[PVRCNC] Piddling Picayunes:PVRCNC-East Chapter - March MeetingNotes

Fri Apr 25 12:36:24 EDT 2008

If there is any singing and dancing, can someone please video tape it for the next meeting, so the ones that can't make it to the May meeting can see it?  :-D

And what does SMERSH stand for?

Sorry that I can't make it for the May meeting, but I hopefully plan to make it for June - August.  I heard through the grapevine, that there might not be any meetings in July and August, will there at least be some informal ones there?  If there is a vote, I vote to have the meetings.  That way we don't interrupt service with the management of Manchesters and I would like to attend them, since I can't always make the meetings in other months.

The only updates for me is that I worked the CQ WPX SSB last March (old news, but I missed the last meeting) and I made 225 QSOs.  Plus I helped Bruce with one of his towers to put up a 40m beam.  I also got to view Steve's impressive Rohn 55 tower.  :-)

TIA es 73 de k4Wes

----- Original Message ----
From: "Jim Jordan, K4QPL" <k4qpl at nc.rr.com>
To: kazeringue at aol.com
Cc: PVRCNC <pvrcnc at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Friday, April 25, 2008 11:55:42 AM
Subject: Re: [PVRCNC] Piddling Picayunes:PVRCNC-East Chapter - March MeetingNotes

Unfortunately, will probably miss the May Day meeting and the scene of 
overfed capitalist hams dancing around the maypole at Manchesters and 
singing the Internationale with unauthorized Yankee Imperialist lyrics. 
Hopefully the meeting next year will occur on a more auspicious Cinquo de 
Maio.

My radio activity this month has consisted only of being the subject of a 
probable spy mission relating to SS and SO2R and a gross invasion of privacy 
by KA1ARB, AA4NC and N4YDU for the alleged purpose of  creating a video of 
members ham shacks. Notwithstanding, after some 807's and snacks, the agents 
from SMERSH calmed down and we had an enjoyable evening. I assume the 
microfilm and other evidence will soon be released and my name cleared.

Activity for May will be participating in the team effort in WPX-CW from 
NY4A.

73,

Jim, K4QPL (in meeting minutes aka K4QLP)

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "W4KAZ" <kazeringue at aol.com>
To: <pvrc at mailman.qth.net>; "PVRCNC" <pvrcnc at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2008 9:09 PM
Subject: [PVRCNC] Piddling Picayunes:PVRCNC-East Chapter - March 
MeetingNotes

> Yes, we are at the seven day warning period.  The First Thursday happens 
> to be May 1st.  That means the next PVRC/NC-East meeting is just over a 
> week away.
>
> Sark your calendars, make plans, leave the country, or let events sweep 
> you along with the tide.  Whatever works.
>
> Hell.  You might even enjoy attending.
>
> 73 de w4kaz
> aka el escribano inexacto
>
>
> ***********************************************************
> PVRCNC-East Chapter - March Meeting Notes
> April 3rd, 2008, Manchester's, Raleigh, NC, USA.
>
> April brought on a decline from the record levels of attendance of the 
> past few months. We had our more normal fifteen or so in corpus, with 
> everyone else either recouperating from arduous Poisson d'Avril efforts, 
> spring fever, March Madness overload, or maybe even conflicts with their 
> actual 'real lives'. Whatever the cause, they were slandered in their 
> abscence, per normal QRM period procedure. The quaffing of 807's was 
> observed going on un-abated. Our duly chosen fearless leader AA4NC took it 
> all in stride, and quelled the QRM to get the train running on time. Thus 
> began April member reports.
>
> Around the Table - Member Reports
>
> N4CW, Bert: Huh? My turn? SSB contest? What's that?
>
> W4KAZ, Keith: Operated WPX SSB for fun. Didn't have all that much....
>
> NT4D, Jay: No radio, too busy watching the basketball tournaments. Jay, 
> despite operating the occasional contest, is now a self declared DXer. At 
> least until he gets hit by the urge to contest for DX.
>
> W4TMO, Jim: Jim has declared himself the official N4CW "mooch". The winds 
> brought by the March Lion croaked Jim's 160-L, and its resurrection is 
> awaiting the procurement of more suitable rope.
>
> K4CZ, Barry: Barry's only radio activities have revolved around preparing 
> the evenings RTTY program, and a family multi op effort that he mostly 
> observed from afar, as KI4GUO and KI4ZWQ were having fun despite the 
> relatively poor propagation during WPX SSB.
>
> KI4GUO & KI4ZWQ, Jordan and Jeanne: The ladies operated as KI4GUO, and 
> aquired a very nice 700+ QSO total for their efforts. Jeanne apparently 
> had the contest bug hit sometimes during a run, and now understands the 
> appeal of the pileup. Jordan also prepared, moderated and scored the 
> evenings' Paper Contest and wisely ignored all of the badgering being 
> dished by N4XD.
>
> K4QLP, Jim: Jim has been preoccupied with the same basketball tourney 
> affliction that beset NT4D, and has also been distracted by a backlog of 
> work on the house. He's run into a port snag with the SO2R box, which had 
> not been resolved by the time of the meeting.
>
> KE4GY, Frank: Frank operated WPX SSB on 15m again, noting sagely that "15 
> meters sure sucks right now", and that he had worked the same repeat 
> offenders again. We may be hearing Frank fronm the DX side of the action 
> if he is able to mooch a spot during an upcoming visit to his XYL's family 
> in Brazil.
>
> N4XD, Ron: Ron's sole purpose in attending was to "harass Jordan". Acting 
> as local distributor and defacto toroidal emissary, he did also tote along 
> a boxload of ferrites from the group order put together by Eric, W3DQ. But 
> he reported "no contesting lately".
>
> N4GU, Mike: Mike was still in Poisson d'Avril mode, and came in sporting 
> his Kazak expedition jersey, where he operated with Borat, "UP5LID". 
> Beyond that there was no contesting activity to report, but he had managed 
> to bag the VP6 and Clipperton expeditions. The March Lion also ate 
> antennas at N4GU, taking a piece of Mikes OCF dipole. He also had a broken 
> rotor, which had already been repaired. He's been having fun with SDR, 
> altough its been at work, not at home.
>
> N4TL, Tom: Tom got in a couple hundred QSO's in WPX SSB
>
> K4CIA, Bill: Bill, after much effort, bagged 9M2AX on 160m. He did DXCC 
> card checking at the Charlotte hamfest, and was also planning to provide 
> that service at the Raleigh hamfest.
>
> AA4NC, Will: Will operated the NC QSO Party, and comment on enjoying the 
> short format. He also operated WPX SSB 'a bit'. Will has spent an enormous 
> amount of time keying in old paper logs(using DXLAB) for eventual upload 
> to LOTW.
>
> K9EZ, Kent: Kent has been MIA for a while, mostly due to his work schedule 
> and the long ride to the meeting QTH. On a vacation, he dropped by WYFR in 
> Florida, and was given a tour of their Rhombic farm, and their 14 100KW 
> xmitters. (Yup - FourTeen 100kw xmitters) Kent has photos poted at: 
> http://picasaweb.google.com/kwinrich/WYFR  Kent may also have a trip to YA 
> or YI land in his near future.
>
> Paper Contest: The Paper Contest was conducted by guest questioner KI4GUO. 
> Jordan acquitted herself admirably, causing much head scratching, and 
> bewildered looks all around the assembled crew.
>
> Program:K4CZ made a presentation on RTTY contesting for the evening's 
> program. There was a general discussion on various aspects of RTTY 
> operating as it relates to contesting.
>
> Next meeting of the NC-East chapter is May 1st.
>
> 73, Keith W4KAZ
>
> Scribe's DISCLAIMER!  The accuracy of these notations is suspect, and 
> creative license has been applied where the scribe's notes are incomplete, 
> his memory is fragmented, or when reality was just less interesting. 
> Perception IS Reality. Corrections to the permanent record will be made 
> upon request, if the scribe is reminded often enough to make the 
> corrections.
>
> Updated 04/23/2008, Amended !!soon, no doubt...!!
> W4KAZ, El Escribano Inexacto
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