I just noted this on http://www.spaceweather.com .
I can already hear the affects on 20m. Could be a long weekend.
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CHANCE OF STORMS: NOAA forecasters estimate a 60% to 65% chance of polar geomagnetic storms on Nov. 23/24 when a pair of CMEs is expected to hit Earth’s magnetic field. The incoming clouds were propelled toward Earth by the recent eruptions of sunspot AR1618. Black Friday might be tinged red and green by the glow of high-latitude auroras.
This from the Steve London, N2IC, on the N1MM Reflector. Word to the wise and all that rot. Emphasis added by me.
73, Ken K3IU
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I recommend taking a look at latest entry in the CQWW blog, written by
CQWW director K5ZD. See http://cqww.com/blog/?p=50 .
In particular he makes this comment:
“There is one very popular software package that does not always correct
the zone number when the call sign is edited. This can result in zone 35
being assigned to a station in Germany or 13 being assigned to a station
in Japan. This will result in a lost QSO when we do the checking.”
I suspect he is talking about N1MM Logger. This issue can easily be
rectified by properly setting one option in N1MM Logger. In
Config->Configure Ports->Other there is a check box “Clear populated
exchange on callsign change”. This should be checked for CQWW (as well
as many other contests).
73,
Steve, N2IC
Please report your contest results by adding a comment to this posting. I expect that there will be some BIG scores out there. Conditions have been very good. Even I have made about 350 phone contact. That may be a personal best on phone for me. 😆
DON’T FORGET….
All entries must be sent WITHIN FIVE (5) DAYS after the end of the contest. November 2, 2012 for the SSB section and November 30, 2012 for the CW section.
73, Ken K3IU
Shown immediately below are the Rules for the CTRI Champions Program. At the bottom of this page will be links that will allow you to view or download these rules in PDF format and the current Leaderboard in Microsoft Excel (.xls) format. If anyone has any trouble downloading these documents, please let me know.
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CTRI Contest Group Champions Program
By John Lindholm, on August 15th, 2010
(Edited for current dates)
CTRI Contest Group Champions
1. Objective: The 21 major contests of the year feature a club competition. To maximize the CTRI standing amongst other clubs, the CTRI club member(s) who contributes the most points in the contest-year to the club’s credit is the CTRI Contest Group Champion. A champion will be recognized in the High Power, Low Power, and QRP categories in accordance with the specific rules which follow. Authorization for this program was by club vote at its May 23, 2009, meeting. [ed. It was subsequently reauthorized after the first year to continue the program. Also, the addition of the Tenderfoot award was authorized by the club.]
2. Scoring:
A] An individual’s submitted score will be used for “keeping score.” If at the end of the contest year there is a very close race for determining champion, then the official published scores will be used.
B] The score must be submitted to the sponsor for CTRI credit.
C] To be eligible for a champion award, at least 25% of the contests (see list) must have a submitted entry.
D] If a club member submits scores in different categories (HP, LP, QRP), his category for champion will be the highest power used unless at least 25% are in a single lower power category.
E] A member participating in a multi-operator effort gets individual credit as follows: total score divided by number of operators.
F] After each contest, a member gets credit by either posting his score on the CTRI Yahoo reflector, the CTRI Website www.wa1rr.org, or submitting the score to the official scorekeeper.
A running tally sheet (leaderboard) will be posted on the reflector periodically so that members can see individual progress and standings.
3. Contest season: The yearly contest season runs from September 1 through August 31. The following contests which have a club competition component count for champion credit:
Sep: ARRL September VHF Contest
CQWW RTTY Contest
Oct: CQWW SSB DX Contest
Nov: ARRL Sweepstakes CW
ARRL Sweepstakes Phone
CQWW DX CW Contest
Dec: ARRL 160 Meter Contest
ARRL 10 Meter Contest
Jan: ARRL RTTY Roundup
ARRL January VHF Contest
CQWW CW 160 Meter Contest
Feb: CQ WPX RTTY Contest
ARRL CW DX Contest
CQ SSB 160 Meter Contest
Mar: ARRL SSB DX Contest
Russian DX Contest
CQWW SSB WPX Contest
May: New England QSO Party
CQWW CW WPX Contest
Jun: ARRL June VHF Contest
Jul: CQWW VHF Contest
4. Awards: A suitable plaque will be awarded in each of the three categories in which there are qualified entries. The plaque will indicate champions in memorium of all past CTRI Contest Group members whose keys now remain silent (SK).
5. Resolution: In the event of any dispute over the results of this program, a panel of three members selected by the President shall review the matter with its decision final.
6. The Tenderfoot Award: This is a special category that recognizes individual effort by a club member who has made substantial progress in improving his/her contesting effort usually with somewhat less than top-of-the-line equipment or vast prior experience. It may be a so-called “rookie” effort from someone new to contesting or from many years of dormancy from operating. It may – but not necessarily – be someone newly licensed. Making due with basic equipment and wire antennae are often the sign of a potential Tenderfoot winner. There is no minimum number of contests to be entered. The winner is selected on the subjective judgment of a panel of club officers, and is only awarded when one is found truly worthy. An individual can win this only once and cannot repeat in subsequent years.
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Good morning:
Did anyone participate in and submit a score for this contest?? That was the first contest in the Champions competition. I am trying to get the 2012-2013 CTRI Champions Leaderboard spreadsheet up to date and can not find any indication that any club members participated.
If you participated and submitted a score, please Leave a Reply below with your score.
73,
Ken K3IU
Keeper of the Leaderboard
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Ken
At Saturday’s club meeting at the home of K1SD the annual election of officers was held. There were no speeches or attack adds, just a unanimous election of the current officers to serve another one year term. Hmmm… sounds like a rigged election, but what else would one expect of an election held in Rhode Island? 🙂
The officers elected for the 2012-2013 term are:
President – Mike McKuaghan, K1DM
Vice Pres – Ken Wagner, K3IU
Secretary – Ed Haskell, W1PN
Treasurer – Chuck Newman, KA1CQR
Contest Manager – Bill Bliss, W1WBB
Just in case anyone is wondering about the dates…
0000, Feb 9 to 2400, Feb 10
Also known as the “2nd Full Weekend in February.”
Here is the FINAL edition of the Leaderboard for the 2012 Contest Season. The CQWW VHF contest was the final one in the series. Congratulations to everyone who participated in the competition.
This is the LAST contest in the 2012 CTRI Contest series. Please post your results by adding a comment containing your results to this posting.
NOTE: If you use N1MM Logger for this contest AND you were single band (either 50 or 144), the Cabrillo file header should be changed to indicate the single band per the following on the contest web page…
“BAND should be ALL, 144 or 50 only. 6M and 2M will converted to ALL by the robot”
Good Luck and Have Fun Contesting!!
73,
Ken K3IU
There will be no CTRI meeting this month.
Regarding Boxboro… W1AN has reserved 3 spaces for Club use in the Flea Market area. NG1G is coordinating the volunteer efforts. Please contact Pat to volunteer. The “suite” has been reserved.
I am not sure if there will be a meeting in August before Boxboro, but in the past there HAS been a meeting there during the event.
Continue enjoying this nice warm summer 🙂
73, Ken K3IU
Here is the current reported status of the CTRI Champions competition. If you have not reported your scores by commenting to the postings or sending an email, they are not here.
Click on the link below and then click on the link again to download the spreadsheet.
73, Ken K3IU, Keeper of the Leaderboard
CTRI-Champions-Leaderboard_20120616_Protected
This is the next-to-last Contest in the CTRI Champions competition for 2011-2012 contest season.
Please post your results here by leaving a reply below to this posting.
73,
Ken K3IU
Keeper of the Spreadsheet
Please announce your results for this contest by adding a comment to this post.
Thanks…
73, Ken K3IU
2012-05-28
