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Brainerd Area Amateur Radio Club  

Special Event December 9, 2006
" Winter Wonderland"
The Brainerd Area Amateur Radio Club held a Special Event on the air on Saturday, December 9th, to celebrate the "Winter Wonderland" of the Brainerd Lakes Area in Minnesota, USA.  Winter subjects discussed were ice fishing, snowmobiling, skiing, sledding, and great hamming on cold winter nights.   

There were 154 contacts to 35 states, Puerto Rico, four provinces in Canada, and two Canadian islands.  That included at least four mobile stations during the six hour event.  

An 8-1/2" x 11" special event certificate is available to stations making contact during the event.  To get one, send a QSL card and a SASE (self addressed stamped envelope) to:

David Fournier KCØTGT
P. O. Box 198
Ironton, MN  56455

Ironton is just 20 miles from Brainerd.  Due to a scheduling error, the event was not listed in QST Magazine, but is on the ARRL website. 
Here is what the Special Event Certificate looks like.  Click here or on the image to get a larger view.


Photo by Mark WØMH
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The Brainerd Area Amateur Radio Club call is WØUJ.  All contacts were made on or about 14,259 KHz.  The event got off to a slow start, but picked up as band conditions improved.  Soon, it was a 5-hour pile-up.  

(Front to back) David KCØTGT, John WØJGY, and Charles W5CCL.  


Photo by Chad Haugen
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(l-r) Mark WØMH and Special Event Chairman David KCØTGT.

Jim KØTXT and Sharon KCØSQX checked in from Hot Springs Village Arkansas.  Jim and Sharon moved there recently from Brainerd.


Photo by Mark WØMH
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(l-r) Chad Haugen (no call sign yet) logging and David KCØTGT at the microphone.

Story on the last Special Event.
Thanks to those who participated.  Dave KCØTGT  BAARC Special Event Chairman.

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