[CVCC] Fw: CVCC April Newsletter

[Ed Moore]

Please note, the Club Picnic is May 13th...NOT the 14th...
73,
Ed
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ed Moore" <nw4v at comcast.net>
To: <cvcc at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, April 09, 2006 7:31 AM
Subject: CVCC April Newsletter


> Dear CVCC,
>
> Here is this month's 599 VA Newsletter.
>
>
> Prez  Sez:
>
> April will be my last meeting as President.  The past two years have gone
by
> fast and I have really enjoyed my involvement in our Club. The outcome of
> the March meeting once again proved to me that the membership of the CVCC
> can be counted on to come through in a pinch!  The Club will always
continue
> as long as the spirit of cooperation and determination lives on, as shown
in
> our last meeting
>
> Please provide your support and encouragement to our President elect,
Jerry
> K4KJL. We will certainly have some challenges ahead, but I am confident
> Jerry can lead us through the new organization structure we adopted and
> provide the direction we need. Along with our Treasurer, Bob NK4H, and
> Secretary, Marie K4KML, the CVCC is in good hands to ensure success for
the
> future.
>
> Thanks to you all for making the CVCC a wonderful organization.  I look
> forward to seeing everyone at the Annual Picnic, May 14 and over the
coming
> summer months as well.
>
>
> Vy 73,
>
> Ed NW4V
>
>
> DX de DR
>
> I just learned of the passing of another of RIchmond's DX'ers.  Dr Hal
> Johnson, K4JVE age 91 has left us.  Hal had not been active in recent
years.
> The last time I saw him was in 2000 when he and his wife attended the 50
> year celebration of my career in amateur radio.  RIP, Hal.
>
> On a happier note Tony, KC4AUF reports that 13 of the 15 members of the
> Dominion DX Group worked 3Y0X on one or more bands.  This is a great
> accomplishment since many of these operators are new to DXing and even to
> amateur radio.  Congratulations!  Tony himself got them on 7 bands and 3
> modes and was especially happy to work them as XR9A/MM while they were
using
> the Buckmaster multiband dipole which he sent them.
> Retirement is agreeing with Puck, W4PM.  Using his magic wires he worked
two
> HS0's on 20, TZ6 on 40, CN2R on 160, V51, 5B4 and FR5 on 30 and 4S7AL on
> 17...all on CW.  Puck also reports that he has received his CW DXCC using
> exclusively LOTW confirmations.  Knowing how Puck dislikes filling out
qsls
> LOTW was make to order for him.
> W1ZA continues to shake down his new setup and found all systems a go
during
> the VA QSO party.  A ring rotor for the log periodic will pretty much
> complete the basic setup.
> W4TNX continues to be busy getting his new QTH ready and with hiring
people
> at work.
> Our soon to be ex-president, NW4V found time to work a YJ0 on 17, the TY5
> gang on 80, 40 and 20 and C9 on 30.
> WK4Y managed to work PJ2 on 160 SSB and a J6 on 60.
> Your editor  was happy with OH0R on 160 ssb, J3, J6 and HH4 on 60 and
> several TY5's on RTTY.  I have been trying for the J5's on RTTY, but they
> only seem to use that mode when I am at work!  Maybe I should retire.
>
> See you all in the VU4 pileups April 18 to 26.
>
> Bob W4DR
>
>
>     Dah DaDit DaDiDiDah
>
> (W4TNX)
>
> Progress on the new QTH:
>
> · Final plans are out for bids, due back the week ending 4/7/2006.
> · Still need to get a final OK on the soils report for septic system and
> irrigation well - then need a survey
> · Site has been cleared and graded - most of the driveway in place
> · Dominion Resources 25 KVA Xfmr has been set (only requested single
phase,
> for now)
> · My HBDX-40 tower and several beam  antennas are in the "barn" on the new
> property
> · I estimate I am 1 month behind my original schedule and will probably
slip
> one more month, due to permits and financing.
> · Estimated completion date is now October 1, 2006
>
> Hope to make the April meeting - I would be glad to volunteer to put on a
> meeting program or two in the next DX season dealing with a "club project"
> on OWA antennas - 6m or 10m. With the anticipated high solar numbers for
the
> next cycle, my preference would be for a 6m OWA project, but 10m would be
OK
> also. With the synergies of a club project, we could all benefit from
"mass
> purchasing" power and the diverse "scrounging ability" that hams have. My
> guess is that a 6m / 6 element OWA would cost around $200 depending on
> "scrounging" ability. This would be a full size beam on a 14 foot boom
with
> a 6 foot in-tower mast. (You can buy 2 inch diameter aluminum locally in
20
> foot lengths - 14 feet for the boom, 6 foot for the mast).
>
> 73,
> de W4TNX,  John
>
>
>
> Please send any newsletter (NL) items to me the Friday before a monthly
CVCC
> meeting and I will try to get your info into the NL.
>
> Tnx, John
>
>
>