[bars] New England QSO Party this weekend...

ericcappucci ericcappucci at yahoo.com
Tue May 16 12:39:45 EDT 2023


Hello All,A long time friend of mine and a life long ham recently signed off for good. I inherited a bunch of ham stuff. Among it are a dozen or so rolls of coax. Does the club have any need of this?Thanks,N1STDSent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone
-------- Original message --------From: Tim KC1RET <kc1ret.radio at gmail.com> Date: 5/8/23  5:21 PM  (GMT-05:00) To: bars at w1hh.org Subject: Re: [bars] New England QSO Party this weekend... 
    Nice -- I missed that.  Thanks!
      
      73, Tim - KC1RET
    
    On 5/8/2023 16:30, wo1n wrote:
    
    
      
      
      
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        Using N1MM+, Go File à Export à Print
          ScoreSummary.txt to File. I use that as the base then edit it
          adding station details and soapbox comments.
         
        73,
         
        Ken – WO1N 
         
        
          
            From: bars
              <bars-bounces at w1hh.org> On Behalf Of Tim
              KC1RET
              Sent: Monday, May 8, 2023 2:30 PM
              To: bars at w1hh.org
              Subject: Re: [bars] New England QSO Party this
              weekend...
          
        
         
        I was
            running <100w into an 40m EFHW at about 20ft so I think
            that puts me in the less-than-little-pistol category... 
            'pea shooter' perhaps? ;-)
            
            Yes, there were def. a strong showing of CW spots vs. SSB
            spots.  I was attributing that to the less-than-great
            conditions (CW being preferable in low-signal situations)
            but I had forgotten about the CW skimmers feeding into RBN. 
            I did have two good runs but they only lasted a few minutes
            as I ran out of callers.
            
            I've submitted my log; 112 Qs with a score of 5,600.  I'm
            curious what you used to create that summary sheet below?
            
            Thanks for the motivation!
            
            73, Tim - KC1RET
        
          On 5/8/2023 11:18, wo1n wrote:
        
        
          Thanks for getting on. 
           
          SSB can be a real drag for low power/low
            antenna situations, this is why I did 100% CW. The RBN
          Network picks up your call
            instantaneously and spots you across the world.
           
          Drop me a note if you need help with
            submitting or anything.
           
          73, Ken – WO1N
           
           
                        NEWE QSOPARTY Summary Sheet
           
                 Start Date : 2023-05-06
           
              CallSign Used : WO1N
                Operator(s) : WO1N
           
          Operator Category : SINGLE-OP
                       Band : ALL
                      Power : LOW
                       Mode : CW
          Default Exchange : MIDMA
                 Gridsquare : FN42IO
           
               ARRL Section : EMA
                  Club/Team : Billerica Amateur
            Radio Society
                   Software : N1MM Logger+
            1.0.9875.0
           
                  Band     QSOs     Pts  Mul  Pt/Q
                   3.5     115     230    6   2.0
                     7     198     396   17   2.0
                    14     110     220   26   2.0
                    21      40      80    4   2.0
                 Total     463     926   53   2.0
           
          Score : 49,078
           
          Station: FTdx5000, C3-SS at 38', 40MDi at 50',
            80M-K2KQ, N1MM+ 
           
          Soapbox : 
           
          Wow conditions were pretty punk for the
            entire event. Watching crazy K
          indices and long duration flares all
            weekend.
           
          Crappy weather all week so I didn't get
            the yard work done that I
          had planned. When Saturday dawned
            beautiful and bright I knew
          I was in for a challenge to balance
            contesting and the other stuff.
           
          N1MM+ says 8 hours, which is about right.
            One session right after
          I came in from moving some heavy trash
            barrels of compacted,
          wet leaves resulted in the fingers not
            going to where they are supposed
          to on the keyboard. It was typo after
            typo, fixup after fixup. I am
          a good touch typist so I'm like WTF?
            Eventually the fine motor skills
          returned.
           
          About 99% running. All CW. Best hour was
            88 Qs. I need to figure out
          what I'm not doing right in the
            multiplier department. 
           
          Score attributed to my local Ham club
            after spending some cycles in
          the prior week motivating members to get
            on the air and make some Qs.
           
          All in all, not a super serious effort
            but fun none-the-less.
           
          73,
           
          Ken - WO1N
           
          
            
              From: bars <bars-bounces at w1hh.org>
                On Behalf Of Tim KC1RET
                Sent: Monday, May 8, 2023 8:39 AM
                To: Robert Montgomery <rob.montgomery69 at outlook.com>;
                Jim Idelson <jim at k1ir.com>
                Cc: BARS Reflector <bars at w1hh.org>
                Subject: Re: [bars] New England QSO Party this
                weekend...
            
          
           
          “Success
                is stumbling from failure to failure with no loss of
                enthusiasm.” —Winston
                  Churchill
                
              Hey, you kept trying and eventually had some success! 
              I took a few breaks during the day when nothing seemed to
              be working and then came back and tried a different band,
              or calling CQ rather than doing S&P.  It was def. a
              tough slog early in the day but when 40 opened up WOOHOO!
              
              73 - Tim KC1RET
          
            On 5/8/2023 7:00, Robert Montgomery
              wrote:
          
          
            
              Add my name to the list of failures.
            
            
              I called CQ for an hour Saturday at
                the start and only got two contacts. 
            
            
              Tried again later at night and the
                bands were not cooperating. 
            
            
              Same results Sunday morning. 
            
            
              Did finally make some progress last
                night on 40M.
            
            
              Hopefully learned many lessons for
                future contests!!
            
            
               
            
            
               
            
            
              KC1QKU-Rob
            
            
               
            
            
               
            
            
              
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              From: bars <bars-bounces at w1hh.org>
                  on behalf of Jim Idelson <jim at k1ir.com>
                  Sent: Sunday, May 7, 2023 11:42:06 PM
                  To: Tim KC1RET <kc1ret.radio at gmail.com>
                  Cc: BARS Reflector <bars at w1hh.org>
                  Subject: Re: [bars] New England QSO Party this
                  weekend... 
              
                 
              
            
            
              
                Yes
                  Tim. Conditions were pretty punk on the high bands
                  today. Hope you managed to have some fun on 40m,
                  though.
                
                  73 Jim K1IR
                
              
               
              
                
                  On Sun, May 7, 2023, 11:36 PM Tim
                    KC1RET <kc1ret.radio at gmail.com>
                    wrote:
                
                
                  
                    Well, I did
                        participate most of the contest hours today but
                        the Sun had other ideas.  I heard basically
                        nothing on 10 & 15 SSB and really struggled
                        to get a handful of contacts on 20 & 40.  40
                        did open up for me late in the day and I
                        finished with around ~110 QSOs in the log. 
                        Pretty disappointing overall.  I think I had two
                        good runs of 5-10 Qs in a row, that was fun. ;-)
                        
                        I'll submit my log tomorrow.
                        
                        Anyone else?
                        
                        73, Tim - KC1RET
                    
                      On 5/3/2023 20:33, wo1n
                        wrote:
                    
                    
                      
                        Hi all,
                         
                        As I discussed in the
                          meeting tonight, the New England QSO Party is
                          this weekend. See https://neqp.org/
                          for the exact details.
                         
                        It turns out there is a
                          New England Club Competition category. The
                          plaque is awarded to any New England club with
                          the highest combined score.
                         
                        The plaque is sponsored by
                          the Yankee Clipper Contest Club, so they are
                          not eligible to receive it. The CTRI club won
                          the plaque last year with only 6 entries and
                          around 250,000 points. 
                         
                        This is a really fun
                          contest (and good practice for Field Day). You
                          can enter SSB only, CW only or Mixed mode. You
                          are the focus of the rest of the world, so if
                          you get on and call CQ you will make lots of
                          contacts!
                         
                        All you need to remember
                          is to call out the “Billerica Amateur Radio
                          Society” (spell it out) on your entry form. 
                         
                        If any of you need help
                          setting up your favorite contest logging
                          program, send me a direct message and I will
                          do what I can to help you.
                         
                        Post a note here after the
                          event to let us know you participated.
                         
                        73,
                         
                        Ken – WO1N
                      
                      
                        
                        
                        
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