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On 16 Mar 15, Doug, KF4VTT, emailed:
K4EG/M plans on operating per below on
80/75/40/20/15 CW and SSB. Operators will be N4MIO, W1ES
and KF4VTT. We will be dropping off KK4CLY to operate
QRP from Martinsville.
Location |
Abbreviation |
Operating Time |
Total Time |
DAY
1 |
|
|
|
Martinsville |
MVX |
1000AM-1030AM |
0.5 |
Henry County |
HRY |
1030AM-1100AM |
0.5 |
Franklin
County |
FRA |
1100AM-1130AM |
0.5 |
Roanoke
County |
ROA |
1130AM-1200PM |
0.5 |
Roanoke City |
ROX |
1200PM-130PM |
1.5 |
Salem |
SAX |
130PM-230PM |
1 |
Roanoke
County |
ROA |
230PM-300PM |
0.5 |
Floyd County |
FLO |
300PM-430PM |
1.5 |
Patrick
County |
PAT |
430PM-600PM |
1.5 |
Carroll
County |
CRL |
600PM-700PM |
1 |
Patrick
County |
PAT |
700PM-800PM |
1 |
DAY 2 |
|
|
|
Patrick
County |
PAT |
800AM-900AM |
1 |
Henry County |
HRY |
900AM-930AM |
0.5 |
Martinsville |
MVX |
930AM-1000AM |
0.5 |
Henry County |
HRY |
1000AM-1030AM |
0.5 |
Pittsylvania
County |
PIT |
1030AM-1100AM |
0.5 |
Danville |
DVX |
1100AM-100PM |
2 |
Pittsylvania
County |
PIT |
100PM-130PM |
0.5 |
Halifax
County |
HAL |
130PM-230PM |
1 |
Charlotte
County |
CHA |
230PM-300PM |
0.5 |
Lunenburg
County |
LUN |
300PM-430PM |
1.5 |
Charlotte
County |
CHA |
430PM-600PM |
1.5 |
Campbell
County |
CAM |
600PM-700PM |
1 |
Halifax
County |
HAL |
700PM-730PM |
0.5 |
Pittsylvania
County |
PIT |
730PM-800PM |
0.5 |
73,
Doug Fleming
KF4VTT
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On 15 March 2015, Bill, KJ4VTH, emailed:
Weather permitting, I plan to operate from a park in the City
of Falls Church. I will being using an FT-857 and a
Buddipole on whatever SSB frequencies seem to be active -
probably 2m/10m/20m.
73, Bill KJ4VTH
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On 1 Mar 15, John, KK4BSM, emailed:
KK4BSM/E will be operating as a
multi-multi expedition for the 2015 VQP.
Day 1: Lexington City (LEX), Rockbridge
County (RBR)
Day 2: Fluvanna County (FLU)
We will have two stations running CW/SSB
on mainly 80m and 40m + VHF.
Please spot us as our operating time will
be limited by our battery supply.
Best Regards,
John, KK4BSM
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On 1 Mar 15, John, KX4O, emailed:
Announcement #1
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Here are my plans this year...
WX permitting KX4O/P returns to VQP portable operation leaning
on 2007 experiences partially seen in this image...
http://kx4o.qsolog.com/htmlQSL.php?id=909
This will be a QRP operation on SSB, CW and RTTY using
primarily 40 and 20 meters. I tested the RTTY gear
during the NAQP RTTY contest and it seems to work well netting
west coast QSOs with under one watt. I hope the digital
QSOs merit the effort.
Antennas will tend towards simplicity and
quick deploy with an end fed 40m dipole and my portable
vertical for 20m. Options include:
As for which counties and cities to activate,
I'm just not sure yet, but will try to bring the rare ones to
light.
Announcement #2
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The QSOParty DX Cluster is ready to go for VAQP 2015. It
has a web interface as well as traditional telnet. Go
here for details...
http://www.qsoparty.com/
Note, this DX Cluster is NOT connected to the main body of DX
traffic. It is purposely just for QSO Parties such as
VAQP. It has proven useful for quite a few users in
recent years.
Thanks.
John, kx4o
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On 27 Feb 15, Ben, N3FQ, emailed:
LARG members
and VA QSO organizers-
With two of my three children newly licensed last month,
we decided to have an adventure during the VA QSO party
and participate together as an expedition team focusing on
south central Virginia (western counties seem to be
covered regularly with rovers).
Our plan: Sat- EMX, GVL,
SUS, PRG, PBX, CHX, AME, POW, CUM, SHM, APP, and
CHA.
Sun- LEX, STX, HIG
We will operate
primarily 75m PH and 40m PH from within our van with a full
size NVIS 75m dipole outside the van. Saturday will be
shorter 30 minute operating periods (may spend more time
with less areas covered depending on stamina and set up/take
down times), but Sun will be an hour at each location with
around around three hours in Highland at the end of the
contest. I look forward to hearing everyone on the air and
please spot us if you hear us, especially when I get to
Highland County (so you can get the worked all VA). And
please have patience with my kids when they operate as they
will be on the wrong end of potential pile ups.
-Ben, N3FQ
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On 18 Feb 15, Kevin, KJ4OAP emailed:
Hello Gordon,
Looking forward to another great weekend out driving around
Virginia and participating in the VA QSO party. Things
didn't quite go as planned last year since a wintery mix
shutdown my route on the second day. We improvised a new
route and still had a lot of fun though!
Anyways, here's my plan for this coming year to post on the
pre-party tidbits. We'll hopefully activate some of the rarer
counties and cities:
Wythe, Smyth, Washington, Bristol City, Scott, Lee, Norton
City, Wise, Dickenson, Russell, and Tazewell on day one
and then
Radford City, Floyd, Franklin, Roanoke County, Roanoke City,
Salem City, Craig, Covington, Allegheny, Lexington,
Rockbridge, and Buena Vista on day two.
In the past we've been able to operate 40, 20, and 2m but we
may try for higher bands if possible. I'll chase
propagation where possible.
73 and GL!
-Kevin, KJ4OAP