[TVARC] ARRL Sweepstakes

[K2PS Pete Stafford]

Good going George!  

 

And I’m amazed that you heard me, since so many others I called elected not to.  

 

I now have an superfluous thingy with holes in it that you talk into.

 

73, Pete, K2ps

 

 

 

From: tvarc-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:tvarc-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of George Briggs
Sent: Monday, November 20, 2017 6:32 AM
To: tvarc at mailman.qth.net
Subject: [TVARC] ARRL Sweepstakes

 

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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