[SECC] SECC Digest, Vol 157, Issue 8
David Jones
w2gdj at wildblue.net
Sat Jan 9 11:25:19 EST 2016
Thanks for all your efforts John for pulling this all together. See you guys
soon.
Dave W2GDJ
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Today's Topics:
1. W4OC NS January 8 (W4OC at aol.com)
2. Announcement, Phone Fray, Tuesday Night (John Laney)
3. NAQP Team Registration - Today (John Laney)
4. Claimed Scores, Last Week's Contests; This Week's Contests
(John Laney)
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Message: 1
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 2016 12:17:07 -0500
From: W4OC at aol.com
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Subject: [SECC] W4OC NS January 8
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NCCC Sprint Ladder - Jan 8
Call: W4OC
Operator(s): W4OC
Station: W4OC
Class: Single Op LP
QTH: SC
Operating Time (hrs): 0.5
Radios: SO2R
Summary:
Band QSOs Mults
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160: 8 7
80: 13 12
40: 20 14
20: 13 10
15:
10:
6:
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Total: 54 43 Total Score = 2,322
Club: South East Contest Club
Comments:
Congrats to K4BAI for an outstanding win on the opening
night of the new NS Ladder Competition.
Good to hear KU8E and N3ZL active last night.
Hope to work everyone on six bands in the NAQP CW
on Saturday.
73
Don W4OC
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Message: 2
Date: Fri, 08 Jan 2016 15:29:40 -0500
From: John Laney <k4bai at att.net>
To: SECC at contesting.com, gcg <gcgmail at georgiacontestgroup.com>, ALQP
ACG <contest at alabamacontestgroup.org>, Southeast Sprint Coalition
<sesprint at contesting.com>
Subject: [SECC] Announcement, Phone Fray, Tuesday Night
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I will be registering SECC teams for the NAQP SSB so let me know if you
want to be on a team. 73, John, K4BAI.
The North American QSO Party is on 16 JAN so please join in during this
Tuesday's Phone Fray for a practice session. 9:30 pm EST Tuesday
(0230-0300z Wednesday).
The rules are identical...exchange name and S/P/C; mults per band; 100w
max. Use the NAQP SSB module in your favorite logging software. No
logs to submit, just report scores to http://www.3830scores.com./
The Phone Fray was designed to be a great practice opportunity for new
contesters and veterans alike. It's only 30 minutes long so time
management, band changes, and run vs. S and P strategy are paramount.
Please forward this note to your club and help new contesters build some
skills.
The rules are here: http://www.perluma.com/Phone_Fray_Contest_Rules.pdf
Suggested center frequencies are: 21.325, 14.250, 7.175, 3.800 (try to
avoid 3.790-3.800, and lower in the band is better), 1.875. Start as
high as possible and work your way down in frequency. 160 is hopping at
the end.
Join the free Phone Fray reflector:
https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/PhoneFray/info
Thanks!, 73, Dean, NW2K
PS NAQP CW is tomorrow 9 JAN!
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Message: 3
Date: Sat, 9 Jan 2016 09:43:35 -0500
From: John Laney <k4bai at att.net>
To: secc at contesting.com, Southeast Sprint Coalition
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Subject: [SECC] NAQP Team Registration - Today
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Hello all: Here are the team registrations for today's NAQP CW. Thanks
to you all for participating with us. The teams were determined by the
amount of time you said you could devote to the contest and,
secondarily, when I heard from you. I could make changes if I had time
and knew about them before the contest starts, but we are going to a
grandson's basketball game this morning and will probably have lunch
with family members afterward. I will try to check e-mails before the
contest starts if there are any last minute changes, but I can't promise
I will have the time. After the list of team members below, I will make
some suggestions about operating the contest which you may consider or
disregard. Please do not change the call you use and use the call as
registered (unless I made a typo, of course). Please post your score to
3830 after the contest as soon as you can conveniently do so. There
will be a pull down chart for you to select the name of your team. You
may show your "home" club, but anyone is welcome to show your club as
"South East Contest Club" if you have no other club to promote. There is
no club aggregate score competition in this contest.
Thanks for registering your NAQP CW team.
Team Name: SECC#1
Team Members:
K4BAI
AD8J
AA4CF
W4AU
K7SV
Registration recorded at: 2016-01-09 13:45:13Z
Thanks for registering your NAQP CW team.
Team Name: SECC#2
Team Members:
N4XFA
W2GDJ
N4TB
KZ5D
N4XL
Registration recorded at: 2016-01-09 13:46:47Z
Thanks for registering your NAQP CW team.
Team Name: SECC#3
Team Members:
KU8E
K5ZM
K9OM
WA5POK
KN4Y
Registration recorded at: 2016-01-09 13:48:00Z
Thanks for registering your NAQP CW team.
Team Name: SECC#4
Team Members:
K2SX
NM2L
AA4LR
N3ZL
NJ8J
Registration recorded at: 2016-01-09 13:49:02Z
Note that we are all in the Southeastern USA area generally except Ian,
K5ZM, who is in OR, but has operated at the NQ4I M/M in GA often in the
past. The rest of us are from VA to FL and out to LA. I have noted
other teams from our are sponsored by GCG and ACG and, for your
information, will list those teams below. There is also one from the
Deep Dixie Contest Club in MS, but I failed to note their members. I do
remember that WB5EIN is the captain and N4OGW is on the team.
>From GCG: N4PN, WN4AFP, WA2MBP, WA1S, N4OX, N5TOO, WW4LL, N4ZZ.
>From ACG: WA1FCN, N4KH, K4WI, KS4L, K4IQJ.
All these team members should guarantee that there will be a lot of
activity from this area and increase the opportunities for each of us to
make QSOs and mults.
Remember that maxiumum power is 100W. The contest starts at 1800Z (1 PM
EST) and goes until 0600Z (1 AM EST). You can operate only 10 hours out
of the 12. Your off periods must equal 30 minutes (after you start. You
may start at any time. Don't worry about off periods before you start.
Only between the start and end of your operating). When I say 30
minutes, you need to keep in mind that means 30 full minutes. Some of
your logging programs may allow you to restart after 29 minutes and some
seconds, but the seconds don't count for contest purposes. As an
illustration, if you make your last QSO before an off time at 2100Z, do
not make your first QSO after the off time at 2130Z because, if you do,
you have taken off only 29 minutes. Wait until the 31st minute, 2131Z
to make your next QSO.
Multipliers count per band. So, you may be asked to QSY to another band
for someone who needs you or your multiplier on the other band. This is
very for those who are SO2R. I am not SO2R at the present, but can
easily QSY to any other band upon request (with the possible exception
of 160M when sometimes I might have to change the feed system to the 80M
antenna to go there). So, I usually try to comply with such requests
and always try when I also need the mult on the other band. You may
want to ask other stations to QSY to a band where you need them as a
mult. Unless the other station is operated by a close friend or is a
M/2 or SO2R station, it is usually useless to ask someone you have
called when you are S&P to QSY. The run station usually doesn't want to
stop his run to accommodate you. So, it is much more likely that a S&P
station will agree to QSY to another band at your request. Some won't
or can't, so don't be offended if it is refused. There will also be a
few in the contest who don't seem to be able to understand your request
or have their computer set up in such a way that they can't send
anything but CQ and their exchange. So, don't waste a lot of time on
stations who are not immediately responsive. But, you should be set up
with a keyboard or a paddle so you can respond to and make such requests
yourself.
The exchange for North American stations is Name and State, Province, or
North American country. For stations outside NA, it is only Name. My
logging program requires something in the QTH space before I can go on
to the next line, so I will type in "DX" or the DXCC prefix for the
station on another continent and then remove that from the Cabrillo
file. It is probably OK to leave that in your Cabrillo file, but I
delete it. I make a pen and paper note of each such QSO so I can find
them easily when the Cabrillo file is created.
If you can, listen or operate on the CW bands for a half hour or so
before 1800Z and get a feel for conditions and what bands would be good
to start on.
Because ten meters may not be open much due to the current propagation
conditions on that band, it is a good idea to start on ten if it is open
at all. Your best run rates in the afternoon will probably be on 20
meters. (Different for K5ZM on the west coast.) I try to run on 20M
during the afternoon, but check and work whomever I can on 10M on the
hour and 15M on the half hour as long as those bands are open. You may
be surprised to find that QSYs to an apparently dead band such as 10, 15
and 20 at night will be successful even if the band are otherwise
empty. You may want to select a QSY frequency that is high in the band
or low in the band to avoid a quick QSY on top of another strong station.
You may want to go to 40M fairly early (2200-2230Z) to get more local
multipliers just in case the skip is long later.
You may find that stations don't QSY to 160M as early as that band is
open. A quick QSY to that band is OK any time, but what I mean is that
you may not find a lot of stations running on 160M as early as the band
could be used for that purpose. So, the best times for 160M seem to be
fairly late in the contest period, say 0330Z. Some stations seem to go
to 160M on the half hour beginning about 0300Z.
I try to run on the most productive band with a check back on the higher
bands or down to the lower bands on the half hour so I don't miss
multipliers on those bands.
Operate as much as you can conveniently do so and have a lot of fun.
Good luck to all.
73, John, K4BAI
For SECC.
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Message: 4
Date: Thu, 07 Jan 2016 17:34:59 -0500
From: John Laney <k4bai at att.net>
To: SECC at contesting.com, ALQP ACG <contest at alabamacontestgroup.org>,
gcg <gcgmail at georgiacontestgroup.com>, w4cvy at yahoogroups.com, Renner
Loney <rennerloney at gmail.com>, kvistads at yahoo.com, Southeast Sprint
Coalition <sesprint at contesting.com>, Larry - K7SV <k7sv at comcast.net>,
John Unger <w4au at verizon.net>, n4tb at tnni.net
Subject: [SECC] Claimed Scores, Last Week's Contests; This Week's
Contests
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Late received scores:
1. Stew Perry TBDC
K4IQJ 160 573 MO HP ___ AL ACG
N4JF 47 101 SO LP 3.0 AL ACG
2. Phone Fray, 12/30/15
N4XFA 37 22 814 SO LP 0.5 GA SECC
3. CWOps Club CWT Mini Test, 12/30/15, 1900Z
K2SX 112 83 9,296 SO HP 1.0 SC
W1TEF 41 38 1,558 SO QRP 1.0 SC SFCG At W4DFG
Claimed Scores, Last Week's Contests:
1. CWOps Club CWT Mini Test, 12/31/15, 0300Z
K4BAI 126 99 12,474 SO HP 1.0 GA SECC
AD8J 108 82 8,856 SO HP 1.0 NC SECC
WN4AFP 62 62 3,844 SO LP 1.0 SC SECC
W4KLY 53 40 2,120 SO LP 1.0 GA
N5TOO 44 40 1,760 SO LP 1.0 GA GCG
NN4K 39 31 1,209 SO LP 1.0 GA SECC
AK4NY 25 23 575 SO LP 0.75 GA
WA8HSB 21 19 399 SO QRP 0.75 AL ACG
2. NCCC NS NA Sprint Practice, 1/1/16 (Dupes OK)
K4BAI 30 14 420 SO LP 0.5 GA SECC
N3ZL 14 7 98 SO LP 0.5 NC SECC
3. QRPARCI New Years Sprint
K4BAI 21 14 7,140 SO QRP 1:40 GA SECC
(This really wasn't a contest. It was on the WA7BNM calendar because
they had one last year, but they haven't announced QRPARCI contests for
this year yet, so I made 21 non-contest QSOs on New Years Day by
mistake. Fun anyway.)
4. ARRL Straight Key Night
K4BAI 9 QSOs. Vote for best fist and most interesting QSO: w7GB.
5. ARRL RTTY Round Up
Call QSO S/P Cntry Score Category Time St Club Misc
W4DXX 1776 57 76 236,208 SO HP 24 GA GCG
AG4W 1308 57 59 151,728 SO HP 24 AL ACG
ZF2LL 1458 55 47 148,716 SO LP 23:35 ZF GCG By WW4LL at
ZF1EJ
AA4LR 902 55 37 82,984 SO LP 23.4 GA SECC
N4IQ 893 56 32 78,594 SO(U)HP 21.5 SC SFCG SO2R
K8KI 762 54 27 61,722 SO(U)HP 16.4 AL ACG
N4BCD 607 55 39 57,058 SO(U)HP ____ TN ACG
WB2RHM 576 53 43 55,296 SO(U)LP 19.25 NC SECC
AA4CF 535 55 43 52,430 SO(U)HP 12 GA GCG
K4WI 525 53 37 47,250 SO LP 12 AL ACG
KC4HW 700 52 14 46,200 SO LP 9:20 AL 599DXA
K4HAL 525 49 20 36,225 SO(U)HP 11 AL ACG
K7OM 482 52 21 35,186 SO(U)HP 13:45 SC SFCG
NJ4F 422 50 33 35,026 SO HP 15 SC SFCG
KG4IGC 335 49 30 26,465 SO(U)LP 14:41 SC SFCG
KB4KBS 364 52 14 24,024 SO LP 18:30 GA GCG
N4CO 300 47 30 23,100 SO LP 16 SC SFCG
WA1F 252 39 13 13,104 M/S LP 13 GA GCG Ops: WA1F,WA1S
K3IE 236 47 8 12,980 SO LP 8 TN TCG
KU8E 179 40 27 11,993 SO HP 6:51 GA SECC
N4KH 209 39 14 11,077 SO(U)LP 5 AL ACG
KJ4RAQ 187 40 8 8,976 SO(U)HP 11 AL ACG
KM4JA 135 35 6 5,535 SO LP 6 AL ACG
K4BLL 113 34 7 4,633 SO(U)LP 6 GA SECC
AJ4UQ 100 33 10 4,300 SO LP ____ SC SFCG
KG4USN 88 33 10 3,344 SO LP 5 GA GCG
6. Adventure Radio Society January Spartan Sprint
K4BAI 21 21 SO QRP (Tubby) 1.5 GA SECC
7. Phone Fray, 1/6/16
KT4ZB 53 39 2,067 SO LP 0.5 GA SECC
K4BAI 49 36 1,764 SO LP 0.5 GA SECC
AD8J 29 23 667 SO LP 0.5 NC SECC
8. CWOps Club CWT Mini Test, 1/6/16, 1300Z
W4BQF 112 93 10,416 SO HP 1.0 GA
K4BAI 94 73 6,862 SO HP 0:57 GA SECC
AD8J 69 54 3,726 SO LP 0:55 NC SECC
K1GU 53 53 2,809 SO HP 0.5 TN TCG
K4JAZ 45 40 1,800 SO LP 1.0 AL SECC
N5TOO 35 31 1,085 SO LP 1.0 GA GCG
NN4K 30 27 810 SO HP 1.0 GA SECC
WN4AFP 25 25 625 SO LP 0:20 SC SFCG
KI4MZC 26 24 624 SO QRP 1.0 GA
AK4NY 10 10 100 SO LP 0.25 GA
9. CWOps Club CWT Mini Test, 1/6/16, 1900Z
AD8J 108 85 9,180 SO HP 1.0 NC SECC
K1GU 101 78 7,878 SO HP 1.0 TN TCG
K4JAZ 45 38 1,710 SO LP 1.0 AL SECC
N3ZL 38 34 1,292 SO LP 0:40 NC SECC
KI4MZC 29 25 725 SO QRP 1.0 GA
WN4AFP 27 25 675 SO LP 0.5 SC SFCG
NN4K 17 17 289 SO HP 0:30 GA SECC
10. CWOps Club CWT Mini Test, 1/7/16, 0300Z
K4BAI 112 91 10,192 SO HP 1.0 GA SECC
K1GU 104 89 9,256 SO HP 1.0 TN TCG
AD8J 97 77 7,469 SO HP 1.0 NC SECC
K4HR 42 35 1,470 SO HP 1.0 SC
NN4K 30 27 810 SO HP 1.0 GA SECC
N3ZL 25 25 625 SO LP 0:20 NC SECC
This Week's Contests:
1. NCCC RTTY Sprint Practice. 0145-0215Z Friday (Thursday night
local). 15, 20, 40, 80, 160M RTTY. 100W maximum power. 1/1 khZ QSY
rule. Exchange: both calls, #, name, SPC. Look around 080 kHz on each
band plus 1805 kHz up. Same band dupes OK after one intervening QSO.
2. NCCC NS Sprint Ladder. 0230-0259Z Friday (Thursday night local).
20, 40, 80, 160M CW. 100W maximum powr. 1/1 kHz QSY rule. Exchange:
both calls, #, name, SPC. Look around 040 kHz on each band plus up from
1815 kHz. No same band dupes permitted. Ladder series resumes tonight.
3. QRP Fox Hunt. Thursday night local, Friday UTC time 0200-0330Z.
80M CW. Two QRP Foxes (WA4ILO, JIM, GA and N8SS, EARL, MI) will be
betweeen 3550 and 3570 kHz. Maxium power 5W. Work only the two foxes.
Exchange: RST, SPC, Name, Power.
4. Straight Key Century Club Weekend Sprintathon. 1200Z Sat to 2400Z
Sun. Maximum time: 24 hours. Use a mechanical key. 160-6M CW.
Exchange: RST, SPC, Name, SKCC# or "NONE." Look around 050 kHz on the
major contest bands. Bonus points for using a hand key you home made
for this contest and for working such stations who will identify by
sending "name/hk." Also 100 bonus points for spelling out "INNER
MACGYVER" with callsigns you work.
5. NCJ North American QSO Party, CW. 1800Z Sat to 0200Z Sun. That's 1
PM to 1 AM EST. 10 hours maximum. Be sure to take off at least 30
minutes. So, if you make your last QSO before a break at 2300Z, don't
make the next QSO until 2331Z. If you make it at 2330Z, you will have
taken off only 29 minutes. 160-10M CW. 100W maximum power. Mults
(S/P/NA countries) count once per band. There are team competitions.
N4PN will register teams for GCG. WA1FCN will register teams for ACG.
I will register SECC teams. So far, for SECC, we have K4BAI, W4AU,
K7SV, AD8J, AA4CF, N4TB, N4XFA, W2GDJ, KU8E, N4XL, K2SX, NM2L, AA4LR,
N3ZL. I will register the teams late Friday or early Saturday. You do
not need to be a member of a club or live within a geographical area to
be on a team. So, please let me know ASAP if anyone else is interested
in being on a SECC team for this fun event.
6. North American QRP CW Club 160M Sprint. 160M CW only 5W max power.
0130-0330Z Wed of next week (Tuesday night local date). Exchange:
RST, SPC, NAQCC# or power. Multiply score by 2 for use of hand key and
by 1 1/2 for use of a bug.
7. QRP Fox Hunt 40M. Tuesday of next week. Same rules as for Thursday
night fox hunt above except the frequency range in 7030 to 7050 kHz and
the foxes are N1IX, DAVE, NH and N8SS, EARL, MI.
8. Phone Fray. Every Tuesday night local. Wed. 0230-0259Z. 15, 20, 40,
80, 160M SSB. 100W maximum power. Exchange: Name + SPC. This should
be excellent time to practice for the North American QSO Party SSB. I
will register teams for NAQP SSB for SECC, so please let me know if you
want to be on a SECC team for NAQP SSB.
9. CWOps Club CWT Mini Tests. Every Wednesday local date. Three
separate one-hour mini tests. 1300Z, 1900Z, 0300Z (Thursday UTC date).
160-10M CW. Exchange: Name + CWOps # or SPC.
Hope everyone has a good week and weekend. 73, John, K4BAI.
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