September 2024 VHF Contest Underway

September 14, 2024 - by Nancy Austin

VHF Contest Underway on famous Chopmist Hill

Curious to learn more about a club operating up to 1.2GHz voice, digital and CW on the famous Chopmist Hill? Check out Fidelity Amateur Radio Club, operating as W1MB, until Sunday afternoon September 15, 2024 at 985 Chopmist Hill Rd, Scituate, RI 02857. Say hello to Jason, AA1VV; Nick, KC1DWH ; Mike, KC1UHZ; Bernie, WI1I; Ken, K1KT; Jeremy, K1JST; and more. https://contests.arrl.org/sepvhf/

Setting up earlier Saturday 14 September 2024

Site set-up team included Jason, AA1VV; Nick, KC1DWH ; Mike, KC1UHZ

Chopmist Hill Listening Post History

More on the history of Rhode Island’s Chopmist Hill as a famous listening post in WWII linked again here:

https://newenglandhistoricalsociety.com/chopmist-hill-rhode-islands-secret-listening-post-in-wwii/

https://youtu.be/JkTW–EFY8Y

June 2024 VHF Contest – Raw Scores posted

Fidelity Amateur Radio Club (W1MB)
WB2VVV, John C. ‘Chris’ Fagas, Foster, RI
Providence Radio Association (W1OP)
K1NPT, Mike Cullen, Newport, RI
WA1LAD for WA1USA

https://contests.arrl.org/rawscores.php
https://contests.arrl.org/

Awards / Clubs / Contesting

RI top scores for International DX Contests posted

September 14, 2024 - by Nancy Austin

ARRL 2024 International DX Phone Contest

W2DAN, Dave Neal, Tiverton | score 1,299,180 (ARRL RI Technical Coordinator)
WA1BXY operating as NC1CC, Don Rosinha, Tiverton | score 1,232,313
KS1J, Jim Bowman, Barrington | score 1,123,398

All 3 Contest Clubs active in Rhode Island participated (https://contests.arrl.org/viewlists.php)

Yankee Clipper Contest Club (YCCC) – top score operator – W2DAN, DaveDan Neal
CTRI Contest Group – top score operator – W1XX, John Lindholm
Providence Radio Assn – top score operator – K1DT, Dave Tessitore (club president)

ARRL 2024 International DX CW Contest

KI1G, Malcolm Davenport, Wood River Junction | score 7,048,278
K1TZQ , Howie Naugle, Portsmouth | score 2,751,030
WA1BXY operating as NC1CC, Don Rosinha, Tiverton | score 2,740,890
KS1J, Jim Bowman, Barrington | score 2,478,360

ARRL 2024 International DX Digital Contest

NE1Y operating as W1OP, Providence Radio Assn | raw score 3,606

ARRL 2024 International DX EME Contests

standby

See more at: https://contests.arrl.org

Clubs / Ham Outreach / PRA / Youth

Providence Radio Association & young Amateur participation at the HamXposition W1XPO GOTA station

September 3, 2024 - by Nancy Austin

Providence Radio Association club president Dave Tessitore, K1DT shared this news before their weekly social meeting tonight at the PRA clubhouse:

A record 27 PRA members were in attendance for the Northeast HamXposition two weeks ago in Marlborough, MA. https://hamxposition.org/

Members and family in attendance included AC1GE, AJ1S, K1COI, K1DT, K1LFS, KB1EFR, KB1KVD, KB1RCD, KC1NAB, KC1NTI, KZ1K, N1DM, N1RHH, N1SXB, N1WVQ, NE1U, W1BSN, W1ER, W1ESQ, W1EYH, W1GS, W1PRA, WA1WEE, WQ1Q, K3DRE, W3DRE, and Sarah Good. Friends and associates were too many to list!

The PRA set-up and hosted the Official HamXpo Get-On-The-Air station, W1XPO.

https://hamxposition.org/2024/02/03/providence-radio-association-to-sponsor-2024-official-hamxposition-station-w1xpo/

Tremendous young Amateur participation at the HamXposition W1XPO GOTA station!

Thanks to all the PRA members, it was an Overwhelming Success!

Many of us filled the PRA Table(s) at both the Friday DX Dinner and Saturday Grand Banquet.

The Fri and Sat PRA Happy Hours were well attended by members, friends, and guests.

PRA HamXpo Speakers

Our President, K1DT spoke on Marketing your Club, while Dom, N1DM spoke on DMR technology, and Doug, K3DRE, gave an interesting presentation on Being a Ham in the Broadcast Industry. Many of us attended the RI Section Forum hosted by our ARRL Section Manager, Nancy, KC1NEK.

Month: September 2024