[nrv-hams] VA QSO Party next weekend

[ksterne]

Hello all,


Thank you Kay for pointing on the VAQP next weekend and especially for 
mentioning mobiles.  As I have done in the past, I'll be out and about 
driving around to a few of those harder to get counties and cities.  
They've posted my e-mail on the pre-part tidbits, but here's my plan:

Wythe, Smyth, Washington, Bristol City, Scott, Lee, Norton City, Wise, 
Dickenson, Russell, and Tazewell on day one

and then

Radford City, Floyd, Franklin, Roanoke County, Roanoke City, Salem 
City, Craig, Covington, Allegheny, Lexington, Rockbridge, and Buena 
Vista on day two.

I'll be operating phone only, mostly on 40 and 20 meters.

I hope to hear you on the air!

73,

-Kevin, KJ4OAP



On 2015-03-14 11:37, Kay Craigie wrote:
> The 2015 Virginia QSO Party will be next weekend. The hours are 1400 
> UTC on
> March 21 to 0200 on March 22, and again from 1200 to 2400 UTC on 
> March 22.
> Local time, that's 10 AM to 10 PM on Saturday and 8 AM to 8 PM on 
> Sunday.
> The contest web site is at
> www.qsl.net/sterling/VA_QSO_Party/2015_VQP/2015_VQP_Main.html.
>
> The exchange is a sequential QSO number and (for us Virginians) our 
> county
> or independent city. Out of state operators will send the QSO number 
> and
> their USA state abbreviation, Canadian province abbreviation, or 
> "DX."
>
> There are official 3-letter abbreviations for the counties and 
> independent
> cities. This is posted on the contest web site at
> 
> www.qsl.net/sterling/VA_QSO_Party/2015_VQP/2015_VQP_Counties&Cities.html. 
> Be
> sure to learn the correct abbreviation for your location. Independent
> cities' abbreviations always end with X. That's how you can tell, 
> say,
> Roanoke County (ROA) from Roanoke City (ROX). The confusing pair is 
> Fairfax
> County (FFX) and Fairfax City (FXX).
>
> Virginia hams can work everybody else. Out of state hams work only
> Virginians. We can work stations once per band/mode unless they or we 
> change
> counties or independent cities. In that case we can work again. For 
> example,
> I could work Carter N3AO on 40 meters phone and again on 40 meters CW 
> and
> again on 40 meters digital. If I am operating mobile and go from 
> Montgomery
> County to Radford City, I could work him again on all 3 modes on 40 
> meters
> from Radford, and do it all over again if I go to Floyd.
>
> Mobile operators travel to various counties and independent cities, 
> so
> listen carefully to find out if you can work the station over again 
> because
> the operator has moved. The mobile operators appreciate repeat 
> business as
> they change locations.
>
> On CW and digital you'll hear people calling CQ VQP or CQ VA.
>
> This is the contest where we Virginians are the most popular kids in 
> school.
> Some of our counties here in the southwest are not chock full of 
> hams, so
> even a short time on the air will help other people who are in it for 
> a
> serious score.
>
> Get on the air and have fun on the bands! 73 - Kay N3KN
>
>
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