Final Report: Rockwell Collins Amateur Radio Special Event

50th Anniversary of the Collins S-Line

12 July - 20 July 2008

W5ROK (Rockwell Collins Amateur Radio Club - RCARC - Richardson Tx) Results:

882 Contacts over a 9 day period (most on 20 Meter USB - I guess we liked using the Beam Antenna)

Operators:

There were 16 primary operators listed below:

	KD5EVW - Kenneth Keese		KE5SAR - Jim Pellegrino
	K1GD - Gene Duprey		KE5SAS - Dwight Ramsey
	*AE5IH - Kerac Moore		KE5SZJ - Ross Terry
	K5JHR - Bob Ashby		WA0TGH - Wayne Hughes
	K5MWC - Bill Swan		K5TIP - John McFadden
	AC5NF - Stephanie Keese		*KE5VEO - Justin Roberts
	K3NT - Bob Kirby		K5XRF - Jon Jacobson
	K8OCL - John Champa		WA8ZBT - Dennis Cobb

* Newly licensed through the recent ham classes organized by K8OCL

Notes:

• Didn't hear the two stations W6CXX and F6KNZ during the Special Event (SE)
• The first night there was a flurry of activity via phone calls with the Cedar Rapids Station to enhance coordination

Logistics:

1. Club president requested the names of those who were interested from the general club population
2. Main Point Of Contact - WA0TGH (Wayne Hughes)
3. One meeting prior to the special event

a. Requested people to sign-up for time slots at the meeting

4. Phone call to others who expressed interest in working the SE
5. Had pens and paper available in the ham shack
6. The lights are on 24 hours per day now
7. Retirees used badges from the north guard shack (no escort required in non-restricted areas)
8. Maintained a hard copy of the schedule in the ham shack & updated it daily based on penciled in notes and messages received form operators
9. E-mailed the spreadsheet frequently to those who signed up
10. Used UTC for all logging
11. Used paper log sheets designated for the SE
12. At day 3 sent the stats to the operators via e-mail
13. Used the computer in the ham shack:

a. Announce where we're operating using http://dxsummit.fi/sendspot.aspx
b. Used QRZ.COM to assist with looking up the contact person's info

14. Operators consecutively numbered the paper log sheets
15. Made PDF file backups of the log sheets at 4 intervals including the final
16. Used a cardboard box in the ham shack for collecting QSL cards
17. Final Meeting to provide a post mortem (lessons learned)

Phone Numbers:

	N0CXX Cedar Rapids IA North Campus		319-295-8490
	W0CXX Cedar Rapids IA South Campus		319-295-9627
	N6CXX Tustin CA		714-829-4120
	W4CRC Melbourne FL		321-731-7045
	F6KNZ Toulouse Fr		NA
	W5ROK Richardson TX		972-075-1349, 972-705-3237

Information Presented to the Public:

What:
The various facilities of Rockwell Collins' amateur radio clubs announce a special event: The 50th Anniversary of the introduction of the Collins S-Line special event will take place in July 2008

When:
Commencing 0001z 12 July 2008 and running through 2359z Sunday, 20 July 2008

Who:
Look for the following stations on the bands:
W0CXX: Cedar Rapids, IA - South Campus, HQ Station
N0CXX: Cedar Rapids, IA - North Campus
W5ROK: Richardson, TX
W4CRC: Melbourne, FL
W6CXX: Tustin, CA
F6KNZ: Toulouse, France

Where:
(+/- QRM)
CW (kHz): 3550, 7050, 10115, 14055, 18085, 21050, 24900, 28050
SSB (kHz): 3885, 7285, 14285, 18155, 21385, 24955, 28455

How:
Operators will announce when they are QRV via Packet Cluster - http://dxsummit.fi/sendspot.aspx

QSL:
Via www.qrz.com for each different facility station. Please include a large #10 envelope SASE with enough postage or funds for first class return of QSL. No eQSL's

Special Certificate:
Collect four (4) or more QSL's from 4 different facilities and mail them to: ARS W0CXX

Rockwell Collins Amateur Radio Club, North Campus
COLLINS AMATEUR RADIO CLUB
10211 HALL RD
CEDAR RAPIDS IA 52411

A special certificate and your QSL's will be returned to you.

Information can be found in the July issue of QST Page 94.

Info:
http://w0cxx.us/ http://w5rok.us/

Questions?
Contact: w0cxx@rockwellcollins.com