From mike at bentwire.net  Fri Jul  4 16:25:34 2025
From: mike at bentwire.net (Mike Barts)
Date: Fri, 4 Jul 2025 16:25:34 -0400
Subject: N4NTO, SK
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One of our own, Tripp Owens, N4NTO, became a silent key this morning, July
4. Although some of the details of what happened are    still unclear, we
do know that Tripp was on a POTA activation and apparently the mast he was
using came into contact with an overhead power line.

Tripp was an enthusiastic member of PVRC and an important part of the Corn
Crib contest team, AG4TT, among his many other interests in life including
his family and church.

Over the last four or five years, I had spent a great deal of time with
Tripp, working on the station and sitting side by side with him in many
contests. He was a passionate POTA activator and he died doing something he
loved, for what cold comfort that may be. There should have been many more
Qs in his log.

Please keep his family in your thoughts during this tragic time.

And remember to keep safety at the front of your mind whenever working on
your station, wherever it may be.

We will miss him greatly.

Mike N4GU

From wa4pgm at gmail.com  Fri Jul  4 16:33:30 2025
From: wa4pgm at gmail.com (Kyle Chavis)
Date: Fri, 4 Jul 2025 16:33:30 -0400
Subject: [PVRCNC] N4NTO, SK
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Sorry to hear this news. I worked Tripp this morning at 1208z.

This is a very sad reminder for everyone operating away from your
environment to use extreme caution. This almost happened to me a couple
years ago in the NCQP. I had found a great spot to operate portable for a
few minutes and immediately started installing the 17 foot whip. I looked
up and saw the power lines and dropped the antenna.

So sad, prayers to friends and family. RIP Tripp
Kyle, WA4PGM

On Fri, Jul 4, 2025 at 4:25?PM Mike Barts via PVRCNC <pvrcnc at mailman.qth.net>
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> Subject: N4NTO, SK
> One of our own, Tripp Owens, N4NTO, became a silent key this morning, July
> 4. Although some of the details of what happened are    still unclear, we
> do know that Tripp was on a POTA activation and apparently the mast he was
> using came into contact with an overhead power line.
>
> Tripp was an enthusiastic member of PVRC and an important part of the Corn
> Crib contest team, AG4TT, among his many other interests in life including
> his family and church.
>
> Over the last four or five years, I had spent a great deal of time with
> Tripp, working on the station and sitting side by side with him in many
> contests. He was a passionate POTA activator and he died doing something he
> loved, for what cold comfort that may be. There should have been many more
> Qs in his log.
>
> Please keep his family in your thoughts during this tragic time.
>
> And remember to keep safety at the front of your mind whenever working on
> your station, wherever it may be.
>
> We will miss him greatly.
>
> Mike N4GU
>
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From howie.n4af at gmail.com  Fri Jul  4 17:28:42 2025
From: howie.n4af at gmail.com (Howie Hoyt)
Date: Fri, 4 Jul 2025 17:28:42 -0400
Subject: [PVRCNC] N4NTO, SK
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This is terrible news.
Tripp and I regularly qso'd in various contests.
RIP Tripp !

On Fri, Jul 4, 2025 at 4:33?PM Kyle Chavis via PVRCNC <
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> Date: Fri, 4 Jul 2025 16:33:30 -0400
> Subject: Re: [PVRCNC] N4NTO, SK
> Sorry to hear this news. I worked Tripp this morning at 1208z.
>
> This is a very sad reminder for everyone operating away from your
> environment to use extreme caution. This almost happened to me a couple
> years ago in the NCQP. I had found a great spot to operate portable for a
> few minutes and immediately started installing the 17 foot whip. I looked
> up and saw the power lines and dropped the antenna.
>
> So sad, prayers to friends and family. RIP Tripp
> Kyle, WA4PGM
>
> On Fri, Jul 4, 2025 at 4:25?PM Mike Barts via PVRCNC <
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> > Subject: N4NTO, SK
> > One of our own, Tripp Owens, N4NTO, became a silent key this morning,
> July
> > 4. Although some of the details of what happened are    still unclear, we
> > do know that Tripp was on a POTA activation and apparently the mast he
> was
> > using came into contact with an overhead power line.
> >
> > Tripp was an enthusiastic member of PVRC and an important part of the
> Corn
> > Crib contest team, AG4TT, among his many other interests in life
> including
> > his family and church.
> >
> > Over the last four or five years, I had spent a great deal of time with
> > Tripp, working on the station and sitting side by side with him in many
> > contests. He was a passionate POTA activator and he died doing something
> he
> > loved, for what cold comfort that may be. There should have been many
> more
> > Qs in his log.
> >
> > Please keep his family in your thoughts during this tragic time.
> >
> > And remember to keep safety at the front of your mind whenever working on
> > your station, wherever it may be.
> >
> > We will miss him greatly.
> >
> > Mike N4GU
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From dongladwell1 at gmail.com  Fri Jul  4 19:47:45 2025
From: dongladwell1 at gmail.com (Don Gladwell)
Date: Fri, 4 Jul 2025 19:47:45 -0400
Subject: [PVRCNC] N4NTO, SK
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I?m sorry to hear this terrible news.  Tripp was a great person and friend.  Can you let us know the funeral arrangements when you get them.

Thanks, Don
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From jaiwant.mulik at gmail.com  Fri Jul  4 20:32:35 2025
From: jaiwant.mulik at gmail.com (Jaiwant Mulik)
Date: Fri, 4 Jul 2025 19:32:35 -0500
Subject: [PVRCNC] N4NTO, SK
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I read the emails. Still have a hard time believing it.

Wonderful, guy all around. 

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From ea5dfv at gmail.com  Sat Jul  5 02:18:32 2025
From: ea5dfv at gmail.com (Jose Miguel Femenia-Herrero)
Date: Sat, 5 Jul 2025 08:18:32 +0200
Subject: [PVRCNC] N4NTO, SK
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Terrible news,
Please, send my condolences to the family. RIP, Tripp.


On Fri, Jul 4, 2025 at 10:25?PM Mike Barts via PVRCNC <
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> Date: Fri, 4 Jul 2025 16:25:34 -0400
> Subject: N4NTO, SK
> One of our own, Tripp Owens, N4NTO, became a silent key this morning, July
> 4. Although some of the details of what happened are    still unclear, we
> do know that Tripp was on a POTA activation and apparently the mast he was
> using came into contact with an overhead power line.
>
> Tripp was an enthusiastic member of PVRC and an important part of the Corn
> Crib contest team, AG4TT, among his many other interests in life including
> his family and church.
>
> Over the last four or five years, I had spent a great deal of time with
> Tripp, working on the station and sitting side by side with him in many
> contests. He was a passionate POTA activator and he died doing something he
> loved, for what cold comfort that may be. There should have been many more
> Qs in his log.
>
> Please keep his family in your thoughts during this tragic time.
>
> And remember to keep safety at the front of your mind whenever working on
> your station, wherever it may be.
>
> We will miss him greatly.
>
> Mike N4GU
>
>
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From davetct at gmail.com  Sat Jul  5 07:53:48 2025
From: davetct at gmail.com (dave collins)
Date: Sat, 5 Jul 2025 07:53:48 -0400
Subject: my buddy Tripp N4nto SK
Message-ID: <CAKMH0dEjPPmC2StgzW9-LXyB7zNvGeuqsRPeYdvbZR8WP1d-bQ@mail.gmail.com>

*In Memory of Tripp, N4NTO CWOps #2821*

We lost a great man, a passionate ham operator, an avid contester, and a
truly cherished friend on July 4th in a tragic accident. Tripp, N4NTO?as I
always told my friends?was my ?bromance.? We texted all the time, several
times a day. We just *clicked*, especially when it came to ham radio. There
was an instant connection?something unspoken that just worked.

If a couple of days passed without hearing from him, I?d start to worry.
Sure enough, he?d usually be out of town or called into work. Something
always came up?but he?d always get back to me.

Oddly enough, we only met once in person, and that was at Mike?s (N4GU)
station, ?The Corn Crib? (AG4TT). But that didn?t matter?our friendship was
real.

Tripp was a *POTA junkie*?and I say that with a smile. He loved activating
parks, gamelands, or really anywhere listed on the Parks on the Air site.
His excitement was infectious. He once told me, ?It?s like making your own
contest.? And honestly, it *is*. You get spotted, and then the pileup
begins.

As he got more into POTA, it became more than just a quick contest for
him?it became a mission. He was always chasing new activations, and he
loved every minute of it. Looking at his stats on the POTA.app site, Tripp
had activated *84 different parks* and logged *over 19,000 QSOs*.
Incredible.

I had Tripp set up on my HamAlert app. If he was heard by a W3, I knew I
could work him. His usual CW spot was 7.041 MHz. He was also interested in
WWFF (World Wide Flora and Fauna). I believe they use the .041 frequencies
in each band?s CW subbands, which made sense given his activity.

As for *PVRC*, Tripp was a *contest nut*?and I say that with the deepest
admiration. If there was a contest, no matter how obscure, Tripp was in. I
remember the first time I heard his catchphrase. I asked him, ?You gonna
operate in this contest?? and he said, ?Do you know Hugh??

I replied, ?No, who?s Hugh??

He said, ?Hugh damned right I?m entering it!?

That was Tripp in a nutshell. His enthusiasm was unmatched. Regardless of
band conditions or results, every contest to him was ?grand fun,? as Mike
(N4GU) reminded me recently.

On July 4th, Tripp told me he was headed out with a group from Fayetteville
for ?Potageddon??his words. He said he was going for an ?education,?
meeting up with the crew and planning to activate early.

At 6:22 AM, I texted him to ask when the first activation would be. He told
me around 7:30. I said I?d be around. I had a grocery pickup at 8, and as
usual, he?d text me when he was on frequency?7.041.

The RBN spotted him at 8:12 AM. I messaged that I?d be home soon and would
work him then. But when I got back around 8:30, I didn?t hear anything. I
checked the POTA page?no new spots. I figured maybe they were switching
operators or frequencies. I didn?t think much of it and went on with my day.

Then, a little after 1 PM, I got a call from Mike. There had been an
accident down east, and they feared it might be Tripp.

It couldn?t be?I didn?t want to believe it.

I got in touch with Mark (N4MQU), a close friend of Tripp?s and someone I
knew he was meeting that day. Later that afternoon, Mark confirmed the
terrible news: Tripp had been in the accident and had been electrocuted.

We lost a lot yesterday.

My heart breaks for his family, his friends, and for everyone whose life he
touched. He truly was one of a kind.

I?m going to miss him something awful. But one day, I?ll see him again.

Until then, ?Skippy??best of 73, OM. Take care.

*Dave, N4CWZ*

-- 
Dave Collins
David Collins GC Inc

From pastormg2 at gmail.com  Sat Jul  5 08:07:59 2025
From: pastormg2 at gmail.com (Mark Griffin)
Date: Sat, 5 Jul 2025 08:07:59 -0400
Subject: [PVRC] my buddy Tripp N4nto SK
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I wrote this several weeks ago if the Facebook Group name HF Contestors.
I would rather be known in Ham radio for being kind, honest and respectful
with fellow Hams. I contest because it?s a good way to meet other people. I
realize my chances of winning a major contest is slim to none. One cannot
base a Contest operator only on the score they have achieved.
Tripp was one of those guys that will be remembered for his kindness
towards fellow operators as well as helping others when needed.
That is what I will remember about Tripp. I remember the POTA Presentation
that Bill, K3WA had Tripp do for the North Carolina Group. It was very
informative and presented in a way that showed Tripp's character and Love
for Ham Radio.
We will miss you my friend!
Mark Griffin, KB3Z

On Sat, Jul 5, 2025 at 7:54?AM dave collins <davetct at gmail.com> wrote:

> *In Memory of Tripp, N4NTO CWOps #2821*
>
> We lost a great man, a passionate ham operator, an avid contester, and a
> truly cherished friend on July 4th in a tragic accident. Tripp, N4NTO?as I
> always told my friends?was my ?bromance.? We texted all the time, several
> times a day. We just *clicked*, especially when it came to ham radio.
> There was an instant connection?something unspoken that just worked.
>
> If a couple of days passed without hearing from him, I?d start to worry.
> Sure enough, he?d usually be out of town or called into work. Something
> always came up?but he?d always get back to me.
>
> Oddly enough, we only met once in person, and that was at Mike?s (N4GU)
> station, ?The Corn Crib? (AG4TT). But that didn?t matter?our friendship was
> real.
>
> Tripp was a *POTA junkie*?and I say that with a smile. He loved
> activating parks, gamelands, or really anywhere listed on the Parks on the
> Air site. His excitement was infectious. He once told me, ?It?s like making
> your own contest.? And honestly, it *is*. You get spotted, and then the
> pileup begins.
>
> As he got more into POTA, it became more than just a quick contest for
> him?it became a mission. He was always chasing new activations, and he
> loved every minute of it. Looking at his stats on the POTA.app site, Tripp
> had activated *84 different parks* and logged *over 19,000 QSOs*.
> Incredible.
>
> I had Tripp set up on my HamAlert app. If he was heard by a W3, I knew I
> could work him. His usual CW spot was 7.041 MHz. He was also interested in
> WWFF (World Wide Flora and Fauna). I believe they use the .041 frequencies
> in each band?s CW subbands, which made sense given his activity.
>
> As for *PVRC*, Tripp was a *contest nut*?and I say that with the deepest
> admiration. If there was a contest, no matter how obscure, Tripp was in. I
> remember the first time I heard his catchphrase. I asked him, ?You gonna
> operate in this contest?? and he said, ?Do you know Hugh??
>
> I replied, ?No, who?s Hugh??
>
> He said, ?Hugh damned right I?m entering it!?
>
> That was Tripp in a nutshell. His enthusiasm was unmatched. Regardless of
> band conditions or results, every contest to him was ?grand fun,? as Mike
> (N4GU) reminded me recently.
>
> On July 4th, Tripp told me he was headed out with a group from
> Fayetteville for ?Potageddon??his words. He said he was going for an
> ?education,? meeting up with the crew and planning to activate early.
>
> At 6:22 AM, I texted him to ask when the first activation would be. He
> told me around 7:30. I said I?d be around. I had a grocery pickup at 8, and
> as usual, he?d text me when he was on frequency?7.041.
>
> The RBN spotted him at 8:12 AM. I messaged that I?d be home soon and would
> work him then. But when I got back around 8:30, I didn?t hear anything. I
> checked the POTA page?no new spots. I figured maybe they were switching
> operators or frequencies. I didn?t think much of it and went on with my day.
>
> Then, a little after 1 PM, I got a call from Mike. There had been an
> accident down east, and they feared it might be Tripp.
>
> It couldn?t be?I didn?t want to believe it.
>
> I got in touch with Mark (N4MQU), a close friend of Tripp?s and someone I
> knew he was meeting that day. Later that afternoon, Mark confirmed the
> terrible news: Tripp had been in the accident and had been electrocuted.
>
> We lost a lot yesterday.
>
> My heart breaks for his family, his friends, and for everyone whose life
> he touched. He truly was one of a kind.
>
> I?m going to miss him something awful. But one day, I?ll see him again.
>
> Until then, ?Skippy??best of 73, OM. Take care.
>
> *Dave, N4CWZ*
>
> --
> Dave Collins
> David Collins GC Inc
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From n3cs at comcast.net  Sat Jul  5 08:50:11 2025
From: n3cs at comcast.net (n3cs)
Date: Sat, 05 Jul 2025 08:50:11 -0400
Subject: [PVRCNC] Tripp Owens N4NTO
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This is awful news that saddens me greatly.? I am glad to have known and operated with him for a shirt time at Corn Crib.? He was so thoughtful buying and bringing us all subs.? He was an admirable contest operator as well.? My prayers for his friends and family.Chris N3CSSent via the Samsung Galaxy S10+, an AT&T 5G Evolution capable smartphone
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Re: N4NTO, SK (Jaiwant Mulik)----------------------------------------------------------------------Message: 1Date: Fri, 4 Jul 2025 16:25:34 -0400From: Mike Barts <mike at bentwire.net>To: PVRCNC <pvrcnc at mailman.qth.net>Subject: N4NTO, SKMessage-ID:	<CAPHnhcpnDhtL3HqdbhRq5bXrGhmEaM26xNzd8d-S=2xHJfpVnQ at mail.gmail.com>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"One of our own, Tripp Owens, N4NTO, became a silent key this morning, July4. Although some of the details of what happened are??? still unclear, wedo know that Tripp was on a POTA activation and apparently the mast he wasusing came into contact with an overhead power line.Tripp was an enthusiastic member of PVRC and an important part of the CornCrib contest team, AG4TT, among his many other interests in life includinghis family and church.Over the last four or five years, I had spent a great deal of time withTripp, working on the station and sitting side by side with him in manycontests. He was a passionate POTA activator and he died doing something heloved, for what cold comfort that may be. There should have been many moreQs in his log.Please keep his family in your thoughts during this tragic time.And remember to keep safety at the front of your mind whenever working onyour station, wherever it may be.We will miss him greatly.Mike N4GU------------------------------Message: 2Date: Fri, 4 Jul 2025 16:33:30 -0400From: Kyle Chavis <wa4pgm at gmail.com>To: PVRCNC <pvrcnc at mailman.qth.net>Subject: Re: [PVRCNC] N4NTO, SKMessage-ID:	<CAC7wnKFXHbdPpMECrk-p0k5kT+O0gJuUW4pvNZVCro7fOZ2ZWg at mail.gmail.com>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"Sorry to hear this news. I worked Tripp this morning at 1208z.This is a very sad reminder for everyone operating away from yourenvironment to use extreme caution. This almost happened to me a coupleyears ago in the NCQP. I had found a great spot to operate portable for afew minutes and immediately started installing the 17 foot whip. I lookedup and saw the power lines and dropped the antenna.So sad, prayers to friends and family. RIP TrippKyle, WA4PGMOn Fri, Jul 4, 2025 at 4:25?PM Mike Barts via PVRCNC <pvrcnc at mailman.qth.net>wrote:>>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------> From: Mike Barts <mike at bentwire.net>> To: PVRCNC <pvrcnc at mailman.qth.net>> Cc:> Bcc:> Date: Fri, 4 Jul 2025 16:25:34 -0400> Subject: N4NTO, SK> One of our own, Tripp Owens, N4NTO, became a silent key this morning, July> 4. Although some of the details of what happened are??? still unclear, we> do know that Tripp was on a POTA activation and apparently the mast he was> using came into contact with an overhead power line.>> Tripp was an enthusiastic member of PVRC and an important part of the Corn> Crib contest team, AG4TT, among his many other interests in life including> his family and church.>> Over the last four or five years, I had spent a great deal of time with> Tripp, working on the station and sitting side by side with him in many> contests. He was a passionate POTA activator and he died doing something he> loved, for what cold comfort that may be. There should have been many more> Qs in his log.>> Please keep his family in your thoughts during this tragic time.>> And remember to keep safety at the front of your mind whenever working on> your station, wherever it may be.>> We will miss him greatly.>> Mike N4GU>>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------> From: Mike Barts via PVRCNC <pvrcnc at mailman.qth.net>> To: PVRCNC <pvrcnc at mailman.qth.net>> Cc:> Bcc:> Date: Fri,? 4 Jul 2025 16:25:57 -0400 (EDT)> Subject: [PVRCNC] N4NTO, SK> ______________________________________________________________> PVRCNC mailing list> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/pvrcnc> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm> Post: mailto:PVRCNC at mailman.qth.net>> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html------------------------------Message: 3Date: Fri, 4 Jul 2025 17:28:42 -0400From: Howie Hoyt <howie.n4af at gmail.com>To: Kyle Chavis <wa4pgm at gmail.com>Cc: PVRCNC <pvrcnc at mailman.qth.net>Subject: Re: [PVRCNC] N4NTO, SKMessage-ID:	<CACgw-M9p7kW4ajm0WD5xQ_GyjuPe7cm5uAmtq+29UoeuAJ0-ZA at mail.gmail.com>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"This is terrible news.Tripp and I regularly qso'd in various contests.RIP Tripp !On Fri, Jul 4, 2025 at 4:33?PM Kyle Chavis via PVRCNC <pvrcnc at mailman.qth.net> wrote:>>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------> From: Kyle Chavis <wa4pgm at gmail.com>> To: PVRCNC <pvrcnc at mailman.qth.net>> Cc:> Bcc:> Date: Fri, 4 Jul 2025 16:33:30 -0400> Subject: Re: [PVRCNC] N4NTO, SK> Sorry to hear this news. I worked Tripp this morning at 1208z.>> This is a very sad reminder for everyone operating away from your> environment to use extreme caution. This almost happened to me a couple> years ago in the NCQP. I had found a great spot to operate portable for a> few minutes and immediately started installing the 17 foot whip. I looked> up and saw the power lines and dropped the antenna.>> So sad, prayers to friends and family. RIP Tripp> Kyle, WA4PGM>> On Fri, Jul 4, 2025 at 4:25?PM Mike Barts via PVRCNC <> pvrcnc at mailman.qth.net>> wrote:>> >> >> >> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------> > From: Mike Barts <mike at bentwire.net>> > To: PVRCNC <pvrcnc at mailman.qth.net>> > Cc:> > Bcc:> > Date: Fri, 4 Jul 2025 16:25:34 -0400> > Subject: N4NTO, SK> > One of our own, Tripp Owens, N4NTO, became a silent key this morning,> July> > 4. Although some of the details of what happened are??? still unclear, we> > do know that Tripp was on a POTA activation and apparently the mast he> was> > using came into contact with an overhead power line.> >> > Tripp was an enthusiastic member of PVRC and an important part of the> Corn> > Crib contest team, AG4TT, among his many other interests in life> including> > his family and church.> >> > Over the last four or five years, I had spent a great deal of time with> > Tripp, working on the station and sitting side by side with him in many> > contests. He was a passionate POTA activator and he died doing something> he> > loved, for what cold comfort that may be. There should have been many> more> > Qs in his log.> >> > Please keep his family in your thoughts during this tragic time.> >> > And remember to keep safety at the front of your mind whenever working on> > your station, wherever it may be.> >> > We will miss him greatly.> >> > Mike N4GU> >> >> >> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------> > From: Mike Barts via PVRCNC <pvrcnc at mailman.qth.net>> > To: PVRCNC <pvrcnc at mailman.qth.net>> > Cc:> > Bcc:> > Date: Fri,? 4 Jul 2025 16:25:57 -0400 (EDT)> > Subject: [PVRCNC] N4NTO, SK> > ______________________________________________________________> > PVRCNC mailing list> > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/pvrcnc> > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm> > Post: mailto:PVRCNC at mailman.qth.net> >> > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net> > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html>>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------> From: Kyle Chavis via PVRCNC <pvrcnc at mailman.qth.net>> To: PVRCNC <pvrcnc at mailman.qth.net>> Cc:> Bcc:> Date: Fri,? 4 Jul 2025 16:33:54 -0400 (EDT)> Subject: Re: [PVRCNC] N4NTO, SK> ______________________________________________________________> PVRCNC mailing list> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/pvrcnc> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm> Post: mailto:PVRCNC at mailman.qth.net>> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html------------------------------Message: 4Date: Fri, 4 Jul 2025 19:47:45 -0400From: Don Gladwell <dongladwell1 at gmail.com>To: Mike Barts <mike at bentwire.net>Cc: PVRCNC <pvrcnc at mailman.qth.net>Subject: Re: [PVRCNC] N4NTO, SKMessage-ID: <06E17766-EF92-48F4-8498-86085FEBF2FD at gmail.com>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8I?m sorry to hear this terrible news.? Tripp was a great person and friend.? Can you let us know the funeral arrangements when you get them.Thanks, DonSent from my iPhone> On Jul 4, 2025, at 4:25?PM, Mike Barts via PVRCNC <pvrcnc at mailman.qth.net> wrote:> > ?> <mime-attachment>> ___________________________________> ___________________________> PVRCNC mailing list> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/pvrcnc> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm> Post: mailto:PVRCNC at mailman.qth.net> > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html------------------------------Message: 5Date: Fri, 4 Jul 2025 19:32:35 -0500From: Jaiwant Mulik <jaiwant.mulik at gmail.com>To: Mike Barts <mike at bentwire.net>Cc: PVRCNC <pvrcnc at mailman.qth.net>Subject: Re: [PVRCNC] N4NTO, SKMessage-ID: <393D707E-6873-4A79-B33D-868D2634293F at gmail.com>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8I read the emails. Still have a hard time believing it.Wonderful, guy all around. > On Jul 4, 2025, at 3:25 PM, Mike Barts via PVRCNC <pvrcnc at mailman.qth.net> wrote:> > ?> <mime-attachment>> ______________________________________________________________> PVRCNC mailing list> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/pvrcnc> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm> Post: mailto:PVRCNC at mailman.qth.net> > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html------------------------------_______________________________________________PVRCNC mailing listPVRCNC at mailman.qth.nethttp://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/pvrcncEnd of PVRCNC Digest, Vol 258, Issue 1**************************************

From hhoyt at mebtel.net  Sat Jul  5 09:18:35 2025
From: hhoyt at mebtel.net (Howard Hoyt)
Date: Sat, 5 Jul 2025 09:18:35 -0400
Subject: [PVRCNC] Tripp SK
Message-ID: <3d18951b-0c43-4aa6-9406-e1d80d442e08@mebtel.net>

Damn...

I only spent a little time with Tripp at Mike's Corn Crib but seldom met 
a friendlier ham and that is saying something.? Avid contester and POTA 
fan, this is so sad...

Please everyone be careful with your antenna deployment, evaluate your 
environment thoroughly for power lines, it doesn't matter if they are 
7200 V utility primaries or 120/240 V house drops...and also don't be 
anywhere near antennas when lightning is active no matter how badly you 
want to stay on the air.? Having narrowly escaped electrocution this way 
myself I can say it happens when you don't expect it...EXACTLY because 
you weren't expecting it. These events should not have to happen to anyone.

My sympathies go out to his friends and family, you don't know how long 
you have in this world, but we can appreciate the life Tripp had and the 
enthusiasm and happiness he showed to us.? Thank you Tripp!

Take care,
Howie / WA4PSC

From k4qpl2 at gmail.com  Sat Jul  5 12:46:01 2025
From: k4qpl2 at gmail.com (James Jordan)
Date: Sat, 5 Jul 2025 12:46:01 -0400
Subject: Our gift from N4NTO (SK)
Message-ID: <CAMaWZHnGEfDHt+2wT+xETSeEYrz-pH73_ve6ptLGoGPGYc=W7w@mail.gmail.com>

I sent the following message to the CWOps group of which we were also
members.
I have no words to add to the grief, sadness, stunned feelings and horror
at the untimely death of Tripp, but I'm sure we all feel them.
What I also believe is that had Tripp survived this incident, he would have
forever been reminding us of the dangers inherent in our hobby. With utmost
respect for those grieving his passing, we must honor his sacrifice by
talking about safety with others as I'm sure Tripp would have done.
Every avocation--flying, scuba diving, hunting, biking, surfing and
countless others have unique risks which all who participate accept with
the best intentions of avoiding the results. Ham radio is no different and
we joyfully go forward regardless. That is how it should be. But to manage
the risks, we need constant reminders of the dangers lurking. A friend
being caught is the worst reminder there is but one that we will always
remember.
Electricity and humanity have a symbiotic relationship. It powers our
brains and nervous systems; the countless domestic and industrial uses have
created our civilizations. Voltage is the pressure which makes electricity
seek a path to ground or lower pressure and the higher the voltage, the
higher the pressure. We contain it through transformers and various
dielectrics which act as insulators. The unspoken dielectric of
distribution systems is invisible--air. When that dielectric is breached,
an uncontrolled rush of current follows the new path to ground.
And folks, that's where every year hundreds or thousands of plants,
animals--and humans--are caught in that path with terrible consequences.
There is ONLY ONE WAY to avoid the risk. Observe your environment and keep
your distance. I don't know the exact details of Tripp's encounter and we
don't need to know. But Tripp would be the first to tell us if he
could--Keep everything, masts and even small wires at least twice the fall
distance from power lines--no matter what. Nothing justifies even a small
risk.
To repeat, we can't bring Tripp back, but we can honor his life and his
message to us to guard and protect others in ham radio from a similar fate.
73,
Jim, K4QPL CWOps #244

From n3cs at comcast.net  Sat Jul  5 15:28:46 2025
From: n3cs at comcast.net (n3cs)
Date: Sat, 05 Jul 2025 15:28:46 -0400
Subject: [PVRCNC] WRAL Report of Accident
Message-ID: <Y8Z4uu0dAzXmWY8ZAukgv0.1751743738.c641e365b2cbe12e220322f1adff8368.MISSINGID@comcast.net>

https://www.wral.com/news/local/man-dies-electrocution-chicora-cemetery-dunn-july-2025/

From bill at axelrods.org  Sat Jul  5 22:05:06 2025
From: bill at axelrods.org (Bill Axelrod)
Date: Sat, 5 Jul 2025 22:05:06 -0400
Subject: K3WA in CQ WW July VHF Analog
Message-ID: <CAJ_MLyVOThNRRwEZOa4ZceanXoFazWhcnDgORwzv3tk5-ya-Uw@mail.gmail.com>

Soapbox:  This was a personal best - the most time ever spent in the chair
for the fewest QSOs.  Never really saw a significant opening.  N1MM reports
about 4.5 hours on.  Many more hours sitting there in the hopes of seeing a
signal.  Hopefully next year will be better and many more folks on for a
CW/SSB contest.

K3WA
FM05ls
HP, 6M

43 QSOs 32 Mults
Score : 1,376

Rig :  Flex 6600, Power Genius Amp

Antennas :  Small loop at 15 ft

73...   Bill K3WA

From mike at bentwire.net  Mon Jul  7 12:56:33 2025
From: mike at bentwire.net (Mike Barts)
Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2025 12:56:33 -0400
Subject: Arrangements for Tripp, N4NTO
Message-ID: <CAPHnhcp7AkOhctB8MgBOw47FWLcJ=vXde=ZG5Shr_6gUtMKysg@mail.gmail.com>

The funeral for Tripp, N4NTO is scheduled for Thursday, July 10. Details at
the link below.

https://www.carlislefuneralhome.com/obituary/AmbroseTripp-OwensIII

73, Mike N4GU

-- 

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From k2av.guy at gmail.com  Mon Jul  7 16:12:22 2025
From: k2av.guy at gmail.com (Guy Olinger)
Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2025 16:12:22 -0400
Subject: [PVRCNC] Arrangements for Tripp, N4NTO
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Any carpooling out there for the funeral?

Guy K2AV

On Mon, Jul 7, 2025 at 12:57?PM Mike Barts via PVRCNC <
pvrcnc at mailman.qth.net> wrote:

>
>
>
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> To: PVRCNC <pvrcnc at mailman.qth.net>
> Cc:
> Bcc:
> Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2025 12:56:33 -0400
> Subject: Arrangements for Tripp, N4NTO
> The funeral for Tripp, N4NTO is scheduled for Thursday, July 10. Details at
> the link below.
>
> https://www.carlislefuneralhome.com/obituary/AmbroseTripp-OwensIII
>
> 73, Mike N4GU
>
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From k4qpl2 at gmail.com  Sun Jul 13 15:56:00 2025
From: k4qpl2 at gmail.com (James Jordan)
Date: Sun, 13 Jul 2025 15:56:00 -0400
Subject: K4QPL in IARU--NOT!
Message-ID: <CAMaWZHkdzEC3ArX92vHkGQSTM=kpKrVLA+yHQtp21NCQSiKd4w@mail.gmail.com>

Thanks for all the Q's up to about 2300Z on Saturday. Couple of nice runs
on 20 with one 10 minute rate > 200. Probably around 250 Q's in all. Lots
of HQ mults, etc. etc.
Weather still looked good. So I stopped for dinner and left everything in
place to get back, clear up any 20M leftovers and get ready for 40M and
80M. During dinner and before any rain we saw a brilliant flash with
immediate thunderclap. You guessed it! Surge came in on the cable, blew the
Spectrum router, killed the shack computer stone dead, fried the USB
external adapter and wiped out the KIO3B card in my K3s. I thought also the
TV cable box but just the cable splitter was blown and the box was OK.
Fortunately it must have hit a tree somewhere close and not my tower. Wire
antennas, SixPak, SteppIR and rotator all OK
Spectrum came this morning, replaced their stuff. I rearranged the
expedition computer we take to VP5M with local stuff but my IARU log is
probably gone forever and several hours of fun operating. Probably not much
other important stuff as most is on the AWS cloud server.
Could have been worse I guess....No club points lost.
73,
Jim K4QPL

From bill at axelrods.org  Thu Jul 17 14:04:39 2025
From: bill at axelrods.org (Bill Axelrod)
Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2025 14:04:39 -0400
Subject: PVRC Reunion 2026 & Pre-Fill Logging Enhancement
Message-ID: <CAJ_MLyXXgJvi8U0Az2+1hhrzaPLb5GgU9qgpCuu1WChurNucYw@mail.gmail.com>

     The 2025 PVRC Reunion On The Air ended a month ago.  And it was sure
fun!  Conditions were not that great but what was great was working as many
of you on the air as possible.  Hope you all enjoyed it as much as I did.
And, I'm already looking forward to 2026.

     It took a lot of work to make this year's reunion happen.  Tim, N3QE,
spent a lot of time designing and coding a User Designed Contest (UDC) file
for the reunion.  A UDC is needed to make it possible to use N1MM+ for
reunion logging.  He posted the reunion UDC on our website and it worked
perfectly.  Thanks Tim.  Developing a UDC is not a simple task and the "how
to" documentation is far from perfect.

     One issue that arose was the lack of a call history file (CH) that we
could use to prefill the log like we use for most contests.

     The current PVRC CH file is one that I built to supplement an existing
CH file for all other contests.  It just tells us if someone in a PVRC
member and his/her name.  Works fine, but it was not written to prefill any
log data.

     So, I decided to build a CH file for the reunion that does.  That
turned out to be an adventure that required me to rewrite both the UDC and
CH files.

     Slowly but surely it came around.  I got it working so it would
prefill all the PVRC reunion data fields, except one - "the call when
joined" field.

     Just couldn't get there.  I reached out for help.  First, I contacted
Claude (AKA Dub) VE2FK who is the master class guru for CH files.  He
couldn't get there either.  He suggested I contact one of our own, Nick
NA3M, a PVRC member in our Northwest chapter. Nick is a member of the N1MM+
software team.

     Nick agreed to help and help he did.  Along the way he found and fixed
a minor bug in N1MM+ that was in our way.  And he found ways to make my UDC
and CH files better.

     So now, we have a PVRC reunion UDC and CH files that do everything we
want.  I filled the CH with data from our PVRC member database and with
logs from K3MM, N0YY, and me.

     So, we're ready to go for 2026.  But we do need your help.  We need
more fill information.  The PVRC database does not hold "call when joined"
data.  And the "year joined" data is not available for some of us.

     So, two requests.

     First, please check your roster on the PVRC website.  If your "year
joined" field is empty or incorrect, please either update your roster entry
or drop me an email with your year joined and I'll take it from there.

     Second, if your call was different when you joined PVRC, please drop
me an email with that original call.

     Thanks!

73...   Bill K3WA

From bill at axelrods.org  Thu Jul 17 14:25:15 2025
From: bill at axelrods.org (Bill Axelrod)
Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2025 14:25:15 -0400
Subject: Announcing the PVRC-NC Chapter August 2025 Meeting
Message-ID: <CAJ_MLyXuLU86-7nvdC+rMeQ9wJgpuffyBOD=iPt23Qf_uQR3cw@mail.gmail.com>

PVRC-NC invites you to our scheduled monthly hybrid-Zoom meeting at 6 PM
Thursday 7 August 2025

Topic: PVRC-NC Chapter Meeting

Time: Aug 7, 2025 6:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

What: PVRC-NC Chapter hybrid-zoom August 2025 meeting

When: Aug 7, 2025 05:00 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 meeting is dedicated to the memory of Tripp, N4NTO. Discuss the
PVRC 2025-2026 contest year, 5M and Olympics changes for the new year for
the next year, and congratulate last season's 5M and Olympics winners.


73...   Bill K3WA

Chairman PVRC-NC

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From bill at axelrods.org  Fri Jul 18 08:47:03 2025
From: bill at axelrods.org (Bill Axelrod)
Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2025 08:47:03 -0400
Subject: NAQPs
Message-ID: <CAJ_MLyW5C9nSkOciuW4rdC_6me-i+eyEpNQmyMfrJqeP9fGfaw@mail.gmail.com>

Tomorrow starts the round of three NAQP events.  I know of at least two of
us who will be using the name Tripp in memory of N4NTO.

Good idea.

73...   Bill K3WA

From mike at bentwire.net  Fri Jul 18 08:59:09 2025
From: mike at bentwire.net (Mike Barts)
Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2025 08:59:09 -0400
Subject: [PVRCNC] NAQPs
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Bill,
The Corn Crib team, AG4TT, will also be Tripp for tomorrow's NAQP. This was
one of Tripp's favorite contests, but weren't they all? We look forward to
working many Tripp's tomorrow.

73, Mike N4GU


On Fri, Jul 18, 2025, 8:47?AM Bill Axelrod via PVRCNC <
pvrcnc at mailman.qth.net> wrote:

>
>
>
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> Cc:
> Bcc:
> Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2025 08:47:03 -0400
> Subject: NAQPs
> Tomorrow starts the round of three NAQP events.  I know of at least two of
> us who will be using the name Tripp in memory of N4NTO.
>
> Good idea.
>
> 73...   Bill K3WA
>
>
>
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From bill at axelrods.org  Fri Jul 18 09:08:35 2025
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Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2025 09:08:35 -0400
Subject: [PVRCNC] NAQPs
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??

On Fri, Jul 18, 2025 at 8:59?AM Mike Barts <mike at bentwire.net> wrote:

> Bill,
> The Corn Crib team, AG4TT, will also be Tripp for tomorrow's NAQP. This
> was one of Tripp's favorite contests, but weren't they all? We look forward
> to working many Tripp's tomorrow.
>
> 73, Mike N4GU
>
>
> On Fri, Jul 18, 2025, 8:47?AM Bill Axelrod via PVRCNC <
> pvrcnc at mailman.qth.net> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>>
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>> To: PVRC NC <pvrcnc at mailman.qth.net>
>> Cc:
>> Bcc:
>> Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2025 08:47:03 -0400
>> Subject: NAQPs
>> Tomorrow starts the round of three NAQP events.  I know of at least two of
>> us who will be using the name Tripp in memory of N4NTO.
>>
>> Good idea.
>>
>> 73...   Bill K3WA
>>
>>
>>
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From davetct at gmail.com  Fri Jul 18 09:32:56 2025
From: davetct at gmail.com (davetct at gmail.com)
Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2025 09:32:56 -0400
Subject: NAQPs
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Make it three if u hadn?t already counted me in??  Cu on the air this weekend.  73 n4cwz
Sent from my iPhone

> On Jul 18, 2025, at 8:47?AM, Bill Axelrod <bill at axelrods.org> wrote:
> 
> ?Tomorrow starts the round of three NAQP events.  I know of at least two of
> us who will be using the name Tripp in memory of N4NTO.
> 
> Good idea.
> 
> 73...   Bill K3WA

From dongladwell1 at gmail.com  Fri Jul 18 13:27:32 2025
From: dongladwell1 at gmail.com (Don Gladwell)
Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2025 13:27:32 -0400
Subject: [PVRCNC] NAQPs
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I as well will be using brother TRIPP'S name in his honor.

Don-W4BBT

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From mike at bentwire.net  Fri Jul 18 15:38:53 2025
From: mike at bentwire.net (Mike Barts)
Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2025 15:38:53 -0400
Subject: [PVRCNC] NAQPs
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If the single ops wanted to form a team (up to five stations) you could
have a cool name like The Day Trippers or The Tripping Willburys



On Fri, Jul 18, 2025, 1:27?PM Don Gladwell via PVRCNC <
pvrcnc at mailman.qth.net> wrote:

>
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>
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> I as well will be using brother TRIPP'S name in his honor.
>
> Don-W4BBT
>
> -----Original Message-----
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From dongladwell1 at gmail.com  Fri Jul 18 19:26:23 2025
From: dongladwell1 at gmail.com (Don Gladwell)
Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2025 19:26:23 -0400
Subject: [PVRCNC] NAQPs
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From bill at axelrods.org  Sat Jul 19 13:00:40 2025
From: bill at axelrods.org (Bill Axelrod)
Date: Sat, 19 Jul 2025 13:00:40 -0400
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---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Ed Kuebert <ed at kuebert.net>
To: pvrcnc at mailman.qth.net
Cc:
Bcc:
Date: Sat, 19 Jul 2025 12:54:27 -0400
Subject: THANK YOU PVRC
My granddaughter Caroline Kuebert, KM4VCO, daughter of NZ4N, informed me
that she was awarded the PVRC sponsored scholarship by the ARRL. Our whole
family is very grateful.

Thank you & 73,

Ed, K5EK

From bill at axelrods.org  Sun Jul 20 09:31:03 2025
From: bill at axelrods.org (Bill Axelrod)
Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2025 09:31:03 -0400
Subject: K3WA in RTTY NAQP
Message-ID: <CAJ_MLyU+w=H1pgt2Zw8yim1v36WuFc7Tp0M2RW6bQinB8qG6xg@mail.gmail.com>

In memory of Tripp N4NTO

I operated for about one hour in between my planned stints on the K3AJ team
and the all day heavy duty thunderstorms.  Noise  level horrendous.

Details
K3WA
ARRL Sec NC
SOAB-A Low Power
Name: Tripp

Band     QSOs     Mults

7             11           8
14           20         16
21           20           8
Total:      51          32
Score 1,632

Rig:  Flex 8600
Ant:  Flagpole

73...   Bill K3WA

From kb1ri at yahoo.com  Sun Jul 20 12:16:38 2025
From: kb1ri at yahoo.com (Eric Wagner)
Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2025 12:16:38 -0400
Subject: [PVRCNC] NAQP RTTY NR4O Single Op LP
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North American QSO Party, RTTY - July

Call: NR4O
Operator(s): NR4O
Station: NR4O

Class: Single Op LP
QTH: NC - FM05
Operating Time (hrs): 3.25
Remote Operation

Summary:
Band QSOs Mults
-------------------
80: 6 4
40: 81 36
20: 15 12
15: 8 3
10: -------------------
Total: 110 56 Total Score = 6,160

Club: Potomac Valley Radio Club

Team:
Comments:

Operated at the AG4TT 'Corn Crib' station and decided to remote back to 
the home
station during my off times. Luckily the home station wasn't 
experiencing the
same thunderstorm and lightning activity like we had at AG4TT. I got 
about 80
Q's remote and arrived home with about 40 minutes left in the contest. So, I
jumped on to get my total Q's over 100 in the waning minutes. Always 
like the
NAQP contest format. It was a good opportunity to remember and honor our 
good
friend Tripp, N4NTO by signing his name in the contest. It was sad not 
having
him with us as part of the regular Corn Crib team. We really missed his
laughter and ringing the bell when working mults. In Tripp's words, it was
'grand fun'.
Eric - NR4O


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

From kilo4tmc at gmail.com  Mon Jul 28 12:22:57 2025
From: kilo4tmc at gmail.com (Henry Pollock - K4TMC)
Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2025 12:22:57 -0400
Subject: K4TMC 2025 IOTA Contest - SOLP SSB Island NA112
Message-ID: <CAGJtcTdx=_EcsWaJg7+cgqxR5DadDahS8JD8cb=MxO_zLKe_+g@mail.gmail.com>

Call: *K4TMC <https://www.3830scores.com/findcall.php?call=K4TMC>*
Operator(s): K4TMC <https://www.3830scores.com/findcall.php?call=K4TMC>
Station: K4TMC

Class: *SO24SSB LP*
QTH: NA112
Operating Time (hrs): 15
Location: Island-Fixed
Summary:   Compare Scores
<https://www.3830scores.com/comparescores.php?arg=RveLizV7YDnnU&call=K4TMC>
Band CW Qs CW Mults Ph Qs Ph Mults
80: 0 0 0 0
40: 0 0 6 6
20: 0 0 353 43
15: 0 0 32 7
10: 0 0 1 1
Total: *0* *0* *392* *57* Total Score *170,430 **

This was my first return to the Atlantic Beach, NC ?Sand Dune? contest site
since August 2024, post XYL fall recovery. There was a lot of hot air and
high humidity both day and night with only minimal wind (being 200 yards
from the crashing waves at the waters edge).

This was an unassisted with no self spotting Field Day-style
Fixed/DXpedition hybrid IOTA Island Station category effort. I met all of
the DXpedition rules except I was able to drive to the island (Bogue
Banks), thus forcing me to the Fixed Category. In 2023 I operated with a
BuddiHex beam (only 2 elements on 10, 15 & 20) and endfed halfwave
verticals on 20 & 40. For this 2025 effort I upgraded to 2 of the BuddiHex
beams with only the 10, 15 & 20M elements installed. After reading Ed,
N1EK?s May PVRC Newsletter article about EFHW antennas, I decided to try
using a single Inverted-L wire to provide 10 through 80 coverage instead of
separate band EFHW verticals. As luck would have it, I failed to get the
EFHW vertical installed, primarily due to only having one day to get the
antennas erected, and the awfully hot and humid conditions. The first
BuddiHex on the Mastwerks 10M mast did not tune well after installation, so
I had to lower it back down, found a broken wire on the balun lead, add
spare balun, raise back up. After getting the second BuddiHex erected on a
BlueSky Mast AL1 system I almost fainted before getting inside to the cool
air conditioning. The family said ?enough!?; even Zoe the dog barked a lot.

Some might consider the need for the second hexbeam versus rotating the
one. I wanted to switch instantly when the weaker callers were not in the
beam of the other antenna. This worked well when being called by Westerly
stations. Plus, I wanted to be prepared for possible JA, VK, ZL, etc.
callers.

Just before the 1200Z contest start I went outside to walk Zoe and do a
last check on the antenna mast guying. It was still awfully hot and humid,
and no breeze. In front of the rig as things started to warm up on the
bands, except 10M, which stayed dead for the entire contest. 15M was OK but
not nearly as productive as 20. Picked a quiet spot around 14.257 and
started running. First hour was slow with a rate of only 25; however,
things picked up later in the morning. Still, the rates were never great
anytime during the contest. I assume that since they allowed self-spotting
for the contest, most ops were just clicking on spots versus turning the
main VFO knob. Some of us still believe that self-spotting is a form of
Assistance! I spent about 90% of my time just running, and only did S&P
when the rate slowed significantly.

I worked fellow PVRCer IOTA teams N4OV (Harkers Island) and N4C (Core
Banks) on multiple bands. N4OV was a 3-man effort and N4C was a 2-man
effort. Looking forward to seeing their reports as a comparison to my 1-man
effort. Most other island stations were European (EU) or North American,
although I did find 3 African and 2 South American. Still, most contacts
were with non-island (World category) stations. Recently inducted CQ
Contest Hall of Famer K4BAI also called in from GA. I was really surprised
to get calls from a BG0 and UA9! Interesting, as I write this Monday
morning, I received an email note directly from UA9YJO requesting that I
put my log into LoTW. He wants to add NA112 to his 1000+ confirmed island
QSOs.

As a result of not getting the EFHW vertical installed, I had given up on
working 40M. However, at one point Saturday evening 20 seemed to have dried
up, so I went to 40 to see how things were going there. I noted a number of
EU island stations booming in. So, I tried to see if the K3 tuner could
make itself happy driving the triband hexbeam on 40. It worked and I picked
up 6 new 15-point contacts. My apologies to N4C for not knowing this
earlier in the day when we could have added 40 to our multiband contacts.
After 13 hrs BIC I finished Saturday night with 377 QSOs and 55 Island
Mults.

Band noise was S2 to 3, during the day making it hard to work the weakest
signals. The noise was much lower in the evening.

I was back at the rig Sunday morning at 1000Z for the last 2 hours of the
contest on 20M and only picked up a handful of more contacts and only 2 new
island stations. I lost 2 contacts just before the end due to bad audio
from the callers or my fatigue. I spent 2 minutes trying make out one guy?s
call. And then it was over?the band was quite, except for the AL QSO Party
and POTA operations. Relative to my 2023 effort, there was a 17% increase
in QSOs and 50% score increase.

As it was still early in the morning, and temperature and humidity were
rapidly rising, I had to immediately start taking down and packaging the 2
BuddiHex antennas for their next adventures, maybe the NAQP SSB and US
Islands QSO Party in August.

Overall, I am very pleased with the results of my effort at a ripe old age
of 73. As a bonus from the extreme physical and mental conditions
experienced I lost a desirable 4 lbs; my doctor will be happy! Oh, did I
say it was very hot and humid?

Station: Facility is family beach house on top of a 15 -18 ft ancient sand
dune approximately 200 yards from ocean to the South, and 50 yards from
saltwater marsh and sound to the East ? West; Elecraft K3+ with Heil HC-4
mic element; two Buddipole BuddiHex, oriented to Europe at 25 ft and West
at 30 ft.

73,

Henry ? K4TMC

* N1MM rescore tool resulted in another 2565 points than what I reported to
3830.

From k4qpl2 at gmail.com  Mon Jul 28 12:54:23 2025
From: k4qpl2 at gmail.com (James Jordan)
Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2025 12:54:23 -0400
Subject: K4TMC 2025 IOTA Contest - SOLP SSB Island NA112
In-Reply-To: <CAGJtcTdx=_EcsWaJg7+cgqxR5DadDahS8JD8cb=MxO_zLKe_+g@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAGJtcTdx=_EcsWaJg7+cgqxR5DadDahS8JD8cb=MxO_zLKe_+g@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <731E3E21-0FA6-422A-82DC-7E3A177D72C3@gmail.com>

Wow, Henry, that was a great show for IOTA! You really were a glutton for punishment in that heat and humidity. Well done!
73,
Jim
Sent from my iPhone

> On Jul 28, 2025, at 12:23?PM, Henry Pollock - K4TMC <kilo4tmc at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> ?Call: *K4TMC <https://www.3830scores.com/findcall.php?call=K4TMC>*
> Operator(s): K4TMC <https://www.3830scores.com/findcall.php?call=K4TMC>
> Station: K4TMC
> 
> Class: *SO24SSB LP*
> QTH: NA112
> Operating Time (hrs): 15
> Location: Island-Fixed
> Summary:   Compare Scores
> <https://www.3830scores.com/comparescores.php?arg=RveLizV7YDnnU&call=K4TMC>
> Band CW Qs CW Mults Ph Qs Ph Mults
> 80: 0 0 0 0
> 40: 0 0 6 6
> 20: 0 0 353 43
> 15: 0 0 32 7
> 10: 0 0 1 1
> Total: *0* *0* *392* *57* Total Score *170,430 **
> 
> This was my first return to the Atlantic Beach, NC ?Sand Dune? contest site
> since August 2024, post XYL fall recovery. There was a lot of hot air and
> high humidity both day and night with only minimal wind (being 200 yards
> from the crashing waves at the waters edge).
> 
> This was an unassisted with no self spotting Field Day-style
> Fixed/DXpedition hybrid IOTA Island Station category effort. I met all of
> the DXpedition rules except I was able to drive to the island (Bogue
> Banks), thus forcing me to the Fixed Category. In 2023 I operated with a
> BuddiHex beam (only 2 elements on 10, 15 & 20) and endfed halfwave
> verticals on 20 & 40. For this 2025 effort I upgraded to 2 of the BuddiHex
> beams with only the 10, 15 & 20M elements installed. After reading Ed,
> N1EK?s May PVRC Newsletter article about EFHW antennas, I decided to try
> using a single Inverted-L wire to provide 10 through 80 coverage instead of
> separate band EFHW verticals. As luck would have it, I failed to get the
> EFHW vertical installed, primarily due to only having one day to get the
> antennas erected, and the awfully hot and humid conditions. The first
> BuddiHex on the Mastwerks 10M mast did not tune well after installation, so
> I had to lower it back down, found a broken wire on the balun lead, add
> spare balun, raise back up. After getting the second BuddiHex erected on a
> BlueSky Mast AL1 system I almost fainted before getting inside to the cool
> air conditioning. The family said ?enough!?; even Zoe the dog barked a lot.
> 
> Some might consider the need for the second hexbeam versus rotating the
> one. I wanted to switch instantly when the weaker callers were not in the
> beam of the other antenna. This worked well when being called by Westerly
> stations. Plus, I wanted to be prepared for possible JA, VK, ZL, etc.
> callers.
> 
> Just before the 1200Z contest start I went outside to walk Zoe and do a
> last check on the antenna mast guying. It was still awfully hot and humid,
> and no breeze. In front of the rig as things started to warm up on the
> bands, except 10M, which stayed dead for the entire contest. 15M was OK but
> not nearly as productive as 20. Picked a quiet spot around 14.257 and
> started running. First hour was slow with a rate of only 25; however,
> things picked up later in the morning. Still, the rates were never great
> anytime during the contest. I assume that since they allowed self-spotting
> for the contest, most ops were just clicking on spots versus turning the
> main VFO knob. Some of us still believe that self-spotting is a form of
> Assistance! I spent about 90% of my time just running, and only did S&P
> when the rate slowed significantly.
> 
> I worked fellow PVRCer IOTA teams N4OV (Harkers Island) and N4C (Core
> Banks) on multiple bands. N4OV was a 3-man effort and N4C was a 2-man
> effort. Looking forward to seeing their reports as a comparison to my 1-man
> effort. Most other island stations were European (EU) or North American,
> although I did find 3 African and 2 South American. Still, most contacts
> were with non-island (World category) stations. Recently inducted CQ
> Contest Hall of Famer K4BAI also called in from GA. I was really surprised
> to get calls from a BG0 and UA9! Interesting, as I write this Monday
> morning, I received an email note directly from UA9YJO requesting that I
> put my log into LoTW. He wants to add NA112 to his 1000+ confirmed island
> QSOs.
> 
> As a result of not getting the EFHW vertical installed, I had given up on
> working 40M. However, at one point Saturday evening 20 seemed to have dried
> up, so I went to 40 to see how things were going there. I noted a number of
> EU island stations booming in. So, I tried to see if the K3 tuner could
> make itself happy driving the triband hexbeam on 40. It worked and I picked
> up 6 new 15-point contacts. My apologies to N4C for not knowing this
> earlier in the day when we could have added 40 to our multiband contacts.
> After 13 hrs BIC I finished Saturday night with 377 QSOs and 55 Island
> Mults.
> 
> Band noise was S2 to 3, during the day making it hard to work the weakest
> signals. The noise was much lower in the evening.
> 
> I was back at the rig Sunday morning at 1000Z for the last 2 hours of the
> contest on 20M and only picked up a handful of more contacts and only 2 new
> island stations. I lost 2 contacts just before the end due to bad audio
> from the callers or my fatigue. I spent 2 minutes trying make out one guy?s
> call. And then it was over?the band was quite, except for the AL QSO Party
> and POTA operations. Relative to my 2023 effort, there was a 17% increase
> in QSOs and 50% score increase.
> 
> As it was still early in the morning, and temperature and humidity were
> rapidly rising, I had to immediately start taking down and packaging the 2
> BuddiHex antennas for their next adventures, maybe the NAQP SSB and US
> Islands QSO Party in August.
> 
> Overall, I am very pleased with the results of my effort at a ripe old age
> of 73. As a bonus from the extreme physical and mental conditions
> experienced I lost a desirable 4 lbs; my doctor will be happy! Oh, did I
> say it was very hot and humid?
> 
> Station: Facility is family beach house on top of a 15 -18 ft ancient sand
> dune approximately 200 yards from ocean to the South, and 50 yards from
> saltwater marsh and sound to the East ? West; Elecraft K3+ with Heil HC-4
> mic element; two Buddipole BuddiHex, oriented to Europe at 25 ft and West
> at 30 ft.
> 
> 73,
> 
> Henry ? K4TMC
> 
> * N1MM rescore tool resulted in another 2565 points than what I reported to
> 3830.

From bill at axelrods.org  Mon Jul 28 13:00:07 2025
From: bill at axelrods.org (Bill Axelrod)
Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2025 13:00:07 -0400
Subject: [PVRC] K4TMC 2025 IOTA Contest - SOLP SSB Island NA112
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Piling on, Henry, that is amazing

On Mon, Jul 28, 2025 at 12:54?PM James Jordan <k4qpl2 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Wow, Henry, that was a great show for IOTA! You really were a glutton for
> punishment in that heat and humidity. Well done!
> 73,
> Jim
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On Jul 28, 2025, at 12:23?PM, Henry Pollock - K4TMC <kilo4tmc at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > ?Call: *K4TMC <https://www.3830scores.com/findcall.php?call=K4TMC>*
> > Operator(s): K4TMC <https://www.3830scores.com/findcall.php?call=K4TMC>
> > Station: K4TMC
> >
> > Class: *SO24SSB LP*
> > QTH: NA112
> > Operating Time (hrs): 15
> > Location: Island-Fixed
> > Summary:   Compare Scores
> > <
> https://www.3830scores.com/comparescores.php?arg=RveLizV7YDnnU&call=K4TMC>
> > Band CW Qs CW Mults Ph Qs Ph Mults
> > 80: 0 0 0 0
> > 40: 0 0 6 6
> > 20: 0 0 353 43
> > 15: 0 0 32 7
> > 10: 0 0 1 1
> > Total: *0* *0* *392* *57* Total Score *170,430 **
> >
> > This was my first return to the Atlantic Beach, NC ?Sand Dune? contest
> site
> > since August 2024, post XYL fall recovery. There was a lot of hot air and
> > high humidity both day and night with only minimal wind (being 200 yards
> > from the crashing waves at the waters edge).
> >
> > This was an unassisted with no self spotting Field Day-style
> > Fixed/DXpedition hybrid IOTA Island Station category effort. I met all of
> > the DXpedition rules except I was able to drive to the island (Bogue
> > Banks), thus forcing me to the Fixed Category. In 2023 I operated with a
> > BuddiHex beam (only 2 elements on 10, 15 & 20) and endfed halfwave
> > verticals on 20 & 40. For this 2025 effort I upgraded to 2 of the
> BuddiHex
> > beams with only the 10, 15 & 20M elements installed. After reading Ed,
> > N1EK?s May PVRC Newsletter article about EFHW antennas, I decided to try
> > using a single Inverted-L wire to provide 10 through 80 coverage instead
> of
> > separate band EFHW verticals. As luck would have it, I failed to get the
> > EFHW vertical installed, primarily due to only having one day to get the
> > antennas erected, and the awfully hot and humid conditions. The first
> > BuddiHex on the Mastwerks 10M mast did not tune well after installation,
> so
> > I had to lower it back down, found a broken wire on the balun lead, add
> > spare balun, raise back up. After getting the second BuddiHex erected on
> a
> > BlueSky Mast AL1 system I almost fainted before getting inside to the
> cool
> > air conditioning. The family said ?enough!?; even Zoe the dog barked a
> lot.
> >
> > Some might consider the need for the second hexbeam versus rotating the
> > one. I wanted to switch instantly when the weaker callers were not in the
> > beam of the other antenna. This worked well when being called by Westerly
> > stations. Plus, I wanted to be prepared for possible JA, VK, ZL, etc.
> > callers.
> >
> > Just before the 1200Z contest start I went outside to walk Zoe and do a
> > last check on the antenna mast guying. It was still awfully hot and
> humid,
> > and no breeze. In front of the rig as things started to warm up on the
> > bands, except 10M, which stayed dead for the entire contest. 15M was OK
> but
> > not nearly as productive as 20. Picked a quiet spot around 14.257 and
> > started running. First hour was slow with a rate of only 25; however,
> > things picked up later in the morning. Still, the rates were never great
> > anytime during the contest. I assume that since they allowed
> self-spotting
> > for the contest, most ops were just clicking on spots versus turning the
> > main VFO knob. Some of us still believe that self-spotting is a form of
> > Assistance! I spent about 90% of my time just running, and only did S&P
> > when the rate slowed significantly.
> >
> > I worked fellow PVRCer IOTA teams N4OV (Harkers Island) and N4C (Core
> > Banks) on multiple bands. N4OV was a 3-man effort and N4C was a 2-man
> > effort. Looking forward to seeing their reports as a comparison to my
> 1-man
> > effort. Most other island stations were European (EU) or North American,
> > although I did find 3 African and 2 South American. Still, most contacts
> > were with non-island (World category) stations. Recently inducted CQ
> > Contest Hall of Famer K4BAI also called in from GA. I was really
> surprised
> > to get calls from a BG0 and UA9! Interesting, as I write this Monday
> > morning, I received an email note directly from UA9YJO requesting that I
> > put my log into LoTW. He wants to add NA112 to his 1000+ confirmed island
> > QSOs.
> >
> > As a result of not getting the EFHW vertical installed, I had given up on
> > working 40M. However, at one point Saturday evening 20 seemed to have
> dried
> > up, so I went to 40 to see how things were going there. I noted a number
> of
> > EU island stations booming in. So, I tried to see if the K3 tuner could
> > make itself happy driving the triband hexbeam on 40. It worked and I
> picked
> > up 6 new 15-point contacts. My apologies to N4C for not knowing this
> > earlier in the day when we could have added 40 to our multiband contacts.
> > After 13 hrs BIC I finished Saturday night with 377 QSOs and 55 Island
> > Mults.
> >
> > Band noise was S2 to 3, during the day making it hard to work the weakest
> > signals. The noise was much lower in the evening.
> >
> > I was back at the rig Sunday morning at 1000Z for the last 2 hours of the
> > contest on 20M and only picked up a handful of more contacts and only 2
> new
> > island stations. I lost 2 contacts just before the end due to bad audio
> > from the callers or my fatigue. I spent 2 minutes trying make out one
> guy?s
> > call. And then it was over?the band was quite, except for the AL QSO
> Party
> > and POTA operations. Relative to my 2023 effort, there was a 17% increase
> > in QSOs and 50% score increase.
> >
> > As it was still early in the morning, and temperature and humidity were
> > rapidly rising, I had to immediately start taking down and packaging the
> 2
> > BuddiHex antennas for their next adventures, maybe the NAQP SSB and US
> > Islands QSO Party in August.
> >
> > Overall, I am very pleased with the results of my effort at a ripe old
> age
> > of 73. As a bonus from the extreme physical and mental conditions
> > experienced I lost a desirable 4 lbs; my doctor will be happy! Oh, did I
> > say it was very hot and humid?
> >
> > Station: Facility is family beach house on top of a 15 -18 ft ancient
> sand
> > dune approximately 200 yards from ocean to the South, and 50 yards from
> > saltwater marsh and sound to the East ? West; Elecraft K3+ with Heil HC-4
> > mic element; two Buddipole BuddiHex, oriented to Europe at 25 ft and West
> > at 30 ft.
> >
> > 73,
> >
> > Henry ? K4TMC
> >
> > * N1MM rescore tool resulted in another 2565 points than what I reported
> to
> > 3830.
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From kilo4tmc at gmail.com  Mon Jul 28 14:29:39 2025
From: kilo4tmc at gmail.com (Henry Pollock - K4TMC)
Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2025 14:29:39 -0400
Subject: [PVRC] K4TMC 2025 IOTA Contest - SOLP SSB Island NA112
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Dave,

Great job with your setup! Yeah, I don't know why that happened. Anyhow, I
probably made other mistakes to make that small change not significant. :-)

73,
Henry - K4TMC

On Mon, Jul 28, 2025 at 2:13?PM K3ZJ David Siddall <davek3zj at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Henry,
>
> Wait a minute ... you mean your score is now more than mine? Not fair!
>
> Just kidding -- it will be decided by the UBN either way.  And probably
> some ahead of us not on 3830.
>
> BTW, my station also was assembled from scratch the day before, but
> simpler: a Buckmaster OCF at 15-feet hung on a tree fed by an FTdx10 that
> travels in my suitcase quite well.
>
> High temperatures here are about 72 degrees every day, I don't envy your
> antenna work. Be careful about that, or come over here next year where the
> weather is tolerable.
>
> *SO24SSB LP*
> Call OpMode Remote CW Qs CW Mults Ph Qs Ph Mults Op Time Score Club
> OZ/K3ZJ <https://www.3830scores.com/showrumor.php?arg=RvYizV77LDLu0U>
> 0 0 246 73 13.5 169,725 PVRC
> K4TMC <https://www.3830scores.com/showrumor.php?arg=RvYizV77LxY0JU>     0
> 0 392 57 15 167,865 PVRC
> 73, Dave OZ/K3ZJ
>
> On Mon, Jul 28, 2025 at 12:40?PM Henry Pollock - K4TMC <kilo4tmc at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Call: *K4TMC <https://www.3830scores.com/findcall.php?call=K4TMC>*
>> Operator(s): K4TMC <https://www.3830scores.com/findcall.php?call=K4TMC>
>> Station: K4TMC
>>
>> Class: *SO24SSB LP*
>> QTH: NA112
>> Operating Time (hrs): 15
>> Location: Island-Fixed
>> Summary:   Compare Scores
>> <https://www.3830scores.com/comparescores.php?arg=RveLizV7YDnnU&call=K4TMC>
>> Band CW Qs CW Mults Ph Qs Ph Mults
>> 80: 0 0 0 0
>> 40: 0 0 6 6
>> 20: 0 0 353 43
>> 15: 0 0 32 7
>> 10: 0 0 1 1
>> Total: *0* *0* *392* *57* Total Score *170,430 **
>>
>> This was my first return to the Atlantic Beach, NC ?Sand Dune? contest
>> site since August 2024, post XYL fall recovery. There was a lot of hot air
>> and high humidity both day and night with only minimal wind (being 200
>> yards from the crashing waves at the waters edge).
>>
>> This was an unassisted with no self spotting Field Day-style
>> Fixed/DXpedition hybrid IOTA Island Station category effort. I met all of
>> the DXpedition rules except I was able to drive to the island (Bogue
>> Banks), thus forcing me to the Fixed Category. In 2023 I operated with a
>> BuddiHex beam (only 2 elements on 10, 15 & 20) and endfed halfwave
>> verticals on 20 & 40. For this 2025 effort I upgraded to 2 of the BuddiHex
>> beams with only the 10, 15 & 20M elements installed. After reading Ed,
>> N1EK?s May PVRC Newsletter article about EFHW antennas, I decided to try
>> using a single Inverted-L wire to provide 10 through 80 coverage instead of
>> separate band EFHW verticals. As luck would have it, I failed to get the
>> EFHW vertical installed, primarily due to only having one day to get the
>> antennas erected, and the awfully hot and humid conditions. The first
>> BuddiHex on the Mastwerks 10M mast did not tune well after installation, so
>> I had to lower it back down, found a broken wire on the balun lead, add
>> spare balun, raise back up. After getting the second BuddiHex erected on a
>> BlueSky Mast AL1 system I almost fainted before getting inside to the cool
>> air conditioning. The family said ?enough!?; even Zoe the dog barked a lot.
>>
>> Some might consider the need for the second hexbeam versus rotating the
>> one. I wanted to switch instantly when the weaker callers were not in the
>> beam of the other antenna. This worked well when being called by Westerly
>> stations. Plus, I wanted to be prepared for possible JA, VK, ZL, etc.
>> callers.
>>
>> Just before the 1200Z contest start I went outside to walk Zoe and do a
>> last check on the antenna mast guying. It was still awfully hot and humid,
>> and no breeze. In front of the rig as things started to warm up on the
>> bands, except 10M, which stayed dead for the entire contest. 15M was OK but
>> not nearly as productive as 20. Picked a quiet spot around 14.257 and
>> started running. First hour was slow with a rate of only 25; however,
>> things picked up later in the morning. Still, the rates were never great
>> anytime during the contest. I assume that since they allowed self-spotting
>> for the contest, most ops were just clicking on spots versus turning the
>> main VFO knob. Some of us still believe that self-spotting is a form of
>> Assistance! I spent about 90% of my time just running, and only did S&P
>> when the rate slowed significantly.
>>
>> I worked fellow PVRCer IOTA teams N4OV (Harkers Island) and N4C (Core
>> Banks) on multiple bands. N4OV was a 3-man effort and N4C was a 2-man
>> effort. Looking forward to seeing their reports as a comparison to my 1-man
>> effort. Most other island stations were European (EU) or North American,
>> although I did find 3 African and 2 South American. Still, most contacts
>> were with non-island (World category) stations. Recently inducted CQ
>> Contest Hall of Famer K4BAI also called in from GA. I was really surprised
>> to get calls from a BG0 and UA9! Interesting, as I write this Monday
>> morning, I received an email note directly from UA9YJO requesting that I
>> put my log into LoTW. He wants to add NA112 to his 1000+ confirmed island
>> QSOs.
>>
>> As a result of not getting the EFHW vertical installed, I had given up on
>> working 40M. However, at one point Saturday evening 20 seemed to have dried
>> up, so I went to 40 to see how things were going there. I noted a number of
>> EU island stations booming in. So, I tried to see if the K3 tuner could
>> make itself happy driving the triband hexbeam on 40. It worked and I picked
>> up 6 new 15-point contacts. My apologies to N4C for not knowing this
>> earlier in the day when we could have added 40 to our multiband contacts.
>> After 13 hrs BIC I finished Saturday night with 377 QSOs and 55 Island
>> Mults.
>>
>> Band noise was S2 to 3, during the day making it hard to work the weakest
>> signals. The noise was much lower in the evening.
>>
>> I was back at the rig Sunday morning at 1000Z for the last 2 hours of the
>> contest on 20M and only picked up a handful of more contacts and only 2 new
>> island stations. I lost 2 contacts just before the end due to bad audio
>> from the callers or my fatigue. I spent 2 minutes trying make out one guy?s
>> call. And then it was over?the band was quite, except for the AL QSO Party
>> and POTA operations. Relative to my 2023 effort, there was a 17% increase
>> in QSOs and 50% score increase.
>>
>> As it was still early in the morning, and temperature and humidity were
>> rapidly rising, I had to immediately start taking down and packaging the 2
>> BuddiHex antennas for their next adventures, maybe the NAQP SSB and US
>> Islands QSO Party in August.
>>
>> Overall, I am very pleased with the results of my effort at a ripe old
>> age of 73. As a bonus from the extreme physical and mental conditions
>> experienced I lost a desirable 4 lbs; my doctor will be happy! Oh, did I
>> say it was very hot and humid?
>>
>> Station: Facility is family beach house on top of a 15 -18 ft ancient
>> sand dune approximately 200 yards from ocean to the South, and 50 yards
>> from saltwater marsh and sound to the East ? West; Elecraft K3+ with Heil
>> HC-4 mic element; two Buddipole BuddiHex, oriented to Europe at 25 ft and
>> West at 30 ft.
>>
>> 73,
>>
>> Henry ? K4TMC
>>
>> * N1MM rescore tool resulted in another 2565 points than what I reported
>> to 3830.
>>
>> ______________________________________________________________
>> PVRC mailing list
>> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/pvrc
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>>
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>
>

From bill at axelrods.org  Thu Jul 31 11:00:57 2025
From: bill at axelrods.org (Bill Axelrod)
Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2025 11:00:57 -0400
Subject: Fwd: NC State Fair Ham Radio Exhibit
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Anyone interested in a PVRC presence at the 2025 State Fair?

73...   Bill K3WA

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Date: Wed, Jul 30, 2025 at 3:59?PM
Subject: NC State Fair Ham Radio Exhibit

Greetings fellow hams! First, thank you to all who have signed up to help
with the 2025 NC Ham Radio Exhibit at the NC State Fair. Representatives
from a number of clubs have already signed up!

We have less than 77 days before the fair opens its gates. We still need
your help filling 42 volunteer slots! Please encourage your members to sign
up as soon as they can so we can begin the next phase of the exhibit
planning. Your help is invaluable to the success of this exhibit.

Attached are answers to commonly asked questions. Please feel free to
distribute to your members. Here is the link to the sign-ups
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73
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