When the contest is over, please post your results here so I can enter them in the CTRI Champions Series Leaderboard.
Just add a comment to this posting and I’ll pick it up.
Good luck to all!!!
73, Ken K3IU, Current Keeper of the Leaderboard.
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Boxboro 2012!
I reserved suite 114 at Boxboro today (under my name), which if memory serves me right is the suite we have used in the past. Now that we have somewhere to stay, let the fun begin as we figure out what we’ll do to make this Boxboro as much fun as those in the past.
73,
– Matt, WE1H
Meeting Notice — January 14, 2012
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
- Establishment of club goals for 2012
- Contest Report
- Election of new Treasurer
- Future of the Yahoo reflector
- Holiday Dinner
- Special Event 1×1 callsigns
- Discussion of pile-up operating strategies/protocol
Lunch provider: Lunch fixins by: W1PN
Coffee and Drinks by: W1AN
Members who will attend: K3IU, W1XX, KS1J, W1WBB, NG1G, K1DM, KA1GEU, W1AN, W1PN
Venue: Crandall House, 1100 to about 1400
letter of Res.
January 2,2012
Dear members and officers of CTRI Club
This is to notify you I will be giving my notice of resignation from my position of Treasurer of the CTRI Group. Effective as of the next club meeting date January 14,2012.
The reason for this is a change of direction I am making for the New Year. I am getting involved in a New Church in my local area, and my wife and I are beginning to get somewhat active in BVARC in Woonsocket. My wife and I are trying to be more active in similar interest and activities. I have enjoyed my time and involvement with the ctri group over the years I have been a member. Especially the antenna work crew involvement. As you know I am not at active contester. I did participate in the New England QSO party. and the Local VHF simplex grid contest. And had I a great time doing those events. I feel this is the time to make some changes for the New Year for both me and my wife. I will turn in the ledger with balance information, and will turn over the clubs fund balance by making a personal check from my checking account payable to who ever takes over my old position or who ever you designate to make the balance out to. The current balance is as follows: $593.56.
Sincerely yours:
Daniel A. Roy
ka1bno
logs due reminder//upcoming events
Happy New Year!
Just a reminder that logs for last month’s ARRL 10 Meter Contest are due to ARRL NLT Jan 10. This event was marked by outstanding participation by CTRI CG and most members who were active have already submitted their logs. For the few who may have been active that weekend but have yet to submit, there is still time! ARRL is just a few logs shy of 5000 for the event…and every point helps the overall CTRI club score.
…and logs for the ARRL 160 M Contest are due NLT 1600Z Tuesday Jan 3!!
Good luck to those participating in ARRL RTTY Roundup this weekend — the first significant contest of the New Year! The contest calender is very busy for the next few months with a big contest just about each weekend…check out the convenient calendar link at the top of the webpage for general dates.
The following two weekends after RTTY Roundup will have the North American QSO Party CW, then Phone. These events are excellent for accumulating needed U.S. states on all the HF bands 10-160m. The exchange is simple too — name & state! This event is only 12 hours long too (max 10 hrs for single-ops). We may put teams together for these events if there is interest (teams consist of max. 5 single-op **UNassisted ops**only).
ARRL’s January VHF Sweeps coincides with the NAQP SSB during the 3rd weekend in January for the VHF’ers among us.
Hope to see you in the contests.
73 – Bill W1WBB
CTRI 20 ANNIV. S/E -May 1 – May 15
To all…
First, Happy New Year…I hope everyone has has a healthy and happy 2012.
Second, before the week is out I should have confirmation that the first special event callsign has been granted, K1C.
I used the KILO prefix since I only received one response as to what prefix block we wanted to use.
When the confirmation arrives I will post the application website and a copy of my application. We just need to all follow the same format I used so our dates and info are correct.
More info to come
73
Dave W1CTN
Radio Ansonia
PS: please go to my QRZ page to see the nice job Pat NG1G did erecting my new 40 meter rotary dipole.
2012 and CTRI CG
I would like to wish all the great members of CTRI Contest Group a Happy New Year for 2012. As a club, we have many things to look forward to, and I trust we will have many enjoyable opportunities to get together and enjoy our fabulous hobby.
So, what goals are you going to set for yourself for this coming year? Personally, I want to continue persuing 5-Band DXCC. I have completed the first 100 in 2011, and am rapidly closing in on 40-meter DXCC. I have 96 confirmed on LoTW, and I have four cards that should put me right at the magic number!
One really good way, as you all know, to increase these numbers is to operate in the various DX contests! And, submit your scores so the club aggregate can take advantage of your progress toward your personal goals.
I believe a good topic for our first meeting in 2012 would be to establish some club goals. That way, we can keep an eye on our progress as the year passes beneath our feet as we trod along together.
Again, Happy New Year. See you in the pile-ups, and at a club meeting now and then. 73, Mike, K1DM
CTRI Championship Leaderboard – 12/22/2011
Here is the final update for 2011 which includes results posted or emailed to me through the ARRL 10 Meter contest. The next contest in the Champions series is the ARRL RTTY RoundUp on the weekend of 7-8 January 2012. Rick, KI1G, has already posted an article about that contest. Before that contest, I will post an article where everyone can post their results by adding a “comment” to the posting.
Wishing everyone Happy Holidays and a healthy and prosperous 2012.
73, Ken K3IU, Current Keeper of the Leaderboard
2012 ARRL RTTY Roundup is coming soon
Hi everyone and Happy Holidays
Just a reminder that the 2012 ARRL RTTY Roundup is just a couple of weeks away. This is one of the more popular RTTY contests and it does not require an entire weekend commitment. The contest is 30 hours long of which single op’s may operate 24 hours. Lots of stations to work and alot of DX participation as well. Full rules at http://www.arrl.org/rtty-roundup
Hope to hear some CTRI activity in the contest.
73,
Rick KI1G
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2011 ARRL 10 Meter Contest RESULTS
Please post your results for this contest by adding a comment to this posting.
Thanks…
Ken K3IU
1/2 way thru Operation 10m Contest
Great activity from CTRI CG in the ‘test so far…9 mbr stations were heard active from here with very good conditions today — and a few of our ‘big guns’ not even yet heard from.
First Europe in the log abt 6:30 A.M. local hr…lasted until around 11:30 A.M. No real e-skip Friday night…just 2 stns worked in W9 just after 10:15 P.M. via ‘ESP’ as things never quite broke open. Will check band again later tonite. Unable to work JA/KH2 this eve …disappointing; too weak — maybe tomorrow. Last mult/QSO was NV…in log 2 hrs 15m past sunset.
Bands were busy but not quite like CQWW…still, plenty of DX around. And plenty of US/VE still to work. Only 7 Mexico Q’s made.
Hope folks had fun through Day 1. Hope to work a few more CTRI mbrs on day 2. My numbers through the first day running LP:
Band Mode QSOs Pts Cty
28 CW 353 1412 114
28 USB 82 164 59
Total Both 435 1576 173
Score: 272,648
73, Bill W1WBB
Less than 48 hrs until the big 10m Contest
Just a few items in preparing for the ARRL 10 Meter Contest this weekend… At contest start Friday eve at 0000Z the band may be pretty much closed down, except for local contesters — of which I put many into the log (all good mults – CT, RI, MA, NH, NY) the first night the past few years.
Check the band every so often during each evening as it may open to sporadic-E skip or even meteor scatter. A nice opening to the Midwest/Southeast in last year’s contest the first night lasted over 2 hours and went past local midnite! Some nice state mults were worked then that may not otherwise be available during the contest.
Speaking of multipliers, there are 97 available mults just among the U.S., Canada and Mexico — all 50 U.S. states + D.C., the individual 14 VE provinces and territories as well as the recently added 32 Mexican states. Maritime mobiles may be worked also as a mult — giving out their region: R1, R2 or R3.
Adding in all the DXCC mults that will be available may allow some single mode ops to push the 200 multiplier envelope! For mixed mode ops (where multipliers count per *mode*) 300 mults will likely be achievable. Bottom line…lots of multipliers to be had in this contest.
But with all the frequency space available on 28 MHz, operators should try to ‘run’ a frequency by calling CQ when possible to increase their QSO rate and because many multipliers will come to them. During the recent CQWW SSB ‘test Phone stations were found calling CQ in the contest above 29.1 MHz due to the great activity on the band! Expect more of that this weekend, for sure.
With the crowded conditions and great popularity of the spotting networks worldwide, DX and rare multiplier stations have commented how difficult it is now to separate the dozens (hundreds?) of callers (esp. on CW) who are ALL zero-beat together after pointing and clicking on their DX ‘spot’. As a caller of the DX *a small change in your TX freq of a few Hz* either side of his TX frequency will likely help you be heard and get thru the pile more quickly. A number of DX ops went ‘split operation’ temporarily to manage the pileups during CQWW. Be sure you know how to quickly ‘go split’ with your radio when needed to get the DX!
The ARRL 10 Meter Contest is a great way for folks to work on their WAS award as well as DXCC. Many contesters are active on the ARRL’s Logbook of the World (LoTW) so credits for worked entities can come quickly. I personally need 5 more states for 10M WAS (all close in to New England) and hope to snag a few of those this weekend.
Conditions remain good on the band this week…China and Hong Kong were worked via Long Path in the A.M. early this week and many African stations have been heard to be active. Openings to Europe Saturday and Sunday mornings could be earlier than 7 A.M. EST so don’t forget to check the band by then.
Operation: ARRL 10 Meter ‘Test is almost upon us — Enjoy the contest and go CTRI CG!
73,
Bill W1WBB
