[Rdxa-bod] k2cs report

[Carey Magee (K2RNY)]

Hi:

Here is the latest club roster.  Hope all is well.  Malpelo is on, so GL.

Talk to you later.



73, 
Carey 
  
Mr. Carey Magee, K2RNY 
Rochester, NY 
http://www.qrz.com/db/k2rny 
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----- "Ken Boasi" <n2zn at rochester.rr.com> wrote:

> Folks,
> 
> Here's my contest report.  I will not be in attendance at the meeting
> 
> tomorrow night.
> 
> We are roughly halfway through the contest season; we still have six 
> major club contests coming up (ARRL DX both modes, CQ 160 both modes,
> 
> and CQ WPX both modes) in addition to the numerous non-club contests 
> that are upcoming, such as NAQP (all modes), NA Sprint (all modes), 
> Russian DX, BARTG, etc.
> 
> Attached to this email is the map showing the redrawn club circle,
> with 
> the center located on the agreed-upon spot at the club's meeting place
> 
> on Scottsville Rd.  We can place this on the website and update it as
> 
> needed.
> 
> More importantly, one of my jobs as contest coordinator is to
> determine 
> the eligibility of those who submit scores to the RDXA aggregate; in 
> simple terms, we have to make sure that anyone who submits a score on
> 
> behalf of RDXA is within the club circle, and a paid member in good 
> standing.  If someone can e-mail me the latest club roster, I'll plot
> 
> everyone on the map and make sure we are all eligible; I imagine that
> we 
> are, but it is always god to make sure we are playing by the rules.
> 
> With the ARRL DX contests coming up, I'd like to have the BOD look at
> 
> two proposals, submitted to me by club members, that involve the
> club's 
> involvement in the contests.
> 
> One proposal called for us to engage in a friendly competition with
> our 
> neighbors to the east, the Hudson Valley Contesters and DXers.  The 
> idea, simply, is to have a higher club score than the HVCDX group. 
> Last 
> year, we were behind them by about 5.5 million points (26.7 million to
> 
> 21.2 million points).  To do this, we would need to seriously ramp up
> 
> participation from more club members.  As a reminder, last year, W2FU
> 
> contributed 11.2 million (half!), 6W/WJ2O contributed 2.3 million,
> AI2N 
> contributed 1.1 million, and V31AM contributed 4.5 million...that adds
> 
> up to 19.1 million out of 21.2 million coming from just 4 operations.
> 
> That's something to think about this year, especially considering
> Redd, 
> Dave, and I will be contributing only one score from PZ instead of
> three 
> individual scores.  Also, if W2FU is not a member (the last roster I 
> have doesn't list him as being one), and the majority of his ops
> aren't, 
> then we can't legally count scores from his M/M anymore...sorry to
> say, 
> but it is true, per the ARRL contest rules:
> 
> "8.5.2. At least 50% of the operators at a multi-operator station must
> 
> be eligible members of the club and the station must be located within
> 
> the defined club territory. The owner of the station does not need to
> be 
> a member of the club claiming the score".
> 
> I'll leave you guys to toss this one around.
> 
> The final thing, is that the Field Day results have been published for
> 
> some time now, and we were #3 in WNY overall, and #2 in 2A in WNY, 
> having about half the score of the #1 station in WNY in 2A.  So, since
> 
> it is that time again, we should start having the discussion about
> Field 
> Day 2012.
> 
> Since we did the fun and relaxed version of FD last year, after years
> of 
> "serious, exclusionary contesting", I guess the theme this year is
> "What 
> Do We Want To Be When We Grow Up?".
> 
> Enjoy!
> 
> -Ken
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On 1/9/12 9:01 AM, Chris Shalvoy wrote:
> > all,
> >
> > good morning,
> >
> > as with all tuesdays (until april) i'm tied up.
> >
> > dx stuff - we'll need to purchase additional credits for cards,
> we're
> > down to under 10.
> >
> > received a buro pack around christmas and irv has some cards to be
> sent
> > out thru the buro as well.
> >
> > on lotw, we're currently credited with 122 oa dxcc - 98 confirmed on
> cw.
> > we hold WAS mixed, cw and ssb.
> >
> > for everyone's information - there are currently 341 total (non
> deleted)
> > countries, 332 needed for honor roll.
> >
> > i've updated the 1 page dxcc "cheat sheet" (that i still use) and
> will
> > get that in the bulletin as well as on the website.
> >
> > still awaiting a final date on the 60m proposal and when the
> additional
> > modes, power and frequency realignment will occur.
> >
> > that's all for now,
> > chris, k2cs
> >
> >
> >
> >
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