THE NATIONAL SOARING MUSEUM AND THE
ELMIRA RADIO ASSOCIATION PRESENT THE
K2NSM SPECIAL EVENT
CELEBRATING THE NSM'S 16TH ANNUAL COMMUNIY SOARING DAY.
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THE NATIONAL SOARING MUSEUM AND THE
ELMIRA RADIO ASSOCIATION PRESENT THE
K2NSM SPECIAL EVENT
CELEBRATING THE NSM'S 16TH ANNUAL COMMUNIY SOARING DAY.
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SPECIAL EVENT RECAPALL QSL CERTIFICATE REQUESTS SHOULD BE SENT TO A.R.A.S.T., PO. BOX 614, HORSEHEADS, NY 14845-0614. REQUEST SHOULD CONTAIN A SASE #9 ENVELOPE AS THE UNFOLDED CERTIFICATE IS 5X7".
FIRST OF ALL I WOULD LIKE TO THANK EVERYONE THAT CAME UP TO CABIN FIVE THIS WEEKEND TO LEND THEIR SUPPORT TO THE CLUBS SPECIAL EVENT STATION. I WON'T NAME EVERY ONE BECAUSE THER WERE OVER TWENTY LOCAL HAMS THAT CAME UP THE HILL TO MAKE THIS EVENT RUN SMOOTHLY. THROUGHOUT THE DAY THERE WAS AN ABUNDENCE OF COMMUNICATIONS, HAMSPEAK AND A LOT OF GOOD FOOD.
THERE OVER 450 HITS ON QRZ.COM CALLSIGN DATABASE WHICH IS AN INDICATION OF THE INTEREST IN THE EVENT BY HAMS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. WE HAD PLANNED ON WORKING 40M DURNING THE MORNING AND THEN SWITCHING OVER TO 20M DURING MID DAY AND THEN LATER IN THE DAY COMING BACK TO 40M TO FINISH UP EACH DAY. PROPAGATION ON 40M WAS AT BEST FAIR TO GOOD AND 40M WAS IN AND OUT MOST OF THE WEEKEND. UNFORTUNATELY 20M WAS A TOTAL LOSS AS THE EUROPEANS WERE HAVING A CONTEST ON SSB AND CONSUMED THE ENTIRE PHONE PORTION OF THE BAND. IN SPITE OF THE UNFORESEEN SHORTCOMINGS WE STILL MADE A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF CONTACTS.
SEVERAL NON HAMS WERE ABLE TO MAKE CONTACTS AND DALE KC2MPS DAUGHETR MADE FOUR CONTACTS ON 40M WITH THE HELP OF ROCKY WB2HBC AS THE CONTROL OPERATOR. WE HAD A COUPLE OF VISITS FROM THE PRESS AND AT LEAST ONE ARTICLE THAT I KNOW OF WAS PUBLISHED LOCALY IN THE SUNDAY MORNING PAPER. THROUGHOUT THE DAY SEVERAL PEOPLE DRIFTED OVER FROM THE SOARING MUSEUM AND WE HAD A VISIT FROM THE LOCAL BOYSCOUT GROUP WHICH GAVE US THE OPPURTUNITY TO SPREAD THE WORD ABOUT HAM RADIO.
SPECIAL THANKS GOES TO HARRY KF2N FOR LENDING HIS EXPERTISE AND EQUIPTMENT IN RESOLVING AN ANTENNA ISSUE WE HAD AFTER WHICH WE WERE DOING MUCH BETTER ON 40M. ALSO TO BARRY, N2EUS FOR HIS VERY HELPFUL SUPPORT BY PROVIDING THE PORTABLE TOWER TO SUPPORT THE BIG DIPOLE.
ALL IN ALL WE HAD A VERY GOOD WEEKEND AND A VERY SUCCESSFUL EVENT. PLANS ARE ALREADY UNDER WAY FOR OUR NEXT EVENT WHICH WILL. AFTER THE FIRST OF THE YEAR AS PLANS START TO DEVELOP I WILL POST THEM HERE AND ON THE NETS. I HOPE TO SEE YOU ALL AT THE NEXT SPECIAL EVENT STATION... RALPH
