From k3lr@k3lr.com Tue Jan 1 17:43:07 2002
From: k3lr@k3lr.com (Tim Duffy K3LR)
Date: Tue, 01 Jan 2002 11:43:07 -0600
Subject: [NCC] 2001 CQWW Trophy Donation
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****** IS SOMEONE TAKING CARE OF THIS ????********
NCC
It's that time for me to collect your 2001 CQ WW trophy donation. For
your information, your categories are:
* Single Op/All Band USA LP - SSB
* Single Op/All Band USA LP - CW
The donation this year remains at $100. Please send your check, made out
to John Dorr, to: 2 Mitchell Pond Road, Windham, NH 03087.
Thanks in advance.
73 John, K1AR
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NCC
It's that time for me to collect your
2001 CQ WW trophy donation. For your information, your categories are:
* Single Op/All Band USA LP - SSB
* Single Op/All Band USA LP - CW
The donation this year remains at $100.
Please send your check, made out to John Dorr, to: 2 Mitchell Pond Road,
Windham, NH 03087.
Thanks in advance.
73 John, K1AR
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From k3lr@k3lr.com Tue Jan 1 19:16:34 2002
From: k3lr@k3lr.com (Tim Duffy K3LR)
Date: Tue, 01 Jan 2002 13:16:34 -0600
Subject: [NCC] Plaques for this year are all set
Message-ID: <3C320B12.1DCF71E6@k3lr.com>
We are all set for the 2001 CQWW plaques and the 2001 ARRL Sweepstakes
plaques. All money has been sent to the contest sponsors.
I just talked with John, K8LN and everything is done for 2001.
WT8C will be collecting dues and plaque money for 2002 plaques at the
K8MR party this coming weekend.
NCC sponsors 7 plaques every year in major contests. This is something
to be very proud of.
73,
Tim K3LR
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From Scott.Jones@Dobson.net Thu Jan 3 19:58:09 2002
From: Scott.Jones@Dobson.net (Scott Jones)
Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2002 13:58:09 -0600
Subject: [NCC] FW: K8AZ annual holiday party
Message-ID: <009FA21D5708D311BDAC0008C7CF082404E03A14@OH-YOUN-E1>
From: Lee, Thomas J.
Sent: Tuesday, January 01, 2002 11:35 PM
To: 'ncc@contesting.com'
Cc: 'Bellamy, Steve AA8MX'; 'Herrick, Tim KQ8M'; 'Jaffe, Allan W8AJ';
'Myers, Dick K8RM'; 'Sergi, Paul NO8D'
Subject: K8AZ annual holiday party
Happy New Year to the NCC Warriors!
Just a reminder: The annual K8AZ and K8MR contesters' open houses are this
weekend, January 5. Things will kick off sometime after 3 p.m. in
Chesterland, with beverages and pizza here; the festivities will travel to
Jim's at around 7 p.m., with a short NCC meeting here just before we leave.
Hope to see many of you here on Saturday. If you need directions, drop me
a note at k8az@contesting.com.
73 & HNY
Tom, K8AZ
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From k3lr@k3lr.com Fri Jan 4 00:01:06 2002
From: k3lr@k3lr.com (Tim Duffy K3LR)
Date: Thu, 03 Jan 2002 18:01:06 -0600
Subject: [NCC] Telnet Packet Cluster
Message-ID: <3C34F0C1.FFB48E6D@k3lr.com>
Just a reminder that NCCers can telnet to a super DX cluster on the
Internet.
telnet dx.n3ra.com
It has most all of the DX spotting you could ever want.
Thanks to Dave, W9ZRX and Scott, N3RA for this connection!
73,
Tim K3LR
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From wb8k@adelphia.net Mon Jan 7 22:30:58 2002
From: wb8k@adelphia.net (WB8K)
Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2002 17:30:58 -0500
Subject: [NCC] FWIW - ARRL RTTY Roundup
Message-ID: <00c701c197ca$fe7a4b20$0f02a8c0@WorkGroup>
ARRL RTTY Roundup
Call: WB8K
Operator(s): WB8K
Station: WB8K
Class: SOAB LP (80 watts)
QTH: OHIO
Operating Time (hrs): 13
Summary:
Band QSOs Points
-----------------------
80: 22 22
40: 46 46
20: 192 192
15: 123 123 <---Multipliers --->
10: 127 127 W-VE DX Total
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Total: 510 510 52 46 98 = 49,980
Club: North Coast Contesters
Comments:
Missed most of first day due to other commitment ( K8AZ/K8MR get together) .
Thought there would be more activity. Still a fun contest.
Rig: Yaesu Ft-1000MP
CushCraft A3S @ 50'
Full wave vertical loop on 40, top at 50'
Shunt fed 50' tower on 80
WriteLog & RITTY
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From Nzharps@aol.com Tue Jan 8 15:54:25 2002
From: Nzharps@aol.com (Nzharps@aol.com)
Date: Tue, 08 Jan 2002 10:54:25 EST
Subject: [NCC] NCC Stuff #2
Message-ID: <65.20ab6f99.296c7032@aol.com>
Hi All!
Hope everyone had a great time at the AZ/MR parties this past weekend. Family commitments kept me in other places. Would anyone who was there write up a short blurb covering all the highlights/lowlights so the rest of us can tell what we missed??
NAQP---With ARRL DX just a month away it's time to dust off the rigs. I'm looking for folks to fill slots on the NCC Weekend Warriors NAQP teams. Let me know if you plan FT or PT effort, CW or SSB (or both) and I'll organize the groupings. Teams will be finalized on Friday (01-11-02) and submitted to NCJ.
ARRL DX-- Looks like we may have enough sunspots for another good contest. Get ready to defend our Medium Club Championship from 2001. Two in a row has a very nice sound!!
73,
Ron, K8NZ
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From Nzharps@aol.com Thu Jan 10 18:32:32 2002
From: Nzharps@aol.com (Nzharps@aol.com)
Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2002 13:32:32 EST
Subject: [NCC] QST to stop posting contest results???
Message-ID: <43.4bca094.296f3840@aol.com>
Hi all..normally I don't like the idea of propagating rumors, but some of the stuff that has appeared lately on the cq-contest reflector deserves our attention and discussion.
Ron, K8NZ
>CONTESTERS PLEASE FORWARD TO YOUR CLUB REFLECTORS
> >
> >
> >There is a rumor afoot regarding some possible changes to be made in the
> >ARRL official journal QST.
> >
> >I am hoping someone in authority with my membership organization who is
> >either addressed above or is on one of these reflectors will step forward
> >and tell me a rumor I have heard is wrong.
> >
> >As I understand it, the rumor is that the SECTION NEWS AND detailed
> >reporting of CONTESTS are on the table to be cut from QST...perhaps a
> >summary of the high scorers will be still printed but Joe Ham will not see
> >his call in QST.
> >
> >AGAIN this is NOT confirmed but I am very concerned.
> >
> >The measure of operator, not communicator, ability has always been the
> >contest. During contests, amateurs can focus on developing their skills
and
> >even if they are just starting out they still can see where they rank in
the
> >big picture thanks to QST write-ups.
> >
> >Many MANY contesters have enjoyed watching their scores move higher and
> >higher in their section listings as their operating ability improved, I
know
> >I have over the past 30 years.
> >
> >As I understand it, all the listings may still be available, in obscurity,
> >on the WWW, but not in front of the faces of your average ham...including
> >the newcomer!
> >
> >Is this the beginning of the end of contesting? Once it is no longer in
> >front of the faces of hams looking for new things to try and only the
> >highest scores are published the guy who gets on to find his 100 QSOs is
> >over a thousand shy of making it into print will undoubtedly say the heck
> >with it.
> >
> >TO QUOTE A LETTER FROM W6OAT IN AN EARLY ISSUE OF NCJ:
> >
> >
> >SOMETHING IS WRONG HERE
> >
> >
> >This time it is my opinion that a very serious signal is about to be sent
> >out by the ARRL as far as its views on the importance of contesting as a
> >means to ensure a community of hams proficient in radio communications.
> >
> >AGAIN this is a rumor I have heard, I encourage clubs that support
> >contesting to contact their members regarding this SHOULD THIS BE AN
> >ACCURATE REPORT.
> >
> >I have gained many many friends in the contesting community over the past
30
> >plus years and value all of my friendships with these hams from all over
the
> >world...if we are about to see contesting get lip service by the ARRL -
the> >largest National membership organization of amateur radio operators -
well,
> >I pray I am having a nightmare and someone will wake me up.
> >
> >HAS ANYONE HEARD ANYTHING ON THIS - I KNOW THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS IS
SLATED> >TO MEET SHORTLY AND SUSPECT THIS IS ON THE AGENDA - WERE YOU ASKED
FOR
> >INPUT?
> >
> >I do not want ham radio to be clear channels only allowed communication -
I> >have a cell phone and a computer on the web for that...lets keep radio
> >OPERATING a part of ham radio.
> >
> >INFO NEEDED NOW - SOMEONE ENLIGHTEN THE MASSES BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE!
> >
> >73,
> >
> >Jim White, K4OJ
> >founder: Florida Contest Group - where operating ability is something we
> >take pride in.
> >
> >
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From Nzharps@aol.com Thu Jan 10 19:02:21 2002
From: Nzharps@aol.com (Nzharps@aol.com)
Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2002 14:02:21 EST
Subject: [NCC] NAQP CW Teams
Message-ID:
Still looking for people for this weekend's NAQP CW. Let me know if you will be FT or PT.
Ron
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From k3lr@k3lr.com Thu Jan 10 21:20:41 2002
From: k3lr@k3lr.com (Tim Duffy K3LR)
Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2002 15:20:41 -0600
Subject: [NCC] From K1ZZ
Message-ID: <3C3E05A8.F6CB5096@k3lr.com>
NCC-ers,
Here is a memo from K1ZZ that explains the QST
Contest Result situation in greater detail.
It comes via W9GIG (Central Div. Director and
SMC member) via the SMC reflector.
- Pat
N9RV
-----Original Message-----
From: dick@pobox.com [mailto:dick@pobox.com]
Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2002 5:27 PM
To: smc@qth.com
Subject: [SMC] ARRL Cost-Cutting Proposals; More Info
9 JAN, 2002 - 1620 CST
ARRL Executive VP, Dave Sumner, K1ZZ, has written the following which
he is using to answer inquiries about the proposal to move Section News
and Contest Score Reports from QST to the ARRL web site. He gives more
background information than I have. I have permission to publish it
on this reflector.
73 - Dick Isely, W9GIG
=====================================================================
January 9, 2002
Two major trends are changing how the ARRL can best convey information
to
its members.
One is the growth in members' access to the Internet. As of December
2000,
92% of ARRL members had computers and 89% had access to the Internet.
Both
percentages no doubt are higher today. More than 94,000 members are
registered to use the members-only portion of the ARRL Web site. Tens of
thousands do so on a regular basis. Every week, the ARRL Letter is sent
electronically to more than 61,000 members and is passed along to
countless
others. Impressive as those numbers may be, the Internet is also
effective
in reaching smaller groups with specialized information. It is not an
exaggeration to say that very nearly every active radio amateur uses the
Internet in some way to enhance his or her Amateur Radio involvement.
Every month, some portions of the print version of QST are made
available in
advance to members via the Web site. For example, February 2002 QST is
just
being printed but members who are interested have already been able to
read
the Product Reviews of the ICOM 756 PRO II and the Yaesu FTV-1000
6-meter
transverter and the results of the August 2001 UHF Contest.
We can say with pride that the ARRL is in the forefront among national
membership associations in making effective use of the Internet. Our
commitment of resources has kept pace with its growing importance.
The other major trend is in the economics of print media, particularly
as
they apply to QST. Three things are working against us: postage and
paper
increases that far exceed the general rate of inflation and a softening
of
the advertising market, not only in Amateur Radio but industry-wide.
The ARRL Board and management are keenly aware that most members regard
QST
as the principal tangible benefit of membership. In July 2000 the Board
took
two actions that underscored this. The first was to direct that QST be
printed in full color. This was accomplished beginning with the December
2000 issue. The second was to direct that QST be a minimum of 176 pages.
The 176-page minimum was reasonable if one assumed that paid advertising
would continue at then-existing levels. Unfortunately, that has not been
the
case and there is no reason to believe that the situation will improve
any
time soon. The decline in paid advertising means revenues are down, but
we
can't adjust printing costs accordingly by reducing the page count.
Therefore, at its meeting January 18-19 the Board will be asked to
remove
the 176-page minimum. The ARRL budget plan for 2002 that is being
considered
for ratification by the Board at this meeting calls for a substantial
deficit, but assumes that the minimum will be removed in order to avoid
enlarging the deficit by approximately another $100,000. Because the
economics of magazine production require that pages be printed in
multiplies
of 16, we anticipate that in 2002 there will be some issues with 176
pages
but that most will contain 160 pages.
But if QST is to be smaller, what will be reduced? From member surveys
we
know what in QST is popular and what isn't. We certainly don't want to
reduce the content that's popular, such as feature and technical
articles
(according to the surveys we could never have enough antenna articles)
and
popular columns. We also realize that some QST content that is not very
popular serves an important organizational purpose; its value cannot be
measured by popularity alone. Finally, we also recognize that for some
QST
content there are better delivery alternatives than for some other
content.
An example is the Annual Index of QST articles in the December issue,
which
typically takes eight pages. Today there is an on-line QST index on the
Web
site that is much easier to use than the print version. So in this case
we
have a QST feature that takes a lot of pages and, while no doubt useful
to
many, is low in popularity and can be delivered in a more useful form to
the
vast majority of members. Accordingly, we are not planning to print the
Annual Index in December 2002 QST.
There are two QST features that require substantially more space and can
be
delivered more usefully to members electronically: Section News and
contest
line scores.
Each month, between six and seven pages of QST is devoted to Section
News.
The space available to Section Managers to report activities in their
sections has always been limited to a certain number of lines based on
the
number of members in each section. Communication between Section
Managers
and the volunteers within the section field organization is extremely
important, but it is clearly not efficient to print 170,000 copies in
order
to communicate with members in sections having memberships ranging from
a
high of 6,600 to a low of 73. Today, thanks to the Internet and the Web
Section Managers are able to reach their members with more information
on a
far more timely basis, and with photos, links to other Web sites, and
other
capabilities that have never been available to them via QST.
Accordingly,
the budget plan for 2002 calls for Section News to be moved from QST to
the
Web. Plans are in place to make the Web version of Section News a far
more
effective communications medium than the print version has ever been.
Contest results are already available to members via the Web prior to
their
receipt of QST in the mail. From feedback we know that many of the
members
who are interested in the contest results take advantage of this. We
also
know from survey after survey that contest rules and results are the
most
disliked content in QST; when we ask what members would like more of,
and
what they would like less of, in QST the contest results and rules rank
dead
last. Even so, encouraging operating skills and station performance is
an
important part of the ARRL's mission. In short, while the contest
community
is a significant constituency within the ARRL membership, the amount of
QST
space committed to reporting of line scores and detailed rules is out of
proportion to the overall interests of the membership. At the same time,
we
can provide much more in-depth coverage of contest results via the
Internet
and the Web than we could possibly provide in QST. For example, we can
provide band-by-band contact and multiplier information for each
entrant,
not just for the high scorers. We can let contesters download the data
so
they can perform their own analysis. With some of the space freed up by
moving line scores to a more appropriate medium we plan to expand
editorial
coverage of contest activities in a way that we hope will be more
favorably
received by the members who are not themselves contest participants. As
a
more broadly based activity, Field Day results will not be affected.
While we plan to implement these changes in ways that will enhance the
affected programs, change is seldom easy. We realize that while there
are
fewer all the time, some members still do not have easy access to the
Internet and the Web.
The budget plan has been approved by the Administration and Finance
Committee and is now before the Board for ratification at its January
18-19
meeting. There is a great deal of healthy discussion going on among
Board
members. Whatever the Board ultimately decides, it will be an informed
decision.
73,
David Sumner, K1ZZ
Executive Vice President
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From jgetz@pgh.net Thu Jan 10 22:15:46 2002
From: jgetz@pgh.net (John's Travel and Cruises)
Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2002 17:15:46 -0500
Subject: [NCC] Reducing contest scores in QST
Message-ID: <00a901c19a24$5ad39380$0100a8c0@john>
I want to continue to see all the contest scores listed in
QST. I have sent e-mails, expressing my opinions, to
everyone at ARRL that I think has a say in this matter.
I encourage all of you to do the same thing. The
addresses are at:
http://www.arrl.org/email.html
John Getz, AD8J
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From k3gp@arrl.net Fri Jan 11 01:44:42 2002
From: k3gp@arrl.net (George Proudfoot K3GP)
Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2002 01:44:42 -0000
Subject: [NCC] FW: 2002 RTTY-RU K3GP SOABHP
Message-ID:
2002 ARRL RTTY Roundup
K3GP SOABHP - OHIO
BAND QSO St Prov DX
80M 16 0 0 0
40M 92 1 0 7
20M 210 17 3 6
15M 161 11 1 10
10M 68 16 5 4
TOTAL 547 45 9 27
CLAIMED SCORE: 44,307
Operating Time: 14 Hours
Minimal operating time on Sunday as I went to Pittsburgh for the
Steelers-Browns game; Missed most of the prime 80 meter hours... and the
score shows it.
CLUB: North Coast Contesters
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From: "Bruce R. Knox"
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Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2002 16:27:23 -0500
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Ron:
I spoke with Jim Haynie W5JBP about QST and contest results/section news.
We had a nice conversation, and here is an e-mail he sent me that explains
what's going on. Jim said to feel free to forward it as needed.
Progress? I guess time will tell.
73
Bruce R. Knox W8GN
-----Original Message-----
From: W5JBP@aol.com [SMTP:W5JBP@aol.com]
Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2002 16:13
To: bknox@mdtelecom.com
Subject: Here you are.
We're talking about expanding contest coverage using a combination of the
ARRL Web site and QST. We're not talking about eliminating coverage of
contests in QST. What we are proposing is publishing contest results and
rules and information using a combination of QST and the Web, and taking
advantage of the strengths of each medium. Field Day and School Club
Roundup would stay in QST as they have in the past.
QST will carry contest write-ups that tell what happened during the
contest, along with photos and some top score boxes and some soapbox and
some material to promote the contest to people other than those who already
participate seriously. There will be more space for the write-ups and we
expect to have input from multiple sources to tell the story.
The Web will carry the detailed line scores (in several forms, including
searchable database, printable PDF file and downloadable data file for
those who want to do further analysis). Space on the Web is virtually
unlimited, so we can include additional information and tabulations not
available in QST. For example, we can include QSO/mult breakdowns for
everyone (not just the top scores). We can let you search for all scores in
your entry category. If you're a little pistol, you can see how your score
compares to others in your division or state or section without a lot of
searching and guessing. In addition, we can publish the results in a more
timely manner than we do now.
Contest Corral will remain in QST. Announcements for ARRL contests will be
published in QST, including the information that most people need to
operate the contest.
The problem we're facing is that the scope of ham radio continues to
expand, and the pressure on QST to cover it all is intense. For example,
you and I spend most of our ham radio energy contesting and probably don't
care much about, say, vintage radio (just an example-I don't know if you do
or not). So let's eliminate all the vintage radio stuff and print more
contest stuff. But there are a significant number of people who like
vintage radio and would say, let's eliminate all the contest stuff and
print more vintage radio stuff.
QST is not a contest magazine. It's not a technical magazine. It's not a DX
magazine. QST is a general interest membership journal, and it needs to
devote some attention to many areas of ham radio in a general way. We hear
from every interest group that we need to run more on their area of
interest and less on someone else's, so we know that we're doing a fair job
of balancing coverage. We do extensive surveying to find out what people
read in QST, what areas need more coverage, what areas need less coverage
and so forth. We supplement what QST can do for each interest area with NCJ
and QEX and the Web site and extensive range of ARRL books and CDs.
In the contest world, we receive perhaps 16,000 contest logs in a year
(excluding Field Day) but the number of different people submitting logs or
participating in multiops is maybe 6000, or 4% of the League membership
(and not everyone who sends a log is a member). Yes, several times that
number make QSOs during contests, but they do not send logs. If people just
operated and didn't send logs, we wouldn't be having this discussion.
A complicating factor is that advertising pages have been on a downward
trend for the past 5 or 6 years and we have smaller QSTs. There are many
contributing factors to that, and it affects every publication in amateur
radio, not just QST. Part of your membership dues contribute to defraying
the cost of printing and mailing QST, but advertising revenues pay a large
share of that cost. Your membership dues also pay for defense of
frequencies and representation at the FCC and supporting emergency
communications activities and educational programs and staffing the contest
branch and the ARRL Web site and other things. As advertising declines, the
number of pages available in any given issue of QST for articles and
columns and contest results decreases.
As a percentage of the available editorial space, the pages devoted to
contest rules and results have fared pretty well. With fewer pages to go
around, we have had to "nip and tuck" the results through use of smaller
type, few photos, little soapbox, short write-ups, etc. And we have changed
the publication schedule and separated the phone and CW SS and ARRL DX
results to minimize the burden on any particular issue.
We have made more drastic changes in other parts of QST the past few years.
We've adjusted the size and frequency of many of the columns to reflect
reader interest. We've started publishing traffic statistics, DXCC
listings, propagation charts, club news and other material on the Web.
We've dropped some regular columns and started covering those topics with
an occasional feature article.
Now we've reached the point that we need to look at two areas that have
traditionally been near and dear to our hearts-contest rules/results and
section news. Between them, they consume 20% of the available editorial
space in QST. Both of these QST features have a small but devoted
following. Both are important to ARRL and have long traditions, going back
to the early days of amateur radio. But they appeal to a limited number of
readers. And even the readers who are interested only look at small parts
of Section News or at a few of the contest line scores. Putting it in QST
is an inefficient use of pages that could be used for something with
broader appeal and make QST a better journal for the average reader.
Sure, we could continue to whittle away at pieces of these articles and
reduce the type size even more and devote even less space to these
activities. Or we can do things differently and better.
By changing the way we do things, we can improve QST coverage for more
readers and do a better job of delivering detailed contest results without
restrictions on space. QST reader surveys during the past 10 years have
consistently said that contest information is among the least read features
in QST. This doesn't mean that the contest results aren't important or
relevant, just that they appeal to a limited audience. The Web is the ideal
medium to deliver high quality, unrestricted content to a narrow group, and
it offers possibilities not available in a printed monthly magazine.
73,
Mark Wilson, K1RO
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We're talking about expanding contest coverage using a combination of the
ARRL Web site and QST. We're not talking about eliminating coverage of
contests in QST. What we are proposing is publishing contest results and
rules and information using a combination of QST and the Web, and taking
advantage of the strengths of each medium. Field Day and School Club Roundup
would stay in QST as they have in the past.
QST will carry contest write-ups that tell what happened during the contest,
along with photos and some top score boxes and some soapbox and some
material to promote the contest to people other than those who already
participate seriously. There will be more space for the write-ups and we
expect to have input from multiple sources to tell the story.
The Web will carry the detailed line scores (in several forms, including
searchable database, printable PDF file and downloadable data file for those
who want to do further analysis). Space on the Web is virtually unlimited,
so we can include additional information and tabulations not available in
QST. For example, we can include QSO/mult breakdowns for everyone (not just
the top scores). We can let you search for all scores in your entry
category. If you're a little pistol, you can see how your score compares to
others in your division or state or section without a lot of searching and
guessing. In addition, we can publish the results in a more timely manner
than we do now.
Contest Corral will remain in QST. Announcements for ARRL contests will be
published in QST, including the information that most people need to operate
the contest.
The problem we're facing is that the scope of ham radio continues to expand,
and the pressure on QST to cover it all is intense. For example, you and I
spend most of our ham radio energy contesting and probably don't care much
about, say, vintage radio (just an example--I don't know if you do or not).
So let's eliminate all the vintage radio stuff and print more contest stuff.
But there are a significant number of people who like vintage radio and
would say, let's eliminate all the contest stuff and print more vintage
radio stuff.
QST is not a contest magazine. It's not a technical magazine. It's not a DX
magazine. QST is a general interest membership journal, and it needs to
devote some attention to many areas of ham radio in a general way. We hear
from every interest group that we need to run more on their area of interest
and less on someone else's, so we know that we're doing a fair job of
balancing coverage. We do extensive surveying to find out what people read
in QST, what areas need more coverage, what areas need less coverage and so
forth. We supplement what QST can do for each interest area with NCJ and QEX
and the Web site and extensive range of ARRL books and CDs.
In the contest world, we receive perhaps 16,000 contest logs in a year
(excluding Field Day) but the number of different people submitting logs or
participating in multiops is maybe 6000, or 4% of the League membership (and
not everyone who sends a log is a member). Yes, several times that number
make QSOs during contests, but they do not send logs. If people just
operated and didn't send logs, we wouldn't be having this discussion.
A complicating factor is that advertising pages have been on a downward
trend for the past 5 or 6 years and we have smaller QSTs. There are many
contributing factors to that, and it affects every publication in amateur
radio, not just QST. Part of your membership dues contribute to defraying
the cost of printing and mailing QST, but advertising revenues pay a large
share of that cost. Your membership dues also pay for defense of frequencies
and representation at the FCC and supporting emergency communications
activities and educational programs and staffing the contest branch and the
ARRL Web site and other things. As advertising declines, the number of pages
available in any given issue of QST for articles and columns and contest
results decreases.
As a percentage of the available editorial space, the pages devoted to
contest rules and results have fared pretty well. With fewer pages to go
around, we have had to "nip and tuck" the results through use of smaller
type, few photos, little soapbox, short write-ups, etc. And we have changed
the publication schedule and separated the phone and CW SS and ARRL DX
results to minimize the burden on any particular issue.
We have made more drastic changes in other parts of QST the past few years.
We've adjusted the size and frequency of many of the columns to reflect
reader interest. We've started publishing traffic statistics, DXCC listings,
propagation charts, club news and other material on the Web. We've dropped
some regular columns and started covering those topics with an occasional
feature article.
Now we've reached the point that we need to look at two areas that have
traditionally been near and dear to our hearts -- contest rules/results and
section news. Between them, they consume 20% of the available editorial
space in QST. Both of these QST features have a small but devoted following.
Both are important to ARRL and have long traditions, going back to the early
days of amateur radio. But they appeal to a limited number of readers. And
even the readers who are interested only look at small parts of Section News
or at a few of the contest line scores. Putting it in QST is an inefficient
use of pages that could be used for something with broader appeal and make
QST a better journal for the average reader.
Sure, we could continue to whittle away at pieces of these articles and
reduce the type size even more and devote even less space to these
activities. Or we can do things differently and better.
By changing the way we do things, we can improve QST coverage for more
readers and do a better job of delivering detailed contest results without
restrictions on space. QST reader surveys during the past 10 years have
consistently said that contest information is among the least read features
in QST. This doesn't mean that the contest results aren't important or
relevant, just that they appeal to a limited audience. The Web is the ideal
medium to deliver high quality, unrestricted content to a narrow group, and
it offers possibilities not available in a printed monthly magazine.
73,
Mark Wilson, K1RO
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From Nzharps@aol.com Fri Jan 11 15:36:55 2002
From: Nzharps@aol.com (Nzharps@aol.com)
Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2002 10:36:55 EST
Subject: [NCC] NAQP CW Teams Last Chance!
Message-ID:
Anybody else out there want to sign up for this weekend's NAQP cw teams???
As of right now we have:
K8NZ
ND8L
N3RA
WW3S
KL7WV (aka W3YQ)
Final teams will be submitted after 8pm tonight (Friday).
QRV for the last minute e-mail pileup.
Ron
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From Nzharps@aol.com Sat Jan 12 01:45:20 2002
From: Nzharps@aol.com (Nzharps@aol.com)
Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2002 20:45:20 EST
Subject: [NCC] NAQP CW Teams
Message-ID: <8c.125bae7a.2970ef30@aol.com>
Here are the final groupings for tomorrow's NAQP Teams---
NCC Weekend Warriors #1
WW3S
ND8L
W8GN
KL7WV
K8NZ
NCC Weekend Warriors #2
N3RA
K8DX
Hope to work many folks tomorrow starting at 1800z.
Ron
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From k8dx@raex.com Sun Jan 13 06:01:56 2002
From: k8dx@raex.com (Scott Detloff K8DX)
Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2002 01:01:56 -0500
Subject: [NCC] K8DX NAQP CW
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Class: SOAB LP
QTH: OH
Operating Time (hrs): 4:16
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Summary:
Band QSOs Mults
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160: 101 33
80: 90 31
40: 115 35
20: 68 33
15: 51 23
10: 14 11
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Total: 439 166 =3D 72,874
Club/Team: North Coast Contesters
Comments:
Station still not re-wired, so used only one radio. Lots of half hour =
stints
down to the shack to play around. Best 10 hour contest there is!
73...Scott
Scott Detloff K8DX
Paris, Ohio
Visit The North Coast Contesters @ www.qsl.net/ncc
Tour K8DX @ www.qsl.net/k8dx
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Comments:
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73...Scott
Scott Detloff K8DX
Paris, Ohio
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From jtolbert@gremlan.org Sun Jan 13 15:38:22 2002
From: jtolbert@gremlan.org (Jamie WW3S)
Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2002 10:38:22 -0500
Subject: [NCC] NAQP score
Message-ID: <006b01c19c48$55ea95a0$0500000a@bedroom>
567 x 198 = 112,266
Worked almost the full ten hours; maybe took off time at wrong times and
probably spent to much time trying to work 9U5D on RTTY.
73 Jamie WW3S
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From nd8l@juno.com Sun Jan 13 20:50:55 2002
From: nd8l@juno.com (Ray C Fallen)
Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2002 15:50:55 -0500
Subject: [NCC] ND8L NAQP CW Non-results
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2002 NCJ NORTH AMERICAN QSO PARTY
Call used: ND8L Location: OH
Category: le Op All Band Mode: CW Power: 100W
Callsign of Operator(s):
Exchanged Information: ND8L RAY OH
Hours of Operation: 00:50
band QSOs points mults
-----------------------------------
40 23 23 12
20 41 41 22
15 5 5 5
10 4 4 4
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TOTAL 73 73 43 SCORE: 3,139
Club or Team Name: North Coast Contesters
Comments:
Well as you can see...I had a more part-timeoperation than N3RA. BUT, I
have an excuse...after arriving home from lunch...N3RA's former water
heater was leaking all over the basement. So my prime operating time was
taken up with an unscheduled trip to Home Depot, much plumbing and more
profanity.
Worked W8GN, WW3S, W8CAR and the Hoosier Beacon N9RV.
Worked South Carolina twice...and got moved a couple of times from the
SO2R guys...very cool...but then again, I'm easily impressed.
Looking forward to NAQP Phone...maybe the furnace will quit.
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2002 NCJ NORTH AMERICAN QSO PARTY
Call used: ND8L Location: OH
Category: le Op All Band Mode: CW Power: 100W
Callsign of Operator(s):
Exchanged Information: ND8L RAY OH
Hours of Operation: 00:50
band QSOs points mults
-----------------------------------
40 23 23 12
20 41 41 22
15 5 5 5
10 4 4 4
-----------------------------------
TOTAL 73 73 43 SCORE: 3,139
Club or Team Name: North Coast Contesters
Comments:
Well as you can see...I had a more part-timeoperation than N3RA. BUT, I =
have=20
an excuse...after arriving home from lunch...N3RA's former water heater was=
=20
leaking all over the basement. So my prime operating time was taken up with=
an=20
unscheduled trip to Home Depot, much plumbing and more profanity.
Worked W8GN, WW3S, W8CAR and the Hoosier Beacon N9RV.
Worked South Carolina twice...and got moved a couple of times from=
the=20
SO2R guys...very cool...but then again, I'm easily impressed.
Looking forward to NAQP Phone...maybe the furnace will quit.
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From w3yq@hotmail.com Sun Jan 13 17:38:24 2002
From: w3yq@hotmail.com (Tim Jellison)
Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2002 17:38:24
Subject: [NCC] Fwd: NAQP CW KL7WV(W3YQ) SOAB LP
Message-ID:
That was fun. I like the short contests.
Conditions were not good. The east coast was a problem even on the high
bands - I missed a bunch of New England mults on all the bands. I decided
to sit out the first two hours so I could operate the low bands at the end.
That was a bad idea. 40 meters was terrible and 80 was non-existant. So
the last two hours of the contest were horrible. The joys of contesting
from Alaska!
Sorry I didn't bump into more club members for a QSO. Keep me in mind for a
Sprint team if NCC is putting one together. It's neat being able to add my
score to the NCC.
North America QSO Party - CW
Call: KL7WV
Operator(s): W3YQ
Station:
Class: SOAB LP
QTH: AK
Operating Time (hrs): 10
Summary:
Band QSOs Mults
----------------------
160: 0 0
80: 1 1
40: 68 25
20: 119 42
15: 115 38
10: 134 46
----------------------
Total: 437 152 = 66,424
Club/Team: NCC Weekend Warriors #1
Comments:
I had a ball on 10-20, but the low bands were terrible from Alaska. By
0500Z
there was nothing to be found on 40. My only QSO on 80 meters was with
neighbor VY1JA. It was hard to imagine that 80 meters was wall to wall with
contesters when I couldn't hear a single signal.
73, Tim W3YQ
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From ghojdila@ccia.com Sun Jan 13 19:56:59 2002
From: ghojdila@ccia.com (Greg Hojdila)
Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2002 14:56:59 -0500
Subject: [NCC] [Fwd: NAQP CW N3SD SOAB LP]
Message-ID: <3C41E68B.E3990EC8@ccia.com>
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: NAQP CW N3SD SOAB LP
Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2002 01:24:37 -0500 (EST)
From: ghojdila@ccia.com
To: ghojdila@ccia.com
North America QSO Party - CW
Call: N3SD
Operator(s): N3SD
Station: N3SD
Class: SOAB LP
QTH: PA
Operating Time (hrs): 8.5HRS
Summary:
Band QSOs Mults
----------------------
160: 25 20
80: 115 37
40: 131 42
20: 60 26
15: 40 19
10: 20 9
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Total: 391 153 = 59,823
Club/Team: NORTH COAST CONTESTERS
Comments:
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From w8car@buckeye-express.com Mon Jan 14 16:03:23 2002
From: w8car@buckeye-express.com (DAN KOVATCH)
Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2002 11:03:23 -0500
Subject: [NCC] test
Message-ID: <3C43014B.1040701@buckeye-express.com>
Still testing ISP.
Dan W8CAR
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From Nzharps@aol.com Mon Jan 14 19:03:22 2002
From: Nzharps@aol.com (Nzharps@aol.com)
Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2002 14:03:22 EST
Subject: [NCC] K8NZ Pitiful NAQP Score
Message-ID: <9a.1f60f6d3.2974857a@aol.com>
2002 NCJ NORTH AMERICAN QSO PARTY
Call used: K8NZ Location: OH
Category: Single Op All Band Mode: CW Power: 150W
Callsign of Operator: K8NZ
If multi-operator, show calls of all operators and loggers:
Exchanged Information: K8NZ RON OH
Hours of Operation: 01:14
band QSOs points mults
-----------------------------------
160 0 0 0
80 0 0 0
40 16 16 11
20 33 33 26
15 32 32 18
10 28 28 18
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TOTAL 109 109 73 SCORE: 7,957
Club or Team Name: North Coast Contesters WW #2
Comments: Great activity, great conditions, lousy time availability!
I, by virtue of my statement below, have taken part in the
NCJ NORTH AMERICAN QSO PARTY on 01/12/2002
conscientiously applying my most ethical interpretation of the
published rules for this contest.
Date_________ Signature_____________________________ Call____________
Name: Ron Harps Call: K8NZ
8321 Edgewood Rd
Mentor , OH 44060
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From Nzharps@aol.com Mon Jan 14 19:28:08 2002
From: Nzharps@aol.com (Nzharps@aol.com)
Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2002 14:28:08 EST
Subject: [NCC] NCC NAQP Team Scores
Message-ID: <59.15f28d18.29748b48@aol.com>
In one of our most relaxed efforts in the storied history of NCC, the
following scores have been reported to me from last weekends CW NAQP:
NCC Weekend Warriors #1--
WW3S 567 198 112,266
KL7WV 437 152 66,424
N3RA 134 66 8,844
ND8L 73 43 3,139
W8GN ?? ?? ??
_______
190, 673
NCC Weekend Warriors #2
K8DX 439 166 72,874
K8NZ 109 73 7,957
________
80,831
Congrats to WW3S and KL7WV (Tim, W3YQ) who both managed a full-time efforts.
I must apologize for the strategic error in which ND8L and I ended up on
different teams. That mistake should never be made again.
Who wants to try again this weekend on SSB??? Let me know.. the line forms
to the left except for K8BL who will always be on the Right!
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From rmtonsi@ameritech.net Mon Jan 14 23:26:04 2002
From: rmtonsi@ameritech.net (Reno Tonsi)
Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2002 18:26:04 -0500
Subject: [NCC] 2002 NCC Dues
Message-ID: <5.0.2.1.0.20020114182420.00a02ec0@mailhost.cle.ameritech.net>
Hi Warriors,
Dues for the 2002 contest year are due. If you have not yet paid your dues,
please make out a check for $20.00 and send it to me. Make checks payable
to me and not to NCC as we have no way to cash checks made out to NCC. Put
2002 NCC dues on the memo line. Any questions, please drop me an email.
My address is:
Reno Tonsi, WT8C
9248 Woodvale Court
Mentor, OH 44060-7345
phone: 440-974-1472
email: wt8c@arrl.net or rmtonsi@ameritech.net
73Reno, WT8C
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From Nzharps@aol.com Tue Jan 15 14:55:45 2002
From: Nzharps@aol.com (Nzharps@aol.com)
Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2002 09:55:45 EST
Subject: [NCC] NAQP SSB Teams
Message-ID: <14a.7472a86.29759cf1@aol.com>
Looking for more folks to fill out at least two teams for this weekends NAQP
SSB event.
So far-- K8NZ, N3RA, WW3S.
QRZ?
Ron
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From w8car@buckeye-express.com Tue Jan 15 21:20:12 2002
From: w8car@buckeye-express.com (DAN KOVATCH)
Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2002 16:20:12 -0500
Subject: [NCC] A BIG tower problem!
Message-ID: <3C449D0C.4080102@buckeye-express.com>
Go to this link to read about Cedar Points Vertigo ride and the loss of
a 265 foot support!
Dan W8CAR
http://www.sanduskyregister.com/cgi-bin/LiveIQue.acgi$rec=51058?search
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From jgetz@pgh.net Wed Jan 16 14:01:44 2002
From: jgetz@pgh.net (John's Travel and Cruises)
Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2002 09:01:44 -0500
Subject: [NCC] Please support K1ZM & W4ZV
Message-ID: <002501c19e96$55ffe040$0100a8c0@john>
Dear Topband Friends!
Thanks to all of you for posting your comments on RM-10352
(regarding Wideband/Narrowband mode segmentation on 160 meters) at
the FCC site. Both K1ZM and I sincerely appreciate your support
to make 160 a better place for all of us! However I have one more
request.
The ARRL Board of Directors is meeting later this week and
RM-10352 is one of the topics on their agenda. I strongly encourage
each of you to write your Director in support of the Petition. If
the ARRL would get behind it, it would be a done deal. Please send
a note of support to your director at hiscall@arrl.org today if
possible. I'm sure they are leaving very shortly for their meeting
so time is of the essence. You can also find your ARRL Director's
call at the bottom of this note.
Thanks again for your support and please take a moment now
to send a quick E-mail of support to your Director!
73, Bill W4ZV and Jeff K1ZM
Atlantic Division (Atlantic Division home page)
Director:
Bernie Fuller, N3EFN
17668 Price Rd
Saegertown, PA 16433
814-763-1529
n3efn@arrl.org
Vice Director:
William C. Edgar, N3LLR
22 Jackson Ave.
Bradford, PA 16701
Phone: 814-362-1250
n3llr@arrl.org
Central Division
Director:
George R. Isely, W9GIG
736 Fellows St
St. Charles, IL 60174
630-584-3510
w9gig@arrl.org
Vice Director:
Howard S. Huntington, K9KM
25350 N Marilyn Ln
Hawthorn Woods, IL 60047
847-438-3452
k9km@arrl.org
Dakota Division
Director:
Jay Bellows, K0QB
997 Portland Ave.
St. Paul, MN 55104
651-983-2420
k0qb@arrl.org
Vice Director:
Twila Greenheck, N0JPH
333 Owasso Heights Rd
Shoreview, MN 55126
651-483-1214
n0jph@arrl.org
Delta Division
Director:
Rick Roderick, K5UR
PO Box 1463
Little Rock, AR 72203
501-988-2527
k5ur@arrl.org
Vice Director:
Henry Leggette, WD4Q
7335 Ginger Snap Cove
Memphis TN 38125
901-757-0444
wd4q@arrl.org
Great Lakes Division (Great Lakes Division home page)
Director:
George Race, WB8BGY
3865 Gibbs Rd.
Albion, MI 49224
517-531-4758
wb8bgy@arrl.org
Vice Director:
Gary L. Johnston, KI4LA
3056 Hergott Dr
Edgewood, KY 41017-3377
606-341-7477
ki4la@arrl.org
Hudson Division (Hudson Division home page)
Director:
Frank J. Fallon, N2FF
30 E. Williston Ave.
East Williston, NY 11596
516-746-7652
n2ff@arrl.org
Vice Director:
Stephen A. Mendelsohn, W2ML
318 New Milford Ave.
Dumont, NJ 07628
201-384-0570
w2ml@arrl.org
Midwest Division (Midwest Division home page)
Director:
Wade Walstrom, W0EJ
7431 Macon Dr
Cedar Rapids, IA 52411
319-393-8982
w0ej@arrl.org
Vice Director:
Bruce Frahm, K0BJ
PO Box DX
Colby, KS 67701
785-462-7388
k0bj@arrl.org
New England Division (New England Division home page)
Director:
Tom Frenaye, K1KI
PO Box J
West Suffield, CT 06093
860-668-5444
k1ki@arrl.org
Vice Director:
Michael N. Raisbeck, K1TWF
85 High St.
Chelmsford, MA 01824
978-250-1235
k1twf@arrl.org
Northwestern Division (Northwestern Division home page)
Director:
Greg Milnes, W7OZ
740 SE 24th Ave
Hillsboro, OR 97123-7286
503-648-6990
w7oz@arrl.org
Vice Director:
James E. Fenstermaker, K9JF
10312 NE 161st Avenue
Vancouver, WA 98682
360-256-1716
k9jf@arrl.org
Pacific Division (Pacific Division home page)
Director:
Jim Maxwell, W6CF
PO Box 473
Redwood Estates, CA 95044
408-353-3911
w6cf@arrl.org
Vice Director:
Bob Vallio, W6RGG
18655 Sheffield Rd
Castro Valley, CA 94546
510-537-6704
w6rgg@arrl.org
Roanoke Division (Roanoke Division home page)
Director:
Dennis Bodson, W4PWF
233 N Columbus St
Arlington, VA 22203
703-243-3743
w4pwf@arrl.org
Vice Director:
Leslie Shattuck Sr, K4NK
127 Henderson St.
Greenville, SC 29611
Phone: 864-421-0732
k4nk@arrl.org
Rocky Mountain Division
Director:
Walt Stinson, W0CP
5295 E Evans Ave
Denver, CO 80222-5221
303-770-3926
w0cp@arrl.org
Vice Director:
Warren G. "Rev" Morton, WS7W
1341 Trojan Dr.
Casper, WY 82609
307-235-2799
ws7w@arrl.org
Southeastern Division (Southeastern Division home page)
Director:
Frank M. Butler Jr, W4RH
323 Elliott Rd SE
Ft Walton Beach, FL 32548
904-244-5425
w4rh@arrl.org
Vice Director:
Sandy Donahue, W4RU
15010 Briarhill La.
Atlanta, GA 30324
404-315-1443
w4ru@arrl.org
Southwestern Division (Southwestern Division home page)
Director:
Art Goddard, W6XD
2901 Palau Pl
Costa Mesa, CA 92626
714-556-4396
w6xd@arrl.org
Vice Director:
Tuck Miller, NZ6T
3122 E. 2nd St.
National City, CA 91950
619-434-4211
nz6t@arrl.org
West Gulf Division (West Gulf Division home page)
Director:
Coy C. Day, N5OK
RR1, Box 254
Union City, OK 73090-9726
405-483-5632
n5ok@arrl.org
Vice Director:
Dr. David A. Woolweaver, K5RAV
2210 So. 77 Sunshine Strip
Harlingen, TX 78550
956-425-3128
k5rav@arrl.org
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From Jimk8mr@aol.com Wed Jan 16 14:22:38 2002
From: Jimk8mr@aol.com (Jimk8mr@aol.com)
Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2002 09:22:38 EST
Subject: [NCC] Re: [MRRC] Please support K1ZM & W4ZV
Message-ID: <129.ae73a4a.2976e6ae@aol.com>
In a message dated 1/16/02 9:01:18 AM Eastern Standard Time, jgetz@pgh.net
writes:
>
> Thanks to all of you for posting your comments on RM-10352
> (regarding Wideband/Narrowband mode segmentation on 160 meters) at
> the FCC site. Both K1ZM and I sincerely appreciate your support
> to make 160 a better place for all of us! However I have one more
> request.
I for one don't think this petition such a wise idea.
Phone contest operation on 160 will impossible, except at the cost of major
frequency fights with the normal users of the band, who ordinarily stay well
above 1850. Under the present system, phone DX contests avoid these guys,
and vice versa. The proposed system would be akin to prohibiting 75 meter
SSB operation below 3850. Not pretty.
This weekend is the SSB NAQP. For a couple of hours Saturday night there
will be SSB activity between 1800 and 1840 or so. Will the world be any
worse for it? I don't think so. But if the petition was granted, it would be
another contester-noncontester slug-it-out-fest, with poorer contest results
and a lot of pissed off anti-contest sentiment generated.
I don't relish the thought of another band where we have to listen to VE's
(including VY2ZMM?) running DX stations while we in the states can only
anonomously plead "listen up".
Be careful of what you wish for.
73 - Jim K8MR
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From Nzharps@aol.com Wed Jan 16 15:44:06 2002
From: Nzharps@aol.com (Nzharps@aol.com)
Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2002 10:44:06 EST
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Huge congrats to Tim, K3LR and Pat, N9RV for being selected as a Wild Card entry in WRTC 2002!
Ron, K8NZ
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WRTC2002 ORGANIZING COMMITTEE LAUNCHES
THE LINEUP OF WRTC2002 "WILD-CARD" TEAMS
At its meeting of January 5, 2002, the full Organizing
Committee reviewed the wild-card applications received
to date and other selection related support elements to
complete selection of the remaining WRTC country teams.
It was realized that the WRTC had now reached such
public exposure and popular appeal that an impressive
array of the world's most prominent operators were involved
in the preliminary process, mindful of the constraints imposed
by the current WRTC framework for facilitating all potential
competitors.
Every effort will be made to bring the contesting
world to Finland to join the event, not just as competitors
but also to perform other duties or just share in the
camaraderie of this friendly event.
The WRTC2002 Organizing Committee is pleased and honored
to welcome the following teams to Finland to compete and
meet the very best in amateur radio contesting:
OE2VEL Wolfgang Klier
OE9MON Carl Maurer
DL2CC Frank Grossmann
DJ7AA Wilfried Gottschald
RA3AUU Igor Booklan
RV1AW Andrei Karpov
SP7GIQ Krzystof Sobon
SP2FAX Kazimierz Drzewiecki
S50A Tine Brajnik
S59AA Franc Bogataj
OH6EI Tomi Ylinen
OH2XX Kari Lehtim=E4ki
ZS6EZ Chris Burger
ZS4TX Bernie van der Walt
5B4ADA Ivo Pezer
5B4WN Marios Nicolaou
UN9LW Vladimir Vinichenko
UN7LAN Alex Sytov
UA9BA Vladimir Umanets
RN9AO Nickolai Perminov
VE7SV Dale Green
VE7AHA Andrew Ponzini
K3LR Timothy J. Duffy
N9RV Patrick M. Barkey
N6KT Rich Smith
K6NA Glenn Rattmann
=20
N6TJ James Neiger
N6AA Richard Norton
LU7DW Claudio Gabriel Fernandez
LW9EUJ Martin Monsalvo
PP5JR Sergio Lima de Almeida
PY1KN Marcelo Gomes da Silva
.............
At the January 5 meeting, the WRTC Organizing Committee
also reserved the right to add additional teams, should the
circumstances so suggest, and/or should any force majeure
issues arise for the teams announced hereby.
We congratulate the teams listed above and look forward
to seeing them in Finland some six months from now.
Respectfully,
WRTC2002 Organizing Committee
PS. All WRTC2002 competitors will be soon connected to a dedicated =20=
competitor reflector where further detailed information will be distrib=
uted.
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From Nzharps@aol.com Thu Jan 17 15:01:11 2002
From: Nzharps@aol.com (Nzharps@aol.com)
Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2002 10:01:11 EST
Subject: [NCC] NAQP SSB Teams
Message-ID: <6e.1648f192.2978413b@aol.com>
Still looking for more people to brave the splatter and fill out one more team.
Signed up so far--- K8NZ, N3RA, WW3S, AD8J, WA3SES.
Deadline for sign-up is 8pm on Friday the 18th.
Last weekend's code event set records. Given decent conditions, this weekends SSB event could be fun.
Ron
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From Nzharps@aol.com Fri Jan 18 14:46:43 2002
From: Nzharps@aol.com (Nzharps@aol.com)
Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2002 09:46:43 EST
Subject: [NCC] NAQP SSB Teams--Last Chance!
Message-ID: <11d.aab4675.29798f53@aol.com>
NAQP starts at 1800z on Saturday. Last chance to sign up for an NCC team is by 0100z tonight (8pm EST).
The line-up so far is--K8NZ, N3RA, WW3S, AD8J, WA3SES, N3FR, W8GN.
I would like to have two full teams to represent NCC this weekend. Dust off those mikes and have some fun!
Ron
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From w8car@buckeye-express.com Sat Jan 19 12:44:37 2002
From: w8car@buckeye-express.com (DAN KOVATCH)
Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2002 07:44:37 -0500
Subject: [NCC] More evidence of dual peak in this solar cycle
Message-ID: <3C496A35.8000204@buckeye-express.com>
check this link for more proof that we are seeing a double peak in this
solar cycle.
http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2002/18jan_solarback.htm?list683418
Dan W8CAR
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From Nzharps@aol.com Sat Jan 19 14:55:59 2002
From: Nzharps@aol.com (Nzharps@aol.com)
Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2002 09:55:59 EST
Subject: [NCC] Final NAQP Teams
Message-ID: <148.811e72f.297ae2ff@aol.com>
Here is the lineup for NAQP SSB---
North Coast Contesters #1
WW3S
WA3SES
AD8J
N3FR
N3SD
North Coast Contesters #2
K8NZ
N3RA
W8GN
ND8L
Have a great time today!
Ron
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From jgetz@pgh.net Sun Jan 20 05:17:21 2002
From: jgetz@pgh.net (John's Travel and Cruises)
Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2002 00:17:21 -0500
Subject: [NCC] AD8J NAQP SSB
Message-ID: <009b01c1a171$be104c00$0100a8c0@john>
North Coast Contesters Team #1
Exchanged Information: AD8J JOHN PA
Hours of Operation: 10:00
band QSOs points mults
-----------------------------------
160 61 61 23
80 153 153 38
40 186 186 44
20 219 219 51
15 135 135 39
10 86 86 26
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TOTAL 840 840 221 SCORE: 185,640
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From nd8l@juno.com Sun Jan 20 11:58:27 2002
From: nd8l@juno.com (Ray C Fallen)
Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2002 06:58:27 -0500
Subject: [NCC] ND8L NAQP SSB
Message-ID: <20020120.141150.-310071.0.nd8l@juno.com>
2002 NCJ NORTH AMERICAN QSO PARTY
Call used: ND8L Location: OH
Category: le Op All Band Mode: PHONE Power: 100W
Callsign of Operator(s):
Exchanged Information: ND8L RAY OH
Hours of Operation: 05:33
band QSOs points mults
-----------------------------------
160 1 1 1
80 1 1 1
40 161 161 44
20 80 80 37
15 49 49 27
10 113 113 29
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TOTAL 405 405 139 SCORE: 56,295
Club or Team Name: North Coast Contesters
Comments:
Another part-time effort...once again 40 meters was the money
band...had a real nice run going up to about 0100z. Heard
and worked a bunch of NCCers: N9RV, AD8J, WW3S, W8GN, N8AA
K9VV. Band conditions on 20 really got weird...2's as loud
as 6's.
Oh, yes and tried not to be distracted by the VP8
I, by virtue of my statement below, have taken part in the
NCJ NORTH AMERICAN QSO PARTY on 01/19/2002
conscientiously applying my most ethical interpretation of the
published rules for this contest.
Date_________ Signature_____________________________ Call____________
Name: Ray Fallen
835 North Main St.
Hubbard, Ohio 44425-1128 USA
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From jtolbert@gremlan.org Sun Jan 20 15:53:47 2002
From: jtolbert@gremlan.org (Jamie WW3S)
Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2002 10:53:47 -0500
Subject: [NCC] naqp score
Message-ID: <002201c1a1ca$a5a7fc40$0500000a@bedroom>
583 x 188 = 109604
log shows 189 mults but writelog refuses to believe the KP4 was in Tennesee,
not Puerto Rico.
Highlights: being told how loud I was
Lowlights: my neighbor telling my how loud I was on their PC speakers....
Good luck to all in the Sprints...I'll be on the beach somewhere in
Florida....
73 Jamie WW3S
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From jtolbert@gremlan.org Sun Jan 20 18:30:51 2002
From: jtolbert@gremlan.org (Jamie WW3S)
Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2002 13:30:51 -0500
Subject: [NCC] team name for cabrillo entry?
Message-ID: <00c001c1a1e0$97434900$0500000a@bedroom>
Where does the team name go in the cabrillo file?
Under the club name?
If I understand for cw we were weekend warriors #1 and this phone NCC #1?
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From Jimk8mr@aol.com Mon Jan 21 16:59:38 2002
From: Jimk8mr@aol.com (Jimk8mr@aol.com)
Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2002 11:59:38 EST
Subject: [NCC] What the Board Did
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>From the Great Lakes Division Vice Director, KI4LA.
73 - Jim K8MR
----------------------------------------------------
Dear Colleague,
Thanks to so many of you who have responded to the SM reports/contest
results issue after the proposal to remove the same from QST became known.
Many of you will be happy to learn that the Board felt that more study,
reflection and input was necessary before removing these sections from QST,
and that the decision has been deferred for reconsideration at the July 2002
Board meeting.
Meanwhile, Director Walt Stinson has written the following letter that I
think you will find of interest and that I strongly recommend to your
attention.
Also, I recommend that you visit the GL Division SM pages on iARRL by
clicking on one of the following: http://www.arrl.org/sections/?sect=OH,
http://www.arrl.org/sections/?sect=MI, and/or
http://www.arrl.org/sections/?sect=KY.
Gary Johnston, KI4LA@arrl.org
Vice Director
Great Lakes Division
****************
January 20, 2002
Dear Fellow League Members,
A proposal to change the way we publish section news and contest line lists
was presented by K1RO, QST publisher, and K1ZZ, Executive Vice President of
the League, eight weeks ago at a meeting of the Administration and Finance
Committee, which I chaired. The committee was persuaded by the rationale
behind this proposal and voted to recommend its adoption at the January
board meeting. The proposed changes will improve section news and contest
coverage, free up editorial space in QST for items of greater general
interest, and save money that can be spent on more pressing matters, like
protecting our frequencies and our right to put up antennas.
There are many more compelling reasons to support the proposal. However, due
to the nature of the changes, the way the information got out ahead of the
explanation, and the concerns expressed by some members, the board decided
to wait until July to act on the recommendation. Perhaps by then, people
will have a chance to cool down, get the information they need, and maybe
even feel comfortable that this is actually a good thing. In the meantime,
in a gesture of leadership and commitment, the board voted to relocate its
meeting minutes from QST to the Web.
Our editors are asking to publish "special interest" information on the Web
site so that QST can be a better general interest magazine and be published
more economically. Section News and contest line listings consume 176 pages
per year, enough to fill an entire issue. The marginal cost of publishing
this information in QST is about $100,000 a year (not including mailing).
There's no doubt that section news has readers (I am one of them- and I read
line scores, too!). Thatıs not at issue. The problem is that few people, if
any, read the entire section news. Just 27% read it at all. Most read just
one or two of the 71 section reports. For example, we print 1.7 million
copies of the Colorado Section News each year for about 5,000 members (as
well as 1.7 million copies of the Virgin Island Section News for 77
members!). We print 30 million pages a year lines scores and Section News.
That's a monumental waste of League resources.
Contest line listings are also of large interest to a small group. There are
those who argue that a call listing in QST is the primary means of
recruiting new contesters. I agree with the QST editorial staff that general
interest coverage of contest events is a better way to promote activity.
Moreover, contesters as a group are already heavy users of the Web.
The board and its management team have set some big goals for the League:
1. Attract young people to amateur radio.
2. Protect our frequencies from commercial interests.
3. Make it easier for us to put up antennas.
We need your support and encouragement to improve our efficiency so that we
can do a better job of funding these pressing issues. We are asking you to
accept a few changes along the way to help us address the priorities of the
organization.
Let me to set the record straight. No one is arguing that section news or
contest line scores are no longer important, or that these activities will
no longer be covered in QST. Board level support of these activities is as
strong as ever. We simply have a better, cheaper and faster way to deliver
targeted section information and contest score lists than we had 30 years
ago. To get a taste it, go to the Web, click on your section in the upper
right, and check out what has already been done already by your section
manager. To see a bit of the great potential of this new service, check the
Santa Clara Valley section. Section Managers now have virtually unlimited
space to upload timely information as well as photos and data tables. Also,
check out our contest results in PDF (with searchable data files on the
way).
Whether you feel strongly or not, one way or the other, drop a note or an
e-mail to your division director and let him know your views.
73, Walt Stinson, W0CP
ARRL Director (RM)
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From: Nzharps@aol.com (Nzharps@aol.com)
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Huge congrats to everyone who "made the cut" for WRTC 2002. Special kudos to current or former NCC'ers who will be going to Helsinki this summer--
VE3EJ
K2UA
K3LR
N9RV
K5ZD
Ron, K8NZ
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The WRTC2002 Organizing Committee is pleased to announce the complete list o=
f WRTC2002 competitors. While looking at the list, one immediately notices t=
he high quality of the operators. We here at the Organizng Committee believe=
this lineup to be the best ever in WRTC history with an excellent mix of se=
asoned veterans and some up and coming, yet accomplished operators.
EUROPE
Austria
OE2VEL Wolfgang Klier=20
OE9MON Carl Maurer=20
Belgium
ON4WW Mark Demeuleneere
ON6TT Peter Casier
Croatia
9A9A Zdravko Balen
9A3GW Robert Orehoci
Czech Republic
OK2FD Karel Karmasin
OK2ZU Vojta Zeman
Germany
DJ6QT Walter Skudlarek
DJ2YA Ulrich Weiss
DK3GI Roland Mensch
DL1IAO Stefan von Baltz
DL2CC Frank Grossmann=20
DJ7AA Wilfried Gottschald=20
France
F6FGZ Gerard Parat=20
F5NLY Laurent Blin
Finland
OH1MDR Timo Pohjola
OH1MM Pasi Alanko
OH6EI Tomi Ylinen=20
OH2XX Kari Lehtim=E4ki=20
Hungary
HA1AG Zoli Pitman
HA3OV Antal "Anti" Hudanik=20
Italy
IK2QEI Stefano Brioschi=20
I4JMY Maurizio Panicara=20
Lithuania
LY1DS Dainius Savicius
LY2TA Andrius Ignotas
Poland
SP3RBR Bogdan Chorazyk=20
SP8NR Andrzej Jarzabkowski=20
SP7GIQ Krzystof Sobon=20
SP2FAX Kazimierz Drzewiecki=20
Russia (European)
RW1AC Vlad Aksenov
RW3QC Jack Danielyan
UA2FZ Igor Avdeev
RW4WR Alex Orlov
RA3AUU Igor Booklan=20
RV1AW Andrei Karpov=20
Slovenia
S53R Robert Kasca
S57AW Robert Bajuk
S50A Tine Brajnik=20
S59AA Franc Bogataj=20
Spain
EA3NY Eduardo Stark=20
EA3KU Fernando Martinez=20
Sweden
SM5IMO Dan Hultgren
SM3SGP Gunnar Widell
Ukraine
UT4UZ Yuri "Jerry" Onipko
UT3UA Sergey Vasilenko
Kingdom
G4PIQ Andy Cook
G4BWP Fred Handscombe
Yugoslavia
YU7BW Robert Homolja=20
YU1ZZ Milovanovic Milan=20
ASIA
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RZ9UA Mikhail Klokov
UA9MA Gennadij Kolmakov=20
UA9BA Vladimir Umanets=20
RN9AO Nickolai Perminov=20
Cyprus
5B4ADA Ivo Pezer=20
5B4WN Marios Nicolaou=20
Japan
JM1CAX Koji Tahara=20
JE1JKL Satoshi Nakamura=20
Kazakhstan
UN9LW Vladimir Vinichenko=20
UN7LAN Alex Sytov
NORTH AMERICA
Canada
VE3EJ John Sluymer
VE7ZO Jim Roberts=20
VE7SV Dale Green=20
VE7AHA Andrew Ponzini=20
USA
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K2UA James W. "Rus" Healy
N6RT Doug Brandon
N2NT Andy Blank
N6MJ Daniel M. Craig
N2NL David W. Mueller
K1AR John Dorr
K1DG Doug Grant
W4AN Bill Fisher
K4BAI John Laney
N5KO Trey Garlough
N1YC James Brooks
N2IC/0 Steven London
K6LL David Hachadorian
NT1N Dave Patton
AG9A Mark Obermann
KQ2M Robert Shohet
W7WA Daniel Handa
K5ZD Randy Thompson
K1KI Tom Frenaye
N5TJ Jeff Steinman
K1TO Dan Street
K3LR Timothy J. Duffy=20
N9RV Patrick M. Barkey=20
N6KT Rich Smith=20
K6NA Glenn Rattmann=20
N6TJ James Neiger=20
N6AA Richard Norton=20
AFRICA
South Africa
ZS6EZ Chris Burger=20
ZS4TX Bernie van der Walt=20
SOUTH AMERICA
Argentina
LU7DW Claudio Gabriel Fernandez=20
LU5DX Martin Monsalvo=20
Brazil
PP5JR Sergio Lima de Almeida=20
PY1KN Marcelo Gomes da Silva=20
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From k8dx@raex.com Wed Jan 23 16:46:05 2002
From: k8dx@raex.com (Scott Detloff K8DX)
Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2002 11:46:05 -0500
Subject: [NCC] Electrical box
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I have a "Square D" 60 amp, 3 phase breaker box that went to the old =
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you guys find a
home for it?
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Paris, Ohio
Visit The North Coast Contesters @ www.qsl.net/ncc
Tour K8DX @ www.qsl.net/k8dx
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From Nzharps@aol.com Wed Jan 30 14:54:27 2002
From: Nzharps@aol.com (Nzharps@aol.com)
Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2002 09:54:27 EST
Subject: [NCC] Fwd: [contest_prez] Important changes to ARRL Club rules for 2002-2003 season
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Hola to all..the League has made some interesting changes that relate to us as a contest club.
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Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2002 08:26:50 -0500
Subject: [contest_prez] Important changes to ARRL Club rules for 2002-2003 season
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http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2002/01/29/1/?nc=1
The Board also adopted the MSC's recommendations regarding club competition.
In accordance with the advice of the ARRL Contest Advisory Committee, five
specific changes were approved and will go into effect November 1, 2002,
when the "General Rules for All ARRL Contests" are updated for the 2002-2003
contest season. Under the revised ARRL club competition rules:
· The Board has altered the requirement that a member must attend at least
two club meetings a year in order to be allowed to submit score for a club
in the unlimited and medium categories. The new rules will allow
participation by "a member in good standing," as defined by the club. "In
part, this change recognizes that the dynamics of many clubs have changed,"
said ARRL Contest Branch Manager Dan Henderson, N1ND. "Many clubs hold
meetings on the air and on the Internet. Many clubs have large, active
participation on club e-mail reflectors." Henderson said that by allowing
clubs to define their own standard for "member in good standing," clubs can
include more operators as active participants in contesting activities.
· Medium and unlimited clubs now may define their club service area either
as a 175-mile radius circle or as an entire ARRL section. This change will
allow clubs from larger states than encompass entire ARRL sections to
compete with each other. Clubs may select one definition or the other but
not both.
· The percentage of operators who must be members of a club in order for the
club to claim a score from a multioperator station has been reduced from 66%
to 50%.
· A station owner no longer must be a member of a club in order for a guest
operator at the station to claim the score for that club.
· Canadian clubs that are full Radio Amateurs of Canada affiliates now may
participate in the ARRL Affiliated Clubs Competition.
73
Fraternally,
Doug Priest W3CF
Hatfield, Pa.
19440-3958
Doug@W3CF.com
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From jgetz@pgh.net Wed Jan 30 22:07:15 2002
From: jgetz@pgh.net (John's Travel and Cruises)
Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2002 17:07:15 -0500
Subject: [NCC] Dayton rooms
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If anyone is looking for rooms for Dayton, I found a
real deal at $35 a night. It's at the Econo Lodge in
Alpha, OH which is right outside of Dayton on Rt. 35.
Smoking rooms are left with 2 double beds or 1 king
bed. I can book without credit card if you don't want
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John's Travel and Cruises
3905 Monet Court South
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Telephone: 412-487-4733
Fax: 412-487-0338
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From Nzharps@aol.com Thu Jan 31 16:34:59 2002
From: Nzharps@aol.com (Nzharps@aol.com)
Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2002 11:34:59 EST
Subject: [NCC] Fwd: [contest_prez] Important changes to ARRL Club rules for 2002-2003 season
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Hi Jamie..think the new rules will have a positive effect on NCC. What we need to do is clearly define what a "member in good standing" is. Our current definition is now obsolete, but will stand for the time being.
QRV for any discussion/ideas on the subject.
Ron
In a message dated Wed, 30 Jan 2002 5:30:21 PM Eastern Standard Time, "Jamie WW3S" writes:
> How will this affect NCC? Good, bad??
>
> 73 Jamie WW3S
>
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> > Hola to all..the League has made some interesting changes that relate to
> us as a contest club.
> >
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