[Mich VHF UHF Society] Fwd: Contest Club News

[Roger Cox]

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Subject: 	Contest Club News
Date: 	Sat, 15 Oct 2016 23:07:46 +0000
From: 	Jahnke, Bart, W9JJ <w9jj at arrl.org>
To: 	Contest <contest at arrl.org>



Dear Contest Clubs:

The below may be of interest to you or your club members.

* Sweepstakes Records - thanks to the efforts of N5KO and K5OT, complete 
sets of Sweepstakes records for both modes are now available at 
http://www.arrl.org/sweepstakes and http://www.arrl.org/contest-records 
.  The records are available by category, by division, and by section.  
A complete list of winners by category, extending back to the first 
Sweepstakes in 1930, is also provided.  For fans of statistics, the 
number of logs submitted each year and a cross-reference of call signs 
is also provided.  This is some nice work!  Is there a record in your 
location or favorite category that might be within reach this year?

* Sweepstakes Participation Update - the package of information 
explaining how to participate in Sweepstakes, including all the rules 
and examples of log formatting, has been updated by Sweepstakes Manager 
K5OT and is downloadable from http://www.arrl.org/sweepstakes .  Is your 
club or public service team thinking about giving Sweepstakes a try this 
year?  Direct your members to this informative document and get them up 
to speed!

* Affiliated Club Competition - as reported earlier, the new system for 
submitting club eligibility lists has been under test - and is now 
available online at http://contest-clubs.arrl.org .  Club secretaries 
can submit their list of eligible members by uploading a file or via 
copy-and-paste from a list to http:// 
http://contest-clubs.arrl.org/upload.php .  The club's section or the 
center of the club's circle must be included in the upload.  Information 
about how to submit a list is available at 
www.arrl.org/contest-club-tools <http://www.arrl.org/contest-club-tools> 
. Work is ongoing to make each list available for public inspection and 
it will be announced when that capability is available. _Because an 
email confirmation is used to be sure each list is authentic, be sure 
the information for your club is up to date in the ARRL's Club 
Affiliation records as the authentication email will be sent to the 
email address on file in your Club Affiliation record_. For now, just 
the UPLOAD function is enabled – the SEARCH option will be activated as 
soon as club eligibility list display testing is completed.

As an example, your eligible member file will appear similarly to the below:

Full club name:      ARRL HQ Operators Club

Club locator:           FN31pr

Eligible member:  W9JJ,FN31un

Eligible member:  KA1RWY,FN31us

Eligible member:  NN1N,FN31wv

etc

This is list of only your eligible members who reside in and operate 
from within your club territory (some clubs have members that are not 
eligible to be included in this list due to their residency or operating 
location if outside the territory).

Remember that the deadline for submitting an eligibility list is now the 
start of each contest - 2100 UTC on November 5th for CW Sweepstakes.

If you have questions about any aspect of Sweepstakes, or Contest Club 
Eligibility Lists, please contact us.  We'll be glad to help!

73,

Bart Jahnke, W9JJ

Contest Branch Manager

ARRL - The national association for Amateur Radio™

225 Main St

Newington CT 06111

860-594-0232

w9jj at arrl.org



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