[K3pzn-board] July Meeting and MDC QSO Party

Wed Jul 8 12:41:20 EDT 2009

Topic 1 - what are we doing for our July meeting 'to make it worth the drive to attend' ?  my suggestion on N3SB's MD FD tour won't work.  

I can prepare something related to earlier suggestions -- I don't know if I could gather enough stuff on 'The PC in the Ordinary Ham Shack' (my earlier topics 3 and 5 + TBD ...

Maybe recap of 2 FD operations is NOT a good idea without context of N3SB briefing ....

Topic 2 - MD QSO Party.  Should we participate as a club station ??  its really about showing ham radio spirit within our state, to the outsiders that show up to operate and chase us (literally in case of mobile ops).  

Aug 8-9: noon-midnite on Saturday, noon-8 pm on Sunday.  

Club stations have higher point value; friendly competition between clubs.  Most clubs don't operate ALL 24 hours ....

I don't see a limit on how many simultaneous transmitters we can use (but they all have to be at the same QTH).  

Much of the mobile operation is CW -- so we will need some CW presence to catch in-state multipliers.  

Perhaps it will be EASY to agree to open our station for the event.  Then perhaps we see if a slate of operators (in perhaps 2 hour blocks?) emerges for the event.  Practical to operate on 2 bands at once (Day 20/40 or whatever else is open; Nite 80/40 and 160 is legal if QRN allows).  

If 6-8 of us will operate, it leaves some time for modest participation from home.  Most state QSO participants these days are OUT of STATE - and MDC only has 25 multipliers ... so running out of state stations is more important to a club that trying to get all the in-state multipliers.  

I would be willing to operate 2-3 hours in the QSO party -- if board is interested, we can query others for 'donations' of time.  This isn't a WY3P kinda contest, so likely a larger pool of operators exists.  

73 Curt
past MD QSO party winner (QRP class ...)

--- On Tue, 7/7/09, n3sb at qis.net <n3sb at qis.net> wrote:

> From: n3sb at qis.net <n3sb at qis.net>
> Subject: Re: [K3pzn-board] July Meeting
> To: "Board of Directors of the Carroll County Amateur Radio Club" <k3pzn-board at mailman.qth.net>
> Date: Tuesday, July 7, 2009, 4:23 PM
> Gentlemen;
> 
> I will be out of town next Monday evening - I was going to
> be giving a presentation on MT-63. 
> 
> Another possible topic is determining if there's any
> interest getting into the Maryland-DC QSO Party.
> 
> 73; Steve, N3SB
> 
> Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Curt Milton <wb8yyy at yahoo.com>
> 
> Date: Tue, 7 Jul 2009 12:01:10 
> To: Board of Directors of the Carroll County Amateur Radio
> Club<k3pzn-board at mailman.qth.net>
> Subject: [K3pzn-board] July Meeting
> 
> 
> 
> Team -- I don't know if we have an agenda for July meeting
> ?
> 
> My thoughts -- arrange a VERY diverse meeting ---
> 
> (1) See if N3SB can brief us on his tour of MDC section FD
> sites, and brief us on diverse operations -- particularly
> anything out of the ordinary in modes, antennas, logistics,
> social interaction, engaging the public ....  (15
> minutes ??)
> 
> (2) Recap of K3PZN and WY3P operations -- including lessons
> learned (~5 minutes each, we need to see who can report on
> WY3P as at least 2 candidates come to mind who regularly
> attend)
> 
> (3) Advanced logging techniques -- review benefits of
> networking, how to use advanced features -- perhaps I can do
> homework on use of the Bandmap in write-log, Andy can
> describe 'how' the network is put together in hardware AND
> software settings (~ 2 minutes per topic)
> 
> (4) Measurement of caps & inductors -- Anthony asked
> for something to be measured -- i am willing to bring my
> humble instrument and make some measurements for him and
> anyone else  (~ 2 minutes to present, measure after
> meeting)
> 
> (5) LOTW update -- i am willing to present my recent
> experience on QSLs including Triple Play progress, and
> integration with WinLog32  (~ 5 minutes)
> 
> (6) Arguino update from Dave ... not exactly ham radio but
> illustrates microcontroller application ....  (~5
> minutes)
> 
> (7) .... ok maybe its getting too full, but you get the
> picture!  short 5-15 minute presentations, some
> inter-related.  
> 
> Let's make it an interesting experience for anyone who
> takes the time to visit !  
> 
> And when we figure it out -- advertise what is happening on
> the reflector well in advance of the meeting -- like later
> this week !  
> 
> PS - I wonder if Andy needs support in preparing/submitting
> our FD log ??
> 
> PS - Was N3SB a 'target' when he visited Washington County
> ??  Will WB8YYY be a 'target' of digital station
> operators for QRM at FD ??
> 
> 
> 
> 
>       
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