[PPRAANet] W1AW/0 operators wanted

Wed Mar 8 11:57:58 EST 2023

Hello everyone,

Just to answer a couple of the questions I saw, the club station is not
currently operational because the lease ran out at our previous site so we
had to move to a new location. We will be announcing work parties at the
general meetings once the weather starts warming up a bit. We usually have
a good turnout and some good food at the work parties! The first work party
will most likely be this month, or next month. Our long term plan is to
make the station look like an old west telegraph office to "fit in" on the
property. A more short term plan of getting antennas up and radios on the
air could be discussed.

Thanks,
Kyle
73
KD0TRD

On Sun, Mar 5, 2023 at 4:26 PM kb9uzo w <kb9uzohamradio at hotmail.com> wrote:

> Likewise, I am curious as well.  I sent my email and info the gal who
> reviews the info but curious about the same questions Ben asked.
>
> 73
>
> Bryan W, KB9UZO
> ________________________________
> From: Ben AB2SG <ben at ab2sg.net>
> Sent: Sunday, March 5, 2023 4:22 PM
> To: kb9uzo w <kb9uzohamradio at hotmail.com>
> Cc: John Bloodgood <johnbloodgood at hotmail.com>; PPRAA Reflector <
> ppraanet at mailman.qth.net>
> Subject: Re: [PPRAANet] W1AW/0 operators wanted
>
> Hi all,
>
> Karen and I would also be interested in representing the club in this.
> We're pretty new here and could not find details on the website; why is the
> club station not operational?  Is there something we can do to help?
> Volunteer hours?  Small hardware donation?  Please point us in the right
> direction.
>
> 73,
> Ben & Karen
> AB2SG KF0INE
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Mar 4 2023, at 7:45 pm, kb9uzo w <kb9uzohamradio at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> Evening Gents,
>
> This would be great!  Ill sign up !
>
> 73
>
> Bryan Wheeler, KB9UZO
>
> ________________________________
> From: ppraanet-bounces at mailman.qth.net <ppraanet-bounces at mailman.qth.net>
> on behalf of John Bloodgood <johnbloodgood at hotmail.com>
> Sent: Saturday, March 4, 2023 6:43 PM
> To: PPRAA Reflector <ppraanet at mailman.qth.net>
> Subject: [PPRAANet] FW: W1AW/0 operators wanted
>
> If the club station was operational, this would be a really good use for
> it.
>
>
>
> John Bloodgood, KD0SFY
>
> From: ARRL Members Only Web site<mailto:memberlist at www.arrl.org>
> Sent: Saturday, March 4, 2023 2:47 PM
> To: johnbloodgood at hotmail.com<mailto:johnbloodgood at hotmail.com>
> Subject: W1AW/0 operators wanted
>
> Hello Colorado Section ARRL members!
>
> Did you hear that the Colorado Section gets the rare opportunity to
> operate as W1AW/0 in May and again in September.  This is part of the
> Volunteers on the Air year long special event.  W1AW/x is worth 5 points
> for everyone that gets it in the logs.
>
> Date: May 24 - May 30 0:00 - 23:59 UTC
>
> Can you run a pile up?
> Can you keep/manage electronic logs for and ADIF file?
> Do you have a pretty good home station?
>
> If you answered yes then we're looking for you!  This is your rare
> chance to operate as one of the most well known call signs in the world!
>
>
> What you should know before signing up.  You will likely get MASSIVE
> pileups.  Remember there are tens of thousands of radio operators world
> wide that will want to put you in their log.  I would discourage you
> from doing this in a POTA setting as you'll need to devote your
> undivided attention to working and logging these calls.  You don't need
> a "big gun" station but a good antenna and a little bit of power will
> help. You also need the best possible signal so you can provide a
> contact to as many stations as possible.  A suggestion might be to have
> a helper/logger that will help a lot.  Keep in mind that if you're
> interested in VHF/UHF you could sign up for those bands as long as
> contacts aren't made though repeaters VHF/UHF count.
>
> You can use FM, SSB, CW or Digital during this event but only one
> station per band/mode from the same state.
>
> One other very noteworthy thing.  Let's try not to only focus on 10
> meters, 15 meters, and 20 meters.  We certainly need a presence there
> but we also need a presence on 40, 80, 160 so other hams here in
> Colorado and our close neighboring states have a chance at getting
> W1AW/0 in their logs too!
>
> To sign up you'll need to go to the below URL and either sign in with
> google/facebook or provide your email address and choose a password.
> We'll need a day or so to authorize you (so we don't get spam signups).
> After you're approved you'll be able to sign up for 2 hour blocks.
>
> We're thinking we might do a meet and greet kind of thing on Zoom with
> all the W1AW/0 volunteers probably in late April or early May.
>
> Sign up here:
> https://w1aw-schedule.web.app/
>
> For questions:
> Please reach out to
> Jeff Carrier, K0JSC  k0jsc at arrl.net  or
> Wayne Heinen, N0POH n0poh at arrl.net
>
> 73,
>
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