The correct selection of contests in N1MM for the NEQP can be found by choosing QSOPARTY for Log Type and then NEWE as State. The Indiana and W7 counties will be accepted as valid exchanges and the score should be accurate for the New England contest only. The cabrillo output should be OK to submit for all three contests. There are 475 different state/county multipliers. If I can find an easy way to list them, I will add to this post.
73,
John, W1AN
Anybody up for this one? I won’t be able to put in full time but plan on putting in at least 20 hours. It looks like band conditions have improved since last weekend. The W1AN station will be open for the adventurous. If there’s enough interest a Multi-Single or Multi-2 is a possibility.
John, W1AN
The DXPedition to Malpelo Island is winding down. This is high on the DXCC most wanted list. If you haven’t worked them they are pretty copyable up here in the NE. Most bands and RTTY.
John, W1AN
We have the following planning so far to attend the awards luncheon tomorrow Saturday at noon at Gregg’s in North Kingston. I think we had nearly 20 last year. I will call the restaurant later today with the total count. If you would like to attend you can reply here or on the yahoo site. Its a good time! If you find you can make it at the last minute you are welcome. Seats are available!
73, John W1AN
W1AN, W1NAN, NG1G, W1WBB, K1DM, W1XX, KW2G, K6ND, K6NDV, KA1GEU
Greggs Restaurant
4120 Quaker Lane – Route 2
North Kingstown
Hello Guys, I plan on testing out a remote internet operation along with fellow ham Joe, K1IKE with hardware from Remoterig.com and am looking for a donation of a trap vertical that will cover 80-10 meters. The setup should be able to allow remote access from HRD. Initially we will probably use an Icom 706 with the rig at one end and the removable control head at another. Check out the website above and also Eham for reviews. This looks like a slick solution to remote control.
The initial reason for trying this is to accommodate a 92 year old active ham who is moving into an assisted living facility.
73,
John, W1AN
Hi Gang! The Annual Post Holiday Dinner or you may prefer to call it the CTRI Annual Awards Luncheon is scheduled for Saturday, February 4 at Gregg’s in N. Kingstown at 12:00 noon. We will order from the normal menu. Let us know here if you will be coming. Spouses and guests are welcome! Looking forward to seeing you!
73,
John, W1AN
The address is:
Greggs Restaurant
4120 Quaker Lane – Route 2
North Kingstown
Hi Gang, I’ve found a way to instruct WordPress to display your contest score results in aligned columns. Prepare you contest results in your text editor, add the pre and /pre formatting tags with the <> brackets as shown and then copy it into WordPress. The score will show in an equally spaced font, typically “courier”
Contest: Bogus DX Call: W1AN Club: CTRI Contest Group Band QSOs Mults Prefixes 160M 567 89 12 80M 1,234 567 89 40M 87 65 43 ----------------------------------- Total: 2,345 234 1,234 Score: 1,234,567
Without the html formatting it may look like this:
Contest: Bogus DX
Call: W1AN
Club: CTRI Contest Group
Band QSOs Mults Prefixes
160M 567 89 12
80M 1,234 567 89
40M 87 65 43
———————————–
Total: 2,345 234 1,234
Score: 1,234,567
John, W1AN
Hi Gang! The CTRI Yahoo Groups site we enjoyed for many years has seen little use since the start up of our new website with its much greater functionality and appearance. (Thank you Ed!)
The future of the Yahoo site is in your hands! Soon we will decide its fate and your comments are requested. But for now, we are in need of a new owner for the yahoo site since the loss of our friend Ernie, N1SW a couple of year ago. I’ve posted a poll on the yahoo site for members to make their selection among a few moderators who volunteered for the position. The new owner will be able to make the necessary change decided by our discussion and a vote to be proposed at the next meeting on November 12. Please login to yahoo and make your choice! The final tally selection will be forwarded to the executive at yahoo who can implement the change.
Thanks!
John, W1AN
Hi Gang! I thought I would make an abbreviated posting for the results of the W1DX CQWW RTTY contest operation. We operated in the Multi -2 category. There was approximately a total of 32 hours of operating time put in by W1AN, K1DM, W1PN, NG1G, NR1H and the newest contest operators Steve, KB1VEZ, and CG Academy Cadets Laura KB3VQN and Ryan, KB3VQM. We all had a great time and it was a pleasure having the operation here at W1AN.
John W1AN
This is a copy of an email sent by W1AN in December:
[ctricg] 2011 CTRI Meeting Calendar and ProgramsThe following Saturdays will be reserved for the 2011 meetings. There
should be no conflicts with the major contests. Please note that Feb 5
will be for the After Holiday luncheon. I think the consensus is that we
should have this again at Greggs’s in North Kingston and that Chuck
volunteered to spearhead the effort. and get room and menu information.
We can see what the menu costs are to decide how much the club can chip
in to level the cost to a reasonable amount.
The Crandall House is now available We will look into the possibility of
internet access. I will provide the coffee/ donuts for the meetings.
Lunch will be brought by member volunteers and a donation can will be
available for costs. Please advise at the prior meeting and on yahoo if
you will be providing food.
Jan 8
Feb 5 After holiday Luncheon
Mar 12
Apr 16
May 14
June 11
July 23
Aug 13
Sep 17
Oct 22
Nov 12
Dec None
We are always looking for programs. If you have a small project you are
working on or some ham related experience you would like to share with
the group it will be welcome. I would like EACH member to prepare at
least one small presentation. I now have an lcd projector available to
help with your presentation.
Some Ideas for programs:
LOTW
Terrain modeling for antenna performance
Antenna modelling EZNEC
Simple 160M antennas
Remote antenna switching
SO2R contesting
FD
N1MM
Ham Radio Deluxe
Writelog FKeys Setup
Network Analyzer Use/Antenna analyzer Use
Photo Slide Shows
My greatest antenna
My Shack
Hints and Kinks
Contest Aids
CW Practice
Contest College
IARU NE Contest Participation
DXPeditions
73, John W1AN
I’ve created a new folder “Equipment Modifications” and added a couple of pdf files for my work on the Dentron MT3000A tuner. One file is the writeup and the other the schematic. I’m trying to learn how to insert links so I hope these work.
MT3000A-schematic-with-W1AN Mods
NP3U winning the 2008 World Multi-Two Plaque was made official in the
July issue of CQ magazine with a 9.9 million score. Here is a repost of
our operation:
Our mainland group Jay AJ1M, Ken K3IU, Bill N1HRA and John W1AN were all
charged and ready for another exciting operation. We arrived in Puerto
Rico on the Wednesday before the contest. From experience we knew we had
some work cut out for us. Many from the mainland are probably not aware
of the difficulties of maintaining equipment, especially antennas, in
the tropics. In the Caribbean, each year antennas must be lowered or
taken down for hurricane season and serviced before reinstalling.
Humidity and salt does its damage to hardware. Coax braid turns black in
short time. Even rigs suffer. Salt air corrosion is everywhere, even
high in the hills at 1800 feet where we operate. For a M2 operation, our
preparation took a little less time than for a MM, but still antennas
needed to be raised, coax made up and everything put in order. We had
two new wire antennas to raise. The 3el 40M Monobander had high
intermittant SWR. Burned up connectors were found and coax needed
replacing. The rotor clamping plate had disintegrated and needed
replacing. Four trips up the tower got most in order. The 6el 15m
monobander was still in decent shape from our 2007 and 2008 operations
but still needed to be raised. As expected most of the Hygain rotors
from corrosion had non-functional azimuth indicators. With all the
equipment, antennas and towers, Carlos does a great job getting ready,
but counts on our group to make things sing. Since we were going to
operate M2, we left down the 4el 20M Monobander, expecting good
performance from the Skyhawk, which except for the rotor was in working
order. The 6EL 10M Monobander was checked out and functional in the
event we would find an opening. We also raised a new Carolina Windom and
new Bazooka dipole for 80M.
Brought with us were the RTTY Meister PC’s with which we’ve had great
success on our last RTTY operations. They transport easily and have
three real serial ports and nice audio sensitivity for running MMTTY and
Writelog. Custom isolated audio/FSK and CAT cables for the 3 rigs we
planned to run were made. All hooked up well. We had some difficulty
customizing a CAT cable for rig control with PW1 amp control on the Icom
756 ProIII, but that was put in order. An FT1000MP with an AL1200 amp
was our Station 2. The TS2000 was a backup.
We had a good start, but after a few hours time we lost the receiver on
the MP, and later the receiver in the backup TS2000. Both these rigs
were performing well and there was no warning. Apparently, RF getting in
from the 756 Pro III was too much. The isolating filter on Station 2 was
just not up to the task. Because we ran out of working radios there were
about 15 hours of downtime on Station 2 until daytime when we were able
to get a not quite perfect and power limited FT1000 brought in from a
few hours away. We moved Station 2 to antennas further separated from
Station 1 and were back on track. We lost a lot of 6 pointers from the
downtime the first night and needed no more problems. The AL1200 also
needed some surgery which we did during the downtime from Station 2.
The operation was very enjoyable and a lot of work! We had the
additional challenge to try and beat our last years M2 NA record of over
14,000,000. It was not to happen, but we did achieve a respectable
score. And considering the downtime, all the operators need to be
commended for the recovery! Thanks to all who worked us and spotted us!
And much appreciation for our host Carlos WP4U and also Carlos WP4N.
They put in many hours in the chairs.
John W1AN
The September Meeting has been moved to Saturday the 18th and will be at John W1XX’s QTH at 11:00am. Check the yahoo reflector for driving directions.
Hi Guys, At last Saturday’s meeting a consensus was reached that I
should order new ball cap style hats for club members. Tees Plus does
not have a public type store, but I met with the sales manager for over
an hour and went over the many types and styles and colors of hats
available. There are probably hundreds..But, in the end, I tried to
match as best as possible.those bought about 5 years ago. They will be
navy blue with white trim, white button on top and a velcro adjustment
band. They will have CTRI in red capital embroidered letters on front.
The price for each hat is $9.00 which includes CT sales tax. I will
pick up the hats when they will be available in 2 weeks. Thus, there is
no shipping charge. I’ve ordered enough for all our active members. Yes,
you will want one. And in time for Boxboro!
The red lettering is a good choice, but possibly orange would stand out
better? If I hear from 4 members tonight that they would prefer orange
lettering, I will change the lettering for all to orange in the morning.
We have only a couple days to decide.
Tees Plus has an infinite number of choices for apparel. Some real
quality goods. There are minimum quantity orders for embroidered items
and larger minimums for silk-screened items. Let me know if there is
interest in jackets, knitted shirts (with pockets), all with embroidered
logos.. You can get some idea of what’s available on the website
teesplus.com, but I have the one inch thick catalog. The prices shown on
line do NOT include the custom embroidery or silk-screening. As the art
work gets complex the price goes up.
73 de John W1AN
My 160M antenna failed during theCQWW 160 CW contest. Some quick fixes converted it into an inverted L to finish the CW test. Before the SSB test, the antenna again suddenly showed a very high SWR, Maybe something had shorted or burned open because of the miserable rain we were having?.
