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

 

(A contest for GARS members only)

  1. Contest begins May 17 at 6:00 PM and ends May 24 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

 

  1. Modes

                        SSB (voice)

                        FM

                        Digital (CW is a digital mode)

                        D-STAR (is a voice mode)

                        DMR (is a voice mode)

 

  1. Contacts may be simplex or repeater

                            Any simplex frequency is allowed

 

  1. Any station can be worked once per band per mode (Once on simplex or repeater. These are not two separate modes)

 

  1. Exchange

 

                         Call Sign. Old GARS member or New member – add OM or NM (ie. AF4FG/OM or KI4QCI/NM )

 

  1. Personal Greeting.

Since one purpose of this contest is for members to get to know each other a face to face after the contact is made should be attempted

 

  1. Scoring

                  1 point for each voice contact

                  1 point for each digital contact

                  1 bonus point for Personal Greeting

                 

 

* New members are those who have joined GARS since 5/13/2025. 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 5/14/2025 is considered a new member for purposes of this contest. (Since a new member cannot contact himself he automatically receives 1 bonus point)

 

 

  1. 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

 

  1. 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 May 31, 2026

 to af4fg@arrl.net

 

  1. 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

 

  1. Arranged Contacts

Times for contacts and frequencies to be used may be arranged

 

  1. 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

 

  1. Net Rule

The net control for the GARS net or the ARES net on Mat 18, 2026 or any other net between May 17 and May 24 may not count each check in as a contact nor may each check in count the net control as a contact