[nrv-hams] Virginia QSO Party is this month

Wed Mar 6 11:32:09 EST 2013

Hi Kevin,

Way to go with your plans for the VA QSO Party. I hope to work you many
times, as you move from new county to new county.
If the weather is good, I may go portable out in Giles County somewhere,
hoping to run QRP with my Elecraft K2 rig; on SSB at 10 Watts somewhere near
or on 7.230; and on CW at 5 Watts on or near 7.043.
If no takers, I will try 20M, CW on 14.060+/- and/or on SSB on 14.225+/-.
Good luck in the contest.
73,
Carter N3AO

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:nrv-hams-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Kevin Sterne
Sent: March 05, 2013 9:26 PM
To: nrv-hams at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [nrv-hams] Virginia QSO Party is this month

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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