It has been nearly a year since members Ken Wagner K3IU, John Spigel W1AN, Mike McKaughan K1DM, Pat Atwood NG1G, and Ed Haskell W1PN gathered at W1AN for the 2012 CQ Worldwide WPX RTTY Contest. Most of these OPs were members of the 2011 CPWW WPX RTTY team that won for North America with a US record setting score.
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Until we get this fixed, if you want to create a new posting, please look at the TOP menu bar above the CTRI logo and move the mouse over the “+ New” item and select “Post.”
Using this template seems to work without the problem of multiple postings. I have deleted most, if not all, of the multiple postings and test postings.
73, Ken K3IU
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I have sent in the sponsorship for the 2013 CQ WPX RTTY Plaque. Now lets win that bad boy!
I originally posted this in late 2011 and thought it would be good to repost it to let everyone know what we are going after down there next month. I just rechecked and the records below are still standing.
73, Ken K3IU
Looking Towards New World Record for CQ WPX RTTY
There has been recent discussions about a crew from CTRI heading to Puerto Rico in February 2013 to make a run for the World Record in the WPX RTTY contest. This should be near the peak of the sunspot cycle and will be a great opportunity run up a BIG score at Carlos’ station.
I just did a little research to identify exactly what the records are at the present time. This posting is to put that information in plain view. You should particularly note that the North American record and the United States record are held by pretty familiar callsigns….
Category Record Holder Year Score WPX WORLD - Multi-2 EA8AH 2007 17,001,420 895 North America - M2 NP3U 2008 14,053,680 894 United States - M2 NG1G (W1AN) 2011 7,862,238 873
A crew from CTRI also went south to NP3U in Februray 2009 for this contest. However, the gods weren’t with us on this trip. Equipment problems and antenna problems caused us to be Multi-Single for about 25% of the contest time. The score from that effort for NP3U (9.895,184) was still enough to win First Place Honors, Multi-2, in both the World and North America.
John, W1AN, has graciously offered the use of his shack for an effort during the WPX RTTY next month. The idea is to make an attempt at an M2 NA win while the team at NP3U makes an attempt at an M2 world win. I don’t think I have to explain how good that would look for our club when that issue of CQ Magazine comes out! We had two pictures in this year’s results article, maybe two wins would get us four!
An NA win requires a serious effort, with both radios continuously manned throughout the contest. It is one in which we have successfully engaged before, most notably in the last two years. I’m looking for ops who can commit to trying to make this happen. How much time each op would be needed to fill a chair will depend on how many ops commit.
Who is seriously interested in doing this? I’d say we need a minimum of 4 ops to do it right, and so far Ed, W1PN and I are willing.
73,
Pat, NG1G
Talked to Carlos on the phone this afternoon. I got some answers to some of our questions.
Internet: Same as we used last time: However WP4Z has and internet company with a tower with a bunch of anteenas on it that we can access via a 2m link. I guess he (WP4Z) uses it that way for his station. Carlos will talk to him. Lets plan on bringing the gear down to set it up.
Anteena update: They did get the beams up but found the rotors did not work so he has ordered two new ones and they (Carlos & his friends) will have them installed.
Would Like: Cables for the ICE filters that connect to the radios to make them swicth freq together?
A center insolator for the 80M Delta loop you can take a look at what he means at http://www.alphadeltacom.com/pg11.html Maybe someone has something like this in thier junk box.
I asked him again to send a list of wants and needs via email.
I was going to have a meeting of the group that is going next weekend but we’ll have to put it off until the weekend of the 26 or 27th if you think that will work. If not I can cancel what I need to do next weekend.
This is re-post of this item to collect RTTY RU results which disappeared with the necessary roll back of the web site. Please post your results here.
I already have the results from W1CTN, but I had not transferred anybody elses results to the leaderboard spreadsheet before the rollback.
Sorry you have to repost the results…
73, Ken K3IU
This evening the website was rolled back to its status on January 6. If you have created a Post, entered a Comment, or entered information in the Forum since then, it has been lost and will need to be reentered.
I know of at least one instance where this is true: one or more of you indicated you would be attending the meeting but your comment was lost. Please check http://ctri.club/2013/01/01/meeting-notice-january-2013/ and reenter your RSVP if it is not there any longer.
tnx es 73
Ed W1PN
CTRI CG;
John and I got a good start this morning on getting things straightened up for the contest. I am planning on arriving tomorrow around 11:00 to 11:30 so we can finish up a few things I didn’t get done. John said an hour to hour and a half before start time (1300 EST) would be good. I have a case of bottled water here that I will put in the van in the morning (it will freeze overnight) so we will have that. Anything else you would like for snacks is fine. There is no need to bring equipment, unless you want to bring headphones. I usually take a pair with me. Otherwise, we have 3 K3’s at Johns right now, at least 3 RTTY Meisters, and antennas for two stations. You will be welcome to spend as much time operating as you like. I can’t commit to the entire weekend, or overnight, but I will put time in both days.
If anyone else in the club would like to participate, please stop by. We are planning on running one station for the contest, so the second station will be available for anyone who wants to join the fun. I’d request you send an e-mail to John, W1AN, if you plan on dropping in. That’s just so we can keep track.
I hope everyone has a great weekend. Work whichever club members you hear. We need the points and the practice.
73, Mike, K1DM
It’s that time again. 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 which 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 and Drinks by: W1AN
Members who will attend: K1DM, K3IU, W1WBB. W1PN, NG1G, KA1VMG, KA1GEU, KB1LCQ, W1XX, NR1H, W1AN, KA1CQR, N1MIE
Venue: Crandall House, Ashaway, RI at 11:00am (Confirmed!)
Norman, 5B4AIF, is on a one-man DX-pedition to So. Cook Is. with his family signing E51E. He is on ClubLog and also has a FB website with details. His mode of choice is RTTY… actually various digital modes. He apparently has limited CW skills so has not done much if any CW as yet…but has been on SSB a fair amount. I have been fortunate to have worked him so far on 4 bands SSB. This morning at SR he came down to his announced SSB frequency (3793) on 80 meter SSB at about 7:30 AM local time and I think I was the first one to get through. Anyway he was anxious to switch to RTTY and was posted there after about 9:30 much to late for the East Coast on 3585.
He indicated he would be back tomorrow morning on 80 meters so I am sure he will be looking for RTTY contacts near our SR…our SR is now about 7:05 AM. Best to look at least a 1/2 hour earlier. So you RTTY folks may want to look for him. He may come up on sideband on 3793 first.
If you check the spots during the day on ClubLog he will probably be much easier to work on RTTY on the higher bands as well.
GL & 73!!
— John, W1XX
Today I received the 2012 WPX RTTY plaque for #1 North America in the Multi-Two category for the NG1G operation at W1AN (W1AN, K1DM, K3IU, W1PN, and NG1G). This original plaque will go to John to place in his station.
I’m hoping that this time next year we’ll be hearing about a plaque received for #1 World in the M2 category from NP3U.
73,
Pat, NG1G
