Eric Farm, KK7APK, has carved out the current lead in Weekly Winlink With KE7ADD — WWW-KE7ADD, and Mode Bingo is a big reason why.
Right now Eric is sitting at 88 season points, made up of:
- 43 check-in points
- 40 Mode Bingo points
- 5 points from the KE7ADD RMS seasonal bonus
That means nearly half of his current score has come from working the bingo card instead of simply piling up routine check-ins.
That is exactly what Mode Bingo was designed to do: reward operators for branching out and actually using different communications methods and operating techniques.
The current bingo card includes:
- Winlink VHF VARA
- HF
- Digipeater
- ICS Form
- Winlink VHF Packet
- Battery Power
- Portable
- APRS
- VarAC
Any three completed squares in a straight line — horizontal, vertical, or diagonal — earn 5 points. With eight possible lines on the card, there are up to 40 bingo points available each month.
Eric has now demonstrated just how much those points can matter.
The current standings also show W7WVF at 80 points, so this is becoming a pretty tight race at the top.
If you have been checking in the same way every week, it may be time to look at your bingo card and try something different!
Rules, Mode Bingo details, and current Winlink template:
https://ke7add.us/weekly-winlink-with-ke7add/
Live Leaderboard:
https://ke7add.us/www-ke7add-leaderboard/
Congratulations, Eric — KK7APK — on putting Mode Bingo to work and taking the lead!
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