[CQ-Contest] ARRL 10 Meter Contest -- Photos and Stories

[(K7ZO) Scott Tuthill]

As a reminder, the ARRL 10 Meter Contest is this coming weekend. As author 
of the 10 Meter Contest articles for QST Magazine and ARRL.ORG online I am 
again asking for help.

As you get ready for the contest and then operate it in, I am looking for 
stories and photos to include in the contest article. So be on the lookout 
for them and Take That Picture and Write Down That Story! Here are some 
things I would love to receive - just send them to me direct at 
k7zo at cableone.net:

*    Photos and stories about you putting together an antenna just for the 
contest. The 10 Meter contest is perfect for homebrewing antennas. Tell me 
about what you did and send me some photos of the effort! You climbed to the 
top of your 180 foot tower on Friday afternoon in a snowstorm to fix an 
antenna or rotor! Did you throw a piece of wire up in a tree or slap 
something together out of some PVC tubing? I want to know about that and 
have a picture.
*   Photos and stories from multi-operator gatherings. Is this the weekend 
you annually get together with friends to share some holiday cheer and do 
some contesting? Let me know about it. Did you host some young operators 
and/or new contesters? Let me know about it.
*    Photos from your station and shack. If you have stacked yagis 
overlooking a beautiful blue ocean where the weather is warm, the breezes 
gentle, and the 807's ice cold  -- I want to see it. (Heck -- I want to be 
there!) If you have them with snowy mountains in the background. I want to 
see them. If your cat curled up next to your amplifier to keep warm -- I 
want that photo. If you babysat your grandkid in your lap while running 
stations -- I want that photo. If you managed to pull out that 4S7 long path 
by squeezing your headphones against your head tighter than you could ever 
imagine -- I want that photo. If you are using a vintage classic radio with 
nice warm glows of tubes and dials -- send me a photo of you intently 
operating it. If your amp blew up on Saturday during the major 
inter-continental opening - send me a picture of what its innards looked 
like and you intently fixing it. Etc. You get the idea.
*     Great stories from the weekend -- your favorite QSO, a hilarious 
moment, something you never thought would happen but did, working an 
All-Time-New-One. I want to hear about it. And, I will make sure everyone 
knows about it.

As far as photo's go -- take the photos with as many pixels as you got and 
send them all to me. I will handle it from there. There is no such thing in 
my article authoring business as too many pixels. And, if you take the 
picture of someone, or have someone take your picture, please make sure a 
face is clearly visible. And, of course, make sure the important stuff is in 
focus.

I look forward to receiving your photos and stories. Just send them direct 
to me at k7zo at cableone.net.

Scott/K7ZO [And YN5Z though I will be in the states this year darn it.]