[NLRS] Minnesota QSO Party

[Jon Platt]

And now a plug for a really fun HF event.    
VHFers, unplug those IF rigs and connect them to some wires!  The Minnesota QSO Party is this Saturday, Feb 7th, running from 8:00 AM until 6:00 PM, 160 through 10m, phone and CW.  Sorry, no digital.  For Minnesota based stations you send your first name and county, like "Jon in Hennepin".   Its important that you call "CQ Minnesota QSO Party" as the non-Minnesota stations will be hunting for you.  Stations outside of Minnesota reply will reply their first name and their state/province like "Jane in West Virginia".   Full rules and a bunch of information can be found on the MWA website at MN QSO Party – Minnesota Wireless Association
On that same website, the sites Planned Activity Map shows that 72 of our 87 counties have planned operations.  The remaining counties that currently don't have any known planned active stations are Big Stone, Clearwater, Cook, Houston, Kittson, Koochiching, Lake of the Woods, Mahnomen, Marshall, Norman, Polk, Red Lake, Scott, and Traverse. 
If you know of a local club, or a group, in those counties that may like to play in this fun relaxed event drop them a note.  The weather looks to be good for Minnesota pretty much state wide.  As all MN stations are running 100 watts or less, there is lots of room for "weaker" mobiles and portable stations to play.   You can be rare DX by activating one of these unclaimed counties with 100 watts and a hamstick or portable dipole; think POTA.   In fact, you can activate a POTA location AND collect a MnQP log.  
73, JonW0ZQ
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