Amateur Radio, Networking, and You
This is the first installment of a series of blog posts discussing how networking with amateur radio can benefit you professionally. The value of this series will be greatly improved by readers discussing their experiences and views of the topic. It couldn't be easier to add your views and experiences if you have a Facebook profile. So no excuses!
Point 1: What Amateur Radio Offers Professionally
So your interested in obtaining your amateur radio license (ham radio) and think it's just a hobby. I'm sorry, you couldn't be more wrong. Ham radio is comparable to that key chain your high school custodian lugged around; it opens way too many doors. To be honest, any hobby that exercises skills which can be extended beyond the hobby itself is worthy of mention. However, focusing on ham radio, I will point out just some of the doors this wonderful hobby peaks behind in each post.
Door One: Hands on Experience
Behind door one would be the opportunity to learn with hands on experience. Taking a pencil and paper test is one thing, actually applying your knowledge is another. Designing a circuit on the computer or paper means the math is done but not necessarily that the circuit works. Having skills such as soldering and prototyping are just several that can only be taught by hours upon hours of failing to do it right.
Door Two: Social Commonality
Door two holds a more social aspect. We are communicators. We converse together whether it's by dit's and dahs, English or Spanish, or even one's and zero's; it's all the same. Building up social networks with the help of amateur radio is a key aspect to my point being made. There is a commonality between amateur radio operators, we already showed the desire to pass a test to obtain a license which shows professionalism on your behalf. Also as a community we constantly learn about our interest which shows a desire to learn new things. There are many other commonalities I could mention but those are the big ones. Feel free to suggest your own which we can touch upon in later posts.
Your Thoughts
Now that I have made my point, it's time to let me know what you think. Has amateur radio ever helped you land a job? Where you able to obtain inside contacts when applying to college? Please expand on the questions and you see fit. I would like to know how you feel ham radio has benefited your life. Whether your in college or remembering what college was like 30 years ago, by all means voice your opinion! Any reader can comment with or without a Facebook profile. Lastly, my brother Brent, KB1LQD, went out on a limb and wrote Engineering Amateur Radio Today for www.CollegeARC.com which I highly suggest reading. Engineering Amateur Radio Today brings up potentially touchy views that are KEY to the progression of ham radio. Our aim is to stir up conversation about topics important to promoting amateur radio and to advance the hobby.
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Go Archive Yourself!
Archiving is important
Hopefully the title didn't offend anyone. So what is a club to do with it's past, present, and inevitable future (you are considering the future...right?) One of the reasons www.CollegeARC.com was established was due to the high turnover rate of college and university ham radio clubs. It's unavoidable so don't try and push off a course of action for the path that your club is following. Always consider what will happen to the club when every one of the current members graduates. Archiving your clubs past will seal it's activity as a part of the campus forever while giving future leaders an idea of how your club operated.
As in the case with Rochester Institute of Technology we have the RIT Archives as a part of the Wallace Library. Now, the only reason I keep using RIT as an example is that I am a student and have personal experience with many RIT amenities. If anyone has their own experiences to share then by all means please do so I would enjoy writing about it! Slowly, I am working with the archives to store the important history of K2GXT. They had a copy of our original constitution from 1954 and recently obtained a copy of our current 2009 constitution. Yes, K2GXT was following a 1954 constitution until 2009!
While working with the archive I had looked through some of the old photos and noticed a photo of the old downtown Rochester campus where a highway now resides. There was an old shack on top of an institute building which was dated circa late 1940's. K2GXT was established in 1953 which is close enough to be mistaken for the late 40's. I also have established relationships with several alumni of K2GXT and after circulating the photo determined that is was the only known photograph of the original K2GXT station!
See what archiving your clubs history can do? There are still hours of work to put into cataloging and submitting K2GXT history but it's well worth the effort. Your club can benefit from this too. If there happens to be a point in time when there are no members of the university's club, much of the history will leave with it's former members. Archiving this history is one way to preserve it. However, we here at CollegeARC hope that from participation within the community your club never again sees a lull in activity!
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Clutter In The Clubroom
K2GXT tunnel outside clubroom with just part of the mess.
Imagine the following scene. Opening the door to the club station you notice the door bumps against something as it swings forward. “Ah! I forgot to move the rusty repeater the club owned in 1982!” you exclaim; at the same time wriggling through the doorway into the room. Flipping on the light switch you take notice of the decades of successful radio, electronics, and other assorted equipment collecting by past and present club members. Congratulations on owning a 12 foot by 8 foot junk box.
K2GXT clubroom Desk Fall 2007 with old unnused and/or broken radio gear.
Clubs are a collaborative effort. They take years to establish and decades to perfect. Along the way good intentions get the better of us all and university students are not excluded. Ham radio enjoys a large percentage of people who like to build projects; often the projects pertain to radio but this is not always the case. We all have a time where after obtaining someone else's junk, namely your treasure, intended to be put into a project but in the end you get busy and it never gets done. Do this over the course of fifty years and jeez, it adds up!
One of the best ways to correct this is to make it a club event. Club room cleanup days can make monotonous and often laborious tasks fun for everyone. Well, it may not be THAT much fun but its a heck of a lot more enjoyable than doing it alone. It's nice to get permission from the proper authorities (i.e. club advisor, president, etc) to get rid of equipment that is cluttering the club room. First off give members a chance to grab what they want from the dumpster pile. Just do this under the condition that the equipment can't be stored in the club room. We all know where that leads too and it can be counterproductive. Recycle as much as possible and find a dumpster you're allowed to dispose trash from your club into for the rest.
K2GXT clubroom even had three Rhon 25 tower section in the room, they are still there but hung up on the wall as shelves.
Clutter free club rooms are efficient club rooms and as my rowing coach (RIT Crew) always says "A clean boat is a fast boat!" More members can fit into the space and it becomes a showcase for prospective radio amateurs rather than the equivalent of a walk-in closet for junk parts. Winning the award for the messiest shack isn't exactly prestigious! Good luck to all who are affected by messy club rooms, you may just need all luck you can get 
Never Judge A Book By Its Cover
As amateur radio grows many of it's participants will continue to mention the hobby's decline. Something to keep in mind is that enthusiasm is a key part of any effort to promote not only YOUR club but the hobby too. Being upbeat while promoting will positively effect efforts of membership to the radio club. Here are some ideas to store away, subconsciously to instill a bit more success when trying to recruit students into the hobby.
Amateur radio covers a vast age group. While the average age is in the mid forty's there are many older “hams” as well as younger (you should know, your one of them!). Some clubs will fall into a recruitment hole, I see it at local clubs around me in Massachusetts. Members or at least influentially ranking members will view the radio world through their own eyes, as they see it. Pitfall. There is almost no way that an older generation will successfully advertise ham radio to the younger generation without immense cooperation between younger leaders. So club advisors, find the students who are leaders, self motivated, and organized; work with them not through them.
Who reading this blog wants to talk to someone with a “Ben Stein” from the Viseen commercials on the radio. I'm sure he's an awesome guy but monotony doesn't sell (unless your Ben Stein). Enthusiasm rubs off onto others. There's only one chance to make a first impressions so use it wisely. Given some practice, working with people will be a breeze let alone fun!
Treat your club like a business. Remember that successful clubs offer quality and support just like any good company does. The quality keeps new and current members alike all coming back while supporting them keeps activity up and creativity flowing. Make goals and stick to them. With some time management it's amazing what can be completed with ten minutes here and there; people will think you spent hours working on it.
Keeps these tips in mind. Heck if you readers have any you would like to share please comment! I am always looking for more things to talk about. Plus, sharing your techniques helps us all learn more about effective club promotion. One final note, clubs with high number membership are never as successful as clubs with high quality membership.
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ARRL Promotional Publications
The American Radio Relay League (ARRL) provides a host of services to radio amateurs. One of these services includes free event publications which can be ordered for no more than the cost of shipping. Are you planning on attending a campus club fair or hosting a special event with your radio club and want promotional materials to incorporated into the display? Look no further than the ARRL event publications website.
College Oriented Publications
The brochures and other publications available offer a wide variety of topics covering many demographics. Several of these I have found to work particularly well when promoting amateur radio (ham radio) to college students. For my situation, I attend Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) in Rochester, NY where the campus consists not only of a large population of engineering & technology students but also art & design students. Therefor simply touting all the technological "coolness" of amateur radio just wont hack it. How does your campus respond when promoting the hobby?
We Do That!
We Do that!
We use a number of We Do That! brochures at club fairs. They are flashy, up-to-date, and grab the students attention. We Do That! is a great example of meshing the technology with a bit of coolness mixed in. Some ARRL productions go overboard trying to show how cool radio is, this is not one of them! The link above shows a PDF version of the brochure which can also be printed. We Do that! is an essential publication that every college, university, or other higher educational institutions should have on hand.
"Hello"
Hello ARRL Promotion
"Hello" is the recent effort by the ARRL to appeal to a younger generation. While some of the materials were well suited for pre-teens, this one came in pretty good for promoting to higher education students. The "Hello" brochure is less technical and more general topic oriented.
Why Use These Publications?
Well, free is a good price for most college students. The only cost is shipping so order several at once and it really pays off. These are professional looking promotional items and they save you the time of creating your own. Use them in conjunction with your own clubs material too. Lastly, there are many different items including "PR kits", brochure stands, banners, magnets, etc. Get your club recognized by the campus student body, promote amateur radio, help your amateur radio club GROW!
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PSK Automatic Propagation Reporter
psk reporter main screen
Philip's description of the PSK Automatic Propagation Reporter informs how one can use it with HRD or Fldigi, API's for developers, and even an SDK for programmers wishing to use PSK Reporter in their software. The website also provides server statistics, showing information from reports such as quantity received by the hour, rarest countries heard, users with the most reports, etc. There is a wealth of documented information which almost anyone with interest using this software can find relevant answers.
College Club Use of PSK Reporter
College clubs can make great use of PSK Reporter at their club station. In fact these tips apply to everyone, not just college students. One of the first uses is to see how well your club station is propagating, the software in HRD or Fldigi is not needed. Simply call CQ on one of the bands where in our case we will use 14.070 MHz on the 20 meter band. Check the PSK Reporter Map about five minutes later to see who picked up your call sign. It's really that simple, you get almost instantaneous propagation reports personalized to your station!
Fldigi 3.12.5 with psk reporter
Using Ham Radio Deluxe or Fldigi 3.1 or later can allow you to send reception reports to the website. The system runs in the background and does not interrupt operating the radio or software. Shown on the right is Fldigi 3.12.5 with the PSK Reporter configuration menu open. Participating in this unique, real QSO, propagation network is only a few buttons away.
Fldigi is available for more than just Linux, there is a Windows version too. W1HKJ's Fldigi Website explains more about the software and links to download files for various Operating Systems. Ham Radio Deluxe is also very easy to use and only requires a few options to be set for PSK Reporter operation. At this time Ham Radio Deluxe is only a Microsoft Windows based program, however, one of the more full-featured ones.
Promoting Amateur Radio, Technology, and Innovation
College ham radio clubs can use PSK Reporter to show where software meets radio waves. Inspiring the next radio amateur to give the hobby a new digital mode may only be as far away as a presentation with PSK reporter. Its simple integration with Google Maps yet powerful information really does show how pliable amateur radio is. Amateur radio can be meld into topics which were unheard of several years ago. Innovation is important not only to ham radio but also to college students. Get thinking!
Have you used PSK Reporter? What are your thoughts or experiences? Has it inspired you to become more technical with the hobby? Comment below and let CollegeARC know what you think of N1DQ's great piece of software.
Relevant Blogs
- G4ILO's Blog: PSK Propagation Reporter
- G4ILO's Blog: Spotting CW Contacts to PSK Reporter
- PC4T: PSK-Reporter
- M3PHP.com PSK Automatic Propagation Reporter
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Final Unofficial Fall 2009 ARRL School Club Roundup Standings
The ARRL School Club Roundup (SCR) contest was well participated by college clubs during the Fall 2009 contest. This took place from 1300 UTC Monday October 19 until 2400 UTC Friday October 23, 2009. CollegeARC.com hosted a lengthy SCR forum topic, organizing many contacts and thoughts. Over the week there were several colleges submitted a "daily dispatch" or current points earned + QSO count. We hope this helped spread a little bit of healthy competition among everyone during the week!
Those clubs which submitted information to www.CollegeARC.com by sending an email to contact@collegearc.com included 12 stations:
- K0KU Kansas University
- K0VVY South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
- K2GXT Rochester Institute of Technology
- K9IU Indiana University
- KB3CVD University of Maryland Baltimore County
- KC5ORO New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
- W0ISU Iowa State University
- W1YK Worcester Polytechnic Institute
- W4UVA University of Virginia
- W6RFU University of California Santa Barbara
- W6YX Stanford University
- W9NAA Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
- ON4HTI Polytechnic University in Ostend, Belgium
Healthy Competition Never Hurts
The competition was heated between several schools including RIT's K2GXT and Kansas University's K0KU for the leading position of those who submitted reports during the week. It would have been even more interesting to see what happened had many of us known about Stanford's progress. Several schools encountered difficulties along the week such as Indiana University's K9IU whose members were locked out of their club room for several days or W0ISU which encountered inclement weather.
This is a great contest to get new members on the air and learn to operate even if that means getting less contacts, as long as members are enjoying themselves! School club roundup is a contest where the points are not all that matter. It's about the experience, the learning opportunity, and for some of us it's about testing our backup plans for February!
It was great to see the enthusiasm from so many clubs this year. School Club Roundup is supposed to be a fun event for all participating schools. No shortage of fun was seen by those who were contesting. Hopefully the activity within the CollegeARC community stirred up schools that either did not know about the contest or normally wouldn't bother participating.
I am extremely proud of every school that participated and it shows that the hobby has the potential to grow into a serious activity on campuses; just add a little competition and a fun contest. While not every college club that partook in the contest was actively involved with the CollegeARC community there seemed to be much more activity this Fall than in the Spring of 2009.
Putting the SCR Collegiate Category Into Perspective
Graphing out the points earned it's obvious in the first graph that W6RFU the University of California Santa Barbara just barely nudged Stanford University W6YX out of the top spot, yet several clubs showed strong competition between each other including K0KU, K2GXT, and W6RFU. Great efforts on the part of all the participating clubs. Some were just getting used to the contest and even getting on the air this time gave the operators a taste of school club roundup. We can hope to see some tough competition between quite a few more schools in the Spring.
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- points earned by each school in the October 2009 scr
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- QSO count for each school
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- graphs out the operating time that each club had contested
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- rate of contact versus qso time
The second graph shows the total number of QSO's made by each school. It is interesting to note that some schools with relatively large scores made much fewer contacts than others with similar scores. It goes to show the importance of multipliers!
The third graph displays the time invested by the club stations for the contest. While not terribly useful when viewed simply as time the data does show the playing field so-to-speak each club was in. More important and useful would be combining the time data with the QSO data as in the fourth graph.
Dividing the total number of QSO's (contacts) by the time spent making them gives a rough glimpse at the QSO rate. This is by far the most interesting graph since it really shows the effectiveness of each station. K0KU at Kansas University leaped ahead with an average of 29.2 QSO's per hour, almost 10 contacts per hour more than the next two clubs K2GXT and W6YX. Stanford quite literally tied at 20.9 QSO's per hour with RIT. This was surprising since Stanford scored almost double what the Rochester Institute of Technology managed to acquire however they operated much longer. Despite this, K0KU operated for less than either RIT or Stanford while keeping a higher rate, kudos to Kansas University. UCSB stuck itself between Kansas university and RIT/Stanford with a solid 24.6 QSO's per hour. Every station did very well and we hope to see even more participation in February 2010 so start getting the stations ready!
Conclusion
The Fall 2009 ARRL School Club Roundup contest was, in my eyes, a smashing success for college participation. Unofficially we can say that the participation in the college category doubled from the Spring 2009 School Club Roundup which had only six college and university entries, five US stations and one International station. Share you comments on the SCR contest. Did your club participate in it? How was the contest overall? On the other side of the picture, if you were not a school club but contacted one or more how was it? Please leave a comment about your ARRL School Club Roundup experience.
Final School Club Roundup Data
K0KU
SCHOOL CLUB ROUNDUP DAILY DISPATCH
7:45 PM, Monday, October 26, 2009
Operating Hours: 9.62
Voice Contacts: 263
Digital Contacts: 18
Current Score: 43,355
39 States Contacted:
ARIZONA, ARKANSAS, CALIFORNIA, COLORADO, CONNECTICUT, FLORIDA, GEORGIA, IDAHO, ILLINOIS, INDIANA, IOWA, KANSAS, KENTUCKY, LOUISIANA, MAINE, MARYLAND & DC, MASSACHUSETTS, MICHIGAN, MISSISSIPPI, MISSOURI, MONTANA, NEVADA, NEW JERSEY, NEW YORK, NORTH CAROLINA, OHIO, OKLAHOMA, OREGON, PENNSYLVANIA, RHODE ISLAND, SOUTH DAKOTA, TENNESSEE, TEXAS, UTAH, VERMONT, VIRGINIA, WASHINGTON, WISCONSIN, WYOMING
2 Provinces Contacted:
BRITISH COLUMBIA & YK, ONTARIO
22 Countries Contacted:
AUSTRIA, BELGIUM, CZECH REPUBLIC, ECUADOR, ENGLAND, EUROPEAN RUSSIA, FED REP OF GERMANY, FINLAND, FRANCE, ITALY, JAPAN, MEXICO, NETHERLANDS, NORWAY, POLAND, PUERTO RICO, ROMANIA, SERBIA & MONTENEGRO, SPAIN, SWEDEN, SWITZERLAND, UKRAINE
1 Radio Club Contacted:
VE3JW
16 School Clubs Contacted:
K2GXT K4WBM K5LSU K6CDW K7UAZ K9SOU KC4VT KI4TXY KJ4IPA KJ4PGJ N9UC W4UVA W6RFU W6YX W9HHX WB5UEP
K0VVY
SCHOOL CLUB ROUNDUP DAILY DISPATCH
8:27 PM, Friday, October 23, 2009
Operating Hours: 15.49
Voice Contacts: 18
Digital Contacts: 44
Current Score: 12,720
21 States Contacted:
ARIZONA, CALIFORNIA, COLORADO, ILLINOIS, INDIANA, KENTUCKY, LOUISIANA, MAINE, MARYLAND & DC, MICHIGAN, MISSISSIPPI, NEW JERSEY, NEW YORK, NORTH CAROLINA, OHIO, OREGON, SOUTH DAKOTA, TENNESSEE, TEXAS, VIRGINIA, WASHINGTON
2 Provinces Contacted:
BRITISH COLUMBIA & YK, ONTARIO
7 Countries Contacted:
ASIATIC RUSSIA, BELGIUM, FRANCE, ISRAEL, NETHERLANDS, PORTUGAL, SPAIN
18 School Clubs Contacted:
K0HFS K2GXT K4WBM K5LBJ K5LSU K9IU K9SOU KB2RMS KB3CVD KE7FWY W5YD W6RFU W8LT W8SH W9GRS W9NAA WB4HS WD5IAD
K2GXT
SCHOOL CLUB ROUNDUP DAILY DISPATCH
8:05 PM, Friday, October 23, 2009
Operating Hours: 14.77
Voice Contacts: 303
Digital Contacts: 6
Current Score: 46,935
40 States Contacted:
ALABAMA, ALASKA, ARIZONA, ARKANSAS, CALIFORNIA, DELAWARE, FLORIDA, GEORGIA, IDAHO, ILLINOIS, INDIANA, IOWA, KANSAS, KENTUCKY, LOUISIANA, MASSACHUSETTS, MICHIGAN, MINNESOTA, MISSISSIPPI, MISSOURI, MONTANA, NEBRASKA, NEW JERSEY, NEW MEXICO, NEW YORK, NORTH CAROLINA, NORTH DAKOTA, OHIO, OKLAHOMA, OREGON, PENNSYLVANIA, SOUTH CAROLINA, SOUTH DAKOTA, TENNESSEE, TEXAS, VIRGINIA, WASHINGTON, WEST VIRGINIA, WISCONSIN, WYOMING
7 Provinces Contacted:
BRITISH COLUMBIA & YK, MANITOBA & NN, NEW BRUNSWICK, NEWFOUNDLAND-LAB, NOVA SCOTIA, ONTARIO, QUEBEC
10 Countries Contacted:
AUSTRIA, BERMUDA, BRAZIL, ENGLAND, FED REP OF GERMANY, ITALY, PANAMA, SCOTLAND, SPAIN, ST LUCIA
1 Radio Club Contacted:
PT2CM
18 School Clubs Contacted:
K0KU K0VVY K5LSU KC5ORO KD0CVC KF5CRF KI4TEY KJ4PGJ N5CHS W1YK W5YM W6RFU W6YX W9HHX W9NAA W9YT WA4UCE WI5ND
K9IU
SCHOOL CLUB ROUNDUP DAILY DISPATCH
1:54 PM, Saturday, October 24, 2009
Operating Hours: 5.89
Voice Contacts: 79
Digital Contacts: 0
Current Score: 5,451
21 States Contacted:
ARIZONA, CALIFORNIA, COLORADO, FLORIDA, IDAHO, INDIANA, MAINE, MASSACHUSETTS, MINNESOTA, MONTANA, NEW HAMPSHIRE, NEW MEXICO, NORTH DAKOTA, OREGON, RHODE ISLAND, SOUTH DAKOTA, TEXAS, VERMONT, VIRGINIA, WASHINGTON, WYOMING
1 Province Contacted:
MANITOBA & NN
5 Countries Contacted:
BELGIUM, CANARY IS, PUERTO RICO, SERBIA & MONTENEGRO, UKRAINE
1 Radio Club Contacted:
NE6JP
8 School Clubs Contacted:
K0HFS K0VVY K9SOU KC5ORO W6RFU W6YX W9NAA WB4HS
KB3CVD
SCHOOL CLUB ROUNDUP DAILY DISPATCH
11:17 PM, Thursday, October 22, 2009
Operating Hours: 6.45
Voice Contacts: 2
Digital Contacts: 22
Current Score: 1,702
12 States Contacted:
ARIZONA, FLORIDA, GEORGIA, LOUISIANA, MARYLAND & DC, MISSOURI, NEVADA, OKLAHOMA, OREGON, SOUTH DAKOTA, TEXAS, WASHINGTON
8 Countries Contacted:
AZORES, BELGIUM, BONAIRE, CURACAO, COSTA RICA, FRANCE, GREECE, GUATELMALA, SPAIN
1 Radio Club Contacted:
K3NEM
3 School Clubs Contacted:
K0VVY K5LSU WI5ND
KC5ORO
NUMBER-OF-OPERATORS.....: 1
TOTAL-HOURS-OF-OPERATION: 0.07
TOTAL-PHONE-QSOS........: 43
CW-(DIGITAL)-QSOS.......: 0
RTTY-(DIGITAL)-QSOS.....: 0
PACKET-(DIGITAL)-QSOS...: 0
PSK-(DIGITAL)-QSOS......: 0
OTHER-(DIGITAL)-QSOS....: 0
TOTAL-DIGITAL-QSOS......: 0
TOTAL-NUMBER-OF-ALL-QSOS: 43
SCR-QSO-POINTS..........: 43
NOTE....................: (SCR QSO POINTS) = (TOTAL PHONE QSOS) + (TOTAL DIGITAL QSOS X 2)
NUMBER-OF-STATES........: 19
NUMBER-OF-PROVINCES.....: 1
NUMBER-OF-COUNTRIES.....: 0
NUMBER-OF-CLUBS.........: 3
NUMBER-OF-SCHOOLS.......: 10
SCR-MULTIPLIER..........: 76
NOTE....................: (SCR MULTIPLIER) = (STATES) + (PROVINCES) + (COUNTRIES) + (CLUBS X 2) + (SCHOOLS X 5)
SCR-SCORE...............: 3,268
W0ISU
SCHOOL CLUB ROUNDUP DAILY DISPATCH
07:16 PM, Saturday, October 24, 2009
Operating Hours: 4.51
Voice Contacts: 18
Digital Contacts: 0
Current Score: 864
14 States Contacted:
ALASKA, ARIZONA, CALIFORNIA, GEORGIA, MAINE, MARYLAND & DC, MASSACHUSETTS, NEW MEXICO, NEW YORK, OKLAHOMA, SOUTH CAROLINA, UTAH, VIRGINIA, WASHINGTON
2 Radio Clubs Contacted:
K3NEM KI4TEY
6 School Clubs Contacted:
KC5ORO W1YK W6RFU W7ASC WB4HS WI5ND
W1YK
SCHOOL CLUB ROUNDUP DAILY DISPATCH
8:16 PM, Thursday, October 22, 2009
Operating Hours: 13.27
Voice Contacts: 95
Digital Contacts: 47
Current Score: 23,058
31 States Contacted:
ALABAMA, ARIZONA, ARKANSAS, CALIFORNIA, COLORADO, FLORIDA, GEORGIA, ILLINOIS, INDIANA, IOWA, KANSAS, LOUISIANA, MASSACHUSETTS, MINNESOTA, MISSISSIPPI, MISSOURI, MONTANA, NEVADA, NEW MEXICO, NEW YORK, NORTH DAKOTA, OKLAHOMA, OREGON, SOUTH CAROLINA, SOUTH DAKOTA, TENNESSEE, TEXAS, UTAH, WASHINGTON, WISCONSIN, WYOMING
3 Provinces Contacted:
BRITISH COLUMBIA & YK, MANITOBA & NN, ONTARIO
6 Countries Contacted:
CUBA, ENGLAND, FED REP OF GERMANY, SLOVENIA, SPAIN, VENEZUELA
1 Radio Club Contacted:
WM7CH
16 School Clubs Contacted:
K2GXT K4DMS K5LBJ K5LSU K7UAZ K9SOU KC50R0 KI4TEY KI6FOD W0ISU W5LHS W5YD W9GRS W9NAA WD5IAD WI5ND
W4UVA
SCHOOL CLUB ROUNDUP DAILY DISPATCH
7:37 PM, Saturday, October 24, 2009
Operating Hours: 11.25
Voice Contacts: 13
Digital Contacts: 1
Current Score: 465
10 States Contacted:
ALABAMA, CONNECTICUT, GEORGIA, KANSAS, NEW YORK, OHIO, OKLAHOMA, SOUTH
CAROLINA, VERMONT, WISCONSIN
1 Province Contacted:
ONTARIO
4 School Clubs Contacted:
K0KU KI4TEY KJ4IPA W9HHX
W6RFU
SCHOOL CLUB ROUNDUP DAILY DISPATCH
21:45 PM, Sunday, October 25, 2009
Operating Hours: 17.86
Voice Contacts: 435
Digital Contacts: 4
Current Score: 115,180
47 States Contacted:
ALABAMA, ALASKA, ARIZONA, ARKANSAS, CALIFORNIA, COLORADO, CONNECTICUT, DELAWARE, FLORIDA, GEORGIA, HAWAII, IDAHO, ILLINOIS, INDIANA, IOWA, KANSAS, KENTUCKY, LOUISIANA, MAINE, MARYLAND & DC, MASSACHUSETTS, MICHIGAN, MINNESOTA, MISSISSIPPI, MISSOURI, MONTANA, NEBRASKA, NEW HAMPSHIRE, NEW JERSEY, NEW MEXICO, NEW YORK, NORTH CAROLINA, NORTH DAKOTA, OHIO, OKLAHOMA, OREGON, PENNSYLVANIA, RHODE ISLAND, SOUTH CAROLINA, SOUTH DAKOTA, TENNESSEE, TEXAS, VIRGINIA, WASHINGTON, WEST VIRGINIA, WISCONSIN, WYOMING
4 Provinces Contacted:
ALBERTA & NW, BRITISH COLUMBIA & YK, ONTARIO, QUEBEC
8 Countries Contacted:
AUSTRALIA, ENGLAND, FRANCE, HUNGARY, ITALY, POLAND, SCOTLAND, SLOVENIA
8 Radio Clubs Contacted:
GM6NX K2GXT K3NEM K5BAY N4VSA W0MDT W9RI WA8VA
37 School Clubs Contacted:
AH6JA K0KU K0VVY K4DMS K4RY K9IU K9SOU KB2RMS KC2ILA KC5ORO KD0CVC KD8HMA KD8KCG KE5PYB KF5CRF KF5DHH KI4TEY KJ4PGJ MX0PSL N0ANK N5CHS ND8GA VC3COP/P W0BUW W0CL W0ISU W4PVC W4WBM W5YD W8GVU W8SH W9GRS W9HHX W9NAA WA4UCE WB4HS WI5ND
W6YX
SCHOOL CLUB ROUNDUP DAILY DISPATCH
5:03 PM, Sunday, October 25, 2009
Operating Hours: 24.33
Voice Contacts: 493
Digital Contacts: 16
Current Score: 111,300
50 States Contacted:
ALABAMA, ALASKA, ARIZONA, ARKANSAS, CALIFORNIA, COLORADO, CONNECTICUT,
DELAWARE, FLORIDA, GEORGIA, HAWAII, IDAHO, ILLINOIS, INDIANA, IOWA,
KANSAS, KENTUCKY, LOUISIANA, MAINE, MARYLAND & DC, MASSACHUSETTS,
MICHIGAN, MINNESOTA, MISSISSIPPI, MISSOURI, MONTANA, NEBRASKA, NEVADA, NEW
HAMPSHIRE, NEW JERSEY, NEW MEXICO, NEW YORK, NORTH CAROLINA, NORTH DAKOTA,
OHIO, OKLAHOMA, OREGON, PENNSYLVANIA, RHODE ISLAND, SOUTH CAROLINA, SOUTH
DAKOTA, TENNESSEE, TEXAS, UTAH, VERMONT, VIRGINIA, WASHINGTON, WEST
VIRGINIA, WISCONSIN, WYOMING
6 Provinces Contacted:
ALBERTA & NW, BRITISH COLUMBIA & YK, MANITOBA & NN, ONTARIO, PRINCE EDWARD
IS., QUEBEC
19 Countries Contacted:
ASIATIC RUSSIA, AUSTRALIA, BAHAMAS, BELGIUM, BERMUDA, BONAIRE, CURACAO,
BRITISH VIRGIN IS, BRAZIL, COLOMBIA, CUBA, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, ITU
HEADQUARTERS, JAPAN, MEXICO, NEW ZEALAND, SIERRA LEONE, SLOVENIA, SOUTH
AFRICA, ST MAARTEN, SABA, ST EUSTAT.
6 Radio Clubs Contacted:
K3NEM K3SMT KE5BAV KH6MB N7WU N8SIX
25 School Clubs Contacted:
K0KU K2GXT K5LSU K9IU K9SOU KC2ILA KC5ORO KE5PYB KF5CRF KI4TEY KU4C N4BHS
W3UD W4BUC W4DFU W4UAL W5YM W8LT W8SH W9GRS W9NAA WA4UCE WB4HS WD5IAD
WI5ND
W9NAA
SCHOOL CLUB ROUNDUP DAILY DISPATCH
9:10 PM, Thursday, October 22, 2009
Operating Hours: 14.2
Voice Contacts: 21
Digital Contacts: 36
Current Score: 12,090
22 States Contacted:
ALASKA, CALIFORNIA, COLORADO, FLORIDA, INDIANA, IOWA, LOUISIANA, MAINE, MARYLAND & DC, MASSACHUSETTS, MICHIGAN, NEW MEXICO, NEW YORK, NORTH CAROLINA, OHIO, OKLAHOMA, OREGON, SOUTH DAKOTA, TEXAS, VIRGINIA, WASHINGTON, WYOMING
2 Provinces Contacted:
BRITISH COLUMBIA & YK, ONTARIO
16 Countries Contacted:
COSTA RICA, CUBA, CZECH REPUBLIC, ENGLAND, FED REP OF GERMANY, FRANCE, GUATELMALA, HUNGARY, ITALY, JAPAN, LUXEMBOURG, MOROCCO, NETHERLANDS, POLAND, SCOTLAND, SWEDEN
18 School Clubs Contacted:
K0HFS K0VVY K2GXT K4WBM K5LBJ K5LSU K9SOU KC5ORO KE7FWY KU4C N4HVH W1YK W4HCH W4PVC W6RFU W6YX WB4HS WI5ND
ON4HTI
SCHOOL CLUB ROUNDUP DAILY DISPATCH
17:06, zondag 1 november 2009
Operating Hours: 7.74
Voice Contacts: 45
Digital Contacts: 25
Current Score: 3.515
7 States Contacted:
CALIFORNIA, GEORGIA, NEVADA, NEW YORK, NORTH DAKOTA, OHIO, WASHINGTON
2 Provinces Contacted:
MANITOBA & NN, QUEBEC
14 Countries Contacted:
ASIATIC RUSSIA, AUSTRIA, BELGIUM, CROATIA, EUROPEAN RUSSIA, FRANCE, HUNGARY, ISRAEL, ITALY, POLAND, SLOVAK REPUBLIC, SLOVENIA, SPAIN, UKRAINE
7 Radio Clubs Contacted:
3Z0MK 9A800VZ II8IYA ON4NG S59DKR UE3EPC WD4KOW
7:45 PM, Monday, October 26, 2009
Operating Hours: 9.62
Voice Contacts: 263
Digital Contacts: 18
Current Score: 43,355
39 States Contacted:
ARIZONA, ARKANSAS, CALIFORNIA, COLORADO, CONNECTICUT, FLORIDA, GEORGIA, IDAHO, ILLINOIS, INDIANA, IOWA, KANSAS, KENTUCKY, LOUISIANA, MAINE, MARYLAND & DC, MASSACHUSETTS, MICHIGAN, MISSISSIPPI, MISSOURI, MONTANA, NEVADA, NEW JERSEY, NEW YORK, NORTH CAROLINA, OHIO, OKLAHOMA, OREGON, PENNSYLVANIA, RHODE ISLAND, SOUTH DAKOTA, TENNESSEE, TEXAS, UTAH, VERMONT, VIRGINIA, WASHINGTON, WISCONSIN, WYOMING
2 Provinces Contacted:
BRITISH COLUMBIA & YK, ONTARIO
22 Countries Contacted:
AUSTRIA, BELGIUM, CZECH REPUBLIC, ECUADOR, ENGLAND, EUROPEAN RUSSIA, FED REP OF GERMANY, FINLAND, FRANCE, ITALY, JAPAN, MEXICO, NETHERLANDS, NORWAY, POLAND, PUERTO RICO, ROMANIA, SERBIA & MONTENEGRO, SPAIN, SWEDEN, SWITZERLAND, UKRAINE
1 Radio Club Contacted:
VE3JW
16 School Clubs Contacted:
K2GXT K4WBM K5LSU K6CDW K7UAZ K9SOU KC4VT KI4TXY KJ4IPA KJ4PGJ N9UC W4UVA W6RFU W6YX W9HHX WB5UEP
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Unofficial SCR College Club Standings Thursday October 22, 2009
Unofficial SCR College Club Statistic for Thursday October 22, 2009
K2GXT
SCHOOL CLUB ROUNDUP DAILY DISPATCH
11:01 PM, Thursday, October 22, 2009
Operating Hours: 11.65
Voice Contacts: 225
Digital Contacts: 6
Current Score: 29,388
38 States Contacted:
ALABAMA, ALASKA, ARIZONA, ARKANSAS, CALIFORNIA, FLORIDA, GEORGIA, IDAHO, ILLINOIS, INDIANA, IOWA, KANSAS, KENTUCKY, LOUISIANA, MASSACHUSETTS, MICHIGAN, MINNESOTA, MISSISSIPPI, MISSOURI, MONTANA, NEBRASKA, NEW JERSEY, NEW MEXICO, NEW YORK, NORTH CAROLINA, NORTH DAKOTA, OHIO, OKLAHOMA, OREGON, PENNSYLVANIA, SOUTH CAROLINA, SOUTH DAKOTA, TENNESSEE, TEXAS, VIRGINIA, WASHINGTON, WISCONSIN, WYOMING
7 Provinces Contacted:
BRITISH COLUMBIA & YK, MANITOBA & NN, NEW BRUNSWICK, NEWFOUNDLAND-LAB, NOVA SCOTIA, ONTARIO, QUEBEC
7 Countries Contacted:
AUSTRIA, BRAZIL, ENGLAND, FED REP OF GERMANY, ITALY, PANAMA, SPAIN
1 Radio Club Contacted:
PT2CM
14 School Clubs Contacted:
K0KU K0VVY K5LSU KC5ORO KF5CRF KI4TEY N5CHS W1YK W5YM W6YX W9HHX W9NAA W9YT WI5ND
K0KU
No new information submitted
K0VVY
No new Information Submitted
W9NAA
No new Information Submitted
KB3CVD
SCHOOL CLUB ROUNDUP DAILY DISPATCH
11:17 PM, Thursday, October 22, 2009
Operating Hours: 6.45
Voice Contacts: 2
Digital Contacts: 22
Current Score: 1,702
12 States Contacted:
ARIZONA, FLORIDA, GEORGIA, LOUISIANA, MARYLAND & DC, MISSOURI, NEVADA, OKLAHOMA, OREGON, SOUTH DAKOTA, TEXAS, WASHINGTON
8 Countries Contacted:
AZORES, BELGIUM, BONAIRE, CURACAO, COSTA RICA, FRANCE, GREECE, GUATELMALA, SPAIN
1 Radio Club Contacted:
K3NEM
3 School Clubs Contacted:
K0VVY K5LSU WI5ND
W1YK
8:16 PM, Thursday, October 22, 2009
Operating Hours: 13.27
Voice Contacts: 95
Digital Contacts: 47
Current Score: 23,058
31 States Contacted:
ALABAMA, ARIZONA, ARKANSAS, CALIFORNIA, COLORADO, FLORIDA, GEORGIA, ILLINOIS, INDIANA, IOWA, KANSAS, LOUISIANA, MASSACHUSETTS, MINNESOTA, MISSISSIPPI, MISSOURI, MONTANA, NEVADA, NEW MEXICO, NEW YORK, NORTH DAKOTA, OKLAHOMA, OREGON, SOUTH CAROLINA, SOUTH DAKOTA, TENNESSEE, TEXAS, UTAH, WASHINGTON, WISCONSIN, WYOMING
3 Provinces Contacted:
BRITISH COLUMBIA & YK, MANITOBA & NN, ONTARIO
6 Countries Contacted:
CUBA, ENGLAND, FED REP OF GERMANY, SLOVENIA, SPAIN, VENEZUELA
1 Radio Club Contacted:
WM7CH
16 School Clubs Contacted:
K2GXT K4DMS K5LBJ K5LSU K7UAZ K9SOU KC50R0 KI4TEY KI6FOD W0ISU W5LHS W5YD W9GRS W9NAA WD5IAD WI5ND
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Fall 2009 School Club Roundup
Beginning on Monday October 19, 2009 the Fall School Club Roundup (SCR) will run for five days until Friday October 23. During this time school stations may operate a maximum of six hours . Most bands are open to use from HF through VHF including satellite operations. Refer to the rules on the ARRL SCR Website for more information regarding operations and rules. There is also a School Club Roundup article on the CollegeARC.com website detailing the ham radio contest.
There are many reasons to participate in the contest. One such reason is that in the Spring 2009 school club roundup held on the second week of February there were only five US colleges and one international college who participated. With the top three schools awarded for their achievements, 50% of those who submitted logs for the event won an award! The opportunity to do very well is there so take advantage of it.
Please let everyone on www.CollegeARC.com know if your club is participating in the school club roundup. Post on the forums or email members who you want to get into contact with. We look forward to hearing your thoughts on the event so be sure to comment! What is your club doing for SCR 2009? Is it a full fledged effort or just a day or two? Have fun in the 2009 school club roundup!
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New Blog for CollegeARC.com
Welcome to the new blog for CollegeARC.com the College Amateur Radio Club Association. This represents a large step up in our ability to blog efficiently and productively. While this WordPress based blog cannot easily be integrated with Joomla!, which is used on the main website, it will serve as a much cleaner and informative blogging platform than we previously had. The following post will outline some of the most important aspect of the blog.
Using the CollegeARC Blog
If you are a new visitor to the blog you may notice an alert that reminds the visitor to subscribe to the CollegeARC blog RSS feed. There may also be alerts if you came to this blog from sites such and Google search, Twitter, Facebook, etc. An example of this is shown in the following picture where the website is grayed out except for the RSS alert. Simply click on the alert to subscribe to the RSS feed or click the X to close it. This alert will only be presented the first visit and will not reappear each time the blog is visited when closed.
RSS subscription alert for first-time visitors
The layout for the CollegeARC blog is meant to be simple and clean looking. Adjacent to the content there is an RSS subscription button on the top right corner as can be seen in the following photo. A Twitter "follow me" button stays stuck to the right side near the scroll bar.
RSS and Twitter feeds for collegearc blog
Sidebar information
There are several areas which provide a great deal of information on the sidebar to the right. First off, there are links to the CollegeARC website, featured articles, college clubs, and the forums. Following just below the links is a list of the three newest blog posts.
twitter, forum, and archive feeds on collegearc
CollegeARC on Twitter feeds tweets to this widget. Our latest three tweets display here along with an RSS feed for the CollegeARC twitter account. Following the tweets are the two newest CollegeARC forum posts. Last but not least, the archived posts are stored below these widgets and are organized by the month.
Contact Us
A contact us form has been provided as a page located in the menu bar so that any visitor or college club can contact CollegeARC. A web form is present and it's pretty straighforward to fill out. We encourage suggestions along with club news and event announcements or anything visitors might want to share with college amateur radio clubs.
contact us page on collegarc blog
Commenting
One of the best ways for visitors to interact with the blog is to comment on the posts. Please feel free to comment, share your ideas, provide criticism, etc. There can be a lot of headway made in the area of finding ways to encourage students to become radio amateurs. To comment on an article simply click on the clink below every post that says either "Leave a comment" or "# comments" with # being the number of comments currently on the post.
collegearc blog comment field
The comment field is located beneath every post. Anyone can comment and all are invited to do so. That just about sums up the new blog. Please follow CollegeARC on Twitter, join our Facebook group, digg us, etc. Enjoy!
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