THE FIRST ANNUAL MIDWINTER

VHF ALL DIGITAL MODE ROUNDUP

WHEN: FEBRUARY 8th 18:00 UTC TILL 23:59 UTC FEBRUARY 9th, 2003

WHERE: 50MHZ AND UP AS HIGH AS YOU WANT TO GO

WHY: JUST FOR THE FUN OF IT, AND TO MAKE A LOT OF DIGITAL
NOISE.

THIS SHOULD BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL YOU DIGITAL HAMS
TO GET OUT THERE AND MELT THE SNOW OFF OF THOSE ANTENNAS,
AND MAKE SOME CONTACTS WITH WHATEVER DIGITAL MODE YOU
WANT.

TURN IT INTO FRIENDLY COMPETITION IF YOU LIKE, OR JUST TAKE
THE

OPPORTUNITY TO TRY OUT SOME NEW DIGITAL MODE, OR JUST
SHARPEN UP YOUR SKILLS SOME.

RULES OF ENGAGEMENT:

1) TWO POWER CATEGORIES, LOW POWER 100 WATTS AND UNDER,
HIGH POWER OVER 100 WATTS.

2) MAKE AS MANY CONTACTS AS YOU CAN, USING ANY AND ALL
DIGITAL MODES YOU HAVE IN YOUR ARSENAL OF SOFTWARE, ON SSB
AND OR FM. DON'T FORGET, CW IS THE OLDEST DIGITAL MODE, SO
THAT COUNTS TOO!

3) WORK A STATION ONCE ON EACH DIGITAL MODE/BAND/SSB AND OR
FM.

4) EXCHANGE GRID SQUARE(RAGCHEW IF YOU LIKE)

5) SCORE: COUNT TWO POINTS FOR EACH COMPLETE CONTACT.

MULTIPLIERS: EACH NEW GRID WORKED ON EACH BAND AND MODE,
AND EACH DIGITAL MODE USED. FINAL SCORE: TOTAL QSO POINTS
TIMES TOTAL MULTIPLIERS

LOG ENTRIES

YOU CAN EITHER SEND YOUR LOGS BY SNAIL MAIL TO MY ADDRESS
BELOW OR TO MY E-MAIL ADDRESS AS A .TXT FILE.

E-MAIL gwgab@juno.com

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DIGITAL ROUNDUP

GENE GABRY

115 S. EMERALD AV.

MUNDELEIN, IL. 60060

PLEASE HAVE LOGS TO ME NO LATER THAN MARCH 22ND, 2003

ALL THOSE WHO SEND IN LOGS WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR A DRAWING
FOR A REGISTERED COPY OF MIXW OR GIFT CERTIFICATE TO AES
THERE WILL ALSO BE WALL CERTIFICATES FOR THE WINNERS OF
EACH POWER CATAGORY.

PREFERRED LOG FORMAT:

STATION RPT DIGI SSB/

DATE/

WORKED GRID SENT MODE BAND FM TIME

PLEASE ALSO SEND A SUMMARY SHEET INCLUDING:

YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS, PHONE NUMBER AND E-MAIL ADDRESS.

YOUR CALL, GRID SQUARE, QSO'S AND QSO POINTS PER BAND,
MULTIPLIERS, AND FINAL SCORE.

I HOPE TO SEE MANY SIGNALS COME ACROSS MY SCREEN THE
WEEKEND OF FEBRUARY 8TH AND 9TH, 2003.

IF ALL GOES WELL AND INTEREST IS HIGH, THERE JUST COULD BE A
MID SUMMER ROUNDUP IN THE PLANS LATER.

73'S GENE, N9TF EN52XG MUNDELEIN, IL