Re: [DX-CHAT] CQ WPX Contest
I would enter as single op, low power, TS (tribander or single element wire ant) 20 meters. As I understand it - You can work stations on other bands, but of course they won't count toward your score. I believe you can just give them the next SN in your sequence. These qso's will be filtered out by the computer doing the scoring, with no penalty to you. If you can't find info on this in the rules, you could send an email to CQ and ask them. 73, Gerry Maira KA2MGE Leon M Foot wrote: I have a moderate station: TS450S/AT whit a triband beam, running 100 W max. No linear. I have been off air for some years and have never worked a contest. In the upcoming CQ contest I want to work 20m only. What category do I enter in the contest: Single band low power or single transmitter with triband beam (or whatever the official categories are)? What happens if, during a quiet period, I tune accross a new one on say 15 or 10m? May I work them? Will it affect my single band entry? What serial number do I give? Thanks Leon ZS4Y Subscribe/unsubscribe, feedback, FAQ, problems http://njdxa.org/dx-chat To post a message, DX related items only, dx-chat@njdxa.org This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org Subscribe/unsubscribe, feedback, FAQ, problems http://njdxa.org/dx-chat To post a message, DX related items only, dx-chat@njdxa.org This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org
Re: [DX-CHAT] CQ WPX Contest
I have never figured out the purpose of the TB-wires category. It appears to be there to equalize things for the guys with smaller antennas, but if I interpret the rules correctly, with a vertical, I have to compete against the guys with the stacked yagis (I guess I could use that category if I stuck to 40 and below). Bob, N7XY On Sun, Mar 13, 2005 at 08:44:42AM -0500, Gerry Maira wrote: I would enter as single op, low power, TS (tribander or single element wire ant) 20 meters. As I understand it - You can work stations on other bands, but of course they won't count toward your score. I believe you can just give them the next SN in your sequence. These qso's will be filtered out by the computer doing the scoring, with no penalty to you. If you can't find info on this in the rules, you could send an email to CQ and ask them. 73, Gerry Maira KA2MGE Leon M Foot wrote: I have a moderate station: TS450S/AT whit a triband beam, running 100 W max. No linear. I have been off air for some years and have never worked a contest. In the upcoming CQ contest I want to work 20m only. What category do I enter in the contest: Single band low power or single transmitter with triband beam (or whatever the official categories are)? What happens if, during a quiet period, I tune accross a new one on say 15 or 10m? May I work them? Will it affect my single band entry? What serial number do I give? Thanks Leon ZS4Y Subscribe/unsubscribe, feedback, FAQ, problems http://njdxa.org/dx-chat To post a message, DX related items only, dx-chat@njdxa.org This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org
Re: [DX-CHAT] CQ WPX Contest
Actually I think the S in TS stands for single element, which would include verticals. I'm sure that verticals would be allowed in this category, but I haven't looked at the rules in a while. Gerry KA2MGE Bob Nielsen wrote: I have never figured out the purpose of the TB-wires category. It appears to be there to equalize things for the guys with smaller antennas, but if I interpret the rules correctly, with a vertical, I have to compete against the guys with the stacked yagis (I guess I could use that category if I stuck to 40 and below). Bob, N7XY On Sun, Mar 13, 2005 at 08:44:42AM -0500, Gerry Maira wrote: I would enter as single op, low power, TS (tribander or single element wire ant) 20 meters. As I understand it - You can work stations on other bands, but of course they won't count toward your score. I believe you can just give them the next SN in your sequence. These qso's will be filtered out by the computer doing the scoring, with no penalty to you. If you can't find info on this in the rules, you could send an email to CQ and ask them. 73, Gerry Maira KA2MGE Leon M Foot wrote: I have a moderate station: TS450S/AT whit a triband beam, running 100 W max. No linear. I have been off air for some years and have never worked a contest. In the upcoming CQ contest I want to work 20m only. What category do I enter in the contest: Single band low power or single transmitter with triband beam (or whatever the official categories are)? What happens if, during a quiet period, I tune accross a new one on say 15 or 10m? May I work them? Will it affect my single band entry? What serial number do I give? Thanks Leon ZS4Y Subscribe/unsubscribe, feedback, FAQ, problems http://njdxa.org/dx-chat To post a message, DX related items only, dx-chat@njdxa.org This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org Subscribe/unsubscribe, feedback, FAQ, problems http://njdxa.org/dx-chat To post a message, DX related items only, dx-chat@njdxa.org This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org
Re: [DX-CHAT] CQ WPX Contest
At 08:05 AM 3/13/05, Leon M Foot wrote: I have a moderate station: TS450S/AT whit a triband beam, running 100 W max. No linear. I have been off air for some years and have never worked a contest. In the upcoming CQ contest I want to work 20m only. What category do I enter in the contest: Single band low power or single transmitter with triband beam (or whatever the official categories are)? The Tri-Bander/Single Element (TB-WIRES) category is an all-band, single power (i.e, high power ) category. You could enter that category but it sounds like from what you want to do you'll better off entering as 20M single-band, low power (SINGLE-OP 20M LOW) What happens if, during a quiet period, I tune accross a new one on say 15 or 10m? May I work them? Yes, go ahead and work them. As a single band entry you are allowed to work stations on other bands. Those QSOs won't count towards your 20M score but they will count for the stations that you work on other bands. Be sure to include those QSOs in your log. Will it affect my single band entry? No. As long as you make sure your log/entry form shows that you are entering as 20M single-band then only the 20M QSOs that appear in your log will be used in computing your score. What you can't do as a single band entry is ask a station on 15M or 10M to QSY to 20M or to look for you on 20M later. What serial number do I give? Use the same serial number sequence on all bands. 73, Mike K1MK Subscribe/unsubscribe, feedback, FAQ, problems http://njdxa.org/dx-chat To post a message, DX related items only, dx-chat@njdxa.org This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org
Re: [DX-CHAT] CQ WPX Contest
At 11:58 AM 3/13/05, I wrote: Tri-bander/Single Element (TB-WIRES) is an all-band, single power (i.e, high power ) category. I typed too fast... TB-WIRES is an overlay category not a separate category. So, one can enter as single-op, 20M single-band, low power (SINGLE-OP 20M LOW) with or without the overlay of tri-bander/single element. That's a mouthful :-) 73, Mike K1MK Michael Keane K1MK [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe/unsubscribe, feedback, FAQ, problems http://njdxa.org/dx-chat To post a message, DX related items only, dx-chat@njdxa.org This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org
Re: [DX-CHAT] CQ WPX Contest
I agree that this category is Triband and single elements or less. Us vertical all band guys still have to compete with the BIG GUNS using tribanders at 35' Gerry VE6LB/VA6XDX ARRL Card Checker (403) 251-6520 ve6lb (at) rac.ca www.qsl.net/ve6lb/ - Original Message - From: Gerry Maira [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Bob Nielsen [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: dx-chat@njdxa.org Sent: Sunday, March 13, 2005 9:38 AM Subject: Re: [DX-CHAT] CQ WPX Contest Actually I think the S in TS stands for single element, which would include verticals. I'm sure that verticals would be allowed in this category, but I haven't looked at the rules in a while. Gerry KA2MGE Bob Nielsen wrote: I have never figured out the purpose of the TB-wires category. It appears to be there to equalize things for the guys with smaller antennas, but if I interpret the rules correctly, with a vertical, I have to compete against the guys with the stacked yagis (I guess I could use that category if I stuck to 40 and below). Bob, N7XY On Sun, Mar 13, 2005 at 08:44:42AM -0500, Gerry Maira wrote: I would enter as single op, low power, TS (tribander or single element wire ant) 20 meters. As I understand it - You can work stations on other bands, but of course they won't count toward your score. I believe you can just give them the next SN in your sequence. These qso's will be filtered out by the computer doing the scoring, with no penalty to you. If you can't find info on this in the rules, you could send an email to CQ and ask them. 73, Gerry Maira KA2MGE Leon M Foot wrote: I have a moderate station: TS450S/AT whit a triband beam, running 100 W max. No linear. I have been off air for some years and have never worked a contest. In the upcoming CQ contest I want to work 20m only. What category do I enter in the contest: Single band low power or single transmitter with triband beam (or whatever the official categories are)? What happens if, during a quiet period, I tune accross a new one on say 15 or 10m? May I work them? Will it affect my single band entry? What serial number do I give? Thanks Leon ZS4Y Subscribe/unsubscribe, feedback, FAQ, problems http://njdxa.org/dx-chat To post a message, DX related items only, dx-chat@njdxa.org This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org Subscribe/unsubscribe, feedback, FAQ, problems http://njdxa.org/dx-chat To post a message, DX related items only, dx-chat@njdxa.org This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org Subscribe/unsubscribe, feedback, FAQ, problems http://njdxa.org/dx-chat To post a message, DX related items only, dx-chat@njdxa.org This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org
Re: [DX-CHAT] CQ WPX Contest
At 11:11 AM 3/13/05, Bob Nielsen wrote: I have never figured out the purpose of the TB-wires category. It appears to be there to equalize things for the guys with smaller antennas, but if I interpret the rules correctly, with a vertical, I have to compete against the guys with the stacked yagis (I guess I could use that category if I stuck to 40 and below). Bob, N7XY I think you may be mis-reading it just a bit. On 20, 15 10, one is limited to using only one triband antenna of any type as long as it employs a single feedline. That allows the use of trap verticals, G5RV's, etc. Technically the rule would seem to not allow using three mono-band verts or dipoles each with an individual feed for 20, 15 10. However, the spirit of the rule has been: - no monoband beams - no stacked tribanders - no beam or multi-element antennas on the low bands Ask N8BJQ directly if one wants to be sure. 73, Mike K1MK Michael Keane K1MK [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe/unsubscribe, feedback, FAQ, problems http://njdxa.org/dx-chat To post a message, DX related items only, dx-chat@njdxa.org This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org
[DX-CHAT] Best Antenna - Surrounded area-?
Hi My name is OM Sara, VU3RSB from India. Member of recent VU4/Tsunami operations in Andaman Islands. After the expedition curious about DxingUnfortunately recently city developments took my place in bad shape and things are changed too quick. I may not get the station at all but the other station will hear us very strong... So our Noise level increased very highand unable to make good dxing... Example yesterday on 40 M .. US Station can able to hear but i am not able to hear Can any one help me with good antenna design... Suggestion if u dont mine please. Regards Sara R.Sarath Babu, VU3RSB Personal: http://www.qsl.net/vu3rsb Hon.Member of Wellington Radio Club, U.S.A"Our Towering Times" correspondent from IndiaMember of National Institute of Amateur Radio(RACES /NIAR - Tech Wing)Member of Amsat - IndiaGEM Net Net Control - 7.080Khz at 22.00hrsIST (16.30UTC)R.G.Echolink Net Control:VU2RG-R 21.30 IST (16.00UTC) Yahoo! India Matrimony: Find your partner online.
Re: [DX-CHAT] Best Antenna - Surrounded area-?
Title: Re: Best Antenna - Surrounded area-? Sara VU3RSB wrote: My name is OM Sara, VU3RSB from India. Member of recent VU4/Tsunami operations in Andaman Islands. After the expedition curious about DxingUnfortunately recently city developments took my place in bad shape and things are changed too quick. I may not get the station at all but the other station will hear us very strong... So our Noise level increased very highand unable to make good dxing... Example yesterday on 40 M .. US Station can able to hear but i am not able to hear Can any one help me with good antenna design... Suggestion if u dont mine please. Sara, On the low bands (40/80/160), receiving is almost always a bigger problem than getting your signal out. That's especially true if you have strong local noise. Your situation is very common these days. Unfortunately, the best solutions - Yagis and/or Beverage receiving antennas - both require lots of space, something which doesn't exist in most city locations. You should probably look at loop receiving antennas, which don't take up much area. I'm not an expert on those, so hopefully other people on this Reflector will give you more information. But your signal was 55 into Texas on 40M SSB long-path yesterday, so you have half the problem solved. Don't give up! 73, John, NT5C.
