(Full text is available from ARRL at www.arrl.org)
The ARRL Letter
Electronic Update
July 19, 1996
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IN THIS UPDATE:
* KR0Y-K1TO team tops WRTC-96
* STS-79 SAREX mission postponed
* KB5AWP leaves astronaut corps
* Bertha tests North Carolina hams
* W4O to commemorate Olympics
* FCC issued call sign update
* More FCC forms available on the 'net
* Last gasp for Cycle 22?
* Amateur Radio Awareness Day
* DOVE-17 update
* Clayton Clark, AC7O, SK
* Frank P. Maggiore, N3FGN, SK
* In Brief: New call signs no problem at HQ;
Free ham radio classified; AMSAT-DL's DJ4ZC
wins Horkheimer Award; FCC statistics
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KR0Y-K1TO TEAM TOPS WRTC-96
When the smoke cleared Sunday, July 14, the team of Jeffrey Steinman, KR0Y,
and Dan Street, K1TO--operating as W6X--wound up at the top of the heap in
the second World Radiosport Team Championship. The WRTC-96 event featured 52
team stations (plus two "wild-card" exhibition teams) operating 18 hours of
the IARU HF World Championship contest July 13-14 from the San Francisco Bay
area of California. Jeff and Dan operated from the QTH of WA6AHF. K1TO
called the accomplishment "the highlight of my ham radio career."
All teams had similar 100-W stations and used comparable antennas. In the
case of the winning pair at W6X in San Lorenzo, that meant a Hy-Gain TH6 at
50 feet and a pair of ICOM IC-765s. The 40-meter dipoles of at least the
first three finishers were wire inverted Vs made by WRTC-96 for the host
stations.
"This whole week has been one of the most fantastic parties ham radio has
ever seen," said John Zapisek, K2MM, who posted the scores on the contest
reflector for an anxiously waiting contest community.
WRTC-96 Treasurer Dave Leeson, W6QHS, offered "hearty congratulations to the
top finishers, but also to all the champions that made up the 52 competing
teams and the two demonstration teams."
Several other well-known contest call signs also were in the top 10. They
included Georgians K4BAI and KM9P in the second spot as K6T, operating from
NQ6X, and the W6R team of K6LL and N2IC in the number-three position,
operating from AF6S. The winners of the first WRTC in Seattle in 1990, John
Dorr, K1AR, and Doug Grant, K1DG, placed 13th this time around.
W1AW/3, operating from the QTH of Frank Donovan, W3LPL, in Glenwood,
Maryland, handed out the official ARRL HQ multiplier to IARU contesters. The
ARRL was among the sponsors of WRTC-96. W1AW racked up 5,139,207 points in
the IARU event, which uses different scoring than WRTC. The W1AW/3 operation
was a joint effort of the Frankford Radio Club and the Potomac Valley Radio
Club. In addition to W3LPL, the operators were AA3NM, K3DI, K3NA, K3RA,
KA2AEV, KJ4VG, N3ADL, N3QYA, N5OKR, ND3A, ND3F, W3MR, WA3WJD, WB4NFS, WM2H,
WN3K, WR3E and WR3Z.
QSLs will be sent to all stations who worked W1AW/3. Send QSLs to W1AW, 225
Main St, Newington, CT 06111.
Here's the scoring rundown from WRTC-96:
CALL OP 1 OP 2 JUDGE QTH SCORE QSOs MULT UNIQ
1. W6X KR0Y K1TO UA6HZ WA6AHF 761,829 2457 183 1.7
2. K6T K4BAI KM9P W6UM NQ6X 678,132 2511 162 1.2
3. W6R K6LL N2IC WR3G AF6S 655,720 2424 169 1.1
4. K6P VE3EJ VE3IY OH2KI N6UUG 647,112 2343 177 2.0
5. K6C K4UEE N6IG BA1FP WB6PCJ 644,059 2355 169 0.9
6. W6T K5ZD WX3N K6SSS AB6CW 616,308 2170 174 1.2
7. W6D K1KI K3UA AA7FT K6YT 606,550 2145 175 1.6
8. W6Q 9A3A S53R W7NI WA6GFY 598,272 2233 164 2.1
9. W6V KF3P KR2J N6RA WB6YRN 577,575 2352 151 1.6
10. W6P K8CC K5GO K7LXC WB6WSL 568,435 2370 149 1.0
11. K6V W2GD W0UA S59AA KE6HUA 568,378 2465 146 2.4
12. K6W N6TV K7SS N6KT AB6DI 556,928 2261 152 1.5
13. W6I K1AR K1DG S50R KK6WP 547,404 2204 156 1.3
14. W6Y DL1IAO DK3GI NB6G AD6E 545,756 1993 167 1.7
15. K6D DL5XX DL1VJ KJ4VH NF6S 532,728 2183 147 2.3
16. K6R LZ1SA LZ2PO OK2FD N6BT 531,552 2256 147 2.1
17. W6F OH2IW OH1JT KT3Y AG6D 530,000* 2100 155 2.0
18. K6G NP4Z WC4E K5MM K6MA 527,592 2238 152 2.8
19. W6A K3LR WA8YVR AB6NJ KEOT 523,672 2478 134 2.2
20. K6X UA3DPX RZ9UA AI7B WB6UTY 518,666 1960 163 1.7
21. K6Z JH4NMT JE3MAS W0UN W6YX 512,535 2318 141 3.4
22. W6S LY2IJ LY1DS S50A AA6YQ 509,392 1958 158 1.9
23. W6B S59A S56A I2UIY AE0M 507,318 2257 141 1.7
24. K6Y OK1CF OK2PAY W7RM W6DU 499,796 2143 148 2.3
25. W6H RW1AC RV1AW PY5EG AI6V 497,965 1841 163 1.0
26. K6I JH7PKU JO1BMV CT1BOH KN6VO 488,940 2296 145 2.1
27. K6S ON4UN ON9CIB W3ZZ N6WFK 480,326 2120 154 2.4
28. W6U EA1AK EA4KR N0AX W6JD 470,744 1918 152 1.7
29. W6G JE1JKL JH7WKQ OH2MM N6OM 470,237 1984 139 2.0
30. K6U SM3DMP SM3CER N7NG AJ6V 465,075 2165 135 1.1
31. W6O ZS6EZ ZS6NW VE7SV KV6S 461,553 2093 137 1.7
32. K6O N6TR WN4KKN WA7NIN KW6C 454,476 2331 121 0.6
33. W6E EA7TL EA9KB N2AA K6XV 445,356 1871 139 1.6
34. K6N YT1AD YU1RL K3ZO WB6AFJ 440,358 2228 140 3.7
35. W6W LU6ETB LU/OH0XX I0JBL W6OPO 437,016 2319 131 3.3
36. K6J N2NT KZ2S S57AL KK6EK 426,656 1902 134 1.1
37. W6K F6FGZ F5MUX K5RC W6VG 418,375 2276 125 3.1
38. K6A JH4RHF JA8RWU 9A5W K6SMH 412,388 1981 131 2.7
39. K6H DJ6QT DJ2YA RW9UP N6DA 411,376 2353 112 1.6
40. K6K UT5UGR UT4UZ S59L KG6FR 398,399 1863 127 1.3
41. K6F IT9BLB IT9VDQ UA9BA KM6OH 385,280 2000 128 3.1
42. K6B 9A9A 9A3GW G3SXW AB6YL 383,166 1886 126 1.2
43. K6Q VE7NTT VE7CC K0KR WM6R 362,440 1546 130 0.4
44. K6E HA0MM HA0DU AA6XZ KK6PH 357,885 1759 135 4.0
45. K6M GI0NWG G3OZF K4XU WB6JJJ 357,094 1884 132 3.0
46. W6Z VK5GN VK2AYD RU1AA W6NA 343,604 1822 124 2.2
47. W6J SP6AZT SP9FKQ K6NA K6LM 330,876 2023 117 2.4
48. W6L UN4L UN2L W7YAQ KM6AV 309,518 1796 121 4.9
49. K6L SP9HWN SP9IJU JA7RHJ W6ISO 298,178 2149 97 3.7
50. W6N I4UFH I2VXJ KC7V KE6KXO 269,028 1728 106 3.3
51. W6M PY0FF PY5CC S56M AB6CJ 231,066 1580 99 2.6
52. W6C IN3QBR IT9TQH K8AZ AA6LY 185,070 1615 93 5.0
*Approximate score; computerized log file was damaged.
The WRTC exibition team of YL2KL and YL3DW, using AH3C at the station of
WZ6Z racked up 1591 QSOs and 140 multipliers; the BA1OK and BA4RC
demonstration team, signing AH3D at the QTH of W6JZU, had 1913 QSOs and 120
multipliers.
W4O TO COMMEMORATE OLYMPICS
Jim Altman, N4UCK, in Atlanta, Georgia, reports that the special-event 1(1
call sign W4O has been issued as the official Olympics commemorative
station. Altman, the call sign's trustee, says the call sign will remain in
use by various clubs and groups until August 31. Among the clubs expected to
use the call sign is the Sci-Trek Amateur Radio Society (STARS) operating
from the Science Museum of Atlanta. He said the group or groups using the
call sign--or one of the authorized Olympics alternatives, such as W400O,
W96O or W26O--will determine the operating schedule and handle QSL chores.
Altman said to direct QSLs per the instructions of the operator on duty at
the time of the contact. N4UCK has been giving the call sign an SSB workout
on 20 meters and 10 meters.
FCC ISSUED CALL SIGN UPDATE
The following is a list of the FCC's most recently issued call signs as of
July 1, 1996.
District Group A Group B Group C Group D
Extra Advanced Tech/Gen Novice
[stuff skipped]
PR KP3B KP3AB NP3CF WP4NMF
** [note KP3 and NP3 callsigns] **
In Brief:
* The vanity call sign program has been immensely popular. To date, the
unofficial vanity receipt total is almost 3000. FCC statistics also show
that as of the end of June, new licensees age 21 or younger totaled 372 more
than a month earlier.--FCC
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Tom Frenaye, K1KI, P O Box 386, West Suffield CT 06093 Phone: 860-668-5444
>From k7fd@teleport.com (John Nicholson) Sat Jul 20 00:20:19 1996
From: k7fd@teleport.com (John Nicholson) (John Nicholson)
Subject: [Fwd: Re: Bencher Paddles/WRTC]
Message-ID: <199607192320.QAA08301@desiree.teleport.com>
>At 11:42 AM 7/19/96 -0700, you wrote:
>>
>>I, too, use a Brown Bros paddle/key combo. The trick to getting it to
>>stay put is to, uh, expectorate on the rubber feet and then push them down
>>onto the desktop for about 5 seconds...stays put for the whole contest!
>>
>>73, Ward N0AX
I have a glass desk top. When the rubber feet were replaced by
those clear suction cups (to hang window ornaments), no more sliding.
Just lick, stick and key click.
John K7FD
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