Did you know that the ARRL is holding a Year-Long Worked All States
(WAS-250) operating event to recognize the 250th Anniversary (Semi
quincentennial) of the US Constitution?
https://www.arrl.org/america250-was
Have you been working ARRL America250 stations?
Did you contact Nebraska and/or New York last week?
How about Louisiana, South Carolina, and/or West Virginia this week? Are you chasing WAS or Triple Play? How would you like a respite and switch from chaser to chased?
For seven days in February, (Wednesday February 18 at 00:00 UTC to
Tuesday February 24 at 23:59 UTC,) ARRL Michigan Section operators will
be putting W1AW/8 on the air! The goal of this operation is to activate
as many bands (excluding 60 Meters) as possible on the three modes of
CW, Phone and Digital, plus satellite. Interested in being a W1AW/8
operator?
The requirements are straightforward:
The operator must be an ARRL Michigan Section member.
The operator’s transmitter and antenna must physically reside
within the state of Michigan. Notice to snowbirds and other travelers:
if you can control a Michigan based transmitter per FCC regulations,
you’re welcome to participate as well. In other words, as W1AW/8 you
can send Hellschreiber from your chaise lounge on Miami Beach!
The operator is expected to observe all FCC regulations, including
only operating on frequencies/modes allocated to their license class and
at permitted power levels.
All logging must be submitted in ADIF format.
Get on the air, make contacts, and have fun!
Notice that there’s no requirement for station hardware or experience.
So yes, while we want all the
mega-transmitter/multi-antenna/multi-thousand hour experienced operators
we can get, we also encourage relatively new operators with 100 watts
and a wire to apply. We can shepherd/shelter you with appropriate band
and time slot suggestions to keep you from getting into the pileup deep
end. In return you get to gently develop your pileup handling skills.
Still interested? If so, please e-mail me (fschebor@arrl.net) with
your:
Name and call as it appears on your FCC license.
Your class of FCC license.
Your QTH address and maidenhead grid ID.
Your phone number (would only be used in an emergency).
Your e-mail address (if different from the address you’re
responding from.)
A couple of sentences that describe your capabilities and experience
– saves me from reading all the QRZ bios 🙂
If your schedule won’t permit the February event, you’re not out of
luck. The February event is the first of two. The second event will be
seven days starting October 28 thru November 3. A call for that event
will be made in July/August.
73,
Fred Schebor K8NGW
fschebor@arrl.net
Michigan America250 Coordinator
