[Thursday] Steam-Up Special Event Station : Time to Announce

[Randall Snow]

Guys,

Please be sure to include some message urging people to check our website
for updates. Unfortunately with all of the continued uncertainty about the
coronavirus it's impossible to know what might change between now and then.

Thanks

On Fri, Jul 17, 2020, 2:06 PM Craig Moody via Thursday <thursday at newsm.org>
wrote:

> Ahh, yes. Ken, I did not see the attached announcement. My apologies!
> It still looks good as it is.  It's difficult to anticipate what changes
> there may be, but at least we will have the announcement taken care of.
>
> Thanks for doing that.  I will take care of the QRZ.com announcement with
> a photo.
>
> Thank you Ken.
>
> Craig
>
> On Fri, Jul 17, 2020 at 1:30 PM Ken Carr <kb1awv at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> Craig.
>> Agreed.
>> But we need to submit an announcement now.
>>
>> So I am asking for any necessary modifications
>> so I can get this notice in on time.
>>
>>
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>>
>> On Friday, July 17, 2020, 12:38 PM, Craig Moody <cmoody3453 at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> I’m sure we can operate but we would need to do so with safety/social
>> distancing guidelines in place.  It will be different but we can get on the
>> air.
>>
>> Let’s think it through.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Craig
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Jul 17, 2020 at 11:16 AM Ken Carr via Thursday <
>> thursday at newsm.org> wrote:
>>
>> This is directed mostly to members who are hams and
>> who are interested in taking part in the *Special Event Station*
>> as we ran it last year during Steam-Up:
>>
>> If it is agreed that we will run a special event station from
>> N1EPJ on October 3 then now is the time to announce it.
>> QST has an August 1 deadline to get this into the October, 2020
>> edition which will be released around September 15, 2020.
>> The announcement will appear in QST and online.
>> I have posted below a suggested announcement. This is the one
>> we used last year with some modifications to the frequencies.
>>
>> Please let me know if you all want me to send this to QST now.
>> *Please suggest any changes, including frequencies.*
>> Thank you.
>>
>> *Craig*: If we activated the station this year it might be good for
>> you to post all details including a photo of our QSL card on
>> the QRZ.com page.
>> -------------------------------
>>
>> Special Event: Saturday, October 3, 2019, New England Wireless & Steam
>> Museum Yankee Steam-Up. The Massie Wireless Club will activate call sign
>> N1EPJ to commemorate Steam-Up Day, an annual event for over 50 years. For
>> QSL, please send a SASE to: Massie Wireless Club N1EPJ, P.O. Box 883, East
>> Greenwich, RI 02818. Suggested CW frequencies in area of: 3.558, 7.058, and
>> 14.058. Suggested SSB frequencies in area of 3.825, 7.25, and 14.258.
>> Operating between hours of 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM EST (13:00 - 20:00 UTC)
>> Additional details at the N1EPJ QRZ page. <https://www.qrz.com/lookup>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------
>>
>> *Ken Carr* ...
>> KE1RI, A New England Ham <http://www.idlenot.com>
>> Westerly-Pawcatuck AACA <http://www.wpraaca.com>
>> N.E. Steam & Wireless Museum <https://www.newsm.org>
>>
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