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Name the W1HQ Mascot
Breen with the as-yet unnamed W1HQ mascot. If you have a good G-rated name for our snake, please send it via e-mail to
w1hqsnake@arrl.org. [S. Khrystyne Keane, K1SFA, Photo]
Membership Manager Katie Breen, W1KRB, and Contest Branch Manager Sean Kutzko, KX9X, get on the air at W1HQ. [S. Khrystyne Keane, K1SFA, Photo]
W1HQ, the Laird Campbell Memorial HQ Operators Club, has a mascot in need of a name. Membership Manager Katie Breen, W1KRB, purchased the six-foot long stuffed yellow-green toy snake as a way to make the refurbished station a bit friendlier.
Breen said, "In addition to the physical upgrades to W1HQ, we realized that it is our club -- therefore it should be fun too! It just seemed so natural to have a mascot for our club station. The snake comes in handy when stressed out trying to get that DX that is just out of reach! With all the serious sides of ham radio, it's important to remember that it is fun -- and not to take ourselves too seriously sometimes!"
Breen and the rest of the W1HQ team are calling on the Amateur Radio community to help give the as-yet unnamed snake a name: "We encourage all amateurs to submit a name for the snake. We will get together and go over all the entries to choose the best one and announce the winner at our W1HQ special event around the first of April."
“I will be blogging again and posting YouTube videos of the event,” Breen said. “We’ll announce the winner over the air, on the blog and in video, too.” She previously blogged the Hello-Live! event and the W1AW HF Open House.
The contributor of the winning entry will receive their choice of a current edition of The ARRL Operating Manual, The ARRL Handbook for Radio Communications or The ARRL Antenna Book. All entries should be family-friendly (G-rated) and sent via e-mail.
Page last modified: 10:57 AM, 21 Feb 2008 ET
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