[CQ-Contest] QSO Parties

[Bob Wruble]

fyi this weekend is also the Oregon qso pty.....was planning
to show up but if no one knows about it I will setup for the
CQ-M test as well!!

bob w7gg  Jefferson Cty, Oregon


-----Original Message-----
From: TOMK5RC at aol.com <TOMK5RC at aol.com>
To: cq-contest at contesting.com <cq-contest at contesting.com>
Date: Tuesday, May 04, 1999 8:01 AM
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] QSO Parties


>
>In a message dated 5/4/99 7:52:13 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
>utahfolk at konnections.com writes:
>
><< Except for a few, these (State) QSO PARTIES ARE A WASTE OF TIME!
>  >>
>
>Alas, so true. Unless you are in the sate sponsoring the QSO party, it can
be
>mighty boring.
>Last weekend I made a point of getting in the MARAC CW contest, since I
live
>in a county where me and my wife are 1/4 of the ham population. I made 75
>QSO's. At 1400Z on both days, there was NO ONE in the contest on 20 meters.
>
>This weekend is the Nevada QSO Party. The last two years, I have found no
>activity, but I'll try again this weekend to put Storey County on the map.
>Dedication or masochism? Go figure.
>
>Tom, K5RC
>aka K7GJ
>
>
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