[CQ-Contest] VY1JA QRT Forever, VY1AAA QRT after Saturday...

[Tom Haavisto]

Hi Darrell

As one of the (few) ONN mults, I hesitate to abandon my post and head
further north to activate another rare mult.
It poses some interesting challenges (to say the least).  That said, if you
are interested, and asked for help in making sure another (rare) mult was
active in the Sweeps, I expect some help might be available (fingers
crossed)...  It WILL be a blast!  Pileups will be HUGE!  The trick becomes
- how do YOU get the sweep when you are THE (only) mult?

P.S. it takes some planning ahead of time to make sure one of your
buddies makes a point to A) get on the air and B) find you!
Failing that, everyone - BUT you, will get the sweep!  OR - as is being
hinted at - NO ONE will be getting a sweep unless/until someone (or a group
of someones) steps up to the plate to make sure this does not happen...

This IS a huge loss to the community...  You HAVE been warned.  Any takers?

Tom - VE3CX  (ONN)




On Tue, Sep 17, 2019 at 9:11 PM AB2E Darrell <ab2e at hotmail.com> wrote:

> Very sorry to hear of Jay's health problems, I hope he overcomes them.
> Every time I was in SS it seemed like Jay was always there.
> He will be missed from the ham bands for sure.
>
> I notice that Nunavut extends south deep into Hudson Bay. There is an
> island with an airport (YSK) Sanikiluaq Island, Nunavut.
> Has anyone operated from there? It's a lot farther south and generally
> closer to the major population centers. Google tells me I am 3665 miles
> from VY1JA, but only 1155 miles from Sanikiluaq Island (I'm in southern NJ
> near Philadelphia).
> Not sure if Nunavut counts as the same multiplier as VY1 for SS or not.
>
> Might be worth it for someone to check it out who might be familiar with
> it.
>
> 73 to all,
> Darrell AB2E
>
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> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] VY1JA QRT Forever, VY1AAA QRT after Saturday...
>
> Gerry and the CanAm team,
>
> Very sorry to hear that the other bastion* of Northern Canadian contesting
> will be QRT.  Knowing you guys were on the air always made it somehow more
> neighbourly.  It may mean that sweeps in SS are rather more difficult, as
> VY0ERC is not often manned during that part of the year.  That last 20
> degrees of latitude is a real killer and running remote for us is not
> possible due to the geo-stationary satellite link we use.  If Musk and
> competitors get their LEO constellations in place,  that might change.
>
> So, the great white north will be that much lonelier without VY1AAA on the
> air. Best wishes to J and all of you!
>
> 73 from VE3KTB, VE1RUS and the VY0ERC team
>
> *I know that referring to VY0ERC as a "bastion" of anything is a bit of a
> stretch.  But, like Avis, we try hard!
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