[LCC] LCC Digest, Vol 121, Issue 3

Marcel Livesay n5vu at att.net
Thu Nov 22 13:32:52 CST 2018


I heard Steve and Don,  but they weren’t any louder than a dirty thought 🤓

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>   1. Re: 2018 ARRL Sweepstakes SSB @ W5WZ Multi-Op High Power
>      (Don AA5AU)
>   2. Brian Beezley K6STI and his COIL software (w5wz at w5wz.com)
>   3. Re: Brian Beezley K6STI and his COIL software (Don Hill AA5AU)
>   4. Re: Brian Beezley K6STI and his COIL software (W5WZ)
>   5. Re: Brian Beezley K6STI and his COIL software (Charles Morrison)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2018 15:51:12 +0000 (UTC)
> From: Don AA5AU <aa5au at bellsouth.net>
> To: LCC <lcc at louisianacontestclub.org>, "w5wz at w5wz.com"
>    <w5wz at w5wz.com>
> Subject: Re: [LCC] 2018 ARRL Sweepstakes SSB @ W5WZ Multi-Op High
>    Power
> Message-ID: <1440910348.3254888.1542642672290 at mail.yahoo.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
> 
> Great job!?
> 73, Don AA5AU
>    On Monday, November 19, 2018, 9:28:28 AM CST, w5wz at w5wz.com <w5wz at w5wz.com> wrote:  
> 
> ARRL Sweepstakes Contest, SSB
> 
> Call: W5WZ
> Operator(s): W5WZ KN5O WM5H K5ER WA5VQP KB5SUI/Honorary
> Station: W5WZ
> 
> Class: Multi-Op HP
> QTH: LA
> Operating Time (hrs): 24:00
> 
> Summary:
> ? Band? QSOs
> ------------
> ? 160:? ? 0
> ? ? 80:? 333
> ? ? 40:? 732
> ? ? 20:? 681
> ? ? 15:? ? 7
> ? ? 10:? ? 0
> ------------
> Total: 1753? Sections = 83? Total Score = 290,998
> 
> Club: Louisiana Contest Club
> 
> Comments:
> 
> Coming off last years' 2nd place finish in the Multi-Op High category,
> expectations were high this year for the Louisiana Contest Club team of 
> W5WZ,
> KN5O, WM5H, K5ER, WA5VQP (with guest observers KW5MOM, KF5MTH, KF5GDK, 
> WW5RC and
> W5LA).? We've learned by experience that the years with little to no 
> propagation
> on 10 and 15 meters actually favors our location in Louisiana, and this 
> year
> seemed to be the perfect conditions for an assault on the #1 multi-op 
> spot.
> 
> The W5WZ station was ready, the ops were excited, and the weather was 
> perfect -
> no fronts or thunderstorms predicted anywhere in the region.? We were 
> going to
> do great!
> 
> We opened the contest with with W5WZ on 20m and KN5O on 40m (the IC-7610 
> band
> scope at the mult position had ZERO signals on 15m in the 30 minutes 
> leading up
> to the start).? We had a 212 QSO first hour & 60 sections in the log - 
> our
> best ever hour in SS SSB by more than 60 QSOs - followed by a 155 Q and 
> 123 Q
> hour. With that start, we thought this was going to be a great contest.
> 
> Further adding to the excitement and anticipation, using our secret 
> weapon - our
> very own Multiplier Bloodhound, Bobby WM5H - we completed the Clean 
> Sweep at 3
> hours 50 minutes into the contest.? Yes, this was gonna be the big one!
> 
> But it was not to be. The rate quickly collapsed to 68 (0100 to 0159 
> UTC).
> After that, for the rest of the contest we only managed 2 hours above 
> 100/hr
> (0200-0259 & 0500-0559 UTC), and the average rate the rest of the 
> contest
> was a dismal 60 QSOs per hour, with 2 hours of only 21 QSOs thrown in 
> for good
> measure.
> 
> From our location it seemed that 20 meters had great propagation to all 
> the
> places with no hams: IA, ND, SD, MB, SK.? And on 40 meters, the band had 
> QSB
> like you'd expect on 15 meters right before the band closes at night (if 
> you
> remember that!).? While receiving an exchange, signals would go from 
> strong to
> inaudible and back again.
> 
> When it was over, we were 75 QSOs off last year's pace, and along the 
> way we
> heard other M stations with higher numbers than ours.? Congratulations 
> to namely
> KH7XS, K5TR and others.
> 
> As always, the company was great, we had lots of fun, and fantastic food 
> to
> boot.
> ? WA5VQP - 10 pounds of potato salad
> ? KW5MOM - 2 gallons of killer chili
> ? WM5H - sloppy joes, turkey tetrazzini and coleslaw, along with pounds 
> of
> ? excellent deli meat
> 
> Very special thanks to Becky KB5SUI - for the traditional tray of 
> contest
> brownies!? Thanks for letting us borrow K5ER.? We love you!
> 
> Thanks to all for the QSOs!
> 
> 73, Scott W5WZ, for the Louisiana Contest Club sweeps team of
> 
> W5WZ, KN5O, WM5H, K5ER, WA5VQP
> Honorary op KB5SUI
> Station guests WW5RC, W5LA, KW5MOM, KF5GDK, KF5MTH
> 
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> Message: 2
> Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2018 12:00:59 -0600
> From: w5wz at w5wz.com
> To: LCC <lcc at louisianacontestclub.org>
> Subject: [LCC] Brian Beezley K6STI and his COIL software
> Message-ID: <94f3039551414f1dbee162280c7f57c7 at w5wz.com>
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> Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2018 07:03:08 -0800
> From: Brian Beezley <k6sti at att.net>
> To: "towertalk at contesting.com" <towertalk at contesting.com>
> Subject: [TowerTalk] COIL 3.01
> 
> 
> COIL 3.01 is here:
> 
> https://www.dropbox.com/s/3bhao7stqmwz9ig/COIL.ZIP
> 
> I'll be uploading revisions to this URL without further notice. You can
> check it from time to time to see if anything is new. COIL.ZIP now
> includes a tiny file whose name is the COIL version number. Dropbox
> shows the ZIP contents. If the version is new, click Download.
> 
> 3.01 changes are minor. I did add a second Easter egg. If you haven't
> yet found the first, you may be asked to turn in your bug and D-104.
> 
> Brian
> 
> 
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 3
> Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2018 20:34:45 -0600
> From: "Don Hill AA5AU" <aa5au at bellsouth.net>
> To: <w5wz at w5wz.com>,    "'LCC'" <lcc at louisianacontestclub.org>
> Subject: Re: [LCC] Brian Beezley K6STI and his COIL software
> Message-ID: <005601d4820b$ef582750$ce0875f0$@net>
> Content-Type: text/plain;    charset="us-ascii"
> 
> I give. What is coil software?
> 
> Brian is famous for his software RTTY modem in the days of DOS.
> 
> Don AA5AU
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: LCC [mailto:lcc-bounces at louisianacontestclub.org] On Behalf Of
> w5wz at w5wz.com
> Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2018 12:01 PM
> To: LCC
> Subject: [LCC] Brian Beezley K6STI and his COIL software
> 
> Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2018 07:03:08 -0800
> From: Brian Beezley <k6sti at att.net>
> To: "towertalk at contesting.com" <towertalk at contesting.com>
> Subject: [TowerTalk] COIL 3.01
> 
> 
> COIL 3.01 is here:
> 
> https://www.dropbox.com/s/3bhao7stqmwz9ig/COIL.ZIP
> 
> I'll be uploading revisions to this URL without further notice. You can
> check it from time to time to see if anything is new. COIL.ZIP now
> includes a tiny file whose name is the COIL version number. Dropbox
> shows the ZIP contents. If the version is new, click Download.
> 
> 3.01 changes are minor. I did add a second Easter egg. If you haven't
> yet found the first, you may be asked to turn in your bug and D-104.
> 
> Brian
> 
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> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 4
> Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2018 21:00:14 -0600
> From: W5WZ <w5wz at w5wz.com>
> To: Don Hill AA5AU <aa5au at bellsouth.net>
> Cc: LCC <lcc at louisianacontestclub.org>
> Subject: Re: [LCC] Brian Beezley K6STI and his COIL software
> Message-ID: <DB720153-C584-40BB-A688-1BBEC22E1367 at w5wz.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain;    charset=utf-8
> 
> Don?t know. The interesting point is the Brian has surfaced again offering software in the gam arena. 
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> Scott Dickson, W5WZ
> 
> 
>> On Nov 21, 2018, at 20:34, Don Hill AA5AU <aa5au at bellsouth.net> wrote:
>> 
>> I give. What is coil software?
>> 
>> Brian is famous for his software RTTY modem in the days of DOS.
>> 
>> Don AA5AU
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: LCC [mailto:lcc-bounces at louisianacontestclub.org] On Behalf Of
>> w5wz at w5wz.com
>> Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2018 12:01 PM
>> To: LCC
>> Subject: [LCC] Brian Beezley K6STI and his COIL software
>> 
>> Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2018 07:03:08 -0800
>> From: Brian Beezley <k6sti at att.net>
>> To: "towertalk at contesting.com" <towertalk at contesting.com>
>> Subject: [TowerTalk] COIL 3.01
>> 
>> 
>> COIL 3.01 is here:
>> 
>> https://www.dropbox.com/s/3bhao7stqmwz9ig/COIL.ZIP
>> 
>> I'll be uploading revisions to this URL without further notice. You can
>> check it from time to time to see if anything is new. COIL.ZIP now
>> includes a tiny file whose name is the COIL version number. Dropbox
>> shows the ZIP contents. If the version is new, click Download.
>> 
>> 3.01 changes are minor. I did add a second Easter egg. If you haven't
>> yet found the first, you may be asked to turn in your bug and D-104.
>> 
>> Brian
>> 
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> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 5
> Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2018 09:07:36 -0600
> From: "Charles Morrison" <cmorrison at lusfiber.net>
> To: "'W5WZ'" <w5wz at w5wz.com>,    "'Don Hill AA5AU'" <aa5au at bellsouth.net>
> Cc: "'LCC'" <lcc at louisianacontestclub.org>
> Subject: Re: [LCC] Brian Beezley K6STI and his COIL software
> Message-ID: <000001d48275$1a6b6f60$4f424e20$@lusfiber.net>
> Content-Type: text/plain;    charset="utf-8"
> 
> Only thing I found on it was an article talking about the old version being unreliable because it was based on faulty formulas.. maybe this is the fix?
> 
> https://hamwaves.com/inductance/en/index.html#frequently-asked-questions
> 
> Charlie
> N5WE
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: LCC [mailto:lcc-bounces at louisianacontestclub.org] On Behalf Of W5WZ
> Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2018 9:00 PM
> To: Don Hill AA5AU <aa5au at bellsouth.net>
> Cc: LCC <lcc at louisianacontestclub.org>
> Subject: Re: [LCC] Brian Beezley K6STI and his COIL software
> 
> Don?t know. The interesting point is the Brian has surfaced again offering software in the gam arena. 
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> Scott Dickson, W5WZ
> 
> 
>> On Nov 21, 2018, at 20:34, Don Hill AA5AU <aa5au at bellsouth.net> wrote:
>> 
>> I give. What is coil software?
>> 
>> Brian is famous for his software RTTY modem in the days of DOS.
>> 
>> Don AA5AU
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: LCC [mailto:lcc-bounces at louisianacontestclub.org] On Behalf Of 
>> w5wz at w5wz.com
>> Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2018 12:01 PM
>> To: LCC
>> Subject: [LCC] Brian Beezley K6STI and his COIL software
>> 
>> Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2018 07:03:08 -0800
>> From: Brian Beezley <k6sti at att.net>
>> To: "towertalk at contesting.com" <towertalk at contesting.com>
>> Subject: [TowerTalk] COIL 3.01
>> 
>> 
>> COIL 3.01 is here:
>> 
>> https://www.dropbox.com/s/3bhao7stqmwz9ig/COIL.ZIP
>> 
>> I'll be uploading revisions to this URL without further notice. You 
>> can check it from time to time to see if anything is new. COIL.ZIP now 
>> includes a tiny file whose name is the COIL version number. Dropbox 
>> shows the ZIP contents. If the version is new, click Download.
>> 
>> 3.01 changes are minor. I did add a second Easter egg. If you haven't 
>> yet found the first, you may be asked to turn in your bug and D-104.
>> 
>> Brian
>> 
>> _______________________________________________
>> LCC mailing list
>> LCC at louisianacontestclub.org
>> http://mail.louisianacontestclub.org/mailman/listinfo/lcc_louisianacon
>> testcl
>> ub.org
>> Message delivered to aa5au at bellsouth.net
>> 
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