. QST . on October 9th, on fourNational Calling and Emergency phone fre-quencies (3875, 7250, 14,225, 21,400 kc.) and at2100 EST bv at 18 on four frequencies (3550, 7100, 14,050, 21,050 kc.). amateurs reported reception of the mes-sage. Six of them sent in 100% correct copiesafter having confirmed reception by radio as in-structed in the TEA message itself. The winnahs:WIBDI, WICRW. \V4BAQ, W4YZE, W8CCN,W0NIY. Three amateurs sent messages confirm-ing recei)tion, but the mail copies turned out tobe incomplete: \V4C0Y, W8AQ, copy, by mail only, was also i
. QST . on October 9th, on fourNational Calling and Emergency phone fre-quencies (3875, 7250, 14,225, 21,400 kc.) and at2100 EST bv at 18 on four frequencies (3550, 7100, 14,050, 21,050 kc.). amateurs reported reception of the mes-sage. Six of them sent in 100% correct copiesafter having confirmed reception by radio as in-structed in the TEA message itself. The winnahs:WIBDI, WICRW. \V4BAQ, W4YZE, W8CCN,W0NIY. Three amateurs sent messages confirm-ing recei)tion, but the mail copies turned out tobe incomplete: \V4C0Y, W8AQ, copy, by mail only, was also following confirmed reception bv radio butdid not send in copy: WlCWX, WlLKP, Wl- This is the communications control center for the city of St. Lamliert, Que., as it was operated during the SET. Ttis operated under the call VE2ADX, of the South Shore Amateur Radio CUib. There are four amateurs in the pic-ture: EC VE2KG (standing) and seated, starting from the left. \ VE2CA and VE2X April 1955 63 QMB, W4BUA, W4CZR, W4WXZ. We thankall for participating in this test; you all ratehonorable mention and an E for Effort even ifyou didnt copy 100%. Many of those whocopied the TEA did so only because they leftreceivers tuned to one or the other of the NCEfrequencies all the time, to be sure not to miss others reported monitoring for hours ata time without success. Maybe were just obstinate, but we still thinkthe TEA is a worth-while part of the SET. Whatdo you think? At the moment, were planning totry it again in 1955, but we can be talked out ofit. Heres the annual breakdown of the SET byparticipating groups: Figures in parentheses arecomparative figures from last jear: Total reports of activity: 142 (180) AREC members in areas reported: 3635 (5531) Total known participation: 2252 (2522) Mobiles A portables: 999 (1149) Fixed stations on emerg. power — 164 (200) Messages from participants to ECs— 1365 (1841) EC radio reports to ARRL: 77 (116) Total po
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