.  Along the way, the name passed through at least two
consecutive stations who did not send in logs.  This made manual suturing of
the traces necessary.

 k2kir    1 howie    =========wa2spl=
 w2mta      sowie
 w2mta   20 bill     =========w2fr
 w2fr    30 dill     =========wb2drw.

K2KIR started with Howie.  WA2SPL said he copied and sent Howie, but W2MTA
said he copied Sowie.  MTA's log also said he found Sowie offensive, so he
changed it to Bill before sending it with his QSO #20.  W2FR copied Bill OK,
but his log said he's always had trouble sending Bill, so he changed it to
Dill before passing it on with his #30.

 k1znd   12 dave     *========wa1hco-wa1iqj#
 wa1pid  73 don      ==========================wb2fzo+k2eiu/5

K1ZND worked someone on his QSO #11 who sent him Dave -- or so he thought.
The other station didn't think the QSO complete, and so continued by sending
Dave on his next QSO without putting ZND in his log.  Meanwhile, ZND
blissfully passed on the freshly cloned Dave with his #12.

Dave made it OK to WA1HCO who passed it to WA1IQJ.  But IQJ was cluelessly
sending Don to everybody, including the next station he worked, WA1PID.
This Don survived until he got to WB2FZO.  FZO thought he passed Don to
K2EIU/5, but EIU was really working someone else, and Don fell on the floor.


ERROR ANALYSIS

#define eRXCALL         0x0 /* mis-copied rx'd call  */
#define eRXNR           0x1 /* mis-copied rx'd number */
#define eRXNAME         0x2 /* mis-copied rx'd name */
#define eRXQTH          0x3 /* mis-copied rx'd qth */
#define eTXCALL         0x4 /* tx'd call mis-copied  */
#define eTXNR           0x5 /* tx'd number mis-copied */
#define eTXNAME         0x6 /* tx'd name mis-copied */
#define eTXQTH          0x7 /* tx'd qth mis-copied */
#define eTXNIL          0x8 /* tx'd qso not in other stn's log */
#define eDUPE           0x9 /* stn wkd in prev 3 non-dupe qsos */
#define eCHGNAME        0xA /* tx'd name other than prev rx */
#define eBADNR          0xB /* tx'd nr dupe or backward */
#define eNUQNR          0xC /* tx'd nr not unique, only 1st qso ok */
#define eNOLOG          0xD /* stn wkd did not submit log */
#define eUNIQUE         0xE /* stn wkd is unique */
#define eDCLBUST        0xF /* log declares qso busted */

           0x0 0x1 0x2 0x3 0x4 0x5 0x6 0x7 0x8 0x9 0xA 0xB 0xC 0xD 0xE 0xF
n6tr         0   0   1   0   1   2   5   3   1   0   0   0   0  13   0   0
n5rz         0   0   2   0   0   0   5   0   0   0   0   0   0  20   1   0
n6tv         0   0   2   0   0   4   0   1   1   0   0   0   0  10   0   0
wa2srq       0   1   4   0   2   2   5   0   0   0   0   0   0  15   1   0
aa5bt        0   0   4   0   0   1   2   0   0   1   0   0   0   9   0   0
n2aa         0   0   2   1   0   3   3   0   0   0   0   0   0  17   0   0
k4pql        0   1   3   0   0   0   4   1   0   0   0   0   0   9   0   0
w1ph         0   1   5   0   0   1   3   1   0   0   0   0   0  12   1   0
n4ogw        0   0   3   1   3   1   1   2   0   0   0   0   0   6   0   0
np4z         0   4   9   6   0   4   7   0   1   0   0   0   0  11   0   8
n4tqo        0   0   0   1   0   0   3   2   0   0   0   0   0  12   0   0
k2tw         0   0   2   0   0   3   3   0   0   0   0   0   0  14   0   0
n7lox        0   3   3   0   0   1   2   1   0   0   0   0   0   7   0   0
k1zx         2   2   2   0   0   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   9   0   0
ab6fo        0   3   2   0   0   1   2   0   2   0   0   0   0  10   0   0
k6xo         0   0   0   0   0   1   1   0   3   0   0   0   0   8   1   0
nv6o         0   1   1   2   3   1   0   1   0   2   0   0   0   9   0   0
aa7nx        1   3   7   0   0   0   1   2   1   4   0   0   0  11   0   0
dl1iao       1   0   0   0   0   1   2   1   0   0   0   0   0  11   0   0
aa6kx        3   2   2   0   0   0   4   0   0   1   0   0   0   5   0   0
wd8aub       0   0   1   0   1   1   3   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   0   0
n6ip         0   0   3   2   1   0   4   0   2   1   0   0   0   7   0   0
k2mm         0   0   1   0   0   0   1   0   2   2   1   0   0   5   0   1
aa5uo        0   3   1   2   0   1   0   0   2   0   1   0   0  11   0   1
n0at         2   0   0   0   0   2   2   0   0   1   0   0   0   4   0   0
w5asp        1   3   2   0   0   0   3   0   0   0   0   0   0   7   0   0
nt5c         0   2   5   1   2   1   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   3   1   1
kr2j         0   2   1   3   0   2   0   0   2   0   0   0   0  12   0   0
ke4gy        0   0   0   0   1   2   1   0   0   1   0   0   0   2   0   0
n6kl         0   0   1   0   0   1   1   3   0   1   0   0   0  10   0   0
ae0m         2   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   4   0   0   0   2   0   0
n6zz         0   0   1   0   0   1   1   6   1   0   0   0   0   6   0   0
wa1u         0   2   2   2   0   0   1   0   0   3   0   0   0   4   1   0
n4zr         1   0   1   0   0   0   1   1   0   0   0   0   0   3   0   0
kb2r         1   1   0   1   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   9   0   0
w9wi         0   0   0   0   0   1   0   1   0   1   1   0   0   2   0   0
wt3h         2   6   5   1   0   1   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   4   0   2
aa9d         1   0   2   1   0   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   4   0   0
k5gn         0   0   0   1   1   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   3   0   0
n6aa         0   0   1   0   0   2   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   0   0
wb5vzl       0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
k4xu         0   2   2   1   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   0   2
w3cpb        0   0   2   3   0   0   1   0   1   0   1   0   0   6   0   2
g4buo        0   0   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   0   0
n0bsh        0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
TOTALS      17  44  85  29  15  42  83  26  19  22   4   0   0 327   6  17

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