Meet the Members

Meet the Members
(A contest for GARS members only)

Download the rules and log sheet and here is an example log sheet

1. Contest begins Oct 10th at 6:00 PM and ends Oct 12th at 11:59 PM
2. Only GARS members may participate
3. Bands UHF VHF
   2 Meters
   1.25 Meters
   70 cm
   33 cm
   23 cm
    Any amateur GHz freq
    HF – Any HF frequency where Tech class license is allowed to operate
4. Modes
    SSB (voice)
    FM
    Digital (CW is a digital mode)
    D-STAR (is a voice mode)
    DMR (is a voice mode) 
    Fusion (is a voice mode) 
 5. Contacts may be simplex or repeater
    Any simplex frequency is allowed
6. Any station can be worked once per band per mode (Once on simplex or repeater. These are not two separate modes)
7. Exchange
    Call Sign. Old GARS member or New member – add OM or NM (ie. AF4FG/OM or KI4QCI/NM )
8. Personal Greeting.
    Since one purpose of this contest is for members to get to know each
    other, a face to face greeting after the contact is made should be attempted
9. Scoring
   1 point for each voice contact
   1 point for each digital contact
   1 bonus point for successful Personal Greeting 
   * New members are those who have joined GARS since 10/1/24. Anyone who was a
   member in the past but has not been a dues paying member for at least 10 years prior
   to rejoining after 10/1/24 is considered a new member for purposes of this contest.
   (Since a new member cannot contact himself he automatically receives 1 bonus point)
10. Awards
   Top Ten scores receive a GARS hat unique to this year’s contest
   All participants who turn in a log receive a GARS patch or decal
11. Logging
   Log Call Sign of station contacted, NM or OM, Frequency, Mode, date of
   contact and Personal Greeting (yes or no)
   Logs must be submitted electronically by midnight October 31, 2025 to af4fg@arrl.net
12. Suggested Simplex Frequencies
   Voice CW Other Digital
   146.505 144.03 145.07
   446.00 432.075 430.45
   52.525 50.050 50.530
   28.345 28.050 28.150
   3530
   7090
   21050
   Any repeater
13. Arranged Contacts
   Times for contacts and frequencies to be used may be arranged
14. Visual Rule
   Individuals cannot be within sight of each other except in the case where one
   or both are in a moving vehicle. Both cannot be in the same vehicle
15. Net Rule
   The net control for any net may not count each check in as a contact nor may
   each check in count the net control as a contact