The Peace Country Amateur Radio Club is celebrating its
 20th Birthday.  To help celebrate this event, we are
 offering a Special Event Certificate to all those who
 make contact with us.

 The call we are using is CI6CI.  To obtain one of these certificates, send your QSL card quoting a serial number we will give you at the time of contact,  along with a
 8 1/2 by 11 SASE, plus who you made contact with.

 We will be operating on any bands that are open to us
 from 1900 UTC Saturday, January 16/1999 until 2200 UTC Sunday January 17th/1999.

 The deadline to obtain one of these certificates is
 midnight February 17th/1999.

 This information is also listed on the Rac homepage
 under upcoming events for 1999.

 QSL cards should be sent to the following address:

 PEACE COUNTRY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB
 SPECIAL EVENT STATION  CI6CI
 9836 - 83RD Ave
 Grande Prairie, Alberta, Canada
 T8V 3T5
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CI6CI
Special Event Station
Held January 16th & 17th, 1999
 

Well, after almost two years of planning, the "Peace Country Amateur Radio Club" located in Grande Prairie, Alberta, Canada has concluded the biggest event in our clubs history. The number of contacts we made were beyond expectations and thus the huge success. Before I continue on, firstly let me say that this event could not and would not have been such a huge success without the following people:

OPERATORS:
George VE6HX, Barb VE6BPH, Rick VE7FWP, Karl VE6KLJ, Tana VE6TLK, Deane VE6TVS, Terry VE6NSD, Don VE6CI, Guyle VE6GFZ & Bill VE6TUR
 
 

Two very busy guys:  Rick (VE7FWP/VE6) at the mic and Karl (VE6KLJ) at the keyboard.

The pictures were taken at the club station.
 

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS:
A big thank you goes out to Sloan VE6WAT, Deane VE6TVS & Rick VE7FWP for spending so much time working on our Special Event Certificate. It looks great! Thanks guys!

I would also like to thank Pat VE7AGJ in Fort St. John BC for putting our special callsign on the DX spotting cluster. Pat kept monitoring us and when he felt we needed a little more business, he would put our call out on the system again. As soon as he did this, we were flooded with calls. Without your help Pat, we would not have made as many contacts as we did. Thanks.

To all those within the club who helped organize and offer suggestions when we were organizing this event...thank you. Your help was very much appreciated.

Below is a break down of some of the contacts we made:

-We made 589 contacts
-On 80 meters we worked 78 stations
-On 20 meters we worked 79 stations
-On 15 meters we worked 15 stations
-on 10 meters we worked 400 stations

Over the 24 hours we were on the air, we formed teams of two and each worked a shift of about 4 hours. Below is who each team was, the times they worked, and how many contacts they made.

Noon till 4 pm operators were George VE6HX & Barb VE6BPH. They made 149 contacts.
4 pm till 8 pm operators were Rick VE7FWP & Karl VE6KLJ. They made 82 contacts.
8 pm till midnite operators were Bill VE6TUR & Tana VE6TLK. They made 61 contacts.
8 am till noon operators were Deane VE6TVS & Terri VE6NSD. They made 88 contacts.
noon till 3 pm operators were Don VE6CI & Guyle VE6GFZ. They made 195 contacts.

As you can see, there were a large number of contacts made from each group. This event could not have been as successful without each of those who helped. I trust that each of the stations who made contact with us had as much fun as we did.

I have received over 100 QSL cards. Many stations took time to drop a note on them and I have included their comments. I hope you enjoy reading them as much as I did.

73 Bill VE6TUR
Contest & QSL Manager for the
Peace Country Amateur Radio Club
Grande Prairie, Alberta, Canada.
 

SPECIAL EVENT COMMENTS
January 16th & 17th 1999

KD5CXP wrote..."Thanks Karl for the QSO. Mult # was 158. Congradulations
on your clubs 20th Anniversary. Best to you and yours and the Clubs.
Great signal into Oklahoma City OK."
73 Mark Watkins, Edmond Ok.

WB6JVP wrote..."Barb. Thank you for the QSO. Hope to work you again.
Equipment is a Yaesu FT-101E into a 2 element Delta loop."
73 Gorden Levine, Anahiem, Ca.

WD5ITW wrote..."Barb. Thanks for the 10m contact & I would appreciate one
of your SPECIAL EVENTS CERTIFICATES. Thanks in advance."
73 Jack Koch, Oklahoma City.

VE6KJE wrote..."Hello Tana. Thanks for the brief QSO. Have only a make
shift antennia for the lower bands. Equipment is an Icom 725 & a
Yaesu FL-2100B and a Mosley Classic 3 element Tribander.
Looking forward to the special certificate."
73 Kjell Lundgren, Slave Lake, Ab.

WW8W wrote..."Thanks Don & Guyle for the special event station contact
celebrating your 20th anniversary. Contact # 571. Best wishes in
the new year."
73 Rick Polena, Jackson Mi.

WD8ANZ wrote..."Rig here is a Kenwood TS850S into a Mosley TA-33
Thanks for the contact. Am working for prefixes and look forward
to receiving your card. Operator was Guyle."
73 Darrel Baxter, Lexinton, Oh.

KB6QLC wrote..."Hi Terri."
73 Donald Jones (Sniffles the Clown, Long Beach., Ca.

VE6RWC wrote..."Hi Bill. Thanks for the contact. Many Thanks."
73 Bob Crandle, Sylvan Lake, Ab.

KA0EOE wrote..."Barb. Congragdulations on your Clubs 20th Anniversary.
FB for your ham radio. It is a fine hobby. I have a grandson,
2 sons, a daughter-in-law who have their licences. I reached you
via a 10m dipole. I put it up in frustration due to a broken 6 element beam. Our WX here is tough & repairs in winter is a no go.
I am looking forward to the registration sheet as a participant in your contest. I was 123. Good luck in the next 20 years."
73 Marv Anderson, Ceresco, Nebraska.

KC0ATX wrote..."Thanks for the contact. I couldn't find the information in my
QST magazine for the special event. I hope this envelope is good
enough for the certificate. If not email me. Always a pleasure to speak with our Canadian brothers and sisters."
73 Bruce Ristich, Lake Sherwood, MO.

VA3RJ wrote..."Dear op Deane VE6TVS. Thanks for the nice QSO with
your special event station, CI6CI. Hope that your club had fun
operating the special event station. I will be looking forward to receiving the certificate in the mail. Hope to see you on the bands soon. For now, all the best to you and the club from Eastern Canada. All the best in '99"
73 VA3RJ, Dave Raycroft, Toronto, Ont.

N6QPF wrote..."Rick, thanks for the contact! Hope your special event
station was a success."
73 Jeff Engle, Granit Bay, CA.

VE7MST wrote..."Thanks Bill for the QSO and my first chance at
any kind of certificate."
73 Mike Standbridge, Quesnel, BC

KB9OGO wrote..."Don, thanks for the great contact."
73 Ken Jurek, Steger, IL.

KB9IOA wrote..."Guyle, great signal. Thanks for the special event station."
73 Randall Carner, Johnston City, IL.

W9EC wrote..."Rick, nice signal from your special event station here into
Central Calif. Our QTH is about 150 miles south of San Francisco.
Rig is a TS940 SAT into a home brew tribander up 3.5 meters."
73 Ray Lischka, Lompoc, CA.

KF6BYM wrote..."Guyle, congrads on your special event station."
73 & 88's Marion Miller, Lancaster, CA.

KF6LGV wrote..."Terri, thanks for the QSO and the certificate. Hope to
here from you again. Take care."
73 Tim Judge, Apple Valley, CA

WL7BJ wrote..."Rick, enjoyed the contact. Looking forward to the
QSL card. Thanks for coming back to my station. Hope we
can do it again."
73 my friend, Rex Keirn Sr., Fairbanks, Alaska

VE6AAT wrote..."Bill. Thanks for the QSO! Past members of P.C.A.R.C.
congrads on 20 year anniversary."
73 Craig Bowling, Edmonton, Alta.

KC7KDC wrote..."Don. Congradulations on the club's 20th birthday.
May the club have many more."
73 Larry White, Lincoln, NE

KB5TOF wrote..."George. Good signal amoungst the heavy chatter all
all around you. Great I was able to pull you out and make a
QSO."
73 Joseph Griffenberg, Los Lunas NM

KM5GM wrote..."Howdy from Oklahoma. Congrads on the 20th
anniversary. Thanks FB for the QSO Terry."
73 Jonny, Oklahoma City, OK.

KB5ZSB wrote..."Karl. Thanks for taking my call. Hope it went well"
73 Don Rose, Wheeler, TX.

KF0PN wrote..."To the Peace Country Amateur Radio Club...operator Don.
A pleasure to be able to catch your 20th anniversary station on the air. Looking forward to hearing you out there again sometime."
73 to all from the Flatlands of Kansas.
Myron Steinert, Burlington, Kansas.

VE3TMM wrote..."George: Many thanks for the contact for your special event
station. Congradulations on the Club's 20th year"
73 Bob McCaig, Brantford, Ont.

VE6NWR wrote..."Greetings Bill. Enjoyed the QSO. Congradulations to the
Peace Country ARC's 20th Anniversary. Hope you had a good
response on your special event station. Looking forward to the
special certificate and all the best to the club in 1999 & future."
73 Wayne Renwick, Edmonton, Ab.

N0EEJ wrote..."Dear Terri; Thank you for the QSO. I am interested in
your certificate. Congradulations on your 20 year club anniversary.
You were my very first contact on my new antennia. I thought it was
interesting because I can now put the certificate on the wall to
celebrate the fact that it works!"
73 Douglas Hammar, Glenwoodsprings, CO.

VE6IED wrote..."Congrads on your 20 years. Thanks Bill"
73 Walt Davis, Calgary, Alberta

VE6YV wrote..."Many thanks for the Contact Bill. Best of luck on your next
20 year anniversary".
73 Dick Ingstrup, Calgary, Alberta.

KB9HGI wrote..."George. Thanks for the contact. I'm always looking for
certificates for the wall. Radio is HR2510 running 25 watts &
antennia is A99 at 30 feet."
73 Steve Baker, Quincy, IL

KA9ZOE wrote..."Hi Terry! Thanks for the nice contact on your clubs 20th
Anniversary!. Hope to contact your home station in the future".
73 Bob Porter, Hampsire, IL

K6GWC wrote..."Barb. Thanks for the QSO with your special event station.
Sounds like it was fun".
73 Mel Erb, Los Angeles, CA.