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WAS Progress from the Ranch

 

WAS Progress from the Ranch

Filed in Contests on Apr.29, 2011

I’ve been working on a Worked All States Award from the Ranch.  All contacts for WAS must be made with your station within a 50 mile radius  to count towards the WAS award, so only contacts made from the Ranch, but not Mesa, count for this.

Anyway, I have contacted all states from the Ranch, but have received confirmation from only 36 so far.  So each time I operate from the Ranch, I’ll have to keep my eye out for those that have not sent confirmations.

 
WAS Progress April 2011

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