[FCARC] Ohio State Parks on the Air (with club cookout)

[Craig Szczublewski]

First, I will not be available that weekend, so I am turning the organization 
over to Bryan (KB8ELG) who has run in the contest for many years along with me, 
and understands the format.

Event: Ohio State Parks on the Air & FCARC end of summer Cookout!
Date/Time: September 10th, 2016 12:00pm to 8:00pm, cookout around 2:00pm (setup 
starting at 10:00am)
Location: Marzolf Shelter House, Harrison Lake State Park
Contact: Bryan - KB8ELG (kb8elg at hotmail.com)

The Ohio State Parks on the Air contest is September 10th from 12:00pm to 8:00pm 
with a goal of working as many state parks in Ohio as possible on HF Phone. 
Contest rules can be found at the OSPOTA website:

http://www.ospota.org/ospota/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/OSPOTA-Rules2016-1Dec15.pdf

We will be running under the club call-sign K8BXQ.  Please coordinate with Bryan 
(KB8ELG) if you plan on bringing out a rig and antenna.  Given the nature of the 
contest, there are very limited usable bands.  However, this is a great 
opportunity to experiment with operator "shifts" and spotting radios, something 
we don't get to do in bigger contest like Field Day.  If you plan on operating, 
download and print the following:

     Rules: 
http://www.ospota.org/ospota/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/OSPOTA-Rules2016-1Dec15.pdf
     Log Sheet: 
http://www.ospota.org/ospota/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/OSPOTA-LogSheet-1Dec2015.pdf
     Park Map: 
http://www.ospota.org/ospota/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/OhioStateParksMap-2016.pdf
     Park Codes: 
http://www.ospota.org/ospota/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/OSPOTA-Identifiers-2016-15Dec15.pdf

Whoever will be filing the report (I'm looking at you KB8ELG) will need the 
summary sheet as well:

http://www.ospota.org/ospota/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/OSPOTA-Summary-2016-15Dec15.pdf

Remember, distance is not your friend in this contest.  You are trying to make 
QSOs to other State Parks in Ohio.  There will be other parties also trying to 
contact Harrison Lake, and those are all good for points, but the good 
multipliers are the other Parks.

The cookout we have had the past few years is a fun time, so we are replaying 
the schedule again, and all club members and their families are welcome to come 
out.  We are planning on grilling up cheeseburgers and hotdogs, and will provide 
some side salads and chips as well.  We also have a lot of soda left over from 
the Hamfest/Field Day, so no need to bring beverages.  If you are planning on 
coming out, please RSVP to kb8elg at hotmail.com!

Be sure to take lots of pictures, I can get these aggregated and posted to the 
club Flickr account

Harrison Lake/Marzolf Shelter: https://goo.gl/maps/5ert4



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Craig Szczublewski - KD8KBU