[PVRCNC] RE: [PVRC] Proposed Club Competition Circle Location

Wed May 30 21:54:52 EDT 2007

Well, Brad, other than advocating generally for NC I won't claim any credit, 
but I sure am glad you're "in".

Could everyone in the club who is near the fringe please use the calculator 
for your distance. If anyone is close but has a problem, please let me know 
and we'll see what flexibility there may still be.

73,
Jim, K4QPL
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Brad Hedges" <bhedges at nc.rr.com>
To: "'PVRCNC'" <pvrcnc at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2007 9:46 PM
Subject: [PVRCNC] RE: [PVRC] Proposed Club Competition Circle Location

> Jim, Guy, Howie and all,
>
> Well, all I can say is, if consideration for me/my participation was any
> part of what prompted the final circle proposal, thank you to those who
> argued on my behalf. I am "in the circle" according to the *new* circle
> calculator on the PVRC page, by a comfortable, almost 9-mile margin.
> Unfortunately, I won't be contributing any scores for a while... maybe I 
> can
> time my mid-tour leave to coincide with SSCW... Hmmm....
>
> Anyway; my vote (obviously) is for the new circle as described below.
>
> 73,
> Brad
> 35.01.799 N
> 78.56.634 W
> FM05ma
>
>
> Bradley D. Hedges
> AL4T
> Sergeant First Class, Infantry
> 82d Airborne Division
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pvrc-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:pvrc-bounces at mailman.qth.net] 
> On
> Behalf Of James Nitzberg
> Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2007 9:44 AM
> To: pvrc at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: [PVRC] Proposed Club Competition Circle Location
>
> Dear PVRC Members;
>
> I am pleased to announce that after several weeks of
> detailed review, your Officers and Trustees propose to
> move our ARRL club competition circle south so that it
> is centered at the following coordinates:
>
> Center Latitude: 37.43168 North, Center Longitude:
> 77.858482 West
>
> This new optimized center and the related
> documentation surrounding our proposed center adds the
> following value to our members:
>
> 1. It optimizes our ability to compete, as a club, in
> the ARRL, CQ, and other sponsored events that have
> Club Competition.  We will receive the maximum
> possible club score with our new center.
>
> 2. It provides for continued growth in membership from
> the two fastest growing regions of our club:  the
> greater Washington DC and North Carolina population
> centers.
>
> 3. It precisely documents our club center and provides
> a method for our members to determine which contests
> they are eligible to contribute to the overall PVRC
> club competition totals.
>
> 4. It puts a new PVRC management and administrative
> system in place that assures we will never have to
> have a repeat of our 2006 sweepstakes forfeit!
>
> We are providing several tools in order to help our
> members understand the potential impact of the new
> circle location on their ability to contribute to PVRC
> club competition scores.  Each contest sponsor has
> their own rules, and some sponsors have different
> rules for different contests.  You can find a list of
> the 22 club competition events PVRC enters at:
>
> http://www.pvrc.org/
> (select "Circle Data" in the upper right and then
> select "Contest Distances" from the pull-down menu)
>
> In addition, you can use your own GPS location to
> determine your position (latitude and longitude).  To
> measure your distance to the center of the proposed
> new PVRC circle, you can use the calculator at
>
> http//www.pvrc.org
> (select "Circle Data" in the upper right and then
> select "Distance Calculator" from the pull-down menu)
>
> If you need to convert a latitude and longitude from
> degrees, minutes, and seconds (provided by many GPS
> units and Google Earth) to decimal degrees, you can
> use the converter at
> www.gpsvisualizer.com/calculators.
>
> If you need any help calculating distances, or you
> have questions about this process, please contact
> Mark, KD4D, directly at kd4d [at] comcast.net.
>
> It is important that I remind you that this circle
> "move" does not affect your membership status with
> PVRC, nor does it affect your ability to participate
> in and enjoy any specific contest!
>
> It may, however, affect your ability to contribute to
> PVRC club competition totals, if your location is
> outside the limit of the contest sponsor's rules.
>
> With this announcement, we begin a 10 day comment
> period where members can send comments directly to me,
> or post them to the PVRC reflector (pvrc at
> mailman.qth.net) to share with all members.  We will
> consider each comment carefully and use it to help us
> form a final decision on moving forward with our
> proposed new circle.   Our goal is to reach a decision
> soon and announce it at the W3LPL open house in June.
>
> Please feel free to email me directly with your
> questions or comments - and please send Mark Bailey,
> KD4D email to kd4d [at] comcast.net if you have
> questions about the measurement calculations.
>
> I appreciate the many hours of effort put into this
> process by all the PVRC Officers and Trustees.
>
> Sincerely,
>
>
> Jim Nitzberg    WX3B
>
>
>
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