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Editor: G4BUE

NEWS SHEET 573

(Callsigns in brackets indicate G4FOC operator) July - 40 and 12m (G3PDL) 12/13 ZL6A by ZL2AGY and others 19 Committee meeting 24/28 EU-008 by GM3IZD/P 24/29 EU-012 by GM4SID 27/30 9H by G4BUO and G4ZVJ 28 Deadline for August N/Sheet August - 30 and 10m (G4HZV) 10-22 EA6/G3RWL 25 Deadline for FOCUS 32 28 Deadline for September N/Sheet

July 1997

A man should keep his friendship in constant repair - Samuel Johnson (1755).

BANDS OF THE MONTH FOR JULY ARE 40 AND 12 METRES

Friends June and I are now a little more organised and settled into our new QTH, but the list of chores seems to get longer and longer. I am still not back on the air (apart from the UK DX Packet Cluster), but intend putting the Butternut up in the next couple of weeks, provided the list of chores doesnt get much longer! June intends resuming to learn the Morse code and to improve on the 9wpm she reached before we left Alamosa. We are getting used to life in the country and loving it more and more every day. The rabbits continually entertain us with their antics on our back lawn and in the orchard, but disappear quickly when the foxes pass through, often in the middle of the day. June has taken a shine to one of the foxes and now puts out scraps for it on the patio every evening. A badger and squirrels, together with a large variety of birds, have also been visiting the garden. Some days, if we dont go out, we dont see anyone else all day! Yesterday evening I was working in the barn when June called to say that we had visitors in the back garden. Several of the small herd of heifers in the neighbouring field had found a gap in the fence and decided our grass looked greener. The next hour was spent playing Rawhide while I rounded them up and repaired the fence. Yes, life here is certainly a lot different than at Alamosa! With the change to my new Internet server, I had some problems sending and receiving E-mail, but this now appears to be working properly. If you sent me E-mail and did not receive a reply or an acknowledgement, then this was the reason. I always reply to every message received, even if it is just a Windle update. Whilst on the subject of E-mail, can I remind you of a previous plea. Please include your callsign in the body of your message if it isnt obvious from your E-mail address and secondly, please put FOC in the subject heading of your message (i.e. FOC: .................) if your message is to do with the club. I receive about 100 E-mail messages daily, the majority of them from the Reflectors I subscribe to for getting information for the RSGBs DX News Sheet. I check the headings quickly to decide which mes-

FOC CALENDAR

September - 40 and 15m 25 Deadline for October N/Sheet 26-28 RSGB HF & IOTA Colnvention October - 80 and 17m 3 June and Chriss Open House 4 Lords 5 Mauds Open House 28 Deadline for November N/Sheet November - 160 and 20m (G3KTZ) 17 Deadline for FOCUS 33 27 Deadline for December N/Sheet December - 30 and 15m (GW3KGV) 6 Florida Dinner

Starred List

MEMBERSHIP INFORMATION by G3MXJ

3. K5AX: EA8CN, W4QM. 3. K2ZR: WB2YQH, W2AMS. 3. K1SM: W1AX, K1AJ, W1BIH. 3. WL7E/7: ZL1MH. 1. VK6VZ: VK6LW.

3. N4KG: GM3POI, G4BUE, N4AR, W1BIH, W9VNE (+K4LTA). 3. GORH: G3LIK, G3RVM, GM3UA, K4EF, ZL1AH (+N4AR, W9KNI, VE1BN, VK8AV). 2. KF2AT: EI5BW, F3AT, G4RMV, K5DQ, VE3DZZ (+W9NN, G3LIK). 2. W4PM: G3IEW, K1JD, N2UU, W4DGJ, YV1NX. 2. G3YXX: G3WUX, G4HZV, GW0FJT, W3NZ, VE7NH. 1. VA3LK: EA8CN, G3IEW, K4EF, N4VJ, VE7BS (+WIAK). 1. N3BB: G3WGV, JA1NUT, K5NA, K9BG, N4VJ (+DL4CF, W9GIL, W3NZ, N3RS, VK2AYD, VE/ G4VXE).

1683 G3MRC (Joe): B. J. Poole, 18 Grosvenor Avenue, Kidderminster, Worcs DY10 1SS; XYL - Janet (2E1AUG); tel - 01562 68782; Email - <106164.674@ compuserve.com>

New Member

5B4/G3LNS (1249): telephone/fax - 003576654103. Additional Nominations W2GW (1023): amend telephone - 732 286 6. DL1IAO: N1BB, N3JT, W1HMD, GM3POI, W4AN, 1499. W2DX, W4MJ. WB4OSN (1425): amend telephone - 941 6. F5NQL: F3AT. 699 9986. 5. K2VCO: K2VUI, K1RH, W2MUM, W2AMS, N4YGP (1671): new call - NP3F. G3WGV. W5XJ (1397): new call - NP3G. 5. A45ZN: VK8AV. NR7O (1409): new address - PO Box 168, 5. W1XU: W6OV. Tecate, CA 91980-0168, USA. 4. GCHV: G4PKD, EI5BW, G3LIK, G4YNU, G3IY.
4. K7OQ: K7UOT, K4LTA.

Amendments

sages to read and can easily miss a message from a member if its not clear from the subject heading that it is to do with FOC. Finally, you will see from the FOC Calendar that several members are involved in DXpeditions. If you are operating away from home, then please let me know and I will include information about it in the News Sheet so members will know when and where to look for you. 54B4/G3LNS: Barbara and George moved into their new house at the beginning of April, but by the middle of June the build-

MEMBERS NEWS by G4BUE

ers had still not moved out! George has been on the bands with a dipole at 20 feet and says he is amazed how well it has been getting out, probably helped by the 1500 feet ASL location. A later report from George says the concrete for the tower has been poured and the ground post installed. Work on assembling the TH11 starts next week. DJ9SB: Renata recently spent a week in Scotland on a trip organised by a bank in Mannheim. They visited a Rolls Royce Party in Dunblane, where nearly 100 old timers were on display with some of the drivers who were also old timers.

THE 1997 WINDLE TROPHY

Score updates can be passed to any G3LIK, G3MXJ, G4BUE or any committee member. An asterisk against the call indicates the score has been updated this month. Table shows the scores received by 2100z 27 July 1997.
GM3POI* 331 K9QVB 292 K4KQ* 284 N6NT* 251 K4LTA 248 G3KTZ 238 W9GIL 236 G3LIK 235 GIVZ 222 G4ZVJ 222 W6DU* 209 K4EF* 207 K5DQ* 202 DL6TQ* 189 W3NZ 188 W3VT 188 W6CYX* 187 W4FOA* 185 G3ZEM 182 K9BG 178 W1BIH 172 YV1NX 170 SM5COP*170 G3JZV* 169 N1BB 164 G4PKD* 161 G2FDF* 160 KT5X* 155 G3IY 152 OH2FOC* 152 ZL1MH* 150 N4AR* 146 K7UOT 144 G4RMV 143 W9GW* 141 G4HZV 139 W8KJP 138 NP3G* 136 W1WEF 134 G3VMW 131 JA7SSB* 131 W8XM 131 G4SFO* 130 OK1KT 127 AA5DX* 126 F3AT 126 G4ODV 126 ZP5CW* 126 AC5K* 124 DL4CF AA5TN* K1RM G3IEW NP3F* N3SZQ G3RCU* G3MCK G3MXJ* U3DR K6RA* LA1IE W5GEL G4BJM* ZL3GQ* K1JD* 120 118 115 113 112 111 109 107 107 104 102 102 101 100 99 95 ZL2AGY* ZP6CW N4LS* W6THN G3KKQ G3LHJ* G3RVM VE3DZZ G4BUE N4TO G3IZD W4DGJ W6GTI W1NV* GEBW W1HT* 95 94 93 93 92 92 92 90 89 89 88 86 86 85 84 84 G3VCN W2DX K7UOT W2GW* K6DC* W6IJ W8AV G2HKU* K4FU PALOU K6OU G3TXF G3WGV K4BAI G8VG GM4SID 82 82 81 81 80 80 80 78 75 75 75 73 72 72 70 70 PABW W4TAJ GM3UA K4DL* GW3KDB VK8AV YO4PX WA4SNI G3CWW WB2YQH EA8CN GM3SID G3JJZ GW3SB* OZ1LO G3NOH 70 70 69 69 68 68 68 67 66 65 64 63 61 61 60 58 W1HL DK4LX G4XRV K6TS GW3KGV G3NKS W4CK W1RM* G4FNL* W9NN LA2UA W4DHZ KP4L VE3AR SM6AOU DJ9SB* 58 57 57 57 56 56 54 49 46 46 45 45 44 43 42 41 K2VUI* G3SXW KC7V ZL1AH GM3HUN OH2EA LA3FL K1AJ VK3MJ W2MEL N4WJ W8VSK JP1BJR W1AX ZS6AL* K4LT 40 34 34 33 25 23 22 20 20 18 11 11 10 10 8 7

EA6ZY: Andy, K2LE, and Agnes visited Jan and Stan at the end of May for the CQ WPX CW Contest. Just after they returned home, Stan became ill and went into hospital in Ibiza. EA8CN: Andy recently had a visit from Tord, SM3EVR and four friends on their way to Friedrichshaven. Andy will be working on his summer house in Sweden during the first half of July. G2FDF: Murphy has struck Bill! After buying a second-hand IC765, it turned out to be faulty and Bill returned it to the dealer who kept it for two months and sent it back, still faulty! Bill cancelled the deal and bought a new FT1000MP which is now faulty! He also bought three new 6146s for stand-by for his FT102 and they were low emission! G2HKU: Ted has discovered his G5RV works on 6m. He has had several European QSOs and heard VE1PZ and a W2 station. G3IEW: Margaret and Stan will be visiting the USA during September and hopes to be able to operate with the following schedule: 4/8 September W2/G3IEW from K2QIL; 9/ 12 Sept W4/G3IEW from W4TAJ; 13/16 Sept N5FOC from KT5X; 17/23 Sept W/ G3IEW; 23/25 Sept W1/G3IEW. Stan mentions that his home station is actually located ten miles from where he lives. His landlord is suggesting that Stan may have to relocate his beam to another tower 100 yards away and asks if anyone can suggest how to ensure that an Emotator will operate with 150 yards of cable. G3IZD: Ivan will be QRV 24/28 July, including the IOTA Contest, as GM3IZD/P, from Islay Island (EU-008), CW/SSB all bands in the contest and WARC bands outside the contest. QSL to home call. G3LHJ: Derrick had a very windy NFD this year with Torbay ARC, but still broke 1000 QSOs for only the second time with

Jan, GIVZ, and Andy, G4VPM. G3SWH: Phil made 1164 CW QSOs (410 on 17m and 135 on 12m, none on 10m) during his holiday operation as SV8/G3SWH. G4BUO: Dave, G4BUO, and Andy, G4ZVJ, will be QRV 27/31 July from Malta as 9H3Z? (licence to be issued on arrival) and as 9HA in the IOTA Contest, with Steve, G4JVG, and 9H1EL. G4CEO: Maureen and Bob had a whale of a time at the Washington Dinner, so much so that Maureen is pestering me to find out about the Florida Dinner, says Bob. GW3SB: Alice and Chas have just returned from a trip along the Llangollen Canal in a narrow boat. He had lots of fun getting the radio working, including new Windles. K8OHG: Ken left Englewood in January for a heart valve replacement in Gainesville, FL, where his daughter lives, and is still there. He is gradually recovering and hopes to return to Englewood one day, but in the meantime is off the air. KT5X: Fred is expecting visitors G3IEW and W4TAJ to Santa Fe in September and will put them on the air as N5FOC. N2AA: Andy, K2LE, says Gene was in intensive care in hospital on 24 June, but was feeling better and hoping to go home. N4TO: Vic will be staying at Highcroft between 24 September and 7 October, and will be attending the RSGB HF Convention the weekend prior to Lords with us. He has just ordered a FT-920 for a back-up rig, but primarily for 6m. Summer antenna projects include additional antennas for 10, 15 and 20m to give stacked yagis on those bands. N6NT: Bruce was QRV 1 July as VY1RAC (the Yukon Territory HQ station) in the Canada Day Contest, and afterwards /M from Northwest Territories. NP3G: From 25 June Terry (ex W5XJ) dropped the /W5 to his call when operating

from KP4. He is in Puerto Rico until the middle of July ahead of him and Karen, NP3F (ex N4YGP) moving there permanently later in the year. OH2FOC: Seppo has changed his call, but (like Hans, OH2EA/OH2BDP last month), will keep OH2BDA for nostalgic reasons. Amateurs in Finland can now hold more than one call. OH2KI: Jorma was QRV 6/8 June as ZB2X. W1FJ: Ruth and Al had a good time at the Washington Dinner and Al has made his reservation for Lords. W4VQ: Bob asks for members help to obtain a QSL from 5A3TQ for a 10m QSO in the ARRL DX Contest in March 1959! He says the operator was R. Crowther, G3FJU, FOC member 600, who left the club in May 1968, (he was shown as deleted in a list of 49 members, presumably for not paying their subscriptions!). ZL2AGY: Tony, and other members of the Kiwi Contest Group, may be QRV as ZL6A during the IARU HF World Championship. ZL3GQ: Maire and Peter will be arriving in the UK on the Thursday prior to Lords and staying at Highcroft over the weekend. They then plan some touring, including perhaps a short trip to the Mediterranean sunshine, before returning home. ZS6AL: Vidi has been using a TS-50 as the TS930 developed power supply problems. He replaced both regulator transistors and the bridge rectifier and still cannot get the control voltage back on the regulators. It is back with the agent now waiting for a new PSU board from Japan. Vidi thinks the problem was caused by a local voltage surge which measured 250VAC instead of the usual 220VAC. This is the second time it has happened since 1986 when he bought the TS930 and wondered if any member can suggest how to overcome the problem?

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