Aha! I've been looking over the final results of last years CQ WW
Phone DX Contest, and notice that three single-operator entries
had higher scores than our VK9LI multi-multi, even though we were
on a rarer island. Two others had scores very close to ours. At
first I thought it hard to believe, but this scientifically
proves that being multi-multi doesn't make much difference.
I always thought that having other operators working other bands
with no inter-band interference, would be a great aid to getting
a high score. From what I've learned lately from those computer-
network contest guys, apparently what happens is that the simple
distraction from stations operating in the other motel rooms
deleteriously affected the task at hand, namely running! I wish I
had thought of it before.
Some of this advanced contest stuff is real hard to understand,
kind of like special relativity and long division.
I also humbly apologize to the Tromelin Amateur Radio Club for
criticizing their combining of single-op and multi-multi in the
Worked Hardly Any Tromelin contest. They were ahead of their time
I guess, like electronic keyers and all that fancy stuff.
73,
Dick, N6AA, ae327@LAFN.ORG
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>From barry@w2up.wells.com (Barry Kutner) Sat Sep 24 22:07:27 1994
From: barry@w2up.wells.com (Barry Kutner) (Barry Kutner)
Subject: SOA
Message-ID: <53a7sc2w165w@w2up.wells.com>
"Douglas S. Zwiebel" <0006489207@mcimail.com> writes:
> scores to see what is going on. No offense SOA types, but the top
> non-assisted guys do better, score-wise, almost every time. In
> CQWW SSB, ALL of the SO types (USA) did better than the 10th place
> SOA (WORLD)!!!! Do you mean to imply that ALL of these guys are
> cheating?
>
Doug has reiterated an important point here regarding scores. HOWEVER,
in my opinion, if packet is used sparingly, it can help. Maybe I'm wrong,
but the impression I get from the packet pileups is that everyone jumps
right in. This tends to cause a loss of QSOs to chase a mult which
there's a good chance of working anyway without the packet-generated
pileup. Personally, when I operate SOA, I try to ignore packet as much as
possible during the first 24 hours, unless there's a mult that I don't
think will be on Sunday.
On a related topic, this whole issue of single op misses some additional
points - How about true single op, meaning the guy who gets his own
meals, fixes his own equipment, tracks down his own line noise vs. the
hired gun who has a personal servant to handle every whim of the operator
(maybe except one, but I've heard stories...)? If I talk my wife and kids
to visit my in-laws for a contest weekend, and I'm all by my lonesome,
how does that compare to KQ2M at KM1H or N2NT at NF2L, etc. We ain't
comparing apples with apples here either.
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Barry N. Kutner, W2UP Usenet/Internet: barry@w2up.wells.com
Newtown, PA Packet Radio: W2UP @ WB3JOE.#EPA.PA.USA.NA
Packet Cluster: W2UP >K2TW (FRC)
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>From w6go@netcom.com (Jay O'Brien - W6GO) Sun Sep 25 03:00:03 1994
From: w6go@netcom.com (Jay O'Brien - W6GO) (Jay O'Brien - W6GO)
Subject: TIC Ring gear problem
Message-ID: <199409250200.TAA27792@netcom12.netcom.com>
W2UP writes re TIC ring:
> Seems as I rotate it, it hits a point where the
> teeth in the motor lose contact with teeth in the ring. Have tightened
> motor up against ring gear as mauch as can, but still no good. Any
> suggestions?
> (It worked fine on ground)
My guess is that you stressed the TIC frame when you tightened it to the
tower. If you follow the TIC instructions to the letter you wind up with
the third leg at a small distance from the frame when you begin to
tighten it. This stresses the tower and the frame, causing the problem
you describe.
Take three vice-grip pliers up on the tower with you and securely clamp
them below the leg clamps, so you can loosen the clamps without a
disaster. Then "rotate" the frame so that it touches all three legs and
tighten the clamps evenly, making sure that the frame is always touching
all three legs as you tighten. If you have to stress one of the clamps
(as we did here the first time, following TIC's instructions) then the
gear will come unmeshed, as you describe.
You may wish to connect to my BBS (DX-BBS) at 916 992-0923 and download
TIC1022.ZIP. The file gives more details and goes into the extensive
frustration we had in getting the TIC ring to work. DX-BBS requires 9600
bps or faster and non-subscribers are limited to 15 mins per day, which
is more than enough time register and download the 9K file.
The biggest problem is the "instruction book".
By the way, If you want to remote the TIC ring over a very long distance,
using small gauge telephone type wire, the TIC here is 630' away and the
scheme for remoting works well. I'll be glad to share the remoting
details if you have need.
73, Jay, W6GO
w6go@netcom.com
>From Gary T. Schwartz" <garyk9gs@solaria.sol.net Sun Sep 25 04:42:05 1994
From: Gary T. Schwartz" <garyk9gs@solaria.sol.net (Gary T. Schwartz)
Subject: Internet Antenna Reflector?
Message-ID: <Pine.3.02.9409242205.A14990-8100000@solaria.mil.wi.us>
I was wondering if anyone knows of an HF antenna/Amateur Antenna reflector??
I am very new to this reflector and I am willing to bet this question has
been asked before. 73 Gary K9GS
>From Trey Garlough <GARLOUGH@TGV.COM> Sun Sep 25 17:00:28 1994
From: Trey Garlough <GARLOUGH@TGV.COM> (Trey Garlough)
Subject: Sunday sprint
Message-ID: <780508828.74999.GARLOUGH@TGV.COM>
> Hmmm... is is worth pushing up the start time for the NA Sprint (the 4 hour
> one) while we're at it, or will that make it less attractive for the
> Left Coast?
As a data point for you non-left-coasters out there: the sun sets at
about 0330Z here during the September CW Sprint. This means we don't
get much darkness to play with on 80. Moving the contest ahead to
2300-0300Z would be really rough.
On the other hand, we could always move the contest back to 0100-0500Z
like the old days and start filling up the top ten with California,
Oregon and Washington stations! :-)
--Trey, WN4KKN/6
>From Rudolf Torsten Clay <torsten@mephisto.physics.uiuc.edu> Sun Sep 25
>18:50:46 1994
From: Rudolf Torsten Clay <torsten@mephisto.physics.uiuc.edu> (Rudolf Torsten
Clay)
Subject: Internet Antenna Reflector?
Message-ID: <199409251750.AA20057@mephisto.physics.uiuc.edu>
There is a reflector for users of the NEC antenna modeling software and its
various versions. Not much traffic on practical antenna designs, but a good
place to ask questions about computer modeling.
If you want to join, send a message with your name and e-mail
address in the text to:
davem@ee.ubc.ca
Another good place to check is the Usenet news group rec.radio.amateur.antenna
73 Torsten n4ogw@uiuc.edu
>
> I was wondering if anyone knows of an HF antenna/Amateur Antenna reflector??
> I am very new to this reflector and I am willing to bet this question has
> been asked before. 73 Gary K9GS
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