Here are of couple of charts of usage of the site the last half of last month.
There were intervals of several days when the site was not blocked to non-members as we experimented with how to safely open much of the site. During these intervals we were visited by nearly 100 non-members. What is not yet clear is how many of them were curious hams versus “intruders” looking for ways to do damage of one sort or another.
Hello Guys, I plan on testing out a remote internet operation along with fellow ham Joe, K1IKE with hardware from Remoterig.com and am looking for a donation of a trap vertical that will cover 80-10 meters. The setup should be able to allow remote access from HRD. Initially we will probably use an Icom 706 with the rig at one end and the removable control head at another. Check out the website above and also Eham for reviews. This looks like a slick solution to remote control.
The initial reason for trying this is to accommodate a 92 year old active ham who is moving into an assisted living facility.
73,
John, W1AN
A little summary from your new club Contest Manager of the CTRI CG-focused effort in the recent ARRL 10 Meter contest of December 2011 follows. We had record setting participation and the best total score ever submitted for this event for our individual club by big margins…great job by the more than 15 club participants — it was indeed a team effort!
Claimed scores from the 15 logs submitted in 2011 (double our previous best of logs submitted back in 2003) totaled about 2.69M pts (well more than double our previous group best of 1.14M pts from 2002). Well done to John W1AN and Matt WE1H who were part of the 2002 AND 2011 efforts. Of course, log checking must occur at ARRL HQ but the club’s final effort in the 2011 10M Contest will certainly be historic. I expect results to be published in late fall of 2012.
ARRL Affiliated Club Competition records dating as far back as 1995 were found for the 10 M Contest. CTRI CG first formally appeared in 2002, placing 3rd in the “Local Club” category. They won 1st place as a “Local Club” in 2003 and were awarded the “Wooden Gavel” with 719K pts as the solar cycle had begun its downturn. Due to larger membership these days we typically now compete in the very competitive “Medium Club” size category.
The ARRL Contest Branch now reports with the log submission deadline complete almost 5300 total logs submitted for the 2011 10M event…**the most logs EVER submitted for ANY ARRL Contest**!! So, participation was outstanding and conditions were very good. But as the solar cycle continues to swing upward, as our own KI1G said “…wait ’til next year!”. Things should be even more fun in December 2012 as the solar flux and sunspot numbers are likely near their peak…as contesters and DXers we can only hope.
We certainly have the opportunity to put up big numbers again and challenge our expected record-setting 2011 New England QSO Party (NEQP) club score with all our 1×1 callsigns on-air during the 2012 running of the NEQP this May. That should be alot of fun as well!
Good luck and hope to see you in an upcoming contest…
73, Bill W1WBB
We are trying to put together a multi-operator, two-transmitter effort at W1AN for the WPX RTTY contest Feb 10-12. This is the same contest we are talking about winning and setting a new world record for at NP3U next year.
If we are to be prepared for the NP3U effort we need everyone who is interested in going to get involved, starting next week. Feb 2013 is a year away but there’s lots to do and only a few RTTY contests to work and practice with.
Many hands were raised when I asked who is interested in going. Now it’s time to see who’s really interested and to begin assembling a team. This is the first step. Please comment below if you’re able to put in the time. And please participate in the conversation in the WPX RTTY forum – everyone has something valuable to add or a good question to ask.
73,
Pat, NG1G
[wp-members status="in"] this content can only be seen by logged in users. [/wp-members]
The ARRL website has the preliminary results for the 2011 November CW Sweepstakes contest. Check it out. CU all in the 160 contest this weekend. TNX Bill for the heads up info on stations to be active. 73!
— John, W1XX
The biggest contest on the 160 Meter band starts Friday night at 2200z (5 PM local time here) and runs until 2200Z Sunday eve…rules and full contest info can be found here: http://www.cq160.com/
It’s an all-CW event with a simple exchange for us: RST & state
A list of some of the expected DX participation is here: http://www.ng3k.com/Misc/cq160c2012.html
The T32 expedition gang will be active as T32XX. HK0NA and VP6T DX-pedition stns were heard here faintly before sunrise this AM under less than ideal condx…who knows what the weekend will bring?? Not sure they’ll specifically be active but much other DX will be.
I’ll have limited participation Saturday eve due to other commitment. Hope to hand out RI a few times on Friday Night.
Good luck to all in this intra-club competition qualifying event. BTW, the SSB version of this contest is held in late February.
CU on Topband, Bill W1WBB
This contest is included in the list of contests counting towards the CTRI Championship competition. Sooo… join in if you can and then please post your results here by adding a comment to this posting.
Good luck!!!
73,
Ken K3IU
Keeper of the Leaderboard
[fppp_display_poll]
[xTechnos-Online-Poll]
Here is the default setup.
Now setup with autowidth=true and math=true.
[[spreadsheet?&autowidth=true&math=true]]
I’ve started a spreadsheet for us to keep track of the items we think we need (or want) to bring to Puerto Rico for the 2013 CQ WPX RTTY contest.
Please review the spreadsheet, think about what may be missing from it (please note there are three tabs), and put it in a reply to this post. I will update the spreadsheet as needed and repost the updated version. If you are planning on going (we’re not asking for a commitment right now) and there’s something of a non-personal nature you will volunteer to bring, please note that in your reply post. I’ll include that in the spreadsheet.
I’m hoping this will also start some discussion in the CQWPX RTTY forum, a link to which you can find in the links bar at the top of this web page.
73,
Pat, NG1G
Update: The plaques are in and the results are official. When parts of this article were first published we thought we had a good chance at breaking the US record we set in 2007. The results are official and the club holds a new US record, and a winning score for 2011 North America. Read more for the story of how this was accomplished.
What a wild ride! In the week before the contest we put together a multi-2 effort at W1AN. Minutes before the contest started, Mike, K1DM asked what call sign we were going to use. Good question! No one had given any thought to that, and as this is a prefix contest, Mike thought it might be good to use NG1G. So we decided to go with that and one can only figure it helped, since we might have been the only NG1 in the contest.
All together we had 8 operators from the club take part, and it was great getting N1HRA, KO1H and KA1CQR in the chair and catching up on old news. This was Chuck’s first time in a multi-op contest with the club, and what a good one to start with. Chuck brought new member Chip, N1MIE, with him, and I enjoyed a good chat with Chip while I put Qs in the log on 15M.
We started out on 20M and 40M but after 13 20M Qs decided to go down to 80M. 40M was hopping but 80M was slow going, with signals being tough to decode. By the time we went to 20M and 15M at 1222Z, we had 493 40M Qs and 305 80M Qs in the log. We spent the entire day CQing on one frequency on 20M, and divided our time on 15M between CQing and S&Ping. Our S&P rates stayed high, as we were consistently answered on the first call. Starting just before 2200Z, W1AN worked a nice pile of JAs and socked away more mults. At the end of 24 hours we had over 1,600 Qs in the log and things were shaping up for a run at the US record we set in 2007 at KI1G. This was the first time in a RTTY contest for both Ed, W1PN and John, W1XX. With just a little instruction (apparently on a strict one-hour limit) both men were clicking away like pros in no time.
The Sat/Sun overnight dragged a little, as it always does. But we managed to add 200 Qs on 80M and over 300 Qs on 40M. By around 1600Z we had hit 7M points. Shortly afterward, unbeknownst to us, a Class C solar flare had occurred, causing our rates to plummet. However, the Two-of-Three Johns (W1AN and KO1H) soldiered on like QSO robots, eventually putting the ribbon on the whole shebang at over 8.4M points. Depending on how many mistakes we made, we have a good shot at beating the US record we set in 2007, raising the bar just a little higher for next year.
There seemed to be an unusual number of stations duping us. It was very frustrating and although it was our policy to work all dupes, it slowed us down on more than one occasion.
Many thanks to everyone who came out to support the operation and contribute to our great score! Everyone seemed to have a good time. A special thank you to John, W1AN and Nancy for hosting the operation. Nancy takes such good care of us with plenty of great food and drink! They are wonderful hosts.
We had no equipment failures. No lightning strikes, floods, power outages, or other disasters, man-made or natural. There was nary a hiccup to be had except for Writelog’s timed CQ function causing some havoc. Perhaps using a different call at W1AN confused Murphy, who might have been hanging around my house looking for me. Sucker! John’s station is a pleasure to work. There’s nothing like being a big fish once in a while!
Other than K3IU, KO1H, and KA1CQR, I’m not sure of what other club members we worked. Thanks for the Qs guys!
| Band | QSO | Points | Pref |
| 80M | 484 | 1554 | 127 |
| 40M | 923 | 3880 | 344 |
| 20M | 1047 | 2479 | 278 |
| 15M | 616 | 1582 | 133 |
| 10M | 9 | 23 | 4 |
| Total | 3079 | 9518 | 886 |
Score 8,432,948
73,
Pat, NG1G
Hi Gang! The Annual Post Holiday Dinner or you may prefer to call it the CTRI Annual Awards Luncheon is scheduled for Saturday, February 4 at Gregg’s in N. Kingstown at 12:00 noon. We will order from the normal menu. Let us know here if you will be coming. Spouses and guests are welcome! Looking forward to seeing you!
73,
John, W1AN
The address is:
Greggs Restaurant
4120 Quaker Lane – Route 2
North Kingstown
