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Subject: Fwd: ARRL DX Trophies
From: K7LXC@aol.com (K7LXC@aol.com)
Date: Wed Jan 31 10:50:33 1996
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Forwarded message:
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
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

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

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

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                *
           *                                                        *
           * Amateur Call:              >> WA4ZXA <<                *
           * Packet Node:               >> N4ZC <<                  *
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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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