Bruce:
I have been using a second hand FT1000 for about 2
years now. On day to day operation it is fine. But in
a [CW] contest with many strong signals I notice the
same thing you did; have to run in IPO or 6dB mode.
You said something "let go" on Sunday. I'll be interested
to see if you find something is actually wrong ? Anyone
else with a FT1000 notice the same ? I assume changing
diodes in the front end from stock to PIN will help this.
Anyone know which diodes to replace, and what M/A-COM
part to replace them with ? I have a source for them .......
73
Jeff KR0Y
>From Jeff Singer <k0od@MO.NET> Fri Nov 10 01:53:47 1995
From: Jeff Singer <k0od@MO.NET> (Jeff Singer)
Subject: Radiosporting in Sports Illustrated
Message-ID: <199511100153.TAA04984@Walden.MO.NET>
Quite a few fellows wanted to know more about that old Sports
Illustrated magazine article on DX contesting. Only one or two had
actually seen it.
I tried to track it down at a large nearby library, but they had SI
only back to 1980. The main downtown branch of the library, 15 miles
away, has a complete set going back to 1954. However, the Reader's Guide
to Periodical Literature did not cover SI in the '50s.
It seems the only way to find the article is to skim through a ton of
SI's (sans swimsuit editions back then!). The article appeared sometime
in the mid or late 1950s. One of these days I'll make a trip downtown and
run off some copies of it.
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Jeff K0OD St. Louis, MO USA
e-mail: k0od@mo.net
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>From Doug Grant <0006008716@mcimail.com> Fri Nov 10 01:59:00 1995
From: Doug Grant <0006008716@mcimail.com> (Doug Grant)
Subject: Phone SS Rate Records
Message-ID: <55951110015955/0006008716NA3EM@MCIMAIL.COM>
Since K7SS asked...
189 N8RR/5 1994 first hour, 15M
and although nobody asked yet...
CQWW CW Highest Rate
249 W2GD at P40W 1993 20M First hour
THese are from the 1996 Edition of the CQ Amateur Radio Almanac, which is at
the printer now.
Tell someone who's trying to figure out what to get you for Christmas to buy
you one. ANd you'll know all the top rates (and a whole lot more...).
-----
"Disclaimer" - I *am* the editor of the book. I *do* make money when you buy
one (but not enough to justify being so crass as to promote it here). I'm
just posting this because guys are asking "Where can I find...", and I happen
to know the answer!
I hope that's enough to deflect the serious flamers...
-----
Also - everyone get a copy of AB6WM's QRATE utility, and send me your highest
rates for all this season's contests. ANy CW SS hours over 100, Phone SS over
150, WW SSB - 325 DX, 125 U.S., WW CW - 200 DX, 100 CW. Include call, operator,
rate (either best **00 thru **59 or best 60 minutes; your choice), band, contest
and mode, day, and hour.
73,
Doug K1DG
editor - CQ Amateur Radio Almanac
k1dg@mcimail.com
>From Norton, Richard" <nortonr@MRD.SRL.dsto.gov.au Fri Nov 10 18:37:00 1995
From: Norton, Richard" <nortonr@MRD.SRL.dsto.gov.au (Norton, Richard)
Subject: QSLs Deter Contest Operation
Message-ID: <30A3C663@msmail.dsto.gov.au>
The recent posts on SS QSLing bring to mind several thoughts.
I admit myself, to not operating before or after a contest in the past,
because I want to minimize the number of QSL cards I have to deal with.
Thanks to iron-man QSL manager, K6VNX, this is not usually a problem any
longer.
In my travels around the world, I've met a number of hams in somewhat rare
countries that have curtailed their operation because of QSL cards. The
number of cards received simply overwhelms people.
Here's a specific recent example:
The W6 group that operated as JT1Z, (N6AA, K6MC, W6MKB, N6TW, W6XD, and
N6ZZ) stopped in Beijing on the way home and met with BA1HAM, the mainstay
of BY1PK. BY1PK is the Chinese Radio Sports Association headquarters
station, essentially the W1AW of BY.
I mentioned to BA1HAM that JT1Z didn't work BY1PK or BY1QH, and didn't
notice any sizable operations from China this year. In fact, we missed
China, the adjacent country to us, on 160, 80, and 10.
He told us that he was discouraging the BY club stations from operating in
the contest because of QSL problems, rather than encouraging them like he
had done in years past. I don't know exactly what "discouraging" meant, but
it seemed to have been pretty effective.
Seems the guys with interest in operating in contests don't have equal
enthusiasm for answering QSLs afterward. People complain about not getting
cards to him. His solution is that it is better to not have contest contacts
than to have unanswered QSLs. I doubt if volunteering to be a QSL manager
for all China will solve the problem, unless someone wants to move to
Beijing to minimize the interface problems.
73,
Dick N6AA /VK5 for 1 more week NortonR@MRD.SRL.DSTO.GOV.AU
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