The 2015/2016 Contest Season is about to begin.  Our first contest starts tomorrow, Saturday, 12 September, 2015 in the form of the ARRL September VHF Contest.  To get the club off to a strong start, let’s see how many entries we can accumulate for this one!

The contest begins on Saturday afternoon around two pm local time, so you have your morning free to fine-tune your antennas, run new coax, or get the lawn mowed one more time before the neighbors notice that it’s getting ragged.

Six meters should yield a few easy contacts – each club contact counts double for the club score – or try the 2-m FM only category.  Remember all that wall paper Ken, K3IU has been complaining about – maybe you can grab one or two for your shack!

See you in the pile-ups.

73, Mike, K1DM

Pretty soon I will need to add another wall. In today’s mail there arrived a certificate for the CQWW 160 DX contest telling me that I won First Place Single Op Assisted High Power CW in Rhode Island, and 14th in the First Call area. A total of 117 Qs!

Some of you may notice that I am sending this by email to the newly installed LISTSREVE that several of us have been working on recently.

73, Ken K3IU

Created by emailing to secret address generated by JetPack

Category Listserv

73, Ed W1PN

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Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of the party.

This is only a test.

 

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As required by our Constitution, Article III, Section B (http://ctri.club/2010/06/15/constitution-as-amended-in-2007/), the September meeting of CTRI will include in the agenda election of officers.

It is important for our club that we have a good turnout, and that everyone comes prepared to vote on new officers.  If you  would like to hold an elected position in the club, please send me an e-mail (k1dm@nullarrl.net), and I will put together a list of those who are interested in holding an office in the club.  Our club officers include: President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, and Contest Manager.

Of course, we will also have nominations from the floor at the meeting.  The results of elections will set the course of the club for this upcoming year.  Thanks for taking part.

73, Mike, K1DM

Last September in the ARRL VHF contest, I managed 9 QSOs, all CW, and 6 mults for a grand total of 54 points. I was SO HP 6M, Assisted. In today’s mail there was a large envelope from the ARRL that contained yet another certificate for First Place RI Section MultiOperator (because I was assisted).  Now I have got to figure out where to put this new award…

73, Ken K3IU

UNODIR I will update the leaderboard for the 2015-2016 season using the same contests as previously used. This list of contests was previously voted on and approved by the members in attendance. If anyone thinks this list should be updated, the next meeting would not be a bad time to bring it up. That would also be a good time to decide whether to continue with the handicapping scheme that was used for last seasons competition.

The currently approved contests are…

ARRL Sept VHF Contest
CQWW RTTY Contest
CQWW SSB DX Contest
ARRL Sweepstakes CW
ARRL Sweepstakes Phone
CQWW DX CW Contest
ARRL 160 Meter Contest
ARRL 10 Meter Contest
ARRL RTTY Roundup
ARRL Jan VHF Contest
CQ WPX RTTY Contest
ARRL CW DX Contest
CQ SSB 160 Meter Contest
ARRL Phone DX Contest
Russian DX Contest
CQWW SSB WPX Contest
New England QSO Party
CQWW CW WPX Contest
ARRL June VHF Contest
CQWW VHF Contest

There appears to be a conflict next year in that the ARRL January VHF contest (Jan 30 – Feb 1) and the CQWW 160 CW contest (Jan 29-31) are on the same weekend. It is also possible that I have made an error in my research of the dates for next year’s contests. Also, I have not found a date for the CQWW VHF contest next July.

73, Ken K3IU
Keeper of the leaderboard

CTRI Gang,

We had a relatively small crowd at the August meeting, not surprising, given it’s the middle of summer.  But, I’d like to give you who were not there a brief idea of what you missed.

Mike, KB1RFJ, updated us on his progress with getting his tower installed.  Most of the “paperwork” is finished now, and it’s getting down to the hardware work.  Stand by for a call for assistance.  James, K1SD, demonstrated his “Remote Operation” set-up, implementing the article in August, QST.  Nice job, James.  It was interesting seeing how all the software worked together.

If you are planning to go to Boxboro, and are interested in car pooling, get in touch with W1AN.  He’s planning an early morning drive through Rhode Island, to collect club members, and have some company.

That’s pretty much it for the meeting.  Our next gathering is in September at the North Kingstown library.  See you then, if not before.  Mike, K1DM, President.

Gentlemen,

The scheduled CTRI Contest Group meeting is set for this Saturday 8 August at 1000 at the North Kingstown Free Library.

Agenda topics that I can think of are:

Boxboro

KB1RFJ Antenna and Station Plans

K1SD demonstration of Remote Operating.

73 James K1SD

Well, this is the final report for the 2014-2015 contest season. This is the first year where we used a handicapping system proposed by the Contest Manager, NG1G. 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 final leaderboard spreadsheet by clicking on the link below. It is a Microsoft Excel 97-2003 format spreadsheet.

2014-2105_CTRI-Champions-Leaderboard-FINAL

I will leave it to our Contest Manager to post his final analysis for this season by replying to this posting.

Also, if there is anyone else out there who would like to take charge of the leaderboard, all you have to do is volunteer. The pay is lousy, but the rewards many.

73,
Ken K3IU
Keeper of the Leaderboard

HI all, Trying to rise from the ashes of the past year!  I have a nice tall tree for a dipole and a house bracket up over the kitchen for my vertical.

If anyone wants to help (lunch will be provided)  Please RSVP to ko1h@nullcox.net

 

oh btw why I need help with this simple stuff is my legs  have given up and I cant walk far or stand for long. ( not that I could much before but…)

 

Shooting for the 9am 15th with 16th as a rain date.

 

Wish I was with you all at Boxboro this weekend but didnt plan well.

Also new address easier than old and not far for those who have been to my old place. New address 92 Phenix Ave WWarwick. 02893

 

Thanks again  and 73

de John ko1h

This is the final contest in the 2014-2015 CTRI Champions competition series. Please post your results here after you submit your score. So far, I have heard/worked W1WBB, W1XX, K1DM, and W1AN. Logs must be submitted by 02 August 2015.

73, Ken K3IU
Keeper of the CTRI Champions Leaderboard