On Sat, 10 Dec 1994 a message appeared on the Contest Reflector:
> I would like to schedule a phone QSO with anyone who reads this message.
> I am participating in the ARRL 10 Meter Contest this weekend and will be
> calling CQ on 28.404 + or - 5KC Saturday 12/10 at 15:00 zulu or 10AM
> on the East coast of U.S. Look foward to hearing you in the pileup.
>
> Thanks,
> (etc)
Use of the Internet in this way is "soliciting contacts by non-amateur
means". It appears, from earlier discussions, that most contesters feel this
is inappropriate (even if not explicitly prohibited in the rules).
-- Eric K3NA
k3na@aol.com
>From Richard F. DiDonna" <rdidonna@liberty.uc.wlu.edu Sun Dec 11 19:10:37 1994
From: Richard F. DiDonna" <rdidonna@liberty.uc.wlu.edu (Richard F. DiDonna)
Subject: Need a phone QSO
Message-ID: <Pine.3.89.9412111524.A8087-0100000@liberty.uc.wlu.edu>
On Sat, 10 Dec 1994, Jeff Singer wrote:
>
>
> On Sat, 10 Dec 1994 shaimes@sescva.esc.edu wrote:
>
> > I would like to schedule a phone QSO with anyone who reads this message.
> > I am participating in the ARRL 10 Meter Contest this weekend and will be
> > calling CQ on 28.404 + or - 5KC Saturday 12/10 at 15:00 zulu or 10AM
> > on the East coast of U.S. Look foward to hearing you in the pileup.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Stu N2AUK
So, what would happen if 28.399 - 28.409 were occupied? Why would one
really need to set up a schedule when the other guys will be in the
contest anyhow. Afterall, this is a "contest reflector"...
Gee,
Rich KI6ZH (or /4)
>From Douglas S. Zwiebel" <0006489207@mcimail.com Sun Dec 11 22:39:00 1994
From: Douglas S. Zwiebel" <0006489207@mcimail.com (Douglas S. Zwiebel)
Subject: HELP! rotor advice pse
Message-ID: <12941211223921/0006489207PK3EM@MCIMAIL.COM>
Hi...I'm currently using the Ham IV rotors, but I would like something
bigger. I have the USTower TX472, so I can't fit anything real big in
it. I know that the (old) Orion will fit (now M^2). My second tower
has more room for a bigger rotor (HG54HD), but I'm not sure what will
actually fit.
I would like any stories (pro or con) on the Orion; especially if
it is one from M^2 (Mike Stahl). I am concerned as to whether or not
this thing will continue to be supported if M^2 dumps it. Has anyone
gotten replacement parts for it "off the shelf" and NOT from Orion or
M^2??? Anyone researched this aspect yet?
I am also looking at the HDR300. I know it WON'T fit the US Tower, but
maybe it will fit inside the HG54. Any comments on this one?
And if you have another favorite rotor (that will fit inside my towers),
please let me know. Many thanks...
de Doug KR2Q@MCIMAIL.COM
>From Jim Stevens, KI4HN" <ki4hn@Cybernetics.NET Mon Dec 12 00:53:24 1994
From: Jim Stevens, KI4HN" <ki4hn@Cybernetics.NET (Jim Stevens, KI4HN)
Subject: ARRL 10M Results - KI4HN
Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.91.941211193455.6726A-100000@server0>
Category: Single op - Mixed Mode - Low Power (100W)
Equipment: Kenwood TS-440 & ground mounted Cushcraft AP-8 trap vertical
Time On: 11.5 hours
CW: 141 Qs, 31 domestic mults, 3 DX mults (PY, CX, & LU)
SSB: 93 Qs, 23 domestic mults, 0 DX mults
Total score = 42750
Comments:
Wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. I was actually able generated some
runs especially on CW, but I did get one decent run on SSB on Sunday.
For me with 100W and a vertical and this point of the sunspot cycle, this
contest consists of listening for about an hour in the morning to try and
work some South Americans, but things don't get serious until about 2 or
3 PM local when the Northeast and Midwest start coming in. Then it's
work 'em as hard and fast as you can until the band closes.
Saturday night the band stayed open until 8PM local (2+ hours past sunset),
but on Sunday, it died by 6:30PM local (0.5 hour before the end of the test).
CW was better for me on Saturday, but SSB seemed better on Sunday. Looked
several times and tried calling CQ at slow speeds in the N/T CW section,
but never got an 8 point QSO.
Funniest & most frustating story while S&P on SSB (all calls are made up
except mine and the station on the other end):
him: QRZ?
me: KI4HN
him: N4XX 59 ME
them: (couldn't hear)
him: QSL QRZ?
me: KI4HN
him: W5ZZ 59 ME
them: (couldn't hear)
him: QSL QRZ?
me: KI4HN
him: KI4HN we're a dupe
me: I would know that if you'd give your call
him: (pause) QRZ?
I stayed to listen. He worked 3 more guys before someone asked him for his
call, and I found out it was NY1E.
73, Jim, KI4HN
ki4hn@cybernetics.net
>From Alan Brubaker <alan@nah.dsd.ES.COM> Mon Dec 12 01:01:42 1994
From: Alan Brubaker <alan@nah.dsd.ES.COM> (Alan Brubaker)
Subject: 10 Meter VHF^H^H^H contest
Message-ID: <199412120101.SAA04083@nah.dsd.ES.COM>
K6XO/7 Single op, high power, unassisted, mixed mode, propagationally
challenged class...
84 QSOs
20 Mult CW
16 Mult SSB
9,288 total
You know that things are getting bad when you don't even break 100 QSOs/
10K in a weekend. Thanks to all the people with good ears who pulled me
out of the noise. The biggest surprise was working VE8AV easily on
Saturday. Never heard him again after that. All of the western states
except for New Mexico were worked on CW - mostly on scatter except for
a weak sporadic E opening to the northwest on Sunday morning. Merry
Christmas and Happy New Year to all from the Rancho.
Alan, K6XO
alan@nah.dsd.es.com
High solar fluxes - an endangered species...
>From Rudolf Torsten Clay <torsten@mephisto.physics.uiuc.edu> Mon Dec 12
>01:57:01 1994
From: Rudolf Torsten Clay <torsten@mephisto.physics.uiuc.edu> (Rudolf Torsten
Clay)
Subject: N4OGW 10m score
Message-ID: <199412120157.AA01710@mephisto.physics.uiuc.edu>
N4OGW/9 (Illinois)
Single Op, High Power, Mixed mode.
about 14 hrs.
Q W/VE DX
CW 176 41 11
SSB 109 26 6
285 67 17 ==> 77,448.
500w + 40m dipole at 60 feet. 1 radio.
Realized friday night that not much was happening this weekend, final exams
not till next friday, so decided to do a semi-serious operation. Worked all
the mults I could hear except DE, 9J, and 5N. Conclusion: 10 sucks from IL.
Most popular QTH's in my log: MA (25), NY (25), TX (21), LU (18!).
73,
Tor n4ogw@uiuc.edu
>From Richard L. King" <0007131253@mcimail.com Mon Dec 12 02:20:00 1994
From: Richard L. King" <0007131253@mcimail.com (Richard L. King)
Subject: K5NA/M4 in the 10M Contest
Message-ID: <55941212022055/0007131253PJ1EM@MCIMAIL.COM>
Hello from South Florida. I just spent Saturday and Sunday of the ARRL
10M Contest operating mobile while driving down here. Because of the
hours I chose to drive, the bulk of my QSOs (daylight hours) started in
VA and then extended to NC, SC, GA, and finally FL.
My problem is that it was a contant battle to rework stations after I
had QSOed them from the first state. Typically they would send "SRI QSO
B4" after I would answer their QSO. Then when I would send "NO NO, MOBILE
IN A NEW STATE" they would sometimes go ahead and work me. A few would
ignore me, thereby losing a valid QSO.
It is not practical for K1EA to program in something that will accomodate
mobile stations moving between states. It just doesn't happen that often.
I wonder if I would have done better by signing "K5NA/M/VA" or "K5NA/M/NC"
and so-on instead of "K5NA/M4" from each state. Most of my QSOs were on
CW and that limits quick explanations of why I am calling a station for
a second time. Any comments for my future mobile contesting? Is there a
standard way this situation should be handled?
73, Richard - K5NA
K5NA@MCIMAIL.COM
>From Jim Fenstermaker, K9JF" <jfenster@potlatch.esd112.wednet.edu Mon Dec 12
>02:43:14 1994
From: Jim Fenstermaker, K9JF" <jfenster@potlatch.esd112.wednet.edu (Jim
Fenstermaker, K9JF)
Subject: ARRL 160 Meter Score and Comments
Message-ID: <Pine.3.89.9412111804.A25004-0100000@potlatch>
Finished my new 160 meter installation about 4 hours after the contest
began (but just at our sunset on the NW Left Coast. Finally got the
shunt fed tower to work again after new antennas went up a couple of
years ago. Using a tower 85' tall with a 205BA and 402CD as capacity
hats. Also, installed a 600" beverage headed E-W.
Rather then try to fool with switching arrangements, I fired up the old
T4XC/R4C combo complete with the Sherwood mods. It was a ball using the
old gear again after about 10 years on the shelf. Also, used the AL-1200
amp for the first time. Next year will have a single 4-1000A dedicated
to 160/80. Only "played" in the contest and envy the mega-mults the east
coast had.
The score from K9JF/7
434 QSOs
72 Sections
3 countries
67,350 points
8 hours of operation
single op high power
unassisted (are you kidding...who would want any assistance from the
Pacific NW. The only thing rare we hear is W1's)
For those of you in the East that heard and remember my sig. I would
like to know how it sounded and perhaps give me some tips on improving
it. I worked most everyone I heard. However, I did hear HS0B call and
work K7QQ but I couldn't find another freq to call CQ in hopes the HS
would call me. Oh well...
73 Jim Fenstermaker
K9JF/7
jfenster@potlatch.esd112.wednet.edu
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