We have a new junior op. Molly passed her Technician test today! It will be about two weeks before she gets her call and license. For the time being she will be operating from KS1J. If I were to guess, I think it will be mostly CW. Hmmm, I wonder how long before she gets her General and I can set up a multi-op!
73
Jim KS1J
Man. I’ve been having trouble sending emails and web posts for weeks. And it continues….
The meeting for May is NEXT Saturday the 14th.
Sorry to all of you who showed up today expecting coffee and doughnuts.
From: James Setzler [mailto:jms_k1sd]
Sent: Friday, May 06, 2016 5:29 PM
To: Bill Bliss W1WBB (wbliss1); Bob Beatty WB4SON (WB4SON); Bob Beaudet W1YRC (w1yrc); CTRI Web Post (WA1RR) (wigu720fiqu); CTRI Reflector (ctricg); Ed Haskell; Jim Bowman; John Lindholm; JOHN MILLS K1JSM; ko1h; John Spigel W1AN (jms); K3IU Ken Wagner (kenk3iu); Chuck Newman, KA1CQR (ka1cqr); KB1LN; KI1G Rick; Mike McKaughan K1DM (k1dm.dr.michael); Mike Visich KB1RFJ (visich4zoo); Pat Atwood NG1G (patrickatwood); w1ly
Subject: CTRI Meeting Schedule and Contest Notes
Meetings are generally held on Saturdays from 1000-1300 in the Large Conference Room on the Upper Level of the North Kingstown Free Library, 100 Boone St., North Kingstown, RI 02852. At times the meetings are in the Small Conference on the Lower Level. www.nklibrary.org
Meeting dates for the remainder of the year:
14 May Upper Level
18 June Upper Level
23 July Upper Level
13 August Upper Level
3 September Lower Level
1 October Lower Level
12 November Lower Level
Please post your results here by leaving a Reply to this posting. Only three contests left after this one in this year’s CTRI Champions Competition!
73,
Ken K3IU
Keeper of the CTRI Champions Leaderboard
The New England QSO Party is probably the contest most supported by CTRI thru the years. We have had an iron grip on the New England club plaque…and we should not take it for granted. Some upstart club could try to wrestle it away from us. What’s the message? Get your station on the air this weekend. We actually have some of the more rare counties that folks will be looking for….Bristol, Newport, Washington.
Speaking of rare counties. In last year’s NEQP something strange happened. There was a New England county not QRV….Dukes County Massachusetts a.k.a. Martha’s Vineyard. Heavens to mergatrude! That hasn’t happened since the year one. The proverbial portable HAMCOW station, W1ACT, has been retired to pasture. Tom K1KI has been pleading for someone to respond to this dilemma.
The call has been answered by CTRI. W1AN, W1XX, along with K1XA have after endless e-mails and phone calls coordinated with the Vineyard Amateur Radio Assn. to activate a portable station (W1DX) in Vineyard Haven. We will be catching an early morning ferry in Woods Hole on Sunday morning with radio, computer, antennas, etc. W1DX should be QRV around 9:30 AM Sunday morning returning Sunday evening. Look for us primarily on 20 or 40 meters.
The most sensible feature of NEQP is that there is an off time from 1 AM – 9 AM Sunday. This allows sleep time. Check neqp dot org for details and to “reserve your county.” A host of CTRI’ers have already indicated their intentions. Don’t miss this really fun contest and the opportunity to help the CTRI club score. GL!! — John, W1XX
I know that some of us might be serious about VHF. Just sayin…
73 James K1SD
Congratulations to our local ops.
73 James K1SD
Congratulations to our local ops.
73 James K1SD
It came in the mail today. Nice looking Plaque. CTRI Contest Group received First Place New England Club. Does this go on John W1AN’s wall?
Congrats Mike! Good going! I’m sure you will enjoy those “extra” privileges. Good luck with the vanity call
73
Jim KS1J
Hello,
Just wanted to review with everyone on-board with the Terms of Reference of the scholarship. There was a lot of talking and I wanted to make sure I caught all the comments. Please let me know if I missed anything. My plan is to contact Lauren KB1YDD at ARRL on Friday & send the check.
CTRI / Chris Seeber KA1GEU Memorial Scholarship
Award Amount: $500
Number of Awards: 1 per year
License Requirement: General Class or higher
Region: New England
Field of Study: Science, Science Education, Math, Math Education, Engineering or Technology fields
Institution: Accredited 2 or 4-year college or university
73 Mike
KB1RFJ
Per a directive by club members I’ve added CTRI.club as a new alias for the club website. In time we will wave a friendly good bye to our wa1rr.org domain name.
73, John W1AN
Gang, I am working on agenda items for Saturday’s meeting. Please drop suggestions in my inbox or as comments to this post.
Items I have so far include: Field Day, Club incorporation fallout, National Parks on the Air, NEQP contest – what ya gonna do???
Mike, K1DM
The 2015 NEQP results have been posted. See neqp dot org. Saturday’s meeting is the last one before the 2016 NEQP, May 7 -8. Discuss plans? — John, W1XX
The CTRI Champions Competition Leaderboard is now available with reported results through the CW WPX Phone contest. 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-20160406
73, Ken K3IU
Keeper of the Leaderboard
Ken,
Here are my outstanding results for WPX. Go easy John (W1XX no heart attack called for). Did have to clear 4 inches of dust off the rig.
SOSB
Single Band
63 contacts
63 Mults
Total score 11088
