|
PEI POTA
A small group of PEI Amateurs are working
with the Parks On The Air (POTA) Park Coordinator to update PEI park designations and add comments for POTA activators that they might find helpful. ?
A dedicated number of PEI Amateurs have
been very active in POTA and several have earned a number of awards including Worked All States (WAS). ?
Aaron Boeker VY2EK
Province POTA Coordinator
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
DXCC Entity Review
This is from Radio Amateurs of Canada, but we're all involved.? If you have a view on the subjects mentioned in the piece, please contact the ARRL DXCC Committee and share your views.
?
John Scott, VE1JS:
¡°The American Radio Relay League¡¯s (ARRL) DX Advisory Committee (DXAC) has embarked on a comprehensive review of the DXCC rules. This will include many items which are of concern to many DXers. ?
The first meeting was held on Thursday
December 12 via Zoom. At that meeting members expressed their individual concerns. These included: remote operations; the ¡°Radio in a box¡± system with its possible legal problems; entities that have been inactive for long periods of time for various reasons; and entities that no longer meet the criteria under which they were added to the list. Some of this is summed up on page 8 of the November QST by the ARRL Chief Executive Officer David Minster, NA2AA. Future meetings will each focus on one of the items of concern. We will be meeting about once every three weeks at least until Hamvention happens in May. The next meeting is scheduled for January 9. ?
In order to be certain that your views are presented to the committee, I need to hear from you. Please tell me what concerns you about the present DXCC rules and what changes might be made. If I get the kind of response I would like, I will likely not have time to reply to all of them. However, I will read them all and reply to as many as possible. |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
PEI Tourism and Tariffs
Everett Curry W6ABM "A" Sorter - Sixth District QSL Bureau Former Section Manager/Oregon ARRL, the national association for Amateur Radio? Phone: (503) 522-7142 Email: ?w6abm@... __________________ Think about this: 63.74% of all statistics are made up on the spot. |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
South Africa Prefix List
South Africa further divides its call signs thus:
Everett Curry W6ABM "A" Sorter - Sixth District QSL Bureau Former Section Manager/Oregon ARRL, the national association for Amateur Radio? Phone: (503) 522-7142 Email: ?w6abm@... __________________ Think about this: 63.74% of all statistics are made up on the spot. |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Trip Finance Update, February 27, 2025
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
REMINDER: We Meet Tomorrow
REMINDER
?
We meet February 27, 2025 at 2200 UTC (February 28 for Peter)
?
SUBJECTS:
?
Finances
Callsign usage + QRZ.com recognition
Islands On The Air Contest Discussion (July 25/26, 1200 UTC-1200 UTC)
SARL HF Phone Contest (August 3, 1300 UTC - 1630 UTC)
Parks On the Air (Attached List)
QSL Card
Time Zone (ADT - See Attached)
Other on-site activities
?
What else?
??
?
Here is a ZOOM Link for our Thursday, February 27/Friday, February 28 Meeting:
?
Meeting ID: LINK TO ZOOM MEETING?
?
ZOOM: 85048096574
?
?Ev W6ABM
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
[Ham Adventurers] February 27/28 Meeting Link and Agenda
Good afternoon
?
We will meet February 27, 2025 at 2200 UTC
??
?
Here is a ZOOM Link for our Thursday, February 27/Friday, February 28 Meeting:
?
Meeting ID: LINK TO ZOOM MEETING
?
ZOOM: 85048096574
?
SUBJECTS:
?
Finances
Callsign usage
Islands On The Air Contest Discussion
Parks On the Air
Other on-site activities
?
What else?
?
Ev W6ABM
?
?
? |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Re: FEBRUARY '25 MEETING
Peter Are you saying ¡°not the Feb 24/25 dates (first choice)?¡± Ev? Everett Curry W6ABM "A" Sorter - Sixth District QSL Bureau Former Section Manager/Oregon ARRL, the national association for Amateur Radio? Phone: (503) 522-7142 Email: ?w6abm@... __________________ Think about this: 63.74% of all statistics are made up on the spot. On Fri, Feb 7, 2025 at 2:16?PM Peter Moore via <pikam=[email protected]> wrote:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
FEBRUARY '25 MEETING
We're getting closer by the day, 166 Days until our arrival as of today!?
?
MAC has additional shoulder work next week, so I'm proposing these two options for our FEBRUARY MEETING via ZOOM:
?
Monday, February 24 US 2:00 PM PST, 4:00 PM CST/Tuesday, February 25 NZ 11:00 AM NZDT
Wednesday, February 26 US 2:00 PM PST, 4:00 PM CST/Thursday, February 27 NZ 11:00 AM NXDT
?
Reply with your choice and I'll set up the meeting on ZOOM and send the LINK.
?
Ev W6ABM |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
PEI Remote Story from Ken
This was my first remote contest experience. The good news is I beat last year's
score when I was present in PEI, so that is a major positive. At times,
mentally, I felt completely in my shack in PEI. Having to wake up at 2:30 AM
local for the band opening was the only negative.
There were some issues. I was unable to use my computer mic and DVR recordings
on my computer. I think that is a local computer issue. I wasn't able to record
messages on my K4s to get around that problem. That was probably due to a K4
operator error. I plugged mics into the back of both radios, but it only worked
on the right radio, so that became the phone radio and the left was the CW
radio. Not having a voice keyer prevented most SO2R operation since I can't talk
and listen to CW at the same time.
Initially, I couldn't get the CW sidetone to work. What I heard was so choppy I
had to turn it off. I know I sounded like a lid when I interrupted my TU message
before resending my callsign when I knew there was another caller waiting. By
chance, I noticed Saturday night that the problem didn't exist using speakers
instead of headphones and went away in the headphones if my CW speed was slowed
to 34 WPM.
My radio and amp remote internet connections were solid the entire contest.
Latency was not an issue, although noticeable at times. Unfortunately, the same
can't be said for my antenna and rotator control apps. I have a HamPlus antenna
switch that allows any of 12 antennas to be used on any of 4 radios. The app for
the Hamplus couldn't keep a connection. I also have a MOAS (Mother of all
Switches)that has an antenna and rotator control app. That app was intermittent.
My South America antenna is not available on that app. It is available on the
MOAS app, but since the MOAS was unavailable most of the time, I'm sure I missed
mults not being able to use the SA antenna.
I had anticipated this would be a shake out of the remote system and that I
would be taking a number of frustration breaks, so I didn't bring food to the
shack. I wound up taking a few short breaks when the band was open to make lunch
and get snacks, so I probably operated about 25 hours.
This experience convinced me that remoting is in my future. I'll definitely be
VY2TT for shorter contests like CW Sprint and NAQPs remotely.
As to the contest itself, the pileups were so bad on CW I had to move frequency
and start again a few times. Stations kept calling even after I gave a partial
call three times. I aggressively tried to move mults on Sunday. Only 4 agreed to
move and 3 mults were successfully logged on the other mode. Most didn't
understand the request on CW and just sent the exchange again.
73, Ken, K6LA / VY2TT Everett Curry W6ABM "A" Sorter - Sixth District QSL Bureau Former Section Manager/Oregon ARRL, the national association for Amateur Radio? Phone: (503) 522-7142 Email: ?w6abm@... __________________ Think about this: 63.74% of all statistics are made up on the spot. |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
VY2TT in Ten Meter Test
Just completed with VY2TT on CW. He got his remote working! Ev W6ABM Everett Curry W6ABM "A" Sorter - Sixth District QSL Bureau Former Section Manager/Oregon ARRL, the national association for Amateur Radio? Phone: (503) 522-7142 Email: ?w6abm@... __________________ Think about this: 63.74% of all statistics are made up on the spot. |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
2025 PEI Deposit Schedule
Team
?
Peter and I have exchanged emails re: plans for the 2025 PEI ADventure. ?Largely due to the long flight required, Peter has decided not to join us on site for this one. We¡¯ll be seeking QSOs with New Zealand while at PEI.
?
Therefore, I¡¯m planning to issue the deposit check to Ken for the PEI DX Lodge a week from tomorrow, December 16. It¡¯s 25% of our expected total.
?
Our plan is:
? Check in Wednesday, July 23, 2025
? Check out Monday, August 4, 2025
?
? ?I will arrive on Tuesday, July 22, to open the house and setup.
?
House and station expense for the two week period is $3,500.00, $1,167 each. We¡¯ll handle on-site common expenses while at DX Lodge.
?
Our Deposit amount is $875.00. My check in that amount will be sent to Ken on Monday, December 16, 2024. ?I have $250 from Joe in hand and a promise of funds from MAC.
We¡¯ll begin our travel arrangements after the first of January. I believe both MAC and I will arrive by car from Maine. Joe¡¯s arrangements are being determined. Pick up at Charlottetown Airport is an option. ?
We¡¯re on the way!
?
Ev W6ABM |
Ev W6ABM McMinnville Oregon