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Robert W. Baker WB2GFE
15 Windsor Dr.
Afea NJ 08004
CONNECTICUT aso PARTY
Sterta: 2300 UTC April 5
Ends: 1900 UTC Apri16
Sponsored by the Candlewood
ARA, there is a requi red rest period
from 0500 to 1300 on April 6th .
Phone and CW are to be considered
the same contest.
EXCHANGE:
RS(T), O SO number. AA AL
section or CT county.
FRENQUENCIES:
Phone-3.927. 7.250. 14.296.
21 .370, 28.540.
CW--40 kHz from low end.
Novice-3.725, 7.1 25, 21 .125.
28.125.
SCORING:
Club station W1Ql co unts 5
points , Novice a s o s count 2
points. OSCAR osoe count 3
points, others 1 point each . CT
stations multiply CSC points by
ARRL sections worked. CT stations
may work OX stations lor
aso points and only one multiplier,
multiply asos by number 01
ARRL sections worked plus one
OX country . Others, multiply asc
points by number 01 CT counties
"""'od.
ENTRIES:
Include an SASE lor results and
mail entries by April 30th, addressed
10: CAM clO A. Dillion
N2EFA, RFD #7. Noel Court,
Brewster. N.Y. 10509.
CARFPHONE
COMMONWEALTH CONTEST
Starts: 1200 UTC April 12
Ends: 1200 UTC April 13
This contest is open to amateurs
in all countries 01 the Commonweallh
01 Nations. Entrants
may work other amateurs in the
Commonwealth using SSB only,
on 80- Ihrough 1c-meter bands.
Work only stations outside your
own call area. Each station may
be worked once on each band.
Entry classes include Single-oper.
ator stations in all or single-band
classes.
EXCHANGE:
RS report and a consecutive serial
number, starting with 001 .
FREOUENCIES:
3.600,3.760,7.080, 14.130,
21.200, 28.480 plus or minus 20
kHz.
SCORING:
Eac h completed co ntact will
score 5 points. In addition. a conus
01 20 points may be claimed
lor the first. second, and third con-
'Key- Cluck§
NEWSLEITER OF THE MONTH
II you were asked to come up with a name for the Chicken Fat
Organization's newsletter, what would it be? Key Clucks, 01
course! (CFO is a loose group 01high-speed CW fanatics.) Editor
Wayne Renard NZ4W carries the poultry theme to extremes;
nearly every page 01 this newsletter has some sort 01 chicken
on it.
Beneath me feathers lies a style 01 writing that made NZ4W
famous as editor of the Nashville Radio Society's Rat's Tale .
Wayne somehow manages to take the dull facts 01 day-to-day
ham radio and turn them into hilarious stories. Key Clucks is
proof that club newsletters can be inlormative andfun.
To enter your club's publication in 73' s Newsletter of the
Month Contest, send it to 73 Magazine, WGE Center, Peterborough
NH 03458, Attn: Newsletter 01 the Month.
78 73forRadioAmaleurs · Aprit,1986
tacts with each Commonwealth
call area on each band.
AWARDS:
A plaque will be awarded 10 the
top scoring allband entry. Certificates
will be awarded to lop scorers
in each class in each Commonwealth
call area.
ENTRIES:
A valid entry must include log
sheets, dupe sheets, a checklist
of Commonwealth Call Areas
worked on each band. and a summary
sheet showing claimed aso
and bonus points as well as linal
claimed score calculations. Summary
and ca ll area c hecklist
sheets are available IOf an SASE.
Entries should be mailed within
one month 01the contest 10 : Norm
Waltho VE6VW, Box 1890, 9714
94 Street. Morinville, Alia, TOG
1PG Canada. Results will appear
in TCA . the Canadian Amateur
Radio Journal. Nonmembers of
CARF may wish to include an
SASE with their entries lor a copy
of the results.
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
SIX·METER CLUB
aSOPARTY
Starts: 1200 PDT May 10
Ends: 1200 PDT May 11
The purpose of this contest is
to generate and maintain a maximum
of activity on the six-me-
Apr 5-6
Apr 12-13
Apr14
Apr 22
Apr30
May 3- 4
May8
May 17
May 17-19
May 27-29
May31-Jun 1
Jun7-8
Jun 28-29
Jul1
Ju1 12-13
Aug 2-3
Aug 16-17
Sep 13-14
0c111-12
Nov 1-2
Nov 15-16
Dec 5-7
Dec 13- 14
ter amateur radio band in any
mode or form 01 communication.
It is also to get as many hams
as possible 10 mountaintop operate
or otherwise provide strong
signals fo r intercommunication
within our area and , hopefully, nalionwide.
If a goOO number 01 six-meter
hams gel out and on hilltops on
the 10th and 11th of May, it will
be quite a showing. Imagine the
signals and signal reports of
cross-confirmed contacts. Let's
all gel out or at least get on the air
and have a good time . Make it
a picnic on as many hilltops or
high locations as we can radiale
Irom. W ith a large contingent 01
Southern California six-meter
hams we will hopefUll y sur the
band up for some good sporadic E
layer OX.
SCORING:
Based on one point per mode
per callsign . Multipliers based on
one per goo square worked.
EXAMPLE:
WA6BFH works N6FSL o n
SSB, FM, CW, and AM-lor this
BFH receives 4 pomts (one for
each mode worked), also one multiplier
for working grid square
OM13. lf BFH works K6GSX on all
the same modes. he will receive
lour more points and one mUltiplier
lor working grid square DM03.
CALENDAR
Connecticut a s o Party
CARF Commonwealth Phone Contest
ARRL 144·MHz Sprint
ARRL 22Q-MHz Sprint
ARRL 432·MHz Sprint
Florida a so Party
ARRL 1296-MHz Sprint
ARRL 5O-MHz Sprint
Michigan aso Party
CLARA ACIDC Mystery Contest
National 6-Met er Invil.
Net Activity Day Contest
ARRL VHF a so Party
ARRL Field Day
CARF Canada Day Contest
IARU Radio sport Championship
ARRL UHF Contes1
New Jersey aso Party
ARRL VHF aso Party
Rio CW OX Party
ARRL Sweepstakes-CW
ARRL Sweepsl akes-Pho ne
ARRL 160-Meter Contest
ARRL 10·Meter Contest
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