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2015 W5 Contest Forum Prize Winners

Congratulations to the winners of the 2015 W5 Contest Forum.  The following ticket holders were winners of door prizes this year;
K5SL
WA5FWC
K5DHY
N0RB
NM5G
N5KM
KG5AEM

Randy Fulco
Gary Pannell
Bill Engel
Rick Barnett
Keith Dutson
Kris Mraz
Erick Guzowsky
Flex-1500 from FlexRadio Systems
AA-54 Antenna Analyzer from Array Solutions
1000 Card Credit from Global QSL
500 Card Credit from Global QSL
500 Card Credit from Global QSL
Gift Basket from Louisiana Contest Club
$700 Off Coupon from Expert Linears

Thank you for the generous gift donation from Array Solutions, FlexRadio Systems, Global QSL and the Louisiana Contest Club.  


2014 ARRL November Sweepstake Results

The Medium Club category featured a very close race. The (legacy) Southern California Contest Club took the #1 spot over the (upstart) DFW Contest Club. Each club scored around 4.5 million points with a margin between these two clubs of only 197,350 points. That difference could have been bridged by a single dedicated competitor. Congratulations to both of these groups

Medium Club Category
Club                                                             Score              Entries

Southern California Contest Club                  4,600,526             45
DFW Contest Group                                     4,403,176             50
Frankford Radio Club                                   3,863,200             45
Contest Club Ontario                                   3,304,110             48
Arizona Outlaws Contest Club                      3,271,798             45
Mad River Radio Club                                   2,909,106             43
Tennessee Contest Group                            2,493,612             36
Western Washington DX Club                      2,358,698             30
Central Texas DX and Contest Club              1,808,692             16

CW Sweepstakes Notables

SO HP:                NR5M (K5GA) 5th place USA; West Gulf Division Winner; STX Section Winner
                           WX0B: 10th place USA; NTX Section Winner
SO LP:                   W8FN: West Gulf Division Winner; NTX Section Winner
SO Unlimited HP:   K5RT: West Gulf Division Winner; NTX Section Winner
SO Unlimited LP:    NM5M: NTX Section Winner
QRP                       K5NZ: West Gulf Division Winner; NTX Section Winner

SSB Sweepstakes Notables

SO HP:                    NR5M   10th place USA; AD5XD, NTX Section Winner
SO Unlimited HP:     K5RT    7th place USA, NTX Section Winner
SO Unlimited LP:     NT5V   10th place USA, West Gulf Division Winner, NTX Section Winner
Multi-Op:                W0UO   NTX Section Winner

K5UTD (School Category)

In 2nd place was a new entrant – K5UTD, the University of Texas at Dallas, making over 1000 contacts from their on-campus station. Perhaps next year they will be challenging Hesston College?


For Sale

Got Something to sell or Trade? Don't want the hassle of shipping? List it here and sell it locally. email k5rt@verizon.net with your text/contact/price and it will be posted. Just be sure to let us know when it sells, ads will be deleted after 30 days.

HR-1301

HR-1301 Letter
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Ham Radio needs your support for HR 1301, a suggested letter is attached above for your use. Please read this letter to understand the purpose of the proposed legislation.

Our objective (as hams) is to get as many members of the US House of Representatives to sign on as co-sponsors for this bill as possible. At present there is no comparable Bill in the Senate; having a large number of House co-sponsors will hopefully influence the Senate to get behind this as well.

Please substitute the appropriate information for the text in red, and change the color to black.  
If you do not know who the Representative for your district is, just go to this site:

http://www.house.gov/representatives/find/

Just put in your zip code and you will have the information!

Edit the letter if you wish, but it's not necessary.   Sign your letter and mail it to Paul Blumhardt, K5RT at:

                Paul Blumhardt
                2805 Toler Rd
                Rowlett, TX 75089

Please ask your friends and family members who are hams to also print and sign a letter and mail it to Paul.

Paul will compile everyone's letters and forward them to ARRL so they can be delivered to the appropriate Representative's office on Capitol Hill.