For many years now, during the ARRL November Sweepstakes, college
and university clubs have gotten on the air from campuses around the country
to compete against one another. This year, the Collegiate Championship is
on 2-3 November 2002 (CW,) and then the weekend of the 16-17 November 2002
(phone.) Some of the schools will be entering S, others will be M, U, A, B,
or Q. Many will be sending older check numbers, reflecting their early
contributions to ham radio through organized on-the-air activity. Look for
checks in the teens, the twenties, and the thirties! Details are online at
http://www.collegiatechampionship.org/
So far, the following are known to be planning to operate the contest,
in either CW, SSB, or both modes:
W0YC University of Minnesota
K5UTD University of Texas at Dallas
WA1VMU Boston University
W5AC Texas A&M University
N5XU University of Texas at Austin
WB9QFW University of Wisconsin at Stevens Point
W4AQL Georgia Tech
KB1GTB University of Connecticut School of Law
W0EEE University of Missouri at Rolla
...and certainly several others...
If you don't see your alma mater or local college on the list, help
encourage their ham radio operators to get in on the fun! It's still
over two weeks until the phone contest weekend - plenty of time to get
a plan together.
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Kenneth E. Harker "Vox Clamantis in Deserto" kharker@cs.utexas.edu
University of Texas at Austin Amateur Radio Callsign: WM5R
Department of the Computer Sciences VP, Central Texas DX & Contest Club
Taylor Hall TAY 2.124 Maintainer of Linux on Laptops
Austin, TX 78712-1188 USA http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/kharker/
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