[nrv-hams] Virginia QSO Party is this month

[Kevin Sterne]

Hello!


As Kay pointed out and you can see on the SPARC's website, here's my 
rough plans for mobiling during the QSO party:

Day one of VAQP:
Halifax (HAL)
Charlotte (CHA)
Prince Edward (PRE)
Cumberland (CUM)
Powhatan (POW)
Amelia (AME)
Nottoway (NOT)
Dinwiddie (DIN)
Sussex (SUS)
South Hampton (SHA)
Emporia (EMX)
Greensville (GVL)
Brunswick (BRW)
Lunenurg (LUN)
Mecklenburg (MEC)

Day two of VAQP:
Danville (DAX)
Pittsylvania Co. (PIT)
Martinsville (MVX)
Henry Co.  (HRY)
Patrick Co. (PAT)
Floyd Co. (FLO)
Montgomery Co. (MON)
Radford City (RAX)
Pulaski (PUL)
Wythe (WYT)
Bland (BLA)

I haven't timed everything out, so I may not get to ones at the end of
the list on each day if I run out of time.  I do plan to sit and operate 
some from each county I get to.  I'll have the traditional APRS on every 
once in a while, though the coverage might not be that great.  We'll 
have most of the bands from 80m to 2m going and chasing propagation.

I hope to catch you on the air!

-Kevin, KJ4OAP


On 03/05/2013 03:59 PM, Kay Craigie wrote:
> Unless someone is very new in ham radio, the prospect of working a Virginia
> station doesn't create much excitement. Wyoming, we're not. One weekend of
> the year, however, we are the cool kids everybody wants to talk to. The
> Virginia QSO Party, sponsored by the Sterling Park ARC, brings out all sorts
> of hams who want to work us.
>
> The contest time period is Saturday, 16 March 1400 UTC - Sunday, 17 March
> 0200 UTC and Sunday, 17 March 1200 UTC - 2400 UTC. For Virginians, this is
> Saturday 10 AM - 10 PM and Sunday 8 AM - 8 PM Virginia local time.
>
> The exchange is a serial number and your county or independent city for
> Virginia stations. Stations not in Virginia will send a serial number and
> their state, Canadian province, or "DX" if they're outside the USA and
> Canada. The list of official Virginia county abbreviations is posted on the
> QSO Party web site at
> http://www.qsl.net/sterling/VA_QSO_Party/2013_VQP/2013_VQP_Main.html. Know
> what your city or county's abbreviation is, because somebody is bound to ask
> you.
>
> Contacts are not to be made on repeaters or on 12, 17, and 30 meters.
>
> We can work a station only once per band / mode, unless the station has
> moved to a different city / county. Mobile and Expedition stations will
> indicate their location by appending the official abbreviation to their
> callsigns, so we will know if it's okay to call them again. For example, if
> I work N3AO/MON on 40 meters SSB but later hear him calling CQ on 40 meters
> SSB as N3AO/GIL, I know that he has moved from Montgomery County to Giles
> County, and I can work him again on the same band / mode.
>
> One member of the Virginia Tech ARA has an ambitious plan to operate from a
> bunch of counties. Listen for Kevin KJ4OAP mobile. I assume that's the
> callsign he will be using.
>
> Why do people from outside the state play in our contest? Some do it just
> because it's fun. I get into a lot of state QSO parties for that reason.
> Other people do it to work Virginia counties. There's an award for
> confirming all the 3000-plus counties in the USA, and state QSO parties are
> good opportunities to work lots of counties.
>
> Last year I operated only on 40 and 80 meters. If I really wanted to go for
> a big score, I would call CQ on 10, 15, and/or 20 meters to pick up more
> states. That's a lot like work, so I tend to stay on 40 and 80 and (if I
> stay awake that long) 160 meters where it's easier to find contacts.
>
> Counties and cities in our part of the state are not that easy to work in
> the contest, so if you can be on the air just for a little while you can
> make some people happy.
>
> Have fun in the Virginia QSO Party! 73 - Kay N3KN
>
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