Well done Rowland,
I'm sure you worked vy hard for such a reward, sincere congratulations,
Fabi va2up
> From: Rowland.Archer@gxs.com
> To: rtty@contesting.com
> Date: Fri, 19 Jun 2009 16:01:13 -0400
> Subject: Re: [RTTY] 2008 CQWW RTTY Plagues
>
> Received the plaque for 2008 CQWW RTTY Single Op 80M North America -- wow,
> what a handsome piece of lumber! While I realize this was not a hotly
> contested category, it feels special to have a plaque from a prestigious
> contest, and I did push the limits of my little pistol station to work just
> under 500 Q's on 80M. I won't call it a "miracle antenna" but my K1JEK Cobra
> Ultralight Sr. antenna (basically a ladder-line fed doublet, configured as an
> inverted vee and about 55' at the apex) did a nice job. Certainly no
> comparison to an 80M four square or Yagi, but it did the trick here.
>
> Thanks to Mike K4GMH (sure glad he didn't pick the 80M SB category or I
> wouldn't have had a chance!), the contest organizers, and the plaque sponsor
> (oh, that would be me ;-) ) !
>
> This is going to look great on the shack wall!
>
> 73,
> Rowland K4XD
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: rtty-bounces@contesting.com [mailto:rtty-bounces@contesting.com] On
> Behalf Of Ed Muns
> Sent: Thursday, June 18, 2009 2:50 PM
> To: rtty@contesting.com
> Subject: [RTTY] 2008 CQWW RTTY Plagues
>
> Plaques for the 2008 CQWW RTTY contest were shipped from CQ Magazine this
> week and are arriving in the US. The international shipments begin next
> week. Thanks to K4GMH who manages the CQ RTTY contest plaque program, both
> WW and WPX.
>
> Certificates are being processed (and, sponsored!) by W5GN and should go out
> in the next few weeks. Barry does certificates for most, if not all, the CQ
> contests and a huge thanks go to him for this big and expensive
> contribution.
>
> And, thanks to all the contest participants, who set an all-time high number
> of logs submitted. This makes the contest successful and fun for all. See
> everyone in the next one at the end of September.
>
> Ed - W0YK
> CQ RTTY Contest Director
>
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