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Info-Hams Digest            Thu,  6 Oct 94       Volume 94 : Issue 1098

Today's Topics:
         "How far" does 1 milliwat (and 1 watt) go? (2 msgs)
                      CQ magazine paper quality
                        does anyone know of a
                              iota list
                        reciprocity form japa
                        RTTY Sked: DE, SD, ND
                          Voltage in France

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Date: Wed, 5 Oct 1994 01:05:06 GMT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: "How far" does 1 milliwat (and 1 watt) go?

Michael Barney ([e-mail]) wrote:
: Could anyone enlighten me on "low power contest" for distance
: transmissions.

: I seem to recall some "Hamfest" communications going 100's or thousands
: of miles on less than 1 watt transmit power (and not at microwave
: frequencies w/ large Parabolics either).
: I'm specifically looking for "how far" on "how little power" under
: *relatively ideal conditions* for 1 milliwatt and 1 watt.

   Well, 1 watt at microwave frequencies aren't going to get you as
far as at HF, no matter how large your antenna.  :-)

   I've never run more than 4 watts in the 1.5 years that I've had
my licence, and usually stay down at about 1 watt unless conditions
are *REALLY* bad.  :-)  My contacts average out to about 400+ miles
on the 40M band, although my longest-range contact was approximately
2800 miles with 2 watts.  It's not unusual for dedicated QRP
enthusiasts to get several thousand miles per watt.

   So, in short, you can work around the world if you have patience,
a good antenna, and someone who is willing to dig your peanut-whistle
signal out of the noise.

- Rich

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Date: Wed, 5 Oct 1994 11:43:20 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Jeffrey Wittich)
Subject: "How far" does 1 milliwat (and 1 watt) go?

In article <36rn41$[e-mail]>, [e-mail] (Michael Barney) writes:
|> Could anyone enlighten me on "low power contest" for distance
|> transmissions.
|>
|> I'm specifically looking for "how far" on "how little power" under
|> *relatively ideal conditions* for 1 milliwatt and 1 watt.
|>
|> Michael Barney
|> [e-mail]

Hi Michael.  My first DX contact was made from here in Raleigh NC
to the Canary Islands on February 15, 1993.  Thats 3600
miles great circle route.  Output power was 700 mw to a dipole
up 18 feet.  Freq was 14.031 mhz and time was about 0240z.
10 cm Solar flux index was about 88 and the K index was 1.  He
gave me a very weak signal report but did not require any
repeats.

Never got his card though (sigh).  He was EA8QJ.

Hope this helps, 73.

Jeff

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Date: 5 Oct 1994 09:26:20 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Mats Näslund)
Subject: CQ magazine paper quality

Yesterday it happened again. I received my copy of the
latest CQ and as usual it was in three (3) pieces:
The front cover, the internal pages and the back cover.
In other words, the cover has come off the rest of the
magazine and is then torn in two pieces across the "back".

By usual above, I estimate that this happens two times
out of three and in the rest of the cases, the magazine
will only withstand one or two readings and then shows
the same symptom. (No I'm not careless when I turn the pages.)

My questionn is: Are there any other CQ-subscribers/readers
that share my experience? If this is a common problem, due
to the paper/binding quality perhaps a note to CQ would be in
place. Of course I can not rule out the possibility that the
paper is seriously damaged during shipping (I get my copy via
surface mail), but the plastic wrap is always intact. Comments
from readers in different parts of the world and using
air/surface mail would be interesting.

I have issues back into the 60's and they are still in good
shape. But they seem to be printed on much heavier paper. Their
smaller size may also be to their advantage.



Mats SM3LGO/0


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Mats Naslund (email: [e-mail])
Royal Inst of Technology
Stockholm, Sweden

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Date: Sun,  2 Oct 94 22:20:00 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Ulis Fleming)
Subject: does anyone know of a

Your friend would not happen to be TG9AJR?? -73 Ulis WB3LUI


... WB3LUI @ WB3V.MD.USA.NA
___ Blue Wave/QWK v2.12


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Date: Sun,  2 Oct 94 22:20:00 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Ulis Fleming)
Subject: iota list

 -=> Quoting [e-mail] to All <=-

 Be> Message-ID: <36erp9$[e-mail]>

 Be> Could anyone tell me were i can find a IOTA list (FTP or else)?
 Try writing to Brian Adams, G4RFV, 38 Waterloo Rd., Poole, Dorset
 BH17 7LF, England.


... WB3LUI @ WB3V.MD.USA.NA
___ Blue Wave/QWK v2.12


--- PCB15.1/2-GEcho 1.02
 * Origin: BORDERTECH BBS, HAMPSTEAD,MD *USA* 410.239.4247 (1:261/1355)

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Date: Sun,  2 Oct 94 22:20:00 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Ulis Fleming)
Subject: reciprocity form japa

 Ka> How slow is FCC in awarding reciprocity to Japanese stations in the
 Ka> US?
 Last year a friend of mine aquired a reciprocal license while in the
 US.  It took about 10 weeks! And that was mailed in the US.  Better
 get your application in soon.


... WB3LUI @ WB3V.MD.USA.NA
___ Blue Wave/QWK v2.12


--- PCB15.1/2-GEcho 1.02
 * Origin: BORDERTECH BBS, HAMPSTEAD,MD *USA* 410.239.4247 (1:261/1355)

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Date: 5 Oct 1994 14:41:33 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Al Gerheim)
Subject: RTTY Sked: DE, SD, ND

I need a few states including DE, SD, and ND on RTTY. I can
work 80 - 10  with WARC, minus 40 meters due to EMI problems
with an old PC. RSVP!

     73 - AL

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Date: 6 Oct 94 17:12:00 GMT
From: [e-mail] (VEKINIS Peter)
Subject: Voltage in France

In info hams digest, [e-mail] says:


>WOW!

>Where did you get this information from?

Well, continental Europe runs on 220V although it could be 230V it is still
called 220V. In the UK and Ireland, they run 240V on one phase with the
other phase connected to ground not only in houses but also on the supply
poles. This is not always the case in Europe.

In some places 220V is split in two with 110V in each which was the basis
for my answer. This is slowly disappearing. Did you not know that Paris,
Rome, Brussels and other places had 110Vin the past? I bet you didnt.
Peter
[e-mail]

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Date: 5 Oct 1994 17:09:18 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Alan Brubaker)

References<[e-mail]> <[e-mail]>, <[e-mail]>
Reply-To: [e-mail] (Alan Brubaker)
Subject: Re: Expose - Wouff-Hong

In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Ed Hare (KA1CV)) writes:
>Kenneth Grimm ([e-mail]) wrote:
>
>: Sworn to secrecy, as I recall, the best that I can do is suggest that you

   ...stuff deleted...

>in any chair you like, but don't sit in the two chairs on the back that are
>in the center aisl.... no, I have said too much. I better go figure out how
                            ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>to cancel this posting....
>
>73 from ARRL HQ (in case I can't figure out how to kill a post), Ed
    ^^^^^^^^^^^^
   Well, Ed, now you have gone and done it. You spilled the beans! And,
   you recall what the penalty is for spilling the beans, don't you?
   And to think that a staff member of the ARRL would go so far as to
   spill the beans yet! I hope that you are preparing yourself for the
   punishment that will be following soon. And any of you other ROWH
   brothers and sisters who are even thinking about telling of any of
   the sacred rites of initiation into our Royal Order...don't. You
   don't want to end up where Ed will be soon! You have been warned!






.... ..

Alan, K6XO   ROWH '67, Southwestern Division ARRL Convention.



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