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 * *
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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
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 67 LOGS TOTAL 95,386,273
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * LAST YEAR (SSB & CW) Yankee Clipper C C ### Frankford R C ### Potomac Valley R C ### * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
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
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 66 LOGS TOTAL 5 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
** 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 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 71 LOGS TOTAL 6,676,842 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
** 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
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 66 LOGS - CW 6,508,264 71 LOGS - PH 6,676,842 GRAND TOTAL: 13,185,106 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 27 LOGS TOTAL 39,301,231 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 27 LOGS - CW 39,301,231 66 LOGS - SSB 74,929,264 GRAND TOTAL: ###,###,### - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * LAST YEAR (SSB & CW) Yankee Clipper C C ###,###,### Frankford R C ###,###,### Potomac Valley R C ###,###,### * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
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.