From hmmjr at comcast.net Thu Jan 1 09:44:12 2015 From: hmmjr at comcast.net (hmmjr) Date: Thu, 01 Jan 2015 09:44:12 -0500 Subject: [CVCC] Fwd: [FOC] W4PRO SK Message-ID: Sent from Samsung tablet -------- Original message -------- Subject:[FOC] W4PRO SK From:Don Lynch To:FOC Members Cc: Received word this evening via WL2K and W1WTG that Jim passed away about 1445 EST this afternoon.? This must have happened shortly after I spoke with Linda's daughter. There will be a celebration of Jim's life - details will be in the obituary, and I will pass them on as I hear them. Our loss of a good friend and the hobby's loss of one of the greats. Please keep Linda and the family in your thoughts. Vy 73, Don Lynch W4ZYT -- Don Lynch MD W4ZYT - EI2IM, 5Z4ZK Virginia Beach, Virginia ARRL - IRTS - ARSK - Virginia DXCC - PVRC FOC 1700 ?- ?RNARS 4473 ?- ?FISTS 3381 ?- ?CWOPS 55 w4zyt.don at gmail.com == Donald F. Lynch, Jr., MD, FACS Professor of Urology Eastern Virginia School of Medicine Norfolk, Virginia, USA -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "foc_members" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to foc_members+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. From w4hz at verizon.net Wed Jan 7 20:35:54 2015 From: w4hz at verizon.net (Jonathan Payne) Date: Wed, 07 Jan 2015 20:35:54 -0500 Subject: [CVCC] DXCC Card Checkers-Local Message-ID: <004a01d02ae3$728906f0$579b14d0$@net> I've found it interesting that the closest DXCC Card Checker listed by the ARRL is Don Lynch in VA. Beach & wondered why there is no one locally that has been nominated. It seems to me that we have many thousand Amateurs in the Richmond metroplex, many of who chase DX & would benefit from a local Card Checker. Do any of you have any comments on this???? Jonathan/W4HZ From hmmjr at comcast.net Thu Jan 8 16:20:01 2015 From: hmmjr at comcast.net (H. M. Motley, Jr,) Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2015 21:20:01 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [CVCC] W4PM - Good News Message-ID: <1588147746.16351683.1420752001167.JavaMail.zimbra@comcast.net> Thanks for all the e-mails and calls. After visiting the Cardiac surgeon today I feel like the shepherd boy who cried "wolf" - false alarm! The surgeon said the pictures (CT scan and X-ray)show all wires in place and 2/3 of the sternum has fused. The problem is the other 1/3 which has not and may never fuse! That's what is causing the slight movement and popping noises in my chest. He said he could go in rewire the whole thing but he did not recommend that! I should take it easy (no bench press competition) and not to lift over 20 lbs for the next 6 months. Then call him if I still have problems and maybe we'd do another CT scan and look at the situation again. I'm think I'd have to be in extreme distress to ever broach this subject again! Again thanks for your concern and well wishes. Puck W4PM From w4zyt.don at gmail.com Thu Jan 8 19:48:44 2015 From: w4zyt.don at gmail.com (Don Lynch) Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2015 00:48:44 +0000 Subject: [CVCC] DXCC Card Checkers-Local In-Reply-To: <004a01d02ae3$728906f0$579b14d0$@net> References: <004a01d02ae3$728906f0$579b14d0$@net> Message-ID: Hi Jonathan- I agree completely. I believe that as a club, CVCC can request that a local DXCC Card Checker be appointed, and nominate an individual to the Divisional Director or Section Manager, indicating the need (the preponderance of CVCC members are also DXers who presently must travel 100 miles in either of two directions to get to a card checker). I think - given the level of activity and the number if DXers in the Richmond area - that person will likely get appointed. There were, in fact, one or two other Virginia checkers in recent years who appear to have resigned - all the more reason to have someone available to hams in the central part of the state. Under the old system, there used to be some general requirements which I think are still in force - the individual must have DXCC with 300+ countries, must be an active DXer, must be a member of the ARRL, and must agree to abide by the guidelines for card checking. In addition, to be able to field check 160-meter cards, the checker himself must hold a 160-meter DXCC [I'm still working on this one :o)]. There is a pamphlet which outlines the duties and procedures for card checkers. There are several checkers in the northern Virginia area, and I have long thought that Richmond should have one. I'd certainly endorse any request to the League that CVCC would put forth. Vy 73, Don W4ZYT On Thu, Jan 8, 2015 at 1:35 AM, Jonathan Payne wrote: > I've found it interesting that the closest DXCC Card Checker listed by the > ARRL is Don Lynch in VA. Beach & wondered why there is no one locally that > has been nominated. It seems to me that we have many thousand Amateurs in > the Richmond metroplex, many of who chase DX & would benefit from a local > Card Checker. > > > > Do any of you have any comments on this???? > > > > Jonathan/W4HZ > > ______________________________________________________________ > CVCC mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/cvcc > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:CVCC at mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > -- Don Lynch MD W4ZYT - EI2IM, 5Z4ZK Virginia Beach, Virginia ARRL - IRTS - ARSK - Virginia DXCC - PVRC FOC 1700 - RNARS 4473 - FISTS 3381 - CWOPS 55 w4zyt.don at gmail.com == Donald F. Lynch, Jr., MD, FACS Professor of Urology Eastern Virginia School of Medicine Norfolk, Virginia, USA From w4zyt.don at gmail.com Thu Jan 8 20:10:14 2015 From: w4zyt.don at gmail.com (Don Lynch) Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2015 01:10:14 +0000 Subject: [CVCC] DXCC Card Checkers-Local In-Reply-To: References: <004a01d02ae3$728906f0$579b14d0$@net> Message-ID: Attached is the official ARRL policy for nominating Card Checkers. Appointments are made by both Divisional Directors (one checker per Division) and by the Section Managers (one checker per section). My appointment was from the Roanoke Division Director, which means - I believe - that the Virginia Section manager has a vacancy for the Virginia Section spot and can nominate some one for it. If CVCC can meet the membership requirements and is willing to call itself a DX Club, you can submit a nomination for a qualified Richmond area ham to be a checker. Vy 73, Don W4ZYT ? From kj4it.jw at gmail.com Fri Jan 9 07:16:12 2015 From: kj4it.jw at gmail.com (Jerry Williams - KJ4IT) Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2015 07:16:12 -0500 Subject: [CVCC] DXCC Card Checkers-Local In-Reply-To: References: <004a01d02ae3$728906f0$579b14d0$@net> Message-ID: <455431F2369F4BB2B6247DEEB2F35578@KJ4ITCQ5700F> Hi Jonathan, You have a good idea. Who do you think of our CVCC members might be interested in performing this function? I am sure we have someone. Jerry Williams - KJ4IT ARRL EC - Hanover County Member: ARRL-CVCC-RARC-RATS CELL: 804-357-2190 HOME: 804-730-0221 -----Original Message----- From: CVCC [mailto:cvcc-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Don Lynch Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2015 7:49 PM To: Jonathan Payne Cc: CVCC Subject: Re: [CVCC] DXCC Card Checkers-Local Hi Jonathan- I agree completely. I believe that as a club, CVCC can request that a local DXCC Card Checker be appointed, and nominate an individual to the Divisional Director or Section Manager, indicating the need (the preponderance of CVCC members are also DXers who presently must travel 100 miles in either of two directions to get to a card checker). I think - given the level of activity and the number if DXers in the Richmond area - that person will likely get appointed. There were, in fact, one or two other Virginia checkers in recent years who appear to have resigned - all the more reason to have someone available to hams in the central part of the state. Under the old system, there used to be some general requirements which I think are still in force - the individual must have DXCC with 300+ countries, must be an active DXer, must be a member of the ARRL, and must agree to abide by the guidelines for card checking. In addition, to be able to field check 160-meter cards, the checker himself must hold a 160-meter DXCC [I'm still working on this one :o)]. There is a pamphlet which outlines the duties and procedures for card checkers. There are several checkers in the northern Virginia area, and I have long thought that Richmond should have one. I'd certainly endorse any request to the League that CVCC would put forth. Vy 73, Don W4ZYT On Thu, Jan 8, 2015 at 1:35 AM, Jonathan Payne wrote: > I've found it interesting that the closest DXCC Card Checker listed by the > ARRL is Don Lynch in VA. Beach & wondered why there is no one locally that > has been nominated. It seems to me that we have many thousand Amateurs in > the Richmond metroplex, many of who chase DX & would benefit from a local > Card Checker. > > > > Do any of you have any comments on this???? > > > > Jonathan/W4HZ > > ______________________________________________________________ > CVCC mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/cvcc > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:CVCC at mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > -- Don Lynch MD W4ZYT - EI2IM, 5Z4ZK Virginia Beach, Virginia ARRL - IRTS - ARSK - Virginia DXCC - PVRC FOC 1700 - RNARS 4473 - FISTS 3381 - CWOPS 55 w4zyt.don at gmail.com == Donald F. Lynch, Jr., MD, FACS Professor of Urology Eastern Virginia School of Medicine Norfolk, Virginia, USA ______________________________________________________________ CVCC mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/cvcc Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:CVCC at mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html From w4hz at verizon.net Sat Jan 10 14:50:35 2015 From: w4hz at verizon.net (Jonathan Payne) Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2015 14:50:35 -0500 Subject: [CVCC] Richmond Area QSL Card Checker Message-ID: <004101d02d0e$b40f5480$1c2dfd80$@net> After several conversations with many, I think having a QSL Card Checker in the Richmond area is a much needed & wanted resource. That said, I'm soliciting ideas from the group as to whom you feel would be an appropriate candidate to nominate for the position. Of course, if one of you is interested in the position & would like to volunteer, I'd be grateful. The candidate must have at least 300 confirmed DXCC entities & be a member in good standing with the ARRL. In order to be a Card Checker for the 160M band, the candidate must have at least 100 confirmed DXCC entities on that band. In speaking with Don Lynch in Va. Beach (he's been a card checker for years), it seems the position does not take a huge amount of time & I have added his last comments below. Please contact me with your suggestions & ideas. 73, Jonathan The following from Don/W4ZYT: I haven't found the job to be strenuous or burdensome. I get anywhere from one to four or five requests a month to check cards - more towards the end of the year when people are consolidating their totals to be reported for the ARRLs DX Yearbook. I have made it known I will check cards at our monthly Virginia DXCC Club meetings (3d Tuesday at Frankie's Ribs in Kempsville's Fairfield Shopping Center) and most Saturdays, when we have an informal breakfast gathering of many of the area DX regulars for breakfast at the Golden Corral on Independence Blvd (0700 to 0900, just south of I-264). On occasion, I have arranged to meet with people - usually from the Peninsula and on a time crunch for some reason) at the local Barnes and Noble, and I have made a house call or two when the individual was ill or had transportation problems. I have also checked cards at FOC and CWOPs functions. In addition, I usually try to be available at both Frostfest and the Virginia Beach Hamfests. I've also offered to check at Dayton and at Manassas in the past, but generally between locals and ARRL officials there, haven't been needed. Very occasionally people will arrange to mail me cards. In every case I have received an SASE to return them. I would estimate I spend perhaps 30-45 minutes a month - exclusive of hamfests - on card checking. Even when I was practicing full time or out-of-town on locums duties, it was quite manageable. Each checker can pretty much establish his own guidelines, and people have always been reasonable. The big thing is making sure that applicants understand the rules for field checking, which are clearly spelled out on the ARRL web site, and that they bring the appropriate forms, stamped envelopes, and signatures where needed. Again, if you caution folks about what to do ahead of time, it goes smoothly. I have rarely had to tell folks to go back and do something over. You do become a sort of point man for the DXCC program, which can be a mixed blessing, but in the event of disagreements or confusion, you always can refer the individual to the headquarters DXCC desk. Bill Moore and his staff are reasonable, helpful, and a pleasure to work with. As a checker, you can also check cards for the WAC, WAS, and VUCC programs. This is a very small part of it - maybe one or two WAC applications a year, 2 or 3 WAS applications, and a rare VUCC application or endorsement. I also check cards for the CQ awards - WAZ, WPX, and CQDX (not County Hunters, which have to be submitted directly to the CQ offices). That's a whole different program separate from the League's awards. At any rate, I think having a checker in the Richmond area would be splendid, and I'm sure there are several seasoned DXers who would fit the bill nicely. Let me know if I can be of any additional help. I look forward to seeing many of you at Frostfest. Vy 73 and good DX, Don W4ZYT From hmmjr at comcast.net Sun Jan 25 11:39:18 2015 From: hmmjr at comcast.net (H. M. Motley, Jr,) Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2015 16:39:18 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [CVCC] Contests this weekend? Message-ID: <1760302402.6520230.1422203958229.JavaMail.zimbra@comcast.net> I received a report from KG4W for CQ160 CW and a RTTY sprint! I was in the CQ160 and worked N3UA and K2WK but no other locals, not even Ed. Did anyone else participate in any contest this weekend. Sejo and Walt, how did you guys do? Where was MYA? My 160 - 516/1162/54/6/69,270 You may notice that my antenna does not do DX (the 6 in that sequence)! 73, Puck W4PM From wa4pgm at embarqmail.com Sun Jan 25 20:48:11 2015 From: wa4pgm at embarqmail.com (Kyle Chavis) Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2015 20:48:11 -0500 Subject: [CVCC] Contests this weekend? In-Reply-To: <1760302402.6520230.1422203958229.JavaMail.zimbra@comcast.net> References: <1760302402.6520230.1422203958229.JavaMail.zimbra@comcast.net> Message-ID: <54C59CDB.30107@embarqmail.com> Spent a total of 45 minutes in the contest. 79/26/3 - 5,887 points On 1/25/2015 11:39 AM, H. M. Motley, Jr, wrote: > I received a report from KG4W for CQ160 CW and a RTTY sprint! I was in the CQ160 and worked N3UA and K2WK but no other locals, not even Ed. Did anyone else participate in any contest this weekend. Sejo and Walt, how did you guys do? Where was MYA? > > My 160 - 516/1162/54/6/69,270 You may notice that my antenna does not do DX (the 6 in that sequence)! > > 73, > Puck W4PM > ______________________________________________________________ > CVCC mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/cvcc > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:CVCC at mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >