[OFARC] Fw: BVARC Digest, Vol 58, Issue 25

Sun Jul 27 15:49:00 EDT 2014

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> Today's Topics:
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>   1. 10-10 "Contest Within a Contest" next weekend (Allen R. Brier)
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> 10-10 Phone Contest August 2-3, 2013
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>
> As some of you might know, I have won this 10-10 Phone Contest thirteen
> times now. I would like to do it again this year but need your help. The 
> 10
> meter band is not going to be in the best of shape and every contact is
> going to be very important for me if I am going to win this again. Houston
> SHOT club has been a major supporter of 10-10 activity and has won the 
> club
> contest several years.
>
>
>
> For the last three or so years, members of BVARC and I have had a 
> friendly,
> and very successful, contest-within-a-contest during the 10-10 contest. I
> agreed to beat the number of QSO combined for individual operators in the
> whole BVARC club. Last year, they finally beat me because of increased
> participation by the members of BVARC.
>
>
>
> This contest-within-a-contest has turned into a fun thing for the local 
> hams
> to participate in and support 10 meter activity. Many new hams have gotten
> into this and have enjoyed the experience of contesting. The participation
> of BVARC has also helped me tremendously in winning the last two time.
> Having more people on the band 'opens' it up for all of us.
>
>
>
> Because of this success, I would like to open this up to some of the other
> clubs in the Houston area who may want to participate. This includes TDXS,
> NARS, CLARC and Echo Society. The rules are very simple as outlined below:
>
>
>
> 1.       The 10-10 phone contest starts at 0000 UTC August 2nd and ends at
> 2359 UTC August 3rd, 2014.
>
> 2.       The QSO exchange is Name, State and 10-10 number if you have one.
> (Having a 10-10 number is not required, but as a 10-10 member your contact
> is worth 2 points instead of only 1 point without it.)
>
> 3.       Check out
> http://www.ten-ten.org/index.php/activity/2013-07-22-20-26-48/qso-party-rule
> s  and
> http://www.ten-ten.org/index.php/activity/2013-07-22-20-26-48/qso-handbook
> on the 10-10 website for further information about the Phone QSO party
>
> 4.       For the contest-within-a-contest, only the number of QSOs count
>
> 5.       Send your Number of QSOs and your Club information to
> mullani at tlite.com with the subject who will tally the scores by clubs
>
> 6.       Please put your call sign and club name in the subject heading of
> the e-mail
>
> 7.       Results of the contest-within-a-contest will be posted to the
> different reflectors within two weeks.
>
> 8.    The contest is open only to individuals, and not club call signs
> (although clubs are welcome to participate in the general contest).
>
>
>
>
>
> A couple of other things:
>
> 1.     If you don't have one and would like to get your own 10-10 number
> before the contest, please check into the weekly 10-10 net held on Tuesday
> night at 8:00 pm on 28.488. If you try to check in and cannot be heard, 
> call
> me at 281-342-1590 and I'll swing the beam to try to pick you up.
>
> 2.    After working ten members, you can upload the information on the 
> 10-10
> website and you will receive your number quickly. The next time you check
> into the local net, Mike, N5MT can assign you a local member number.
>
> 3.    This is a contest but it has very relaxed rules, therefore
> self-spotting and net operation/QSOs are allowed and encouraged. The 
> primary
> purpose of this contest and the 10-10 organization is to promote activity 
> on
> 10 meters!
>
> 4.    The local 10-10 net holds special nets during the contest to
> facilitate local contact and 10-10 number exchanges. We will meet on 
> Friday
> and Saturday nights at 8:00 pm on 28.488 to do so.
>
> 5.    Any type of antenna will work, but normally the higher and the more
> elements the better. While there is a QRP category in the contests, I
> encourage you to run as much power as you have available so that others 
> can
> hear you better.
>
> 6.    I strongly encourage you to submit your logs, no matter the size. 
> The
> more logs the better chance you have to beat me, and the better for the
> Houston SHOT (local) chapter.
>
> 7.    There are several good contest software programs which support the
> 10-10 contests: K4HAV's Win 10-10 http://hds.net/win1010.htm , N1MM
> www.n1mm.com , N3FJP www.n3jfp.com , GenLog, 10-X Logger (and more).
>
> 8.   If you have any questions, feel free to contact me, N5MT, WS5H, 
> K5IZO,
> etc.
>
>
>
>
>
> Good luck and "See You in the Contest!"
>
>
>
> Allen R. Brier N5XZ 10-10 #4530
>
> 281-342-1590
>
> n5xz at earthlink.net
>
> n5xz at arrl.net
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