From k7cw at yahoo.com  Wed Jan  4 15:00:27 2012
From: k7cw at yahoo.com (Paul Kiesel)
Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2012 12:00:27 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [AK-VHF] Fw: [wwdxc] Amateur Extra Class Course in Western
	Washington
References: <SNT123-W57674673154EE9ADA488DF96970@phx.gbl> 
Message-ID: <1325707227.99248.YahooMailNeo@web112409.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>

For those who have not yet upgraded to Amateur Extra Class license, here is an opportunity for structured guidance in studying to take the exam. Bruce, N7RR, said that the course is open to everyone. Now might be a good time to go for the big one.

73, Paul K7CW

----- Forwarded Message -----
From: Bruce Prior <n7rr at hotmail.com>
To: Western Washington  DX Club <wwdxc at yahoogroups.com> 
Sent: Wednesday, January 4, 2012 7:01 AM
Subject: [wwdxc] Amateur Extra Class Course in Western Washington
 

? 
I assume that most WWDXC members are already Amateur Extra Class hams.? You may know of some Advanced or General Class hams who might be interested in upgrading.? If so, please pass along this information about the course:

 
Amateur Extra Class
Course Starting in January
?
Remember when you were studying for your General Class or
Advanced Class license?? It seemed like a
steep hill to climb.? Now that the
Advanced Class license is no longer available to new applicants, the climb to
Amateur Extra Class is even steeper.? Mountain climbers use a special technique for long, tough climbs:? it's called the rest step.? The rest step is a steady, slow technique
with carefully-calibrated pauses built into every step.? Getting to Extra is like that.? It takes some effort, but with a step-by-step
approach, the Amateur Extra Class license is well within the capability of any
General Class or Advanced Class amateur.
?
Formal classes for Amateur Extra Class are very hard to
find.? Such a course is finally coming in
January.? The basic course takes place at
your home:? on the internet and optionally
weekly on-the-air sessions (on the 75 m and 15 m bands).? Self-paced at-home instruction begins in early January
2012.? With a bit of effort - about 30
minutes of work each day - you'll succeed in becoming an Extra!? 
?
You must be a General Class or Advanced Class amateur to
join the program.? The cost for the
course, including the textbook, is $39.? You
pay the VEC fee separately wherever you take the exam.? If two people from the same household are
taking the course, you can share the textbook and only one fee is charged.? If you already own the Gordon West Extra
Class manual, the fee is only $14 and you can get started right away.? 
?
Please make out your check or money order payable to Bruce
Prior and mail it to Bruce Prior N7RR, 853 Alder Street, Blaine, WA? 98230.? Be sure to include your name, callsign,
address, telephone number and email address.? It would be helpful if you could send an email to n7rr at mail.com as soon as your check is in the
mail.? 
?
Candidates can take the course from anywhere.? For those living in or close to Western Washington, there's icing on the cake.? We'll have face-to-face sessions in Bellingham WA
on one weekend in February - just before Valentine's Day.? If you can make it to Bellingham, send an email to n7rr at mail.com for more details.
? 
A VEC exam is held on Sunday afternoon, February 12.? Following the exam, we'll hold a door-prize
drawing.? Only brand-new Extra Class
amateurs who passed the exam in that VEC session will be eligible for the
drawing.? So far we have four items for
the drawing:? 
1)????? a
fancy ZN-9 dual-lever paddle from N3ZN.? See:
http://www.n3znkeys.com/keys.html. ?
2)????? an
excellent iambic and keyboard keyer, logger and Morse trainer: the Begali CW
Machine. See: http://www.i2rtf.com/html/cw_machine.html
3)????? a
Universal Keying Adapter 3 kit and cabinet from HamGadgets for use with tube transceivers and linear amplifiers http://www.hamgadgets.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=21&products_id=128
4)????? a
Picokeyer Plus kit with an enhanced chip and cabinet from HamGadgets http://www.hamgadgets.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=21&products_id=89 ?
?
We expect additional equipment donations for the drawing.
?
73, Bruce Prior N7RR
n7rr at mail.com
telephone 360-332-6046 ???


J. Bruce Prior???853 Alder Street??Blaine, WA 98230-8030???360-332-6046????Grid CN88px?????Amateur Radio Station N7RR?????The CW Operators' Club 846????
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From kl7uw at acsalaska.net  Sat Jan 14 03:42:11 2012
From: kl7uw at acsalaska.net (Edward R. Cole)
Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2012 23:42:11 -0900
Subject: [AK-VHF] Net Tomorrow 9am 146.52
Message-ID: <201201140842.q0E8gDbP021826@ingra.acsalaska.net>

The Alaska VHF Net will meet at 9am on 146.52 MHz FM simplex.  I will 
be running about 90w so should have a good signal into Anchorage.  WE 
will discuss the upcoming Jan. ARRL VHF Contest scheduled for a week 
from tomorrow.

I am almost ready to test 222 MHz with a 150w amp and two yagis...not 
ready by net time.


73, Ed - KL7UW, WD2XSH/45
======================================
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EME: 50-1.1kw?, 144-1.4kw, 432-QRT, 1296-?, 3400-?
DUBUS Magazine USA Rep dubususa at gmail.com
Coming Soon - "Kits made by KL7UW"
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From k7cw at yahoo.com  Sun Jan 15 18:00:31 2012
From: k7cw at yahoo.com (Paul Kiesel)
Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2012 15:00:31 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [AK-VHF] January Contest this Coming Weekend
Message-ID: <1326668431.14536.YahooMailNeo@web112402.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>

Hello Everyone -

This is just a reminder that one of the big four VHF contests is fast approaching. It's the ARRL 2012 January VHF Sweepstakes. Here's a chance to exercise those vocal cords and blow the dust off the morse key. Take some time from your other activities to make some contacts. Invite your ham friends who have VHF capabilities built into their HF rigs to pass out some contacts and maybe join the club. When submitting your log, don't forget to state that you are a member of the Alaska VHF-Up Group. If you have any questions about the contest, please pass them my way.

http://www.qsl.net/ak-vhf/Contests/?


73,
Paul, K7CW
AVG Contest Guy

From k7cw at yahoo.com  Sun Jan 15 18:10:25 2012
From: k7cw at yahoo.com (Paul Kiesel)
Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2012 15:10:25 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [AK-VHF] January Contest this Coming Weekend
In-Reply-To: <1326668431.14536.YahooMailNeo@web112402.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>
References: <1326668431.14536.YahooMailNeo@web112402.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <1326669025.91668.YahooMailNeo@web112406.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>

Try this link:?http://www.qsl.net/ak-vhf/Contests/


________________________________
 From: Paul Kiesel <k7cw at yahoo.com>
To: "ak-vhf at mailman.qth.net" <ak-vhf at mailman.qth.net> 
Sent: Sunday, January 15, 2012 3:00 PM
Subject: [AK-VHF] January Contest this Coming Weekend
 
Hello Everyone -

This is just a reminder that one of the big four VHF contests is fast approaching. It's the ARRL 2012 January VHF Sweepstakes. Here's a chance to exercise those vocal cords and blow the dust off the morse key. Take some time from your other activities to make some contacts. Invite your ham friends who have VHF capabilities built into their HF rigs to pass out some contacts and maybe join the club. When submitting your log, don't forget to state that you are a member of the Alaska VHF-Up Group. If you have any questions about the contest, please pass them my way.

http://www.qsl.net/ak-vhf/Contests/?


73,
Paul, K7CW
AVG Contest Guy
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From kl7uw at acsalaska.net  Sun Jan 15 21:31:09 2012
From: kl7uw at acsalaska.net (Edward R. Cole)
Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2012 17:31:09 -0900
Subject: [AK-VHF] January Contest this Coming Weekend
In-Reply-To: <1326668431.14536.YahooMailNeo@web112402.mail.gq1.yahoo.com
 >
References: <1326668431.14536.YahooMailNeo@web112402.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <201201160231.q0G2VAkW004875@denali.acsalaska.net>

Paul,

Thanks for the announcement.  We discussed the contest a little on 
Saturday's net.
I am working on getting 222 and 927.5 MHz ready.  I have hit a snag 
with the 150w 222 linear as it will not key into Tx, but have the new 
DEMI 222-28 transverter ready.  Temps are very cold (-23F) this week 
which makes outside work unattractive!

BTW I have updated the AK-VHF website for 2012.

73, Ed - KL7UW

At 02:00 PM 1/15/2012, Paul Kiesel wrote:
>Hello Everyone -
>
>This is just a reminder that one of the big four VHF contests is 
>fast approaching. It's the ARRL 2012 January VHF Sweepstakes. Here's 
>a chance to exercise those vocal cords and blow the dust off the 
>morse key. Take some time from your other activities to make some 
>contacts. Invite your ham friends who have VHF capabilities built 
>into their HF rigs to pass out some contacts and maybe join the 
>club. When submitting your log, don't forget to state that you are a 
>member of the Alaska VHF-Up Group. If you have any questions about 
>the contest, please pass them my way.
>
>http://www.qsl.net/ak-vhf/Contests/
>
>
>73,
>Paul, K7CW
>AVG Contest Guy
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73, Ed - KL7UW, WD2XSH/45
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Coming Soon - "Kits made by KL7UW"
======================================

From kl7uw at acsalaska.net  Tue Jan 17 14:13:03 2012
From: kl7uw at acsalaska.net (Edward R. Cole)
Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2012 10:13:03 -0900
Subject: [AK-VHF] January Contest this Coming Weekend
In-Reply-To: <201201160231.q0G2VAkW004875@denali.acsalaska.net>
References: <1326668431.14536.YahooMailNeo@web112402.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>
	<201201160231.q0G2VAkW004875@denali.acsalaska.net>
Message-ID: <201201171913.q0HJD40D000442@huffman.acsalaska.net>

I have 125w running on 222-MHz but the antenna SWR is infinite so 
some trouble shooting is required.  I do not recall if I connected 
the 222 antenna coax to the relays a couple years ago when working on 
the 432 system which shares the 7/8-inch transmission line from the 
shack.  I discovered my MFJ-269 is not working on UHF so have no tool 
to test with other than 222 RF.  I may have to climb the tower in 
sub-zero wx?  Hands in leather gloves get pretty cold holding onto cold steel!

In meantime I am working to finish getting 100w amp going on 900 
MHz.  I will lower the eme array Wed. to install the 1296 60w PA and 
900 equipment if the 28v PS tests OK today (in the garage).  If that 
is not OK then I will forgo installing anything and leave the array 
up.  Doing anything in the extreme cold is risky.

Only have 6m & 2m at present.

73, Ed

At 05:31 PM 1/15/2012, Edward R. Cole wrote:
>Paul,
>
>Thanks for the announcement.  We discussed the contest a little on
>Saturday's net.
>I am working on getting 222 and 927.5 MHz ready.  I have hit a snag
>with the 150w 222 linear as it will not key into Tx, but have the new
>DEMI 222-28 transverter ready.  Temps are very cold (-23F) this week
>which makes outside work unattractive!
>
>BTW I have updated the AK-VHF website for 2012.
>
>73, Ed - KL7UW
>
>At 02:00 PM 1/15/2012, Paul Kiesel wrote:
> >Hello Everyone -
> >
> >This is just a reminder that one of the big four VHF contests is
> >fast approaching. It's the ARRL 2012 January VHF Sweepstakes. Here's
> >a chance to exercise those vocal cords and blow the dust off the
> >morse key. Take some time from your other activities to make some
> >contacts. Invite your ham friends who have VHF capabilities built
> >into their HF rigs to pass out some contacts and maybe join the
> >club. When submitting your log, don't forget to state that you are a
> >member of the Alaska VHF-Up Group. If you have any questions about
> >the contest, please pass them my way.
> >
> >http://www.qsl.net/ak-vhf/Contests/
> >
> >
> >73,
> >Paul, K7CW
> >AVG Contest Guy
> >______________________________________________________________
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> >
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>
>
>73, Ed - KL7UW, WD2XSH/45
>======================================
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>EME: 50-1.1kw?, 144-1.4kw, 432-QRT, 1296-?, 3400-?
>DUBUS Magazine USA Rep dubususa at gmail.com
>Coming Soon - "Kits made by KL7UW"
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73, Ed - KL7UW, WD2XSH/45
======================================
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EME: 50-1.1kw?, 144-1.4kw, 432-QRT, 1296-?, 3400-?
DUBUS Magazine USA Rep dubususa at gmail.com
Coming Soon - "Kits made by KL7UW"
======================================

From kl7uw at acsalaska.net  Thu Jan 19 20:39:59 2012
From: kl7uw at acsalaska.net (Edward R. Cole)
Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2012 16:39:59 -0900
Subject: [AK-VHF] Final Plans for VHF Contest (Sat. 10am)
Message-ID: <201201200140.q0K1e11W086648@ingra.acsalaska.net>

Due to the cold weather I have modified some of my plans for the 
contest.  I was planning to lower my eme array and install at 60w 
1296 linear amp and install a new 33-element 900-MHz antenna and 100w 
linear amp.  I decided there was too much risk of mechanical problems 
lowering the array, so here is the line up for KL7UW:

50.125-SSB, 125w, 3-elem yagi (55-ft) or fixed 6-elem (20-ft) yagi 
pointing SE (az=115); 50.30-FM 125w 3-elem yagi.
144.200-SSB, 150w, four 10-element yagis (52-ft); 146.58-FM 90w four 
10-element yagis
223.50-FM, 125w, two 11-element yagis (60-ft)
927.5-FM, 9w, 33-element loop-yagi (15-ft);  blew a component in the 100w amp
1296.100-SSB/FM, 20w, 45-element loop-yagi (50-ft)

The Alaska VHF Net will meet at 9am this Saturday on 144.200 USB and 
the contest starts at 10am.


73, Ed - KL7UW, WD2XSH/45
======================================
BP40IQ   500 KHz - 10-GHz   www.kl7uw.com
EME: 50-1.1kw?, 144-1.4kw, 432-QRT, 1296-?, 3400-?
DUBUS Magazine USA Rep dubususa at gmail.com
Coming Soon - "Kits made by KL7UW"
======================================

From kl7uw at acsalaska.net  Fri Jan 20 14:39:48 2012
From: kl7uw at acsalaska.net (Edward R. Cole)
Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2012 10:39:48 -0900
Subject: [AK-VHF] Fwd: [Rmg] Solar Propagation Enhancement for this weekend
Message-ID: <201201201939.q0KJdnYB051128@ingra.acsalaska.net>

This could lead to 6m skip conditions during the contest (arrival 
Sat. at 1:30pm local time).

Forwarded From the Road Runners MW Group Reflector:

>From: Ron Marosko Sr <K5LLL at hughes.net>
>
>At 06:46 PM 1/19/2012, you wrote:
>>==snip==
>>
>>Note also that there is a good chance for some propagation enhancement:
>>EARTH-DIRECTED SOLAR FLARE: Active sunspot 1401 erupted today, Jan. 
>>19th, between 15:15 and 16:30 UT. The long-duration blast produced 
>>an M3-class solar flare and a CME that appears to be heading toward 
>>Earth. "Analysts at the Goddard Space Weather Lab confirm that the 
>>CME is heading for Earth, and they say strong geomagnetic storms 
>>are possible when the cloud arrives this weekend. Their animated 
>>forecast track predicts an impact on Jan. 21st at 22:30 UT (+/- 7 hrs)."
>>
>><http://spaceweather.com/>Click here for more up to date information.
>>


73, Ed - KL7UW, WD2XSH/45
======================================
BP40IQ   500 KHz - 10-GHz   www.kl7uw.com
EME: 50-1.1kw?, 144-1.4kw, 432-QRT, 1296-?, 3400-?
DUBUS Magazine USA Rep dubususa at gmail.com
Coming Soon - "Kits made by KL7UW"
======================================

From daleh at alaska.net  Fri Jan 20 16:13:08 2012
From: daleh at alaska.net (Dale Hershberger)
Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2012 12:13:08 -0900
Subject: [AK-VHF] RSVP:  Final Plans for VHF Contest (Sat. 10am)
In-Reply-To: <fc.005b90412edef0593b9aca002a96fdd3.2edfab31@AlaskaAir.com>
References: <fc.005b90412edef0593b9aca002a96fdd3.2edfab31@AlaskaAir.com>
Message-ID: <4F19D8E4.40800@alaska.net>

On 1/20/2012 12:38 AM, RuthAnn Bledsoe wrote:
> Hello Ed>>>
>
>       Good job on your VHF and UHF lineup.  I should be able to work you on
> every one of those bands and modes except for 927.5 FM.  As we discussed
> previously, you'll probably get more non-146.52 FM contest action if you go
> trolling on the Valley simplex chat frequency of 146.43 in comparison to your
> posted 146.58  Just my opinion...
>
>       See you on Saturday morning around 9 AM on the VHF and Up Net on 144.2
> USB, and then off we go...
>
>                              Good luck and 73,
>
>                              Craig, KL4E
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> 	
> From:		"Edward R. Cole"<kl7uw at acsalaska.net>	1/19/2012 4:39:59 PM
> Subject:	[AK-VHF] Final Plans for VHF Contest (Sat. 10am)
> To:		ak-vhf at mailman.qth.net	<ronkeech at alaska.com>
>
> Due to the cold weather I have modified some of my plans for the
> contest.  I was planning to lower my eme array and install at 60w
> 1296 linear amp and install a new 33-element 900-MHz antenna and 100w
> linear amp.  I decided there was too much risk of mechanical problems
> lowering the array, so here is the line up for KL7UW:
>
> 50.125-SSB, 125w, 3-elem yagi (55-ft) or fixed 6-elem (20-ft) yagi
> pointing SE (az=115); 50.30-FM 125w 3-elem yagi.
> 144.200-SSB, 150w, four 10-element yagis (52-ft); 146.58-FM 90w four
> 10-element yagis
> 223.50-FM, 125w, two 11-element yagis (60-ft)
> 927.5-FM, 9w, 33-element loop-yagi (15-ft);  blew a component in the 100w amp
> 1296.100-SSB/FM, 20w, 45-element loop-yagi (50-ft)
>
> The Alaska VHF Net will meet at 9am this Saturday on 144.200 USB and
> the contest starts at 10am.
>
>
> 73, Ed - KL7UW, WD2XSH/45
> ======================================
> BP40IQ   500 KHz - 10-GHz   www.kl7uw.com
> EME: 50-1.1kw?, 144-1.4kw, 432-QRT, 1296-?, 3400-?
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>
Hi All,

I will be on the following bands for the Jan. ARRL sweepstakes contest:

      6M/2M/70CM/23/CM

lets see if I get more contacts then I had in Sept.  (Only 6)

Dale/KL7XJ

From kl7uw at acsalaska.net  Mon Jan 23 01:56:01 2012
From: kl7uw at acsalaska.net (Edward R. Cole)
Date: Sun, 22 Jan 2012 21:56:01 -0900
Subject: [AK-VHF] January VHF Contest
Message-ID: <201201230656.q0N6u3F3017602@cordova.acsalaska.net>

It was a good contest this weekend with activity all day on 
Saturday.  I worked 17 contacts and suspect there were several more 
in Anchorage I could no copy.  I submitted a summary to the contest soapbox:
http://www.arrl.org/soapbox

I encourage everyone to submit a log not matter how many or few 
contacts you made.  If you are a member of the
Alaska VHF-UP Group please enter that for your Club entry (only valid 
for stations resident in Alaska).

here is my automated log entry via the on-line contest robot:

To: JanuaryVHF at arrl.org, kl7uw at acsalaska.net
From: "Edward R. Cole" <kl7uw at acsalaska.net>
Subject: KL7UW

START-OF-LOG: 3.0
LOCATION: AK
CALLSIGN: KL7UW
CATEGORY-ASSISTED: NON-ASSISTED
CATEGORY-BAND: ALL
CATEGORY-MODE: MIXED
CATEGORY-OPERATOR: SINGLE-OP
CATEGORY-POWER: LOW
CATEGORY-STATION: FIXED
CATEGORY-TRANSMITTER: ONE
CLAIMED-SCORE: 85
CLUB: Alaska VHF-Up Group
CONTEST: ARRL-VHF-JAN
CREATED-BY: WA7BNM Web2Cabrillo 2.03
NAME: Edward Cole
ADDRESS: PO Box 8672
ADDRESS: Nikiski, AK 99635
EMAIL: kl7uw at acsalaska.net
OPERATORS: KL7UW @KL7UW
SOAPBOX:
QSO:   144 PH 2012-01-21 1907 KL7UW            BP40   KL6M             BP51
QSO:   144 PH 2012-01-21 1909 KL7UW            BP40   KL7XJ            BP40
QSO:   144 PH 2012-01-21 1914 KL7UW            BP40   KL4E             BP51
QSO:   144 PH 2012-01-21 1916 KL7UW            BP40   KL7YK/R          BP51
QSO:   144 FM 2012-01-21 1950 KL7UW            BP40   KL3JI            BP51
QSO:    50 PH 2012-01-21 2020 KL7UW            BP40   KL7XJ            BP40
QSO:    50 PH 2012-01-21 2021 KL7UW            BP40   KL7YK/R          BP51
QSO:    50 PH 2012-01-21 2022 KL7UW            BP40   KL4E             BP51
QSO:    50 PH 2012-01-21 2024 KL7UW            BP40   KL6M             BP51
QSO:    50 FM 2012-01-21 2208 KL7UW            BP40   KL3JI            BP51
QSO:   144 FM 2012-01-21 2302 KL7UW            BP40   KL7AIR           BP51
QSO:    50 PH 2012-01-21 2310 KL7UW            BP40   KL7AIR           BP51
QSO:   144 FM 2012-01-21 2345 KL7UW            BP40   KL7BX/R          BP41
QSO:   144 FM 2012-01-22 0046 KL7UW            BP40   KL7BL/R          BP41
QSO:   144 FM 2012-01-22 2109 KL7UW            BP40   KL7BX/R          BP51
QSO:   144 FM 2012-01-22 2110 KL7UW            BP40   KL7BL/R          BP51
QSO:   144 FM 2012-01-22 2114 KL7UW            BP40   KL2CD            BP51
END-OF-LOG:



73, Ed - KL7UW, WD2XSH/45
======================================
BP40IQ   500 KHz - 10-GHz   www.kl7uw.com
EME: 50-1.1kw?, 144-1.4kw, 432-QRT, 1296-?, 3400-?
DUBUS Magazine USA Rep dubususa at gmail.com
Coming Soon - "Kits made by KL7UW"
======================================

From k7cw at yahoo.com  Mon Jan 23 11:52:57 2012
From: k7cw at yahoo.com (Paul Kiesel)
Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2012 08:52:57 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [AK-VHF] January VHF Contest
In-Reply-To: <201201230656.q0N6u3F3017602@cordova.acsalaska.net>
References: <201201230656.q0N6u3F3017602@cordova.acsalaska.net>
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It's great to know that there was a lot of activity this time. I also encourage everyone to submit his or her log and be sure to indicate your membership in Alaska VHF-Up Group. This includes all members of AVG who participated in the contest while in Alaska.?

73,
Paul, K7CW
AVG Contest Guy


________________________________
 From: Edward R. Cole <kl7uw at acsalaska.net>
To: ak-vhf at mailman.qth.net 
Sent: Sunday, January 22, 2012 10:56 PM
Subject: [AK-VHF] January VHF Contest
 
It was a good contest this weekend with activity all day on 
Saturday.? I worked 17 contacts and suspect there were several more 
in Anchorage I could no copy.? I submitted a summary to the contest soapbox:
http://www.arrl.org/soapbox

I encourage everyone to submit a log not matter how many or few 
contacts you made.? If you are a member of the
Alaska VHF-UP Group please enter that for your Club entry (only valid 
for stations resident in Alaska).

here is my automated log entry via the on-line contest robot:

To: JanuaryVHF at arrl.org, kl7uw at acsalaska.net
From: "Edward R. Cole" <kl7uw at acsalaska.net>
Subject: KL7UW

START-OF-LOG: 3.0
LOCATION: AK
CALLSIGN: KL7UW
CATEGORY-ASSISTED: NON-ASSISTED
CATEGORY-BAND: ALL
CATEGORY-MODE: MIXED
CATEGORY-OPERATOR: SINGLE-OP
CATEGORY-POWER: LOW
CATEGORY-STATION: FIXED
CATEGORY-TRANSMITTER: ONE
CLAIMED-SCORE: 85
CLUB: Alaska VHF-Up Group
CONTEST: ARRL-VHF-JAN
CREATED-BY: WA7BNM Web2Cabrillo 2.03
NAME: Edward Cole
ADDRESS: PO Box 8672
ADDRESS: Nikiski, AK 99635
EMAIL: kl7uw at acsalaska.net
OPERATORS: KL7UW @KL7UW
SOAPBOX:
QSO:?  144 PH 2012-01-21 1907 KL7UW? ? ? ? ? ? BP40?  KL6M? ? ? ? ? ?  BP51
QSO:?  144 PH 2012-01-21 1909 KL7UW? ? ? ? ? ? BP40?  KL7XJ? ? ? ? ? ? BP40
QSO:?  144 PH 2012-01-21 1914 KL7UW? ? ? ? ? ? BP40?  KL4E? ? ? ? ? ?  BP51
QSO:?  144 PH 2012-01-21 1916 KL7UW? ? ? ? ? ? BP40?  KL7YK/R? ? ? ? ? BP51
QSO:?  144 FM 2012-01-21 1950 KL7UW? ? ? ? ? ? BP40?  KL3JI? ? ? ? ? ? BP51
QSO:? ? 50 PH 2012-01-21 2020 KL7UW? ? ? ? ? ? BP40?  KL7XJ? ? ? ? ? ? BP40
QSO:? ? 50 PH 2012-01-21 2021 KL7UW? ? ? ? ? ? BP40?  KL7YK/R? ? ? ? ? BP51
QSO:? ? 50 PH 2012-01-21 2022 KL7UW? ? ? ? ? ? BP40?  KL4E? ? ? ? ? ?  BP51
QSO:? ? 50 PH 2012-01-21 2024 KL7UW? ? ? ? ? ? BP40?  KL6M? ? ? ? ? ?  BP51
QSO:? ? 50 FM 2012-01-21 2208 KL7UW? ? ? ? ? ? BP40?  KL3JI? ? ? ? ? ? BP51
QSO:?  144 FM 2012-01-21 2302 KL7UW? ? ? ? ? ? BP40?  KL7AIR? ? ? ? ?  BP51
QSO:? ? 50 PH 2012-01-21 2310 KL7UW? ? ? ? ? ? BP40?  KL7AIR? ? ? ? ?  BP51
QSO:?  144 FM 2012-01-21 2345 KL7UW? ? ? ? ? ? BP40?  KL7BX/R? ? ? ? ? BP41
QSO:?  144 FM 2012-01-22 0046 KL7UW? ? ? ? ? ? BP40?  KL7BL/R? ? ? ? ? BP41
QSO:?  144 FM 2012-01-22 2109 KL7UW? ? ? ? ? ? BP40?  KL7BX/R? ? ? ? ? BP51
QSO:?  144 FM 2012-01-22 2110 KL7UW? ? ? ? ? ? BP40?  KL7BL/R? ? ? ? ? BP51
QSO:?  144 FM 2012-01-22 2114 KL7UW? ? ? ? ? ? BP40?  KL2CD? ? ? ? ? ? BP51
END-OF-LOG:



73, Ed - KL7UW, WD2XSH/45
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EME: 50-1.1kw?, 144-1.4kw, 432-QRT, 1296-?, 3400-?
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Coming Soon - "Kits made by KL7UW"
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From kl7uw at acsalaska.net  Mon Jan 23 13:36:59 2012
From: kl7uw at acsalaska.net (Edward R. Cole)
Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2012 09:36:59 -0900
Subject: [AK-VHF] January VHF Contest
In-Reply-To: <7.1.0.9.2.20120122214949.05205978@acsalaska.net>
References: <7.1.0.9.2.20120122214949.05205978@acsalaska.net>
Message-ID: <201201231837.q0NIb1tp026438@denali.acsalaska.net>

I corrected an error in my log shown, below:
50 FM 2012-02-21 2128 KL7UW BP40 KL3JI BP51

At 09:56 PM 1/22/2012, Edward R. Cole wrote:

>QSO:    50 FM 2012-01-21 2208 KL7UW            BP40   KL3JI            BP51

Was a bit "fuzzy brained" making utc computations from local time 
last night.  Should use the utc clock in my K3 for contesting - 
duh!  BTW be careful to enter exactly "Alaska VHF-Up Group" as the 
ARRL computer will accept only that exact spelling.  I made an error 
by not using the hypen between VHF and Up and the contest robot sent 
me an error message on my first attempt.

If you use the robot for entry and get an error it is easy to 
resubmit by "copy-paste" all the entry into a new message and editing 
the error(s).  Be sure to enter your call sign in the subject line of 
the message when you re-send to JanuaryVHF at arrl.org.

You should be receiving a copy of your log submittal by e-mail and 
then a separate message from the arrl confirming your contest entry 
(it looks like this):

-------------
From: Contest Robot <unreplyable at kkn.net>
To: "Edward R. Cole" <kl7uw at acsalaska.net>
Subject: [4166495.arrl-vhf-jan] KL7UW

ARRL January VHF Sweepstakes

              Callsign: KL7UW
                        Single Operator, Low Power

     Category-Operator: SINGLE-OP
      Category-Station: FIXED
  Category-Transmitter: ONE
        Category-Power: LOW
              Location: Alaska - AK
                  Club: Alaska VHF-Up Group
                  Name: Edward Cole
               Address: PO Box 8672
                        Nikiski, AK 99635
          Log Deadline: 2012-02-22 04:00:00 UTC
           Received at: 2012-01-23 16:31:51 UTC
         Reported QSOs: 17
        Confirmation #: 4166495.arrl-vhf-jan
----------------
As I indicated to Shannon, I am considering doing a rove to Diamond 
Ridge (elev. 1100-feet above Homer, AK) in grid BO49 in the June VHF 
Contest.  I would operate 50/144/222/432/927.5/1296 from home on 
Saturday and then operate as rover with:

50 dipole KX3 + 125w
144 3-elem yagi + KX3 + xvtr + 150w
432 6-elem yagi + KX3 + xvtr 25w
927.5 18-elem loop-yagi + 15w FM radio
1296 24-elem loop-yagi + KX3 + xvtr 25w (if I can get a 10-MHz 
reference for portable use)
10,368 18-inch dish (30-dB) + KX3 + xvtr + 2.5w
* KX3 is new portable 10w (160-6m) radio just released by Elecraft (I 
have one on order).

I have previously operated from Diamond Ridge with my FT-847 with 
6m-100w/2m-50w/70cm-50w
grid BO49eq to (BP51dc Chugach SP parking lot) is 118.9 miles on 
heading az= 33.2 (214.9)



73, Ed - KL7UW, WD2XSH/45
======================================
BP40IQ   500 KHz - 10-GHz   www.kl7uw.com
EME: 50-1.1kw?, 144-1.4kw, 432-QRT, 1296-?, 3400-?
DUBUS Magazine USA Rep dubususa at gmail.com
Coming Soon - "Kits made by KL7UW"
======================================

From kl7uw at acsalaska.net  Tue Jan 31 18:40:18 2012
From: kl7uw at acsalaska.net (Edward R. Cole)
Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:40:18 -0900
Subject: [AK-VHF] QRV 222-MHz
Message-ID: <201201312340.q0VNeKMR099742@denali.acsalaska.net>

I climbed my tower#2 today in the "warm" wx and connected my two 
11-element Cushcraft yagis to the 432/222 coax relay that permits 
sharing an 80-foot run of 7/8 Heliax to the shack between a 432 yagi 
and the 222 yagis.  I used the binoculars yesterday to inspect from 
the ground and clearly saw the LMR-400 line with orange tape was not 
terminated.  The antenna are at 60-feet, top of my tower#2.

While up on the tower I looked inside the relay box at 40-feet and 
discovered I had not yet connected the 222 preamp to the 222 TR relay 
or that relay to the 432/222 relay so left that for next summer to 
do.  Tight space in the plastic telephone junction box is suggesting 
that I replace it with a bigger box this summer.

So I hooked up my K3 + Downeast Microwave L222-28 transverter + 150w 
linear and I'm getting 130w forward with zero reflected - wow!  I 
leave the antennas on that tower pointed to az=60 (Anchorage) so I 
switched to 223.34/224.94 repeater and bring it right up with S3 
full-quieting signal.  SWR and power output is the same on 223.5.

I will be attempting to check in the Simplex Net tonight on 223.5 
(and 146.52, 144.200, 50.125).


73, Ed - KL7UW, WD2XSH/45
======================================
BP40IQ   500 KHz - 10-GHz   www.kl7uw.com
EME: 50-1.1kw?, 144-1.4kw, 432-QRT, 1296-?, 3400-?
DUBUS Magazine USA Rep dubususa at gmail.com
"Kits made by KL7UW" http://www.kl7uw.com/kits.htm
======================================

