[Mldxcc] 35 mile club radius--possible change to club center?

[Dick Wilson]

IMO, the center stays as it is and MLDXCC participates in club competitions
as a 'medium' club (if we can get ARRL to recognize that).
We have members in Yankee Hill in the north, Virginia City to the
east, San Jose & Twain Harte to the south.
I see this as affecting the 10 & 160 contests in December and possibly 
the ARRL
DX contests in Feb/ March if NCCC does not make an effort. MLDXCC SS scores
are listed with NCCC. ( I think we have only one or two that are not 
also NCCC.)
If we were to be considered a 'local' club with the 35 mile radius, we 
may get some
static from REDXA in CQP...NCCC uses ARRL rules for club determination.

Dick


On 6/14/2010 6:52 PM, Richard Hill wrote:
> There was a short discussion of recent contest results listing MLDXCC as
> a small club and whether our club center was where we need it to be.  I
> did a review of the 175-mile radius a while back and we have a image of
> the 175-mile radius in the Nugget.  Pine Grove is a good 175-mile radius
> for MLDXCC.  We have been entering in the medium club category to be
> able to include most, if not all, active club members and we do well.
>
> The question raised was whether the 35-mile radius from Pine Grove is
> good.  AA6K noted that he was out of the 35-mile radius.  NU6T, W6RFF,
> N6RK, WX6V and KF6T are all out of the Pine Grove 35-mile radius.  While
> you could easily miss NU6T's scores, there are some big guns that will
> not be included in a small club entry.  Is there another club center
> that could include more big scores without losing big scores we now include.
>
> One option is to use a center south of Rancho Murieta to bring AA6K,
> N6RK, WX6V and KF6T into the 35-mile radius.  That location is 38.466 N,
> -121.1W.  You can see the effect of this center by plugging the numbers
> into GPSVisualizer and zooming in on the resulting map:
> http://www.gpsvisualizer.com/calculators .  Scroll down the page to find
> the radius calculator.  The output is a Google or other map you can
> select.  Be sure to change the radius to "35mi" and include a minus sign
> infront of the "121".
>
> We lose stations south and east of Calaveras County Airport such as
> Copperopolis, Angles Camp and Murphy's.
>
> Twain Hart, Sonora and Jamestown ARE in the Pine Hill radius but not in
> the Rancho Murieta radius.
>
> I have images that can go in the Nugget if there is interest.  Should we
> consider entering some contests as a small club?  If so, should we use
> Pine Grove or another center?
>
> Rich
> NU6T
>
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