Here is the new contest season’s first report by our intrepid Contest Manager of the CTRI Championship Leaderboard.
Clicking on the link below should allow you to download the file so that you can open it with Microsoft Office Excel or the Open Office equivalent.
If you are familiar with the interactive meeting notice skip down to “Topics“.
This is an interactive meeting notice.
What, you may ask, is an interactive meeting notice?
As the phrase suggests, it is a meeting notice what requires interaction by the readers. For example: we need to have topics for presentation at the meeting; we need presenters; we need volunteers to provide lunch; we need to know who is coming to the meeting so the quantity of lunch portions may be determined, and so on.
This post will be updated as interactions (comments) are appended.
Topics
Lunch provider:
Lunch fixins by: Hot dogs and hamburgers and soda will be served, courtesy of W1XX
Members who will attend:
W1PN, W1XX, NG1G, KA1GEU, W1WBB, KA1VMG, K1FUG, K3IU, NR1H, KA1BNO, KB1VEZ, W1CTN, W1BYH, K1SD, K6NDV, K6ND
Other Posts have made the case for the club multioperating this contest so I won’t repeat that information. It would be useful to know who will be available to operate at W1AN. Please enter a comment below about when you would like to operate.
This is an interactive meeting notice.
What, you may ask, is an interactive meeting notice?
As the phrase suggests, it is a meeting notice what requires interaction by the readers. For example: we need to have topics for presentation at the meeting; we need presenters; we need volunteers to provide lunch; we need to know who is coming to the meeting so the quantity of lunch portions may be determined, and so on.
This post will be updated as interactions (comments) are appended.
Topics
Lunch provider:
Coffee by: K1DM
Lunch fixins by:
Members who will attend:
W1PN, W1AN, NG1G, KA1GEU, K1DM, W1XX, K3IU, KS1J, K1NEF
This is an interactive meeting notice.
What, you may ask, is an interactive meeting notice?
As the phrase suggests, it is a meeting notice what requires interaction by the readers. For example: we need to have topics for presentation at the meeting; we need presenters; we need volunteers to provide lunch; we need to know who is coming to the meeting so the quantity of lunch portions may be determined, and so on.
This post will be updated as interactions (comments) are appended.
Topics
Lunch provider:
Coffee by: K1DM
Lunch fixins by: NG1G
Members who will attend:
W1PN, K1DM, K1FUG, KA1GEU, W1XX, NG1G, KA1BNO, NR1H, W1WBB, K1JSM, KS1J, K1NEF, W1AN
The following brief article appeared today in the Providence Journal:
The American Legion will establish The American Legion Amateur Radio Club at national headquarters in Indianapolis to conduct regular nets with licensed ham vets who will be able to ask questions about veterans’ benefits and how to obtain help with their claims
To get the station up and running TALARC needs HF and dual-band VHF/UHF transceivers and associated gear. Interested donors should send an e-mail to k9tal@nulllegion.org for more information.
John, W1AN, was scheduled last month to discuss his vision for a club contesting station but the preceding topics ran long so we didn’t hear from him. He will be first on the program this month.
Do we have a volunteer for lunch fixins?
| Station | Contest 1 | Contest 2 | Contest 3 | Contest 4 | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W1XX | 275456 | 33198 | 41031 | 27605 | 377290 | W1AN | 192576 | 41398 | 28437 | 262411 | |
| CTRI CG | 468032 | 74596 | 69468 | 27605 | 639701 |
The next meeting will be held May 14, at the Crandall House in Ashaway, RI, from 1100 to about 1400.
No one seems interested in discussing Field Day assignments. If the club wants to proceed or not will have to be decided at the meeting.
It is hoped that John, W1XX, will expand on his expected report about 1 Million Points or Bust by giving his thoughts on how we can maintain the momentum gained by involving practically the entire membership in the NEQP. Related to that we have the CQWW WPX CW contest coming up at the end of May and the IARU contest in July. Rick had suggested that we get a special call for this. A decision must be made at the meeting.
We are enjoying a resurgence in meeting attendance to levels not seen since early in KS1J’s administration. Each of us should prepare our thoughts on why attendance is up so we can discuss it at the meeting.
Since we now have internet at the meetings, W1PN will give a review of some functions on the new web site that members may be unaware of or have not tried to use. Q&A will follow on anything related to how to use the site.
John (W1AN) may talk off the cuff about his dreams for a club station location in Rhode Island. Several of us are interested in John’s vision for that station. If all of us hear what he has shared informally it would have the possible effect of turning up potential sites that would otherwise never be discussed.
The structure of the new website is different from the two sites it is replacing. This causes us to think of old ways of doing things in a new light. The two principal vehicles of communication are Posts and Forums. Pat, NG1G, explained the differences briefly in an email last month and is considering how he could expand on his thoughts about Forums versus Posts at the meeting. I thought his explanation was the best I’ve ever seen. Even if he isn’t prepared to present his thoughts formally we can discuss the subject informally at the meeting to our mutual benefit.
At the last meeting Pat said he could put together some pictures to show our members what NP3U looks like. This will be nostalgic for those who have operated from there and enlightening particularly for newer members.
The prospect of using Crandall Field during WRTC was raised during the April meeting. Jack, K2RS has inquired about locations in general and I hope will have some news for us on that front during the meeting.
Mike, K1DM, observes, “since the next big contest is the end of the month, I can give a few words about the other program (Morse-Runner) I use, and we can give it a try. It could be lots of fun if we use speakers, and use group-think to decide what station was calling. It’s pretty intense when you have five or more stations all calling at once, and it’s interesting to see who copies what in a pileup. If you’ve never done that, it’s a VERY interesting experience.”
Jim Bowman, KS1J, will bring some “sangwich” makings for the meeting on Saturday; Pat, NG1G, will bring donuts; Mike K1DM will bring coffee and a pot to brew it, along with the fixings for coffee.
Several weeks ago I received a call from Bob Beaudet, W1YRC, who said, “I just learned that the 2010 NEQP W1 SO QRP plaque that my other club, Blackstone Valley ARC sponsors was won by John Lindholm, W1XX. Of course, I’m especially pleased to hear this news. BVARC will continue to support NEQP by providing the Single Op QRP plaque.” We talked about the possibility of Bob attending the April meeting of CTRI CG to make the presentation but, as luck would have it, the plaque did not arrive in time.
Failing in that opportunity to share our delight at John’s victory Bob and I arranged a lunch meeting with John, W1XX, and our president, John Spigel, W1AN, to present the plaque. John was surprised and, I believe, pleased at this expression of our admiration for his exceptional contesting ability. In addition to consistently scoring at or near the top of all major contests, John exemplifies the spirit in WA1RR.ORG’s tagline as he is a real gentleman contester.In order to break up this long and torturous winter of 2010/2011, Mary and Charlie decided to visit the Southeast Division ARRL Convention in Orlando. Getting away from the snow, ice, cold winds for a few days was a terrific idea. They each have many friends in Florida, some seasonal residents (snowbirds) and some year-round, so visiting them was as good a reason to travel to “HamCation” in Orlando as any other.
Upon arrival, the temperature was a bit cool but improved by the second day. Generally, the weather was wonderful, cool by Florida standards, but great by Mary’s and Charlie’s. Temperature topped off every day in the low to mid 70s,
More work is required to make this pretty, but if you need to look up a member it does that.
I regularly review usage statistics of the website to understand how it is being used and to spot potential trouble spots. From time to time it may be enlightening for members to see how the site is being used so the following sample reports from April have been included in this post.
