PLEASE JOIN US
on the air for the
2020 PVRC Reunion
The PVRC 2020 Reunion will be in two two-hour sessions with activity centered "on the 47's" to celebrate the founding of PVRC in 1947.
PVRC's motto of "Once a member, always a member" shines through and this is an excellent opportunity to meet and greet on the air with members who are now living out of circle.
Times and Dates
This year there are TWO two-hour sessions throughout the weekend:
Friday June 5, 8PM-10PM EDT (that's June 6 0000Z-0159Z)
Saturday June 6, 8PM-10PM EDT (that's June 7 0000Z-0159Z)
Try to emphasize SSB Activity on the ODD UTC hours
Moves between bands and modes are HIGHLY ENCOURAGED.
Scoring
1 point for each QSO with PVRC member, work each member once per band-mode combination. Moves between bands, especially at slow times, are highly suggested!
Spotting
Spotting of PVRC members is highly encouraged. In fact, self-spotting in this event is encouraged as well! It's amazing the level of non-member activity you can stir up, especially on phone, with a few self spots. The on-the-air activity with nonmembers is an excellent opportunity to explain a little about PVRC as a contesting club to non-members, and point them to the PVRC website if they want more information about contesting or our club.
When spotting PVRC'ers for this reunion, please give a comment to the effect of PVRC Reunion.
Participation Eligibility
Both PVRC Members and Non-Members are welcome to participate.
Non-members can work PVRC members for points and earn award certificates in their own non-member category.
CQ
Call "CQ PVRC" on CW, and "CQ PVRC Reunion" on SSB.
Exchange
A PVRC member's exchange is the year you joined PVRC, your name, your state/country, and your callsign when you joined PVRC.
Example QSO between two PVRC members:
WX3B: CQ PVRC DE WX3B WX3B K
K4ZW: K4ZW
WX3B: K4ZW 1998 Jim MD WA2GPQ
K4ZW: WX3B 86 Ken VA KE9A
WX3B: TU WX3B
Note: A non-member only gives his name and state/country for the exchange.
Logger Support
You can use any general purpose logger for this contest. You will have to count up member and non-member QSO's when filling out the score summary form.
A UDC file is available to teach N1MM+ how to handle the PVRC Reunion. It will handle scoring for you automatically. Please download PVRC2017.UDC and save it in your Documents\N1MM Logger+\UserDefinedContests directory. Then quit and restart N1MM+ and you will find PVRC2017 available as a contest log type you can create.