Carrying On
The Adventure Radio Society
Outdoor Adventures Using QRP CW
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Spartan Sprint Flight
of the Bumblebees 2024
Bumblebee Photos What is Ham Radio?
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TU Dan Presley - N7CQR, who hung around with
and hiked with Russ in the mid 1990's, for providing this early Adventure
Radio Society history. Whenever Russ moved to Arizona, he turned the
management of The Adventure Radio Society over to Richard. From that point
on, Richard continued to manage the ARS QRP events on his own. In May of
2024, Richard posted: "Friends, You may have noticed that for
the last several months I have been unable to post to QRP-L and other QRP
forums due to a health concern. I have since made the decision to step back
from posting results of the Spartan Sprint and the Flight of the Bumblebees.
Thank you for a wonderful 26 years! I hope someone else will take up the
mantle and keep the low power spirit alive! 72 and 73, Richard Fisher, KI6SN
Co-founder, The Adventure Radio Society" Phil Specht - K4PQC, an active participant in
the ARS Spartan Sprint, realized the Spartan Sprint would not survive without
a logging and reporting facility. Even though this is not a big-time contest,
everyone who participates likes to see how they did and see the comments that
others post. Phil approached Bruce Horn - WA7BNM to see if Bruce was willing
to add the ARS events to his 3830Scores.com auto-logging facility. Bruce has
graciously provided Auto-Logging and Reporting facilities for the Spartan Sprint
and Flight of the Bumblebees. Jody Nelis - K3JZD, another active
participant in the ARS Spartan Sprint, felt that the ARS events would suffer
and falter without a web site that provided up to date Overviews and Rules
for the Spartan Sprint and the Flight of the Bumblebees events. Jody created
this web site to provide that resource. With Bruce's auto-logging and reporting
facility, and this mostly static web site, the Adventure Radio Society legacy
events are now mostly running on autopilot. The assignment of the Flight of
the Bumblebees Numbers has now been automated. So it is now a little more
do-it-yourself for the participants, but many other events have survived
thanks to Bruce's 3830Scores.com facility. The Adventure Radio Society events have
always been focused on a few guiding principles: (1) QRP CW, at 5 watts output is
enough power to get the job done (mandatory). (2) Running at station at a portable
location is encouraged (but not mandatory). (3) Minimalistic homebrewed or kit
built rigs are encouraged (but not mandatory). |
