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Re: [CQ-Contest] Missouri (MO) QSO Party - This Weekend

To: Ward Silver <hwardsil@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Missouri (MO) QSO Party - This Weekend
From: Victor Androsov <victor.androsov@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 7 Apr 2018 10:50:38 -0400
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The Missouri QSO PARTY scoreboard URL:

https://contestonlinescore.com/scoreboard/?contest_id=215

73!

Victor
VA2WA

On 6 April 2018 at 09:18, Ward Silver <hwardsil@gmail.com> wrote:

> The rules and a current county activation map are online at
> http://w0ma.org/index.php/missouri-qso-party.  It looks like most counties
> will be active and there will be lots of rovers and expeditions, despite
> possible wintry weather.  The fun begins on Saturday at 1400 UTC and goes
> through 2000 UTC on Sunday with an overnight break.
>
> There will be a second bonus station this year (KØH) in the Kansas City
> area on the west side of the state - this has been picked up in a very
> recent update to N1MM+ so update your software.  Not sure about the other
> common programs.
>
> Listen for the 1x1 stations whose suffixes are letters in the state motto:
> SHOW ME.  If you work enough stations to spell SHOW ME, there is a special
> certificate.
>
> In-state stations will give a signal report and county abbreviation (see
> the website - lots of counties have similar abbreviations) while
> out-of-state stations give their state/province or just "DX".
>
> Ellen KDØPES and I will be out on another of our county rambles - this time
> disguised as KØS - roving in the northwest corner of the state.  If all
> goes well, by the end of the contest we will have operated from every one
> of the 100+ counties in Missouri over the past few years.  If you haven't
> tried mobile operation in your state's QSO party, give it a try - it's fun
> and you go places you would otherwise never see.  We will be starting from
> the Linn County town of Marceline, MO - the boyhood home of Walt Disney and
> the town on which Disneyland's Main Street USA was modeled.
>
> Hope to put you in the log and that conditions are reasonable.  We'll be
> focusing on 20 and 40 meters through the day, CW and SSB, with occasional
> stops at  the County Hunters Net frequencies.
>
> 73, Ward NØAX
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