[WVARC] Ten Meters

[Joseph M. Wade]

But of course!  WVARC was the "original" 10 meter contest.  The idea was to
spur activity on the previously dead band.  This contest was a tradition at
least 10 years before the ARRL event and several years before the 10-10
numbers came into being.

The reason I met most of you is because I was struggling with my newly build
SB-401 transmitter on 10 meters.  Even though Heathkit had supposedly fixed
my construction problems the transmitter wasn't working right.  I got on the
air assistance from a number of club members and even a few came over for a
look.  I am pretty sure that Matt came over to help but I can't remember the
others.

A few weeks later I went down to Henry and traded in the SB-401 my Drake 2C
and bought a Swan 350c, 3 ele TH3Jr and a 40 foot push up.  About 7 or 8
club members helped me erect the antenna one weekend and I was off and
running.

I guess without the 10 meter contest I would have eventually found the
WVARC, but more likely is that I would assume you were a bunch of goofballs
doing stupid things like creating a contest for a dead band and working
bogus stations like ZK2AU.

Joe

-----Original Message-----
From: wvarc-admin@kkn.net [mailto:wvarc-admin@kkn.net]On Behalf Of John
Musselman WB6UHF
Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2002 10:02 AM
To: WVARC
Subject: [WVARC] Ten Meters


Hello,

Does anybody remember that the WVARC "invented" the ten-meter contest?

John

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