Hi friends,
The citizens of Stone County will celebrate its 100th birthday in May 2016. There will be many activities taking place throughout the year. Stone County, Mississippi was the last home and burial place of Major League Baseball Hall of Famer Jay Hanna "Dizzy" Dean. He and his wife Patricia Nash Dean, lived at their beautiful homeplace called "Deanash" until their deaths. They are buried in nearby Bond Cemetery , which is just north of Wiggins. It is also the home of Flint Creek Water Park, part of the Pat Harrison Waterway District. The Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College "Bulldogs" is also located here in our county.
The Stone County Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES) group will be operating special event station, K5STO, to commemorate the centennial anniversary beginning May 1, 2016 at 0001Z and ending May 31, 2016 at 2359Z. We will be using our ARES station call sign, K5STO.
Operating frequencies for our special event will be on SSB close to 3.862 (80M), 7.210 (40m), 14.280 (20m), and 18.158 (17m). Other frequencies and modes may be used as well and will be posted on the DX clusters. Our special event operation will continue through December 31, 2016 with a random and varied schedule, just to give other stations the opportunity to work Stone County and to showcase the year long centennial celebration.
There are approximately 8 active ham operators on HF in Stone County. It would be a great time work Stone County for CQ Worked All Counties or other awards. It's not a rare county but sometimes difficult to find us.
For contact confirmation with a special 3.5" x 5.5" Stone County Centennial QSL card, please send your QSL card with a # 6-3/4, #9 or #10 SASE to:
K5STO Stone County ARES Group
P.O. Box 25
Wiggins, MS 39577
K5STO Centennial QSL cards are now being processed and sent to those contacts who sent us an SASE. We will also be operating the K5STO Special Event station with a varied schedule throughout the remainder of the year.
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The new K5STO QSL card......
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We are now sending out the K5STO Centennial QSL card to those contacts that sent an SASE.
Please send me an email if you would like any information.
CLICK HERE for the interesting history of STONE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI
Operators for our special event station are:
KF5UJD - DAVID........N5UDK - TIM........K5DRI - BOBBY........N5YAB - RONNIE
N5FG - FLOYD..........KG5AOS - TIM.........K5CBS - CECIL........KG5KWM - JOE
A BIG THANK YOU to these men
for taking time to operate our special event station throughout the year.......
The Stone County Economic Development Partnership (EDP) sponsored a Day at the Courthouse on Saturday, May 14. The Stone County ARES Group setup and operated Special Event Amateur Radio Station, K5STO, from the courthouse grounds. Ops were KF5UJD - David, KG5KWM - Joe, KG5AOS - Tim, K5DRI - Bobby, K5CBS - Cecil and support from N5UDK - Tim and N5YAB - Ronnie. THANKS to all these good folks for their help. Several people stopped by the tent to inquire about ham radio and see what we were doing.
I hope we can have a great, once in a lifetime event and can make thousands of contacts in 2016 and we look forward to working you.
Have a Blessed Day.....
73,
Cecil, K5CBS