[DARC] W3DOG contest team places 5th Nationally

[Al Waller K3TKJ]

It's official!  W3DOG ( T. Allen Phillips Memorial Amateur Radio Club ) 
placed 5th Nationally as a Limited Multi-Operator station in the June 2004 
VHF contest. Limited stations can only operate 4 of the 10 VHF/UHF bands. 
Using 6,2,222 and 432 SSB and CW, contacts were made with 1136 stations in 
239 grid squares. Operating from the Laurel. Delaware contest station the 
following operators competed in the 33 hour contest.

K3TKJ  Al
KB3LEF  Adam
N3DB  Dave
AK3E  Rick
KB3IWV  Keith
KD3FA  Bill
KG4JLO  Taylor
W3JCT  JC
KA3SVF  Dale

The next contest is in January, if you would like to participate please 
contact Al K3TKJ at 302-875-1358. We especially need CW operators but 
anyone at any experience level is welcome to join us.

A special thanks to Denise Waller for the incredible food and the 
traditional Saturday night Banana Splits. If for no other reason the food 
is worth participating.

The following is from the ARRL contest web site:

The Limited Multi stations were led by K8GP, amassing 740K from their roost 
in FM08. This is a hard-driving team of long-term experienced VHF ops that 
really enjoys maximizing its equipment's potential. K9NS in IL was second 
with 583K, a tribute to all the VHF activity building up in the Central 
Division. W3SO, with 10 ops covering the 4 band set-up, on top of 
Wopsononock Mountain in the Allegheny Mountains at 2500' came in 3rd with 
310K; no doubt their scores were enhanced by having additional sets of 
antennas fixed on the Northeast for 6m, and toward Pittsburgh on 2m. Team 
practice on the bands during the spring and fall sprints and networked 
computers to enhance passing contacts through the bands has also built 
operating efficiency. Atlantic Division teams of K3 Yellow Traffic Light 
(K3YTL) and W3DOG captured the next two spots. The TAPMARC team, using the 
W3DOG call, with 295K set a new June ML scoring record for DE.

73, Al


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Amateur that holds the license."