HENLEYFIELD - Operating this year with a new callsign, the Pearl River County Amateur Radio Club placed second in category 2A in the 2010 American Radio Relay League Field Day contest. The local club placed fifth overall in the state of Mississippi. Mississippi amateur radio heavyweight Magnolia DX Association - which traditionally leads all entries in the state, had a dual-submission, operating this year in conjunction with Jackson County Amateur Radio Association. The dual team claimed a score of 8,636 operating in classification 4A. The score included 2,423 QSOs and 119 participants. Coming in second overall this year, and claiming first place in classification 2A was the Mississippi State University Amateur Radio Club with a score of 4,058 with 1,471 contacts and nine participants. The Jackson Amateur Radio Club placed third overall and first in classification 3A with 772 QSOs and 85 claimed participants. Coming in fourth overall in Mississippi and first in classification 1E was Curtis Waites of Petal, Ms. His was a one-man operation and earned 3,996 points for his 924 QSOs. In fifth overall and second in classification 2A was the Pearl River County Amateur Radio Club, operating again this year at the Henleyfield Community Center pavilion. The local club claimed 3,404 points and 953 contacts with 22 people participating. The club used the new call sign K5PMS this year and KR5T for the GOTA station. The remainder of the top 20 scores for Mississippi were: Club Name Class Points Jones County ARC 3F 2,742 S.W. Mississippi ARC 1A 2,188 Dixie Amateur Radio Team 3A 2,138 Olive Branch ARC 2A 2,004 Tupelo ARC 2F 1,582 ARC Amite County 3A 1,500 Tishomingo Co. ARC 5AC 1,360 Central MS. ARA 2A 1,350 Larry Morgan 1D 867 Van Richardson 1D 774 MS Coast ARA 3A 754 Charles Anderson 1E 560 Meridian ARC 1F 472 Luther Bishop 1E 402 Central MS Field Unit 2D 258 |