5. The only report form needed is a readable alphabetized list of the grids from which operation was done with the calls of the station worked. The applicants call and name must be clearly stated.

6. All cards and forms, along with appropriate self-addressed packaging with sufficient postage for the return of the cards plus a business size envelope (if folding the certificate is OK) or 9" by 12" or larger SASE should be sent to Bill Wageman K5MAT, CSVHFS VUCC/r Award, 7309 Avenida La Costa, NE, Albuquerque, NM 87109-3900.  Program contact via: vucc-r (at) comcast (dot) net

Good hunting to those rovers out there!

2005 Conference Program and Proceedings always needs good content.  Content comes from YOU--the membership.  We need all the content you are willing to submit, from one-page notes, to full technical papers.  Don't trust that content will always be forthcoming from our frequent contributors--contribute your own content!  All contributions need not be technical--they can be interesting presentations of operating activities or local organizational/activity efforts.  Show off what you and your local VHF/UHF/SHF weak-signal friends are doing. 

The 2005 Conference team will call for presenters in the February time frame.  Papers will need to be in during April or early May.  Make deadlines for yourself and submit content for the 2005 Conference and Proceedings

Please recall that this is a "program" for all participants in order to spur increased activity.  This program only becomes a contest for our top finishers.  For the rest of you, I hope you enjoyed noting year-to-year variation in propagation, station capabilities, and operating effort.

As you look over the results, note which operators worked over 50 states and provinces on 6 meters.  Also, we've had a few Rover entries in the past, but this year, VE3OIL/R and KFØQ/portable submitted two entries each, as well as VE3NPB/R, and W0AMT/R.  In each of their cases, their entry represents one weekend of activity--Impressive!  Rovers, you may combine your weekends if you wish or keep them separate--whatever suits you. 

Notice that three of the top five scores are from Ohio.  Sure, at least Ohio doesn't have an ocean on one side of it such as on the east coast.  But the scores these gents turned in required consistent effort.

Peter Shilton, VE3AX, turned in an impressive 165 score for 3^rd place while serving as CSVHFS President and preparing for the Toronto conference.  I don't know where he found the time.  Tony Emanuel, WA8RJF, cranked out a 169 band-states (provinces, too) for 2^nd place.  Tony's call is in many of the other entries representing Ohio this year.  This year's winner--Bob Mathews, K8TQK--with 197 band-states is well deserved.  Bob has turned in entries four years in a row now, each very impressive.  Look at his fine performance on all bands through 10GHz!

As I look through the results, I note a few things I want to point out to you.  Don Ross, NL7CO, is a single band specialist on 2m and always turns in fine efforts on that band.  Note the fine score that Bill Davis, KØAWU turned in from EN37 in northern Minnesota.  Being that far north, he is unfortunately missed by many tropo events that benefit ops just 100 miles to his south.  Bill has had to work harder and more patiently--but he's done it!  He's now using rainscatter for nice 10GHz shots throughout the region.  He has used WSJT Meteor Scatter to increase his grid and state total.  Eric Shook, K8TO, accomplished his solid 95 entry all from a 3-story apartment building in Minneapolis.  Yes, he had access to the roof, but no tower.  He used fine operating skill and persistence to achieve his accomplishment.

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