The newbie bares his soul for your reading pleasure(?), once again.
My second try at Sweepstakes (first time was last year.)
Man. What a contest. I'm now into my third year of this crazy
sport called Radio Contesting. And crazy is how I felt at times
in this years SS. This was the first time I was ever actually
'challenged' by anyone besides myself. Scott KY2P called 6 months ago
to introduce himself and to let me know that he would be going for the
Tennessee Title in High Power SS. (We all know that N4ZZ will win
whatever category he chooses, and he's been choosing Low Power lately...)
Then a few other TN Contest Group guys started making noises about how I
wouldn't have it so easy this year. So, I decided I was not going to go
down without a fight, and give it the best I had. Scott did wind up
beating me, but not by too terrible a margin.
I've been practicing my CW a lot, as that seemed to be my weakest area
in the operator realm. It's definately improving w/ practice. I've tried
to operate as much as possible, not just in contests. I put up a second
40 meter dipole, as that was the 'money' band last year. Tweaked the
station / antennas / software as much as I could. Reviewed last year's
efforts and tried to identify areas of improvement (plenty!)
Well, the main thing I got out of this year's contest was how much of
a mental game it is. I swung the full gamut of emotions from "why am I
doing this? - I hate this stupid sport - I'm a loser - I'll never operate
another stupid contest again" all the way to "wow, what an amazing human
challenge this is! - what a great bunch of maniacs - what a great way to
find out what I'm really made of, etc." I'm glad I didn't give up.
In fact, I guess that was the lesson from this year's SS -- NEVER GIVE UP.
The emotions were so intense that I think I'll be 'processing' this contest
for quite a while.
I set a goal of 1000 Q's and a sweep. I didn't make the sweep, but I
did make the 1000 Q's. I got duped so many times that I was really
worried that I wouldn't have 1000 *valid* Q's when it was all over, but
I did clear it by a comfortable margin. See the 3830 reflector for the
score. I don't dare post a score on CQ-CONTEST after the flames I got
last time I did that.
As for the contest conditions, they were quite different from last year.
Forty meters was quite lame, neither antenna produced rate, and Eighty
meters was the 'money' band this year. I guess 40 went 'long' (if I
understand that term correctly) early for us in middle TN this year.
Fortunately the QRN level was nice & low on 80, and I was able to work
a bunch of QRP stations, from coast to coast. My 500 watts and 1/2 sloper
on 80 felt loud, as I was able to run pretty much anytime after sunset.
Last year I only missed NWT, and this year I worked TWO of 'em! K0EJ said
K8HVT/KP2 was a beacon on 15 in TN, but I didn't find him during my
brief foray into that band. Missed Wayne in WY as well. Heard the pile-up
but couldn't find Wayne. Didn't occur to me he might be split. Too bad
because I think I would have made it through the pile if I'd found him.
Took the last hour off and spent it observing the K1ZX team and VE3EJ
tearing it up on 7032, about a kc apart. Nice to be able to watch two
great ops without having to touch the dial. Is getting near to someone
working a good rate a type of strategy? Hmmm. Or maybe they both just
knew where to be. Probably both.
I finished the contest on 80, my best band. Crossing the 1000 Q mark was
exhilarating, although I was worried about all those dupes. Reading all
the "work dupes / don't work 'em" discussion here made me go ahead and work
them; but on second thought I'm not sure it's a good idea in SS. Maybe in
CQWW, but in SS the exchange is so long that it could actually hurt one's
score. The up side is that it artificially inflates your serial # for the
competition to worry about. :-) May not work the dupes in next year's SS.
Oh yeah. I guess I'll do it again next year. NEVER GIVE UP!
Thanks for the QSO's everyone. 73, Kirk WR3O
>From cookar2@btlip16.bt.co.uk (Cook, Andy, COOKAR2) Mon Nov 4 20:33:00 1996
From: cookar2@btlip16.bt.co.uk (Cook, Andy, COOKAR2) (Cook, Andy, COOKAR2)
Subject: M6T CQWW Score + Story
Message-ID: <327E52A8@smtpgate.mavericks.bt.co.uk>
Here is the first cut score for the M6T multi-multi entry for CQWW SSB this
year. We ve all been very busy with work since the contest, so not had time
to assimilate the differences between what the different computers were
telling us for score, so, as usual, this is subject to checking.
CQ WORLD WIDE DX CONTEST -- 1996
Call: M6T Country: England
Mode: SSB Category: Multi Multi
BAND QSO ZONES COUNTRIES
160 969 9 66
80 1751 26 108
40 1839 31 131
20 2651 40 175
15 1658 35 172
10 324 22 80
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Totals 9192 163 732 => approx. 14M points
160m
FT1000D + PA. 40m vertical + Inverted V dipole @ 30m + Beverages
Ops : G4IFB + G4BWP
80m
FT1000D + PA. 4 square + Delta Loop @ 27m.
Ops : K1XX + G0WCW
40m
FT1000D + PA. 3 element full size @ 30m + 402CD @ 25m + Beverages
Ops : G4VMM + G4WFR
20m
IC775 + PA. 205BA @ 30m + stacked 204CDs @ 18m / 30m
Ops : G4BUO, G3VHB, G4BWP
15m
FT1000D + PA. Extended 155BA @ 25m + stacked extended 155BAs @ 18m / 30m
Op : G4PIQ
10m
FT1000MP + PA. 105BA @ 25m + stacked 105BAs @ 22m / 30m
Ops : G0AEV + G0KRL
Multipliers & Support by G4BAH, G0WCW, G0AFH, G0HSS, G4SWX, G4AXX and G4KNO.
As usual we had an interesting contest and as usual we have found areas
where we could do better! The new call was good (used to be G0KPW), but
conditions weren t!
We do the whole contest field-day style, and a couple of weeks before the
contest it became clear that two of the fields which we normally use to set
out antennas were planted with corn, or were not clear of maize. This meant
that we had to compress all the antennas into quite a small space, and meant
that we had some worse inter-station problems than we have had in previous
years.
Some very high winds were forecast for the Sunday of the contest, and when
these arrived they turned the big 40m yagi into a very interesting shape -
it uses 6m fibreglass fishing rods as the element ends and these really do
bend! This also meant that we couldn t turn that antenna - even a Create
RC5B won t hack that! Both the 40m antennas ended up pointing in completely
different directions to where the rotators said! Throughout the Sunday
morning, you could look out of the trailer from which we operate, see the
bushes bending over, pray that all the guy stakes were firmly knocked into
the ground, and feel very glad that we had spent some time putting new guy
ropes on many of the towers! Luckily, we had advance warning of the 75mph+
winds forecast for the Monday night, and we were able to lower the towers at
the end of the contest, and get all but the 10m stack completely
disassembled before the big storm struck that night. It survived OK - the
only damage we sustained was to an element on the big 40m yagi on the Monday
morning.
>From this far north, conditions stank - certainly on Saturday. On the first
night, the low bands had a really tough time, typified by almost no sign of
the US on 160. Breaking pile-ups against the guys further east and south on
15 and 20 on Saturday morning was tremendously difficult, and I knew we were
in trouble when the USA opening on 15m on Saturday turned up skewed path
(255 degrees or so). One of the guys posted a WWV spot showing the A index
at 8 - it sounded more like it was 48. At least 20 was able to manage a
reasonable stateside run.
Sunday was much better - on 15 there were a few more JAs about, but no run,
but the US opening was much better, though only 2 stations worked from zone
3, but 20 was still able to bash away at the US.
10m had a real hard time. This is the first time in 4 - maybe 5 years that
we have not achieved 5BDXCC - many openings were extremely short, but I
guess we will just have to accept that we caught all we could hope for.
We should have a WWW page up very soon (if not now) - it s at
http://www.btwebworld.com/olsen/m6t
We d also be very interested in reports of how the signal stacked up against
the other guys in the contest so we know what to improve.
73,
Andy Cook, G4PIQ
g4piq@blacksheep.org
>From floydjr@Interpath.com (Jimmy R. Floyd) Tue Nov 5 05:22:39 1996
From: floydjr@Interpath.com (Jimmy R. Floyd) (Jimmy R. Floyd)
Subject: ARRL SS CW 96 Scores I
Message-ID: <2.2.16.19961105052239.1bc7ec46@interpath.com>
ARRL SWEEPSTAKES CW 96
RAW SCORES
Compiled by
WA4ZXA
(floydjr@interpath.com)
Date Posted: 11/06/96
CALL OP/SECT SCORE QS0'S SECTS HRS
_______________________________________________________________
S/OP/QRP/Q
KT4LD NC 296,869 967
AA8U 125,112 802 78 22
K1TR 112,050 747 75
N0AX 107,464 707 76
K7MM EWA 102,960 660 78 24
K0EJ TN 100,950 673 75 20
WB9HRO 85,500 570 75
WA0RJY 52,500 350 75
WE9V 51,832 341 76
KR0U 13,500 125 54
VE6SH/8 NWT 9,588 102 47 14
N1AFC 8,080 101 40 8
S/OP/LP/A
KR0Y/5 211,380 1355 78
K8HVT/KP2 202,972 1318 77
AA7BG 174,040 1145 76
W4WA (AA4GA) GA 169,260 1085 78
NM5M 167,200 1100 76
AC1O/4 162,084 1039 78
KO9Y 158,808 1018 78
KK9W 154,908 993 78
N0AT (AA0VQ) 147,288 969 76
VE6EX 143,250 955 75
N4OGW/5 141,208 926 76
W9WI TN 139,776 896 78
KZ8E 134,550 897 75
WD8IJP 128,700 825 78
WT1O EMA 124,024 838 74 24
WA2STM 121,656 822 74 15
KI4HN NC 112,500 750 75
K3CR (KB3AFT) WPA 112,200 748 75 24
KK7A ID 92,720 610 76 18
K1YRP CT 91,464 618 74 22
NS0B 82,800 552 75 11
AB5SE AR 80,104 527 76 21
K7DBV OR 77,824 512 76 19
WX9E 76,000 500 76 16
W5HUQ NFL 68,640 440 78 23
AC5BR AR 68,400 450 76 18
KJ1N CO 64,116 411 78 7
WB0OLA IN 52,716 382 69 13
KA8OKH KY 50,978 359 71
WD4AHZ SFL 14,178 139 51 3
AA4LR GA 3,000 50 30 3
KR2J 213 64 5
N9JF 758 78
K3SA 773 76
AD4VH 670 76
KK7A 610 76
N0AXL 605 76
WN6K 591 75
AB5SE 527 76
WA5JWU 342 78
NC7K 239 65
S/OP/HP/B
W0SD (WD0T) 224,994 1461 77
W5WMU (N6TR) 224,952 1442 78
N5RZ 223,236 1431 78
K4UX/0 (WX3N) 217,620 1395 78
W6GO (N6IG) 213,096 1366 78
W5KFT (WN4KKN) 212,520 1380 77
W7RM (AA7NX) 207,168 1328 78
K7UP 206,388 1323 78
K0RF 206,206 1339 77
WB0O ND 206,206 1339 77
KM9P (K7GM) 205,296 1316 78
K6LL 205,140 1315 78
KY7M 203,580 1305 78
N7DD 203,112 1302 78
K0KR 202,332 1297 78
AI7B 199,680 1280 78
K5GO 196,092 1257 78
VE3EJ (NJ2L) 195,312 1252 78
KC7V AZ 194,844 1249 78 24
W2PV (WZ1R) 194,688 1248 78
K1IU 192,816 1236 78
NA5Q 191,100 1225 78
N6RO 190,498 1237 77
K5NA 189,112 1228 77
W9RE 188,760 1210 78
K4PQL NC 186,340 1210 77
KF3P 186,108 1193 78
K3ZO 183,144 1174 78
KT3Y 181,258 1177 77
N6KI 176,748 1133 78
NN7L (NL7GP) 173,784 1114 78
W2VJN OR 170,664 1094 78
K0IJL MN 168,014 1091 77 24
N4ZR 166,452 1072 78
K0WA 166,440 1095 76
KM0L MO 166,140 1065 78 24
KY2P 163,956 1051 78
W1XT AZ 156,408 1029 76 24
K9WIE 155,344 1022 76
AA3B 145,650 970 75 24
K0HB MN 143,336 943 76
W6XR/2 110,760 710 78 15
N6MZ 73,632 472 78
N1CC ENY 68,400 450 76 10
KJ4VH 44,250 295 75 4
K2ONP ENY 42,344 316 67 6
WX0B 1000 78
NJ8M 962 78
WB4NFS 799 75
KO4EW 761 78
WB4RMJ 759 74
VY1JA 520 77
WB4RDV 459 72
N2KJM 414 76
NO1J 300 76
MULTI/OP
K1ZX 225,420 1445 78
KS9W 194,688 1248 78
KY1H 186,420 1195 78
K8JM 148,980 995 78
KE2VB WNY 135,720 870 78 23
KO4EW TN 118,716 761 78
K3WW 109,200 700 78 14
W5EHM 103,800 692 75
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This is the first posting and since I got scores off internet and also
off 3830 itself a score may be on here twice. Just let me know if yours
is and I will take the incorrect one off.
73's Jim
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* Jimmy R. Floyd (Jim) Thomasville, NC *
* *
* Amateur Call: >> WA4ZXA << *
* Packet Node: >> N4ZC << *
* Internet Address: >> floydjr@interpath.com << *
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>From floydjr@Interpath.com (Jimmy R. Floyd) Tue Nov 5 05:22:29 1996
From: floydjr@Interpath.com (Jimmy R. Floyd) (Jimmy R. Floyd)
Subject: CQWW SSB 96 Scores IV
Message-ID: <2.2.16.19961105052229.375f8650@interpath.com>
CQWW SSB 1996
RAW SCORES
Compiled by
WA4ZXA
(floydjr@interpath.com)
Date Posted: 11/05/96
CALL HRS SCORE QSO'S PTS ZONES DX
_______________________________________________________________________
S/OP/HP/Unassisted
P40W (W2GD) 40 10,281,978 6200 126 441
4V2A (9A3A) 7,038,452 5950 114 395
FG5BG (KI6FE/JF2DJQ) 5,924,428 4936 12266 101 382
AH7G 5,414,850 4844 14325 126 252
7P8/OE2VEL 5,025,600 3786 103 347
S50A 4,473,130 3056 7333 137 473
3DA0NX 4,234,155 3281 9645 104 335
ZS6SA 3,697,628 3003 8846 104 314
YB1AQS 34 3,247,398 2433 7029 119 343
GW4BLE 39 2,987,325 2556 6035 104 391
YB9BV (AA7VB) 36 2,540,000 2140 114 293
OH1EH 2,065,100 2249 3860 116 419
9K2HN 1,728,520 1951 5470 77 239
7Z5OO 661,593 1005 2657 60 189
DL6MHW 26 447,392 707 1271 83 269
OH8BQT 415,808 719 1424 72 220
OI6KZP 337,940 676 1108 66 239
DL4YAO 15 139,499 387 701 199
YV5AMH 37 2556 7336 99 323
K5ZD 34 3,968,075 2391 6901 124 451
KM9P 44 3,610,724 2110 137 461
K3ZO 41 3,083,400 2053 5710 129 411
K1IU (W2SC) 2,910,654 2100 5989 109 377
VO1MP 37 2,836,984 2451 6691 82 342
W9RE 2,553,226 1610 4511 129 437
K1RU 35 2,527,686 1818 5201 111 375
N2IC 2,304,484 1703 130 357
KE9A 2,268,308 1610 116 381
WZ4F 2,056,131 1625 118 365
N7AVK 1,823,046 1804 117 249
W1GD 1,688,500 1206 3377 109 391
W1WEF 27 1,665,760 1312 3590 109 355
W6XR 30 1,647,555 1302 137 347
K4PQL 1,362,550 1133 3206 100 325
K5NA 1,170,190 1030 2555 122 336
KE3GA 36 1,044,340 753 2068 107 398
K3JT 40 641,892 661 95 264
KB1GW 33 595,161 669 1809 77 252
K9BG 24 461,692 548 84 224
AA7VY 334,361 549 1399 82 157
AF7O 303,830 491 1321 74 156
N9ITX/7 18 270,787 416 1133 72 167
AL7PT/W8 20 188,020 318 790 66 172
KC5AK 131,421 211 617 65 148
N5CT/7 43,639 110 289 54 97
N7UJJ 6 35,728 150 393 37 59
WI2E 2 15,133 169 409 18 19
S/OP/LP/Unassisted
YL8M 806,316 1433 9186 88 318
A35SQ 345,546 785 2187 68 90
GW0GEI 41 343,360 661 1160 64 232
PA0COE 23 44,183 307 391 25 88
WA4ZXA 43 1,449,225 1105 3051 111 364
VE3KZ 41 1,052,923 1101 2869 87 280
K0EJ 36 839,790 799 2170 102 285
WA7BNM 25 672,600 810 98 202
KJ4WH 526,729 587 1601 82 247
WA6KUI 525,200 596 1616 84 241
WS1A 463,854 579 1594 71 220
WN6K 416,232 688 1927 75 141
XK7CFD 356,202 1087 1557 60 94
AA0SQ 321,328 459 1208 74 192
AA1EY 30 302,588 438 1196 61 192
K8QLK 167,112 303 792 58 153
AC5BR 26 110,976 241 578 62 130
KC5RAS 28 57,230 193 485 37 81
KD5PJ/9 4 39,746 126 334 38 81
N7UJJ 6 37,728 150 393 37 59
WB0OLA 2 10,350 61 150 27 42
AA4LR 4 2,368 25 64 16 21
S/OP/Assisted
DL3KDV 1,796,080 1490 3140 119 453
IU2M (IK2SFZ) 1,624,145 1803 105 382
PY1CAS 611,456 826 2248 79 193
SM0DJZ 20 325,535 600 917 77 278
KE3Q 3,012,170 1777 130 464
AA1K 2,938,316 1817 122 447
K3NZ 2,569,280
K3WW 2,548,793 1485 4199 133 474
K1KP 2,430,606 1901 5307 96 362
N3RR 2,380,424 1416 131 465
K2TW 40 2,120,912 1322 3734 123 445
W1GD 1,688,500 1204 109 391
WB2NQT 1,631,126 1111 3101 111 415
AA3JU 1,415,025 1108 2979 105 370
AA3B 1,313,521 989 2777 101 372
KE3GA 1,044,340 753 2068 107 398
N8ATR 39 1,015,388 751 2068 118 373
WN3K 33 1,000,000
N9VHW 841,940 693 1892 108 337
W1NG 12 725,022 622 1714 101 322
K2WK 12 645,414 641 1778 91 272
W2UP 8 512,640 508 1424 91 269
WA1IML 12 504,600 610 69 221
K3IXD 463,393 500 80 263
N1CC/2 12 460,410 553 1545 78 220
W7OM 19 393,792 498 100 193
AB5SE 28 325,748 436 1147 85 199
KR4UJ 319,580 405 1102 80 210
KM0L 16 314,461 444 1169 76 193
W9WI 10 155,092 295 812 52 139
KG5NE LP 152,646 285 741 62 144
N2BIM LP 6 87,320 178 472 45 140
WD0E 75,943 203 571 31 102
AB6FO 6 75,082 159 47 126
W4/YV5DTA 7,366 49 127 17 41
S/OP/QRP
N1AFC 352,764 524 56 183
KA1CZF 158,148 306 828 48 143
VE7CQK 924 24 42 12 10
Single Band
160M
VP2EZ LP 2 4,000 63 9 21
VE7IN 3,480 123 232 7 8
VE6LB 3,315 115 221 8 7
80M
LA9VDA 176,848 1389 22 90
G3WGN 36 125,580 785 1092 22 93
VP2E/WB5CRG LP 7 43,000 378 11 43
K1UO 166,374 556 23 94
AA8U HP 56,494 337 601 22 72
AE6H HP 111 19 55
40M
ZS6EZ HP 533,620 1254 33 113
DA2KI LP 21,513 271 303 13 58
XE2AC LP 8,640 107 240 15 21
LA4O 3,168 84 88 5 31
AI7B 152,640 444 33 87
N4DVW 64,790 214 29 81
K8UNP 60,720 199 552 27 83
KW4T LP 39,221 164 431 21 70
WA2BFW 38,808 161 23 65
KB1HY HP 22,542 104 289 21 57
20M
OK1RI HP 38 1,442,688 2909 39 165
VP2E HP 20 725,000 1796 29 123
LY5W (LY1DR) 682,825 1828 3575 39 152
S56A HP 571,103 1377 2899 40 157
RN9XA LP 144,144 445 1232 27 90
K2SS 1,017,152 1877 37 147
WT1S 772,161 1585 4569 36 133
NI8L 29 709,882 1364 3922 38 143
K9JF/7 26 380,000 755 2110 38 142
N3HBX 339,644 755 2071 33 131
K1VUT LP 25 188,727 502 1419 27 106
WA7IVZ HP 145,860 422 1122 33 97
N6CQ HP 119,800 313 27 106
NZ5O LP 105,164 311 862 26 96
WT1S (@K1MNS) 28 1585 36 133
15M
ZX5J HP 3,131,170 5154 15274 36 169
S50U HP 601,896 1305 3236 37 149
T77WI 181,578 756 1713 30 76
RN3QO LP 138,744 605 30 111
PY1KN LP 12 55,762 212 21 77
KC2X/4 649,600 1322 3712 31 144
N4BP HP 357,588 871 2322 29 125
WA2QNW HP 219,780 554 27 108
KE5FI (K5LBU) HP 214,912 564 31 115
KF8EP HP 126,451 372 27 110
W5ASP 12 111,750 342 27 98
KJ6HO LP 90,155 345 949 27 68
10M
9H0A 230,115 898 27 118
CT4NH HP 15 165,633 565 1209 24 113
LW8EXF HP 94,689 455 1169 22 59
PU1LJB LP 44,772 259 546 25 57
JH9VSF LP 21,172 141 23 44
K5X1 (KE5FI) HP 64,988 331 19 58
W4YV HP 47,058 319 16 50
AB5LX LP 9,000 86 10 30
Multi/Single
ZX0F 21,762,636 8660 25276 171 690
HC8N 18,245,440 8501 24790 157 579
4M5X 11,689,002 5704 16651 143 559
IQ4A 11,271,000 5103 181 731
FS5PL 8,787,616 5788 14128 118 504
SN2B 7,542,000 4431 156 615
VP5DX 7,732,224 6111 13424 129 447
WP2AHW 7,103,383 5153 129 464
ON4UN 6,713,606 3624 8857 148 610
RA3AUU 5,750,920 4108 7567 155 605
XE2DV 5,536,095 5643 12385 137 310
3DA0DX 4,605,720 3716 10966 102 318
OI7T 4,052,500 3559 6484 135 490
EA4URE 3,982,368 3191 6382 127 497
C31LD 3,874,907 3531 7409 104 419
VS6WO 3,668,976 4135 8046 125 331
PI4COM 3,558,632 2949 5777 124 492
RN4W 3,120,479 2823 4853 144 499
EI7M 2,904,008 3053 5542 109 415
EY2Q 2,254,276 2015 4922 112 346
LY6M 2,115,232 2161 3724 121 447
RW9OWD 1,716,120 2123 4767 87 273
SM7PKK 800,584 1109 1832 83 354
DK0MM 709,932 1003 1766 79 323
JW5VK 679,320 1275 3330 67 137
KF2ET 5,755,290 2900 8341 143 547
N3RS 4,718,196 2345 151 560
K1NG 4,369,275 2284 6473 144 531
K8LX 2,950,000 1843 125 438
WA2VUY 2,913,870 1672 133 482
K1RX 2,779,348 1712 4859 121 451
W5KFT 2,700,000 1812 148 477
K0RF 2,484,638 1620 141 429
VA3SK 2,465,071 2478 5773 102 325
VA6JY (@VE6JY) 2,339,820 2655 5571 114 306
WX0B 2,257,940 1862 141 439
VE6SV 2,229,380 2530 5644 107 288
KB1H 2,203,449 1421 3999 118 433
K1GW 1,983,520 1392 3920 110 396
VE3RM 1,947,205 2111 5165 86 291
KC7V 1,883,458 1628 4223 128 318
KV1W 1,846,467 1390 3871 109 368
NC0P 1,700,226 1138 133 423
K3MD 1,662,282 1135 130 428
WA0PUJ 1,363,688 1225 121 336
NK7U 1,332,270 1293 3390 108 285
AC1O LP 1,121,354 911 2537 106 336
VE6FI 1,093,800 1620 95 205
K5VT 1,090,800 1043 119 281
N5HRG 904,239 728 1953 119 344
W4ATC 768,140 798 1990 92 294
K7UP 532,413 665 1701 102 211
VE2UCD 217,958 617 45 121
AC5CT 164,000 334 786 64 145
Multi/Multi
V26B 26,928,000 13431 32640 153 672
M6T 14,000,000 9192 163 732
J3A 12,643,674 8273 138 509
JH5ZJS 9,970,000 5299 171 509
GM6V 6,884,829 6194 130 591
VB9DH 13,334,192 8055 133 544
KC1XX 11,050,000 5443 151 622
N2RM 10,943,290 4990 13645 160 642
K3LR 10,580,000 5119 157 625
W3LPL 10,300,000 4874 159 639
K1KI 7,258,166 3627 9902 150 583
KY3N 6,995,142 3628 145 548
W1FJ 6,733,585 3376 9592 144 558
N4ZC 6,443,528 3335 147 542
AA1AS 6,243,224 3511 9022 147 545
W4MYA 5,618,521 3097 8131 144 547
KS9K 4,817,949 2811 7311 144 515
NQ4I 4,541,284 2901 7118 145 493
N6AW 3,947,928 2621 7284 145 397
W4IY 3,779,790 2430 133 482
K3ANS 3,294,720 2093 132 453
K3II 2,119,649 1389 3833 118 435
KG6LF 688,564 810 2179 97 219
K7FR 489,552 637 1736 89 193
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Multi/Single
W4ATC KS4XG,KT4LD,N3QYE
K8LX K8LX,WA8ZDT
WA0PUJ WA0PUJ,KC0ZC,WB0O
NC0P NC0P,KF0H,WA0FLS,WO0V,WD0GVY,WA0ETC,WR0G
KF2ET AA2DU,KE2NL,WR2I,K2UU
3DA0DX ZS6WPX,ZS6BRZ,WJ2O
K3MD K3MD,N3PUR,KD3SF,AA3AZ
VE6FI VE6BIC,VE6AQ,VE6AQE
K1GW K1GW,K1LL,W6PH
SM7PKK SM7PKK,SM6CAS
VA6JY VE6JY,VE6FR,VE6SLV,VE6LDX,VE6DGG,VE6BF,VE6LCB
PI4COM PA3BBP,PA3BWD,PA3ERC,PA3EWP,PA3FQA,PA3GBQ,ON4BDS,DL5NEJ
SN2B SP2FAX,SP3RBR,SP8NR,SP3RBI
KB1H KB1H,AA1CE,K1DW,K1EBY,NB1U,WA1RLV
K41W KV1W,W1CSM,N6RFM
K1RX K1RX,KF1V,K1EPJ
RW9OWD UA9OIL,RW9OW,UA9OLW,UA9OIF,UA9OIW,UA9OAO
VE6SV VE6SV,VE6VW,VE7GAS,VO1CV
VE3RM VE3WRL,VE3WIB,VE3RM
OI7T OH6LNI,OH7LTK,OH7KIR,OH7MS,OH7WV,OH7MHL,OH7KD
LY6M LY1DS,LY1FW
WX0B WX0B,W5GN,WA5YOM
EY2Q EY8MM,EY8CQ,EY8XX,EY8RR(AA3DK)
N5HRG N5HRG,K9MK
ON4UN DJ4AX,DL1SBR,ON4AFZ,ON5UK,ON4MA,ON4UN
WP2AHW KQ4GC,AE4FY,AE4SJ,AB4NS,KX8N,KD6WW
N3RS N3RD,KY2T,N3RS
AC5CT AC5CT,KC5WEG
NK7U NK7U,W7ZRC,AB7CZ,N7BZ,AA7TF
C31LD C31LD,C31LJ,EA3NY
VA3SK VA3SK,VA3MW,VA3PC,VA3WTO,VA3JAK,VA3TWF,VA3RTW,VE3XKB
HC8N HC1OT,WX3N,VE3EJ,WN4KKN
4M5X YV5JDP,YV5EED,YV5IQJ,YV5JCN,YV5LMW,YV5MHX,YV5RW,WM2C
K1NG KI1G,K1NG,KD1NG,K1VR,WF1B
RN4W RU4WJ,UA4WGU,RW4WY,UA4WJF,RW4WR,RW4WM
EI7M EI8GS,EI7DNB,EI9HC,EI5HB,EI4BZ,EI3DP,EI6BT
K7UP K7UP,AA8FE,KN5H
FS5PL WX9E,N0BSH,FS5PL
WA2VUY WA2VUY,NO2R
ZX0F PY5EG,PY5CC,N5FA,PY0FF,PY5GU
JW5VK LA1BJA,LA5VK
IQ4A I4VEQ,I4JTE,IK2NCJ,I4IKW,I4EAT,I4LCK,I4AVG,IK4MGP,IK4QJH,
I4IKW,IK4EWK,IK4DCT,IK4XQH,I4IND,IK4CZF,I4PVP,IW4ANU
VS6WO 9V1YC,VR2GO,VR2NR,VS6WO
K5VT WA7LNW,N7PNK,AA7WP,WY7K,AA7NO,K5VT
EA4URE EA4BPJ,EA4BT,EA4CQT,EA4KD,EA7CEZ,EA4AAF,EA4AFA,EA4CT,
EA4ET,EA4KA,EA4TX,EC4AJL,EA4CJA,EA4EKR,EB4EPJ
Multi/Multi
KG6LF KG6LF,WA6QQF
NQ4I NQ4I,K4BAI,WI4R,KF4CI,KQ4HC,KM4HH,NZ3I,K4MZU,KJ4FW
KS9K KS9K,KA9FOX,K9GS,K9PW,NB9C,N9AU,WB9TIY,WE9V
KC1XX KC1XX,KM3T,KC1F,AD1C,K1DG,WZ1R,KB1AWE,K1EA,AA1ND,PU1JTE
W4IY KC4RFM,AC4XT,KT4SC,N8NEV,KJ4VG,WD4KXB,KA4RRU,WB4NFS,
WB4RMJ,KO4FM,KC4ZHQ,AE4DG,AA3KX,KU3M,N4DXS,KQ4UN
J3A W8KKF,WA8LOW,N9NS,WZ8D,WA8NJR,W9INX,IV3NVN,IV3TMV,WB8GEX
K7FR K7FR,KI7YO,W7WMO,N7AUV
KY3N N3IDP,WB3FIZ,WB3LFZ,K3OX,K3WJV,W3FV,KQ2M,KY3N,N3UHZ
N4ZC N4ZC,WZ3Q,WD4BTF,KI4HN,K4MQG,AA4SQ,K4UHL,WA4UNZ,KU4V,
WB5M,W5VWMN,KB9MS
W1FJ K1JKS,K1XM,NB1B,K1CB,W1KM,W1FJ,K2AJY,WB2DND,WT1O,W6PH,
WA1KSY,KA1ZAK
K3LR N3BJ,WR3D,KG8GO,K3LR,K8GL,N9HZQ,N8IRL,WA8YVR,WD8IXE,
WR3G,K8CX,ND8L
K1KI K1CC,K1KI,KA1TAF,KF2FB,KF2XK,KM1P,NX1H,W1OD,WA2STM
K3ANS N3RCA,WB6OKK,NY3C,N3MTU,WF3H,N3IYX,K3ZTJ,N2BIM,N2KJM,
K3ANS
GM6V GM3WOJ,GM4AFF,GM4BAP,GM4CXM,GM4IGS,GM4TXX,GM4YXI,GM0NAI
N6AW W6BA,N6AW,N6NU,NF6H,KC6CNV,N7QQ,K7JYE,W6HT,K6WS,K6HMS
N2RM N2RM,N2NT,WM2H,KZ2S,N7BG,N2AA,K3UA,W2RQ,N2BCC,KE2PF,
KA2AEV,KB2POP,WB2K
VB9DH VE9AO,VE9CB(VE2ZP),VE9DH,VE9DX,VE9FRC(NR2H),VE9GJ,
VE9NJ(K2NJ),VE9WH,VE9XX,NS2K,WA2ASM,WU3A,VE1RM(AK4L)
K3II K3II,WB3ESS,N3BDA
V26B WT3Q,WB2P,K3MQH,WA2UDT,AB2E,KF3P,N3ADL,KR2J,K4VUD
W4MYA N4EHJ,AD4TS,WA4DAI,KD4JXY,WA4QDM,KS4RX,KC4AUF,WU4G,WK4Y,
WB8GAU,AD4KE,WB4GVZ,KB4DI,W4MYA
W3LPL K1HTV,K3ZZ,ND3F,N3KTV,W3LPL,N3AHA,W0ZV,WR3E,K3RA,K1RZ,
N5OKR
JH5ZJS JA5BJC,JA5FDJ,JA5JCC,JA5THU,JH5RXS,JR5JAQ,JR5VHU
AA1AS AA1AS,KY1H,K1MBO,WA1ZAM,NT2X,AA2MF,AB2AS,WJ1R,AA6MC,
WM1K,AB2AP,WT2Q
M6T G4BAH,G0WCW,G0AFH,G0HSS, G4SWX,G4AXX,G4KNO
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REMEMBER NO ATTACHMENTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THEY WILL NOT BE POSTED !!!!
73's Jim
>From gaiser@lsbsdi2.lightspeed.net (Terry Gaiser) Tue Nov 5 08:10:25 1996
From: gaiser@lsbsdi2.lightspeed.net (Terry Gaiser) (Terry Gaiser)
Subject: CW SS
Message-ID: <327EF671.316@bak2.lightspeed.net>
If a summary of the CW weekend results has been posted on here I didn't
get it. Could someone forward it to me please? If not out
yet...nevermind.
Thanks,
Terry - N6UR
>From wrt@eskimo.com (Bill Turner) Tue Nov 5 12:00:29 1996
From: wrt@eskimo.com (Bill Turner) (Bill Turner)
Subject: OUT OF BAND Q's and other grumblings..
References: <961103084332_1847084419@emout19.mail.aol.com>
Message-ID: <327f2b13.24190303@mail.eskimo.com>
I overheard a SSB QSO yesterday (Monday) morning at around 1125 UTC =
between a
VK and a K4 on 7084.1 kHz. The K4 gave his call any number of times and
identified himself as being in Valdosta, GA. He seemed totally unaware =
that
he was out of the phone band, or maybe he thought he was in Alaska or
something. Must be something going around.
73, Bill W7LZP
wrt@eskimo.com
>From sercom@bo.nettuno.it (Andy IK4WMG) Tue Nov 5 12:00:30 1996
From: sercom@bo.nettuno.it (Andy IK4WMG) (Andy IK4WMG)
Subject: IMPEDANCE OF WIRES AND ANTENNAS
Message-ID: <v01540b00aea111ba1b23@[193.207.76.89]>
Hi Oms
How can I determine the impedance of a wire? Suppose I put a wire 150 mts
long, 1,5 mt high. Not straight, like a Beverage, but in a "C" form. I
need to determine the impedance of such a wire to build a transformer (like
in Beverage). I have an mfj analizer with resistance meter but I found it
totally unreliable in this circumstance.
Any suggest.
p.s. I have no instruments but a tester, the mfj analizer, an oscilloscope
and a lot of computer (and a like-the-ocean ignorance equal only to my will
to understand)
Thank you and see you in WW CW
IK4WMG Andy
>From bernie.mcclenny@mail.wdn.com (Bernie McClenny, WR3E) Tue Nov 5 12:14:21
>1996
From: bernie.mcclenny@mail.wdn.com (Bernie McClenny, WR3E) (Bernie McClenny,
WR3E)
Subject: EMail Gettysburg
References: <244712@mail.wdn.com>
Message-ID: <327F2F9D.1290@mail.wdn.com>
I have one thing to say K4StandBye!
de Bernie
k4sb@avana.net wrote:
>
> Does anyone know the EMail address of someone high up in the Gettyburg
> office. Enough is enough. It's time they started processing manually and
> do their damn testing on their own time.
>
> By the way, the FCC Commissioners have Email boxes at www.fcc.com
>
> I think it's high time they heard from us.
>
> 73
>
> Ed
> -------------------------------------
> Name: ed sleight
> E-mail: k4sb@avana.net
> Time: 2:14:24 PM
>
> This message was sent by Chameleon
> -------------------------------------
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>From zs6cax@lia.co.za (K Tahara, Japan Embassy) Tue Nov 5 12:11:49 1996
From: zs6cax@lia.co.za (K Tahara, Japan Embassy) (K Tahara, Japan Embassy)
Subject: T88T and CT
Message-ID: <199611051210.OAA31315@lia.infolink.co.za>
>I wonder if anyone else noticed a problem with trying to log T88T.
>The log accepted the call and entered the zone correctly as 27. =
>However, no multipler credit was given. More investigation revealed =
>that the country assigned was USA! I tried modifying the .DAT file, but =
>no luck. The call T88T always defaults to the USA.
>I then tried entering T88TT and it worked! What is going on here?
Randy,
While understanding that this could be CT reflector topic, I would like to
mention something about this.
I had the same trouble with my CT8.47. I tried and tried to modify, gove PC
a break and tried again, but no luck. Then I deleted whole KC6-Belau line
and created a new line next to T7, saying T8-Belau-27-T8, KC6; then it
accepted. Still want to know why but I will peep CT reflector about this
issue.
Although I worked T88T before the contest, it was pitty that I couldn't
work them during the 'test - not even heard their call from the the place
downunder.
---------------------------------------------------------
de ZS6CAX/3DA0NX ex JM1CAX/KG7WW
Koji Tahara zs6cax@lia.co.za
---------------------------------------------------------
>From jmarchand@ecrm.com (MarchandJohn) Tue Nov 5 13:32:32 1996
From: jmarchand@ecrm.com (MarchandJohn) (MarchandJohn)
Subject: Keep SS as is....
Message-ID: <n1364939681.85374@macgtwy.ecrm.com>
Hi all,
Been sitting in the background reading the mail on the SS modification...
I'm not sure I'd like any changes, seems like alot of the "Joe =
Average-lets
do a contest and maybe get a certificate and a pin" type operators enjoy =
the
SS and other contests.
I do 4 per year- SSCW, CQWWCW, ARRLCW and 1 other of choice, (all in QRP =
or 100w & below w/ A4S @35' and 80/40 wire @ 65'-best I can do on a small =
house lot). I do the best I can with what I have, and have fun trying to =
reach the goals I set for myself each test..
Here's a thought: What if ALL the average-low power & QRP operators all =
got
together (bet there's alot more of us than there are BIG GUNS! Whats the
ratio?) and had 1 domestic and 1 international contest weekend.... AND =
THE BIG GUNS WEREN'T INVITED AND COULDN'T PARTICIPATE!!!! Boy I bet =
there would be
some E-Mail flying to get an "INT'L SUPER CANNON SLUGFEST" going where =
nobody with less than 10kw and 600 foot towers could win. Bet the Q-rate =
would go
right down the tubes !
Sure the GUNS have some super stations (I drool over every one of =
them!!!),
but lets chuck the -better than thou- attitudes and have some fun. Sure =
you
can get serious, but -serious AND fun- is better.
Wadda y'all think? Do I make any sense? Or hasn't my first coffee kicked =
in
yet? I think maybe I'm like an old WW2 bomber about to enter a very =
heavy
concentration of FLACK???? C'mon you average -radio is fun- ops help me =
out
here.... Thanks for listening, anyway........
73
John, K1CGJ
(should I delete this message now, or go for it???)
>From jjr@databook.com (Jim Reisert) Tue Nov 5 14:23:49 1996
From: jjr@databook.com (Jim Reisert) (Jim Reisert)
Subject: T88T and CT
Message-ID: <9611051424.AA00407@sttng.databook.com>
Randy, my answer this morning may have been a bit hasty.
First a little history...
CT country files before March 1996 [I think, it's not clear from my release
notes :-( ] use KC6 as the primary prefix for Palau. CT software checked the
suffix of all KC6 callsigns: if the suffix was exactly two letters (i.e.
KC6AA), CT would log it as a QSO with Palau, otherwise (i.e. KC6X or KC6ABC),
it would log it as USA.
In March, the ITU allocated T8 as the prefix for Palau. The CT country file
was changed accordingly, my recollection is that KC6 was left as the primary
prefix and T8 was listed as an alias prefix. This *might* have caused the
problem you describe: T8#, followed by *two* letters, would count as Palau,
but if followed by 1 or 3 letters, would count as USA, just like the old KC6
prefix used to do (this is the problem you reported). I have not actually
tested this, it's just a theory that might explain what happened to you.
In a later revision of the country file, T8 was selected as the primary prefix
for Palau, and all known KC6 callsigns were entered manually.
If you are using CT 9.27 and the CTY.DAT from CTY-605, then you should get the
right answer. Check your country file for Palau listed with a primary prefix
of T8, and *not* KC6.
We had a problem at KC1XX with an old country file. Even entering "T88T=KC6"
didn't do the right thing. It was only after we updated the country file that
T88T was scored correctly.
73 - Jim AD1C
--
Jim Reisert <jjr@databook.com> SMC Massachusetts, Danvers, MA
http://www.tiac.net/users/ad1c/ http://www.smc.com/
>From 71111.260@CompuServe.COM (Hans Brakob) Tue Nov 5 15:08:24 1996
From: 71111.260@CompuServe.COM (Hans Brakob) (Hans Brakob)
Subject: Where was WYO es MB?
Message-ID: <961105150823_71111.260_EHM73-1@CompuServe.COM>
Hans said:
>40 was so-so on Sunday PM, but Saturday 40 was so long that the
>Russians were trying to give me points in another contest being
>run in Europe!
Ken Ramirezk asked:
>That's funny! What antenna(s) are you using on 40 meters???
I'm serious! Don't know what their contest was, but the Russians
and Ukranians were really tall and answering my "CQ SS"!
I was running a GAP Voyager and a dipole at 55 feet on 40.
73, de Hans, K0HB
>From 71111.260@CompuServe.COM (Hans Brakob) Tue Nov 5 16:00:30 1996
From: 71111.260@CompuServe.COM (Hans Brakob) (Hans Brakob)
Subject: Multiple Band SS QSO's
Message-ID: <961105160029_71111.260_EHM47-1@CompuServe.COM>
Steven Affens said:
>Count me in for at least a trial year for an all band sweepstakes.<
It already exists and is run the 4th weekend in June. You can work
everyone on all bands from DC to daylight, and ya even get to
work them CW, SSB, RTTY, and Packet. Satellite too if you want!
Gosh, Amos, you could work the same station 20-30 times and
still not be a dupe!
Heckuva deal, and it ends early so there is no Sunday afternoon
slump.
Don't meSS with SS!
73, de Hans, K0HB
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