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Thu Feb 21 15:38:05 EST 2013

the link to the free propagation prediction software W6ELprop's 
installation file <http://www.qsl.net/w6elprop> is broken. Until it is 
restored you can obtain it by using FTP to download the file 
<ftp://150.214.111.198/pub/ham/propag/W6ELPropInst270.EXE> directly. If 
you have any trouble installing, try right-clicking the file and select 
"Run As Administrator". W6ELprop is Windows software that evaluates 
paths on any frequency between 3-30 MHz.

This year Dave W9PA (ex-W9ZRX) is back on his regular schedule of making 
VHF Super Check Partial <http://www.k3lr.com/w9zrx/> call sign database 
releases before the June, July, and September VHF Contests. He notes, 
"It's really important to get logs from geographically diverse areas 
this time because propagation was so unusual. To avoid an odd 
distribution of calls in the database, I need as many logs from as many 
regions as possible. The next release will be just before the July CQ 
VHF - when I hope we have unusually GOOD propagation!" Please send VHF+ 
Cabrillo logs for the VHF-specific SCP files to Dave by email 
<mailto:zephd at indy.rr.com>.

Here's a new resource for licensing and upgrading more hams: Icom 
America has announced their sponsorship for HamStudy.org 
<https://hamstudy.org/>, a new website that offers free learning tools 
for existing and potential amateur radio operators. The website was 
created by Richard Bateman (KD7BBC), Michael Stufflebeam (KV9G) and Rich 
Porter. The more learning tools we have, the better - thanks, Icom! 
(from QRZ DX <http://www.dxpub.com/qrz_dx_nl.html> for June 12, 2013)

It's probably a bit early to be practicing for the Dayton 2014 KCDXC CW 
Pile Up Competition but Chuck NO5W has made enhancements to the 
PileUpNet practice application that may prove useful in reviewing Dayton 
2012 and 2013 results. The new Replay feature lets you watch the "Morse 
Race" of any competitor against a variety of other scores. Rate Review 
goes deeper into the analysis of how many characters they copied 
correctly and when. These enhancements are available as Patch 180-02 
(you have to apply Patch 180-01 first) on the PileUpNet Practice 
<http://www.no5w.com/PileUpNetPractice.html> page. (Thanks, Chuck NO5W)

Recent Silent Key and long-time contest and DX presence in the Pacific 
Northwest, Wilse Morgan WX7P was the first VE by FCC appointment and 
held the well-known call KL7CQ for many years before returning to the 
lower 48 in 1989. He was instrumental in helping to organize and 
activate Alaska in major contests and achieved no small amount of 
notoriety by installing a beam atop a tower using a hot-air balloon. 
(See CQ Magazine for September 1980) This link to the Spokane DX 
Association's web page <http://www.sdxa.org/> contains more about Wilse, 
an amazing guy! (Thanks, Bill KL7BB and others)

The ARRL Foundation has awarded the 2013 William R. Goldfarb Memorial 
Scholarship 
<http://www.arrl.org/news/view/calvin-darula-k0dxc-awarded-2013-goldfarb-scholarship> 
to Calvin P. Darula, KÃ˜DXC, of St Bonifacius, Minnesota. A senior at 
Waconia High School, Cal made the Academic Honor Roll in his freshman 
and sophomore years; in his senior year, he served on the Student 
Council and came in second place in his school's VFW Voice of Democracy 
speech competition. Cal - the grandson of Gary K9MMS - is also an active 
contester and a fan of high-speed CW on the bands. He will attend St 
John's University where he will pursue studies in business management 
and economics.

*Web Site of the Week* - Les N1LF heartily endorses the VHF+ website 
<http://kb5wia.blogspot.com/> of David KB5WIA. You can read about 
David's experiments with a FunCube Dongle Pro, 2 Meter EME, operating in 
the QRP Portable category, antenna noise plotting, WSJT, and amateur 
satellites.

WORD TO THE WISE

/*Taking breaks*/ -- When you're in a long contest and your body says, 
"No mas!" it's time for a break. Sometimes just a short walk around the 
block or maybe a 15-minute catnap will do the trick. Taking a quick 
shower is also a time-honored tactic. But sometimes, you need shut-eye 
and that means a 90-minute sleep cycle or two. Do what it takes to keep 
your mind and body in the game, operating accurately, and optimizing 
your time on the air.

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SIGHTS AND SOUNDS

Here's a website that makes you say "WÃ˜W <http://www.k0six.com/w0w/>" - 
literally. The recent expedition to rare grid EN48 was deemed a great 
success, even making a QSO with Alaska. More photos and information are 
on the way and a pair of videos (number 1 
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbTizJCcggQ> and number 2 
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCDs3m_f31M>) have been uploaded to 
YouTube. (Thanks to the KÃ˜SIX Group - KÃ˜MPP, KÃ˜SIX, KBÃ˜HNN, WAÃ˜VPJ, and 
K9MU)

Meet Mike DeChristopher N1TA - he's the new ARRL Contest Branch Manager! 
Learn more about Mike in this issue's Conversation section. (ARRL photo)

Moonbounce on 77 GHz is not for the faint of heart as this YouTube video 
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=2En_W2EaJFw> 
demonstrates. Hams are rapidly expanding our presence in the "millimeter 
wave" region of the spectrum and bouncing a signal off the Moon is quite 
an accomplishment! (Thanks, Zoli HA1AG)

When you operate from Dracula's Castle, can you still operate in the 
daylight? I suppose - this old QSL card 
<http://oldqslcards.com/oe3ah.pdf> documents the adventure by OE3AH, 
Anton Hapsburg (yes, /those/ Hapsburgs), also known by his formal title 
the Archduke of Austria. Anton even operated in the 1938 ARRL DX 
Contest. I wonder if he began his contacts with, "Good eeee-vening..."? 
Probably not. (Thanks, Danny K7SS)

RESULTS AND RECORDS

Online results packages were released this week for three 2013 ARRL 
contests <http://www.arrl.org/contest-results-articles>:

  * January VHF Contest - by John K9JK
  * RTTY Roundup - by Jan WS7I
  * ARRL DX CW - by Rick WW1ME

All told, the trio of write-ups offer more than 60 pages of analysis, 
interviews, commentary, photos, tables, and scores, scores, scores. The 
2012 ARRL 10 Meter Contest results by Scott K7ZO mentioned in the 
previous issue were unexpectedly delayed to correct an error in the PDF 
file but they are also online now - another 19 pages worth! Don't forget 
to drop a note of appreciation to the authors for their hours of hard 
work putting together an enjoyable package of reporting.

All-time ARRL November Sweepstakes records 
<http://www.arrl.org/contest-records> have been updated and posted 
through the 2012 contests. (Thanks, Sweepstakes Manager, Larry K5OT)

The raw scores <http://cqwpx.com/claimed.htm?mode=cw> before checking 
for WPX CW 2013 are now available and updated raw scores 
<http://cqwpx.com/claimed.htm?mode=ph> for WPX SSB 2013 are also online. 
(Thanks, Terry N4TZ,CQ WPX Contest Director)

The usual quick turnaround has the results of the 2013 7QP 
<http://www.7qp.org/> already on the contest's web page. Contest 
Manager, Dick K4XU expects certificates will be out by 1 July. Plaques 
will take a bit longer due to the engraving delay.

Here's one more photo of your previous ARRL Contest Branch Manager, 
preparing himself for the 2011 November Sweepstakes in Puerto Rico. 
Mmmm...donuts! (Photo by NÃ˜AX)

The results of the 2013 Wisconsin QSO Party 
<http://www.warac.org/wqp/wqp.htm> are available - check 'em out! 
Congrats to Valerie NV9L as she earned the top score of 33,197 for the 
Rookie category. Ryan KB9OWD repeated his dominance of the Single Op 
Fixed Location category, taking first place for his third consecutive 
year with 169,619 points from 319 CW QSOs and 351 on phone, along with 
114 mults. (Thanks, WIQP Team Members, Pat WW9R and Tom K9BTQ)

Why don't the QSOs and Multipliers in the downloadable CSV score data 
for ARRL contests combine to produce the final score reported for the 
station? What you are seeing are the total QSOs and Mults remaining in 
the log after log checking. The final score, however, is based on the 
QSO point total /after/ penalty points are removed for busted QSOs or 
other errors.

CQ World Wide Committee member Ken K1EA reports that there were 7,226 
logs submitted for the CQ WW SSB. After removing busted and other 
defective calls from the database, Ken estimates that there were about 
9,000 stations actually on the air in the contest. That leaves about 20% 
of stations participating in the contest not submitting their logs. His 
guess-timate is that about 15% of the total calls claimed were actually 
on the air or about 1/7^th of the calls in submitted logs, including 
unique calls that are likely bad.

OPERATING TIP

You sure don't want to open up the contest results and find that your 
score was a no-show! What if you send your log to the wrong email 
address? From CQ World Wide Committee member Bob W5OV, "The answer is 
that the sender has /total responsibility/ to send the email to the 
right address. The email robot will respond with a confirmation - 
usually within minutes if not sooner. If the sender does not get a 
confirmation that his log was received in good order, /the sender//alone 
has the responsibility/ to follow up on it. Here's how to do it right:

1) Check that you're sending to the right address

2) Send your properly formatted log

3) Watch for a confirmation from the robot

a) If you don't get a confirmation in a reasonable time:

1) Check YOUR SPAM folder/system to see if it's there

2) If not, then go back to step #1

b) If you do get a confirmation, you're all set.

In addition, CQ WW Director, Randy K5ZD notes, "Many contests offer a 
logs received page. Given the issues with email and spam filters, the 
sponsor's logs received page is your best bet for confirmation of log 
received." And as Zack W9SZ observes, "As an extra note, at least with 
the ARRL, if you don't get a confirmation e-mail right away there is no 
liability in sending your log again. You can submit your log several 
times and only the most recent will be used."

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TECHNICAL TOPICS AND INFORMATION

With all the summer travel coming up, what about transporting batteries 
by air? Here are some notes from veteran traveler, John K7HV, who 
frequently travels with radio equipment and batteries. "As far as 
traveling on airliners, gel-cell batteries are permitted 
<http://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/49/173.159a> if they are labeled 
"non-spillable" in conformance with the international IATA/ICAO regs. 
All gel-cell batteries I own are labeled as such and some have a sticker 
referencing the IATA and ICAO regulations and the text "Not Restricted 
for Transport". They do /not/ have to be associated with wheelchairs." 
Other rules apply to wet cells but those are rarely transported by air. 
"Loose lithium batteries are restricted to carry-on only and may /not/ 
be larger than 100 W-hr (about 7 Ah for a 12 V battery, to be 
conservative). Lithium batteries installed inside a device like a laptop 
or cordless drill are permitted to be checked /if /there are precautions 
taken to keep the devices from turning on." If you do need to put 
gel-cells in checked luggage, John recommends:

  * Install and tape the terminal covers.
  * Print the battery data sheet and highlight compliance notices.
  * Protect the battery in some padding and place it inside a plastic
    bag with the data sheet.

    Do you think N1TA knows what he's getting himself into? Perhaps he
    should give W1YYM (now W1YL) a call for a few log-checking tips!

Cutting plastic tubing with a hacksaw leaves a pretty rough edge. Your 
editor's neighbor, Eugene Ohmes, passed along this tip: slip a dowel or 
solid rod into the tubing for support and you can use the regular tubing 
cutter with a sharpened wheel. This leaves a smooth, even edge every time!

Mike VE3GFN says, "This is the neatest idea to come down the pike in a 
long time! Sure wish I had a pair of these smart tweezers 
<http://www.smarttweezers.com/?gclid=CPvAyoiC0LcCFaYWMgod3hsA4Q>, back 
when I was doing my repairs of electronic instruments."

If you are interested in an inexpensive design for tri-band 144/222/432 
MHz cubical quad antenna for roving or portable VHF/UHF operation, Dave 
K8CC recommends this design 
<http://commfaculty.fullerton.edu/woverbeck/vhfquad.htm> by Wayne N6NB. 
Several of these are in use around Southern California.

Lance W7GJ reports that he has just published the latest version of the 
popular VE7BQH VHF+ Antenna Comparison Charts 
<http://www.bigskyspaces.com/w7gj/6mTable.htm>.

*Technical Web Site of the Week* - Ned AA7A recently gave a talk Low 
Band Receiving Antennas on a City Lot 
<http://aa7a.net/Low_Band_Receiving_Antennas.pdf> at the 2013 
International DX Convention in Visalia 2013. He has also given the 
Waller Flag antennas <http://www.n4is.com/wf/NEW_WF.html> a try and has 
added the results of the construction and testing of that antenna in his 
back yard at the end of the presentation. (Thanks, Jim N7US)

CONVERSATION

Meet the Managers

As you have probably heard, there is a new Contest Branch Manager (CBM) 
at the ARRL. Sean Kutzko KX9X has filled the CBM chair since October of 
2007 and is moving up to become the new ARRL Media and Public Relations 
Manager. (A special note of thanks to Allen Pitts W1AGP who has been 
filling in for the PR position even after his formal retirement at the 
end of 2012.) The new CBM is Mike DeChristopher N1TA with whom you may 
have spoken to get help with your Logbook of the World 
<http://www.arrl.org/logbook-of-the-world> (LoTW) account.

First, a big tip of the contest community's cap is in order to Mr Kutzko 
who brought enthusiasm, humor, and contesting chops to the position. In 
particular, his background in VHF+ contesting helped tremendously (and 
will continue to help) as the needs and conditions encountered during 
those contests are so different from those of the traditional HF events. 
There have been many changes in the ARRL's contest program - both 
operational and administrative - that have occurred under Sean's 
management. That we all participate smoothly and effectively today 
certainly speaks well of his patience and persistence.

Next, who is this N1TA guy, anyway? Well, I decided to ask him: /When 
did you get hired by the ARRL and what has been your job(s) since then?/ 
- I was first hired in July 2012 as Awards and Program Assistant. In 
that role, I supported Logbook of The World and the Awards Branch, 
including the DXCC and WAS Awards.

/How did you get interested in contesting?/ My first taste of contesting 
was during Field Day with a local club. I was quickly hooked and began 
operating with other club members. I was fortunate enough to become a 
regular operator on K1TTT multi-multi teams and learned a great deal 
from Dave and his crew. I enjoy all types of competitive operating, but 
particularly DX contests.

/What's the most interesting part of contesting to you? /I find the 
science and technology aspect of contesting most interesting, and 
specifically station engineering. It's neat when everything works right!

/Anything in particular that you'd like to bring to the Contest Branch? 
/Sean has made great strides in modernizing the Contest Branch, and I 
look forward to continuing that process. I'm also excited to recruit new 
contesters and to provide support for the contesting community.

That last answer is probably where Mike can have a big impact as more 
and more of the contesting infrastructure goes "into the cloud" online. 
His experience with LoTW will certainly translate well to the 
increasingly database-driven world of radiosport.

Here are few of the folks listed in the chronology below. Taken in April 
1975, left-to-right are John W1DGL (now W1XX), Jim WA1STN (now K1TN), 
Ellen W1YL, and Rick WA1PID (now K7GM). Those were the days at ARRL HQ! 
(Photo from K1TN (thanks, Jim) taken by W1CW (SK))

Mike, though, is the latest in a long line of folks to hold the reins of 
the Contest Branch. A very long line with some very well-known call 
signs. I consulted with some folks "in the know" about such things and 
developed the following chronology of Contest Branch Managers throughout 
the years. Their current calls are in parentheses - recognize anybody?

  * 1950s and 1960s - Ellen White, W1YYM (W1YL)
  * 1950s - Ed Tilton, W1HDQ (SK) handled VHF/UHF contests
  * 1954-59 - Phil Simmons, W1ZDP
  * 1960 - John Lindholm, W1DGL (W1XX)
  * 1967-1969 - Bob Hill, W1ARR
  * 1970 - Al Noone, WA1KQM (N2GMT)
  * 1972 - Rick Niswander, WA1PID (K7GM)
  * 1975 - Jim Cain, WA1STN (K1TN)
  * 1977 (Aug-Oct) - Jim White, K1ZX (K4OJ, SK)
  * 1977 - Tom Frenaye, WB6KIL (K1KI)
  * 1981 - Mark Wilson, AA2Z (K1RO)
  * 1983 - Bill Jennings, K1WJ (SK)
  * 1984 - Mike Kaczynski, W1OD (SK)
  * 1987 - Billy Lunt, KR1R
  * 1998 - Dan Henderson, N1ND
  * 2006 - Tom Hogerty, KC1J
  * 2007 - Sean Kutzko, KX9X
  * 2013 - Mike DeChristopher, N1TA

And there you have it - thanks to Mark K1RO, Jim K1TN, Dave NN1N, Dave 
K1ZZ, Ellen W1YL, and John KÃ˜IO for this little spin down memory lane. 
Apologies in advance for the inevitable sins of omission and commission. 
If you do have corrections, drop an email to the address at the top of 
this newsletter. It would be a Good Thing to dig back even farther and 
make sure we have a proper accounting of who's been who in this 
important position.

Now that you've "met the managers", you have a little better idea of who 
will be answering your phone calls and emails and the history behind him 
or her. Remember that there is a whole lot of paddling going on below 
the waterline in support of your favorite on-the-air activities. We can 
all work together to make contesting better than how we found it.

73, Ward NÃ˜AX

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CONTESTS

*19 June through 2 July 2013*

An expanded, downloadable version of QST's Contest Corral in PDF format 
<http://www.arrl.org/contest-calendar> is available. Check the sponsor's 
Web site for information on operating time restrictions and other 
instructions.

*HF CONTESTS*

ARRL Field Day--Phone,CW,Digital, from Jun 22, 1800Z to Jun 23, 2100Z. 
Bands (MHz): 1.8-28, 50+. Exchange: Category, ARRL/RAC section or DX. 
Logs due: Jul 24. Rules <http://www.arrl.org/contests>

SARL Top Band QSO Party--Phone,CW, from Jun 20, 0000Z to Jun 24, 0000Z. 
Bands (MHz): 1.8. Exchange: RS(T) and province or country. Logs due: 7 
days. Rules <http://www.sarl.org.za>

NAQCC Milliwatt Sprint--CW, from Jun 20, 0030Z to Jun 20, 0230Z. Bands 
(MHz): 3.5-14. Exchange: RST, S/P/C, and NAQCC mbr nr or power. Logs 
due: 4 days. Rules <http://naqcc.info/sprint201306mw.html>

His Majesty King of Spain--Phone, from Jun 22, 1200Z to Jun 23, 1200Z. 
Bands (MHz): 1.8-28. Exchange: RS, serial or EA province. Logs due: Jul 
15. Rules <http://www.ure.es>

Marconi Memorial HF Contest--CW, from Jun 22, 1400Z to Jun 23, 1400Z. 
Bands (MHz): 1.8-28. Exchange: RST and serial number. Logs due: 30 days. 
Rules <http://www.arifano.it/contest_marconi.htm>

ARRL Field Day--Phone,CW,Digital, from Jun 22, 1800Z to Jun 23, 2100Z. 
Bands (MHz): 1.8-28, 50+. Exchange: Category, ARRL/RAC section or DX. 
Logs due: Jul 24. Rules <http://www.arrl.org/contests>

Full Day of Hell--Digital, from Jun 29, 0000Z to Jun 29, 2359Z. Bands 
(MHz): 1.8-28. Exchange: RST, S/P/C, Feld-Hell mbr nr, 4-char grid 
square. Logs due: 7 days. Rules <http://www.feldhellclub.org>

Canada Day Contest--Phone,CW, from Jul 1, 0000Z to Jul 1, 2359Z. Bands 
(MHz): 1.8-28, 50-144. Exchange: RS(T), Province/Territory or serial. 
Logs due: Jul 31. Rules <http://www.rac.ca/service/contesting>

Ten-Ten Spirit of 76 QSO Party--Phone,CW,Digital, from Jul 1, 0000Z to 
Jul 7, 2400Z. Bands (MHz): 28. Exchange: Call, name, member number, 
S/P/C. Logs due: 15 days. Rules <http://www.ten-ten.org>

*VHF+ CONTESTS*

ARRL Field Day--Phone,CW,Digital, from Jun 22, 1800Z to Jun 23, 2100Z. 
Bands (MHz): 1.8-28, 50+. Exchange: Category, ARRL/RAC section or DX. 
Logs due: Jul 24. Rules <http://www.arrl.org/contests>

Worldwide EME Contest--Phone,CW, from Jun 29, 0000Z to Jun 30, 2400Z. 
Bands (MHz): 3.4G. Exchange: TMO/RS(T) and "R". Logs due: Jun 25. Rules 
<http://www.dubus.org>

Canada Day Contest--Phone,CW, from Jul 1, 0000Z to Jul 1, 2359Z. Bands 
(MHz): 1.8-28, 50-144. Exchange: RS(T), Province/Territory or serial. 
Logs due: Jul 31. Rules <http://www.rac.ca/service/contesting>

LOG DUE DATES

*19 June through 2 July 2013*

  * June 19 - UA2 QSO Party <http://www.qrz.ru/contest/detail/382.html>
  * June 19 - RSGB 80m Club Championship, CW
    <http://www.rsgbcc.org/hf/rules/2013/r80mcc.shtml>
  * June 20 - UN DX Contest
    <http://kw.kfrr.kz/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=164%3Aundxc2013e&catid=37&Itemid=64>
  * June 20 - NRAU 10m Activity Contest
    <http://www.nrau.net/activity-contests/below-30mhz.html>
  * June 20 - NAQCC-EU Monthly Sprint
    <http://naqcc-eu.org/sprints/rules/current.pdf>
  * June 22 - Feld Hell Sprint
    <https://sites.google.com/site/feldhellclub/Home/contests/sprint-rules>
  * June 22 - HA3NS Sprint Memorial Contest
    <http://radioamator.honlapepites.hu/?PHPSESSID=e57dd37c356355de9489e83e42&p=1280>
  * June 23 - Run for the Bacon QRP Contest <http://fpqrp.org/pigrun/>
  * June 23 - NAQCC Straight Key/Bug Sprint
    <http://naqcc.info/sprint201306mw.html>
  * June 26 - The Day of YLs <http://www.qrz.com/db/F5ISY>
  * June 27 - MI QRP Memorial Day CW Sprint
    <http://www.qsl.net/miqrpclub/contest.html>
  * June 27 - RSGB 80m Club Championship, SSB
    <http://www.rsgbcc.org/hf/rules/2013/r80mcc.shtml>
  * June 30 - EUCW Fraternizing CW QSO Party
    <http://www.agcw.org/eucw/eucwp.html>
  * June 30 - VOLTA WW RTTY Contest
    <http://www.contestvolta.com/47rules.pdf>
  * June 30 - IARU Region 1 Field Day, CW (see National Society websites)
  * July 1 - AGCW VHF/UHF Contest
    <http://www.agcw.org/en/?Contests_and_CW-activities:VHF-UHF_Contest>
  * July 1 - Alabama QSO Party
    <http://www.alabamaqsoparty.org/2013/2013Rules.pdf>
  * July 1 - Maritimes QSO Party
    <http://www.maritimecontestclub.com/images/2013_MQP_Rules.pdf>
  * July 1 - SEANET Contest
    <http://www5.big.or.jp/%7Eja1rju/flash_seanet-2013_doc-5.html>
  * July 1 - UKSMG Summer Contest <http://uksmg.org/contest/rules.php>
  * July 1 - VK Shires Contest
    <http://vkshires.vk2bo.com/vk-shires-contest-rules.html>
  * July 1 - QRP ARCI QRP Shootout
    <http://www.qrparci.org/contests/qrp-arci-contests/127-qrp-shoot-out>
  * July 1 - Stew Perry Topband Challenge <http://www.kkn.net/stew/>
  * July 1 - Ukrainian DX Classic RTTY Contest
    <http://urdxc.org/rtty/rules.php?english>

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

ARRL Contest Update wishes to acknowledge information from WA7BNM's 
Contest Calendar <http://www.hornucopia.com/contestcal> and SM3CER's 
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