[SECC] Club activities

[ku8e at bellsouth.net]

John,

 An observation from SSB SS :

 What some clubs have started doing is having two or more multi-ops going on from the same station using two different calls. K8CC has done this for the last couple of years in SSB SS. I noticed in the small amount of time I was on this year on SSB that there were several stations in the NCCC (SCV section) that sounded like they were doing the same thing.

                  Jeff


> 
> From: John Laney <k4bai at worldnet.att.net>
> Date: 2003/11/18 Tue PM 04:44:24 EST
> To: secc at contesting.com,  bill at eHam.net
> Subject: [SECC] Club activities
> 
> Here are some more or less random thoughts about SECC club activity, 
> particularly in light of the recent ARRL SS Contests.
> 
> We are falling behind in recruiting new members.  It might be helpful 
> for someone to be appointed membership chairman.  The membership 
> chairman might contact stations active in recent contests, such as SS, 
> from Georgia, the areas of Ala, NC, and SC that are within our circle. 
> I am not mentioning Tennessee, since the only member we had in Tennessee 
> (K4JNY) seems to have dropped out, and the TCG seems to be pretty much 
> occupying that territory.  I could go through my SS logs and others 
> could do the same and we could provide calls to the membership chairman 
> of people we worked in the contest who aren't on our roster, but appear 
> to be within our area.  Maybe we could also provide additional info such 
> as mode, QSO #, etc., which might help indicate areas of interest.  The 
> membership chairman might contact these non-member contesters by e-mail 
> where the address is listed in one of the data bases, or even by mail or 
> telephone.
> 
> Secondly, I may be wrong.  I have not seen this in print anywhere.  But, 
> it is my impression that certain contest clubs in California and perhaps 
> the area around Illinois (SMC, for example), are encouraging activity by 
> their members in the Unlimited category.  Members who don't particularly 
> care about a contest, but want to help the club, are operating logged 
> onto the internet or a packet group.  They work their own members first 
> and they spot their own members.  Then they use the spots to get as many 
> multipliers as possible.  They also make random contacts with 
> others--old friends, strong stations, unusual calls.  They also probably 
> CQ some if they like to run.   Thus, they increase the scores of their 
> club members by working them and spotting them and they run up good 
> scores for the amount of time they spend on the air.  At the end of the 
> contest, they copy off a Cabrillo log and e-mail it off with credit to 
> their club.  I suspect they are also using multiple calls.  When the 
> rate slows down or they get bored, they switch to another call, such as 
> a club call or a family member's call.  They then send in logs for all 
> the calls they used with credit to their club.  An analysis of the rules 
> of any particular contest would be required to see what would be 
> permissible within the rules of that contest, with regard to these 
> multiple calls.  They may also go to established club stations or to 
> stations of inactive members of their clubs or members who may not be 
> able to contest on a particular weekend and use their calls.  They rack 
> up a lot of points for their clubs, but they also generally increase 
> activity and make more calls available for everyone in the contest.
> 
> I draw these conclusions from the number of "Unlimited" precedences 
> given out this year in ARRL SS, particular from California and from the 
> number of "Multi" precedences, even with low numbers.  I believe "M" 
> stations may also use packet and the multiple operators may include 
> family members or friends, licensed or not.
> 
> I am in favor of as many hams as possible enjoying contesting and, if 
> the use of packet (and perhaps sending packet messages back and forth 
> during the contest) contributes to that, I am all for it.  I'd not like 
> SECC to be completely left out though, and wonder if there are members 
> out there on the repeater who think they might enter a contest like this 
> to make whatever score might be possible in the time available, have 
> some fun, and contribute to our club score?  We may have no real chance 
> of winning against the larger and better organized clubs, but I'd like 
> to see us keep our place among the contest clubs submitting scores.
> 
> Because of the submission of scores prior to 1996, SEDXC was allowed to 
> name a team captain for WRTC 1996 in San Francisco.  Because of scores 
> submitted for SECC in international contests, SECC was given a vote for 
> US team captains for WRTC 2002.  WRTC 2006 has been announced for 
> Brazil.  The selection method for US teams is, I am sure, yet to be 
> determined.  Nevertheless, club scores submitted is a recurrent theme 
> from past WRTC selection processes.  It isn't too early for us to be 
> thinking about 2006 and placing ourselves in a place to have some effect 
> on that selection process.
> 
> Also, the composite scores of teams published in magazines or on the 
> internet help us earn international recognition.  We might think of 
> other ways to raise consciousness of our club, including a club QSL card 
> with logo, etc.
> 
> Hope everyone has a nice week.  There is an international contest this 
> weekend, called the LZ DX Contest, on both modes CW and SSB, 12 UTC Sat 
> to 12 UTC Sunday.  Everyone can work everyone else for point credit. 
> The CT/NA logging programs can be used in the IARU contest template.  It 
> won't figure the score right, but the logchecking software will do that 
> from your Cabrillo file.  We send RS(T) plus ITU zone and LZ stations 
> send RS(T) plus 2 letter LZ district abbreviation.  The IARU logging 
> programs will accept the letters they same as if they were a HQ station 
> ID.  Apparently TR and Writelog are fully functional including scoring 
> for this contest.  Logs within 30 days to lzdxc at yahoo.com.  The rules 
> may be found at:  http://www.qsl.net/lz1fw/contest   Note there is a 
> ten-minute rule per mode, but not per band, so you can do SO2R and quick 
> QSYs as long as you stay on the same mode.  This could be a good warm up 
> for CQ WW CW the next weekend.  The PJ2T contest station will QRV in 
> this contest.  If I am not mistaken, it will be a single op effort by 
> Geoff, W0CG, as PJ2DX.
> 
> Again, a reminder to look for me as PJ2/K4BAI Nov 25 to Dec 2 and look 
> for PJ2T in CQ WW CW.  We will be multi two, so we should be QRV on two 
> bands at any given time.  We are hoping, if conditions permit, to have a 
> shot at the all time M/2 record, set by A61AJ in 2002.  Our ops will be 
> K4BAI, W0CG, K8MFO, N8BJQ, W8WTS, K8ND, and S50R (Leo was an op at A61AJ 
> in 2002).  I may not be as QRV before and after the contest as usual 
> since we will have more ops than rigs and I will not be staying at the 
> station location overnight except during the contest, perhaps.  We will 
> be monitoring six meters with a new 100 watt 6 meter rig, to take the 
> place of the 5 watter used in the past.  If I can provide a new 
> band/mode/country for anybody, it would be a great pleasure for me to do so.
> 
> 73,
> 
> 
> John, K4BAI.
> 
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