[SCCC] Fw: [NCCC] OT: The Farallons UNLEASHED !!!

[Jim Neiger]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Eric Hilding" <dx35 at hilding.com>
To: <nccc at contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2006 6:06 PM
Subject: [NCCC] OT: The Farallons UNLEASHED !!!


>I just received approval from the Farallon NWR Manager to release our
> full-blown "Official" IOTA NA-178 Expedition website to the World, which
> can now be entered via:
>
> http://www.k6vva.com/iota/na178
>
> The "About NA-178" page includes some very interesting information about
> the Farallon NWR & links to related info/photo pages.
>
> Thanks to Kenwood, the Grand Prize in our "Mother of All IOTA Fundraising
> Raffles" is a new TS-480S + 500Hz CW filter!!!
>
> Thanks to Force 12 Antennas, a Sigma 5 Vertical Dipole (The Perfect
> Expedition Antenna) is also on the Raffle prize slate.
>
> SPECIAL TNX to Rusty, W6OAT, for all of his KB help in this endeavor (and
> being our main "Pilot" station), as well as Dean/N6BV & Tom/N6BT for
> antenna related info (Tnx, Tom/N6BV, for also custom making some parts to
> be used in "The Farallon Special" 40m/30m antenna).
>
> We have had UMPTEEN "challenges" (antenna and otherwise) thus far, and I'm
> now at 275+ hours into this project over the past 2 years...one reason for
> my slack participation in recent Contesting events.
>
> I hope to see every NCCC callsign in our (computerized) logs from IOTA
> NA-178!!!
>
> FYI, 73 & KB-KB-KB...
>
> Rick, K6VVA * The Locust
>
>
>
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