Newsletter of the Northern California Contest Club
April 1998
George Daughters, K6GT, Editor
(W0YK and FrontPage take the blame in equal measure for any formatting weirdness caused by conversion from George's original copy.)
ELECTIONS!
DATE: Monday, April 13
At HP Santa Clara
DIRECTIONS BELOW!
Plan on attending the NCCC meeting on 13 April 1998! The agenda will include election of officers, and the program will be a "shootout" demonstration of the popular contest logging programs. Shmoozing and pizza will be at 6:30, and we get down to business at 7:00PM. As they used to say in the Chicagoland political machine, "vote early, and vote often!"
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President .... Andy Faber, AE6Y ............... ae6y@aol.com
Vice President/CC ....... Bob Wilson, N6TV ......... n6tv@vnet.ibm.com
Secretary/Treasurer ... Ed Muns, W0YK ............... w0yk@msn.com
Directors ....
Carl Cook, AI6V ... ai6v@aol.com
Bruce Sawyer, N6NT ... n6nt@worldnet.att.net
Ken Silverman, K2KW ... ken.silverman@airtouch.com
Jim Hollenback, WA6SDM ... jholly@cup.hp.com
JUG Editor .... George Daughters, K6GT ... gdaught6@leland.stanford.edu
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Valedictory
This is my swan song as a presidential columnist. Ive enjoyed sharing my thoughts with you each month (although I suspect hardly anyone reads to the end of the column on two occasions when I have offered prizes for a response to something published near the end, there has been only one taker. But since those "one takers" were different, I guess that gives me at least two faithful readers, hi).
It seems appropriate to mention some of the things that I think we accomplished together this year. Here are some of the highlights of this year, from my vantage point:
Special Thanks
In addition to the people mentioned above, I want to give special thanks to board of directors members Bruce, N6NT, Jim NK6L, and Ken, K2KW, who came to several lengthy BOD meetings and gave unstintingly of their time and energies. It takes a surprising amount of work to run a club like the NCCC, and it can only be run successfully if a lot of people pitch in. I was fortunate this year to have help from many such willing workers.
Board slate
Under our by-laws, new officers are elected each year at the April meeting. Traditionally, the BOD proposes a slate of officers. Our proposal this year is as follows:
President: Steve Merchant, K6AW
Vice President/Contest Chairman: J.T. Utley, K7CO
Secretary/Treasurer: Al Maenchen, AD6E
All three have had several months to think about it since initially agreeing to be on the slate, so you can bet they are raring to go. We urge you to come out to the April meeting and give them your full support. Steve, K6AW, has also contacted three members to serve on the board of directors, in case he is elected. The following people have agreed to serve: Ken Silverman, K2KW; Al Crespo, NH7A; and Bob Wolbert, K6XX. Heres a pome about that:
"The Slate"
Farewell to the presidency
Of beloved N-triple-C.
Its been fun; youve been great.
Now welcome the slate:
AW, CO and 6E.
Upcoming Meetings
In April we will return to our normal second Monday date of April 13, at HP Santa Clara. This meeting features three main events: (1) Our usual schmoozing (oh, I mean camaraderie), (2) Election of new officers and Directors, and (3) The great contest software shootout featuring live demos of CT, NA and TR. This is a must program for anyone wanting to get their feet wet in modern contest logging (oh well, as modern as DOS programs can be, anyway maybe at the meeting someone will explain why none of these expert programmers are using Windows. I made that comment last month. Thanks to Ed, K6CTA, for sending on some posts from the contest reflector on that subject, the general gist of which is that the programs work well as DOS programs and there isnt enough money in it to develop a Windows version, particularly if they have to have two parallel versions).
See you in April!
73, Andy
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April 18 & 19, 1998
Sponsored by the Hazel Park ARC & the Eastern MI ARC
Operating Periods:
1800Z April 18 until 0300Z April 19
1100Z April 19 until 0200Z April 20.
Frequencies: CW - 1810, 3540, 3725, 7035, 7125, 14035, 21035, 21125, 28025, 28125; Phone - 1855, 3905, 7280, 14280, 21380, 28380; VHF - 50.125, 145.025, 146.55. Try 160 after dark on the even hours. No WARC bands, No Repeaters.
Exchanges: Exchange signal report, serial number and QTH (County for MI stations, state, VE province or DXCC country for others). Stations on county lines will give out ONE serial number per contact but all counties may be counted as multipliers. Work stations once per band and once per mode. Work mobiles again as they change counties.
Scoring: 1 point per phone QSO and 2 points per CW QSO. Duplicate contacts must be marked. QSO's with MI Club Stations count 5 additional points each. MI Clubs identify with /CLUB. 1997 MI clubs that were active were K8EPV, W8XXX, K8XXX, KK8U, W8JXU, W8YY, N8LC, W8MRM, W8TNO.
Multipliers: MI stations - sum of MI counties + states + VE provinces + DXCC countries worked - Max 85.
Others - sum of Michigan counties worked (max 83)
Final Score: Total Points X Total Multipliers
Entry Classes: Single Op, Multi-Op, QRP & Mobile. Only one transmitted signal is allowed at a time.
Awards: Plaques & Certificates
Logs & Dupe Sheets: Logs must be submitted on an official form or reasonable facsimile. Forms are available from EMARC. Entries with 100 or more QSO's MUST have dupesheets. Computer logs (NA, CT, etc.) must include a completed paper summary sheet. Please include $1.00 (US) with your log for a copy of the results, and to help defray the costs of mailing, printing, handling, etc.
Log Submission: Mail logs by May 31, 1998 to:
MI QSO Party (EMARC)
POB 611230
Port Huron, MI 48061-1230
E-mail logs by May 31, 1998 to k8dd@contesting.com
Check http://www.geocities.com/capecanaveral/2844
Attach an ASCII file <call>.prn or <call>.log and <call>.sum summary sheet.
73, Hank Kohl, K8DD
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NCCC #1
N6TV 334-46-15,364
N5KO 308-48-14,784
N6RO 318-44-13,992
W6RGG 271-45-12,195
VE7NTT 288-42-12,096
N7NG 290-41-11,890
K2KW 271-43-11,653
K6AW 260-41-10,660
N7TN 240-41- 9,840
W6CT 221-42- 9,282
total 121,756
Excellent job! I think this guarantees first, second or third, and a pretty good shot at first.
NCCC #2
K7BV 278-43-11,954
K6CTA 140-30- 4,200
W6OAT 70-27- 1,890
K6KR had to work, and could not get on. Both AD6E and AE0M suffered power failures that kept them off the air. If I had known that Dennis, K7BV, was going to do so well, I would have put him on Team #1! At least he will be seeded correctly for September.
73, Scott, W6CT
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Well, if you weren't one of the 43 attendees at the awards Banquet in March, you missed a great event. It was one of the largest turnouts I can remember. Some traveled from the far borders of club territory, e.g., Tom, K5RC, Midge, xx6xx?, Pat, W7UA, and Dan, K7BV all the way from Nevada. The food and venue were excellent, albeit a bit expensive. Our direction for next year is to find a nice location for less money--if you have suggestions, please forward them to the new officers whom you will elect at the next meeting!
The Contester-of-the-Year award went to Stan, K6WG, for his outstanding efforts in refurbishing the K6ZM club station back to tip-top shape. Several contests were operated from there as well this year. This award is for the person we deem to have contributed extraordinarily to the NCCC in all regards, not just contesting itself. Rookie-of-the-Year went to Denny, KX7M, for his enthusiastic first year with the NCCC and the many contest efforts he mounted. Most Improved Contester is Tony, AE0M, who put in many fine contest operations this year primarily in the multi-op mode. As Tony received the award at the banquet, he was truly surprised and openly admitted that he can recall previous years that wouldn't have qualified him for this fine recognition! Congratulations Stan, Denny and Tony for making the NCCC such a great organization.
The Sweepstakes "Big Gun" award went to Rich, N7TR, for his unbelievable 3,618 QSOs in the 1997 event (CW and Phone combined.) Rich took top honors in the Phone section and second place in the CW section across all entrants in the contest! He continues to make the club, not to mention his mother (!), very proud with his exceptional performances. Well, yours truly was certainly surprised to receive the "Little Gun" award this year. I certainly hadn't thought about it. My goal was to get on and make as many points for the club as possible. The plan was to have stacked tri-banders, a 2 element 40 and a rotatable 80 dipole. It took 3 times as much antenna work as planned and only netted a single tri-bander fixed east. I did load up the tri-bander on 40 and 80, an managed to work a few stations! With any luck, I'll be out of the "Little Gun" category next year, getting trounced by the other "Big Guns".
We still have tons of awards to get out to folks: letter openers ("slitters" in techno-speak), mouse pads, KB-500 certificates, KB-1000/2000/3000 plaques, CQP certificates, CQP plaques, wine and T-shirts. Please let me know if you will be at the next meeting on 13 April, so we can bring yours and save the club postage and volunteer time. We will also have the awards at Visalia where you can pick them up. Finally, if you would like a CQP T-shirt, we still have a few left. If you worked at least 100 stations in the 1997 CQP (or, will pledge to work at least 100 in the 1998 running of the contest), then you qualify to purchase a shirt for $10. Contact Al, AD6E, in the CQP T-shirt department for available sizes.
73, Ed / W0YK
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There are lots of scores to report since last time! The club is competing in most contests, as well as WPX, so don't forget to put "NCCC" on your summary sheet!
Contest Calendar
CQWW WPX Contest Phone Mar 28-29
Japan Int. DX Contest Apr 10-12
CQWW WPX Contest, CW May 30-31
ARRL June VHF QSO Party Jun 13-15
All Asian DX Contest, CW Jun 20-21
ARRL Field Day Jun 27-28
IARU HF World Championship Jul 11-12
North American QSO Party, CW Aug 1-2
WAE DX Contest, CW Aug 8-9
North American QSO Party, SSB Aug 15-16
All Asian DX Contest, SSB Sep 5-6
North American Sprint, CW Sep 6
WAE DX Contest, SSB Sep 12-13
ARRL September VHF QSO Party Sep 12-14
North American Sprint, Phone Sep 13
CQ Worldwide DX Contest, RTTY Sep 26-27
California QSO Party Oct 3-4
CQ Worldwide DX Contest, SSB Oct 24-25
ARRL Sweepstakes, CW Nov 7-9
ARRL Sweepstakes Contest, Phone Nov 21-23
CQ Worldwide DX Contest, CW Nov 28-29
ARRL 160-Meter Contest Dec 4-6
ARRL 10-Meter Contest Dec 12-13
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If you would like your score to appear in the jug, please send your claimed scores by E-mail to N6TV@KKN.NET, and copy AD6E@AOL.COM for 5meg award credit. You may also use packet or regular mail. (Please do NOT send your scores to the JUG editor! ed)
1997 ARRL Sweepstakes - CW
QSOS MULTS SCORE
N7TR 1397 79 220,726
W6NL 1293 79 204,294
N6RO 1260 78 196,560
K6AW(@AG6D)
1224 79 193,392
WC6H 1237 78 192,504
K6KM(K2KW)
1204 79 190,232
N6TV 1219 78 190,164
N6NT 1189 79 187,862
AE6Y 1153 77 177,562
N6TU 1040 79 164,320
NI6T 978 79 154,524
N6DA 1012 76 153,824
W6BIP(+W6CT, AE0M)
953 79 150,574
K6A(K6PU)
906 79 143,148
WA6CTA 903 79 142,674
W6BSY 900 78 140,400
W0YK 874 78 136,344
K6ANP(+K6LRN, N6AD)
808 79 127,664
K6XX 773 79 122,134
W6EU 763 79 120,554
K6RB 759 77 116,886
W6YL(AD6E) 105,028
K6GT 650 78 101,400
KT6RA(+KD6KKP)
596 79 94,168
N6KD 569 78 88,764
W7DR 561 73 81,906
N7TN 515 74 76,220
AJ6V 500 75 75,000
W6OAT(+Pkt)
485 76 73,720
KA6W 471 76 71,592
W6RGG 442 74 65,416
N6PN 400 77 61,600
K6ZM(K6WG)
404 75 60,600
K6BPB 365 73 53,290
W6ISQ(+Pkt)
309 79 48,822
K6UM 290 77 44,660
W6PLJ 303 72 43,632
K6PUD 285 68 38,760
AD6AY 272 71 38,624
AK6L(+Pkt)
246 76 37,392
KD6NOS(+Pkt)
241 74 35,668
W6ISO 205 68 27,880
N6NZ 179 62 22,196
AA6W 143 59 16,874
W6G(WB6DSV)
160 50 16,000
KM6F 119 51 12,138
N6EE 106 50 10,600
K7CO 64 39 4,992
N6BT 16 14 448
1997 ARRL Sweepstakes - SSB
QSOS MULTS SCORE
N7TR 2301 79 363,558
WC6H 1866 79 294,828
N6TU 1551 79 245,058
N6RO(+K3EST)
1550 79 244,900
W6NL 1525 79 240,950
N6NT 1455 79 229,890
K6AW(+KX7M)
1351 79 213,458
K6KM(NU6S)
1274 79 201,292
K6HNZ 1254 79 198,132
AE6Y 1206 79 190,548
W0YK 1183 79 186,914
K6ZM(WB6MZQ, KD6RMN, AF7Y, K6WG)
1134 78 176,904
KT6RA(+KD6KKP)
1085 79 171,430
KI6CG 1071 78 167,076
W6BSY 1034 79 163,372
K6BZ 1013 79 160,054
K6PU 1012 79 159,896
NH7A/W6 984 79 155,472
WX6V 944 79 149,152
NI6T 934 79 147,572
W6RGG(+Pkt)
921 79 145,518
K6RB 790 77 121,660
N6KD 800 75 120,000
W6ISO 690 77 106,260
N6TNW(+N6TNX)
686 77 105,644
K6GT 653 79 103,174
K6UM 641 79 101,278
AC6DQ 638 79 100,804
N6IJ(AE0M, N0BBS, AA6EG)
570 76 86,640
W6YL(AD6E) 78,280
N6TV 538 72 77,472
K7CO 462 78 72,072
AK6L(+KD6NOS, +Pkt)
427 78 66,612
K6XN 404 78 63,024
N6UUG 424 72 61,056
W6IXP 334 70 46,760
K6EP 328 70 45,920
N6BT 326 69 44,988
W6ISQ(+Pkt)
272 78 42,432
WX6M 326 63 41,076
W7DR/M 263 78 41,028
N6JT 288 71 40,896
N6EE 239 77 36,806
K6BPB 248 68 33,728
K6XX 233 66 30,756
WA6CTA 220 62 27,280
AJ6V 169 58 19,604
AF7Y 127 55 13,970
WA0YQM 121 49 11,858
W6OAT(+Pkt)
112 49 10,976
W6DPD 116 46 10,672
N6NZ 124 43 10,664
AD6AY 105 49 10,290
AA6W 109 46 10,028
N7TN 101 37 7,474
KM6F 86 42 7,224
KD6WW 68 33 4,488
N2ALE 75 29 4,350
K6ST 46 30 2,760
ARRL Sweepstakes - Club Totals
Entries Points
CW: 49 4,833,732
SSB: 59 6,025,978
Total: 108 10,859,710
1997 CQ World-Wide CW
Call QSOs Zones Ctrys Score Class
6Y4A(K2KW,N6BT,N6TV,W4SO,KE7X,AG9A,
W9QA,JE3MAS,JI3ERV)
14978 188 658 31,863,744 M/M
KD6WW 512 103 225 481,504 SOAS
KO6N(AE0M@N6RO)
1139 38 103 407,772 20M
K6AW(@N6RO)
1138 33 101 374,798 15M
K6GT 427 82 142 257,824 SOHP
KA6W 598 37 109 247,324 20M
K6UM 350 93 151 233,996 SOLP
W6BSY 420 34 109 165,451 SOHP
W6PLJ 296 75 116 146,490 SOLP
W6ISQ 145 63 106 60,502 SOHP
W6BIP 79 45 65 22,110 SOHP
1997 CQ World-Wide SSB
Call QSOs Zones Ctrys Score Class
KO6N(N6RO, K6AW, KX7M, NU6S,
W6RGG, AE0M) 2857 143 382 3,654,525 M/M
VE1JX(K6HNZ) 2459 98 302 2,483,200 SO
N6CCL 450 107 258 435,445 SOAS
K6GT 424 77 133 228,690 SOHP
K6UM 364 80 146 218,090 SOLP
K6BZ 505 30 87 140,049 15M
W6PLJ 217 60 82 81,224 SOLP
K6XX 184 36 63 50,886
W6ISO 159 42 61 37,286 SOHP
W6ISQ(+Pkt) 71 39 55 16,450 SOAS
K6MA 7,800
AJ6V 46 28 30 5,858 SOAS
ARRL 10 Meter Contest
Call QSOs Mults Score Class
K6AW(@AG6D)
768 94 269,404 SO HP Mixed
K6HNZ 1110 70 155,400 SO HP SSB
W6ISO 463 88 108,592 SO LP Mixed
K6GT 432 84 100,128 SO HP Mixed
W6PLJ 316 80 76,640 SO LP Mixed
N2ALE 53 23 2,438 SO LP SSB
ARRL 160 Meter Contest
Call QSOs Mults Score Class
N6RO 727 82 126,690 SO HP
AJ6V 127 39 10,023 SO HP
K6UM 116 37 8,695 SO LP
W6PLJ 112 36 8,064 SO LP
1998 ARRL DX Contest - CW
Call QSOs Mults Score Class
KD6WW 1350 316 1,278,852 SO AS
AD6E 601 187 336,600 SO
K6III 575 194 334,068 SO AS
K6WG 727 153 332,775 SO HP
W6PLJ 392 137 160,701 SO LP
W6ISO 310 128 119,040 SO HP
K6UM 275 127 104,775 SO LP
K6GT 215 95 61,275 SO HP
N6TV 242 53 38,478 SO HP
K6GL 71 49 10,437
AJ6V 39 25 2,925 SO AS
1998 ARRL DX Contest - SSB
Call QSOs Mults Score Class
KP3P(K7BV)
5205 312 4,871,880 SO
N6RO (+AE0M,K6AW,N6NFB,K3EST,KL2A,
K6GV,KM6F,KX7M) 4,200,000 M/M
WH6H(+AD6E)
3790 2,900,000 M/S
K6GT 498 147 219,177 SO HP
W6ISO 437 166 217,626 SO HP
K6HNZ 721 100 216,300 20M
W6PLJ 440 132 174,240 SO LP
K6BZ 463 90 125,010 15M
K6GL 71 40 8,520
AJ6V 8 6 24
ARRL RTTY Contest
Call QSOs Mults Score Class
W6ISO 17,612
N2ALE 10 5 50
CQ 160
Mode Call QSOs Mults Score Class
CW W6PLJ 70 28 4,956 SOLP
SSB K6HNZ 347 54 44,496 SOHP
SSB W6PLJ 22 11 550 SOLP
CQ WW RTTY Contest
Call QSOs Zones Ctrys Score Class
HV4NAC(W6OSP, K6AW, W6OTC)
1437 90 331 1,442,346 M/S
K6XX 96 26 51 18,942
North American QSO Party (NAQP)
Mode Call QSOs Mults Score Class
CW N6RO 869 231 200,739 SO
SSB WX6V 215 72 15,480 SO
Thats it for now. Remember, starting in May, youll be sending your scores to a new VP/CC!
73, Bob/N6TV
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While cleaning out some old papers this afternoon I came across an envelope which Carl, AI6V had given me at the end of WRTC-96. Someone had placed it anonymously in Carl's briefcase, probably on Sunday afternoon during the pool party, but before the Awards Banquet. The envelope contained a poem. I think it is brilliant and I want to share it with all of you. And to the anonymous poet, whoever you are, my sincerest apologies for misplacing your envelope and accidentally allowing this gem to go unpublished until now.
Enjoy, de Rusty, W6OAT
Dedicated to the WRTC-96 Army:
"THE BATTLE OF SAN FRANCISCO"
We had gathered together
All boys of the ether
For a fracas, a folly, a fray
We came like the wind
By wing and by wheel
To the City that sits on the Bay
Bearing secrets and knowledge
Our wits and much baggage
To joust on the plains of the sky
Now to put up or shut up
No bluster or bragging
Our best we would give, do or die
One beam and one wire
Were all we were given
To vanquish our rivals and foes
On the plains ringing 'round
The still emerald waters
That from the Yosemite flows
With toasts and sweet insult
We greeted each other
As friends over drinks and a meal
All the better in battle
To gather more treasure
A sweet vict'ry surely to steal
The day it came dawning
We rose from our slumber
The running lust hot to be waged
Nervously waiting
The final few seconds
Sore ready to finally engage
The starting bell sounded
"To booty and plunder!"
We shouted a rallying cry
"To twenty and forty
We'll run 'em, by thunder
And sort it all out, bye and bye!"
The battle fantastic
No quarter was given
Was a frequency clear? Not a chance!
It was run three then pounce two
We tuned for our quarry
A frantic St. Vitus' dance
The totals they mounted
With each thrust and parry
The hours flew by in a dream
Rounding the home stretch
As evening befell us
You could hear from each valiant team
"Just one more, all comers"
They flurried and feinted
In a lather right to the end
Leaving no stone unturned
To pick up each straggler
No energy left to expend
And then it was over
The clock struck eleven
We lay winded and tired, through and through
To the judges submitted
Our record of conquest
There was finally nothing to do
Now here we sit waiting
The bronze, gold, and silver
The medals we quested so dear
Yet we know deep inside
Each team is a champion
Chosen the best of their peers
So rise up, ye hearties
For one final volley
To each master from so far away
Put together your hands
And call out your joy
Let your heart tell your hands how to play
Go back to your sweethearts,
Your friends and companions
Full of good friendship and fun
Farewell and Godspeed
Seven-three and best wishes
This epic is finally done!
73 de P0ET
(anonymous)
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