[Mich VHF UHF Society] An award that may be tough to achieve...

[Roger Cox]

I second that motion!

73 Roger W8IO

On 12/15/2014 8:57 PM, David DeVos wrote:
> Tom,
>
> This is very interesting.  And I have an idea - How about if MIVUS 
> sponsors an award for working all the Michigan Grids?  We could call 
> is the Golden Mitten award or something.
>
> That would be a lot of fun!
>
>
> Dave DeVos - KF8QL - 616-706-8736
> http://www.davedevos.com
> http://www.mythinplace.com
>
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> *From:* Tom <k8tb at bosscher.org>
> *To:* mivus at mivus.org
> *Sent:* Monday, December 15, 2014 7:27 PM
> *Subject:* [Mich VHF UHF Society] An award that may be tough to achieve...
>
> So I was sitting around thinking the other night. I know, Tom thinking.
>
> I was looking at the 6 meter FFMA award. 488 contiguous states. The deal
> is, if even 100 sq feet of US land touches that grid, is is part of the
> 488.
>
> So I investigated Michigan. Please correct and challenge me on this, but
> I show Michigan qualifies for 24 grids. They are:
>
>
> EN    58
> EN    57 67
> EN46 56 66 76 86
> EN      55 65 75 85
> EN            64 74 84
> EN            63 73 74
> EN            62 72 82
> EN            61 71 81
>
>
> We all know EN86 and EN67 have very small slivers of Michigan, well
> check out EN58. The FFMA rules state that you just have to work the
> grid, not necessarily a US ham inside that grid. Our Canadians friends
> help us out on that.
>
> So I would like to ask the question. Has any one on this list worked all
> 24 Michigan grids, on all bands combined, 6 meter and above? Or even
> just 6?
>
> I was surprised to see how few I've worked, part due to the doughnut
> affect on 6.
>
> Would it be interesting to look at a possible award for working all 24
> Michigan grids? (and maybe start at 16 and 20 grids?)
>
> Just curious on who has the bragging rights for the most Michigan grids.
>
> Merry Christmas
>
> Tom K8TB
>
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