[WARC] Summer VHF Contest Calendar

[Todd Sprinkmann]

     Those of you who have given VHF/UHF a try, thank you.  :)  
Haven't heard from a half-dozen of you or so in a long time, hope 
everything's fine on your end.  

     Here's a direct link to the summer VHF/UHF calendar:
    http://kc9bqa.com/?p=158   Print it out, and save some time 
for ham radio fun this summer.  

     Those of you who don't do the VHF/UHF thing, save 
yourself some time and hit "delete".  Don't want to waste anyone's
time.  :)  

     We're still running the nets over here and that's not going to 
change.  New stations, light copy stations, the merely curious -- 
you're always welcome.  I announce the Wed SSB nets here 
every week so you won't miss a thing.  

     Contest season is getting closer and closer.  What the SW WI, 
and SE MN area did in the ARRL Jan VHF Sweepstakes was 
very impressive.  Hope we can build on that this summer.  

     If you've opped a January contest, then you owe it to yourself 
to get on board for summer.  Better weather and band conditions, 
better participation levels.  More rovers out and about. 
 
     Remember how you blew away that  K9BC/R in January?  He 
still talks about being so thrilled and amazed at the pileup you guys 
gave him when he was out at the grid corner near Dodgeville.   
(EN43/53/42/52)   Bruce has been roving for 10-20 years, and 
never had as big a surprise as that one.  

    Is anyone on this list considering being a rover for any/all 
of the contests?  If you have even a slight interest, you will get 
all the help you need, if you ask for it.  There are no stupid 
questions, and us contesters just love, love the rovers.   We all 
started out somewhere.  


      Have a hard time hitting my nets?  Fear not, there are other 
options out there.   Here's a link to known active nets you may 
be able to reach.  The NLRS ones on Sunday nights are right 
in your backyard.  Friendly guys, too, they'd enjoy hearing from 
you.  I wouldn't say that if I didn't know it to be true.  I know 
K0SIX and KA0PQW personally, and they've emailed me to 
tell folks like you to stop by and say hello.   

     Here's the link to those nets:   http://kc9bqa.com/?p=169

     If you're reading this and you have contest plans for this 
summer, *post your plans here*.   Also post the plans to my 
website.  Use the "comment" or "contact me" feature.  

     It takes a lot of promotion to truly improve VHF/UHF.  
Do your part, and it will get others off the fence.  Do nothing, 
and nothing will change.

     Thanks for the bandwidth, 73,
     Todd   KC9BQA    EN63ao     40 N of Milwaukee
     50 thru 2304  (VHF/UHF bands I have) 
     http://www.kc9bqa.com   For Frequent VHF/UHF Updates