[PaQSO] 07 PAQSO Special Event Station news

[Ron Notarius W3WN]

Hi Mike et al,

FWIW:  Organizing the N3SH effort last year had it's moments as a pain in
the tuchus.  Nailing down locations, having to re-locate one county op
almost at the last minute due to loss of our connection, getting the ops
lined up, coordinating the logs afterwards, and a ton of little things that
would be enough to give me grey hair -- if it weren't already, that is.

But you know what?  It was a ton of fun, a real blast, and I'd do it again.
In a couple of years!

I'm truly sorry that some had difficulty with the multi-county concept, but
based on my experience with it the last few times it was tried, from BOTH
sides of the op, I'd say that the vast majority handled it just fine.  It
was something different -- in a good way, and with all due respect to the
naysayers, I don't feel it diluted the contest in the least.  It did keep
you on your toes, but that's part of the fun.  And it WAS fun!  (I'm only
sorry that due to op scheduling I couldn't make it down to another of the
stations on Sunday as I had hoped)

The ONLY negative I can make about your proposal, Mike, is that I'd not
suggest using a 1x1.  The historic signifcance of the Gil Crosley Memorial
call, W3YA, far outweighs the temporary novelty of W3P.  I'd strongly
suggest that you use W3YA... or even K3HKK, for that matter -- when was the
last time that the original NARC club call was used in the contest, hmmm?

And I'm really looking forward to this year's contest.  I'm not sure yet
where N3SH will be operating from, but the WA3SH crew is looking forward to
a return to Fayette, N3ZK & his cohorts are planning a return to Venango,
and K3AIR & I might just have something a little special cooked up for
Butler...

And!  The Pirates are in FIRST PLACE!  Already this is shaping up to be a
good year!

73, ron w3wn

-----Original Message-----
From: paqso-bounces at mailman.qth.net
[mailto:paqso-bounces at mailman.qth.net]On Behalf Of Michael Coslo
Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2007 9:08 AM
To: paqso at mailman.qth.net; Party reflector
Cc: Nittany Amateur Radio Board of Directors
Subject: [PaQSO] 07 PAQSO Special Event Station news


	For the 50th Anniversary of the Pennsylvania QSO Party, we wanted to
have a different sort of Special Event station.

	My original plans were to have a multiple station/multiple county
setup under the W3YA callsign. Indeed the results mailers were
printed out with that very thing.

	However, most of the NARC members are clustered in and around State
College. We do have members in Huntingdon, Clinton, and Clearfield
county, and a few other nearby QTH's, but all in all, except for
whatever mobile operations happened, it would be near our Centre
County home.

	At our recent meeting, a suggestion was made that we do things with
a bit of a twist. It is an idea that has enough merit to get me to
back up a moment and shift gears. (and do cliches)

	We're going to run a Special Event Call for the party, probably W3P.

	Now here is the fun part. We want to have some other operations join
in. NARC would be running Stations in Centre County - maybe a county
line CEN/HUN effort.

	We are looking for stations in WPA and EPA who would be willing to
run under the W3P call sign in their counties for the weekend.  A
club effort, or even an ad-hoc group that would get together just for
the event would be great. A mobile or two would be a help also - I'm
planning on running a mobile station during the party myself. Of
course, there will need to be a coordination effort between the
respective mobiles and the fixed stations.

	We are looking for at least 4 other fixed stations in addition to
the NARC station. Mobiles are another matter-we'll be looking at the
response.

	But here is the issue. We have our stuffing/mailing party of the
mugs, t-shirts, and results on the 15th of April. I had the results
mailing printed, but need to change it to reflect the new special
event station idea.

	What I need is to get some response from prospective stations to see
if this dog hunts, and be able to have enough of an idea to redo the
announcement page of the results by that April 15th deadline.

	note: that means I need to have some good idea pretty soon- like
before the 15th,  so I can rewrite the flyer, and get copies made and
folded for the mailing.

	If anyone might like to be part of the special event station for the
historic 07 PAQSO party, give us feedback - soon -  and let's see
what develops.


-73 de Mike KB3EIA -


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