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From: n4zr@ix.netcom.com (Pete Smith)
Reply-To: n4zr@ix.netcom.com (Pete Smith)
Subject: Eyeglasses
Sinc eadvancing age has now obliged me to wear glasses while using the
computer, I am having a lot of problems with discomfort from earphones
pressing on the glasses, under long-haul contest use. Has anyone come up
with anything ingenious for dealing with this problem?
73, Pete Smith N4ZR
n4zr@ix.netcom.com *** note new e-mail address ***
No, no, no, that's 59 WEST Virginia.
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Pete
Been here done this.....
1) Contact lenses dont have ear pices :-) (for some of us, myself included
this may turn out to be a bigger irritation than the glasses maybe you will be
luckier than I)
2) I use the Heil headset/boom mike combo can go for up to 12 hours with out
major discomfort.
3) I have a 2nd headset which are the real small ones that dont cover the ear
which I switch back and fourth on, this helps a lot after 36 hours.
4) Get the lightest weight frames possible. I have the super flex titanium
frames which are very very comfortable with or without head phones. I have
seen glasses with which were held on your head by monofilament lines and "ear
hooks", they were not cheap but I can get you an address if you are really
serious.
Welcome to the Geritol for lunch bunch amigo!
Dave
N0DH.
My eyes were the first thing to go now if I could just remember what the
second thing that goes was......
>From ryansci@sunbelt.net (Stephen Reichlyn) Mon Aug 28 20:28:29 1995
From: ryansci@sunbelt.net (Stephen Reichlyn) (Stephen Reichlyn)
Subject: ICE
Message-ID: <01HUM0U1SMI68WW1MQ@SUNBELT.NET>
Can anyone point me to the address of ICE in order to obtain a catalog/price
list of their products. I AM prepared to wait. Reply direct, please.
73 Steve AA4V
>From BOB WERNER <rwerner@utkvx.utk.edu> Mon Aug 28 20:52:17 1995
From: BOB WERNER <rwerner@utkvx.utk.edu> (BOB WERNER)
Subject: Need info, please.
Message-ID: <Pine.PMDF.3.91.950828155102.545447972A-100000@utkvx.utk.edu>
I need the phone number for Alinco service. If possible, I'd also like
their email address.
Thanks!
Bob Werner
UT Computing Help Desk
RWERNER@UTK.EDU
RWERNER@USIT.NET
AMATEUR: KC4URW@N4QEA.#METN.TN.USA.NA
>From aa4lr@radio.org (Bill Coleman AA4LR) Mon Aug 28 22:00:46 1995
From: aa4lr@radio.org (Bill Coleman AA4LR) (Bill Coleman AA4LR)
Subject: Contest Free Zones
Message-ID: <v01520d07ac67db97c0ca@[205.160.29.40]>
>From: wb2jsj@ka2tcq (Mitch)
>
>Kurt Pauer has mentioned that the CAC is discussing the idea of
>Contest Free Zones on the bands.
(BOOO! HISSS!!)
>I'm am NOT in favor of such restrictions UNLESS we get a reciprocal
>Rag-Chew Free and DX-Free Zones as well. Since the possibility of this
>happening is slightly less than nil, our best bet is to not have Zones!
I suggested to Kurt that if a contest-free zone on 20m is established, that
17m should be opened to contesting.
My theory is this - since the WARC '79 bands (gosh, was it really 16 years
ago?) are already contest-free, and other operators aren't taking advantage
of them, then perhaps it is time someone use them. Why not contestors?
>HOWEVER,
>I am in favor of standards we (contesters) might all follow to give
>non-contesters a break. As a general rule, I avoid the top 25 KHz of
>the bands. I would much rather do this out of consideration vs. having
>a rule dictated.
As a little pistol, sometimes the upper parts of the bands are the only
place I can occupy without being run off by a BIG GUN. I still follow the
general rule of listening before transmitting, and even query the frequency
to ensure no one is using it.
>Tom, K1KI had a good idea about expanding some of the phone bands.
>During major contests, 80, 40 and 20 meters completely fill up and
>there is no room for any SSB operation of any type sometimes.
Why don't we just eliminate the mode subbands entirely? That way, there
would be enough space for whatever type of operation you wanted to do (at
least, to the limit of the allocation). We'd probably still segregate voice
(analog) operating to the high end, with digital modes toward the low end
-- but we could be more flexible.
Besides, that way we could work DX on 40m phone without having to work split.
Bill Coleman, AA4LR Mail: aa4lr@radio.org
Quote: "The same light shines on vineyards that makes deserts." -- Steve
Hackett
>From aa4lr@radio.org (Bill Coleman AA4LR) Mon Aug 28 22:25:50 1995
From: aa4lr@radio.org (Bill Coleman AA4LR) (Bill Coleman AA4LR)
Subject: ZAPPED ! It CAN happen 2 U !
Message-ID: <v01520d08ac67dd7330a7@[205.160.29.40]>
>My Zap took place in late October in Michigan 3 years ago ...
Mine took place on June 27, 1993. (Field day Sunday)
My doublet and beam had been up for about 6 years without a problem. The
doublet was the highest, at about 45 feet, the beam at 35 feet. There were
trees has high as 90 feet all around.
We were downstairs watching TV. When BOOM! Lights flickered, and there was
a shower of sparks outside.
I turned the TV off (it was still on). That TV never turned on again.
(Lightning had zapped the power supply controls, although the set wasn't
affected, it would no longer turn on)
A nearby strike had come in on the doublet, competely vaporizing the
twin-lead for 45 feet. Where the transmission line was fastened to the
house, a huge black mark was visible.
Very little in the shack was damaged. All the radios were still in my car,
since we hadn't unpacked from field day. The bolt came in on the doublet
feedline (coax from outside balun), jumped to the station ground and also
out through a DVM into the power lines.
One TV, an answering machine, a clock radio and a surge suppressor were
damaged, plus the outside of the house.
>vulnerable...The tab was $5000 plus...
My insurance company picked up most of the tab in my case.
--
I firmly believe that my strike was caused by the doublet being
DISCONNECTED from the station. (Normally it was grounded through the tuner)
This permits static charges to build up which may have induced the strike.
Oddly enough, the doublet itself was still hanging from the trees, with the
feedline laying on the ground. The 12 ga stranded wire of the dipole was
intact, but the 18 ga solid wire of the feed was gone. I replaced it with a
16 ga stranded feedline.
Moral: Ground everything when not in use.
Bill Coleman, AA4LR Mail: aa4lr@radio.org
Quote: "The same light shines on vineyards that makes deserts." -- Steve
Hackett
>From sellington" <sellington@mail.ssec.wisc.edu Mon Aug 28 22:45:37 1995
From: sellington" <sellington@mail.ssec.wisc.edu (sellington)
Subject: ZAPPED ! It CAN happen 2 U !
Message-ID: <n1402494136.1635@mail.ssec.wisc.edu>
>Oddly enough, the doublet itself was still hanging from the trees, with the
>feedline laying on the ground.
Not odd at all: The 18 gauge feedline performed like a fuse, protecting
the 12 gauge antenna. The principle should be useful in lightning
protection, provided the "fuse" can't set fire to anything.
Scott K9MA
sellington@ssec.wisc.edu
>From Richard L. King" <0007131253@mcimail.com Mon Aug 28 21:29:00 1995
From: Richard L. King" <0007131253@mcimail.com (Richard L. King)
Subject: K5NA Contest Station
Message-ID: <14950828202941/0007131253PJ3EM@MCIMAIL.COM>
In a little over a week, I will begin dismantling the K5NA
contest station. However, before I do that, it would be
really nice to know if there is anyone in the Northeast
who might be interested in buying this contest station
intact. That would sure save me a lot of effort of removing
and relocating all the towers and antennas. I checked with
Trey before I made this post, so please hold your flames.
You might enjoy hearing what I have here anyway.
The K5NA contest station has the following towers and
antennas:
Tower #1 - 125 foot of Rohn 45G with a heavy-duty mast
above the rotator. This tower has two, stacked 4 element 20
meter monobanders at 132 and 67 feet with top/bottom/both
switching. The bottom 20 meter antenna is fixed on Europe.
Other rotatable antennas on this tower include a 2 element
40 meter yagi at 125 feet, a 5 element 10 meter monobander
at 128 feet, a 19 element (horizonal) 2 meter Boomer at 138
feet, a 5 element 15 meter monobander at 140 feet, and a 2
meter Isopole antenna at 150 feet (PacketCluster antenna).
There is also a 3 element tribander sidemounted at 40 feet
pointed to South America. The top set of guywires for this
tower has built-in 80 meter sloping dipoles with one each
towards Europe, South America, and Pacific.
Tower #2 - 137 feet of Rohn 25G. This tower has two, stacked
5 element 15 meter monobanders at 137 and 73 feet with
top/bottom switching on the tower. The bottom 15 meter
antenna is fixed on Europe. This tower also has a 4 element
20 meter monobander at 45 feet on a rotating IIX sidemount
assembly for multiplier spotting. Mounted between tower #1
and #2 is a full-sized, octagonal-shaped 160 meter loop
antenna that is broadside to Europe. The top of the 160
meter loop is at 120 feet and the bottom is at 20 feet.
Tower #3 - 87 feet of Rohn 25G. This tower has two, stacked
5 element 10 meter monobanders at 87 and 50 feet with the
usual top/bottom/both switching. The bottom 10 meter antenna
is fixed on Europe. On a mast above the rotator is also a
6 element 6 meter yagi at 95 feet and a 8 element 2 meter
yagi (vertically polorized) at 105 feet. There are assorted
VHF and UHF antennas sidemounted on this tower.
Tower #4 - 190 feet of Rohn 45G. This tower has a 4 element
KLM 40 meter yagi at 190 feet and a 5 element 10 meter
monobander yagi at 199 feet and a 2 meter Ringo antenna at
199.9 feet. At 101 feet is a TH7 on a rotating IIX sidemount
assembly. At 100 feet is the apex of a 80 meter delta loop
that is broadside to Europe. Hung from 190 feet are four
fullsize 160 meter sloping dipoles that I was going to
eventually turn into a 160 meter four-square. Right now I
only have the European and the Pacific slopers pulled out
and in use.
Other antennas - A 40 meter dipole at 30 feet between two
trees and a 80 meter dipole at 40 feet between one tower and
a tree. These two antennas are used for domestic contests
when high-angle radation is needed. For low-band receiving
is a six beverage antenna system, varying from 600 to 1500
feet in length. Each beverage is matched, terminated, and
has its own feedline to the shack. All major DX directions
are covered by the beverage system.
Towers #1, #2, and #3 are on the original 3 acre plot with
our four bedroom house. Tower #4 and most of the beverage
system is on adjacent 25.7 acres that is a different deed.
The hamshack part of the station has a two-radio operating
position using two computers and six amplifiers that are
pretuned on 10 through 160 meters. The station is fully
automated, when running CT, for for doing band, amplifier,
amplifier control, and antenna selection. The automation
keeps me from making sleepy mistakes after 40 hours of
continous contesting. HI.
If anyone thinks they might be interested in this station,
please call me at 914-687-9700. It would really be nice to
see a serious contester snap this place up.
73, Richard
K5NA@MCIMAIL.COM
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>From McCarty, DK 'Dav" <DKMC@chevron.com Tue Aug 29 00:08:16 1995
From: McCarty, DK 'Dav" <DKMC@chevron.com (McCarty, DK 'Dav)
Subject: NAQP CW Scores (v. 5) Last Update
Message-ID: <CPLAN065.DKMC.202708160095240FCPLAN065@ION.CHEVRON.COM>
From: McCarty, DK 'David'
To: OPEN ADDRESSING SERVI-OPENADDR
Subject: NAQP CW Scores (v. 5) Last Update
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Last update for the troops. Great contest. CU in the Sprints!
K5GN
REMINDER: LOGS ARE DUE BY: 9/5/95
You can submit your NAQP entry in one of two ways. First would
be the conventional mail-in method. Either paper or disk is
fine. A signed Summary Sheet is requested either way. The
address is:
Bob Selbrede
6200 Natoma Ave.
Mojave, CA 93501
If you want to try an E-Mail submission, send him your ASCII
Log and Summary Sheet. He'll take a look at them and send you
an E-Mail receipt. His E-Mail address is:
W9NQ@AOL.COM
NAQP CW AUGUST 1995
TEAMS:
Texas DX Society #1 K5GA, K5GN, K7UP, AD5Q, W5ASP 620,694
Florida Contest Group K1ZX, AC4NJ, AC1O/4, WD4AHZ, NP4Z 585K
INDIVIDUALS:
CALL QSOS MULT SCORE BREAKDOWN
N5RP 360 ? ?
N4RJ(KM9P) 550 ? ?
W4NT(KM9P) 550 ? ?
NP4Z 530 ? ?
K5GA 690 217 149,730 21/10 56/29 177/45 208/50 124/47 104/36
K1ZX 704 212 149,248 26/13 77/31 184/45 228/51 136/47 53/25
N4ZZ 700 202 141,400
K0RF 718 196 140,728 14/8 36/22 138/42 257/48 130/38 143/38
K5GN (@K2UA/5) 648 213 138,024 18/10 39/25 93/35 217/50 156/45 129/44
AC4NJ (WC4E) 637 206 131,222 28/15 80/31 132/40 200/47 135/45 62/38
KC5NWX 566 229 129,614
K7UP(KN5H) 624 207 129,168 5/5 63/27 143/45 208/47 109/42 96/42
AD5Q 630 193 121,590 16/8 61/25 155/43 219/49 107/39 72/29
K0EJ 599 195 116,805
AC1O/4 620 188 116,560
AB6FO 573 198 113,454 8/6 45/23 135/42 193/48 108/42 84/37
KF0H 548 206 112,880
K7SV 534 205 109,470 28/15 82/40 124/46 158/44 87/35 55/25
W5NN (KB5YVT) 551 188 103,588 6/5 64/30 147/41 159/45 114/39 61/28
W1WEF 580 179 103,280 11/7 56/25 167/42 197/44 97/34 52/27
KF3P 546 188 102,648 34/20 82/30 151/42 143/40 79/34 47/22
K6LL 559 183 102,297 7/4 42/19 129/40 188/48 105/38 88/34
K4PQL 563 179 100,777 27/17 71/29 149/39 198/46 84/34 34/14
KI3L 535 134 98,440
WA2SRQ 569 173 98,437 24/12 99/33 140/39 205/44 66/27 35/18
K4AMC 552 177 97,704
N6ZZ 524 177 92,748 0/0 38/24 108/36 167/43 112/38 99/36
WD4AHZ 519 175 90,825
W5ASP 502 162 82,000
KK9V 488 160 78,080
AA0OB 490 158 77,420 0/0 23/15 114/36 178/41 95/34 80/32
NJ9C 503 150 75,450
N5NMX 457 162 74,034
KC4ZV 443 166 73,548
KE7GH 499 133 66,367 0/0 21/10 128/42 270/49 80/32 0/0
W9WI 476 135 64,260
W1IHN 420 151 63,420 23/16 66/30 154/41 143/43 27/16 7/5
WR3O 423 143 60,489 12/9 84/31 110/36 148/37 59/26 10/4
WA5JWU 415 145 60,175 12/7 42/19 143/40 125/34 65/28 28/17
AA4NC (KI4HN) 388 151 58,588 14/10 47/26 79/34 158/44 55/22 35/15
K8NZ 386 151 58,286 20/13 56/28 126/38 102/35 43/19 39/18
K6XO 400 143 57,200
ND3F 394 144 56,700
K7NPN 393 142 55,806 0/0 11/4 75/35 174/43 81/36 51/24
K3TLX 350 152 53,200 10/10 76/31 95/39 95/39 44/19 30/14
AC4ZO 355 125 44,375 8/6 49/23 101/35 156/40 26/14 15/7
KO9Y 325 130 42,250
WQ5L 318 123 39,114 0/0 54/25 132/37 101/39 29/20 2/2
N8AAT 285 132 37,620 4/4 55/29 86/36 76/34 37/16 27/13
N4TQO 294 124 36,456
K5WA 267 123 32,841
AE2T 287 113 32,431 0/0 83/28 79/34 74/29 39/14 12/8
N3BGV 287 112 32,144 0/0 66/25 80/32 71/26 44/17 26/12
AE0M 261 113 29,493 0/0 34/18 97/40 91/37 30/14 9/4
N0AXL 215 ? 24,000
K8MR 213 91 19,383 7/6 46/25 13/9 81/29 54/17 12/5
KJ4VH/7 209 82 17,138 0/0 63/23 0/0 109/37 21/12 16/10
NG3K 206 82 16,892 0/0 21/13 91/32 92/35 0/0 2/2
K5RC 177 82 14,154
KA9FOX (@W9UP) 167 64 10,688
WA7BNM 129 81 10,449 3/3 23/15 36/22 25/18 18/13 24/10
AA7BG 107 65 6,955 0/0 11/7 17/10 29/18 21/13 29/17
K1TN 107 64 6,848 0/0 25/14 15/12 44/24 17/10 6/4
K9MA 100 63 6,300 5/4 27/17 28/19 38/21 2/2 0/0
WN3K 109 57 6,213
WA6OTU 103 59 6,077
KD0AV 96 61 5,856 0/0 17/12 41/25 31/18 6/5 1/1
W9SZ 89 51 4,539 0/0 9/9 40/21 40/21 0/0 0/0
K8JP 73 51 3,723 14/13 41/25 18/18 0/0 0/0 0/0
AA8SM 77 43 3,311 0/0 35/22 0/0 42/21 0/0 0/0
WU1F 80 41 3,280
K8JP 73 ? 3,162
K2YJL/M 25 9 225
>From McCarty, DK 'Dav" <DKMC@chevron.com Tue Aug 29 00:08:16 1995
From: McCarty, DK 'Dav" <DKMC@chevron.com (McCarty, DK 'Dav)
Subject: WF5E's address?
Message-ID: <CPLAN065.DKMC.602108160095240FCPLAN065@ION.CHEVRON.COM>
From: McCarty, DK 'David'
To: OPEN ADDRESSING SERVI-OPENADDR
Subject: WF5E's address?
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Anyone remember WF5E's email address?
Please reply DIRECT to dkmc@chevron.com
Tnx
K5GN
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