You need a taller tower so the sloper will be higher and you will work DX.
75 feet is about the minimum in my experience to even hope to work Europe.
Chuck
KE5FI
>From sellington" <sellington@mail.ssec.wisc.edu Tue Jan 30 13:45:10 1996
From: sellington" <sellington@mail.ssec.wisc.edu (sellington)
Subject: 160m antennas
Message-ID: <n1389130917.58510@mail.ssec.wisc.edu>
>A very simple solution to this problem is to simply connect a SECOND sloping
>wire at the apex and convert the L to a T. There is again V directivity in
>the plane of the sloping wires, but the H radiation will be WAAAAY down.
>Running this on AO shows the H to be down at least 12 dB from V.
The reason, of course, is that the current in the second horizontal wire
is flowing in the opposite direction from that in the first one, so
the broadside horizontal fields cancel out.
73,
Scott K9MA
sellington@ssec.wisc.edu
>From H. Ward Silver" <hwardsil@seattleu.edu Tue Jan 30 14:42:10 1996
From: H. Ward Silver" <hwardsil@seattleu.edu (H. Ward Silver)
Subject: More Watt Me Worriers?
Message-ID: <Pine.3.07.9601300610.B2683-9100000@bach.seattleu.edu>
I now have started Watt-Me-Worry CW Sprint team #2 with NX1H and KA2GSL.
C'mon you bare-feet-ers...let's make it a double bill in the bantamweight
division!
Reply to me directly to be put on Watt-Me-Worry #2...this is for the CW
Sprint only, 10 Feb (11 Feb UTC).
73, Ward N0AX
>From H. Ward Silver" <hwardsil@seattleu.edu Tue Jan 30 14:44:13 1996
From: H. Ward Silver" <hwardsil@seattleu.edu (H. Ward Silver)
Subject: When is a JA not a JA?
Message-ID: <Pine.3.07.9601300613.C2683-b100000@bach.seattleu.edu>
Much puttering around in the CQ WW 160...concentrated on the Sat morning
opening to the west and Sat eve western hemisphere. The most enjoyable
QSO in the contest came after calling (fruitlessly) a weak JA on 1810, I
gave up and switched back to listen there. I heard someone say, "N0AX
dwn". So who is calling me? VY1JA!
Of course, I say thankyewthankyewthankyew and apologized for not coming
back sooner as I was calling a JA. He says, "Well, I'm a JA"! Hardy har
har. I love this hobby ;-)
Expected snow storm held off till after sunrise Sunday, so was able to
work a lot of goodies. Decided to do some QRP WAS-ing and now have over
30 states, including MA and RI. Not bad from the Left Coast! Can I make
it 6-band QRP WAS? Might have to make some skeds and finish up next year.
This top band stuff is addictive...I find my rig VFO set to 18xx more and
more.
Best sigs for the mileage: N4ZZ, WB9K, VP9AD all pounding in.
What will we call the VLF band if the FCC opens it to hams? How about
TipTop Band? Just a thought.
73, Ward N0AX
>From Charles H. Harpole" <harpole@pegasus.cc.ucf.edu Tue Jan 30 15:54:11 1996
From: Charles H. Harpole" <harpole@pegasus.cc.ucf.edu (Charles H. Harpole)
Subject: Create Rotor? de K4VUD
Message-ID: <Pine.SOL.3.91.960130105246.11346A-100000@Pegasus>
Hey Contesters -- Any experience with the "Create" brand rotor?
I used one at 4U1UN and loved the control box, but what else?
73, K4VUD
Charlie Harpole, Ph. D. Bands: 160m thru 440; SSB, CW, Pkt.
3100 North Hwy. 426 Mobile: 80-10m (100 w) & 146 & 440
Geneva, FL 32732-9761 DXer and Contester: 237 confrmd.
E-mail adr: harpole@pegasus.cc.ucf.edu
Voice: (407) 349-2211 Work: (407) 823-3606 24-hr. FAX: (407) 823-5255
or FAX at home at (407) 349-2211 but voice first.
K4VUD is faculty advisor for the University of Central Florida Amateur
Radio Club and trustee for its call sign, WB4TCW, and repeater, 146.640
in Orlando, Fla. Club has 4 hf rigs, and all modes on 2m & 440.
K4VUD is a member of the 4U1UN Radio Readiness Net, SATURN Ring Salvation
Army emerg. group, Life Member ARRL, and nice guy (except in contests!).
>From Jimmy R. Floyd" <floydjr@Interpath.com Tue Jan 30 15:07:58 1996
From: Jimmy R. Floyd" <floydjr@Interpath.com (Jimmy R. Floyd)
Subject: CQ 160 Mtr. Contest 96 Scores I
Message-ID: <199601301612.LAA15209@mail-hub.interpath.net>
1996 CQ 160 METER CW CONTEST
Raw Scores
Compiled by
WA4ZXA
Date Posted 01/30/96
CALL HRS SCORE Q'S PTS ST/VE DX
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Single/OP/QRP
K0GU 42,222 278 681 52 10
KA1CZF 34,272 300 46 5
VE7CQK 680 20 85 7 1
Single/OP/HP
VP9AD 1,220,880 1630 58 62
VE9AA 443,515 678 4145 56 51
WB9Z 430,008 1123 59 55
W3GH (W9XP) 353,052 1057 108
N4ZC (WZ3Q) 309,309 963 54 47
K8FC 192,993 703 57 40
K1KI 4 180,928 412 50 38
K2WK 8 177,570 503 51 39
WR30 172,172 746 2002 56 30
NW6N 162,488 669 55 21
W8CAR 140,778 687 1782 52 27
NI8L 12 131,824 638 1712 52 25
N8RR 10 122,122 498 47 30
AI7B 120,085 634 1645 56 17
WV5S 89,836 480 55 19
VE6JY 81,114 245 53 13
K9MA 5 62,510 333 70
K8MR 4 51,035 370 49 10
KC0EI 47,100 347 52 7
N4OGW/9 3 32,480 215 46 12
Single/OP/LP
K7SV 217,168 816 58 40
KM9P 18 179,742 750 87
OZ1AXG 143,496 350 1993 17 55
VE6WQ 120,734 366 1802 55 12
K04EW 18 103,464 602 55 17
K9WIE 12 54,492 422 956 52 5
AA7BG 33,276 218 50 9
NW8F 32,791 281 643 43 7
W3CPB 9 30,381 213 46 11
KM0L 23,348 191 449 45 7
KE5FI 10 17,850 141 350 42 9
WA7BNM 16,468 153 42 4
KJ6HO 12,768 118 304 36 6
NM1Q 3 6,238 71 28 3
Multi-Single
SL3ZU 376,112 758 4274 24 64
K8DO 25 157,850 872 57 20
DL8OBC 85,332 348 1641 13 39
Mutlit-OP
AB4RU 462,735 1108 3955 59 58
WD9INF 202,895 940 56 29
N6DX 200,260 733 2356 57 28
G4BUO 198,922 416 2518 29 50
K6XO/7 116,178 694 56 11
W6GO 57,120 309 840 55 13
AA8SM 43,859 309 719 49 12
AB6FO 40,016 225 656 49 12
WB0O 1,404 17 12
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Remember that I do not change anything sent to me. If the scores are wrong
then you need to send email to the people who gave me the scores. I will only
correct scores that are sent to me by the person with the score. Classes are
according to how they were sent to me.
73's Jim
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* Jimmy R. Floyd (Jim) Thomasville, NC *
* *
* Amateur Call: >> WA4ZXA << *
* Packet Node: >> N4ZC << *
* Internet Address: **NEW** >> floydjr@interpath.com << *
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>From FRC Condolences Committee <george@epix.net> Tue Jan 30 16:18:47 1996
From: FRC Condolences Committee <george@epix.net> (FRC Condolences Committee)
Subject: Our condolences
Message-ID: <199601301618.LAA10553@epix.net>
At 12:24 PM 1/29/96 -0400, you wrote:
>I had another solution for the DX window, I didn't work any W station in
>it. Did get some nice EU here and there. Where was west coast?? NK7U was
>about it. For everyone's information, southeast had very bad storms Friday
>night. I'm sure FRC felt sri for us...
>-Rick, N4XMX
>
On behalf of the entire Frankford Radio Club we are very very very sorry and
hope that the storms let up soon. Bye the way do you have any use for some
extra flood water? We got plenty up here.
AA3JU george@epix.net AA3JU@W3PYF
Proudly F R C...........
"FRC When second best just isn't good enough!"
>From Juan Bou Riquer." <jbou@cancun.rce.com.mx Tue Jan 30 17:02:56 1996
From: Juan Bou Riquer." <jbou@cancun.rce.com.mx (Juan Bou Riquer.)
Subject: Greetings from XF3
Message-ID: <310E4F40.421A@cancun.rce.com.mx>
Many thanks to everybody who worked us from Cancun,Mexico
We are going to stay here until 12.2.96
Qrv here from 160 to 10m mainly cw
Antennas 2x R7,2x phased HF-2V,CD-40-2 40m beam,160m slopers,Jungle beam
30/17m
Radios:2x modified FT-990S,modified TS870S
Linears:Drake L4,SB-1000 and Mirage HF transistor linear
Best 73
Arno OH7XM ,Oliver OH2NSM and Henry OH3JF
Message sent from Juan/XF3R station
>From Paul D. Walker II" <pwalker@niia.net Tue Jan 30 17:16:21 1996
From: Paul D. Walker II" <pwalker@niia.net (Paul D. Walker II)
Subject: Heil Proset IV
Message-ID: <199601301716.LAA26355@silver.niia.net>
Who out there uses the Heil Proset IV? Care to comment on its audio with
the contesting/DXing element? Would like to go hands free (sprained my
thumb in NAQP) soon. I have a FT-900 that has VOX capability. The main
problem(s) is that it uses a "non-standard" RJ-45 mike plug (which I can get
around) and the headphone jack is 1/8" instead of the standard 1/4" (can get
around that also).
Aside from the inconvenience of so many connectors, is there any audio
distortion/degradation from this?
Paul "Ready to move up to the next level" Walker
N9WHG
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Paul D. Walker II e-mail: pwalker@niia.net
Amateur Radio: N9WHG packet: n9whg@kb9kri.#nwin.in.usa.na
>From Jeffrey Clarke <jdclarke@freenet.columbus.oh.us> Tue Jan 30 17:12:21 1996
From: Jeffrey Clarke <jdclarke@freenet.columbus.oh.us> (Jeffrey Clarke)
Subject: KU8E CQ 160 CW
Message-ID: <Pine.3.07.9601301221.A6202-b100000@acme>
Call : KU8E Catagory : single-op / low power Hours: 17:00
430 QSOs 1073 points x 68 mults (50 W/VE + 18 DX )
= 72,964 FINAL SCORE
Equipment : Kenwood TS850S ant: inverted L with 4 elevated radials
comments : It was sure fun to operate from home with a (semi) real
160 antenna. First time I have lived somewhere where I could
do this. Highlight of weekend was breaking the KL7Y and KH6CC
pileups..... lowlight was all the EU stations I heard on
Saturday night not hearing me !! arrgh !!!! It was so
frustrating that I had to quit for awhile HI :)
Got a question for you antenna experts out there...
What's the best way to tune my inverted L. should I
just use an antenna tuner at the feedpoint or build
some type of matching transformer ? I really don't
have a lot of experience doing this. What's a good
reference book on this ? For the contest the SWR on
antenna was abt 2:1 and used antenna tuner at tranmitter
to make it happy.
Jeff KU8E
ps : congrats to NZ4K (op at KC8MK). Pat called me
Sunday morning to let me know abt the excellent
JA opening he had. He said the opening was abt 1 1/2
hours and in the end he had 22 JA's in the log !!
Probably was the highlight of his contest career !
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