[NLRS] Black Friday & August UHF Contest

[W0ZQ at aol.com]

Hi James.  By all means, bring your 222 and  432 to Rovermania, we would love 
to have you.   Brookings, SD, is  EN14.  As you may guess, while there are 
some operators in the Dakotas,  activity level increases as you come eastward 
from EN14 towards the Twin Cities  (EN34/35) and into Wisconsin & northern Ill.  
 None the less, I  have roved the EN14/15/24/25 grid corner located just east 
of Madison in western  MN as well as the grid corner just south of that near 
Lake Wilson,  MN.   It is wonderful roving country ... perhaps my favorite.   
Some rovers have travelled north along Hwy 75 and/or I-29.  There are  several 
Rovermania rovers who can assist you with suggested routes &  locations so 
when we get closer lets talk.  

Also, thanks for your  comments for adding a club competition to the UHF 
contest.  At this time  the VUAC is discussing it, it has not been recommended as 
of yet.  I defer  to our chair person, but I believe the timeline is to get a 
proposal on various  topics to the ARRL's PSC sometime in mid-December so that 
they can review it  ahead of the ARRL's January BOD meeting.   Historically 
its been  demonstrated that the most significant contributor to contest growth 
is by local  clubs and club activities and having a club competition for the 
UHF contest can  only be a good thing for growth.  One issue may be increased 
overhead for  the ARRL contest management group.

73, Jon
W0ZQ  

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