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Re: [VHFcontesting] An "eyeball" QSO party?

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Subject: Re: [VHFcontesting] An "eyeball" QSO party?
From: James French <w8iss@wideopenwest.com>
Date: Mon, 09 Mar 2009 22:38:19 -0400
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Would 'cicling' the wagons around the chuck wagon count as much as that
ICBM Moon contact a few weeks ago?

I'll go dig the bomb shelter now for all the flack I'm going to be
getting...:*)

James W8ISS
=====
On Mon, 2009-03-09 at 17:26 -0600, W0MU Mike Fatchett wrote:
> Lots of people will be trying to get in line for the DX.  Dog Xrays, you
> know the the brats..
> 
> Hopefully this years lunch wasn't packed last year. 
> 
> 
> "A slip of the foot you may soon recover, but a slip of the tongue you may
> never get over." Ben Franklin
> -----Original Message-----
> From: vhfcontesting-bounces@contesting.com
> [mailto:vhfcontesting-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Nate Duehr
> Sent: Monday, March 09, 2009 3:00 PM
> To: 'Christopher Burke'; vhfcontesting@contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [VHFcontesting] An "eyeball" QSO party?
> 
> Same thing with bringing my "Lunchbox stations".  This year we'll start
> small and bring my lunch and lunch for a few friends in small portable metal
> boxes that can be reloaded for next year.  
> 
> I figure it will help their motivation to find me in the crowd.  
> 
> Next year, we go bigger -- bringing a grill and setting up a large lunch
> station out of the back of my Jeep at only certain hamfests.  
> 
> That is, if free bratwursts and soda are still "in the spirit of the
> contest."
> 
> (Future plans beyond that include beer.)
> 
> People at our local hamfests might leave the usual contest area and migrate
> toward the parking lot to "work" us at the lunchbox station or even circle
> around US hoping to get a "contact".
> 
> Hopefully all those points for handing out free food doesn't get too many
> other contester's panties in a bunch. But I'm not bringing lunch for
> everyone!  
> 
> LOL!
> 
> :-O
> :-P
> :-)
> 
> Nate WY0X
> (Thought you'd appreciate the humor, Chris.  We'll see if the complainers
> "get it".)
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> Subject: Re: [VHFcontesting] An "eyeball" QSO party?
> 
> As soon as somebody starts complaining about "hamfest circling" I'm out of
> here!  :-D
> 
> 73!  Chris N9YH
> 
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