Shore Points Amateur Radio Club

2014-15 Winter Radio Giveaway Contest

The prize for this contest will be a Baofeng Pofung GT-3 Mark-II (or equivalent), a compact dual band UHF/VHF Handheld Transceiver that includes a special VHF band to receive the regular FM broadcast band.

The prize is being supplied by the Shore Points Amateur Radio Club.

Each participant in the contest will be eligible to win this prize.

The prize for this contest will awarded by a drawing that will commence at 8:00 PM on January 15, 2015 at our regularly scheduled club meeting.

Chances for the drawing will be earned by checking into the SPARC 985 Wednesday night nets.

One chance will be awarded to each participant checking in with their personal call sign for each net they check in to starting with the net on November 15, 2014. This will continue for each Wednesday night net up to and including the net on January 14, 2015. In the event that the repeater on 146.985 MHz goes off the air the net (or nets) will be continued on the SPARC repeater on 443.250 MHz.

This will be a total of 11 nets over the course of 11 weeks, allowing each participant the opportunity to accumulate as many as, and a maximum of, 11 chances in the drawing.

A minimum of four chances will have to be earned in order to be included in the drawing. This means that you will have to check into at least four Wednesday night nets during this time period in order to qualify to win the radio.

Attendance at our meeting the night of the drawing is encouraged, but will not be required to win a prize in this contest.

The winner of the drawing for the prize will immediately be announced on the club repeater on 146.985 MHz. In the event that the winner of the drawing is not in attendance at the meeting, he or she will have two minutes (that's 120 seconds) to respond on this frequency in order to claim their prize. If the winner does not respond in that time, another drawing will immediately be held from the remaining chances. This will continue until a winner is present or claims their prize on the air within two minutes of it being announced.

Once the drawing for the prize is complete, the winners will be awarded their prizes by a club officer. If the winner or winners are not present, arrangements will be made for the prizes to be personally presented to the winners by a club officer at a time and place of mutual convenience.