From bill at axelrods.org  Mon Jan  1 15:24:16 2024
From: bill at axelrods.org (Bill Axelrod)
Date: Mon, 1 Jan 2024 15:24:16 -0500
Subject: Reminder - PVRC-NC Hybrid-Zoom meeting this Thursday
Message-ID: <CAJ_MLyWhzikGWuHvgqcsJGwTpk9a_3NT4FNFSkR7tSoGn6diJg@mail.gmail.com>

Let's kick off the new year with the NC Chapter's January meeting this
Thursday.

What: PVRC-NC Chapter Hybrid-Zoom Meeting 4 Jan 2024
When: Jan 4, 2024 6:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) - Early birds are
welcome at 5:30
Where: Hickory Tavern at 1156 Parkside Main St Cary, NC 27519  - or via Zoom
Why:  It's the holiday season.  We're contesters.  What more do we need?

OR:  Join Zoom Meeting
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/85202192590?pwd=9yvu59CEOgVbQ63NPS8iAX913Wrpcg.1

73...   Bikk K3WA

From n4tl2 at yahoo.com  Wed Jan  3 16:47:20 2024
From: n4tl2 at yahoo.com (Tom Lewis)
Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2024 21:47:20 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [PVRCNC] January 2024 RARS Exciter
References: <1754543437.4534641.1704318440168.ref@mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <1754543437.4534641.1704318440168@mail.yahoo.com>

  
The January 2024 RARS Exciter is now available.

Download it from the web at the following URL:

?

https://www.rars.org/exciters/2024/RARSExciter01-2024.pdf

If you find any typos, please let me know so I can fix them.
73 Tom N4TL

From dongladwell1 at gmail.com  Sun Jan  7 19:58:11 2024
From: dongladwell1 at gmail.com (Don Gladwell)
Date: Sun, 7 Jan 2024 19:58:11 -0500
Subject: FW: RTTY Roundup W4BBT Single Op Limited-Ant HP
In-Reply-To: <20240108005127.af765c426592b93e@b4h.net>
References: <20240108005127.af765c426592b93e@b4h.net>
Message-ID: <006a01da41cd$c0c07370$42415a50$@gmail.com>

-----Original Message-----
From: webform at b4h.net <webform at b4h.net> 
Sent: Sunday, January 07, 2024 7:51 PM
To: dongladwell1 at gmail.com
Subject: RTTY Roundup W4BBT Single Op Limited-Ant HP

                    ARRL RTTY Roundup - 2024

Call: W4BBT
Operator(s): W4BBT
Station: W4BBT

Class: Single Op HP
Class Overlay: Limited-Ant
QTH: NC
Operating Time (hrs): 13:45

Summary:
 Band  QSOs
------------
   80:  127
   40:  256
   20:  211
   15:   41
   10:    4
------------
Total:  639  State/Prov = 51  Countries = 35  Total Score = 54,954

Club: Potomac Valley Radio Club

Comments:

Being unassisted, very little S&P.  RUN! RUN! RUN! RUN! Again, 15m and 10m
were not very good for me.  20m, 40m and 80m were best for me.  I did manage
to get VJ5W on 20m Saturday and ZL3P on 15m Sunday.

I believe this is the most Q's for me in a RTTY contest and I stuck with the
keyboard method which works best for an old IT guy.  I appreciate my PVRC-NC
club buddies, Eric-NR4O, Tom-N4TL, Tripp-N4NTO, Hank-K3YDX, and Bert-N4CW
for their Qs.

Equipment:
Kenwood TS-590SG w MORRTY tinyfsk
Elecraft KPA500/KAT500
ZS6BKW as inverted "V" @ 50ft

73, Don-W4BBT


Posted using 3830 Score Submittal Forms at: http://www.3830scores.com/


From k4qpl2 at gmail.com  Mon Jan  8 16:07:36 2024
From: k4qpl2 at gmail.com (James Jordan)
Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2024 16:07:36 -0500
Subject: ALWAYS spot yourself when running in ARRL sponsored    contests!!!
Message-ID: <8989FA9A-03ED-4AF6-A48E-585890B6B5D5@gmail.com>

Generating spotting information (self, or others) for use by other 
stations is not considered to be spotting assistance."

Well, if that ain?t the letter of the law, it sure ain?t the spirit of it!

If spotting yourself doesn?t increase your Q count over them what don?t, then I shore don?t know what ?unassisted? means. 
Just sayin?

Jim K4QPL 


Sent from my iPhone

From k4qpl2 at gmail.com  Mon Jan  8 19:02:40 2024
From: k4qpl2 at gmail.com (James Jordan)
Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2024 19:02:40 -0500
Subject: [PVRC] ALWAYS spot yourself when running in ARRL sponsored
	contests!!!
In-Reply-To: <CAP4yCN2gZqr+hP_x2-KOiiPf7ScXWAkA3_VtUtXzvP5wmayJOQ@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAP4yCN2gZqr+hP_x2-KOiiPf7ScXWAkA3_VtUtXzvP5wmayJOQ@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <9210A7A6-5A7B-4325-9A4E-5F8480C475A5@gmail.com>


From mike at bentwire.net  Wed Jan 10 13:43:07 2024
From: mike at bentwire.net (Mike Barts)
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2024 13:43:07 -0500
Subject: Contest University and Dinner
Message-ID: <CAPHnhcqL-KZvyQ7hdMXDf4+3k=cDYtXYe7_ZP5+OHnAypEkqdA@mail.gmail.com>

I know this jumping the gun a bit, but registration for the Contest U and
the Contest Dinner during Hamvention opens up January 15. We can order a
table of 10 for the Contest Dinner and all sit together if enough to
commit. I'm sure we can get a few of our northern PVRC members to join in
as well, but thought I'd see how many we can get of the NC crew.

So a show of hands. Who's going? $44/seat if we get 10, $45 otherwise.

73, Mike N4GU

-- 

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I kin brain inglish and mouth it gud
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

From bill at axelrods.org  Wed Jan 10 15:41:05 2024
From: bill at axelrods.org (Bill Axelrod)
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2024 15:41:05 -0500
Subject: Upcoming Fun
Message-ID: <CAJ_MLyWfGcywAogpO8OjiihE9SW-gPzbvTUeR8JT-NuUsmXXuw@mail.gmail.com>

What's up?  Well, to start with, I hope you all RTTY ops enjoyed last
weekend's RTTY Roundup. I sure did.   With more 5M contests starting with
this coming weekend's NAQP CW contest on Saturday.

You all know that the NAQP contests are important to our club.  Please get
on and make a lot of noise - fill the bands with PVRC members filling the
bands.  I'll be on with the K3AJ team using the K3ZO call sign.

Soon afterwards comes the NAQP phone.  I found my microphone, blew the dust
off, and shined it up.  How about you?

Lest we forget, next month in the NC QSO Party.  My flagpole and I were
first place, high power, mixed mode.  Get on and beat me this time!

Lastly, don't forget our meeting on Thursday 1 Feb.  Let's fill the room
up.  An official notice will come out later this week.  Tripp, N4NTO will
give us a presentation on doing Parks on the Air (POTA).  There should be
some great thoughts in there that we can apply to the upcoming Field Day.

I'm trying to get some form of presentation or a 'show and tell' for each
month.  If you've got a short presentation you'd like to present, or if
there's some subject you'd like to see a presentation on, please let me
know and we'll go after that.

73...   Bill K3WA

From bill at axelrods.org  Fri Jan 12 10:19:41 2024
From: bill at axelrods.org (Bill Axelrod)
Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2024 10:19:41 -0500
Subject: PVRC-NC February 2024 Meeting
Message-ID: <CAJ_MLyWs=0d+mxn5+FmEejFHpirGHQnZ4XEO0LsqL=RgGfT4GQ@mail.gmail.com>

PVRC-NC invites you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

*What: *PVRC-NC Chapter Feb 2024 meeting
*When: *Feb 1, 2024 6:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) ? Early Birds
welcome at 5:30
*Where: *Hickory Tavern at 1156 Parkside Main St Cary, NC 27519 - or via
Zoom
*Why: *This is a big month for contesters ? the heart of the 2024 winter
season.  What better time is there for us to get together?

There's a plethora of fun contests in February.  We have 5M contests
including the RTTY NAQP, CQ WPX RTTY, and the ARRL DX CW contests along
with other fun contests.  There's a bunch of state QSO Parties in February,
not the least of which is ours ? the NC QSO Party to end the month on
February 25.  Lots to talk about and prepare for.

This month we have a special speaker planning to come to this meeting and
tell us about a recent expedition.  It's slightly off topic.  We're all
contesters at heart.  But many of us are also DXers.  Some of us, like me,
have pretty short memories.  But even I remember late last month when one
gent put VU7A and then VU4N on the.  He is Krish, W4VKU.  Krish lives here,
in Cary, and has agreed to join our meeting and talk about this highly
successful DX-Pedition.

And BTW, if you haven't seen a reminder about this lately (fat chance of
that) please make sure you have enabled on-line score reporting for this
weekend's and future NAQPs.
-----------------------

Details:
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81427386994?pwd=QBAjuqxL5O0FQ6hSxJ9xGGSsQrBkZG.1

Meeting ID: 814 2738 6994
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73... Bill Axelrod K3WA

From k4qpl2 at gmail.com  Fri Jan 12 17:26:06 2024
From: k4qpl2 at gmail.com (James Jordan)
Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2024 17:26:06 -0500
Subject: NAQP and Online Scoreboard 
Message-ID: <32C4225B-C4D8-4FB6-86DB-B9B6065AD563@gmail.com>

I personally don?t like or use Online Scoreboard and and don?t like that being the only way NAQP scores are recorded. 
I understand you can log in at any time before the contest ends (like 5 minutes before the end) and it will counted. 
Correct?
Jim K4QPL 

Sent from my iPhone

From dongladwell1 at gmail.com  Fri Jan 12 17:33:48 2024
From: dongladwell1 at gmail.com (Don Gladwell)
Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2024 17:33:48 -0500
Subject: NAQP and Online Scoreboard 
In-Reply-To: <32C4225B-C4D8-4FB6-86DB-B9B6065AD563@gmail.com>
References: <32C4225B-C4D8-4FB6-86DB-B9B6065AD563@gmail.com>
Message-ID: <684B1CDF-E0C3-4F16-840E-D3F6AE54527D@gmail.com>

I don?t know the answer to your question but you can login prior to the contest and minimize it so you don?t see it.  Problem solved!

Don-W4BBT 

Sent from my iPhone

> On Jan 12, 2024, at 5:26 PM, James Jordan <k4qpl2 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> ?I personally don?t like or use Online Scoreboard and and don?t like that being the only way NAQP scores are recorded. 
> I understand you can log in at any time before the contest ends (like 5 minutes before the end) and it will counted. 
> Correct?
> Jim K4QPL 
> 
> Sent from my iPhone

From sgworth at gmail.com  Fri Jan 12 17:49:16 2024
From: sgworth at gmail.com (Stephen Worth)
Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2024 17:49:16 -0500
Subject: [PVRCNC] NAQP and Online Scoreboard
In-Reply-To: <mailman.19323.1705098389.25502.pvrcnc@mailman.qth.net>
References: <mailman.19323.1705098389.25502.pvrcnc@mailman.qth.net>
Message-ID: <CAPP4bAYTOFs6TcS3=9tFq509SXAwvP354GMUNGMh1nhFy9RdRw@mail.gmail.com>

Jim,
I cannot fully answer this question, but I can provide the following.  As
Don said you can start the online scoreboard, log in, and minimize the
window.  I do that to save space on my screen.

You can log into the online scoreboard after the contest start and N1MM
will update your score in the contest on its next update cycle.  I often
forget about the online scoreboard until after I have been operating a
bit.  I have never tried doing this right at the end of a contest so I do
not know if  that works, but it seems like it should.

One thing I can warn you of.  At the end of the context please keep the
online scoreboard and N1MM running for 5 (minimum) extra minutes so your
last N1MM data gets recorded.  (N1MM update is set at 5 min. by default I
believe).  If you shut down N1MM and then come back later to let it update
the online scoreboard that will not happen.   I suspect that once the
contest is closed and if you break the connection between N1MM and the
online scoreboard the scoreboard software will not let N1MM connect to that
contest again (for updating) after the fact.

Steve NC4SW


On Fri, Jan 12, 2024 at 5:28?PM James Jordan via PVRCNC <
pvrcnc at mailman.qth.net> wrote:

>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: James Jordan <k4qpl2 at gmail.com>
> To: PVRC <pvrc at mailman.qth.net>, PVRC NC <pvrcnc at mailman.qth.net>
> Cc:
> Bcc:
> Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2024 17:26:06 -0500
> Subject: NAQP and Online Scoreboard
> I personally don?t like or use Online Scoreboard and and don?t like that
> being the only way NAQP scores are recorded.
> I understand you can log in at any time before the contest ends (like 5
> minutes before the end) and it will counted.
> Correct?
> Jim K4QPL
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: James Jordan via PVRCNC <pvrcnc at mailman.qth.net>
> To: PVRC <pvrc at mailman.qth.net>, PVRC NC <pvrcnc at mailman.qth.net>
> Cc:
> Bcc:
> Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2024 17:28:23 -0500 (EST)
> Subject: [PVRCNC] NAQP and Online Scoreboard
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From kilo4tmc at gmail.com  Fri Jan 12 19:36:13 2024
From: kilo4tmc at gmail.com (Henry Pollock - K4TMC)
Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2024 19:36:13 -0500
Subject: [PVRC] NAQP and Online Scoreboard
In-Reply-To: <CAJ_qRva-51M2pdsaF5ZJXK1wO_TZV-A0hAxWaCROEhn1+YnPsw@mail.gmail.com>
References: <32C4225B-C4D8-4FB6-86DB-B9B6065AD563@gmail.com>
	<CAJ_qRva-51M2pdsaF5ZJXK1wO_TZV-A0hAxWaCROEhn1+YnPsw@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CAGJtcTcyVhkrcayOje1NVRZSoxN_dU+cfqTzGpcM-mVVk1Ud5A@mail.gmail.com>

I am happy for those "Multiop giant station owners" and their teams who
enjoy this feature; however, why isn't this just voluntary versus mandatory
for every club member who wants to help the club's total score?

73,
Henry - K4TMC

On Fri, Jan 12, 2024 at 7:17?PM Tim Shoppa <tshoppa at gmail.com> wrote:

> Jim, yes you can also manually post your score to the scoreboard at the
> end. You'll have to make an account on contestonlinescore.com, log into
> that website using your account, and then use the "Manual Post". Please do
> it before the contest's end - more than a few minutes past the end of the
> contest is too late!
>
> I would encourage that in just the past few years first K3LR and then
> W3LPL and all the other big guns have been enthusiastically posting to the
> scoreboard in realtime. I know several of those Multiop giant station
> owners and it's wonderful to see them enthusiastically adopt this new
> technology as a way of spurring interest in contesting!
>
> Tim N3QE
>
> On Fri, Jan 12, 2024 at 5:28?PM James Jordan <k4qpl2 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I personally don?t like or use Online Scoreboard and and don?t like that
>> being the only way NAQP scores are recorded.
>> I understand you can log in at any time before the contest ends (like 5
>> minutes before the end) and it will counted.
>> Correct?
>> Jim K4QPL
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
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From k4qpl2 at gmail.com  Fri Jan 12 22:05:07 2024
From: k4qpl2 at gmail.com (James Jordan)
Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2024 22:05:07 -0500
Subject: NAQP and Online Scoreboard 
Message-ID: <268831D7-29A3-4F51-BB26-ACEC2B03EAD2@gmail.com>

Thanks to all for info on manual posting. Very helpful. 
GL to all!
Jim K4QPL 


From k4qpl2 at gmail.com  Sat Jan 13 08:21:32 2024
From: k4qpl2 at gmail.com (James Jordan)
Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2024 08:21:32 -0500
Subject: [PVRC] NAQP and Online Scoreboard
In-Reply-To: <CADS1cDTOjdcWHhWVTA7B9YdfHi7NT1SM9ZGLQ0WxC0Mbhg_DLA@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CADS1cDTOjdcWHhWVTA7B9YdfHi7NT1SM9ZGLQ0WxC0Mbhg_DLA@mail.gmail.com>
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From k4qpl2 at gmail.com  Sat Jan 13 09:35:26 2024
From: k4qpl2 at gmail.com (James Jordan)
Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2024 09:35:26 -0500
Subject: [PVRC] NAQP and Online Scoreboard
In-Reply-To: <CAJ_qRvbAdjRruzAxzOUH8a9DrgYk+amMvm56Tv5GvFsJTHA-wg@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAJ_qRvbAdjRruzAxzOUH8a9DrgYk+amMvm56Tv5GvFsJTHA-wg@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <D6AC8CE4-C978-45AD-88AA-F9A13223E2CC@gmail.com>


From bill at axelrods.org  Sun Jan 14 10:04:31 2024
From: bill at axelrods.org (Bill Axelrod)
Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2024 10:04:31 -0500
Subject: K3WA in Jan NAQP CW
Message-ID: <CAJ_MLyVaTGEtoOa7_G8KCu-frOwBmgv8emwEK2FEB0REhRB6EQ@mail.gmail.com>

Soapbox:  After taking my turn in the K3AJ group putting the K3ZO call on
the air I got on with my home station for a while.  What a fun contest!

Details:

Call: K3WA
Operator(s): K3WA
Station: K3WA

Class: Single Op Assisted LP
QTH: Pittsboro, NC
Operating Time (hrs): 2.5

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Mults
-------------------
  160:
   80:   45    26
   40:   75    45
   20:   61    28
   15:   19     9
   10:
-------------------
Total:  200   108  Total Score = 21,600

Club: Potomac Valley Radio Club

Radio:  Flex 6600
Antenna:  Flagpole

73...   Bill K3WA

From k4qpl2 at gmail.com  Sun Jan 14 10:08:17 2024
From: k4qpl2 at gmail.com (James Jordan)
Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2024 10:08:17 -0500
Subject: N1RM in NAQP
Message-ID: <43942BCF-D171-4DA7-BCA5-EB073242C8FE@gmail.com>

Rick deserves a very special shout out for this one. Read his report. 
I noticed it wasn?t Rick?s smooth operating and now we know why. Giving back isn?t easy but using a popular ?me? contest to boost the ?us? in ham radio is outstanding. Thanks. Rick. 
73,
Jim K4QPL 
Sent from my iPhone

From davetct at gmail.com  Sun Jan 14 10:57:05 2024
From: davetct at gmail.com (dave collins)
Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2024 10:57:05 -0500
Subject: n4cwz naqp
Message-ID: <CAKMH0dEbrq-PxjLPfNhzDqNG2U1jwWZitgX0-ntxDGEzDt8i-w@mail.gmail.com>

Call: N4CWZ
Operator(s): N4CWZ
Station: N4CWZ

Class: Single Op LP
QTH: NC
Operating Time (hrs): 5:09

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Mults
-------------------
  160:
   80:   16    12
   40:  145    27
   20:   66    23
   15:   12     9
   10:
-------------------
Total:  239    71  Total Score = 16,969

Club: Potomac Valley Radio Club

I hope yall find this as funny as I did.  Some of yall know I've moved

and live in an apartment now. Not optimum for hf operation!! Well this
is a good quick contest and I thought I would give it a try

Asked a subcontractor and friend if I could put up a wire antenna at
his house,and he said "sure"  Sort of like a little field day Well

I get the antenna up Thursday,take equipment over on Friday,trim the
antenna and then everything goes completely haywire:)  2 hours later

I have everything set up feeling fairly confident that it will all be
good.   So I drive over Saturday morning,get everything finished and
ready to

go.  Then wait and then 1pm hits.  Chose 20 to start and it wasn't ten
minutes into the contest and my host text me asking me why his oven
was

turning on and off :)  That's a new one on me and its a gas oven!! I
mess around with the counterpoise on the efhw,get it somewhat better
but its still messing with it

Shammit!!! Well go to 15,try to run and didn't have much luck so s and
p a few and then went and had lunch. A little dejected,really wanted
to

run on 20 but gave 40 a quick listen and not much but wth. I started
there around 430 and a slow trickle started and then I actually did
pretty good

Well around 6 pm or so 40 had dried up so off to 80 i went.  No one
was there but someone has gotta be the first. Started running. Then
noticed

my swr started going up??????  Weird??  Transformer is rated for
100w,should be a problem. Put my hand on the transformer and it was
hot. Shammit

once again :)  Went down to 25w ,swr 1:1  keydown and here it goes
up:)  So dejected I pack up and am drinking a cold one on my couch by
9 pm

watching contestonline. Some great PVRC scores made!!!!  Congrats and
next time I will do better on my station:)  73 dave n4cwz


-- 
Dave Collins
David Collins GC Inc

From k4qpl2 at gmail.com  Sun Jan 14 13:30:50 2024
From: k4qpl2 at gmail.com (James Jordan)
Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2024 13:30:50 -0500
Subject: NAQP CW JANUARY 2024 K4QPL
Message-ID: <CAMaWZH=DNc_LLRXW=ucah_2iy64xEZaHV2npq0H1hMMPZrWizA@mail.gmail.com>

Class: Single Op LP Unassisted
Operating Time (hrs): 9.75

Band QSOs Mults
160:    42      21
80:    183     44
40:     273    52
20:    133     42
15:      45     26
10:      49     18
Total: 725     203 Total Score 147,175

A fun contest but terrible planning of station, time and band use. Best
call it a learning experience.
I had planned to operate VP5M and duke it out with the other NA area
"Islanders" but had to cancel at the last minute. Meantime I was relocating
my shack at home and everything was in piles and all cables to the tower
area disconnected. Scrambled to put something together and ended up with
one radio, no rotator control on the tribander (I think aimed at EU) and no
control for the 30' SteppIR which is very good for domestic work.
Still having the great VP5 high band performance in my head, I wasted the
afternoon trying to run and/or work mults rapidly on the high bands with
embarrassing results.
Then having burned 5 hours, I had to take two half-hour breaks just as the
lower bands were coming to life. After that 40 and 80M runs took off to
avoid total disaster with some ten-minute rates in the high 200's
reminiscent of what we get at VP5.
So then I go to 160M and grab nice mults on the East Coast that my antenna
is good for. Later on I leave perfectly good rate on 40 and 80 to come back
to 160 wasting time looking for a few more mults that weren't workable.
I love NAQP and working all the contest friends but a contest average of
70/hr has me frustrated with my poor performance knowing I could have done
much better.
Thanks for letting me vent!!
73,
Jim K4QPL

From w4my at reagan.com  Mon Jan 15 10:59:10 2024
From: w4my at reagan.com (Marty)
Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2024 10:59:10 -0500
Subject: [PVRCNC] Hamcation
Message-ID: <EC1F3CD8-6612-4821-A7B6-61DF5D418B8F@reagan.com>

If anyone has any heavy gear to be taken to or picked up from Orlando Hamcation I?m driving down and can take it/retrieve it if you make the arrangements.  

I?ll be traveling out and about Feb 4-11. 

73 Marty / W4MY

From n4tl2 at yahoo.com  Mon Jan 22 09:29:02 2024
From: n4tl2 at yahoo.com (Tom Lewis)
Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2024 14:29:02 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [PVRCNC] Fw: ARRL Jan VHF N4TL Single Op-All Modes HP
In-Reply-To: <20240122141835.23f54f75214b1342@b4h.net>
References: <20240122141835.23f54f75214b1342@b4h.net>
Message-ID: <1796329856.752825.1705933742479@mail.yahoo.com>

 73 Tom N4TL

 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ARRL January VHF Contest - 2024

Call: N4TL
Operator(s): N4TL
Station: N4TL

Class: Single Op-All Modes HP
QTH: Raleigh NC
Operating Time (hrs): 4

Summary:
 Band? QSOs? Mults
-------------------
? ? 6:? 64? ? 26
? ? 2:? 10? ? ? 7
? 222:? ? ? ? ? 
? 432:? ? ? ? ? 
? 902:? ? ? ? ? 
? 1.2:? ? ? ? ? 
? 2.3:? ? ? ? ? 
? 3.4:? ? ? ? ? 
? 5.7:? ? ? ? ? 
? 10G:? ? ? ? ? 
? 24G:? ? ? ? ? 
-------------------
Total:? 74? ? 33? Total Score = 2,442

Club: Potomac Valley Radio Club

Comments:




Posted using 3830 Score Submittal Forms at: http://www.3830scores.com/
  

From bill at axelrods.org  Thu Jan 25 16:56:09 2024
From: bill at axelrods.org (Bill Axelrod)
Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2024 16:56:09 -0500
Subject: The CQ WW 160 M CW contest is this weekend
Message-ID: <CAJ_MLyVVUhcQcXChxRESp586vuKJqTHn1A1F9uKEuXHFsYX6RQ@mail.gmail.com>

All,

     Yes, this weekend is the weekend for the CQ WW 160M CW contest.  It is
one of our 5M contests and one we'd really like to see more participation.
It is also a fun, but challenging contest.

     Many of us do not have a "real" 160M antenna.  Don't let that
dissuade you.  There are lots of ways you can get on 160M and make some
QSOs.  You can set a challenge for yourself to see many QSOs you can make
and how far you can reach with a totally inappropriate antenna.

      For example, I live in a totally antenna restricted HOA.  I do have a
24 ft flagpole,  I use that, with an antenna tuner on all bands, including
160M.  Is it a good antenna?  No.  Is it really effective?  No.  Given the
extremely high voltages at the end of such a small antenna and the
resultant VSWR the effective radiated power (ERP) was down below my shoe
laces.

     There is a caution.  Really short end fed antennas develop really high
voltage at the feed point.  Trying to run even moderate power can damage
your equipment.  I would not try this with an antenna tuner built into a
transceiver.  I use an external tuner.  And I make sure I keep my radio
output below the point where there's any arcing in the tuner.

     Can I work anyone?  Yes.  I reliably can work into New England and
down to Florida.  I usually can make QSOs out to the Mississippi.  And
sometimes QSO guys down down in the Caribbean.

      Load something up and give it a shot!

73...   Bill K3WA

From bill at axelrods.org  Thu Jan 25 18:15:22 2024
From: bill at axelrods.org (Bill Axelrod)
Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2024 18:15:22 -0500
Subject: [PVRC] The CQ WW 160 M CW contest is this weekend
In-Reply-To: <CABzOSOpg61ZTpcRvO8yAgA8xJumf5r=WVT=8gEsOuzk-fFxVOw@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAJ_MLyVVUhcQcXChxRESp586vuKJqTHn1A1F9uKEuXHFsYX6RQ@mail.gmail.com>
	<CABzOSOpg61ZTpcRvO8yAgA8xJumf5r=WVT=8gEsOuzk-fFxVOw@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CAJ_MLyURMQ_amQ=Djz5=t8JS-Qhq7TW6h7=XL1dOTnfhGDtStw@mail.gmail.com>

??

73...   Bill K3WA

On Thu, Jan 25, 2024 at 5:05?PM Paul Stoetzer <prstoetzer at gmail.com> wrote:

> The only CQ 160 contest I've done with my home equipment was done from
> back in Michigan in 2001 where I had a 20 foot tall MFJ-1798 on the roof of
> my parents' house. I used an MFJ-949 manual tuner and 100 watts and managed
> about 20 QSOs or so in the 2001 CQ WW 160 SSB contest in about an hour the
> first evening. The tuner did arc over a couple of times, but was undamaged.
> I worked stations in the midwest, the east coast, and even down to
> Louisiana. CW would obviously be even more effective!
>
> Whatever you have, it's worth it to give it a shot!
>
> 73,
>
> Paul, N8HM
>
> On Thu, Jan 25, 2024 at 4:56?PM Bill Axelrod <bill at axelrods.org> wrote:
>
>> All,
>>
>>      Yes, this weekend is the weekend for the CQ WW 160M CW contest.  It
>> is one of our 5M contests and one we'd really like to see more
>> participation.  It is also a fun, but challenging contest.
>>
>>      Many of us do not have a "real" 160M antenna.  Don't let that
>> dissuade you.  There are lots of ways you can get on 160M and make some
>> QSOs.  You can set a challenge for yourself to see many QSOs you can make
>> and how far you can reach with a totally inappropriate antenna.
>>
>>       For example, I live in a totally antenna restricted HOA.  I do have
>> a 24 ft flagpole,  I use that, with an antenna tuner on all bands,
>> including 160M.  Is it a good antenna?  No.  Is it really effective?  No.
>> Given the extremely high voltages at the end of such a small antenna and
>> the resultant VSWR the effective radiated power (ERP) was down below my
>> shoe laces.
>>
>>      There is a caution.  Really short end fed antennas develop really
>> high voltage at the feed point.  Trying to run even moderate power can
>> damage your equipment.  I would not try this with an antenna tuner built
>> into a transceiver.  I use an external tuner.  And I make sure I keep my
>> radio output below the point where there's any arcing in the tuner.
>>
>>      Can I work anyone?  Yes.  I reliably can work into New England and
>> down to Florida.  I usually can make QSOs out to the Mississippi.  And
>> sometimes QSO guys down down in the Caribbean.
>>
>>       Load something up and give it a shot!
>>
>> 73...   Bill K3WA
>> ______________________________________________________________
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>> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/pvrc
>> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm
>> Post: mailto:PVRC at mailman.qth.net
>> Message delivered to prstoetzer at gmail.com
>>
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>
>

From bill at axelrods.org  Sun Jan 28 10:04:05 2024
From: bill at axelrods.org (Bill Axelrod)
Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2024 10:04:05 -0500
Subject: Reminder +++ PVRC-NC Feb Meeting Thursday 1 Feb at 6 PM +++
Message-ID: <CAJ_MLyXzpkokt=CCFM82C2dKXBxyCN_hxDF8_4zmkBx9BqH6sg@mail.gmail.com>

A not-so-gentle reminder.

PVRC-NC Invites you to a scheduled Hybrid Zoom meeting.

*What: *PVRC-NC Chapter Feb 2024 meeting
*When: *Feb 1, 2024 6:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) ? Early Birds
welcome at 5:30
*Where: *Hickory Tavern at 1156 Parkside Main St Cary, NC 27519 - or via
Zoom
*Why: *This is a big month for contesters ? the heart of the 2024 winter
season.  What better time is there for us to get together?

There's a plethora of fun contests in February.  We have 5M contests
including the RTTY NAQP, CQ WPX RTTY, and the ARRL DX CW contests along
with other fun contests.  There's a bunch of state QSO Parties in February,
not the least of which is ours ? the NC QSO Party to end the month on
February 25.  Lots to talk about and prepare for.

This month we have a special speaker planning to come to this meeting and
tell us about his recent expeditions.  It's slightly off topic.  We're all
contesters at heart.  But many of us are also DXers.  Some of us, like me,
have pretty short memories.  But even I remember late last month when one
gent put both VU7A and then VU4N on the.  He is Krish, W4VKU.  Krish lives
here, in Cary, and has agreed to join our meeting and talk about this
highly successful DX-Pedition.

Join Zoom Meeting
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81427386994?pwd=QBAjuqxL5O0FQ6hSxJ9xGGSsQrBkZG.1

73...   Bill K3WA

From k4qpl2 at gmail.com  Sun Jan 28 15:31:00 2024
From: k4qpl2 at gmail.com (James Jordan)
Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2024 15:31:00 -0500
Subject: CQ160 CW K4QPL Single Op HP
Message-ID: <CAMaWZHmrBbt91cRQPEf8=QxQfvz3y2ObGfqm_vSy3445AE=7hw@mail.gmail.com>

CQ 160-Meter Contest, CW - 2024

Call: K4QPL
Operator(s): K4QPL
Station: K4QPL

Class: Single Op HP
QTH: North Carolina
Operating Time (hrs): 6.7

Summary:
Total:  QSOs = 407  State/Prov = 42  Countries = 6  Total Score = 45,072

Club: Potomac Valley Radio Club

Comments:

Station: K3s, KPA500, Inverted L, single wire radial.

Didn't have the horsepower or the antenna to get west of the Rockies or across
the pond. But wow! Clouds of VA, MD, PA and NY for sure. Unassisted is not very
productive S&P so after a quick sweep I mostly concentrated on runs in hopes
the mults would come to me. Many did. Good fun. Thanks for the Q's.

From dongladwell1 at gmail.com  Sun Jan 28 16:30:13 2024
From: dongladwell1 at gmail.com (Don Gladwell)
Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2024 16:30:13 -0500
Subject: FW: BARTG Sprint W4BBT Single Op HP
In-Reply-To: <20240128211752.335f576120ac79cf@b4h.net>
References: <20240128211752.335f576120ac79cf@b4h.net>
Message-ID: <009f01da5231$2e7a67e0$8b6f37a0$@gmail.com>

My Mults and Continents below were wrong but have been corrected.

Don

-----Original Message-----
From: webform at b4h.net <webform at b4h.net> 
Sent: Sunday, January 28, 2024 4:18 PM
To: dongladwell1 at gmail.com
Subject: BARTG Sprint W4BBT Single Op HP

                    BARTG RTTY Sprint - 2024

Call: W4BBT
Operator(s): W4BBT
Station: W4BBT

Class: Single Op HP
QTH: NC
Operating Time (hrs): 13:51

Summary:
 Band  QSOs
------------
   80:    9
   40:  105
   20:  156
   15:   59
   10:   37
------------
Total:  366  Mults = 38  Continents = 22  Total Score = 118,584

Club: Potomac Valley Radio Club

Comments:

This was a lot of BIC time with quick restroom breaks.  I like watching the
Online ScoreBoard to keep me challenged to do better.  Only so much one can
do with just a wire antenna.

All bands were open to me at times with 20m & 40m being the best.  I liked
the short exchange but there were times when no stations were answering my
call so I did S&P during those times.  I made sure I watched the 5 Min. Band
Timer this time.

Thanks to NC4SW - Steve for his Q.    Overall a fun contest.

73, Don-W4BBT


Posted using 3830 Score Submittal Forms at: http://www.3830scores.com/


From bill at axelrods.org  Tue Jan 30 09:39:53 2024
From: bill at axelrods.org (Bill Axelrod)
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2024 09:39:53 -0500
Subject: PVRC Member Moving to Raleigh
In-Reply-To: <41671EB8-45F3-4EF0-AF1A-781A7A343ADE@comcast.net>
References: <41671EB8-45F3-4EF0-AF1A-781A7A343ADE@comcast.net>
Message-ID: <CAJ_MLyV_-N=eetYcSY9vUHxODtLadA7o4vEiG3RhYWM_3fd+gw@mail.gmail.com>

Steve,

     WELCOME!  You'll find a warm welcome when you get down here -  maybe
not from the weather but certainly from the folks who make up the PVRC-NC
chapter.  And, no doubt, you'll find plenty of opportunities for contesting.

     We have our own reflector (PVRC NC) which we'll get you on.  We have
our chapter meetings on the first Thursday of each month.  We do a hybrid
meeting, with members and visitors both in-person and also on Zoom.  I know
that the days leading up to a move are usually pretty hectic.  But if you
are free for our February meeting this Thursday, please do join us via
Zoom.  I copied the invitation with the Zoom link at the end of this email.

     My phone number is 703 801-7727.  Please don't hesitate to call me if
there's anything we can do to help you as you migrate down our way.  That
includes any questions you may have about the Raleigh area.

73...   Bill K3WA

----------------------------------------------------
PVRC-NC Invites you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

Reminder +++ PVRC-NC Feb Meeting Thursday 1 Feb at 6 PM +++
Ham Stuff/1. PVRC
Search for all messages with label Ham Stuff/1. PVRC
Remove label Ham Stuff/1. PVRC from this conversation
Bill Axelrod <bill at axelrods.org>
Sun, Jan 28, 10:04?AM (2 days ago)
to PVRC, PVRC, prstoetzer, w4vku, bruce.b.sawyer
A not-so-gentle reminder.

PVRC-NC Invites you to a scheduled Hybrid Zoom meeting.

*What: *PVRC-NC Chapter Feb 2024 meeting
*When: *Feb 1, 2024 6:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) ? Early Birds
welcome at 5:30
*Where: *Hickory Tavern at 1156 Parkside Main St Cary, NC 27519 - or via
Zoom
*Why: *This is a big month for contesters ? the heart of the 2024 winter
season.  What better time is there for us to get together?

There's a plethora of fun contests in February.  We have 5M contests
including the RTTY NAQP, CQ WPX RTTY, and the ARRL DX CW contests along
with other fun contests.  There's a bunch of state QSO Parties in February,
not the least of which is ours ? the NC QSO Party to end the month on
February 25.  Lots to talk about and prepare for.

This month we have a special speaker planning to come to this meeting and
tell us about his recent expeditions.  It's slightly off topic.  We're all
contesters at heart.  But many of us are also DXers.  Some of us, like me,
have pretty short memories.  But even I remember late last month when one
gent put both VU7A and then VU4N on the.  He is Krish, W4VKU.  Krish lives
here, in Cary, and has agreed to join our meeting and talk about this
highly successful DX-Pedition.

Join Zoom Meeting
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81427386994?pwd=QBAjuqxL5O0FQ6hSxJ9xGGSsQrBkZG.1
?

On Mon, Jan 29, 2024 at 8:10?PM Steven Swedberg <stevengs312 at comcast.net>
wrote:

> Hello Bill,
>
> I have been a PVRC member since 2019. I currently live in the DC metro
> area, but I am moving to Raleigh next week. I was happy to find out that
> PVRC also operates in North Carolina. I would like to know how the
> contesting scene is in the Raleigh area in the hopes that I can do
> contesting with fellow PVRC members in North Carolina.
>
> 73, Steve (N9SG)
>

