[PVRCNC] PVRC Reunion 2024
Bud Governale
w3llbud at gmail.com
Tue May 28 02:50:35 EDT 2024
Please send me the UDC file
PVRC2024.UDC
73,
Bud W3LL
On Mon, May 27, 2024 at 7:55 PM Bill Axelrod via PVRCNC <
pvrcnc at mailman.qth.net> wrote:
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>
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> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Bill Axelrod <bill at axelrods.org>
> To: PVRC NC <pvrcnc at mailman.qth.net>, conny at n5hc.com, prstoetzer at gmail.com,
> stevengs312 at comcast.net, wtschrader at gmail.com, w1es at arrl.net
> Cc:
> Bcc:
> Date: Mon, 27 May 2024 19:54:38 -0400
> Subject: PVRC Reunion 2024
> All,
>
> The PVRC reunion is this weekend. To help increase our participation
> ( which has dropped alarmingly over the past few years) we have changed the
> rules this year).
>
> The reunion will take place the three hours a day on three separate
> days (Friday, Sunday, and Monday) and at different times each day to give
> us different propagation profiles.
>
> The reunion rules will be posted on the PVRC shortly.
>
> Your Reunion scores will immediately count for the PVRC Olympics and
> 5M program. And to add some spice to life, our President, Doug AA3S, has
> decided to double our scored to gain extra 5M credit.
>
> I hope to see each of you in the reunion.
>
> The following is an advance copy of the rules.
>
> 73... Bill
>
> Rules:
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> *PLEASE JOIN US on the air for the 2024 PVRC Reunion*
>
>
>
> The PVRC 2023 Reunion will be held in three sessions of three hours each
> with activity centered "on the 47's" to celebrate the founding of PVRC in
> 1947.
>
>
>
> PVRC's motto of "Once a member, always a member" shines through and this is
> an excellent opportunity to meet and greet on the air members you may not
> know and others who are now living out of circle.
>
>
>
> We are trying some new things this year to make the event more interesting
> and to provide more ways to participate:
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>
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> · There will be three sessions on different days at different times
> of day to allow for some propagation variety and to encourage “out of area”
> PVRC members to participate. You can choose to participate in one, two or
> all three sessions as fits your schedule and interest.
>
> · Each session will be three hours.
>
> · Within each session, there will be designated hours for different
> modes – only QSOs on the designated mode may be made within those periods.
> We will have designated periods for CW, SSB and RTTY
>
> · You may contact each station once on each of the designated modes
> withing a session.
>
> · You may contact each station again, per mode, in each subsequent
> session.
>
> · You can receive credit toward your PVRC Olympics Award by
> participating in the PVRC Reunion
>
>
>
> Following this year’s reunion, we encourage your feedback and ideas to make
> the
>
> PVRC Reunion an even better event.
>
>
>
> *Dates, Times and Modes*
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>
>
> There will be three sessions of three hours each spread over three days.
> Within each session there will be designated periods for different modes:
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>
>
> Friday, May 31: 2000Z – 2300Z (4 PM – 7 PM EDT)
>
> · First two hours – CW only
>
> · Third hour – SSB only
>
>
>
> Sunday, June 2: 1700Z -2000Z (1 PM – 4 PM EDT)
>
> · First hour – CW only
>
> · Second hour – RTTY only
>
> · Third hour – SSB only
>
>
>
> Monday, June 3: 2300Z – 0200Z (June 4 Z) (7 PM – 10 PM June 3 EDT
>
> · First 2 hours – CW only
>
> · Third hour – SSB only
>
>
>
>
>
> *Modes and Center-of-Activity Frequencies*
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>
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> Suggested CW frequencies: 1817, 3547, 7047, 14047, 21047 and 28047 kHz.
>
> Suggested SSB frequencies: 1847, 3847, 7247, 14247, 21247, 28347
>
> Suggest RTTY frequencies: 1827, 3577, 7077, 14077, 21077,28077
>
>
>
> Moves between bands are HIGHLY ENCOURAGED.
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>
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> *Scoring*
>
>
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> 1 point for each QSO with PVRC members. You may work each station once on
> any band/mode combination in in each of the three sessions. Moves between
> bands, especially at slow times, are highly suggested!
>
>
>
> 5 points for each QSO with special PVRC Club callsigns – W3GRF and W4KFC
>
>
>
> *Spotting*
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>
>
> Spotting of PVRC members is highly encouraged. In fact, self-spotting in
> this event is encouraged as well! It's amazing the level of non-member
> activity you can stir up, especially on phone, with a few self-spots. The
> on-the-air activity with nonmembers is an excellent opportunity to explain
> a little about PVRC as a contesting club to non-members, and point them to
> the PVRC website if they want more information about contesting or our
> club.
>
>
>
> When spotting PVRC'ers for this reunion, please give a comment to the
> effect of PVRC Reunion.
>
>
>
>
>
> *Participation Eligibility*
>
>
>
> Both PVRC Members and Non-Members are welcome to participate.
>
> Non-members can work PVRC members for points and earn award certificates in
> their own non-member category.
>
>
>
>
>
> *CQ*
>
>
>
> Call "CQ PVRC" on CW and RTTY, and "CQ PVRC Reunion" on SSB.
>
>
>
> *Exchange*
>
>
>
> The exchange remains unchanged from previous years.
>
>
>
> A PVRC member's exchange is the year you joined PVRC, your name, your
> state/country, and your callsign when you joined PVRC.
>
>
>
> Example QSO between two PVRC members:
>
>
>
> WX3B: CQ PVRC DE WX3B WX3B K
>
>
>
> K4ZW: K4ZW
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> WX3B: K4ZW 1998 JIM MD WA2GPQ
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> K4ZW: WX3B 86 KEN VA KE9A
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> WX3B: TU WX3B
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> Note: A non-member only gives his name and state/country for the exchange
>
>
>
>
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> *Logger Support*
>
>
>
> You can use any general-purpose logger for this contest. You will have to
> count up member and non-member QSO's when filling out the score summary
> form.
>
> A UDC file is available to teach N1MM+ how to handle the PVRC Reunion. It
> will handle scoring for you automatically. Please right-click and download
> PVRC2024.UDC and save it in your Documents\N1MM Logger+\UserDefinedContests
> directory. Then quit and restart N1MM+ and you will find PVRC2024 available
> as a contest log type you can create.
>
>
>
> A YouTube video is available to help you download, install, and use the
> PVRC2024 UDC module.
>
>
>
> Access it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccVPtuB57-8.
>
>
>
>
>
> *Results Submission*
>
>
>
> The preferred means of submitting your results is to submit your score for
> each session to the 3830scores.com web site.
>
>
>
> If you prefer, you can submit a Cabrillo log or a log summary in lieu of a
> 3830 entry as described below. *The 3830 submission is preferred*.
>
>
>
> Send your Cabrillo log, or a log summary (see below), by E-mail to N3QE:
>
>
>
> tshoppa at gmail.com
>
>
>
> If you choose to submit a log summary, it should contain the following
> information:
>
>
>
> For each session: member and non- member QSO count for each mode.
>
> For each session: Special PVRC Club callsigns QSO for each mode
>
>
>
> Also feel free to post your log summary and soapbox comments to the PVRC
> mailing list!
>
>
>
> *PVRC Olympics Credit*
>
>
>
> For the current PVRC Contest Season, 2023-2024 ending June 30, the PVRC
> Reunion counts as an extra contest towards meeting your PVRC Olympic medal
> goals with the easier thresholds as described below.
>
>
>
> So, if you are one contest short of qualifying for a PVRC Olympic medal
> then you can get the one contest credit you need in the PVRC Reunion by:
>
>
>
> · One or more QSOs in any mode for Bronze medal qualification
>
> · Two QSOs or more with at least one QSO in each of two modes for
> Silver medal qualification
>
> · Three QSOs or more with at least one QSO in each of the three
> modes for Gold medal qualification
>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Bill Axelrod via PVRCNC <pvrcnc at mailman.qth.net>
> To: PVRC NC <pvrcnc at mailman.qth.net>, conny at n5hc.com, prstoetzer at gmail.com,
> stevengs312 at comcast.net, wtschrader at gmail.com, w1es at arrl.net
> Cc:
> Bcc:
> Date: Mon, 27 May 2024 19:54:59 -0400 (EDT)
> Subject: [PVRCNC] PVRC Reunion 2024
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