[KCDXC] Fw: [OPDX] Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #559
Chuck K0XM
[email protected]
Sun, 21 Apr 2002 18:23:53 -0500
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From: "Tedd Mirgliotta (KB8NW)" <[email protected]>
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Subject: [OPDX] Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #559
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> SB DX @ WW < KB8NW $OPDX.559
> Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin No. 559
>
> The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster
> DX Bulletin No. 559
> BID: $OPDX.559
> April 22, 2002
> Editor Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW
> Provided by BARF-80 BBS Cleveland, Ohio
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> Thanks to the Northern Ohio Amateur Radio Society, Northern Ohio DX
> Association, Ohio/Penn PacketCluster Network, AB5K & the AR TelNet
> Clusters Network, N1DG, AF2C, KF2TI, WA2MOE, N3SL, W3UR & The Daily DX,
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> LU9XT, OZ8ABE, T93Y, VA3RJ & ICPO, VE3EXY, VE3XAP, VK2SOB and ZL4HU/ZL2HU
> for the following DX information.
>
> DXCC COUNTRY/ENTITY REPORT: According to the AR-Cluster Network for the
> week of Sunday, 14/April, through Sunday, 21/April there were 235
countries
> active. Countries available: 3A, 3B8, 3B9, 3D2, 3DA, 3V, 3W, 3X, 4J, 4L,
> 4S, 4U1I, 4U1U, 4W, 4X, 5B, 5H, 5N, 5R, 5U, 5V, 5Z, 6W, 6Y, 7Q, 7X, 8P,
> 8R, 9A, 9G, 9H, 9J, 9K, 9L, 9M2, 9M6, 9N, 9V, 9Y, A2, A3, A4, A6, A7, A9,
> AP, BV, BY, C3, C5, C6, C9, CE, CE0Z, CE9, CM, CN, CP, CT, CT3, CU, CX,
> D2, D4, DL, DU, E4, EA, EA6, EA8, EA9, EI, EK, EL, EP, ER, ES, ET, EU,
> EX, EY, EZ, F, FG, FK, FM, FO, FP, FR, FY, G, GD, GI, GJ, GM, GU, GW, H4,
> HA, HB, HC, HH, HI, HK, HK0/a, HL, HM, HP, HR, HS, HV, HZ, I, IS, J2, J7,
> J8, JA, JD/o, JT, JW, JX, JY, K, KG4, KH0, KH2, KH6, KH8, KL, KP2, KP4,
> LA, LU, LX, LY, LZ, OA, OD, OE, OH, OH0, OK, OM, ON, OX, OY, OZ, P2, P4,
> PA, PJ2, PJ7, PY, PZ, S2, S5, S7, SM, SP, ST, SU, SV, SV/a, SV5, SV9,
> T30, T7, T9, TA, TF, TG, TI, TI9, TK, TL, TR, TU, TZ, UA, UA2, UA9, UK,
> UN, UR, V3, V4, V5, V7, V8, VE, VK, VK0M, VK9L, VK9M, VK9N, VP2E, VP2M,
> VP5, VP8, VP8/h, VP8/o, VP9, VQ9, VR, VU, XE, XU, XW, XX9, YA, YB, YI,
> YJ, YK, YL, YN, YO, YS, YU, YV, Z2, Z3, ZA, ZB, ZC4, ZD7, ZD8, ZD9, ZF,
> ZK1/s, ZL, ZP, ZS
>
> * PLEASE NOTE: The report "could" contain "Pirate/SLIM" operations. As
> always, you never know - "Work First Worry Later" (WFWL).
>
> 4W, EAST TIMOR. Carlos, 4W/CU3FT, was active this past weekend on 17
> and 12 meters. Watch around 24945 kHz a little before 1500z and 18142
> kHz around 1330z. Also, Thor, 4W6MM, was active this past weekend on
> 15 meters RTTY. Watch around 21082 kHz after 0400z.
>
> A25, BOTSWANA. You still have a few days to work Baldur/DJ6SI and Hans/
> DL1YFF as A25/homecall. Their activity has been on 160-10 meters CW (DJ6SI
> only) and SSB/RTTY (DL1YFF). QSL via their home callsigns.
>
> DU1, PHILIPPINES (IOTA Op). Gerard, F2JD/G0SHN, and Yannick, F6FYD, will
> be active from an island for the Calamian group (OC-090). They will be
> there from April 26-29th. Operations will be 100 watts and with a dipole
> on SSB and CW as DU1/G0SHN. QSL via F6AJA.
>
> DXCC NEWS. Jay/AF2C and Stu/WA2MOE, reported this week that the ARRL has
> notified Kan, JA1BK, that the VP6DI operation has been accepted for DXCC
> credit. Cards may be submitted on or after June 1, 2002.
>
> FP, ST. PIERRE AND MIQUELON. Linda/VE9GLF and Len/VE9MY will be active
> from here at the end of July. They will take part in the IOTA Contest.
> FP's IOTA is NA-032.
>
> HS, THAILAND (WARC bands). Ray Gerrard, HS0/G3NOM, reports that "Thai
> WARC allocations now in legal limbo. Unlikely to be assigned for another
> two years." Ray writes, "The Thai Post and Telegraph Department (PTD) of
> the Ministry of Transport and Communications responsible for amateur radio
> administration has already agreed in principle to the assignment of the
> WARC band to amateur radio services. In recent years they have moved other
> users out of these bands. However, all significant changes to tele-
> communications rules, regulations or laws in Thailand are now on hold,
> pending the establishment of a National Telecommunications Commission
> (NTC) that the 1997 Thai Constitution had mandated to be appointed not
> later than October 2000. This process was delayed, however, after the Thai
> Upper House, the Senate, rejected all those nominated to the commission
> after allegations that there had been irregularities in the selection
> process. (The Senate had been charged with selecting 7 of 14 nominees to
> this all-powerful body.) Since then, the process has been derailed and
> while PTD has been looking after the best interests of radio amateurs in
> Thailand, it is unable to make changes to frequency assignments. At the
> time of writing, it is unknown when the commission will be appointed or
> when it can begin to take decisions, but informed sources in Thailand's
> telecommunications sector doubt that the body will be established within
> one year, while a decision by the commission on a relatively low-priority
> item such as WARC band allocations would take additional time as a backlog
> of legislation grows. RAST now estimates that it will be at least two
years
> before we can expect WARC bands or any other amateur bands to be
authorized
> in Thailand and the society will release any news of positive developments
> to the international amateur community."
>
> IOTA NEWS............
> AS-017. Shigeru, JI3CEY/6, will be active from Okinawa Island, April
> 27-30th. Activity will be on 40/20/17/12/10/6 meter SSB and
> CW. QSL via the JARL bureau, not direct to home callsign.
>
> AS-079. Taka, JR3TVH, will be active as JR3TVH/6 from April 27th
through
> May 2nd from Miyako Island, MIYAKO-gun (county), Miyako
> Archipelago, Okinawa Island. Activity will be on 40, 20, 17,
> 15, 12, 10 (custom HB9CV and Sigma 5) and 6 meters (F9FT) with
> SSB as the main mode, but possibly other modes like RTTY. His
> Yagi antenna will be kept pointed to the NW, N (if LP open,
SE).
> Look for him at JA gray zone centered from 2200z (morning)
> and 0700z (evening). QSL via the Bureau (the best), or direct
> to: Taka Sawaguchi, 22-81-406 Fuseya 3, Izumi Osaka 594, Japan
> (QRZ.com and Buckmaster online database).
>
> EU-006. Members of Limerick Radio Club will be active from the Aran
> Islands as as EJ0A from May 24-26th. Activity will be on 80-10
> meters CW/SSB. A 6 meter operation is also planned. QSL via
> either EI8EM or W2ORA direct or via Bureau.
>
> EU-032. Look for Bernard, F5XX, to be active as F5XX/p from Aix Island,
> May 13-20th. Other reference numbers are AT-023 (French Islands
> Award) and DFCF 17013 Fort de la Rade (French Castles award).
> Activity will be on 80-10 meters CW/SSB. QSL are 100%; Bernard
> prefers the bureau way, but if you try direct he will answer
> too.
>
> EU-091. Alfredo, IK7JWX, is waiting for a reply from the military
> authority for permission to operate from Isola di Sant'Andrea.
> If Alfredo receives the permission, he and the "Salento DX
Team"
> will be active April 27th and 28th from Islola di Sant'Andrea
> (IIA LE-01, WLH LH-0075 and ARLHS ITA-084). QSL via IK7JWX.
>
> EU-148. Bernard/F5XX and the Castres DX Gang will be on the air as
> F5XX/p from May 23-27th, from the Languedoc-Roussillon Region,
> Fort Brescou. Other reference numbers are DIFM ME001 (French
> Islands Award), DFCF 34001 (French Castles Award) and WLH 0500
> (World Lighthouses Award). The crew is composed of F5XX, F5AUB,
> F5BJW, F5UOE and possibly 2 or 3 other hams may join them, but
> they aren't known at the moment. Activity will be on 160-10
> meters CW/SSB/PSK31/RTTY. QSL 100% Bureau or direct. ADDED
> NOTE: The crew will enter the CQ WPX CW Contest as TM5B;
> Multi-Operators/One Transmitter/Low Power.
>
> IU7, ITALY (Special Prefix/Event). During the weekends of June, August,
> October and December, look for the special callsign IU7LE to be used by
> the Leece and Salento DX Team to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the
> National A.R.I. Activity will be on the HF and WARC bands CW/SSB. A
special
> QSL will be available via I7PXV, by the bureau or direct.
>
> KH1, BAKER ISLAND. By the time you read this, the KH1 team was expected
> to meet together in Los Angeles on April 20th and depart to Nadi, Fiji
> Island. Some of the team will fly to Funafuti, Tuvalu (T2), to operate
> for three days. The whole team will once again meet and depart from
> Funafuti on April 26th and will arrive on Baker Island on April 29th or
> 30th and operate until May 10th. They will take a six day voyage back to
> Fiji and then fly to Los Angeles and finally onto the Dayton Hamvention.
> The team will have six transceivers, five amplifiers, four generators
> and a variety of beams, verticals and dipoles. They have plans to operate
> on 160-6 meters CW, SSB, RTTY, PSK, SSTV, FM and the satellites. The
> callsign will be announced when the operation starts. QSL all CW, RTTY,
> PSK and SSTV QSOs via YT1AD and all SSB QSOs via RZ3AA. Donations can be
> sent to Wil, K6NDV. Their Web page is: http://www.kragujevac.co.yu/kh1
>
> KH9, WAKE ISLAND. It has been reported that Terry, K7ASU, is expected to
> operate as K7ASU/KH9 starting around April 27th for approximately 4 weeks.
> Apparently, he is there to work, so he will be active in his spare time,
> most likely between 0700-0900z. QSL via K7ASU.
>
> LIGHTHOUSE NEWS. The "Russian Robinson Club" has introduced the "Russian
> Lighthouse Award" on April 15, 2002. The official Web site for the Russian
> Lighthouse award, which includes rules, lighthouse list, award photos,
> DXpeditions valid towards the award and much more, can be view at:
> http://www.hamradio.ru/rrc/rlha/
>
> OJ0, MARKET REEF. Look for Seppo/OH1VR and Lars/OH0RJ to be active as
> OJ0VR, (if all goes as planned) May 8-9th. They will use 100 watts and
> a FD4 windom. This may be a short 12 hrs operation. Their purpose for
> going there is to check their generator and other equipment.
>
> OX, GREENLAND. Look for Per, OZ1EQC, to be active now through May 8th
> as OX/OZ1EQC. His activity will be on 80/40/30/20/15/10 meters on CW,
> RTTY, PSK31 and SSTV. He also has plans to operate and activate
Greenland's
> Coastal Islands Groups, NA-134 (Northwest) and NA-220 (Southwest). QSL
> via OZ1EQC.
>
> P5, NORTH KOREA (Going to 3W and HS). Ed, P5/4L4FN continued to be active
> for a few days last week on 21225 kHz before becoming ill, so there was no
> weekend activity. However, there will be no P5 activity during this week.
> Ed will be on a trip to Vietnam and Thailand from April 23rd until May
> 4th. He may try to be on the air from those countries.
>
> QSL INFO AND NEWS.............
> The Radio Club Ushuaia will have the special callsign AY8XW for the
> rest of 2002. The QSL Manager for AY8XW is Patrick, WD9EWK, and he will
> accept cards sent directly to him or through the QSL bureau. PLEASE
> NOTE: Patrick is "NOT" the QSL Manager for contacts with the normal
> club callsign, LU8XW. EA5BD is the QSL Manager for these contacts with
> LU8XW. Patrick has a Web page with information about AY8XW at:
> http://www.qsl.net/wd9ewk/ay8xw.html
> The radio club also has its own Web site at:
> http://www.geocities.com/rcushu/
>
> Steve, N3SL, announced that his daughter, Kim, who has handled cards
> for AH1A, 3B6RF, GM4YXI, GM3WOJ, and GS2MP, has been chosen by Pat,
> HH2PK, to take care of his QSLs. Pat is no longer active (and hasn't
> been since Jan 1998) and has moved from Haiti to Canada. They received
> all of Pat's logs this past week, which include contest logs, from April
> 1989 to November 29, 1997. Unfortunately, the December 1997 and January
> 1998 logs (his last 2 months on the air) were corrupted and cannot be
> recovered. Cards will not be received from the printer until mid-June,
> at the earliest. For an on-line log search and specific instructions
> on QSL requests, please go to the Web page:
> http://www.qsl.net/n3sl/manager.htm
> Since all new cards will need to be printed, any donations to help with
> expenses will be appreciated.
>
> Boris, T93Y, informs OPDX that some operators have sent their direct
> requests for FG/T93M and T93M/HI9 operations to T93M CBA (P.O. Box 59,
> Sarajevo BA-71000, Bosnia and Herzegovina) instead of Danny's QSL
Manager,
> DJ2MX (Mario Lovric, Am Oelberg 11, D-61231, Bad Nauheim, Germany).
> All requests received in Bosnia and Herzegovina will be forwarded to
> DJ2MX once a month, so those operators could expect some delay.
>
> Larry, KJ4UY/V47UY, advises that he is not the QSL Manager for V44NK,
> Karl Sage. QSL V44NK direct only as they do not have a QSL bureau in
> St. Kitts/Nevis. However, Larry is the QSL Manager for V47UY only.
>
> Luis, LU9XT, in Ushuaia, on the Island of Tierra del Fuego in Argentina,
> informs OPDX that he has designated Patrick Stoddard, WD9EWK, as his
> QSL Manager for cards sent directly or through the QSL bureaus for him.
> His entries in QRZ.com and Buckmaster now show WD9EWK as his QSL
Manager,
> and the information for WD9EWK is correct at those web sites as well as
> in the Radio Amateur Callbook since 1997.
>
> P5 QSL UPDATE. It been reported that Bruce Paige, KK5DO, the QSL Manager
> for Ed Giorgadze, P5/4L4FN in North Korea says he expects to receive the
> first printing run of P5/4L4FN QSL cards this week and hopes to have all
> QSLs out by May 1. As mentioned last week, Bruce states that any
stateside
> operator who mails for a QSL after May 15 must include 37 cents postage
> to cover the new first-class mail rate going into effect June 30. He has
> received 2900 requests for the P5 QSL cards, but Ed, P5/4L4FN, has made
> more than 6000 QSOs during his stay in North Korea. Remember, Ed will
> be there until June 2003 and only SSB contacts with P5/4L4FN have been
> approved for DXCC credit.
>
> VP6DI LOG UPDATE. The complete log is up now. However, there was an
> interesting disppearance of the log in the middle of last week.
According
> to Jay, AF2C, he was told by Kan, JA1BK, that apparently a "hacker"
> managed to get into the Web site and stole all the data. The site was
> down only "temporarily". The restored logs can be viewed at:
> http://www.iijnet.or.jp/JA1BK/vp6di/search.html
>
> Ken Holdom, ZL4HU (also ZL2HU), Group Organizer/Team Leader/QSL Manager,
> reports that the Kermadec DX Association is continuing to receive QSL
> cards for the ZL8RI Raoul Island (May 1996) and ZL9CI Campbell Island
> (January 1999) DXpeditions. Unfortunately, a good number of these cards
> are being sent to their old addresses in Wellington, New Zealand. Their
> current address, as it has been since May 2000, is as follows: Kermadec
> DX Association, P.O. Box 7, Clyde, Central Otago, New Zealand. This
> will be the only QSL address for their NEXT DXpedition to ZL7 in October
> 2002.
>
> SPECIAL EVENT. Look for special event station TM0AR to be active from
> May 1-13th to celebrate the International Festival of Arts and
Technologies
> (Departement 72). No bands or modes of activity were provided. QSL via
> F5TJC via the bureau or direct to:
> Jean-Louis BRIERE-LECOMTE, 18 Le Petit St Louis, 72400 CORMES, France.
>
> SPECIAL EVENT (International Marconi Day). Remember next Saturday, April
> 27th, is International Marconi Day. Many stations should be active to
> celebrate this event. Look for the Maritime Radio Historical Society
> to operate special event station K6KPH using the original transmitters,
> receivers and antennas of ex-RCA coast station KPH. Suggested frequencies
> will be 7050, 14,050 and 21050 kHz and occasionally 3545 kHz. QSLs for
> K6KPH and reception reports go to: D.A. Stoops, PO Box 381, Bolinas CA
> 94924-0381. Also, remember Radio Austria International will be operating
> as OE1M (Please refer to OPDX.557) or visit the Radio Austria
International
> Web site for details at: http://roi.orf.at/intermedia
> Their frequencies will be announced on the Web site. Operators entering
> their call signs in the "QRZ" field will immediately get a call on the
> band from OE1M.
>
> SPECIAL EVENT AND ACTIVITY. The special callsign VC3T has been assigned
> to Bob, VE3AGC, to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Ottawa Tulip
> Festival. This callsign is valid from April 20th to May 19th, 2002. Bob
> and Sam, VE3XAP, were operating the Ontario QSO Party over the past
weekend
> and were expected to activate several counties as follows: Hamilton,
> Niagara, Halton, Wellington, Peel and Toronto, York, Simcoe and Dufferin,
> with a possible extension to Durham. Expect activity to be on 160-6 meters
> as well as 2 meters and 70cm.
>
> SPECIAL GERMAN NAVAL AND AMATEUR EVENT. OPDX has been informed that plans
> for a special event transmission from DHJ61 (German Navy Communications
> School in Flensburg-Muerwik) will take place May 4th at 1000z and May 5th
> at 1500z. They will transmit a one-way broadcast (with historic items
> about the German and International Naval Forces etc..) to celebrate the
> 25th year jubilee of the MF Runde (German Amateur Radio Club of ex-Naval
> Radio Operators) and 100 years of Naval Communication School (also, the
> sad event of the closing of the school in September 2002). Their transmit
> frequencies are: Main - 12410.5 and 8443.5 kHz
> Secondary - 5446 and 4576 kHz
> All transmissions will be CW only. During these transmission, they will
> be asking some questions where you can win prizes for sending the correct
> answers to: MF Runde, Box 11 32 48, D-20432 Hamburg. During the DHJ61
> operation, there will be two-way amateur radio communications under the
> amateur radio callsign DL0MFS. Suggested frequencies are:
> CW - 3565, 7025, 14052, 18095, 21052 and 28052 kHz
> SSB - 3625, 7060, 14335, 21360 and 28935 kHz
> QSL cards can be sent via the amateur radio QSL bureau system or direct
> to the callbook address for DL0MFS: Clubstation, c/o Manfred Behrmann,
> Kurlandstr. 20, D-24960 Gluecksburg, Germany.
>
> SV9, CRETE. Look for Seppo, OH1VR, to be active April 22-29th as
> SV9/OH1VR/P. This operation will be CW only. QSL via OH1VR, CBA.
>
> V31, BELIZE. Hugh/K0GHK and Roger/WA0ETE will be returning to Ambergis
> Caye (NA-073) April 23rd through May 2nd using the callsign V31KQ. Look
> for them on both SSB and CW, especially on the higher frequency bands.
> QSL via WA0ETE.
>
> VK9ML, MELLISH REEF. Don, N1DG, VK9ML North American Pilot, states that
> the activity began with 5 stations coming on the air at 1000z April 15th,
> after a day of hectic setup. Last report viewed stated their logs have
> been updated on the Web site April 21th at 0917z. A low band report from
> Eric, K3NA, states, "We listen for USA every night from 0830z and SA at
> 0730z. Worked 1 HC8 but keep listening. QRN was a problem first night,
> but reasonable since. Only have a few east coast in log, many west coast,
> but no one has been really LOUD yet. We're on continuously from 0800 to
> 1300z. We work a few JA's if there are no US to work, but call again
> after a few minutes. Big EU openings on 18th and 20th. 105 EU's in log.
> Openings as far as F and ON, no G's yet. Openings seem to start with ON's
> and spread. Today's EU opening (April 20) was from 1810 to 1940z. So
> tell those top-band dogs to get their butts down there, line up, and
> work us :-) ". There has been a revised and a progressive shut down
> (QRT) which will now commence local Wednesday morning with the intention
> to sail out on high tide Thursday. This is one day earlier than previously
> advised, but it's still a two day extension on the original QRT date! One
> HF station will be kept running as long as possible while other equipment
> is being de-rigged and packed around it. For up-to-date infor, watch
> their Web page at: http:www.qsl.net/vk9ml/2002
>
> VK0, MACQUARIE ISLAND. Bob, VK2SOB, wants to remind everyone to keep an
> ear out for Peter, VK0MQI. He worked him on 17 meters with very poor
> propagation. He told Bob that he would be there for 11 months. Cluster
> spots also show Peter has been active on 15 and 10 meters, usually between
> 0430 and 0600z, but with a weak signal. Watch 21210, 21295 and 28630
> kHz.
>
> VP9, BERMUDA. Look for Tom, W9AEB, to be active as VP9/W9AEB until April
> 28th. Activity will be on 20-10 meters CW/SSB. QSL via WF9V.
>
> YK, SYRIA. Saad, N5FF, informs OPDX that he plans to leave for Damascus
> this Friday, April 26th, and will be arriving there on Sunday, April 28th.
> He plans to setup a simple station, bare foot into a short G5RV, hoping
> to be on the air from May 1-11th. He may possibly extend his stay for few
> more days up to one week. His callsign will be YK1BA. QSL via N5FF. Saad
> states that the purpose of this trip is not radio, so his operating will
> be very spotty and not extensive at all. He hopes to be able to operate
> at least 2-3 hours a day. He is thinking he will limit his operating to
> 20 meters, unless the propagation is better on other bands (40-10 meters)
> at the time. He will work NA around his sunrise local time, that's
> 0200-0300z, Europe and others in the afternoon local, that's 1200-1300z,
> and late evenings local, that's 2100-2200z. Saad will try to be around
> 14195 kHz on SSB, and 14045 on CW, split listening 5KHz up.
>
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> To: "Mirgliotta, Ted KB8NW" <[email protected]>
> Subject: Contests News Release -- Online Coverage
> ARRL NEWS RELEASE
>
> April 19, 2002
>
> For Further Information Contact: Dan Henderson, N1ND
>
> ARRL Debuts Expanded Online Contest Coverage
>
> The ARRL is proud to announce the introduction of expanded online
coverage
> of ARRL contests effective April 19, 2002. The URL for expanded ARRL
> Contest coverage is http://www.arrl.org/contests/results/. ARRL staff
> members and volunteers have spent many months in planning and developing
> this expanded online resource to provide more detailed, in-depth
coverage
> of ARRL events on the Web. Expanded ARRL Contest coverage online
> supplements coverage in QST.
>
> The first contest results presented in the expanded online format are
the
> 2001 ARRL November Sweepstakes, CW. The online presentation features:
>
> * An interactive, searchable database of the line scores. In addition
> to the information normally presented in QST, you can see band-by-band
QSO
> breakdowns, hours operated, check and club affiliation for each entry.
The
> database is searchable by call sign, entry class, ARRL Section or
> Division, and club. You can sort the results by many criteria, including
> call, score, QSOs, multipliers, or band QSOs.
> *
> * Expanded Soapbox comments. In the initial presentation, Soapbox
> comments from all of the electronic Cabrillo entries are included. For
> future contests, the Soapbox tools will be available for entrants to add
> their comments or photos immediately after the contest.
> *
> * An expanded version of the contest write-up that appears in QST.
> Written by noted competitor Randy Thompson, K5ZD, the expanded write-up
> goes into much more detail than the typical QST presentation. Also
> included are station descriptions for the top 10 entrants in each
> single-op category, a sidebar story about the log checking process by
K5ZD
> and a sidebar about the history of the November Sweepstakes by Doug
Grant,
> K1DG.
> *
> * Updated contest category records. Ken Adams, K5KA, and Dave Clemons,
> K1VUT, have teamed up to provide updated November Sweepstakes records
for
> each entry class and ARRL Division and Section, as well as overall
> category records.
>
> The new features add to existing online resources for contesters,
> including complete ARRL contest rules and forms, the ARRL Contest
> Calendar, and the Contest Corral listing of contests throughout the
year.
> ARRL Members may also subscribe to the ARRL Contest Rate Sheet, a
> bi-weekly e-mail newsletter that debuted in March 2002.
>
> Access to the extended coverage is available to ARRL members. To visit
the
> site, you need to be logged on to the ARRL website with your user name
and
> password. If you have not registered, you may do so online at:
> http://www.arrl.org/members
> As has been our practice for several years, non-ARRL members will
continue
> to be able to view a PDF file of the QST results article from the main
> ARRL Contest Branch Web page at: http:/www.arrl.org/contests
> approximately 30 days after the issue of QST in which it appears has
been
> published.
>
> ARRL Contests Online is considered a "work in progress." The online
> presentation will be flexible, allowing us to improve the site as it
> develops. As new contest results become available, they will be added to
> the site. As you explore the site, we welcome your feedback. You may
> contact [email protected] with your comments or suggestions. You may
also
> contact us by phone at 860-594-0232.
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