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Subj: ARRL DX Trophies
From: K7LXC
To: blunt@arrl.org
Billy --
Saw your posting on the contest reflector. I'd like to sign up to 2 of
them:
Multi-single North America CW
Multi-Two World SSB
Sponsored by Steve Morris K7LXC and Up The Tower
I am also sponsoring a SS trophy; could you please change the sponsor to the
same as above? Appreciate it.
RSVP.
73, Steve K7LXC
"Up The Tower" now appears in CQ Contest magazine.
>From broz@csn.net (John Brosnahan) Wed Jan 31 16:21:58 1996
From: broz@csn.net (John Brosnahan) (John Brosnahan)
Subject: 4S/3P I/O card
Message-ID: <199601311621.JAA08638@lynx.csn.net>
FYI
The new Jameco catalog has an I/O card that may be of interest to members of
the reflector (based on previous discussion of the topic).
Jameco (1-800-831-4242) has a 4 serial, 3 Bi-directional parallel port card
for $89.95 (1-4) and $80.95 (5-9). It is a 16-bit card and uses 16550
emulation chips that can run at up to 115.2K baud. All ports can be
configurable to IRQ 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, and 15. All ports are jumper
selectable and can be disabled if needed. Contains all cables and panel
brackets. Three DB25 female connectors for the parallel ports, and three
DB9 male and one DB25 male for the serial ports. Part number is 117971.
Disclaimer: no affiliation, etc, not even an owner, but will probably order
one for evaluation.
73 John W0UN
John Brosnahan
La Salle Research Corp 24115 WCR 40 La Salle, CO 80645 USA
voice 970-284-6602 fax 970-284-0979 email broz@csn.net
>From Jimmy R. Floyd" <floydjr@Interpath.com Wed Jan 31 15:15:32 1996
From: Jimmy R. Floyd" <floydjr@Interpath.com (Jimmy R. Floyd)
Subject: CQ 160 Mtr CW Contest 96 Scores II
Message-ID: <199601311619.LAA08973@mail-hub.interpath.net>
1996 CQ 160 METER CW CONTEST
Raw Scores
Compiled by
WA4ZXA
Date Posted 01/31/96
IMPORTANT NOTICE!!
Please do not submit scores to CQ-Contest Reflector. Send them to me
or the 3830 Reflector.
CALL HRS SCORE Q'S PTS ST/VE DX
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Single/OP/QRP
K0GU 42,222 278 681 52 10
KA1CZF 34,272 300 46 5
VE7CQK 680 20 85 7 1
Single/OP/HP
VP9AD 1,220,880 1630 58 62
VE3EJ 743,971 1287 6953 59 48
G0IVZ 542,016 863 5646 41 55
VE9AA 443,515 678 4145 56 51
WB9Z 430,008 1123 59 55
KC8MK 416,193 1084 58 54
AA5BL 411,000 1165 57 50
W3GH (W9XR) 353,052 1057 58 50
W4MYA 16 331,886 925 3286 54 44
WZ3Q 309,309 963 54 47
K8FC 192,993 703 57 40
K1KI 5 180,928 412 50 38
K2WK 8 177,570 503 51 39
K3JT 173,512 808 56 26
WR30 172,172 746 2002 56 30
NW6N 162,488 669 55 21
NC0P 144,780 770 76
OZ1AXG 143,496 350 1993 17 55
W8CAR 140,778 687 1782 52 27
K0EJ 13 131,978 637 1714 52 25
NI8L 12 131,824 638 1712 52 25
N3RR 10 122,122 498 47 30
AI7B 120,085 634 1645 56 17
VE6KRR 95,703 350 1679 52 5
KF3P 6 91,500 432 1220 51 24
WB9HRO 13 91,242 506 58 16
WV5S 89,836 480 55 19
VE6JY 81,114 245 53 13
AB5YG 81,114 518 1229 51 15
K9JF/7 15 75,768 451 1114 56 12
K9MA 5 62,510 333 54 16
K8MR 4 51,035 370 49 10
KC0EI 47,100 347 52 7
W5ASP 6 41,667 321 57
N4OGW/9 3 32,480 215 46 12
KS9K (WE9V) 3 25,596 180 474 43 11
N8RR 2 17,360 84 34 18
Single/OP/LP
K7SV 217,168 816 58 40
KM9P 18 179,742 750 87
VE6WQ 120,734 366 1802 55 12
K04EW 18 103,464 602 55 17
KU8E 17 72,964 430 1073 50 18
WX9E 59,085 387 54 11
AL7PT 56,865 221
K9WIE 12 54,492 422 956 52 5
AA7BG 33,276 218 50 9
NW8F 32,791 281 643 43 7
W3CPB 9 30,381 213 46 11
KM0L 23,348 191 449 45 7
KE5FI 10 17,850 141 350 42 9
WA7BNM 5 16,468 153 42 4
K5NA 4 14,085 135 313 40 5
KJ6HO 12,768 118 304 36 6
NM1Q 3 6,238 71 28 3
Multi-Single
W1KM 789,538 1380 58 60
K3WW 448,690 1088 58 52
SL3ZV 376,112 758 4274 24 64
WX0B 176,064 801 55 29
K8DO 25 157,850 872 57 20
DL8OBC 85,332 348 1641 13 39
Mutlit-OP
W2GD 837,000 1515 58 70
AB4RU 462,735 1108 3955 59 58
WD9INF 202,895 940 56 29
N6DX 200,260 733 2356 57 28
G4BUO 198,922 416 2518 29 50
K6XO/7 116,178 694 56 11
K3KO 101,634 511 53 25
W6GO 57,120 309 840 55 13
AA8SM 43,859 309 719 49 12
AB6FO 40,016 225 656 49 12
N7AVK 25,000 125 42 11
WB0O 1,404 17 12
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Remember that I do not change anything sent to me. If the scores are
wrong then you need to send email to the people who gave me the scores.
I will only orrect scores that are sent to me by the person with the
score. Classes are according to how they were sent to me.
73's Jim
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* Jimmy R. Floyd (Jim) Thomasville, NC *
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* Amateur Call: >> WA4ZXA << *
* Packet Node: >> N4ZC << *
* Internet Address: **NEW** >> floydjr@interpath.com << *
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>From Pete Smith <n4zr@ix.netcom.com> Wed Jan 31 17:07:24 1996
From: Pete Smith <n4zr@ix.netcom.com> (Pete Smith)
Subject: PRB-1, DXers, Contesters and ARES
Message-ID: <199601311707.JAA19877@ix10.ix.netcom.com>
Articles in the February issues of CQ and QST, taken together, suggest a
potentially interesting idea.
The CQ article recounts ten years' experience with the application of PRB-1
(for non-US readers, this is the U.S. FCC ruling that sought to protect
radio amateurs from unduly restrictive local regulations governing towers
and antennas). The article notes that, in one case, "the zoning board
investigated Williams's use of his amateur radio station and determined that
he participated in neither Defense Department (MARS) nor emergency
communication services; therefore his radio use was deemed to be primarily a
hobby. They then weighed this use against the interests of the city, such
as aesthetics and public safety, and concluded that the needs of the city
outbalanced Williams' hobby." This position was upheld by two levels of
court review.
The QST "Op Ed" article, on the other hand, deals with what the author
describes as the changing role of the U.S. Amateur Radio Emergency Service
(ARES). He notes that in the U.S. (and in other developed countries as
well), "communication is no longer the 'weak link' in the chain, as it may
have been 15 years ago .... technology has eliminated many of the more
'traditional' ARES functions." He goes on to suggest that if amateur radio
wished to stay involved with emergency work, it needed to move beyond those
functions.
I think it is true that amateur communications capabilities are no longer
very important for domestic emergencies within developed countries. But
much of the rest of the world's communications infrastructure is where ours
was, 15 or even 50 years ago. Consider the critical roles that have been
played by amateur radio in the Armenian and Mexican earthquakes, or the
Caribbean hurricanes -- hams clearly provided an irreplaceable service in
those and many other instances, just over the last few years.
Disaster relief in the developing world involves not only providing domestic
communications but also international links, to coordinate relief and
provide welfare and whereabouts information. And this is where we DXers and
contesters could come in. Because of what we do in ham radio, many of us
have well-equipped HF stations, probably in the top 1-2 percent of all such
stations worldwide. I suggest that we make those stations available (on
some systematic but individually-decided, mutually-acceptable basis) as a
stand-by resource for times of international emergency. There are enough of
us that if even a small percentage joined in, the burden on any given
station would be small. Those who have the time to spare might invest a
little of it in training in emergency net operations, and then operate their
stations themselves when the need arises. Others might be put in touch with
the local ARES (or ARES-equivalent) organization, and arrange for properly
checked-out operators to come to their stations and operate when the need
arose. Perhaps national societies could undertake to develop a registry of
such stations, one that could be used to marshall this resource in an emergency.
Of course, provision would have to be made for working with, and not
alienating, the people who now serve as net controls and pass emergency
international traffic. But particularly in these low-sunspot years, it
seems to me that many of these folks should welcome the chance to have
more-reliable communications.
I think everyone could come out winners in this. The ARES (or its
equivalent in other countries) would get new resources to play its
international role more effectively. By participating, DXers and contesters
could help blunt some of the criticism that their sub-culture now attracts.
Participation would also help to counter arguments such as that in the
Williams case above, and help protect our right to reasonable antenna
installations. And finally, it could contribute to the policy arguments for
continuing and expanding our frequency allocations.
Comments?
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