Flight of the Bumblebees is 2 Weeks Away.? ??July 28th will soon be here.??
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Bumblebee Number requests are still coming in.? As of today, there are 120 Bumblebees signed up to go out and operate portable in some fresh air location. ?The Bumblebees will be everywhere from Maine to California and Florida to Washington.? Not in every state, but pretty darn close.? We will also have Bumblebees in Canada, and at least one in a DX location.? They will be operating from mountain tops, parks, beaches, local fields, back yards, etc.
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Let me address this to the Home Stations:
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Your challenge is to work as many of these Bumblebees as possible using 5W CW.? On as many bands as possible.? You have the advantage of having better permanent antennas, but you may encounter pileups since Home Stations will outnumber Bumblebees..?
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You can work the same Bumblebee once on each band – each band will count as another Contact and another Bumblebee worked.?? While you can also work other Home Stations from your Home Station, the scoring is weighted toward working Bumblebees.
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Let me give you an example:
-????????? Working 1 Bumblebee and 9 other Home Stations results in a Total Score of 30?
-????????? Working 10 Bumblebees results in a Total Score of 300
Not everyone will be in it for the Score, but it is always nice to have bragging rights.
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Of course propagation will not support it, but with 120 Bumblebees, and 5 bands available (10-15-20-40-80), a Home Station theoretically has 600 Bumblebees out there to find and work.? Chasing Bumblebees will easily fill up the whole 4 hours of this event.
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Good Luck.? And have fun.
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73,
Jody – K3JZD
On Sun, Jun 30, 2024 at 05:54 AM, Jody - K3JZD wrote:
FT-817's set the world on fire for Portable QRP Operation.? ?Now would be a good time to get your FT-817/FT-818 out there and turn it into a Bumblebee !!?
2024 Flight of the Bumblebees
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The annual Flight of the Bumblebees will be held on Sunday, July 28, 2024.
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The event ?will be in a four hour daytime window, from 1700 to 2100 UTC.
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This casual QRP CW event consists of 'Bumblebees' who are operating portable stations at outdoor locations, and 'Home Stations' who try to work as many of these 'Bumblebees' as possible.
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This event is open to all operators.? Anywhere.? Being at the top of the sunspot cycle, this year's? event has the potential to be very interesting.
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Operators who want to go out and setup a portable station at some outdoor location, and be a highly sought after 'Bumblebee', need to obtain a "Bumblebee Number".?
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The window for obtaining your 2024 'Bumblebee Number' is now Open.
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The web site will explain the whole process.
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I'll be out there as a 'Bumblebee' - hoping to work you during the event.
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72,
Jody - K3JZD
