From dkrohse@juno.com  Sat Nov 16 15:09:25 2002
From: dkrohse@juno.com (Dale J Krohse)
Date: Sat, 16 Nov 2002 09:09:25 -0600
Subject: [EIDXA] WA0TUC Greetings
Message-ID: <20021116.090935.-457921.0.dkrohse@juno.com>

Everyone:
I would like to say hello to in the Eastern Iowa DX association.  I got
to see many of you at the recent meeting and Amelia Earhart presentation
which I thought was excellent.
After being away from ham radio in a serious way for nearly 20 years, I
am really enjoying being back on and especially like the DXing conditions
we have now.  Made about a dozen 20 m CW contacts last evening with the
folks in the Russian republics last night with my dipole.  Conditions
were apparently good over the pole.
Participated in the CQ JA SSB dx contest a weekend or so back and made
quite a good number of contacts.  
Thanks for letting me participate in the organization and I look forward
to meeting and talking with many of you in the future.
73, Dale Krohse, WA0TUC
Southeast Cedar Rapids near the Indian Creek Nature Center
 

From jlscr2@yahoo.com  Sun Nov 17 19:43:06 2002
From: jlscr2@yahoo.com (Jim Spencer)
Date: Sun, 17 Nov 2002 13:43:06 -0600
Subject: [EIDXA] Fw: C56R QRV
Message-ID: <001e01c28e71$8daa6bc0$6501a8c0@cdrrpd1.ia.home.com>

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeff Davis" <n0dyjeff@hotmail.com>
To: <blanken@netins.net>; <wb8zrl@inav.net>; <w0sr@arrl.net>;
<la5fha@newmedia.net>; <la8aja@qsl.net>; <la7hja@qsl.net>
Cc: <oh3rm@sral.fi>; <la7mfa@qsl.net>; <oh9mm@sral.fi>
Sent: Sunday, November 17, 2002 11:16 AM
Subject: C56R QRV


> Hello friends,
>
> C56R went QRV yesterday at about 2250 UTC on 16 Nov on 40 meters. Right
now
> we have a single station with a trap dipole. It is illicitly hung from the
> balcony of our third floor room, about 25 meters from the water's edge.
> Equipment is IC-725 and Ameritron AL-80B, and Writelog. We are QRV on 80,
> 40, and 15. Through this afternoon we have made approximately 400 QSOs.
The
> rest of the team (and equipment) arrives tomorrow, Monday, but it will be
> after dark by the time they clear customs.
>
> We have become good friends with the customs agents after working with
them
> to free Rag's (LA6FJA) equipment. That took us most of the day yesterday,
> but now Rag is a happy DXer.
>
> My friends in the USA, please look for us on 80 and 40 tonight. We have
> observed very low noise levels on 160, so if conditions stay good we may
> have the opportunity to make QSOs there when the main stations are set up.
>
> Rag recommends that we use the same band plan as S9LA. (See
> www.qsl.net/s9la)
>
> We were asked about SSTV operation. We hope the YL guys bring the
interface
> so we can operate SSTV.
>
> We are going to try to make our dipole antenna installation legitimate
> tomorrow, and attempt to make a deal to install a yagi on the roof.
>
> 73, Jeff N0DY and Rag LA6FJA
>
> P.S. We can be reached in the Gambia at this email address. We will stop
by
> an internet cafe every so often to check email - but no more than once a
day
> at most.
>
>
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From sjs@cfu.net  Mon Nov 25 00:12:07 2002
From: sjs@cfu.net (Steve Sutterer)
Date: Sun, 24 Nov 2002 18:12:07 -0600
Subject: [EIDXA] CQ WW CW - AK0M
Message-ID: <004c01c29417$4ad30fe0$7f7ba8c0@cfu.net>

2002 CQ WW CW - AK0M:
Single-Op Unlimited, 100W

420 Q's / 106 zones / 252 band-countries =3D 394,874

About 16 hours of operation.

Comments:  Writelog wouldn't both control the rig AND key it, only one =
or the other, although it worked fine last CW contest.  This cost me =
several hours of fidgeting at the start of the contest Friday night.  So =
I fell back to good ole reliable CT.

My score is well down from last year, even though I ran 100W this year =
vs QRP last year.  I thought condx were less than great... bands seemed =
to close for my low antennas much sooner than usual, and absorption =
seemed high.  40m Friday night was probably my best band, followed by =
15m to JA on Sat afternoon.  I missed lots of good multipliers:  9V, =
3C2, XW, 3W, BY, BV, HS, YB, A4, 5N, SV, 9M6, V73, ZA, 4U1ITU, etc.  =
Sunday afternoon pileups were brutal.

Rig:  TS930 w/Piexx interface board
Antennas:  TH2 @ 32'; Butternut HF6V vertical, ground mounted with lots =
of radials, for 80-10; trapped sloping vertical ground plane for =
40/80/160 (just put up on Sat afternoon... responsible for most of my =
80m Q's and all my 160m Q's).

73, Steve AK0M


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From blanken@netins.net  Mon Nov 25 04:45:40 2002
From: blanken@netins.net (Heinz Blankenhagen)
Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2002 04:45:40 -0000
Subject: [EIDXA] CQWW Summary for NR0X
Message-ID: <000901c2943d$8192e980$8201a8c0@netins.net>

                    CQ WORLD WIDE DX CONTEST -- 2002


      Call:      NR0X
      Category:  Single Operator
      Power:     High Power
      Band:      All Band
      Mode:      CW
      Country:   United States
      Zone:      4

      BAND     QSO   QSO PTS  PTS/QSO   ZONES COUNTRIES


      160       19       38     2.00      7      11
       80       42      102     2.43     11      34
       40      164      455     2.77     27      87
       20      216      604     2.80     34     108
       15      316      882     2.79     33     105
       10      313      881     2.81     26      99
     ---------------------------------------------------

     Totals   1070     2962     2.77    138     444  =>  1,723,884



All reports sent were 59(9), unless otherwise noted.

Equipment Description:



Club Affiliation: Eastern Iowa DX Association

This is to certify that in this contest I have operated
my transmitter within the limitations of my license and have
observed fully the rules and regulations of the contest.


                             Signature _________________________________

           MAILING ADDRESS:


               Heinz Blankenhagen  NR0X
               7734 Highway One
               Martelle, IA 52305




From k4vx@packetx.net  Mon Nov 25 15:33:14 2002
From: k4vx@packetx.net (Lew Gordon)
Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2002 09:33:14 -0600
Subject: [EIDXA] CQWW CW
Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.20021125093314.008d1630@pop.packetx.net>

I had two SOSB entries from my ststion.  K9BGL on 10 meters and N9JF on 40
meters.  Below is a summary of their results.

73,

Lew Gordon, K4VX

                    CQ WORLD WIDE DX CONTEST -- 2002


      Call:      K4VX (Operated by N9JF)
      Category:  Single Operator
      Power:     High Power
      Band:      Mono 40
      Mode:      CW 
      Country:   United States
      Zone:      4

      BAND     QSO   QSO PTS  PTS/QSO   ZONES COUNTRIES


      160        0        0     0.00      0       0
       80        0        0     0.00      0       0
       40        0        0     0.00      0       0
       20        0        0     0.00      0       0
       15        0        0     0.00      0       0
       10      991     2699     2.72     33     118
     ---------------------------------------------------

     Totals    991     2699     2.72     33     118  =>  407,549


~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
                    CQ WORLD WIDE DX CONTEST -- 2002


      Call:      NS0Z Operated by K9BGL at K4VX
      Category:  Single Operator
      Power:     High Power
      Band:      Mono 10
      Mode:      CW 
      Country:   United States
      Zone:      4

      BAND     QSO   QSO PTS  PTS/QSO   ZONES COUNTRIES


      160        0        0     0.00      0       0
       80        0        0     0.00      0       0
       40        0        0     0.00      0       0
       20        0        0     0.00      0       0
       15        0        0     0.00      0       0
       10      764     2181     2.85     35     114
     ---------------------------------------------------

     Totals    764     2181     2.85     35     114  =>  324,969




