[SixClub] Route 66 Contest

[doc at kd4e.com]

This weekend is going to be flooded with contests!

http://forums.qrz.com/showthread.php?t=263209

Big pileups are expected on Route 66 during the 11th annual [B]Route 66
on the Air" special event. It kicks off on September 11th, 2010 at 
00:00Z and runs thru September 19th-23:59Z

This year more stations have been added with 1X1 calls from W6A to W6T.
Seventeen(17) of these will be fixed operations along old Route 66 from
Chicago to Santa Monica, California.

Three additional mobile rover stations will also be involved. One of 
these (W6S) will drive from Chicago to Santa Monica, while another (W6R) 
will drive from Santa Monica to Chicago and the third one (W6T)will run 
along old Route 66 in Northern Arizona.

Yes, that means there will be 20 stations to make contact with for a 
clean sweep during the 9 day event. It becomes quite a challenge to work 
all 20. However, if you work at least 1, you can apply for a nice 
frameable certificate from the Citrus Belt Amateur Radio Club. The 
certificate is $4 and as you work each additional station, you get 
endorsements on the certificate for those worked.

Each of the individual stations will also have their own unique RT 66
QSL's, and they can be obtained by contacting the stations assigned QSL
manager WITH AN S. A. S. E. OR a greenback. Please remember many of the
clubs involved are small so they need at least a S.A.S.E. to help with
the QSL cost. Each of the QSL managers for the individual stations are
listed on the website of CBARC at [url]www.w6jbt.org or just "Google
Route 66 on the Air" for all the details.

This all started back in 1999, when members of the Northern Arizona DX
Association, in Flagstaff, Arizona, conceived the idea to put RT 66 on
the Air as a club project. At the time, we decided to get 13 stations
along RT 66 to participate. The thought was to get one station in each
of the cities mentioned in Bobby Troup's song "Get your kicks on Route
66". You may remember in the song, the wording of "Flagstaff, Arizona,
Don't forget Winona". Well, during the first two years, this special
event grew way beyond our small club's capabilities to handle so we ask
for help from the other larger clubs involved. The Citrus Belt Amateur
Radio Club, stepped up and with Jeff Richardson, W6JJR as event
coordinator, the event has flourished even more! They have done such a
great job of handling it and adding a new twist here and there to keep
it interesting and challenging.

So, join in the fun and Get your kicks(&QSOs) on Route 66. We hope to
have you in our log, but be ready for the pileups!!!
73
Bob, NF7E
Northern Arizona DX Association
Flagstaff, Arizona

ps: We will be the W6G station during this event. Check out our
call & QSL on QRZ.com

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Thanks! & 73, doc, KD4E
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