[PaQSO] 2009 PQP Special Event Station

[Michael Coslo]

On Jul 27, 2009, at 9:31 PM, Ron Notarius W3WN wrote:

> Thanks for the info Mike.  The good news is that they're being  
> moved, not
> dismantled, as has happened to other college club stations.

IIRC, Jim, WA3FET did a good job keeping them visible and viable.


> While I'm glad to see that a lot of people liked my idea, clearly,  
> they
> won't be in the best of shape to operate the club station on campus  
> come Pa
> QSO.  Of course, the club trustee, WA3FET, could host the club from  
> his
> contest station... assuming he still has the KC3R contest setup  
> available...
> (no, that's not a typo)

8^)

>
> Still, I do feel concerned that I may have put the students "on the  
> spot"
> for something they may not be prepared for on short notice.  And  
> while I'd
> love to volunteer to operate the station Just One More Time (I still  
> have my
> "202AA" key to 202 Engineering Unit 'E' from 1982), that won't be in  
> the
> cards for me.

Sometimes ideas just take a while to put together. I like a good story  
related to the Special Event station. Theirs might not be too bad of  
one.


-73 de Mike N3LI -