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On 19 Mar 16, Bill, N2COP, emailed:
Dear Sterling Park ARC Members:
On behalf of ARRL�s Roanoke Division, Director Dr. Jim Boehner, N2ZZ, and I wish all participants our very best in this year�s VA QSO Party. Above, our thanks to the Sterling Park club for coordinating this event. We hope to CU in our logs this weekend.
GL es 73 de Bill, N2COP
Bill Morine - N2COP
Vice Director � Roanoke Division
Serving ARRL members in the Virginia, West Virginia, South Carolina and North Carolina sections
ARRL � The National Association for Amateur Radio�
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On 18 Mar 16, Kenneth, KK4VA, emailed:
per bonus station.
73, KK4VA
Kenneth Ascher
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On 14 Mar 16, Jim, WB2OMZ, emailed:
On 11 Mar 16, David, KK4ZUU, emailed:
I will be active again this year in the VaQP as a mobile station: KK4ZUU/M (David)
Planned Counties (W, SW Virginia):
Saturday - Alleghany, Bath, Highland, Lexington, Nelson
Sunday - Craig, Pulaski, Roanoke, Salem
Bands/Modes may some or all of the following:
VHF Only/FM/QRP: 2m, 70cm, 220mhz (omni/yagi)
HF/QRP: 40m, 20m, 10m, 6m (SSB, perhaps digital as well when idle)
APRS:
- aprs.fi (kk4zuu-9) (last year - http://kk4zuu.blogspot.com/2015/04/virgina-qso-party-2015-mobile-qrp.html)
Hope to hear you on the bands.
--
73,
david kk4zuu
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On 27 Feb 16, John, KX4O, emailed:
Hello,
You might want to let folks know the qsoparty.com spotting network is
once again ready for use during the VAPQ.
http://www.qsoparty.com/
...with both web based and traditional telnet spotting interfaces.
Feel free to test it out before the VAQP.
John, kx4o
On 19 Mar 16, Bill, N2COP, emailed:
Dear Sterling Park ARC Members:
On behalf of ARRL�s Roanoke Division, Director Dr. Jim Boehner, N2ZZ, and I wish all participants our very best in this year�s VA QSO Party. Above, our thanks to the Sterling Park club for coordinating this event. We hope to CU in our logs this weekend.
GL es 73 de Bill, N2COP
Bill Morine - N2COP
Vice Director � Roanoke Division
Serving ARRL members in the Virginia, West Virginia, South Carolina and North Carolina sections
ARRL � The National Association for Amateur Radio�
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On 18 Mar 16, Kenneth, KK4VA, emailed:
There is an experimental version of N1MM+ at
http://n1mm.hamdocs.com/tiki-list_file_gallery.php?galleryId=20
It corrects the scores to reflect the new Bonus stations
and pointshttp://n1mm.hamdocs.com/tiki-list_file_gallery.php?galleryId=20
Virginia Beach Amateur Radio Club will be working the
contest from
their club shack on Shore drive at the Rescue 1 station
near Lesner bridge
using the club call sign W4UG.
using the club call sign W4UG.
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On 14 Mar 16, Jim, WB2OMZ, emailed:
I will have
Smyth County on the air from my home in Marion again this
year. A last minute conflict arose last year.
Jim, WB2OMZ
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On 12 Mar 16, Anthony, WX4SNO, emailed:
Hydrometeorologist
***************************************On 12 Mar 16, Anthony, WX4SNO, emailed:
Good evening,
This is my first year licensed for HF and working the
VaQP, but I am planning on operating both days and as a
DIGITAL ONLY station.
I was given leave from work for this event, so I made up
a schedule to plan my time; it's attached (in
.pdf format). It is preliminary, and if changes
are made I will post an updated version to Twitter at https://twitter.com/WX4SNO
just use the magnifying glass and search for #VAQSO.
Looking forward to this event and hoping and praying it
will not rain so I can operate portable and QRP from here in
Snowville, VA. Information about my base station where
I will be operating one of the two days is also available
on https://www.qrz.com/db/wx4sno
72,
Anthony WX4SNO
Anthony PhillipsHydrometeorologist
On 11 Mar 16, David, KK4ZUU, emailed:
I will be active again this year in the VaQP as a mobile station: KK4ZUU/M (David)
Planned Counties (W, SW Virginia):
Saturday - Alleghany, Bath, Highland, Lexington, Nelson
Sunday - Craig, Pulaski, Roanoke, Salem
Bands/Modes may some or all of the following:
VHF Only/FM/QRP: 2m, 70cm, 220mhz (omni/yagi)
HF/QRP: 40m, 20m, 10m, 6m (SSB, perhaps digital as well when idle)
APRS:
- aprs.fi (kk4zuu-9) (last year - http://kk4zuu.blogspot.com/2015/04/virgina-qso-party-2015-mobile-qrp.html)
Hope to hear you on the bands.
--
73,
david kk4zuu
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On 27 Feb 16, John, KX4O, emailed:
Hello,
You might want to let folks know the qsoparty.com spotting network is
once again ready for use during the VAPQ.
http://www.qsoparty.com/
...with both web based and traditional telnet spotting interfaces.
Feel free to test it out before the VAQP.
John, kx4o
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On 25 Feb 16, Allen, N4JRI, emailed:
Looking forward to my second QSO Party working mobile.
Saturday, I'll be operating from 10am until 7 or 8 pm. (Have to work that night in Charles City) Hoping to activate Richmond, Petersburg, Colonial Heights, Hopewell, Dinwiddie, Prince George, Charles City, New Kent and King William. Depending on how well things go, possibly Surry and/or Sussex as well.
Sunday, I have to work in the morning but plan to be on the road from noon to the end. Most likely activating Henrico, Hanover, Goochland, Louisa, Fluvanna, Cumberland, Buckingham and maybe further south or west.
May be crisscrossing some with KJ4OAP/M on Sunday and looking forward to possibly racking up some points together.
Planning to operate primarily on 40m LSB. Will do my best to monitor 146.58 and be prepared for any local FM opportunities. Can work FM on 10, 6, 2, 1.25 & 70cm.
Had a great time last year in VA & WV and hoping for even more this time.
73/Allen (N4JRI)
On 25 Feb 16, Allen, N4JRI, emailed:
Looking forward to my second QSO Party working mobile.
Saturday, I'll be operating from 10am until 7 or 8 pm. (Have to work that night in Charles City) Hoping to activate Richmond, Petersburg, Colonial Heights, Hopewell, Dinwiddie, Prince George, Charles City, New Kent and King William. Depending on how well things go, possibly Surry and/or Sussex as well.
Sunday, I have to work in the morning but plan to be on the road from noon to the end. Most likely activating Henrico, Hanover, Goochland, Louisa, Fluvanna, Cumberland, Buckingham and maybe further south or west.
May be crisscrossing some with KJ4OAP/M on Sunday and looking forward to possibly racking up some points together.
Planning to operate primarily on 40m LSB. Will do my best to monitor 146.58 and be prepared for any local FM opportunities. Can work FM on 10, 6, 2, 1.25 & 70cm.
Had a great time last year in VA & WV and hoping for even more this time.
73/Allen (N4JRI)
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On 21 Feb 2016, Kevin, KJ4OAP, emailed:
Thanks so much for the great response last year! I'll be out mobiling again for the VAQP and hope to hear everyone on. Here's the counties I hope to activate:
Saturday
Radford (RAX), Wythe (WYT), Smyth (SMY), Washington (WAS), Bristol (BRX), Scott (SCO), Lee (LEE), Norton (NRX), Wise (WIS), Dickenson (DIC), Russell (RUS), Tazewell (TAZ), Bland (BLA). If things go well, I'll try for Carroll (CRL), Galax (GAX), and Grayson (GRA).
Sunday
Salem (SAX), Roanoke City (ROX), Roanoke County (ROA), Franklin (FRA), Henry (HRY), Martinsville (MVX), Pittsylvania (PIT), Danville (DAX), Halifax (HAL), Charlotte (CHA), Mecklenburg (MEC), Lunenburg (LUN), Nottoway (NOT), Prince Edward (PRE), Cumberland (CUM), Buckingham (BHM), Appomattox (APP), Campbell (CAM), Amherst (AMH), Lynchburg (LYX), Bedford (BED), Rockbridge (RBR), Buena Vista (BVX), Lexington (LEX)
I haven't driven the route on Sunday so I'm not sure if I'll get to all those localities.
73 and good luck!
Kevin, KJ4OAP
On 21 Feb 2016, Kevin, KJ4OAP, emailed:
Thanks so much for the great response last year! I'll be out mobiling again for the VAQP and hope to hear everyone on. Here's the counties I hope to activate:
Saturday
Radford (RAX), Wythe (WYT), Smyth (SMY), Washington (WAS), Bristol (BRX), Scott (SCO), Lee (LEE), Norton (NRX), Wise (WIS), Dickenson (DIC), Russell (RUS), Tazewell (TAZ), Bland (BLA). If things go well, I'll try for Carroll (CRL), Galax (GAX), and Grayson (GRA).
Sunday
Salem (SAX), Roanoke City (ROX), Roanoke County (ROA), Franklin (FRA), Henry (HRY), Martinsville (MVX), Pittsylvania (PIT), Danville (DAX), Halifax (HAL), Charlotte (CHA), Mecklenburg (MEC), Lunenburg (LUN), Nottoway (NOT), Prince Edward (PRE), Cumberland (CUM), Buckingham (BHM), Appomattox (APP), Campbell (CAM), Amherst (AMH), Lynchburg (LYX), Bedford (BED), Rockbridge (RBR), Buena Vista (BVX), Lexington (LEX)
I haven't driven the route on Sunday so I'm not sure if I'll get to all those localities.
73 and good luck!
Kevin, KJ4OAP