[TVARC] ARRL Sweepstakes

[Frank]

Anybody interested in setting up a DXpedition??? I was thinking ND!!!  Summer only.
Frank - KA1AF 

Sent from Me!!

> On Nov 20, 2017, at 8:55 AM, rwmw1932 at comcast.net wrote:
> 
> George, well done !!  I did so poorly in the CQ WW SSB that did not even get on the air this weekend. And, with regards to North Dakota being a state, rumor has it that Chuck, K9IA, has worked all 53 counties !!
> 
> Vy 73 to you and Karen. Happy Thanksgiving.
> 
> Ralph N8RW 
> 
> From: "George Briggs" <k2dm at att.net>
> To: tvarc at mailman.qth.net
> Sent: Monday, November 20, 2017 6:31:44 AM
> 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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