[NLRS] Fw: MN/WI/IL activity hours in V/UHF contest next weekend

[Todd Sprinkmann]

   This is what I posted to SMC (Society of Midwestern 
Contesters -- based out of ILL and adjacent portions of 
IA/MO/IN)  
    My intent is to increase awareness across the entire 
Upper Midwest.  

    Thanks for your patience,
    73,
    Todd  KC9BQA  EN63ao

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Todd Sprinkmann" <sprinkies at excel.net>
To: <smc at w9smc.com>
Sent: Sunday, September 02, 2007 11:26 AM
Subject: MN/WI/IL activity hours in V/UHF contest next weekend


>   Hello SMC,
> 
>   This message and the one that will follow concerns the 
> ARRL V/UHF contest next weekend.  The ARRL link 
> to the rules is at:
> http://www.arrl.org/contests/rules/2007/sepvhf.html
> 
>    Shortly, I will be forwarding an email from the Jon, W0ZQ 
> of the Northern Lights Radio Society (or NLRS, which is a 
> very active V/UHF/Microwave club out of the Twin Cities and 
> greater Minnesota area. 
> 
>    The email concerns proposed activity times where Minnesota 
> stations will emphasize looking east and southeast toward 
> Wisconsin and Illinois.  In turn, Wisconsin and Illinois 
> stations are to look west and northwest toward Minnesota.  
> 
>    Those activity times are scheduled for 8-9pm on 
> Saturday, Sep. 8th and for 11am-noon on Sunday the 9th.  
> Everyone make some time to participate in these activity 
> hours and turn your beams accordingly.  
> 
>    I'm not sure how much SMC is aware of NLRS or vice 
> versa.  But if you're into V/UHF contesting, it pays to be 
> aware of all the active clubs within your region.  I currently 
> monitor the following email reflectors:  Badger Contesters, 
> the Chippewa Valley VHF, (concentrated group of contesters 
> out of the EN44 area), NLRS and SMC.  
> 
>   If I knew of active V/UHF clubs out of Iowa, Indiana or 
> Michigan that had email reflectors, I'd sub to those too.  (If 
> someone reading this knows of an IA/IND/MI resource, please 
> clue me in.)  In short, I try to keep tabs on everything that's 
> happening within about 300 miles of my station. 
> 
>   How I managed to miss SMC for several years, I'll never know.  
> That's why I'm cross-posting a few things today.  To increase 
> your awareness of the various Upper Midwest V/UHF clubs.  
> I do realize this info is redudant for a number of you, but for 
> others, it may be interesting, fresh news.  
>  
>  It's entirely possible that some of the folks reading this may not 
> be aware of the other active clubs within reach of their stations.  
> We all need each other, especially on 50 Mhz and Up.  
> 
>     LINKS:
>    http://www.w9smc.com/
>    http://www.nlrs.org/
>    http://www.cvvhf.org/
>    http://www.qsl.net/bc/