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

Sat Jan 18 02:58:18 EST 2020

The HiDARG Thunder Eggs are registered
KB7KLT, KG7AV, W1HC, KF7MAZ

We ROCK

Let's monitor Long Butte?
de Mike KB7KLT

On Fri, Jan 17, 2020 at 10:47 PM Randy Tomer <w6ra.randy at gmail.com> wrote:

> OK, team "The Unbeatables" is registered with the National Contest Journal
> (NAQP).
> K7SQ, N7GND and myself W6RA are registered.  We can add two more hams if
> anyone is interested.
> A third team would be nice also.
>
> Pray for a new sunspot or two to show up tomorrow.
>
> 73, Randy
>
> On Fri, Jan 17, 2020 at 10:14 PM Randy Tomer <w6ra.randy at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Mike D N7GDN will be with me Joe K7SQ.
>> I'll get us registered with the NAQP organization.
>> I hope HF conditions are good tomorrow!
>>
>> 73, Randy
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Jan 17, 2020 at 7:30 PM Mike Williams <kb7klt at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I believe you're to submit your own separate logs under your own call
>>> sign....by pre-registering each member at their site Before the contest
>>> starts, they will know to do the combining and apply each team member's
>>> scores for the correct team finals.
>>>
>>> It's probably time to assign team members to a specific team.   So far,
>>> I'm hearing Randy as team manager with Joe as The Unbeatables...I'll be
>>> another team manager..
>>> That leaves that I'm not sure of team assignment status:
>>> Mike D  N7GDN
>>> Ray       KG7AV
>>> Chuck   W1HC
>>> Max      KF7MAX   not sure
>>>
>>> let's get everybody signed up to a team...and then the two team managers
>>> can register their teams tonite?
>>>
>>> de Mike KB7KLT
>>>
>>> On Fri, Jan 17, 2020 at 7:00 PM Randy Tomer <w6ra.randy at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> 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
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> *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
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> 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)
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> 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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