[TVARC] ARRL Sweepstakes

[George Briggs]

If memory serves, Pete (K2PS) mentioned at the club meeting that the Sweepstakes contest this past weekend
would be a good time to collect states for the club’s prestigious WAS standings.  Having zero states and no
prestige, I decided to go for WAS in the contest.  Phooey!  I still have no prestige.  But I do have 49 states
worked now.  Does North Dakota really exist?  Chuck (K9IA) what do you think?

I actually had fun fighting the QRM and repeating my exchange information many times.  To think we can actually
work Alaska and Hawaii with our barely-adequate setups is amazing.  And I heard a handful of other TVARC members
in the contest including K2PS, W4CRV (Chuck), NP2B (John) and KA1AF (Frank), and I worked ND4G (Rich) and
K4QR (Tony), so the club was well represented.  I also have it on good authority that Earle (KM4ISN) found his
microphone and worked KH7XS in Hawaii to complete his WAS.

Since I was only looking for states, I passed up a number of contacts and sections.  I finished with 159 contacts and
67 sections, having missed a number of Canadian and California sections.

All in all a fun time.

73,
George K2DM
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