National Wildlife Refuge Special Event
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In Celebration of National Wildlife Refuge Week - 2009
Friday, October 16th
through Saturday, October 17th, members of the Magnolia
DX Association operated from the Mississippi
Sandhill Crane National Wildlife
Refuge
using Special Event Callsign K5W. Be sure to check out the photos
from our event from the Photos link on the left and read the full story here.
Our event yielded about 240 QSOs but success of this event was never going to be measured by QSO counts. We had the unique opportunity to talk to almost 250 people in 38 states and 4 foreign countries about the Mississippi Sandhill Crane NWR and their important work and that of other refuges around the country. Visitors to the refuge on Saturday had a chance to see ham radio in action and for us to talk with them about our hobby and its importance to the community. The event was a lot of fun and I am already looking forward to participating again next year. I would like to thank the MDXA members who helped and/or stopped by to visit during the weekend… Glenn – K2FF, Chris – K5MOZ, Glen – K4GSG, David – W5DAW, Darryl – K5CQT, Read – W4HOZ, Becky – KD5RHB and Nick – K5BQJ. Also, big thanks to Jerry, N5UCF for setting up a station at the MDXA picnic on Saturday allowing several club members to work us. Finally, I would like to thank all of the good folks at the Mississippi Sandhill Crane NWR for making our event possible and providing outstanding support, especially ranger Doug Hunt and refuge managers Ted Rentmeister and Lloyd Culp.
This was a nationwide event with ham radio activities taking place at National Wildlife Refuges around the country. Ham radio operators activated stations from aproximately 15 NWRs with the primary goal of helping spread the word about our National Wildlife Refuge System. Check the Amateur Radio - National Wildlife Refuge Week web site for more information.
Interactive map to the refuge
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Our event yielded about 240 QSOs but success of this event was never going to be measured by QSO counts. We had the unique opportunity to talk to almost 250 people in 38 states and 4 foreign countries about the Mississippi Sandhill Crane NWR and their important work and that of other refuges around the country. Visitors to the refuge on Saturday had a chance to see ham radio in action and for us to talk with them about our hobby and its importance to the community. The event was a lot of fun and I am already looking forward to participating again next year. I would like to thank the MDXA members who helped and/or stopped by to visit during the weekend… Glenn – K2FF, Chris – K5MOZ, Glen – K4GSG, David – W5DAW, Darryl – K5CQT, Read – W4HOZ, Becky – KD5RHB and Nick – K5BQJ. Also, big thanks to Jerry, N5UCF for setting up a station at the MDXA picnic on Saturday allowing several club members to work us. Finally, I would like to thank all of the good folks at the Mississippi Sandhill Crane NWR for making our event possible and providing outstanding support, especially ranger Doug Hunt and refuge managers Ted Rentmeister and Lloyd Culp.
This was a nationwide event with ham radio activities taking place at National Wildlife Refuges around the country. Ham radio operators activated stations from aproximately 15 NWRs with the primary goal of helping spread the word about our National Wildlife Refuge System. Check the Amateur Radio - National Wildlife Refuge Week web site for more information.
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