[ILQSO] Contact from Hell - February 3

[John Geiger]

I wish the FCC would go to Hell, and not the one in
Michigan.

73s John W5TD

--- Hank Greeb <n8xx at arrl.org> wrote:

> 
> No this isn't a joke.  N8H will be activated from
> Hell, Michigan on 
> February 3, between 1400Z and 2359 during the annual
> Arizona ScQRPions' 
> F)reeze Y)our B)... O)ff contest (your fill in the
> letters after the B) 
> :).  We invite any and all ILQP'ers to make a
> contact with us (and other 
> FYBO contestants) during this period.  A special QSL
> will be issued to 
> anyone working us who send a #10 or larger SASE.
> 
> Formal announcement which has appeared in various
> forms in various 
> reflectors follows (edited for this audience):
> 
> On February 3, 2007, several hams are "going to
> Hell" (Hell, Michigan, 
> that is) to operate during the AzScQRPions "F)reeze
> Y)our B)... O)ff 
> (FYBO) contest. So far, the contingent will include
> Ed, AB8DF, Cortland, 
> KA5S, and Hank, N8XX. A special event call of N8H
> has been reserved. 
> We'll be operating on all the "QRP" frequencies, but
> the best chance for 
> folks in this area will be on 7.04 (CW) or 7.285
> (SSB) MHz. We will be 
> operating between 1400z and 2359z. Other frequencies
> which may be 
> useful, especially to the lower parts of Illinois,
> are 14.060 KHz and 
> 21060 KHz (CW) and 14285 KHz and 21385 KHz (SSB).
> 
> We will try to activate a station on the preferred
> mode Hellschriber. If 
> we get FeldHell working (and we're close) listen on
> 7.075-7.082, 
> 14.075-14.079, and 21.063-21.070 MHz. but depends on
> whether any of us 
> can figure out how to run those fancy things called
> Computers to run 
> software. (Gee, where's the button on my Sp*rk gap
> rig labeled 
> Hellschriber??? :)
> 
> For details on the contest, see  
> http://www.azscqrpions.org/FYBO2007_01072007.htm
> 
> Note that you do NOT need to be outside freezing,
> nor do you need to be 
> running <5 Watts to work us. We'll accept contacts
> from anyone, so try 
> running any power from QRP up to the full legal
> limit.
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