In a message dated 95-08-29 18:43:57 EDT, Disck, K3MQH writes:
> Re: Internet and CQWW. I was asking the same thing.
> We wanted to use Internet-->Telenet Dx Cluster for spots this
> year at V26B. According to members of the CQWW contest
> committee the answer is NO!
Yea, but what about the NYC-LONDON link, LONNY, which has packet
gateways on each end, with a commercial satellite in between?
Is it illegal to use this systems during CQWW? What say the CQWW
commitee-ites??
K2WK
>From Takao KUMAGAI <je1cka@dumpty.nal.go.jp> Thu Aug 31 01:42:31 1995
From: Takao KUMAGAI <je1cka@dumpty.nal.go.jp> (Takao KUMAGAI)
Subject: RUFZ score(Aug/31/95)
Message-ID: <199508310042.JAA08614@dumpty.nal.go.jp>
I got an Internet email from Mat DL4MM who is the author of
the RUFZ program. He has not so good connectivity into the
Internet at present but we will be able to exchange the score.
Here is the current score which I maintain.
=== RUFZ Score Listing === (last revised 8/31/95)
47532 W2UP 48 446 8.001300
45991 N8RR 284 446 7.818200
39037 DF4PA 8 390 7.655900
36807 KC5NWX 7 367 7.779200 (=KR0Y)
35150 RA9AA 6 416 6.988400
34299 DL8WAA 397
32070 K1AR 20 367 5.647600
31943 SM0TXT 347 7.171500
31710 DL3DZZ 19 367 7.180100
31688 K1DG 24 367 5.530400
31101 JE1JKL 20 347
29778 K3WW 24 347 5.567600
28859 JH0KHR 1 347 6.360500
27596 KE2PF 44 328 5.580000
24977 K5ZD 33 312
24785 SM3OJR 13 328 6.021400
24267 JH0NZN 27 312 5.771800
23915 N3RS 23 312 4.683600
22049 KU4J 42 297 4.327600
21948 KR2Q 32 284 4.236900
21908 T94EU 5 297 4.751600
21281 KJ4VH 23 284 4.658000
21133 JA0FVU 22 284 5.068200
21116 ND3F ? 297
20744 JE1SPY 15 312
20571 AD1C 4 297 3.900300
19076 K1IU 15 271 3.818100
13378 RA9AEW 10 240 3.693900
12562 UA9AR 2 250 3.334200
10426 RA9ATU 27 201 3.029600
8092 RA9ATW 1 250 2.983400
6568 RA9ANR 6 201 2.379800
======
How to get RUFZ program
ftp://maspar.maspar.com/pub/k2mm/rufz/rufz.zip
ftp://ftp.eskimo.com/u/o/oolon/rufz.zip
mail:info-contest@dumpty.nal.go.jp
with
#get rufzpack.uue
in the body of the message.
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Tack Kumagai JE1CKA/KH0AM
TEL:81-30-066-6408, FAX:81-423-93-4449
Internet: je1cka@nal.go.jp
>From km9p@is.net (Bill Fisher) Thu Aug 31 02:35:56 1995
From: km9p@is.net (Bill Fisher) (Bill Fisher)
Subject: Dear Ten Tec (Omni-6 review)
Message-ID: <199508310135.VAA02426@mail1.is.net>
Dear Ten Tec,
I recently purchased an Omni-6. I am a very active contester and CW
enthusiast - FOC.
The Omni-6 is an excellent cw rag-chewers radio. I find the receiver and
QSK to be the best I have ever used, though I have not used it in a contest
yet. I can see why so many of my cw friends are using this radio.
As a serious contest radio it falls a bit short. I don't believe you need
to have 50 knobs on the front of the radio for it to be a serious contest
radio. The receiver is by far the most important feature. The Omni-6 has
an excellent receiver as your ad's state. However, there are a few minor
points that keep this rig from being mainstream with the contest crowd.
Most of which can be changed or added for little or no cost to Ten Tec
(ahhh... still make a profit).
1. No CW/Monitor level control on the front panel. This should be a knob
that disappears in the radio when you don't need to use it. (See Icom 765).
2. No VOX delay control on the front panel. Same disappearing knob here.
3. The microprocessor should not die when the radio is transmitting. As a
guy that uses 2 radios during an entire contest weekend, I don't want to
think about whether my rig is transmitting or not when I hit the RIT Clear
button.
4. The RIT should clear faster when pushed and held.
5. The RIT adjust tunes to quickly.
6. I personally find no need for a sub-receiver, but I'm sure a DXer would
find this feature a must. This feature, I'm sure, would bring the cost of
the radio up. At $2395.00, the rig hits a nice price point based on
competitive radios.
That's a pretty short list! I would also like to suggest that your
designers not worry about making this radio too big. Nobody is going to use
this rig in their car. Everyone I know likes big knobs. When you have been
awake for 36 hours, even the VFO knob seems small.
I would also suggest that you enlist a panel of active, knowledgable
contesters to beta test or to give input on your next design. I would make
sure these guys were not only excellent contesters, but also successfull
business owners. It's one thing to make a great radio, it's another to make
a great radio and make money doing it! It's obvious that you have been
getting feedback from the CW crowd... You should also do this with the
contest crowd. W6QHS and K1EA would be my first two choices.
In summary, I would say you have an excellent product in the Omni-6. I will
be keeping mine. Mainly because it is so nice for chewing the rag on CW. I
will probably use it for my multiplier radio in the contests. You are very
close to having a product that will sell like hot-cakes.
73
Bill Fisher, KM9P
>From De Syam <syam@Glue.umd.edu> Thu Aug 31 04:27:38 1995
From: De Syam <syam@Glue.umd.edu> (De Syam)
Subject: K0SF TOWER CUP: Need Data on Bird Strike
Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.91.950830231559.16434E-100000@espresso.eng.umd.edu>
I am not aware of any birds having been killed or injured in collisions
with my three towers (by contrast, when we first put in a new kitchen
window it was so clean at first that several birds mistook it for open
space and met their demise crashing into it at full speed. Now that the
kitchen window is as dirty as the others it has ceased to become a death
trap for passing birds. Tell the city council to advise all citizens to
keep the windows in their houses dirty.)
On the other hand, beginning about this time of year and lasting
for another two months or so, big flocks of blackbirds form up and head
south over my QTH. After flying for several hours or so, they appear to
find my 40 and 80 meter Yagis irresistable as resting places. Visitors
are advised not to stand or sit below these antennas for longer than a
few seconds!
By the way, in addition to being top-notch contesters, both K3EST and
N6AA are professional-level birdwatchers. You might elicit opinions from
them on the proclivities of birds to strike towers.
Very 73,
Fred Laun, K3ZO
>From Charles Epps <epps@netcom.com> Thu Aug 31 07:29:08 1995
From: Charles Epps <epps@netcom.com> (Charles Epps)
Subject: WRTC Press Release #2
Message-ID: <Pine.3.89.9508302324.A23208-0100000@netcom8>
WRTC PRESS RELEASE #2
Redwood City, CA
August 30, 1995
The Northern California Contest Club (NCCC) announced today the
selection of judges for the World Radiosport Team Championship (WRTC-96)
competition which will be held in the San Francisco Bay area the weekend
of July 13 and 14, 1996. "We are honored that such a well known and
distinguished group of contesters have agreed to be our judges," said Bob
Cox, K3EST, the NCCC's liaison with the WRTC-96 Judging Committee. "Many
of these individuals are themselves contest legends. Their very presence
will lend enormously to the stature of WRTC-96 and will ensure that each
of the teams will be competing under the watchful eyes of knowledgeable,
impartial officials."
Lew Gordon, K4VX, will head WRTC-96's Judging Committee as Chief
Judge. Assisting Lew as Judges will be Roger Western, G3SXW; "Bear"
Kumagai, JA7RHJ; Fred Laun, K3ZO; Dick Frey, K4XU; Tom Taormina, K5RC;
Glenn Rattmann, K6NA; Gene Walsh, N2AA; Dick Norton, N6AA; Phil Goetz,
N6ZZ; Ville Hiilesmaa, OH2MM; Tine Brajnik, S50A; John Brosnahan, W0UN;
and Rush Drake, W7RM.
The WRTC, first held in Seattle, WA in 1990, pits two-person
teams comprised of some of the world's top operators in a head to head
competition. To emphasize operator ability, each team runs the same
amount of power and operates from stations having similar antenna systems
and located in the same geographical area.
For additional information about WRTC-96, contact Rusty Epps,
W6OAT at 651 Handley Trail, Redwood City, CA 94062, USA or via e-mail at
epps@NetCom.Com.
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