From aa3b.bud at gmail.com Mon Oct 1 15:55:42 2018 From: aa3b.bud at gmail.com (Bud Trench) Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2018 15:55:42 -0400 Subject: [PaQSO] 2018 Pa QSO Party Operating Plans as of 1 Oct 2018 Message-ID: <007001d459c0$bce3b6e0$36ab24a0$@gmail.com> The following is a summary of 2018 PA QSO Party operating plans I have seen as of 10/1/18. Please share additions or corrections and please be sure to provide the call you will use. The next update will be provided on 10/7/18. 73, Bud AA3B 58 of 67 counties appear on the list. No plans have been provided for the following counties: ALL, ARM, BRA, CHE, CUM, DCO, GRE, PHI, TIO Fixed & Portable Stations Cty Call Notes ADA WA3WSJ BEA N3SD BED KB3UVG BER AA3B Single Op, HP, 160-6M, SSB/CW/RTTY BER NE3F Multi Op, SSB BUX W2GD CW CAR K3NG QRP CAR K3PP CEN N3LI Bonus Station, Multi Op CLI WQ3N CMB K3HCR Multi Op, 80-20M, 2M, SSB/CW. K3HCR, W3WH, K3VX CRA W3ZX ELK KE3FO ERI W3GV FAY AA3EE FOR K3FRT FOR K3MD Multi Op, HP, 80-10M, SSB/CW FRA AB3AH FUL/FRA County line FUL AB3AH FUL/FRA County line HUN NA3F SSB/CW HUN NA3V INN N3VFK JEF KD8MQ LAC N3RUM SSB LAN KD3K LAN N3AD Single Op, HP, 160-10M, SSB/CW LAN N3NTJ Single Op, 80-10M, SSB LAW KJ3X Single Op LEH N3VZ Multi Op, 160-10M, SSB/CW/RTTY/PSK LEH NY3B LP, SSB/CW/Digital LYC KC3KWA Single Op, LP, 160-10M, SSB/CW MCK KD3D MCK W3VV MGY K3HW 160-6M, SSB/CW/Digital MGY N3HWH Single Op, LP MIF N3SW QRP, SSB/CW, Saturday MTR N3JIX SSB/Digital MTR W3GY Single Op, LP, 160-20M NHA NS3L 160-2M, SSB/CW/RTTY NHA W3OK Multi Op, 160-10M, SSB/CW/RTTY/PSK POT K3CC SCH KC3BSA Multi Op, LP, 160-10M, SSB & CW SOM N3BLS SOM N3XF SOM/WES County Line. HP, 80-20M, 6M, SSB/CW SUL W3ZR SUS N3UPM VEN KN3O Single Op, QRP, 80-20M, 160, 15, 10M tentative WAS N3TIR Multi Op, HP, 160-2M, SSB/CW/Digital WAS WA3TD Multi Op, LP, 80-20 + 6M. WA3TD, W3TD, K3TD WAY N3PEC WES K3MJW Multi Op, HP WES N3XF SOM/WES County Line. HP, 80-20M, 6M, SSB/CW YOR K3IEC Multi Op, 80-2M, SSB/CW/Digital, Saturday 14z to 19z Mobile and Rover Routes Cty Call Notes CMB K0BAK/R SAT - SSB BLA K0BAK/R SAT BED K0BAK/R SAT SOM K0BAK/R SAT FUL K0BAK/R SAT HUN K0BAK/R SAT FRA K0BAK/R SAT MIF K0BAK/R SUN JUN K0BAK/R SUN PER K0BAK/R SUN DAU K0BAK/R SUN LEB K0BAK/R SUN LAN K0BAK/R SUN BER K0BAK/R SUN ERI KC3DRZ/M SAT - Multi Op, LP, 80-20M, SSB WAR KC3DRZ/M SAT MCK KC3DRZ/M SAT ELK KC3DRZ/M SAT CLE KC3DRZ/M SAT JEF KC3DRZ/M SAT CLA KC3DRZ/M SAT VEN KC3DRZ/M SAT BUT KC3DRZ/M SAT LAW KC3DRZ/M SAT MER KC3DRZ/M SAT CRA KC3DRZ/M SAT CRA N2CU/M 80-10M, SSB/CW VEN N2CU/M CLA N2CU/M FOR N2CU/M WAR N2CU/M ELK N2CU/M CRN N2CU/M POT N2CU/M MCK N2CU/M UNI KA3QLF/R SAT - Multi Op, LP, SSB/CW. KA3QLF, N3KAE, N3XLS SNY KA3QLF/R SAT NUM KA3QLF/R SAT COL KA3QLF/R SAT SCH KA3QLF/R SAT WYO KA3QLF/R SAT LUZ KA3QLF/R SUN LAC KA3QLF/R SUN WAY KA3QLF/R SUN MOE KA3QLF/R SUN PIK KA3QLF/R SUN WAR W3CG/R SAT - Multi Op, SSB/CW, 80-20M. N3KZI, WA3A, AA2AD W3CG/R SUN - To be determined based on need in NW quadrant Out of State Sec Call Notes SFL AA4GT 20M From aa3b.bud at gmail.com Mon Oct 1 16:01:29 2018 From: aa3b.bud at gmail.com (Bud Trench) Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2018 16:01:29 -0400 Subject: [PaQSO] 2018 Pa QSO Party Operating Plans as of 1 Oct 2018 Message-ID: <009301d459c1$8b2b54e0$a181fea0$@gmail.com> The following is a summary of 2018 PA QSO Party operating plans I have seen as of 10/1/18. Please share additions or corrections and please be sure to provide the call you will use. The next update will be provided on 10/7/18. 73, Bud AA3B 58 of 67 counties appear on the list. No plans have been provided for the following counties: ALL, ARM, BRA, CHE, CUM, DCO, GRE, PHI, TIO Fixed & Portable Stations Cty Call Notes ADA WA3WSJ BEA N3SD BED KB3UVG BER AA3B Single Op, HP, 160-6M, SSB/CW/RTTY BER NE3F Multi Op, SSB BUX W2GD CW CAR K3NG QRP CAR K3PP CEN N3LI Bonus Station, Multi Op CLI WQ3N CMB K3HCR Multi Op, 80-20M, 2M, SSB/CW. K3HCR, W3WH, K3VX CRA W3ZX ELK KE3FO ERI W3GV FAY AA3EE FOR K3FRT FOR K3MD Multi Op, HP, 80-10M, SSB/CW FRA AB3AH FUL/FRA County line FUL AB3AH FUL/FRA County line HUN NA3F SSB/CW HUN NA3V INN N3VFK JEF KD8MQ LAC N3RUM SSB LAN KD3K LAN N3AD Single Op, HP, 160-10M, SSB/CW LAN N3NTJ Single Op, 80-10M, SSB LAW KJ3X Single Op LEH N3VZ Multi Op, 160-10M, SSB/CW/RTTY/PSK LEH NY3B LP, SSB/CW/Digital LYC KC3KWA Single Op, LP, 160-10M, SSB/CW MCK KD3D MCK W3VV MGY K3HW 160-6M, SSB/CW/Digital MGY N3HWH Single Op, LP MIF N3SW QRP, SSB/CW, Saturday MTR N3JIX SSB/Digital MTR W3GY Single Op, LP, 160-20M NHA NS3L 160-2M, SSB/CW/RTTY NHA W3OK Multi Op, 160-10M, SSB/CW/RTTY/PSK POT K3CC SCH KC3BSA Multi Op, LP, 160-10M, SSB & CW SOM N3BLS SOM N3XF SOM/WES County Line. HP, 80-20M, 6M, SSB/CW SUL W3ZR SUS N3UPM VEN KN3O Single Op, QRP, 80-20M, 160, 15, 10M tentative WAS N3TIR Multi Op, HP, 160-2M, SSB/CW/Digital WAS WA3TD Multi Op, LP, 80-20 + 6M. WA3TD, W3TD, K3TD WAY N3PEC WES K3MJW Multi Op, HP WES N3XF SOM/WES County Line. HP, 80-20M, 6M, SSB/CW YOR K3IEC Multi Op, 80-2M, SSB/CW/Digital, Saturday 14z to 19z Mobile and Rover Routes Cty Call Notes CMB K0BAK/R SAT - SSB BLA K0BAK/R SAT BED K0BAK/R SAT SOM K0BAK/R SAT FUL K0BAK/R SAT HUN K0BAK/R SAT FRA K0BAK/R SAT MIF K0BAK/R SUN JUN K0BAK/R SUN PER K0BAK/R SUN DAU K0BAK/R SUN LEB K0BAK/R SUN LAN K0BAK/R SUN BER K0BAK/R SUN ERI KC3DRZ/M SAT - Multi Op, LP, 80-20M, SSB WAR KC3DRZ/M SAT MCK KC3DRZ/M SAT ELK KC3DRZ/M SAT CLE KC3DRZ/M SAT JEF KC3DRZ/M SAT CLA KC3DRZ/M SAT VEN KC3DRZ/M SAT BUT KC3DRZ/M SAT LAW KC3DRZ/M SAT MER KC3DRZ/M SAT CRA KC3DRZ/M SAT CRA N2CU/M 80-10M, SSB/CW VEN N2CU/M CLA N2CU/M FOR N2CU/M WAR N2CU/M ELK N2CU/M CRN N2CU/M POT N2CU/M MCK N2CU/M UNI KA3QLF/R SAT - Multi Op, LP, SSB/CW. KA3QLF, N3KAE, N3XLS SNY KA3QLF/R SAT NUM KA3QLF/R SAT COL KA3QLF/R SAT SCH KA3QLF/R SAT WYO KA3QLF/R SAT LUZ KA3QLF/R SUN LAC KA3QLF/R SUN WAY KA3QLF/R SUN MOE KA3QLF/R SUN PIK KA3QLF/R SUN WAR W3CG/R SAT - Multi Op, SSB/CW, 80-20M. N3KZI, WA3A, AA2AD W3CG/R SUN - To be determined based on need in NW quadrant Out of State Sec Call Notes SFL AA4GT 20M From kb3orr at comcast.net Tue Oct 2 20:07:55 2018 From: kb3orr at comcast.net (kb3orr at comcast.net) Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2018 20:07:55 -0400 Subject: [PaQSO] Plaque Sponsorship Payment Message-ID: <009601d45aad$28a41130$79ec3390$@comcast.net> Hello Everyone, With the change in the party this year, what is the proper way to pay for a sponsored plaque? Should I use the donate button at the bottom of the page and specify the $40 as the amount or is there another preferred method? Thank you, -Brian, KB3ORR From leen3lpj at nep.net Tue Oct 2 21:08:52 2018 From: leen3lpj at nep.net (Lee Parsons) Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2018 21:08:52 -0400 Subject: [PaQSO] Club Rules Message-ID: <4ADC839B-80AC-4269-9EB1-9460B9CBF2C7@nep.net> Hi All, I?m Lee Parsons ( N3LPJ ). I have some questions pertaining to club rules. I?m sending the email here because I don?t know where else to send it. I did send it through the website but didn?t get an answer. The Susquehanna County ARC would like to operate in the PaQSO Party as a club and would like to know if the rules are the same as before. Also do we have to send in a roster of the operators and if so where do we send it? Thank You for any information. 73, Lee Parsons President / Susquehanna County Amateur Radio Club From mark.j.schreiner at gmail.com Tue Oct 2 21:44:21 2018 From: mark.j.schreiner at gmail.com (Mark Schreiner) Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2018 21:44:21 -0400 Subject: [PaQSO] Plaque Sponsorship Payment In-Reply-To: <009601d45aad$28a41130$79ec3390$@comcast.net> References: <009601d45aad$28a41130$79ec3390$@comcast.net> Message-ID: Brian, Thanks for chiming in on this. I started an email campaign this past weekend for plaque sponsors. As many of you know, I have helped out Mike, N3LI, for the past several years with this, so it seemed a natural thing for me to carry on with the new organization. As there have been several changes this year and many of the plaques that were previously offered are no longer offered this year. I wanted to contact the sponsors who had sponsored plaques that aligned with this year's first and then I was going to work on the others. Plaques are again being sponsored at $40 per plaque, same as in the past. I think we will be having a special plaque instead of a trophy for the club award, though, with a target cost for that at $80. If sponsoring a plaque, we prefer you would pay via PayPal. We should have this set up on the website by the end of the week, so please hold off until then. There is a page for Plaque Sponsorships with a shopping cart type of a selection for the various plaques. If I've already made arrangements with somebody to sponsor a certain plaque I will let the webmaster know to have it listed as "unavailable" and of course once a plaque is paid for it will be listed as unavailable as well. When paying via PayPal please fill out the "notes" section letting me know who you are and what plaque you sponsored as well. Not counting the Club Competition Award and the Worked All 67 Counties, there are a total of 20 plaques for in-state and 12 plaques for non-PA stations. On behalf of the PA QSO Party Awards Committee ... 73, Mark, NK8Q On Tue, Oct 2, 2018 at 8:08 PM wrote: > Hello Everyone, > > With the change in the party this year, what is the proper way to pay for a > sponsored plaque? Should I use the donate button at the bottom of the page > and specify the $40 as the amount or is there another preferred method? > > Thank you, > > -Brian, KB3ORR > > ______________________________________________________________ > PaQSO mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/paqso > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:PaQSO at mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to mark.j.schreiner at gmail.com > From aa3b.bud at gmail.com Wed Oct 3 13:42:23 2018 From: aa3b.bud at gmail.com (Bud Trench) Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2018 13:42:23 -0400 Subject: [PaQSO] First donation received Message-ID: <003301d45b40$719df980$54d9ec80$@gmail.com> FYI - we received a $100 donation from N3XF. Chip - we can fund the purchase of the SSL cert. Please send me the bill and I will reimburse it. Bud From aa3b.bud at gmail.com Wed Oct 3 14:25:40 2018 From: aa3b.bud at gmail.com (Bud Trench) Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2018 14:25:40 -0400 Subject: [PaQSO] Please ignore my last message Message-ID: <000801d45b46$7dfa21d0$79ee6570$@gmail.com> My last message was sent to the wrong address. Please ignore it. I apologize to N3XF. 73, Bud AA3B From mark.j.schreiner at gmail.com Wed Oct 3 22:06:56 2018 From: mark.j.schreiner at gmail.com (Mark Schreiner) Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2018 22:06:56 -0400 Subject: [PaQSO] Club Rules In-Reply-To: <4ADC839B-80AC-4269-9EB1-9460B9CBF2C7@nep.net> References: <4ADC839B-80AC-4269-9EB1-9460B9CBF2C7@nep.net> Message-ID: Lee, The rules for club competition are the same as previous years. As we no longer accept paper logs and only accept logs in Cabrillo 3.0 format, the club name should be listed by each of your club members who participate in the PA QSO Party when they submit their logs. This field can be manually verified and updated if necessary after the contest and before being submitted. Furthermore, all club members should use the same name of the club so that minor variations do not throw off the automated log checking process. Upon completion of the post-contest log checking process the PA QSO Party Association will contact individual clubs that are in the top tier scores for list of membership/participants for consideration for the Club Competition Award. 73 on behalf of the Awards Committee of the PA QSO Party Association, Mark, NK8Q On Tue, Oct 2, 2018 at 9:09 PM Lee Parsons wrote: > Hi All, > I?m Lee Parsons ( N3LPJ ). I have some questions pertaining to > club rules. I?m sending the email here because I don?t know where else to > send it. I did send it through the website but didn?t get an answer. > The Susquehanna County ARC would like to operate in the PaQSO > Party as a club and would like to know if the rules are the same as > before. Also do we have to send in a roster of the operators and if so > where do we send it? > Thank You for any information. > 73, > Lee Parsons > President / Susquehanna County Amateur Radio Club > ______________________________________________________________ > PaQSO mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/paqso > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:PaQSO at mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to mark.j.schreiner at gmail.com From aa3b.bud at gmail.com Fri Oct 5 11:45:30 2018 From: aa3b.bud at gmail.com (Bud Trench) Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2018 11:45:30 -0400 Subject: [PaQSO] ARM, BRA and GRE Message-ID: <000a01d45cc2$728e0d70$57aa2850$@gmail.com> Does anyone know of any operations from Armstrong, Bradford or Greene counties? 73, Bud AA3B From jimk8mr at aol.com Fri Oct 5 11:49:30 2018 From: jimk8mr at aol.com (jimk8mr at aol.com) Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2018 11:49:30 -0400 Subject: [PaQSO] ARM, BRA and GRE In-Reply-To: <000a01d45cc2$728e0d70$57aa2850$@gmail.com> References: <000a01d45cc2$728e0d70$57aa2850$@gmail.com> Message-ID: <16644eb6a57-1ec3-15e4@webjas-vad159.srv.aolmail.net> I am likely have Armstrong on my mobile route, but at this point I don't know exactly what that route will be. 73 - Jim K8MR -----Original Message----- From: Bud Trench To: PAQSO PARTY Sent: Fri, Oct 5, 2018 11:46 am Subject: [PaQSO] ARM, BRA and GRE Does anyone know of any operations from Armstrong, Bradford or Greene counties? 73, Bud AA3B From dvoorhees at stny.rr.com Fri Oct 5 16:34:20 2018 From: dvoorhees at stny.rr.com (dennis voorhees) Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2018 16:34:20 -0400 Subject: [PaQSO] ARM, BRA and GRE In-Reply-To: <000a01d45cc2$728e0d70$57aa2850$@gmail.com> References: <000a01d45cc2$728e0d70$57aa2850$@gmail.com> Message-ID: <01af8aeb-1baa-38a2-0d2d-92f45fbdb165@stny.rr.com> I think KA3EQU will be active in BRA. I'm out of town that weekend. On 10/5/2018 11:45 AM, Bud Trench wrote: > Does anyone know of any operations from Armstrong, Bradford or Greene > counties? > > > > 73, Bud AA3B > > ______________________________________________________________ > PaQSO mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/paqso > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:PaQSO at mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to dvoorhees at stny.rr.com > From jimk8mr at aol.com Fri Oct 5 21:05:21 2018 From: jimk8mr at aol.com (jimk8mr at aol.com) Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2018 21:05:21 -0400 Subject: [PaQSO] K8MR/M Plans Message-ID: <16646e84f70-1ec0-28a5@webjas-vaa165.srv.aolmail.net> AF8A & I had been hoping to combine the PAQP trip to include a bike ride on Saturday morning, but the weather forecast is presently for overnight temperatures in the low 40s, too cold for pleasant riding. So unless it turns warmer than expected, our planned route is, Saturday only: MER LAW BUT ARM INN CMB SOM BED BLA HUN MIF JUN PER SNY NUM UNI CLI CEN CLE JEF CLA VEN MER 73 - Jim K8MR From mathenyr at marietta.edu Sat Oct 6 12:19:42 2018 From: mathenyr at marietta.edu (Ralph Matheny) Date: Sat, 6 Oct 2018 16:19:42 +0000 Subject: [PaQSO] K8RYU/R Message-ID: My plans still not yet totally resolved, but expect to rover into JUN, ADA, FRA, HUN, maybee PER on Saturday. Sunday FUL, BED, then perhaps FAY, CMB, GRE, SOM and the like on the trip home Sunday. If past experience holds, the only rare ones above are JUN, BED, and of course CMB. I won't drive up to CMB unless there seems to be some need. My operations will be a bit heavy on CW and will include 160M. If the Wx goes really sour I will stay home....Pennsylvania in a rainstorm ain't no fun. de K8RYU From aa3b.bud at gmail.com Sun Oct 7 14:32:56 2018 From: aa3b.bud at gmail.com (Bud Trench) Date: Sun, 7 Oct 2018 14:32:56 -0400 Subject: [PaQSO] 2018 Pa QSO Party Operating Plans as of 7 Oct 2018 Message-ID: <000401d45e6c$2af95810$80ec0830$@gmail.com> The following is a summary of 2018 PA QSO Party operating plans I have seen as of 10/7/18. Please share additions or corrections and please be sure to provide the call you will use. The next update will be provided on 10/10/18. 73, Bud AA3B 66 of 67 counties appear on the list. No plans have been provided for the following counties: BRA Fixed & Portable Stations Cty Call Notes ADA K3DCS ADA WA3WSJ ALL WA3HAE 160-10M, SSB/CW BEA N3SD BED KB3UVG BER AA3B Single Op, HP, 160-6M, SSB/CW/RTTY BER NE3F Multi Op, SSB BUX W2GD CW CAR K3NG QRP CAR K3PP CEN KN3O 40-20M CEN N3LI Bonus Station, Multi Op CHE NZ3O CLI WQ3N CMB K3HCR Multi Op, 80-20M, 2M, SSB/CW. K3HCR, W3WH, K3VX CRA W3ZX CUM W3KP LP DCO K3WA 160-6M, SSB/CW ELK KE3FO ERI W3GV FAY AA3EE FOR K3FRT FOR K3MD Multi Op, HP, 80-10M, SSB/CW FRA AB3AH FUL/FRA County line FRA W3PDW SSB/Digital FUL AB3AH FUL/FRA County line GRE WA3VXJ HUN NA3F SSB/CW HUN NA3V INN N3VFK JEF KD8MQ LAC N3RUM SSB LAN KD3K LAN N3AD Single Op, HP, 160-10M, SSB/CW LAN N3NTJ Single Op, 80-10M, SSB LAW KJ3X Single Op LEB N3RM 160-10M, SSB/CW LEH N3VZ Multi Op, 160-10M, SSB/CW/RTTY/PSK LEH NY3B LP, SSB/CW/Digital LYC KC3KWA Single Op, LP, 160-10M, SSB/CW MCK KD3D MCK W3VV MGY K3HW 160-6M, SSB/CW/Digital MGY N3HWH Single Op, LP MIF N3SW QRP, SSB/CW, Saturday MTR N3JIX SSB/Digital MTR W3GY Single Op, LP, 160-20M NHA NS3L 160-2M, SSB/CW/RTTY NHA W3OK Multi Op, 160-10M, SSB/CW/RTTY/PSK PHI WA3AAN PIK KZ3MW QRP, SSB/RTTY/PSK POT K3CC SCH KC3BSA Multi Op, LP, 160-10M, SSB & CW SOM N3BLS SOM N3XF SOM/WES County Line. HP, 80-20M, 6M, SSB/CW SUL W3ZR SUS KA3EEO Multi Op, 80-10M SSB/CW. KA3EEO, N3RN SUS N3UPM TIO K3WJV WAR N3ZK Multi Op WAS N3TIR Multi Op, HP, 160-2M, SSB/CW/Digital WAS WA3TD Multi Op, LP, 80-20 + 6M. WA3TD, W3TD, K3TD WAY KA3PTF WAY KC3GSV WAY N3PEC WAY WA2CCN WAY WD4GXT WES K3MJW Multi Op, HP WES N3XF SOM/WES County Line. HP, 80-20M, 6M, SSB/CW YOR K3IEC Multi Op, 80-2M, SSB/CW/Digital, Saturday 14z to 19z Mobile and Rover Routes Cty Call Notes CMB K0BAK/R SAT - SSB BLA K0BAK/R SAT BED K0BAK/R SAT SOM K0BAK/R SAT FUL K0BAK/R SAT HUN K0BAK/R SAT FRA K0BAK/R SAT MIF K0BAK/R SUN JUN K0BAK/R SUN PER K0BAK/R SUN DAU K0BAK/R SUN LEB K0BAK/R SUN LAN K0BAK/R SUN BER K0BAK/R SUN ERI KC3DRZ/M SAT - Multi Op, LP, 80-20M, SSB WAR KC3DRZ/M SAT MCK KC3DRZ/M SAT ELK KC3DRZ/M SAT CLE KC3DRZ/M SAT JEF KC3DRZ/M SAT CLA KC3DRZ/M SAT VEN KC3DRZ/M SAT BUT KC3DRZ/M SAT LAW KC3DRZ/M SAT MER KC3DRZ/M SAT CRA KC3DRZ/M SAT CRA N2CU/M 80-10M, SSB/CW VEN N2CU/M CLA N2CU/M FOR N2CU/M WAR N2CU/M ELK N2CU/M CRN N2CU/M POT N2CU/M MCK N2CU/M UNI KA3QLF/R SAT - Multi Op, LP, SSB/CW. KA3QLF, N3KAE, N3XLS SNY KA3QLF/R SAT NUM KA3QLF/R SAT COL KA3QLF/R SAT SCH KA3QLF/R SAT WYO KA3QLF/R SAT LUZ KA3QLF/R SUN LAC KA3QLF/R SUN WAY KA3QLF/R SUN MOE KA3QLF/R SUN PIK KA3QLF/R SUN WAR W3CG/R SAT - Multi Op, SSB/CW, 80-20M. N3KZI, WA3A, AA2AD W3CG/R SUN - To be determined based on need in NW quadrant MER K8MR/M SAT with AF8A LAW K8MR/M SAT BUT K8MR/M SAT ARM K8MR/M SAT INN K8MR/M SAT CMB K8MR/M SAT SOM K8MR/M SAT BED K8MR/M SAT BLA K8MR/M SAT HUN K8MR/M SAT MIF K8MR/M SAT JUN K8MR/M SAT PER K8MR/M SAT SNY K8MR/M SAT NUM K8MR/M SAT UNI K8MR/M SAT CLI K8MR/M SAT CEN K8MR/M SAT JUN K8RYU/M SAT - not firm ADA K8RYU/M SAT FRA K8RYU/M SAT HUN K8RYU/M SAT PER K8RYU/M SAT FUL K8RYU/M SUN - not firm BED K8RYU/M SUN FAY K8RYU/M SUN CMB K8RYU/M SUN GRE K8RYU/M SUN SOM K8RYU/M SUN Out of State Sec Call Notes SFL AA4GT 20M CT W3IZ/1 From aa3b.bud at gmail.com Sun Oct 7 14:34:08 2018 From: aa3b.bud at gmail.com (Bud Trench) Date: Sun, 7 Oct 2018 14:34:08 -0400 Subject: [PaQSO] 2018 Pa QSO Party Operating Plans as of 7 Oct 2018 Message-ID: <000b01d45e6c$561bac00$02530400$@gmail.com> The following is a summary of 2018 PA QSO Party operating plans I have seen as of 10/7/18. Please share additions or corrections and please be sure to provide the call you will use. The next update will be provided on 10/10/18. 73, Bud AA3B 66 of 67 counties appear on the list. No plans have been provided for the following counties: BRA Fixed & Portable Stations Cty Call Notes ADA K3DCS ADA WA3WSJ ALL WA3HAE 160-10M, SSB/CW BEA N3SD BED KB3UVG BER AA3B Single Op, HP, 160-6M, SSB/CW/RTTY BER NE3F Multi Op, SSB BUX W2GD CW CAR K3NG QRP CAR K3PP CEN KN3O 40-20M CEN N3LI Bonus Station, Multi Op CHE NZ3O CLI WQ3N CMB K3HCR Multi Op, 80-20M, 2M, SSB/CW. K3HCR, W3WH, K3VX CRA W3ZX CUM W3KP LP DCO K3WA 160-6M, SSB/CW ELK KE3FO ERI W3GV FAY AA3EE FOR K3FRT FOR K3MD Multi Op, HP, 80-10M, SSB/CW FRA AB3AH FUL/FRA County line FRA W3PDW SSB/Digital FUL AB3AH FUL/FRA County line GRE WA3VXJ HUN NA3F SSB/CW HUN NA3V INN N3VFK JEF KD8MQ LAC N3RUM SSB LAN KD3K LAN N3AD Single Op, HP, 160-10M, SSB/CW LAN N3NTJ Single Op, 80-10M, SSB LAW KJ3X Single Op LEB N3RM 160-10M, SSB/CW LEH N3VZ Multi Op, 160-10M, SSB/CW/RTTY/PSK LEH NY3B LP, SSB/CW/Digital LYC KC3KWA Single Op, LP, 160-10M, SSB/CW MCK KD3D MCK W3VV MGY K3HW 160-6M, SSB/CW/Digital MGY N3HWH Single Op, LP MIF N3SW QRP, SSB/CW, Saturday MTR N3JIX SSB/Digital MTR W3GY Single Op, LP, 160-20M NHA NS3L 160-2M, SSB/CW/RTTY NHA W3OK Multi Op, 160-10M, SSB/CW/RTTY/PSK PHI WA3AAN PIK KZ3MW QRP, SSB/RTTY/PSK POT K3CC SCH KC3BSA Multi Op, LP, 160-10M, SSB & CW SOM N3BLS SOM N3XF SOM/WES County Line. HP, 80-20M, 6M, SSB/CW SUL W3ZR SUS KA3EEO Multi Op, 80-10M SSB/CW. KA3EEO, N3RN SUS N3UPM TIO K3WJV WAR N3ZK Multi Op WAS N3TIR Multi Op, HP, 160-2M, SSB/CW/Digital WAS WA3TD Multi Op, LP, 80-20 + 6M. WA3TD, W3TD, K3TD WAY KA3PTF WAY KC3GSV WAY N3PEC WAY WA2CCN WAY WD4GXT WES K3MJW Multi Op, HP WES N3XF SOM/WES County Line. HP, 80-20M, 6M, SSB/CW YOR K3IEC Multi Op, 80-2M, SSB/CW/Digital, Saturday 14z to 19z Mobile and Rover Routes Cty Call Notes CMB K0BAK/R SAT - SSB BLA K0BAK/R SAT BED K0BAK/R SAT SOM K0BAK/R SAT FUL K0BAK/R SAT HUN K0BAK/R SAT FRA K0BAK/R SAT MIF K0BAK/R SUN JUN K0BAK/R SUN PER K0BAK/R SUN DAU K0BAK/R SUN LEB K0BAK/R SUN LAN K0BAK/R SUN BER K0BAK/R SUN ERI KC3DRZ/M SAT - Multi Op, LP, 80-20M, SSB WAR KC3DRZ/M SAT MCK KC3DRZ/M SAT ELK KC3DRZ/M SAT CLE KC3DRZ/M SAT JEF KC3DRZ/M SAT CLA KC3DRZ/M SAT VEN KC3DRZ/M SAT BUT KC3DRZ/M SAT LAW KC3DRZ/M SAT MER KC3DRZ/M SAT CRA KC3DRZ/M SAT CRA N2CU/M 80-10M, SSB/CW VEN N2CU/M CLA N2CU/M FOR N2CU/M WAR N2CU/M ELK N2CU/M CRN N2CU/M POT N2CU/M MCK N2CU/M UNI KA3QLF/R SAT - Multi Op, LP, SSB/CW. KA3QLF, N3KAE, N3XLS SNY KA3QLF/R SAT NUM KA3QLF/R SAT COL KA3QLF/R SAT SCH KA3QLF/R SAT WYO KA3QLF/R SAT LUZ KA3QLF/R SUN LAC KA3QLF/R SUN WAY KA3QLF/R SUN MOE KA3QLF/R SUN PIK KA3QLF/R SUN WAR W3CG/R SAT - Multi Op, SSB/CW, 80-20M. N3KZI, WA3A, AA2AD W3CG/R SUN - To be determined based on need in NW quadrant MER K8MR/M SAT with AF8A LAW K8MR/M SAT BUT K8MR/M SAT ARM K8MR/M SAT INN K8MR/M SAT CMB K8MR/M SAT SOM K8MR/M SAT BED K8MR/M SAT BLA K8MR/M SAT HUN K8MR/M SAT MIF K8MR/M SAT JUN K8MR/M SAT PER K8MR/M SAT SNY K8MR/M SAT NUM K8MR/M SAT UNI K8MR/M SAT CLI K8MR/M SAT CEN K8MR/M SAT JUN K8RYU/M SAT - not firm ADA K8RYU/M SAT FRA K8RYU/M SAT HUN K8RYU/M SAT PER K8RYU/M SAT FUL K8RYU/M SUN - not firm BED K8RYU/M SUN FAY K8RYU/M SUN CMB K8RYU/M SUN GRE K8RYU/M SUN SOM K8RYU/M SUN Out of State Sec Call Notes SFL AA4GT 20M CT W3IZ/1 From mark.j.schreiner at gmail.com Mon Oct 8 17:52:29 2018 From: mark.j.schreiner at gmail.com (Mark Schreiner) Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2018 17:52:29 -0400 Subject: [PaQSO] Plaque Sponsorships Message-ID: I have previously contacted a few of you on this list but haven't heard back from you yet. Others I have not contacted directly yet. As the PA QSO Party is this coming weekend it is time to start organizing the sponsored plaques. This year many of the plaque categories have changed. We have a total of 26 plaques being offered of which twenty are for participation In-State, four are for participation in the USA outside of PA, one for DX and one for Canada. In addition, as previously available, there will be a "Worked All 67 Counties" plaque for those who earn it if they would like to purchase this to commemorate their achievement (upon validation during log checking). Of the plaques being offered we have twelve of the plaques either spoken for or already paid for. If you are an individual or a liaison with a radio club or group who has in the past sponsored a plaque, please review the plaques that are available and contact me to arrange for reserving a plaque sponsorship. Some plaques may have preference for other people who had sponsored specific plaques in the past but there are still more than half that are available. Please review the plaques at the new website for the PA QSO Party Association . We prefer payment through the website if possible but checks can also be mailed to our PO Box. Thanks in advance and I look forward to working many of you this coming weekend! 73, Mark, NK8Q on behalf of the PA QSO Party Association, Awards Committee From aa3b.bud at gmail.com Tue Oct 9 11:37:26 2018 From: aa3b.bud at gmail.com (Bud Trench) Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2018 11:37:26 -0400 Subject: [PaQSO] 2018 Pa QSO Party Operator Aids Message-ID: <001b01d45fe5$fba808b0$f2f81a10$@gmail.com> Pa QSO Party 2018 Operator Aids are now available on the https://www.paqso.org/ website for download and sharing as follows: 2018 PA QSO Party Operating Plans.txt provides planned activity by county. This file is available under the Party Operating Plans link Mobile Routes and Rover Locations 2018.pdf* provides maps of mobile and rover plans. This file is available under the Party Operator Aids link N1MM+ PaQP Call History.txt provides county and section data for 7644 stations that have previously been active or provided 2018 operating plans. This file is available under the Party Operator Aids link WriteLog PaQP Preload.adi provides county and section data for 7644 stations that have previously been active or provided 2018 operating plans. This file is available under the Party Operator Aids link Out of State County to ARRL Section Lookup.xls can be used by Pennsylvania stations to resolve the problem of an out of state operator not knowing his/her ARRL section. This file is available under the Party Operator Aids link 73, Bud AA3B From bmanning at zitomedia.net Tue Oct 9 14:27:59 2018 From: bmanning at zitomedia.net (Bruce A. Manning) Date: Tue, 09 Oct 2018 14:27:59 -0400 Subject: [PaQSO] 2018 Pa QSO Party Operator Aids In-Reply-To: <001b01d45fe5$fba808b0$f2f81a10$@gmail.com> References: <001b01d45fe5$fba808b0$f2f81a10$@gmail.com> Message-ID: Question, I do not see a multi-multi listed in the rules for a category, our club W3VV McKean County, will be operation a CW and a phone station. from the same location. We are planning on starting the S/N at 500 for the phone station and 001 for the CW station. We have done this in the past. Any suggestions on the multi-multi category? 73 Bruce NJ3K On Tue, 9 Oct 2018 11:37:26 -0400, "Bud Trench" wrote: > Pa QSO Party 2018 Operator Aids are now available on the > https://www.paqso.org/ website for download and sharing as follows: > > 2018 PA QSO Party Operating Plans.txt provides planned activity by county. > This file is available under the Party Operating Plans link > > Mobile Routes and Rover Locations 2018.pdf* provides maps of mobile and > rover plans. This file is available under the Party Operator Aids link > > N1MM+ PaQP Call History.txt provides county and section data for 7644 > stations that have previously been active or provided 2018 operating plans. > This file is available under the Party Operator Aids link > > WriteLog PaQP Preload.adi provides county and section data for 7644 > stations > that have previously been active or provided 2018 operating plans. This > file is available under the Party Operator Aids link > > Out of State County to ARRL Section Lookup.xls can be used by Pennsylvania > stations to resolve the problem of an out of state operator not knowing > his/her ARRL section. This file is available under the Party Operator Aids > link > > 73, Bud AA3B > > ______________________________________________________________ > PaQSO mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/paqso > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:PaQSO at mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to bmanning at zitomedia.net -- Bruce A. Manning From goody.k3ng at gmail.com Tue Oct 9 22:46:40 2018 From: goody.k3ng at gmail.com (Goody K3NG) Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2018 22:46:40 -0400 Subject: [PaQSO] Pre-Party Net Message-ID: Just a reminder, the Friday night pre-Party net will be at 8 PM Eastern / 7 PM Central / 0000 Zulu on 3.910 LSB, plus or minus, depending on band congestion. Watch the reflector for exact frequency spots. This is your chance to blow the carbon out of your finals, verify your antenna is radiatin', and talk with friends, new and old. 73 Goody K3NG PA QSO PA Publicity Dude From n3sbf at comcast.net Wed Oct 10 05:17:22 2018 From: n3sbf at comcast.net (RICHARD DANKO) Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2018 05:17:22 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [PaQSO] 2018 Pa QSO Party Operator Aids In-Reply-To: <001b01d45fe5$fba808b0$f2f81a10$@gmail.com> References: <001b01d45fe5$fba808b0$f2f81a10$@gmail.com> Message-ID: <242898277.143133.1539163043189@connect.xfinity.com> kb3gmn I will be operating LP 10 to 160 in Clarion County ssb only If you get this please respond by 10 am today > On October 9, 2018 at 11:37 AM Bud Trench wrote: > > > Pa QSO Party 2018 Operator Aids are now available on the > https://www.paqso.org/ website for download and sharing as follows: > > 2018 PA QSO Party Operating Plans.txt provides planned activity by county. > This file is available under the Party Operating Plans link > > Mobile Routes and Rover Locations 2018.pdf* provides maps of mobile and > rover plans. This file is available under the Party Operator Aids link > > N1MM+ PaQP Call History.txt provides county and section data for 7644 > stations that have previously been active or provided 2018 operating plans. > This file is available under the Party Operator Aids link > > WriteLog PaQP Preload.adi provides county and section data for 7644 stations > that have previously been active or provided 2018 operating plans. This > file is available under the Party Operator Aids link > > Out of State County to ARRL Section Lookup.xls can be used by Pennsylvania > stations to resolve the problem of an out of state operator not knowing > his/her ARRL section. This file is available under the Party Operator Aids > link > > 73, Bud AA3B > > ______________________________________________________________ > PaQSO mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/paqso > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:PaQSO at mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to n3sbf at comcast.net From N3IGO at outlook.com Wed Oct 10 07:41:15 2018 From: N3IGO at outlook.com (Jim Igoe) Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2018 11:41:15 +0000 Subject: [PaQSO] 2018 Pa QSO Party Operator Aids In-Reply-To: <242898277.143133.1539163043189@connect.xfinity.com> References: <001b01d45fe5$fba808b0$f2f81a10$@gmail.com>, <242898277.143133.1539163043189@connect.xfinity.com> Message-ID: Morning to all. I love this time of year. I will be participating from Lackawanna Count as a fixed station at home. Thanks and good luck to all. Jim N3IGO Sent from Mail for Windows 10 ________________________________ From: paqso-bounces at mailman.qth.net on behalf of RICHARD DANKO Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2018 5:17:22 AM To: Bud Trench; PAQSO PARTY Subject: Re: [PaQSO] 2018 Pa QSO Party Operator Aids kb3gmn I will be operating LP 10 to 160 in Clarion County ssb only If you get this please respond by 10 am today > On October 9, 2018 at 11:37 AM Bud Trench wrote: > > > Pa QSO Party 2018 Operator Aids are now available on the > https://www.paqso.org/ website for download and sharing as follows: > > 2018 PA QSO Party Operating Plans.txt provides planned activity by county. > This file is available under the Party Operating Plans link > > Mobile Routes and Rover Locations 2018.pdf* provides maps of mobile and > rover plans. This file is available under the Party Operator Aids link > > N1MM+ PaQP Call History.txt provides county and section data for 7644 > stations that have previously been active or provided 2018 operating plans. > This file is available under the Party Operator Aids link > > WriteLog PaQP Preload.adi provides county and section data for 7644 stations > that have previously been active or provided 2018 operating plans. This > file is available under the Party Operator Aids link > > Out of State County to ARRL Section Lookup.xls can be used by Pennsylvania > stations to resolve the problem of an out of state operator not knowing > his/her ARRL section. This file is available under the Party Operator Aids > link > > 73, Bud AA3B > > ______________________________________________________________ > PaQSO mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/paqso > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:PaQSO at mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to n3sbf at comcast.net ______________________________________________________________ PaQSO mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/paqso Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:PaQSO at mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to n3igo at outlook.com From leen3lpj at nep.net Wed Oct 10 08:26:16 2018 From: leen3lpj at nep.net (Lee Parsons) Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2018 08:26:16 -0400 Subject: [PaQSO] 2018 Pa QSO Party Operator Aids In-Reply-To: References: <001b01d45fe5$fba808b0$f2f81a10$@gmail.com> <242898277.143133.1539163043189@connect.xfinity.com> Message-ID: <24480611-A7BF-4601-942C-9B447C0DBBF8@nep.net> Good Morning, We will be participating from Susquehanna County (FN21es). I will have one maybe two others with me. We will be operating as N3SRC, our radio club station callsign. Fixed Station. Good luck to all, hope to contact you. 73, Lee Parsons, N3LPJ Susquehanna County Amateur Radio Club > > > > ________________________________ > From: paqso-bounces at mailman.qth.net on behalf of RICHARD DANKO > Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2018 5:17:22 AM > To: Bud Trench; PAQSO PARTY > Subject: Re: [PaQSO] 2018 Pa QSO Party Operator Aids > > kb3gmn I will be operating LP 10 to 160 in Clarion County ssb only > If you get this please respond by 10 am today >> On October 9, 2018 at 11:37 AM Bud Trench wrote: >> >> >> Pa QSO Party 2018 Operator Aids are now available on the >> https://www.paqso.org/ website for download and sharing as follows: >> >> 2018 PA QSO Party Operating Plans.txt provides planned activity by county. >> This file is available under the Party Operating Plans link >> >> Mobile Routes and Rover Locations 2018.pdf* provides maps of mobile and >> rover plans. This file is available under the Party Operator Aids link >> >> N1MM+ PaQP Call History.txt provides county and section data for 7644 >> stations that have previously been active or provided 2018 operating plans. >> This file is available under the Party Operator Aids link >> >> WriteLog PaQP Preload.adi provides county and section data for 7644 stations >> that have previously been active or provided 2018 operating plans. This >> file is available under the Party Operator Aids link >> >> Out of State County to ARRL Section Lookup.xls can be used by Pennsylvania >> stations to resolve the problem of an out of state operator not knowing >> his/her ARRL section. This file is available under the Party Operator Aids >> link >> >> 73, Bud AA3B >> >> ______________________________________________________________ >> PaQSO mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/paqso >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post: mailto:PaQSO at mailman.qth.net >> >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >> Message delivered to n3sbf at comcast.net > ______________________________________________________________ > PaQSO mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/paqso > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:PaQSO at mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to n3igo at outlook.com > ______________________________________________________________ > PaQSO mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/paqso > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:PaQSO at mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to leen3lpj at nep.net From aa3b.bud at gmail.com Wed Oct 10 11:13:17 2018 From: aa3b.bud at gmail.com (Bud Trench) Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2018 11:13:17 -0400 Subject: [PaQSO] 2018 Pa QSO Party Operator Aids In-Reply-To: References: <001b01d45fe5$fba808b0$f2f81a10$@gmail.com> Message-ID: <008d01d460ab$c65a2e60$530e8b20$@gmail.com> Bruce, The rules were changed in 2018 to combine Multi-Multi and Multi-Single into a new category called Multi-op. Your plan to have 2 stations going at once is fine so no worries. We will be using new log checking software this year. I have a question into the software designer regarding your plans to start at 500. I will let you know if this is an issue. 73, Bud AA3B -----Original Message----- From: Bruce A. Manning Sent: Tuesday, October 9, 2018 2:28 PM To: Bud Trench Cc: PAQSO PARTY Subject: Re: [PaQSO] 2018 Pa QSO Party Operator Aids Question, I do not see a multi-multi listed in the rules for a category, our club W3VV McKean County, will be operation a CW and a phone station. from the same location. We are planning on starting the S/N at 500 for the phone station and 001 for the CW station. We have done this in the past. Any suggestions on the multi-multi category? 73 Bruce NJ3K On Tue, 9 Oct 2018 11:37:26 -0400, "Bud Trench" wrote: > Pa QSO Party 2018 Operator Aids are now available on the > https://www.paqso.org/ website for download and sharing as follows: > > 2018 PA QSO Party Operating Plans.txt provides planned activity by county. > This file is available under the Party Operating Plans link > > Mobile Routes and Rover Locations 2018.pdf* provides maps of mobile and > rover plans. This file is available under the Party Operator Aids link > > N1MM+ PaQP Call History.txt provides county and section data for 7644 > stations that have previously been active or provided 2018 operating plans. > This file is available under the Party Operator Aids link > > WriteLog PaQP Preload.adi provides county and section data for 7644 > stations > that have previously been active or provided 2018 operating plans. This > file is available under the Party Operator Aids link > > Out of State County to ARRL Section Lookup.xls can be used by Pennsylvania > stations to resolve the problem of an out of state operator not knowing > his/her ARRL section. This file is available under the Party Operator Aids > link > > 73, Bud AA3B > > ______________________________________________________________ > PaQSO mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/paqso > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:PaQSO at mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to bmanning at zitomedia.net -- Bruce A. Manning From bmanning at zitomedia.net Wed Oct 10 11:28:47 2018 From: bmanning at zitomedia.net (bmanning) Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2018 11:28:47 -0400 Subject: [PaQSO] 2018 Pa QSO Party Operator Aids In-Reply-To: <008d01d460ab$c65a2e60$530e8b20$@gmail.com> Message-ID: As we will be in separate buildings several hundred feet apart and using paper logs I can't see any way to coordinate our serial numbers. I hope this is okay.? Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone -------- Original message --------From: Bud Trench Date: 10/10/18 11:13 (GMT-05:00) To: "'Bruce A. Manning'" Cc: 'PAQSO PARTY' Subject: RE: [PaQSO] 2018 Pa QSO Party Operator Aids Bruce, The rules were changed in 2018 to combine Multi-Multi and Multi-Single into a new category called Multi-op.? Your plan to have 2 stations going at once is fine so no worries. We will be using new log checking software this year.? I have a question into the software designer regarding your plans to start at 500.? I will let you know if this is an issue. 73, Bud AA3B -----Original Message----- From: Bruce A. Manning Sent: Tuesday, October 9, 2018 2:28 PM To: Bud Trench Cc: PAQSO PARTY Subject: Re: [PaQSO] 2018 Pa QSO Party Operator Aids Question, I do not see a multi-multi listed in the rules for a category, our club W3VV McKean County, will be operation a CW and a phone station. from? the same location. We are planning on starting the S/N at 500 for the phone station and 001 for the CW station. We have done this in the past. Any suggestions on the multi-multi category? 73 Bruce NJ3K On Tue, 9 Oct 2018 11:37:26 -0400, "Bud Trench" wrote: > Pa QSO Party 2018 Operator Aids are now available on the > https://www.paqso.org/ website for download and sharing as follows: > > 2018 PA QSO Party Operating Plans.txt provides planned activity by county. > This file is available under the Party Operating Plans link > > Mobile Routes and Rover Locations 2018.pdf* provides maps of mobile and > rover plans.? This file is available under the Party Operator Aids link > > N1MM+ PaQP Call History.txt provides county and section data for 7644 > stations that have previously been active or provided 2018 operating plans. > This file is available under the Party Operator Aids link > > WriteLog PaQP Preload.adi provides county and section data for 7644 > stations > that have previously been active or provided 2018 operating plans.? This > file is available under the Party Operator Aids link > > Out of State County to ARRL Section Lookup.xls can be used by Pennsylvania > stations to resolve the problem of an out of state operator not knowing > his/her ARRL section.? This file is available under the Party Operator Aids > link > > 73, Bud AA3B > > ______________________________________________________________ > PaQSO mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/paqso > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:PaQSO at mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to bmanning at zitomedia.net -- Bruce A. Manning From aa3b.bud at gmail.com Wed Oct 10 12:34:18 2018 From: aa3b.bud at gmail.com (Bud Trench) Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2018 12:34:18 -0400 Subject: [PaQSO] 2018 Pa QSO Party Plans as of 10 Oct 2018 Message-ID: <000201d460b7$1860dd70$49229850$@gmail.com> The following is a summary of 2018 PA QSO Party operating plans I have seen as of 10/10/18. Please share additions or corrections and please be sure to provide the call you will use. I will likely put out updates on Thursday and Friday. 67 of 67 counties appear on the list!! Fixed & Portable Stations Cty Call Notes ADA K3DCS ADA WA3WSJ ALL WA3HAE 160-10M, SSB/CW BEA N3SD BED KB3UVG BER AA3B Single Op, HP, 160-6M, SSB/CW/RTTY BER NE3F Multi Op, SSB BRA KA3EQU BRA KC3HMQ BRA NT3I 40-20M SSB BRA WB3IZF BUX W3FRC CW CAR K3NG QRP CAR K3PP CEN KN3O 40-20M CEN N3LI Bonus Station, Multi Op CHE NZ3O CLA KB3GMN LP, 160-10M, SSB CLI WQ3N CMB K3HCR Multi Op, 80-20M, 2M, SSB/CW. K3HCR, W3WH, K3VX CRA N3PKJ 80-10M CRA W3ZX CUM W3KB LP DCO KW3A 160-6M, SSB/CW ELK KE3FO ERI W3GV FAY AA3EE FOR K3FRT FOR K3MD Multi Op, HP, 80-10M, SSB/CW FRA AB3AH FUL/FRA County line FRA W3PDW SSB/Digital FUL AB3AH FUL/FRA County line GRE WA3VXJ HUN NA3F SSB/CW HUN NA3V INN N3VFK JEF KD8MQ Multi Op, LP, 160-6M SSB/CW LAC N3IGO LAC N3RUM SSB LAN KD3K LAN KN3A Single Op, 160-6M, SSB/CW/Digital LAN N3AD Single Op, HP, 160-10M, SSB/CW LAN N3NTJ Single Op, 80-10M, SSB LAW KJ3X Single Op, 80-20M, SSB LEB N3RM 160-10M, SSB/CW LEH N3VZ Multi Op, 160-6M, SSB/CW/RTTY/PSK LEH NY3B LP, SSB/CW/Digital LYC KC3KWA Single Op, LP, 160-10M, SSB/CW MCK KD3D MCK W3VV Multi Op, SSB/CW/Digital MER KS3N MGY K3HW 160-6M, SSB/CW/Digital MGY N3HWH Single Op, LP MIF N3SW QRP, SSB/CW, Saturday MIF NK8Q QRP, 160-20M, SSB/CW MTR N3JIX SSB/Digital MTR W3GY Single Op, LP, 160-20M NHA NS3L 160-2M, SSB/CW/RTTY NHA W3OK Multi Op, 160-10M, SSB/CW/RTTY/PSK PHI WA3AAN PIK KZ3MW QRP, SSB/RTTY/PSK POT K3CC SCH KC3BSA Multi Op, LP, 160-10M, SSB & CW SOM N3BLS SOM N3XF SOM/WES County Line. HP, 80-20M, 6M, SSB/CW SUL W3ZR SUS KA3EEO Multi Op, 80-10M SSB/CW. KA3EEO, N3RN SUS N3LPJ SUS N3SRC Multi Op SUS N3UPM TIO K3WJV WAR N3ZK Multi Op WAS N3TIR Multi Op, HP, 160-2M, SSB/CW/Digital WAS WA3TD Multi Op, LP, 80-20 + 6M. WA3TD, W3TD, K3TD WAY KA3PTF WAY KC3GSV WAY N3PEC WAY WA2CCN WAY WD4GXT WES N3XF SOM/WES County Line. HP, 80-20M, 6M, SSB/CW WES W3GH Multi Op, HP YOR K3IEC Multi Op, 80-2M, SSB/CW/Digital, Saturday 14z to 19z Mobile and Rover Routes Cty Call Notes CMB K0BAK/R SAT - SSB BLA K0BAK/R SAT BED K0BAK/R SAT SOM K0BAK/R SAT FUL K0BAK/R SAT HUN K0BAK/R SAT FRA K0BAK/R SAT MIF K0BAK/R SUN JUN K0BAK/R SUN PER K0BAK/R SUN DAU K0BAK/R SUN LEB K0BAK/R SUN LAN K0BAK/R SUN BER K0BAK/R SUN ERI KC3DRZ/M SAT - Multi Op, LP, 80-20M, SSB WAR KC3DRZ/M SAT MCK KC3DRZ/M SAT ELK KC3DRZ/M SAT CLE KC3DRZ/M SAT JEF KC3DRZ/M SAT CLA KC3DRZ/M SAT VEN KC3DRZ/M SAT BUT KC3DRZ/M SAT LAW KC3DRZ/M SAT MER KC3DRZ/M SAT CRA KC3DRZ/M SAT CRA N2CU/M 80-10M, SSB/CW VEN N2CU/M CLA N2CU/M FOR N2CU/M WAR N2CU/M ELK N2CU/M CRN N2CU/M POT N2CU/M MCK N2CU/M UNI KA3QLF/R SAT - Multi Op, LP, SSB/CW. KA3QLF, N3KAE, N3XLS SNY KA3QLF/R SAT NUM KA3QLF/R SAT COL KA3QLF/R SAT SCH KA3QLF/R SAT WYO KA3QLF/R SAT LUZ KA3QLF/R SUN LAC KA3QLF/R SUN WAY KA3QLF/R SUN MOE KA3QLF/R SUN PIK KA3QLF/R SUN WAR W3CG/R SAT - Multi Op, SSB/CW, 80-20M. N3KZI, WA3A, AA2AD W3CG/R SUN - To be determined based on need in NW quadrant MER K8MR/M SAT with AF8A LAW K8MR/M SAT BUT K8MR/M SAT ARM K8MR/M SAT INN K8MR/M SAT CMB K8MR/M SAT SOM K8MR/M SAT BED K8MR/M SAT BLA K8MR/M SAT HUN K8MR/M SAT MIF K8MR/M SAT JUN K8MR/M SAT PER K8MR/M SAT SNY K8MR/M SAT NUM K8MR/M SAT UNI K8MR/M SAT CLI K8MR/M SAT CEN K8MR/M SAT CLE K8MR/M SAT JEF K8MR/M SAT CLA K8MR/M SAT VEN K8MR/M SAT MER K8MR/M SAT JUN K8RYU/R SAT - not firm ADA K8RYU/R SAT FRA K8RYU/R SAT HUN K8RYU/R SAT PER K8RYU/R SAT FUL K8RYU/R SUN - not firm BED K8RYU/R SUN FAY K8RYU/R SUN CMB K8RYU/R SUN GRE K8RYU/R SUN SOM K8RYU/R SUN Out of State Sec Call Notes SFL AA4GT 20M CT W3IZ/1 From mark.j.schreiner at gmail.com Wed Oct 10 20:26:22 2018 From: mark.j.schreiner at gmail.com (Mark Schreiner) Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2018 20:26:22 -0400 Subject: [PaQSO] Reading Radio Club Message-ID: Is anyone on this list associated with the Reading Radio Club? If so, please contact me directly as I have difficulties in getting a reply regarding plaque sponsorships. Thanks, Mark, NK8Q From mark.j.schreiner at gmail.com Thu Oct 11 09:06:18 2018 From: mark.j.schreiner at gmail.com (Mark Schreiner) Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2018 09:06:18 -0400 Subject: [PaQSO] 2018 Unsponsored Plaques Message-ID: Greetings! Today it is raining in central PA, but tomorrow at this time I will be (hopefully) packed up and heading out to set up at a portable QTH to have fun for the weekend. I can't believe PA QSO Party is almost here already! For the past several years I had helped Mike Coslo, N3LI, with the plaques. This year we have made the process for sponsoring a plaque easier through our website: paqso.org Thank you to those individuals or groups/organizations that have as of today sponsored 71.4% of the plaques for 2018! Any unsponsored plaques will default to a certificate instead. We also require a 25 QSO minimum to qualify for a plaque (that does not seem unreasonable, right?). For the 2018 PA QSO Party I am still showing a few plaques that have not yet been firmly committed. There may be some minor changes made to those that are already committed, so I'm leaving those off the list below for now. If any individual or group may be interested in sponsoring the following plaques, please contact me directly: *In-State (PA Only):* - Single-Op High Power - Phone - Single-Op QRP - Phone - County Line - Single-Op - County Line - Multi-Op *USA (outside of PA):* - Multi-Op - Single-Op High Power There may be one or two other opportunities as well, but for now I have had no action on the above plaques. Thanks and good luck to everyone with the Party this weekend, Mark, NK8Q on behalf of the PA QSO Party Association, Awards Committee From aa3b.bud at gmail.com Thu Oct 11 09:36:38 2018 From: aa3b.bud at gmail.com (Bud Trench) Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2018 09:36:38 -0400 Subject: [PaQSO] 2018 Pa QSO Party Operator Aids In-Reply-To: <5bbe1ab1.1c69fb81.237a7.65d1SMTPIN_ADDED_MISSING@mx.google.com> References: <008d01d460ab$c65a2e60$530e8b20$@gmail.com> <5bbe1ab1.1c69fb81.237a7.65d1SMTPIN_ADDED_MISSING@mx.google.com> Message-ID: <005d01d46167$7063a010$512ae030$@gmail.com> Bruce, I?ve heard back from the log checking software designer. It is ok to start at 500. It is also for both stations to start at 1, which I think is a better strategy, but this is your call. 73, Bud AA3B From: bmanning Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2018 11:29 AM To: Bud Trench Cc: 'PAQSO PARTY' Subject: RE: [PaQSO] 2018 Pa QSO Party Operator Aids As we will be in separate buildings several hundred feet apart and using paper logs I can't see any way to coordinate our serial numbers. I hope this is okay. Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone -------- Original message -------- From: Bud Trench > Date: 10/10/18 11:13 (GMT-05:00) To: "'Bruce A. Manning'" > Cc: 'PAQSO PARTY' > Subject: RE: [PaQSO] 2018 Pa QSO Party Operator Aids Bruce, The rules were changed in 2018 to combine Multi-Multi and Multi-Single into a new category called Multi-op. Your plan to have 2 stations going at once is fine so no worries. We will be using new log checking software this year. I have a question into the software designer regarding your plans to start at 500. I will let you know if this is an issue. 73, Bud AA3B -----Original Message----- From: Bruce A. Manning > Sent: Tuesday, October 9, 2018 2:28 PM To: Bud Trench > Cc: PAQSO PARTY > Subject: Re: [PaQSO] 2018 Pa QSO Party Operator Aids Question, I do not see a multi-multi listed in the rules for a category, our club W3VV McKean County, will be operation a CW and a phone station. from the same location. We are planning on starting the S/N at 500 for the phone station and 001 for the CW station. We have done this in the past. Any suggestions on the multi-multi category? 73 Bruce NJ3K On Tue, 9 Oct 2018 11:37:26 -0400, "Bud Trench" > wrote: > Pa QSO Party 2018 Operator Aids are now available on the > https://www.paqso.org/ website for download and sharing as follows: > > 2018 PA QSO Party Operating Plans.txt provides planned activity by county. > This file is available under the Party Operating Plans link > > Mobile Routes and Rover Locations 2018.pdf* provides maps of mobile and > rover plans. This file is available under the Party Operator Aids link > > N1MM+ PaQP Call History.txt provides county and section data for 7644 > stations that have previously been active or provided 2018 operating plans. > This file is available under the Party Operator Aids link > > WriteLog PaQP Preload.adi provides county and section data for 7644 > stations > that have previously been active or provided 2018 operating plans. This > file is available under the Party Operator Aids link > > Out of State County to ARRL Section Lookup.xls can be used by Pennsylvania > stations to resolve the problem of an out of state operator not knowing > his/her ARRL section. This file is available under the Party Operator Aids > link > > 73, Bud AA3B > > ______________________________________________________________ > PaQSO mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/paqso > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:PaQSO at mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to bmanning at zitomedia.net -- Bruce A. Manning From aa3b.bud at gmail.com Thu Oct 11 10:34:29 2018 From: aa3b.bud at gmail.com (Bud Trench) Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2018 10:34:29 -0400 Subject: [PaQSO] 2018 Pa QSO Party Operator Aids In-Reply-To: <005d01d46167$7063a010$512ae030$@gmail.com> References: <008d01d460ab$c65a2e60$530e8b20$@gmail.com> <5bbe1ab1.1c69fb81.237a7.65d1SMTPIN_ADDED_MISSING@mx.google.com> <005d01d46167$7063a010$512ae030$@gmail.com> Message-ID: <006201d4616f$8513f9d0$8f3bed70$@gmail.com> Bruce, One other point, please be advised that paper logs are no longer accepted. If you log on paper, you can later enter the QSOs into an online tools which will produce a Cabrillo file for submission and scoring. The online tool is available at: http://www.b4h.net/cabforms/paqp_cab3.php/ 73, Bud AA3B From: Bud Trench Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2018 9:37 AM To: 'bmanning' Cc: PAQSO PARTY Subject: RE: [PaQSO] 2018 Pa QSO Party Operator Aids Bruce, I?ve heard back from the log checking software designer. It is ok to start at 500. It is also for both stations to start at 1, which I think is a better strategy, but this is your call. 73, Bud AA3B From: bmanning > Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2018 11:29 AM To: Bud Trench > Cc: 'PAQSO PARTY' > Subject: RE: [PaQSO] 2018 Pa QSO Party Operator Aids As we will be in separate buildings several hundred feet apart and using paper logs I can't see any way to coordinate our serial numbers. I hope this is okay. Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone -------- Original message -------- From: Bud Trench > Date: 10/10/18 11:13 (GMT-05:00) To: "'Bruce A. Manning'" > Cc: 'PAQSO PARTY' > Subject: RE: [PaQSO] 2018 Pa QSO Party Operator Aids Bruce, The rules were changed in 2018 to combine Multi-Multi and Multi-Single into a new category called Multi-op. Your plan to have 2 stations going at once is fine so no worries. We will be using new log checking software this year. I have a question into the software designer regarding your plans to start at 500. I will let you know if this is an issue. 73, Bud AA3B -----Original Message----- From: Bruce A. Manning > Sent: Tuesday, October 9, 2018 2:28 PM To: Bud Trench > Cc: PAQSO PARTY > Subject: Re: [PaQSO] 2018 Pa QSO Party Operator Aids Question, I do not see a multi-multi listed in the rules for a category, our club W3VV McKean County, will be operation a CW and a phone station. from the same location. We are planning on starting the S/N at 500 for the phone station and 001 for the CW station. We have done this in the past. Any suggestions on the multi-multi category? 73 Bruce NJ3K On Tue, 9 Oct 2018 11:37:26 -0400, "Bud Trench" > wrote: > Pa QSO Party 2018 Operator Aids are now available on the > https://www.paqso.org/ website for download and sharing as follows: > > 2018 PA QSO Party Operating Plans.txt provides planned activity by county. > This file is available under the Party Operating Plans link > > Mobile Routes and Rover Locations 2018.pdf* provides maps of mobile and > rover plans. This file is available under the Party Operator Aids link > > N1MM+ PaQP Call History.txt provides county and section data for 7644 > stations that have previously been active or provided 2018 operating plans. > This file is available under the Party Operator Aids link > > WriteLog PaQP Preload.adi provides county and section data for 7644 > stations > that have previously been active or provided 2018 operating plans. This > file is available under the Party Operator Aids link > > Out of State County to ARRL Section Lookup.xls can be used by Pennsylvania > stations to resolve the problem of an out of state operator not knowing > his/her ARRL section. This file is available under the Party Operator Aids > link > > 73, Bud AA3B > > ______________________________________________________________ > PaQSO mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/paqso > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:PaQSO at mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to bmanning at zitomedia.net -- Bruce A. Manning From mathenyr at marietta.edu Thu Oct 11 10:51:40 2018 From: mathenyr at marietta.edu (Ralph Matheny) Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2018 14:51:40 +0000 Subject: [PaQSO] K8RYU/R Message-ID: Well. just made motel reservations so i guess unless something big blows up I'll be on the road in Pennsylvania this weekend. de K8RYU From bmanning at zitomedia.net Thu Oct 11 10:57:13 2018 From: bmanning at zitomedia.net (bmanning) Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2018 10:57:13 -0400 Subject: [PaQSO] 2018 Pa QSO Party Operator Aids In-Reply-To: <006201d4616f$8513f9d0$8f3bed70$@gmail.com> Message-ID: Yes we plan on entering the data into a logging program later. But there is no way to coordinate our serial numbers. In the past we started the phone station at 500 and CW station at 001. We have made over 300 CW contacts in the past, that's why we started the phone station at 500. Total QSO'S would be correct. It's? just the CW finial serial number might be 304 and the phone finial serial number might be 902. Total QSO'S would 706. There would be a separate CW and phone Carrillo log.? Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone -------- Original message --------From: Bud Trench Date: 10/11/18 10:34 (GMT-05:00) To: 'bmanning' Cc: 'PAQSO PARTY' Subject: RE: [PaQSO] 2018 Pa QSO Party Operator Aids Bruce,?One other point, please be advised that paper logs are no longer accepted.? If you log on paper, you can later enter the QSOs into an online tools which will produce a Cabrillo file for submission and scoring. The online tool is available at: http://www.b4h.net/cabforms/paqp_cab3.php/?73,?Bud AA3B?From: Bud Trench Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2018 9:37 AM To: 'bmanning' Cc: PAQSO PARTY Subject: RE: [PaQSO] 2018 Pa QSO Party Operator Aids?Bruce,?I?ve heard back from the log checking software designer.? It is ok to start at 500.? It is also for both stations to start at 1, which I think is a better strategy, but this is your call.?73,?Bud AA3B?From: bmanning Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2018 11:29 AM To: Bud Trench Cc: 'PAQSO PARTY' Subject: RE: [PaQSO] 2018 Pa QSO Party Operator Aids?As we will be in separate buildings several hundred feet apart and using paper logs I can't see any way to coordinate our serial numbers. I hope this is okay.????Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone?-------- Original message --------From: Bud Trench Date: 10/10/18 11:13 (GMT-05:00) To: "'Bruce A. Manning'" Cc: 'PAQSO PARTY' Subject: RE: [PaQSO] 2018 Pa QSO Party Operator Aids ?Bruce, The rules were changed in 2018 to combine Multi-Multi and Multi-Single into a new category called Multi-op.? Your plan to have 2 stations going at once is fine so no worries. We will be using new log checking software this year.? I have a question into the software designer regarding your plans to start at 500.? I will let you know if this is an issue. 73, Bud AA3B -----Original Message----- From: Bruce A. Manning Sent: Tuesday, October 9, 2018 2:28 PM To: Bud Trench Cc: PAQSO PARTY Subject: Re: [PaQSO] 2018 Pa QSO Party Operator Aids Question, I do not see a multi-multi listed in the rules for a category, our club W3VV McKean County, will be operation a CW and a phone station. from? the same location. We are planning on starting the S/N at 500 for the phone station and 001 for the CW station. We have done this in the past. Any suggestions on the multi-multi category? 73 Bruce NJ3K On Tue, 9 Oct 2018 11:37:26 -0400, "Bud Trench" wrote: > Pa QSO Party 2018 Operator Aids are now available on the > https://www.paqso.org/ website for download and sharing as follows: > > 2018 PA QSO Party Operating Plans.txt provides planned activity by county. > This file is available under the Party Operating Plans link > > Mobile Routes and Rover Locations 2018.pdf* provides maps of mobile and > rover plans.? This file is available under the Party Operator Aids link > > N1MM+ PaQP Call History.txt provides county and section data for 7644 > stations that have previously been active or provided 2018 operating plans. > This file is available under the Party Operator Aids link > > WriteLog PaQP Preload.adi provides county and section data for 7644 > stations > that have previously been active or provided 2018 operating plans.? This > file is available under the Party Operator Aids link > > Out of State County to ARRL Section Lookup.xls can be used by Pennsylvania > stations to resolve the problem of an out of state operator not knowing > his/her ARRL section.? This file is available under the Party Operator Aids > link > > 73, Bud AA3B > > ______________________________________________________________ > PaQSO mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/paqso > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:PaQSO at mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to bmanning at zitomedia.net -- Bruce A. Manning From aa3b.bud at gmail.com Thu Oct 11 18:11:00 2018 From: aa3b.bud at gmail.com (Bud Trench) Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2018 18:11:00 -0400 Subject: [PaQSO] 2018 Pa QSO Party Operating Plans as of 11 Oct 2018 Message-ID: <000a01d461af$4bcf12a0$e36d37e0$@gmail.com> The following is a summary of 2018 PA QSO Party operating plans I have seen as of 10/11/18. Please share additions or corrections and please be sure to provide the call you will use. I will put out another update after the warm up net on Friday evening. 73, Bud AA3B 67 of 67 counties appear on the list. Fixed & Portable Stations Cty Call Notes ADA K3DCS ADA WA3WSJ ALL W3WN ALL WA3HAE 160-10M, SSB/CW BEA N3SD BED KB3UVG BER AA3B Single Op, HP, 160-6M, SSB/CW/RTTY BER NE3F Multi Op, SSB BRA KA3EQU BRA KC3HMQ BRA NT3I 40-20M SSB BRA WB3IZF BUX W3FRC CW CAR K3NG QRP CAR K3PP CEN KN3O 40-20M CEN N3LI Bonus Station, Multi Op CHE NZ3O CLA KB3GMN LP, 160-10M, SSB CLI WQ3N CMB K3HCR Multi Op, 80-20M, 2M, SSB/CW. K3HCR, W3WH, K3VX COL N3MIE 160-10M, SSB CRA N3PKJ 80-10M CRA W3ZX CUM W3KB LP DCO KW3A 160-6M, SSB/CW ELK KE3FO ERI W3GV FAY AA3EE FOR K3FRT FOR K3MD Multi Op, HP, 80-10M, SSB/CW FRA AB3AH FUL/FRA County line FRA W3PDW SSB/Digital FUL AB3AH FUL/FRA County line GRE WA3VXJ HUN NA3F SSB/CW HUN NA3V INN N3VFK JEF KD8MQ Multi Op, LP, 160-6M SSB/CW LAC N3IGO LAC N3RUM SSB LAN KD3K LAN KN3A Single Op, 160-6M, SSB/CW/Digital LAN N3AD Single Op, HP, 160-10M, SSB/CW LAN N3NTJ Single Op, 80-10M, SSB LAW KJ3X Single Op, 80-20M, SSB LEB N3RM 160-10M, SSB/CW LEH N3VZ Multi Op, 160-6M, SSB/CW/RTTY/PSK LEH NY3B LP, SSB/CW/Digital LYC KC3KWA Single Op, LP, 160-10M, SSB/CW MCK KD3D MCK W3VV Multi Op, SSB/CW/Digital MER KS3N MGY K3HW 160-6M, SSB/CW/Digital MGY N3HWH Single Op, LP MIF N3SW QRP, SSB/CW, Saturday MIF NK8Q QRP, 160-20M, SSB/CW MTR N3JIX SSB/Digital MTR W3GY Single Op, LP, 160-20M NHA NS3L 160-2M, SSB/CW/RTTY NHA W3OK Multi Op, 160-10M, SSB/CW/RTTY/PSK PHI WA3AAN PIK KZ3MW QRP, SSB/RTTY/PSK POT K3CC SCH KC3BSA Multi Op, LP, 160-10M, SSB & CW SOM N3BLS SOM N3XF SOM/WES County Line. HP, 80-20M, 6M, SSB/CW SUL W3ZR SUS KA3EEO Multi Op, 80-10M SSB/CW. KA3EEO, N3RN SUS N3LPJ SUS N3SRC Multi Op SUS N3UPM TIO K3WJV WAR N3ZK Multi Op WAS N3TIR Multi Op, HP, 160-2M, SSB/CW/Digital WAS WA3TD Multi Op, LP, 80-20 + 6M. WA3TD, W3TD, K3TD WAY KA3PTF WAY KC3GSV WAY N3PEC WAY WA2CCN WAY WD4GXT WES N3XF SOM/WES County Line. HP, 80-20M, 6M, SSB/CW WES W3GH Multi Op, HP YOR K3IEC Multi Op, 80-2M, SSB/CW/Digital, Saturday 14z to 19z YOR W3ZGD Mobile and Rover Routes Cty Call Notes CMB K0BAK/R SAT - SSB BLA K0BAK/R SAT BED K0BAK/R SAT SOM K0BAK/R SAT FUL K0BAK/R SAT HUN K0BAK/R SAT FRA K0BAK/R SAT MIF K0BAK/R SUN JUN K0BAK/R SUN PER K0BAK/R SUN DAU K0BAK/R SUN LEB K0BAK/R SUN LAN K0BAK/R SUN BER K0BAK/R SUN ERI KC3DRZ/M SAT - Multi Op, LP, 80-20M, SSB WAR KC3DRZ/M SAT MCK KC3DRZ/M SAT ELK KC3DRZ/M SAT CLE KC3DRZ/M SAT JEF KC3DRZ/M SAT CLA KC3DRZ/M SAT VEN KC3DRZ/M SAT BUT KC3DRZ/M SAT LAW KC3DRZ/M SAT MER KC3DRZ/M SAT CRA KC3DRZ/M SAT CRA N2CU/M 80-10M, SSB/CW VEN N2CU/M CLA N2CU/M FOR N2CU/M WAR N2CU/M ELK N2CU/M CRN N2CU/M POT N2CU/M MCK N2CU/M UNI KA3QLF/R SAT - Multi Op, LP, SSB/CW. KA3QLF, N3KAE, N3XLS SNY KA3QLF/R SAT NUM KA3QLF/R SAT COL KA3QLF/R SAT SCH KA3QLF/R SAT WYO KA3QLF/R SAT LUZ KA3QLF/R SUN LAC KA3QLF/R SUN WAY KA3QLF/R SUN MOE KA3QLF/R SUN PIK KA3QLF/R SUN WAR W3CG/R SAT - Multi Op, SSB/CW, 80-20M. N3KZI, WA3A, AA2AD W3CG/R SUN - To be determined based on need in NW quadrant MER K8MR/M SAT with AF8A LAW K8MR/M SAT BUT K8MR/M SAT ARM K8MR/M SAT INN K8MR/M SAT CMB K8MR/M SAT SOM K8MR/M SAT BED K8MR/M SAT BLA K8MR/M SAT HUN K8MR/M SAT MIF K8MR/M SAT JUN K8MR/M SAT PER K8MR/M SAT SNY K8MR/M SAT NUM K8MR/M SAT UNI K8MR/M SAT CLI K8MR/M SAT CEN K8MR/M SAT CLE K8MR/M SAT JEF K8MR/M SAT CLA K8MR/M SAT VEN K8MR/M SAT MER K8MR/M SAT JUN K8RYU/R SAT - not firm ADA K8RYU/R SAT FRA K8RYU/R SAT HUN K8RYU/R SAT PER K8RYU/R SAT FUL K8RYU/R SUN - not firm BED K8RYU/R SUN FAY K8RYU/R SUN CMB K8RYU/R SUN GRE K8RYU/R SUN SOM K8RYU/R SUN Out of State Sec Call Notes SFL AA4GT 20M CT W3IZ/1 From k3ct at verizon.net Fri Oct 12 02:14:11 2018 From: k3ct at verizon.net (John Bednar) Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2018 02:14:11 -0400 Subject: [PaQSO] PA QSO Party - N1MM Logger In-Reply-To: <000a01d461af$4bcf12a0$e36d37e0$@gmail.com> References: <000a01d461af$4bcf12a0$e36d37e0$@gmail.com> Message-ID: <16666e9364d-1ecb-2074@webjas-vae024.srv.aolmail.net> The latest release of N1MM Logger includes the email address in the Cabrillo file header. Please use this version to generate the submitted Cabrillo. Recent versions of N1MM Logger include a new Multiplier window. It lists the NV county abbreviations. Look for it in Window, Multipliers menu. The NV QSO party county abbreviations should be logged. In-state participants will receive multiplier credit for the State. You will also be able to submit the Cabrillo file to the NV QSO sponsor. The NV & PA QSO party sponsors will rescore your Cabrillo file to their rules using the NV & PA county abbreviations. The AZ QSO Party has changed their exchange this year to exclude serial number. You will need to ask the operator for a serial number. The AZ QSO party sponsor will not accept Cabrillo files containing PA or NV county abbreviations. If you enter an AZ county abbreviation in the Exchange box, N1MM Logger will convert it to "AZ". John, K3CT From goody.k3ng at gmail.com Fri Oct 12 13:13:14 2018 From: goody.k3ng at gmail.com (Goody K3NG) Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2018 13:13:14 -0400 Subject: [PaQSO] Pre-Party Net Tonight Message-ID: The pre-Party net will be this evening at 8 PM Eastern / 0000Z and will be hosted by yours truly, Goody K3NG in EPA, and Mark NK8Q in WPA, 3.910 Mhz LSB +/-. We will take checkins in groups of 5 to 10 at a time and call by area for EPA, WPA, and out-of-state checkins. 73 Goody K3NG From aa3b.bud at gmail.com Fri Oct 12 19:25:35 2018 From: aa3b.bud at gmail.com (Bud Trench) Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2018 19:25:35 -0400 Subject: [PaQSO] 80M Mobile CW Calling Frequency Message-ID: <015c01d46282$e1405ff0$a3c11fd0$@gmail.com> The PA QSO Party Mobile window is 5 to 15 KHz below the recommended frequencies as shown in Paragraph 4 of the rules. Several of the mobiles have indicated that they will be active on 80M during the daylight hours. Further, it has been requested that a specific calling frequency for 80M mobile operations be established. Let's use 3535 KHz for this purpose. 73, Bud AA3B From goody.k3ng at gmail.com Fri Oct 12 19:58:07 2018 From: goody.k3ng at gmail.com (Goody K3NG) Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2018 19:58:07 -0400 Subject: [PaQSO] Net 3.912.5 Message-ID: Going to try to start up the net on 3.9125 Mhz From goody.k3ng at gmail.com Fri Oct 12 20:31:52 2018 From: goody.k3ng at gmail.com (Goody K3NG) Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2018 20:31:52 -0400 Subject: [PaQSO] Net is on 3.913 Message-ID: From aa3b.bud at gmail.com Fri Oct 12 20:55:10 2018 From: aa3b.bud at gmail.com (Bud Trench) Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2018 20:55:10 -0400 Subject: [PaQSO] 2018 Pa QSO Party Operating Plans as of 12 Oct 2018 - Final Update Message-ID: <000901d4628f$65364d90$2fa2e8b0$@gmail.com> The following is a summary of 2018 PA QSO Party operating plans I have seen as of 10/12/18. This will likely be the final update for 2018 unless additional inputs or corrections are received by 10:00 AM Saturday morning. Best of luck to everyone and have fun! 73, Bud AA3B 67 of 67 counties appear on the list. Fixed & Portable Stations Cty Call Notes ADA K3DCS ADA WA3WSJ ALL N3OJL ALL W3WN ALL WA3HAE 160-10M, SSB/CW BEA N3SD BED KB3UVG BER AA3B Single Op, HP, 160-6M, SSB/CW/RTTY BER NE3F Multi Op, SSB BRA KA3EQU BRA KC3HMQ BRA NT3I 40-20M SSB BRA WB3IZF BUX W3FRC CW CAR K3NG QRP CAR K3PP CEN KN3O 40-20M CEN N3LI Bonus Station, Multi Op CHE NZ3O CHE W3TT LP, CW CLA KB3GMN LP, 160-10M, SSB CLE W3CUB Single Op, HP, 160-10M CLI WQ3N CMB K3HCR Multi Op, 80-20M, 2M, SSB/CW. K3HCR, W3WH, K3VX COL N3MIE 160-10M, SSB CRA N3PKJ 80-10M CRA W3ZX CUM W3KB LP DCO KW3A 160-6M, SSB/CW ELK KE3FO ERI W3GV FAY AA3EE FOR K3FRT FOR K3MD Multi Op, HP, 80-10M, SSB/CW FRA AB3AH FUL/FRA County line FRA W3PDW SSB/Digital FUL AB3AH FUL/FRA County line GRE WA3VXJ HUN NA3F SSB/CW HUN NA3V INN KM3M INN N3VFK JEF KD8MQ Multi Op, LP, 160-6M SSB/CW JUN N3SW QRP, SSB/CW, Saturday LAC N3IGO LAC N3RUM SSB LAN KD3K LAN KN3A Single Op, 160-6M, SSB/CW/Digital LAN N3AD Single Op, HP, 160-10M, SSB/CW LAN N3NTJ Single Op, 80-10M, SSB LAW KJ3X Single Op, 80-20M, SSB LEB N3RM 160-10M, SSB/CW LEH N3VZ Multi Op, 160-6M, SSB/CW/RTTY/PSK LEH NY3B LP, SSB/CW/Digital LYC KC3KWA Single Op, LP, 160-10M, SSB/CW MCK KD3D MCK W3VV Multi Op, SSB/CW/Digital MER KS3N MGY K3HW 160-6M, SSB/CW/Digital MGY KE3AAR MGY N3HWH Single Op, LP MIF NK8Q QRP, 160-20M, SSB/CW MTR N3JIX SSB/Digital MTR W3GY Single Op, LP, 160-20M NHA NS3L 160-2M, SSB/CW/RTTY NHA W3OK Multi Op, 160-10M, SSB/CW/RTTY/PSK PHI WA3AAN PIK KZ3MW QRP, SSB/RTTY/PSK POT K3CC SCH KC3BSA Multi Op, LP, 160-10M, SSB & CW SOM N3BLS SOM N3XF SOM/WES County Line. HP, 80-20M, 6M, SSB/CW SUL W3ZR SUS KA3EEO Multi Op, 80-10M SSB/CW. KA3EEO, N3RN SUS N3LPJ SUS N3SRC Multi Op SUS N3UPM TIO K3WJV VEN W3ZIC WAR N3ZK Multi Op WAS N3TIR Multi Op, HP, 160-2M, SSB/CW/Digital WAS WA3TD Multi Op, LP, 80-20 + 6M. WA3TD, W3TD, K3TD WAY KA3PTF WAY KC3GSV WAY N3PEC WAY WA2CCN WAY WD4GXT WES N3XF SOM/WES County Line. HP, 80-20M, 6M, SSB/CW WES W3GH Multi Op, HP YOR K3IEC Multi Op, 80-2M, SSB/CW/Digital, Saturday 14z to 19z YOR K3TEF YOR N3NBT YOR W3ZGD Mobile and Rover Routes Cty Call Notes CMB K0BAK/R SAT - SSB BLA K0BAK/R SAT BED K0BAK/R SAT SOM K0BAK/R SAT FUL K0BAK/R SAT HUN K0BAK/R SAT FRA K0BAK/R SAT MIF K0BAK/R SUN JUN K0BAK/R SUN PER K0BAK/R SUN DAU K0BAK/R SUN LEB K0BAK/R SUN LAN K0BAK/R SUN BER K0BAK/R SUN ERI KC3DRZ/M SAT - Multi Op, LP, 80-20M, SSB WAR KC3DRZ/M SAT MCK KC3DRZ/M SAT ELK KC3DRZ/M SAT CLE KC3DRZ/M SAT JEF KC3DRZ/M SAT CLA KC3DRZ/M SAT VEN KC3DRZ/M SAT BUT KC3DRZ/M SAT LAW KC3DRZ/M SAT MER KC3DRZ/M SAT CRA KC3DRZ/M SAT ERI N2CU/M SAT - 80-20M, SSB/CW CRA N2CU/M SAT VEN N2CU/M SAT FOR N2CU/M SAT CLA N2CU/M SAT JEF N2CU/M SAT ELK N2CU/M SAT WAR N2CU/M SAT WAR N2CU/M SUN FOR N2CU/M SUN ELK N2CU/M SUN CRN N2CU/M SUN POT N2CU/M SUN MCK N2CU/M SUN UNI KA3QLF/R SAT - Multi Op, LP, SSB/CW. KA3QLF, N3KAE, N3XLS SNY KA3QLF/R SAT NUM KA3QLF/R SAT COL KA3QLF/R SAT MTR KA3QLF/R SAT - TENTATIVE SCH KA3QLF/R SAT WYO KA3QLF/R SAT LUZ KA3QLF/R SUN LAC KA3QLF/R SUN WAY KA3QLF/R SUN MOE KA3QLF/R SUN PIK KA3QLF/R SUN WAR W3CG/R SAT - Multi Op, SSB/CW, 80-20M. N3KZI, WA3A, AA2AD W3CG/R SUN - To be determined based on need in NW quadrant MER K8MR/M SAT with AF8A LAW K8MR/M SAT BUT K8MR/M SAT ARM K8MR/M SAT INN K8MR/M SAT CMB K8MR/M SAT SOM K8MR/M SAT BED K8MR/M SAT BLA K8MR/M SAT HUN K8MR/M SAT MIF K8MR/M SAT JUN K8MR/M SAT PER K8MR/M SAT SNY K8MR/M SAT NUM K8MR/M SAT UNI K8MR/M SAT CLI K8MR/M SAT CEN K8MR/M SAT CLE K8MR/M SAT JEF K8MR/M SAT CLA K8MR/M SAT VEN K8MR/M SAT MER K8MR/M SAT JUN K8RYU/R SAT - not firm ADA K8RYU/R SAT FRA K8RYU/R SAT HUN K8RYU/R SAT PER K8RYU/R SAT FUL K8RYU/R SUN - not firm BED K8RYU/R SUN FAY K8RYU/R SUN CMB K8RYU/R SUN GRE K8RYU/R SUN SOM K8RYU/R SUN Out of State Sec Call Notes SFL AA4GT 20M CT W3IZ/1 SC WN4AFP From aa3b.bud at gmail.com Sat Oct 13 08:24:32 2018 From: aa3b.bud at gmail.com (Bud Trench) Date: Sat, 13 Oct 2018 08:24:32 -0400 Subject: [PaQSO] 2018 Pa QSO Party Operator Aids Updates are Available Message-ID: <004401d462ef$b2722d80$17568880$@gmail.com> There are updates available for the following Pa QSO Party Operator Aids at https://www.paqso.org/party-operator-aids.html Mobile / Rover routes N1MM Logger+ Call History WriteLog Preload file Also, the final version of the 2018 Party Operating Plans is available at https://www.paqso.org/party-operating-plans.html Best of luck to all! 73, Bud AA3B From n3ntj at embarqmail.com Sun Oct 14 00:01:37 2018 From: n3ntj at embarqmail.com (Matthew Steger) Date: Sun, 14 Oct 2018 00:01:37 -0400 Subject: [PaQSO] 2018 Pa QSO Party - Day 1 Message-ID: <000001d46372$9bc07550$d3415ff0$@embarqmail.com> Closing up shop for day 1... only need CRN, MOE, and BRA. Hopefully these counties will be on tomorrow. 40m was pretty bad (for PA to PA contacts) most of the afternoon and then someone turned on the switch around 5pm.... 73 de N3NTJ Matt From aa3b.bud at gmail.com Sun Oct 14 01:02:51 2018 From: aa3b.bud at gmail.com (Bud Trench) Date: Sun, 14 Oct 2018 01:02:51 -0400 Subject: [PaQSO] Need CRN for the Sweep! Message-ID: <001001d4637b$29bb1240$7d3136c0$@gmail.com> Need CRN for the Sweep. N2CU/CRN could be very popular on Sunday! 73, Bud AA3B From jimk8mr at aol.com Sun Oct 14 01:07:43 2018 From: jimk8mr at aol.com (jimk8mr at aol.com) Date: Sun, 14 Oct 2018 01:07:43 -0400 Subject: [PaQSO] K8MR/M Message-ID: <9FF3DD46-B71D-4C53-8954-29A1E5289DBA@aol.com> Ended at 0438z with 808x101 for about 173K. Thanks to all! 73, Jim K8MR With Gary AF8A Sent from my iPhone From dave at pkministrywebs.com Sun Oct 14 06:30:44 2018 From: dave at pkministrywebs.com (Dave Edmonds) Date: Sun, 14 Oct 2018 06:30:44 -0400 Subject: [PaQSO] K8MR/M In-Reply-To: <9FF3DD46-B71D-4C53-8954-29A1E5289DBA@aol.com> References: <9FF3DD46-B71D-4C53-8954-29A1E5289DBA@aol.com> Message-ID: Great score Jim! 80m was extremely difficult from me to you last night. Thanks for the Qs. I'll be on some today. 117 Qs and 46 mults so far. 73sDave WN4AFP On Sun, Oct 14, 2018 at 1:08 AM jimk8mr--- via PaQSO wrote: > > Ended at 0438z with 808x101 for about 173K. > > Thanks to all! > > 73, > > Jim K8MR With Gary AF8A > Sent from my iPhone > ______________________________________________________________ > PaQSO mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/paqso > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:PaQSO at mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to dave at pkministrywebs.com > -- Dave Edmonds PK Ministry Webs 864.288.6678 dave at pkministrywebs.com www.pkministrywebs.com From k3pp at k3pp.com Sun Oct 14 10:29:05 2018 From: k3pp at k3pp.com (Glenn O'Donnell, K3PP) Date: Sun, 14 Oct 2018 10:29:05 -0400 Subject: [PaQSO] 15m open to EU Message-ID: <0D3862AA-0AD2-49F1-A735-E048DDCC8A7F@k3pp.com> I still need CRN, FAY, and SUL but I bagged lots of EU on 15. Glenn O'Donnell, K3PP Sent from my Begali Sculpture key ... um, nah, just an iPhone! Sorry! From jimk8mr at aol.com Sun Oct 14 14:09:58 2018 From: jimk8mr at aol.com (Jim) Date: Sun, 14 Oct 2018 14:09:58 -0400 Subject: [PaQSO] Fwd: [NCC] Fwd: PaQP K8MR Multi-Op Mobile LP References: <9693E9EB-CC6E-4FEB-9B85-DBB9190C87E5@aol.com> Message-ID: > Begin forwarded message: > > From: Jim via NCC > Subject: [NCC] Fwd: PaQP K8MR Multi-Op Mobile LP > Date: October 14, 2018 at 2:08:04 PM EDT > To: mrrc , North Coast Contesters , qsoparty at yahoogroups.com > Reply-To: Jim > > > >> Begin forwarded message: >> >> From: webform at b4h.net >> Subject: PaQP K8MR Multi-Op Mobile LP >> Date: October 14, 2018 at 2:01:03 PM EDT >> To: 3830 at contesting.com, k8mr at arrl.net >> Reply-To: k8mr at arrl.net >> >> Pennsylvania QSO Party >> >> Call: K8MR >> Operator(s): K8MR AF8A >> Station: K8MR >> >> Class: Multi-Op Mobile LP >> QTH: 23 Counties >> Operating Time (hrs): 12.5 >> >> Summary: >> Band CW Qs Ph Qs Dig Qs >> ---------------------------- >> 160: >> 80: 350 5 0 >> 40: 352 32 0 >> 20: 63 4 0 >> 15: >> 10: >> 6: >> 2: >> ---------------------------- >> Total: 765 41 0 Mults = 101 Total Score = 173,507 >> >> Club: North Coast Contesters >> >> Comments: >> >> Not sure if this score includes the bonus points for one N3LI QSO or 23 counties >> activated. >> >> A good one day ride around my home state of Pennsylvania. Two days on the road >> is too much IMHO, and in any case I had other things planned in Cleveland on >> Sunday. >> >> Things started poorly. I got the antennas installed on Friday evening, but did >> not get the time to test them. Saturday morning things were behaving oddly, >> which I was able to trace to a crappy coax connection on the mag mount. Got out >> the soldering gun and put on a real connector. Then the K3 was behaving oddly, >> apparently from a night in the cool damp car. Fortunately it warmed up after the >> first half hour heading to PA and gave no further problems. >> >> Our start was delayed by a 15 minute construction tie up on US 422 in Parkman >> Ohio. Only three cars ahead of us, but nobody passing while every dump truck, >> front end loader, and paving machine moved around in front of us. Arrived in PA >> 10 minutes after the start. >> >> The contest started off slowly - barely doing 50/hr for the first few. Then late >> afternoon things got going well, and kept it up until the last few hours when >> things slowed down. 80 CW worked well, but very little action on 40 in the last >> few hours. After the great 15/10 opening in the California QSO Party last week I >> made a few tries on 15, but heard absolutely zero. >> >> One new mobile contesting experience: while parked at a picnic area in Prince >> Galitizin State Forest in Somerset county, a small bus pulled in carrying a >> wedding party. Not sure if they were there for photos or to just to check us >> out. >> >> Thanks to Gary, AF8A, who willingly did 90+% of the driving, letting me get my >> radio fix; to the new folks running the PAQP; and all who got on to work us. >> >> And the PAQP was not the best thing of the weekend. New granddaughter arrived >> this afternoon in Cleveland, via a scheduled C-section which allowed me to >> better plan for PAQP. All, including Grandpa, are doing fine. >> >> >> 73 - Jim K8MR >> >> >> Posted using 3830 Score Submittal Forms at: http://www.3830scores.com/ > > _______________________________________________ > NCC mailing list > NCC at contesting.com > http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/ncc From tvguy07 at gmail.com Sun Oct 14 21:49:41 2018 From: tvguy07 at gmail.com (john myers) Date: Sun, 14 Oct 2018 21:49:41 -0400 Subject: [PaQSO] Fwd: PaQP KD8MQ Multi-Op LP In-Reply-To: <20181015011222.1.DA59163C2D1D9B37@b4h.net> References: <20181015011222.1.DA59163C2D1D9B37@b4h.net> Message-ID: ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Date: Sun, Oct 14, 2018 at 9:12 PM Subject: PaQP KD8MQ Multi-Op LP To: <3830 at contesting.com>, Pennsylvania QSO Party Call: KD8MQ Operator(s): KD8MQ KD8KMQ N8PLA Station: KD8MQ Class: Multi-Op LP QTH: JEF Operating Time (hrs): 13 Summary: Band CW Qs Ph Qs Dig Qs ---------------------------- 160: 7 0 0 80: 11 77 0 40: 71 124 0 20: 16 1 0 15: 1 0 0 10: 0 0 0 6: 0 0 0 2: 0 0 0 ---------------------------- Total: 106 202 0 Mults = 102 Total Score = 42,326 Club: Comments: This year, I focused not on counties, but overall multipliers. I also resolved to call CQ more often, even on CW; a mode which I'm still not totally comfortable with. I was definitely out of my comfort zone, but I'm happy with the results. Thanks to all who were so patient with my sending, and constant request for repeats. DE John, KD8MQ DIT DIT Posted using 3830 Score Submittal Forms at: http://www.3830scores.com/ From n3xls at yahoo.com Mon Oct 15 10:20:51 2018 From: n3xls at yahoo.com (Joe N3XLS) Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2018 10:20:51 -0400 Subject: [PaQSO] KA3QLF Rover Message-ID: As one of the op's of KA3QLF Rover I like to Thank everyone that chased us this weekend. It's your support that makes our rover journey worth the effort. 73 Joe N3XLS From davidastout at yahoo.com Mon Oct 15 10:38:07 2018 From: davidastout at yahoo.com (David Stout) Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2018 14:38:07 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [PaQSO] Mobiles/Rover References: <165549932.1311445.1539614287286.ref@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <165549932.1311445.1539614287286@mail.yahoo.com> As one of the op's of KA3QLF Rover I like to Thank everyone that chased us this weekend. It's your support that makes our rover journey worth the effort. 73 Joe N3XLS --- It is us who should be thanking you. Without mobiles and rovers many a clean sweep would be lost. Never think we don't appreciate the road trips guys. Dave KY3W from the WQ3N team From dave at pkministrywebs.com Mon Oct 15 11:09:39 2018 From: dave at pkministrywebs.com (Dave Edmonds) Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2018 11:09:39 -0400 Subject: [PaQSO] Mobiles/Rover In-Reply-To: <165549932.1311445.1539614287286@mail.yahoo.com> References: <165549932.1311445.1539614287286.ref@mail.yahoo.com> <165549932.1311445.1539614287286@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: Thank you KA3QLF for running all the 'rare' multipliers! I also want to share that as an out of state station, I was glad that your team continued to operate on bands other than 80m late on Sunday. In working the PAQP for the last 3-4 years, I've noticed that the many of the PA stations move to 80m on Sunday afternoon, while 40m and 80m are very open. Out of state can only work in state stations, so it's difficult when the QP moves toward an 80m 'local' contest. Thanks Dave WN4AFP 13,414 points On Mon, Oct 15, 2018 at 10:38 AM David Stout via PaQSO < paqso at mailman.qth.net> wrote: > As one of the op's of KA3QLF Rover I like to Thank everyone that chased us > this weekend. It's your support that makes our rover journey worth the > effort. > 73 Joe N3XLS > > --- > > It is us who should be thanking you. Without mobiles and rovers many a > clean sweep would be lost. Never think we don't appreciate the road trips > guys. > > Dave KY3W > from the WQ3N team > ______________________________________________________________ > PaQSO mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/paqso > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:PaQSO at mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to dave at pkministrywebs.com > -- Dave Edmonds PK Ministry Webs 864.288.6678 dave at pkministrywebs.com www.pkministrywebs.com From wa2fgk at yahoo.com Mon Oct 15 11:50:55 2018 From: wa2fgk at yahoo.com (Herb Krumich) Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2018 15:50:55 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [PaQSO] Wyoming County References: <1527830889.8423.1539618655482.ref@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <1527830889.8423.1539618655482@mail.yahoo.com> I knew when we picked out the cabin in Wyoming County that the location was very poor.Mountains surrounded us plus 100 foot trees But had no idea how poor until the contest started.We had computer trouble from the get-go while conditions were decent on 40 meters.After getting that straightened out, we were able to get a few runs on SSB. What really amazed me was never being able to get stations to call us on 80 meter SSB. Every contactfrom the hollow location was hunted and pecked. But the gratification of stations telling us"Thanks for Wyoming County" was very fulfilling..So Saturday was a tough go and Sunday got worse. Very noisy conditions? and long on 40.80 meters was pretty good but very little activity. Sunday afternoon I could barely hear anyone on 40 LSB so decidedto clean the cabin, and head for home.I decided next year to do some roving, unless the weather looks bad, then I will op from home.All and all, I hope we helped a few with Wyoming County73Herb K2LNS From w3hkk at roadrunner.com Mon Oct 15 12:09:31 2018 From: w3hkk at roadrunner.com (w3hkk at roadrunner.com) Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2018 12:09:31 -0400 Subject: [PaQSO] Kudos on the FB PAQP! Message-ID: <20181015160931.I3QX0.24895.root@cdptpa-web25> Always get in for at least a few qsos, while glancing over my shoulder at the FB Clean Sweep plaque I received a couple years ago! Showed it to a new local ham recently and for some reason he jumped in full bore for this years party. His first time effort came up just short -by 9 counties- so he's pumped for next year and determined to get his own clean sweep. Its events like the PAQP that bring us new hams, and keep old timers like me going. Thanks also to the rovers/mobiles scouring the "dx" counties to assist us in our quests. 73 de Bob W3HKK ex: Phila-Centre-Allegheny-Lancaster County resident, & Ohio resident (Richland-Summit-Licking Counties) for the past 37 years. ex: F7AL-5A3TG-9G1GS-ON8UD-PY8/W3HKK-PS7/W3HKK- W3HKK/W6-W3HKK/W2-W3HKK/W3 *Mobile Op between OH and Myrtle Beach, SC during the ARRL WW DX Contests between 1995-2004, working 10-40m ssb, making 150-275 qsos during the 12 hr drive. Great fun. Made for a fast trip. Mobile rig: FT901dm, to Perth Outbacker antenna. But, alas, never figured out how to log while driving alone so have no records. :< From paul.lusardi at outlook.com Tue Oct 16 12:54:36 2018 From: paul.lusardi at outlook.com (Paul Lusardi) Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2018 16:54:36 +0000 Subject: [PaQSO] Need your input on PSK31, RTTY, 2+6M - thanks Message-ID: Howdy all, Our operations had to bail on RTTY and PSK31 modes at the last minute - can anyone give feedback on their use of these modes, was it worth the effort to focus on these modes? Or better spent on traditional modes such as CW and SSB? Also any reports on 2/6M as well - worth the effort was it just a few contacts? Thanks, Paul, N0VLR (N3ZK team) From aa3b.bud at gmail.com Tue Oct 16 15:14:32 2018 From: aa3b.bud at gmail.com (Bud Trench) Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2018 15:14:32 -0400 Subject: [PaQSO] Pa QSO Party Donations as of 16 October Message-ID: <007801d46584$7889eb20$699dc160$@gmail.com> The Pa QSO Party Association would like to thank the following for their donations. This list is as of 10/16/18: AA3B Andrew Forsyth AF3I and Cumberland Amateur Radio Club K3IEC K3MD N3XF W3XOX Note: The above list does not include 2018 Plaque Sponsors. The donations will help the Pa QSO Party Association continue to grow and modernize the Pa QSO Party. Additional donations are welcomed and can be sent via the Donate button on the Pa QSO Party Association Webpage (https://www.paqso.org/about-pa-qso-pa.html) or by sending a check to the following address: PA QSO Party Association P.O. Box 260 New Berlinville, PA 19545-0260 73, Bud AA3B Treasurer/Secretary Pa QSO Party Association From n3ntj at embarqmail.com Tue Oct 16 16:24:58 2018 From: n3ntj at embarqmail.com (Matthew Steger) Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2018 16:24:58 -0400 Subject: [PaQSO] Need your input on PSK31, RTTY, 2+6M - thanks In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <004401d4658e$5019da60$f04d8f20$@embarqmail.com> Personally, I did not operate nor have any interest in using 2m, 6m, nor RTTY or PSK31 during the QSO Party. I always stick to traditional modes of CW and phone on 160m ~ 10m. 73 N3NTJ -----Original Message----- From: paqso-bounces at mailman.qth.net On Behalf Of Paul Lusardi Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2018 12:55 PM To: paqso at mailman.qth.net Subject: [PaQSO] Need your input on PSK31, RTTY, 2+6M - thanks Howdy all, Our operations had to bail on RTTY and PSK31 modes at the last minute - can anyone give feedback on their use of these modes, was it worth the effort to focus on these modes? Or better spent on traditional modes such as CW and SSB? Also any reports on 2/6M as well - worth the effort was it just a few contacts? Thanks, Paul, N0VLR (N3ZK team) ______________________________________________________________ PaQSO mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/paqso Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:PaQSO at mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to n3ntj at embarqmail.com From n3wd at n3wd.com Tue Oct 16 21:37:00 2018 From: n3wd at n3wd.com (William Dobson) Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2018 21:37:00 -0400 Subject: [PaQSO] N3WD Mobile Effort Message-ID: <012f01d465b9$e6788440$b3698cc0$@n3wd.com> Gave this one a hearty try but my heart was not into it this year. For the past two years I have participated in the this great QSO party. Two years ago was my first time. Sharon, K3DUH did all the driving. Last year we ramped up the effort and she drove over 700 miles as we activated 21 counties. I tried to at least do some counties this year BUT it was not the same without her. CREATED-BY: N3FJP's Pennsylvania QSO Party Contest Log 4.4 CONTEST: PAQP CALLSIGN: N3WD LOCATION: PA CATEGORY-OPERATOR: SINGLE-OP CATEGORY-STATION: MOBILE CATEGORY-TRANSMITTER: ONE CATEGORY-POWER: LOW CATEGORY-ASSISTED: NON-ASSISTED CATEGORY-BAND: ALL CATEGORY-MODE: SSB CATEGORY-TIME: 6-HOURS SOAPBOX: 200 points for working N3LI 1 times. SOAPBOX: 10 or more contacts from: York, Adams, Cumberland, Total Mobile Bonus = 1500 CLAIMED-SCORE: 3962 OPERATORS: N3WD Total Contacts by Band and Mode: Band CW Phone Dig Total % ---- -- ----- --- ----- --- 80 0 24 0 24 41 40 0 34 0 34 59 -- ----- --- ----- --- Total 0 58 0 58 100 Bill, N3WD --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus From mathenyr at marietta.edu Wed Oct 17 14:49:09 2018 From: mathenyr at marietta.edu (Ralph Matheny) Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2018 18:49:09 +0000 Subject: [PaQSO] K8RYU/R Message-ID: Kinda a bumpy year for me....seems like I have a lot of those!! Started in JUN, QSO's down, usually have 100+ there but less this year. Then to HUN with pretty much normal results there. PER was a blast...biggest damn pileup I've had in a long time. Then trip across the mountain to ADA, things about normal there. Worked some from FRA, including 160, then off to bed. Up early Sunday, on in FUL with good results. BED a complete bust...normally 100+ Q's but nobody seemed to be on and conditions seemed poor. Rain there, location not at all good. Then drove to FAY where made a normal showing. Was told that GRE was scarce by several ops, but the day was ending and I chose to stay in FAY rather than move. Good thing, as I was stuck in traffic on I-68 for near an hour which would have wasted most of my time left. Problems this year....an auto tuner which would not behave... have had that issue before and just can't seem to get it to act up at home...the deep cycle batts didn't last as long as usual so had logging computer problems due to low volts. Lost a lot of time on road due to detours which really fouled my usual trip, including the I-68 problem...the good folks in WV thought Sunday eve was a good time to repair a bridge. Good side is the K3 never blinked, nor did the old Honda Van (now 255,000 miles) so got home in time to pick up the dog at sitters' house before 9. So...another one in the books.... about 520 Q's, about 100 mults (didn't count them yet) and 785 miles driven. Cudos to NK8Q and KA3QLF......never loud but always there. de K8RYU From bmanning at zitomedia.net Wed Oct 17 15:39:42 2018 From: bmanning at zitomedia.net (Bruce A. Manning) Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2018 15:39:42 -0400 Subject: [PaQSO] W3VV PAQSO CW Message-ID: The McKean County Amateur Radio Club, W3VV, set up again this year at the Boy Scout Camp at Elk Lick. Great place. We had one digital station and two phone station and a QRP CW station. The final numbers are not yet crunched but I can give a report on the CW station. We made 400 QSO's CW, QRP, 5 watts. We worked 57 of the 67 Counties and 2 N3LI Bonus stations. Also 37 ARRL Sections were worked. In the 400 QSO's there were 10 dupes.We had a great time with a great bunch of folks, several people got the chance to try HF contesting for the first time. Oh, and we ate too much :) 160 - 8 QSO's 80 - 150 QSO's 40 - 214 QSO's 20 - 18 QSO's Total score was 150,160. -- Bruce A. Manning NJ3K From davidastout at yahoo.com Thu Oct 18 01:59:40 2018 From: davidastout at yahoo.com (David Stout) Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2018 05:59:40 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [PaQSO] Results References: <791777003.92920.1539842380137.ref@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <791777003.92920.1539842380137@mail.yahoo.com> The Berwick Contest Team WQ3N rented a nice cabin near Woolrich, PA in Clinton county this year. We always try to activate a rare or semi-rare county as often as possible. For us BRA CRN & MOE were the most elusive this time. Of course, this changes from year to year. Great location with plenty of tall trees. Got the antennas high and they all played very well. The only downside to the site was no cell phone reception. We had to drive 9 miles away to make a call.? 2018 was not our best year for number of contacts but it certainly was for score. We made 1315 Q's and a total of 140 M's and a cleansweep. Final score 257020. Only worked the bonus station twice. As always, a big thanks a million to the mobiles and rovers. N2CU saved us from losing CRN, N3JIX got us BRA and KA3QLF tagged us MOE. There were a few others that were a close call too only working two stations.? Already planning and looking forward to next year. Hope you all had as much fun as we did. Dave KY3W, Bob AK3V & Mike N3BUDWQ3N BCT From markwheeler1 at me.com Thu Oct 18 07:41:31 2018 From: markwheeler1 at me.com (Mark Wheeler) Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2018 07:41:31 -0400 Subject: [PaQSO] Need your input on PSK31, RTTY, 2+6M - thanks In-Reply-To: <004401d4658e$5019da60$f04d8f20$@embarqmail.com> References: <004401d4658e$5019da60$f04d8f20$@embarqmail.com> Message-ID: <5A996500-8DB4-4C78-9F0D-9DDA5CF28D20@me.com> As the winner of the Top PSK31 Score in both the 2016 and 2017 PA QSO Party I feel I have some standing to write the following about Digital modes in the PAQP? PSK31 and RTTY were noticeably absent this year in the PAQP. I know? I was searching? and calling? mostly in vain? for stations with either of these modes in nearly every band. And other digital modes as well. Simply wasn't happening. I don?t blame this on lack of interest? I think many hams are confused about the vast and rapidly changing digital modes and techniques in ham radio. One thing is abundantly clear: the digital mode called FT8, which is part of the WSJT-X software by Joe Taylor K1JT?. is THE most popular digital mode in amateur radio worldwide right now. It?s where all the DX has gone? and most of the QSOs when propagation is challenging. FT8 gets through when other modes don?t. Just take a look at http://PSKReporter.info and filter for RTTY or PSK. Then filter the results to show FT8? and get ready to be knocked off your chair. In case you haven?t heard, FT8 is evolving into a ?version 2.0? early next year. And it?s going to support things like contest exchanges? the lack of which at present has kept it out of PAQP usage. PREDICTION: By this time next year FT8 will be the dominant Digital mode? and possibly THE dominant mode? in the PAQP. - Mark KZ3MW 2016 & 2017 PAQP Top PSK31 Scorer > On Oct 16, 2018, at 4:24 PM, Matthew Steger wrote: > > Personally, I did not operate nor have any interest in using 2m, 6m, nor > RTTY or PSK31 during the QSO Party. I always stick to traditional modes of > CW and phone on 160m ~ 10m. > > 73 > N3NTJ > > -----Original Message----- > From: paqso-bounces at mailman.qth.net > On > Behalf Of Paul Lusardi > Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2018 12:55 PM > To: paqso at mailman.qth.net > Subject: [PaQSO] Need your input on PSK31, RTTY, 2+6M - thanks > > Howdy all, > > Our operations had to bail on RTTY and PSK31 modes at the last minute - can > anyone give feedback on their use of these modes, was it worth the effort to > focus on these modes? Or better spent on traditional modes such as CW and > SSB? > > Also any reports on 2/6M as well - worth the effort was it just a few > contacts? > > Thanks, > > Paul, N0VLR (N3ZK team) > ______________________________________________________________ > PaQSO mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/paqso > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:PaQSO at mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message > delivered to n3ntj at embarqmail.com > From n8xx at arrl.org Thu Oct 18 09:46:27 2018 From: n8xx at arrl.org (Hank Greeb) Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2018 09:46:27 -0400 Subject: [PaQSO] Need your input on PSK31, RTTY, 2+6M - thanks In-Reply-To: <5A996500-8DB4-4C78-9F0D-9DDA5CF28D20@me.com> References: <004401d4658e$5019da60$f04d8f20$@embarqmail.com> <5A996500-8DB4-4C78-9F0D-9DDA5CF28D20@me.com> Message-ID: <68c0a8e1-56e7-8577-b9a2-3661aac81064@att.net> Mark: Yup, and "Corn Whiskey (CW) and Silly Slop Bucket (SSB) will be dead, and we'll ALL be on FT8."? :) The above was one of the predictions in a 1950's article about Coherent CW.? And, we all realize that this happened. :) A personal goal, though, is to get my rig interface for these modes operational.? I've been on PSK-31, RTTY, and a few variants, including trying a fellow's Model 28 TTY unit back in 1954 or so (Wow! what a clunker in today's standards). I'd say, though, that if PAQP adopts FT8 as a legit mode, it should increase activity for the "digital modes."? But, you gotta publicize this via the "non traditional" reflectors, etc. Note that we're on or near the bottom of the sunspot cycle, so folks may not have been trying "other modes."? Also, there was a PSK-31 specific contest during your contest period, though since it was 160 meters only, it probably didn't detract PSK-31 acivity from PAQSO party. Congrats to the organizers of PAQP.? A FB party. 72/73 de n8xx Hg QRP >99.44% of the time On 10/18/2018 7:41 AM, Mark Wheeler via PaQSO wrote: > PREDICTION: By this time next year FT8 will be the dominant Digital mode? and possibly THE dominant mode? in the PAQP. From w3hkk at roadrunner.com Thu Oct 18 10:08:39 2018 From: w3hkk at roadrunner.com (w3hkk at roadrunner.com) Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2018 10:08:39 -0400 Subject: [PaQSO] Digital Modes -Mark Message-ID: <20181018140839.ZIY06.54251.root@cdptpa-web25> Couldnt agree more with Mark's comments on FT8. Tuning the bands ( these days: 160-80-40-30-20m ), the number of cw stations and PSK stations seem way down. Even on ssb there are fewer ops Granted the bottom of ths sunspot cycle has affected things dramatically, but I believe its more than that. Or rather as the result of decreased sigs, people have moved to FT8, as its often the only way to get thru. I have been chasing 3W8B for the past six months. Back in the spring we often made contact on 20 cw.But come June, no more sigs. We'd chat via skype and make skeds but no more sigs. July-Aug-Sep were just as bad. Bruce says that since May, he now makes 95% of his contacts on FT8 as thats the only mode he can work the US on. I dont know how many times Ive tuned 160 40 30 and 20m only to find no sigs EXCEPT FT8. Its really surprising. But its the only mode that works, here at the bottom. Im 76, and would rather struggle with cw ssk or PSK chasing DX or in a contest ora rag chew qso, than go FT8. But you pay a steep price for the lack of ops on those modes. Thank heavens for contests! They bring ops out of the woodwork. So I dont believe we appreciate enough just how much contesting means to ham radio, especially these days. But until the cycle turns, and people get tired of the limited computer-assisted exchanges, FT8 will remain an astonishingly effective way to make qsos - and in many cases - the ONLY way, much of the time. From goody.k3ng at gmail.com Thu Oct 18 12:13:12 2018 From: goody.k3ng at gmail.com (Goody K3NG) Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2018 12:13:12 -0400 Subject: [PaQSO] Need your input on PSK31, RTTY, 2+6M - thanks In-Reply-To: <5A996500-8DB4-4C78-9F0D-9DDA5CF28D20@me.com> References: <004401d4658e$5019da60$f04d8f20$@embarqmail.com> <5A996500-8DB4-4C78-9F0D-9DDA5CF28D20@me.com> Message-ID: Historically digital modes have had tepid usage in the Party. I would love to see us grow this segment while keeping the same level of activity in and focus on phone and CW. In the Newsline interview I mentioned FT8. The question about "what do we have planned for the Party going into the future" honestly caught me a little off guard as I didn't have a "canned" response in my pocket (hi hi). The PA QSO PA team has been so focused on picking up management of the Party and tending to the numerous tasks required to make the event happen that we admittedly haven't had much to discuss the future. The FT8 thought came into my head out of nowhere, and after the interview I was worried that folks may be upset by the comment, based on comments and some angst years ago when PSK was introduced to the Party. However, I do feel it's something we should discuss and ultimately embrace. Looking back, PSK adoption had little effect on the Party, negatively or positively. I think FT8 will be different considering propagation conditions we're in and will likely be in for the foreseeable future, and with the trends we're seeing with usage of the mode across amateur radio. My Newsline comments about keeping the tradition of the Party alive while looking forward can't be stressed enough. I truly believe this and would like to grow digital participation and keep phone and CW activity at the same or increased levels. Today we have participants who do mixed phone and CW, all phone, and all CW. I love CW and the past few Parties I've operated exclusively CW. I'm not a crusty curmudgeon clinging to CW, nor do I subscribe to mode wars, it's just *my thing*. It's fun for me. Everyone has "their thing". If we can attract a large enough group of folks who have FT8 as "their thing" and there is enough activity to support dedicated awards and operating classes, great, I say. We've just broadened the appeal of the Party and we can keep this good thing going, long after we're SK. I should add a disclaimer that my views don't necessarily represent the PA QSO Party Association's position or the views of other team members. After the dust settles with log scoring, awards, and all the other stuff we do after the Party, there will be lots of discussion and formulating the future, here and within the PA QSO PA team. As usual, I would just ask we keep discussions civil, thoughtful, and factual, and would urge everyone, while passionate in your opinions, keep an open mind and above all, listen before you transmit. :-) 73 Goody K3NG On Thu, Oct 18, 2018 at 7:42 AM Mark Wheeler via PaQSO < paqso at mailman.qth.net> wrote: > As the winner of the Top PSK31 Score in both the 2016 and 2017 PA QSO > Party I feel I have some standing to write the following about Digital > modes in the PAQP? > > PSK31 and RTTY were noticeably absent this year in the PAQP. I know? I > was searching? and calling? mostly in vain? for stations with either of > these modes in nearly every band. And other digital modes as well. Simply > wasn't happening. I don?t blame this on lack of interest? I think many > hams are confused about the vast and rapidly changing digital modes and > techniques in ham radio. > > One thing is abundantly clear: the digital mode called FT8, which is part > of the WSJT-X software by Joe Taylor K1JT?. is THE most popular digital > mode in amateur radio worldwide right now. It?s where all the DX has gone? > and most of the QSOs when propagation is challenging. FT8 gets through > when other modes don?t. Just take a look at http://PSKReporter.info < > http://pskreporter.info/> and filter for RTTY or PSK. Then filter the > results to show FT8? and get ready to be knocked off your chair. > > In case you haven?t heard, FT8 is evolving into a ?version 2.0? early next > year. And it?s going to support things like contest exchanges? the lack of > which at present has kept it out of PAQP usage. > > PREDICTION: By this time next year FT8 will be the dominant Digital mode? > and possibly THE dominant mode? in the PAQP. > > - Mark KZ3MW > 2016 & 2017 PAQP Top PSK31 Scorer > > > On Oct 16, 2018, at 4:24 PM, Matthew Steger > wrote: > > > > Personally, I did not operate nor have any interest in using 2m, 6m, nor > > RTTY or PSK31 during the QSO Party. I always stick to traditional modes > of > > CW and phone on 160m ~ 10m. > > > > 73 > > N3NTJ > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: paqso-bounces at mailman.qth.net paqso-bounces at mailman.qth.net> paqso-bounces at mailman.qth.net>> On > > Behalf Of Paul Lusardi > > Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2018 12:55 PM > > To: paqso at mailman.qth.net > > Subject: [PaQSO] Need your input on PSK31, RTTY, 2+6M - thanks > > > > Howdy all, > > > > Our operations had to bail on RTTY and PSK31 modes at the last minute - > can > > anyone give feedback on their use of these modes, was it worth the > effort to > > focus on these modes? Or better spent on traditional modes such as CW and > > SSB? > > > > Also any reports on 2/6M as well - worth the effort was it just a few > > contacts? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Paul, N0VLR (N3ZK team) > > ______________________________________________________________ > > PaQSO mailing list > > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/paqso > > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > > Post: mailto:PaQSO at mailman.qth.net > > > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message > > delivered to n3ntj at embarqmail.com > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > PaQSO mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/paqso > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:PaQSO at mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to goody.k3ng at gmail.com From mark.j.schreiner at gmail.com Thu Oct 18 13:20:23 2018 From: mark.j.schreiner at gmail.com (Mark Schreiner) Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2018 13:20:23 -0400 Subject: [PaQSO] Need your input on PSK31, RTTY, 2+6M - thanks In-Reply-To: <5A996500-8DB4-4C78-9F0D-9DDA5CF28D20@me.com> References: <004401d4658e$5019da60$f04d8f20$@embarqmail.com> <5A996500-8DB4-4C78-9F0D-9DDA5CF28D20@me.com> Message-ID: Mark et al During the contest I did see several posts on the spotting site linked to the PAQP website for operation on PSK31 with a frequency of x.070 listed. Did you do that or was that somebody else? Also, when you won the Top PSK31 Plaque in 2016 and 2017, how many QSOs did you have then? I'm curious as to how much activity there was in the previous two years compared to the zero activity that you experiences this year. I personally haven't done PSK31 or other digital contesting other than one time back in the mid-90s when I did a RTTY contest just to try that out. I, like Goody, prefer CW and figure that is "my thing" as well. Last year I exclusively operated CW for PAQP, however I typically, as I did this year, operate as mixed mode. It seems like I hardly have time to do both modes already so unless I set up a dedicated radio/computer for digital I'm not sure how much time I would have for that, especially if it gets a good foothold. The current rules for the PA QSO Party for digital operation do not exclude FT8, however the mode itself does not support the exchange at this time. Maybe that will change in the future. Maybe it will be called FT8C (the C for Contesting) or something like that at that time. Things would be interesting at that time to see how things change as far as operating habits go at that time. 73, Mark, NK8Q On Thu, Oct 18, 2018 at 7:42 AM Mark Wheeler via PaQSO < paqso at mailman.qth.net> wrote: > As the winner of the Top PSK31 Score in both the 2016 and 2017 PA QSO > Party I feel I have some standing to write the following about Digital > modes in the PAQP? > > PSK31 and RTTY were noticeably absent this year in the PAQP. I know? I > was searching? and calling? mostly in vain? for stations with either of > these modes in nearly every band. And other digital modes as well. Simply > wasn't happening. I don?t blame this on lack of interest? I think many > hams are confused about the vast and rapidly changing digital modes and > techniques in ham radio. > > One thing is abundantly clear: the digital mode called FT8, which is part > of the WSJT-X software by Joe Taylor K1JT?. is THE most popular digital > mode in amateur radio worldwide right now. It?s where all the DX has gone? > and most of the QSOs when propagation is challenging. FT8 gets through > when other modes don?t. Just take a look at http://PSKReporter.info < > http://pskreporter.info/> and filter for RTTY or PSK. Then filter the > results to show FT8? and get ready to be knocked off your chair. > > In case you haven?t heard, FT8 is evolving into a ?version 2.0? early next > year. And it?s going to support things like contest exchanges? the lack of > which at present has kept it out of PAQP usage. > > PREDICTION: By this time next year FT8 will be the dominant Digital mode? > and possibly THE dominant mode? in the PAQP. > > - Mark KZ3MW > 2016 & 2017 PAQP Top PSK31 Scorer > > > On Oct 16, 2018, at 4:24 PM, Matthew Steger > wrote: > > > > Personally, I did not operate nor have any interest in using 2m, 6m, nor > > RTTY or PSK31 during the QSO Party. I always stick to traditional modes > of > > CW and phone on 160m ~ 10m. > > > > 73 > > N3NTJ > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: paqso-bounces at mailman.qth.net paqso-bounces at mailman.qth.net> paqso-bounces at mailman.qth.net>> On > > Behalf Of Paul Lusardi > > Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2018 12:55 PM > > To: paqso at mailman.qth.net > > Subject: [PaQSO] Need your input on PSK31, RTTY, 2+6M - thanks > > > > Howdy all, > > > > Our operations had to bail on RTTY and PSK31 modes at the last minute - > can > > anyone give feedback on their use of these modes, was it worth the > effort to > > focus on these modes? Or better spent on traditional modes such as CW and > > SSB? > > > > Also any reports on 2/6M as well - worth the effort was it just a few > > contacts? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Paul, N0VLR (N3ZK team) > > ______________________________________________________________ > > PaQSO mailing list > > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/paqso > > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > > Post: mailto:PaQSO at mailman.qth.net > > > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message > > delivered to n3ntj at embarqmail.com > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > PaQSO mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/paqso > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:PaQSO at mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to mark.j.schreiner at gmail.com From markwheeler1 at me.com Thu Oct 18 13:31:53 2018 From: markwheeler1 at me.com (Mark Wheeler) Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2018 13:31:53 -0400 Subject: [PaQSO] Need your input on PSK31, RTTY, 2+6M - thanks In-Reply-To: References: <004401d4658e$5019da60$f04d8f20$@embarqmail.com> <5A996500-8DB4-4C78-9F0D-9DDA5CF28D20@me.com> Message-ID: <242DB692-94AD-4F26-A3AE-52E3340278AB@me.com> Well put, Goody. As the VP and Events Coordinator for our club I try to ensure that there is ?something in it for every ham? in every contest and event we participate in or plan. I know that the primary reason for the popularity of the PAQP among our members is just that?. whatever your ham radio ?thing? there are one or more aspects of PAQP that is likely to be of interest. So I?m glad to see that you intend to continue to embrace the ?something for everyone? and ?friendly QSO party? approach. - Mark KZ3MW VP, Wayne Co Amateur Radio Club > On Oct 18, 2018, at 12:13 PM, Goody K3NG wrote: > > Historically digital modes have had tepid usage in the Party. I would love > to see us grow this segment while keeping the same level of activity in and > focus on phone and CW. > > In the Newsline interview I mentioned FT8. The question about "what do we > have planned for the Party going into the future" honestly caught me a > little off guard as I didn't have a "canned" response in my pocket (hi > hi). The PA QSO PA team has been so focused on picking up management of > the Party and tending to the numerous tasks required to make the event > happen that we admittedly haven't had much to discuss the future. The FT8 > thought came into my head out of nowhere, and after the interview I was > worried that folks may be upset by the comment, based on comments and some > angst years ago when PSK was introduced to the Party. However, I do feel > it's something we should discuss and ultimately embrace. Looking back, PSK > adoption had little effect on the Party, negatively or positively. I think > FT8 will be different considering propagation conditions we're in and will > likely be in for the foreseeable future, and with the trends we're seeing > with usage of the mode across amateur radio. > > My Newsline comments about keeping the tradition of the Party alive while > looking forward can't be stressed enough. I truly believe this and would > like to grow digital participation and keep phone and CW activity at the > same or increased levels. Today we have participants who do mixed phone > and CW, all phone, and all CW. I love CW and the past few Parties I've > operated exclusively CW. I'm not a crusty curmudgeon clinging to CW, nor > do I subscribe to mode wars, it's just *my thing*. It's fun for me. > Everyone has "their thing". If we can attract a large enough group of > folks who have FT8 as "their thing" and there is enough activity to support > dedicated awards and operating classes, great, I say. We've just broadened > the appeal of the Party and we can keep this good thing going, long after > we're SK. > > I should add a disclaimer that my views don't necessarily represent the PA > QSO Party Association's position or the views of other team members. After > the dust settles with log scoring, awards, and all the other stuff we do > after the Party, there will be lots of discussion and formulating the > future, here and within the PA QSO PA team. As usual, I would just ask we > keep discussions civil, thoughtful, and factual, and would urge everyone, > while passionate in your opinions, keep an open mind and above all, listen > before you transmit. :-) > > 73 > Goody > K3NG From markwheeler1 at me.com Tue Oct 16 17:54:17 2018 From: markwheeler1 at me.com (Mark Wheeler) Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2018 17:54:17 -0400 Subject: [PaQSO] Need your input on PSK31, RTTY, 2+6M - thanks In-Reply-To: <004401d4658e$5019da60$f04d8f20$@embarqmail.com> References: <004401d4658e$5019da60$f04d8f20$@embarqmail.com> Message-ID: <6C42A96D-3D5F-4934-B62F-11BD422A8169@me.com> As the winner of the Top PSK31 Score in both the 2016 and 2017 PA QSO Party I feel I have some standing to write the following about Digital modes in the PAQP? PSK31 and RTTY were noticeably absent this year in the PAQP. I know? I was searching? and calling? mostly in vain? for stations with either of these modes in nearly every band. And other digital modes as well. Simply wasn't happening. I don?t blame this on lack of interest? I think many hams are confused about the vast and rapidly changing digital modes and techniques in ham radio. One thing is abundantly clear: the digital mode called FT8, which is part of the WSJT-X software by Joe Taylor K1JT?. is THE most popular digital mode in amateur radio worldwide right now. It?s where all the DX has gone? and most of the QSOs when propagation is challenging. FT8 gets through when other modes don?t. Just take a look at http://PSKReporter.info and filter for RTTY or PSK. Then filter the results to show FT8? and get ready to be knocked off your chair. In case you haven?t heard, FT8 is evolving into a ?version 2.0? early next year. And it?s going to support things like contest exchanges? the lack of which at present has kept it out of PAQP usage. PREDICTION: By this time next year FT8 will be the dominant Digital mode? and possibly THE dominant mode? in the PAQP. - Mark KZ3MW 2016 & 2017 PAQP Top PSK31 Scorer > On Oct 16, 2018, at 4:24 PM, Matthew Steger wrote: > > Personally, I did not operate nor have any interest in using 2m, 6m, nor > RTTY or PSK31 during the QSO Party. I always stick to traditional modes of > CW and phone on 160m ~ 10m. > > 73 > N3NTJ > > -----Original Message----- > From: paqso-bounces at mailman.qth.net > On > Behalf Of Paul Lusardi > Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2018 12:55 PM > To: paqso at mailman.qth.net > Subject: [PaQSO] Need your input on PSK31, RTTY, 2+6M - thanks > > Howdy all, > > Our operations had to bail on RTTY and PSK31 modes at the last minute - can > anyone give feedback on their use of these modes, was it worth the effort to > focus on these modes? Or better spent on traditional modes such as CW and > SSB? > > Also any reports on 2/6M as well - worth the effort was it just a few > contacts? > > Thanks, > > Paul, N0VLR (N3ZK team) > ______________________________________________________________ > PaQSO mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/paqso > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:PaQSO at mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message > delivered to n3ntj at embarqmail.com > > ______________________________________________________________ > PaQSO mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/paqso > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:PaQSO at mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to kz3mw at arrl.net From lesterf52 at gmail.com Thu Oct 18 13:44:26 2018 From: lesterf52 at gmail.com (Lester Morrow / W3LES) Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2018 13:44:26 -0400 Subject: [PaQSO] Digital Modes Message-ID: Hi All, Just my two cents, All I can state is that I am a HAM and USE all of the Modes that we can use or whatever I fancy to run at the time and Love this HOBBY! I belong to the Delaware Lehigh ARC W3OK and enjoy learning from the older members like Barry KU3X or George N3SQD, AL W3CE, JAY N3OW and others there.(no i'm not looking for brownie points just the facts) AND YES even on this group........ ....Knowledge is Gold! so Remember it's a hobby and the bands aren't dead just not alot of folks calling CQ. 73 W3LES / Les From aa3b.bud at gmail.com Thu Oct 18 21:07:05 2018 From: aa3b.bud at gmail.com (Bud Trench) Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2018 21:07:05 -0400 Subject: [PaQSO] Pa QSO Party Donations as of 18 October Message-ID: <004501d46748$0d7bf240$2873d6c0$@gmail.com> The Pa QSO Party Association would like to thank the following for their donations. This list is as of 10/16/18. AA2AD and N3KZI AA3B Andrew Forsyth AF3I And Cumberland Amateur Radio Club K3IEC K3MD K8RYU KW3A N2CU N3XF NK8Q W3SD W3XOX Note: The above list does not include 2018 Plaque Sponsors. The donations will help the Pa QSO Party Association continue to grow and modernize the Pa QSO Party. Additional donations are welcomed and can be sent via the Donate button on the Pa QSO Party Association Webpage (https://www.paqso.org/about-pa-qso-pa.html) or by sending a check to the following address: PA QSO Party Association P.O. Box 260 New Berlinville, PA 19545-0260 Please note that going forward, the list of Donors will be provided on the Pa QSO Party Association Webpage. 73, Bud AA3B Treasurer/Secretary Pa QSO Party Association From zelna.alz at gmail.com Sat Oct 20 08:02:57 2018 From: zelna.alz at gmail.com (Al Z) Date: Sat, 20 Oct 2018 08:02:57 -0400 Subject: [PaQSO] Plaque Sponsorships In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Mark and Bud - I am making a single donation of $150 to paqso.org. Please split it out as the payment for my DX Plaque sponsorship, with the remainder as a donation to the PA QSO Party Association. I will paste this in the Paypal Donation Notes as a reminder. With warm regards, Al Zelna, N3KAE On Mon, Oct 8, 2018, 5:52 PM Mark Schreiner wrote: > I have previously contacted a few of you on this list but haven't heard > back from you yet. Others I have not contacted directly yet. As the PA > QSO Party is this coming weekend it is time to start organizing the > sponsored plaques. > > This year many of the plaque categories have changed. We have a total of > 26 plaques being offered of which twenty are for participation In-State, > four are for participation in the USA outside of PA, one for DX and one for > Canada. In addition, as previously available, there will be a "Worked All > 67 Counties" plaque for those who earn it if they would like to purchase > this to commemorate their achievement (upon validation during log > checking). > > Of the plaques being offered we have twelve of the plaques either spoken > for or already paid for. If you are an individual or a liaison with a > radio club or group who has in the past sponsored a plaque, please review > the plaques that are available and contact me to arrange for reserving a > plaque sponsorship. Some plaques may have preference for other people who > had sponsored specific plaques in the past but there are still more than > half that are available. > > Please review the plaques at the new website for the PA QSO Party > Association . We prefer payment through the > website if possible but checks can also be mailed to our PO Box. > > Thanks in advance and I look forward to working many of you this coming > weekend! > > 73, > > Mark, NK8Q > on behalf of the PA QSO Party Association, Awards Committee > ______________________________________________________________ > PaQSO mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/paqso > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:PaQSO at mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to zelna.alz at gmail.com > From w3hkk at roadrunner.com Sat Oct 20 09:10:03 2018 From: w3hkk at roadrunner.com (w3hkk at roadrunner.com) Date: Sat, 20 Oct 2018 9:10:03 -0400 Subject: [PaQSO] Propagation conditions for the 2018 PAQP seemed abnormal here in OH Message-ID: <20181020131003.1XYSC.70875.root@cdptpa-web25> Curious as to how YOU saw the propagation this year? I was unable to be on Sat, but Sun cndx seemed unusually quiet here near Columbus, OH. Heard strong sigs from Phila county, then Lancaster and York counties and a smattering of strong sigs from around the state on 40m, but not so much on 80/75m. In other recent contests ( ie the OHQP in late Aug) 80m was terrific all day. As the skip distances from here in central OH to the various parts of OH are comparable to the western third of PA, I was especially surprised at the absence of signals from that area during the late morning and afternoon Sun. Im guessing the D layer may have been energized to a higher than normal level, attenuating signals on 80, and to a lesser extent on 40m as well. Sigs on 40 were spotty but strong from all over PA. Has anyone looked at this? So Im curious: How were cndx on 80/40 for those of you within the Keystone state? I probably missed good cndx on Sat and caught the effects of a solar disturbance on Sun. I thoroughly enjoyed this years' PAQP. Kudos on the successful transition. My Clean Sweep plaque hangs proudly on the shack wall here at W3HKK. Bob ex: Phila-Lancaster-Centre-Allegheny county resident, living in Ohio for the past 37 years. From goody.k3ng at gmail.com Tue Oct 23 07:55:26 2018 From: goody.k3ng at gmail.com (Goody K3NG) Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2018 07:55:26 -0400 Subject: [PaQSO] Log Submissions Message-ID: If you have sent a log in, you should have received an email with your pre-log check summary, or a message stating that your log had issues or errors and needs resubmitting. Logs that have been successfully received are listed here https://www.paqso.org/received-logs.php . 73 Goody K3NG