FROM: SAM EFFINGER SIET UTILITIES
SUBJECT: TOWER SAFETY
Yesterday 2 CBers were trying to free stand about 40 feet of tower and
it fell into a 2400 volt line, as you might expect they are now both dead!
As the story goes, they got a mild shock as it touched the power lines once
but it seems as if they didn't get the message. After taking a breather they
tried it again with deadly results.
It took the power company 45 minutes to shut off the power and all the while
the two fellows were laying across the tower frying like bacon.
I have great sympathy for the families and again this reminds us "SAFETY FIRST"
In a situation like this the newspapers usually say Ham operator but this time
they were correctly identified....not that it makes and difference since they
are both dead.
We just went through a very tough zoneing battle and had this happened
2 months earlier I shudder to think what their attitude would have been.
hope this isn't too grusome but it's a fact...
"MR SAFETY"
>From Patrick Barkey <pbarkey@wp.bsu.edu> Wed Sep 27 23:01:15 1995
From: Patrick Barkey <pbarkey@wp.bsu.edu> (Patrick Barkey)
Subject: Contest activity and scoring
Message-ID: <s06983ef.047@wp.bsu.edu>
>>> barry <barry@w2up.wells.com> 09/27/95 02:08pm >>>
Ai7b@teleport.com writes:
> Right on, Bill.....not much different here in the Northwest either.
> I don't think the average East coast op has a clue what its like out
> West.
>
W2UP replies:
> Come on... Enough already on the geographical advantages of the
> northeast. If contest scores are THAT important to you, move to the
> northeast.
Duh, is this meant to be a realistic suggestion? I think not. The root of
the situation is contest scoring, not where we live.
One approach to the solid northeast USA top ten situation in DX contests
might be to implement scoring changes such that QSO distance is
recognized. Another alternative might be to weight QSOs by signal
levels as determined by an ionospheric simulation program.
Given the complexity of such scoring systems, their implementation in
"real-time" contesting is a bit far-fetched at the moment. They could be
applied after the contest, however, and I think the results would be very
interesting.
-- Pat
WA8YVR
>From sm3bdz@pobox.com (Lars Harlin) Wed Sep 27 23:04:20 1995
From: sm3bdz@pobox.com (Lars Harlin) (Lars Harlin)
Subject: DX-operation....
Message-ID: <199509272204.XAA11537@www.itz.se>
Hello everybody!
Have to write some lines regarding DX, PILEUP, and SPLIT operation. My=20
frustration is getting worse and worse here over the more and more commonly
bad behavior in DX-operation.=20
In every DX-pile, people are calling ALL the time, on the DX tx fq=20
as well as on his rx fq. Maybe you might say that it=B4s beginners with=
small
experience. On the contrary, I=B4ve heard many "big guns" operating with the
"tecnique" above.... Ofcourse everyone, like myself, make misstakes, but=
what I
describe is NO misstakes!!
Why is that so? What can we do about it? Education? Start local and global
opinion? Write articles to emphaze the problem in our magazines? Internet?
That=B4s a lot of questions but with some answers we would all gain!!
I strongly recommend everyone to use QSK. That=B4s a good way to enable some
control in the pileup. If your amp does=B4nt support QSK, MODIFY IT!! It=B4s=
not
difficult, and your amp will also run much cooler.
73=B4s de Lars (sm3bdz@pobox.com)=20
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