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ARRL North Carolina Section (NC)Section Manager
Timothy B. Slay, N4IB 141 Queens Cove Rd Mooresville, NC 28117-9609 704-382-4646 n4ib@arrl.org |
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Monthly Summary for October 2008
News last updated: Tue, November 18, 2008 at 10:21 PM ET
OCTOBER NORTH CAROLINA SECTION NEWS 2008 FIELD DAY RESULTS Congratulations North Carolina Section for an outstanding showing in the 2008 ARRL Field Day! Our section was fifth in the nation, with 73 entries reporting 42,204 QSO's with 1,162 participants! The Carolina DX Association, W4DXA, led our section with the highest score and number of QSO's. Category leaders included the Orange Co ARC, W4EZ (8AB); Western Carolina ARS, W4MOE (8A); Raleigh ARS, W4DW (7A); Johnston ARC, K4SWR (6A); CDXA, W4DXA (5E); Forsyth ARC, W4NC (5AB); Iredell ARS, W4SNC (5A); N4QLX (4E); Pamlico ARS, N4PRS (4A); Scotland ARS, WA4UFS (3F); Albemarle ARS, K4WO (3AC); NC Contesters Club, N4PY (3A); Alamance ARC, K4EG (2F); Clevelance Co ARS, NA4CC (2AC); CARS, K4M (2A); Charlotte ARC, W4CQ (1F); W3HGT (1E); KA2OUO (1D); N4RE (1B2B); WA4OF (1B2); KG4CDI (1B1C); AB4EL (1B1B); W9ZRX (1B1); N4OL (1A). The Carolina DX Association, W4DXA, placed first in the nation in the 5E category. The Alamance ARC, K4EG, won the 2F category nationally and the Raleigh ARS, W4DW, ranked second in the nation in category 7A. Kudos to the Pamlico ARS who ranked first in NC and 16th nationally in the 4A category for their first Field Day! The NA4CC group were also having their first try at Field Day. So how is NC doing historically? The results are encouraging. Here's a snapshot of our FD results going back to 2002: 2002 - Score: 160,691; QSO's: 44,786; Participants: 1,098; Callsigns: 59 - 2003 - Score: 154,755; QSO's: 40,483; Participants: 1,090; Callsigns: 57 - 2004 - Score: 158,202; QSO's: 41,641; Participants: 1,015: Callsigns: 62 - 2005 - Score: 165,436; QSO's: 41,399; Participants: 1,065; Callsigns: 69 - 2006 - Score: 155,423; QSO's: 37,700; Participants: 1,148; Callsigns: 61 - 2007 - Score: 162, 934; QSO's: 38,694; Participants: 1,114; Callsigns: 60 - 2008 - Score: 174,557; QSO's: 42,204; Participants: 1,162; Callsigns: 73 - HELP WANTED! I've always believed that the more you GIVE our hobby, the more you GET! Getting involved and contributing to ham radio is much more rewarding than sitting on the sidelines and your ARRL section organization has plenty of opportunties. Emergency Coordinators: Emergency Management in North Carolina is organized from the "bottom up",with the first response coming from local resources. That makes our local Emergency Coordinators the most important leaders in ARES. We're looking for Emergency Coordinators for the following counties: Bertie, Brunswick, Davidson, Franklin, Hyde, Montgomery, Scotland, Stokes, Union, Vance, and Washington. Net Control Operators: We run six section nets each day and there's always openings for Net Control Stations. The North Carolina Morning Net (SSB) meets on 3.927MHz at 7:45am. The North Carolina Evening Net (SSB) meets on 3.923MHz at 6:30pm and the Tarheel Emergency Net begins an hour later, at 7:30pm, on the same frequency. The Carolinas Net - Early (CW) meets on 3.573MHz at 7:00pm and the Carolinas Net - Late (CW) meets on the same frequency at 10:00pm. There are Net Manager positions also open on some of these nets. For more info, contact our Section Traffic Manager, Dave Roy, W4DNA at w4dna@nc.rr.com. Official Relay Stations: The nets mentioned above need operators to carry traffic and act as liason stations between the section and local nets as well as up to the regional nets. Official Relay Stations are experts at these duties and form the backbone of the National Traffic System. For more info, contact our Section Traffic Manager, Dave Roy, W4DNA at w4dna@nc.rr.com. LEADERSHIP CHANGES Congratulations and thanks to Susan Melvin, K4ZXN for stepping up as District Emergency Coordinator for AREA 13! Also thanks to Ben Melvis, KM4C, for replacing Susan as Cleveland County EC. We also have a new EC for Robeson County, Tom Cox, KB5WX. MEDIA HITS Seven year old Cameron Hasson, KJ4EDF, was in the spotlight this month. Cameron was featured on the "Carolina Traveler" segment on Charlotte's WCNC newscast on November 5. You can see the video at http://www.wcnc.com/traveler/vitindex.html. Cameron also appeared on ARRL's JOTA website, operating N4S in Talorsville, NC. The Cleveland County ARS had an article on their JOTA efforts on shelbyinfo.com (http://www.shelbyinfo.com/newsstory.asp?NewsID=11283). FAMILY LICENSE CLASS Eric Hasson, KJ4DLJ, had such good luck getting his 6yo son Cameron, KJ4EDF and wife Beverly, KJ4EDE licensed that he's sharing his ideas with others as part of a "Family Amateur Radio Class". The class format is designed to accomodate parents and their children and will be taught at Gaston Memorial Hospital beginning January 6. Joe Hullender, N4JAH is the featured teacher. If you'd like more info on this innovative approach - or you would like to share your own ideas - contact Eric at eric@hasson.us. UPCOMING EVENTS December 6: SKYWARN Recognition Day January 10: Winston-Salem FirstFEST March 14-15: Roanoke Division Convention, Charlotte April 11: NC Section Convention, Raleigh OCTOBER TRAFFIC N3BW 314, W2EAG 272, K4IWW 259, KI4YV 173, W4DNA 101, WA2YBM 65, W4TTO 59, K3AEB 51, W3HL 43, W4FAL 42, KE4AHC 39, W4EHF 24, WX4MMM 7, W4RSE 5. OCTOBER PSHR W4DNA 250, NC4VA 127, WA2YBM 125, K4IWW 120, W2EAG 110, KI4YV 100, W4TTO 100 OCTOBER ARES MEMBERS: 1,828, up 5 from last month.
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