POTOMAC VALLEY RADIO CLUB - NEWSLETTER - DECEMBER 1999
PVRC CALENDAR
(The calendar format is under construction ... including more contest info.)
Weekly Wed
BWI Regional weekly breakfast. Wednesdays 7:30 am,
Basil's Deli, Elkridge Landing Rd near BWI.
Monthly Fri
SWVA meeting night and Roanoke location varies each month.
Please check with K4IQ.
Monthly
Over-the-Hill Luncheon. Date to be announced.
Hosts listed on reference page.
Dec 2 Thu
PVRC/NC meeting at Ryans Family Restaurant,
Cary Crossroads. 5:30pm, meeting at 6pm
Dec 3 Fri
SWVA, normal meeting night.*
Dec 4/5
ARRL 160 Meter CW Contest.
Log deadline Jan 5th. [email protected]
Dec 11/12
ARRL 10 Meter CW/SSB Contest.
Log deadline Jan 12th. [email protected]
Dec 13 Mon
All welcomed to the Central Christmas dinner in Tyson's Corner, VA.
Details below.
Dec 14 Tue
Northwest, normal meeting night* at Tully's Grill,
1080 W. Patrick St, Frederick, MD at 7:30 pm
Dec 14 Tue
Tidewater Colony, normal meeting night.* Meeting with VA-DXCC.
Jan 6 Thu
PVRC/NC annual special dinner. See minutes.
Jan 22/23
ARRL VHF Sweepstakes.
Jan 29/30
CQ CW 160M Contest.
Feb 19/20
ARRL CW DX Contest.
Feb 26/27
CQ SSB 160M Contest.
*Holiday activities may impact the normal meeting schedule.
Please check with the chapter chair person.
LOG DEADLINE INFO with contribution from Tyler Stewart, K3MM
Dec 1. CQ Worldwide DX Contest, SSB
E-mail: [email protected]
Mail: CQWW SSB Contest, CQ Magazine, 25 Newbridge Rd,
Hicksville, NY 11801
Dec 8. ARRL Sweepstakes CW
E-mail: [email protected]
Mail: November SS CW, ARRL
225 Main St, Newington, CT 06111
Dec 22. ARRL Sweepstakes phone
E-mail: [email protected]
Mail: November SS Phone, ARRL, ...
Jan 15. CQ Worldwide DX Contest, CW
E-mail: [email protected]
Mail: CQWW CW Contest, CQ ...
CHRISTMAS DINNER ON DEC. 13TH by Rich Boyd, KE3Q
The PVRC Christmas Dinner will be Monday, December 13, at the
Olive Garden Restaurant, 8133 Leesburg Pike (Route 7), Tyson's
Corner, Virginia, telephone 703-893-3175. Suggest exit 10B off
the Beltway (Rt. 495). It's a convenient location for many,
especially northern Virginians; full menu selection at regular
(reasonable) menu prices -- e.g. I think lasagna was $8 or so.
The known disadvantages that we will try to deal with:
restaurant Muzak too loud -- we will ask them to turn it down
during our speaker(s) -- and we will bring a small PA system of
our own so our speaker can be heard; table setup -- largely a
matter of at least one of our people being there an hour or
more before the dinner time to guide the table placements. We
hope you can make it! More info (and encouragement) to follow.
But for now mark it on your calendar -- Monday, Dec. 13, in the
evening.
CLUB DONATION REPORT (11/22/99) by Dave Baugher, WR3L, Treasurer
PVRC would like to thank the following for the donation in
October and November: W4HM, K3ZO, AA4KD, W4JVN, W3OU, W3CP,
W4RW, AD3F, N4RV, N4RP, W4VC, K3FT, N4XX, and KC3EK.
A treasury report will appear in the January newsletter
instead of the December issue so that I can complete the year.
Keep the donations and ARRL renewals coming.
OVER-THE-HILL LUNCH MEETING by Ben Shaver, AA4XU
The Over-The-Hill Division of the Potomac Valley Radio Club met
for Lunch and Discussion in Annandale, VA during November. The
following attended: K3ZO Fred Laun, W3AZ Bill Leavitt, K6ETM
George Sinclair, N4MO Ron Uthus, W4RW Floyd Martin, K3WX Tony
Faiola, W6AXX Howard Leake, W3GN Lawrence Fadner, W3ABC Hugh
Turnbull, W3UJ Henry Herman, W3XE Andy Andersen, AA4XU Ben
Shaver.
As in previous years, the December Lunch meeting will be
omitted because of holiday conflicts. The next Lunch meeting
will be held in January 2000 in Oxon Hill, MD, Bill Leavitt
W3AZ, Host.
Info from Andy Andersen, W3XE: The last meeting of the OTH in
the 20th Century will be on 8 December 1999 at the Holiday Inn
on the corner of US 1 (north) and the Beltway. We will start
ordering at 12:00 noon so don't be late or all that will be
left is Turkey. I have reserved a set-up for 20 people and
have to provide a final tally on Tuesday 7 December. If you
received my email, please respond if you are in our out.
Others please respond if you can come. All are welcome.
[email protected].
EASTERN SHORE CHAPTER MEETING 10/99 by Dallas Carter, W3PP
The Eastern Shore Chapter meeting was called to order at the
W3PP station at 6 PM on 29 October. Members present were:
N3KW, W3OR, N6ZO, N3HUV, NX3A, K3FT, KW3Z, and W3PP. Guests
were: AA1K, KD3UC, NW3Y, and KB3DTT.
The main discussion points at the meeting were centered around
UBN reports and how to maximize the score in CQWW and minimize
the UBN penalties. The following specific points were
suggested and discussed:
Never trust a packet spot, confirm all spot QSO's.
Make certain the station you log is working you, ask if you
are not sure.
Log all QSO's, Dupes, and W's.
Make use of the Notes function for anything that will help
in preparing the logs.
Running is how you make points. During slow periods, 20 min
S&P/hour.
During your off periods, make use of the spotting positions.
After these points were discussed, a general discussion
followed about tactics and plans for the upcoming Sweeps.
Glenn, N3HUV will be giving the U class a go, and because he
will have no power class, will use an amp for the first time.
He is looking for a mug and his seventh consecutive set of pins
for CW and SSB.
W3PP will give the Multi-op class a try for the first time.
Ron, N4MO will be the second op, and a few others have been
extended an invitation. Could use another op. Ed, N3KW will
give CW SS a try, and focus on a more substantial effort on
SSB. Chuck, K3FT will be joining the WR3L crew again this year
for SS.
With that, we settled in, getting familiar with the operating
positions and warming up the ether for CQWW SSB. We will have
another regional meeting just prior to the CW weekend of CQWW.
PVRC/NC Meeting Minutes 11/5/99 by Pete Soper, KS4XG
The meeting was at the home of Jack W0UCE and his wife Fran in
Raleigh from 5:30-8pm. The food was delicious and a good time
was had by all.
Attendees: Brian K3KO, Jim K4QPL, Henry K4TMC, Pete KS4XG, Dan
N3ND, Bert N4CW, Jay NT4D, and Jack W0UCE. Regrets sent by
K4MA, NX9T, K2AV, KI7WX, AA4NC, N3QYE.
Membership: This was the second meeting of Dan Atchison, N3ND.
Dan is an avid CW operator looking for a way to get back into
contesting despite property restrictions at his current QTH (a
little extra wiring may be appearing in his attic!). Dan was
voted into PVRC unanimously. Welcome to PVRC, Dan! Chapter
membership is now 33.
Club business and announcements: There was discussion about
meetings and it was agreed:
1. To avoid extra schedule burden near Christmas the December
meeting will be Thursday 12/2 at Ryans as usual (details below)
2. The annual special dinner will be Thursday January 6th,
tentatively at Fox and Hound (someplace further North would be
helpful considering our membership center has moved in that
direction).
3. (post-meeting) NA3T was contacted about giving his VHF
propagation talk but unfortunately Joe will be back in VK until
after the January meeting.
Upcoming Contests
Sweeps phone November 20th
CQWW CW November 26th
ARRL 160 December 3rd
ARRL 10 meter December 10th
Stew Perry December 18th
Member notes: K4QPL put 30 feet of Rohn 25 up temporarily to
get a TH7 up for Sweeps.
K4TMC came back from a long hard business trip with a virus and
missed CQWW.
K3KO found a source of high quality (albeit low power) relays.
Contact Brian for details.
W0UCE had a log periodic in view of his kitchen window during
the meeting. Jack and K4QPL will be doing joint tower projects
soon to have their base holes dug and concrete poured at their
two sites in a single day.
N4CW got an SB200 for his station in Maine.
Next Meeting: The next meeting will be at Ryans Family
Restaurant at Cary Crossroads. Come at 5:30pm for extra rag
chewing or 6pm for the formal meeting.
CENTRAL MEETING MINUTES - Nov 8, 1999 By Tyler Stewart K3MM
After many enjoyed a nice dinner at the Outback Steakhouse in
Vienna, we moved the meeting to the Patrick Henry Library down
the street! In attendance were members: N3OC, W4RW, K4VV,
N4XX, W3GNQ, W3HVQ, N4MO, N4RV, W3ZZ, W4XP, N3RR, K3NA, AA4KD,
W4VC, WR3L, W3DQ, AD3F, K3ZO, K4YT, K7LU, and K3MM.
Introductions: WR3L, Dave will have a year-end treasury report
published in the January newsletter. He did another
Multi-Single (MS) in CQWW phone with 433k Single Band (SB) 10
meters. In addition, his crew also turned in a nice 803 x 79
score in CQSS CW.
AD3F, Gene, attended his second meeting tonight and is looking
forward to the ARRL 160 and 10 meter contests. W4VC, Hal, was
forced to QRT shortly after startup due to TVI. AA4KD, Clair,
made a "token effort" in both SS and CQWW so far.
R3/K3NA, Eric, did 40M at W3LPL for CQWW phone with an
excellent score. As usual, working 40 phone meant working
split all the time and losing the listening frequency every 5
to 10 minutes. He just purchased a new toy: a Kachina
pc-controlled radio which he hasn't had a chance to try....yet.
N3RR, Bill, put in an outstanding effort in CQWW CW as a SOA
with 6.2 million points in 40 hours of operating. However, he
still missed prime run time on Sunday AM by sleeping in for 6
hrs.
W4XP, Chuck, did part-time operating at W3LPL for CQWW CW,
mostly on 20 meters. Chuck recently moved to Haymarket on a
mountain top near K8ISK. He's got 80' of SSV tower that he's
planning on putting up to support a huge VHF-microwave array,
using Rohn 25 as the "mast"!
W3ZZ, Gene, traveled to Bonaire for CQWW SSB and assisted
K3EST, Bob Cox, on 20 meters as PJ4B. He reports making at
least 400 of the 4800 total QSO's made on 20! They failed once
again in there quest to link up to internet for automated
spots. Instead they had to rely on "sneakernet" to travel from
table to table with little bits of paper for the rare ones.
Claimed scores so far by the biggest MM's:
CN8WW = 76 million!
IG9A = 70 million
PJ4B = 65 million
N4RV, Jack, also made his usual trek to Bonaire at PJ4B. He
noted that this was the 30th anniversary of the group started
in 1969! He is looking forward to a rematch on CW w/ the
addition of the F12 "Team Vertical" possibly going to YV land.
He may do a MS from home in SS phone? KT4W used his station in
CQWW phone and racked up 4.2 million points!
N4MO, Ron, did a single band 15 low power effort from home in
CQWW SSB and took part in a MS effort at W3PP for SS CW making
1205 Q's and a sweep.
W3DQ, Eric, was on airplanes during all contests but it looking
forward to the ARRL 10 meter contest from DC. K4YT, Karl, just
got back from 4X land.
K3ZO, Fred, put out his usual excellent synopsis of CQWW phone
on the contest reflector. He made close to 4000 Q's and
stressed the high bands. He noted a lot of jammers this time
with someone playing a "UA9MAR" tape at him in answer to his
CQ's at one point. He also worked a Polish CB'er on 10 meters!
For SS CW, he did NO S&P at all and thought it worked fairly
well with 1139 Q's, but he missed the sweep.
W3HVQ, John, had his antenna design article published in the
most recent ARRL Antenna Compendium. His antenna, the
"Bumbleshooter", is featured on BOTH covers - one up and
running and the other loaded with ice. John had 1.2 Million in
CQWW phone and 120k in SS CW.
W3GNQ, Dick, lives! He had to cancel WW phone plans due to
work but may be on for SS phone. Dick brought a bunch of
Andrews CDROM's containing design and catalog information as
handouts.
N4XX, Ted Cohen, made this his 3rd meeting but he's looking
forward to CQWW 160 contesting. K4VV, Jack, was only able to
muster a couple of hours for CQWW due to work and family though
he did run a wire at the beach on SS CW! W4RW, Floyd, has been
working on the W4RX station all summer with a rigger but he'll
be on for CQWW CW.
N3OC, Brian, barely made it to FS land before the hurricane hit
and shut everything down just before CQWW phone. He was at
V26B again for CQWW phone and reports "it was a big mess" after
the hurricane went through. Then the 20 meter op and equipment
didn't show up. Even so, they ended up just short of the NA
record at 36.3 million points! He got back Thursday just
before SS and op'ed 15 hours with a sweep in SS CW.
K3MM, Tyler, is having too much fun with Tayler! Operating at
W3LPL on 15 meters, they ended up a solid 4th in MM! SS CW was
done at home, but ran out of poop Sunday AM and had a bad case
of "spring fever", creating a 16 hr effort with 144k points.
Election Results: Elections were conducted and the previously
nominated slate of officers were voted into office unanimously.
Congratulations to your Y2K PVRC Officers who are are:
N3OC - President
K4VV - Vice President
W2GG - Secretary
WR3L - Treasurer
K3MM, KE3Q, & N3RR - Trustees
Topics: K3MM noted the apparent demise of KLM Antennas. Some
parts may still be available via email. He also reminded
everyone to make big plans for the ARRL DX contests this
Spring. It's the one we are pushing for a PVRC win in 2000,
but it will take a lot of extra effort to pull off.
Someone noted that N1ND, ARRL Contest Director, Dan Henderson's
house burned down a couple weeks ago and that he had no
insurance on it. (CORRECTION: maybe I wrote it down wrong, but
it was KR1R, Billy Lunt who had the house fire.)
AD3F, Gene Smar, and N4XX, Ted Cohen were voted into membership
unanimously! Gene is an Extra from Rockville working for MCI.
Previous calls are WN3EWV, and WA3EWV. He's big on the 160
contests with a Drake C line and antennas which are an inverted
L and several EWE's. Ted is also an Extra from Alexandria, VA,
sponsored by K4VV. He was previously WN9VZL, W9VZL, and W4UMF.
Also a big 160 guy, he has a TS940, AL811H, and a nice inverted
L. Congratulations! Meeting adjourned.
NW REGIONAL MEETING - 11/16/99 By Greg Altig, N5OKR ([email protected])
In attendance were members W8ZA, N3KTV, K3DNE, W3JRY, WD3A,
N3HBX, K3IXD, W6NRJ, and N8II.
Business: There was no administrative business. My thanks to
N3KTV for his filling in for me in my absence and providing
these notes.
>From the introductions: K3DNE, Jim, recently upgraded to
Advanced! Was at W8ZA for CQ WW and had lots of fun. He will
be at W8ZA for SS SSB. He is putting up a new A3WS on a rocket
launcher at home. Hopes to work the meteors shower tonight and
tomorrow. He is working 6 meters and looking for F2
propagation.
W3JRY, John, was the only representative from PA tonight.
Operated part-time in recent contest. (100K in CQ WW) Put up
a beam and tower recently. Has worked 220 countries recently.
N3HBX, John, operated CQWW HP 15 meters only. Reports his
worst effort ever! Lost the antenna relay on the tower half way
into the contest. Also, his amp relay was stuck on transmit so
he used his backup amp.
K3IXD, Ed, put up an inverted V for SS SSB this weekend. 460K
for CQ WW. Has been operating the VHF/UHF Fall Sprints. Having
fun with the new ICOM 746.
W8ZA, Bob, worked CQWW M/M from home. Reports 5.36M points
with a bad 10 meter beam. Solution to last months puzzle was:
The coax pig tail had parted away from the connector on the 20
meter beam and the balun on 10 meters had a loose screw on one
side. This was the first time for M/M from W8ZA. Used the
W3NQN filters and found they worked great! Sometimes the team
forgot to change the filters when they changed bands. They
remembered right before they started to replace the radio! Bob
also reports 28K for part time SS CW. K3DNE will be at W8ZA for
SS SSB. Bob is looking for operators for CQWW CW! Bob added
that K8OQL is quarantined with the chicken pox.
N8II, Jeff, missed SS CW. Was on for CQWW SSB part time.
Operated all band. Reports 2700 Qs, 115Zones, 426 Cty for
4.29M. Great Job!
WD3A, Tom, played in SS CW (8K). Tom was at W8ZA for CQWW SSB.
Started out on the tower for Bob! Bob did let him operate 20
meters after that though. Reports having fun getting bumped
around on 20 by all the big M/M. Loves his new 850.
W6NRJ, Jim, is looking for ELMER help to get up on packet to
access the spotting network. Also needs help hooking up his
computer for logging. He operated last at K1DQV and had lots
of fun.
N3KTV, Jim, has been operating some DX over the past few weeks.
More time has been spent resurrecting an old R5 and trying out
the MFJ -259B. Meeting adjourned.
LUNCH ROVER MINUTES by Jack Hammett, K4VV
A lunch meeting was a hasty gathering inspired by K7LU's
pending departure for LU-land. Attendees were K7LU, N4XX,
W4LIP, K4VV, K3SKE, and Ken/W8JVP (2d meeting). The Olive
Garden fed us well with good service and a tasty lunch.
Discussion topics included DXing from South America, the
challenges of 160m propagation linking winter to summer, unique
160m asymmetric ducting, Scott/K7LU's mission to teach physics
and deploy a sounder in Argentina and his contesting potential,
noise challenges in SA, recent enforcement successes by the FCC
with applause, some memories of well known PVRC'rs several
decades ago, some tower stories, sounders in Thailand, packet
node micro-tornado damage, working 140+ countries on 160m from
a 1/3d acre lot in town--showing up, the demise of KLM, and the
relatively modest potential of the current cycle peak. A
pleasant lunch in 90 minutes.
PVRC WRTC 2000 Selection by Tyler Stewart, K3MM, Pres.
After much careful deliberation, the officers of PVRC have
selected Eric Scace, K3NA, as the PVRC Team Leader for WRTC2000
in Slovenia! Eric has a long history of contesting and DX
accomplishments from around the world. With his penchant for
propagation analysis and his job which keeps him in that
quadrant of the world a good part of the time, he's uniquely
qualified to represent PVRC in this prestigious event!
Congratulations Eric and good luck OM!
REPORT FROM THE ANNAPOLIS CREW by Dick Wilder, K3DI
The first meeting of the ANNAPOLIS CREW OF PVRC was Sunday
afternoon, November 14th at 2pm at the home of Bill Rogers,
W3UL, in Annapolis. Attending were Bill and Dick, K3DI. The
activity was to load CT 6.26 and install a CW interface, packet
via CT, and radio frequency control. Bill has since become a
member at a BWI meeting. He operated the CQWW CW contest from
his home with a kW amplifier from a 130' center feed dipole.
Dave Williams, W3OQ, of Pasadena has expressed and interest in
PVRC, contesting, and operating from K3DI. Dave and his XYL,
Marilyn, have accepted an invitation from K3DI to attend the
Christmas party.
K3DI is building a 3 position M/M. First, the septic system
was replaced as a prerequisite to being issued a building
permit for the additional square footage of a two-story
addition that is expected to be completed in December. Two
positions will be in the new 10'x15' room and the third in the
adjacent old 12'x12' shack. Then, in the spring, 100 feet of
used Rohn 45 will be painted and erected as tower number three.
The new shack will have a 15' long desk covered with a laminate
designed to help the JA runs; the laminate color is named
"Shogun."
SHORT NOTES by the editor
Dave Baugher, WR3L, treasurer, suggests that only the full name
"Potomac Valley Radio Club" should be entered for "club
affiliation" when reporting scores. He correspond to ARRL and
CQ as well as insurance forms and tax forms and other paperwork
is submitted only with the full club name.
Though not a PVRC function, many PVRC'ers attend the Beezer
Christmas. The seventh annual Beezer Christmas will be at the
Cuckoo's Nest, 3333 Olney-Sandy Springs Road (Rt 108), Olney,
MD on December 20th. Arrive about 6 PM and dine at 7 PM. Cash
bar. Order from a menu of seven entrees for $20 which includes
salad, potato, beverage, desert, and tax and tip. Please RSVP
via packet to W2BZR no later than December 9th.
S C O R E S by Bob Dannals, W2GG
Changes/additions/deletions to
W2GG via [email protected] or packet
### = missing information
CQWW DX SSB (#9 11/22/99)
CALL BND QSO ZON CTY TOTAL
SINGLE OP HIGH POWER - UNASSISTED
K3ZO 3778 135 452 6,427,650
K4ZW 3164 148 516 6,072,280
N8II 2705 127 418 4,286,970
KS4XG 1889 115 377 2,646,468
W3MR 1489 118 369 2,090,691
K2PLF 1327 116 357 1,774,233
N4GU 1201 111 347 1,556,742
N4MM 930 123 366 1,289,982
K2UOP 964 115 351 1,272,180
K2UOP 964 115 331 1,212,674
W3HVQ 907 114 350 1,200,000
W4YE 785 81 247 735,048
N3HBX 15 1138 38 145 592,554
N3RC 760 63 199 575,352
KF3BE 540 81 242 474,487
K3ZJ/8 10 985 31 111 406,688
W3AZ 402 28 94 140,910
W4IF 244 52 128 125,640
WX4DX 237 59 126 113,775
W4VC 238 42 120 107,730
N4CW 175 47 113 79,840
K4IQ 166 48 114 69,336
K2AV 123 41 90 44,016
W4ZYT 115 17 57 24,864
W3GN 55 14 22 5,328
SINGLE OP LOW POWER - UNASSISTED
N1WR 1140 108 329 1,426,805
W3UJ 813 91 264 822,435
NV3V 598 85 240 550,800
NV3V 598 84 238 547,000
K1EFI 480 48 173 302,549
N4MO 15 668 35 121 300,924
W4NF 419 39 128 205,744
N3YUG 304 57 162 185,712
N4EL 311 53 156 183,084
W3INK 343 37 121 153,418
W3CP 287 53 134 151,470
KC3TL 240 64 144 136,268
W4SD 240 52 131 123,525
K3DSP 242 52 125 116,997
W3JRL 202 52 129 100,817
AF4CD 197 52 112 80,196
AA4KD 177 45 109 71,456
W3XG 109 36 78 34,770
N3EYB 134 16 53 25,668
W4XXX 101 25 62 22,272
N3QYE 96 30 50 21,200
SINGLE OP ASSISTED
N3RR 2900 161 593 6,261,970
KT4W 2235 155 501 4,208,085
WR3Z 1865 145 462 3,257,162
N3AM 1504 134 438 2,473,328
W4JVN 1117 125 374 1,588,317
KB3AUG 990 117 388 1,421,070
K3KO 940 118 337 1,201,200
NT4D 828 126 375 1,138,773
K3SA 572 100 316 682,656
K3SV 546 107 303 608,850
N3II 558 95 295 608,400
K3IXD 486 94 249 461,335
N3GPU 524 74 208 418,206
N3UN 420 90 242 394,084
K6IR 356 69 178 259,350
K3SX 265 ## ### 161,993
N4ZR 220 66 144 128,520
KO4MR 10 217 34 138 106,468
KC4B 121 29 72 35,148
MULTI - SINGLE
W4MR 2715 147 500 5,029,131
K4HA 1255 119 353 1,682,680
K3DI 839 98 332 1,019,960
KU4RG 403 77 209 305,448
W4PRO 296 59 108 144,622
MULTI - MULTI
W3LPL 8743 193 795 23,946,156
W4MYA 4578 177 668 10,896,275
W8ZA 2674 160 543 5,364,593
DXPEDITIONS
J6R 7255 131 440 10,501,261
KH7R 3,060,610
PJ4B 10,592,276
V26B 3,303,818
77 LOGS TOTAL 140,150,293
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
LAST YEAR (SSB & CW)
Yankee Clipper C C 460,442,158
Frankford R C 432,136,542
Potomac Valley R C 194,995,771
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
OPERATORS:
J6R J69AZ K3LP K3UG K7KL N3NT VE7ABC
K3DI W3ICM K3DI
K4HA NX9T K4HA
KH7R ND3A plus 11 non-PVRC
KS4XG from QTH of N4AF
KT4W from QTH of N4RV
KU4RG KU4RG KF4OKG
PJ4B N4RV W3ZZ plus 10 non-PVRC
V26B N3OC plus 10 non-PVRC
W3LPL K1HTV AI3M W3KX ND3F K3NA
N5OKR W2GG KE3Q K9GY K1RA K3MM
K3RA K3MQH K1RZ NH6C W4XP
W3LPL
W4MR AA4NC KI7WX N4CW K4MA
W4MYA AC4OB N4EHJ K4BAM KB4DI KF4QQY
W4DR W4HJ W4HZ W4MYA WA4QDM
WK4Y WU4G WX3B
W4PRO KO4MR W4PRO
W4XXX N8CH (ex-NW3K)
W8ZA K3DNE K8OQL WD3A W8ZA
WR3Z from QTH of K1DQV
ARRL CW SS (#8 11/29/99)
CALL PREC QSO SEC TOTAL
W3PP M 1205 79 190,390
W4MR B 1159 78 180,804
N4AF B 1153 77 177,562
K3ZO B 1139 77 175,406
W4MYA U 1081 79 170,178
W4RM M 1004 78 156,624
N4ZR B 989 78 154,284
K2PLF B 988 78 154,128
K3SV B 925 78 144,144
K3MM B 948 76 144,096
N4CW B 883 78 137,748
K3SA B 837 79 132,246
WR3L M 820 79 129,560
K1HTV A 833 76 128,282
W4ATC S 818 78 125,580
K4QPL A 815 77 125,510
WJ9B A 813 77 125,202
W3HVQ B 784 78 122,304
W4YE A 774 78 120,744
K4MA A 770 78 120,120
K3DI U 749 79 118,342
K2AV B 758 76 115,216
K3KO B 738 78 115,128
W2CS Q 717 79 113,286
WR3Z B 716 78 111,696
W4ZYT M 701 79 110,758
N3AM B 702 76 106,704
K4IQ A 676 77 104,104
K3TM A 684 76 103,968
N1WR A 662 78 103,272
W3MC B 607 79 95,748
NT4D U 572 78 89,232
K4BAM B 542 76 82,384
N3OC A 500 79 79,000
NY3M A 500 77 77,000
W3UJ A 505 75 75,750
K3AN Q 453 74 67,044
N3II A 426 78 66,456
W3CB A 408 75 61,200
W3AZ B 410 71 58,220
WD3P Q 415 68 56,440
WA4QDM U 358 78 55,848
W3CP A 380 73 55,480
K4PB U 341 73 49,786
W2GG A 325 72 46,800
W8ZA B 200 72 28,800
N3WK Q 200 66 26,400
N4MM A 174 75 26,100
N4GU A 187 60 22,440
KI7WX A 190 59 22,420
K4HA A 175 62 21,700
W3DAD A 128 50 12,800
W3GN B 99 49 9,702
W4IF B 80 42 6,720
N4EL A 36 24 1,728
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55 LOGS TOTAL 5,212,584
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
** SPECIAL OPERATIONS (Op: KE3Q) **
WP3R B 1481 79 233,000
Operator list:
W3PP W3PP N4MO NW3Y
W4ATC KF4ARS NA4G KO4PY
W4MR AA4NC
W4RM W4RM W4NF W4CE
W4ZYT W4ZYT W4SD KC4VZK AF4CD KU4EC
N8CH KF4ZAD
WR3L K3FT AA3SC WR3L
LAST YEAR - UNLIMITED CATEGORY
logs Total CW & SSB
Potomac V R C 149 11,953,728
Northern Ca C C 103 9,742,508
Soc Midwest Con 76 6,624,648
Yankee Clip C C 82 5,554,448
ARRL PH SS (#4 11/29/99)
CALL PREC QSO SEC TOTAL
K3MM B 1643 79 259,594
W4MR M 1635 79 258,330
W4MYA U 1579 79 249,482
W2GG B 1527 79 241,266
K3ZO B 1499 79 236,684
K1GG B 1335 79 210,930
K2PLF B 1314 79 207,612
W3PP B 1295 79 204,610
K4MA B 1279 79 202,082
N8II B 1277 79 201,766
W4ATC M 1231 79 194,498
N4AF B 1101 79 173,958
N3HBX B 1142 74 171,300
N2QT U 1078 79 170,324
K3SW M 1061 79 167,480
WR3L M 1026 79 162,108
W8ZA B 1006 79 158,948
KY3ORK B 971 79 153,418
K1HTV A 950 79 150,100
K4IQ B 901 79 142,358
N4CW B 855 79 135,090
W3HVQ B 836 79 132,088
W4RM U 829 79 130,982
N1WR A 737 79 116,646
K3SA B 730 79 115,340
K3DI U 716 79 113,128
N4GU B 702 79 110,916
W3UJ A 639 79 100,962
KF3BE B 508 79 80,264
K4QPL A 500 79 79,000
N3II A 500 79 79,000
N4MO A 500 76 76,000
W4YE A 462 79 72,996
N4ZR B 439 74 64,972
W2CS Q 409 79 64,622
W4PRO Q 405 77 62,370
W3YD U 346 79 54,668
N4MM A 333 79 52,614
N3YUG A 344 76 52,288
K3SV U 301 79 47,558
N3AM B 313 74 46,324
K3KO B 300 75 45,000
K2AV B 324 67 43,416
K3IXD U 275 75 41,250
K3DSP A 271 74 40,108
K3HH A 250 77 38,500
N3EYB A 245 74 36,260
WA4QDM U 214 79 33,812
N4EL A 228 73 33,288
W3CP A 223 72 32,112
W4VC A 218 73 31,828
K4VV B 191 67 25,594
W3DAD A 138 63 17,388
K4BAM B 134 58 15,444
W4SD B 105 54 11,340
W4ZYT A 115 47 10,810
W3GN B 53 29 3,074
K4VV/4 A 41 26 2,132
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58 LOGS TOTAL 6,166,032
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
** SPECIAL OPERATIONS (Op: KE3Q) **
WP3R B 3 669 79 421,702
Operator list:
K3SW K3SW N3DMJ
KY3ORK KC3TL
W2GG at W3LPL QTH
W4ATC N3QYE KF4ARS
W4MR KI7WX AA4NC K4HA NX9T KS4XG
W8ZA K3DNE
WR3L AA3SC K3FT N3WJA WR3L
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55 LOGS - CW 5,212,584
58 LOGS - PH 6,166,032
GRAND TOTAL: 11,378,616
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LAST YEAR - UNLIMITED CATEGORY
logs Total CW & SSB
Potomac V R C 149 11,953,728
Northern Ca C C 103 9,742,508
Soc Midwest Con 76 6,624,648
Yankee Clip C C 82 5,554,448
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Secretary
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PacketCluster Contest/DX System, MHz:
W3LPL Glenwood MD 145.590 441.250
KE3Q Bowie MD 145.570 445.375
WR3L Baltimore MD 145.610 440.950
N3RR Rockville MD 145.510 441.325
K3SKE Frederick MD 144.930
N4OHE Mt.Weather VA 145.710 440.925
NE3H Harrisburg PA 144.970
K3MQH S Mountain PA 145.630
N4SR Woodbridge VA 145.630 *
K4FJ Mt. Vernon VA 145.770 *
W4XP Bull Run Mt " 144.990
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PVRC web site by K3SA:
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If your call is not within your URL, then send msg to [email protected].
PVRC dues and ARRL renewals: The annual dues are by donation -
hopefully at least $10. Club gets a cut from ARRL renewals
sent via PVRC. Both dues and renewal checks should be made to
PVRC and sent to Dave Baugher, WR3L, 615 Rockway Beach Av,
Baltimore, MD 21221. Thank you.
Newsletter & Autocall column Editor: Dick Wilder, K3DI, 913
Shore Acres Rd, Arnold, MD 21012-1724. Voice 410-757-6706,
FAX/modem 410-757-6720, Dxcluster packet, and [email protected].
The Newsletter deadline is normally ABOUT the day after the
third Friday of each month. The FAR deadline is 60 days prior
to the issue date.
CENTRAL: The Central Meeting is always the second Monday
(except June, July, and August) at 7:30 pm. The central
meeting generally alternates between MD and VA locations. A
pre-meeting dinner is usually held between 5:00 and 6:30 pm.
Check via 147- repeater.
VA LOCATION: The Patrick Henry (Public) Library, Route
123, Vienna, VA. Pre-meeting dinner at Outback, Old Branch Ave.
MD LOCATION: Church of the Nativity (Episcopal), Route 5,
Temple Hills, MD. Pre-meeting dinner at Topolino's.
NORTHWEST: Greg Altig 410-775-7313 [email protected]. Meets at
7:30 pm on the third Tuesday every month at Tully's Grill, 1080
W. Patrick St, Frederick, MD. Same center as Shoppers Food
Warehouse. Essentially includes WEST VIRGINIA area.
NORTH CAROLINA: Chair: Jim Stevens, K4MA, [email protected];
Sec: Pete Soper, KS4XG, [email protected], hm: 919-362-4635, wk:
919-481-6874. Activites: Jim Stevens, K4MA. POC is K4MA &
KS4XG. Howie Hoyt, N4AF, [email protected] is PVRC reflector
editor. PVRC/NC meets at 6:00 pm the first Thursday of every
month at Ryan's Family Steakhouse at Crossroads in Cary.
TIDEWATER (VA) COLONY OF PVRC:
Don Lynch W4ZYT 757-486-0728 [email protected]. Meetings
the 3rd Tuesday of every month are held jointly with the VA
DXCC at The Golden Corral corner of Battlefield Blvd South and
Volvo Pkwy in Chesapeake, VA. Easy access from I-64 at Rte 168
(Battlefield Blvd S) exit. Dinner at 1830 and meeting at 1925.
SOUTHWEST VA CHAPTER: Coordinator: John Mitchell, K4IQ,
Catawba, VA 540-384-7377, [email protected]. Monthly meetings
alternate between Roanoke area locations
THE BWI REGIONAL/PVRC: Weekly breakfast Wed at 7:30 AM at
Basil's Deli Port on Elkrdige Landing Rd 1/4 mile South of
Winterson Road 410-850-4333. Director: Ike Lawton, W3IKE,
410-263-2830. Secretary: Howard Leake, W6AXX, 410-465-7008,
[email protected]
OVER-THE-HILL LUNCH BUNCH: Rotating hosts announces meeting
info. Ben Shaver, AA4XU, 703-534-4740; Andy Anderson, W3XE,
301-384-7771, [email protected], Holiday Inn, College Park MD;
and Bill Leavitt, W3AZ, 301-292-5797, Ramada Inn, Oxon Hill
PENNSYLVANIA: Steve Cutshall, K3TZV, [email protected],
717-763-0462.
RAPPAHANNOCK: Steve Bookout, NR4M
(ex-NJ4F) [email protected]. Also, Larry Schimelpfenig, K7SV,
[email protected]
WOODBRIDGE: Jack O'Mara W4NF, [email protected] 703-680-4106
and Cliff Deel W4CE, [email protected] 703-491-0841
CENTRAL VA: Bob Morris, W4MYA 804-457-9011
[email protected]. CVCC/PVRC monthly meetings are held
the 2nd Tuesday at the First Mennonite Church on Staples Mill
Rd at 7:30 PM. Optional 6PM-ish dinner at the Crazy Greek
Rest, Staples Mill Rd. Talk-in is 145.430 MHz.
SOUTHERN MD: Chair: Barry Shapiro, WR3Z. H:301-862-2466
[email protected]. Usually on the first Monday of Sep,
Dec, Mar, and May at N1WR's.
EASTERN-SHORE (DEL-MAR-VA): Dallas Carter, W3PP 302-875-0550
[email protected]
SHENANDOAH: Bill Hinkle KB3AUG [email protected] 304-567-3138
NORTHEAST: WR3L See info above.
ANNAPOLIS CREW: K3DI. See info at left column.
OTHER MEETINGS based on prior year(s):
May. Meeting at Dayton Hamvention
Jun. W3LPL open house Sat before Field Day. With
joint FRC/PVRC meeting on alternate years.
(1999, 2001, ...)
summer. When joint FRC/PVRC is at FRC,
they announce the date.
Jul. PVRC/NC cook out
Jul. Open house, W4MYA, Goochland,
Aug. NCDXA/PVRC Fowlfest at W3YOZ
Aug. VHF++ meeting/workshop at ND3F
Sep. PVRC meeting at the FARfest Bowie
Sep. Open house, WR3L, Baltimore
Dec. Christmas dinner, DC area.
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Month and number of the full week end.
Jan 3 ARRL VHF Sweepstakes
Jan Last CQWW 160m CW
Feb 3 ARRL DX CW
Feb Last CQWW 160m SSB
Mar 1 ARRL DX SSB
Mar Last CQWW WPX SSB
May Last CQWW WPX CW
Sep 2 ARRL VHF QSO Party
Oct Last CQWW DX SSB
Nov 1 ARRL Sweepstakes CW
Nov 3 ARRL Sweepstakes SSB
Nov Last CQWW DX CW
Dec 1 ARRL 160m CW only
Dec 2 ARRL 10m Mixed
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