Winlink to Win Week

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As part of Emergency Preparedness Week and to encourage radio operators to practice their Winlink skills, VECTOR is excited to host a “Winlink to Win Week” contest.

How to Participate

Send a General Bulletin message to VA7COV using Winlink. Address your message for “VECTOR”, coming from your callsign. The subject should include the phrase “Winlink to Win”. In the body of your message, tell us a bit about how you’re sending the message (i.e., over UHF packet, or VARA FM; using Winlink Express, or WoAD, or Pat; etc.)

Participants are encouraged to send messages by radio modes rather than telnet. VECTOR operates a VA7EOC-10 Winlink gateway on both VHF (145.600 MHz) and UHF (441.025 MHz) that supports both Packet Winlink and VARA FM.

The contest runs from May 4th, 2025 at 00:00 until May 10th, 2025 at 23:59 Pacific Daylight Time.

Contest Rules

  1. Your message must meet the aforementioned criteria to qualify for entry.

  2. You must be a VECTOR member in good standing to be eligible for the draw. Contest organizers (VA7DPO) are excluded from the draw.

  3. Each participant is eligible for only one submission. Multiple messages for the sake of practice are encouraged, but will only be counted once per callsign.

  4. Submissions by radio will receive 5 entries into the draw, submissions by telnet will receive 3 entries into the draw. If you send multiple messages by both telnet and radio, the radio message will be counted for entry purposes.

  5. The draw shall be a random drawing of callsign during the June member meeting.

Prize

The winner of the draw will win an Anker Zolo Power Bank. This 10,000 mAh power bank supports 30 W charging over USB-C to keep your phone or radio recharged quickly while on the go.