[CQ-Contest] FW: Picnic at K1TTT - July 29

[David Robbins K1TTT]

For those of you who may be around but didn't see this on one of the local
club reflectors:

This is a reminder that there will be a Picnic/Regional Meeting of the
Yankee Clipper Contest Club on Saturday, July 29, 2006.  The meeting will be
held at the station of K1TTT, Dave Robbins, in Peru, MA.   The meeting will
begin at noon local time. This will be an official meeting; an YCCC Officer
will be present.  You can pay your dues and new members can join.

As many of you are aware K1TTT has been undergoing some extensive
renovations over the last two years. The latest addition is a second 4
element M2 40 meter beam at 175 feet. This will give Dave an opportunity to
show people the many improvements he has implemented. His new deck is a
great place to hold a cookout and view the extensive antenna farm. We will
be serving burgers and hot dogs from the grill. Attendees are encouraged to
bring a side dish.

The meetings purpose will be to serve as an introduction to contesting for
those unfamiliar with this part of ham radio and further to demonstrate the
N1MM Contest Logger. Dave continues as an active member of the N1MM Contest
Logger Software development team. His multi-multi station uses this software
for all major contests.

For our local area meeting, to acquaint YCCC members and guests with the
software Dave will demonstrate the software under actual contest conditions.
The IOTA contest will be going on during the meeting and will allow lots of
actual contest operating to take place and give the software and station a
good test drive.

A complete tour of the station and the extensive antenna farms will be
available.

Additional activities:

  1.. Morse Runner  competition for anyone interested
  2.. A tower tool demo to continue the one K1TTT did at a YCCC meeting in
Worcester


Please let either Dave, k1ttt at arrl.net or me know if you plan to attend,
w1to at adelphia.net so that we can have enough food on hand. Also let us know
if you can bring a side dish.

All are welcome and anyone wishing to join YCCC will be able to do so.

Directions can be found on Dave's web site,
http://www.k1ttt.net/overview.html#directions

Tom Homewood
Western Mass. Area Manager YCCC