[HiDARG-MEMBERS] CONTEST THIS WEEKEND......official sanction’s from HIDARG.

[Randy Tomer]

Joe and I decided to name our team "The Unbeatables".  We will use our own
calls and combine our logs.
Go Unbeatables!!
73, Randy

On Fri, Jan 17, 2020 at 2:57 PM Max Vaughan <maxv at horizonps.com> wrote:

> I hope to be able to do this….working two jobs is not fun.
>
> One team will have the honor of using W7JVO.
>
> NO HF RIG….no worries….have one in the Club trailer.
>
> .>Max
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> *From:* Mike Williams [mailto:kb7klt at gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Friday, January 17, 2020 10:55
> *To:* Max Vaughan KF7MAX
> *Subject:* Ok, the challenge is on..pse fwd
>
>
>
> In spite of our winter weather, we had a good turnout last night at our
> pizza social.   Randy Tomer, W6RA, shared  some great information about
> contesting in ham radio along with several of his award certificates.  We
> all learned a few things as he talked about his experiences in contesting.
> Nice job Randy.
>
>
>
> We continued the discussion and decided to get involved in this Saturday's
> North American QSO Party contest. (see previous thread?)   This HF contest
> allows for Team Competition and so far, we have two partial teams started
> up..hoping for a third.  There seemed to be some concurrence among a few
> Board members present that there could perhaps be some Club recognition to
> our highest scoring team and that this could be the start of many future
> contests and such within the club.   As Randy explained, not all contests
> are HF frequencies.  Many of his favorites were VHF.  In fact, there are
> several VHF contests coming up soon that we can get involved in...and, I
> hear of our own HiDARG contest being developed for this year..all modes,
> all bands, all licenses...ask me, I'll share :)
>
>
>
> So, here's the deal:
>
> We can have up to five members on a team so we're looking for some more
> players.  Here's who we have so far:
>
> Randy W6RA
>
> Joe K7SK
>
> Mike K7GND
>
> Mike KB7KLT
>
>
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> We'd like to have at least three teams to enter with three members on each
> team to start with.   So *we need some players*.  Each member of a team
> operates from their own station (home/mobile/club trailer/borrowed).   No
> experience needed, just a willingness to jump in and play.  Maximum allowed
> operating time is 10 hours..but, you don't have to play all 10 hrs.   If
> you only have a few here and/or there, that'll work just fine.  The idea
> here is to just have some fun while playing in a contest.   You don't have
> to use a special computer program for logging, paper logging will work
> (we'll easily convert it after the contest)
>
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> Each team has to declare a Team Manager and their Team Name...Randy and I
> are the first two Team Managers...
>
> Names?  HiDARG Rockchucks? HiDARG Thunder Eggs?  HiDARG Rattlers?  Being a
> rock collector, I like the thunder egg one myself, but...check out last
> years entry names at the NCJ site  https://ncjweb.com/naqp/
>
>
>
>  All ya gotta do is reply to this thread and you're on.   The Team
> Managers need to get their Team Entry in before the contest starts tomorrow
> morning.   So sign up today!
>
>
>
> de Mike KB7KLT
>
> kb7klt at gmail.com
>
> 541-280-0226 txt ok
>
>
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