PVRC January 2003 Newsletter

 

 




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PVRC NEWSLETTER - JANUARY 2003

PVRC HOLIDAY CELEBRATION IN VIENNA VA, December 9, 2002

Attending: AD3F, K1QDV, K2PLF, K2UOP, K3DI and N3FZB, K3IXD,
K3KY, K3MM and wife and daughter, K3RUQ, K3WA, K3ZO, K4JA, K4VV
and wife, K4YT, K4ZA, K4ZW, K8OQL, KC3VO, KE3Q, KE4PSV, KT4W,
N1WR, N3AM, N3JT, N3OC, N3PZV, N3RR, N3RR and wife, N4MM, N4RV,
N4ZR, N6WHB, W2BZR, W2GG, W2YE, W3AZ, W3BP, W3EKT, W3GG, W3HVQ
and wife, W3IDT, W3LL, W3LPL and wife, W3PAW, W3UJ, W3YOZ, W3ZZ,
W4LIP, W4MYA, W8JVP, W8ZA, WR3L, and WR3Z

After cocktails and dinner, outgoing president (and incoming vice
president) N3OC presided over the introduction of the current
Club officers (K4VV vice president, WR3L treasurer, W2GG
secretary), the announcement of next year's officers, and the
annual presentation of Club awards.

PVRC lapel pins were presented to last year's ARRL Sweepstakes
participants who qualified for the PVRC Live Wire award (36 plus
hours in the chair for both modes).  Certificates were mailed
some months ago.

Recipients of the 48-hour (Diamond) certificate with lapel pin:
AA4NC, K3FT, K3MM, K4MA, KD4D, W2GG, W4NF, K3TM.

Recipients of the 36 to 47-hour award (Platinum, certificate with
lapel pin): N2NFG, K2PLF, W3PP, W3UJ, WJ9B, W4MYA, W3CB, W3SY,
N3HUV.

Many 5M plaques were presented along with endorsements for those
members reaching the 25 million and 10 million point levels.  The
large number of plaques being mailed to the PVRC-NC region was
noted.  Congratulations to all to have participated in this Club
program.  The awards were:

25M - AA4NC, W2GG, W3LPL

10M - K2PLF, W4TNX, KD4D, K3DI, N4ZR, K1RA, K3DNE, K8ISK, N3AM,
W3HVQ, W4HJ, N8II, K7SV, W4YE, W4NF, W8ZA, W4XP, WR3L

5M  - K4JA, W4RX, N3HBX, K9GY, ND3A, WJ9B, K7GM, WW4M, NX9T,
KI7WX, N4MM, W3AZ, W3EKT, WD3A, K4QPL, KV3R, W4ZV, N4YDU, K3IXD,
K3RV, K9JY, WA4JUK

ARRL gavels signifying the Club's top position in the 1999
September VHF QSO Party and the 2000 ARRL 10 Meter Contest were
presented with scores as follows:

2000 Sept VHF  W4RX   172,172
2000 10 M      W2GG 2,430,912

The Club has recently done very well in the CQ WPX Contest and
has received plaques for the top position in the club competition
for the 1998 WPX and 1999 WPX.  The '98 plaque was presented to
KE3Q and the '99 plaque to K3MM for the combined high Club scores
of:

1998 WPX    KE3Q   11,773,443
1999 WPX    K3MM   13,230,410

Ken Claerbout, K4ZW, made a superb slide presentation of his
combined trips to Mongolia and his visit with JT1CO.  A special
note of thanks to KC3VO for his audiovisual support.

REPORTING CLAIMED SCORES FOR PVRC 5M AWARD CREDIT

To participate in the 5M Award, it is necessary for each
participant to report his claimed score to Bob Dannals, W2GG.
The preferred route is by email ,
or by posting to the PVRC email reflector (see notes on joining
the reflector on the PVRC reference page or web site).  Scores
reported on the packetcluster or on the 3830 Archives
(www.contesting.com) are not guaranteed to be found, especially
on the latter due to the large volume of scores reported
following each contest.  All scores sent directly to the email
address are acknowledged by return email.  Scores posted on the
PVRC reflector are all read but not acknowledged individually by
return email.  Check the score summaries (printed in the
Newsletter or posted frequently to the PVRC reflector).  If your
score does not appear, let Bob know.  It is not possible to read
the final contest results printed months later in a magazine and
seek out participants' scores.  You are your own advocate in this
regard, so please remember to send them to Bob before the contest
deadline.

NORTHWEST MEETING NOTES FOR NOV 02 by Ed Steeble K3IXD, Chairman

The NW region met at City Buffet in Frederick, MD on 19 November
2002.  In attendance were: N4MM, K8OQL, W3LL, K3WC, NE3H, AD3F,
N3VOP, K2PLF, W3KHZ, N3FX, W2YE, K3ZO, W3ZZ, N3HBX, W8ZA, K3IXD,
and W3EKT.

The business part of the meeting:

1) We voted on the applications of: K1RH, Rob Heath; K3ZE, Al
Bisasky; NX3K, Ken Skrivseth; KB3DVC, Ed Rummel; and N3TZA, Joe
Craven. Welcome to PVRC and we look forward to your contributions
in the club competition contests.

2) The attendees were reminded about the annual PVRC Holiday
Dinner on December 9, 2002. RSVP to K4VV via email.

3) N4MM said that the WRC03 conference has begun and of interest
to this club was the push to get world wide excusive usage of the
40m band. He reported that the DXCC desk is now processing
submissions dated September 25th.

Around the table:

N4MM, John operated in both SS CW and SS SSB.  K8OQL, Jerry
operated CQWW SSB at W8ZA's.  W3LL, Bud operated SS and CQWW.

K3WC, Dusty reported that his 6m rig and 6m amp are still in the
box. He has an Omni 6+ for sale.

NE3H, Joe is moving his packet node because it is too time
consuming to get to the current location. In CQWW SSB his amp
quit.

AD3F, Gene is now the owner of a slightly used ICOM 746PRO and
really likes the DSP capabilities. And having 6m and 2m enabled
him to enter the September VHF contest; however the 6m antenna
was his 40m antenna and the 2m antenna was a loop. He is
gathering information about building a 6m beam. That sparked a
discussion on the pros and cons of using a gamma match on VHF
antennas. He was talking about building the NBS, 3 el, 6m beam.

W3EKT, Ed said his NBS, 3 el, 6m beam uses a gamma match and he
used it for successfully  roving, and from the home QTH he has 99
countries confirmed. He is still waiting for that 100th card!
Lately he has been chasing band countries. (PS - On Saturday, the
100th 6m DX card arrived in W3EKT's mailbox.)

N3VOP, Mike said he took his station to the Carroll County Radio
Club hamfest for a club competition entry in the CQWW SSB
contest. He did some part time operating at K3PZN, the Carroll
County Radio Club's station, for CQWW SSB. In CQWW SSB, from
home, he worked 74 sections with a long wire in the trees.

K2PLF, Marty announced that Yaesu quickly repaired his power
supply. He is very pleased with their repair service. He operated
CQWW SSB from home and thinks that being packet assisted got him
75 extra multipliers. In SS SSB, he doesn't think that "U" class
is worth it.

W3KHZ, Art reported he now has worked four countries and four
states on 6m. He helped operate K3PZN in CQWW.

K3FX, Tony set out to increase his SS CW QSOs this year and
succeeded!  He was on for SS SSB.

W2YE, Dick has an Alpha 91B which replaces his Heathkit SB1000.
His ICOM 756 is at the factory so he used his ICOM 735 in SS SSB.

K3ZO, Fred operated CQWW SSB and said 10m is still the band. His
advise is to get on 10m in the early morning and search and
pounce starting at the low end and going all the way up (maybe to
28.900 or more). In SS CW he had 50 more QSOs than last year. He
will be on for CQWW CW.

W3ZZ, Gene is recovering from successful hip surgery. For CQWW
SSB he operated 10, 15, and 20m. His 40m and 80m antennas weren't
working, but the 80m antenna has since been fixed. He did a part
time effort in SS SSB to help the club's overall score. Gene said

this year's Leonid meteor shower wasn't as good as last year's
(and he reported 30 or 31 QSOs, more than anyone else at the
meeting). He asks for reports for his QST World Above 50 MHz
column.

N3HBX, John entered CQWW SSB in the single band, 15m, catagory.
KD4D did SS CW and SS SSB from John's QTH and had a better score
this year which they attribute to having SO2R capability.

W8ZA, Bob again hosted a multi-multi effort from his QTH with
K3DNE, K8OQL, K3IXD, WD3A, and N8II plus himself as the
operators. He was pleased with the new phased 80m wire verticals.
He is now studying the NCJ article about feeding phased
verticals. The 10m low pass filter burned up during a 200+ run.
For SS CW and SSB he did a casual effort.

K3IXD, Ed has returned his MFJ 434 voice keyer to the factory for
repairs. Others mentioned that, they too, had problems with their
MFJ voice keyers. He was going to enter SS SSB but due to
operator errors (which are too embarrassing to document) and RF
into the computer, he quit after 19 QSOs. With advice from W4MYA
and some on site instructions from WD3A, he has the W3SO
computers networked; and identical software on all four of them.

Discussions:

There were excellent discussions on how to find a frequency to
call CQ. In summary, on 10m you may end up very high in the band,
but that is OK; and be on 10m when it opens. If you have a good
station, be there hour early.  Start low in the band and tune up
working everyone, when you come to a clear spot, stop and call
QRZ; don't waste time just tuning, looking for a clear spot. It
helps to spot all the PVRC members you hear, even in the contests
like ARRL DX. Those spots are displayed world-wide.

Regarding SS, there was a comment that a new, general strategy
may be needed. The guidance used to be search and pounce for the
first hour or two, then start calling CQ. But today, there
doesn't seem to be as many stations on and those CQing in the
first hour are the serious stations that will be there through
out the contest.  Therefore begin by CQing and use the second
radio/vfo to search.

There was a short discussion on how to get new members and also
increased participation in club competition contests. No
conclusions except that no one present wants to spear head an
effort.

NORTHWEST MEETING NOTES FOR DEC 02 By Ed Steeble, K3IXD, chairman

The NW region met at City Buffet in Frederick, MD on 17 December
2002.  In attendance were: K3IXD, W8ZA, K8OQL, N4MM, K2UOP,
W3EKT, N3VOP, AD3F, K3DNE, WD3A, W3LPL, K4FTO, W3KHZ, K2PLF,
N3OK, N3HBX, W0YR and N8II.

The business part of the meeting:

1)      We voted on the applications of K4FTO, Art. Welcome to
PVRC and we look forward to your contributions in the club
competition contests.

2)      N4MM  reported that the DXCC desk is now processing
submissions dated September 27th.

3)      N4MM said the January QST is out and ARRL is looking for
feed back on the new style, contest write up. The contest details
are on the web.

4)      There were inquiries about the status of the PVRC shirts,
etc., orders. No one present knew the answer. (K3IXD will try to
remember to call K3SKE before the next meeting and get an
update.)

Around the table:

K3IXD, Ed said he got his repaired MFJ 434 voice keyer back from
the factory just in time to give it a work out in the 10m
contest. He also operated for about an hour in the  PSK-31 Death
Match Contest. In networking the W3SO computers, he found out the
later releases of CT are able to direct a gab messages to a given
position (end the message with CNTL-Enter instead of Enter).

N8II, Jeff has been in a lot of contests this season, all low
power except for the 160m contest.

W0YR, Mike was glad to be in town on a third Tuesday so he could
attend another NW meeting. He visited ON4UN and showed pictures
of the 3 el 80m beam installed there. Mike was at WRTC and said
everyone should try to attend one of the events sometime.

N3HBX, John lost four antennas in the ice storm.

N3OK, Scott is doing more contesting now that he has joined PVRC.
He has his wire antennas on pulleys and uses paint cans, filled
with sand, as counter weights. No problems with the ice.

K2PLF, Marty said he returned his MFJ 434 voice keyer to the
store for a replacement, then had to send that one back for
another. He had sent the second replacement to MFJ for repairs.
He was on for the 160m and 10m contests. He dropped his wire
antennas and as a result didn't have any icing problems. He said
that N4RV is looking for operators for the ARRL DX CW and SSB
contests.

W3KHZ, Art reported that family illnesses have limited his
operating time.  His 2m and 6m beams are still on the ground. He
doesn't think the weather is bad enough yet to put up a antennas.

K4FTO, Art didn't have any problems with the ice since his
antennas are in the attic. He said a neighbor is having some 2m
cable interference problems. The cable company came  out and
after the checks said all was OK.  Art was advised by several
present to enlist the aid of the FCC.

W3LPL, Frank said K4ZA operated the 10m contest from his QTH. He
has been remodeling his basement ham shack.

K3DNE, Ed operated 10m and SS contests from home. He ran high
power in the 10m contest this year and said it was a lot easier
to make QSOs. He has a new 2m amp. Ed said he uses Writelog's
interface to the computer sound card for voice keying.

WD3A, Tom did CQWW CW from home. He said Writelog is able to copy
40 wpm CW under weak signal conditions. He uses as 200MHz
computer. He helped K3IXD network the W3SO computers.

AD3F, Gene operated in the 160m contest. His antennas did survive
the ice storm. He is building a 6m beam with some advice from
W3EKT.

N3VOP, Mike lengthened his long wire antenna  from 75 feet to 125
feet and used it in the 10m contest. He is forming a team to
operate the Carroll County radio Club station, K3PZN, in the
January VHF contest.

W3EKT, Ed had his 6m cards checked by N4MM during dinner and
achieved 6mDXCC. Congratulations, Ed! His antennas survived the
ice storm. He's been traveling and missed the 10m contest.

K2UOP, Tom survived the ice storm but the elements on the beam
were really drooping. He has been in all the contests this year.
He reports his QSOs are up since he has been doing more CQing and
less S&P. He, too, reported a problem with his MFJ voice keyer.
He started out with a 432 and finally MFJ replaced it with a 434.
He raised his beverage off the ground and laid it across the top
of the orchard trees (about 5 feet off the ground). It is hearing
better on 160m and is now good on 80m too.

N4MM, John survived the ice storm. He was on for the 10m contest.

K8OQL, Jerry hasn't been able to operate a contest since CQWW SSB
due to other obligations.

W8ZA, Bob was first snowed in then later iced in. The ice storm
caused an element on a 15m beam to bend where it drooped and
rested on a guy wire. One of his 80m slopers broke. And his
beverages was sagging until the trees straightened back up. He
operated in the 160m contest, but illness reduced his operating
time in the 10m contest. He had troubles with the ARRL robot
accepting his 10m log (using CT 9.71).

Discussions:
W0YR, Mike wondered why PVRC doesn't have RTTY contests count
towards the 5M award? N4MM said it might be easier to get PVRC to
do that if we got ARRL to make RTTY a club competition contest.
Then it was mentioned that the IARU contest should be considered
towards counting towards the 5M award. Suggestion made to write
to the League and to talk to the PVRC Officers and Board members.

AD3F, Gene talked about his quest to slave the VFOs in his ICOM
746PRO.  This is to over come the problem that the ICOM 746 and
ICOM 746PRO do not have a separate receiver antenna input (i.e.
for a beverage). Searching the web and in talking with others he
hasn't gotten a solution yet. However, he did discover in reading
the QST review that a quick offset can be programmed. He is
hopeing that an offset of 0 (zero) will work. Some others at the
meeting will check to see if that option exists on the ICOM 746
too.  When he finds a solution, he will post it to the PVRC
e-mail reflector.

Next meeting:

The next meeting is January 21st, and it is at the City Buffet,
1306 W. Patrick Street, Frederick, MD. (301) 682-6066. It is in a
small shopping center. From W. Patrick Street, turn up McCain Dr.
(the Mountain View Diner is on the corner), then turn right into
the shopping center, then turn left and search for a parking
place. The City Buffet is tucked back in the left corner of the
shopping center behind Mountain View Diner; you can't see it from
the street.

The NW Region meetings are on the third Tuesday of the month.
Most arrive about 6PM for dinner and informal discussions; the
meeting begins at 7:00 PM.

PVRCNC MEETING MINUTES FOR OCTOBER 2002 by Guy Olinger, K2AV

PVRCNC met at Ryan's Crossroads Plaza in Cary on October 3rd.
Attending, in no particular order: Bob N2NFG, Brian K3KO, Jeff
NX9T, Will WJ9B, Jim K4QPL, Nate N4YDU, Bert N4CW, Alan KO7X, Guy
K2AV, Wes K4WES, Jim WW4M.  Meeting called to order at the usual
time with the usual results (chair gets the razz).

Around the Horn:

N4YDU in the IARU, IOTA with KO4PY. Set up out on the banks,
reported that there were clouds of mosquitoes and conditions
sucked, but failed to mention whether the two phenomena were
related, which started another one of those interminable cause
and effect discussions at the south end of the table.

Also reported some kind of zoning problem starting up for hams in
Franklin County.

N4CW will be down east (that's up in Maine for rednecks) for a
month.  Main exercise had something to do with spackle. Whether
that was for walls (for a whole month?) or something unprintable
in these pages not determined. Subsequent reference to VHF test
non-sequitur.

KO7X was on in the sprint, further demonstrating the effect of
southern weather.

N2NFG had various tower, antenna and horticultural woes,
interrelated to a surprising degree. Does plan an antenna party,
but assured us that the Garden Club format will not be used for
the morning.

K3KO took down his 10m antenna and sold it to N4YDU. Nate was
immediately warned to disinfect it for amplifier cooties before
taking it home by the south end of the table, who interrupted
their statistical consult on mosquitoes and band conditions for
the purpose.

Brian also told a fetching story about a mockingbird hopping up
the rungs of his tower. No doubt mocking the hazer.

NX9T reported that he needs a beverage, but would have to run it
downhill, requesting commentary on efficacy of same. South end of
table abandoned mosquitoes and band conditions for new discussion
whether downhill polarization is vertical or just downhill.

WJ9B reported on WAE and first encounter with QTC's. Comment was
that he appeared sane and in remarkably good health, considering.

K4QPL did the WAE and Sprint and reported the results of homebrew
SO2R box version 11.2c.

K4WES did the WW RTTY. No fires, blown traps, amps or any such.
Are you sure it was on, Wes?

WW4M wants to watch (not operate) a RTTY contest, with the
intention of getting his feet wet. South end of table reminded
him that oil on the shoes went out with heavy metal, it's all
electronic now. North end got off on tangent about exactly how
one WATCHES an RTTY test.  Unwittingly resurrected the
TR-vs.-WriteLog-ish flap on which is the best RTTY program.

N4YDU asked people to watch out for NR3X which might be him.
South end of table interrupted their polarization debate to
strongly advise Nate NOT to use this call in the SS.
Since the south end of table had been effectively adjourned since
mosquitoes and band conditions, north end adjourned to
miscellaneous BS and scientific discussions, whereupon all polar
differentiation ceased.

PVRC/NC MEETING 12/12/02 by Pete Soper, AD4L

PVRC/NC chapter meeting Thursday December 12 at Raleigh Six Forks
North Applebees Attendees: K2AV, K3KO, K4QPL, KO4PY, N2NFG,
N3NPQ, N4TL, AD4L Regrets: WW4M, W2CS, W9JB, KO7X, K4TMC, NX9T,
and N4CW.  (This was a "small meeting beats no meeting" makeup
for the December 5 regular date preempted by the ice storm and is
mostly a reconnaissance report as we  look for alternatives to
Ryans for some future meetings)

I arrived in time to catch the tail end (last 45 minutes) of a
heated technical discussion between K2AV and K3KO about where RF
current flows when the coax is run inside a tower leg or some
such. I was too involved with the waiter trying to get a decent
beer to hear the conclusion about where the current really flows
but perhaps Guy and Brian will be submitting an article to "QST"
to get this down for posterity.

About the beer. After going around the houses I established that
the beer selection at this Applebees looks like this:

                - Killians

There were two or three industrial and light industrial solvents
for sale too but I won't mention them. The beer score is thus 3
on a 100 scale. Still, the Killians was better than a pine cone
in the eye and of course all the friendly faces made this a minor
point.

They had a superb mixed appetizer plate with yummy ribs, breaded
cheese sticks, "cheese inside pastry" , and chips and dip with
hot peppers. My shrimp platter was OK and overall I rate the
place 70 for food.

The room was about the right size for a well attended meeting of
18-20. This evening it wasn't exclusive but there was just one
other patron with us the whole time (from her expression she was
perfectly mystified by our conversations!) There was no smoking
and no noticeable smoke in the room.

The noise level coming in from the rest of the restaurant was
just on the verge of being a problem but the noise going the
other way with the usual 20 of us for something like a Carnac
description of the N4AF exploding balun might constitute the
bigger concern. I can't recall if there are doors.

No problem with separate checks. The service was satisfactory.
Getting too/from the place was trivial. Traffic was heavy but
moved at a decent pace. On a rainy night coming up from south
Cary it would of course be painful though.

K2AV described some of the wild wire antennas at the N4AF station
and went into detail about the extensive testing Howie did,
modeling exercises and lessons learned about long booms (I seem
to recall the boom on the 20m yagi to Europe is 160 feet but I
may have that confused with the 40m quad).

But we mostly yacked about the storm and also got the scoop on
N2NFG's unfortunate house fire (Bob's having a new home built
now). Lots of storm war stories, the best one being the tree that
massacred K4QPL's wife's car coming down more or less where Jim
had been standing a short while before and forcing him to stop
and think about mortality. N3NPQ and I couldn't resist a little
shop talk about the new Linux interprocess lock primitive but we
kept our voices low.

Back to Carnac Reports next year, best wishes to all!

S C O R E S by Bob Dannals, W2GG

Correction, additions, etc to [email protected]
### is missing data.

CQWW SSB  Final  17-Dec-02

Call  PB  QSOs Zon DX   Score

Single Op - Unassisted

K4ZW   C  3202 150 547  6,353,852
K3ZO   C  3136 137 486  5,547,192
NX9T   C  1860 115 382  2,563,526
WR3Z   C  1416 127 417  2,139,008
NR3X   B  1320 103 111  1,651,188
K2UOP  C  1002 115 384  1,397,699
W4ZV  C10 2022  34 157  1,106,463
N3UM   C  873   90 301    951,694
N4MM   C  762  109 319    914,805
N4CW   C  800   87 294    853,821
W4YE   C  838   78 269    816,144
K3JT   B  734   79 258    683,436
N4GU   C  607   95 257    596,992
N3HBX C15 1273  35 130    585,750
W3LL   B  610   80 258    562,094
K3DSP  B  638   72 228    530,400
K1KO   C  577   67 231    476,502
K3WA   C  500   75 243    441,702
K4EU   B  510   94 220    426,098
N4JED  B  520   69 195    375,936
N4EL   C  500   65 199    361,416
N4MO  B15  566   33 129    258,714
KO7X   C  347   79 158    224,202
W3AZ   C  359   61 161    221,334
KE4MIL B  351   47 163    203,490
W3CP   B  274   69 163    175,160
K4UVT  B  260   64 172    165,672
KG6AR  B  285   74 145    157,461
KR4LO  B  313   35 120    138,260
K3SWZ B20 312   32 104    115,328
N3FX   C  216   55 116    101,232
N8II   C  200   60 121     98,283
AA4KD  B  211   60 120     94,680
K4WES  B  201   52 112     83,312
W4RIM  C  165   36  90     53,460
N4TL     C  147   44  90     52,394
W4XP   B  145   45  90     49,815
KT3D   B  141   88  38     46,875
N8CH   C  118   32  82     38,760
KC4D   C  115   37  80     36,036
W3JRY  B  100   34  81     31,510
N3FNE  B  120   28  63     28,938
W3ARS  B  ###   ##  ##     26,160
N3OK   B  210   38  70     22,680
N3ZR   B   84   25  47     15,624
N3VOP  B   74   27  52     13,193
AI3M   B   64   15  24      6,747
W3DQ   B TS 27   24  20      3,124
N3XL   B   13   8   12        520

Single Op - Assisted
W4NF   C  2018 143 544  3,875,367
K2PLF  C  2117 135 500  3,817,620
W4RM   C  1847 119 440  2,972,203
N3AM   C  1675 119 435  2,656,984
K3LP   C  1227 127 454  1,966,685
WX3B   C  1257  90 327  1,508,706
KV3R   C  1067 112 361  1,443,596
K3KO   C  725  111 383  1,000,350
W3HVQ  C  508  113 337    616,950
N4GG   C  595   76 256    551,784
W3ZZ   C  ###   ## ###    260,352
KO4MR C10 285   32 146    144,892
K3SV   C  250   78 206    118,192
K2YWE  TS  38   17  36      5,459

Multi-Single
W4WS   C  2208 149 574  4,306,911
W3LJ   C  728   93 316    807,366
W3LRC  B  310   53 152    169,330
K3PZN  B  100   30  66     21,736
W3SO   C   75   23  45     13,804

Multi-2
K4JA   C  4893 177 717 12,171,810
K3DI   C  2346 151 558  4,629,061

Multi-Multi
W3LPL  C  7676 186 761 19,379,408
W4MYA  C  4999 178 698 11,723,508
W8ZA   C  2479 150 578  5,562,648

Dxpedition
V26B   C 11367 158 596 20,994,376
   Score credited to PV 6,998,125
IH9P   C 18121 185 799 53,210,784
   Score credited to PV 2,660,539
MM0LEO B  315   40 132    105,952

PB=Power and Band
A: QRP
B: Low Power
C: High Power
TS: Tribander + single element 160-40
BR: Band Restricted
R: Rookie

Logs: 73  Club Score:  121,288,021

Operators (non-PVRC):
KO7X at KI7WX QTH
WR3Z at N1WR QTH
IH9P: K3PN plus 19 other operators
K3DI:  W3ICM K3DI (W4EE SM0WKA)
K3PZN: N3VOP AA3XZ W3ARS W3KHZ KC3VO N3YIM W3BAB (KC4WFU KB3IHC)
K4JA:  K4JA W3BP K4MA K7SV KE9I (AJ9C)
NR3X:  N4YDU
V26B:  N3OC (et al.)
W3LJ:  W3LJ W3IDT KA3UBJ (K3NCO)
W3LPL: K1HTV AI3M W2GG W3LPL KD4D K3RA K4ZA KE3Q
       K1RA K1RZ K3MM NK3R (4X6FR)
W3LRC: K3HDM KB3BWR KT3D W3YD
W3SO:  W3YOZ W3TEF
W4WS:  WS4NC KG4NEP WB4MSG W2DZO KB6MTH (AG4RZ KG4CZU WA4IAM)
W8ZA:  W8ZA K3DNE K8OQL K3IXD WD3A

ARRL SS CW Final  17-Dec-02

Call Prc QSOs  Sec Score
N4AF   B 1318  79  208,244
W4MR   U 1249  80  199,840
K3MM   B 1228  79  194,024
WR3L   M 1198  80  191,680
KD4D   U 1119  80  179,040
N4ZR   B 1117  79  176,486
K3ZO   B 1125  78  175,500
WJ9B   A 1035  78  161,460
W4MYA  U 1009  80  161,440
NY3A   # 1021  79  161,318
W4NF   U 996   80  159,360
N8II   A 941   80  150,560
KO7X   U 939   80  150,240
W3EF   A 970   75  150,228
N3OC   U 866   80  138,560
N4MO   A 850   79  134,300
N6ZO   U 826   80  132,160
N3AM   B 827   79  130,666
K4TX   B 826   78  128,856
K2PLF  A 800   80  128,000
W3PP   B 784   80  125,440
K4QPL  A 803   78  125,268
N4GU   A 819   76  124,488
N3UM   B 801   77  123,354
N3SB   A 792   77  121,968
W4IDX  A 777   78  121,212
K3KO   U 725   80  116,000
K3JT   A 732   79  115,656
W4YE   A 714   80  114,240
W4ZYT  M 714   80  113,920
K4EU   A 721   79  113,918
K3TM   A 730   78  113,880
N1WR   A 728   78  113,568
K1HTV  A 661   80  105,760
W3HVQ  U 659   78  102,804
K7SV   A 638   80  102,080
W3BP   B 671   75  100,650
W2CS   Q 635   77   97,790
NC3Y   A 622   77   95,788
AI3M   A 603   79   95,274
N3OC   U 591   80   94,560
W3CB   A 606   76   92,112
K3DI   U 572   80   91,520
N3II   B 581   78   90,636
K4MA   B 575   77   88,550
K3WA   B 550   78   85,800
K3RA   A 535   80   85,600
WX3B   U 539   78   84,084
K3SV   U 521   80   83,360
N4CW   B 520   79   82,160
W3MC   # ###   ##   77,400
N4GG   B 483   76   73,416
WK4Y   B 528   66   69,696
W4TNX  U 434   80   69,440
W2CDO  A 455   75   68,250
W3AZ   B 425   77   65,450
K2UOP  B 388   77   59,752
K4ZW   B 388   75   58,200
K2AV   B 401   72   57,744
W3CP   A 340   75   51,000
N2NFG  A 361   70   50,540
W3LJ   M 335   75   50,250
N3HUV  U 306   80   48,960
W3DAD  A 343   71   48,706
W4RM   B 386   57   44,000
W4HM   A 298   70   41,720
K3CKT  # ###   ##   40,896
KN1DX  A 272   72   39,168
W2GG   A 286   68   38,896
N4MM   A 215   80   34,400
K4EC   B 235   65   30,550
W4RIM  A 213   66   28,116
N3BF   A 206   67   27,604
W4HJ   A 196   70   27,440
K3DSP  A 189   69   26,082
N4TL   B 154   55   16,940
W4PW   A 162   49   15,876
W8ZA   B 130   56   14,560
N3WK   A 120   52   12,480
KC9LC  A 118   52   12,272
NR3X   A 118   49   11,564
N3FX   B 107   51   10,914
K3YDX  A 104   52   10,816
W2DZO  A  86   42    7,224
K1SO   A  1    1         2

Logs: 84   Score: 7,535,166

Other Scores of Interest
WP3R   B 1511  80  241,330 by KE3Q

Operators (non-PVRC):
KD4D at N3HBX QTH
KO7X at KI7WX QTH
KN1DX: K1SE
NR3X:  N4YDU
W3LJ:  W3LJ (K3NCO)
W4MR:  AA4NC
W4ZYT: W4ZYT W4SD N8CH KU4EC W8RJL W4WV WD4GOY K1KO AG4JT AF4CD
WR3L: K3FT WR3Z

ARRL SS Ph  FINAL 19-Dec-02

Call Prc QSOs  Sec Score
W4MR   B 1788  80  286,080
K3MM   B 1714  79  270,812
KD4D   U 1573  80  251,680
W4MYA  U 1533  80  245,280
K3ZO   B 1521  80  243,360
W4NF   U 1509  80  241,440
K4MA   U 1469  80  235,040
K2PLF  U 1443  80  231,360
KM4M   M 1374  80  219,840
K3PN   B 1282  80  204,960
WR3L   M 1243  80  198,880
K4QPL  B 1190  80  190,400
N8II   A 1191  79  188,020
NX9T   B 1063  80  170,080
N3FX   B 1022  80  163,520
K3PZN  M 952   80  152,320
N4GG   B 940   80  150,400
N1WR   B 930   80  148,800
N3AM   U 832   80  133,120
N3II   U 813   80  130,080
W3PP   U 784   80  125,440
K3DI   M 766   80  122,560
WX3B   U 706   80  112,960
W3HVQ  U 681   80  108,960
K3DNE  A 685   78  106,680
N6ZO   B 665   80  106,240
N4GU   B 651   80  104,160
W4IDX  A 637   80  101,920
K1GG   B 601   80   96,160
W3MC   # ###   ##   94,200
W3ZZ   B 570   79   90,060
W3LJ   M 556   80   88,960
W3LL   A 550   80   88,000
N4CW   B 546   80   87,360
K3RA   A 448   80   71,680
NI4S   A 444   80   71,040
K2UOP  B 436   80   69,760
K3DSP  A 417   78   65,052
W3ARS  A 406   78   63,336
N4MM   A 383   80   61,280
KG4NEP B 381   77   58,674
W2DZO  A 351   80   56,160
N3UM   B 405   69   55,890
WK4Y   A 340   80   54,400
N3HUV  U 335   80   53,600
W8ZA   B 345   77   53,130
K3KO   U 326   80   52,160
K4EU   A 341   72   49,104
W3AZ   A 326   74   48,248
N4JED  A 280   77   43,120
K1KO   A 275   76   41,800
W4YE   A 273   77   42,042
KE4MIL A 251   78   39,156
W3CB   # 260   74   38,480
K3SWZ  Q 264   71   37,488
K3CKT  # ###   ##   37,000
AF4CD  A ###   ##   36,960
N4TL   B 255   72   36,720
W3DQ   A 242   75   36,300
K3SV   U 226   80   36,160
W4TNX  A 223   80   35,680
W4RIM  # 231   77   35,574
N3OK   B 248   71   35,216
K4TMC  A 283   55   31,130
K1SO   A 215   69   29,670
AJ3M   U 201   69   27,738
W2GG   A 200   69   27,600
W4HJ   U 206   65   26,780
W3LRC  U 168   80   26,720
W2CS   B 280   46   25,760
W4SD   A 200   64   25,600
W4TNX  A 223   80   35,680
WA3RGH # 161   69   22,218
KT3D   A 144   61   17,568
W3CP   A 141   58   16,356
KC9LC  A 143   54   15,444
K3YDX  A 120   63   15,120
K4WES  A 120   58   13,920
AA4KD  A 110   54   11,880
K4HA   A 104   56   11,648
W4ZYT  B 100   57   11,400
WB4MSG B 104   53   11,024
WK3H   A  45   34    3,060
W3DAD  A  98   48    9,408

SSB Logs:               84
SSB Score:       7,320,066
CW Logs:                84
CW Score:        7,535,166
Total Logs             168
Total PV score  14,855,232

Other Scores of  Interest
WP3R   B 2727  80  436,320 by KE3Q
VO2WL  B 1290  79  203,820 by K3TM++

Operators (non-PVRC):
K3PZN: N3VOP K1RH AK3Z N3YIM W3ARS WX3B WX3F
               AA3XZ K3ZE N3SB (N3GQJ N3GQK)
K4QPL  from N4AF QTH
KD4D   from N3HBX QTH
KM4M:  K4JA W3BP
W3LJ:  W3LJ W3IDT (K3NCO)
W3LRC: K3HDM KA8YPY KB3BWR KT3D W3YD WK3X
W4MR:  AA4NC
WR3L:  WR3Z K3FT at WR3L QTH

CQWW CW   #4   06-Jan-03

Call  PB  QSOs Zon DX   Score

Single Op - Unassisted
K4ZW   C  2635 158 518  5,109,208
K3ZO   C  2593 144 491  4,693,285
W4RX   C  1925 142 461  3,343,092
WF3J   C  1345 127 449  2,198,016
N4ZR   C  1578 118 363  2,189,998
NR3X   B  1382 118 415  2,011,542
W3EF   B  1299 118 394  1,831,935
W4YE   C  1140 120 432  1,763,088
K2YWE  TS 1184 118 397  1,678,900
W3BP   C  1210 105 346  1,570,382
N3UM   C  1206  98 317  1,411,000
K4UVT  C  983  114 398  1,316,864
W4DF   C  ###  ### ###  1,290,318
N1WR   B  819   99 330    996,996
K2UOP  C  726  104 332    890,748
K4FPF  B  696  433  #     852,577
W3AZ   C  705   98 299    788,045
W4ZV  C10 1421  33 129    666,306
KT3Y  C40 1391  33 122    612,010
K1EFI  B  577   79 281    582,840
K1KO   B  558   87 266    540,090
KO7X   C  521  100 279    527,568
K3JT   B  520   78 208    414,128
N4MM   C  443   99 227    394,460
W4EI   C  ###   ## ###    366,210
N4MO  B15 787   33 123    354,120
K4HA   B  409   68 220    340,416
W3CP   B  379   71 214    301,530
K8OQL  C  373   84 200    280,592
K4CIA  A  337   85 220    283,955
W3GN   C  370   84 203    281,547
N8II  B10 649   23 103    238,266
K4QPL  B  300   61 172    194,322
NX9T   B  279   71 169    179,280
K4TX  C40 428   28 105    161,063
W4ZYT  B  250   55 158    150,591
N4JED  B  246   53 145    133,848
WB4MSG C  217   ## ###    109,998
K4EC   C  211   53 133    105,090
W4SD   B  206   47 133    103,500
W4HM  B10 279   28 101    101,136
N4TL   C  186   57 135     92,544
W3DAD  C  177   58 128     90,024
WK3H   B  141   59  92     55,870
W2CDO  #  ###   56 198     55,176
K1GG   C  117   42  92     41,942
AA4KD  B  110   46  86     37,752
W4IDX B40 145   20  63     31,623
K3DSP  B   88   35  67     23,766
W4RIM  C   80   30  61     20,020
K3SWZ A10 100   21  51     19,872
KE3Q   B   69   29  51     14,240
K4NYS  B   61   25  48     12,556
W3CB   B   72   29  39      8,364
K4WES  B   29   21  29      3,850

Single Op - Assisted
W3GG   C  1585 130 483  2,780,568
N3AM   C  1391 139 498  2,520,609
K3KO   C  1212 134 505  2,205,828
W4RM   C  871   93 333  1,060,314
K3WA   C  502   93 340    596,241
K3SV   C  502   98 289    534,060
N4GG   C  416   94 277    428,134
W3ZZ   C  475   85 221    406,062
W3HVQ  C  382   97 248    360,525
W8ZA   C  354   65 207    274,720
W3FG   B  207   55 135    104,880
N3ZR   #   95   47  55     27,846

Multi-Single
W3LJ   C  747  107 354    956,575

Multi-2
K4JA   C  5856 182 728 15,221,570
N4RV   C  3256 162 611  7,198,176
K3DI   C  1285 138 508  2,316,556

Multi-Multi
W3LPL  C  7455 190 761 19,507,863
NY4A   C  6250 180 681 15,299,970
W4MYA  C  4278 182 695 10,403,851
AK3Z   C  1549 129 436  2,388,255

Dxpedition
VO2WL  C  2199 101 314  1,196,445
                      1/3 points    398,815
VK4UH  B  260   45  88    100,282

PB: Power and band
A:  QRP
B:  Low Power
C:  High Power
R:  Rookie
TS: Tribander + single element 160-40
BR: Band Restricted

CW Logs:  75                Score: 126,958,159
SSB Logs: 73                Score: 121,288,021
Total Logs: 148    Total: 248,246,180

Operators (non-PVRC):
KO7X at KI7WX QTH
AK3Z:  AK3Z WX3B K3LP N3SB NY3A (at WX3B QTH)
K3DI:  K3DI (W4EE)
K4JA:  K4JA K4EU K4MA K7SV K9GY KE9I
N4RV:  N4RV K2PLF WR3Z K4VV
NR3X:  N4YDU
VO2WL: K3TM plus 2 non-PVRC
W3LJ:  W3LJ (K3NCO)
W4MYA: K4GAU W4DR W4HJ W4MYA W4TNX WK4Y NW4V

ARRL 160 CW  #5  06-Jan-03

Call   QSOs  Sec  DX   Score

Single Op High Power:
W4MYA  338   77   29   306,234
N4AF   004   75   28   220,729
K4ZW   28    69   18   132,936
NY3A   91    73   #    117,238
W3DF   47    71   6    116,886
K3ZO   38    70   15   113,815
K2PLF  53    60   14   100,196
N3UM   66    61   10    96,915
NR3X   25    62   9     76,893
K2UOP  33    58   8     72,138
N4GG   42    59   5     57,728
N3HUV  97    55   #     45,430
N3OC   64    54   6     45,120
W4EI   ##    ##   #     31,365
W8ZA   06    49   4     22,631
K1GG   02    53   #     22,366
WX3B   15    45   3     21,024
N3AM   00    46   2     19,488
W3GG   99    41   5     18,860

Single Op Low Power:
KT3Y   47    75   20   170,905
K3JT   00    66   5     72,278
K3SWZ  26    60   5     56,745
AI3M   84    54   #     38,232
N4ZR   87    53   3     32,648
W4YE   55    62   #     32,364
N4MM   40    64   #     31,680
W2YE   42    49   5     27,108
N3II   28    47   5     24,648
WB4MSG 14    ##   #     22,204
K4EU   16    47   1     20,880
WJ9B   77    51   4     20,130
WK4Y   91    45   5     20,000
W2GG   86    46   5     19,686
K3SV   02    ##   #     18,720
WK3H   00    43   1     17,415
W4TNX  65    ##   #     14,364
K3WA   25    44   3     12,173
K3DSP  54    39   0     12,012
W3CP   24    41   #     10,168
NX9T   04    35   3      8,132
W4RIM  01    35   #      7,070
K2YWE  95    33   2      6,860

Multi-Op (single op plus packet unless listed below):
K3DI   02    72   13   157,165
N4CW   48    81   #    108,054
K3KO   21    71   9    102,000
W4NF   50    66   10   101,308
K1KO   54    44   5     15,974
W4TNX  65    38   4     14,364
K8OQL  37    40   2     11,760
W4HJ   76    31   4      4,124

Logs: 50  Club Score 2,849,163
Operators (non-PVRC):
K3DI: K2YWE K3DI
N4CW: N4CW KO7X
NR3X: N4YDU

ARRL 10 Mixed  #4  1/6/2003

Call    QSOs State  DX  Total

Single Op High Power - Mixed
K3ZO    2639  270   #  2,169,180
N4GG    2012  113  148 1,710,590
K4MA    1699  246   #  1,382,028
W0YR    1883  109  136 1,346,520
N3II    1442  110  145 1,145,970
K2PLF   1469  111  140 1,126,990
K2UOP   1432  244   #  1,044,320
WB4MSG  561   ###   ##   198,198
K3WA    206    21   52    59,568
W4HJ    127    49   21    31,640

Single Op Low Power - Mixed
N8II    1715  112  141 1,383,910
AI3M    945   236   #    715,552
NR3X    804   213   #    548,688
N4JED   517   165   #    250,800
W4TNX   364    55   82   171,798
W4TNX   364    ##   ##   171,798
K4UVT   237    43   76   102,102
W4ZYT   100    47   30    30,800
KZ1A    150    26   43    20,400
KE3Q     86    28   20    12,192
W3DQ     65    30   #      7,488

Single Op QRP - Mixed
K4CIA   329   164   #    173,512

Single Op High Power - Phone
K3DNE   1323   55   70   333,750
KV3R    1191   55   74   307,278
W3UJ    149    19   43    18,476

Single Op Low Power - Phone
N4MM    562   155   #    174,220
W3ARS   654    52   65   153,036
W3LL    460   115   #    115,340
W4SD    205   154   #     63,140
N3FNE   296    38   58    56,832
KE4MIL  280    35   61    53,760
WA4BKW  202    27   48    30,300
KT3D    111    50   #     11,100
N8CH    212    51   #     10,812
N4DWK   103    19   18     7,622

Single Op QRP - Phone
NX9T    620   126   #    156,240

Single Op High Power - CW
K7GM    2157   61   87 1,278,720
KD4D    2183  140   #  1,223,600
N4CW    1675   59   78   917,900
W3BP    1656  138   #    915,768
N3UM    1389   60   66   700,056
WF3J    1169  138   #    646,392
KT3Y    924   124   #    458,304
W3AZ    502    52   63   231,840
N4ZR    227    28   38    59,928
K8OQL   180    38   60    53,280
W8ZA    108    25   40    28,080
W3GG    148    8    31    23,088

Single Op Low Power - CW
W3PP    1495   62   89   904,188
NY3A    1356  137   #    744,184
WJ9B    1003   58   73   525,572
K3FT/4  1133  114   #    522,000
W3CB    894    58   58   414,816
K2YWE   546    48   64   245,056
K3JT    570   106   #    242,104
W3CP    433   113   #    196,168
W3DAD   422    44   52   162,432
NW4V    ###    ##   #     76,024
W4RIM   118    57   #     26,676
K3SWZ   144    44   #     24,768
K1SO     32    27   #      1,728

Multi-One
K1SE    2449  122  204 2,579,964
W4MYA   2757  314   #  2,572,288
K3DI    1695  103  180 1,360,098
N3OC    1465  101  167 1,236,552
N3AM    1216   83  161 1,055,544
N4MO    1353  229   #  1,007,142
K3KO    1163   94  152 1,003,168
WX3B    1695  243   #    920,484
W4WS    1541   88  124   749,208
K3DSP   575    81  103   329,728
W2GG    527   191   #    326,228
WK4Y    500   126   68   323,980
K3NCO   554    84   #    318,276
N3ZR    633    50   63   144,324
K3IXD   435    45  100   126,150
W3LRC   434   118   #    101,716
4U1WB   388    86   #     68,800
K3GV    277    41   64    58,170
W3HVQ   179    28   39    47,972

Dxpedition
VK4UH   292   100   #    101,400

Logs 81        Score: 40,349,814

Note: Multi-One not listed below were SO Assisted
Multiop operators (non-PVRC):
K7GM at N4AF QTH
KD4D at N3HBX QTH
4U1WB: AJ3M
K1SE:  K4EU K4ZW K1SE at K4ZW QTH
K3DI:  W3ICM K3DI
K3DSP: K3DSP N3YUG
K3FT/4:K3FT at N6ZO QTH
K3NCO: W3IDT W3LJ (K3NCO)
N4MO:  N4MO W4EI at W4EI QTH
NR3X:  N4YDU
VK4UH: W3UL
W3LRC: K3HDM KT3D W3YD WI3N WK3X WV3D
W4WS:  KG4NEP W2DZO (KG4CZU KG4UGZ)
WX3B:  N3YIM N3SB W3ARS AK3Z WX3B

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