"RIGA-800" award.


The Latvian Radio Amateur League (LRAL) have the honour to invite
radioamateurs and swl's all over the world to participate in the selebration
800 years of Latvian capital city - Riga from 1 july till 30 september 2001.
The award "RIGA-800" will be given to the stations and swl's, who will make
verified contacts with special callsigns "YL800....." from Riga and Riga's
region.
Contacts necessary:
from 1.8 to 28mHz for own country 10
QSO's (SWL's)
for Europe
5 QSO's (SWL's)
for other continents
3 QSO's (SWL's)
above 28mHz
1 QSO (SWL)
It is possible to work the same station a band, but on different modes.
Entrants are requested to send check lists (all data of qso) with 3$
or 3
IRC (CN 01) to LRAL QSL bureau not later then 31 december 2001 to:
P.O.B. 164
Riga-10
Latvia
LV-1010

YOU ARE INVITED TO CELEBRATE 800 YEARS OF RIGA!

Just wanted to let everybody know that all of the TDW certificates are
finally in the mail whew! Thanks to all who waited patiently for their
endorsements and upgrades while we dealt with the extra workload, and thanks
to all the 070 participants who made our very first on-the-air event a great
success. Here's to next year's TDW!

BTW, you should know that we are planning another contest, tentatively
scheduled for this coming January. While the rules are still more or less in
the works, it is pretty much a sure thing that it is going to be your
standard, 24 hour PSK contest with power classes, etc. But unlike the TDW,
the January contest is going to be open to everyone, not just to 070 Club
members. So it will be interesting to see how much activity we can scare up
outside our group. We have also added a little wrinkle for the QRPer's in
this one, with power class entries for QRP single-band and QRP multi-band.
Hopefully this will give the kitbashers out there a better chance to show off
what they can do with their monoband rigs!

If you have an itch for contesting however, you do not have to wait for
January to scratch it! QRP-ARCI is hosting an End of Summer Sprint in
September, the TARA Rumble Fall Classic is scheduled for October, and the
first annual Anatolian AKA PSK contest is up for November (endorsement in the
works). Links for all of these contests can be found on the 070 Club webpage
at < http://hometown.aol.com/n3dqu/podxs070.htm >.

One final reminder that the Latvian Radio Amateur League is celebrating
the 800th anniversary of Riga, the capital city of Latvia by offering a
certificate for working YL800 stations from 01 July 2001 until 30 September
2001. I have also been working with Andris YL2FD to come up with an
endorsement for working YL800 PSK31 stations. Although the endorsement
requirements and graphics are still in the works, my best advice to you is to
work any YL800 stations you hear on PSK, then standby for further info on the
endorsement...73 de Jay N3DQU.

W4TMM sent in a small write-up of how they did in this year's Field Day
event...Check it out at the 070 Club website <
http://hometown.aol.com/n3dqu/podxs070.htm > ...73 de Jay N3DQU.

I'll be heading back out to California tomorrow, and operating (when
I have time) from the Lockheed Martin club station in Sunnyvale. It
has been reported that they now have a Rigblaster hooked up to a
Yaesu FT-1000D. (Their antennas are pretty nice, too.) Assuming I
can figure out how they're set up, I may be able to get on the
WARC bands. And from my experience there last month, I expect
the signal from the station to do quite well. (My three watt PSK-20
was 599 into VK, FK, JA, and BX.)

I'll be out there until 3 August. So keep your eyes open for
W3HF/6, and maybe I'll even be able to get on the other bands.

73,
Steve
W3HF

P.S. If you want to check out the station, there's a web site at
http://www.qsl.net/lmeraarc

P.P.S. Could someone forward to me the "standard" PSK
frequencies for the other bands? I've never paid much attention
since I am single-band at home. Thanks.

Just a reminder that if you have signed up for the 070 reflector using an
email forwarding service like ARRL as your email address (e.g.
n3dqu@arrl.net), then you may not be able to post messages to the reflector.
If that is the case, send an email to n3dqu@aol.com with your callsign and
home email address and I'll getcha fixed up! 73 de Jay N3DQU.

Ok Jay.
In reality the band was open.
I worked you and some others from US.
My work cond. : 50 w and a multiband dipole (the best hi hi ...)
73�s
Leonel
CT4MS

Oh Jay - your imagination....
my mother would never have allowed me fooling around in the backyard like
that...
But what John has put together is great, thanks John.
73's and a good Sunday to all
Erika/DL2AYL

Well, how did you guys do on 30m Friday nite? I saw a lot of traces out
there, but had pretty rough copy due to strong QRN fm local t-storm activity.
I did manage to work K6CEG out in southern California, but Charlie's sigs
weren't nearly as good as they were the week before. Props were better going
the other way towards Europe, where I managed to work CT4MS over in Portugal.
Leonel had a pretty strong signal into the eastern US and he gave me a 59, so
either he felt sorry for me or else the band really was open towards Europe
Friday nite hi! So anybody else making headway on the Tri-WARC? de Jay N3DQU.

The next time you're out surfin the web, check out AG4CZ's website at <
http://www.qsl.net/ag4cz/ > ...John sez his amateur station is the place
"where a microphone is a great doorstop". ..Hmmm, don't think we'll be
hearing AG4CZ checkin' in on them 20m fone nets anytime soon hi! But he does
do the 070 Club proud when it comes to web forms tho. Click on that "PSK
Clubs and Awards" folder and there you will see "endorsement trackers" for
those little orphans like the Maple Leaf, Wrk'd All Oz and the China Clipper,
all endorsements that have yet to be claimed by anyone. This is a really neat
way to keep track of your progress towards these critters. To use John's
endorsement trackers, you have to have your computer cookie-enabled. Then
when you type in the callsign data, it will be stored as a cookie on your
computer. When you finally have the form filled out, then you're ready to
send that log data in to N3DQU! Then and only then may you commence to
jumping up and down like a crazy person, screaming and yelling, laughing
hysterically and chasing the xyl around the backyard naked yelling "Da man,
I'm da man!". ...Well, one can only imagine! Anyways, I especially like the
way John has the China Clipper endorsement tracker set up...wonder if anybody
can work them in order from California to the Philippines? BTW John is also
the guy responsible for the 070 Club on-line application program, a very nice
job. While you're at John's website, check out some of the other stuff he has
there too, like interface information, a quick and easy vertical with 20
radials (!), just to name a few. Well, in closing I'd just like to say "Hey
John, you da man!" 73 de Jay N3DQU.

Because Jeremy N1ZZZ had to ship out and miss the our first annual TDW, we
have been issuing an unannounced endorsement of sorts for working the old boy
as he sails the seas! So if you haven't gotten an "I Worked N1ZZZ/MM in 2001"
endorsement (orange circle) and you have N1ZZZ/MM in the log, send ur log
info to n3dqu@aol.com...tnx es 73 de Jay N3DQU.

Just had my first 12m psk qso with Steve W0SDG out Minnesota-way! It was a
toughie, but we got it done! Oh thank you, goddess of the hi bands! Jay N3DQU.

Hey guys, I'll be up on 10.140 tonite fm around 0100z til abt 0500z or
mebbe even later, in case anyone is needing a 30m contact for the
tri-warc...73 de Jay N3DQU.

Hi Steve,
Really neat program, I have linked your friend on my LINKS>Contest &DX
page.

He is asking for a writer to help him out and do a tutorial on it. Jump
in there Steve. 73 Ernie

N3DQU@aol.com schrieb:

Don't know if anyone else is having this problem, but I am getting
big-time qrm from my computer monitor on 24.918, so look for my trace at
24.925...73 de Jay N3DQU.

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Hi Jay,
don't have a problem anywhere, just tell me when you'll be there !
73's de Erika/DL2AYL

Don't know if anyone else is having this problem, but I am getting
big-time qrm from my computer monitor on 24.918, so look for my trace at
24.925...73 de Jay N3DQU.

In a message dated 7/17/2001 12:12:55 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
spdomingue@aol.com writes:

OK so where is everyone hiding?

I looked on 10.140 and 10,142 for an hour tonight and not a single PSK
signal?

did you remember to hook up the antenna to ur rig? hi! 'dqu.

Worked 070 members Charlie K6CEG out on the left coast and Steve N6YIH/7
in Idaho, then snagged Jose EA4IA in Madrid with a 589 report, so props were
pretty good going both ways. Hey, that was fun, gonna have to do that again!
Jay N3DQU.