IRLP Contest Update
Ashley VK3HAG
Participating Nodes (Ed. 56) 22/3/2005
1020 Chemainus BC Canada
1080 Kamloops BC Canada
1150 Summerland BC Canada
1230 Calgary AB Canada
1270 Lethbridge AB Canada
1375 Okanagan Falls
1410 Kamloops BC Canada
1547 Penticton BC Canada
1750 Flin Flon MB Canada
2080 Greenwood NS Canada
2120 Peterborough ON Canada
2160 Thornhill ON Canada
2410 Kitchener ON Canada
3018 Houston TX USA
3033 Mountain Home AR USA
3089 Sisters OR USA
3180 Palm Springs CA USA
3197 Kailua-Oahu HI USA
3203 Valdez AK USA
3337 Columbus TX USA
3374 Shaghai China (Subject to operating times single node)
3535 Nebraska NE USA
3608 Colby KS USA
3668 North Shore, Oahu HI USA
3672 GUAM GU USA
3720 Waikiki, Oahu HI USA
3780 Half Moon Bay CA USA
3820 Phoenix AZ USA
3822 Wasilla AK USA
3892 Tucson AZ USA
3893 Tucson AZ USA
4128 Bartow FL USA WC4PEM VHF
4156 Bartow FL USA WC4PEM UHF
4250 Rochester NY USA
4550 Atlanta GA USA
4597 Tiffin OHIO USA
4654 Clearfield UT USA
4850 Aurora IL USA
?4865 Portsmouth VA USA kg4zxk.com
& THE CHESAPEAKE AMATEUR RADIO SERVICE
5130 Maltby SY England
5150 Sheffield SY England
5196 Edinburgh Scotland
5200 Rotherham SY England
5350 Melton Mowbray LE England
5400 Manchester CHESHIRE England
5450 Manchester CHESHIRE England
5474 Sandres Norway
5515 Nuremberg Bayern Germany
5590 Milwaukee WI USA
5635 Leeds WYORK England
5670 Great Falls MT USA
5682 Galway GALWAY Ireland
5717 Greenfield LANCS England
5883 Waterford City WATERFORD Ireland
5994 Barnsley SYORK England
5150 Sheffield SY England
6260 Wagga Wagga NSW Australia
6300 Melbourne Vic Australia
6350 Kangaroo Ground Vic Australia
6390 Melbourne Vic Australia
?6391 Arthurs Seat Vic Australia Bass Amateur Radio IRLP Group
6392 IRLP Conference USA
Operating during conference when time allows. Days of operating are the
16th and 17th April by
VK3JED - Tony
?6405 Gold Coast Qld Australia Sponsor of Trophy
VK4JAA Terry
6527 Coffs Harbour NSW Australia
6549 Waikato VHF Group New Zealand
6600 Karratha WA Australia Subject to operating hours
6610 Albany WA Australia
6620 Collie WA Australia
6700 Mt Barrow North East TAS Australia
6793 Hastings New Zealand
6875 Millicent SA Australia
6887 Seoul Republic of South Korea single node
6943 Feilding MANAWATU New Zealand
7170 Pomona CA USA
7270 South Hadley MA USA
7430 Lakeside MT USA
7500 Valsayn TRINIDAD Trinidad and Tobago
7710 Cocoa FL USA
7773 Aguascalientes AGUAS Mexico
7820 Queens/New York City NY USA
8300 Durban KZ Natal South Africa
8467 White River MPUMALANGA South Africa
8600 Eindohoven Netherlands
8620 Eindohoven Netherlands
8900 Madras TN India single node
8904 Aguascalientes AGUAS Mexico
Participating Reflector List
9050 North East Reflector please refrain from using sub-channels
9058 North East Reflector please refrain from using sub-channels
9075 Alaska Reflector please refrain from using sub channels
9213 Raleigh Reflector
9250 Western Reflector Please refrain from using sub-channels
9500 Sydney Reflector NSW Australia
9870 Denver Reflector Please refrain from using sub-channels
THE CONTEST IS FOR IRLP MODE ONLY
RULES:
The contest will be held starting MARCH 18 at 0001 GMT and ending APRIL 17
2359 GMT
POINTS WILL BE AWARDED AS FOLLOWS-
1. 1 point for a contact with someone not in the contest in your own
country
2. 2 points for a contact with someone in the contest in your own country
3. 2 points for a contact with someone in another country who is not in the
contest
4. 3 points for contact with someone in the contest in another country
5. 5 points for contact with single node countries and special event
stations such as the International Space Station etc
6. The following information must be included in your log
NAME
QTH
NODE #
CONTACT NUMBER-I.E.- You are number 001
Any contacts without this information will be counted as a single point
contact.
7. At present the logging program that will be used will be DXKEEPER, which
is available free, on line.
8. For those without computers, paper logs will be sent to BRUCE DEHN
306 CRIPPLE CREEK CT.
V.A. BEACH, V.A. USA
Logs should be sent in within 30 days of the end of the contest.
9. No duplicates allowed. one contact per callsign.
10. All nodes and reflectors may be used as long as the node/reflectors
allow. persons who abuse this privilege will be disallowed from the prizes.
11. Only voice communications allowed. (Maybe next year we will allow other
modes)
12. Electronic logs are to be emailed to apost...@netscape.net for
disposition.
(keep a copy of your logs for your own records)
13 Please include as much information as possible in your logs if you want
an accurate count. again, please note with each entry, what you think the
point count should be for that contact.
14. All amateur radio rules and regulations apply especially any involved
with nodes/reflectors.
TRY AND KEEP TO THE RULES AND DON'T ABUSE THE NODES/REFLECTORS.
HAVE FUN AND HELP PROMOTE IRLP 'KEEPING THE RADIO IN AMATEUR RADIO' AS A
VIABLE METHOD OF COMMUNICATIONS
--
VK3HAG
I'm up to contact #30, others have reached the 100+ mark
blackbox
"Dial-A-Contest" principle, so Ashley it's not just "whinging poms" that
can't understand the need to have this pointless contests on the Internet.
>"It isn't the good old days of the colonies when people actually gave a
>rats what pommies had to say"
Didn't Australia just vote to keep the monarchy? I believe we did and voted
to continue to be ruled by the UK.
I personally voted against, but the majority voted to continue being ruled
by the UK, so in a way Ashley our Country agreed to "give a rats" what the
UK poms say"
Sorry just had to throw that in the lighten the mood :)
BB
blackbox
G-S
>
> Didn't Australia just vote to keep the monarchy? I believe we did and
> voted to continue to be ruled by the UK.
I didn't vote for the system to be altered because they didn't offer a
directly elected option, and if the claytons republic option had gotten
through then no second chance would have been available.
This way the republic is still on the agenda and there is likely to be
another referendum in the medium term (say the next 20 years), with a good
chance it'll include a directly elected president (or Judge Advocate
General) or whatever you want to call the re-named directly elected
replacement for the govenor general.
G-S VK3DMN
Kate
"blackbox" <blac...@limited.com> wrote in message
news:du80e.3693$Ab....@text.news.blueyonder.co.uk...
> /BB curses at that dam spell checker ;)
>
>
Damn
</pedant>
Kate vk4xyl :-)
ZZZPK
: 1st International IRLP Contest 2005
next...
first international telephone contest.
competitors to ring up as many internation phone numbers as possible.
exchange greetings.
itemised telephone bills to be submitted as log file.
knickebeinjammer
"ZZZPK " <zzzpk_pkearn_class_a@multi_band_cb_is_here.eircom.es.it.net> wrote
in message news:424421fd...@news.iol.ie...
nana
"knickebeinjammer" <scamb...@btinternet.com> wrote in message
news:2%V0e.592$dF2...@newsfe5-win.ntli.net...
> what is the point of a pc contest ? or am I missing some exciting detail
You are missing a detail. You can't access the systems with a PC. That's
what Dan, Walt and all the others who are ignorant of the facts are confused
about. Perhaps the title "contest" is a misnomer, "QSO Party" might have
been more appropriate.
But anything which gets hams out of the sofa and back on air can't be a bad
thing.
Brad.
Michael Hunger
maybe the rsgb should set one or two up for some of the new licencees.
preferably on27mhz
"nana" <na...@netscape.net> wrote in message
news:3aj6dkF...@individual.net...
Micky Taker
QRZ -- 5&9....QRZ -- 5&9....QRZ -- 5&9....QRZ -- 5&9....QRZ --
Micky
--
Countdown to deregulation - 84 days : 15 hours : 44 minutes
ZZZZPK
: what is the point of a pc contest ? or am I missing some exciting detail
yes.... :-)
i'm trying to find it too...
but all i can find in my shack are radios and coax leading to aerials !!
ZZZZPK
: >
: > itemised telephone bills to be submitted as log file.
: >
: A lot harder on HF though isn't it?
:
: QRZ -- 5&9....QRZ -- 5&9....QRZ -- 5&9....QRZ -- 5&9....QRZ --
yes...
by the way.... hows your poetry going ???
: --
: Countdown to deregulation - 84 days : 15 hours : 44 minutes
shouldnt that be COUNTDOWN TO MULTI_BAND CB ?
Dan/W4NTI
"Micky Taker" <micky...@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message
news:mdb1e.7841$IH3....@fe3.news.blueyonder.co.uk...
Damn right it is a LOT HARDER on HF.
Dan/W4NTI
ZZZZPK
: Damn right it is a LOT HARDER on HF.
:
: Dan/W4NTI
ah Dan...
please dont mention words like HARDER on this newsgroup.
It might scare people into thinking that some sort of effort is required.
Dan/W4NTI
"ZZZZPK " <zzzpk_pkearn_class_a@multi_band_cb_is_here.eircom.es.it.net>
wrote in message news:42457d30...@news.iol.ie...
Hi Hi...thats a good one....Oh well...back to the CQ WPX Phone fray. Condx
not so hot, ten and 15 good to South America. 20 ain't picked up yet.
Dan/W4NTI
Micky Taker
Quoted from the CQ WPX Rules - "Maximum power allowed is 1500 watts
total output"
Must be REALLY HARD keeping that PA cool!
Micky
--
Countdown to deregulation - 84 days : 4 hours : 58 minutes
G-S
>> --
>> Countdown to deregulation - 84 days : 15 hours : 44 minutes
>
> Damn right it is a LOT HARDER on HF.
>
Nah I can talk to the people I talk to on HF just as easy as I talk to them
on VHF :-)
G-S VK3DMN
Martin, VK2UMJ
wrote in message news:42455395...@news.iol.ie...
Isn't that convienient! That just happens to be exactly what you need to
use IRLP!!!
Kate
"Martin, VK2UMJ" <vk2...@yahoo.invalid> wrote in message
news:4245d...@news.iprimus.com.au...
internet connection, and who has donated his/her own time, equipment and
knowledge to provide a service for the rest of us.
I have four computers in my shack/living room, one of which is connected to
the HF radio and is currently providing an SSTV repeater on 7033KHz.
Kate vk4xyl
Martin, VK2UMJ
news:424608a7$0$258$61c6...@uq-127creek-reader-03.brisbane.pipenetworks.com.au...
>
> "Martin, VK2UMJ" <vk2...@yahoo.invalid> wrote in message
> news:4245d...@news.iprimus.com.au...
>> "ZZZZPK " <zzzpk_pkearn_class_a@multi_band_cb_is_here.eircom.es.it.net>
>> wrote in message news:42455395...@news.iol.ie...
>>> "knickebeinjammer" <scamb...@btinternet.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> : what is the point of a pc contest ? or am I missing some exciting
>>> detail
>>>
>>>
>>> yes.... :-)
>>>
>>>
>>> i'm trying to find it too...
>>> but all i can find in my shack are radios and coax leading to aerials !!
>>>
>>
>> Isn't that convienient! That just happens to be exactly what you need to
>> use IRLP!!!
>>
> Of course, you also need a kind Amateur who has a computer and a broadband
> internet connection, and who has donated his/her own time, equipment and
> knowledge to provide a service for the rest of us.
Well, yeah, but from the users point of view all you need is a radio (on the
appropriate band) and power supply, antenna and co-ax, and something that
generates DTMF tones. The user doesn't need a computer or internet
connection, or even a phone line for that matter!!
>
> I have four computers in my shack/living room, one of which is connected
> to the HF radio and is currently providing an SSTV repeater on 7033KHz.
Ahh - wasn't the removal of the HF restriction of us limited's the best
thing to happen to us of late!!! Of course, the Walts of th world still
think we shouldn't even be on any band, we didn't have to do CW....
>
> Kate vk4xyl
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>
>
Jock.
>
>"Martin, VK2UMJ" <vk2...@yahoo.invalid> wrote in message
>news:4245d...@news.iprimus.com.au...
>> "ZZZZPK " <zzzpk_pkearn_class_a@multi_band_cb_is_here.eircom.es.it.net>
>> wrote in message news:42455395...@news.iol.ie...
>>> "knickebeinjammer" <scamb...@btinternet.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> : what is the point of a pc contest ? or am I missing some exciting
>>> detail
>>>
>>>
>>> yes.... :-)
>>>
>>>
>>> i'm trying to find it too...
>>> but all i can find in my shack are radios and coax leading to aerials !!
>>>
>>
>> Isn't that convienient! That just happens to be exactly what you need to
>> use IRLP!!!
>>
>Of course, you also need a kind Amateur who has a computer and a broadband
>internet connection, and who has donated his/her own time, equipment and
>knowledge to provide a service for the rest of us.
More fool he.
>I have four computers in my shack/living room, one of which is connected to
>the HF radio and is currently providing an SSTV repeater on 7033KHz.
More fool you.
73 de Jock.
--
"11-Plus Science Exam Answers No 2:
"When you breath you inspire. When you
don't breath you expire."
Kate
"Jock." <real_cla...@yahoo.fr> wrote in message
news:fsmd41pohiujouo0v...@4ax.com...
Yes, Jock, I guess I am a fool for thinking I could help people like you.
OK, time to turn off the radios, take down the antennas, turn off the
computers, hand in the licence and sit down and vegetate in front of the
telly for the rest of me natural.
Kate
nana
>> More fool you.
>>
>> 73 de Jock.
>
> Yes, Jock, I guess I am a fool for thinking I could help people like you.
> OK, time to turn off the radios, take down the antennas, turn off the
> computers, hand in the licence and sit down and vegetate in front of the
> telly for the rest of me natural.
>
> Kate
Kate, you don't need to. Jock is doing that already.
Brad.
Ashley VK3HAG
"Micky Taker" <micky...@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message
news:mdb1e.7841$IH3....@fe3.news.blueyonder.co.uk...
> > "Ashley VK3HAG" <vk3...@nerg.asn.au> wrote:
> >
> > : 1st International IRLP Contest 2005
> >
> >
> > next...
> >
> > first international telephone contest.
> >
> >
> > competitors to ring up as many internation phone numbers as possible.
> > exchange greetings.
> >
> >
> > itemised telephone bills to be submitted as log file.
> >
> A lot harder on HF though isn't it?
Of course it's harder on HF, but given I don't yet own any HF gear, except
the 27MHz CB, I can only make contacts using 2/70cm amateur band. Without
IRLP I would have only made contacts woth VK3, VK7 and maybe VK5, with IRLP
I've worked VE, ZL, K, JA, YI, and I look forward to working them on HF in
the future.
Of course, making a DX Contact on CB 35 LSB would be harder than making an
IRLP contact, but as IRLP is the only method I have of accessing hams
outside VK on the air, then I will use it.
Or I could try making contacts with hams via HF, using CB..wonder how many
hams I'll find there?
G-S
Technically he's vegitating in front of the computer Brad ;-)
G-S VK3DMN