Repeater Roundup Week:

Key Up. Connect. Belong
A 6-Day Local Contact Challenge to encourage activity on our local repeater, connect operators across experience levels, and welcome non-members into the fold.

🗓️How It Works

Duration: Monday, March 30, 2026, 12:01 AM – Saturday, April 4, 2026, 11:59 PM

Location: Our primary club repeater (147.375 [+] t146.2)

Participants earn points for making meaningful contacts on the repeater throughout the week.
Not rapid-fire “73 and gone” drive-bys. Real QSOs. Real community.

🎯 Scoring System

Each contact must:

• Be at least 2 minutes long
• Include both call signs
• Include signal report + location
• Be logged by both operators (honor system)

Points:

• 1 point per unique contact per day (no duplicate points for talking to the same person multiple times in one day)
• 2 points for first-time contact with that operator during the week.
• 3 bonus points for contacting: (can be claimed for each unique qualified contact)
  • A Technician licensee (if you are General/Extra)
  • A newly licensed ham (licensed <1 year)
  • A non-club member
• 5 bonus points for: (each can be claimed only once)
  • Checking into at least 4 of the nightly nets
  • Assisting with a technical question
  • Net connection using alternate power
  • Use of a portable antenna
  • Advertising assistance (email blast, facebook or instagram post, etc.)
  • Having a non-member contact attend the April club meeting

🏆 Award Categories

• ● 🥇 Most Unique Contacts
• ● 🥈 Most Total Points
• ● 🥉 Rookie of the Week (licensed < 1 year)
• ● 🎙️ Best Ragchew (club votes)
• ● 🤝 Most Welcoming Operator (community vote)
• ● 🚗 Most Creative Portable Contact (POTA style, mobile, handheld-only, etc.)

Prizes:

• Award Certificates
• Ham radio swag
• Gift Certificates to local venues
• Bragging rights (don’t underestimate this)

📻 Nightly Themed Nets

Each evening at 7pm, we will run a 30-minute themed net:

• Monday – “First Radio Story”
• Tuesday – Tech Help & Elmer Night
• Wednesday – Antenna Talk Night
• Thursday – Emergency Preparedness Roundtable
• Friday – Portable / Mobile Check-In
• Saturday – Wrap-Up & Awards Preview

Please let me know if you are willing to be a net control operator.

💡 Submissions

At the end of the week, I will ask you to fill out a Submission Form.

At the April Meeting, we will share:

• Total contacts made
• Number of operators participating
• Number of non-members involved
• Award recipients