Who wouda thunk that I would ever take First Place in a 160 meter contest?!? Well, I received in the mail today from the League a Certificate for First Place, Single Op Unlimited, High Power, Rhode Island Section in the ARRL 160 meter contest in 2014. My big antenna is the NVIS 80 meter dipole and tuner at the amp. My winning score was 9789.

Is anyone bringing a projector to the meeting?

James

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

1. Contest Report
2. “NPOTA”…National Parks on the Air in 2016.  – John, W1XX
3. Likely multi-op club event plans for this contest season  — Bill, W1WBB
4. Matters Arising

Lunch provider: None

Projector by: W1AN

Coffee and Donuts by: W1AN (Coffee Cake by Nancy)

Members who will attend: W1PN, W1XX, KB1RFJ, W1WBB, K1SD, W1YRC, W1AN, KS1J, K3IU, 

 

Venue: North Kingstown Free Library, 100 Boone Street North Kingstown, RI

Hi

Here’s a message that John KO1H posted on our yahoo email group. Not sure where John is residing now

Jim KS2J

From: ctricg@nullyahoogroups.com [mailto:ctricg@nullyahoogroups.com] Sent: Sunday, November 08, 2015 3:28 PM
To: Bob Beaudet; John Lindholm; w1sne@nullarrl.net; Daniel Roy; Patrick Atwood; Al NN1U Testing; Mercier, Michael; Bob Rogers; Daniel Roy; Adam k1ocd; ham-antennas@nullyahoogroups.com; Chris Prata; Bob DiPippo; Rogers, Bobby V CTR NUWC NWPT; Boyes Bill; Allen Zatonsky; aa1vu@nullcox.net; ctricg@nullyahoogroups.com
Cc: Mat
Subject: [ctricg] update gear and antenna help needed

Update: I found a transceiver for my bedroom and a power supply. What I need is install help for the antennas. etc. I know everyone is busy and its a bad time of year! But, what I need is a few hands for a full day of antenna and feed line install. If I get a few volunteer’s I will gladly list off the details. I will try to do as much as I can myself or at least have the components ready.

I hope some of you can help as my woods walking days are over at least for a while.

de John ko1h

HI All, To make the story short on 10/16 I found myself unemployed. Then on 10/18 I found myself disabled. I took a bad fall coming out of a minor surgery at my dermatologist. My spine hit the curbstone when I went down in the parking lot and although things have gotten a little better. I went down again on 10/30 and the doctors have gotten me a little better straightened out found the reason for the falling and we are progressing. Meanwhile I’m trying to get a little station going here at my qth. I had a dipole up for a short time but had trouble with it. It broke and fell down in a recent wind storm. I don’t want to make this email sound like begging. But, I need help restoring the dipole and putting up two others that I’ve had for a while.

Other than antenna help, Items that I need are more durable antenna wire. I was using double 18g speaker wire. It did not do well. Also items that I need because I am required to spend lots of time in bed. I’m trying to build a small station next to my bed. Items that I need to complete it are a Power supply (regulated preferred 30 amps or better but beggars cant be choosers) and a transmitter (Fldx400 or tx599 or something else ) to match up with the receiver I have (Radio shack dx100). I only have a pair of Long wires (separate receive and transmit ) but they work fine. I would love to find someone who has a multiband vertical for very cheap or just wants to get rid of it.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks de John KO1H

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Please post your ARRL SSCW results here for inclusion in the CTRI Champions Leaderboard.

73, Ken K3IU
Keeper of the Leaderboard

The CTRI Champions Leaderboard is available with results submitted through the CQWW Phone Contest. To view or download the spreadsheet, use the link below. I was going to wait until after SSCW this weekend, but I’ll update again after the Sweeps CW and SSB. If you don’t see your results here, that’s because they weren’t posted on our web site or listed under the club name on the 3830 reflector.

2015-2106_CTRI-Champions-Leaderboard-20151104

73,
Ken K3IU Keeper of the Leaderboard

The 2015 Field Day report including scores is now posted on the ARRL website…including the CTRI W1DX score in 2A.

Hi All

If you turn to page 25 of the latest CQ Magazine (November), you will see a whimsical article presenting my daughter’s take on the phoenetic alphabet. If you have a spare copy that you would like to donate to me, I would greatly appreciate it! Mine got kinda wrinkled by our friends in the USPS.

73

Jim KS1J

Please post your contest results here for inclusion in the CTRI Champions Series Competition. Also, don’t forget to submit your score to the contest sponser no later than 2359 UTC October 30, 2015.

You can post your score info by replying to or adding a comment to this posting.

73, Ken K3IU
Keeper of the CTRI Champions Leaderboard

Gentlemen,

Attached is the updated CTRI Contest Calendar/Meeting Schedule for 2016. Several meeting issues have been settled, others are still undecided.

1. Proposed 9 January date is NOT available at the NK Library; 16 January MIGHT be available. The Librarian said she would let me know in a few days. At our last meeting we had discussed having the Holiday Soiree in January; if so, this becomes a non-issue.

2. The only open date in February is the 6th ; all other weekends have a contest. The Library is NOT available on that Saturday. Alternate venue required.

3. The only open date in March is the 12th ; all other weekends have a contest. The Library is NOT available on that Saturday. Alternate venue required.

4. The other proposed dates through June are reserved with the Library. We have the large meeting room from 1000 – 1300 on:

a. 9 April

b. 14 May

c. 18 June

5. We can follow-up with the Library in the Spring to set the remaining dates for 2016.

73 James K1SD

CTRI 2016 Contest Schedule 10.15.2015.docx

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

1. Contest Report
2. Meeting schedule 2016
3. Listserv — Q&A — K3IU and W1PN
4. Matters Arising
5. Door prizes — KB1LN

Lunch provider: None

Coffee and Donuts by: KB1RFJ (Coffee)

Members who will attend: W1PN, K1DM,  W1XX, K1SD, KB1RFJ, KB1LN

Venue: North Kingstown Free Library, 100 Boone Street North Kingstown, RI

Gentlemen,

I think most of us are pretty much exempt from this requirement, but there are a few members of CTRI who, I hope, may need to be concerned about recording their audio during CQWW.

Also for those that like to diddle, the Makrothen DX RTTY Contest is this weekend – starts Friday night around here.

http://home.arcor.de/waldemar.kebsch/The_Makrothen_Contest/TMC_Rules.html

73 James K1SD

I know all of you have been waiting for this for a long time. So hang on… This is the first publication of the CTRI Champions Leaderboard for the 2015-2016 contest season. This posting contains reported information for the first two(2) contests in the Champions Series. 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-20151004_PROTECTED

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

NG1G added a comment in reply to Yankee Steam Up.

From the email I received today from the New England Wireless and Steam Museum:

"Due to inclement weather
Steam Up has been postponed to
Saturday, October 17, 2015

The Original
Old Fashioned YANKEE STEAM-UP
NEW ENGLAND’S OLDEST ENGINE SHOW
Saturday, October 17th, 2015 • 9:00 am – 4:00 pm
Admission: $15 – $7 students • Plenty of free parking • Refreshments available

73,
Pat, NG1G

From: James Setzler [mailto:jms_k1sd@nullverizon.net] Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2015 5:47 PM
To: ‘Ken K3IU’; ‘Bill Bliss W1WBB’; ‘Bob Beatty WB4SON’; ‘Bob Beaudet W1YRC’; ‘CTRI Reflector’; ‘CTRI Web Post (WA1RR)’; ‘Daniel Severance’; ‘Ed Haskell’; ‘Jim Bowman’; ‘John King’; ‘John Lindholm’; ‘JOHN MILLS K1JSM’; ‘ko1h@nullcox.net’; ‘John Spigel W1AN’; ‘Chuck Newman, KA1CQR’; ‘KB1LN’; ‘KI1G Rick’; ‘Mike McKaughan K1DM’; ‘Mike Visich KB1RFJ’; ‘Pat Atwood NG1G’; ‘w1ly@nullcox.net’
Subject: RE: Yankee Steam Up

You’re right. Looks like they’ve changed the date in the last day or so. Weather concerns maybe?

I’ll try and call them and post any new information.

73 James K1SD

From: Ken K3IU [mailto:kenk3iu] Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2015 4:15 PM
To: James Setzler; Bill Bliss W1WBB; Bob Beatty WB4SON; Bob Beaudet W1YRC; CTRI Reflector; CTRI Web Post (WA1RR); Daniel Severance; Ed Haskell; Jim Bowman; John King; John Lindholm; JOHN MILLS K1JSM; ko1h; John Spigel W1AN; Chuck Newman, KA1CQR; KB1LN; KI1G Rick; Mike McKaughan K1DM; Mike Visich KB1RFJ; Pat Atwood NG1G; w1ly
Subject: Re: Yankee Steam Up

Interesting, but this is shown on their web site. Note the date. Wonder which one is correct?????

73, Ken K3iU
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On 9/29/2015 9:59 PM, James Setzler wrote:

This is a pretty cool event. Hope to see many there.

73 James K1SD

H: 401.884.2654

C: 401.225.7303

http://www.newsm.org/Museum/dates.html

The New England Wireless and Steam Museum

1300 Frenchtown Road
East Greenwich, RI 02818 USA
Telephone: 401-885-0545
Frederick Jaggi, President

You’re right. Looks like they’ve changed the date in the last day or so. Weather concerns maybe?

I’ll try and call them and post any new information.

73 James K1SD

From: Ken K3IU [mailto:kenk3iu@nullcox.net] Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2015 4:15 PM
To: James Setzler; Bill Bliss W1WBB; Bob Beatty WB4SON; Bob Beaudet W1YRC; CTRI Reflector; CTRI Web Post (WA1RR); Daniel Severance; Ed Haskell; Jim Bowman; John King; John Lindholm; JOHN MILLS K1JSM; ko1h@nullcox.net; John Spigel W1AN; Chuck Newman, KA1CQR; KB1LN; KI1G Rick; Mike McKaughan K1DM; Mike Visich KB1RFJ; Pat Atwood NG1G; w1ly@nullcox.net
Subject: Re: Yankee Steam Up

Interesting, but this is shown on their web site. Note the date. Wonder which one is correct?????

73, Ken K3iU
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On 9/29/2015 9:59 PM, James Setzler wrote:

This is a pretty cool event. Hope to see many there.

73 James K1SD

H: 401.884.2654

C: 401.225.7303

http://www.newsm.org/Museum/dates.html

The New England Wireless and Steam Museum

1300 Frenchtown Road
East Greenwich, RI 02818 USA
Telephone: 401-885-0545
Frederick Jaggi, President