[NLRS] Minnesota QSO Party

[W0ZQ at aol.com]

Tomorrow, Saturday, Feb 4, from 8:00 am to 6:00 pm local, is the Minnesota  
QSO Party.  Minnesota stations work everyone, everyone works Minnesota  
stations.   Minnesota stations send your name and county while  non-Minnesota 
stations send their name and State, Province, or  Country.    You can work a station 
once per mode  per band (so for example, you can work W0ZQ on 2m CW and 2m  SS
B).   
 
This is a very relaxing and very fun event !    Please plan  on getting on 
and making a few contact through the day.   Make sure  you indicate NLRS on your 
log as this is also a club event.
 
On HF,  CW activity will be centered on 1.850, 3.550, 7.050, 14.050,  21.050, 
and 28.050, while on SSB it will be centered on 1.870, 3.850, 7.250,  14.270, 
21.350, 28.450.    
 
On VHF, look for activity on the calling frequencies and spread out from  
there.   Remember that you can make a SSB and a CW contact on each  band.    
 
Full rules, including the three letter CW abbreviations for the MN  counties, 
can be found at _http://w0aa.org/mnqp_2006.htm_ 
(http://w0aa.org/mnqp_2006.htm)  .    Make sure you check out the MnQP Rover Activation Maps and the MnQP 
APRS  Webserver links .... neat stuff.
 
Click on _http://mwa.ekarg.com/_ (http://mwa.ekarg.com/)  and  check out the 
W0ZQ/mobile route.   I plan to operate near 14.050 and  7.050 during most of 
the day .... 40m will be our best chance to work inside of  MN and locally.   I 
will also be operating near 3.550 towards the end  of the contest when 
conditions go long on 20.   
 
Everyone, get on and spend a few hours in this fun event.   
 
PS:  Look for Mel, KC0P, on 6, 2, and 432 during the morning hours  .... work 
him a bunch and take home the very nice MnQP VHF award !
 
73, Jon
W0ZQ


Come and join us here in Bloomington, Minnesota, home of  the Mall of 
America, July 27 & 28, 2006 for the 40th annual Central States  VHF Society 
Conference hosted once again by the NLRS.