From owner-qrp-l@Lehigh.EDU Sun Jul 26 23:08:33 1998 Received: from fidoii.CC.lehigh.EDU (fidoii.CC.lehigh.EDU [128.180.1.4]) by oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id XAA24863 for ; Sun, 26 Jul 1998 23:08:32 -0400 (EDT) Received: from Lehigh.EDU ([127.0.0.1]) by fidoii.cc.Lehigh.EDU with SMTP id <13476-59898>; Sun, 26 Jul 1998 23:08:02 -0400 Received: from nss4.cc.Lehigh.EDU ([128.180.1.13]) by fidoii.cc.Lehigh.EDU with ESMTP id <12955-66292>; Sun, 26 Jul 1998 23:06:39 -0400 Received: from dub-img-2.compuserve.com (dub-img-2.compuserve.com [149.174.206.132]) by nss4.cc.Lehigh.EDU (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id XAA56444 for ; Sun, 26 Jul 1998 23:06:31 -0400 Received: (from mailgate@localhost) by dub-img-2.compuserve.com (8.8.6/8.8.6/2.12) id XAA19627 for QRP-L@Lehigh.edu; Sun, 26 Jul 1998 23:06:01 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <199807262305_MC2-543D-CA08@compuserve.com> Date: Sun, 26 Jul 1998 23:01:30 -0400 Reply-To: 70511.3041@compuserve.com Sender: owner-qrp-l@Lehigh.EDU Precedence: bulk From: "Wilford D. Lindsey" <70511.3041@compuserve.com> To: "Low Power Amateur Radio Discussion" Subject: K0EVZ Bumblebee report (long) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline X-Sender: "Wilford D. Lindsey" <70511.3041@compuserve.com> X-To: //QRP-L Discussion Group , "+Doc W.D. Lindsey/K0EVZ" <70511.3041@compuserve.com> X-Listprocessor-Version: 8.1 beta -- ListProcessor(tm) by CREN Status: O Gang: Thanks one and all for a really fun outing. This has to be one of the most memorable contests ever for K0EVZ. Total (early) = 46 QSO's...22 Bumblebees worked...22 SPC's Times worked = 1824Z - 2058Z On 20 Metres only. Site = Cain's Mesa south of Red Wing, MN. Hiked 4 miles, then a 3/4 mile hike before 900 foot climb. Nice site, with clear radio shots 360-degrees. Biggest problem was a never-ending fight with our state bird, the mosquito :-). I considered going to the hospital for 2 units of replacement blood. Nah. Rig(s) either SST-20 or Sierra. Used the SST (1.86 watts from 12-volt motorcycly battery) most of the afternoon. Great little rig, but when guys called too far off-frequency I simply could not stay with them w/o RIT. Bob N4BP was musing on-line recently about possibly putting one in where the present stock RF control portrudes through the back of the case. Hmmmm.... Anyone tried this? The Sierra with its RIT and variable filtre worked fabulously. Great rig and did nearly 100% of what I needed. Have kept mine stock = no power out mod. So I was getting about 1.7 watts from 12VDC. Thanks Wayne Burdick for a great rig....and Bob AE4IC for assembling some of the modules. The only antenna = Inverted WYE taped to SD-20 fishing pole. Installed in less than 5 minutes. I really like this antenna. May not be a world-beater but sure works for this old timer. Very compact and light-weight for backpacking. BTW the Whiterook MK-88 was perfect today. So it was a great afternoon. Oh I took Joe's advice and bought a lightweight portable 3-legged stool. Cost only $7.99 at Gander Mountain. Has a shoulder carrying case. What a great idea, Joe. Owe you big-time for this one. Thanks again one and all for stopping by. Sorry I missed several. Just couldn't get it done. Let's do it again next year FOR SURE! 72/73, --Doc Lindsey/K0EVZ Rochester, MN--Home of the Mayo Clinic. MWBC 519-16th Street SE Rochester, MN 55904 507/289-5108 (eves) From owner-qrp-l@Lehigh.EDU Sun Jul 26 23:34:37 1998 Received: from fidoii.CC.lehigh.EDU (fidoii.CC.lehigh.EDU [128.180.1.4]) by oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id XAA25292 for ; Sun, 26 Jul 1998 23:34:36 -0400 (EDT) Received: from Lehigh.EDU ([127.0.0.1]) by fidoii.cc.Lehigh.EDU with SMTP id <13427-59898>; Sun, 26 Jul 1998 23:33:41 -0400 Received: from nss4.cc.Lehigh.EDU ([128.180.1.13]) by fidoii.cc.Lehigh.EDU with ESMTP id <13152-46584>; Sun, 26 Jul 1998 23:32:38 -0400 Received: from mail.atl.bellsouth.net (mail.atl.bellsouth.net [205.152.0.21]) by nss4.cc.Lehigh.EDU (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id XAA14922 for ; Sun, 26 Jul 1998 23:32:28 -0400 Received: from wpchhevansken (host-209-214-77-26.atl-n.bellsouth.net [209.214.77.26]) by mail.atl.bellsouth.net (8.8.8-spamdog/8.8.5) with ESMTP id XAA14711 for ; Sun, 26 Jul 1998 23:32:28 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <35BBF4E8.1FA67DA7@bellsouth.net> Date: Sun, 26 Jul 1998 23:32:56 -0400 Reply-To: w4du@bellsouth.net Sender: owner-qrp-l@Lehigh.EDU Precedence: bulk From: "Kenneth W. Evans" To: "Low Power Amateur Radio Discussion" Subject: Bumble Bees MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-To: QRP List X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.01 [en] (Win95; I) X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-Listprocessor-Version: 8.1 beta -- ListProcessor(tm) by CREN Status: RO Had a great time today with the flight of the bumble bees! Totaled out with 28 contacts, about 60% on 40 with the rest on 20 & 15. Fifteen was in and out all day with very rapid changes and QSB. Thanks to W7ZOI (Wess/Russ) for haging in with me on that band. Would definetely do it again, but an October date would be cooler in Georgia - temps were in the high 90's and the QRP+ had a difficult time with the heat! It kept locking up and wouldnt xmit - any others experience that?? My 40 meter SST was much more tolerant of the heat. Now to get my logs in. 72/3, Ken w4du@bellsouth.net W4DU From owner-qrp-l@lehigh.edu Mon Jul 27 02:16:16 1998 Received: from fidoii.CC.lehigh.EDU (fidoii.CC.lehigh.EDU [128.180.1.4]) by oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id CAA27917 for ; Mon, 27 Jul 1998 02:16:15 -0400 (EDT) Received: from Lehigh.EDU ([127.0.0.1]) by fidoii.cc.Lehigh.EDU with SMTP id <12729-49824>; Mon, 27 Jul 1998 02:15:27 -0400 Received: from nss4.cc.Lehigh.EDU ([128.180.1.13]) by fidoii.cc.Lehigh.EDU with ESMTP id <12729-37028>; Mon, 27 Jul 1998 02:13:59 -0400 Received: from x8.boston.juno.com (x8.boston.juno.com [205.231.101.24]) by nss4.cc.Lehigh.EDU (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id CAA43690 for ; Mon, 27 Jul 1998 02:13:50 -0400 Received: (from lya@juno.com) by x8.boston.juno.com (queuemail) id DJ53HLHS; Mon, 27 Jul 1998 02:12:53 EDT Message-Id: <19980726.223731.2207.1.LYA@juno.com> Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1998 02:12:53 EDT Reply-To: lya@juno.com Sender: owner-qrp-l@lehigh.edu Precedence: bulk From: lya@juno.com (Lorraine Y Aubert) To: "Low Power Amateur Radio Discussion" Subject: Bees X-Mailer: Juno 1.38 X-Juno-Line-Breaks: 2,4-6 X-Listprocessor-Version: 8.1 beta -- ListProcessor(tm) by CREN Status: RO I managed to nab 11 Bumblebees! Hads lots of fun not considering the wicked deer flies which chewed on me. Had to quit 45 minutes early because of them. I love this contest--Russ is a genius for coming up with it. I'll definately be buzzing around next year...... Lorraine, AC6XK, Queen Bee #1 _____________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com Or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866] From owner-qrp-l@Lehigh.EDU Mon Jul 27 03:14:31 1998 Received: from fidoii.CC.lehigh.EDU (fidoii.CC.lehigh.EDU [128.180.1.4]) by oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id DAA00634 for ; Mon, 27 Jul 1998 03:14:29 -0400 (EDT) Received: from Lehigh.EDU ([127.0.0.1]) by fidoii.cc.Lehigh.EDU with SMTP id <13620-37028>; Mon, 27 Jul 1998 03:13:39 -0400 Received: from nss4.cc.Lehigh.EDU ([128.180.1.13]) by fidoii.cc.Lehigh.EDU with ESMTP id <12457-30110>; Mon, 27 Jul 1998 03:12:09 -0400 Received: from goose.prod.itd.earthlink.net (goose.prod.itd.earthlink.net [207.217.120.18]) by nss4.cc.Lehigh.EDU (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id DAA33200 for ; Mon, 27 Jul 1998 03:11:57 -0400 Received: from LOCALNAME (pool025-max7.ds7-ca-us.dialup.earthlink.net [207.217.234.25]) by goose.prod.itd.earthlink.net (8.8.7/8.8.5) with SMTP id AAA12532 for ; Mon, 27 Jul 1998 00:11:55 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <35BC8909.921@earthlink.net> Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1998 07:04:57 -0700 Reply-To: n6mm@earthlink.net Sender: owner-qrp-l@Lehigh.EDU Precedence: bulk From: "Harvey D. D. Hetland" To: "Low Power Amateur Radio Discussion" Subject: N6MM Bumblebee report (long) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-To: QRP-L@Lehigh.EDU X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01Gold (Win16; I) X-Listprocessor-Version: 8.1 beta -- ListProcessor(tm) by CREN Status: RO A new form of QRP activity for me, i.e. backpacking with amateur radio. The old Kelty backpack has been collecting dust for a while, but it was up to the task. I took the "kitchen sink" and used this as a learning experience, since I did not have time to construct light weight accessories and cannot send worth beans with light weight keys. Summary: Band: QSOs: Known BBs: States/Prov. 40m 10 4 3 20m 37 13 21 15m 8 1 7 Nice surprise 10m 0 0 0 Tried the band three times. Score: ((10 + (45)2)QSO pts)(18 BBs) = 1800 points. Location: Mt. Pinos CA (two miles each way, about 8000+ft AMSL). Observations: As noted by others a great deal of QSB on all bands especially 15m. I found it very difficult to use search and pounce, because I was not being heard that well; so I resorted to depending on CQs and continually searching out a reasonably clear frequency. I suspect that this will explain a very low BB factor in my score, but the flora and weather was great, and I saw several of the real bumblebee types crusing the flowers. There were layers of stations heard on 20m. It was great to hear 15m open (on my second visit there) and next time the 40m dipole will be oriented to favor an east-west path or I will use a 15m antenna. Stations heard on 15m but not worked: K8CV at 1737Z (got him on 20m later) W4DU at 1845Z AB7CE at 1905 to 1925Z (calling many unanswered CQs) I used the 40m dipole on 15m and tried both the 40m and 20m dipole on 10m, but heard no activity. I expended quite a bit of time on 15m and 10m, since I considered this outing to be a learning experience. I worked N6GA on three bands and tried to move Cam to 10m but he had not built his 10m module yet (must have been a Sierra) and will, therefore, endure some harassment at a future swap meet. I almost managed three bands with Bill, KD7S; but he did not hear me call him on 20m. Friday preceding I got the Sierra power up on 17m, 15m, 12m and 10m but did not have time to tweak the 20m and 30m modules. I am using the MRF-237 modification. I finished a CMOSIII keyer on Saturday and built dipoles for 40m and 20m as well as tuned half-wave coaxial lines for each antenna. I did manage to tune the 20m antenna late Saturday (heard N0UR on 20m but could not raise him - he was going to bed), but tweaking of the 40m antenna was done at the location. I did work N0UR during the BB activity, however. I only got 3.5 hours of sleep the night before (very poor planning), but the weather was so good it was still a joy. Here is the kitchen sink: Sierra, OHR DD-1 and WM-1, EMTech ZM-1, Heath 1 watt audio amplifier and Motorola speaker, over the ear headphones, Vibroplex paddle, CMOSIII keyer, 40m and 20m dipoles, a "Sling-a-line", Autek RF-1 and two 7 Ah gel cell batteries (only one used). Power output: 40m 4.0 watts, 20m 2.5 watts, 15m 2.0 watts and 10m 1.5 watts. Yes, I used a speaker for much of the activity (I am normally a headphones type). A lot of room for both space and weight reduction in this package. Question: Back in the days of the old ARRL CD parties folks would gather on 15m on the hour and on 10m on the half hour. Do you think an informal arrangement like this would help to encourage more activity on those bands? No mosquitos, flies or ants ... absolutely fanastic, T-shirt weather. Even found two suitable rocks and used one as the table and the other as a back rest. I'm looking forward to the next one and will make time to develop some lighter weight accessories. 73, Harvey, N6MM From owner-qrp-l@Lehigh.EDU Mon Jul 27 09:40:14 1998 Received: from fidoii.CC.lehigh.EDU (fidoii.CC.lehigh.EDU [128.180.1.4]) by oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id JAA19433 for ; Mon, 27 Jul 1998 09:40:13 -0400 (EDT) Received: from Lehigh.EDU ([127.0.0.1]) by fidoii.cc.Lehigh.EDU with SMTP id <12780-37028>; Mon, 27 Jul 1998 09:38:56 -0400 Received: from nss4.cc.Lehigh.EDU ([128.180.1.13]) by fidoii.cc.Lehigh.EDU with ESMTP id <12488-20898>; Mon, 27 Jul 1998 09:30:47 -0400 Received: from oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu (wmcfadde@oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu [132.235.1.2]) by nss4.cc.Lehigh.EDU (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id JAA10654 for ; Mon, 27 Jul 1998 09:30:40 -0400 Received: (from wmcfadde@localhost) by oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu (8.8.5/8.8.5) id JAA19135 for qrp-l@Lehigh.EDU; Mon, 27 Jul 1998 09:30:40 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <199807271330.JAA19135@oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu> Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1998 09:30:40 -0400 (EDT) Reply-To: wmcfadde@oucsace.cs.OhioU.Edu Sender: owner-qrp-l@Lehigh.EDU Precedence: bulk From: William McFadden To: "Low Power Amateur Radio Discussion" Subject: SEO RAT "Bumblebee" Report MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-To: qrp-l@Lehigh.EDU (qrp-l) X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL25] X-Listprocessor-Version: 8.1 beta -- ListProcessor(tm) by CREN Status: RO Three members of the Southeast Ohio Radio Adventure Team traveled to Lake Hope State Park in southeast Ohio for the Adventure Radio Society's 1998 Flight of the Bumblebees. Participants were Mike Hansgen, AA8EB; Drew McDaniel, W8MHV/9M2MC; and Eric McFadden, WD8RIF. Mike and Eric parked at Oak Point picnic area and hiked the approximately one-mile-long path through the forest to the operating site at Grouse Point picnic area. The path dropped some two-hundred feet from Oak Point to the lake and climbed a similar amount from the lake to Grouse Point. It was a strenuous hike. Drew arrived (by car) at Grouse Point after Mike and Eric completed the hike and opted to not hike or bike (even though he'd brought his bicycle) and his subsequent operations were not as a Bumblebee. Eric brought his complete QRP Station in a Bag and carried it on the hike. (After last year's Flight of the Bumblebees, Eric thought the station was too heavy. After this year's event, he still thought it was too heavy and finally weighed it--it was thirteen pounds, a lot of weight to be carried on a single shoulder-strap!) Drew brought his MFJ-9020 and tiny homebrew antenna tuner and SWR bridge. Upon arriving at Grouse Point, Mike suspended his 15m delta-loop, Eric erected his W3EDP wire antenna, and Drew suspended his portable RG174-fed 20m portable dipole, the very same one he used during his year in Malaysia. Drew operated as W8MHV on 20m, and found it rough going. He managed seven QSOs during the event. Eric had pre-registered as a Bumblebee and operated as WD8RIF/BB, starting on 40m and working thirty-two stations before changing to 20m and working two more. All but two of Eric's 40m QSOs were the result of calling "CQ". Despite its weight, Eric's QRP Plus station worked well. For this event, the W3EDP was arranged with the 17' wire as a parallel feedline, following the recommendations of Charlie Lofgren, W6JJZ. This arrangement seemed to work very well. The weather for this event was just about perfect. The temperature reached a comfortable 80 degrees, there was just enough breeze for comfort but not enough to blow the papers off of the picnic tables, and the tall second-growth forest trees provided good shade from the sun. Once again, this event was a great deal of fun. The members of the Southeast Ohio Radio Adventure Team look forward to next year, and they extend their thanks to the Adventure Radio Society, to all the station who worked us, and to all the other Bumblebees who hit the trail. -- W. Eric McFadden WD8RIF Athens OH wd8rif@qsl.net http://www.qsl.net/wd8rif From owner-qrp-l@Lehigh.EDU Mon Jul 27 11:22:37 1998 Received: from fidoii.CC.lehigh.EDU (fidoii.CC.lehigh.EDU [128.180.1.4]) by oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id LAA22415 for ; Mon, 27 Jul 1998 11:22:28 -0400 (EDT) Received: from Lehigh.EDU ([127.0.0.1]) by fidoii.cc.Lehigh.EDU with SMTP id <13215-37028>; Mon, 27 Jul 1998 11:21:46 -0400 Received: from nss4.cc.Lehigh.EDU ([128.180.1.13]) by fidoii.cc.Lehigh.EDU with ESMTP id <13205-30110>; Mon, 27 Jul 1998 11:19:50 -0400 Received: from jester.ti.com (jester.ti.com [192.94.94.1]) by nss4.cc.Lehigh.EDU (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id LAA42978 for ; Mon, 27 Jul 1998 11:19:47 -0400 Received: from alfred.itg.ti.com ([157.170.188.38]) by jester.ti.com (8.8.8) with ESMTP id KAA05145 for ; Mon, 27 Jul 1998 10:19:47 -0500 (CDT) Received: from itg.ti.com (magic.itg.ti.com [172.25.2.76]) by alfred.itg.ti.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id KAA07323 for ; Mon, 27 Jul 1998 10:19:14 -0500 (CDT) Received: by itg.ti.com (4.1/ITG-1.1) id AA00438; Mon, 27 Jul 98 10:23:52 CDT Message-Id: <9807271523.AA00438@itg.ti.com> Date: Mon, 27 Jul 98 10:23:52 CDT Reply-To: QLF%mimi@magic.itg.ti.com Sender: owner-qrp-l@Lehigh.EDU Precedence: bulk From: QLF%mimi@magic.itg.ti.com To: "Low Power Amateur Radio Discussion" Subject: FLIGHT OF THE BUMBLEBEES X-Listprocessor-Version: 8.1 beta -- ListProcessor(tm) by CREN Status: RO From: Brad Bradfield QLF Subj: FLIGHT OF THE BUMBLEBEES Good morning Bees and Bee Chasers - - Had a great time during the Flight of the Bumblebees yesterday. Operated from Willow Grove Park on Lake Lewisville, North of Dallas, TX about 35 miles. Did not get on the air till just 1800Z because of church, but made 36 QSO's in the three hours that I did operate. Even took a few minutes out when my darling wife showed up with a plate of hot enchiladas. (Eat your heart out!!) Haven't figuree out my score yet, but had fun. Equipment was my Sierra, MFJ tuner, gel cell, CMOS Super Keyer III, Brown Brothers paddles, and 65 feet of end fed wire up 25-30 feet. BTW, yesterday was the 21st CONSECUTIVE day over 100 degrees, and the 34th overall for the summer. I watched the temperature during the Flight, and it ran between 100 and 104. Sure glad I had shade and plenty of water. Today is supposed to be up near 105 again. Oh, well. Non-QRP comment, but . . . . Since new moon was late last week, I went out last night with a friend and our telescopes. Mine's an 8" Schmidt- Cassegrain and his is a 13" reflector on a Dobsonian mount. Nice sky and good time. So between spending the afternoon in the 100+ heat, and staying out till mid-night, Brad's kind of dragging this morning. 72's es 73's, Brad, WB0CGH qlf@msg.ti.com QRP-L # 377 ARS # 72 From owner-qrp-l@Lehigh.EDU Mon Jul 27 11:39:13 1998 Received: from fidoii.CC.lehigh.EDU (fidoii.CC.lehigh.EDU [128.180.1.4]) by oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id LAA22877 for ; Mon, 27 Jul 1998 11:39:09 -0400 (EDT) Received: from Lehigh.EDU ([127.0.0.1]) by fidoii.cc.Lehigh.EDU with SMTP id <13103-37028>; Mon, 27 Jul 1998 11:37:21 -0400 Received: from nss4.cc.Lehigh.EDU ([128.180.1.13]) by fidoii.cc.Lehigh.EDU with ESMTP id <12402-30110>; Mon, 27 Jul 1998 11:36:09 -0400 Received: from kitsune.swcp.com (swcp.com [198.59.115.2]) by nss4.cc.Lehigh.EDU (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id LAA16662 for ; Mon, 27 Jul 1998 11:36:00 -0400 Received: from default (dpm2-44.swcp.com [204.134.5.109]) by kitsune.swcp.com (8.8.8/1.2.3) with SMTP id JAA14415; Mon, 27 Jul 1998 09:35:58 -0600 (MDT) Message-Id: <35BC8121.4EB3@swcp.com> Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1998 07:31:13 -0600 Reply-To: whalen@swcp.com Sender: owner-qrp-l@Lehigh.EDU Precedence: bulk From: tom whalen To: "Low Power Amateur Radio Discussion" Subject: Contest fun! MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-To: Low Power Amateur Radio Discussion X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01 (Win95; I) X-Listprocessor-Version: 8.1 beta -- ListProcessor(tm) by CREN Status: RO Hello QRPer's! Had a good time during the BB contest! Worked only 12 stations, but wasn't too bad considering the trouble I had. Got set up with the Emtech 20, J-pole wire antenna. Everything was going fine, and was really getting stung by those hungry bee's!! Then, everything just quit! HMMMMM...Yep, the old battery was not as charged as I thought! OH well, back down the mountain and get another one. Didn't have the time or energy to hike back to the same spot so just operated from the back yard for another hour. Had a good time while it lasted! WE6W ED, had real neat echo to his rig, really stood out and I thought it sounded good with his fine fist on the bug...Dont know what that was ED, but it sounded neat! How bout sharing that lil secret with us? DOC KOEVZ, first contest I have been in that I did not work you? Worked K1MG,N1FN,W7ZOI,N4SO and others. So, way to go Cam! Nice contest, and 4 hours is just right! ` 72,Tom WB5QYT -- Enjoying QRP and QRP-L! Rigs: Ten Tec Argo 509, SST-30, GM-15, OHR Spirit 40, Emtech NW20 IC-706, 38S, 49er, Bare Essentials, Mizuho MX-7s, HW-8,St.L tuner Org: QRP-L 640, scQRPion 22, Norcal 1979, Fists 4465, ARS 396 Home of the "spud gun antenna launcher"-Kite antennas- RR mobile From owner-qrp-l@Lehigh.EDU Mon Jul 27 11:58:34 1998 Received: from fidoii.CC.lehigh.EDU (fidoii.CC.lehigh.EDU [128.180.1.4]) by oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id LAA23456 for ; Mon, 27 Jul 1998 11:58:32 -0400 (EDT) Received: from Lehigh.EDU ([127.0.0.1]) by fidoii.cc.Lehigh.EDU with SMTP id <13335-37028>; Mon, 27 Jul 1998 11:58:04 -0400 Received: from nss4.cc.Lehigh.EDU ([128.180.1.13]) by fidoii.cc.Lehigh.EDU with ESMTP id <13309-30110>; Mon, 27 Jul 1998 11:55:35 -0400 Received: from excalibur.citnet.com (excalibur.citnet.com [208.237.4.2]) by nss4.cc.Lehigh.EDU (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id LAA42692; Mon, 27 Jul 1998 11:55:20 -0400 Received: from lizard (208.237.6.23) by excalibur.citnet.com (Rockliffe SMTPRA 1.2.2) with SMTP id ; Mon, 27 Jul 1998 11:51:22 -0400 Message-Id: <1.5.4.16.19980727154913.3fa7a6b8@mail.citnet.com> Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1998 11:51:22 -0400 Reply-To: n2cq@citnet.com Sender: owner-qrp-l@Lehigh.EDU Precedence: bulk From: Ken Newman To: "Low Power Amateur Radio Discussion" Subject: N2CQ/BB Report Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-To: QRP-L@Lehigh.EDU, epaqrp-l@Lehigh.EDU X-Sender: n2cq@mail.citnet.com X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Light Version 1.5.4 (16) X-Listprocessor-Version: 8.1 beta -- ListProcessor(tm) by CREN Status: RO Hi Group, Thanks for the QSOs on the Bumblebee Flight, Bees or non-Bees. Did not do well at all on 20 meters though. No QSOs to the northwest at all including MN and other stations not answering. Must have a definate null in the antenna pattern. Some tried to copy but no luck. Good signals to SW including MO/TX/OK/NE etc, and one to CA. The location was at Red Bank Battlefield Historical Park in Gloucester County NJ. It used to be a defense for Philadelphia Harbor on the Delaware River. Found a good tree at the far end of the battlefield and got the line over the chosen limb with the Antenna Launcher on the first shot, about 40' up. I chose the St. Louis Loop since it was ok on both bands during the TAC and vacation trip earlier. I fit in to the WALKING category for the bees and made 6 trips overall between the car and the chosen tree. Definately walked over a mile or two. Not the way to make a mountain climb like the Northwest Bees do. In general a good day but not good on 20 m on longer haul. Total 49 QSOs including 22 on 20 and 27 on 40. Only 16 Bee QSOs to end up with a below average (3408) score. New antenna arrangement next time for sure for 20 m. 72/73, Ken Newman, N2CQ Woodbury, NJ N2CQ@Citnet.com From owner-qrp-l@Lehigh.EDU Mon Jul 27 12:28:47 1998 Received: from fidoii.CC.lehigh.EDU (fidoii.CC.lehigh.EDU [128.180.1.4]) by oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id MAA24413 for ; Mon, 27 Jul 1998 12:28:37 -0400 (EDT) Received: from Lehigh.EDU ([127.0.0.1]) by fidoii.cc.Lehigh.EDU with SMTP id <13429-37028>; Mon, 27 Jul 1998 12:27:46 -0400 Received: from nss4.cc.Lehigh.EDU ([128.180.1.13]) by fidoii.cc.Lehigh.EDU with ESMTP id <13086-20898>; Mon, 27 Jul 1998 12:26:54 -0400 Received: from [208.222.36.34] ([208.222.36.34]) by nss4.cc.Lehigh.EDU (8.8.8/8.8.5) with SMTP id MAA38594 for ; Mon, 27 Jul 1998 12:26:51 -0400 Received: from MAILSERVER1 by [208.222.36.34] via smtpd (for nss4.CC.Lehigh.EDU [128.180.1.13]) with SMTP; 27 Jul 1998 16:16:27 UT Received: by MAILSERVER1 with Internet Mail Service (5.0.1458.49) id <36RWH6X0>; Mon, 27 Jul 1998 12:29:59 -0400 Message-Id: <21E06269B00ED111BE9B00805F6D0FA32FB6CC@MAILSERVER1> Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1998 12:29:57 -0400 Reply-To: SBillingsley@usaninc.com Sender: owner-qrp-l@Lehigh.EDU Precedence: bulk From: Sam Billingsley To: "Low Power Amateur Radio Discussion" Subject: Flight of BumbleBees AE4GX BB#7 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-To: "Qrpl_Submit (E-mail)" X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.0.1458.49) X-Listprocessor-Version: 8.1 beta -- ListProcessor(tm) by CREN Status: RO The BumbleBee contest was a ton of fun this time. I used my INDEX QRP+ at 5W and a Parking Lot Portable Vertical(PLPV) on 20/15/10 and W3EDP 87ft Inverted L on 40. Used my new Tandy102 logging program to keep track but had paper for backup. 40mtr Qs 9 20mtr Qs 37 15mtr Qs 1 BB Qs 21 Sam AE4GX BB#7 From owner-qrp-l@Lehigh.EDU Mon Jul 27 12:35:42 1998 Received: from fidoii.CC.lehigh.EDU (fidoii.CC.lehigh.EDU [128.180.1.4]) by oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id MAA24682 for ; Mon, 27 Jul 1998 12:35:34 -0400 (EDT) Received: from Lehigh.EDU ([127.0.0.1]) by fidoii.cc.Lehigh.EDU with SMTP id <13460-37028>; Mon, 27 Jul 1998 12:34:46 -0400 Received: from nss4.cc.Lehigh.EDU ([128.180.1.13]) by fidoii.cc.Lehigh.EDU with ESMTP id <13456-37028>; Mon, 27 Jul 1998 12:31:37 -0400 Received: from dfw-ix1.ix.netcom.com (dfw-ix1.ix.netcom.com [206.214.98.1]) by nss4.cc.Lehigh.EDU (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id MAA40854 for ; Mon, 27 Jul 1998 12:31:25 -0400 Received: (from smap@localhost) by dfw-ix1.ix.netcom.com (8.8.4/8.8.4) id LAA04676 for ; Mon, 27 Jul 1998 11:30:46 -0500 (CDT) Received: from den-co71-49.ix.netcom.com(206.214.152.49) by dfw-ix1.ix.netcom.com via smap (V1.3) id rma004520; Mon Jul 27 11:29:56 1998 Message-Id: <35BCAAA9.16E6F820@ix.netcom.com> Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1998 10:28:25 -0600 Reply-To: rschneid@ix.netcom.com Sender: owner-qrp-l@Lehigh.EDU Precedence: bulk From: Dick Schneider To: "Low Power Amateur Radio Discussion" Subject: The ARS bumblebee contest was great fun MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT X-To: qrp-l X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.04 [en] (Win95; I) X-Listprocessor-Version: 8.1 beta -- ListProcessor(tm) by CREN Status: RO The ARS bumblebee contest was great fun. Operated Colorado QRP Club station W0CQC. Worked 20 meters only from Pike Nat l Forest. Used a 20 meter dipole tossed together that morning 1.5:1 SWR at 14060! No tuner needed. Hefted in the IC706 with a heavy battery, but it was worth it. 53 QSOs. 24 Bumblebees. 24 states. 2 provinces, as follows: AZ-1, BC-1, CA-10, CO-2, CT-1, GA-3, IA-2, ID-1, IL-1, KS-1, MI-3, MN-1, MO-3, NC-3, NY-1, OH-2, OK-2, ON-2, OR-3, PA-1, SC-1, TN-2, TX-4, VA-1, WA-1, WV-1. East Coast was in there, but very weak. Apologies to those who got lost in pile-ups and QSB. 72 DICK AB0CD From owner-qrp-l@lehigh.edu Mon Jul 27 12:49:19 1998 Received: from fidoii.CC.lehigh.EDU (fidoii.CC.lehigh.EDU [128.180.1.4]) by oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id MAA25049 for ; Mon, 27 Jul 1998 12:49:17 -0400 (EDT) Received: from Lehigh.EDU ([127.0.0.1]) by fidoii.cc.Lehigh.EDU with SMTP id <13537-49824>; Mon, 27 Jul 1998 12:47:52 -0400 Received: from nss4.cc.Lehigh.EDU ([128.180.1.13]) by fidoii.cc.Lehigh.EDU with ESMTP id <13467-20898>; Mon, 27 Jul 1998 12:42:00 -0400 Received: from guppy.pond.net (guppy.pond.net [205.240.25.2]) by nss4.cc.Lehigh.EDU (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id MAA32084 for ; Mon, 27 Jul 1998 12:41:50 -0400 Received: from [207.149.187.12] (pAp12.pond.net [207.149.187.12]) by guppy.pond.net (8.8.8/8.8.7) with ESMTP id JAA21648; Mon, 27 Jul 1998 09:31:20 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199807271631.JAA21648@guppy.pond.net> Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1998 09:42:49 -0800 Reply-To: russ@natworld.com Sender: owner-qrp-l@lehigh.edu Precedence: bulk From: "Russ Carpenter" To: "Low Power Amateur Radio Discussion" Subject: W7ZOI/AA7QU Combo Plays With the Bees Mime-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit X-To: "QRP-L List" X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express for Macintosh - 4.01 (295) X-Priority: 3 X-Listprocessor-Version: 8.1 beta -- ListProcessor(tm) by CREN Status: RO Wes Hayward, W7ZOI, and Russ Carpenter, AA7QU got together for The Flight of the Bumblebees. Normally, Oregon is a cool, green place; however, this weekend we had a real, live heatwave. Being a little retarded, we choose to hike to a place high on the side of a Cascade volcano--1,600 feet of elevation gain and no water. So in addition to all the usual camping and radio junk, we loaded up our packs with H2O. This site isn't on the trail, so it requires a little bushwacking. I had marked the site on the GPS when I scouted it three weeks ago, and this time it was easy to find. "Gosh, Wes said, as he heard the GPS beeping its alert that we'd arrived at the waypoint, this sorta takes the challenge out of it." Only a certified mountain goat like Wes Hayward would feel that we'd made the trip too wimpy. From the point of view of any sane person, it was plenty aerobic. Saturday night we perched on the side of a steep cliff, feeling like a couple of emperors, surveying our domains. Wes is a gifted yakker, and we discussed nearly every known subject as the sky darkened and the stars began popping out. We had a reasonably successful radio experience, with a total of 57 Qs. 40 meters was essentially useless, but there were lots of signals on 20. 15 meters was kinda fun, with wispy little signals that would last for about 20 seconds. My Sierra isn't exactly a hot performer on 15, and there were many occasions when we couldn't quite copy stations calling us. I've never operated in a two person combo, and the experience sometimes made me feel like the village idiot. No matter how hard I tried, I kept sending my own call. I've learned that midday conditions on 20 meters during the summer are usually pretty tough. There is a lot of attenuation during that 10:00AM to 2:00 PM slot. So our 45 Qs on 20 felt pretty good. I'm looking forward to next year, when 15 meters should become the mainstay. Thanks to all the participants in the 1998 Flight of the Bumblebees. Your operating skills, good manners, and sense of adventure made it a classy experience. Russ Carpenter, AA7QU From owner-qrp-l@Lehigh.EDU Mon Jul 27 12:57:52 1998 Received: from fidoii.CC.lehigh.EDU (fidoii.CC.lehigh.EDU [128.180.1.4]) by oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id MAA25217 for ; Mon, 27 Jul 1998 12:57:36 -0400 (EDT) Received: from Lehigh.EDU ([127.0.0.1]) by fidoii.cc.Lehigh.EDU with SMTP id <13610-37028>; Mon, 27 Jul 1998 12:56:25 -0400 Received: from nss4.cc.Lehigh.EDU ([128.180.1.13]) by fidoii.cc.Lehigh.EDU with ESMTP id <13559-20898>; Mon, 27 Jul 1998 12:49:57 -0400 Received: from gpfn1.gpfn.sk.ca (gpfn1.gpfn.sk.ca [198.169.198.2]) by nss4.cc.Lehigh.EDU (8.8.8/8.8.5) with SMTP id MAA38560 for ; Mon, 27 Jul 1998 12:49:36 -0400 Received: from gpfn1.gpfn.sk.ca (gpfn1.gpfn.sk.ca [198.169.198.2]) by gpfn1.gpfn.sk.ca (8.6.12/8.6.12) with SMTP id KAA24314 for ; Mon, 27 Jul 1998 10:49:29 -0600 Message-Id: Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1998 10:49:29 -0600 (CST) Reply-To: rattray@gpfn.sk.ca Sender: owner-qrp-l@Lehigh.EDU Precedence: bulk From: Bruce Rattray To: "Low Power Amateur Radio Discussion" Subject: Bumblebees flight MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-To: Low Power Group X-Listprocessor-Version: 8.1 beta -- ListProcessor(tm) by CREN Status: RO Well, cw contesting *always* makes me nervous but I'm now at the stage where I am starting to jump in and give it a go...hi hi...so I jumped into the Bumblebee sprint and even though my count is low, I had a *FUN* time....quickly looking at the log, I had a total of 15 contacts, all on 20 mtr, *fast* QSB a lot, here now, then gone but back later, here now and never heard again, you know the scenario....of the 15 contacts I think 11 were BBs.....I'll try sending my log in on e-mail to ARS site...thanks to *everyone* for providing me with a very enjoyable Sunday activity!...72 - Bruce (VE5QRP)-ps- considering my slow cw, I can at least take pride in that when someone contacted me, they had time to go potty, wash their face, have a quick shower, get a bite to eat and something to drink and then finish their contact with me totally refreshed to continue the sprint!...HI HI... ;-) 72! From owner-qrp-l@Lehigh.EDU Mon Jul 27 14:50:10 1998 Received: from fidoii.CC.lehigh.EDU (fidoii.CC.lehigh.EDU [128.180.1.4]) by oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id OAA29667 for ; Mon, 27 Jul 1998 14:49:30 -0400 (EDT) Received: from Lehigh.EDU ([127.0.0.1]) by fidoii.cc.Lehigh.EDU with SMTP id <12830-30110>; Mon, 27 Jul 1998 14:48:05 -0400 Received: from nss4.cc.Lehigh.EDU ([128.180.1.13]) by fidoii.cc.Lehigh.EDU with ESMTP id <12669-20898>; Mon, 27 Jul 1998 14:47:46 -0400 Received: from rm-rstar.sfu.ca (root@rm-rstar.sfu.ca [142.58.120.21]) by nss4.cc.Lehigh.EDU (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id OAA37552 for ; Mon, 27 Jul 1998 14:47:35 -0400 Received: from fraser.sfu.ca (fraser.sfu.ca [192.168.0.101]) by rm-rstar.sfu.ca (8.8.7/8.8.7/SFU-4.0H) with SMTP id LAA04926; Mon, 27 Jul 1998 11:47:15 -0700 (PDT) Received: by fraser.sfu.ca (950413.SGI.8.6.12/SFU-2.6C) id LAA22079 (from paule@sfu.ca); Mon, 27 Jul 1998 11:47:14 -0700 Message-Id: <199807271847.LAA22079@fraser.sfu.ca> Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1998 11:47:14 -0700 (PDT) Reply-To: paule@sfu.ca Sender: owner-qrp-l@Lehigh.EDU Precedence: bulk From: Paul Erickson To: "Low Power Amateur Radio Discussion" Subject: VE7CQK/BB (loaded touring version) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-To: qrp-l@Lehigh.EDU (qrp) X-Cc: fee@vancouver.sgi.com (David Fee - VE7SGI) X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24] X-Listprocessor-Version: 8.1 beta -- ListProcessor(tm) by CREN Status: RO VE7CQK - FLIGHT OF THE BUMBLE BEE SUMMARY SHEET Contest Date : 26-Jul-98 Callsign Used : VE7CQK/BB Operator : VE7CQK Default Exchange : 559 BC PAUL Name : Paul Erickson Address : 3371 W.31st Ave. City/State/Zip : Vancouver, B.C. V5S 1X6 Country : Canada BAND Raw QSOs Valid QSOs Points Mults _______________________________________________ 20CW 39 39 78 13 _______________________________________________ Totals 39 39 78 13 Final Score = 1014 points. Well, had a good time. Our's turned out to be a loaded touring version of the flight of the BB. My friend Dave VE7SGI (sound familiar Chuck?) and I biked to our chosen sight along the Fraser River just east of the fishing village of Steveston B.C.. We got a bit of a late start, so got on the air a bit late. While I started operating Dave finished putting up the 20 meter bisquare. Our other antenna was an offcenter fed wire with 120 feet on one side and 16.5 feet on the otherside of the 300 ohm twinlead. Hooked up my ohr400 at first, but something was wrong with it so switched to the qrp plus, so this was to be a single rig operation. I had set up Dave's laptop to run rigs simultaneously on 20 and 15 but that was not to be. QRN turned out to be a problem from time to time so my apologies to those I was not able to dig out of the noise. Oddly, initially the bisquare was noisier than the offcenter fed. I had hoped to do some serious antenna comparisons, but the conditions prevented getting any meaningful data. Next year I have to figure out how to streatch about 300ft of wire over the river to a small spit of land that looks like it has some useable trees on it... Other than the rig failure, the only other down side was finding out that our shade went away after about 2.5 hours, so today I am imitating a lobster ;-). I would appreciate hearing from anyone else who noticed a problem with my signal. By next year we hope to have Dave's code to the point where he can operate as well. By the way, Dave did a great job of explaining what was going on to all the passersby. Thanks to all who called, and apologies to those I couldn't dig out. This was a great event, even Dave is looking forward to next year. cheers, Paul VE7CQK/email: paule@fraser.sfu.ca From owner-qrp-l@Lehigh.EDU Mon Jul 27 16:53:17 1998 Received: from fidoii.CC.lehigh.EDU (fidoii.CC.lehigh.EDU [128.180.1.4]) by oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id QAA03507 for ; Mon, 27 Jul 1998 16:53:13 -0400 (EDT) Received: from Lehigh.EDU ([127.0.0.1]) by fidoii.cc.Lehigh.EDU with SMTP id <13508-37028>; Mon, 27 Jul 1998 16:43:52 -0400 Received: from nss4.cc.Lehigh.EDU ([128.180.1.13]) by fidoii.cc.Lehigh.EDU with ESMTP id <12856-49824>; Mon, 27 Jul 1998 16:37:10 -0400 Received: from atlrel1.hp.com (atlrel1.hp.com [156.153.255.210]) by nss4.cc.Lehigh.EDU (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id QAA16830 for ; Mon, 27 Jul 1998 16:36:57 -0400 Received: from srmail.sr.hp.com (srmail.sr.hp.com [15.4.45.14]) by atlrel1.hp.com (8.8.6/8.8.5tis) with ESMTP id QAA09891 for ; Mon, 27 Jul 1998 16:36:32 -0400 (EDT) Received: from ooringer.sr.hp.com by srmail.sr.hp.com with ESMTP (1.37.109.16/15.5+ECS 3.3) id AA133451665; Mon, 27 Jul 1998 13:34:25 -0700 Received: from ooringer (loranger@ooringer.sr.hp.com [15.4.50.26]) by ooringer.sr.hp.com with SMTP (8.7.6/8.7.3 TIS 5.0) id NAA09652 for ; Mon, 27 Jul 1998 13:34:24 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <35BCE450.19E1@qsl.net> Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1998 20:34:24 +0000 Reply-To: we6w@qsl.net Sender: owner-qrp-l@Lehigh.EDU Precedence: bulk From: Ed Loranger To: "Low Power Amateur Radio Discussion" Subject: BB Sprint Log. Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Sender: loranger@sr.hp.com X-To: Low Power Amateur Radio Discussion X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0Gold (X11; U; HP-UX B.10.20 9000/725) X-Listprocessor-Version: 8.1 beta -- ListProcessor(tm) by CREN Status: RO Folks, I sure had fun! And I just filled in the boxes on the ARS web page. Very easy BB log submission. (Of course have the full log on a 4x5 inch card -- Both sides!) Band Q's Points 40 13 13 20 19 38 --------------------> QSO Pts=51 Total=51*(18 Bees * 3)=54*51=2754 points. WE6W/ Home QTH;Drake TR-3 at 4 to 5 watts; Les Logan #501 Bug; 40 Meter dipole up 30 ft. Worked for 4 hours with little breaks for the kids. Or is that kidneys? Ron/KU7Y was weak but stable at 200 mW! Must be using a CANNON to hunt mosquitoes again :) Nice Beam Ron! Joe's fist sounded less rusty than he led on, I think he sounded great for a 3 month hiatus from the rig. Really fun working my friends, all of you. See you next time! -Ed we6w es bug es building Kd1jv keyer. Today's license plate:"All these Idiots, So few Comets." Xyl liked that one. -- 72, =ED, WE6W/qrp CW ONLY; Proud Member: QRP-L/ARCI/Norcal/ARS/AR http://www.qsl.net/we6w (Enjoying Ham Radio every day.) From owner-qrp-l@Lehigh.EDU Mon Jul 27 17:37:54 1998 Received: from fidoii.CC.lehigh.EDU (fidoii.CC.lehigh.EDU [128.180.1.4]) by oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id RAA04840 for ; Mon, 27 Jul 1998 17:37:31 -0400 (EDT) Received: from Lehigh.EDU ([127.0.0.1]) by fidoii.cc.Lehigh.EDU with SMTP id <13612-37028>; Mon, 27 Jul 1998 17:36:42 -0400 Received: from nss4.cc.Lehigh.EDU ([128.180.1.13]) by fidoii.cc.Lehigh.EDU with ESMTP id <13389-49824>; Mon, 27 Jul 1998 17:28:10 -0400 Received: from hummer.csolve.net (hummer.csolve.net [207.61.168.3]) by nss4.cc.Lehigh.EDU (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id RAA33782 for ; Mon, 27 Jul 1998 17:27:59 -0400 Received: from LOCALNAME (nas2-129.csolve.net [207.61.168.129]) by hummer.csolve.net (8.8.6/8.8.6) with SMTP id RAA21403 for ; Mon, 27 Jul 1998 17:28:38 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <35BD1A4E.3D16@csolve.net> Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1998 17:24:46 -0700 Reply-To: kenlar@csolve.net Sender: owner-qrp-l@Lehigh.EDU Precedence: bulk From: Ken LaRose To: "Low Power Amateur Radio Discussion" Subject: Bumblebee Report MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01C-CSOLVE (Win16; U) X-Listprocessor-Version: 8.1 beta -- ListProcessor(tm) by CREN Status: RO Dear QRP-Lers, Had fun yesterday playing in the contest from Beausoleil Island. Strung the W3EDP wire from a pine tree down to the rocky Canadian Shield, in an E-W direction. Due to my miscalculation, I ended up setting up the rig and sitting on the ground, instead of the natural rock operating desk and chair previously selected. And those pesky red ants were out everywhere, biting with a vengeance. The heat from the direct sun on the case of my HW-9 affected the VFO, so the dial markings were way out! Still managed 38 contacts, mostly on 20 metres, 22 SPCs and 22 Bumblebees for a score of 4,422. Not as good as my "local" competitor John VE3JC, who I found out is vacationing about 10 miles away, operating from an abandoned Severn River fire tower. During the contest, we arranged to meet for an eyeball today, but the weather is stormy, and his only access out is by boat. However, we had a great QRP conversation by phone, and hope to meet in person next month at a Hamfest. Thanks to everyone who participated, I learned alot and am looking forward to planning next year's challenging Flight. 72, de Ken VE3ELA From owner-qrp-l@Lehigh.EDU Mon Jul 27 17:56:37 1998 Received: from fidoii.CC.lehigh.EDU (fidoii.CC.lehigh.EDU [128.180.1.4]) by oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id RAA05363 for ; Mon, 27 Jul 1998 17:56:31 -0400 (EDT) Received: from Lehigh.EDU ([127.0.0.1]) by fidoii.cc.Lehigh.EDU with SMTP id <13621-20898>; Mon, 27 Jul 1998 17:55:59 -0400 Received: from nss4.cc.Lehigh.EDU ([128.180.1.13]) by fidoii.cc.Lehigh.EDU with ESMTP id <13136-37028>; Mon, 27 Jul 1998 17:52:05 -0400 Received: from pacific.vdbs.com (root@pacific.vdbs.com [207.111.200.4]) by nss4.cc.Lehigh.EDU (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id RAA48272 for ; Mon, 27 Jul 1998 17:51:35 -0400 Received: from vdbs.com (Pgrudin.vdbs.com [207.111.200.12]) by pacific.vdbs.com (8.7.5/8.6.9) with ESMTP id OAA32079 for ; Mon, 27 Jul 1998 14:51:30 -0700 Message-Id: <35BCF67B.52794034@vdbs.com> Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1998 14:51:55 -0700 Reply-To: grudin@pacific.vdbs.com Sender: owner-qrp-l@Lehigh.EDU Precedence: bulk From: Jeff Grudin To: "Low Power Amateur Radio Discussion" Subject: /BB help please and report. MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-To: QRP-L X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.05 [en] (Win95; I) X-Listprocessor-Version: 8.1 beta -- ListProcessor(tm) by CREN Status: RO BB Contestors: I was rather disappointed with my results in the BB contest yesterday, and am trying to figure out wherein the problem may lie. I was trying a new antenna. It seemed to be working well, as I got fairly good signal reports from all over the country, AK, and Canada. I would sit and call CQ, but got very few replies. I was using a memory keyer so I know it wasn't my fist ;-). What I would like to know is if there were folks trying to reply to my CQ and I wasn't coming back to you. If so, I didn't hear you and perhaps my antenna wasn't doing so well. Maybe it was just my location and the poor band conditions. Got 25 QSO's all on 20M. 11 /BB's for 1650 points. Contacts were from AK, VE6, WA, OR, CA, AZ, MN, MI, NC, as well as some others I can't remember offhand. Ron, K6EXT, and I had lots of fun (Thanks for the chair idea Joe) and were relatively comfortable but very hot. Can't wait to try again next year from a cooler spot. Geez, I am a reptile vet, you would think I would know about sitting on a hot rock in the sun. Hi Hi -- 73 de AC6KW Jeff Grudin, DVM grudin@vdbs.com Ocean Animal Clinic / Cat Clinic of Santa Cruz - Santa Cruz, California Norcal QRP #1292 QRP-L #16 ARS #351 AR Qrp #131 Bumble Bee #19 From owner-qrp-l@Lehigh.EDU Mon Jul 27 20:21:24 1998 Received: from fidoii.CC.lehigh.EDU (fidoii.CC.lehigh.EDU [128.180.1.4]) by oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id UAA08141 for ; Mon, 27 Jul 1998 20:21:23 -0400 (EDT) Received: from Lehigh.EDU ([127.0.0.1]) by fidoii.cc.Lehigh.EDU with SMTP id <12611-30110>; Mon, 27 Jul 1998 20:10:47 -0400 Received: from nss4.cc.Lehigh.EDU ([128.180.1.13]) by fidoii.cc.Lehigh.EDU with ESMTP id <12823-30110>; Mon, 27 Jul 1998 19:19:17 -0400 Received: from ns2.mounet.com (ns2.mounet.com [206.151.76.10]) by nss4.cc.Lehigh.EDU (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id TAA27772 for ; Mon, 27 Jul 1998 19:19:12 -0400 Received: from n4roa.mounet.com (pm115.mounet.com [206.151.76.44]) by ns2.mounet.com (8.8.6/8.8.6) with ESMTP id TAA25054 for ; Mon, 27 Jul 1998 19:17:49 -0500 Message-Id: <199807280017.TAA25054@ns2.mounet.com> Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1998 19:18:52 -0400 Reply-To: n4roa@mounet.com Sender: owner-qrp-l@Lehigh.EDU Precedence: bulk From: "Dan Wolfe" To: "Low Power Amateur Radio Discussion" Subject: "Flight of the Bee" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-To: "Low Power Amateur Radio Discussion" X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: Microsoft Internet Mail 4.70.1161 X-Listprocessor-Version: 8.1 beta -- ListProcessor(tm) by CREN Status: RO Howdy fellow QRP'ers, Well another fun time has come and gone. I am already looking forward to the next one as I am sure you are also. My operation this year was from same site as last year( abandoned fire tower on Clinch Mt) but was a little different as I had some company this time to help overcome those unexpected problems.. One who came along was only 13 years old and was really interested in becoming a ham. He wanted to see first hand what went on in one of these events and I did my best to answer all his questions(he had a million). To me, it was almost as enjoyable as operating to see someone as young and so interested. It really made my day just spending time with him and my friend Robert. It took a while to get the antennas up due to explaining things to young Tucker but we were ready to go at the bell. Tucker kept looking over my shoulder to see who and where my contacts were. He was amazed at the distances of some of the contacts and really awed by the CW. I think he is hooked as he wanted to know how to get some study material. Another young CW op is in the making. Yeaaaahhhh! Dennis, N4DD, my QRPTTF partner, was operating about 3 miles from me as the Crow flies. It is amazing how loud a QRP signal is at that distance..hee hee..We had to keep tuning away from each other when on the same band. He sounded like at least a KW and he said I was same. Oh well, we all know how loud our low power signals are at times, don't we? Quick count of my contacts show 74 total with I think 30 bees. I missed several due to QSB. Signal would be good than gone very quickly. I know I missed N0UR, Jim and K0EVZ, Doc..Sorry about that. I did catch N6MM, Harvey on 15 though and a couple of locals on 10. Around 40 on 20M and the rest on 40M.. Thanks to ARS and all who participated. It was a very enjoyable afternoon. 72 es CU on the bands.......Dan, N4ROA From owner-qrp-l@Lehigh.EDU Mon Jul 27 20:21:25 1998 Received: from fidoii.CC.lehigh.EDU (fidoii.CC.lehigh.EDU [128.180.1.4]) by oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id UAA08144 for ; Mon, 27 Jul 1998 20:21:24 -0400 (EDT) Received: from Lehigh.EDU ([127.0.0.1]) by fidoii.cc.Lehigh.EDU with SMTP id <12637-37028>; Mon, 27 Jul 1998 20:09:02 -0400 Received: from nss4.cc.Lehigh.EDU ([128.180.1.13]) by fidoii.cc.Lehigh.EDU with ESMTP id <12984-37028>; Mon, 27 Jul 1998 19:20:01 -0400 Received: from m16.boston.juno.com (m16.boston.juno.com [205.231.101.192]) by nss4.cc.Lehigh.EDU (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id TAA42728 for ; Mon, 27 Jul 1998 19:19:51 -0400 Received: (from wd3p@juno.com) by m16.boston.juno.com (queuemail) id DJ7V4PQN; Mon, 27 Jul 1998 19:16:56 EDT Message-Id: <19980727.231617.4038.0.wd3p@juno.com> Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1998 23:16:16 +0100 Reply-To: wd3p@juno.com Sender: owner-qrp-l@Lehigh.EDU Precedence: bulk From: wd3p@juno.com (Larry Cahoon) To: "Low Power Amateur Radio Discussion" Subject: BB #45 - WD3P or "Son I forgot the rig" X-Mailer: Juno 1.49 X-Juno-Line-Breaks: 5-6,14-15,20-21,31-32,35-37 X-Listprocessor-Version: 8.1 beta -- ListProcessor(tm) by CREN Status: RO A fun contest all around. Spent the weekend camping at Blackwater Falls State Park in Tucker County WV. I made up my multiband dipole Friday for 15m, 20m, and 40m. It is really a 20 meter dipole, with clip which can be undone to turn it into a 15m dipole. Then there are two extension wires to make it long enough for 40 meters. Went together easily and tuned perfectly without adjustment on each band. My 10 year old son, Eric, KB3BUR, and I drove out the park - about 225 miles Saturday and set up camp, then explored the park and the falls. When I started to set up for dinner I noticed I had forgotten to put the Sierra in the car. But never fail the 20m SST was there. I had packed an extra keyer. All that was need was a connection to the battery. I had a bit of extra wire for an emergency ant. and some wire strippers so that did not prove to be a problem. The only limitation was that now I could only operated on 20 meters. The QSB was bad the band did not seem to be open as it should have been. Started with QSOs to NC and NJ. They are not supposed to be easy from WV, too close in for that band. Ended up with a scattering of QSO across the country. 29 QSOs plus two dupes, 10 BBs and 19 states and Canada made for a fun day. We operated from a picnic table in the park. In the spirit of the event. Eric chose to take the 1.5 mile nature hike in the morning where we learned about edible plaints on the trail. That did not leave time to hike to the choosen spot. So we drove over. I operated while Eric kept White Tail Deer away from our site. The dipole when up without any problems. The SST worked flawlessly. Since the Sierra was at home 225 miles away Eric couldn't operate. I promised him a 2 meter simplex contact, but by the time we thought of it the contest was over. So we packed up. Put all the equipment that was used in a day pack, threw it on my back and proceed to take a second hike to view the Blackwater Canyon. The weather report, just for you guys in the south. Sunny all day with a high of about 75. It was a nice 68 when the contest ended. A crisp 47 when we got up this morining to break camp. 72 de Larry.....WD3P/BB and Eric....KB3BUR _____________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com Or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866] From owner-qrp-l@Lehigh.EDU Mon Jul 27 20:21:28 1998 Received: from fidoii.CC.lehigh.EDU (fidoii.CC.lehigh.EDU [128.180.1.4]) by oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id UAA08157 for ; Mon, 27 Jul 1998 20:21:27 -0400 (EDT) Received: from Lehigh.EDU ([127.0.0.1]) by fidoii.cc.Lehigh.EDU with SMTP id <12884-37028>; Mon, 27 Jul 1998 20:19:03 -0400 Received: from nss4.cc.Lehigh.EDU ([128.180.1.13]) by fidoii.cc.Lehigh.EDU with ESMTP id <12527-30110>; Mon, 27 Jul 1998 19:40:10 -0400 Received: from TABOR2 (ns4.webaccess.net [198.93.194.11]) by nss4.cc.Lehigh.EDU (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id TAA55316 for ; Mon, 27 Jul 1998 19:40:03 -0400 Received: from SG2939M.webaccess.net - 204.163.168.124 by webaccess.net with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Mon, 27 Jul 1998 17:31:16 -0600 Message-Id: <00d901bdb9b6$622dd840$844a460f@SG2939M.webaccess.net> Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1998 17:29:04 -0600 Reply-To: n0tu@webaccess.net Sender: owner-qrp-l@Lehigh.EDU Precedence: bulk From: "Steve Galchutt" To: "Low Power Amateur Radio Discussion" Subject: Bee#38 Biked, Walked & Hiked MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-To: "\"Low Power Amateur Radio Discussion\"" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.2106.4 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.2106.4 X-Listprocessor-Version: 8.1 beta -- ListProcessor(tm) by CREN Status: RO Bee #38 N0TU comments: Only snagged 18 Qs - but I feel like I earned every one of 'em ...between my bike ride, flat tire, walk back home, drive to the trail head and finally hike to my BB site!! FUN 'test. The Details: I got a 2 hour late start!!! My mtn bike had a flat tire on the way to the trailhead which turned out to be a double flat or (aka "snake-bike") - occurs when the tire rim smashes the tube against hard surface. (Or 20lbs of QRP/lunch/rain gear on the rear of my bike rack bouncing up and down hammered my rear tire...OK, so it was a jeep trail!) Well, luck would have it I only had one small patch left in my repair kit! (arrrRGH!) So I went to plan B - walk bike back home and drive to the trailhead! (costing me several hours!) Once at the trail head my hike to the site was only 'derailed' by the threat of lightning, which I was constantly re-evaluating as the clouds changed. Decided to play it safe and chose a site less exposed. (stayed away from the ridge.) maybe only 1 s-unit down from the top (hi) With the 20m dipole pulled up about 30' in a tree and the SST singing out "CQ BB 'test de .VE7CQK" I was finally in the swing of things! (BTW Paul I never was able to snag you - guess my 2W was off the end of the dipole was enough?) Stayed on 20m the whole time not wanting to loose any time messing w/antennas or changing bands. 20m had a really fast QSB. It helped to kick up the WPM or now you hear 'em and the next second they're gone.... Funny too how the WPM increases right before the end of the test! But none the less I really enjoyed the afternoon of seeing how many of my QRP buddies I could put in my log. Kinda embarrased, several times I had to ask for other station's call more than once. Got the exchange going before I had the call down ... QSB/QRM was jamming my mental data base something firece. Need more non-voital gray matter RAM and next time an earlier arrival time would help. ...hmmm seems this is a trend I'll have to work on! Tks ARS! 72...Steve ______________________________________________ n0tu - solar powered QRP & wire antennas @ 7,200' ASL Monument,Colorado - Grid Sq DM79nb homepage: http://www.webaccess.net/~S&P/HRindex.htm email: n0tu@webaccess.net From owner-qrp-l@Lehigh.EDU Mon Jul 27 20:25:11 1998 Received: from fidoii.CC.lehigh.EDU (fidoii.CC.lehigh.EDU [128.180.1.4]) by oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id UAA08245 for ; Mon, 27 Jul 1998 20:25:09 -0400 (EDT) Received: from Lehigh.EDU ([127.0.0.1]) by fidoii.cc.Lehigh.EDU with SMTP id <13041-30110>; Mon, 27 Jul 1998 20:24:07 -0400 Received: from nss4.cc.Lehigh.EDU ([128.180.1.13]) by fidoii.cc.Lehigh.EDU with ESMTP id <12487-20898>; Mon, 27 Jul 1998 20:03:31 -0400 Received: from imo19.mx.aol.com (imo19.mx.aol.com [198.81.17.9]) by nss4.cc.Lehigh.EDU (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id UAA43608 for ; Mon, 27 Jul 1998 20:03:16 -0400 Received: from SMurph555@aol.com by imo19.mx.aol.com (IMOv14_b1.1) id 3QRQa04161 for ; Mon, 27 Jul 1998 20:02:43 +2000 (EDT) Message-Id: <4e2e98a4.35bd1524@aol.com> Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1998 20:02:43 EDT Reply-To: SMurph555@aol.com Sender: owner-qrp-l@Lehigh.EDU Precedence: bulk From: SMurph555@aol.com To: "Low Power Amateur Radio Discussion" Subject: '98 Bumblebee Flight - Most Got Away! Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: AOL 3.0 16-bit for Windows sub 63 X-Listprocessor-Version: 8.1 beta -- ListProcessor(tm) by CREN Status: RO Hi gang: My first try at the Flight of the Bumblebees and enjoyed it. But 20M was almost useless here in MD; only two QSOs (no Bees). 40M was much better (17 QSOs; 10 Bees), though I'd spent way too much time on 20M thinking it's gotta get better. Rig was the ubiquitous QRP+, with my indoor aluminum foil center fed (through "push-pull" RG-58 and a KW Electronics "Z-Match" tuner). The keying system was the little Whiterook packaged Tick (lovely), and the paddle was a Nye Viking (pretty good paddle in my book). Anyway, in my book, it looks like 630 points, but - hey - someone has to bring up the rear ! And there's always next year. 72/73 Cal K4JSI From owner-qrp-l@Lehigh.EDU Mon Jul 27 21:42:25 1998 Received: from fidoii.CC.lehigh.EDU (fidoii.CC.lehigh.EDU [128.180.1.4]) by oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id VAA10087 for ; Mon, 27 Jul 1998 21:42:24 -0400 (EDT) Received: from Lehigh.EDU ([127.0.0.1]) by fidoii.cc.Lehigh.EDU with SMTP id <12847-37028>; Mon, 27 Jul 1998 20:53:17 -0400 Received: from nss4.cc.Lehigh.EDU ([128.180.1.13]) by fidoii.cc.Lehigh.EDU with ESMTP id <12397-49824>; Mon, 27 Jul 1998 20:46:12 -0400 Received: from lion.connect.more.net (lion.connect.more.net [198.209.253.32]) by nss4.cc.Lehigh.EDU (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id UAA48254 for ; Mon, 27 Jul 1998 20:45:56 -0400 Received: from hs.seneca.k12.mo.us (hs.Seneca.K12.MO.US [204.184.245.126]) by lion.connect.more.net (8.8.7/8.7.3) with ESMTP id TAA27213 for ; Mon, 27 Jul 1998 19:45:53 -0500 (CDT) Received: from SHS_SERVER/SpoolDir by hs.seneca.k12.mo.us (Mercury 1.31); 27 Jul 98 19:45:42 -0600 Received: from SpoolDir by SHS_SERVER (Mercury 1.31); 27 Jul 98 19:45:22 -0600 Message-Id: <29236D67916@hs.seneca.k12.mo.us> Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1998 19:45:14 -0600 Reply-To: DBIXLER@hs.seneca.k12.mo.us Sender: owner-qrp-l@Lehigh.EDU Precedence: bulk From: "David Bixler" To: "Low Power Amateur Radio Discussion" Subject: W0CH Ozark Bumblebee Report MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Windows (v2.54) X-Listprocessor-Version: 8.1 beta -- ListProcessor(tm) by CREN Status: RO The site selected for this year's Flight of the Bumblebees was the Roaring River State Park in southwest Missouri. The trout fish hatchery located here in a deep valley receives it's water from a large natural spring which also is the source for the river. My son Thomas (KC0AUU) and I along with two YL's (friends of Tom) made the expedition up out of the valley by hiking along the fire tower trail. I was packing two HF rigs along with a 2 meter HT on my back and Tom had the pack with the antennas and the battery. The trail was very steep and rocky for the first quarter mile till we reached the top of the ridge. We followed the ridge through the forest till the trail looked like it was starting down into another valley. At that point we selected our operating location. Tom made quick work with the slingshot getting two lines over branches for the 20 meter dipole and I put the 40 meter SLV in a tree and installed three elevated quarter wave radials. All was ready to go by 11:30, a whole half hour early. Tom and the two YL's left me alone with the ants and spiders once everything was set up. The main rig was my old trusty/rusty HW-8 along with war surplus headphones and straight key. The back-up rig, which was never unpacked, was a Norcal 40A. Both antennas were designed to be resonant in their respective bands so no antenna tuner was carried in. 20 meters was loaded with stations (even doubly loaded considering the DC receiver). It's been a long time since I've operated a DC receiver and more than once I found I was calling someone while tuned to the wrong side of zero beat! At first it seemed that I wasn't getting very many QSO's by hunting and pouncing. Only after calling CQ a few times, I learned that the answering stations were all out of the AF filter's narrow bandpass. Apparently, my TX offset must be way off cause I had to run with the receive AF filter in the wide position to make QSO's. Hurry up Norcal 20!!!!! The only injury occurred when a curious black ant went exploring up my shorts and took a bite in a sensitive area causing a short interruption with one QSO. Results were less than stellar. Ended up with 33 contacts on 20 and only 2 QSO's on 40 meters. A total of 18 fellow Bumblebees were worked. 19 states from coast to coast plus Ontario went into the log. The high point was working Wes, W7ZOI. I've read his inspirational work for years and this was our first QSO. All sore muscles considered, it was a fun trip for this OT'er and I'm already planning on next year's event (with a lighter rig). Thanks to ARS for sponsoring the Flight of the Bumblebees! David Bixler W0CH - EI4VVN Seneca, MO QRP: Minimum power, maximum fun! From owner-qrp-l@Lehigh.EDU Mon Jul 27 21:42:27 1998 Received: from fidoii.CC.lehigh.EDU (fidoii.CC.lehigh.EDU [128.180.1.4]) by oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id VAA10093 for ; Mon, 27 Jul 1998 21:42:26 -0400 (EDT) Received: from Lehigh.EDU ([127.0.0.1]) by fidoii.cc.Lehigh.EDU with SMTP id <12912-37028>; Mon, 27 Jul 1998 21:32:28 -0400 Received: from nss4.cc.Lehigh.EDU ([128.180.1.13]) by fidoii.cc.Lehigh.EDU with ESMTP id <12397-49824>; Mon, 27 Jul 1998 21:15:14 -0400 Received: from voicenet.com (mail12.voicenet.com [207.103.0.6]) by nss4.cc.Lehigh.EDU (8.8.8/8.8.5) with SMTP id VAA33150 for ; Mon, 27 Jul 1998 21:15:02 -0400 Received: (qmail 2524 invoked from network); 28 Jul 1998 01:14:59 -0000 Received: from chill.nj.167.voicenet.com (207.103.11.246) by mail12.voicenet.com with SMTP; 28 Jul 1998 01:14:59 -0000 Message-Id: <199807280115.VAA33150@nss4.cc.Lehigh.EDU> Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1998 21:15:02 -0400 Reply-To: n2cx@voicenet.com Sender: owner-qrp-l@Lehigh.EDU Precedence: bulk From: Joseph Everhart To: "Low Power Amateur Radio Discussion" Subject: Buzzin' around the bumblebees Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-Cc: njqrp@njqrp.org X-Sender: n2cx@popmail.voicenet.com (Unverified) X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Light Version 1.5.2 X-Listprocessor-Version: 8.1 beta -- ListProcessor(tm) by CREN Status: RO Gang, My schedule these days prohibits committing to an effort like the Bumblebee buzzoff. But it didn't completely prevent me from working several of the gang. My oldest son helps coach several baseball teams and, as luck would have it, they both had playoff games on Sunday! No chance, then to seriously chase bees. So I used a handicap to my benefit. I threw the Sierra in my van and grabbed a couple of Hamstick antennas. During warmup between games I disappeared out to the parking lot and played ham. The main goal was to try to work N2CQ and the other couple of NJQRP Bees. Tried 20 meters first and found that condx were not too good using my poor antenna. I *heard* a 0 and several 6's in addition to Russ, AA7QU but no luck with repeated calls. More than once I called a staion only to have him answer Kevin, N2TO! Kevin was too far away (~80 miles) hear on 20. However Sam, AE4GX came right back! Switching to 40 I heard a signal that sounded like a real bee! It was a very raspy CQ de XXXXX/BB several kHz wide. Never did manage to copy his call sign. Answered the first loud CQ and landed Bill N8ET with a very good signal then Ken, N2CQ a minute or so later. By then the game was about to start. Not a great effort, but at least I did manage to help a few Bees. As for the ball games, it was a split - one win and one loss. Gotta get the schedule under control next year so I can buzz with you all! From owner-qrp-l@Lehigh.EDU Tue Jul 28 10:53:53 1998 Received: from fidoii.CC.lehigh.EDU (fidoii.CC.lehigh.EDU [128.180.1.4]) by oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id KAA09550 for ; Tue, 28 Jul 1998 10:53:44 -0400 (EDT) Received: from Lehigh.EDU ([127.0.0.1]) by fidoii.cc.Lehigh.EDU with SMTP id <13057-15468>; Tue, 28 Jul 1998 10:53:13 -0400 Received: from nss4.cc.Lehigh.EDU ([128.180.1.13]) by fidoii.cc.Lehigh.EDU with ESMTP id <12617-28778>; Tue, 28 Jul 1998 10:52:09 -0400 Received: from dfw-ix13.ix.netcom.com (dfw-ix13.ix.netcom.com [206.214.98.13]) by nss4.cc.Lehigh.EDU (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id KAA41432 for ; Tue, 28 Jul 1998 10:52:04 -0400 Received: (from smap@localhost) by dfw-ix13.ix.netcom.com (8.8.4/8.8.4) id JAA01493 for ; Tue, 28 Jul 1998 09:51:32 -0500 (CDT) Received: from vna-va16-51.ix.netcom.com(207.223.179.179) by dfw-ix13.ix.netcom.com via smap (V1.3) id rma001374; Tue Jul 28 09:51:05 1998 Message-Id: <199807281451.JAA01493@dfw-ix13.ix.netcom.com> Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1998 10:52:39 -0400 Reply-To: jakecart@ix.netcom.com Sender: owner-qrp-l@Lehigh.EDU Precedence: bulk From: "John L. \"Jake\" Carter" To: "Low Power Amateur Radio Discussion" Subject: BB results, de N4UY MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-To: X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: Microsoft Internet Mail 4.70.1157 X-Listprocessor-Version: 8.1 beta -- ListProcessor(tm) by CREN Status: RO Gee, after reading about all the QSOs folks made I may have to see if my feedline is still connected :-) Only 4 QSOs here: KD7AEE, K0EVZ/BB, KG0MZ/BB, and VE7CQK/BB (a tough one). I heard a bunch of others but couldn't raise them including: AC6XK, W7ZOI, N7XJ and K7TQ. I really like the BB concept. I sit in my basement with my little SST20 and imagine all the folks scattered across the country sitting on top of mountains, on islands, by streams and on park benches all trying to make some contacts. Kind of makes me feel like a member of a big friendly group working on a common goal. (Can you tell I haven't been reading my digests lately?) Maybe next year I'll hike up one of those Blue Ridge mountains I can see out to the west -- maybe the increased elevation will help my score. 72, Jake [N4UY] Vienna, VA (Washington DC suburbs) QRP-L #821, G-QRP #9557, AK/QRP #175, CQrp #46, NJ-QRP #74, NorCal#1457, ARCI #9392, FISTS #3450 WAS QRP W/C 50/49 (no HI card yet) WAC QRP W/C 6/4 WAS QRPp W/C 17/17 (250 milliwatts on a Pixie II / MRX-40 / Tick Keyer /40m dipole combo) DXCC-Pixie W/C 002/002 "...the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. That which we attain too cheap, we esteem too lightly." Thomas Paine, 12/23/1776 From owner-qrp-l@Lehigh.EDU Tue Jul 28 12:04:14 1998 Received: from fidoii.CC.lehigh.EDU (fidoii.CC.lehigh.EDU [128.180.1.4]) by oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id MAA11756 for ; Tue, 28 Jul 1998 12:04:13 -0400 (EDT) Received: from Lehigh.EDU ([127.0.0.1]) by fidoii.cc.Lehigh.EDU with SMTP id <13184-33134>; Tue, 28 Jul 1998 12:03:44 -0400 Received: from nss4.cc.Lehigh.EDU ([128.180.1.13]) by fidoii.cc.Lehigh.EDU with ESMTP id <12969-33134>; Tue, 28 Jul 1998 12:02:13 -0400 Received: from swan.prod.itd.earthlink.net (swan.prod.itd.earthlink.net [207.217.120.123]) by nss4.cc.Lehigh.EDU (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id MAA18628 for ; Tue, 28 Jul 1998 12:02:10 -0400 Received: from LOCALNAME (pool030-max1.ds7-ca-us.dialup.earthlink.net [207.217.232.230]) by swan.prod.itd.earthlink.net (8.8.7/8.8.5) with SMTP id JAA28481 for ; Tue, 28 Jul 1998 09:02:08 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <35BE56E2.7750@earthlink.net> Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1998 15:55:30 -0700 Reply-To: n6mm@earthlink.net Sender: owner-qrp-l@Lehigh.EDU Precedence: bulk From: "Harvey D. D. Hetland" To: "Low Power Amateur Radio Discussion" Subject: N6MM Bumblebee report MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-To: QRP-L@Lehigh.EDU X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01Gold (Win16; I) X-Listprocessor-Version: 8.1 beta -- ListProcessor(tm) by CREN Status: RO Three list readers noticed that I failed to include a factor of three in the number of bumblebees worked for the multiplier. While typing the log for a future addition to my web page, I found three more bumblebees in my field, pencil log that did not get into my ink log. Thus the final claimed score is: ((10 + (45)2)QSO pts)(21 BBs)(3) = 6300 points. I am not counting possible BBs that did not use a "/BB" with their call, but I doubt I have many QSOs in that category. 73, Harvey, N6MM http://home.earthlink.net/~n6mm/bb.htm From owner-qrp-l@Lehigh.EDU Tue Jul 28 16:41:31 1998 Received: from fidoii.CC.lehigh.EDU (fidoii.CC.lehigh.EDU [128.180.1.4]) by oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id QAA22101 for ; Tue, 28 Jul 1998 16:41:25 -0400 (EDT) Received: from Lehigh.EDU ([127.0.0.1]) by fidoii.cc.Lehigh.EDU with SMTP id <13900-28778>; Tue, 28 Jul 1998 16:35:24 -0400 Received: from nss4.cc.Lehigh.EDU ([128.180.1.13]) by fidoii.cc.Lehigh.EDU with ESMTP id <12754-15468>; Tue, 28 Jul 1998 16:34:27 -0400 Received: from midas.millcomm.com (midas.millcomm.com [208.135.176.12]) by nss4.cc.Lehigh.EDU (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id QAA29456 for ; Tue, 28 Jul 1998 16:34:06 -0400 Received: from pugrad (Dial-92.Roch.MillComm.COM [208.135.176.192] (may be forged)) by midas.millcomm.com (8.9.0.Beta3/8.9.0.Beta3) with SMTP id PAA22798 for ; Tue, 28 Jul 1998 15:32:25 -0500 (CDT) Message-Id: <1.5.4.32.19980728203626.006ee130@millcomm.com> Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1998 15:36:26 -0500 Reply-To: pugrad@millcomm.com Sender: owner-qrp-l@Lehigh.EDU Precedence: bulk From: W9SUL To: "Low Power Amateur Radio Discussion" Subject: BB #28 Flight / Trip Report Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-Sender: pugrad@millcomm.com X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Light Version 1.5.4 (32) X-Listprocessor-Version: 8.1 beta -- ListProcessor(tm) by CREN Status: RO Greetings from BB #28 - W9SUL, What a GREAT day... wonderful weather, a number of contacts, and a safe trip to and from Wildflower Park in Blooming Prairie, Minnesota for this years Flight of the Bumblebees from the home "hive" in Rochester, MN. I had planned on working all four bands... but a quick check of propagation after setting up indicated that 20 meters was the 'band of choice' here in SE Minnesota. Basically, nothing heard on the other bands. Lots of signals on 20 meters. The problem was them lasting long enough for me to contact them. Signals were very "thin" to start with and subject to very rapid QSB. However, I think I worked all but 4 or 5 stations that I copied in the four hour operating period. I either couldn't break a pileup or they faded away before it was my turn. Longest contact was with Jim - AL7FS in Anchorage, Alaska. He sent me an e-mail note indicating that 'our part of the country' had about an 18 minute 'opening' into Alaska... and then we were gone. I was in the right place at the right time!! I used only the OHR 400 at 2.5 watts thru an MFJ-971 QRP tuner to a 51 foot speaker wire inverted vee fed with 300 ohm twinlead. I don't think it worked as well as the fan dipole fed with coax I used last year. But that's the fun... try and learn. A reporter from the "Blooming Prairie Times" (the local weekly paper) stopped by to see what I was 'up to'. Rather than them interview me and then try to write something, I was asked to write an article for their paper about ham radio and the day's activity. This should be a fun assignment. My stats for the event are as follows: 22 contacts... all on 20 meters 14 Bumblebees 8 Non-bumblebees 18 SPC's... 17 states and 1 Canadian Province - British Columbia AK,CA,CO,CT,FL,GA(2),ID(2),KS,NC(2),NJ,OK,OR,MO,TN,TX,UT(2),WA & BC I will be creating a 'limited edition' QSL card for all the contacts made during the 'Flight'. They should be ready in a few days. My thanks to ARS for hosting this 'event'... Tons of Fun!!!!!! 73 Dave - W9SUL BB #28 Home "hive", Rochester, MN From owner-qrp-l@Lehigh.EDU Tue Jul 28 17:36:33 1998 Received: from fidoii.CC.lehigh.EDU (fidoii.CC.lehigh.EDU [128.180.1.4]) by oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id RAA23557 for ; Tue, 28 Jul 1998 17:36:29 -0400 (EDT) Received: from Lehigh.EDU ([127.0.0.1]) by fidoii.cc.Lehigh.EDU with SMTP id <14253-15468>; Tue, 28 Jul 1998 17:35:20 -0400 Received: from nss4.cc.Lehigh.EDU ([128.180.1.13]) by fidoii.cc.Lehigh.EDU with ESMTP id <13954-33134>; Tue, 28 Jul 1998 17:34:19 -0400 Received: from x7.boston.juno.com (x7.boston.juno.com [205.231.100.24]) by nss4.cc.Lehigh.EDU (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id RAA54548 for ; Tue, 28 Jul 1998 17:34:10 -0400 Received: (from k7sz@juno.com) by x7.boston.juno.com (queuemail) id DKAAJDUB; Tue, 28 Jul 1998 17:32:37 EDT Message-Id: <19980729.215202.9975.2.k7sz@juno.com> Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1998 17:32:37 EDT Reply-To: k7sz@juno.com Sender: owner-qrp-l@Lehigh.EDU Precedence: bulk From: k7sz@juno.com (Rick Arland) To: "Low Power Amateur Radio Discussion" Subject: BumbleBees X-Mailer: Juno 1.38 X-Juno-Line-Breaks: 1-3 X-Listprocessor-Version: 8.1 beta -- ListProcessor(tm) by CREN Status: RO Many thanks to all who responded. Did manage to work a couple....however, the test was smack in the middle of my fishing time.....the fish won! 73 rich K7SZ _____________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com Or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866] From owner-qrp-l@Lehigh.EDU Tue Jul 28 20:26:04 1998 Received: from fidoii.CC.lehigh.EDU (fidoii.CC.lehigh.EDU [128.180.1.4]) by oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id UAA26862 for ; Tue, 28 Jul 1998 20:26:01 -0400 (EDT) Received: from Lehigh.EDU ([127.0.0.1]) by fidoii.cc.Lehigh.EDU with SMTP id <13671-9840>; Tue, 28 Jul 1998 20:25:25 -0400 Received: from nss4.cc.Lehigh.EDU ([128.180.1.13]) by fidoii.cc.Lehigh.EDU with ESMTP id <12739-9840>; Tue, 28 Jul 1998 20:22:51 -0400 Received: from endeavor.flash.net (endeavor.flash.net [209.30.0.40]) by nss4.cc.Lehigh.EDU (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id UAA41454 for ; Tue, 28 Jul 1998 20:22:48 -0400 Received: from flash.net (atlshiva2-132.flash.net [209.30.101.132]) by endeavor.flash.net (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id TAA05538; Tue, 28 Jul 1998 19:22:45 -0500 (CDT) Message-Id: <35BE6BBC.A5D85E9A@flash.net> Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1998 20:24:28 -0400 Reply-To: w4ed@flash.net Sender: owner-qrp-l@Lehigh.EDU Precedence: bulk From: Bob Edwards To: "Low Power Amateur Radio Discussion" Subject: BB # 48 & ARS/VHF'test MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-To: Low Power Amateur Radio Discussion X-Cc: "Reed Krenn, WW3A" , "Ray Sanders, KS4EG" , "Alfred Westbrook, KT4VP" , "Ron Pace, AA4RP" X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.03 [en] (Win95; I) X-Listprocessor-Version: 8.1 beta -- ListProcessor(tm) by CREN Status: RO Same rig, same antenna, same op, same key, but one year later: 24 contacts, most were BBs. Worked 17 on 20m and 7 on 40m. WX was a relief from the previous "HotLanta" week. Overcast, cool breeze, must have dropped down to 85 or 80 F, at least. Location was on the side of a hill overlooking Lake Lanier, facing west. Ant was 20/40m TFR vertical, rig was modified NN1G for 20/40m at about 1500 mw out, key was hombrew TFR, battery was 7 AH. I measured the battery at home, later, it was still over 13 VDC ! That's a good little charger, Chuck. Had fair/good signals in/out of ON, CA, UT, OK, ID, TX, MN, VA, IA, NJ, NY, CO but struggled with/missed BC, WA, OR, AK, NC. Had a nice 40m contact with Les/K4NK even though SC was well hidden, back over the shoulder, by the hill I was on. Only worked 2 1/2 hours of this test' but enjoyed every second. Hope to work all 240 minutes next year. BB is my favorite ARS event, thanks to Russ and the ARS crew for getting me motivated to QRP outside, again... My last ARS event was the VHF'test from Skeggs Point, CA, above Redwood City. Thanks to Dave/W6EMD for steering me to such a great place - oops - was that a secret. I used a 500 mw dual band HT and a 18" whip. Because of the ideal location, it was more than enough. 25 contacts in two hours. My best 446 mhz DX was Stockton ~ 60 miles. When I said the output was 1/2 watt (on 2m) they seemed to dis-believe. BB #2#011,0000# (@LL) Zom #2#111,0010# (@51) -- /| Bob 72/73 / | | / |\ http://www.qsl.net/w4ed /| / E | \ W4ED nr Atlanta @EM73wt /_|/____|__\_ ...."QRP", more from less.... [\--======-/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From owner-qrp-l@Lehigh.EDU Tue Jul 28 22:32:00 1998 Received: from fidoii.CC.lehigh.EDU (fidoii.CC.lehigh.EDU [128.180.1.4]) by oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id WAA29548 for ; Tue, 28 Jul 1998 22:31:59 -0400 (EDT) Received: from Lehigh.EDU ([127.0.0.1]) by fidoii.cc.Lehigh.EDU with SMTP id <13948-33134>; Tue, 28 Jul 1998 22:31:22 -0400 Received: from nss4.cc.Lehigh.EDU ([128.180.1.13]) by fidoii.cc.Lehigh.EDU with ESMTP id <13054-28778>; Tue, 28 Jul 1998 22:30:01 -0400 Received: from out4.ibm.net (out4.ibm.net [165.87.194.239]) by nss4.cc.Lehigh.EDU (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id WAA38234 for ; Tue, 28 Jul 1998 22:29:48 -0400 Received: from brain (slip166-72-77-32.ga.us.ibm.net [166.72.77.32]) by out4.ibm.net (8.8.5/8.6.9) with SMTP id CAA103016 for ; Wed, 29 Jul 1998 02:29:37 GMT Message-Id: <35BE8928.3225@ibm.net> Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1998 22:30:00 -0400 Reply-To: ko4wx@ibm.net Sender: owner-qrp-l@Lehigh.EDU Precedence: bulk From: ko4wx@ibm.net To: "Low Power Amateur Radio Discussion" Subject: BumbleBees... MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-To: QRP-L X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.04 (Win95; I) X-Listprocessor-Version: 8.1 beta -- ListProcessor(tm) by CREN Status: RO Thanks much to the ARS! Had a wonderful time with the contest. No great tales of hiking mountains (I hiked 20 feet to the shed out back), but still enjoyed the cooler temperatures in Atlanta. I thought the highlight of the 'test was going to be my first contact--with Zack, W1VT. I've really enjoyed reading all of your QRP stuff, and it was a real treat to work you for my first contact in the contest. Then my second contact was with Sam, AE4GX. Using Sam's QRP+ during Field Day set me back $400--'cuz I just had to have one too--thanks Eric! So it was REALLY neat to work Sam, as my second contact on the new rig. Also kinda neat because he was several miles away and he sounded great on 20M! Near the end of the contest, I was getting pretty bummed about all the QSB. I still haven't mastered QRQ CW (fooled you FCC!), although I have the sincere desire to do so. So the QSB was really frustrating. Anyway, I finally decided to call Sam back and see if he wanted to make a QSO on 40...and he had already moved there. I then asked "wanna go to 15?"--he sure sounded good up there amongst the noise & birdies! Sam asked how many stations I had worked, and then all of the sudden, my brain refused to copy any more CW (I've been trying to learn to copy in my head)! Just like the signals with the QSB...one second I was copying Sam, then the next, he might as well have been sending Chinese. Being as how it was 10 minutes to 5, I tried to politely say 73 and call it a day. Anyway, THANKS TO ALL! 13 QSO's, 8 BB's, 528 points. 73 ES NICE TO BE ABOARD, DE Mike, KO4WX From owner-qrp-l@Lehigh.EDU Thu Jul 30 13:31:27 1998 Received: from fidoii.CC.lehigh.EDU (fidoii.CC.lehigh.EDU [128.180.1.4]) by oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id NAA22743 for ; Thu, 30 Jul 1998 13:31:26 -0400 (EDT) Received: from Lehigh.EDU ([127.0.0.1]) by fidoii.cc.Lehigh.EDU with SMTP id <13117-52546>; Thu, 30 Jul 1998 13:30:35 -0400 Received: from nss4.cc.Lehigh.EDU ([128.180.1.13]) by fidoii.cc.Lehigh.EDU with ESMTP id <12748-64572>; Thu, 30 Jul 1998 13:27:42 -0400 Received: from dayton.imag.net (mail-east.imag.net [207.200.142.98]) by nss4.cc.Lehigh.EDU (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id NAA32186 for ; Thu, 30 Jul 1998 13:27:29 -0400 Received: from wwdc.com (ip-138-49.wwdc.com [207.200.138.49] (may be forged)) by dayton.imag.net (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA21851 for ; Thu, 30 Jul 1998 13:23:02 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <35C0ACBC.9B4CACF9@wwdc.com> Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1998 13:26:22 -0400 Reply-To: jbcumming@wwdc.com Sender: owner-qrp-l@Lehigh.EDU Precedence: bulk From: VE3JC - John C To: "Low Power Amateur Radio Discussion" Subject: Bumblebee '98 Photos & Report MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-To: Low Power Amateur Radio Discussion X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.05 [en] (Win95; I) X-Listprocessor-Version: 8.1 beta -- ListProcessor(tm) by CREN Status: RO Well the 1998 "Flight of the Bumblebees" was just as much fun as last year! Since I was vacationing at my sister's cottage in Muskoka, I decided to canoe / hike to a favourite spot of my youth - the site of a firetower on "Lost Channel" off the Severn River. The firetower was taken down years ago (used to love to climb it as a kid), but the concrete steps which remain made a reasonably comfortable operating position, and the high elevation on the Canadian Shield helped improve my results over '97. I have several photos of my BB site on my web page ( http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Lab/7378/ ) I had hoped to canoe out on Monday to meet Ken VE3ELA, whose bumblebee location was only 10 miles "as the crow flies" from mine (after all, Ontario only has 412,000 square miles so we have to crowd in!). Unfortunately, heavy rains and thunderstorms interfered with those plans. Thanks to ARS for a great contest. Final results: 40m: 15 QSO's (5 BB) 20m: 41 17 BB 15m: 2 2 BB for 3,456 points States: 27 Provinces: 3 Mosquitoes: 50 Rattlesnakes: 0 (whew!) ********************************************************************* VE3JC - JOHN CUMMING 192 WELLINGTON ST. DELAWARE, ON CANADA, N0L 1E0 From owner-qrp-l@Lehigh.EDU Fri Jul 31 18:54:01 1998 Received: from fidoii.CC.lehigh.EDU (fidoii.CC.lehigh.EDU [128.180.1.4]) by oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id SAA18815 for ; Fri, 31 Jul 1998 18:54:00 -0400 (EDT) Received: from Lehigh.EDU ([127.0.0.1]) by fidoii.cc.Lehigh.EDU with SMTP id <13094-19798>; Fri, 31 Jul 1998 18:53:42 -0400 Received: from nss4.cc.Lehigh.EDU ([128.180.1.13]) by fidoii.cc.Lehigh.EDU with ESMTP id <12407-55890>; Fri, 31 Jul 1998 18:52:33 -0400 Received: from mission.reliablemeters.com ([207.94.159.43]) by nss4.cc.Lehigh.EDU (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id SAA33344 for ; Fri, 31 Jul 1998 18:52:22 -0400 Received: from DOUBLE_TROUBLE ([10.10.10.20]) by mission.reliablemeters.com with SMTP (Microsoft Exchange Internet Mail Service Version 5.5.1960.3) id P9VVWVW3; Fri, 31 Jul 1998 15:50:33 -0700 Message-Id: <02e701bdbcd5$cd32db00$140a0a0a@double_trouble.reliablemeters.com> Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1998 15:51:49 -0700 Reply-To: mgipe@reliablemeters.com Sender: owner-qrp-l@Lehigh.EDU Precedence: bulk From: "Michael A. Gipe" To: "Low Power Amateur Radio Discussion" Subject: Bumbledybee results MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-To: "QRP-L list" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.2106.4 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.2106.4 X-Listprocessor-Version: 8.1 beta -- ListProcessor(tm) by CREN Status: RO Here's a quick unaudited report for Bumblelydebee K1MG: Note: all QSOs on 20 meters ( 63 QSOs x 2 ) X ( 19 BBs X 3 ) = 7182 points 20 meters had a high QRN level for some unknown reason, so I missed some stations which were too far down into the noise. I alternated between calling CQ and hunt and pounce. Even tried to shanghai a few stations while THEY were hunting and pouncing. Good practice for the NA Sprint! When in CQ mode, I would call several times with no answer, then got a mini pileup of answers. The odd thing was, very few ops would wait to try again after I worked the other guy! I probably missed about 20 QSOs that way. When I h&p, I usually give it at least two attempts before I give up on a station, or make a mental note to return in a few minutes. The other odd thing was that quite a few answers to my CQs were pretty far off frequency, some by as much as 1.5 kHz. I'm sure I missed a few of these. Ran into a lot of familiar calls, though K7TQ threw me until he said that this was his new vanity call -- then I recognized the fist from the infamous Utah branch of the AB7xx gang. Also ran into the other AB7xx fox poachers. Randy, is K7TQ your new identity in the witness protection program for reformed fox poachers? Thanks all for a good time. Mike K1MG From owner-qrp-l@Lehigh.EDU Mon Aug 3 11:32:08 1998 Received: from fidoii.CC.lehigh.EDU (fidoii.CC.lehigh.EDU [128.180.1.4]) by oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id LAA21919 for ; Mon, 3 Aug 1998 11:32:07 -0400 (EDT) Received: from Lehigh.EDU ([127.0.0.1]) by fidoii.cc.Lehigh.EDU with SMTP id <12387-60620>; Mon, 3 Aug 1998 11:31:26 -0400 Received: from nss4.cc.Lehigh.EDU ([128.180.1.13]) by fidoii.cc.Lehigh.EDU with ESMTP id <12387-56776>; Mon, 3 Aug 1998 11:30:06 -0400 Received: from mail.tcjc.cc.tx.us (mail.tcjc.cc.tx.us [205.165.201.8]) by nss4.cc.Lehigh.EDU (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id LAA53008 for ; Mon, 3 Aug 1998 11:29:26 -0400 Received: from tcjc_ac04 by mail.tcjc.cc.tx.us with smtp (Linux Smail3.2.0.92 #1) id m0z3MWL-002Cy9C; Mon, 3 Aug 1998 10:27:33 -0500 (CDT) Message-Id: <00f301bdbef3$283e64f0$8a0c040a@tcjc_ac04.tcjc.cc.tx.us> Date: Mon, 3 Aug 1998 10:26:59 -0500 Reply-To: joes@tcjc.cc.tx.us Sender: owner-qrp-l@Lehigh.EDU Precedence: bulk From: "Joe Spencer" To: "Low Power Amateur Radio Discussion" Subject: Bumblebee Report 1998 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-To: "Tony/Amanda Dick" , "tom little" , "Steve & Lisa" , "rick marien" , "rich n5ji" , "Maurice Martin" , X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.2106.4 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.2106.4 X-Listprocessor-Version: 8.1 beta -- ListProcessor(tm) by CREN Status: RO I thought this had gone out, but here it is a little late. Hello from Bumblebee #6 4 members of RACC set out to Red Kane Park in the wilds of Arlington, Tx for this years Flight. The temperature was 104 in the shade but a pretty good breeze kept us going, as usual we had a great time. Thanks ARS for another great event. We had 22 contacts, 12 of which were Bumblebees. 72/3 Joe KK5NA Visit the RACC QRP Home Page at http://www.startext.net/homes/jspencer/racc.htm Visit the FIST Web page at http://www.FISTS.org "When You've Worked a FISTS, You've Worked a Friend" From owner-qrp-l@Lehigh.EDU Tue Aug 4 12:15:56 1998 Received: from fidoii.CC.lehigh.EDU (fidoii.CC.lehigh.EDU [128.180.1.4]) by oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id MAA12056 for ; Tue, 4 Aug 1998 12:15:55 -0400 (EDT) Received: from Lehigh.EDU ([127.0.0.1]) by fidoii.cc.Lehigh.EDU with SMTP id <13089-38870>; Tue, 4 Aug 1998 12:15:33 -0400 Received: from nss4.cc.Lehigh.EDU ([128.180.1.13]) by fidoii.cc.Lehigh.EDU with ESMTP id <13049-35804>; Tue, 4 Aug 1998 12:13:54 -0400 Received: from attach1.rocketmail.com (attach1.rocketmail.com [205.180.57.81]) by nss4.cc.Lehigh.EDU (8.8.8/8.8.5) with SMTP id MAA33228 for ; Tue, 4 Aug 1998 12:13:44 -0400 Received: from [205.152.121.65] by attach1; Tue, 04 Aug 1998 09:09:25 PDT Message-Id: <19980804160925.6294.rocketmail@attach1.rocketmail.com> Date: Tue, 4 Aug 1998 09:09:25 -0700 (PDT) Reply-To: ad4mz@rocketmail.com Sender: owner-qrp-l@Lehigh.EDU Precedence: bulk From: Bob Cooley To: "Low Power Amateur Radio Discussion" Subject: Bumblebee #36 Report MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-To: russ@natworld.com, Low Power Amateur Radio Discussion X-Cc: ad4mz@hotmail.com X-Listprocessor-Version: 8.1 beta -- ListProcessor(tm) by CREN Status: RO Had a great little adventure and looking back would have done a few things differently. The original plan was to operate from some higher peak in western North Carolina where I live but the plans shifted when our family vacation plans changed due to my wife's work schedule. So off to the coast we went ending up on Ocean Isle Beach, N.C. a barrier island. This was Saturday, the day before the big event. "What was the plan" I thought. Then it came to me to just dump my son's CD's out of his back pack and take the bare minimum of radio gear and head out hiking along the beach looking for some natural site that offered some advantage. I included my "pride and joy" rig the Sierra, my little 4AH gel-cell, a Bencher Paddle, a hastily constructed dipole for 20m, water, nuts, and most importantly insect repellent. Sunday arrived and I was anxious to get started. My wife got a good laugh when I announced that the bumblebee was ready to buzz away. My main thought was how to erect a dipole on a flat beach without a support. Down the beach I went, looking for the perfect spot. I hiked past the last beach house and headed toward the end of the island where the inlet comes in from the Atlantic. In the distance I saw what I thought was the perfect spot. I could see a series of old pilings, remnants of an old jetty, looming above the beach. The tide was receding and when I got closer I felt the regret. There was still water at their bases and I was not about to subject my Sierra to that environment. If only I had brought a 50ft extension of coax, it would have been perfect. Onward I walked as the sun got higher and hotter. Then ahead, I saw my only resort. It was a lone, low and weather beaten ceder tree on the edge of the marsh grass above the beach. I managed to hang the antenna in the inverted vee fashion from the one limb barely 10ft above the sand with the ends of the antenna drooping within inches of the ground. Just an hour before the start time I checked the power out and found that it was only 700 milliwatts on 20m. Even though the antenna was cut correctly for a "free space" dipole it certainly wasn't in free space now and the swr was much higher than anticipated. I didn't have a tuner and was getting much too hot to experiment with different antenna lengths, so I decided to just see what it would do on the air. I made contact with Barb, K1IER in Shelton, CT. and received a 569 report. Now that I knew it worked I was ready. Shortly after my first contest QSO's with Ken VE3ELA/ BB and John VE3JC / BB in Ontario, the ants started attacking. They headed straight up my legs. I counter-attacked with a massive dose of repellent. If you have read this much you have the mental picture of my setup. The struggle with the environment continued for the next 4 hours. It went from blazing sun to a couple of short refreshing rain showers. I was able to operate continuously with the rig inside of a big zip-lock freezer bag inside of the backpack. In summary, it ended well. I had made 19 contacts with the 700 Milliwatts including 10 other brave soles (/BB's). It was very much an adventure. In retrospect, I would have scoped out the area ahead of time and have brought enough coax to use the pilings over the water and done a preliminary antenna setup, adjusting as needed. A makeshift shelter would have been nice, especially to keep the sun off I didn't mind the rain. I thank all the great ops out there that made it really fun. I hope to do it again next year but it will be a different adventure I'm sure. 73/72 Bob AD4MZ / BB # 36 _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com From owner-qrp-l@Lehigh.EDU Wed Aug 5 13:54:23 1998 Received: from fidoii.CC.lehigh.EDU (fidoii.CC.lehigh.EDU [128.180.1.4]) by oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id NAA05916 for ; Wed, 5 Aug 1998 13:54:22 -0400 (EDT) Received: from Lehigh.EDU ([127.0.0.1]) by fidoii.cc.Lehigh.EDU with SMTP id <13013-67866>; Wed, 5 Aug 1998 13:53:45 -0400 Received: from nss4.cc.Lehigh.EDU ([128.180.1.13]) by fidoii.cc.Lehigh.EDU with ESMTP id <12681-53790>; Wed, 5 Aug 1998 13:51:46 -0400 Received: from mail2.teleport.com (mail2.teleport.com [192.108.254.43]) by nss4.cc.Lehigh.EDU (8.8.8/8.8.5) with SMTP id NAA49898 for ; Wed, 5 Aug 1998 13:51:40 -0400 Received: (qmail 17401 invoked from network); 5 Aug 1998 17:51:36 -0000 Received: from pdx07-pm2-02.teleport.com (HELO ?204.202.160.173?) (204.202.160.194) by mail2.teleport.com with SMTP; 5 Aug 1998 17:51:36 -0000 Message-Id: Date: Wed, 5 Aug 1998 10:51:56 +0100 Reply-To: talljazz@teleport.com Sender: owner-qrp-l@Lehigh.EDU Precedence: bulk From: talljazz@teleport.com (Dan Presley) To: "Low Power Amateur Radio Discussion" Subject: late BB report/portable mast Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-Sender: talljazz@mail.teleport.com X-Listprocessor-Version: 8.1 beta -- ListProcessor(tm) by CREN Status: RO Had lots of fun as BB# 90 up in the Oregon woods (thanks to Russ Carpenter for the location!). This is a spot about 2000' above the McKenzie River valley about 30 miles west of Eugene, Or. Temp was in the 90's, and propagation was shaky with lots of qsb as noted elsewhere-got 22 contacts ranging from 10 miles to NJ, all on 20. Equipment was a Sierra with a gel cell, and a "gusher" inv. vee using a mast made up from a collapsible paint roller 'extender'. In order to get best results from using a Vee, you have to get next to a cliff (not too close!) or bluff, where there isn't a handy tree or branch usually. I tried using my SLV pole as a center support last year, which worked OK, but I kept thinking about those lightweight paint poles-they are very light, and extend between 10 to 15 ft depending on the model. This was still a little short, so I picked up a bag of 3 wooden attachments which thread on the end of the pole to give extra reach-each piece is about 12-14", so by using 3, I got close to 20 ft. For a base, I jury rigged some PVC fittings to fit on the bottom of the pole which allowed me to use the base 'spike' which came with my SLV kit from Vern (forget his call- if you don't know what this is, it's a large spike, or nail attached to a dowel which is fitted into a short length of PVC pipe). I attached a pulley and rope to the top wooden section to run the antenna up & down, and the rope also can be used as a guy line when the dipole is up. Worked well, and is very lightweight-the only drawback is that even collapsed, the pole is still 5 to 6 ft long. It would be nice to have a shorter one (collapsed) to backpack easier. There are also fiberglass models, but are heavier. Cost was about $20 at Home Depot, and if a way can be figured to make it collapse smaller, this would be a very handy mast for portable use. It was a fun event, and great fun to work Wes Hayward, who with Russ Carpenter, was up higher in the Cascades about 20 miles west of me-other very strong signals came from KD7AEE in Utah as well as N7XJ-also heard Zack W1VT (first station I worked!) in CT very well all day; where were the Californians and AZ guys? Couldn't hear many up in OR. Thanks again to Russ and the ARS for sponsoring a fun (and learning) event. Dan N7CQR From owner-qrp-l@Lehigh.EDU Sun Aug 9 01:32:58 1998 Received: from fidoii.CC.lehigh.EDU (fidoii.CC.lehigh.EDU [128.180.1.4]) by oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id BAA03463 for ; Sun, 9 Aug 1998 01:32:57 -0400 (EDT) Received: from Lehigh.EDU ([127.0.0.1]) by fidoii.cc.Lehigh.EDU with SMTP id <14272-20044>; Sun, 9 Aug 1998 01:32:34 -0400 Received: from nss4.cc.Lehigh.EDU ([128.180.1.13]) by fidoii.cc.Lehigh.EDU with ESMTP id <14237-20554>; Sun, 9 Aug 1998 01:31:07 -0400 Received: from imo25.mx.aol.com (imo25.mx.aol.com [198.81.17.69]) by nss4.cc.Lehigh.EDU (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id BAA43726 for ; Sun, 9 Aug 1998 01:31:02 -0400 Received: from DYARNES@aol.com by imo25.mx.aol.com (IMOv14_b1.1) id 3FPBa07259 for ; Sun, 9 Aug 1998 01:30:17 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <7bb5b9f5.35cd33ea@aol.com> Date: Sun, 9 Aug 1998 01:30:17 EDT Reply-To: DYARNES@aol.com Sender: owner-qrp-l@Lehigh.EDU Precedence: bulk From: DYARNES@aol.com To: "Low Power Amateur Radio Discussion" Subject: Re: late BB report/portable mast Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: AOL 4.0 for Windows 95 sub 170 X-Listprocessor-Version: 8.1 beta -- ListProcessor(tm) by CREN Status: RO Hi All, I have a late report too. I left the Ft. Tuthill hamfest at about 9 a.m. Sunday and headed for Bumble Bee, AZ. Got there a bit late, but just couldn't tear myself away from the 7,000 ft. and pine trees around Flagstaff! Great hamfest, as you all have heard. Anyway, murphy's law was in full force. I forgot my power pack! However, Since I was running my Sierra, thought I would try it with a bunch of AA cells. The third contact informed me that I had a bad chirp. Try as I might, I couldn't seem to whip it. I think (hope) it was just the AA's and not the radio. That's the bad news--only 3 contacts. The good news is that one of my 3 contacts was AL7FS! (BTW, he also sent me an e-mail later confirming my chirp problem). The thing that really ticks me off, is that I think every year but this one I have found some good buys on small 6 and 7 ah gel cells. Of all the years not to have one of those in the goodie bag! Great event. Just wish it wasn't on Ft. Tuthill weekend each year. 72 de Dave W7AQK