10-10 INTERNATIONAL AWARDS EARNED BY THE CHANNEL ISLANDS MEMBERS DURING 2005
THE JANUARY 2005, 10-10 INTERNATIONAL NEWS PUBLISHED THE AWARDS CERTIFICATE INFORMATION :
RALPH NOLL, KD6BYI, 63108 CERTIFICATE FOR 1000 BAR
TOM HIDALGO,N6JQI, 46305 CERT. FOR VP 300 VP AWARD
MAC SHROYER, K6VMN,31623 CERT FOR VP500 VP AWARD
MAC ALSO RECEIVED CERT. FOR 25 AND 35 DXCC COUNTRIES
WE MAY POINT OUT THAT THE CONTEST RESULTS FOR THE 2004, OCTOBER 10,
SPRINT CONTEST WAS PUBLISHED AND SHOWED CONTEST LOGS SUBMITTED FROM:
PRISCILLA HIVNER, KE6RQQ, 74224, AND STEWART STONE, KG6BOV, 69136
THE APRIL 2005, 10-10 INTERNATIONAL NEWS PUBLISHED THE RESULTS FOR CHANNEL
ISLANDS CHAPTER MEMBERS FOR THE WINTER PHONE CONTEST ON FEB, 2005:
MAC SHROYER K6VMN, 31623 RECEIVED CERT. FOR "9TH PLACE IN THE WORLD"
AMONG THE TOP 10 WINNERS. OUT OF 14 ENTRIES ENTERED FOR THE "W6" (CALIF)
AREA THERE WERE 7 ENTRIES FROM CHAN. IS. CHAPTER MEMBERS: BILLY LECROY,
K6PCM, 73365, STEWART STONE, KG6BOV, 69136, RALPH NOLL, KD6BYI, 63108, BILL
ALLEN, N6XD, 18637, PRISCILLA HIVNER, KE6RQQ, 74224, TOM HIDALGO, N6JQI,
46306
THE COMBINED EFFORT OF THESE 7 MEMBERS PLACED THE CHAN. IS. CHAPTER IN 4TH PLACE
AMONG THE 26 CHAPTERS WHO HAD SUBMITTED SCORES. THIS WAS THE BEST SCORE EVER
OBTAINED BY OUR CHAPTER. I'M SURE OUR CHAPTER HEAD, JOHN GAGLIARDO, AC6PX,
65823, WAS GRINNING FROM EAR TO EAR WHEN HE HEARD THE NEWS WHILE HE
WAS IN THE HOSPITAL. I WOULD LIKE TO ADD A "WELL DONE"; AS CONTEST MANAGER.
THE JULY 2005 ISSUE OF 10-10 INTERNATIONAL NEWS PUBLISHED THE NEWS THAT OUR
CHAPTER HEAD, JOHN GAGLIARDO, AC6PX, HAD BECOME A SILENT KEY. THE CHAPTER HAD
LOST ITS' FOUNDER AND CHAPTER HEAD ON MARCH 18, 2005, JUST ONE MONTH AFTER THE
CHAN. IS. CHAPTER HAD OBTAINED ITS BEST SCORE.
DURING THE MONTH OF JULY, THE CHANNEL IS. CHAPTER RECEIVED A NEW CHAPTER HEAD,
STEWART STONE, KG6BOV, 69136. STEWART VOLUNTEERED AND IS OUR NEW
CHAPTER HEAD FOR WHICH ALL THE MEMBERS ARE VERY APPRECIATIVE.
ALSO IN THE MONTH OF JULY, 2005 ISSUE OF THE 10-10 INTERNATIONAL NEWS, ON PAGE
23 IT LISTS PRISCILLA HIVNER, KE6RQQ, 74224 IN THE RESULTS OF THE 42TH
ANNIVERSARY CONTEST.
THE OCTOBER 2005 ISSUE OF THE 10-10 INTERNATIONAL NEWS PUBLISHED THE RESULTS
OF THE 10-10 SUMMER PHONE CONTEST FOR AUGUST 7, 8. OUT OF 15 ENTRIES ENTERED
FOR THE "W6" AREA, 7 WERE MEMBERS OF THE CHAN. IS. CHAPTER: PRISCILLA
HIVNER, KE6RQQ, 74224, STEWART STONE, KG6BOV, 69136, TOM HIDALGO, N6JQI, 46305.
BILLY LECROY, K6PCM, 73365, BILL ALLEN, N6XD, 18637, RALPH NOLL, KD6BYI, 63108,
AND MAC SHROYER, K6VMN, 31623.
THESE 7 MEMBERS TURNED IN A TOTAL OF 290 POINTS FOR THE CHAN. IS. CHAP. THIS
PLACED THE CHAPTER AS 13TH AMONG THE 34 CHAPTERS THAT WERE SUBMITTED.
(NOT TOO SHABBY A SHOWING!!)
ANOTHER AWARD PUBLISHED IN THE OCTOBER ISSUE OF THE NEWS LETTER WAS A CERT.
AWARD TO MAC SHROYER, K6VMN, 31623, FOR VPWAS, ( WORKED ALL STATES WITH VP
NUMBERS), WHICH IS NOT TOO EASY A THING ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAD TO WAIT 2 YEARS
BEFORE YOU FIND ONE VP NR IN IDAHO.
THERE WAS ONE MORE CONTEST IN 2005 CALLED THE "SPRINT CONTEST" WHICH IS ONLY 24
HOURS LONG AND ALWAYS HELD ON OCT 10 (DO YOU GET IT?? 10-10??). THE RESULTS OF
THIS CONTEST ARE NOT PUBLISHED UNTIL THE JANUARY ISSUE. THIS CONTEST DOES NOT
APPLY FOR CHAPTERS, JUST INDIVIDUALS.
BY GOING TO THE 10-10 ORGANIZATION WEB PAGE YOU CAN GET THE RESULTS OF THIS CONTEST
ABOUT A MONTH AFTER IT TAKES PLACE. THIS INFO REVEALED THERE WERE 4 MEMBERS FROM
CHAN. IS. CHAPT. THAT SUBMITTED LOGS FOR SCORE. MAC SHROYER, K6VMN, 31623, WAS
LISTED AS FIRST IN THE "W6" (CALIF) AREA WITH BILL ALLEN, N6XD, 18637 COMING IN 3RD
AND PRISCILLA HIVNER, KE6RQQ, 74224 PLACED 7TH AND STEWART STONE, KG6BOV, 69136 WAS
10TH OUT OF 12 ENTRIES FROM CALIF. ANOTHER STRANGE THING ABOUT THIS CONTEST IS THAT
MAC WON A CERTIFICATE AWARD FOR BEING 10TH IN THE TOP TEN WINNERS OF THE WORLD. AND
HE ONLY HAD 32 QSO'S FOR THE WHOLE CONTEST! GOES TO SHOW THE PROPAGATION WAS TERRIBLE
THROUHOUT THE WORLD AND THE HAWAIIAN STATION WON 1ST PLACE WITH ONLY 194 QSO'S
THE BEST PART ABOUT ALL THESE SCORES AND AWARDS SHOW THIS COMPETITION IS WITH
EVERYONE IN THE WORLD.
CHANNEL ISLANDS CHAPTER MEMBERS HAVE HAD A VERY GOOD YEAR IN 2005 IN SPITE OF
POOR PROPAGATION!!!