[HCRA] Help Still Needed to Obtain Field Day Bonus Points

[Matt Wilhelm (W1MSW)]

Howdy Fellow HCRA Members,

As Jim mentioned at the meeting last Friday, in addition to looking for
operators for Field Day, we are also still looking for some folks to help
the club obtain some of the available bonus points. Gary-AA1UE has offered
to attempt the Satellite QSO bonus and Rich-N1KXR has agreed to teach a
class on converting a station over to powerpoles.  Thanks Guys!  The bonus
points we still need to try to obtain are Message Handling, Message
Origination to Section Manager and copying the W1AW bulletin.  I have pasted
the info for these bonus points below this message.  If anyone would like to
try to help the club gain these extra points, you would really be helping
out. Remember 100 extra bonus points is equal to 100 voice QSOs!  We can set
you up with everything you need to do this, just need someone willing to
give it a try.  Please let me know if you are interested.

Field Day is getting close!

Thanks,

Matt - W1MSW
westcoastbayou at gmail.com

7.3.5. Message Origination to Section Manager: 100 bonus points for
origination of a National
Traffic System (NTS) style formal message to the ARRL Section Manager or
Section Emergency
Coordinator by your group from its site. You should include the club name,
number of
participants, Field Day location, and number of ARES operators involved with
your station. The
message must be transmitted during the Field Day period and a fully serviced
copy of it must be
included in your submission, in standard ARRL NTS format, or no credit will
be given. The
Section Manager message is separate from the messages handled in Rule 7.3.6.
and may not be
claimed for bonus points under that rule. Available to all Classes.

7.3.6. Message Handling: 10 points for each formal NTS style originated,
relayed or received and
delivered during the Field Day period, up to a maximum of 100 points (ten
messages). Properly
serviced copies of each message must be included with the Field Day report.
The message to the
ARRL SM or SEC under Rule 7.3.5. does not count towards the total of 10 for
this bonus.
Available to all Classes. All NTS messages claimed for bonus points must
leave or enter the
site via amateur radio RF.

7.3.9. W1AW Bulletin: 100 bonus points for copying the special Field Day
bulletin transmitted
by W1AW (or K6KPH) during its operating schedule during the Field Day
weekend (listed in this
rules announcement). An accurate copy of the message is required to be
included in your Field
Day submission. (Note: The Field Day bulletin must be copied via amateur
radio. It will not be
included in Internet bulletins sent out from Headquarters and will not be
posted to Internet BBS
sites.) Available to all Classes.