From gstraub at usagm.gov  Fri May  1 13:26:57 2020
From: gstraub at usagm.gov (Gerhard Straub)
Date: Fri, 1 May 2020 17:26:57 +0000
Subject: [K3VOA] VOA Amateur Radio Club Meeting
Message-ID: <MN2PR03MB534236924B4D4D2B25990A7DA3AB0@MN2PR03MB5342.namprd03.prod.outlook.com>

Hope all of you are doing well under these unusual conditions.

We will have our monthly meeting of the VOA Amateur Radio Club this coming Monday, May 4, at 1145 EDT.  Once again, our meeting will be entirely online.  Plan on sharing some of the ham radio projects you have been up to or some of the interesting contacts you have made during this time of "social distancing."

Dial-in number (US): (425) 436-6340
Access code: 392962#
International dial-in numbers: https://fccdl.in/i/gstraub8
Online meeting ID: gstraub8
Join the online meeting: https://join.freeconferencecall.com/gstraub8

For additional assistance connecting to the meeting text 'Call Me' to the Dial-In number above and you will be called into the conference. Message and data rates may apply.

See you at the meeting.

73,
Gerhard, K6XH

Gerhard Straub, P.E.
Director, Broadcast Technologies Division
US Agency for Global Media
330 Independence Ave. SW
Washington, DC  20237
202.920.2164 office
202.384.2081 mobile


From ainriggs at verizon.net  Sun May  3 14:04:04 2020
From: ainriggs at verizon.net (Anthony Riggs)
Date: Sun, 3 May 2020 18:04:04 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [K3VOA] Minutes, April 6. 2020
References: <1250535830.557070.1588529044212.ref@mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <1250535830.557070.1588529044212@mail.yahoo.com>

Here are the minutes for our April meeting, which was held on line.? I hope to see you all on line for tomorrow's meeting.? Please check for corrections.? Mark, have I spelled your name correctly??? Should it be Marc?
Respectfully,Tony - W1FHN
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From gstraub at usagm.gov  Mon May  4 10:31:53 2020
From: gstraub at usagm.gov (Gerhard Straub)
Date: Mon, 4 May 2020 14:31:53 +0000
Subject: [K3VOA] VOA Amateur Radio Club Meeting
In-Reply-To: <MN2PR03MB534236924B4D4D2B25990A7DA3AB0@MN2PR03MB5342.namprd03.prod.outlook.com>
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Just a reminder of the VOA ARC meeting today.

Gerhard

From: Gerhard Straub
Sent: Friday, May 1, 2020 1:27 PM
To: k3voa at mailman.qth.net
Subject: VOA Amateur Radio Club Meeting

Hope all of you are doing well under these unusual conditions.

We will have our monthly meeting of the VOA Amateur Radio Club this coming Monday, May 4, at 1145 EDT.  Once again, our meeting will be entirely online.  Plan on sharing some of the ham radio projects you have been up to or some of the interesting contacts you have made during this time of "social distancing."

Dial-in number (US): (425) 436-6340
Access code: 392962#
International dial-in numbers: https://fccdl.in/i/gstraub8
Online meeting ID: gstraub8
Join the online meeting: https://join.freeconferencecall.com/gstraub8

For additional assistance connecting to the meeting text 'Call Me' to the Dial-In number above and you will be called into the conference. Message and data rates may apply.

See you at the meeting.

73,
Gerhard, K6XH

Gerhard Straub, P.E.
Director, Broadcast Technologies Division
US Agency for Global Media
330 Independence Ave. SW
Washington, DC  20237
202.920.2164 office
202.384.2081 mobile


From kclaerbo at usagm.gov  Mon May 11 18:20:09 2020
From: kclaerbo at usagm.gov (Ken Claerbout)
Date: Mon, 11 May 2020 22:20:09 +0000
Subject: [K3VOA] Contest University
Message-ID: <BN8PR03MB505890C8F58AE81D836892A7D8A10@BN8PR03MB5058.namprd03.prod.outlook.com>

Some interesting topics.  Typically they are recorded for viewing at a later date if you can't make the live event.

Nearly two thousand contesters have registered for the free online
Contest University on Thursday May 14th (in just five days!)
There's still plenty of capacity for more attendee registrations.

www.contestuniversity.com<https://www.contestuniversity.com/>

Big news:  CTU will give away an Icom IC-7610 transceiver courtesy
of Icom America to a licensed amateur in the United States at the end of
the CQ Contest Hall of Fame Inductions.  You must be attending CTU
via Zoom during the drawing to be eligible.


8:45 am EDT/12:45 UTC  Welcome to CTU 2020 from W8CI, K3LR and N9JA

9:00 am EDT/13:00 UTC  W3LPL ?  ?Effective Low Band Receiving Antennas?

10:00 am EDT/14:00 UTC W2NAF ? ?2020 Solar Cycle Update and the HF Response to Ionospheric Storms and Traveling Ionospheric Disturbances?

11:00 am EDT/15:00 UTC N6TV ? ?Everything You Need to Know About USB and Serial Interfaces?

12:00 pm EDT/16:00 UTC Lunch on your own

12:25 pm EDT/16:25 UTC K1AR ? Memorial reading of the Silent Keys for 2020

12:30 pm EDT/16:30 UTC NN1C ? ?Exuberance and Youth Contesting ? Update on What is Going On?

1:00 pm EDT/17:00 UTC W0YK ? ?Digital Contesting Hints & Kinks?.

2:00 pm EDT/18:00 UTC K1DG ? ?Optimizing your Station for Contest Operations?.

3:00 pm EDT/19:00 UTC N0AX ? ?Grounding & Bonding for Contest Stations?

4:00 pm EDT/20:00 UTC NC0B ? ?Contest & DX Performance A Complex Subject Today Great RX Performance ? TX Limitations?

5:00 pm EDT/21:00 UTC W3LPL ? ?60 Years of Competitive Contesting ? the W3LPL Story?

6:00 pm EDT/22:00 UTC K3ZJ ? Presentation of CQ Contest Hall Of Fame 2020

Icom IC-7610 transceiver give away at the end the CQ Hall of Fame Presentation. You must be online during the drawing.




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Ken Claerbout

Broadcast Technologies Division/Engineering & Transmission Directorate

U.S. Agency for Global Media | Broadcasting Board of Governors

330 Independence Avenue SW | Washington DC 20237

kclaerbo at bbg.gov // Office: 202.920.2172 //http://usagm.gov<http://usagm.gov/>

From kclaerbo at usagm.gov  Fri May 15 08:22:29 2020
From: kclaerbo at usagm.gov (Ken Claerbout)
Date: Fri, 15 May 2020 12:22:29 +0000
Subject: [K3VOA] Contest University On-Line Yesterday
Message-ID: <BN8PR03MB50582C41019C7725B1D0D8B1D8BD0@BN8PR03MB5058.namprd03.prod.outlook.com>

The number of participants is staggering.  Very cool to see so many hams gathering on-line for this event.  I'm sure the sessions were recorded and should be posted on-line soon.

"The Zoom license was a 30-day, 3000-seat license and they darn near maxed out the number of seats!  I don't know how many unique calls were logged on but the steady-state attendance was about 2100 plus 400 or more on YouTube.  I suspect about 3500 unique calls - many from places rarely represented at Dayton.  Quite a few VU calls, EU, some from AF and the Pacific Rim.  I expect some variation of this will be repeated next year."

73
Ken K4ZW



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Ken Claerbout

Broadcast Technologies Division/Engineering & Transmission Directorate

U.S. Agency for Global Media | Broadcasting Board of Governors

330 Independence Avenue SW | Washington DC 20237

kclaerbo at bbg.gov // Office: 202.920.2172 //http://usagm.gov<http://usagm.gov/>

From kclaerbo at usagm.gov  Fri May 15 19:05:33 2020
From: kclaerbo at usagm.gov (Ken Claerbout)
Date: Fri, 15 May 2020 23:05:33 +0000
Subject: [K3VOA] Contest University On-Line Yesterday
In-Reply-To: <BN8PR03MB50582C41019C7725B1D0D8B1D8BD0@BN8PR03MB5058.namprd03.prod.outlook.com>
References: <BN8PR03MB50582C41019C7725B1D0D8B1D8BD0@BN8PR03MB5058.namprd03.prod.outlook.com>
Message-ID: <BN8PR03MB50589E8A5B716063CB1B59EDD8BD0@BN8PR03MB5058.namprd03.prod.outlook.com>

YouTube video of Contest University is now on line.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEEUpsWUtAA&feature=youtu.be&t=81

Presentations begin at:
8 minutes Low Band Receiving Antennas
1 hr 16 min HF Propagation
2 hr 15 min USB and Serial Interfaces
3 hr 15 min Silent Keys
3 hr 45 min Youth in Contesting
4 hr 15 min Digital Contesting
5 hr 15 min Optimizing your Station
6 hr 15 min Grounding and Bonding
7 hr 15 min Transceiver Performance
8 hr 09 min The W3LPL Story - particular interest for PVRC members
9 hr 15 min CQ Contest Hall of Fame Induction





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Ken Claerbout

Broadcast Technologies Division/Engineering & Transmission Directorate

U.S. Agency for Global Media | Broadcasting Board of Governors

330 Independence Avenue SW | Washington DC 20237

kclaerbo at bbg.gov // Office: 202.920.2172 //http://usagm.gov<http://usagm.gov/>

________________________________
From: Ken Claerbout
Sent: Friday, May 15, 2020 8:22 AM
To: k3voa <k3voa at mailman.qth.net>
Subject: Contest University On-Line Yesterday

The number of participants is staggering.  Very cool to see so many hams gathering on-line for this event.  I'm sure the sessions were recorded and should be posted on-line soon.

"The Zoom license was a 30-day, 3000-seat license and they darn near maxed out the number of seats!  I don't know how many unique calls were logged on but the steady-state attendance was about 2100 plus 400 or more on YouTube.  I suspect about 3500 unique calls - many from places rarely represented at Dayton.  Quite a few VU calls, EU, some from AF and the Pacific Rim.  I expect some variation of this will be repeated next year."

73
Ken K4ZW



[cid:1ecccc08-76e3-4cf2-8d37-7879a6d7a990]


Ken Claerbout

Broadcast Technologies Division/Engineering & Transmission Directorate

U.S. Agency for Global Media | Broadcasting Board of Governors

330 Independence Avenue SW | Washington DC 20237

kclaerbo at bbg.gov // Office: 202.920.2172 //http://usagm.gov<http://usagm.gov/>

From kclaerbo at usagm.gov  Wed May 20 20:45:53 2020
From: kclaerbo at usagm.gov (Ken Claerbout)
Date: Thu, 21 May 2020 00:45:53 +0000
Subject: [K3VOA] Notice of Activation of NN3SI - Smithsonian Institute Radio
	Club
Message-ID: <BN8PR03MB5058F01BF44A81DF81C0BE13D8B70@BN8PR03MB5058.namprd03.prod.outlook.com>

Operating announcement.   Members of the Subject radio club are happy to announce that they will be activating the club callsign NN3SI from portable locations around the Washington DC Region. The operations will be at members' QTH's rather than at the Mall due to the Pandemic and shutdown.

The first operating session will be Friday evening: May 22-23, 2020 GMT : ->From   2330Z 5/22/2020  until 0330Z 5/23/2020.
Operations will commence on 7.030 MHZ ( Plus or Minus) and will QSY to 80, 3.530MHz ( Plus or Minus) as announced and posted on dxsummit.fi<http://dxsummit.fi/>.
QSL PER NN3SI "QRZ".com page.




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Ken Claerbout

Broadcast Technologies Division/Engineering & Transmission Directorate

U.S. Agency for Global Media | Broadcasting Board of Governors

330 Independence Avenue SW | Washington DC 20237

kclaerbo at bbg.gov // Office: 202.920.2172 //http://usagm.gov<http://usagm.gov/>

From gstraub at alum.mit.edu  Sun May 31 07:41:33 2020
From: gstraub at alum.mit.edu (Gerhard Straub)
Date: Sun, 31 May 2020 07:41:33 -0400
Subject: [K3VOA] Fwd:  April VOA Amateur Radio Club Meeting
In-Reply-To: <MN2PR03MB53427F0D6F5F5C9881B1D108A3C60@MN2PR03MB5342.namprd03.prod.outlook.com>
References: <MN2PR03MB53427F0D6F5F5C9881B1D108A3C60@MN2PR03MB5342.namprd03.prod.outlook.com>
Message-ID: <eec2841d-68a9-23dc-d668-146165d95221@alum.mit.edu>


Hi All,

Hope you all are safe and well.? We will have our June? meeting of the 
VOA Amateur Radio Club at 1145 Eastern Time (1545 UTC) on Monday, June 
1. The meeting will be entirely conducted online. There will be no 
meeting in the shack. Conference details are below:

Dial-in number (US): (425) 436-6340
Access code: 392962#
International dial-in numbers: https://fccdl.in/i/gstraub8
Online meeting ID: gstraub8
Join the online meeting: https://join.freeconferencecall.com/gstraub8

For additional assistance connecting to the meeting text "Help" to the 
Dial-In number above. Message and data rates may apply.

Hope to see/hear you on Monday!

73,
Gerhard, K6XH




From ainriggs at verizon.net  Sun May 31 13:29:28 2020
From: ainriggs at verizon.net (Anthony Riggs)
Date: Sun, 31 May 2020 17:29:28 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [K3VOA] May minutes
References: <585313554.607609.1590946168418.ref@mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <585313554.607609.1590946168418@mail.yahoo.com>

All members,
???? Here are the minutes of the May 4 meeting of the VOA ARC.? Please let me know of any omissions or errors.? Hope to "see" you all tomorrow.
73,Tony
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