[CVCC] 2020 - Jan 7 - 1st meeting of the year

[Ronnie Bolton]

Hi All,

It's that time again.  Let's meet at Vinny's, consume mass quantities, and
have a few discussions about upcoming contest opportunities.  Namely the
ARRL RTTY Roundup, and then there's the NAQP CW, RTTY and SSB parties where
we used Dude so much that one person thought he was being called a Dude.
Then there's the Frostfest on Feb 1.  Bought your ticket yet?  I have.  I am
not planning on having a table this year.  I don't have anything worth
selling to offset the new $40 table fee.  I don't know if they are still
offering free club tables (no sales allowed), but if we do, my time at it
will be very limited.  We can discuss.  Later in February is our last chance
to make big noises for a gavel in the ARRL DX CW and SSB tests.  After that
the political fray will probably raise the noise level above S9 on all bands
except in Iowa where it will be 20 over, or maybe 30 over depending on how
many candidates have jumped in.

If you haven't looked recently, I posted some of our contest accomplishments
from over the years on our website.  Most are for the CQ contests, but W4DR
is bringing me his ARRL tabulations for me to include there.  I removed the
DXTotals listing as we have not done that for quite a few years now and it
was very dated.  If there is any interest in just compiling those numbers
for us to just compare, let me know, I'll see if I can figure out how to
collect and post.  Of course, CVCC member Bill Nighman (SK) would respond
with "Who needs it!"

 

73 and see you at Vinny's on Jan 7 at 7 pm.  I'm hoping to convince a new
ham (or prospective one if he hasn't taken his test yet) to come.  He has a
competitive bone in every arm and leg from what I've seen so I'm hoping we
can train him before he becomes tainted on VHF FM.  He also loves to shoot
so what's not to like?

 

Ronnie

WU4G