Badges On The Air
The event a couple of weekends ago was so successful and well liked that
people asked for a repeat. So the final 24 hours of VOTA will be Badges
On The Air. This time the focus is on anyone that wears an official ARRL
Badge, from card checkers, to the volunteer examiners, to official
bulletin stations, to emergency coordinators on up to section managers
and higher, this will be your final chance to earn their their VOTA
points to add to your score.
This is an opportunity for everyone to get on the air and participate.
Don’t be afraid to try the VHF and UHF frequencies along with the HF
frequencies. The Minnesota Section Manager, Bill AE0EE, likes to focus
on the frequencies the technicians have access to encourage contacts
with them. So head to those bands and frequencies to find Bill and
others to add to your VOTA totals.
There was a news release a few days about this event that can be found
at this link??. The
article also has a link to the VOTA leaderboard where you will find 3
Dakota Division members, one from each section, in the top ten of the US
and top twenty overall (as I write this).
ARRL’s Year of the Volunteers
Finally, today an article came out highlighting several successes by the
many ARRL volunteers and other accomplishments this past year. As the
article points out, without the almost 60,000 volunteers the ARRL would
not be able to function.
Thank you to the many ARRL volunteers in the Dakota Division for the
services you provide to amateur radio and your community.
The article can be found at this link
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here??.
W0AYE Ben Wussow