Happy New Year All! I will give a more detailed accounting tomorrow after I recover from a contest style Red Badge Day. It looks like about 1600 or 1700 plus Q's under 24hrs at K5UZ. It was a blast to work so many of you and thanks for the points! Wow! Of course I cannot thank Staff enough for all the hard work they put forth to make this a major success which exceeded our wildest expectations! Now that we've all turned back in to pumpkins, I second Brian's motion. As I just told a couple of AD's and another friend just now this could be on the order if heroine withdrawals! Hi! Now, where's that bottle of Clicquot for New Years Eve! 73 ES DX David A. Norris, K5UZ Director Delta Division Sent from my iPhone On Dec 31, 2014, at 6:25 PM, Brian Mileshosky <n5zgt@swcp.com> wrote:
Okay, now I'm bored on the air -- same for a zillion other League members and hams across the world. Fair warning: I'm making a Director's motion in January to create a Centennial QSO Party Anonymous or Points Anonymous service, because lots of people now find themselves staring hopelessly at their now absolutely quiet radios.
A huge THANK YOU to everyone -- ODV, staff, volunteers, members, hams -- for an absolute home run on the air this past year. Centennial celebration aside, if there is one thing that I hope everyone who participated in the QSO Party walked away with, it is that they became better and more dedicated radio operators throughout the year. That they used this year-long opportunity to learn more about themselves as an op, learned more about their gear, uncovered station and operating limitations and found ways to resolve them, and rediscovered the magic, fun (God forbid), and camaraderie that is ham radio.
One very profound moment today was working a few folks in the QSO Party who I hadn't worked since back in January 1, 2014. Staring at that date in the log, and greeting those hams once again, with literally one year of time padding our last QSO was an in-your-face "this year has absolutely flown by way too fast" epiphany. I hope everyone enjoyed it as much as they could while it lasted.
Happy Centennial, and Happy New Year everyone. Be safe this evening and see you in a few weeks.
73,
Brian N5ZGT
ARRL Director, Rocky Mountain Division
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