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Subject: PVRC December Newsletter
PVRC December Newsletter 1997
POTOMAC VALLEY RADIO CLUB - CALENDAR
Wed weekly PVRC BWI breakfast 7:30 AM at Basil's Deli Port on
Elkridge Landing Rd. Info from W6AXX
Thu Dec 4 PVRC/NC meeting at Luna's, 3227 Avent Ferry Rd, Raleigh at
6 PM.
Mon Dec 8 Central meeting and Christmas party in Tysons Corners, VA.
See page 1.
Fri Dec 12 SW VA at Denny's Restr, West Salem, VA. K4IQ
Tue Dec 16 NW meeting, Legends Restr, Hampton Inn, I-270/Rt85,
Frederick MD at 8:00 PM
Tue Dec 16 Tidewater Colony meeting, China Palace Restr, Jct
Newtown/Kempsville Rds, Norfolk
Thu Dec 4 PVRC/NC meeting at Luna's, 3227 Avent Ferry Rd, Raleigh at
6 PM
Mon Jan 12 Central meeting, Espiscopal Ch, Rt 5, Temple Hills, MD
(Feb 9 at the library in Vienna, VA)
POTOMAC VALLEY RADIO CLUB
NEWSLETTER DECEMBER 1997
PVRC CHRISTMAS PARTY, MONDAY, DEC 8TH,
by Rich Boyd, KE3Q (From pkt messages- editor)
The annaul PVRC Christmas dinner will be at the Olive Garden Restaurant,
Route 7 at International Drive and Gallows Rd., Tyson's Corner near the
Beltway (Virginia), on Monday, December 8, 1997, 7:30 p.m.
The program will start with K3LP and KE3Q showing slides (if developed in
time) of their A61AJ Dxpedition in CQWW CW. Then the main program will
be travel tales from K3ZO.
The facility at the Olive Garden is a nice, separate area that seats as
many as 120. Plenty of room to come and go, visit your friends at other
tables and there will be a podium at one end.so we will hear the speaker,
this time.
We will be able to choose from the entire menu. The highest price entre
is $13.95 but, or course, you can order just a salad, if you wish.
If you're coming, please let us (via N3OC while I'm in A6) so we can get a
head count, but if you can't let us know ahead, please don't let that
deter you. We had 73 last year.
MINUTES OF THE POTOMAC VALLEY RADIO CLUB CENTRAL MEETING 11/10/97 FALLS
CHURCH, VA
by Brian McGinness, N3OC, Secretary
The meeting was called to order at 7:40 by Rich, KE3Q. Members and guests
were introduced.
A discussion of the recent CW sweepstakes and the upcoming phone
sweepstakes was held. An article from a recent NCCC newsletter concerning
club competetion was also passed around.
A runoff vote for the central region on the logo was held.
A general discussion about contest dxpeditions was held, with information
about the V26B, PJ9B and 8P9Z operations.
The officer elections for 1998 were held. A motion to close the
nominations was made by W8ZA and seconded by K3ZO. The result of the
elections are: President - Tyler Stewart K3MM, Vice-President - Brian
McGinness N3OC, Secretary - Rich Boyd KE3Q, Treasurer - Dave Baugher WR3L.
Rich presented information about the possible locations for the annual
Christmas dinner, preferable on the second Monday in December (late note -
will be 12/8/97 at the Olive Tree in Tysons corner, Virginia).
War sotries about the CQWW SSB and SS CW were held until it was realized
that two applications had not been voted on yet. New applications were
received from K7LU, Scott, an extra class operator from Fairfax, and the
infamous KA3QPG, Joel Knoblock, the perpetrator of The R.F. Connection.
Both were elected into membership, welcome to PVRC! The meeting was
adjourned at 9:30.
PVRC/NC MEETING MINUTES 11/6/97
by Pete Soper, KS4XG,[email protected]
Site: The meeting was held at Luna's Pizza in Raleigh 18:00-19:30.
Attendees: AA4NC/W4MR, Will; K4MA, Jim (activities); N3QYE, Jim; N4CW,
Bert (chairman); K3CV, Jeff Keller; K4HA, Bob; K4PB, Alan; N4AF, Howie;
WB4HFL, Henry; KF4MOK, Dave; K2AV, Guy; W3GCG, Willy; W2CS, Gary; K4QPL,
Jim; KS4XG, Pete (secretary).
Membership; This was the first meeting of Jeff Keller, K3CV, sponsored by
K4HA. Jeff is looking forward to joining PVRC and contributing his
scores. Welcome, Jeff. Willy, W3GCG (formerly WB3GCG) has been a PVRC
member for 15 years and joins us after finding the NC chapter and the PVRC
club circle moved South. Welcome to the NC chapter, Willy. Chapter
membership is now twenty.
Club business and announcements : Bert, N4CW commenced the meeting. The
logo vote is down to a runoff between design #2 and #4. The designs were
passed around and a vote was taken to be forwarded to the PVRC secretary
N3OC. Member's votes were as follows: Design #2: 7 votes and Design
#4: 7 votes.
Example PVRC club QSL cards were passed around for inspection. KS4XG
reported that PVRC secretary N3OC made it clear that there are no meeting
attendance requirements for claiming club affiliation for CQ sponsored
contests, only for ARRL sponsored events.
Member Activities: Pete, KS4XG is down to two PL259s and hookup of the
control box for the relay switching to get his quad tribander on the air
for initial tuneup. Will, AA4NC said "CQWW rules, Sweepstakes sucked."
His effort at FS5PL was discussed and all agreed that their score looks
like it will hold up well. Jim, K4MA will be active with callsign WP2Z
during SS/SSB. Jim passed around the plaque he and Will received for
their #1 result from the ARRL DX/SSB contest. Mighty pretty!
Jim, N3QYE reports that the NCSU club station has put up a 160m fullwave
loop and expects to be active for the contest next month. Their W4ATC
collegiate championship entry made over 600 Qs during SS/CW. Jim said that
membership at the university club is up and some members are upgrading
their license classes.
N4CW worked SS/CW from the K4PB station. K4HA worked CQWW at the N4ZC
multi multi station. Bob said that when JY1 called in N4ZC kept saying
"JY1 what?". Finally there was communication and someone asked "Is this
Hussein" and the answer in a very low voice was "Yeah!"
K4PB said he's going to make a M/S effort during the 160m test in December
and invites interested operators to join him. N4AF said "SS sucked".
WB4HFL reported great results during CQWW on 10 meters. Henry bagged
about 15 European contacts with his six element beam and many others with
his 10m antenna farm, including a novel design "rope yagi". K4MOK is
preparing the W4ATC club station amplifier for SS/SSB and we'll be
expecting Dave's "CQ" this weekend.
K2AV said SS sucked. Guy sorted out RFI problems but missed enough of the
action that he's pledged an effort in the SS/SSB test, a precedent for
him. He said that the blower noise of his AL1200 and the CW filter of his
recieer masked the Saturday night thunderstorms so much that he didnt'
notice anything. AA4NC said he didn't notice anything either, until his
station to a strike and caused the smoke to be lost from a power strip.
W3GCG explained that he moved to the area (north of Raleigh) 12 years ago
and is twice retired. He makes all band contest efforts, mostly phone, and
is experienced with tower work and offered to help others. He has 100
feet of Rohn 45 up but almost last it due to the hurricane. He has wire
beams and eight 2400' beverages.
K4PQL said that SS/CW was his best SS in 25 years (i.e. since he took part
25 years ago!). Jim was grinning from ear to ear with enthusiasm as he
explained how much fun it was to take part in the test using a TS850 and
TR (last SS was with a Globe King and other equipment the notetaker
couldn't catch). Jim chalked up 530 QSOs and 73 sections on 80 and 40
meters with a G5RV at 30 feet. Outstanding, Jim!
W2CS said SS/CW sucked. Although Gary got a clean sweep (and abt 500 Qs?)
he couldn't put up with the aggravation for a full effort on QRP.
December Meeting: Luna's Pizza, 1800 Thur Dec 4th
TIDEWATER COLONY MINUTES, NOVEMBER 18TH,
by Don Lynch, W4ZYT
The Tidewater Colony of the PVRC met 18 Nov at C&M Seafood, Newtown Road
(a new location) in conjunction with the Virginia DXCC. Of almost forty
attendees, there were 14 PVRC members: W4SD, WA#QWA, K4UX, NW3K,
K4IX,W4HIR,W4HM,W4JLS,W4LSG (formerly WA4OAE), WB4DNL, W1WTG, W4PRO,
WD4GOY, and W4ZYT. New members W8RJL, AF4CD, and KO4NX were inducted with
appropriate ceremony. The chapter now totals 21 members.
An update on W4DHZ who was hospitalized shortly after last month's meeting
was noted. He is recovering in a skiled care nursing facility but plans
to return home. We anticipate an antenna stringing party once he is home
to get him back on the air. Sea stories regarding group operations by
K4IX and his merry band at W4PRO's super station, and by the W4ZYT beach
pirate group from the Corolla beach house were shared with the group.
This year Bus and the K4IX group git the most Q's, but both groups were
able to make the clean sweep. We''ll have to come up with some suitable
trophy to exchange for this now recurring annual friendly competition. A
vote was taken on the PVRC Logo run-off: #2 = 0, #4 = 17.
Biref mention was made of the upcoming ARRL CW DX Test expedition to
KG4-land by NW3K, W4SD, and W4ZYT. More details will follow. Also noted
is that new PVRC member Lynn, AF4CD, now a Virginia Section Asst Section
Manager, will run for SM in the new year. Plans for the upcoming CW WW
and ARRL Tests were briefly reviewed. The meeting was adjourned around
2100.
11/21/97 PVRC/SWVA Meeting Minutes,
by John Mitchell K4IQ
Site: Pargo's Restaurant in Roanoke, VA, 1800-2100
Attendees: K4IQ, John; W4YE, Buddy; K1GG, Gordon; N4GU, Mike; WA4RDI,
Dave.
Membership: This was the first formal meeting for the SWVA PVRC Chapter.
Founding members are W4YE, K1GG, and K4IQ. N4GU and WA4RDI have attended
previous informal meetings, and were voted into membership unanimously.
Welcome Mike and Dave!
Meeting Agenda: The meeting began after dinner and small talk with a
fascinating presentation by Buddy W4YE (ex-W4YZC), of memorabilia from the
PVRC of twenty-five years ago, when Buddy lived in the No. Va. area, and
was an officer in the club. Buddy brought photos from the period,
including many interesting shots of notables of that (and this) era.
Especially interesting was a copy of the Silver Anniversary booklet put
together in 1972, when Buddy was club secretary. Buddy also regaled us
with some stories from that period, and left us with original qsl cards
from W4KFC, a legend if there ever was one.
We then went around the table to show and tell about our stations, recent
operating, and planned events. W4YE has a short tower with a Lightning
Bolt quad and a wire antenna, but is planning to raise some AB-105 tower
in the near future. K4IQ related his tower plans for the ridge top above
his house, and N4GU explained his current activity from his home, and from
the Club station at Virginia Tech, K4KDJ, where he is a life member.
K4KDJ was active during sweepstakes, and Mike will follow through to
canvass possible PVRC members. Mike plans to operate the ARRL 160M contest
from campus, suspending a variety of antennas for 160M from the top of the
engineering hall, which will be mostly vacant for the weekend.
Dave, WA4RDI, along with Mike N4GU and Gordon,operated the K1GG station to
what looks like a Division first in SS multi phone again this year.
Gordon, K1GG, provided the group with a description of his well equipped
station, which features three towers:
3 el. 40M at 150 ft, 5 over 5 on 20M at 100 and 50ft, 6 over 6 on 15M at
80 and 40ft, and a 6 el. 10M at 60ft, as well as wire antennas for the low
bands from the taller towers. A second 10M antenna will join the stack on
tower three next year. The K1GG (ex-KC4DY) gang has orked together for
the past several sweepstakes, taking the Roanoke Division multi-op plaque
several years in a row, now.
The location and date was set for the next meeting, at Denny's in Salem,
VA. at 6pm on December 12th. The meeting was adjourned at 2045.
OVER THE HILL BUNCH by Bill Leavitt, W3AZ
The OTH bunch met at the Oxon Hill Ramada on November 12wth. Those
attending wereAA4XU, W3ABC, K3ZO, W3EIV, W3CP, W3CP XYL, W3GN, W6AXX,
AA4I, and W3AZ. The conversatons covered about everything in amateur
radio. A copy of a Hallicrafters add from a mid-1950 QST was circulated
showing W3GN operating one of their new creatons. It was a good picture
of the back of Larry's head. Andy reported via Internet from
Murfreesboro, TN that he was on his way to Texas and in October the OTH
attendees were K6IR, W3CP, W3GN, W3UJ, W6AXX, W3AZ, W3EIV , W3ABC, and
W3XE.
The PVRC Exchange by Ed Steeble, K3IXD [email protected]
It is now time to pass these duties onto someone else. In June I accepted
a new assignment at work and have been very busy. Plus for four years I
have been taking orders for PVRC hats, shirts, sweatshirts, and coffee
mugs. I have informed the outgoing officers and the incoming ones that I
am resigning as the point of contact for the "PVRC items".
I encourage someone to step forward and handle this task. It does benefit
the club. I will be glad to pass on my lessons learned and the details of
the ordering. With internet, there is no reason for my successor to be
local to me. However, we could us the mail or LL. HF and
PacketCluster(tm) shouldn't be used since the discussion are business
related.
And please continue to support N3NT (ex-AA3HM) who handles the orders for
PVRC QSL cards; and N3OC (ex-WA3WJD) who handles the PVRC name badges
orders.
It is great to see pictures in the magazines of club members wearing the
PVRC badge and shirts, as well as being able to spot PVRC members easier
at hamfests. I am not sure which logo won, but either way the new logo
recognizes all the states within the geographic boundary.
PVRC RECRUITING by Bob Dannals, W2GG [email protected]
To follow up on Rich Boyd's packet message about recruiting, I suggested
to him that a survey of this year's PVRC logs from CW and Phone
Sweepstakes could be performed to pull out contacts from the 7 sections
within the club's competitive boundary and "target" these stations as
potential new members might pay future dividends.
I would like to enlist your help in this effort. You've already done the
hard part (working the stations). For those of you who submit logs
electronically to ARRL, if you could forward a copy of that file (ASCII
text) to me via internet email (address above) or on disk, I will do the
following: (1) pull out all contacts from MD, PA, VA, WV, NC, and DE, (2)
assemble those contacts into one database from all logs submitted, (3)
check the geographic coordinates of the stations and try to determine if
the station is within the competitive radius, (4) generate some statistics
on each station in the database (for example, estimate time on air,
contacts per hour, total contacts), and (5) provide the analysis back to
the club for future action
The more people who help in this effort, the better the portrait will be
of local activity during the contest. I hope that you can help.
PVRC Contest Calendar for December
by Tyler Stewart, K3MM
Hopefully this will become a monthly feature of the newsletter. I plan on
highlighting contests of major interest to PVRC members, especially all
club competitions.
ARRL 160 Meter Contest - Dec 5 2200Z to Dec 7 1600Z *Club Competition*
This is a CW-only contest which PVRC won in 1996! In this one, W/VE works
everyone and DX only works W/VE (simlar to the ARRL DX Comp but with W to
W QSO's counting as well). It's a lot of fun, even for those with modest
160 antennas, and it's easy to rack up a good sized score in just a few
hours, although the whole 42 is allowed. Exchange is 599 + Section. Help
PVRC win another gavel and get on if just for a few hours...it's a
guaranteed good time!
ARRL 10 Meter Contest - Dec 13 0000z to Dec 14 2400Z *Club Competition*
Yet another gavel winner in 1996 for PVRC! This is a 36 of 48 hours for
all classes. You may enter CW, Phone, or Mixed Mode. Multi-ops may use
packet, etc., but only enter mixed mode. Scoring is 2 points for phone
and 4 points for CW except 8 points for novice/tech QSO's on CW only.
Mults are US states, VE provinces, DXCC countries, and ITU Regions (for DX
mobiles only). Exchange is 599 + QTH for W/VE and 599 + serial number for
DX. Let's pray for sunspots and another PVRC win!
Internet CW Sprint Contest - Dec 21 0200z to 0400z
This hasnt been a real popular contest on the east coast, but it's surely
a challenge! The exchange is Number, Name, and State. The catch is that
after your first QSO, you send the name you received on the previous QSO!
In addition, there is a QSY rule. If you solicit a QSO on a frequency,
you must QSY at least 1 kc to call another station or 5 kc's to call CQ
again. You can work the same station again if you have made 3 other QSO's
inbetween! The standard thing to do is to call a CQ'er and then after
that QSO is done, it's your frequency! Be sure and read the rules if you
want to partake seriously because this one's a LOT different.
PVRC 50th Anniversary QSO Party - Dec 31 2300Z to Jan 1 0100Z
A 2 hour on-the-air 50 year celebration! Be sure to kiss your loved one
at midnight and then continue on! See the newsletter or web page for
rules.
North American QSO Party - CW - Jan 10 1800Z to Jan 11 0600Z Team
Competition
This is one I always enjoy. Single Op's do 10 out of 12 hours. Exchange
is Name and QTH. Score 1 point for any QSO times total sum of
multipliers. There are separate band multipliers for 160 through 10
meters. Be sure and join a team (no requirements...anyone can join from
anywhere, with up to 5 members on a team) for added fun. Passing mults is
one of the keys to success for this one! It's a fun way to spend a few
wintery hours on a Saturday, and it's great practice for both passing and
2-radio single-op'ing.
50TH ANNIVERSARY QSO PARTY by Leo Boberschmidt, KA3TGY, Chairman, QSO
Party 301-946-3738
PVRC 50th Anniversary QSO Party, sponsored by the Potomac Valley Radio
Club. Celebrating the formation of the PVRC in 1947. 2300Z Dec 31 to 0100Z
Jan 1 [2 hours, only]. All PVRC members will sign "/50" after their call
signs. Work PVRC members once per band and mode: 3.550 3.850 7.050 7.250
14.050 14.250 21.050 21.350 28.050 28.450. Each band-mode counts
separately. PVRC stations work everyone; others work PVRC stations only.
Exchange RST and QTH [state or country]. Score 1 pt/phone QSO, 2 pt/CW
QSO, 10 pt/QSO with club station W3GRF. Special certificate to overall
winner. Certificates for high score phone only and for high score CW only;
certificates for high score in each state and for high score in each DXCC
country. Send logs to PVRC, c/o KA3TGY, 3928 Denfeld Court, Kensington, MD
20895 or to [email protected].
PVRC REFLECTOR CHANGES ISP by Howie Hoyt, N4AF
By the time you read this, the PVRC reflector will be moved from pagez.net
to qsl.net. The change of reflector was motivated by three factors:
1) N4AF's ISP was getting clobbered by bounces of the Linux .Forward file.
With 100+ subscribers, there always seems to be some users ISP that is
down- producing a 'bounced email' message to originator & owners ISP!
2) It was felt that we should tighten security, without hassling members.
3) We wanted to change the subscribe/un-subscribe structure to allow
automagic response without human intervention.
4) Occasionally, junk mail would reach ID [email protected]. This was
faithfully sent out to all subscribers ! The new site will eliminate
this.
Now that PVRC is the club to watch/catch up to, security is being
tightened. If your email id does not contain your call, please send email
to [email protected], from the subscribing id, and enclose your call in the
email so we can guarantee all subscribers are PVRC!
TIP: Folks with generic email ID's may wish to look at http://www.qsl.net
to investigate how to get a free ID- such as [email protected]. They,
rather generously, also provide web and ftp space in the process.
It is NOT a true email account, but rather a unix .FORWARD file set up to
forward the mail to your true email account. As I anticipate moving in
the future, it provides a nice way to make the ID change transparent!
More reflector info following "Scores." -editor
Scores by Dave Blanchard, N3II.
CQWW DX SSB (#10 11/15) by N3II
CALL BND QSO ZON CTY TOTAL
SINGLE OP HIGH POWER -UNASSISTED
K3ZO 2315 122 438 3,638,880
K4ZW 2014 137 452 3,340,000
W9LT 1056 109 345 1,307,974
W8ZA 0 0 0 730,000
K3ZJ/8 15 1064 32 127 479,067
K2UOP/8 542 84 241 467,025
W3AZ 488 64 199 357,680
N4CW 409 81 199 305,480
N4MXT 15 571 31 130 257,406
W4YV 10 601 26 111 206,322
K3OSX 321 65 173 202,062
W3EKT 300 63 160 176,839
W4IF 138 30 81 43,290
K4PB 82 30 59 18,690
W4VC 20 51 12 35 6,627
SINGLE OP LOW POWER - UNASSISTED
W3KN 576 85 227 490,152
N4MO 20 491 31 117 205,128
K3XZ 294 52 115 105,210
AA3LE 229 47 125 102,168
WB2BZR 10 224 23 66 53,756
W3EMH 134 35 69 36,920
WB4HFL 10 182 19 54 36,062
W3CP 15 108 19 52 20,590
N3TG/M 20 82 17 44 13,664
K3GEG 10 69 14 30 7,920
KS4XG 20 41 11 22 3,498
SINGLE OP QRP - UNASSISTED
W3ECU 134 45 78 40,836
SINGLE OP ASSISTED
K4ZAM 1168 117 366 1,569,267
N3II 882 117 415 1,286,376
K3DI 868 100 358 1,090,498
K3KY 822 107 367 1,073,610
W2GG 822 106 350 1,009,584
W3UJ 739 81 270 716,040
W3HVQ 638 92 292 667,776
W4JVN 659 90 279 656,820
N3HBX 20 1182 35 142 547,638
K3SX 506 104 270 503,778
K3IXD 455 93 266 432,595
N3NT 447 78 229 367,172
K6IR 324 59 165 217,728
WR3L 15 436 32 130 200,394
W3GG 267 44 140 140,024
W3YD 263 58 140 138,204
K3KO 15 334 28 100 121,472
N4ZR 210 53 119 97,524
K4VV 20 275 23 89 88,032
NT4D 150 46 103 57,067
N3QYE 134 43 76 43,197
MULTI - SINGLE
8P9Z 8416 151 598 5,160,509
FS5PL 8189 155 596 3,638,970
W3GNQ 1800 143 541 3,336,552
MULTIOP
W3LPL 5940 172 724 4,000,000
W4MYA 2833 157 590 5,758,623
V26B 4144 169 716 5,618,300
PJ9B 5434 176 718 4,477,777
N4ZC 3448 158 589 1,420,000
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
56 LOGS TOTAL 77,088,773
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
LAST YEAR (SSB & CW)
Frankford R C 328,583,151
Yankee Clipper C C 276,565,298
Potomac Valley R C 130,778,491
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
OPERATORS:
8P9Z K3KG K3ZR K4FJ
FS5PL AA4NC + FS5PL K9PG K9NW
K9VV (PVRC=1/4 OF 14.55m)
N4ZC K4MA K4HA + OTHERS
(PVRC= 1/5 OF 7,062,138)
PJ9B N4RV + K3EST AND 7 OTHERS
(PVRC= 1/9 OF 40,300,000)
V26B N3OC K3MM + WT3Q AB2E
W2UDT KA2AEV WX0B W3FV
N2SR N2TK N5NJ (2/11 31M)
W3GNQ WR3Z K3LP WI2T K3SKE W3GNQ
W3LPL AI3M G4PIQ K1HTV K1RA K1RZ
K3NA K3RA KT4W K5GO N3GB
N5OKR ND3A ND3F OH2MM
ON7ZV W3LPL W3ZZ WM2H
W4MYA AD4TS N4EHJ WA4DAI KD4JXY
WU4G KC4AUF KS4RX AC4OB
N4ZJ KF4QQY KF4SPT W4MYA
.. AND LOUISE
ARRL CW (#10 11/25) by N3II
CALL QSO SEC TOTAL
** SINGLE OP HIGH POWER
K3MM 1290 79 203,820
KE3Q 1210 79 191,180
KT3Y 1209 79 191,022
K3ZO 1169 79 184,702
N4AF 1133 79 178,382
W4MR 1124 79 177,592
N4ZR 1061 78 165,516
WF3T 954 79 150,732
K3JT 0 0 150,000
W9LT 937 78 146,172
N4CW 900 78 140,400
N8II 888 78 138,528
K3SV 801 79 126,558
K4IQ 741 79 117,078
N3OC 700 76 106,400
N3II 630 79 99,540
W4BQF 606 75 90,900
W3AZ 432 77 66,528
K4GMH 535 62 66,340
K3OSX 405 79 63,990
N3JT 401 76 60,952
W4MYA 357 73 52,122
K2AV 301 73 43,946
W3PP 262 79 41,396
W8ZA 260 74 38,480
K4VV 290 65 37,700
W3GG 225 62 27,900
W3HVQ 132 59 15,300
W3GN 59 33 3,894
W3EKT 51 28 2,856
** SINGLE OP LOW POWER
W3MC 822 79 129,718
W4YE 743 79 117,394
W3DA 680 79 107,440
W2GG 657 77 101,178
K3MQH 538 78 83,928
KM3V 498 79 78,684
W3UJ 496 79 78,526
K4QPL 530 73 77,380
AC4ZO 471 73 68,766
N4MO/3 415 74 61,420
ND3F 400 76 60,800
K4SO 361 73 52,706
K3RA 340 68 46,240
W3CP 286 71 40,612
WR3L 253 76 38,456
K3SA 250 68 34,000
WA4DAI 190 63 23,940
W4VC 137 62 16,988
K4EC 159 53 16,854
K3HH 135 60 16,200
W4HM 150 53 15,900
WD3A 122 51 12,444
N3UN 112 49 10,976
K4PB 108 46 9,936
NE3H 81 30 4,860
W3DAD 25 17 850
N3TG 10 9 180
** SINGLE OP QRP POWER
W2CS 507 79 80,106
WV3B 215 67 28,810
W3UR 34 19 1,292
** MULTIOP
W4RM 1050 79 165,900
NT4D 850 77 130,900
N3RR 728 79 115,024
K4MA 725 79 114,550
K4IX 645 79 101,910
W4ATC 638 79 100,804
K3DI 546 79 86,268
N3AM 517 79 81,686
W4ZYT 458 79 72,364
WA4QDM 317 79 50,086
WD3P 309 73 45,114
NY3M 294 71 41,748
K3SW 130 68 17,680
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*CRASH ATE MOST OF W3PP CW LOG*
73 LOGS TOTAL 5,620,544
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Multiop operators:
K4IX: K4IX W4HIR W4JLS W4PRO KO4NX
N3RR: N3RR KT4W K4VV
NY3M: NY3M DAVID
W4ATC: KO4PY N3QYE KF4ARS
W4RM: W4RM W4NF W4CE
W4ZYT: W4ZYT W4SD KC4VZK W8RJL AF4DC
SS SSB (#6 11/25) by N3II
CALL QSO SEC TOTAL
** SINGLE OP HIGH POWER
WP2Z 2379 79 375,882
KH7R 1930 78 301,080
K3MM 1865 79 294,670
K3ZO 1807 78 281,892
W4MR 1701 79 268,758
K4ZAM 1532 79 242,856
W2CS 1422 78 221,832
W3PP 1365 79 215,670
NB1B 1279 79 202,082
N3OC 1200 79 189,600
N4RV 1059 77 163,086
K8OQL 1000 79 158,000
N3HBX 1022 76 155,344
K4IQ 953 79 150,574
KE3Q 931 79 147,098
KS4XG 874 78 136,344
N3II 835 79 131,930
WI2T 656 78 102,336
W3EKT 650 75 97,500
K4HA 610 79 96,380
W3EAX 595 78 92,820
K2AV 608 75 91,200
W8ZA 570 76 86,640
N4AF 586 73 85,556
W3XY 472 79 74,576
K4SO 452 79 71,416
N3NT 412 76 62,624
K2UOP 381 75 57,150
K3IXD 374 76 56,848
K4QPL 374 75 56,100
N3UN 348 76 52,896
N4CW 328 75 49,200
W3ZZ 274 72 39,456
K3OSX 200 55 22,000
W4ZYT 105 48 10,080
W3GN 98 48 9,408
N4ZR 102 42 8,568
W4VC 67 31 4,154
** SINGLE OP LOW POWER
K1HTV 1079 78 168,324
K3MQH 1093 76 166,136
W3KN 650 79 102,700
W3UJ 514 76 77,520
N8II 435 74 64,380
N3JT 415 76 63,080
KM3V 318 79 50,244
W4YE 300 73 43,800
KA3TGY 211 68 28,696
N3RC 206 67 27,604
WB2DNE 191 61 23,302
W3CP 153 54 16,524
W3EMH 140 53 14,840
NV3V 126 56 14,616
N3TG 123 54 13,284
AA3NM 122 54 13,176
W3ECU 100 49 9,800
** MULTIOP
K1GG 1731 79 273,498
N3RR 1221 79 192,918
W3HVQ 936 79 147,888
W4ATC 810 79 127,980
K3SW 757 79 119,606
W2GG 757 79 119,606
WR3L 733 79 115,656
NT4D 705 79 111,390
K3SV 637 79 100,646
W3LM 500 79 79,000
K3RA 528 74 78,144
N3IQ 425 79 67,150
K4VV 436 73 66,656
WA4QDM 354 79 55,932
K3LYW 353 79 55,774
KA3EJJ 305 69 42,090
K3HH 218 74 32,264
NE3H 168 64 21,504
W3UR 67 41 5,494
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CW 5,620,544
SSB 6,655,010
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144 LOGS TOTAL 12,275,554
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Operators:
K1GG: N4GU WA4RDI K1GG
K3RA: K3RA N3RNV
K4VV: W1HIR K4VV
KH7R: W3LPL
N3IQ: WA0QII N3SLN KC3VO ND3F
N3RR: N3RR K4VV KT4W
W3EAX: NF3I
W3LM: W3LM W3YD W3DAD WK3Z
WB3HUP KA3YPY N3LDY
W4ATC: N3QYE KF4MOK KF4ARS
W4MR: AA4NC
WR3L: W0CN WR3L
WP2Z: K4MA Great! But not PVRC
LAST YEAR - UNLIMITED CATEGORY
logs Total CW & SSB
Potomac V R C 117 8,875,578
Northern Ca C C 77 7,409,132
Yankee Clip C C 83 6,106,238
Mad River R C 52 4,893,534
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The paper edition of this issue contained a graphic display
of a PVRC QSL card and an order form. If you are interested
please contact Craig Lee, N3NT, 8136 Tamar Dr, Columbia, MD
21045. Tel. 410 379 0288. The prices are:
Qty Price S&H USA S&H DX
1000 $46 $5 $14
2000 $87 $10 $20
3000+ $42/K $5/K $10/thousand
No S&H charge if you pick up the cards at a regular club meeting.
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PVRC REFERENCE PAGE (Changes this month are underscored. Other updates?
- editor)
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PVRC Officers
PRESIDENT KE3Q RICH BOYD (301) 464-8014 [email protected]
VICE PRES K3MM TYLER STEWART (301) 414-5444 [email protected]
SECRETARY N3OC BRIAN McGINNESS (301) 652-6768 [email protected]
TREAS, N3KTV JIM HORTON (301) 258-9731
HISTORIAN K3SA STEVE AFFENS (301) 774-0558 [email protected]
PVRC Charter Members:
W3GRF (SK), W4AAV (SK), W4KFC (SK), N0FFZ (SK), W4LUE, W7YS, VP2VI (W0DX),
W3IKN, W4KFT.
PacketCluster Contest/DX System (MHz):
K3NA Frederick MD 145.630
W3LPL Glenwood MD 145.590 441.250
KE3Q Bowie MD 145.570 445.375
N3RR Rockville MD 145.510 441.325
N4OHE Mt.Weather VA 145.710 440.925
K3MQH S Mountain PA 145.630
WR3L Baltimore MD 145.610 440.950
N4SR Woodbridge VA 145.630 *
K4FJ Mt. Vernon VA 145.770 *
KE3QZ Hollywood, MD 145.690 *.
This system is sponsored by the Potomac Valley DX Spotting Network except
"*" are independently funded by each SYSOP.
PVRC on Internet.
PVRC web site: http://www.pvrc.org by K3SA.
NC (N4AF) web http://www.pagesz.net/~pvrc
PVRC reflector: To post: [email protected]
To join send email: [email protected] Text: SUBSCRIBE PVRC
Dues are by donation. The mandatory $10 dues have been discontinued. So
please send your donation - hopefully at least $10 - to Jim Horton, N3KTV,
8527 Calypso Lane, Gaithersburg, MD 20879-1522. Make checks payable to
PVRC. Thank you.
Newsletter & Autocall Editor: Dick Wilder, K3DI, 913 Shore Acres Rd,
Arnold, MD 21012-1724. Voice 410-757-6706, FAX/modem 410-757-6720,
[email protected], and packet. Deadlines are the 25th unless prior
arrangements are made.
CENTRAL:
Rich Boyd, KE3Q, 301-464-8014 [email protected]. The Central Meeting
is always the second Monday (except June, July, and August) at 7:30 pm.
The central meeting generally alternates between MD and VA locations. A
premeeting dinner is usually held between 5:00 and 6:30 pm. Check via
147- repeater.
VA LOCATION: The Patrick Henry (Public) Library, Route 123, Vienna, VA.
Premeeting dinner at Outback, Old Branch Ave.
MD LOCATION: Church of the Nativity (Episcopal), Route 5, Temple Hills,
MD. Premeeting dinner at Topolino's.
NORTHWEST:
Ty Stewart K3MM 301-414-5444 [email protected]. Meets at 8:00 pm on the
third Tuesday every month at the Legends Restaurant in Hampton Inn, at
I-270 and Route 85 in south Frederick, MD. Essentially includes WEST
VIRGINIA area.
NORTH CAROLINA:
Chair: Bert Michaud, N4CW, [email protected]. Sec: Pete Soper, KS4XG,
[email protected], Activites: Jim Stevens, K4MA, [email protected]. POC
is N4CW and KS4XG. Howie Hoyt, N4AF, 919-362-1301, [email protected] is
PVRC reflector editor. PVRC/NC meets at 6:00 pm (may change to 5:30 pm)
the first Thursday of every month at Luna's, 3227 Avent Ferry Rd, Raleigh,
tel. 919-854-9600. Luns'a is in s strip mall behind Courtney's
Restaurant. Go in, and proceed to the back, and up the stairs to a large
table set and waiting for you.
TIDEWATER (VA) COLONY OF PVRC.
Don Lynch W4ZYT 804-486-0728 [email protected]. Meetings are the 3rd
Tuesday of every month in conjunction with the VA DXCC at the China Palace
Restaurant corner of Newtown Road and Kempsville Road in Norfolk. Take 64
to the Newtown Road exit south. Kempsville Road is the second traffic
light. The restaurant is across the intersection to the right.
SOUTHWEST VA CHAPTER: Coordinator: John Mitchell, K4IQ, Catawba, VA
540-384-7377, [email protected]. Meets at Denny's Restaurant in West Salem;
exit 137 to intersection & left before the traffic light OR Pargo's
Restraurant in Roanoke, VA.
THE BWI REGIONAL/PVRC:
Weekly breakfast Wed at 7:30 AM at Basil's Deli Port on Elkrdige Landing
Rd 1/4 mile South of Winterson Road 410-850-4333. Director: Ike Lawton,
W2EOS, 410-263-2830. Secretary: Howard Leake, W6AXX, 410-465-7008,
[email protected]
OVER-THE-HILL Luncheon:
Rotating hosts announces meeting info. Ben Shaver, AA4XU, 703-534-4740;
Andy Anderson, W3XE, 301-384-7771, [email protected], Holiday Inn, College
Park MD; and Bill Leavitt, W3AZ, 301-292-5797, Ramada Inn, Oxon Hill
RAPPAHANNOCK or WOODBRIDGE: Jack O'Mara W4NF 703-680-4106 and Cliff Deel
W4CE 703-491-0841 [email protected]
CENTRAL VA: Bob Morris, W4MYA 804-457-9011 [email protected]
WEST (Shenandoah, etc) Chairperson: vacant
NORTHEAST: Dave Baugher, WR3L, 410-391-9735, [email protected]
EASTERN-SHORE (DEL-MAR-VA)
Brian McGinnes N3OC 301-652-6768 [email protected]
EAST (Annapolis) Rich Boyd, KE3Q, see info above
OTHER MEETINGS (based on last year):
Jun. W3LPL open house Sat before Field Day with joint
FRC/PVRC meeting on alternate years. (99, 01, ...)
Jun-Aug. When joint FRC/PVRC @FRC they announce date.
Jul. Cook out at N4AF, Apex, NC
Jul. Open house, W4MYA, Goochland, VA.
Aug. Joint NCDXA/PVRC Fowlfest at W3YOZ Park
Aug. VHF++ meeting/workshop at ND3F in Ellicott City
Sep. PVRC meeting at the FARfest in Gaithersburg
Sep. Open house, WR3L, Baltimore
Dec. Christmas dinner, DC area.