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The 'Big Fish'Ken Meier, W8MJ Wow, time has really flown by since the start of the contest season. Here we are into spring already, almost at the end of another season. A number of contests that the club operates in have occurred since our big effort in Sweepstakes back in November: the ARRL 160, CQ160, ARRL DX SSB/CW, and WPX SSB, and MiQP. By the way, Phone Sweepstakes and the complete web results for the 2006 Sweepstakes are now available on the ARRL website. I am pleased to announce that we did very well in our club effort. Compared to 2005 results we nearly doubled the club score in 2006. Final results place us with 57 entries and an overall club score of 4,765,040 so a great job by everyone. At our last club meeting at K8MR's Christmas party our fellow brethren from North Coast Contesters offered to join the ranks of MRRC for Sweepstakes next fall. So next year we should have even better opportunity to improve our overall score going forward in the club competition. This all came about as a result of our team effort with North Coast in IARU HF World Championship last year running NU1AW/8 together. It is great to see these two clubs continue to work together going forward. Our most recent club efforts involved MiQP and preliminary results are showing log entries up over last year. Listening to the comments from various members within the club it appears that the special 1x1 callsigns may have raised some interest. I know I had a great time being a part of the multi group operating K8MQP. Nothing beats the camaraderie of being together with other club members and enjoying each other's company and seeing the competitive spirit at work. It was great to work many MRRC stations during MiQP. My thanks to all the club members that got on and help make MiQP 2007 a great success. Just remember to send in your log. With the warm weather upon us we get closer to the annual pilgrimage to Dayton to one of the biggest flea market and vendor setups for amateur radio. I hope everyone has been saving some of their hard earned dollars to satisfy your long awaited purchasing needs. Dayton is always a great time for club members to get together and catch up over the past year, to peruse the flea market, vendor setups, and just relax at the The Suite In The Sun. See details about Dayton elsewhere in this issue. (continued)
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Upcoming Events
April 21-22 Michigan QSO Party
April 28-29 Florida QSO Party
May 18-20 Dayton Hamvention
May 26-27 CQ WW WPX CW Contest
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