PVRC NEWSLETTER  -  DECEMBER 2000
PVRC CALENDAR
Please check with your local officers relative to December
meeting changes. -editor
Weekly        Wed       
BWI Regional weekly breakfast. Wednesdays 7:30 am,
Basil's Deli, Elkridge Landing Rd near BWI.
Monthly                       
Over-the-Hill Luncheon.  TBA.  See reference page.
Dec 1 - 3     ARRL 160 Meter Contest  5 PM EST Fri to 11 AM EST Sun
Dec 7         Thu             
PVRC/NC meeting night. 
Dec 8 - 10    ARRL 10 Meter Contest 7 PM EST Fri to 7 PM EST Sun
Dec 11        Mon             
Central meeting.  Annual Christmas Party at the Olive Garden.  See below.
Dec 19        Tue             
Central VA Christmas Party at Olive Garden.  Not on the 12th.
Dec 19        Tue             
Northwest region will NOT meet in December.
Dec 19        Tue         
Tidewater Colony meeting night.  Suggest checking locally. 
Jan 20 - 21   ARRL January VHF Sweepstakes
Jan 27 - 28   CQ 160m CW Contest 5 PM EST Fri to 11 AM EST Sun
PVRC HOLIDAY DINNER RSVP by Brian McGinnes, N3OC, Pres.
Here are the RSVPs received so far for the official PVRC
holiday dinner: N3OC, W2GG, N4ZR, K4VV, K3DI (2), W3DQ, K3MM
(2.5), N3RR, N4MM, KE3Q, W3AMY, W8ZA (2), W4MAY, W4DR, ND3A,
N3HXQ, K3SA, W3LPL, N4RV (2), WR3L, W3HVQ (2), KD4D (2),
K3IRV, W3AZ, KT4ER, K8OQL, K2UOP, N4MO (2), K3ZJ, N3AM,
W3UJ, N1WR, N3JT, KE4PSV, W0YVA, W4XP (2).
That's 44 so far, a real good start.  The annual Christmas
Dinner has been set for Monday, December 11 beginning at 6
PM, dinner at 7 PM (for an estimated 45 to 75 people) at the
Olive Garden on Rt. 7 in Vienna, VA, west of the 495
Beltway.  This is the same location where the dinner has
been enjoyed in recent years.  The Olive Garden has always
had an affordable price and has allowed seperate checks in
our past years there.
The 5 million plaques are on order (thanks K3MM), and the
gavels have all been researched and will be awarded (8 of
them).
8TH ANNUAL BEEZER CHRISTMAS DINNER by Bob Lutz, W2BZR 
The time is drawing near for the "eighth" annual "Beezer"
Christmas Dinner at Madison's Steak & Seafood (formally the
Cuckoo's Nest), 3333 Olney-Sandy Springs Road (RT 108),
Olney, MD.  The date is Wednesday, December 20th with
arrival around 6 PM and dinner at 7 PM.  There will be a
cash bar.
The following dishes are $22.00 (except the 16 oz steak)
including tax and tip.  Served with tossed salad, baked
potato, coffee or tea, chocolate sunday, apple pie, or
sherbet.
   Broiled filet of flounder
   Jumbo fried shrimp
   Sauteed chicken, marsala
   Fried seafood combination 
   Baked stuffed flounder
   Prime rib (10 oz)
   New York strip steak (10 oz)
   N Y strip steak (16 oz) ($28)
Please mark your calendars.  I need a head count and menu
selection no later than 12/09/00 and need to know if anyone
wants the 16 oz N.Y. strip steak.  Please RSVP via packet or
[email protected].
TREASURER'S REPORT by Dave Baugher, WR3L.
The club wishes to thank the following for donations in
November: K4VV, W4HM, W3UL, K3FT, K3IRV, N3YIM, and W3CP.
CVCC Meeting Minutes for 10/10/00 by Tom Ogburn, N4ZJ
The meeting opened at 7:30 by President WA4QDM.  There were
11 members in attendance.
Treasurer's Report: There is $2200 dollars in the CVCC
account.  There is an upcoming $160 contribution to First
Mennonite Church to continue our meeting place for next
year.  Those present OK'd this expenditure.
A discussion was held concerning the Constitution and bylaws
as it relates to dues and membership issues.  N4ZJ passed
out copies of the current Constitution.  The Constitution
allows for setting the dues structure in April, and some
issues related to that will be brought up again in the first
part of the year.
Also in new business, we discussed our preferences for the
location of the Christmas dinner.  Dinner committee
chairperson W4ML is out of the country and our decision will
be passed on to him.
The suggestion was made by KC4AUF to go to the Bull and Bear
as Jim had suggested.  This was seconded by several others
and the motion was voted on and passed.
W4NM, A.J., was presented a certificate from the 2000
Virginia QSO Party for second place in Henrico County.
WA4QDM recognized the latest PVRC 5 Million point winners,
W4HJ, W4HZ, W4DR - thanks guys, for your significant help to
PVRC in the contesting effort!
We also voted not to have a table at this years Frostfest.
W4MYA issued his invitation to one and all to come to
Goochland for CQWW Phone.
There was also an issue brought up to consider starting the
meetings at 7pm instead of 7:30.  This issue was tabled
until further discussions were possible.
WA4QDM treated us to a fine presentation of some of the QRP
kits available.
PVRC ES MEETING 10/27/00 by Dallas Carter, W3PP
The Eastern Shore meeting was held at W3PP's and opened by
Dallas at 7:00 pm who welcomed everyone to the meeting. 
Members present were W3PP, NW3Y, N6ZO, W3OR, N3KW, K3FT, and
N3HUV.  Visitors were AB1P, AA1K, N3PT, JG7AMD, and KA3OBV. 
A few Lawyer jokes followed from W3PP and Chick NW3Y. 
Everyone commented on happenings at their home stations.
Ron, W3OR talked about the lightning strikes that he
suffered this summer. They took out everything.
Chuck, K3FT is getting ready to move into new digs.  He is
busy measuring the perimeter of the house and property and
designing stealth antennas to avoid restriction critics.
Chet, N6ZO entertained the group with the description of the
AB-105 that almost would up in his "pool under
construction".  Still not resolved, and I think this is
really what spurned the lawyer jokes.
AB1P, Jeanie talked about the new shack (AA1K/AB1P/KB3FEE)
and Jon, AA1K updated the group on tower progress and the
potential for another home style M/M in Delaware.
Al, KA3OBV, new to the neighborhood, has just bought an
FT-1000MP and will be putting up some HF antennas soon.  He
also plans to upgrade in early December.
Glenn, N3HUV has just broken ground for an expansion to the
house which will include an exclusive area for the new
shack.
Chick, NW3Y sez he has been working too hard.  He still
needs to make needed repairs to his 3 el 40, as the pin has
just about fallen out of the boom.
Yoshi, JG7AMD is working in the northern Virginia area for a
few weeks and is happy to join our effort.
Ed, N3KW sez he still has to get an 80m antenna to be ready
for CW SS.  Bob, N3PT just returned from 3 weeks in London
and says it's nice to travel as a tourist instead of a pilot
on business. Bob retired from 35 years as a United Captain
and sez that retirement is great.
Dallas, W3PP thanked all of those that worked so hard this
summer to make the necessary antenna repairs and to install
the new tower adornments.
Contest stratedgy was discussed and it was emphasized that
whereas our UBN rates have fallen over that past two years,
that we still have room to improve.  The 3Q penalty in CQWW
makes it all the more important to (#1) make sure you have
the call correct, and (#2) make sure that the station is
working you.  All that being said, we dove into a beautiful
roaster chicken that Chick's wife had prepared (thanks Barb,
it was great).
PVRC OTH LUNCH MEETING 11/15/00 by Ben Shave, AA4XU
The PVRC Over-The-Hill Lunch Bunch met in Annandale, VA on
November 15, 2000 for food and discussion at MainStreetUSA
in Annandale, Virginia. The following attended:  Jim
Headrick W3CP, Andy Andersen W3XE, Hugh Turnbull W3ABC, Gene
Zimmerman W3ZZ, Bill Leavitt W3AZ, Henry Herman W3UJ, George
Sinclair K6ETM, Ron Uthus N4MO, and Ben Shaver AA4XU. 
PVRC SWVA MEETING 11/17/00 by Buddy Smith, W4YE
Our meeting was held at the Western Sizzlin' Steak House in
Roanoke.  After extending greetings, Regional Coordinator
John, K4IQ called the meeting to order at 7PM.   Present
were:  K4IQ, KG9LC, N4EL, N4GU, W4YE, KG6AR, 5B4AFM (N1KH),
and KF4YLH.
At the request of John, three candidates for membership
presented their background.
5B4AFM (N1KH), Stavros, is a senior engineering student at
Va Tech with a EE major.  He hopes to continue work toward
an MS degree.  He operates from K4KDJ, the Tech club
station.
KF4YLH, Josh is a sophomore at Va Tech and likes contests
and  has experience in the VA QSO Party.  He has a station
in Blacksburg as well as his home in Covington.  He will
operate K4KDJ in contests.
KG6AR, Chris is new to the area and comes to us from the
Southern California DX Club.  He has extensive contest
experience from ZF1 where he was on a record setting team a
few years ago.  He is also a WAZ checker.
John extended a hearty welcome to KG6AR, 5B4AFM, and KF4YLH. 
 Having met the requirements for membership, W4YE moved and
N4EL seconded the motion to admit all three to membership. 
The motion passed.  All three will be valuable new members
of PVRC!
Discussion was held regarding ARRL SS.  Mike, N4GU operated
"Q" class and did an outstanding job.  A highlight was
working KL7Y in a heavy pile up on 20 cw during SS.  He
plans a "B" class effort in the phone SS.  W4YE operated "A"
class cw SS with a score of about 104K.  It was Buddy's
first SS using computer
logging -it worked.
John asked for show of hands on those planning on SS SSB
activity this week end.  Most indicated they would
contribute.  Mike noted that in last years VA section
results for the SSB SS, SW VA placed #1 in "A" class, 1, 2,
and 3 in "B".  Our smaller chapter does the job!!
John reminded us also of the importance of participating in
the upcoming CQWW DX CW, ARRL 160 & 10 for Club credit, and
plugged the Stu Perry 160 contest as a fun event.
Everyone's schedule being pretty tight, in lieu of a
Christmas dinner meeting, the group decided to meet in early
January.  K4IQ will email details soon.  John also noted he
will attend the PVRC Central Christmas dinner and will
retrieve any 5 million awards that have been earned to
distribute in our gala January meeting.
Tidbits:  N4EL has his tower at 40' now with guys...much
more secure he says.  He also reported that QRP does work
DX.   At a recent Scouting excursion here in SW VA a QRP rig
worked Russia on 20m SSB.
N4GU will work a single op station in SSB SS but with two
radios in "B" class.  KG6AR will operate phone SS from the
Franklin Co. ARC as W4FCR.  KF4YLM (Josh) and Stavros 5B4AFM
will work SSB SS from K4KDJ.
K4IQ has a new Yaesu Quadra solid state amp.  K1GG still
needs parts for his KLM 40m beam and may have found them
nearby.
The final business was the  election of officers.   John,
K4IQ was re-elected Coordinator even after a request for a
vote recount!   The recount was declared out of order!! 
N4GU was surprised to be elected Secretary by a unanimous
vote.  No litigation is anticipated in either election.
SW VA Chapter thanks John for his dedication to being our
leader and for all the efforts  in supporting PVRC.  Meeting
adjourned at 7:45PM.
PVRC NW REGIONAL MEETING 11/21/00 by Ed Steeble, K3IXD,
Chairman
The NW region met at Tully's Grill in Frederick on 21
November 2000, the third Tuesday of the Month. The first
attendees arrived at 5:30, with most coming between 6:00 and
6:30, all for an informal dinner and good 
discussions. The meeting began at 7:30.  In attendance were
K3IXD, W3ZZ, W3EKT, K3MM+ YL, WD3A, N3YDT, NE3H, W8ZA,
W3KHZ, N3VOP, K3CTR, W3LPL, K2PLF, AND W3WC.
Ed, K3IXD, opened the meeting with the reminder to submit
CQWW scores to CQ, the SS scores to ARRL, and to send a
summary to W2GG. 
For ARRL contests, W2GG has to send ARRL a list of
participating club members. In response to a question, he
reminded members that they could purchase a PVRC name badge
from N3OC. He announced that there will be no December NW
Region meeting and urged attendance at the annual PVRC
Holiday dinner/meeting on Monday, 11 December 2000.
The attendees voted into PRVC membership: K3CTR, Gene; and
N3VOP, Mike. K3CTR is a newly licensed ham but been
interested since college. N3VOP has been active for four
years and many may have worked him in the VHF contests.
Around the table:
I didn't record the claimed contest scores; they are
available through W2GG's frequent packet and PVRC reflector
postings as well as in the Newsletter.
K3IXD, Ed: He got off to a slow start in SS-phone. After two
QSOs the rig would not key. He replaced the batteries in the
voice keyer, then changed headsets, and then the foot
switch. It was the foot switch. Then about an hour into the
contest he discovered the computer clock was still on ET not
GMT. 
W3ZZ, Gene: He operated CQWW phone at W3GNQ. They were M-S.
Gene didn't operate in SS, no HF working antennas.
W3EKT, Ed: He has his TA-33 back up on the AB-577 at 50
feet. He was in SS-phone.
K3MM, Ty: He attended with his daughter. He was in SS phone
from home and did an informal competition with W2GG, who was
at W3LPL, and edged him out by approximately 50 QSOs. In SS
phone he found the lower 20m antenna was best, the signals
were coming in at a high angle. He will be at W3LPL for
CQWW-CW.
WD3A, Tom: He was at W8ZA for CQWW-phone. He really missed
the usual fire drill of climbing the tower on Saturday. 
N3YDT, Jim: Passed.
NE3H, Joe: He was not on for CQWW, instead he played
Grandpa.  In SS-phone he missed RI for a clean sweep. He is
pleased with his new Force 12 antennas.  W8ZA, Bob: He now
has a second M2 rotor. For CQWW-phone, WD3A, K8OQL, and
K3DNE joined him. For SS-CW K8OQL operated the station. No
one accepted his offer to operate at his station in
SS-phone, so he did dabble a little.  He will have a
multi-op team for CQWW-CW. 
W3KHZ, Art: He is looking for a contest logger program.
N3VOP, Mike: He was at K3PZN (the Carroll County Radio Club
station) for SS-phone.
K3CTR, Gene: He operated CQWW-phone and SS-phone.
W3LPL, Frank: He was on for CQWW-phone. He has a good team
assembled for CQWW-CW. No one operated his station in SS-CW,
W2GG operated it in SS-phone, and most QSOs were on 10m and
80m.
K2PLF, Marty: He was on for CQWW-phone, and SS-phone making
a clean sweep.
W3WC, Dusty: He has a new computer and is wondering if his
DOS RTTY program will still execute. One of his two towers
is still on the ground.
Concluding K3IXD reminded everyone that there will be no NW
Region meeting in December.
CARROLL COUNTY PVRC MEETING MINUTES - 11/18/00 (Sweepstakes
SSB) By Jim Nitzberg  WX3B
In attendance:  N3SB, WX3F, AK3Z, & N3YIM.  Guests: W3JJH,
W3ARS, KB3CAW, N3XLY, N3GQK, N3VOP, & N3JIA
This was an exciting weekend for the PVRC contingent of the
Carroll County area.  We opened up the Carroll County
Amateur Radio Club station (K3PZN) for the Sweapsteaks phone
contest.  Some equipment was brought in for the contest was
a Yaesu ft-1000MP, Ameritron AL-1200, Heil HC-4 Headset and
MFJ Voice Keyer.  Although the tribander had a touch of the
high SWR fever, everything worked reasonably well.  Steve
Beckman, N3SB provided the all you can eat friend chicken
dinner.  Thanks, Steve.
Clint, W3ARS (formerly KB3BWC) and his daughter absolutely
stole the show!  When they came up for air after their run
they were both red-faced with excitement.  The action was
immediately intense for both of them they were running as
fast as they could.  I could tell this was a new experience
for them and we may have hooked both of them on the joys of
running!
Jeaninne, KB3CAW, and husband Bill, N3XLY made several
contacts from the club station.
I heard Larry, WX3F, from my house.  He was nice enough to
give me a contact when I was operating as WX3B from home.
Rich, N3JIA is an expert logger.  It is a true talent to
have someone log who actually helps you run!  
Jerry, N3GQK also helped log during Steve Beckmans first
run.
Joe, N3YIM got temporarily baffled by a station problem, but
resumed working stations after the problem was resolved.
I didn't get to see Mike, N3VOP in action, but I have heard
him on the VHF bands and look forward to hearing him in
future contests!  Mike once you've started on HF contesting,
you're going to be hooked.
John, W3JJH is just about ready to upgrade and we have high
hopes for him in the future.  John has a professional radio
voice, from years of his on the real radio experience.
Steve Beckman wins the award for the highest 10 minute rate. 
While he was averaging about 100/hour; his rate meter hit
185 for one 10 minute period at the end of the contest.
Our results?  About 15 hours of operation, 700 contacts and
a clean sweep.  Not bad for operating only half of the
contest!  Keep your ears out for K3PZN in the future and
please spot us.  Our club score goes 100% to PVRC!  Thanks
to all who participated in this event who made it a great
time.
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 (#8  11.27.2000)
 
CALL   BND QSO ZON CTY   TOTAL
 
SINGLE OP HIGH POWER -UNASSISTED
K4ZW      3357 140 473  5,934,453
K3ZO      2779 139 454  4,763,569
K2PLF     2096 124 416  3,231,900
W4ZV   10 2430  38 156  1,357,030
K2UOP     1010 117 354  1,336,680
K4YT       984 104 324  1,157,740
N3HXQ     1069  90 291  1,136,904
N4MM       735 101 314    849,505
K3ZJ   10 1468  36 135    722,646
N4GU       642  86 234    577,920
N3UM       458  69 209    357,240
W3AZ       563  75 212    464,079
AJ3M       544  78 220    455,642
K3IC   15  676  31 116    284,251
N3FX       433  55 161    264,168
W3EKT      332  67 167    206,112
N4EL       299  45 139    153,456
W3JRY      211  46 128    102,138
W4RX       251  31 109    101,920
W4ZYT      200  38 120     90,376
W2BZR      210  38  98     79,152
K3IRV      199  53 107     78,400
K4VV       179  44 107     72,027
KG6AR      ###  ## ###     59,040
K3PD       189  20  82     52,734
W3INK      126  22  72     34,404
K3SV   80  118  18  62     25,040
SINGLE OP LOW POWER - UNASSISTED
K3DSP      530  71 211    411,156
N3UN       432  88 228    376,356
K1EFI      481  48 183    315,315
W3DQ       460  63 181    313,296
K4TMC  10  698  27 107    271,082
WX4DX      418  68 171    251,189
N4MO   15  546  35 123    246,638
W3CP       302  56 147    171,129
AA4KD      247  57 136    116,765
W4YE       170  35  97     62,172
N3EYB      167  29  81     49,830
N4CW        50  23  41      8,704
SINGLE OP ASSISTED
W4NF      1806 131 442  2,950,950
N3HF      1288 131 419  2,137,570
K3SA      1160 142 477  2,024,749
N3AM      1124 136 445  1,836,541
KV3R      1277 115 374  1,790,229
K3KO      1013 113 331  1,279,164
W3OU       780 108 313    924,516
N3RR   10 1478  38 155    820,057
K7SV       748  88 257    738,990
K3IXD      682  84 282    703,086
N3II       559  93 311    628,624
W3HVQ      506 108 299    566,951
W3YD       553  72 222    443,646
W3UL       442  80 231    373,822
N4ZR       353  63 184    243,048
W4HJ       243  70 157    150,274
K6IR       257  49 142    147,251
K3GEG      213  56 158    127,330
KO4MR  10  202  34 133     95,023
K4TBN      ###  ## ###     75,601
MULTI - SINGLE
W4MR      3003 173 590  6,410,726
K4JA     (3478 178 636) 3,222,138
MULTI - MULTI
W3LPL     7868 198 765 20,457,009
W4MYA     5501 181 664 12,689,365
WW4M      2049 140 477  3,573,047
K3DI       898 114 370  1,198,868
DXPEDITIONS
V26B    (16805 184 709) 3,119,100
MM0LEO     347  43 121    116,440
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67 LOGS  TOTAL         95,386,273
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LAST YEAR (SSB & CW)
Yankee Clipper C C    ###
Frankford R C         ###
Potomac Valley R C    ###
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OPERATORS (non-PVRC)s
K3DI    N3WK W3OQ K3DI
K4JA    W4JVN K4JA plus 3 non-PVRC
MM0LEO  W3LEO
V26B    N3OC plus 11 non-PVRC
W3LPL   W3LPL K1HTV W2GG ND3A ND3F
         WF3J AI3M K3MM K3NA K3RA                           
         WR3Z (NK3R UA6AN NH7C DL6LAU)
W4MR    K4MA N4CW K4HA KI7WX AA4NC
         @ AA4NC QTH
W4MYA   KC8FS KF4QQY N3SB N4DEN                                    
        N4EHJ NK4H W4HZ W4MYA                               
        WA4QDM WA8WV WK4Y WU4G WX3B
WW4M    WW4M KS4XG @ KS4XG QTH
ARRL CW SS (#11 11.27.2000)
 
CALL   PREC QSO SEC     TOTAL
N4AF    B  1303  80    207,840
W4MR    B  1265  80    202,400
K3MM    B  1230  79    194,340
N4ZR    B  1143  80    182,880
W4MYA   U  1119  80    179,040
K2PLF   B  1050  79    165,900
K3SA    B  1022  80    163,520
N4CW    B  1010  80    161,600
WR3L    M  1003  80    160,480
K4MA    B  1023  77    157,234
W2CS    A   968  80    154,720
K4IX/3  M   950  80    152,000
W3PP    B   945  80    151,200
WJ9B    A   891  78    138,996
N2NFG   A   882  78    137,592
K3TM    A   864  79    136,512
K4QPL   A   842  79    132,878
W8ZA    U   810  80    129,600
W4NF    U   800  80    128,000
K4TS    M   797  80    127,520
W3HVQ   B   803  78    125,268
N3AM    B   753  78    117,312
N4MO    A   733  79    115,814
K4TX    B   722  79    113,286
N3SB    A   732  77    112,728
K3DI    U   703  80    112,480
K3KO    U   703  80    112,480
K7SV    A   701  80    112,160
W4ZYT   M   663  80    106,080
W4YE    A   662  79    104,596
W3CB    A   641  80    102,560
KM3V    Q   630  80    100,800
W2GG    A   625  80    100,000
NC3Y    A   645  72     92,880
W4RX    B   574  78     89,544
KT3Y    B   585  76     88,920
ND3F    Q   550  80     88,000
N3II    A   555  78     86,580
N4GU    Q   550  77     84,700
W4BQF   B   602  71     85,484
K2AV    B   531  79     83,582
K3SV    U   505  80     80,800
W4PRO   Q   504  77     77,616
WD3P    Q   502  76     76,304
N3OC    U   450  80     72,000
N4MM    B   449  80     71,840
W3AZ    B   454  78     70,824
N1WR    A   436  79     68,888
K3RA    A   451  76     68,552
WX3B    U   462  74     68,376
K4ZW    A   410  80     65,600
W3DAD   A   350  76     53,200
KO4PY   Q   353  73     50,954
N3UN    A   324  75     48,600
W3CP    A   337  72     48,528
N3KW    U   295  80     47,200
W4HJ    U   300  74     44,400
NT4D    U   220  69     30,360
NY3M    A   222  68     30,192
KS4XG   B   231  65     30,030
W3GN    B   190  69     26,220
K3DSP   A   187  65     24,310
AA4KD   A   167  65     21,710
K3YDX   A   163  64     20,864
NE3H    U   105  53     11,130
W4ATC   A    13  10        260
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66 LOGS       TOTAL  5
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** SPECIAL OPERATIONS **
WP3R    B  1573  80    251,680
   by KE3Q
Operator list:
K4IX/3 K4IX KT4P 
K4TS   K1SE K4GMH WB4LNT NR4M
W2CS   at QTH of KI7WX
W4ATC  WW4M KF4RDN
W4MR   AA4NC
W4ZYT  W4SD N8CH KC4VZK KU4EC W8RJL
        AF4CD W4ZYT
W8ZA   K8OQL
WR3L   K3FT WR3Z KA3TUL WR3L
LAST YEAR - UNLIMITED CATEGORY
                 logs Total CW & SSB
Northern Ca C C   119   11,713,328
Potomac V R C     139   11,611,242
Yankee Clip C C    79    6,421,482
THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO PARTICIPATED!!
ARRL PH SS (#6 11.27.2000)
 
CALL   PREC QSO SEC     TOTAL
K3MM    B  1654  80    264,640
W2CS    B  1603  80    255,840
W2GG    B  1590  80    254,400
W4MR    M  1536  80    245,760
W4MYA   U  1518  80    242,880
K4MA    B  1453  80    232,480
K2PLF   B  1398  80    223,680
W4NF    U  1300  80    208,000
KS4XG   B  1251  79    197,658
K1HTV   A  1219  80    195,040
N4RV    M  1153  80    184,480
WW4M    B  1146  80    183,360
N2QT    U  1120  80    179,200
WR3L    M  1111  80    177,768
N3KW    B  1083  79    171,114
N3HXQ   B   951  80    152,160
KV3R    B   950  80    152,000
W3PP    U   945  80    151,200
W3SY    A   909  80    145,440
WR3Z    A   880  80    140,800
N4ZR    B   788  80    126,080
NY4A    B   781  80    124,800
K3DI    M   770  80    123,200
N3OC    U   708  80    113,280
K3PZN   U   700  80    112,000
N3AM    U   656  80    104,960
K4IQ    B   560  79     88,480
N4MM    A   525  80     84,000
K3SA    U   524  80     83,840
W3UJ    A   519  80     83,040
W4YE    A   502  80     80,320
N3JT    B   506  78     78,936
W3HVQ   B   492  80     78,720
K3GV    B   488  78     76,128
K3DNE   A   466  80     74,560
NE3H    U   456  79     72,048
K3IXD   U   448  80     71,680
K3RA    A   440  80     70,400
K4QPL   A   429  79     67,624
N3UN    A   406  80     64,960
WM3T    A   416  78     64,896
K2UOP   B   396  79     62,568
K3SV    U   401  77     61,754
W3YD    U   357  80     57,120
K3DSP   A   366  78     57,096
N3II    U   341  80     54,560
WA4QDM  A   332  79     52,456
K4ZW    A   305  80     48,800
K8OQL   B   318  74     47,064
NT4D    B   280  80     44,800
K3IRV   A   310  72     44,640
W3LEO   B   251  75     37,650
W3OU    U   229  78     35,724
4U1WB   U   240  72     34,560
W4SD    A   203  80     32,480
W3CP    A   214  71     30,388
AA4KD   A   196  68     26,656
K3TM    A   161  64     20,608
W4HJ    U   154  65     20,020
W8ZA    B   165  59     19,470
K3GEG   A   141  64     18,048
W4ZYT   B   120  60     14,400
W3DAD   U   111  51     11,322
N4EL    A   116  47     10,904
N3FX    A    93  48      8,928
WX3B    A    98  34      6,664
WU4G    A    58  41      4,756
K3YDX   A    59  40      4,720
NC3Y    A    72  26      3,744
K4TMC   A    48  32      3,072
K3KO    B     3   3         18
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71 LOGS       TOTAL  6,676,842
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** SPECIAL OPERATIONS **
WP3R    B  2723  80    435,680
   by KE3Q
Operator list:
4U1WB  AJ3M
K3DI   W3UL W3OQ K3DI
K3PZN  WX3B AK3Z N3SB WX3F (plus
        non-PVRC: N3GQK N3JIA KB3CAW
        N3XLY W3ARS N3YIM
N4RV   N4RV K4VV
NY4A   from KI7WX QTH
W2CS   from N4AF QTH
W2GG   from W3LPL QTH
W4MR   AA4NC K4HA
WR3L   K3FT AA3SC N3WJA WR3L
WR3Z   from N1WR QTH
WW4M   from K3KO QTH
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 66 LOGS - CW        6,508,264
 71 LOGS - PH        6,676,842
      GRAND TOTAL:  13,185,106
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LAST YEAR - UNLIMITED CATEGORY
                 logs Total CW & SSB
Northern Ca C C   119   11,713,328
Potomac V R C     139   11,611,242
Yankee Clip C C    79    6,421,482
CQWW DX CW (#1 11/27/2000)
 
CALL   BND QSO ZON CTY   TOTAL
 
SINGLE OP HIGH POWER -UNASSISTED
K4ZW      3505 143 441  6,001,768
N4ZR      2627 126 374  3,832,000
N3AM      2050 143 501  3,826,648
N3JT      1300 117 347  1,742,320
W4YE      1222 108 355  1,619,111
W3HVQ      948 115 341  1,233,024
W4ZV   10 2009  37 138  1,022,350
K4HA       653  86 254    636,820
W4ZYT      584  96 280    611,376
W4BQF      703  (180)     355,680
W4IF       371  68 180    265,856
NT4D       260  44 142    141,360
SINGLE OP LOW POWER - UNASSISTED
K2YWE      771  98 310    842,928
W3UJ       696  75 262    667,597
N4MO   15  977  36 121    445,723
N3UN       402  85 205    325,670
WM3T       351  67 182    240,285
W3CP       383  28 102    143,910
K3DSP      256  56 136    135,168
AA4KD      205  51 114     92,895
WX4DX       74  31  45     12,768
SINGLE OP QRP - UNASSISTED
SINGLE OP ASSISTED
K2PLF     1724 117 377  2,465,060
K3KO       820 129 385  1,203,274
K3UG       521  (312)     463,320
W3UL       212  49 135    103,960
MULTI - SINGLE
K4JA      3966 171 613  9,077,936
MULTI - MULTI
K3DI      1284 109 379  1,792,424
DXPEDITIONS
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27 LOGS  TOTAL         39,301,231
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 27 LOGS - CW          39,301,231
 66 LOGS - SSB         74,929,264
      GRAND TOTAL:    ###,###,###
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LAST YEAR (SSB & CW)
Yankee Clipper C C    ###,###,###
Frankford R C         ###,###,###
Potomac Valley R C    ###,###,###
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OPERATORS (non-PVRC):
K3DI    W3UL (VE3GLO) K3DI
K4JA    W4JVN K9GY K4JA (K9JY)
NOTES FROM THE EDITOR
Here is a hint if you intend on changing your internet
service provider but are concerned about missing mail after
the old account is closed.  In July, two days before my
account expired, I had all mail forwarded to my new email
address.  The old ISP blocked my sign on but left the mail 
forwarding intact.  The flip side is SPAM mail is forwarded.
If you use older contest software that does not output in
Cabrillo format, there is plenty of help available.  Jim
Price, WW4M has volunteered to convert your log file into
the Cabrillo format.  Bill Klocko, N3WK has written and
program that will convert a CT6.26 in a Cabrillo file. 
Also, I (K3DI) will be glad to write software that will
convert any text file log into a Cabrillo log and then show
you what header info is needed to be typed in.  You've done
the work to work the contest so please seek help if needed
to get the log submitted.
Logs to the ARRL must now be in the Cabrillo format.  The
League's web site gives a reference for complete info at
http://www.kkn.net/~trey/cabrillo
Topics at that site are summary sheet, discussion of the
format, QSO templates for several contests, history of
changes, and a FAQ.
A thank you to Bob, W2GG for his fine article to push the
160 and 10 meter contests.  I am sorry that I wasn't able to
get this to the printer before 11/27.
An antenna party was held on October 21st at W3AU's in
Florida to repair his antennas.  W3TMZ was on hand with his
camera and took the below photo.  From the left they are
Jack Colson W3TMZ, Charlie Weir W6UM, Pete Raymond N4KW, and
Ed Bissell W3AU.