I just (1800Z on Tuesday 9/24) heard Carlos on 15 RTTY and he was talking to an EC8. Wasn’t able to interpret the entire conversation (was in Spanish)  but I’m pretty sure that Carlos said that NP3U would be on this weekend in the M2 category.

73,

Ken K3IU

The first contest of the CTRI Champions competition for the 2013-14 season is this weekend. Please post your results by commenting on this posting so that I can include you in the leaderboard listing.

73,

Ken K3IU, Keeper of the Leaderboard

This is the FINAL update of the CTRI Champions Leaderboard for the 2012-2013 contest season. The link following is to a Microsoft Excel (97-2003) spreadsheet. You should be able to download it by clicking on the link.

CTRI Champions Leaderboard FInal 2012-2013

The rules for the competition which have been approved by the membership can be seen at the following link. You might want to review the listing of contest and begin making plans for the 2013-2014 season.

CTRI Champions Rules & Leaderboard

73, Ken K3IU, Keeper of the Leaderboard

I spent a little bit of time (2+50 according to N1MM) yesterday playing in the NAQP CW contest. The big band seemed to be 15… at least for me. Virtually all S&P. Made a few Qs on 10 and last evening I made those on 40 in about 15 minutes before testing my pillow. I didn’t hear any other RI stations on and people sure were glad to hear a RI station.

Here are my results…

 Band    QSOs     Pts  Sec
    7      37      37   21    0
   14      47      47   27    0
   21      80      80   27    1
   28       4       4    4    0
 Total    168     168   79    1

 Score : 13,440

This was the last contest in the CTRI Champions competition. Please post your results here by adding a comment to this posting.

Thanks…

73, Ken K3IU
Keeper of the Leaderboard

This past weekend was the penultimate contest in the CTRI Champions series. Please post your results here by adding a comment/reply to this posting for inclusion in the CTRI Champions competition.

73,
Ken K3IU, Keeper of the Leaderboard

This champions leaderboard shows results through those reported for the CW WPX CW contest. There are only two remaining contests for this year’s competition… the ARRL June VHF contest this coming weekend and the CQ WW VHF contest in July. The link in this posting is to a Microsoft Excel (97-2003) spreadsheet. You should be able to download it by clicking on the link.

Champions Leaderboard dtd 3 Jun 2013

73,
Ken K3IU… Keeper of the Leaderboard

The weather man just said that tomorrow(Saturday) will be a good day to do things inside, so why don’t you make plans to operate in this contest. When the contest is over, then you can post your results here by adding a comment/reply to this posting for inclusion in the CTRI Champions competition.

DON’T FORGET… LOGS MUST BE SUBMITTED BY SATURDAY, 1 JUNE 2013

73 and good luck in the contest!!

Ken K3IU, Keeper of the Leaderboard

With only three(3) contests remaining in the Intra-Club competition, here are the results so far with current information through the NEQP contest. Only seven(7) members posted results for the NEQP contest. The link in this posting is to a Microsoft Excel (97 – 2003) spreadsheet. You should be able to download it by clicking on the link.

Updated 15 May 2013

Champions Leaderboard dtd 15 May 2013

73,
Ken K3IU… Keeper of the Leaderboard

I know, I know… it is nine months away.  However, I thought that I would put out a query to see what the interest level might be for a team heading to Mi Casita next February. I sent an email to Carlos asking him whether he would be going to the Orlando HamCation in Feb 2014 (on the same weekend as WPX RTTY contest) or whether Mi Casita would be available for that weekend.  His response was, “The contest will be more important to me. So hope to see you again and broke the old record.”

If anyone is interested, we shouldn’t let this subject drop off of the radar until the last minute. I am not sure that I am interested in going down next year, and I believe that John, W1AN, said that he might like to make a run at a M2 op from his QTH next year. However, there may be enough interest that a team heading to NP3U and manning a M2 at John’s may be possible.

Whatever the interest level, at some point down the road, we should let Carlos know whether or not we will be sending a team so that he can make other plans if we don’t.

Please post your NEQP results here by adding a comment to this posting. Conditions haven’t been very good, but if you want your score included in the CTRI Champions leaderboard, please post your results here.

73, Ken K3IU, Keeper of the Leaderboard

There is a short (4 hour) RTTY contest this Sunday (28th) from 1700 to 2100 GMT that might provide some short term fun. Here is a link to the rules. Note that it is 75 Baud RTTY ONLY. Also be aware that the 2Tone decoder will not work with 75 baud RTTY.

BARTG RTTY SPRINT75

73, Ken K3IU

I have a coil of old MIL-C-17E RG-11 that is excess to my needs (and has been for 30+ years). There are about 37 loops and the coil diameter is about 2 – 2.25 feet. You can do the math, but there is more than 200 ft. It is .405″ diameter and has an impedance of 75 ohms. Can be used for matching stubs or feedline for a dipole, which if you recall has a characteristic impedance of 72 ohms.

Anyone interested, please email me. Next stop is the RI Swap ‘n Sell Net.

73,

Ken K3IU
k3iu @ arrl.net

You may recall that Jim, KS1J, gave his thoughts and ideas at our meeting on Saturday about operating “Assisted.” He had available an essay by our own Rick, KI1G, that he was using as a reference. You may download the file by clicking on the link below. The file is a PDF file so you will need an adobe-type reader to view it.

Single Operations Assisted

73,

Ken K3iU