Hello all, Back by popular request- March Polar Bear Moonlight Madness! We had so many ops say they missed us up on Pulpit Rock on the AT that we have decided to run one more Polar Bear Moonlight Madness Event this year. These are the Polar Bears on board to date: NK8Q, K3YTR and WA3WSJ. If any other ops would like to participate in this event, please email me. The next full moon is Friday, March 25th and it's called a "Worm Moon." There's another wrinkle to this one. If any op works us from another mountain top, you will receive a special activator certificate, Polar Bear Number and be eligible to purchase a Polar Bear Baseball Cap. This is a unique cap and not many ops will have one of these. By wearing the Polar Bear Cap, others will know you have braved the winter cold and operated from a mountain top under a full moon! So if you plan to operate as a Polar Bear from a mountain top, please email me and I will add you to the list of Polar Bear Ops for the March Polar Bear Moonlight Madness Event.
The name for the full moon in March is " Full Worm Moon." The Full Worm Moon in March occurs on Friday, March 25th at 3:58pm. I think I'll operate from Pulpit Rock that evening. I hope to "talk" to the coyotes again. The rain date is Saturday, March 26th and there is no snow date as we Polar Bears just love snow! Full Worm - March Moon As the temperature begins to warm and the ground begins to thaw, earthworm casts appear, heralding the return of the robins. The more northern tribes knew this Moon as the Full Crow Moon, when the cawing of crows signaled the end of winter; or the Full Crust Moon, because the snow cover becomes crusted from thawing by day and freezing at night. The Full Sap Moon, marking the time of tapping maple trees, is another variation. To the settlers, it was also known as the Lenten Moon, and was considered to be the last full Moon of winter. For additional information please go to: http://www.wa3wsj.com/files/PolarBear2005.html 72, Ed, WA3WSJ Polar Bear # 1 _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
