[NLRS] NLRS First Gavel !

[Donn Baker]

Congratulations to one and all !  And as mentioned, a special "Thank you !"
to Rich, N0HJZ for being the group "conscience."

At 13:10 31-01-05 -0600, jcplatt1 at mmm.com wrote:
>
>Well, it took some time, but the Northern Lights Radio Society has won its
>first gavel for its Unlimited score in the 2004 September VHF contest.
>That's right, we've won a gavel !    For those who may not be familiar with
>gavels, here is the cut & paste from the ARRL General Contest rules:
>
>   8.10. The highest scoring active affiliated club entry in each category
>   (unlimited, medium, local) will be awarded a gavel.
>
>Affiliated club completion was added to the September VHF contest starting
>in 1999 and since then there has been NO club that has placed in the
>Unlimited category (51 logs or more) until the NLRS did it in 2004.
>Because the NLRS was the first to do so, it caused a bit of a snafu in
>reporting at the League ..... here is today's note from Dan, N1ND,
>regarding root cause analysis:
>All NLRS members should feel proud in attaining this significant goal.
>There are not a lot of clubs with gavels.    In addition I would like to
>pass my thanks on to Rich, N0HJZ, who's significant work and energy helped
>us to establish this significant goal for the club ..... many thanks Rich.
>
>73, Jon.
>W0ZQ