> It took me less time than one QSO at 20WPM to realize Ward's
> "encouragement" letter for newbies last week deserved some cyberspace;
> I posted it on eHam pronto. I hope it got a few guys on the air.
>
I don't know if it worked or not, but I sent Ward's note (twice, it turned
out: I needed to modify the operating times to CST) to all the ARRL
affiliated clubs in Texas on Friday.
I went to the ARRL webpage (http://www.arrl.org) and clicked on clubs. I
selected TX as the search field ofr ARRL-affiliated clubs. I selected and
copied all the clubs and pasted them into Notepad. I then opened Excel and
imported the .txt file containing the clubs listing.
I then wrote a VBA macro to delete all lines not containing an e-mail
address, remove the "E-mail: " in that field and concantenate the addresses
into one field (line).
I then copied 25 e-mail addresses at a time from that line and pasted them
into an e-mail BCC field. I copied and pasted Ward's text into the e-mail
message and sent it.
I have no idea how effective that exercise was. I didn't get any feedback
from anyone about whether the addressees (indicated as points-of-contact for
the clubs) even redistributed the note to their members, so, who knows who
saw it.
73,
dale, kg5u
>From J. Allen" <jallen@internorth.com Wed Nov 6 04:44:43 2002
From: J. Allen" <jallen@internorth.com (J. Allen)
Subject: [CQ-Contest] Omni-V Fixed. Tnx Ten-Tec de VY1JA
Message-ID: <000701c2854f$547d8ce0$14096cd8@jallen>
Friends,
Thank you for your support concerning the ARRL Sweepstakes CW Contest. I
will be on during the SS Phone contest with my Omni-V. It is working
perfectly thanks to the efforts of the efforts of Ten-Tec Service. I was
walked through servicing it myself via e-mail. I have owned other rigs and
never had this kind of service before.
When Scott, W4PA, Ten-Tec's Sales Manager, heard of my problems during
CW-SS, he extended the offer of a loan of a Jupiter, to make sure that I was
on the air for phone SS. He then asked Ten-Tec's Service Manager, Paul,
WD4EBR to assist me with repairs, which Paul did. Scott's offer of the
loaner was to be a backup in case the repair work failed, but with Paul's
help we were able to get the Omni-V fixed before the shipping deadline for
the Jupiter.
The loader work is done, my health has returned, and I am free now that the
rig is working, to get that beam up and the rotator under it. Wish me good
weather.
If I consider the volume of received e-mail as a voting medium of the
"contester's rules committee", the following is in perfect order:
Watch for me at my MUF before the contest finding a clear frequency on or
near ?27, ?37 or ?17.
:o)
Let's have fun in a little over a week, and expect a number of VY1's as well
as VY0AAA with a small apartment operation. Bob, VY1MB, and I are each
planning serious efforts, so VY1 should be VERY easy to find... now what
about WY, MT, and NL?
J.
VY1JA
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