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Malpelo Island HK0NA-Last Chance
The DXPedition to Malpelo Island is winding down. This is high on the DXCC most wanted list. If you haven’t worked them they are pretty copyable up here in the NE. Most bands and RTTY.
John, W1AN
Awards Luncheon Tomorrow – Last Reminder
We have the following planning so far to attend the awards luncheon tomorrow Saturday at noon at Gregg’s in North Kingston. I think we had nearly 20 last year. I will call the restaurant later today with the total count. If you would like to attend you can reply here or on the yahoo site. Its a good time! If you find you can make it at the last minute you are welcome. Seats are available!
73, John W1AN
W1AN, W1NAN, NG1G, W1WBB, K1DM, W1XX, KW2G, K6ND, K6NDV, KA1GEU
Greggs Restaurant
4120 Quaker Lane – Route 2
North Kingstown
Site Usage Last Half of January, 2012
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.
Remote Operation Project
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
Summary of Club effort in 2011 ARRL 10m Contest
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
CQ WPX RTTY!!
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
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November CW Sweepstakes Preliminary Results Are Out
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
CQWW 160-M CW Contest this weekend
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
2012 ARRL VHF Sweepstakes (Jan) RESULTS
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
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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
