Jim, et al,

When I last heard from John W1XX he said “wait till next year”. I know that the Newport club has been notified and they’ve acknowledged the activity. I think, at least, one other club has been contacted. Bob W1YRC included info in his last Section Activity Report. The folks that live in the Blackstone Valley, i.e., W1YRC and Will K6ND, can operate from home. Bob YRC says that other types of activity must be coordinated through the League. I am not yet well versed on the details. As the Trustee, I would think that I must be aware (give permission??) of any use of the K1NPS call. Again, we need to work out the details of the NPS Centennial activation.

I too have not heard anything on the holiday lunch. Any suggestions guys?

73 James K1SD

From: Jim [mailto:ks1j@nullarrl.net] Sent: Thursday, December 24, 2015 4:52 PM
To: ‘James Setzler K1SD’
Subject: NPOTA

Hi James

Any plan of attack for the CTRI with the new call? BTW, I have seen NO word regarding the next meeting or the holiday lunch. The last I saw was Chuck’s admonition that after making reservations last year, practically no one showed.

Merry Christmas and 73!

Jim KS1J

Anyone planning a multi-op that needs an Operator?

I have a 24-pass to operate!

73,  Mike

KB1RFJ

We got it!

I received the email from FCC granting the National Park Service Centennial Group the call sign K1NPS effective today.

Now, what do we do with it?

73 James K1SD

Seasons Greetings CTRI Contesters,

I hope everyone was able to get on the air last weekend for the ARRL 10 Meter Contest. I especially hope that everyone had a much better time than I did; the spirits of propagation were ignoring me.

Next on the CTRI Contest Calendar is the ARRL RTTY Roundup on Saturday 1800 UTC through Sunday 2400 UTC January 2nd and 3rd. Everybody works everybody. Multipliers are states/provinces and DXCC. Full rules are here:

http://www.arrl.org/rtty-roundup

For a tune-up for the Roundup you might want to play some in the OK DX RTTY Contest. It runs this Saturday December 19th 0000 UTC through 2359 UTC. That is, it starts at 7:00 PM tonight – Friday.

http://okrtty.crk.cz/index.php?page=english

Additional details of the upcoming CTRI Calendar:

a. No meeting scheduled for December.

b. A holiday luncheon has been discussed for January but, to my knowledge, no date or venue has been established. The North Kingstown Library is not available for a meeting in January.

c. The next scheduled meeting is February 6th 1030 AM at the NK Library. Remember this will be held in the small conference room on the lower level and comes with restrictions.

I wish everyone a safe and happy holiday season.

73 James K1SD

The CTRI Champions Competition Leaderboard is now available with reported results through the ARRL 10 Meter contest. This is the last contest in the competition for calendar year 2015. Don’t forget that we are using a handicapping system and show both the Raw Score as well as the handicapped score. To learn more about the handicapping, see this posting on the club website…

http://ctri.club/2014/09/07/a-proposal-for-handicapping-scores-in-the-ctri-champions-competition/

You may view or download the new leaderboard spreadsheet by clicking on the link below. It is a Microsoft Excel 97-2003 format spreadsheet.

2015-2106-CTRI-Champions-Leaderboard-20151218-PROTECTED

My best wishes for the holiday season to everyone and wish you the best in the New Year.

73, Ken K3IU – Keeper of the Leaderboard

This was an utterly pathetic effort on my part. 1 hour and 43 minutes of frustration. Many signals were fairly strong; they CQed in my face. That happened a lot. I could see it if I was running 50 watts; I was at 1+ Kw. And I’ve got 4 full size elements at 70’ and another 4 elements at 42’. Arrrgggg!! I got so frustrated trying to get one Caribbean mult that I cranked the Titan up to 2+ Kw. It took the 2nd or 3rd call to get him! (Does that admission DQ me?) I didn’t even turn the radio on on Sunday; I did some “fun” stuff with the wife instead.

41 QSO 16 State/Prov 16 DX Total Pts: 2624 (wowzers)

73 James K1SD

Please post your results for this contest here by replying to this posting. Doing so will result in your score being included in the CTRI Champions Competition. Also don’t forget to submit your results to the sponsor.

73,
Ken K3IU – Keeper of the Leaderboard

This is a short (5 min), well done video from their 2015 multi.

73 James K1SD

If you haven’t seen or found the ARRL write-up on the Centennial portable operation, here is a link:

ARRL Centennial PDF

If I had known my comments would be published I would have added much more. Hi!

73, John W1AN

Please post your results for this contest by replying to this posting. I know there were a few of us out there… W1WBB, W1XX, W1AN, KS1J, and me with my NVIS 80 meter low dipole. Postings here will be included in the CTRI Champions Leaderboard.

And… don’t forget to submit your score to the sponsor in s timely manner.

73, Ken K3IU
Keeper of the Leaderboard

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This documentary features narration from the mayor of Peterborough, Ontario (Daryl Bennett), as well as American researcher De-Kun Li, U.S. journalist Blake Levitt, and Dr. Sam Milham.   The film won a Leo Award for best feature-length documentary, as well as the Annual Humanitarian Award from Indie Fest the following year.

 

Take Back Your Power can be viewed for FREE until midnight tonight.  Take this opportunity to educate yourself about how your health, safety, and privacy are being impacted by wireless utility meters and the radiation they emit, as well as the accompanying infrastructure.  I firmly believe this is the most important film you will ever watch.  Please make the time to watch it, and forward this link to everyone you know.  And please make a call or send an email to your state representative and state senator, asking for a ban on ALL wireless utility meters.  We have a right to protect our health, safety, and privacy in our own homes.

 

https://takebackyourpower.net/free-viewing/

—

Mary Adkins, M.Ed.

Rhode Island Regional Director

Citizens for Safe Technology

www.citizensforsafetechnology.org

Former Configuration Manager

Mark 48 Advanced Capability Torpedo Program Naval Undersea Warfare Center, Newport, RI

(401) 284-4530

 

Sent from a safe, hardwired computer

Here are a few statistics of the Multi-2 operation at W1DX this past weekend. There are many other possibilities of presentation of the information, however, some would exceed the reasonable accomodation standards of presentation on a web posting. The big gun operator for the whole effort sure looks like W1WBB who ground out almost 600 Qs on 40 and a total of just over 1100. Obviously, 40 meters was the real money maker band!

 

 

 

 

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QSOs per Band per Zone

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QSOs per hour per Op

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Please post your contest results here for inclusion in the CTRI Champions competition leaderboard. Don’t forget to submit your log to the sponser on time…

 

• All entries must be sent WITHIN FIVE (5) DAYS after the end of the contest: no later than 2359 UTC October 30, 2015 for SSB and 2359 UTC December 4, 2015 for CW. Resubmitting an entry after the deadline will result in it being considered as a late log.

73,
Ken K3IU
Keeper of the Leaderboard

 

Gentlemen,

Attached is the updated Contest Calendar. Note:

No January meeting or luncheon date or venue is yet identified.

For both the February 6 and March 12 meetings, I have reserved the NK Library small conference room on the lower level from 1000 to 1230. Be aware this conference room is limited to a maximum of 10 persons and there is NO food or drink allowed. Maybe we can set up a Net Meeting for the overflow crowd?

Happy and safe Thanksgiving to all.

73 James K1SD

CTRI 2016 Contest Calendar 11.26.2015.docx