[Mldxcc] [NCCC] Fw: CaQP K6C(@W1RH) M/SFixed HP

dwp at surewest.net dwp at surewest.net
Mon Oct 3 19:28:22 PDT 2011 

If that wete the current rule,  it would seem appropriate to state it in the written rules so that all participants are aware  of it and avoid  double secret probation.


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Alan Maenchen <ad6e at arrl.net> wrote:

>Since I was the one who wrote that CQP rule several years ago, I should
>explain it.
>
>The CQP rule only refers to ARRL rules when defining what a club is. That
>was done in response to a group of hams who tried to win the club
>competition by recruiting all the top scores AFTER the contest was over as
>(in my mind) a fictitious club. That is, a club with no geographical
>boundaries, no meetings, etc. Sort of like a Sprint team.
>
>The history of CQP club scores is that a club gets a multi-op score
>proportional to the number of club members who worked at the multi.  Thus,
>if MLDXCC can say 3 out of 10 ops at N6RO were members, they could claim 30%
>of the N6RO score.
>
>In this case, it seems to me that only 50% of the K6C score can be claimed
>by MLDXCC.
>
>*BUT*,  I'm no longer in charge.
>
>73, Alan  AD6E
>
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>On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 3:33 PM, SHIRLEY ROSE <rosesl at prodigy.net> wrote:
>
>> The following excerpt is from the ARRL rules which govern club
>> competition.
>>
>> 8.5.2. At least 50% of the operators at a multi-operator station must be
>> eligible members of the club and the station must be located within the
>> defined club territory. The owner of the station does not need to be a
>> member of the club claiming the score.
>>
>> As Bob is 50% of the team we're covered.
>>
>> 73 de AA6K
>> Shirley Rose
>> President, MLDXCC
>>
>> --- On Mon, 10/3/11, Alan M. Eshleman <doctore at well.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>> From: Alan M. Eshleman <doctore at well.com>
>> Subject: Re: [NCCC] Fw: CaQP K6C(@W1RH) M/SFixed HP
>> To: "Robert Hess" <w1rh at yahoo.com>
>> Cc: mldxcc at contesting.com, nccc at contesting.com
>> Date: Monday, October 3, 2011, 2:38 PM
>>
>>
>>
>> #yiv884936193 p {margin:0;}
>>
>> I'm pleased to see that AA1ON plans his travels around CQP, but I fail to
>> see how all of those M/S points would accrue to MLDXC since he lives in Hong
>> Kong and New England.  "Honorary Member" doesn't cut it for me in the club
>> competition.
>>
>>
>> 73, Alan/K6SRZ
>>
>>
>>
>> From: "Robert Hess" <w1rh at yahoo.com>
>> To: nccc at contesting.com, mldxcc at contesting.com
>> Sent: Monday, October 3, 2011 12:09:40 PM
>> Subject: [NCCC] Fw: CaQP K6C(@W1RH) M/SFixed HP
>>
>>
>>
>>                      California QSO Party
>>
>>
>> Call: K6C
>> Operator(s): W1RH, AA1ON
>> Station: W1RH
>>
>> Class: M/SFixed HP
>> QTH: ELDO
>> Operating Time (hrs): 30
>> Radios: SO2R
>>
>> Summary:
>> Band  CW Qs  Ph Qs
>> --------------------
>>   160:    4      0
>>   80:  145    160
>>   40:  235    161
>>   20:  337    277
>>   15:  267    305
>>   10:  117    131
>>     6:
>>     2:
>> --------------------
>> Total:  1105  1034  Mults = 58  Total Score = 312,214
>>
>> Club: Mother Lode DX & Contest Club
>>
>> Comments:
>>
>>
>> For the third year in a row, I did this contest with my long time
>> contesting partner, Martin, AA1ON, who lives part time in VR2 and W1 and
>> plans his commute around CQP.  He did about 80% phone and I did about 80%
>> CW.  We compliment each other well.
>>
>> Prior to the test, we put up a vertical 40 meter square loop, had dinner
>> with W6SR, and discussed where we want to dxpedition in the Pacific.  Martin
>> also worked 3D2R on 10 CW, for a new band-mode for me, while I was BBQ'ing
>> the steaks.
>>
>> Regarding CQP, we really thought we would improve on last year's score but
>> missed it by a handful of Q's (10 I think).  With more antennas and SO2R, we
>> were certain we would have a better score.  CQ runs were disappointing and,
>> other than being called by the occasional European, we never really had any
>> Eu runs.   We did get a sweep early on Saturday when we got called
>> by Delaware in a run.
>>
>>
>> Nice to hear some of our YCCC buddies.  Worked Paul, K1XM, multiple times
>> as well as our old pal, Dennis, W1UE (formerly NB1B), operating from 6Y.
>>
>>
>>
>> Problems:
>>
>> I did most of the overnight and was surprised to encounter some crazy
>> contest  haters in the 3 AM hour (local) while running CW with a rate of
>> about 30 in a wide open band.  Moved up 5 Khz and all was well.
>>
>>
>> I have a wireless ISP operating on the tower.  I get free internet and they
>> get a tower location.  Both my station and the ISP have coexisted now
>> without interference for a few years now.  I've never really done any
>> significant high power operation on 10, however, since I began building this
>> station.  We noticed, when running 10, that packet quit.  Then I checked the
>> phone and internet and it was all dead.  Rebooted the ISP router and it all
>> came back.  Continued running on 10 and it quit again.
>>
>> Did I say that this ISP serves about 400 in the valley 1000 feet below me?
>> When I lose Internet, they do too.  So....do we stop the 10M runs or just to
>> hell with the internet?  We chose the latter but did shorten the 10 meter
>> runs to around 15 minutes and just made sure we rebooted the router
>> following the runs.  We probably sacrificed some points by doing this.  I
>> had warned the ISP about potential RF issues and they chose to ignore.  I'll
>> be working with them to fix this prior to ARRL 10 test.
>>
>>
>> Output power on the AL-1200 was varying all over the map on all bands but
>> was otherwise operating normally (clean, no spurs).  Never dropped below 500
>> watts, so we kept using it rather than wasting time swapping amps.  Put the
>> Henry 3K in service after the contest and will need to find out what's going
>> on with the AL-1200.
>>
>>
>>
>>
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