This may be a fun contest.....

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From: Dennis Ready <[email protected]>

Subject: WWA contest
 
Hello everyone,  there is the coolest contest starting Jan 1 2025 running the entire month 24/7 I know it sounds crazy but it is so much fun.
Here are just a few reasons why this contest is special:
1. they keep the logs and they post real time so you can see your contact. You can see your ranking too. You do not have to log at all.
2. You can play just one mode or play all modes with the big boys. Example; I just competed on 10 meters side band last year with 100 watts.
3. you do not need a super station to compete, you get points for contacting the activators once each day. I placed #14 in the world last year on 10 meters.
4. it will sharpen your skills on using their web site cluster to find the activators.
5. you can work as much or little as you want, since it runs around the clock, everybody has to sleep sooner or later.
6. Our very own N5XZ is an activator this year. I predict Al to whip those other activators. LOL!
7. The activators are competing against the other activators so they are very motivated to log you every day. The web site already has a list of activators.


Thanks,

Dennis Ready
KJ5AKX 


On Tuesday, December 24, 2024 at 05:30:57 PM CST, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote:


Space Houston On Ten members:

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

This is Mike N5MT  Chapter head of 1010 Houston SHOT Net 28488 Tu 8pm.

We will not be having a weekly net for Christmas Eve or New Years Eve this year.   

The check-ins on the weekly net are a lot less the past few months.
Al  N5XZ has been net control but now is having trouble with his big antenna.  
I ckin on one of two remote stations owned by Pat KJ5Y as I live in Louisiana.  

I am still looking for someone local in Houston to take my place as 1010 Houston SHOT Chapter head since I no longer live in Houston.  
I moved to LA after hurricane Harvey flooded my house a few years ago and I sold the house and took down the tower/station.  That is why I am using the remote station to ckin to the weekly net which does not always happen as the remote does go down.   
We are all getting older so someone younger needs to take my place.  

There have only been two chapter heads for the 50+  years of SHOT.
WB5FII Bob Libbers gave it up about 35 years ago and he went SK in 2005.
Bob I think was one ot the original dozen members that started the net in maybe 1972?   I came along as a 1010 member in 1979 and Bob gave it to me in maybe 1990?  So I have had the job a few years longer than him but its time to let someone else take over as CHead.   As I do many jobs for 1010, I have tried to keep Houston going as an active chapter since I moved.  Chead is an easy job with only a requirement that you report the net activity at least once a year as required by 1010 rules to keep its active status.  Else it goes EXT.

SHOT holds several records for the most points scored during QSO parties with one party we had about 72 participants locally.  A lot of SK members are on the membership rolls so that record will never get broken by us again.   Membership is 472 locally and 1435 Non-locals.  So Houston has 1907 hams on the spreadsheet that I keep as a membership list.  The SK count is unknown.  

That's the year end report for Houston SHOT.  
Please help continue the chapter so it can survive for another 10-25 years!

Thanks.   Mike  Davidson   N5MT  24949.