This week-end is one of the biggest contest of the year

The ARRL DX Phone contest is this week-end March 4th 2011
for those of us in the USA the contest strats this evening

Even if your a non contest get on and work a few new countries
and Have fun !

73
Steve
KG5VK

This week-end Sept 19-20 Lots of activity

In addition to FT5GA Glorioso being on the air
the North American Sprint--Phone contest is this week-end
The Texas QSO Party

Woops !
The Texas QSO party is..........

The Texas QSO Party is SCHEDULED ANNUALLY ON THE LAST FULL WEEKEND (SATURDAY AND SUNDAY) IN SEPTEMBER. Operating times for the 2009 contest will be from 1400Z on SATURDAY, September 26 to 0200Z on SUNDAY. September 27 and from 1400Z to 2000Z on SUNDAY, September 27. Stations may work the entire contest period. All logs must be submitted no later than October 31, 2009.

Thirty Contesting Tips.............

K9JY presents his 30 contesting tips


click here to check it out !

steve

NAQP

North American QSO Party, SSB1800Z, Aug 16 to 0600Z, Aug 17

Radio Sport HF Contest one of the short ones that are way too fun

HF Contesting usually hits a dry spell during the summer months, but the
weekend of July 12-13 brings a summer bright spot for HF contesters --
the IARU HF World Championship.

According to ARRL Contest Branch Manager Sean Kutzko, KX9X, the IARU
contest is a little different from most major HF contests. "For
starters, it's only 24 hours long (instead of the normal 48). This
leaves you plenty of time over the weekend to have fun in the contest
and participate in other activities. Another difference is that you can
combine modes. While most HF contests are either CW or SSB, IARU allows
you to operate CW, SSB or a mixture of both. Lastly, the IARU contest
exchange is a signal report and your ITU zone." ITU zones are different
than CQ zones, Kutzko said. For a map of ITU zones, you can visit the
IARU Web site <http://www.iaru.org/ituzonesc.gif>.

The ARRL Contest Branch now has their own Blog

click here to see it

It is a step in the right direction,
in fact a big step !

I would however like to see it changed to encourage feedback, but maybe they (the contest branch of the ARRL) feel that feedback is best handled via email and comments and critique are best placed in eham or qrz.com

73
steve
KG5VK

ARRL RTTY Round Up

The first weekend of 2008 provides an opportunity to enjoy some healthy competition. The ARRL RTTY Roundup has quickly become one of the best contests using the digital modes. RTTY, PSK31, and several other digital modes are used to communicate with other amateurs all around the world. If you've wanted to try your hand at digital operating, this contest is an exciting way to get your feet wet. The ARRL RTTY Roundup is from 0000 January 5, 2008-2400 UTC January 6, 2008. Complete rules can be found on page 97 of the December QST.

RF Radio Sport website

http://rfsport.com/

73
steve
kg5vk

do you know what contest occurs the week-end of Halloween ?

October 27th is the CQ WW DX Phone contest

it presents an awesome way to quickly increase the country totals you have towards DXCC
and it is down right fun !

73
steve
KG5VK

Want to know who the DX is that will be on in the next Big Contest...

Click here

73
steve
KG5VK

Contesting..... what the heck is it really

This is a really well written article on Amateur Radio Contesting
the How's the Why and the Fun

here is the link


73
steve
KG5VK

WAE

WAE DX Contest--SSB, sponsored by the Deutscher ARC from 0000Z Sep 8
- 2359Z Sep 9. Frequencies: 80-10 meters according to Region I band
plan. Categories: SOHP, SOLP, MS, SWL. Spotting assistance allowed in
all categories. SO operate 36 hrs max., up to three off periods of 1
hour min. Non-EU work EU only. Exchange: RS(T) and serial number.
Score 1 pt/QSO and 1 pt/QTC. Final score is QSOs + QTCs x weighted
multipliers. Multipliers: non-EU use WAE countries, EU use DXCC
entities plus call districts in W, VE, VK, ZL, ZS, JA, PY and
RA8/9/0. Mults on 80 meters count x4, on 40m x3, otherwise x2. A QTC
is a report sent from a non-EU station back to an EU station of QSOs
that took place earlier in the contest. A QTC contains the time, call
sign, and QSO number of the station being reported (e.g.
1307/DL1AA/346). A QSO may only be reported once and not back to the
originating station. A maximum of 10 QTCs can be sent to a single
station. The same station can be worked several times to complete
this quota, but only the original QSO has QSO point value. Keep a
list of QTCs sent. For example, QTC 3/7 would indicate that this is
the third series of QTCs sent, and seven QSOs are reported. For more
information: http://www.waedc.de or waedc-info@dxhf.darc.de. Logs due
by Oct 15 to waessb@dxhf.darc.de. Please use your call sign as the
subject of the email.

Guess what, a Contest for ARES members

Interesting train of thought in the recent ARRL ARES News Letter

+ FEEDBACK: ARES QSO Party Proposal

I presented your ARES HF QSO Party question to the South Texas
section ARES Yahoo group via a one week poll. That group has 215
members, 36 of which answered the poll (17%). The poll question and
results follow:

Would you support an ARES HF QSO Party over a weekend where operators
would exchange call sign, signal report, county, section or state,
and their ARES or emcomm titles?
NO - 6 - 16%
YES - 30 - 83%

I strongly recommend adopting the NA QSO Party contest format. Only
two entry classes in that; single operator and
multi-operator/two-transmitter

, except no teams in this new contest,
and maybe not the multi-two either. The NA QP are mode-specific with
separate weekends for SSB, CW and RTTY; we need not do such, but
allow all modes on the same weekend. To me, the best parts of this
format are that everyone is limited to 100 watts, and it is a 10-12
hour contest starting at noon Saturday. Perhaps different points
could be awarded depending upon the person's appointment that you
work; 1 point for ARES "member," 2 for AEC, 3 for EC/RO, 4 for
DEC/DRO, etc. 1 point for SSB, 2 for CW or RTTY. We should provide
suggested operating frequencies.
<http://www.ncjweb.com/naqprules.php> -- Jerry Reimer, KK5CA, South
Texas SEC

Yay! I enthusiastically support your idea of some kind of op event to
recapture the feel of the CD parties. I think it would be great for
appointees to be able to have the opportunity to fly the flag a bit
and be the gotta-work-it focus of some kind of incentive-driven
special event in which everybody could participate. It would also
allow the appointees to receive some recognition in a really good
way. Another thing it would accomplish would be providing an
incentive for all those new General Class licensees among the
appointees to get on HF and meet their peers and public around the
country. -- Gordon Grove, WA7LNC, Eastern Washington SEC

I think this would be a great idea, because I know the information
that could be shared would be a great energizer for many ARES
operators. -- Richard J. Niemeyer, KC9JMW, AEC, Jackson County,
Illinois

Yay. -- Charlie Miller, AE4UX, South Carolina SEC and State RACES
Officer

Yes, I would support an ARES Party, but ONLY if all stations were
REQUIRED to be on battery, generator, or other emergency power (or
mobile or in mobile EOC's). It would be very helpful in forcing us to
exercise our emergency power sources more often (I haven't tested my
generator since November). It's just the incentive I need.

To keep the playing field level, only dipoles or mobile antennas
should be allowed, up to a maximum of 25' high. No directional arrays
of any kind, no stacked beams on 180 foot towers. Keep it low-key. It
should be like Field Day - more social event and emergency
preparedness demo than contest. The word "Party" is thus a good
choice. -- Steven G. Katz, N8WL, EC Licking County, Ohio

YAY! Count me in. -- Doug Donner, KC8ZCF, EC, Lapeer County,
Michigan

YES - great idea. Perhaps there might be a way to work the 60 M
allocation for part of the party? Have been observing propagation
lately and the 5 MHz band could work very well during daytime hours.
-- Larry Trullinger, KB0EMB, AES Jackson County, Missouri

An ARES party in this area of southwest Missouri would be completely
worthless, much like the organization. Last winter the Springfield,
Missouri area had the worst ice storm in history. Many were without
power for 20 days. There were numerous shelters set up in schools.
There was not even a 2 meter net between shelters helping with
people's needs. I have no use for ARES here. -- David Rust, W0DLR,
Kirbyville, Missouri

There is an ARES party held at least once a day. It is called NTS. In
the Tennessee section we have one combined ARES/NTS session each
week. What ARES does not need is a contest event. - Bill, N9ACQ

I loved the CD parties, and I'd love to have an ARES QSO Party too.
-- Joe Fisher, K5EJL, DEC 7 South Texas

I'm all for it -- a great opportunity to "show the flag" while
simultaneously providing a welcome diversion from regular emcomm
training. Consider it kind of a "company picnic" for ARES: Take a
break, have some fun on the radio, and incidentally, learn some new
operating skills! -- Ward Silver, N0AX, EC, Vashon, Washington

Here is one more vote for an EMCOMM or ARES QSO party. -- Ed Esborn,
K1UQE, Pawcatuck, Connecticut

I would support an activity like you described. Good chance to test
the station and get acquainted a bit. -- Tom Richmond, NI7W, Kootenai
County, Idaho EC

I would support an ARES Party during any weekend it was scheduled. --
Ron Murdock, W6KJ, Yuba City, California

Yes -- Richard Margey, KE1DH, Cape Coral, Florida

RE your suggestion in the latest ARES E-Letter for an ARES QSO party,
I discussed it with my EC, Bill, N2ZSO, and he supports it as do I.
If this event was able to take hold and get substantial
participation, we might be able to expand and invite served agency
officials, etc, to stop by. - Mike Harla, N2MHO, AEC Cumberland
County, Southern New Jersey

I would go for an ARES Party, or update the old CD party. My CD
party activity goes back to late 1938 or early 1939 (working only
CW). Always enjoyed them and was sorry when they were cancelled. I
remember such calls as W4KFC, W1TS, W1BIH, KH6IJ, W9BRD and many
others that I worked nearly every quarter year CD Party. Time flies,
especially at my age of 86. -- Jettie B. Hill, W6RFF, Roseville,
California

ABSOLUTELY. I am volunteering to be on a committee that would
establish a set of rules that would promote skill sets beyond the
framework you mention. How about something along the lines of a
hybrid between the CD Parties and Emcomm bonus points, a-la Field
Day. For example: Multipliers for Emergency power, all wire antennas,
combining with local emcomm exercise, press release,
origination/receipt of traffic, working from an EOC, "integration"
bonus points for combining with local support units (police, fire,
med, etc.), operators with qualifying ARES training (ARECC, IS-100,
200, 700 & 800), people signed up for ham classes, etc. Far fetched?
Maybe, but in this new era of our hobby, we need to be creative and
keep the emcomm talent pool strong. -- Fred Kleber, K9VV

Just because an operation is FUN does not mean it is not USEFUL. I
would gladly join such an enterprise, and I am NOT a contester. -
Jean Olson, KC0SVG, Cambridge, Iowa

Recall that in 2004, there was an operating event when League Life
Members, employees, officers and field appointees were signing /135
to their calls for Maxim's birthday. There was a certificate
associated with racking up a minimum number of /135 QSOs.
<http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2004/08/26/1/> I'm no contester,
but some of the specific elements in the above event might prove
attractive if added to your idea. -- Alan Howard Martin, W1AHM

I would say yes, and hopefully information could be passed and not
just a check in and signal report. It has its merits. -- Dewey H
Bennett, Jr, WM0H, Columbia, Missouri

Let's have a PARTY! I would support and participate in an EMCOMM or
ARES QSO Party. Think about points/categories for operating from
home, portable, from an EOC, or mobile (auto/RV/Command Post). Let's
go with the EMCOMM name, because not all groups are ARES. -- Budd
Johnson, N4WBJ, OES/ARES/RACES/SKYWARN/Sheriff's Tactical Amateur
Radio Comm, Hillsborough County, Florida

I think an ARES QSO Party is a great idea, but I would like a
National ARES Roll Call once a month to exercise the leadership and
find out on a section-by section basis who is committed to EMCOMM and
who is faking it. -- Joe Forren, ND4B, EC Greenbrier County, West
Virginia

Put me down for a sound YEH for the ARES PARTY. -- Steve Howard,
AB0XE, Dakota County EC, South St. Paul, Minnesota

YES! - Rob Griffin, K6YR, Santa Barbara Section Manager, California,
[and all 'round Good Guy - ed.]

I do believe this would be a good idea. We test our equipment at
Field Day for portable operation but how many test our operation at
the home station for our abilities to function within our own section
or district? Oh, we communicate locally just for fun but do we know
just how well we are doing? I would strongly suggest that the
contacts locally be made on simplex rather than repeater. We don't
necessarily need to test the repeater but we do need to know how well
we can do without it. -- Joe Bushel, W2DWR, SEC Northern Florida

Sure, count me in. -- Duke Knief, W4DK, DEC Area 15, North Carolina

I would be in favor and would operate such an event. A great way to
try out NVIS propagation, and see what your station could do for
realistic distances of an emergency. -- Stuart Rohre, K5KVH, AEC
Williamson County, RACES, Round Rock, Texas

Regarding your question about the "ARES Party", I have a slightly
different suggestion. Since we are getting to a point where there are
almost too many events, maybe it would be better to re-asses the
current events we have: Field Day and SET. - Bryan Koschmann, K7WXO,
Spokane, Washington

I would agree an ECOMM QSO Party is needed and long overdue. This is
a very good vehicle to encourage folks to become part of the solution
and pitch in to help. I work for the National Weather Service and we
sponsor a QSO Party, usually in December, to encourage hams to get
involved in helping our destructive weather tracking efforts. In my
town of Kodiak, Alaska, I started an effort to get out local hams to
report road conditions for winter weather. This is, in turn,
forwarded to the forecast office in Anchorage and put on the NOAA Wx
radio for folks to listen to. I have hopes to start a Wx Net up here
some time in the future. In addition, I recruited two of my fellow
coworkers to get their licences in order to work the 2 meter rig we
put in the office. Thanks for your newsletter, I read it every time
to see if there is something that could be employed here on the
"northern most" Hawaiian Island. - Rich Courtney, NL9H, Kodiak,
Alaska

I would support and participate in a nationwide ARES Party net. With
some of the 'older' hams upgrading and becoming new HF operators, I
think this is a great idea. I vote 'yea'. -- Maynard Raggio, N9PTG,
Assistant Emergency Coordinator/RACES Officer, Monroe County, Indiana

I think any excuse for a QSO Party is a good one. I'd check in. -
Jeff Carter,
KD4RBG, Fairmount, Georgia [If you're an NFL football fan, check out
Jeff's photo on QRZ.com! - ed.]

With the limited info provided in the E-Letter, it appears that this
would be more of a contest than an exercise of emcomm capabilities.
Would you propose that the event be limited to ARES members only and
would they be forced to use emergency power? Is there a scenario
associated with the event? Isn't this what Field Day is supposed to
be about? Thanks for surfacing the idea, but my "vote" at this point
would be no. -- Mark Wintersole, WB5NMZ, Montgomery County EC,
Montgomery, Alabama

I am a member of a regional ARES Net (California Rescue
Communications 40-Meter Net). I support your idea for a weekend ARES
QSO party. -- Paul Stone, KQ6RJ

Great idea, Rick. I think it would make a great training activity.
The thing I remember immediately after Katrina on the HF bands was
the first night's traffic handling sounding like a bunch of very
inexperienced communicators. The second night was a whole different
story with smooth net operations. Practice is essential to keep
skills fresh. What a great way to polish up the skills and meet
other ARES operators around the country. I suggest communicating the
name of the ARES organization in the exchange. -- John Davis, WB4QDX,
EC Gwinnett County, Georgia ARES

The idea of having ARES stations operating is really a duplication of
Field Day. If you were to propose an "ARES Day" it should not be a
contest with winners posted like Field Day that encourages BIG POWER
station operation. Also it does not seem important to exchange e-com
or ARES titles. To make it unique from Field Day the requirements
should be for every station to operate on emergency power and
possibly have a transmit power limit of 50-100 watts. Also required
should be the use of portable antennas that are set-up on the day of
the contest. All county and district EC comm centers should be
encourage to participate in the event. All modes and bands that have
been successfully used in disasters should utilized. -- Roger Freed,
WB7BZT, Bend, Oregon

In regards to your proposed ARES or emcomm parties, put me solidly in
the Aye! column. I think it's a great idea. It would be fun as well
as provide a needed exercise/test of each station's capabilities. It
might even shed some light on just what areas could be routinely
covered by each station. That information alone could become quite
valuable in times of emergencies. -- Dave Costanza, KA3PNV,
Communications Officer, Penbrook Office of Emergency Management,
FSO-CM, CG Auxiliary Flotilla 53, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

In response to the proposition in the latest newsletter, I personally
am in favor of having an on-air ARES weekend. Good idea and I wish
you the most of luck in getting this idea approved and carried out.
-- John Streeb, KE5DXJ,GIS Intern SFASU, Junior, Arlington, Texas

Count me in for the project. -- Robin Warren, KE5DQM, Ivanhoe, Texas

I say yes to having an event scheduled on the airways for those
involved in ARES/RACES. I also would suggest that all ARES groups in
their respective sections train with each other so one would know
what to expect from another ARES group. Here in the Eastern
Washington section, we have some of our group help our neighbors to
the east of us in Kootenai County, Idaho with their IRONMAN
competition by supplying them with operators that have APRS
capabilities along with voice. So I vote AYE!! -- Charles Greeson,
KG8ZK, AEC Spokane County, Washington ARES/RACES

Great idea! Make something like EASCARS or MIDCARS in that you check
in to cycle the gear. I see this as an excellent place for ops to ask
for a source to obtain certain gadgets to make their station more
effective. . .hams without gadgets are not hams, you know. -- Jim
Montgomery, Prince George's County, Maryland ARES Hospital Project
Coordinator

Great Idea, Good luck. -- Jim Pearson, KS8O, Menominee County,
Michigan AEC

The use of the signal report has become standardized in any
party/contest to 59 or 599 so is not useful. Correct copy is the
proof and should include something NOT in QRZ.com to avoid lookups,
maybe the rig model or antenna style. Good idea though; many ops do
enjoy such activities, and it often "opens" up dead bands like 10
meters. - Dave Prichard, AB3S, Celebration, Florida

I am all for it -- I need practice and communicating with other ARES
or EMCOMM entities would only improve our ability to do so in an
emergency situation. -- Ted Denton, KE7GZN

I vote "NO" on this activity. There are already too many state and
other "qso parties" on the bands as it is, to blah blah blah hams
talking like robots and flooding the ham bands on weekends like QRM
machines. - Charlie Pfister, WD8AXB, Vicksburg, Mississippi

I'd certainly support such an activity. Amateur Radio has had a
tremendous influx of new hams in our area, with well over 150 new
operators in the past couple of years. These hams didn't get to
radio via technical interests, for the most part - they have mostly
come up from the ranks of CERT volunteers!

An event like this would provide an excellent opportunity to hone
communication skills, and would provide a hook for more camaraderie,
which I think is a very important part of any organization, and
particularly of emcomm. I'm not certain that the exchange should
include titles - that might seems exclusionary, as not everyone has a
title. In all, a great idea that I'd love to see come to pass. --
Heating Floyd, KC4HSI/AFA2IU, Hillsborough County ARES/RACES, Deputy
RACES Officer, Assistant EC, Florida

+ K1CE For A Final

There you have it: an ARES or EMCOMM QSO Party could be a rousing
success! See you next month!

73,
Rick K1CE


Contest anyone ??????? :)

July Radio Sport IARU Contest

In the July QST you will soon receive, dates for the IARU HF Championship
dates are erroneously listed as July 7-8. The correct dates are July 14-15
as shown in the April QST contest announcement. The Web version of Contest
Corral also has the correct dates. Wednesday's issue of the Contester's Rate
Sheet (http://www.arrl.org/contests/rate-sheet/) will carry a bulletin
alerting readers to the error.

Please relay this information to your club newsletter editor or Webmeister.

Sorry for the eror - this slipped past the sleepy-eyed Contest Corral
editor, namely me.

73, Ward N0AX

THIS WEEKEND ON THE RADIO. CQ WPX CW

THIS WEEKEND ON THE RADIO. The CQ World Wide WPX CW Contest,
VK/Trans-Tasman 80-meter CW Contest, ARCI Hootowl CW Sprint and the
MI QRP Memorial Day CW Sprint will certainly keep contesters busy
this weekend. Please see May QST, page 97, and the ARRL and WA7BNM
contest web sites for details.

http://www.radio-sport.net/

Now available at http://www.radio-sport.net - a new internet site
devoted to news about ham radio contesting.

Featuring interviews with contesters, the goal of radio-sport.net
is to tell the story lines of our contests, with coverage modeled
on what you might read in your newspaper sports section.

The main focus as we go on-line today is the CQ WPX CW at
the end of May. You will see that the top three world single-op
finishers from last year are out, making WPX 2007 a wide open
shootout.

Radio-sport.net is also unveiling rankings of the top contesters
in the world, based on contest results over the past year. Our
first #1 ranking goes to John Crovelli, W2GD.

Please stop by to take a look...and don't be surprised if you get
an email from me with questions about what you're doing in an
upcoming contest or how your last contest effort went.

73 Jamie Dupree NS3T

LCR -Log Checking Reports- Very informative

Amazing That I have not seen these before,
they have apparently been around for at least 4 years....

Here is some insight from the LCR of our 2006 SS Phone entry.........

There were 21 dupes found.  You might have marked these dupes.
For electronic logs, all dupes (marked or unmarked) are treated
the same with no penalties.


TIME ON CALCULATION
-------------------
2103-0723 =  621
1225-0200 =  816
        ------
On time = 1437 minutes (max of 1440).

CALLSIGN CHECK RESULTS
----------------------
VY2QT is a busted call.
The correct call is VY2TT.  
Not good we busted a call for a needed Multiplier
- we Lost our sweep !

You had 43 calls in your log which were not found in the
database of good callsigns.  
27 of them have been judged to be incorrect. 
These will be removed from your score -
along with an additional penalty of one QSO per
per busted callsign.
Unique percentage =  1.4

There were 39 exchange errors found.
These QSOs will be removed from your
score with no penalties.
Example:
QSO #151: Received QSO# 87 should be 27 AE6RF

There were 16 bad cross check QSOs removed.
You had one not-in-log.
There will be a penalty of one QSO for this.

SCORE SUMMARY
-------------
 Raw QSOs = 1177
    Dupes = 21
Busted QSOs = 82
Penalty QSOs = 28
Time Expired = 0
Final QSOs = 1046 
Band Breakdown (160-10): 0   80  449  418   99    0
QSO Points = 2092
Multiplier = 79
--------------------------
Final score = 165268
Error rate =  7.1%
(100 X (Busted QSOs / Duped QSO total))

BUSTS FOUND IN OTHER LOGS
-------------------------
The following information shows contacts you made
that were removed from the other station's log.
These are not deducted from your score. 
They are listed for your information only.

Example...
AJ9C: KG5VT is a busted call. 
The correct call is KG5VK.
Number busts found in other logs = 39 (0.0%)

We still increased our score and moved up in the
Region box EVEN without a sweep !

We even managed first place in our Division
without the Sweep

so even though we will all be amiss the sweep mug
for 2006 we did dam good !

I will be analyzing line scores of our nearest comp

73
steve
kg5vk

The Results from 2006 ARRL SS phone.......

As hoped our team moved up one notch in the region box for our category

Last year our goal was just that and to of course make first place in our ARRL Division, we did both...........

In 2005 we just made the region box with 5th place

Here is the Chart from the website ...

Southeast Region (Delta, Roanoke and Southeastern Divisions)
WP3R	364,800	B
KP2TM	311,200	B
W5WMU	253,280	B
N4OX	246,400	B
NN3W	241,280	B
N4PN	196,320	A
KZ2I	150,080	A
K4EJ	133,440	A
N8II	126,126	A
AE5T	113,600	A
KC5R	100,800	Q
NA4BW	64,834	Q
NX9T	54,604	Q
N0HT (N3JW,op)	35,140	Q
KI3O	30,820	Q
NI1N	264,640	U
W4NF	229,760	U
K2WK	198,720	U
N4LR	172,960	U
N4BAA	161,760	U
KA1ARB	212,640	M
W4MYA	189,120	M
WW4LL	172,640	M
KG5VK	165,268	M
K4TS	161,120	M

and now for even greater news.................................

FIRST PLACE DELTA !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Delta
Single Operator High Power Phone	W5WMU	Icom
Single Operator Low Power Phone	AE5T	Icom
Single Operator QRP Phone	KC5R	Icom
Single Operator Unlimited Phone	N4OGW	Icom
Multioperator Phone	KG5VK	Icom
School Club Phone	W5YM	Icom

And look at that AE5T Rick Saffel, got 1st place Delta division in the Low Power category so us local guys did darn good in our Division this year !

Our Team did awesome !

2007 will offer us more reasons to shoot for the overall Top Ten Box
I will have 6 antennas in the arsenal for 75 meters
The newests antenna being a pair of Coaxial Bazzookas at 60 feet Phased with a WX0B stack match box (allowing us to select direction and phasing)
Thanks to everyone for your support I will let you know as soon as the Clean Sweep mugs have arrived !


By the way a measely additional 46,733 points and we would have made the overall Top Ten Box

How many q's is that not sure but my guess is about 500
in a day or two I will know excatly how many more Q's we must have to improve our rankings once again

If anyone wants to join our team simply email me my callsign by way of arrl.net or qrz.com


73
steve

http://www.KG5VK.com

CQ WPX Contest (The Prefix Contest)

The Home Page for the Cq WPX Contest is here

The Phone version of CQ WPX (The Prefix Contest) is this week-end

steve
kg5vk

The Aligator and the Wildebeest by Tom Duncan KG4CUY

It's not really the tittle he chose but I think you will find my mis nomer fits Hi !

http://www.nadxc.org/LongPath_03-07.pdf

The article is on the North Alabama DX Club website
They are in Huntsville and are the Hoist of the Huntsville Hamfest
which has a website address of http://www.hamfest.org

I will be attending this great Hamfest and have already made my room reservations

73
steve
kg5vk