I was the MM newsletter editor from November 1995 until May 1997.
I have eCopies of the newsletters from that period if anyone is
interested. They are in MS Word format.
73,
Tom Wagner - N1MM
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From: force12e <force12e@lightlink.com>
To: <cq-contest@contesting.com>; Force12Talk <force12talk@qth.com>
Cc: <K1ZM@aol.com>; Healy, Rus <rhealy@adaptivebroadband.com>; charlie
carroll <k1xx@rindge.nh.ultranet.com>
Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2001 20:26
Subject: [CQ-Contest] Dayton Murphy Marauder reunion
>
> Before we all get too old and feeble and prefer to sit at home dressed in
> corduroy pants, flannel shirts and off color suspenders ---- wouldn't it
be
> nice to get as many Murphy Marauders as possible together once again?
I've
> passed this idea to a few of the dinosaurs and wannabe pre-extinction
types
> and there might be some interest. For this years Dayton Hamvention, I
would
> like to propose those who remember and were a part of Murphy's halcyon
years
> at least sit together at the contesters banquet.
>
> Some of us had a blast during the early 70's whilst we won two gavels and
> some of the excitement we were all a part of simply has never left me.
Some
> of that group is gone forever but those of us who do remember that very
> special time might want to share anecdotes, or at least body noises while
> sharing a fine repast. Perhaps we might even tip a glass to a few
members.
>
> If you are going to Dayton and would like to see how we have "grown up and
> out" please let me know. If you know of a MM'r that might be interested,
> please forward their call and I'll contact them personally. There is
still
> a lot of us out there, so don't be shy, please.
>
> 73
>
> Natan W6XR/WA1KID
>
>
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>From Igor Sokolov" <ua9cdc@dialup.mplik.ru Thu Feb 22 09:19:50 2001
From: Igor Sokolov" <ua9cdc@dialup.mplik.ru (Igor Sokolov)
Subject: [CQ-Contest] R3/K3NA ARRL DX CW - SOAB LP
References: <NEBBJKPCLKFDODKNIPHKMEDJDNAA.eric@k3na.org>
Message-ID: <00b501c09cb4$70c55200$a5bfd1c3@dialup.mplik.ru>
> As the rate sheet below shows, running 100w into a dipole in far eastern
> Europe does not generate large rates into North America.
> In fact, almost all of these QSOs were search & pounce. I was able to run
> a significantly faster rate CQing rather than S&P only on
> Sunday morning's 40m sunrise opening to the USA. The best way to imagine
> contesting from Moscow toward the USA is to imagine being
> in California and trying to work Europe through everyone else. Moscow
> stations have 4000km of other Europeans to get across... and
> we get to attempt this from a much more northerly latitude.
Very interesting Eric, thank you very much.
Now you can imagine what ARRL is like when you are another 2000 km east of
Moscow and all of the US signals are coming over the N Pole.
73,
Igor, UA9CDC
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