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   mark lewis to all   
   The ARRL Contest Update for May 6, 2015   
   07 May 15 08:21:03   
   
   If you are having trouble reading this message, you can see the original at:   
   http://www.arrl.org/contests/update/?issue=2015-05-06   
      
   The ARRL Contest Update   
      
   May 6, 2015   
   Editor: Ward Silver, NOAX   
      
   IN THIS ISSUE   
      
    *  Join the Luna-See - Worldwide EME Contest   
    *  E-skip Season Starts - 50 MHz Sprint Sprint   
    *  Hey, There's a New Guy!   
    *  RTTY Survey - Get It While It's Hot   
    *  Contest Doin's at Dayton   
    *  Sweepstakes Phone - Who's on the Braggin' Wagon?   
    *  RF Power - Highly Non-Trivial   
    *  Disturbed Propagation   
    *  A Triangle of Respect   
      
   NEW HF OPERATORS - THINGS TO DO   
      
   Do you ever wonder what happens just outside our ham bands? The annual Armed   
   Forces Communications Test gives you an opportunity to find out! Listen   
   outside the bands for military stations calling CQ, announcing a listening   
   frequency somewhere in our bands. You'll get a nice QSL in the mail if you   
   make contact! Get your radio set for "split" operation and check that VFO   
   A/B indicator before making a transmission - maybe it's just me but   
   accidentally QRMing a station with the call letters WAR doesn't seem like   
   such a terrific idea...   
      
   BULLETINS   
      
   Disaster relief operations are ongoing in earthquake-stricken Nepal with   
   frequencies published on a daily basis through various websites. Please   
   avoid these frequencies and remember that you may be heard in Nepal even   
   though you cannot hear their low power transmitters. Charly 9N7UD/HSOZCW   
   reports from Bangkok that "real and vital traffic is definitely on-going."   
      
   BUSTED QSOS   
      
   It's nice to finish this gig with reporting a golden issue last time!   
      
   CONTEST SUMMARY   
      
   Complete information for all contests follows the Conversation section   
      
   May 9-10   
      
    *  CWOps Weekly Mini-CWT Tests (May 6)   
    *  Alessandro Volta RTTY DX Contest   
    *  Armed Forces Comm'ns Test   
    *  CQ-M International DX Contest   
    *  Straight Key Weekend Sprintathon   
    *  Portuguese Navy Day   
    *  Nevada Mustang Roundup   
    *  FISTS Spring Sprint--CW   
    *  50 MHz Spring Sprint   
      
   May 16-17   
      
    *  Worldwide EME Contest   
    *  Portuguese Navy Day--Digital   
    *  His Majesty King of Spain Contest--CW   
    *  Feld-Hell Hamvention Sprint   
    *  Worked All Britain - 7 MHz Phone   
    *  Run For the Bacon--CW   
      
   NEWS, PRESS RELEASES, AND GENERAL INTEREST   
      
   The rumors are, in fact, true, the white smoke is rising above W1AW, and the   
   Contest Update has a new editor! Please put your hands together and welcome   
   Brian Moran N9ADG who will take the reins with the very next issue. I'll let   
   him introduce himself but rest assured he's a smart, active ham with great   
   sense of humor - you'll enjoy his take on things! From my perspective, it's   
   been a great ride since that first tentative issue in 2002 and I have   
   greatly appreciated the respect shown by the readers in allowing me to   
   present my biweekly basket of shiny things collected from around cyberspace   
   and elsewhere. Your next assignment? Keep supporting the Update and go sign   
   up your club members - they'll thank you for it!   
      
   The Mid-Atlantic States VHF Conference will be held on the weekend of   
   October 2-4 at the Holiday Inn-Bensalem-Philadelphia in Bensalem, PA The   
   tentative schedule includes hospitality suites, a big flea market,   
   conference presentations, and a banquet buffet with door prizes. (Thanks,   
   Rick K1DS)   
      
   The W9DXCC DX Convention and Banquet will be held September 11-12 in   
   Schaumburg, Illinois. One new addition this year is a Contest University   
   program that will join the DX University on Friday. One more - if you've a   
   mind to visit the British Isles this fall, the RSGB Convention is October   
   9-11, as well. (Thanks, Daily DX)   
      
   If any readers are skilled in working with installation mechanics of Windows   
   software, the ARRL has a small project for a volunteer. Please contact Steve   
   Ford WB8IMY if you're interested.   
      
   It's only a few weeks until Dayton and the ever popular Saturday night KCDXC   
   CW Pile Up Competition. Chuck NO5W, author of the ever-popular horse-race   
   display software, suggests, "In case you're feeling a little rusty and think   
   a warm-up using past competitions would be helpful, point your browser to   
   (his) PileUpNet Practice page." You'll need to download a player application   
   and some practice tapes. Got that pencil sharpened up?   
      
   ARRL RTTY Roundup writeup author, Jeff WK6I, notes a need for both photos   
   and plaque sponsors. "If you have any words and/or pictures about your   
   Roundup effort, station, etc. please send them along ASAP. If you sent them   
   in January I won't mind if you send them again. We also have an absolute   
   dearth of sponsors for plaques, including many of the major top honors.   
   There are also plenty of opportunities for your regional clubs to sponsor   
   Division-level plaques in any or all of these categories. Currently only the   
   Pacific and Roanoke Divisions have any sponsored plaques. A plaque   
   sponsorship costs only $60. Contact ARRL Contest Branch Manager, Matt W1MSW,   
   if you can help!"   
      
   Speaking of plaques, Doug K1DG writes "A number of plaques for the WPX SSB   
   contest have become available for sponsorship, effective with this year's   
   recent contest. Plaques may be sponsored by individuals, clubs, and may be   
   dedicated as a Memorial. If you (or your club) are interested in supporting   
   the contest by sponsoring one or more of these awards, please contact me   
   directly." Doug also reminds us that the World Wide Radio Operators   
   Foundation handles the tax-deductible donations for these plaques.   
      
   When Mike K8CN saw the headline on this story, he said "Uh-huh, now I   
   understand why I have zero recollection of a contest once it's done! The   
   study poses a dilemma: should I log with pencil and enjoy total recall of a   
   contest, or keep using the keyboard for better accuracy and remember nary a   
   thing that transpired?"   
      
   If you enjoy state QSO parties, you might want to join the QSO Party   
   Connection on Yahoo! Groups. One more resource for the contesting amateur.   
   (Thanks, Dave WN4AFP)   
      
   Do you ever wonder why if you give some people an inch (cm), they'll take a   
   mile (km)? Could be that there is enough wiggle room in the rules to   
   encourage wiggling as described in this discussion of ethical   
   transgressions. (Thanks, Tom K1KI)   
      
   Here's a book which encapsulates what characteristics can make a hobby so   
   interesting and all-consuming. Know any hobbies like that? "Do Not Sell At   
   Any Price: The Wild, Obsessive Hunt for the World's Rarest 78 RPM Records"   
   by Amanda Petrusich is highly recommended by someone you'll get to know over   
   the next few months, Brian N9ADG.   
      
   Do you know someone who is not a Public Relations professional but who has   
   done good work in publicizing Amateur Radio to the public? If so, why not   
   nominate them for the Phil McGan Award? The deadline for nominations is May   
   22.   
      
   Website of the Week - Ed WOYK, Don AA5AU, and Larry K8UT invite everyone to   
   take a quick survey on RTTY contesting. There are 23 multiple-choice   
   questions which are easy to answer in less than five minutes. The questions   
   expand on the surveys done in 2007 and 2010, so we can see how our   
   preferences have evolved. The survey will close at 2359 UTC on Saturday, May   
   9th so you have a couple of days yet. Results will be presented at the   
   Dayton RTTY Forum and on the RTTY Contesting website.   
      
   WORD TO THE WISE   
      
   "Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts   
   can be counted." Albert Einstein   
      
   The bonus word is "Bio-SCP" meaning your personal memory of who is and who   
   isn't active. The ops at the top have worked hard to develop their very own   
   callbook over many years - you should, too! (Thanks, Zoli HA1AG)   
      
   SIGHTS AND SOUNDS   
      
   Tim Duffy, K3LR, has put together a short video detailing Contest University   
   2015 and other contesting activities coming next week at the 2015 Dayton   
   Hamvention. See you there! (Thanks, Ken K4ZW)   
      
   It can be difficult for a ham, used to all things RF, to explain the   
   electromagnetic spectrum to non-hams or during a licensing class. NASA   
   prepared this 30-minute "Tour of the Electromagnetic Spectrum" video   
   accomplishing exactly that! This would make a good club or meeting video, as   
   well. (Thanks, Steve WB8IMY)   
      
   Kirk K4RO stumbled on this crazy and amazing collection of through-hole and   
   vintage electronic parts, much of it hand-harvested. "I've seen some serious   
   parts collections, but this one takes the cake!"   
      
   From the fabled archives comes a PDF slide show, "When Giants Walked the   
   Earth," by Doug KR2Q and presented some years ago at the Dayton Contest   
   Forum. It's a big file but it's way cool for radiosport historians and those   
   of us who just like to look at big antenna farms! (Thanks, Dan K7SS)   
      
   QSO Today by Eric 4Z1UG always features interesting conversations about ham   
   radio with his guests, including the recent Episode 38 with Tim, K3LR. You   
   may be familiar with the station and the call sign, how about the man behind   
   the big scores? (Thanks, Randy K5ZD)   
      
   This is the ultimate in "dead bug construction" - heck, I can't even see the   
   pins the wires are getting soldered to! (Thanks, Rich KZ9K)   
      
   Your daily dose of musical geography awaits. I'm sure the reference to   
   "Spanish Sahara" was supposed to be obscure but we know where it was, don't   
   we? (Thanks, Ellen KDOPES)   
      
   RESULTS AND RECORDS   
      
   The full results for ARRL Sweepstakes Phone have been published, including   
   the expanded line scores and all of the LCRs. Thanks to Steve N2IC for   
   another meaty writeup. Next to lift off the launch pad will be the full   
   results of the ARRL 160 Meter and ARRL 10 Meter contests.   
      
   Results for the 2014 CQ WW CW DX Contest are now available from the online   
   database on the CQ WW website. Lots of "DQs" were made this year and they're   
   not talking about ice-cream cones. How many people participated? 7,657 logs   
   were submitted with 5,848,165 QSOs from 213 different countries with 39,696   
   unique calls. Not bad for a mode invented before the Civil War! (Thanks, CQ   
   WW Director, Randy K5ZD)   
      
   The 2014 Ohio QSO Party results are now available on the OhQP website.   
   Thanks to all who participated and submitted logs, says, Jim K8MR.   
      
   The first week of the current NS Sprint Ladder had a big turnout of over 40   
   stations, producing rates of 125/hr for top stations. Ready for some   
   weeknight fun? And the NS RTTY Sprint precedes the CW event, as well.   
   (Thanks, Bill N6ZFO)   
      
   OPERATING TIP   
      
   "Fail as many times as it takes, and be strategic about what you learn." Bre   
   Pettis, co-founder of Makerbot Industries   
      
   TECHNICAL TOPICS AND INFORMATION   
      
   Measuring RF power/signal strength accurately is a non-trivial undertaking.   
   Mike N8MSA strongly recommends this Keysight (nee Agilent nee   
   Hewlett-Packard) tutorial or this older, more detailed treatment. Both cover   
   the complexity caused by different modulation types, bandwidths, onset   
   rise-time and numerous other factors.   
      
   A sky full of CubeSats? There will be if Planet Labs gets enough funding to   
   fulfill its dream of taking one full-Earth snapshot every day! (Thanks, John   
   WV8H)   
      
   Every time we turn around there is a new technique to do something in your   
   own lab which previously required special machines and techniques. Here's an   
   EE Times story about alternative ways to do your own PCB fabrication.   
      
   Repurposing champ, Charlie NOTT found a great method of cable control. "I   
   use plastic guttering from the local home center for use as a wiring/cable   
   tray. I homebrewed some brackets to attach it to the back of my desk then   
   cut access holes I wanted with a hole saw/drill."   
      
   Transparent aluminum? Unfortunately, it's not electrically conductive or the   
   whole issue of antenna restrictions would have been rendered moot! "What   
   antenna?"   
      
   Brian N9ADG found a one-dollar add-on clip to fix that RJ-45 connector with   
   the broken-off tab that allows your microphone to fall out of the rig and   
   under the passenger seat where you can't reach it and have to pull all the   
   way over to the shoulder to get it and then you can't merge back on to the   
   highway and wind up late! Wait, what was I talking about?   
      
   Technical Websites of the Week - Glenn WOGJ spotted this article about   
   disturbances in the upper atmosphere resulting from the recent earthquake in   
   Nepal. Does this imply a mechanism for short-term propagation caused by   
   quakes? On the Sun, nano-flares can stir things up and add heat to the   
   corona - like it needs to be any hotter - resulting in changes in our upper   
   atmosphere, too. Elsewhere, the Daily Mail takes the pulse of Ol' Sol with   
   an article about two-year cycles inside the Sun driving big solar storms.   
   Big cycles, little cycles - as long as they make sunspots, who cares?   
      
   CONVERSATION   
      
   A Triangle of Respect   
      
   Having kicked around this radiosport contesting game for a long time, I have   
   witnessed a lot of technological twists and turns toppling dearly-held   
   assumptions and expectations. Techniques once thought crucial (Anybody   
   remember how important it was to be able to hold a pencil and send code at   
   the same time?) or extraordinary (sending and writing with different hands,   
   for example) are completely unknown today. Hotly debated rules such as   
   having to remove duplicate contacts from our paper logs or risk a penalty   
   have been reversed and we are encouraged to log and report dupes! More   
   change comes with every new contest season.   
      
   Yet underlying all of this turmoil must be something common, something   
   fundamental, which keeps contesting and the radiosport community vibrant and   
   moving more or less in the same direction. So many different people and so   
   many different techniques and so many different circumstances! Yet, in the   
   finest traditions of Amateur Radio, we self-organize to conduct our   
   competitions and celebrate our results year after year even in the face of   
   relentless innovation and invention. What is that bedrock on which   
   radiosport rests?   
      
   Back when I was an impressionable high school student, our award-winning   
   principal, Dr. Al Burr, managed to steer to success an institution composed   
   of hundreds and hundreds of students, faculty of all backgrounds and   
   interests, and an administrative staff charged with keeping the whole thing   
   on the rails.   
      
   Each year, during the first week of school, we got what was popularly   
   referred to as "The Triangle Talk" during an all-hands-on-deck, school-wide   
   assembly in which Dr. Burr covered what made West tick, and tick it did.   
   Instead of a manual of do-and-don'ts, we had a SINGLE sheet of paper on   
   which was written six principles of interaction for a triangle of students,   
   teachers, and administration: All parties were expected to share and balance   
   privileges, freedoms, and responsibilities; know the difference between   
   desires and rights; take ownership of change; and above all, conduct our   
   affairs in an atmosphere of mutual respect and dignity.   
      
   What Dr. Burr knew well (and what we were discovering as students) was that   
   without respect, it didn't matter how many rules, regulations, processes,   
   procedures, and penalties were applied. As he wrote me recently, the   
   handbook approach results in an atmosphere of "Make rule, watch, catch,   
   report, penalize. This paradigm pits two groups (teachers and   
   administrators) against the other group (students). I believe that under   
   those conditions it is impossible to ever establish a oneness of purpose."   
      
   In short, without respect you had nothing. And so it is in our radiosport   
   community. Our triangle is a little different because we are all students,   
   teachers, and administrators. Sometimes all at once! Thus, our triangle is   
   one of respect:   
      
   Respect for others - paraphrasing the Golden Rule, "Operate as you would   
   have others operate." Do not take unfair advantage on or off the air.   
   Understand that every right you claim comes with the responsibility to use   
   that right wisely and so that all benefit from your actions.   
      
   Respect for the game - you hear that phrase all the time from professional   
   athletes, especially the ones being honored by their peers. Ask yourself,   
   "Does my conduct on the air make radiosport better? Do I encourage others to   
   participate in a positive way? Have I done my part to support and advance   
   radiosport for the community?"   
      
   Respect for ourselves - it doesn't matter if you feel anonymous in front of   
   your radio. You know if you cheated, whether you were caught or not. You   
   know if you behaved well and reasonably. First and foremost, you have to   
   earn respect from the person looking back at you in the bathroom mirror   
   every morning. An entire encyclopedia of rules can't change that or do it   
   for you.   
      
   Oneness of purpose - I like that phrase, don't you? Sometimes I say it as   
   "knowing where the Good Arrow points" and I'm sure each reader has his or   
   her own way of similar thinking. Our continued enjoyment of radiosport and   
   Amateur Radio by their very nature depend on cooperation and, deeper, on the   
   respect we all have for each other as amateurs sharing our special privilege   
   and ability to experience the world in ways mysterious and unknown to   
   others. I work on my triangle every day and I hope you do, too.   
      
   73, Ward NOAX   
      
   CONTESTS   
      
   May 6 through May 19   
      
   An expanded, downloadable version of QST's Contest Corral in PDF format is   
   available. Check the sponsor's Web site for information on operating time   
   restrictions and other instructions.   
      
   HF CONTESTS   
      
   CWOps Weekly Mini-CWT Tests--CW, from May 6, 1300Z - See website. Multiple   
   time periods. Bands (MHz): 1.8-28. Weekly on Wednesday, 28 to 38 kHz above   
   band edge. Exchange: Name, member number or S/P/C. Logs due: 2 days.   
      
   Alessandro Volta RTTY DX Contest--Digital, from May 9, 1200Z to May 10,   
   1200Z. Bands (MHz): 3.5-28. Exchange: RST, serial, CQ zone. Logs due: May   
   31.   
      
   Armed Forces Comm'ns Test--Phone,Digital, from May 9, 1200Z to May 10,   
   2400Z. Bands (MHz): 1.8-28. See website for specific station schedules.   
   Exchange: RS(T). Logs due: no logs.   
      
   CQ-M International DX Contest--Phone,CW, from May 9, 1200Z to May 10, 1200Z.   
   Bands (MHz): 1.8-28. Exchange: RS(T) and serial. Logs due: 30 days.   
      
   Straight Key Weekend Sprintathon--CW, from May 9, 1200Z to May 10, 2359Z.   
   Bands (MHz): 1.8-28, 50. Exchange: RST, QTH, name, member nr if member. Logs   
   due: 5 days.   
      
   Portuguese Navy Day--Phone,CW, from May 9, 1500Z to May 10, 1500Z. Bands   
   (MHz): 3.5-28. Exchange: RS(T), serial, CQ zone. Logs due: 20 days.   
      
   Nevada Mustang Roundup--Phone,CW,Digital, from May 9, 1700Z to May 10,   
   1700Z. Bands (MHz): 1.8-28, 50. Exchange: RS(T) and S/P/C or NV county. Logs   
   due: Jun 15.   
      
   FISTS Spring Sprint--CW, from May 9, 1700Z to May 9, 2100Z. Bands (MHz):   
   3.5-28. Exchange: RS(T), S/P/C, name, FISTS nr or power. Logs due: 30 days.    
      
   50 MHz Spring Sprint--Phone,CW,Digital, from May 9, 2300Z to May 10, 0300Z.   
   Bands (MHz): 50. Exchange: Grid square (6-char preferred). Logs due: 14   
   days.   
      
   Worldwide EME Contest--Phone,CW, from May 16, 0000Z to May 17, 2400Z. Bands   
   (MHz): 10G+. Exchange: TMO/RS(T) and "R". Logs due: Jun 15.   
      
   Portuguese Navy Day--Digital, from May 16, 0800Z to May 16, 1500Z. Bands   
   (MHz): 3.5-28. Exchange: RST, serial, CQ zone. Logs due: 20 days.   
      
   His Majesty King of Spain Contest--CW, from May 16, 1200Z to May 17, 1200Z.   
   Bands (MHz): 1.8-28. Exchange: RST and serial or EA province. Logs due: 15   
   days.   
      
   Feld-Hell Hamvention Sprint--Digital, from May 16, 1600Z - See website.   
   Multiple time periods. Bands (MHz): 1.8-28. Monthly on 3rd Saturday.   
   Exchange: RST, S/P/C, Feld-Hell member nr. Logs due: 7 days.   
      
   Worked All Britain - 7 MHz Phone--Phone, from May 17, 1000Z to May 17,   
   1400Z. Bands (MHz): 7. Exchange: RS, serial, and WAB nr or DXCC entity. Logs   
   due: 21 days.   
      
   Run For the Bacon--CW, from May 18, 0200Z to May 18, 0400Z. Bands (MHz):   
   1.8-28. Monthly on 3rd Sunday night (local). Exchange: RST, S/P/C, Flying   
   Pig nr or power.   
      
   VHF+ CONTESTS   
      
   50 MHz Spring Sprint--Phone,CW,Digital, from May 9, 2300Z to May 10, 0300Z.   
   Bands (MHz): 50. Exchange: Grid square (6-char preferred). Logs due: 14   
   days.   
      
   Worldwide EME Contest--Phone,CW, from May 16, 0000Z to May 17, 2400Z. Bands   
   (MHz): 10G+. Exchange: TMO/RS(T) and "R". Logs due: Jun 15.   
      
   Straight Key Weekend Sprintathon--CW, from May 9, 1200Z to May 10, 2359Z.   
   Bands (MHz): 1.8-28, 50. Exchange: RST, QTH, name, member nr if member. Logs   
   due: 5 days.   
      
   Nevada Mustang Roundup--Phone,CW,Digital, from May 9, 1700Z to May 10,   
   1700Z. Bands (MHz): 1.8-28, 50. Exchange: RS(T) and S/P/C or NV county. Logs   
   due: Jun 15.   
      
   LOG DUE DATES   
      
   May 6 through May 19   
      
    *  May 6, 2015 Low Power Spring Sprint   
    *  May 7, 2015 ARS Spartan Sprint   
    *  May 8, 2015 ARI International DX Contest   
    *  May 9, 2015 CWops Mini-CWT Test   
    *  May 10, 2015 NCCC RTTY Sprint   
    *  May 10, 2015 NCCC Sprint Ladder   
    *  May 10, 2015 SP DX RTTY Contest   
    *  May 11, 2015 JIDX CW Contest   
    *  May 11, 2015 10-10 Int. Spring Contest, Digital   
    *  May 11, 2015 Helvetia Contest   
    *  May 11, 2015 RSGB 80m Club Championship, SSB   
    *  May 12, 2015 Yuri Gagarin International DX Contest   
    *  May 13, 2015 432 MHz Spring Sprint   
    *  May 15, 2015 Georgia QSO Party   
    *  May 15, 2015 North Dakota QSO Party   
    *  May 15, 2015 Nebraska QSO Party   
    *  May 16, 2015 Microwave Spring Sprint   
    *  May 16, 2015 TARA Skirmish Digital Prefix Contest   
    *  May 17, 2015 7th Call Area QSO Party   
    *  May 17, 2015 SKCC Weekend Sprintathon   
    *  May 18, 2015 Michigan QSO Party   
    *  May 18, 2015 10-10 Int. Spring Contest, CW   
    *  May 19, 2015 CQ Manchester Mineira DX Contest   
    *  May 19, 2015 EA-QRP CW Contest   
    *  May 19, 2015 Ontario QSO Party   
      
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