[HBQRP] Fwd: [QRP-L] ZOMBIE SHUFFLE Heads Up

[Ray McNally]

  Here is a fun CW event for everyone from the stark novice CW op to the
absolute pro who can carry on 2 CW QSOs, text on his smart phone, watch TV
and talk to you at the same time and keep all the conversations
intelligent.  All kidding aside, if you are interested in increasing your
CW skills, this is a great couple of hours to spend on the radio.  The
website is normally updated a couple of days prior to the event so I expect
the 2014 updates shortly.  Hope to meet you on CW the evening of this event.

  Also, I just checked last years log and someone from UK entered a log
with no contacts and had a score of several hundred points.  What other
contest can match that.

73,
Ray


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From: <na5n at zianet.com>
Date: Sun, Oct 12, 2014 at 8:44 PM
Subject: [QRP-L] ZOMBIE SHUFFLE Heads Up
To: QRP-L <qrp-l at mailman.qth.net>


It's that time of the year.  Leaves are changing to yellow and gold, the
pumpkins are bright orange, even snow already in some places (uugh), it's
getting dark sooner, and Zombies are getting restless.
The 16th annual ZOMBIE SHUFFLE will be held on Friday, November 7, 2014
from 6 p.m. to midnight, your local time.
The Shuffle is always held on the Friday closest to Halloween (except that
2012 Mayan thing), and to avoid the ARRL CW Sweepstakes.  With Halloween on
Friday this year, the Shuffle will be on the following Friday, Nov. 7.
Rules about as usual, which I will get up on my website shortly.
FOR NEW QRPers, the Zombie Shuffle is a contest that serves no Earthly
purpose whatsoever except to get on the air, work fellow QRP Zombies, and
have some goofy fun.  You exchange either your Zombie number or telephone
area code, and you add those numbers up for a ridiculously large basic
score, then add some equally goofy bonus points and multipliers.
Serendipity more than zipping along at 35 wpm.  For some, the Shuffle has
been their first QRP CW contacts.
2013 results and some photos here:
http://www.zianet.com/qrp/ZOMBIE/zombie_006.htm
ZOMBIE NUMBERS are sequential and assigned by the Grand Witchess, Jan NØQT.
If you don't have a Zombie Number, request one from Jan at:
n0qt at arrl.net
Put ZOMBIE in the subject so it doesn't get confused with those emails from
Nigeria.
ZOMBIE BADGE
We even have a QRP ZOMBIE BADGE for you to wear at political gatherings,
hamfests, or during job interviews.  Print yours out from:
http://www.zianet.com/qrp/ZOMBIE/zombiebadge.pdf
ELVIIS.  You get bonus points for working Elvis on the air.  If you'd like
to be an Elvis station this year, also contact Jan at n0qt at arrl.net
If you think the above is absolutely nutty, screwy, not keeping with
accepted contest guidelines, and a total waste of time, even for the dead
... then the Zombie Shuffle is for you!!!
Mark your calendars and see you on the Shuffle Nov. 7.
72, Paul NA5N
Zombie #004
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