From ea5dfv at gmail.com  Thu Dec  2 13:53:20 2010
From: ea5dfv at gmail.com (Jose Miguel Femenia-Herrero)
Date: Thu, 2 Dec 2010 19:53:20 +0100
Subject: [PVRCNC] CQWW CW EA5DFV SOAB(A) HP
Message-ID: <AANLkTik1p9=CMOPRt8jj7zf4TEsGMiZTpEz3Nj74C9U6@mail.gmail.com>

? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?CQ Worldwide DX Contest, CW

Call: EA5DFV
Operator(s): EA5DFV
Station: EA5DFV

Class: SOAB(A) HP
QTH: JM08as
Operating Time (hrs): 12

Summary:
Band ?QSOs ?Zones ?Countries
------------------------------
?160: ? ?0 ? ? 0 ? ? ? ?0
? 80: ? ?0 ? ? 0 ? ? ? ?0
? 40: ?130 ? ?24 ? ? ? 66
? 20: ?116 ? ?14 ? ? ? 41
? 15: ?148 ? ?24 ? ? ? 66
? 10: ? 52 ? ?11 ? ? ? 26
------------------------------
Total: ?446 ? ?73 ? ? ?119 ?Total Score = 271,456

Club: Potomac Valley Radio Club

Comments:

Just for fun. All S&P

73 de Jose

From Will.Roberts at pgnmail.com  Thu Dec  2 15:48:58 2010
From: Will.Roberts at pgnmail.com (Roberts, Will)
Date: Thu, 2 Dec 2010 15:48:58 -0500
Subject: [PVRCNC] Meeting tonight??
Message-ID: <4EF4D948E6A28741B97C52CD529347910EBB1B9574@WN000075.oak.zone1.progress-energy.com>

Is there a meeting tonight or are we doing something different since it's December?

Tnx,

Will


From Will.Roberts at pgnmail.com  Thu Dec  2 16:01:08 2010
From: Will.Roberts at pgnmail.com (Roberts, Will)
Date: Thu, 2 Dec 2010 16:01:08 -0500
Subject: [PVRCNC] Meeting tonight??
Message-ID: <4EF4D948E6A28741B97C52CD529347910EBB1B95B8@WN000075.oak.zone1.progress-energy.com>

Thanks for the quick replies...

See you guys there at 6:00

73,

Will



From wes_quinn at yahoo.com  Sun Dec  5 13:59:42 2010
From: wes_quinn at yahoo.com (Wes Quinn)
Date: Sun, 5 Dec 2010 10:59:42 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [PVRCNC] ARRL 160m CW K4WES SO LP
Message-ID: <54227.61969.qm@web31907.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

                     ARRL 160 METER CONTEST -- 2010
      Call:      K4WES
      Category:  Single Operator
      Power:     Low Power 
      Band:      Mono 160
      Mode:      CW 
      Section:   NC

             QSO   QSO PTS  PTS/QSO    SECTIONS  COUNTRIES
     Totals     64     131           2.05              38                      
1    =   5,109

Just a small effort from a SSB op.  :-)  It gave me an opportunity to test out 
my new 160 inverted V dipole and it did very well north to south of me, since 
that is where it is pointing, but going out to the west coast was a little more 
difficult.  The piles were small, so it wasn't too much of an effort to break 
them.  Thanks for the Qs!

73 de k4Wes

From jcbrook at thebrookovers.net  Mon Dec  6 12:09:34 2010
From: jcbrook at thebrookovers.net (Jamey Brookover)
Date: Mon, 6 Dec 2010 12:09:34 -0500
Subject: [PVRCNC] Merry Christmas!
Message-ID: <SNT121-W595C1F5978721E83CCBBAAA62B0@phx.gbl>


You may have seen this before, but if not, Merry Christmas!

www.arvideonews.com
 
or
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=ailFghtEKsc
 
73...

Jay Brookover
1208 Willowbrook Drive
Cary, North Carolina  27511
919.469.3032
Amateur Radio NT4D



 		 	   		  

From aa4fu73 at gmail.com  Thu Dec  9 22:22:41 2010
From: aa4fu73 at gmail.com (Alan Knight)
Date: Thu, 9 Dec 2010 22:22:41 -0500
Subject: [PVRCNC] CQ WW SSB 5M Scores Posted
Message-ID: <AANLkTi=+ercaRQFy2+S4jomobv_yHmBsqD+z1qE7KhXY@mail.gmail.com>

Everyone,

The final scores for CQ WW SSB have been posted to the 5M database.  If you
find any errors, use the comment form on the 5M webpage to let us know.  The
SSB Sweepstakes and the WAE RTTY scores should be uploaded in the next
couple of weeks.

This was one of the first contests to use the new 5M form.  If you post your
score to 3830, you DO NOT need to use the 5M form.  We had 7 dupes between
the 5M and 3830.

73,
Alan - AA4FU

From k4cia at earthlink.net  Mon Dec 13 05:20:42 2010
From: k4cia at earthlink.net (Bill McDowell)
Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2010 05:20:42 -0500 (GMT-05:00)
Subject: [PVRCNC] ARRL 10 K4CIA SO CW QRP
Message-ID: <25245913.1292235644725.JavaMail.root@elwamui-polski.atl.sa.earthlink.net>






                    ARRL 10-Meter Contest

Call: K4CIA
Operator(s): K4CIA
Station: K4CIA

Class: SO CW QRP
QTH: NC
Operating Time (hrs): 13

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Mults
-------------------
  CW:  137    51
 SSB:           
-------------------
Total:  137    51  Total Score = 27,948

Club: Potomac Valley Radio Club

Comments:

Fun at times, totally unpredictable propagation tho.  Combination of searchlight and sporadic E.  And QRP sucks bigtime on backscatter!  Missed lots of mults.

Happy Holidays to all!

73
Bill





From Will.Roberts at pgnmail.com  Mon Dec 13 10:25:55 2010
From: Will.Roberts at pgnmail.com (Roberts, Will)
Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2010 10:25:55 -0500
Subject: [PVRCNC] SS CW
Message-ID: <4EF4D948E6A28741B97C52CD529347910EBB9179C4@WN000075.oak.zone1.progress-energy.com>

Thanks Rich and Jim for rallying the troops! We'll keep our fingers crossed that the log checking goes in our favor.

PVRCNC would like to recognize W4MPS who turned in a 75k CW SS effort after being a PVRC member for only 2 days!

There were several nice NC scores that were not members that we should take a look at to see if they are in the circle.

73,

Will AA4NC / W4MR


From: "Richard F DiDonna NN3W" <richnn3w at verizon.net<mailto:richnn3w at verizon.net>>
Subject: [PVRC] November Sweepstakes - Thanks!
To: <PVRC at mailman.qth.net<mailto:PVRC at mailman.qth.net>>
Message-ID: <4668FBF77EEF40619C04FF3E78ECE5C2 at wrf.com<mailto:4668FBF77EEF40619C04FF3E78ECE5C2 at wrf.com>>
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On behalf of WX3B and myself, we'd like to thank the membership for a tremendous outpouring of support in the November Sweepstakes - essentially the U.S. national championship of contesting.  We'd especially like to voice our gratitude to the chapter volunteers and leaders who stepped forward to call, email and generally harangue the membership into getting on for one - or both legs of Sweeps.



ARRL has released its preliminary claimed scores for the CW leg:



NCCC: 129 logs at 11.0mm

PVRC: 122 logs at 10.5mm



This is closer than I was anticipated, but confirms that NCCC has bested us again in CW Sweeps. Fortunately, compared to 2009, the margin was closer.  In the end, I think the CW gap will be about 650,000 to 700,000 as NCCC traditionally des a bit better in the LCR.



ARRL has not posted any scores for the SSB leg, but has posted log submission counts:



NCCC: 156 logs

PVRC: 147 logs



While NCCC did better here too, preliminary returns from 3830 seem to favor us by an average of about 10,000 points per log.  I think we can thank HEAVY VA/MD/DE/NC/WV presence for this, heavy commitment by the PVRC members to get on and make QSOs, and some divine intervention from the weather gods who unleashed a torrent of thunderstorms in the SF Bay area.



In light of all of this, I think we're very, very competitively placed to win the Gavel - for the third time in a row



Congratulations either way - to you all and to NCCC for not only keeping the bar raised so high, but also for demonstrating that radio sport is alive, well, and vibrant.



Now, thinking ahead (and you may try to kill me for this)...I've been looking at the claimed scores and there are a LOT of hams in the PVRC circle area who have no club affiliation listed.  Some of them brought in over 100,000 points which is very high for an "average" ham.  I know there has been talk about club growth, quality, dilution, etc., but I think that these potential members would be a valuable addition.  I'll note that newly minted members like WB8YYY, W4GOV, and KU1T and brought in close to 500,000 points in their first efforts as PVRCers.  They're motivated, active, and energized.  I think we could capitalize on this - I know NCCC has.



In the near future, I'm going to circulate a list around of hams that entered the 2010 sweeps but did not list a club affiliation.  Take a look at this list; peruse it; look for guys you know or recognize. Invite them to a meeting.  Many either don't really know about the club or how it functions.  Educate them.  Make them feel welcome.



Thanks again.  Congratulations again.  Happy holidays (and yes, there is another contest this weekend.)



 73 Rich NN3W, Jim WX3B



From bemeier at bellsouth.net  Sun Dec 19 10:05:59 2010
From: bemeier at bellsouth.net (Bruce Meier)
Date: Sun, 19 Dec 2010 10:05:59 -0500
Subject: [PVRCNC] Stew Perry - N1LN
Message-ID: <007a01cb9f8e$3f1b5780$bd520680$@net>

Call: N1LN
Operator(s): N1LN
Station: N1LN

Class: Single Op HP
QTH: FM05
Operating Time (hrs): 8.0

Summary:
Total:  QSOs = 401  Total Score = 1,612

Club: Potomac Valley Radio Club

Comments:

On Wednesday I had knee surgery so I did not keep my butt in the chair as I
should have.  Even though the Op Time reflects 8.0 hours, my actual on the
air time was much less.  I would get on for a period of time and then take a
break to walk around the house and exercise my knee.  This seemed to work
out well, but my walks were much less time than required to actually count
as off time. I would guess that my Butt In Chair time was about 6.0 hrs.
Bottom line, the knee is feeling better and I am guessing in a few weeks I
can get back on the towers to continue with the maintenance.

Have a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

Hope to work everyone in CQWW-160 at the end of January.

73,
Bruce-N1LN


From n4ydu at yahoo.com  Sun Dec 19 15:57:59 2010
From: n4ydu at yahoo.com (Nathan Moreschi)
Date: Sun, 19 Dec 2010 15:57:59 -0500
Subject: [PVRCNC] TBC N4YDU SOLP
Message-ID: <001501cb9fbf$6b9cd000$0303a8c0@YOURE2BE199155>

 Stew Perry Topband Challenge

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

Class: Single Op LP
QTH: FM06 - NC
Operating Time (hrs): 7

Summary:
Total:  QSOs = 308  Total Score = 738

Club: Potomac Valley Radio Club

Comments:

Activity was pretty good and the final result was a good time.

Rig: Kenwood 930
Antenna: Inverted L for transmit. Pennants and a short beverage for RX.

From inventor61 at gmail.com  Sun Dec 19 16:57:20 2010
From: inventor61 at gmail.com (Steve Jackson)
Date: Sun, 19 Dec 2010 16:57:20 -0500
Subject: [PVRCNC] Stew Perry - KZ1X
Message-ID: <AANLkTinL4H41ERWUigYv+F0gB10mbHv212NmWi-n8AhL@mail.gmail.com>

Call: KZ1X
Operator(s): KZ1X
Station: KZ1X

Class: Single Op LP
QTH: Quiet
Operating Time (hrs): 1

Summary:
Total:  QSOs = 10  Total Score = 22

Club: Potomac Valley Radio Club

Comments:

All I could manage to load up was my low 75/40 trap dipole used for 'phone nets.

100W into a 6:1 SWR on 1820.   Yikes.  Even with 7/8" Andrew Heliax, losses
were just overwhelming.

If the entry class was based on ERP and not TX output power I'd have been well
into QRPp territory ... Consequently, only a handful of stations could even
hear me.  I watched my Elecraft P3 screen and called stations that were stronger
than -75 dBm.  (No kidding.)  It worked!

Oh, well.  Just more motivation to not work so many hours in 2011 and
spend the time building antennas instead.

K3/100
WriteLog 10.82



Steve KZ1X/4

From k4qpl at nc.rr.com  Wed Dec 22 17:44:44 2010
From: k4qpl at nc.rr.com (Jim Jordan, K4QPL)
Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2010 17:44:44 -0500
Subject: [PVRCNC] foot switches
Message-ID: <4E686ACFAC824816ADDEBE80F8721CEC@JORDANLAW.local>


While doing a clean out in our offices this week I ran across several dead 
transcription machines. Before sending them to the great recycler in the sky 
I "liberated" the triple foot switch pedals so beloved by secretaries who 
probably never drove them more than 90 wpm before crashing the recorders. 
These are super cool for SO2R and probably some other uses where you need 
more than one foot switch. I use some 12V DPDT mini relays to get "L Mono-R 
Mono-Stereo" with the two outboard switches and still leaves the inboard 
center for PTT or your choice of software options using N1MM or similar 
logging programs. Let me know if you're interested and I'll put your name on 
the list, first come, first serve, and bring to the January meeting.

MC/HNY

Jim, K4QPL 



From k4qpl at nc.rr.com  Thu Dec 23 08:32:51 2010
From: k4qpl at nc.rr.com (Jim Jordan, K4QPL)
Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2010 08:32:51 -0500
Subject: [PVRCNC] foot switches ***GONE***
References: <4E686ACFAC824816ADDEBE80F8721CEC@JORDANLAW.local>
Message-ID: <B935E95316DA43E0B7C5379B3EBDA6E5@JORDANLAW.local>

This IPO has been oversubscribed. I've acknowledged to the successful 
responders. I'll scout around and see if I can find some more.

MC/HNY

Jim, K4QPL

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Jordan, K4QPL" <k4qpl at nc.rr.com>
To: "PVRCNC" <pvrcnc at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 2010 5:44 PM
Subject: [PVRCNC] foot switches


>
> While doing a clean out in our offices this week I ran across several dead
> transcription machines. Before sending them to the great recycler in the 
> sky
> I "liberated" the triple foot switch pedals so beloved by secretaries who
> probably never drove them more than 90 wpm before crashing the recorders.
> These are super cool for SO2R and probably some other uses where you need
> more than one foot switch. I use some 12V DPDT mini relays to get "L 
> Mono-R
> Mono-Stereo" with the two outboard switches and still leaves the inboard
> center for PTT or your choice of software options using N1MM or similar
> logging programs. Let me know if you're interested and I'll put your name 
> on
> the list, first come, first serve, and bring to the January meeting.
>
> MC/HNY
>
> Jim, K4QPL
>
>
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From aa4fu73 at gmail.com  Thu Dec 30 23:50:15 2010
From: aa4fu73 at gmail.com (Alan Knight)
Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2010 23:50:15 -0500
Subject: [PVRCNC] 5M Scores for SS SSB and WAE RTTY
Message-ID: <AANLkTimebwgwoykDp0=j8=-gp5RXSLEWbvQNCQsREmgM@mail.gmail.com>

We just posted the 5M scores for the November Sweepstakes SSB and the WAE
RTTY contests.  Let us know if you find any errors or omissions.

73,
Alan - AA4FU

