Collins Radio is 75 years old!

From: Paul W. Schleck (pschleck@oasis.novia.net)
Date: Fri Sep 19 2008 - 23:32:40 CDT

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    All,

    In case you missed the announcement on the ARRL website:

    http://www.arrl.org/news/features/2008/09/11/10326/?nc=1

    Collins Radio celebrates it's 75th year over the next week, starting
    on 9/20/2008 at 0:01 UTC though 9/26/2008 23:59 UTC.

    Why do you care?

    Well... If you collect QSL cards and would like to get the card that
    celebrates this once in a lifetime event, all you need to do is
    operate 4 out of the 6 club stations and get a QSL card from each,
    then turn in these 4 cards for the special event certificate. It will
    be quite a challenge to get 4 of the stations in the next week, but if
    you have the time and keep an eye on the DX Spotting clusters this
    could be a fun thing to try.

    Why do I care?

    Well, personally I'll be operating W5ROK for a number of hours during
    this event. We are competing among ourselves to see who can do the
    best job of logging QSO's. I don’t think I’ll win, but I intend to
    make it as hard as I can on the guys who will. I plan to operate
    voice and PSK and I need your help getting your call into our log!

    Warm up that station, watch the DX spotting clusters and give us a
    call.

    Let's Operate!

    KC4UAI



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