[K3pzn-board] July Meeting and MDC QSO Party
Curt Milton
wb8yyy at yahoo.com
Wed Jul 8 20:34:46 EDT 2009
Andy
thanks for consideration and presenting the station picture at hand. those old rigs are nifty to operate, so let's get them re-attached. (i am not ready to trade my K2 for a TS-850, but that rig is a nice machine. ditto for the IC-756 that i piloted for a few ssb contacts -- either that big beam or that nice mic gave my voice a little presence in the small pileups!
sounds like a battle with the vermin over the hardline? i fought and won a mouse war already this year ... not that i am ready for another! i think i can be available to support this an upcoming saturday. we need to resolve this anyway.
let's present the MDC operating opportunity to the club, and not treat it like CQWW at W3LPL (which it isn't). if we get some takers we will at least put K3PZN out for QSO's. i can prepare a sign-in sheet for operators.
honestly if we need something wholesome for monday's meeting, say the word and i will put something together on 'the PC in the shack.'
yes i gotta hear about Steve's tour of Washington Co. and the rest of MD for FD!
trawling the bands looking for cw qso's - and maybe a little psk31 ...
73 curt
--- On Wed, 7/8/09, Andy Leeds <wo3l at comcast.net> wrote:
> From: Andy Leeds <wo3l at comcast.net>
> Subject: Re: [K3pzn-board] July Meeting and MDC QSO Party
> To: "Board of Directors of the Carroll County Amateur Radio Club" <k3pzn-board at mailman.qth.net>
> Date: Wednesday, July 8, 2009, 6:38 PM
> The MD QSO party sounds like a good
> idea... but I'm not going to be able
> to do the coordination like I did for field day - I enter a
> round of
> acceptance testing this Friday finishing up at the end of
> the month then
> I get to go field the system Aug 9 - 21 so I miss the
> meeting and the
> board meeting next month.
>
> In order for the QSO party to happen we need to clean up
> from field day
> - the station is a mess right now and the two windoms still
> need to be
> attached to the hardline and connected down into the
> building. If that
> gets done we should be in good shape for operating the
> station.
>
> Andy
> Curt Milton wrote:
> > 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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