Happy New Year everyone.
I have been e-mail incommunicado for several weeks now, if you were trying to
get a hold of me, my appologies. Now the grandkids have gone home I will go
back to reflecors/contests, etc.
I am going to be on AOL for a while, at least until my free 10 hours runs
out...note new email address!
73
Jim, K1ZX
(BK1ZX70SFL@aol.com)
>From btippett@ctc.net (Bill Tippett) Thu Jan 18 20:46:30 1996
From: btippett@ctc.net (Bill Tippett) (Bill Tippett)
Subject: NAQP SSB This Weekend
Message-ID: <01I05V86VOYW8ZFCKQ@SUNBELT.NET>
Steve (N4TQO) wrote:
>Please observe the DX window on 160 meters by using the suggested
>frequency of 1865 on that band.
Steve, you're a gentleman and a scholar!!!! Thank you, Bill W0ZV
P. S. I'm going to make a point of going up and handing out some Q's to
everyone I have NOT heard below 1850!
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Bill Tippett, PO Box 37, New London, NC 28127-0037 USA
Phone/FAX: +1 704-463-1445 E-mail: btippett@ctc.net
>From aa4lr@radio.org (Bill Coleman AA4LR) Thu Jan 18 20:53:02 1996
From: aa4lr@radio.org (Bill Coleman AA4LR) (Bill Coleman AA4LR)
Subject: QRS tips - BRAVO
Message-ID: <v01530500ad2450786bb3@[206.28.194.40]>
>I don't know about the rest of you, but I'll take any QSO I can get in
>a contest. If someone calls at 10 wpm, I'm more than glad to slow down
>to that speed. I guess the only question is whether we need to slow down
>so they can get our calls when we call CQ. Most operators can catch
>the call at much higher speeds than they normally copy, if they hear
>in several times.
Scott,
I think you are mistaken here. As a QRS operator, I'm often frustrated by
not being able to copy the callsign of QRQ operators, even after many many
repeats. In the recent NAQP, I would listen for as long as 5 minutes to
some guys, and I still had to give up and move on.
Another thing, if you answer a QRQ operator, he naturally assumes you can
copy whatever speed he is sending. (Unless you make EVERY call as AA4LR PSE
QRS, which is twice as long at a slow speed)
>The other thing, of course, is to show them that we
>really WILL QRS to match their speed.
I think it is an interesting theory. Later in a CW contest, perhaps slowing
down the CW might increase the rate. That is, ASSUMING, there is a body of
lower speed contesters out there to work. They may not exist. They may not
exist precisely because CW Contesting is primarily a QRQ enterprise. (Field
Day may be a notable exception -- but then it isn't really a contest)
So, my theory is this -- if you are CQing several times in a row with no
answers, perhaps a lower speed CQ is in order. If you don't even get to
call CQ, and are working them one right after another, slowing down would
be foolish.
Maybe CT or TR could tie the CW speed to the rate meter....
Bill Coleman, AA4LR Mail: aa4lr@radio.org
Quote: "Man will never fly in a thousand years!"
-- Wilbur Wright, 1902
>From George Cutsogeorge <0006354141@mcimail.com> Thu Jan 18 21:33:00 1996
From: George Cutsogeorge <0006354141@mcimail.com> (George Cutsogeorge)
Subject: 775 vs 1000mp
Message-ID: <13960118213331/0006354141PK1EM@MCIMAIL.COM>
My previous post generated a lot of questions about Rad Com.
It's the journal of the Radio Society of Great Britain. They
may be contacted at:
Radio Communication
Lambda House, Cranborne Road
Potters Bar, Herts EN6 3JE
England
They will probably be taking subscriptions in Dayton again this
year.
George, W2VJN.
>From Bill Fisher, KM9P" <km9p@akorn.net Thu Jan 18 23:34:25 1996
From: Bill Fisher, KM9P" <km9p@akorn.net (Bill Fisher, KM9P)
Subject: Pointing Yagis into Wind de K8CC
Message-ID: <199601182334.SAA17958@paris.akorn.net>
I'm forwarding this message for K8CC... Please don't just hit reply and send
me the message.
---
KN5H asked the question about what is the optimum direction to aim yagis
under conditions of high wind. Here is my opinion (if the opinion of a
electronics/software engineer can count on a mechanical issue...).
>From messing around with NI6W's Yagi-Stress program, it can be seen that
the maximum wind load for a given antenna occurs not parallel to the wind
direction, nor perpendicular, but rather at a angle that combines the
wind areas of the boom and the sum of the elements. Steve is looking for
the opposite case - minimum load. In this case, the correct direction
depends on whether the boom or the elements present the worst wind load
area. For example, a 204BA has four 35' elements a 26' boom - although the
boom has larger diameter, it likely has less area so a 204BA probably should
be aimed perpendicular to the wind. On the other hand, a 7L10M beam (which
might have a large diameter boom and small diameter elements) might exhibit
the least wind load aimed into the wind.
Another factor to consider is whether you want to purely minimize wind load
or rather present a balanced surface to the wind, which would reduce torque
on the mast/tower/rotator. In this case, aimed into the wind might be
preferable, since element spacings are rarely equal anymore in the post-YO
era, while I have never seen a yagi with elements mounted off-center.
73, Dave/K8CC
DAP14@infoctr.chrysler.com
>From Hodge Thorgerson David Cameron-INBA <hodge@servidor.unam.mx> Thu Jan 18
>23:40:18 1996
From: Hodge Thorgerson David Cameron-INBA <hodge@servidor.unam.mx> (Hodge
Thorgerson David Cameron-INBA)
Subject: naqp scores
Message-ID: <Pine.SV4.3.91.960118173024.24790J-100000@servidor>
George, my NAQP score off top of head as follows
XE1/AA6RX SOAB MEXICO
448 Qs x 151 Mults score approx 67k Bands used 80/40/20/15
I believe this is a new XE record, although it was tough going past NV1P's
mark of '91.
Got off to a Great start with 20 and then 15 hopping. Having not operated
much recently I was rusty and couldn't handle the volume at first. Then
Murphy struck! In switching bands I screwed something up or the radio did
it all by itself! I took 30 minutes of prime time to switch in another
radio. After the contest I find that the yagi in use is stuck beaming VK!!
Did I really work all those guys in the first hour off the back on 15???
Still not clear what happened. Grand mystery. I wonder if it is one of the
flaky things that '940s are known to do?
Things were fast to deteriorate. 20 became useless before the sun was near
down. 40 took a while to get going and then promptly went away. I spent
lots of time S & Ping on 80 until the end of the contest. Moving mults was
an exercise in frustration. I could never copy the guy I moved! Sorry...
500 Qs and 150 mults seemed and easy feat before I began and with no Murphy
might have been so. Anyway it was lots of fun to work you guys.
73, David XE1/AA6RX
>From Felipe J. Hernandez" <0006627542@mcimail.com Thu Jan 18 22:22:00 1996
From: Felipe J. Hernandez" <0006627542@mcimail.com (Felipe J. Hernandez)
Subject: Re Help NAQP Stuff!
Message-ID: <71960118222217/0006627542NA3EM@MCIMAIL.COM>
When using NA for NAQP, Is it just VE1 or the VE9 and VO count
separately?
Thanks!
Felipe NP4Z
>From M Glenn Vinson Jr <mgvinson@crl.com> Fri Jan 19 00:30:22 1996
From: M Glenn Vinson Jr <mgvinson@crl.com> (M Glenn Vinson Jr)
Subject: Pointing Yagis into Wind de K8CC
Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.91.960118161415.5990A-100000@crl2.crl.com>
This subject was addressed by Dick Weber, PE, K5IU, at the New Orleans DXC
last year in a presentation entitled, "Important Mechanical Issues for
Yagi Antenna Installations." It was printed as an article in one of the
journals. Pls refer to the actual article for the details, but what he
says generally is that the direction of maximum wind load is either boom
or elements broadside to the wind, and not in between. For minimum wind
load into your tower during storm conditions, he presents some graphs
based on boom area and element area, saying "when in doubt point your boom
45 degrees to the wind". Tom Schiller, N6BT, of Force 12 Antennas says
that, "most beams have more element than boom wind load." Based on this
proposition, I point my Force 12 using the 45 degree rule, but as if the
elements were the boom, i.e., I point the elements 45 degrees to the wind
(yes, I should be more precise and use Dick's charts). In the big storm
we had here last month (85 mph winds here), nothing moved on my tower
while a friend's Force 12 free-wheeled into exactly the direction that I
had my beam headed. Just some anecdotal information. 73, Glenn. W6OTC
>From Ronald E. Vincent" <rev@efn.org Fri Jan 19 03:24:16 1996
From: Ronald E. Vincent" <rev@efn.org (Ronald E. Vincent)
Subject: stack box info
Message-ID: <199601190324.TAA25411@caritas.efn.org>
At 08:02 AM 1/17/96 -0600, Greg Richard KC4ZV wrote:
>
>I have just bought a dx engineering stackbox. it doesn't have the owners
>manual. it is the box with 7 so-239 connectors on a circuit board that
>mounts in the outdoor box (on the tower) and has a 3 position switch
>with 3 LED on the control box.
>
>can anyone help me out with the manual for this box thanks
>
>greg kc4zv
>
Greg:
If all else fails with email on your request let me know. I live about
10mi. from Bill N0XX/7 (owner/manufacturer of DX Engineering) and know him
quite well . . . I can see if he has a manual for it . . . I noticed that
you got it used from your second message . . . I don't have one myself, but
do have the remote coax switch box and control box he makes, which is also a
fine unit. His HF/VHF antennas are SOMETHING to behold also, the best I've
seen! (and NOT cheap!)
73 de Ron WJ7R
rev@efn.org
>From Steven Affens <k3sa@access.digex.net> Fri Jan 19 03:39:17 1996
From: Steven Affens <k3sa@access.digex.net> (Steven Affens)
Subject: Pointing Yagis into Wind de K8CC
Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.91.960118223907.10967A-100000@access5.digex.net>
Steven C. Affens
k3sa@access.digex.net
>From Steven Affens <k3sa@access.digex.net> Fri Jan 19 03:48:20 1996
From: Steven Affens <k3sa@access.digex.net> (Steven Affens)
Subject: Pointing Yagis into wind
Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.91.960118224020.10967C-100000@access5.digex.net>
I'm more concerned about rotor destruction or having the mast torqued off
true direction within the rotor than antenna damage. So what I have tried
on numerous occasions is release the brake during heavy winds and let the
array (TH6 and 2el 40 both pointed in the same direction) seek its own
direction just as a wind vane would. EVERY time, the array ends up
"beaming" right into the wind and settles down. Virtually NO strain on the
rotor. (assuming a fairly constant wind direction)
So there's by 2 cents... find your array's "happy" point re the wind and
leave it there.
Good Luck.
Steve K3SA
Steven C. Affens
k3sa@access.digex.net
>From WF3T <steve.steltzer@paonline.com> Fri Jan 19 04:03:57 1996
From: WF3T <steve.steltzer@paonline.com> (WF3T)
Subject: FRC NERDS TEAM SCORE
Message-ID: <30FF182D.EBD@paonline.com>
Sorry for the delay, cluster node down is making for tough
communications.
TEAM: FRC NERDS (North Eastern Radio Domestic Screamers) NAQP CW SCORE
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KZ2S John 140,499
WB2SRQ Ed 108,780
K3WW Chas 103,761
AA3B Bud 80,661
WN3K Bob (NRA) 69,455
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503,156
NOIDS scores to follow when I get em. Good luck to everyone in SSB.
73, Steve
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