Hi Dave...
Your question is about the bread and butter of contestors, "low angle
antennas", so I will put this on the list...
I suggest that you get G6XN's book "HF ANTENNAS FOR ALL LOCATIONS", and all 4
issues of the ARRL ANTENNA COMPENDIUM ... Lots of good ideas in them.... I
suspect that a combination of a top loaded vertical for 160/80/40 (similar to
the Grand Rapids Special) and Moxon's elevated, folded radials for the
counterpoises (especially, read Moxon in the compendium #3 and contrast that
to the work of Doty, et. al. in #2) will serve your purposes better and for
less $$ than anything commercial.... But to make that happen you have to
memorize Moxon's statement, "The necessity to ensure resonance in both
directions from the feed point (so as to maintain the coax shield at ground
potential) cannot be too strongly emphasized." ... This statement should be
bronzed and put on public display in Hartford....
Also, the magnetic slot antennas are promising for the space/altitude
impaired on 160/80... I have modeled a couple and the software says that they
really do work, - amazing - ...
Denny k8do@aol.com
Cheers ... DEnny
>From slazar19@sgi.net (Spike Lazar) Thu Aug 22 19:08:10 1996
From: slazar19@sgi.net (Spike Lazar) (Spike Lazar)
Subject: CW & HF Licensing
Message-ID: <199608221808.OAA20259@orion.bv.sgi.net>
Dear Asylum Keeper,
1. I've read so many suggestions on licensing, I would think it be appropriate
that all these new "commissioners" should be retested and regraded to a
license that they now qualify for.
2. Additional questions pretaining to the cq-contest-reflector FAQ sheet
should be included in all license examinations.
3. All applicants should show technical expertise by soldering a PL-259 as
part of their examination.
4. All applicants should serve 300 hours of community service at contest
stations, 100 hours in maintaining antennas & equipment, 100 hours of
cw contest operating and 100 hours of playing minesweeper before they
are allowed to operate their own stations!
Sincerely,
dr. Bafoofnik
>From k7fr@ncw.net (Gary Nieborsky) Thu Aug 22 19:13:12 1996
From: k7fr@ncw.net (Gary Nieborsky) (Gary Nieborsky)
Subject: Listing of HK hams
Message-ID: <199608221813.LAA00392@bing.ncw.net>
I realize this borders on the edge of acceptable reflector protocol.....but....
Does anyone out there have a way of compiling a listing of HK hams and
e-mailing it to me? I'm going to HK-land in December and am trying to line
up a station to op the "Great Distance 160 Test" from. Also trying to
provide my host with a list of names that just possibly may contain a
relative or two to lean on.
Direct replies please.......many thanks!
Gary K7FR
>From AA6KX@postoffice.worldnet.att.net (Bruce Sawyer) Thu Aug 22 19:30:07 1996
From: AA6KX@postoffice.worldnet.att.net (Bruce Sawyer) (Bruce Sawyer)
Subject: It's Official: Gate 2 opens on Yom Kippur!
Message-ID: <19960822183005.AAA23299@LOCALNAME>
From: Larry @fcc.gov>
To: VEC's
Subject: GATE 2
** High Priority **
Gate 2 for vanity call signs open 9-23-96.
PUBLIC NOTICE
Federal Communications Commission
1919 M St., N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20554
August 22, 1996
AMATEUR STATION VANITY CALL SIGN SYSTEM
FILING GATE 2 OPENS SEPTEMBER 23, 1996
Amateur operators who meet the following eligibility standards
may request a vanity call sign on or after September 23, 1996.
File your request on FCC Form 610-V. Legibility is critical! If the
information on your application is not legible, you could experience a
delay in processing, lose the opportunity to obtain a requested call
sign or even obtain a call sign different from what you want. You
must hold an unexpired amateur operator/primary station license
grant of the proper operator class, as described below, to request a
vanity call sign for your primary station. To request a vanity call sign
for a club station, you must also hold an unexpired club station
license grant listing you as the license trustee.
Refer to the licensee data base to verify that the call sign you are
requesting is not already assigned. A call sign is normally assignable
two years following license expiration, surrender,
assigned. A call sign is normally assignable two years following license
expiration, surrender, revocation, set aside, cancellation, void ab initio,
or death of the grantee.
See Fact Sheet PR5000
Number 206-V AMATEUR STATION VANITY CALL SIGN SYSTEM
. For explanations of Groups A, B, C and D and the geographic Regions,
see Fact Sheet PR5000 Number 206-S,
AMATEUR STATION SEQUENTIAL CALL SIGN SYSTEM.
NOTE: A separate Public Notice will be released providing guidelines for the
implementation of electronic filing procedures for FCC Form 610-V.
REQUEST BY LIST (PRIMARY OR CLUB STATION) -
Provide a list of up to 25 call signs in the order of your preference.
The first assignable call sign on your list will be assigned to your station.
When so requesting for your primary or club station: assigned to your station.
When so requesting for your primary or club station:
The call sign must have been unassigned for at least two years.
If you are an Amateur Extra Class operator, each call sign must be in Group
A, B, C or D.
NOTE: Advanced, General, Technician Plus, Technician, and Novice Class
operators are not yet eligible to request by list.
Advanced Class operators will be eligible at Gate 3.
Others will be eligible at Gate 4.
Each call sign must be one designated for the Region of your mailing address
as follows:
o One of the contiguous 48 states - Regions 1 to 10.
o Alaska - Regions 1 to 11.
o American Samoa - Regions 1 to 10, or Region 13 having numeral 8.
o Commonwealth of Northern Marianna Islands - Regions 1 to 10, or
Region 13 having numeral .
o Guam - Regions 1 to 10, or Region 13 having numeral 2.
-more-
o Guam - Regions 1 to 10, or Region 13 having numeral 2.
-more-
o Hawaii - Regions 1 to 10, or Region 13 having numeral 6 or 7.
o Puerto Rico - Regions 1 to 10, or Region 12 having numeral 3 or 4.
o Virgin Islands - Regions 1 to 10, or Region 12 having numeral 2.
REQUEST BY FORMER HOLDER (PRIMARY STATION) - Opened May 31, 1996.
For your primary station, you may request a call sign that was previously
assigned to
your primary, secondary, repeater, auxiliary link, control, or space station.
When so requesting for your primary station:
You may request your former call sign even though it has been unassigned for
less than two years. The two year requirement does not apply to an
otherwise eligible
primary station if the call sign was previously assigned to a station of the
requestor.
You do not have to hold a class of operator license required for the Group
(A, B, C, or D) for
the call sign requested. A call sign request by former holder may be from any
(A, B, C, or D) for
the call sign requested. A call sign request by former holder may be from any
Group in the sequential system.
Your mailing address does not have to be in the Region designated in the
sequential system for the call sign requested. A call sign requested by
former a holder may be in
any Region.
REQUEST BY CLOSE RELATIVE OF FORMER HOLDER NOW DECEASED (PRIMARY
STATION) - Opened May 31, 1996. For your primary station, you may request a
call sign that was previously assigned to the primary, secondary, repeater,
auxiliary link,
control, or space station of your know-deceased spouse, child, grandchild,
stepchild, parent, grandparent,
stepparent, brother, sister, stepbrother, stepsister, aunt, uncle, niece,
nephew, or in-law. When so
requesting for your primary station: requesting for your primary station:
You may request the former call sign of a close relative now deceased even
though it has been unassigned for less than two years. Upon the death of
the holder, a call sign
is assignable immediately to an otherwise eligible primary station of a
close relative.
You must be an Amateur Extra Class operator to request a Group A call sign.
You must be an Amateur Extra or Advanced Class operator to request a Group B
call sign.
You must be an Amateur Extra, Advanced, General, Technician Plus, or
Technician Class operator to request a Group C call sign.
You must be an Amateur Extra, Advanced, General, Technician Plus, Technician
or Novice class operator to request a Group D call sign.
Your mailing address does not have to be in the Region designated in the
sequential system for the call sign requested. A call sign requested by a
close relative of former
sequential system for the call sign requested. A call sign requested by a
close relative of former
holder now deceased may be in any Region.
You must show your relationship to the deceased person exactly as listed in
the instruction, i.e., child, niece or in-law.
The license grant of the former holder now deceased must have been deleted
from the licensee database. That is accomplished by a relative of the
deceased submitting a
signed request to have the license grant cancelled accompanied by a copy of
an obituary or death
certificate. The request for cancellation must be submitted to the FCC,
1270 Fairfield Road, Gettysburg, PA 17325-7245 prior
to filing the application for a vanity call sign.
REQUEST BY FORMER HOLDER (CLUB STATION) - Opened May 31, 1996. For the club
station for which you are the license trustee, you may request a call sign that
REQUEST BY FORMER HOLDER (CLUB STATION) - Opened May 31, 1996. For the club
station for which you are the license trustee, you may request a call sign that
was previously assigned
to that station. When so requesting for a club station:
You may request your club station's former call sign even though it has been
unassigned for less
than two years. The two year requirement does not apply to an otherwise
eligible club station if the
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call sign was previously assigned to the club station for which the requestor
is the license trustee.
You do not have to hold a class of operator license required for the Group
(A, B, C, or D) for
the call sign requested. A call sign request by former holder may be from any
Group in the
sequential system.
Your mailing address does not have to be in the Region designated in the
sequential system for
the call sign requested. A call sign requested by a former holder may be in
sequential system for
the call sign requested. A call sign requested by a former holder may be in
any Region.
REQUEST IN MEMORIAM (CLUB STATION) - Opened July 22, 1996. If you are the
license
trustee for your club station, you may request in memoriam for your club
station the call sign previously
shown on the primary, secondary, repeater, auxiliary link, control, or space
station license of a
deceased person who was a member of the club. When so requesting in memoriam
for your club
station:
The club must have held a club station license grant on March 24, 1995, or
you must be an
Amateur Extra Class operator.
You may request the call sign even though it has been less than two years
following death of the
club member. Upon the death of the holder, the call sign is assignable
following death of the
club member. Upon the death of the holder, the call sign is assignable
immediately to an otherwise
eligible club station.
You must have in your station records a written statement (do not send to
FCC unless requested)
from a spouse, child, grandchild, stepchild, parent, grandparent, stepparent,
brother, sister,
stepbrother, stepsister, aunt, uncle, niece, nephew, or in-law of the deceased
confirming the
deceased person's association with the club and showing consent of the relative
to your request.
You must be an Amateur Extra Class operator to request a Group A call sign.
You must be an Amateur Extra or Advanced Class operator to request a Group B
call sign.
You must be an Amateur Extra, Advanced, General, Technician Plus, or
Technician Class
operator to request a Group C or D call sign.
Your mailing address does not have to be in the Region designated in the
operator to request a Group C or D call sign.
Your mailing address does not have to be in the Region designated in the
sequential system for
the call sign requested. A call sign requested in memoriam may be in any
Region.
You must enter the relationship to the deceased person giving consent
exactly as listed in the
instruction, i.e., child, niece or in-law.
The license grant of the former holder now deceased must have been deleted
from the licensee
database. That is accomplished by a relative of the deceased submitting a
signed request to have the
license grant cancelled accompanied by a copy of an obituary or death
certificate. The request for
cancellation must be submitted to the FCC, 1270 Fairfield Road, Gettysburg, PA
17325-7245 prior
to filing the application for a vanity call sign.
A $30.00 fee is required with your FCC Form 610-V application.
Payment of fees $30.00 fee is required with your FCC Form 610-V application.
Payment of fees may be made by check (payable to "FCC"), bank draft,
money order or credit card. If paying by credit card, you must
also complete and submit FCC Form 159 with your FCC Form 610-V.
Do not send cash. Send your application package to:
Federal Communications Commission
Amateur Vanity Call Sign Request
P.O. Box 358924
Pittsburgh, PA 15251-5924
If you do not qualify under the forementioned eligibility standards, your
application will be dismissed.
A future public notice will announce Gate 3 which will have expanded
eligibility standards.
For further information, contact the Consumer Assistance Branch at
1-800-322-1117.
-FCC-
>From k6sti@n2.net (Brian Beezley) Thu Aug 22 19:33:28 1996
From: k6sti@n2.net (Brian Beezley) (Brian Beezley)
Subject: RST required?
Message-ID: <199608221833.LAA28856@ravel.n2.net>
KI6ZH:
>Since some of us still are active in QSL work for contests, isn't the
>exchange
>still sort of required so that the QSL can be made official?
K6STI:
Not for DXCC. I just got off the phone with Bill Moore, NC1L, DXCC
Supervisor at ARRL. He told me RST is not required on a DXCC QSL card.
Bill quoted to me DXCC rule #4: What's required on the QSL card are the
callsigns of both stations, the country, mode, date, time, and frequency band.
Brian Beezley, K6STI
k6sti@n2.net
>From jreid@aloha.net (Jim Reid) Thu Aug 22 20:11:54 1996
From: jreid@aloha.net (Jim Reid) (Jim Reid)
Subject: Gate 2
Message-ID: <1.5.4.32.19960822191154.00666008@aloha.net>
The FCC public announcement is now posted. Easy to
read at the ARRL web site; tough to get connected to
www.fcc.gov -- not sure why. They say a separate
release will be made regarding electronic filing (by individuals?)
of form 610-V. Gate to open on/about 9/22nd.
73, Jim, AH6NB
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