PVRC January 1998 Newsetter
POTOMAC VALLEY RADIO CLUB NEWSLETTER JANUARY 1998
PVRC MEETINGS CALENDAR
weekly Wed BWI Regional weekly breakfast. Wednesdays 7:30
am, Basil's Deli, Elkridge Landing Rd near BWI
Jan 7 Wed PVRC/NC special meeting at Fox & Hound in Raleigh
at 6:00 pm
Jan 12 Mon Central meeting at Church of the Nativity, Route
5, Temple Hills, MD. 7:30 pm
Jan 20 Tue North-west meeting, Legends Restr, Frederick, MD
8:00 pm
Jan 20 Tue Tidewater Colony meeting with VA-DXCC China
Palace Restr, in Norfolk.
Feb 5 Thu PVRC/NC meeting at Luna's Restr. in Raleigh
Feb 9 Mon Central meeting at the Library in Vienna, VA
NEW PVRC AWARDS PROGRAM by Pres. Tyler Stewart, K3MM
I'm very happy to report that an officers meeting held on December 18th
was very constructive and thanks to N3OC, KE3Q, WR3L, K3DI, and W2GG for
their attendance and support . We've got the basic framework done for our
initial awards program and I'll begin leaking information right away, with
a complete rundown in a few weeks.
Our initial plan is to resurrect the 5 Million Award that was so popular
for many years. Although identical in name and purpose, it will be a new
program with an expanded list of 16 club competition contests and new
"normalized" scoring method. The 5 Million Award is a cumulative award
with no time limit which is designed to promote activity in club
competitions. We expect some members to qualify in it's first
year...others may take several, but it will be easily acheivable by all
and will have endorsements. In order to make this a manageable task,
points will be assigned on the basis of claimed scores submitted to the
Club score accountant (for lack of a better title off the top of my head),
currently N3II. In addition, it will be the responsibility of the members
to submit their scores to the Accountant. It will also remain their
responsibility to submit their contest logs in a timely manner to the
respective contest's governing body for each contest. What would this
world be without trust, right?
In order to get things off to a flying start, we are making the start of
this award retroactive to July 1. 1997. I will post the list of contests
that will be eligible for this and other future awards tomorrow, as well
as some of the scoring criteria.
Starting July 1, 1998 we plan to launch an annual points championship
based on claimed scores during the contest year July 1, 1998 to June 30,
1999. The 5 million Award will also use July 1 for an anniversary date.
Thus we will issue the first of the new 5 Million Awards next year. The
plan is to present awards earned for the previous contest year at the PVRC
Christmas Dinner held in December. We'll probably try to move this event
to a Saturday evening so that more of our distant regional members can
attend.
While the club is in good financial shape right now, the new programs will
pose a significant burden on the Club treasury, so I'd like to take this
opportunity to invite all of our members to help out by remembering to
send in a donation to the club for the year to the new club treasurer,
WR3L. The more money we collect, the more Club awards and contest plaques
we can sponsor in 1998. The suggested minimum donation is $10, but we're
grateful for any amount that makes you comfortable.
It's going to be an exciting year for PVRC! Let's have some fun!
1997-1998 PVRC Club Competition Schedule for the 5 Million Award
Contest Mode Date
WAE DX CW Aug 9-10
WAE DX SSB Sept 13-14
CQWW DX SSB Oct 25-26
ARRL SS CW Nov 1-3
ARRL SS SSB Nov 15-17
CQWW DX CW Nov 29-30
ARRL 160m CW Dec 5-7
ARRL 10m Mixed Dec 13-14
ARRL January VHF Jan 17-19
CQWW 160m CW Jan 23-25
ARRL DX CW Feb 21-22
CQWW 160m SSB Feb 27-Mar 01
ARRL DX SSB Mar 7-8
CQWW WPX SSB Mar 29-29
CQWW WPX CW May 30-31
PVRC Contest Calendar for January by Tyler Stewart K3MM
Log Deadlines:
January 7th ARRL 160M Contest
Email .log, .dup, and .sum files to [email protected]
January 14th ARRL 10M Contest
Email .log, .dup, and .sum files to [email protected]
January 15th CQWW CW
Email .sum and text or bin log file to [email protected]
February 1st PVRC 50th Anniv.
Send score to KA3TGY CBA or [email protected]
February 10th NAQP CW
Email .log, .dup, .sum, and .mul files to K6ZZ
North American QSO Party - CW -
Jan 10 1800Z to Jan 11 0600Z Team Competition
Exchange: Name and QTH (State/Province/NA country)
Suggested frequencies:
1815, 3535, 7035, 14035, 21035, and 28035.
Suggested times: 10M at 1900 and 2000Z. 15M at 1930 and 2030Z. 160M at
0430 and 0530Z.
This is one I always enjoy. Single Op's do 10 out of 12 hours. Score 1
point for any QSO times total sum of multipliers. There are separate band
multipliers for 160 through 10 meters. Be sure and join a team (no
requirements...anyone can join from anywhere, with up to 5 members on a
team) for added fun. Passing mults is one of the keys to success for this
one! It's a fun way to spend a few wintry hours on a Saturday, and it's
great practice for both passing and 2-radio single-op'ing.
North American QSO Party - Phone - Jan 17 1800Z to Jan 18 0600Z Team
Competition
Suggested frequencies: 1865, 3850, 7225, 14250, 21300, and 28500. (all
else same as CW)
ARRL VHF Sweepstakes - Jan 17
*Club Competition* - 5 Million Award
Exchange: Grid Square
FM Frequencies (simplex only): 52.525, 146.550 & .580, 223.500, and
446.000
Basic Rules: Work each station once per band per grid square. Note that
if you OR the other station changes squares, you can work each other again
on all bands.
This is the only VHF contest of the year with club competition! PVRC is
relatively new to VHF contests as a club, but some of it's members have
been doing it for quite a long time with great success. We've come close
to winning the club competition, but havent quite made it yet.
Mobile stations that move from grid to grid are known as Rovers, and they
have been known to give out a dozen or more grids in a weekend! Notable
PVRC rovers such as ND3F and N3OC go to many different grids over the
weekend, and can generate 50 or more QSO's for each station that works
them over the contest period. Even if all you have is a 2 meter rig in
the car, please take a few minutes and work all the club efforts.
Remember that if you move into another grid square, you can essentially
start working people all over again, doubling your effective points for
the club! Add another band and you double again the number of points!
Look for big operations from members at Multi calls K3MQH, K8GP, and
perhaps W4IY. The regular single op's include K1RZ, WB2DNE, and N3OPM.
If you want to keep track of other operations going on including rover
schedules, join the main VHF internet reflector: [email protected]
As usual, send the word "subscribe" in the body of a message to
[email protected] to sign up.
CQWW 160M Contest - CW - Jan 23, 2200Z to Jan 25, 1600Z
*Club Competition* - 5 Million Award
Exchange: RST and QTH (State/Province/Country Prefix)
Single Operator with QRP, Low, and High power classes as well as a
multi-operator class are available. Only multi's may use assistance such
as packet, etc. With DX heavily weighted, it's important to do well into
Europe, as well as collecting multipliers. QSO's outside your own
continent are worth 10 points versus only 2 for your own country and 5 for
the same continent. It is requested that 1830 to 1835 be left clear for
rarer DX stations.
North American Sprint Contest - SSB -
Feb 1 0000Z thru Feb 1 0359Z (Date unverified)
Exchange: Other stations call, your call, QSO number, Name, and QTH
(state/province/country)
Frequencies: 3840, 7225, 14275 (80/40/20 meters only)
Basic Rules: NA stations work anyone, DX works only NA. Work each
station once per band. Soliciting station (CQ, etc.) may only work one
station before QSYing at least 1 kc to answer someone elses call, or 5 kc
to solicit (CQ, etc.) another QSO.
Typically, you want to answer a CQ then use that frequency to call your
own CQ, since the other station must QSY. A key element that will
distinguish you as an experienced Sprinter will be where you send YOUR
callsign in the exchange. If you are answering a CQ, you will get the
frequency when done, so you want to send YOUR callsign as the last piece
of the exchange. If you were the solicitor and will have to QSY, you send
your call just after the other stations call. Savvy Sprinters will pick
up on this subtlety to determine who will be left on frequency when the
QSO is over. If you are left on frequency, listen for someone to pop a
callsign in before you even call CQ. It's a fast paced contest that can
be a lot of fun and/or very frustrating! Score is number of State,
Provinces, and NA countries times the number of QSO's.
At presstime I was unable to verify the date for certain. It's possible
that it will be on February 8 instead for phone.
Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine, and Delaware QSO Parties - Feb 7 0000Z to
Feb 8 2400Z
A whole mess of QSO parties held concurrently...need I say more?
North American Sprint Contest - CW - Feb 8 0000Z through 0359Z (Date
unverified)
Frequencies: 3540, 7040, 14040 Mhz (80/40/20 meter only)
(Same as phone above)
Unable to verify date for certain. It may be held on Feb 15th instead.
Contest Tip of the Month
Of course, as soon as I recommended an internet contest calendar (LA9HW
last month), I discovered a very big problem with most of these web pages:
Their information is unofficial and often times outdated. Case in point
was the ARRL Sweepstakes rules. LA9HW had a copy of last year's rules on
his web page which stated that logs were due 30 days after the phone
contest. Of course, ARRL changed this recently to make it 30 days after
the CW portion (2 weeks earlier!). So this months tip is to be very
careful where you get your contest rules/info and make sure they are
current! In the case of ARRL contests, make sure you get the rules from
QST or the ARRL Web Page. Get CQ rules from CQ Magazine if possible. CQ
rules on internet still seems to be a bit of a crap shoot, even on CQ web
sites!
WORK PVRC IN JANUARY VHF SWEEPSTAKES
by Brian Skutt, ND3F
The January VHF sweepstakes, held from 17 January (Saturday) 1800Z to 19
January (Monday, Sunday night local) 0300Z is a club competition. Several
PVRC stations will be active, including the K3MQH South Mountain
superstation, K8GP/3 operating at W3LPL's QTH, K1RZ/3, and ND3F/rover.
Work on all bands 50MHz and up. CW,SSB, FM all OK, no packet or
repeaters. Exchange is your 4 character grid square, e.g., FM19 or FM18.
Typical frequencies are the "calling frequencies": 50.125, 144.200,
222.100, 432.100, or on FM 144.55/58, 223.5, 446.0. Because the rover
scoring rules are apparently changing starting soon, ND3F/rover is
attempting to set a scoring record under the current rules (he holds the
current January contest record for rovers). Brian will start at Blue Knob
in central PA (3050' ASL), and drive to 10 other grids, ending in Virginia
Beach on Sunday night, taking equipment for all bands from 6M to 3cm. In
particular, he will be looking for PVRC on FM from 2030 local Saturday
night (from grids FM19, FN10 in PA), and early on Sunday morning 0600-noon
local from grids FM29, FM28 and FM18 on the eastern shore of Maryland.
You can work rover stations again each time they move. Please help PVRC
have a big club score by working all of our active stations, including
W4MYA, WA0QII, W3IKE, N4MM, W3GN, N3OPM, W3IP, and many others.
12/4/97 PVRC/NC MEETING MINUTES
by Pete Soper, KS4XG
Site: The meeting was held at Luna's Pizza in Raleigh 17:30-19:15.
Attendees: AA4NC/W4MR, Will; K3CV, Jeff Keller; K4QPL, Jim; KF4MOK, Dave;
KS4XG, Pete (secretary); N3QYE, Jim; N4CW, Bert (chairman); N4AF, Howie;
NT4D, Jay; W2CS, Gary; W3GCG, Willy; WB8III, Steve
Membership: This was the second meeting of Jeff Keller, K3CV, sponsored by
K4HA. We forgot to vote Jeff in but gave him a lot of smiles instead,
knowing it would have been unanimous. Welcome to PVRC Jeff!, Chapter
membership is now 21. This was the first meeting of amateur extra Steve
Wilson, WB8III. Steve is sponsored by NT4D and has been taking part in CW
tests at Jay's station. Licensed since 1970 Steve took the Roanoke
division in the 1972 Novice Roundup and has been enjoying CW ever since,
with a personal best effort for this year's SS/CW test. Welcome Steve!
Club business and announcements N4CW commenced the meeting. N4CW
announced the January meeting will not be on the 1st to avoid collision
with the holidays. N3QYE suggested we have a special dinner meeting in
January to celebrate the new year with good food. There was discussion of
a site and it was unanimously agreed that we'd try to get a reservation
for a private room at the Fox and Hound in Cary. We originally tried to
book the room for the 8th but had to settle for the 7th. Details at the
end of the minutes.
N4AF announced that the chapter's Sweepstakes performance was excellent.
The chapter had a cumulative score of about one million points for both SS
tests last year while this year we totaled two million points, a fantastic
improvement.
The old PVRC email reflector was retired and new reflectors are in place
and maintained by [email protected]. The two reflectors are [email protected]
for PVRC and [email protected] for the NC chapter.
N4AF turned over maintenance of his excellent chapter Web site to KS4XG.
The new URL is http://pagesz.net/~pvrcnc and there is a link from the old
site.
Upcoming contests are the ARRL 160 meter test, the ARRL 10 meter test
December 13/14 and the PVRC 50th anniversary QSO party on New Year's Eve
(email KS4XG for details). PVRC took the ARRL 160 contest in 1996 and the
10m test last year so these should be special targets.
Member Activities: N4CW topped his personal best performance during
CQWW/CW as W4MR at the AA4NC contest station. AA4NC enjoyed the good
conditions for SS/phone and had a good time taking part in the W4WA
multiop effort for CQWW/CW. He commented that 80m conditions were very
unusual and W2CS said he noticed the same thing. Will plans to take part
in the 160 and 10 meter tests.
K3CV is building a station and asked about recommendations for an antenna
tuner. N4CW suggested that Jeff find a used Drake MN2700 and NT4D said his
MN2000 has been working fine for 25 years.
K4QPL said SS/phone sucked as he didn't have a voice keyer and the pig
farmers found him on 80 meters. Jim pointed out that care must be taken
with CT to avoid errors in off time estimates (the threshold for CT is 10
minutes while the minimum off time for SS is 30 minutes). Luckily Jim
only lost 13 Qs and no mullets when he deleted the extra portion of his
log to get it down to 24 hours. Jim thanked Gary for the loan of a linear
and said this made SS bearable for him.
W2CS decided that SS/CW didn't suck after all, as his 81k QRP score is
holding up well. Gary said it was a pleasure working SS/phone from the
N4AF station and he wishes he hadn't run out of energy, going through
three cartons of throat lozenges in about 22 hours.
W3GCG has begun new tower work to prepare his station for future contests
and has passed out contacts during casual efforts in the meantime.
N4AF said it was a pleasure having W2CS over for SS and described the
fantastic propagation during CQWW/CW, saying that 15 meters was as good as
it gets during one morning. Howie was again saved by a borrowed TS830,
this time Gary's, as Howie's remaining functional 830 died again.
KS4XG said a year's worth of station building came together just before
SS/phone and he was very satisfied. Having a signal loud enough to resist
the pig farmer's best jamming efforts was a special bonus and Pete is
looking forward to SS next year, expecting another big improvement.
N3QYE reported success with the NC State (W4ATC) club station's SS/phone
effort (the amp didn't blow up this year!). Jim said that Kemp, KF4ARS
greatly enjoyed taking part in the test and is upgrading from general to
advanced this month. Jim is hopeful that Kemp will begin attending PVRC
meetings in the near future.
KF4MOK said he had trouble copying other stations during SS. NT4D said he
enjoyed both SS tests but suffered with a yagi trap that failed and then
appeared to heal itself after eight hours. He's considering buying a C3
and is preparing to add a crankup tower and asked for advice about getting
the large base hole dug.
AA4NC said the new cluster is on Six Forks in Raleigh and is high enough
to provide very good coverage. The plan is to take the AA4NC cluster node
(144.93) down and depend on the new (147.57) node in the future with
formal transfer of trusteeship from W4DW to W4MR. W3GCG asked if there is
interest in a PVRC/NC repeater but there didn't seem to be enough to
justify the effort.
KS4XG announced that N3QYE and KF4MOK will join him for a M/S NAQP/phone
effort in January.
Special January Celebration Meeting. For January only we'll be
celebrating 1998 at the Fox and Hound pub restaurant, 1800 on the
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 7. Ask to be shown to the "PVRC table" in the private
(but glassed in) room in the back. February's meeting will be the first
Thursday at Luna's as usual.
Directions to Fox and Hound: The Fox and Hound is in Macgregor Shopping
Center in Cary (ph 919 380 0080) in the SW corner formed by the US64 and
US1 intersection.
>From the North: Take the Raleigh beltline south as if going to Luna Pizza
but proceed past Western Blvd and stay in the left two lanes as you pass
exits for I40, Walnut St. and Cary Parkway. Take the next exit to US64
West. Move into the left lanes as you pass through the light for
reentering US1 and take the next left into Macgregor. Turn left again
into the shop area. The Fox and Hound is in the center. If you reach
Edinborough off US64 you've overshot but can hook around to the left and
get back to the shopping area.
>From the West take US64 East through Pittsboro and past Apex. Soon after
passing a set of car dealerships on the right you'll pass right turns at
McKennen, Gregson and Edinborough. The next right will be the turn into
Macgregor. If you reach the US1 entrance ramps off US64 you've overshot
and will have to go up the hill to the fancy office building on the right
and get turned around there.
CENTRAL SUBREGION MEETING NOVEMBER 5TH by Jack Hammett, K4VV
An informal dinner meeting was held at Vienna's Grill in Vienna, Va.
Attending were Norm/W3LYW and his wife, Marty/W3YOZ, John/K4IQ, and
Jack/K4VV. We had an interesting evening of antenna, tower, and contest
talk.
NOTES FROM THE EDITOR
Ron Uthus, N4MO, will do (has done) the 10 meter test from Texas at M/S
K0BCN. Then in January, he'll stop off in Guatemala in route to Costa
Raca. He plans to be in Costa Rica for both sections of the ARRL DX test
in February and March. Probably the call will be TI7/N4MO, the same as
last year
We received the following from Dennis Motschenbacher, K7BV, that said, "I
wish to thank the membership of the PVRC for sponsoring the Single
Operator North American Plaque in the 1997 ARRL CW DX Contest. I was most
pleased to win this plaque while operating as VP2EV. It now occupies a
proud spot in my shack. Those plaques are so beautiful and I will always
remember the thrills of that particular contest, thanks to the PVRC."
Tom Davis (KR4ZU) sent in his new address, American Embassy New Delhi,
Dept of State, Washington DC 20521-9000. In the letter he said, "The
application for the Indian Amateur Radio License was finally delivered and
accepted by the WDC (Wireless Planning and Coordination Wing, Ministry of
Communications) on 24 October 1997. The application package contained a
total of 32 pages of what they called requested information. The
application instructions mentions that it can take up to two months to
process the paper for the Indian Radio License." Tom continued, "I'm
looking forward to reading some information regarding contest software. I
hope that an article appears soon that outlines or suggests some of the
better programs used or suggested by PVRC members.
Tom, based on a quick poll of PVRC'ers on the 'cluster, CT is the most
popular program. The vote was CT=17, TR=5, NA=4, and others=4.
This issue is being edited on a notebook computer while visiting my wife's
son's family in Goldsboro and then my son's family in Winston-Salem, NC.
After I got away from internet access in Goldsboro, I found that I am
missing a couple meeting minutes that will be caught up in the next issue.
Thank you to Bob, W2GG, for stepping in to do reproduction and
distribution of the Newsletter. If all goes well, I will be able to send
this MS WORD 6 file to Bob via Internet in time for him to do his thing.
Also, thanks to Jim, N3KTV who did reproducton and distribution for longer
than I have been your editor. Seasons greetings from your Newsletter
staff.
PVRC SCORES by Dave Blanchard, N3II
PVRC ARRL SWEEPSTAKES CW
(#11 12/19/97)
CALL BAND QSO SEC TOTAL
** SINGLE OP HIGH POWER
K3MM 1290 79 203,820
W3PP 1214 79 191,812
KE3Q 1210 79 191,180
KT3Y 1209 79 191,022
K3ZO 1169 79 184,702
N4AF 1133 79 178,382
W4MR 1124 79 177,592
N4ZR 1061 78 165,516
WF3T 954 79 150,732
K3JT 0 0 150,000
W9LT 937 78 146,172
N4CW 900 78 140,400
N8II 888 78 138,528
K3SV 801 79 126,558
K4IQ 741 79 117,078
N3OC 700 76 106,400
N3II 630 79 99,540
W4BQF 606 75 90,900
W3AZ 432 77 66,528
K4GMH 80 535 62 66,340
K3OSX 405 79 63,990
N3JT 401 76 60,952
W4MYA 357 73 52,122
K2AV 301 73 43,946
W8ZA 260 74 38,480
K4VV 290 65 37,700
W3GG 225 62 27,900
W3HVQ 132 59 15,300
W3GN 59 33 3,894
W3EKT 51 28 2,856
** SINGLE OP LOW POWER
W3MC 822 79 129,718
W4YE 743 79 117,394
W3DA 680 79 107,440
W2GG 657 77 101,178
K3MQH 538 78 83,928
KM3V 498 79 78,684
W3UJ 496 79 78,526
K4QPL 517 73 75,482
AC4ZO 471 73 68,766
N4MO/3 415 74 61,420
ND3F 400 76 60,800
K4SO 361 73 52,706
K3RA 340 68 46,240
W3CP 286 71 40,612
WR3L 253 76 38,456
K3SA 250 68 34,000
WA4DAI 190 63 23,940
W4VC 137 62 16,988
K4EC 159 53 16,854
K3HH 135 60 16,200
W4HM 150 53 15,900
WD3A 122 51 12,444
N3UN 112 49 10,976
K4PB 108 46 9,936
NE3H 81 30 4,860
W3DAD 25 17 850
N3TG 10 9 180
** SINGLE OP QRP POWER
W2CS 507 79 80,106
N3GM 288 72 41,472
WV3B 215 67 28,810
W3UR 34 19 1,292
** MULTIOP
W4RM 1050 79 165,900
NT4D 850 77 130,900
N3RR 728 79 115,024
K4MA 725 79 114,550
K4IX 645 79 101,910
W4ATC 638 79 100,804
K3DI 546 79 86,268
N3AM 517 79 81,686
W4ZYT 458 79 72,364
WA4QDM 317 79 50,086
WD3P 309 73 45,114
NY3M 294 71 41,748
K3SW 130 68 17,680
74 LOGS TOTAL 5,810,534
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
LAST YEAR - UNLIMITED CATEGORY
(CW & SSB) logs total
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P V R C 117 8,875,578
No Ca C C 77 7,409,132
Yankee C C C 83 6,106,238
Mad River R C 52 4,893,534
Multiop operators:
K4IX: K4IX W4HIR W4JLS W4PRO
KO4NX
N3RR: N3RR KT4W K4VV
NY3M: NY3M DAVID
W4ATC: KO4PY N3QYE KF4ARS
W4RM: W4RM W4NF W4CE
W4ZYT: W4ZYT W4SD KC4VZK W8RJL
AF4DC
PVRC ARRL SWEEPS SSB #8 12/19
(Added since #6 in Dec issue)
CALL BAND QSO SEC TOTAL
** SINGLE OP HIGH POWER
W4MYA 400 71 56,800
WB2BZR 10 62 19 2,356
** SINGLE OP LOW POWER
WB4HFL 10 23 13 598
** MULTIOP
KB3AUG 361 79 57,038
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
CW 5,810,534
SSB 6,771,802
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149 LOGS TOTAL 12,582,336
PVRC ARRL 160 CONTEST RESULTS
(#5 12/19/97)
CALL QSO SEC DX TOTAL
** SINGLE OP HIGH POWER
K8OQL 830 68 16 143,724
K4IQ 802 75 11 141,556
W3MC 760 69 13 128,986
K3MM 663 74 13 119,277
K2AV 730 72 7 116,999
W3TMZ 522 73 13 93,396
W3GN 625 62 2 80,384
W4YE 552 66 0 67,452
K4SO 480 56 6 60,636
NY4A 460 59 4 58,527
W3AZ 333 55 9 44,352
W3HVQ 320 60 2 40,052
K4VV 333 51 2 36,960
N3AM 331 46 2 32,064
K3OSX 296 49 1 29,750
K2UOP/8 243 46 6 26,364
WA4DAI 170 45 1 15,778
** SINGLE OP LOW POWER
K1HTV 850 67 8 129,750
N4MO 525 59 1 63,180
N4GU 414 54 0 44,874
WV3B 369 49 0 36,162
N3II 276 49 2 28,458
N3UN 279 48 2 28,200
W3EKT 278 46 1 26,273
K3MQH 290 43 1 25,652
W3CP 271 45 1 25,070
K3SA 242 47 1 23,376
W8ZA 173 42 1 15,007
WR3L 153 37 1 11,742
W0CN 150 36 2 11,628
W2GG 138 32 1 8,928
W4VC 107 38 0 8,132
N3TG 101 34 1 7,175
K3CV 100 0 0 7,000
** SINGLE OP QRP POWER
WK3I 579 67 3 81,690
WD3P 99 33 0 6,534
** MULTIOP
W4MYA 1076 72 22 217,798
K3SV 1019 76 18 200,314
N3OC 844 73 20 165,075
W4MR 894 74 12 157,380
K4PB 764 71 12 130,310
NT4D 630 60 5 82,875
K3KO 512 56 9 68,510
K3KY 298 68 6 45,658
N3NT 321 58 5 41,391
WA4QDM 276 40 1 22,755
W4DR 0 0 0 10,788
K3SWZ 103 37 1 8,018
W4ATC 98 34 0 6,664
46 LOGS TOTAL 2,749,734
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LAST YEAR - 1996
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logs score
UNLIMITED CATEGORY
FRANKFORD R C 54 4,568,173
no other entries
MEDIUM CATEGORY
P V R C 38 3,491,985
MAD RIVER R C 21 2,269,609
YANKEE CLIPP C C 27 2,202,159
SOC OF MIDWEST C 18 1,765,699
NORTH COAST CONT 11 1,324,231
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Operators:
K4PB: K4PB N4CW
N3OC: N3OC NB1B
NY4A: N4AF
W4ATC: N3QYE KF4ARS
W4MR: AA4NC K4MA
PVRC ARRL TEN METER RESULTS
(#5 12/28/97)
CALL QSO'S STS DX TOTAL
SINGLE OP HIGH POWER - MIXED
W4MYA 1707 109 76 940,540
K4MA 1626 115 60 755,300
K3ZO 1275 107 59 620,176
N3II 844 93 46 360,844
W3EKT 524 89 42 193,880
K3CV 435 59 35 90,804
K2UOP/8 354 63 28 82,810
W4SD 133 52 7 24,426
W3DQ 30 14 5 1,634
SINGLE OP LOW POWER - MIXED
WK3I 447 113 0 165,206
N3UN 393 69 34 101,146
K3MQH 220 53 20 56,794
W3CP 91 25 7 11,008
SINGLE OP QRP POWER - MIXED
W3ECU 66 22 5 4,590
SINGLE OP HIGH POWER - PHONE
K1DQV 1254 57 46 258,324
K3OSX 721 54 31 122,570
N4MXT 464 55 35 83,520
KS4XG 374 41 20 45,628
KO4MR 250 49 32 40,500
KB3AUG/8 235 42 27 32,430
SINGLE OP LOW POWER - PHONE
WB2BZR 1069 54 41 203,110
K4ZAM 946 52 50 192,984
WB4HFL 321 49 24 46,866
4U1WB 258 38 9 24,252
SINGLE OP HIGH POWER - CW
W3GN 651 55 26 211,896
WF3T 408 49 19 110,926
N4AF 132 29 14 22,532
SINGLE OP LOW POWER - CW
W4YE 140 56 0 31,360
K3SV 140 36 10 25,760
W3TMZ 119 32 14 21,896
SINGLE OP QRP POWER - CW
WV3B 175 31 13 30,800
WD3P 21 12 2 1,176
MULTI OP
K0BCN 1183 98 50 511,784
W9LT 1045 99 46 442,250
K3MM 868 99 70 430,950
K3KO 700 89 56 320,450
N3HBX 1182 55 57 264,768
W2GG 471 83 51 185,188
K3VOA 505 71 35 140,132
K3KY 321 61 18 81,844
K4VV 263 64 29 80,166
WA4QDM 221 65 21 62,092
W3UJ 187 47 0 43,776
K4PB 160 38 21 37,760
K3SA 150 32 22 32,400
W3MC 140 61 0 32,320
K3IXD 228 43 24 30,552
K3SWZ 143 34 0 14,552
N3NT 87 34 9 13,072
NY3M 93 24 0 8,928
K3DI 54 23 0 4,324
50 LOGS TOTAL 7,141,262
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LAST YEAR - 1996
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UNLIMITED CATEGORY No entries
MEDIUM CATEGORY
P V R C 34 2,047,070
FLA CONTEST GRP 13 1,557,106
FRANKFORD R C 35 1,510,508
YANKEE CLIP C C 25 976,138
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Multiop operators:
4U1WB: AJ3M
K3KO: K3KO KS4XG
K3VOA: W3LEO WB2DNE N3NT
K0BCN/5: K0BCN N4MO (Not PVRC)
NY3M: NY3M DAVID
PVRC REFERENCE PAGE (Changes are underscored. Other updates? - editor)
PVRC Officers
PRESIDENT K3MM TYLER STEWART (301) 414-5444
[email protected]
VICE PRES N3OC BRIAN McGINNESS (301) 652-6768
[email protected]
SECRETARY KE3Q RICH BOYD (301) 464-8014
[email protected]
TREASURER WR3L DAVE BAUGHER (410) 410-DX1-WR3L
[email protected]
HISTORIAN K3SA STEVE AFFENS (301) 774-0558
[email protected]
PVRC Charter Members:
W3GRF (SK), W4AAV (SK), W4KFC (SK), N0FFZ (SK), W4LUE, W7YS, VP2VI (W0DX),
W3IKN, W4KFT.
PacketCluster Contest/DX System (MHz):
K3NA Frederick MD 145.630
W3LPL Glenwood MD 145.590 441.250
KE3Q Bowie MD 145.570 445.375
N3RR Rockville MD 145.510 441.325
N4OHE Mt.Weather VA 145.710 440.925
K3MQH S Mountain PA 145.630
WR3L Baltimore MD 145.610 440.950
N4SR Woodbridge VA 145.630 *
K4FJ Mt. Vernon VA 145.770 *
KE3QZ Hollywood, MD 145.690 *
This system is sponsored by the Potomac Valley DX Spotting Network except
"*" are independently funded by each SYSOP.
PVRC on Internet.
PVRC web site:
http://www.pvrc.org by K3SA.
NC (N4AF) web http://www.pagesz.net/~pvrc
PVRC reflector:
To post: [email protected]
To join send email:
[email protected]
Text: SUBSCRIBE PVRC
Dues are by donation. The mandatory $10 dues have been discontinued. So
please send your donation - hopefully at least $10 - to Dave Baugher,
WR3L, 615 Rockway Beach Av, Baltimore, MD 21221, Please make checks
payable to PVRC. Thank you.
Newsletter & Autocall column Editor: Dick Wilder, K3DI, 913 Shore Acres
Rd, Arnold, MD 21012-1724. Voice 410-757-6706, FAX/modem 410-757-6720,
[email protected], and packet. Deadlines are the 25th unless prior
arrangements are made.
CENTRAL:
The Central Meeting is always the second Monday (except June, July, and
August) at 7:30 pm. The central meeting generally alternates between MD
and VA locations. A premeeting dinner is usually held between 5:00 and
6:30 pm. Check via 147- repeater.
VA LOCATION: The Patrick Henry (Public) Library, Route 123, Vienna,
VA. Premeeting dinner at Outback, Old Branch Ave.
MD LOCATION: Church of the Nativity (Episcopal), Route 5, Temple
Hills, MD. Premeeting dinner at Topolino's.
NORTHWEST:
Ty Stewart K3MM 301-414-5444 [email protected]. Meets at 8:00 pm on the
third Tuesday every month at the Legends Restaurant in Hampton Inn, at
I-270 and Route 85 in south Frederick, MD. Essentially includes WEST
VIRGINIA area.
NORTH CAROLINA:
Chair: Bert Michaud, N4CW, [email protected]. Sec: Pete Soper, KS4XG,
[email protected], Activites: Jim Stevens, K4MA, [email protected]. POC
is N4CW and KS4XG. Howie Hoyt, N4AF, 919-362-1301, [email protected] is
PVRC reflector editor. PVRC/NC meets at 6:00 pm (may change to 5:30 pm)
the first Thursday of every month at Luna's, 3227 Avent Ferry Rd, Raleigh,
tel. 919-854-9600. Luna's is in s strip mall behind Courtney's
Restaurant. Go in, and proceed to the back, and up the stairs to a large
table set and waiting for you.
TIDEWATER (VA) COLONY OF PVRC.
Don Lynch W4ZYT 804-486-0728 [email protected]. Meetings are the 3rd
Tuesday of every month in conjunction with the VA DXCC at the China Palace
Restaurant corner of Newtown Road and Kempsville Road in Norfolk. Take 64
to the Newtown Road exit south. Kempsville Road is the second traffic
light. The restaurant is across the intersection to the right.
SOUTHWEST VA CHAPTER: Coordinator: John Mitchell, K4IQ, Catawba, VA
540-384-7377, [email protected]. Meets at Denny's Restaurant in West Salem;
exit 137 to intersection & left before the traffic light OR Pargo's
Restraurant in Roanoke, VA.
THE BWI REGIONAL/PVRC:
Weekly breakfast Wed at 7:30 AM at Basil's Deli Port on Elkrdige Landing
Rd 1/4 mile South of Winterson Road 410-850-4333. Director: Ike Lawton,
W2EOS, 410-263-2830. Secretary: Howard Leake, W6AXX, 410-465-7008,
[email protected]
OVER-THE-HILL BUNCH (Luncheon):
Rotating hosts announces meeting info. Ben Shaver, AA4XU, 703-534-4740;
Andy Anderson, W3XE, 301-384-7771, [email protected], Holiday Inn, College
Park MD; and Bill Leavitt, W3AZ, 301-292-5797, Ramada Inn, Oxon Hill
RAPPAHANNOCK or WOODBRIDGE: Jack O'Mara W4NF 703-680-4106 and Cliff Deel
W4CE 703-491-0841 [email protected]
CENTRAL VA: Bob Morris, W4MYA 804-457-9011 [email protected]
WEST (Shenandoah, etc) Chairperson: vacant
NORTHEAST: Dave Baugher, WR3L, 410-391-9735, [email protected]
EASTERN-SHORE (DEL-MAR-VA)
Brian McGinnes N3OC 301-652-6768 [email protected]
EAST (Annapolis) Rich Boyd, KE3Q, see info above
OTHER MEETINGS (based on last year):
Jun. W3LPL open house Sat before Field Day with joint FRC/PVRC
meeting on alternate years. (1999, 2001, ...)
Jun-Aug. When joint FRC/PVRC is at FRC,
they announce the date.
Jul. Cook out at N4AF, Apex, NC
Jul. Open house, W4MYA, Goochland, VA.
Aug. Joint NCDXA/PVRC Fowlfest at W3YOZ Park
Aug. VHF++ meeting/workshop at ND3F in Ellicott City
Sep PVRC meeting at the FARfest in Gaithersburg
Sep. Open house, WR3L, Baltimore
Dec. Christmas dinner, DC area.