Contester Survivor Guide

By EA3QP - 2003

10m - Band Plan

15 m - Band Plan

20 m - Band Plan

40 m - Band Plan

80 m - Band Plan

160 m - Band Plan

1800 1810 1820 1830 1840 1850 1860 1870 1880 1890 1900 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000EA CW

SSBFindland 1810-1850

England

USA

Germany

France

Italy

Japan 1907,5-1912

Hora 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23Actividad desde EA

SUMMARY 160m Band Plan

Inter-Continental trafficCrowded

EuropeAsia

AfricaUSA (East to West)

ITU Zone Map

CQ Zone Map

Cuadriculas

ITU Regions Map

Connectors - General

Connectors - Kenwood

Connectors - Kenwood

Connectors - Kenwood

Connectors - Kenwood

Connectors - Yaesu

Connectors - Yaesu

Connectors - Icom

Connectors - Icom

Connectors - Icom

Connectors - COM

COM’s Printer

DB-9 TableDB-9 pin configuration

DB-9 Pin

Corresponding DB-25

PinEIA Signal Function

2 3 RD Received data

3 2 TD Transmitted data

8 5 CTS Clear to send

7 4 RTS Request to send

6 6 DSR Data set ready

5 7 SG Signal ground

4 20 DTRData terminal ready

1 8 DCDData carrier detect

TX/RX

Beacons

Beacons – 160m

Frequency Location PowerOther

Information Frequency Location PowerOther

Information Frequency Location PowerOther

Information Frequency Location PowerOther

Information Frequency Location Power

1314Radio Norway 500Kw

1566Tunisia 1200Kw

1615Nadzab, PNG 50-100w CW id = NZ

1521 Saudi Arabia 200Kw

2340 Fuzho, China

1512Belgium 300Kw

1803.5NE Africa

1623Gurney, PNG 50-100w CW id = GNY

2445 Nanchang, China

1528Unknown

1632 Mt Robinson, PNG 50-100w CW id = OKT

2460 Kumming, China

1557France 300Kw

1642Moro, PNG 50-100w CW id = MOR

2475 Hangzhou, China

1566Switzerland 300Kw

1662 Pt Moresby, PNG 50-100w CW id = KUB

2560 Urumqi, China

1593Germany 600Kw

1689 Mt Hagen, PNG 50-100w CW id = MH

1602Unknown

1692Kuiuga, PNG 50-100w CW id = KIU

1806.5 Kiel, Germany

1725Goroka, PNG 50-100w CW id = GA

1845Faroe Island 100w Digital, LSB

1737Kutubu, PNG 50-100w CW id = KUT

1851London

1816.5 Hawks Bay, New Zealand

2065 Paris, France RTTY

1817New Zealand

GPS correction

station

2163.7 Portsmouth, UK

1818.5Cooks Strait

2805 Polder, Netherlands

Not always QRV

1819New Zealand

GPS correction

station

2834NE England

2310Alice

Springs, Australia

160m Beacon List

AsiaEurope Africa Pacific Middle East

Coaxial Cable STUBS – Desing Data

Stub Length in meter End Band Top Ten 80 40 20 15 10 NOTES Tune Freq. Test Freq.

A 45' 2" 13,77 SHORT 80 J1 PASS NULL NULL NULL NULL.25 on 80, .50 on 40, 1.0 on 20, 1.5 on 15,

2.0 on 103.55

3.55/7.1/14.2/21.3/28.4

B 21' 11" 6,68 SHORT 40+15 J2 PASS NULL PASS NULL .25 on 40, .50 on 20, .75 on 15, 1.0 on 28 7.1 7.1/14.2/21.3/28

.4

C 21' 10" 6,65 OPEN 20+10 J5 NULL PASS NULL PASS.25 on 40, .5 on 20, .75 on 15, 1.0 on 10 7.1

7.1/14.2/21.3/28.4

D 10' 2" 3,1 SHORT 20 J3 PASS NULL .25 on 20, .50 on 10 14.2 14.2/28.4

E 10' 1" 3,07 OPEN 10 J4 NULL PASS .25 on 20, .50 on 10 14.2 14.2/28.4

F 45' 0" 13,72 OPEN 40 J6 NULL PASS PASS PASS PASS.25 on 80, .5 on 40, 1.0 on 20, 1.5 on 15,

2.0 on 103.55

3.55/7.1/14.2/21.3/28.4

COAXIAL FILTER STUBS

Length End Functions as0.25 open short at input - null at F0.25 short open at input - pass at F0.5 open open at input - pass at F0.5 short short at input - null at F

Stub EffectsBand Stubs Effect10 C,E pass 28.4, nulls 7.1, 14.2, 21.315 B pass 7.1, 21.3, nulls 14.2, 28.420 C,D pass 14.2, nulls 7.1,21.3,28.440 B,F pass 7.1, 21.3, nulls 3.55,14.2, 28.480 A pass 7.1,14.2,21.3,28.4, nulls 3.55160 not used

Coaxial Cable STUBS – Desing Data

Phone VF=.66 VF=.66 CW VF=.66 VF=.66 Phone VF=.66 VF=.66 CW VF=.66 VF=.66Band Freq 1/ 4 L 1/2 L Freq 1/ 4 L 1/2 L Freq 1/ 4 L 1/2 L Freq 1/ 4 L 1/2 L

10 28,4 5.7 11.4 28,05 5.8 11.6 28,4 1,74 3,49 28,05 1,76 3,5312 24,96 6.5 13.0 24,91 6.5 13.0 24,96 1,98 3,97 24,91 1,99 3,9715 21,3 7.6 15.2 21,05 7.7 15.4 21,3 2,32 4,65 21,05 2,35 4,7017 18 9.0 17.9 18 9.0 18.0 18 2,73 5,46 18 2,74 5,4720 14,2 11.4 22.9 14,05 11.6 23.1 14,2 3,49 6,97 14,05 3,52 7,0530 10 16.0 32.1 10 16.0 32.1 10 4,89 9,78 10 4,89 9,7840 7,2 22.6 45.1 7,05 23.0 46.1 7,2 6,88 13,75 7,05 7,02 14,0480 3,8 42.7 85.5 3,55 45.7 91.5 3,8 13,03 26,05 3,55 13,94 27,89160 1,85 87.8 175.5 1,805 90.0 179.9 1,85 26,76 53,51 1,805 27,42 54,85

RG-213 RG-213FEET & INCHES METRIC

Cable – General data

Cable – Attenuation data

Resistor color code

Conversion Tables - General

To Multiply by ToMultiply by

inches millimetres 25.4 cu metres cu feet 35.315millimetres inches 0.0394 cu yards cu metres 0.7646inches centimetres 2.54 cu metres cu yards 1.308centimetres inches 0.3937 cu inches litres 0.01639feet metres 0.3048 litres cu inches 61.03metres feet 3.281 pints litres 0.5682yards metres 0.9144 litres pints 1.76metres yards 1.094 US pints litres 0.47311miles kilometres 1.609 litres US pints 2.114kilometres miles 0.6214 US gallon liters 3.785sq inches sq centimetres 6.452 gallons litres 4.546sq centimetres sq inches 0.155 litres US gallons 0.02642sq metres sq feet 10.76 litres gallons 0.22sq feet sq metres 0.0929 grains grams 0.0648sq yards sq metres 0.8361 grams grains 15.43sq metres sq yards 1.196 ounces grams 28.35sq miles sq kilometres 2.589 grams ounces 0.03527sq kilometres sq miles 0.3861 pounds grams 453.6acres hectares 0.4047 grams pounds 0.002205hectares acres 2.471 pounds kilograms 0.4536cu inches cu centimetres 16.39 kilograms pounds 2.205cu centimetres cu inches 0.06102 tons kilograms 1016.05cu feet cu metres 0.02832 kilograms tons 0.0009842

GENERAL CONVERSI ON TABLEFrom

GENERAL CONVERSI ON TABLEFrom

Conversion Tables - General

1 centimetre = 10 mm 1 square metre = 10,000 sq. cm1 decimetre = 10 cm 1 are = 119.6 sq. yards 1 metre  =  100 cm 1 are = 100 square metres1 kilometre =  1,000 m 1 hectare = 100 ares = 2.471 acres

1 square kilometre = 100 hectares 1 foot = 12 inches1 yard = 3 feet1 (statute) mile= 1,760 yards 1 milligram = 0.015 grain1 int. nautical mile= 1.150779 miles 1 centigram = 10 mg = 0.154 grain

1 decigram = 100 mg = 1.543 grains1 square foot  =  144 sq. in. 1 gram = 1000 mg = 15.43 grains1 square yard = 9 sq. ft 1 decagram = 10 g = 5.64 drams1 acre =  4,840 sq. yd  1 hectogram = 100 g = 3.527 ounces1 square mile =  640 acres 1 kilogram = 1,000 g = 2.205 pounds

1 tonne (metric ton) = 0.9842 (long) ton= 1,000 kg

Conversion Tables

Conversion Tables - Temp

C to F first deduct 32, Multiply by 5 then Divide by 8F to C Multiply by 9, Divide by 5, Add 32