UPDATE TO THE CALL AREA CHALLENGE CERTIFICATE
The good news is, folks are continuing to work toward completing the requirements for this new certificate, and seem to be having fun doing so !! That’s what it is all about.
Also, we have been asked if OTHER call signs, such as Canadian Province calls like VE3SIQ would count toward the THIRD call area 2×3 requirement. Unfortunately, the answer is NO. This particular challenge is for the United States Call Areas, 1 through 0 only, as the map on the certificate (See above) illustrates. But it was a great question, and hey, who knows, maybe a Canadian Call Area Challenge may be something we consider down the road, to engage even more of our neighbors to the north to jump on the net.
We have updated the requirements for the Call Area Challenge certificate located on our previous post, to reflect U S Call areas only.
We would be curious to see how folks are progressing on this CHALLENGE. If you feel like doing so, fire a note off to Kevin, N1KL at n1kl@arrl.net and let him know how many of the 50 QSO’s you have under your belt already, this early in the GERATOL season.
GERATOL SILENT KEY UPDATE
We are very sad to announce that one of our true regulars, who put Oregon into many, many log books before moving to Texas has passed away. Ed, K7OC was a trooper, who would attempt to check into the net through thick and thin on the conditions front. Ed was an avid amateur radio enthusiast, and served as the Vice President of the COWTOWN ARC in Forth Worth, TX. We will miss you Ed, may you RIP.
Thanks to Louis, N9LY for alerting us of Ed’s passing, and keeping us informed.