Thanks to K5TSQ and W5VX I got to go back to 6D2X to
do the CW WW contest. It was alot of fun even though
I dont "know the code" and if you worked a lid, or
tried to work a lid - it was me. :-)
Well here are the numbers and some other numbers that you might
find intresting. 40 meters was awsome.
We operate from a location that is just across the the river
from Texas - so unlike the other DX to the south and east
we get to suffer through the same conditions as the rest
of Texas - but sometime it is better for us - in that
the 6D2X station is pretty far south. It is about 550 miles south
of Dallas - Texas is a big place.
Call: 6D2X Country: Mexico
Mode: CW Category: Multi Single
BAND QSO QSO PTS PTS/QSO ZONES COUNTRIES
160 190 388 2.04 13 20
80 487 1057 2.17 25 53
40 2003 4748 2.37 36 102
20 1249 2934 2.35 34 100
15 1266 2939 2.32 27 91
10 109 281 2.58 22 47
---------------------------------------------------
Totals 5304 12347 2.33 157 413 => 7,037,790
The station has two towers.
#1 - 120' KLM KT34XA @ 120', 40-2cd @ 130', 160m/80m invert. vee @ 120'
#2 - 60' - A-4 @ 60', D40 40m dipole @ 70', 80m invert. vee @ 60'
400' bev. to the north - it was not used too much - it was quiet.
Continent Statistics
6D2X Multi Single 28 Nov 1994 2359z
160 80 40 20 15 10 ALL percent
North America 184 400 1268 811 861 45 3569 66.8
South America 5 15 24 20 38 23 125 2.3
Europe 0 26 169 238 181 3 617 11.5
Asia 3 36 521 159 157 19 895 16.7
Africa 1 5 14 13 13 7 53 1.0
Oceania 1 6 27 15 24 13 86 1.6
more numbers......
160m 80m 40m 20m 15m 10m
JA 2 34 505 147 156 19
K 166 367 1179 733 783 31
OH 6 45 38
VE 6 18 60 55 52 1
--
George Fremin III
Austin, Texas C.K.U.
WB5VZL
512/416-0140
geoiii@bga.com
>From Robert A. Wilson" <n6tv@VNET.IBM.COM Fri Dec 2 02:05:04 1994
From: Robert A. Wilson" <n6tv@VNET.IBM.COM (Robert A. Wilson)
Subject: YK0A preliminary results, CQ WW CW
CQ WORLD WIDE DX CONTEST -- 1994
Call: YK0A Country: Syria
Mode: CW Category: Multi Multi
BAND QSO QSO PTS PTS/QSO ZONES COUNTRIES
160 344 971 2.82 10 46
80 1292 3669 2.84 19 68
40 2179 5970 2.74 28 94
20 1875 5152 2.75 34 94
15 1459 4229 2.90 23 70
10 458 1367 2.98 18 48
---------------------------------------------------
Totals 7607 21358 2.81 132 420 => 11,789,616
Operator List: WA2TMP, K3NA, K6ANP, W6OAT, W6OTC, NW6P, N6TV, W0YK
Equipment problems, interstation interference, and some minor operator
illness made it impossible to compete at full capacity. There was also
a very large mountain between our QTH and the U.S. Didn't seem to
bother European signals much, but the U.S. was tough to work, especially
in the contest.
73,
Bob, N6TV
>From Gary T. Schwartz" <garyk9gs@solaria.sol.net Fri Dec 2 01:41:25 1994
From: Gary T. Schwartz" <garyk9gs@solaria.sol.net (Gary T. Schwartz)
Subject: FTP site for FONT.ZIP??
Message-ID: <Pine.3.02.9412011925.A9566-9100000@solaria.mil.wi.us>
Does anyone have the FTP site address for FONT106.ZIP by K6STI?? The
address given in the latest issue of NCJ (n6nd.nosc.mil) is incomplete.
There needs to be an "@" symbol. I have tried the combinations with no
success. Thanks for your help, in advance. Please post to the reflector
so that everyone can get the correct address.
73 Gary
K9GS
garyk9gs@solaria.sol.net
>From barry@w2up.wells.com (Barry Kutner) Thu Dec 1 21:50:07 1994
From: barry@w2up.wells.com (Barry Kutner) (Barry Kutner)
Subject: VCR problem fixed
Message-ID: <96cowc1w165w@w2up.wells.com>
Thanks for the advice regarding my VCR/RFI. I started pulling the lines
in and out one by one. Turned out to be a bad shield connection on the
antenna input line. Beware those pre-fab F connector patch cables!
Now everything seems OK at high power.
--
Barry N. Kutner, W2UP Usenet/Internet: barry@w2up.wells.com
Newtown, PA Packet Radio: W2UP @ WB3JOE.#EPA.PA.USA.NA
Packet Cluster: W2UP >K2TW (FRC)
.......................................................................
>From peterj@netcom.com (Peter Jennings) Fri Dec 2 03:35:31 1994
From: peterj@netcom.com (Peter Jennings) (Peter Jennings)
Subject: Finding Best Rate
Message-ID: <199412020335.TAA05844@netcom20.netcom.com>
>
> Since I thought I had a pretty cool hour at PJ8Z (around 340) I decided to
> get this program from Peter Jennings VE3SUN. It turns out the exact best
> hour was 334. Anyway I have uploaded this program to America On Line's ham
> radio area. To get it, go to the Ham Radio software area and look for
> QRATE.EXE (self-extracting).
>
> Or, if you have ftp capabilities, you can get it this way:
> FTP: ftp.netcom.com:/pub/VE3SUN
Netcom, in its infinite lack of wisdom, has decided to rearrange
all of our ftp directories into subdirectories. The new ftp and WWW
directories are:
FTP: ftp.netcom.com:/pub/VE/VE3SUN
WWW: ftp://ftp.netcom.com:/pub/VE/VE3SUN/www/home.html
Sorry for the inconvenience. Please update any references you see.
I believe the old addresses are still symbolically linked but that
is only for a few weeks. Also, netcom is often overloaded during
peak times so don't be surprised if you have trouble getting in.
Peter
AB6WM VE3SUN ...
-- peterj@netcom.com
>From James White <0006492564@mcimail.com> Fri Dec 2 04:41:00 1994
From: James White <0006492564@mcimail.com> (James White)
Subject: LONG MSG Saga of a multi-single (W1CW)
Message-ID: <80941202044108/0006492564PK3EM@MCIMAIL.COM>
W6GO says that every contest weekend has its catastrophes of rig and
or computer or antenna problems...my problem is that my initial contest
years were spent multi-multi ing from W2PV, Jim almost never had a problem -
and when he did things were so well documented and understood that it was a
minor inconvenience only and only a short time later things were back to
normal. That was no accident. Since we have been putting together the
station at W1CW things haven't run quite as smoothly...neither my father or
I is an engineer and it shows at times! The past weekend was one of those
times when it showed a little too much!
It was a Fall month in Tampa and the Sweepstakes contests had just
ended, meaning it was now time for the CQ WW CW...AKA the biggee
Earlier this year good initial successes from the new station left
us optimistic that the Fall's CQWW could indeed be a real fun multisingle
...the unique rules of the CQ WW MS category mean that there is plenty for
several operators to do at any one time. With the bottom of the sunspot
cycle at hand I decided we should go from a two position to a three position
multisingle - the new position would be a monoband 20 meter position, out on
the porch by the spa. With a declining cycle (?) the DX will resort to 20
when they have no luck on ten and fifteen - hence 20 should be a guaranteed
multiplier cow, right?
The Saga
Things went well with the installation of the third station..the
ole Henry 2K was dusted off and it still was putting out a KW so we used it
along with my TS430S, and my 386 clone. Since this position was one band
only all we had to do was bring one feedline onto the porch, oh yeah and the
computer cable....oh yeah and the rotor cable...and oh yeah the 220 had to
be arranged....well that about does it. OOOOOOOps Friday afternoon with the
station ready to go I was taught NOT to forget about grounding the station -
a nice RF burn on my finger is still with me! It reminded me all weekend
long - you see it was on my left hand pointer finger, the one i do most of
my CT typing with! How could I have forgotten this simple thing!
Fortunately we had preliminarily checked out the computer network on Monday
night before the contest and all was ok...I am very proud of myself -
soldering all 25 pins of that DB25! Station 3 was born.
The wonders of the Florida atmosphere (spelled QRN) had been found
out in contests earlier this year and a Dad had laid out a beautiful EU
beverage - the first 260 foot half that is...on Thanksgiving morning in the
early moisture rich air I forded the canal alongside the property to sneak
into the neighboring field where the feed point end had to be laid ...
successfully wrestling the briars and huge weeds the south western end with
feed point was installed ...I sure hope we are never asked to remove that 10
foot ground rod! The beverage was fantastic...I cannot imagine contesting on
the lower frequencies from Florida without one ever again...we brought it
into the shack and with a T-connector shared it between station 1 (used for
160) and station 2 (used on 80).
Station 1 is the main day to day routine operating position and as
such was no big deal - Dad's OMNI VI and Titan - its bands: 160/40/15.
Station 2 had to be wired up...coaxes were brought over to its coax switches
the linear was hooked up, an SWR meter put in the line...the usual - the rig
for #2 would be courtesy K1KNQ, an FT1000 - just back from ZF2JI's great SSB
Multi-Multi...note I had no problem with the FT1000 audio driving my stereo
cans at all. Station 2 was 80 meters and 10 meters with the 40 meter dipole
as a spotting antenna for when station 1 was to be on 160 or 15. Jack 'KNQ
showed up at lunch time and the FT1000 slid right in - we were QRV for 10
and 80 meters...the needles looked ok, etc. At about this time Paul G4BKI
showed up with his 3865 clone which was the computer for station 2. It had
2 comm ports, unfortunately we couldn't get the extra comm ports added to
the '486 at station 1 working so we needed a 2 porter for station two to
allow networking and the 2 meter TNC to feed CT. Sounds like a CT thread!
With all the boxes in place things seemed fine...the twenty meter
beam wasn't quite feeding right so we tried several things when we took out
the Matchbox we had put in the circuit it worked fine - we'd hoped the spare
Matchbox would help reduce interference. OK station 3, the newbie - can you
network, can you receive the spots from 2M, can you make QSOs....check check
check - ok 20 Meters is a go!
Its a coupla minutes before 00 hour and it is time to boogie...the
forty meter beam had played SO well in WPX and the Sweepstakes I had no
question in my mind 40 would be our money band, probably rivaling 20 and I
wanted us to start on forty running EU whilst I would would be at 20 as the
multiplier station to start.
AND THEY'RE OFF......0000 ZULU
I start working mults on 20 tuning my way up the band...nothing
seems to be coming in from the forty meter position though...after about
five minutes I get a gab message saying 40 doesn't work. I reply to try
using the dipole from station 2.....its been tried, it don't work either...
OK I become the run station on 20...you guys fix forty SAP, OK??? Mind you I
am at station 3 out on the porch - away from what's goin on...and I'm goin
nuts now - instead of enjoying the privacy of the new position!!
A GAB MESSAGE COMES OVER THE NETWORK - forget forty its a wash
..."did we try 40 from position two?" I ask - " yup, and its still not
working-either antenna".........CRAP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Remember 40 is from the main operating position with the usual
antenna, nothing special...so of course I didn't bother to check it out
before the contest...I was too busy with the new position 3 and the
traditional second position-it never occurred to me that something might be
wrong with the routine stuff.
Well...if this isn't bad enuff...position 1 also is the 160
position, remember? Unable to do anything meaningful on 40 position 1 goes
down to 160 and guess what....the antenna doesn't work!!!! I told you this
was a horror story.
We continue to do our best on 20 and after a while we twist the
center conductor and shield of the 160 together and get it to load
good...along with a kilowatt of RF it works just fine, I work about a dozen
stations on 160 the first night.
Saturday AM the coax out to the base of the tower the forty meter
beam is on is verified as OK...from there it is 135 feet up of hardline and
then the beam....the problem has to lie at the beam - our secret weapon. The
160 antenna is lowered and the fancy B&W center insulator is torn apart and
reworked - strong winds had caused an open! This one is easily fixed - 160
will be fine Saturday night. The forty meter dipole is lowered and the
center insulator is checked soldered and unsoldered - it seems fine but
obviously the antenna has a problem! It goes back up and seems to load OK -
we will have a forty meter antenna for the second half of the contest...but
it ain't the beam-during the first six hours of the WPX contest with the
beam we sat on one frequency and ran ran ran....two weeks before in SS I had
a coupla 90 hours on the beam.....sigh
Band assignments and sleep schedules are a total mess after the
first nights antenna fiasco - so we tuff it out til the end....
To summarize - I am gonna take this as another learning experience
and believe you me, every EVERY E V E R Y antenna and station combo will get
checked prior to the contest from now on...I hope some of my friends on the
reflector can learn from our disappointment.
Yeah, we did have some fun this weekend - Frank WB4BBH had a real
nice run on 80 the first night. Unfortunately, 2.6 million is a fraction of
what might have been...how does it go, wait til next year? Hindsight is
indeed 20-20.
73, Jim K1zx
>From James White <0006492564@mcimail.com> Fri Dec 2 04:57:00 1994
From: James White <0006492564@mcimail.com> (James White)
Subject: W1CW MS SCORE
Message-ID: <54941202045745/0006492564PK2EM@MCIMAIL.COM>
W1CW CQ WW CW MS
Florida CW Contest Group
OPS: W1CW W1YL K1ZX G4BKI WB4BBH K1KNQ
1609 X 151 X 442 = 2.6 M
Q Z C
160 38 14 29
80 299 24 74
40 238 29 101
20 773 37 115
15 216 28 83
10 45 19 40
...see tearstained 7k msg for the weekend that coulda been
de K1zx
>From James B. Wolf D611 x4638 MS25-71" <JBWOLF@most.ss3.magec.com Fri Dec 2
>13:37:36 1994
From: James B. Wolf D611 x4638 MS25-71" <JBWOLF@most.ss3.magec.com (James B.
Wolf D611 x4638 MS25-71)
Subject: Smoking M/S radios
Message-ID: <941202083736.1483d@most>
Name: James B. Wolf D611 x4638 MS25-71
From: MOST::MRGATE::"MRS::SN_L=HOSTNODE::SN_U=JBWOLF"
To: MOST::INTERNET
Subj: Re: Smoking M/S radios
From: NAME: Wolf <SN_U=JBWOLF@SN_L=HOSTNODE@MRS@MOST>
To: NAME: INTERNET.MAGNAVOX <INTERNET@MOST@MRGATE@MOST>
DATE : December 2, 1994
TO : M. INTERNET
FROM : J.B. Wolf
SUBJECT : Re: Smoking M/S radios
smtp%"cq-contest@tgv.com"
We have been using light bulbs in the receive path for years.
As the bulb starts glowing its resistance goes up.
Believe me I have seen these bulbs very bright. So far
no dead front ends. Number 47 seems to work fine.
Of course BPF and stubs are a necessity, but *mistakes*
can happen.
Jim, KR9U
James B. Wolf
>From Tony Brock-Fisher <fisher@hp-and.an.hp.com> Fri Dec 2 13:40:11 1994
From: Tony Brock-Fisher <fisher@hp-and.an.hp.com> (Tony Brock-Fisher)
Subject: W3LPL Filters
Message-ID: <9412021340.AA19738@hp-and.an.hp.com>
There has been considerable interest in my mention of W3LPL receive
bandpass filters. I will try to find the NCJ reference and put it out
on the reflector. Failing that, I will publish my circuit description
(which varies from the original LPL values somewhat).
-Tony, K1KP, fisher@hp-and.an.hp.com
>From Kurszewski Chad" <kurszewski_chad@macmail1.csg.mot.com Fri Dec 2
>07:50:24 1994
From: Kurszewski Chad" <kurszewski_chad@macmail1.csg.mot.com (Kurszewski Chad)
Subject: try this on your pentium pee cee
Message-ID: <199412021350.AA06813@pobox.mot.com>
Len, WF2V, wrote:
> Subject: try this on your pentium pee cee
> 10 a# = 5505001
> 20 b# = 294911
> 30 PRINT (a# / b#)
> GOTO 30
> the right answer should be 18.666651972968116 but it is not!
> According to intel, "The average user is not going to see this thing,
> except once in 27,000 years." Seems to me they used a pentium to
> compute the 27,000 years! 73 Len WF2V
This was discussed in a recent EE Times trade paper. It was found by a
professor who was doing extensive research on fractions (like 1/xxxxxxx).
The answer given is good out to at least the 9th decimal place. This is
not to say that when dealing with nanofarads or picofarads the answer will
be incorrect. This is saying that when working in TENS of farads, the
answer MAY not be correct to the picofarad.
Intel said they have corrected the die of the Pentium and all further
Pentiums produced will have the corrected die. They are not 'recalling'
the older dies.
Chad WE9V
>From gjk@hogpa.ho.att.com (Gerald J Kersus) Fri Dec 2 13:15:00 1994
From: gjk@hogpa.ho.att.com (Gerald J Kersus) (Gerald J Kersus)
Subject: Kenwood Transverter Plug
Message-ID: <9412021315.AA08743@hogpc.ho.att.com>
I'm want to directly hook my beverage antenna to my TS-940S. According
to the manual, I can use the 8-pin XVRTR jack on the back of the
radio to do this. Unfortunately, I (like apparantly MANY others out there)
found out that you can't just use a standard 8-pin DIN connector. The pin
spacings on the Kenwood plug are different. Am I stuck ordering this
from Kenwood, or is there a convenient, more economical source for these
male connectors?
Please reply directly to gjk@hogpa.att.com. Tnx.
Gerry, W1GD
>From fish@crl.com (Bill Fisher, KM9P Concentric Systems, Inc.) Fri Dec 2
>14:55:18 1994
From: fish@crl.com (Bill Fisher, KM9P Concentric Systems, Inc.) (Bill Fisher,
KM9P Concentric Systems, Inc.)
Subject: WRTC 95
Message-ID: <199412021455.AA28006@mail.crl.com>
Is this a cancelled event? I asked someone that knows alot about contesting
at CQ magazine and he didn't know either.
If someone knows, please post something to the reflector with EXACT details
about what we are supposed to be doing if we are interested in attending.
73
---
Bill Fisher, KM9P - Concentric Systems, Inc.
>From Willy Umanets <uw9ar@chal.chel.su> Sat Dec 3 01:44:14 1994
From: Willy Umanets <uw9ar@chal.chel.su> (Willy Umanets)
Subject: UN scores fm wwcw'94
Message-ID: <ABkrytkSK2@chal.chel.su>
UN2L (UA9BA op), 80m 1250Q 34Z 108C est SCORE 445k
UN4L, 20m 1590Q 37Z 126C est SCORE 610k
got delayed in Kazakh cuz of business, just got back,
a contest story follows...
---
73, Willy, UA9BA
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JV "Challenger Ltd" phone : 351-260-0190
Internet : uw9ar@chal.chel.su fax : 351-237-1756
>From p_casier@eunet.be (Peter Casier) Fri Dec 2 16:15:08 1994
From: p_casier@eunet.be (Peter Casier) (Peter Casier)
Subject: X5
Message-ID: <199412021615.RAA10938@box.eunet.be>
Thanks to all who responded to my query abt X5-stations in the cqww.
Outcome is: no points, no mults. Bob, K3EST confirmed this.
Thanks!
Peter
on6tt.
p_casier@box.eunet.be
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