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Texas 2 Meter Shoot Out!!

Lion's Field Off Broadway near Brackenridge Park

Saturday, May 10, 2008
10:00 AM

Check out the 2007 Pictures On Saturday, May 10, 2008 at 10 AM, the RADIO OPERATORS OF SOUTH TEXAS (ROOST) will hold a TWO-METER TEXAS "SHOOT OUT" where amateur antenna builders will compete to see who has built the best home-brew antenna in seven different categories. Winners will hold "bragging rights" for a year, until the next "shoot out". Anyone, ham or non-ham, may enter or attend.

There is NO entry fee to compete. Those who wish to be a part of this contest will abide by the simple rules:  your antenna cannot be a commercial product that you've assembled or reassembled, ie, kit.  It must be an antenna you've built using basic building materials such as wire, coax and connectors, metal tubing, wood, foil, brazing rods, PVC, insulators - whatever you can put to use.  It's perfectly acceptable to use any antenna design you find in a publication such as QST, CQ, League publications or the internet.  You're welcome to enlist the help of your friends, such as other hams or guys with incredible machine shops.  Just be sure your entry is not a commercial antenna.

Antennas entered last year include a beam made of brass brazing rods, a tape measure beam, a four element quad, a 300? twinlead j-pole, and a 2 element phased vertical ground plane.  A bicycle chain dipole was entered by KI4ENY and took 1st Place Kitchen Sink. 
The judges determinations are final. There will be SEVEN categories:

• Single element Vertical - Technician Class/Non-Ham
• Single element Vertical - General Class or higher
• Multi-element Vertical - Technician Class/Non-ham
• Multi-element Vertical - General Class or higher 
• Multi-element Beam * - Technician Class/Non-Ham
• Multi-element Beam * - General Class or higher
• Kitchen Sink - Anything Goes - If you can get it to the range, you can enter it
• Commercial - Technician Class/Non-Ham or higher

* Beams will be limited to 5 elements maximum.

Think about it, folks........anybody who enters is a winner.  They go home with a slick antenna they didn't have before the contest and they've learned a heck of a lot in the process.  Personal satisfaction alone makes the contest a worthy endeavor.  GET BUSY!