It's Halloween, and you KNOW what that means. Yep, it's W0O at Frankenstein
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It's Halloween, and you KNOW what that means. Yep, it's W0O at Frankenstein
 
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Halloween Greetings...
As in the past several years, the Mid-MO ARC (Jefferson City MO), and the Warrensburg Area Amateur Radio Club, Inc. (Warrensburg MO) will operate Special Event Station W0O... that's W - ZERO - O, as in "WOOooooo!" from historic Frankenstein MO, today and tonight. The WAARCI operation should be in full swing already on SSB, mostly on 15/20/40 meters, I believe. The MMARC effort begins later today, about 2000Z, October 321, through about 1400Z, Thursday, Nov 1. Our operation will be mainly on CW, but we will also operate phone if any phone ops show up to operate. Our planned CW operating frequencies will be (centered around): 3.540, 7.040, 10.113, 14.040, and 21.040 MHz. We will also be active (locally), on 6M CW/SSB and 2M FM (147.00 -600, 127.3 PL). We will have two stations (both Elecraft K3s) operating, generally on the two highest frequency bands decently open at the time. FOR THE MID-MO ARC W0O OPERATION (ONLY)... ------------------------------------------ IF you work us, PLEASE MAKE CERTAIN WE HAVE YOUR MAILING ADDRESS _IF_ YOUR ADDRESS IS NOT OK AT QRZ.COM... Please DO NOT send us a QSL or ANYTHING in the mail!!! We have no way to manage QSLs! We plan to QSL ALL CONTACTS 100% via your address as shown at QRZ.COM. If your address has changed, BE SURE TO TELL US when you work us. Also, don't let us bust your callsign!!! If we don't have it right, don't sign off until we confirm that it's correct. FOR THE WAARCI W0O OPERATION (ONLY)... -------------------------------------- I believe WAARCI WILL require at least an S.A.S.E., possibly more in order to obtain a QSL from them. Please ASK the WAARCI operator about how to obtain a QSL for their operation. _______________ Finally... from 0100Z to 0300Z Wednesday night (actually Nov 1 Zulu), W0O will also participate in the QRP Barbershop Contest as a 'Goblin' station. Visit: http://www.io.com/~n5fc/barbershop_contest.htm for further info on this neat contest. Here's a bit more info regarding the 'special' GOBLIN stations in tonight's contest. Goblins: If you're getting this e-mail, you're a designated goblin in the QRP Barbershop Contest Wednesday Evening (Holloween). You're among an elite group of 16 ("elite" because you were smart enough to figure out how to register HI HI). [The announcement below shows the order received - note that n0ss, k9ztv, wa0zog, and w4rk are operators for the W00 station] Five of you have been designated by random index (generated on random.org) as GHOSTS, worth 1000 points to those who work you (same as Barbers). But you won't find out which (witch?) until after the contest. Because you are all a target among "customers" (participants), and because you can likewise work other goblins (and barbers, we hope), you may stand the best chance of scoring high in the contest. A few guidelines before the contest starts: 1. Run 3-5 Watts, CW only, 14060, 7040, 3560 +/- 5 KHz 2. Familiarize with the Time, Rules, and Exchange: http://www.dit-dididit-dit.com/barbershop_contest.htm 3. Operate as much of the 2 hour contest as you are able; after all, people are looking for you. 4. Call CQ ESE (or pounce on unsuspecting victims) 5. Keep a written log, for cross-checking later if we have a close outcome. Report your results to the AutoLog on the Barbershop homepage (just a summary, as you'll see) 6. Be merciful... I already know we have some CW beginners planning to participate. 7. Hope for decent propagation. 8. Put on your Superman costume, relax, and HAVE FUN! I plan on starting on 20 Meters. Usually, it's spotty with fast QSB, but if you don't dally, you can complete an exchange. 40 Meters has its own set of challenges lately, especially around 7040 - RTTY. Near as I can tell, RTTY'ers make a habit of tuning up for 10-30 seconds on "their" frequency, and then making their call. If they listen at all, they sure don't listen for QRP'ers. And I've never heard one call "QRL?" in CW. HarRUMPH! 80 Meters has been getting quieter lately, and I'll probably try to spend the last half-hour there, unless things are just hoppin' on 40. Looking forward to working all of you. Please read below for the announcement made to QRP-L. 72, Monty N5ESE ---------------------------------- SENT TO QRP-L 30 Oct 2007 2117 CST: ---------------------------------- BOO! Goblins and Ghosts (and Barbers) are all about, and you can help find them, and earn yourself a whole buncha Holloween bonus points. Join us for a one-time special QRP Barbershop. We've had the straight razors honed to a superfine edge, and we're just itchin' to lower your ears - er - cut your hair. As is our Barbershop tradition, "Barbers" are identified by their "shave-and-a-haircut" call suffix (ESE). Working a barber earns one a 1000-point bonus, per band. Barbers participating this time around are: K3ESE (Lloyd, in MD) K5ESE (Joe, in SC) N5ESE (Monty, in TX) W5ESE (scott, in TX) K6ESE (Trevor, in CA, our designated QRPp Crewcut Barber) K0ESE (Jim, in MO) and there could be others... But work customers, too, because the outcome of the winning score often hinges on those extra QSOs and SPCs, which multiply together. Exchange RST-SPC-NAME-POWER. (SPC means state-province-country) Get the call and exchange complete - both ways - or please don't count it as a contact. BUT WAIT! There's more... MWwaAAh-haa-haaa... Holloween only falls on a fifth Wednesday once in a burnt orange moon, and this Holloween IS IT! We've identified 16 GOBLINS, of which 5 are dead -eeEWWWEee - making them GHOSTS. Working a Goblin earns you a 100 point bonus (for each goblin worked) but if that goblin's really a GHOST, you earn 1000 bonus points (each). Here's the twist - you won't know which of the 16 designated goblins are ghosts; in fact, even the Ghosts don't know they're ghosts... SPOOKY, huh? [OK, you'll find out after the contest HI HI] Goblins can call CQ ESE (just like the barbers). Customers normally call CQ BS. But we're all in the same contest. The 16 designated goblins are: K7QO Chuck K5WX Keith K9IS Steve VA3SIE Martin W5TA Dick NK6A Don WC7S Dale KB5JO Curt K7TQ Randy AB9CA Dave W0UFO Mert WB8LZG Gregg K4AVX John N5SEZ Ray AE5X John W0O MMARC Mid-MO ARC gets supreme honorable mention, because, let's face it, look at their callsign - "W0O"? How eerily perfect! And I wouldn't be surprised if Elvis shows up from time to time... (oh, wrong contest ;-) QRPp has a special role in the QRP Barbershop... if you manage to dig Trev, K6ESE out of the noise, you'll earn a 2500 point bonus! With Trev on the left coast, it could be a real challenge for many of us. You milliwatters have a special incentive. To the best of my knowledge, we are the only contest that truly levels the playing field with our power multiplier (as long as you run 5 watts or less). Also, QRPp stations (running less than one watt) can earn a special QRPp certificate by working 3 different barbers. After the slaughter - ahem - contest, complete the super-easy AutoLog Summary online, which is accessed from a button on the QRP Barbershop Home Page (where you'll also find the rules): http://www.dit-dididit-dit.com/barbershop_contest.htm CU Wednesday eveni --- HEY! WHAT WAS THAT? --- 72, Monty N5ESE _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [hidden email] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com |
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W0O is on 14255.7 MHz at 19:29 UTC
59++ into PA. Denise at the mic. Gave me 59 for my signal from the K2 @ 5 watts and beam. 72 and Thanks, Ron Polityka WB3AAL www.wb3aal.com www.n3epa.org/ K1 - SN 01011 K2 - SN 01392 _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [hidden email] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com |
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