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Centennial W1OP Activity 2019
 ARRL confirms that W1OP was First in RI, 2nd in New England
and 27th in the USA Multi Op for the 160M CW Contest Dec. 7-8 2019
rttycontesting.com confirms that W1OP was First
in RI, and 23rd Single Op in the USA for the FT Roundup held on Dec. 7-8 2019
CQ Magazine confirms W1OP was First in RI, and Second in New England for
the start of the Centennial Year's World Wide 160M DX Contest.
Digital
DXCC count hits 150 Countries confirmed.
ARRL 160 CW contest 568 QSOs, 23 countries, 118,910 score operating in
Studio B while the FT Roundup contest was operating simultaneously in Studio
A.
First REMOTE control contest completed -- FT Roundup with 400 contacts,
45 countries. Station control was in Naples, FL using the Verizon Fios cable
connection.
Verizon Fios installed fiber optic cable
currently with 100M UP and 100M DOWN. Expandable to 1G.
It
appears W1OP has broken its QSO by year record for the last century with
26,000+ QSOs, all modes, logged into LOTW this year.
Competed
in ARRL November Sweepstakes.
Multi Op, single xmit.
From Nov. 1 through Dec. 6 W1OP/100 logged 3928
QSOs and 115 countries.
Hit
milestone of 20,000 digital contacts from RI and closed down our special event
call W1OP/100.
Hit milestone of 16,000 digital contacts from RI as we
started to use our special event call W1OP/100 to wrap up W1OP's 100th
Year.
Particiated in the CQ Worldwide DX Contest SSB.
Hit
milestone of 13,000 digital contacts from RI running heavily on DX FT4.
Scored 2nd in W1-land in the World Wide
Digi DX Contest. Ranked #80 out of 660 submitted scores world wide.
Qualified for ARRL's Worked All States Awards for Digital, FT4 and FT8
categories.
Held Centennial Banquet at the RI Yacht Club with
members attending from around the county. Keynote speaker was
W3LPL [originally W1OP's
12-year old KN1LPL] who used to walk to the club after school to work DX just
60 years ago.
Received a State of Rhode Island Citation from the RI House
of Representatives "congratulating W1OP on its 100th Anniversary of providing
emergency communications on a local, national and global scale to assist the
state in maintaining strong communications during national
emergencies."
Surpassed the 1,000 confirmed countries on different bands
mark to qualify for the ARRL DXCC Challenge Award
Added
second remote station for 80M FT8 and FT4 using TeamViewer
Hit
10,000 Digital contacts from RI -- FT8 and FT4
ARRL confirmed 17M DXCC
Annual Delegation to the Boxoboro ARRL New
England Division Convention
Started remote activation of W1OP Station and
LPDA for FT8 and FT4 via TeamViewer software and JetPack.
Parks on the Air has accepted our 2019
logs for their database. This is the second year for W1OP in the POTA program
with just over 5,100 total contacts from Beavertail State Park K-2868.
Competed
in the World Wide Digi DX Contest
using FT4/FT8. Cabrillo log filed.
Hit
7,500 Digital contacts from RI -- FT8 and FT4
W1GS, a
charter signer of the 3905CC WAS net in 1977, checked into that net with
priority status as a "Charter Signer." The Net is a carry over of a net used
during the 1976 ARRL promotion of the the Bicentennial signing of the
Declaration of Independance in 1776.
N1DM
conducted a well attended 2-hour course on DMR and programming consultations.
Started FT4 operations as FN41 via WSJT-X v2.1.0.
Contest
Operation for the IARU World Campionship event.
Another
3A Field Day operation on Conanicut Island
Yearly
Activation of Beavertail State Park K-2868 for Parks on the Air [POTA]
MFJ-1234
RigPi Station Server arrived and scheduled to be tied into the 237B-1 by late
October to allow remote access to station.
Hit
Centennial mid-term target of 7,000 Digital Radio Contacts. Goal is 10,000
contacts by end of year.
Set up
Weekly Operations Net via DMR on the New
England Digital Emergency Communications Network (NEDECN) region-wide
DMR system ... NE TAC1 Channel at Sunday, 8pm local time. Visitors Welcome.
Contact N1DM.
Multi-band, multi-station simultaneous operations started on
FT8
DXCC 30M confirmed ARRL, 5-Band DXCC plaque now updated.
DXCC
Digital confirmed ARRL
Armed
Forces Day (AFD) Crossband Test using the Call Sign NAF from Beavertail.
"The Army Military Auxiliary Radio System (MARS) hosts the AFD Crossband
Test to test two-way emergency communications between military communicators
and radio stations in the Amateur Radio Service."
Annual
Delegation Trip to help at NEAR-Fest, the
New England Amateur Radio Festival in Deerfield, New Hampshire
Tested
"multi" operations in Studio A using a combined mix of SSB and FT8 stations
working simultaneously
New England QSO
Party contest [ and Special Event ] using Centennial Call W1OP/100
New
130ft 80M doublet erected at 60ft with help of tennis cannon
Arrival
of W1OP's 5-Band DXCC Award Plaque from ARRL with
additional 160M band endorsement
European FT8 Club's FT8 DX
Contest
Winter Field
Day run on site by the Bishop Hendricken High School Amateur Radio Club --
W1BHX
CQ World Wide 160-Meter Contest, CW
ARRL Sweepstakes -- Phone
ARRL 160-Meter Contest
IARU HF Championship
ARRL
International Grid Chase activating EL96 on FT8
North
America QSO Party
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 regional, and international
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RACES is a protocol created by the
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the Federal Communications
Commission. RACES volunteer operators are licensed Amateur Radio Operators
certified by a civil defense agency to be able to communicate on Amateur Radio
frequencies during drills, exercises and emergencies. They are activated by
local, county and state jurisdictions and are the only Amateur Radio operators
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The Hurricane Watch Net is a group of licensed
Amateur Radio Operators, trained and organized to provide essential weather
related communications support to the National Hurricane Center during times of
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1935 through
1955 ... the Providence Radio Association used the W1INM call sign. In 1976 we
used AC1OP. |
In 1934 the PRA moved
to 3 Valley Street in Olneyville where it was first licensed as W1INM. This
address had previously been a broadcast station complete with two 80 foot
towers. This is it! |
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| 1-LI W1OP's Call from 1926 ... Allowed CW transmission
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Providence Radio Association
Interested in our membership program?
Contact President@
W1OP.com
W1OP Log
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| W1OP's
Weekly DMR Net on the New England Digital Emergency Communications
Network (NEDECN) region-wide DMR system
... NE TAC1 Channel at Sunday, 8pm local time. Visitors Welcome, N1DM net
control. |
N1DM's
Introduction to FT4/FT8 Oringinally set
up as a Slide Show,
this
presentation outlines a basic guide to getting on the air in FT mode. W1OP
currently uses FT4 and FT8 to provide RI contacts to amateurs all over the
world who are looking to get their Worked All States Awards.
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ARRL NEWS Contest
Calendar
W1OP's
2020 FT4/FT8 Campaign "Work RI"
From RI as W1OP
FN41
FT-8, FT4
-- 35,000+ uploaded
as of 7/6/2020. 1574 grid squares
[6M, 10M, 12M, 15M, 17M,
20M, 30M, 40M, 80M, 160M]
FT8 operations launched 1/21/2019 from
RI
[Click on map to see
GRID MAP PAGE]
W1OP's FT4 and FT8
Operation
Digital contacts from W1OP FN41 RI are
mostly remote controlled by operators in RI, MA, and FL. The station uses
AnyDesk remote control of two IC-7300's tied into either the Collins 237-B1 Log
Periodic Dipole Array [see below] that covers 10M through 40M, or a 65ft end
fed vertical using a Icom AH-4 that covers 6M through 80M. During the winter a
160M antenna is also available. A Verizon FIOS optical cable provides internet
connection.
Whatever matching requirements needed with
the LPDA are handled by the autotune in the 7300 with an average output of
about 80+W. Most of the time the LPDA is oriented toward the Mediterranean as
we are located on a hill favoring the Atlantic Ocean. Our logs reflect a very
high percentage of DX because of this.
It takes about 10
minutes to turn that 3,000 lb. beam stateside. Our software is the standard
package of WSJT, N3FJP, and JTAlert. Logs are LOTW and ClubLog. |
Another
Centennial Year activity was particpating in the Annual Armed Forces Day
Crossband Test using Call Sign "NAF" (with assigned Military Frequencies)
representing the original Navy NAVRADSTA (T) site in Jamestown, RI. NAF
operated on Military Frequencies and made contacts with amateur radio operators
on ham frequencies --"Crossband". The Army Military Auxiliary Radio System
(MARS) hosts the test.
Bishop Hendricken
High School Amateur Radio Club -- W1BHX does Winter Field Day at W1OP as part
of three-event Jan. Centennial
Weekend: 1 - Set Up of Ft8 FN41 Station, 2 -
Winter Field Day, 3 - CQ WW 160M CW Contest.
In 1957, When
other radio clubs were spending time working with resistors, tubes, coils, and
capacitors, members of W1OP were digging, sawing, lugging and hammering their
new Clubhouse together.
W1OP Centennial
Dinner
September
W1OP Centennial QSL
Card
NOTE: W1OP
operates from various locations throughout RI, New England and Florida. Check
with Operator for actual location, and pay attention to Grid Square on Digital
Modes.
[SASE
Required]
W1OP/100 Wallpaper file here
Lookups 36,000 12/31/2018
Lookups 68,000 5/1/2020
HQ -- Grid: FN41gt in RI
Beavertail -- Grid: FN41hk in RI
FL #1 -- Grid: EL96cd in Naples
W1OP Annotated
History
1919 -- 2016
W1OP History Early
Press
 W1OP's First
License '1LI'
signed by Herbert Hoover after WW1 in
1926
Note to
W1OP from Pres. Clinton , 1997
75th Anniversary
Report 1997
 W1OP Photos
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