[TVARC] ARRL Sweepstakes

[Don Blough]

How about Minot AFB using the old AC&W radio poles?

On Mon, Nov 20, 2017 at 7:51 PM, Frank <phrankxm at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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