From henry@summitschool.com  Thu May  1 19:55:06 2003
From: henry@summitschool.com (Henry Heidtmann)
Date: Thu, 01 May 2003 14:55:06 -0400
Subject: [PVRCNC] 2003 NC QSO Party results are posted!
Message-ID: <3EB16D8A.EB17BB9D@summitschool.com>

May 1, 2003
Winston-Salem, NC

    The Forsyth Amateur Radio Club is excited to announce that the
results of the North Carolina QSO Party have been posted on the club
website,
http://www.w4nc.com

   I would like to thank all the participants in this year's event. It
turned out to be our best ever, with a close to 60% increase in received

logs. 98 of 100 counties were active for the 10 hour Party. We have
received notes from all over saying that they appreciate the 10 hour
format, which does not conflict with the 160 contest held the same
weekend. It makes for a fun Sunday on the air. It also presents a bit of

a challenge to mobiles trying to operate a large number of counties, but

the results show that they did a GREAT job covering most of the 100
counties. Speaking of the results, several people mentioned they'd like
to see a breakdown of bands/modes worked- This has been done this year.
    The handcrafted North Carolina Pine Plaques and the certificates
designed by Don WS4NC will make a great addition to anyone's shack.
    The FARC and NC QSO Party Committee takes great pride in sponsoring
the NC QSO Party for the 2nd year. Kudos to the Alamance ARC who brought

this event back to life in the late 90's. Our success is a testament to
their hard work. We've made a special effort to gather/check logs,
finalize plaques and certificates, and mail them within 30 days of the
closing date. You made the special effort to participate and send your
log in within 30 days- this is our way of reciprocating your effort.

    The 2004 NC QSO Party is scheduled for 1700Z, Feb 29 - 0300Z, Mar 1.

We hope everyone comes out to play!

    Again, thank you all for your support of the 2003 North Carolina QSO

Party!

    73,
    Henry Heidtmann, W2DZO/W4WS
    NC QSO Party Chair


     PS- Finally, a free weekend! I'll look for many of you in the New
England and Indiana QSO parties this weekend!




From KI7WX@aol.com  Thu May  1 22:13:48 2003
From: KI7WX@aol.com (KI7WX@aol.com)
Date: Thu, 01 May 2003 17:13:48 -0400
Subject: [PVRCNC] Tower take down - thanks
Message-ID: <5F01D2FC.0D6CA736.0000E22A@aol.com>

Many thanks to Bob, Chuck, Bert and Joe for their help last week in taking down yagis and towers. Couldn't have put them up nor taken them down without help from these fellows. Also many thanks to Bill (K4CIA) for help in building the station, and to Will (AA4NC) and Beth for providing a NC contesting home while I was busy clearing trees and digging holes.

It's been a pleasure to be part of the PVRC and PVRC-NC and to have contributed some points to the club. Jan and I were sad about selling the station/house, but such is life. The tower components are now in storage up in VA and will go back in the air sometime down the road. 

Will see y'all on the air soon and looking forward to a great fall season.

73,

Mark
KI7WX


From jimprice@ipass.net  Wed May  7 19:44:08 2003
From: jimprice@ipass.net (Jim Price WW4M)
Date: Wed, 07 May 2003 14:44:08 -0400
Subject: [PVRCNC] draft May PVRC/NC minutes
Message-ID: <3EB953F8.8286E1D0@ipass.net>

Please send corrections to ww4m - tnx

------------

   PVRC/NC Meeting Minutes
   1 May 2003, Ryan's Steakhouse, Crossroads Plaza, Cary

   Members in attendance: Bob N2NFG, Brian K3KO, Jim K4QPL, Jeff NX9T,
Chuck K4NYS, Bob K4HA, Will WJ9B, Bert N4CW, Jim WW4M

   Official Business:

   Jim WW4M reported on the visit of PVRC president Jack K4VV, Guy K2AV
and himself to Winston-Salem to talk with Henry W2DZO and Raj KB6MTH about
club growth in their area.

   Member News:

   Bert N4CW won't be able to operate WPX-CW -- he'll be on the road
(asea?) in Bermuda.  He'll be operating with the Smith Chart group for
Field Day and won't be leaving for Maine until July.

   Will WJ9B had fun operating the first night of the Florida QSO Party,
although he found there was little propagation on 15m and even less on
10m.  He managed to work a few Qs in the Michigan QSO Party and plans on
operating in WPX.  He'll operate Field Day with K4QPL and KO4PY at Lake
Jordan with a 2A operation.  

   Bob K4HA helped Mark KI7WX take down the towers at the North Raleigh
house he recently sold, and he's been helping K4ITL put up 90 feet of
tower.

   Chuck K4NYS went to both RARSfest and Elkin (in the mountains), and
also has helped with the towers at KI7WX and K4ITL. He's also been working
on restoring his TH7 and has been cleaning up his shack.  Chuck is looking
forward to WPX and may use both his MP and Omni-6.  He's also been enjoing
the NC morning net and has been improving his traffic handling skills.

   Jeff NX9T will be at Dayton and hopes to see Bert at the Contesting
Dinner.  He's mounted a 706 in his car with a screwdriver antenna and has
noticed no difference when compared with his Outbacker.  Unfortunately
he's been unable to track down the source of some electrical interference
in his car.

   Jim K4QPL is excited about operating with the WPX multi-multi at
Howie's.  He also wants to get on VHF and is soliciting comments about the
Yaesu VX7 -- he's looking for something to take with him to England.

   Brian K3KO has rid himself of his VHF/UHF gear and is now working with
a direct conversion rig.  Brian has a new 10-port indoor/outdoor antenna
switch and he's accepting suggestions for the 3 unused ports.  He'll be on
the air for WPX-CW.  He also observed that normal SSB sounds great on a
regular rig using 20 KHz filters and that there's no need for special HiFi
SSB.

   Bob N2NFG hasn't been on since the 10m contest, but he did make a
downpayment on his new home (same lot).  A tower will go up as soon as the
new house is ready (he needs a 4-foot top section with thrust bearing or
another 10-foot section).  He's planning on operating WPX.

   Jim has a new job.  He'll be operating FD again with the KD4RAA group
out in Snow Camp, encouraging regular VHF/UHF repeater users to get on HF.

   73, Jim WW4M

From olinger@bellsouth.net  Sat May 10 19:18:08 2003
From: olinger@bellsouth.net (Guy Olinger, K2AV)
Date: Sat, 10 May 2003 14:18:08 -0400
Subject: [PVRCNC] Re: [PVRC] Fw: W3AU SK
References: <000f01c316f2$b6cbeba0$2dec6e44@yourfulkl1oh2q>
Message-ID: <006801c31720$8239bc40$0200a8c0@swift>

W3AU is gone.
W4KFC is gone.
W4BVV is gone.
W3GRF is gone.
W2PV is gone.
....
The whole list is a lot longer than that.

I wonder if anyone understands the foundation that these left behind.

It is hard to contemplate anything ham radio or especially contesting
without the echoes and progeny of their accomplishments in every nook
and cranny.

W3AU was the yard stick of the day. He put up antennas that for then
were fantasy made real. He put together a multi-multi team that is the
model to this day.

For a lot of us, beating out 'AU in some aspect of a contest was more
important than the score.

The 'AU team was the Yankees.

Rest in peace, Ed. Thanks for the memories.

Guy.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "jack reichert" <jreichert2@cox.net>
To: "PVRC" <pvrc@mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Saturday, May 10, 2003 8:50 AM
Subject: [PVRC] Fw: W3AU SK


>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jack Colson" <jackcolson@netsignia.net>
> To: "Pete Smith" <n4zr@contesting.com>
> Sent: Saturday, May 10, 2003 8:40 AM
> Subject: W3AU SK
>
>
> > I am sorry to bring such news but Ed passed away at about 3 am on
> Saturday,
> > May 10th.  His daughter was at his side as the took his last few
breaths.
> > She was at her home and just barely made it to the hospital before
he
> > passed.
> >
> > I visited him yesterday afternoon and while I was there he had
another
> > seizure.  He had been experiencing repeated strokes.  I did hear
him
> > communicate with the speech therapist but it made little sense.
He did
> not
> > know his wife's name nor that of his daughter.  Micki did not say
what was
> > the final cause in his passing.
> >
> > I have no idea of funeral arrangements but will post same when
they are
> > known.
> >
> > Cards may be sent to Grace Bissell, 7080 High Corner Road,
Brooksville,
> FL.
> > 34602.
> >
> >
> >
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> PVRC mailing list
> PVRC@mailman.qth.net
> http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/pvrc
>


From jimprice@ipass.net  Mon May 12 01:33:23 2003
From: jimprice@ipass.net (Jim Price WW4M)
Date: 11 May 2003 20:33:23 -0400
Subject: [PVRCNC] Raleigh-Dayton repeater link
In-Reply-To: <b9kbb8+kj1d@eGroups.com>
References: <b9kbb8+kj1d@eGroups.com>
Message-ID: <1052699606.1039.750.camel@ww4m>

FYI for anyone travelling from Raleigh to Dayton, this week we plan to
link Raleigh to a couple of Dayton-area repeaters.  The Raleigh 146.775
repeater (88.5 PL) is IRLP node 4260, and the 441.725 repeater and
linked machines (100.0 PL) are on node 4270, and 444.625 is node 5270. 
146.775 will be connected to IRLP reflector channel 9202 through next
Sunday.

For more information see www.kd4raa.net/raleigh_irlp_project.htm or
www.irlp.net

73, Jim WW4M


> DAYTON AREA NODES
> IRLP NODE 4235, Miamisburg, is across town from the Hamvention site, 
> but is located near the Dayton Mall and many of the hotels. Node 4235 
> will most likely be camped out on Reflector 9202.  Node 4235 is on the 
> WB8YXD Repeater, on 442.300 (+5)
> 
> IRLP NODE 4267, Dayton, is located on a 400 foot tower immediately 
> adjacent to the Hamvention site. Node 4267 will most likely not be 
> connected anywhere specific. It will be used by VE7LTD and VE3SY from 
> Hamvention booth 324, for demonstration contacts and others that would 
> like to make outgoing calls. Node 4267 is on the WF8M Repeater, 
> accessible on 443.775 +5, with 131.8 tone and simultaneously on 53.03  
> -1.0 MHz
> 
> Both of these nodes are open nodes, but the owners certainly reserve 
> the right to add a prefix, disconnect or disable them if Hamvention 
> conditions get too wacky.  Please be kind, these are both brand new 
> nodes. Local operators are just getting used to the operation.
> 
> Other area nodes include:
> IRLP NODE 4106, Eaton (West of Dayton) listed on 444.9375, +5 w/67.0 Hz 
> tone
> IRLP NODE 5690, Warren County (South of Dayton) listed on 442.425 
> w/118.8 Hz tone.



From alsopb@gloryroad.net  Fri May 16 20:05:44 2003
From: alsopb@gloryroad.net (alsopb)
Date: Fri, 16 May 2003 19:05:44 +0000
Subject: [PVRCNC] WANTED:STRONG MAGNET
Message-ID: <3EC53688.F7F90D6F@gloryroad.net>

Guys,

I need to borrow a strong magnet.

I am working on redoing all the bathrooms.  While moving one toilet
floor flange, my screwdriver jumped out of my hands.  You can figure
the odds, but anyhow, it jumped into the drain pipe. (try tossing one
several hundred times and see if you can make this happen) 

I have crawled under the house and located where it is by tapping.  If
I had a strong magnet, I may be able to work it back up the plastic
pipe (from the outside) to back where it can be reached.

Unfortunately, the metal shaft went into the drain first-- otherwise I
might have been able to fish it out with a line and magnet.

Am hesitant to put anything into the drain to try and retrieve it--
might get it deeper into the system.

The other alternative is to cut the pipe.  My last resort.

73 de Brian/K3KO

From alsopb@gloryroad.net  Fri May 16 20:59:31 2003
From: alsopb@gloryroad.net (alsopb)
Date: Fri, 16 May 2003 19:59:31 +0000
Subject: [PVRCNC] STRONG MAGNET II
Message-ID: <3EC54323.2367293@gloryroad.net>

Guys,

K4WES suggested shoving a shop vac hose down the pipe.  It worked!
Had to cut off the stiff part of the nozzle to get around a 22 degree
bend.

Sure cheaper than the alternatives.

No need for magnet now.

73 de Brian/K3KO

From jimprice@ipass.net  Mon May 19 02:06:22 2003
From: jimprice@ipass.net (Jim Price WW4M)
Date: 18 May 2003 21:06:22 -0400
Subject: [PVRCNC] Re: PVRC Field Day 2003
In-Reply-To: <93C68699AEE2D511A55500A0C9D6E5B2030BDCC3@xcgmd010.md.essd.northgrum.com>
References: <93C68699AEE2D511A55500A0C9D6E5B2030BDCC3@xcgmd010.md.essd.northgrum.com>
Message-ID: <1053306383.27354.65.camel@ww4m>

FYI for NC Chapter de WW4M

On Sun, 2003-05-18 at 14:42, Anders, Roland A. wrote:
<snip>
> 1) PVRC will be holding FD June 27, 28, and 29 as W3AO with the Columbia ARA
> at Mountview School near the intersection of Rtes 32 and 99 in Howard
> Country just north of Rte 70--not far from W3LPL's QTH 
> 2) We are aiming for our 5th consecutive Number 1 finish in the overall
> scoring.
> 3) We will be operating all bands (including VHF, UHF, and microwaves)  and
> modes (CW, phone, RTTY/PSK and Satellite) SIMULTANEOUSLY.
> 4) Anyone interested in participating should contact me by phone or email
> 5) We ask everyone who cannot make it to the site to try to contact W3AO
> during the FD, ask to be passed to as many band/modes as possible, and spot
> us on the cluster. (Each member could potentially work us 25 or more times!)
> If a station is operating from home, the exchange is 1D followed by section.
<snip>
> Thanks all. 
> 
> 
> 73 de Rol, K3RA
> PVRC W3AO FD Chairman
> 
> Roland. A. Anders
> Chief Scientist, Surveillance and Remote Sensing
> Space Systems,
> Northrop Grumman Electronic Systems,  Baltimore
> W:(410)765-7279
> H:(410)796-4792
> Home email: anders@erols.com
> 
> 
> 



From alsopb@gloryroad.net  Mon May 19 23:03:47 2003
From: alsopb@gloryroad.net (alsopb)
Date: Mon, 19 May 2003 22:03:47 +0000
Subject: [PVRCNC] GPS $35
Message-ID: <3EC954C3.DF370AB9@gloryroad.net>

Guys,

I recently upgraded the GPS for my laptop (smaller, lower power,
faster lock, 1000 knot upper speed).  Kind of hooked of moving map
displays.  XYL and I have explored lots of dirt roads...

The GPS I have for sale is an EarthMate by DeLorme.  It fits on the
dash and is about 3/4" x3" x4".  It runs on 4 AAA penlight batteries
and hooks to a com port.  

Now for the bad news.  You have to inteface it with Delorme Software
(Street Atlas, Topo etc).  It is non-NEMA in that the output string of
data is non-standard.  I understand it can work with some PDA's.  I've
seen PDA software for it in Staples.   You can probably scout up the
software for under $75.  Their PC software even talks to give you next
turn data and other stuff.

73 de Brian/K3KO

From k4ha@nc.rr.com  Tue May 20 20:08:13 2003
From: k4ha@nc.rr.com (Bob Lukaszewski K4HA)
Date: Tue, 20 May 2003 15:08:13 -0400
Subject: [PVRCNC] Climbing Safety Belt for sale
Message-ID: <007501c31f03$299b1c60$0100a8c0@mshome.net>

I have a new Buckingham safety belt for sale.  It has the leather
strap, as well as the usual tape holder and a couple tool holders
on the belt.  Im going to buy a tower harness so I dont need this
belt any more.  Like I said it's new and in really good shape.

Price on the Buckingham web site is $264, (belt only)I'm asking
$175 for the belt and the strap.  If you climb and need a belt.. here is =
a nice=20
one for the $$$$$


Interested let me know..

Bob K4HA  919-833-0199 or k4ha@nc.rr.com

73


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From alsopb@gloryroad.net  Wed May 21 12:24:12 2003
From: alsopb@gloryroad.net (alsopb)
Date: Wed, 21 May 2003 11:24:12 +0000
Subject: [PVRCNC] ARRL logbook of world
Message-ID: <3ECB61DC.52A4DB3A@gloryroad.net>

Guys,

The ARRL has released their logbook of the world for beta testing.

I've been playing with it.

It is a way for you to handle the QSLing chores with minimum pain. 
(Those of us who may have been bothered by never QSLing contest
contacts, can get some relief. )

It has promise but is burdened with massive overhead.

To date I have uploaded 55,000 qso's to the system with some
difficulty and considerable expense of time.

I need your voices (via testing and feedback) to indicate to the ARRL
how far off the mark their present product is.

Here is what I have found to date.

1) For security purposes every QSO is digitally signed. 
2) File sizes for upload are extremely bloated by the above
3) Creating the upload file is burdened by (1) above.  It takes 150
minutes to create a digitally signed log for 55,000 contacts.  Except
for 2 minutes of the time, the digital signature process is the
culprit.  They admit this.

Here is some file size info (30,000 contacts)
1) ADIF file from logging program 6 megabytes
2) ADIF file stripped on all but essential fields 3 megabytes
   (zipped version of this is .3 megabytes!  This zipped version would
be even smaller if the field tags for the data are removed)
3) Signed file size created by ARRL software 6.5 megabytes.

So they have added almost 6 megabytes of overhead for "security"
purposes.

Their system requires uploads via E-mail attachment.  This has been
quite difficult lately because of SPAM.  Took six tries to make it.

I contacted the ISP and they said we were crazy to try upload such a
file via E-mail attachment and dialup.  Furthermore, each ISP can set
the limit of the file size. There is no standard.  The trend is to
reduce (some to a few megabytes) the permitted attachment size.  They
said to use FTP. (Am ignorant of how to do this and whether it
requires something be done at ARRL site)

I've forwarded all this info to the ARRL.  Their response so far has
been:
1) There is nothing we can do about it
2) Get a faster machine to create the file quicker
3) We can handle 100 meg file sizes IF YOU CAN GET THEM HERE.

There has been no recognition that they have a big conceptual error in
the design of the system and that it should be changed before being
cast in concrete.

What I'd like is more beta testing voices pointing out these problems
to them.
Otherwise, it is likely that we will have a system which nobody wants
to use.

If you're interersted, go to the ARRL website and download the
software.

73 de Brian/K3KO

From N4CW@aol.com  Wed May 21 14:21:47 2003
From: N4CW@aol.com (N4CW@aol.com)
Date: Wed, 21 May 2003 09:21:47 EDT
Subject: [PVRCNC] ARRL logbook of world
Message-ID: <ba.3f01b90f.2bfcd76b@aol.com>

It is my understanding that all files uploaded during Beta testing (what's 
currently taking place) will be deleted when the program becomes 
official...that's right, if you put in all sorts of hours, it's just for 
testing!!!
Bert, N4CW


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From olinger@bellsouth.net  Wed May 21 15:03:35 2003
From: olinger@bellsouth.net (Guy Olinger, K2AV)
Date: Wed, 21 May 2003 10:03:35 -0400
Subject: [PVRCNC] ARRL logbook of world
References: <ba.3f01b90f.2bfcd76b@aol.com>
Message-ID: <003e01c31fa1$c5913750$0200a8c0@swift>

FTP is easy enough. Email is preposterous for such sizes though.

Would assume that 55000 is your life's qso work, and that the big
stuff would be a one time thing, followed by much smaller QSO loads.

Have to hit road for WPX prep at N4AF, will get caught up late tonight
or tmw if someone else hasn't gotten to you.

Guy.

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Cc: <alsopb@gloryroad.net>
Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2003 9:21 AM
Subject: Re: [PVRCNC] ARRL logbook of world


> It is my understanding that all files uploaded during Beta testing
(what's
> currently taking place) will be deleted when the program becomes
> official...that's right, if you put in all sorts of hours, it's just
for
> testing!!!
> Bert, N4CW
>
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From alsopb@gloryroad.net  Thu May 22 18:04:25 2003
From: alsopb@gloryroad.net (alsopb)
Date: Thu, 22 May 2003 17:04:25 +0000
Subject: [PVRCNC] Charlotte R-45 et al
Message-ID: <3ECD0319.478C0B3D@gloryroad.net>

Ran across this ad at KA9FOX site.

good to very good condition... 
    1) complete 78 ft tower: 7 sections of R45, 45AG4 flat top, TB3,
500 ft rohn 3/16" EHS guy, 2 torque arms, GAR30 concrete rods,
    equalizer plates... considering R45 @ $100ea (good price) and most
of the rest is new-this totals to $1320. BO over $900. 
    2) 7 10 ft R45 sections plus ~500 ft guy cable/insulators/torque
arm... asking $750

    3) Telrex Diamond E steel 19 ft 2" OD 1/4" wall Molley mast - some
rust but will outlast anyone! Will hold ANYTHING. New ~$500.
    best offer over $100
    4) triband vertical - good condition. $20
    5) 24 ft 3" OD 1/8" wall HEAVY duty boom... BO over $75. 
    6) 2 R25 sections... $65
    ALL PICKUP ONLY - Charlotte NC.

    Listing #359032 - Submitted on 05/22/03 by Callsign K9RX, Web
Site: 

73 de Brian/K3KO

From alsopb@gloryroad.net  Thu May 22 18:45:49 2003
From: alsopb@gloryroad.net (alsopb)
Date: Thu, 22 May 2003 17:45:49 +0000
Subject: [PVRCNC] LASER Levels
Message-ID: <3ECD0CCD.71C84C1E@gloryroad.net>

Radio Shack has laser levels in stock again.

The 16" level has line and dot laser outputs.  It's $20.

Runs on 2 AAA batteries.

Neat.

73 de Brian/K3KO

From n4tl1@attglobal.net  Sun May 25 15:23:42 2003
From: n4tl1@attglobal.net (Tom Lewis (at home))
Date: Sun, 25 May 2003 10:23:42 -0400
Subject: [PVRCNC] LOTW
Message-ID: <3ED0D1EE.B687C136@attglobal.net>

Here is my experience with ARRL's LOTW software and instructions.

I spent about 1.5 hours reading the material, downloading the software, running it and sending in the results for 2 logs.

The quick.txt is easy to follow. DXBASE 2003 generated an ADIF file my logs. I have one log for band countries and one for contests. The ARRL software converts the ADIF file to a "Signed log submission" file. It takes about a minute per 1000 QSLs for the conversion. This is running on a 1 GHz Pentium III machine. One of my files is 2406 QSLs and took about 3 minutes to run. The ADIF file for this log is 757 KB and the output file is 390 KB. The ARRL requires that this file be sent to them in an email which I did. That took about 5 minutes to send with my dial up connection. Just to see what would happen I ZIPed the 390 KB file and the resulting ZIP file is about the same size. So the ARRL would not save file space asking people to ZIP the file before sending it in.

There were errors with my submission and I sent in a bug report.

Error in record 3: MODE: Invalid value in field (USB)
Error in record 24: MODE: Invalid value in field (LSB)

It took CW okay and I don't know about RTTY or other modes.

73 Tom N4TL

From n4tl1@attglobal.net  Sun May 25 15:25:33 2003
From: n4tl1@attglobal.net (Tom Lewis (at home))
Date: Sun, 25 May 2003 10:25:33 -0400
Subject: [PVRCNC] [Fwd: Re: Motorola Phone]
Message-ID: <3ED0D25D.B2D6CCCE@attglobal.net>

This is from a friend of mine.

73 Tom N4TL

-------------------------------------------------------------

To Whomever:

I am giving away one Motorola "Phone in a Bag" model number # 
19016NAASA.  The phone is in great shape and comes with a multi-watt 
transmitter.  It may be of use to someone outside the reach of digital 
phone service or someone interested in experimenting.  There is no battery, 
but there are 120V AC and 12V DC adapters.  I hate to see unnecessary 
landfill.  I can meet you in Wake Forest / N. Raleigh, NC or drop it in the 
mail.

Sincerely,
Kevin Schilf
kschilf@bigfoot.com
(919) 349-7730

---------------------------------------------------------------

From alsopb@gloryroad.net  Sun May 25 19:09:03 2003
From: alsopb@gloryroad.net (alsopb)
Date: Sun, 25 May 2003 18:09:03 +0000
Subject: [PVRCNC] K3KO WPXCW
Message-ID: <3ED106BF.537CF5CB@gloryroad.net>

* * * Top of File * * *
                  CQ WORLD WIDE PREFIX CONTEST -- 2003
      Call:      K3KO
      Category:  Single Unlimited
      Power:     High Power
      Band:      All Band
      Mode:      CW
      Country:   United States

      BAND     QSO   QSO PTS  PTS/Q PREFIXES
      160        1        1   1.0        0
       80       14       74   5.3       12
       40      256     1086   4.2      165
       20      368      909   2.5      191
       15      469     1104   2.4      181
       10       46      103   2.2       16
     --------------------------------------
     Totals   1154     3277   2.8      565  =   1,851,505

Down 18% from last year.  8% in mults, 10% in QSO's.  
Mults seemed quite scarce this year.  
Did the Caribbean islands all sink into the sea?  Ditto Africa.

73 de Brian/K3KO

From w4idx@mindspring.com  Mon May 26 14:08:09 2003
From: w4idx@mindspring.com (David Robbins)
Date: Mon, 26 May 2003 13:08:09 +0000
Subject: [PVRCNC] W4IDX SOSB/40 LP
Message-ID: <4.3.2.7.2.20030526130758.00b63be0@pop.mindspring.com>

CQWW WPX Contest, CW
Call: W4IDX
Operator(s): W4IDX
Station: W4IDX
Class: SOSB40 LP
QTH: NC
Operating Time (hrs): 4
Summary:
Band QSOs
------------
160:
80:
40: 253
20:
15:
10:
------------
Total: 253 Prefixes = 174 Total Score = 128,934
Club: Potomac Valley Radio Club
Comments:

Got in a few hours in between cookouts and yard work.

IC-756 PRO
Windom @ 60' 


From n4ydu@worldnet.att.net  Mon May 26 15:07:29 2003
From: n4ydu@worldnet.att.net (Nathan Moreschi)
Date: Mon, 26 May 2003 14:07:29 -0000
Subject: [PVRCNC] NR3X (N4YDU) WPX CW SOABLP
Message-ID: <000501c32390$25876980$fd205d0c@oemcomputer>

CQWW WPX Contest, CW

Call: NR3X
Operator(s): N4YDU
Station: N4YDU

Class: SOAB LP
QTH: NC
Operating Time (hrs): 25

Summary:
 Band  QSOs
------------
  160:    2
   80:   12
   40:  211
   20:  423
   15:  345
   10:  121
------------
Total: 1114  Prefixes = 493  Total Score = 1,237,923

Club: Potomac Valley Radio Club

Comments:

I wanted to operated a lot more than I did, but it was still a blast. I had
a
good run on 10M (sporatic E opening ??) on Sunday morning. 40M seemed great,
but
I missed most of the second night. I love this contest, it's a great format.

73,

Nate/N4YDU



From Jim Jordan K4QPL" <k4qpl@nc.rr.com  Mon May 26 22:24:44 2003
From: Jim Jordan K4QPL" <k4qpl@nc.rr.com (Jim Jordan K4QPL)
Date: Mon, 26 May 2003 17:24:44 -0400
Subject: [PVRCNC] K3KO WPXCW
References: <3ED106BF.537CF5CB@gloryroad.net>
Message-ID: <009301c323cd$8fac2fc0$0200a8c0@nc.rr.com>

----- Original Message -----
From: "alsopb" <alsopb@gloryroad.net>
To: "Robert Dannals" <robert_dannals@tracer.nm.jhu.edu>; "pvrcnc"
<pvrcnc@mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, May 25, 2003 2:09 PM
Subject: [PVRCNC] K3KO WPXCW
> Down 18% from last year.  8% in mults, 10% in QSO's.
> Mults seemed quite scarce this year.
> Did the Caribbean islands all sink into the sea?  Ditto Africa.

Well, we (at NY4A) surmised that the cost-benefit just wasn't there to go an
exotic island for WPX when we found a WA9 in the last hour had the same
multiplier!  I guess all mults are equal---some are just more equal than
others....

73,

Jim,
K4QPL


