[NCC] Relayed by K3LR from K8AZ

[Tim Duffy K3LR]

To the NCC'ers:

Guys --

This is a worthy cause, especially this time of year.  The guys who
started
the fund have thrown in $100 each, but please give what you can -- even
$10
will help a lot...  Also, I suggest that you indicate NCC on your check
in
addition to your call.

73,
Tom, K8AZ



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From: Matt Strelow <kc1xx@rcn.com>
To: KC1XX team <kc1xx-team@contesting.com>
Subject: [Fwd: PI4COM]
Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2001 07:39:40 -0500
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PI4COM is located 20 miles south of Rotterdam in the Netherlands.
It is a real nice contest location along the river Rhein and just few
miles from the ocean.

On Saturday of the CQWW-CW contest. PA3EWP wanted to participate on ten
meters with his own call part time and he did some operating during the
day. After he left between 16:00 and 21:30 utc. The shacks got broken
into and all valuable stuff got stolen by unknown suspects. After that
they set fire to the operating and sleep/storage shacks of PI4COM. It
burned to the ground as you can see in the pictures. Since the set up
was a remote site close to the water in the Netherlands insurance was as
good as impossible for them or would have been very expensive. Some team
members found out about the fire on the 22:30 local news when during the
interview with the fire chief, they spotted the antennas in the
background. What a way to see your QTH go down.

The members of PI4COM
(PA3EWP,PA7FM,PA5ET,PA3DZN,PA3BWD,PB0AIU,PA1ZX,PA3FQA,PA5AT) Worked hard
for the last 14 years to get the place to a world class contest station
and lost everything but the antennas.
I'm sure that all of you have them in the log.

The guys were smart enough to remove transceivers and amps from the
remote location. But still they lost the housing (mobile trailers) and
all the accessories like, rotor controllers, coax band pass filters,
computers and monitors, cabling etc.
We all know how much stuff you need in a big operation like this.

Plans to put it all back up are in the works. The PI4CC team offered
their help with cash and man power as well.

Lets help them to rebuild it by donating some money. It doesn't have to
be much. Please do what ever you can afford to show them that the
contest community worldwide cares about their team.
I talked to a few guys on the phone and they wanted to help out.
We opened an account on "paypal.com" and also a bank account. We'll
collect for them until X-mas and we will then send it to the
Netherlands.
Unlike many other things like this, every dime will go back into your
log
too, when you work the new PI4COM. 
Please give your donation on paypal.com and use kc1xx@rcn.com as the
e-mail to receive money.  If you prefer to send a check you can do so to
PI4COM Fund and send it to my adress. 814 Hurricane Hill Rd. Mason, NH.
03048.
Please be sure to include your call sign.
W4AN will post it later on contesting.com for everybody to see.

Thank you!   73- The KC1XX contest team

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