[SECC]

Thu Sep 2 16:54:36 EDT 2004

Hi Folks!

I agree wholeheartedly that the club would benefit from face-to-face 
meetings and exchanges of ideas. However, it was because of the every day 
demands on many of us, including KU8E and others, that the club was 
established by W4AN (who disliked meetings) to interact with one another 
via the internet.  Read "About Us" on the SECC web site, crafted by K2UFT.

Many members complained when we first pointed out that the ARRL (at that 
time) required two in-person meetings per year.  Again, I like getting 
together with other club members.  If someone figures out a way to do it on 
a regular basis so that someone from the Valdosta area, and from Columbus, 
and Dunwoody can attend, then I'm all for it!

73,

Jay/K4OGG

At 04:14 PM 9/2/2004, ku8e at bellsouth.net wrote:

>  Tom,
>
>   Actually, I am the person responsible for the GQP results. They will be 
> out in the near future. If you compare the GQP with other QSO parties you 
> will find most of them will not have their results out in 2 months - 
> unless they are small. The MI QSO party, which was a week before us and 
> the FQP, a couple weeks after have not published their results yet. My 
> goal is to have them out before the fall contest season really takes off 
> - sometime in September....
>
>                    Jeff
>
>
> >
> > From: "Tommy" <aldermant at alltel.net>
> > Date: 2004/09/02 Thu PM 03:04:56 EDT
> > To: <ku8e at bellsouth.net>
> > Subject: Re: Re: [SECC]
> >
> > I agree with Jeff.
> >
> > After coming back to south Georgia last year from the Washington, DC area
> > and the PVRC, the Valdosta ARC is a true joke. The SECC, as Jeff mentions,
> > has a very small core of active  members and there seems to not be much
> > effort in stimulating more activity. SECC officers seem to only speak up
> > when someone tend's to 'rock the boat'! Is there any leadership?
> >
> > I did a good effort in the GAQP because I was enthusiastic about the 
> SECC at
> > that time. But what happened to the SECC after that contest? Nothing. Other
> > states post their QP results  within two months, SECC still has not posted
> > scores (and I am  not pointing a finger). The 'bigger' contest such as SS
> > and CQ WW, who have somewhat of a world-wide load to deal with, used to 
> be a
> > long drawn out affair, but with the internet, even those 'biggies' and
> > beginning to have a decent turn-around time on posting scores 
> from  contest.
> >
> > If it were not for John, Jeff, and just a few others, the SECC would rank
> > right up there with  the VARC! I listened to  the 75m SSB two times, and
> > that was all I could take of what ever that is called...anyway it's pretty
> > pathetic. So the question is, is the SECC a southeast contest club or is it
> > just a social club for old foggies?
> > I will still contest, simply because I enjoy it, but why post scores 
> for the
> > SECC when there certainly is little interest, except maybe north of Macon?
> >
> > Tom - W4BQF
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: <ku8e at bellsouth.net>
> > To: "SECC" <secc at contesting.com>
> > Sent: Thursday, September 02, 2004 2:33 PM
> > Subject: Re: Re: [SECC]
> >
> >
> > >
> > >  I think the roster needs to be cleaned up as well. We have a core of
> > maybe
> > >  30 stations out of over 100 on the club roster that are active in the
> > club.
> > >  That means 70% of the club is not active in any way.
> > >
> > >  In the two years I have lived in GA I have not seen these people at a
> > club meeting, on the reflector, or even submit a score for SECC. Maybe
> > someone who has time can do some analysis on the ARRL contest website 
> to see
> > who has been submitting scores.
> > >
> > >  I have to admit I am very disappointed with my experience with SECC so
> > far, since I have moved here from Ohio. I have made a few new contesting
> > friends but that's about it. I miss the social events (meetings) that were
> > part of belonging to the Mad River Radio club.
> > >
> > >  I have actually become kind of apathic toward expending my energy
> > torwards doing things such as updating the web page or even doing a FT
> > effort in a contest and submitting my score for SECC. I have a limited
> > amount of time , for radio, because I have a young family I am raising. Why
> > waste my time if no one even cares. I am at the point now that I would
> > probably just give up running the GQP if someone else in the club wanted to
> > run it, but I don't think there is anyone else in the club that wants to do
> > it.
> > >
> > > We need to have some club activities to rally around and until that
> > happens I see nothing changing
> > >
> > >
> > >                        73, Jeff
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > >
> > > > From: John Laney <k4bai at worldnet.att.net>
> > > > Date: 2004/09/02 Thu PM 01:26:38 EDT
> > > > To: K4SB <k4sb at bellsouth.net>
> > > > CC: SECC <secc at contesting.com>
> > > > Subject: Re: [SECC]
> > > >
> > > > Officers for the year August 1, 2004 to August 1, 2005 were elected at
> > > > the Kennehoochee Hamfest this past April.
> > > >
> > > > 73,
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > John, K4BAI.
> > > >
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